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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-25

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
LADY OF WHITEhOUSE DIES.
Daughter Of President of Zachary Tay
Ior wos Born at Ft. Smelling,
Mnn., In 1924.

Winchester, Va, July 27.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Taylor cambridge, the
daughter of President Zachary Taylor,
and former mistress of the White
House. died here after brief illness,
aged 85
Mrs. cambridge was the third daugh-
ter of Gen. Zachary Taylor, twelfth
president of the United States, and
was born at Fort Smelling, Mimi, April
20, 1924. and was IS years old Death
was due to heart failure following a
long period of illness. She will be
burned here next Tuesday.
Mrs. cambridge received her educa-
tion in Philadelphia. At the age of
19 she married Major William w. S.
Bliss, who was a member of her ia.
theirs staff in the Mexican war, and
who later became his private secre-
tary.
After her fathers Inauguration, Mrs.
Bliss, or Miss Betty" as she was
popularity called, became mistress of
the White House.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
SHEA SCORED AND TO PRISON,
Five to Twenty-Five Years in Cell Is
Penalty for Stabbina Girl.

New York City.-Cornelius p.
Shea, the former Chicago labor lead
er. who was found guilty on Wednesz
day of attempting to murder AliQh
Walsh, a former Chicago waitress,
has been sentenced to not less than
five nor more than twenty-five years
in prison.
The former president of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Transfers lis
tened stolidly to Judge Fosters scath-
ing remarks In pronouncing sentence.
Your services for humanity are
urged here In your behalf" the court
said, because you have been active in
the affairs of organized labor.
Il believe l am helping the cause
of organized labor by ridding it of one
such as you and sending you to states
prison"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
TWENTY-oNE TO BRING A sUIT.I
Disappointed Stockholders of Oil Conn.,
pany Would Recoup Losses.

Wausau.-A lengthy petition for
a writ of attachment was filed in
circuit court to prevent r. e. Powers
and Joseph Coates of this city from
disposing of their property. The COM
plainants are twenty-one stockholders
of the Wausau Gas & Oil Company, Of
which the defendants are officers.
This step is preliminary to an action
to be started within twenty days
against the defendants for the recov-
cry of several thousand dollars invest
ed in speculation in oil wells in Okla
homa. Before the organization of the
company Mr.. Powers, who acted as
agent of the company after it was
formed, leased tract of land in Ok
lahoma of about 5000 acres.
After the company was organized he
sold the land to the stockholders for
considerable more than he paid for
it. The wells bored failed to produce
oil. Suit will be brought to recover
the difference of the buying and sell
ing price. on the ground that Powers
had no right to make such deal as
agent of the company.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
TO ASK FOR PRIMARY LAWY
Governor Deneen Will Urge Statute
at Special Session Of Legislature.

Springfield, llinois-Governor De-
neen will ask the legislature in
special session next November to
pass a direct primary law which will
meet the approval of the supreme
court. The governor already has COM
menced the campaign to enlist the
support of members for this measure.
1t is stated that the supreme courts
decision knocking out the first and
second primary laws completely, con-
tain clauses making it difficult to
draft delegate convention bill
1t Is expected that before or during
the special session the supreme court
will comply with the constitutional
requirements that 1t direct the assem-
bly, in the drafting Of bills ito cure
such defects and omissions as may be
found in the laws"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
ROBERT PITCAIRN IS DEAD.
For Many Years Superintendent Of
the Pennsylvania r. r.

Pittsburg, Penna.-Robert Pitcairn,
for 50 years connected with the Penn
sylvania Railroad company and for
many years general superintendent OF
that corporation, died at his home
here at the age of 70.
Mr.. Pitcairn retired three years ago
on account of i'll health, since which
time he has been president of the Sink
ing Fund Commission of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. The position was hon.
orary.
In 1865 he was made superintendent
of the Pittsburg division of the Penn
sylvania railroad, which position he
held at the time of the great riots in
1877.
The striking employees blamed him
for the refusal to grant them an in.
crease in wages. Threats against his
life were SO frequent that he was com.
peleld to leave the city for time.
Later he won the regard of every
workman under him, through his eff.
forts in behalf of the sufferers from
the great flood of May 81. 18S9
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
100000 MEN NtfDfD IN NV
HARVEST HANDS TO BE SUP
Piled BY GOVERNMENT.
Congressman Stevens and Powderly -
Assist in the Distribution
Of Help.

Washington, D. Can effort to
get 10000 laborers, American and
foreign, for the states of Minnesota.
North Dakota and South Dakota, Is
to be made by the division of immi-
grafton of the department of COM
merce and labor. T. V. Powderly,
chief of the division, was in consulta-
tion with Congressman Stevens, of
St. Paul, discussing the needs of the
Northwestern states and outlining
plans to be followed in filling the de-
mand for labor.
The division of information has no
power other than to gather full data
as to the demand for labor, and to use
such information in the effort to di-
rect immigrants to permanent posi-
tions. Mr.. Powderly proposed to ask
the cooperation of the state immigra-
tion officers and the state officials of
the northwest, and the heads of the
chief railroad systems in the effort to
bring about general movement of
idle labor from the east to the north
western harvest fields and farms.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
NAUGHTY DANCES ARE TABOOfD
ARREST OF GERTRUDE HOFFMAN
BEGINS CRUSADE.
Charge in Her Case Hinges Upon De.
finition Of What Constitutes
"Tiphts."

New York, N. Y.-Every now and
then New York city has spasm of
virtue and inaugurates a campaign
against questionable theatrical produc.
tions.
A new crusade is started, the first
by the police head, Commissioner Bak-
er.
The arrest OF Gertrude Hoffman, the
Salome dancer, Friday night was the
apparent official beginning of the
movement. When she was arraigned
in court, charged with giving perform
ances Offensive to public decency,"
it became known that the order for
arrest came from the head Of the po-
lice department. Her case was ad-
journed until next Tuesday.
Other arrests are to be made, says
the commissioner, unless certain per
formances, particularly the dances,
now being given in the city, are de-
cidedly reformed.
Il am going to take drastic action"
said the commissioner yesterday, "and
owners, lesses and managers must
obey the law
Mr. Baker said that he did not order
Miss Hoffman's arrest until after he
had sent six persons to see her dance
All reports agreed, he said, that the
exhibition was improper. Then he
saw the performance himself and
thought SO, too.
Court developments yesterday show
ed that the charge in the Hoffman
case hinges upon the definition of
of tights
II will let the show go on" said Po-
lice Magistrate Steiner, provided the
young woman wears tights
Miss Hoffman protested that she did
wear tights, but their knee length was
what caused public criticism.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
PLAN TO ELECT MRS. SARAH
DECKER, OF DENVER, TWO
YEARS HENCE.
SUffRACtTTtS LATEST PROJECT
Conservation Of the Nations Children
Would Be Hobby.-Threatened
Invasion Has No Terrors for
Uncle Joe Cannon.

Denver, Colo.-The women of Col
send one of their sex to congress two
years hence. Such was the announce
ment made to the visiting delegates
from the International Council of Wo-
men by one who spoke for the wom-
ems association in the state.
"Of course. it is difficult to tell
whether we will be successful in our
efforts or not" said Mrs. Harriet
Wright, former member of the state
legislature. but we are looking for
ward to landing a woman in the halls
of congress, and We certainly are 60
ing to make a determined trial
Lady McMillans, who talked suffrage
and then stopped only because they
ordered her to, brought out the state
ment. She put this question to the
Denver women who were entertaining
her: when are you women going to
send woman to congress?"
The reply was quick and decisive
In two years"
NdnOIOdte Is selected.
All are agreed that Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker is to be the candidate.
Mrs Decker herself says she has nev-
er considered the matter seriously ow-
ing to her belief that there is a federal
statute or constitutional provision that
women cannot be members of either
house or congress.
She believes, however, that they
should be entitled to seats in the ma
tons Legislature, and is confident that
their presence there would be benefi-
cial to the people.
One of her chief hobbies is a drastic
anti-child labor law, and she says she
has ! come almost hopeless of secur-
ing its passage by men, either in state
legislatures or in congress. She thinks
if women could get into these legisla-
tive bodies they would quickly pass
laws to conserve the nations children,
which she deems of far greater i'm
portance than the conservation of ma
tural resources.
Joe Cannon Not Worried.
Washington, July 26-Congress is
"all het up at the prospect of wo-
man member from Colorado. Speak
err Cannon alone is undisturbed.
Whether we have to cross on a
bridge in buggy, an automobile or
afoot. or whether we have to swim Or
to get over in an aeroplane, is unim-
portant, and we needn't worry, be-
cause we don't have to cross the
stream until we come to It"
Thus the speaker dismisses all
thought of the coming to congress of
Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker. of Denver.
the suffragettes choice for election to
the house two years hence.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
Tiaer Attacks His Tanner.

New York, N. Y.-Mogul, Ben
gal tiger at Coney Island, attacked his
trainer, Henry Falkendorth, during a
performance and injured him so badly
that small hope is held out for his re.
covery.
The spectators. panic stricken, fed
from the auditorium when the tiger
jumped upon the man. One blow from
the beasts paw laid open Falken.
dorth's scalp and when the man was
finally rescued by attendants who
prodded the beast with red hot irons
= WAs uncduseious.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
WEALTHY WOMAN MURDERED
Body Found on Her Farm in North
Carolina.

Greensboro, North Carolina-A mys.
terious murder came to light here,
when the dead body of Miss Ida
Newman, aged Is, who lived alone on
her farm in remote section, was
found 800 yards from her residence.
Her skull had been crushed by a
bludegon and appearance indicated
that she had been dead for several
days.
Miss Newman was last seen Tues
day morning going in the direction of
her COW lot.
Robbery evidently was the object of
the murder, as the dead woman was
wealthy and was known to keep con.
siderable sums of money in her house.
Her residence was burned several
months ago In an effort to hide the
theft Of $1,000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
MARK TWAIN REGAlNs PROPERTY
Suit for $4,000 Against Former Social
Secretary 10 Settled.

Bridgeport, Connecticut.-In con.
sideration of the settlement of suit
for $4,000 brought against her by
whose social secretary she was for
several years, Mrs. Isabel V. Ash.
croft yesterday recOnveyed to Mr..
Clemens the house and land at Red.
ding which he transferred to her.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
FOUND SHOT THROUGH BRAIN

Attempted Murder or Suicide Involves
Tulsa, Ok, Editor.
Tulsa, Ok.-With a 22-calibre pistol
lying on the door beside him, Mark
Bassitte, editor Of the Tulsa Daily
News. former publisher at Mattoon
and Kankakee. ILL.,. and manager Of
the Yates Press bureau. in the Republi-
can primary campaign In Illinois, last
year. was found in printing shop
here.
There Il but little chance for his r..
covsry.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
IS TOlO IN A LINE
i DoluN0 DOWN OF THE NEWS
OF THE DAY.
MENTIONED N SMALL SPACE
The 0usy Reader Can Absorb IN
Few Moments q Good Deal ct
information.



YAA Spanish cabinet has accorded
o free hand to the minister in forcing
l(ellila to meet the serious situation
there. A brigade of infantry at Seville
has been modified, and will be sent
forward as speedily as possible.
King Alfonso and Premier Maura
are returning to the capital from San
Sebastian. in connection with the
sending Of reinforcements to Melilla,
where heavy fighting has been going
On between the Moors and Spaniards.
The general opinion among the gov
0rnment oficials and military and
navy officers at Valparaiso Is that
Chile will remain neutral in event OF
hostilities between Bolivia and Argen-
tina. There Is no truth in the report
that Chile is sending arms to Bolivia.
A company was formed In Berlin for
the purpose of erecting great airship
garage, with landing and testing
grounds. The directorate Is made up
Of many persons well known in Ger
many.
Six out of fourteen suffragettes re-
V00Ily lSOuCN III SAV AAOAAO"~y J~AA
have been released on account OF in
oubordination.
The speeches of Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
Of Labor. delivered before the French
labor organizations are arousing in
tense interest In labor circles. The
extreme socialists bitterly condemn
him AZ q reactionary.
Nohamed Ali. the dethroned shah,
who is now In the Russian summer
legation. has declined to receive q
dsputation to inform him of his de-
position. Sipahadar and Sardarasad
the leaders In the nationalist move
ment. sent q telegram to the British
and Russian legations requesting them
70 Ak q time when his majesty may
receive . deputation notifying him o1
the change Of sovereign.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
DISAGREE WITH TIE UMPIRE.
Spectators Start Riot, Grandstand
Falls Score injured.

Jackson, Misunderstanding riot
over an unpopular decision by Um-
pire c. E. Eldridge, of the Southern
Michigan league, at the conclusion of
the Jackson-Adrian game here nearly
a score of people were injured when
the railing of the grandstand gave
way, precipitating them to the ground
12 feet below.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
STORM DEATH LIST IS NOW Al

Six Persons in Southern Hurricane
Still Unaccounted For.
New Orleans, Louisiana.-With def
mite reports of 13 deaths not here
tofore recorded in the hurricane which
swept portions of Texas and Louisiana
last Wednesday, the death list totals
Al, with six persons previously report
ed missing still unaccounted for.
Dispatches from Angleton, Tex,
confirmed the reports that Maurice p.
Wolfe, his wife, six children and a
negro servant had been drowned at
Christmas bayou.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
ioWAN Is HEAD OF THE GiDEoNs.

A. 3. r. Moore, Cedar Rapids, 10 Elect.
ed National President.
st. Louis, Missouri.-The annual
national convention of the Gideons OF
the United States has ended. Officers
were elected as follows: National
president, A. B. T. Moore. Cedar Rap.
ids, Iowa; vice-president, J. G. Brown,
st. Louis; treasurer, Nels Rylander,
Chicago; trustees. C. R. Smith. De.
troit, and w. G. Bennett. Chicago.
Next years convention will be held
In Detroit. Z
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30

It has been precisely decided that
District Attorney Jerome Of New York
will be called into the Thaw case
when the hearings are resumed at
White Plains.
The Argentine government has sent
passports to the Bolivian minister at
Buenos Ayres, ordering him to leave
Buenos Ayres within twenty-four
hours.
Detroit was selected as next years
convention city by the executive board
oe the Catholic Educational Associa.
tion. and the dates were dxed - July
8. s and Z.
The prosecutors Of Harry Thaw are
criticized and insanity experts scored
u . twenty page book which Mrs.
Mary Copley Thaw, mother Of Thaw.
issued few days ago. 1t bears the
title, "The Secret Unveiled"
Acting Secretary Of the Interior
Piercehas approved the selection by
the state Of Colorado under the Carey
oct OF 1850 acres Of land in the Del
Norts land district to be irrigated by q
canal system.
Detroit was selected a. next years
oonvention city by the executive board
q the Catholic Educational associa-
tion and the dates were fixed as July
& 8 and Z.
James J. Hill thinks the best thing
that congress could do would be to ad-
journ and 90 home.
The French aviator. Latham, failed
IN attempt to cross the Straits Of
Dover In an aeroplane.
Representative Dawson invited Mr.
TAFT to be present at the dedication
of the new Y. M. c. A. building at
Davenport In September. It is pos
Gible the president will attend.
Frank Carlson of Iron Mountain,
Mich. committed suicide Sunday on
= Union Pacific train just west Of
North Platte, Nebraska.
The national g. A. r. encampment
6or Omaha In 1911 is the object to-
ward which active members of the
local posts have commenced working.
Governor John A. johnson Of Mime
0DGa has decided to visit the Alaska
Yukon exposition at Seattle and to
postpone undergoing third operation
~ appendicitis until his return.
Ar. Byron's mascot mule is now
drawing beer wagon at Goldneld.
Noyada.
n : local option election held
! s1Aursday. Staunton. w. Va, Joined
\ the ranks Of the dry" towns Of the
state. voting against saloons BY twen-
~ mAjority.
The cholera situation In st. Peters
burg now seems to be well under con
11ul.
Htanisialis Macquorski. deacon at
1loeewo. died Thursday In Thori.
rxGesia, aged 102. He was the oldest
CnsACtis ecclesiAstjc 81 the world.
1yeIt0n Was visited BY terrific Car
I l3 hnff1eeA With wind 1t sixty
nl1l1e q hour. The sea wall
! l ~ ~ 1oss of life.
4 IT, x1c4iOn ~ court martial tor
ogns chac1u Sand failing to
\ \ ~ 1GAjer Chaxles ]. =.
" zI - been
q
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
4 falling building in Philadelphia

\ Iallln8 Dull0lu8 III EAAAA0oAV0Ao
killed seven people.
Reports from all parts of Mexico in
dicate that the sentiment in favor OF
strike in sympathy with that OF
train dispatchers by the engineers and
conductors of the merged railroads
Of Mexico. is rapidly crystallizing.
Wright brothers aeroplane broke
the American flight records In travel.
ing seventy miles in eighty minutes.
Lieutenant Adams, with whom SUIT
ton was fighting, when he was killed,
contradicted himself much in recital
In court
Iowa scientists are excited over the
discovery of a large number Of skel-
etons to mastodons and prehistoric
horses along the bluffs Of the Mis-
souri, river in Harrison and Monona
counties.
Albert Ryan of Colorado. an organ
izer of the Western Federation Of
Miners, shot and killed H. F. Snyder,
and fatally wounded Otto Miller, q
porter, at the United States hotel in
Los Angeles.
judgment that q soldier whose death
resulted from an accident while en-
gagged in athletic contest encouraged
by the officers of his regiment was in
the line of dutC.
President Diaz of Mexico will come
to Ell Paso, Tex, to confer with Presi-
dent Taft upon the occasion of the
latter's western tour this fall.
Money order transactions in the
postoffices of the country have grown
to so large an extent in the last year
or two that it is now necessary 20
maintain a force of 750 accountants,
bookkeepers, assorters and examiners
in tn , Office of the auditor of the post
Office department.
Reports from all parts of South Da-
kota continue to give glowing ac-
counts of the excellent condition of
crops of all kinds.
Sixteen persons, five of them WON
en-, met death by drowning in the
waters either surrounding or in the
vicinity Of New York Sunday.
Edward Hayden, Omaha, head OF
denly in that city few days ago.
Congress will be asked at the in.
stance of President Taft to authorize
the issuance of bonds to the extent OF
| the latest estimate of the cost of the
Panama canal.
Two killed and score injured, one
probably fatally, was the sudden ter
mination of baseball game in Lead
when the lightning struck in the grand
| stand.
There were 1916 persons to each
| library and an average of seventy-two
volumes to every one hundred persons
| in the United States in 1908, accord
Ing to a bulletin issued by the United
States bureau of education.
| An aggregate of $3.50, ,494,59 in saw
ings deposits in the national banks o1
the country is shown in the complete
report issued by the comptroller o
the currency on returns from the ma
tional banks, under the call for thei!
| condition on June %.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
Dr.. Miller Indicted.

Or. MIIIer indicted.
Watseka, lll.-Dr. William L. Mil
Ter, charged with the murder of
J. B. Sayler, the Crescent City bank.
err was indicted by special grand
jury. Indictments were also returned
against other prisoners held as acces-
sories.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
Washington.


A. N. Sager of st. Louis is in Wash
ington and has given it out that an i'm
portant movement is on to build up
shipping on the Mississippi river and
its tributaries. A $10,OOO,0OO corpora
ton will be chartered in Delaware,
known as the Mississippi Valley Trans.
portation company. It will put a new
type of steel steamers on the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries, both on the
upper and lower rivers.
Declaring that any corporation
which keeps just and true books of
account" can make up the return re-
quired by the proposed corporation
tax law and meeting other attacks on
that measure, Attorney General Wick
ersham made public letter he has
written to q Wall street firm of ac-
countants who challenge some provis-
ions of the proposed law as "abso-
lutely impossible Of application"
Some notable instances of the dis
advantages in which United States
imports into France are placed by the
operation of the pending Franco Can
adfan tariff agreement, just ratified by
the French parliament are given in
reports which have reached the state
department.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
concluded agreements with the postal
authorities of Denmark and Japan, by
which after August l, 1909, parcels
exchanged with those countries may
be accepted up to $50 In value, and
eleven pounds in weight. The eleven
pound weight limit now applies to oil
countries except France and Sweden.
President Taft visited nickelodon
to see himself in action on moving
picture screen. The scenes depicted
were at Petersburg, Va. where the
president went about month ago to
assist in the dedication of the Fort
Mahon monuments.
Personal.
Rockefeller has decided nearly all
his property in Cleveland to his son.
The postmaster general announced
the number of clerks and letter car
riers promoted 1T the Omaha post
ONCE.
Samuel William Johnson, professor
emeritus Of agricultural chemistry at
Yale is dead.
Formation Of . new French min
istry is now under way in Paris.
Harry B. Durham of Lincoln. was
appointed as land law clerk in land Of
nee service at Washington.
An insurance policy for 100000 on
the life Of e. H. Hartman has been
written by Lloyds. London. for New
York broker.
The body Of Oscar Wilde. the
writer. which was buried at Badnaux
ii 1900. was alst week transferred to
Pere Lachaise.
4 The report published In the Lisbon
newspApers that King Manuel Of Por-
tuxal II to b bethrothed to Princess
D SAloxandrla q T1fe 10 given authori-
totlxo 11nial.
4Wen .llys theg ~ 1qllass vim bs
Rlg M ~ nl H. ~
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30

Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, July 27.-Cattle-Marke
steady to 10c higher; steers, $500
7.65; cows, $3.50@5.25; heifers, $3.50
n6; bulls, $3.40Q4.85; calves, 500
$50; stockers, $3.7505.15.
Hogs Market steady to strong
choice heavy. $8.20@8.30; butchers
s810@8.25; light mixed, $7.50@7.85:
:hoice light, $7.90@S.15; packing
t7650780; pigs. $5.6007.65; bulk Of
sales. $7.76@8.15.
Sheep Market Csc lower. Sheep,
t4O5,5O; lambs. $s.5o07.75; yearlings.
|t4.75D6.