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T0LU1IE XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1909.
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
DEATH ROLL GROWS
iio.ooo rr.iusu at mkssixa and
KRGCIIO ALOKK.
King Moved to Tear by DUm-Msing;
Scenes Wltnesncd In Messina Res
cue Work of Soldiers anil Bluejack
ets Praised by His MnJesty.
The Immensity of the disaster In
southern Italy and Sicily can only bo
measured by the fact that It Is now es
timated that 110,000 people perished
In Messina and Reggio alone. A score
of other towns have been devastated
and thousands of victims In theso
places must be added to the roll. In
the face of these awful totals, all Italy
stands appalled.
King Victor l2mannuel and Queen
Jtftena were In Messina Wednesday.
The king: explored the ruins regardless
of the danger to which, he exposed
himself. He was often moved to tears
at the heartrending scenes he ciime
uim)ii ut every turn. The king was
loud In his praise of the splendid work
accomplished by the Italian. Russian
and English bluejackets, who saved
many persons who otherwise would
have Inevitably perished. The queen
spent the day In the wards of Impro
vised hospitals vjsltlng the wounded
many of whom have lost all that was
clear to them. Her majesty did her
best to cheer them with womanly
words of consolation, often breaking
Into sobs aa she listened to their
dreadful tales of suffering. The king
left for Regglo Wednesday night.
Cntanla, the I;u,ct city marc-i to
tho scene of the disaster, is crowded
with refugees, and the continuous
stream of fugitives . coming in, the
sight of the wounded and repetition of
Teal or imaginary; quakes have so
alarmed the population that they are
becoming uncontrolable. There Is no
longer any place where the refugees
may find shelter.
IU CAU SIGN SWINDLE.
fraud Order Issnerl Ag-ulnst Number
of Companies.
-The postmaster general at Washing
ton, D. C, has issued a fraud order
against Theo. Kharas and various
movable car sign companies promoted
by him, among them being the Omaha
and Sioux City companies. The In
spectors report Kharas has received
probably at least SSO.OOO from syndi
cates formed to promote movable
street car signs, but that practically
nothing has been done to put the de
vice in operation, except at Alton, 111.
Kharas is charged with having falsely
pretended to have patents and foreign'
rights he did not possess to Induce In
vestments In the enterprise. His one
patent Is declared of small vulue. Ad
vertisements of his promotions stated
his signs were in operation In street
cars of Davenport, Muscatine, Clinton
and Sioux City, among other cities, but
the inspectors report none of the signs
are used In the cities named.
Kharas is said to be chiefly Interest
ed now in promoting the Central Mo
bile Sign company, of Omaha, alleged
to have millions of dollars capital, sev
eral officers of which are women sten
ographers and clerks In his ofilct.
Since his arrest on an Omaha Indict
ment Kharas Is said to have admitted
he was without financial backing and
that he was once a magnetic healer.
His companies are now barred from
use of the malls.
MINK HORROR IN VIRGINIA.
Mfty Men Believed to Have Perished
In Explosion.
The fatalities in the Lick branch
mine at Ennls, W. Va., as the result
of the explosion Tuesday probably will
reach fifty. Twelve bodies have been
taken out.
According to the mine foreman,
there are thirty-eight men still In the
mine, with little chance of recovery.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
There is no excitement at the' mine.
Practically all the women and child
ren of the victims are bearing their
Krlef in silence at their homes.
To Preserve Its Forets.
A policy of managing Its timber
lands so that there will be a permanent
growth of spimce timber was adopted
by the board of directors of the In
ternational Paper company. The de
partment in charge of the forests own
ed by the -company was Influenced to
put Into effect a pUni of practical for.
estry.
Sioux City Live Stock Murket.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $5.00. Top hogs, $5.65.
Beheads His Mother.
While in a fit of insanity. Arthur
Trotter,, S3 year old, killed his aged
mother, Mrs. Ann Trotter, by behead
ing her with an ax and a knife, in her
apartments In West Nineteenth street,
iNew York.
Supply Ship nt fcuex.
The American supply ship Culgoa
put In advance of the battleship fleet
under Rear Admiral Sperry. The
warship! are expected January 8.
AOONV IN ITS TRAIL.
All Italy In Gloom Over an Earth
quake's Calamity.
One hundred thousand dead; Mes
sina In Hieily and Regglo and a score
of other towns In southern Italy over
whelmed; the entire Calubrlan region
laid waste. This Is the earthquake
record so far as Is at present coming
slowly Into Rome on account of the al
most complete destruction of lines of
communication to the stricken places.
The death list In Messina ranges
from 12,000 to 60.000; that of Regglo,
which, with Its adjacent vllloges,
numbered 45,000 people, Includes al
most the entire populutlon. At Palml
1,000 are reported dead; at Cassano,
1,000; at Coszeno, 500, and half the
population of Ragnara, about 4,000.
The Monelone region has been devas
tated and Blpisto, Semlnara, San Gulo
vannl, Scllla, Lazznro and Connltello
and all other communes and villages
bordering on the straits are In ruins.
The king and queen of Italy left
Tuesday for Messina, having sailed
from Naples aboard the battleship Vlt-
torlo Emmanuele. The pope has
shown the greatest distress at the ca
lamity, nnd he himself was the first
one to contribute a sum of $200,000 to
the relief of the afflicted. British,
French and Russian warships are
steaming towards the south and al
ready several of the ships of Great
Britain and Russia have reached Sici
ly. Officers and men of these ships
have performed heroic services In the
work of rescue.
It Is feared that many foreigners
have been killed, as a number of ho
tels at Messina and doubiless at other
places were crowded with tourists. Lit
tle Is known of the fate of the diplo
matic representatives of the foreign
powers stationed nt this post, although
effort to relieve the anxiety felt on
their account. There Is the gravest
danger that a pestilence will follow the
destruction of tho towns where, on ac
count of the vast havoc wrought, bod
ies will lie unburled vfor days and
weeks.- Those who escaped death,
many of whom are badly Injured, are
making their way by the thousands to
the nearest place of refuge. Their
sttfft rlnps even new irn?t he Intense,
as they are without food or clothing.
Latest reports received state that
4,000 soldiers In the various barracks
at Me?slna were buried under the ru
ins. The Rock of Charybdls now blocks
tho entrance to the strait of Messina.
Tho tidal wave wrecked the lighthouse
In the strait, including Faro Raecon,
and they crashed into the sea.
APPEAL TQ AMERICANS.
They Arc Asked to Aid Earthquake
" Sufferers. '
The American National JJrd Cross
at Washington, D. C, Tuesday sent out
telegraphic requests to all its branches
for relief funds to be applied to suf
ferers from the earthquake in southern
Italy.
The Red Cross will have to wait un
til contributions are received In re
sponse to the appeal sent out today, as
the balance remaining In the treasury
Is but $2,000, which will bo kept In
reserve for emergencies In the United
States.
Contributions of clothing for the
earthquake sufferers are not recom
mended by the American Red Cross.
Mabel T. Boardman, of the executive
committee of the society, Tuesday re
plied to an Inquiry saying It was not
thought desirable to send clothing and
supplies at this time, but that relief
should be in the form of money con
tributions, which should be remitted
promptly to the American Red Cross.
FAMINE IN PRINT PAPER.
Drought In Paper Making Territory
Hinders the Manufacture.
That a famine In the news print
paper Is Hke'y to result from a much
longer continuance of the present dry
spell in paper making territory is in
dicated In statements made Tuesday
by officials of the International Paper
company. Many mills which have
been compelled to run on hort time
n several departments owing to low
water, will bo forced to shut down
entirely within four weeks unless rain
falls, the officials eay.
Such a shutdown would, It Is said,
cut off shipments to. a number of big
dallies and result In the laying off of
thousands of men who only recently
resumed work after being on strike for
three months.
Not the One lie Signed.
President Johnson, of the American
Baseball league, announced Tuesday
that he would endeavor to have recon
sidered the national commission's deci
sion on the alleged ticket scalping In
Chicago during the world's champion
ship series. He declared the decision
given out was not the one he had
agreed to have his name signed to.
Diiwoll Get Dwlslon.
Jem Drlscoll, the English feather
weight, outboxed Matty Baldwin, of
Boston, at the Armory Athletic club
In Boston Tuesday night, and gained
the decision without being at any time
In serious danger.
Meet In Protest.
Several growers of tobacco met
Tuesday at Hartford, Conn., and de
clared war on the proposition to lower
.he tariff on tobacco.
St. Louis to Raise) Funds.
Lelghton Shields, of St. Louis, secre
tary of the Missouri branch of the Na
tional Red Cross society, took Imme
diate steps Tuesday toward the collec
tions of funds to be sent to the earth
quake sufferers in Italy.
Gov. Floyd Anks Alii.
Gov. Floyd, of New Hampshire, In
a proclamation Issued Tuesday night,
called for contributions for relief of
the earthquake sufferers In Italy,
PEOPLE IN A PANIC.
Southern Part of Italy Devastated by
Earthquake,
The three provinces of Cosenza,
Catanzaro and Regglo dl Calabria,
comprising the department of Cala
bria, which forms tho southwestern
extremity of Italy, or "the toe of the
boot," were devuittated Monday by an
earthquake, the far reaching effects
of which were felt almost throughout
the entire country. The town of Mes
sina, In Sicily, was partially destroyed,
and Catania was Inundated. In Mes
sina hundreds of houses have fallen,
and many persons have been killed.
Owing, however, to the fact that tele
graphic and telephonic communica
tions were nlnviSt completely destroy
ed It is Impossible to obtain even an
approximate Idea of tne vust damage
done. The fate" of entire regions with
in the zone of the earthquake Is un
known, but report, received at Rome
up to a late hour Monday night Indi
cate that the havno has been great
and tho destruction to life and prop
erty more terrible than Italy has ex
perienced In many years. The uncer
tainty of the situation for many thou
sands has tilled nil Italians with the
deepest distress, for they still have
fear that the day nicy come when that
part of the country which seems to
huve becfi mutt bless-cd by nature will
be destroyed by tho blind forccB of
that same nature which nearly nine
teen centuries ago overwhelmed Pom-
pelt and Herculaneum.
All reports show that the present
catastrophe embrace a larger area
than the earthquake In 1 905 The tid
al wave which followed the earth
quakes on the eastern coast of Sicily
sunk vessels and Inundated the lower
partof Catania. It Is known that a
number of people .were killed at that
place, but the rushing waters carried
everything before them and caused
such an indescribable confusion that
it will be Impossible for some time to
estimate thdamage and the lives lost.
For a pi Mod the town of Messina
and the' whole province of Regglo
were completely Isolated through In
terruptlons to the telegraph and tele
phone, and landslides that obstructed
the railway.). Absolutely nothing v. aa
heard from Regglo throughout the
day, whjle the first news from. Messina
came in the form of a dispatch which
a torpedoboat Hying nt full speed along
the coast carried from point to point,
always finding the wires down, untjl
It reached Nlcotera, where the tsc
graph lines were found to be intact.
f BRIDE FOR SEVENTH TIME.
A '
Madeline Marshal!, Actress, Marries
Paterson Real lCstnte Man.
Madoiioe Marshall, of New - York,
a well know actress, appears again In
the role of a "blushing bride" her
seventh performance. The event took
place In Hoboken, N. J., ut the home
of Justice of the Peace Ivins, who of-ficated.-
'
The bridegroom, Michael Coakley, a
real estate man of Paterson, N. J.,
had led two other brides to the alter.
Harry Kelley, "Miss" Marshall's
stage partner, recalled that this was
her seventh venture on the matrimon
ial sea.
Mrs. Caokley's maiden name was
Devina Tara piesop. She Is still a
young woman and has two daughters,
who appear in a pony ballet.
Jon n il'Ari! In a. Vision.
The Itulia publishes a report, at
Rome, which caused a sensation In
ecclesiastic circles that Joan of Arc re
cently appeared In a vision to the pope
and addressed to him solemn words of
encouragement, exhorting him to con
tinue his present policies, which she
promised would shortly be crowned
with triumph.
Holland Holds Her Hand. ,'
The foreign office MtTnday at the
Hague made a statement that the
trouble between Venezuela and Hol
land is regarded as provisionally at an
end and that the Netherlands intends
to hold Its hand pending the progress
of the new Gomez admlnstratlon at
Caracas.
For Advancement of Science.
With 2,000 members In attend
ance the sixtieth annual convention
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science opened at
Johns Hopkins university Monday at
Baltimore. The seslons continue
throughout tho week.
Big Swindle la Alleged.
Charges that J. R. Marklay, E. D.
Graves, D. W. Graves, John B. Wel
come and Lee Mantle diverted large
sums from the Mexican Plantation as
soctiitlon to themselves are made In a
petition at Chicago Monday by Joseph
Sanders.
PlaTf For Soldiers.
Civil employment under the gover
nment for soldiers honorably dlcharged
after six years' service Is reoommended
by Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, com
mander of the department of the lakes
in his annual report made p&blic af
Chicago Monday.
Two SlUps hi Collision.
The British steamer Advance and
the British bark Iverna were In a col
lision off Newcastle, N. S. W. The Ad
vance went down, and with the except
ion of her first officers all the mem
bers lost" their lives. The Iverna put
into Newcastle leaking badly.
Riot Follows. An Edict.
Orders were Issued Satutday to a'
number of natives at Tungan, China,
to cease planting opium popples. They
declined to acquiesce and a riot fol
lowed In which one officer and teq
civilians were killed.
A Divlno Commits Suicide,
Rev. Robert Dougherty, pastor of
the Congregational church at Buchan
an, N. D., has commltttid suicide by
cutting his throat with a razor. It Is
believed he wax temporarily Insane,
j NEBRASKA j
STATE NEWS !
m ' a
OFFICII OF NORMAL SCHOOL.
Wayne Wllllnjr to Donate Private In
stitution to tho State.
The legislature Is ftolng tu be asked
to approprlHtu $10Ui0 to purchase
the property of the Nebraska Normal
collego at Wayne.- The trustees of the
college nt a recent meeting decided to
offer the properly to the state. It Is
arpuod that iit:rihei'.t N"bnlii lias
no state eduii'.ioiiil limt'.tii'.ioi, uud
needs one. 11
Already the truMees are sending out
circulars as follows:
Wayne, Neb., Dee. lit, lflns. Reso
lutions passed and ir,ned by the hoard
of trustees and president of Nebraska
Normal college ut a meeting held on
above date In the oMch of J. T. llres
ler. of WH.vne:
Whereas, The Nebraska Normal col
lege, of Wayne. Neb., has been in suc
cessful operation seventeen years and
hua a well equipped nermul school
plant, consisting of two recitation
buildings, five dorrnitorle3, president's
residence, central heating plant all
supplied with complete lines of appro
priate apparatus with a value of
more than $100,000 and could not be
duplicated at prei.c:it for that sum;
and
Whereas. The. trustees of said Ne
braska college and educators of north
Nebraska believe the educational In
terests of this section of the state
would bo advanced by estublltiiliig and
maintaining a state normal school at
Wayne, Neb.
Therefore, be It resolved.
Thut the trustees and tho
president of the Nebraska .Normal col
lege tender to the stute of Nebraska
for $100,000 the entire property of tho
college for the establishment and
maintenance of a Vtate normal school
by the slate. .'.
This is signed by President J. M.
Pile and Trustees J. T. Brow-h r H. ('.
Ley. S. R. Theobald. A. A.. Welch. A L.
Tucker, II. F. Wilson, Dun Harrington.
H. C. Henney and R. Phlllco.
KILLS CRIPPLED SON.
Lincoln Father Then Commits Suicide.
Hiul Been hi III Health.
Herman Weidburg. of Lincoln, a
hack driver, 35 years old, killed liia
,9-year-old son, and then shot
himself, dying almost Instantly.
The murdered child, who was u crip
ple, never having been able to walk,
was asleep with another brother. Ac
cording to the story of the second
sorf, the father came to tho bed. lifted
little Sidney out, placing him on the
floor, and Bhot him twice through the
-heart. Satisfying himself that his boy
was dead, the man turned the weapon
on himself.
Wledburg has for some time been
in poor health, and his condition lately
became worse. He called a doctor,
who gave him little encouragement.
Brooding over his own ailment and
that of the boy supposedly prompted
the act.
STRAIGHTEN ELKIIORN RIVER.
Made Necessary by the Changes Made
In Ixgan Crock.
The plan of straightening the Klk-
! horn river by cutting channels screw
many of Its numerous bends, which hns
been talked of for a number of years
by farmers owning lands adjoining It
Is likely to be realized. To accomp
lish 'this will require the co-operation
of both Douglas and Sarpy counties
and it Is made practically n.eees.-mry by
the proposed straightening of Lni-pe
creek through Thurston, Burt ant'
Dodge counties.' Logan creek Is 16H
miles In length, but If the cutoffs pro
i posed by the federal government en
gineers are dug It will be reduced to
only about sixty miles, and duiin"
high water It will empty a larger flow
Into the Elkhorn than that crooked
eratlc stream can onrry. The plar
proposed contemplates a new drainagr
district under the Knowles law.
BROKE THROUGH THE. ICE.
II. T. Bowers Lose Life While KU.it
lug at Lincoln.
Despite the efforts of his compnil--Miss
Janet Ramey. H. T. B:wor. "1
years of age, lost his life while skew
ing at Lincoln park. He broke
through tho thin Ice nnd drowned,
more than a hundred skaters wliue.M
Ing the tragedy.
Miss Ramey screamed for help a. id
at tho same time skated out on the
thin Ice and attempted to reach Mr
Bowers with a buanch th:U she ha-'
caught up. His body wus rceove-c'
three-quarters of nn hour after II
sank. Bowers was prominent In so
ciety and his family -Is well h'oivn.
hl9 father - being state secretary ft.'
tho GldoonsN
Dentil nf WiNt Point Woman.
Mrs. A mil oil us Derr. of West Point
Is dead ot nn advanced nc;e. She tin
been seriously ill for two yenr pa'"
with nn Incurable malady, which ter
minated In n severe hemni-rnairc of tlv
lungs, causing death. She Iravm
husband anil a family of frown child
ren. Man Dies at Police Mm I Ion.
J. E. Forties, who guvo his isli!i r
as Council Bluffs, but about whom 'It
tie Is known, died nt the police statl-i"
In Omaha Snturd.iy from heart, fi'l'
uro brought on by chronic ulcolntllsin
Machinery for Lhtlit Plain.
The machinery for Mct'ook's new
electric light plunt arrived la:it wi-cl-on
Wednesday. The new bulldlni
are rapidly nearlng completion.
Held for Diamond Theft.
Jutus Soudder of Orr-nd IhIuikI l.
awaiting trail ut Hastings on tin
charge of larceny and forgery. He !
accused of having stolen a diamond
from the Sims jewelry store while
negotiating for Its purchase with n
forged check.
Poultry Show a Suct-ess.
The chicken and pet stock show
which closed Saturday at Nebruska
City, was a success In every way.
There were over 800 entries and the
attendance was very larre.
BOG IS GAME LAWS.
Advertising Grafter Trimming Country
Merchants. v
Merchants out In some of the small
towns of the state are patronizing a
traveling advertising man, Instead of
their local newspapers, and ' eonse
quently are liable to get Innocent par
ties Into trouble. The scheme being
worked Is to print on u card the game
laws for 1908-09 and veil advertising
space on the cards to the merchant.
Copies of the card have been received
by Game Warden Carter, who de
nounced the man who Is doing the
business as a mighty bad man. Here
Is what Mr. Carter said:
"There are no game laws for 1908
09. The legislature which- Is shortly
to meet may change all of the game
laws on the statute books. The clreu
'itlon of these cards might get Inno
cent parties Into trouble because they
il!Tht think they are really the game
laws of the ct.ite. The man who got
up the advertising scheme did not even
use the present game laws. I have
written to I'overul parties who have
sent me cards and told tbey are all
wrong Insofar a they relate to the
Fame laws." Mr. Curler received
some of the card" from' Falrbury and
they contained advertising matter
from merchants of that town.
LINCOLN'S CITY CHARTER.
Mayor 'lliinks Commission Should
Have Pny.
Mayor Brown, of Lincoln, who has
Just recently returned home from an
absence of several weeks at Excelsior
Springs, where he went to rest up af
ter election, has bvgun to look Into the
ma iter (f the city government by com
mlf.sUui. Mayor Brown Is opposed to
the l-'en of having a commission to
serve without p:iy. He believes such
h Cii.i.niliKion will not attend to the
duties of tho city government and
bu.-ine-s men should not be asked to
give their time to the city for nothing.
WhiV the inffktug of tho charter
h;i Kone on In the absence of the
mayor and with little advice or sug
gestion from him, the people here now
rcu!!::e th.-.l II In lme hi honor was
helng consulted. Therefore a number
of lending cll.'ssejis have dropped Into
his i.f're during the la.'t few days to
get !;.- advice.
LIT BV THE .MILLERS.
Attn !i h;-.':':ct:irv Wilson's Bleached
Hour Ortler.
Tho South Platte division of the Ne
biat'kn Mlllcro' association In an ani
mated meeting at Lincoln Tuesday af
ternoon discufed pinna for appealing
to the federal court for relief from So
rotary WlNon'a order against bleached
Hour. The millers asserted the ukase
would cause the Nebraska millers
heavy loss nnd would ruin the Industry
In the state. They accused Wilson of
gratifying o private grudge. It was
tacitly agreed to Beck relief In the
courts. The millers also framed an
emphatic protest ugains.1 tho Increase
In frctrlit tuivs aflted- fwjsvthc Nejjjraj-
ka ra.in a.:s.
WOMW AT DANNEBOHG KILLED
I '(II Into a Cellar Way and Skull Is
Critf-li.tl Dies Instantly.
Whllo doln somei Christmas shop
ping In the ft ore -of the Danneborg
Mercantile company, Mrs. Didrlk Jep
son i'tej'ped into nn open cellar-way
through Hie floor and fell to the floor
below in ii('h n manner that the skull
war crushed, and she lived only a few
minutes after. She was one of the
earlier Danish eel tiers, coming to
1 lunneM'nit,' in 1872. Her surviving
husband has been confined to his bed
for a long time by, serious illness.
VALENTINE MAN MI RDERED
C. V. M:iss:ii- ale Kl!!il at Eldorado,
.i 1;., nnd Robbed.
V. Masnlpgale, aged B0 years, of
Vulci'tipo, Net)., who has been in El
dorHdo, Ark., for several months, was
robbed of about $200 Wednesday night
find killed. His body was found near
he .school building In Eldorado, Lee
Coombs, a farmer living about four
n-,l!oi from Eldorado, who was ar
rested In Little Rock last summer, said
have been charged with larceny. Is
V Id in eonnoetlon with the killing.
SHARE PROFITS WITH KM PLOYE8
I!vli!c M;.r 'Mum $ 1.000 Among
1 heir Workmen.
In inli'ltliui to the distribution of
'fl! turkeys nmnim Its employes, the
Dempster Mill Manufacturing com
nny of I -'eat i Ice gave added reason
'or rrnny Christmas by declralng
ho seni-nniiiuil profit sharing. Dlvl
'ends .iu-t distributed for the last half
f the ye-r me' .''.fln.63. This year
".e rati- Is K per cent against 8 per
"cut l:is! veer.
" ' tiri!on for Clements.
Lieut. G'.v; Hopewell has decided
'if! li l V. Clements, nf Sarpy cnun
v e'louM 'e- v-e nit the remained rof
:i slxtei n yi -i r term for murder. He
us e:. iv! !," I of killing Luke Golden
i the r'it I'tvls of South Omaha about
f.vo yen i n n go.
Ei.t "v 1 iV.Miucr Returns.
.Ir.nic!' '. v. -on. who was In an
'( re. ill k: wit'i VI!i:iin Held' at Mil-
rii li'i-t cu-.ic er. in whk'h Held was
f-!.bei inil uh i escaped from the
c only 'ill a S( ward on the night of
vptemt n- I". w:is returned to Seward
eiinly Jail t y I'herlir (Jllan Thursday.
S' V ' 1 !! licilrV Ht McCOOk.
MeL'rnk'.N $r,O.H00 MiiKonlo temple
it. em house project U nearlne; the
mint '-f en-insure. It is hoped that
e bnl'dlng Mill be completed by
titiiy spring.
For Fi'ii'K'fK liiMlttite.
The county hoard of supervisors ot
"timing county have appropriated
8100 for the purpose of holding a
farmer.'!' Inttltute In the year 1909.
Robber Promptly Captured.
TIk. store of J. L, Hopper at Gibbon,
'inn robbed of money uud goods. The
robber wan caught '.it Mlnden by Wal
ler Summons, of Kearney. He ac
knowledged the theft and told where
hj htd hidden the g.mda.
Vole Bond lor School.
A school bond election was held UaU
unlay afternoon at Shelby to issue
18,0(10 for a new school building Four
thousand dollars hua been accumulat
ed In four years by taxation, which
will be added tu this fund.
ATCCTAT
CHICAGO.
"The dominant fonture In business
circles testify to mistnlr'.ed recovery In
both activity nnd confidence. Statistics
to some extent Include figures for one
day less Uihu a year ago, but the com
parison of averages Is gratifying. Pny
nients through the banks maintain
their recent high volume and trading
defaults have declined. The returns
exhibit unprecedented local sales of
holiday goods, Increased dealings In
foodstuffs and further gain In manu
facturers. Conditions generally afford
much encouragement. Important fac
tors are the starting of the steel plant
at Gary and enlargement at various
points, all assuring employment for
large forces of men and .machinery.
New demands for pig Iron, rails, equip
ment nnd structural materials come
forward with less hesitancy. Heavy
machinery and hardware lines report
Inquiries which promise much work.
Structural materials reflect -heavy ton
nage needs In the near future. I.nmher
yard stocks are less extensive for the
winter . than heretofore nnd this
strengthens values for grades In best
demand. Wholesole merchandise de
partments are In tlm lull Incident to
the close of the year. Mall orders, how
ever, for spring and summer wares
reflect prompt country settlements.
Grain growers still reap high prices
nnd the ""growth of winter wheat and
rye Is healthy. The total movement
of grnln at this port, 8.00.1,112 bushels,
compares with 8,ri0:i,0.'!.'l bushels lust
week nnd 8118,205 bushels a year ago.
Compared with l'-K)7 there Is decrease
In receipts of 10.(1 per cent ami In
crease in slitpinents of 4.7 per "wit.
Flour receipts were barrels,
against 174,801 barrels Inst week and
2i.'0,8o2 barrels a year a ?o. Live stock
receipts, .14.1.r21 bend, compared with
40;j'lSl bend last week nnd "Otl.580
bend In 1007. Receipts of hides wci'o
3,571,25(5 pounds, nguinst 2,001,108
pounds Inst week nnd 2,00,3,10'.) pounds
in 1007. Lumber receipts were 34.0(13,
000 feet, ngalnst 51,210,000 feet Inst
week nnd 27,711,000 a year ngo. Wool
receipts, 100,122 pounds, compared with
688,557 Inst week and only 32,000
pounds In 1907, Compared with the
closings a week ago, cash prices are
ttnehnngod In flour nnd hogs, but lower
in t-holce cnttle, 85 -cents peK hundred
weight, nud higher lit corn and dnts,
ench cent n bushel; ' wheat
cents ; ribs, 12' cents a barrel j Bheep
15 cents per hundredweight; pork, 20
cents a barrel ; nnd Inrd, 42' cents a
tierce. Failures reported In the Chi
cago district number 22, nnglnst 41 last
veek, 22 in 1!K)7 and 17 in 1900. Those
with liabilities over $5,000 number fl,
ngninst 13 Inst week, 7 In 1907 aud 4
In 190(1. Dun's Review.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $7.00; hogs, prime heavy, $1.00
to $0.12; sheep, fulr to choice, $3.00
to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.03;
corn, No. 2, 50c to C7c; oats, standard,
ISc to 49c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 70c; hay,
timothy, $8.00 to $13.00; prairie, $8.00
to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c
to 31c: ejtss, fresh, 27e to 31c; potatoes,
per bushel, 55c to 70c.
. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.00; nous, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $5.(iO ; Bheep, .good to choice,
$2.50 t fi.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.03 to
$1.04; corn. No. 2 white, 50c to J0c;
onts, No. 2 white, 40c to 51c.
' St. IiOuis Cuttle, $ 1.50 to $7.85 ; Iiorh,
$1.00 to $5.05; sheep, $3.00 to $ !.''." ;
wheat, No. 2, $1.0(1 to $1.07; corn, No. 2,
57c to 58c; oufs, No. 2, 48c to 49c; rye,
No. 2, 74c to 70c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $.".85;
Iiors, $4.00 to $5.95 ; sheep, $3.00 . to
$4.15; wheat. No. 2, $1.00 to $1.07; com,
No. 2 mixed, 58e to 50c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 50c to 51c; rye, No. 2, TSc to 80c,
. Detroit Cattle, $1.00 to $5.50; hosts,
$4.00 to $5.5(1 ; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50;
wheal, No. 2, $1.(ri to $1.(H; corn, No. 3
yellow, 00c to tile; onts, No. 3 white,
50c to 51c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 77c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.01 to $1.07; corn, No. 3, 58c to 59c;
outs, standard, 40c to 50c; rye, No. 1,
74o to 75c; Imrley, No. 1, (He to tloc;
loi'k, mess, $14.70.
Huffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$1.00 to $0.75; hoes, fair to choice, $1.00
to $0.10; sheep, common to good mixed,
$1.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$5 00 to $7.85.
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $5.90;
bogs, $3.50 to $0.00; Ktiuep, $3.00 to
$4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.07 to $1.08;
corn, No. 2, ft'lc to 04c; onts, natural
white, 55c to 07c; butter, creamery, 29c
to 32c; eggs, western, 2c to 32c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.03 to
$1.05; corn, No. 2 mixed, 59c to liOc;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 51c to 52c; rye, No.
2, 77c to 78e; clover seed, $5.37.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
Northwestern timber magnates have
failed to complete the combine begun in
Chicago some weeks ago. Another meet
ing was held at Duiutb, but some of the
large timber owners were still opposed to
the consolidation.
' The C, A. Smith Timber Company, with
headquarters in Mirueapolis, will apply
the principle of reforestation to upward
of half a million acres of timber land.
This action results directly from the ac
tion which la to be taken up by lumber
men Ubrougnout America, ,
WORK OF I
I CONGRESS 1;
The postal saTlngs blink bill wns b '
or the Senate Thursday for over an
bour, Senator Burkett of Nebraska
making a comprehensive rgunii nt la
favor of its pgrge. The Sen tio list
ened nlso to the rending of a tucssag
from the President recommending a
rhnnge In the form of government of
the. District of Columbia, by which a
ilngle executive bead would take tha
place of the bonrd of three commission
era who now Jointly net as a governing
oonrd. At 2 :30 o'clock the Senate ad
journed until Saturday. By unanimous
vote the House adopted a resolution
presented by the special committee af
Ave calling on the President for proof
f his charge that members were fear
ful of nn investigation by the secret
lervlee agents. The remainder of the
Say was given over to consideration of
bills on the private calendar, a large
lumbar of which were passed.
The Senate wns not In session Frl
lay. ' Because of the general exodus
of members for their homes for tb '
Christmas holidays, the attendnhce in
the House was far short of a quorum.
Nevertheless a good deal of buslncsa '
was transacted. This consisted mostly
of the passage of war claim bills, soma
of them giving rise to considerable dla
Tussion. , .
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A brief Senate session was devoted .
to routine business In accordance wltn
the agreement reached before the ad
journment Tbursdny. Several messages
on minor legislation were received trom
the rrestdent and bills nnd other meas
ures were Introduced. At 12 :50 o'clock
the Senate adjourned until Jan. 4.
1909. After pnsslng a bill granting tha
Southern Pacific Railroad Company a
right of way across the Fort Mason
military reservation in California, tha
House, on motion of Mr. Payne, of $eH
York, adjourned at 12:14 p. m. till
Monday, Jan. 4, 1909. -
rroreai ot Snrg-lcal Grattln.
During the sessions of the American
Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, Dr.
Carrel told of the wonders of medical
surgery now being performed at tha 4
Rockefeller Institute of New York. - Re
cently the leg of a dead dog was grafted
en the body of another dog. so that in
three weeks tOie wound had bealed and
the dog was able to use tho new leg with
perfect control. DrXarrel also told f V
the transplanting of cats' kidneys, evea
after the organs bnd been In storage sixty
days. Unman arteries and jngular vslna .
have been interchanged and the patients
have not been able to tell the difference
The chief difficulty in the way of apply
ing these methods to saving human Ufa
Is to find healtihy organs to transplant. '
Dr. Keen suggested that when a healthy.
man died bis kidneys and other organs bo .'
kept in cold storage until some patient
tbould be in need of them. Already tha
knee Joint from the leg of a dead man
has been used to replace an Injured Joint
n a living person. ''
Lockjaw Sensations Deaertfce4.
Dr. F. W. Grundman of St Loul
who has recently recovered from tha
dreaded disease, lockjaw, which ht eos
traded as the result of a cut on tha knee,
caused by a fall from a street car, givai
an Interesting account of how he follow -ed
the symptoms from the first Indica
tion. About a week after .tha accident
when the knee was all bealed, he noticed
that he bad a slight fever and that tha
muscles of his neck pained and were con
stricted. Spasmodic Jerklngs at ttbe
limbs followed, and soon the muscles al
the jaw began slowly to contract. He
sent for a doctor and used all his will
power to control the muscles until the .
physician arrived with tha antitexkg , .
serum. In one day about a fluid ounoa
was injected, and though the jawa eonp
tlnued to lock, a victory was finally woi
and the doctor lives to tell the story.
A Post Card Panle.
The post card business is serleqsly da
pressed at present, while some at tha
great foreign markets are bordering on
panic. Over-production and wild specu-
lafttan In the commodity are the causes.
Tha public has watched the gradual en
croachment of the souveulr . post card
with surprise, perhaps, but wltheut re
alising the enormous proportions af thai
industry. In order to supply tha little
stands in every store,, at every cross roads
the country over, - aart Immense industry
has been developed In practically all civ
ilised lands. Incidentally the United
States Imported from Germany In a sin
gle year more than $0,000,000 worth of
the bits of cardboard. The post card
panic is most acute at present In Ger
many. The card Industry lost heavily,
is large orders were canceled.
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE. "
Twenty men were hurt in ' a railroad
collision near Brussels, Belgium.
Trustees of Columbia university, New
York,' decided te gi-e tho alumni repre
sentation on the board,
i Several persons were hurt In a clash
between artillery men and citizens at Port
Townsend, Wash.
Reports from Hawaii indicate a record
pineapple crop for 1908 far la excess at
iny production yet recorded.' . . .
Woman nu'Tr.'sVH nrs said to be pre
paring for a eriin.ide nt Albany when the
New York legislature assembles.
Rear Admiral Maaon, chief of ordnance,
in bis annual report, says tho big guns
en American warships are the equal of
any In the world.
Frederick J. M. Rhodes, cotialn of Cecil
Rhodes, In an intarview at Mexico City,
said ha considered war between England
and Germany certain.
Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president af tha
University of Minnesota, will retire al
tke end of the present college year. lie
hag held the position twenty-five yean.
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