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THREE BOY BANDITS. They Fought Desperately with Po licemen and Detectives. Wore Locntod In n Ducont Ncrtr Chicago and Wore Flnnlly C'iiptur!il-IuipllciUeU In Chlcutto Cur JJnrii Itobborles u ml Murder. Chicago, Nov. 28. Chained wrist to wrist, their hair matted with dried blood, the clothing covered with dust nnd dirt, two beardless boys, Peter . Neldermeier and Harvey VanDlno, sat wAast night In the prctanco of Mayor V Harrison and Chief of Pollco O'Neill, calmly confessing their share in a threo months' career of crimo which has included nine murders, the wound ing of flvo other men and a long series of robberies. The two young bandits, neither of whom is over 21 years old, together with their companion, Emil Itoeski, who is no older, were captured near Liverpool, Ind. yesterday after a fight in which they battled against policemen, railroad dotectlves, railroad laborers and farmers. One man was killed, another fatally wounded nnd all threo of the young bandits wore wounded, but not seriously. Tho threo men were waated by the polico for complicity in the murders nt the car barns of tho Chicago City Railway company August 30, when two men tero killed, a third badly wound ed and $2,250 stolen from tho com pany. On Wednesday thoy loft Chi cago, going to a dug-out mado by rail road laborers near tho tracks of the Michigan Central at Miller's station, nd. Thursday night they spent in an other dug-out near Miller's station, and there they were surprised by the pollco yesterday morning. EXCITING FOOTBALL GAME. Nino Tliousnnd Foopln nt Knnsnn Oltjr Thanksgiving Day Snir Ksinsus Do feut Missouri, i to O. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 27. In an or citing contest in which neither team scored a touchdown Kansas university defeated Missouri university in their thirteenth annual Thanksgiving game by tho score of 5 to 0. Kansas made tho only score of the gamo threo mln uteu beforo the gamo was called in the last half with a place kick for goal from tho 40-yard line. Tho Kansans outweighed tho Missourians, and this advantage had much to do with tho re suit. The Missouri boys played a strong defensive game, but most of the play was in their territory. At the end of the first half the Kansans had the ball within two feet of the Mis souri goal. The feature of tho gamo was Quarterback Pooler's place kick from tho 40-yard line, which won the game. Attendance, 9,000. ANOTHER HARMLESS CRANK. A. H. Doming: lUnnnces to Eludu tliu l'o- llcoiuun on Gnnrd and Gives President ItouHovoltii Letter. New York, Nov. 28. President Roosevelt came to New Yorlc to attend the funeral of Jame3 King Grade, whose lato wife was a sister of tho president's mother. During tho five hours he was in the city ho was sur rounded by several hundred policemen and a number of special oJhcer3, but an apparently harmless crank managed to elude their vigilance and handed to tho president a letter regarding a pan acea which ho claims ho has discov ered. Tho letter was given to one of tho special officers and the man, who gave his name as A. B. Doming, of 150 Broadway, was taken by the police to court, whore he tallied wildly. The interview came as tho president was leaving tho church. Mrs. Roosevelt was much agitated over the occurrence, but the president was not at all alarmed. CLEVELAND NOT A CANDIDATE. A VALUABLE MUD LAKE. A Scientist Snys It Promises to Furnish 22,000.(100. OOO Tons of Kuol and Is of Untold Value. Des Moines, la., Nov. 28. A mud lake covering 180 square miles in Ham ilton county promises to furnish to this state 22,000,000,000 tons of fuel. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, who was employed to visit tho county and sub mit plans for draining tho land has re ported that ho believes tho mud is of untold value. It contains, ho says, largo quantities of carbonaceous mat ter. If allowed to stand, ho says, It will form itself into a great coal bed. Ho believes it is similar to tho mud in the meadows of Massachusetts and says It may bo used for fuel by ex tracting tho water and drying thor oughly. A company may bo organized to prepare tho mud for tho market. Fulled to Soil Ills Kiir. Omaha, Nob., Nov. 28. Poverty and old ago were so unwelcome to J. E. "Wolf, of Council Bluffs, la., that ho attempted to shoot his wife and then turned tho pistol against himself. Mrs. Wolf was struck by ono bullet, being wounded slightly. Wolf will probably die. Tho shooting was duo to discour agement over tho recdipt of word that his offer of an ear to a Now York sur geon for $5,000 could not bo accopted. Wolf tried to sell his ear to the wealthy westerner now undergoing tho ear-grafting operation in Philadelphia. Tito Ex-President Writes n I,ottnr Saying Ho Uoea Not Drslro to Do l'rcs Idont Again. Now York, Nov. 28. Grovor Clove land has sent the following lottcr to tho editor of tho Brooklyn Daily Eaglo: "Princeton, N. J., Nov. 25. My Deal Mr. McKolway: I havo wanted for a long time to say something which I think should bo said to you before others. You can never know how grateful I am for the manifestation of kindly feeling toward mo on tho part of my countrymen which your Inltatlvo has brought out. Your advocacy in tho Eaglo of my nomination for tho presidency canto to mo aa a great sur prise; and It has boon seconded in such manner by democratic sentiment that conflicting thoughts of gratitude and duty havo caused mo to hesltato as to tho tlma and manner of a dec laration on my part concerning tho subject If such a declaration should seem necessary or proper. "In tho midst of it all and In full view of overy consideration presented, I havo not for a moment been able, nor am I now able, to open my mind to tho thought that In any circumstance or upon any consideration I should over ngaln become tho nomineo of my party for tho presidency. My deter mination not to do so is unalterable and conclusive. This you, at least, ought to know from mo, and I should bo glad if tho Eaglo were mado tho me dium of its convoyanco to tho public. Very sincerely yours. Qrover Clovo-land." CAPT. CARTER FREE. Tho Released Engineer Officer Hopes to Be Vindicated In n Suit Pending: In n Clilcaco Court. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 28. The doors of tho Leavenworth prison swung open at five o'clock this morn ing for Oberlin M. Carter, formerly a captain of engineers in tho United States army. His sentence expired at midnight last night, but ho remained at tho prison until daylight. Convict ed by a court-martial of conspiracy to defraud tho governmeht, ho has finished a term of flvo years' impris onment, having a credit of ten months for good behavior. Carter left for Chicago to bo met by Horace G. Stone, his attorney, who has been collecting evidence in tho civil case pending in the United States court there, through which tho former army officer hopes to get vindication. REYES BENT ON REVENGE. Colombian General En Ilouto to Washing ton to Array Congressmen Against tho Administration. Washington, Nov. 28. Tho state de partment has advices by cable from Minister Beaupro, at Bogota, dated November 25, In which ho states that considerable excitement prevails at tho Colombian capital; that there Is much talk of raising an army, but no troops have yet been enlisted and there aro rumors in tho city of a revolution in tho state of Cauca directed against tho Marroquin, government. Rumors havo reached the stato department frrai an other source that Gen. Reyes' mission to Washington is primarily to try to array opposition senators against tho ratification of the Buneau-Villara-Hay canal treaty. CITY SUED FOR A MURDER. Mrs. Slcltlcrt Wants Enterprlso to Iny Her CIO, OOO Ilccauso Her Son Was Killed In a Street Quarrel. . Abilene. Kan., Nov. 28. Mrs. Mary Sickles will suo tho city of Enterprlso for $10,000 damages because, her son, Clark Sickles, was murdered by Horaco Plalsted recently. Sickles had been ar rested In pollco court a few days be fore tho murder and released on his own recognizance until trial. Before tho trial Sickles wa3 killed in a street quarrel. Tho suit is based on tho con tention that tho city was responsible for his safety. FIRE AT HILL CITY, KAN. names Wiped Out 8100,000 Worth of l'roporty lileut. Gov. Iliinnn a Heavy Losor. Hill Cly, Kan., Nov. 28. The greater portion of tho south side of town was destroyed by a lire that started at day light. Among the total losses aro tho Farmers and Merchants' bank, tho Al liance store, C. A. Webster's hardware store, tho Masonic hall, tho Coder Dry Goods store and tho office of D. J. Han na, lieutenant governor. Tho damage will exceed $100,000. Mossago Will Ho Short. Washington, Nov. 28. President Roosovelt's mcssago to tho regular session of congress is about completed. Tho message will bo the shortest tho president has over written to a regu lar session. It Is about one-third short er that the mcssago of last year, which was considerably shorter than tho first message two years ago. IUI Penetrated His l.utitr. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 28. Wil liam C. Sheetz, a carpenter, was work ing on tho bottling works when part of tho roof gave away and ho fell, striking an oh! barrel. Seven of Shcetz's ribs were broken. One pono tralrd thn lunea. 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It was then 1 saw an advertisement or yours in a now xorK paper, but would not havo paid any attention to It, had It not nromUcd a sworn cuarantca with every bottle of your mcdlclna asserting that your Swamp-Root is purely vcRetablo, and does not contain any harmful drugs. I am seventy years and four months old, nnd with a good consclonco I can recommend Swamp-Root to all sufferers from kidney troubles. Four members of my family havo been using Swarap-Uoot for four different kidnoy diseases, with tho same good results." With many thanks to you, I remain, Very truly yours, ROBERT BERNER. 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