Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
VOI.L Mi: XXIX._LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY . AUGUST 31, 1911. NUMBER 4=5. ~~
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEN
.ATti~ -4»»r\ Sis THE WORLD
CvZH TOLD v iTCM'ZCO
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
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Fctik it t*a 5-*> M»w
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rate.
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fhar . ■ it, r+*rr - f i-, tad lobvrro
■ arjeei* k- .ut.rie* ttnjwried U>
•t* t »•****• aarta* July is :
i ■ * tr it new a! cistlar lot
-• Kb tin msi* motitb las:
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«K< m m orb rase m
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TV an b.i>» at earndoi- and the
A se* «» -ar state, aar aLd nary
• * U LobMgMk. are ree»;.in*
'be.' sir*' tea dreaa since tkey a era
j» iolM<d la !‘T» alnr *be
4lBt* a. caaai meted at a oust tit
tii baa .am
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La?ters r*-ee**«d I* Ve» Tori dry
Tea. former fsatmtaa Ott< G
r*» \i- jf Brooklet Indicate umi fn
hat a- > -d to ”_oie -jp Uf i«err.ati"*t
•eaod'* •* at Seoul. Korea Mr Foet
ber tars -Ji.rf la the P»a—ge of the
M-gki »»mcetrark tail and be re
een-od a surf ■ treaiefsiiig thai bis
kuaae be uinnra ut
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' Hod - «C'ia iuc IS c^ats - ** the sd
m * to *j» lorudtf gi»e® ta (train'
rgahiby a -otamive* ce
«- .id at 4 taugi William*. M.ssi*
*- »♦» tf Ok—rmk aud Rf*fr
■wdi'a’.K H&irtaft*4i *'df T*uu?.
ft «of fra tor# and
-t1'...* «« 'on tc «*l c<5*.;
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Domestic
7 u* Ne* Yarik, -in «sr*»U> .'a-ri.
. :& ID -be the i^rga*- v .a the
• eric ts :-juvt b» acomiariMti of the
t-rva jam *.»;•!«••« to I- tt-Jou The
jwpwiktiofc at the kte:W»'R.'l<* >WUB
«nd . » at Lando* la 4J.22 T* at
-fgarnl ntth 4JW2kSw> Use :«Jpuin
,s * erf -t - a!a,Airt»tiw borough* of
V*w York r*t* an January 1.
m m m
lUnry 14 Trlmbie of lftloot* was
skag-munao elected ■ art. taunt.. r-in
bar' of tb* ..raise Army of the Ke
imbu.i- at Rochester, X. ¥. Cot. Xieh
tas in» Ot X*» York «•« «i *le<1
Thirl*-eigif per »**.» « *•!* k.i.eii ana
mo UuJt ai't ifsjcred when an east
-xonbt. Letlgt VaJirs 'rkia of 12 <-tmci»
•*. e~a»k by two »ngia*». m> tilled
with rt.-aaa re'BJmiag frex the <1.
4 it aattaml tactayorst at Roches
m. X. Y that etety Beat wax occu
u*d and *ba ..a*** crowded, plunged
• t -»m|ii a ’reatle oxer ar outlet to
■«-«*» -•■ - .ah* near Man. Paata* j
V Y and •uttlrfed *•» feat io o trie w»- f
I
'" xa met. ware killed and fixe tb
jutad abas a litre or .g* orer o«
I a puna nver. aixteesi mi la* north 1
w«o> at Kaaeeurg. Or* collapsed acd
1*41 late -ha neat dill teat helow.
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Hr* t A Dtrinti*. bound Iron
• -to tegwliie Cite *a« killed
■tea an ae-umobtl* stag* carry.eg
j... *U' "» from Rum-burg to Myrtlg
hat! (Ire.. *a* overturned neat Myr
11* Post’ Ftx* of bet peraoe* »*r*
MtJbMd
m m m
itno t ('Mhaay. iSdnj ***** oM
tb* Joan Yaljeas of Mtchican. *bo is
•e-vmg a thirty year sentence m tb*
Haruuette i Hick • prison tor robbery,
wfli be loruiod by the pardon boa 0
dep'etauej 1. < ash way escaped from
~he Jackson • Mick I pi .son fixe UBias
Ebck ume b* wax r. captured
e • e
At tb* sbacat reunion of old net
tiers at Woodford and admin mg rout:
tie* at Hetamora. Tl! tb* di tun
Isoldir recently placed upon the site
of tb* famous debate between lJocoir
and Uuagtas In 1S&* was dedicated
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A abort*c* of supply of good beef
tootle on tbr Chicago market ts grade
a4tj boost,mg the price cd that class ol
msat so tb* retail market tber* Whils
there has bsen bo material change ts
tb* bgure* star* July 1. sc increase of
fxwm ! ft !’| n ly cents Is eipectcd
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Wocney J. Ihegie former sergeanf
st-nrms at lb* Ohio senate, is to make
s 'uL confession erf what he knosn
at bribery a tho legislature, say the
prwaonitiag etgceri at Columbus to
eacnp* a prison term under coone
tbm at abetting bribery
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by a majority ranging between 1.10*
and Mb*. JeCorson county, the largest
esabty in Alabama, including firming
bam, voted ant prohibition that has
boss a -**ct sine* January 1. im.
and dstidsd on tba return of regulatad
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WT A Sutmer and wile of Uallna.
Tea, were froses to death near the
summit at Pike * peak. Their bodies.
aHanM covsred with snow, were found
by s boy * viking down tb* peak Mr
•Inesr formerly «as a proofreader
--
After t- ins subjected to continuous
flu* stioning for almost *hirty hours in
Jsil. William Lee of Uooneville. Ind.,
made a rrren statement in which he
fid he uad killed liis father, Richard
L* . in self-defense after the father
had murdered his wife and a younger
son. Clarence. The bodies of young
l> - '* father, mother and brother were
>un . :t: t i. ■ ir burning borne and Lee
was charged with tbcir murder.
• • •
:: the selection of Spokane
*h_ at 'tie city for the 1012 gatfc
• rig and the choosing of officers, the
raee .ng of the National Association
S ale Insurance Commissioners
me o a close at Milwaukee Wis
Fred W Potter, superintendent of in
cur., u • of 11;.r: .i. ».as elected presi
.re. :i r - R. Cunningham of
Montana, secretary.
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:: - 3.000 men. women and chi!
■o *' «i by shouting their approval
Peter Carter, a negro who had pre
vi »t.-'y been captured by three mem
• • - >; nis ct i: race and identified as
' : n who ac; ked Mrs Minnie
ti-st .ns wife of a farmer, was
burned to dea'h
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«lng *he tcposing o! dames R
"f ' .■ e\ county a> stale chair
. at :•[ \-bur- Park two weeks ago
an c great t jrb ii* ncy. tor his insult
’ : rror 'A'1 Iren oi New Jersey
•! vmti* state commiltee elect
Kdvv.rd 1 G o - mp of Glcucestet
it" a.- rate r. airman, unani
moil sly.
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\ r utuiap oi JS.tMHi or 30,000 elk it
» Jr Kuan Hole country of Wyo
r.t „ ha. b -n begun. Cowboys art
itiring tfc, <ilt to other sections
~ act* 'here i. b*>**er range
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lore than 4.000 shop workers em
. jvr-h on the lines of the Illinois Cen
‘ 11 road have voted by an over
• re.rung majority to strike unless
' etie-a m plan of organization
--- re. gn. d by the company.
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A Sa iih. ateat attorney g»*n
• • • linte- up holds that a county
i p* it- u m the riabba’h The
k- rg- Ministerial a.-snc!aaon hat! tel
1 Governor Kberhart asking
r: - >1 the
>' l*c.:i out:? fai. on Sunday.
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Personal
At t t: msd. of the en
- *i -* tit - His* O.meiin Frances.
• *• . g . ■ dda chter of the late
eh Jef! arson -he nctor. and Car
tn et«ti Howarn. Vale HsKl. They will
be tnRrrieo Sep'emb*. P at Buzzard's
H»y. Mas*.
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i. tb- "evelaod daughter of the
late «-x si.iert. ir reported to be en
gaged to Randolph D West, son of
ITo" \?: «•-. West of Princeton uni
• • •
' ton Sinclair. tL*1 author, an
n -ed in New York that as scon as
h> • an g' t ;ri *ouch with his lawyer
-n't ..ait the necessary legal papers
rar .■ !.;s purpose to institute
He says his wife
a- on - 't.cly with a young west
ern |a»et.
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' oiue .lark Geraghty and his
:.ei - ..tide will make Springfield,
tb*-ir home for a time at least
a*, thi ■ ult of »wo offers which
• .11. .■ • : tried*- he chauffeur by auto
mobile t . :r.:a< taring concerns.
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Sporting
I*on»Id Herr, driving a National car,
won the Illinois trophy^ the big event
f ice da-- s automobile races at Elgin.
fin -1 tng just nine seconds ahead
t»f « :.. rl«-» Men. w ho also drove a Xa
lotial. Herr s time for the 203 miles
nd l.«H feet »as 2.05:35. Hugh
Hugh*-!, .trtving a Mercer, captured
be Kane county trophy, finishing the
!<•: miles and 2.460 fee- in 2:37:21.
Mortimer Roberts, driving an Abbott
l*e»roit. won 'be Aurora trophy. Hu
nk. in a Kord. oelcg a close second.
Roberts tin:*' was 2:31:11.
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1.tnjr 1.265 miles in 28 hours and
-- mitiute* actual flying time, averag
•ng 44 44 miles an hour. Harry N. At
»ooc < ompieted the greatest feat in
'It- history of man s latest science.
• <iatiou. The young Bostonian land
'd in New York city, alighting at Gov
-ruor'E island, ending a journey which
. isrtdJ in tit. LouL teti days before
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Foreign
Ijtutr troubles are making their ap
i- arar .- at many points In Germany
acu tb,- general telief is that the men
have become discontented with their
f t .-tit renditions since the success
«.. Hie British railway strike.
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The qu*-stioc of the reinstatement of
fib tramway men in Liverpool is made
die ground for the threat of a bigger
»' tonal strike than was the one now
Jeing setl'ed The 250 men who
were employed by the Liverpool
Municipal Tramway struck In sympa
-hy with the railway workers The
aunicipality put other men in their
places.
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An astonishing development has tak
en place in the unrest which lately has
marked so many industrial centers in
Great Britain, an outbreak of anti
Semitists In three towns in South
WaJe*—Tredegar. Ebbw Vale and
Rhymney. Mob savagery was of the
most serious kind.
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Mrs. James, widow of the president
of Amherst college, has given 2100,000
to endow- Oosbisha college, a mission
ary institution at Kyota, Japan. The
founder of the college was a Japanese
student at Amherst
TORNADO AND WIND STORM DO
MUCH DAMAGE.
—
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Hebron.—A tornado * passed over
thin c:\ wrecking buildings, and do
ing much damage. A heavy ruin ac
companied me storm, which lasted
, about forty-five minutes. The high
school building is a complete wreck
and a new one will have to be built.
The Catholic- church, parsonage and
school building was severely dam
aged. Hundreds of small buildings
: were damaged and many trees biown
i down or up-rooted. The- loss will
■ probubh rocc-h $50,000. The court
bcu se w as slightly damaged.
Rev. Ludden Returns from the West.
Rev. Luther P. Ludden, D. D., has
just returned to Lincoln from a long
trip inspecting a number of the great
j frui: orchards of the West If you are
interested in fruit lands where they
l.me perfect drainage, where for
i twelve years they have never missed
a crop, and never had to use smudge
pots, where they have plenty of water,
with the canals all built, and the
water delivered to you the daV you
take oossession of your property,
write or see him. He has no land to
sc* 11. hut he wnll teli you what he
found out fot his church jceople.
Find Bodies Buried in Well.
Tecunisch.—Much excitement was
(-used here when the suspicions of
many people that Mrs. C. E. Hesse
am. her daughter Wauneta. who dis
ati cai ri over a tear ago. were niur
d-re<i were confirmed ly the finding
oi both bodies in a well. The hus
bar.d. who disappeared some time aeo.
L- suspected, and a reward is offered
1 for his capture.
Negro Boy Badly Injured.
C o];i:i,bus. — a negro ooy by the
name of -McAfee, who was sreaing a
r..:e on a freight train, fell under the
wheels two miies west of Benton and
uad one cnu and two fingers «»;• off
and Lis :eg and shoulder broken. He
wa.- on his way from Denver to Om
aha 10 visit relatives, and. it is be
lieved. fell asleep while riding on the
bumpers. His injuries proved ratal.
Coes to Rochester for Operation.
Tekamah.—Congressman J. P. Latta
and his sou Ed. accompanied by his
j'L; -ician. I)r Luken. have gone to
Rochester where Mr. Latta will prob
ably undergo an operation. H- is
feeiing in the best of spirits an su.'s
lie ieeis better than at any- time since
fie came back from Washington this
spring.
I-px’.agion.—John Lind, a block sig
nal workman on the Union Pacific,
was struck and instantly killed by the
,asi mail train, about three miies east
of town, while sitting on his veloci
pede which he had ridden down from
Lexington jUs? a few minutes before.
Grand Island.—Frank W. Samuei
«m. a lineman for the Iudejiendent
Telephone company, fell from the top
ot a telephone pole and was almost
i instantly killed.
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NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE
The state medical board has reiter
! 3ted its determination to assist in pre
venting jiersocs from unlawfully using
j lhe emblem of the Red Cross society
or any emblem resembling it. This
will make tt hard for physicians, un
dertakers or jtrivate ambulance com
panies to use a red cross or a white
cross in a red background ou the>r
, vehicles.
Francis James, a Cheyenne, Wvo.,
i cowboy, has sent Governor Aldrich a
! pillow cover, the design being a bit of
; free hand drawing. The names of
western stares are strewn ciound a
Picture showing three bandana-hand
kerchiefed cowboys heading back to
the ranch on their cayuses. Below
this ajipears the legend. “Dens mun
dun> a^diticavit.”
j Communication by wireless te!e
grajih from Lincoln to Foh Crook,
near Omaha, will be possible during
state fair week. The United States
navy will have as part of its exhibit
j a complete wireless outfit and people
| at the fair will be allowed to send
messages to Omaha if they so desire.
Governor Aidrich has issued a j.roc
’aruation offering a reward of $2m> foi
the arrest and delivery of E. E. Hesse
; t0 the sheriff of Johnson county
| Hesse is accused of the murder of his
I wife an<l daughter. Wanneta. this ac
; cusation being embodied in the ver
| diet of the coroner’s jury.
According to an opinion bv County
Attorney Strode of Lancaster county,
a state bank which has complied with
the deposit guaranty law wifi not in
the future be required to furnish a
bond to secure county deposits, but is
not entitled to have returned to it for
cancellation the bond which it had al
ready furnished for the current year
Lightning struck a tree near the
smoke stack of the state house power
plant and tore a portion of the tree
away. The current went down the
Etaek, blew open the doors under the
boiler and filled the engine house with
foot. No damage was done.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
The library board is maturing plan?
for a Carnegie library at Geneva to
cost SS.OOO.
Dr. George Byers of Snyder was
probably fatally injured in an automo
bile accident Wednesday.
The Methodists at Lexington have
just installed a large pipe organ in
their new $3%00ti church.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bakei of
Table Rock celebrated their golden
1 wedding anniversary Tuesday.
Fillmore eonury is preparing an ex
hibit for the state fair, and will make
a tryout for one or more of the big
premiums.
Nearly three hundred students re
| reived diplomas at Fremont college
i when the commencement exercise?
were held.
While cleaning out n well at Yalen
tine. Perry Bryant was hit on the head
by a rock, causing his death almor*
immediately.
Statistics compiled at the univer
sity show that students earned largo
sums while working their way through
school last year.
When a Lincoln street car con
ductor stopped to let off a passenger
he found his fare dead, presumably
from heart trouble.
Wind accompanying the storm Wed
nesday wrecked a barn on the farm of
W. M. Stewart, south of the peniten.
tiary. and killed thirteen head of cat
tie.
A total of $13,100 offered in purses
at the Nebraska state fair races has
brought out the largest list of entries
ever recorded in the history of the
fair.
Jason Reed, a 13-year-old boy. was
terribly mangled when he fell off a
car and was run over by a switch en
gine at Wymote, ar.d lived but a short
! while.
By an order Just issued bj Post
master General Hitchcock. Fairbury,
Neb., is to be given a new railway
mail service, connecting yrith St. Jo.
seph. Mo.
A campaign to prevent, if possible,
the holding of the coursing meets at
Surton. Neb., this fall is contem
plated by the Lancaster County Hu
maue society.
A- rhp hn!‘it.n;»'w nf
1 performance of his wild west show.
Cel. W. F. Cody was presented with a
loving cun. a gif: of his fellow citizens
at Xorth Platte.
Gone\a j>eo;le are planning a
l>ooster trip over the county fcr the
Fillmore county fair. The fair follows
the state fair and the prospects are
good her the best ever.
Clarence Mor^&cn. aged twenty
thiee. whose home is in Watson. Mo..
: r.d John Brown, aged seventy, were
j ai owned northeast of Stockville while
j crossing a swollen stream.
C. A. Whittaker, for many years a
business man of Holdrege. was found
j dead in bed from heart failure super;
induced by excitement over a fire in
the neighborhood of his home.
Harold B. Johnson, a fifteen-: ear-oid
I hoy living in Sidney, was instantly
| Killed Saturda; morning when a
wagon in which he was riding struck
a small bridge, throwing him out.
As Mr. Korber and his mothei
i of Sutton returned to their home
| they found Mr. Korber’s stepfather
; John Ortbalm. lying in the front room
! of the house dead. He had hnng him
j self from a doorknob.
I Company G. X. X. G.. celebrated the
thirteenth anniversary of the fall
| Manila. Monday night. The old Span
ish caunou captured by the compan.v
J on the island of Luzon in 1898 was
I used in the demonstration.
A. TV Cline of Fremont, while sharp
i ening a scythe on a gasoline engine.
| driven emery wheel, was caught by
the belt and thrown twenty feet, with
! the result that he sustained painful
j bruises that may prove fata'
It has been found necessary tr.
- change the dates of Deshler'a corn
| show and horse fair to September 19
j and 20. A tent seating 800 has been
j secured in which to give the lectures
| on corn culture and horse breeding.
Fire originating in the car building
and repair shops of the Cudahy Pack
! ing company’s plant at South Omaha
I caused a loss of $130,000 to the Cud
I ally property and $5,000 to the Vnior
] stock yards. The loss Is fully cov
ered by insurance.
Benjamin Mothersead. a Lincolt
man. had his pocket picked July 19
S-iO in bills and a note for $250 being
among the articles lest. A few days
ago the note was returned him. hav
:ng been found in a pile of rubbish al
j a street corner.
William Bioom. an employe of th‘
| Great Western type foundry, died at
j Omaha as the result of running a
I rusty nail in his foot a week ago.
Professor Albrecht, who for some
time has been the head of the German
| Lutheran parochial school in West
| Poi-it. has accepted a position as
j teacher in Kansas.
The stork made his second visit to
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan, jr.. Sunday
afternoon, a daughter being born at
Fairview. Mrs. Bryan was Miss Helen
Berger, the daughter of a millionaire
grain dealer. Mr. Barger is now in
Lincoln.
Employes of the Burlington to the
number of several thousand held their
annual picnic at Capital Beach at Lin
coln Thursday.
A volunteer fire department has
been organized in the town of Win
slow. The department will have a
membership of twenty-three men.
The official catalogue of the state
fair will be ready for distribution on
the first day of the Fair and in addi
tion to data as to all animals entered
for premiums, contains the daily pro
gram of races, aeroplane Sights, con
certs. shows, speeches. etc„ which oc
enr each day, September 4th to 8th.
CANADA IS AROUSED,
MUCH ACTIVITY IN THE MATTER;
OF RECIPROCITY.
—
PREMIER ON THE FIRING LINE
Grourds Taken for and Against Re- :
ciprocity Coming From All Sec
tions of Dominion.
Ottawa. Ont.—Reports coming in
from all parts of Canada show the in
tensity of the election struggle, which
is now under full headway, and they
reflect also the position and progress
of the various elements on the main
issue, reciprocity between Canada and
the United States.
Although the campaign comes while ;
! harvesting is at its height, conven
tions and political meetings are draw-!
ing audiences unparalleled for size. It j
is conceded that a greater percentage !
of votes will be polled than ever be- j
fore in Canada.
Reciprocity has continued the domi
nant issue since Premier Laurier and
Opposition Leader Borden made their
initial addresses. Since then Mr. Bor
den has iemained in Ontario, speak
ing daily, while Premier Laurier. after
one Ontario meeting, has swung over
to the Freneh-Canadian province of
Quebec, w here he hos been addressing i
from one to two meetings each day.
including Sunday.
Meantime, the premiers of various j
provinces and other leaders have been :
ranging themselves on the firing line, j
Premier Whitney of Ontario. Premier j
: McBride of British Columbia and Pre
, mier Hazen of New Brunswick, have '
| taken the stump in opposition to rati-;
i fication of rec iprocity and in opposi ;
; tion to file return of the Laurier can
didates. Clifford Sif.on. formerly a
j member of the Laurier ministry, is I
1 holding meetings in Ontario, at j
I which he denounces the reciprocity !
i agreement am! the government for j
| having made if
The grounds taken for and against j
; reciprocity are shown in the reports j
I coming from all sections. The fight |
| against reciprocity is made on both !
i economic and sentimental grounds by j
; the opposition spea! ers. They declare
; that agriculture in the United States j
j is so much beettr developed than it j
! is in Canada that the Canadian farmer
. will be swamped by the arrival of ;
; food products from the United States. :
The sentimental ground raised
‘ against the return of the government
I is based on the report of President i
| Taft, in which lie said that Canada !
: had come to "the parting of the
I ways. as justification for having
j pushed the reciprocity agreement j
| through congress.
A BOY SHOUTS FIRE.
—
the Result cf Wh.ch is that Twer.ty
five Are Dead.
Cancnsburg. Pa.—Twenty-six per
I sons were suffocated or tramp!;d to
death, twenty-five were seriously in
: jured and thirty were less severely
nurt Saturday night in the senseless ]
panic at a moving picture show n the
Caronsburg opera house, according to
revised figures. How foolish the fatal
panic was developed inor.- tully when
those involved returned to their sens
es enough to relate just what had i
happened. It transpired that there I
was no fire. The fatal rush for the I
exit was due alone to baseless fear.
Hospital Corps Lacking.
Washington. — The United States
army in case of war would be seri
ously hampered because of an in
adequate number of men in the hos
pital corps, according to Major Gen
eral Frederick D. Grant. In this
branch of service no progress has
been made, he says, ince the out
break of the Spanish war.*
President Speaks in Kansas City.
Kansas City. Mo.—President Taft
will address the National Conserva
tion congress in Kansas City on Sep
tember 25. This information was con- j
veyed in a telegram received at the j
headquarters of the congress from
Henry Wallace, president.
Lawson Held for "Raffling.”
Boston. Mass—Charged with vio- ]
'.ation of the Massachusetts lottery j
law by “raffling” off a horse and j
phaeton at a county fair, of which he '
is chief officer. Thomas W. Lawson, i
financier, was served with a summons j
to appear in the Plymouth county
court to answer the charge.
Cigarets Cause Suicide.
Chicago. 111.—Forty empty cigaret
boxes were found near the body of
Gaylord Thomas, who committed sui
cide by shooting himself. A revolver
was found near the corpse. Thomas' j
wife told the police that her husband
had been an inveterate smoker and
that this had unhinged his mind.
DISCHARGES ARE PURCHASED.
Reasons Which Prompt Soldiers to
to Seek Release.
Washington—Reasons which prompt
soldiers to seek release from the
United States army by purchase oi
their discharge are inexplicable to
Major General Frederick D. Grant. He
commanded the Department of the
East during the last fiscal year, and
in a report to the War department
says that 623 applications for dis
charge by purchase were acted upon
by his department during the year.
BABY IN THE RIVER
WAVES TO PARENTS
HOW THE L'TTLE ONE REACHED
BAR THROUGH DEEP WATER
IS A MYSTERY.
Heber Springs. Ark—From the mid
dle of the Little Red river, near Shi
loh. the two-and-a-half year old daugh
ter of J. L. Bittle of this place, gayly
waved her hands at the horrified pa
rents on the bank and when they res
cued her from the rushing torrent,
j she laughed in glee over her esca
pade. How the baby reached the
shallow water in the middle of the
stream will probably forever be a
mystery.
Mr. eud Mrs. Eittle had gone from
Heber Springs to spend the day with
the parents of Bittle and when they
reached the farm the child was asleep
Eaby on Sand Bar.
Hitrle unhitched his team in the barn
• and placed the baby upon some hay
: to continue her nap.
Returning in a few minutes the fath
er and mother found the child had dis
appeared. Xo trace of the little girl
] could be found and the alarm was
| given. In a short time neighbors were
1 scouring the woods but the parents
were the successful ones, finding their
I little one in the middie of the river,
! quietly wauing toward the opposite
bank. They called to her and she
turned to wave a greeting to the
| frightened parents. In a short time
the child was rescued and placed in
i the arms of the mother, who fainted
i when she saw her baby in the river.
To reach the river the child had
passed through a field of com and
j walked about a mile and a half. She
| had crawled through, or climbed over
i two high barbed wire fences without
a scratch to body or clothing. The
water was at least six feet deep for
! about 20 feet next to the bank from
which the little giri had entered. She
was in water to her neck when discov
ered by her parents and in a few feet
; In front of her was more deep water,
j She either swam through the deep
water or hung on to a log which float
■ ?d her to the middle of the stream. It
was evident though 6he had been in
water over her head for her hair was
wet.
BIG BABOON STARTS PANIC
Escapes From His Cage at a North
Dakota Interstate Fair and Causes
Stampede.
Fargo. X. D.—“Chacama," a big ba
boon being exhibited at the interstate
fair here, broke loose from his cage
and caused a panic among the hun
dreds of people on the grounds.
It was only after an exciting chase
of over two miles by armed trainers
in an automobile that the animal was
finally captured by me.! ns of a canvas
sack.
The baboon first made for the booth
of the First Presbyterian church of
. _ _
wooon nuns Amuck.
Moorebead. Here he seized one of
the small girls and threw her to the
ground, but did not injure her. He
then overturned the tables in the place
and proceeded to. the root. Here he
tore off shingles, drove away four car
penters. tore off boards from the roof
and then made across the country
Automobiles followed, and he was fin
ally captured in a greenhouse near
this city.
ts RESCUED
U1G TOMB -
MISSOURIAN IMPRISONED FOR
THREE DAYS SEVENTY-FIVE
FEET UNDER GROUND.
RACKING ORDEAL IN THE PIT
—
Long Wait in Darkness. Counting
Strokes of Drill as Relief Approach
es. Tries Victim's Nerves—Throws
Himself Into Arms of Deliverers.
Joplin. iio.—Buried beneath 75 feet
; of rock and earth, without food, with
i out drink, without light, unable to
i sleep and surrounded by constantly
i rising waters, Joseph Clary, a miner
' spent 52 hours of dread uncertainty,
; almost as acute as despair, waiting
| ior the first message which might an
| counce io him from his iriends on ths
[ surface that relief was near amir thal
the gate of his prison would soon b\
- opened. This message finally reached
j him. after tireless workers had drilleij
hole after hole through the envelope
that covered him until at length a
small opening was made into thf
chamber where he was held a pris
! oner; but it was not until the third
j day had passed that the debris In tht
shaft was removed attd Clary was
rescued from what almost had proved
; to be his tomb.
Clary, who was employed in the
White Oak lead and zinc mine, was
; caught in a cave-in, which filled the
! shaft and sealed him In a small drift
or passageway, 75 feet below. Efforts
i to release him were at once begun
| and while men In short shifts worked
unceasingly to clear the shaft and
line it with timbers to guard against
: another cave-in, others began drilling
a five-inch hole through the debris
1 so that communication could be es
tablished between the surface and the
i prison chamber. The first three holes,
driven by men who worked madly In
30-minute shifts, missed the chamber
so far as opening up communication
y CL/f&r j|
/ s S // /a
WATTR '
eJ
i was concerned: but the fourth bolt
; pierced it and a faint "hello" fror,
the imprisoned miner brought to tht
1 rescuers the first flash of hope.
While those on the surface were al
teraating betwen the hope and despait
daring the long work of rescue, w hat
of the miner shut up in his living
tomb? That his friends would try tc
j rescue him he well knew, but that
they would succeed he could on!;
hope. As the long hours passed it
1 the dampness and gloom of his prisor
| the strain on his nerves was terrible
' About him the water was rising—
; slowly, but constantly rising—con
fronting him with an alternative pop
sibility, death by drowning. He was
already face to face with death by
J starvation And then came to his ear?
: s steady "thump,” "thump.” "thump'
I —the noise of the drill at work aftei
I it had passed through the soft earth
; and began cutting into the rocks. He
j knew he would be rescued,
j After a time the noise of the drill
ceased and again ail was silence. IT
was when the drill was withdrawn
after having failed to pierce his cham
ber. It was immediately reset in a
fresh snot and the work of boring re
sumed. But Clary could not hear it
and new he believed that he would
be abandoned to his fate. Twice again
he went through the same emotions
as the noise of the drill reached hit
ears and again died out. In the long
dark hours of physical privation de
; spair and hope alternately were bat.
. tling in his heart.
But at noon on the second day the
“thump,” “thump,” "thump” of the
: drill came to him again. It sounded
i nearer, clearer than ever before
There was a note of triumph in its
sound. It stopped. An eternity of
silence passed and then down the long
live-inch hole a man shouted: "Hello
there, hello!" Clary heard the greet
ing and faintly shouted, for his
strength was waning: "Hello.”
The voice from the tomb was heard
To pass down food and drink to the
Imprisoned miner waB the work oi
only a few minutes. Then, when the
last spadefuls of earth were removed
fcy workmen in the shaft and they
dropped through into the drift. Clary
threw himself into their arms and
wept, while the shouts of thousands
cheering at the mouth of the pit
echoed down the shaft.