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Loup City Northwestern
VOl.L ME XXIX. LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1911. NUMBER 25~
EPITOME
OF*
WEEK'S MEWS
! Most Important Happen
ings Toid m Bnef.
Washington
By a vote ef :4i to II the < anadlaa
tj *greemen* »a> passed by
ef represents' *es No
Ms * -re s-icwed to the bill.
»t«rt a as »err stm :.sr to "be one
•ns*-d mo* khu exrep- that h car
-x «n aoaed n<lec which auihor
ii and mooes is hwiOrt- Taft to
ofc'atx further reciprocal trade neia
done nrjth I anada Tee of the op
f w«#» were cos' by tbe Demo
ns:* and be other T> by Krpulicua
• • •
rorsaa i'nute made by insurgent
fcep-i Uai. senator* that they hr rec
’«tx as aa organisation distinct
*'-•» the iieput lent mayor:::- in the
sited Sta'es sens'* and that they be
©ten one-fourth of all the majority
memae-ships of *he roaunV’.ee and
■tt'.r. of these assign mens were re
je*-ted by a *ote of T to 4 at a meet
id of the imi - mmm.i*tee on eon
■stbsss
• • •
Tbe majority repoet of tbe wayr and
means • msi'.'s* an tbe or-railed
farmer* free list bUl. submitted to
the house by ' "halrman Vnderoood.
shews that the ht!l would reduce the
tariff brwenne t 1.41C Oi based on
importations for the Inst fiscal year
• • •
Eejewoertattee Berger Socialist, of
hTioroassn wan‘» -ongrews to haws
power to ra s non ns-utional renew
tmn lie introduced a resolution pro
posing at amendment to tbe Const!
to* son granting that authority and
rfcaradrrlxed the lonsrltutlon as
"aatleuated and obsolete "
• • •
Tormer speaker <"11x110* tn a speech
m *bs bowse rigorously assailed tbs
proposed f'snadisr reciproetty agree
osaot sad declared It as dangerous to
lartcst trade tsimlcnl to the best
Inte-ewts of American farmers and
-r-naln to rest.:* in depreciation of
American fane lands
• • •
Ac-pae u tbe Tts-ed States senate
tadiea*** that tbe direct Tote for sen
s'ors b;3 is going to bar* a stormy
Dm of :■ At effort eras made to re
!<•* 'i * bouse measure to tbe Judiciary
=omm.-ee *nd the plan failed, a: leas:
temporarily
• • •
Dfjmestic
' 'Utu hiring imaH of sending
C'l'.titf ieie»* through the malls.
• a» Stl ti MM ts the T’nited Stale*
fti••-:<“> -001 a* Chicago and takes to
•fcf ;<nsce a' Lea tec worst.
Eat to verve a five year sentence
• • •
G k. «at' h rase* sa-d *o be valued
a- l; * were stole* from an ex
p'evw * ag -n of tbe Pxmi*le» Trans
f»r rjmpany at Chicago when tbe
diver inf* tbe map on standinp In an
alley No 'rat* of tbe perpetrators
of 'be beid dayllpb' robbery ta* been
found by tbe puttee
• • •
Tbe last aord 1* Insurance was
sprung at 1 miias. Tex . when tbe Tern
pe-tr- e hmnais earn pan y was or
panuted Tbe company will insure In
rbrtetna at id per cent leas than the
•eguiar aober patrons
• • •
'ixens of New Orleans friends of
'^riau. G.bfaoa* bare take* step* to
sonar tbe movement started in Balti
more to raise a fund for the erection
o' a Cardinal G.bboa* memorial bail
m m m
'oom Claary. son of an Otiexo
N T « aser-nant fell dewd on the
brink of a new!*-dug grave in St
Meter s cemetery He was talking
wri tbe grave da»er who had Just
finished bis aork. man bean diseaae
ended bis life
• • e
That the agreement entered Into
by 1C manufacturers of sanitary
enameled ware, charged by tbe pov
immeat with rtoiatiap tbe Sherman
ant. trust an was ad vac tap eons to
Jobber* sad "onsctoers was testified
to hr prominent manufacturers from
various parts of the country at tbe
bathtub trust hearing.
• • •
TV Ohio Iwsnoerm'.r delegation in
aim acanting tbe political
to tbe east and to tbe west
*o shack' coats and go to
_1 I* earnest tor Gov Jodson Har
me* their candidate tor tbe pret,Men
tost MutoMs in 1*U
• • •
Will Potter, a negro was the cen
tml figure in a tragedy at Livermore
Ky, when iM men dragged bun upon
tbe opers-tku.se stage and after hang
teg him. riddled bis body with bullets
Potter bad shot sad killed Frank
Mitchell in a quarrel
• a •
fflcials of New Or
guilty recently is
lkrbcrx atufllnp'
of violating the
were sentenced ta
e*H m
m_... . . .....
The report that Booker T. Wash
ington and a number of northern
negroes would try to gain control of
the International ft Great Northern
railroad, was denied by Emmet J.
Scott, private secretary to the negro
educator.
• • •
Will Potter, a negro, was the cen
tral figure In a bloody drama staged
at Livermore. Ky, when 50 citizens
drzkced him upon the opera house
stage and after stringing him up rid
dled his body with bullets. He shot
and killed Frank Mitchell, twenty
tao years old. white. In a quarrel
• • •
Mrs Matthew T Scott of Bloom
ington. ni.. was reelected president
general of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution at Washington. D. C,
by a large majority over Mrs. William
3 Storey of New York.
• • •
That a check for $10,000 toward a
jackpot” for the election of Senator
Lorimer was contributed by C. F.
Weihe of Virginia. Minn . a prominent
lumberman, was the direct statement
made before the Helm investigating
ommtttee at Springfield. 111., by Wll
.iam Bu-gess. an electrical contractor
uf Duluth who said he had the story
at first hand from Weihe. who is a
brother-in-law of Edward Hines, the
lumber man
• • •
New Jersey police are searching for
lues to the principals in an Ontario
ft W estern express car robbery which
r-sul'ed in the loss of over $1,000 in
and the disappearance of $5,000
worth of valuables at Weehawken
• • •
Personal
Victor Morawetz of New York and
Saiss Violet Westcott of Syracuse, a
laughter of the late Edward Noyes
Westcott. author of “David Hamm.”
were married at Mayfair London.
• • •
The engagement is announced at
Akron O.. of Mrs Burke Roche,
iaugtrer of the late Frank Work, and
'ourth cousin of B G Work of Akron!
o Rober* Seton Beres'ord brother of
Lord Denies, who married Mist
Vivien Gould
• • •
William A Day was elected presl
er.r of the Equitable Life Assurance
-*ety by the board of trustees at
New York city
• • •
Edward A Moseley, secretary of
•be in-“estate commerce commission
and originator of much .labor legisla
tor. died In W"ashingtoii' after a long
-linewa He was sixty-five years old
• • •
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, who
was stricken with vertigo at the pen
sion office and was taken to a hos
pital. Las sufficiently recovered to re
turn to his hotel in Washington.
• • •
Lir r G Abbott, director of as
rrophj sical observation in the Smith
sonian institution, was presented with
the Draper medal in W’ashington for
making the discovery that the sun is
s variable body and that its heat and
light vary.
Setting forth her own experiences
;n the divorce court and creating a
harac er like that of her former hus
hand, it is said. Edna Goodrich, who
until her recent divorce was the fourth
Mrs Nat Goodwin, has written a book
called "The Deynard Divorce.”
• • •
Former President Roosevelt re
turned to New York from a seven
weeks' tour of the west and middle
west As he stepped from a train
from Chicago he came Into contact
with a crowd of outgoing Easter vis
itors. many of whom greeted him with
cheers.
• • •
F.»v Charles Taze Russell, known
as "Pastor Russell" of the Brooklyn
tabernacle, Brooklyn. N Y„ has ac
cepted the pastorate of the London
tabernacle. Paddington.
• • •
Sporting
Parkey McFarland, the Chicago
boxer, had the better of his ten-round
bout with "Harlem" Tommy Murphy
beiore the Fairmount Athletic club at
New York city, it was a case of speed
and cleverness against a man of the
more rugged type and the former
proved the superior in a short bout.
• • »
Foreign
The Moroccan rebels have stormed
F z and massacred the garrison, ae
-uing to a message received at
Madrid. Spain from Tetuen It is
also stated that the sultan has fled
to the French consulate for safety.
• • •
Mrs Maldwic Drummond returned
to England on the Lusitania without
having discovered any trace of the
|1-c,tWO worth of Jewels lost on her
recent trip to this country on the
Amerika.
• • •
Many priceless works of art, in
cluding paintings and gobelins, were
destroyed when the city hall at
naerbeck. a suburb of Brussels. Bel
gium. was destroyed by fire. Two fire
men were killed.
• • •
If Porfirio Diaz does not resign as
president ofAfexico at once the In
surrecto army surrounding Juarez.
Mexico, will open fire on that city and
the most destructive battle of the
war will be on Announcement of the
fact was made by Francisco I. Ma
dero the rebel leader.
• • a
The owner of a large Munich beer
house waa sentenced to six weeks in
Jail and to pay a fine of |7S0 and five
of his waiters to terms or from one to
three weeks in Jail, for serving too
much foam on beer.
BURNS EASTER WIT
SPARKS FROM LOCOMOTIVE SET
IT AFIRE ON WEARER’S HEAD.
j HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
i What la Going on Her* and Thar*
i That ia of Intareat to the Road
are Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Central City. — When Mrs. D. H.
I Burke. living west of the city, was
driving home from the city Saturday
afternoon, 6he met with a peculiar
mishap.
She was wearing a fine new Easter
bat, and the sparks from a passing
locomotive lodged in the elaborate
trimmings and set them on tire.
Mrs Burke bad difficulty in remov
ing the hat from her head, as it was
stayed by several hat pins, and she
was somewhat scorched in the opera
tion. However, she succeeded in get
ting it off and throwing it out of the
buggy before it did any great damage.
To Give Course of Lectures.
Peru.—Prof. H. B. Duncanson of the
state normal school has received an
Invitation from the state of Washing
ton to give a course of lectures at the
marine biological station at Friday
harbor. San Juan island, in that state.
: He has accepted, and has been grant
ed a leave of absence from the sum
mer school for the purpose.
Elk Creek Has Paper.
Tecumsen.—Elk Creek, this county,
; Is to have a weekly newspaper. T. W.
1 L&lly is moving his plant from Ster
ling. where there are two papers, to
Elk Creek, and will publish the first
number of "The Elk Creek Citizen"
next week
Tornado Destroys Live Stock.
Stella.—A tornado Wednesday after
noon formed at the farm of George
: Helmy. almost demolishing the house,
and the barn was destroyed. Many
hogs were killed. The loss is $2,000.
i No other serious damage from the
: storm is reported. Telephone wires
I are down south of town.
Merrick county wants a new court
house
George W. Wheeler died suddenly a:
Table Rock.
Fire damaged C. O. Banion's cigar
■ factory at Chadron.
Rev. J. B. Able of Hickman was In
jured in an automobile smashup.
The value of Nebraska lands has
more than doubled the last ten years.
Falls City seems to be growing so
i rapidly people cannot get houses in
which to live.
Former Governor A C. Shailenber
ger will deliver the commencement ad
dress at Howells. May 23.
M*s. Pospisil. living five miles east
of Pierce, was burned to death Satur
day evening at the home of her son.
i Vaclas.
Oxford held a meeting to discuss the
agricultural college location, and con
: siderable interest and enthusiasm was
aroused.
The York public schools recently
gave a county fair for the benefit of
the cadet encampment. The affair
netted the boys $236.
Mrs. John Smith, living west of Nor
man. committed suicide by drowning
herself in the water tank on the farm.
She had been in bad health for some
: time.
Poisoned by eating a dish of greens
fas; Tuesday. Mrs. M. W. Crosier,
living four miles west of University
i Place, is dead and her husband is in
a serious condition.
Werner Gerhard, a 15-year-old Lin
coln boy, was accidentally shot Satur
day morning, when a revolver in the
Lands of a friend was discharged as
be was examining it.
The comptroller of-the treasury has
; granted e charter to the Farmers’ Na
tional bank of Wakefield
While hunting near Stanton. George
A. Thoms, a telegraph operator, was
accidentally shot in the left leg near
j the knee.
An $80,000 high school building is
being erected at Nebraska City.
Fire on the B. & M. right-of-way at
' Holdrege destroyed several ware
houses. mostly belonging to brewery
companies.
It is expected that the hospital for
indigent sufferers from tuberculosis,
j for which an appropriation of $40,000
has been made, will be located at
j North Platte.
The Methodists of Sterling will
! erect a new church building to cost
from $8,000 to $9,000 on the site of the
' old building, which was destroyed by
! fire last August.
Tilden is making great headway In
: the way of good roads. Farmers are
' rendering valuable assistance.
, The board of county commissioners
of Johnson county have named William
Ernst and Albert Russell a committee
to secure and prepare an exhibit from
Johnson county for the state fair this
fall.
Shivering with fear under the hal
lucination that some person was plot
ting the death of her family. Mrs.
David Davis of phiUipsburg. Iowa, was
taken off a Rock IslSfcd train at the
union station at Omaha Tuesday morn
tag raving mad.
At the Easter service at the Presby
terian church at Lyons. Mrs. S&muei
Shaw had a strobe of paralysis and
had to be carried from the church to
her borne in an automobile.
Two hundred and forty-five wagon
loads of tin cans, ashes and rubbish
were removed by the street commis
sioner's department in response to
‘ requests to help clean np Omaha.
The National Nebraska Guard mili
’ tary board will meet in Lincoln April
j 24 to decide on the date and place of
the next annual encampment. The
encampment will probably be held in
August.
Governor Aldrich has issued an
Arbor day proclamation, designating
April 22 as the day w hen trees are to
; be planted and the memory of J. Ster
| ling Morton freshened in the minds of
! Nebraskans.
While riding around the campus of
! the Wesleyan university on a motor
■ cycle with Harry Baker, a Havelock
| boy, Irene Wilson, aged IS years, was
seriously burned by ignited gasoline
that leaked from the motorcycle tank.
A remarkable record is being made
by two Holstein cows in the Badger £
Pro6t dairy at Central City. One. a
: registered 4-year-o!d. is producing
1 eight galions of milk daily, and anoth
er, a 2-year-old. is producing twenly
I two quarts.
1 William Fuller, a shopman employed
. by the Lincoln Traction company, was
; crushed while repairing a journal, the
heavy car breaking loose from the set
brakes and descending on Fuller with
its full weight. He died two hour*
after the injury.
L. E Wetling, a well known Lincoln
man. was held up and relieved of some
cash and a fine gold watch. The ban
; dits w ere chased by officers and an
i exchange of shots took place, but they
made their etcape.
Roman Weidman. who resides south
of Fremont in Saunders county, was
! found in an unconscious condition on
his farm by a neighbor who noticed
his prostrate body in the yard. Weid
man had been chopping down trees
| and a heavy maple tell upon him. He
will recover.
9
James DelahcrCv Warden.
James Delahunty.' tormerly deputy
warden, has been commissioned war
den of the penitentiary by Governot
Aldrich. The appointment is to take
effect immediately. Mr. Davis, who
was warden several years ago. is to be
deputy warden. An invoice of the
property at the prison is now being
taken and the property will be turned
over to Mr. Delahunty when that work
is completed. In the meantime Mr.
j Delahunty is warden.
Game Birds Confiscated.
Chief Game Warden Miller has a big
case on hand in a prosecution against
the manager of the Millard hotel at
i Omaha. The game warden confiscated
135 game birds in storage in the base
ment of the hotel. If the fine required
by law is imposed for each of the
birds found in possession of the hotel
i it w ill amount to $675.
Secretary Mueller of the state board
of agriculture has planned to build
a dyke on the west side of the state
fair grounds which it !s believed will
stop any ordinary overflow of the little
i creek bordering on the grounds. The
embankment is to be one to eight feet
high, eight feet across on top and
I 1.200 feet long and will cost $2,000.
The first state convention held in
Nebraska by the Knights of the Mac
cabees of the World will be held in
i Lincoln Tuesday and Wednesday.
April 25 and 26. From three to five
i hundred people are expected to at
tend from every section of the state.
Governor Aldrich has issued a moth
ers' day proclamation asking for the
observance of May 14 and the wearing
of a white flower as an outward indi
cation of observance of the day.
The governor has pardoned Dr. W
H. Johnson of IJncoln. who is serving
a term of two years in the penitentiary
for a criminal operation.
The state oil inspector's office, which
was crowded into the governor's of
fice during the session of the legisla
| tnre. has been removed back to its old
place, the private office used during
the legislature by IJeutenant Governor
Hopewell.
Harry Thomas. Printing Commissioner
Harry G. Thomas of Harvard, state
printing expert, has been appointed
commissioner of printing at a salary
of $1,500, the governor having previ
ously signed the Leidig printing bill.
Thomas prints a newspaper at Har
vard. It was proposed that the com
missioner of printing should spend his
entire time on the Job. but this phrase
is not in the enrolled bill and the prac
tice of allowing the commissioner tc
spend half his time on the job will
probably be continued.
Chaplain Johnson Reappointed.
Representative P. C. Johnson ol
Johnson county, member of the legis
lature. was reappointed to his formei
position of chaplain of the peniten
I tiary. The appointment has been an
nounced by Governor Aldrich.
Bucket Shops Close.
Reports received indicate that
about all bucket shops in the state
have closed. The Lincoln Commission
company quit business as soon as the
new law waa signed by the governor
: and the Omaha houses all closed.
VETOED BT
THEGOVERKOR
GOVERNOR ALDRICH ATTACHES
HIS VETO TO THESE BILLS
PASSED BY THE LEGIS
. LATURE.
The following is a synopsis of the
bills vetoed by Governor Aldrich,
which had been passed by the recent
session of the legislature.
S. F. 36—Bartling—Permitting the
playing of baseball or golf on Sunday.
S. F. 91—Tanner—Provided that all
proposed amendments to the constitu
tion shall be published in two papers
In each county at the price now paid
for printing in one paper: also that the
papers designated shall he of opposite
political parties in each county.
S. F. 167—Tanner—Extending terms
of office of members of school board
In South Omaha for one year.
S. F. 316—Tanner—Providing for a
commission form of government for all
cities within the state of Nebraska,
having more than 25.000 and less than
40.000 inhabitants.
S. F. 324—Lee—Non-partisan judi
ciary act. providing for nominations of
judges of The supreme, district and
county courts without party designa
tion.
H. R 24—Netr—Amending sections
S803 and SS05 of Fob bey's Annotated
Statutes, by providing that the term
of office of mayors and councilmen in
all cities in Nebraska except those of
the metropolitan class should be ex
tended one year, making the term of
office two years.
H. R. 82—Taylor—Dolezal stock
yards bills, designating stock yards as
“public markets."
H. R. 101—Bailey—An act regulat
ing the business of real estate brokers
or agents, providing for a state license
for the persons so engaged and to ap
propriate the receipts from said li
censes and providing a penalty for vio
lation thereof.
H. R. 394—Clayton—-A bill amending
section 13 o' article 1 of chapter 77 or
the compiled statutes exempting all
bonds from taxation which are issued
by the state, county, township, pne
cinct, city, village or school district;
also property used exclusively for re
ligions and charitable purposes.
H. R. 537—Minor—A bill for an act
to declare all persons, corporations
and assr.r'-rions operating telephone
lines or exchanges within the state of
Nebraska to be common carriers and
to give the state railway commission
of the state of Nebraska power and
authority to regulate the rates and
service, and exercise a general con
trol over th^ same, and to require con
nection of telephone lines, and inter
change of telephone companies, and to
fermit the consolidation of competing
companies and to prohibit the granting
of franchises in cities where there is
in operation a company engaged in the
furnishing of telephone service with
out first securing the consent of the
state railway commission.
H. R. 573—Gerdes—Provided that
the officers of all state institutions
upported by public funds should make
monthly reports of the condition of
such state institution or board to the
auditor of public accounts »nd re
quired the auditor to condense such
reports and place them, each month,
in the hands of the governor, and es
tablishing a uniform system of book
keeping.
H. R. 574—Gerdes—A companion bill
to 573. providing that a uniform sys
tem of bookkeeping shall prevail in all
state offices and that an expert ac
countant be appointed to examine into
the condition of each state office or
6tate institution.
H. R. 575—Gerdes—Providing for a
state board of supervision of mainten
ance funds, whose duty it shall be to
look after and have a general super
vision of the disbursement of funds
appropriated for the maintenance of
executive departments or offices.
Taft May Go to Texas.
Washington.—If congress adjourns
during the spring months. President
Taft may go to Texas to see the fed
eral troops maneuver. The president
answered an invitation to witness the
maneuvers extended by Governor Col- i
quitt of Texas. He said in substance j
that he would like to s^b the man-1
ruvera but that it depended on con- j
gress whether or not he could go.
Andrew Carnegie has presented
Sioux City. Iowa, with $75,000 for a
public library.
Annapolis. — In memory of the
French soldiers and sailors who
gained no individual fame like Lafay
ette. Rochambeau or Steuben, but who
helped the thirteen colonies gain their
liberty, a statue has been unveiled
here on the grounds of St. John's col
lege. The president and Mrs. Taft.
Ambassador Jusscrand of France. Sec
retary of War Dickinson and Secre
tary of the Navy Meyer were among
those who witnessed the ceremonies.
B. F. Bush has been elected presi
dent of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
TOSSED BY WIND,
GIRL MEETS DEATH
DRAWN INTO VORTEX OF WHIRL
WIND AND THEN DASHED TO
GROUND.
London—The extraordinary death of
Mary Bailey, a lG-year-old school-girl.
In a school play ground at Bradford,
during a recent gale was the subject
of a coroner's inquest.
To combat a theory of suicide which
had been suggested, it was proved that
the girl had not been to the top -story
of the school and that she was in a
very cheerful frame of mind.
George Parsons, a commercial trav
eler. said he was near the school when
he saw the girl in the air with her
skirl blown out like a balloon. She
was 25 or 30 feet high and she fell with
i crash. She was on a level with the
i " 1 ■ " i
Tossed by Wind.
scoooi Daicony. out sne naa not come ,
from there. The wind was the worsti
he had known for 15 years.
The mother of the girl said her i
daughter wore a skirt to just below the
knees.
Her injuries, a doctor stated, were i
concussion of the brain, fracture of the 1
right arm, wrist, thigh and jaw.
The jury returned a verdict of ac
ridental death, the result of a fall
caused by a sudden gust of wind.
So severe was the gale in the chan I
nel that the Polkestone-Boulogne
steamboat service was diverted to!
Dover and Calais.
While three horses with a farmer's
wagon were passing through Great
Hallingsbury. Essex, a large elm tree
was blown down and fell across the
vehicle. The driver, a man named
Sapsford, sustained a broken leg
and the two shaft horses were felled to
the ground and injured.
BULL PUP LIKES FRESH MILK
Dog Supplies His Own Daily Rations
by Milking the Cow
Himself.
Cnderwood. Wash.—A farmer llv- :
ing near here had a bull puppy
shipped out from Boston. The puppy's
principal diet had been milk served
from the bottle. During the first day
on the farm the puppy was intensely
interested in the operation of milking
the cows, and for several days never
failed to watch his master closely
during the milking time, morning and
evening. When one of the cows be
Likes Fresh Milk.
gan to fail in her usual supply of
milk, investigation disclosed the fact
that the puppy was supplying his own
rations three or four times a day by
milking the ecw himself.
Servants to Be Auctioned.
Salem. Ore.—Two servant girls
from Wisconsin will meet with a
warm reception when they reach
Salem.
They will be auctioned to the high
est bidders, so many applications hav
ing been made for their services to
A. F. Hoffer. manager of the Salem
board of trade, who announced that
the two girls were coming to Salem
looking for positions.
Matrons of the capital city began to
swamp Mr. Hoffer with applications,
until 40 families had spoken for the
services of the two girls.
Then the auctioning scheme was hit
upon. If the girls agree they will be
disposed of an the block and the
premiums obtained for their services
by this method will be paid to them
selves.
A JS SIGNED
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO CEASE
FOR PRESENT.
AN ARMISTICE OF FIVE DAYS
Other Settlements Expected Soon that
Will Result in Ending of the
Conflict.
El Paso, Tex.—An armistice of five
days, beginning at noon Sunday, and
affecting the district between Juarez
and Chihuahua and west of the latter,
was made effective in an exchange
of identical letters signed by General
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., for the rebels
and General Juan Navarro for the
government.
The truce provides there shall be
no mot^nent of troops of either side
during the next five days, and that
provisions and medicine may be
brought to either camp from the
United States without payment of
duty.
It is noted that Ojinago, where a
small federal force is besieged, is not
covered in the armistice, the insur
recto activities in that district being
largely independent. It is expected
that in the event of the settlement of
the rebellion in Chihuahua, the situ
ation at Ojinaga and other scattered
places throughout the republic will
receive attention.
The moral effect of the cessation of
hostilities in Chihuahua is regarded
as certain to make settlements in
other parts ot the country simple.
It was known that a truce was
agreeable to Madero. and a telegram
from Mexico City Informed General
Madero that General Navarro had
been Instructed by President Diaz to
enter into the agreement.
The concessions which the govern
ment is willing to make have been
known for two weeks to General Ma
dero. ever since Frederico Moye, a
business man of Chihuahua, visited
General Madero at Rancho Bustillos.
They were discussed in the meeting
by the leaders and members of the
peace mission. Those present were:
Francisco Madero, sr.. father of the
rebel leader; the latter s brothers, Al
fonso. Gustavo and Raoul Madero;
Pascual Orozco, the original field lead
er of the revolution; Pancho Villa,
former banker and present staunch
supporter of Madero; Giusippi Gara
bildi and General and Senora Madero.
The last named is accounted a
warm supported of taking Juarez and
then talking peace. She feels her hus
band would be in better position to
talk peace from Juarez than from
the hills around It. A representative
from the Associated Press was pres
ent by invitation, having been with
the insurrecto forces much of the
time since the revolt started.
Much of the discussion was of a
nature the publication of which is not
desired at this time. It may be said,
however, that Genera! Madero has the
most authentic assurance of a liberal
attitude on the part of the govern
ment.
For Gibbons Memorial Hall.
Washington.—Announcement was
made by Bishop Corrigan, treasurer
of the fund for the Cardinal Gibbons
memorial hall at the Catholic univer
sity. that more than $45,000 has al
ready been subscribed in Washing
ton and in Baltimore and other Mary
land towns.
Thompson Appeals for Help.
Washington.—All the Americans in
Acapulco, including David E. Thomp
son. former ambassador to Mexico
from Nebraska, have presented a pe
tion to the Tnited States government
saying an attack on that city is im
minent. The consul says 100 rebels
have taken Ometepec and are holding
it. They ^ave also apepared in San
Marcos.
Lorimer the Bugbear.
Washington.—Mor# than one mem
ber of the United States senate is
trembling in his boots against that
day and hour when some aspiring
statesman back home is certain to
arise, point a finger at him and ex
claim: “He voted for Lorimer.”
Given Life Term.
Htchinson. Kan.—Henry Bowers, ar
rested last Tuesday in Ottawa, Kan
on a charge of racing a box car, con
fessed that he murdered Thomas Fow
ler, secretary of the Kansas Anti
Horse Thief association here last De
cember. He pleaded guilty and was
given life imprisonment.
General A. J. Baker Dies.
Centerville. Ia.—General A. J. Ba
ker. Iowa pioneer, and one who had
had the distinction of serving as at
torney general of two states. Iowa and
Missouri, died at his home here Sun
day. He was 79 years of age at the
time of his death.
Democrats as Arbitrators.
Washington.—Democrats of the sen
ate may be called upon to arbitrate
the difference between the republican
regulars and progressives over the
question of committee assignments.
New Record Made.
Muskogee. Okla.—W. F. Seaver. a
Muskogee lawyer, has established a
reputation for professional speed by
filing his own petition for divorce, hav
ing it recorded, pleading his own case
and getting a decree in about live
minutes.