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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1906)
CHURCHES MAY RUN DANCES. Deviated In Omaha a u 31 cans o Com Jiii tin ; ; Vice. A proposition is under way in Omnlia by several of the c-liurches , by which they hope to provide four halls in whtth to " S"old dances for the young people who now frequent the public dance halls of the "City. It is planned to ho-d ! these dances twice a week and to have in attendance ach night one of the church women , who "will be interested in tins work f-or the .young people. Her. B. LI. Bell is at the fcead of the plan. With a party of newspaper people , and "under the protecting wing of two city de tectives. Rev. Mr. Hell visited the darico "Jialls of Omaha and remained until a late lour to study the conditions under which many young people take their Saturday Bight amusement. After these visits one of the detectives inquired : "What arc you going to do ? They've Rot to have some amusement , these young folks. Many of the girls have no homes "where they care to invite their company and there is no place for them but the dance hallr and the parks and the thea ters. Why don't the churches get to gether on this question r-ad provide some "wholesome amusement for these young .people ? " "We arc planning to do this , " said Mr. "Bell.Yc hope to establish at least four 'imlls in Omaha , where young people may So to dance dec-ently and in order. Danc ing is a natural amusement for young people and I am heartily in favor of it. But the romping and hugging wHich I 3iavc seen to-night is not dancing. If we 'Otlabli.sh our dance halls , as we hope to do , we will have ladies in charge of the lialls who will look after the young people sind see that evc 'thing is conducted de cently and in ordor. We recognize the fact that they must have proper recrea tion and that wo must provide something ibettcr in the place of these dance halls. Vfc hope to lay this matter before the Omaha Women's Club and have their co- .operation in the matter. " Striking shirtniakers in Trenton , N. 3. , have decided to start a shirt company , with a capital stock of $25,000. East Liverpool , 'Ohio , with a popula tion of 22,000 , is one of the most strongly ! -organized cities in the United States. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men has appropriated $1,000 for the ben- -cfit of the Western Federation of Miners. Non-union garment workers In many of , .the shops of New York- State have struck \ for better conditions , and are asking to' ' 3)e allowed to affiliate with the union. Recent statistics indicate that the total : trade * union membership of Great Britain .and of the United States closely approx imate. The similitude ceases here , however - ever , as in the British Parliament laboi ias 50 commoners. Max S. Hayes , writing of the printers' .strike in the International Socialist , saya that 85 per cent of the printers are now i -working on the eight-hour day , or about J 10,000 out of a total of 45,000. About .5,000 are still on strike , and 3,000 , either ; by agreement or other reasons , have not joined the movement. Two union iron molders were arrested in Minneapolis for an alleged assault When the case came to trial they were tfound absolutely innocent. Two private detectives for the non-union foundry , who .arrested the union men , were at once put -on trial for assault , found guilty and -sentenced to GO days each in the _ work Ihouse. Justice with a cap 3 that time. Chinese residents at Panama are stren uously opposing the introduction of Coolie Jabor'on the ground that the climati con- .ditions are such that a heavy death rate is sure to follow. Every political party -in California has declared for the strict -maintenance of the Chinese exclusion act , without modification of any Kind , and for the extension of the act so as to exclude .Japs and Koreans. From the Colonial Primer and Sta- iioner. of London , England , it is learned that there is a movement on foot by the members of the Manchester branch of the typographical association which has for its object the increasing of wages for both fraud and machine composition. The em ployes point out that the existing scale of wages in the Manchester district has prevailed for 32 years. In 1S9G the em- -ployes were granted a shorter workday , -with no reduction in the wage scale. The Rhode Island State bureau of in dustrial statistics has issued its annual ycport for 1905. It shows that the num- 'ber of wage earners has increased nearly 10 per cent over 1904 , with 59,438 as rfiuainst 54,189 the previous year. In the -same period the total wages paid increas- -id more than 11 per cent , from $22,030- S30 to $25,130,300. An even greater in crease is shown in the value of products with a gain of 10 per cent , the figures -showing $120.440,252 in 1905 , as com pared with $109,140,753 in 1904. The Michigan Supreme Court recently gave the following decision of importance To all trade unions : "Workingmen have Ihc right to fix a price upon their labor iind to refuse work unless that price is -obtained. Singly or in combination , they liave this right. They may use persua sion to induce men to join their orgauiza- -tion or refuse to work except for an es tablished wage. They may present their -cause to the public in newspapers or circulars : -culars , in a peaceable way and with no attempt at coercion. If the effect in such : a case is ruin to the employer , it is dam- -jium absque injuria. for they have only -exercised their legal rights. " The report made at the New England rfabel conference of cigarmakers' unions :3it Portland the other day were most in teresting. It was shown that there is lUt one non-union cigar factory in all New England and that there are but 20 c-igarmakers employed in the six States who are not members of tlie union. Nol a. child is working in any cigar factory in ; New England. The New England confer- -cnce alone spent $20,060 on label agita tion and advertising. The aggregate enent by the local unions in addition Is at Drobablv 8200,000. Nailmnkers in England get $3 a week , * nd } n this country $30. Shoemakers in Austria get $7 a week , while in Lynn , Mass. , they get $12. The National Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers of America will hold its an nual convention in New York Dec. 3. It has been definitely decided by the Central Labor Union of Scranron , Pa. , to build a $50,000 labor temple for the use of the trades unions. The bootblacks of Montreal , Can. , are organizing , with a view of improving their condition and enforcing a general charge of 10 cents for a shine. In 1904 the unions in Llic building trades of Denmark showed the largest membership , the aggregate for 180 unions being nearly 13,500 members. The remittances to China made by coo lies or laborers at work in ofher countries is now estimated to reach $50.000,000 an nually , including $5,000,000 said to be sent home by the indentured coolies in the Transvaal mines. As compared with last year , out of 272 British trade unions , with a membership of 590,010 making returns , 22,528 were unemployed at the end of August , being only 3.8 per cent , as against 5.4 per cent in August , 1905 a big drop. Not a child is working 'n any ci ar factory in New England. The New Eng land conference alone spent $20,000 on label agitation and advertising. The ag gregate spent by the local unions in ad dition is estimated at probably $200,000. The New Jersey State Federation of Labor charges that wholesale violations of the child labor law prevail through out the State. The employment of chil dren at night work , which is contrary to ( he law , is declared to be a common pra.- tire. Rhode Island State Bureau o Indus trial Statistics has issued its annual re port for 1905. It shows ihal the number of wage earners has increased nearly 10 jior cent over 1904 , with 59,438 as against 51,189 the previous year. In the same period the total wages paid increased more than 11 per cent , from $22,030,530 to $ ° > .13G,300. An even greater increase is shown in the falue of products with a gain of 10 per cent , the figures showing $120,440,252 in 1905 , as compared witJ $109,140,753 in 1904. A Boston man just returned from San Francisco says : "While it would be a difficult problem to designate the salaries paid to the various kinds of labor , I know positively that bricklayers get $10 a day for eight hours' work , and their tenders receive no less than $5 for the same hours of labor. Stationary engineers are paid $0 a day for eight hours , and the unskill ed labor is paid at least $3 a day. Plas terers demand and receive anywhere from $ S to $10 a day. These are only a few of tlie figures , but" all the other wages can be easily estimated from these. " John Mitchell , president of the United Mine Workers of America , was asked by a Pittsburg , Pa. , reporter what the for mer thought of the entry of the American Federation of Labor into politics. Mr. Mitchell said : " "Being officially connected with the Federation , the move certainly has my hearty endorsement. As it has been made on a non-partisan "basis , it is one that will commend itself to the Amer ican voter , and , consequently , succeed. We aim in this campaign to srand by our friends and resolutely to oppose the men who are allied with the forces that can be honestly classed as enemies of the trades union movement. I ffel confident that the step taken by the Federation is the only correct way of solving the situa tion. " A. Maprazine for tlie Blind. Through the charitable impulses o' Mrs. William Ziegler , widow of the late head of t'ne Royal Baking Powder Com pany , the first periodical for the blind is about to be launched at New York for free distribution to 70,000 blind per sons in the United States. It will con tain news of the day and literary matter besides letters from the inmai.es of blind institutions , telling of their work and in terests. The magazine will be printed in both systems of raised letters , namely , Braille and the New York point. Both are composed of characters based upon the combination of raised dots , to that the blind can detect the letters and words by the finger tips moving over the embossed surface. The new magazine is fo con tain 100 pages , which are of necessity printed only on one side , and as the paper has to be heavy , each number will be a bulky book , but all books of the blind are carried through the mail without postage , and making all allowance for this , the cost of the periodical is esti mated at $00,000 per year. The bureau of education has been asked to furnish a list of the names and addresses of the blind persons capable of reading the point system. The inspiration of this charity was Mrs. Ziegler's blind son , now 40 years old , who lost sight soon after birth. Walter S. Holmes is to be editor and manager. The offices are 1931 Broadway , and it is desired that persons knowing blin'd people shall forward their names and addresses , to be put upon the free subscription list. A key to the point system will be sent free upon request. to Grow Cotton Here. A second commission representing Lan cashire , England , cotton spinners is about due at New York , invested with the au thority to buy extensive tracts of land in the Southern States for the purpose of experimenting in tlie growing of cotton , FHIIIOUM II-yiiniH Barred Ont. Bishop John J. O'Connor of the Cath olic diocese of Newark , N. J. , has in structed all of his churches to discontinue the use of the hymns. "Nearer , My God , to Thee" and "Lead , Kindly Light , " in their service. The latter might be sung \fter the conclusion of the service , but' the former never , as the law of the "hurch docs not permit the singing of any hymn that is not part t > f the litur gical service. "Lead , Kindly Light" was written by Cardinal Newman before hi * conversion to the Catholic religion. GUN DECLARED USELESS. Twelve-Inch "Weapon ] Vo Longer Pit for Coast Defence. That the 12-inch gun in USP at most of the coast fortifications of the United States would not last through an engage ment of two hours , the period that would elapse from the time the leading vessel of a fleet would come within the range until the last vessel would pass beyond the range of the guns , is the statement made by Brig. Gen. William Groaierr chief of ordnance , whose annual report has been made public. Gen. Crozier thinks that it is o ? the utmost - most importance that some method be devised whereby the necessary gunpowi er can be secured with less expense than4 that involved in using the .high velocities of projectiles now employed , with the' accompanying rapid wearing away of the" rifling , in such a manner as to destroy the accuracy of the gun after a few hours. The 12-inch gun will last for about sixty rounds , and as the gun is ca pable of firing for a considerable interval - val at the rate of forty-five rounds per hour , it can be seen that the limit of the life of this gun could he reached in less than an hour and a half. Similar statements can be made with regard to guns of smaller caliber , says the report , although as the caliber dimin ishes the admissible velocity increases. By lowering the velocity of the 12-inch pro jectile from 2,500 feet to 2,250 feet per second the life of the gun is increased to 200 rounds. The penetration of armor is reduced by the process , that of the 12- inch gun at 10,000 yards coming down from about ten and one-half inches to about nine inches and the range at which its projectile would penetrate twelve inches of armor plate being reduced from about 8,000 yards to about 0,000 yards. The chief of ordnance states that il appears , by using in the situations re quiring the greatest power a 14-inch gun , with 2,150 feet per second velocity of pro jectile , instead of tlie 12-itieh gun with 2,500 feet per second initial velocity , thd army would secure a better gun and a gun which would last four times as long. Gen. Crozier states that the Taft board for the revision of the report of the Endi- cott board on coast defenses , recommended this gun and that the department has de cided to use it in place of the 12-inch gun in situations where the highest power is required , and ( he 12-inch g'un as a max imum caliber has been abandoned. Among tlie changes made in the equip ment issued to cavalry , in fan try and ar tillery daring the . \car was that of the cup , which formerly was made of steel , heavily tinned , and which is now made of aluminum , adopted after an extensive ser vice trial. Gen. Crozier states that a number of militia batteries have been supplied with the new three-inch field artillery material and others arc being rapidly furnished with it. MOODY TO THE SUPREME COURT President Names Attorney General to Sm'feed Henry U. Brown. The President has announced the ap pointment of Attorney General William Henry Moody of Massachusetts as justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , to succeed Justice Henry Bil lings Brown , who retired some time j ago. Mr. Moody has j filled the office of Attorney General since July 1 , 1904. Previous to that time he had served for more than two years as Secretary w. H. MOODY. of the Navy , He was in Congress eight years. TALLEST BUILDING WINDPROOF. YorJc's Ilij li Structure An- uhorecl by Ingenious Method. The Singer building , now building on i Broadway , near Liberty street. Now York , which will be 025 fret high , the tallest skyscraper in the city , is to have J wind anchors so that it may be firmly braced against every gale. The wind pressure , on account of the .structure's great altitude , will be tremenl deus , and for that reason the building is to be literally tied to its foundations by an ingenious arrangement of steel rods. They will be three and a half inches in diameter and descend for nearly fifty , feet into the concrete whHi forms the , caissons resting on solid rock eighty-five feet below the curb. The lowest rod has on the end of it a great anchor plate to which it is secured. WffS&lWDS OF The St. Louis Nationals tried 16 pitch ers during the past campaign. Willie Fitzgerald is to get another crack at Harry Lewis , tlie clever young lightweight who recently knocked him cold in jig time. The boys have signed articles for a six-round scrap in Phila delphia soon. Battling Nelson will now have to find an antagonist other than Joe Gans. The Battler's manager , Billy Nolan , tried to arrange a match between the two men , but Gaus imposed conditions as to weight and splitting the purse that Nolan would not consider. John Horgau of St. Louis , Mo. , cham pion continuous pool player of the world , has formally surrendered his title and re turned the diamond - Ikimpionship emblem to the donor. Horgan's interest in bil liards , he says , causes him to give up the pool title. Ed Walsh , whose great twirling was one of the main causes of the Cubs' de feat , is the youngest member of the White Sox. He is 24. No member of the Detroit club will have a two-year contract for 1907 and 1908. Only one-year instruments have been handed out. The American athletes who covered themselves with glory in Greece have shown the ill effects of the journey since their return. Nearly all of them dis- plaj'ed poor form in the contests in which they competed after returning from tb.0 Olympic games. ] "We are now to know for six days In idvance what we may expect the to be. The United States | i Weather Bureau has had one of its i meteorologists at work for a long time j naking forecasts for several days ahead , { and he has been so successful that he ? Is to continue the work , and the bureau "I | tvill publish his predictions. He has j been enabled to make the predictions by receiving news of the atmospheric conditions prevailing over almost the whole of the northern hemisphere. The j bureau has lately made arangements to. receive daily reports from the Russian metorological service , and for some time it has been receiving similar re ports from the west coast of Europe , from the West Indies , from Bermuda , the Azores , Bahama and Honolulu. In a few months reports will be received from the interior of Alaska , and within a year from Iceland. With information of the atmospheric conditions within and around the arctic circle , it will be possible to forecast pretty clearly the place of the meeting of the air currents from the soutti with those from the north , with a consequent increase in accuracy of all weather forecasts. Rain and snow are caused , as the reader knows , when a cold air current meets a warm current saturated w&ii moist ure. Therefore the more one can learn about the existence and direction of the air movements the more accurately can he predict storms. _ * * The regulations for the enforcement of the new pure food and drug act , as promulgated by the Department of Ag riculture , require that ingredients of the package shall be stated precisely ; that no deleterious or coloring matter shall be used even in the manufacture of candy , and that adulterations shall be prohibited , but not to bar standard drugs , provided they are branded so as to show their actual strength or purity. The label must bear the name of the product , the place of manufacture and must show whther the article is a mix ture or a blend. Mineral substances of all kinds are forbidden in confection ery , and no substance may be used with any food product which reduces its quality or strength. The term "blend" applies to mixtures of like sub stances. Governor Magoou has spent much time in acquainting himself with the leaders of the opposing factions in Cuba , and has accepted the resignation of Assistant Secretary Mora and Prison Governor Moutalvo , who were believed to be responsible for the electoral irregularities - regularities which brought on the re cent uprising. The Governor visited the national insane asylum at Mazoara and unearthed a shocking condition , many of the sick being without bed or bedding or clothes , notwithstanding the fact that the managers admitted having $5,000 on hand. Investigations have been begun and orders given to imme diately improve conditions. Cuba will learn when Uncle Sam presents his bill that she cannot dance without paying the fiddler. When he made her a free and independent re- public it was on condition that she be have herself and that life and property be made safe. She proved herself in competent to maintain the stability of the republic and as a consequence the United States had to interfere. Al ready our military department has ex pended over $1,000,000 and Cuba will be expected to pay it How much more our bill will be before we again trust the reins to the Cubans time alone can tell. _ Chief Chemist Wiley of the Depart ment of Agriculture has organized an other squad of men in his laboratory at Washington who will eat regular food products containing saltpeter , for the purpose of testing its effect upon the human system. This experiment will last about four weeks , during the flrst half of which the men will eat pure food and during the last half of which they will receive a saltpeter diet. Et Is also rumored that Dr. Wiley will start a series of experiments to deter mine the effect of alcoholic drinks on the human stomach. . - a * Twelve thousand four hundred and seventy fewer names were on the pen sion roll at the close of the last fiscal year than at its beginning. This is the largest decrease in recent years. Forty- three thousand pensioners died within the twelve months , twenty-nine thou sand of whom were old soldiers. As the veterans are getting well along in vears the mortality among them will Increase rapidly for some time to come , until the heroes of the great war will be as scarce as the survivors of the var with Mexico. * Acting upon the information of Eva Stiring , the Florida ageut of the Hu mane "Society " , the President and Attor ney General Moody have commissioned Charles E. Russell , Assistant Attorney General , to go into the South and make personal investigation of those alleged practices. Mr. Moody says that he has selected Russell because he is a South ein man , a Democrat , and familiar with the existing condition in the South. it pays to advertise in this PUSH WEATHER MAP. UNITED STATES FORECASTS WILL EXTEND NORTHWARD. Washington Weather Men Hereafter to Reckon ivltli "World Condition- ! Instead of with Those oC America Aloiie Hemisphere Xow Covered. Beginning this month , the United States -weather Jimp will be extended to include a complete grasp , of the northern hemisphere. Maps are being prepared , for use by forecasters of the government , which will include Irkutsk , Tomsk and Ekaterinburg , in Siberia. In addition , the 'Icelandic low. " which means the area of low winter barom eter of the North Atlantic , soon will begin making reports by cable. The . opening of cable service to Iceland , just announced , will make this possible. Already the weather bureau receives reports from western Europe , includin London , Paris , Hamburg and half a dozen points in Great Britain. Every morning a cable from the Azores cov ers conditions in the South Atlantic region , including Lisbon. Arrange ments are near completion for daUy reports from the "Bering Sea low" barometric area. In the summer storm season the West Indies region is com pletely reported. Broadly speaking , the northern hem isphere will report daily on its weather conditions to the bureau In Washing ton. There will still be large gaps ; as , for Instance , the Aleutian Island chain from Alaska across to Siberia , which will need to be covered later by ar rangements for wireless reports , or for reports from steamships crossing the Pacific by the "great circle" route. Nome , Alaska , for the time being , will be the extreme report from American territory to the far Northwest As sodn as possible which means when observ ers can be engaged reports from in terior Alaska will be secured. For International Reports. And beyond this in the not distant future there wall be an international weather reporting arrangement , just as there is now an international postal agreement , whereDy the world's' weather conditions will be reported in co-operation and forecasts will be made , covering long periods. "We will be able , " said Chief Garri- ott of the Chicago weather bureau , "at least to notify the Kansas farmer of the outlook for weather long enough in advance to enable him to pick a propi tious harvest week. It is not only important to tell what the weather will be , but to tell how long it will last ; to forecast n rainy week and a fair week. We will be able to inform peo'ple when it will be safe to cut their hay and allow it to cure on the grounds , or to notify a farmer whether a coming week will be safe for cutting liny. A State fair manage ment will be able to learn at the be ginning of its week of entertainment whether the weather is likely to be good , or whether a postponement would be desirable. " The greatest land area on earth Is the immense continental plain from St. Petersburg east to the Pacific 7,000 miles in extent. This area has more tg do with making weather than any oth1 er such area on earth , because land is subject to greater extremes of heat and cold than water. Hence , to fore cast weather , it is desirable to know conditions prevailing over this land area. It is this that the weather bu reau has arranged to do. The arrangements just closed with the Central Physical Observatory at St. Petersburg will secure reports from the points named in this great area j of land expanse. With them the whole I realm of possibilities of weather fore casting will be vastly enlarged. Washington - j ington for the first time will be able to reckon intelligently with world con ditions , and as the experts become fa miliar with these conditions in detail , they will make accurate forecasts for a far longer time than ever before. Kansas City lodging houses appear to be the kind not to build. The cab strike in New York won'fc'hurt just now , while so many other wheels are going round. , Perhaps Miss Krupp was glad to get the Kaiser's consent , but really it was none of his affair. That Nicaraguan hurricane which - . . - ed nine men was more destructive than a Cuban revolution. It is being proved by the investigation in Chicago that the talk about a grain trust is not all chaff. The New York magistrate who com mitted his own cook to jail is a martyr to the law's conventions. Had it not been for Pocahontas the long line of American John Smiths might have been cut off right at the start. Ex-Senator Burton has established a j precedent , but he gets no credit for it. The men who robbed the Aux Vasse ( Mo. ) bank were not trust magnates. They overlooked $70.000. Gen. Funston doesn't need to be popu lar in Cuba. He has enough popularity in the United States to last a while. The question of the lady or the tiger isn't to be compared with the mystery of the note in the Weightman will case. * It seems to be the general consensus of expert opinion that the way to get lasting peace in Cuba is with , a shoe last. THE WEEKLY 1G22 Surrender of Manhoim to Tilly. 1G40 Long Parliament began. 17GO Foundation stone laid for Black- friars bridge across the River Thames. 17G9 La Salle arrived at mouth of the Miami. 1795 French Directory chosen. 1SOG French occupied Hesse Battle of Strelitz. 1812 French defeated Russians near Wiuzma. 1814 Americans abandoned and de stroyed Fort Erie. 1837 Constitution of Hanover abrogat ed by royal ordinance. 1854 Battle of Inkerman. , 1850 Visit of Victor Emmanuel of Italy to Queen Victoria. 1SG1 The Confederate schooner Bermu da , ran the blockade at Savannah Gen. McClellan succeeded Gen. Scott as commander of armies of the Unit ed States. 1862 Gen. Burnside succeeded ( Jen. Mc Clellan in command of army of the Potomac. ISG4 Confederate ram Albemarle de stroyed by Lieut. Cusliing Nevada admitted to the Union. 1SG7 Gen. Sherman announced Hie In dian war at an end. 1871 Eleven women and children killed in panic in negro church in Louis ville. 1872 Monument to Sir Walter Scott un veiled in Central Park , New York. 1889 Presidential proclamation declar ing North and South Dakota States of the Union. 1890 Grand hotel , San Francisco , de stroyed by fire The first Japanese parliament opened. 1891 Maverick National Bank , Boston , failed President Foneeca pro claimed himself dictator of Brazil. 1892 Celebrations in honor of Luther at Wittenberg. 1894 Nicholas II. proclaimed Emperor of Russia The new "serum cure" for r'.phthcria announced by Dr. Roui of Paris. 1895 Two earthquake shook' ? felt in many of the Western States. 1898 American peace commissioners demanded whole of Philippines from Spain American naval reserva tion established at Honolulu Russia mobilized a strong naval fleet at Port Arthur. 1900 Cuban constitutional conven'-on opened at Havana. 1902 1 British cable completed around * he world Fifteen killed and seventy injured by explosion of election fire works in Madison Square , New York. 1903 ] New Irish land act went into op eration Panama proclaimed its independence. 1904 Liberals victorious in Canadian elections Russian warships left Vigo , Spain , for the East Eva Booth appointed commander of the Salvation Army in the United States. J.90r j Five thousand Jews reported killed in Odessa during tlie riots. Taft , on his western speechmaking ; tour , pointed out that if Hearst were elected Governor he would immeasurably overshadow Bryan in the contest for the Democratic nomination. Attorney General Moody and United States Senator Knox made speeches for the regular Republican ticket in Pennsyl vania , and both took occasion to declare that local and municipal abuses within the party should be remedied. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down , by the regular Republican leaders , State Treasurer Berry of Pennsylvania filed with Attorney General Carson a detailed statement of the overcharge and irregu larities in connection with the comple tion of the $13,000,000 State capital. He said there was a system of bidding , by which the price paid for work exceeded the bid many fold. Attorney General Carson replied that the proofs were in sufficient to substantiate Berry's conclu sions and refused to act. Postmaster General Cortclyou has an nounced his intention of retiring from the chairmanship of the Republican na tional committee before he becomes Sec retary of the Treasury , and it is expected that Harry S. New of Indiana will take the vacant place. Philadelphia papers have made public affidavits which declare that Dr. Swallow , the preacher prohibitionist leader , had negotiated with Senator Penrose and had received $5,000 for his attack on Emery. The deal is alleged to have been made through a third party. Dr. Swallow im - mediately brought action for libel.