AKO)TA COUNTY
ERAJ
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M0TT0--A11 Tho News When It Is News.
Stat
'itty.
VOLUMK XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, APRIL !, 1909.
MUMIJKU 41
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF
ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS.
PEACE MUST PBKVAIL
ZKLAYAS COlllSK IS ANXOYINU
TO STATU DKIWHTMKXT.
)I1hiuKIc Communications llotwoeii
;irpory ml This Government
Have Itccn Mutilated Warllko
Conditions Musi Knd Soon.
Xicura&uan mutilation of offlciul
dispatches to this government and con
tinued grave conditions in Central
America are under the earnest consid
eration of the Washington govern
ment.. Investigations have convinced
the officials at Washington that cipher
dispatches passing between John H.
Gregory, the American charge at Man
agua, Nicaragua, and the state depart
ment at Washington were purposely
mutilated during Nicaragua's unusual
military activity.
It would not he surprising In view
of the unsatisfactory conditions which
prevail if the American government
should at any time take active steps
to end the existing state of affairs in
Central America and notify Nicaragua
that henceforth peace must prevail at
all hazards. Moral suasion with Nic
aragua has failed to accomplish the
object sought, that of Impressing her
with the desire, both of the United
States and Mexico, that there be , a
cessation of conditions which keep
other Central American republics con
stantly guessing as to what may hap
pen and that tend to the Improvish
ment of the people because of their
fears of the future. Intervention in
'Central American affairs has been
talked of unofficially repeatedly.
American war vessels are still re
tained In Central American waters and
Thursday the cruiser North Dakota
eajled from Magdalena bay for Ania
bala, Honduras, Into the Gulf of Fon
eeca. In which some of the naval ac
tivity maintained by Nicaragua has
manifested Itself.
DIVOItCE COLONV HIT.
Nevada Judge Rules Roth Parties
Mil He Resident..
' The divorce colony at Reno, New, Is
Much distrubed over a ruling by Jus
tice Orr Thursday that both parties to
a divorce action must be bona fide
residents. The Sothern divorce suit
"n said to be almost Identical with the
tase In question
The decision was given in the case
of Howland vs. Howland, In which the
wife came to Reno and caused papers
to be served on her husband during
a brief business visit.
, The court held such action to be
Illegal. He declared the law did not
throw the courts of Nevada open to
the world, so that people might come
here, stay a day or so, the plaintiff
atart the action, the defendant come In
and be served and thus confer Jurisdic
tion on the court.
There are at least fifty men and
women in Reno to get divorces to
whom the decision will apply.
SPANKING IS Pltl'.MISSIIlLK.
Detroit lather Deals Out Ola Fash
ioned Kind and Is Upheld.
In the police court at Detroit, Mich
Thursday Justice JegerJes upheld
the right of a father to ad
minister the old fashioned spanking
to his 17-year-old daughter, even if
her dlglnity suffered.
Margaret Grany-an, aged 17, had her
father arrested for disturbing the
peace after u spanking, (franan told
the judge that the performances was
jiart of an effort to keep his daughter
away from cheap theatres, and the
-Justice decided that Kpanking young
ladies of 17 was permissible in model-,
ration
WAS THIS A Ml STAR 10?
$10,000 Hill Pound In a Hiur. li Col
lection Plate.
It was advertised in a local paper
t Washington, D. C, Thursday that
there had been found in the collection
plate of the Kosooe, Methodist Epis
copal church, after services last Sun
'day night a $10,000 bill, and the
church officers think the donor mude
a mistake. The yearly collections of
the church do not average much more
than this amount, and tho officials In
the advertisement state that they will
return the money to the owner If he
wants it back ami can prove he in
advertantly dropped It Into the plale.
Kloux City Live Mock .Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow; Top,
rfogs $7.05; top, beeves $.2.'
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ij Noted Woman SiiormnoM.
' Main, Heleia Modjeska, the famous
Fbfish tragedienne died Thursday at
her home near !s Angeles, Cal., at
the age of 6'..
1
' (irHka lo Displace die Jis.
fK train load of Greeks parsed
through Ogdan. Utuh, Wednesday, en
,rglte to Seattle, to displace Japanese
jeh tbe Northern ruclfic and Great
JVortbern roads.
STOH.M DAMAGF. I1IG
Wind of Tormulo Six Sweep Oii'r
Several Sluice.
Wires east of ("uicn;;o an far nn
Pittsburg went down rapidly In Wed
nesday's gc.le, according to the t le
giuph companies. Wheeling. W. Vu.,
reported cvciy wire down csis-t of that
point, (if the numerous hased wires
running east of Chiiaso but one wii
working Wednesday afternoon. -
In Chicago I'V f.ir the most freakish
whim of the storm was the perilous
i !.! of Samuel Holland, an elevated
railroad conductor. Holland was
seated on the tun way of a box car on
the Metropolitan elevated when the
roof was lifted up by the gale. It
maintained a horizontal position and
Holland went whirling away like a
(iy on a piece of curdboatd. He was
carried 100 feet from the starting
place and landed uninjured.
The rain and electrical storm swept
over lower Michigan early in the even
ing und was fo'lowed by c windstorm
of unusual violence, and many acci
dents and at least one death has been
reported.
Near Ionia, Mich., lightning shot
into a farm house along a telephone
wire and killed 8-year-old Benjamin
llelmer and severely shocked two
other children.
Interurban traffic out of Grand
Rapids was delayed by the Ktorm.
Dozens of barns In western Michigan
were struck by lightning. The wind
averaged from fifty to sixty-six miles
an hour. At Rrlghton, Mich., Ray
Miller was killed and his brother was
severely Injured by being struck by
the roof which was blown from a
house.
At least eight persons lost their
lives In the storm which passed over
Michigan. Three men attempted to
cross the Detroit river and were
drowned. At Jennings three young
men were killed by being caught un
der a wall blown by the wind. Prop
erty damage will reach $50,000.
The storm reached New York City
and played havoc with telegraph and
telephone wires north and west of
that city. Much property damage was
done in New York city and two per
sons, an elderly woman and a boy
were injured.
Northwest Ohio was in the path of
the storm. In Toledo fifteen persons
were Injured and a loss of $25,000 is
reported. A boy was blown out of a
Bklff Into the Maumee river and was
rescued with difficulty.
Ten persons are reported to have
been killed by the storm in Northern
Mississippi and a great deal of damage
to crofis and property was done.
One man Is known to have been
killed !n Kentucky ,and the damage
to property and crops will be large.
California In Port.
The United States cruiser California
arrived at San Francisco Wednesday
with the passangers of the Pacific Mall
Steamships company's liner, Indiana,
which was wrecked last Saturday at
the entrance to Magdalena bay.
Hoy Shot by Companion.
While playing "wild west" with five
companions at Linton, Ind., Clifford
Wolford, 15 years old, was shot and
killed by Lorcn Hamilton, IS years
old. Hamilton tried to commit suicide
but was prevented by the other boys
taking his rifle from him.
Pupil in ti Panic.
Six persons were Injured, one fatally
and a financial loss of fully $50,000
entailed by a hurricane which passed
over London, Ont.. Wednesday. A tall
chimney crashed through the roof of
a school an caused a panic among the
300 pupils.
'Terrorized by a Madman.
John Anderson, of Aurora, 111., be
came suddenly violent Thursday and
arming himself with two pistols, a
shotgun and three bombs, he started
out to kill the Inhabitants of a city
block. He killed one woman, narrow
ly missed slaying her husband, wound
ed another woman and then com
mitted suicide.
To .Save a Little Girl.
Rather than run down a little girl
at Dayton, CT.. James L. Dinsmore,
turned an automobile he was driving
and plunged down a thirty-foot em
bankment into the Miami river. Uoth
occupants of the car barely escaped
death. ,
Toruicr Queen Must Pay.
Former Queen Kllloukalaiii, of
Hawaii, otherwise Mrs. Lydla Domlnls,
must pay $11,600 to her "court physi
cian" under a Judgment rendered by
Chief Justice Clabaugh. Wednesday.
Pishing Twr Mldng.
The fishing tug, George Flood, with
seven men aboard, and t lie sand suck
er ,Mary II., with a crew of nine, from
Cleveland, O., were reported missing
Wednesday night.
Castro Told to Ijcmvo Island.
The French government decided
Thursday to expel Ciprano Castro, the
former president of Venezuela, from
he French island of Murliuque.
Discover Hurled Gold.
While digging a posthole In an abon
doned lot near Lexington, Ky., Thurs
day, workmen discovered a brass ket
tle containing $8,500 in gold and silver.
"Dry" Score In Colorado.
Prohibition was the main Issue In
the municipal elections held In Colo
rado outside of Denver Tuesday, The
anti-saloon party generally was victorious.
MXG S TKIIH'TF.
Italian Itulcr Meet Itooscvclt at
Messina.
Theodore Roosevelt and King Victor
Kmmaiiuiil met Tuesday on tha itiulun
battleship Reumherto in Messta har
bor. The meeting was characterised
by the utmost cordiality and the king
took occasion to express the gratitude
of himself and the Italian people for
the generous assistance of the Ameri
can people to tho earthquake sufferers.
.St the close of the interview Mr.
Roosevelt winl ashore and Inspected
tho ruins of the city, the desolation,
Ahicli moved him strongly. Then he
boarded the steamer Admiral, which
just at sunset hoisted her anchors and
proceeded on her way to Mombasa.
The Admiral arrived at Messina
about 2 o'clock p. m. and was saluted
by the ei:i:,berto with the king on
board. Almost Immediately Capt.
Pfelster, the former Italian military
attache at Washington, and now aid
to Admiral MirabeMo, was taken to
the Admiral in a launch and Inquired
for Mr. Roosevelt. To him he said the
king sent his compliments and would
hae great pleasure in receiving the
former president of the United States.
Mr. Roosevelt's face lit up with a
pleased smile, and accompanied by his
sun. Hermit, and Ambassador Gris
coiti, he proceeded at once to the
battleship.
The king met the party at the head
of the gangway and he greeted the
ex-resident effusively, shaking him
warmly by the hand. He did not wish,
lie said, to allow the opportunity to
pass of mnl;ing a personal acquaint
ance of so distinguished a man. Above
all, he wanted personally to thank tho
ox-president for the help extended by
America at the time )f the earth
quake. "You ore now nUle." he added, "to
understand what a horrible disaster
it was."
Mr. Roosevelt replied thanking the
sovereign for the compliment paid
him in Inviting him to come aboard
the Reumberto. He said that the
American peoplv did not wish thanks
for what they had done, as they had
merely tried to do their duty, and
knew no better wuy to confront the tho
Immense needs than by their work and
contributions.
MILLIONAIRE A SUICIDE.
Chnrles E. Ellis, Prominent in Phila
delphia, Ends Ills Lire.
Charles E. Ellis, president of the
Citizen's Passenger Railway company
a subsidiary company of the Phila
delphia Rapid Transit company, and
one of the wealthiest men In Philadel
phia, shot, and killed himself Tues
day at his home In that city. Mr.
Ellis was 74 years old and for some
time had been a sufferer from neu
ralgia and rheumatism. He also was
troubled with tubercular glands be
neath his arms. The latter affliction
caused him considerable worry and he
underwent an operation about two
months ago In an effort to effect a
cure. The operation was unsuccess
ful. In spite of his poor health, mem
bers of his family say he never threat
ened suicide. They believe the shoot
ing was accidental.
Mr. Ellis was reputed to be worth
about $10,000,000.
HELD FOR I5LACKMAIL.
Roy Tries to Swindle His Sunday
School Teacher Out of $:t..000.
Charged with attempting to black
mail Asa G. Chandler, president of
the Atlanta, Ga., chamber of com
merce and Atlanta's wealthiest citi
zen, out of $35,000 by "IJlack Hand"
methods, Daniel W. Johnson, jr., IS
years of age, and a member of Mr.
Chandler's Sunday school class, was
arrested Tuesday night at the Instance
of postofflce Inspectors and lodged In
jail. Johnson admits writing the let
ters and takes his a n .-.it coolly. He
declares he was the catspaw of three
strangers, who, he claims, dictated his
every action in connection with tht
case and forced him to write the de-
mauds for money under penalty of
death. He furnished the officers with
descriptions of the three men.
Carries American Hag.
A giant steel girdle with an Ameri
can Hag attached swung into place
over the middle of the East river
Wednesday, marked the connection of
the steel superstructure of the Man
hattan bridge, the fourth of the spans
linking Manhattan Isluud and Long
Island.
Tow Is a I Are lliimcil.
The tow boats Heaver and George
Gardner, property of the Barrett Tow-
boat company, of Cincinnati, and two
barges were destroyed by lire Wed lies
day night causing a loss of more than
$60.00. One man is reported missing.
.Miiiers' Demands Are Refuted.
At a meeting held In Philadelphia
Wednesday between representatives of
the coal operators and miners of the
anthracite regions of Pennsylvania the
operators refused all the demands and
submitted Instead a proposition to ex
tend the wage agreement now In force.
(image DinHoye CreiiiuU-d.
Wallace Cannier was burned to
death and Kdwurd 1'otuhcrt was seri
ously injured in u lire which destroyed
a gdiuge at Kankakee, III., Tuesday.
Ship Laborers Strike.
I en thousand marine engineers,
firemen, oilers, water tenders und
deck hands went on a Mrlkc Wednes
day night at Chicago and opening o
navigation on the great lakes I
threatened with complete tleun.
NEBRASKA STATE REW8 I
DIES AS HE CLOSES PLEA. ,
Kx-Gov. Poynter Suddenly Stricken
Stop the saloon Debate.
W. A. Poynter, ex-governor of Ne
braska, just ns he closed a speech In
the offtce'of Gov. Shullenberger at the
daylight saloon bill heating Monday
in favor tne bill, was stricken with ap
oplexy and died within a f-w minutes.
The effect of Poynter s death was at
once apparent. The heating was stop
ped. The liquor ndvocr.tcs and the
Omahans were silent, while the prohi
bitionists were silenced by the death
of their colleague.
At the hearing on the daylight sa
loon bill before G v. Sliallenberger
Mr. Poynter spoke with deliberation.
His address was Impressive. He hud
barely seated hlmseir when he fell to
!he floor. Physicians, two of whom
were present, rushed to hl:t side, but
he was beyond human aid. Across the
hall to the adjutant general's office tho
stricken man was carried. Three doc
tors were there and examined the
the man, working his arms back and
forth to Induce respiration, but the
breath of life was gono and could not
be lured back. A hypodermic Injec
tion of nitroglycerin was tried, but to
no effect.
In his address Poynter said: "We
come to you not because we believe
you do not know your mind, but be
cause we wish to Jmpress as we muy
the need of this measure. It will bene
fit the morals of the state. Nor is the
measure a local one. About you are
men from different parts of the state.
The protest comes from the metropo
lis of the state, but this is not a local
matter. The daylight saloon bill Is
merely an amendment to tho Slocum
law. It Is not presumed that any city
will conduct its affairs without regard
to tho laws of the state. I am hearti
ly In favor of a city managing its own
affairs. I favor municipal Independ
ence, but this measure Is Btate-wide
and Is not an Intrusion upon the rights
of any local government."
Poynter Mas born In Eureka, III.,
in 184S. He served as populist gov
ernor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901
nad was defeuted for re-election by
C. H. Dietrich. Since leaving the ex
ecutive office he has lived in Lincoln.
HAN ON" CHAIN LETTERS.
Pout of flee Depart men t Stops Growing
Malls in Nebraska.
The postofflce department at Wash
ington has notified the Omaha post
master that ao far as chain prayer
letters are concerned they -are illegal
in Nebraska and aro not entitled to
transmission through Uncle Sam's
rnaiU.
These prayer letters first started
down at Fulrbury, where some Indi
vidual wrote nine letters to nine per
sonal friends, requesting that each of
tho nine write nine such letters to nine
friends, with the request that these
friends make the same request of
their friends.
In a few days letters commenced to
come Into the Falrbury office by the
hundreds, and then they commenced
to swamp tho Omaha office, with tho
result that the postmaster called tho
attention of the department at Wash
ington to what was going on. Hence
tho order.
The chain letters, all of which were
similar, were peculiar In this respect;
they requested the recipient to offer
a prayer and to write the same prayer
to nine friends. Tho letters state that
In case the request Is complied with
some great blessing will come to the
recipients at a certain date, but If Ig
nored a great calamity will befall
them In the near future.
Washington authorities hold that
the letters promise things that cannot
be accomplished by the writers and
that they tund toward fraud.
WILL TAKE THE LIMIT.
Fa to of Daylight Hill May Not He
Known Until Friday.
Gov. Sliallenberger will probably
not decide the fate of the daylight
saloon enactment until near the limit
of time allowed him by the law,
which Is five days, evcluding Sunday,
from the time the bill reached him.
That will give him until Friday to ap
prove or veto the measure. Friends of
the measure are predicting that the
governor would give executive approv
al, but opponents were almost equally
sure he would Interpose a veto. Hoth
sides admitted, however, the governor
had not given the slightest Intimation
of the course he would pursue.
It is unlikely Gov. Sliallenberger
will give any further hearings, as the
strain of Monday was something he
does not care to have repeated. Peti
tions by letter and telegraph, almost
by thousands, are coming in, and these
will bo given as much attention as ver
bal pleas. One of the letters received
was from Bishop Konacum, of the
Catholic dlocosa of Lincoln, who asked
tho governor to approve the bill.
Equally urgent appeuls to Interpose
a veto were received by prominent
jusincH Interests.
Instructive lire at Crofion.
A tire which broke out In a livery
stable at Crofton Monday night dv
stroyed a livery stable, a saloon and
contents, a hardware store, the City
hotel and the electric light plant. The
night of the destructive blaze is
hought to be Incendiary.
I 'Ire IH'Mtroys Coal.
Two carloads of coal, a carload of
hay and the coal sheds of Fields &
Slaughter Ht Dakota City, were com
pletely destroyed by lire Sunday af
ernoon.
Veterun Minister Killed.
Rev. K. W. Johnson, of Owens, who
was killed in a ruiiuway at his farm
home Tuesday was brought to Seward
for Interment. Tho nrt church organ
Izatloji in Seward county, was effected
by Rev. Mr. Johnson. It was the Unit
ed Brethraii church.
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EX l OF SESSION.
Poth Houses Adjourn Se.turdity Just
llefore Dinner Hell ltlna.
After a final legislative day of sixty
hours, the thirty-llrst legislature of
Nebrask;i adjourned u h.ilf hour be.ore
noon Saturday and the members start
ed home to face their constituents, but
wherever possible they did not go vln
Omaha.
The work of enrolling bills occupied
the clerks until a short time before the
conclusion of business and for the
twenty-four hours preceding the fall
of tho gavel there was practically no
business to transact. Members of the
senate Introduced conxi atulatory reso
lutions of thanks, and extended to
their colleagues tokens of friendship
In the way of photographs and mem
bers of the house, In more violent
mood, occupied themselves tearing up
their bill lilcs and scattering tbe result
of-the slate's printing bill on the floor
of the assembly chamber.
The passing of the 8 o'clock closing
act was the principal topic of discus
sion on tho floors of the two houses
and !n the lobbies, while telegrams and
letters of protest poured In upon the
governor. The Douglas county sena
tors and members of the final hours
did not amuse them even to passing
Interest In the procedure. A delegation
of thirty business men from Fremont
arrived at noon to see Gov. Shallen
berger In protest against the bill to
buy the Wayne Normal and were given
an extended hearing as soon as the
executive attached his name to forty
measures that had been dumped upon
him from the halls above.
An unusually large number of mem
bers witnessed the end of the session,
due to the care of the sponsors of the
saloon closing bill that their entire
forces should be available to meet any
move to alter tho record on tho bill
and leave a loophole for legal attack.
Ordinarily not half a doaen members
are in at the death, but In each house
It would have been possible to secure
a quorum almost any time until final
adjournment. Efforts to reconsider
the action last night as soon as the
vote was taken, but with only thirteen
senators In opposition to the bill there
was no chance to succeed and none
was made.
The legislature passed a total of 204
bills and in addition the governor has
vetoed one the measure repealing the
law permitting so loons within two and
a half miles of the limits of military
posts. Two years ago the legislature
passed and the governor signed 206
bills and fourteen bills in addition
were passed and vetoed after the ses
sion adjourned, with one veto submit
ted during tho session.
ATTEMPT TO SHOOT TAYIOH.
Father of the Girl II,. Killed Pulls
(mi.
Just as officers In charge of Hert
Taylor, murderer of Pearl Taylor, were
about to bonrd a truln with their pris
oner, at the Iiutiiuglon depot at Min
den Saturday morning to return him
to the state penitentiary at Lincoln
after bringing him over for trial Wed
nesday, Douglas Taylor, father of th
dead girl, and father-in-law of the
murderer, made a desperate attempt
to shoot the prisoner and was only
prevented from doing so by prompt ef
forts of Deputy Sheriff Slack and
others. In the scuffle which ensued
both tho officer and Mr. Taylor were
bruised and scratched.
Rert Taylor has been confined In the
state's prison for safe keeping ever
since he was brought back from Call
fornla a couple of months ago. Early
In tho week he was brought from Lin
coln for trial. On Friday tho defense
submitted a motion for continuance on
tho ground that two of their most Im
portant witnesses were in Europe and
would not return to Minden until In
May. On this representation the court
granted a continuance until the lattev
part of next month.
When the news became noised about
that the trial of Taylor had been post
poned, and that he was to be taken
back to Lincoln, quite a crowd gather
ed around the Jail and followed tin
officers and their man to the station.
Schuyler Furnishes Freak.
A peculiar speclment of animal life
was born recently at the farm of
James liooth, two miles east of Schuy
ler. It was a calf having two heads
Its two heads are Joined together
where the two inside ears would be If
It hud four ears. However, it only has
two ears, one on the outside of each
head, but it has four eyes, and two
distinct inounths and noses.
Kearney Session Closed.
The Central Nebraska Teachers' as
sociation closed their session at Kear
uey Saturday. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year
President, George liurgert, of Kear
ney; vice president, H. M. Pinckney
of Broken How; secretary, Edith H.
Lathrop, Valentine. Five hundred
and sixty-five teachers attended tbe
meetings. A deep Intel est was takvu
in the work.
Preparing for Hlg Time.
The Hastings Knights of Pythias ar
making elaborate preparations for the
convention of the Knights of Pythlns
and the Pythian sisterhood, which Is
to be held there May 10 and 11. Home
350 members are expected and prac
tlcally every city in the state will be
represented.
Iiuiid HiiintM lliali Price
Tt 1 rnort.fl thllt H foiurtf.i u..lf
on
of land, eight miles from Minden was
sold for $16,000. This is not very
well Improved, so that the price of
bare laud would be about $100
acre.
the
per
Hum" Hall at l.lbeny.
Liberty has organised a basebsll
team, with J. M. 'unmnghaiii as man
ager. The town is to have some good
exhibitions of the national game this
BI(J ujxITAIiY ritlSON BURN 9.
800 of the Army's Convict Bescuad
at Fort Leavenworth.
Tho military prison lit Fort lenven-
Worth. Kan., was partially destroyt-d
by tire nt midnight Wednesday night.
The Sim prisoners all were taken from
the main tmlldim: us soon its the fire
nched and none was Injured.
The convicts were con lined In a
stockade under the guard of United
States troops. None of them, so far
ns Is known, succeeded In gaining his
liberty during the transfer to tho
ockade. At " o'cIim U some of the cell-
houses hml cooled. s;:!:i. Iciitly to allow
half of the prisoners to return. The
others will be taken to the Federal
prison, two miles itway, nt daylight.
wo of the Federal soldiers who were
flulitlntf the tire were injured. The
property Iofs on the building Is esti
mate! at yi'tXUMX).
The fire was first discovered at 10
clock In tin tailor shop. It soon
spread to the shoe shop rtnd the black
smith establishment. Lack of water
pressure prevented nil hope of saving
even the Uialn building, nnd It was do
rldod to move the Inmates, Long before
this, however, tho convicts hnd seeu the
flames nnd, fearing they would be
burned to death, they battered on the
bars of their cells and screamed In
terror.
As soon ns several conipnnles of sol
diers, Including cavalrymen, hnd gotten
tinder nruis, a strong cordon wa
thrown nbout the prison nud the deliT
ery of the prisoners began. The Blck
were removed first, placed In ambu
lances, nnd taken to the Fort Leaven
worth hospital under guard of cavnlry.
The records were removed from the
administration building. If everything
had not been done In perfect order lives
doubtless would hnve been lost. As It
wns, strict military discipline prevailed.
LEASE SYSTEM WIPED OUT.
Hundred of Trimmers la Georgia
Are to Work on Heads.
(forxin's convict lease systeui ended
nt sunrise Thursday nnd hundreds ot
prisoners, taken from mines, brick kilns,
and turpentine factories, returned to the
service of the State. Georgia hns no peni
tentiary. For years her convicts have been
leased to the mines, the brick kilns, and
the factories, where privnte greed some
times deiiinmli'U nnd collected the last
ounce of liuinnn endeavor. The l,t00
prisoners now will work on the public
roads. Most of them ore blacks of n low
order of intiiligeuce. sentenced for every
conceivable crime. Though shtoklcd and
ironed, the convicts greeted the change
with shouts of joy and weird hymns of
thunkssivtng.
WIEE SLAYS TO SAVE BOY.
llasband Dead and Woman's Story
Exonerates Her.
Frank Sorber of East Mumilton, Ohio,
was shot to death by ms wife. Mrs.
Sorber told the police that her husband
has been living with another woman and
that at noon he came home and beat their
eldest son. When the mother interfered
Sorber attacked her with a timir, threat
ening to kill her. The police credit tin
story nnd hnve placed no charge ugnlns
the woman.
GrVES LIFE EOB HIS DOO.
I.lttle II r Trie to Nave I'et aad la
Drowned,
Paul, the 8-year-old sou of Mr. and
Mrs. J. 1). Stotieburner, was drowned in
the 'Verdigris River at Independence,
Kan. With other boys he had gone to
the river to play. His little dog fell in
and the boy, in endeavoring to rescue his
pet, followed him into the river. 1 1 is
companions were too small to help liim.
Famous 1'bleaaro Tenor Is Dead.
William Castle, for more than twenty
yeurs director of the Chicago Musical
College School of Opern Hud noted for
his interpret at Ions of tenor roles during
the early history of the opera In Chica
go, died at his home in that city, lis
was the bead of tbe Custle & Campbell-
Opera Company, which was one of tha
first pretentious organlzal ions to sing Ko
glish opera in America.
F.labterM Months for Asking- Urlba.
Geo. Aunger. vice president of the City
Council of Ashtabula, Ohio, was senteuo
rd to eighteen mouths nt hard labor in th
State penitentiary by Judge Reynolds.
Aunger was convicted on a liinrge of so
liciting a bribe of ?l .'-!" from the Ashta
bula Gas Company. He was released on
a bond of .f'.'.lMM) Miiiling uu appeal t
the Circuit Court.
Uruainllvra WruW a Store.
The store of .lo-iepb Nellis, at Krebs,
l miking camp in Oklahoma, was de
ployed by dynamite. Xellis received
two letters demniidinu money under
threat of deiiih und laid H trap for lbs
authors, lint it failed. .Will comas
from the north of Italy sud believes that
he is u victim of the Italian Itlack liana
MM-iety.
i o Hanged for Murder.
Frederick Lebeaii, I e double murder
pr. was hanged at Kalispell, Mont. Ht
made a t a t einetil jutt before the trap
fell Ueiiariiig his innoceure. N illiam A.
Haves, accessory to lie- murder of Guura
John ltobinsnn, was cieeiiteu ( Dear
Lodlic.
Nxiaul'uu on Lakes Upea.
Navigutiou on the ureal lakes opens!
officii. y at 12 o'clock Wednesday night.
Ail the government life stations on th
lakes were reopened a ml t lie crews re
sumed the italics which they dnrppcil at
the bi'KiiMlinz of I he wiiiler srason.
Valuable Horse IHe In Fire,
All Arabian stallion valued at $2,fj00.
Fred Atlieiiuii. u ru cp liorse, and other
stock perished in a lire which destroyed
the stables ul the country home of It. (J.
Hull, president of tin' Piltsburg chamber
of commerce.
liin.ooo Fire la Warehouse.
Fire partly ruined the large grata el
valor and storage wureliminw of the Wlr
kiliHon-UuiJilis Com puny, wholesale ra
cers in Newurk, N. .1. The loss is esti
united to be l'J6,tNH).
GREAT FIRE IN FORT WORTH.
CO Blocks', with Over 200 Houses
nnd Business Concerns, Burn.
Six persons are known to have In-cn
killed slid property ctim:ited In vnlu9
nt over $.".CtM),iH)t) whs destroyed In a
tiro which swept over the southern part
of Fort Worth. Tex.. Satnrduy nfter
noon. A (iislrlct In one nf the mrwt fashion
able sections in the city, baring nil ar.vl
of twenty blocks, was practically swept
clean of lmildini;H by t lit flume. The
destruction of even a xieuior amount
of projieriy was prevented only by the
use of dynamite.
The Texas and Pacific round house,
loiituliiliiij twenty engines, lh repair
shops of the road, the Sawyer electric
plant, four chinches, two public miiool
hulldlnp). and Walker's sanitarium
wore among the larger buildings de
stroyed. Resides these over 2tm resi
dences were destroyed. Tho exact loss
es on these latter tire unknown, for
the reason that those who Buffered
scattered steklii!r shelter wherever I hoy
could find it. and It will lie a d.ty or
two before the full extent of the per
sonal losses nro known.
Texas P.icilie Railroad officials phtoo
their loss nt $jr.t,XM. The Inswn to
church property Include the Itroadway
llnptlst nnd the Methodist eh'.irched.
their losses being estimated conserva
tively Ht over $LtHMM;0.
A in t lent whoso Identity hns not hoeu
burned H?rished in Wnlker'n sani
tarium, and three men were electro
cuted nnd their bodies burned to cin
ders In tho Sawyer electric plant. Her
bert Stacy was fatally burned In tin en
deavor to snve his dwelling, and ; fire
man fell from a housetop nnd was
killed. The Rev. It. O. Cowan, asslst
un pastor "of the Itrondwny Presbyte
rian Church. Is missing.
COURTESY BRINGS GIRL $35,000.
Danees with Xealeeted Stranger aad
nets a Leaner.
Miss F.flie Klliott, daughter of Pr. C.
S. Klliott of Arcanum. Ohio, while a
student at the Normal School at Ada,
three years ago, went to a dance. There
she met an elderly man who wits a
guest at the home of a member of the
faculty. Miss Klliott, noticing that the
elderly stringer received scant attention,
duiiced wlili him several times. After
the dnnee Miss Elliott did not see the
man nor did she hear of him until the
other day, when she received notice that
he was dead and hnd left her $.'15,000 in
negotiable securities. Mr. Klliott ' re
fuses to make public the name or last
address of his daughter's benefactor. All
that is known is that he Had lived in the
West and for some years In Kansas
City.
COUPLE SLAIN; HOME IS BURNED.
Bodies Posad Unrlril la Cellar Nea
Toledo One Man Is Meld.
With only one man held for Investiga
tion and iwth no tangible clews on which
to work, the Toledo, Ohio, police and
Lucas County authorities are exerting
evory effort to discover tho murderers ot
Ludwig ICriii'Ror nud his wife, whose
bodies wore found buried in the cellar
of their burned home, one mile west of
Toledo. Michnel Soholeskl,' a tailor, who
had negotiated for the purchase of tbe
Kruejer farm, was lodged in the county
jail after he had been uuizxed for sev
eral hours. Koboleski said that be had
paid Mr. Krueger $'.!,) K). No trace ot
this money has been found. An Italian
who until a week ago was employed bj;
Soboleskl is sought. Some of his cloth"
lug has been found in Soboleski's home.
WOMAN DRAWS FIRST PRIZE.
Mar Melsrr Get a Choice Quarto
Section la Land Lottery.
Filings on Tripp t ounty lands began
at Gregory, S. !., Thursuay in the pres
ence of a large crowd in tbe order inr
which the names wen drawn last fall.
Mya A. Melser of Kennebec, 8. D who
drew No. 1 In the lottery, took a quarter
section adjoining the government town
site for which the names of Jordan and
Witfen have been suggested.
The scarcity of stock has been the
means of Introducing a new form o
crossed saddle horses.
The management of the St. Paul base
bull club litis trausferred all Sunday
games for the coming season to other
cities.
John K. Madden will race fifteen
horses on the Canadian circuit this sea
son. This will lie his first invation ot the
Canadian turf.
YV. W. Kvans sulti to .IdIi ii ... Thomp
son, of Chicago, treasurer of Cook Coun
ty, a yearling colt for $::,ni). The
youngster is by Pter the Great.
Sum Langford, colored middleweight
champion, defeuted Jim ISsrry, of Chica
go, in a six-round bout before the Wash
ington Sporting Club of Philadelphia.
The Iiouikiauu Supreme Court has up
held the I.ocke anti-gambling law, and
the racing interest will accept this as
ending the racing game in that State.
Joe tJuu. former lightweight champlou
of the world, easily uVfeuted Jubea White,
the Knglish lightweight champion, in a
ten round bout at the National Athletic
Club In New York.
A new world's record in the running
high kick was made at. St. Mark's school
at Souttihoro, Mass.. by Harold i&ecbe, of
Maiden. lleebe did ! feet H inches.
Heche exceeded his mark of hint year by
two inches.
Joe Noiter, who headed the list of
winning jockey ou t lie metropolitan
tracks lust year, and is one of the best
riders ever developed iu this country,
sailed a few days ago to fullill a contract
made to ride iu (ieruimiy this year.
I season.