The Valentine Democrat
VALEXTINE , JTEB.
9. M. RICE , - - - Publisher.
[ RICHARDSON TO QUIT
DEXVER TiAWYER I/EAVES DE
FENSE OP MINERS.
JProwns on Darrow Methods Opposes
Socialistic Preachments , in Murder
Trials Where Man's Life is at Stake
Two Leaders Part Company.
Attorney E. P. Richardson , of Den
ver , who was one of William D. Hay-
wood's counsel in the famous trial at
Boise , Idaho , has withdrawn from
further connection with the defense of
officials and others of the Western
federation of Miners in cases now
pending' before the Idaho courts. He
is quoted as saying that he will network
work with Clarence Darrow , the Chicago
cage lawyer , associated with him in
the case , any longer.
"The whole sum and substance of
the matter is that I cannot endure Sir.
Harrow's methods , " said Richardson.
"I do not sanction socialism , at least
not when it is coupled with the trying
of a legal suit , especially when that
case is a murder case and means a
man's life. "
MAGII/LS HELD FOR MURDER.
Illinois Banker and Bride Arc In-
Dieted.
The grand jury at Clinton , 111. , re
turned indictments against Fred Ma-
gill and Mrs. Fay Graham . Magill ,
charging them with having caused the
death of Mrs. Pet Magill , former wife
of Fred Magill. The indictments are
exactly alike , and each contains six
distinct counts.
The six counts are as follows : That
Ittrs. Pet Magill was murdered by the
administration of strychnine poison ;
that the murder Avas done by arsenic ;
that she was smothered with a quilt ;
that she committed suicide as the re-
eult of a compact with the defendants
by their advice and counsel , and that
her death was caused by the defend
ants by some means unknown to the
jury.
"Magill and wife were in the crowd
ed court room when the indictments
were read.
PROFITS OVER 2.000 PER CENT.
Pennsylvania Paid Contractor Over
$2. 0 Per Foot for Painting.
The Pennsylvania capltol commis
sion , which is at Beach Haven , X. J. ,
preparing its report to Gov. Stuart , on
Its investigation into the charges of
fraud in connection with the furnish
ing of the Pennsylvania state capitol ,
Friday made public certain papers
bearing on the contracts for the inte
rior painting of the building , which
indicate the contractor made enor
mous profits on the work. They show
John H. Sanderson , of Philadelphia ,
contractor for most of the furnishings
and decorations , paid the various sub
contractors who did the painting 12
cents a square foot and that he had
collected from the state $2.50 per
square for the same. He received in
payment more than $700,000 , and his
profits were about 2,100 per cent.
TROOPS 3IAY BE LAXDED.
Powers to Take Energetic Action in
Morocco.
An1 extraordinary meeting of the
French cabinet to discuss the Moroc
can situation was held Friday after
noon. Foreign Minister Pichon ex "
pressed himself in favor of immediate
energetic action by France to secure
reparation for the murders of Euro
peans at Casa Blanca and to insure
the safety of the Europeans still there.
Inasmuch as France and Spain .ir
charged by the Afgeciras conference
to act together in the matter of polic
ing Casa Blanca , Pichon advocated as
the first step proposing to Spain the
Immediate landing of French and
ii . .Spanish troops at the scene of the
massacre.
Connecticut Passes Utilitscs Bill.
i I The Connecticut genefUl assembly
i i has passed a bill providing for the a V
pointment of a public utilities com
mission in accordance with the recom
mendation of Gov. Woodruff. "
Slashes "Women's Dresses ; Arrested.
Peter Magoffin , a laborer , was ar ly
rested In Denver , Colo. , after he had
slashed the dresses of nearly thirtj'
-\vomen and girls on the streets. Ho
could not explain his actions.
Road to Inaugurate L w Rate.
President W. A. Barber , of the Car
olina and Northwestern railroad , tele
graphed Gov. Glenn , of Xorth Caro-
, Una , that his road would put the 2-
cent rate Into effect Aug. S.
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Sioux City Live Stock Market PiVi
Vi
Friday's quotations on the Sioux
live stock market follow
: Butcher '
'er
er steers , $5.35. Top hogs , $6.00.
St. Gnudcns Very HI.
Augustus St. Gaudens , sculptor , Is
seriously 111 at his home in Cornise ,
N. H. , and grave fears are entertained
ny
for his / recovery. St. Gaudens has
been in failing health for years. ical.
Powder Explodes ; 2 Clerics May Die.
Two kege of powder in the show
window of the McDowell hardware CO
COVz
store at Dalton , O. , exploded and W. Vz
O. Resser and Amos Mosor , clerks , na
' -gcz.fi , jrtablr f-lr/'y inured.
KOREANS IN BATTLE.
Troops Resist Disarmament and Many
Are Slain.
In a conflict Thursday at the West-
gate barracks in Seoul , Korea , be
tween Japanesetroops and disbanded
Korean soldiers forty or fifty were
killed and wounded , including several
Japanese who were arresting and im
prisoning them. Firing has ceased.
The American consulate was struck
by several bullets. No foreigners
were injured , and all are believed to
be safe.
According to official reports receiv
ed by Gen. Hasegawa up to 9 o'clock
Thursday night there were 120 cas
ualties among the Koreans as a re
sult of the riots growing out of the
disbandment of the Korean troops.
Marqyis Ito in his audience with
the emperor Thursday afternoon as
sured the emperor of his complete
safety. Marquis Ito provided the for
eign consulates with guards as a pre
caution for safety.
The Japanese military take the
credit for a prompt suppression of an
outbreak , having prepared to sup
press all garrisons in the event of a
sympathetic uprising. The imprison
ment of fugitives from the Shiawa
regiment continues.
The remainder of the Korean army
will be disbanded as fast as the re
scripts reaches the different stations.
No trouble is anticipated.
STRANGLER STILL AT WORK.
Aiiotlier Victim of Fiend in New York
City.
The excitement caused in New York
fay the recent atrocious crimes against
women and children was greatly in
creased Thursday by the discovery
.of the body of an S-year-old girl in
the cellar of an east side tenement.
The child had been assaulted and
murdered.
The body of the child was identified
as Katie Dritschler , daughter of a
German waiter. She had been missing -
ing for a week.
An examination of the body showed
she was killed in exactly the same'
manner as Sophie Kohrer was mur-
dered. Deeply imbedded in the flesh
of her neck was found a hair rib
bon , probably taken from her own
hair , drawn and tightly knotted.
The Indications that the child was
choken to death , taken in connection
with the murder of Sophie Kohrer
and of an unidentified woman by
strangulation , lead the police to be
lieve there is a maniac at large in the
city who posses an insane impulse to
kill women and children by the' same
method.
ASKS TO BJE SHOWN ; IS JILTED.
Girl Wonts to Sec Fiance's Bank Book
and Engagement is Off.
Because his fiancee , he alleges , ask
ed to see his bank book , Alexander
Katz , a real estate man of Washing
ton , D. C. , who was to have been mar
ried to Miss Frances Dubb , of Bridge
port , broke the engagement. He also
retained counsel to sue for the recov
ery of a diamond ring which he had
given her. Katz came to Bridgeport
and the wedding had been set for
Thursday. Before he left for Wash
ington Katz displayed a bank book
showing that he had $7,000 on depos
it He said : "Miss Dubb's demand
was the most sickening thing a wom
an coufld do. "
TO CONDUCT THAW TRIAL.
Martin Littleton Engaged by Accused
Man.
Martin W. Littleton , of Brooklyn ,
has been selected by Harry K. Thaw
to conduct Thaw's next trial on the
charge of killing- Stanford White. Lit
tleton was formerly president of the
borough -of Brooklyn , a lawyer and
orator of wide reputation.
. Thaw announced the selection of
Littleton after a onference'with his
"mother and wife..It is said Littleton's
fee is to be $25,000. .
As chief counsel for Thaw , Littleton
will succeed Dolphin M. Delmas , Who
assumed charge of the defense soon
after the opening of Thaw's first trial.
JJcg-islator Ward Arraigned.
Representative Charles M. "Ward ,
speaker pro tern , of the state house of
representatives and Chairman of the
ways and means committee , was arraigned -
raigned _ at Detroit In the police court
on a warrant charging him with man
slaughter in connection with the
death from a criminal operation in
1
April of Miss Edith Pressley , proofreader - .
reader for the state senate.
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Dies at End of Race.
J. William Neff , prominent in polit
ical and sporting- circles , died sudden
at the finish of an exciting horse
race held at Schenley park , Pittsburg ,
Q
Pa. , by the Schenley Ma-tinee club.
Mr. Neff drove his own entry in the
race , and just before he'reached the
end of the course he suddenly drew
rein , exclaiming , "I'm done for , " and
expired.
Now Cruiser in Commission.
With appropriate ceremonies the
new cruiser California , recently com
pleted , was placed in commission at "
Vallejo , Cal. , Thursday. CapL Thom-
S. Phelps will command the cruis
.
nuntington Funeral in Paris.
The funeral of Henry Alonzo Hunt-
mgton was held in Paris Thursday.
Many members of the American cole by
were present. The condition of
Alonzo and Elizabeth continues crit to
.
Billlk Sentenced to Hang.
Herman Billik , of Chicago , recently
convicted of the murder of Mary his
Vzral by poisoning , was sentenced to
nang on Oct. 11.
TRIBESMAN IN RAD > .
Natives and Europeans ifassacrctl in
Moroccan Port.
On the pretext that they were dis
pleased with the harbor works three
tribes Wednesday raided Casa Blanca ,
one of the seaports of Morocco , ami
massacred the native guards and even
Europeans. The other Europeans in
the city , together with a number of
Jews , took refuge on a German ship
which has arrived there. The French
cruiser Galilee sailed for Casa Blanca
Wednesday night.
The morning papers of London
comment strongly upon the state of
anarchy as revealed by the massacre
at Casa Blanca , and declare that it Is
evident that the sultan i powerless to
preservs order. The powers therefore.
they assert , are bound to take measures -
ures to exact retribution and stop the
lawlessness.
The Daily News says : "Nobody
would blame France for deciding that
it is useless to proceed with a policy
vhich merely toys with the fringe of
ihe question. In the end , however ,
the Moroccan difficulty must be solved
In Berlin before it is faced at Fez. "
The Daily Graphic declares that the
whole of Morocco is laughing at the
inability of Europe to secure Mac-
Lean's release. The Algeciras treaty ,
it says , is worse than useless , and the
time has arrived for the powers to au-
thorize France and Spain to occupy
Fez.
'It is impossible * to believe , " says
the paper , "in the face of the Casa
Blanca massacre , that Germany Avill
longer oppose drastic action of this
kind , and nothing less will meet the
grave exigencies in the present situa
tion. "
BIG SMUGGLERS CAUGIIT.
Wholesale Operations Are Uncovered
on Mexican Border.
Silviano Montemayor , mayor of the
city of Jaurez and one of the most in
fluential citizens of the state of Chi
huahua , Mexico , has disappeared.
Jaurez had been in a fever of excite
ment since the capture of a party of
smugglers and the arrest of over thirty -
,
ty persons , including six of the most
_
prominent business men of the town.
Tuesday night the federal authori
ties seized fourteen cars consigned as
coal to Mayor Montemayor , of El
Paso , Tex. , and found that five of the
cars were loaded with - dry goods ,
clothing , shoes , etc. A thin layer of
coal covered the merchandise in each
case.
Montemayor's warehouses , goods
and papers were seized also , as was the
large mercantile establishment of 'Ket-
teson & Degetau.
Yardmaster Villasure , of the Mexi
can Central , and a large number of
Mexican switchmen and car loaders
were jailed Wednesday. The authorities -
ties say that the evidence secured by'
them implicates a clerk in the Banco
Nacional , one Lecombier , and the son
of A. Aguerillas , a prominent customs
broker , both of whom escaped to this
side of the river.
ON HUNT FOR MURDERERS.
Xew York Sleuths Search for Assas
sins.
District Attorney Jerome , of New
York , has taken personal charge of
the investigation into the plots of the
Armenian blackmailers which led to
the assassination of H. S. Tavshan-
jian , and all the forces of the district
attorney's office and the police depart
ment worked zealously Wednesday to
.
ferret out more clews that would lead
to the arrest of the murderers , who
are believed to have masked their op
erations under the name of Huncha-
kists , an Armenian
revolutionary so ;
ciety. A trunk is reported to have
been found in Lowell , Mass. , which is
said to contain papers revealing the
plots of the blackmailers.
;
The grand jury Wednesday found' ' t
three additional indictments against ,
Father Martoogesian. Two indict-j
ments charge attempted robbery and \
the third extortion.
TTorsc Balks ; Gun Kills Hunter.
Telforo Tin ! , a prominent Itaiian < j n
citizen of Ladd , 111. , was killed while |
jp
returning home in a buggy from hunt jpci
ing. The horse balked , throwing him
against the muzzle of a double-barrel Ui
ed shotgun , both barrels of which
were discharged , cutting his body al- J ir
most in two.
Xcw York-Colon Cable.
Commercial service was begun Aug.
over the new Ail-American cable
laid directly from New York to Colon
by the Central and South American .
Telegraph company.
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Wrote "Blue and the Gray. "
Former Judge Francis Miles Finch
died at Ithaca , N. Y. ' , Wednesday ,
aged SO. He" wrote the ballad , "The
Blue and the Gray. " 3 of
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL. Jj
It
Schedule of Games to Be Played at '
Sioux City la.
Following Is a schedule or the West [ This
ern League games to be played at
Sioux City In the Immediate future : ' .
Des Moines Aug. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
"Pueblo Aug. 14 , 15 , 16 , 17
Denver August IS , ID , 20 , 21 ;
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Omaha August 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 '
'fro
Lincoln September 6. 7 8
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Stiletto Victim Shields Assailant. ;
Louie Gorretti. an Italian , was stab the
bed with a stiletto at Loretto , Mich. , .
an Italian with whom he had quar .
reled during the day. Gorretti refuses of
tell who cut him. He cannot live
His assailant escaped.
Posse Kills Negro- Wife Slayer.
George Thomas , a negro , who shot
wife at West Chester , Pa. , Sunday and
and then fled , was traced to a barn
near there by a posse and killed. 10
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SHOT IX THE HEAD XOT FATAH
'Bullet ' Enters Temple and Passes Out
of the Top of the Head.
At about 8:30 Sunday evening Mer-
.rlll Brown , a well known and well to
do farmer , was shot in the temple by
a bullet from a 32-caliber revolver ,
fired by W. A. Butts , his hired man.
The shooting took place at the home
1T Mr. Brown , who lives about six
miles east of Lyons. Butts got into
argument with Mrs. Brown over a
horseshoe , which he said had been
taken from his buggy by one of the
little girls , and made some very insulting -
sulting remarks to her. When Brown
came home and was told of the trouble -
ble Butts was-making , he went out to
settle with him. Words were ex-
changed between Brown and Butts ,
and Butts , who has the reputation of
k- befng a very quarrelsome person , pull
ed out his gun and took < L shot at
Brown , but missed him , and Brown
rushing up grabbed Butts and threw
him over a watering trough from
where he fired again without getting
up. This shot hit Brown in the left
.
temple f.r _ and came out the top of his
head. Butts then got into his buggy
and drove to town and gave himself
;
up to the authorities , where he was
held until Sheriff Phipps arrived on
'
the scene. Sheriff Phipps started for
Tekamah with Butts , who will be held
"there until after his preliminary hear-
Jng.Mr.
Mr. Brown was attended by Dr.
Hill , of Lyons , and who upon exsim-
inatlon found that the wound was not
'ab serious as it was first thought to
be. Brown probably will be out again
In a short time.
I Butts is a very quarrelsome person *
and has made trouble for nearly every
person whom he has worked for in
the two or throe years that he has
been in that vicinity.
W. A. Butts , who was arrested by
Sheriff Phipps , was arraigned at Te-
kamah charged with shooting with In
tent to kill Merroll Brown , whom he
had been worklngr for. Being unable
to furnish the $5,000 bond he waa
placed in the county jail.
BIG STORE BURNS AT FRIEND.
Stock anfl Building of O. E. Champe
Entirely Destroyed.
Friend was visited by a disastrous
fire In which one of its principal busi
ness houses , that of O. E. Ghape , with
all its contents , went up in smoke. Mr.
Champe's stock was valu-ed at $30.-
000 and the buildingf at SS.OOO. But
little can be gathered at this time , as
to the insurance. Champe la sup
i posed to have been Insured for about
one-half of the value of his stock.
The building was owned by Mrs. O.
,
[ . Waston and insured In the Columa
bia , Home and Aetna for $8.000.
South and adjoining the Champe store
'
was the Packard building , occupied
by Hoyt < & Dorwart as a drug store ,
and which was badly scorched and
stock damaged by water. The build
ing occupied by T.-W. Endlcott as a
hotel was partly burned , with a portion
tion of its furniture. On this and the
Packard building there was no Insur
ance. Hoyt & Dorwart are supposed
at
to have been Insured. The origin of
the fire Is supposed to have been In
the basement of the building occupied
tlu Champe as a department store and
upon whom the loss falls most heav
ily.
FIGHT ON IN NEBRASKA.
.Control of the Republican Party In
volved.
A political battle , perhaps the most
unique in the history of the state , is
now In progress in Nebraska. The
success or failure of the two factions
means absolute control or emphatic
defeat in the councils of the Republic
an party of Nebraska. Chief Justice
Sedgwick is a candidate for reelection -
tion to the supreme bench. Opposed
'to him is ex-Judge M. B. Reese. These
are the standard bearers.
Burlington Building New Car.
D. Clem Deaver , of Omaha , the ? pe-
cial immigration agent for the Bur
lington , was in.Plattsmouts looking at
the new car to be used by the Bur-
lington for exhibiting in the east the t
products raised in the west , and especially -
cially those grown west of the lOOtn
meridian. The car will be ready for .
use within a few days and will bo sent " "
tc Omaha , where the exhibits are be-
ins collected.
Argument in Murphy Case.
Judge J. G. Reeder. of Columbus ,
came to Seward and heard the-argu
ments in the Bonacum-Murphy case.
On July 30 a short session of count
.was held to take further testimony ,
and thereupon took the ca e under
advisement. It is probaWe that a de
cision will be rendered in August or
September.
A Xarrou- Escape for Surveyor.
While County Surveyor Patterson ,
* Papillion. was running a line near
the Bellevue cottage over a deep cut
the interurban road-r-he had to
throw his steel chain across the cut.
struck a live wire and the rail ,
'making a complete circuit. Mr. Pat '
terson received a severe shock and C1
chain Is iit several pieces.
Thief Gets i orty-Five Dollars.
Gus Lang , of the Farnam dining
hall , 1823 Farnam street , Omaha , was
robbed of $45 by a sneak thief , who
-entered his room and took the money
mhis trunk.
Steals Instead of Sleeps.
Some light fingered vagrant went to
rooming house at 2016 Cuming
.street , Omaha , owned by Sam Over-
.gard and asked for a room. Instead
occupying' it he took a part of the
bed clothing and made off with it.
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Frontier Day at Hastings. but
The organization of the Hastings
Frontier Festival company , with a
capital of $4,000 , has been completed ,
preparations are already under and
way for the frontier tournament Oct. on
, 11 and 12. * . the
MERCHANTS MAY GO TO COURT.
Biggest Taxpayers LJttWe to Appeal'
from State Beard Int'reJise.
The action of the state board o
equalization in raising merchandise
In Douglas county 15 per cent will add
to the assessment rolls approximately
$3:12,000 on a valuation of one-flfth.
The assessed value of this item In the
county was 52,285,434 as the figures
left the county board and the Increase
will send the amount up to $2.628,000.
The raise will fall heaviest on threw
or four department stores and whole-
saJe houses that will sustain an in
crease of about $50.000 or $60.000 on
full valuation or from $10,000 to $12-
000 on assessed valuation.
There w&re rumors Thursday that
an appeal would be taken to the
courts by some of the heaviest tax
payers , though the attorney for those
firms would not say what they Intend
ed doing.
County Assessor Heed , of Douglas
county , said he had received no offi
cial notice of the increase yet. Ho
did not care to discuss the matter Jn
detail , but said he was surprised t&at
the increase was so large. County
Commissioner Ure declared the to-
increase was unfair to a large major
ity of Omaha merchants because fost
of them were assessed high before
the raise.
POPULIST COMM1TTE 3EEETS.
. ' " : ! tinicnt is Favorable to Fusion with
Democrats.
A meeting of the populist state
committee was held in the parlors of
the Koehler hotel in * GrandIsland. } All
sections of tlie state were represented
by committee men or'party work-ors.
A good feeling T.vaa evidenced by the
reports made at tlie meetlnsr. Reso
lutions were adopted looking toward c.
close organization and the officers of
the committee were instructed to urge
that an active campaign be made In
all counties In which an organization
now exists , and the populists In eacla
county bo urged to participate In the
nomination of populists as a part
the county ticket. All of the commit-
tcernen and representatives expressed
themselves favorable to a fusion with
the Democrats for county , district an < 9
state officers. O. W. Meier , one of tlie
candidates for supreme judge , was-
present and addressed the meeting.
STATE LEVY SEVEN MILLS.
Boon ! of Assessment Places Figures
tlic Same as Last Year.
The state board of equalization
completed its work at Lincoln recently -
ly by making a levy of 5 mills for the
general fund , 1 mill for the university
and 1 mill for the redemption fund.
The total amount of the grand
ment ral cannot bo given at this time ,
because a number of the counties wcro
increased on certain Items , and this
increase has not yet been figured out.
Douglas county merchandise -was
created 15 per cent and Lancaster
merchandise was reduced 5 per cent.
The total levy of 7 mills IB the
as last year , but Instead of the
mill for the public schools , the
al fund levy gets that , Increasing thte
fund from 4 to 5 mills. . The board
promised to pass on the bill of excep- t
tions of the Union Pacific. .
BIG PROGRAM FOR LABOR DAY.
Prominent Mea Have Been Invited to
Deliver Addresses.
The Omaha Central' Labor union
committee on arrangements for the
Labor day celebration has extended
invitations to several distinguished
men to be present and address the la
boring men on that day. Among those
invited are W. J. Bryan , William H.
Haywood of Denver , President Gom-
pers of the National Federation of La
bor , and Mayor James Dahlmah.
Owing to the storm , the committee
postponed Its Tuesday night meeting
until Thursday night at which time
all the details of the tri-clty Labor
day celebration were completed.
It is expected that between 3,500
and 5,000 laboring men will take part ti
in the parade and negotiations ! are in U
progress with 150 musicians to furnish
the band and orchestra music for the
St
Wilbur People Victims.
A number of parties in the vlclnit }
of Wilbur , among them business men
of long experience , were induced to
take stock in the Egeira Fuel comSt '
pany on the representations of its | R
president. Some time ago when they I
became uneasy about their Investments -
s
ments they were told that coal from I
,
the mine would be on sale in the local
market within a very short time , .
which tinxj expired last winter. Sines1 a
,
the reef nt exposure they are very reti
cent as to their present sta-tus with
the concern.
Sheldon and 3IcBricn at Normal.
The.visit of Gov. Sheldon and State
Superintendent McBrien to the Me- '
Cook junior normal school at McCook. < ' r,1
was a notable event. The governor ,
and state superintendent both addressed -
dressed the normal and the third antr
mial graduating exercises of the' '
eighth grade of the Red Willow counrc
ty schools. j nc
t he
Xiccc of Plattsmouth Man Lost.
Henry Boeck , of Plattsmouth , has 1
received word that I in *
his ni ce , Mrs ,
Loise G. Xake , and her daughter , Jlisa aa
Xellie , were among the unfortunate PJ1
ones who lost their lies in the recent i'
collision of the ill fated steamer Co-
'mmbia and the Sa.n Pedro on the Pa.- dn
cifis ocean. $1
els
Picljpocket Cans-lit on Train. $2
Peter Peterson , of York , a passen
ger on No. 44 , was robDed by a. piok-
pocket just as the train pulled hate | and
the station at Lincoki. His pocketbook - '
book , containing $10 and receipts , '
' San
were taken.
Severe Ilail Storm at West Point. ca
A severe hail storm , preceded by a
heavy downpour of rain , broke over cei
West Point at 6:30 Tuesday evening. dei
This is the first hail storm doing any'
serious damage that has occurred forj now
twenty-five years past. Hail has fail-l tt
all around the city several timesm ! \
never in the town. .
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Tliresher and Grain Burn.
the
John Steariey'.s threshing machine
ten acres of grain were bupnecS ( Gd
Stowell's farm two miles north o j
Gibbon stock yards. . i cent
ALASKAN FARMS.
'
Acres Soon to B
j 3,000,000
f Opened for JSettler * .
l \t a distance of some HO mUr * south ,
{ of the Arctic Circle 2,080,000 acres of
j land will be opened for settlement 10
j Alaska ; on Sept. 30 , by a recent order of
J
the Secretary of the Interior. This great
tract has been bcid iu reserve for a na
tional forest around Norton bay. but the
project was abandoned , so many were
the demands for entry on land which had
been found more suitable for settlement.
The spring rush for Alaska overwhelmed
steamship accommodations and filled up-
the wharves at Seattle with household
freight , but the order of the Secretary is-
expected to prolong the rush up to th0-
approach of winter. Alaska has been in.
the throes of a general strike and tie-
up , but as usual in such cases this fea
ture is wearing itself out. Th'Si trou
bles were causedby the shortage of labor
in southeastern Alaska , owinr to the ac
tivity of railway building and tlie devel
opment of ne\v mines , culminating in a.
general demand for higher wage- ? .
Agriculture is proceeding han I iu hand
with the efforts of government experiment
orations , which are constantly determin
ing what will grow which heretofore lias-
been exotic to the soil. So fir. all the-
liardier vegetables have been made tc
'thrive , and in the large valleys of the in
terior ' experiments are being ma do. with
every prospect of success , to jrow hay ,
grain and stock feed capable of maintain
ing work animals. The great val > v along :
the Susitmi river in central Al.-i < ka , ex
tending north from Cook's Inlet aud Res
urrection bay , it is declared ha > a mihl
clisiate eii tlie year , owing to the- warm
currents of the ocean , and will grow al
most anything that is raised in temperate
zones.
The permanent white population of
Alaska is now 33,000. with GCHX > nomads
at work here and there. The increase
aini
now averages 3,500 souls a year , u figure-
niw
which tlie coming opening of lan < is is ex
pected ' to swell materially , ' .these people
shipped to the States last year § 20,389-
2S6 worth of gold , silver , copier and
merchandise ] in the form of fish products.
Cable , telegraph and mail connections are
being generally extended and .ihreckdy
Alaska is ambitious to become a State.
* ' Alicul-stw for MJPH. Eddy.
Dr. George P. Jelly , the Boston mental
specialist , and Dr. G. A. Blurnpr of Prov
idence were appointed comasters with
Judge Aldrich to examine Mrs. ilary
, Baker G. Eddy , the aged founder and
head ' of the Christian Science church , as
to her mental competency to loot after
her ' business interests. Judge Aidricb
had written Judge Chamberlin that he-
was averse to taking the sole responsibil
ity in so important a matter. Later Dr-
Blnmer declined to act and the defend
ants strongly opposed the appointment of
any doctors.
Counsel for Mrs. Eddy and her trns-
tees CJed exceptions to the appointment
of < the two directors as comasters beca so-
they are non-residents of New Hamp
shire , and a e anthorized to render a de
cision not predicated wholly upon tha
evidence submitted to them , and' ' also to
the issue framed by the court and the
denial by the court of the previous mo
tions by the defendant , all of which are-
expected to result in carrying the entire-
case , with all its complications , to the-
Sspreme Court.
France has 4.C2.J local unions , with
ftggregate membership of 781,314. "
Blacksnalce whips , whip lashes and rid
ing quirts are practically all prison made
Detroit , Mich. , secured the 1908 Conven
tion of the Steamfltters' and Helpers' "
Union. ;
Plasterers of the Pittsburgt Pa. , dis
trict have been granted a half holiday on.i
Saturday.
Wages of the carpenters of Stockton , .
Col. , were increased 50 per cent recently. .
The scale is now $4.50 a day.
Drug clerks throughout the Atlantic-
States are forming unions and joining the-
Retail Clerks' International Union.
As a result of the 'longshoremen's-
strike at New York , the exports from that
port dropped $0,944,980 in one week.
The proposition to establish an old-
age home for miners was defeated by tb.-
Iowa mineworkers on a referendum vote.
The Electrical Workers of Cleveland ,
Ohio , have asked for an increase of 5
cents an hour. The present pay is 45-
cents.
The "Patriotic Association of Labor-
Unions" has been formed at ILtniburg-
Gernmny , as a means of opposing Social
ists in the labor
movement of that coun
>
The superintendent of colonization has-
received < from the Ontario ( Canada ) Gun
ners' Association an earnest reruest for *
help to keep their
canning work * in op
eration.
A government bill has been introduced *
the Hungarian Parliament prohibiting
onpfoyes of State railnoads from Artici-
pating in strikes , under pain of instant
dismissal.
/The United Brotherhood of Carjxmters
during 1506 paid beaeOts
amounting to-
$107,000 , and the death and disability
claims during that period amounted to-
$218,202.
San Francisco , Cal. , laundry workers-
have all returned to their respective posts-
the statement is made that lor three-
years all will be quiet in the laundries of
Francisco.
Since the workmen's eoniponsation act
came into force in Great Britain , the-
members of the Dockers' Union have
re
ceived by way of legal awards for acci
dents $185,371.26 ,
Cigarmatecs' International Uaioa Is
combating a lockout ia Georgia and
.
strike at Mobile , Ate , , the latter for art
increase ofwtges. . There is also i strike
Havana , Cuba.
Boilermakers and iron shipbuikers ! on
northeast coast .
o Englautf. '
mve
're
newed their demand for an adx'aaoj.of Is
per weekon time wages and 5 pey
on piece work rates
