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Glass Windows Shattered and Goods
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i /Two n bombs which exploded with ter-
i Hfic force in the downtown section of
, Chicago Sunday night caused consid-
i erable damage to property and created
great excitement.
; tThc first bomb exploded soon after
6' o'clock in a building at 260 State
street : and the other followed fifteen
minutes later in a building near the
I corner of La Salle and Madison streets.
In the State street building the Em-
pire club is located and the building at
Madison and La Salic streets housed
the Worth Jockey club.
For two years bombs have been ex-
ploded intermittently in Chicago in the
vicinity of gambling houses and race
bookers' establishments. The bombs
thrown Sunday night were the thirty-
second and thirty-third that have been
thrown in what is believed to be a
quarrel between syndicates of gam-
blers who operate in violation of the
law.
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The explosion in State street shool
the heart of the city , and buildings
within a radius of a block were dam
aged , hundreds of windows having
. been broken. The concussion created
havoc in the store room on the first
floor , scattering stock over the floors :
and blowing out plate glass windows
in the front and all the windows in the
rear of the structure.
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Many buildings adjacent to the scene :
of the explosion were damaged , in
cluding the Chicago Automobile club ,
the Imperial and Inter-Ocean hotel
and the Premier theater , a vaudeville
house , which was filled with people
when the bomb was fired. The ex-
plosion frightened the audience , and
men and women rushed for the ' street ?
in a panic , but no one was injured.
TWELVE 3IEN ARE KILLED.
Meet Death in Pennsylvania Mine Ex
plosion.
Twelve men were killed in the Cam-
bria Steel company's coal mine , two
miles from Johnstown , Pa. , Sunday , so-
the result of what is supposed to hav
, been a dynamite explosion. All the
dead are , foreigners. Three escaped
with their lives by a perilous climb on
life ladders through poisonous mine
gas and falling slate up the steep walls
of the main shaft. At the time of the
explosion only fifteen workmen , all
track layers , were in the mine.
The explosion occurred at sundown
as the workmen were putting theii
tools away at the end of the day'
work. The concussion caused by the
terrific subterranean blast caused
- many windows in the mining village
surrounding the Cambria mine to be
roken : in. Hundreds of persons gath-
ered at the entrance within an incred.
ible space of time.
STABS SIX PEOPLE.
'Cincinnati Laborer Runs Amuck
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Through the Streets.
. Charles Barker , a laborer , ran
xmuck in Cincinnati , 0. , Sunday night
at the entrance to the Pearl street
market , and before he was captured
he had stabbed six people with a
butcher knife , one of whom may die.
The streets were thronged with Hal-
lowe'en crowds when Baker suddenly
dashed at a man and stabbed him un
der the left shoulder. The man then
rushed dovn Pearl street , striking a
passersby.
Edward Eimvistle Dead.
" Constant grieving over the death of
his wife , which occurred six weeks ago ,
caused the death at Des Moines , Ia. ,
Sunday of Edward Entwistle , former I
fireman on the Rocket , the first loco-
motive ever built by George Stephen-
son , which ran between Manchester
and Liverpool , Eng.
Greek Outbreak Ends.
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' Four British warships have arrived
at Phalerum , near Pieraus , Greece.
The rebellion , for the time being at
least , ' is at an end. The last of the
naval vessels in the hands of mutinous-
naval officers has been recovered.
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' Srntmces Susjjrndod.
. Premier : Morel Sunday ordered the
IS' officers at Barcelona Spain , to sus
pend the execution of all courtmlirtial
Sentences until the cases could be ex
amined by the government.
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; ! , Sioux City Live Stock Market.
- , . . Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Choice
feeders , $4.50@5.25. Top hogs , $7.70.
Captain's Body Washed Ashore.
, The body of Capt. Paul Howell of
the , steamer George Stone , which was
. . . . lost on Point Pelee in upper Lake Erie
. October 13 , js reported to have been
. washed ashore near Fairport , O.
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Roosevclts in Rome.
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. UNIONISTS SCORE VICTORY.
' Blow to
Result of British By-Election
Budget.
The bl-election Thursday in the Ber-
mondsey division of Southwark , Eng-
land , a parliamentary borough of Lon-
don , which was characterized by the
most militant attack the suffragettes
have yet ventured to make in their
struggle for "votes for women , " result-
ed in a sweeping victory or the union-
ists. John Dumphreys _ , unionist , won
the three-cornered fight with a plur-
ality of 987 over the liberal majority
of 1,759 In 1906. The vote was as fol
lows : Dumphreys , unionist , 4,278 ; S.
L. Hughes , liberal , 3,291 ; Dr. A Sal-
ter , socialist , 1,435.
The unionist victory Is. considered a
severe blow to the supporters of the
budget , as all along this election was
expected to afford a good test of the
feeling in London and the country
generally on the impending struggle
in parliament. Bermondsey has been a
doubtful constituency for years , some-
times returning a liberal candidate and
sometimes a unionist , but three years
ago the election resulted in a liberal
landslide.
The militant suffragelles were early
on the scene , and after adopting nu-
merous expedients to harass the elec-
tion officers and those most closely
identified with the election , Mrs. Cha-
pin , one of the best known of the or-
ganization , slipped into one of the
booths and smashed a bottle contain-
ing a corrosive acid upon a ballot box ,
with the evident intention of ruining
the ballots , a large number of which
had already been deposited. The acid
scattered over the officials and the
broken glass cut their hands and
faces , but the ballots were practically
undamaged.
FOUND DEAD IX BED.
Not Believed Gas Jet Was Accidentally
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Turned On.
Mrs. Charles Elgecomb and her 4-
year-old son , Charles , were found dead
in bed in Chicago Thursday by the
husband and father. The room where
the two lay was filled with gas which
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had escaped from a Jet.
Mr. Edgcomb insists : : that the jet
must have become opened accident-
ally , but the police hold a contrary
opinion and base it on the fact that
the apartment was ordinarily lighted
with electricity.
Other residents of the building no
ticed the odor of ' sas Wednesday af -
ternoon , but Investigation - was
made and the discovery of the dead
mother and son was not made until
Mr. Edgecomb returned to his home
He declares there was no motive foi
his wife to kill herself : , as their homr
life was happy.
MOB ROUTED BY GIRL.
She Puts a Band ! of Night Riders tr
Flight.
A slender girl armed with a doubli
barreled shotgun put to flight forts
masked "night riders" when they
crashed down the door of her father's
house Thursday night in Mason coun-
ty Ky. The mob appeared at the
home of George Kreitz , evidently with
the intention of whipping him , and
when entrance was refused the door
was : knocked in with an ax and crow-
bar. Kr eitz's daughter stood ready
with a looded shutguir and fired both
barrels , Kreitz recognized several rid-
ers and is in conference with the of-
ficers at Maysville. Several arrests
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are expected.
Escape from Jail.
Charles S. Cox. held for theft , and
Charles Gilc ! : : > Jlie. charged with forg-
ery escaped from the Clay county
jail at Liberty , Mo. , by sawing the
bars. Three other prisoners , including
William Talbot , held for murder , re-
fused to leave the jail and reported
the escape to the authorities.
Assassin of Ito Identified. '
The assassin of Prince Ito was iden-
cified at Harbin , Manchuria , Thursday ,
as Inchan Angan , a former editor of
a newspaper at Seoul. He said that ,
he was one of an organization of
twenty Koreans who had taken an
oath that they would kill the Japanese
statesman.
Girl Steals Fincr ' .
An uncontrollable love for finery
caused Tillie Shoemaker , a beautiful
18-year-old girl of Davenpprt. to take
a suitcase and $18 in cash and a large
assortment of'"glad rags" belonging to
Mrs. A. E. Fields , a prominent society
woman. She was arrested.
Slavery Charge Denounced.
Hon. W. W. Blake , a former Bur-
lington citizen , but for 35 years a resi-
dent of old Mexico , now visiting in
Durlington , | I gave out an interview de
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nouncing as utterly .false and inexcus-
able the article published in a maga-
zine alleging peonage and slavery in
Mexico. .
Wreck in Indiana.
In a collision between a westbound
immigrant train and an eastbound
freight train at ToscSn , Ind. , on the
Chicago and Erie railroad Friday
morning , 35 immigrants-men , women
and children-were injured , some of
them perhaps fatally.
Beri-Bcri in Texas.
Reliable reports from Brownsville ,
Tex. , on the Mexican border , state that
several well developed cases of beri-
beri prevail among Chinese prisoners
held at Brownsville by the govern
ment.
Yale Bequeathed $500,000.
By the terms of the will of the late : .
Dr. Levy Shoemaker , of Wilkesbarre
Pa. , Yale university Is given more than
$500,000 to be used in the medical de- .
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FIVE KILLED ; SCORE RURT.
Disastrous Wreck on a Denver Street
Fire in Chicago.
Car Line.
Two persons were killed and twenty
injured Friday morning when a Sev-
enteenth avenue car got beyond con-
trol on the steep hill and jumped the
track at Court place , in Denver , Colo.
As the car started on the descent of
the Seventeenth street hill the brakes
failed to work and the motorman
shouted to the passengers to jump.
Many did so , but there were fifty peo-
ple left in the car when it reached the
foot of the hills. Mrs. Minnie Melville ,
the woman who was killed , was walk-
ink along the sidewalk when she was
caught by the runaway car , which
turned over upon her after striking a
telephone pole.
After striking the telephone pole the
car crashed through a taxicab stand-
ing at the curb , k led a horse attached
to a delivery wagon and turned over
against the building occupied by a
cleaning establishment. Arthur Pack-
er , chauffeur of the taxicab , was sit-
ting in his seat when the car crashed
into his machine and was seriously
hurt. Mrs. Burt Guiry was hurt inter-
nally and may die. Raymond Whita-
ker , of St. Joseph , Mo. : , suffered a dis
located shoulder. William H. Schrader ,
who had one leg broken and suffered
internal injuries , died at a local hos-
pital later.
QUAKE IS QUITE SEVERE.
Windows Shattered ; Chimneys Brok-
en on Coast.
The earthquake shock felt in north
ern California and southern Oregon
Thursday night is reported from a
number of places to have been more
severe than any experienced in several
years previously. The vibrations con-
tinued from ten to twenty-five seconds ,
according to observations in different
towns. Windows were shattered ,
chimneys prostrated , dishes broken ,
and small pieces of furniture moved ,
but so far as known the financial dam-
age was nominal.
Humbolt county appears to have
been the center of the seismic disturb-
ance. It does not appear , however
that the shock was of great violence
Among the cities and towns where the
quake was felt were Redding , Red
Bluff , Chico , McCloud : , Weaverville.
Dunsmuire and Crescent City , in Cali-
fornia and Grant's Pass and Marsh-
field , in Oregon.
VICTORY FOR IIIGIIER LAW.
Rich West Virginia Farmer Cleared of
Murder. :
The jury in the case of John Sickles
aged 67 years , a wealthy farmer ,
charged with the murder of his nep-
hew , Randolph Ritchea , returned a
verdict of not guilty after deliberat-
ing thirty-one minutes at Moundsville" :
W. Va. , Friday.
When Judge Harvey told him he
was free , Sickles burst into tears and
sobbed : "God has been so good to
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On August 25 last Sickles returned
to his home following a short absencr
and heard his daughter , Mattie , 15
years old , screaming for help. He
rushed to her room and found Kltchea
there. As the young man was leaving
the house a moment later Sickles shut
him. .
Rich Man End. Life.
. Henry S. Hysinger i'J i ! ) years old , a
wealthy retired merchant , committed
t suicide at his home in St. Louis. Mo. .
Friday. The fear of approaching pov-
erty is given by relatives as the im-
pelling motive for his self dc truc-
tion.
English Mine Explosion.
A score of miners were killed by an
explosion in the Rhymey Iron com-
pany's colliery in Glamorganshire ,
Wales , Friday. Manager : Bowen and
two companions , who attempted a res-
' . were themselves overcome by the
erdamp and perished.
v Raise in Pay ; for 3,000.
Officials of the Pittsburg and Lake :
Erie railroad have issued circulars to
their 3,000 laborers announcing that
when they draw their pay November 1
for October work they will receive pay
on a basis of $1.G5 a day instead of
$1.65.
Mrs. Hayes Buried.
Mrs. Howell Jefforson Davis Hayes ,
.laughter of the confederacy , who died
recently , was buried in Richmond , Va. ,
Friday with impressive cerem nies.
Interment was in the Davis plot in
Hollywood cemetery.
"Workman Killed Instantly.
A large plank fell from the top story
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building at Peoria. III. . Thursday ,
striking H. La timer and J. Murphy ,
structural iron workers , killing the for-
nier.
Speed Enthusiast. Killed.
While speeding a practice mile Eu-
jene J. Marsh , an amateur of Dallas ,
Tex. , was thrown from his motor cy-
ie and instantly killed Thursday.
De Lara is Released.
L. Guiterrez de Lara , the Mexican
attorney held by the United States im
migration authorities on the charge of
being an anarchist and illegally resid-
ing in this country , was released from
the Los Angeles , Cal. , jail Friday , on
$5,000 bond.
English Statesman Dead.
Sir Edmund John Monson , formerly
British ambassador to France , died in
London Friday.
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Angry Crowd at Fremont Wrecks Ne
gro Barber Shop.
An angry crowd at Fremont sur-
rounded the barber shop of Charles I
R. Johnson , a negro barber , who is
accused of writing letters to Miss Liz-
zie Miller , age I d 15. Windows were
broken and fixtures wrecked. There
was talk of tar and feathers for John-
son , who is in jail.
Fremont was stirred over the arrest
of Charles R. Johnson , a negro who
owns a barber shop there , accused of
writing letters to a 15-year-old white
girl , Lizzie Miller : , a laundress , urging
her to meet him at the foundry to re-
ceive presents. Johnson was put un
der $1,000 bonds to keep the peace and
is in jail. Johnson is a prominent ne
gro , wears Masonic emblems and a
plug hat. He has been under suspi-
cion in similar cases many times.
FIDDLERS' CARNIVAL. :
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Old Time Contest Arranged for Ne-
. braska City.
Arrangements are being completed
for holding an old-fashioned fiddlers'
carnival , at the Overland theater in
Nebraska City the latter part of the
month. Already forty entries have
been made , and Secretary John L. Pat-
terson is receiving new applications
every day. This is something new ana
novel , and never before attempted in
this state. Some of the applicants are
from Missouri and Arkansas. After
the carnival , which may last two even-
ings , will be held an old-fashioned
dance at Eagle hall. Secretary Pat-
terson has arranged a large list of
prizes and will secure a goodly sized
committee of competent persons to act I
as judges. It will be the biggest event !
ever pulled off in that part of the '
state and will follow the corn show ,
which is November 24-27.
SOCIETIES UNITE.
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Put Six Men Into the Field to Keep :
the Work Moving.
The Anti-Saloon league and the Ne-
braska Temperance union were ,
merged more closely when the board
of trustees of the league invited the ,
governing board of the union to meet i
with them. '
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It was decided to immediately divide
the state into four districts , the north-
ern district with office at Norfolk ,
southern district with office at Hast-
ing , eastern district with office at Lin-
oln : : , and the Omaha district with an
3ffice at Omaha. Lincoln is to contin-
ue to be the state headquarters.
This plan will put six men in the
field , including the two who are al-
ready there , who will devote their en-
tire time to the work. An effort will
be made to raise a campaign fund of
50000.
Auto Accident.
Tom Johnson , president of the Com-
mercial bank of Chappell , and John
Wamberg , a real estate agent of that
village , were speeding along in an
auto at a 50-mIle gait near the St.
George ranch , near Sidney , when the
car turned turtle , throwing them both
under the car and injuring them se-
verely. The car was demolished.
Fell Down Stairs.
Ruth Stauffer , the 13-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Stauf-
fer , of Lyons , fainted at the head of a
stairway and fell headlong to the bot-
tom and when her father picked her
up he thought her dead. A physician
was sent for and she was resuscitated ,
but still remains in a critical condi
tion.
Hastings Lets Sewer Contract.
H C. Gardner , of Lincoln has been
given a contract by the council for
laying 15,293 feet of sewer at Hast-
ings for $11,290. His proposal was
$630 less than the next lowest. Eight
contractors from Grand Island , Omaha
and Lincoln entered the competition.
Declared Insane.
Grant McFarland , whose wife filed
a complaint charging him with being
insane , had his hearing before the
board of commissioners in Nebraska
City and was ordered taken to the asy
lum for treatment. He is a well to do
farmer and resides near Dunbar.
Young Man Commits Suicide.
Charles Boales. a young man living
north of Cozad. committed suieido by
drinking carbolic . " acid. The ) youth
was 21 years old and had been living
alone on his farm. He was to have
been married on the day following his
death.
. Cattle ; Buyer Injured.
Frank Ralston a cattle buyer , was
thrown from his horse three miles
east of town and rendered uncom .ciom : .
His injuries are not serious.
Boy Dragged to Death by Cow.
Marvin Hatch , aged 8 years ; , son of
Edward Hatch , was dragged to death
by a cow at Seward. The boy , who
was leading the animal from the pas-
ture , had the rope tied around his
waist.
Clothing Store Robbed. 1
The Reo Clothing company's store
was broken into at Gothenburg and
about _ $75 taken. Bloodhounds from
Lexington found no trail
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FRIENDS QUARREL , ONE IS SIIOT
Shooter Now in Jail and Victim in
Hospital.
Charles Steele is in jail in Platts-
mouth and Charles Martin , his friend ,
is in a hospital in Omaha with a bullet
in his hip , all the result of too much
booze. The men had gone to Jens
Rasmussen's place : , a mile and a half
west of Avoca , and proceeded to fill
up , and as a result becamo quarrel-
some. About o'clock as Steele was
standing inside of the building Martin
threw rocks at him , it is said , and re-
fused to desist when told to do so.
Steele , it is alleged , thereupon fired at
Martin , the bullet entering his hip and
lodging. Steele immediately went to
Avoca and surrendered to the officers.
BURNS PROVE FATAL.
F. B. Chirk ; Sacrifices Life in Trying t <
Rescue IIm' = ( 's.
For attempting to rescue some
horses from a burning barn a few days
ago at his home , Frank B. Clark , of
Rosalie , sacrificed his life. He rushed
into the blazing barn to free the ani-
mals when his clothing caught fire ,
and before the flames could be extin-
guished he had been fatally burned.
He was brought to a hospital in Sioux
City. He hovered between life and
death for two days , and died.
Clark's body was a mass of burns.
He lived longer than physicians pre-
dicted , although no hope of recovery
was entertained at any time.
MAN'S : BACK : BROKEN.
Taken : to Omaha for Treatment , bm
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. Little Hope of Hecovcr > .
. G. H. Mahlpie , who runs a restau-
rant at Pilger , had his back broken.
In company with Louis Koplin , he had
gone aflor a load of hay and was re-
turning when the wagon upset. Mr.
Mahlpie struck the ground in such a
way as to break his back and other-
wise injure himself. He was brought
in in an automobile and it was decid-
to take him to Omaha. . Mr. Mahlpio :
is entirely paralyzed from his hip ;
down , and his recovery is doubtful.
Withdrawal Too ' Late.
Because : A. G. Wolfenbarger ana
R. L. Staple , prohibition candidates
for supreme judge , did not make up
their minds to get" off the ticket until
the latter part of last week , a number
of counties have already printed the
ballots with their names thereon.
These , counties were informed by Sec-
retary of State Junkin , with the sanc-
tion of the attorney general , that they
could blot out these names on the bal-
lots or instruct the election judges to
do the work.
New Court House.
The contractors for building Mor- :
rill county's new $25,000 court house ,
began breaking ground for the foun-
dation. The building is to be of press-
ed brick and stone , with basement ,
and two stories high. This court
house will not be so large as many
of the older counties have , but , it will
be one of the most complete in the
state and is considered a great credit
to Nebraska's youngest county.
Treasury Out of Cash.
State Treasurer Brian has on hano
warrants to the amount of $11,000 ,
with no money to pay them. He has
written to the county treasurers ask-
ing to the hurry up and send him some
money , as many of them have paid
nothing to the state for six months.
The treasurer will not register the
warrants , as he expects shortly to col
lect enough" money to pay them.
Appeals to Supreme Court.
The \Vestern Union Telegraph com
pany at Lincoln has appealed to the
supreme court from a conviction in
the lower court of having violated a
state law by changing its rates of
charges without first having secured
permission of the state railway com-
mission.
Farm Help Scarce.
Corn husking is progressing rapirtlj
in Cuming county and the yield is an
average one. Farmers are experienc-
ing difficulty in obtaining competent
help. Five cents per bushel is being
paid for husking with few men to be
had even at that price.
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Cortlai'd Driig ; d ijjt Hold.
Mclvin D. \\VIsh lue Uortlunrt drug
gist arres-trd on the charge of/selling i /
intoxicating ! liquor ! without license. .
was bound o\er to theiKtrict"court '
in : the sum of $1,000.
The office of the secretary of state
had to send back to the state peniten-
tiary a telephone bill which the state
balks on paying. The toll charges
amounted to $6.85 and was for calls
exclusively to York counly.
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Want Money for College.
The Hastings Commercial club has
started a movement to complete the
raising of a fund of $25.000 to pay
off the the deficit of Hastings college ,
conditional on the designation of the
institution as the Nebraska synodical
college.
I Burglars at Firth.
Robbers entered the home of James
I Auman at Firth an dsecured $22 : in
cash. There is no clue to the thieves.
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eelvcs mainly with
natives in natural products which thy '
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ernment is a republic ,
as name. The country needs protection ' \ i j
from encroachments on her territory , IV. ,
and also money and business manage- 1 . . t
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ant inde ; - #
ment if it is to survive as
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pendent nation.
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Notwithstanding the fact that 45,312
veteran pensioners of Uncle Sam died
during the past fiscal year , and over
the rolls
dropped from
3,000 more were
from other causes , the amount paid
out in pensions during that year was ,
larger than for any preceding year ;
the amount was $161,973,703. CommIs-
sioner Warner explains these facts by
showing that a large number of new
pensioners were placed on- the rolls by
the act of February , 1907 , granting .
$12 , $15 and $20 to survivors of the war h
with Mexico : and the Civil War on . .
reaching the ages of 62 , 70 and 75 , re-
gardless of injuries having been re-
ceived.
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Postmaster General Hitchcock does ,
not overlook the value of the cat in
the postal service and , during the
present fiscal year , the postoffice de
partment will spend approximately
$135 for cat meat. Cats are recog-
nized by the department as employes ,
and so carried on the rolls. They are
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used in the postoffices to minimize the
depredations of rats and mice , and _
have saved a large amount of money
to the government. I
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A recent report from Washington
shows that contrary to the common
.
belief the number of Indians in this I
country is not decreasing , but has in- ( k. )
creased some 40,000 in the past twen- tV. }
ty years. The increase is attributed ,
to the government's efforts to raise . 1
the Indian through practical education
to the level of civilization. More than
30,000 Indian girls and boys are being
educated by the government at an an-
nual expense of $3,000,000. . .
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The War Department is running be-
hind because of the increased cost of
living. The higher prices raise the .
cost of rations pr day for each man ! t
from 19.65 cents to 21.05 cents. As the ; YI : .
army consumes about 30,000,000 ra- - ' ' . .
tions annually , it means that Uncle
Sam will hereafter pay about $420,000
more every year to feed the soldiers
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The suits in the Supreme Court of J-/ . . . " .
the United States involving the lands ' -
claimed by the Catholic Church in - 7'
Porto Rico were dismissed by the
court in accordance with a stipulation /
arrived at between the Porto Rican .
government and the -church authori- ,
ties.
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The controller of the currency has r
approved the application to convert
the First State Bank of Onida , S. D. , :
into the First National Bank of Onida , : :
with $25,000 capital. i
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The big Panuama ditch is half-way 1. 0
toward completion , according to the
report of Chief Engineer Gothals tf
the canal commission. .
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
The Russell-Miller Milling Company " - .
a North Dakota corporation , has filet ;
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with the Secretary of State of Iin- ,
nesota notice of an increase in its .
Minnesota capital stock of $475,000. ; ,
In order to replenish the depleted 1 i
supply of corn in the republic of Mex 1 ,
ico , the duty on that serial from the ' if } 1 ,
United States has been temporarily i
rescinded. Owing to severe drouths
throughout the corn belt of Northern
Mexico , followed by floods both the I , -
1
growing crop and the supplies of corn
in storage have been reduced to such -
an extent as to entail high prices and (
actual suffering.
The orange and lemon growers of a
Southern California have raised a fund - - ; r
of $50,000 to fight the Southern Pa- , ! .
cific and other roads , which they say ; \
are taking all their profits in exorbi- : . I
j- ! :
tant transportation rates. Acting for
the citrus/ growers in the fight Sena-
tor Flint will , as soon as Congress {
meets , introduce a bill prohibiting i. ,
railroads from raising their rates- } , i
without the consent of the interstate j ! 1
commerce commission. ! ( -
The new State Agricultural school 1 {
at Morris , which was given by the \
government to Minnesota : , will not be { .
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opened until next autumn. The In- v
dians who were government wards 1 ; f
there have returned to their re pec- r !
tive homes at the reservation , and the - 1
buildings will stand vacant during the i Jil ! .
present school year because : I.
pre school. the State . ( r3 , . :
.
Legislature failed to make provision , f . . ' < \
if
for sufficient funds to carr ' ; :
for. carry on the 1 , _
agricultural work there the present _ 4. f .
year. . 1 ;
Indians on the Cheyenne reserva - r '
tion were much interested in the Gas j !
Belt exposition at Pierre , S. D. , and
made , elaborate arrangements for ex- \
hibiting their agricultural products
there. 1
Twenty-two hundred and fifty com- 1 '
I'
bined harvesting machines , operated i\ 1
by steam , gasoline , horses and mules , 1A
and 60,000 men were required to A
gar-
ner the wheat crop , estimated at 60- ' , r
000,000 bushels , Washington ! , Oregon $ %
and . Idaho . last season. The value of
this crop is placed at from $45 . 000 , 000-
to $50,000,000. r
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