Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERA
MOTTO All The News When It Is Notts.
VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.,. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1901).
NUMBER 18
JStatc Historical Society
LATEST BYTELEGRAP;
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS O
f THE WHOLE WORLD. .
. MORSE TUKiNfcl) DOWN
ONE TIMF, ICF. KINO IS IH'.MI.l. A
MCV TRIAL.
MUlcton, In an l.ffort to Snvc
Client from ljninr Confinement. Will
Mot for a Wilt of Krror on the
Irencnt Finding.
Only technical legal shndow nww
tands bewecn Charles W. Momc,
banker td "one time Ice king, "and a
Hfteen-year sentence in the federal
prison lit Atlanta. Judge Hough Jn the
United Stated circuit court in New
York Wednesday, denied his motion
for a new trial, but Martin W. Little
ton, tils counsel, announced thai one
mm stand would le taken, lie will
more in 'the circuit court for a writ of
error on Judge Hough's dec ision. If
this la denied Morse will cgln the
New Tear serving his sentence Tor vio
lation of the national banking laws.
the supreme court of the United States
having previously refused to 'interfere.
in the case. '
Mr. Littleton's recent application for
a new trial for Morse was made on the
ground that the Jury was improperly
guarded and that sorrte of th Jurors
drank to excess during the trial. With
respect to this charge the court holds
that the fact that the jurymen were in
the custody of secret service men In
Stead of regular deputy marshals was
well known to both counsel and jurors
when the trial began.
The court also notes that more thiiu
u. jfrar naa eiapsed since Morse was
convicted and sentenced and that the
Judgment had been affirmed by th
United States circuit court of
icaTs
Hl
and a writ of certiorari had been' de
nied by the Unite States supreme
court.
1XOIAXA THAtiKDY.
'Dining Uooni ot u Hotel Scone of a
' Sensational 'Crime.
A man that had registered at a hotel
In Peru. Ind., as L. 11. ' Dentin rt. of
Chicago, shot and killed himself in the
dining room of the hotel soon after
noon Wednesday.
"The woman, Who wan a waitress
'bent over Donhnrt to take his order
for d'nner. Ienlmrt 'put his' arm
around her and drew tier Close to him.
Suddenly with his other hand he drew
arevolver and shot the woman in the
breast. Den hart then shot himself In
the heart. There -were no other guests
'in the dining room.
An examination after -the shooting
exposed several letters in the mini's
coat pocket addressed to Roy McKin
ney, Indianapolis, Ind. Ienliart, or
perhaps McKinney, win about ".1
years old.
Dora Chappell was 18 years old and
in graduate of the high school.
.coal rnAvn i ciiicaoo.
Two Indictments ns Hcsiirt of Sales
Made ttt 'City.
'Two indictments on the charge of
ibtaining money from the city of Chi
cago by false pretenses In connection
with the sale of coal to the city, wero
returned by the grand jury Wednesday
against James P. Connery and Mich
ael 71. Rogers. Connery is secretary
and treasurer of the Chicago Fire Ap
pliance company, one -of the corpora
tions which has been under Investiga
tion in regard to alleged graft charges.
Rogers is democratic committeeman
of the Thirteenth ward, and i the
head .of the M. II. Rogers Coal wmv
pany.
Oludstonc Is Honored.
The iitenary of the birth of Will
iam Ewart Gladstone was commemo
rated Wednesday not only 'in the land
of his birth, but In countries like
Oreeee, the IVilkans and Armenia,
Whose peoples still cherish the mem
ory of the statesman's exertions in
thir behalf.
Old War Museum Hurra.
Trie old war museum at iMnvllle,
111., where President Lincoln had his
office when he was riding the circuit as
an attorney, burned Wednesday. The
museum contained many valuable rel
ics, among them a number of shells,
which exploded during the fire. The
property had been used as a salmon
until recently.
Cyrua Eastman, aged 60 years, pnst
.Tinster at Avalon, Mo., was burned tt.
death in a fire that destroyed his home
there Wednesday. He had escaped
from the burning building, but re-entered
in an attempt to save aome val
uable papers.
Sioux Ciiy Uve Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top feeders, $4.90. Top hogs, 8.80.
1Ich at Poor l'u r in.
Gilbert Noble, one of the richest
men In Pueblo, Colo., his fortune being
estimated at $500,000 to $1,000,000,
died Thursday at the county poor
farm.
Two Men Killed.
Two men were killed Wednesday In
a collision between a anow plow and
a freight train on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad near North
field. III.
OHIO IUViai GORGED.
'on of Ice Are Piled High Along the
Stream.
With tons upon tons of Ice piled
Igh against the piers of bridges span
in K the Ohio river at Pittsburg, Pa.,
nd at points .below Pittsburg, rlvei
.attic haa been entirely abandoned,
nd' river men are preparing to cope
v'ith one of the worst ice packs ever
xperlenccd in the Pittsburg harbor.
It ta estimated 10,000,000 bushels
f coal have been diverted from their
isual river transportation to southern
joints, and cars are being asked for
rem all railroads.
At Pittsburg river navigation ceased
Christmas day. Packet stations be
low Pittsburg report unprecedented
gorges. At East Liverpool, O., ice has
jammed against the stone abutments
of the old county wooden bridge to
such an extent that the authorities are
arranging to break the pack with dy
namite. At Wheeling, W. Va,, river men re
port danger to craft in that harbor.
Precautlona have been taken to avoid
loss of property along the water
fronts, where many packets and empty
coal fleets He tied up.
From Wheeling to New Martinsville,
W. Va., a distance of 26 miles, a solid
sheet of lee marks the course of the
river. Weather conditions at all
points do not indicate any marked
change in the temperature.
The river was gorged with ice at two
points below Cincinnati Tuesday, and
unless warmer weather sets in and
causes a TBreak. the millions of dollars'
worth of floating property along the
river in the vicinity will bo In grave
danger.
WOIAX SLAPS' BY T'lKXI).
Wife f tc.ver Railroad Man is Mitr
dercd. The body of Mrs. llolle Rup, wife
of a railroad employe of Denver, Colo.,
waa found In the Platte river Tuesday
morning and the police are searching
for a negro they believe committed the
crime. The woman's head had been
smashed with a heavy piece of slag.
Monday night while Mrs. Rup's
husband was absent a negro tried to
force his way into her house. She
fired through the door twice at him
and he ran away. Telling her child
ren she was going to summon the po
lice., Mrs. Rup left the House and was
not seen again until her mutilated
body, was found in the river.
According to the children the negro
returned some time after Mrs. Rup
left and took $12 and everything else
ot value he could find in the house.
KKVKV LITTLE OXHS PERISH.
line From Stove Touches Off Keg of
Powder.
Seven children ranging In age from
1 to 12 years, were burned to death
and three persons perhaps fatally in
jured late Tuesday night, when fire,
followed by an explosion of powder,
destroyed the home of Stephen l!ro
nosky, a miner, at Skyesvllle, Pa., near
Dubois, .Pa. All the victims are for
eigners. Six of the children were members
of the Hronoskl family and the sev
enth belonged to a boarder. Mr. and
Mrs. Bronosky and the boarder jump
ed from an upstairs window, receiving
fceriouB Injuries.
The fire started from an overheated
coal stove und communicated with a
keg of mine powder.
Wliere U Hurry ami IsnlH-lla Allen?
Harry is now aged 20 years, and his
sister, Isabella, aged 1 8 years. The
children were taken in charge by tho
Nebraska Children's Home society in
1897 from Grand Island, following the
death of the father, Silas Allen. The
mother is now in Oklahoma, and is
distracted because ehe cannot locate
her children, whom she has not seen
since they were taken by superintend
ent of the society twelve years ago. If
the children will address P. O. Box
898, Omaha, Neb., giving their own ad
dress, it will be sent to their mother.
The pope Tuesday appointed Rev.
James O'Reilley, now rector of St. An
thony of Padua, Minneapolis. Minn.,
to the bishopric of Fargo, N. D.
Seiit XI glu In Terror.
Sixty passengers, S5 of them wom
en, spent a night of terror aboard the
ferryboat Charon, from Hella're, o.,
to Kenwood, W. Va.. which became
caught in an ice gorge in the Ohio riv
er at 8 o'clock Monday night and
floundered around until 5 a. m. Tues
day. All were landed in small lonts
at daylight without Injury.
Men to Hemline Work.
The .trike of the boilerniakers In
the Schenectady plant of the American
Locomotive company was settled Wed
nesday and this action will act as a
settlement of the strikes of the boiler-
makers in the plants of the company
at Dunkirk, Montreal, Richmond and
Pittsburg. About 3,000 men are in
volved.
Homer Davenport III.
Homer C. Davenport, the cartoonist,
Is seriously ill at the home of a friend
In San Diego, Cal. He Is suffering
from a complete nervous collapse, and
his physician regards his condition aa
serious.
To Kuec-cd De Arniond.
Phillip S. Griffith, of Greenfield,
Dade county, Mo., was nominated by
acclamation by the republicans of the
Sixth Missouri district as a candidate
to succeed the late David A. r Ar.
mond.
Two Drowned In take.
While crossing Kootenay lake Tues
day George Northern and Herb Cole,
young men, were drowned ty the cap
aicing of their canoe.
PEACE FADES AWAY.
Drench Widens in . Hallway .Swltel.
men's Strike.
Contrary to expectatlona, develop
menta Monday in St. Paul. Minn., it
tho controversy between the railroad
of the northwest and the strlklni
switchmen. Instead of resulting hi ai
amicable settlement of tho strike, re
sulted in a wider breach than has
heretofore existed. Not only havo tho
switchmen declared all negotiations
with the railroads terminated, but the
labor leaders say there Is a strong pos
sibility of a general strike by all of the
allied orders belonging to the railroad
branch of the American Federation
Labor.
In the conference between tho rail
railways and the labor leaders Monday
the railroad oflirlala refused to take
back all of the switchmen at once, but
agreed to re-cmplv all those they
have places for. They gie the switch
men until 12 o'clock Wednesday to ac
cept th's offer. The offer was Imme
diately rejected by tho labor leaders.
Later In the afternoon President
Hawley, of the Switchmen's union,
called on Gov. Ebcrlmrt and asked htm
to Invite the Interstate commerce
commission to Intercede. The govern
or replied he did not care to act on
this request until he had consulted the
attorney general, who is out of the
city. Asked as to how long it would
take to call out a general Btrlke If such
action a decided upon. Mr. Hawley
said:
"Some of the orders can bo culled
out immediately. There will be some
delay in calling out others owing to a
difference In the method of procedure
in such cases."
STORM LOSS IX SPAIX.
Inm.cn. Havoc Done by the Disas
trous Floods.
Ietails of the damage caused by th
disastrous floods last week are pouring
into San Sebastian, Spain. Only three
houses were left standing in he village
of Santa Christiania, and at 1-ivnollla
a church was the only building alle to
withstand the storm.
Benavente. a town 31 miles north of
Zamorra, with a population of about
4.000, wns under water for five days,
during which, time all traffic tn tho
streets -was conducted l.y boats. The
village of Vallebsin has been destroyed
and the crops In the Castile plateau
ruined.
LIGHTHOUSE TU'RXS.
Keeper mid His Family Believed to
Have 1. scaped.
Thimble Shoal lighthouse, in lower
Chesapeake bay, was burned early
Monauy. The keeper and his family
are believed 'to have escaped In life
boats and taken refuge on one of sev
eral tugs or relief boats that hurried
from Hampton Roads to the hescue.
One of the scout cruisers lying In
Hampton Roads, sent a relief crew to
the scene and the stenmer Hampton,
en route from Norfolk to Mathews,
laid by lor some time. Thimble light
marked the shoals approaching Old
Point Comfort and was a guide to all
Chesapeake bay steamers.'
Where is Bessie Tl:irtin:;ii?
Rosanna mid Bessie 'Hartman lived
with their mother at Chapman. Neb..
in 1D04, the year that their fatehr was
killed by a falling tree at Anada,. Mo.
Their mother, an invalid, being unable
to care for them, the girls were sent
to Omaha to school, being housed and
mothered by a Mrs. Smith. Finally, in
15)03, Beanie, the younger of the two,
was taken in charge by the Nebraska
Children's Home society. Resale he
came of age last February. If she will
send her nddress to P. O. Box 89 8.
Omaha, Neb., it Will be forwarded" to
her sister Rosanna, who Is now Mrs
Geo. Duerr.
One Crushed to Death.
From Ackendall.. 28 years old, of
Plymouth, Mich., was crushed to
death; Richard Roe, of Detroit, suf
fered the loss of one hand and is in a
critical condition and a score of other
passengers were less seriously hurt as
the result of an interurbun car on the
Detroit United railway jumping the
tracks Sunday night four miles north
of the village of Wayne.
Tak- $20,000 with Him.
A Hum said to amount to $20,000
and George A. Cnpron. cashier of the
United States Express company at
the Englewood branch office in Chica
go disappeared Christmas -ve.
Kentucky Mine on Fire.
The Cumberland mine at Artemus.
Ky.. was reported on fire Monday
nisht. Nothing Is known aa to wheth
er any miners are imprisoned in tho
burning mine.
"Fncle of Europe" Very III.
Prince Hans, of KchlcRwIg-Holatein.
Sondcrbiirg-Glueksburg, a brother of
the late King Christian of Denmark,
and generally known as the "uncle a'f
Kurope," is critically III ln Cupenhii.
gen. lie was born in 1825.
Ravages of the Plague.
Twenty-three deaths in ten days
have resulted by bubonic plague In the
province of Uralsk, Asiatic Russia.
He (.scaped from I.lbby.
Col. Torrence Clark. 69 years ola,
vice president of the Edgar County
National bank, the largest land owner
and one of the wealthiest men of tne
county, died at Paris, 111., Monday.
Count Tolstoi Is III.
The health of Count Io Tolstoi la
again causing anxiety. The count has
had a high fever the past few days.
Physicians were summoned Monday
from Moscow and Tuluta.
NEBRASKA
:i News of tho Week .
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WOE TO lU'HIiF.HERS.
Ilolilredge Man Invents Device thirt
Will Tell Wh y Is Rutting In.
A C. Howurd, a resident of Ilold
rege, has spent much of his time dur
ing tho last three years making prac
tical Improvements In the modern tel
ephone, i
A remarkable Invention, which is
designed to give private service over
party lines, Is a small mechinlcal do
vlco no larger th in mi ordinary alnrm
clock. It can be uaed on any make of
phone and on any kind of line con
struction. With ell the phones on a line equip
ped with the indicators, tho troubles of
the "rubber" would hcjjln. The mo
ment a receiver Is taken from tho
hook a signal Is passed out over the
lines, and us each phone haa a differ
ent signal, It is knewn nt once whose
receiver Is down, if two people are
conversing and a third party desires
to quietly overhear the conversation
he cannot do so without sending out
his signal ns ho tikes down his re
ceiver, thus letting thoso talking
know which phone has cut In.
An unusual feature of the invention
la that it indicates tho length of time
a telephone Is kept In use.
RECLFSE BURNED TO DEATH.
August Sklenar, Living Near Tckamah,
Lows Life.
August Sklenar, an old recluse who
had lived alone many years on his
farm two miles west of Tckamah, was
burned to death Monday forenoon
about 10 o'clock. W. T. Mason, who
lives a half miles away, saw Skienar's
house ablaze, lie hastened to assist
him, but when he arrived it waa too
late to save anything. The house was
consumed, it being a cheap frame
building. After the fire had subsided,
the remains of the old gentleman were
found. lie waa under the debris of
the brick chimney which had fallen
with the burning of the building. Mr.
Sklenar was a native of Bohemia ind
nearly 80 years of age. He has been
a resident there for. over forty years.
His only relative la his brother, Jo
seph and family, who live mar.
XEW RAILWAY OFFlrE.
Union Pacific o Kroel Headquarters
Tltill.llnw n
Building at Omaha.
A. L. Mohler, vice president and
general manager of the Union Pacific
Railroad company, announced Mon
3ay that bids are to be asked nt once
for tho erection of a new henilqunrters
building in Omaha. The building is
to be of twelve stories, constructed of
steel, brick and tile, and will be lo
cated on the northeast corner of Fif
teenth and Dodge streets, occupying a
space of a half block. The cost, it is
estimated will be over $1,000,009.
Try to Breuk the Combination.
Tho Omnha Commercial club nrt
the lumber dealers of Omaha nrn trv-
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lng to break a combination which they
assert Is striving to put Omaha off the
map as a wholesalo lumber market.
io do this a suit has been filed with
the interstate commerce commission
against all the lumber hauling rail
roads of the south, 112 in all.
Right Man for the Job.
Humphrey Jones, of the Holdrege
uany Citizen, returned from ColomH,.
where he has been for some time on
government business. Mr. Jones has
been doing extensive work on tho In-
veaugauon ot land frauds in that
state, and tho authorities corsldcr him
m uiiu in urn nesi men that ever
undertook this branch of the n-nrk
and he will return there after the hol
idays.
East Xehiii.vka Teacher.
m i. . .
-ine executive committee nf h
Eastern Nebraska Teachers' nnri.
tlon have made arrangements for tho
program for their next annual meet-
mg .wnun will be hald In r.m
on April 7, 8 and 9. The committee
consists of W. A. I'.odre, of Omaha,
presiuent; j. w. Gamble, of Platts-
mouth, secretary and siincrininnni
C. Arnott, of the Schuyler schools. Ail
attendance of over 1,000 Is expected.
Pcnifierton Denies Injunction.
Judge Pemberton haa handed down
a decision deny'ng the inluneilo,,
agalns the mayor and city council of
Aebraskn City asked for by James ,
Houston, to prevent the city from
granting a new franchise and make a
contract with the water and light
company.
I.i-iov. .Mickey's Condition .Manning.
Ex-Gov. Mickey was ln a comatose
condition at his home In Osceola Mon
day afternoon. The Indications are
that death Is near.
Wood River Mun Found Dead.
Thos. I'. Ryan, a painter arid an old
resident of Wood River, died last week
unuer suspicious circumstances. He
was found in a dying condition In the
waiting room of theUnion Pacific de-
pot and died a few minutes later. He
I.ittlo t.lrl Badly Burned.
The 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Albert Ratkovec, living. In the south
east part of Pierce, was severely burn-
ad while playing about the stove.
STATE MEWS
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i? V ; $ ; i? 7ic v ; 7$ i'f.fc
MAX Aft TH'.D OF DESERTION.
Jacob
Mi-mlcill Arrest oil In
rierrt
County on This Charge.
"Jake" Marshall waa arrested
Thursday on the chargo of wife deser
tion, the warrant being sworn out by
County Attorney Stewart. Marshall
lived with his family on a farm near
Foster, rir.ee county, up to about two
years nv-o, when ho hrt. About the
same time the wife of John Marshall,
n I rother of the licensed, left home.
Uijt week the woman returned to
Fester and waa t::ken back by the de
serted spose. A few days later "Jake"
Marshall put in appearance at the
reunited homo and has been living
with his brother up to the time he waa
placed under arrest. Marshall is the
father of four children, the oldest a
boy ofabout It years of age. The boy
Is a cripple, hnvlng'lost a leg when
about years old. Mra. Marshall and
the children moved to Pierce some
time after the husband and father de
serted thorn and havo been a charge
on tho county for several months.
The county will endeavor to make
him put up bond for the care and
keeping of his family In the future.
Should he refuse he will bo prosecuted
under the wlfo desertion act.
FORGER AXD ROBBER.
Crook Reals Landlady Out of Board
and Cn.sh.
A man gi Ing the name of L. Lu
clest came to Nebraaka City and
boarded for a week with Mra. Frank
Carlton, who kee ps a boarding house,
and then tendered her a check on one
of the local bunks for $25, which she
cashed, ns he seemed to have plenty
or paper or tills kind. She left the
house to go down town to cash the"
check, which she round wns no good
und on her return homo found the new
boarder gone and with him a diamond
ring, her gold watch and aome other
iewelrv. Th- a ,..
- . - - - -' ...uu.j ,wuu ,.1-3 in
cape and the police have aont a de
scription ot him to the adjoining
towns, offering a reward for hla appre
nension. ;
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EXPLOSIOX IV IlKi'lWtX STOKE.
Lai
;e Slock and Goodly Sum In Cur
rency Runictl
J. O. Taylor A Son's rnnvnl il...
i -' ") v ouu a general store
at Berwyn was completely destroyed
I U.. ... .. ...
by lire, caused by a gasoline lieht ava
tern exploding Saturday evening. The
frame building and an $8,000 stock of
merchanolse, all their books and $S00
in currency was burned.
The gasoline lights had been burn
ing for some time when the explosion
iook piace. j. Taylor, who was at the
store at the time, barely had time to
get out. Two thousand dollAra In..,.
unco was .carried.
?1. K. Neh tilts Dead.
nord was received in Rentrle
Thursday announcing the death of M.
li.. Schultz, formerly of that rttv
which occurred at the home of his
son-tn-lnw, W. W. Ames, at Newark,
N- J. Mr. Schultz was twice mnvor
oi j.eatrtce and at one time waa irrand
muster workman of the A. O. TJ. W. of
A,ehrHHka
Sentenced to Five Years..
J. JvcLion, formerly a resident m
Grand Island, nn nlfalfa meal mill pru-
inorer. wno was chnrced with embnx.
zlement of several thousand dollars by
ine orK Alfalfa Meal comnanv. w
found guilty of embezzlement of funds
or the company and of appropriating
i,vuu. iio was given five years in
penitentiary.
PowtmiiKcr Seeor Reappointed.
Postmaster Secor, of Madison. r.
celved o telegram Thursday stating
that he had been recommended for re
appointment aa postmaster at Miidlann
and his name had been sent to the sen-
lite for confirmation. Mr. Secor Is serv
ing his elj-hth year as postmaster.
Morphine Smuggler Fined.
Frank Hart was fined linn f.
smuggling morphine Into the stuto
penitentiary. Deputy Warden rni.
hanty discovered the drug In En...
Ilsh walnuts and Hart was arrested in
Omaha.
Tug Hay nt Lincoln.
The Associated Charity asanelntlnn
it Lincoln Wednesday collected 12 ass
prominent society women doing the
collecting. The society expected to
collect $ 1,000. but owing to the cnM
weather or Homcthlnir elun v. u
- -. . i ri n j i
u.ih not forthcoming.
Lawyer Stricken Court.
While pleading a case In !, hi..
trlet court at Kearney Sionday after.
noon, JudLje 1 1. M. Sinclair sufTered a
relapse of an Illness from which he
had Just recovered and warn nmn.i
to his home.
Year for Kepford.
Among tho eases disposed of In
court at Clay Center was that of the
State of Nebraska against Ruy Kep
ford. charged with stealing from Mary
DelrlngV-r on tho 23d of November last
$66 worth of property. H pleaded
Kullty to the charge of grand larceny
and was sentenced to one year ln the
penitentiary.
GALE AND TIDALVAVE
Harvest of Death Reaped by Bllz
card That Strikes Eastern
States.
SNOW COVERS THE NORTHWEST
Worst December Storm in Decade
Sweeps Wide Area and Cost
la High.
Driven ln ft terrific northeast gale
blowing more than sixty miles an4
hour, a tidal wave swept the roast of
New England Sunday foenoon. broke
over the eeveuteen-foot sea dike at
Chelsea, engulfed 250 houses, took a
toll of three lives, made 1,200 house
less and left the shore to the nortr
nd south ot Boston strewn with the
wreckage of summer cottages.
Water reached to the spcnml stories
ot many houneB, and the fact that the
loss of lives was not greater wan due
in a large part to Policeman James
E. Dolan. Who saw the tidal wave
come over the dike and sounded a
warning which sent people scurry 1::'
to the uifper iloors of their houses.
One man fell dead from excitement
snd two cMWlren were found uncon
scious ln two feet ot water and were
sont to the hospital and were resuscl
L'.UJ. The tidal wave swept over Atlantic
avenue In Boston, along which the
coast steamers and fishermen dock,
and filled the cellars of warehouses,
causing damage estimated at $1,000,
000. For several hours the town of
Hull was an Island and life-savers res
cued people from their houses In the
lowest section. At- lliddeford. Me.,
icoreg of cottages were wrenched from
thele foundation) and swept out to sea.
Wreckage of houses Is strewn along
tho bcaeheB at Front's Neck. Old Or.
" , "' 'e"y IP"
Bhdueford Pool.
chard. Ferry Beach, Camp Kills and
I nu.i. t ... , .
The Northwest woke up Christinas
morning to find that the weather man
had presented them with the worst
December snowstorm in more than a
decade. From the northern limits o(
the country to thw southernmost tier.
of counties ln Illinois a smooth, fleecy
blauket lay over the whole country,
hiding out of sight the bare tons of
hills, filling tin vallevs and rnvlnea
and in the broud opeu spaces where
the wind had full play wrinkling un
Into fantastic drifts that burled fences,
blocked roadways and completely oblit
erated miles of railroad tracks.
Whipped by a gale that at times
reached a velocity ot fortv-elirbt miles
an nour. the snowstorm swept east
ward rrom the Mississippi Valley dur
ing the day. It took a wide puth.
reaching as far south as Tennessee and
North Carolina and extending north
Into upper New York State. In New
York City It almost stalled street car
and suburban train service. A uic
turesquo Christmas gift and one most
sultuble to the day Chicago found It,
but, with the romantic features left
out of consideration, an Inconvenient
and expensive one.
Before another twelve hours bad
passed thousands of dollars had been
spent In tearing rents through the
blanket to make way for the trnlna
that carry the country's traffic, and all
u it .
night linemen were at work renalrlni? I
the telegraph wires that the snow had '
Jroken down in its descent.
ZELAYA FLEES HIS COUNTRY.
United States Allows Him to Escape
Upon One Condition.
It was learned the other dav that
former President Jose Zelava of Nic
aragua llllR left Cnrlnln n.ll. M....I
u . ..... v ...ii. 111 1 1 1 c .11 ' A 1"
ran gunboat Guerrero for Sallua Cruz, I
........ .nii, departure was very
secret. Only a few of his moat nva
mends knew that the former dictator
. iUu.iii wuo nuoui to uoarti the
Mexican gunboat. The shin left with, i
.... , . .... '
out being molested by the United
States officials. The United-State .n
ompromiscd with its original attltn.tA
toward former President , Zelaya of
Nicaragua. The news was eenernl the
Other day In the departments ln Wash
ington that this government had pur
posely Interposed no objection to the
flight of Zelaya from the anger of his
own people, and that this compromise
was based on the assurance from Mm.
Ico and Nicaragua that Zelnya would
go into perpetual exile.
BIG DEFICIT IN P0ST0FFICE.
Hitchcock on Losses in Second-Clasj
Malls and Rural Routes.
Confronted with a deficit of SlT.4:n.
170, the present administration of h
postofflce department began Its opera
tions, una was the largest deficit ln
the history of the postal Hervic a
long as the deficit ln the department
aggregated only a few millions of dol
lars annually little attention waa paid
to it; but when, in the last few yeara.
it leaped to upward of $10,000,000, and
Bimlly, In 1909, exceeded $17,000,000.
ordinary business prudence suggested
'bt the causes be definitely located '
These a'e statements in the annual re
port of IWiitHster General Frank H.
Hitchcock, rn- ". other da
RAVAGE NEW ENGLAN
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1 AUNT tr 'irv- J,,:rOT-rr
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CHICAGO.
Dun's Weekly Review of Chic.agt
Trade says: Tho season of "good
will" Is marked by evidences of busi
ness prosperity which afford much en
couragement for the future. Heavy
payments through the banks testify ti
larger use of money and Christmas
trade ln the leading retail Hne3 her
and at interior points Is seen to com
pare favorably with all previous suc
cesses. Heavy-weight apparel, neccs
sarles and luxuries have been nndei
remarkable absorption and dealers?
stocks generally have undergone ample
reduction. .The purchasing power ol
the people during the paet few wecki
has been shown to an extent fully
equaling expectations. High prices oc
casioned some adverse comment, but
failed to check the onslaught of huv.
ers, and It has been demonstrated clear
ly that consumption maintains a pace
close to the production of ordinary re
qulrcments.
Bank clearings, $278,ins,n3S, exceed
those of the corresponding week in
108 by 31.98 per cent, and com par
with ?16I,2r.4,n79 In 1907. Both lattei
;:.is mntalned five business days.
Failures reported In the Chlrsnt
district number 34, against 28 last
week, 22 In PtOS and 22 In 1907. Thos
with liahllltlesovrr $5,000 number 11,
against 10 last week, 6 last year and ?
ln 107.
NEW YORK.
Holiday trade has occupied the ten
ler oi tne stage ibis work. Shopping
everywhere.- extept perhaps In parts
of the South, hns been of exception
ally heavy production. A number ot
cities report a record volume of busl
nesn, and ln practically every place
the turnover greatly exceeds that ol
1!08. Regular retail trade in winter
weight goods has also been stimulated
by crisp weather, and trade In tha
country districts bus llkewi.se im
proved, country road being In better
shape. In eon sequence jobbers report
a larger volume of reorders. On the
other hand, wholesale trade has turned
quieter,' salesmen being off the road.
with stock taking tinder way. Manu
facturers are also lnventoiyln-r or else
MViWFhiK'ta jU so: therefore Indus-
trial lines are relatively less active,
though orders for finished steel contin
ues in suipil.-iiigl' heavy volume.
Business failures ln the United
States for the week ending with Dec.
23 were 201. againiit 273 last week, lOfi
ln the like week of 1908, 218 in 1907,
161 In lltOti and 212 In 1903.
Business failures in Cunada for the
week number 23, which' compares With
33 for last week and 21 for the like
-veek of 190S.
Chicago Cattle, common to nrlm
M-00 to $8.70; hi?3, prime heavy, $4.50
to $S,50; Kheep, fair to choice, $4.50
to $5.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.23 to $1.24;
torn. No. 2, 60c to G2e; oats, standard,
43e to 53e; rye, No. 2, 79c to 80c; hay,
timothy, $10.00 to $19.00; prairie, $8.00
to $14.50; butter, choice creamery, 30c
to 35c; eggs, fresh, 30c to 33c; pota-
iucb, per DiiHiiei, ,jug to uC.
... .
,n5launoliR-(-a"le. shipping. $3.00
t...-, (,, 6uUU w uuuice neavy.
13.50 to $8.50; Bheep, good to choice,
12.25 to $4.30; wheat, No. 2, $1.21 to
$1.22; corn, No. 2 white, 61c to 62c.;
outs, No. 2 white, 4tic to 47c
St. Louis Cattle, $4.00 to $8.50;
hogs. $4.00 to $8.5!.; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.75; wheut. No. 2, $1.29 to $1.C2;
corn. No. 2, tile to G3c; oats. No. 2, 43c
to 44c; rye. No. 2. 75c to 76c.
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Detroit Cattle, $1.00 to $5.75; hogs
$4.00 to $8.30; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00;
. h., t vr a ',i ... i ot.
i yellow, 61c to 63c; oats, standard
4.c to 40c; rye, No. 1, 7Cc to 78c.
..... -
-viiiwauiiee v neat, jno. i northern
iinmt.ic .., k.,, .-.r :'
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oats, standard, 43c to 43c: rve. No i
76c to 78c; barley, standard, 68c to
70c; pork, mess, $23.00.
I Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $4.00 to $7.25; hogs, fair to
choice, $1.00 to $150; sheep, common
to good mixed, $1.00 to $5.50; lambs,
fair to choice, $4.00 to $.8.20.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, $1.20
to $1.22; corn. No. 2 mixed, 60o to
61c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 43c lo 44c;
rye, No. 2, 75c to 77c; clover seed'.
$9.00.
New YorkCattle. $4.00 to $6.80;
hogs, $4.00 to $8.65; sheep, $3.00 to
$.i.2.; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.28 to $1.30;
corn, No. 2. 70e to 71c; oata, natural,
white, 47c to 50c; butter, creamery,
lie to 37c; egg.., western, 32c to
15c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $7.15;
hogs, $4.00 to $8.45; .beep, $3.00 to
$5.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.28 to $1.30;
corn. No. 2 mixed. 61c to 62c; oats.
No. 2 mixed, 46u to 47c; rye. No. 8,
77c to 80c.
The fortieth annual convention of
the general execut. ve committee of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
nf the Methodist Episcopal Church
was held at Pittsburg.. Thenext con
vention will be held in a New England
City not yet named
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