The Red Cloud chief., 1909-08-18
Domestic.

Mrs. Jennie l.. Berry of Des Moines
Iowa, won in a fight for the national
presidency of the Woman's Relief
corps. After three ballots she was
elected over Mrs. Belle Harris of
Kansas by vote OF 213 to go
Samuel X. Van SAINT OF Minnesota
was elected commander.in-chief of the
G. A. II. at Salt Lake City.
In 1908 the packers of the United
States shipped $4,000 cars of pack.
ing house products and byproducts.
The freight charges vary widely ac.
cording to destination and quality.
Average freight was not less than
800 a car, so the total freight bills
were at least $32 100000 In addi
ton. there were shipped to the
packers several hundred thousand
cars OF live stock. Average freight
for live stock is $55. or about half
the freight on the dressed beef prod.
ust. Taking the packing industry as
a whole the railroads reap gross
business of not less than $4,000 900
freight yearly, or as large as the total
IL,
Paul, New Haven or Southern railway.
The Chinese minister, WI Ting
Fang, has been recalled from Wash.
1ngton and ordered to Picking for fur.
ther assignment. His successor will
be Chang Yin Tang. formerly charge
d'affaires at Madrid. and now deputv
.Vice'president of foreign affairs.
Harry *. Thaw has been sent back
TO the asylum, Judge Mills deciding
MS habeas corpus case against him.
A lone bandit held up the cashier
OF the bank at Franklin, Illinois, and
secured about $4,000 and made his
escape
hectiilers are prohibited from max.
ing wine mash and using IL for the
production OF compound liquors. in
an order issued by the acting commits
sioher OF internal revenue. The order
becomes effective September /.
Night work has been begun on the
addition being built to the executive
ofiices of the white house. Three |
shifts are now working and there will |
NOT be an hours let.up until the add.
ton Is compelled.
1t was learned that Gutzon Gorglum
the sculptor, has received commits.
sion to make bust Of President Taft.
Mr.. Borglum will return from a west.
ern trip within day or two and II IS
understood he will 20 to Beverly In
execute the commission.
III
The fortieth annual convention OF
Ihe Iowa knights of Pythias grand
lodge opened with about ESQ delegates
in attendance.
AFTER siXty'two years of continuous
practice In dentistry in Westchester
IA, DR.. Jesse Cope Green, ninety.two
years old. retired from the practice
OF his profession. 1t is said DR.. Green
is the Oldest dentist in years and point
OF service in this country. and he takes
daily rides on his bicycle about the
streets Of the town.
Manning c. Palmer, former presi.
dent OF the American Exchange Nh.
Ional bank OF Syracuse, y. Y. WAS
dlscharged from Auburn prison on
pardon granted him by President Taft
fa'nner was convicted in 1906 of mis-,
application of the banks funds.
me seizure of about $500 900 worth
OF whisky from the warehouses of
the cascade Dstilling company AT
nashville, Tenn, will cost the com.
pany $4,000 TO obtain the release
OF the seized spirits and immunity
from prosecution for the wealthy dis.
llliers. Actin gAttorney General Wade ,
riIlS hNed this sum as the amount re.
qulred TO reimburse the government ,
Tor the amount lost in internal reyen. ,,
ue tax.
An eastbound Atchison, Topeka G.
SANTA re train was wrecked by a {
broken rail near CORN, Mo. Engineer :
Coulter was buried under the locomo. I
i've ana Killed. Fireman Harvey Wal. 4
zen was badly hurt and Brakeman :
EDWARD Monroe had an arm broken.
After marrying his five thousandotb ,
'ouple' according to his own computa. :
ION Dr. +, S. Whistar was taken III +
II youngstown, Ohio, and died. 4
Inc second American Esperanto con. d
9ress Is In session at Chautauaua Il
isaac c, Wolfe, aged seventy of
'aducah, Ky, was killed by an auto. n
mobile on the highway near Believe. v
lere' III, The machine was driven nv a
= A. Mott and his son, c. A. Mott C
VINO were on their way to the Algon.
luin hillclimbing contest Wolfe was S
prominent Mason |:
Ella Glngles, the young Irish lace.
maker whose trial in Chicago for lar. G
Guy from her employer attracted ma. p
iohai attention because of her sensa. c
ional charge that an an attempt had
, 'a made to force her into white b
nasely sailed for her home In Ire. O
anu on the steamer Campania. G
omcers are searching for the muir.