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HUMBOLDT, KANSAS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1907. WHOLE NO. 2177.

Adrerdalni Hates HeirraatTs mm I I 1 I I I I I I I 7 I I I I I I I I I vv FACTORS IN TOWN PROCRESS. BUSY DAYS IN THE HOUSE. A BOtf FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR. AH OKLAHOMA LYNCHING. THE DIRT IS FLYING HOW Latest Kansas Events; State Farmers Institute.

The Kansas State Agricultural college offers a nias-day school for men. boys and women. December 26, 1907, to January 4. 1908- Among the many movements for the education of farmers none is more unique, than State Fanners institute at Manhattan. The announcement is row be made for the second annual institute.

It differs from others In being devoted to actual drill in judging grain and stock and in handling farm machinery and dairy apparatus for boys and men, and in actual-instruction In cooking and sewing for women and girls. Six courses are offered (1) Some Comment-Affording Thoughtful Folk Food for Reflection. It is the duty of every merchant to give support to hla home paper. When he pays the editor dollars for judicious advertising he is helping him self, helps the editor get out a bettei paper, and helps the community in general Public schools are one of the great props of national government. The more prosperous is a community the higher will be the educational facilities.

Good schools are a help to any town and bring into it the most de sirable classes, who seek to educate their children. He who assists ii building up the business of a town also assists in bettering the schools. Commercial clubs have been potent factors in the advancement of many towns. To the farmer the commercial clubs are as important as to the man of business. There is no reason why the farmers of the.

community should not cooperate with the business men In every undertaking that has for its object the benefit of the home town. The young man starting in life should have a certain object In view. The seeking of a vocation is an important thing. Too many seek lines of work that they are not naturally quali fied for. The greatest success is made by the men who follow that business or profession for which they nave natural inclination and talent.

Thousands of people are still on earth who can remember the dismal failure of the Ruskln cooperative col ony In the south, the falling to pieces of the Belamy community in Califor nia, the disintegration of the "Agricul tural Wheel" and the hundreds of thousands of dollars lost a day-dream er in Missouri and Kansas id efforts to demonstrate the practical work of theoretical cooperation. Still people will bite at baits thrown out by the alleged cooperative commercial con cerns, who have headquarters in large cities and do business through' the mails. BUILD UP LOCAL ENTERPRISES. Individual Effort a Factor In the Prog ress of Cities and Towns. A well known eastern financier, who for some time was the president of a laree- trust company, recently re signed, giving as his reason that man.

according to his belief, can do better working for himself, and that no man can really -earn a salary equal to what he can make in business for himself. One of the conservative financial papers In commenting upon the move of the financier here referred to says that in these days, when all kinds of business are being converged Into stock companies, the number of trades in which a man may engage in business for himself have become so few that for a great bulk of men, even those having the mental equipment which in other years would have been sufficient to make them their own masters, there is now no other opening than that of service for some corpora tion. For the bulk of the people, out side of those in agricultural pursuits. it is service for, the corporation or no work at all. This truth Is becoming more evident day by day.

Even the farmers are feeling the grasp of cor porate methods. It is true that millions must have the products of his lands and his bands, but the corpora tions are the mediums he must work through, and from him they exact their tlthings. It Is to the Interest of the farmer as well as the laborer in every walk and sphere to prevent as far as possible further encroachment of organized capital, and this can done by as far as possible keeping the dollars that you earn In circulation In the community where earned and thus prevent the further concentration of money and of business in the great cities. Is There Not Danger? Is it poor policy for the farmers and the laborers of the land to help build up les3 than a dozen large stores situ ated in great cities to do business of thousands of dollars In country towns. One Chicago concern does a business through the mails of $60,000,000 a year.

Twenty thousand dollars In business is about the average for the country town store. Here we have an example of one concern doing the business of 3,000 small stores. Is there not danger that should these great con cerns through their immense business drive the local dealers out of trade that they would become like other great combines, oppressors of the peo ple? Example of Modern Engineering. A remarkable example of the scru pulous exactness with which modern engineering work Is accomplished is found in the new piece of the Suevic, which has been placed to within one- sixteenth of an inch of the position it must occupy to allow of the two parts of the vessel to be joined. When the tubes of London, working from either end, were about to be united it was found that they were only an inch or two out of line.

The ordnance survey of England, when the various sections were brought together, showed a dis crepancy of less than five inches, and the construction of the Forth bridge, the greatest feat of all, was more remarkable still. When the king came to drive the last bolt the hole through the various plates was so near that the heat from a flaming paper was sufficient to expand the metal and allow of the rod being thrust through. Pall Mall Gazette. Abuse of Credit. It is the abuse of the credit system that frequently causes trade to drif from the home town to some distant concern.

Merchants extend credits to their customers, and when the bill reaches a large figure, the customer avoids the store of his benefactor, and wben goods are needed sends the cash to some distant place. This la unfair. yet it Is too often the case. No Doubt of It First Old Maid Do you think she's tappy? Second Old Maid Certainly. FhV married.

Detroit Free Press. Negro Who Shot and Killed Livery- man at Henrietta Taken i From Jan by Mob. Muskogee, Ok. In revenge for the murder of Albert Bates, a prominent citizen of Henryetta. a mining town mnes soutnwest of here, a mob of citizens battered down the jail doors there Tuesday afternoon and wresting James Garden, a negro, from the hands of the -deputy sheriffs, i strung him up on a telegraph pole and then riddled his body with bul lets.

Another negro believed to be an 1 accomplice of Garden's, is in jail and It Is feared that the mob will at tempt to lynch him. This is the first time lynching has occurred in Okla homa since statehood was declared. The killing. of Bates occurred early Tuesday afternoon when Garden at tempted to rent a rig from Bates who was proprietor of a livery stable. Bates refused to give the negro a rig and the latter shot and killed him in cold blood.

He then fled Jroiu the town about two miles, John Wilson 18 years old. met and disarmed the negro who was taken back to jail. A few minutes later a mob of clti- sens made a rush to the jail, seized the negro and lynched him. Garden confessed his crime. Sings-While in a Trance.

Montclair, N. J. The curious trance-like condition in which Edward 3 heat has remained for more than a month has taken on a new phase. Shea frequently sings, although he re mains unconscious. Before the trance came on he was known as a vocalist of some ability but friends who have heard him sing during his trance say that hla voice possesses more sweet ness and that he sings.

with more ex pression than he did before. While his singing would lead one to believe that the songs he sings had been dili gently practiced, none of hi3 friends have heard him sing any of them before. Shea is fed artificially and while he takes little nourishment he remains in good physical condition. Point for Kansas City Theaters. jenerson mo.

rue supreme court Tuesday issued a preliminary rule in prohibition against Judge L. Fort to prohibit him from trying the theater managers in Kansas City on indictments charging them with conducting their theaters on Sunday. The case was set for hearing in the supreme court on January 20, 1908. It will determine the constitutionality of the second division of Jackson county criminal court and also the legality of the grand Jury selected by Judge Wallace which returned the in dictments, and will have an import ant effect on the Sunday closing crusade in Kansas City. Railroad' Construction Was Heavy.

Chicago. According to the statis tics compiled by the Railwav Aze railroad construction in the United States has been nearly as heavy In 1907 as in 1906, which was the heaviest year since 1888. The total number of miles of new track laid this year has been 5,730, of which 422 miles were in Louisiana, 341 in Florida, 385 in South Dakota, 314 in Texas and 311 in Washington. In Canada during the same time 725 miles was built, and 349 in Mexico. Will Try Douma Members.

St. Petersburg. The trial of 169 members of the first douma who signed the Viborg manifesto about-18 months ago, calling upon the citizens of Russia to stand up for their rights, for popular representation and for an imperial parliament began Wednes day before the court of appeals. The former douma members are charged with high treason and with the pro mulgation of an appeal to the people, calling upon them to refuse to pay taxes or serve in the army or navy. A Topeka Druggist Fined.

topeaa, Kan. Clarence Young, a Topeka druggist, was Tuesday in the city court sentence to pay a fine of $100 and 180 days in jail for violating the pure drug act The charge against Young was that he sold cocaine and acetanelid in packages purporting to contain headache powders. Young will appeal the case. Employes Get Pensions. Portland, Me.

The Grand Trunk railroad which has its eastern termi nus In this city will put into on January 1 a pension system claimed to be the most comprehensive and one of the most- generous in the country, embracing every employe of the railroad in the United States and Canada. Fleet At Trinidad. Port of Spain. The first day of the officers and men of the American bat tleship fleet at this port proved to be an enjoyable one. Bright sunshine favored the visitors and after everything was made shipshape on board the battleships 2,000 men were per mitted to come ashore.

Des Moines Resumes Cash Basis. Des Ia. As a Christmas present to the public the banks of Des Moines Tuesday resumed cash pay ments. Every bank In the clearing house announced the resumption of payments in cash. Physicians Must Register Again.

Shawnee, Ok. Every physician In Oklahoma must register again before he can practice his profession leg ally. Registration books be open from December 27 until Jan uary 27. Turned Law Violators Loose. Ardmore, Ok.

Judge StIIwell in district court Tuesday, signed an or der dismissing between 150 and 200 persons charged with violation of liquor laws prior to statehood and who have not been under suspicion since statehood was established. Good News for Rochester.1 Rochester, N. Y. Mayor Cutler an nounced Tuesday tiat the New York Central Railroad, company had appropriated $1,500,000 for a new passen ger station in Rochester, An English Editor Think Americans Will Be Civil to Japan Whit Fleet Is in the Pacific. London.

William T. Stead, the editor of the Review of Reviews, in an article in the Daily Mail, justifying his recent advocacy of Great Bri tain's replying to Germany's naval programme by laying down two dread-naughts for every one Germany builds, argues that Germany has weakened instead of strengthened, her position in the world by building a fleet, because the whole German navy virtually is a hostage in the hands of a stronger naval power. I "For any power to have a fleet on the high seas," says the writer, "which is not the strongest fleet afloat, is an increase not of but of vulnerability. For instance, the American fleet in the Pacific Is sup posed to be a menace to Japan. In reality if it ventures in the Northern Pacific, Uncle Sam will be bound over to good behavior to the whole value of the fleet.

The United States, Invulnerable on land, is venturing her head Into the jaws of the Japanese Hon, and while the fleet remains in the Pacific Americans will be very civil to WOULD OUST A RAILROAD. Attorney General West of Oklahoma Brings Suit Against Fort Smith A. Western. Chandler, forth eight specific causes for action. Attorney General West Friday instituted oustei suit proceedings in the district court of Lincoln county against the Fort Smith Western railroad of Arkan sas and the San Bois Coal company of Virginia operating mines in the McAlester field.

The principal rea sons set forth in the state's petition for action are: That the Fort Smith Western and the San Bois Coal company are oper atlng In the state without a license; that they have failed to file with the state corporation commission a state ment of the stockholders and othei requirements of the commissions rul ing; that the former owns coal mines and In Its capacity of a common car rier sells the Bame in violation of the law and that the latter is so situated geographically and by reason of its extensive holdings that it has estab lished a Japanese Decoration for McCormick, Washington. Executing the in structions of the emperor of Japan, Viscount Aokl, the Japanese ambas sador, conveyed Sunday to Robert S. McCormick, of Chicago, the decora tion of the order of the First Class of the Rising Sun. Mr. McCormick served as ambassador of the United States to Russia during the war between Russia and Japan and was in charge of Japanese interests from the time of the severance of diplomat re- lations.

In handing the decoration to I the former ambassador. Viscount 1 Aokl took occasion to refer to the firm gratitude felt by the emperor of Japan and the people for the untiring energy Mr." McCormick had. displayed in protecting Japanese Interests. The. decoration is the highest 'within the gift of the emperor.

Remarkable Shooting Exhibition. San Antonio, Texas. The most re markable shooting exhibition ever re corded with fire arms was concluded here Sunday when A. Toepperwein completed a ten-days' shooting series during which he shot at 72,500 targets and missed only nine. This breaks' the world's record in several diffferent ways, both as to the number of targets shot at and the number missed.

Mr. Toepperwein closed the exhibi tion in whirlwind fashion, shooting at the final 6,500 targets and only miss ing one. Toepperwein used a 22- caliber automatic rifle and the blocks were two and a half inches thick and were thrown into the air at a dis tance of 20 feet from the point where stood the marksman. KANSAS CITY THEATRES WILLIAM COLLIER. Willis Wood, Week December 30, 1907 The Charles Fr6hman star, William Collier, who appears at the Willis Wood theatre week Dec.

30, In his new play "Caught In the Rain," was sent by Mr. Frohman to London on short notice with his entire company, a year or so ago, to fill time made va cant there by Marie Tempest, who had been brought from London to New York on a flying engagement Mr. Frohman reckoned pleasingly without, his host for as It happened. the comedian won the strongest com mendation of both the critics and the public, the King and Queen taking pains to personally compliment him upon the quaint and original style of fun-making that had made him so fa mous in his own country. A Georgia Bank Closed.

Atlanta, Ga. Following two days investigation of the affairs of the Neal bank, one of the largest state banks in Georgia, it was decided Sunday night to put the affairs of the' insti tution into the hands of the state bank examiner. -The clearing house issued a notice saying that the investments and loans of the bank are of such character that they cannot be readily converted, but that the assets if placed with the state officers as provided by -law may ultimately, pay creditors and depositore. Gold From South America, Boston. The steamer Coronda, which arrived Friday from South American and West India ports, brought $1,950,000 in gold from Monte video for the Second National bank of this city.

Still Importing Gold. New JYork. Hiedelbach, Eicklehet mer Co. Friday engaged $600,000 I In gold for import This makes a' total of $107,307,000 gold engaged abroad since the present movement began. 3 Exca ration from Panama Canal Last Month 1,838,486 Cubic No Such Work Has Ever Been Done Before Progress Compared With Other Great Undertakings.

Washington The excavation form line of the Panama canal lat month aggregating 1,838,486 cubic yards would have covered ten blocks to a depth of 40 feet No such work baa ever been done before as Col. Goethals has been doinrf on the isthmus, according to statistics presented in the official canal "record Just received. For Instance it is shown that every 50 working days the commission is moving an amount of material equal to the pyramid of Cheops which consumed the labor of 00,000 men for 20 years- in the building and the services of the same number of men for ten years In constructing the road connecting the work with the quarry The commission could build the Suez canal at tbo present rate of progress in 3.8 years, though it took ten years for De Lesspes to complete his work. The famous Manchester ship canal could be excavated by the American canal workers In Just two months and even Emperor William's magnificent Kell canal could be dug by the Americans in Just five years. According to the latest health report from Panama the isthmus has been free from yellow fever for more than 18 months and there has been a steady and continued Improvement in the health conditions.

Comparing the death rate for the year up to December 1, with that for the corre sponding period in 1906, there has been a 60 per cent decrease, the figures being for this year 20.33 per thousand against 30.31 last year. The sick rate also showed a marked improvement being 20.49 for November against 23.90 for October, 1907. A New Philippine Tariff Bill. Washington. The Philippine tariff bill on which hearings will be begun by the house committee on ways and means during the first week after the reconvening of congress after the holidays is similar to the measure introduced by Representative Payne and passed by the house during the last congress and which admits to the United States free of duty articles wholly the products of the Philippines, except sugar, tobacco and rice on which a duty amounting to 25 per cent of the present rate la provided for.

As was the case two years ago It is expected there will be strong opposition to the bill on the part of the American sugar, tobacco and rice Interests. The bill failed to pass the senate during the last congress and is Known mat it win again en counter strong opposition there. Will Hear the Nebraska Case. Washington. The supreme court of the United States Monday granted the motion of the state of Nebraska for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus compelling United States Districl Judge William H.

and Thomas C. Munger to remand to the state courts of that state the proceed ings between the state and the Burlington Railroad company, in which the state seeks to compel the railroad company to bbcerve the intrastate law. Union Pacific Earnings Increase. New York. The pamphlet report of the Union Pacific railroad for the year ending June 30 last was made public Friday.

The statement shows gross operating earnings of $76,040,727, an Increase of $8,759,184, and total oper ating expenses of $40,574,889, an increase of $7,313,718. After payment of charges including taxes, interest. sinking funds, rentals, there re mained $24,589,903, an Increase of $3,155,044. Santa Fe Must Establish Stations. Guthrie, Ok.

The railroad commissioner of Oklahoma Friday night or dered the Santa Fe to establish sta tions at all points on the state line crossed by the company. The action is taken because of a decision on the part of the commission that the Santa Fe had failed to sell inter-state tickets it the two-cent rate. New Brunswick Forests for Paper. Bangor, Me. The already large holdings of New Brunswick forest lands by American pulp and paper manufacturers have been increased by the purchase of a tract of 550 square miles by the International Paper company.

The entire output of the company mills for 1908 has been ontracted for. To Investigate Night Riders. Hopklnsvllle, Ky. After an extend ed conference with Adjt Gen. John son Monday, Circuit Judge Cook called a special session of the court ior January 10 investigate tne re cent raid of the night riders on Hop klnsvllle.

Thinks It An Important Event. 'Washington. The second peace conference at The Hague was In some respects the most ImDortant event In the history of the human race, declared Former Secretary of State John W. Foster before the National Geographic society here Friday night Mr. Foster pointed out that it was the first time that all the nations of the earth had met together, that they as sembled on a perfect eaualitv and that they continued In session for more than four months without fric tion.

Omaha Man a Suicide Omaha, Neb. J. Frank Carpenter secretary of the Carpenter Paper company, one of the largest paper houses In the West, committed sui cide at bis home at 7 o'clock Monday night by shooting. A Missouri Judge Resigns. Joplin, Mo.

Judge Howard Grav of Carthage, judge of Jasper county circuit court, announced Monday night that he had forwarded his reslg nation to Gov. Folk to become ef fective 1, 1908. Bankers Dielike Tax Law. A ruling of the state tax eemmis Elon to the effect that the federal law exempting United States bond and the state law exempting state, county and munlciptl -bonds from taxation will not operate to relieve stockholders In banks from taxation on the capital and surplus of. the bank when invested in bonds may result in a suit ia the federal court involving the validity of the new tax law.

Undef a prevision ef tne federal constitution United States bonds are not taxable. The legislature in enacting the new tax law provided that state, county and muni- clDal bonds shall not be taxable, Banks are taxed. Indirectly under the law, on their cash capital, surplus and undivided prifiU. It is the con tention of some bankers that by In vesting their capital and surplus in bonds exempted from taxation the shareholders la banks may escape taxation on their stock. The tax com mission holds otherwise and will in struct assessing officers to find the capital, surplus and undivided profits of each bank in the state, together with a list of the stockholders and the number of shares of stock owned by each.

The assessment of the bank's capital, surplus and undivided profits will then be pro-rate' among the stockholders acccrding to the amount of stock held by each. Newspaper Advice. Newspaper advice by Thomae Benton Murdock: "Editor Bill Butler, who Is starting In to print the Bung-town Bugle, asks us how he shall 'proceed' to make the Bugle a success. We have no advice to give, as we don't claim to know much about it When It becomes Impossible for two or three men or women to meet up with each other anywhere, or at any time, In your county, and engage in conversation for three minutes without referring to something they read In the Bugle, you have made a fair start on the road to success. But, Mr.

Editor Bill Butler, of the Bung-town Bugle, when a great majority of your constituency. In quoting you, do not say they 'saw it In the Bugle but In 'Butler's paper, you will be hitting the high places on the road to newspaper glory. But. Mr. Editor Bill Butler, of the Bungtown Bugle, when all men in every nook and cor ner of your county speak of 'Bill's 'what Bill how.

where and when he said it, and proceed to commend or condemn it most enthu siastically, you may know you have arrived." To Tax Lodges. At the meetings of the county clerks and commissioners at Salina, was decided that all lodges will have to pay full tax upon their property and colleges will be taxed on all except a small part of their property. was decided also tEat tne new law Increases the values of all property and reduces the tax levies propor tionately. T. Howe, of the state tax commission said the meeting was not only the largest ever held In the state, but that It world result in the greatest good as the new law was just ready to take effect.

J. L. Logsdon. of Howard, was elected president of the clerks' association; J. P.

Burns, of Salina, vice president: Frank Belolt. treasurer, and Miss Jessie Campbell, of Hiawatha, the only woman clerk in the state. secretary. William B. Loomis, of Ottawa, was elected president of the commissioners' association, R.

A. Beggs. of Cherokee, vice president, tnd W. H. Braden of Crawford county, secretary.

The meeting in 1908 trill Jm held In Hutchinson. ir- TirooA. ers' association will hold its regular annual meeting at Topeka. In the Capitol building. In the same week as the state board of agriculture (Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Janu- ary 6. 7 ana tne Kansas swine no' QcaruMitlnn m-fll In Ren Ul VVUV sion January 7. and the State Poultry association will be holding its annual poultry show in the Auditorium during the entire week. Secretary H. A.

Heath. Topeka. will 'furnish programmes for, and Information about the stock-breeders' meeting; Secretary I. D. Graham.

Topeka. about the swine-breeder's meeting, and Secre- tary Thos. Owen, station Topeka. about the poultry association's meet- Ing and show. It is believed that no man or womau interested in the agricultural and live-stock Industries, or in wholesouie home-making, can attend these meetings without profit Their sessions and discussions are open to all.

It Has Its Use. "Silence is golden," says Miss Es-telle Riodle. "but a word fitly spoken is like a cashiers' check during a financial panic." Alfalfa Day at Humboldt. At Humboldt "Alfalfa Day" brought out a large crowd to one of the most interesting meetings the Allen County Farmers' institute has held for some time J. Barrackman, who has made a study and a success of alfalfa had charge of the topics.

Other papers were read by G. A. Laude, of Woodson county, John Dornberg, J. W. Hamm and Ira Noyes were also on the programme.

The boys' corn con test was decided also and Robbie Hamm, Leslie and Sam Kirby will get free trips to Manhattan next month, Record Yield of Kansas Com. Chris Kloenner. a well known farm er living three miles south of Huron, had seven and a half acres of corn this year that averaged 115 bushels per acre, according to Arnold Lange, hla noicrhbnr. nav the Atchison Globe. Mr.

Lange heard the story, and. doubt ing it measured the corn in the crib. Mr. Kloeppc-r meas-ed the land, and be is known to be a reliable man. The land on which this rematkable record was made.

Is new land, and has bevu used many years as a cow and the ing 8 a 1 stock judging. (2) corn judging. poultry Judging, (4) dairy testing ,15) cooking. (6) cutting and draughting women's clothing. Work in eourtes one to four will begin prooiptly at o'clock Thursday morning, December 26, and students will be kept busy eight hours a day for the first four days; but from December 31 to January 4 only four hours a day will required two hours to each of the two courses chosen; The afternoon and evening may then be devoted to attending some of the many state conventions being held at the college that week.

To Protect the Farm ere. W. R. Fisher, president of the National Bank of Norton, has organized company for the purpose of building a large storage elevator large enough to hold 150,000 bushels of grains. "The Idea of our big elevator," said Mr.

Fisher, "is to protect the fanners who must have money against low prices. We will store his grain In this elevator and allow blm 99 per cent of its value in cash. If grain goes up he may sell It at any time he desires and receive the benefit of the raise. Many farmers who need money are compelled to sacrifice their grain upon low markets," while our method enables them to borrow practically as much money on the grain as they would receive for It. and later on they get the bsnefit of the raise In price." Published First Newspaper.

At th age of 84 years, W. 11. Adams, the publisher of the' first weekly newspaper and later of the first daily ever published in the state of Kansas, died at Springfield. Mo. Mr.

Adams moved to Leavenworth in September, 1S54, taking with him a plant for a newspaper which he purchased In St Louis. When he arrived at Leavenworth it was Impossible to secure a building In which to place his machinery, so he opened the cases and set them up under an elm tree on the banks of the river at the foot of what was then Front 'street It was under the shade of this old elm tree that the first Issue of the Kansas Herald, the first printed In Kansas, was published, the date being September 14, 1834. Correct and Yet Untrue. Ewlng Herbert of the Brown Counts World says that It Vs incorrect to speak of "shucking" corn; that th word shuck is a noun and that when one wishes to use a verb referring to stripping the shuck from an ear of corn he should use husk. A3a F.

Converse comments In the Welbvllle Globe as follows: "However, late dictionaries allow the use of both shuck and husk as verbs, as well as their use as nouns. So if you want to say that a man Bhucked 150 bushels of corn in ten bours you may do so, or you may say that he husked 150 bushels of corn. The only possible way in which you may be called down is to have someone say you are a liar." A Closed Sunday for coneyviiie. Mayor ui v.uuc,.iu:, announced that he will order the strict enforcement of the Sunday clos iS laws. These will include the theaters and every kind of business ciose i- nours on ounuaj.

The mayor or der is the result of agitation upon the part of the churches. The city has several Sunday closing ordinances but they have long been unenforced. Blew Up Safe at Pswhattan. At some early hour the postoffice at Powhattan, a small town north of Horton. was broken into and the safe dynamited, supposedly with the object of robbery to secure government money or stamps, but as the postmas ter, S.

A- Battey, keeps tne largest part of his stamp and cash in the Powhattan bank and carries the balance home with him at night, the safe blowers secured nothing. Cornerstone Laid at 'Lindsborg. The cornerstone of the Carnegie library, now under construction for Bethany college, was laid at Linds-borg In the presence of several thousand people. Will Not Disturb Plan; The state tax commission will not disturb the plan of taxing 'oil and gas properties that hasbeta followed in the producing counties within the past few yerrs. The commission, consisting of Chairman Sam T.

Howe, Judge W. S. Glass and S. C. Crum-mer, returned from a visit to Montgomery.

Allen and Chautauqua counties, where they saw the county commissioners. They also were in other counties and generally made a pretty thorough Inspection of the whole oil land gas production region. I Wants a Rebate. Corner Davles wants the Cloud DEMOCRATS TO MEET. Formal Announcement of the National Convention at Denver Made by Chairman Taggart.

French Lick. Ind. Chairman Tag gart of the democratic national com mittee, Monday issued a formal call for the national convention. The an nouncement says: The democratic national convention has appointed Tuesday, the 7th day of July, 1908, as the time and chosen Denver, as the place for holding the democratic convention. "Each state is entitled to represen tation therein equal to double the number of Its senators and represen tatives In the congress of the United States, and each territory, Alaska, District of Columbia.

Hawaii and Por to Rico shall have six delegates. All democratic citizens of the United States, irrespective of past political associations and differences, who can unite with us in the effort for a pure economical constitutional government are cordially invited to join us in sending delegates to the convention Government Crop Estimates. Washington. The department of agriculture Friday issued a report giving final estimates of acreage, production and value of farm crops, showing winter wheat acreage to be 28,132,000 production 409,442,000 bush- les; value per bushel 8.2. Spring acreage wheat production 224.645,000 bushels; value 86c.

Corn acreage production value 51.7. Oats acreage production value 44.3c. The average weight per bushel Is shown by reports received by the department to be 56.9 pounds for spring whea'! 58.9 pounds for winter wheat and 29.4 pounds for oats. Steel Mills Starting Up. Pittsburg.

The American Sheet Steel Tlnplate company has re ceived orders necessitating increases In Its working forces and output. At the Monessen plant, near here, consisting of 28 mills, only 13 have been operated since early in October. Eight more mills were started Wed nesday and announcement was made that all others will start the first of next week, employing at full time the entire force of 1,400 men. National Bank Statement Washington. A statement showing the condition of the national banks of the United States at the close of busi ness December 3, was Monday made public by the comptroller of the cur rency.

It shows that the total loans and discounts of the banks aggregate $4,583,337,094. individual cash resources, 784.736; capital stock, United States deposits, $223,117,082. The net balances of clearing house certificates in the banks on the date named was $64,344,128. The percent aee of legal reserve to deposits is 21.31 per cent. A National Forest in Arkansas.

Washington. President Roosevelt has signed a proclamation creating a national forest in the west central part of Arkansas, covering more than 1.000,000 acres. It will be the farth est east of any government forests. The forest Is located in the counties of Scott. Polk, Montgomery, Yell, Lo gan, Perry, Salid and Carland.

Less Work on Mining Claims. Washington. At the instance of Senator Teller the senate Saturday passed a bill suspending for the year 1907 the requirement that $100 worth of labor shall be done on mining claims in the course of being perfect ed in the state of Colorado. California. Oregon.

South Dakota and Idaho. Bank Conditions Normal There. San Francisco, Cal. The legal holidays declared by Gov. Gillett for tne purpose of aiding the banks during the financial stringency, ended at midnight Saturday night.

Homer S. King, president of the clearing house. says of the situation: "During the past two weeks everything in bank ing circles has been normal. The need of the holiday Is past. Gold is plentiful on demand.

The clearing house certificate has served a useful purpose but they are gradually being retired." Gov. Sparks Wants the Troops. Goldfield, Ney. Gov. Sparks, it is understood.

Is preparing a statement of present conditions in Goldfield to be telegraphed to President Roosevelt The governor is not satisfied that the president yet has the true light on the situation, notwithstand ing the report of the commission and the order of the war department for the withdrawaL The communication to the president will also, It Is said, contain a request for the retention of at least a portion of the troops now here after the date set for their going. HAS RECALLED THE TROOPS Those at GoMfield to Be Removed December 30. The President Intimates That He Was Deceived As to Conditions Nevada Must Act. Washington. President Roosevelt Friday directed the withdrawal of United States troops stationed at Goldfield, on Monday, December 30, next In two telegrams to Gov.

Sparks made public Friday he Intimates that he was deceived as to conditions at Goldfield when he ordered the troops sent there. Says the report of the commissioners sent to investigate conditions satisfies him that there is no disturbance threatened which the state of Nevada ought not to be able to control if it starts to work with a serious purpose to do so but that no effort is being made to that end. Ua- ier Buch conditions he declines to do police duty for Nevada with United States troops. Goldfield, Nev. News of the presi dent's order removing the federal troops from Goldfield on December 30, has caused a sensation among the mine owners and the residents of the generally.

The news was re ceived at noon Friday and during the afternoon conferences were held between Captain Cox, the representative of Gov. Sparks In Goldfield, and Col. Reynolds, commanding the troops here, and between the mine owners and members of President Roosevelt's committee. The civic bodies of Goldfield were holding sessions Friday night. At these meetings two extreme measures were discussed.

One Involves the closing down of all the mines of Gold-Held indefinitely, the otTSer bringing In of a large number of strikebreakers to-be on the ground by the time the troops leave. President Dowlin be fore the meeting said that he favored the mines. Oklahoma University Scorched. Norman. Ok.

Shortly after three o'clock Friday afternoon painters at work on the dome of the main building of Oklahoma university accidentally set fire to the structure. The flames quickly spread and for a time there seemed no chance of saving any of the college halls. Vigorous work on the part of students confined the flames to the main building. The college records, which were in vaults, are thought to have been uninjured. The loss is estimated at $125,000 to $150,000, partially covered by insurance.

Lawson's Latest Scheme. New York. Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, who on last Tuesday called oij President Roosevelt at the White house and who. subsequently said he would probably "make a staTement to the public within a few days," will, according to an interview, soon launch i new political party.

Its candidates for president and vice-president, according to the plan as announced, will be Theodore Roosevelt an8 Gov, lohn A. Johnson, of Minnesota. Search for Victims Stopped. Jacob's Creek. Search for the vic tims of last Thursday's explosion in the Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal sompany was practically suspended Monday afternoon because it could only be continued at great risk of sacrificing the lives of those in the rescuing' party.

Gas in ominous vol ume was encountered Monday, the deadly fire-damp especially menacing the men, To Create New Naval Rank. Washington. Senator War of Mis souri Saturday introduced a bill rreating the rank of vice-admiral In the navy. Should it become a law it will permit the promotion of Rear Ad miral Evans to the proposed rank, but the measure is not intended to accom plish that alone, its purpose being to provide for a rank which, when the navy is represented abroad, does not render it necessary for the comman der to allow officers of other countries whose navies are of less Im portance to take precedence over him. A New York Broker Shot New York.

J. H. Oliphant a promi nent broker, was shot three times by A. Gelger, in his office at 20 Broad street Friday. He is in a serious con dition.

The man who fired the shots committed suicide immediately after ward. Joplin, Votes Bonds. Joplin, Mo. By a vote at 1.244 to 655 the 'proposition to Issue $96,000 bonds for the construction of the sanitary sewer carried In Joplin Monday." .1 A county gradd Jury to investigate the shoe-polishing Induktry in Concordia, Although Mr. Davles has a wooden leg- and wears only one shoe, he has to I nav full price zor a snine.

Biggest Month Oil Inspector Has Had. Last month was the biggest) month the state oil inspection department has had since it was created. The total amonnt of the check turned over to the state treasurer by Inspector Ilussey Is I pasture..