The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
f. M. 1UCE , - - - - Publisher.
WALL ST.EEET EASIEE
SIGH OF IIKLIKF FOLLOWS COP
PHI ! MARKET STORM.
.Apprehension Jlxists that , Insistence on
0cniSi7 ? Pattern of Steel Rails May
Intention to Defer Orders bj
At a , kilo hour Sunday night it was
announced by the clearing house com
mittee that the Heinze. Morse and
Thomor interests had been eliminated
from the banking organizations of
New York City , and in the light of this
fact the Clearing House association
announced its readiness to lend all
necessary aid io any of the banks
which luive been under suspicion , the
clearing1 house investigation having es
tablished their solvency.
It is believed that this action will
prevent any crisis in New York bank
ing circles.
WlHkun H. Havemeyer , one of its
director. * , WIN elected to the presidency
of the Nutloiial Bank of North Ameri
ca. succeeding Alfred H. Curtis , re
signed.
It u utv.kirst od that the Mercantile
NatiMKil l > an ! < will undergo a process
of skmIltiuwiution. .
The pri.uvipa.1 source of the fresh
< ] isturba rp in the stock market last
week wag traced finally to the copper
world , but before the conditions had
become miHK'ienlly well defined the
financial district was kept nervous by
all kinds tif rumors of the nature of
the trouble that was threatening. The
result \fss seen in the range of quo
tations established which presented
the Imvosi mark for several years in
: i considerable list of important stock. * .
Foreign money centers were kept well
supplied with all the alarming rumors
current and originated others on their
own Account , sending securities for
sale to this market meanwhile and re-
-strieting credits to New York in many
ways.
TAIiT AS PI1OPIIKT.
Says lie Will Likely Visit Manila in
Two "Years as Private Citizen.
At a banquet given in his honor in
Manila Secretary of War William H.
Taft made . .aaiost significant state
ment. He was referring to the fact
that he hud already visited the Philip
pine islands three times , and in expressing
pressing- his intention to come here
again he said :
"I hope Lu another two years to visit
Manila again , but then I probably will
eomo as a private citizen. "
The significance of Mr. Taft's remark -
mark l-a relation to the chances of hit
nomination for the presidency did not
| i seem t strike his audience. The sec
retary's speech Avas received with
much enthusiasm by the representative
t
tive Filipinos when he declared that
the government was anxious and ready
to help the business prosperity of the
islands.
Saturday afternoon Secretary Taft
laid the cornerstone of the first per
manent school house built in Manila
under the American regime.
: XEW KUL13 FOIL HOMESTEADERS.
Commaters" AVill Have to Prove Residence
idenceof Fourteen months.
An important change in the regula
tions for acquiring homesteads on the
public domain has been announced by
Commissioner Ballinger , of the general
land office at Washington. As an ad
ditional precaution against fraud all
persons making homestead entries on
public lands after Nov. 1 next will be
required'to prove actual residence on
the land for fourteen months before
they vfill be permitted to "commute"
the entries to obtain title by a cash
7iaymont. Heretofore the period of
actual residence has been eight
months. The ruling will not affect en.
tries made pried to Nov. 1 , 1S07.
31 rs. Ohadwiek's Ili < ? Hunk Account.
A passbook showing deposits of over
$300,0 8 in favor of the late Mrs. Cas-
sie ] > . Chadwick , in a Pittsburg bank ,
came into possession of Nathan Loes-
sen the referee in bankruptcy , Satur
day. The deposits were made on Juno
30. 11)02. ) and the referee says there ri
nothing to indicate that the account
was checked against at all.
Stabbed to Death by llobbers.
The body of an unknown man , an
American , WIK found in Pittsburg in
a dark court of a Wylie avenue saloon ,
with several stab wounds above the
heart. The pockets of the man's cloth ,
ing ho-tJ been ransacked.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
, Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
I ? City Iiv stock market follow : Beeves ,
$ o.50 96.JtO. Top hogs , ? C.15.
Fatal Automobile Accident.
In an automobile accident at Pontiac -
tiac , Mich. , early Sunday , Harry Wood ,
aged 40 , was killed , and Karl E. Smith ,
an automobile tester for a local fac
tory , had his right arm broken.
Secretary Hoot Returns.
Secretary Root , Mrs. Root and Miss
Jloot arrived in Washington early Sat
urday from their visit to Mexico. Tht ;
secretary was looking- particularly
veil.
IX 300-MILE FLIGHT.
feignal Corps Balloon Wins the Lalim
Cup.
Swinging through the atmosphere at
a speed roughly estimated at twenty-
two miles an hour the United States
signal corps balloon No. 10 , in which
Aeronauts J. C. McCoy and Capt. Chas.
{ DcF. Chandler , of the United States
signal corps , ascended at St. Louis
Thursday evening , passed over Illinois
and Indiana Thursday night , and
across Ohio Friday , and at nightfall
landed in the vicinity of Point Pleas
ant , W. Va. The distance covered on
! a straight line measurement is appro-
jimately 500 miles , and the voyage won
'for ' the aeronauts the Lahm cup.
j The Lahm cup was instituted by the
lAero Club of America soon after the
international races at Paris in 100C ,
'at ' which Lieut. Frank Lahm won the
James Gordon Bennett cup for Amer
ica. So joyful were the members of
the club at the victory that the cup
'was ' named for the pilot of the balloon
"United States , " and it was put up by
the club to be won by the aeronaut
who traveled by the "United States" in
the Paris races , provided that start
was made from American soil.
Lieut. Lahm has never held the cup ,
and this was the first time it was ever
won.
TAFT IS UXDER CLOSE GUARD.
Great Precautions Taken liy the Au
thorities.
A. report reached the local police of
Manila Thursday from a priest that
an attempt had been made to throw
a bomb at Secretary Taft while he was
attending a reception given in his hon
or at the Jesuit college. A careful
investigation failed to dsclose any
foundation for the statement.
Every precaution has been taken by
the authorities to prevent any such
outrage , the secretary being closely
guarded by insular as well as United
States secret service men. Besides it
is believed no anarchists or men of
that class are in the islands.
Secretary Taft was present Friday
morning at an entertainment given in
-his honor at Fort William McKinley.
Friday afternoon he reviewed the
troops composing the garrison of Ma
nila. Later he was entertained at din
ner by Gen. John J. Pershing , com
mander of Fort McKinley , and Friday
evening was present at a reception
given by the American club.
CASE AGAIXST , JIM HILL.
Vcnner Makes Appeal to "Federal Supreme
premo Court.
An appeal in the supreme court of
the United States has been filed in
the suit of Clarence H. Venner , of
New York , to compel James J. Hill ,
president of the Great Northern rail
way , to restore to the plaintiff and oth
er stockholders the profit of $10,000-
000 which Hill is alleged to have made
by purchasing in 1)00 ! ) and 1901 , § : M-
i000,000 worth of Chicago , Burlington
and Quincy railroad stock at an aver
age of $150 a share and then selling
to his own company for $200 a share.
The federal court of New York dis
missed the suit on the ground that the
, plaintiff did not own his interest in
the Great Northern company at the
time the injury complained of occur
red. He asks to have the issue re-
jmanded to a state court of New York
Ifor trial.
WIRELESS "LIXE" IS OPEXED.
Declared Ready to Handle Commercial
Business Across Atlantic.
i
A dispatch from Glace Bay , N. S. ,
fays :
1 Thursday morning the Marco.i
wireless station flashed to the station
at Clifden , on the coast of Ireland , a
message from Sir Wilfred Laurier.
premier of Canada , congratulating the
English people upon the inauguration
of trans-Atlantic communication.
The message was addressed 'to the
London Standard and was relayed to
the British metropolis on inland tele
graph wires. * '
After the transmission of the first
eastward message , England's dispatch
to Canada was received , and the sta
tion declared open for cominrecial
business.
MAG ILLS XOT GUILT V.
Judge in Illinois Murder Ca e Directs
Verdict of Acquittal.
A jury at Decatur , 111. , on instruc
tions from Judge Cochran Friday
night rendered a verdict acquitting
Frederick Magill and his wife , Faye
Graham Magill , of the charge of mur
dering Mrs. Pet Magill , the first wife
of Magill. In his instructions the judge
said that the state had failed to prove
the corpus delecti. The verdict was
greeted with cheers despite the effort
of the court to maintain order. The
crowd in the court room hurried for-
war and offered congratulations to the
Magills. The jury afterwards filed by
and each shook hands with the de
fendants.
New Havana Cable Completed.
The direct New York-Havana cable
.if the Commercial Cable company was
completed Thursday night , the final
splice having been made at sea 120
miles from Coney Island.
Trolley Cars Collide.
Six were killed , ten are in the hospi
tal and more than a score were injured
in a collision of two Sherman Heights
cars at Chattanooge , Tenn. , at 7:45
o'clock Friday morning.
Opens St. Louis Huilroad Y. M. C. A.
Miss Helen Gould Thursday night
formally opened the new railroad
branch of the Y. M. C. A. , at Eugenie
and Tom streets , St. Louis , Mo. , in the
.name of her father Jav Gould.
COPPER FIRM JARRED.
Stock Exchange Suspends Otto
i Ileinze & Co.
I Sensations followed each other in ,
rapid succession in the financial dis
trict of New i'ork Thursday as the
icsult of the collapse of the projected
corner in United Copper and the sus
pension of a prominent brokerage
firm Wednesday.
The firm of Otto Heinze & Co. 5 : ?
suspended on the itock exchange ,
j F. Augustus Heinze , the Butte cop-
i per magnate , resigned the presi
dency of the Mercantile National
. bank Thursdaj' .
I The Amalgamated Copper company -
! pany , at its directors' meeting , cut its
1 qunarterly dividend from 2 per cent
1 to 1 per cent.
! The directors of the Boston and
Montana Copper company declared a
' quarterly dividend of § 6 in place of a
former dividend of 511' .
I The failure of Ilaller , Soehle &
i Co. , prominent bankers of Hamburg.
! Germany , with liabilities that may
( loach $7,500,000 , was announced.
The State Savings bank at Butte ,
Mont. , of which the lionizes are the
principal stockholders , suspended.
As a result of these sensations the
stock market was halting and irreg
ular , but there was apparent feeling
that the break of the attempted cor
ner in United Copper had cleared the
atmosphere somewhat , and the mar
ket rallied before the close Thursday.
GROW1XG TRADE WITH .JAPAX.
Speedy Recovery Following the War
with Rut-hia.
That there has not been a falling
off in trade with Japan following the
Japanese-Russian war , but on the
contrary a healthful resumption of
normal conditions , was the statement
of James R. Morse , president of the
American-Asiatic association at the
annual meeting of the organization
in New York Thursday. Conditions in
China , however , have not been so
good , but there are indications of re
covery from depressed conditions.
In the secretary's report John
Foord said :
"The obviously temporary character
of the settlement of the Japanese
school exclusion question in California
tended to encourage rather than "to
check the circulation of foolish and
mischievous rumors of impending war
between the countries. All the influ
ence of your executive committee has
been exerted to demonstrate the ab-
sudrity of assuming that there could
be any serious quarrel between the
two governments in dealing with the
issue raised in California. "
James R. Morse , of New York , was
e'eclod president. Theodore 13. Wilcox -
cox , of Portland , Ore. , was among the
vice presidents chosen.
IS BiCTURE OF OPULEXCE.
Will Made by Cu-sie Chudwiek llelore
E.\posire of Her Career.
After the body of Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick was lowered into the grave
at her childhood home at Woolstock ,
Ont. , there was made public in Cleve
land , O. , a will she had made two
years before her strange criminal ca
reer was exposed.
There was a remarkable contrast
between , the pathetic funeral scene in
the little Canadian cemetery and the
picture told in the words of the will
The will disposes of over $1.000,000
worth of property. The son , daughter
and husband , a retinue of servants and
friends all share to the extent of hun
dreds of thousands. Charitable insti
tutions , ten of them , come in to th
extent of $20,000 to $100,000 each. 3n
every case of a bequest to an institu
tion Mrs. Chadwick stipulated that slv I
should receive full credit , ordering the
funds named the "Chadwick memo
rial funds , " and if buildings , wen- ;
erected they were to be called "Chad
wick" buildings.
KILLS KDITOTl FOR BURGLAR.
Fired with Vnerrin ; Aim af
Columbus , X. D.
J. T. Xeal , editor of the Columbu- ,
N. D. , Reporter , was shot and killed
Wednesday night by Mrs. R. C. Ras-
mussen. who mistook him for a bur
glar. Editor Neal was at work in his
office when he saw a house on fire
down the street. He started for iho
fire , but oil the way down stopped for
Mr. Rasmussen , who. however , l-ad
already gone. Neal attempted to en
ter the Rasmussen homo , and Mrs.
Rasmussen , thinking it i\as a burglar ,
procured her husband's riile and fired
through the door , killing Neal instant
ly.
Mr.RasmusHen became a raving
maniac when she learned who it wai
f-he had shot.
Writes 87Vortls a Minute.
Miss Rose Fritz , of New York , suc
cessfully defended her title of cham
pion typewriter at the national busi
ness show at Madison Square Garden
Thursday night , defeating Paul Hunt
er , of Chicago , from whom she won
the championship three years ago.
Wreck on the Southern.
Three were killed and thirty-seven
injured , two fatally in a collision at
Rudd , N. C. , on the Southern railway
Thursday night.
Ri Hamburg Failure.
The failure of Heller , Seohle and
company , an old banking firm of Ham
burg , Germany , was announced Thurs
day. The liabilities are estimated at
$3,000,000 to $7,000,000.
Cumberland Army Reunion.
The Society of the Army of the
Cumberland in session at Chattanooga ,
Tenn. , Thursday elected Judge I. B.
Odell , of Denver , to deliver the oration
next year.
TEST OF TIIII > KAIXA < ; E rA\v.
Property Owners Xear Fjvnsoiit , liring ;
the Action.
A number of property owners in the
Farmland. Fremont and Railroad
drainage districts have brought an ac
tion of quo \varranto in the district
court to test the constitutionality of
the new drainage law enacted at the
last session of the legislature. Lie-
sides general allegations that the law
is unconstitutional it is alleged that
the notice of the election for the for
mation of the district was not publish
ed as the law itself requires and that
two of the directors. Mayor \V"nlz and
.Superintendent Bignell. of the Bur
lington , are not property owners in
the district.Vhih - only nine persons
join as relators. thor arc said to bo
about thirty others back of the suit
and the bringing of the action was not
entirely unexpected. Thi- prayer of the
petition is that the corporate franchise
of the district be forfeited and the di
rectors ousted. It s isaid that the
principal objections which will be
aised to the constitutionality of the
law are that corporations are given the
right to vote and property qualilica-
tions are required of electors and that
properly within the corporate limits
of the city cannot be included in the
district.
Contracts wore lot .some , time ago
for the entire improvements and con
siderable work has already been done.
The case will bo brought to a hearing
as soon as possible and probably will
so to the supreme court whichever
vny it is decided here.
TilAIX ST5I1KKS FA SIMVAGOX. .
HiMiry SiivcrUruhhiSntt'er -
Which May Hi : Permanent.
While driving across the Missouri
Pacific railroad tracks on North Thir
tieth street in omuha. Henry Suver-
krubbe , a farmer living between Calhoun -
houn and JJonnington. v.as struck by
an eastbound freight train and thrown
sr-veral feet , suffering severe injuries.
Suvurkrubbe and his team were fol
lowing a number of other farm wag
ons going north , and his team was
barely across the tracks when the
n-eight train , in charge of Conductor
Richard DoOann. struck the wagon in
the iniddlo , throuing uvorkrubbe
across the street and demolishing the
wagon. The patrol wagon was hur
ried to tlio scene and the injured man
was tafcen to the Omaha general hos
pital , where he w < is attended by Po
lice Burgeon Harris , ft was found
thai he suffered from a number of
sea/p wounds , a dislocated hip. and a
severe injury to his spine , which may
lo permanent.
HI/\V nnMAKS HKXTAL WORM.
Musician Claims r > amjj e < : He Can
liloxv Horn Xo Loiter.
Asserting hr > was struck "so hard on
the head \\ith a club that dental
bridge work in his mouth wa < ? broken.
Herman Ga sor. a musician of Omaha ,
has begun suit in district court against
the AVillow Springs JJrening company
for $5,000. The alleged assault ,
says , was"commitod in the defendant's
saloon at Third and Hickory by a
bartender , while he was trying to pro
tect a friend of his from another as
sailant. The bartender , he says , had
just sold him a glass of beer , which ,
added to what ho had already had ,
made him intoxicated and reckless.
He declares the blow rendered him
unconscious , and gave him a headache
which has continued almost incessant
ly : -ince Septe. 2t > . the night of the as
sault. His jaw was also injured so
that ho is unable to blow his horn , and
consequently he is unable to earn hH
living. '
FALLS FXIJKII CAU WHKELS.
Iv eape oi' Charles Tinker from Instant
Death Miraculous.
Charles C. Tinker , of Omaha , a
young man employed in the civil serv
ice , had a miraculous escape from a
fatal injury at Seventeenth and
Charles streets.
Tinker , who lives at IT. o North
Eighteenth street , was riding a bicycle
and was following a northbound sir
car and failed to see a southbound car
coming as he turned up Charles street.
The southbound ear struck the rear
wheel of the bicycle and threw Tinker
immediately under the wheels , but by
an almost superhuman effort he wrig
gled out from under the car.
The patrol wagon was called and he
was taken home and attended by Po
lice Surgeon Fitx.gibbon , who found
his injuries consisted of a broken right
shoulder and several contusions about
the head.
Lcodom Given Six Years.
Judge llanna sentenced A. R. Lee-
klom to six years in the , penitentiary
on a statutory complaint of Edith
Mathews at Albion. The trial lasted
nearly a week , and after the jury were
out about thirty-fix hours they
brought in a verdict of guilty. The
defendant in this case was very promInent -
Inent in social and church work and
'for ' the last few years has been a part
ner in the Argus Printing House.
To Guard Against Prairie Fires.
Railway Commissioners Williams
and Clark have united in an order
which was presented to the Burlington
railroad directing that it use no more
locomotives on the Billings line of the
road unless they have spark arresting
attachments. The absence of spark
arresters , it is claimed , has been the
cause of numerous fires started recent
ly by the engines in Custer county.
Sold Unbranderi Liquor.
Three alleged jointkeepers at Shelton
will be prosecuted by Food Commis
sioner Johnson. It is alleged that they
are selling unbranded bottles of li
quor. Under the pure food law this
is a serious offense.
Sloan to Go to Prison.
At Grand Island W. J. Sloan , who
confessed to the murder of Frank Her
man several weeks ago , pleaded guilty
to murder in the second degree and
was sentenced to fifteen years in the
penitential y.
ASSAILANT SI ILL AT LAKG15.
Sheriff of IJmvju'tl County to Stakean
Investigation in l/ouprla .
The oilieers of Hall , Howard and
Sherman counties are still making ; i
search for the assailant of the daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mushier ,
who were found in an unconscious
conscious condition Saturday night.
They at first suspected Chaih-s Foster
! and a man named Jones and one of
these , it was said , was positively iden
tified by the girl , but later th" oUkers
't f-aid they were satisfied neither- was
the man and they bent their energio-
to locating a man named Hermann or
Harmon , whose home was said to b1
in Omaha , who had been with the tuo
men on the night they were in the vi
cinity of the Bushier home. Foster is
not under arrest and nothing is known
, of a report that a mob is after him in
j the vicinity ot" Cairo. Jone. * uas re-
leased.
j Sheriff Alexander , of Howard eoun-
i ty. left for Omaha to make investiga
tions there. Jones and Foster and the
| third man were associated in the junk
| business. Saturday Fetter and Jones
' together went to Ravenna to gU a
am which Hermann was to drive to
Cairo. He was on the way at the time
the assault was committed , but the of
ficers have no clue to connect him with
the offense unless it should dovelo ;
later.
l-'E.'IGTSOX FX
Aj'1-usc.'d JVrhi-t.sk : ; Mini-tor Denounce : !
Ki'cniies : : * . Conspirators.
Defiant and determined , the Rev.
Wilbert P. Ferguson at Lincoln denied
the sensational story of unholy rela
tions with Mrs. A. E. Cross , denying
her tale in eveiy particular. The de
fendant in the adultery case , which
has divided Nebraska Methodists into
factions , ascribed all his troubles to
the envy of ministers jvho were jealou.- : ,
of his advancement. To A. E. Cross , | I
husband of the complaining witness. '
he gave the credit for manufacturing j i
the plot which led to his dethrone- '
ment. His testimony amounted to a I
denial of Mrs. Cross' charges and the I !
allegation that Chancellor Huntington .
of Wesleyan university , took a prominent - j
nent part in the alleged conspiracy
against him.
The Rev. W. P. Ferguson submitted
to a cross examination in the adultery
case , lie steadfastly denied the alle
gations of his accuser. Mrs. A. E.
Crocs. Ho went on the stand again in
the afternoon. Ferguson admits being
with Airs. Cross on each'of the four
times ho is alleged to have committed
the crimes. Houever. he states that
he was present under circumstances
entirely proper.
OLD SOLDIKKS IXDFGXAXT.
Grnt ] l-3aml Memberof : Homo Fill
Suit Over Pension Order.
A temporary writ of injunction was
issued by County Judge Muliin on application - |
plication of II. D. Howell. in his own '
and the behalf of all other members
of the soldiers' home at Grand Island. !
against member' * of the state board of
public lands and buildings and the j
commandant of the home , restricting
them from collecting any part of their ,
'
pension money as attempted by recently -
ly established rule No. 17. This action - .
tion of the board has causesd intense ;
resentment and the members of the
home have joined in a determination ;
to fight the case. They have engaged
W. II. Thompson as attorney. The
petition , which is a voluminous one ,
sets forth that such rule attempts to
take property without duo process of
law. is unconstitutional and unauthor
ized by any law.
The action of the board has caused
intense interest among members of the
home.
ROCK ISLAND TIJAIX IX DITCH.
Fast K.\prcss Leaves Track \VIiilc En-
tt-rin Lincoln Yards.
Ea.stbound Rock Island passenger
train Xo. G. the through Chicago-Den
ver -.press , was wrecked near the Lin
coln city limits Wednesday evening.
Six cars left the track , three of them
partly toppling and barely missing go
ing over a steep embankment. Two
sleepers left the rail , but remained up
right. The day coach , baggage and
express cars were badly wrecked , but
not a passenger was injured aside from i
insignificant bruises. The escape of
the passengers is regarded as miraculous - i
lous with the train running , as it was.
at usual speed. The cause of the acci
dent is thought to have been a defect
in the trucks and running gear of the
locomotive tender. The track was torn
up for several hundred feet. '
Clashes Received at Xormal.
The classes of the normal school a. j
Fremont arc held at usual , except that
some of the instructors and students
have to get up an hour or so ahead of
their customary time. Classes are held
at 7 o'clock at the North school , the , '
Christian church , the dormitory and
at the houses of the instructors.
Dinner at Masonic Home.
The fellows of J. W. Rodefer , wlv
make their home at the Masonic home
at Plattesmouth. remembered the
grand old Mason by making his a spe
cial dinner at the home , and a special
program , with many presents as to
kens of their feelings for him.
Tuo Injured by Fire.
A silk skirt containing gasoline took
fire at Edgett's pantorium in Hastings.
Saul Ed get t was seriously burned
about the throat and face and was
badly bruised by jumping fifteen feet
to the stone walk below.
Waite Offered Directorship.
Deputy Secretary of State Addison
Waite has received an offer of a direc
torship in the new railroad company ,
forming in New York City for the pur
pose of building a line from Nebraska
to the Gulf of Mexico.
Live Stock Men Organize.
At a meeting- a number of stock
breeders held in Ashland an organiza
tion known as Eastern Nebraska Live
Stock association was perfected. The
organization of this association means
the permanency of the live stock show
as an annual feature at Ashland.
Laurel Man Won CIaii.
Frank Flint was the oniy one of the
Laurel citizens who registered at
Pierre who was lucky. He drew num-
her 200 and " 'II re"ure n TH'O O of goy- ' '
land.
if "a
r [ :
lOGti-IIaroIfl II. . last Saxon King ot
Kiisrland. killed at the Battle of Hast
ings.
135-1 rola di Itiensi , who thrice becamo-
ruler of Rome , assassinated.
1300 Order of the Bath instituted b-
Heiiry IV. $
1401 ! Columbus discovered America.
15H Marriage of Louis XII. ot Francc-
aml Princess Mary of island.
IDol Zwiiislius slain at Gappel.
1571 Dan Juan defeated the Turks afc
Lepanto.
157f Guiue detailed the IIuguGfioLs at
Dormans.
1G12 De Spi sons. first Viceroj of New
France , appointed to office.
,1CW Charter granted the X.CVT Nether-
lands Company.
1651 British Parliament passed Uic first *
navigation act.
IGof Massachusetts passed an acL pro
hibiting the immigration of Quakers ,
IGb'S Bishop Laval founded the semi
nary at Quebec.
1"GS2 La Barre appointed Governor o %
Canada.
1GS9 Frontenac arrived at Quebec to
become for the second time governor-
of Canada.
1G91 King William granted a runv char
ter to Massachusetts.
1709 Mons taken by the Allies.
17oo John and Charles Wesley sailed *
from England for America.
173G New Hampshire's first newspaper
issued at Portsmouth.
17a9 Kddystonc lighthouse completed.
17G. > Anti-Stamp act Congress met ia
Xew York City.
177-1 Virginians defeated the Shawnees-
at battle of Point Pleasant , on tlie-
Ohio.
177. > British vessels fired on Bristol
li. I.
177U Americans defeated by British io.
battle on I ike Champlaiu.
17SO Four thousand perished in a great
hurricane in the Barbadoes.
17S- John Adams concluded a treat ?
with Llollaud.
1SC-J French defeated the Prussians at.
battle of Jena.
IS12 Defeat of the American f-orce at !
Queenstown Drury Lane theater-
in Liondou rebuilt aud opened.
1S17 John C. C'alhoiin of North Carolina
lina became Secretary of War.
1S2G First horse power railway in ths *
United States completed at Quincy , .
Mass.
IS3G United States bank at Philadel
phia failed as result of cottou specu
lation.
1S37 Steamer Home , Mew York for
Charleston , wrecked with loss of IOC1
lives.
1S10 William I ? of Holland abdicated. '
1811 John C. Spencer of New York
became Secretary of War Alex
ander MacLeod , implicated in the
burning of the Caroline in 1837 , tried *
for murder and arson at Utica , N. Y. , .
and acquitted.
1854 Abraham Lincoln challenged Ste
phen A. Douglas to debate.
ISCiS First overland mail arrived in St.
Louis from San Francisco.
ISGO Chinese war brought to a close
by the surrender of Pekin to Lord
Elgin Prince of Wales received
i * Xew York.
1SG7 liussia transferred Alaska to tho- "
United States.
1S70 Rome incorporated with Italy by-
royal decree.
1871 President Grant issued a procla-
.niatiou against the Ku-Klus-ldan in-
South Carolina.
1877 First locomotive entered JVinai-
peg , Manitoba.-
1SS3 Two-cent letter postage wontinto -
effect in the United States .To/m
Laurence Smith. American scientist
who taught the farmers of Tnrkey
how to raise cotton , died at Louis
ville.
18S4 Xe\jr Parliament buildings in Que
bec wrecked by dynamite.
1SS5 Flood Rock , Hell Gate , New York
harbor , destroyed by dynamstc.
1SSO Many persons perished in a gale
that swept Texas and the Soufehwest.
1808 Atlantic transport steamer Mohe-
gan wrecked with loss of 10S lives.
Xaval board decided the battle
of Santiago was fought on the plans
of Admiral Sampson.
Lottery Man Fiiiert i5O < M > .
Frank X. Pitzpatrick. Boston , the last
of the men recently indicted in connec
tion with the lottery cases , was fined-SC5-
DOO in Mobile , Ala.
J.uml AVlrele.HM at Work.
On Oct. 9 the Pacific Wireless -
jraph Company inaugurated its snrvics-
setween Milwaukee and
Chicago and cam-
nercial messages are being accepted in
30th cities , the tariff being at the rate-
> " twenty-five words for 2o cents. It is
: he intention of the company to esSafcicsh
itations at Indianapolis , Pittsburg ,
Wheeling and Xew York.
Kansas City theaters ignored the Sun-
lay closing order of Judge Williams , and
: he matter will be carried to the g
iury.