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1I . . . - . s - . . , . . . . , . 41 V' j i The Valentine Democrat " ' , VALENTINE , NEB. I' ' f. BL \ RICE , - - - - Publisher + . - _ _ _ ii- i : : - DIDN'T REACH POLE t . I I 'FRENCH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION I , , ' ON WAY HOME. I \ I J .Purpose of Journey Was the Making ol I $ Scientific Observations in Polar Re : - + gions and the Exploration of Alex . andria Land. + 1 Punta Arenas , Chile : The French ! antarctic steamer Pourquoi Pas , with . Dr. Jean M. Charcot , head of the expe- ! dition on board , has arrived here. The Frenchman did not reach the south pole. pole.All All members of the crew are well , but during the voyage there were some cases of scurvey among them. The expedition under Dr. Charcpt was fitted out in France in the summer of 1908 and sailed from Punta Arenas December 17 of the same year. Its purpose was the making of scientific , < l observations in the polar regions , par ticularly in the almost unknown Alex- andria land , and securing specimens of rare fossils. The south pole was not objective of the explorers. Dr. Char- cot frequently has said that this task should be reserved to the Englishmen. Scott and Shackleton. As told in thesi dispatches Thursday , the Pouquoi Pas was passed recently at anchor in the straight of Magellan. "MME. PERIWINKLE" DEAb. . , Pathetic Figure in Vaudeville Twenty Years Ago. . Cincinnati , 0. : Death removed Fri day one of the most unique and pathet- ic figures of the American stage. "Mme. Periwinkle" has passed away : , . convinced to the end that a jeering au , dience which greeted her a generation ago really acclaimed her the greatest actress of her time. Twenty years ago Mrs. Susanne Mar- tin ( "Mme. Periwinkle" ) , her mind un ! balanced by the loss of her husband , conceived the idea that she was a great actress. A cynical manager , foreseeing a unique feature for his house , encouraged the belief , and "Mme. Periwinkle" appeared in vaude- ville. She could neither sing nor dance , and her costume was made up lof ( weird , ill fitting odds and ends , but again and again she appeared before crowded houses and received the jeer- , ing plaudits as genuine appreciation. The novelty at last wore off , and her feeble brain gave way entirely. Mrs. Martin was 61 years of age at the time of her death. INCREASE IN RECEIPTS. . . Fifty Large Postoffice Made a Good , Showing for January. Washington , D. C. : An unusually heavy increase is reported at fifty of the largest postoffices of the country . during the month of January. Forty- nine of the fifty offices reported an in- crease In the receipts as compared with the corresponding month of last year. This is taken as evidence of a decided improvement in business con ditions throughout the country. AGED SOUTHERNER EXPIRES. United States Senator from Arkansas a Generation Ago. New York : Col. W. S. Snow , who was United State senator from Arkan sas a generation ago , died at his home : in Hackensack , N. J. , Saturday. His wife died a month ago and he never -recovered from the shock. He was 78 . . : years : old and was the only son of r .Joseph Snow , founder of the Detroit 'Tribune , of which paper he was an associate editor for several years. Court Decree Affirmed , Boston , Mass. \ . : Legal services to the value of $170,000 rendered by the late Robert G. Ingersoll were recog- nized Saturday in the decree by : Judge ' Hammond , of the Massachusetts su preme court. Mrs. Ingersoll , wife cf the former lawyer and orator , is bene . . fited by the decision. King Gustav Improves. Stockholm : Improvement in the condition of King Gustav , who was re- cently operated on for appendicitis , continues. He was constantly gaining in strength and recovering his -appe > tite. Railway Machinists , Strike. , Sparks , Nev. : All the seventy ma- chinists in the Southern Pacific shops . struck Saturday afternoon. No ex- planation . was made other than that " the trouble was local. . . ' Sioux City Live Stock Market. Sioux City : Friday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market fol . low : Choice feeders , 475525. Top hogs , $8.65. . . Wool Output Reduced. , Providence , R. I. : Ahe American " Woolen company Friday reduced work in its mills at Manton and Riverside. A four-day week schedule will be adopted , it is said. About 1,500 em ployes are affected. I Fairbanks a Guest. j Rome : Former Vice President Fair- " banks occupied a seat in the diplomat- ic box during Monday's sitting ; of the 'chamber of deputies. . - - _ " _ _ . - . . . . - . _ _ _ _ . _ . . _ _ 'r' _ _ - _ _ . . - - - _ - . . . - . . . , : i ' . . . < ' . . . STOCK RECEIPTS DECLINE. Held to Be a Contributing Cause to High Prices of Meat. Washington , D. C. : One contribut- ing cause to the high price of meat , according to a report of the depart- ment of commerce and labor , issued Saturday , is the fact that live stock receipts for the year 1909 at seven leading interior markets of the United States were the lowest since 1904. The total live stock receipts for the year 1909 in three markets aggregated ! 39,545,725 , head. Particularly did the receipts of hogs for the last year fall off. For each of the four previous years to 1909 the hog receipts had been in excess of 19,000,000 head , totaling more than 22,000,000 in 1908K falling to 18,834,641 last year. ' Cattle receipts in these markets for 1909-9,189,312-while comparing fa- vorably with those of the previous : years before 1908. Sheep fell below those in 1905 to 1907 , but compared fa- vorably with 1908. Receipts of hogs at the Chicago market for 1909 show a decrease of 1- 627,074 as compared with the year be- fore , or a decline of 19 per cent ; re ceipts at Kansas City decreased 19 ! per cent , at Omaha 12 per cent at SI Joseph , Mo. , 28 per cent , while the , de cllne at St. Louis was only 4 per cent. BOTH RESTORED TO DUTY. - - Winthrop Passes on Cases of , Officers Auld and Robnett. Washington , D. C. : Assistant Sec retary Winthrop , of the navy depart- ment , has passed on the cases of Pay master George P. Auld , of the United States navy , and Past Assistant Sur- geou Ansey H : Robnett , who were charged at a ball recently given in Bos- ton by a naval officer with conduct unbecoming officers and gentlemen , in assaulting Dr. Cowles , a civilian. In the case of Auld the loss of numbers adjudged by the court is remitted and he is ordered released from arrest and restored to duty. The finding of thJ. . court and sentence , however , are ap proved. In the case of Robnett the sentence is mitigated to a loss of two numbers in his grade and he is ordered released from arrest and sestored to duty. The sentence of the court was that each of- ficer should lose five numbers in ' his grade. I Gets $3,000 for Tooth in Lung. Los Angeles. Cal. . : R.T. . Pell ob tained a judgment for $3,000 against Dr. A. A. Shaw , a dentist , on the alle- gation that in extracting three teeth Shaw had let one of the molars slip down into his lung. For two years I thereafter , according to the complaint , Pell was treated for tuberculosis , but the real cause of his shattered health finally was revealed when a paroxysm of coughing ejected the tooth from the lung. I Papa ! Appointments in U. S. Rome : The following appointments proposed by Cardinal de Lai , secretary of the consistorial congregation , were ratified by the pope Thursday : The Rev. John J. Lawler , to be auxiliary I archbishop of St. Paul , Minn. ; the Rev. J. ' v. Shaw , of Mobile , Ala. , to be co adjutor bishop of San Antonio , Tex. ; the Rt. Rev. Denis O'Donaghue , auxil- iary bishop of Indianapolis , to be bish- op of Louisville , Ky. Shackleton to Tour U. S. London : Lieut. E. H. Stiackleton , the : south polar explorer , will sail for the ; United States on March 19 , ant ? ' after a lecture tour will make an ex tended hunting trip in northern Alas- ka. He will be accompanied by five friends , but the party has no intention of exploring the north polar regions , as has been reported from some quar- terS. : Must Pay $75,000. New York : A verdict of $75,000 , said ; to be the largest ever rendered in an alienation suit , was awarded Satur- day to Mrs. Charles C. Hendrick , of Brooklyn , against Laura Biggar , the former actress , accused of alienating the ; affections of Mrs. Hendrick's : di- vorced husband , Dr. Charles C. Hen- drick. Mrs. Hendrick sued for $100- 000. Madden Sentenced. Chicago : Martin B. Madden , for- mer president of the building trades council : ; M. J. Boyle : , an official of the ; Electrical Workers' union , and Fred Pouchot , former business agent of the Metal Workers' union , were sentenced to pay a fine of $500 each , following their conviction on May 29 of conspir- acy to do an illegal . act. _ _ - : "f - Canadian Pacific Extensions. Winnipeg , Man. : Announcement was ifficially made by the Canadian Pacific railroad , , through Second Vice Presi- dent Whyte , that the company will build 300 miles of new railroad this season in Saskatchewan , Alberta and British Columbia at a cost of $10- 000,000. . Snow Storms Cost a Million. New York : Snow storms are a huge item in the city's debit column. So far this winter the bill for the re- moving of twenty-six inches of snow has been $1,100,000. . Stops Boxing Match. Cincinnati , 0. : Sheriff Hamman , Friday night at the head of a posse , broke into a club at Oakley , 0. , and stopped a boxing match between Jim- my Watts , of Indianapolis , and Jimmy Albande , of Columbus. Liquor Monopoly for Sweden. Stockholm : A liquor monopoly for the exclusive manufacture in Sweden of spirits was organized with a capital pproximating ? $4,000,000. : : : ; : = " -.r : = = : ! " . . . . " , _ . . . . . . ' . - ' ; ! . . - . . . - " : . , . . ' ' . - , . . CONGRESS WILL FIGHT COURT. Both Houses Join in Move to Rebuk District Justice. Washington , D. C. : The congress at the United States will ignore an 01 . der of the " supreme court of the Dis trict of Columbia. It will , by implica tion , serve notice upon the judiciary : of the country to attend to its own . business and to leave congress to the < uninterrupted exercise of its consti- ] tutional function. The house will ap pear in court and tell Justice Daniel Thew Wright , who issued the order , that he was off his reservation and was trampling upon the sacred consti tutional rights of congress. This will precipitate one of the most stirring constitutional fights which ever has arisen between the legislative and judicial branches of this govern merit. The almost certain result of this pro- cedure will be the arreat of Senators I Smoot. Bourne and Fletcher on a charge of contempt of court. Habeas corpus proceedings will be instituted , and the supreme court of the United States will be asked to determine the lengths to which , a court may go in directing or enjoining acts of a com- mittee of congress. Thjs fighti . against an alleged en- croachment upon the constitutional rights of congress grows out of the ac tion qf a joint committee on printing in rejecting a bid for furnishing paper. The bid was made by the Valley Pa- per company , of Holyoke , Mass. It was rejected because it was not ac- companied by a bond certified accord ing to statute. f GIRL ENDS HER LIFE. I ' ' . , First Phones Guardian and Tells Him of Her Intention. Philadelphia : After calling her guardian on the telephone and telling him of her intentions , Frances Flo- ercky , aged 22 years : , committed sui cide Friday night by shooting through the heart. Six years'ago her father , Col. E. F. Floreckey , a veteran of the civil war , in which he commanded a Missouri regiment , killed his wife and himself in this city. Thursday was the anniversary of this tragedy and the girl seemed much depressed all day. In an interview with her guardian she told him that she did not see how she could live any longer. Calling a physician , he hastened in an automobile to the girl's room in a fashionable apartment house in West Philadelphia. Arriving there they found her lying dead with a revolver clasped in her hand. "TEDDY , JR. , " to WED. . Announcement of Engagement to Eleanor Butler Alexander. New York : Mrs. Henry Addison Al- exander/of "New York , announced Saturday the engagement of her daughter , Eleanor Butler Alexander , to Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. , eldest son of Col. Roosevelt. Young Roosevelt since his gradua- tion from Harvard has been learning carpet manufacturing in a factory at Thompsonville , Conn. Miss Alexander is 21 years old. Her father , Henry Addison Alexander , was formerly a prominent New York law- yer , but now resides in Paris , where for several years he has been counsel forthe American embassy. . HOMESTEADER'S EXTENSIONS Interior Department Promulgates an Order Affecting Settlers. Washington , D. C. : Regulations ex- tending ; to May 15 the time for home- iteaders to establish residence on lands in several western states were promulgated Saturday by the interior department in accordance with , an act recently passed by congress. The ex- tension refers to all entries , as well as soldiers' declaratory statements , nade in North Dakota , South Dakota , Idaho , Minnesota , Montana , Nebraska , Colorado , Wyoming and New Mexico after June 1 , 1909. Jack and Canine Discharged. . Detroit , Mich. : : Jack Johnson ap- peared in the circuit court Friday and cleared himself and his bulldog of all charges and was discharged. The complainant : was asked to exhibit his injuries . and the court decided they were trivial to prove Jack - pup a . vi- ious animal. After the case was dis- missed the back ] : champion commented pessimistically upon the persecutior isited upon him wherever goes. Baron Pays Head Tax. San Antonio , Tex. : Baron Ludwig de ! Leopold , captain in the French army , temporarily attached to the of- fice of the minister of foreign affairs of his country , has been forced to pay a head tax as an immigrant . at the port of Laredo. The baron was returning from the City of Mexico , where he was on a secret mission. Labor Leader Near Death. Huntington , Va. : A. T. Deck , of Vellston , 0. , an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America , is hi a dying condition as the result of in- juries inflicted by a band of miners who ' are said to be opposed to the or- ganization. ; Roosevelt in Christiania May 2. Christiania , Norway : It was an- lounced Saturday that former Presi- dent Roosevelt would arrive here on May 2 , and on that day deliver his promised address before the Nobel peace prize committee. Brig. Gen. Meade Dead. Boston : Brig. Gen. Robert L. Meade , U. S. M. C. , retired , died at his home in Lexington Friday , following an Ml' ness of several months . , - + - - - . ----------.e - - " - - - . . " O > . . ' . - < < , . . . . ' . , _ " , ' . , . - ' . . . -.a- - . : - - - : _ . , ' ' ' " ' , ' . ' - " ' - . 0 0 r a r rr o , o. . o o ; o o ocol o' ( o a o , o o o 0o NEBRASKA STATE NEWS o . : L _ Doings * of the ' Week o 1 1 in Condensed Form 0 ' fo 0 i 0 oQ MEMPHIS BAXK : SAFE BLOWN. Robbers Succeed in Getting Twenty- Six Hundred Dollars. The Bank of Memphis was broken into and robbed between 2 and 3 ; o'clock Thursday morning. The rob- bers took a hammer and knocked the dial to the safe off and injected nitro- glycerin into the opening , five charges ; being given before the door yielded. The safe contained $2,661.27 , of which $17.50 was in gold , $380 in sil- ver and the' balance in paper money. Charles C. Deck , who lives in a resi- dence east of the bank , saw the rob- bers at work , but could not give any warning , as two of them covered him with guns while the others put in the nitro-glycerin. Robert Skelton , sec- tion foreman of the Burlington , found $40 in damaged' and partially torn bills about 200 yards east of the depot when he went to work in the morn- ing , which it is supposed the robbers purposely left behind to avoid detec- tion in attempting to use any of the damaged bills later on , as the bank was about to send them to Washington for redemption. The total loss to the bank , which is largely owned by Ashland capitalists , is $2,600 , while the bank had insur- ance amounting to $3,500 , and none of the depositors will lose from the robbery. The bank has issued a re- ward of $2,000 for the capture and conviction of any or all of the robbers. Colt Kicks Lantern Over. J. T. Connelly , a farmer living near i Rosalie , suffered a severe loss by fire while attending to his early morning work , a lantern which he was carrying being knocked from his hand by a colt. Mr. Connelly made a frantic ef- fort to save some of the horses and harness. Cutting several of the horses loose he rushed from the barn barely in t'me to save himself. The horses would not leave the structure and were burned. Follnier Loses His Suit. In district court at Lincoln a decis- ion was rendered against the claim of former Land Commiss'oner George W. Follemr for $1,500 attorney's fees paid out of his own pocket to Captain E. J. Murfin : of Lincoln in the Boyd coun- ty land cases. The legislature has turned the claim down for several ses- sions , but last winter gave Mr. Follmer permission to sue ; the state. Big Barn Burned. The large barn on Wm. Heir's place two and one-half mles west of Mur- dock burned down , last week. Twenty tons of hay , 800 bushels of oats and some harness were consumed. A 3- year-old child of Mr. , Heier had started a fire on the barn floor. The barn which was erected , last summer at a cost of about $3,000 . was insured for $1,200. School Figures. Tlie school census shows that the number of school children in the state between the ages of 5 and 21 years is 373,067 , of which 189,673 : are boys and 183,394 are girls ; 209,220 children are subject to the compulsory education law and 169,772 are reported as having attended school the length of timere quired by law. Hay Burned" Fire Tuesday afternoon destroyed a hay storehouse belonging to Chas. Burkland at Sutherland. : The capac- ity of the building was about a dozen ar loads of baled hay , and it was nearly full Only a- few bales were removed after the fire' was discovered. There was" no insurance. Torrey Caught at Orleans. Ira Torrey who shot his brother , Earl , near Oxford , in a quarrel over Ira's pipe , and who afterwards fled from home , was captured : by the sher- iff of Harlan county at Orleans. Earl Torrey , while severely injured will re- cover , it is believed. Court Enjoins : is"cwYatcr Works. Receiver Slocum of the North Platte Water Works company Friday secured a temporary injunction in the federal court against the city of North Platte , restraining the city from building or ontracting : to build a new water works plant. Injury ' in Hay Press Fatal. Henry Hbxie died at his home two miles east of O'Neill Wednesday after- noon. Two weeks ago he injured his left leg and foot by crushing them , in a hay baler. A week ago the leg was amputated , and complications arose which resulted in his death. Two Eggs In One. Dr. Person at Stanton found an egg of unusual size , laid by a black Lan - shan hen , which contained one y , and another yolk in a separate shell. Electric Plant for Broken Bow. It is believed that in a few months Broken Bow will have a thoroughly up-to-date electr'c light plant in good working order , a : franchise having been granted to Colorado parties. ' Six Calves in Two Years. A cow , belonging to Henry Huff of Bartlett , is the mother of six healthy calves : , born in . the last two years , three at a time. The cow is a thor- . ughbred red polled. - KINKAIDERS TAKING PATENTS. Homesteaders Who Filed Five Years Ago Now 3Iaking Final Proof. Numerous homesteaders who filed under the Kinkaid one-section law several years ago , are now making five-year proof on their claims. The increase in value of real estate since * settlement was made has made many : of the claims more valuable than was hoped for at the time of filing , and many of the settlers have reason to re- - joice because of having taken up claims. There are numerous home- steads , however , that are good for lit- tle else than grazing , while portions ot ) many of the sections can be used for farm lands. It is surmised that within a few years much of the land will be embraced in large ranches. Not a few , of those who homesteaded In western ! Nebraska under the Kinkaid law are pretty well used to meandering around in new countries and other goals will bcken them on in time. Some prosperous ' localities have been developed in the last five years by the "Kinkaiders , " and country stores , churches and schools tend to give an air of modernity to what a ' few years ago was a wilderness and the home of the coyote and sand liz- ard. Star mail routes now thread. the prairies and the settlers are looking for every convenience that can be hand ily mustered. Though there are set- tlers who have had a hard time , have been set back by hail storms and drouth , have been "up against it" in various ways , many are prosperous and getting a start of stock and have produce to exchange for coin of the realm and the necessities of life. KENDALL'S DEATH BY SUICIDE. Note in Pocket of Man Found Dead at Union Clears Mystery. : Later developments following thE investigation of the death of Robert Kendall , . of Union , whose body was . found in his barn Monday evening , prove conclusively that it was a case of suicide. Sheriff Quinton and Cor- oner Clemens went to the farm Tues- day night and he3 an inquest , the ver- dict being that Mr. Kendall came to his death by his own hand. An examination of the body brought to light a small : book in hIs coat pock- et , and in the book he had written a note stating that on account of ill health he took this method ' of ending his life , There' is no suspicion what- ever of any foul play. It is now known that Mr. Kendall's health has been rapidly failing , although he had said little about it He had no finan- cial or family ' trouble , being owner ot a large amount of land and personal property. He has a wife and three children to whom he was devoted. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the funeral will probably be conducted by that order. WO3IAN WAS BADLY BURNED. . Clothing Caught Fire When Too Weal to Fight Flames. Mrs. : Jennie Johnson , an old lady who has been making' her home with Mr. and Mrs. John Griffin in West Beatrice , was. probably fatally burned Sunday at rnoon at the Griffin home. During the absence of the Griffins , her clothing caught fire from a stove in the Irtchen. Being weak she was in- capable of helping herself and her predicament was discovered by the 8- year-old son of ! the Griffins , who extin- guished the flames with a bucket of water. Mrs. Johnson was removed to a local hospital , where it was ascertained that she had been , frightfully burned on her right leg from the hip down. She is 68 years of'age and in a weakened condition. It is thought she can not recover. . Appeals Case Again. Harry Vertress , of Union , who wai awarded damages of $100 by a jury in district court for injuries sus- tained ; by the collapse of a county bridge , filed : a motion asking for a new trial. : He alleges , among other things that the verdict of $100 is wholly in- adequate to compensate him for the injuries sustained. This case , which has been three times tried in district court and twice taken to the supreme court , has cost the county about $1,500 for > legal talent and additional court . costs. A The committee appointed by the county : board of York to make an esti- mate of expenses for the year brought in a report amounting to over $60,000. This does not include school taxes. The largest item is $22,500 for bridges , $5,000 ? for court and jail and $3,000 for books and stationery. Schools Arc Closed. Owing to the prevalence of scarlet fever ! and diphtheria the Sutherland I schools have been ordered closed for a period of two weeks , while church ervices , entertainments ' etc. , will be discontinued. York Man Dies on Train. While enroute to York D. C. West- fall died on the Norfolk passenger while the train was between Tarnov and Platte Center. . p4 , , .0' . ' . . . . The federal census of manufactures , mines , quarries , petroleum and natural gas for the year 1909 has been begun under the direction of the United States census bureau. This census , to- gether with that of population and ag- riculture , comprises / the principal in- quiries embodied in the thirteenth de- cennial census. Eventually about 1,800 special agents will be employed in making the canvass , under the su- pervision of William M. Stewart , chief statistician for manufactures. Direct- or of the Census Durand Is appointing these agents from the eligible regis- ters established as a result of the ex- amination , held Nov. 3 , of candidates for these positions. Extraordinary . pre- } ter , , , cautions have been taken by Director Durand to assure the manufacturers that all answers will be held confiden- tial , this statement being prominently displayed on the front page of the nu merous schedules. It is also declared that no publication will be made in the census reports disclosing the name or operations of individual establish- . The act of ments in any particular. Congress provides that the bureau of the census shall permit only its sworn employes to examine the individual ! reports , and that any employe who . shall , without the authority of the di- rector of the census , publish or cornf f municate any information coming into his possession shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor. - - - President Taft in referring : to the f fact that the postal service of this country Is conducted at a loss of $17- 000,000 , suggested increasing the post- al rates for magazines. The govern- ment is paying the railroads more than $50,000,000 a year for carrying j ' the mails. The charges are excessive and could be reduced in all fairness ' sufficiently to make up for the $17- 000,000 deficit. Uncle Sam is paying about $5,000,000 alone in yearly rent- als for the mail cars , fully enough to l pay the cost of their original construc- tion. Three-fourths of this expense * v could" be saved if the government own- , ed the- mail cars. Why is it that the X railroads can afford to carry matter "f for the express companies for a mere fraction- ! of what the government is charged for the mails ? . . - - - -p-P- The' balance : trade of the United States , as shown by a comparison of import and export figures for the last three years , is leaning heavily toward the deficit side of the scale. While the lmp rts' for 1909 amounting to 51,475,520,205 , exceeded those of the previous year by $359,146,118 , the ex ports for 1909 ( totalling in value $ lr- 727,383,125 " , were less than those of ; the preceding : year by $25,452,319.r - - - - - r A bill prepared by Secretary Ballin- / ' Ballin-/ ; er has been introduced in the Senate. / ' The purpose of the measure is to give the ; department of the interior the au- horlty ; ' to' sell mature , living ' and dead and down timber on Indian lands , the : proceeds to be used for the benefit of the : Indians. The government has such authority on the Minnesota res- ervations , at present , and Secretary Balllnger wsnts the law made gen.- sral. - - - The General Land Office published a statement showing that adverse reports from its agents have been received in the last year : on cases involving 150,000 acres of public lands , much of which is coal lands , and that during eight years past over 50,000 acres of coal lan'ds have been , obtained by fraud and are now worth $10,000,000. This is thought + tQ imply some reflection on the preced- + ing administration. 7 - : - : - President Taft has granted a pardon ' to William Des Champs , a Flathead , Indian , of Montana , because of his . i poor health. The man was found guil- , ty of having introduced liquor on' the , Indian reservation and was sen- tenced to sixty days in jail and to pay a fine. He had taken the liquor with him in obedience to the directions of , + his physicians to alleviate his suffer- ; f ings from tuberculosis. _ i - * . - . * - It is announced ; by" the board of , directors of the anti-food trust league i i i of Washington that applications for 200,000 membership cards have been l' received. The object of the organi- H zation is to secure lower prices for , } ' food material. h I . . * - - - . - , Miss Helen Taft , daughter of the President , is lending her aid to the ' several thousand shirtwaist strikers of Philadelphia. * " ' " . - t Mrs. John Wilson , the step-mother of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson , is . dead at Traer , Iowa , at the age of 90 . " vears. , i' I _ _ . : ' : " : " . The shooting and hunting of game , , . by rural mail carriers while they are officially employed on. the service o - . ! their routes , or the carrying of gunsfc * jff . for that purpose , is 'to be prohibited \ , in the future. An order to this effect N. . 1 has beea issued by the postoffice dev . . , f I partm nt. Complaints were received . t tat delay in the delivery and collec- It ' I bon of mail was caused at certain t , t places by the practice of carriers nun > "i ' ing and shootin game. I , 1
