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ID ft. TORNADO KILLS 9 Storm Does Damage in Kan sas, Missouri and Oklahoma, FIFTY-FIVE PERSONS INJURED, Three 8laln and Ten Hurt When Town of Hollls, Kan., Is 8wept Away. , Twlter Near Great Bend Kills Two and Injures Score Worktraln Is Blown Into Ditch Washouts Demor- , allze Traffic. Kansas City, May 15. A sorles of tornadoes in Kansas, Missouri mid Oklahoma killed at loast nine, Injured flfty-flve, laid waste ouo town and did groat damago to property. Twenty flvo wore injured by a storm which swept over Mt. Washington and Fair mount Park, suburbs of Kansas City. At least two of these aro thought to bo fatally Injured ami others serious ly. Tho town of Hollls, Knn., was Bwopt nway. Three people wore killed and ten Injured. Tho doad Fred Jor doc, John Cyre, Goorgo Eckort. , Tho Eckstrnm family, consisting of flva parsons, Is missing. Their houso is laid In ruins and It Is supposed that thoy aro doad, Near Great Bond n tornado killed two and Injured twenty. Willlnm Ackorly, n Snntn Fo onglneor, and' Frank Nicholson, a coniluctor, wero ' ltlllod while with a brldgo gang be tween Great Bond and Klngsley. Tho tornado wrecked the worktraln on which Ackorly was engineer nnd blow It Into n ditch. Sovernl members of the crow wero blown 100 feet. Tho piledrlver topplod over, crushing Ack orly to doath In his cab, where ho re mained with his hnnd upon tho throt tle At Holslngton, n tornado Injured' n number nnd greatly damaged farm proporty. At Pryor Creek, Okla., a t storm sovorely injured four persons nnd did considerable damage. Many washouts demoralized railroad traffic. WIDOW KILLS HER ANNOYER Gives Herself Up and Body Is Found In Yard at Her Home, Lyons, Knn., May 15. Mrs. Myrtlo Browor, a widow, tho daughter of wealthy parents at Little River, n Bmnll town near here, Is In Jail hero, having confessed to killing Frederick Arn, a brldgo carpenter. Tho case la a strango ouo. Mrs. Browor visited tho marshal's offlco at Little River and said slio had - killed a man and asked to be locked up. Officers who invOBtlgntod found tho body of Arn in tho yard of Mrs. Brewer's home. Ho had been shot through tho honrt and the bullet evi dently hnd been fired from a wiudow In Mrs. Browor's house. Tho woman refused to offer any explanation ex cept to assort thnt Arn had annoyed her nnd' that she was Justified in kill ing him. Sho had borrowed a revolver from a friend tho day before. Tho community Is greatly excited over the shooting nnd Mrs. Brower waa brought here and placed In Jail. AFTER FOOD FACTORIE8 Campaign Under Way for Government Inspection. Washington, Mny 15. At its noxl annual meeting tho association of statu and national food nnd dairy de partments will tnko steps to havo in troduced in congress a bill for govern ment supervision of factories in which foods aro manufactured for interstate commerce. Tho bill will bo modeled after tho meat Inspection law. This organization wns Instrumental in get ting tho pure food and drugs act and the meat inspection law passed ana it Is not satisfied with tho ruling of Sec retary Wilson, and tho secretaries oi the treasury and commorco nnd labor allowing tho uso of benzoato of soda In tho preservation of food products. Tho association will look into tho con dition of canning and food factories, and especially will endeavor to And out whether benzoato of soda is used to disguise the uso of decayed and poor fruits nnd vegetables. HEARS HIS FUNERAL SERMON Dying Indiana Man Summons Minister and Neighbors. Gas City, Ind., May 15. On his deathbed Elins B. Burns, eighty-eight years old, heard his tuneral sermon preached. After having been advised by hla physician that he could live only a few hours more, Mr. Burns summoned his minister, tho Rev. Henry Sen wan, and forty of his friends and neighbors nnd asked them to give nlm tho satis faction of attending his own funeral aervlco in his bed room. Hymns wero sung and Mr. Schwnn proached a ser mon. DROWNINGS OF A DAY Lure of Water on Warm Day Costs Three Lives. New York, May 14. Three men, an swering the lure of the water on a warm day, lost thoir lives by drowning about New York city. Abrnm Rivera, a student and a member of a wealthy family of Guatemala, Central Amer ica, was drowned at West New Brigh ton while trjlng to swim a pond there. The othor victims were unknown men, who were drowned in the Hud son river when a small boat in which they were rowing was upset by the wash of a steamer. HORN CA8E READY FOR JURY Closing Arguments Are Made In Tll of Mine promoters. Kansas City, May 18. Closing argu ments in tho case of tl.c government against tho three Horn brothers, S. II. Snldor nnd Raymond P. May, charged with illegal uso of tho malls In ex ploiting tho "Two Queens" mine in Arizona, wore concluded today, Leslie J. Lyons, assistant Unltod States dis trict attorney, orguod for tho prosecu tion. He charged that tho defendants paid $(5,000 for a half Interest in a mine, which they capitalized at 310, 000,000. " "E. S. Horn Is the brains of tho whole proposition. Ho was tho high, priest of this crowd of promoters," do clared Mr. Lyons. Attornoy J. S. Eottsford, who argued for the defonso, said it wns one of tho infirmities of the human raco to exag gerate what ono has to sell and that persons who bought mining stock un derstood that they wero paying for a chance nothing more. 8AY8 HE 13 NOT JOHN ORTH Chicago Austrian Consul Has Inter view With Supposed Cuke. Chicago, May 18. Joharm Salvator, alleged "JoHt duke of Austria," who disappeared from Pnlncsvllle, O., fol lowing publication of his claim to no ble birth, ronppearod In Chicngo. Ho wns tnken boforo the Austrian consul, Otto Graf, with whom ho had a brlof Interview. Following tho intorvlow the consul said: "I don't believe ho Is the lost archduke." "What are you going to do about hla case?" he was asked. "Nothing. Ho is going back to his Job In tho machine shops nt Palnes villa" TAFT IS GIVEN GOLDEN KEY Telegraph Instrument for Opening the Seattle Exposition. Washington, May 18. President Tnft Is to open tho Yukon-Alaska ex position at Seattlo Juno 1 with the splendid gold telegraphic key pre sented to him by Secretary Bnlllnger and tho delegation from Washington. The key Is mounted on AInska marblo and Is ornamented with twenty-two hnndsonio gold nuggets from AInska. Tho key will bo connected with tho White House telegraph wires and the president will touch It on the day of opening, thereby sotting in motion tho machinery of tho exposition. Dismisses Fraud Suits. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 18. Judgo Rlner In the federal court dismissed tho charges of fraud brought by spc- clnl agents of the government against tho Diamond Coal and Coke company. Tho suits wero brought to compel tho company to restore to tho government several hundred acres of coal land In Uinta county alleged to havo beon ob tained by fraud. McCall and Warner Go Free. Llttlo Rock, Mny 18 Judge Tneber of tho fedoral court dismissed tho cases against Montgomery McCall, alias F. M. Clark, and Isadoro J. Wnr ner, alleged leading men associated with J. C. Maybray In tho eolebratea "Mike" swindle syndicate, who wore charged with shipping matter forbid den by law through the express. Charged With Father's Murder. St. Pnul, May 18. Loulso Arbogast, tho nineteen-year-old daughter of tho lato Louis Arbogast, the wealthy butcher who was killed In his home last weok, Is In tho Rnmsey county Jail under commitment from the police court. Sho Ib formally-charged -with murder. It Is believed tho girl was In sane. Plea for Ball for Morse, Now' York, May IS. Counsol for Charles W. Morse, tho former banker, asked thnt Morse bo admitted to ball ponding his hearing, which was sot for Juno 1. A score of New York financiers nnd business mon offered to put up $5,000 bai; each. Tho decision was reserved. , More Turks Hanged. Constantinople, May 18. Five more men were hanged In front of tho build lugs of parliament. They hnd been found guilty by court-martial of com plicity In tlio murder of their ofTlcers In tho revolutionary outbreak of April 13. 170 Mules Die In Fire. Kansas City, May 18. One hundred and seventy mules were burned to death Jn a Are at tho Kansas City Etcck yards. Soven stables were de stroyed, tho total loss approaching $50,000. Slg Tire at Fort Smith. Fort Smith, Ark., May 18. Fire hero destroyed tho Fort Smith com press and its contents of 5,000 bales of cotton. Tho loss is estimated at $300,000 and is covered by insurance. Father and Son Slain. Richmond, Ind., May 18. Ech Meek and his son, Raymond, a few miles west of here, wero killed by Joseph Ilallsback. RalUbatft was wounded in the log. Rnilsbaek used a shotgun. Body of Missing Boy Found. Newark, O., May 18. Tho body of John Altmoyor, six yoars of ago, who was thought to have been kidnaped, was found in the rlvor. British Steamer Sinks. Cherbourg, May 18. The British steamer Cam Marth ran on the Auder Mile rocks and sank. All on board Gecrge Meredith is Dead. London, 18. G-orge Meredith, the English novelist, died this morning. mm f OB HAiKS Sentence of From Eight to Fifteen Years. HAS NO STATEMENT TO MAKE. Slayer of William E. Annls, Apparent ly Unable to Realize What It All Meant, Has Nothing to 8ay to the Court Army Captain is but a Ghost of His Former Self Will Be Taken to Sing Sing. Flushing, I I May 18. Standing apparently tho most unconcerned man In tho court room, seeming by hla apathetic attitude hardly to realize what It all meant, and after listening to ono of tho most scathing arraign ments of tho so called unwritten law 'ever heard In a court of Justice, Cap tain Peter C. Hnlns, U. S. A., heard himself condemned to hard labor in Sing Sing prison for a term of not less than eight yenrBnor more than sixteen years for (ho killing of Will iam 12. Annls cm the float of tho Day side Yacht club Inst August. Tho former dapper army ofllcor, ix ghost of his former self, and seeming ly troubled nnd weighed down uy his own personal sorrows, niailo no dem onstration at nuy time, and as soon as sentence had been pronounced sank heavily Into a chair. MRS. TAFT BREAKS DOWN Nerves Give Way and She Is Hur riedly Attended. Washington, Mny 18. Mrs. Taft, suffering from a slight nervous break down, was taken 111 while on her way from this city to Mount Vernon on the yacht Sylph with a party of frieuds nnd was hurried back to tho White House. It was said at tho Whlto House that there Is no cause iimk.t&'xizsti&&..: ''fryi'&arft MRS. W. H. TAFT. alarm and' that Mrs. Taft probably will be all right again in a few days. She waa unable to be present at an ofllclal dinner at tho White House. President Taft himself prepared tho following statement in regard to Mrs. Taft's condition: ' "Mra. Taft la suffering from a Blight nervouB attack. She attended the ear and throat specialist this morning, where Charllo Taft underwent a alight operation on his throat. Sho was with him for several hours. Sho then stnrted with tho .president and a Bmall party of friends on tho Sylph for Mount Vernon. Tho excitement, heat and exertion wero too much for Mrs. Taft's nerves and the party was obliged' to turn back beforo reaching Alexandria. Mrs. Taft was quickly carried to tho White House. Tho doctor says that after a fow days of complete rest Mrs. Taft may bo ablo to lesumo her social duties. Dr. De laney Is in attendance. Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Taft'n sister, acted as hostess at tho ofllclal dinner at the Whlto Houso.'? PET NAMES FOR OHIOAN Southern Editors Score Congressman Holllngsworth. Washington, May 18. Action by Speaker Cannon perhaps prevented 'the reopening of the wounds of the civil war. Holllngsworth (O.) rose on a question of porsonal privilege affect ing bia resolution objecting to tho placing of the portrait of Jefferaon Davis on the silver service to be pre sented to the battleship Mississippi on account of editorials printed' in southern newspapers, hunlng all sorts of epithets at him. The editorials wero read. Tho speaker declared that ns the editorials did not attack Hol llngsworth ho could not continue. The result of Holllugsworth'a attempt was to get into the Congressional Record a number of uncomplimentary remarks about himself and with nothing to off set. As tho editorials were read tho house was convulsed with laughtor. Some of the characterizations wero: ''Perhaps ono of Sherman's bums who robbed defonseloss men and women; "contemptible little whelp;" "a polit ical nonenlty from Ohio;" "a pale facod luminary;" "a pusillanimous pig my from Ohio." ' Senate Discusses Income Tax. Washington, Mny 18. A comprehen sive discussion of the Income tax by eunators and art extended speech by Senator Depew In support of tho pend ing tariff bill consum-id most of the session of the senate. Before adjourn ment a couple of hours wero devoted to a discussion of the cutlery scheduU of the tariff bill. for m' ife - & Sit Jit1 'Wk vft-i' " NEvrTCEEr commander: Rear Admiral Soaton Schroeder and Hla Fine Ni.val Record. It wns n proud day for Rear Admiral Beaton Schroeder when lie hauled up his flag on the battleship Connecticut and thereby assumed command of tho reorganized Atlantic fleet Admiral Schroeder hnd command of ono of the $mmmmmsmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmm IIHBHRkHI Btfi li(HWBimmiimiiii " i pa gaga ItEAB ADMXJIAI, HEA.TON HOlIllOKUKlt. divisions of the fleet In the cruise around the world, nnd his record won hi in promotion to succeed Admiral Sperry as head of tho great force of fighting machines when the latter ofll cor wns relieved of his command upon the return homo. Tho reorganization of tho fleet includes many Important changes, among them the detnehment of Captain Hugo Osterliaus from com mnnd of the Connecticut (o the com mnnd of the second division or the fleet, .with the Minnesota as his flag ship. Admiral Schroeder hns a long nnd honorable record In tho navy. Ho was appointed to It from South Carolina on Sept. 27, 1S04, as a midshipman nnd was mnde ensign on April 10, 18G0. On July 12, 1870, ho wns promoted to tho rank of mnster. Ills next ad vancement wns to a lieutenancy, which he received on Oct. 20, 1872. He was made lieutenant commander on Sept. 27, 1803, nnd held the commis sion during the Spanish-American wnr. lie wns executive ofllcor of the battle ship Massachusetts, lying nt Dry Tor tugas, when the Elaine was blown up In Havana harbor and was appointed one of the court of inquiry to investi gate the disaster. lie took part in tho capture and sink ing of Admiral Cervera's fleet when tho Spanish admiral attempted to es cape from the harbor of Santlngo, nnd for his part in this action the admin istration ndvnnccd him three numbers ou Aug. 10, 1808. On March 3, 100, bo wns promoted to the rauic or com mander nnd for several years succeed ing 1000 did important service ns gov ernor of the Island of Gunm. in the Pacific ocean. P. ft mi MMMfrMHftH8H9K8 Phone 131 A'i. ' ' t is High-Grade Etc., Etc. Prompt "WESTON AND' WALKING: " Famous Pedestrian, Hale and Husky at 8eventyf Off For San Francisco. Edward Payson Weston nt three score and ten Is a wonderfully hale and husky otd gentleman nud n living demonstration of hla clnlm that walk ing is the best possible preventive of premature old ago, for at the age which the Scriptures fix as the ordlnnry limit of tho life of man he is starting out to walk across tho continent, a tramp of nearly 5,000 miles, and is con fident of nrrlvlng In Snn Francisco on schedule time, or on July 8, if not a little before. He chose his seventieth birthday, Mnrch 15, as an appropriate time for beginning his journey. Re membering how faithfully Mr. Weston fulfilled hla promises when ho walked from Portland, Me., to Chicago a little more than a year ago, the public looks to Mr. Weston to make good this time. Ills last long walk was a repetition of n performance ho had made forty years before, and mnuy doubted whether he could do the same thing ngalu. He not only repented the performance, but lowered his record by walking the 1.2SS miles between the Maine city and Chicngo In 21 days nnd 10 hours. i nearly twenty-eight hours less time than it took him ns n young man of twenty-nine. Mr. Weston Is a nntlve of Provi dence, R. I., nnd ns n boy ho was not particularly stroiiT, but oxcrcle, nnd especially walking, so improved his health thnt he has lived to enjoy n green old nge and feels good for mnny more walks. His first long walk was from Boston to Washington to witness EDWARD FAYSOH WESTON. the Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, lie was twenty-two then, nnd he cov ered the -153 miles In 208 hours. It was his Portland-Chicago walk which won him International fame, nud In 1870 he went to England nnd did pe destrian feats that attracted tho en thusiastic admiration of thousauds of spectators. In 1870 he won tho famous Astlcy championship belt. Weston believes thnt American youth do altogether too little walking nud hopes by bis example to show how much it might Improve their health. I" -' " '' -' V " $ j A L, A C E- LDARKET i. -w. 2s:E3E3i:ufi.nsr. Miss Rose C. Herman Cashier and Bookkeeper Joseph S. Saxton - Meat Cutter Joseph Skala - - Butcher Jake H. Herman - Stock Buyer John B. Herman Deliveryman No. : Wm. C Herman Deliveryman No. 2 ft Best Equipped Most Up-to-Date Exclusive Meat Market in Western Nebraska Meats, Fresh and Cured, Fish, Poultry, Try our home-made Palace sausages Attention Given to Phone Orders 2 GOVERNOR TO MISSIONARY. The Unusual Course Token by Former Executive of North Carolina. Robert II. Glenn, who retired n few weeks ngo ns governor of North Caro lina, has taken up mission work as bis GOQCOEU xcwpoojciaag tift. &yj& IIOBUIIT B ODCKH. future profession and Is now engaged by the executive committee on home missions of the Southern Presbyterian church as its special representative. The historic remark of the governor of North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina, "It's a long time be tween drinks," Is recalled when tho ex ecutive of the Tar Tleel State Is spoken of, and It does not seem quite appro priate thnt he should be n mnu noted for his religious proclivities. But for mer Governor Glenn Is n Presbyterinn elder and a temperance mnn, and It waa under his leadership that North Caro lina enacted iti state prohibition law. The governor of South Carolina during Mr. Glenn's service as executive of North Carolina wns also a temperance man, so that neither exnetly corre sponded to popular Ideas of what a governor in the Carollnas should be. Governor Glenn became famous about a year ngo because of his con troversy with n federal judge over tho enforcement of railway rate laws within the state and his championship of state rights. On this account he was even talked of for n time ns n pos sible nominee for the presidency on the Democratic ticket. Trees and Publlo Health. Trees aro conservators of the pnblle health. Thoy are the great labora tories of nature. Their leaves absorb the carbonic acid and give out the compensating oxygen. They are the best and most effective sanitary agents. No man can live among them without absorbing their health giving nnd In spiring influence. m Prop. f ?f - A i V0j:f:xtXJOCaoco3S tft ' m 1 eersi ;iijU V