?ll"l'i!WS.JSSKl IT I 1 I'i PR1NCEJT0 SLAIN ' Japanese Statesman Killed by " Bomb Thrown b; Korean. i TWO OTHERS ARE WOUNDED, President of Southern Manchurian Railroad and Japanese ConBul General at Harbin Injured Newa Causes Great Grief and Consternn- tlon at Toklo Framed Imperial Constitution. Toklo, Oct. 26. Nowb has boon re ceived lioro thnt Prince Ito was as sassinated nt Harbin. Ho waB killed by a bomb thrown Uy a Korean. Tho JnpaneHO consul general nnd tho pres ident of tho HoutUorn Manrhurlnn rail- PRINCE ITO. road woro woundod. Tho news htia caused great grief mid conBtenmt,ton. Prlnco Ito was porhapB tho greatest Btntostnnn of now Japan. The achieve nicut with which his namo has boon chlolly associated' in tho minds of oc cidentals was tho framing of the Im perial constitution, by virtue of which Jnpnn took her place for tho flrBt tjmo in tho ranks of modem civilized states, Prlnco Illr)bumi Ito, wlio waB prOBl dont of tho privy council of Japan, loft ToUio Oct. 10 for a tour of Mnn churia, He was duo to nrrlvo at Har bin today, whoro ho waB to have mot M. Kokovsoff, tho Russian minister of finance, for an .Important conferenco. PRISONER CONFESSES MURDER Otto Mueller Admits Killing Annie Luther Over a Year Ago. Now York, Oct. 20. Otto Muollcr, who under tho namo of Fred Gebhardt was arrested at Astoria, L. I., for the murder of Annta Luther, whoso skele ton was found a week ago last Sun day night Jin the woods' near Islip, L. I., confessed that ho shot Aunlo Luther in tho woods near Day Shoro on April l), 1008. "I told Annie Luther," confessed Mueller, "out at Bay Shore that I was married and had a wife and two chil dren and that I must lenvo bor and go back to my wife. 1 had taken her down to Day Shoro to show her some proporty. She screamed and ran after me. She kissed mo and pulled mo back. I shot hor then. I did not look at hor after that and I don't remem ber "whether I Bhot hor moro than onco. I left hor in tho woods after I shot hor nnd I went over to tho Isllp station and camo homo. I threw tho rovolver out of the car window on tho way home." BATTLE IN NICARAGUA Rebel Forces Victorious In First lm. portant Engagement. Dlueflelds, Oct. 25. Uy wireless to Colon. Tho llrst Important battlo of tho revolution occurred between tho forces of General Chamorroro nud 1, 000 of Prcsldont Zelaya's troops. Tho eceno of the engagement was on the San Juan river, near Boca do San Carlos. Tho robela won with slight losses. Tho government forces lost 100 killed and 300 wounded. Tho rebels captured two Krupp siege guns and 400 rifles. News has been received from tho interior to the effect thnt President Zelaya Is recruiting and mobilizing troops nt Managua. Apparently nono of his army Is enrouto to tho Atlantic coast. General Chamorroro is ad vancing slowly into tho interior, strengthening his forces as ho goes. NEW ATROCITIES REVEALED Officer Claims Congo Natives Are Tor tured and Killed. Tlrussels, Oct. 25. Now atrocities in the Congo independent state have been revealed by an officer of a rubber com pany. He charges that between 1907 and 1909 a number of the company's agents tortured and killed many na tives, posted armed sentries, chained and imprisoned tho nntlves for them to work nrfd burned' villages. The mlnistor of the colonies has ordered an inquiry. Wisconsin Capitol Building Collapses. Madison, Wis., Oct. 25. Daniel Lo gan of Chicago met instant death in the collapse of part of the -new Wis consin state capital building horo. Thrw hundred tons of granite foil soventy feet and Logan was In tho r- --. l.vtj.::!-n wore slightly 1 1 i !.e laiuaso la $5J,000. MMSiSMMMtWHHiVMwMMMasMMiRMnHi CHAUFFEUR ACCU8E8 DOCTOR Says Det.olt Physician Accused of Murder Tbrv Three 8acks In Creek. Detroit, Oct. V.G.- CliauRour Josoph Lonrh nt tho oxamlnatlon of Dr. George A. Frltch on the chargo of man slaughter In connoctlon with tho myB terlous dnalh of Miss Maybollo Milk man lostlflod that ho took tho physi cian to Kcorso creel; n his automobile nnd Hint Dr. Frltch throw Into tho crook three Backs which thoy had brought from his oflVce. It was aftor I.each had made a con fession to the police B3veral woeks ago that Dr. Frltch wns rearrested In connection with tho death of Miss Mlllman. Loach tostlflod thnt on Aug. 27 Dr. Frltch telephoned for him and ho wont (o see tho doctor. Ho testi fied the physlcjnu told him he was In trouble; thnt ho wanted a friend to help him. Then, said Leach, Dr. Frltch asked if ho knew of any deep water readily accessible. "Have you been killing somebody?" Leach said ho nsked him. "You aro not supposed to know," was tho answer, Leach said'. Loach then told tho story of the rldo to Kcorso creek and how Dr. Frltch hnd thrown tho body In. Tho testimony vnrjott only slightly from loach's confession already made pub lic. LURTON MAY BE NAMED Said to Be Taft's Choice for Supreme Court Vacancy. Washington, Oct. 2G. Unless all BlgnB fall and unless President Tnft sots asldo nil precedents and appoints an outsider who has not been men tioned, Hornco P. Lurton, nt present circuit J ud go of tho Sixth judicial dis trict, which includes flio caBlcrn nnd tho western districts of Michigan, will bo appointed as tho successor to tho lata Justico Pcckham to tho Unit ed States supremo court. Henry F. Soverns of Kalamazoo b also men tioned In connection with tho supreme court judgeship, but It is not believed thnt President Tnft will select tho man from Michigan. President Tnft nnd .1 ud go Lurton served together on tho Sixth judicial circuit nnd tlUs fact would' Bccm to lndlcnto that the presi dent, will select the Tennessee mnn for tho vacancy In tho high tribunal. CANCELS INSURANCE POLICY Company Throws Up Risk on Life of Missouri Mayor Involved In Feud. St. Louis, Oct. 20.- Mayor Koy C. Woods of Wcllston, St. Louis county, received notlco from nn insurance company that it had cancelled hla ?5, 000 policy. Mayor WoodB bollovcB tho action wns caused by two recent political feud shootings In Wcllston. Tho life of Mayor Woods is insured for $40,000 nmV hla will provides that in event ho dies at tho hands of an assassin "Jo soph W. Folk, former governor, shall receivo $1,000 nnd flvo other lawyers $500 each to prosecute his slayers and thnt tho ofllcer arresting his slayer shall receive $2,500" CLEMINSON ON TRIAL Chicago Physician Faces Charge cf Killing His Wife. Chicago, Oct. 20. Dr. Haldano Clem iiiBon, charged with tho murder on May 30 last of his wife, was placed on trial before Judge McSurely here. On tho morning of Mrs. Cleminson's death Dr. Clentfnson telephoned to a physician that he and his wlfo had been chloroformed by n burglar; that Mrs. Clemluson was dying nnd that he was very sick. Twenty-lour hours aft er Mrs. Cleminson's death the physi cian admitted that ho had Invented the burglar story. Ho said ho had done so to save IiIb children from tho stigma of their mother's sulcjde. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Features of the Day's Trading and Closing Quotations. Chicago, Oct. 25. Bearish weokly statistics and liberal receipts In this country had a depressing effect today on tho wheat market and pricoa de cUned Oic. Corn and oats were also weak. Provisions woro tlrm. Close: Wheat Doc, $1.04; May, $1.04'j. Corn Dec, 59Vtc; May, Cl'Cl!K,c. Oats Dec, 40c; May, 42tf042c. Pork Jan., $18.95; May, $18.07.. Lard Oct., .1Xli, Jan., $11.20. Ribs Oct., $11.10; Jan., $r.3. Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard wheat, $1.08!). 1.13; No. 2 corn, 61 V4 C6PJic; No. 2 oats, -iOVi iff 4094c Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Oct. 25. Cattle Receipts, 26,000; steady to a shade lower; beeves, $3.858.90; cows and heifers, $2.00(ff5.75; Texas steers, $3.804.9C; stockers and fcoders, $3.0006.10; westerns, $4.OO07.25. Hogs Receipts, 24,000; G10c higher; bulk of sales, $7.7007.90; light, $7.250S.O5; mixed and butchers, $7.4508.00; heavy, $7.35 8.00; rough heavy, $7.3507.7&; yorkors, $7.6507.75; pigs, $5.5007.30. Sheep Receipts, 40,000; weak; na tives, $2.4004.80; westerns, $2.75 4.85; yoarungs, $4.40:. 10; lambs, $4.2507.20; westorns, $4.507.15. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, Oct. 25. Cattle Re ceipts, 8,300; 10c higher; native steorst $4.6008.00; cows and heifers. $3.0005.00; western Btoors, $3.50 6.25; stockers and foedors, $2.8103.10; cnlvos, $3.50'7.00; bulls and stags, $2.7504.50. Hogs Rocelpts, 2,300; 5 ClOc higher; hoavy, $7.6607.65; mix ed, $7.5007.55; light, $7.4507.00; pigs, $6.5007.25; bulk of sales, $7.5007.60. Sheep Receipts, 13,000; 10015c high or; yviirllcst. $4 " V waUitfrg, Sint.J.fiS. twi. ZVckTc, lambs, 7.00. TAFT'SJIVER TRIP Fifteen Vessels Start From St. Louis to New Orleans. VOYAGE IS FOR EXPLOITATION. Greatest Pageant Ever Pulled Off In Effort to Force Upon Congress Reali zation of Need of Deep Waterway to the Gulf Large Number of Senators and House Members Included In the Escort President on Oleander, St. Louis, OcL 26. President Tnft Blarled his 1,200-mllo trip down tho Mississippi river last evening to the tooting or whistles and the cheers of thousands. Fifteen big steamboats, benrlng a noble escort, swung out bo hlnd tho little Ughthouso louder Ole ander, on which tho president Is quar tered. Included In the oscoit are the vice president of tho United Slates, two cabinet mombors, n score of Unit ed SUUoh senators, four representa tives of foreign nations, tho Bponker of the house of representatives, with 176 of Ills follow congressmen, and hun dreds of prominent business men of tho middle west. It Is the greatest show thnt was ever pulled off In an effort to push legislation through con gross. Tho excursion is running under tho auspices of tho Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways association and Ib to end nt tho annual conferenco of the association In Now Orleans. As Gov ernor Hndloy of Missouri describes tho trip, It Is for "exploitation and investi gation." Taft to Make Eight Speeches. Mr. Taft himself hardly regards It as a pleasure trip. Tho president is ac companied on tho Olennder only by his secretaries and tho secret Bervico gunrd. He Is scheduled to mnko eight speeches on tho trip, hut ho will havo to Bpnro his voice If ho expects to speak above n whisper on tho last lap of his trip. Somo Idea of tho size of this excur sion may bo gleaned by the stuff that had been placed In tho steamer'B lard ers before It left. There woro 2,000 pounds of fresh meat, 120 gallons of oysters, 2,500 pounds of fish, 280 bushels of potatoes, 1,920 dozen of eggs, 2,400 pounds of butter, 55,000 clgnrB and w.lnes and liq uors unostlmnted. On tho boats carry ing tho governors from tho Mississippi valley states and' tho congressmen wero n fow peculiar looking tables, with green cloth covers. Ono of tho St. Louis pnpers says they nro poker tables, with "niches for chips, stands for bottles nnd' n depression in tho center for tho kitty." It will be a four days' run down tho river. Taft Takes Rap at Cannon. Prcsldont Taft served notlco on Speaker Cannon that tho old "pork barrel" method of apportioning the hnrbor and rlvor appropriations to tho congressmen with a pull will have to cease. The speech caused a sensation nmong tho 177 congressmen nt tho St. Ixnils meeting, who regarded it as a direct Blnp at tho speaker. Somobody wanted to know of Spcnker Cannon before he sailed what ho thought of tho fight tho insurgents wero making ngainst him. "Get out your pencil and write this down," said ho, which was done, as follows; "Old Paul, you will recollect if you re fer to his Joumoy, finally Btruck an at titude and said: 'I havo been impris oned, punished wjth stripes, met with robbers on ono hand' nnd have been shipwrecked and have met tho beast of Ephesus, hut nono of nil these could discourage me.' That is nil." DRY FARMING CONGRESS Twelve Hundred Delegates Interested In Work Arc at Billings, Mont. Hillings, Mont., Oct. 26. Tho dry "farming congress opened with nn at tendance of 1,200 men who aro Inter ested In tho raising of grain and vege tables where there js lltlo rainfall. AH railroads operating in tho coun try havo their high officials In attend nnce. Exhibits of products from Colo rado. Canada, Wyoming, New Mexico. Utah, Oregon, Washington and other states show what can be accomplished under adverse onditlons. Dies In Attempt to See President. DallaB, Tex., Oct. 25. Deputy Coun ty Clerk Louis llqlchenstotn, who was bayonetted by Sergeant J. D. Manley of company E, Third regiment, Texas national guard, during tho crush to see President Taft, died from his wound. Manley Is still In Jail, with a chargo of murder against hjm. He de clines to talk for publication. Indian Killed In Battle. Muskogee. Okln., Oct. 26. Barricad ed In a school house full of children near Sleeper, Okla., Jack Willis, a young Cherokee Indian, fought a bnt tie with officers, resulting in his death nnd the probable fatal wounding of Deputy Constable Tuck Ketcher. Wil lis resisted arrest for a trivial offense Two Killed by Street Car. Canton, O., Oct. 26. Mrs. Hiram Snyder of this city was struck by a street car and instantly killed. Mrs. Mary E. Hortlng, her companion, was also hit by the car, both legs being severed. She died about an hour Inter. Chorus Girl May Recover. Washington. Oct. 26. Mrs. Evelyn Short, tho chorus girl shot bore by hor husband. William H. Short, who after wni ds committed suicide, is In n seri ous condition, but has a nshtiu.5 chenrp to recover. BIMKMlUUU&liffliaiMK. JAu. Groceries and Provisions Fresh and Cured Meats kytlif tie fe Northwest Corner Box Butte Avenue and Montana Street Best Equipped, Most Upto Date Exclusive Meat Market in Western Nebraska Shop open from 6:30 a. m. to 7 p. m.; Saturday and pay .days, open till 9 p. m.; not open on Sunday during winter Prompt Attention to Phone Orders A We purchase good dressed beef and pork in the carcass. Gall at our shop before selling GRAHAM The Leading Dealer in Phone 50 Mces Big MARKET 1. W. Herman, Prop. Miss Rose C Herman Cashier and Bookkeeper Jos. Skala, - Meat Cutter Jake H. Herman - Stock Buyer Louis Skala j Sausagemnkers Joliu Herman S and Butchers Win. C. Herman - Delivery Boy Phone 131 Residence Phone, 375 .' i c o-J "v , -.-