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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1909)
)i u 1 1 1 i I The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, - NEBR 11 ii i" milium .- SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S EVENTS i 2 Latest News of Interest 2 I Boiled Down for the Busy Man. Foreign. Tlio postofllco In VlPiinn wns robbed of $25,000. While mi official was called In thi telephone, probably as a ruse, tho thieves reached across tho counter and abstracted gold notes to that amount. The Cuban congress adjourned Fri day evening. Prince Chun, regent of China, re ceived an extended visit to tho I'nlted States. An imperial edict was Issued making Tnng-Shao-Yl ex pectant vice-president of one of tho imperial boards. This Is interpreted as meaning that his services arc not to be recognized by the Chinese gov ernment. The meetings of the international banks, so far as London Is concerned, have been concluded with arrange ments for the participation of Amer icans In the Hnnkow-Sze-Chuon rail road loan of $27,500,000 being agreed upon. The negotiations, however, are still going on and further meetings will be held In Paris and probably Berlin. The meeting was adjourned to penult of government consultations. The ofllclal Journal published an imperial degree appointing Dr. Alex ander Wekerle premier of Hungary. Tho other members of his cabinet nre reappointed. A bill levying nn export duty on potai'h has been drawn up by Heir Delbruk, minister of commerce and Industry, who admitted during tho II nance debate In the relchstag that the government would bring tho measure Torward In tho event of tho potash syndicate's being broken up. He ar gued that foreign countries least of all the United States, could not regard Mich an enactment as unfrlenly. The French government has decided that It la at present unable, on ac count of the budget situation and other conditions, to accept the American proposal to enter upon negotiations with the view of establishing a 2-cent rate on letters between the two coun tries. Incomplete reports from Palermo, Sicily, say that violent rioting has broken out In many parts of the city following the imposition of a new tax assessed for tho benefit of the shipping Industry. The people were bitterly opposed to the tax and fought against It step by step. The au thorities had their way, however, and '.!nco the decision of the government was announced there has been con btant danger of nn outbreak. nmperor William was entertained at dinner by Allison V. Armour, of New York, on board tho yacht I'towann. Domestic. Ten persons were Injured, two probably fatally, when a trolley car on the Warren and Bristol line of tho Khodo Island surburban railroad com pany left tho rails at a curve at West Harrington and crashed into a tree. The fatally injured are Augusiln Fletcher, motorman and George Green, conductor. .John I). Rockefeller has given an other $10,000,000 to tho general edu cation board. The Lake Champlaln tercentenary celebration came to a close Friday evening. The Nebraska liquor dealers liavo decided to light tho early closing law. Omaha gets tho next meeting of tho Missouri river navigation con gress. Hundreds of, saloons now operating In Iowa under a saving clause of the new Moon law, limiting the number of saloons to one for every 1,000 popu lation in lowa. wero ordered closed by Attorney General Bycrs. He do 'arcs that all saloons which opened since April 15, after having secured the consent of a majority of tho voters, are operating In violation of the law, and ho has Instructed prose cutors In every city of the state to Institute proceedings against the sa loonlsts. A new west-bound record was estab lished by tho Cunaril liner Mauretauln, which nrrlved off Sandy Hook light ship at 0:10 o'clock Thursday. The boat cllppod seventeen minutes from hor best performance heretofore, cov ering tho long course In four days, sixteen hours and thirty-six minutes. Tho allied printing trades council of Now York sent a letter of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma, calling his at tention to tho fact' that tho union label 1I003 not nppenr on tho books now be lng manufactured for the state as specified In the contrnct with a print ing house. Stove Vensey, a negro, wns hanged at Senatobla, Miss., for tho murder of A. T. Vcasey, n young whlto man. Among those present nt tho execu tion were the four Bisters or tho mur dered mnn, ono of whom naked to bo allowed to spring tho trap, Her re quest was refused. James Yadkin .loynor, of North Carolina, was elected president of tho National Education association. Tho Alpha-Portland Cement com pnny nnuounccd a ten per cent in crease in tho wages of Its 1,000 labor ing men. The company says the ad ditional pay Is granted In considera tion of the high cost of living. Joseph II. Brown was Inaugurated governor of Georgia at noon Saturday. Tho Missouri and Kaw rivers are very high and great damage is being done in ninny parts of .Missouri and Knnsns. The United Society of Christian En dcavorcrH is in session at St. Paul, Minn. Tho Missouri river congress con vened in Yankton, S. D this week with seven states represented. Oma ha is bidding for the next congress. Ulddled with bullets, the body of Stephen Klsh, thirty years old, of West Berwick, Pa., was found in a deserted section of the town. Ho had been (lend but a few hours. Thero Is no clue to the identity of tho slnyer, nor to the motive for the murder. An ordinance was passed by the city council and signed by the mayor, le galizing the erection In KnnsnH City of a new union railroad station. Tho proposed Btatlon, It is said, will coat $20,000,000. Members of tho South Carolina press association aro assembled for their annual meeting. Tho street railway strike at Pitts burg, Pa., has been settled. Former President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University, has been elect ed president emeritus of tho Institu tion. The .Nebraska Securities company lias been organized for the purpose of taking over and ilnanclng tho Omaha Independent Telephone company. Harry K Thaw httB been released from the asylum and placed In the custody of the sheriff pending tho henrlng to determine his sanity. Oscar Strauss, who was recently ap pointed Atncrlcnn nmbnssador to Tur key, sailed for his now post nt Con stantinople. The twenty-llfth biennial convention of the Kappa Alpha fraternity has at tracted to Birmingham, Ala., several hundred delegates representing many of the prominent colleges nnd univer sities of the country. A court martial convened nt Denver for tho trial of Lieut. Clarenco S. Net tles, IT. S. A., retired, on charges of llnanclal Irregularities preferred by General Thomas, commanding tho de partment of Colorado. The last round of Bhots in tho Gun nison Irrigation tunnel at Montrose. Coo., was ilred at 5:110 Tuesday after noon. A few minutes later, when tho debris had been cleared nway, tho workmen from tho two holdings shook hands through the opening. The tun nel Is six miles long, and has been Tour and a half years under construction. Allan Collins, Wallace Saner, and a companion, members of prominont Mississippi families, wore killed by lightning during a severe storm which did considerable damage, twelvo miles north of Long Beach. Miss. Washington. First Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant, third corps or engineers, United States army, grandson of President Grant, wns appointed superintendent of tho state war and navy building In the city or Washington. President Taft will make an extend ed tour or tho western nnd southern states, starting on his birthday, Sep tember 15. The tariff bill passed tho senato by a vote of -15 to Hi and Is now ready for final action by tho house. There are strong Indications- that James T. McCleary of Minnesota, for mer assistant postmaster general, will bo appointed director of tho mint, to succeed Frank Leach, resigned. Mc Cleary Is known to bo tho choice of Secretary McVeagh and his nomina tion is expected before tho expiration of the present session. Investigation by government author ities Into the cargo of tho British steamer Ethelwood has convinced them that the vessel cannot lawfully be detained longer at tho port of New York-. Commander John Hood has been designated n tho head of the board appointed to make a second Inquiry Into the cause of the death of Second Lieut. James H. Sutton or tho marine corps nt Annapolis in Octobor, 1007. Sutton's mother declares that lie was murdered Instead ot having commit ted suicide as stated at tho time. Bear Admiral William F. Potter, who commanded the fourth division of tho Atlantic ileet on Its voyage around the world, became chief or the bureau of navigation, relieving Hear Admiral John E. Plllsbiiry. retired. The Italian Bed Cross society has presontod to tho American National Red Cross society a beautiful gold medal nnd handsome diploma as tokens of appreciation of tho great asslstaijco rendered by tho United Statea after the earthquake In Sicily and Calabria. Italy. Engineers Hi chargo of tho construe tlon of tho Pannma canal have decided to use rails no longer lit for uso on railroads for tho purposo of reinforc ing tho coiicroto work on tho locks of the canal. About 70,000 tons of this kind of rails have already been collect e.l on the Isthmus. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF NEW8 NOTE8 OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. S. F. Clark, a pioneer of Polk coun ly. hnnged himself Inst week. Betty, the 11-ycar-old daughter of F. M. Oeorgo of St. Paul, wna Bevorely kicked by a vicious horse bIio was try ing to lead. Her skull was fractured and sho Is In a serious condition. Fire Btnrtlng In Michacl'R restnurant nt Sterling destroyed live business buildings, causing a loss of about $10,000. The llames were checked Just In time to save a largo two-story brick building on Main street. At Fremont one Fletcher felled bin wife with an alarm clock. Tho woman grabbed a pistol and ho double quicked from her presence. Now she has left him, and gono back to her rolks nt Ciilllnvllle, Wash. A telegram was received In Ne braska City telling or tho sudden death or Charles M. Hlcklln nt Den ver, Colo. The deceased was born and reared In Nebrnska City nnd was aged 13 yearn. Orvlllo Sloggett, tho 12-ycnr-old boh ot Airred Sloggett, 11 well-known rarmer living live miles eant or Broken Bow, Ib dead from the effects of In juries received by a horse railing on him. Seven rnrmors In Rockford town ship, Gage county, living along Mud creek, lost over 100 acres or wheat owing to the high water. Tho grnin had been cut nnd wns In the shock when tho high water cnrrled It away. Sheriff Moncke of Blair went to Herman, where ho searched the resi dence of J. A. West Tor liquor nnd found live large boxes, containing inn pint bottles full of whisky, which wero seized nnd stored to bo used as evi dence. Reports from the southern part of Gago county nro to the effect that hundreds of acres of corn nnd wheat aro Btnndlng In water nnd will be n total loss. Thousands of bundles of wheat have been seen Moating down Htrcnm. Stevenson (Wash.) dispatch: Pros per Marlon, wanted nt Boiling Springs. Neb., on a chargo of having killed John Murphy In 1881, was arrested here this afternoon, and Is being held awaiting Instructions from officers in Cherry county, Nebraska. Peter Unruli, former postmaster at Tyndall, S. I)., after languishing in Jail at Madison, Neb., for over a year awaiting trial at the fall term or the district court, was released on $3,000 ball, and bo left ror his home nnd ramlly nt Tyndall. A young man by tho name or Mar lon, or Long Pine, was run over by 11 train between Long Pino and Bassott and was literally cut to pieces. It 1b not known how the accident happened but It Is supposed he was riding on the rods under a car or the cast-bound passenger train nnd fell off. Due to tho negligence or the en gineer or tlreman at the Hastings asy lum, so Dr. Baxter, superintendent, lias written to tho stnto board, the boiler exploded there, and It will cost $100 or $500 to mako repairs. Tho letter said the water was permitted to get too low In the boiler. N. C. Abbott, superintendent or tho Instltuto Tor tho blind at Nebraska City, Is making n campaign ror moro pupils for his school. Ho has written letters to all tho junior normal schools and to the ministers be knows and to school teachers, asking them to send him the name and address of any blind child they may know. Somo or the farmers In Gage county have equipped their harvesters with a smnll gasoline engine, which Is at tnelied to tho gear or tho ninchlne, Tor tho purposo or assisting them In cutting their wheat In muddy weather. Tho Idea Is to operate tho harvesting niechnnlsin by power from the engine, thus rollovlng the tenm of the extra work of furnishing power for driving the machinery. Plana aro being formulnted to com bine tho next boys' and girls' agricul tural contest ror Adams county with the projected county Instltuto and have the two held In Hastings In Oc tobor, in connection with a stock show and exhibition or grains. Tho scheme contemplates a county ralr on a some what miniature though intensified scale, with tho instltuto as tho chler fenture. Dr. J. G. Noff, a dentist of Sterling, was brought Into tho county court at Tecuniseh on a statutory charge, his 17-year-old daughter, Lorn Noff, sign ing tho complaint. Tho case was heard before Judgo James Livingston, J. C. Moore appearing for tho state and E. It.' Hitchcock for tho defend ant. Dr. Neff refused to plead. Ho waB placed under bond In tho sum or $1,000 to nppenr ror trial at tho dis trict court. For years Mrs. Minnie Green has been n trusted employe In the storo of Miller & Paliio at Lincoln. Sho was ambitious and thrifty and was allowed to buy stock In tho ontcrprlso. Now sho Is In Jail, and will hnvo to account for about $2,500 worth of purloined goods. Mrs. J. E. Cnldwoll, formerly of Lincoln, mnnnger of tho Reneau hotel, In Broken Bow, nearly mndo a fatal mistake when sho unconsciously sub stituted a bottle or carbolic acid ror ono containing medlclno. Doctors worked long and vigorously before sho was out of danger. A TEST OF SAMPLES INVESTIGATIONS DY THE NE BRASKA SEED LABORATORY. RESULTS THAT WERE SECURED 6tate Board of Assessment Completes the Work of Valuation of Railroads. The experiment Btntion bulletin No. 110 presents in a popular form tho most Important results secured by the Nebrnskn Seed Laboratory rrom the time or Its establishment to July 1, 1008, together with a statement allow ing the various tests mndo up to May 1, 1000. A grand total or -103 samples was received and 030 different toHtn mmi,. during tho first year and C17 samples and 950 testB during tho second year up to May 1, 1909. Over 50 per cent or these sampleB were received from the farmers ami seedsmen of Ne brnska. Alfalfa. The 201 sumpies or uirnira examined varied In purity from 50 per cent to 99 per cent; in germination from 50 per cent to 100 per cent and contained from 0.1 per cent of inert matter and from 0 per cent to 3(5- per cent of foreign seed. Four species of dodder wore found In vnrylng amounts. One sample of alfalfa con tained over 9 per cent of dodder and If this seed had been sown nt the rate nf 1C nminilu ti Itio ... .1. ...... would have been sown 10,305 dodder Beeds to the square rod. Buckhorn, wild carrot, wild chicory, lamb's quarters nnd tho seeds of about 75 other weeds were found in the nlfnlfn samples. Red Clover Tho Gl snmnlen nf mil clover examined varied in purity rrom 75 per cent to 99 per cent; In germina tion from G7 per cent to 100 per cent and contained from 0.3 per cent to 12 por cent inert mnttcr and from 0.1 per cent to 22 per cent foreign seed. Clover dodder seeds were found In eight of these samples and a total of over 70 other more or less noxious weed seeds wero found In the various clover samples. Buckhorn, Tor ox ample, was present In nearly 50 per cent or tho clover samples. Drome Grass The 20 samples of nwnless brotno grass examined varied In purity from 31! per cent to 90 per cent; In gormlnntlon from 0 per cent to 8C per cent nnd contained from 2 por cent to 40 per cent Inert matter and from 0.1 per cent to 5G per cent foreign seed. Tho various species of wheat grass are most frequently found In awnlesB brome grass, though com mon cheat and other sorts of brome grass of little or no value are often present. Pure Seeds nnd Sure Seeds Farm era Bhould not buy and plant weed seeds. The Nebrnska Seed Labora tory Is prepared to undertake, without cost, the study or any samples or seed Bent to It Tor the purpose or determin ing tho following points: 1. Presence of adulterants or dod der. 2. Mechnnlcnl purity. 3. Germination. Tho bulletin mny bo obtained free of cost by writing the Nebraska Ex porlment Station, Lincoln. Neb., and asking for Bulletin No. 110. Franchises Are Assessed. The stnto board of assessment met and completed the work of placing n valuation on tho franchise and rolling stock or tho various railroads. This valuation will be distributed to the various towns or the stato under tho terminal tax law according to mileage or tho railroads. Tho actual valuo per mile or the rranchlse and 1 oiling stock or tho Union Pacific and Its branches Is the same as last year, while the North western Is Increased from $10,000 n mile to $11,500 a mile. The Missouri Pacific is decreased on its ninln lino from $18,000 n mile to $10,000. Both of Its branches aro also decreased. The following table Bhows tho valuo or the franchiso aud rolling stock per mile or the various railroads or Ne braska fixed by the state board or equalization: 1:10s. L'nlnn P.u-luc $t!7.'00 Omulia it Hep. Valley Hr. . . 2f.,000 Keninoy branch IK. 000 Ccntrnl Cltv branch 10.000 North I'lutto branch '.'.ono Chicago & NoithwestL'in.. . 10,000 P.. St. P.. M. & 0 18.000 C. St. P.. M. O. extension r.,000 Hock Islan.l 2(1,000 St. .Too lino 18,000 Nelson line 12,000 Missouri Pacific IS, 000 Missouri Pacific extension.. 13,000 Lincoln braiiih ISt.OOO Crete brunch Ui.fiOO mon. $r.",r.oo 20,000 15,000 10.000 . 2,000 11,000 18.000 r.,000 25,000 is.ooo 12,000 10,000 17,000 17.000 13.&00 r.,000 xr.oo 11,000 Kiik. City ,V Northwestern Puollle Hy. In Neliinsku. St. Joseph & Hock Inland s.000 5,000 10.000 Tho Burlington system was assessed different this yenr from Inst. Last year tho assessment ranged from $3,000 to $55,000 n mllo nnd this yenr tho assessment ranges from $50,000 to $3,000. Extra Session Probable. "Should tho federal court make per manont the temporary Injunction against tho banking law going Into ef fect, It is my Intention to call n spe cial session of the legislature imme diately aftor tho decision Is known." Gov. Shnllenberger mndo this state ment. "Tho decision will not out Just what Is wrong with tho present law nnd then It will be nn easy nintter to prepare a(blll in uccordanco with tho decision. I see no necessity for wait ing until tho supremo court of tho United States passes on tho question." CH08ING OF JUDGES. Secretary of 8tate Junkln Gives Some Instructions, County clerks have been Instructed by Secretary of State Junkln to In cludo state offlcers In getting out their election notices. This moans that un less tho supremo court overrules tho decision of the Lancaster district court In declaring unconstitutional tho non partisan Judiciary act, candidates for supremo Judge and regents of tho state university will bo nominated at pri mary elections. Numerous county clerks hnve called tho secretary over tho telephone nnd have written him for Instructions and one of them when Instructed to Includo tho state ofllccrs repjlcd that the gov ernor had not yet Issued a proclama tion for n primary election. Tho secre tary of state holds this makes no dlf- lerence. rlhe secretary has been man damused to place the namo of John M. Regan on n primary ballot aB a repub lican candidate for supreme Judgo nnd ho will follow tho instructions of the lower court unless this decision is set aside by the supreme body. To Study Fish Diseases. Dr. H. B. Ward of Nebrnska univer sity, accompanied by Georgo La Itue of Spencer, In., a university student, and Edward Davis of Lincoln, nlso a uni versity student, hnvo started on n trip to Alaska for the purpose of studying the diseases of tho salmon. They ex pect to be gone until Sentonibor 1 nnd will travel over u great deal of Alaskan llshlng territory. Dr. Ward goes under the direction of the government bureau of fisheries and the expenses of himself and ono of tho boyB Is borne by tho govern ment. The University of Nebraska bears the expense of tho other assist ant. As a result the university will receive a largo number or vnlunblo specimens. The party will bo given assistance not only by the government, but by all the large salmon ennners, who are Interested In the work. Fleets or boats will bo at their command, as well as the aid or a number or expert fishermen. The Hnlmon, according to Dr. Ward, have been suffering from n large num ber of diseases which are rapidly de creasing the supply. It la to find some means of checking and preventing tho spread of these diseases that Dr. Ward is being sent on this mission. He is a well-known expert along this line, his work In connection with the white fish Industries on the great Inkes being especially commended. New Laws Ready. The first copies of tho session laws were received by the secretary of state last week from Timothy Sedg wick. The book Is smaller than that of two years ago, cost less and 1b printed on book paper nnd Is pro nounced by the secretary or state to be the best looking yet turned out In that line. Burlington Wants Rehearing. Tho Burlington rond has asked tho supreme court for a rehearing In tho Wilber I. Cram case, wherein the court upheld the constitutionality of the net of 1907 which reuires live Btock trains to move at the rate of eighteen miles an hour on main lines nnd twelvo miles an hour on branch roads. Judge Barnes dissented from the opinion of the corut. Live Stock Pavilion. The Stato Fair board will buy the piles and drive them In order to have a solid foundation for its now live stock pavilion. The price nsked for the piles by tho contractors was moro than the board thought It could afford to pay, so It secured them nt a cheaper rate by doing Its own buying. Good Wheat In Hitchcock County. Tho lnbor bureau has received word from Hitchcock county that L. B.Har rison of near Trenton has 200 acres of wh.ont which will average thirty bushels to the acre. Mr. Harrison ex pects to receive $1 a bushel for his wheat, which tho labor commissioner belloves, tnken altogether, makes nn extremely good showing for Hitchcock county. Want to Raise Rates. Lincoln. The application of tho rail roads for permission to rnlso the rates on milled feed to the same rato that applies on raw feed rrom Humphrey, Norfolk, Albion nnd Oakdalo to Omaha was heard before tho railway commis sion. With It was Incorporated tho pe tition or tho roads to mako tho Mis souri Pacific put Its flour rato on n par with Its wheat rato rrom Crete to Omaha. Call for Health Records. Gov. Shnllenberger and Attorney General Thompson or the stnto board or health passed a resolution calling upon the board or secretaries or the board to turn over the records to the new board or secretaries appointed by the governor under tho new law. Motor Car Without Smoker. Tho state railway commission gavo permission to tho Northwestern to run Its motor enr between Lincoln and Fremont without a smoking compart ment. Tho now lnw provides a Binok lng coinpnrtment and toilet room on all cars, but It specifies that tho stato railway commission may sot asldo tho law If tho railroad can show tho same Is not necessary, Says Assessment is Too Low. Attached to tho history of a bond Issue of tho villngo of Cambrldgo Is a certified statement from tho villngo clerk, W. J. Holloy, to tho effect that for bond Issuo'purposes and for taxa tion purposes tho proporty of tho vil lage has a different valuation. Tho part of the certified statement hearing on that subject Is as follows: Tho as sessed valuo of real estato and por sonnl and other property, equalized In 190S, Is $109,125. Tho assessed valua tion Is tho snmo as returned by tho assessor for 1908. ALLTRAMPEDED KANSAS CITY ALMOST EXCLUDED FROM TRAIN 8ERVICE. CHICAGO TRAINS ARE DET0URED General Rains In Kansas and Ml: souri Continue and Situation In Traffic World Consid ered Serious. Kansas City, Mo. With hundreds of travelers detained in Kansas City awaiting tho movement of their trains which have been delayed because of washouts due to tho heavy Hoods prev alent In Missouri nnd Kansas, Sun day, all trains west wero from ono to ten hours late, while it was merely conjecture as to the arrival time of Chicago trains detoured by way of St Louis. Two railroads, tho Atchison, Topoka and Santa Fe, and tho Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul, annulled their regular Kansas Clty-Chlcugo trains on Sunday night. Tho Milwaukee road, however, sent a special out of her? at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon for Ch' cngo, detoured via St. Louis. Practically all Chicago trains are be ing detoured over tho Missouri Pnefic route to St. Ixniis. To travelers leav ing Kansas City, the railroad prom ised they would bo landed safely li; Chicago, but all figures as to prot able time were abandoned. Tho Chicago and Alton railway's f. clock train for Chicago Ion here on time, but its later Chicago trains were annulled. This train was routed via tho Missouri Pacific to Scdalla, thence via tho Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway to Hlgbee, Mo., thoio to continue on Its own track to Chi cago. The Burlington's train to Chi cago was detoured via Cameron Junc tion, St. Joseph, Mo., and Pacific Junction, 111., and from the latter point on tho main lino to Chlcngo. The Chicago, Rock Island and Paci flv ran Its Chicago trains over Its own track to St. Louis, via Eldon, Mo., and the over tho Chicago and Western Il linois road. Several other lines de toured over the Rock Island route. Tho Wabash trains wero running al most on schedule. The Missouri river continues to rise slowly and the Kansas river was slightly above Its Saturday night, stage. RalnB were general In the Kansas watershed Saturday night. To poka reports a precipitation or 1.0 inches, nnd Manhattan 2 Inches. This ralnfnll will have no noticeable effect on tho river nt Kansas City for thirty, six hours. Propose Lands for Entry. Washington A number or land res torations were announced nt tho in terior department, the acreage amount ing to approximately 1S.250.000 acres. In North Dakota 57,000 acrc3 are re stored to the public domain or land formerly withdrawn In connection with the Buford-Tronton Irrigation project, and 2,500 of that previously reserved under the Nesson project, with 2,500 of that previously reserved under tho Nesson project. In Washington 23,000 acres formerly withdrawn from entry In connections with tho Ynklma project were restored. All or the lands ngain made a part of tho public do mnin will be open to entry by Novem ber 4. Novel Idea In Service. Cincinnati, Oo. Tho presence or thirty-five canary birds as a part of tho choir and participating in the Sabbath morning musical program, constituted a unlquo and novel Inno vation In tho regular religious ser vices at Lincoln Pnrk Baptist church Sunday. Tho Idea of calling- tho birds into commission as n part of tho choir was original with tho pastor, tho Rev. Dr. George It. Bobbins, and the effect of tho ubo of tho canaries along with the choir voices nnd the great church organ was declared by Dr. Bobbins, nnd tho members of tho congregation added greatly to tho choir sorvlce. Weston Four Days Late. Sjeremento, Cnl. With 108 mlle3 or tho 3,975-mllo walk rrom Now York to San Francisco still before him, Ed ward Pnyson Weston rested Sunday at Rosevllle, eighteen miles north of here. Ho will stnrt on his last lap Monday morning nt 5 o'clock and now expects to deliver tho letter rrom Postmnster Morgan of Now York, to Postmaster Arthur G. Fisk, San Fran cisco, Wednesday morning, four dns behind his schedule of 100 days. Wes ton says ho Is feeling fine, but admit ted when found lying In tho shndo of n tree that he was "somewhat tuckered out." Mrs. Roosevelt In Genoa. Genoa. After a stormy pnscngo 011 the stenmer Credlc. with Mrs. Theo dore Roosevelt and hor threo children aboard, arrived here at 10 o'clock on Sundny evening from Naples. Tho party remained on board tho steamer Urge Tariff Commission. Now York. Dplegntes of a nunibor of New York business associations will go to Washington enrly this week to urge that a tariff commission bo in corporated ns a part of the tariff bill finally agreed upon by tho senate and hoiiso conferences having that nieas ure In chnlrge. Delegates from com mercial bodies from other parts of tho country will meet tho Now Yorlt delegation at Washington, and tho combined gntlioring will urge tho need of a change in pro?o:it tariff making methods, ' v t! fc.. i f . .,.