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Sustained heavy shipments through
the banks , an absence of large fail
ures , gratifying crop reports and
strengthening demands for factory out-
puts and general merchandise reflect
the heavy position which trade now
occupies. High cost is responsible for
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a smaller outgo of breadstuffs , but for-
wardings of iron and steel , mine and
forest products , raw materials for early
/ conversion and staple wares exhibit
considerable gain. There is also very
heavy passenger travel and continued
recovery in the earnings of Chicapo
steam roads.
While vessel capacity is not yet
wholly employed , lake traffic is much
better than ai { his time last year and
rates obtained average higher. Prompt
marketings . < , ] - - - , - during n the , harvests si - - JL -fF are I
foreshad Wed by the advance inquiry
for cars and this causes orders to be
Issued for additional equipment , much
old rolling stock being found useless.
Further developments in the promin
ent industries testify to confidence in i
the outlook. New plans announced in.I I
clude extensive additions to capacity
at Gary and Indiana Harbor. Other
enterprises assure large outlays for
terminals , bridges and track elevation.
Building construction progresses with
the fine weather and there is remark-
able consumption of structural mate-
rials of all kinds and increasing re-
quests for lumber , brick , stone and
cement.
Bank clearings , $252,163,481 , exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1908 by 17.6 per cent , and compare
with $268,404,391 in ' 1907. Failures re
ported In the Chicago district number
twenty , against twenty-three last week ,
twenty-five in 1908 and twenty-five in
1907. Those with liabilities over $5,000
number three , against five last week ,
six in 1908 and five In 1907. - Dun'9
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NEW YORK.
Future trade continues good ; conn
dence is unimpaired. Buyers are ar-
riving in the larger markets. Cereal
crop reports , despite rains in some
winter wheat and corn growing sec-
, tions , are encouraging. Country trade
promises to be heavy on supplies in
I market Industrial lines are becoming
more active , calls for harvest hands
absorb a large part of the floating sup
ply of labor and the long-drawn out
discussion regarding tariff matters
promises to be soon ended. On the
other hand , the general situation is
not without its drawbacks. Thus cool
er rainy weather has retarded retail
trade over a goodly part of the coun-
try , particularly in the central West ,
1 South and Southwest , where floods
' - also deterred railway traffic and
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conditions prevail. In wholesale and
Jobbing lines current trade Is a mid
' summer character and re-orders are
" comparatively light. Moreover , the
high prices that have prevailed for
raw material suggest small profits on
many manufactured articles. Collec
4 tions range from poor to fair , though
there are special lines which report
prompt settlement.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with July 8
were 1S2 , against 213 last week , 246
the same week of 1908 , 185 in 1907 ,
143 in 1906 ! ) and 166 in 1905 , , . The
week's failures in Canada number 27 ,
vyhich ' compares with 22 last week and
39 in the like week of 1908. - Brad- i
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Chicago-Cattle , common to prime ,
$4.00 to $7.40 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.50
to $8:10 : ; sheep , fair to choice , $4.25
to $5.40 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.22 to $1.23 ;
corn , No. 2 , 69c ! ) to 70c ; oats , standard
49c to 50c ; rye , No. 2 , 79c to SOc ; hay ,
timothy , $8.00 to $15.00 ; prairie , $8.00
to $14.50 ; butter , choice creamery , 22c
to 25c ; eggs , fresh , 17c to 21c ; pota
toes , new , per bushel , SOc to $1.00.
Indianapolis-Cattle , shipping , $3.00
to $5.50 ; hogs good to choice heavy ,
1 $3.50 to $8.20 ; sheep , good to choice ,
$2.50 to $6.15 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.45 to
$1.46 ; corn , No. 2 white , 74c to 75c ;
oats , No. 2 white , 53c to 54c.
St. Louis-Cattle , $4.00 : > to $7.10 : ;
hogs , $4.00 to $8.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to
$4.25 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.14 to $1.15 ;
corn , No. 2 , 67c to GSc ; oats , No. 2 , 48c
to 49c ; rye , No. 2 , SOc to 82c.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , $1.13
to $1.14 ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 70c to
72c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 52c to 53c ; rye ,
No. 2 , 7Sc to 79c ; clover seed , $ G.GO.
Cincinnati-Cattle , $4.00 to $6.50 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $8.15 ; sheep , $3.00 to
$4.00 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.45 to $1.47 ;
. I corn , No. 2 mixed , 73c to 74c ; oats ,
I / No. 2 mixed 52c to' 53c ; rye , No. 2 ,
1 8Sc to SOc.
'I New York-Cattle , $4.00 to $7.00 ;
9/ ' hogs , $3.50 to $8.30 ; sheep , $3.00 to
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' . $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , $1.44 to $1.45 ;
corn , . No. 2 , 77c to 78c ; oats , natural
white , 57c to 60c ; ' butter , creamery ,
22c to 26c ; eggs , western ITc t *
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John Madson Alleged to Have Duped
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John Madson , wanted for bigamy in
pearly every large cltjy ; in the United
States and many of the smaller ones ,
Js , in the hands of tho police of San
Francisco. " The authorities already
have established that he married ten
women and either was engaged or
married to fourteen others. Each of
the twenty-four women duped by Mad-
son is said by the police to have lost
money through his friendship. Nine
of the women whom Madson married
are :
Mrs. Minnie Allen , 1418 Madison
street , St. Louis , from whom he got
$450 and a diamond ring.
Mrs. Alice Richardson , St. Louis ,
who lost $200 before Madson disap-
peareji. .
Mrs. Katherine Baughman , St.
Louis , who lost $1,000.
Mrs. Maggie E. Bloom , Hannibal ,
Mo. , who sold her home for Madson. \
Mrs. \ A. Farran , Rocheport , Mo. ,
from whom he obtained $2,000.
Mrs. Sylva Pollard' De Bonnett , ' San
Francisco , who lost her home as are.
sult ! . of the wedding.
I Mrs' Henrietta Leopold , San Fran
cisco , who lost $260.
Mrs. Jessie Tretheway , Stockton ,
Cal. , who threw him out of her house
when she tried to borrow money.
Mrs. Mary Wiggins Drown , Spring
field , Mass. , who lost $500.
Madson is said to have deserted
each woman within a few hours after
marrying her. Besides the women to
whom the records show he was mar .
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ried to women in the following cities :
San Francisco , three ; Oakland , Cal. ,
two ; Memphis , Tenn , ; Lawrence
Kan. ; Joiiesboro , Ark. ; Santa Rosa
Cal. ; Gettysburg , Ohio ; New Orleans ;
St. Johns , Mich. : ; Hamilton , Ont. He
also is said to have a wife in Ger
many. Almost without exception his
victims have been widows or divorced
women of middle age.
TEACHERS SHUN BOOK FIGHT.
Refuse to Elect Man Committed to
Contest for Price Reform.
The election of James Yadkin Joyn-
er , superintendent of public instruc-
tion of North Carolina , as president of
the National Educational Association
in Denver , is regarded by his support
ers as a victory in their fight against
any regulation of the prices of school
text-books. Mr. Joyner was elected
over Ben Blewett head of the St.
Louis schools , and Dr. J. H. Phillips of
Birmingham , Ala.
The association w'ent on record
against the existence of fraternities in
high ' schools in a resolution which
declares such organizations to be op
posed to the spirit of democracy. It
also decided to "investigate" the feasi-
bility of simplified spelling , but tool
no decided stand either for or
against it.
Irwin Shepherd of "Winona , Minn. ,
was re-elected secretary , A. H. Cham-
berlain of California was re-elected
treasurer , and Lorenzo D. Harvey : , the
retiring president , was elected first
vice president. San Francisco was
selected as the next meeting place of
the National Education Association.
Milwaukee and Boston contended
for it.
NEWCOMB ' , SCIENTIST , IS DEAD.
Military Funeral for Noted Astron-
omer in Washington , D. C.
Prof. Simon Newcomb , astronomer ,
mathematician , traveler , and rear ad
miral , retired , who died at his home in
Washington , D. C. , was buried with
military honors in Arlington Cemetery
Wednesday. High officials of the gov
ernment attended and the honorary
pallbearers included prominent men.
Prof. Newcomb is survived by ; his"
widow , a daughter of the late Dr.
Hassler , surgeon , U. S. N. , and three
daughters , Dr. Anita Newcomb Mc.
Gee of Washington , Mrs. Francis Wil
son , and Mrs. Edward Whitney , both
of New York. Simon Newcomb was
the recipient of more degrees and
similar honors abroad than any other
American man cf science. He was the
first American associate of the French
institute since Benjamin Franklin , and
was decorated by Kaiser Wilhelm with
the order "Pour le Merite fur Vissen-
schaften und Kunsten. " He was a
writer on political economy as well as
in his own peculiar department of
learning that of astronomy.
NINE COWBOYS : KILLED.
Danil Attacks : Party In Camp and
Only Ono Escapes.
A dispatch from Afton , N. M. , states
that cattle rustlers and cowboys bat-
tled there and that nine men are dead.
The dispatch , stated that a wounded
man had just reached Afton and re-
ported that a band of rustlers had at-
tacked his party and that every per-
son with him , nine in all , was miss-
ing , and he presumed they had all
been killed. The wounded man said
500 shots were fired.
FIND COUNTERFEITING PLANT.
Milwaukee Police Arrest Women
and Children in Raid.
A quantity of counterfeit dollars ,
half 'dollars and quarters and a com-
plete counterfeiting plant was discov
ered by the police in a raid on n cot-
tage at 525 Reeds street , Milwaukee. :
Mrs. \ Hajdukovitcb } , Her three small
children , and her sister , Anna Helen-
ovich , the'latter charged with attempt
ing to pass a bogus coin , were ar-
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STEAMERS COLLIDE ; 14 DROWN.
Ore Freighter Sinks in Three Min-
utes-Crashes with New Boat.
Three minutes after the steel steam-
ers Isaac M. : Scott and John B. Cowle
had collided in Lake Superior early
Monday mOIning ; , about a mile and a
half off Whitefish point lighthouse ,
the Cowle had gone to the bottom in
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it fourteen members of its crew. The
Scott , although badly damaged about
the bows , put -back to Sault Ste. Marie ,
where it arrived in the afternoon with
part of the crew of the CowIe.
A heavy fog was responsible for the
collisioon. The Scott , a new boat on
its maiden trip to the head of the
lakes , had just passed the light at
Whitefish point and straightened out
its course up the lake when suddenly
the John B. Cowle loomed up through
the fog broadside on to the Scott and
only a few feet away. The Cowle was
downbound with 8,000 tons of iron ore
in the hold.
The ships were so close that it was
said to be impossible to avoid a col
lision and the Scott crashed into the
side of the heavily laden CowIe. For
fifteen feet the bow of the Scott pene-
trated the side of the Cowle. Tons of
water rushed into the great opening.
, Immediately after the collision a
line was thrown from the deck of the
Scott to the forward deck of the Cowle
and three members of the crew es
caped to the deck of the upbound
boat by this means. The rest of the
crew who were saved jumped from the
sinking steamer into the lake , some
without life preservers , and were pick-
ed up by the Scott and the steamer
, Goodyear , which was a short distance
astern of the Scott when the collision
happened. Capt. Rogers , of the Cowle ,
was one of those who were rescued
by the Goodyear.
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The St. Paul Y. M. C. A. have open- .
ed an outdoor gymnasium.
The annual rowing races between
Yale and Harvard on the Thames were
-won by the crews of Harvard. Cornell
won on the Hudson.
The base ball team of the University
of Wisconsin has about decided to
abandon the project of visiting Japan
as had been planned. .
Minneapolis made it four straight
over Indianapolis for the series by
taking th6 last game on the home
grounds in the twelfth inning , 4-3.
The spring meeting of the Montreal :
Jockey Club was a huge success this
year. At the closing events a major-
ity of the finishds were close and ex
citing.
The frequent rains have retarded
training throughout the country , and
as a result the trotters and pacers are
at 'least three weeks late in their
"preps" for the races.
Lou Dillon is creating quite a stir
on the Berlin tracks. After being in
retirement for nearly four years she
proves that she has lost none of her
old-time speed. The record she now
makes is 2:02 3-5.
A novel experiment has been tried In
Cincinnati. It has been demonstrated
that base ball can be successfully
played by electric light President Her-
mann , of the National Base Ball Com-
mission pronounced the attempt a suc-
cess.
cess.The
- The New Zealand rower , R. Arnst ,
defeated W. Webb , in a contest on the
Wanganui River , N. Z. , which victory
allows him to retain the sculling cham-
pionship of the world. His record Is
3 % miles in 18 minutes 14 3-5 sec-
onds.
The Chicago Automobile Club have
sustained losses amounting to $20,000'
as a result of the Crown Point meet ,
and they have decided to drop auto
races from the schedule for 1910. if
the races are given they will be con-
ducted on vastly different lines
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' BIG COUNTERFEITING PLOT.
Secret Service 3Ien Say Gang1 ; Has
Operated for Years.
Y/hat the secret officers declare is
an international counterfeiting plot
with agents throughout Italy and the
United States was revealed the other
day when operatives arrested two
Italian women and two Italian men in
Chicago. A fifth arrest is expected.
The officers refuse to divulge the
names of the prisoners. According to
the secret service men the gang has
been operating in this country for
four years. The plant where the coun-
terfeits are made is in Italy , they de-
clare , and is und.er the eye of the Ital-
ian police. The operatives say thou-
sands of dollars of bogus $5 and $10 sil
ver certificates have been passed which ,
were so well made that even experts
had difficulty in detecting them. Se-
cret Service Officer Ritchie recently lo-
cated members of the gang at Warren.
Mass. : , it is said , but made no arrests ,
hoping by fallowing them to locate the
plant. The Italian police later discov-
ered the plant in Italy.
NAGEL OUSTS 100 EMPLOYES.
Commerce and Labor Secretary B'inda
" \heIU liiclliciunt.
The greatest "shake-up" that has
ever occurred In the personnel of the
Department of Commerce and Labor
in Washington took place Monday ,
when approximately 100 employes
wero reduced and the resignation of
about ten others accepted. This ac-
tion was taken by Secretary Nagel as
the result of an investigation into the
"efficiency record" of the employes.
The reductions were made it is stated ,
because the employes were found to
have "loafed on the job , " while those
allowed to resign were found to be in-
efficient. The secretary's determina-
tion to inject new life into his depart
ment prompted the radical step. Fur-
ther dismissals are to be made and
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resignations asked for , it was intimat-
ed , vas soon as Secretary Nagel com-
pletes his examination of the efficiency
report. Many of the clerks will re
ceive promotions as a result of these
changes.
FIGHT FOB THE PENNANTS.
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Standing of Clubs In the Principal
Base Ball Lea "Ues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W. L. W. L.
Pittsburg .55 20 Philadel'a .34 42
Chicago . . .47 23 St. Louis .30 41
New York.43 28 Brooklyn . .26 48
Cincinnati 36 Boston . . . .22 52
A3IEBICAN : : LEAGUE.
W. L. W. L.
Detroit . . .48 28 New York .35 41
Philadel'a .45 29 Chicago . . . 32 44
Boston . . . . 46 32 St. Louis .30 46
Cleveland .43 32 Wash'gton .23 50
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W. L. W. L.
Minn'polls : .48 41 Ind'polis . .43 44
Milw'kee . .46 21 Columbus . .43 46
Louisville .45 41 Kan. City . 39 43
St. Paul . .41 40 Toledo . . . .40 45
GIRL , ASLEEP , LEAPS OFF TRAIN
DaTignter of Frisco Vice President
, Flags FreIght and Rejoins Father.
While walking in her sleep , Miss
Lois Campbell , the 16-year-old daugh-
ter of Vice President Campbell , of the
Frisco Railroad , leaped from the rear
of her father's private car attached to
a Burlington flyer as the train 'was
speeding over the prairies west of Ra-
venna , Neb. , at midnight. Rendered
unconscious by the fall the girl finally
recovered and succeeded in flagging a
freight on which she rode to the next
station , where she was found by a
special which had been sent out to
search for her. She Is practically un-
injured.
Beinmann-HoHTveg1 Named.
Dr. yon Bethmann - Hollweg was ap-
pointed chancellor of the German em '
pire0 Wednesday , in succession ta
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Epochmaking Events Recalled by
I Lake Champlain Tercentenary.
One of the most remarkable cele-
brations in * the history of the country
was that held in northern New York ,
where the tercentenary of the discov
ery of Lake Champlain by : Samuel De
Champlain , the French explorer , was
fittingly observed. The Dominion of
Canada was represented by several
high officials ; the United States by
President Taft ; New York by Gov.
Hughes , Vermont by Gov. Prouty and
France and Great Britain by their
ambassadors . Jusserand and Hon.
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James Brice. The fete commenced at
Burlington , Vt. . with special religious
observance.
The celebration proper began at
Crown Point , Monday. There are lo
cated forts and redoubts which loom-
ed large in the history of the French
and Indian war and the American
revolution. During the week at vari-
ous points about Lake Champlain there
were scheduled 23 pageants or ta
bleau , 9 representing the history of
the Iroquois confederacy down to the
arrival of the French in this section
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of the country and IB illustrating the
religious ceremonies and social cus-
toms of the Iroquois and the Algon- .
quins in war and peace. The most
interesting and gorgeous of the page-
ants were the t\ro depicting the dis -
covery of the lake by Champlain and
the battle between the Huron-Algon-
quin allies and the fighting Iroquois
in which the explorer had a hand.
Canadian and American Indians , de-
scendants of the warriors who fought
with and against the great French ex-
plorer took part in these tableaux.
Great interest attached to Fort Ti-
conderoga , which was captured dur-
ing the revolution by Col. Ethan Allen
and his Green Mountain boys. The
. . fort is being reconstructed at a cost
of $500,000 by Mrs. Stephen H. : P. Pell ,
daughter of Colonel Robert M. Thomp-
son , of New York , who Is so deeply
interested in the patriotic history of .
the section that he is giving the
monoy for the reconstruction of the
fort. The west barracks were com-
pleted in time for the celebration.
Plattsburg's day was celebrated
Wednesday. Near this city Benedict
Arnold fought and lost ; the first naval
action of the revolution. His flagship ,
the Royal Savage , has been lying ;
where she sank in that fight for 133
years. The barge Revenge , one of
Arnold's fleet , had been raised and
was in the pageant. On Thursday the
center of attraction was at Burling-
ton , Vt. , where many delightful histo-
rical pageants were enacted.
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BLAST KILLS AT CHURCH.
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Bomb : for Fireworks Display Ends
Religious Fete with Tragedy.
Three persons were killed and a
panic among the several thousand per-
sons in attendance ensued when a
bomb was exploded at a celebration of
the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in
Kansas City. One of the parishioners
constructed the bomb b'y filling a sec-
tion of gas pipe and plugging up one
end. The crowd witnessing the fire
works surged about him when he ig
nited the fuse. Pieces of pipe flew
in all directions , striking the three
victims and stunning two policemen.
Windows in the church adjoining the
lot where the celebration was held and
in many houses were broken.
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MAY BE WAR ?
Boundary Dispute BctTveen Peru and
Bolivia Cause of Trouble.
It is believed that war between
Peru and Bolivia is imminent because
of the tlisorders at La Paz following
the decision handed down by Argen
tina in the boundary dispute between
the two other countries. The admiral
ty announces that Chile will remain
neutral , but is preparing to send war-
ships to protect Chilean interests.
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Two hundred and seventeen girls
were graduated from Vassar this year.
The Woman's College , at Jackson-
ville , 111. , founded sixty-one years ago ,
graduated a class of sixty-one this
year. A new $70,000 building for this
institution is hi process of construc-
tion.
tion.The
The Chicago school board has decid
ed to abolish Latin and algebra in the
lower grades and readjust the course
of study , making it more practical. A
training school of domestic science for
girls is to be established.
In ' the recent examination of fores-
try in the University of. Michigan ,
William W. Morris : received the mark
of 8.7.73 , the highest mark won in the
recent forestry examination in all the
universities of the country. He has
been almost wholly ; self-supporting
while at the university.
The feature of the Macalester Col-
lege commencenfent aside from the
formal announcement that the en-
dowment fund of $450,000 had been
raised , was the recital given by the
department of music.
The Minnesota Indian School atMor-
ris will not be taken over by the
State for an agricultural station for a
while. The government has appro
priated 527,00,0 to maintain the Indian ,
scnool until the State takes hold.
St. Joseph's Academy granted di
plomas to thirty-one girls who finished
the course at that institution in St.
Paul ; last week. The commencement
exercises were held outdoors. Arch7
bishop ? Ireland ! _ delivered t&e address.
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President Will Visit Many Western.
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Cities , but Not Alaska.
President Taft has given an outlineI I
of the tentative plans for his trip
through the West and South this fall.
The President has abandoned all idea-
of visiting Alaska this year , largely
owing to the fact that Mrs. Taft will-
not be able to go with him.
As son as the tariff bill has received1
the action of the President , Mr. Taft
will leave Washington for Beverly. Ho
will remain there until Sept. 15 - his *
fifty-second birthday-when he hopes ,
If Mrs. Taft continues to improve , to
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begin his Western journey. The Pres-
ident will head direct frcnj Beverly to-
Seattle stopping for brief visits en ,
route at Denver , Salt Lake and Spo-
kane. After visiting the Alaska-Yu .
kon-Pacific Exposition the President
will swing down to the Southwest ,
stopping for a time at Portland where >
he will be ' the guest ol ! Senator Bourne , ,
and proceeding thence to San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. San Diego will
be the next stop and then will come a.
trip into Arizona and New Mexico.
The President l stop for a time at
El Paso , where he expects to meet
President Diaz , of Mexico. .
Other stopping places will be San
Antonio , Fort Sam Houston , Austin ,
Dallas Charles P. Taft's ranch near i
Brownsville , Houston , New Orleans
for the deep water ways congress , Ba ,
you Teche country of Louisiana , Jack
son , Montgomery , Birmingham , Macon , .
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NEBRASKA ELECTION LAW VOID'
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Superior Court at Lincoln Gives De-
cision in Test Case.
In Lincoln , Neb. , the Superior Court
: handed down a decision declaring the
Donohoe nonpartisan judiciary elec
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tion law invalid. Te decree says : "Tho-
majority of the court holding that
the act is void , the judgment of the
District Court is affirmed. " This
means that the election of judges of
the Supreme Court , District courts , re-
gents of the State University , county
judges , and county superintendents by
use of a separate ballot , cannot take
place. The old lav. will continue to ,
hold. The chief objection of the court
was to the provision requiring that
for 1,000 names to be on a petition
for judge , not more than 500 of whicls
could come from one county. They
declared that it was a hindrance to-
the free exercise of the' franchise , and
was repugnant to the constitution of -
the State. Four of the six members-
sitting believed this provision formed
the chief reason for the passage , and
thus invalidated the whole act. The
entire court declared the provision de-
nying the right of party conventions
to indorse candidates for the offices af
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fected by the act was without force
, and void.
U. S. VESSELS IN PROUD ARRAY.
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War Ships Valued at $200,000,000
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Assemble for Maneuvers.
Skirting the inner tip of Cape Cod
there lay' In the harbor of Province-
town , Mass. : , and near-by waters Sun-
day night the largest and most notable . .
fleet of war ships ever assembled for
active duty under the Stars and
Stripes. Every vessel of the half hun
dred is in readiness for practice ma-
neuvers which will tax the ingenuity
and skill of the foremost naval minds- ,
of the country for the next month.
The vessels , including fourteen bat-
. tle ships , cruisers , torpedo boats , sub-
marines , refrigerator ships , tenders. , "
and supply ships , numbering fifty-four
vesseib , all , told , and representing a.
valuation of nearly $200.000,000 , were
drawn up in two p.arallellines.
Monday morning early two divisions-
of the fleet went outside for practice-
and maneuvers , two other divisions re- _
maining inside , which will be the pro-
gram throughout the maneuvers , tha-
divisions alternating in thn work.
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Xevr Depot for Kauxiix : City.
The passage of the Union station '
ordinance by the City Council and" its
signing by Mayor Crittenden puts Kan
sas City a step nearer to a new pas :
senger depot to take the place of the :
ramshackle structure that has been a.i' - , '
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eyesore for so many years. . ' - .
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