WILLIAM BOYD ALLISON
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VETERAN STATESMAN EXPIRES
SUDDENLY IN DUBUQUE.
SURPRISE TO THE PUBLIC
Serious Nature of His Illness Had
Peen Kept Secret for Months
Sketch of His
Career.
Dubuque, la., Aug. 5. Senator Wil
liam Boyd Allison died in his Locust
etreet home at 1:33 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. With him at dissolution
were members of the household and
physician. In a bulletin announc
ing the death, Drs. Hancock and Lew
Is assigned heart failure as the cause.
Announcement of the senator's
death came as a shock to his neigh
bors and the community, as few were
aware of his illness. While for "the
last two years he was in declining
health, and while he suffered loss of
much vitality during the months ef
the present summer, there was no
news emanating from his home indi
cating the seriousness of his condi
tion. ,
Senator Allison passed through a
serious illness at Washington last
winter. Three weeks ago he con
sulted a Chicago physician and a
fortnight ago went to his country
home a few miles from this city to
scape the heat and secure the bene
fits of country air and quietude. He
remained there until last Saturday
morning, when he was brought back
to his city home.
Lost Consciousness Saturday.
During last week nurses were em
ployed to care for the senator for the
first time since his illness, and this
was the first Intimation anyone had
of a change for the worse in his con
dition. The senator lost conscious
ness after Saturday and did not fully
recover his mental faculties up to
time of his death. He had been
under the constant surveillance of
physicians for the last few days.
After his return' home his sondition
grew rapidly worse, his mental vigor
was wholly spent, and his condition
"was one of absolute dependence. . Two
nurses were in constant attendance
upon him and efforts to maintain se
crecy as to his condition were re-
doubled while everv mpans was
adopted to insure his rest.
Close friends noted upon, his return
from Washington, following his attend
ance upon the last session of con
gress, that his mental faculties were j
not as keen as they had been. i
Funeral arrangements will not be i
complete until late Wednesday. The
funeral will probably be held Friday.
Sketch of His Career.
William Boyd Allison was born at
Perry, Ohio. March 2. 1829, and was
the son of John and Mary A. Allison.
Me lived on a farm throughout his boy
hood and was educated at Allegheny
college In Pennsylvania and at the
Western Reserve college In Ohio. He
was admitted to the bar in 1850 and
was married at Ashland. Ohio, in Feb
ruary, 1854. to Miss Anna Carter, of
Wooster, Ohio. He practiced law in
Ohio in 1850 to 1857 and removed to
Dubuque, Iowa,' In 1857. He wag a
delegate to the Republican state con
vention In !f9 and that was his fi-t
SENATOR
ALLISON
political appearance, tie was a aeie
gate to the national Republican con
vention at Chicago in 1860. He was
appomted a member of the governor's
staff in 1861 and from that position he
assisted in raising troops for the con
flict with the south. He was made a
member of congress in 1863 and served
to 1ST1. Then he was elected United
States senator from Iowa and served
to his death.
He declined the secretaryship of-the
treasury in 18S1. President Harrison
In 18S9 offered him the same position
and again he declined. President Mc
Kinley in 1897 effered him the office
again, but he thought it best to pass
H up. He was chairman of the Amer
ican delegates to the International
Monetary conference held at Brussels
In 1832. He was a candidate for the
presidential nomination at the Repub
lican convention In 1888 and In 1896.
Cummins to Seek Toga.
Lake Forest, 111., Aug 5. Gov. Al
bert B. Cummins, of Iowa, Tuesday
night announced himself as a candi
date to succeed Senator Allison in
congress. The governor paid a glow
ing tribute to his late polltleal adver
sary's services to Iowa and the coun
try at large, then frankly declared his
ambition to be elected to the upper
house by the legislature of his state.
He also announced that "some one
will be appointed at once to occupy
Senator Allison's seat for the remain
ing months of his unexpired term."
Walks Into River and Drowns.
Keokuk. Ia-, Aug. 5. William
O'Blenness. assistant engineer on the
Keokuk & Hamilton bridge, walked
through the door of the engine room
into the river early Tuesday morning
and was drowned. Employes had left
the bridge open after a boat had
passed through for the purpose of
cleaning the engines' after the work
was done.
Patrick's Appeal is Docketed.
Washington, Aug. 5. Albert T. Pat
rick, who is serving a life sentence
in Sing Sing prison for the murder of
William M. Rice, a New York million
aire, several years ago, had docketed
in the supreme court of the United
States Tuesday his appeal from the
decision of the United States court in
New York refusing to release him en
a writ of habeas corpus.
TRAGEDY IN GOTHAM BANK.
Bookkeeper Gives Worthless Checks
and Commits Suicide.
New York. May 5. Charles W.
Westerfeld, 22 years old, an assistant
bookkeeper of the Produce Exchange
bank, committed suicide by shooting
himself .through the head in the book
room of the bank Tuesday afternoon
just as two checks bearing his signa
ture were presented at the paying
teller's window. Westerfeld had no
deposit at the bank to meet the checks,
which were for $20 each, and the teller
detained the man who presented the
checks and sent for Westerfeld to
make an explanation. This resulted in
the finding of the young man's body in
the vault where the books of the bank
were kept.
INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
Registrar of Conveyances at New Or
leans Is Accused.
New Orleans, Aug. 5. L. V. Guil
lotte, register of conveyances of Or
leans parish, was indicted Tuesday
by the grand Jury her for embezzle
ment It is allered that there have
hof rren la rl Jn in Cuillotte's oflc-
"ovc-lnr n period rf several yrs.
h,j o'v nnr ten of $r4 Is ment'oned
'n te Indict trnt. An expert account
rt ' r ""'ne nror the books. OuJl
onlv r"'ntlv announced his
'n-r!i''
fourt.
on tr reerular Democratic
IndsrcsHn for the Firtt city
Tor
A"to U"fets: Four Injured.
n.itt. Votif.. .A iie. r. E. F. Buph
"ll of Washington. chW clerk in the
r-Frl service, who has hoen in at-'--'?;;nce
upon th convention of the
""ort'-jna state postmasters at Helena;
":il'omh mills, postmaster at Butte;
r. Roff. postmaster at Missoula, and
i id re Chf-adle of the district bench
at T.ewistown. Mont., were all slightly
injured In an automobile accident near
th Wlcks tunnel Tuesday afternoon
while returning from Helena. The
machine skidded and overturned.
Removed to Prevent Lynching.
Bloornington. 111., Aug. 5. Fearing
an attempt to lynch Frank Denton,
who stabbed James Ryan to death in
Peoria Monday, Denton was brought
to this city and lodged in jail. Feeling
against Denton Is said to be intense.
PARKER TO OPEN
FORMER CANDIDATE TO
IN LOS ANGELES.
SPEAK
LIVELY DAY AT LINCOLN
Democratic Leader Has Many Callers
Taft at Virginia Bar Meeting
DuPont Will Direct
Speakers.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 5. Judge
Alton B. Parker, Democratic candidate
for president in 1904, will deliver his
first speech for the Democratic ticket
in the present campaign before a Los
Angeles audience Wednesday night at
the auditorium. Judge Parker, who
arrived in the city Monday night aft
several weeks' outing In Yellowstone
Park, was entertained at luncheon
Tuesday by 200 members of the Demo
cratic League and spoke briefly but
without particular reference to poli
tics. Delancy Nichol of New York
also .addressed the members" of the
league briefly.
Bryan Has a Busy Day.
Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 5.
William J. Bryan spent a busy day
Tuesday. The torrid weather did not
seem to affect those desirous of taking
the long trip to Fairview. They came
in great numbers, some on business
bearing on the campaign and many
purely out of a desire to pay their re
spects. Early in the day Mr. Bryan gave out
a statement in which he referred ts
Mr. Taft's talk's Into a phonograph
and expressed the opinion that hence
forth the use of the phonograph for
the dissemination of political speeches
would be regarded as a dignified
method of discussing public questions.
Most of the afternoon was taken up
by a conference with J. H. Atwood, a
member' of the national committee
from Kansas.
Taft and Virginia Lawyers.
Hot Springs, Va., Aug. 5. After he
had listened to a speech of nearly two
hours' length by President Meredith
of the Virginia State Bar association,
which began its twentieth annual
meeting here Tuesday, Judge William
H. Taft remarked jocularly as he con
gratulated Mr. Meredith: "I am cer
tainly glad that some one has made
a speech that is longer than the one I
delivered at Cincinnati."
Mr. Taft was given an informal re
ception as he entered the ballroom of
the Homestead hotel, where the meet
ing was held. Of the 124 members of
the Virginia bar present, nearly every
one presented himself for an intro
duction or a friendly greeting. Mr.
Taft will address the association
Thursday.
DuPont to Direct Speakers.
New York, Aug. 5. Gen. T. Coleman
DuPont of Delaware was appointed
Tuesday as director of the speakers'
bureau of the Republican national
committee. In announcing the selec
tion of Gen. DuPont for the place,
Frank H. Hitchcock, the national
chairman, said that he expected that
the conduct of this bureau would be
a strictly business administration.
Gen. DuPont will give his entire time
to the work. He is the Delaware mem
ber of the national committee and
also a member of the executive com
mittee. Mr. Bacon Goes to Porto Rico.
Washington, Aug. 6. Assistant Sec
retary Robert Bacon of the state de
partment left Washington Wednes
day for San Juan, Porto Rico, where
he will look into the question of land
holdings about to be transferred to
the United States ' government, the
title to which is in dispute.
Quarantine Against Mexico.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 6. The state of
Texas, through the health depart
ment Wednesday established a rigid
j'ellow fever quarantine against Mex
ico, an outcome of a recent tour of
the republic by Dr. J. F. Eaves of
the state health department.
Maybe So.
Squiggs Why do they call these in
terurban cars "limited?"
Squaggs Because such a small
number of people who travel on them
get to their destination alive." To
ledo Blade.
AN
CAMPAIGN
BALL GAME
AT LOUISVILLE
Red Sox Take the Game by a
of Eight to Two
Score
The Red Sox returned last night from
their trip to Louisville singing peans of
of victory. They had venied, vidied,
vicied the young men who represented
Louisville upon the diamond to a finish.
As the poet has aptly stated it, they
put a crimp in their ambitions that will
hold them awhile.
The Louisville played good ball and
outhit the local team, but they could not
get the hits when they reeded them,
the crafty Mr. Wilkens fooling the
doughty knights of the bat just at the
time when they ought not to have been
fooled, while McNamee could not put
the blinders on the Red Sox when he
should have.
There was a pretty fair attendance
considering the conditions, the weather
being very hot, and those who attended
saw a good game albeit somewhat one
sided. Plattsmouth took the lead in
the first inning amassing so many runs
that the Louisville team was discourag
ed from the start. This lead was main
tained to the end, thanks to Wilkins
pitching and the work of the fielders.
Richey and Droegge distinguished
themselves particularly in the out field
making several brilliant catches while
Ramsey played a fine game on the in
field at the. third base. McCauley was
compelled to retire from the game be
fore many innings had been played, the
result of a collision with Mann. Mann
who was catching and McCauley who
played first base, both went after a
foul fly and when they came together
McCauley was some busted and retired,
Tyson taking his place.
The batting list was led by Ralph
White who hit the ball a mighty swat
into the outfield for three bases making
McNamee believe that Hans Wagner
was in the game.
For Louisville Woods in left field,
excelled in fielding, while Ossenkop was
the Geo. Stone of the team getting
three hits in seven times at the bat.
As stated before Louisville played a
much better game than the score shows
as they hit the ball often enough but
I could not bunch their hits. They had
men on bases nearly all through the
game but could not run bases.
pAt the close of the game ihe Red Sox
were hailed victorious by the populace
and met with much acclaim and hurrah
They came away feeling that they were
just about the champeen nine of this
section and that they could trim most
any old collection of ball tossers. They
had a hot dusty ride both ways and got
home at 10-30 p. m. hot and dirty but
feeling fine.
Ihe line-up of the two teams was as
follows :
Plattsmouth
Mann
Wilkens
Louisville
Pankonin
McNamee
Catch
Pitch
First
j McCauley )
J. Ossenkop
lyson )
Wnite
Ramsey
Larson
Droege
Richey
McKinney
Second F. Ossenkop
Third Irwin
Short Rand
Left Voods
Center Ellis
Right Tenant
These two teams will play here on
Aug. 14. and the Ix)uisville boys 'low
they'll do some trimming themselves,
by heck.
The score by innings:
Plattsmouth 40000201 18
Louisville 00001100 02
The Long Looked for Rain.
The long-look ed-f or showers in this
state began to materialize last night
when rain began falling quite heavily
in the vicinity of Ravenna and moving
eastward. Lincoln reported a shower
about 1 o'clock this morning.
Along the Burlington west of Lin
coln, Sutton had reported a shower at
one o'clock with threatening conditions
at other points. East of Lincoln rains
are reported from Louisville and inter
mediate points to Lincoln while the
Missouri Pacific had showers along their
line from Louisville to Nebraska City
through Manley, Weeping Water and
Union.
The Northwestern line did not report
any rain northwest of Fremont though
there was a shower at that point.
In this immediate vicinity, there was
very little rain. At Louisville yester
day noon there was a fair shower
which laid the dust tho the sun cajne
ut very hot later. Manley also had a
shower and Weeping Water had two
showers in the afternoon, one at about
one thirty and the other at three o'clock
in the afternoon, the latter coming up
the Weeping Water from the east.
There was a heavy ra.n reported in
the vicinity of Rock Creek east of Mur
ray early this morning and light
sprinkles from other points about eight
or ten miles distant from this city.
Today's indications do not look like
rain as the weather is clear and hot.
Wendell Heil, one of the progressive
and up-to-date farmers of Eight Mile
Grove precinct was in the city this morn-
I ing transacting business.
GEORGE 00DD
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Takes Carbolic Acid fo End
His Earthly Career
Wife in California
From the Kansas City Post is learned
the news that George Dodd, well known
in this city, attempted suicide at his
home at 76G Central Avenue, Kansas
City, Kan., on July 2Uth, by taking car
bolic acid. lie was taken to Kethany
hospital where the attending physician
expected him to recover.
Prior to taking the poison, Dodd had
written a letter to Joseph Butler, an
undertaker, and a friend of his, in
which he indicated his purpose to end
his life. The letter read as follows:
"Neighbor Butler: If anything
happens to me you will know why.
Please take care of me, and notifiy my
wife."
Dodd is clerk of Camp 4095, of the
Modern Woodman lodge, and according
to Butler he was short in his accounts
with the loc'ge, altho no one could say
how much until his books had been
audited which is to be done at once.
As soon as Mr. Butler had learned of
the attempt suicide, he sent a telegram
to Dodd's wife who was formerly Mrs.
Eugene B. Lewis, of this city, notify
ing her of her husband's actions and
asking her to return home at once.
Mrs. Dodd, with her children, was
visiting with relatives and friends at
Long Beach, Cal., and immediately up
on receipt of Butler's wire she depart
ed for her home.
The first intimation received here of
the trouble was the receipt of a letter
by Morgan Waybright from his wife at
Long Beach, telling of the telegram and
Mrs. Dodd's departure. The letter
stated that Dodd had written his .wife
just a few days previous that he
would soon join her at Long Beach for
a visit, and the telegram was therefore
quite unexpected.
Mrs. Dodd was better known in this
city than her husband, having lived
here for years when she was Mrs. E. B.
Lewis and later with her parents. She
has a great number of close personal
friends here who sympathize with her
in her misfortune and trust the publish
ed reports are erroneous. She was a
visitor in the city not a great while
since with her little son, an unusually
bright, intelligent boy.
Met Death From a Fall.
John Gebhart, the shoemaker, is in re
ceipt of a letter from his wife at Mam
moth Springs, Ark, giving him the de
tails of the death of their son, which oc
curred last Friday night at that place.
ine Doy, t'eter, naa crawlea out on a
limb of a tree after a squirrel when the
limb broke under him precipitating him
to the ground. He fell a distance of
fifty feet and was unconscious when
picked up, the skull having been frac
tured. A telegram was immediately
sent and Mrs. Gebhart and two of
the girls left at once for Mammoth
Springs. When they reached the near
est railroad station which is fourteen
miles from the springs, they found
there was no way of getting over there
and started to walk the distance. When
about half way they were overtaken by
a wagon containing a coffin for the boy
who had died Friday night without re
gaining consciousness, and rode the
balance of the distance with the coffin.
The funeral was held Saturday.
Married a Couple.
County J udge Beeson this afternoon
issued a marriage license to Hugh H.
Seymour, aged 33, of Nebraska City,
and Kate Butler, aged 33, of Essex, Ia.
and immediately married them at his
office in the court house. Two of
Plattsmouth 's charming young ladies
happened to be in the court room at the
time and were pressed into service as
witnesses. They were anxious to have
their names suppressedhowever.so that
part will remain a closed incident. Mr.
Seymour is a practicing lawyer in Neb
raska City being the son of Chas. W.
Seymour well known throughout this
section.
Miss Dora Swingholm of Omaha who
has been visiting for sometime past in
the city the guest of Miss Agnes An
derson, departed this noon for her home.
Miss Anderson a-companied her to Om
aha where she will visit with her aunt
and other relatives for a short time.
Northwest Paper.
Cliff C. Wescott is in receipt of a copy
of the Calgary Herald, sent him by his
father from that city. The paper con
tains a graphic description of the terri
ble brush fire which swept the town of
Fernie, a city of six thousand people
off the map, with great loss of life and
tremendous destruction of property,
and desolated and ravaged many other
arge towns in the western part of Can
ada. Mr. Wescott was within close
range of the great fire but fortunately
without the danger zone. The Journal
is indebted to Mr. Wescott for an op
portunity to peruse the Herald's well
written account of the great disaster.
Mrs. J. H. Spangler was a passen
ger for Omaha this morning where she
will spend the day visiting with friends.
Hill
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Two Sensational Suits
District Clerk Robertson yesterday
and today filed two cases involving the
title to some valuable property in this
city and county. The first case is en
titled Jacob P. Falter et al vs. Henry
A. Schneider, Register of Deeds, ani
is a suit for an injunction. The peti
tion recites that the plaintiffs tire the
owners of various parcels of real estate"
in this city and that on or about June
25th they executed a deed to Thos IT.
Wright for these premises, but that
they were induced to make the deed
through frauds and misrepresentation;
that onJuly 5th plaintiffs had com
menced an action against Thos. II.
Wright and wife, Birt Hodges and wife
and Ira A. Draper and wife to set aside
the deed to Wright, and from Hodges
to Draperjthat Draper is about to trans
fer the property and ask to have the
deeds recorded and that said record
would cloud the title to the property:
that Draper has no interest in the pro
perty and is a non-resident: that plain
tiff's have no remedy at law and would
suffer irreparable injury should the
deeds be recorded. They pray for an
injunction restraining the register of
deeds from recording any conveyance
of the property. Owing to there being
no Supreme Court Judge in the County
and District Judge Travis being absent,
a restraining order was obtained from
County Judge Beeson, the case being
set or hearing on Aug. 10.
This case grows out of a deal made
by Mr. Falter with some parties in
Indian Territory, in which he conveyed
his property in this city to them for
some lands in the Indian Territory.
When he came to look up the property
he had bought he found he had no title
to part of it as it stood in the name of
a full-blood indian infant while a por
tion of the remainder was in very doubt
ful shape. The parties had promised to
make the title good and so far had fail
ed so Mr. Falter is taking steps to pro
tect himself.
The other case involves the property
of Mary Miller lying near and in the
village of Murray . This case is brousht
by John Murray, jr., as the next friend
of Mary Miller against Jane Worth and
Louis C. Todd. The petition recites
that Mary Miller is mentally incompet
ent and prior to No. 9, 1903 owned the
above lands valued at seven thousand
dollars.
That Todd occupied the land as ten
ant. That Eauna Murray, wife of John
Murray, Hattie Davis and Ada Young
were the children of Mary Miller by
Geo. Young, her former husband and
ex-county commissioner. That Mary
Miller was sick and ill and had delusions
regarding her children. That Jane
Worth had worked upon these delusions
to such an extent that she made her
deeds to her property and advanced her
money. A number of other charges are
made and the decree asked for is to set
aside the deed to land from Mary Miller
to Jane Worth who is her sister as
fraudulent and to quiet title in Mary
Miller, and that Mrs. Worth be en joined
from collecting the rents of the property
and that Todd be restrained from pay
ing money to J ane Worth. Byron Clark
appears for the plaintiff. The case
promises to be a sensational one when
tried.