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13he CHIBF RED CLOUD, NEB. PUBLISHED EVERY FltlDAY. Kntortd 1 the Poitofflce l Ked cload. Neb an Second CU Matter ' Pawl C. Phakm Gfconai Newhouse Editor MntiHKer 1 III I IB fll.slF P AUGUST SCHROEDER'O ALLEGED SLAYER AGAIN FACES COURT. TWICE SENTENCED TO HANG Strange Caso of Charles Rocker, Whose Awful Dream lo Alleged to Ha.R.v..l.dOullt,I.B.InBHoard by Judge Gaynor at Sibley, la. Sibley, in., March 20.-Tvlco found , guilty and sentenced to he hanged for tho murder of August Sehrooder, his employer, Charles Rocker, who mar- rled Schroodor'8 widow and In a drenm enacted tho crime, is standing ' trial for the third time for his life. MrB. Rocker Is tho principal wit ness for tho state. Sho declared Rocker confessed tho murder to her tho morning following tho night ho bo trayed himself In his sleep. Tho first trial was held In Rock Rapids, Lyon county, the scene of tho crime, and tho supremo court, on ap peal, ordered a new trlnl. The second trial was held hero in Osceola county, where it was brought on a change of venue. Judge Hutchinson flnnlly granted a now trial on a legal techni cality. The caso is now being heard by Jutlgo Gnynor. I-lve years ago, July 1, Sehrooder, a well-to-do German farmer, and his hired mnn, Rocker, went to a celebra tion at Rock Rapids, returning homo nftor nightfall. Shortly nfter their ar rival at tho house Sehrooder become sick nnd went out onto tho porch. The hired man followed to attend him nnd did not return for thirty minutes. When Rocker came back he told Mrs. Rocker that her husband was better and had asked her to retire. Upon awakening at daylight she discovered that hor husband had not re-entered the house. Calling Rocker, sho made a search and In the barn she found the corpse of Sehrooder swinging from a rafter. At tho coroner's Inquest a verdict of suicide was returned. A year after Win deatli Rocker married Schrooder's widow. They moved to a farm near Dell Rapids, S. D. One night Mrs. Kocker was awakened by a terrific yoll. She saw hor husband with a pllltiw clutched In his bands and en acting the role of a man throttling another. With wide, staring eyes, the som nambulist shouted, as his strong fin gers dug deeper and deeper into tho pillow: "I'll kill you August! Die, d mn you! Die! Why don't, you die?" The woman next morning nt break fast boldly accused Rocker or murder ing her former husband. The man coolly confessed, telling her bo drugged the beer which Sehrooder drank nnd then fcaYing ho would not die. be strangled him to death, after ward carrying the body to the barn , and banging It to a rafter to give the, ..i. .f.i, I appeal iiiicu in miii'iuv. ALDRlGil BILL INDORSED Maximum Freight Rate Measure Re ccIvcb Approval of Senate. I Lincoln, Mnrch 20. The sennto I committee of tho whole Indorsed tho i Altirica maximum freight rale bill by a vole or 18 to 11, after amending It. Under tho amendment the maximum rnte Is fixed at 85 per cent of present rates, Instead of SO per cent, as pro-: vlded in tho original bill, and the ralo Is limited to live stock, potatoes, grain and grain products, fruit, coal, lumber nnd building material in carload lots. Tho proposed constitutional amend ment for prohibition was placed on the goneral file In tho house, over tho ...,.w,..f ,., li i,.iniltt.i,i l.v n vnln (if ro ob 52 to 28. BANK OF FIRTH CLOSED. Cashier Is Missing, and Examiner Mickey Is Put In Charge. Lincoln, March 20. Tho Citizens' State hank of Pirth, this county, was closed by order of the stato bunking board, and Kxamlnor E. S. Mickey put in charge. Tho bank was capitalized return diiiiu.i,. m ....... ..un- and continued ubonoo resulted la tho action of tho state board. ; , Telephone Men In Session. Sioux City, March 20. Iho Iowa Imlonoiidcnt Telephone association be- lor ?iu,uuu, nnu mm iieiiumw "i iy-.- , , .. Hteadv. btu.vl,B $4.10 000. No statement of Mb condition S20 has been made. Cashier W J. . Crnn- ' J J3.ooe7.25; Btockers dull, who was tho active mnnnger, loft ' oofift.4V, 1101:3 Re- Firth last Thursday, saying ho would S tVVooO;"-? sHUr" -. ,w . 1. .. 1 . I... ,i 1A0 yujVfm .JfltWWS UJUVlteSXItgyipz on nere, moro ! present. Tho ; Bcsslon was tho president, than 250 delegates being fenttiro of tho opening tho nnnual address of P. C. Holdoegcl of Rockwell City. There Is a lively Bkinnlnh for the next convention, with Cedar Rapids apparently In tho load. Iowa Senate Pauses Primary Bill. Dos Moines, March 20. The state wide primary bill was passed by the senate by a vote of 40 to 2. Tho bill provides that to receive the nomina tion a cnndldnte must recelvo at least 3 per tent of all tho votes cast. alnst the measure of Scott and Nichols J. D. Hunter Is Dead. Webster City, In., March 20.-r.T. D. Hunter, owner of the Webster City Freeman since 18GC and president of Co Freeman-irinuno company, is j dead, ngHI seventy-three. Ho had been confined to his bed for four yoarB. Tho funeral will bo held to- mot row. NEWS fm pflUR EXPEDITION Lciters from Lefflngwoll and Mlkkel- sen Received at Portland. Portland, Ore., March 20. Letters from Krnest Lofilngwell and Elner Mikkelscn containing the first news from tho Anglo-American polar ex- pedltion since tho expedition left Alaska, wero received hero by II. A. Andree, assistant in the local weather bureau. The letters wero dated Nov. 21 and Nov. 23 nnd were carried over tho ico fields to Point Harrow, where, they were delivered to tho Cnuadlan mounted police. Mr. Lofilngwell states in his letter thnt the Duchess of Bed ford lies frozen In solid Ice about 200 miles orf Point Barrow and that tho preparations wero at that tlmo almost completed for starting on an expe dition into tho unknown country lying north of this continent. According to tho writers, the stnrt will be inndo early this spring. Lefilngwell goes on to say that, j'i iglng Irom tho tides and from talk- with the natives, they have come to tho conclusion that n largo Island exists not far from the mainland. Tho explorers say that tho J party may not return from this trip tor two years. The weather was mod erate at the tlmo tho letters wero written. At that tlmo tho severest cold had ben only 10 degrees below zero, nnd on some days the mercury had reached 10 degrees above. The entire party of fifteen were In good health at the time of writing. Court Reads Clippings In Moyer Ca3e Boise, Ida., March 20. The entire time of the district court nt Caldwell In the Moyer ease was taken up with J reading clippings from newspapcra which the defense claims nave ueen read in that county to such an extent as to prejudice nubile sentiment. There wore 200 clippings attached to the original action for a change or venue and ISO to a supplemental mo tion filed nt the opening of this term of court. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Featureo of the Day's Trading and Closing Quotations. Chicago, March 10. Sharp advances wero made on tho local exchange to day by corn and oats and their higher prices had a strengthening effect on the wheat market. The May delivery for wheat closed at a net gain of ',j i Ko. (!cirn wns mi 1 ic. Oats were ,:f ." " . OC KliOl. Provisions wore 12'yQ Closing prices: Wheat May, 73Tsii7Ge; July, 77 Q77'e; Sept., 78Vi; Dee., 80c. Corn May, lfic; July, 4G't-lGiC. Oats May, -JPhc; July, a7!i$.S37'c. Porl; May, $15.72'-; July, $15.S7& 3ir..oo. Lard May, $8.92i.: July, $9.00. Ribs May, $S.72UjQ)8.73; July, ; 58.S2W.; Sept., $S.S7'v... I Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard wheat, 7:i:,'ifi'7fie; No. 3 corn, -Ulc; No. 2 oats, ll'c. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha. March 19. Cattlo Receipts, .:(. 0; steady to strougor; native steers, $1.0057 5.80; cows and heifers, $2.r0-L75; western steers, $2.23&5.25; Texas steers, $3.0l)Q'-L-0; canncrs, $2.00(5 3.00; snickers and fOOllOl'i, $.!. $3.oO(fT5.0O; calves, $3.00 6.80: bulls, stags, etc., $2.754.B0. Hogs Receipts. 12,000; steady; heavy, $Ji.t7I..'i?0.50; mixed, $U.I5a IU7'j: light, Sti.l5tJ.50; pigs, $3.7ofi c.10; bulk of sales, $li.471ali)l.50. Sheep Receipts, S.000; steady to low- "" yi'nrllnKS. $3.S0G.60; wethers, 3.W.n: owes. $L80Q5.S0; lambs, $7.00Q'..7G. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago. March 19. Cattle Ro- , j $fi,r,0fi.7r,; light, $G.556.80; $G.40G.72'i; rough heavy, $G.40(tfG.55; pigs, 6.0Ur..G5; good to , choice heavy, $G.706.80. Sheei necelpts, 14,000; strong; sheep, $4.00 G25. yearHnBB $c.00(fJ7.1B; tambB, c.C3,8.00. ' Wi'-4'v gnn Its annual convention hero, moro Tnnmiirftl IfflTT Trt flTH UV 1 11 1 1 1 hi Afi L Al Willi III VI J K (H i V I fl Villi II III I A t IllllllllHLlB llIL lu VI - . reject RECENT OFFER OF THE GENERAL MANAGERS. 50,000 MEN MAY QUIT WORK Railroad Officials Will Hold Another Conference With Disaffected Em ployes Before Strike Order is Issued. Official Canvass of Vote Bcglnc. Chicago, March 20. Trainmen and ' conductors on all railroad lines wcit offer of the general managers of the systems for an Increase In wages, ac- cording to information reaching tho iiocorj.iiornm The official canvass I of the referendum vote, which has ' i.n,i it, nr,rH for r fnrtniBiit. win ! - begin todny. It Is stated further that I tho trainmen have voted to strike If their demands are not granted. Un Icbb the railroad manngers offer fur ther concessions, a strike of G0.000 men Is likely to lesult. When tho conference between rep resentatives of the employes nnd tho companies udjourned Feb. 27 it was I with the understanding tl.nt another confer nee would be held after tho men had voted upon tho mnnagers' offer. This second meeting Is ex pected to be held next week. Tho mnnagers' have already offered to submit tho entire controversy to arbl- tration, but It is stated that this prop-! ositlon has also been rejected by tho voting members of the unions. The offer which the men aro said to have rejected was for an increnso of 10 per cent to men in tho freight service untl of $10 a month to con ductors, $0 a month to baggagemen and $3 a month to brakemen and Hag men in the passenger service. Tho men originally asked 'an in crease of in per cent, with an eight hour day on through freight trains, but later those demands wero reduced to a wage Increase or 12 per cent and a. nine-hour da v. It was explained to the men when the vote was started that a verdict rejecting the offers of the railroad managers would carry with it a strike vote. As the matter now stands the strike vote has been carried, but no order to quit will bo Issued until a further conference. TWELVE HUP1DRED MEN OUT Mill Employes of Republic Steel Com pany Quit Work in Indiana. Ilnmmond, Hid., March 20. All of the employes of the mills of the Re public Iron and Steel company at Kast Chicago struck for higher wages, 1,200 men walking out and completely tying up the establishments. Tho men have been receiving an average of $1.75 a day and demand $2. Superintendent Grove said that thu plant would bo closed indefinitely be fore tho increase would bo allowed. The strikers, who are unorganized as far as unions aro concerned, assert that If their demands ate not con ceded tho men In the Interstate and Inland Steel company's works will also go out. Each of these establish ments employ about tho same number of men as the Republic company. boilermakerTmay"strike Executive Committee of Union Issues Ultimatum to Harrlman. Clovelnnd, March 20. A meeting of tho executive hoard of tho Interna tional Dollormakers' and Iron Ship builders' was held at Lorain, O., and alter the meeting a report gained cur rency that tho committee had issued an ultimatum to 13. II. llurriman and associates of tho Harrlman lines. President Dunn was quoted as saying that a strike of bollermnkura on the Han I man Hues would be called within forty-eight hours in tho event tavor ablo action is not taken between now and that time on tho demands made some time ago by employes of tho Chicago and Alton railroad and which uto fatlll pending. Street Car Tlcup at Butte. Hutte. Mont., March 20. Tho ofTlccs of the street railway company nro de serted and a long and determined light Is looked for between tho manage ment and tho members of tho work ingmen's union, the- latter being re-spt-nslblo for tho tie-up of tho road. All kinds of conveyances are in use upon tho streets and cab and transfer eomimnies and hack drivers did a nourishing business. Oregon Town Burning. Uaker City. Ore., March 20. A spe cial from North Powdur, twenty-six miles northwest of here, says that tho town Is burning and likely to be en tirely consumed. The North Powder hotel, the livery .barn, opera house and tho Livingston saloon are in Humes, and it is expected that tho station will go. There is water, but no hose and no organized fire depart ment. Washouts on Southern Pacific. Snlt I.ake, March 20. Washouts on the Southern Pacific nnd on the San ffle vranvJimWenRr-ww ..,.J -J. A KK. Pedro, Lob Angrlcs and Salt Lako 1 Vcrtll, twenty miles west of Reno, Nov., is out No trains have arrived hi thin city or in Ogden from the coast mno Monday morning. Dciih cf Count Lamsdorff. San lier,o Italy, March 20. Count Vladimir Nicolalevitch Lamsdorff, the lotr.ifr Russian minister of for eign affairs, died here. HEW YOilK STOCKS REACT B Revival of Fcverlchness Which MarkejJ Scaoion3 of Lact Week New Yotl;, March 20. Heavy sell- 'ns of totl " "rut hour, of w,"c" oe,lls loUK I'niiiua uii.iiiiuib, followed by persistent rumors that uue or ,m,ru nuKi; u'"Be w wero ombarrnsued by losses sustained .. O.J..... i t. ,n tho Inst fGW (,as- combined to make the stock market sensitive nnd feverish throughout the day. Losses on the slump during the opening hour ranged from 4 to 7 points. Union Pa cific headed tho list with a loss of VA, Groat Northern preferred) Smelt ing, Rending and St. Paul suffering losf!CS of 5 llo!ntf and Northern Pa- ciflc '.. A reaction followed quickly, in which part of tho early losses were made up, but tho market continued weal; nnd alternate periods of decline and reaction followed during the rest of the day. Alarming reports as to tho stability of two unnamed commis- ston houses contributed largely to this eumuuon ami pricci, were vxirumuiy inegular. some of the active stocks showing ptonounced gains at the same moment othcis wore recording sharp losses. The passage of the delivery hour without tho anticipated an nouncement of failures restored some , confidence, nnd this, with active cov-, erlng, restored confidence somewhat, and there was a violent rebound In the last hour, when many of the actlvo stocks regained their opening level. , At tho CI030 there was a very sharp recession from this rally. JAIL AND FINE FOR LAND MEN. Fifteen Hundred Dollars and One Year for Richards and Comstock. Omaha, March 19. Judge W. II. Manger overruled the motion for a1 new trial in tho cases of Ilartlctt : Richards, Will O. Comstock, Charles C. .Inmeson nnd Aquilln Tripled in the United Slates district court and sen tenced the accused as follows: Burt lett Richards, a fine of $1,500 nnd one' year in tho Douglas county jail; Will G. Comstock, $1,500 fine and one year' In the Douglas county jail, and I Charles C. Jameson and Aquilln Trip lett. $5no In fine nnd eight months each in the Douglas county jail. The attorneys for the defendants nt once gave wotleo that they would file a petition in error, which is equiv alent to an nppcal to tho United Staten circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit. The appeal bond was at once fixed at $5,000 in the caso of each delendnnt, which was promptly given. In the prosecution of Richards and Comstock tho government centered Its forces. They nro considered the wealthiest ranchmen of Nebraska, with an inclosure of 500.000 acres In Cherry and Sheridan counties. A year ago they pleaded guilty to the indictment charging them with unlaw fully inclosing the public domain. They wero sentenced to six hours in the custody of the United States mar shal and wero given a nominal fine. Later the United States marshal was peremptorily dismissed for failure to keep the cattlemen In his .actual custody- instead of at tho Omaha club with an attorney as deputy, and Dh. tr'ct Attorney Raxter was discharged for perfunctory prosecution. With the assistance of twenty secret service men, L. C Wheeler, agent in charge, went into 'the field to got fresh evi dence. Tills resulted In an Indict ment charging tho cattlemen with con spiracy to defraud the government of the title and use or public land. Subornation or perjury and conspiracy to suborn perjury were other charges of the Indictment. After n vigorous prosecution by Special District Attor ney Rush and District Attorney floss, the Jury brought In a verdict or guilty. Lillic Case ta State Court. Onmha. .March 18. Judgo Munger or the United States circuit court re manded the case of Mary Lena Lilllo against tho btiprcmo tribe of Don Hur back to tho Iiutler county dis trict court. Mrs. Lilllo was par doned from the state penitentiary Jan. 1 by Governor Mickey. Three Complaints Against Callahan. Omaha, March 10. County Attor ney English filed three complnluts In police court against Daniel C. Calla han, superintendent of Prospect IIIU cemetery. They accuse Callahan of reinovlng dead human bodies wil lully, umawiuiiy ami iiMuinouHiy, u. iiuum lng Samuel Adumsou to dig up, ex- hume nml disinter thu remains of throo bodies without knowledge or consent of relatives and without prop er authority. l euro 1MB ungues ana anu i.aao roa(,B lmvc Isolated Salt Lake tempo- rarlly from the Pacific coast. Tho bridge on tho t'oathern Pacific at "When you ask for tho BEST COUGH CUKE and do not get Yon aro not Getting tho best nnd will bo dlnnpiKiintcil. KEMP'S BALSA?,! costn no moro than any other cough ro.netly, nud you are entitled to tho best when you ask for it. Kemp's liul-uim will stop any cough that can bo stopped by any medicine, nnd euro cougliHtlmt cannot bo cured by any other medicine. It is always tho Uest Conch Cnro. j At all druggists, 2.l, fiOc. and SI. ei uon'inci-cpsauyinina else. New Wheat Ms . A nsi j rtf n irt rn lVrif ,rt. in mo wmicuwm xww 5,000 SUM J rnllwny this ytar have opened up a lnrirelv inct cased territory to the pro- gresstve uirmirs oi i Western Canada, I anu me govern ment of the Domin ion continues to give one hundred and sixty acres free to every settler. The Gounfry, Mas E.Q &H&H0y Coal, wood and water in ? uuuiiuuucu: churches anu I schools convenient; mar- I Kets easy ot access; taxes low; climate the best in the Northern temperate zone. Grain-growing, mixed farm ing and dairying are the nrcnt specialties. 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TF'V a Qsa J fcs Insurance and Notary. Telephones: Country, No. SG; Boll, No. 08. rrrwrnnrrxraK i.-.muzaia.aiaafl'ui or .NSD RANGE ttKuiiist Firo, Lightning, Cy clones nnd Windstorms, sco JJWO. B. STANSERr agent for tho Farmers Union Insur unco Co., Lincoln, Nob., tho best in mrunoo eompauy intho s'-'Uo Dnde'h Little Liver Pills thoroughly clean the system, good for lazy livers, makes clear complexions, bright eyes and happy thoughts. Hold by Henry Cook's drug store. miKiwi.vrisM cuiu:i in a da v. Mstlo Cure for lilifiimittlun nnd Ncurnllft iiullcnlly curt h In 1 ui.'IiIiijh. Its iicllon hood tilt) system Is tcmiirUiililt nml injHterlous. H rfinovei. ut unco tho runup ami thu tllsc.iko liu intitllatoly ill-iiipciirK. The tlm dosu Krently hull- tltN. .' rvntrt utiil , Sold hy H. K.Uiucr, ilrtiiinf-t. itctl Ulonil. T Mothers In This Town . Children who are delicate, feverish and cross will get Immediate relief fn)m M()t,ul. v ,H SwMt ,,owlU.rs fm. ,,,,,,., Tli L.k,ulse thu htom. ucli, nut on the liver, making a sickly d'na st,,()f? (1 lculthy. A certain euru for worms. Sold by all druggisU, We. Sample free. Allen S. Olmstead, Leltoy, N. V. llHOflTifi Jffl Kfer tK35 pb 'S&Mw i irMiJik.fvnia7fii Mil. I HMTff iVI I. rfAV W - ) V ) If-. w