Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 11, 1907, Page 4

| l Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pnoneer Office Peisistent. A middle aged man stopped at the subpostoffice in the north end and asked if there was anything for the | Murphys. “No, there is not,” the window. “Anything for Jane Murphy?” “No.” “Anything for Aune Murphy?’ “No “Anything for Bob Murphy " “No." “Anything for Terr; “No, nor for Pat nor for Dennis nor Pete nor Matt nor Edward Murphy. There Is nothing for any Murphy, dead, ltving or unborn, native or foreign, civ- ilized or savage, male or female, black or white, franchised or disfranchised. No, there is positively nothing for any of the Murphys, either individually, collectively, severally, now and for- ever, one and inseparable.” The little man on the outside of the window looked amazed and then In a persuasive voice said, “Please look and gee if there Is anything for P. J. Mur- phy."—Columbus Dispatch. said the man at Almost a Miracle. A good hearted curate who firmly belleved that God was continually working miracles to enable him to help the needy and who seldom had a coin in his pocket, though he was never de- vold of the fire of charity in his heart, was accosted one day by a beggar wo- man. He pleaded utter lack of money and sadly turned aside, but on the mendicant beseeching him to search his pockets he hopelessly put his hand in one and, to his amazement and joy, found a five shilling plece there. “Another of God's miracles,” he ex- claimed, and then, addressing the wo- man: “This coin belongs to you of right. Take it and go In peace.” Hav- ing told the story a few hours later to his worldly minded vicar and suggest- ed that they should both go down on their knees and render thanks to God, a strange unpleasant light suddenly broke on the mind of the shrewd pas- tor, who exclaimed in accents not sug- gestlve of thanksglving, “Good Lord, are those my breeches that you've on you?’—Contemporary Review. Sunday Theatricals. Bunday theatricals had a rough time of it at one perlod of England’s his- tory. On Sunday, Sept. 27, 1631, Shake- speare’s “Midsummer Night's Dream” was privately performed In the bishop of Lincoln's house in London. The Pur- itans had the affalr Inquired Into, and there Is a susplcion of humor in the punishment awarded to the performer of Bottom, the weaver—“We do order that Mr. Wilson, as he was a special plotter and contriver of this business and did In such a brutish manner act the same with an ass' head, shall upon Tuesday next from 6 o'clock in the morning till 6 o'clock at night sit In the porter’s lodge at my lord bishop’s house with his feet in the stocks and attired with an ass’ head and a bottle of hay before him and this subseription on his breast: “Good people, T have played the beast And brought 11l things to pass. I was a man, but thus have made Myself a silly ass.” The Left Hand. It is strange that so strong a preju- dice against the left hand has lived and Increased for centuries when there Is no natural or physiologlcal reason for it. Examination of the skeleton of a person who was strong, healthy and well formed in life shows that the bones of the left hand and arm are just as large and capable as those of the right. The study of physiology shows, too, that the muscles and ligaments and cartilages that fastened that per- son’s arms to his body and gave them the power of motion were made to do their work just as well on one side of the body as on the other. If the left slde was the weaker, It was because of the fallure to exerclse it as freely as the other.—Scrap Book. Lamb’s Unkind Thrust. Charles Lamb, than whom no gen- tler or kinder hearted wit ever breath- ed, at times found It impossible to re- straln himself from the personal, as, for instance, when he covered a friend with shame at a whist party by blurt ing out: “Gad, James, If—if dirt were tt-trumps, what a hand you would bave!” The Truth About Go “Br'er Jenkins, he say dat we ought not to gossip an’ dat we ought not to remark on each odder's frailties; but, my lan’, dat's whut keeps de world stralght. Hit's de fear of our neligh- bors’ tongue dat keeps most of us in de stockade. Hit's gossip dat's de real perlice of de world.”—Dorothy Dix in New York Amerlcan. What We Really Need. Each of us in our own small organ- Ism possesses a germ or whatever you like to call it which, properly develop- ed, should eventually lead us to the realization of all our ambitions. All that is wanted are energy and concen- tration.—London Ladies’ Field. Plenty of Practice. “I met your friend Dubley today.” “Yes?” I haven’t seen him for a long time. T suppose he stutters as badly as ever?” “Oh, no! He’s quite an adépt at It now.”—Philadelphia Press, He Helped Relieve It. “I suppose you saw a great deal of poverty in Europe.” “Yes, a great deal. In fact, I came home for fear I was golng broke my- self.”—Cleveland Press, Always Moistened. “He has a dry cough.” “Then it can't come from his throat.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer. | Ing story, and he says it's true: One *a A Reluctant Sport. A Denver hotel man tells the follow- day a bride and bridegroom from the country registered at the hotel. “What are your rates for room and board for two?* asked the bridegroom. “Six dollar was the reply. That was satisfactory, and the two were glven a room. When they de- elded to leave, the bridegroom asked for his bill. It was §24. He was stag- gered. “What!” he ejaculated. “Twenty- four dollars! That's an outrage. You said §6.” “Six dollars a day,” came from the clerk—*six dollars a day.” “Six dollars a day!” the bridegroom almost shouted. *I thought you meant §6 a week! The clerk simply smiled. Finally the bridegroom paid over the money. “Now,” he said, calming down some- what, “walt a minute. I want to go upstairs. Keep that money in your hand.” The clerk didn’t understand, but he decided to humor the man. The latter soon returned with a camera. Aiming it at the clerk, he took a picture, “This is the highest priced place I ever stopped at,” he explained. “I just wanted a picture to show my friends that I was a real sport here in Den- ver.” Then bhe and his bride gathered up their telescopes and went out.—Denver Post, Washington Monument's Cap. The first practical use ever made ot aluminium was in fitting a cap on the peak of the Washington monument in 1884. Although aluminium was discov- ered in 1827 by Professor Wohler of Gottingen university, Germany, at that time it was practically an unknown metal, the cost and difficulty of its pro- duction having prevented its develop- ment until the general use of electric- ity made it easy and economical. The cap on the top of the monument is a square pyramid in shape, weighing 100 ounces, and is 8.9 inches in height and 5.8 inches In width at the base. Gen- eral George W. Davis was in immedi- ate charge of the completion of the monument under General Casey and has the distinction of being the first man to handle aluminium in a prac- tical way. Until that time it had been used only for toys, for “freak” pur- poses, and small samples had been utilized in making models for the pat- ent office.—Boston Globe. Gold the First Metal Used. Gold was probably the first metal known to man because it is generally found native. The oldest metallic ob- Jects to which we can assign a proba- ble date were found in a royal tomb at Nagada, in Egypt, supposed to have been that of King Menes. In one of the chambers were some bits of gold and a bead, a button and a fine wire of nearly pure copper. If the tomb was properly identified, these objects were at least 6,300 years old at the tlme of their discovery. Nearly all of the ancient gold that has been exam- ined contains enough silver to give it a light color. It was gathered by the an- clents in the bed of the Pactolus and other streams of Asia Minor. Old Time Advice to Doctors. There is an old manuscript in the Natlonal library at Paris which has the following advice to physicians: “On approaching the patient you should as- sume a calm expression and avold any gesture of greed or vanity, greet those who salute you with a humble voico and sit down when they do. Then, turning to the sick person, ask him how he is. To the patient you promise to cure, but immedlately on leaving the room you say to the relatives that the disease is grave. The result will be that if you cure him your merit is greater, and you will recelve the great- er praise and fee, while if he dles they will say that you had no hope from the first.” Diamonds and Glat The diamond, instead of being a real solld, is a mass of atoms all in rapid and violent motion. The edge of the stone is formed of these moving mole- cules as well as the body. Now, glass 18 also made up of moving atoms, though they do not move so rapidly or 8o violently as the dlamond atoms. ‘When the dlamond edge, therefore, i3 applied to the glass surface the dla- mond atoms drive the glass atoms out of the way and force a passage. Training the Amerloan Officer. “Demerits” are given to the West Point cadet for the most trifling of- fenses, such as “gazing about In the ranks,” having an “odor of cigarettes In his room” or appearing “on parade ‘with sofled gloves.” A rigorous med- ical examination has to be passed ev- ery few months, when the unfit are weeded out.—J. Stanton in Captaln, Attended Her Funeral, as a Rule. Leave to attend his mother’s funeral ‘was thus applied for by a Lahore Ba- boo: “By the vicissitudes of time my mother yesterday went to eternity, and as a rule have to attend her funeral ceremonies.”—Times of India. No Danger. Mrs. Traddles—Tommy, you mustn't go fishing with Peter Rishers. He Is Just getting over the measles, Tommy ‘Traddles—There won't be any danger, mother. I never catch anything when I'm fishing.—London Tit-Bits, The Proposal. er—er, there's something has been months. She—Yes, so I see. Why don’t you shave it off ?—Princeton Tiger. He Is educated who is master of him. jelf and of his hsk.—Penbod.y He (nervously)—Er—er, Mnrgnet—‘ trembling on my lips for the last two ' ENDS A NOTED CAREER [l DEATH OF DOWIE, ALTHOUGH SUDDEN, NOT ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED. 7} BELATIVES DECLARE HE WAS IMSARE UTTERS DENUNCIATIONS WITH OLD TIME VIGOR DURING LAST HOURS. Chicago, March 11.—The death «f John Alexander Dowie, founder of ¢ Christian Catholic church, while sud den was not entirely unexpected. It had been Dowie’s custom to hold re- ligious services every Sunday after- noon in the parlor cf Shiloh Ho: About 350 cf his original followers re- mained faithful and attended the-e services. Dowie always wore his apostolic robes and made a charac teristic address. Five weeks these meetings ceased and Dowie a; peared no longer in public. The Sun- day meetings, however, were still he'd by his adherents. Since that time Dowie had been gradually failing. The afternoon prior to his death, however, there was no indicaticn of the a proaching end. He received a followers and prayed for some pec His condltion seemed to be about ti» same 2as for the last two or thre weeks. One of the attendants r wained with him until midnight anc with i or, ordered f. Buard. . o oit disturbers an acte vior we PR 'a'(er and the attenda te wr Judge D. N. Barne:, «d Shilch House at 7 a. . 5 later Dowie died. Judge Dowie, popliet’s futher, and his son, who & at Ben MeDhu, Mich,, have been fied of Dowie's death. Judge B: who was at the bedside of Dewie, member (,f Voliva's council, mained dly to Dowie, b him to he for his acticns. Dowie’s wife, fathi and son held tke same view. SKETCH OF HI_S CAREER. | tween that date and the reassembling Dowie First Came Abcut Fifteen Years Ago. Johu Alexander Dowie was born in ‘Edinburgh, Scotland, May 25, 1847. In 1860 his parents removed to Ad= Austraiia, where for seven year the youth was clerk in a business house,| BY the time congress meets again 1 Here Dowie developed the commer- cial instiuct that served him so well! later in life. He saved enough money during this period to return to Edin- burgh at the age of twenty to take a five years’ course in theology and t arts. He became a master of Greek | and Hebrew and cultivated a literary taste that resulted in after years in a library of 10,000 volumes, with wnh‘u‘ he was thoroughly familiar. Six years of denominational activity ; wearled Dowic, who longed for aj wider field of operations. He forsook his church and in 1878 went to MelA‘ gangs are being sent to the scene of bourne, where he set up a Free Chris- tian tabernacle—the first of its kind—! and organized a divine healing asso-| clation, which afterwards became in-| Duluth. ternational in character. He became | president of this association an' gained fame by going out into the country during the prevalence of p.x trid fever and apparently effect many cures by prayer and the laying on of hands. After ten years in Melbourne Dowie decided to remove to England, where his association had a number of branches, but the fates took him across the Pacific and his announced Intention of making Great Britain tac | world headquarters was never carried out. Beginning of His Career. [ Dowle landed in San Francisco in 1888, needing money. He needed $250 ' and had just told his wife he had| *asked God for it,” he said, when a! man he had not seen in months came along and put the amount in his hand. That was the starting point in his wonderful money getting career in the ‘Western world. Two years of wander-' ing along the California coast followed and then, in 1890, “Dr.” Dowle and his Into Prominence the new agreement will be section 3 | Contract to Build the Line Has Been » 1 will open up a great territory. family arrived in Chicago, which was to be the theater of his great work. During the next five years Dowle was arrested at least 100 times for violation of the city ordinances relat- the more he prospered in reality. Branch churches were established in other cities; a large hospital for the healing of the sick was built in Chi- cago and a college for the training of missionaries was organized, a print- ing plant put in operation and a bank also started. The Christian Catholic church in Zion City, the outgrowth of the orig- inal International Divine Healing as- sociatlon, was formally organized in February, 1896, Dowie becoming gen- Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Boaks, Paj Kneaded Rubber Squares, Township Plats in book form, Fine quality colored B Ing to the care of the sick, but the | more trouble that was made for him eral overseer. Four years afterwards Dowie, before a large audience in the Auditorium theater, announced that he was Elijah the restorer, spoken of in Malachi. This assumption of a Biblical personality created even more of a sensation among his followers than any of the worldly successes of the “prophet.” Foundation of Zion City. Previous to this Dowle had marked: out his plans for Zion City, the crown. ing effort of his life. Six thousand acres of land were purchased or se- cured by options and in August, 1901, the first building was erected in Zion City, which a year later had a popula- tion of 10,000. In Zion City as well as the church Dowie was supreme. The title of the 6,000 acres bought with the money of the sect rested in him. Lots were leased, not sold. In December, 1903, Zion City was placed under control of a federal recelver- ship, which was dissolved a weck later on Dowie’s presentation of abil- ity to pay dollar for dollar all indebt- edness. At that time Dowie estimated the value of his holdings in Zion City at $25,000,000. Since then the value of the lace factory, the other indus- tries and holdings at Zion City are belleved to have increased to $28,000,- 000, Eighteen months ago Dowie began the promotion of a second Zion City in Mexico. While engaged in this under- taking his health failed and he went to Jamaica shortly before Christmas, 1905, for his health. While there he suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which ‘he never fully recovered. It was at this time that he appointed Wilbur Glenn Voliva his first lieuten- ant and general overseer of the church. A month after Vollva took charge in Zion City he, by a power of attorney vested in him by Dowle, hac H |all the property belonging to the church transferred from Dowie to Overseer Granger, charging extrav- agance and gross mismanagement by Dowle. NEW AGREEMENT PROPOSED WILL BRIDGE OVER TARIFF DIF- FERENCES WITH GERMANY, UNTIL CONGRESS ACTS. ‘Washington, March 11.—As a result of consultations between Secretary Root and Director North, the head of ! the American tariff expert commission | Which visited Germany, relative to the making of some tariff arrangements between the two countries, it may be stated that the conclusion has been "y| Teached that before the expiration of the German order suspending for a vear the application of the German maximum tariff rates to American im- ports on July 1 next, a new arrange- | ment will have been made which will bridge over the period of time be- of the next congress. The basis for of the Dingley act, under the terms ot { which the president is authorized to grant reductions of duties on certain commodities in return for the mini- mum tariff rates of other countries. i Is probable that a general trade or reciprocity treaty will be ready for its action. SO0 HEADING FOR DULUTH. Let to St. Paul Firm. St. Paul, March 11.—The Minneap- olis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. marie | railroad is to build its new line to Duluth at once. Foley Bros., railroad contractors of St. Paul, Lave been awarded the contract and construction operations. The new line is to run from Broo- i ten, Minn., to Superior and thence to The distance is about 200 miles and the road will cross (the Great Northern and Northern Pacific ' roads at Freeport, Royalton and other | points. It will skirt the southern | shores of Mille Lacs In its course and | It is ' estimated that, counting terminals ut Duluth and Superior, the line will cost In the neighborhood of $8,000,000. Wealthy Japanese Arrested. i San Francisco, March 11.—F. Kura- naga, known as one of the richest Japanese in California and prominent- ]ly connected in Japan, has been ar- | rested here on the charge of obtain- ing more than $21,000 under false pre- E tenses.. Five banks claim they were victimized by Kuranaga. The Minnes In Commission. Norfolk, Va., March 11.—The Unit- ed States battleship Minnesota, a sis- ter ship to the battleship Vermont and one of the latest additions to the navy, was placed in commission here with Captain Johy Hubbard command- , ing. - ' ago that the expenses of the passen- | been annulled. '\mg of the executive council of the, Most Complete Stock West of Duluth il Is, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Tymwrllur Paper, Smp Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Eg:{ gfl:‘lhss ] léf,‘:,‘!;r:umz‘g',‘a(:nien dar Pads, ngc‘umanl Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report 'Hnnlu, Trial Balanoe Bonks,‘ fllll!l"i, Ernlr's, { PARIS IS IN DARKNESS STRIKE OF ELECTRICIANS IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL ASSUMES SERIOUS ASPECT. THREATENS TO SPREAD FUATHER EMPLOYES OF PRINCIPAL LINE OF TRANSPORTATION MAY JOIN STRIKERS. Paris, March 11.—The strike of elec- tricians has assumed a serlous aspect. The men employed by the two remain- ing independent companies have joined those already out and unless the dispute is settled immediately it is feared that the workmen of the gas company and the employes of the Met- ropolitan Underground railroad, on which the majority of the population relies for transportation, will be in- duced to leave their work in sympathy with the strikers. Not since the siege of Paris in 187¢ has the city been plunged in such darkness as the past night and the affair, coming without a warning, has|" aroused the most intense resentment. In addition to the inconvenience re- sulting from the closing of places of amusement and the stopping of boule- vard and cafe life, which is a feature of Paris, the business interests of the capital are keenly alarmed at the pros- pect of heavy material losses. If the strike continues the stores will be obliged to close at dusk, many of the workshops and manufactories will be compelled to shut down on account of the lack of motive power and the for- eign visitors, on whom the hotels and many tradespeople largely subsist, will be driven away. The newspa- pers, with the exception of the out and out socialist organs, severely condemn the strike and insist that the govern- ment should intervene and compel the parties to the dispute to reach a prompt settiement. During the day steam engines and automobiles were set up in front of the newspaper offices to furnish the power necessdry to run off the after- noon edition. REPLIES TB |NTERELLATION. Japanese Foreign Minister Discusses Relations With America. Tokio, March 11.—Replying to a sen. sational interpellation in the house of representatives, in which the Japa- nese were represented as suffering humiliation at the hands of Amer icans, Foreign Minister Hayashi called attention to the existence of the last clause of article 2 of the treaty with the United States. He said that this clause was Inserted in order to secure a ratification of the treaty by the United States senate. Japan, he said, was at that time revising the treaty to abrogate extra territoriality, which was the greatest humiliation. Con- tinuing to reply to the interpellation Minister Hayashi emphasized the im- portance of approaching the question of Japan's relations with America calmly and in a peaceful spirit, as ex- citement would only tend to increase the difficulties and injure the tradi- tional friendly relations of both na- tions. He also pointed out the indis- putable good will of President Roose- velt and his government toward Ja- pan. CONTINUES TO Favorable News Regarding lliness of Archle Roosevelt. Washington, March 11.— Archie Roosevelt, the president’s son, who is ill with diphtheria, continues to im- prove, according to the physicians’ builetin. The little sufferer had a good night and the fact that no un- favorable symptoms have developed is regarded by them as very favorable. Dr. Alexander Lambert of New York and Surgeon General Rixey of the navy remained at the White House for some time after issuing the bul- letin. The president was at his office at the usual hour and received a num- ber of callers. He appeared cheerful and bright and pleased at the prog- ress his son is making. FAST TRAINS ARE ANNULLED. Union Pacific Retaliates for Reduction. Omaha, March 11.—Pursuant with the prophesy made by Vice President Mohler of the Union Pacific some time |‘M~PROV E. Rate ger department of that road would be cut to correspond with the 2-cent rail- road fare which has just been placed | in effect in this state the famous Los | Angeles limited trains, running be- tween Chicago and Los Angeles, have The Los Angeles limited, east and i west, were the fastest and finest trains | on the overland system and were the | “brag” trains on the Harriman roads. % per Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, lotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & DENIED BY THAW'S SISTER. arate Harry and Wife. New York, March 11.—That District Attorney Jerome intends to devote considerable attention to the insanity features of the Thaw case in his re- buttal examination became apparent during the day when Doctors Mabon, MacDonald and Flint, the alienists, and six other insanity experts entire- ly new to the case had a long confer- ence with the district attorney. Tes- timony given by alienists for the de- fense was examined closely by the experts under Mr. Jerome's direction. The statement credited to Howard Nesbit to the effect that the Countess of Yarmouth hoped to bring about a separation of Harry K. Thaw and his wife was denicd by Mrs. George L. Carnegie, one of Thaw’s sisters. Mrs. Carnegie was quoted as saying that none of her family desires a divorce or geparation of any kind and that Thaw would not consent to it if they did want i® She declared that the statement that her sister, the Count- ess of Yarmouth, had said she would not return to England until Thaw and his wife were separated was false. The position of the Thaw family, she added, was clearly outlined by the elder Mrs. Thaw, who called on Miss Nesbit before she mas married and gave her consent to the marriage. LEAPS THROUGH CAR WINDOW. Woman Crazed by Journey Across the Continent. Amsterdam, N. Y., March 11.—Maria Becker, apparently crazed by the tedium of a journey across the con- tinent, leaped through a car window from a New York Central express train near Yosts, about fifteen miles west of this city. It is belleved she came from Chehalis, Wash. Her dead body was found on the ice of the Mo- hawk river, where it had rolled down a steep embankment. The woman, who was about twenty-five years old, ‘was accompanied by a baby girl about two years of age. ACCUSED OF VARIOUS CRIMES. Many Prominent Citizens of Peoria, 11, Indicted. Peoria, Ill, March 11.—After eight weeks’ deliberation the grand jury has reported and returned indictments against many prominent citizens, in- cluding ex-Sheriff Daniel E. Potter; Deputies W. E. Peters, Robert Conkey and Sherman Hunt; City Clerk Robert Joos, the latter being charged with embezzlement of city funds and mal- feasance in office. Ex-Sheriff Potter and his deputies, it is said, have mis- used the county funds to the extent of $75,000. VICTORY FOR URIONISTS INDIANA JUDGE RENDERS DECI- 8ION IN PRESBYTERIAN CONTROVERSY. Evansville, Ind., March 11.—Judge Gilchrist of the superior court has rendered a decision in the Presby- terlan church union controversy in which the unionists won an over- ‘whelming victory. The decision was on two cases, one from Washington, Ind.,, in which the anti-unionists sued for possession of church property, and the other from Vincennes, Ind., in which the union- ists ask for an injunction to prevent the anti-unionists from interfering with their possession of the property. The issue turned upon the legality of the unfon and the constitutional right of the two Presbyterian churches to enter into the union. In an elab- orate decision the judge recounts the history of the many Presbyterian un- ions in the past 200 years and decides that such uniform action amounts to an adherent constitutional right to form any union that the churches might adopt, if action is taken in conformity with their own law. This he decided has been done in every particular in these two cases. CRUDE OIL ADVANCES. Producers Predict Another Increase Before Long. Lima, O., March 11.—In connection with the advance in the price of crude ol announced by the Standard Oil company prominent oil men predict that the spring months will bring still higher prices. It is pointed out that runs from wells have diminished to 50,000 barrels a day less than daiiy shipments. Quotations were advanced by the Standard 5 cents a barrel on amber grade oils found in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Southwestern Ohlo, while 2 cents was added for all fields toucked by Standard pipe lines In the United States and Canada. GIVES RADICAL ADVICE. Chicago Judge Would Burn “Cheap Dance Halls and Theaters.” The trains were inaugurated in De- cember, 1906. New Head of Foresters. | Toronto, Ont., March 11.—At a meet- ¥ndependent Order of Foresters Elliott G. Stevenson was elected supreme chief ranger in succession to the late | President Oronhyatekha. Stevenson, i the revelations contained in the testi- ‘ mony in two truancy cases involving Chicago, March 11.—Incensed over young girls Judge George A. Carpen- ter, sitting in the juvenile court, urged the burning of “cheap dance halls and still cheaper theaters” as the best way to save the youth of the city from moral degradation. “If such places were burned,” said the court, “there would be fewer such ‘who held the position of supreme coun- cillor to the order, is at present a res- i ident of Detroit, but will remove to ' l Toronto. cases in court. Most of the delin- quents, especially the girls, owe their Report That Family Would Try to 8ep- | Calumet Bakin Powdegr Best by Test AFFAIRS IN BAD SHAPE OFFICIAL OF "NEW YORK CON- CERN A DEFAULTER FOR A LARGE AMOUNT. SUICIDES BY TAKING PRUSSIC ACID ENDS LIFE WHEN MEMBERS OF FIRM CALL TO MAKE BUSI- NESS INQUIRIES. New York, March 11.—That Leoni- das M. Preston, secretary and man- ager of the Timken Roller company, had forged the name of E. R. Hewitt, one of the members of that company, to notes aggregating $57,000 to $100,- 000 was the substance of a statement made to the coromer by James A. Shea, counsel for Mrs. Preston. Preston died very suddenly in his rooms in the Hotel Cumberland after drinking prussic acid while the three members of the company were waiting to question him about the affairs of the company. It was also discovered that Preston left a note saying he had been insane for some time. The statement by Mr. Shea was made at a coroner’s inquest inte the cause of Preston’s death. Mr. Shea testified that E. R. Hewitt, son of the late Mayor Hewitt, had in- formed him that Preston’s books showed the forgeries, but the investi- gation was not yet complete. One of the alleged forged notes was for $5,- 000 and was due on the day of his death. Another was for $50,000 and was due on April 1 next. Mrs. Anna G. Preston, Preston’s widow, testified before the coroner that Preston was betting on the horse races throughout his recent visit to New Orleans. She said she had sup- posed Preston was wealthy until two days Lefore his death, when he asked her to loan him $200. She declared that she was destitute. The hearing was adjourned to await the report of a physician as to the contents of Pres- ton’s stomach. The coroner said he was of the opinion that the man committed sui- cide and that there was no occasion to continue his inquiry upon a theory that murder had been committed. As secretary and manager of the Timken Roller company Preston re- ceived a salary of $12,500 a year. He lived in a fine suite in the Hotel Cum- berland with Mrs. Preston, who was formerly a saleswoman in a New York department store. WILL INVOKE REFERENDUM. Plan to Prevent Divorce Law Taking Immediate Effect. Sioux Falls, S. D, March 11.—Men Interested in the divorce industry have decided upon a sensational coup, which will prevent the new law in- creasing the period of residence from six months to one year from going into effect for at least nearly two years. It is officially announced that the referendum amendment will be in- voked and this will prevent the new divorce law from going into effect un- til after it has been submitted to the voters of the state and receives a majority of the votes cast. It cannot be submitted until Novembeér, 1908, and in the meantime the present law, requiring only six months’ residence, will be in effect. These petitigns will be circulated immediately fo® signatures and will be filed before the expiration of ninety days from the passage of the new di- vorce law, as required by the referen- dum amendment of the state constitu- tion. THOUSANDS OF SHEEP SLAIN. Northern Wyoming Threatened With Another Range War. Sheridan, Wyo., March 11.—North- ern Wyoming is threatened with an- other range war between the cattle and sheep men. Closely following the attack on the Wisner camp last week, in which 400 head of sheep were killed and the camp burned, comes:the re- port of a greater outrage in Owl Creek county. The Hugh Dickey sheep camp, was attacked by a band of twelve masked men, supposed to-be in the employ of the cattlemen. The raiders drove off the sheep herders with threats of death, fired the camp outfit and then began shooting sheep. Out of a total of 8,000 sheep in the band 4,000 have disappeared and are supposed to have been killed. The cattlemen have marked out a “dead line” and the Dickey sheep unhappy condltlnn to the frequenting * of such place ‘were one mile over the border.