DAKOTA 'COUNTY HEIRAILDo MOTTO All Tho News When It Is News. NUMBER 44 DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1901). VOLUME XVII CURRENT HAPPENINGS! FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS. SULTAN SENDS NEWS t" XCIiK SAM HEARS OI ITCIALLY FROM NEW CHIEF. Ircseiit Rul f Turkey Assured of j Friendship of I'nltcd States in a Cable by Chief Executive Through Ambassador Irishman. Mehemmed Reschad, the new sultan of Turkey, was Wednesday officially recognised as the reigning ruler of that empire by the Washington gov ernment. This action followed the communication of the fact from the throne of the new sultan to the state department by H. Klazlm Bey. the Turkish ambassador, and similar in- formatlon from American Ambassador Irishman at Constantinople. A dls- patch according recognition signed by . President Taft was forwarded to Con- atantlnople Wednesday night for pres- entatlon by the ambassador there. Following Is the reply of Secretary Knox to the Turkish ambassaaor ac- knowledglng the receipt of notice or j the accession of Mehemmed V.: "Tour note was duly communicated to the president, who has this day been pleased to extend by telegram his con- gratulations to his imperial majesty In the following words: ' 'I offer to your imperial majesty my congratulations on your accession to the throne with such universal ac- J claim, voiced by the people's repre- aentatives and at a time so propitious to tho highest aspirations of the great ration over which you rule as the au- Kust head of the constitutional govern- ment. I assure you of the friendship of the government and people of the United States who earnestly wish for your mejesty's happiness and for that ! of the people within your domains, and ! I add my own wishes for your majes- ty's happiness and for that of the peo ple within your dominions, and I add my own wishes for your majesty's health and welfare.' ' A favorable Impression has been created In Washington rertiaxkJ' His last word an unavailing plea attributed to the sultaln in his public for mercy, ex-Judge James Hargls, the utterances and the confident hope was feudist, of Jackson, Ky., was shot to Expressed that Turkey Is about to en- or 11 non n new era of successful con- slitutioual government. From the American standpoint the permanent Improvement in the condl- j, tions In Asia Minor and other portions of Turkey where massacres of Armcn- ians occur is the most important duty that confronts the new government. It is in dealing with this question that the faith and capacity of the young Turks' party will be put to a severe test. ! TWO ARE SLAIN IN DUEL, Officer is Killed in a Ballle Crooks. i A patrolman, Joseph Kroeger, and a nient was the cause of the murder, pickpocket, whose name is unknown, , The son continued his debauch, nurs were killed In a duel with revolvers 1"8 his resentment, until his father late Tuesday night at Logansport, Ind. again upbraided him for his condl. A aatnr,,l nllftvAjl nlolf rr-lf PVinrlps tion. Pierce, of Scranton, Pa., was captured Wednesday morning by policemen chasing him on a handcar six miles north of that city, and Is charged with having fired the shot that killed the I policeman. I After the night performance of a clr- 1 cus the thugs raided the crowd with revolvers ln their hands. Two of the crooks established a station on the Third street bridge. They not only . ... . 1 . V, . . .1 1. - ..QUDcK.. V...t ,iuuimu.uu .-., , they forced their victims to line up galnst the rail to see their successors despoiled. Patroleman Kroeger came running and one of the thugs shot. The police man fell, but was able to draw his revolver and answer. One of the men went down, the other fled. The po liceman, carried Into a restaurant, moaned: "I'm dying! Call my wife and baby!" and lived only a few min utes. The pickpocket died Wednesday morning in St. Joneph's hospital. Priests and nurses tried In vain to get a statement of his identity from him. As he was dying a prtest bent over him with a last appeal. Summoning all his strength the man shouted: "You go to hell!" He fell back and was dead. Medal for Jack Rlnns. The French government has award ed a first class life savers' medal to John R. Blnntt for courage displayed when the White Star line steamer Re public was cut down by the steamship Florida off Nantucket last January. Rlnns was the Marconi operator on 'board the Republic. Kloux City Uvo Mock Market. Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux City live tock market follow; Top beeves, $5 5. Top hogs, $7.20. $10,000 Fire in Chicago. Fire In the storage warehouse of the Roynton Wool Scouring company at Chicago caused $70,000 damage. U W. Boynton, president of the company, -was overcome by snioko and was rex cued. Oiih-Mt Ei-ffovcrtior IVad. Frederick O. Holbrook, former gov. ernor of Vermont, the oldest ex-gov ernor In the country and one of the ,ias 01 me civu war ori;uiio, uiwi Wednesday night, aged $6 years. RESC11AD NOW RVLER, flrtgn of Abdul Ilamld Ends with Ilia RcMsttlon. " The relxn of Abdul llamld II. ended Tuesday with his deposition and the accession of his brother, Mehemmed Reschad. effendl. a Mehemmed V., a u bg,c"ZH' ereu inivruprmiu iu HBnumc clse name of the prophet. Mehemmed Is the thirty-fifth sovereign of Turkey In mala descent of the house of Os man, the founder of the empire, and the twenty-ninth sultan since the con quest of Constantinople. The two houses of parliament, meet ing as a national assembly In the fore noon, approved the decree of deposi tion, which was read by the sheik ul Islam, chief of the ulemas and su preme judge on ecclesiastical ques tions. The parliament recited that Abdul Hamld's acts were contrary to the sacred law, and set forth a long list of crimes, the whole making a terrible Indictment. The assembly chose Me hemmed Heschad as sultan and ap pointed committees to notify the de throned sovereign and his successor of its action. The firing of 101 guns to the waiting people gave notice that a new sultan had been proclaimed. The ceremonies attending the trans fer of the power were simple. The npwiy chosen ruler came from his pal- ace ln GaIttta through streets lined w,th troopg an(j cheering thousands . d took tn oatn at lne war 0fnce. He then proceeded to the parliament and later went to the rjolemabagtscho palace as head of the empire, where for BO many years he had practically been a pr8((ner Martial law was relaxed Tuesday night and the people gave themselves over to celebrating the victory of the y0ung Turks' party and the end of xbdul Hamld's reign. Many buildings were illuminated and thousands of rounds were fired by the soldiers for joy General good humor prevailed everywhere The question of the new cabinet has not yt.t been settled, but It is thought that Ahmed Riza will be grand vtaler, while some of his associates, probably jiilma Pasha, the former premier, will De minister of Interior; DJavid Bey, minister of finance, and Rlfaat Pasha, minister of foreign affairs. REACH HARGIS FOUND GUILTY, Given Life Term In the Kentucky Prison. I Beach Hargls was Wednesday found guilty of murdering his father, Judge James Hargls, and was given a life sentence. death by his son, Beach Hargis, on February 26 last. Following a brief quarrel, the son drew a revolver and fired five shots into his father's body, "Mercy, mercy, you've killed me! appealed the older man as he lay on the floor. Beach Hargls' answer was to fire two more bullets Into his fath er's body. The tragedy occurred in Hargls' store and was witnessed by two customers and a stenographer. All three fled. Beach' Hargls later was removed to Jail by the town marshal and deputy, but ho struggled like a madman until thrown into his cell, j Beach Hargls had been on a pro wllli traded spree and his father had ad ministered a thrashing. The chastlse- HUBBY GETS YEAR IN JAIL. Kansas City Man Signs Wife's Name to Love Letters. Chaster M. Hamsher, in the federal court at Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday pleaded guilty to a charge of signing his wife's name te love letters which he wrote to Nell Johnson, a wealthy man of Atchison, Kan., and he was sentenced to a year in Jail. The post- - ' of)c( department could have made , nQ obJectlon t0 ,ov ,etter, ,f . HamBher nad not been mercenary I , hla letterg- "Please send $10' by return mail. Here are 1,000,000 kisses for you." That was the objectionable part of the letters in the eyes of the federal of ficials. The correspondence lasted six month's, and Johnson was mulcted out of nearly $500 before he became aware of the deception and put the case be fore the postofflce authorities. Ham Iter's wife knew nothing of the affair until her husband was exposed. Jowph W. RatM'ock lcd. Former Representative Joseph W. Rabcock, of Wisconsin, for fourteen year a member of the lower house of congress and for many years chair man of the national republican con greaslonal committee, died at his home In Washington. D. C, at 9:4 5 a. m. Tuesday. He was 5'J years old. Catherine Dodge Sane. Catherine T. Dodgo, widow of Capl. Charles Dodge, United States army, has been declared sane by the probate court; her eMtate, amounting to $20 000, has been restored to her careand her guardian hHs been discharged. For two years she was regarded as an In aane person. Five Men Killed. Five men were killed and five others eriuunly Injured at Kerrlck, Minn. Tuesday when the boiler of the Mc Orath & Hoggan sawmill exploded The boiler was inspected last October, but had not been used until Tuesday, IlllnoU IMvInc l.'nds Life. 3tev. S. V. Williams, pastor of the ; phrlMlan t.,)Urcn at' Kankakee. Ill 'committed uulcldo by taking carbollo acid while mentally deranged. AIlELE BOAS IS RESTORED. Her Ewapndi' a Result of Mere Childish Whim. Adele Boas, the IS-year-old daugh- ter of Arthur IS. Boas , a wealthy thread manulacturer of New York. Is at home with her parents. The mys- ery of her disappearance lust Friday has been dispelled and the case re solves Itself Into nothing more than the escapade of a child with a sudden desire to see the world. Aside from the natural reaction that has set In, ,Hie girl Is little the worse for her wandering. The Boas family physician spent half an hour with her and has announced that she was tn perfect health. He said her trip was merely the result of a childish whim. When the first shock of the meet- ng with her parents was over tne child told more of her movements in Boston. The position she had In a restaurant there was to have brought her $2.60 a week with board and odglng. Saturday nlRht and Sunday she spent In her room she had rented. Her money by this time was ex hausted, all but enough to get back to New York, and Monday morning she decided to return. Miss Boan was found on board a train arriving from Xcw England Monday afternoon and was taken to the home of her father In New York. Fifty people gathered about the Boas residence when the carriage drove up with Adele Boas and tho two detectives who had found her. The girl rushed out of the carriage Into her uncle's arms. She appeared ln good health. The girl went away voluntarily, she says, under the Im pression that she would like to earn her own living, but seeing the news papers and learning that the police were looking for her, decided to come from Boston alone without notifying the police. 12,000 Are Homeless. Portugal Quake Sufferers Camped on tho Countryside. A national subscription, headed by King Emmanuel, has been opened for the relief of the sufferers from the earthquake In Portugal last week. Six additional bodies have been re covered from the ruins at Buena Vente. Forty-six persons lost their lives during the earthquake. Official figures give 12,000 homeless persons as a result of the recent earth quake. They are ramped on the countryside, and despite the efforts of the authorities are beginning to feel the pinch of famine. In addltlon'to hunger, hundreds are suffering from serious Injuries which the physician have not as yet been able to attend. HARTS OPINION READY. Judge's Decision in Coopers Case to Be Rendered Tuesday. Because of the absence in Nashville, Tenn., of Judge Anderson, of the de fense, the decision In the motion for a new trial for the Coopers was post poned Monday and was not rendered until Tuesday. Judge Hart, who tried the case of the state against Col. Duncan B. Cooper and Robin Cooper for the murder of former United States Senator E. W. Carmack, who were convicted and sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude, hhs prepared his opinion. If the defense appeals to the supreme court a decision can not be expected for about a year. MARATHON RACE PLANNED. Rig International Event to be Pulled Off May 8. Arrangements were practically com pleted Saturday for the biggest pro fessional Marathon race yet held In this country the grand international Marathon, for a purse of $10,000 in which a score of the leading profes sional long distance runners from all over the world have been Invited to compete over the course at the Polo grounds on the afternon of May 8. Tho event la open to the world and will finally determine the world's championship at the classic distance of 26 miles and 3X5 yards. life for MotlM-r and Sou. "Lib" Lucas, keeper of a dive at Mt. Carmel, 111., and her son Jesse Fri day were' found guilty of murdering Clyde Showalter, a young farmer, who had come to town with a large roll, and whose body was found in the river. Mother and son were sentenced to life Imprisonment. Navigation is Opened, Navigation on the south shore of Laku Superior was opened Friday by the arrival of the steamer Charles O. Jenkins at Ashland, Wis. The Jenk ins Is the first vessel to cross Lake Superior this spring. There Is still considerable ice. Earth and Know Slides. Earth and snow slides, which con tinued Intermittently lor the past six teen hours at a point on the Great Northern one mile east of Nyack, Mont., have completely ' blockaded traffic, and many trains are tied up. Helnrich Conreld Iwd. Helnrieh Conreld, former director of the Metropolitan opera house in New York, who suffered an apoplectic stroke several days ago, died at M era 11, Tyrol, Austria, Tuesday. One Icad; Hiree Injured. Cornelius Prltchard Is dead and three other perrons are wounded as a result of a six-handed shooting affray 1 at Meadvllle, Miss., the outgrowth of a political fued. NFRRTKTX NFWS OMAHA MEN BUY LAND. Net-lire Much jnd In Wyoming nnd North H:l.oCi. No more rattens will be kings of the wheat pit and controllers of the bread supply, If Omflliii men who arc" bnuylng land In North Dakota and the dry farming regions of Montana, break the land and plant whcHt. Almost sixty sections of land In Ril llnr.s county. North Dakota, anil Daw son county, Montana, have parsed into the hands of Omahans. It I land with sufficient rainfall to grow wheat by any farming method and land that will produce a bumper crop when handled by the dry farming Irrigation ditches In Montana The North Dako ta land Is In the Little Missouri coun try, which has demonstrated It worth as wheat land. G. W. Iloldrege. general manager of the Burlington Railroad company, Is the largest holder of Montana land In Omaha. H. H. Baldrige Is one of the largest Individual owners of North Dakota lands. Orecn, Rreekenrldge & Matters have secured 17.000 acres of the North Da kota lands west of the Missouri river. In the country where Theodore Roose velt once ranched. Some of the owners plan to cut the land up Into 160-acre farms and offer It for sale, but most of those who own the land have it for an investment and will not go Into the real estate business. STATE COMMITTEE MEETS. Republicans in Conference at Lln.-oln on Donohoc Act. After several hours of deliberation the members of the republican state central committee Tuesday night ap pointed a committee of five to Investi gate the provisions of the Donohoe act and take action regarding the placing of a ticket ln the field next fall. The bill passed by the last session of the legislature attempts to amend the prl mary law. By its terms partisan can- dldates can not be named for the bu- preme Judgeship owing to tne Posl" ponement of the primaries, ho the three places must be filled by choosing PXempts meat and meat prod between the candidates by petition. fr(jm nft we)ght brand. Judge More than a dozen republicans are al- wrote the decision of the ready In the race. The c'nimuice mnv clev so a republican primary 10 eliminate a number of the party can dldates and concentrate the vote. It will be Impossible to place the party designation on,th,e ballot, however, TROOPS AT ASHLAND RANGE. Four Companies Eiicainiicd and Mod ern Camp Equipment Installed. Troops from Fort Crook have been arriving at the government rifle range near Ashland almost every day during the last week. Altogether fur com panies are In practice at the camp. which Is pronounced Ideal for Its pur pose. The range covers some four miles along both skies of the Platte river above the Burlington s bridge. Automatic electrical markers, tele phone service and complete camp cnulnment have been Installed. Rifle practice will continue until early sum mer, when In July the National Guard will' hold a brigade encainpniT nt and rifle nractlce. Arrangements are also going forward for seeming the Omaha high school cadet and state university encampments at Ashland this year. ILTAI.IANS REIT MOVING Rand of Cillwns Drive Them Out of Town of Kridcr. A number of men from Wymore, as sisted by farmers In the neighborhood of the town of Krlder, attucked the Italians driven from Wymore Sunday morning and routed them out of their place of refuge. No one wus Injured, but the foreigners were badly fright end. The railroad company has taken them to Deweese, in Clay county. Sheriff Trude Is said to have advised such action believing their presence in Gage county might provoke further disorders. Wymore is quiet and the law will be allowed to take Its course In the case of Bertrucl, the slayer of the Pudlce boy. Notice has been given, however, that no more Italians ran come to Wymore. OPIUM DEN RAIDED. Omaha Police Cuiirc a Couple of Confidence Men. During a r'lid on an opium den in Omaha the police arreBted two men who gave the names of "Andy" Potts and Charles Osborne and are believed to be the bunco men who beat W. Dressler out of $250 earlier In the duy at Fremont. They Induced Dressier, who was en route to Dallas, S. I)., to take up a homestead, to advance money on a bad cheek and then de camped. They were well supplied with money when taken Into custody. Surveying Druiuago Canal. The government surveying party, engaged lu the preliminary survey for the drainage canal through Suit Creek valley, began work during the lust week. The survey will extend from the mouth of Suit creek below Ash land. Injures Foot with Pitchfork. Little Ethel I'atton, of Huntley, Is suffering with a severe wound, the re sult of sticking a pitchfork In her foot. Jury Ait'iiM-s Rcrluku. The coroner's Jui-y, investigating the shooting of Clyde preuhs ut Wymore, returned a verdict that thv boy cum to Ills Jeath by a bullet wilfully tired from a 8K-calller revolver In the bunds of Ferreno Bertuka. Agetl Man llungH lllniMif. Peter Konuaaell, 70 years ot uge und for twenty-six yeurs a resident of Mil- lurd, committed suicide Monday by hanging himself In a burn lu the rear of l-'red Murode's hotel and saloon, NORMAL BOARD 18 IN COURT. Attorney General File Quo Warranto Suit to Test l4iv. Attorney Ceneral Thompson has filed a quo warranto suit In the su preme court to test the right of the new state normal board, and especial ly one of Its members. Senator Thomas J. Majors, to hold the office to which they were appointed by Gov. Shallen berger. He hopes to test the new law passed by the last legislature and at the same tlntv the right of a member of the legislature to accept any civil appointment during the term of office to which he has been elected. Senator Majors Is state senator from the Second senatorial district and Is a member of tho legislature that passed the new act providing for the appointment of a new normal board by the governor. The old board, ac cording to the petition, has not resign ed and claims the right to exercise tH powers of a state board of education and to expend the funds of the state set aside for the support of state 110- mal schools. The new board claims the same right and at its first meeting allowed claims on the stute tremury. The attorney general's petition says Majors an dthe other members of the board Intruded themselves Into office and have usurped the power of the members of the board of education. He challenged the right of the new board to exist and asks Majors as re sDondent to show cause why It exists lul f ,t hgs a ,eKal existence by what nil.. he holds a nosltton thereon COURT RULES IN FOOD CASE Holding of Ex-Food Commissioner .1. V . tlOllllMlll 1 WH-li. The supreme court has overruled J. W. Johnson, former deputy stale ioou commissioner, who prosecuted fwm and Company for not branding the net weight of wrapped ham anil Dacon. The court decided that the district court of Lancaster county decided Justly when It held that ham and ba con are not packoges In the sense used In the old food law. Hie subject of b ,.,,, nleat , a ,1(l,j )8H,le at this ( tho ,QSt u.Klsature amemU.d the law under which Johnson , m,i,i ttMtt imecl- co u(,taliiB the Judgment 1.. ........ . , of Judge A. J. Cornish of the district court. Judge Rose did not participate In the case and Judge Dean dissented. Judge Cornish held that a package within the meonlng. of the te-vn as used In the statute In question; that the term was Intended to apply only to such packages as ure put up In arti ficial sizes or quantities; that ham and bacon in packages are In natural sizes varying In weight and quantity, and that they are never sold as of fixed weight or quantity. From this deci sion the state Hied exceptions. NO MERIT IN ELECTION SUIT. Lincoln Will Vote on Prohibition Issue HI Municipal Election in May Judge Cornish has held that the Injunction suit brought to restrain tne Riitimisslon of prohibition and 6:30 o'clock closing to the voters of the Lin coln at the May election was without merit. The dismissal of It also car ried with It the suit brought to re strain the holding of any election at all on the ground that the holding of a party primary was necessary be fore an election could be held and not having been held there could be no tion. In disposing of the suit Judge Cor- nlsh made no mention of this latter phase of the controversy, but directed his remarks entirely to the one con tention over whether the excise bonrd has the right to submit to a vote of the people rules proposed for adoption. It was contended by K. C. Strode that the inltlutlve an dreferenduni law applied only to city ordinances, If It was good at all und bad Deen properly adopted by the voters. He Insisted that the statutes confined the activi ties of the excise board to liquor li censes exclusively. Judge Cornish held thut the word "exclusive" as used In tho statute meunt that that power as to licenses exclusive" In the board as ugalnst the mayor and city council, but that It will not prevent the people from the exercise of the powers given them by the Initiative und referendum law. PHONE WAR AT AN END. Bell System Connects with Independ ents in Merrick 1'oiuny. Peace seems to have been declured I between the Bell and Independent tel- ephone systems of Merrick Bounty af- I ter years of warring and disagreement. At a recent meeting of the Chapman Independent Telephone company s stockholders It wus ueciaeu 10 connect with the Bell system, so that the In dependent subscribers could have the use of the Bell s toll lines. Under the new arrangement the in dependent subscribers can talk with Bell patrons ut Central City by paying the toll charge of 15 cents. State Record Broken. Davy Reavls broke the state record In the pole vault ut the Falls City high school Thursday by clearing the bur ut 10 feet 4 Inches. Saloons at West Point. The usual number of suloonkeepera huve applied for licenses to sell liquor in West Point the coining yeur. Wants Belter Train Service. The Beatrice Commercial club Is trying to Induce the Bock Islund coin puny to put the two passenger truins tuken off some time ugo 'nto service uguln. he trains gave sp endld service between Fuhiiury and St. Joseph. Child starts lire. Four-veur-old Myron Collamer Is supposed to have hturted a lire which cremated n horse belonging to Joseph Pliant ut Norfolk Suturduy. The burn burned belonged to Dr. C. Verges. FOREIGNER DRIVEN AWAY. Angry Mob Curries Out Its Throats at Wymore. Clyde Price, stepson of Frank Wela ner, the 11-year-old boy shot at Wy mote Saturday by Rertucl, the Italian railroad laborer, died without regain ing consciousness. Kertruci, who won threatened by a mob, was rescued by Sheriff Trude and brought to Beatrice, where he now Is In the county Jail un der guard. After he hnd been taken away the angiy crowd of 400 Wymore men attacked the Italian railroad camp, and after a lively scrimmage drove the foreigners out of town, warning them to return. The crowd then set fire to the bunk cars occu pied by tho laborers, and they burned, together with the belongings of the Italians. There was talk of the tnob following the sheriff to Beatrice and wrecking vengeance on Bertrucl, but It was de elded to await the result of young Price's Injuries. The riot spirit had subsided somewhat . before the boy died, and it Is believed the trouble is over If the Italians keep out of the town. Sheriff Trude remained at the Jail throughout the day Sunday, pre pared for emergencies. The Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy road, which employed the foreigners, has moved Its construction trains from Wymore to Kleder, a station some dls tance away, but It Is doubtful If the refugee Italians will congregate there. at least not until the excitement sub. sides. ASSAULT YOUNG GIRLS. Trio hi Jail In a Nebraska Town on Criminal Churge. A man Riving the name of "Jack" Galloway, his wife and another man whose name Is unknown, are In cus tody ut Wither, Saline county, charged with assault and abuse of two young Lincoln girls, Grace and Mlna McKen lie, aged respectively 14 and 16 years, danughters of a widow. Thursday. In answer to an advertisement requesting applications for vaudeville perform ers. the girls called on the Galloways and their services were accepted. They were tuken to the town of Berks, near Lincoln. Here they sny they were Joined by another woman with Mlna McKlnisle going to Crete, leaving Grace with Galloway, who, Grace charges, assaulted her. Later they Joined the others at Crete, where, she saVs, he was deserted at the depot the others proceeding to Wllber. Com tilaint' to the Saline' county author. itles resulted lu the arrest of trie four on their arrival In Lincoln. The sheriff ut Wllber says the elder sister tells o abuse ut their hands of the two men SCARED INTO INSANITY. Nelahbors Try to Induce Family to Re move from Nclghtorhood. Distracted by the death of her twin babies and by a Belies of fortune tell Inir Neiinees attempted bv a few neigh bors, Mrs. John Gamble, a Filipino,! will probubly be sent to the Insane hospital at Norfolk. Neighbors told her "fortune" to frighten her, so that the family woul llbe forced to leave the neighborhood. Her husband, a negro veteran of three wars, has bought the house and Is paying for U on the Installment plan. He has ap pealed to the city authorities. HORSES RURN WITH BARN. 2.500 BiinIicU of (rain and Farm Im plements Destroyed. The burn of Lawrence Coracke, near St. Mary, ln Johnson county, with Its contents, wus burned to the ground Suturduy night. The contents Included nine head of horses, 2. COO bushels ot corn, several tons of hay, a buggy, Im plements, etc. The cause of the fire is not known. It was with difficulty the house was saved. Mr. Coracke was protected by but a small insurance. TRAVELERS END WORK. Next Meeting Will He held at Grnnc Islund. The Travelers' Protective association closed Its state convention at Beatrice Saturday and selected Grand Island as the place for holding the next annual meeting. The convention offered a vote 01 thanks to the people of Beatrice fol the entertainment furnished and then adjourned. Tornado Ncur Fremont. A tornado northwest of Fremont Saturday evening wrecked the build ings on the Jackson farm and Injured a number of the occupants. Jamee Scholmer and Peter Grelsen, furmers on tne way 10 .orin uenu, were caught Inthe wind, their wagon over turned ami both badly Injured. Northwestern Double Truck. The Northwestern has started steum shovel to work in one of the cuts east of Arlington and Is dumping the dirt west of the Elkhorn river bridge. It is said this will be used as u part of the double truck which will be built ut once. Roy Victim of Auto Dead. Little Fred Vunnoy, the 8-year-old boy w ho was Injured by an automobile while playing in front of the Syden bam school house, eight miles south ot Kearney, died from the results of the accident Thursady morning. State DIsoiInm-n Liquor Case. The cuse of the stale of Nebraska ugulnst Oeoige Hulslilzer, of Wymore, charged with selling liquor without a license, lias been disuilsstd by the pluintiff. Farmers Are Bus. Th farmers of Dakota county art taking udvuntuge of the spring weath er und work in the fields Is progress- In tapldty. Several hundred acres of .-till I I iri-M I 11 tl u I'U IlllIlM MOIL'M u nit I Vlil been sown and the soil Is being nut In readiness for thu corn crop. ?P$I9AL lNTAr CHICAGO. Trade Is stimulated by the morene! sonable weather, ami there Is notab! reduction of Idle hands In the spread of Industrial nod farming activities. The vol tune of payments through tho banks la seen to 1h well nnoyp Unit of a year ago, nnd money has a itrnrf-r tone, but rates for choice oomnier'ital paper are unchanged. PreparationB for the May settlements Indicate a relenso of Interest and dividends exceeding former totals. Confidence In the business outlook 1.1 reflected ln n larger Investment In bonds, stocks nnd Improvements. Agrl-. cultural advlcea show more agreement Its to extending acreage, there being much breaking of soil for the first time lu the Northwest, where new settle ments multiply rapidly. Implement factories have Increased outputs and there Is wider absorpllnn of wmjoiis nnd hardware. Lumber re ceipts exhibit considerable gain, nnd the mills remain woll employed, but shipments of various woods to Western points steadily grow, nnd building. needs draw heavily upon planing mill outputs anil quarry products. Numer ous contracts have been negotiated for structural steel, pipe, merchant iron nnd forge work. Car builders obtained further orders for future deliveries nnd a fair tonnage Is booked for rails and pl( Iron. Steel mils nt South Chlenso run closer to capacity, nnd the Im proved conditions afforded work to sev eral hundreds of additional hands. Leather working tnules find Inquiries encouraging In belting, novelties nnd trunks. Shoe factories nccumulnte for ward orders, while there is more stead iness In the markets for the raw mate rial. Other factory supplies come for ward amply for current requirements, but prices hold steady nnd. In some respects, have u firmer tendency. Failures rcimrted In the Chicago dis trict number 32, n gainst 21 lost week, 34 In 1!KS and 19 In 1!X)7. Those with liabilities over $ j,000 number 8, agnlnst 5 last week, 10 in t'JOS nnd 7 In 1907. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade. - NEW YOEK. Trudo conditions are without much change,, aud Irregularity Is fttH tire lending feature In business nnd Indus trial Hues. Results of spring buslnefs are ns a whole dlsnpixilntiug. There Is, however, more doing In wholesale lines for next fall and winter, and the tone In this branch Is fairly optimistic. There Is considerably more activity ln tho pig Iron markets, and the vol ume of business doing lu Iron and steel Is heavier. A large part of this, how- ever, appears to be nt the expense of prices, lx'cUiise structural material Is apparently ut the bottom, wire prices have been cut, nnd n number of other lines show tho effect of the desire of manufacturers to get business. Manufacturers nre certainly buying more freely, though they report little Increase ln orders. Eastern shoe ship ments nre 2-1 per cent larger than a year ngo, but still behind l'.X)7. Business failures lu the United States for the week ending April 22 were 247( against 201 last week, 2.4 In the like week of 1IKW, lo7 ln 1907, 177 lu 11XW and 11)3 In 1905. In Canada the w-i-'k's failures num ber 31, ugalnst 27 last week and 30" lu this week of 1908. Brndstreefa. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $1.00 to $7.00; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0 to $7.47; sheep, fair to choice, $:I.0U to $0.40; wheat, No. 2. $1.35 to $t.3M; corn, No. 2, 69c to 71c; oats, standard. 54c to tVUc ; rye, No. 2, H4c to Ktlc ; hay. timothy, $8.00 to $14.50; prairie, $8.00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 25c to 2Sc ; egg, fresh, 17c to 22c; potatoes, per bushel. $1.00 to $1.10. Indianapolis Cattle, - shipping, $3.00 to $7.40; hogs, good to choice heavy, $3.50 to $7.55 ; sheep, good to choice. $2.50 to $0.15: wheat. No. 2. $1.40 to -$1.42; corn. No. 2 white. 07c to 69c; oats. No. 2 white. 51c to 52c. St. Louis Cattle. $4.00 to $7.00; hogs. $4.00 to $4.40; sheep. $3.00 to $tJ.25 ; wheat. No. 2, $1.50 to $1.52; corn. No. 2, 73c to 74c; outs. No. 2, 54c to 55c; rye. No. 2, 79c to 80c. Cincinnati Csf tie. $4.00 to $0.25: hogs. $4.00 to $7.50; sheep. $3.00 to $5.75; wheat. No. 2, $1.43 to $1.44; com. No. 2 tailed, 7c to 7tk-; oats. No. 2 luixsd, 53c to 5.V ; rye. No. 2. S5e to 87c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.00; hogs, $4.00 to $7.35; sheep. $2.50 to $0.00 ; wheat, No. 2. $1.37 to $1.38; corn, No. 8, yellow, 73c to 74c; outs. No. 3 white, 50c to 57e; rye. No. 2. KOc to 88c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 Northern. $1.21 to $1.23; corn, No. 3, 8c to 70c; oats, standard, 55c to 57c; rye, No. 1, 80c to 8"e; hurley, No. 1, 07c to 08c; pork, mess, $10.75. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $7.35; hoes, fair to choice, $4.00 to $7.75; sheep, coaunou to goud mixed. $4.00 to $1.75; Iambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.35. New York Cattlt. $4.00 to $!.5; hogs, $3.50 to $7.55; sheep, $3.0o to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red. ?1.39 to $i.lO; corn, No. 2, 7Se to 7'.c : oats, natural white, 58e to tile; butter, creamery, 25c to 28c; vgX. western, 17c to 22c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed. It. 39 to i $1.40; corn, No. 2 inKed. ti!K- to 71i . oats. No. - unxeil, o.x o ie ; rje, . ! 3, 87c to 89c ; clover seed, $5.70. 1