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SAUNA, KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1908 NUMBER 231 LOCAL ITEMS. SALINA PARTY AT WILSON DISTRICT COURT IS. WALLERJUS SITS TUESDAY! BADLY INJURED POSTOFFICE ROBBERS CAPTURED AFTER TWO HAD BEEN WOUNDED I While On Her Way to Church, Horse Overturned the Buggy In Which She Sat. NEW YORK BANK CLOSES DOORS hunt, but a close scrutiny of the Jac. Wallerius, living south I and a study of the primary law ALFONZO'S LIFE IS IN DANGER I Spanish Minister Fears King May Be Assassinated.

AT BARCELONA, TUESDAY His Majesty Determined That He Will Make His Visit As Already Planned. (Special Hearst Telegram.) Madrid, March 9. A dispatch has been received from the Spanish minister at Switzerland saying, "The anarchists of Geneva have decreed the death of King Alfonzo and Premier Maura." It has developed today that a section of the Spanish ministry is bitterly opposed to Alfonzo's going to Barcelona, but the king refuses to be dissuaded, as he considers it his duty and is confident that his visit will appeal to the chivalrous spirit of the Spanish people and will have a good effect. Barcelona, March 9. General Lin-aerz, captain general of Catalony, is confident that the visit of King Alfonzo to Barcelona will pass off safely.

His Majesty is expected tomorrow. No precautions are being spared to safeguard the life of the king. THIRTY ANARCHISTS ARE ARRESTED TODAY (Special Hearst Telegram.) Barcelona, March 9. The police today arrested thirty avowed anarchists. The authorities have announced their intention of ridding the city of agitators.

Strong guards will be placed about the city until after the departure of King Alfonso, with orders to kill on the spot any one attempting to draw a weapon on the streets. Hundreds of citizens have volunteered as special policemen and have been refused. Placards were found posted this morning calling on all true anarchists to be true comrades and remember others. SERGEANT HOWARD IS THROWN AND KILLED (Special to the Union.) Ft. Riley, Mar.

9. Sergeant Jerome Howard, Troop Seventh cavalry, was thrown from his horse last evening and his skull fractured. He died three hours later. OWNERSHIP PLEDGE Are Entertained By Mr. and Mrs.

Car- I hart, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Danner. Saturday night a party of Salina peo pie. Mr.

and Mrs. Vein Hilson. Mr. Arthur Whire Mr II or a iyi 1 1 i Mr- GeorSe Gunter with Messrs. Arlie and Will Carheart, left on the Union Pacific for Wilson.

One ot the objects of the visit has been planned was a cmobined duck, wolf, prairie dog and oa'amouut regaled facts thV; lYMikel in the tponement of the ha.r part cf the n'i. At the Carhmt farm hc-me, two and a half miles out of Wilson, the pj ty was er: in a very genesis man i Carhart, -lug honors jf tbe occasion, who kIo 'v-m enoug'i to mingle tlie with distance immediately f'lei they hid drank their fourth c.ck of cream ami all. A( the home of Mr. and Mrs I Danne'-, party was served with p. fi o'clock ww in a manner that them tit up and take careful no-t: The ijii nai' ho.ne in ap ment, yr -hlrr.

is one of the n.idels of in and leaves 'IrK? to eesired in making of a home. 'the declared that it'im i to been in the fouiih di weiision. T.i) pin? arrived lou.e a i tol-y. GERMANS SAY WE HOLD LIFE CHEAP Collinwood Fire Disaster Brings Out Some Plain Statements. Berlin.

March 9. On account of the large number of children of German-American births, estimated according to cablegrams at 70 per cent, among the victims of the Collinwood, Ohio, fire, the catrastrophe occasions hor ror stricken comment throughout the i fatherland. i The papers publish brutally frank references to the cheapness with which life is held in America, and i ask how many more death dealing ex-j penences like the Iroquois, Slocum and Collinwood disasters are necessary before the nation is sufficiently aroused to pay some attention to the protection of human life that Europe has long regarded as the elementary principle of government. NEGRO LYNCHED IN "ORDERLY" MANNER Governor of Texas Learns of Mat's Act in Navasota County. Austin, Texas, March 9.

The governor has just received word that a negro, who had tried to rob and kill a white man, has been taken from the Navasota county jail and hung to a telegraph pole. The dispatch described the lynching as "very orderly." Not a word was spoken by the mob during the lynching. VOTERS' MUNICIPAL )i Camden, N. .1., March 9. The pistol battle between a possee of farmers and three postoffice robljers in a swamp near here, resulted in the capture of all three and their incarceration in the Woodbury jail after two of them had been wounded.

One of the men, William McCoy, had his face literally riddled with buckshot The other injured man is not expected to recover. NOW BELIEVED LIST OF DEAD REACHES 174 Cleveland, March 9 The total number of dead, as a result of the burning of the Lakeview school in Collin wood lasi Wednesday, is now believed to be 174. Of this number the bodies of have been found. The bodies of six other children are believed to have been burned to ashes. Thid is the opinion of the village offi cials who have compiled what is supposed to be a complete list of the missing.

It is believed by officias in charge of the bodies that mistakes have been made by parents who claimed the little blackened remains in the excitement of the first day and that they took possession of bodies that were not those of their dead children. De puty Coroner McNeil was convinced of this early today and made an effort to rectify some of the blunders. In this be was handicapped, as in some cases the funerals had been held and in other instances the bereaved parents could not be convinced of their supposed error. MILWAUKEE TAKES FIRE PRECAUTIONS (Speeial Hearst Milwaukee, March 9. The third floors of sixteen of Milwaukee's public school buildings were ordered vacated today by Building Inspector Koch because of the absence of fire escapes.

The Collinwood fire disaster is responsible for the inspection and order here. MOVED FAMILY TO SALINA. Ed Chrysler, son of Henry Ch-yslor of 215 North Seventh s're; has moved his family from Chickaslia. to Salina and will niakj ibis city his headquarters. He is manager of the motive power of the Rook Island railway at the Chickasha yard-; and will remain there.

He believed that Salina was the healthiest place for his familv. He has nnved into the Joe Vaughn properly, vLU-h he recently purchased. EXPLODED IN POOL ROOM Gasoline Lamp Caused $250 Loss. Hartford City, March 5. A gasoline lamp in the pool room of Rol-la Method, at Milford, exploded, and loss to the amount of $250 resulted.

NOTABLE DISASTERS WHICH OVER 1,000 Date. be has R. of i i 1 Iteiirsl Telegram.) New York, March 9. The suspension of the banking establishment ot Mirell. Spiesman Sternberg of Wil-liamsbuig was announced today, following a notice that owing to the money stringency it is forced to suspend temporarily.

It is claimed that all depositors will be paid in full. The bank has been running about a year and its depositors are chiefly Jewish peddlers and working girls. Great excitement prevails. DINNER PAILS NEED FILLING Elmira, N. March 9.

The Erie railroad has otlicially notitied its fooil- erniakers and boilermakers' helpers that their wages will be reduced l'i per cent. 1 elegraph operators who were put on a basis of eight hours a day to conform to the ne wlimiting their work to nine hours, are said to organizing to protest against a ciK which, it is said unofficially, will be made in their wages. TWO SHIPWRECKED CREWS ARE RESCUED! Hearst Tclpiriam.i New York, March 9. The liner, Cherokee, this morning brought in twenty-nine people from Turks Island, one of the Bahamas. They were the crews of the British steamer, Beta, and the schooner, Marjory Sumner, who had been ship-wrecked and had narrowly escaped with their lives.

CHINA APOLGIZES FOR HOSTILE ACT Loudon, March 9. A special dispatch received here states that China apologized to Japan for hauling down the Japanese flag when the steamship Tatsu Maru was seized. The dispatch further states that China later will reply to the Japanese government regarding the seizure of the steamer and its cargo. IOWA MILLIONAIRE DIES IN FLORIDA (Sporial Hearst Cedar Rapids, March 9. Senator S.

L. Dowes, a resident of Cedar Rapids and one of the builders of the Burlington and of the Illinois Central roalroads, died at Daytona, Florida, Sunday. He was rated as a millionaire and is well known throughout the country. GAVE ORGAN TO SCHOOL. Prof.

W. H. Packard this morning presented the city schools with a reed organ. This organ has been placed in the Central school. The C.

this morning presented Miss Eberly's room in the Second Ward school with a large flag and a book patriotic songs. BY FIRE IN LIVES WERE LOST) Number Killed. i A. E. Nickelson was in the city Saf-I urday.

A. T. Andrist of Falun is in the city on business today. I Anyway, it might be said that the district schools aie not fire traps. Miss Mauntina Rollman of Kansas City, is visiting friends and relativf I in the city today.

Mrs. H. A. Poe is sick and her aunt Miss Mary Berlin of McPherson hei caring for her. W.

W. Hobert of Oaklev was trans i acting business in Salina today, Mrs. W. YV. Watson and daughtei Miss Florence, went to Kansas Cit.

this morning to spend a few days. Mr. and Mrs. A. M.

Crary spen Sunday in the city vitsiing her pin cuts. Mr. Oar vis editor of the Her ington Times. Mr. and Mrs.

Oscar Schogren are the parents of a fine nine-pound boy who came to the home Sunday. i Miss Margaret Coons, teacher ot i siiortnanrt at tne tmsiness college, was called to McPherson this morning by I a telephone message. Rollo Gale of Council Grove, a rep-j resentative of the Armour Packing company, was in the city Sunday, a guest at the home of Mrs. T. Kale.

Mrs. Edith Smith, who has been a saleslady at Bulklev's store for thf past three months, left this morning for Concordia, where she will resuni-. her work as demonsirator for the K. Fairbank cottolene. Mrs.

J. D. Lafferty left last evening for her home in Ellsworth after spending two weeks with her daughters. Mrs. Theo.

Seitz and Mrs. Llovd Sparr. West Iro navenue. Mrs. Seitz accompanied her home for a short visit.

Rev. Mr. Pihl of Rose Hill occupied the pulpit at the Swedish Mission church Sunday morning and Li the eening a woman, who is a re turned missionary, spoke. Rev. Edquist, the former pastor, is in Min-! nesota.

Miles Haibold of the Lee Hardware company, left this morning lor a fe.v days' visit in Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Haynes and little daughter of Galletin. stop ped over for a couple of days 'visit with friends in this city on their way home from Colorado.

OTHERS MAY DIE Wreck On the Burlington Has Resulted In At Least One Death. Excelsior Springs, March 9. One man is dead as the result of the derailment of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy wreck near Kearney, Sata-urday morning. He is Erastus R. Wilcox, a Kansas City horse buyer, who expired at 7 o'clock, Saturday evening.

At least twenty persons were injure 1. GEORGE SHANK WILL ENGAGE IN FARMING George Shank, who recently resigned his position with the Lee Wholesale company, ha ssold his place at 227 South Twelfth street to his father, Henry Shanks, of near Shipton. and has taken charge of his father's farm, consisting of 4S0 acres of land, and will again resume the farming business. The farm is equipped ia first class sdiape Henry Shank and family expect to move into the city in about a week. He has been one of the most successful farmers in Saline county.

HAND SERIOUSLY BURNED. Mrs. George Thorns was quite badl burned on one of her hands Saturdav night. Her little boy was near tiie lamp and pushed near enough to a calendar that hung on the wall to set it on fire. Mrs.

Thorns caught the burning calendar and tore it dowj and in doing so the fire burned her hand quite severely. WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and probably Tuesday Rising temperature. Barometer Standing Today: At 8 o'clock a. 29.31 At 3 o'clock p.

7... 29. 31 The Almanac. Sun sets 6:26 p.m. Sun rises 6:50 a.

m. ONE is is a Eleven Liquor Cases Have Been Docketed. TWELVE ASK DIVORCE There Are Fifteen Cases Asking for Recovery of Money Or Property. District court, for the March term, sets tomorow morning at 9 o'clock. Tomorrow will be devoted almost ex clusively to setting the cases and for this reason the jury will not be called until Wednesday.

The docket this time is fairly large embracing fourteen criminal and sixty-five civil cases. Of the criminal cases, eleven are tor violation ot tne prohibitory law. There is one against Gus Hillus for assault, one against Charles Davis for larceny and one against Helen Johnson for forgery. Case No. 73S2 still heads the list of civil cases.

This is an injunction asked by he Union Pacific Railway company against the board of county commissioners and has been on the docket for years. Listed on the docket are twelve ap plications for divorce. There are fif teen cases asking for recovery of mon-; ey and four cases asking damages. It is presumed that this term of ourt will not be as lengthy as the others and that the main time will be devoted to getting rid of the liquor cases. As many of these defendants are men paroled some time ago, the results will be watched with interest.

SERVICES SUNDAY AT BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. V. II. Clark of Barnard preached two splendid sermons at the First Baptist church Sunday morning and evening, and he was listened to by a good-sized and appreciative audience Rev. George Shapard, pastor of th Salina church, has been in Barnard the past week and intends to remain one week longer, as he is meeting with good success in his revival work SUICIDES BY JUMPING FROM WINDOW (Special Hearst Tv-lPiiwm Fistville Landing, N.

March 9. Mrs. Jennie Doorr, a wealthy southerner prominent here, committed sui cide today by jumping from the second story of the Riverview sanitarium. Her neck was broken. She had made two previous unsuccessful attempts at self destruction.

The cause for the rash act is not known. SALINA SHOULD WAKEJfP SOON State Board of Health Shows 89 Municipal Water Plants In State. The January bulletin of the Sta'e Board of Health gives reports on 117 water plants in the state of Kansas, of which S9 plants, serving a population of 31 are owned by the municipalities, and 28 plants, serving a population of 2S7.8S2, are owned by private companies. It is humiliating to note that Salina ono of the 28 Kansas pwns which secures its water supply from a private company. It is time that Salina wake up and get into the municipal ownership hand wagon.

Dr. Moses delivered a lecture to the business college students on "Illegitimacy," Sunday afternoon. This the fifth of a series that has been delivered under the auspices of the Y. M. C.

complimentary to young men. Miss Lottie Jukes of Kansas City, niece of Ham Jukes of Salina. hero visiting her relatives Sunday. of the city, was quite badly injured i a runaway yesterday morning aboni 10:30 o'clock. Mrs.

Wallerius was on her wa from her home to the Catholic church When about in front of the Jas. Quiun place, South Ninth street, the horse became frightened and. running away, turned the buggy over. Mrs. Wallerius was thrown out ane quite severely bruised.

She was ta': en into the Quinn home and Dr. J. hastily called. He found hei suffering somewhat from the shock. Dr.

Miller stated today that Mrs Wallerius was doing well and that hei condition was not serious. Her in juries consist almost entirely ot bruises on different parts of the bod CHEYENNE MUST PAY FOR DEWEY TRIALS Topeka, March 9. In the suit of the county commissioners of Cheyenne county against the county commissioners of Norton county to determine who should pay the costs in the Chaun-cey Dewey murder trial, the Supreme court denies a new trial and corrects its judgment in the former case, which was that Cheyenne county should pay the costs. Four items were left out of the former judgment and these are added to compel Cheyenne county to pay the mileage of deputy sheriffs, i hich Norton county claimed was due. This is an echo of the case in which Clyde Wilson, a former Salina boy, was tried with Chauncey Dewey, and another man on the charge of murder.

The case grew out. of a pitched battle between the Berrys and Dewey's men. Of Remains of Chicago Assassin to Rest Beside Haymarket Anarchists. rial Hearst Teleirram.) March 9. Chicago anar Chicago, chists headed by Emma Goldman, will disinter the body of Lazerus Aver- buch, the would-be assassin of Chief of Police Shippy, and transfer it to Waldheim cemetery where it will rest beside the remains of the Haymarket anarchists.

Emma Goldman said today: "In Chicago we propose to test the right of free speech and will transfer the remains of Lazerus Averbuch. The police cannot interfere at the cemetery." LEAVES WASHINGTON FOR A KANSAS TOUR (Special to the Union.) Washington, Mar. 9. C. A.

Kupfer of the extension, United States Forest Service, has just left Washington for Kansas where he will be engaged for two weeks beginning Monday, March 9, in connection with the regular farmers' institute work carried on by the State Agricultural Experiment Station. He will deliver lectures on "Forest Planting In Kansas" at 12 different points as follows: March 9, Gove; March 10, Hoxie; March 11, Waldo; March 12, Barnard; March Pleasant Hill; March 14, Excelsior: March 16, Cawker City; March 17; Wayne; March 18, Miltonvale; March 19, Longford; March 20, Talmage; and March 21, Solomon. TAUGHT FIRST WESTERN KANSAS SCHOOL (Special to the Union.) Junction City, Mar. 9 Mrs. Silas McFarland died here Sunday at the age of 86 years.

The deceased taught the first school west of Ft. Riley in Kansas. That was in the year I860. DISINTER AVEiUCH as a voter of the City of Salina, with the best interests of Salina at heart, pledge myself to vote for no candidate for mayor or council who has not indicated by his signature to the Union's Municipal Ownership Pledge that he will talk, work and vote for immediate municipal ownership of the waterworks and of the electric light, electric power and gas plant under any and all conditions. I further pledge myself to talk and work for immediate municipal ownership of all tlte above mentioned public utilities, and others as soon as practicable and will not swerve from this position by promise of reward, threats of retaliation, or on account of clever arguments advanced by corporation lawyers, corporation managers, or corporation emissaries disguised as friends of the people.

Signed: Name Address (Sign and mail to the Salina Union.) Following is the Union's Municipal Ownership Pledge ''If elected as Mayor of Salina or as a member of the Salina City Council or seeking an appointive position in the service of the City of Salina, I pledge myself to talk, work and vote for municipal ownership of the waterworks and of the gas and electric light plan and I promise that under any and all circumstances I will not swerve from that position under pressure of promise of reward, threats of retaliation or clever arguments advanced by corporation lawyers, corporation managers or corp oration emissaries disguised a friends of the people." Oct. 8, 1836 Lehman's Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia. 650. Jan.

6, 1864 Church of the Jesuits, Santiago, Chile. .2,500 Dec. 5, 1876 Brooklyn Theatre, Brooklyn, N. 289 Dec. 8, 1881 Ring Theatre, Vienna, Austria, 850 June 16, 1883 School, Sundeerland, England 200 May 26, 1887 Opera Comique, Paris, France 200 Sept.

4, 1887 Exeter, England 200 Mar. 21, 1888 Banquet Thea tre, Oporto, 200. July 21,1889 Building at Luchow, China 400 Jan. 9, 1890 Shantung Theatre, China 250 Aug. 12, 1896 Ching Un District Theatre, China 200 May 4, 1897 Charity Bazaar, Paris, France 150 June 30, 1900 Piers of North German Lloyd Steamship Company and three steamships North River New York 200 20, 1902 Shiloh Baptist Church, Birmingham Ala 115 Dec.

30, 1903 Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, 111 566 June 15, 1904 Steamship General Slocum, East River, New York 1,021 March 20, B. Glover shoe factory, Brockton, Mass 100 Jan. 14, 1908 Rhodes" Opera House, Boyertown, 169 March 4, 1908 Lakeview School, Collingwood, 182.