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fbe Loop City Northwestern J W Bl HL.E3GH. Publisher ________________ LOUS CITY. - . NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK COMPENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. a I j BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS — WNIyjl. Politics! Personal and Other Matter* W» Brief Form far All Claase* of Reader*. The boeo ;»»*ed ikr Lever bill for the rtlrSMoa Ot work. I'oelrrm oa the army appropria Uoa Ml re*, hed an agreement Conferee* on for m*I treaty bill agreed to Eve-year cloned season The cor.termce report on the tray appropriation bill oa* adopted by the The general deficiency appropria tion b.U. carrying fll.lS3.8Tl. report ed in the ornate. Senate conferee* mlth house on naval appropriation bill agreed on provision fur a flS.Mw.VOO battleship. A resole!urn appropriating fTo.ooo to f*ml*h subsieience for refugees from llnkn nas adopted in tbe torn*. Senator Bacon discussed the Nlca ncuL situation and urged rou cideration of hi* resolution calling \jc aa investigation Senator New lands failed in attempt it gam consideration for a Joint con- i f resaw,nal committee to confer mith tbe president on tariff legislation The house repassed tbe legislative- 1 eaeecnre-Judicial bill with provision for abolishing commerce court, but | without seven-) ear tenure civil serv ice protision. Senator Hrarots announced he would make a privileged statement regarding charges In connection with correspondence between him and John D Archbald Senator Penrose- renewed his talk j so campaign contributions, charging that G W Perkins underwrote $3.- | •MM4* to nominate Colonel Roose velt for the presidency. Minority latader Mann joined with Rep eecota'iie Zellery in cungratu- : lating t'hairtcan Fitzgerald of tbe ap propriation committee on hit work daring the present session. Keprs-aentative Rainey charged Representative Austin with being per- j aonailv interested in tbe water power legislation. Representative Austin re plying in a heated speech. John n Arcbbold testified before the ssibroanr.lttee investigating cam paign funds contribution* concerning j Standard Oil company's contributions to tbe Ihot republican campaign The house voted down. ISO to 79. proposal for provision for two battle ships in naval appropriation bill and •eat bill hock to eocference with in atruction* for acceptance of senat-t s compromise for one vessel. The kuue accepted the senate amendment to the legislative, execu tive and Judicial appropriation bill. , mat. mg provision for abolition of ; commerce court and sent the bill to | (be president. At Friday night's sessiem Represen tatlve Murdock of Kansas threatened its! adjournment of congress by point of bo Quorum in a fight against the appropriation In tbe postoffiee bill of $;■,«**• for Eads Bridge com pany at St. Louis. __________ General Booth of the salvation army died at London Higgling cirrus teat was destroyed by fire at Sterling. 111. Boas $25,900 The senate reached an argreement an the natal program calling dor one sc* battleship. A senate committee declined to Ini tiate further canal legislation at the request of the president. By s vote of 151 to 5* the boose adopted the conference report on the naval appropriation bill Acting Democrat Chairman McAdoc sees no prospect of the presidential den ion going into the bouse Morris of Nebraska wants light on the killing of Hagers an American, by British troops in Africa. A retaliatory step has been taken by maritime powers against the Pa nama canal tree tolls provision President Taft appointed a com ■lti«» of government officials to in vestigate the hoard of t'nited State* genera! appraisers to ascertain if there bad been neglect of duty, mal feasance in office or inefBciency. f atted States Ambassador Irish man s in® daug-'ers have been in jured in an automobile accident near ■Mrberhauarn They •ere return ing from Mnatch to Berlin with their mother at the time. Had.cal Changes in the regulations go. era mg surreys of lands in A law fca under which fisheries companies sad others have acquired rights to t how sands of desirable sites without patenting them, were made known in Seattle The national track aad field chain psosehips of the amateur athletic anluc of the Catted States sill bo held again in Pittsburgh this year. president Taft signed the navel appropriation ME carrying $113,229, TIC and providing fur one dread nought to com not more than $15,090. Kd Commander Eva Booth, apprised By cable that her commission as head of the Kales:ion army in America was renewed, sailed for England to attend her fathers funeral Commander Booth said she expected to reach there in time far the Interment. The American Philatelic society is holding its twenty-seventh annual eonvee wn and owing in Springfield. With a plurality ext to fifteen fiy correct ions in the official canvass. John SI Haines becomes the repcV Ikvs candidate (or governor of Idaho Judge Sutton says be will not sit In the second trial of Clarence Dar row. Thomas E. Britiingham of Madison has resigned as a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin. Senator Kenyon said he would nof Join the new- progressive party. General Mena, the Nicaraguan In surgent, is reported to be a captive. Kansas republicans secured an in junction against Roosevelt electors. The value of farm products in America shows 83' per cent increase in ten years Colonel Roosevelt says the trusts have not been harmed by the Wick ersham prosecutions. The fire in the general postoffice at London was the cause of much disrup tion of the mails. There was a wordy battle in the bouse between Rainey of Illinois and Austin of Tennessee. James Ward Rogers, an American outlaw, was shot dead in an Aferican jungle by a British posse. Willis Leonard Clanahan. widely know n i>oet and humorist, died in St. Louis, age forty-five years. President Taft is anxious to sign the canal bill, but wants it possible for foreign nations to appeal. A favorable report was made on the bill of Representative Kinkaid to open Port Niobrara reservation. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania rapped Roosevelt and Flinn in a statement made in the senate. The American Meat Packers’ asso ciation will hold its annual conven tion in Chicago on October 14-16. \lderman Louis Brdzo of Detroit was bound over to stand trial on the charge of having accepted a bribe of SKKi. Russia, the London Daily News correspondent at Odessa declares, is contemplating the repudiation of the Brussels sugar convention. At a meeting of the Arkansas state central committee of the progressive p.-rty it was decided not to nominate candidates for slate or county offices. The war department has disapprov ed plans for a grand ret iew at San Jose of regulars and militia who hate been engaged in maneuvers in Cali fornia. The eighty-second birthday of Em peror Francis Joseph was celebrated with enthusiasm throughout the country. Ills majesty is in good health. Rebels in Mexico are said to have cay tired, looted and burned I.adur& and hate seized the ship Benito Jua rez and the gunboat General Guer rero. Railway officials believe train wreckers were responsible for the de railment of Southern Pacific east bound passenger train No. 42 near Lenoir City, Tenn. The senate has passed the Pomer ene uniform bill of lading measure, holding railroads responsible for all goods w here a bill of lading has been issued before delivery. Governor Oswald West served no tice on the authorities of the city of Portland and Multnomah county that he purpssed to institute a moral ‘•house cleaning" In Portland. Anna Held, the musical comedy ac tress. has been granted an interlocu tory decree of divorce from Florence Ziegfield. jr. The court's order will become effective in three fhonths. The Ctiion Pacific railroad has filed application with the Nebraska railroad commission for permission to raise its minimum carload rate on canned goods from ::0,<hm.i to 36,000 pounnds. The date for the execution of George Engel, who was convicted for the triple murder of his wife and un born child and his sister-in law, lias ‘•een set for October 18, at Pinckner vtlle. IP One woman was seriously injured aud two women and a man a slightly hurt in Minneapolis when an automo bile filled with Kansas City tourists skidded c-n the pavement and struck the curb. Alderman C.linnan. leader of the Detroit council, has been bound over for Trial on a charge of grafting. Ex amination of twelve other aldermen »i- continued Friday. Five had their cases postponed. Characterising certain amendments in the Indian appropriation as "bold” steals. Minority Leader Mann told the house that If the measure was re ported out of conference with the pro visions otJectionable to him retained, he would urge President Taft to veto It At the trial of eight seamen and firemen, chaged with rioting oil the steamship St. Louis, the prosecution declared that terror prevails on trans Atlantic liners on account of the New York seamen's strike. Four prison ers got two months’ imprisonment, and one twenty.one days. Details of an inspection of the bat tlefield near Managua, where govern ment trocps and rebels fought the recent gruelling contest. Sunday reached the state department in a dispatch f-om I'nited States Minister Weltzel. Instead of finding mangled bodies on the field, the charred bones of burned victims were to be seen, according to the dispatch. In the hospitals forty women were found. Pwraonai. Woyprow Wilson likes campaigning as far as it has gone. Colonel Roosevelt said the pro gressive party w?s constructive. Secretary of State Knox has sailed for Japan Progressives of Nebraska will no minate a full ticket. The body of Gen. Booth lay In state two days before burial. Nathaniel B. Johns, known as the oldegz actor, who in bis day was know* throughout the country, died at Scluarte, Mass President Taft has ordered an in vestigation of the board of general appraisers. Eugene W Chaffin, prohibition can didate for president, opened his cam paign In Vermont with an address at Bennington. Representative Sereno E. Payne was designated by the republican con gressional committee at Geneva, N. Y.. aa a candidate for re-election. Congressman Stanton Warburton of Tacoma, elected two years ago from the second Washington district as a republican, announced his candidacy for re-election as a progressive. GONGRESSHOLDSON FAILURE TO REACH ADJOURN MENT AT TIME APPOINTED. NINNY MEMBERS LEAVE CAPITAL • Neither Senate Nor House Will Have Quorum When They Again Con vene on Monday. AA'ashington.—A few score wear? members of congress and an impati ent president of the United States Sunday confronted an unprecedented governmental situation, following Saturday night's prolonged and fruit less struggle to adjourn the session of congress. The outlook for Mon day's sessions of house and senate promised an even more chaotic legis lative condition than obtained in the fight that began Saturday morning and continued until nearly church lime Sunday. Disguested with adjournment fail ure many members of the senate took early trains for their homes. Senatoi Penrose predicted that there would be much less than a quorum in the senate when it meets at noon Mon day and house leaders were satisfied that that body would be nearly forty members short of the number neees sarv to transact business. The double filibuster which com pelled the abandonment of tit'e plan to end the session of congress is ex pected to be renewed when the house reconvenes. Senator La Follette made known to friends Sunday that he would insist upon a record vote on the adoption of the Penrose reso lution for an investigation of cam paign contributions of the Standard Oil company in 1904. and of the cor respondence between John D. Arch bold. George AW Perkins and mem hers of rnnuress. Senator Chamberlain, who led the other senate filibuster, the object of which was to force the house to agree to the payment of $600,000 of old state claims, will have the sup port of many senate democrats if he renews his insistence to hold con gress until these claims are paid. The house leaders are determined to fight the claims "until December" if necessary. Either of the senate filibusters holds trohule for any plan of adjourn ment. If Senator La Kollette should insist on a record vote, it would be come necessary to secure a quorum. In such an event he could hold the senate indefinitely, because it would again be unable to make an adjourn ment agreement with the house. The general deficiency appropria tion bill is agreed to on all points ex cept the $600,000 of claims demand ed by Virginia, Maryland, Oregon and Texas, and the extra month's pay for employes of the house and senate. Chairman Fitzgerald of the house conferees, renewed his declaration that in no circumstances would the house concede the payment of any of these. “If the senate insists on these items in the bill it will force the measure to go over until the Decem ber session," he said. “The house announced its attitude firmly and Sooner than see it yield on the items, I will raise the point of no quorum. Members know that it would be al most impossible to secure a quorum now. except by the physical arrest of absent members.” Senate leaders were hopeful that the senate might be induced to yield on these claims. Will Not Hear Roosevelt. Washington.—Colonel Roosevelt' will not have an opportunity to an swer John D. Archbold'6 statements before the senate committee investi gating campaign expenditures until late in September. Senator Clapp, chairman of the sub-committee be fore which Mr. Archbold told hia story of having contributed $100,000 to the Rocsevelt fund in 1904, tele graphed that the committee would not be able to hear him Monday as the colonel desired. Secretary Stimson Coming West. Washington.—Secretary Stimson of the war department left Washington Sunday for a tour of inspection of western military posts, going by way of New York. Tally-Ho Turns Over. Duluth, Minn.—A tally-ho carrying a load of eastern tourists, turned over while on the boulevard drive here Sunday, severely injuring several per sons. None of them was fatally hurt. Petition for Suffragettes. London.—Suffragettes started a monster petition in behalf of Mrs. Mary Leigh and Miss Gladys Evans, who were sentenced to five years' im prisonment for attempted arson. Imprisonment Under Ground. Peoria. 111.—After having been im prisoned for twenty-five and one-half hours at the bottom of a thirty-five foot caisson, beneath the surface of the Illinois river. F. J. Schmidt was hauled to the surface and expired in five minutes. There’ll Be No Strike. Chicago.—There will be no strike on I Chicago transportation lines, accord I ing to Mayor Harrison, who has con | ferred with employers and employees ; regarding matters. Arrested at the Altar. Perth Amboy, N. J.—Efforts were made to obtain bail for Mrs. Mary j PfeifTer King, arrested at the altar, and cast off by her wealthy husbannd i of a moment, Paul King, when he learned that his bride was charged j with forgery. Given Police Protection. Vienna.—Marienbad police detailed a guard to keep suffragettes from mol esting British Chancellor of the Ex chequer Lloyd-George. His vacation Is being spoiled by English Women. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Six tons of cream was shipped out of Aima in one week. When you think of it, that's a lot. Com In the vicinity of Fremont is being damaged by a green bug that resembles the Hessian fly. Rev. Floyd Blessing of Auburn has been formally called to the pastorate of the Lutheran church at Wayne. A stock company has been organ ized at Tecumseh for the purpose of building a new amphitheatre at the fair grounds. # Marie Van Kleck, thirteen years of age. was burned to death when she at tempted to pour kerosene on a lighted fire at her home is Lincoln. Marie Hurley, the ten-vear-old daughter of George Hurley, at Auburn, was severely burned last Monday by an explosion of wood alcohol. Hastings took the game from York Wednesday. 7 to 3. taking two out of three. The game was one sided and decidedly slow all the way through G. J. Crook, a prominent resident of Falls City and a widely known politi cian, was burned to death at his horn# in that place by a gasoline explosion. J. H. Jensen of Minden. after eight years of work, has received a patent on a self-feeder for threshing ma chines. Mr. Jensen has received many offers for his mechanism, but refuses to sell. The forty-fifth annual convention of the Nebraska Christian Missicnary so ciety was held at Bethany last week j opening with a social and banquet given by the Toadies' Aid society of the Bethany church. During a thunder shower at Fre mont, Miss Gertrude Robinson, secre tary to Superintendent A. H. Water house of the city schools, was knocked to the pavement and rendered uncon scious by a bolt of lightning. Miss Violet Sims, daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. G. Sims of Aurora, sailed last week from Philadelphia with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beveir Williams of Lin coln for Berlin. Germany, where she will spend a year studying music. The reconstruction of the Fremont Carriage company plant, which was destroyed by fire several weeks ago. is progressing rapidly and it will be ready for operation by September 1. At a recent meeting of the Belvi dere business men it was decided to celebrate the fall carnival of Yt-Xuoc Re Yaht on August 22. 23 and 2L This is the big celebration of Thayer county. This is one of Deuel countv's ban ner years. Yields of small grain are far better than expected. Wheat shows from twenty-five to thirty-five bushels an acre and oats from fifty to ninety bushels. A threshing engine blew up on the 'Fred Klattenberg farm, four miles northwest of Beatrice, badly injuring Henry Seibert, owner of the threshing outfit, and Hanson Day, who wijs , working with him. Overcome by the fumes of gasoline, Clare Bunt, twenty-one years of age. son of Rev. P. O. Bunt, a Methodist minister at Alexandria. S. D.. died while at work in the Burlington stor age pit at Fremont. Willie, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dietrich of Lincoln. w«s scalded to death Friday afternoon when a younger brother, with whom he was playing, pushed him over backwards into a tub of boiling water. R. L. Jones, a Rock Island brake man of Fairburv, is confined to his home by injuries received when he was knocked from a box car at Hal lam. He suffered severe internal in juries. the extent of which is not yet known. Campbell Bros.’ circus, a Fairbury concern, which was organized in that city in 1SS3. stranded there last Satur day when it gave its last performance. For the last few years the circus has been confronted with serious financial reverses, and after the performance Saturday evening the creditors forced the concern to close. William Davis holds the record for the best yield of wheat in Xemaha county. He had four acres which made an average of fifty bushels to the acre. Krnest Gigex of Creston and Otto Losak of Creston were both injured when an automobile they were driving turned turtle between Ames and North Bend. Otto Kluenge lies at his home near St. Libory. badly bruised up. as the result of a head-on collision in broad daylight, and on a country road, with | a Mr Grace, the former on a motor cycle, going at high speed, and the latter in an automobile. The thirty-first annual reunion of pioneers and old settlers of Dakota county is to be held at Dakota City, Thursday. August 29. Plans are being made by the pub licity bureau of the commercial club for an Omaha day at the state fair. It is proposed to Bend down a delega tion from the metropolis. Political speeches, horse races and a ball game furnished entertainment for 5.000 people at the annual joint picnic of the Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' association and the Old Set tiers’ association of southern Lancas- • ter county, held at Hickman. Neb. The east wall of the Fremont Car- j riage company's plant, which is being i reconstructed, was blown to the ] ground, causing further delay is | building. Fire at the W. H. Fraser farm, west | of Kearney, destroyed a large barn. ! eight valuable horses, including a *500 stallion, a new automobile and all of the fanning implements housed in i a machine shed adjoining the barn. George Austin, a well known citizen | of Crab Orchard, became suddenly in | sane while attending a religious meet : ing in a tent there and was taken to ; Lincoln for treatment. I .and prices in Saunders county con tinue to go up. The John Andrew farm of 240 acres, four miles north of*Wahoo. sold at referees sale a quarter section bringing *150 per acre, an eighty going at *127.25 per acre. There were a dozen or more active bidders for each piece of land. Hastings will get the next conven tion of the Nebraska Christian Mia sionary society. It was decided at a business session of the convention at Bethany park to take the next meet ing to the Adams county town, pro Tiding the commercial club of that city will make a suitable offer. LARGE HAIL STONES TO DO AWAY WITH OFFICE OF COUNTY ASSESSOR. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What is Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Wymore.—Edward Delaney brought into town a watermelon packed in hailstones. The hailstones tell Wednesday. August 7. Air. De laney says that southeast of town there were piles of hailstones con taining more than a carload. Some of the stones he brought in measured over two inches in diameter and they had been melting nearly a week. The hail fell in a strip about two and a half miles wide and ten miles long, be ginning about five miles southeast of town and extending south and east. Circus Man Killed. Wahoo.—William Schwartz, a team ster with the Hagenback-Wallace show, was ran over by a heavy truck wagon and instantly killed, his head being completely crushed. He had fallen asleep under the wagon and escaped the notice of the others who were loading up preparatory to mov ing. He was twenty-eight years of age, single and formerly lived at Can ton. Ohio. Tornado at Ainsworth. Ainsworth—A tornado passed west ward of the eit* Sunday afternoon, de stroying the residences of M. A. .Miles and J. -M Curry. Xot only the resi dences. but all the outbuildings were swept away. Fortunately, the families were away at the time and no one was hurt. The funnel-shaped cloud formed about ten miles to the northwest and seemingly was headed for Ainsworth. Everyone who had a cave made for it and the town was full of the wildest excitement. Would Dispense With Assessor. Fremont—The initiative in a move to do away with the office of county assessor and have the assessment cared for by the county clerk has been taken in Dodge county by a Logan township committee, which'has filed a petition with the supervisors. Other petitions will be filed later. The proposition will be voted on in the fall. - Fatal Gun Accident. Norfolk.—Fourteen >ear old Harry Bowman was shot and almost in stantly killed while hunting with boy companions south of Norfolk. He was walking across a railroad bridge when the gun was discharged, tearing out his entire right side. New Plant at Grand Island. Grand Island—The Glascow-Grand Island Brick company is a new indus try for this city, which, it is an nounced. will employ forty men to be gin with and will be a head plant for a number of smaller ones throughout the state. Action Against Auto Driver. Ansley—William Pursell of Mason Pity, the father of the little girl killed by being run over by an auto a short time ago. has brought action against Mrs. Henderson, the driver of the car, and her husband. Land Brinqs $800 An Acre. West Point. — The record price for Cuming county real estate was reached here in the sale by a local real estate firm of unimproved land adjoining the city to Herman Selletin for $SO0 per acre. ++■! ++++4-S-M~i-+ +++++++++++++ | STATE BASE X BALL NEWS | Greenwood defeated a team from Lincoln. Saturday, 9 to 0. Buffurn for Greenwood did not allow a hit for eight innings. X'mpire Nugent officially declared the Sunday game of the York and Kearney clubs forfeited to Kearney when the visitors failed to appear on the ground at the time for the game to commence. Ftemont at home Saturday won the second game of the series from Supe rior, 10 to 3. Humboldt won the second game of the series with Auburn at home Fri day by a score of 2 to 1. .The game was close and much enjoyed by the big crowd present. Stillwell, the Auburn second base* man. who was the victim of an assault committed by Catcher Dietz of the Humboldt team, is still suffering from the effects of the blow. He is under the care of a physician and it will be some time before he will have com pletely recovered. Although Hiawatha outhit Auburn and played without an error they were unable to score at Auburn Tues day. The feature of the game was the pitching. Reed striking out four teen toten and Brauen thirteen. Score 1 to 0. At a meeting of the Grand Island Baseball association it was decided to appoint a committee to wait upon the commercial club's executive commit tee for the purpose of securing its co operation in organizing a big booster day for the league ball team, the man agement finding itself about $1,500 to $2,000 in arr^prs. Hiawatha ^hut out Auburn Wednes day in a hotly contested game. 3 to 0. In the final game of the series of five games. Central City, at home Sat urday. defeated Clarks by a score of 7 to 1. Wednesday was boosters' day at Grand Island. In spite of wet grounds and a drizzling rain a good crowd turned out. The crowd went wild when the locals won out by a ninth inning rally in which Coe. Green and Carev singled. Fentress struck out fourteen men. The one-handed catch of Schuren at the left field fence was a feature. Score, 2 to 3. Kursaai at Geneva. .Marseillaise, the greatest of all war . songs. What is called the festival of the j Escalade is the independence day of I the little republic of Geneva—certain i !y the most picturesque of all repub i lies. It is now, of course, a par* of ■ Switzerland, but this is comparatively | recent. During all the middle ages. • with blooav wars raging on every hand. Geneva—a quiet little town in the Valley of the Rhone, surrounded by snow-capped mountains—held its i cwn against every foe and retained its freedom. But on the night of December 11. j 1602. it had an exceedingly narrow es : cape. Large forces, secretly gathered. | which had marched from several | strongholds in Savoy, crossed the j River Arve and began to scale the walls with ladders. There was an , alarm and the citizens, springing from : their beds, rushed out in scanty attire. The enemy were driven back and by j noon on the following day were com, j pletely routed. Italy, although a monarchy, has its own independence day. This falls al ways on the first Sunday in June and is called the festival of the constitu tion. It celebrates the final union of Italy, which was accomplished in 1870. TROOPS TEST HUGE MORTARS — Artillerymen at Honolulu Make a Small Percentage Firing at Target. Honolulu.—Artillerymen engaged in target practice with 12-inch mortars beyond Diamond Head attempted to demonstrate that it is possible to de. j stroy any hostile warship at a long dis tance by mortars. The firing was at a small target set 4,800 yards off shore. In ten shots ; fired there was one hit. and certain officers believe that most of the shots were entirely too wide of the mark. Maj. Edward J. Timberland, who was in charge of the battery, said, however, that while the practice show, ed a poor percentage of hits, the test had proved the efficiency of the mor tars. The small percentage of hits was partially due to high winds. RUNS HOME WEEKS ON $55 Then Husband Tells Her She Is No Wife for Poor Man, She Testifies. New York.—The most economical housewife, one who can pay all the necessary household expenses on a lit tie over $1.50 a week, has been i brought to light through an alimony suit in a Brooklyn court. Mrs. Irene Schroeder of Staten Island tells in het appeal to the court how she ran her husband's home successfully for 35 weeks on $55. That was hard enough to do. she adds, but it was harder still when they parted, to have her hus band fling out at her that she was no wife for a poor man. WATER IN CANAL IN YEAR — This Indicated by Work of Excavation on the Panama Ditch During July. Washington. D. C.—Within a yeai water will be flowing where the great steam shovels are now working on the Panama canal if excavation continues at the pace set in July. Reports just received here show that during the month 2,633,437 cubic yards of rock and earth were taken out, compared with 2.330,770 cubic yards in June.” CHINESE WEDS U. S. WOMAN Fan Shih Chien. Son of Mandarin, and a College Man. Makes Helen M. Court His Bride. Boston. Mas*—The marriage ci Fan Shih Chien. Harvard 1910, son of a mandarin of Tientsin, and Miss Hel en May Court of Peabody, Mass., July 13, has just become known through a return filed at Cambridge. The bridegroom took his degree from the Harvard school of business adminis tration and the pair left for China. ENDS PALAIS ROYAL Famous Estate in France to Be Transformed by Wreckers. Noted Rendezvous for Many Well Known Characters Centuries Ago to Make Way for New Paris Bourse or Board of Trade. - < Paris.—At last it is settled that the old Palais Royal is to disappear. The bourse, or Paris board of trade, or Wall street, or Fourth avenue, of Paris, is about to take the place of the old palace, which was the adorn ment of the Paris of our great-grand fathers. This center of frivolous and corrupted Paris of the distant past is doomed to disappear beyond redemp tion. The Society of the Friends of Old Paris are powerless to save it. Indeed, it has been dead thi6 many a day. It has become a cemetery without mourning, a necropolis with out poetry. There is hardiy a dream of its past that has not been de stroyed. The great square is given over to children and their nurses. No gild ed successors of the, bedizened beau, ties of the past now promenade the Galerie de Montpensier. A few be draggled creatures, nurtured by pov. erty, rather than by vice, occasionally traverse this ruined Palace of Pleas ure. Even the jewelry shops have long since moved away. In the beginning of the eighteenth century the Palais Royal was a sort of open-air club where people dis cussed the happenings of Europe and of Paris from world politics to pri vate intrigues, big things and little; the Versailles and the opera; the side lights of history and the history of sidelights. When the Duke d'Orleans of that, day—crushed with debts—suppressed a part of the famous garden to estab-; lish shops, the shopkeepers made a, fortune. The Orleans family opened the garden to the bourgeoisie, and the latter opened access for the Or leans family to the throne from which Louis Philippe fell for having trusted, the bourgeoisie too much. The Palais Royal is remembered as the place where Richelieu died, where Anne of Austria saw the throne of voung Louis XIV. threatened, where the bogus financier, the Scotchman Law, sought an asylum, where Phil ippe Egalite after having voted for the death of Louis XVI. had to stand for an hour before his own lead was cut off. It is much remem bered for its orgies during the Re gency. But to man's credit, be it noted, that :his old palace is most vividly re membered because here Camille Des moulins harangued the people and dis tributed green leaves and rallied :hem to take the bastile the next day. Vapoleon I. used the old palace as a In the Palai* Royal Garden*. •esting place for hie heroes after each jampaign. Almost all the characters of his “Hu nan Comedy" passed through it. It was the home of the world’s vices, where men came and went, grumbled, ihouted. jostled, blasphemed; it was .he haunt of gamblers and libertines. >f officers on half-pay, rascals on full jay. of millionaires who came to pos less everything and Bohemians who ;ame to see everything. But all are gone! Now one dines here with ghosts. The covers aie still correctly laid In the restaurants jearing illustrious names, but few liners darken their doors. Everything speaks of a world that has passed and >f a vanished society. SLEUTH ROBBED BY SHERIFF California Peace Officer Takes Starch Out of Detective by Going Through Hi* Pocket*. Sn Francisco.—There is a detective n Chicago who was invited to dinner is a guest of Sheriff Barnett of Ala meda county, across the bay from this jity, and under the mellowing influ ence of the occasion became some what boastful of his shrewdness, rhereupon Barnett abstracted from :he Chicago man's pockets a watch ind all the money there was in them. Later in the evening Barnett turned jver the articles to the detective's jompanion, who was one of the party, ind explained the matter to him. Now Barnett displays with much rlee the following letter from Chi cago: "I, the greatest detective of Chi 'ago. am disgraced and humiliated, rhe thought that I have sleuthed hrough the most dangerous places in "hicago and New York and other wicked cities of the east, should travel icross the continent to have my pock ets picked by the sheriff of Alameda jcunty, is so disturbing that I am be ng treated for insomnia by my physi 5lans.” Saw Big School of Whales. New York.—Captain Collins of the iYilson liner Galilee, -which arrived lere. says he passed through a school jf fifteen big whales oft Rockaway. He threw coal at them to scare them iway from the propeller.