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v !. ' j- .wt n.4Mi BtrLt ,r.MriM' w . n.ifc. .., The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBR WWWWW9WW9WWTO NEWS OF A WEEK IN ITEMIZED FOFIM Epitome of the Most Important Events Gathered From All Points of the Globe Foreign. Home Secretary Gladstone promised .11 tile Iioiiho of commons to investigate the inquest Into the death of .Mrs. .Mary Agnes Hulz, If fiirnltihed with tin facts. The French Institute has divided tho Aslrls prize of $20,000 between M. Illerlott, the ncronnut, nnd Gabriel the aeroplane man for their contribu tions to tho progress of aviation. In 18!!) Daniel Osiris, tho philanthropist who presented .Malmalson to tho Frunch nation, gave Into the keeping of the Instltuto of Frnncu a sum rep resenting an annual Income of about $(!0,000 for a triennial prize of $20, 00(1 open to all countries for tho most remarkable work of discovery of gen eral Interest. Osiris died In 1007. I'. J. Dnnlell. of Chile, won the senior wrniigloshlp at Cambridge uni versity. .Mulal Kl Kt'hlr, tho younger brother of Sultan .Mulal Halld. has been pro claimed Sultan of .Morocco by the trlbcH among whom he has been a ref uge for many months. Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks was elaborately entertained by the governor of Kyto while enroute to Kobo. President Alpbonse Penna, of Brazil, died on Monday. Tho German relchstag wns reassem bled nt Ilerlln. The Franco-American trenty of ex tradition has been ratified. Tho Russian duma hns suspended the work for tho summer, having been prorogued by Imperial order. Domestic. While attempting to ford the Kaw creek, four miles north of Iloyton, Okla., .Mrs. Kuntle. n farmer's wife nnd two children were drowned. The railway firemen and tho west itii federation of miners propose to erect n monument In honor of John H. Murphy, formerly counsel for tho or ganizations who died In Denver re cently. An amalgamation of all Industries suffering from Jnpaneso competition, for the purposo of driving tho orient als from the commercial Held of the Pacific coast has been suggested. J. C. Balhorn, International presi dent of the painters' union, Is In New York at present, where he Is attend ing to tho organization work intended to bring about n reorganization of the craft In that city and put the locals an n firm footing. Governor Hadley vetoed the bill ap propriating $3,000 for refitting nnd fur nishing tljo chambers of the court of appeals in St. Louis. The list of Injuicd in the Hunker Hill celebration Thursday rivalled tho number In tho actual battlo of 131 years ago. Sixty-live persons were treated nt the hospitals of Boston nnd vicinity for injuries caused by tire works and pistols, and many more wore attended by physicians at their homes. Fortunately thero were no serious casualties. At a session of tho Zionists' conven tion, Dr. K. L, Mugnes declared as soon as the .lews in Palestine were organized they would have for tho first time a representation of the Jew ish nation In tho Turkish parliament. Dr. Mugnes advised such changes in the policy of the Zionists ns would conform to tho recent political devel opments In Turkey. Tim highest Juno prico for live hogs Mnco 1882 was established nt tho union Htock yards in Chicago when best porkers sold at tho long predict ed figure of $S per hundred pounds. With tho exception of 1902, this is tho highest prico recorded for many luonthB, since tho Cudnhy corner in pork In 1893, when live hogs sold at $8.7!i per hundred weight. A passenger train on the .Mexico & Orient railway was blown from n brldgo over tho Brazos river between Knox City and Benjamin, Texas, and one passenger wns killed nnd aovernl injurod. Harry K. Thnw will hnvo to wnK In tho .Mattowan asylum until July f. for n hearing to determine wether he Is now nana and In n condition to be released from tho asylum. Tho Chicago & Great Western rail way is to bo reorganized by n syndi cate bended by J. P. .Morgan & Co. A petition In voluntary bankruptcy aB filed in tho United States district court against tho Woodstock Iron company, with headquarters and plants nt Annlston. Ala. Tho capital Btock of tho company Is nearly a million dol lars. J, M. IJnrr Is president. A re ceiver will be named Immediately. Wiijno county, Ohio, Is excited over a How of natural gas running 3,000,000 feet per day by guagc, which haB been struck on u farm, ten miles Went of Woostcr. Missouri railroads haVo put a threo cent rate Into effect on soino lines (not competitive. Tho formntlon of what 1b believed (o bo tho largest commercial organi zation in tho country, was completed when the old merchants' association, chnmbers of commerce, board of trade, nnd n number of spccinl business asso ciations united ns tho now Hoston chamber of commerce, with a member ship of 3,000 nnd nn income of $100, 000 a year. The executive council of the Ameri can federation of lnhor npoplntcd John Mitchell. Joseph Valentino nnd John H. l.ennon n committee to visit Now Orleans and adjust tho pending labor troubles of the teamstors and brewers The Iowa State Manufacturers' as sociation adopted resolutions endors ing Senators Dolllvcr and Cummins for the stand the two senators nro taking in the tariff discussion. John D. Ityan was elected president of tho Amalgamated Copper company to succeed the Into Henry H. Rogers. General John S. Kauntz, commander-in-chief of tho G. A. It., In 1884-5, died at his homo in Columbus, Ohio. Ten aeroplanes of the heavier than air variety assembled nt the Morris park race track, Nuw York, prepared for try-outs during the next two weeks preliminary to the contests which will bo conducted under the auspices of the aeronautic society of New York, be ginning June 2ft. Directors of the Corn Products Re fining company declared a quarterly' dividend of 1 tier cent on the com pany's preferred stock. This Is un changed from tho last previous quar ter. The sovereign camp of tho Wood men of the World, ono of the Inrgost fraternal nnd benellclary orders In the United States, met In Detroit In an nual session, with soveral hundred delegates In attendance. Ten people lose their lives by tho collapse of n wharf nt Mandevllle, La. Fines amounting to $1,400 were Im posed by Judgo Wheeler, of the dis trict court of Council Hluffs, on saloon keepers found guilty of contempt In falling to conform to tho mulct law. Frank Wesner, traveling ngent for a nursery company, committed suicide nt Council Hluffs by shooting. The cost of prosecuting tho Standard Oil ense In tho .Missouri supremo court was $17,179.14 and tho clerk will certify that amount to tho Waters Plerco Oil compnny for payment. It has not appealed from the Judgment, nnd hence the final Judgment hns gono ngainst It, nnd It is liable for all costs. The Standard and the Republic com panies appealed to the supremo court of the United Stntes. Hrown University conferred the hon orary degree of doctor of letters up on Julln Ward Howe. Tho property of the Lemp Hrewing Co., in Kansas hns been ordered sold by the supremo court. Tho endorsement of tho chapel car, and tho procuring of missionary tents for work among the Indians, repre sented the principal action of tho eighth nnnunl conference of tho Cath ollc missionary union of Amerlcn. Washington. Rev. Ulysses Grant 11. Pierce, D. D. pastor of All Soul's Unitarian church of Washington wns designated by a senate resolution to net ns chnplnln until otherwise ordered. Mr. Pierce Is pastor of tho church which the president attends and succeeds Rev. Edward Everett Hale, deceased. William Lorlmer of Illinois took the oath of ofllco and became a United Stntes senator Friday. A statomont Issued by tho bureau of statistics says that it Is now ap parent that tho exports from tho United States In tho fiscal year which ends with the present month, will fall materially below thoso of 1908 and 1907 and slightly below thoso of 1900. Captain John H. Poole, corps of en gineers, has been relieved from duty as superintendent of tho stnte war nnd navy department of building and as a military aide to tho president. Lieutenant U. S. Grant, third corps of engineers, grandson of President Grant, now on duty at Hoston, prob ably will succeed him. In his capacity as ambassador to this country from Mehemed IV, the new sultan of Turkey. Hussein Zlzlatn Hoy was presented formally at tho white house by President Taft. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, was given tho honorary degreo of doctor of laws at tho sixty-sixth nnnual commencement exercises of the Roman Catholic collego at Villa Nova. Pa. General James Allen, chief of tho signal sen Ice, was designed by Secre tary of War Dickinson to present tho medals authorized by congress to tho Wright brothers, nt the celebration in their honor at Dayton, Ohio, Thurs day and Firday. Lieutenant Lahm, of the signal corps, probably will accom pany him. Senator Hurkett announced that ho has inside Information of tho comple tion of arrangements for building n groat beet sugar factory at or near Scotts Hluff In the Immediate future. It will be erected by tho Oxnnrd In terests, probably by tho American Su gar Heet company. The keols of four battleships of tho greater dreadnnught typo were laid in St. Petersburg in the presence of.tho vlco minister of marine and represen tatives of tho Russian nnval lenguo. These new vessels will be of 23,000 tone each, length 008 feet and beam eighty-two feot. en IN BRIEF NEWS NOTE8 OF INTERE8T FROM VARIOUS 8ECT10N8. ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt. leal and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Franklin neademy is to hnvo a new building, costing $10,000. A now daily pnpor, tho Times, has apponred at Kearney. On July 2 Contral City will vote on tho question of a municipal electric light plant. E. Larson of Dodge county has been pronounced Insane nnd will be sent to tho asylum. Guy C. Barton, who died In Omaha last week, loft an estate valued at ubout $1,000,000. Samuel M. Rlsley, for mnny years a liveryman of Harvard, was adjudged Insane nnd taken to tho asylum ut Hastings. A monument erected In memory of our country's defenders was unveiled at Superior In the presence of a vast throng. H. C. Hutchinson of Hardy dropped dead whllo cultivating his melon patch. Ills wire Haw him and ran to him, but life was gono when alio reached him. Tho Beatrice tiro department has closed u contract with tho Lnchmnn company hippodrome shows to hold a carnival in Dentrlcc the week of July 12. Judge William Hnywnrd has sold his palatial residence In the eastern part of Nebraska City to the Bernar dino Sisters, who will open n parochial school theroln. Ho sold It for $20,000. Tho total valuo of realty in Jeffer son county Is returned at $22,711,825, a gain or $282,280 over Inj. year's as sessment. Personal property Is as sessed at $5,7G0,2U5, nn increnso of $275,000. The olllelnl board of the Methodist church at Nebrasku City mot and Is sued an order that all ladles who en ter tho church must remove their hats nnd hnvo Instructed their junltors to enforce the order. J. J. Wyatt, who has been engineer nt tho Beatrice steam laundry the last few months, hns dropped out of sight. Ho left a note at tho Inundry saying that ho had left tho city for reasons best known to himself. Tho county nutlioritles of Hall coun ty have decided to releaso from cus tody Claudo Perkins, "Doc" Hess and Bert Axtelll, so far as tho suspicion against thoni of being Implicated in the Cairo bank robbery is concerned. George A. Murphy, well known in Nebraska, and n former resident of Beatrice, but now of Muskogee, Okla., is being prominently mentioned as available timber for the republican nomination for governor of Oklahoma ubout soven years ago. The old soldier who was knocked off Pebblo creek bridge, near Snyder, by the Northwostcrn'a Scribner branch train, regained consciousness nnd inado his identity known. Ho is John Irwin, 05 yenrs old, nnd n formor res ident of Fort Wnyne, Ind. Oberlln (O.) dispatch: Tho annual commencement of Oberlln collego will bo held this week. Among the pros pective graduates aro Charles L. Matt son, Omnha; Fredorick H. Sterns of Benson, and Ethel C. Vcnnum of Stratton, nil Ncbrnskans. A. D. McCnndless, who was ap pointed city nttorney at Wyinoro somo months ago, hns been dismissed by Mayor Rawlings. Tho mayor and city attorney have taken opposite sides on tho liquor question and this is said to bo tho cause of tho attorney's dismis sal. John HudkliiH, n liveryman from Vnlpnrnlso, was found dend ubout hnlf a mile south of Weston. Ho was lying In the road. His bend and face wore bruised and his tenm was found a short dlstanco away. It Is believed ho fell from his buggy In nn apoplectic tit. At tho funeral of his aged mother nt tho Methodist church In Sutherland John Chllcott. who wns there from Oregon-during tho last fow days of hor illness, created something of a sensa tion. Asking tho otllciatiug minister if ho might say a few words, Chllcott bitterly criticised the church peoplo becnuso of scant attention they had given his mother In hor Illness of sev eral weeks. Two sons af Wlllinm Lesnilor, a merchant of Goohner, soven miles from Soward, wero drowned while on n fishing trip with their father to Han man's mill. Shortly after noon Mr. Lesmler left tho boys alono while ho went to lunch. Tho two boys, with a brother, went in swimming In tho river nnd in somo mannor not known wore drawn beyond their depth. They wero nged 12 nnd 13 years, Bids will be opened on Juno 28 for tho construction of a new Catholic church In Kearney. Architectural plans Illustrate an elaborate edlflco for the Catholics in that vicinity. Weoplng Water's high school turned out nineteen graduates. J. B. Wilson of Joplln, Mo., attempt ed suicide at Rushvlllo by cutting his throat with a penknife, He is a crip ple, and was soiling collar and cuff buttons. Ho claims to hnvo a wlfo and children at Joplln. Tho wound !b not fatal. . John Seymour nnd Joseph Smith, who were arrested in Keamoy charged with pickpocketing, pleaded guilty nnd wero sontenced to throe years in tho penitentiary by Judgo Hostettor. John Sutton, charged with horso stealing, was sentenced to tvro yearu. RATES OF BONDING STATE BOARD 3ET8 FORTH SOME CHANGE8 FROM 1907. THE GUARANTY DEPOSIT LAW Preparations for Its Enforcement Other Matters Uppermost at the State Capital. Tho rates of fidelity and guaranty bonding companies in forco for tho year 1907 wero adopted by the atnte board newly created to establish max imum rates for the bonding companies. I mum rates for tho bonding companies. This Bets aside tho big Increase In rates mndo by such compnnles nnd enforced since the firBt of the present year. Gov. Shallenbcrgcr, Auditor Barton and Attorney Genernl Thomp son adopted the now rates and they will remain In forco till tho board makes a more complote Investigation. Where tho rates of 1909 apply to new classes of business that were not list ed In 1907, tho rates of 1909 will re main till further orders. No rates have been established for bonds of state officers because no such bonds will be given for nnother two years. Tho rato of county treasurer wnB reduced In many cases, the reduction In Lincoln county being from $400 for two years to $250 for tho Bnme period. The rr.to proposed by bonding com panies for nil tho county treasurers In tho state, would make a total of $35,311 for two years. The rato adopted by tho board will reduce this to about $30,870. Somo of tlie chunges nre shown by a comparison of the following rates adopted by the board, per $1,000, nnd tho rateB which tho bonding compa nies proposed nnd which have been In force up to this time: Hoard Proposed Uato. Itiitc. Unnk deposits $ a.r.o r.oo HriuW employes 2.KO 3.00 Agents of Mer. linns r..()i) 10.00 Administrators a.fiii 3.00 Bookkeepers 4.00 fi.00 dorks 3.00 r.,00 Collectors 7. SO 10.00 Fraternal Organs 3.50 fi.00 Sheriffs fi.oo 10.00 Iiijtinetlon 3.00 fi.OO Letter cnrrlers M) 1.00 Liquor salesmen lfi.00 Mllltla 1.00 7..10 Saloon license bond $10-Efi.OO GO.00 Htlpeisedctis 3.00 f.,00 Auto drivers iy.00 10.00 Pn.htblted. To Enforce Guaranty Deposit. A defense of tho banking law, the so-called guaranty of deposits, wns discussed by Gov. Shallenberger, Au ditor Barton nnd Attorney General Thompson nnd Samuel Patterson of Arapahoe. Mr. Patterson is tho bank er who was appointed by the governor secretary of the banking board to take his office July 2. The two state ofllcers who were with tho governor nro to bo members of the new board after tho act takes effect July 2. The governor Instead of tho state treasu rer is to bo n member of the board after July 2. "Wo tnko It for grnnted thero nre no milliners," said Gov. Shallenborgor, nfter tho conference, "and shall pre pare to enforce the guaranty law. Mr. Patterson will go to Oklahoma to study tho enforcement and workings of tho guaranty law of that state be fore ho takes his position as Becrotnry of the Nebraska banking board." Will Test Guaranty Law. John L. Webster of Omaha was in Lincoln nnd announced that he ex pected to file a suit some time this week to tost the constitutionality of the bank guaranty law, enacted by tho late legislature. Mr. Webster bold a consultation with tho attorney general In which ho asked that tho legal de partment fllo a demurrer to his peti tion, nnu In that way get tho case be foro the court. Inasmuch ns tho at torney genernl understands that some of the bankers Intend to have other counsel nssist In the dofenso of the Inw, he refused to agree to any modo of procedure, for fear It might embar rass the counsel tho bnnkers may em ploy. "How Dry I Am." Thero Is an unpleasant nnd disquiet ing drouth nt tho Elks' club rooms. Fifty cases of beer were consigned to tho club by an Omnha brewery. Tho Rook Island railway, noting on tho ad vice of its local attorney, hns refused to deliver tho consignment. Tho clubs of tho city have brought suits to test tho rights of tho exclso board in reg ulating tho liquor sales in clubs. One of these suits 1b now in tho Biipremo court. Others nre In tho district court. Will Enforce Pure Drug Act. One of tho lniponnnt addresses bo fore tho fatnto druggists who wore In session hero was that by Doputy Food Commissioner Mulns. Tho food com missioner insisted that ho did not caro to nrrest any druggists and would not do so for pnBtlme, but tlint if any one of thorn violated tho pure drug law he would commence prosecu tion. Mrs. McDougal Resigns. Mrs. McDougal, matron of tho Homo for tho Friendless, hns tendered hor resignation, or will shortly, to tako effect July 1. At this tlmo tho Homo for tho Friendless becomes a school for Indigent children and passes from tho management of the Board of Pub lic Lands nnd Buildings to a board appointed by Gov Shallonberger. Mrs. McDougal rcmnrked to friends she had an idea she would not find favor with tho now board, and for that rea son she concluded to tako time by the forelock and resign. : VielANCEB OF STATE. '' Auditor Barton Makes His Semi Annual Report. The outstanding warrant Indqbted ness of tho Btate'June 1, 1909", accord, ing to thoJsctnl-nnnuat report of State Auditor Barton, was $503,728.57; war rants outstanding December 1, 1908, amounted to $925,9C4.84; issued since then, $1,592,025; amount paid, $1,954, 201. The outstanding wnrrants run against tho state funds as follows: General fund f333,GS7.06 Temporary unlveislty 207.G20.U7 J;. H. Bxpcrlmrnt station 670.87 University cash P.9H0.07 Agriculture unit mechanical arts 7,700.00 rsorninl Interest f.r,: .State lllirury 120.00 Hospital for Insutiu 2.C0 Forest reserve 1,752.12 Institution ensh 2,427.93 Total jr.cs, 728.57 ino buuob suspended account follows: Is as General fund $ 24, Sinking fund iso, Temporary scbool 25, Llvo stock Indemnity 3, Permanent school 259, Permanent university u, H07.S9 101.76 C71.38 843.30 842.S7 775.93 368.(51 C00.09 iihnnmuriii college endowment 43, Normal endowment 12, This suspended account is made up by tho failure of banks and the dofal cation of a state treasurer. Tho permanent educntlonnl funds are invested ns follows: Total isri9.711.0l Permanent school fund $7, 423,083. 72 Permanent university fund.... 1(54,250.03 Agricultural collego end 500,035.!i7 N'ormul endowment CS.20C.49 Total $S, 15C,182.2? Private Banks Must Cease. Secretary Boysc of the Btnte bank ing board finds only four prlvato banks now on tho Hat in Nebraska, whereas thero wero sixty-Ilvo eight years ago, There wero twelve In ex istence tho first of the present year. Under the guaranty deposit law which goes Into effect July 2, no authority will oxlst for privnte banks to con tinue in business after July 2. All such banks must go out of business or maintain their rights in the courts. Contract for Convicts Rejected. The Board of Public Lands and Buildings rejected the contract tho governor had signed with the Lee Bloom nnd Duster compnny for fifty additional convicts at 55 cents a day, tho company to have the use of tho first and second floors of east 3 shop E and extra power and heat. After rejecting the governor's con tract tho board ununlmously ndopted the following resolution, Introduced by Secretary of State Jttnkln: Whereas, Thero nre now at the peni tentiary about 500 uuomployed con victs capable of manunl labor; be It Resolved, That if the Lee Broom and Duster company will provide In Its contrnct to take all the unem ployed convicts nnd agree to pay therefor 02 Vi cents per day for each day's task, as proposed to tho paid by Mr. Cunningham, such contract will meet the approval of the Board of Public Lands nnd Buildings. Want Him Kept In Jail. The people in the neighborhood of Cedar Bluffs, Knn., near the Nebraska line, will light to a finish the applica tion of John F. Connor for n transfer from the state penitentiary to tho asylum. Connor ls serving a life sen tence for the murder of his wife. Ho has been In prison since April 28, 1908. Recontly his brother-in-law, a lawyer of Denver, wroto to Governor Shallonberger asking that he bo trans ferred to the nsylum. The governor has rocelved a big petition nsklng that tho transfer bo not mnde. Mr. Donohue Speaks. "Tho peoplo or Nebraska want n nonpartisan judiciary and they will hnvo it." said Senator Donohue, fath er of tho bill which will shortly bo In the courts. "I admit thero may bo somo things lacking In tho dotulla of the bill pnased by the recent legisla ture, but the people will hnvo such n law, either tho present ono or amend ments to tho present law." Senator Donohoe said ho thought republican state committee mnde a great mis take In deciding to nttack tho consti tutionality of the law nnd ho felt sure the lnw would stnnd the test of the courts. Collecting Occupation Tax. The crusndo of Chief RIckard nfter license nnd occupation tax dolln quents has already born fruit, as tho money in tho till of the city treasurer shows. Over $500 has rolled over tho counter at tho ofllco in a fow dnys from thoso who hnvo been backward In coming through with tho ensh. The occupation tnxos duo from tho Lyric nnd Majestic theatorB was liquidated. It Is understood that Man ager Gorman, who also runs the Won derland refuses to pny tho $75 occu pation tax on tho ground that It does not como under tho wlro ns being nn object of taxation. Requisition for Patterson. Governor Shallenberger Issued nn ex traction wnrrnnt to convey Claranco, Patterson (Colored) from Omaha to Kansas City, Kans. Paterson Is ac cused of grabbing a tray of diamonds in a jowolry atoro of Kansas City and oscaplng. Governor Invited to New York. Gov. Shallenberger has received an Invitation to nttond tho Fourth of July colebratlon under tho auspices of tho Tammany socloty, or Columblnn Or der, flnd deliver an address. Tho mooting will be hold In Tammany hall, New York, July 5. Tho invitation was signed by Daniel F. Cohalan, C. F. Murphy, Timothy D. Sullivan and oth ers. Inasmuch as Gov. Shallenberger has already accepted an Invitation to bo at Crawford on July 5 with his staff ho had to decline tho Tammany Invitation. in mmmsA . CHEVROLET WINNER OR THE BIG AUTOMOBILE CONTEST. STRONG MAN AT THE FINISH Series of Accidents at Different Stages to Machines Upsets Calculations Bourque a Good Second. Crown Point, Ind. A Bulck forty horso power enr, driven by LouIb Chevrolet, won the Cobe cup, the ma jor ovont of tho "western Vanderbllt," over the 395.05 mllcB or tho Crown Point Lowell course Saturday, by the hair-raising margin of one minute and flvo seconds. Bourque, In control of a Knox, captured second honors, and made bo desperate a bid for victory that not until tho winning mnchlne flashed over the tape was the result at nil certain to the frantic spectators. It was eight hours, one minute and thirty-nine seconds after the starter, Wagner, had uttered the word "Go" to the ultimate victory that he crossed tho lino for tho last time. Owing to tho fact that ho was the tenth entrant In a field of twelve, and that Bourque crowded bo perilously close to him In tho final laps, tho Knox car. No. 2 on tho list, was the first to pass the tope, his time being 8:02:41. At this time Chevrolet was some what near the beginning of tho long Bouth etretch, with eight minutes in which to seize tho prize, As he flashed by the stations on this part of tho course, tho news of his location, transmitted by wire to tho Judges' stand nnd to tho watchers, wrought them to a climax of enthusiasm. The Intenso anxiety nttendlng his move ments to the last foot was due, in tho main, to a lively sense of the possibility ot a disaster Involved by a multltudo ot rough experiences characterizing the day. Tho average tlmo or tho winner wne 49.20 miles per hour. Fastest lap, 22:34 by Denison, with a Knox. In tho eleventh lap, Chevrolet broke a valvo in a cylinder In such n man ner that It could not be replnced, and ho was rorced to run the rest of the day with three cylinders, which makes his performance all tho more remarkable. To offset this misfortune, In a measure, the superior skill with which he and his mechanician han dled the oil cans during n stop nt the repairing pits gnined him time of Im mense) value later in tho day. Tho race, which showed an avernge of 49.2C miles an hour, was unusunlly Blow for cars of the sixty horse power class. Abbott Gets Place. Washington, D. C Fred II. Abbott has been selected by President Taft for assistant commissioner of the In dian bureau. Senators Brown nnd Burkett hnvo pressed Mr. Abbott for a long tlmo for some good position un der tho now regime, and Saturday the' president told Senator Burkett that ho might wlro Mr. Abbott announcing that ho will bo nominated at once. Mr. Abbott Is a member of the board of regents or the tho Nobrnnka stnto university, a graduato or tho institu tion in both the academic and law departments, and ror several years has been in tho newspaper business, first as editor or the Columbus Jour nal and now as publisher and editor or tho Aurora Republican. Purely a Local Question. Honolulu Governor Walter F. Frear, ,ln an official statement, snid Saturday: "I seo no reason why this strike on tho Island or Oahu should assume an international nspoct. It Is an Indus trial affair, and tho strikers have shown every disposition to act peace ably. Tho few cases of violence which hnvo occurred aro being dealt with by tho civil authorities in tho ordinary manner." Consul Genernl Uyeno endorsed Governor Frear's statement, and snid tho Japanese government was fully In formed in regard to tho troublo, nnd appreciated that It was not of nn In ternational character. Paine Is Made Secretary. St. Louis, Mo. Saturday's session concluded the annual meeting or the Mississippi Valley Historical associa tion, which began Thursday. Papers wero rend by Dr. Elmor C. Griffith, William Jewoll college; William H. JoncB, chler or the bureau of Amer ican othnology nt Washington; Dan E. Clark, Iowa Historical society, nnd Dr. Frank H. Hadder, Kansas univer sity. A business meeting fallowed, nt which officers wero elected ns follows: President, Orln G. Libby, Grand Forks, S. D.; vico president, Benjn mln F. Shnmbnugh, Iown City, la.; secretary and treasurer. Clarence R Palno, Lincoln, Nob. . Bank Teller a Suicide. Cloveland. O. John Barth, thirty- flvo years of age, receiving teller of tho Clevelnnd Trust compnny, and a well known yachtman. committed snl. cido In tho cellar of the bank shortly after 3 p. m Saturday. Melancholia because or long continued ill health Is given as the causo or tho net, and bank officials declared that Earth's accounts are in perrect ahnpo, nnd there is no shortage or other lrregm larlties. Barth had beon connocted with tho bank ror eight years, having emoreu us service as a clearing clerk. A r
