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RED CLOUD, - NEBR.
Santi) Domingo lias sold her navy
for $1,750, nnd 1b how defenseless.
Meanwhile tho tiiuu InTho moon 13
still looking for tho coming flying mn
ctilno. Wilbur Wright has spoiled tho Jests
if thoso funny Frenchmen who did not
kcllovo ho could fly.
A Chicago woman shot" at a burglar
and lilt lior bab.v. Noxt lnl b10'"
know which to aim at.
llaltliiion) la going to rii)ollsh some
BO grndo crossings at an oxponso of
J7.000.000. Progressive nnltlmorc!
In vlowoftlufrnct tluiTChlcago 1b
wasting 83,000,000.000 gallons of water
n year, It (h fortunate that tho lake
Ih handy by.
A New Jersey court decided that It
Is not unlawful for a man to swear at
lila wife. Perhaps not, but many find
It dangcroiiK.
Tho Binull boy Hometlmcn gets
tanned when, ho disobeys nnd goes
swimming, and sometimes again when
he gets home.
Chlcngo profcsHors still lead In re
search work. Ono has now Indicted
tho dovo for not being gentle, and says
he can prove It.
Germany's financial enthusiasm
over Count Zeppelin Is evidence that
tho valuo of his airship as an Instru
ment of war Is fully recognized.
That cotiplo who were married In
tho lion's den In ono of tho amuscmont
parks must havo thought marrlago
was nil tho comic papers pictured It.
Tho Amorlcan woman who has been
awarded 11,000,000 by n decision of
tho French court can now choosu her
count or prince, unless oho prefers a
duke.
A man cannot mako a balloon ascen
sion In Austria without tho written
consent of his wlfo. It's getting so :i
mnn can't oven get off tho earth on his
own responsibility.
Tho agricultural department has
discovered rnts that nro nflllcted with
pathogenic hncmogrcgarlno hopato
zoou pernlcIoBum. TIiIb Is even worse
than artcrlo-sclcrosls.
Down In Illo they figure Hint by
1915 thcro will not bo any stored up
surplus or vislblo supply of coffeo In
tho world; but what can thoy toll
about the chicory crop?
As n matter offact, Christopher Co
lumbus or some other worthy person
Bhould bo standing on nearly every
Btreet corner offorlng passersby a
drink of water theso days.
If tho sultan of Turkey hoods tho
warning notlco that ho must dismiss
his hnrcm nnd llvo forthwith In Eu
ropean fashion, with ono wife, tho
coBt of living for him Is going to be
very much reduced.
A Montana brakemnn was" lined $800
for getting a pass for his wife and
then giving It to nnother woman. Tho
fino probably didn't bother htm nearly
so much aa whnt his wlfo had to nay
when sho heard about It.
In tho advanco notices Edison's new
flying machlno Is almost as wonderful
as his lato storago battery which people-
used to sit up nights to wait for
lest thoy should miss Us first tri
umphal progress past a given point.
It Is said that thcro Is enough coal
In Alaska to put off tho fuel famine
from tho exhaustion of coal which had
been predicted at tho end of tho pres
ent century. This nows will bo a great
relief to present coal consumers who
havo boon alnrmcd over what they had
to expect In about 90 years.
Tho Now York board of education Is
struggling with a mntrlmonlnl epi
demic, which is devastating tho
echools. And to ndd to tho horrors
of the situation. Cupid, In dollunco of
tho now fashlonoblo fads, Is teaching
tho conjugation of tho verb "To lovo"
In the good old-fashioned way.
Tho double veil has mado Its appear
anco In fnshlonnblo society, and men
uro complaining that thoy cannot rec
ognize their women friends. It Is
something of an odd colnoldeneo that
Just as tho women of Bomlcivlllzed
Turkey nro rejoicing In flinging off
their concealing veils as disadvan
tages tho highly clvlllzod women of
tho west are adopting them.
What chnnco has n young man to
rlso In tho employment of a largo cor
poration? Is u question frequently
asked. Of course It depends largely
on tho young man; but according to
a stntement recontly sent out by tho
Pennsylvania Hnilrond Company. 07
of tho 85 prlnclpnl ofllcers o tho com
pany Rtnrted at tho bottom and worked
up. A fact llko this Is worthy many
volumes of theorizing on tho Bubject.
Queer things nro alleged to get Into
sausages, and perhaps tho experience
of a lady In Wnkcflold, .Mass., bUouM
not eaiiBo surprise. Sho was eating
sausage when sho bit a tack and bvouo
a front tooth. Thereupon tho lady
wont Into court, and a Jury has Just
awarded her $2,000 damages, That la
the Now England spirit, snys tho Hos
ton lleinld. Tho Hoatonlnns of pro
.evolutionary days mado stronuous re
sistance to tho tax on tea, and this de
iicendant of rcsoluto ancestors con
sistently draws tho lino at tacks In
BausagcB.
THE STAILGAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
WHAT NEBRASKA IS GROWING
Commissioner of Labor Ryder Finds
Politics 8low In Comparison With
Crop Matters.
Corn In King.
"ncpubllcnn and democratic speak
ers, orators and nation savers all
agree, sayB Labor Commissioner Ry
dor, that thoy never saw so llttlo pub
lic Intorest In politics or cnndldntcs.
Tho contract price of corn or tho aver
ago date of enrly frost in Nebraska
arc tho ongrosslng subjects.
"Talking of prices, I was told by an
Aurora mnn who has sovcral farms
that ho has been offered GO contn for
nil tho corn ho will deliver. Ho re
fused tho offer. And lot mo say tho
government estimate of our corn crop
Is too high, whllo somo of tho railroad
estimates arc away off, In my Judg'
ment. Wo hnvo several hundred re
ports hero In tho ofTlco now, that bear
out this statement nnd I have been In
a Inrgo number of fields on foot. A
great deal of corn Is thin and uneven,
and fully 10 por cent of tho total ncro
ago planted has been lost. Nebraska
will havo probably 70 por cent of a
full normal crop, not more.
"This must bo said, howovor. Where
wo hnvo good corn this year wo havo
as flno a crop ns heart could wish. A
yield of CO bushels to tho aero can
bo looked for In somo fields, barring
a hard frost within two or three
weeks. Forty bushols will bo tho tally
In a groat many Instances, and 20 to
30 bushels will bo realized In mnny
moro flcldB. nut tho big expectations
of some folks on aggregate yield nro
duo for o hard tumble.
Omaha In Evidence at Fair.
People of Omnhn havo always at
tended tho atato fair. Dut Thursday
was tho first tlmo Omaha camo down
in u body, it was tho first tlmo Oma
ha come down headed by Its Commer
cial club, Its magnificent Ak-Sar-Ben
nnd Its leading business men. It was
tho first tlmo that It was ImpoBslblo to
turn around on tho ground without
running Into Omnhn men. And tho
Omaha delegation did not look a bit
different from tho owners of tho llvo
stock exhibited at tho fair, tho men
who raised tho flno county exhibits,
or tho men who put up tho magnifi
cent horticultural exhibit. In fact, in
this last department Chnrles Saunders
of Omnlia was In charge, ho being tho
president of tho society. It was a
great day for tho fair and a great day
for Omnhn. Tho day was called
"Omaha day," and from tho big city
sovornl trnlnlonds of peoplo came
down, whllo many came in automo
biles. Study of Tuberculosis.
Tho ofllcers of tho Eaton laboratory
for tho study and prevention of tuber
culosis in children will hold an cxecti
tlvo meeting In a few days at which
phns for tho completion of tho labora
tory will be taken up nnd acted upon.
Concerning this mnttcr Dr. II. W. Orr
says: "Lincoln Is behind hand in this
movement so far nud wo arc very anx
ious to make a showing which will be
of sufficient Importanco to report to
the international congress In Wash
ington, October 1."
STATEMENT BY TREASURER.
Expenditures More Than Receipts
During Month of Auguct.
During tho last month Stato Trcas
uror llrlan paid out $200,452.33 nnd re
ceived $10.1,220. 72. Ho has a balance
on hand of 549tS.821.93, ns against a
bnlanco of $531,047.13 tho first of tho
mouth. Ho has, as shown by his
monthly statement, In tho permanent
school fund uninvested $01,840.00. Fol.
lowing Is tho monthly report In de
tail: n.iI.inrcR
rumls. Auk. 1. Auk. 31.
fieneral S ,217.G9 G, orio.rn
I'drnmiient Mchool. H9.fiS2.70 91,840.0(1
Ti-inponu-y nchoot. 152,852.79 176,1 12,13
l'finmnont tmlv... 40,220,85 4G.ri22.oi
Ak. col. endowment 48,444.07 00,903. 83
Temporary tmlv... 12.9fi2.99 G.2I0.7S
Penitentiary 31.79 31.79
Ituilompilon 2.C98.G8 2,590.85
Kearney normal li
brary 1.443.R5 l,207.3ri
Orthopedic liosp... 37.94 37.94
Institutions cash.. 9,497.53 9,940.71
Hospital for liiano 4,219.44 3.033.11
Htule library 1,029.43 1,(110.4S
IJnlveridty cash... 35,978,53 35,200.52
IVru norm. Horary 2,183.28 l,Sl7,7ti
Normal otulowmnnt 21,218.93 21,218.93
Normal Interest... 3,989.91 i 2,091.24
Ak. ami Much, nits 35.000.01 35,000.01
U. S. oxiwr, stu... fi.740.37 5,709.89
Totals J53l.047.43 JM9G, 821.93
CiihIi on Imml I 18,020.00
Cah on deposit... 47S.801.93 49C.SS1.93
Trust fuiulH Invented
rcrinrmont school 17,400,305.80
JVrnmnent university 141,717.17
Ak. coIIpko endowment 444,000,00
Nonnul endowment 5(1. COO. 00
Total IS.01? 023.03
Hoods Of all Kinds 7,45 435.32
Warrant 6S7.1 87.71
Inquiry About Insurance.
Tho Schnefer Drug company of
Omnhn has written Auditor Scarlo re
garding a policy Issued to It by tho
Druggist Indemnity Insurnnco compa
ny of St. Louis. The druggist wanted
to know if tho policy Is any good,
Auditor Searlo nnswered that tho
compnny had no license to do business
In Nchrnskn and, bcsldos, ho took tho
drug company to task severely for
buying Insurance from an unknown
ngont when Omaha was full of Good
agents who will write policies prompt,
ly and in tho right way.
MANY NATIONS ARE INVITED.
Tho International Tuberculosis Con
gress Soon to Assemble.
At Washington, D. C, from Scptcm
bcr 21 to October 12, inclusive, thcro
will bo hold ono of tho most remark
ablo congresses of our tlmo. Tho
savnnts and specialists of forty-six na
tions nro invited to deliberate with
representatives of tho antl-tuborculo-sis
movement from our own forty-six
stntes. In anticipation of this, tho
Secretary Goncral of tho International
Congress, Dr. .John Fulton, last year
appointed In Nebraska a Btato com
mittee consisting of three physicians
and tho then secretary of tho As
sociated Charities In Omaha all men
In tho fight against tuberculosis.
Theso, at tho call of tho temporary
chairman In December, 1907, met nnd
organized tho Nebraska Association
for tho Study and Prevention of Tu
berculosis, which ns Its name Indi
cates Is attempting to Interest and In
struct tho peoplo of this Btato In tho
matter o? their tuborculosis problem.
Tho association urges nil organiza
tions of whatovcr nature to send their
representatives to Washington to at
torn! tho International Congress, to
tho end that moro Interest mny ho
taken In the qeustlou which confronts
us nt home. Active members In this
congress will receive tho proceedings
In four volumes In English. Perhaps
not ngnln in a quarter of a century
will this country bco such an as
semblage of great men and minds
gathered together for tho solo purpose
of combating civilization's greatest
scourge consumption. For wo must
awake. Science shows us n Blmple,
means of escnpo from this arch-enemy
who brings us moro tears, moro brok
en nnd desolnted families, moro wi
dows nnd orphans, than war or pestl
lenco or nil tho calamities of nature
and commerce."
Tuberculosis from nn economical If
not from n humanltnrlan standpoint
must soon rccclvo tho attention hero
that other questions of economics re
ceive. Nebraska last year reported
579 deaths from consumption. That
means G79 men nnd women cut off In
their prime, during tho most active
period of their lives, at their tlmo of
greatest usefulness to tho state, and
after being disabled for several years.
This, with a dlscaso which Is wholly
preventable. Why suffer Buch n drain
on our recources? Is not our popula
tion and tho good health of our popu
lation ono of our assets? Why not put,
this encroaching menace to rout? It
can bo accomplished. Join tho state
association; Join tho national; attend
tho International Congress; give your
mlto to help wlpo out tuberculosis.
Addresa secretary, 408 City Hall,
Omaha.
Lincoln's Baby Crop.
Moro babies were born In Lincoln
during August than In nny month In
tho history of the city, was the state
ment of Health Officer Rohde, when
tho number of births for tho month
had reached 102, with tho possibility
of Bovcral moro being ndded to that
number boforo tho total for tho month
was recorded. Ofilcer Rohde said ho
had been connected with tho health
ofllco slnco 1889, nnd that tho record
for tho month of August 1908 had
never been equaled during the period.
February, 1908, recorded 100 births.
Northwestern Denies Discrimination.
Tho Northwestern BayB It gives no,
better rate out of Lincoln to lumber
dealers than It does to the merchants
shipping lumber out of Omnlia. This
it doea in its nnswer to the petition
filed by the lumber dealers of Omaha
asking for the Lincoln rato to points
out In tho state.
Tariffs for New Towns.
Tho Union Pacific tho past week re
ceived permission from tho railway
commission to extend Its tariffs to
two towns on Its North Platto exten
sion. Tho rntes to apply to these
towns aro tho samo that apply to
Weir, Colo., and Barton, Nob.
RAINFALL IS ABOVE NORMAL.
From First of April Precipitation for
State Shows Excess.
Tho week was partly cloudy and
warm, with a deficiency In rainfall In
most of the state.
Tho mean temperature for the week
was between 70 dogrees and 7G de
grees, which Is about two dgrees
above tho normal. Tho first part of
tho week was cool and cloudy, but thu
last thrco days woro clcur and hot.
Tho maximum tomperatures occured
Saturday and Sunday, and wero quite
generally above 90 degrees.
Tho rainfall was below normal !n
most of tho state. Showers occured
Monday, WednoBdny, Friday anil Sun
day night, but thoy woro scattered and
gonorally with a small rainfall. Tho
weekly rainfall was above an Inch nt
a few places, but In most of tho stato
It was about or somewhat loss than
half an Inch. Tho total rainfall from
April 1 to dnto Is above normal In
practically all parts of the state.
O. A. LOVHLAND,
Section Director, Lincoln, Nob.
Guardsmen Improve In Shooting.
Nebraska National Guard Rlflo team
finished thirty-eight In tho nntloual
shoot, In which fifty tenms partlcpat
od. This Is an Increaso of 10 per cent
over last year. Somo of tho loading
foams In tho United Stntes lost
ground In tho Bhoot compared with
last year, and Nobrnska's team was
tho only ono In tho west that mndo a
gain. Tho Nebraska team was select
ed at tho closo of a stato rlflo camp In
which all the actlvo guardsmen of tho
stato participated. Complaint Is mado
of poor ammunition.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings cf tho
PaGt Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
into Small Space for the Ben
efit of Our Readers.
Miscellaneous.
Forest fires In northern Wisconsin
and northern Minnesota hnvo laid
whato millions of feet of standing tim
ber, thousands of acres of agricultural
lands and destroyed two or thrco
towns, rendering nt least 10,000 por
Bons homeless.
Tho Independence party is to havo
a complete Btato ticket In Kansas this
fall, with John W. Northrop of
Wichita as tho candldato for gover
nor. Thirty new coal miners, which will
employ, when In full operation, nearly
4,000 minors, nro now being opened in
tho vicinity of Pittsburg, Kan.
Tho Kansas stato superintendent of
schools bus sent out invitations to tho
presidents of all Kansas colleges to
meet In Topeka October 14 and dls
cuss school matters.
President Roosevelt, It Is said, In
his final annual message will recom
mend an Increase In tho army to 100,
000 men.
Fire in tho Chicago stock yards de
stroyed tho fertilizer plant of Armour
& Co., causing n loss of $500,000.
Mrs. Abblo Rice, who hns been de
tained in Omaha In connection with
tho mysterious shooting of Dr. Rustln,
has made a statement which mnkes
it evident that the physician killed
himself because of financial troubles.
At Louisa, Ky a 15-year-old boy has
confessed to burning a farmer's homo
in which two children were burned to
death. He implicates a neighboring
farmer.
Holland has sent n noto to Vene
zuela demanding that tho decree Is
sued by President Castro on May 14,
last, bo revoked boforo November 1.
Tho Italian car in tho Now York-to-Paris
raco has arrlcved In Ilcrlin.
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota has Is
sued a proclamation appealing for aid
for tho sufferers from tho forest fires
at Chlsholm and surrounding country.
Tho navy department has decided to
uso "want nds" In newspapors to se
cure recruits.
Fire practically destroyed the min
ing town of Rawhide, Nov., rendering
3,000 peoplo homeless and causing a
property loss of $750,000. About 20
persons wero Injured.
In tho federal court at St. Paul
Judge Vandoventcr granted an injunc
tion restraining tho Arkansas railroad
commission from Inforclng tho two
cent faro law and from interfering
with tho railroads In raising their
frolght rates on Interstate traffic.
Chief Justice Gantt of tho Missouri
supreme court has Issued a tempor
ary restraining order against Judge
Taylor of St. Louis to prevent tho
opening of tho ballot boxes used In tho
recent primary In St. Louis. The or
der Is made rcturnablo on October 13.
Col. Henry M. Nevlus of Red Hank,
N. J., was elected commandor-In-chlef
of tho Grand Army of tho Republic at
Toledo on tho first ballot. J. Kent
Hamilton of Ohio was elected senior
vlco commander. Tho Women's Re
lief Corps elected Mrs. W. L. Glllmuii
of Roxbury, Mass., as Its president.
Tho Oklahoma Farmers and Stock
mans association has been organized
at Tulsa. P. I. Drown of Hoggs Is
president and J. II. Fisher of Sapulpa
Is sucrotary.
Wostern Pennsylvania and West
Virginia aro suffering for lack of rain.
Many Industries In that section have
been forced to suspend operations.
Tho forty-third onenmpmont of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
hold next yenr In Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Forest fires aro burning In tho
grovo of big trees In Calaveras county,
Cal
Tho Haldwln dlrlglblo balloon which
was recently purchased by the govern
ment for tho army Is to bo one of tho
attractions nt tho St. Joseph, Mo.,
military carnlvnl.
Fifteen thousand Americans nnd
Australians took part In tho grand pa
rade and review nt Melbourne, Aus.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, ad
dressed tho National Farmers' union,
In session nt Fort Worth, Tex., urging
n closer relation between the two
bodies,
Roy Knahcnschuc made a lllght of
27 minutes with his airship at Colum
bus, O., going from tho fair grounds
down town, circling tho dome of tho
stato house and returning. Ho had
threo passengers on board.
Tho chnrgo Is mndo that tho recent
senatorial campaign In Wisconsin -ost
tho various candidates from $4UO,00O
to $850,000.
Gov. Haulcy has Issued a call for
an extra session of the Indiana legis
lature to meet In lndlunnpolU Sop
tombor 18.
Threo railroad employes wero killed
at Chlckasha, Ok., when a Rock Island
work train hit a ballast train.
The Republican campaign In Ohio
wns formally opened nt Youngstown.
Gov. Harris of Ohio, Gov. Hughes of
Now York and Senator Uovorldgo
wero speakers.
Six thousand persons nro roported to
bo In actual need of clothing nnd oth
er supplies as tho result of tho recent
flood In Augusta, Ga.
Tho Bpeclal grand Jury called to
probo tho recent raco riots in Spring
field, 111., has adjourned after return
ing 117 Indictments.
The government has filed suit at
Portland, Ore., to recover lands grant
ed tho Oregon & California Railway
company, valued at $40,000,000.
In full vlow of 25,000 spectators at
W.itorvllle, Mo., Charles Oliver Jones,
a well known aeronaut, fell with his
dlrlglblo balloon a distance of 500 feet
nnd wns almost Instantly killed.
Two women, wives of miners, were
shot nnd seriously Injured during n
strlko riot nt Hcrnnton. Pa., when
miners attacked thu stato pollco whllo
escorting non-unionists home.
Judge Tuft and Senator Forakermet
In tho reviewing stand of tho G. A. R.
parade nt Toledo, O., and publicly
shook hands amid the cheers of tho
veterans and others who saw tho In
cident. Two negroes entered tho M. K. & T.
passenger station ut Oklahoma City
tho other night, held up tho assistant
cashier and robbed tho safe of $300.
Thoy escaped. t
The entire business district of Sum
ner, Miss., was recently destroyed by
fire, causing a loss or $100,000.
Lumber valued at $100,000 was de
stroyed by lire In the .urds or tho
Saginaw Hay Lumber company ut
Clovoland, O
A general court mnrtlal hns been
ordered to convene nt Fort Wayno,
Mich., to try Col. Cornman, comman
dant there for dereliction of duty.
A new comet has been discovered by
Prof. Morehouse of Drake university,
Dcs Moines, In., who has been doing
graduate work at tho Ycrkcs observa
tory timing tho summer.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad com
pnny has filed an application with tho
Kansas railroad commissioners for
permission to haul seed wheat free to
farmers n tho western part of tho
stato.
Editors representing 150 labor pa
pers recontly mot in Chicago to dis
cuss plans for unity In tho present
campnlgn.
Senator Daniel and Representatives
Vroeland nnd Ovorstrect, a sub-corn-mitteo
of tho National Monetary com
mission, havo returned to Now York
nfter a thorough study of English nnd
French financial systems.
The crew of tho racing balloon Vlllo
do Dieppe, which Btartcd from Colum
bus, O., attempted to land during n
storm at Niagara Falls. Tho thrco
men wero badly shaken up and had a
narrow escape from death In tho
Whirlpool rapids.
Seven summer visitors out of a
party of ten were drowned In Penob
scot bay. off Doer island, by the cap
sizing of a sloop In which thoy woro
out for a sail. The party was com
posed entirely of eastern people.
The Vermont election resulted In a
victory for the Republican ticket by n
plurality of 28,000 votes. The Repub
lican vote fell off 8 per cent from 1904
and tho Democrats lo3t about 2 per
cent.
The "Daily Capital and Dally News
of MoAlostor, Ok., havo merged and
hereafter will appear under tho nnuio
of the News-Capital.
Tho Franco-American Joint tariff
commission has finished Its labors In
Paris.
Personal.
Judge Taft has decided to mako a
speaking tour during October devot
ing his time principally to statos
which tho national commlttco con
sider doubtful.
Mr. Hryun has started on another
speaking tour which will tako him a8
far east as Now York.
Willis Howe, for many yenrs man
ager of the Palmer house, Chicago,
Is dead at French Lick, Intl.
Standing Hear, a noted Ponca In
dian chief, Is dead at Niobrara, Nob.
Frank P. Sargent, commissioner of
Immigration of tho department of com
iiierco and labor, Is dead In Washing
ton of stomach trouble.
t'hauncey I. Fllley, tho veteran Re
publican politician of St. Louis, has
tilled his declaration ns a candhlnte for
United States senator from Missouri.
Mr. Fllley Is 80 years old.
Alexander Troup, proprietor and
editor of tho New Haven, Conn.,
I'ulon, a personal friend of William
.1. Hrynu and promlnont in national
Demociatlc politics, died suddenly in
the Grand Contral station at New
York.
Robert F. Hudspeth, chairman of tho
Now Jersey state Democratic commit
tee, has been chosen vlco chairman
of tho national Democratic committee,
nnd will manage the Hryan campaign
in tho oast.
Dean Liberty Ilalloy of Cornell uni
versity has accepted tho appointment
as head of tho commission to Investi
gate the condition of fnrmors of tho
United Stntes.
Dr. A. l.agoilo of tho Pasteur In
stitute In Chicago, who became Infect
ed with rabies recently, has been pro
nounced out of danger by his physi
cians. President Rnosovolt and family aro
to leave Sngnmoro Hill for Washing
ton on September 22.
Gen. Harrison Gray OUb, publisher
of tho Los Angoles Times, Is at tho
Johns Hopkins hospital In Haltlmoro
for the purpose of undergoing a sur
gical operation.
Attorney. General Hadloy has gono
to St. Louis to aid In tho prosecution
of the primary election frauds.
llrlg. Gun A. W. Corliss, U. S. A
retired, Is dead at his homo In Den
ver. Col. He wns 71 years old.
Gov. Folk of Missouri has Issued his
usual Labor Day proclamation.
Dr. Frederick F. Rustln, ono of tho
most noted surgeons In thu west, was
shot and killed as ho was on the point
of entering his home In Omaha. Thcro
Is no clue to tho Identity of tho slayer.
Mrs. W. H. Cnruth, wlfo of the vlco
chancellor of tho Kunsus university,
Is dend at Lawronce.
START LITTLE RIOT.
Anarchists Get Control of a New
York Meeting.
An nttoiupt was mndo at Now York
Monday to turn n meeting of un
employed workmen Into nn anarchist
demonstration, nnd for haK an hour
tho big meeting hull In Cooper union,
where the meeting took place, wur
tho scene of wild excitement, dur
ing which rod flags wo.ro ralwd, the
police denounced and Incendiary
speeches ninth. Alexander Horknian,
tho nnurchlst who somo yenrH ago
shot Henry ('. Frlck, n utoul company
official, during tho Ilomustcnri strike
in Pennsylvania, was dragged from
the hall by the pollco and locked up.
A young woman, who gnvo her name
as "Mary .Suflth," and who utood by
llerkman, was also arrested, nnd
Emma Gohlmuu, recognized leader of
the "reds" In this country, was made
to leave tho hall. Only tho stern
measures adopted by tho police pre
vented the meeting from becoming nn
out nnd out anarchlstli: affair, al
though the unemployed and brother
hood welfare association, who had
planned the meeting, had no other
intention than to present its claim
that there are thousands of Idle work
men there.
LIKE CARNAGE OF PAGANS.
Fourth of July In America Disgrace
to Civilization.
Only the gladiatorial conflicts on
festival days in pagan Rome rival the
carnago of the Amorlcan Fourth of
July, according to tho Journal or the
American Medical lusi.ooinrlnn. The
victims of this year's oolohralion of
tho Fourth of July throughout the
United States numbered o.tiH' Itikllled
nnd injured, according to utatlstics
published by the Journal.
The number of casualties la 1,210
moro than last year, though the num
ber of doalhs. 1C3, Is ono loss. Tho
list contnins 157 more names; than that
of 190G, tho second laigest of tho six
years during which statistics havo
been kept by tho Journal. High
praise ,1s given to Haltlmoro nnd To
ledo for passing ordlunuccH prohibit
ing fireworks and also for enforcing
thorn. Methods for prevention used
In St. Paul and Detroit arc nltui com
mended. GIVES LIFE FOR THE CHILD.
New York Business Man Proves
Hero at a Fire.
Though badly bin nod, John Tuck,
n retired real estate dealer, returned
to n burning apartment In Krooklyn
Mondny afternoon for n missing child
and saved It, but at tho (ixpensn of
his own life. Ho had already rescued
tho mother, Mrs. William Clamplet,
using his coat to protect her as he
carried her down tho Btalrs. Sho
cried for her child when the utrect
was reached. Disregarding his own
life and injurios, Tuck turned back
and safely brought the Infant out of
tho house. On his second trip ho was
unable to prevent hln own clothing
from taking firo. When ho laid the
child in Its mother's arniH ho collapsed
and died. Neither Mrs. Clainplot nor
her child received serioua injuries.
Nine Dead in a Wreck.
As n result of n head-on collision no
tween westbound pnsjRongur train No.
5 on tho Northern Pacific: and n freight
trnln near Paradise, Mont., bovciiU
miles wqst of Mh-Koula, Saturday
morning, both engineers and both Dro
mon nro dead and Head Rrnhomnu
Dixon of tho freight tralu ami one
tramp aro seriously Injured. The
passenger train was running abom
thirty miles nn hour when the acci
dent happened. Tho collision Ik .tald
to havo been caused by ILo falhiro ol
Operator MltcheTl at Pcrnn to deliver
an order to tho passenger train, he
having received the order after thu
train had passed tho station
Will Take Back Old Men.
The Canadlnn Pacific Railway Com
pany has decided to tako tho mo
mechanics who are on strike, back to
work this week In their old positions
on tho wago scnlo agreed upon by the
majority report of tho board of con
ciliation held In Winnipeg, pending a
further Investigation by a Kccond
board on some points now in dispute.
This indicates that tho decision of
tho Canndlun Pacific railroad Is an
unexpected concession, ns 100 British
mechanics woro expected to nrrlvo
this week for distribution among tho
shops In tho west.
The Cost of a Wreck.
Tho wreck of tho Hrewster express
on tho Harlem division of thu New
York Central & Hudson River rail
road, nenr Williams Urldgo, N. Y., on
February 10, 1907, will cost $1,214,000,
Claims for damages wero put. In for
twenty-two persons who wero killed
nnd 150 who wero Inujrcd. Of the
$1211,000, ff.r-i',000 has gone, or will
go, to tho U'lutlves of tho dead, or to
the maimed and Injured. Tho remain
Ing $550,000 goes to tho lawyers, to
agents who Fettled claims out of court,
to phyrdciutrs, Investigators and vari
olic uvpfTlK, em! for trlnl of suits.
Crank Reaches Oyster Bay.
A crank, armed with an antiquated
"hull dog" revolver, was caught near
tho president's house at Sagamore
Hill Monday by tho secret Horvlce
guards. Tho man described himself
us joun uoiigunu, a uciocnvo, ami
when stopped by tho secret servlco
. men presented a card upon which
wnn Inscribed his nninu and tho word
"ofllcor." Ho said that ho had conio
to nBk ho president to ordor out 10,
000 troops to catch yeggmon who had
buen torrorlzlng Hostou. Coughlln
i was nrrestcd and put In Jail to await
examination1 au to hla canity.
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