State iris, sooiet
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1907.
NUMBER y.
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6LW1MARY OP THB NEWS OP
THB WHOLE WORLD.
DIE IN EARTHQUAKE
)u.ndki:i)s or i.ivks akk i-osr
IX ITALY.
)cspile Torrential Ruins Peodc Make
Their lied In tho Oprn nnd Refuse
to Kilter Any Buildings l'.xccpt
Churches.
At C o'clock Thursday evening about
200 bodies were taken from the eurth
ciuake ruins In Italy. It Is now esti
mated that the deaths will surpass 500,
but it la not possible to get accurate in
formation on this subject, as many vil
lages are still cut oft' by the floods anil
the destruction of road;) nnd the tele
graph lines, and nn word from them
can be head.
The shocks continued Thursday
night but they were slight. The coun
try Is still in a condition of apprehen
sion, which Is increased by each trem
ble. In spite of the torrential rain the.
was fulling the survivors absolutely re
fused to remain under cover. They
made their beds In the open. Mat
tresses were spread about the squares
and people cared for themselves and
their children as best they could. The
only baHdings that the frightened peo
ple would consent to enter are the
churches, and even there they would
not stay long. Sacred relics have been
exposed in the cathddral of Catanbaro.
and this served in a measure to calm
the population.
The details received in Rome re
garding the earthquake Wednesday in
every way tend to show that the dam
age done was much more extensive
than at first estimated. The first shock
fortunately brought most of the vil
lagers Into the open, and many suc
ceeded In making their escape to the
hills and open plains.
TELLS HOW TO FA KM RIGHT.
Wilson Issues Warning Again nt Rob
bing of Nature.
"Farmers food the people as no peo
ple ever before were fed and sell In
' foreign markets a surplus of $1,144,
000,000 worth of his products," said
Secretary Wilson, speaking In Syra
cuse, N. Y., on "The Unproductlco
Farm." "Prosperity quite up to the
average of human success attends in
telligent management of farm affairs
nowadays. No class of people live
better, enjoy life more, or contribute
as much to the wealth of the republic.
These are the strong things to be
said. Syracuse asks us to consider a
weak link In the chain unproductive
farms. It is a wise move, and it
would have been commendable In ev
ery state to make such Inquiries at
any time during the last century. The
call cornea late; the evils to be reme
died have traveled far In all the states.
"The people of the United States
have wasted their inheritance of land
and woods, of fish in the waters, and
minerata In the earth. The soil has
been robbed in the east and south and
west. We have reached very high
prices. for farm products; we see a
wood famine and very high prices for
fuel. Prices of lumber have doubled
In less than a decade. This convention
has been called to consider decreased
productiveness of the soil near great
centers of poupulation. Such conven
tions might well be called In all the
states of the union. They are all soil
robbers and wood robbers and water
robbers and mine robbers."
Wyoming Judge Is Shot.
William Lepper thirty years a resi
dent of Laramie, Wyo., shot Judge
Charles W. Brommell three times and
then blew out his own brains. Judge
Hrommell is still alive. Lepper was
dissatisfied with BrommeU'a conduct
of a lawsuit for him.
Treasury Stutcmont.
Thursday's statement of the treas
ury balances in tho general fund ex
clusive of tho $150,000,000 gold re
serve Bhows available cash balances,
$2S6,66MJ4; gold colnSind bullion,
$33,182.68$; gold certificates. $83,.
658,100.
Kuur Arc lllowu to Plectw.
No. ? mixing mill of the Atlantic
lJynnmlte copany's factory, six miles
southwest of Ashland, Wis., blew up
Thursday. Two hundred pounds oft
nitroglycerin exploded. The. cause is
unknown. Four men were killed.
I
McFarlainl Wins limit.
Paeky McFarland, of Chicago, got
the decision over "Kid" Goodman, of
Hoston, at the end of a fast ten-round
bout at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $$.25. Top hogs, $5.60.
Levee Strike Kiuls.
The levee strike at New Orleans, In
volving 10,000 men, mostly cotton
handlers, ended Thursday night. The
men agreed to return to work pending' I
final adjustment by arbitration.
Holh Over a Century.
Death has claimed Ferdlando Cnler
Inello, 103 years old. His wife dle.l
lasfsprlng, aged lie.'. She was said
.to have been the oldest woman in tho
.United States.
TIACB CLOSK TO UK.
Ornuiii Rnlloon llos Sllsii: lend Over
Frenchman.
Two of the bulloona which t-tartej
In the great International balloon race
from St. I.ouii on Monihiy landtd in
New Jersey Wednesday, having reach
ed the Atlantic coast.
The German balloon Pommern came
down at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning
and the French balloon, L'Isle do
Franco, reached the earth at 1:10
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
While apparently the German bnl
toon won the race it wilt require nn
ofllclal ruling to settle the matter, as
there are only a few miles difference
In the distance traveled by the two.
The L'Isle do Franece landed at
Herbertsvllle, some distance south of
Asbury Park. The landing was made
without accident.
After traveling approximately 88C
miles, the German balloon Pommern
landed safely at Uradley park, halt
a mile south of Asbury Park proper,
at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning.
The landing was not accomplished
without some trouble. First the bas
ket of the balloon came In contact
with telegraph wires, but on the third
attempt the basket settled gently
down on tho beach, only 100 yurb
from the Atlantic ocean.
The aeronauts were much disap
pointed at not being able to reach
New York, but the wind currents were
contrary and the landing was made
rather than risk being carried out to
sea.
"The trip from St. Louis took Just
forty hours, less five minutes," said
Mr. Clayton on landing. "The ytrlp
was an exceedingly pleasant one, as we
encountered no rain and scarcely any
cloudy weather. The bright moonlight
nights were delightful.
MAY KKI7.F. UAI WHISKY.
Authorities Plan .Proceedings Vnder
the Pure Food Law.
Criminal suits under the pure food
uw against numerous distillers of the
country. Including leading firms In the
middle west, have been prepared and
are ready for filing. These suits have
been' held back pending negotiations
between Warwick Hough, of St. Louis,
Mo., attorney for the National Liquor;
Dealers' association, and the attorney
general.
Mr. Bonaparte has been seeking to
arrive at an agreement as to facts
with Mr. Hugh upon which a test case,
as to the Interpretation to be placed
upon the definition of "blends" as re
ferred to in the law, could be based.
Mr. Bonaparte has Issued a formal
statement in which he says he has re
ceived a letter from' Mr. Hough and
has returned a reply to him regarding
the proposed test.
CHEAT SHORT AUK OK CARS.
The Increase of TraRic Is Greater Tlmii
Last Year, w ith More In Sight.
The car shortage on the roads run
ning east from Chicago appears to be
felt more keenly week by week as the
season advances. All the roads with
out exception are considerably embar
rassed by their inability to meet the
demands of shippers for cars. It is
said that there Is particularly a dearth
of refrigerator cars, though the short
age of box cars Is felt almost as keen
ly. All the roads have received large ac
cessions to their equipment since this
time last year, but the loading returns
show that the Increase in tonnage has
been considerably greater than that in
equipment. The ratio of increase in
tonnage this year as compared with
the corresponding period last year is
as great as last year's was over thut
of the preceding year.
Alfonso Has Close Call.
The king had a narrow escape from
serious accident near Fanresa, Spain.
Monday. In his automobile he was go
ing over a temporary bridge when tho
light structure collapsed under thi
weight of the car. His majesty es.
ifcped with a wetting.
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Tight Shoe Costs Ixg.
The simple rubbing of his toes by fi
tight shoe brought about the loss of n
leg to George Ulmor, of Pottsville, Puj
Blood poisoning resulted In gangrene)
getting into the toes and foot and thq
right leg had to be ampututed below
.he knee.
Plague Case at Seattle.
Telegruphlc advices received at the
public health and marine hospital
from Dr. White, the -medical ofllcer of
that service at Seattle, Wash., Indicate
that a fully developed case of the bu
bonic plague, has been discovered
.here.
More Operators Co to 'tVork.
Nineteen striking Western Union op
erators of the western division applied
for work In Chicago and were employ
ed. Several other applications were
rejected.
Berlin Hunkers Surprised.
The Difficulties of the Knickerbock
er Trust company, of New York, have
created the greatest degree of aston
ishment among the bankers of Berlin.
Steamer .4nl in Port.
Tho Canadian Pacific Hallway com
pany's crack oriental liner, Kmpres
of India, sank Wednesday e vt-n : i i.-i
alongside her dock In Vancouver, B. C.
Her sea cocks must have lit on opened,
but how no one seems able to ascer
tain. l-lt IV;:ni:ts: Grew Tliln.
J)r. T. .1 AH n. f Annua, III., when
.he entered up n his liftli ilay of u six-
i ty-dny fare of peanut, hu,' lost llva
and un-lia!f pound In weight.
TO KAItrU IX CANADA.
American Balloon Vnlted States Sails'
700. M Hen.
The h sim-lns ot the end of the
greatest ballooniiift race ever held In
America, the second contest for the
International areonautlc cup, was sig
naled Tuesday by the landing of the
American balloon south of Hamilton,
Ont., near the shore of Iike Ontario.
The United States la believed to havt?
held the lead In the race at the time of
landing, and in Its twenty-five hours
of flight from St. Ixnils has covered
n distance of approximately TOO mile?,
nTeasured In an air line.
The United States is the present
holder of the cup and the record for
(he race, having established It In the
flight from Paris last year at 4 02
miles. '
The nearest rlvul to the United
States Is believed to be the big chrome
yellow German cruising balloon, the
Pommern, which was last reported as
whirling across Luke Erie In the teeth
of n 35-mlle gale. News of the land
ing of the United States Tuesday night
was just n bit disappointing to the
followers of the rare, who were con
fidently prodlctfiiK that Maj. Horsey
would break t'.ie world's record of
l.IOO mile.
There are several experts who Ptlll
believe that this record may go by the
board. They are also of the opinion
that the record for duration, 41 hours
and 5 minutes, may be exceeded. Botit
the distance and the endurance records
are held by Count Henry de la Vaux,
it France.
BIG XKW YORK BAXK CIX1SF.S.
Knickerbocker Trust Company Forced,
to Suspend.
The Knickerbocker Trust company,
the second largest trust company in,
New York City, with deposits amount
ing to about $60,000,000, closed it I
doors at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, fol,
lowing a steady run by persons whi
called to withdraw their deposits. Tho
company officials declared its suspen
sion of payment was only temporary.
The closing was. attended with sen
sational scenes at the main bnnkinc,
room and the Harlem branch. The de
positors who crowded the room asklnu
for money were insistent that they
be permitted to withdraw only a fev
dollars, and when this request was re
fused many refused to leave the build-,
Ing. Police assistance was ncceseary.
At the main ofnec at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street, after the doom
were closed, the crowd surged its way
inward. The police forced the men
hack to the street again and from that
time guards were kept In front o(
the entrance.
DIVOUCE NEWS BRINGS JOY.
.Gladys Croeker-Gonraiul Is III in New
York Hospital.
While she law ill in a New York;
honpttal, Gladys Crocker-Gouraud re-i
celved -word that she had been di
vorced in the courts at ?loux Falls, 8.
D. The news brought her joy, and In-,
cldentally benefited her young English,
husband. Powers Gouraud, to the ex-,
tent of $600,000, which sum he is said
to have recovered from the wealthy
Crocker family, of San Francisco, aq
compensation for setting his wife free.
The divorce, granted upon the
ground of desertion, Is the sequel of a
wedding of three years ago, when Miss
Gladys, then only 17, ejoped to London
'with the young Englishman and was,
married there, despite the effort made
by her family to prevent the match
Mrs. Gouraud is the daughter of Mrs,
Crocker-Ashe-Gllilg-Gouraud, the wifq
of a brother of Powers Gouraud. Shi
Is a niece of William H. Crocker, onj
of San Francisco's wealthy citizens.
CARGO OF TOBACCO SEIZED.
Shipments for England Taken by Fed,
erul Ofliccrs at Norfolk.
A shipment of leaf tobacco and ci
garettes, said to be valued at $7,000,
from Durham, N. C, consigned to thq
British-American Tobacco company,
of Great Britain, has been attached
by the government at Norfolk, Va.,
and is now being held by the custoini
authorities. The action was brought
following a conference there last weel;
between Collector of Customs Hughes,
United States District Attorney Lewis
and a representative from the depart-;
ment of justice at Washington. The
business of the latter in Norfolk 'was'
declared to be In connection with an
Important prosecution under the Sher
man anti-trust law.
The reason for the attachment of
the tobacco and cigarettes is not given.
Frisco Xot Involved.
Banking and financial conditions in
San .Francisco are reported as excel
lent. No . Hurry . has occurred on
'change and none is expected. The
movement of crops is In active pro
gress, and asn consequence the vol
ume of money in circulation has been
Increased.
To Guard Against Plague.
Mr, Montlzambert, of Ottawa, Ont.,
director general of public health, has
been instructed to leuve for the Pa
cific count and direct arrangements for
the protection of the Dominion against
ihe bubonic plague.
i::i:Ut. I'lni-H Wc-.t;ii'il!Oi i-e.
The huiiU 'ipuliiy of St. Pticrsburg
I, i.-i ir.i.msed lliu s hi;,, retailing $500,000
n the Wi'ttlii.iMioUM' Klf "trie company
fur f.iil.:ro t'i i implcle the street iill-
uy i..
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f that e.ty.
Coes A-!:;.!( ill n Fog.
The liui'liin h: Miner Ll'.lriarla,
from !.i;au for Coin i.ha ,;i n ;'.ul
'ml:, aiol h.r. inr abojii'l SUO pa.-un-,',':
, Went li..ho e nfl' i-klllingt'JII S A'C-tl.-i:,
d'.rrliiii a tl.Ms "or;.
1 $!$'r$ M -
I1LA1R MAN TAKKH OWN LI I K
Brooding Over Ic:ss of Property Prob
ably the Cause.
Len Gilbert, a man 69 ycarH old, em
ployed ns helper In the lumber yard of
John McQuarrle In Blair, shot himself
while in the rear cf the lumber yard
office at 2:80 Sunday afternoon, thu
bullet striking Just back of the right
ear. Dr. Langstaff was called and
found him unconscious, but bound up
the wound and Gilbert lived only
about twenty minutes after the shoot
ing. Mr. McQuarrle, proprietor of tho
lumber yard, had been at the ol'loe up
to 1 o'clock and left to go to dinner,
leaving Gilbert nt the olllce and the
front .door unbacked. Returning from
dinner he found the door locked and
going Into the rear room ho found Gil
bert In a sitting position on the floor
with his head resting on a small rock
ing chair. He had been working for
McQuarrle for about one year at $1.60
per day and received ns pension of $12
per month. He owned his home whero
he lived, and leaves his wife and four
children, the present wife being his
second fine. He also leaves one daugh
ter, married to Mr. Charles Dorsey,
who lives at Osceola. A box that ho
had recently made out of plain pine
boards, about 12x16 Inches, wan found
on the olllce table nailed up and ad
dressed to 0harle3 Dorsey, Osceolu.
Polk county, Nebraska, and was of
light weight, as If It contained papers
or other light material. Coroner E. C.
Pierce took charge of the box and will
keep it until he decides whether ho
will hold an Inquest or not.
ITALIAN WITNESS HUNS AWAY.
Man on Trial for Murder Ai-eused An
ton Albnnl of Killing,
Anton Albani, an Italian, as a wit
ness In tho Washington murder case
before Judge Trjp at, Omaha, has dis
appeared and efforts of the county at
torney to locate him have failed. Al
bani is known to hnve gone to Council
Bluffs a short tlmme ago, and from
there he Is said to have gone to work
on a farm somewhere in Iowa, but
; this is as near as he can be located.
i Albani was among a number of Ital
ians arrested on the suspicion that
they knew something of the murder
of Anton Kasper. Washington went to
the police station and told the police
Albani was the guilty man. when he
himself was arrested and charged with
the crime. Jt was the Intention of tho
prosecution to put him on thu witness
stand to deny his connection with tho
murder, but he disappeared.
BURGLARS DO FAIRLY WELL.
Secure Castfi and Silverware from G. A.
' Ureeiiouph.
While the family were attending
church Sunday night the residence of
G. A. Greenough at 715 Pine street,
Omaha, was entered by burglars who
' secured about $100 worth of valua
bles, including $41 in money and a
collection of souvenir spoons from
several countries and a few articles of
Jewelry.
The burglars gained an entrance by
prying open a bedroom window with
a Jimmy and exhibited their experi
ence by selecting only the solid silver
spoons and leaving the plated silver
ware untouched.
Greenough conducts a drug store at
1(24 South Tenth street and furnished
the police, with a, good description of
the articles taken.
SHOOTING AFFRAY AT STAXTOX.'
Jack Means Gets Clutrge of Shot In
Neck and I'aee.
Cyrus Johnson and William Kenne
dy shot Jack Manus, proprietor of a
target shooting gallery in Stanton.
Johnson and Kennedy had been drink
ing all the evening and went into tho
shooting gallery, but the proprietor,
Mr. Manus, refused to let them shoot.
They became enraged and quarreled
with and attempted to fight Manus. He
knocked Johnson down and then put
both out. They secured a shotgun and
fired three shots through a thickness
of canvas. Eleven shot were taken
from Manus neck and face. Johnson
and Kennedy were placed in the coun
ty Jan.
Mrs. Llllle Brings Suit.
Mrs. Lena Llllle, who was convicted
of the murder of her husband, Harvey
Llllle, at David City, has brought suit
In the district court at Lincoln to. re
cover on a policy for $3,000 on the life
of her husband, in the Modern Wood
men of America.
Automobile CJoes In the Ditch.
The H. U. AVal ron touring car went
Into the ditch nbout three miles east of
Klkhorn when on the way to Omaha,
carrying besides the owner, wImj drove
the machine, Mrs. P. O. Hohwer, Miss
Jeahnette Fedtrson, M. L. Moneock
und Charles Nell.
Jurors to Try Khuimvny.
In the district court at Heutrh e at
torneys and Judge Wt-lllgur drew 175
names from which to select the twelve
men who will try Robert Mead Shum
wuy, the alleged murder of Mrs. Sat ah
Martin, of Adams, who was arrested In
Holt county, Mo., about a month ago.
Fooiluill Flayer Injured.
Cecil Hess was injured Internally
and had his leg broken in two places
while playing football at tho Wet
school In Ilcatricc.
No-w Hank for Kimball.
A $30,000 National bank was organ
ized by tho b'jsloetu men of Kimball
recently. The stock him nil been sub
scribed by home men. A two-stoiy
building will be erected a:; soon lis P"
sible and it Is expected t. be ready for
business by Jan. 1.
lluptbts Collier i,t Hat;.i,.H.
The prelinilnuiy sessions ot t!n
I aptist statu convention were In Id ul
Lincoln. Tho board of manui;ei.4 of
tile Young People's union i.iet In con
M9
fas
of
ference
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INTF.RF.ST IX CASK OF WAIlK
Many Friends of I'.plsoopar Clergy mm
Believed Him Innocent.
The action of tho United States su
preme court In refusing to grant a re
hearing of tho ease against ttev. Geo.
O. Ware on a writ of certiorari to the
federal circuit court of appeals of the
Kighth district, has revived local Inter
est In a ruse that attracted more atten
tion thnn any of the large number of
prosecutions which dragged their
length through the federal courts In
Omaha within the lund fraud Indict
ments., Rev. Mr. Ware had friends In
Omsha-who believed In his Innocence,
strong as the evldenco wai against
him and they were hoping to the last
for favorable action by the highest tri
bunal In the land. They must now re
sign themselves to the Inevitable; of
seeing their friend puy n line of $1,000
and serving one year In the Dougla
county Jail.
When lii-v. Mr. Ware was sentenced
by the court In Omuha so thoroughly
did Bev. O. A. Bencher, dean of Trin
ity Cathedral, believe In hlu Innocence
that hn a rune In the court room and
actually begged to be allowed to go to
jail and servo out the year's sentence
of this, his brother In the cloth. But
the court could not entertain his prof'
for.
IXKAN'K WOMAX HANGS IIUKSIILV
Wanders from Home at Midnight and
Is Dead When Found.
Mrs. Wm. Wagner, wlfo of the bar
ber at Amherst, committed suicide
by bunging herself to a tree near the
site of the old Stanley postolllce, which
Is about two miles from Amherst.
Mrs. Wagner had been mentally un
balanced for some time and had been
treuted for the malady, but was being
kept at home as It was thought her
condition would not warrant sending
her to the asylum.
Friday evening she was In an Ir
rational frame of mind and was at
home at midnight. At 1 o'clock she
was mlssod by her husband, who start
ed a search. He discovered that she
had in some manner unlocked the
door of the bouse which was usually
locked against her at night. Her hus
band's suspicions were nrousod and a
searching party was orgunlzed.
About 10 o'clock Saturday morning
a party of men found her body hang
ing to a tree about a mile south of old
Stanly postotllpo and from appearances
she had been dead for several hours.
She leaves a family of three boys am)
one girl besides the husband,
was i)i:Ti:itMi.i:i) to iii:.
Xelimsku Hoy Succeed in Third At
tempt to Commit Suicide,
After two unsuccessful attempts to
take his own life with the use of
chloroform Hurt Dlllor, member of
a prominent family at Dlller, Jeffer
son county, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a revolver.
Young Dlller was found early In the
morning under the Influence of chlor
oform, but was resuscitated. Later
In tho forenoon he went to tho drug
store whero he was employed, and
secured more of the poison and drank
it, but was again saved from death.
Tho youth then used the revolver. At
no time woul he give any reason for
wishing to die. The family Is old and
well known, the village of Dlller hav
ing been fiarihod from the dead boy's
grandfather.
fjUU'rriM'e llnek at lesk.
T5d Lawrence, bond clerk In the of
lice or Auditor Sear! at the capltol.
who has been trying to bo sick, Is back
at work. He doesn't feel sick, but he
doesn't foel as well us he thought he
would, and he didn't think he would.
Mrs. Lawrence has been doing the
work lu the bond department during
his absence.
TccuiiiKcli for Itcagun Hull.
The baseball fans of Tecumseh are
Interested in the movement made In
Grand Isbind for a state league anoth
er year. It is conceded that independ
ent base ball in this slate the last soa
son was u failure from a financial
standpoint, and it has been proven that
state league ball has rnuilo good In
both Nebraska nnd Iowa.
Kallooil Ascension at St Paul.
Itoy Frederick, the young aeronaut
whose home Is lu St. Puul, made an
other successful ascension from the
bulloon grounds on Howard avenue.
The ascent was very pretty in tho calm
evening air und thu parachute lesp
particularly thrilling and interesting.
liaising Funds for Hotel.
In order to give each location for
tlio proposed hotel for Hastings an
equal chance In thu suhscruptloli
funds the citizens promoting Hie move
ment have agreed to submit u separate
proposition for each locution.
I'lt-li Hatchery in Cherry County.
It develoMi from a recent Visit of
Messrs. O'JIrieii and Curler of Lin
coln that a ilsh hatchery will he lo
cated at Valentine und operations will
te begun at once.
i:iliiiglon Pleads Xot (.ullty.
At tiie prclimlnniy hearing of Clyde
Ellington before Judge Oagnon at
Kalis City a plea of not guilty w;as en
tered. H Is charged with killing
Church Wilson.
ItnnuwuY ('ill Tul.en Home.
Josephine SCollRer, a 15-year-old girl
who ran uway from her homo in Ues
Moines, Ia.. Sept. 15 und was accident
ally discovered in (Inialiit during Ak-Kftr-I'en
week, was taken homo t-y her
parent Sunday morning.
'Hirer Years- lor Amiii.
Ci i'l,i' :.:t. a!r w.:.: I . .it.'.l.t'C'l t )
llui-e yiars hi lhe rtute prison for aet
tiii!; lire to th" lumber ytm) vt C. F.
Mniiseii at Klin Creek, tilso t .1 burn
ing up a biinl; house belong) ig to thu
yard on lhe n'ght f C".t. 11.
MAG ILLS SET FREE.
Judge at Decatur Declares Harder
la Not Proven.
Fred IT. M.iflll nnd Ills young wife,
Foye Oralintu Mnslll, are not guilty of
tho murder of Mrs. Pot Candy Mnstll
at Clinton, 111., Inst May. So declared
thp Jury lu ihe case nt Decatur, acting
tintJer Instruction: of Ju0,re "tjoebrnn,
who Raid that, while tlio State bad
proved bcyoud n doubt tho death of tho
first Mrs. Mnplll, it hud failed to nhor
that a murder bad boon cotnuilttetL
TUN being the case, the jury was or
dered to bring lu a verdict of not
guilt-.
On May 31 Sir. IVt Mngill was found
dead In her borne nt Clinton, 111., and m
post-mortem examination held six weeks
after her death showed that she had been
suffocated by chloroform.
On July 5 la Denver, Colo., Fred Ma
gill and Miss Fnye Graham, a young
woman who had been a close friend of the
family, were married.
Knur days later In San Dirgo, Cal.,
Mf.gill and his second wife were arrested
i;a a charge of murdering ,the firtt Mrs.
FRED It. MAU1U,
CATC MAQUX.
Magill. They were brought bark to Clin
ton on requisition paperv Issued by Gov.
Deneen, and secured a change of venue to
uecuiur.
In the trial tbe State charged that Ma
gill and Miss Graham by their conduct.
had driven Mrs. Magill to nulclde, and)
were tnereiore guilty ot murue. . 11. ae,, Mt)tn m0M imKulaP. inlorMt as to dia
fenae introduced letters wrltteti by Mrs. ,rii,11,i. ,,,i h. i-.i. n.ttj
MagiU shortly before her death it ' wWoh,
she complained of ''unbearable headaches'.
and constant . 'nagging" ot her ioban7a
r,Uatlves. W itnesses also testlfieo. that
Mrs. Ma.T 11 bad often talked ot commit-
ting suicide.
In a letter to her husband, written v'ha
uay oeiore ner aeatn, Jura, fliagiu asscw
him to marry Faye Graham rn casa any
thing should happen to her.
Mrs. Driait Acalnst Moral Coda.
In her address before the twenty-first
annual convention ot tbe American sec
lisn of the Theosouhical Society a Obi-
w , . . , , , j-
cu .y a. u.B jv.'
presiutni 0l ine "
nounced stand against the adoption of a
hxed moral code, and against ! he tapo-J,
ion of penal es by the "J
individual action. Sh e held ttTb-
osophists are at oue in their desire to
raise the moral tone ot society, and they
differ only as to whetiuir their Idem
should la enforced by penalties. For htr-t
elf, she would stand for tbe affirmation
ot their ideals and for efforts to live op
to them. She aald : "I appeal to the un
folding divinity in man, and not to the,
beggady elements of coercive law; I i
gladly affirm my brotherhood with the
lowest, as 1 reverently hope ' to be ac-
cepted as brother by the highest." She
id further that none of the great re-
llfions had a penalty enforcing its com -
mandments by exclusion, but, on the con-
trary, they retarded it as a primary duty
to try to Improve their evil-doers. 8h
thought; the Theoaophlcal Society would
not wJjnh to copy tbe example of those
churches which employ heresy trials and
exconununjoations. Such a code would
bt the deuial ot brotherhood. In Uluatrat-
ing her point ot view in one of her talks,
Mrs. Besant used the personality of John
D. Rockefeller as an example, saying that
in his next inearnatlon he would probably
reappear as a highly developed and per-
fectcd Individual; in tact, almost an
angeL She explained that be would prob-
auly retain all of his capacity for doing
loiDga, ouu siougu vu iui uuasr
and alms actuating his present career.
against the proposed code.
Prairie Schooner on Broadway.
New Tork City recently witnessed tha
uovel spectacle of an old-fashioned prairie
sit thn vmv from PuvalhiD in the State
of Washington, traversing tho eld Oregon
trail, over which be went to the Pacific
coast in 1850, frutn bis home In Ohio,
Mr. Meeker's purpose in making the. trip,
east is to arouse public sentiment in fa-
vor of a biJI which be will have Intro-
duced in Congress at its next session, to
build a permanent concrete road along the
route 01 tun OIU nun in cuiuiuniuurauvu
of the pioneers who constituted the ad
vance guard to the West. It is his In
tention to go to Oyster Bay to see the
President, aud will afterward proceed to
Washington.
IVsr ImIII P.Dd of Tlue.
T u.litrvuM In srmv ehaiiRl
on Governor's U'.und. Hishop Henry O.
J'otter expreed the belief that while tho
objects of The llngue conference, were
very beautiful, they were only a dream,
He called the armies ot the world the po-
lice of toe world, contending that their
existence was as necessary to the safety
of the globe as wua the existence of tbe
police to the safety of a man in his home
at night. He did uot lolleve tnat peace
would ever prevail, for, said be: "Until
the last day ot the earth there will be
armies and there will be wars."
latereetlnif .Ne Item.
Ituilway (ireuin on all eastern lines
will ilcuiuud an iucreuse lu wages in the
near future. It will bo refused by the
couuianid, ofticlalt say.
lu Sptiuallold, Ohio, George F. NJuffer,
fonner uirmber of thu board of public ser
vile, has n.i'iicej to ouo year iu the
pen.IfjiLluiy fur ija.ldiug payroll.
Poliecmmi Anton il.ieliman was shot
aoj kiilcd bv 1'eti-r (Sarrity, a plumber
in Ciucinnmi. wnrriij, u i nam, wiu,
intoxicated and liied upparently without
provocation
schooner drawn by a yoke of oxen paw- og. y 7';; m-,n
ing down liroadway. This outOt was the 5-25; wheat. No. C, $1.01 to $1.03, , corn,
property of Exra Meeker, who bad coma No. 2 mixed. OHc to 00c; oata. No. 2
4X
WiNANClAL
CHICAGO.
Ia the largely Increased Yuluue t pay
ments through the banks, decline in coia
tnrrciiil defaults aaJ stupuieuts of bread
stuff double ttiosD of lust year bringing
the highest prices this season are fouud
.ncouraging testimony to wall-sustained
ictivlty in buiness. Less presure ia also
.'vident in money and tho autumn demand
tor necessaries and factory outputs re
flect steady consumption, which wouVi
not be so were the purrhasUg power gea
.'raliy curtailed. Weather conditions fa
vor the leudiug distributive lines and
iiioTemyuts of commodities compare favor
ibly with a year ago, forwarding to the
interior being especially heavy. New
.'ontracts in iron and steel show best la
ttructural vhnpes, wire, pipe a4 mer
chant iron, but there is no talllag off in
furnace deliveries and rail mills have
bookings running luto next Jury.
Mercantile collections In tke West
make a natlsfactory showing a4 exedito .
ire regarded healthy, notwithstaading tbe
tightness of money. Agriculturists con
tinue prompt in their marketings for cash
and the nuusually profitable returns rUl
rapidly to country bank deposits. Beil
trade here and at Interior centers is seen
to be of seasonable proportions.- Buying
remains largo in wholesale branokea of
dry goods, clothing, boots and aases, fur
niture and food products.
Bank clearings, $2tB),577,109, esceed
those of corresponding week In 1900 by
18.7 per cent. 1
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number IS, against 24 last week nnd
2(1 a year ago. Those with liabilities
over $5,000 were 5 in number, against tt
0Bt year.--lun Trade Review
NEW YOKK.
Trade, crop and industrial reports are
from lhe wuole8nl), nnd branches
to rptaU tfaiK ,hc aopme,,, pr0-
portions of which will be cloaciy scrutin-
izeu from now on. So far the reports as
,0 thil ,ine ftre nfli, best in
imrt(( uf the pjorthweet, Southweat and
ftU(j rcIativeI- ..Uickest nt the East,
.hi..h cib, cold wmther for best
activities. Jobbing business is fair as a
whole, it being noted that house trade
very quiet, whllo fllling-in orders vary
w.'th sections reporting. The money
stringency is an additional feature which
attracts attention, affecting aa it decs the
iiriu i
item of collections on past tanasactions.
A8 o M- Uom of MllNtto tea. U may
be vhat holding of crop, baa been a
complaint from several points,
' Jn fc UaUed 8tatM
for the week ending Oct. 17terlM.
170 m tWlta."
" . . . I, . 1MJ
week of 1000, 17S in 1003, 227 in 19M
and 218 In 1903. Canadian failures for
the week number 30, a against 24 last
week and IS in this week a year ago.
Bradstreet'a Commercial Report.
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' Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
4.00 o 7.35; hogs, prime heavy, 4.00
to $0.00; sheep, fair to choice, S3 00
to $3.70; wheat, No. 2, $1.01 to $1.04;
corn, No. 2, 01c to G2c; oat), atntndard,
5ic to 32c; rye. No. 2, 80c to 83c; hay,
timothy, $12.00 to $20.00; prairie, $0.00
to $13.00;. butter, choice, creamery, , 27a
to 2ttc; eggs, fresh, 19c to 24s; piKAibes;
per bushel, o5c to 05c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to j7 10 . jlogg( good to choice heavy,
j,500 t0 (j-8o; sheep, common to prime,
?3 t0 -5 . eat. No. 2, $1.03 to
io4: corn. No. 2 white, (13c fi Hc;
mt No 2 white, 51c to 02C,
' f,,,. -, rfl
to $7.15;
hogs, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, ?3.00 to
$o.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.05 to $1.00; corn,
No. 2, 03e to C4c ; oats, No 2, iDc to
51c ; rye, No. 2, 82c to 83c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $."i.75;
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.30; hogs,
$4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2, $1.03 to $1.04; corn, No. 3
yellow, 07c to OSc; oats, No. S white,
B5c to 50c ; rye, No.'2,"8Dc to" WC-7. "".V;
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
to $1.13; corn, No. 3, 62c to 3c;
oaUf .toudard, 52c to 55c; rye, No. 1,
H7c to KSc; barley, standard, $1.10 to
$1.11 ; pork, mesa, $15.50.
Ruflnlo Cuttle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $0.Cti; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00
to $7.0O; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.tH to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
.i.w i
. New iork Cattle, M.UU to U.I)U,
bogs, UM to $7.00; aheep, $3.00 to
$5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.01 U $1.11;
com. No. 2, 71c to 72c; oata, natural
white, ftSc to 02e; butter, creamery, 25e ,
to 2Sc ; eggn, western, 10c to 24c
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.00 to
$1.02; corn. No. 2 mixed. 03e to C4e;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; rye. No.
ot poc t0 iiOc; t lover seed, prime, $10.70.
In the Snorting WorUL v
Bir Thomas I.ipton expressed great di
appointmeut ut not being able to uiuk
term to race for the America Cup.
Keene'a Colin won a $0,000 stake at
Kriiihton.
tieorge lleuuett announced he would
' uult the turf forever.
I ,r,t . I . nl ....... .In,i.,l
oil
AIIO 1 ale llfOlWtHI rioru piuiicii
with a iiait victory over Wesleyan.
ltobby Walthour, tho American cyclist,
was M'rioutily hurt in a race iu lleiliu.
Line buckiuz won the same for the
I'liixei-kitv of lVuusylvauin which ita
.am played with V U1U ova.
j vhil.idelj.hia aud Uetroit American
( Lenaue tenuis played a remarkable seven-
teen iuniii game to a drawu core.
T .i-.t;:fa'Mt
t t I iWk TK ahnnn '! .M I til
mixed, ZtM to Mc ; ry. o. a, uic to uoc.