f Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVIII
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 20, 1910.
NUMBER 50.
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The ' n.iad g:«'n. tbe greatest ctrt
u»i*ua»ciB| country of the world.
Imported In the tMt: year 181® SC.
®27 C»; pounds erf raw cotton. 1 &1 -jed
tt Sll.tld.i3S, the second largest
years importation of cotton in tie hut
tory of tie country
The * hired States embassy in
Haris was endangered when a power
ful d?uii> iotnt mas placed near
tie building. but was discovered aid
-emoted <n time to prevent an ex
i'iosice Tie police attribute tne at
-mpted outrage to anarchists, who
sought to put new life Into tbe appar
ently dneg railroad strike
The French government Is meeting
e situation resulting front -he gen
-ml strike of railroad employes with
• firmness that challenge* the admlra
» n ten of those who sysipithlae
• ■ 're r.*c .a their den'aids for a
m-.a-mun. war*- of SI a day. Five of
toe n***t lie-jentli!: strike leader*
•ave oe»i. placed under arrest.
Pr<-tM*st Taft assisted Boston In
• -e-rv atk’ti of t-ve first formal
" g' . ■ .ot. f < oltmt-u* day. by re
-ug wfth Covmar Jirajer tbe big
■ullitar- and civic iir««r-ioa in that
I ' r an tour an ! a half the pres
dent »- jod on his lame foot and
• a--*:- the 52,i. 4t enthusiastic para
•-*r* Ctarch past Then he was cob
pelleid to give up.
An ■ her great sl..V has developed
the east hank of the Oniebra cut of
-toe Panama canal at Has Obispo.
• her- a gaetk; of rock estimated at
•'*- cable yards .* slowly moving
toward the caaa! prism. This slide Is
le- tie v» the et level attd the
bswak folk *» the lines of s ? ■
the rock
it 13lard pe fJrue aged fll’eer.. and
ft*—ph Pendegast ng-d sixteen, ho-h
•aid to be of Chicago families, were
'aset r-.tt. _ -•.chi car In the Fort
•'•ayne railroad srd* tn Pittsburg I»
had bee® eea.ed at Kikhart. lnl.. five
days ago
• • • ' ' '-nt : Ml
- i * managers of Iiuv-m Brother* o?
N<-» Vart ctrr. the greatest art deal
•'t' **-'i taiporters in Asfnri was
arr ’-d on a benet warrant charging
! ins and Tin- ether members of the
#m »Kt » st-math-aily swiadlinc '1»
Called State* gr . rriment out at ru.s
:*H3* *..*1 mo higc Bp into the cli
Itosts
K • rj a Bel!ingcr. ar> of
h-’*-—. t war ■ i?*- f -.he 11 p—gen
era » : j «<?*• more or leas seriously
infer- to it*- sr-ck of two past-er-ger
trams w‘ • met u. a faead-on collision
ra ■:»• owtki -ts of Cincinnati Feirre
tar- Bailing*-' > injuries consisted of
ocl* a »«v»r shaking up and a slight
fy Isniiwf left arm.
Tt- - mw HsmatrcH j lunged into the
Indiana campaign with a trip across
’he state :r wtiicb he made a vigor
■m* p!--s for vote* to send fnlted
S-rat or Albert J. Beveridge
hark to the aeta’e.
The erst • ase of Asiatic cholera has
appeared it England. A mar. who
lrv*-d * one of the Row'on houses, in
Is>tdut a atnes of "poor nian s ho
tels died ta a publi' hospital.
Wliane R E» at- receiving teller of
•he Farmers sac Merchants* hank.
Los At g* • ai t as not re- timed
**• •_ i > vacation and Beers of the
tank estimate he is short fi • <<•9.
Cos-ending his party loyalty had
been cwsttoBed through the iailnre of
Etta F Frst'lw. tb» new chalrmati of
the Rer-uh .-an state eoatmi’tee. to re
st-t at him a member of the exeou
- te committee of the state committee,
u .am Barnes Jr., of Albany. X T„
ha> tendered his resignation as stale
commit teemas
The strike of the railroad men.
vthreatens to spread thr-’ugbout
*.■ 1'tigih and breadth of FYar-e was
* ot r -ed 1>- Hregiirr Brian*! as “an
• cr«c pn-e!v bni'" upon crim
' » fitasdatkm*The prep ier de
layed the strike oas caiied while ne
zif * ms were r -.ng oe through him
ee.f fct.:.: -he minister at public works
for an a.lju>-roen: of grievances
St Paul and il:nn* apolu business
then have decided to ask Governor
Eiethan to appeal for a re
. ef fund for ’he forest fire taltren
It mill he ’'-a: day* before ’he ae
’tsnl lorn of life in the fires is known
The known lewd rnmler Hb The
h.6’*r figor c.ren out at ’ uriotif
petals in the fir*- soap undoubtedly re
■ ’• : tuan-- ’upllcations of r»
ports off bodies found
Ap; ! • m?-- war i. ade by the • Irar.d
Trcr.k Pa' ft- -*• ma- to the British
: .* i- ~aeu: icr ;--r ,ss. -.n
to i.; 1- t~hitese or. the tailrrud.
T* r r-q»e*t was n ft grant -d
Fire riBje-i through the Minnesota
Ste swept zone report that they hare
recovered I2i bode-s of tiiosr who
tost heir ' v*- ’ores: f.acj"s
Sixty of the bodies hare bo r. ;dert:
bed. Mo* ad then were heftiest end
•-c near rjootn-r and Rsudetta. The
--- iu:-i ’oil of death > now placed
bevmaaa ISC and M
' • Mere*-'.- ae.ier vr- H»ntr
rar U.!«^H*!iorttr. labt'wilrr ’o
ibr ’'rated S*»tw. vffi be one of !b»
£*•* new members abort to be aosti
f<» the bou*- of roaima'.es a?
ibrftiii,
Ar " i«-r ha* le-ea iasne * at Pa:
■». «—. that there shall ha ao
r -♦ eh ha'hfaa «u’: tk* town la
rrea**» Ha water supply b ant of
meats* wells.
A ruap:' loor appearing Portog-jere.
aho ran* direct from L.»t>o: »» under
•rreat at GibmJtax Since the .Tin
aac beea it eaKotr special precau
Joes hare beer taken to guard King
Itanael a* :t » fear-fi an attempt to
taaa—teste the exiled ictnarcfc nut
>» made The suspect was armec
rlti a reeoirer
Lewis Johnson, an ataatenr aviator
=*a* aereral aaoeeacfsl Sights ax
Terre Haute. Ind, in a monoplane
hoGt by himself and brothers. The
aaetin# Is aald to be the first Amerl
to navigate the
HIT PROVE FATAL
TWO ARE SHOT BY ACCIDENTAL
DISCHARGE OF REVOLVER.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
Wnat is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Wymote. Neb—J E Edwards was
fh it :r. the a idonien and Frank Jack
son wa.- shot in the lef. forefinger by
the accidental discharge of a 38-cali
i-re revolver her-- Wednesday. Jack
t-cr K-.d ti:e can. and thinking it not
loaded. snapped the trigger. There
w--Te u <-<■ sb d* in the gun and one
wa, di-< h;.-g* d Edwards was taken
< a has, tal in Beatrice to be o[>er
•:te.i :ii. It :s said that there is little
hcj*e - his recover} Not much is
kr-nan ei .tr of the :nen.
Ereakfast Bacon Special.
I-in,'.,.:,. Ne.i.—The Rock Island will
• ... a ain of s-vea cars, known as
B’ .ikfast Baton Special. starting
•* ‘t- O ..... Oc >i»-r .4. in which iec
;'*■ t: i exi. will >>e given in re
1 to mo most p-.fable method
..,e hog® and of the uses of
l*on. ,i .itc s and bi-products. Sev
er';. ex erts tron; the Nebraska school
of agriculture and the agricultural
■ '..n. n»- of the Rock Island lines
will pv. lectures on this train. Two
o the . -fil ers wi!: be domestic sci
ence 'cachets
B.-oorr Factary at Ke3mey.
Kearney. Neb—Albert Calhoun and
B M Lynch, the former a ranchman
atm 'he '.arer a carpenter living in
this city, have installed thoroughly
m-derti machinery for a broom fac
tory \lr C- Ihoun raised seven acres
of 1 ion corn th s year and will make
a th( i-.:r.J -ten irooms. They will
*• Ittnt a arge acreage to broom corn
rex- eat and will manufacture it
into brooms.
B e Crowd at Com Show.
Norti. Be n 1 Neb.—The fine weather
helped to bring a big crowd for the
com show here and the streets were
..unmetl North Bend is gaily deco
"a.ed - the occasion The corn ex
■ •- w: rt are shown in a tent, are
of much better quality than the ex
hitits las- year. Corn all over the
country has done better.
Big Yield from One Tree.
Hum ild' Neb—At the farm of Jo
e-pb Oeie. eas. of Humboldt, the
nickers secured fifty-five bushels of
Iowa Blush' apples from one tree,
leaving quite a number of cider ap
: let still on the branches.
Prank in has voted bonds for elec
rk- ights
i ectimseh will extend her system
of waterworks.
T e iTrsV ierlan synod is in ses
sion a: Bearrk-e
A -" Kid^e is the new city mar
shal at Fairbury
Peru wii; cold a farmers’ institute
N’otemb- r 7 and s
Fa: ury school janitors will act as
special traaEt officers
1 -e gh n expects to put in a water
sy stem in the near future.
\ rk v acts :o change her city cov
ert men■ io .he conrnission system.
Uncola Kn:gh;= of Pythias dedi
<a *d ti:*'.: handsome new temple las*
we k.
rxi* Pawnee City high school has
an enr itn*-::: of 1T5 and the senior
class numbers Thirty-six.
Cyri S'oa: and Genrge NorvelL two
• »ar-< ii Kearney boys, hate-built
' i’ n tii ih t ;ey have* taken
a Bight.
1 * H« . Anson <. raves of the Kaar
i-*-> : ho-irii- of >he Episcopal church,
i s T b> h:_- own request, retired
from active service.
The si ■: ite convention of the
X* ra.:: Chris.i^n Endeavor union
c->r.v. ; •.- j; Aurora. Friday. Saturday
£• d S ltd.;-. October 21-23.
" - n. !l yte of lJ'oer’y caught his
hand in • .e gearing of a cnntsheller
aai •..•ng. u »•» 4 y .hat the third
at i la . finger* had to be amputated
Tli I*:-. aiast Paean Special will
r ..is 'e: y im tuinr.te stops at ail
s' . • on ne Hack Island lines in
»"« ms La. starting i.otii Omaha Oc
' t tier ti
lt ■ ii .lh and -iohn Hudraba. two
y *u: g n«a of Piattsmcmth. have jus:
completed a gasoline launch and took
i »h< Missouri river for its initial
A larg • crowd was on hand to
v s> ■ e launching The trial trip
r si:- b a: wos a most satisfactory
OSS.
Ed Fata a Wymore hoy. was acci
dentally she Sunday and died a few
tours later from fcis injuries. He was
• s.ng a hanimerless shut gun and go
me down hill, slipped and the gun was
discharged the load striking him diag
onal y across his breast ar.d face.
The Masonic bodies of Lincoln and
eternity w.il bold special communica
tions for schools of instruction at the
Masonic tetrjde on the afternoons and
evenings of October lb, 2# ard 21, and
node- the direction of Robert E.
French, pas; grand master and grand
custodian.
Over 1.000 were in attendance at
the Kearney farmers' institute last
week. An effort is being made to
hold for two days hereafter.
Dwight Tilaen. a painter, of York,
was badly burned by the explosion of
a gasoline torch while burning old
paint from a building he was work
ing on.
D. M. Gourley, a prominent cattle
man of Rushville. came near losing
his life while digging a trench. The
sides of the ditch in which Mr. Gour
ley was working caved in, completely
burying him.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the Meadow Grove State bank
by unknown parties. The outer doors
of the safe were blown off. but the
robbers evidently were frightened
away before the inner doors were
forced.
Saturday was the thirtieth anniver
sary of the great bliszard of 18S0, re
membered by all Nebraskans in the
western part of the state, when the
snow drifts were piled ten feet high
and the thermometer registered below
zero. Many people and thousands of
cattle perished. All that fall of snow
did not melt until the following May.
As »he result of the confession of
Thomas Slaven. who is now- in the
city jail at Norfolk, implicated in the
l ank robbery at Oakdale on October
1 1. and at Meadow Grove, October 8.
a reward of $ 1.20b has been offered
I by the Madison county Authorities for
| the arrest and conviction of the three
companions of Slaven. who were with
j him when he was captured in a run
ning fight with officers.
Bartley has organized a commercial
; Club.
Fremont will have an . automobile
lire wagon.
Arcadia is nursing hopes of a bis
flouring mill 10 be erected there.
Robbers blew two safes in business
; houses at Elk Creek and secured only
*25.
The new Congregational church a:
Crete was dedicated Sunday with im
pressive services.
The annual meeting of the Nebraska
federation of women s clubs will be
held in Tecumseb on October 25. 2f
I and 27.
The Catholics of Wahoo have award
ed the contract for the building of a
school, to cost over $20,000 when com
pleted.
The new $20,000 high school build
ing at Ravenna is fast nearing comple
tion. and it i6 hoped that it may b«
occupied in part by the first part ol
j the year.
The board of d i a
: lo county agricultural association have
decided to have a fall agricultural ex
i hibit in the city hall on November 15
16. 17 and 18.
John McGinnis, the fourteen-year-old
son of Joseph McGinnis, while squirrel
! hunting accidentally shot himself ir
the left side. He missed his heart,
but made an ugly wound. His condi
tion is critical.
Charles Jordan, a man living in Val
entine. was bitten by a rattlesnake
while out hunting. He had shot at a
rabbit, which bad run down a bole in
the ground, and when he got down to
look in the hole the snake, which was
lying to one side of the hole, bit him.
Seward.—At the recent meeting of
the city council, it was voted to issue
bonds in the amount of $10,000 to pay
for the street paving now being done.
The bonds are to be in $1,000 denom
j inations, draw 5 per cent interest and
are to be paid off at the rate of $2,000
each year.
Fremont.—Lyman W. Reynolds, who
has resided here continuously for fifty
three years, died Friday. Mr. Reynolds
was .tricken with paralysis several
weeks ago. and later pneumonia set in
causing his death.
The forty-fifth annua', session of
the state teachers' association con
venes in Lincoln this rear. November
2”. 24 and 23. This is during Thanks
giving time and is an innovation in
espert to the date.
Gcv-rnor Shailenberger has issued
a requisition for the return of Joseph
French from Tacoma. Wash., on a
charge of deserting his seven-year-old
; child. Merl French. The complaint is
signed by Mrs. Mary E. French, the
wife of the accused. Sam M. Melick
of Lincoln was appointed agent of the
■ state at the request of the county at
torney to bring French back.
Commandant Yahrs of the univer
j sity cadet battalion is busy preparing
t a military text book for the use o!
. -he cadets when the weather becomes
oo cold for outdoor drill. In past
■ ears indoor classes of instruction
rave been held, hut the work was
t embarrassed bj» a lack of a text ex
actly* suited to the needs of the de
uartmenL Now the department will
! prepare its ewn text which will be
printed in regular form for class use
For the murder of his sister-in-law
Uert M. Taylor of Minden is to be
hanged at tae penitentiary on the af
ternoon of October 2S. The supreme
court overruled Taylor's motion for e
rehearing. This finally disposes of the
case In court and nothing except the
intervention or the governor or a hear
ing to determine insanity, granted by
a Judge of the district in which the
conviction took place, can save Tayloi
from the gallows. It is said by attor
neys that neither relief will be grant
ed if asked for
PIG III A HOTEL
CAUSED BT SNAKE
big boa constrictor gets
LOOSE AND STARTS A REIGN
OF TERROR.
MAKES BRAVE MEN TREMBLE
Breaks Dishes and Has a High Old
Time Before Snake Charmer Fi
nally Conquers King of Jungle in
Iowa Hostelry.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa.—About 200
panic-stricken people lined Fourth
street between First and Second ave
nues for one hour in the afternoon
while a monster boa constrictor had a
merry time in breaking dishes and
causing general damage in the Rus
sell house. As an aftermath John
Murphy was some time in recovering
I from the scare which was caused
when he cut his hand on a broken
i plate and thought that the big snake
I had bitten him. Mrs. Jess Kimmel
I also suffered much from the shock.
The evening before the ruction a
) showman who was on his way to
make some of the small town fairs
stopped in the Russell house. He had
with him two large wooden boxes.
During the night a dog belonging to
; Mr. and Mrs. Jess Kimmel. proprie
tors of the Russell house, kept bark
ing at one of the boxes, but nobody
paid attention to the enraged canine
• The showman did not tell what was in
the box.
In the afternoon about three
o’clock, while the hotel was very
quiet, Mrs. Kimmel went into the
dining-room to get some dishes. She
i was suddenly attracted by a noise on
the floor, and looking down discovered
l to her horror a large snake crawling
on the floor.
The state of Mrs. Kimmel's fright
j cannot be described. She screamed
; for help, but the help that came fled
precipitately, while a crowd gathered.
For some minutes the crowd did not
know what was up. When the word
was passed that a snake was loose all
, the women in the crowd made a grand
getaway.
John Murphy, a construction work
er, who boards at the hotel. Anally
decided to become a hero. His entry
into the screen door which was now
the center of great interest was a
great moment, and John Murphy was
! declared the bravest man in the Unit
i ed States.
But alas! After Mr. Murphy's entry
| into the hotel there was a great sound
j of falling dishes, and then Mr. Mur
j phy rushed out of the hotel, holding
one bleeding hand and yelling with
all his might that the boa constrictor
; '___|
The Snake in the Dining Room.
| had bitten him. Down Fourth street,
j through the aliev. and down Third
j street went Mr. Murphy, all the time
| he was yelling for a doctor. There
: was more excitement, and several p^r
: sons ran after Mr. Murpby.
For an hour the crowd stood awe
j struck. Railroad men famous for their
| bravery stood without making a move
and then a real hero made his way
j to the Russell house door. It was
I-ewis Russell of Marion, who boards
at the house. Mr. Russell carefully
: entered the dining-room. As he was
| not coming out the crowd got nerve
j enough to get near the windows to see
i the performance.
t'pon Mr. Russell’s entry the big
snake, attracted by the noise, stuck
1 ont his head from under a pile of
i dishes and Mr. Russell made one grab
j He got the snake by the head. Just
' what might have happened to Mr.
Russell is hard to tell, but by this
! time the snake owner had beer,
found, and he came rushing in'o the
dining-room. With the help of a
blanket, which was laid on the floor,
and a rabbit’s tail, the snake was sub
dued. The reptile was placed on the
blanket and the owner waved a rab
bit’s tail until the big boa constrictor
coiled up and was placed in the bos.
The box was nailed and tied with
ropes, and the unfortunate owner of
the reptile was ordered to find a new
hoteL
The damage done by the reptile
amounted to about $15. which the
showman paid. There were many
broken dishes, including a coffee pot
which the snake turned over. The
coffee was not hot enough to scald
his snakeship.
I ...
PREACHER AND HIS WIFE
JOIN A THEATER TROUPE
WOMAN DECLARES THEY COULD
NOT MAKE A LIVING IN
THE PULPIT.
Chicago.—Cinderella's fairy god
mother has a wand which in these
modern days works even more won
derful things than changing a poor lit
tle ragged girl into a wonderful prin
cess. for it has changed a Woodlawn
I pastor's wife into a petite chorus girt
with feet which just won't stop danc
ing.
Mrs. Dudley C. Fosher, wife of Rev.
Mr. Fosher, until a few days ago pas
! tor of Ryder Memorial Cniversalist
| church in Woodlawn, will be a mem
i her of the “front row" in the chorus
of “The Stubborn Cinderella," a comic
opera. Why doesn't her husband oh
| ject? Why, he has been touched by
1 the same magic wand. He is on the
stage with his wife playing the part
I a "college man" in the opera and
the full, rich voice that used to lead
| the singing in Ryder Memorial church
will be caroling gay love songs to fair
maids hidden in leafy bowers.
Mrs. Fosher, when discussing her
stage plans, remarked:
"What do I carAwhat people think?
I intend to go in the chorus to be near
; my husband, whom I love with my
Peddled Vacuum Cleaner*.
I whole heart. He could not make a
| living in the pulpit and he can on the
j stage. He owes it to me and to him
self to make a living.”
Rev. Mr. Fosher is declared by his
friends to have resigned the pasrorate
of the Ryder Memorial church because
his salary of $1,200 was not large
enough to support him and Mrs. Fo
sher.
Some of the church trustees are said
to have remonstrated with the Fosh
ers because they were unconventional
in their ways. Mrs. Fosher is accused
of having worn a fur coat on a sum
: mer day to the horror of her feminine
1 parishioners, while the charge is made
that Rev. Mr. Fosher, wearing an old
coat, peddled vacuum cleaners.
"Instead of looking after the wel
fare of the people in their parish.”
said Dr. J. D. Payne, one of the trus
tees, “they were too deeply interested
in their own affairs, and besides, they
did not pay close enough attention to
the ordinary conventions in matters
of dress and deportment.”
"All buncombe," declared Mr. Fosh
er. now of the comic opera stage and
confident that he will become a star.
"I had to sell vacuum cleaners to get
eats for me and mamma, and she had
to wear fur coats sometimes when
she ought to have had on white lawn.
I think some of my friends are incon
sistent. A man is conventional when
he wears clothes at all. no matter if
they are oid-fashioned and shabby.”
Mrs. Fosher laughed merrily when
asked if she would wear the same
clothes, or the same things, rather, as
the girls in the second act.
• I don't think it is at all important,
that part of it." she said. “I want to
stay with Dudley and I'll wear what
the pan calls for. You know we are
rather liberal in some matters. When
Dudley came out of college it was
long argued between us whether he
should espouse the church or the
stage”
"We have tried the church and it
! will not give us a living, though we
both love the work. Now we shall
stay on the stage so long as it will
yield us support."
PRAYER A MORTGAGE LIFTER
Experts Locate Oil Well on the Farm
of a Devout Louisiana
Petitioner.
Gueldan. I .a.—Was K. Nve's prayer
answered? This is the question being
.asked by more than 2W men of this
parish.
Mr. N'ye is a farmer living near
Lake Xrthur who has been much
agitated over the mortgage on his
farm Being a devout Christian, he
prayed that the Lord would show him
a way to lift the mortgage. He had
a dream one night and in his dream
saw a stranger who told him oil was
at a certain grassy knoll on his
farm.
A few days later Prof. William H.
Drumet, an oil expert, arrived and Mr.
Nye recognired him as the man of his
dream. He examined the place and
spotted the Identical grasy knoll
Later. J. O. Smith, another oil ex
pert. located the same knoll and Al
phonse Guerny. a third old expert, did
the same. If paying oil is found in all
probability others will resort to pray
er for means to lift mortgages.
DEATH OF DOLLIVER
' IOWAS DISTINGUISHED SENATOR
SUDDENLY PASSES AWAY.
HEART TROUBLE THE NALADT
People of Iowa Greatly Shocked by
the Unexpected Turn of the
Senator's Illness.
Fort Dodge. la.—Senator Jonathan
P. Dolliver died at his residence here
at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night, while
one of his attending physicians. Dr
F. M Van Patten, was examining the
distinguished statemans heart with a
! stethoscope. His death followed an
acute attack of stomach trouble wuich
affected his heart H’.s physicians an
nounced that his death was directly
due to dilation of the heart
Senator Dolliver had so far recover
ed his strength as to be able to walk
about his lawn. He had been up all
day at at evening entered his sitting
room for the daily consultation with
his physician
The senator informed Dr Van Pat
ten that he was feeling tnuih im
proved and that he believed he had
about recovered his normal strength.
JONATHAN P. DOLLIVER.
| Dr. Van Patten emotioned him about
! becoming too anxious to again re
; sume his work, and then began the
! examination of the heart.
The senator was sitting in a large
morris chair when the physician be
gan the examination of his patient's
I heart.
While making the examination the
physician kept up a conversation with
Senator Dolliver, and asked him how
he was feeling.
"I am really feeling better than at
any time since my recent sickness."
he said. "But 1 suppose the wolves
will be set howling about my succes
sor." and the senator laughed.
He had frequently expressed in a
humorous manner his opinion of hav
ing the people pick his successor
while he wras vet alive The physician
continued his work with the stetho
scope. counting the beats of the sen
ator's heart out loud. He was fre
; quentiy interrupted by Senator Dol
liver with the declaration that he was
unable to hear his own heart.
When the physician had counted
I fourteen beats, he informed the sen
ator.
"That's good." replied Mr. Dolliver.
: "the moat I have been able to count
was seven."
Funeral services for Senator Jon
athan P. Dolliver will be held on
| Thursday at 2 o'clock. The sudden
ness of Mr Dolliver's death from
heart disease, while a physician was
| listening to the irregular beats of the
organ with stethoscope, took everyone
! so much by surprise that some of the
funeral arrangements are only tenta
tive.
Everybody in Fort Dodge is in
mourning for the town's most noted
citiien The suddenness of the sen
ator's demise caused a shock from
which the people have not yet re
I covered Saturday evening a little less
than an hour before death came. Sen
ator Dolliver chatted cheerfully with
Mayor S. J. Bennett, a life long
friend
W. H. Cowgill Dies.
Lincoln. Neb.—\Y H CosfdlL state
railway commissioner, died Sunday
night at $.2" o'clock Mr Cowgill had
for some time Wen suffering from
acute Bright's disease, and while at
tending a foot ball game a week ago
h was stricken with paralysis. Since
he was stricken with paralysis. Since
part been in a state of coma. Mr.
Cowgill was born December 2. ISiS.
President's Vacation Ends.
Beverly. Mass - President Taft's
summer vacation officially ended
Sunday He will start back to Wash
ington Monday bv way of New York
Three thousand Beverly children will
wave good bye.
Committee to Attend Funeral.
Washington—Vice President Sher
man has designated the following
members t* act as a committee from
the Tnited States senate to attend
the funeral of the late Senator Jona
than P. Dolliver of Iowa, at Port
Dodge on Thursday. October 20. at S
p. in.: Senators Cummins. Bailey. Ut
kins. Pam ter. Nelson. Burrows. Kean.
Clapp. Beveridge. Shiveley: Burkett,
and Money. Sergeant-atArras Raas
dell at once promptly advised ail the
members of the committee of their
appointment.