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R were droAvned Sunday afternoon in
i the S.usquehanna river near Wilkes-
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1 J barre , Pa. , by the capsizing of a row-
Tboat in 'which they had started for an
, outing. The dead are : Thomas An-
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- dreAA's , William Andrews , Theodore
I Andrews , Frank Marionsky , Adam
Strukes , Frank Ganofsky , his wife and
i , tAVo boys , John and Michael.
The nine persons had started out
: ' Xor boat ride in the small craft. While
"they remained close to the shore all
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. ' , the swift current it began to dip water.
The occupants the boat became pan-
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i 1 ic stricken and called frantically for
. assistance. Some boys at play on the
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I bank of the river heard the screams
, -for help , but before a boat could be
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secured the rowboat in midstream had
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filled AA-ith water and sank. None of
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were swept down the river to their
death by the rushing current.
None of the bodies have been re-
covered.
' One of the boys who witnessed the
I tragedy said the man who was row-
Ing seemed to dip his oats too deep.
This caused the water to splash oA'ei
' the side of the boat. The woman , in
order to avoid the water , started to
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move toward the stern of the craft
The shifting of the seat caused the
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Tjoat to rapidly fill and in a few min-
utes all were floundering. The two
boys grabbed the clothing of their
I mother as the boat toppled over and
s ' the three disappeared almost instant-
t ly. The police are dragging the riv-
'i ' er , but it is the belief that the bodies
have been carried far down stream.
There was no sign of the craft on
; the river in the vicinity of the boat
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. THY TO AYRECK 9 ! BRIDGE.
Exploding Dynamite ; Craclcs Pier ol
f Cincinnati Structure. !
; With a shock that aroused sleepers
' for blocks around in the vicinity of
Eighth and Bud < streets , shortly after
midnight Monday morning , two dyna-
mite explosions damaged piers of the
Cincinnati , XCAV Orleans and Texas
Pacific railroad at 'Cincinnati , O.
Shortly after the explosion an inves-
tigation was made and it was then
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- thought no damage had been done ,
1 , but a further inspection of the piers
- disclosed that one of them was badly
j cracked. No official estimate of the
damage was given out. Two fuses had
been stretched between the two piers
timed so as to go off simultaneously.
The police believe the explosion was
caused by someone having a grudge (
t against the contracting firm.
$50,000 INSURANCE RISK.
Stanley ; Robison Takes : Out a Policy
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on Catcher Bresnahan.
Stanley Robison , owner of the St.
Louis National league ball club , has
, taken out a $50,000 insurance policy
1 on his manager and leading catcher
Roger Bresnahan. The policy runs for
five years and the annual premium is
$1,300. Bresnahan cost Robison four
good players valued at $50,000 when
he was bought from the New York
National league team. He is under a
.three-year contract to play for $25-
000. This makes Robison's investmenl
$75,000 in Bresnahan.
, Bresnahan is known as a daring
player and has been injured often. Twc
big agencies refused to take the risk
because of Bresnahan's chances of be
ing injured behind the bat.
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. Town Wiped Out.
o The town of Tobin , ten miles north
east of El Paso , Tex. , was practicallj
destroyed by fire Monday morning
JTwo buildings in which were housed
the equipment of the interurban to E'
, Paso and the work shops were among
rthe buildings destroyed. One locomo.
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Jve cars were destroyed.
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.Tap Laborers Strike. :
Fifteen hundred Japanese laborer :
employed on the Honolulu sugar plan
tation went on strike for higher wage :
Sunday , and it Is expected that tin
movement will spread to the othe.
' : plantations where Japanese are em
' 1 . . ployed.
Sioux City Live Stock 3Iarket.
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. . City live stock market follow : Beeves
J4.50&5.25. Top hogs , $7.20.
Negotiations Broken : Off.-
_ The Portugese government havini
- - " decided that the present time is inop ,
, jjortune , has broken off the negotia
tinos with Don Miguel , the pretendei
to the throne , concerning his returi
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to Portugal.
Monument : to Verne Dedicated.
A monument to Jules Verne wa
dedicated at Tmiens , France , Sunday
The great French novelist died ai :
. , Amiens March 24 , 1905
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TRIAL OF MRS. J30 'LE. .
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Evidence Not Taken in Behalf of Ab-
, tluctor.
Relying entirely upon their conten-
tion that the Pennsylvania courts have
no jurisdiction in her case , counsel for '
Mrs. James Boyle , charged with aiding
and abetting the kidnaping of "Bm : ; ' ;
Whitla , Friday refused to offer any ev-
Idonce in her behalf. The claim of the
prosecution that Mrs. Boyle partici-
pated in Pennsylvania in a conspiracy
to kidnap the boy wilK be combatted I
by the defense , which Avill endeavor to
have her turned over to the authori-
ties at Cleveland.
The state's testimony was mainly
the same as that given Thursday In
the trial of James Boyle , but some ad-
ditional witnesses testified about the
connection of Mrs. Boyle with the
abduction.
One of the Cleveland policemen tes
tified that she said when arrested : "I
am the frail little woman who. plan-
ned the whole thing. "
The finding of the ransom money
secreted in her" ' clothing also was tes-
tified to. The woman proprietor of the
Granager apartments in Cleveland a
Identified Boyle and Mrs. Boyle as the
couple who rented an apartment from
her under the name of Walter.
Throughout the proceedings Friday
Boyle and his , wife apparently desired'
to bring out the name of another par-
ty said to have been connected with
the case. Boyle at one time said :
"I want to tell the whole truth
about this case noAAI want the whole
thing cleared up. The whole blame
was on someone else. "
Friday night in her cell Mrs. Boyle
said :
"Both Jimmy and myself have tried
to tell the whole story. We have not
been permitted to do so. It is not
justice. Everything should be heard
and thrashed out. As for myself , I
will commit suicide before I will go to
the penitentiary. "
Great public interest is manifested
over the ] question whether the Boyles
will be allowed to state what is on
their minds before the end of the
trial. As the testimony has been
closed , the only chance Boyle AA'ill have
Avill be when called upon to say why
sentence should not be pronounced.
If Mrs. Boyle should be acquitted she
probably would not care to bring any-
one else into the case.
AVOULD AMEND : COMMERCE : ACT.
Bailey Would Change Law to Cover
More Cases.
Close upon the decision of the su-
preme court of the United States in the
commodities clause case Senator Bai-
ley Thursday introduced a bill amend-
ing the interstate commerce act so as
to apply the provisions of the com-
modities clause to any corporation or
joint stock company Avhich owns or
controls directly or Indirectly such
subsidiary corporations.
In presenting it Senator Bailey said
he had not read the opinion of the
court in this case , but he had read
enough to see that it "sustained the
principles upon which the commodi-
ties clause was based" and the decision
showed that the act did not cover all
those case that he knew the author
intended it to cover.
Manager of Paper Convicted.
Fred D. Warren , business manager
of the Appeal to Reason , a socialist
publication , charged by the govern-
ment with sending scurrilous and de-
famatory matter through the mails ,
was Thursday afternoon found guilty
by a jury in the federal court at Fort
Scott , Kan.
Balcony Gh'esVar. : .
Thirty persons were Injured many
seriously , when a section of the bal
cony railing at the new state armory
at Seattle , Wash. , gave way during the
indoor track meet of the Seattle Ath-
letic club Thursday night. Many
spectators were thrown headforemost
to the floor fifteen feet below.
Sherring Turns Professional.
William Sherring , winner of the
marathon at Athens in 190G has
turned professional and will run in
the Montreal marathon May 24. The
inducement offered : is $1,500 , win or
lose , with terms for another race with-
in a month.
Judge Named by ; Taft.
President Taft Thursday sent to the
senate the nomination of United States
District Judge William L. . Lanning , of
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Trenton , N. J. , to be United States cir
cuit judge for the Third judicial circuit
vice George M. ' Dallas , of Philadel
Philadel-I
phia , retired.
Drinks Carbolic Acid.
Canon Arthur W. Beherens , aged 35
years , chaplain of St. Alban's ) school
for boys at Galesburg , 111. , committed
' suicide Thursday by drinking carbolic
acid. He had been in poor health and
was In constant fear of insanity or
paralysis.
Wilson in Chicago.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is in
Chicago and has begun conferences
with the government meat inspectors
from all sections of the country. They
will discuss conditions in the pack-
Ing houses.
Opium Finn Pails. :
A dispatch from Hongkong says that
as a result of the prohibition of the
importation of opium into America , ,
"The Opium Farmer ; " a Macao firm ,
has failed. The Chinese government 1 '
has seized the factory and will con-
duct the monopoly itself.
Sioux City Live Stock Market. :
Friday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top ,
beeves , $6.25. Top hogs , $7.10.
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UP TO TILE EMPEROIv.
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Russia's Czar Can Prevent \Hnlstc. .
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* rial Crisis. .
The outcome of the Russian min-
t isterial crisis is now entirely depend-
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I ent upon the emperor's line of action ,
as Premier Stolypin's exhaustive re -
port , based on the cabinet meeting of
May 4 and submitted to his majesty
Thursday , left no doubt in the em-
peror's mind that the cabinet is a unit
in favor of sanctioning the naval bill.
The premier had a long audience
with the emperor at Tzarskoiselo , and
while the primary demand was for his
majesty's approval of the bill creating
a general staff for the navy , the under-
lying object of the visit was to force
the emperor to dissociate himself from
the hostile campaign of the reaction-
aries and the courtiers close to him.
The painful necessity of the retirement
of the cabinet , in case of an adverse
decision , was delicately implied , and
the emperor announced at parting
with the premier that he would
take the matter under consideration
for aVfew days. The conferences .of
Wednesday and Thursday furnish no
indication of the nature of the pre-
mier's ultimate decision.
A member of the cabinet said
Thursday evening that the resigna-
tions of the ministers had not been
tendered , nor was there any reason to
expect that the emperor would break
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with the cabinet on a point which had
been thoroughly thrashed out between
them twice before.
The issue has nothing to do with a
bigger navy ; it is a mere matter of a
constitutional technicality-whether
parliament , which admittedly possess-
es the right to vote appropriations for
the army and navy , should have the
power to attach a clause declaring that
a naval staff had been established.
The bill in question was originally
introduced in the second duma with
the emperor's cognizance and passed ,
but a successful opposition was led in
the council of the empire by M. von
Schwanebach , a former minister in
the Stolypin cabinet. In the meantime
the second duma was dissolved.
The bill was reintroduced in the
third duma withv the emperor's ap
proval. It passed both the duma and
the council of the empire , in the latter
case by a majority of ' 12 , which in-
cluded the members of the cabinet.
The precedents are all in favor of the
cabinet's position. The emperor has
given his sanction to a similar minor
bill , re-establishing Vladivostok as a
branch naval station. If he reserves
his ruling now it will mean a thorough
change in his attitude toward repre-
sentative institutions.
M. Kohmykoff , president of the du
ma , in an interview Thursday evening ,
stated that the duma is following the
fortunes of M. Stolypin and his cab-
inet with keen sympathy , as its own
fate is staked on the result. He ap
plauds the decision of the cabinet to
take a firm stand.
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PATTEN HAVING GOOD TIME.
Wheat King is Enjoying : His Vacation
. in Now : Mexico. :
James A. Patton is still on the Bart-
lett ranch in northearn New Mexico.
Apparently Mr. Patten has no pres-
ent intention of leaving the "happy
hunting grounds" he has found in the
forests and mountains of northern
New Mexico , and , according to the re-
luctantly given information over a long
distance telephone , he is having the
vacation of his life , spending nearly
all his time fishing , hunting and rid-
ing.
ing.Mr.
Mr. Patten personally refused to re-
spond to a long distance telephone
call. When the call was answered
and information regarding Mr. Pat-
ten's intentions was asked for , none
was forthcoming.
"Mr. Patten has nothing to say , "
was ' the answer given. He refused also
to say how long he intended staying in
the mountains.
COUNTERFEITER TO PRISON.
In View of Age and Service in Civil
War , lie Receives Small Sentence.
Dr. J. Counterman , of New Albany ,
Kan. , 75 years old , pleaded guilty in
the district court at Fort Scott : Kan. ,
Wednesday to the charge of counter-
feiting. In view of his age and his
service in the civil war he was given
the minimum penalty , a year in prison
an'd a $5,000 fine . on each of two .
counts.
Counterman's arrest a year ago
marked the end of counterfeiting
which was carried on in Wilson coun-
ty several months before the govern.
ment officers broke up the gang. ,
Editor of "The Nation Dead.
Hammond Lamont , of New York ,
the editor of The National , died Thurs-
day night at the Roosevelt hospital
following an operation which proved
more serious than expected. He was
45 years old. He was the author of
several well known college text books
and of numerous articles upon educa
tional and literary topics.
Consul Adams is Arrested.
On two indictments , one charging
conspiracy to defraud and one larceny ,
Charles Hall Adams , consul for Libe-
ria and Nicaraugua , and vice consul
for Uruguay , as well as state com-
missioner for all the states and terri-
tories , was arrested at Boston Thurs- :
day. The offenses charged are said
to have bqen committed six years ago. '
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FOUND ON BATTLEFIELD.
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Indian Child Picked Up After Wound
ed Knee Fight Now Wed.
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Eighteen years ago last winter , when
the . battle Wounded Knee was fought r
on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation
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between the Sioux Indians , and the
United States troops , Gen. L. W. Colby ,
then in command of the Nebraska
militia , found an Indian girl on the
battle field , clasped in the arms of its
dead mother , a Sioux woman who had
been shot by the soldiers.
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Although in the dead of winter ,
Gen. Colby took the little Indian girl
to his camp , had her cared for , and I
when an opportunity presented sent
her to his magnificent home in Beat-
rice , where she was adopted , becom-
ing one of his legal heirs.
Now word comes to Omaha , all the
way from Portland , Ore. , that the In-
dian maiden , known as Miss . Clara Col-
by , has been married to Albert Chali-
vat , a descendant of one of the old
French families of the Pacific coast.
Miss Colby , whose name in the Sioux
language is Zintka Lamuni , meaning
found on the field of battle , was edu
cated in the public sr-hools ) of Beatrice
and was afterward sent to finishing
school in Washington , D. C. During
the past few years she has been divid-
ing her time between living in the Col-
by family at Beatrice and with a sister
of Gen. Colby in Portland. She is a
very attractive young woman , highly
educated , though in appearance she is
still an Indian.
BABIES ARE NOT WANTED. :
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Omaha Woman's Club Docs Not Wel
come Stork.
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It is quite " apparent that the stork
and the members of the Omaha Wom
an's club have not been on intimate
terms during the club's year , which
ended May 1. At the annual meeting
of this club , which is composed of
the most intelligent and prominent
married women of the city and hav
ing a membership of a little more than
400 , among other things , the secretary
submitted a report on A'ital statistics
as pertaining to the club. This report
showed that but once had the stork
spread its wings OA'er the club during
the period reviewed. The home that
his birdship had visited ' Avas that of
Mrs. David E. McCulley , where a few
days since he had left a bouncing boy.
In striking contrast with the record
of the Woman's club is the record of
the Omaha's Mothers' club , which
held its annual meeting the other day ,
acting upon reports for the year end-
ing May 1. This club has a member-
ship of SO , and with the exception of
the secretary , Miss Magee , all are
married women. The annual report of
the Mothers' : club , among other things ,
shows that 33 times during the past
year has the stork stopped at the
homes of club members.
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AN ATTEMPT TO BURN TOWN.
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Fire : Set in Plainviexv. Neb. , Methodist
Church.
An unknown person early Thursday
attempted to burn the entire town of
Plainview , and succeeded in destroying
the new $15,000 Methodist church , the
Methodist parsonage and an adjoining
dAvelling. The incendiary broke into
the church , in the northwest part of
town , at midnight , saturated the base-
ment floor with gasoline and applied
a match. Outside a sixty-mile gale
from the northwest raged and threat-
ened to sweep the entire town with
flames. Forty small fires started from
flying embers. The Norfolk fire depart-
ment and others from neighboring
towns were summoned. For four and
a half hours the fire raged. Many
men were prostrated and women faint-
ed during the fire which was con-
quered against seemingly hopeless
odds.
It is belieA'ed at Plainview that the
recent prohibition fight , which was
bitter , may have been behind the fire.
The town went "dry. "
Men who went to ring the fire bell
found the bell rope cut and had to
climb to the top of the tower to give
the alarm.
Norfolk May Remain Dry.
An ordinance is now in force at Nor
folk limiting the number of saloons to
seven. Mayor Friday , elected by the
wets , declares this ordinance must be
repealed before any licenses are grant-
ed. He says it is unfair to discriminate.
Not enough councilmen can be secured
by the wets to repeal the ordinance
and the town is likely : to be dry for an
indefinite period.
Omaha Electrical Show.
With a message of felicitation , Pres-
ident Taft Thursday night opened the
Omaha Electrical exposition at the
auditorium. The ceremony at which
the president's message was read Avas
under the auspices of the exposition
management and was attended by ex-
hibitors from many parts of the coun-
try. The exposition Avill continue for
ten days.
TAVO Boys Burn to Death.
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Ben and Joe Berrer , aged 2 % and
3 % years , respectively. sons of "Anton
Berror , at St. Bernard , a little post- I
office in Boone county Avere burned
to death in a barn Thursday. They
arehought to have set the fire. Their
charred bodies were recovered. t
Flames Fanned by Gale.
Fanned by a 60-mile wind , a seA'ere
prairie fire raged over rom six to ten I
townships of land near North Platte : I
Wednesday and Thursday. SeA'eral g
farm dAA'ellings and much liA'e stock '
were destroyed by the fire , and many
other buildings in addition to stock. :
TAVO Saloons for Wayne.
At Tuesday's session of the new city
council granted saloon licenses to A. s
W. Stodden ' and G. H. Rohder under 0
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the new daylight ordiance at $2,150
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each. The third one was rejected.
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WILSON WILL : AI15. : .
Farmers of Sheridan County Enlist .
Aid of Government. . ' _ I
Congressman Kinkaid , acting on t .
letter from Mr. J. H. Jones , a leading
citizen of Rushville , asking scientific
assistance of the department of agri-
culture in behalf of the extinction of
a potato malady which has gained
some foothold In Sheridan county has
succeeded in enlisting the department
earnestly in behalf of eradication of
the disease. Mr. : Kinkaid informed
the secretary of agriculture . that Sher-
idan county and other parts of north-
west Nebraska promise to become the
greatest potato raising country jn the
United States not only because of the
fair amount of yield per acre , but es-
pecially on account of the very supe-
rior quality of product. The depart- .
ment has instructed its representative
at the Lincoln experiment station to
take the matter in hand and a sub-
experiment station or two Avill be es-
tablished in northwest Nebraska : with
a view to doing the most that may be
practicable for the potato industy , es-
pecially to the end that the potato dis
ease complained of may be extermi
nated.
WILL BOOST CORN SHOW.
Commercial Clubs in Oklahoma Witt
Back Their People.
Federation of Commercial Clubs
of Oklahoma Avill go back of the Na
tional Corn exposition and see that a
big exihibt Is made from that state
at the exposition in December.
George H. Stevenson , of Omaha , as
sistant secretary of the National Corn
association has returned from Oklaho :
ma. Kansas and Arkansas , where he
talked corn show to commercial clubs
and agricultural colleges.
"All the states which I have visited
Avill be represented at the exposition , "
said Mr. Stevenson. "But Oklahoma
is particularly enthusiastic and the .
commercial clubs are going to work at
once to push for the exhibit at Omaha.
The movement is general throughout
the state , and the letters inquiring
about the show received from farmers ;
of that state show they are aroused
to the possibilities of their state in ag-
ricultural lines. "
ARAPAHOE TO HAVE SALOONS. :
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Licenses Granted to Three and to One
Pool Hall Under Restrictions.
The Arapahoe muddle as to saloons
was1 decided Monday night by a unani-
mous A'ote of the council in favor of
three saloons , granting licenses to
Henry Meyers , John C. Den and Henry
Puls ; also to J. E. Beltzer , for pool
halls business , but subject to building
permit , as the ordinance requires fire-
proof buildings. This is not prohibi-
tion , but simply the town board wants
to make an im'estigation. That there
will be salpons in Arapahoe is a fore-
gone conclusion , as A\-ell as that the
town board proposes to have control
of them.
LOSES BIG ROLL.
Dashing Bnmottc Took $085 : ; frorr. .
Aftctl Nebraskan.
Alleging loss of $935 , Theodore
Langstone , aged 7G. ' of Tecumseh , ap-
pealed to the chief of detectives of
Chicago and asked help in finding
Miss Mary ; Bodey. . a dashing brunette ,
with offices in the Schiller building ,
where she carried on a real estate and
brokerage business. Langstone said
he had given her $935 and that she
had promised to marry him , but dis-
appeared. He wanted his money back.
He also alleges he gave a barber $400
to keep for him and cannot find him
now.
DRY ROT IN POTATO FIELDS.
Experts Say ; Nebraska Fanners Must :
Import NCAV : Seed.
Potato growers in northern Ne
braska must abandon their po-
tato on ne , , ; ' soil. Send must be im
ported from Oregon , so the state farm
experts AA'ill declare in a few days.
Elaborate experiments have been
made to eliminate the dry rot. It has
been discovered that the Nebraska
growers have planted diseased seed.
The ground is alive with the dry rot
fungi. XCAV seed and fresh lands must
be sought. An official bulletin Avill be
issued in a few days.
FOR DAY OF REJOICING.
Lyons Man ' Urges that "Drys" ' Cele-
brate on July 4.
A call has been issued by M. M.
Warner , of Lyons place , asking that
Saturday , July 4 , 1909 , be made a day
3f great rejoicing and commendation
: :0 GOA" A. A. Shallenberger for his
courage in signing the daylight saloon
Dili. A request is made to try to have
ninisters preach a sermon on that day
aking : for their text , "And the Gov-
jrnor Dared to Do Right. "
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Children Go Rambling.
While ! th'eir parents , searched the
ountry : round and dragged a pond in
: earch -of them , three little daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Magner and A.
B. : McCoy , of Hastings slept peaceful-
y on the roadside between Hastings
ind Ayr Monday. The search was
cept up all night and until Tuesday
norning. . when word was received that
he children had passed through Ayr. ,
Nc\v Buildings ! at : \nsle ' .
The Roman Catholic church has be-
gun ; the erection of a $4,000 church
mildlng in Ansley. The First National
lank has commenced a $20,000 bank
luilding , to be built of granite. A
lew school bu1ding.for . the high
chool is being planned , to cost $2Q-
00 , to be built this year. The Out-
ook : ; is for twenty-five new residences
o be built in Ansley this spring and
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Th ° railroads won a unique and sub
stantial victory Monday when tho-
United States Supreme Court , through.
Justice White , handed down a decI-
sion declaring the "commodities
clause" of the Hepburn act constitu
tional but placing an interpretation Y
upon it which will not cOmpel the car-
riers to part with their coal proper-
ties.
ties.The decision , however , In the case
of the Lehigh Valley and" the Dela
ware , LackaAvanna and Western roads'
at least , rbquires a divorcement of
their coal properties. The victory wag-
unique , because the arguments of the-
Attorney General in favor of the-
clause , as well as the arguments of the
railroad attorneys against the clause ,
were lost efforts so far as the Su.- .
preme Court was concerned.
The decision upholds the constitu
tionality of the clausebut * - declares-
that its interpretation by the govern-
ment under which it was endeavoring :
to compel the railroads to part with.
their coal lands , is a false interpreta-
tion. Therefore , were the arguments
of the railroad lawyers combatting the-
government's interpretation useless.
Both the government and the railroads-
were , so to speak , "barking up the-
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wrong tree. " .
The decision , however , does not in-
dicate that the court would view with
hostility an amendment by Congress to-
the commodities clause prohibiting :
common carriers from owning the se-
curities of corporations whose com-
modities they transport.
Roli.s r.aTT of Its Effect.
The effect of the Supreme Court's "
pronouncement is to make abortive the
purpose for which the commodities. .
clause was incorporated in the Hep
burn amendment , for it makes it pos-
sible for the railroads to do by indi-
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rection what they cannot do directly-
namely , own coal mines and transport ;
the products therefrom. In order to
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do this , however , it becomes necessary
for a railroad company either to or-
ganize a subsidiary company whichi
shall be the legal owner of the mines , ,
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or in the event of the railroad com-
pany's owning its mines direct , then.
it will become necessary for it to dis-
pose in good faith of the output of the-
mines before it transports the same. (
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In other words , the decision places yI !
the seal of. approval upon the commodi - < '
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ties clause : but insists that it does not
mean that a railroad company may"
not own stock in another company
which controls coal mines the product
of which the railroad company trans
ports to market , nor does it mean that
if such a railroad compacy owns its.
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mines direct , it cannot transport their
product , provided it first parts with " ,
it before it becomes interstate traffic.
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The decision , therefore , practically
gives the approval of the highest trib-
unal in the land to the method which. * 1t 1 t
is now being pursued by all western I
coal owning roads and by the majority ,
of the eastern coal owning roads , of" ,
mining and selling the products of '
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their mines.
COREY PLANS COPPER COMBINE
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Head of Steel Corporation Said to.
Hnve Strong Support. i
William E. Corey , president of the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation , is trying tc
form a big combination of the copper in
terests of the country with a view to-
regulating production , eliminating disas
trous . . competition . and introducing econo- . I _ '
mies in operation. Mr. C ' . I
mles In r. Corey's efforts ' -1P
are said not only to have the support of"
Henry II. Rogers and the Amalgamated.
Copper and L'nitedIetas ! Selling Com .
panies , but of strong independent inter
ests. : \11 ; . Corey and his friends recently
gathered together forty of the leading : .
copper men of the country and submitted' i
his plan to them. Practically all of them-
favored the idea , but many of them d ubt-
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ed whether such a combination could ba- ,
successfully carried out. The plan , how i
ever , has made some progress. ;
OWN WORK HIS DEATH TRAP.
Engineer Drowned in Tnnnel
panion Escapes. ' ;
A. H. Demrick , , an electrical engineer- ,
in charge of all electrical and power con- e f
struction under the Salt Itiver
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re-
clamation project , was drowned in the- ' '
sluicing tunnel , GOO feet long , near Phoe t r
nix , Ariz. A. L. Harris , assistant to G.
L. Smith , in charge of construction at
Rozvelt , was swept through the tunnel ' - '
with Demrick , but emerged in the rlver-
without serious injury. oj
TWENTY HURT IN TRAIN CBASH.-
Engineer Dylnp and About Score oi-w
Others Injured in Collixlon.
Great Northern passenger train No 3 ,
known ( as the Flyer , west bound , ran into
a light engine at Delano , Minn. Two- ,
day coaches Avere burned and about twen-
ty passengers more or less seriously ! in-
jured. Engineer Andrew W. Watson o ! " . . ;
St. Paul , of the passenger train . , was * . . . - ; . ; . .
probably fatally hurt and is in1 St. ) ! ary'So. " .
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