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The Chief
C. B. HALE, Publisher
RED CLOUD, - NEBR
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! WEEK'S EVENTS
2 Latest News of Interest 2
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Foreion.
Prime Mir,"'1! of Hrng.inza, eldest
Min f Duke Michael, thu jircteiulnr to
tin; Portuguese throne, renounced for
ever IiIk rights (o tlie throno ot Por
tiiguul In erdor to ninny Miss Anlla
iVevvart, tl'iugliter of Mrs. James
Henry Smith of New York. The
Prince's engagement to Miss Stewart
v;ih nuiKuneod on .Inly 9.
Inquiries received ly tho Armstrong
aiIi building firm indicate that the
govornui'-nt will glvu out almost ini
mediately orders for lour additional
Mipor-Dioadnoughts, wlilch It Is ex
pected will ho armed with thirteen
live-Inch guns.
Tlio entire enllecllon of specimens
of the Hoi Revolt expedition now limn
Iioik 2,0(ii) covering inaminals and
birds of all hIkos from Held inleo to
rhinoceroses and from small shrike
to InistardH. It also Includes several
thousand leptllos and Insects. Mr.
Itoosevelfit last hull hippopotamus,
which he shot recently In Lake Xulvii
sha, measured fourteen feet.
Madnrlal Dhlnngii, the Indian stu
dent, who, on the night of .Inly I, at
tho conclusion or a puhllc gathering
at tho Imperial Institute, shot and
killed Lieutenant Hutt Curzon Wylllo
and Dr. Cnvias l.-ileaca, wan found
gullly and sentenced to death at the
conclusion of a trial of less than an
hour's duration.
"The Canal in Winter" by K. W.
itcdflold, or Center Bridge, Pennsyl
vania, the only American picture to
receive a modal at the spring opening
or tho soclely of French artists, has
Iienii purchased hy the government tor
tho Luxemburg gallery.
The lioljer of tho tout 1st steamer
Guttonborg blow up near Uolandseck,
a resort on the Rhine. One stoker was
killed and II vo members or the crew
severely lmrt. Several of tho passen
gurs were Injured, but none of them
so far as known wore Americans.
Delegates from thirty countries
formed tho world's prohibition coined
oration at London.
Tho success or several suffragettes
it obtaining their release from prison
by carrying out a "hunger strike" has
caused all or tho suffragettes In Hullo
way jail to adopt this method or gain
ing their freedom. Miss Elsie Mac
kenzie was discharged rrom prison in
a critical condition, having gone 151
hours wthout food.
Tho body of Oscar Wilde the writer
vhlch was hurled at Handnux in 1900,
Kan Tuesday transferred to Pore La
ehalse. Domestic.
Cornelius I'. Shea, the former Chi
cago labor leader, was sentenced to
tint less than five, nor more than
twenty-flvo years in prison for thu
attempted murder of Alice Walsh,
with whom ho had been living.
The trial of Dr. Wm, Miller, Airs.
3. H Sayler and John and Ira Gruden,
Indicted Tor tho murder or J. 11. Savior,
or Croscont City, 111., will be hold at
tho November term or court.
During a sham battlo In the Alaska-Yukon-Pnclllo
Htaillum between 100
members or tlio Improved Order or
Red Men, and an equal number of thu
statu militiamen, Joseph Morhlnway.
or Everett. Wash., one of tho Hod
Men was shot and killed.
Tho New York Aorlal Manufactur
lag company of Brooklyn was incor
porated to carry on tho business ot
transporting passengers, Height and
otluv commodities by airships of all
kinds.
Wednesday at tho Alaska-Yukon-Pa-rifle
exposition was mado notable by
tho dedication or tho Japanese build
ing, which houses ono of tho most at
trnctivo exhibits or tho entire fair.
Tho dedication was accompanied by
interesting ceremonies in which Ha
JItno Ota, commissioner general from
Japan to tho exposition and President
J. 1-3. Chllborg or tho oxposltion com
pany were tho loading participants.
A cloudburst iu northern Wisconsin
damages property to tho extent or
over half u inlllluu dollars. No loss or
liro reported.
Whllo rouudlng n curvo near Glen
wood, Ala., a Central or Georgia
passenger train was wrecked, twenty
four persona being Injured, six very
seriously.
KIvo thousand persons witnessed
tho hanging of William Mack, a negro
at Brandon, Miss.
At Chicago tho Jury cleared Kiln
Glnglee from tho chargo of stealing
iaco, hut tho story sho told on tho
witness stand of being n "white Blavo"
victim was denounced as untruo.
A galo at Galveston, Tox., docs con
siderable damage to shipping and tlio
citv and ten perecii3 lose their lives.
Kdwnrd llaydon, Junior member of
tho morcnntllo firm of llaydon Bros.,
nnd onu of tho proprietors of tho
Corn Exchange bank of Omnlia, died
at his homo of dlabetls after a brief
Illness. Ho wiib slxty-llvo years old.
Ho was a natlvo of Ireland, hut camu
to this country at an early ago.
Glen II. Curtis, tho aernaut mado n
flight or thlrty-ono minutes iu his aer
oplane at Ilotiislonil PliiliiH, Long Is
land, Ho lighted without mishap. Ills
flight is believed to bo the longest over
made In a heavier than air machine iu
this country except by tlio Wright
brothers.
W. II. Ingram, (mat oiricor of tho
Hlbernlu Trust nnd Hanking Co., of
Now Orleans, has been Indicted by tho
grnnd Jury on n chargo of embezzle
ment. His alleged shortage is almost
$100,000.
Hy tho collapse of a building at
Philadelphia seven persons wero
killed, ono fatally Injured, nnd twenty
four more or less seriously hurt.
Tho enso ngalnst Mrs. Vera Do
Nolo, who was nrrosted by Immigra
tion officers, soon artor her arrival
from Hong Kong, nnd held for depor
tation, was dismissed hy United
Slates Judge llanford. The woman,
who says she Is well known ns n
Now York newspaper correspondent,
proved that sho was born and edu
cated In Iowa, and tho wife of a Hod
Hank, N. J., innn.
Kscaplng from a cngo In the center
of tho hull ring, Nero, an African
Hon that refused to fight, bounded up
among tho bleachers and created a
panic among hundreds of persons as
sembled to witness the llou-bull light
Iu honor of a fiesta at Chlmnuhaii,
Mexico. Fortunately tho Hon harmed
no one but the ensuing panic resulted
In several Injuries.
Leonard Boeder of Qulncy, Illinois,
aged 110, whoso papers show him to
have been a Prussian soldier al tho
I line of the battle of Waterloo, foil
down a flight or stairs, receiving In
juries which will probably prove fatal.
Dennis A. Hayos, Philadelphia, was
re-elected president of tho Glass
Dottle Hlowers' association of tho
United Slates and Canada.
Tenders for the contract to con
struct the Mlsstiulii-Kooskla division
of the Northern Pacific, known as the
Lolo Pass cutoff, wen- opened by tho
Northern Paclllc at Missoula. faugh
reii. Winters & Smith. Foley Profilers
& Larson, Thomas L. Greonbough and
Porter Drothers & oti wero tho
leading bidders. The new line will
cost nearly ? 5.000 000.
Mrs. Mary linker G. F.tldy. rounder
and leader or Iho Christian Selonco de
nomination passed her eighty-eighth
blrlhiluy Friday at her residence at
Chestnut Gill, Huston.
Washington.
Tho claims Tor pay ror services In
the Cayuso Indian war or IS 17 and
ISIS iu Oregon, lllod by nlno claim
ants will bo allowed by tho govern
ment at the rate or $1.50 a day during
their service period. Tho comptroller
or the treasury has approved tho ac
tion or the auditor ror tho war depart
ment holding that tho law so directs
as to those rare claims. The rolls
or records or tho war on tile at Wash
ington will ho used us evidence ror
the adjustment ot the claims.
Imitations wero sent to Mrs. Tart,
wUo or tho president, Secretary oF.
War Dickinson, District Commission
er MoFurliind, Governor Crothers, or
Maryland, and Governor Swnnson or
Virginia to act as Judges or tho auto
mobile floral parade that is to be hold
In Washington on Septomber 20 noxt,
under the auspices or the Washington
chamber of commerce.
Secretary of tlyj Treasury Mac
Veagh will leave Tor bis summer
homo at Dublin, N. H.. aa soon as
congress adjourns.
Substantial progress Iu canal con
struction all along the line is shown
by reports coming to tho Washington
olllco or the Isthmian canal commis
sion. Kxcavatlon work approximates
80.000.000 cubic yards.
A notable and brilliant gathering at
tended the wedding or Miss Kllzaboth
C. Hadger. daughter of Captain and
Mrs. Charles J. Hadger, and Lieuten
ant Commander Henry F. Hrynn, of
tho naval academy. Captain nadgor,
rather or tho bride, was until recently,
superintendent or tho Annapolis naval
academy and Is ono or tho most popu
lar olllcors in tho sorvlco.
Tho postmaster general announced
tho number of clerks and letter car
riers promoted at tho Omaha post
olllco. Clerks, soven from $800 to
$900 each; seventeen from $900 to
$1,000 each; twelve from $1,000 to $1,
100; seven from $1,100 to $1 200. Car
riers, one, from $000 to $S00; two
rrom $so to $000; two rrom $000 to
$1,000.
Postmaster General lYltchcock lias
concluded agrooinents with tho postal
Miiuuiuiua iu ui'iiiuurK ana Japan, y
which, arter August 1, 1H0!), parcels
excimngoii with thoso countries may
bo accepted up to $80 in valuo nnd
cloven pounds in weight. Tho eleven
pound weight limit now npplles to all
countries except Franco and Sweden,
tho weight ror those countries being
rour pounds, six ounces.
Apprlxliuately 008,000 acres of land
in Wyoming wero designated by Act
ing Secretary of tho Interior Plorco as
coming within tho enlarged homestoaij
uct. Up to date this makes n total
of ll.nsi.0S0 acres of land so desig
nated In Wyoming. The land In uues
tlon Is not siiscuptlhlo of Irrigation
C. J. Lovey, or Capetown, South
Africa, a member of tho parliament or
Capo Colony called upon Secretary
Wilson of the department or agricul
ture to discuss American agricultural
methods. Mr. Uvey Is a dolegato to
the dry farming congress, wlilch Is to
bo bold ut Spokane. Wash.
NEBRASAK IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTERE8T FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt-
leal and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
A boosters' club has been organ
ized nt Hebron.
Cheyonno county commissioners nro
planing to build n handsome court
house.
Two women at McCook hnvo been
held to the district court for selling
liquor.
Tho school census of the city or
West Point, Just completed, gives 082
children of school nge.
Whllo fishing rrom n boat in thu
river nt Hasln, Wyo.. Bert Kills, tho
son of Isnnc Kills of Central City, was
drowned. Tho body was brought homo
for burlnl.
A prosperous nnd well to do fnnner
named Sam Daruo living at or near
Ingham committed sulcldo by shoot
ing himself. Ho Is said to have been
off mentally.
A 4-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
Gcorgo Algonlr of Dunbar fell out or
a buggy, nnd catching his foot In tho
wheel, had his hip broken bcrore the
horso could be stopped.
Meeting of tho Kearney & Helolt
railway project directors took place
In Kearney. A general discussion took
plnce, but nothing definite was accom
plished, although the ofllcors say the
road will be built.
The twenty-first reunion of thu old
settlers of Cnss nnd adjoining coun
ties will be held in Union August ti
and 7. An excellent program of
oratory, music and sports has been
prpared.
Tho report or tho school enumerator
or Hontrlee submitted to the board
or education gives tho school census
of the city as t.lOi! boys nnd 1,15:1
girls, u total of 2.S50 children of
school age.
The question of whether or not Cen
tral City shall issue bonds for tho
installation of an electric light plnnt
was .subniittoil to thu people nt tho
polls nnd tho proposition carried by
a majority of int.
Tho eleventh annual nssenibly or
the Auburn Chautauqua will bo held
ht the city park. August 7 to 15 in
clusive. An excellent program has
been prepared and everything looks
favorable to a successrul assembly.
Tho Bridgeport Commercial club
sent n committee or threo business
men to Omaha to conrer with the
officials of the Union Pacific railroad
company with a view' of securing u
satisfactory depot site and transpor
tation facilities at that place.
Fred, tho 0-year-old son of Frank
Stopek of Crete, was drowned in tho
Blue river. He, in company with girl
plnymutes about his ago. wns wading
in tlio water, and venturing out too
fnr, was carried under and lost In
tho Bwirt current.
Tho Duff Grain company of Nebras
ka City has recoived word of the burn
ing of their elevator nt Hollls, Kan.
This elevator was wrecked by a
cyclone two months ngo, and the work
of repairing it had been completed
only a short time when It burned.
Five store buildings wero destroyed
nt Pondor in n fire which broke out
nt night, causing n loss or rrom $35,
000 to $40,000. The flro started In the
warehouse or tho Fred Nash luirness
store, and tanned by n high wind, tho
flnmes gained rapid headway.
Sheriff Moncko of Washington coun
ty went to Herman and destroyed 255
pints of whisky ho secured in the raid
of tho J. A. West place u few weeks
ngo. Tho sheriff and rt crowd of peo
ple took the liquor to n vacant lot nnd
ovory ono got n chntico to break a
bottlo that cared for tho honor or do
ing so.
Tho deep well In Otoe county, which
is down to a depth or 1,150 feet, will
hnvo to be abandoned unless some
capitalist can bo interested, becnuso
tho funds of the local company are
exhausted, nnd they can go no further.
They found traces of both oil nnd gas.
Tho school census of Fremont bus
been finished nnd gives 2,801 botween
5 nnd 21 years or ago.
Mrs. Mills of Winona, Minn., visit
ing with bur daiightor, Mrs. Ti. N. St.
John nt Kenrnoy, committed sulcldo
by Jumping into tho Plntto river. A
party or women wero driving ncross
tho river on tho long bridge south of
town when Mrs. Mills slipped off tho
carrlano and beforo sho could bo
stopped had leaped into tho rlvor. She
has been montnlly unbalanced.
An envelopo addressed to County
Troasurcr Fred Thlotje of Cuming
county wns received by that officer
containing two $20 bills, wrapped up
iu a pleco of soiled paper, upon which
wns written: "County Treasurer, Cum
ing County, Nob.: Inclost find $40
put this in general fund of your coun
ty." No slguaturo appears. It is
doubtless a case or consclonco money.
Tho action of formor Governor MIc
lcoy In revoking tho notary commis
sion of Max Colin of Nebraska City
was reversed by District Judgo Cor
nish at Lincoln, nnd the commission
ordered It given back to Colin.
Dr. Sherer, who has ben in charge
of tho physical work nt tho Poru Nor
mal for tho last threo years, has closed
up his work thoro and left for Seattle,
Wash., where ho will visit his parents
during tho Hummer. Tho Bonrd of
Kducatlon has granted him n year's
Icavo of nbsenco, expressing appreci
ation of his excellent work done at
tho Normal.
AUTO AND DQG RAGE
GO FAR "MAN'S BEST FRIEND" IS
IN THE LEAD.
WHAT ASSESSOR ROLLS SHOW
One County Comes to the Front With
Seventeen Automobiles, Offsetting
Same With Seventeen Dogs.
Tlio stato capital correspondent of
the Omaha Bee, who has been Inves
tigating Nebraska assessment rolls,
finds that the autoniobllo mny outdis
tance the horse and take his placo in
the affection or the driving public, but
It will have to go some to get ahead
or tho Nebraska dog. According to
reports or county nssessors now on
file with tho Stnto Board or Assess
ment the dog Is much more or a fa
vorite than tho autoniobllo, save in
ono county. In old Pawnee tho auto
mobile hns caught np with tho dog.
Tho people of that prosperous county
own, according to their county asses
sor, seventeen dogs and seventeen
automobiles. In Book county tho dog
nnd thu automobile arc close rivals
for tlio affection of tho people, be
cause the assessor reports $80 worth
of automobiles nnd $S.I0 worth of
dogs. Just how many dogs $8.40 will
buy In Bock county is not known by
the stato board, but the assessor
reports ono automobile. Douglas
county people also give evidence of
eating about as much for docs as thev
do for automobiles, for tho assessor
reported 440 automobiles and 1S2
dogs. Lancaster county revises to do
away with "man's best friend," for
thoro was returned 1,1 is dogs, against
241 automobiles. Lancaster tops tin
state with its dogs.
Saline county's dogs populutlon has
increased from 2.5S0 to 2.C01, which
makes It the second largest dog coun
ty In Nebraska. Its automobiles have
also Increased from eighteen to
thirty.
Thomas county reported $170 worth
of autonio.illes and $20 worth of dogs,
but Just how much this amount or
money will buy or either commodity
In Thomas county the board has no
idea. Morrill county, the youngest
county Iu the state, has seven auto
mobiles, but lines up with 52(1 dogs.
Cherry county only has two automo
biles, but it lias 151 dogs. Colfax
county has $2,015 worth or auto
mobiles and 1,:!14 dogs.
In most of the counties tho doggie
is worth $5, or rather It Is valued at
that by the assessor, whllo thu auto
mobile ranges from $80 to $175.
Incidentally the board Is very much
put out because so many assessors
have neglected to follow the plain let
ter ut tho schedules furnished them,
and some of the assessors may yet bo
Jerked up for an explanation. Several
of the ollkinis have neglected to put
in the number of animals or com
modity, though tho schedules provido
a place for this information. Others
have reduced real estnto without say
ing why, when real estate was valued
last year for four years.
Land Values.
An analysis of the returns mudo by
thu county assessors to tho Stato
Board of Assessment shows that sev
eral assessors have returned the vnluo
of lnnds this year less than last year.
Just how this can be the board Is un
able to figure. Laud Is assessed only
once 'In every four yenrs and each
year tho Improvements mado thereon
Is assessed. Every county, thorcfore,
should show an incrensed vnlue of
lnnds. Ah fnr as reported the de
creases nre us follows: Boone, $10,000;
Dawes. $0,000; Greeley. $10,000; Hook
er. $0,000; LnncnBter. $34,000; Logan,
$1,000; Merrick. $3,000. Furnas coun
ty lands Increased JuRt $1, whllo
Knox county lands wero returned at
exactly the same valuation as last
year.
Premium Statute Void.
Judgo Stewart or tho district court
held null and void tho statute which
prohibited the placing of premiums In
food packages. J, R. Burleigh, a
merchant of Lincoln, was arrested for
selling food pnekages in which there
wns a slip which entitled the buyer to
n book. Tho court held such n statute
was unconstitutional and the merchant
wns discharged;
Will Not Be a Candidate.
Judge John M. Bagan, in whoso
name wns started tho suit which do
roated tho nonpartisan election law,
said ho decided not to bo a candidate
for supremo Judgo bocauso ho wns
advised that lila health might bo Im
periled by tho confining work which
would bo his portion ir elected.
Concessions at thr Fair.
Secretary Mellor or the stnto board
or agriculture has up to dato received
moro from concessions at tho stato
fair than hns ever been received np
to this dnto. This Indicates a pros
perous yenr for tno fair, although It
Is to bo held this year for the first
tlmo In n "dry" town.
Butter and Egg Crops.
Creamery managers Htnto that tho
butter production of Nebraska is still
below the normal and that tho coun
try's supply in no moro thnn enough
to meet tho demand. Tho last state
ment of tho associated warehouses, an
organization covering tho principal
cities of the east, showed that on
July 1, tho amount of butter In ntor
ago was 8,000,000 pounds less than a
year ago. Tho same sourco of Informa
tion revealed an egg Bhortago of 97,
000 cases, ns compared with a year
ngo
THE GUARANTY LAW.
Counsel for State Argue That
Should Stand.
Copies of tho brief prepared by C
O. Whcdon In defense of tho guaran
ty bnnkln law enacted by tho lata
legislature havo been film! In Out foil.
j-cral court Iu resistance to tho appli
cation ror a permanent Injunction to
prevent the law becoming effective.
i-iler a lengthy discussion or tho
police powers of tho state, Mr. Who
don arrived nt tho following conclu
sion:
1. That no case decided by the su
preme court of the United States, nnd
no principle of law enunciated by that
court, sustains the contention that
tho Nebraska statute of 1909 dcprlvcB
tho plaintiffs or nny of them, of rights
guaranteed under the constitution of
the United Stntcs.
2. That the state may, In tho legltl
mate exercise of its legislative, or po
lice power, prohibit Individuals not
Incorporated rrom engaging in the
banking business, within Its Jurisdic
tion, and thnt it lnrrlngcs no legal
right by so doing.
3. That as the legislative act In
question operates upon all Individu
als nllkc, nnd does not prohibit them
from engaging In the banking busi
ness, but morely prescribes tho terms
and conditions upon which they mny
engage in that business. It is valid.
4. That the right or tho stato to
enact such legislation Is sustained,
not only by the supreme court or tho
United States, but by the clear mid
undoubted weight or authority by tho
courts or last resort of tho states, tho
one caso from South Dakota being
the only one which counsel for plain
tiffs have boon able to find to the con
trary.
In dlscusHing the guaranty section
of the law, the brief said:
It Is snld that the effect or this law
Is to take tho money or one bank to
pay tho dobts of another bank. Let
It be supposed that there- are in one
county of tho stute live individuals
who are Incapacitated by reason or
age rrom earning n living and are de
pendent upon the public for support.
Originally each possessed $3,000. Let
it bo further supposed that In tho
same county were five banks, in one
of which these individuals deposited
the $5,000 possessed bv each. Tim
bank holding the deposits of theso in
dividuals failed and the entire depos
its wero lost, and as a consequence
these depositors became public
charges. Could any of the other four
banks iu the county which did not
fall successrully resist the levy or col
lection of the poor fund tnx, thu iur
poso of which wns to support those
five individuals? 1 think not. And
yet this would bo taking tho property
of the solvent banks to pay tho result
or thu loss or tho solvent one.
In conclusion the brief sets up:
First: That tho statute, the consti
tutionality or which is hero ques
tioned, does not deprive tho unincor
porated plaintiffs or any rights guar
anteed to them by tho constitution or
tho United Status, or thu constitution
or tho state or Nebraska.
Second: Thnt all banks in this
stato, whether incorporated or pri
vate, may bo required to comply with
the guaranty reatures of tho law.
Third: That the state may. in tho
exerciso or ita power or sovereignty,
conllne nil or thu banking business or
the stno to corporations.
Fourth: That tho Incorporated
plaintiffs have, and enn have, no con
tract with tho stato which prevents
the legislature from plnclng nddi
tlonal duties and requirements upon
them, oven to tho extent or requiring
them to set usidc n per cent of their
deposits ror the purpose of securing
doposltors.
Firth: Thnt tho act is connMtu
tlonal ns a whole, but If unconstitu
tional ns to paying rewards out of
tlio guaranty fund, or in any of Its
provisions, those provisions nro sep
arable and tho other portlonp.'of the
act are valid.
Sixth: That tho temporary injunc
tion heretofore granted should bo. dls
solved, tho demurrer sustained, and
the bill dismissed.
Makes for Saving Wheat.
Ono reason why farmers thlB yenr
seem moro desirous than usual to
thresh and sell their whent Immedi
ately Is declared by grain men to he
the fenr that If it is stacked tho hor
des will shell out upon tho ground.
Halny wenther delayed cutting the
wheat over a largo section of tho
stato, and It wns ripened beyond tho
proper point when harvested. Wher
over this condition exists, some of tho
grain Is likely to bo lost with ench
handling. Tho farmers, thcrerore,
think It to thulr advantage to thresh
rrom tho shock and haul at onco to
the elevator.
Makes a Great Record
A. K. Walter, a Kearney dealor In
motorcycleii, demonstrated the pos
sibilities or a machine when ho stnrt
ed from that city on a two-cylinder
motorcyclo nnd raced Union Pacific,
train No. 2, ono or tho fastest trains
on that great rond. Walter started
tho sumo tlmo tho train did and went
west following tho road and got to
Shelton, a distance of nineteen miles,
before tho train.
High Freight Rates.
According to O. It. Thompson, Btato
senator from the Soventh district,
tho Northwestern Railway compnny
has a clever way of extorting high
freight ratcB. In a complaint filed
with the stato railway commission ho
assorts that the railway men charge,
for sheep weights far above tho abil
ity of tho shippers to crowd tho nnl
mols Into tho cara. Ab n result, tho
shlpporB uro compelled to pay n much
higher freight rate. Tho mnttor will
bo brought boforo tho railway com
mission for early adjustment.
-FLIES OVER THE SEA
AIR .VOYAGE .ACROSS .ENGLISH
CHANNEL A SUCCESS.
TIME IS LESS THAN ONE HOUR
Modest Over His Achievement, But
Happy in Its Accomplishment
Sleepy Town of Dover
Receives a Thrill.
Dover This sleepy seaport town ex
perienced thu keenest thrill In n gener
ation when at sunrlso Sunday morn
ing, a whlte-wlnged, bird-liko machine,
with a loudly humming motor, swept
out from tho hazo obscuring tho bci
toward tho distant French coast, circl
ing twlco above tho chalky cliffs of
Dover, alighted on Kngllsh soil. A
Frenchman, Louis Bleriot. portly and
red-mustached, calmly ilcacondeil from
the saddle, limping on a bandaged
foot, which hud been burned on his
previous overland fllghL Immediately
I twj compatriots who had boon wavlm:
a big trl-colored Hag as a signal for
the landing placo. fell upon him, en-
inusiasticany embracing and pounding
him on the back. They, with a few
soldiers and others who happened to
chanco on the sceno were the only per
sons to witness tho performance of a
remarkable feat. Hleriot left Los Bar
aques, threo miles rrom Calais about
1:30 n. in., on onu of thu smallest
monoplanes over used.
Ho crossed tho channel in a little
less than an hour, twlco tus swiftly a
tho rastest mall boat. Ills speed aver
aged moro than lort-flvo miles an
hour, sometimes It approximated sixty
miles. Ho kept about 250 foot above
tho sea level, and ror ten minutes
while nbout nild-channel. was rn of
sight of both coasts nnd thu French
torpedo boat destroyer which followed
him with his wire nnd friends aboard.
Tho wind wan blowjng about twenty
miles an hour, and tho sea was choppy.
Tho aviator was swathed with a singlo
garment or drilling. Impervious to tho
wind, which covered him from the top
or his head to his feet, only his face
showing. Ho woro also a cork life
preserver.
' Plunge Into River.
Knnsas City. Mo. Six lives werr
oat and perhnps throe rntally Injured
as the result or tho wreck ol' Wabash
passanger train No. 4 when It plunged
Into tho Missouri river thirty miles
cast or here Saturday night. The dead:
CHARLES KLOWKRS. engineer.
Kansas City.
LOUIS BOND, llroman, Mnberl,-.
Mo.
HARRY ECKKRT, baggageman. St
Louis.
DANIEL, two-year-old eon or E. T
King Kldon, Mo.
CHARLES ANTHONY, laborer.
JESSE OLDHAM, laborer.
Seriously injured:
Frank Gardner. Mt. Vornon. O.
Mrs. S. S. Hackctt, Orrlck. Mo.
Miss Irene Dorton, Orrick. Mo.
The train left Kansas City at 9
o'clock Saturday night, and was duo
in St. Louis ton hours later. Or the
eight carB which mado up the train,
llvo cars nnd tho engine are now In
tho river, with tho water covering all
of them, except ono end or tho Do
Moines sleeper.
Collapse of a Grand Stand.
Jackson. Mich. DurUg a riot over
nnpopular decisions by Umpire C. E.
Eldrlgo, or the Southern Michigan
league, at tho conclusion of tho Jack
son and Adrian gamo Sunday, nearly
a score ot peoplo wero injured when
tho railing or the grand stand gave
way, precipitating thorn to the ground
twelve feet below. Somo or tho fall
ing persons aliglited on tho heads or
tho ones bolow, nnd ull wero plied In a
heap on tho ground.
Among tho moro seriously injured
nro Aldermon John H. McGraw, leg
broken, serious; Frank Hodges and
Charles Klesers, cut by becoming en
tangled In tho wlro netting.
Tho umpire escaped, pursued by the
mob, to his room at Uin hotel two
miles away, where ho wiih guarded by
tho police for two hours.
Hope to Capture Latim Cup.
St. Louis, Mo. An attempt to cai
turo tho Lalun cup wns started here'
Sundny night whon tho balloon Unlver
Blty City, piloted by John Berry, ns
cended at sunset, bout on distancing
tho mark of 473 mllcB mudo by Cant.
Charles DoForrest Chandler on Octo
ber 17. 1907. With Burry wero Paul
McCullough, his aldo In winning tho
recent Indlnnapolls race, and John S.
Thurmnn, St. Louis. It was tho Int.
tor's first illgliL
Demonstrate for the King.
Sllso, England Tho relay Btandard
floated over Ambassador Reld's resi
dence at Wrest park, and tho pre
cincts woro tho center of attraction
Sunday for tho country peoplo, who
camo from miles around. Tho king and
queen, with tho Amorlcan nnibasandor
and Mrs. Reld and several or tho other
guests, attended services at the Sllso
church Sunday morning, nnd received
an ovation. A guard of honor, com
posed of several corps of boy scouts
from neighboring villages, was drawn
up outside tho church and saluted thu
party whon it entered.
Expect a Rush for Land.
Spoknno, Wash. When llttto Unr
riot Post of Snoknnn ITnlnn irn.
ton, of Couer d'Alono, Idaho, and Chris-
una m. uonnn, or Missoula, Mont., for
mally appointed by Jamos W, Wltton.
superintendent In ennrge, are led upon
tho platform nt Coour VAlnn ii,
morning of August 9 to mako tho draw
IngB for 700.000 acres of Indian lnndB
eastern Washington, northern Idaho
and western Montann, It Is oxpected
that fully 300.000 applications will
havo been registered In person or by
proxy, the latter bolng for war votor-
USB.
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