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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1908)
The Senate was not in session Friday. rfnstoad of interminable roll calls and clashes of party leaders on questions of parliamentary law in the House , there tvis an orderly Cession devoted almost on- 'tiroly to the consideration of the naval -appropriation bill. Chairman Foss of llli- nois and Mr. Padgett of Tennessee made -xhaustive speeches justifying the action of the committee in reporting what they .ihnraciorixod as a conservative naval pro gram for the next fiscal year. Messrs. Fnvinl of Louisiana and McKiuhiy and 'Knmviand. California , pleaded for ji navy Df such size r to be cap.tblo of uphold ing at all times the honor of the country -if home and abroad , while Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri advocated a hall in naval in- eroaso and the substitution for it of arbi tration in manors of iiilonintioual dis putes. Consideration of the bill had not 'i > eoi concluded when the House took a recess until 1 1 :30 Saturday. _ * * V JU The Senate was not in session Satur day. Debate on the naval : ippropri' ion HiU in the House resolved itself into a discussion of the possibilities of a war fbotv.-oou the United States a.nd Japan. Mr. Hobsou of Alabama pleader ! for four battle ships instead of two for the next ' .5sr.il year. A war between the yellow , antl the white races he regarded as inev itable. and ht- asserted that Japan's pros- em military arthiiy was with a view to Hie supremacy of the P.-ioific. and as a natural consequence there would bo a ? lish af nnr.s with the United States. On 'tho other baud. Mr. Burton. Ohio , and "W. W. Ivitdiin. North Carolina , disputed tliat contention , each of ihoin avowing that the clash would not cou-e. but that ttho United States should remain in the -forefront of modern civilization as the ex ponent of peace. * _ v i The brief session of the Senate Mon day was devoted to * the transaction of TOtiiJuo business and the delivery of a speech by Senator Scott of West Vir ginia. urgin-JT adequate appropriations for public buildings so that ofiicial business may be Iran-acted with the greatest oH- ! -cioney and -oiomy. . When the naval 1)ill was laid n < ide for the day in the House it had been ouhalf disposed of. "The hopes of the officers of the navy and marine corps for au increase iu pay were clashed to the ground when , on : \ point of order by Mr. Madden of Illinois , there wa.s stricken from the bill the provision for such increase. On a similar point by Mr. Mudd nf Maryland , nil amendment ; by Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri prohi'u/mg ' .naval or ma iuo bauds accepting pr-v.iJo .employment in competition with eivilhn was lost. The two features of interest in the : ponnto Tuesday wore the speech of Son- lit or Forakor on the Brownsville affair ami the President's mos'-ago advocating the building of four moro battle ships. The delivery of the speor'u aiid the read ing of the message consumed prnet it-ally rlio entire time of the session. The ex porter ! fight in the House over the ques tion whether there shall bo two or four 'battle ships authorized for ( ho coming jyor did not materialize , while the naval appropriation bill was under considera tion. Instead , most of the session was devoted to a lively debate in roirard to naval stations in the Philippines. The sum of $1 1 0.000. as ivroimiiomlod by the committee for improving > md developing -.the na\-al station at Oloiieapo. Subi Bay. wns allowed to stand. The special mos- -sase from President Ilo' sovelt iinring four battle ships elicit od loud applause. 'The naval bill was not concluded whoa the House took a recess until 11 : . .0 " > Yodnosday. _ * * - - The Sonnt-o devoted its entire lime "Wednesday to considering bills on the calendar. Among the measures pnw o ! -were the e suppressing betting on i-ice ? -and games of various kinds in the Dis trict of Columbia , providinir for the purchase - chase of land between Pennsylvania . .ve nue and ( he Mail in Washington as sites for government buildings , oroatint : a l.son ranse in Montana , and onlar-iu homo- stt n < ls on non-irrigable lands. The swamp hind reclamation bill was cou- : sidoivd for a time and was made t io un finished business of the Senate. The House devoted the entire session to the -aiavy increase provision o * the naval ap- Tiropri.it ion bill and chief interest cen- terd in th question of two battleships. .as momm' ndod by Iho committee , or four , as urjied by President Koosovelt. The \-ote was JOO to S : : to sustain the cominiJ t oe's recommondat ion. The Senate was not in session Thurs- day. The Ion : : existing controversy as to -whether the United States navy should 'Lave submarine torpedo boats of the Hol- 'lnii'1 type , as recommended by the com- .niittee on naval affairs , was settled in the House when the proviso limiting the 'Secretary of the Navy to purchase only -boats of the Holland type was stricken -out. The effect of this action was to give the Secretary a free hand in the selection of submarine boats. A humorous speech by M - . Williams , iti which he had sev eral friendly clashes with Mr. Hobson of Alabama over warships and balloons , commanded the attention of the House for .some time. After agreeing to take up tha diplomatic and consular appropriation biU < * iexl. the House adjourned. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. The Senate passed a bill repealing the -act of 1807 prohibiting payment of the -claim of any one who could not prove his loyally to 4he United Slates during the Civil War. The House committee on judiciary voted - ed to table the report of the subcommittee - too w'jich investigated the. charges against JudgtAwilfley of Shanghai until further investigation. The House committee on mines am ] mining agreed to recommend the passage of a bill providing for the establishment of a bureau of mine' ? in the Department -of the Inferior. The commission of education has re ceived from the organizing comavtfeo of the first Pan-American Congress at San tiago. Chile , an announcement that the date has been postponed to Dec. Uo , 11)08. CHICAGO. It. ( I. Dun k Co.'s weekly review of trade ' -i the Chicago district says : "Business as a whole does not make the progress usual at this season , and de mands throughout the leading industries are yet inadequate to warrant increased effort in production. The tone , however , rollouts confidence in the outlook , and snppor ! is drawn from the favorable elli cial report as to conditions in agriculture. Sc.mo conHir-iiuir currents find their basis iu rumors wf further \ \ oaknosin steel and iron quotations , a. possible delay in starring up work at the mines , and a fo"l- iii that the stability of prices is not yet assured to heavy consumers of factory supplies. " .Money is not sought to the extent ex pected , and the plethoric aggregate of idl deposits has brought the lowest discount rate recorded iu a long time. The volume of payments through the banks again dis closes loss , and the commercial mortality has risen , but credit has strengthened and finances arc amply restored to encourage wider enterprise. "Transportation earnings undergo re covery from the low point , and railroad construct ion is more active , indicating that the percentage of unemployed cars is under reduction. "Distributive dealings in general mer chandise continue to make a good exhibit , there being .sustained buying in the prin cipal staples and improved absorption at both city and country retail stores. Ac cumulated orders for summer and fall shipments reach a fair aggregate in the textiles , food products , footwear and clothing , and an exceptionally large num ber of late buyers from nearby Stares attend the markets and call for iniino-li- ate forwarding. "Failures reported in the Chicago dis trict number 'JO. against 1C last week und 11 a year aro. Those with liabilities over S. .000 number 10 , against : ' > last week and o in 1007. " NEW YOK3L Thoiish irregular , the week's developments monts have been in the direction of im provement. The approach of Easter ha ; stimulated retail trade In some lines and sections , with a sympathetic effect on s-omo jobbing business and a slisht gain in collections. The Southwest and North west send the best reports , while southern adviros are little more satisfactory as whole. So far die early crop and soil conditions are rtetter than aoar ago and the reports of insect da mane aiv con spicuously fewer than in 1OT. ! ) One ef fect of these developments has been to depress croal and cotton prices to the lowest levels of the year. Lower price of cottons have brought in some buying of specialties , but men's wear woolens and winter wear hosiery show little gain. Thr , strength in sole leather continues and hitfos are slightly higher. Fashion has made the tan shoe situation a good one , but eastern shoe shipments are 27 per cent below 1007. and the lor.s from last year is about lT,000 cases per week since Jan. 1. Business failures for the week ending April ' . ) number 2."iS , against 2-17 lasl week. 1U ! in the same week of 1007. 1G1 in 11)0.1. ) 10(5 ( in 100. ) and IDS in 11)04 Canadian failures for the week ending April 1) numbec 28 , as againsjt ' 52 last week a l 2.S in this week a year ago. Bradstn-el's Commercial Uoport. Chicago Cattle , common to prime $ -i.OO to $7.2. ; hogs , prime heavy , ? i. to $0.17 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.0C to $ G.7.j ; wheat. No. 2 , OOc to Olc corn , No. 2. ( . " c to G7c ; oats , standard olc to ,12c ; rye. No. 2. 70c to 7Sc ; hay timothy , $ ! ) .f > 0 to $10.00 ; prairie , $ S.OO to $12.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 2Jc ( to oOc : esgs , fresh , lie to 1-lc ; potatoes per bushel. ( ! 3c to 71c. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to $7.0l > : hogs , good to choice heavy $3.nO to $ (5.0 ( : ! ; sheep , common to prime $ ; > .00 to $ .1.50 : wheat. No. 2. 92c to l)3c ; corn. No. 2 white. GIJc to GJC ; oats No. 2 white , r lc to T 2c. St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $7.25 ; hogs $4.00 to $0.15 ; sheep , $3.00 to $0.00 wheat , No. 2 , ! ) Gc to 97c ; corn , No. 2 G3c to G5c : oats , No. 2 , 40c to 50c ; rye No. 2. 77c to 79c. Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $ G.75 hogs , $4.00 to $0.25 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.25 ; wl ? at , No. 2 , 94c to 95c ; corn No. 2 mixed , G4c to G5c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 51c to 52c ; rye , No. 2 , S2c to S4c Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $0.50 ; hogs $4.00 to $0.10 : sheep , $2.50 to $ G.OO wheat , No. 2 , 91c to 92c ; corn , No. 3 yellow , GGc to GSc ; oats , No. 3 white 55c to 5Gc ; rye , No. 2 , Sic to 82c. Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern $1.01 to $1.03 ; corn , No. 3 , GSc to G5c ; oats , standard , 52c to 53c ; rye , No. 1 , 79c to SOc ; barley , No. 2. S4c to S5c pork , mess , $13.15. Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers $4.00 to $ G.S5 ; hogs , fair to choice , $4.00 to $ G.50 ; siicop , common to good mixed $4.00 to $ G.75 ; lambs , fair to choice , $5.00 to $8.10. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 02c to 93c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , G7c to GSc oats , No. 2 mixed , 52c to 53c ; rye. No 2 , 77c to 79c ; clover seed , prime , $13.40 New York Cattle. $1.00 to $7.15 ; hogs. $3.50 lo $ G.GO ; sheep , $3.00 to $0.00 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 97c to 9Sc ; corn , No. 2 , GSc to 70c ; oats , natural white , 5Gc to 5Sc ; butter , creamery , 25c to SOc ; eggs , western , 13c to 15c. NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS. New York's board of education wil spend $1,000,000 to make the school buildings safe. Fire started by burning brush destroy ed the central part of the village , of Greenville , Ky. ' MS : ; Death of Edward TV. of England. 1GG3 Drury Lane theater , London , first opened. 1GS2 La Salle descended the Mississippi and took possession of Louisiana. ITS. ; End of American Revolutionary war proclaimed by Congress. 17- ! ) Marriage of George IT. of England and Caroline of Brunswick. 1 ! ) S Mississippi territory established. O $ Komau Catholic archdiocese of Baltimore established. 1ST-1 Allied British raid Spanish army entered the city of Toulouse , France The English under Wellington defeated the French under Soult at Toulouse. 1S15 United States bank rechartered for twenty years , with a capital of $3G- 000,000. ISNi First A. M. E. church organized. SU1) ) "General" William Booth , founder of the Salvation army , born in Not tingham. S.'X ) Mexico forbade further immigra tion from the United States. 1S4S Most llev. Randall Thomas David son , archbishop of Canterbury , born. 1S54 English vessel Furious , w"ith a flag of truce , fired on at Odessa , one of Hie first hostile acts of the Crimean war. 1SG1 Outbreak of the last great insur rection in Poland. ISOo Federal forces attacked Fort Sum- tcr. 1SG5 Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at Apporaattox Court House. 1SGG Civil Rights bill passed over Presi dent Johnson's veto. 1S73 Gen. Edward R. S. Canby murder ed by the Modoc Indians in northern California. 1891 First locomotive passed through the St. Clair tunnel. IS04 Boring sea proclamation issued by 'President Cleveland. 1S07 Peru suspended the coinage of sil ver. . . . War declared between Greece and Turkey. 1SDS President McKinley sent a mes sage on Cuba to Congress. . . .Battle of the Atbara. 10QO fjon. MacArthur succeeded Gen. Otis as commander in the Philip pines. 100. . King Alexander of Servia suspend ed the constitution of that country United States Court of Appeals declared the Northern Securities Company merger illegal. 1901 Mrs. Boikin convicted of murder in San Francisco. 1005 Battleship Minnesota launched at Newport News. 1907 Lord Cromer resigned as British agent and consul general in Egypt. . . United States Supreme Court decid ed the Isle of Pines was not Aineri < can territory. In two colleges serious riots have oc curred. At Ann Arbor the Michigan Uni versity students subdued the local police and wrecked a theater which had eject ed one of their number. More than a score of them later were arrested and thrown into jail. At Georgetown College , Washington , D. C. , 150 students turned the fire hose on one of the priests , smash ed the crockery in the dining room and marched in a body from the grounds be cause their request for a vacation on St. Patrick's day had been refused. President Jordan and the trustees of Stanford university have held their ground against the recent student revolt and the undergraduates as a body are again at work. The effort to get an agreement to withdraw , signed by 250 students , failed , although much bitter feeling remains , due to the action of the faculty in suspending several students concerned in the revolt. President Jor dan says that the present trouble arose from the determination of the authorities to get rid of student drunkenness. Beginning Oct. 1 this year , by an ar rangement between the government of Prussia and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching , from twen ty-five to fifty American teachers who have graduated at some college and taught at least one year in a college or high school may visit the schools of Prussia with all expenses paid by the Prussian government. Similarlj- . Prussian teachers will visit American schools. The trustees of the University of Wy oming have removed President F. M. Tis- del on charges of maladministration , in subordination and untruthfulness. Tisdel had charged the trustees with hurting the university by political machinations , lie is a nephew of United States Senator Clark. The board of managers of Swarthmore college ha"s declined to accept land and coal property bequeathed to the institu tion by the late Anna T. Jeanes of Phil adelphia , on condition that all participa tion in intercollegiate at'uletic sports and games cease. Remarkable Progress Made in Dec ade in Establishment of Service in Country Districts. 37,728 CAPJUERS ON THE LIST , Appropriation Has Grown to 28 Mil lion Dollars , and the Ultimate Limit Cannot EC Estimated. Washington correspondence : "The close of the year 1907 served to call to inincl several of the radical changes this country h.vs witnessed in the preceding decade , " said a postal ollicial , ' 'and of these the institution and expansion of the rural free de livery system , begun in 1S97. is one of iunu.r inviting brief attention. "Beginning with a modest initial ap propriation of $40.000. of which only about $14,000 was expended , this now far-reaching postal scheme started its existence with eighty-three carriers. In seven years the cost of the service jumped to $12.GOO.OOO. with 25.5W5 car riers , while the appropriation last year was $2S. : ; . > 0,000 , with 37.5S2 carriers on the rolls and total of 37.72S routes on the list. "No such stupendous figures as these were contemplated by those who at the outset favored rural service , as the proposition at the time met witli con siderable opposition in some quarters , as tiie small , tentative appropriation evidences. "Indeed , it was then considered that about $20.000.000 would be the maxi mum ultimate appropriation when the. servkv wjnld be fully extended , but so great was the popularity of the move ment in all parts of the country that this snin was equaled during the iirst eig'it ' years of its life , and while the service is now well extended it would be hard to state with accuracy its ulti mate maximum limits and probable cost. It lias now. however , been pretty well developed , the system has settled down to a good working basis , and lias become a positive factor of the postal scheme of the country along the lines of the city free delivery. ' 'The steady growth of the service at present is shown in the net increase hist year of 1.902 new routes , and these liirurc-tf may be taken as a reasonable basis of probable future yearly expan sion though the number of petitions for new routes fell off several thousand during the year as compared with the preceding year. Co.sl of Service Inerenwe.s. "The country increasing in popula tion. however , so rapidly that new ser vice is destined to keep pace therewith. The cost of new service for last year was approximately $873.000. and these figures , as against the total cost of the old service , will give the public and the student of postal affairs an idea of the probable future yearly expendi ture for this item. "There arc fifteen States in the Un ion in which there are in operation over 1,000 rural free delivery postal routes. IThe three States containing the largest number of routes are : Illi nois , the 'banner rural free State , ' with 2.771 routes ; Ohio being a close second with 2.913. and Iowa third with 2.314. The other principal States with their respective number of routes are as fol lows : Indiana , 2,1 13 : Pennsylvania , 2,0. > S : Missouri. 1.913 : Michigan , 1.9:5LJ : ; New York. 1,7(59 ; Kansas , 1.02S ; Texas. 1.GO. ; Tennessee , 1.514 ; Wis consin , 1.541 ; Minnesota. 1,512 ; Geor gia , 1.4(59 ( , and North Carolina. 1,179. "The fact that over :5.000 : postoilices have been discontinued and their pa trons are being served by rural car riers tells a story in itself of the rami fications of the system and what it means to the millions of rural residents from Maine to California who are dai ly placed in touch with the outside world. "As a result of the establishment of rural delivery and the necessity for the maintenance of good roads to insure its continuance great activity has been displayed in various parrs of the coun try looking toward the improvement of road conditions. "Taken all in all. the establishment of the service as an entirety may be said to be one of the accomplishments of the times in which we live , and as great as have been the results already attained they may be considered small to what will accrue in the next gener ation. " SHOUT NEWS NOTES. Fire at the Joy line pier in New Yori caused a loss of $1.10,000. Directors of the Union Pacific railroad have refused the request of certain stock holders to sue E. II. llarriman to re cover profits on sale of stock. The llev. Dr. Charles N. Sims , former chancellor of Syracuse university , died at his home in Liberty , lud. . aged 73 years. The State of Texas l. < ; issued an ex ecution on the property of the Waters- Pierce Oil Company in Texas on a judg ment of $1,025.108. M. Saito. former member of the Jap anese cabinet as minister of commerce , has arrived in Seattle from Tokio. His errand covers a campaign among union labor leaders for admission of Japane a workmen to membership in organiznd la bor bodies. A new union of sign painters has bees organized in Minneapolis , Minn. Minneapolis and St. Paul Trades As semblies will exchange fraternal delegates in an effort to keep in closer touch with one another. International Hod Carriers and Build ing Laborers' Union now boasts of 292 branches , scattered throughout the United States and Canada. Actors' National Protective Union of America expects a record-breaking at tendance at its annual convention , to be held in New York City in May. An organizer for the Tobacco Work ers' Union has been in St. Paul and Min neapolis , and announces that a new union will be formed of chewing tobacco workers. The eight-hour rule will be one of the chief questions discussed at the national convention of the United Garment Work ers of America , in Milwaukee. Wis. , next August. ' Carpenters' Grand Council of eastern Massachusetts will have committees visit the 200 affiliated unions each month to bring about a closer relationship between the various locals of each section of the district. The Typographical Union of Germany , composed of printers , pressmen , feeders and typefounders , has a membership , ac cording to Us last report , of 53,507 , and a fund in Its treasury amounting to near ly $1,000,000. Detroit , Mich. , will entertain next Au gust the general conventions of the Inter national Glove Workers' Union of Arter- ica , International Brotherhood of TCMII- " sters and the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen. Not until the workingmen of Pittsburg , Pa. , have contributed more money to the project will a labor temple be obtained. At present only $25,000 worth of stock has been subscribed and less than half of this amount has been paid in. Labor unions in Minneapolis. Minn. , are arranging to conduct a crusade against all concerns which do a Sunday business in that city. The movement ia aimed against all concerns where labor is employed seven days in the week. Cigarmakers' Union will vote on an amendment to the general constitution providing that a member of the interna tional for twenty-five years may draw upon any local union for $300 , the same to be deducted from his death benefit. Thomas A. Davis of Maysville , who was recently appointed labor inspector for the State of Kentucky , is one of l e veteran members of the International Typographical Union. He joined the or ganization at Louisville more than fifty years ago. Dental mechanics of Greater New York , said to number about 1,000 , have organized a union , and if a uniform wage scale and other fair conditions are not conceded they threaten a strike. The dental mechanics manufacture bridges , plates , etc. , used by dentists. Boston ( Mass. ) Sign Painters' Union has decided that it would not make any important additional requests of the em ployers this year , and will present tha present agreement for renewal with but slight perfecting changes. It calls for $3.50 as the minimum daily wage for the eight-hour workday. An employment bureau for the benefit of the unemployed that are willing to lend a hand in a spring cleaning of parks and streets has been established by the Jersey City authorities. About $12.000 will be set aside for this work , and $1.25 a day will be paid to each laborer. The Laborers' Union Is agreeable to the pro gram. The executive council of the United Textile Workers of America has voted to increase the per capita tax from 10 to 11 cents a quarter , beginning June 30 next. It was voted to support the strike of the carpet weavers at Lowell and to have the special assessment continued until all of the unions are aililiated with the national organization. Farmers and unionists in and near Memphis , Tenn. , have decided to establish an exchange through which the necessities of life raised by the farmers in the ter ritory surrounded by Memphis can be sold direct to the consumer from the pro ducers at rates mutually advantageous and without intervention of two or three sets of middlemen. A Clutrify Kxperi'n Opinion. Editor Deviiie of the Charities , organ of the leading charity organization of New York , says that while it may be de batable whether under present conditions public meetings in the interest of the un employed are advisable , he is convinced that the suppression of them by the police is "contrary to sound public policy. " In his opinion the old-time town hall should be re-established in a form adapted to modern urban conditions. If it is right to hold public meetings and dixcuss freely any real or imaginary grievances he thinks there is no subject for which tha right should be asserted more vigorously than that of the unemployed. It is his belief that "under the apprehension of anarchism we have come to entrust our police departments with a degree of arbi trary power in the matter of breaking up assemblages of citizens , which is greater than is found necessary in other civilized countries , and we are strangely indiffer ent to the manner in which they are exer cising it. " May Be Oltlc.it of Temple * . At Bisya , Central Babylonia , oxeava- rors have unearthed what is believed to be the oldest known temple. The first inscription on the surface was on a brick stamped with the name of Dungi. which goes back to 2750 B. C. Below this were bricks peculiar to the reign of Sargon , the first Semitic king of Babylon , in 3SOO B. C. Other bricks were found near of the convex shape used in 4500 B. C. If people in a theater will only keeg their heade , they will save their necks. 1 Archie Tisdelle. Chicago banker , -earned the methods of high finance and -apitulized any number of things , writ- has in charge a great deal of the details of the de partment and is in touch with the p o s t m a s t e rs throng h out the United States. More t h a n any other man he is charged with the making of appoint- uients and to him LL - " " > " - ' " much of the success or failure of the service is due. The position for some time has been ably tilled by Frank Hitchcock , but that gentleman has re signed in order to assume the manage ment of Secretary Taft's campaign for the presidency. His successor as First Assistant Postmaster General is Charles P. Grandfield of Missouri , whose picture is presented. The ap pointment was in line of promotion , Mr. Grandfield having been chief cleric ; n Mr. Hitchcock's cilice. " " " Badly beaten in his fight with the noney kings. F. Augustus Heinze will fo-Jcrt Wall street and return to hi3 now it involves an army ofliw-r Maj. H. M. Chittenden , of the corps of en gineers. The major has charge of the engineering work in the Seattle dis trict. The Attorney General's oilice charges him with defrauding the gov ing 10 investors about them on tha gold-yellow pa per of his banlc. A.nom : his "pros- pi . - ts"was "tha " . / isle of pjuSiv. " off tha T rx a s coast Selling the Isl > oC Padre is regard ed by the sophis ticated T e x a n. : TISDEIJ E. pretty much aa Celling the Masonic Temple to the coun- jtryman who ranges into Chicago. The reef Is 70 milr.s long by three miles wide. It is extremely rich in a poor quality of sand. When Tisdelle's bank failed for $01,000. he said , he bought the island to satisfy the pleadings of a beautiful real estate dealer of the gentler sex. He claims a $500.000 in terest in the island. The formal charge against Tisdelle is that of receiving de posits after he knew his little bank was insolvent. ' i John V. Dobsoii. son of the Methodist presiding elder , has won tl.f" honors oC representing Dakota Wesleyan university at the intercollegiate oratorical contest to be held in Mitchell. S. D. , the last week in May. The position of First Assistant Post master General of the United States is a very important one. The occupant \ \ estern copper mines. lie knowa all about copper , and will attempt thereby to rebuild the great fortune which has melted away in a few short months since he tried to show New York financiers th K. Afu. IIKIX/K. way to play the money game. Mr. Ileiir/.e started in copper fifteen years ago on his gradua tion from Columbia College as a min ing engineer. Making his headquarters in Butte. he piled up millions after worsting the Amalgamated and Staml- and crowds in a bitter conflict extend ing over years. His enemies secured his downfall after he reached Ne-.v York , as he did not know so much about finance as he did about copper. He says , however , he will return when he makes another fortune and try them mother whirl. The investigation the great land frauds in the West has involved many- public men from senators down and eminent in the matM \ . . < H ter of public land location . Maj. Chittemleifs brother and five other men and their wives are also accused. It is charged that Maj. Chittenden and his brother fraudulently obtained a paU-nt of 1540 acres of valuable coal land in Skagit County , valued at $12- 000. the entry being made by the other men involved. Maj. Chittenden is a West Point graduate and has a splen did record and the charges against him are nor believed in the army. President IJoosevelt , in addressing th national convention of school ? up rin- tondonts. urged a schom o of education , that would give the pupils practical Ideals. Ho urged manual training that would fit the boys to become home-makera and the girls homekeepers.Speaker Can- ron also addressed the delegates. expressIng - Ing a srronir preference for State schools and colleges over the e endowed by a few rx-h men. The vbbiel > mls and > the old Ufwn mowtc nit in the leek shed are both singing.
