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r '-''..'" ' - V? f ? -." , r. tf . .& ' " - ,-ifft."- t i ) -v.t. r?-i;-i'i --v I I Hi i i 1 6 COLUMBUS JOIIRMI . " STROTHER STOCKWELL, Pub.. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA IMPOflTANT HEWS NOTES Of 1 WEEK LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZED FORM. EVENTS HERE AND THERE Condensed Into a Few Lines for tha Perusal of the Busy Man Latest Personal Infor mation. Foreign. Madame Lillian Xordica, and George W. Young, a New York banker, were married in London. A heavy storm is raging in the North sea. The Hamburg schooner Hans and an unknown Dutch sailing vessel have been wrecked near Xeu werk. Many fishing and other small craft are reported to have been lost. General Rafael Reyes has an nounced that he has received official notification of the acceptance by the Columbian congress of his resignation as president. Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, ar rived in Berlin to study labor con ditions. Emperor Nicholas and Empress Al exandria, of Russia are making a visit in Prussia and will visit England be fore their return to Russia. The British government has grant ed a pension of $2.fi00 annually to lidy Wyllie. Ambassador and Mrs. White left Paris for Germany for a three weeks visit to their daughter. The big navy campaign has won the day and four additional super-Dreadnoughts are to be added to the cur rent years shipbuilding program. Reginald McKenna, first lord of the admiralty, officially confirmed this in the house of commons. The new Persian government is pre pared to offer Mohammed AH Mirza, the ex-shah of Persia, an annual pen sion of $2.r..000 on condition that he leaves Persia wit!-out delay. Prince Miguel or Braganza. eldest son of Duke Michael, the pretender to the Portuguese throne, renounced for ever his rights to the throne of Por tugual in order to marry Miss Anita Stewart, daughter of Mrs. James Henry Smith of New York. The Prince's engagement to Miss Stewart was announced on July 9. Domestic. Andrew E. Lee, former governor of South Dakota, obtained a .warrant in Chicago for the arrest of E. Niles, said to be a broker. The former gov ernor charges that he was swindled by means of a confidence game. The amount involved is said to be $16,000. An examination of the affairs of the First National bank of Tipton, Ind.. was begun by Miller Weir, exaininri-at-large for the treasury department, to determine the exact amount of tie losses incurred in the institution of which Noah R. Marker was the assis tant cashier. Marker disappeared last Saturday. Sixty thousand dollars in cash was missing after Marker's de lta rture. An appeal to the United States fu preme court from the decision of Judge Smith Mcpherson in the Missouri rail road rate cases was filed by Sanford P.. Ladd, representing the state in the United States district court. In his decision Judge McPherson declared that the Missouri railroad passenger and freight rate law was confiscatory and unconstitutional. So great is the rush of applications for Indian reservation lands, to be drawn August 9, that the land depart ment officials placed an order for 50, 000,000 more registration blanks. With little more than half the time for reg istration passed. Superintendent Wit ten has received 148,955 applications. It is figured that there are about 6.400 homesteads available on the Spokane and Couer D'Alene reserve. 'The cotton report made on the con dition up to July 25 by .the national ginners' association gives the general average as 71.7. Colorado Springs passed from an elective city government under state law to one under charter rule. The western federation of miners, by a large vote decided not to "take $1 out of each initiation fee for the Min ers' Magazine, but they did instruct the executive board to print socialist literature in a number of languages for distribution purposes. Harry C. Pullfam, president of the National League of professional base ball clubs, committed suicide in New York. Philo, Illinois, a village in Cham paign county, was almost wiped out by fire. Half the business section was destroyed. Loss, $40,000. A fire in the J. H. Boos building on Third street, between State and Piasa streets, at Alton, 111., has caused a loss of $ 60.000 and serious iniurv tn .Tnhn Alched. a fireman. The business portion of the town of Darlen, Wis., was totally destroyed by fire early Wednesday. Utah's Pioneer day, the anniversary of the entrance of Brlgham Young and the pioneers into Great Salt Lake val ley in 1S47, was celebrated in the cus tomary manner Saturday in Salt Lake, Ogden and other cities of the state. The anniversary is also ob served by the Mormon colonies . Six lives were lost by a Wabash passenger train plunging into the Mis souri river thirty miles ecst of Kansas City. The strike at the Standard Steel Car ! company s plant at Butler. Pa., has ended and 2,000 men have returned to work. j While rounding- a "carve near Glen-' wood. Ala., a. Central of Georgia passenger train was wrecked, twenty four persons being Injured, six very seriously. Five thousand persons witnessed the hanging of William Mack, a negro, at Brandon. Miss. N. Y. Ellis shot and killed N. P. Willis in the court room at Little Rock, Ark. Rev. William Huntington" rector of Grace Episcopal church, New York, died Monday. George Allen -Beaty. the confessed bank robber, who looted 'the First Na- tional bank at Monrovia, California, of $29,700 last December, and was cap tured in Dayton, O., was sentenced to serve eight years in Folsom peniten tiary. At Chicago the jury cieared Ella Gingles from the charge of stealing lace, but the story she told on the witness stand of being a "white slave" victim was denounced as untrue. A gale at Galveston, Tex., does con siderable damage to shipping and the city and ten persons lose their lives. A Michigan court has permanently enjoined the city of Kalamazoo, Mich., from enforcing the ordinance which requires the union label on all city printing. A grand jury has been called to in vestigate the murder of J. B. Sayler, at Crescent City, Illinois. On Salem. Mass.. common the ancient municipality presented to the scout cruiser Salem a beautiful silver service, a brouze replica of the seal of the city, to be mounted on some part of the big ship and a big phonograph. A cloudburst in northern Wisconsin damages property to the extent of over half a million dollars. No loss of life is reported. General Carios Garcia Velez, Cuban minister to the United States, received a cablegram from President Gomez of Cuba authorizing him to say that there was no truth in the rumors of a dis ruption of the Cuban cabinet and that he and his brother. Justo Carlos Velez, who is Cuban secretary of state, would be retained at their present posts. One thousand men are idle as the result of a strike of puddlers at the Montour rolling mill department of the Reading Iron company, the pud dlers alleging that one of their num ber had been discharged because he had been overcome by the heat. James O. Purvis, the non-union marine engineer who killed two strikers, injured one other and was menaced by strike sympathizers last Saturday night, was discharged by both the police and county coroner. Cornelius P. Shea, the former Chi cago labor leader, was sentenced to not less than five, nor more than twenty-five years in prison for the attempted murder of Alice Walsh, with whom he had been living. The trial of Dr. Wm. Miller. Mrs. J. B Sayler and John and Ira Gruden, indicted for the murder of J. B. Sayler, of Crescent City. 111., will be held at the November term of court. 'During a sham battle In the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific stadium between 100 members of the Improved Order of Red Men. and an equal number of the state militiamen. Joseph Morhinway. of Everett. Wash., one of the Red Men was shot and killed. The New York Aerial Manufactur ing company of Brooklyn was incor porated to carry on the business of transporting passengers, freight and other commodities by airships of all kinds. Wednesday at tbe Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition was made notable by the dedication of the Japanese build ing, which houses one of the most at tractive exhibits of the entire fair. The dedication was accompanied by interesting ceremonies in which Ha jime Ota, commissioner general from Japan to the exposition and President J. E. Chilberg of the exposition com pany were the leading participants. Glen H. Curtis, the aernaut made a flight of thirty-one minutes in his aer oplane at Hemstcad Plains. Long Is land. He lighted without mishap. His flight is believed to be the longest ever made in a heavier than air machine in this country except by the Wright brothers. W. H. Ingram, trust officer of the Hibernia Trust and Banking Co.. of New Orleans, has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of embezzle ment. His alleged shortage is almost $100,000. Washington. President Taft welcomed I. A. Coromilas in his new capacity as envoy extraordinary and minister plen ipotentiary of Greece at Washington. Mr. Coromilas has been here for a year and a half as minister resident. General Henry C. Worthington, dele gate in congress from Nevada, diplo mat and jurist, died at the Garfield hospital here from cerebral hem orrhage. He was 81 years old. Repairs to cost $500,000 will be made on the battleship Kentucky, now in reserve at Philadelphia, to place that vessel in long service con dition. According to Senator Warren, the story that beef packers are engaging extensively in the tanning business and will be the principal beneficiaries of a duty on hides, has been used by the "free hide lobby" in manufac turing sentiment against the protec tion asked by the cattle industry. Invitations were sent to Mrs. Taft. wife of the president. Secretary of War Dickinson. District Commission er McFarland, Governor Crothers, of Maryland, and Governor Swanson of Virginia to act as judges of the auto mobile floral parade that is to be held in Washington on September 20 next Philippine public improvement bonds to the extent of $1,500,000 are to be floated by the war department. In the endurance test of the Wright aeroplane Tuesday at Fort Myer. Or ville Wright made a flight of one hour, twelve minutes and forty seconds, breaking the world's record. The necessity for a national inspec tion law which would prevent the Rav aging of wood lands by such destroy ers as gypsy and brown tail moths is pointed out by Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the bureau of entomoloev who has just returned from an extensive trip J POLITICS IN Republicans, Democrats, Populists and. Prohibi tionists Hold. Conventions. ALL HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE " - Proclamation of Principles as Set Forth by the Leading Political Organizations. The republicans, democrats, popu lists and prohibitionists held conven tions in Lincoln on the 27th. with good representations at all of them. There were upward of 800 delegates in the republican convention. C. O. Wheadon of Lincoln was chosen chairman and J. M. O'Neill, secretary- Resolutions herewith set forth the principles of the party. The democrats met in Representa tive hall and adopted a platform to which' only one delegate objected. Chris Guenther was nominated for Chairman of the State Central com mittee, but declined. The matter of filling the place was left to the state committee. George L. Loomis of Fre mont was chairman of the convention and W. H. Smith of Seward, secretary. The prohibition state convention consisted of five delegates, which at tended to the necessary business. D. B. Gilbert of Fremont was elected chairman of the state committee, J. P. Heald. secretary, and J. L. Claflin, vice chairman. Resolutions denouncing the. liquor traffic and favoring a law and placing the referendum in full force and ef fect were adopted. In the populist convention at the senate chamber it was unanimously agreed that the party organiaztion be maintained. Chairman Manuel called for an expression on this question as soon as the convention was called to order. E. A. Walrath of Polk, was made secretary. Webster. Boone. Dix on, Stanton. Polk. Saunders, Burt, Adams, Washington. Kearney, Saline, Hamilton. Buffalo, Valley and Howard counties were well represented. Republican Platform. SpcaniiiK for the republicans of Ne braska, sis their lrleKates in state con vention assembled, and reaffirming the tlt-t-kt rat ions of our national und state platform of 1908. we congratulate the conntrv on the magnificent republican vle lorv which has given us for our chief executive that firm and courageous states man, preeminently fitted for his exalted office. Wimani Howard Taft. When we assembled one year ago we were facing a presidential campaign in which our op ponents, with customary braggadocio, paraded a false confidence in their cause and proclaimed loudly that republican ascendencv in the nation was at an end: but again at the tiallot box came the in dubitable proof that so strongllv en trenched in the hearts of the people are the principles and achievements of the republican partv. and so discredite.1 are the fallacious doctrines and so distrusted the leaders of the democratic party, that the third defeat of the democratic standard-bearer was more signal and decisive than before. We see onlv encouragement for future republican success in the conditions eon fronting u? in Nebraska today. In spite of the tremendous handicap Iv which we were required to combat a distinguished Nebraskan appealing to home pride to support him for president, and iiotwi' standlng the flagrant deception by which the democratic presMential electors mas queraded on the hallo a second tim as populists, the democratic lender, for whom was confidents- predicted a 23.000 ma tori ty in his home state, was grievously disap nointed to find that he bad K-ived himself in Nebraska by a bare 4.000 plurality. The election nt tliomine time bv sub stantial majorities of the entire republli can stat ticket, with only two places excente.l. gives us the right to regard the result as a republican victorv. We approve, commend and uiwualifledlv indorse the stand tak-n by President Taft in the matter of tari revision. We are counting on him to see to it that the partv's platform promise of revision i redeemed bv the enictineut of a tariff bill acceptable to the neorle. and we would npnrove the exercise of his veto on anv bill that does not conform to his con struction of the platform pledge which he has said means "revision downward within the limitations of the protective principle." We look to our senators and representatives in eoncress to sustain the president in this position, and we com mend them for their efforts in support f th" party's pledges and the president's policies. We approve and indorse the Urown resolution adonted bv congress snbmittinc to the several states for their action a proposed constitutional amendment em powering the federal government to levy and collect taxes on Incomes. The republican tarty n this t-ite Ftands utHMi its record. While providing for a cenerous maintenance under cfi nomicnl administration for the various state Institutions we eviriiisliei a sl-ite debt of more than $2,000,000. We abo lished the evils of corporate dictation in politics and abrogate! the free pass svs-f-m under :i renbi-an administration. Passenger, freight and express rates have been reduced :il an elective nwav commission provided for spedv adjust -men of differences between shipntrs and cwrrlers and the regulation of tb same. W provided for n pore just and equit able assessment of all kinds of pmpertv for taxation and the assessment of rail wav eriinfls for local purposes and re moved the Kir :uainst re-overv of ade quate damages for personal injuries. We commend the consistent nrs pur sued bv the republican tninoilv in the las legislature in resisting -with ":y and abilitv the unwl :-nd unconstitu tional measures, of the democratic ma jor! 'v. W. -oint with pride to the record of tbe ji'dees who for many vars have been t-lev-ted to the lencb i" this state re ppMleans. but who as lodges have k'"WP neither personal favoritism r-T political partls-nsh'n but lw'-e fearlessllv at li partlallr declared the law. and held the scales of justice even between rich and poor, high a"d Inw. republican, rtomivit. populist, prohibitionist and socialist sdike. V denounce the dvcnli hour iiretet- of devotion t the ide-t of ti'rtvrtisaiii bv te late demcnitie ! Uliture. pfter runrlng a riot of partisanship for thre months J'nd nhles-ly l.'g?"t.-i'nr repub licans nut of of-" ''V the w'ioel order to nv room for denic-tie otfi-e-seek-ers. If the passaco of thfir so-called non partisan judiciary act was intended to Old Corn on Hand. Nebraska farmers and others have on hand 10,981,034 bushels of corn, more than they did at the same time last year. As shown by the reports of the various county assessors, the corn on hand last year amounted to 30.556,840 bushels, and this year the amount on hand is 41.535.874 bushels. The noticeable increases are shown in the following counties: Adams, 397, 291 bushels; Antelope, 360.16C bush els: Boone. 261.632 bushels; Buffalo. 290.859 bushels; Dixon, 352,491 bush Decrease in Wheat Stocks. One of the surprising items in the returns of tne county assessors to the State Board of Equalization is the large decrease in the amount of wheat on hand. Compared with the returns made a year ago, the decrease in the numbers of bushels on hand is over 70,000. The total amount of wheat returned last year was 5.766,720 bush els. For this year, with several coun ties missing, there was returned i .-. ft?7 bushels. These same coun ties last year returned a total of 5,659,419 bushels. NEBRASKA ! charge by Innuendo that republican judges are not to be trusted to perform their official duties without political bias ac cording to their oaths of office, we resent, the imputation. It will become the demo-' crats to prate about a nonpartisan Judici ary when the record shows that, when they had elected two xf the supreme I judges a few years ago, they left no stone unturned to elect the third and1 make the court-consist wholly ot their; unii wruwn judges. Democratic Platform. We, the democrats of 'Nebraska,- In state, convention assembled, reaffirm our raltn In, and pledge odr loyalty to. the prlncl-i pies of our party as set forth In the plat form adopted by the democratic conven- tion of 190S. i We denounce the republican tariff bill! as a sliameless consummation of the fraud) deliberately planned by the republican, leaders when they promised revision In-j stead of reduction; and we call attention! to the tact that It confesses the truth of all that the democrats have charged as. to the jnlqultles of the high tariff system.: We call special attention to the fact, that one plank contained in both the! democratic state and national platforms for WOS. namely, the plank demanding aj constitutional amendment specificallyln-j dorslng the income tax. has since been accepted by a republican president. sen- ate and house of representatives, and; that such amendment has been submit ted tn the states for ratification. We pledge the democratic party in Ne braskato assist in securing ratlHcation of that amendment and to that end we ask Governor Shalleuberger to call a, special session of the legislature at an early day. that Nebraska, a pioneer in the advocacy of an income tax. may have the honor of being the first state to ratify me amendment. We particularly indorse the proposition that the I'nited States senators be elected by popular vote. Present day conditions in the senate, emphasize the imiortancu of this re form. Uellcvlr.g that the people, have a right to have what they want in government, we favor the submission at the next ses sion of the legislature of a constitutional amendment providing for the Initiative and referendum. Reasserting our purpose to give the peo ple of the state of Ncbiaska a guaranty or bank deposits law. we call attention to the fact that the suspension of that law by the federal court emphasizes the posi tion taken by the democratic ' party of Nebraska in its 1908 platform, when it favored the enactment of such laws as may be necessary to compel corporations to submit their legal disputes to the courts of tbe states in which they do business before taking an appeal to the t'nlted States courts. We indorse the successful business ad-, ministration of a democratic governor and! commend the governor und a -democratic legislature for the enactment of specific! democratic platform pledges into law. The democrats of Nebraska, however.' direct the attention of all good citizens to the fact that the state election to be. held this fall is for the purpose of choos ing three judges of the supreme court and three regents of the university. No other offices are involved. ' The democratic party, through Its legis lature and governor, sought to lift these positions of great trust and dignity out' of the embroilment of partisian politics, to take them out of the hands of pro-, fcsslonul politicians, ta raise them nbovu the reacli of the interests such politicians serve, and place them permanently and) securely on a non-partisan basis. But the; republican Partv held otherwise. ' Through Its leaders and Its press it as sailed the non-partisan judiciary law. ' Through its state organization It ar- ranged surreptitiously a palpably insincere; but successful attack upon it. We submit that this presents an issue.' of great and far-reaching Importance' We are coming to lie more and more a. people governed by our courts. The court are the bulwarks or our liberties as welt as the barlior to which special privilege flts in even- storm, and the Instrumental-! Hies through whlchjit asserts, with grow ln;r arroitunce. Its power to defy the peo ple's legislatures and the people's execu tive.- There never was a time when the necessity for keeping courts, investe.l with or assertltiK extraordinary powers. on u plane aliove suspicion of reproach presented itself more forcibly than if) does now. W urge the people of this common wealth to take this question home with them. Wc urge noon them that the issue in this state election Is one. not of partv or platform, but of men. We urge all Nebraskaus In voting for suureine judues and for regents to lay aside party prejudice and ties. We hope no democrat will vote for a candidate tor either of these offices merely because the' candidate Is a democrat, and that no re--publican will vote for such a candidate bei-ause he is a republican. We urge eacli and every voter or all parties to vote for the man when he t-ocs to the ballot box this fall, and not for the partv label. Uesolved. That we urge the democratic membero oi congress anu inose irom Ne braska especially, to use their best ef forts to -?cuie as speedy .a completion as possible of the iroveninient ditcli project now but partiallv completed In western . m , ..t... tl.....n a-.. !.. .li.l .eilraKU. hiiiiiik loon- ?vun;in iiu have homesteade.l lands under said pro tect that the government will keep good, faith Willi them, and that right soon. What is here said with reference to the1 administration of the courts applies like wise to the administration of the state, university. This noble institution has) KTown and prospered under the efficient' ncngement of regents elected as rc-S publicans, free from the intrusion of po-'. lltieal partisanship or the application of. political tests, in sharp contract with the, time when under a fusion board its man-i agement was notoriously partisan. The reasons, therefore, are not heard to find why. for more than a third of a ecnturv. but for one brief trial period, the people of Nebraska have continuously preferred to entrust their highest court: of jutlce and their highest institution of. learning to officers presented as candl-; dates bv- the republican partv. and these reasons" hold good todav. The nominees of the republican party for these respons ible positions this year will be compe-t tent ard trustworthy, and should com mand the supuort and votes of all giodt cltlzers who lielleve In honesty, justice; and feMlty and hate hypocracy. deceit and falthlosnesF. , Runaway Accident Fatal. Sutton. Dennis Lyhenne died at. his home, southwest of Sutton from the effects of injuries suffered in a runaway which occured a little over a week ago. Mr. Lyhenne was 67 years old. Prosecution Under Food Law. ' The deputy food commissioner has asked the county attorney of Saline, county to prosecute Albert Fritz for the sale of five or six dozen rotten eggs. This practice is one that Com missioner Mains intends to stamp out.- State Board of Equalization. Attorney General W. T Thompson has given an opinion holding the State, Board of Equalization has authority) to raise or lower the valuation of real, estate belonging to railroad companies' No Change in Express Rates. The request of the American Ex-' press company to install rates, as spe cified in schedule 19 has been denied' by the State3 Railway commission. Many Candidates in Gosper. Walter Tilden, county clerk of Gosper, county, was in Lincoln on his way; home from a visit out in York county.i Mr. Tilden is serving his third term' as clerk of Gosper county and Is not a candidate for re-election. Mr. Til-' .den said there were fifteen candidates, Ifor sheriff of Gosper county. GRIND NEWT OVER TARIFF STRUGGLE EXPECTED TO ' END IN A FEW DAYS. SENATE TO ACT ON REPORT Some Statesmen Will Make Speeches Explaining Their oVtes, but That Is About Alt. Washington. Unless something happens to provoke heated discus sions of a political character, the new tariff bill should be enacted into law and the extraordinary session of congress adjourned before the end of this week. Inquiry among senators opposed to the adoption 'of the conference report on the Payne-Aldrich bill indicates that the debate will not be as extended as it threatened to be before the con ferees reported. The senate will meet at 10 a. m. Monday. The session probably will begin at that hour each day and will continue until 6 or 7 o'clock p. m. daily until the report is adopted. If it is found that more senators desire to speak than have already given notice it is possible that evening ses sions may be held. Senator Aldrich is determined that the conference report shall not be car ried over Into next" week. He does not expect to occupy very much ftime himself. He said that he would not speak longer than an hour or two, and that other members of the committee would occupy comparatively little time. It is probablle that senators who were opposed to the placing of hides on the free list will have something to say on that subject, and that all of the republicans who voted against the bill when it was on its passage in the sen ate will take occasion to explain their action. Some of these senators will speak for the adoption of the confer ence report, and some of them are ex pected to vote in the negative. Senator Culbertson. leader of the minority, is authority for the state ment that the democrats will debate the conference report thoroughly, but will not filbuster against its adoption. Senators Daniel and Bailey, members of the committee on finance, will speak at length against the adoption of the conference report and take the load in voicing democratic opposition to the new tariff bill. Some of the senate leaders predict that a vote will be had on the con ference report as early as Thursday and that the special session of con gress can be brought to a close on Friday. President Taft will not leave Wash ington until the tariff bill becomes a law. After signing the bill the presi dent will leave for Beverly, whare he will have a stay of something more than five weeks before starting on his long trip through the west and south. The senate having retained the ap propriation or $25,000 in the urgent deficiency bill for the president's trav eling expenses, only one obstacle re mains as a possible bar to the trip. That i's Mrs. Taffs health. If she con tinues to improve as steadily as she has done since taking up her residence I at Beverly, the president's trip will be ''assured. WEALTHY MAN KILLS HIMSELF. Retired Merchant Leaves Auto and Goes Into Woods to End Life. Asbury Park, X. J. After fastening a note on the floor of his auto, telling of his intended suicide and directing searchers to his body, Edward White, a well-to-do retired merchant of Plain Held, X. J., left his machine standing by the roadside, went into the woods nearby and shot himself through the right temple. White had been suffer ing from insomnia for some time. His body was found as he said in the note. MOB DECLARES NRW REPUBLIC. Revolutionists at Barcelona Proclaim Intention to Upset Government. London. A dispatch received here by a news agency from Cerbere. France, reports that the revolutionists have proclaimed a republic in Barce lona and that the fortress Montjuich is constantly firing upon the district occupied by them. Breeders Meet In Omaha. Washington. W. M. Hays, secre tary of the American Breeder's asso ciation, has sent out a notice an nouncing that the sixth annual meet ing of the association is called for De cember 8. 9 and 10 at Omaha in as sociation with the Xational Corn Ex position. Shoot Chinese Consul. New York. Dr. Luk Wing. Chinese vice consul at New York, a graduate of Lehigh and Yale universities, who married an American girl sixteen years ago. was mortally wounded in his office on the fifth floor of No. 18 Broadway, by a Chinaman, who gives contradictory reports of himself in English. Dry Farming Great Success. Cheyenne. Wyo. Persons who do not believe in dry farming, or who are interested in irrigated farming, were given a setback when twenty-five lead ing Cheyenne citizens went to the state dry farm, two miles east of the capitol, and inspected the crops of grains, grasses and vegetables. The farm is conducted by Prof. Cooke, the dry farming expert. The citizens were astonished at what they saw. for in addition to the grains and grasses, there were large fields of peas, corn, beets and other products. NEW PATENT TREATY IS MADE. United States and Germany Conclude Convention. Washington. A reciprocal patent treaty between the United States and Germany, which is of far-reaching importance to the commercial world, was simultaneously promulgated by President Taft and the emperor of Germany. The agreement is im mediately effective, and is to remain In force until the expiration of twelve months following notice of termination by one of the contracting parties. Doings ST COTI$L J. S. Harlan Mentioned for High Bench f ,BSSSSSsStf'"-2ZCjplBSSSsflBYB7BBSSSSSSSSsW WASHINGTON. A very interesting bit of unusual summer gossip concerning changes in the personnel of the supreme court of tbe United States connects 'the name of 'James S. Harlan, member of the Interstate commerce commission, with an asso ciate 'justiceship in succession to hi3 distinguished father. John Marshall Harlan, who has been on the supreme bench since 1877, and who recently celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday. It would occasion no surprise should one or two changes in the per sonnel of the highest federal tribunal take place at the beginning of the fall term. Chief Justice Fuller, now in his seventy-seventh year, and As sociate Justice Harlan have been credited with retirement inclinations at various times for some years past. It became evident, however, after much talk of this character, that there would be no retirements from the supreme bench during the Roose velt administration and latterly it has been said that neither the chief jus tice nor Justice Harlan was disposed to relax the labors which are so con genial to them. But with Mr. Taft in the office of appointive power many are inclined to believe there is a probability of. a change of mind, af Diplomatic Sinecures to Be Abolished Consular -service-- n nsts - lfljgD g If EREAFTER there will be no pure- 11 ly ornamental places in the for eign service of the United States. While this cannot be said to be new policy, it is the declared intention of the present administration, and espe cially of the state department, that there shall be no deviation from it. This rule will not be made to apply only to the diplomatic service, but to the consular offices of the United States from the highest to the lowest. In years past there have been many complaints that the consular sen-ice of the United Stattig was. gen erally speaking, inefficient and of a much lower grade than that of many foreign countries having representa tives in tbe United States. The state department officials themselves in previous years have acknowledged this, and while the service has im proved of late, it has not made the rapid advance that is noticeable in the service of some of our foreign trade competitors. At present this government has in foreign countries 298 consuls and con suls general, with a large number of vice and deputy consuls, interpreters, etc.. making a total of about 1.200. and it is the expressed determination of the state department to elevate the service in every possible way. A working familiarity with the subjects with which they will have to deal is Value of "Tariff THE "tariff menagerie," a term used by congressional humorists to des ignate a miscellaneous assortment of articles of import, threatens to be an issue between the United States bu reau of statistics and the "funny men" of the senate and house in Wash ington. The management of the bu reau, which keeps an accurate ac count of every article imported, its name, value and the duty paid, is per turbed because some of the articles in the menagerie list have been made the basis of many jests by the con gressmen who see the humorous side of the thing. In a statement issued recently, the bureau maintains that these articles, which have a recog nized value, illustrate the scope of the commerce of the United States and present some ominous facts. For in stance, reference is made to divi divi, Old Sea Dogs Are Learning New Tricks A SOLITARY horseman rode rapidly down the street a good many times in Washington the other day. He was a solitary horseman because he was not particularly anxious to have any one ride with him. He could sail a man-o'-war, mayhap, and brave the perils of the brimy deep, but bis horsemanship was scarcely at par. The solitary horseman was a com missioned officer in Uncle Sam's navy. On July 4 the order issued by Presi dent Roosevelt that these officers ,juuiivr--' .immiiii'" Where the Work Came In. Mrs. Uacon "I understand your husband is at work on a new poem?" Mrs. Egbert "He is. He's trying to get some magazine to accept it." THE fected also by other developments. President Taft, himself a former federal judge, sat in the same circuit from which Justice Harlan was ap pointed to the supreme bench, and there doubtless is what may be termed a bond of judicial interest be tween them. It is felt that should ju dicial distinction be bestowed upon James S. Harlan, who has inherited the judicial temperament, the honor would be something peculiarly appre ciated by both father and son for ob vious reasons aside from the general considerations pertaining to a su preme court appointment. That conditions have arisen which may cause Justice Harlan to decide to take up duties in the service of the Presbyterian church, which would be possible only through his retire ment from the bench, is part of the latest gossip. James S. Harlan, if appointed to the supreme bench, would take to that body expert knowl edge of interstate commerce matters which will more and more occupy the attention of the court. The late gossip also connects Chief Justice Fuller's name with revived plans to make an international trial court out of The Hague tribunal, which is said to be an aim of Presi dent Taft. Should matters eventuate as gossip suggests Illinois still would have a representative in the- highest court of the land and the way still he open to fill another vacancy from l he circuit of which Ohio and Kentucky the latter the state from which Jus tice Harlan was appointed 32 years ago form a part. demanded to a greater extent than ever before. It is the purpose, of the state depart ment to unify the work of the diplo matic and consular services in the in terest of greater efficiency. For many years it has been a matter of regret to the government that so many na tive foreigners occupy subordinate ' positions in our consular service a deputies anu cierKs. inis, nuwever has been largely a matter of inade quate compensation, but the policj from now on will be to substituti Americans for foreigners wherever it is possible to do so and considerable progress has already been made in this direction. Within a comparatively short time the percentage or foreigners in out consular service has been reduced from 46.1 per cent, to 18.8 per cent, and the percentage of Americans is that service has been increased froic 33.9 to 81.2 per cent. These percent ages, however, apply only to clerk ships paying JS00 a year or less, but the work of weeding out foreigners will continue as long as Americans or the requisite capacity can be obtained to fill the places. The department is very much in earnest in its efforts to obtain for every branch of the service strong, vigorous men of capacity, who are willing to work and able to show results. The same general policy will also be made to apply to our diplomatic service in the selection of ambassa dors and ministers. Great wealth will not be the determining factor, nor will it be regarded as altogether desirable. It is announced that no further :t pointments of ambassadors will be made until congress reassembles nt-t December. Menagerie" Imports . leeches, rose leaves, dragons blood. paiiaatum, iuusk, oirus, wild animals, chicle and cobras. The value of the imports of the last decade of divi divi, which is used for tanning purposes, is placed at $85,00") In the same period the value of leech es brought in was 510,000; rose leaves $20,000. and chicle. largely used in the manufacture of chewing gum, S. 000,000. During the year 1908 the musk im portations exceeded 80,000, while the quantity of palladium, a rare metal used in the manufacture of astron omical instruments and by dentists, represented a value of $700. Pains have been taken to explain that dragons blood is really not drag ons' blood at all, but a mere name for a deep reddish resinous substance ob tained from a variety of trees in the orient, and used extensively as an in gredient in varnishes, stains and for making etchings on copper and zinc The value of the importations of this article during the last decade is placed at $G0.000. The value of birds imported in 1908 is placed at $300,000. mostly canaries and parrots. should ride 90 miles on horseback in three consecutive days, walk 50 mib-t in the same length of time, or ride 100 miles on a bicycle in three consectt tive days became effective. The or der was issued January 4 last, but the president gave the officers several months in' which to prepare for the tests. President Taft has been askea to rescind the order, but he has agreed with his predecessor that the tests would be of benefit to the navy. A large number of ensigns, lieuten ants, lieutenant commanders, cap tains and read admirals stationed in and about Washington have begun the tests. The state, war and navy building is the usual starting point. The younger men are essaying the horseback test, but the older ones seem to prefer walking. Possibly it is hard to teach an old sea dog new tricks. S3ys McGowan: "Niver moind th has-beens, an' th goin't'-be's. Th' man th'at kapes his ar-r-ms an head at work, is." Cleve land News. auroau