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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1909)
"-- sV" "T ( n-1 jiw. jMirtfst y 1 A - - , tfc :tt$&3sKSOT it .. iv ty i. siWUs kf' t hi CI ' ' I '., iTJhio Chief C. D. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBB E RECORD OF THE HAPPENINGS IN ITEMIZED FORM. E AND FOREIGN NEWS Information Gathered From All Quar ters of the Civilized World and Prepared for the Perusal i , of the Busy Man. Foreign. The queen's mother took her per manent rcBltlonco in tho palaco to nwnlt tho conllncnicnt of her daughter, Queen Wllholmlnn. Tho American visitors to Itomo arc bo numerous that Malinger Kennedy, rector of tho American college, is pre senting about fifty of them dally to the pope. A syndicate that has been prospect ing on tho coast of tho Red Sea 1G0 miles Bouth of Suez, has struck nn oil gusher, the flow of which 1b said to Indicate large supplies. Tho German Imperial yacht Ilohon zollern with Emperor William and tho empress on board left for Corfu, whero tl-clr majesties will make a brief so journ. The oxtra session of tho Columbian assembly came to an end. Thcro Is no truth In the rumors that tho British cruiser Argylo had met with an accident. Before concluding their convention it ho coal miners or Hrltlsh Columbia .decided to stand by tlit International union. The Brazilian government has con iluded pormanont arbitration treaties during tho week with tho United States, France, Portugal, Spain and Alcxleo. The newspapers of St. Petersburg say that Foreign Minister Iswolsky is to bo appointed Russian ambassador 'to Madrid, but tho report cannot bo confirmed. , Tho cabinet has decided definitely that tho Spanish fleet shall bo recon Vtructed. Tho work will be Intrusted to British Arms. Tho death Is announced of Sir Don nld Currle, tho well known ship owner. Ho wna born In 1S25. Max Johnson, tho foreman of an English factory in St. Petersburg, was murdered by men Jh his employ. Stephan WKotzc, one of tho lead ing Gorman writers, died In Uerlln Iron) apoplexy. Ho was 39 years of "go. It is announced from tho war ofllco In London that Lord Kitchener will rross Canada this summer on his re turn trip from India. An Ico gorgo at Montreal has flood ed part of tho city. Religious differences caused rioting in the stato of Durango, Mexico. A. G. Vanderbllt was successful in tho French horse bIiow, winning the first prlzo for a coach and four. Domestic. 'John A. Chapman, Thomas W. Jones and Edgar A. Rancroft were elected directors or the International Har vester company at tho annual meeting r the company in Hoboken. Miss Hnrrlot Suter, principal or one of the girls' high schools of Now Orleans, celebrated Frhlay tho fiftieth anniversary of her service as a teacher in the public schools of that city. The Arkansas house passed tho son ale bWl giving tho state railroad com mlHslonc i Jurisdiction over bad track life and fixing tho rato of speed at which trains should ho run over it. Orders- ror fifty now locomotives Tor the Boston & Maino railroad at a cost of half a million dollars havo been Issued. Negotiations nro pending for an Increase in other lines or rolling stocks. Tho house passed a prohibition law ror passenger trains making it un lawful to drink or oxposo Intoxicating Hipiors on passenger trains in Missouri or to rldo on a passenger train In an Intoxicated condition. Tho penalty :-3 a fluo or from $5 to $25. Profit-sharing by employes and In dustrlal peace wero tho principal sub Jects for discussion at tho eleventh an mini convention of tho natlonnl metal trades' association at tho Hotel Astor New York. Presidents of Boveral of tho anthra cite coal railroads held u conference to discuss the situation growing out , of the failure of tho coal oporators to reach anj agreoment with tho 'miners. According to reports In Pittsburg, a .ouncilman under indictment in con nection with tho nlleged municipal grart, scandal, has mado a voluntary confession. Tho Thomns motor car, which Is acting aB a pathfinder for tho Now 'York-Sonttlo run, reached Topokn, Mmo. Louiso Totrazzlnl, tho opera Hlngor, who haB just completed her reason of opera in this country, was unable to sail for England, owing to -an nttack or gastritis. Unfamlllarity with the uso of gaB paused tho death of two GreekB at isow York, .nniMpi.i ..n..i..iiMinftin NWS 1 It wub Btnted at tho Whlto houso Monday that while President Tnft would undoubtedly occupy a cottage In tho neighborhood of Hovorly, Man-chestor-by-thC'Sea, or at Gloucester, Mass., no decision had yet been reached. It wns said that the matter will bo definitely decided within tho next few days. Tho college press association ot South Carolina began n two days' meeting In Columbia with represen tatives present fiom tho University of South Carolina, Converse college, Wof ford college, Clemson collego, Collego of Charleston collego, nnd other lead ing educational Institutions of South Carolina. Governor 1). F. Carroll or Iowa signed tho Moon liquor bill which lim its tho number or saloons in any city in tho stnto to ono for every thou sand Inhabitants. It will not affect any saloon now operating whero the number is in excess of tho limitation, but is, aimed to provent the establish ment of new saloons by tho brewers. Tho Amoricnn Steel nnd Wlro com pany, a subsidiary of tho United States Steel corporation has cut tho prlco on wlro nails 10 cents per bushel. Tho snlo at public auction of the Southern Steel company (bankrupt) began nt Birmingham, Ala. Thcro is n rumor that Crazy Snake, chief of tho Creek Indians, is dead, but it cannot bo verified. Tho collieries of tho heading Coal and Iron company rcsumod operations. Tho third flro In n week at tho Okla homa stato lnsano asylum at Fort Supply destroyed tho main asylum hospital, A bill designed to prohibit tho pub lication in newspapers of betting oddB on horBo races passed tho New York senate. , Rev. Dr. Marlon Lo Roy Burton nn nounced that ho would nssumo tho presidency or Smith collego in Sop tomber, 1910. At tho quurterly meeting of tho de scendants or tho signers of tho decla ration of independence about ICO now members wero elected. Tho grand Jury nt Knoxvlllo, Tenn., returned a truo bill against tho homo stock company or tho Order ot Eagles ror selling liquor. Tho city council of Snnta Fo passed nn ordinance closing all saloons in tho city after December 31, 1909. In tho meantime tho Hccnso fee will bo doubled. Georgo Dunleavy, nn Iowa Telo phono company lineman, was instant ly killed nnd Benjamin SIcklcr, his helper, seriously injured by a live wire. A largo assemblage gathered at tho Second Presbyterian church of St. Louis to attend tho funeral of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, former secretary of tho interior. Four young Italians nro under ar rest at Erie, Pa., in connection with tho nttempt to blackmail CharleB H. Strong, president ot the Erie & Pitts burg railroad. Washington. A resumption or tho discussion or tho committees on car demurrage and or tho nntlonal association of railway commissioners was begun at the ofilcea of tho Interstate commerco commis sion. Georgo E, Atwood, secretary of tho Amorlcan association of commerco and trade at Berlin, called on Secretary of Stato Knox with n vl-ow of enlist ing his Interests in n movement to Improvo tho commercial relations be tween Uio United States and Germany. Secretary Meyer announced that he had concluded to grant tho request ot tho pooplo of tho stntes of Mississippi, Loulslar.n, Arkansas and Tennessee to allow tho battleship Mississippi to proceed up tho Mississippi river ns rnr ns Natchez on its trip to receive tho presentation or the vessel's Bllvcr servlco by tho pooplo or Mississippi. Commander W. A. Gill has been detached from duty nt tho Now York navy yard and ordered to command tho battleship Texas. Treasury estimates ror tho fiscal year beginning July 1, 1910, must bo ready for submission to Secretary Mc Veagh on May 1, next, six and n hair months earlier than estimates for former years. Itepresentntivo Scott (Ka:i3aB), chairman ot tho houso commlttco on agriculture, has introduced a bill to prohibit dealing in futures of wheat, corn nnd other ngrlculturnl products. Assistant Secretary of Stato Alvory A. Adeo left Washington for Now York whence ho sails for Harvo. Mr. Adeo will spoud two months in Franco and hns planned a bicycle tour of for-ty-elght days whllo there. Wndo H. Ellis wns called Into con foronco by President Tnft to help Mralghtcn out tho tnnglo which exists in tho filling or a number or federal olllces In Ohio. Assistant SCCrotarv nf Mm Trnnc-t. Coolidge, In spcnktng of custoniB in regard to tho rovenuo nnd other treas ury receipts and of expenditures this year, said tho dally deficit is steadily diminishing. Rear Admiral Sakamota of tho Japanese navy visited the naval acad emy at Annapolis. Samuol T. Stevenson, convicted ol embezzling funds ot tho New Orloans typographical union, was sentenced to four yenrB in tho stato penitentiary. Tho safo or tho Bank or Luclen, Okla., wnB robbed and $1,000 in cur- I'K a.n? not08 t0 tno amount of $9,000 stolen. Within nbout two weoks Assistant Secrotary Bookman Winthrop, or tho navy dopnrtment, expects to inspect tho Nortolk navy yard. Tho Bcnato commltto on rorolgn re lations orderod a ravornblo report on a new patent treaty between tho United States and Germnny, .11,1.1 1, HHSU EF NEW8 NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS 8ECTION3. ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Humboldt will hnvo its usual quota or saloons for another year. Tho business men of Bloomfield havo orgnnlzed a commercial club. Work ban been started clearing tho grounds rocontly bought by tho gov ernment nB n Bite for tho $70,1)00 post ofllco building In Falrbury. Tho Burlington bridge between David City nnd ColumbUB burned. It 1b supposed tho fire was set by tho passenger train that passed over tho brldgo a short tlmo before. Wllllnm Dean, n college man of Eau Clnlre, Wis., is in tho hospital nt Lin coln In a dangerous condition from a self-inflicted wound. He was despond ent from inability to obtain employ ment. Ono mnn wna killed nnd another dnngcrously Injured by being struck by u Burlington train between Louis ville and Cedar Creek. They wero walking on tho right or way when tho accident occurred. Tho father of Rev. S. W. Nesblt, pa stor or tho Congregational church nt Elgin, this Btato, was killed in Now York by falling In front of a subway train. Ho was on his wny to visit his son in Nebraska. "Dr." Samuel Theure, who came to Broken Bow a fow months ago, was placed under arrest under a warrant alleging thnt ho hud engaged in tho prnctico or medicine without tho proper license. M. W. nurger has Inaugurated n movement to orgnnlzo a farmers' ele vator company at Crab Orchard in Johnson county. Tho object is to buy or build a farmers' elevator at that point. Harry Martin or Grnnd Islnnd, charged with II. Hyboo, with tho rob bery or an old named Theller, plead guilty In tho district court and wns sentenced to five and a half years In tho state penitentlnry. The county assessor of Lancaster county is this year determined to get nil tho diamonds on tho aBsessmont roll. Tax shirkers will havo to keep their sparklers hid, thus being de prived of "showing off" to good ad vantage beforo tho public, ir thoy do not want assessment flguren re corded against them. An enthusiastic meeting or farm ers wns held In Wakefield to talk over tho question of straightening tho Lo gan. Thousand of ncres of Innd in the Logan valloy are damaged yearly by tho water ovcrllowlng nnd tho pro ject or Btralghtenlng tho creek nnd giving It a straight channel hns been undor consideration for sonio tlmo. As a preliminary to nn attempt to got a fow more counties out of quarantine Dr. Juckncs, stato veterif narlan, nnd Dr. A. T. Peters of tho stato fnrm will make n two weeks' trip beginning Thursday through western Nebraska to lecture to tho stockmen on cnttle mango nnd kindred diseases. Josse lller, a section hand on the Northwestern railroad, wns killed ,nuout two miles south of Blair. With others of tho section crew ho was stnnding nenr the track, waiting for n freight train to pass, nnd whllo look ing toward tho engine a enr door swung out, striking him on tho hend, crushing his skull and knocking ono eye out of tho socket. A man giving tho nnmo of Henry M. Klino appeared nt tho Exchange Nntlonal bank In Hastings nnd made n dopostt or $05. Later he visited several grocery stores, where he mado small purchases and gave a check for $5, receiving change. Then In the afternoon ho wont to tho bank and withdrew $10. Nothing has been heard or him since. W. E. Stonobnrger was brought to Kearney from Gibson by tho -town murshnl or that placo in a most violent Btnto of Insanity. Stonobnrger hnil some trouble with n neighbor over hogs and hnd brooded over it until ho went crazy. Threo men were required to watch him In his cell, ns ho insisted on throwing! himself around In an endeavor to commit suicide by breaking bis neck. Later ho was tnkon to tho nsyhun nt Has tings. A. L. Cnvlness, president of tho Nebraska Stato Teachers' association, In announcing details of tho next meeting to bo hold in Lincoln No vember 3, 4 nnd 5, nBserts tho list of speakers will bo ono of tho strongest over heard at a state teacherB' meet ing. Among those of natlonnl reputa tion who will bo present aro Booker T. Washington of Tuskogeo, Ala.; Principal G. B. Morrison, St. Louis; H. T. Bailey, North Scltuall, Mass., and ox-Prosldont Eliot of Harvard uni versity. In accordance with tho appropria tion of $30,000 for tho payment of back wolf bounty claims by tho legis lature, tho clerks in tho auditor's ofllco aro busy paying off tho old claims. Tho first 500 aggregating ovor $3,000, woro mailed out last week. Irwin Wilds of Chnppell wnB thrown under the cars by n bucking broncho. Ono ot his hands was cut off nnd his head badly mutilated, Ho will prob ably die. At tho town of Sterling, in Johnson county, occurred a disastrous conflagra tion nnd tho aggregate loss Is nbout $20,000, partly covored by InBuranco. A P FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE SPENT ON THE WORK. NEW LAWS AFFECTING DAIRIES Creamery Representatives Meet With Governor and Food Commission To Talk Over the Situation. With tho npprovnl of tho governor, Commissioners Clarke, Wlnnett nnd Cowglll met with Governor Shnllen berger to discuss ways nnd moans of complying with the now law requiring tho railway commission to value the physical property or railroads, tel ephone, telegraph and express com panies. The appropriation or $40,000 Is available now. "The commission is to do tho work with clerical help ap pointed by the commission, with the npprovnl or tho governor, nnd for the purpose of outlining a plan of spend ing tho money tho meeting wns held. Little wns nccompllshed usido from an agreement to hnvo the commission confer with civil engineers with the view to appointing ono Buch person, with the approval of tho governor, to mnnago tho work that is to bo done under the direction of tho commis sion, with tho npproval or tho gover nor. Tho commission Is enthusiastic over the outlook, nnd it 1b generally tho governor, nnd it is generally thought tho task can bo completed within two years. Tho commission will first conrer with Dwlght C. Mor gan who did a Blmilar Job for tho state of Minnesota. It is thought best to employ ns chief engineer ono who hns had experience iu muklng physlcnl valuation of rnllroad proper ty. Other civil engineers will bo con sulted, Including nil uppllcnnts for the position, with a view to ascertaining what salaries will bo paid and how many employes will bo needed. In other states tho chief engineer has been paid from $5,000 to $12,000 a year. What tho commission will do with the physlcnl valuation of rail roads arter It gets the engineers' reports has not been determined, but it is argued that the figures may bo or some use in making rnllroad rates, though not a controlling factor by any Dairies and Creameries. Governor Shnllenberger, Food Com missioner S. L. Mains and about fifty representatives of the various cream eries of tho Btato mot In representa tive hall to discuss the legislation nf fectlng tho dairies nnd creameries of Nebraska. Governor Shnllenberger made a short statement In which ho told the crenmery men ho Ihib signed a bill prohibiting tho rushing or tho "can" arter 8 o'clock, but that hnd no effect upon tho mlllocnns, which were good tilings to rush nil tho tlmo. He gave a short talk on the future of tho dairy business of Nebraska. Food Commissioner Mains informed tho convention ho hnd ruled that under tho law providing for tho registration of can marks with the secretary of Btato, it Is unlnwful for creameries to loan their enns to tho farmers, but that they must at all times be in pos session of tho creameries or their agents. Ho ruled also that all cans imiBt be marked and one of them to bo In the possession of other than nn agent of tho creamery would bo a violation of the law. This ruling forces the farmers to hnvo their own cans. Mr. Mains said it was inspired by a desire to compel tho cream to bo handed in a moro Banltary mnnner. Appropriates for Corn Display. An appropriation of $1,000 hns been made by the regents of tho University of Nebraska for a display by tho uni versity nt tho Nntlonal Corn exposi tion at Omaha, December (5-18. This exhibit will illustrate tho corn breed ing work nnd will bo educational. Lectures to Stockmen. Dr. Juckncs, stnto veterinarian, and Dr. A. T. Peters of tho stnto rami havo gone on a two weeks' trip through the western part of tho state, to lecture to tho stockmen on cattle diseases. It is hoped by tho veteri narian to get a fow additional counties out from under quarantine. ' Veterans Want Money. Five veterans from tho Soldiers' homo at Mil ford met tho governor nnd urged him to hnsten the notion of certain officials nt tho stnto houso who aro delaying the payment of tho money appropriated by tho legislature for tho purpose of refunding to the old soldiors tho money thnt wns taken from them out of their pensions. To Yukon Exposition. Gov. Shallenborger, accompanied by his full mllltnry staff, intends to visit tho Alaska-Yukon exposition nt Seat tle on Nebraska day, Aug. 17. This announcement was made by Adjt. Gen. Hartlgau. This will nlso enable tho governor to bo present on Gov ernors' day at tho irrigation cbngresa convention at Spoknno, Nov. 4. Reports Are Wanted. Doputy Labor Commissioner Man pin is sending out letters to 700 of tho manufacturers or the stnto, that number having railed tb send him the Information collected yearly as to the total value ot tho . manufactured goods, tho capital invested, tho cost of manufacturing, and tho wages paid to men, women nnd boys. Tho ma jority of tho larger manufacturers hnvo sent the necessary information, but ns there aro so ninny that havo hung back Mr. Mnupln hns extended the time to May 1, ROSE REFUSES TO CONCUR. A Dissenting Opinion from Member of the Supreme Court. J lid go W. B. Rose of tho nupretno court has filed a dissenting opinion In the case wherein John J. Ledwlth brought a Bult for mnndnmus ngalnBt tho state treasurer to compel him to sign a warrant for $35 Tor services ho rendered ns an instructor In tho uni versity and to compel him to credit tho university with the sum or $94G, 017.90. In his opinion, in which a majority ot tho court concurred, Judge C. B. Letton grunted a mandamus to compel tho Btatc treasurer to countersign tho warrant, but tho relief for tho credit item was not granted. In tho same opinion the court also held that tho "proceeds of tho l-mill levy" meant tho entire 1-mlll levy. It was hold also thnt tho proceeds arising from the Investment of the pcrmnnent uni versity fund and tho fund donated by tho'genoral regents without the legis lature appropriating the same bienni ally. In IiIb conclusion Judge Iotton said: "Ah to tho details regarding tho funds Involved we aro not fully ad vised, but enough appears to Justify, ub In requiring the respondent to coun tersign tho warrant presented by the relntor." Judge Rose takes exceptions to thla statement on the part of Judge Letton. He said: "If there Is nn unexpended appro priation out or which tho stato treas urer may lawfully pay the warrant ror $35, I am of tho opinion relntor should bo required, ns a condition of relief, to descrlbo It In definite nnd preclso, terms, especially under a constltutlpn' providing thnt "each legislature shall, mnko appropriations ror the expenses or tho government, until the expira tion of the first fiscal quarter arter tho adojurnment of the next regular session," and that "no money shall bo drawn from the treasury except In pursuunco of a specific appropriation mndo by law. When these provisions of tho constitution nre respected, there Is never nny mlstnko or uncertainty about tho Identity of nny appropria tion or tl)o amount of any unnexpend ed balance In any fund In the stnto treasury." New State Fair Building. Tho board of managers of tho Ne braska state fair met nt the stato house nnd took nction toward the erec tion of one-half of tho new stock coli seum. This building is to bo similar to tho stock coliseums in tho Minne sota, Indiana nnd Kentucky fair grounds, and Is to have a ring 120 by 270 feet. Around the ring will bo placed tho seats, which will accom modate over 4,000 people. Tho build ing, when completed, will be 200 feet wide by IioO feet long, and will bo constructed of steel, brick, and con crete. The complete cost will be $115, 000, but it is tho intention of the board to only erect half or it for the pres ent, and when a later appropriation Is received to havo It completed. Tho action of tho board regarding tho now building will be referred to tho board of public lnnds nnd buildings, ns thnt board lias chargo of tho disbursement of the npproprlntlon. As soon ns tho board of public lands and 'buildings gives Its npprovnl tho work on tho new building will bo started, and it is expected thnt this will bo In a short time. It lo tho Intention to have It completed, or nt least In such a stato that It can bo used by next full at fair time. Hamilton Appeals Case. Tho county of Hamilton hns ap pealed an Interesting case to tho su preme court, nftor having lost out In Its own district court. Tho county brought suit ngalnst Jasper B. Cun ningham, county treasurer, for inter est on county money deposited In banks other than county depositories, it wnB alleged that the dally balances deposited in tlieso banks amounted to $30,000 on tho average, and that tho treasurer made no record of having received any Interest on the deposits. On the Governor's Staff. Governor Shnllenberger sent a com mission to tho general freight agent of tho Burlington railroad west of tho Missouri river, making him n colonel on his staff. Tho nppolntmcnt Is to fill tho vacancy mused by tho resignation of Colonel Fanning, accepted by tho govornor. Th& Saloon Closing Law. Letters nro still coming to tho gov ernor In bunches In regard to tho S o'clock closing law, and boiiio of thorn hnvo unique features. A lettor wns received from a guard at tho Lincoln, lnsano usylum. Tho guard stated that during tho heat of tho oxcltomont ho went Into tho dipsomaniac ward and, took a straw voto among tho inmates. By a voto of 2 to 1, thoy declared In, favor of the governor's action. J. F. Swain, Harrisburg, Neb., wroto thnt before tho govornor had signed the bill ho hnd bet with a friond, 2 cci'per cents, thnt tho governor would sign It. After tho conta were paid toi him ho had them mado Into a fob, with a compass attached, and sent tho fob to tho governor ns a memento of the occasion. Tho Fruit Outlook. "Wo will havo an nhundanco of fruit," ssnld ex-Congressman Pollard; whllo hero on business from his homo nt Nohawka. "If wo hnd ordered tho. spring ourselves It could not hnvo been better from tho standpoint of tho fruit man, Tho cold weather hns kept, tho apples back and it will be two weeks at lonst oven with warm weath er for thorn to bud out. By that time tho cold wonthor will havo been passed and there will be little danger. I lmvo been told the peaches havo been damaged, but ours are not." RAID ON A MISSION CONFIRMATION OF KILLING OF TVO AMERICANS. VICTIMS OF A MOSLEM HORDE Tension at Constantinople Still Very Great, But Prospects Improv ingTroops of Salonika Advancing. ' Confirmation hns been received ot the killing of two American mission nrles at Adann. Tho murdered mis slonnrles wero Mr, Rogers and Mr. Mnuror. The others connected with tho missions aro safe, including Mr Christie, who Is nt Tarsus. Three French warships aro hurry ing to Merslna, whero tho situation la desperate. Foreigners and many Christians hnvo taken refuge in the consulates. The local troops and the governor are doing their best lo pro tect the town, but there is great fear that It cannot hold out much longer ngalnst tho invasion or tho Moslems, who nre swooning down in larco num bers. Tho American vlco consul nt -SiS" Merslna, John Dobbas, hns been un able to proceed to Adana owing t? tho interruption or communications. A British warship Is proceeding to Alexandra, which is threatened by tho Moslems. Several Armenian farms In that neighborhood havo been de stroyed. Alarm Is felt at Kharput be cause of serious depredations by the Kurds in the surrounding villages, al though the town itself has not l)cen the scene or nny particular disorders. Tho tension In Constantinople over the situation still Is very great, al though Sunday afternoon there seemed to bo some prospects of n peaceful situation. Tho people of the capital nro more concerned with tho ndvaneo of the Salonlku troop3 thnn they aro with tho massacres that nro reported fiom various quarters. Several of the members if tho parliamentary depu tation which proceeded Saturday night to Tchatalje to reassuro the Salonika troops, returned Sunday morning. They report that the troops demand tho safe conduct and present consti tution of the Salonika deputies, who fled from the capital, and the punish ment of the ring lender of the rising of Tuosday last, as an example, to pi event the recurrence of such events Poison In the Food. Seven Dos Moines co-eds nnd seven male students are in convulsions and one of them may die following an attack of mysterious poisoning after dinner nt the Kninarndsrlc and Altru rla clubs Sundny. Milk Is the one nrtlcle of diet tnkon In common by nil tho fifteen sufferers, but an ex amination of the fluid by Stato Chem ist W. S. Frlsblo and State Dairy Com mlsslonor H. R. Wright failed to dis close ptomaines or other injurious bacteria. Thoso stricken suddenly nre: Miss Margaret Eathel, Minnie Baker, Edith Anderson, Until Culvert, Dor othy, Thin nnd Edith Johnson, Emory Pease, Edward Hawkins, B. J. Pow ers. E. E. Clayton, Elmer Carter, Fred nnd Clarence Workman, the latter captain of tho Des Moines baseball and track team. Powers fell in convulsions at the door of his room and was stricken blind. It wns feared nt first he wjii hi die, but his condition is slightly imrroed. Seven of tho victims aro in a precarious condition. CommlBslonor Wright said ho be lieved tyro toxlcon poison In the milk 1st responsible for the nttack. Has a New Marriage Law. That thoy are physically and mor ally fit to wed Is what prospective brides and bridegrooms In tho Btato of Washington will havo to show by physicians' certificate and aflldavlt af ter Juno 1 beforo any county audltot can Issue marrlago licenses. The noy law also provides that women must bo of legal ago, fixed nt eighteen yenrs, also that the parent cannot give consent unless tho cirl la mmn thnn fifteen yenrs of age. Tho penalty for v giving falso Information or performing such marrlago is n fine of not mor than $1,000 or imprisonment In tho stato penitentiary for not more than threo years or both. It is also pro vided that no woman more than forty flvo yenrs or man or nny age either of whom is a common drunk ard, habitual drunkard, epileptic, feeble-minded, Idiot or lnsano person or formerly afflicted with pulmohary tuberculosis or nny contagious dis ease, shall intermarry or marry any other persons within tho stato. Fire at Helena, Ark. Flro In tho business section of Helena. Ark., caused a loss of $100, 000, with InBuranco estimated at be tween $40,000 and $50,000. Insanity Will Be Defense. Insanity, not of tho momentary and vnnlshlng character UBually Invoked ns a dofenso ror emotional crimes, but permanent and incurable will bo urged it is stated, as a derenso In tho caBO or Captain Peter C. Haines, Jr., whoso trinl for tho murder of William F. Annls or tho float or tho Baysldo Yacht club,last August begins Monday nt Flushing. L. I. There Is a possi bility that tho trial may bo halted pending tho nppolntmont or a commls Bion or lunncy bororo which tho cap tain will be taken for examination. A A 1 A r A y ymMWriwftfcv ItKBfEltw wwwwt4TimMliwMtriv wiiwi wnn.ww.miiw)' wiM,iiiw"iWl'''"'l'MiriMMtiwMtiiiwj