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VOLU1IB XYII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1908.
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WORLD'S DAILY HEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
AND CONCISELY STATED
KILLS HIS 3I0TIIER
Ml'ItDKIt Of WEALTHY WOMAN
' M)i,M) K.i iiy svicinr.
Motficr of Nelson Volt, of Now York,
IMunl of Ho -ret Wedding, ami
IMncovcry lied to DnuMc Tragedy In
Fashionable Amrtmcnt House.
Revelation by a son to his mother of
ft secret marriage and parental refusul
to be reconciled to It In believed to
have been the Impelling cause of a.
double tragedy In a large uptown
apartment house In New York Wed
nesday. , The victims were Mrs. ltcbecca Velt.
a wealthy wfclow, and her only son, J.
Nelson Velt, ' Wall street broker, the
circumstances of the affair indicating
that the mother was shot by the Ron,
and that the latter then took his own
life by Inhaling illuminating gas. Thu
bodies of both were discovered "Wed
nesday. Mrs. Velt lay dead in her bed from
bullet wounds In her head and body,
while her son was found on the Hour
of the bath room in his mother's
apartments, lifeless from asphyxiation.
An aunt of the suicide. Miss Annii
Velt, discovered the bodies when she
sought to awaken Mrs. Veit, in whose
apartments she had spent the night.
J. Nelson Velt. who was but 27' years
old,1 went to his mother's apartments
Tuesday night and dined with her and
Miss Veit. Miss Velt said that Velt
used the telephone to talk to someone
In the city during the evening and
finally lert to watch . the election re
turns. The two women talked togeth
er for some time afterward and then
retired for the night In separate rooms.
Velt evidently returned to the apart
ment some time during the night, but
no one has been found who say him
enter. Miss Veit slept undisturbed and
the fact of the murder and suicide was
not learned until several hours after
the double tragedy had occurred.
The police made the discovery Wed
nesday that Veit, who was supposed to
be single, was married secretly in Oc
tober of hurt year. His mother, wh.i
spent several months eachvear In Eu
rope, had only recently returned from
France and the coroner's theory Is that
her discovery of her son's marriage
precipitated a quarrel between them,
culminating; In the tragedy.
Late Wednesday the police found
Mrs. J. Nelson Velt, widow of the deud
man, In another uptown apartment
house, where she said she had been
living for a month past, having been
away from New York all the time since
her marriage with Veit in October
1907.
Mrs. Velt said that shes never met
her husband's mother and did not
know whether or not the mother was
ever told of the marriage. Her hus
band telephoned to her at about 10:30
o'clock that he would be home In half
an hour. She did not hear from him
again, she said.
The dead woman was the widow of
the late Felix Velt, a wealthy broker,
and senior member of the firm of
Veit, Lyon & Co., well known a few
years ago In Wall street.
DKNOUN'CKS HAZING.
Read of Illinois Cnlversity Makes Vlg
orous Address to Students.
President Edmund James, of the
University of Illinois, at Urbana, III.
Wednesday issued an address, to the
students on the subjects of hazing in
which he declared that it will not be
tolerated and that any student found
guilty will be dismissed from the uni
versity. "
President James says: "Hazing Is
In violation of good manners and of
the right of Individual liberty. It Is
provocative of public disorder. In its
milder forms it Is a nonsensical and
almost Idiotic form of amusement, un
worthy of the support or favor of any
sensible university student. In Its
coarser forms hazing Is a vulgar, bru
tal, always demoralizing and some
times dangerous form of sport which
the university cannot countenance or
tolerate."
j For Wrecking a Train.
John McMullen was arrested oh" the
charge of wrecking the Duluth limited
of the Omaha road near Augusta, Wis.
He Is said to have confessed his crime
to his sweetheart, who informed the
authorities. The train when it was
wrecked wbh going fifty miles an hour
and was thrown oft the track because
a rail had been removed. Fortunately
only eight person were slightly hurt.
Slou City IjIvo Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations ' on the
filoux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $4.25. Top hogs, $6.00.
Japan Likes nK. New.
The news that Mr. Taft had un
doubtedly been elected reached Tokto
through the Associated Press Wednes
day morning and was Immediatly com
municated to the foreign office, where
It was received with manifestation of
liveliest Interest.
Heed of Harvard Quits.
President Eliot, of Harvard Univer
sity, at CambridgeMass., Wednesday
tendered Ms resignation.
tait to win n; iiovku.
Oiltoan Elected I'ltfJilont by Over
' whelming Vote.
General election returns received up
t midnight Tue'wlny show the follow
ing results:
WIMInm II. Taft Is elected president,
having approximately 298 voles.
I'ructlcully .no change Is Indicated
In the complexion of the national
house, of representatives.
The United States senate will retain
Its present republican majority.
Oov. Charles K. Hughes hns been
re-elected in New York by about 7R,
000 plurality.
Indiana has gone for Tuft.
Kryan has apparently carried Ne
braska.
Ohio returns are very slow, owing
to the Immense ballot, but Tuft has
carried It by a large plurality.
JudgeTaft muy have a majority In
the city of Now York.
Mr. Taft probably will receive n
larger plurality in New York state
than President Hoosevelt did four
years ago.
He has exceeded President Roose
velt's plurality in New Jersey and had
a surprisingly big vote In Massachu
setts. The republican plurality ' fell off
heavily In the middle weHt in manner
thoroughly surprising to the repub
lican leaders.
Speaker Cannon Has been re-elected.
Representative Payne, of Now York,
and Representative Dnlzell. .of Penn
sylvania, have been elected and the
house of representatives probably will
continue under Its old regime.
Mr. Puyne will have charge of the
new tariff bill In the extra . session
which Mr. Talt will cull Immediately
after March 4 iext.
Missouri has returned to the "solid
south" on the presidential ticket and
elected (jokhcrd as Its governor.
XKAIt IUOT AT 1MCIKK OTCJHT.
British Crovtil Rescues Decision in Fa
vor of an American.
.Ilnimy Britt, the California fighter,
defeated Jimmy Summers, of England,
in the tenth round Monday night at
Wonderland, England. The conditions
of. the fijcht called for ten rounds at
133 pounds.
Summers had the better of the first
two rounds, and Britt, seeming to re
alize his disadvantage, put more ener
gy Into his work nnd shaped up much
better in the succeeding rounds. The
Englishman showed great cleverness
and in the sixth, seventh and eighth
rounds looked to be a winner. Britt
came back, however, and fought his
man to the ropes, having a consider
able advantage In the ninth nnd tenth
rounds.
The American was declared the win
ner on points, although a considerable
section of the spectators who tiled the
big hall questioned the referee's de
cislou. For several minutes there was every
indication of a riot and it was with the
"(tmost difficulty that quiet was re
stored. Britt and the referee were
loudly hooted as they left the hall.
BHi FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
R-laze In Lumber Yard Causes Loss
KHtlniuled at $75t).0).
..A spectacular fire that was marked
by many thrilling incidents cjestroyed
the lumber yards of A. R. und J. J.
Wlllteir.3, In the northwestern section
of Philadelphia, entailling a loss es
timated at $750,000. The yard is on
a rectangular piece of ground at Glen
wood and Sedgley avenues and ?v::7
berland, York and i Twenty-second
streets, and close beside the tracks of
the Pennsylvania railroad and western
trains were held up several hours caus
ing great Inconvenience. A line of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
crosses Olcnwood avenue also at the
scene of the fire. The bridge caught
fire and the heat warped the rails so
that traffic was tied up. It was believ
ed the fire was of Incendiary origin.
No Svlal privilege.
The British colonial office recently
offered President Roosevelt the free
dom of the government shooting pre
serves in Africa. Mr. Roosevelt re
plied that he wished to bo treated only
as a private citizen and that he did
not desire special privileges.
Xcw York Town Swept by Fire.
The vintage of Savannah, Wayne,
rounty, N. Y. was almost wiped oft
the map by fire early Tuesday. Two
hotels, opera house, postoillee, two tel
ephone offices, fourteen stores, ware
house annd three residences were de
stroyed. The loss is $1 HO. 000.
I toad Attorney IX faults.
General .Solicitor VV. R. Biggs, of
the Great Northern, confirmed the
shortage of $5(1.000 In the accounts of
A. J. Gordon, of Spokane, Wash., for
merly general cotlnsel of the Great
Northern at Spoknne.
British Schooner Lost.
The three masted British schooner
Calabria, which was driven ashore
near Summerslde, p. E. I., In "a
gale lust Sunday, It was reported
Tuesday, will be a total loss. The
vessel was bound from Cumpbelltou,
N. B., for Boston, with lumber.
For Army Harrison at Havana.
A board of seven officers of the army
has been uppnintad to meet in the Ha
waiian Islands for the location uf
buildings of a permanent garrison for
one regiment of Infantry and two
squadrons of cavalry, one regiment of
field artillery, one company of engi
neers, one company of the rlrial corps
and a general hospltul barracks fur a
detachment of ti e hospital corps.
lighting plant i:rLODES.
frfve IVrwons Arc Injured In Church at
Wnlkcr. la.
The explosion of a lightning plant in
the i-ntrnncc wry of the Christian
church st Wnlkcr, la., Sunday night
entrapped live young people at a meet
ing of the Christian Endeavor society
and but for the heroism cud self pos
session of the pastor, Rev. Charles I.
Fisher, there would htive been several
fatalities. The only exit was block
aded with Hemes and the Imprisoned
ones recalled by leaping through a
window. All were more or less buMi
ed. The Injured are: ,
Rev. Mr. Fisher, body, hands and
head burned, condition serious. Nile,
his 7-year-old S"!.. ti'ined about the
body, conditio!, n tleus. ills Cora
Ruttcrlield, burned nnd cut ' about
hands. Miss Xofa YViKy, burned nbout
bands. . Kmnk WYIk. burned nbout
arms.
Immediately fol',o. Irg the explosion
the whole Int t'oi nf trie church vi
ullanie. Oil was scattered nbout, cov
ering the building imhI torments of the
worshipers. Their clothing Ignited
and the pntor tried to beat out the
flanie?. He directed the escape
through the win-low.' aiding the young
people-despite hl own torturing pnln.
One girl's hands were cut by Jagged
edges of the broken window panes.
The church burned to the ground with
the residence adjoining.
Rev. Mr. Fisner is principal of the
public schools und Is popular both as
a teacher nnd pastor. His son is In a
critical condition n:id may not re
cover. 11)11 LONG Al iO RACE.
Nineteen Cars Entered lor A0-Mlta
Spin on Tliunkslviii;; Bay.
The entries for the 600-mile Inter
national grand prize race of the Auto
mobile Club of America, which Is to
be run on Thanksgiving day at Savan
nah, closed Monday with the enlist
ment of nineteen curs, representing
four nationalities.
The race, which Is to be for a gold
trophy of the value of $5,000 and nddl
tional cash prizes aggregating $8,000
to drivers will bring together the flow.
er of the famous drivers of Europe, and
America. Fifteen laps of n -1.13 mile
course, guarded, by . five regiments of
militia, are to be covered.
The day before the big race nineteen
small cars of low power are to com
pete in a light car of voiturette over
200 miles of the circuit. The entries
In this class which closed Monday con
sist of one French, two Italian and
Blxteen American cars.
WILL SEEK XORTII lOLE.
Norwegian Expldlllnn Prepares to
Drift lives Years If Necessary.
Definite plans nave been drawn up
for a Norwegian north pole expedition
under the leadership" of Amundsen,
who took the tirsr ship through the
northwest passage. Amundsen plans
a drift voyage across the North Polar
o.cean.
The central Idea Is Nansen's but the
lesson of the explorer's voyage led to
the conclusion that a vesse entering
the ice considerably nearer the point
where the From was not frozen In
would probably drift fhrther north and
be carried over close to the pole.
Amundsen proposes to enter the
north polar zone through the Behrlng
strait and fasten his ship In the ice
northwest of Point Barrow, the most
northerly point In Alaska. He Is pre
pared to drift for five nnd possibly hIx
years.
PRANK MAY COST LIFE.
Detroit Theatrical Manager Seriously
Hurt Auto Runs Into Pole
An automobile party from Detroit
met with an accident at Brownstown
Ind., Sunday evening, in which B. C.
Whitney, proprietor of several theatri
cal houses, had his skull fractured and
is in a critical condition. Hallowe'en
marauders hud thrown a pole across
the road and In driving around It the
machine ran Into a guy wire one end
of which fastened to the pole. The
jur puneti ine poie i rom ine grounn
Into the air, one end striking Whitney.
Fleet to Shoot ut Targets.
The flagship Connecticut, the Ver
moot, Nebraska and Georgia, of the
firsts squadron of the Atlantic battle
ship fleet, came, to Manila Monday
from Olongapo for coal and stores. The
calibration of the guns un the ships is
about completed nnd the squadron will
soon begin target practice.
Banker to Stand Trial.
Attorneys for Win. A. Adler, former
ly president of the defunct State Na
tional bunk, of New Orleans, gave out
a statement confirming the reports that
Adier was coming back from Honduras
to stand trial on indictments against
him in the diked States court.
Killed by Km-aplng Gas.
Mox Devore und his wife, both aged
CO, and their epileptic son, Charles,
aged 13, were found dead In their
home in Milo, O., having been asphyx
iated by escaping gus from a stove in
the house.
Hundred Horses Burn.
A lire early Monday at St. Paul,
Minn., bureed Shea's livery stable, ad
Jwining the Angus hotel. Olaf John
son, an employe, is thought to have
perished in the fire. One hundred
horses were burned to deuth. Th
loss is $50,000.
pciiiisylvaiiln Dividend.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
Monday at Philadelphia declared lu
rujfulur annual dividend of 3 per cent.
NEBRASKA
STATE HEWS
AFTER RALSTON Ml HDF.KEHS.
No Trace of Them After lonvlng
lrfiic of Shooting.
The setirch Sunday night for the
murderers of C A. Rnlston proved of
jio avail, but car'iy Monday morning
word was received from John Sauter,
living on the outskirts of Pnplllion. In
S;u py c- tif.iiy. ti.it two men had Ap
plied to l.'.ta for v.ork ami aciul mik-
plclously.
Tills rumor wis followed up by
vrvolnrr Wnter milTmt-tttcs who lole-
, .... r
phoned Shervf ..Mi ;.inn. of Sarpy I
county, to go! und Mt the men und
look li-.cm over. The sheriff replied
thnt he would go at once, and In the
meantime the ijheii.T of Cass county
went to Lincoln tn i'ce Gov. Sheldon
and ask for r.ld. then started from Lin
coln to PaplllH n.
Bloodhounds fal'ed to llnd a trail,
though t.vo pack were brout,!it, one
from Lincoln und the other from
PJuttsmouth, and wcic put on the trail
near the con I chutes, where the, shoot
ing occurred,
Those who told as bent they could
the direction In whit h the murderers
of Ralston went after the shooting say
the men followed the track west for
only a few hundred yards and then
took up through the woods In a pas
ture owned by the lute F. M. Wolcott.
The woods In thl.-t ruvln Is heavy
oak and elm, wif.i much hazel brush.
It Is woods In v.IUc'i men could travel
for a mtlo nnd a half without belns
seen, but how they could reach a
crossing of the Platte river during the
night is a matter of mystery, us the
country Is open north of Weeping Wa
ter and automobile. nnd horsemen
have patroled every road of the ten
miles between Weeping Water and the
Platte river.
PRISOXEIt IlEFl'SES TO COXFESS.
Masked Band Klrlng Sterling Man Vp
to Xo Avuil.
Saturday afternoon a stranger was
around among the business men of
Stella trying to sell some rings. Vpon
being told that there was a robbery
of a Jewelry store the night before he
left at once for the depot to catch a
train out. At this Juncture the sher
iff arrived, and, going to the depotf
found the stranger hid in the weeds.
He was placed In the city Jail and a
thorough search made of his person
and two bags of gold rings were found
strapped to his body, besides other
Itema In the Jewelry line. A revolver
and a razor trew alat taken from him.
Leaving two men to guard him. they
went to the Jail and took the fellow out
of town and strung him up to a tele
phone pole and tried to make him tell
who had committed the robbery which
occurred here the night before. He
was then placed back in Jail and the
keys returned to the deputy and later
he waa taken to the county jail on the
night train. The men In the posse
were all masked and were not Identl
fled.
POULTRY FRIZES IXCREASF.D.
Dig Inducement to Exhibitor to Corn
Show at Omaha In December.
To prepare for the fourth annual
poultry and pet stock Bhow, a meeting
of the association was held Monday
evening at the ofilco of Geo. IL Lee,
Omaha, when active. steps were taken
looking toward the show which Is to
be held at the Auditorium Dec. 28 to
Jan. 2. A largo number of fanciers
was present. Among those from out
of the city were E. B. Day and J. M.
Maher of Fremont, E. E. Smith of
Lincoln, P. J. McCaffery of Columbus,
and. Judge J. D. McClaeky of Paplll-
lon. A considerable Increase was
made In the awards and It was agreed
to offer five premiums. In each event
This will make the prize list one of the
largest In the country.
DETECTIVES GET REWARD.
Heltfeld and Ix-vcrocso May Draw
$200 Reward for Arrest.
A reward of $200 for the capture of
a much-wantedv burglar Is liable to be
paid to Detectives Heltfeld and De
vereese of the Omaha police force. It
waa learped Monday morning thut Joe
Collette, alias Headley, whom they ar
rested last Thursday on suspicion that
he was a burglar, was one of three
men who robbed the store of ' H.
Choftte & Co., at , Winona. Minn., of
about $3,200 worth of fine silKs, gloves
und other muteriuls last June.
Legs Broken In Runaway.'
While attempting to Jump from a
buggy during a runaway A. If. Kuse,
of the firm of Kuse llros., of Cook,
was caught In the wheel and both legs
were broken below the knee.
Cro Good In Clay County.
Threshing Is about all done. The
yield has been heavy und quality of
the best. Corn husking Is well sturtod
and promises a yield of 40 to 45 bush
els per acre of the best quality
Stolen Properly Found.
While loitering ulong the rullroad
tracks north of Bancroft two boys
found severul revolvers nnd a watch
In a pond of water near one of the
railroad bridges.
Shots l-'.iul lla loweVu Prank.
In a hallowe'cn uffalr which took
place at Peru, L. R. Dillon, proprietor
fif tho hotel und the livery barn, was
accidentally shot In the leg.
IjcgK l!rok:ii in Piviiliur Manner.
Wen Kids, of Stanton, while pull-
ing stumps with a slump pulling ma-
chine had the misfortune to have both
ef his Icb broken. Hn wn lending tho
team und u bolt broke, which threw
ourt of the muchlne iif;alii"t his legs.
Accused of Criminal A-sanll.
A. H. Evers, who for t.evi ral yeurs
has been running ii eh i, house at
Hartington, wus unci,,. I mi a com
plaint charging him wW.i tttlempted
assault on the pei m i a yjung girl.
3EEmsEBEBBGBBr
INTEREST: MS HAPPEH1WSS
from Day to Day Condensed
FOR CUR BUSY Rt'DERS
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OFFICIAL IX HASTY FLIGHT.
Mcscrvcy Justus of IVaco Frightened
' by Jtloli,
In order to save his life, which he
believed to bo In danger from the as
sault of a mob of hoodlums which at
tacked his residence, breaking th
windows and hurllnji rtones and stick!
.igalnrt the house and shouting vllt
laiigi-asie, Curtice J. J. Stauffor, of
Mcscrvry, made his escape through R
rear exit In his dressing gown nnd
slippers and wn.i drlvcji throe miles to
the home of John Ruche, his father-
in-law. Thlnkinsr tlwt lie was still In
danger there, be wr:kel with no oth
er footwear than his slippers three
miles farther to Thornton, where; ha
remulnc l I III the trouble ha l t.nleted
down and he thought it afi to re
turn. The outbreak wn the result of the
recent action ,f a Miwn City Justice
court, in which Mayor Fischer, Town
Marshul Lewis Jones, J. J. AVilson and
J. C. Brown were held to the grand
Jury for alleged conspiracy, and V. P.
Vnn der iJa'm, Robert Goboll and J. J.-
Wilson, who were connected with the
affair, of nvhtlpg an officer In his en
deavor to excciile a writ of attachment
against J. '. Brown's household goods.
for which the mayor and two others
were fou:.d guilty.
"Hung him:" "Tar nnd feather
him!" and other violent langiluge waa
voiced l y members of the mob with
their showers of stones. The nttnek
came late In' the evening, when most
people of Meservcy bnd retired.
Justice, StnufTer has been very ac
tive for tint past year In routing out
booze Joints, aj.id is severe upon those
convicted of drunkenness. In one In
stance he fined n prominent , farmer
$100 for coming to town, getting
drunk and blaspheming on the streets.
DAIRY HF.HIMI LF CONDEMNED.
Sixty Cows Out or III nt Mt. Pleasant
Tiilicrculnr.
Assistant State Veterinarian F. J.
Nelman. of Marshalltown, has Just re
turned from Mt. Plousant. where. In'
company with Veterinarians D. E.
Baughman of Fort Podge, nnd F. F.
Parker of Oskaloosn, he has been In
specting the state's dnlry herd of the
state hospital for the insane, with
startling results. Since the Inspection
and condemnation of the herd at In- j
dependence hospital, the state board ;
of control has ndered . every state
herd Inspected, in order to Weed out
the dairy cattle afflicted with t"berc- 1
fosls. The veterinarians have Inspect-'")
ed 111 of the 171 head at Mt. Pleas-1
ant, and of this number 60 head were
found afflicted with tuberculosis and
were condemned for dairy purposes.
GIRL DIES OF FRIGHT.
Do Playfully Set Fnon Child bj
Neighbor Hoy.
Frightened Into unconsciousness by
a dog which was playfully set upon
her by a neighbor boy. Gertrude, the
little daughter of Engineer and Mrs.
John Hawker, of Crestonr died at an
early hour Saturday morning. The
fright took place several days ago
and developed Into brain fever from
which she rapidly grew worse until the
end. Her little brother, who waa
with her at tho time, Is In a high state
of nervous tension and physicians fear
he Is developing the same condition
of the brain.
HEX It Y PEYTON KILLED.
Falls I'nder Wheels A iter Attending
Funeral of His Brother.
Boarding a truln to return home af
ter attending the funeral of his broth
er. Senator Tnyton, at Centcrvllle,
Henry Payton fell under the steps and
was Internnlly Injured. He died Sun
day afternoon. He wns of a prominent
theatrical family nnd , was ussoclated
with his brother, Corse Payton, In the
Lee Avenue thenter, In Brooklyn. He
was a brother of Mary Glbbs Spooner,
manager of the Bijou, Brooklyn, the
mother of Cecil nnd Edna May Spoon
er. 1
WAS CRAZED FROM A liLOW.
A Ilurliiiftton Football . Pluycr Com
mils Sulclil - In Hotel.
Crazed from a: blow on the head
received In a ittall game two weeks
ago, Irvine Tlmnierni.in, of Burling
ton. Journeyed to Fort Mudison and
committed suicide by shooting himself
In a hotel. He v.us 19 years old. He
had been ncllng iiecrly ever since the
accident, but no iniportuncu was at
tached to his behavior. The boy had
written a note to a girl friend notify
ing her of his proposed act, but sho
received It too late to Intiifere.
An Aoc'diMit or Sn!eUle?
Ole Olson, a youiir: .Vo'-weigiun, hi
ha lived in this x-oii M'v but a few
rnonih'i, was found I n ) in his bed
with the t'lis turned on, I'm door lock
ed and the windows down. The au
thorities concluded that death was
accidental and that he did not turn off
the gas completely when he retired.
Others think it sulrlde,
Worked Den Moines Y. M. C. A.
Jami s HutehlnK. who Is rhnrged
with pursing a woi thh r:i ' iH. f,,r
$12 ut the lies M li es V, M. C. A. In
August, was arret-tcd i-'uturday ut
Minneapolis. '
Aueil Man Sh t by Sou.
Tho funeial and Int-! incut of Will
,!im H""y. o"' ''r died at hit
ome three mile-. M.::t!ivevt of .Mag-
nonu as 'lie ii san er P wound re
ceived in the lej; l y :!i" ticeldentul dis
charge of a gun l.i Tie h.iuds of his
son, ton:: p'a- e ut lli n dla Sunday.
Grain Elevnlor fold.
The Riatfi (levutir if the Cook
Bros, company In Jlr'ish.iillown. has
been sold t'l S lhn- Co. Cook Bros. I
retain their ili.e rf i It valors along the
Story Cl'.y branch uf t :e Iowa Central,
BRYAN'S STATE SOLID
REPI'RLICANH PROBABLY HAVK
ONLY ONE XNGHEKSMAN.
All OUmt ItcpuhlicaiiM llentcn with
Hie IWHNlhle Exception of N orris In
I ho Fifth DlHtrlel state Ix-fcl-lnturo
Will Bo Heavily Democratic.
Returns on Tuesdny's election, whllt
far from complete, are sufficiently defi
nite to confirm and emphasize the first
report that the democrats huve made
a sweeping victory In Nebraska.' Wlille
the pluralitle.-i for the victorious party
are not phenomenally huge, they are
complete, the stole ticket nnd candi
dates for congrcrs In most instances
running puralle) woth Mr. Bryan, who
wnH expected to lead the ticket by sev
eral thousand. Complete returns from,
a third of the counties and rcaiterlng
precinct, returns from most of the re
mainder nhow thnt Bryan will have
n plurnltiy of not less than lo.tmo and
i-'hallenberger. democrat, for governor,
and the balance of the democratic state
ticket by hardly 1,000 les-s.
Nevertheless the democtatie victory
does not stop here. At. least threo,
probably four and possibly five Ne
braska's six congressmen nie demo
cratic, only one, Hlnshaw, in tho
Fourth district, being assured of es
caping from the wreck. Nearly com
plete returns from every county In the
Fourth district shows that ' J llnshaw
won by nearly 700 votes, although his
district gave Bryan u plurality. There
Is a close light in the Fifth district be
tween Norris, republican, nnd Ashton,
democrat, with the chances favoring
the democrat. Not enough returns
have been received from the Flxth to
base an estimate, but the trend In the
district Is democratic.
The greatest surprise of all Is the
overwhelming majority the democrats
will have In tho legislature. Of the
133 senators and representatives elect
ed the canvassers of returns could llnd
but eighteen republicans who had won.
These, of course, ure Incomplete, hut
but the republican committee con
cedes the democrats . will control
both branches.
Lancaster (Lincoln) county, which'
ims for thirty years elected none hut
republican members to both branches,
this year sends four republicans nnd
three democrats.
Nebraska's New Governor.
A. C. Shallenberger, the governor
elect of Nebraska!, has been prominent
in Nebraska politics for years. In 1906
he was the fusion nominee for gov
ernor. He waa elected to congress
eight years ago from tho Fifth district
over W. 8. Morlan, and two years luter
waa defeated by George W. Norris. He
Ik a good mixer and .a shrewd .polltt-.
clan, but la only a fair speaker. Shul
lenberger Is of German descent and Is
about CO yeara of age. He owns 1,800
acres of land ncard bis home town.
'Alma. He Is president of the Bank of
Alma. He haa been a resident of Ne
braska twenty-five years nnd of Alma
eighteen years and haa a fine home In
town and a good residence on his farm.
'He raises fullblood Shorthorn enttle
on his farm.
SUMMARY.
1. I, li&ttn for Congress.
Congressman Boyd has been defeat
ed and James P. Latta, of Tekamah,
has been elected by a majority of prob
ably l,f00. Chnlrmnn Dan Stephens.
of the democratic committee, claims
Ijxttn's majority will be 2,000.
Duvvee County.
In Dawes county Sheldon leads Shal
lenberger by 123 votes, with a few
small precincts to henr from. M. P,
Klncald, republican, leads Westnver,
democrat, by 192 voses, with u few
precincts not In. The democrats elect
George Adams senator. The Four
teenth district elected a democrat.
Charles Chase, as representative, nnd
the Fifty-third district elected a re
publican.
Boyd County.
Boyd county was carried by tho re
publicans by 70 votes. The amend
menu carry. Attorney D. A. Barring
ton, democrat, was elected senator
over Donohoe, republican, by 35 ma
Jority. Representative Talcott, demo
crat, was elected by 276 majority.
Dukota County.
Dakota county complete gives Taft
729, Bryan 723, Sheldon 756. Shullen-
berger 690, Boyd 744, Antta 711.
Brown County.
Returns slow coming In. Six pre
chiefs out of ten In Brown county give
Taft 574, Bryan 414. Five precincts
give Sheldon ,459, Shallenberger 405.
Ccdnr County . "
Fifteen out of 21 precincts In Cedar
county give Boyd 1,1200, Lntta 1,13s
Latta will carry the county by over
200. The town of Randolph complete
gives Ijilta 81 over Boyd. Wlltse, re
publican, 41 over Fritz for senator.
Sluiiton County.
.Stunlon county wus can led by the
democrats. Bryan H6S, Tuft 791. One
precinct Is mlsxlng. .Ten out of thir
teen precincts In Stanton county give
Uilta 748. oByd 44.
Burt County.
Burt county complete . gives 1-nttt
1,462, Boyd 1,541.
Anlclopc Comily.
Antelope county gives Ltta 1,013,
Boyd 1.223.
Wayne County.
Wayne county complete gives Tuft
1,311, Bryan 1,041. Sheldon 1,262,
Shallenberger 1,082. Congressman,
Boyd 1,198. Lutta 1.012. Senator,
Randall, republican, 1,269; Reese,
democrat, 1,007. Representative. Mor
ris, republican, 1,226: Pilger, demo-
crut, 1,018.
Thurston County.
Thurston county was carried by Taft
by 149 majority; for eongrc-ui, Boyd,
by 105 majority; for governor, Shel
don had 88 majority.
IAL,
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CHICAGO.
The weekly review of Cliicnso trad
published by It. G. Dun A Co.. says:
Successful bond flotations this week.
particularly a city loan at a premium, and
lower avernge discount on conimerriaj
pnper testify to further monetary cane.
Trailing di-fiiiilts furnish a disappointing .
feature, but pre-election interest Inter
feres but slightly with ' business activi
ties, and trade eoinllllous gather strength.
More seasonable weather givi-s l he net
essnry stimulus to nn adequate distribu
tion of necessaries, nnd th.'re is larger
buying in the lending retnil lines hcrj
nd at interior pointn. Food products.
Apparel nnd footwear move frceiy, while
recovery appears In furniture, enrpet,
jewelry and art Wares.
Buyers attend the wholesale merchan
dise districts in liumiwrs comparing f"
vorably with this time la.t tear, mail or
ders come forwnrd steadily from tfn- wrs
ern territory and dealings aih-nnee i
spring goads.
A sharp guin Is sven in demand for
Christmas noveltle. this business having
an enroiimging outlook in contrast with,
a yenr ngo. Dry aroods deiwirtmcnls re
lort more acute scarcity of some urate i
rials now urgently called for to replenv
isli stocks, and much of the. personal hny
ing reflects n disposition to secure fullei
needs for the winter.
Shipments readi a good iiiijrejtnte In
woolens, linens, knit ffoods, clothing and
horse furnishings, while groceries, canned
and wet goods nnd smokers' supplies bull)
better than nt this time last yenr, when,
these hitler limn were severely checked.
Reports from the agricultural section.
continue to be reassuring . f"r futurt)
tra,de, corn husking well and winter whe&jt
showing good growth. Crop marketing
thus far have been exceptionally heavy
ut prices averaging nxhi(;h level.
Country bank dejiositt exceed all pre
vious records, ami less currency is witli,
drawn from this center, indicating in
creased purchasing power, which mu$k
soon influence mnniifiictures. , Mercantilg
collections show slowness on local blllsj
but country settlements mainly rtU
prompt. i
Bunk clearings. iHMKMi,.M.". are .9
1st cent under those of corresponding
week in 1!h" and itmipsirc- with $21S,
fll.tloO in 1!MKi,
Failures reported in the t 'hioig dis
trict number 4N, against 1H last week,
27 a year ago and 'Z'Z in lIMKi. Thou
with liabilities over f.l.WsJ number 1
against lust week, M a year ago and 5 la
BMW. '
Unsettled weather and, pr-electio
nulct are in evidence ihi week, as aSect
ing .trade nt a great" many cities. Ex
flept at Chicago nnd New York, wlier
some good bieness bus been done ifj
wholesale lines for spring, first and sec
ond band distribution has been connne4l
to hlling-ln hiid immediate shipment pro
portions.
Current, distribution an a whole U tttl
-enorted below last year at the corre
sponding dale, except at a tew points 14
the Northwest, .remaps tne most acuv
line at wholesale is that of cotton good,
for spring. '
Biislness failures in the United State,
for the week ending Oct. 29 number 339.
against 231 last week, 22.'! In the Uk
week of 1007. Ki.'l in VMK, 1(A) in 1909
and 24K in 1!H4. Business failures fat
Canada for ihe week number 32, agauut
31 Inst week and 23 iu this week laaj
year. Rradslreet's Commercial Report, j
Chicago ('utile, 'common to prim
$4.00 to 7.tK; hogs, prime bctivy, M-W
to $0.15; sheep, f.tir to 'choice, $3.00
to fUiO ; wheat. No. 2. (. to $1.00
corn, No. 2. trie to (Hie; oats, standard)
47c to 4!lc; r.ve. No. 2. 74c to 7.V; hayj
limothy, $S.OO to .1.:.Mr prHirie, $8.00
Ut $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 234
.x 27c; eggs, fresh, 2:ie to '-'7c; Htutoe,
per bushel, .""c to t7c.
, lndiiinii)Milis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to U.7t ; hogs. sikmI to choice heavy,
y.'l.5i to $ti.2r: sliei p. common o prima,
$2.50 to $3.7."i: Aheiit, No. 2, ttOc to
$1.00; corn. No. 2 white, tile to (mc; oats,
No. 2 while. 47c In -iSc,
Kt. Jxiui. Cut lie. .."-0 to $7...; hogs,
$4.00 to $ti.lt: sheep. $.I.(m to $4.2T
wheat, No. 2. $1.01 to 1.03; corn, No. 2,
tloc to Mlc; outs. No. 2. 4V to 47o; ryj
No. 2, 73c to 74c
Cincinnati Cattle. $1.(I to $5.30j
hogs, $1.00 lo .".J"."i: sheep. $3.00 t
$3.75; wheat. No. 2. $1.2 to $1.01; corn,
No. 2 mixed, i7c'-to I'.Se ; oats. No.
mixed, 47e to 4!)c ; rye. Nit. 2, Site .to 82ft
Detroit Cattle, $1.IU to $4..t); hog,
$1.00 to $."i.."tl: sheep. f2.rs) to $3.50;
wheat, N'. 2. $t.u to $1.02; com. No. 8
yellow, 7-V to 7'lc; oats, No. 3 white
4!K: to ole; r.ve, No. 2. 75c to T7e.
Milwaukee Y lien I. No. 2 northern,
$1.01 to $1.04; corn. No. 3, tile to Otic;
outs, standard, 4!c to ."; rye. No. 1,
73c to 7.')c; barley. No. 1, .'lc to tic',
pork, mess, $14.37.
New York Cattle. $1.00 to $0.00;
hogs. $3.30 to $"..70; s!evp. $3.00 to
$4.00; wheat. No. 2 re.r. $1.07 to $100;
corn, No 2. 7'lc to 77c: oats, . natural
white, .W lo olc; butler, creamery, 25
to 2Hc ; eggs, western, 2-V to 2!c.
Buffalo Cuttle, choice shipping steertL
$4.00 to $0.-sJ; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00
to $5.!M; sheep, common to good mixed,
$1.00 to $4.7"i; lambs, fair to choice,
$3.00 to d..iO.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.01 t
$1.03; corn, No. 2 mixed title to 7ej
oats. No. 2 mixed, lite to oOc; rye, X
2, 77e to "Sc; clover s-d, $1.!X.
BHIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The Jenkins mill plant. lare lumber
mill at Seattle. Wanli.. was deytroyed by
lire. I-o- $riOO,om. The plant waa Id: a.
I.