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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
PLAGUE SWEEPS OYER CHINA
Bavages Of Disease Are Combstted by
American Missionaries.
TWO PROVINCES ARE INJECTED
FIfty-Nine million People Looked
after BY the Little Bsnd
from the United
states.


NEW YORK. Jan. s.-(speclal Telegram)
Tho American missionaries are practically
the only hope OF checking the awful raw
ages OF the plague In Northern China and
preventing its spread throughout the whole
empire " not through all Of Southern and
Central Asia
According 20 advices received here today
81 the various missionary headquarters
the worR Of preventing the spread OF the
plague has fallen on the shoulders Of the
missionaries. who far outnumDer the ply
siclans in the employ OF the Chinese gov
eminent
The plague now holds IN its grip the prov
inces OF Chill and Shantung. In these prov
inces are thirty-seven hospitals and thirty
five dispensares under the direction Of
missionary physicians. who are composed
OF fifty Americans. Of whom twenty-sx
are men and twenty-four women and nine
teen British or Germans of whom six
teen are men and three women.
These two provinces alone have popu-
laton Of 59OOO.OOO persons Should the
plague spread throughout the entire en-
plre It will be fought in 207 missionary hos
pitfalls and S92 dispensares. attached to
which are 81 men and ia women OF these
100 men and seventy-three are Americans.
and a great deal OF their support comes
from New York
where PIaRue is Being Fought.
The points where American missionary
hospitals are fighting the plague are:
In the province OF Chihll at Pekin the
Presbyterian Board OF Foreign missions
has two hospitals and a dlspensary: the
Methodist Board OF Foreign missions has a
hospital for men and the Woman's Foreign
Missionary so6iety OF the Methodist Episco-
pal church has hospital for women.
At Tbng Chow the American Board OF
Commissioners for Foreign Missions has a
hospital and a dispensary.
At Chang II the Methodist Board Of
Foreign Missions has a hospital and tn,
Woman's Foreign Missionary society o,
the same denomination has a hospital foi
women.
At ShaHhalkowan, where the great wal
reaches the sea. the Methodist Episcopa
Board of Foreign Missions has recent,
started medical work
q, At Tientsein the Methodist Woman,
Foreign Missionary society has a hospita
for women.
At Hwailu the China Inland missionary
has a dispensary. AZ shuntafu the Pres
byterian Board of Foreign Missions has
= dspensary.
At Tengehou the Presbyterian board ha.
a hospital and two dispensaries.
At Pang Shuang the American Board o
Commissioners for Foreign Missions has
hospital and a dispensary3
At Hwanghien the Foreign Mission boar
Of the Southern Baptist convention has
hospital and a dispensaFy
At Pingtu the Foreign Mission board q
the Southern Baptist convention has
dispensary.
At Lachofu the Foreign Mission board q
the Southern Baptist convention has
dispensary.
At Tianfu the Methodist Episcopal Boar
OF Foreign Missions has hospital and tn
Methodist Episcopal Womans Foreig
Missionary society has hospital fc
women. 1srgh esd
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
MORE IDLE FREIGHT CARS
More Than Twice the Number Re-
ported One Year AEO Standing
on sidinEs.

CHICAGO Jan. sS.-The number Of idle
freight cars in the United States and Can
ada, as shown by the report OF the
American Railway association today, is on
the increase. On January Is there were
i22,2S idle cars. more than twice that of
January 10, 1910, when 1856 idle cars were
reported.
There is an increase Of u.S1O idle coal
cars, while the surplus box cars have de-
creased So cars. due to increased demands
for them In the west and northwest.
Railway men give three reasons for the
surplus:
First-snow and storms in 1910 tied up
many cars and brought out all the empty
cars the railroads could obtain
second-The low ebb at which iron and
steel mills and the big manufactures are
operating
Third-Enforcement OF rules OF the inter
state commission for prompt unloading OF
cars.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
Mrs. Roosevelt to
Go on a Long Trip
Wife and Daughter to Accompany the
Colonel on Journey to South
and West.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29-(Special Tele-
gram. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Miss
Ethel will accompany Colonel Roosevelt
on his southern and western trip, at least
part OF the time. Mrs. Roosevelt has been
planning to visit her son, Theodore, Jr.
at San Francisco for some time. and has
decided to take the long journey with her
husband.
According to present plans, Mrs. Roose-
welt and Miss Ethel will join the colonel
at Albuquerque, n. NJ, where he attends
the annual meeting of the Rough
Riders. continuing on with him to San
Francisco and remaining in that city while
he goes on to oregon, Washington and
Montana Plans may be changed so they
will accompany him from the start, go
ing with him TO the Southern Commercial
congress at Atlanta, thence TO Jackson.
Miss, New Orleans and San Antonio.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
Bill to Lease Coal
Lands in Alaska
Senate Committee Votes to Report
Measure Limiting Amount Leased
to One Person.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-The senate
committee on public lands today authorized
its chairman, Senator Nelson Of Minnesota
to report favorably the administration bill
providing for the leasing OF the coal lands
of Alaska Transportation companies and
their stockholders are barred from op-
peratiOns.
The action Of the committee was unanl-
nous. The Interstate Commerce com
mission is delegated TO fix the price at
which coal mined on the leased lands may
be sold or transported.
The area Of land which may be leased
to any person or corporation is limited TO
$50 acres and both a rental on the land and
royalty on the coal are to be exacted.
The royalty Is placed at cents a ton il
the lease is made within ten years from
the passage Of the act; after that time it
may run as high as 10 cents a ton.
Under the terms Of the bill, coal "a To
be reserved to the United States in all
patents to mineral lands in Alaska.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
M'KTNLEY DAY is OBSERVED
Stimson Speaks on Progressive Move
ment at Tippecanoe Dinner.
TARIFF CLUB HONoRs MARTYR
Congrcssman Madden Gives an Ac-
count Of the Part Republican
Party Has Played In Pam
anna Canal Project.

CLEVELAND. Jan. 2s.--The chief speaker
at the annual Mckinley day banquet OF
the Tippecanoe club last night at the Holton
hotel was Henry L. Stimson, defeated re-
publican candidate for governor of New
York who spoke on Some Phases Of the
Progressive Movement in the Republican
Party"
His address. which was somewhat ana
Iytical dwelt Oh the causes that led to
the demand for direct government. He
discussed the phases of the progressive
movement which have to do with state
governments as they relate to the initia-
tive. referendum and recall and direct cleo
ton of United States senators.
About 400 republicans we're present at the
banquet from Cleveland and northeastern
Ohio. United States District Attorney Will
liam l.. Day was POSTMASTER.
other speakers were Rev. John Wesley
Hill. d. D., of New York; Congressman
elect Frank b. Willis OF Ada, o., and
Judge Henry B. Chapman Of Cleveland.
Tariff Club Dinner.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 29.-Seven hundred or
more members of the Young Mems Repub-
lican Tariff club and their guests last night
honored the late President Mckinley at
the annual dinner of the organization
Judge Joseph Burlington of the United
States circuit court was POSTMASTER.
The principal speakers we're Governor
John X. Tener Of Pennsylvania, Congress
man Martin b. Madden of Chicago, Con
gresham Cert ]. Diekema of Michigan
and Senator George T. oliver of Pittsburg
The principal address Of the evening wal
made by Congressman Madden, who CAV
an account of the part the republican part!
/ has played In the Panama canal projec
| from the days Of Mr.. Mckinley.
| United States Senator George T. oliver
who came from Washington especially t
speak, startled his hearers when he openl,
differed with President W. II. Taft in hi
Canadian reciprocity policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
ELIzABETH WARD is DEAD
Noted Author and Lecturer Passes
Away at Her Home After
short IIIhess.

Stuart Phelps Ward author and lecturer.
died at her home in Newton Center tonight,
after a short illness, at the age OF 81 years.
Her husband. Herbert d. Ward. was in
the south when she was taken III and he
has not yet reached home He is expected
tomorrow.
Mrs Ward was born in Boston. August
g. 1874. the daughter Of Rev. Austin and
Elizabeth stuart Phelps. She began TO
write for the press when but 10 years old.
She was the author Of many books. the
first The Gypsy Series" OF four volumes,
appearing In 1859. From that time until
very recently hardly a year passed that
from her pen book was not published.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
Rag Picker's Unique
Plan to Defraud the
Treasury Exposed
Man Finds Cancellation Punohings
and Swesrs His Child Cut Up
Paper Money.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-When the Bal
timore subtreasury cancelled a quantity Of
old paper money recently by punching little
crosses out Of it with the new machines
Just adopted some one forgot to burn the
punchings according to orders and put a
bagful into the waste paper.
What looked like a million dollars
chopped into tiny bits was discovered on
the city heap a few days later and caused
great excitement among the rag pickers.
Jacob Goldberg, rag picker, made an
affidavit in which he swore his little daugh-
ter had cut up one ten dollar bill, two fves
and five ones. lie enclosed dozen OF the
little crosses.
He was arrested today charged with max
ing a false affidavit in support Of fraud
ulent claim against the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
PROFESSORS STENoGRAPHER
IS GIVEN BIG JUDGMENT
Mis-. Ethel Mckee, who sued Grant
n. Grain of Ottawa, Kan,
Awarded 100000.

OTTAWA Kan. Jan. &.-Miss Ethel
Mckee, stenographer OF Kansas city.
NO. who sued Prof Grant H. Grain OF
Ottawa FOR $4,000 for alleged breach OF
promise TO marry, was given verdict OF
$1,000 yesterday.
FroL Grain conducts business college
here and at one time Miss Mckee was
a pupil in the school Miss Mckee testi-
ned that she and Grain became engaged
ana that tho wedding day was fixed and
postponed ten times. II developed after
the suit was brought that Grain had been
married 10 another girl for year
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
.HYMENEAL


The home Of Rev. r. H. Houseman,
pastor Of the CASTELAR, Street Presbyterian
church. was the scene Of a pretty weddins
Saturday afternoon, when Carl A. Plan
teen and Adeline Sage were by him united
in marriage. The wedding proceeded with
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
CentrnnrInn pics.

. BLOOMINGTON. III. Jan &.-Ira G.
Stone of Kappa, the oldest man in central
Illinois, died here tonight at $50 o'clock,
aged 100 years and months. He was born
in Vermont August IS, 1910. and last
August celebrated his centennial ami
VersarY.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

the use Of the ring ceremony. Mr.. ana
Mrs r. A. Nelson. I'll South Thir;y-third
street. stood with the contracting parties
Mr.. Planteen's residence win be continued
in Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
ANIMALS HEALED BY PRAYER
Virgil o. Stricken Gives Testimony in
New York Court.
NO VIOLATION OF MEDICAL LAW
Investigation Into Rights Of scient-
lists 60 Practice Medicine with
out Licenses Instituted and
witnesses Examined.

NEW YORK. Jan. 20 Especial Tele-
gramD-It Is a common practice among
Christian Science healers to apply their
treatment TO dogs horses and other AMI
mails.
In the case against Willis V. Cole,
healer charged with a violation Of the law
against the practice OF medicine without
license. Virgil o. Stricken, formerly an
attorney Of Omaha, who succeeded Mrs.
Augusta E. stetson as first reader Of the
First Church Of Christ, Scientists, was
testifying.
After a long examination. in which ne
explained that the general method Of
treatment is merely one Of prayer, Mr..
Strickler was asked II the treatment was
confined to humans.
NO" he answered lmpusively animals
other than humans. may be affected by
prayer
The same question was asked Mr.. Cole,
and he replied with even more fervor than
Mr.. Stricken that he had frequently
treated animals Yes" he announced in
loud voice Il have treated dogs and
effected absolute cures"
Prayer the Only Treatment.
! Coles counse! former District Attorney
Jerome, contendtd that Cole had practiced
no treatment other than prayer, and there
( fore had not violated the county medical
law.
Mr. Vandiver, counsel for the medical
society asked II God directed that fee
be charged for this treatment by prayer
and the first reader answered emphatically'
yes that twenty centuries of scriptural
applications supported this practice.
III you are going into the scriptures,
said Mr.. Vandiver, what have you to say
to the story of Elijah. who cured the leper
and when the servant ran after the lepeV
to exact two talents of silver, he himself
was stricken with leprosy2"
Yes" said Mr.. Stricken, a small fat
bald man, sliding forward in his chaiI
quick as a flash, but subsequently Elijah
took the last grains OF meal from widow
for curing her son"
Cole Follows strIckIer.
Mr.. Cole followed Mr.. Stricken He
testified that he believed in the efficacy
of prayer in the healing OF disease, anC
that 1t had healed him of five incurabl'
diseases" There was a sharp passage
between the counsel when Mr.. Vandive
sought to have him tell what he prayed
when he sat with the two women wh'
called on him for treatment.
This investigation is indecent" inter
rupted Mr.. jerome, Ito attempt to pr!
into the mysteries of a mans prayer wheI
he approaches the divine being and holt
r him up to ridicue Imagine what woult
p be said IL a Catholic priest were to b.
brought here and asked what were hi
J prayers when the relics of St. Anne ar
/. brought forth. ! object to such line o
5 questioning"
e 1--WE have never heard of any Catholi
Y priest opening an office and charging
I fee for exhibiting the relics of ST. Anne
retorted Mr.. Vandiver.
; Briefs will be submitted and decislo
o given February q.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

The quicker a cold is gotten rid OF the
less the danger from pneumonia ami
other serious diseases MT. B. W. l. Hall
OF Wayerly, Va, says: L firmly believe
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to be abso-
lutely the best preparation on the market
for colds / have recommended IL to nv
friends and they all agree with me- Fer
sale b. all dealera
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

A Guarante, Of Business Prosperity
Tie Persistent and Wise Patronage Of
The Bee Advertising Columns.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30

LeoA ANF AhG nee hlNe
On the package when you buy FoIsyss
Honey and Tar for coughs ana eoldA
None genuine without the Bee Hive Re-
member the name. FOlsT's Honey ana
Tar and reject any substitute sold ~
Al dFuEEiatA
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-30
an AUTO Collision

means many bad bruises. which Bucklsn's
%'nica ssiye heals quickly as II does sores
and burns. &c. For sale by Beaton Drug
Co.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-19
GREAT NORTHERN
EXPENDS MORE CASH

I.ewistOwn Democrat: That the
Great Northern IS still at work on it's
plan for new main line from Great
Falls and reaching Lewistown OH it's
way eastward, was made evident
Saturday. when authorization was re-
ceived for the expenditure Of from
sl5, 1000 to $2O, 900 in purchasing more
rights-of-way in this vicinity. The
company has now expended a very
large sum for terminal facilities and
right-Of-way in Lewlstown and vicin-
ity and ut Helena recently President
Louis w. Hill stated to a number of
LewistOwn men that his company
would surely build this proposed line
and that there would he no ,mneces-
sary delay about it.
There seems to be little probabil-
ity, however. that actual construction
work will begin MS year. but Mr..
Hill stated that the road would be
built next year without doubt.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-19
SNOWY COUNTRY
IS VERY RICH

There are some people in Ryegate
and other parts Of this country prob
ably who are not aware of the vast
rich country that lies between this
city and the Snowy mountains, says
the Ryegate Reporter. Many thou
sands Of acres Of this fine land is
homesteaded, or in the hands of
farmers and large amount of it is
now under cultivation.
Richard Russell, who lives in the
vicinity of the Rothiemay postotlice,
passed through Ryegate last Thurs
day afternoon OH his way home to
StOrden, Minn., and in conversation
with representative Of the Reporter
said that splendid crops in the coun-
try north Of here would be harvested
this coming fall.
Mr.. Russell's brother Perry Rus
sell owns section Of land in this
district and will put it all under cul-
tivation. Money Volden has Il fine
farm of 24O acres: ID. W. Pulver is
farming three-quarters of section:
Frank Anthony has a half section:
Nels Nelson is a hOmesteader of 1850
acres and VIM. Stubbs also owns Il
half-section. All Of these people
mentioned are from the same locality
in the east and are all experienced
farmers and III the short time that
they have been in the Rygeate coull-
try are making splendid progress.
This country for few miles north
Of Ryegate is rolling, but further
north it becomes more level, and the
land is unexcelled. What land is too
rough for farming is splendid graz
ing ground, so that none Of it is
waste. Many thousands of bushels
Of grain will be taken out of this
district this fall and there is dire
need of good roads, and these people
are determined that they shall have
good roads. The country north of
Ryegate, while not 80 large coun-
try in amount Of acreage, has the
same fine land and the same ener-
getic kind OF people that have set.
tied the country south and forms
part Of the total value Of which Rye
gate is the center. There are u num-
ber Of steam plows working in this
north country, and another year will
see very large amount of 1t under
cultivation. Mr.. Russell will return
to Ryegate from his home in Mime
sofa. as soon as the fall crop is har-
vested there. He intends to make
the Ryegate country his home.
A gOOd-natured man likes to give
the impression that he is Il holy ter
ror when he finally does get mad.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-19
SUDDEN DEATH
OF E. W. BARKLEY

News was received here Tuesday of
the death or G. w. Barkley at his
home III Seward, Nebraska. on Tues
day morning.
On Saturday, May 6, Mr.. Barkley
arrived in Judith Gap and went to
his sons homestead near Oxford.
W. Barkley, the son. made commuta-
ton final proof the following Monday
and his father was present in Judith
Gap all that day, leaving in the even
for for Lewistown to present to the
land office the evidence of the proof
personally, as he was anxious to
have everything attended to before
leaving for his home in Nebraska.
lie returned from Lewistown Tues
day evening and remained in Judith
Gap until Wednesday afternoon when
he left for home on No. ~. He spent
nearly all of Wednesday in the Jour
nal office, and complained then that
he was not feeling we'll, that he had
several chills and believed he had
caught cold.
1t is presumed that his cold devel-
oped into pneumonia. which took
him Oft suddenly, dying in less than a
week from the time lie left Judith
Gap.
W. \. Barkley left on no. A.
Wednesday for Seward to attend the
funeral.
The deceased was connected with
the leading bank in Seward tor Il long
time. He was an exceptionally good
business man and m d e many
friends with all whom he came in con.
tact. Although he was IS years of
Ege he was unusually active and
seemed full of vigOr while here, and
the news of his death was a great
surprise to his many friends in this
city.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-19
MONTANA NUGGETS

LewistOwn will give a celebration
on the Fourth Of July. It is likely
that lledgesville will also do little
celebrating.
Game Warden Berkin of Lewis
town arrested five Japs in the Smith
River valley for hunting and fishing
without licenss, and they were
tined.
Oil has been struck near Red Lodge
where Banker Cruise has several
wells drilling. This is only begin
ming of oil operations III Montana
that will eventually eclipse all other
states in the Union.
VIM. p. IIaves. manager of the
New Park hotel at Great Falls. died
Monday night of an abces of the
brain. Mr.. Hayes was al experien-
ced hotel man and made the New
Park popular with the travelling pub
lie.
Formal application has been made
for the segregation of 10000 acres Of
public land along the Flatwillow
creek in the eastern part Of Fergus
county. by the Fergus County Land
Il Irrigation Co., under the terms of
the Carey act.
Sheriff Billy Woods. who went in
to FDatwillOw country today. says
that the cloudburst and heavy rains
in that section during the past few
davs have changed the topography
of the country to such an extent that
he could hardly find his way through
the old familiar haunts and COW
trails. Only few old landmarks
as for instance some rimrOck or butte
remained in their original loca-
tiOns.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-19
STANDARD OIL, THE GREATEST
MONOPOLY IN THE WORLD, PUT
OUT OF BUSINESS BY THE LAW

Washington, May l5.--The Standard Oil Com
pary of New Jersey and its 10 subsidiary corpo-
rations we're declared today by the supreme
court Of the United States to be combination
in restraint of trade. 1t was also held to be mo-
nopoIizng interstate commerce in violation of
the Sherman antitrust law. The dissolution of
the combination ordered to take place with
in six months
The supreme court holds:
That the Standard Oil company is a monopoly
in restraint of trade.
That this giant corporation must be dissolved
within six months.
Corporations whose contracts are not "unrea-
sonaby restrictive of competition are not al
fected.
Other great corporations whose acts may be
called into question will be dealt with according
to the merits of their particular cases.
The court was unanimous as to the main fea-
ture of the decision Justice Harlan dissenting
only as to limitation of application of the Sher-
man antitrust law.
President Taft and cabinet will consider inn
mediately the entire trust situation and the ad-
visibility of pressing for federal incorporation
act.
A decision in the tobacco trust case, which
was expected simultaneously, was not an
nounced and may be handed down r1ay 70.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-19
GENERAL NEWS


The latest report from Mexico is to
the effect that DiaZ will resign the
first of June. and that De la Bara and
Madero will jointly govern.
Biologists have reported that
North Dakota has coal area of 32,-
600 square miles from which can be
produced 500, 900, ,OOO, 900 tons.
President Taft is disappointed in
the supreme courts decision in the
Standard Oil case. lie does not think
there are any such things as good
trusts" and bad trusts
The government has called for bids
for the sale OF $50 O,OOO,OOO Panama
bonds bearing ; per cent interest
from June 1, 1911. The bonds will be
in denomination of 500, $500 and
$1,000.
John Deitz of Cameron dam was
found guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree at Hayward, Wis, last Satur-
day, and was sentenced to life i'm
prisOnment. His wife and son were
cleared.
The war in Mexico seems to be at
All end. The government has about
acceded to the rebel demands, and
peace may be declared at any hour.
Mexican people have sustained a loss
of thousands of lives, untold suffer-
ing, destruction Of millions OF prop
erty. and many inhabitants will prob
ably face starvation for months to
come.
The Washington times., 1911-12-17
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The Washington times., 1911-12-17

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