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U i The Chief C. 11. HA LIS, Publisher RED CLOUD . NEBRASKA THE HAPPENINGS : OF THE PAST WEEK ti.I LATEST HAPPENINGS OF THE WORLD IN SHORT FORM. NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH Evento That Are Making History Information Gathered From All Quarters of the Globe. Waoiilnflton Speeches on the farmers' free list bill in the house arc again sounding the note of Canadian annexation. A delicti In the operation of tho poFtofllce department of 517.000,000, radically has been wiped out. The condition of Mrs. 13. J. llurkett, wife of Senator llurkett, who has been dangerously ill, Is greatly Improved. President Tuft bus promised Roprc tentative Hcrtrund of Missouri to Ad dress the Kansas City Press club, Sep tember '.'". The H'.fiO gold plcro may soon he roine obsolete. Secretary .MacVongh contemplates asking congress for an thority to stop Its coinage. Canadian reciprocity Is the only matter now being considered by the senate and that probably will not ionic up before It before several weeks. Tho government has accepted $1. 180,000 In compromise of tho suits against Duvean brothers, the New York art linn accused of custom hands. An exodus of ropubllcnn employes of the house of representatives has began, and many more who have been fixtures for years at the capltol have received a notice of removal. Franklin MneVeagh, secretary of the lieaEiiry, was made defendant In u suit for $100,000 damages tiled by Charles F. Leach, former collector of customs nt Cleveland, who alleges ho was hlandend Assured of the success of the rostnl pavings bank system, Postmaster Gcnernl Hitchcock has decided to des ignate from fifty to 100 additional postal oavlngs banks monthly until the byhtem Ihib been generally established. The senate committee t on finance has decided to devote tli'o time until Saturday, May 13, to hearings on the Canadian reciprocity bill. Immediate ly after that date It Is expected that the bill will bo reported to the senate. Renewal of tho Iiorlmer Investiga tion wns provided for by the senate committee on contingent expenses which approved a resolution covering tho expenses of such an inquiry. A tierce light is expected when the re port comes up. General News The Illinois tenato has passed the railroad anti-pass bill. The rebellion in the Chinese pro vinces Is assuming serious shape. Orangemen throughout Ireland nrc preparing to resist home rule by force uf arms. ttx-Mnyor Tom I Johnson of Cleve land left an cstato valued at nearly U'00.000. The Comiucror. Great Britain's twentieth Dreadnought, has been launched. Ten thousand workmen ln various lines of trade are on strike in New York City. Tho municipal palace in Laredo, Mexico, has been burned and all the prisoners liberated. Haiver Kindt, aged 0. was Instantly killed by u "companion while hunting gophers near Sioux Falls, S. D. More than 1.000 cart men have uruck. tjlng up the wholesale busi ness of'the city of Hivnnu. Cubi. The Scottish International exhibition at Glasgow was formally opened on Tuesday, to cont'nuo through the sum mer. With the ratification liy members of tho button-workers' protective union of tho agreement formulated by Gov ernor Carroll and representatives of the union and manufacturers' associa tion the Miucat.'uo striking button makers have returned to work. "Chris" Evans, once the most noted nandlt, train robber and highwayman of desperado-ridden California, has been released on parole from Folsom prison, whero he had spent seventeen years of a life sentence for train rob bery. Captain nromond, In command of the column mnrehing to relievo Fez, renched Tangier on April 2C. Tho workmen of lleriln hold scv-rnty-three May day meetings, at which resolutions favoring tho disarmament in tho interest of world peaco were adopted. Perfect order wns main tained. Fjro destroyed tho three-story dor mitory of the Rlversldo government Indian school on tho Washita reserve in Oklihoma Mexican Insurrectos are ngaln awakening Into activity, and fighting lias occurred at several points. Tho Missouri Pacific derot at Hia watha, Kan., wns robbed of four pouches of mail awaiting transfer Sun day night. Tho empty bags were tound In a coal bin. Orders for the national encamp ment of the G. A. n , at Rochostor, S. Y., August 21-2G liavo been issued by Cominander-in-Chlof Gillman. Rebels havo seized $70,000 worth of rifles, nmmunltlon and horses In Sav Pedro and vicinity. Lincoln went wet nt tho city elec tion Tuesday, and the returns show the election of tho entire republican ticket. Mayor Onynor has reluctantly ac cepted the resignation of City Cham berlain Churles II, Hyde of New York City. Factional differences came near de veloping into open rupture nt tho tri ennial conclave of the Koyal Neigh' bors at Denver. Demands of tho conductors and mo tormen on the Philadelphia Rapid Trantit company's lines for an In crease have been refused. Almost the entire eastern half of the country is shivering in tho coldest weather, with ono or two exceptions, ever known nt this time of tho year. Itccnure he ran over a ."-year-old child in New York, William Krugman, a driver for n brewing company, wub shot dead by Gulseppe liouglgl, the father. Atllllation of tho western federation of miners 'with the American federa tion of labor, which was submitted to a referendum vote of the miners, has been ratified, According to nnlhontlc Information, an agreement was signed nt Muscatine Sunday afternoon between tho strik ing i carl button operators and tho factory owners. Imperial sanction has been granted tho governor of Ycnessl, East Siberia, to allow tho Jewish Inhabitants of Siberia to use the curative waters near Minusinsk. San Pedio is threatened with fnmino and Insurrectos have ordered the ruil- road repaired to Hipollto, where there aro six cars of corn, which they havo ordered brought in. An inverted American flag, preced ed by a red banner, caused a disturb ance in n May day parade in New York. Police Interfered and reversed the order of things. Pence negotiations nrc in progress between the Mexicnn government and the insurrectos, the latter demanding the unconditional resignation of Presi dent Diaz aB a starter. A resolution -providing for the erec tion at Washington of a great memor ial hall, In which historical relics may bo preserved will be taken up before congress cloces, it is said. Eighteen arrests havo been made at Guadalajara, Mex., in connection with a conspiracy to capture the town for the insurrectos. A qunntlty of dynamite and a number of bombs were enptured. Hetween two and a. half and three million dollars will cover tho financial loss of the ilro which destroyed ap proximately US 15 residences and about 12," business structures nt Uangor, Me. The sessions or the fifteenth inter national congress of press associations has begun In Rome and will continue through tho week. Delegates from many countries are in attendance. John F. Diet z. his wife and son, Les llo Dlctz, hnve been placed on trial in the circuit court tit Haywood, Wis. They are jointly charged with shoot ing and killing Oscnr Harp, a deputy sheriff. The Princess Royal, the largest cruiser battleship ever built for tho British nnvy, was launched Saturday and christened by Princess Royal Ioulse. after whom tho vessal was named. I'nder the presidency of Bishop Welldon of Ixindon, a masB meeting was held and resolutions passed call ing on tho government to take steps to stop the activities of Mormon mis sionaries in England, In n letter to the house of repre sentatives, Governor Shafroth of Colo rado sharply criticises tho state bank ing bill as a measure thnt "no more resembles the mensure promised tho people than night resembles day." One-third of Bangor, Maine, Is In ruins, thousands of persons nre home less and a property loss estimated at $0,000,000 was mistalned ns the result of a conllagrutlon which raged for hours Sunday night. Tho Illinois senate has passed tho Carroll bill which legalized six round bouts piomotcd by incorporated ath letic clubs. Boxing Is permitted pro vided a license is secured from the mayor or board of trustees. "See Europe If 'you will, but see America first." Is the slogan of a movement which Governor Crothers of Maryland seeks to procuro tho co operation of the government of all states. In a letter addressed to them. King Alfonso Is gravely 111 with tuberculosis and at a recent consul tation of his physicians it wns decided that urgent mensures of treatment were necessnry and nlso that the Span ish monarch should pass the coming winter nt Ijzlns. Switzerland. Robbers wrecked tho private bank of Alexander Pate at Wellington, 111., and escaped with $4,300. News that has dribbled Into No Kales from various quarters or tho Mexican stntes of Slnaloa and Sonora tell of almost continuous lighting. Americans familiar with tho condi tions regard tho situation as grave. The German antarctic expedition will set sail Wednesday from Hamburg on tho steamer Deutgehland. Slnco drug stores were prohibited from Eclllng Intoxicating liquors in Kansas, it is said tho hotel porters havo been reaping a harvest. Cleveland experienced Its first "dry" Sunday in ten years as tho result of Mayor Baehr's order last week that nil saloons and pool rooms must remain closed hereafter on Sundays. Reports from Dallas, S. D lndlcato a fall of two feet of snow on tho level during the twenty-four hours ending Sunday night. CHOKED J DEATH LORENZO ANDERSON DIED AT. TEMPTING TO SWALLOW RAW MEAT. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What It Going on Hero and Thera That la of Intoreat to the Read- are Throughout Nebraaka and Vicinity. Seward. Lorenzo Anderson met death Sundny morning at the home of Ilia lilntltnr In Uflu'nnl frni atfinmi. latlon. Whllo waiting for the morn ing meal to be prepared, ho attempt ed to eat n piece of beef steak and choked to death before relief could bo given him. Marks Spot of "Lone Tree." Central City. A granite pillar with Its surface knotted and enrved llko the trunk of a giant cottonwood tree, now marks tho spot where Hie "Ione Tree" on tho old Oregon trail stood for years, the only trco up and down tiio river for miles, and under the branches of which many a tired band of emigrants or California gold Beck ers used to rest under tho protecting shade of Its branches. Ycggmcn at Naponce. Naponee. Cracksmen blew open the cafe of tho bank at Nnponce, a small town In Franklin county, Saturday morning and obtained $3,000. Tho building was practically wrecked. The noise of tho explosion awakened citizens of the town nnd great excitement reigned. Got a Late Start. Falrbury. Judgo Boyle married a couple recently, the groom being 71 and the bride 80. The groom is F. F. "Wot more, n veteran of tho civil war, who came to Fairbury about a year ago. Tho bride Is Mrs. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Wetmoro will make their home in Falrbury. Mrs. Doxey's Trial May 8. Columbus. St. louis newspapers nnnounce that Monday, May 8, has been set for the trial of Dora E. Doxey, the former Columbus woman, who was ncqultted or a murder charge in St. Louis n year ago, and is now held Tor trial for bigamy. I. O. O. F. Anniversary. Broken Bow. An impressive pro gram was given Tuesday night nt I. O. O. F. hall, the occasion being the cel ebration of the ninety-second anniver sary of the rounding or tho order of Odd Fellows in Amerlcn. Arthur Roderick, a Falrbury painter, fell from a scaffolding and was fatally Injured. Keith county had twenty-four hours' continuous rain last week, giving about three and one-half inches. The town hall at Leshara was com pletely destroyed by lire Saturday morning. The fire originated mys teriously. Tho state fish car planted several thousand channel cntfish and bull heads in tho Nemaha river at Tecum soli last week. Saturday evening nt 8 o'clock marked the closing of the saloons at Beatrice, and the town is now as dry as tho proverbial bone. The annual reunion or tho Christlnn church was held at Harvard Sunday. Notwithstanding the bad weather tho attendance wns very good. Charles S. Overton, who worked ns a house mover at Lincoln, stepped on n rusty nnil while at work. The nail Inflicted an ugly woun1 and Mr. Over ton was unable to work arter tho acci dent. Lockjaw developed and slnco that time .Mr. Overton endured tor tures until his death Thursday. Commencing May 7 the Fremont postotllco will Inaugurate tho Sundny closed otllce plan. Tho Citizens State bank of Gitlner was robbed Tuesday morning, sale and building being badly wrecked. Tho robbers secured about ?2,000. At the special election held at An selmo Tuesday, tho cltlzenB voted a ? 10,000 bond proposition, $7,i500 ror water works system and 2,G00 lor electric lights, Paul Martin will head Crolghton law school at Omaha as dean with tho opening of tho school next September, He will bo tho youngest dean in tho United States. He is 28 years of ago. Fire, resulting from an automobile explosion in which two enrs were de stroyed, gutted, the largo two-story brick livery barn of Henry Ikmans In West Point. All tho horses and car riages bolng safely taken out in time. Circulating magazines, on (ho sovon day book plan, forms a now featuro at tho Fremont public library. Judgo H. G. Ielgh, of Nebraska City, claims to havo a dog that can speak ocveial words quite plain, ono being "mamma," "out,' "thank you" and "yip' for yes. Ho Is a crosc botween a bull terrier nnd a pug. H. M. BiiBlinell of Lincoln was ro elected president nnd V) S. Thompson or Albion was re-olected secretary treasurer at tho closing session or tho state convention or commercial clubs nt Kearney. Hastings was selected for tho next meeting plnca. J. M. Rowley, nn old settler in York, died Tuesday morning, nged 72 years. Rev. Hugh Robinson of Brookings, S. D lias accepted a call to tho pas torate or tho Presbyterian church o Pawnee City. Under the new Nobraska game law, every man who fishes in the stnte, whether he is a resident or not, musi pay one dollar ror n license. Whllo jilaying with a small colt on his father'3 farm, Riley Bates, nn eleven-year-old boy, living near Brok-, en Bow, was attacked by a vicious marc and nearly killed. mi -A. Dorothy, the younger daugRter of Mr. nnd Mrs. A. C. Shnllenberger nt Alma, fell from a horse which sho wns riding and sustained a fracturo of tho lower right arm. Tho census report glvce Doshler a population of COO, a gain of .')51 In ten years, the greatest gain made by any town In Thayer county and raising it from seventh to second town in popu, latlon In tho county. A snow storm unprecedented for several years swept over tho north-" western part of the state Saturday night and Sunday. About ten to twelve inches of snow fell, which drifted in several places from ten to twenty feet. Mr. nnd Mrs. Will Nlcbaum nnd children of Fontanelle had a narrow escape from death when their auto mobile turned turtle nnd rolled over twice. Though the occupants or the car were severely bruised, none was badly hurt. John Hnllk was killed at Pawnee City when a three-horse team became frightened, running through two seven-wire fences. Ho wns thrown under a lister, tho corner of one of tho shares penetrating his brain. Tho young man waB 17 years of age and was born in Bohemia. Ah Blanche Preston was coming out of the school house nt Hastings arter her day's study sho was holding a hat pin point ror ward In her left hand just ready to place It in her lint, when someone rnn ngnlnst her elbow, Arc ing tho pin Into her eye, just missing the pupil. She may lose the sight of that eye. A Lincoln street car on the peniten tiary lino was fired on two separate tCmcs by an unknown man Thursday evening. No ono was struck. Three bullets from a small sized gun, prob ably a 22 calibre, entered the car. The man did not show himself nnd not one of the passengers of the car saw him. The shots were tired under cover ol darkness. LINCOLN im Heavy State Deposits. According to tho report of State Treasurer George, the Nebraska Btnto trensury, following, the sale of ?G23, 000 worth of bonds, has tho largest cash balance It has ever known.- The cash balance May 1 was $1,093,08l.:il. Excepting $20,081.91, the money Is on deposit in stnte depositories. Want to Raise Rates. The application of tho railroads Tor permission to increase tho rate on sand to Omnhn, South Omaha and Lin coln rrom all pits within, sixty or sev enty miles rrom 1 cents per hundred weight to 2 cents, had a hearing be roro tho state railway commission. Deputy State Treasurer E. C. Mickey has reluctantly tendered his resigna tion to Stnte Treasurer George. On nceount or tho poor condition of his health, Mr. Mickey deems it necessary to givo up tho very confining work in tho state treasurer's office. Tho board or public lands nnd build ings has bought a boiler for the stato penitentiary. The institution is now short of power nnd another boiler Is deemed necessary. Miss May me Graham of David City liaB been appointed stenographer for the state commission appointed to re. vise tho statutes. Lincoln. Dates for tho nvlatlon meet at the stato fair havo been fixed ns May 21, 25 and 26. Secretary Mel lor of tho Btnto fair board has con tracted with the Curtiss aeroplano peoplo for the exhibitions. Beroro beginning work on tho re vision or the Nebraska statutes, tho recodification commission will prob ably vieit Ohio, Iowa and Missouri, Btates which havo recently revised their statutes, and will find out how tho work was done. Probnbly ono member or the commission will go to each or these states. Judgo Post will bo chairman or the commission and J. II. Broady tho nom lnnl secretary. Among tho first dutlea or the board will be election or an ac tive secretary. A stenographer will also bo employed, f Edward Howard or Lincoln has been retained by Chler Clerk Richmond of tho hoit8o to nid him In completing nnd Indexing the house Journnl. How ard wns employed by the legislature and Is rnmllinr with tho work ho wll' havo to do. ' Tho fcdernl land office has received notleo rrom Washington to compen sato all thoso Innd owners In Frontier county who lost tracts or various acreages there when n resurvey of a section of that county was made is 1901. A'Lt-r-"- Wnrear rffT??Trw2llJ IS wLi o L MOD AT ALASKA PORT EMULATES BOSTON TEA PARTY. ARE OPPOSED TO FOREIGN FUEL Protest Made to President Taft of paying High Prices for Ship ments While Native Bed3 Are Untouched. Seattle. Private cable advice re ceived rrom Cordova, Alaska, says that a mob has boarded an Alaska steamship company's vessel that Just arrived there with a cargo of Cana dian coal and began dumping it over board. The action of the mob Is said to bo the result of agitation agalii3t the Im portation or foreign fuel into Alaska. Slnco the announcement that the federal supreme court would not con sider until In October the appeal from the decision or Judge Hnnrord quash ing the Indictment ngnlnst tho English group or Alaska coal claimants nnd that nothing toward tho opening or Al aska coal fields could be done until the court passed on the case, the peo ple or the Copper river district have been greatly exercised. Business men of Cordova and ad joining towns started a flood of mes sages to President Taft urging imme diate action on the coal cases and pro testing against forcing the people of Alaska to pay high prices for foreign coal, while the native coal Ilea un touched. Prediction of Dire Warfare. New York. Should the negotiations for peace between Madrez and tho Dla7. administration fall "the country Will be In a blaze of revolution from ono end to the other, as noon as the news gets out." This was the message received hero from Mexico City by the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church. In a let tur from Rev. John B. Butler. Confirming the gravity of the situa tion in tho capital there followed a telegram from Dr. Butler saying: "Ex citement exists. Outlook serious. Cir cumstances changed for the worse. Insurrection prevails throughout tho field.' President Pardons Nebraska Men. Washington. President Taft lias ex tended executive clemency to eight men convicted ,or federal offenses. The president pardoned Hans Kruse. Alex Raeburg and Thomas F. Bronnnn. all of Omaha, convicted of selling liquor to Indians. Executive clemency was extended because a decoy Indian sent by revenue officers, a practice the at torney general does not approve, fig ured In the case. Alleged Removal of Sacred Relics. Jerusalem. Palestine. The Inhabi tants have been aroused to the point of rioting by the operations or a party or English archaeologists who are ac cused or having excavated beneath the Inviolable Mosque or Omar and re moved relics reputed to Include the ark or tho covenant, the censer and other sacred vessels which were In tho Jewish temple. Hero Fund in Switzerland. Geneva. Announcement is made Hint Andrew Carnegie has presented $125,000 to the Swiss government to found a hero fund on the same basis as that which governs tho fund in other countries and the offer has been accepted. Several Swiss mountain guides are likely to benefit by the fund nt an early date. To Preserve the Big Trees. Washington. Representative Raker or California nnd CJilof Forester Braves have submitted a proposition to preserve the big trees in California Mr. Raker will ask congress for an ap propriation to purchase the trees as a forest reserve. Hastings Gets M. W. A. Camp. Fremont, Neb. Hastings won out ignlnst Grand Island In the contest ror tho next camp or the Modern Wood men or America In 1914. lodge F. N. Morgan or Rock county was elected state consul and Dr. W. H. Dearlng of Lushton wub elected state clerk. Get Life Prison Sentence. Oklahoma City. Albert Heiransteln IS years old. and Charles Ireland, 20, plended guilty and were sentenced to lite imprisonment ror the murder or John Rebol, who was bhot in the hand when ho resisted nn attempt to hold up his butcher shop on February 25. Defeats Proposed Reform. Springfield. Members or tho Illin ois legislature have defented the Ini tiative nnd referendum amendment to the state constitution. The vote stood 93 nyeB to 19 nays. Dr. Parker Elected President. Louisville. Dr. Moses Greely Park er of Lowell, MnBB., was elected president-general of tho Sons of tho Amer ican Revolution at the annual congress here. Permission has been granted the members or tho G. A. R. by tho popo at Rome to drape tho American fing over the casket or a veteran or that body on occasions or tho funeral In a Catholic church, and tho friction be tween tho churcheB nnd that order will bo done away with. DUMPGQA INTO S Facts About Motherhood Tho exporienco of Motherhood Is a trying one to most women and mnrktf distinctly an epoch in their lives. Nob, ono woman in a nun-; 'drctl is prepared oc understands how to proper! y care for her self. Of course near ly every woman now adays has medical1 treatment at tho Umo of child-birth,' but many approach NMiAi.i- mo exneuenco wmi nn organism unfitted for tho trial oC strength, and when tho strain is over her system lias received a shock from which it is bard to recover. Follow ing right upon this comes the nervous strain of caring for tho child, and a distinct change in tho mother results. There i3 nothing more charming than a happy nnd healthy mother of chil dren, and indeed child-birth under righfj conditions need bo no hazard to health or beauty. Tho unexplainablo thing is that, with all tho evidenco of shattered nerves and broken health resulting from nn unprepared condition, women will persist in going blindly to the trial. It isn't ns though tho exporienco came upon them unawares. They havo ample time- in which to prepare, but they, for tho most part, trust to chanco and pay tho penalty. In many homes onco childless thero aro now children because of the fact that Lydia E. Piukham's Vogotablo Compound makes women normal, healthy, nnd strong. Any woman who would Hko special mlvico In regard to this matter is cordially invited to write to Mrs. IMnklinm at I-ynn, Mass. Her letter Avill ho held in Btrict conlldencc. DIDN'T CARE TO BE DONE. Howell Ho does everything In Ida power Powell Then I'm glad that I'm nojS In his power. SCRATCHED TILL BLOOD RAM "When my boy wns about threo months old his head broko out with a rash which was very itchy and ran a watery fluid. Wo tried everything wo could but he got worso nil tho time, till it spread to his arms, legs audi then to his entire body. Ho got so' bad that ho camo near dying. Tho rash would Itch bo thnt ho would scratch till tho blood ran, and a thin yellowish stuff would be all over hla' pillow in the morning. I had to puti mittens on his hands to prevent him. tearing his skin. Ho was no weak and run down that ho took fainting' spells as if he wero dying. Ho wan almost n skeleton and his little hands were thin like clnws. "Ho wns bad about eight months when wo tried Cuticura Remedies. I hnd not laid him down In his cradle In tho daytime for a long while. I washed him with Cuticura Soap and put on ono application of Cuticura Ointment and ho wns so soothed that he could sleep. You don't know how glad I wns ho felt better. It took one box of Cuticura Ointment nnd pretty nenr ono cake of Cuticura Soap to euro him. I think our boy would have died- but for the Cuticura Reracdlea and I shall always remain a firm friend of them. Thero hns been no return of the trouble. I Bhnll bo glad to havo you publish this true state ment of his cure." (SIgued) Mrs. M. C. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario, May 27, 1910. A Delicate Compliment. "My now gown received n very sin cere compliment tho other dny?" "As to how?" "Tho proprietor of a restaurant 1 went into asked mo to sit nenr tho window. Said it would lend tone to his" place." Givo Defiance Starch a fair trial try it for both hot and cold starching, and ir you don't think you do better work, In le3s tlrao nnd at smaller cost, return It nnd your grocer will givo you back your money. Lovo never clogs a man's memory. Ho is scarcely off with tho old until ho Is on with the new. Oh! TH Awful Gas Did you hear It? How embar rassing. These stomach noisesmake you wish you could sink through the floor. You imagiue everyone hears them. Keep a box of CAS CARETS in your purse or pocket and take a part of one after eating It will relieve the stomach of gas. CASCAUETR 10c a box for a week' treatment. AllUruccltts. WcueM tciler in the world-million boxoi a wontb. wzzmi Va VA Hi J IMSPIb LltlA L H ?! 4 . - -a "iPH MUtuMaairtjgtx. .