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The Valentine Democra
VALENTINE , NEB.
f. M. RICE , . - . - Publisher.
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THRONE IS IN PERIL
'SITUATION' IX PORTUGAL HELD
EXTREMELY CRITICAL.
iPcsicefHl Establishment of Republic
Would Follow Withdrawal of Mon
arch , but Revolution by Violence
AVill Occur If King Holds On.
A special dispatch from Madrid
says it is rumored that collisions have
occurred between the troops and in
surgents in Lisbon , and many per
sons have been killed and wounded.
Persons arriving from Lisbon , the
dispatch states , report that Col. Tasta ,
aide de camp to Jving Curios , has re-
isigned and that several regiments of
doubtful loyalty have been disarmed.
All leading politicians , the dispatch
adds , are being shadowed by detec
tives , -and many persons are leaving
the country. The king has refused to
sign a decree extending partial laws
throughout the whole kingdom.
Reports representing that Portugal
is on the eve of a revolution are re
ceived in Paris with caution , as dis
patches coming directly from that
country have been censored , and those
Indirectly across the frontier are more
or less under suspicion Roth tht- re
ports of the banishment of the crown
lirince and the mutiny of the fleet are
denied at the embassy in P/uis. Never
theless the making of arrests , the suspension -
_ pension of a newspaper and other re
pressive measures which have been
taken by what Premier Franco terms
an administrative dictatorship seem
conclusive that matters in Portugal
liave entered upon a critical phase.
This condition undoubtedly has been
iprecipitated by the interview with
King Carlos last week , in which he
announced his absolute faith in Pre
mier Franco , and his intention to al
low the premier to choose the time
; for holding of the election of tlm
'Cortes.
NEAR TURNING POINT.
'Hants Expect Soon to Resume Ca > h
Ilasis.
J. Pierpont Morgan had a short
conference with Secretary Cortelyou
at Washington Saturday afternoon
and at its conclusion left for Xew
York. Nothing was disclosed in re
gard to the object of his visit and tt
did not last more than fifteen minu-
'tes. Mr. Morgan seemed to be in the
best of spirits. He remained at his
.room at the Arlington hotel most of
-'the morning and received only a few
callers. Postmaster General Meyer
called late in the forenoon with his
automobile and Mr. Morgan left the
hotel for a time with him. His asso
ciate. President Baker , of the Fir t
National bank , was at the treasury de
partment in the morning and had a
conference with Secretary Cortelyou.
A feeling of confidence of the suc
cess in the new loans seemed to pre
vail at the treasury Saturday and was
apparently heightened by the assur
ance given by Mr. Morgan of the im
provement in the situation in Xew
York. The strong rally in the stock
market and ths loss of half a million
in the required reserve of the Xew
York banks strengthened the feeling
that confidence was returning and
that it will be reflected in the offers
for the new securities during the
week. The visit of Mr. Morgan was
generally accepted among bankers in
"Washington that leading bankers in
2Cew York intended to operate with
the treasury department in making a
success of the new loans.
SLEEP WALKER'S PERIL.
Clings to Narrow Coping on Third
Story and is ReMMied.
After having walked in his sleep
John Dreeland , of St. Louis , Mo. , SO
years of age. awoke before dawn Sat
urday to find himself crouching on a
rail coping , less than a foot wide.
Mitside a third story window of the
house in which he boards. The shock
.caused him to lose his balance , but
he caught the coping and dangled 40
feet above the street , screaming lust
ily. Aroused boarders , unable to drag
liim back to safety , siezed his hands
and held him for 25 minutes until a
lire department ladder wagon arrived
and Dreeland , exhausted and suffer
ing from fright and exposure , was car
ried down in safety.
Defeat for Distillery.
United States Judge Smith McPher-
Bon , of Kansas City. Mo. . Saturday ,
( denied the application of the distillery
company for a mandatory injunction
, to compell the American Express
( company to accept shipments of liquor
consigned to Oklahoma-
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux ;
City live stock market follow : Top
beeves , 53.00it)3.50. ) Top hogs , $4.20.
Russia Pays Japanese Debt-
"Russia has wiped out the balance of
her Indebtedness to Japan , arising
from the Russian war , the Russian
embassy handing over to the embas-
say of Japan a check for $24,302,200. '
Lake Steamer Burns.
It is reported in Detroit , Mich. , that
the steamer Monohasset burned to the
water's edge Saturday night on Thun-
day bay. Lake Huron , and that the
crew were saved.
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DAVENPORT TO BOOK.
Mayor and Sheriff in Danger of Los
ing Jobs.
Without any delay the civil officers
of Scott county , Iowa , are to be
brought to an accounting for their
failure to stop Thursday night's prize
fight in Davenport , as Avell as Capt.
O. W. Kulp , who was placed under
arrest Friday and will be tried by
'courtmartial ' within eight days. Gov.
Cummins has appointed Maj. Johnson ,
of the Fifty-third regiment at Maquo-
keta , as judge advocate general of the
courtmartial. It is understood that
from eight to fifteen officers of the
guard , outside the Fifty-fourth regi
ment , of equal or higher rank than
Capt. Kulp , will be summoned to act
as the court. It will sit at Des Moines ,
and probably its hearings will be pub
lic.
Within eight days the court will be
constituted and try Capt. Kulp. Prior
to that time he will be served with
written charges which Gov. Cummins
has directad Col. Logan , assistant ad
jutant general , to prepare.
It is expected at the governor's of
fice that some citizens of Davenport
will appear to complain against the
sheriff of Scott county and the mayor
of Davenport for not enforcing the
law. In case such a complaint is
lodged Attorney General Byers will
proceed to the work of removing the
accused from office for not stopping
the fight. Proceedings of this charac
ter will be brought before the presid
ing judge of the district court and be
fore a jury.
It is understood that Capt. Kulp's
sole defense will be that there was
no prize fight in Davenport. It is the
position of both Gov. Cummins and
Adjt Gen. Thrift that the contest was
a fight , but that whether or not it
was , their orders to Kulp permitted
no discretion on his part , but demand
ed immplicit obedience.
While the public was amused by
the performance at Davenport when
It first learned of it , there is indig
nation also that bodes ill for Devon-
port's defiance of the laws of the
state. Gov. Cummins has already re
ceived many assurances of support for
a policy intended to make an exam
ple of those responsible for Thursday
night's events.
ARRESTS WIFE FOR MARRYING.
'Says ' Helpmeet Sold Farm and Eloped
to United States.
Charged with selling her husband's
farm near a little Austrian town and
deserting two of her three small child-
iren to elope to America with Casper
Ladislof , a farm hand , and then with
i having married Warvagiven Kaovia ,
of Port Richmond , Pa , , her third "af-
'flnity , " after the farm hand had taken
| the money and left her in the lurch
with a child to care for , Yetta Alster ,
[ of Philadelphia , faces a term in prison
for bigamy.
Four years ago Isador Alster. her
first husband , left his home and fam
ily in Austria to seek his fortune in
'America. ' He established himself in
business in New York City , and was
so prosperous that he could afford to
send his wife $1,600 in the four years.
The husband never suspected her , and
when he was informed by a cablegram
from friends that she had sold the
farm for $6,000 and was on her way
to this country with the farm hand
he was amazed.
Immediately he began a search for
his wifo. District Attorney Jerome , of
Xew York , took a personal interest in
the foreigner's case , and in a few
weeks the detectives had an inkling
that the much-married woman was in
( Philadelphia. So he informed De
tectives Harry Bozarth and Thomas
McCully of the circumstances.
1 After an all-day search the detec-
itives found the woman out in Port
Richmond , and made the arrest. Isa-
dore Alster was with the men at the
time and identified the woman as his
wife. With her was the 9-year-old
daughter.
But Yetta Alster had found her
third "affinity" in the meantime in
the person of Warvagiven Koavia , who
.she says she married in Bridesburg ,
three weeks ago , after she had been
converted to the Roman Catholic
faith. Every one concerned in the
alleged triple marriage was present
at the hearing before Magistrate
Hughes except the mysterious farm
ihand and the two children who were
left with friends in Austria.
GIRL AFTER BURGLAR.
Swinging Door Hits Revolver as She
is making Search.
i Miss Eleanor Singer , of Pittsburg ,
accidentally shot herself while search
ing for a burglar , and is in a critical
condition.
Miss Singer heard a noise in the
lower part of the house and began a
search.
As she reached the panrty she gath
ered up her night robe in one hand
and pushed outward a swinging door
toward a butler's pantry. The door
swung back and hit the revolver ,
which was discharged.
Te bullet was found lodged against
her spine. Miss Singer is a well
known tennis player and athlete.
Torpedo. Boats in Collision.
The torpedo boat Shubrick was In
collision Friday with the steamer
Maryland in Hampton roads and was
damaged to some extent. The boat
has been taken to the navy yard to bedecked
docked and exaniined.
Torn to Pieces by Lynx.
Walter Johnson , 16 , living eight
miles north of McKinney , X. D. , was
torn to pieces by a lynx , which he at
tempted to kill.
BROWN OWNED BOYS.
Admitted Paternity of Mrs. Bradlcy's
Two Sons.
The story of former United States
Senator Brown's acknowledgment of
the paternity of the two youngest of
Mrs. Brad ley's children wa < * told
Thursday in Judge Stafford's cov.it by
other lips than hers.
"I acknowledge Arthur 12rr > vn and
Martin Montgomery Brrwn n.my
children by Annie M. Bi.'alley. " '
Such was Mr. Biown'.s own method
of expressing himself on the subject
and the legend was inscribed on a
soiled and blotted piece of writing
paper. It Avas dated on Feb. 10 , 1905 ,
and was brought to light by Col. Mau
rice H. Kaighn , an attorney of Salt
Lake City , the present receiver in the
United States land office in that city
and a friend of Senator Brown of thir
ty years' standing. Col. Kaighn was
on the witness stand for about an
hour during the afternoon session of
the Bradley trial and testified that
Mrs. Bradley brought the telltale slip
of paper to his office just after she
received it from Brown with the ink
not dry , how she fairly danced into
his room and how she beamed with
joy as she held the paper aloft and
tolJ him that now all would be well.
Col. Kaighn related many interest
ing facts concerning his association
with both Senator Brown and Mrs.
Bradley , and upon the whole made
by far the best witness for the little
woman that has yet taken the stand ,
herself excepted. He told in simple
but forcible language of many dra
matic interviews with Mrs. Bradley
and closed with the expression of
opinion that she had become a mono
maniac on the subject of her relation
ship to the ex-senator. He said he
believed her mind to have been unbal
anced.
"I hated to do it , " he said , after he
left the stand , "for Senator Brown was
one of my most intimate friends , but
one cannot trifle with one's con
science. " i
NOTES WERE NOT PAID.
Evidence Tending to Show False En
tries in AValsh Bank.
That twenty of the memorandum
notes discounted by the Chicago Na
tional bank , representing the sum of
$1,840,000 , remained unpaid when the
bank suspended in December , 190o ,
and that many of the notes declared
by the defense to have been paid at
maturity were not paid , but simply
renewed , were facts brought out
Thursday in the trial of John R.
Walsh , charged with misappropriation
of the bank's funds. On the redirect
examination of Bank Examiner Moxey
the identified entries in the books of
the bank which was pursued in the
direct examination was carried out. .
The witness identified entries showing
discounting of the notes. Te then turn
ed to an account showing discounted
notes presented to show that tne obli
gations were met when due. Anoth
er register , however , indicated that ou
the precise day payments were maae
new notes for the same amounts were
made. The collateral book also was
used to show that the security for the
new notes were the same as for the
old ones. Evidence was also intro
duced to show that the notes wer .
drawn in the various names as previ
ously indicated by bank employes at
the direction of Mr. Walsh.
PREDICTS NO COAL.
Expert Says Iron Manufacturing is
Exhausting Supply.
That the grandchildren of coal op
erators of the present day will witness
the passing of the ( ntire coal supply
of the United Stales , unless the present
sinful waste is checked , is the startling
prediction made by L. W. Fogg , ac
knowledged as one of the best coal ex
perts of the world.
Fogg's figures are always accepted
by the United States Steel corporation ,
and he has just compiled an interest
ing array to show that our grandchild
ren may be forced to find some new
fuel.
fuel.He
He also announces that every ton of
iron made now consumes one and a
half tons of coal in the making. Con
tinuing in his report , Mr. Fogg says :
"Iron manufactured in Pennsyl
vania alone exhausted for coke from
1,700 to 2,000 acres of coal last year ,
while over our entire country we ex
hausted approximately 43,000 acres of
coal in 1906.
"Our production of coal is doubled
every ten years. Should this rate of
increase continue , there will be grand
children of some of our present opera
tors who will witness the exhaustion of
the entire coal territory of the Unitec7
States. "
World Tired of Religion.
General Booth , in an address at
Berlin to the Salvation army say
people everywhere seem to be tiring of
religion. He believes there are 2,000-
000 persons in London who never
have entered a church. It is thcisaino
in Euprope and America , he added.
Kills Self and Children.
Mrs. Jessie T. Hodges , of Newton ,
Mass. , killed herself and sons , aged
11 and 6 , by asphyxiation in her home
at Xewtonville. All the cracks in the
doors and windows were plugged and
the gas turned on.
Woman Breaks Both Legs.
Sulzer's Harlem bank in Xew York
was destroyed by fire Thursday : loss ,
$300,000. Mrs. Lena Leister jumped
from the third story into a blanket ,
breaking both legs.
Five Children Perish.
Five children were cremated and
: heir parents and two other children
seriously burned when the home of
Thomas Zuver , near Pleasantville.
/a. , was dcstrcvcd Thursday.
$ &
nJ $
< < < $ 3 &s ' s $ tt $ ' &s > < &
IIEXDEE GIVES lUTMSHLr
County Judge of Saline to Serve Term
in Prison.
Hosmer H. Hendee , formerly countv
judge of Saline county and convicted
of embezzling1 § 3,300 from the estat- *
of George Smith , the funds coming in
to his possession through his oflicial
position , must serve a three-year terra
in the state penitcntiaiy. Announce
ment was made of the decision of the
supreme court , coming with the information
mation that Hendee has been placed
in custody. The court decided the
case at its last sitting , but as the
sheriff of Saline county was not able
then to locate Hendee , who was out
on bail , the decision was withheld un
til the convicted man could be located.
He had been in Iowa on business of
his own and voluntarily returned to
Saline county.
After the expiration of Hendee's
term he removed from Nebraska , locating
catingin South Dakota , where hevas
living when criminal proceedings
were instituted against him. He re
sisted the requisition of the governor
at first , but later consented to retuin
to this state for trial. He has been
out on bond since the proccdings in
district court and was engaged in pub
lishing books in Iowa when the deci
sion of the trial court was affirmed.
The supreme court holds \ \ e informa
tion was not defective and that a fail-
trial was given the acucsed.
IIARLAX RETURNS FROM ALASKA
Says Many Mines Have Been Opened
During the Past Year.
Hon. X. V. Harlan , district attorney
of Alaska , has arrived home : it York.
Mr. Harlan left Fairbanks on Nov. f
and said that just before he left a
Fairbanks banker had received a tele
gram from a Seattle bank intimating
that there would be a little financial
flurry that would soon blow over. At
the time of leaving Mr. Ilarlan saiu
that the bankers knew nothing of con
ditions and were doing business the
same as before. The banks of Alaska
depend on Seattle for currency anu
every boat carries thousands of dollars
lars from Seattle to Alaska banks. Mr.
Harlan reports that all kind" of busi
ness is prospering and that more new
mines are being developed and think"
that if the same increase of output
of gold and copper is kept up Alaska
or the United States possessions can
supply the world.
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. ]
Grand Island OHirers not Obscrvisi ; ; |
the Lsnv. i
The manner in which the lav- regulating - j
ulating elections and especially that j
feature referred to as the corrupt |
practices ac-t is MOW enforced and
lived up to in Grand Island ha- * oc
casioned son" comment. Two years
ago the filed 1 ttements of the Demo
cratic candldal * s showed that thre
of these paid to the central commit" ee
$115. The report of the treasurer of
the committee showed a receipt of
only $100 and like disbursement. Thin
year seven candidates for county of-
lice have failed to comply with the
law requiring the filing of statements
of campaign expenses , and some of
these were elected and , it is believed
from a hurried reading of the law ,
cannot legally hold office.
COUNTY ASKS AX ACCOUXT1XG.
Believes It Has Something Coming
from the Suite.
The supervisors of Adams county
will ask the hospital for the insane at
Lincoln for an accounting of fund- ;
given for the care and keep of persons - j
sons committed from that county to
that institution to be treated for eilher j
the liquor or the drug habit. The superintendent - j
perintendent requires an advance pay
ment of $45 for three months' board
and treatment at the time a person : ;
committed. Many persons have been
paroled or discharged in much less
than three months , but the f-tate has
made no refund nor reported that the
county has been credited with any
unused balances. When one man re
mained longer than the three months
period an additional payment was re
quested.
Valuable Team Stolen. '
Some person stole a valuable team i
of horses belonging to R. E. Zahl- !
now , a farmer living between Cancroft
and West Point. They also took a new
fur overcoat that he had just pur
chased and placed in the buggy until
he was ready to go home. After put
ting the coat in the buggy he went in
to a store to do some more trailing1 j
and when he came out he found the
team , buggy and coat missing.
Cash Reserve Increase * .
State Bank Examiner Beaumont , of
Lincoln , was in Kearney recently
and examined the Farmers' bank. As
that is the only bank in the city under
his supervision his conclunsions apply j
more directly to that bank. He re
ports that he found the bank in excel
lent financial condition.
York Man Goes to Iowa.
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the local Y. M. C. A. at Atlan
tic , la. , George Danley , of York , Xeb. .
who has been theic looking over the
ground since the resignation of Gener
al Secretary G. A. McMichaels , wa.i
selected as secretary of the local as
sociation and vull enter upon his du
ties at once.
Marsc Henry at Lincoln.
Col Watterson , of Kentucky , deliver
ed a lecture at the Wesieyan university
recently , and a large number went
from Lincoun to hear him. Mr. Wat
terson reached Lincoln in the after
noon and immediately went to his
room at the Lindell hotel , where he
remained during most of the dajr.
Lincoln Hanks Want Bonds.
Lincoln banking institutions have
applied for an aggregate of $ " > .Q09
rf Panama ci > 'pl Kinds or c--:1 rt "
certificates of ind ' : tjjness.
YOUXG WO3IAX A SUICIDE.
Xo Cause is Given for Tailing IIci
Lile.
Mrs. Grace Kruse , wife of Rudolph
Kruse , of the firm of Kruse Brothers ,
committed suicide at C o'clock In the
morning at Sidney by shooting her
self with a revolver while laboring
under temporary aberration of mind.
Deceased was born twenty-seven years
ago and was a graduate of the Sidney
high school , a woman of lovable dispo
sition , and was married six years. She
had a , baby 5 mqnths old , who was
sleping alongside of her when she
arose , went to the bureau drawer ,
took the gun and shot herself. Her
parents , Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Moore , are among the oldest residents
if Sidney. Coroner Bassett impan
eled a jury at 0 o'clock and after lis
tening to the testimony the Jury , of
which Joseph Oberfelder was fore
man , returned a verdict in accordance
with the facts stated. Her married life
has always been a happy one and no
cause can be assigned for the deed , ex
cepting recently she had been very
melancholy from loss of sleep and on
Saturday a local doctor gave her a
sedative to quiet her nerves.
DHEA3I COMES TRUE.
AnimiiaiK'e Appears as Mother Dreams
Tier Son is Killed.
Mrs. Emma Mapes , living at 1501
S street , Lincoln , dreamed Sunday
night that one of her sons had been
killed. She says that she clearly saw
him fall from the top of a building ,
strike the ground and noted the blood
spurting. A few hours later , when
the ambulance drew up before her
house with the unconscious body of
her youngest son , Charles , she was
not surprised , but rather pleased to
know that he was not dead. i
The dream , however , was not exact
in its details. Instead of being injured
by a fall from a building , the youth
had been partly asphyxiate I in a
closet in the building of the Xebraska
Telephone company , where ho had
been working the night before. One
theory is that he accidentally turned
the gas on , and the wther is that he
was drugged.
The psychologists at the state uni
versity say that the fact that the
dream did not come true is fairly good
proof that it was a mere conincidenco.
DECIDES DRAIXAGE FIGHT.
Supreme Court Rules on Dakota
County Case.
The Xebrai-ka supreme court at
Lincoln granted an alternative writ
of mandamus directing the county
commissioners of Dakota , county to
spend $34,700 in draining 15,000 acres
of land. The controversy has been in
the courts for several years.
The foregoing dispatch refers to th--
drainage of Elk creek , which runs
along the bluffs from Jackson and
empties into the Missouri river. Few
actions at law in the history of Dako
ta county have been more bitterly
fought. The matter has been in the
courts since 1905 , and it is probable
that the decision of the supreme court
will not end the matter. According to
the p'ans ' of those favoring the drain
age of the creek the ditch was to be
constructed from the .creek to a point
on the Missouri river northeast of
Jackson , the length of the ditch to be
something like two and a half miles.
SEXDGFF FOR SEXATOR BKOWX.
Men of All Political Parties Gather to
Do Him Honor.
One of the most notable gatherings
of citizens ever held in Kearney was
the farewell and godspeed smoker
given in honor of Senator Xorris
Brown at the Elks' lodge
rooms. Speeches were made by M. A.
Brown , W. L. Hand , C. B. Finch ,
Judge Hostetler , X. P. McDonald ,
John Dryden and Prof. Thomas. Re
sponding. Senator Brown spoke feel
ingly and said that no man there
would be able to appreciate how one
would feel on such an occasion and
Lhat language was to him inadequate
to express his feelings. Looking about
him he , found men of all political
faiths , as well as occupations , joining
in a common sentiment of good will.
Six Cents Damages for Libel.
In her libel suit against Charles W.
Asht' > n. now of Madison , S. D. , but
formerly of Ponca , Xeb. , Anna W.
Sheibloy was awarded 6 cents dam-
iges. The case has been in the courts
: or years and grew out of the publi
cation of an affidavit in Ashton's paper
n Ponca during one of the hot cam-
l aigns of J. J. McCarthy , of Ponca ,
"ormer congressman.
Robbers Fail in Purpose.
Burglars of unusual discrimination
ittempted to blow the safe in the office
> f the Anzeiger-Herold. a. German
icwspaper published weekly at Grand
: .sland. but were evidently disturbed
ind after having made the most care-
'ul preparations , pasting up the win-
lows with paper , filling the _ cracks
vith the explosive fluid , made their
tscapo.
Breaks World Record.
After hitting 13,066 flying blocks
without a miss Capt. A. H. Hardy , at
Lincoln , stopped his rifle shooting
iemonstration. A judge had to leave
.nd this stopped the shoot , Hardy
triving for a 20,000 record. The
iorld'srecord was formerly held by
"opperwein. of San Antonio , Tex. ,
vho secured 8,862.
Girl Says She Told Lies.
Af cr lying in jail for the last three
reeks at Tekamah , charged with as-
ault on his 16-year-old adopted
aughter , Eugene Cooper was released
in hi.s own rccognizanc- Judge
> asler. Cooper's release was due to
he fact of the girl telling County At-
orney Singhaus tnat all the stories she
iad told him regarding the affair were
ies.
Six Indies of Snow in Xcbraslca.
Pfr ? TliP3 rf ? r. < vrXl rt Sidney
.J \.r 'At-'t-.n Xebiu-Iia. recently
SUBSIDIZING CITPED
Unionists Are in >
Chicago Women
Dowry.
Favor of a Marriage
with love dirts in >
A capitalistic cupid ,
the form of $200 dowries and working :
girls as his targets , is the latest .sugges
for race siwide. CinicU
tion ns an antidote
for labor : : : ns if :
is to be an agent
these ideas are carried out. It WT ; advocated
workers - > " 'onff-
women
vocated by eighty
assembled n' I lull-
ing to unions , who
few day < a-- " .
House , in Chicago , a
The gathering was one of tl.e tirst.
three , held simultaneously , in th > coun
at New York r.vl the-
try. Another was
' . . F-
It was Miss - -
third at Boston.
Breckenridge , assistant dean of wo.- ; : -n at
the University of Chicago , who stiggt'stetfl
the dowry idea.
"We believe in this plan. " d.-IarecH
Miss Breckenridge. "It places th marriage
.msis.
a serious
riage question upon
Unions have their death ami sicl : b.r.hts -
wo.tld be
and a marriage benefit or dowry
in order. If a woman unionist i < gying
to be married she must be taught it : s a
serious undertaking , but. at the 'Kimq
time , a plan that is favorer ! ' by th- or
ganization to which she belongs.
"The experience she acquires by being ,
' will o.Mbla
a 'unionist and wage earner
her to spend money wisely after > ! n * iqi
married. She will also learn that when > t.
lier husband works and brings his w.ige $ . J
home to her she must also bear her s'.uirtf-
of the burden. It has been snggesi "l here i t
that women workers who marry , some * i
times return to their old tasks. It woulcj'
appear to me that if matrimony ilot 3
gainful employment it ought to be. " X 4 ;
"The plan of giving a dowry to a wom
an when she marries is now in wgue-
among English and German nnionO de !
clared Mrs. Raymond Robins , who acted
as chairman of the conference.
There were others present-who thought
that a stipulated sum of $100 or # 20O
should be given to a woman wage earner-
when she becomes a matron by the labor-
organization with which she has becn
identified.
HALT A MILLION A DAT.
That Is the Amount Which Chicago-
Puts Into Stimulants.
Chicago's consumption of stimulants is- \
amazing , according to a correspondent-
The money spent in saloons alor.e totals- f
up between $10,000,000 and $1.0. { X)0-
000 annually. At least $10,000.000 more-
is spent for stimulating drugs in the 1)00 ) >
drug stores in the city.
If tobacco can be classed as a stimu
lant it may be said that there are between'
35,000 and 40,000 places in the city
where cigars and tobacco are sold. Proba
bly $100,000 per day is not an exagger
ated estimate for Chicago's smoking bill-
At the lowest estimate , taking alcoholic-
beverages , tobaccos , and all mann'-r off
drugs into account , it is impossible to fig
ure that Chicago spends less than - 00-
000 per day on stimulants of various-
kinds , and the chances are the amount is-
considerably higher.
Of this enormous sum. how much does-
the worker spend ? Fully 7o per cent , if
all business men , officers of corporations , ,
and all men who work with hand or brain ,
are included. But for the worker , tho-
saloonkecpers themselves say , they would'
have to close up shop in a few days. The-
remaining 2o per cent of the $ .100,000'
must be set aside between women who
lead domestic lives and non-workers of all
kinds. Women perhaps are the hea\iest
of all users of drugs.
Representative Sims of Tennes > ei > ha&
Indicated his intention of introducing at
the coming session of Congress a resolu-
ton of inquiry by what authority Secre
tary of the Treasury Cortelyou went to
the aid of the banks with the govern
ment's money. Other southern members-
are said to share Mr. Sims' hostile atti
tude toward this policy of the govern
ment.
Postmaster General George von L.
Myer , at the Philadelphia Union L'iiue -
meeting , outlined three plans for postal
progress , which will be recommended to-
the next Congress , as follows : First , the
postage rate on packages to be reduced-
from 10 to 12 cents a pound ; second , that
limitation of weight of packages to be-
increased from -i to 11 pounds : third , a
parcels post to be authorized from the-
point at which the rural delivery route-
originates , with rates of . " cents for the-
Grst pound , and li cents for each addi
tional pound to 11 pounds.
As the guest- and principal speak r ak
the banquet of the Jefferson Club of Mil
waukee. W. J.
Bryan made a s4H-ei-i ; re
garded by many as outlining the platform-
for the Democratic party on whir-h he-
would be willing to nm for President
next year. He said he favored immediate-
revision of the tariff on all goods in com
petition with ' trust-made articleas a.
means of striking down monopoly. He-
3pposed the national incorporation of
railroads as advocated by I'rp-nlent
Roosevelt , saying that the railroads
tvould be only too glad to get cut of State-
jurisdiction. He would deinan.l lav.s pro
viding for the valuation
of the itl/oidsr
to reduce rates and to prevent otoek wat
ering. His idea of
a rea > onnL > l ratwas -
such as would let companies lt.Pp their
slock at par on honest capitalization. Her
ivould prevent corporate moi'opoli < by
ipplying the license
system to corn-eras'-
jontrolling more than lie per c-nt of the-
mtput of a given industry. Il tho-iglit :
: he money stringency began with xpocu-
ation at Xew York , but that tiie western.-
> anks were sound.
Gov. Stokes of Xew Jersey has s-gned *
: he Colby bill , providing for popular ex-
cession in the selection of United States-
Senators. Under this
bill l.OOO vjters-
nay file a petition with the Sccre.ai v of
State indorsing a member of" their olit-
cal party for that office.
Representative James A. Tuvn r of
Minnesota , chairman of the coiuaittee-
> u appropriations of the
House of iler *
esentativrs. and a number of oiht-r Cou ?
pressmen h.ive gone to the istlsnris to
nakc personal inquiry into Un- p--scnt
ind protective monetary nc-ccssftlos oJ
hc canal.
