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Willmar Tribune.
BT THE TRIBUNS PBHTTIKO CO.
WILLMAR. MINN.
OF A WEEK
Record of the Most
Important Events
Condensed for the
Perusal of the Busy
Man.
POLITICAL.
William H. Taft delivered several
speeches in Lincoln, Neb., and Wil
liam J. Bryan wound up a three weeks'
tour with a big meeting at Creston,
la.
President Roosevelt and William J.
Bijan engaged in a warm exchange
of statements as to the administra
tion's sincerity and success in prose
cuting law-breaking trusts and the
justice or injustice of the accusations
against Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma.
The Indiana legislature in special
session passed a county local option
bill.
Charles N. Haskell, governor of
Oklahoma, has resigned the treasurer
ship of the Democratic national com
mittee. He announced his retirement
from active participation in the
Bryan campaign at Chicago and in his
message to Chairman Mack intimated
that he would prosecute President
Roosevelt and others "who had ac
cused him.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub
lican national committee announced
that Gen. T. Coleman DuPont of Dela
ware, head of the bureau of campaign
speakers of the national committee,
had resigned as head of that bureau
and also as a member of the executive
committee of the national committee
and that his lesignation had been ac
cepted.
PERSONAL.
Yancej Caiter, the Independence
paitj's candidate for governor of
Georgia, was indicted for carrying
concealed weapons.
Sir Geoige Tmscott was elected
loid major of London.
Joseph Stew ait of Missomi, superin
tendent of the division of railway ad
justment in the post office depaitment,
was apicinted second assistant post
mastei goucial, succeeding James T.
McCleai^ of Minnesota, who lesigned.
Caleb Powcis, the Kentuckian who
spent eight jeais in a penitentiary
In connection with the Goebel assassi
nation case before being paidoned by
Gov. Willson, was baptized in the Bap
tist chinch at Jellico, Tenn.
Dr. J. A S Giossland, formeily
United States minister to Liberia and
a nemo political lcadei of national
piominence, was placed under arrest
at St Joseph, Mo, on a charge of
grand laicenj.
Theodoie Roose\elt, Tr, has began
woik in the Haitfoul Caipet woiks at
Thomp'-OiiMlle, Conn
Taj Hempstead of AiKansas will be
crowned poet laureate of masomj in
Meduiub Temple, Chicago, October 5.
GENERAL NEWS.
The castaways from the British
fittamei Aeon, who spent noaily two
months on Chnstmas island, arnved
at Suva, FIJI, on the steamei Manuka,
all well and met eased bj one in num
ber A daughter was boin to the wife
of Chaplain 13 Patiick, S N, 24
bonis before the Manuka was sighted.
Di Robei Koch stiri ed up a re
new al ot the old discussion on the
sources ot pulmonaiy tubeiculosls in
the congiess on tubeiculo&is at Wash
ington, when he lepeated his opinion,
stated in 1901 in London, that "human
beings maj be infected by bovine tu
beide bacilli, but seiious diseases
from this cause occur \eiy laiely."
Robbers dvnamited the sate of a
bank in Cogswell, N. D, but fled with
out getting any plunder.
Lazaie Weiller, a prominent Fiench
financier and aeroplane promoter,
announced that he had ordered the
constitution of 50 aeroplanes on the
Wnght model
The legislative inquiiy into the
bnbeij ohaiges made against Gov.
Hanly and Senator Wickwne of Indi
ana by Repiesentative Knisely ended
in a complete vindication for the gov
ernor, a finding that Knisely would
not have accepted a bribe if tendered,
and the making of a scapegoat of
Wmkwne by the house
The Atlantic battleship fleet passed
Zamboanga, where it was greeted by
Oen Bliss and swarms of natives.
The American battleships Alabama
and Maine ailived at Gibraltar.
Secretary Cortelyou opened the In
ternational Congress on Tuberculosis
In Washington, a great assemblage of
notable men from all civilized nations
being piesent.
The International Fishery congress
decided to meet in Rome, Italy, in
1911.
Opposition to the guaranty of bank
deposits was declared by the trust
company section of the American
Bankeis' association at Denver, Col.
Cold weather and snow were gen
eral throughout the west and north,
and in the east the long drought was
broken by heavy lains.
Union labor officials went to Mon
treal to attempt to end the Canadian
Pacific machinists' stiike.
At Poitland, Ore., 50 store and shop
keepers, representing practically every
business excepting saloons, were
placed tinder ai rest in an effort to put
into effect an old Sunday blue law.
Tom Cockrill, the notorious Ken
tucky feudist, was killed by a tiain in
Louisville.
Jams W. Paul, banker and financier
of the firm of Drexel & Co., Philadel
phia J. Moigan & Co. New York,
and Moigan, Haij- Company of
Paris, died at Hof Spiings, Va.
A Turkish steamship ran down the
steam ferry boat Stambul outside the
harbor of Smyrna. One hundred and
forty persons were drowned.
Rev. F. M. Hill and his bride of a
few days were drowned near Chaplin,
Ky.
The annual convention of the
League of American Municipalities be
gan its sessions in Omaha, Neb., with
large attendance.
Christopher Crezise, treasurer of
Gilpin county, Col., killed the daugh
ter of his landlady and committed
suicide.
The business section of Michel, B.
C, was almost wholly destroyed by
fire.
Mrs. George Cook and Mrs. Kate
Floyd, sisters, were burned to death in
a farmhouse near St. George, Me.
Manufacturers of railroad material,
representing hundreds of millions of
dollars in capital, met at the Waldorf*
Astoria hotel, New York, to form an
organization to combat the attacks on
railroads from legislative aud other
sources.
The United States steamer Tarlack
was caught in a gale and driven
ashore on Borongan island, one of the
Samoan group. It is thought the ves
sel will be a total loss.
How the Standard Oil's correspond
ence with Foraker, McLaurin and
others came into the possession of Mr.
Hearst was explained in a statement^
made by John D. Archbold, vice-presi
dent of the big corporation. He as
serts they were stolen by a former
employe of the company.
The National Irrigation congress
opened at Albuquerque, N. M., and at
tracted a large and enthusiastic crowd
to the convention hall.
Chailes Edward Davis was bound
over to the district court at Omaha to
answer the charge of murder In the
first degree for the killing of Dr.
Frederick Rustin.
Ninety-three heroes who within the
last year have saved the lives of
drowning persons in the waters around
New York were presented with medals
or certificates of honor by the United
States Volunteer Life-Saving corps.
Miss Katherine Hord, member of a
prominent family, was almost instant
ly killed Robert Payne, a young so
ciety man, was crippled, and four
other persons were severely bruised
when an automobile collided with a
street car in Louisville, Ky.
Twelve Ohio counties voted under
the Rose law and all went "dry" by
majorities ranging from a few hun
dred to more than 2,000. The number
of saloons affected is 289.
The Wisconsin supreme court de
clared unconstitutional the eight-hour
railroad telegraphers' law, which was
enacted at the 1907 session of the leg
islature.
The tourist steam yacht Argonaut,
from London for Lisbon, was sunk
near Dover by collision with a steam
er. Her passengers and ciew, 250 in
number, were saved.
The police of Budapest arrested two
anarchists suspecting of plotting to
assassinate King Alfonso of Spain
Lord Rossljn "went broke" in the,
test of his loulette system against
Sir Hiram Maxim, losing $50,000 inj
"dummy" money.
Thousands of native houses have
been washed away and there has been,
a heavy loss of life in the Hyderabad,
and Deccan districts of India as a re]
suit of the floods which followed an,
unprecedented rainfall.
At Dusseldoif, Rhenish Prussia,
Capt. Von Abercion and Lieut. Von
Goltzheim, well-known aeronauts, had
a miiaculous escape from death duiing
the couise of an ascent in a spheiical
balloon When they were 6,000 feet in
air the gas bag burst, but after a fall
of 2,000 feet the envelope spread out
like a parachute and the balloon came
down gradually.
While plajmg with the scrub team
against the Yale 'varsity football
team, Lewis Baker Wairen of New
Yoik, a member of the class of 1910,
Sheffield Scientific school, was kicked
on the head and rendered unconscious.
Drunken men who had been to a
"blind tiger" near Anthras, Tenn.,
fired into a ciowd of church-goers,
killing three men and fatally wound
ing the pastor.
Illinois Central's fast Diamond Spe
cial, south-bound, ran into an open
switch at Divernon, 20 miles south of
Springfield, and was ditched. A little
girl near the tracks was killed by
fragments and the engineer and fire
man were injured.
In the presence of a crowd of women
shoppers at the Fourteenth street sta
tion of the Sixth avenue elevated rail
road, New York, a well-dressed woman
of 26 threw herself in front of a mov
ing train and was so terribly injured
that she died a few moments later.
The Prussian Academy of Science,
an association of eminent men under
the patronage of the government, has
inherited the sum of $7,500,000 from a
banker named Sampson. The money
is to be expended for scientific pur
poses.
Fire in Fond du Lac, Wis., destroyed
several churches, seven dwellings and
other buildings, the loss being $250,
000.
At West Union, la., Walter Whit
beck was convicted of murder in the
first degree for the killing of his fa
ther, Arlow Whitbeck.
OBITUARY.
Travus Ross, who has been the mes
senger for 17 postmasters general,
from D. M. Key to George von L.
Meyer, died at the age of 60 years.
Rev. Alexander Leclaire, 98 years
old, who for 75 years was a member
of the Masonic fraterpity and was pos
sibly the oldest member of any secret
order, in the United States, is dead at
Lynden, Wash.
John McClurg, president of the Cos
mopolitan National bank of Pittsburg,
Pa., died at his home.
John Henry Neville, vice-president
of the Kentucky State university, and
one of the leading educators of the
south for half a century, died sudden
ly at Lexington.
Joseph Wheelock, a well-known
actor, died of heart disease at High
lands, N. J.
Dr. J. B. McGaudhey, 66 years old,
one of the most prominent physicians
of Winona, Minn., was found dead in
the yard of his home.
John Hanker of Des Moines, la.,
for many years secretary and treas
urer of the United Commercial Trav
elers of America, died in Kansas City.
Gov. Haskell formally announced,
both in his letter and in a subsequent
interview, that he would treat his ac
cusers, including President Roosevelt,
as private citizens and would subject
them to the penalties of the law.
It was gathered from his general
statement that he intended to insti
tute suits for libel against both Mr.
Hearst and the president. He
charged that Hearst, President Roose
velt and three Wall street brokers
were behind the attack on him.
Chairman Mack, with the approval
of Mr. Bryan, appointed Herman Rid
der of the New York Staats Zeitung
to succeed Gov. Haskell.
Haskell's Letter of Resignation.
Gov. Haskell's letter of resignation
follows:
Hon. Norman B. Mack. Chairman Dem
ocratic National Committee, New York
City—My Dear Sir In pursuance of In
formation as to your date lor return here,
when I went home before, I assumed I
would find you here upon my return to
day. I now learn that you will be de
tained in the east until Tuesday, and as
I must be home on Monday I leave to
morrow.
Since the president and his cabinet have
Joined forces with Mr. Hearst and three
Wall street brokers to make a peisonal
fight against me, notwithstanding the
president in his answer to Mr. Bryan
abandoned his charge about Ohio Stand
ard Oil cases, yet by all the means at the
command of the government and the
millions of Hearst and his Wall street
allies, they nersist MCIOUS. unwar
ranted, and untruthful attack on me
Personally, I welcome their attack, and
shall meet it with all the vigor at my
command, I shall treat them all as pri
vate citizens and subject to the penalties
of the law which they meiit.
In this I know I shall have the aid
of my neighbors at home for all proper
purposes, but my time must be free from
other demands heie. Again, my heart is
full of hope for the election of Bryan and
Kem. Honest go\ eminent and rule by
thp people is at stake.
Important beyond any battle at the
polls in the last generation is the pend
ing contest.
I would not for one moment consider
remaining in any way connected with
the committee, therefore hereby tender
m\ resignation as treasurer of the Dem
ocratic national committee, that not the
Slightest contest of my own could in any
way be used by the president to cloud
the skv and shield our opponents from
discussing the real issues and laing bare
the Republican duplicity to the people.
HASKELL GETS OUT
MA SUE PRESIDENT)
Democratic National Treasurer Re
signs Because of Charges—Lively
Controversy Engaged in by Gov
ernor of Oklahoma, Wiiiiam J.
Bryan and Mr. Roosevelt.
Chicago.—Charles N. Haskell of
Oklahoma resigned as treasurer of the
Democratic national committee short
ly after midnight Friday night follow
ing a protracted conference with
Judge Wade of Iowa and Josephus
Daniels, director of the Democratic
publicity bureau.
In his letter of resignation, which
was addressed to Chairman Norman
E. Mack of the national committee.
Gov. Haskell denied the charges made
against him by William Randolph
Hearst and President Roosevelt. He
said he resigned in order that nothing
should be permitted to cloud the real
issues in the campaign and because he
desired Mr. Bryan's election.
May Sue Roosevelt.
Sincerely vouis,
CHARLES N HASKELL.
Bryan Reproves President.
Detroit, Mich.—The remarkable
spectacle of a presidential candidate
rebuking the chief executive of the na
tion for making statements deemed to
be unjustified, was witnessed here
when William J. Bryan in a letter to
President Roosevelt defended Gov.
Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer of the
Democratic national committee,
against the charge that he had unlaw
ful connections with the Standard Oil
Company. Mr. Bryan serves notice on
the president, that as. the candidate of
the Democratic party "I shall not per
mit any responsible member of the Re
publican organization to misrepresent
the Democratic party in the present
campaign."
The letter concludes with the state
ment that the Democratic party is
making "an honest and honorable"
fight in defense of its principles and
policies, and expects and will demand
honorable treatment from those who
are in charge of the Republican cam
paign."
Roosevelt's Hot Reply.
Washington.—President Roosevelt,
following upon a prolonged conference
with members of the cabinet at the
White House, prepared and gave out
his reply to William J. Bryan, the
Democratic candidate, relative to W.
R. Hearst's charges that Gov. Haskell,
treasurer of the Democratic campaign
committee, had represented Standard
Oil interests both in Ohio and Okla
homa.
Mr. Bryan had demanded proof of
the charges, promising that in the
event of their substantiation Gov. Has
kell would be eliminated from the
campaign.
Dismissing the Ohio case, which in
volved an allegation of attempted
bribery, with the explanation that he
had made no direct charge against
Gov. Haskell as regards that particu
lar instance, President Roosevelt takes
un the matter of tne Prairie State Oil
& Gas Company, and argues that
Gov. Haskell's action In stopping legal
proceedings begun by the attorney
general of Oklahoma demonstrates
conclusively that he was controlled
by the great corporation to which the
Oklahoma company was subsidiary.
Snakes in Mississippi.
Numerous cases of snakebite have
been reported by the weekly state pa
pers during the summer, and there is
every reason to believe that the crop
of reptiles has been the largest seen
here in many years. The manager of
one of the big plantations in Coahoma
county, who has been clearing up new
ground at every spare moment, states
that he has killed more than 700
snakes since the plowing season be
gan, several of them rattlers, cotton
mouths and moccasins. Jackson
(Miss.) Clarion-Leader.
After contrasting Mr. Bryan's de
fense of Gov. Haskell with Judge
Taft's repudiation of Foraker in con
nection with the Hearst charges
against the Ohio senator, the president
proceeds to declare that Gov. Has
kell's "utter unfitness tor association
with any man anxious to appeal to
the American people on a moral issue,
has been abundantly shown by other
acts of his as governor of Oklahoma."
The president condemns Gov. Has
kell's conduct in connection with vari
ous matters as disgraceful and scan
dalous, and calls special attention to
what he describes as "prostituting to
base purposes the state university."
Bryan to Roosevelt.
Milwaukee.—Defending Gov. Has
kell against the charges which
have been brought against him "until
the charges can be examined in some
court where partisanship does not
bias," William Jennings Bryan, Demo
cratic candidate for president, on his
.way from Madison to this city, gave
out for publication his reply to Presi
dent Roosevelt's recent letter, in re
sponse to his telegram on the subject.
Mr. Brj an speaks of the election of
Mr. Haskell as governor of Oklahoma,
and says that "the constitution was
adopted and Gov. Haskell was elected
in spite of the efforts of your admin
istration and in spite of the speeches
made in Oklahoma by Mr. Taft."
Mr. Bryan charges, among other
things, that the steel trust "with your
express consent" purchased one of its
Charles N. Haskell.
largest rivals and thus obtained con
trol of more than 50 per cent, of the
total output. He asked the president
it he will insist that "in permitting
this you showed less favor to the
monopolistic corpoiations than I do in
opposing it."
President Hits Back at Bryan.
Washington —President Roose\elt
gave out a statement Sunday night
that severely scores William J. Bryan
and the Democratic party. It was
called forth by the criticism of the
president, Mr. Taft, and the Republic
an paitj's platform by Mr. Bryan.
In answering Mr. Biyan's claim that
the Democratic party will pursue the
anti-trust prosecutions more vigor
ously, Mr. Roosevelt asks a compari
son of what the two parties have done
when in power, pointing out that the
last Democratic administration, that
it. which Mr. Olney was attorney gen
eral, instituted but four such cases,
tv/o of which failed and a third of
wMch was decided by Mr. Taft in
favor of the government.
In comparison to this is the record
of the present administration with its
mass of anti-trust and rebatq cases,
the vast majority of the decisions be
ing convictions.
Haskell Ungently Handled.
The last part of the statement is
given over to a denunciation of the
polUical life of Gov. Haskell and the
manner in which Mr Bryan accepted
the Oklahoman's service and defended
him, even after the accusations against
him became public. Mr. Roosevelt
mentions many of the shortcomings of
which he says Haskell is guilty and
declaies there are many others not
enumerated.
Those specifially mentioned are:
That Haskell, as governor of Ok
lahoma, gave illegal privileges to
the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, a sub
sidiary of the Standard Oil trust.
That he secured title to town lots
in Muskogee, Okla., by fraud, drawing
them by the use of a "dummy." Has
kell now is under indictment on
the charge, he says.
That Haskell offered a fee of $500
to an Arkansas lawyer if the latter
would lobby in the Muskogee council
for the passage of a certain franchise
and then refused payment, although
the franchise was secured.
That Haskell dodged payment of a
judgment by a New York court for
$42,235, and that a sheriff's execution
failed to recover but $29.80 of this
amount.
That Haskell was a member of the
Citizens' Alliance, a body formed to
Drove Ball Across Zambesi Falls.
When the British association paid
its visit to South Africa three or four
years ago the eminent seismologist,
Prof. John Milne and the celebrated
Cambridge pathologist, Prof. Sims
Woodhead, took clubs and balls to the
Victoria Falls on the Zambesi river,
and there the man of earthquakes es
tablished a noble record by being the
first to drive the ball across
the falls, representing a very ex
cellent carry of 160 yards.—Lon
don Standard.
fight the union, workers and prevent
.the formation of any defensive body of
laboring men.
Foraker's Hot Reply.
Cincinnati.—Senator Foraker pre
pared a statement which was made
public Friday, replying to the recent
charges made by William R. Hearst
and President Roosevelt. In addition
he bitterly assails Hearst, Taft and
the president, charging Taft with con
sorting with Standard Oil magnates
himself and declaring that President
Roosevelt's actions Indicate a guilty
conscience. In the opening para
graph Mr. Foraker declared that the
president showed bias in accepting as
true all the charges. He denied that
he acted improperly in accepting em
ployment from the Standard Oil Com
pany, said that there was no secret
about it and produced letters to prove
that after the government began its
attack upon the Standard Oil, he de
clined to accept a retainer from them.
He charged that Mr. Hearst had other
letters in addition to those which he
gave out, and that these other let
ters, if made public at the same time,
would have shown how harmless was
his connection with the Standard peo
ple.
Taft Answers Foraker.
Albert Lea, Minn.—William H.
Taft issued a statement in denial of
certain allegations made by Senator
Foraker in his statement. The Repub
lican candidate does not touch on the
general defense put up by the Ohio
senator, but confines himself entirely
to that part of the address which di
rectly concerns himself.
There are two of these charges and
they were denied in vigorous language.
Both of them were meant to show Mr.
Taft at least was in sympathy with the
Standard Oil crowd.
The Judge Doyle Incident.
As"to the first, Mr. Taft says:
"Senator Foraker says I recommend
ed Judge Doyle for a United States
judgeship in northern Ohio and the
president acquiesced in the recommen
dation when we knew that he was at
torney for the Standard Oil Company,
and argues that this is a justification
for him, while a senator of the United
States, in accepting professional em
ployment from the Standard Oil Com
pany and in making what was in effect
a newspaper partnership with the
Standard Oil Company to control an
organ of public opinion.
"Judge Doyle held no public office
and numbered the Standard Oil Com
pany as one among a number of cli
ents. I told the president Judge Doyle
was a man of high character and a
lawyer of great ability and experience
and would make a good judge, but ex
plained what his corporate profession
al connection had been, and the presi
dent, as between Doyle and Taylor,
also an able man, preferred Taylor and
appointed him, not, as I recollect it,
for any reason discreditable to Doyle,
but because Doyle's many corporate
professional associations would make
him less acceptable to the public and
interfere with his usefulness as a
judge."
Senator Foraker's second charge,
that Mr. Taft accepted favors from a
partner of Judge Doyle and a "mag
nate in the glass trust" while at Mid
dle Bass island, Mr. Taft characterizes
as ridiculous. He says he was the
guest of the Middle Bass club, as Pres
idents Harrison, McKinley and Cleve
land had been.
Hearst Hits Foraker.
Columbus, O.—Senator J. B. For
aker of Ohio was openly charged here
by W. R. Hearst with being an agent
of the Standard Oil Company. Mr.
Hearst said that after the oil octopus
had been driven from the Republican
party by President Roosevelt the
Democratic party had welcomed the
Standard with open arm& and adopted
it.
Mr. Hearst read a series of letters
from John D. Archbold, the Standard
Oil man, to Senator Foraker. In these
communications Archbold gave in
structions to the senator in regard to
what should be done in pending legis
lative matters, partfcularly as to bills
affecting corporations, and in two of
the letters referred to isclosures of
certificates of deposit, one for $15,
000 and another for $14,500.
Further Charges by Hearst.
St. Louis.—William Randolph
Hearst went after Senator J. B. For
aker here stronger than in his Colum
bus speech.
Mr. Hearst first read a letter in
which it was said that a certificate
of deposit for $50,000 was inclosed.
The letter purported to have been
sent to Mr. Foraker and to have been
signed by John D. Archbold.
Following this, Mr. Hearst read an
other letter said to have been signed
by Mr. Archbold, in which the Stand
ard Oil man suggested to Mr. Foraker
action regarding a bill introduced in
the United States senate by the late
Senator Jones of Arkansas.
Gen. DuPont Resigns.
New York.—Following many rumors
on the subject which were afloat here
and in Washington, Chairman Hitch
cock of the Republican national com
mittee Friday night announced that
Gen. T. Coleman DuPont of Delaware,
head of the bureau of campaign speak
ers of the national committee, had re
signed as head of that bureau and also
as a member of the executive commit
tee of the national committee and that
his resignation had been accepted.
Dog Brought His Friend.
An English lady, who had been from
home some time, was recently greeted
on her return by the old sheep dog
with great delight. So pleased was
the animal that he at once went off
to a farm seven miles away to sum
mon another dog—an old chum—to
come and see his old mistress. This
dog was blind, and, after the introduc
tion, was taken back safely by its car
nine friend.
Chinese Trade Worth Having.
China is very particular that the
quality of the foreign goods it buys
shall be fully up to sample, but pays
very promptly for what it does buy.
A Chinese merchant's word is as good
as his bond.
Awful State.
"Here—I saw you going into a
saloon to-&y."
"Y-yes. I went in to get a cigar."
"Gee! Ida didn't look that drunk!"
—Cleveland Leader,
TWO STATES I I I
BfER HARRYTHHW
PENNSYLVANIA TRIES TO TAKE
HIM FROM NEW YORK
AUTHORITIES.
SHERIFF REFUSES TO
COMPLY WITH WRIT
Acting on Attorney General's Advice,
White Plains Official Holds Al
leged Insane Man in Custody-
Evelyn Barred from Husband's Cell.
White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 2.—A writ
of habeas corpus signed by R. W.
Archibald, judge of the district court
of the United States for the Western
district of Pennsylvania and command
ing Sheriff Lane of Westchester coun
ty, "forthwith to produce the body of
Harry K. Thaw in Pittsburg," was
served on the sheriff Thursday. After
reading the writ, Sheriff Lane for
mally notified the deputy who served
the paper that he would refuse to obey
the order and would not take Thaw to
Pittsburg.
In explanation of his refusal to com
ply with the order of Judge Archibald,
Sheriff Lane said he was acting on
advice of counsel who had advised him
that he cannot let Thaw out of the
jurisdiction of the supreme court of
this state.
The writ specifies that the pres
ence of Thaw is demanded in the
Pittsburg court so that he may testi
fy in the bankruptcy proceedings now
pending in that court.
State Takes Action.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 2.—Attorney
General Jackson Thursday advised
Sheriff Charles M. Lane of White
Plains not to comply, at least for the
present, with the writs issued by the
court of Pennsylvania to produce Har
ry K. Thaw in Pittsburg forthwith.
The attorney general has designated
Col. Asa Bird Gardner of New York,
former district attorney of New York,
as a deputy attorney general to rep
resent the state on the return of the
writs before the federal court.
The attorney general acted after he
had received a telegram from Sheriff
Lane, stating he had been served with
writs ordering him to produce Thaw
in Pittsburg. The sheriff asked for
advice as to the course he should
follow.
It was stated at the attorney gen
eral's office that Col. Gardiner will
contend before the federal court on
the return of the writs, that there is
no warrant in law, in the bankruptcy
proceedings instituted, for the produc
tion of an incompetent peison such
as Thaw.
Refuse Mrs. Thaw Admission.
White Plains, N. Y, Oct. 2.—Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry
K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White,
was refused admission to the White
Plains jail when she called there to
visit her husband. Mrs. Thaw, who
drove to White Plains from New
York in an automobile, was met at the
jail entrance by Keeper John Hill.
"I am sorry, but you cannot be ad
mitted to the jail," he informed her.
"Sheriff Lane has issued strict orders
that Hariy Thaw is to receive no visi
tors, and he will not be permitted to
give out any statements while he is a
prisoner here."
Mrs. Thaw, apparently greatly dis
appointed, returned to her automobile
and started for New York.
W. J. BRYAN MARRIED 24 YEARS.
Candidate Celebrates Wedding Anni
versary on Return Home.
Lincoln, Neb, Oct. 2.—W. J. Bryan
arrived in Lincoln Thursdav after cam
paigning nearly a month in the east,
the middle west and the northwest
A number of fiiends were at the sta
tion to greet him. Mr. Bryan an
nounced that there probably would be
little in the way of news from Fair
view to-day. It being the twenty-fourth
anniversary of his marriage, he pro
posed to give over much of his tinte
to a celebration of the event. All the
members of the family are here and
will join with him in receiving the con
gratulations of neighbors and friends.
While absent from Fairview the Demo
cratic candidate traveled over 7,000
miles and delivered more than 200
speeches. He drew immense crowds
everywhere. He returned to his home
city much encouraged over the out
look.
Grewsome Crime Charged.
Mount Carmel, 111., Oct. 2.—Mrs. L.
Lucas and her son Jesse were ariest
ed here for the murder of Clyde
Showalter, whose body was found in
the Patoka river two years ago. They
were arrested on evidence furnished
by an inmate at the reformatory at
Pontiac, who says that the murderers
beat Showalter to death with a club,
robbed him, and then sunk the body.
Escaped Lion Killed.
New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 2.—A
full-grown African lion escaped from
the winter quarters of Leon Wash
burn's circus, located between this
city and Bound Brook, and after hav
ing been hunted by keepers all night,
was shot and killed by Edward Radel
Thursday. Before its end the lion
killed two cows and a calf.
Cholera Deaths in Russia.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 2.—For 24
hours Thursday the municipal hos
pitals reported the admission of 235
new cholera cases and 98 deaths. The
corresponding statistics for Wednes
day were 223 new cases and 93 deaths.
Varying Standards of Beauty.
Eastern standards of beauty differ,
like the customs, from those of the
west. In Malacca, we are told, the
small waist and velvet eyes do not
count, but instead the length of the
neck is the criterion of beauty. The
longer it is the more perfect the beau
ty. The girl of Malacca at a very
sarly age is fitted with a metal collar
which compels her to keep her head
erect, and as she grows the collar Is
increased in size, and so the neck is
gradually elongated.—London Globe.
NEWS OF IIIKESOTI.
Gross Earnings.
St. Paul.—The supreme court is to
be asked to decide whether the state
or the railroads are correct in their
interpretation of the meaning of
"gross earnings" in the law prescrib
ing a tax on the gross earnings of the
companies.
The railway companies generally
protest that they should not be asked
to pay taxes on other than direct in
come to the corporations. The public
examiner says that taxes should be
paid on income from the rental of cars
and equipment, from work trains used
for other roads, and other items.
The state claimed taxes on these
items in a recent case against the Min
nesota & International road, the total
back taxes being $6,256. The district
court awarded only $1,400. At the
same time the court gave the state a
verdict for $1,450 out of $5,355 claimed
from the Northwestern Telephone
company. The state will appeal these
two cases to the supreme court to
obtain a ruling on the meaning of
gross earnings.
The total amount involved among
all the roads and corporations amounts
to about $100,000, as there are a num
ber of roads which have resisted pay
ment of back taxes on disputed items.
Unusual Ignorance.
Mendota.—Living on a farm five
miles beyond Mendota, in almost un
believable ignorance of the advance
of affairs in the world, it required the
death of the father of the family,
Peter Burke, to bring the family into
contact with experiences which are
almost as common as the shining of
the sun or the moon. Previous to the
father's death Friday no member of
the family had ever been to Rose
mount, a town a few miles beyond the
farm the 32-year-old son had sever
ridden* on a railroad train, and it was
during the second tiip he had ever
made to St. Paul, caused by his
father's death, that he rode on a street
car.
When the father died at a rather old
age last week the family did not ap
pear to realize what they should do
with the body. A physician had not
been called until the old man was
practically beyond hope, the members
pf the family not recognizing the seri
ousness of his illness Following the
death no move was maie to secure an
undertaker until thirt-six hours later.
At that time an outsider suggested
that the body be taken in chaige by
an undei taker. Accordingly a St. Paul
man was called.
Huge Deposits.
Minneapolis.—Bank deposits in Min
neapolis are at the highest mark in
the history of the city. They have in
creased $15,025,126 since the last call
made by the controller cf the curreucj
for a statement of the condition of the
national banks at the close of business
on July 15.
The loans and discounts show an in
crease of $4,614,999 01 at the close of
business Sept. 2J, the date of a call
issued late yesterday from Washing
ton. The total lesomces foot up an
aggiegatc increase of $f5,76,182.12.
In making those large gams, the
banks ba\e passed theli individual
recoids for deposits, and the laigest of
the institutions in total lesomces
reaches a mark unequaleu in any citj
west of Chicago, with the exception of
St Louis The Northwestern National
is in the $30,000,000 class, a mark
which it passed both the da befoie
and the day following the call
Coincident with the call, the clear
ings statement for the week ending
the following day, Sjpt 24, amounted
to $31,434,000, a gain of 29 1 per cent
over the corresponding week of last
year.
Gold.
Embanass—Theie is consideiable
excitement among the faimeis of this
territory over the announcement that
gold and silver has been discovered on
the land of C. H. McDermott, passen
ger conductor on the lion Range rail
road.
Mr. McDermott had a diill diiven
down forty feet and sent Samples to
an assayer in Denver, who, after a
thorough test, reported back that
while there was both gold and silver
in the samples submitted it was not in
sufficient quantities to pay for mining
it. McDermott and his neighbors be
lieve that if the di ill is sent down a
few hundi-ed feet it will stiike a vein
of pay ore.
NEWS NOTES.
Celebration of 225th anniversary of
the landing of Germans in Ameiica
was held.
St. Paul.—Justice Elliott files strong
dissenting opinion in supreme court in
decision upholding right of widow to
inherit property of husband she mur
dered.
Minneapolis.—At the request and.
on the recommendation of Frank B.
Kellogg, national committeeman from
Minnesota, William Henry Eustis has
been appointed local treasurer of the
national republican committee for
Minnesota.
Brainerd.—Charles Edward Gates,
who is walking from Boston to San
Francisco in 150 days under the au
spices of the Boston Post, arrived in
Brainerd at 12:40 this afternoon, com
ing from Aitkin today.
Minneapolis.—Minneapolis schools
start out this jear with an attendance
of 40,570 pupils, 691 more than were
enrolled the first month in the year
1907.
Faribault.—Joseph St. George and
his son, Fred, were seriously injured
while at work blasting in a stone quar
ry Saturday afternoon.
Faribault.—The mayor and city at
torney will soon begin action against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway company to compel them to
remove their stockyards further from
the city.
Faribault. Messrs. Leary and
Marks, owners of the farms on which
considerable iron ore has been found,
have had more of the samples assay
ed by experts.
Fort Snelllng.—Recent escapes are
responsible for the order by command
ing officer that regulations affecting
guard and prison duty be revised.
PracticalFashionsI
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LADIES' BELL SKIRT.
Paris Pattern No. 2125, All Seams
Allowed.—For the separate skirt to
wear with shirt waists or blouses
there is no model more fashionable
than one of these seven-gored bell
skirts, which are adaptable to any ma
terial. Without either plaits or gath
ers around the hips they have a de
cided flare around the foot where they
are finished with a deep hem. The
model is cut in round or ankle length
and reaches its best development in
serge, mohair, Panama cloth, tweed
and cheviot.
The pattein is in eight sizes-^22 to
36 inches, -waist measure. For 26
waist the skirt, made of material With
nap, requires 9% jaids 20 inches/ide,
5% yards 36 inches wide, five yards 42
inches wide, or 4% yaids 54 inches
wide without nap it needs 9% yards
20 inches wide, fi\e jaids 36 inches
wide, 4ij jards 42 inches wide, or
3% yards 54 inches wide
To procure tins pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Depaitment." of th's paper.
Write name and uddress plainlv, ard be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
NO 2125.
NAME....
TOWN
STREET
AND NO
STATE...
GIRLS' DRESS.
Pan's Pattein No 1J56, All Seams
Allowed.—Made up in one of the many
plaid worsteds, and with or without a
bodv lining, this is a sen iceable school
frock for the giowing girl. Broad
tucks o\ei the shouldeis, stitched to
the bust line in the back, gi\e the re
quired fullness to the waist poition,
and the full sleeves are gathered and
finished with turn-back cuffs of plain
silk, trimmed with rows of narrow
velvet ribbon. The shield is of sim
ilar silk, and the collar and neck are
trimmed with the velvet ribbon, match
ing the cuffs. The. short skirt is
plaited and attached to the waist
under a narrow belt of the material.
The pattern is in four sizes—six to
twelve years. For a girl of ten yeais
the dress requires 6% jards of mate
rial 20 inches wide, 3% yards 36
inches wide, or ZV8 yaids 42 inches
wide as illustrated, five-eighths yard
of contiasting mateiial 20 inches wide
for shield, collar and cuffs and five
yards of libbon to tiim
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Department," of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
NO 1556. S I E
TOWN
STREET AND NO
STATE
Driven Out of Berlin.
Miss Anna Morgan, heiress to $100,
000,000, says a Vienna paper, was
driven out of Berlin, where she hoped
to study politico-social conditions, by
the beggars, high and low, nobility and
others, who no sooner heard of the
arrival of the rich American girl than
they set siege to her dollars. Indi
viduals, societies, churches, charitable
institutions and promoters of business
schemes wrote, telegraphed and sent
messengers. It all looked funny to
the young woman at first, but it be
came a nuisance, from which she es
caped by means of her automobile, in
which she hastened to a nearby sum
mer resort.
Shall History Be Revived?
Patience—Half an ounce of pure
gold was found in the body of a
turkey killed on a farm on the Tar
wine river, Victoria.
Patrice—After all has been said,
perhaps, it was a turkey which laid
the golden egg?—Yonkers Statesman.
Increasing the Suffering.
Sometimes the first pangs of re
morse come to criminals when they
see hew idiotic they are made to look
by the artist who "draws from life."—