The Valley Falls New Era from Valley Falls, Kansas • Page 6

Latest Kansas DESTROYED MEXICAN CITIES. Chilpancingo and Chilapa Both Lev eled and Further Extent of Damage Net Yet Known. A SOCIAL LEADER OF KANSAS CITY Attribute Her Excellent Health to Pe-ru-na. XffJB JfEW EH A By the NEW ERA PUB. CO.

VALL12Y FALLS KANSAS A mouflment erected to the memory of the "Rough Riders" of the Spanish-American war was recently dedicated In the National cemetery at Arlington with an elaborate mill tary display. Final motions to quash the indictment against he Standard Oil company have been overruled by Judge Landis in the federal court of Chicago. Appropriations of the recent Nebraska legislature aggregating $250,000 have been vetoed by Gov. Sheldon. The loss falls heavily on state educational institutions.

Butcher workmen in the various packing plants throughout the West Events. Can Get Patents Now. The orders of the Interior Department, dated December 7 and 15, 1905, withholding from patent all final timber culture entries and commuted homestead entries in Kansas have been revoked. The action was taken by Secretary Garfield on recommendation of the commissioner of the general land office, Mr. Ballinger.

Approximately 280 timber culture entries and 220 commuted homestead proofs, affecting about 80,000 acres of land, have been released by the withdrawals. Extensive Investigations in the last two years have weeded out most of the fraudulent entries and it was not deemed advisable further to' continue the blanket order of suspension. The revocation of the suspensions does not affect these entries against which specific charges have been filed. The representatives of the land office in Kansas will continue their investigations and efforts to convict persons engaged in illegally securing possession of public lands by means of fraudulent entries. Kansas Textbook Bids May 6.

The state textbook commission held a preliminary meeting to perfect its organization and determine on a method in awarding the contracts for the new text books. W. Lyon was elected secretary of the committee, E. T. Fairchild, state superintendent, is chairman ex-offico.

The commission decided that all bids and samples of books must be submitted by May 6, and no changes or supplemental bids will be allowed. July 6 the committee will meet and hear the representatives of the different book companies. No representative will be allowed in the rooms after that date. The committee has revoked the order approving the agricultural chart known as "Country Life and Agricultural Education." This chart was adopted in July, 1904. There was a scandal connected with the approval of this chart and its sale in Kansas.

It was exceedingly high in price and was said to be practically worthless. Wants Goose Island. The state of Kansas has made a bid to obtain jurisdiction over Goose island in the Missouri river just above Kansas City by fiing in the Supreme court of the United States an answer to the petition to the attoc. ney general of Missouri and in addition filing a cross bill, which claims the island for Kansas. Kansas claims the island on the ground that the main current and the main and principal channel of the Missouri river were to the eastward of Goose island and between the island and the Missouri mainland when the original survey was first made and that in spite of the changes In the river channel the island still belongs to this state.

Prize Spelling Contest. After the spelling contest at Topeka lasting two hours and during which hundreds of words were spelled, Alta Colton of. the Silver Lake school at Silver Lake was declared to be the best speller in Shawnee county and awarded a first prize which was a Webster's unabridged dictionary. The second prize of a year's subscription to the Capital was awarded to Miss Ida Benonder of Matney School In Monmouth township. Fraternal Orders Did Well.

Taken as a whole, the fraternal orders made a good gain in Kansas in 1906, both in membership and in assets. Very few of them show a decrease and most of them are able to show a good substantial gain. The The Modern Woodmen made the best showing. It wrote 7,802 lapsed 2,234 and closed the year with 64,701 members in the state, a net gain of 5,568. Get the Incubator The celebrated "incubator baby" case has been decided by the supreme court and Mrs.

Charlotte E. Bleakley of Lawrence, who claims to be the mother of the child, will retain the child in her custody. The court holds that she Is entitled to it as against the claims of Mr. and Mrs. James G.

Barclay of Moline, Illinois, who adopted it. Abilene Statesmen Score. "Abilene statesmen" says the Manhattan Republic, "have built a short cut connecting with the Rock Island, have elected a full set of officers from president to janitor, and thus as 'railroad employes' will have passes ovei all railroads who will recognize their An Abilene stateman Is invincible." A Life of Jerry Simpson. Mrs. Jerry Simpson is preparing for publication a history of the life of her late husband.

Shawnee County Man 102 Years Old. The oldest man in Shawnee county Is W21ilam Linn of Lynn creek who Is now 102 years old. For 52 years he has lived in Shawnee county. Lynn came to Shawnee county In time' 01 several Indian fights and the Price raid. He saw the early fights between the pro and anti-slavery- forces It was for him that Lynn creek was named, probably not another man Ie Shawnee county can tell the stor of progress in Kansas as Lynn hai seen It Chilpancingo, Mexico.

This city has been completely destroyed by an earthquake. The known dead number eleven and the badly injured 27. The greatest panic prevails and people are fleeing to the open country. The earth continues to rock at half-hour intervals and many minor shocks are completing the work ot destruction begun by the, first" earthquake. Word has reached here that in the town of Chilapa, 42 kilometers to tho northeastward has also been destroyed.

No details have been received as to the number of the dead and injured. City of Mexico. The national bank of Mexico has received a telegram saying that 1,000 lives wero lost in the destruction of Chilpancingo and Chilapa. In governmental circles the report is not credited. It is admitted that bcth cities were leveled to the ground, but it is not thought that the death list will even approximate 500, owing to the fact that tha houses are built of stone in order to resist earthquake shocks.

The federal authorities here have been appealed to by the governors of the districts- of Bravos and Chilapa for tents as the Inhabitants are now living in the open. The governor of Guerrero has dispatched military engineers and troops to the stricken district and the work of rescue and sanitation is being carried on in a systematic manner. Three Cent Fares Do Not Pay. Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland electric railway company reported to the city council Monday night that the operation of cars at three cent fare in accord with the city administration's policy, is a losing venture.

These lines have been operated at the low rate following the expiration of the company's franchise, according to the ruling of the district and supreme courts of the United States. The. report declares the cost of carrying passengers on the line indicated, was in excess of three cents, and that the expense would not warrant a continuance of the test. Same Line of Defense for Thaw. New York.

"If another trial is held it has been agreed that the same line of defense as that used in the first trial will be followed. Evelyn Thaw will tell her story again, but her testimony will be greatly strengthened by letters written to her by White that were not used before." This is the statement credited to Lawyer Dan O'Reilly cr Harry K. Thaw's counsel Monday. It has been reported that O'Reilly Would be chief of the defense when the trial is called again, but this report was not confirmed. The Macklin Court-Martial.

San Antonio, Tex. The court-martial cf Captain Macklin, Twenty-fifth infantry, in connection with the "shooting up" of Brownsville, began at Fort Sam Houston. Major C. Wr. Penrose testified to being awakened by the firing and said the accused, who was the officer of the day, did not appear for some time and he had been asleep.

Witness testified that men sent to find Macklin reported that he "could not be found at his house, in the post or in town Chicago's New Mavor. Chicago, 111. Fred A. Busse was formally installed as mayor of Chicago at the city council meeting Monday nighL Mr. Busse is the first republican mayor Chicago has chosen in ten years.

Under the provisions of the new city charter he will serve four years, being the first Chicago mayor to eater upon a term of that length. President Bonilla Deported. Washington, D. C. The navy department is informed that the gunboat Princeton left Amapala on Saturday with President Bonilla of Honduras aboard.

It was stated that President Bonilla would be landed at Selina Cruz, Mexico. His departure Is in compliance with an agreement entered into between President Zeiaya of Nicaragua and President "Figuera of Salvador that the Hondurean president shall quit Central America. British Steamer Foundered. Gibraltar. The British steamer from Swansea, for Barcelona, foundered April 13, off the Spanish coast.

Her captain, first officer and a sailor were picked up and brought here. The rest of the crew are belived to have teen drowned. President's Relative Dead. Washington, D. C.

George W. Roosevelt, a cousin of President Roosevelt, died Sunday midnight, at Brussels, where he was consul general. Deceased served as cousul In various countries since 1878. Number cf I.Tvnigrants Increase. Washington.

According to a statement issued' Monday by the Bureau of Immigration, tho total Immigration to the United States from all countries for the six months ending with March last aggregated 529,137 persons, which Is an Increase of over a like period In 190C. The total number of immigrants from'Rus-sia for the six months ending with March last was 103,304, being an Increase of 21,631 over the corresponding period In 190C. An Officers Long Trip. Lieut. Warner McCabe of the Sixth cavalry, a student officer In the school at Ft, Riley, has received notice from the war department that he had been appointed to make an endurance test with an Arabian stallion by riding from Portland, to New York city, a distance of more than 3,000 miles.

A New York breeder has interested the war department in the matter and he furnishes the stallion and pays expense of making the experiment. The breeder is making the test for the purpose of determining what breed of horses Is best adapted for cavalry sarvlce. Lieut. McCabe will go to Portland In a few day. and will be accompanied on his trip by an orderly.

Good News Fcr Consumers. In an effort to drive out of business the mail order and catalogue houses which sell direct to the consumer in the middle western states the lumbermen of Kansas and Missouri, at a meeting, at Kansas City, decided to reduce the prices on hardware, paints, doors, windows and sashes so as to meet the prices of the mail order houses. They decided to go further, too. The lumbermen In each town in Missouri and Kansas have obligated themselves to form an organization among the local merchants and drive down the prices of merchandise so as to compete with the mail order houses. Mayor-Elect Naturalized.

Through the loss of his naturalization 5 papers Mayor-elect John Nelson of Ottawa was forced to go into court and take out his papers of first declaration. He has lived in Ottawa 20 years and had served several years as a member of the city council. Mr. Nelson was born in Denmark. After he was elected mayor on the republican ticket by a substantial majority a question was raised as to his citizenship and though he is positive that he has been naturalized he has been unable to produce either the1 papers or the court record.

An Oil Company's Trouble. H. H. Tucker secretary of the Uncle Sain Oil company with headquarters at Kansas City and refineries at several points has been indicted by the federal grand jury on the charge of using the mail to defraud. The postmaster general has ordered the mail addressed to the firm held and one of the stockholders has filed a petition with United States circuit court asking that a receiver be appointed for the company.

"The Cawker City It." "The Cawker City It" is the name of a new independent newspaper soon to be started at Cawker City. Its announced mission will be to give the news, build up Cawker City and surrounding country; advertise Lincoln Park Chautauqua and boom Wa-conda Springs. New power press, new type and everything up-to-date will be purchased. A new building ownell by the company will be erected. When lola Was Suvryner Resort.

Iola mineral water, which can now be had for the trouble of going to the Acers' well to get it, years ago was considered the best health water' in the state and sold for $2.25 a ten gallon keg. In those times' people came from all parts of the United States to lola to drink the wTater and take vapor baths, and Iola was considered the summer resort of the state. Junction City Commercial Club. At the annual meeting of the Junction City Commercial Club, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: L. S.

"Pegues, president; J. J. -Penell, first vice president; C. W. Strickland, second vice president; F.

L. Durland, treasurer; Arthur Graves, secretary. tola's Eagle Club Raided. The Eagle clubrooms at lola have been raided by the county officials. The liquor and bar fixtures were confiscated.

The steward of the Eagles and the president of the organization were arrested. The officers were refused admittance and they broke through three doors. College President Dead. N. J.

Morrison, president of Fairmont college, at Wichita, died recently of pneumonia. He was born in New Hampshire, near the old home of Daniel Webster, 79 years ago. McGarrah Buys Manhattan Mercury. McGarrah, who recently sold the Manhattan Nationalist after being connected with it six years, has bought the Manhattan Mercury from Scott Langdon. Boys Corn Contest for Saline County.

The Commercial Club of Salina voted to inaugurate a "Boys' Corn Contest," and appointed committees for quick work. It was voted to raise $100 for sending twelve prize winners to the State Farmers' institute at Manhattan next winter. Want to Hear From Destitute Insane. The state board of control wants to hear from all persons who have hills against the state for the care of. destitute insane, who are not being kept at a state Institution for lack of room.

IEWS OF THE WEEK Host Important Happenings cf the Past Seven Days. fntereatlns Items Gathered froic A13 parts of tbe World Condensed Into Small fer the Benefit of Oar Readers. Personal. James H. Eckles former comptroller of the currency is dead.

Maj. General James F. Wade, has retired from the army on account of age. His military services cover a period of 4G years. The official Western Baseball association schedule shows the season for that organization will open May 2.

Commander Peary has stated tiiat he would sail from New York about July 1 to make another attempt to reach the north pole. John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue has resigned and ms resignation has been accepted by the president. He leaves the service to enter the practice of law. Albert Williams, the last of the 16 delegates in the first republican convention at Jackson, is dead at his home in Ionia, aged 90 years.

A. H. Weir, twice democratic mayor of Lincoln, died recently while riding in an automobile in that city. J. H.

Stichler, representative in the last Kansas legislature from Woodson county, is dead at his home in Yates Center. Ex-Senator F. M. Cockrell, Interstate Commerce commissioner, has returned to Washington in good physical condition and has resumed his labors as a member of the commission. Maj.

Edward Mallet, for many years chief of the land division of the general land office, died recently in Washington aged 65 years. Mrs. Julia Sheldon, mother of Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska, was recently stricken with paralysis. N.

J. Morrison, president of Fairmont college at Wichita, is dead. A silk mill merger with a capital of $22,500,000 is announced in Pennsylvania. Miscellaneous. The supreme court of Minnesota has handed down a decision upholding the right of the Great Northern railroad to issue the $65,000,000 of stock authorized by the directors some months ago.

The New York Central railroad, Ira A. McCormick, general superintendent, and A. H. Smith, a vice president, have bean indicted for manslaughter in connection with a recent wreck on the road. The grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Ohio has suspended.

The lodge has death claims against it amounting to and only $3,000 in the treasury. Rudolph Crowell, of Little Rock, walked into the police station of Indianapolis and confessed having etolen $2,400 from express packages 'while in the employ of the Wells, Fargo company in Little Rock. A mail package apparently containing dynamite exploded while being stamped in the St. Louis post office, blowing off a portion of the finger and thumb of the clerk who was handling it. The post office department has Issued aa order holding the mail of the Uncle Sam Oil company, whose secretary was recently arrested charged with fraud.

The C. C. White memorial building of the Nebraska Wesleyan university was recently dedicated in the presence of a distinguished company. Fifteen hundred woodworkers at Dubuque, have gone out on a ctrlke for increased wages and shorter hours. The president has appointed Ralph W.

Tyler, a negro, or Columbus, O. to be auditor of the treasury. Frederick Schlagel, who gave his address as Los Angtles, wes arrested at Pittsburg, while trying to gain admittance to the presence of Andrew Carnegie. He had an open lenife concealed in his sleeve. The ceremonies in connection with the re-dedication of the Carnegie Institute were recently held at Pittsburg, Pa.

Many notable men from all parts of the world took part in the proceedings. The building covers an urea of four acres and cost $6,000,000. The Kansas attorney general has made application to the state supreme court for writs of quo warranto and injunctions against eight big hreweries and whisky jobbers doing business In the state. The C4th annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge was won by the latter. Ten men who have been connected -with the exploiting of the Lost Bullion Spanish Mines company, have been arrested at Denver charged with fraudulent practices.

The agricultural department reports the condition of winter wheat on April 1 at S9.9. Willie Sell, recently pardoned by Gov. Hoch from the Kansas Penitentiary, has taken a position in a drug at Norton ville, Kar. 7 4w MRS, W. H.

SIMMONS. MRS. W. H.SIMMONS, 1119 E. 6th Kansas City, member of the National Annuity Association, writes My health was excellent until about a year aro, when I had a complete collapse from overdoing socially, not pet-tinjr the proper rest, and toa man late suppers.

My stomach was in a dreadful condition, and my nerves all un-strung. I was advised by a friend to try rc-runa, and eventually I bought a lottle. I took it and then another, and kept usinr it for three months. "At the end of that time my health was reswjieu, my uerves uo jonger troubled me, and I felt myself once more and able to assume my social position. I certainly feel that Pcruna is deserving of praise.

There are many reasons why society women break down, why their nervous systems fail, why they have systemic or pelvic catarrh. Indeed, they are especially liable to these ailments. No wonder they require the protection of Pcruna. It is their shield and safeguard. Encourage Saving.

The wise father and mother will never discourage the fancies of their children for accumulating things. It Is a natural instinct, inborn in the most of people, and given a little thought and care by the older heads may be turned to good account. If the child begins to collect "pretty" pebbles or shells at the seashore don't throw them out but let them form the basis of a little geological collection, and with proper guidance the youngster will soon be looking upon "sticks and stones" with an interested and educated eye. 8wIm Women Demand 8uffrag. Women of all classes In Geneva have formed an association to secure for themselves the suffrage In every department of public life, and especially the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

The vice president and the secretary of the association are members of the chamber of deputies, and several university professors have accepted minor offices. Many public men are giving their support to the movement London Tribune. Benefit of Modern Machinery. It is estimated by the department of agriculture that last year's crop was produced and gathered at a saving of $685,000,000 over what would have been the cost of raising an equal crop 50 years ago. This saving was accomplished by the use of modern agricultural Farm Machinery.

8 MIEUHATISn AND NEURALGIA The Proved Remedy For Over 50 Years. Price 25c and 50c Positively cured by these Little rills. They also reCera Ka- tress from Dyspepsia, In digestion and Too nearly Eating A perfect rem-efly lorDlCTTnnsa. Kansea. ia tho Uocta, Coated Tongue, rain In tno Elae.

TOEPID LIVES. Taey resnlate be Cowels. rarer Vegetable." StSJUi fill SHALL CQSL SiULLFHICL Gcaaavs Must Bear Fsc-Simila Signature ML ICARTFR'SI 1 f.lVER PIM.S. CARTERS are preparing to demand an increase In wages. A negro killing and a burglary have so aroused the citizens of Altus.

that they have driven- all the negroes from the city. The forestry bureau of the govern ment has ordered 170,000 trees planted In the Garden City, Kan reserve this spring. Word comes from Shanghai that conditions in the Chinese famine dis trict are growing worse. Five thous and persons are daily dying of starva tion. The relief committee appeals to Amercia for $3,000,000 in the next three weeks to aid the sufferers.

After deliberating 47 hours and eight minutes, the jury which has been trying Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White in New York, reported to th court its inability to agree on a verdict and were discharged. Seven of the 12 men favored murder in the first degree and five favored acquittal. The prisoner was remanded to jail without bail. President Bonilla, of Honduras has surrendered to the Nicaraguan forces at Amapalpa, thus ending the war between the two Central American republics.

In preparation for the nine hour law, the Chicago Northwestern railroad is closing scores of its smaller offices throughout Iowa. Gov. Hoch has granted a conditional pardon to Willie Sell, who has been serving a life sentence in the Kansas penitentiary since 1888 for the murder of his father, mother, brother and sister. The principal condition is that he must not exhibit himself for the purpose of making H. H.

Tucker, secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil company, with headquarters in Kansas City, has been indicted by the federal grand jury at Topeka on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Tucker claims he Is being persecuted by the Standard Oil company. D. C. Willoughby who recently sailed from New York for Europe, is wanted in Des Moines, Omaha and Denver for issuing fraudulent deeds to farm land In the west.

A passenger train on the St. Johns- bury and Lake Champlain railroad plunged down a 40 foot embankment killing one person and injuring about 15 others. None of the express companies doing business in Nebraska have lowered their rates in compliance with the newT state law which re duces charges 25 per cent. The New York Herald Publishing company has been sentenced to pay fines aggregating $31,000 on pleas of guilty to using the United States mails for improper purposes. The policies of President Roosevelt were recently indorsed by the Con necticut legislature by a rising vote.

At a banquet in New York Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, warmly defended the United States senate, saying there was not in the" world a legislative body more loyal to public Interests. Moore's Opera House at Nevada, was recently destroyed by fire. The news that Gen. Lee Christmas, of had been killed in Honduras by Nicaraguan soldiers has been confirmed. In the federal xcourt at Chicago Judge Landis decided that the Stand ard Oil company may produce evidence showing that it did not intend to violate the law in the acceptance of unlawful rates.

Dr. Kinnard, commissioner of the Society of Friends, who was sent to Russia to investigate famine conditions, says there are 20,000,000 people in danger of starvation in the southeastern provinces. He appeals to the Anglo-Saxons for $2,500,000 to aid them. The Rock Island railroad company has been found guilty by the federal grand jury at Topeka, of cruelty to animals and fined $300 because It carried live stock without feed and water for more than 28 hours. The Standard OH company has-been found guilty on a criminal charge ot accepting rebates, by a Chicago jury, on 1,463 counts.

Judge Cowan has directed that the station of the Great Northern railroad at Church's Ferry, N. be closed for one year becouse a drayman used It for -storing beer, thus violating the state prohibitory, law. The Kansas supreme court has issued a temporary restraining tfrder gainst the breweries and allied concerns which prevents them from transacting business in the state or removing their property pending a hearing which ill be held April 22 on amotion to perpetually enjoin them from transacting any business In violation of the prohibitory law. At a recent banquet at Chattanooga, Tenn William J. Bryan was requested to present the name ot Theodore Roosevelt to the next retinal democratic convention.

IVErt REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.