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,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.