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. HUNT FOR TWO GIRLS
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; KIDNAPED FROM MILWAUKEE
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Mrs. Martha Doran , Grandmother of
Miss Grimes , One of the Victims , De-
i clares She Will Spend Her Entire
Fortune in Search for Girls.
, ; Appleton , Wis. : The police of a
half dozen cities Friday nght were
searchng for Miss Lillian Neuman , of
Appleton , 19 years old , and Miss Syl-
, < -van Grimes , of Columbus , 0. , 17 years
old , and the persons said to'be holding
them captives. The girls were kid- .
naped , It is charged , from Milwaukee , ,
several days ago by alleged white slav-
ers. Detectives learned Friday that
the girls and their alleged captors were
at International Falls , Minn. , and on
. the way to Canada. A letter , bearing
the name of Miss Grimes , but written
In a man's handwriting , was received
Friday from International Falls , saying
that the girls would be taken across
the border into Canada at once.
Miss Grimes' younger brother died
suddenly two days after she disappear-
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from worry , while her mother is ill as
a result of the incident. Mrs. Doran
declares she will spend her fortune in
search of the girls. The identity of the
men who induced the girls to leave Ap
pleton is known.
At Milwaukee , according to detect-
ives , the party was joined by an elder-
ly man and , a gray haired woman who
furnished railroad tickets for the pair
to Duluth , Superior and International
Falls. Prominent Appleton citizens
are itneresting themselves i nthe af-
fair. Miss Neuman was prominent in
, 'church work.
. BIG GIFT TO A COLLEGE.
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St. Louis Institution Enriched by Do
nation of $3,000,000.
St. Louis , Mo. : Announcement was
made Thursday night of gifts aggre-
gating $3,000,000 to Washington uni-
versity and of a plan to enlarge the
- . medical department of the university
hy the expenditure for buildings and
equipment of between $5,000,000 and
36,000,000. The $3,000,000 donation
-was made by four men , all wealthy
residents : of St. Louis-W. K. Bixby
Adolphus Busch , Edward Mallinkrodt
and Robert S. Brookings. The individ-
ual gifts were not given out.
The property , valued at $3,000,000 in
St. Louis , is to be used in addition to
the $3,000,000 : in enlarging the medical
school. .
The faculty will be recruited from
d the leading medical schools of the
country.
SITUATION IN NICARAGUA.
' 'Detachment of Madriz's Forces Said to
, Be Attacking Bluefields.
Managua Deserters from the rebel
army wbo have arrived at Almendro
"Friday wired President Madriz that
Gens. Godoy and Lara , commanding
200 government troops , had attacked
Bluefields and that the rebels had
evacuated Rama and gone to the de
fense of Bluefields. They also said
that Gen. Bonita Chacarria was at
Recreo , moving on Rama.
Otner than this dispatch nothing
has been received from the east cost
of the republic.
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. ACT OF AN INSANE BOY.
Shoots and Wounds Sweetheart , Two
Policemen and Ends Own Life.
New York : In a frezy of insanity
Clarence Wood , 18 years old , of Ruth-
erford , N. J. , shot and stabbed Miss
Anna Kipp at the boathouse of the
. Rutherford Boat club , shot 'and seri-
ously wounded Chief of Police Smith ,
of Rutherford , and also shot Policeman
2ttcClellan , and , realizing that he was
about to be captured , Wood shot and
killed himself.
Bull Elephant Executed.
Danville , 111. : The big bull elephant
which started the herd of a circus on
a rampage Wednesday afternoon and
which resulted in thousands of dollars
damage being done beside serious in-
jury to several persons , was executed
Thursday afternoon in the presence
. of a number of physicians.
Missouri Banker Commits Suicide.
. St. Joseph , Mo. : S. R. Nelson , vice
president of a bank at Chillicothe , Mo. ,
and : former president of the Missouri
State Bankers' association , committed
cuicide at his home Thursday morning
"by drinking carbolic acid. It is said
I that his accounts are correct. '
Two Bound Over in Bank Theft.
Pontiac , III : John Gardner and
August Meyer Thursday were bound
Taver in $7,000 bonds each to the grand
jury in connection with the recent
Chatsworth bank robbery.
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Want New Trial in Snyder Case.
Watseka , 111. : The hearing of the
, . motion for a new trial in the Sayler
murder : case which was set for April
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WANTS THE CHILDREN.
Leavitt Threatens to Stop Wedding of
Ruth Bryan.
Columbus , 0. : "I want those child-
ren , and if there is any law , in God's
world to help me get them , I will have
them. I do not want the woman , but , :
if no other means will avail I will take
legal steps to invoke the aid of the <
court to prevent the marriage of Ruth
Bryan Leavitt to Reginald Owen , "
William Homer Leavitt said Thursday.
The notice in the newspapers of the
coming marriage of the former wife
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was a complete surprise to Leavitt. He
said the only information he ever hat
of a divorce is such as he has seen
in the public prints.
In case he receives no direct word
from Nebraska , Mr. Leavitt says he
will leave here in time to reach Fair-
view before the marriage can take
place.
"I should not hesitate to stop the
ceremony if that were the only way to
get possession of my children , " he
said.
.BRIDE DANCES 600 DANCES. ,
Festivities in HIinois Town Planned tc
Last a W k.
Madison , Ill. : Mrs. Joseph Barry ,
a bride of a day , made $600 by dancing
600 dances Wednesday night , and she
proposes to keep on dancing , day and
night , for a week unless her strength
gives out.
Mrs. Barry is 23 years old and the
wife of Joseph Barry , 26 , of East Mad-
ison. Wednesday he and Miss Antonia
Bapczak were married in Venice , Ill.
They returned to East Madison and
at night the festivities began. Frank
Annis had built a hall for the occa-
sion.
Barry and his bride and the six
bridesmaids and six groomsmen went
to the hall , and a greater part of the
population turned out to dance with
the bride. When the proceeds were
counted at daylight the bride had 600
silver dollars , one for each dance.
Four barrels of beer added zest to
the occasion. Each guest says he is
coming back.
MICHIGAN FRUIT IN GOOD SHAPE.
Growers Say Apples and Pears Have
Suffered Little Damage.
Chicago : Further reports from the
Michigan fruit crop indicate that the
damage to trees and buds as a result
of the recent freeze is not so great as
was feared. Apples and pears have
suffered little in some sections , and
the loss to smaller fruits is less than
first reported.
"I find no apparent damage to ap-
ples or pears , " says R. H. Sherwood ,
of Watervliet , Mich. "The cherries ,
plums and peaches have been injured
about 50 per cent. "
Mr. Sherwood has one of the largest
fruit farms in the St. Joseph district.
Paul Rose , of South Frankfort ,
Mich. , says growers in that section
have suffered little or no injury and
that the outlook for all kinds of fruit
was never . better.
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WITHSTANDS THE STORM.
Fierce Salt Lake Gale Tests Lucin
; , Cutoff Improvement.
Ogden , Utah : A great gale which
lashed the great Salt Lake to fury
Thursday afternoon gave the first real
test of the newly completed improve-
ment on the Ogden-Lucin cutoff , and
at Southern Pacific headquarters it
was officially said the result was
highly satisfactory.
A similar storm a few weeks ago
would have delayed traffic several
hours at least , but the increased
height of portions of the trestle and a'
new form of breakwater proved ef.
fective in checking damage.
AGED COUPLE IN ELOPEMENT.
Millionaire Tobacco Grower of Ken
tucky Takes Bride in Runaway.
St. Louis , Mo. : Thomas H. Ell'
75 years old , a millionaire banker and
tobacco grower of Lafayette , Ky. , and
Miss Adeline Ledbetter , 68 years old ,
of Murfreesboro , Ky. , eloped to St.
Louis and were married "Wednesday
night.
Before the ceremony , each signed
an agreement , waiving claims on the
other's estate. The bride is said to be
worth $1,000,000.
The couple have been sweethearts
for fifteen years , they said , when ap.
plying for the license.
Cod Fshing Schooner Lost.
San Francisco , Cal. : The steamer
Dora , arriving at Seward , Alaska
Thursday , reports t'o the merchants'
exchange of this city the loss of the
cod : fishing schooner Stanley and sev-
eral members of her crew. The Stan-
ley sailed from this port last October
and is said to have been wrecked
while going from Pirate Cove to Sa.
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Capital Stock Increased.
Richmond , Va. : The stockholders
) if the Chesapeake and Ohio , in a spe-
cial : session here Thursday , author-
ized an increase of capital , stock to
100000000.
Canadian Delegate 'Meets Pope.
Rome : The pope gave a private
audience Thursday to Mgr. Donato
Sharetti , apostolic delegats to Canada ,
who presented a report on Catholi- -
cism in the dominion.
Chicagoan : Heads Water Works Body.
New Orleans , La. : John W. Alford ,
of Chicago , was Thursday elected
president of the American . Waterworks
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FRAU ; ZOOK RUXS TO SAFETY.
German Consort of York Fannci
Flees to Save Life.
Frau Anna Zook , a recent arrival
from Germany , aged 50 years , charges
Joseph Weiss , a resident of the south
part of York county , with attempted
murder , and from the story she tells , ,
Weiss made a desperate attempt to
kill her with a hatchet. Last summer
Weiss left for Germany to search for
a wife , and Mrs. : Zook says that he
persuaded her to leave with him for
York county , claiming that a mar-
riage ceremony must be delayed until
they reached- here , because , it would
be illegal for an American to contract
marriage in Germany. Mrs. Zook
sold her property and came with him ,
and at various times insisted on Weiss
having the ceremoney ' performed , and
she claims that the cause of his attack
on her life was her insisting on mar-
riage. She left the farm clad in a
calico 'dress and on her feet a pair of
cheap carpet slippers , and walked the
entire distance , fourteen miles to
York.
SUPERIOR FOR GOOD ROADS.
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Commercial Club Starts Movement
and Hears Argument.
The Commercial club of Superior
has decided to encourage the making
of good roads leading into that place.
One thousand dollars has been raised
by the club for road improvement.
But the thing which is supposed to do
the most good is the offering of a ser-
ies of prizes for the mile of road vol-
untarily kept in repair by any citizen
trading in Superior which at the end
of the year shall show the most im
provement. Forty dollars , twenty-five
and fifteen respectively , are offered
as a first and second premium. The
territory about the city has been di-
vided into districts and a set of prizes
goes with each district.
The matter was launched at an
enthusiastic meeting of citizens and
farmers held under the auspices of the
Commercial club.
POSTAL MEN GET RAISE.
Operators' Salaries Will Be Increased
June 1.
Official notice was received Friday
at the Omaha office of the Postal Tel-
egraph and Cable company that an
Increase in operators' salaries , effective
June 1 , will be made in all the com-
pany's principal offices of the coun-
try. The statement comes officially
from Vice President E. J. Nally and
announces that the increases will
range from 5 to 25 per cent , making
, the maximum salary for operators $95
per month.
The increases will be selective and
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will be made effecting operators indi- .
vidually as to their ability and gen-
eral fitness.
Next Session at Kearney. :
The 1911 meeting of the Nebraska
Commercial clubs is to be held at
Kearney. A sharp contest between
Kearney and Lincoln featured the
closing day of the convention at Co
lumbus. Two combats were involved
in the general campaign which re-
sulted in the ultimate choice of Kear-
ney by a practically unanimous vote.
Injured While Plowing. .
Gust Zimmerman , a young man liv
ing eight miles west of Lyons , was
badly lacerated and his leg brok n by
being thrown from a sulky gang plow
as the wheel ran over a hump of
ground. The bone was thrust about
three inches through the flesh and
other bruises and cut were inflicted.
He was taken to the hospital at Oma-
ha.
Boys Install Wireless Station.
Two Albion high school boys , Max
McGill and Erland Townsend , have in-
stalled two wireless telegraph stations
one at the McGill home and the other
at the high school building. Their re-
ceiving station is good for a distance
of 800 miles but they can send mes-
sages only 100 miles.
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Sent to Jail for Larceny.
Jacob Shuck and son , John Shuck
appeared before Justice Chatetain , at
Peru , Tuesday , charged with petit lar-
ceny. They were convicted and fined ,
and sent to Auburn to serve two weeks
in the county jail , owing to inability to
pay their fines.
Scaffolding Gives Way.
J. J. Cameron , of Geneva , was
shingling the roof of a church' when
the scaffolding gave way precipitating
him to the ground twenty feet below.
He lit on his feet and fractured a bone
In one foot.
High Price for Land.
Two hundred dollars per acre was
paid by Stromsburg parties for the
Dietrick homestead of 160 acres , near
York , on which there is no farm
house. They will plat a part of the
farm.
Stratton Man Found Dead.
Clark Townsend , of Stratton , was
found : dead'in bed Thursday morning ,
death resulting from heart disease.
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3,000 ACRES BURXED OVER.
Fire Does ' ' Farm
Heavy Damage to : :
Southeast of Broken Bow.
- A disastrous pasturage fire occurred
at the old Buckeye ranch and some ad-
joining farms about twelve miles :
southeast of Broken Bow Monday : af
ternoon. About 3,000 acres of fine pas-
ture land and many fence posts were <
destroyed. L. H. Jewett , of Broken
Bow , owns nearly 1,000 acres of the <
old Buckeye , while I. A. Reneau rep-
resents the Bradley , Mathiesen : &
Walker Co. , which own the balance of
the property , consisting of 1,000 acres.
Nearly 200 head of cattle , belonging to
Mr. Jewett , were on the place at the
time , and escaped by a very narrow
margin ! eighty are reported to be
badly scorched and there is a proba-
bility of some of them dying. Pastur-
age belonging to George Marsh , W.
H. Van Nortwick , Will Hickman and
others , aggregating over 1,000 acres ,
was destroyed. Mr. Reneau roughly
estimates the loss to be between $1,500
arid $2,000. The fire was started by
a young man on a leased farm adjoin-
ing ; he had piled great heaps of rub-
bish and put a torch to them without
establishing fire guards. As the wind
was blowing a perfect gale from the
northwest , the flames were soon be-
yond control and jumped into the big
ranch. The fanners of that vicinity
were aroused and fought frantically
for their properties all , the afternoon.
Messrs. Reneau and Jewett , who had
arrived on the scene by automobile
taking an active part. By nightfall I
sufficient guards in the shape of plow-
ed land , had been swung about the
flames , and they soon died out.
OXIJY OXE LICENSE GRANTED.
City Council of Beatrice Decides U
AVnit Before Acting Upon Others.
At a meeting of the city council of
Beatrice Tuesday evening J. H. Duntz
was the only one of the nine appli-
cants granted a liquor license. The
council recently decided to limit the , !
number of saloons to six and the ap
plications of the other five were laid
over until May 3 , for the reason that
they had not been published the time
required by law. The remonstrance
filed against W. E. Kentner , of the new
Durwood hotel , was referred to the
license committee.
As a solution of the park question
the council voted to buy the old chau-
tauqua grounds in the southeast part
of the city , to be used as a park.
TWO-THIRDS VOTE LACKING.
Election on Water Bonds Fails by Lesi
Than One Ballot.
At the special election at Fairbury
called to vote on the proposition for
issuing bonds in the sum of 135,000 to
buy the present light and water plant
or construct a new one or grant the
present company a franchise for 25
years , the vote was as follows : For
the issuance of bonds , 446 , against ,
214.
For the issuance of water bonds ,
441 ; against ! , 221.
For the granting of a new franchise ,
195 ; against , 484. As it requires a
two-thirds vote on the water bonds ,
the proposition was defeated by two
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thirds of a vote.
Auto Turns Over ; One Killed.
Alex Lyon , a Central City real es.
tate dealer , was killed Tuesday after-
noon when his automobile skidded
over an embankment about seven
miles east of town in Hamilton county
and turned over in a ditch. There was
about a foot and a half of water and
soft mud in the ditch and Lyon was
pinned down by the steering wheel and
death resulted apparently from
drowning.
Repairs on Bridge.
Temporary repairs have been made
to the Burlington bridge over the
Platte at Grand Island , which was
partially destroyed by fire Sunday
evening , and the company is again
able to use its own tracks between
Aurora and Grand Island.
Seventh Victim of Ponca Fire.
James Minor , who was fatally burn.
ed while making heroic efforts to save
the members of his family from death
in a fire in their home near Ponca
Sunday , died Tuesday , making seven
deaths in all.
Rurt County Treasurer Dead.
Victor L. Fried died at his home In
Oakland Tuesday evening from a
stroke of paralysis. 1 Mr. : Fried grew
to ; manhood in Oakland and was prom-
inent. He was serving his second
term as treasurer of Burt county.
The county commissioners of Daw-
son county have called an election for
the : purpose of bonding the county to
the : amount of $100,000 to erect and
equip a new county court house to be
erected in Lexinsrton.
At 1 o'clock Tuesday Tilton Wabber
of Randolph who had been at Osmond
on business , on returning home lost
control : of his automobile and paid the
Penalty with his life. The automobile
is a complete wreck.
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CHINESE TOWNS BURN
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Mobs in Possession , Foreigners
Threatened and Guns Trained
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WALK THIRTY MILES IN RAGS
Refugees Tell of Slaughter of Many
Natives , Including All the Stu
dents .of a School.
The situation in Hunan province
China , is reported as critical. Women
and children are fleeing for their lives
from Changsha , the capital. A number
of villages near that city have been
reduced to ashes by native mobs. The
country is placarded with threats tc
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kill all foreigners.
This disquieting news was broug t
by missionary refugees who arrived at
Hankow from Changsha and near hy
mission stations. Many : of them had
traveled thirty miles on foot aicl
reached the Yangtzekiang in rag .
Their houses had been burned and they
lost all of their property.
The missionaries said that gunboats
in the river have their guns trained
on Changsha and near-by points and
have afforded a refuge for many for-
eigners. Three thousand Chinese im- .
perial soldiers are occupying the stra- I
tegic points of the capital and detach-
ments are being hurried to outlying
districts , where rioting is reported.
Many Chinese have been killed. In on-3
instance a technical school was set on
fire and thirty students were burnod
to death. When vessels approached
Changsha to rescue the imperiled ones
the Chinese mob saturated junks with
kerosene from looted stations of the
Standard Oil Company , and , setting
them on fire , allowed them to float
down stream inan * attempt to burn
oncoming steamers.
ROOSEVELT GUEST OF PARIS.
City Officials Pay Many Tributes to
Former President.
Theodore Roosevelt was received by
the municipal officials in the Hotel de
Ville in Paris the other day , and was
the subject of tributes pronounced by
M. Caron , president of the municipal
council ; ii \ I. Deselves , prefect of the
Seine ; M. Lampuo , president of the
general council of the Seine ; and M.
Lepine , prefect of police. After an in-
spection of the building , Mr. Roosevelt
sat down to luncheon between Premier
Briand and M. Caron. Only formal
toasts were given. The ex-President
proposed a toast to Paris and the
French people.
During a visit which he paid to the
Carnavalet museum , Col. Roosevelt
manifested great interest in the origi-
nal revolutionary documents. "When
shown Louis XVI.'s order instructing
the Swiss 'guard to lay down their
arms , he recalled Mark Twain's state-
ment that if Louis hadn't had the vir-
tues of a mediaeval female saint there
would have been a large number of
communists in the Paris graveyards
that night.
From the museum Col. Roosevelt , ac
c companied by Ambassador Bacon and
M. Jusserand , French ambassador to
the : United States , visited Notre Dame.
Owing to lack of time the climb to the
towers : , which rise more than 200 feet ,
was abandoned. At the opera in the
evening Col. Roosevelt enjoyed a repe-
tition : of the reception he received at
the : Comedie Francaise Thursday night.
Human rights come before property
rights , and the ' "average citizen" is the
mainstay of a republic. These declara-
tions : were features of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt's lecture to the Sorbonne ,
Saturday. His audience was compos-
ed of all the members of the French
cabinet ; , select students from the Uni-
versity of Paris , and many distinguish-
ed guests. To these incidentally the
colonel : referred to race suicide as a na- I
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MOUNTED MEN ROB STORES.
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Mounted bandits raided Sparta , Wis. ,
early the other day , blew open two
safes and robbed a third store. They
escaped with a large amount of booty
before the townsmen could organize for
an attack. A heavily armed posse was
soon formed / however , and started in
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pursuit. Hoof prints show that there
were three riders in the raid. They
tied their horses in the rear of one of 1t 1
the stores they looted.
The victims : J. D. Lumber Company ,
safe blown and money and papers
taken ; Davis Bros. , grocery store , safe
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blown ; small amount of money and
groceries taken ; Morse & Danman ,
hardware store ; attempt to blow safe
with nitroglycerin failed.
From the .methods used by the men ft
it is believed the robberies were com-
mitted by the same bandits who robbed
the Brittingham & HInson Lumber
lompany's safe a week before.
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Fire Sweeps Burlington Yards. t
With the wind blowing a gale a
spectacular fire raged for hours in the
ards of the Burlington Railroad in
Lincoln , Neb. An estimate of the loss
is between $125,000 and $150,000. Near-
ly a dozen railroad buildings with
their contents were burned , together i
wth thirty freight cars , some of them
lieu1 with lumber and merchandise. t
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Ceremonies in Washin tol. 1
The beautiful new home oC the fir-
ternatlonal Bureau of the Amei-ican
Republics in Washington , called by Mr.
Carnegie a temple of peace , was the *
other day formally dedicated in tha
presence of a distinguished company. -
The international character or the ded
ication was proved by the presence of
President Taft , the Secretary of State .
the Mexican Ambassador , Cardinal Gib
bons , Senator Elihu Root , Andrew Car
negie , Bishop Harding , Director John.
Barrett of the bureau of American re-
publics , members of the diplomatic-
corps , of the Supreme Court and the-
cabinet , as well es Senators and Rep
resentatives and high army and naval
officers.
The ceremonies were initiated by at .
Invocation by Cardinal Gibbons , whci
was followed by Secretary Knox , who
delivered the formal opening address.
Senator Root delivered an address * ,
which was responded to by Senor Don
Francisco Leon de la Barra , the Mexi
can ambassador. Mr. Carnegie deliv
ered a characteristic address. There-
were readings of cable messages from ,
the presidents of the Latin American
republics , congratulating . Carnegie- <
and the bureau of American republic *
upon the completion of the great work
and then President Taft spoke at :
length.
Just preceding the benediction by-
Bishop Harding , which concluded fafr t
afternoon exercises , occurred a unique-
feature of the program when President
Taft and Mr. Carnegie jointly planted
a "peace tree" in the patio , or courf- :
yard. The new home of the buroad
cost $1,000,000 , of which Mr. Carueglet
contributed $750,000 and the twenty-
one American republics the remain\ler .
SCHOOL ROD UP TO HIGH COURT . .
Supreme Justices Take Case oir
Teacher Who Flogged Boy.
Is the "tune of the hickory stick" to
De given the moral support of the Su
preme Court of the United States ? '
That is a question it will be called up-
on to decide between now and vacation
days. If the court gives its approval tc
this method of discipline , Annie Kel-
ley , an Illinois teacher , will escape
from a school squabble with no great .
er punishment than having been , de .
clared a bankrupt. If the court puts *
its foot down on corporal punishment :
she probably will have to go to jails
.for flogging a pupil.
In 1906 Miss Kelley was teaching in i *
the primary department of the public-
schools of Tolono , Champaign County .
111. According to a brief 1iss' - Kelley
has just filed in the Supreme Court .
Michael Burke , 11 years old , was npfcr
as good as he could be. In the pres -
ence of the school on Dec. 6 , 1906 , &j
Miss Kelley tells the court , he "coia -
mitted a breach of proper decorum by-
using vulgar and profane language at :
md toward your petitioner and jerking !
icr upon the floor and striking andj
dcking her. " After the principal ha < U
rdered her to chastise Michael , she- ,
flogged him with a pointer. When the
Burkes brought a suit for damage
igainst her , alleging trespass and ota
T things , the State courts returned . .
udg.ment against Miss Kelley.
After the judgment Miss Kelley war-
ieclared [ a bankrupt. On the groun -
that the national bankrupt law doe , .
tot ! discharge a person from payment
) if a debt incurred through the commit-
: ing of "willful and malicious injuries
: o the person or property of another,1
liss Kelley was arrested under an It
linois statute for failure to satisfy th , . .
udgment. She went into the federal
ourts for her discharge. The dlf
rict court of the United States for tbe-
Eastern District of Illinois found thafc
he : debt was not incurred through will-
willful
ul and malicious injuries. The Cir-
uft Court of Appeals reversed the *
udgment. Miss Kelley now has asked
he Supreme Court to review her casot-
BJORNSON IS DEAD.
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'amous . Novelist Dies in Paris froo. :
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Paralytic Stroke.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson , the famous
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forwegian novelist , playwright , poet :
ad publicist , died at the Hotel War-
ram in Paris in Paris the other night :
In : the 78th year of his age. His wife .
horn ; he married fifty-two years : ago , .
vas ; with him at the end. Bjornsonx
iffered a stroke of paralysis laafc.
rune , and was brought to Paris in No-
smber for electro-therapeutic treat
lent. It was reported lately that he
vas growing better. The change came *
aexpectedly.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson was born near
he : town of Moldo , Norway , December *
, 1832. Poet , novelist , dramatist , re -
' irmer and apostle of peace , two hered
tary traits dominated in his charac-
er-the placid nature , which . . he drew
'rom ' his father , a country parson , ,
md the fighting spirit , which came to *
1im fnxn his more remote ancestors , .
he old Norse sea-rovers. He was.
lown as the Prophet-Poet of Xorwnv.
oward him the people , looked for-
lidance , and with his cudgels he .
ought in the cause of truth and jus-
ice.
ice.At
At the age of 20 he entered the Uni-
jrsity of Christiania , and while there
gan writing in a serious vein. After-
wo years ; as writer and editor he he-
: ame the director of the Bergen Thea
ere This was in 1S57. The next few-
sars were devoted to travel and resi-
lence in Denmark , Germany and It.1.j. ' , -
and then Bjornson went bac : to Ncr-
my for ten years. He began : the series-
of plays which conquered the Xorwe-
gian ; stage and also invaded the Dan-
sh , Swedish and German- theaters. As > -
[ ornson grew older he went Ini.o noli/
ics as a reformer.
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