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State Historical Society DAKO nr a COUNTY MOTTO All The Hews TThen It Ii Ifow. VOLUMK XV 111 DAKOTA CITY, NKR.. FRIDAY, OCTOHKIt 8, 1901). NUMREU 6 LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. WINS DENNETT CUP ALL ZllllCII TOASTS .'MF.KICA AMI Hi:U AF.KONAIT. llig lion ling Drops In Heart of the Forest Xortli of Warsaw, After Traveling Nearly "00 .Mile. ''lie Frenchman riiw-ed Second. All Zurich Wednesday night toasted America and lier champion balloonist, Edgar V. Mix, who, after n remarka ble and dramatic struggle against wind and rain storms, has carried ofT first honors in the International balloon races for the Cordon Dennett cup by sailing: from Zurich, Switzerland, to the heart of the forest north of War saw, in Russian Poland. The official classification has not yet been an nounced, but it Is calculated that Mix covered a distance of between 1,'M," kilometers (C4S.94 miles) and 1,120 kilometers (09.r..r.3 miles). Alfred Le Blanc, the French pilot. Is placed sec ond with a distance of 834 kilometers (517.81 miles). Mix furnished the dramatic side of thecontest. His telegram dropped from his balloon at Jicin, Upper I'.ohe mia, was Jumbled in translation and started the rumor that the America had descended at Jicin. Immediately there was a telegraphic bombardment of Jicin, which showed that the bal loon had made no stop there. As Mix Was the last man to ascend in the start the greatest excitement prevailed over his whereabouts until the arrival of his message, saying that he had landed In Russian Poland. DYNAMITi: IX A VIADICT. Large Section of Structure at ltufTalo ; is Ulown I'p. A large section of the viaduct over the New York Central tracks near the corner of Elk and MJchiernn stects. Buffalo, N. Y was wrecked by dyna mite Thursday. An unsuccessful at tempt was made on the morning of September 14 to destroy the same structure. Hundreds of windows within a ra dius of a block were shattered by the concussion. The viaduct, which was Hearing completion, was being constructed by The S. J. McCain company, of Mercer. Pa. The company works on the open shop plan. This is the lifth outrage of the kind in Buffalo and the fourth within a year. HACK FOIt LI I'F. lll't.l V. Five Ohio Men Start for I'asleur In- s'lmic at Chicago. In a ilo'' ( i u to race for life five men from 1 ' ('reck, seven miles from Sa- biiu, O., left Thursday night for the Pasteur in titute at Chicago to try to escape death by hydrophobia. Amos Taylor, Lou, McClure. Kusse! Duke. Harry Duke and lliinn Snow make the lace for their lives. A horse belonging to one of the Dukes beeai.ic sick and the men en deavored to treat it. The animal be came violent and bit, struck and lunged at everything in sight, bruising the above men and cover im; them with saliva. A veterinary declared that the animal had hydrophobia, and it was shot. ItiisiuesN Man Muds Life. K. IJ. Ross, formerly of San Fran ri.sco, shot himself dead Thursday as he sat at his desk in the office of tin Xew Mexico Development company, in the linaiiei.il district of New York. Girl stenographers ran panic stricken from the building, and when the po lice arrived Koss, who was known at ('apt. Koss was dead. Dudley Duck Closes Life. DudJey liuok, the organist and com poser, died suddenly ut the home of his son In West Oruige, X. Y., Wednesday. Mr. Duck was 70 years old. He was born In Hartford, Conn., and was ed ucated at the Ijelpsle conservatory. He composed the cantata sung by SOU oicoH at inc opening of the centen nial at Philadelphia. t in- nt Spi-iiiMcld. M. Fire it Sprit. .-.field. Mo., Wednes day destroyed th,. plant of the Willi derlieh Cooperage company and badly damaged the elevator of the Eisen ineyer Milling company, which con tained XO.tiUII !n-'hcls of wheat. The estimated loss is $100,000, of which i;u,ooo was on the mill. Sioux Chy I.lvu Stock Marlct. Wednesday's quotations ,u the Bloux City live stock market follow: Distillery fed htccrs, $5.75. Tp hogs, 7.0. Aklcrmnn Pleads Guilty. James Hart, councilman, pleaded rullty at Fort Scott, Kan., Wednesday In the district cmirt to making false return of personal property for tex atlon, and was fined $50 and costs. Norfolk Ilrakemau Killed. Frank Noehl, aged 27, a North western brakeman of Norfolk, whs killed a few miles west of Norfolk, Neb., Wednesday when riding OS 111 gangway of the ergina. WTUtiHT SOAKS SOME. Scctnciilur Midair flight I'p nnfl Down Hud-oil. An aeroplane Hashed past the white dome of ('.rant's tomb Monday, then turning' gracefully In midair, over tho waters of the Hudson, Flint like a fal len back to (lovernor'H Island, ten miles away. Wilbur Wright, of Hay ton, O., thus placed his name In the rank with Hudson and Fulton In one of the most spectacular feats in the history of aeronautics. Over the masses of warships, from whose decks the hoarse cheers of the sailors were borne up to him in his elevated seat, he flew for twenty miles ten miles up tmd ten miles back remaining In the air for 33 minutes and 33 seconds, and alighting at the aerodrome without mishap. During the flight business was prac tically at a standstill in all that part of Manhattan from which a view of his remarkable pcrforniaiu'e was avail able. Harbor craft shrieked their sirens anil cheer after cheer swept up from the banks of the Hudson and the lower bay, for the Dayton aviator had "made good," crowning the avia tion program of the Hudson-Fulton celebration with a record. piT.nzi:it i:nds mi i:. Drother of New York World Publisher Dies In Vienna. Albert Pulitzer, a brother of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, committed suicide In Vienna. Austria, Monday. It was evident that he made doubly sure of death, for he had first swallowed poison, and then, standing In front of a mirror, had sent a bullet from a revolver through Vis right temple. An. empty poison bottle lay on the table In the room. Dr. Pollak, who has been attending Mr. Pulitzer, called to make his usual visit, and found him lying dead on the floor In front of his dressing ta ble. Mr. Pulitzer, who had suffered a nervous breakdown, was greatly de pressed over the failure of his physl clans to benefit him. FEPrF.lt CHOP PF.STrtOYED. Mexican Chill Industry Suffers a Se vere IJlow. News of the absolute loss of the thill pepper croft of Mexico was re ceived by the Camara Agrleola, at Mexico City Monday, as the last and one of the most disastrous blows dealt the farmTng Industry of the country by the recent general cold wave. Not u shot of chill is left In Hie big produc ing states of the republic. The kiss In dollars Is not yet estimated. The state of I'uebla, Zacatres, Aguas Callentes and Guanajuato are the prin cipal producers of Mexican chili. The product Is marketed around the world. Sale of Koad Confirmed. Judge H. T. Toulmin. of the United States district court at Mobile, Ala., Monday Issued an order confirming the sale of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad company by W. C. Eakin, special master, on August 23, to N. A. Withers and others, of New York. Theatrical Man Ends Lire. Roy G. Daniels, president of the Ar kansas Amusement company, of Hot Springs, Ark., committed suicide by shooting at the National hotel in Tnpe ka., Monday. He left a letter giving the financial failure of several of his houses as the reason for his act. May Seek Intervention. The work of the Commercial Cable company In putting Its underground conduits in the streets of St. Johns, N. F., in order to connect its city of fices with the place of landing of its cables was stopped Monday by tli Newfoundland authorities. Kills Self While Delirious. Delirious from f ver following wounds received a week ago in a fight in a saloon, Policeman W. H. Irwin ( threw himself from a third floor win- I dow of Harper hospital at Detroit Mich., Monday and was killed. The thirty-second annual parade oi the Veiled Prophets and the electrical floats through the business district and the Veiled Prophets' ball In the coliseum for the first time, were the big events Tuesday night of centennial week at St. Louis, Mo. Treaty Negotiated. Katillcutions of the treaty between the United States and Paraguay were exehunged at Ascenelon, Paraguay, last Saturday by the Paraguayan foreign office and United States Minister O'lirlen. Kccallcd lu Washington. Charles R. Crane, newly appoint) d minister from the United States to Pekln, was recalled to Washington Monday night by a telegram from Sec. retary Knox. loiu Plus is Letter. The pope had a good night and was much better Monday. Ha resumed his audiences. For several day the pope lias been Indisposed. Itrynn to Tour Northwest. William J. liryan hai started on an extended tour of the northwest. Ho will deliver several addresses in Wyo ming and Montana, and will visit the Seattle exposition October 12. Atlantic Meet Disbanding. Monday marked the beginning of (he disbanding nf the vessels of the Atlantic fleet now ut New York In at tendance upon the Hudson-Fulton celebration. WALSH MIST SI'.KVi: TIMF. Verdict of Mhj Trial 'irt Is Af. firmed. John H. Walsh, convicted of misap plication of the funds of the Chicago National bank, must serve the sentence of five years' imprisonment Imposed upon him by the trial Jury, save in the event of the supreme court upsetting the affirmation of the verdict of guilty handed down by the United States cir cuit court of appeals In Chicago Tues day. Counsel for Mr. Walsh In their ap peal laid stress on what they alleged was a lack of criminal intent on the part of the defendant. The opinion of the court of appeals, written by Judge Humphreys and handed down by Judge Grosscup, la brief and confined almost wholly to the question of criminal Intent. The allegation that Juror Palmer was unduly Influenced Is dismlvsed with a word, and but little more Is wasted In eliminating tho allegations of inconsistency and repugnancy. Counsel for Mr. Walsh have thirty days In which to file application for a rehearing by the court of appeals. Meanwhile he will be at liberty under his present bonds of $f0.000. Tho court room was Jammed with a crowd, which overflowed into the cor ridor during the proceedings. SITKIOUS NOTK DISCOVKKFI). Counterfeit $." .Silver .Certificate Ap I tears in Michigan. A new counterfeit live-dollar silver Certificate has appeared in Michigan ind other places, and the secret serv ice Tuesday Issued a warning to the public. The counterfeit bears the In dian head and Is of the series of 1839, has the signature of Cnlted States Treasurer Treat and Kcgister Vernon, and is described as having check let ter "211," face plate number 1242 and back plate number 862. , It is a well executed photograph production on two pieces of paper, be tween which new pieces of silk have been distributed. The treasury num ber is D6T061242. I'Ol It PKKSONS KILLED. Illinois State Fair Specal Strikes An txlior Train. A head-on collision Just before mid night Tuesday at Parnell, three miles south of Farmer City, III., between the sta,te fair special and southbound pas senger train No. 2B on the Illinois Cen tral, four persons were killed outright nnd at least thirty Injured, some fa tally. Claa W:-'.son, of Kenny, 111., was among the killed, and Engineer Clark, of the southbound train, had his lef cut off. Kctclicl-.lolinsoii Fight. The Ketchel-Johnson fight, sched uled for October 12 at San Francisco, has been postponed until October 16. This was at the urgent I t i jest of Pro moter Coffroth, who declared he be lieved It better to change the date for business reasons, Saturday being a bet ter day than Tuesday to draw a crowd Wrrcli on the Santa Fe. Santa Fe passenger train was wreck ed near Temple, Tex., Wednesday, the engine overturning and several coach es leaving the track. Several passen gers and Engineer McGInnls, who wax pinioned under his engine, are report ed seriously Injured. Victory fur Tom Johnson. A conference was held at Cleveland, i)., Tuesday to i.rrange final details which will r suit in an absolute settle ment of the local street railway situa tion. The basis of the strifo has been Mayor Tom L. Johnson's contention for a 3-cent fare. Kallroad Course Established. A four years' course In railroad ad ministration for students aiming to lit themselves for railroad positions, or to be statisticians of the government rail way commissions and like bureaus, has been established at the University of .Michigan. Sultan Keccives Straus. Oscar S. Straus, the American am bassador to Turkey, was Monday of ficially received In audience by the sultuii. The ambassador said that It was the desire of the United States to cultivate the existing ties of friendship between his country anil Turkey. Affairs in Venezuela. According to the latest reports r .clvcd In Willemstad from Venezuela that republic is In a condition of con siderable political unrest. A number of prominent men have been arrested recently and Imprisoned In the fort, ress of San Carlos. AmbiiNMidor White Kccallod. Henry White, the American ambas sador to France, has been given a h ave of absence, and accompanied by Mrs. White will sail on November 3 for the United States, not to return. Thirty Live May He Lost. Thirty lives are believed to have been lost in an explosion that entomb ed more than fifty men in the Exten sion mine of the Wellington Colliery company at Nanaimo, 15. C., Tuesday. Noted Chinaman Dead. Chaiig-Cblh-Tiing, gram council lor of China, died at Pekln Tuesday. Chung-Chlh-Tung was one of three members of the grand council of China and had been In the government serv tea practically all Ms life. Three sharp and distinct earth shocks were felt at Salt Luke, Utah, Tuenday night. The first occurred at 7:42 and the last at 7:45. All three wr felt at points in Idaho. sjvt t t vV vt v v v? T v NEBRASKA News of the Week . in Concise Form 5 5j Vn V' I i1 fi 7$ 7$ v OMAHA MAN Is MISSlNti. No Word from ; co. W. llowcrs, Ar mour Ol'delal. Friends of Geo. w. 1 lower, acting general manager of the packing plant of Armour & Co. at Omaha, who went to California on n hunting and pros pecting expedition four weeks rgo and hns not been beard from since, are greatly exercised over his disappear ance. He b ft Oma'ia '.' j teniber 4 for northern Californ'a. Intending to be gone two weeks. Nol a word has been heard from him since ho left. Mr. Dowers Is one of the best known packing house men In the country, nnd on former trip.- hns kept his firm Itiformed of his whereabouts. He is described as a man "i feet 9 Inch's In height and weighing l.'O pounds, hair very black and simill black mustache. When Dowers left Omaha he car ried with him more than $3,li0i), part of which was currency, and this leads his friends to fear foul play. MAVPIN KF.POHTS, Kccommelids that Governor Look Into Car Strike. Gov. Shallenberger Saturday even ing made public a report from Deputy Labor Commissioner Maupin, who rec ommends that the governor Investigate the street car situation In Omaha, un der the provisions of the statute. Mr. Maupin believes this should be done to make a permanent record, if for no other reason. Some strikers have reported to the governor that several prominent busi ness men of Omaha desired such an Investigation and complain that too strike has Injured business in Omalin. The governor said he would hold an Investigation If enough business men Join in a request for one. The street car situation remained perfectly unchanged in Omaha Sun day. The company claimed that twenty more of the old men returned to work. STKYKE't AND NELSON HELD. liable to Satisfy fW Court in Alfalfa Mill Deal. In the case of State of Nebraska against George Stryker, formerly of York, now a resident of North Platte, an alfalfa mill promoter, and Samuel ('. Nelson, formerly of Grand Island, a resident of Kansas City, engaged In the promotion and building of alfalfa mills, charged by (he York Alfalfa Meal and Millin;; company with em bezzlement of several thousand dollars, was tried at York. Stryker ami Nel son were bound over to the next term of district court under ? Ti.tliM) bonds nob. City Marshal Exonerated. The trial of the city marshal of Pon ca for assault and buttery resulted in a verdiet of not guilty. Richard Curtis, the ily marshal, had arrested Charles Foot u suspicion of bootlcg V'ng nnd found on his person two quart bottles of whisky which he be lieved Foot was bringing to Ponca for sale. Foot had the marshal arrested for doing him great bodily injury In 'he act of arresting him. Aged Man Found Insane. James Moxley, 108 years of age, has been declared insane by the Kearney authorities end will be taken to the Hastings asylum. Owing to Mr. Mox ley's advanced age his mind has weak ened, although physically he shows wonderful vitality and lias lately be came so unruly that It has been dan gerous to give him his freedom. Itewitrd for Murderer. Gov. Shallengei ger has offered a idato reward of $200, which Is the limit allowed by law, for the arrest of Un person or persons who murdered a colored boy, Othello Katcllffe. whose body was found September 7 at the Kellorn school house. In the city of Omaha. Football Game a Tie. In the Ideal football game of the season on the Nebraska Held at Lin coln Saturday the Corn Husker eleven was held to u tie score C to 6, by South Dakota, and the verdict of the crowd was that the local gridiron contingent was lucky to escape defeat. (trailing for Double Truck. The grading for tho L'nlou laclflc's double track from Kearney to North Platte is nearly completed. Tlfs are being laid from North Platte and the bridge work Is being pushed us hard as possible. The new track will proba bly not be used until spring, when it becomes well bulla- ted. DisupiS'iirs from Home. N. P. Miller, prominent farmer, liv ing seven miles west of Adams, has mysteriously disappeared and search ing parties which have been looking for him have failed to find any trace of him. High School Dedicated. Tho Head Ice high school building, erected at cost of $70,000, was dedi cated with exercises befitting the occasion. T f. V r v . TSC STATE HEWS '1 V 'i V 'V 'i HAD i:os. KcxMird Offered for Two Youths from Industrial ScIhmiI. The sheriff of I'.ulTalo county Is look log for two hoys who stele a horse lif ter escaping from the industrial school at Kear.iey. The engineer of Union I'ae :l i..ir. enger train found a piece of a bugi-y on the front of his engine when he pulled into Gibbon, but could not rememb-r striking it. A search was made and the horso was found dead ,i,.t or Shell. in. A re ward of x.Mi h, offer, ,1 by the county for tl'cir arrest and the state otters $10 apiece f,,r the beys returned to the Industrial s. hool. Their names aie Frank Mavis, aged 19. and Forest McDonald, ai;rd HI. Iloth of them were sei t up from KalU City. vol ;, i'MtMi.:-.s ends life. r.Ilcil Wife Had CiM-rled Out I 'I ! i real to Suicide. Ile'iovirg hi w ir, had carried out a threat to drown herself because of his drinking habits. Samuel Sides, a young farmer, killed himself by shoot ing at his home near Fremont. Spies hud been on a spree, and Mrs. Sides told him she Inteinh d to end her life. She left the home, but the hired man followed and Induced her to abandon her proposed net of self destruction. On their return to the house they found the lifeless body of Spies. DIVISION PI (HIT IN CISTEH. OpiMineiiis or pjin Insist It Is Effort ti Koost ProM'rty. Custer county Is now in the midst of one of the hotfoot division cam paigns that the people have ever ex perienced. It has settled down Into a county seat tight: tho prospective county seat towns of Ansley, Callaway and Sargent being the strong sup porters of division, while Hroken How, erna, Anselmn. Oconto. Mason City and Comstock are bitterly op posed to dividing the county. Vote to Liidgc the Platte. The county board ut Grand Island decided the matter of the location and building of an additional bridge across the Platte In Hall county, by granting the petition for the bridge on the Dennian line and deciding, by a vol,, of 4 to 2, to build the bridge di rectly by levy. Instead -if submitting the finest ion to I he people by way of a bond proposition. Will A-k Street t in- I rani hlsc. Dayton, o.. Investors who came ti. Hastings to look over the Held with a view to establishing a street car sys tem, have announced that they arc satisfied with the prospects and will biil'.d and operate a plant provided tiiey can get a sail factory franehlst. Cashier Arni-c-d of Shortage. William Dillon, cashier ,,f the Kil uore State haul:, was am sled charged with using th.. bank's money. How much Is not known, yet but H H said It will amount to several thousand dol lars. He had been married only three d..y:i when urn sted. Sneak I hief's Itiisy Day. A sneak thief made a good haul at Grand Isle ml by securing the cash box from tlu Fa Ik clothing store nnd get ting about $ too from It. A rnllroad man lost a roll of $40 In a billiard parlor and an efTort wan also made to rob one of the rooms of the Palmer hotel. Hop Fiend Fined. Ieo Lung, whose rooms were raided at Grand Island some weeks ago, and w ho was found to be smoking opium and alleged to have been Inducing others to smoke, was found guilty up on trial ami lined $50 and the costs. Accused Tlih-r Ends IJf,.. I (f cause she was accused of steal ing money fioin the store lu which she worked at Colhgevlew, a suburb of Lincoln, ltertha Kalppciihc rger, 17 years old, went to her home and com mitted suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. .More Liberal licet Conirm-t. It Is said the American lieet Sugai company will offer farmers a much better contract next year than has been the case in the past. It will pay $.1 per ton for beets, regardless of the percentage of sugar in the beet. Ivorali Loth Accidentally Shot. Korah l.uth, u Lincoln county fann er living about fourteen mlies north of Curtis, fatally shot himself while out hunting. His gun slipped through a hob- In the bottom of the buggy and was discharged. Omaha luillnoii at SyruciiM-. One of the balloons sent up by tht United States government fmin Fort Omaha, was seen to fall and was se cured ly C. D. Strong, a farmer liv ing thre irillea south of Syracuse. High I. King for ('utile, ..Clarence Curtis, living on a farm lieur Pi ncu. lost three head of cattle from eating too much ulfalfu, and an other cow is lu a serious condition from eating too many apples. TEARY'S SHIP IS HT. Curecognlzed by Other Craft, the Roosevelt Works Her Own Siren. With the flag of the Peary Arctic Clvb at her masthead, the little steam f Koosevelt. which bore Commander I'tinry on his inest of the North Pole, entered New York harbor Thursday. It was K-'iely daylight when the look Cuts discerned the vessel oft Sandy Hook, coming slowly. Few of tho es sets In the lower bay neognl.eil the Arctic steamer us fIic rounded the Hook. Off the point of the Hook th.4 Roose velt pave three triumphant ecrcama of her siren nnd ran tip the Peary Arctic flag of the New York Yacht Club nt her fore and the American ensign at Iter mUron. Turning the point of the Hook, the Roosevelt head ed Into the hoiscshne and anchored there within half n tnllo of the gov ernment dock. Commander Peary's ship arrived In the nick ot 'time to participate In the dosing ceremonies of the I linlson Fe.linn celebration. Still rind tn I lie tough i lollies worn on the nrctic trip, nltlicugh liltt furs had been laid aside, Captain Pat'tlett stood on his quarter deck aild acted as spokesman for the party. Acting under Instructions from Commander Peary, the crew and the scientists and others aboard will remain on the Koosevelt nnd not enjoy life ashore until they are released by tho chief of the expedition. In outward appearance tho Roose velt looks little like a ship that has braved the lee and storms of the arctic zone. She has received a fresh coat of paint, nnd the bonoB of arctic ani mals that were interwoven In her rat lines have been removed. In her hold, however, she carried a tpianllfy of skins and nil the specimens gathered during her cruise. There aro no Es kimos aboard, but the life In the arctic zone Is represented by a litter of twelve puppies. "There is no doubt." snld Captain nartlett, "Hint llio Stars and Stripes have been 'nailed to the North Pole' nnd no doubt that Mr. Peary was there. Pearjf got there because he was the only man that tho Ettklmos will follow out of jlght of land. They say 10 Is 'Pe-tik,' meaning 'next to Cod."' TORTURE BANKER'S WIFE. Masked Men Suspend Woman from a Rafter in Woodshed. Posses nre hunting the assailants of Mrs. W. 11. Scott, wife ot a banker, of Lanming, Mien,, found In the wood shed of her home Sunday, gagged and suspended by the wrists from a rafter bo her toes just touched the floor. The woman had been attacked by two -masked men and had been tied up for four hours before her husband and a neighbor found her. She was utterly exhausted when cut down and has puriered severely from the shock. Accord I nr; to the story told th police. Mrs. Scott, hearing a nolsd, entered the woodshed In her night clothes just nfter the men had opened the door and (flopped Into the shadows. They celzed her and threw her to the floor. After procuring a clothes line from the yard they bound and gagged her nnd hung her to the rafter. They then entered the house and searched for money, but found uone.. Mrs. Scott Rnys the men were masked, but one of them resembled a man who called at her house Friday and rep resented hlniKelf to be a detective. The honso was for sale and on the pretext that he was looking for a 'iou.se to buy he was shown through. CHURCH GETS BIO CONTRACT. Women of Ilea Motile to Bapplx I-'Iuk to lioek Ixlund Stvm. St, Luke's Episcopal church, the imallest In Des Moines, with a parish of but nine men and forty women, has solved the enigma of church ex istence. Through the Influence of Claim Agent K. S. Eherhart of that city, a member of the parish, the church procured from the Rock Ialtnd a contract to manufacture the signal flags for the entire system. The wo men will have to make an average of 2,000 flugs a week. The contract has been held by a Lowell, Mass., manu facturing concern. The profit from the contract will enable them to keep a prencher and pay the church ex penses. The flags are to be all colors. RAY LAMPHERE S END N EARING. oiifeaalon Clrarliiv Mystery of Una mrm llenth Farm Uipeeled. Ray Lamphere, who was convicted as an accomplice of the arch-murderess, Mrs. Guinness, has but a few days more to live, according to prison phy sicians In La Porte, Ind. He Is suf fering from consumption. State's At torney Smith Is confident he will make a confession clearing every detail of the Gunness death farm .mystery when he realizes that his end is at hand. Up to the present time he has protest ed pei'Hlstcntly that he knows nothing about how Mrs. Gunness killed and disposed of her victims. KILL NIGHT RIDERS, HIS ADVICE Ciov. WilUon uf Kruturkr for 1 rus tle Nleiia Afcvitluat Tobacco Outlaw. "Organize a liberty league and kill the nocturnal Invaders," Is the advice that Gov. Wlllson, of Kentucky, gives regarding night riders. In a state ment tho governor lighted the fire that will set tho whole of the burley and dark tolmcco district aflame. He says that no man should pool his tobacco unless he wants to, and that he will pardon any man who resorts to army to protect his home. CLEVELAND i3 GIVEN THREE-GENT GAR FARE Company anj City Finally SettU Problem That Has Caused Polit ical Turn. oil Many Years. JOHNSON WINS A L0NQ FIOHt City Kay Purchase Lines Wheneve Municipal Ownership Is Made Lawful. A conference was held Tuesday t arrange final details which will result in an absolute settlement of the Cleve land street railway difficulty which has been bitterly agitated for eight years. During the life of the contro versy It has been a political Issue at ill Utiles. Partial settlements have been made and ninny proposed, but all failed of their object. Now peace Is assured. The basis of the strike has been Mayor Tom L. Johnson's contention for a ".-cent fare. The proiwsed settle ment will be on this rate of fare, and will eliminate the street car questior ront the fall campaign. Twenty-Are Yenr Franehlae. All tho main points have been set tied. It Is ngreed that tho city shall give the Cleveland Railway Company, the owner of the local lines, a twenty-five-year franchise, revokable at any time any of the details oi the contract with the city Is violated. The city re serves the right to purchase the lines nt any time municipal ownership it mnde lawful, providing the city de sires to take over the lines. The city also reserves the right to name a purt chaser of the lines after eight years, ' The Initial rate of fnre Is to be J cents on all lines, with a 1-cent extra charge for a transfer. Both the city and the railway com pany have agreed to let Judge Robert W. Tayler of tho United States Court ; detertnlno the value of the railway properly and the maximum rate of fare. It Is agreed that at no time -shall the rate of fare be greater than . will allow the company an earning . lower of more than 6 per cent on the value of the property, consistent with good service. J udg Tayler has lndl.. cated that he will make the .Taxit)um rate of fare 4 cents for a cruii far and the regular ticket rate iieven tick ets for L'o cents nnd a cent extra for transfers. This proposition has been accepted both by the city and the rail way company. COL. W. R. MORRISON DIES. Was Nntlonal Figure In Democratic Party Boomed for President. Colonel William R. Morrison is dead at Waterloo, 111. The demise of the former politician nnd Interstate Com merce Commissioner had been expect ed for some days. Colonel Morrison was stricken more than a week before and his advanced age and long fall ing health held out scant hope for re covery, lie was eighty-four years old. Colonel Morrison became prominent In 1SSJ ns the leading Democratic authority on the tariff. It was then that he earned the name of "Horizon tal Bill" because he proposed to re duce the tariff In that year by a flat cut all along the line. He did secure tariff reduction, but failed to get what he considered the cut required by the people. He was a national figure Is the Democratic party from the opening months of the Civil War, when he was elected to Congress, until 1907. the year of his retirement as head of the Interstate Comrrrce Commission. Frequently during his career he wa boomed for the Democratic nomination for President. He served In the war against Mex ico as a private. In toe Civil War he organized the Forty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, and it was while In com mand of this regiment tbat he was elected to Congress. Colonel Morrison served In Congrese from 1861 to 1S65 and again from 1873 to 18S7. From 1873 to 1875 he was chairman of t!o ways and means conv mlttee, to which position he again at tained In JSS3. serving until 1887. BANK BANDITS GET $10,000. Hold liter, Take All Holt; tm Mutit and Gallop Away. The Citizens' National Bank ot Glen wood Springs, Col., was held up and robbed of $10,000 in cash by three un masked but heavily armed men. The robbers escaped to the valley westward thirty minutes ahead ot a sheriff's mounted posse. Two of the robbers held up Assistant Cashier E. E. Drach. Drach hesitated a moment, when one of the bandits told him to "hurry or be shot." Drach gave tho men all the money In sight. As they rode away Deputy Sheriff DevldlesB appeared, but they escaped his bullets by dashing tnto the alley. I'roareutor l'rtM Kada Lit. Prosecuting Attorney Frank Parsons coflimltted suicide by shooting him self at his office in UcConnellsvllle, Ohio. Court convenes soon, and it le said worry over his duties, Including prosecution of a murder case, caused hltn to become temporarily insane.