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ized Body.
, Tokio : Copies of circulars issued
In north China by a body of Chinese
calling themselves the "Popular Asso
ciation of the Three Eastern Prov
inces , " have been received in Japan.
after having been spread broadcast
among the Chinese of the lower class
es. The circulars contain inflamma-
" torjr statements against the Japanese
They bear upon what is called the
weakness of poor China and "the in
sulting aggression of Japan. "
Assertions are made that Japan has
devastated the arable lands of north
China , has enslaved laborers along the
line of the Antung-Mukden railroad ,
and that Japanese officials have beat
en the men , insulted the women and
, . terrorized the people.
The circulars point out that the
J . weakness . of China in a military sense
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. ' this treatment except by a boycott , and
call upon the people of China generally
to refuse all dealings with the Japan.
ese. All students and persons who
value freedom are called upon to prop
agate the doctrines of the association.
Failing in this , they are threatened
with vengeance and even death.
The document concludes with the
request that Chinese vehicles , vessels
and railroads refuse to carry Japan-
ese goods. An endless cnain is sought
in the request that patriotic citizens
into whose hands the circular may fall
shall have them reprinted and scat-
J i tered broadcast until Japan is com-
pletely shut out from all commercial
communication with China.
SUBJECT TO HEAVY FINE.
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Wealthy Oklshoman i is Sued under
State Prohibition Law.
Oklahoma City , Okla. : Suit under
the prohibition law for $30,000 has
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Charles F. Colcord , one of the wealth-
iest men of Oklahoma City , charging
that for thirty days he has permitted
i liquor to be sold in a building he owns.
The state law fixes a fine of $1,000 a
day for this violation.
Other suits of this nature were filed ,
the total amount demanded being
$145,000.
RED MEN INCREASE.
Government Statistics Show Growth
in Indian Population.
Washington , D. C. : The popular idea
that the American Indians are de
creasing in number is dissipated by
official figures showing that there are
more than 300,000 red men in the
United States. An increase in popu-
lation of about 40,000 during the last
two decades is attributed to the gov-
ernment's constant effort to uplift the
Indian to the level of contemporary
civilization. . . . .
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Bride Soon a Widow.
Baton Souge , La. : After only twelve
Jiours of married life John Elam , secre-
tary of the Baton Rouge Life Insurance
agency , shot and killed himself. Elam
was married to Miss Land , of this city
at 6 o'clock in the evening. At 6
o'clock the next morning he asked his
wife to bring him a cup of coffee. She
had hardly left the room when he end
ed his life with a revolver.
. Tooth Brushes for Pupils. . . I
New Brunswick , N. J. : Dr. E. Irving
Jronk , medical inspector , has asked
the board of education to provide ev
ery public school pupil with a tooth
brush , and make its use compulsory.
The board is inclined to consider thr
suggestion favorably.
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Fire Threatens to Destroy Town.
I Burnside , Ky. : Fire . Sunday threat
ened destruction of a large threat-/ / J
Burnside , a hotel , several stores , and 1
other small buildings being burned
The loss was $75,000.
Dirigible Balloon Collapses.
South Bend , Ind. : William Matter's
, dirigible balloon , the American , col
c : lapsed at a height of 100 feet. Mat-
tery's wrists were fractured. The ma
chine was destroyed. _
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Sioux City : Saturday's quotations
' .n the Sioux City live stock market
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Brussels : The National bank has
' raised the discount rate on accepted b
' bills to 3Jper cent and on nonac'Y
septed hills to 4 per cent. a
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Kansas : ! City : large
Swofford Bros. Dry Goods company
. f this : ! city was placed in the hands of
receivers as a result of disagreement all :
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.HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
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3,000 Reported Drowned on Yucatan
Island in Recent Gulf Storm.
New Orleans , La. : The steamer
City of Tampico , arriving here from
Progressb , Mex. , brought a report that
from 2,000 to 3,000 natives were drown-
ed on the island of Yucatan in the re
cent gulf hurricane.
The crew of the schooner Caldwell
H. Colt , of Pensacola\ . , which was
seized by Mexican authorities , , arrived
at the city of Tampico. .
According to the men the work of
repairs had hardly begun when the
Mexican gunboat Bravo sailed up and
took possession of the schooner. It
was claimed that the vessel had been
engaged in fishing within a prescribed ,
distance from shore and she was for-
mally confiscated. Although the men
were released the schooner is still be-
Ing held by the Mexican government.
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MRS. GUNNESS IN TEXAS ?
, f Former Resident of Lapore Claims He
Saw Accused Murderess.
El Paso , Tex. : A special from Dal-
hart , Tex. , says that a man named
Hendrik Fritz , formerly of Laporte , *
Ind. , positively identified Mrs. Belle
Gunness on a train en route to Denver
from Fort Worth , where it is reported
she was recently seen.
Fritz asserts that Mrs. Gunness rec-
ognized him and hastily went into the
woman's dressing room , where she
locked herself in.
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TROOPS AND PIRATES CLASH.
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French Soldiers Wound Chief and Put
Band to Fight.
Saigon , French Cochin China : A se-
vere fight occurred on October 5 be-
tween a column of French troops and
a band of pirates under the command
of a chief named Detham. The pirates
were put to flight. . Detham was
wounded and eight pirates were killed.
The French troops lost seven Euro-
peans killed and twenty-two wounded ,
including one officer , and twenty-two
native French soldiers were wounded.
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Rehearing is Denied.
Seattle , Wash. : Chairman Martin
A. Knapp announced a decision of the
interstate commerce commission in
the suit brought by Des Moines against
the Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific
railroad and other lines. The commis-
sion denied a petition of the railroads
for a rehearing and ordered the re-
duction of rates from the Atlantic sea-
board to Des Moines to go into effect.
That Chinese Loan.
Pekin : The German bank has been'
informed from Berlin that all the Ger-
man objections to the bank signing the
agreement for the $30,000,000 have
been received by the British and
French representatives. H. P. Fletch-
er , the American charge d'affaires , has
informed the foreign representatives
that he did not desire to press the ne-
gotiations.
City Officials Fined.
Topeka , Kan. : J. E. Holden , police
judge of Pittsburg , Kan. , was fined
$100 , seven policemen were fined $50
each , eight firemen $25 each , twelve
liquor sellers $500 each , and Frank
Linski $1,000 by the state supreme
court for contempt for participating in
a fine system of licensing joints or il-
licit saloons in Pittsburg.
For Blowing up Dam. -
Jennings , La. : Charged with com-
plicity in the blowing up of the Mer-
menteau dam , which protects the
lands of hundreds of rice farmers , the
United States commissioner here
bound over six citizens. It is claimed
that ill feeling between cattle raisers I
and rice growers of this section re-
sulted in the : dynamiting of the dam. '
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Amundsen Plans Trip.
Hamburg : Capt. Ronald Amund-
sen , the well known Danish explorer ,
who is about to start on a polar ex-
pedition , has decided to try a remark-
able innovation in the use of draught
animals for polar travel. He will en-
deavor to make polar bears draw his
sledges.
Boy Sentenced for Arson.
Deadwood , S. D. : His career as a
firebug was checked when David An-
derson , aged 11 , of Lead , was com-
mitted by the county court to the state a
reform school at Plankinton. Ander
son recently confessed to setting the
fire that destroyed the Rawley barns
near here.
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Crane is Cautioned. o
Washington : Charles R. Crane , the ;
newly appointed United States minis-
ter to China , who returning from
San Francisco , from which place he
was recalled when about to take a
ship for his post , will be cautioned as
to his public utterances concerning
the vital questions in the far east , and f
then : sent to his station.
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Priests Mix in Politics.
Paris : Some of the French bishops ,
/ollowing up a more militant policy ,
have introduced into the catechisms tl
the : obligation to vote only for candie
dates who have publicly pledged h
hemselves to the defense of religious is :
nterests.
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Charley Taft to Be a Boxer.
Boston , Mass. : Information has
been received that Charley Taft , the to
youngest son of the president , will , in H
all probability , take lessons in boxing ai :
the coming winter from Jimmy Walsh , tl
the local boxer. cl
Students Riot ; Defy Police.
Baltimore , Md. : Class rush day at iy I '
11 the local colleges caused the police hi
the busiest twelve hours thay have cc
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Placed at 73.8 in the Government Re
port-Lower Than .
Washington , . D. C. : The crop re
porting board of the department of ag
riculture made public the following es-
timate of ) crops on October 1 last :
Corn condition 73.8 , as' compared
with 77,8 on the same day last year ;
spring wheat quality , 90. ' as compared
with 88.1 in 1908 ; spring wheat and
winter wheat combined average quali-
ty , 90.4 , compared with 89.4 last year ;
oats quality , 91.4 , as compared with
81.3 a year ago.
The indicated total production of
spring wheat is about 291,848,000 bush-
els against 226,694(000. ( Final estimate
of 1909 spring and winter wheat com-
bined , 724,768,000 bushels , compared
with 664,602,000 last year and of oats
about 983,618,000 bushels , against 807/
156000.
QUARREL OVER QUARANTINE.
Nebraskan j Dies of Injuries Received
in an Encounter.
Hastings , Neb. : Porter Walthers a
: member of the board of supervisors of
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Clay ( county , died at a sanitarium in
Hastings ] , as a result , physicians say ,
of injuries received in an encounter
with a farmer named John Karney , liv-
ing near Glenville. -The trouble started
by reason of Karney refusing to sub
mit to the quarantining of his home
for scarlet fever by a physician. The
doctor reported the case to the board
of supervisors , and Walthers accom
panied } him to the Karney home to en- :
force 1 the quarantine. The farmer and
supervisor became involved in a dis-
pute and blows were exchanged. Wal
thers had his jawbone fractured and
received internal injuries , whicb
brought on paralysis-
PANAMA CANAL WORK.
An Estimate of Funds Needed Submit.
mitted by Commission.
Washington , D. C. : The Panama ca-
nal commission has submitted to the
secretary of war an estimate of appro
priations aggregating -48,063,524 for
work on the canal during the fiscal
year beginning July 1 , 1910. Of the
amount asked for $15,504,036 is for
skilled and unskilled labor and $20-
218,983 is for materials and supplies
used in construction work.
The total appropriations made by
congress up to this time on account of
the canal are $210,070,468. Col.
Goethals , the chairman and the chief
engineer of the commission , has de
clared it to be his opinion that the
great waterway will be completed by
January 1 , 1915 ! , and has estimated th'
total cost at $375,000,000. '
$70,000 is Bid for Big Fight.
Galveston. Tex. : A local sporting
combine offers a $70,000 purse for the
Jeffries-Johnson fight if Johnson will
fight here. The scheme is to build a
pavilion on the rock jetties five miles
out in the gulf to accommodate from
15,000 " to 20,000 people. The Texas
prize fight law extends only three
miles from shore.
Held for Murder of Brother.
Des Moines , la. : Ben H. Murrow
was placed under arrest charged willi
the murder of his brother , Charles E.
Murrow. Charles Murrow was shot
through the temple as he lay in bed in
the Ben Murrow home. It was given
out that he had been shot by bur
glars.
Lash and Bible for Thief.
Durham , N. C. : A sentence of one
whipping under the direction of an of
ficer of the law , and attendance at
Sunday school every Sunday for a pe
riod of six months , was imposed by
Judge Sykes in the recorder's court
upon a 13-year-old negro boy who had
stolen a pair of shoes.
Servia Mourns Lost State.
Belgrade , Servia : All the shops of
Belgrade closed and the public build
ings of the city draped in black to
mark : the first anniversary of the an >
nexation of the provinces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary.
Servian students paraded the street
shouting ; "Down with Austria ! "
Steamship Line Sold.
Boston , Mass. : John W. McKinnon ,
L member of the board of reorganiza
tion managers of the Metropolitan
Steamship company , bid in the com
any for $2,500,000 at the foreclosure
sale : here , and if the plans of the board
arc carried out the line will pass at
once to Charles W. Morse and affiil ]
iated [ interests.
Girl Tips Scales at 625 Pounds.
Uniontown , W. Va. : Weighing 625
pounds , although only 17 years old ,
Gertie May : Davis , from Wayne county ,
W. Va. , is in Uniontown with her
ather , Joseph Davis , 76 years old , who
weighs 140 pounds and is the father of
5 ! children , of whom 24 are living.
Dies at Age of 80.
New York : Capt. John Joshua Na
haniel Webber , who served as an ex
cutive < officer on the Monitor during
her < battle woth the Merrimac in 1864 ,
; dead in a Staten Island seamen's re
sort , at the age of 80 years.
"Magruder Clan" Meets.
Washington , D. C. : Coming together
) revive traditions of the Scottish
Highlands and to promote fraternalism j
mong the American descendants of
the valiant Gregor , " the Magruder
clan" assembled in this city last week.
London : Herry Benson , of Brook
lyn , N. Y. , whose real name is Bebro , ]
has been found guilty by the criminal (
3ourt and sentenced to five years' Gen (
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DIVINE FINDS FINITY.
Congregational Minister : Elopes will :
His Nurse.
Ashland has been shaken from cen-
ter to circumference by a scandal in
which Rev. H. R. Van Auken , for two
years pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church , plays the star part. He
has deserted with Miss Bertha Bow-
man , a nurse , who recently came there
from Philadelphia. It is believed they
are in San Antonio , Tex.
Some weeks ago Mrs. Van Auken
was ill and Miss : Bowman was em-
ployed in the home as a nurse. After
the recovery of the preacher's wife
Miss Bowman went to Lincoln to live : ,
but returned at the request of Van
Auken , who invited her to make her
home at his house. Soon after this
ugly stories commenced to circulate.
Van Auken was called before the trus-
tees and admitted his guilt. He was
given $100 and ordered to leave town.
About thesame time a committee wait-
ed on Miss Bowman and advised her
to change her residence.
HE FUSES TO RETURN.
Bowers Hands Resignation to an Ar-
mour Official at Dulutb. i
Through the efforts of J. C. Fisher , .
the company's manager at Duluth ,
Minn. , George W. Bowers , missing
manager for Armour & Co. , at Omaha ,
has been located at Fort Francis , Ont. ,
where he had been for several days
and had assumed the name of G. W.
Breck. Fisher telegraphed the Oma-
ha house , stating that he had sweated
Bowers for two hours and was un
able to ascertain why the man went
away. At the end of the conference
Bowers wrote out his resignation and
turned it over to Fisher. Fisher
urged him to return , but he absolutely
refused to do so , stating that there
were no inducements that could be
offered that would cause him to
change his mind. He said he had de
termined upon going into the Thunder
Bay county to prospect for gold , and
that there he was going.
TRAGEDY NEAR NELIGH.
c\ . G. Rakow : , a Farmer , is Killed by
F. M. Thornburg.
A. G. Rakow , who lived in Willow
township , fourteen * 'miles northeast of
Neligh , was found dead in his pasture
with a bullet hole in his head. He Is
believed to have been murdered. A
neighbor , with whom he had trouble ,
is suspected.
It appears that A. G. Rakow and F.
M. Thornburg had trouble about some
hay. No one was present when the
man was killed. They evidently had
a fight , as Thornburg was wounded
about the head and is now in a hos-
pital in Neligh and under arrest.
Prison Chaplain Attacked. . . .
Saying that he is demoralizing the
religious teachings at the Nebraska
penitentiary and refuses to treat other
church men with consideration , the
Nebraska convention of Baptists pass-
ed a resolution recommending that
Gov. Shallenberger appoint a new
chaplain in place of Rev. James Huff ,
an elder of the Reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Two Elevators Burn.
The main line of the Burlington
railroad west from Lincoln was block-
ed to all traffic for ten hours Friday
by the burning of two grain elevators
at the village of ' Denton. In addition
to the elevators , two business houses
and a residence were burned , with a
total loss of between $35,000 and $40-
000.
Norfolk Woman Ends Life.
Mrs. Ferdinand Pofahl , aged 59 ,
committed suicide by hanging herself
with a shoestring to a doorknob at :
Norfolk. Worry over property caused ;
mental unbalance. She tied her
mouth shut so that she could not I
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Big Docket at Ponder. I
District court is in session at Pen-
der with the first jury in attendance
which has been summoned in a year
and a half. There is a large docket , f
containing several important criminal (
and civil cases.
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Nightmare Causes Death.
Miss Anna Lehmcuhler died , pre-
sumably the victim of nightmare. She
is the daughter of Henry Lehmcuhler ,
a farmer living five miles from Ar-
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Laurel Postmaster Very M.
Postmaster W. A. Price , of Laurel ,
tvas stricken with spinal meningitis
while driving his automobile and is 1
still a very sick man. 1
Prisoners Try to Break Jail.
Elmer Johnson and Harry Lucck ,
the two burglars sentenced to the pen- i
itentiary , made an unsuccessful at- [
tempt to break jail at Broken Bow. i
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Young Man Shot Accident. .
Word was received in Beatrice that
Fortis Harrington , the 14-year-old son
of Harry Harrington , a former resi-
dent of Crab Orchard , had been shot e
an * killed while hunting near Pawnee C
icity with twe . f his cemianiens. S
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OMAHA MAN IS MISSING.
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No Word from Gco. " . Bowers , Ar
mour Official.
Friends of Geo. W. Bowers , acting
general manager of : the packing plant
of Armour & Co. at Omaha , who went
to California on a hunting and pros-
pecting expedition four weeks ago and
has not been heard from since , arc
greatly exercised over his disappear-
ance. He left Omaha September for
northern California , intending to be
gone two weeks. Not a word has been
heard from him since he left.
Mr. Bowers is one of the best known
packing house men in the country ,
and on former trips has kept his firm
informed of his whereabouts. He is
described as a man 5 feet 9 inches in
height and weighing 150 pounds , hair
very black and small black mustache.
When Bowers left Omaha ho car-
ried with him more than $3,000 , part
of which was currency , and this leads :
his friends to fear foul play. !
MAUPIN REPORTS.
Recommends that Governor Look Into
Car Strike.
Gov. Shallenberger Saturday even
ing ma < Iu public a report from Deputy
Labor Commissioner Maupin : , who rec-
ommends that the governor investigate
the street car situation in Omaha , un-
der the provisions of the statute. Mr.
Maupin : believes this should be done to
make a permanent record , if for no
other reason.
Some strikers have reported to the
governor that several prominent busi-
ness men of Omaha desired such an
investigation and complain that the
strike has injured business in Omaha.
The governor said he would hold an
investigation if enough business men
join in a request for one.
The street car situation remained
perfectly unchanged in Omaha Sun-
day. The company claimed that
twenty more of the old men returned
to won : .
STRYKER AND NELSON ' HELD.
Unable to Satisfy the Court in Alfalfa
Mill Deal.
In the case of State of Nebraska
against George Stryker , formerly of
York , now a resident of North Platte ,
an alfalfa mill promoter , and Samue
C. Nelson , formerly of Grand Island ,
a resident of Kansas City , engaged in
the promotion and building of alfalfa
mills , charged by the York Alfalfa
Meal and Milling : company with em-
bezzlement of several thousand dollars ,
was tried at York. Stryker and Nel-
son were bound over to the next term
of district court under $5,000 bonds
each.
City Marshal Exonerated.
The trial of the city marshal of Pon-
ca for assault and battery resulted
in a verdict of not guilty. Richard
Curtis , the city marshal , had arrested
Charles Foot on suspicion of bootleg-
ging and found on his person two
quart bottles of whisky which he be-
lieved Foot was bringing to Ponca for
sale. Foot had the marshal arrested
for doing him great bodily injury in
the act of arresting him.
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James Moxley , IOC years of age , has
been declared insane by the Kearney
authorities and will be taken to the
Hastings jisylum. Owing to Mr. Mox-
ley's advanced age his mind has weak-
ened , although physically he shows
wonderful vitality and has lately be-
came so unruly that it has been dan-
gerous to give him his freedom.
Reward for Murderer.
Gov. Shallengerger has offered
state reward of $200 , which is the limit
allowed by law , for the arrest of the
person or persons who murdered a
colored boy , Othello Ratcliffe , whose
body was found September 7 at the I
Kellom school house. in the city of
Omaha.
Football Game a Tie.
In the ideal football game of tho
season on the Nebraska field at Lin-
coln Saturday the Corn Husker eleven
vas held to a tie score G to 6 , by South
Dakota , and the verdict of the crowd
was that the local gridiron contingent
was , lucky to escape defeat.
Grading for Double Track.
The grading for the Union Pacific's
double track from Kearney to North
Platte is nearly completed. Ties are "
being laid from North Platte and the I
bridge work is being pushed as hard
as possible. The new track will proba-
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bly not be used until spring , when it
becomes ) well ballasted. "
Disappears from Home. C
N. P. Miller , prominent farmer , liv-
ng seven miles west of Adams , has
mysteriously disappeared and search- t
ng parties which have been looking
for him have failed to find any trace'
of him. I
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The Beatrice high school building ,
erected at cost of $75,000vras dedit
cated with exercises befitting the i cca. Ii
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It begins to look as it Peary's bark
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Sun.When
When Peary says dash It is only am
euphemism. - Cincinnati Commercial-
Tribune.
. The Eskimos are learning a lessom
in the ways of civilization. - Milwaukee
Free Press.
According to Dr. Cook aerth polo t
trips also make strange bedfellows.-
Chicago News. :
Anyhow , Peary and Coek had Colo
nel Roosevelt stymie for a time.-
Washington Post. .
Arctic exploration has become a hap .
py combination of bouquets and brick-
bats.-Washington Post. „
The first thing Peary dees when he
reaches home is to biro a lawYer.-
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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If it depends on circumstantial eri- . ,
dence neither Cook nor Peary : : can show
cold feet.-Boston Transcript. .
Well , the polar controversy has at
least passed the he-took-my-dogs-and-
he-stole-my-gumdrops stage. Detroit _
News.
The pity is that Commander Peary
could not discover the pole without re-
vealing so much of himself. - New
York World. ;
Reaching the pole through the me-
dium of a newspaper yarn Is also a te- I
dious and painful process.-St. Louis i
Post-Dispatch. I .
If Peary gets magazine rates for all
" " he ,
the "statements" he is preparing
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can well afford to let Cook run away
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with the gate receipts. - Atlanta Con-
stitution.
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"When Dr. Cook sighted land , " says j
a contemporary , "his heart bulged with I
emotions. " . And when Peary sighted
! land his vocabulary bulged with invec- \ I
' tive. Louisville Courier-Journal. ) i'
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3Iurz'lnsc and DIvoroe.
When the son of a rich family pre- . I
poses to an actress she do s well to
remember that the "csmo-home-and-
be-forgiven" incident does not occur ia
real life as often as it does on the
stage.-Washington Star.
No doubt the young woman who is
suing a wealthy Socialist for breach of
promise , with $100,000 damages , wants
him to live up to his creed by dividing " .
his wealth with his less fortunate "
brothers and sisters. - Cleveland Plain- \ :
Dealer. . . " . .
The news that Miss Stewart is to
wed a foreign prince again impels us
to ask what has become of that domes-
tic prince , the young American man ?
As a rival to foreign notabilities he
seems still to require a considerable
handicap. - Brooklyn Eagle.
Joseph Frischmann , a St. Louis shoe-
maker , having been rejected by a wid-
ow after six months of courtship , sued
the lady for $138.10 for his attentions
which he itemized in a bill. The lady
came back with a claim for $150 for
her services in entertaining him , and
the judge decided that neither claim
was good. Time is not always money.
-New Orleans Times-Deatoerat.
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The Troubles of Spnia.
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Algeciras doesn't seem to have been .
the last word with the Moers.-Louis-
ville Times.
King Alfonso has already returned
to the more serious business of being
a good fellow. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The more the ' Moors : fight Frenck
and Spanish troops the ilettQr it suits
the plans of Germany kt Morocco.-
Cleveland Leader. <
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Spain has sent General Weylerj to
pacify Morocco. When Weyler goes to
war it means a boom in the barb-wlro
business.-Toledo Blade.
Barcelona bankers who announce
that they are open for deposits only
seem to have reached a very simple
solution for some of the most difficult '
problems of fir nce.-Washington Star.
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Spain has , established . a censorship
to prevent the Spanish papers from
printing news of the war in Morocco : ,
on the theory that what the people
don't know won't excite them. That
procedure wouldn't work well over
here.-Boston Globe.
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Aviation.
In the feat of the flying Ji'r nchman.
England sees the grim shadow of "The ,
Flying Dutchman. " Atlanta Constitu- , , K
tion.
tion.The
The air ' ship will prove world econ- /
omy if the predictions of its putting
an etlcl to battle ships are fulfilled.
Washington Star.
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Nations will have to be o.reful to }
draw : the distinction between lYing and
fleeing , when soldiers take te the air.-
Cleveland Leader.
Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. , is te make a
balloon flight. Perhaps ha will meet
many : who ascend to
high altitudes
ev-
ery time his father's name is mention- t
Washington Times. .
SPARKS FROM THE WZRES. .
Six persons were injured , .oe > fatally
when an
automobile ovorturaed : at Mil-
ford : , Neb.
Tennessee's only legal saloon , the
'Oasis , " situated on a mountain top
near McMinville : , was burned.
An unknown man knelt -in front of .
L Lake Shore
passenger train in the
yards at Toledo , and was kilted. '
The International Pressmen's Union
has purchased the Hale
SpriD
Springs
s
prop
rty ! , sixty miles east of Knoxville
Tenn. . , including a hotel and 1,100 acres'
with ; four mineral springs ,
and will es-
tablish : there a national home
for aged
and disabled members. -
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Charges that three railr a compa t
nies operating in West Virginia '
have ;
combined : In excessive a . a
discrimi- \ .
. . .
nating freight rates
upon salt consti-
uted the basis of a hearing before' . f !
Special ; Examiner Carmack Qf- the In- - 1 !
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