THE tfALEHTIHE DEB3GRAT
VALENTINE , ? , * EIJ.
I. M. IIICE , Publisher.
PJJBE IN KOETHWEBT
/APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE IN
BRITISH OOLOIIISA l-'JIIE.
'Territory One Hundred Square Miles
in Extent is a Seething 3Iass of Fire
Over One Hundred Known to Be
Dead.
As a result of bush fires the town
of Fernie. B. C. , is wiped off the man
'as a child cleans a slate ; Michel four-
leen miles distant , was in.flames Sunday -
< day , and the fate of Ilosmer , Olsen
and Sparwood , intervening towns , is
in doubt , they being1 cut off from all
communication. Over 100 lives are
known to have been lost , 74 of them in
Pernie. A territory of 100 square
milcs in extent is a seething mass of
'flames. Through it are scattered hun
dreds of lumbermen and prospectors.
.so that the actual loss of life will not
he known for days. The property of
the Canadian Pacific and the Great
Northern are destroyed , the bridge
and rolling stock burned so that it is
impossible to leave or enter the burn
ing area. The inhabitants of the towns
have fled to upon distiicts in the vicin
ity in the hope of safety. The raii-
way companies have placed all avail
able trains at their disposal. It was
admitted Sunday that unless there was
a change of wind within the next
twenty-four hours the whole of the
Crows Nest pass country would be
left to the flames. There is no possi
bility of estimating the loss of life , and
especially that which will result , for
the flames are driven by a hard gale. ,
making it impossible to put up a fight
against their advance. The confla
gration is the greatest which has ever
been witnessed in Canada and rank ; :
only with the San Francisco disaster
MESSAGE FIIO31 THE TLEET.
Squadron is Now About 1.500 Miles
from New Zealand.
The United States Atlantic fleet at
S o'clock p. in. Saturday was in lati
tude 13.43 south , longitude 172.1
west , being distant from Auckland.
Xew Zealand , 1,500 miles. At 6:30
o'clock in the morning the fleet
changed its formation from line of
> -quadron to single column , and at 7
k passed the eastern end of Tu-
nd , Samoa , and steamed close
along the coast giving th-- people of the
/d an excellent view of the ships.
station ship Annapolis , under way.
tvith its officers and their families
aboard , passed close to the fleet off
h1 Page Pago. The usual liono' \ \ i 11
rendered.
*
At 9 o'clock the fleet resumed its
course for Auckland in line of squad
ron formation. It had reduced its
speed to nine and on-j-half knots rn
liour.
The hospital ship Relief stopped at
Page Page for coal and will follow
the fleet to Auckland. The weather
is fine , though hot.
SULTAN LONG ON PIIOMISES.
Jle Proclaims Fil ! Liberty for All 3Ii >
Subjects.
A dispatch from Constantinople say.
the imperial edict which was read
Saturday night before the sublime
porte was published Sunday. It ex
plains that the constitution was sus
pended in the time of Safvet Pasha ,
who was grand vizier from June to
December. 187S , in consequence of va
rious intrigues. It declares the equal
ity of all Ottomans without distinction
, as to race or religion ; proclaims their
full liberty and says that all appoint-
anents , with the exception of the min
isters of war and marine and the shiek
Ul Islam , will be made on the advice
of the grand vizier , who has been in
vited to form a now ministry. The
-edict further declares , that bills re
garding the organization and tributes
of various ministries and regarding the
vilayets will be prepared according to
present requirements and submitted to
parliament.
Troops to Watch "Reds.
Gen. Earl D. Thomas , commanding
the department of the Colorado , has
been instructed to dispatch imme
diately six troops of cavalary to the
IXavajo reservation. The orders cam---
from the war department and was in
duced by the fear that the renegade
TJtes will persuade the Navajoes to re
bel.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
beeves , $4.50. Top hogs , $6.50.
Walker Divorce Case.
"Psychic cruelty" is what is alleged
-to have forced Charlotte Walker , lead
ing woman in "The Wolf , " now play
ing at the Chicago opera house , to sue
for divorce from her husband , Dr.
John B. Haden , of Galveston.
Explosion in Coa ! Mine.
One miner was killed , two fally In
jured and four slightly hurt by a gas
explosion in the Bellevue colliery of
, thc Lackawanna company near Scranr
( ton , Pa. _
FLIES LIKE A BIRD.
Farm ail's Aeroplane- Makes a Success
ful Trip.
Rising from the ground like a giant
bird and darting through the air at ex
press train speed Hei-ry Farman's
aeroplane , or heavier than air flying
machine , brought here from France ,
made its inital flight in this country
late Frday afternoon at Brighton
Beach , N. Y. It rose from an espe
cially prepared "dock" at the will of
the inventor , and after attaining a
height of twenty-five feet flew straight
ahead on a direct line , finally alighting
with expuisite grace when the noted air
pilot diminished the motive power.
During the brief space of time in
which the aeroplane was skimming
over the center field of the race track
the few hundred spectators , most of
whom were friends of the inventor or
rival navigators , watched the sport
with breathless interest. The landing
provoked cheers as vociferous as those
of a race track crowd. Farman was
surrounded and literally hugged by
the jubilant aeronauts. Members of
the Aero Club of America , under
whose auspices Farman will conduct
his public flights at Brighton Beach ,
wanted to carry the successful invent
or off the field on their shoulders.
The public exhibitions began Satur
day.
ALBERT LOSES MISS IIADSEL.
The Girl Agrees to Return to Her
Homo in Ottnimva , Iowa.
A temporary truce has been de
clared between the local officials of
Cripple Creek , Colorado , and F. A.
Iladsel on one side and Miss Grace
Hadsel and Hans Albert , the al
leged ir.sane violinist , on the other as
a result of which the girl will go back
to her home at Ottumwa , Iowa , with
her father and Albert has been re
leased from jail. He is to remain at
Cripple Cieek under the guardian
ship of two men and cannot corres
pond with the girl. The court keeps
Albert in charge and informed him
that if he wrote to the girl or she to
him that he would be sent back to
the insane asylum from which he was
recently paroled.
RIOT AT MILITIA CAMP.
l > eln\varc Soldiers Clash with Negroes
and More Than a Score Injured.
The state militiamen encamped
near Rehobolh , Delaware , and a
crowd of negroes in the vicinity en
gaged in a riot in which one man sus
tained a fractured skull and may not
survive , and more than a score of
others were injured. The trouble be
gan when some members of Company
H , First Delaware regiment , of New
castle Averc standing around a merry-
go-round. There were some words
between colored bystanders and the
soldiers , and one colored man hurled
a brick , which struck a private on
the head , fracturing his skull , . In
stantly the soldiers , taking their arms ,
began pursuing every colored man
they could find.
OWE OVER A MILLION.
Assets of XCAV York Promoters So Far
Discovered Amount to $127,000.
On the ground that it would tend to
Incriminate him , Thomas Rhodus , of
Chicago , one of the three Rhodus
brothers recently indicted by the fed
eral grand jury for improper use
of the mail , refused to divulge the
names , addresses and amounts involv
ed in the sale of the Central Life Se
curities company stocks by the
Mercantile Finance company , both
concerns being among those promoted
by the Rhodus brothers. Receiver
Fetzer has filed a preliminary re
port stating to date he had discov-
erel liabilities of $1,303,000 and
assets of $127,000 ,
Burns and Cuts Child.
Rev. Dr. Charles Virden , of Springfield -
field , Illinois , agent of the state
board of public charities , will push
the prosecution against Mrs. Charles
Muggenberg , wife of an Alton artist ,
who is charged with brutally mis
treating her adopted daughter , aged
8 , by burning the child's face , hands
and body with a hot case knife and
inflictins : cuts.
Nun Jicaten to Death.
The inhabitants of Antony , a sub
urb of Paris , have been aroused by an
atrocious crime committed in a girl's
boarding school. The aged directress
of the institution , Peanne Larrieu , a
member of the. Order of the Sisters of
St. Andrew , was beaten to death by
hammers in the hands of two masked
men.
Bankers Are Indicted.
Quarantine Commissioner Frederick
H. Schroeder , vice president of the
Eagle Savings and Loan company of
Brooklyn , N. Y. , and Col. Edward E.
Britton , president of the Eagle Sav
ings and Loan company , were arraign
ed Wednesday before Judge Dike , of
Kings county , N. T.
More Reforms in Paris.
Following up his crusade against
the appearance of unclothed women in
Paris theaters , the prefect of police ,
M. Lepine , has given orders that the
sale of objectionable pictures on the
boulevards be rigorously suppressed.
Explosion Wrecks Town.
At the mining town of Stafford , W.
Va. , 100 kegs of powder In a powder
house exploded. Nearly every house
in the town was completely Arrecked
and several persons seriously hurt.
She Weighs 510 at Death.
After suffering 19 years from ele
phantiasis , Mrs. Anna E. Lynch died
early Friday at her homo near Me-
Keesport , Pa. At death ahe ' .veiuhed
'
.510 pounds.
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FIERCE BAT'iLl.ITJl MOD.
Florida Sheriff and Deputies Fail to
Save Negro.
Three men and a tcore wounded ,
some probably fatally , is the record of
an attempt by a mob at Pensacola.
Fla. , to storm the county jail and take
oul the r.egro , Leander Shaw , who as
saulted Mrs. Lillian Davie near there.
The mob numbered probably 1.000
persons a7id gathered early , but there
was no indication that the crowd ,
which completely surrounded the jail ,
contemplated making a rush until
nearly two hours later. The first indi
cation was when a railroad iron was
brought into play by about a dozen
men upon the iron gate of the jail
yard. At the same moment the entire
mob seemed to catch the spirit , and
with yells and curses dashed for the
jail entrance.
Some climbed over the tall iron
fence while others hammered upon
the gate. The sheriff , with half a
dozen deputies , stood in the windows
upstairs with drawn revolvers and riot
guns. The sheriff pleaded with tb ?
mob , at the samc time telling it that
he would defend the prisoner at tht
cost of every life present. His wordF
had no effect , and the moment the first
blow was struck on the gate a volle >
of shots flashed from the upper windows
dews of the jail. This was answered
by the crowd , which poured volley af
ter volley into the jail windows
wounding two deputies. The mob was
momentarily driven back with man\
wounded and one deal as a result of
the deadly aim of .the sheriff and his
deputies.
At midnight the mob. which in the
meantime had been reinforced by
many residents of the surrounding
country , made another attack on the
jail. The sheriff and officers were
overpowered by men who had crept
over the roar wall and covered them
wiUi rifles and revolvers. Other ?
broke down the cell door and took
Shaw out. The negro was carried ti
the center of the plaza and hanged tn
an eioctric light pole , after which
fully 500 shots were fired into his dan
gling body.
In the last attack on the jail II. C.
Kellum , a street car conductor , was
killed .while two deputies and four 01
five of the mob were wounded.
IIONZA CATGUT IN SWAMP.
Slayer of Mrs. Kocur , a Wealthy Wid
ow of Granite City , 111. , is Caunlit.
Andrew Honza , charged with kill
ing Mrs. Annie Kocur , a wealthy wid
ow of the former "King of the Poles. "
of Granite City. 111. , was found by
the police Wednesday half dead in a
swamp two miles northeast of there ,
where he has been Inditing since the
crime Sunday night. Honza has been
without food for throe days. In his
despair and terror he had tried to end
his own life by stabbing himself ever
the heart , but his hand lacked nerve
and strength , and the wound only
weakened him. IIoiv/.a told his cap
tors he shot Mrs. Kocur after a quar
rel over the storing of some furniture
Mrs. Kocur's 14-year-old son. who wit"
nessed the shooting , said Honza made
improper advances to his mother ,
which she repulsed , and that Honx. ;
became enraged.
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
Stepson of William Iv. Vauderbilt Los
es Life.
G. Winthrop Sands , a stepson of
William K. Vandcrbilt. was killed in
an auto accident near Poissy. Franco
Wednesday morning. Vanderbiit was
not injured.
Sands was riding- with the chauffeur
when in some manner , the automobile
left the road and struck a tree with
terrific force. The car was overturned
and Sands and the chauffeur were pin
ned under the wreck , which at once
caught fire. Soon after help arrived
and Sands and Ihe chauffeur were ex
tricated , horribly maimed and burned.
They were carried into the Vander
biit chateau , twenty miles from Paris ,
where Sands died.
G. Winthrop Sands was a son of the
present Mrs. W. K. Vandcrbilt by her
first husband , Samuel Sands.
Sultan Makes Appeal.
An imperial irado. made public
Wednesday , convokes the first Turk
ish parliament under the new consti
tution for November 1. The docu
ment appeals to the people to cease
their demonstrations , pointing out
that the sultan has proved his good
sentiments and intentions strictly to
observe the constitution and labor for
the prosperity of all his subjects.
Elevated Trains Collide.
Three persons wore injured , one se
riously and a number severely shaken
up in a collision between two Ninth
avenue trains on the elevated road in
New York. .An express train returning
empty from Harlem ran into the rear
car of a south ferry train which was
well filled with passengers.
To .Tail for Harvesters.
The Manitoba , Can. , government has
announced that 30,000 men are needed
to harvest the wheat crop in western
Canada and recommended to the gov
ernors of jails that all men in prison
for vagrancy and other minor offenses
be released on condition that they
work in the harvest fields.
Walsh is Secretary.
The national committee of the Inde
pendence party Wednesday elected
Wm. R. Hearst as chairman ; C. F. S.
Neal , of Indiana , and M. W. Howard ,
of Alabama , vice chairman , and Chas ,
A. Walsh , of Iowa , secretary.
Destroyed by Landslide.
village of Mehr-Los-Bains
The - - ,
Austria , has b.eon destroyed l > y a land
slide. Sixteen persons are reported to
have been killed >
IHTEBESTiHS HAPPEHIH6S
From Day to Day Gondansed |
FOB OUR BUSY READERS
QUEER 3UXUP OX PENSIONS.
Two Men of Same Xame , Place and
Record in War.
Two men giving the same name and
swearing to identically the same serv
ice in the civil war and the widow of
one drawing a pension for that service ,
is a condition that confronts the pen
sion department in Omaha jast now.
James Morgan served a year in the
Thirteenth Indiana infantry during
the civil war and was honorably dis
charged and was awarded it under the
old pension laws. Since the age pen
sion law became effective , Mr. Morgan
has applied for an increase of Tension
under that law and incidentally he
stated in his application that he had
also served in Company A. Fifty-
fourth Indiana infantry for three
months ir addition to his service lv
the Thirteenth Indiana for which ho
was already drawing a pension.
The pension department at once got
bupy and discovered that the .Tarnr- ?
Morgan of Company A , Fifty-fourth
Indiana infantry , was dead and that
prior to his death he had been draw
ing a pesion for that serv : o . " " < ' *
lowing his death , his widow had no
difficulty in securing a po ! ! < > M - > '
widow and was now drawing that pen
sion and had been drawing it iv > r a
number of years. Indisputable evi
dence was produced from neighbor ?
and friends as well as comrades that
the dead James Morgan had served in
the Fifty-fourth Indiana infantry anc
In Company A.
James Morgan , of Omaha , who stil1
insists that he is the Jaip.es Morj-1
that rendered the service in Compa-y
A , Fifty-fourth Indiana. does not
know of any other James Morra .
though from the pension record ? it IP
shown that the two Jamr. iTorgar-
hail from the same vicinity in th"
Hoosier state. It was not really o -
sential that the Omaha Jam PS Morgan
should have claimed credit for service
in Company A , Fifty-fourth Irdiana
infantry , as he was eligible to the niro
pension from his former service in thr
Thirty-fourth Indiana and for whirl-
he was already pensioned. He hn ? r
certificate of service from the : * diut"i <
general of Indiana stating tint ho di'
serve three months in the Fifty-fourth
Indiana.
The question confronting th pnn-
sion department is , which i < * tl'e re0'
James Morgan , the dead or the Hvn
one. Both have furnished imV ° rmtal > 'o
evidence to the comp'ete satisfaction
of the pension department tlTU boil"
are and were entitled to a ne ? ; on un
der the name of James Morgan.
NEBRASKA WHEAT IS C 3CD.
Government Inspectors in the Field
Report Ili h Grade ( niin.
Inspectors from the department of
agriculture are in Omaha almost every
day en route to the wheat fields of Ne
braska. Kansas and South Dakota t <
get some definite idea of the wev t' r
wheat crop will materialise and learn
something as to the quality of the
present crop.
While not permitted to give out any
great amount of information , the inspectors
specters have informed Secretary E. .l
McVann , of the Omaha Grain ex
change , that the wheat is of unuual\
high grade and the yield will be heavy.
The inspectors are authority for the
statement that not for years have Ne
braska and Kansas produced such a
good Avheat crop.
Receipts in Omaha , like those at
other primary markets are heavy and
threaten to force the price down sev
eral cents.
Cutting of spring wheat is in ful"
blast in South Dakota on a line wit ! '
the southern boundary of Minnesota.
Northern Nebraska is furnishing a
large amount of new wheat.
SENSATION AT
State Auditor Seurle is Arrested in a
Red Light Resort.
A noisome scandal invaded the state
capitol at Lincoln Thursday mornirg.
At an early hour State Auditor E. M.
Searle was arrested at the resort of
Rose Kirkwood , on South Ninth street
With him was a man who claimed to
be E. L. Culver , of Omaha. Tw
women were arrested. One of them i
said to be prominent in society , but
their names have not been obtained.
Excise Commissioner U. O. Powo'
filed the complaint. He claims that h
merely noticed that the two men ac
costed two women on the rtreot ar1"
started with them toward the prescrib
ed district. He ? ays he called fie at
tention of the officer on the beat to the
occurrence. He denied that ho knew
that one of the men was the state aud
itor.
Searle and his fellow pris" > nfo' : - -
fcited their bonds , failing to appear 5r
the police court. He could not br
found at the auditor's office.
Ilent Exees ive nt FYemr nf.
The mercury at Fremoi.t Wi Jne dny
reached 97 , the hottest of thr Poasr > :
so far. The top of the ground Is ba-o. ]
hard and a little rain wou d lie ! '
things out. Reports on the ( > mlt5"
of the corn crop are contradictory. < "
the -bluffs it is looking gonri. the p- '
there are many low places where con-
was drowned out.
Good Wrcat Crop.
A farmer living near Pickrolt.
name was not learned. ? od !
bushels of wheat at Pickrr-H the 'P * *
vest from sixty acre1" . lie ' > " > ivr
S3 cents per bushel. This is = the ! arg
est yield yet reported.
Child
John , the H-yesir-oM ? on : ' . "Vfir
McMillen , living IITI- " " - ' * . VT'
probably fatally Irirt ly l n'r <
over by a wagcn Ira' ! of hoy. M-
McMillen was returning homrie -
his liltle son ran out to meet him
BAD STORM AT LONG PJXE.
Heavy L.CSS . Results from Lightning
and Continued Rainfall.
One of the worst rain and electrical
storms ever known visited Long Pine
and vicinity Saturday night. During
the stem several residents were stun
ned by bolts of lightning , but none of
them are seriously injured. The rain
came down in torrents and for a while
resembled a cioudburst at some places.
The storm began at S o'clock in the
evening and did not slacken up until
after 3 o'elcc ! : the next morning. Sev
eral buildinr" v.-cro struck by lightning
and the departr-ient store owned by
Geo. A. Smith & L'on took fire and the
interior war ; seen a mass of flames.
The 1 re department immediately re-
rpenceil and w'thin ' fifteen minutes
after the fire started two lines of nose
were p'ayir-g water on the flames. The
whole store and contents were badly
damaged cnc ! ; he proprietors have not
yt given cut an estimate of their loss.
The cortcTit were entirely covered by
insurance , but there was none on the
builng. ! Night ? Iarshal Z. B. Cox ,
while en his way to ring the fire bell ,
was badly stunned by a bolt of light
ning and wa : later found in the street
in a dared condition. He was imme-
diate'y taJ'en to his home and is get-
tir.T r'org nic'y. . The storm came
from tbe nuithwe t , but by midnight
a rtiff wind was blowing from the
? cutl" > . Saturday had been a very hot
day a"d in tne evening the tempera
ture dropped aboat 15 degrees , indi-
atn ! tlint a bad hail storrn had taken
- > : ace : jrr.otvhere in the north. A num
ber of ranchmen and farmers report
' . "go iosre1 ; among their cattle and
other live stck. .
CTA ? ; GCISS TIIIIOUGII
* 'i liraki Presidential Ciuitlidato Inl-
titnl ! at A--Sar-T ! > en Ben.
Piyan r.'Tht at the Den in Omahq
narkc.T arorhcr epoch in Ak-Sar-Ben's
histciy."hat was probably the larg-
* -'jt number of kninhts ever assembled
at tht- ndouarters of the king gatli-
red ear'y rntl stayed late , and the
orciiiMifa ! attendant on the welcom
ing of strangers and the initiation of
t piiru Tcrthe high honor were never
more Impres ! ve nor more successfully
carrier ! out. Iload Artificer Renze had
ciledrd pe1i 1ioJ the machinery un
til ifrir'y "K tened and the faithful
TPV : y.t : n its time so thoroughlj
I' ot Tie travelers were most \vonder-
'vil'y irnroetl. . Admiral Paffenrath
'nd J'rt'ti Thomas were in rare foim
and r.otlii g could be said but praise
"rr the Fpeclacular phases of the work
"t wan the moi'e important that 't
'iou'd be. for among the quests Avere
any from abroad , including a num-
-er o4"c a. tern historians who are dail >
; -nbn'vrJin-r f r the edification of dwell-
rr amrnfj : "ie Atlantic shores the
, . . ,
' - at Fairview
.f t j j'-yponings anu
vicinity. / nd thty will have a new
fsiy to tc'i n"\v. both from observa-
; i"n and cxnc > T-ience.
Owirt ti > Mr. Pryan's tendency to-
' -r nl sea" ! el TOPS he was excused from
iking a trip on Admiral Paffenrath's
" i" ' ' 'lip. the "Aquiris. " Several new
'catuics were introduced in the initia-
' : y yfjrnts and on their conclusion a
' rlrf moving pictures were shown.
rereoontTj ; ! IIr. Bryan speaking at
h ? Twe-.ty-fourth and Leavenworth
tiortn ni" < t'n : of the early afternoon.
" ! u > pictures were excellent and show.
il Mr. Hiyant at his best.
SCAI'S FZIOM CRAZED BULL.
' ! : - . RKd Xrs. TW IVeKs. of Pilger , Bad-
Iv Frj.-.htencd. !
T\rr. and .Mrs. Eel AVolls , living six
mile ? nnrth ef Pilgor. had a narrow
scape from being gored to death by a
raoci bull. A bull belonging to John
rih'icly. a neighbor , had got into his
'ot ai.l wa'ylng down quietly while
Mr. and Mrs. AVells were milking but
T ? th ( y wre Ifnving the lot he sudden-
'y arns-e ami with head down , seeming-
y erarod. h made for Mr. Wells , whe
succeeded in getting over the fence
'ust in time. He then turned on Mrs.
Veils , who was making for the fence
and she also escaped by a narrow
margin. The bull got worse as the day
* > rogre'.sv < l. He would chase birds or
. nythipg that would alight in the lot.
lie \vold back off and with head
lown. tail eroct. dive for a weed and
rr re it > n the ground. He kept this up
until about the middle of the after
noon , when ho uied. No one dared
venture near him. as ho had long ,
harp hr rrs. It is a mystery what was
"he matter , vth him.
IJGAD5 ; r.VT VALITS A HE TXW.
TITe T. ' J : s V lira ! Estate Transfer
* . - ? : ' ; - ? -ej'jisa Tnnds. -
rt"t'i t'1" "n""n Pacific and the Bur-
" -cte-j ral'r. P.lfiled lists of real es-
'to tf T' " " < ! with the state board
> " e < .ur."I "l : ' > 'i ro ontly to show the
a'f- * : : ? In nu.rt instances is higher
'inn t'o 'T/ro placed on the same
artc's ' y ! ' county assessors.
A.V. . f'C ! ? t > . -.or. for the I'nion Pa-
i"r. " 'rtf' tr"for.c in all but three
' - ri'7'7 ; 'viici th-'s road runs ,
.n-r-- , ? f"v-yr.r period from 1902
1 WlT T't - " o compared with the
. - a > -1 i f 1 DOS.
r. . Pfl'r-.i-J. for the Burlington ,
, - , . , : ; . -t -f { rr n fers in thirty-four
f r ; . - . - l : > - > i shewed that the value
* ii-- > < - . . ' > -jif.v ! ani ] by the assessors
! - : r- ' -1 " > P-- "f-nt of the sales value.
% , . t , - , , . - , . . ; - , ! , ! ! in thee l.STo
- - , , . . - . . - v f. o i i : ! thf deeds , was
' : - ; ; : . PT..T I'-- " t-'ta. value as fixed
y t * > t- : > . - . - , - . : \va 5'J.-JSO,444 on the
nine p'rur e : ly.
? ' - = . . ' . : ir = I.f.-Yrs Aulntrn.
. * ' . , ' " , v"rarpp. ;
: > - IP" "rarpp. one of the
f-.i t'k.rnpcr w men in th
> . ' * .n ' . - > ! ' . rr" > npr-r 1 with the
rnr I ? ? k:1 fcr the last nine
--rr. . = e-erd : i. r connefflt n with
* { ' - " ' . " > fetif : i aiJ han retired Jronj
re"-f r/ - . - C-.M T- npenn r
" * c : - - ' -n : C"r - i-ernr.r >
Vj , Cf ' , - . - . - r- . - ; rpC.U Jor. .
- . ' ' . i - "
- : < - i"es he fa-
on d a. ij. . . . ; . _ ' _ . 't 't law , .
If ;
ill
. /V - H.pJfc't ' TV.vcws * . < Hfi.O il i. 3/-
I
Count Kfttsnra , who is . . , -
succeed Marquis Saionjl as proaiKr o2
ot the , Iar-
Japan if the resignation
quis is accepted > -
the Emperor ,
one of ahc u
interesting charac
ters in Japan. He-
fought his way to-
the top from the-
ranks. He was.
prime minister-
during t h e war
with Russia. He-
is a field marshal , .
having won. that
. .
COU2CT KATSUKA. in tne wnr.
is 5S years ,
with China. Count Katsura
liiniscll : : s a
old. He distinguished
young man lighting for the Emperor
and was sent to
against the Shogunate
military science. On
Prussia to study
in 1874. lie be-in &
his return to Japan
career In the military and civil service
that has made him considered , at home
leader and.
and abroad , a military
statesman of high ability.
" . " '
" ' brother "Cuas.
Each "Bill' hns a
There's a "Brother Charlie , " too , in th
Bryan campaign for , the Presidency'
So riYBch was said
of Taffs $30,000,000
"Brother Charlie" in
connection with the
Chicago convention
that the fact seems
worthy of record.
It is also worth
Avhlle because Chas.
\V. Bryan Is a geode
e x a in p 1 e of the
wide - awake , hns-
11 i n g Westerner ,
and has worked like
a Trojan for his CHAS. w. W\AS.
brother. For eleven years hevat >
W. .T.'s secretary , in which capacity he
handled a correspondence running front
300 to 1,000 letters a day. When thi
Commoner was established he waC
made ptiblisher. W. J. is editor and
proprietor. C. W. has managed the ?
business end of the Lincoln publication , .
Dr. Frank Hugh Montgomery , wht
was drowned in White Lake , near Mus *
keson. Mich. , had been for a nnmbeJ-
V3v--1
wa {
-7 f7
W&Jfi
w k a -
of years a proniin >
ent physician hi
Chicago. He wa ?
born in Minnesota
Jan. U , 1802. anc
was educated at
the University oi
M i n n o s o t " . anil
Rush Medical Col
lej'e. with p
graduate studies
in Vienna. Louder :
and Paris. For
time he was asso
ciate professor ot
skin diseases ht
DK. MOXTGOMKUV. Iiush Medical Col *
lege and was also dermatologist to the-
St. Elizabeth and Presbyterian hospl-
tals. With Dr. James Nevins II ; . .Ie he
wrote a treatise on diseases of tinskio
that has passed through several edi
tions. He also wrote articles at vari
ous times for medical journals.
Steve Adams , who was acquitted o
the murder of Arthur Collins at Crane ! "
Junction. Colo. , was a member of the
\Vestern Federation
ofMiners and was
arrested through
the alleged confes
sion of Harry Or
chard , which im
plicated him. Ad-
ums also made an
alleged confession ,
which lie after
ward repudiated.
In November. 1007 ,
lie was tried for
the murder of
Fred Tyler , and
the jury disagreed , - *
, , . JsTfc' . L AOA * I3. .
Then he was ar
rested in Idaho on the charge of having
killed Collins at Tellnride , Colo. , and
turned over to the Colorado authorities
for trial.
.
* " *
The distinction of having been bon ?
further north than any other white
child is held by a Washington girl , .
.uarie Peary ,
daughter of Robtj
E. Pc.iry. the arctic-
explorer. She was ,
born at Auniver <
sary Lodge. North.
Greenland. Sept. 12
3 803. The Eski
mos came for miles
tr see the "snow
t/fcy , " or Anighitcx
They at first re
fused to believe
that she was a
child of real flesh
and blood.
Peary has spent
most of her life In Washington and
will soon enter society.
The government of Honduras has b
suu suit before the new Centr& Amerfc
can C-mrt of Justice against the goverri
meats , of Salvador and Guatemala
, charg *
bag violation of treaties signed by th
cc-antries of Central America at AVashi
last winter.
While in Xew York J. J. Hij } sald h
thought the prospects good for bountiful
crops , and he called attention to th <
J
short supply of grain as indicating that
'
this year's harvest will "
produce a "good
money crop.1 '
