Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 January 1909 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT W. A. ENDLEY, Publisher WALKERTON. - INDIANA It seems reasonably clear that Castro saw the psychological moment coming and ducked. Chicago isn’t exactly going “dry.” but it is trying to give up impure, milk, and that’s a hopeful sign. It Is proposed to double the president’s salary. If that is done, there’ll be 14 candidates instead of seven, next time. Connecticut’s champion eel skinner has retired from business. Here’s a good job for some ambitious young athlete. One thing certain is that the Emmanuel movement cannot stop the pervading disposition of man to put up an argument. A new kind of flea has been discovered in California. It has six teeth and Is a high Jumper. Maybe it is designed to pounce on airships. '' '

e maxim is "For get Jr.” All right Von Buelow isn’t going to be the one to jog his memory. Senator Elkins has long had an eye to the best investments. Since the country thought that he was figuring on a duke, he has bought a bank. Whiting’s chief of police was held np and robbed of his star, revolvers, money and billy. We hope the highwaymen left him with at least a clew. A Colorado man gave his grandson, aged one month, $1,000,000 as a Christmas present. Think of the toys that youngster can buy with all that money. ===== The telephone girls at Rockford, 111., struck because they were not permit- i ted to talk. As well tell the birds not j to sing and the flowers not to throw off their fragrance. A Pittsburg artist succeeded in getting a flashlight photograph of a member of the city council in the act of receiving a bribe. It may properly be referred to as a moving picture. Specializing in farming will be carried too far if scientific farmers pro- । duce cobless corn. Several thousand acres then would have to be devoted | to raising a variety that grew only cob pipes. Both Paris and London are discussing the commercial future of the flying machine. It is a safe prophecy that the sporting fraternity will get into aeroplaning some time in advance ' of commerce. ~ Castro of Venezuela, who “revolut- j ed” himself into the presidency and has held on like grim death ever since, must have hearty contempt for one who is so “easy” as the late President Alexis of Hayti. A New York judge has decided that > “i—a man whose salary is not more than i six dollars a week need not pay all- I mony. This may cause some men to quit exaggerating when they refer to the salaries they draw.

Since this country set up in business as an independent nation its gold mines have yielded more than three billion dollars. It takes the American hen about six years to furnish eggs and chickens worth that much. Going barefoot seems to be growing less popular in the West Indies than it used to be. During the last fiscal year the United States exported more than two and a half million pairs of shoes to these islands, one-third as many as the exports to the whole world. Early In the new year another battleship will be added to the navy. It will be called the Delaware in honor of Maryland’s little neighbor on the east. No doubt it will be a fine ship, and will add more strength to about the strongest naval fighting force in the whole world. ======== The children of the late Charles E. Perkins of Boston have given to the city of Colorado Springs "The Garden of the Gods,” one of the scenic wonders of America. The park has long been open to the public, and the formal transfer is in accordance with Mr. Perkins’ wish. This gift is similar in spirit to Mr. Kent’s gift of Muir Park, California, to the nation, and to a bequest recently received by the city of Boston of a large sum of money to maintain the city parks. In the light of revelations from Hayti it is not at all surprising that revolutions succeed there. It is announced in official dispatches that the . government troops are so disaffected that they have to be tied together in couples to prevent them from deserting. This suggests a modification of an old "pome:” The soldiers they stand two by two, The sergeant and the corporal too. If not tied they’d surely flee, Leaving the gov’ment up a tree. The man, experienced in hunting in Africa, who says that the president will find no elephants where he is going, Is very likely right. The elephant is a wise beast, and the president’s proposed route has been published for «ome time. The girl who has neglected to propose during leap year and finds herself still alone and unsought may be expected to begin agreeing with the poet that "of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these: ‘lt might have been.’ ” Nine cadets have just been sent home from the West Point Military academy because they were found to be deficient in discipline, which is perhaps only another way of saying that they had acquired the unfortunate hazing habit. A San Francisco man has turned his entire estate, valued at about $4,000,000, over to his wife. It may be that he wants her to be kept so busy managing things that she will not notice it when he happens to remain out late at night.

PRESIDENT SENOS ’ STRONG MESSAGE ACCOMPANYING REPORTS OF THE CONSERVATION CONGRESS URGES NEEDED LEGISLATION Document in a Measure Is a Defense of the Retiring Administration -■-Duty of the Present Generation to Its Descendants Pointed Out—Obligations of Citizenship—Urgent Need for the Development of the Country’s Water Power. Washington.—With the transmission of the report of the national conservation commission and accompanying papers, President Roosevelt also sent a message to congress. The following is a comthe document:

H/nupt ^__£;esident declares ms euiire concurrence with the statements and conclusions of the report and proceeds: It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people. It contains the first inventory of its natural resources ever made by any nation. In condensed form it presents a statement of our available capital in material resources, which are the means of progress, and calls attention to the essential conditions upon Which the perpetuity, safety and welfare of this nation now rest and must always continue to rest. The facts set forth in this report constitute an imperative call to action. The situation they disclose demands that we | neglecting for a time. If need be, smaller and less vital questions, shall concentrate I an effective part of our attention upon i the great material foundations of na- ; tional existence, progress, and prosperity. "The first of all considerations is the permanent welfare of our people; and I true moral welfare, the highest form of welfare, can not permanently exist save on a firm and lasting foundation of mate- ! rial well-being. In this respect our situation is far from satisfactory. After every possible allowance has been made, and when every hopeful indication has been given its full weight, the facts still give reason for grave concern. It would be unworthy of our history and our intelligence, and disastrous to our future, to shut our eyes to these facts or attempt to laugh them out of court. The people should and will rightly demand I that the great fundamental questions shall be given attention by their representatives. I do not advise hasty or 111j considered action on disputed points, but I do urge, where the facts are known, i where the public interest Is clear, that neither Indifference and inertia, nor adverse private interests, shkll be allowed ; to stand in the way of the public good. “The great basic facts are already well i known. We know that our population is now adding about one-fifth to its numbers lin ten years, and that by the middle of the present century perhaps 150,000.000 i Americans, and by its end very many . millions more, must be fed and clothed I from the products of our soil. "We know now that our rivers can and should be made to serve our people effectively in transportation, but that the vast expenditures for our waterways have not resulted in maintaining, much less in promoting, Inland navigation. Therefore, let us take immediate steps to ascertain the reasons and to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for Inlandwaterwty navigation that will result in giving the people the benefits for which they have pjid but which they* have not yet received. We know now that our for ests are fast disappearing, that less than one-fifth of them are being conserved, and that no good purpose can be met by failing to provide the relatively small

■ums needed for the protection, use, and Improvement of all forests still owned by : the government, and to enact laws to check the wasteful destruction of the forests in private hands. "We knew now that our mineral resources once exhausted are gone forever, and that the needless waste of them costs us hundreds of human lives and nearly 1300,000,000 a year. Therefore, let us undertake without delay the investigations necessary before our people will be in position, through state action or otherwise, to put an end to this huge ] loss and waste, and conserve both our mineral resources and th® lives of the men who take them from the earth. "This administration has achieved some things; it has sought, but has not been able, to achieve, others; it has doubtless made mistakes; but all It has done or attempted has been in the single, consistent effort to se- ’ cure and enlarge the rights and opportunities of the men and women of the United States. We are trying to conserve what is good in our social system, and we are striving toward this end when we endeavor to do away with ; what is bad. Success may be made too hard for some if it is made too easy for others. The rewards of common industry and thrift may be too small if the rewards for others, and on the whole less valuable, qualities, are made too large, and especially if the rewards for qualities which are really, from the public standpoint, undesirable, are permitted to become too large. Our aim is so far as possible to provide such conditions that there shall be equality of opportunity where there is equality of energy, fidelity and intelligence; when there is a reasonable equality of opportunity the distribution of rewards will take care of Itself. “The unchecked existence of monopoly is incompatible with equality of opportunity. The reason for the exercise of government control over great , monopolies is to equalize opportunity. We are fighting against privilege. It i was made unlawful for corporations ! to contribute money for election ex- ; penses in order to abridge the power of special privilege at the polls. Railroad rate control Is an attempt to se- . cure an equality of opportunity for all , men affected by rail transportation; ■ and that means all of us. The great anthracite coal strike was settled, and the pressing danger of a coal famine averted, because we recognized that ALL IN TWAIN’S IMAGINATION. Mark's Story of Petrified Indian Good Joke on Town. The days when “Sam” Clemens “stuck type” on the Hannabal Union are recalled by this anecdote: One morning "Sam” came into the office very thoughtful, hung up his eoat and went to the frame. He i worked diligently for- several hours without any copy on his small-cap case . in front of him. He was setting up the story of a wonderful find he and ! some of his comrades found in McDougal’s cave the Sunday before. The narration was to the effect that a crowd i of boys, while exploring the great cave on Sunday afternoon, ran across a pet- ; rifled Indian. The citizens were greatly worked up over the story, and they hired a scientist from CJuincy to look the dead Indian in the face and report. The man who came to perform this task wore gray mutton-chop whiskers, a thoughtful brow, and spectacles, of course. He was an unemotional chap, and he looked learned and the committee was satisfied of his ability. By the terms of his contract he was to

the control of a public necessity Involves a duty to the people, and that public intervention in the affairs of a public service corporation is neither to’ be resented as usurpation nor permitted as a privilege by the corporations, but on the contrary to be accepted as a duty and exercised as a right by the government in the interest of all the people. The efficiency of the army and the navy has been increased so that our people' may follow in peace the great work of making this country a better place for Americans to live in. and our navy ■was sent round the world for the same ultimate purpose. All the act# taken by the government during the last seven years, and all the policies now being pursued by the Government, fit in as parts of a consistent whole. "The enactment of a pure food law was a recognition of the fact that the public welfare outweighs the right to private gain, and that no man may poison the people for his private profit. The employers’ liability bill recognized the controlling fact that while the employer usually has at stake no more than his profit, the stake of the employe is a living for himself and his family. “We are building the Panama canal; and this means that we are engaged in the giant engineering feat of all time. We are striving to add in all ways to the habitability and beauty of our country. We are striving to hold in the public lands the remaining supply of unappropriated coal, for the protection and benefit of all the people. We have taken the first steps toward the conservation of our natural resources, and the betterment of counour

, _ ... — waterways. We stand for the of every child to a childhood free from , grinding toil, and to an education; for the civic responsibility and decency of every citizen; for prudent fore-। sight in public matters, and for fair ! play in every relation of our national ( and economic life. In international ' matters we apply a system of diplo- I macy which puts the obligations of ' international morality on a level with those that govern the actions of an ’ honest gentleman in dealing with his fellow-men. Within our own border we stand for truth and honesty In public and in private life; and we war stern--1 ly against wrongdoers of every grade. All these efforts are integral parts of the same attempt, the attempt to ' enthrone justice and righteousness, to secure freedom of opportunity to all of our citizens, now and hereafter, and to set the ultimate interest of all of us above the temporary interest of any individual, class, or group. “The nation, its government, and its resources exist, first of all, for the American citizen, whatever his creed, I race, or birthplace, whether he be rich ! or poor, educated or ignorant, pro- ' vided only that he is a good citizen. ' recognizing his obligations to the na- i tion for the rights and opportunities which he owes to the nation. “The obligations, and not the rights, ' of citizenship Increase in proportion to I the increase of a man s wealth or | power. The time is coming when a man will be judged, not by what he j has succeeded in getting for himself from the common store, but by how j well he has done his duty as a citizen, and by what the ordinary citizen has gained In freedom of opportunity because of his service for the common good. The highest value we know is that of the individual citizen, and the highest justice is to give him fair play in the effort to realize the best there is in him. "The tasks this nation has to do are great tasks. They can only be done at all by our citizens acting together. and they can be done best of all by the direct and simple application of homely common sense. The application of common sense to common problems for the common good, under the guidance of the principles upon which this republic was based, and by virtue of which it exists, spells perpetuity for the nation, civil and industrial liberty for its citizens. and freedom of opportunity In the pursuit of happiness for the plain American, for whom this nation was founded, by whom It was preserved, and through whom alone it can be perpetuated. >- pra-T— w i.— iumQ. .-^a> . party differences, higher than class prejudice, broader than any question of profit and loss—there is room for

every American who realizes that the common good stands first.” Accompanying the* message are explanations and recommendations of work to be done for the future good of the country. The president says: “It is especially Important that the development of water power should be guarded with the utmost care both by the national government and by the states in order to protect the people against the upgrowth of monopoly and to insure to them a fair share in the benefits which will follow the development of this great asset which belongs to the people and should bo controlled by them. “I urge that provision be made for both protection and more rapid development of the national forests. Otherwise, either the increasing use of these forests by the people must be checked or their protection against fire must be dangerously weakened. If we ‘ compare the actual fire damage on sim- ; ilar areas on private and national for- I est lands during the past year, the government fire patrol saved conimer- I cial timber worth as much as the 1 total cost of caring for all national ’ forests at the present rate for about ten years. "I especially commend to congress the facts presented by the commission as to the relation between forests and stream flow in its bearing upon the importance of the forest lands in national ownership. Without an understanding of this ultimate relation the conservation of both these natural resources must largely fail. “The time has fully arrived for recognizing in the law the responsibility to the community, the state, and the nation which rests upon the private ownership of private lands. The ownership of forest land is a public trust. The man who would handle his forest as to cause erosion and to injure stream flow must be not only educated ; but he must be controlled.” In conclusion the president urges upon congress the desirability of maintaining a national commission on the conservation of the resources of the country. He adds: “I would also advise that an appropriation of at least $50,000 be made to cover the expenses of the national conservation commission for necessary rent, ance and traveling expenses. This t a a very small sum. I know of no other way in which the appropriation of so small a sum would result in so large a benefit to the whole nation.” write a complete report, detailing every possible feature of the discovery for historical preservation. The Investigator returned at nightfall, covered with clay, with clothing torn and skin, barked in countless places by falls of rocks. He sought out the chairman of the committee that employed him and silently delivered to him this statement: "Mileage in looking for dead Indian, S2O; reading story about dead Indian, $5; bruised! shins on the way to dead Indian, $lO, Report: There was no dead Indian.”— Macon (Mo.) Republican. One Hundred Years Ago. It has been some time announced that the new machine for traveling ! without horses, being impelled entire- i ly by steam, was matched to run 24 hours against any horse in the kingdom. This bet, so novel in the sporting world, will be decided on XX^ednesday and Thursday next. The machine is to start at two o’clock on Wednesday on its ground in the fields near Russell square to demonstrate the extent of Its speed and endurance. X z ery large sums are depending on the Issue. —From th® London Observer.

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W —~ > ; AAminim - RUTH . .aS DIVORCE SHE ALLEGES NON-SUPFORT AGAINST IHER HUSBAND. “Commoner’s” D augnter Begins Action for a Legal Separation from Williaii H. Leavitt. Lincoln, Neb. — Suit for divorce from her husband, William H. Leavitt, was til id here yesterday by Ruth Bryan Lenvitt, daughter of William J. Bryan. Her counsel at once withdrew the petition. i T. S. Allen, brother-in-law of Mr. Bryan, is the attorney for the plaintiff. Leavitt is now in Paris. The reason given in the petition is j alleged non-sujpport. To minimize publicity, the ) attorney exercised a । common privilege of taking back into ; his possession ; the documents in the case. The suit is not withdrawn. Leavitt, who is a prominent Ameri- ' can portrait artist, met Mi Ruth i Bryan for the first time in 1902. when he went to Fairview, the Bryan farm, to paint Mr. Bryan s portrait. The two fell in love, and in the face of firm opposition from Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, they were married. Mrs. Bryan refused to attend the ceremony, but Mr. Bryan gave away the bride with what good will he could muster. The date Gs the marriage was October 3. 1903. The two scon quarreled. Leavitt, an ifnpievident Bohemian, was unable to support his wife, and they lived in Denver for a time in absolute want. Two babies were born, and Leavitt, raising a litt* money, decided to go to Europe to study. It was sooi. after this that Mr. Bryan went to D«pver, found his daughter and aer children actually lacking food, and brought, back to his home. LA .-WEEK . N CABINET. R °b® . Will Succeed Him ns

State. Washington—Secretary Root, following his fiction as senator from New York bj the legislature of that state Wednesday, hopes to be able to attend to seme pressing matters in the state department and retire by the end of the week. After he gives up his work id Washington he will go to Hot Springs, Ark., for rest, but expects to retun to Washington in time for the inaugCation. Upon the secretary’s relinqu jhment of his office, it has been aiiounced semi-officially, Robert Bacon.’tow assistant secretary, will be named for secretary of state’ and he in turn will be succeeded as assistant secreV.-y by John C. O’Laughlin of this cikl Stockmen’s Conspiracy Revealed. Belle Fourcle, S. D.—From confessions alleged b have been secured from the leadis, following the arrest of nine prom^ent stockmen in Crook county, Wyorpg, a great sensation is expected to reiult. The men under arrest are Ike, Indy and Sam McKean, D. W. Mosbarer, George Martin. Stanley Baugh, J C. Hulholland, Terry Zimmerschiedlnd A. O. Squiers. It is alleged that |ey are members of a secret band d stockmen organized and operate - 1 41ely to drive out the Guthrie StcMP?ompany. Must Pay ^ty on Foreign Coin. New York.-^h,at an importer must pay a penally t-. the shape of 45 per cent, duty on oin currency of a foreign country rought to the United States Wile unique principle established decision of the board of Unite s general appraisers, rerdere sday. In its decision the the collector in as^ij^ - consignment of Japanes currency imported by a local fir the New York branch of the Y>. ia specie bank. Hy Quell a Panic. St. Lou Many women fainted Sunday n during a panic in the 1 Coliseum, ich held 14.000 persons I'stening t gipsy Smith, an evangelist. 1 The excitefent was subdued by the 1 choir of 110 voices singing hymns. ; The paniejas started by the ringing ’ of a gon Jti the electric light com- ’ pany’s trJie wagon. Bub<|- Plague in Caracas. Willem^, Island of Caracao.— i Four cas* of bubonic plague are re- 1 ported a .racas, t W Morgan jys Washington’s Sword. Baltim , Md. —J. Pierpont Morgan of N York has purchased from 1 Miss Vir; ia Tayler Wise of this city c the swwworn by Gen. George Wash- t ington Wn he resigned his commis- t sion asmmmander-in-chief of the I Americairmy in Annapolis in 1783. 'J Mr. Mots will in due time, it is un- 1 derstoo< present the relic to the a Mount *non association. An idea I of its rb may be gleaned from the h fact th^ome years ago the United v States .ate passed a bill appropriate Ing fur its purchase. p

Z NAVAL BILL PASSES THE HOUSE. Aggregate Amount Provided in Mea»r ure Is $135,000,000. M ashington.—Exactly as reported by committee, the naval program for the fiscal year 1910 was adopted Friday by the house of representatives, and the naval appropriation bill was passed. The opponents of the navy increase feature of the bill found themselves in a hopeless minority. The only vital alteration made in the measure was the striking out of the provision restoring marines to naval vessels. Lhe aggregate amount appropriated by the bill is $135,000,000. ( As has been the case in the past, , the increase in the naval estimate ' gave rise to extended and heated de- ( bate, in which members were afforded , an opportunity to air their views of the Japanese question. The peace advocates were much in evidence in opposition to such increase, while the adherents of the proposition were alive at all times to every move made to cut down the number of vessels authorized. 160 DIE IN FLOODED MINE. Disaster in the Transvaal Caused by Heavy Rains. Johannesburg.—One hundred and seventy-three persons are known tc have lost their lives Friday as a result of the floods which are general throughout the Transvaal colony and northern Natal. By the bursting of Knights dam, the Witwatersrand gold mine in the southwestern part of the Transvaal was flooded and ten white men and 150 natives were drowned. The water from this dam also flooded the lower section of the town of Elsburg. where a number of houses were swept away .and 13 persons perished.

INFIRMARY INMATES BURNED. Fifteen Aged Men Injured in Fire at Canfieid, O. Canfield, O.—Fire of unknown origin Thursday afternoon destroyed the men’s building of the Mahoning county infirmary here and 15 of the aged inmates received burns more or less serious. The men were endeavoring to check the fire at the foot of a stairway when a shift in the wind suddenly drove a sheet of flame down upon them. They crawled to safety, and were taken to the infirmary hospital. The fire loss will be $30,000. Tragedy at Galva, 111. Galva. 111.—Alvin Boline, aged 26, of Ottawa.lll., after an ineffectual attempt to effect a reconciliation with his wife, t Obina, from whom he had been parted for some time, entered the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. John Swanson, " here his wife resided, here Thursday night, shot his wife through the shouldei, fatally injured Mrs. Swanson, and then shot himself, dying instantly. The wife will live. Shortage of SI3.CCO Found. Kansas City, Mo.—A shortage of $13,000 in the city auditor’s office was disclosed Wednesday following the installation of a new system of accounting. X ernon H. Green, the auditor, says the shortage may be due to clerical errors, but more probably is the result of systematic stealing by clerks extending through an indefinite period of years. No formal charges have been made. Leiter Under Surgeon’s Knife. Chicago. Joseph Leiter, millionaire mine owner, former grain king, a ben- i edict of a few months, was operated on for appendicitis Friday at Augustana hospital. Stage Children Organize. New York.—Two hundred stage children met here Sunday to effect a permanent organization, to be known as the Society of Stage Children, for । the purpose of protecting themselves against what they consider unjust leg- 1 islation and to promote their mutual i interests. Milwaukee Banker Dead. Milwaukee. —John J. Murphy, vice- ' president of the Milwaukee National ( bank, died Sunday after an illness of ’ about a year. He was 59 years of age. * Fixing Up Toga for Bryan. Lincoln, Neb. —The Nebraska house Friday approved the report of the 1 committee of the whole recommending ' the passage of the Humphreys bill for the election of senators by the Oregon plan. This bill will pass both houses. 1 The bill is intended to give W. J. Bryan a chance to be elected senator, as Democratic leaders believe that a preference would be expressed for J him, although the next legislature c which, under the present law, wouk r elect a senator, is expected to be Re t publican. ‘ 1

HEROES LANDED CAPTAIN, MATE AND WIRELESS MAN OF THE REPUBLIC. FLORIDA ALSO IN PORT Frenzied Cheers and Tears of Thankfulness Greet the Survivors of the Remarkable Ocean Drama. New York.—Less” than 72 hours ' after the crash between the ocean liners Republic and Florida off the I Nantucket Shoals, which eventually | sent the one to the bottom and reI duced the other to a state of staggeri ing helplessness, the survivors of this i thrilling deep sea tragedy found a haven. At nightfall Monday 1.650 passengers from the two vessels were safe in this port, brought here by the i Baltic. At nine o’clock the derelict destroyer Seneca, aboard of which were Capt. Sealby and his volunteer crew, who stood by the Republic till she sank, arrived in the harbor. With Capt. Sealby were Second Mate - Williams, who refused to leave his

*v.o latter ordered the . Captain w uvn volunteer crew to the cutter Gresham, ► and “Jack” Binns, the Republic’s wireless opera r, who stayed heroically at his post when the collision came and 1 summoned aid from far and near r through his electrical signals sent into i- the air. • At her dock in Brooklyn was the s battered Florida, aboard which her crew had remained throughout her s trying experience. i As the stirring story of what oc--1 curred when the steamers crashed to--3 gether in the fog and mist and the dramatic incidents which followed ap--3 proached completeness, it began to be 3 apparent that the three days witnessed what is, beyond question, the most ret markable series of happenings in the > history of modern navigation. Sixteen hundred and fifty persons, I passengers on the Republic and Flori- ; da, whose lives were in jeopardy for hours while the call of the wireless was gradually bringing aid nearer and , nearer to them, reached New York on the steamer Baltic. No argosy of the . olden days bringing golden treasure home was ever more heartily welcomed. Frenzied cheers from the thousands at the pier when she docked greeted her arrival, tears of thankfulness were shed, affectionate greetings were exchanged, and only here and there did a note of sadness intrude itself upon the scene. DEPUTIES KILL NEGROES. Bloody Battle with Three Brothers Near Payson, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Three negroes, brothers, named McLaughlin, barricaded in a farm house, resisted the attempt of three deputy sheriffs to arrest them near Payson, and as a result one of the negroes was kiled, another shot so that he died Monday, and the third fatally wounded. One of the deputies, Thomas Dunn or Chandle'-, was shot in the arm. A | bullet grazed a deputy from Prague. The third officer, William Kays of Sparks, escaped unhurt. BRISTOW ELECTED TO SENATE. Chosen by the Kansas Legislature in Joint Session. Topeka. Kan.—At noon Monday both houses of the Kansas legislature met in joint session and elected J. B. Bristow of Salina United States senator to succeed Chester I. Long for a six years’ term, beginning March 4 next. Bristow was the nominee of the Republicans at the first state-wide primary in Kansas last August. The Democrats voted for Hugh Farrelly of Chanute. CARRIE NATION IS EGGED. London Crowd Drives Her from a Lecture Hall. London.—Mrs. Carrie Nation, who is attempting to deliver a series of lectures here, met with a very hostile reception at the Canterbury Music hall Monday night. She was pelted with eggs, one of them striking her in the face. From the very beginning the audience maintained a chorus of boos and hisses. Mrs. Nation was obliged to quit the house under police protection. Gas Explosion Wrecks a Hotel. Columbus, Neb.—An explosion of gas in the basement of the Thurston hotel Monday evening badly wrecked the building and seriously injured J. L. Hunter, the cook, and Mrs. Hunter, his assistant, the woman so badly she may not recover. James O’Brien, who was in the basement, was blown out of the room, but not seriously hurt. Fifteen traveling men in the diningroom escaped wjrh minr'*' Windows of a building across the street were shattered. The rear part of the hotel was torn to pieces. Youth Confesses to Murder. Mason City, la.—W. L. Winter, aged 19. wanted at Union. la., for the mur- 1 der of Leonard Trimble, and who was 1 captured Sunday by Sheriff Welsh of Eldorado, has confessed to the mur- 1 der. He said the crime was due to reading of dime novels. i < C. P. to Electrify Its System. Winnipeg. Man. —The announce- ’ ment was made here Monday that the ' Canadian Pacific railway will electrify its whole system through the moun- 1 tains of the west. ’ Paris Linotypers on Strike. Paris.—A’l the linotypers on the ’ Paris re -a - • ■ day night for an increase in wages. The publishers were expecting the 1 strike and had made arrana ments to print th<ur papers by han i. Nevada Bank Law Upheld. Carson, Nev. -Thi supreme court Monday upheld the constitutionality of the state banking law in a decision c remanding T. B. Rickey, president of . the defunct state bank, for trial. $ Rickev is now in California. P

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