ffhe Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
. 3L IIICE , . . . . Publisher.
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WANT VICE ADMIRAL
NAVAL. OFFICIALS WOULD BOOST
"FIGHTING HOB" EVANS.
Blight OjJiiositori U > the Proposed Ad
vancement Expect/xl on Account of
the Approaching Retirement of Ev
ans.
The great battleship fleet which is
make. Its Avay from the Atlantic to
the Pacific will probtbly be command
ed by a. vice admiral. That officer is
now Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans.
Of course , this is conditional upon
congress giving its sanction to the pro
posal to establish ths new rank. Rear
-\dmiral Evans is going to sail in com
mand of the most powerful fleet that
ux-er gathered under the American
lias. Not only that , he commands
more battleships of modern type than
any other naval officer in the world ,
and the only officer whose blue pen
nant floats over a more numerous
Jleet ofaids of warships is Lord
fard , and he is of great-
than a A'ice admiral , being an
iidrniral like Dewey.
On this cruise the American fleet is
to touch In many foreign ports and isle
lo exchange courtesies with foreign
tlecls iu several places. The navies ot\ \
all thus * . ! countries contain officers of
fthe grade of vice admiral -which would
.make the American commander's po
sition humiliating. It is pointed out
in Admiral Evans * case that not only
is he by his remarkable serA'ice rec
ord entitled to this adA'ancement , but
-my objections to the creation of this
mew grade that might be broached in
congress Avould be overcome by point
ing to the fact that as Admiral Evans
retires next August the office Avill beef
of shf.-t duration.
ROOSEVELT AT 49.
J'resulcnt Indulges in No Special Cel
ebration of 11 is Birthday. (
Sunday v/as President Roosevelt's
49lh birl.hday. No celebration mark
ed the event. He did not depart from
3iis customary Sunday program of
worship. Avork and recreation. The
day was spent at the White House
fireside in a quiet family rejoicing.
Congratulations in large numbers by
mail , telegraph and telephone were re
ceived at the White House during the
day.
President RooseA'elt attended ? er\--
Ices in the morning. In the afternoon
in a. dOAvnpour or rain the 'president ,
iiccoinpanied by the usual guard , went
out for : t long cross country Avalk.
Sunday night President Roosevelt re
ceived the Hungarian club , of New
York , in the east room , where the
visitors extended the chief executiA-e
their congratulations. It is the cus
tom of the Hungarian club to A'isit
"Washington on President Roosevelt's ?
birthday lo pay their respects.
IN BLOODY PISTOL FIGHT.
-Woman Killed and Her Husband Seri
ously Wounded.
Mrs. B. Molzalin Avas shot and kill
ed , her husband. Dr. Molzalin , Avas
shot and seriously Avounded and Chas.
3IcElvoin Avas slightly AA'ounded in a
pisloi duel between McElvain and
Molzalin at the latter's home at Ra-
vemvood. Mo. , Sunday night. Sunday
Molzalin droAe into the country and
returned home unexpectedly , finding
McElvain Uiere. IVIcBlvain fled and
Dr. Molzalin and his wife engaged in
a fight. IVIcEh-ain returned armed
with a. pistol and began shooting. One
of the bullets killed Mrs. Molzalin and
four struck her husband.
FROM : OCEAN LINER.
Jlerbcrt Parkin Was on His Way to
Kansas to Bo Married.
Herbert Parkin , a passenger on the
steamer Baltic , which arrived in New
York Sunday from Liverpool , leaped
overboard last Sunday night and Avas
lroAvnod. Parkin gaA'e a felloAv pas
senger the address of a AA'oman in
Hull.Ens. . asking that she be notified.
Then ho rushed to the rail and jumped ,
OA'erboard. The liner Avas stopped ami
lifeboat loAvered , but no trace of the
man could be found. Parkin was on
Oils way to Kansas , where it is said ha
Avas soon to haA'e been married.
Cen. Booth In Piltsbiirg.
Gen. William Booth , of the SaK'a-
tion army , who Avas suffering from ex
haustion upon his arrival at Pittsburg ,
Pa. , Saturday from Columbus , O. , at
tended three meetings Sunady in the
-Alvin theater and was apparently
much improved.
Sioax City I/ivo Stock Market-
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
xCity live stock market follow : Top
beeves , ? 3.00. Top.hogs , 55.GO.
I5ig Fire hfl Nome.
Fire at Nome on Friday caused
property loss of about § 000,000. The
Second a\'enue office building , one of
.the largest of the kind in the town ,
lA-as destroyed at a lors of $50,000. The
flre' burned for four hours.
Mexico to Boost Rates.
It Avas authoritatively stated that n.
.general Increase in the railway rates
of the country Avould * go into effect in
near future.
SPY IN FRENCH NATT.
Paris Stirred Over Arrest of Hebrew
Ofliccr.
The arrest of Ensign Charles B. Ull-
mo , of the French navy , at Toulon
Friday on the charge of being a spy ,
and Avho later confessed to haA'ing ab
stracted a secret naval signal book
and the naA'al cipher code , Avas folloAA-
ed by the arrest at Vendome of an
officer of the name of Berton , who is
'charged Avith negotiations Avith an
agent of a foreign poAver for the sale
'of ' military secrets. The arrests are
creating a great stir , and as Ullmo is
a Hebrew the papers term this case
a second Dreyfus affair.
It appears that Ullmo offered cer
tain documents to the minister of ma-
rlne for $30,000 , saying that unless
his offer was -accepted he Avould sell
them to a foreign poAver. A dummy
correspondence Avas begun , ending
with. Ullmo's capture. A search of his
lodgings reA'ealed that he not only
possessed the secret code signals , hut
Avas in possession of complete plans
for the mobilization of the French
naAy , the location of harbor mines in
the cA'ent of Avar , photographs of the
mechanism of France's famous 75-
'millimeter field gun , etc.
A BABY'S RIGHT TO SUCK THUMB
Ix > s Ang-eles Couple Could Not Agree
and \Vomaii Seeks Divorce.
The bone of contention betAveen Mr.
and Mrs. Yvralter A. Mayr , of Los An-
'geles , Cal. , in a suit for divorce filed
by Mrs. Mayr is : "Has a baby a right
.to . suck its thumb ? " They could not
agree on the subject and the conten
tion of Mrs. Mayr that babies ought
'never ' to suck their thumbs , while Mr.
Mayr held that it Avas the natural right
of babies and Avas backed up by phy
sicians , AA-hose advice he had sought on
'the subject , led to serious results.
Mrs. Mayr also had seen seA'cral
doctors and they all declared that
sucking the thumb spoils the shape of
the mouth and weakens the 'thumb.
From time to time the Mayrs quarrel
ed on the subject of thumb sucking by
the baby , and AVhen Mayr AA'as absent
his wife put mittens on the infant's
hands , but when Mayr returned he
made a diA-e for the baby to take the
mittens off , and in the ensuing strug
gle Mayr , according to testimony ,
'shoved ' his wife away and slapped her
jface.
LABOR LEADER , ENTERS YALE.
Comes from Montana to Study Law ,
Though Over oO Years Old.
, Michael Haggerty , of Butte. Mont ,
over 50 years old , has entered the Yale
law school. He came east with his wife
and two children. His wife Avill study
elocution. Mr. Haggerty was a labor
leader. He holds the age record
among those Avho haAre entered the
university in recent years.
Mr. Haggerty was twice elected com
missioner of Silver BOAV county , Mont ,
and was also secretary of the Miners'
union of Butte. He Avas an official in
the Western Federation of Miners for
seA-eral years. He studied for the
priesthood AA-hen a. young man , but
Avas obliged to go Avest because of ill
health. He intends to return to Butte
and become counsel for the Miners'
union. His Avife is planning to give ad
dresses on socialism.
TO FIGHT AGAINST PLAGUE ,
v
CoA-crnment to Send Man to Seattle to
Take Charge of Situation.
Surgeon General Wyman has wired
to the governor of Washington notify
ing him that Dr. Gofer , of the United
States public health and marine hos
pital serA'ice , Avould take charge of the
bubonic plague situation in the Puget
sound. Dr. Gofer has experience AA'ith
the disease at Honolulu.
The deaths of Patrolman Osborne
and two sisters and an undertaker's
assistant named Eddy , Avho laid out
Osborne in Seattle , are being hwesti-
gated. Osborne's serA'ice was in the
oriental district. Laboratory tests point
to bubonic plague.
Murder of Miss Sapp.
The preliminary hearing of Samuel
F. WhitloAV , of lola , Kan. , merchant
and a man of family , charged with the
murder of Miss May Sapp , at Moran ,
Sept. 27 , by cutting her throat with a
razor , was held at lola Thursday.
Whitlow declared Miss Sapp commit
ted suicide because he refused to
elope with her.
Army in Hilling Test.
Thirteen field officers of the United
States army at LeaA'enworth , Kan. ,
Friday took the fifteen-mile test ride
recently ordered by President Reese
A'elt under the personal superA'ision of
Brig. Gen. Charles Morton , command
ing the department of the Missouri.
Tight Shoe Costs Leg.
The simple rubbing of his toes by a
tight shoe 'brought about the loss of a
leg to George Ulmer , of Pottsville , Pa.
Blood poisoning resulted in gangrene
getting into the toes and foot and the
right leg had to be amputated beloAV
the knee.
Eat Peanuts ; Groxv Thin.
Dr. T. J. Allen , of Aurora , 111. , when
he entered upon his fifth day of a six
ty-day fare of peanuts , had lost frve
and one-half pounds in weight.
To JlcnoAV Land Fraud Case.
It is announced that Tracy C. Beck
er , an attorney of Buffalo , N. Y. , Avill i
be appointed special attorney general
to review the Southern Pacific land r
fraud case in California and Oregon.
Japan Buys American Rails.
A contract for steel rails amountIng -
Ing to 15.000 tons 3s said to have been i :
closed between the United States Steel
corporation and the imperial railway { .
of Japan. '
DIE IN EARTHQUAKE.
Hundreds of Lives Are Lost in
Italy.
At C o'clock Thursday cA-ening about
200 bodies Avere taken from the earth
quake ruins in Italy. It is IIOAV esti
mated that the deaths will surpass 500 ,
but it is not possible to get accurate in
formation on this subject , as many A'ii-
lages are still cut off by the floods and
the destruction of roads and the tele
graph lines , and no Avord from them
can be head.
The shocks continued Thursday
night but they Avere slight. The coun
try is still in a condition of apprehen
sion , Avhlch is increased by each trem
ble.
In spite of the torrential rain thr.t
Ava's falling the surA'iA'ors absolutely re
fused to remain under cover. They
made their beds in the open. Mat
tresses Avere spread about the squares
and people cared for themselves and
their children as best they could. The
only buildings that the frightened people
ple Avould consent to enter are the
churches , and even there they would
not stay long. Sacred relics haA'e been
exposed in the cathedral of Catanbaro ,
and this served in a measure to calm
the population.
The details received in Rome re
garding the earthquake Wednesday in
every Avay tend to shoAV that the dam
age done Avas much more extensiA'o
than at first estimated. The first shock
fortunately brought most of the A'il-
lagers into the open , and many suc
ceeded in making their escape to the.
hills and open plains.
TELLS HOW TO FARM RIGHT.
Wilson Issues Warning Against Rob
bing of Nature.
"Farmers feed the people as no people
ple OArer before Avere fed and soil in
foreign markets a surplus of $1,148-
000,000worth of his products , " said
Secretary Wilson , speaking in Syra
cuse , N. Y. , on "The Unproductice
Farm. " "Prosperity quite up to the
average of human success attends in
telligent management of farm affairs
nowadays. No class of people live
better , enjoy life more , or contribute
as much to the wealth of the republic.
These are the strong things to be
said. Syracuse asks us to consider a
Aveak link in the chain unproductive
farms. It is a wise move , and it
AA'ould haA'e been commendable in ev
ery state to make such inquiries at
any time during the last century. The
call comes late ; the eA'ils to be reme
died haA'e traveled far in all the states.
"The people of the United States
haA'e Avasted their inheritance of lane
and Avoods , of fish in the Avaters , and
minerals in the earth. The soil has
been robbed in the east and south and
Avest. We haA'e reached A'ery high
prices for farm products : we sec n.
Avood famine and A'ery high prices for
fuel. Prices of lumber haA'e doubled
in less than a decade. This conA'ention
has been called to consider decreased
productiA'eness of the soil near great
centers of poupulation. Such conA'en-
tions might Avell be called in all the
states of the union. They are all soil
robbers and Avood robbers and Avater
robbers and mine robbers. "
JTtS ESCAPE MIRACULOUS.
Lineman Survives Shock of 0,600,000
Yolts of Electricity.
Walter Shore , of Spokane , Wash. , 27
years old , surA'ived 6,600,000 A'olts of
electricity from a single phase alter
nating current in the Spokane and In
land Empire railAvay system at Colfax ,
Wash. , Avhere he Avas employed as
lineman. His left arm and leg AA'ere
so severely burned that amputation
AA'as necessary to save his life. Dr. E.
R. Northrup , the company's surgeon ,
Avho performed the operation , says he
cannot understand IIOAA' it is possible
for a living being \vilhstand such a
shock. He added that Shore's escape
is nothing short of a miracle , and says
unless complications , IIOAV unlocked
for , set in he has an cA'en chance for
recoA'ery.
. "Bridal Boat" Arrives.
Nineteen bridal couples returned to
New York from their honeymoon on
the Bermudian from Berumda. This
is a faA-orite trip for noAvlyAveds OAving
to the climate of the Lily isle and of
the short time required to make the
tour of the GG5 little islands of the
group.
Wyoming Jtdge is Shot.
William Lepper thirty years a resi
dent of Laramie , Wyo. , shot Judge
Charles W. Brommell three times and
then bleAv out his oAvn brains. Judge
Brommell is still alive. Lepper Avas
dissatisfied AA'ith Brommell's conduct
of a laAvsuit for him.
Treasury Statement.
Thursday's statement of the treas
ury balances in the general fund ex
clusive of the $150,000,000 gold re
serve shoAA's aA-ailable cash balances ,
$230,559.534 ; gold coin and bullion ,
$33,1S2,6GS ; gold certificates , $83-
658,100.
Four Arc BOAAII to Pieces.
No. 2 mixing mill of the Atlantic
Dynamite copany's factory , six miles
southAA'est of Ashland , Wis. , blew up
Thursday. TAA'O hundred pounds of
nitroglycerln exploded. The cause is
unknoAvn. Four men Avere killed.
LCA-CC Strike Ends.
The IcA'ee strike at NCAV Orleans , in
volving 10,000 men , mostly cotton
landlers , ended Thursday night The
Tien agreed to return to Avork pending
Inal adjustment by arbitration.
Both Over a Century.
Death has claimed Ferdiando Caler-
nello , 103 years old. His wife died
ast spring , aged 102. She AA-as said
.o have been the oldest woman in the
Jnited States *
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END OF COl'KSING MEET.
Supply of Jack Hibit.s Fall ? . Short at
Minden.
Friday say the conclusion of the na
tional coursing : meet at Minden with
the running' of the Derby , which was
finished with a single round. The
meeting was to have gone over until
Saturday night , but the supply of jackrabbits -
rabbits ran out , and it was impossible
to secure more than enough for the
single round of Friday.
First and only round of the Nation
al Derby .stake :
Big Surprise , owned by B. E. Shepard -
ard , lost to Toronto Boy , owned by
Frank Nelson , : i to ft.
Prince Charles , owned by H. C.
Lowe , won against Never Can Tell ,
owned by Kverson < Long , 4 to 0.
The Model , owned by C. Courte-
mash , won against Kearney Lady ,
owned by O. S. Shreve , 8 to 3.
Assegai , owned by Dayton &
Grimm , won against Princess Phyllis ,
owned by D. P. Smith , 4 to 0.
Prince Charming , owned by H. C.
Lowe , won against Ed Patton , owned
by Frank Nelson , S to 3.
Fleeting Shadow , owned by Dayton
& Grimm , won against Humble Home
steader , owned by J. J. Home , C to 2.
Pretty Polly , owned by 11. C. Lowe ,
won against Limerick Girl , owned by
Donegan & McXamara , G to 2.
Daisy Si C'lair , owned by Charles
Cofelt , AYOSS against Nellie Greenwich ,
owned by C. Courcmash , ( J to 2.
Joe Parton , owned by H. C. Lowe , I
won against Lady Ross , owned by Ed i
Rogers. S to 4. I
Highland Lad , owned by Hansen &
Cash , won against Sam Barleycorn ,
owned by Wh.iteh.air & Scanlon , 3 to 1.
Kearney Lad. owned by Hanson < fc
Cash , Avon against Lady Blackluit. i
owned by A. D. Salesbury , to 2.
Wolf Tone , owned by Donegan & i
McXamara , won from Romeo St. j
Ciair , owned by Hanson & Cash , 4 to3. i
Rowena , owned by , Dayton < &
Grimm , won against Gcnevieve , owned
by J. J. Laven , 4 to 3.
Rustling Leaf , owned by Dayton &
Grimm , Avon against Secret Dispatch ,
owned by E. II. Gordon. 5 to i.
MISSOURI PACIFIC AVILL OI1EV.
Speed I/unit Order Little Slower tlum
Present Kate.
Twenty-five miles an hour does not
mean fifty miles an hour on one
stretch of track and seven miles an
hour on another , according to the con
struction placed on the words by tlte
Nebraska railroad commission.
The recent speed limit order of the
board directed against the Missouri
Pacific road proved that passenger
trains should not inn over the line to
exceed twenty-five miles an hour. A
letter has been received from a high {
officer of the line informing1 the com
mission that the road would be glad
to conform with the ruling , more es
pecially as their present rate of speed
from Lincoln to St. Louis does- not
exceed twenty-seven miles -an hour.
It is surmised that the high official
above referred to must have chuckled
several chuckels as he dictated the let
ter , but if the commissioners have
their say the last laugh will be long
er.
Thursday the commissioners set
about informing the Missouri Pacific
that the speed of no passenger train
on its Nebraska , tracks shall exceed
twenty-five miles an hour. It has been
the custom to exceed the average
speed greatly on portions of the right
of way and to reduce it at other plae-\j
es where the low joints cause small
earthquakes. Nothing of the kind will
be permitted.
The Missouri Pacific informed thv
commission that from September 21
to October 19 the section men in Ne
braska have imbedded in the right of
way 18,000,000 new ties.
NO FAVORS TO CIIAHATIES.
Must Pay Full I laic to Public Service
Corporations.
In a ruling made at Lincoln the
Ftate railway commission says that
charitable institutions must be treat
ed the same as individuals by common
carriers ; in other , words , that no dis
crimination can be made in their fav
or. The ruling was asked conjointly
by the Nebraska Telephone company
and the Child-Savings institution of
Omaha , the latter asking a reduced
rate on a telephone , which the com
pany was willing to grant provided it
was not construed as a violation of
law.
l./tuvrcnea Uncle at Desk.
Ed Lawrence , bond clerk in the of
fice of Auditor Searl at the capitol.
who has been trying to be sick , is back
at work. He doesn't feel sick , but he
doosn't feel as well as he thought h < :
would , and he didn't think he would.
Mrs. Lawrence has been doing the
work in the bond department during
his absence.
Automobile Goes in the Pilch.
The H. B. "Walron touring car went
into the ditch about tlvnee iriles east of
Elkhorn when on-the way to Omaha
carrying besides the owner , who drove
the machine , Mrs. P. G. Rohwer , Miss
Jeannette Pedtrson , M. L. Mancock ;
and Charles Neil.
Football Player Injured.
Cecil Hess was injured internally
and had his leg broken in two place ? "
while playing football at the West
school in Beatrice.
? 7mv Bank for Khnbull.
A $30,000 National bank was organ
ized by the business men of Ximbal !
recently. The stock has all been sub >
scribed by home men. A two-story
) iiilding will be erected as soon as po- [
ible and it is expected to be ready fo :
'business by Jan. I. >
Baptists Gather at Hastings.
The preliminary sessions of th.-
laptist state convention were held at
Lincoln. The board of managers 01 ;
the Young People's union met in con 21
ference.
OMATIA LEADS FOll .EXPORTS.
Given Jrcferi'mv by Grain linycrs 01
Inspection Certificates.
Among the primary grain markets
of the United States , Omaha is IIOAV
given preference by buyers for export
shipments and Omaha certificates of
inspection haA'e been groAving in A'alue
each month since the rules of inspep-
tion Avere formulated by the grain
congress in response to the demands
of European buyers.
Secretary McVann. of the Grain exchange -
change , has been made acquainted
with the fact that Omaha certificates
are much in demand by one of the
largest grain firms operating in the
Omaha market and it is said the in-
spectators there fcavc been among the
first to observe all the provisions asked
by the European International com
mittee in January , 1U07.
The reputatfon of a grain maricet
depends very largely upon the honesty
and elliciency of the system of inspec
tion maintained in the market , accord
ing to European buyers. In this re
spect the Omaha market is fortunate
and the certificates are not only rec
ognized by the great consuming mar
kets of the United States , but are
being made the basis for direct ship
ment of Omaha grain to many foreign
countries.
As a result of this several big grain
firms announced Thursday that they
hatl closed sales of grain for direct
jOiipment both by Atlantic and gulf
ports.
A representatiA'e of one of the ex-
porting firms , Avho closed contracts
for large shipments of grain , stipulat
ed in the contracts that the grain
should be inspected by the Omaha
Grain exchange , and remarked in con-
nection Avith the matter , that the best
grain his firm had been able to buy
for export came from Omaha and that
they had complete confidence in the
inspection maintained at that mar
ket.
1XTEHKST IX CASE OF WAKE.
Many Friends of Episcopal Clcrgyinoi
Believed Him Innocent.
The action of the United States su
preme court in refusing to grant a. re
hearing of the case against Rev. Geo.
G. Ware on a writ of certiorari to the
federal circuit court of appeals of the
Eighth district , has revived local inter
est in a case that attracted more atten
tion than any of the large number of
prosecutions which dragged their
length through the federal courts in
Omaha within the land fraud indict
ments. Rev. Mr. Ware had friends in
Omaha who believed in his innocence ,
strong as the evidence was against
him and they were hoping to the last
for favorable action by the highest tri
bunal in the land. They must now re
sign themselves to the inevitable of
seeing their friend pay a fine of § 1,000
and serving one year in the Douglas
county jail.
"When Rev. Mr. Ware was sentenced
by the court in Omaha so thoroughly
did RPV. G. A. Beecher , dean of Trin
ity Cathedral , believe in his innocence
that he arose in the court room and
actually begged to be allowed to go to
jail and serve out the year's sentence
of this , his brother in the clotli But
the court could not entertain his prof
fer.
ITALIAN WITNESS RUNS AWAY.
Man on Trial for Murder Accused An
ton Albani of Killing.
Anton Albani , an Italian , as a wit
ness in the Washington murder case
before Judge Troup at Omaha , has dis
appeared and efforts of the county at
torney to locate him have failed. Al
bani is known -to have gone to Council
Bluffs a short timme ago , and from
there he is said to have gone to work
on a farm somewhere in Iowa , but
this is as near as he can be located.
Albani was among a number of Ital
ians arrested on the suspicion that
they knew something of the murder
of Anton Kasper. Washington went to
the police station and told the police
Albani Avas the guilty man , when he
himself Avas arrested and charged with
the crime. It Avas the intention of the
prosecution to put him on the Avitness
stand to deny his connection with the
murder , but he disappeared.
Tceuinseh for Leajrue Ball.
The baseball fans of Tecumseh are
interested in the movement made in }
Grand Island for a state league anoth-
r year. It is conceded that independ
ent base ball in this state the last sea
son was a failure from a financial
standpoint , and it has been prOA-en that
state league ball has made good in
both Nebraska am ! Iowa.
Jurors to Try Shmmvay.
In the district court at Beatrice at
torneys and Judge Welligar drew 175
names from which to select the twelve
nen who Avill try Robert Mead Shum-
\vay , the alleged murder of Mrs. Sarah
Martin , of Adams , who v/as arrested in
Holt county. ? .Io. , about a month ago.
Mrs. Lillic Ilrhurs Suit.
Mrs. Lena Lillie , who was convicted
> the murder of her husband. Harvey
Lillie. at David City , has brought suit
in the district court at Lincoln to re
cover on a policy for $3,000 on the life
/f her husband , in the Modern Wood-
nen of America.
Farmer Theses Darns.
The barn of Charles Hagedorn , o
Portal.Parpy county , burned recently ;
oss. $5.000 , with very little insurance.
"t contained 50 tons of baled hay and
ill of Mr. Hagedorn's farming imple-
nents. Cause of fire unknown.
Railed ! AsecMisiqn at St Paul.
Roy Frederick , the young aeronaut
vhose home is in St. Paul , made anther -
ther successful ascension from the
iniloon grounds on Howard avenue. {
'he ascent AA-as A'ery pretty in the calm
g air and iio parachute leap
articularly thrilling and interesting.
Elevator Filled Up.
The elevator of J. C. Wright & Son ,
f Papillion , was obliged to turn away
iain which came in recently on ac-
ount of lack of storage facilities. No
s.i'3 could e IiacI tc ship tle grain.
OUTLOOK IS BETTER.
STORM SEEMS
FINANCIAL i
HAVE PASSED.
Upheaval AmoiiK Eastern
Iu.Htitutlo.iK Talces On More Hope
ful Attitude I5e.splie CJ
S
West I * Bcportcd
The financial gale in Now York , .
ivhieh created excitement In the Hast , .
and occasioned uneasiness , in other sections
seems to ha\e-
tions of the country ,
IMissecl. Tlie trouble that started i
to IMttsburg. but
New York spread
prompt and effective action taken by
the-
and
association
the dcarim ; house
stock exchange there-
directors of the
coped with it effectually.
The trouble in 1'ittsburg was precipitated
the- embarrassment
tated by the announcement of
barrassment of four concerns in. the-
Westinuhonse string of interrstavhicls
were unable , owing to the abnormal
stringency of the money market , to se
cure sufficient liquid collateral to meet
maturing loans. Receivers were up-
pointed for the embarrassed Westinghouse -
house concerns. It was stated tUat these-
J'-ntl that
concerns are entirely solvent , -
creditors would be paid in full. The-
Iron City Trust Company also treat into
the hands of receivers. Its assets arc-
estimated at1,000,000 and liabilities at
$1,700,000.
The transition from unrest to reas-
Burancc ii New York was due to action-
taken by ,7. P. Morgan , James Stlllmam
and a number of the most intluentiaS
financial interests in the city , who co
operated in an effort to bring order out
of the chaotic condition into which *
the financial community had fallen. A.
committee was formed to protect trust
companies. After a thorough canvass
of the situation Secretary Gortelyoia
pledged government assistance to the-
extent of $25,000,000.
Financial conditions in , Chicago re
mained practically unaffected by the ?
scare in the East. Financiers conncctetS
with the leading institutions in tin" city-
gave out statements declaring thac the-
Uurry had not iud would not be felt to
any appreciably serious extent by the-
banks there. Conditions similar to
those existing in Chicago were roller till
in every important financial cpnter
throughout tfceVest. . Reports frou *
over a large area say that not only have-
conditions not been disturbed by the-
excitement ii the East , but that larger
and important offers of assistance have-
been made Ly western bankers to fciiete
troubled cou'reres in the East.
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The A-ssoJatod Press report of tliu.
H ! cech deli-rered by W. J. Bryan at
Jamestown , Va.r quoted him as saying :
that tin * steat metropolitan 'fail ins are-
controlled Jiy the trusts and their col
umns av2 o.jen to the highest bidder. Mr ,
Uryan la.tQjr denied that this was a cor
rect reuor , , asserting that he made the-
qualific--t statement that many of th * mot-
ropolitso riailies Avere so controlled.
In a lejidlng editorial for the current
Federa * onist. President
Gompers of tho-
American Federation of Labor describest-
Secrctarj Taft as "the injunction stand
ard be ivr , " and takes the position that
no one eu.n compel a laboring man to buy-
where hs docs not \vnnt to buy. He saya
that j aft's contention in regard to th >
boycott would Irad to the dispersion ani&
forcibj. } breaking up by rourt orders cf
every u/sembla c of Avorkinsrmen , hoAvpver-
innoe.'Z-t or lawful their purpose , and to
the n illification of nil their agreements.
Ed nor Watterson of the Louisvi.Ie-
Cour. r-.Tournal , in a New York intyr-
view jwvid that old party lines had ceaLed :
to ev'st and that v.-e must no\v have a
new party. IIe assorted that Iloosevelt
hat1 Destroyed what was left of the Ue-
pirjliuin party , and that rioo-jeveltlsm-
v as like Dryanism in 1800. Bryan would
.ave Mexicanizpfl our currency , but
aooseveit's re-election Avould Mexicanizo-
thp : iation. Bryan he characterized as a
dcstioyer of plaus and a breaker of im
ages Watterson says lie is out of poli
tics for good.
E.-fore the American liankors' Asso-
ciat.nn at Atlantic City , Charios Kmory
Smwh , former Postmaster
( Joneral , com
mended the efforts of President Roosevelt
velt to put tlie bis : combinations of capi
tal under control of the laws , but ii&
that some of the so-called swakeninof
tlie public and the anti-corporation sgita-
t.on was "a wild and hysterical cni. aQe-
apiinst all colossal enterprises an. ] all
corporate activity. " He thougJit there-
was a call for sober judjnnent and that
it Avas senseless to decry all combina
tions. Uc conehulsd that regulation it
self might need to be re uktcd and that
the craze for fantastic intcrferemie io
some States would in due time run its-
course.
From his prison cell former Jljyor
Schmitz of San FranT-i-eo has dirocteo1
the movements of the Uuion Labor party
and controlled its
convention so as fc
prevent a fusion with the r.-form elymcnte
favorable to the election of the present
Mayor , Dr. Taylor. The liop
fiaA'e nominated a machine man
Ky < fc thus further splitting up the
iote. but the Fk-mocrats h-u-o rtcominat-
d Mayor Taylor , asd they have been
lomed by the indopoadfnt reform organ-
zations. All factions osvc the Lajjo ?
party have runoininated District Attor *
Lausdon , <