Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 27, 1909, Page 2

Rerald--Review. {LINERS CRASH IN BY C. E, KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME Important Events at Home and o# Foreign Shores Briefly Told. WASHINGTON. By unanimous vote, the house of representatives granted the franking privilege to Mrs. Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Grover Cleveland, widows of former presidents. Word has reached the state depart- ment that Brazil has given notice of the continuation of her 20 per cent re- duction in tariff rates on certain arti- cles imported from the United States. The senate passed the house resolu- tion authorizing the postmaster gen- eral to designate and issue a special postage stamp in connection with the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The president sent to congress a message recommending the passage of a law authorizing him to issue a proclamation setting apart Feb. 12, 1909, as a special holiday in recogni- tion of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. A resolution expressing sincere re- gret at the closing of their: official re- lations with Secretary Root was adopted at a meeting in Washington of the governing body of the Interna- tional] Bureau of American Republics, attended by all the Latin-American diplomats in Washington. President Roosevelt and the nine members of his cabinet will take with them as souvenirs the chairs they have occupied at cabinet meetings when the president retires from office March 4. They will replace them at their own expense. This has been the custom of former presidents and cabinet members. “PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Dr. H. B. Biggar, physician of John D. Rockefeller, denies the report that the oil magnate is suffering from rheumatism. Brig. Gen. William P. Craighill, U. S. A., retired, one of the most promi- nent army engineers in the country, died at Charlestown, W. Va. Former State Senator Thomas D. Healey died gat his home in Fort Dodge, Iowa. For years he was legal conusel of the Great Western railway. Rt. Rev. Bernard J. McQuaide, bish- op of the Roman Catholic diocese of Rochester, N. Y., and one of the most prominent prelates in this country, died at his home in Rochester. He was eighty-five years old. Luther Laflin Mills, former state's attorney of Cook county, Illinois, and for many years one of the most wide- ly known members of the Chicago bar, died in Chicago, following a stroke of paralysis. Benjamin W. Kilburn, one of the pioneers in the art of stereoscopic photography and the largest manufac- turer of such views in the world, died at Littleton, N. H., aged eighty- one years. Henry P. Booth, widely known in shipping circles throughout the world, is dead in New York. Mr. Booth, with James E. Ward, formed the ship brokerage firm of James E. Ward & Co., the firm that inaugurated the first regular line of boats between New York and Havana, which in 1880 de- veloped into the Ward line. He was seventy-three years old. A remarkable woman from an un- usual family died at Piqua, Ohio, when Mrs. Rebecca Davidson, the oldest woman in Miami county, passed away, aged ninety-four years. She has liv- ing a brother ninety-two years old, a brother and twin sister aged eighty- two, and another brother aged eighty. Out of eleven children in the family, nine reached the age of eighty or over, ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS. A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train two miles west of Coffeyville, Kan. Twenty-four pas- sengers were injured, but only two are in a serious condition. A passenger train ran into an open switch at Little Rock, Ark., and crashed into a switch engine, killing the fireman of the switch engine and partly demolishing both engines. M. H. Stream and his three-year-old son, living fives miles west of Roby, Tex., were burned to death, and five other members of the family were probably fatally burned by a gasoline explosion. John C. Beatty, aged sixty-five, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., said to be a wealthy land owner, was found dead in a bath tub, into which hot water was running, at Denver. The body was literally boiled. Fire destroyed the entire main dor- mitory building of the Odd Fellows’ orphanage in the suburbs of Golds- poro, N. C.. The building was occu- pied by about 140 children, all of whom escaped uninjured. The build- ing cost between $35,000 and $40,000. An engine pulling a pay car collid- ed with the rear end of a south-bound Grand Trunk railway passenger train near Saginaw, Mich. Marcus Mon- tier, cook on the pay car, was seri- ously injured, and six others received lesser hurts. A heavy fog was respon- sible for the collision. f DENSE FOG AT SEA Wireless Message Brings Help Quickly and Great Catas- trosie Is Averted. STEAMER REPUBLIC GOES DOWN Gored Vessel Sinks While Being Towed In—North Dakota Man Killed in Accident. New York, Jan, 26. — The palatial ocean steamship Republic of the White Star line, which was in colli- sion with the Italian liner Florida early Saturday morning off Nantucket, Mass., went down at 8:30 last night. No one was lost. Her passengers, taken off many hours before, are on the steamship Baltic, which was off Sandy Hook at a late hour, making for this port. The Republic was in tow of the rev- nue cutter Gresham and the derelict destroyer Seneca, proceeding to New York, when she sank, Gored Ship Goes Down. On board her was Capt. Sealby, with a volunteer detail of fifty of her crew. She had been towed but a short distance when she began to settle rapidly. Seeing no hope of saving the ship, Capt. Sealby gave the order to abandon ship, and the crew was taken off by the Gresham, which cast loose from the crippled liner and stood by until she sank beneath the waves. The Italian liner Florida, which crashed into the Republic in the dense fog off Nantucket, Mass., early Saturday morning and gave her her death blow, is slowly steaming to- wards New York, convoyed by the American liner New York. Her pas- sengers also are on the Baltic, having been transferred in the early ‘hours of the morning along with those of the Republic. Stirring Sea Tragedy. The Baltic, which was called by wireless telegraph to the aid of the Republic, transferred from the Florida not only that steamer’s 900 or more passengers, but the 442 passengers and part of the crew of the Republic, was nearing the harbor of New York late last night. This, is brief, was the situation late last night in the stirring story of the sea, following the first wireless flash of the collision of the two big ships in the early dawn of Saturday morning off Nantucket, Mass. For thirty-six hours the suspense of the public was unallayed, for almost every hour since the first flash of the mishap came from the Republic’s wireless operator has brought conflict- ing reports from many points, all giv- ing a different phase to the shifting scenes and tending to confuse the sit- uation, North Dakota Man Killed. That there was loss of life attend- ing the collision was not known until an early hour yesterday morning. Then the wireless, which had its first great trial and proved its utility, brought the news that Mrs. Eugene Lynch of Boston and W. J. Mooney, a banker of Langdon, N. D., had been killed, and Mrs. M. Murphy, wife of the financial agent of the Union Cen- tral Life Insurance company of Grand Forks, N. D., and Eugene Lynch of Boston were injured. In addition to those casualties among the passen- gers on the Republic, it was reported that four members of the Florida’s crew had met death. The bodies of the dead and injured were transfer- red to the Baltic. Spent Many Anxious Moments, Details of the collision at sea in the dense fog came fitfully by wire- less yesterday from many receiving stations along the New England coast line. The story, though in brief but potent messages, told how the passengers of the Republic and the Florida spent many anxious and uncomfortable hours following the wreck, and not until 8 o’clock yester- day morning, when all were safe and sound on the Baltic, did they have a feeling of security. An examination of the Florida showed that her cut water and bow had been crippled as if she had crash- ed into a stone wall and her two for- ward compartments were filled with water. The Florida, however, showed no signs of sinking, though she was slightly down by the head. It was deemed best, therefore, at a late hour, to transfer not only the Repub- lic’s passengers, but all board the Florida as well. All night long the transfer of pas- sengers to the Baltic was in progress. No less than seven ocean liners—the Baltic, New York, Furnessia, Lor- raine and Lucania, and the two crip- pled ships, Florida and Republic—fig- ured in the stirring story. Young Corbett Wins Fight. New Orleans, Jan. 26.—Young Cor- bett knocked out Harry Ferns in the eleventh round of a match fought yes- terday afternoon before the West Side Athletic club in McDonoughville, across the river from New Orleans. Reward for Murderer. Eldora, Iowa, Jan. 26. — Sheriff Thomas Walsh of Hardin county has posted a reward of 1,500 for the ar- rest and conviction of the alleged murderer of Linn Trimble at Union last Saturday night. those on|- Result of Grand Jury Probe at Muskogee. Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 26. — Sensa- tional developments which will prob- ably involve some of the most promi- nent men in this state are expected during the progress of the federal grand jury investigation of alleged town lots frauds, which will begin here next Tuesday. M. I. Mott, attorney for the Creek Indians, who brought the 20,000 suits in the federal court to recover on be- half of the Creek nation lands of im- mense value, alleged to have been se- cured by fraud by the persons now controlling them, last night dictated the following statement: _ Does Not Absolve Haskell. “There is not a word of truth in a statement quoted by Gov. Haskell as having been made by Scott Mac- Reynolds, attorney for W. R. Hearst, to the effect that I had said that I had not found evidence to connect Has- kell with any criminal conduct in re- lation to the Muskogee lot matter, but that I might be able to force an indictment which will answer our purposes. I never made such a state- ment to MacReynolds or to any one else.” It is believed that many indict ments will follow as a result of the investigation. Fear Suicide of Accused, Sensational reports are in circula tion here to the effect that at least one of the men against whom the fed- eral grand jury will probably find in- dictments this week is being closely watched by his friends as a precau- tion against his committing suicide. Some of the accused have offered rep- resentatives of the government to sur- render the greater part of their wealth for the benefit of the Indians if assured that they will not be prose- cuted. These propositions have not been considered by the officials. Use Judges as “Dummies.” From an unofficial source it is learn- ed that the government will offer the evidence of hundreds of “dummies,” whose names were used by the ac- cused to schedule lots without their knowledge or consent. These “dum- mies,” who will begin to arrive Mon- day, in obedience to subpoenas, are for the most part men of affairs and of the highest standing in the com- munity in which they reside. Some are judges, some are prosecuting at- torneys, one an ex-governor, and a number are bank cashiers. They are all friends of the men against whom they will have to testify. TWO SLASHED BY MAD covicT. Insane Man Shot and Killed and His Two Victims Fatally Wounded. Pittsburg, Jan, 26. — One man is dead and two are believed to be fatal- ly wounded as the result of an attack made upon a male nurse by an insane convict patient in the hospital of the Western penitentiary yesterday. The dead man is John Bulloch, twenty-five years old, a foreigner. The tragedy occurred yesterday morning. Bulloch had secreted a ta- ble knife in his clothing. While the nurse was bending over a patient Bul- loch sprang at him and plunged the sharp knife blade into his back up to the handle. The nurse, calling for as- sistance, turned on his assailant, and although unarmed was defending him- self as best he could. While the pris- oner slashed at him again and again with the knife, Beall, a guard, rushed in and began firing at the madman. Two shots took effect. Beall stopped firing and began to examine the in- jured, when Bulloch sprang to his feet and plunged the blade into the guard’s abdomen. The latter fired twice more at Bulloch, who fell mor- tally wounded and died a few hours later. Beall and the nurse are both alive, but the surgeon holds out little hope for the recovery of either. HOLD DOTSERO ENGINEER. Colorado Coroner’s Jury Blames Him for Train Wreck. Leadville, Colo., Jan. 26—A coro- ner’s jury found Engineer Gus Olson guilty of manslaughter at Red Cliff, for killing twenty-six passengers near Dotsero siding, on the Denver & Rio Grande, Jan. 15, when he allowed his train, the Pacific express, and a heavy freight to collide. Thirty-four were badly maimed. His defense was he misread his watch, KILLS TOT WITH ALCOHOL. Mother, Said to Be Insane, Three Children, Fairfield, Neb., Jan. 26. — Mrs. Charles Mock, aged about thirty years, killed her three children by giving them wood alcohol and then committed suicide by drinking a quantity of the same liquid. Mrs. Mock had been mentally unbalanced for some time, the result of illness. Slays Killed by Falling Furs. New York, Jan. 26.—John Waller, a salesman employed by the Redelshi- mer-Steinfeldt Paper company, while returning from lunch, was struck and instantly killed by a heavy bundle of furs which fell six stories in front of 600 Broadway. Boy Finds Death in Gun. Colfax, Wis., Jan. 26.—While play- ing with a gun in his room Joy King, nine years old, living in the town of Otter Creek, shot himself through the heart and was instantly killed. there last night BIG MEN MIXED UP IN FRAUDS|THREE DEAD IN BANDIT HUNT Sensational Developments Expected as| Dangerous Anarchists Make Sensational Attempt at Robbery in London Suburb. London, Jan. 25. — Three persons were killed and twenty-one injured at Walthamstow, a suburb of London, as the result of a sensational attempt made by two Russians at highway robbery. The men were run down and surrounded by a posse, and one of them finally committed suicide. The other attempted suicide, but did not succeed, although he is now lying in a critical condition at Tottenham hos- pital. Two of their victims, a police- man and a boy of ten, lie dead, while five of the injured are in a hospital seriously wounded. London is breathless at the sensa- tional introduction into its precincts of Russian revolutionary methods. It was thought at first that the assas- sins were Italians, but the injured bandit admitted that he was a native of Riga, Russia, and came to England two years ago. The men were undoubtedly danger- ous anarchists, belonging, according to the Daily Chronicle, to the Russian physical force party. The robbery was carefully planned, and, investigating the case, the police came upon a quan- tity of anarchistic documents which are expected to throw further light on the antecedents of the men and their doings. DIES TO SAVE HIS WIFE. Consumptive Starves Self So That Spouse May Have Food. St. Louis, Jan. 25.—Francis Leon, a consumptive, could not buy food for his wife and medicine for himself, too. He earned but 75 cents a day, so three weeks ago he ceased to buy medicine, and purchased food so that his aged wife could eat. They had enough to eat for a week, but Leon became so ill he was compelled to quit work. . Leon worked in the street depart- ment when he could. He was buried by the county. PENALTY FOR HIGHER RATE. Bill in Arkansas Legislature Compll- cates Railroad Fight. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 25.—Repre- sentative Wynn introduced a bill in the lower house of the legislature providing for a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 for any railroad agent in the state charging more than 2 cents a mile. This complicates the fight with the railroads, which have secured an in- junction in the federal court against the enforcement of the 2-cent rate. a THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Jan. 25. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.10 8-8@1.10 5-8; No. 1 North- ern, $1.09 3-8@1.09 5-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.07 1-8@1.07 5-8. Corn — No. 2 yel- low, 5538-4@561-4c. Oats — No. 3 white, 48 3-8@48 1-8c. Minnapolis, Jan. 25. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.10 3-8@1.10 5-8; No. 1 North- ern, $1.09 3-8@1.09 5-8; No. 2 North- ern, $1.07 1-8@1.07 5-8. Corn — No, 2 yellow, 553-4@561-4c. Oats — No. 3 white, 48 3-8@48 7-8c. - Duluth, Jan. 25. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.091-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.08 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.06 1-4. Flax—$1.57 1-2. Oats—No. 8, 48 5-8c. Chicago, Jan. 25. — Wheat — No. 2 red, $1.07 1-4@1.09; No. 2. hard, $1.03 3-4@1.06 1-2. Oats—No. 3 white, 501-2@511-2c. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 58 1-2@59e. Milwaukee, Jan. 25. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.111-2; No. 2 North- ern, $1.09@1.10. Barley — Standard, 65c. Chicago, Jan. 25. — Cattle—Beeves, $3.65@7.70; stockers and _ feeders, $2.70@4.80; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 5. Hogs—Bulk, $5.50@5.90. Sheep— Natives, $2.60@4.85; lambs, $450@ 7.75. Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 25. — Cattle —Grass steers, $5.25@6.30; stockers and feeders, $3.40@4.60; calves and yearlings, $3@3.80. Hogs — Range, $5.40@5.65. South St. Paul, Jan. 25. — Cattle— Grain-fed steers, $5.50@6.50; cows} and heifers, $3.25@4.50; veal calves, $5@5.50; good to choice stock steers, $3.75@4.25. Hogs—Bulk, $5.50@5.85. Sheep—Yearlings, $4.50@4.85; spring lambs, $6.25@6.75. Shot Dead After Quarrel. Kansas City, Jan. 25.—After being struck in the face during a quarrel, believed to have resulted from domes- tic troubles, Stephen T. Hood was shot three times and instantly killed here by James W. Blanton, who im- mediately surrendered himself. Snow Storm In California. Redding, Cal., Jan, 25.—The hardest snow storm that has been experienced in this section of the state in twenty years prevailed yesterday. The snow plockade is more complete than the tie-up of traffic last week by floods and washouts. Big Mines Shut Down. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 25.—Assigning as a reason the objectionable acts of a walking delegate, four of the largest copper producing properties in Ari- zona, together with several smaller imines, closed down yesterday. Hotel Has Smallpox Scare. Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 25.—Six- ty guests at the Hotel Clarendon are under rigid quarantine because John Conna, a traveling man from Wiscon- sin, developed a case of smallpox it. nee MINNESOTA WINS _ SWAMP LAND CASE Secretary Garfield Approves Plan Whereby State Will Ac- quire 200,000 Acres. BIG VICTORY FOR THE STATE Washington, Jan, 23, — Minnesota won her swamp land case before the secretary of the interior yesterday, at least to the extent of obtaining what Attorney General Simpson and State Auditor Iverson believe will result in the acquisition of nearly 200,000 acres of land by the state under a policy which Secretary Garfield has agreed to pursue in determining whether lands or Indian reservations claimed by the state are swamp or not. Before proceeding to the hearing with the head of the interior department the state officials had a conference with Senators Nelson and Clapp, and at the suggestion of Senator Nelson a plan was outlined and agreed to which was presented to Secretary Garfield in a ten-minute talk by Mr Nelson with the result referred to. Garfield Approves Plan. “T believe, senator, that your plan is entirely fair, and I shall give an order to Commissioner Dennett of the general land office directing that the course you suggest be pursued,” said Secretary Garfield. The plan offered was that the rule adopted by the federal government for determining the question whether lands returned as swamp outside of Indian reservations under which an investigation shall be made to deter- mine the precise character of the land, shall be followed for all the lands on the Indian reservations. Minnesota Gains Much, In the opinion of the state officials Minnesota will be a considerable gainer by the additional amount of swamp land which will be ascertain- ed to exist within the reservations. It is also believed that the gain will be more than would have resulted if the actually listed swamp lands only were re-examined. Messrs. Simpson and Iverson were well satisfied with the issued by Secretary Garfield. RETURNED TO KILL HIM. Montana Robbers Murder the Man Who Had Identified Them. Butte, Mont., Jan. 23—J, A. Halli- day, a waiter, was found dying early yesterday on the floor of a restaurant in Plains, in the western part of the state, with two bullet holes through his heart. Nearby lay arevolver. The till had been robbed, and Halliday, having discovered the identity of the robbers, they returned and_ killed him. L. A. Gardner and “Indian Joe” are under arrest on suspicion. SENATOR SHOOTS BURGLAR. Latter Was Trying to Effect Entrance to Former’s Home. Superior, Wis., Jan. 23.—State Sen- ator George B. Hudnall shot and dan- gerously wounded a burglar at 3 o’clock yesterday morning. The bur- glar was trying to get into the Hud- nall residence and did not heed the senator’s warning shout. He was wounded once in the cheek and once in the hip with buckshot. was sent to the hospital probably live. The man and will POSTOFFICE UNDER BAN. Huron (Wis.) Officials Take Unusual Precautions Against Smallpox. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jan, 26—For the past two weeks the postoffice at Huron, Chippewa county, has been quarantined for smallpox, and the mail held at Boyd. A number of small- pox cases have developed in the vi- cinity of Huron, and the board of health decided to take rigid measures even to the extent of closing a federal office. pea Rn SPREE SERIES AO Nurse Probably Fatally Injured. Kenmare, N,. D., Jan. 23.—Miss Syl- via Edwards, matron of St. John’s hospital, and Miss Johnson, a nurse of this city, received severe injuries while driving near the city hall. The horse, which was hitched to a cutter, became unmanageable, ran away and collided with a telephone pole, throw- ing both of the occupants from the sled. Fears are entertained for the recovery of Miss Edwards. ——__—__ CREAMERY MAN ENDS LIFE. John H. Gaare’s Motive for Hanging Himself Is a Mystery. Caledonia, Minn., Jan. 23.—John H. Gaare, a well known creamery man of Spring Grove, committed suicide by hanging himself in the haymow of his barn. His only child, a girl seven years old, discovered him first and called a neigrbor, bu{ he then was dead and evidently had been dead several hours. His motive for committing this tragic act is a mystery. NO result of the hearing and the RECEIVER FOR MILLING PLANT Sleepy Eye Milling Company’s Assets- More Than Double Its Liabilities. Minneapolis, Jan. 26—The Sleepy Eye Milling company of Sleepy Eye, Minn., one of the largest industrial concerns in the southern part of the state, will pass into the control of a receiver to-day. Upon petition of creditors, Judge Purdy named as re- ceiver Louis K. Hull of Minneapolis. Wilson & Force furnished the receiv- er’s bond. The total assets of the company will approximate $1,600,000. The lia- bilities are estimated at about $700,- 000. Inability to secure working capi- tal led to the receivership. The Sleepy Eye company was or- ganized twenty-five years ago and be- gan operations with a dairy produc- tion of 200 barrels of flour. A. C. Von Hagen, president, widely known in milling trade circles, built up the business to a capacity of 5,500 bar- rels. The company also operated a line of twenty-eight country grain ele- vators, a cereal mill and a poultry feed business. It maintained flour- selling agencies at New York, Phila- delphia, Boston, Baltimore, Scranton, Pa., and Youngstown, Ohio. The com- pany is the chief business support of the thriving town of Sleepy Eye. The mills will continue to operate without interruption, and as the com- pany enjoys a large patronage it is expected that under the receivership it will work out of its financial diffi- culty in good order. GUN FAILING, BUYS ANOTHER. Mill City Suicide Perseveres Until He Finds Revolver That Will Shoot. Minneapolis, Jan. 26.—Finding that the cheap revolver which he had pro- cured with the intent to use in ending his life was so poorly constructed that the falling hammer failed to ex- plode the cartridge, Charles Lingren, aged fifty-seven years, took enough money from his scanty store to buy a firse-class weapon and, returning to his home, shot himself through the head. It is believed that continued grieving over the death of his wife a year ago led Lindgren to make an end to himself. SHAVES LONG-LOST BROTHER. Watertown (S. D.) Barber Recognizes Him in Customer. Watertown, S. D., Jan. 26.—Recog- izing his brother as he finished shav- ing him, Fred M. Towne of Twin Falls, Idaho and Truman Towne of this city met for the first time in twenty years. The barber was the most surprised man in town when his brother got out of the chair that the miner had entered. MILD SPELL STOPS LOGGING. Snow Almost Gone and Ice Roads Are Crumbling. Couderay, Wis., Jan. 26—The mild weather of the last week is putting log operations at a_ standstill all through this section. The sonw is almost gone and the ice in ‘the ice roads is crumbling, and yesterday all log hauling over the ice roads was discontinued until the cold weather returns, WAR VETERAN HANGS SELF. in Sunday Clothes Before Ending His Life. Eau Claire, Wis., Jan, 26.—Freder- ick Kaiser, sixty-one years old, em- ployed on Leland’s farm near this city, after dressing himself in his Sunday clothes, hanged himself in the hayloft. The deceased served in the Union army during the Civil war. No cause is known for the suicide. Dresses IS MISSING SINCE MURDER. Disappearance of Aged Janesville Man Intensifies Mystery. Janesville, Wis., Jan. 26—The mys- tery surrounding Mike Cronin’s mur- der here has been intensified by the mysterious disappearance of Thomas McLaughlin, aged ninety. Both men were known to have money in their possession. There is no clue yet to Cronin’s murder, i Baby Dies From Burns. Watertown, S. D., Jan. 26. — The baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schnackenburg died from the fright- ful scalding she received Tuesday, The mother had the little girl in a cab beside theerstove while she was doing the washing. In moving the poiler on the stove the mother tipped it over, sending the scalding water into the cab. St. Paul Man Loses Both Legs. Menomonie, Wis., Jan. 26.—George Ketchum, a conductor on the Omaha road, was run over by a freight train yesterday near Rusk, Wis. Both legs were cut off. His condition is criti cal. Ketchum’s residence is in St, Paul. Lincoin’s Native County Is Dry. Hodgeville, Ky., Jan. 26. — In an election Saturday, La Rue, Abraham Lincoln’s native county, voted dry by a majority of 1,085, the vote being over four to one against license. i