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at DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. VOLUME XVIII DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906. NUMBER 5. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OP THE NEWS CP THE WHOLE WORLD. BANDITS ARE ROUTED AFFAIR IX MKXICO NOT A REVO. UTION. Sharp Skirmish at Jlmlncx -Several of the Outlaw Band Killed by Troops, Who Regain Possession of the Town About 100 In Revolutionary Army A courrier Just arrived says that the revolutionists and a force from Ciu dad Porfirlo Dlas clashed Wednesday night at Victoria, about five miles south of Jimlnex, that one ranger was killed and that the revolutionists left several dead. They scattered and are being; pursued by Mexican troops. Jiminez is now In possession of the latter. The affair is regarded aa pos sessing; but little of a revolutionary or political character. An Eagle Pass special received late Thursday says: "A government force of seventy-five cavalrymen encountered forty self styled revolutionists thirty miles above here and dispersed them, killing two. One hundred more soldiers are com ing from Monterey." The following telegram was received at the treaury department in Washing ton Thursday from the collector of customs at Eagle Pass, Tex.: "Wednesdayaboutthirty bandits and smugglers took possession of Jiminez, a small town in Mexico thirty miles above Eagle Pass. A fight ensued with Mexican soldiers. Several men were killed. Sensational reports were sent out, the press dispatches describing It as a revolution. Efforts may be made to induce the war department to send troops here. Nothing serious In the situation is reported up to the present time." RICH MAN SLAIN BY BOY. Tragedy Follows Armed Attack on Home In New York. Clifford Bonneville, a wealthy resi dent of Linlithgow, N. T., died Thurs day from wounds from a gun fired by J. Foster Feller, a 17-year-old son of Deputy Sheriff John H. Feller. On Monday Bonneville, who had been drinking, it Is said, drove his wife and five children out of doors and they sought refuge at the Feller home. Lat er he obtained two revolvers and went to the Feller house and pounded on the door. He had smashed In a panel of the door, when young Feller from an upper story window warned him away. Bonneville pointed a revolver at the youth, ro the latter says, but Feller fired the contents of a double barreled shotgun at him, fatally wounding him. Bonneville made a fortune through the discovery that tho rocks along the Hudson produced ce ment equal to the best Imported ce ment, buying up many acres of land BODY IS IDENTIFIED. Is Sonic Light on Minneapolis Hotel Tragedy. The body of the woman found In the Glenwood hotel at Minneapolis, has been identified as the wife of Har ry Susaman, who for some time had been a photographer on a Minneapo lis newspaper. The couple, who had been married about a year, are said to have quarreled two months ago and separated. A few days ago Sussman returned and he and the woman went away together. The police are looking for the husband. Wednesday afternoon attendants at the Glenwood hotel, in Hennepin ave nue, broke into a room which had been occupied by a couple who regis tered on TueBdny as Fred Tyler ana wife and found in the bed the body of a young woman. Death was caused by a bullet which had been fired into the top of her head. A Bomb in a Tenement. An exploding bomb, set off, it is be lieved, by a revengeful gang of black mailers, partly wrecked a five-story tenement house in Williamsburg, N. Y., Thursday and imperiled the lives of fifty occupants. No one was hurt. Ignacio Plglvannl, an Italian banker, who owns the place, lately received blackmailing letters, which he Ignored, I'uiistoii at Havana. Brig. Gen. Funston arrived in Ha vana Thursday on the steamer Oli vette. Ho ri fused to discuss his mis sion to Cuba or the prospects of Amer ican Intervention. Wreckers Ditch a Train. Train wreckers removed seven rails .from the Southern railroad at Barton, S. C, Thursday morning, derailing a passenger train. No one was killed. Sioux City Live SUiek Market. Thursday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Butcher steers, $5.80. Top hogs, 36.30. Tl) aw Again Examined. Harry Thaw, who killed Stanford White June 25, was examined mental ly and physically Thursday by the same alienists who examined him a few days ago. The specialists made no public statement. .' KU'ibilund In llrocni Factory. Paul O. Stenslai-.d. the Chicago bank convict, was assigned to cell 22 in the east wing of the penitentiary at Jollet ! Thursday and was put to work In ths ! sorting room of the broom factory. JEALOVS; SLAVS WIFE; Poun Gasoline Over Body, Flrea Rome, Wounds BeJf. A. R. Ludwlg, of Mlshawakee, Ind., Tuesday afternoon murdered his wife with a potato mnsher, threw her body Into a closet, poured gasoline over her, and set fire to the house. He then cut his throat and severed the arteries In his wrists and In one leg. When firemen broke Into the house they found Ludwlg lying on the floor. ie was taken to a hospital and is not likely to recover. Upon opening the door leading to a small closet lay the nude body of Mrs. Ludwlg, her flesh burned to a crisp. Ludwlg was of a jealous disposition and has been auspicious of his wife. A week ago he visited the newspaper of fices and desired an article written announcing that his wife was untrue to him. He said the report was sub stantiated by neighbors. Ludwlg seem ed In a frenty at the time. It appears that Lud wig's act was premeditated, as gasoline had been de livered at the residence Tuesday morning and two gallons more pur chased In the afternoon. Ludwlg, It Is Bald, hade made threats to the neigh bors against his wife. Both were prominent In fraternal circles in that city. Mrs. Ludwlg, who was 35 years old, Is survived by two children by a former husband. CHICAGO TYPHOID SCARE. Many Persons Are III with the Bread Disease. The most deadly outbreak of ty phoid fever since 1893, when hundreds of persons died of the dread disease, has stricken Chicago. More than 100 persons are ill of the disease and It is certain the death roll for the week will exoeed twenty. The cause of the epidemic springs from a source different from the out break of 1893. At that time the whole, water supply of the city was polluted. At present the water Is all right, but the milk and the ice sent into the city are far from pure and five cases of the disease have been traced from one milk depot alone. Lack of rain In the rural district is given as the primary cause. The men in charge of dairies have been compelled to fall back upon old and unsed wells in many cases, and the milk they have sent to Chicago has not been pure. The Ice companies also have run short and have import ed Ice that came from ponds filled with stagnant and Impure water. A BAD WRECK IN ILLINOIS. Vast Train on Wabash Hits an Open -'.. -. fewltch. A Wabash fast mall, running seven ty miles an hour, dashed through an open switch and into a freight train at Catlln, 111., Wednesday. The diner alone escaped the flames which fol lowed the explosion of the gas tanks iln the coaches. Engineer Jonas Butler, Fireman Walter Ellison and Postal Clerk Ira Harding and C. H. Karnes, a mail clerk, are known to have been killed, and forty-one other people were in jured, mostly concussions, cuts and burns. It is believed three or four of the twelve of the badly burned children will die. All the Injured were taken to Danville. Canned Fruit from Frisco. The British ship Wanderrer has cleared from San Francisco for the United Kingdom with 70,000 cases of canned fruit, valued at over $250,000, of which fully 60 per cent was canned in San Francisco, In a cannery built and equipped since the April Are. The Wanderer Is the first ship clearing from that port for the United States Kingdom carrying a cargo of Califor nia fruit this season. To Sue Woman Who Jilted Him. Eustace Southard, of Eaglesport, formerly of Columbus, O., where he was engaged In the manufacturing business, is In South Bend, Ind to bring breach of promise proceedings against Miss Viola Kellar, of South Bend. The affair is the outcome of a matrimonial 'ad." which Southard an swered. He declares he spent money lavishly on the young woman. Idaho Man Missing. J. C. Burney, of Boise, Idaho, right eminent commander of the Knights Templars of Idaho, has mysterlousl disappeared. He was last seen In Spo kane, Wash., Monday morning. He was to Institute a commandery at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, that night, but never renched that town, nor can any trace of him be found. live Hundred Girl Worker Strike.. Five hundred girl twisters at t'.ie thread mills of the J. & P. Coats com pany at Pawtucket, R. I , struck Tues day for a 10 per cent increase in wages. The back boys struck a week ago, making the same demand, and a shutdown of the plant, employing 2, 500 hands, is considered probable. Bark Ends Eventful Voyage. The British bark Wynford arrived at San Francisco Monday after an eventful voyage of 216 days from Hamburg. It sailed from that port on Feb. 20, and was damaged In sev eral gales and at one time ran out of provisions. Firemen Defeat Sargent. At Wednesday afternoon's session of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Engineers at Milwaukee, Grand Master Hanrahan was re-elected over Frank P. Sargent, the vote being 355 to 290. ExMlled from Hoard of Trade. J. W. Cassady, president of the C'as sady Commission company, of Quincy, III., was expelled from tho Chlcug board of trade Wadnesduy on a charge cf bucket shopping PLANS TO MOVE ARMY. Ships Engaged as Transports to Cab. . Plans for the transfer of troopi from the United States to Cuba In the event of the failure of Secretary Taft's mission to bring about a peace ful solution of the trouble In the Isl and republic have been completed. The final step was taken Tuesday according to an announcement made when the transport Sumner, now lying at the New York navy yard, was put in commission. The Sumner is In readiness for the Immediate embarka tion of troops. Negotiations are already under way for the acquisition of merchant steam ers to be used as transports. That the events of Tuesday as told In the press dispatches have hastened plans which have been long In prepar. atlon seems apparent. Additional warships will reach Cuba within a few days and will be ready to land marines if necessary long before the regular troops, now awaiting orders, can be moved. Should armed intervention come these forces will undoubtedly form the vanguard of the Invading army. Secretary Taft has not yet given up hope of bringing about a settlement of the difficulties between the Cuban government and the Insurgents with out resorting to armed intervention. The advices from Cuba which have been received at the executive offices up to Tuesday night, according to As sistant Secretary Latta, are by no means as pessimistic as the newspaper reports which came from Havana Tuesday. It appears to be the opinion that Secretary Taft still believes that peace may be the outcome, In spite of all the difficulties which have arisen. ARE DYING OF FRIGHT. Still a Panic Among High Slav Offi cials. In a letter received in Paris from St. Petersburg Prof. Alexandre Ular, who is regarded in Paris as the mouthpiece of Count Wltte, says many of the highest Russian functionaries are dying from fright or are on the point of escaping from the country. In their case bombs and knives are no longer necessary. Ular says that Gen. Skallon, governor general of Po land, with drums of both his ears de stroyed by the explosion of a bomb, is in a state of imbecile collapse, and probably will be succeeded by Gen. Rennenkampft. Admiral Dubassoff, author of the horrors at Moscow, whose leg was blown off, has received a present of $500,000 from the czar in compensation, but his repressive zeal is at an end, and he-has decided to spend the rest of his life In foreign watering places. Ex-Minster of the Interior Durnovo took refuge In Paris, but was practically expelled by . M. Clemenceau for trying to organize a Russian police system here. His whereabouts are now absolutely un known. MORE TROUBLE IN ATLANTA. Several More Negroes Slain in Georgia City. The total known dead in Atlanta, Ga., as the result of Monday night's encounters was reported Tuesday as five negroes, besides Policeman Heard and Mrs. R. C. Thompson, a white woman, who dropped dead from ex citement. Gov. Terrell declared to the Asso ciated Press that he does not believe it will be necessary to declare mar tial law, but as a precautionary meas ure he intended durljr Tuesday to or der several companies of state militia to be in Atlanta Tuesday night. Big Farm Exports. Although Imports of farm products were larger In 1905 than In any year since 1890, says the reports of the de partment of agriculture of exports of farm and forest products, Issued in Washington Tuesday, the value of ex ports excelled that of Imports by mora than one-half, and there was a balance of trade of $286,000,000 In favor of farm products. Spanish War Veterans. The ofilcial call for the national en campment of the United Spunish War Veterans, to be held In Washington, D. C, the week beginning Oct. 8, has been Issued. The call states that the date was arranged "to suit the conve nience of Comrade and President Theodore Roosevelt, who will be pres ent and participate In the encamp ment." Nearly Wrecked by Bomb. The American legation at Stock holm, Sweden, although not the direct object of the planned outrage, had a narrow escape -from being blown up by a Finnish refugee revolutionist who was arrested Sept. 22 and was only saved by the timely arrest of the con spirators. Big Event at Harvard. An event of unsual interest was the dedication Tuesday, with appropriate exercises, of a group of magnificent new white marble buildings of the Harvard Medical school. The group Is the largest single addition to the resources of Harvurd In the hlstorj of the university. Injured Man Crawls Two Miles. William Bolln, a coal miner, of Evansvllle, Ind., after being beaten Into insensibility by two negroes, waa thrown into a pond and left for dead. He crawled two miles with all the rib on his right side broken. Hiccough for Five Iay; Dies. Michael Fish, of Hertford, Ind., died Monday as a result of hiccoughs of flvt, days' duration. He had been nursing a typhoid fever patlrnt and his stom ach became affected. STATE OF .NEBRASKA NEWS OP THE WEEK 13 A CON DENSXD FORM. Three Arrests Are aiane -t-'orest E1IK Wm. Ryerly and Joo Wiles, Attend ants at Hospital at Norfolk Are Ac cused of Assault. Forest Ellis. William tfyerly and Joe Wiles, former attendants at the Nor folk state Insane hospital, were Mon day arrested by Sheriff Clements on a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily Injury. Indictments were found against them by the grand Jury. They all secured ball of $1,000 each. The three men have retained attor neys to defend them. The cases come ud In district court Nov. 12. Byerly and Wiles are now attend- j ants at the hospital and Ellis Is con- i ducting a restaurant at Pender. hospital, who has been 111. Is Improv ing. It Is said that he has suffered a stroke of apoplexy but Dr. Singer, his assistant, merely says: "Dr. Al den is Indisposed. He is much better." SURVEYING FOR DAINAC.E DITCH Mr. Munn Will Have His Report Ready In a Short lime. A. M. Munn, theclvil ei;ineer who has charge of the laying of plans, along with locating the proposed ditch of the Richardson county drainage dis trict, arrived in Rulo Wednesday with his surveying crew and went directly to the mouth of the Nemaha to begin locating the ditch. Mr. Munn thinks he will have the preliminary report, as to the different elevations ready In a short time. He now has nine men at work. He says, that the average fall from the lead end of the ditch Is three and six-tenths feet to the mile. The present length of the river through this territory is fifty-nine miles. This ditch will reduce the length twenty-ninemlles and the river will remain in its present channel two-thirds of the way. TOIE BUYS THE RAILROAD. Transfer Man Pays $16,700 at Auction Rale. James A. Foye, of Sioux City, la,, was the successful bidder for the property of the Sioux City, Homer nnd Southern Railway company, which was sold at sheriff's sale held upon the steps of the court house at Dakota City Wednesday. I The road was sold to satisfy a Judg ment, H. C. Hansen, sheriff of Dakota county, acting as auctioneer. Mr. Foye said he Immediately would seek to secure a new, franchise and certain concessions from "Dakota City and property holders along the line, and that If he could get these he would put the line In first class condition and operate It as far as Dakota City and Crystal lake. It Is understood thnt Mr. Foye has ample capital to carry out his plans. HELD FOR KILLING FATHER. Preliminary Hearing In . Williams Case nt Auburn. The preliminary hearing of Clar ence and Charles Williams, on trial for the murder of their father, Isaac Williams, which occurred Sept. 13 last, was held at Auburn Tuesday. The boys were both held for murder in the first degree and bound over to the December term of district court. Charles was released on furnishing bond In the sum of $10,000 and re turned homo with his mother. Clar ence was returned to Jail. Former loses Money. After fattening up a nice little jbunch of hogs, John Lobal, a farmer from near Platte, went to Sioux City and sold his "porkers" for $425. Me ,was pleased with the sale and com menced to celebrate, with the result that someone touched him for the 'roll and left him financially embar rassed. Utlea After Union I'aclfie. An enthusiastic public meeting wns held at Utlca for the purpose of bring ing the Union Pacific railroad Into that city. The surwy has been made within a few miles north and It Is very ;!lkely that if tho proper Inducements are offered, the citizens will be -successful. Safe Blowers Wreck a Bank. The Bank of lirady was wrecked by robbers Tuesday morning. Four charges of dynamite were used and the ruin Is complete. The amount of Imoney taken Is not Known. A big force of men nnd tings Is in pursuit vt thsj robbers. Many Swedes Naturalized. Over 100 persons, most of them of Swedish birth, enmo to Tekamah to get naturalization papers and become citizens of the United States. This makes nearly 200 who have so fur made their Intentions known in Burt county. Injunsl by Horse. Frank Stephenson, living nbout thrcto miles north of Ainsworth, ; trying to lead n wild colt when he was caught In the colls of the rope and thrown to the ground. The horse fell on him and he had three ribs and his collar bono broken. Drowned In Vh-ihioI. John Knechtel, of Fremont, fell I o a cesspool in the rear of his resldeii" and was drowned. It Is not known Just how the accident occurred. He evi dently had begun to clean it out. Big licet Harvest. The sugar beet harvest opened th!u week near Sutherland and the yield promises to bo enormous. From fif teen to twenty tons of beets to the acre will be harvested, giving th growers returns us high as $100 to the acre. New School House at Grand I-lan I. At the special meeting of the board of education of Grand Island, culled for that purpose, the vontruct was let for the construction of the new high school building. FARMER TAKES POTSOIf. H Eats Clieese Which Waa Poisoned fo Rats. Robert Lytte. a highly respeotab pioneer farmer,- living northwest of York, died suddenly Thursday morn ing. Arising early Mr. Lytle built a fire In the kitchen range and then went to a place where they had placed atrychnlne on cheese for rats the night before, and ate the poisoned cheese. Going back to the house he told his wife what he had done, saying that he waa sorry, and asked her to call the neighbors over the and get aid, as he did not want to die. Before a phylsclan could reach the place Mr. Lytle died. The deceased was an old soldier, owning 240 acres of choice York county land, well stocked and was wellto do. He located In York county thirty years ago, and during that time has occupied official posi tions,, and taken quite an active part in the upbuilding of York county. He was one of the active promoters of the Farmers' Independent elevator at Ben edict, that county. For the past two years the deceased has not enjoyed good health and many think this may hove been the reason he took the poi son. Coroner Hlrch wns called and after ascertaining nil the facts, de elded not to call a coroner's Jury. HOME MAY LOSE BEQUEST. Brother of Mrs. Sarah Brandon Con tests Her Will. Elmer E. Bliss, of Albuquerque, N. M., a brother of the deceased, objects to the last will and testament of Mrs. Sarah B. Brandon, late of Tecumseh, and through his attorney, Hugh La master, contests proceedings have been Inaugurated in the probate court of Johnson county. Mr. Bliss objects to that portion of the Instrument which bequeaths two quarter section farms of Johnson county land to th Tlnley Rescue Home of Omaha. He asserts the home Is not capable un der the laws of Nebraska to receive the bequests and devises specified In the will. The contention Is also made that at the time tho said will was executed the decedent was affected by a delusion concerning the contestant in these pro. eeedlngs. Certain officers of the Tin- ley Rescue home are accused of prac tlclng fraud upon the decedent, par ticularly Martha A. Lee, the superln tendent of the said home, and of ex ercising undue influence upon the au thor of the will. That part of the document only which bequests ths property to the Omaha home is con tested. OMAHA TRAFFIC IS DELAYED. No Trains Run Between Norfolk and Sioux City Tills Month. There will be no trains between Norfolk and Sioux City, on the Omaha road, until next month. Ten days or two weeks Is said by those who have driven to Norfolk from.., the flood- stricken district to be the very earliest that the tracks can possibly be re built. Postmaster Benser, who was In Nor folk from Hosklns, says that the rail' road company finds it almost impossi ble to get men to do the work. The destruction wns worse than has been Imagined. So swift was the current of the flood that it tore telegraph poles up. Two bridges are out between Wayne and Wakefield. Men who are working on the rebuild ing, after climbing out of the mud, are j said to look like drowned rats. The ! railroad company Is paying $2 per ! day for the work and they find few ! men to accept the Jobs. Minister Is Assaulted. Coll Rngan attacked Rev. M. W. Lorlmer, a Presbyterian minister of Utlca, on tho street Thursday morn ing, knocking him down several times nnd finally kicking him. This is the result of some trouble lost spring when Rngun wns brought before the j grand Jury of Heward county for gambling. The minister spoke to him when Hagan hit him. Kagan lmme i dlately went before a justice of the I ....I.I l. I .. . . , M ft- 1 itrtim nun ium Jlin lino uj. f D ailM costs. Runaway Team in Mud. After lying helpless for four day with their legs Imprisoned in mud and without food or water, two horses be longing to Henry Shark, of Nebraska City, were released from tho bottom of a ravine near that city. The team ran away last Suturdi y and were not found until Thursday. When1 placed on solid ground the horses were unable to stand until ufter they had been fed. Must I'lice the Music. C. 11. Walker, who is charged with securing money for stock In hla fake umbrella factory nt Omaha, transfer ring it to his wife In Sioux City and then when the Investor demanded the return of his money, turning him off with n personal note which Is not worth tho paper it is written on, must stand trial in the Omaha courts. Second Coat of Tar and Feathers. A stranger who hud mude himself obnoxious at TIMcn arrived in Meadow Grove, covered with a coat of axle ureas,, and feaihers. He had been tarred and feathered at Iong Pine once before. He had been living at the home of a half-demented woman, whose property he was trying to got. I'oys of the town gave tl t in the coat Priests Sleet tit West Point. The m mi-annual convocation of the priests of the West Point deanery took P'.ace there Tuesday under the presi dency of Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell, bl.shnp of Omaha. Numerous priests of . the district were In attendance, and many matters of ecclesiastical Importance were discussed and acted upon. Kuiuiuuy Boy Captured. John Orcutt, a 12-year-old boy, who run away from home at Rulo, with Vananiburg's circus, was arrested at rcatricc upon Information of his step father, Hiram Snndgrass. He will be held until his father conies after hlnv ni.'dt Ijibrie:- N! ot (ind Killed. Arthur crocVcr-, a laborer at I'urke's camp i u the government Irrl eetion ditch about ten miles north of Scott's Bluff, was shot and Instantly killed by a negro Wednesday. The negro escaped. In the appeal of tho Burlington rail-, mpany against Rlchm'd Cleve,' road comoanv aaa the company obtained a judgment of! reversal. Tho case Is remanded to the district court of Otoe county. Cleve i obtained damages in ths lower court for the loss of two steers In a ship ment of cattle from Nebraska City to Chicago. It was charged that ths cattle died from overheat on account of delay In the shipment. The com pany's answer was in the nature of a general denial and a plea of the statute of limitations. Tho supreme court held: "In an action to recover dam ages from a carrier for Injuries sus tained by live stock In transit which are accompanied by the owner or hut agent, the burden Is on the owner to show that the loss complained of waa occasioned by the carrier's negligence. In order to recover damages for an al leged delay In the shipment of live stock It is necessary to Introduce some competent evidence tending to show the length of time ordinarily require to transport the shipment from a place where received to the point of delivery, and that a longer time was actually consumed than was necessary for thut purpose. Evidence examined and held Insufficient to sustutn the judgment of the trial court." Rev. Samuel Batten, of the First Baptist church, secured the passage through the MJtdsterlal association of a resolution demanding the resig nation of Chief of Police Peter Coop er. This action Is demanded because IJncoln has a proscribed district and Rev. Mr. Batten thinks the evil place should be wiped out. Since he became the head of the police department Chief Cooper has succeeded In eradi cating the evil In blocks In the city and has drawn tightly the lines around the burnt district. Recently Batten announced that hs intended to go after the evil in Lincoln, and vis ited a number of houses of ill repute and It Is said he bought a bottle of beer In one of them. Ho now demands tho houses bo closed and that first Chief Cooper bo beheaded. At the ministerial meeting Mayor Brown took Issue with the minister, holding that Lincoln was as free from the social evil as any town of its size in the country. In all probability the next state legislature will be called upon amend the laws relating to the man agement of the state university insofar as the finances of that institution are concerned. At tho present time vouchers Issued by the employes of the regents, to whom the management of, the Institution is practically dele gated, are never examined or "checked up by the state auditor. Under the law the auditor Is required to Issue a warrant upon the written request of the secretary of the board of regents without regard to the voucher, which is never filed at the state houso. It Is the opinion of Deputy Auditor Cook tho secretary of the board of regents should either, Issue the warrants and this work be taken off of the auditor's office, or the vouchers should be filed with the auditor as are all claims from other state Institutions. The taking of testimony In the lums her case will begin during the first week In October. Judge Post, who has been appointed referee, has notified the attorneys in the case that he has some Important matters on hand and will not be able to start on the case until the early part of October. At torney Klrkpatrlck, attorney for a number of the lumber dealers. Is also busy with other matters and the late date will suit him better than an Im mediate one. The recent fire nt the Geneva In dustrial school for Rirls, which did damage to the amount of about $6, 000, was started by a little girl who had been sent to the Institution from out In the state. Who the girl is and where she Is from Mrs. McMahan, the superintendent, did not say. The girl several days ago admitted her guilt to the superintendent and ths latter repotted to the state board. Nebraska grain buyers have had ln qulrles from Oklahoma and Texas millers for wheat and were at a loss to understand the reason until It de veloped that buyers from those states are in Nebraska buying wheat, claim ing that they are unable to buy wheat In Kansas on account of so large a per cent being damaged, making it unfit for flour. Attorney General Brown has com pleted his brief in the Burlington rail road tax cafie nnd the copy is now in tho hands of the printers. The brief will be tiled In the United States su preme court Oct. 9, at which time Mr. lirown will make his argument for an alllrmatlon of the decision of the fed erul court at Omaha. Adjt. Gen. Culver has received word to make out a list of goods, such aa tents and blankets, shipped to the San Francisco sufferers at the time of te earthquake. Tho express companies want pay for shipping these goods, though It was advertised at the time tho railroads were sending the stuff ree of cost. Daniel Crnnln has appealed from the decision of the Holt county district court in the ease wherein he. as coun ty treasurer, was held responsible for the loss of the county funds deposited In the Klkhoni Vuiley bunk, which -led somo time ago. The bank was depository. State Auditor Searle will have t6 pay the state university the $5 00 which lies in the treasury for the se of the experiment station. The su preme court Friday allowed the writ of mandamus which will compel the auditor to draw the warrant for the money. State Chairman W. B. Hose, of the Republican committee, announced that he had received word that Secretary of War Tuft would make a speech in Nebruska. prububly on Oct. 13, at Omaha. Illlb Autumn activity hits been entered upon witti the aggregate volume of Chicago. commerce making substantial advance. A temporary drawback is the high tem peratures, which prevent seasonable stimulus In the leading retail distribu tion, but more satisfactory conditions mark the Industrial and wholesale branches, product lou nod new demands unking favorable comparison with those of a year ago. A notable Improve ment a pilars In the markets for food stuffs. The greatest activity has devel oped In the buying of fall and winter merchandise, and shipping departments . are taxed to the utmost upon goods for the Interior and the gulf and Pacific points. Transportation difficulties have he oonie more widespread, and accumulat ing delays are placing manufacturers and Jobbers at much disadvantage. Railroad managers again are confront ed with the problems of Inadequate rolling stock. Other factors Imposing hfodrnnces to operating departments are the Intricacies of new freight tar iffs and cramped terminal facilities. Lake traffic steadily expands, iron ore moving In enormous tonnage, wftftsj lumber and grain carrying show better than a year ago. ' The absorption of raw materials s unabated, and surplus stocks are but little In evidence for the customary winter storage. Factory and building requirements rapidly reduce lumber supplies and other construction mate rial maintains high average cost The Improved demand for provisions in creases activity In the packing Indus try, and factory work remains very brlslt In heavy hardware, machinery, electric power, furniture and shoes. Failures reported lu the Chicago dis trict nuu.bered . twenty -two, agalust twenty-five last week and thirty-nine a . year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. Wholesale and Jobbing trade continue active, though something like a New York. natural reaction from the high tension buying of the past six weeks Is noted. Manufacturing Industry Is as active as heretofore, and sold up conditions and backward deliveries are almost unlvts n . . sal,1 though shipments on orders- r"--;-'V very heavy. Retail trade Is rather slow to open up. Crop reports are rather more Irregular, In that while corn Is now practically out of danger and: thrashing returns are less heavy than expected, pointing to a smaller yield of bread wheat than earlier ludicated. The prosperity of the farming com munity Is such thnt a general holding; movement would have on Important ef fect upon the return flow of money from tlie country. The demand from the country for currency la still very heavy, and high rates are looked for, despite heavy gold Imports, until after Oct. 1. Bradstreet's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime. $4.00 to $0.80; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0f to $0.73; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00, to $5.50; wheat. No. 2, 72c to 73c: corn,' No. 2, 40c to 47c; oats, standard, 32e to 35c; rye, No. 2. 04c to OTic; hay, timo-, thy, $10.00 to $15.00; prairie, $0.00 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 24c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 24c; potatoes, 30c to 48c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.50; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $0.00; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 white, 4Hc to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c. St. Louis Cattle, $1.50 to $0.23; hogs, $4.00 to $0.03; sheep, $4.00 to $5.75; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74c! corn. No. 2, 45c to 47c; oats. No. 2, 31c to 33c ; rye, No. 2, 00c to 00c. Cincinnati Cuttle, $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, $1.(0 to $0.70; sheep, $2.00 to $4.73; wheat, No. 2, 73o to 74c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 4!c to 50c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 34o to 35c; rye, No. 2, G2c to 0k. Detroit -Cattle, $1.00 to $3.00; hogs. $1.00 to $0.50; sheep, $2.50 to $1.00: wheat, No. 2, 72c to 74c; corn, No. S yellow, 50c to 52c; oats, No. 3 white, 34e to 30c; rye, No. 2, 50c to Ole. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,. 70c to 70c; corn, No. 3, 40c to 47c; oats, standard, 32e to 34c; rye, No. 1. OOe to 03c; barley, standard, 53c to 54c; pork, mess, $10.KO. Ituffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers. $1.00 to $0.23; hog, fair to choice, $1.00 to $0.05 ; sheep, common to good mixed. $4.Kk to $5.50; lambs, fair to etioice, $5.00 to $.0O. New York Cattle, $4.00 to $3.00; lions, $4.00 to $0.73; sheep. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 70c to 78c; corn. No. 2. 50c to 5So; oats, uatural white, 3Sc to 40v; butter, creamery, 18c to 23c ; est, western, 20c to 23c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 72c to 74c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 40c to 50c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 33c; rye. No. ?, 58c to 50c ; clover seed, prime, $7.83, To Control Wlrrlvaa Telrrhjr Nineteen nation hare accepted the In vitation of Germany to send delegates tc the international wireless telegraphy con vention to be held in lterlin next mouth,. One of the problem to be solved is how to check the interference of privs,: sta tiom with public or govei-amcuUl message.
