Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, December 31, 1908, Image 2

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    THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
VAliKXTIXE , XKB.
t. M. 11ICE , - Publisher.
A. VAST AREA DRY"
PJIOIIIIJITIOX WAVE HAS SWEIT
OVMK WIDE SECTIOX.
Ile ults Are J'ar Jleaching In Many
States Question Overshadows All
Other Issues Hearts Show De
crease in Drunkenness and Crime.
.A wrrvo of prohibition has swept
Xvith sucli remarkable effect over the
south and sentiment has so crystallized
against the saloon and its kindred
evils that the new year opens upon a
vast stretch of territory absolutely be
reft of liquor , while the area where
the anti-prohibitionists have tri
umphed marks the battle ground for
Impending' fights on the question.
Significant of the magnitude this
problem has assumed is the fact that
In many states prohibition obscures all
other municipal and state questions.
Other states have disposed of the issue
temporarily .at least , by the passage of
statutory laws , whose efficiency must
yet be tested. In still other states
the elections have restricted the sale
of liquors in the larger cities.
More than half the south's terri
tory is "dry" absolutely , and in the
remaining area the sale of intoxicants
is restricted.
It , is evident that the cities are the
only remaining strongholds for the sa
loons , and it is unlikely that this con
dition will be modified except through
a radical change in political thought ,
through failure to enforce the laws
against the liquor traffic , failure to
solve the problem growing out of defi
cits in county , municipal and state
treasuries from a loss of the whisky
tax , or inability to cope with the illicit
sale of whisky , and perhaps other ob-
atablcs which follow in the wake of
prohibition.
The results of prohibition generally
are gleaned from reports indicating a
great decrease in the number of ar
rests for drunkenness , an increase in
the bank deposits of laborers , fewer
cases of wife abandonment , and a de
crease in criminality generally. The
difficulty of enforcing the prohibition
laws , however , is conceded to be one
of the chief obstacles to its absolute
success in many states.
A SPECTACULAR ACCIDENT.
Automobile .Tunis .Three Complete
Somersaults in the Air.
One of the most spectacular acci
dents ever caused in an American au
tomobile race occurred at Ascot park ,
Ixs Angeles , Cal. , when the tire of a
racer broke on a curve while Gus
Seyfried , of San Francisco , was driv-
.Ing at more than a mile a minute , the
car turning three complete somre-
saults in the air , a blazing ball of
flame , and landing a broken wreck in
the center of the track , where it was
practically consumed by the flames.
Seyfried was thrown out with ter
rific force , landing clear of his car
and sustaining only minor cuts and
bruises.
The 7)rincipal feature of the day was
the winning of 25-mile event by G.
Soules. lowering the world's record for
stock cars , in the fast time of 25 min
utes 3C 2-5 seconds.
OKDEll JEWS niOM FIXLAXD.
Thirty Families Have Been Ordered to
Tjcave the Country.
One of the periodic expulsions of
Hebrews is going on in Finland. Thir
ty families have been ordered to emi
grate at once. The senate on the ba
sis of a narrow interpretation of the
law maintains the rihgt to issue indi
vidual licenses entitling residence in
Finland for six months , being renew
able at the senate's discretion.
According to the Finish statutes
Hebrews are forbidden to acquire and
hold property , are denied the right of
citizenship and are permitted to re
side in Finlnad only under close re
strictions. An exception was made in
the year 1850 in favor of 200 families.
The late diet declined to consider a
proposition abolishing Jewish disabili
ties.
HEADY TO IXVADE SEUVIA.
Austria-15un iary Has Large Force of
Soldiers on Frontier.
A dispatch from Vienna says that
Austria-Hungary has a force of 155-
000 men In Bosna and Herzegovina
ready to invade Servia at a moment's
notice. Another correspondent says
typhus has broken out among the
Austrian troops in Bosnia and that the
troops are suffering greatly from the
cold and exposure. Many deaths have
occurred.
A dispatch from Cettinje , Montene
gro , announces the departure of the
war minister and general staff on a
tour of inspecaion of the Herzegovnia
frontier.
| Fire Destroys a Hotel.
Fire destroyed the Arlington hotel
and seven other buildings at Oneonta ,
N. T. , causing a loss of $100,000. Many
of the occupants of the hotel had nar
row escapes. The fire started in the
Arlington hotel building owned by H
E. Huntington , of Los Angeles.
Sioux City Live Stork Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves ,
t$3.75@4.75. Top hogs , $5.80.
SECURE $180 BY TORTURE.
Robbers Burn Victim's Feet with
lighted Matches.
By burning his feet with lighted
matches two masked robbers at 4
o'clock Friday morning compelled H.
A. Schabow , of Curtice , O. , to open
a safe in his farm house and turn
over $180.
After tying their victim to his bed
with strips of a sheet and placing a
gag in his mouth the bandits went to
the barn , stealing a lior.se and buggy ,
and escaped. On battering in the front
door the robbers placed an unknown
substance on a heated stove which
overcame the family of seven , a.iu
the bandits then operated undisturbed.
Schabow is in serious condition , but
will recover.
While one of the robbers was tortur
ing Schabow with the matches the
other kept him covered with a re
volver , threatening to kill him if he
uttered a sound. Schabow is agent for
a Toledo insurance company.
Toledo police arc searching the city
and the surrounding country for the
two robbers.
The first the Schabow family knew
of the robbery was when the children
rushed to th 'ir father's room to wish
him a merry Christmas. Heas not
there , and on entering a little front
room used as an office they fourd him
on the floor unconscious. with his
hands and feet tied and a woolen mit
ten stuffed in his mouth. On regain
ing consciousness Mr. Schabow said
that hearing a noise in the office he
went to investigate and was attacked
by two masked men , who demanded
money. He refused to open the safe ,
whereupon they bound and gagged
him and then applied lighted matches
to his feet. lie endured this torture
for awhile , but finally gave in am"
opened the safe and then became un
conscious.
DESTITUTE KEME5IBKHF.D.
Xrw York Sets a Xcw Mark in Christ
mas Charities.
New York City celebrated Christmas
of 190S in a way that not only livc <
up to the best of its traditions , bu
set a new standard. Favored witl
abundance which the year brough
forth , the rich , well to do and th <
moderately circumstanced had placec'
at the disposal of active workers in
philanthropy ample funds with whicl
to go at the work of making the day
one to be remembered. The unfortu
nate in the jails , the ill in. the hos
pitals , the poor in their homes and the
destitute and helpless in institutions
all were remembered. That not far
from 100,000 persons were assisted by
means of donations of dinners and the
like is estimated.
Mostnotable of the Christinas
eficiaries were those of the Salvatioi
army and Volunteers of America. The
"army" had the vast floor of the
Grand Central Place auditorium for
Its Christmas storehouse and drew
upon its supply to send out fully 5,000
baskets , each containing a Christmas
dinner for some poor family.
MASTERY IX BAXK ROBBERY.
California. Officials Find $29.000 Miss
ing from Los Anuclcs Concern.
The fact has just been made public
that the First National bank , of Mon
rovia , Cal. , was robbed of a sum said
to amount to $20.000 some time be
tween last Saturday and Monday night.
Detectives have been at work on the
case , but it is stated that no clews
to the robbers have been found and
no arrests have been made. The loss
of money was discovered when the
bank opened for business Monday
morning. Whether it was taken by an
expert thief after the close of tlT bank
on Saturday , or was removed after the
vault had been locked for the night ,
has not been determined. All the of
ficers of the bank refuse to dy.cuss the
matter. President John Bartle admit
ted that the robbery had occurred , but
said that in view of the fact that the
bank was insured for $25,000 with a
casualty company the loss to the
stockholders would be less than $5-
000. The bank is capitalized at $100-
000 , with a surplus of $90.000 , and has
undivided profits of $20,000.
Vessel's Crow Mutinies.
The crew of the yacht Delia , owned
by Jacques Lebaudy , "Emperor of the
Sahara , " mutinied off the coast near
Teneriffe , Canary Islands , and hoisted
the Haitian colors. The vessel was
forced to put into Santa Cruz , how
ever , owing to lack of coal , and on ar
riving there the mutineers were ar
rested.
Water ( Jauge Bursts.
The bursting of a water gauge in
the cab of a mogul engine running fifty
miles an hour and pulling the fast
through stock train on the Lake Shore
railroad from Chicago to New York
resulted in the death of the head
brakeman , the probable death of the
fireman and the slight scalding of the
engineer.
Deputy Shrrifl' Shot.
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Mitchell was
shot and killed at Hogan institute.
Okla. , when he attempted to quiet a
disturbance at a Christmas celebration.
Sam and Henry Fryo are under arrest
and a posse is seeking George Frye.
The Frycs are of Cherokee descent ,
wealthy and prominent.
Farmer Ends I-.il' ? .
Because he did not have money
enough to provide the usual Christinas
toys for his children , C. A. Eastop , a
farmer near Quietman , Ga. , committed
suicide by shooting.
Business Section Burned.
Practically the entire business sec
tion of Ravia. Okla. , a town of 1,200
inhabitants in Johnson county , was
ivipod out by fire , the loss aggregating
about ? 55,000t
OIL TRUST OUSTED.
Missouri Supreme Court Renders
Sweeping Opinion.
Declaring that the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana , the Republic Oil
Company of Ohio and the Waters-
Pierce Oil Company of Missouri , had
conspired and combined to monopolize
the oil business in that state , the su
preme court of Missouri Wednesday
issued a decree ousting all three from
the commonwealth and fining them
$50,000 each.
The decree against the Waters-
Pierce company is tempered by the
proviso that it may continue in busi
ness if by January 15 , 1909 , it can
show to the court that it has taken
steps to operate as an independent
concern and has satisfied the judgment
against it. The other companies are
given until March 1 , 190 > , to wind up
their affairs in the state.
The Republic Oil company , accord
ing to a statement filed wi h the secre
tary of state last June , has ceased to
do business in Missouri , having sold
its interests March 1 , 1907.
The decision , which was unanimous
on the part of the seven judges , is so
sweeping that Attorney General Ilad-
ley and Gov. Folk hail it as the end
of the illegal commercial combina
tions in Missouri , and the former as
serts that , in conjunction with the de
cision of the supreme court of the
United States in the tobacco trust case ,
it will affect similar suits in other
states.
Attorney General Hartley , who has
prosecuted the Missouri case since its
inception in March. 1905 , will become
governor in less than a month , and
then will be charged with the enforce
ment of the decree issued AVednesday.
The attorney general followed up the
promulgation by the court with a
statement in which he asserted that
attempts had been made to compro
mise the suit.
MAXY HURT IX A RIOT.
Factions in Church Have a Serious
Clash Xcar Pittsburgh
Waring fractions of a Catholic con
gregation in Homestead , a suburb of
Pittsburg" , Tuesday night engaged in
a riot in which four persons were ser
iously hurt and several hundred Slavs
\\ere slightly injured. Twenty-five of
the participants have been arrested
and are in jail and warrants are being
prepared for many other participants
in the melee. After the Homestead
riot had been quelled the rioters went
to Municipal hall , where they destroy
ed the interior of St. Michael's Slav
onic parochial school , home of the new
priest. Rev. M. C. Flagensky , whose
life they vainly sought. The trouble
was over the removal of furniture
from St. Michael's Slavonic Roman
Catholic church to the parochial school
at Municipal hall , a neaiby borough ,
by a new pastor.
LABOR CHIEFS FOUND GUILTY.
Gompers , Mitchell and Morrison Arc
Sentenced.
The famous contempt ca es of the
Buck Stove and Range company
against President Gompers. Vice Pres
ident Mitchell and Secretary Morrison ,
of the American Federation of Labor ,
was decided Wednesday by Justice
Wright , of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia , adversely to the
federation officials. Gompersas
sentenced to twelve months' imprison
ment , Mitchell to nine months and
Morrison to six months. The case
grew out of the alleged boycott of the
company's products and the putting
of that company on the unfair list , and
the federation's alleged violation of
Judge Gould's recent mandamus , and
has attracted wide attention.
BURXHAM IS FOUXD DEAD.
Former Insurance Man is Poisoned
by Gas.
Frederick A. Burnham , of New York ,
former president of the Mutual Re
serve Life Insurance company , was
found dead in bed in his home Wed
nesday morning of gas poisoning. The
police lay his death to suicide.
The Burnham family doctor , who
reached the home a few minutes af
ter Burnham was found , said the case
undoubtedly was one of accident. Gas
had escaped from a small stove , which
was used to heat Burnham's sleeping
room. The physician said Burnham
apparently had turned it on again af
ter the flame had been extinguished.
The Mutual Reserve went into the
hands of a receiver in February last
Consumption Death Rate High.
According to a bulletin by the state
board of health , of the 31,443 deaths
in Illinois during the first half of the
present year , 3,7SC were from tuber- c
culosis. From only one other cause J
were there more deaths. 4.117 from =
pneumonia. The rate of death is 11.19
per cent of each 1,000 of population.
One Thousand Homeless. G
fl
? .Iore than 1,000 persons were made
homeless and $100,000 worth of prop
erty destroyed in a fire which burned
out an entire block of department
houses in Brooklyn , N. Y. , Wednesday.
Twenty persons who were overcome $
f
by smoke , were rescued by firement.
liaby Fell Five Stories.
After falling : five stories down an
elevator shaft and alighting on a ce
ment floor , the 2-year-old baby of Cash
Michuin , railroad agent , of St. Jo "
seph. AVednesday , escaped with noth-
n
iny more than n fe\v scratches. "
Five Injured in Wreck.
A local passenger train on the Chicago
cage and Eastern Illinois railway col
lided with a freight train
at Chaffe. c
Mo. , AVednesdav niirht. Five persons i
were injured. 0 ,
KILLS CRIPPLED SOX.
Lincoln Father TIu n Commits Suicide.
Had Been in III Health.
Herman Weidbtirg. of Lincoln , a
hack driver , 35 years old , killed his
9-year-old son. and then shot
himself , dying almost instantly.
The murdered child , who was a crip
ple , never having been able to walk ,
was asleep with another brother. According
cordingto the story of the second
son , the father came to the bed. lifted
little Sidney out , placing him on the
floor , and shot him twice through the
heart. Satisfying himself that his box-
was dead , the man turned the weapon
on himself.
Wiedburg has for some time been
in poor health , and his condition lately
became worse. Me called a doctor ,
who gave him little encouragement.
Brooding over his own aiJment and
that of the bey supposedly prompted
the act.
KTi\ ! < ; ini-x : KLSUJORX RIVER.
3ratio Xccrssarv by tlio Cin.i ! ; < .s Made
in Lo : .n Creek.
The plan of straightening the E'k-
horn river by cultipff channels across
mary of its numerous bends which has
been talked of for a nuviber of years
by farmers owri'npj hint's adjoining it
is like'y to be realized. To accomp
lish this will rc-iuire the co-operation
ofboth Dourlas and Snrpy countVs
and it is nuif practically necessaiy by
the proposed sti--iightening of Lop.irt
creek throuerh Thurston. Hurt and
Dodge counties. Logan creek is 165
miles in length , but. if the cutoffs pro
posed by the federal government en
gineers are dug it will be reduced to
only about sixty miles , and during
high water it will empty a larger flow
into the Elkhorn than that crooked ,
eratic stream can carry. The plan
proposed contemplates a new drainage
district under the Knowles law.
BRO'v- ! ; THROUGH THE TCK.
H. T. Bowers Lo.-os Life While Rci- !
iriy ; at Lincoln.
Despite the efforts of his companion
Miss Janet Ramoy. IT. T. Bowers. 20
years of age. lost bis life while skat
ing at Lincoln park. He broke
through the thin ice and drowned ,
more than a hundred skaters witness
ing the tragedy.
Miss Ramey screamed for help and
at the same time skated out on the
thin ice and attempted to reach Mr.
Bowers with a branch that she had
caught up. ITis body was recovered
throe-quarters of an hour after it
sank. Powers was prominent in so
ciety and his family is well known ,
his father being s tate secretary for
the Gideons.
WO33AX AT DAXXKIlORd KILLFF
Fell Into a Cellar Way and Skull ! -
Crushed Hies Instantly.
While doing some Christmas shop-
pins ; i'i the store of the Danneborsr
Mercantile company , Mrs. Didrik Jensen -
son stepped into an open cellar-w.iy
through the floor and fell to the floor
below in such a manner that the skull ;
was crushed , and she lived only a few
minutes after. She was one of the
earlier Danish settlers , coming to
Dannesborg in 1S72. Her snrvivinsr
husband has been confined to his bci" !
for a long lime by serious illness.
A'ALKXTIXK MAX MURDERED ?
"
C. W. Mas in ale Killed at Eldorado.
Ark. , and Robbrd.
C. W. Massingale. aged 5fl years , of
Valentine. Neb. , who has been in El
dorado , Ark. , for several months , was
robbed of about $200 Wednesday night
and killed. His body wa found nenr
the school building in Eldorado. Leo i
L. Coombs , a farmer living about four -
miles from Eldorado , who was ar
rested in Little Rock last summer , sail1
to have been charged with larceny.
held in connection with the killing.
SHARE PROFITS AVITH EMPLOYES
Divide More Than $1.000 Among v.
Their Workmen. v.o
In addition to the distribution of o
290 turkeys among its employes , the b
Dempster Mill Manufacturing com d
pany of Beatrice gave added reason fi
for a merry Christmas by declrainsr
the semi-annual profit sharing. Divi
dends just distributed for the last half
of the year are $4.000.03. This year
the rate is S per cent against 0 per
cent last year.
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Fscaped Prisoner Uetum ? .
James TJ. Daw on. who was in an ' ,
altercation with AVilliam TTeid at Milford - '
ford last summer , in which TTeid was
*
stabbed and AVIO escaped from the , '
county .lail at Reward on the night of J
September lf . was returned to Sewnrd
Bounty jail by Sheriff Gilan Thursday
Xcw Opera House at McCook.
McCook's $50.000 Masonic temple- I
opera house project is nearing the '
point of enclosure. It is hoped that
the building will be completed by
? arly spring. V (
Machinery for Light Plant. u
The machinery for McCook's new ty
electric light plant arrived last week
on Wednesday. The new buildings
are rapidly Hearing completion.
tli
For Farmers Insiiicic.
ty
The county board of supervisors of tyWi
fuming county have appropriated Wi
$100 for the purpose of holding a in
farmers' institute in the year 1909. inf.
Hed ! for Diamond Tlieft.
Jutus Sounder of Grand Island is
iwalting trail tt TTastinss on the Wire
charge of Inrctr.v and forgery. He is ro
iccused of havlns : srolen a diamond te
"rom the Sims jewelry store while tekr
legotiating for its purchase with a h.
"orged check.
Poultry Show a Siccr : = - < - .
The chicken and pet stock show ur
vhich closed Saturday at Nebraska SS
ity , was a success in every way. th
"here were over 300 entries and th < ed
i.ttemlanceas very large.
BOGUS GA5CK LAWS.
Advertising Grafter Trimming Country
Merchants.
Merchants out in some of the small
towns of the state are patronizing a
traveling advertising man. instead of
their local newspapers , and consequently
quently are liable to get innocent par
ties into trouble. The scheme being
worked is to piint on a card the game
laws for 190S-09 and sell advertising
space on the cards to the merchants.
Copies of the iard have been received
by Game Warden Carter , who denounced -
nounced the man who is doing the
business as n mighty bad man. Here
is v\hat Mr. Carter said :
"There are no same laws for 190S-
09. The legishiture which is shortly
to meet may change all of the game
laws on the stutute books. The circu
lation of the = e cards might get inno
cent parties inrn trouble because they
might think tiu y are really the game
laws of the state. The man who getup
up the advertising scheme did not even
use the present game laws. I have
written to several parties who have
sent me cards and told they are all
wrong insofar as they relate to the
game laws. " Mr. Carter received
some of the cards from Fairbury and
they contained advertising matter
from merchants ; of that town.
LJXCOLX'rf CITY CHARTER.
.Mayor 'Hunks Commission
Have Pay.
Mayor Brown , i.f Lincoln , who has
just recently ietuine'1 home from an
ibsonco1 of several weeks at Excelsior
Sprinqs. where hev.it to rest up af
ter electlop. . Iris bosun to look into the
matter of the city .government by com-
mir-'ion. i7vi r Brown is opposed to
t'io it7ea r.f hav'ng a commission to
serve without pay. He believes such
; ct.rarnisrion will not attend to the
duiie.of the city government and
? < iisipe"s men should not be asked to
give tr.-ir time- > the city for nothing.
While- the makingof the charter
has gone on in the absence of the
mayor and with little advice or sug
gestion from bun. the people here now
realize that it is time his honor was
being c.'iumMed. Therefore a number
of leadi.i ? : citizens have dropped into
bin office during the last few days to
set his advice.
BURGLAKS ARK TAKEX.
Tv.o Mi'i . \ , . -S d of SUalingOstrich
PhiMirs to Be Tried in Lincoln.
Helective James Malone. of Lincoln ,
arrived ininux City. la. , from Des
M.ui.es with inisition papers for
Mauve a..d < * . W. Silvers. These men
were arrested about a week ago by
Sioux City detectives and in their
room were found several ostrich
plumes- and furs. A. II. Whiteworth ,
manager for Miller it Paine , at Lin
coln , and Mrs. ( Y-mpton. one of the
,
head cb-rkf. arrived in Sioux City Sun
day and i < eitified two sable muffs and
most of the j.lumes as property which
had been stolen from the store about !
four weeks aco. Omaha police believe
that these men are guilty of burglaries
in that citv.
HIT ! 5Y THE MZLLKRS.
\ttu'k Secretary Wilson's Bleached
flour Order.
The South Platte division of the Ne
braska Millers' association in an ani
mated meeting at Lincoln Tuesday af
ternoon ui.scus.-ed plans for appealing
o the federal court for'relief from Se-i
retary Wilson's order against bleached
flour. The millers asserted the ukase
would ciur-o the Nebraska millers
he-'vy 1 < - . and would ruin the industry
in the state. They ace-used Wilson of
ratifying a private grudge. It was
facitiy agreed to seek relief in the
ourts. The millers also framed an
"inphik * protest against the increase
in freight rates asked for the Nebraska - t
ka ruir ! < ads.
Old SuJrr is Called. i
Samuel AVymore. founder of the '
loAvn f Wymore. died Monday mornIng -
Ing at hi.- ; home near that place from
stroke of paialysis Avhich he suffered
-aturday. Mr. Wymore had resided
n Cage county for forty-five years
ind at one time oAvned the land on
A-hich Blue Springs and AVymore arc
ituated. He Avas 73 years of age. :
Good Showinir by Bank.
The First National bank of Shelbs
vill erect a two-story brick building
n the spring. This bank has been in
nisiness twenty-three years , diel not
jorrow or discount any of its notes
luring the three years of hard times
'rom crop failure , and was on a full
ash payment basis during the recent
ank panic. .
Convict Returns to Prison.
Convict Ru.ssell. who has been out
n i parole for some months , turned up
it the penitentiary at Lincoln bright
ind smiling and asked to be taken
jack. lie wanted to got in on that
'hristmas dinner. He has been pa-
oled to a rnan out in Frontier county ,
ut the cold weather drove him baclf
ionic.
Poultry Show a Success.
The Dodge county poultry show
los-cd a most successful exhibition at
i'renmnt. There were more chickens '
nd a greater number of visitors than
ver before. A. C. Collins , of Hano-
er. Kan. , won the grand champion-
hip eiip for the highest scoring birds ,
hich were of the White Rock varie-
y. one scoring 904. .
Xo Pardon for Clements.
r
Lieut. C5ov. Ilopewell has decided
iiat Fred AV. Clements , of Sarpy coun- a
serve out the remained ref *
term for murder. He
-as convicted of killing Luke Golden E
the outskirts of South Oirvaba about b
vo vears a
IJobbi'i' Promptly Captured.
The store of J. T/ . Hopper at Gibbon ,
as robbed of money and goods. The
bber Avas caught at Minden by AVal-
MSammons. . of Kearney. He ac- :
noAvledgvd the theft and told Avhere
had hidden the goods. .
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Vote Ilonrls for School. .
A school bond election was held Sat-
rday afteinnun at Shelby to issue
5.000 f r a new school building1 Four
lousand dollars has been accumuiafc-
in four yo-M-s by t"xo > i n , which
iii be a,1 ! : thifi" l.
Annual Report of the Federal Commissioner -
missioner Is Alarming : to
. Anglers.
j
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i SOME KINDS ARE
Have Dostrcyccl tlio
Greed Said to
Sturgeon on East Coast Vast
Output of Hatcheries.
"The most serious condition now
confront in ; ; the American tislriu ? : indus
try is { ho lailuro of the States to : ffo < 3
adequate protection to misi"a orv 'Js'ies '
in State ami interstatewaters" This
is the serious nut ? of warniu-4 stmmled
by Gourde .V. itowors. United Suites
Fish Commissioner , in his : innui ? re-
pert. .Air. Rowers jjrnphK-aUy deniets
the great destruction wrought to cer
tain species of lisli and mkt : ; i ear
nest appeal for their preservation
Pointing to the history of the New
Midland salmon tishery as a wannnj , ' .
the- Commissioner declares * ttit s m&
of the Stats seem yet absolutely indif-
ft rent to the eryis iH' . I of u htT-es
for species of similar habits , whose
obliteration , ho says , is certain unless
radical corrective measures an taken.
Air. I lowers states that the fishes most
in need of consideration arc the snad ,
the striped bass and the sUn-iTcmi on
the Atlantic coast and the salmons in
the Pacific States.
The disappearance of thst.trgeon
from nearly every east const rivrr Mr.
Cowers states , "shows how jrrpc-tl and
indifference may in a single generation
destroy a valuable fishery. "
The report shows that the bureaus
hatcheries in 100S yielded rrrtiGW.GOO
more fish than in any other year and
delivered about < ir S.OOO.OnO P-JUS teState
State and foreign hatcheries. The total
output was over 2.S71.000.0GO ejr s and
fish , of which over ! i,4GO.OOft.)00 ) were
fish.
STRANGE2 , SLAYS STUDENT.
Man Enters House of Rich. Woman's
Selative and Kills Youth.
A'an Dwiirht Sheldon , an entrii.ovring.
student in the junior class at Xcw V/ork
University , was shot to death after a
strujrsle at 9 : ! . " > o'clock Wednesday
morning in the cellar of the lumii * of '
- *
if-
Charles II. Snow , dean of th" school I"
of arts and sciences of the university
in Xcw York City. While dyirn : he
gasped ont an incoherent statement
whose purport seemed to be that he " (
had boon killed by a strange man who
was seeking Afi s Helen Gould.
Dean Snow is married to a cousin of
Miss Helen Gould , and Miss Gould lias
been in the habit of visiting her cousin
and remaining over night. There was
a report that Miss Gould \vas in the
house Tuesday night , but this the dean
denied. Ha said , however , that t'io in
truder probably thought that the house
belonged to Miss Gould , tliat she \\vts
in it and that he went lucre with th&
idea of getting money.
Sheldon , who was 24 years old. was
living with Dean Snow and helping
him about the house. The young man
lived three hours after he was shot.
When found his wrists and ankles \vero-
bound. Only a fr.igmentary story of
the tragedy could be drawn from the >
dying boy , and he expired while strug
gling to make an antc-mortcm state
ment to Coroner MacDonald jn tho-
Fordhain Hospital. The assailant mada
his escape in spite of searching parties-
of hundreds of students , mounted po
lice and the reserves of the I"Diversity
Heights station.
Young Sheldon said that just as he-
approachcd the furnace a man stepped
out and said : "Is Miss Helen Gould *
in this house ? " "Xo. " replied the star
tled student , "is this her house ? ' "
"Xo , " repeated the young man. picking :
up the furnace shake for avoapon. .
"Yon lie : " cried the man. springing at
the boy's throat. Then began the strug
gle which the dying young man sought
in vain to describe. It was ended by
a shot that penetrated the left side of
the abdomen , pawed through several
or-rans and lodged in the spine. T.UO
police were unable to find traces Of an
intruder and wore inclined to call it a
case of suicide.
ROBS A BANK A NIGHT.
Some r.nns Relieved to HaveGottotj ,
Over $8,000 ii ? ; -IjruNUt.
Robbers the ether mirht raided the
State Bank of t'on eo. i jtocn miles
north of Lincoln. X.-b. . ov 'riH v.-erpcl a
"
boy who surprised thorn at wor ! ; . d-nioHsh
ed the vaults secured ? . " , . < iftl ) and -cYped
Wednesday night a bank in ( < , ; , , '
robbed. Thursday night banks : it Keens
and Gibbon were Icotc-d. the robbers et-
ting $ JJ.noO. James Malono. chief" Of
Burlington detectives , stated that th
same gang undoubtedly
robbed nil the
bajiks. He believes
th -
<
are
travelicIB ,
an automobile. °
Haiti's Revolution.
Xord Alexis * spppcly departur w-iU
nate the necessity of his makin : l
-ial report. Detroit Xows.
With a little education those
.night be able to settle their
hroii5h old-fashioned debatinB
.nstpnd of revolutions. Toltvlo
Old I'roMdont Xord Alexis lu
nest as many revolutions
-M
ramb.or. . ? I11 | , , ks upon
ortune almost as , .v. , : . . , Of
Fuurnal. '