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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1906)
I THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAI . , , , , . NOHKOI.K NKUUASKA KKIKDAY OtTOHHU 'Ji ( 1HOIJ. NELIGH WOMAN CUTS THROAT WITH PAIR OF SCISSORS. SHE MAY RECOVER THIS TIME But Says She Will Suicide and Murder Her Baby Later Is Thought to be Deranged Had Been Closely Guard ed at Home. Nollgh , Neb. , Oct. 25 Special to The News : Though continually watched both night and day slnco last Monday , Mrs. A. II. Phillips attempt ed suicide yesterday afternoon nt her homo in this city by cutting her throat with a pair of scissors. She no doubt Is mentally deranged , which is pre sumed to bo the cause of the net of self destruction. Mrs. Phillips had been visiting n sister - tor at Valentino for u week or more nnd Immediately upon her return homo Monday noon her husband and Mrs. Allen noticed that she acted quite strangely and proceeded to remove all articles from the house that she could use to end her life , ns this Is what tor mind was made up to do. She was watbhod closely until yesterday -when she slipped up stairs , apparently out of sight for only a moment , but in that time she had secured a pair of scissors nnd cut her throat In a zig zag shape in sevcial places before her husband could get to her. A surgeon was called who dressed the wound nnd gave the patient as much relief ns possible . Ho states that no largo -reins were severed , and with quiet and proper care she will recover. Af ter Mrs. Phillips had recovered con sciousness she said that she did not care to get well , and Insisted that she will yet end her life at the llrst oppor tunity , nnd that of their little child also. At times she booms to bo ra tional , nnd has a craving for mor- phino. WEDDING AT PIERCE. Dr. Pheasant and Miss Chllvers Were Married Yesterday. Pierce , Neb. , Oct. 25. Special to The News : One of the most fashionAble - Able weddings ever occurring in Pierce took place yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the beautiful residence of the bride's parents , Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chllvers when their eldest daughter , Ethel , was united in the bonds of matrimony to Dr. L. Kay Pheasant , a prominent physician of this place. The bride was elegantly attired nnd accompanied by her sister Ada as bridesmaid while Albert Pohlmann acted as best man. The Episcopal ser- Tlce was used and the ceremony per formed by the Rev. Charles H. Dains of the Congregational church. Dor othy Cones was flower girl and Miss Grace Pheasant of Osccola played the wedding march. The bride is one of Plerco's most charming society girls and the daughter tor of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chilvers her father being a prominent local cap itallst and republican politician of statewide reputation while the groom Is a prominent young physician , hav ing besides a splendid domestic school Ing , two years of study abroad. There were present from out of town Mr and Mrs. Pheasant and daughter Grace , parents and sister of the groom and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills of Os ceola , Mr. and Mrs. E. Newman and Miss Buehla and Mrs. Lenten of Pen dor , Neb. The bridal couple will at once go to housekeeping in a furnished cottage on West Main street which the groom has In readiness for his estimable life's companion. The wedding ceremony was fol lowed by a sumptuous wedding dinner which was attended by relatives and close friends of the contracting par ties. STORM IN WESTHAS ABATED _ Blockade on Alliance Division ! Off and Trains Are Moving. Lincoln , Oct. 25. After a complete tieup of forty-eight hours , trains began moving on the Alliance division of the Burlington , but conditions are still bad. The St. Louis-Pacific coast ex press , snow-bound at Edgemont , S- D. , for twenty-two hours , has moved out. A special from Alliance says the now began melting , nnd the weather Is warm. On the raugo many cuttle wore lost. Near Angora , several hun dred drifted into a deep cut and died. Several hundred more were lost near Alliance. A tralnload of sheep , 1,800 , died from exposure , together with Borne cattle. The Miowfall at Chadron was eighteen Inches , Fear Anti-American Boycott. Washington OK 21 With the exception " " ' ' r' " ' ' ception of a brief < ! ' bassador Wright , enclosing certain clippings fiom lap - < , . .t.i. showing the feeling of resentment which the Japanese people are exhibit ing over the anti-Japanese agitation in California , the state department has nothing to indicate that such a feeling Is there. Fear is expressed ! n some quarters here , however , that persist " ence In the agitation may result In an anti-American boycott In Japan that 1 will dwarf in magnitude the injury in flicted on American trndo In the Orl ent by the boycott in China. Young Fanner Shoots Himself. lleiiKilman , Neb. . Uit 25. Clau-nco 13. Storm , u young fanner lesldlng about flvo miles weal of llenholman , went to the house of his sweetheart and shot himself three limes , falling on the doorstep. Ills wounds tire prob ably fatal. Fall to Find Bandits. Chicago. Oct 25. Threatened by nn anonymous letter-writer with the blowing up of one of Its passenger trains unless It paid over $5,000 , the Lnko Shore road ran n "dummy" trnln filled with ntmi'd men out of Chicago nnd at n point In Indiana , dcslgnnto'1 by the lar.dl's ' the ttnln was slopped but no one was found In the neighbor hood. LAST OF NIOBRARA TROOPS PASS THROUGH NORFOLK. BUILDINGS SOLD AT AUCTION Abandonment of the Post by Soldiers Marks an Epoch In the State's His tory Soldiers no Longer Needed. May Make Artillery Field. Captain 11. N. Powell of the United States infantry , lalo of Fort Niobrara , Nebraska , In command . * . detach ment of twenty colored ' 'o/ , -us in Norfolk between trains . /f > fo ' ' ' route from Valentino to Tcxu fi/s the last of the several huiulrou dicrs to move from Fort Niobrara , tiu' famous old frontier post , some unus ual interest was attached to the de parture of this llnal squad of men , who had boon left after the general move some weeks ago to close up the affairs nt the fort. Their going marked the end of It. It marked the close of the epoch in Nebraska history when It was necessary for the government to maintain an army in the Rosebud for the protection of settlers against the once strong and aggressive trlbo of Sioux Indians. There arc 03,000 acres of govern ment land surrounding the fort and the title to it will remain with Undo Sam , but what disposition will bo made of It Is not known. It is said to afford the best artillery range In the country nnd there is a rumor afloat that eventually an artillery post will be established there. This is given strength by the fact that some of the better buildings were not Included in the auction sale which was conducted last Saturday. Aside Irom the point of historical Interest which the closing of the fort established , there was probably noth ing of more general public interest connected with it than the auction sale of the fort. At this sale government property estimated to have cost ap proximately $200,000 sold for some thing less than $10,000. A man who was present and participated in the bidding was in Norfolk today. "I've never in my life seen such a slaugh ter , " said he , "though the officers told me that they had seen worse ones at other government sales and it was ru mored that the government realized about twenty-live per cent , more than was expected. " The hospital building which was built at a cost of $20,500 and the heat ing plant which alone cost ? 2,500 went by auction for $1,300. Officers' quar ters that cost the government from $2,000 to $3,000 each sold for less than $100. Ambulances and wagons worth up to $500 went for from $5 to $50. The barracks building In which there is 50,000 feet of lumber , besides valuable uablo plumbing and fixtures , brought only $1C2. The famous old guard house brought $315. The cavalry sta bles went for from $150 to $200 each. There were seventy-flvo buildings , be sides the various pieces of army par aphernalia , the left-over supplies , har ness nnd various articles that were Included the $10,000 that was realized. The buildings retained by the gov ernment are the three new frame of ficers' quarters , the administration building , a frame barracks building and two of the best warehouses. Fort Niobrara was established in 1SS1 on the border of the Rosebud agency. It protected the settlers from the periodical Indian raids. Only once during the tlmo the soldiers were maintained there was there a fierce conflict. That was in 1891 when the serious Sioux outbreak occurred. The soldiers that wcro kept at the fort in recent yeais were generally negroes. A few weeks ago two trainloads of thorn were taken through Norfolk by the Northwestern , enrouto to the new fort in Texas. They arc the troopers against whom a storm of protest was raised by the southerners upon their arrival. FIGHT OVER DIVISION OF CROP Missouri Farmer Slam and His Son Fatally Shot by Landowner. Pnris , Mo. , Oct. 25. Benjamin Sa ger , a farmer , was shot dead and his son , Claude , aged twenty-one. fatall > shot by John Sebastian , an aged farm er. The Sngers had rented a Held from Scbastlon nnd were to pay So bastinn for rent half of the crop o corn grown thereon. They quarreled over the division of the crop and Sa ger and hla two sons attacked Scbas tlnn with corn Unlvo , whereupon th latter drew a pistol and shot two o bis aisailanta. FATAL TIRE IN KANSAS CITY , KAN. , THIS MORNING. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BURNS WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT 200 PERSONS WERE SLEEPING. SCORE BELIEVED CREMATED Fire Which Destroyed the Chnbmcr of Commerce Building nt Kansas City , Kan. , at an nrly Hour Believed to Have Burned Many. Kmibiia City , Oct. 25. More than a Hcoro of llvus uro bellovcd to huvo boon lost in a flro that destroyed the chamber of commerce building In Kan- sin City , Kan. , this morning. When trie flro broke out 200 people were asleep In the building , the upper lloors of which wore occupied by fami lies nnd lodgers. VON AEHRENTHAL APPOINTED Emperor Francis Joseph . Settles Double Ministerial Crisis. Vienna , Oct. 25. Emperor Francis /7'7/ \ by the appointment of Haron ; .ichrcnthal , the Austro-Hungarlan aiii'assador to Russia , to the post of Austro-IIungarlan minister of foreign affairs , In succession to Count Oolu- chowskl , resigned , has settled n double ministerial crisis. It Is be loved also that his majesty averted a third crisis. This was accomplished without any of the expected friction , and according to the ministerial state ment made In the lower house of the Austrian parliament , without In any way altering the foreign policy of the dual monarchy. In spite of his great age , the emperor-king has shown that ho still has a flim hand in the affairs of the dual monarchy. BALLOON TESTS AT OMAHA. French Device of Signal Corps to DeTested Tested at Nebraska Post. Washington , Oct. 23. Fort Omaha , Nebraska , Is to be the scene ot many nterostlng balloon experiments with- .n . the next few months. Fiench man ufacturers have shipped to the signal corps of the army a now spherical silk balloon , which will bu thoroughly tested at the Nebraska post. The sig nal corps already has several old bal loons at Fort Omaha whleh are to be used for experimental work. FATAL EXPLOSION IN MINE Seven Men Killed In Cambria Shaft at Johnstown , Pa. Johnstown , Pa. , Oct. 25. By an ex plosion in the mine of the Cambria Steel company here seven men arc dead and two painfully , but not fatal ly , burned. The explosion Is thought to have boon caused by the Ignition of gas In setting off a blast. Most of the victims are foreigners. The explosion occurred In a heading three miles from the mouth of the mine shaft. Many reports were spread as to the largo number of men Imprisoned in the mine , but these subsequently were found to bo untrue. The men killed were alone In the heading at the tlmo of the explosion. The dead men have been taken out of the FREIGHT VESSEL IS BURNED _ _ Schooner and Steamer Collide and Latter Sinks. Now York , Oct. 25. The freight steamer Hastings , bound from New York to Now Haven , was burned to the water's edge and sunk In Long Island sound , off Stamford , Conn. Its crow of eleven men got away in a lifeboat and were picked up and brought to New York on board the steamer Mlddletown. When off Stamford , the Hastings collided with an unidentified schoon er. An overturned lantern set flro to the steamer and wncn It became evident that It could not bo saved the crew took to their boat. The extent of the damage suffered by the schoon er Is not known here. TWO DIE IN FREIGHT WRECK. Engine Breaks Loose and Runs Wild Until Ditched. Kenton , O. , Oct. 25. In a freight wreck In the yards of the Cleveland Cincinnati , Chicago and St. Louis rail road hero , two trainmen wcro klllec and two seriously hurt. A fast frolgh drawn by two engines crashed into a cut of cars standing on the main tracks in the yards. The engines and many cars were wrecked and hundreds drods of sheep were killed. The dene and Injured trainmen wcro all on the fast freight. Engineer Bodlngor o the switch engine saw the colllalor coming and , reversing his engine Jumped. The engine broke loose and ran wild under a full head of stcarr to Orant station , flvo miles awny where it was ditched by sectlor hands , who had been notified by tele graph to do BO. BP.YAN GOCS TO OHIO. Nebraska ! ' C'oset ' Three Days' Cam pnUjn Toui * Of Indiana. IndlnnntinlK Oct 23 William J. DrMin clove | a ihrco days tour of lU'llnuti sikng ! ! ftt n I * M meeting nt Tort \Vavr.o AfoHlng In the Dpinocinllc i.n-npnr-j ; Ur > ona piosein tour thro.igh In-S.nr.n wna ono of iIn most uti'isunl lit yenrs. Mr. Hrynu was ncconint.eil | ! on lits Irlp by hU sou. WlKlunt I Hr > nn1r. . , who la a btiulini nt Culver Hud ) Milllaiy acn'leir.y At Ilolphl Mr. Iliyan mndo nn cx'ihd'1' ! tnlk on'UU ho leniicd the Ktandpnt" policy of the Republic an party Aftu his poorh nt Fort Wayne , Mr Ht > nn Id * for Ohio wbeie he wll treik In d" intctcst of the LKMIIO cratlc lit kit of that Etnto > TOLEN HORSES FOUND AT WEBSTER - STER CITY , IOWA. HIEF SHOOTS AND ESCAPES t Is Apparent From the Route Taken by This Horsethlef That Not All of the Animals Stolen From This Vi cinity arc Going Northwest. Not all of the hornetlilovos who raid orthcrn Nohraska head for Iho north- vest with their stolen propeity. Some f thorn go Into Iowa. The thief who ecently stole a team fiom Rick Law- nan at Wayuo was traced to WobsHor Jlly , Iowa , and thu horses recovered hough the hoi'Hethlcf , by shoollng at wo men who tried at dlffoient times 0 capture him , escaped. E. P. Oliu- lead of Norfolk was In Wayne ycstor- lay and leained Unit the team had icon lecoveiod. The thief was soon trying to steal 1 lap robe at Webster City. With this lint that ho was a thief , the author- ! IOK began looking Into the team that u had drhen to tov > n and It was seen hat the houses answoiod the dcscrip- ion of the team which had been stol- n at Wayne. Thu hoiHes were taken nd kept The sheriff tried to capture he man but the fellow opened flro vith a revolver and escaped. Later ho attempted to steal a horse rom a farmer In that vicinity and the armor purfiiiod. The thief opened flro m the farmer nnd made good hia os- : apo. Either Iho farmer or the town man eceivcd a bullet hole In his clothing. Hit Mr. Olmstead did not learn which. This is the lirst team of the largo lumber of horses stolen In the north- vest during the past several months , .o ho recovered. From the course taken by this thief , t Is apparent that some of the stolen mrses have probably boon taken cast vard from hero. Anti-horscthlef associations thor oughly organized all over northern Ne- iraska are the only moans , It Is de clared , that will check this reign of lorso stealing. RIFLES'THROWNJNTO THE SEA Arms Surrendered by Cuban Insur gents Sunk in Deep Water. Havana , Oct. 25. The statement made by Secretary of War Taft on the eve of his departure from Cuba that he would put all the arms surrendered by the Insurgents where they would do no further harm was verified when a company of the Cuban artillery spent bcveral hours throwing these weapons into the sea from the outer bastion of Moire castle. Thousands of rifles and carbines weru sunk in thirty fathoms of water. Some unrest continues to preval ! In the provinces of Puerto Principe and Santa Clara , where small armed bands are roving and commuting minor depredations. The residents o Holquln requested protection of troops against a body of former rebels , who are reported not to have disbandei and n battalion of infantry reached there in tno afternoon. Ex-President 1'alma Is now in Mu tanzas preparing a manifesto , whlcl will cover the events of his admin Istratlon. This document will dwol especially upon his relations with the American administration and his rca sons for appealing for Intervention INSURANCE MEN IN SESSION Life Underwriters Listen to Addresses at St. Louie. St. Louia , Oct. 25. The second day's session ol the sescntecnth an nual convention of the National Asso elation of Life Underwriters was o short duration , and was practically confined to hearing addresuea dollv orcd by B. E. Rhodes of Newark , N J. , und Hon. Frederick H. Nash , former or deputy attorney general of Massa chusetts. After the addresses the executive committee made addtlonal reports recommending the establishment am publication of an olllclal organ , whlel recommendation was adopted. Mrs. Florence E , Shaal of Boston the only woman having the dlstlnctloi of being president of a Life Uiulcr writer's association in the L'i..lo States , Is attending the iour.tio as a delegate She Is president of th Now England Women's Llfo Under writer association. N rr.n&TATc COMMERCE COMMIS SION BtGINS ITS INQUIRY. IEVEALS REBATES IN GRAIN Elevator Allowances" Are Explained. Brought Out Th.it Rallronds Will Fight New Competing Elevators , Clinsc Flxeo Prlcca of Grain in low.i. Omuli.i , Oil , 25. Thu lumiltii ; li > he mli i il lie ( iimineli'u cnlnnim < lnn Illu UK | ; lllll ! ll'lhle III tllO Mllliiiu inil | ailli iilarl } an applied In inlm ih1 lit IH anil ileMiior men , \\as i 1.1 n in Hie fodeinl uilll't roiilll In me I uti.liiihHliilieiH ( .Mill U ol' lo\ui mil I .me ol Cullliiinla. The i-iniit Mini \\as ni.wiloil \\llli ginln nil n mil Inuvii- , Int. n sled III Iho oiileoine i lu > hriii.ii , , IH being had under Iho .iil'oili He leHoliillon adopted hy thu finale. Juno 27. Tin' bulling Inonglil out these lolnlH , IIH i.ppli\ | lo Nebraska and \ehicrii limn. Thai the rallioailH will eclct to ( heir full pmsei the locution w { * ialn eleuiloitt al a point vlitMe Ilieii' aiu alieail ) elevatoiH \lllt HiHllck'iil ( iipiKlly to handle the- at Ihnt point , legiiulleHH of ( lie \lllliigncHH ol ln\e.HtuiH to link Iheit noni > , in of laimei'H lo ptotect thein- cl\es lliniiigli i'i > npeiatho ehnaloiH. That Iheie IH a ( loudly enmity agnliiHl 1 IIOIIM-H" on the pail of legulai and they will saeilllee all irnlllH lo put them out of buHlllOHfl. 'hat for jcuis Ihu old cHtahllHhod levalois hn\e leeelved lelmteH under he name ol "eleuiloi allowaneos , " mioiintlng to 1' ' , centH per lot ) pounds , .lid thai .spiela ! tonliaclH existed he- ween tlirin and Hie tallioiulu on \hoHe lines Ihej are loeiile.il. Tlnil he Updike ( iraln coinpany him n eon met with thu Union Slock Yanlh company of South Omaha , on whose oinilnal tiaeks Its elevator Is located , vhoreby the stock yanlH company nakeu up In straight cash the do k-lonolcs In revenue caused by Ihe \bolltlon ol the elevator allowances on uly 8 lust. That all regular olovntorn U com petit i vo points are uatlsllod vlth their "Bhaie" of Iho business mid will not raise piltt-rf to get moro. That a mysterious "Mr. CIniHo of Ie Mollies" Bends out price cards to own dcnleiH whleh foim the basis of prices paid for grain In that slalc. URGES FARMERUO ORGANIZE Convention of American Society of Equity Listens to Addresses. East St. Louis , 111. , Oft. 25. The feature of the second day's session of the convention of the American So- lot ) of Equity , which is composed of tanners , was the address of M. F. Sharp ol Narrows , Ky. Ho strongly urged the farmers to perfect nn or ganization. "Tho trusts and combines , which are the agencies of the Infernal regions , call us jays , hayseeds , rubes and mossbacks , and say that even if wo do organize wo won't stick , " ho nnld. "I toll you that when organi zation raises the price of products It is the best sticking plaster in the world. I know the farmers will stick. Equity moans a fair deal. All manu facturing Industries fix the price of their products and know what price they are going to get for them. The [ armor , the backbone of the nation and the world's greatest producer , has been going on the theory that ho will take whatever ho can get for his prod- ucts. Equity Intends that the farmer shall take his place with the world's producers and fix a profitable price for his products. That can only be done by n plan of marketing products to control nnd regulate the market prices. " The session was devoted principally to addresses along the line of forming an agriculturists' organization to fix and maintain price" " * " " -oducts. COMMISSION liN UNDER FIRE Farmers at Topeka WounT Eliminate Brokers In Meat and Fruit. Topeka , Oct. 25. Plans for oppos ing Iho packing companies and Iho fruit commission dealers were dis cussed at the meetings of the Farm ers' National Cooperative congress. Two schemes to bo used to break the force of the packing trust were de cided upon and probably will be put Into execution. One is that the members bors of the congress will try to euro the majority of the meat which they use themselves and will also cure meats for the markets. The other plan will bo to have nn agent in each county to handle all the stock of the members and ship to another agent nt the market , who will sell direct to the packing houses. There Is no in tontlon to build a co-operative pack ing house. Another grievance which the farmers ors have Is against the fruit commls slon dealers , and nn effort will be made to organl/o the union in fruit growing sections. American Vessel Wrecked. St. Johns. N. F. , Oct. 25. During r Btorm the American vessel Lewi Giles was driven nshoro nt Day of Isl amis. She probably will bo a toia \\rock. Her crew of thirty men an ashore on the islanu at the month of the bay. Measures have been tnkoi to rescue these men. THE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Tcmpcrnttiro lor Twenty four llouro. Forecast for Nobrnskn , CiinillllntiH of HIP \\enlhcr IIH record- ril inr die I\\ciil ) finir hours undine ; al S a. in , today ; Maximum -ifi Minimum , , , 29 Au'iiiK" 87 Itiirnini'lor 20.tf8 Rainfall 07 Total rnhifnll for month 3.81 Chicago. Oct. 25. Tlin bulletin In- Hiii'd hy llio ClilciiK" Hlnllnn of II10 United Staloi ) weiilhor luirimii , fjlvoii tlin foicciiHt Tor NcliniHUa UH follow ) ! : ( Jineinlh lull limklil anil Frltliiy. Winniei luiilihl CIVIC ASSOCIATION WOULD TAX THLM OUT OF EXISTENCE. UNSIGHTLY POSTERS MUST GO Convention at Milwaukee Starts Move ment for Cleanliness In American Communities Successful Campaign for Preservation of Niagara Falls. Milwaukee , Oct. Jfi."Tux ! the till ) boaidu out of DxlHlencu" will bo tlifl buttlo cry of the Ameilean Civic IIHHO- elation lor I ho next > our UH u result ol lilaim decided ujion ul Ita amiiml con vention In m HHlun heio. Sentiment In favor of iiggieHHlvo utopH against the bill board i haincteil/od all thu ad- droHHo.s belnie the convention anil thu organl/'itlon will In Ing to buar upon thlH pioblem I he name powerful In- llueiuehlth made HiieceHHlnl Ita campaign lui the pieHcrvnllon ol Nlar.aia Kails. Hueietaiy C. 11. Wood rutl ol I'lill.idi'lplilii lead an InluiuHt ing paper on "Tho National liupnlHuol Civic linpiincmont. " lie tmld In pail. "When 1'iiHldunt RooHovolt , on Juno 29 , 1'JUi ; . attachud his signature to 'An act for the conttol and logulatlon of the vwitei ol Niagara ilvor , lei the preHemilion of Nlngain lull ! ) nnd for other pm POUCH , ' he Hlinod ; the magna Hun in ol the civic linpiovo incut movement. II wan lliu Iliat ills- tlncl nalioniil Inipioveinent inuvuiiiunt of the ilihls ; ol lliu Amcilcan people Lo lieo and unobli naive beauties lie slowed on UH hy a lienellcenl Cod ' Mr.Voudi nil' icfniod to the dcspollatloti l y hill boaids of various scenery Ihioughuut the tuiintry. anil said that the next gicnlvoik which the Amoilian people niuHl wage Is that against the desecration ol our landscape and ol our BiitroiindlngH by bill hoaidH and iiiiBlghlly poHtors. "A food suggestion has boon inado , " bo mud , "that they should ho taxed out of existence. " "Next In Importance to freeing oui landscape of objectionable bill boards ) , " said the speaker , "Is the movement for cleanliness In our Amorluan communtlos. Practically no city of Importance but has Ita 'cleaning up' days or periods of sonit kind. " In conclusion , ho said that the na tional Impulse for civic Improvement Is the beginning of an awakening of a greater civic consciousness , wblcb means the redemption of our Amer ican communities from the sordid , tha selfish and the base. Secretary Woodruff prceentcd hti annual report , as did alto William U Howland , the treasurer. The member- Ehlp and financial support was In creased more than 50 per cent ovei last year. AGAINST GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Senator Culberson of Texas Assalli Proposed Scheme. Dallas , Tex. , Oct. 25. At a banquet given by the citizens of Dallas to tha Texas legislature , Senator Charles A. Culberson made the llrst pronounced public utterance heard In this state against government ownership slnco Mr. Uryan proposed the scheme two months ago. Tl.o cheering through out bis remarks was general , amount ing to a demonstration. Declaring at the outset that the future of the Dem ocratic party depends on Its ad herence to Us fundamental principles and especially opposition to paternal ism and centralization , lie said that great as has been the offenses of the Republican party any single proposi tion In Its history Is as naught com pared with the policy of government of nil railroads ownership nr.-l operation roads Senator Culberson declared this principle was tlrst announced In the platform of the Populist party and declared th the measure Involved the most advanced and aggravated form of la'rrnal'.sm ever offered un der a free government Savings Bank Falls at Washington. Washington. Oct. 25. The People's Savings bank of this city was closed by order of the comptroller of the cur rency. An examination by a national bank examiner showed the Institution to bo in an Insolvent condition. John \V. Schoflcld 1ms been appointed re- colver. Hamilton Pleads Not Guilty. Houston , Mo. , Oct. 25. Jodu Hamil ton , the young fnrmor charged with the murder of the Parsons family of flvo on Oct 12 , was arraigned , pleaded | not guilty , was. held tor trial without mi bond and returned to the county Jail here.
