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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
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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
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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.