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    CITY WILL FALL
JAPANESE HAVE PORT ARTHUR
AT THEIR MERCY.
POSITIOKS COMMAND TOWN
Mikado's Men Can Drive Russians
from Main Fwts at Their Pleasure
—Japanese Losses in Last Assault
on Port Arthur.
CHE FOO—Port Arthur is doomed.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press here has received information,
the reliability of which is beyond
question, that the Japanese now oc
cupy positions which place the east
side of the town at their mercy.
The last assault has gained for
them positions which insure their
ability to capture the main east forts
whenever they are ready. It is cal
culated by the Japanese that if the
Russians do not surrender the former
will be capable of prolonging their
final stand at Liaoti mountain on the
Tiger’s Tail for a much longer time,
with the mere hope of prolonging the
struggle. Long before the second Pa
•ciiic squadron arrives the Japanese
flag will wave over the wrecked cita
del. This will end Viceroy Alexieff's
dream of an unconquerable city.
The Japanese have not occupied the
main forts and highest points of the
hills, but they occupy in overwhelm
ing numbers positions which will en
able them to drive the Russians back
whenever they desire.
When the Japanese occupy the east
fort ridge they will completely domi
nate the other Russian forts with
their artillery.
LONDON—The Daily Telegraph's
Che Foo correspondent, telegraphing
Thursday, says that the Japanese
losses during the last assault on Port
Artin.*, were heavier than on any of
the previous attacks. The bombard
ment, he says, was so fierce that the
streets of Dalny were said to trem
ble, as though from an earthquake.
The same paper's correspondent
with General Oku. under date of No
vember 2, says that the indications
are that a terrific engagement is
^about to commence.
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CHE FOO—The* Japanese are now
in a position to commence the begin
ning of the end of the operations to
capture the eastern fortified ridges.
Their siege park ha? been completed
by the placing of 11-inch howitzers.
During the night of October 29 all
the reserves advanced through a net
work of trenches in front of the east
ern fortified ridges from south of
Keekwan to west of Keckwan and to
the west of Rihlung mountain, called
by the Japanese Shoehosan.
The bombardment began at dawn
October 30. and infantry attacks were
planned to go against Rihlung moun
tain, an untrenehed hill between the
roast of Banjusan and the east of
Keekwan and on three Keekwan forts.
WOULD FREE THE BOOTLEGGERS
Holds Indians Holding Land in Sev
eralty May Buy Liquor.
WASHINGTON—If a motion filed
by Attorney Crane of Holton, Kan.,
is granted the supreme court of the
United States will he called upon to
decide whether an Indian becomes a
citizen of the United States by taking
land in severalty. The case is that of
Albert Neff of Kansas, who has been
sentenced by the United States district
court to pay a fine of $200 and serve
a term of four months in prison on
the charge of selling beer to a Kicka
poo Indian. Mr. Crane asks the court
for a writ of habeas corpus releasing
Neff from imprisonment on the ground
[ that Neff, who owns land in severalty,
is by virtue of that fact a citizen of
the United States, thus rendering in
applicable the statute making it a
misdemeanor to sell intoxicants to
Indians. Neff has served one week of |
his sentence.
AMERICAN FULLY EXONERATED I
Turkey Will Now Be Asked to Permit
Excavators to Resume Work.
CONSTANTINOPLE—The Ameri
can legation is now seeking permis- !
sion from the Turkish government for 1
the resumption of the excavations j
conducted by Dr. E. S. Banks, direc
tor of the University of Chicago ex
pedition to Bab.vlona, at Bismaya, !
Mesopotamia, which were suspended |
oending an investigation made in the
presence of American Vice Consul
Humer at Bagdad of charges of com
plicity on the part of Dr. Banks in
the alleged disappearance of valu
able antiquities. These charges were
proved to be utterly without founda.-,
tion.
General Stoessel Gets a Bullet.
LONDON—A dispatch to a news
agency from St. Petersburg says Lieu- j
:ent General Stoessel. commander of i
the Russian troops at Port Arthur, is
reported to be wounded in the leg.
Civil Service in Canal Zone.
WASHINGTON—Regulations of the
civil service commission are to be
applied so far as may be practicable
to employes of the Panama canal
commission. President Roosevelt has
directed that the civil service commis
sion and the Panama canal commis
sion should confer as to the applica
bility of the civil service rules to the
employes of the canal commission
and has ordered that hereafter em
ployment of persons by the canal
commission should be governed by
the ctvil service law.
Hequiem Mass for Alexander III.
ST. PETERSBURG—The emperor
and empress and the imperial family
attended a solemn requiem mass at
v the Church of St Peter and St. Paul
v in memory of Alexander III, who died
ten years ago Wednesday. The em
peror will in a few days bid farewell
to the Fourth army corps, which will
be included in General Grippenberg’s
army. It is mow understood that Gen
eral Linevitch’s army will be design
sated the first and General Kaulbcr’s
the third, the composisting standing
\ as explained in former dispatches.
GLOOM IN RUSSIA.
Fear Expressed to* the Safety of Port
Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG—There is con
siderable anxiety here over the mili
tary situation. No late news has been
received from Mukden. General Sak
haroff's report of November 1 merely
indicating that matters were at a
deadlock around Shakhe. The Jap
anese have made some tentative
moves on both flanks, which were
checked, but there are no signs yet
of a general advance by their army.
Foreign reports from Port Arthur
are decidedly gloomy, while the au
I thorities continue to profess confid
ence in General Stoessel’s ability to
bold out. the popular feeling is that
the heroic garrison, which already
has made a historic defense, must
now be near the limit of human en
durance.
The official reports from Tokio de
scribing the desperate assaults on
Port Arthur, beginning October 2G,
have created visible depression at the
war office. The sustained character of
the bombardment with siege guns and
the breaching of the walls by under
ground mines, but above all the fact
that the Japanese government after
weeks of silence regarding the oper
ations of the besiegers have given out
these reports before actual success
has crowned their efforts, convinces
the military authorities that after
long preparations General Nogi is not
only making a supreme effort to carry
the fortress, but feels so confident of
success that the result of the prelim
inary operations has been made pub
lic. They believe the assault was
timed for the announcement of the
fall of the fortress to be made upon
the birthday of the mikado tomorrow,
which, by a strange coincidence, is the
tenth anniversary of the accession of
Emperor Nicholas and a great Rus
sian holiday. Tomorrow, therefore, is
expected to be marked by fate for a
day of immense rejoicing either for
Japan or Russia, according as tho
present assault succeeds or fails. The
war office is trying to buoy up the
Russian hopes with references to the
long and successful defense Lieuten
ant General Stoessel has thus far con
ducted, but things have now reached
such a pass with the garrison and the
character of the present attempt upon
the fortress is evidently so determined
that the authorities frankly admit
they would not be surprised if the end
was at hand. In the face of the gloom>
reports direct from Tokio the Invalid
Russ, the army organ, today an
nounces that the storming operations
ended with a repulse of the Japanese
on Monday, but the paper fails to give
its authority for this important state
ment. No official report warranting it
has been received by the war office
SLOWLY GETTING TOGETHER
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Russia Agrees to Part of Terms on
North Sea Court.
ST. PETERSBURG—Negotiations
regarding the North sea court of in
quiry have not yet been concluded.
The Associated Press is informed
the present position is as follows:
The terms of the draft of the treaty
of the legislation of the court are
under consideration by the emperor,
who may desire some modifications,
but these, if any. are not expected to
be of importance. One of the plans
already agreed on is that Great Brit
ain and Russia will jointly propose
that France and the United States
appoint a high naval officer as a mem
ber of the court, which probably will
sit in Paris.
The four officers of the Russian Bal
tic squadron, who, it was originally
arranged, were to remain in Paris
until the arrival of Admiral Kaxnakoff,
are coming on to St. Petersburg to
present the report of Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky to the emperor.
ANNIVERSARY OF PANAMA.
j Reception in the Afternoon Followed
by a Ball at Night.
COLON—Thursday's celebration of
the first anniversary of independence
was an orderly one. High mass was
j held in the morning, and in the after
noon there was a meeting at w-hich
municipal officers delivered orations.
This was followed by a reception ten
j dered by the governor, Porfiro Melen
j dez: the civil and military governor
| of Colon, Commander Merriam of the
! American cruiser Dixie, the consular
officers and many other persons at
tending. The Dixie fired a salute of
twenty-one guns. At night there
was a display of fireworks and a pub
lic ball. The town was decorated in
red, white and blue, and pictures of
President Roosevelt, President Ama
dor and Governor Melendez were
prominently displayed.
No Yellow Fever in Cuba.
HAVANA—The health department
announces that it has been proved
that the illness of Scott, the newly
arrived American at the Cobre mines,
province of Santiago, announced in
these dispatches October 28, is not
yellow fever.
Archbishop Elder is Dead.
CINCINNATI—Most Rev. Henry El
der, archbishop of Cincinnati, in his
86th year, died in this city after suf‘
fering four days from a severe at
tack of grippe, complicated w’ith ex
treme weakness. Since Saturday last
heart stimulants were administered
and Monday life was preserved by
other treatment. The archbishop
had not been able to speak since noon
Tuesday, but it was evident that he
recognized Coadjutor Moeller and the
priests and sister who were around
his bedside.
Alabama Man's Queer Death.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A special from
Montgomery, Ala., aaya: The body
of James Hendrix, aged 22, one of the
most prominent young men in Mont
gomery, was found on a shed over
the American National bank. Beside
him were burglar toools, a stick of
dynamite, and in his pocket was a
pistol. He was killed, apparently,
while trying to cut an electric light
wire that ran into the bank, as the
flesh had been burned by the current.
Much mystery surrounds the finding
of the body and the burglar tools.
ARMY WILL REST
HOSTILITIES ARE LIKELY TO
CEASE UNTIL SPRING.
LIST OF THE NEW COMMANDERS
Indications that Kouropatkin Will Not
Attempt Another Advance This Year
—Only the Fall of Port Arthur May
Effect a Change.
ST. PETERSBURG—The army or
gan publishes a long list of new c m
manders in the far east, including the
appointments of Generals Linevitch
and Kaulbars to the First anu Third
armies, respectively.
Generals Kutnevitch and Selivanoff
will command the Twenty-second and
Thitry-seventh divisions of the First
corps, which chief, General Meven
dorff. is resigning on account of ill
health. General Slouehevskv, com
mander of the Tenth corps, has also
resigned, and it is expected that he
will be succeeded by General Jzerpit
slcy. The sweeping character of these
changes may imply that there is no
intention on General Kouropatkin's
part to assume the offensive during
the year's campaign unless an exceed
ingly favorable opportunity offers. In'
deed it begins to look like a deadlock
between Mukden for the winter unless
Port Arthur fails or the Japanese
abandon the idea of renewing the as
soult upon the fortress there and set
tle down to a regular siege, either of
wuick would release enough tr lop j 4o
give the preponderance necessary to
try to force the Russians out of Muk
den. In fact, the latest dispatches
from the front indicate that some
such move is preparing, though the
best opinion at the war office holds
to the view that there is not likely
to be another big battle this year, one
of the indications pointed out being
the departure of many military at
taches for the winter.
General Orioff. whom General Kowr
opatkin blamed for the Russian re
verse at Liao Yang, declares, in the
course of an interview’ published hi
the Xovce Vremya that he obeyed
General Stackelberg’s orders in mak
ing tbe much criticised attack, in
which his division was decimated and
he himself wounded. General Kouro
ra kin apparently is convinced that
Orioff was not to blame and the order
detaching him has been revoked and
he has been appointed on General
Kouropatkin’s staff.
MAY TRY TO TAKE MUKDEN
Japs Need the Town for Winter
Quarters.
MUKDEN—Quiet continues here.
The Japanese are still working hard
intrenching their front, which begins
to look like a continuous fort. It is
believed they are preparing seriously
to advance, making their front strong,
possibly in order that it may be held
by a comparatively small force, while
the heavier force engages in flanking
movements. The Japanese have learn
ed by bitter experience not to expect
much from a frontal attack. They are
obliged, however, to maintain a strong
front to prevent Genera' Kuropatkin
from breaking through their line and
carrying the war to their rear.
There is considerable evidence to
indicate that the Japanese will make
every effort to force the Russians out
of Mukden, not only for the moral
effect on Europe, .but upon the Chi
nese as well. Mukden is extremely im
portant to them as winter quarters.
The Japanese continue to receive
reinforcements and it is believed by
Russian military men that their ad
vancing depends only on accumulating
sufficient men.
Practical Joker Is Killed.
SPRINGFIELD, 111.—James M.
Maxwell, president of local union No.
i C3, United Mine Workers of Ameri
ca, at Virden, has been shot and kill
j ed by Thomas Hall, a bartender, as
j the result of a practical joke. Hall
was returning home after closing the
saloon through North park, when
! Maxwell, for a joke, stepped from be
hind a tree and ordered Hall to throw
up his hands. Hall, who had been a
victim of holdups twice recently, drew
a revolver and shot Maxwell in the
stomach. Maxwell, who lived for sev
eral hours afterward, said he did not
blame Hall for shooting him.
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Race War in Colorado.
COAL CREEK, Colo.—The killing in
cold blood of Marshal Bates of Coal
Creek, a coal mining town in Fremont
county, by two negroes. Grant and
Westley Thompson, whom he was try
ing to arrest for disturbing the peace,
has caused the white residents to issue
a warning to all negroes to leave the
camp. Many negroes have already
left town. If any insist on remaining
it is feared bloodshed will result. The
whites charge the negroes with nu
merous crimes committed since they
were imported into the camp.
Member of the Commission.
LONDON—The Daily Telegraph,
whicn is often inspired by the govern
ment suggests that Admiral Sir John
I*isher will represent Great Britain
on the international commission to
inquire into the North sea affair. A
telegram from Constantinople savs M.
Mandelstam, dragoman of the Rus
sian embassy there, and who is an ex
pert on international law, had start
ed for St. Petersburg and will repre
sent Russia before the North sea com
mission, but in what capacity is not
stated.
Mystified.
“I do not understand ze American,”
said the astonished Frenchman.
“In what way?” asked his friend.
“Why, he says if I take ze stuff in
ze bottle I croak. Should he mean I
turn into ze frog?”
Dismayed by the Prospect.
“You must ask mamma. It doesn’t
matter about papa.”
"Er—yes, but do the womenfolk al
ways rule in your family?”—Town
Topics.
BANDITS SHOOT THE CASHIER.
Two Men Attempt to Rob a Bank at
Cody, Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Cashier I. O.
Middaugh of the First National bank
of Cody was instantly killed in a bat
tle with bank robbers between 3 and
j 4 o'clock this afternoon. The men
1 made their escape. They secured no
money.
Two men rode tip to the bank on
i horses, left the animals at the curb
i and eut-ered the front door. They
made no effort to disguise themselves
i and immediately ordered Cashier
Middaugh and his assistant* to throw
up their hands. The bank officials an
swered with a volley from their six
shooters and the robbers, without at
tempting to gather in the cash that
lay in a tray on the counter, backed
out of the building, firing as they went.
Middaugh followed the men to the
street and opened fire. One of them
returned the shots and Middaugh fell
dead. The robbers mounted their
horses and fled through the town.
The people of the town were aroused
by the shots and, flocking into the
streets, opened fire on the retreating
robbers. The latter seemed to bear
charmed lives, however, for they were
unhurt and dashed out across the
prairie. An officer quickly gathered a
large posse and started in pursuit, but
up to a late hour the outlaws had not
been taken. Big rewards have already
been offered for the capture of the
men, dead or alive, and their arrest
is almost certain.
PROBLEMS OF IRRIGATION.
Subjects to Be Discussed by the Na
tional Congress.
ETL PASO, Tex.—The executive
committee of the twelfth national irri
gation congress program of the com
ing session of the congress to be held
in this city November 15 to 18. The
first and fourth days of the congress
will be devoted to general sessions,
but on the second and third days the
work will be divided into five sec
tions. namely: Forestry, engineering
and mechanics, production by irriga
tion, climatology and rural settle
ment, each section meeting in a sep
arate hall. This program includes ad
dresses and papers by eighty-seven of
the most prominent experts in their
respective departments, all of •whom
have advised the committee of their
intention to be present.
A large list of delegates is already
in the hands of the secretary. Addi
tional lists are being received daily
from all parts of the country and a
heavy attendance, including many
women, is assured.
REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING.
Japs May Settle Down for a Winter’s
Siege.
LONDON — Conflicting reports !
emanating from Che Foo regarding
the result of the latest assault on
Port Arthur. Bennett Burleigh of the
Daily Telegraph, who passed the fort
in a steamer, says that all was quiet
at 6 o’clock Friday morning, and that
there was no sign of firing or of any
movement. His 6teamer was thrice
chased and boarded by Japanese
within a brief period, the Japanese
forbidding any navigation within
twenty miles of Port Arthur.
The Daily Telegraph’s correspond
ent at Che Foo learns that the Jap
anese are seeking to compel the Rus
sian fleet to quit the harbor and that
Vice Admiral Togo is prepared for
this move. If It is effected, the corres
pondent adds, the Japanese will settle
down to a winter’s siege.
American Society May Work.
CONSTANTINOPLE—The porte has
not prohibited the American Bible so
ciety from carrying on its work in
Turkey. There has been a slight fric
tion in four towns in the provinces,
where the local authorities forbade
street sales of the society’s literature,
arrested the vendors and seized their
books. Upon representations made
by the American legation, however,
the porte promptly ordered the liber
ation of the persons arrested and the
surrender of the books taken from
them.
Prince Fushima Sails.
WASHINGTON—The Japanese le
gation has received a cablegram from
Honolulu saying that Prince Fush
ima, the mikado's adopted brother,
sailed from Honolulu Friday for San
Francisco, where he is expected to ar
rive on the evening of November 9,
or the morning of November 10.
Another Rhodes Scholarship.
LINCOLN, Neb.—Next year Ne
braska will get another Rhodes schol
arship appoinunent A notice of this
was sent to Chancellor Andrews by
George R. Parkin of London, secre
tary of the scholarships.
National Treasury Balances.
WASHINGTON—Friday’s statement
of the treasury balance in the general
fund, exclusive of the $150,00.000 gold
reserve in the division of redemption,
shows: Available cash balance, $147,
324.21G; gold, $83,091,381.
No Spirit for Gayety.
ST. PETERSBURG—There was lit
tle attempt Thursday to celebrate, ex
cept in a perf unctory way. the tenth
anniversary of the accession of Em
peror Nicholas The imperial family
attended a Te Deum at the Kazan
cathedral and there were services in
all the churches. Later the troops
were paraded, the theaters gave free
exhibitions to the school children, and
there was music and holiday displays
in the parks, but on account of the
anxiety regarding Port Arthur every
thing was on a small scale.
Merely Making Investments.
“Do you take an interest in socie
ty"
“No,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “I
make the investments, but mother and
the girls take all the interest.”—
Washington 8tar.
Do for a Substitute.
“Money does not bring happiness.”
“No, but a man can get a fairly
good imitation going to look for it
in a private car.”—Illinois State Jour
nal.
FOLLOW BANDITS
AFTER THE MEN WHO KILLED
CASHIER MIDDAUGK.
MURDERESS ARE NOW AT BVY
Driven Into Hole-irwthe-Wafl Country
and Have Taken Refuge with
Sympathizers—Posse After Them
Are Determined.
DEER RANC*, Wyo. — Sheriff
Stough of Fremont county and Sheriff
Fenton and posse of Big Horn county
arrived here shortly after sundown
Friday, having found the trail of the
: Cody bank robbers and followed it
into the very heart of the bad lands.
They are now not more than ten
miles behind the outlaws. Reliable
information has been received here
that the bandits have taken refuge
at the ranch house of a sympathizer
near the notorious " Hoi e-in-the Wall”
redezvons. southwest of this place,
and do not know that the officers have
followed this far.
Sheriff Fenton, who is directing the
movement against the desperadoes,
has asked for reinforcements from
Casper, Wyo., 100 miles southeast of
here, and a telephone message was
received late Friday night, stating
that Sheriff Webb and a large posse
had started for the scene. Fenton i
and his men will do a little scouting 1
quietly to see that the outlaws do not \
leave their hiding place before Webb j
and his party arrives. Should the
outlaws become alarmed and attempt
to leave the country, Sheriff Webb ;
will be advised at Wolton, Lost Cabin
or one of the smaller stations on
the telephone line, and an effort will >
be made to intercept the bandits at
tne eastern exit of the Hole-in-the
Wall. Should the robbers attempt to :
double back on their trail and es
cape by the only other exit from the
Hole, the route they followed in en
tering the rendezvous, they will be .
attacked by Fenton and his party
near this place.
A bloody battle is certain to occur
during the next thirty-six hours, eith- j
er at the western or eastern exit of |
the Hole, or in the vicinity of the
recent hiding place of the outlaws.
Should the bandits remain in ignor
ance of the plan to bottle them up
in the rendezvous, then the fight will
occur at the ranch home of their
friend, for two posses from the east
and west will combine forces as soon
as Webb arrives and close in on the
bandits at once.
The officers here are completely
worn out, but they are anxious for
the fight. They will get almost twen
ty-four hours’ rest, however, if present
plans carry and will be in prime con- ;
d it ion for the battle when Webb ar
rives.
RUSSIA’S EXHIBITS CLOSE.
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Dispute With Fair About Percentage
of Sates.
ST. LOUIS—Russia’s exhibits in
two of the exhibit palaces at the
World’s Fair were closed Friday by !
order of the exposition management, j
The cause of the closing was a re
opening of the dispute between the
fair management and foreign exhibit
ors relative to the payment of a per
centage on cash sales at their exhibit
booths. President Francis said that
under the rules of the division of ex
hibits governing the sale of exhibits
at the fair, if exhibitors wish to sell •
from their spaces during the exposi
tion period, arrangements to that ef
fect must first be made, approved by i
the chief of the department, with the j
director of exhibits and with the di
rector of concessions. This arrange
ment consists of a fixed rate of per
centage to be paid by the exhibition
to the exposition on every cash sale.
Conference at The Hague.
WASHINGTON—In a circular note
Secretary Hay has carried out the
president’s instructions relative to
proposing a second Hague conference.
The note not only contemplates the
reassembling of The Hague confer
ence for the consideration of ques
tions specifically mentioned by the
original conference, as demanding
further attention, such as the rights
nnd duties of neutrals; the inviol
ability of private property in naval
warfare and the bombardment of ports
by naval force, but goes further by
practically indorsing the project of a
general system of arbitration treaties
and the establishment of an Interna
tional congress to meet periodically in
the interests of peace. The issue of
the call, while the preseat war is In
progress, is justified by the fact that
the first Hague conference was called
before our treaty of peace with Spain
was concluded.
Price of Coal Advances.
PITTSBURG—Prices of all grades
of coal have been advanced 35 cents
a ton as the result of the increased
demand for coal and the strike of en
gineers in Illinois.
Booth-Tucker in London.
NEW YORK—It was announce*,
that Commander Frederick Booth
Tucker. who for eight and a half
years has commanded the Salvation
Army forces in the United States, is
appointed to the international head
quarters in London, and will act as
secretary and represent all countries
outside of Great Britain. This will
make it necessary for the commander
to travel in all parts of the world.
Commander Booth-Tucker’s farewell
meeting in New York City will be
held on November 15.
Real Unkind.
Maude—“Fred called me a duck the
other evening. How its that for a com
pliment?”
Clara—“Oh. I suppose It’s all right
in your case, dear; you can’t very well
change your gait"
He Wanted the Recipe.
Briggs—“Yes. my wife got mad last
month and wouldn’t say a word to
me for more than a wwpk.”
Wlggs—“Say, wLat did you do to gel
her mad?”
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
APPEAL FOR MRS. LiLLIE.
Brief Fifed with the Clerk of the Su
preme Court.
LINCOLN—Pathetic in the extreme
is the brief which has been filed by
Judge Hamer in behalf of Mrs. Lillie,
convicted of murdering her husband.
He maintains that there is no natural
motive, that the evidence was distort
ed and new facts connected with the
murder point conclusively to the in
nocence of the prisoner.
Mrs. Lillie, who was sentenced for
life to the penitentiary for the mur
der of her husband at David City in
1902, is still confined in the Butler
county jail awaiting the decision of
the supreme court on the motion for
rehearing.
New testimony in fav^ of Mrs. Lil
lie is said to have be™ discovered.
The brief declares that it can be
proved that Airs. Liliie was in no need
of money at the time of the tragedy,
being worth more than $3,000 over
and above all her liabilities, thus re
futing the probable motive alleged by
u.e prosecution. The actions of the
bloodhounds who three times led the
way from the Lillie house to the gypsy
wagon outside of town are again
brought up. The question has been
asked as to how the murderer escaped
detection if Mrs. Lillie is guiltless.
The brief cites the cases of Gillilan
of Lincoln. Watson B. Smith, clerk of
the T'uited States circuit court at
Omaha, Dr. Cronin of Chicago, all
cases of murder where no clew- to the
murderer has ever been found.
Quiet Month at Prison.
LINCOLN—Only eight prisoners
were punished for infraction of the
penitentiary rules and discipline dur
ing the last month, according to the
monthly report filed with Governor
Mickey by Warden Beemer. The most
serious punishment was the forfeiture
of ten days’ good time because of a
convict leaving his cell after being
warned not to do so. The number of
prisoners in the penitentiary on Octo
ber 1 was 215‘, and during the month
twenty were received, fifteen discharg
ed. one remanded and one paroled,
making a total on November 1 of 318.
Mabel Kingham’s Sudden Death.
ALBION—Miss Mabel Kingham.
daughter of E J. Kingham of this
city, was found dead in her bed. She
had been teaching school out in the
Caddy district and at an early hour
in the morning Will Caddy rode has
tily into town with the newTs that
they had called Miss Kingham for
breakfast and when she failed to re *
spond they discovered that she was
dead. Heart failure is supposed to be
the cause of her sudden death. She
was one of the brightest young la
dies in this vicinity.
Dodge County Mortgage Record.
FREMONT—The mortgage record
for Dodge county for the month of
October shows more chattel and fewer
•eai eastate mortgages than usual. It
is as follows: Chattel mortgages filed,
92: amount. S45.o99.63; released. 27;
amount. S5.218.56. Farm mortgages
filed, 10; amount, $29,806. Released.
2; amount. $20,800. Town and city
mortgages recorded. 20; amount, $20,
906.35; released, 15; amount, $13,
''54.95.
Workman Buried in Sand Pit.
FREMONT—Arthur Canaga. a
young man employed at a sand pit
belonging to C. H. Balduff. a short
distance west of the city, received
severe injuries while loading sand on
a wagon beneath a very high bank.
The bank caved down upon him and
completely buried him. His fellow
workmen succeeded in rescuing him
after a vigorous effort.
Telephone Purchase.
FAIRBURY—C. W. Bartlett and son
Carl have purchased an interest in
the Fairbury Telephone company and
took charge of the exchange, the for
mer as manager and the latter as as
sistant. The company now has 550
’phones in use, with eight lines extend
ing into the country and to adjacent
towns, and another line in course of
construction.
Back After Long Absence.
BEATRICE—After an absence of
fourteen years in the Klondike coun
try, Thomas Berry has returned to
his home in this city. Mr. Berry
brings with him some very fine nug
gets and specimens from the mines
of the northwest.
Iowa Man Disappears.
NEBRASKA CITY—About a week
ago a man arrived in this city, who
has since proved to be M. Thomas
of Hepburn, la. He drove to thiB
city and put up his horse in Freese’s
barn and has not been seen since.
Equin Funeral at Norfolk.
NORFOLK—With impressive cere
mony a cortege of mourners followed
the equine hearse such as is not found
at the burial services over the re
mains of many a man, the three thor
oughbreds which lost their lives in an
incendiary blaze here were given bur
ial in* a cemetery.
Finds Pearl in Oyster Stew.
BEATRICE — Robert Carmichael
found a fine pearl in an oyster stew.
The pearl is a perfect one and is val
ued at $40.
Robbed at Long Pine.
NORFOLK—Ed Holsclaw of Val
entine, Neb., was held up and robbed
on the main street of Long Pine in
broad daylight. He was relieved of
his watch by two men. One was ar
rested and later broke jail.
Mias Houston Appointed.
LINCOLN—Miss Alice Mae Hous
ton of Lincoln has been appointed as
sistant state librarian to succeed Miss
Lizzie Stevens, who has been made
chief clerk In the office of J. W. De
weese of the Burlington.
THE NEWS >N NEBRASKA.
A woman’s club has been organized
in Papillion.
The Union Pacific will build a round
house at Norfolk.
Farmers of Gage oounty are now
husking their corn crop.
Work is going forward rapidly on
the lighting plant at Oakland.
Pupils of the high school at Hast
ings have organized an orchestra.
Mrs. Ricuard Adawy of Columbus
was thrown from a carriage and quite
severely injured.
Wallace and James Brown are un
der arrest at Fairbury charged with
stealing chickens.
Willie Fender, aged 14, was acci
dentally shot at Battle Creek while
hunting. He will recover.
Thieves secured stock valued at
$200 from the hardware store of Ed
wards & Bradford at Page.
Detective Malone of Plattsmouth, in
the service of the Burlington road,
has capfured thrc-j thieves at Akron,
Colo.
The fact that the Burlington com
pany will not repair its walk or depot
at York is causing considerable com
plaint against that road.
In a fight at Ansley between a ne
gro and a number of Japanese section
men, the Japs were vanquished by the
negro, who used a razor. The negro i3
under arrest.
Sparks from a passing Union Pacific
train set fire to four large stacks of
hay belonging to Mrs. E. Peterson, re
siding near Portal. The hay was en
tirely consumed.
Nebraska equal suffragists are to
make a campaign against a bill ad
mitting Arizona and Oklahoma to
statehood, which provides for limit
ing suffrage to male citizens.
Wilson Smith, a farmer, who has
resided in the vicinity of Adams, Gage
county, for many years, was adjudged
insane by the insanity board of com
missioners and ordered taken to the
asylum.
George Hart, the horse thief who es
caped from the Columbus jail, was re
captured in Norfolk. He was found
at the sugar factory, where he had
gone to get work. He was returned to
Columbus.
A team of horses was stolen from
C. H. Stevens, a farmer, residing seven
miles northeast of Papillion. The
horses are described as b^ing a bay
and a brown, and weigh about 1,050
pounds each.
The relatives of Roy McDaniels, a
young man who departed from Platts
mouth about four months ago for
Rock Springs, Wyo„ feai that he was
the unidentified man whose lifeless
body was found in a car loaded with
lumber in Lincoln.
While A. M. Bovey of Table Rock,
a butcher, was working the meat
grinder in the shop, the belting slipped
and pulled the machine loose from the
I lloor, and in trying to stop the gaso
line engine Mr. Bovey was struck in
| the calf of the leg by the handle of
| the machine and a severe wound in
I dieted.
Joseph Piepmeier, a farmer living
near Dodge, accidentally shot himself
in the abdomen and his recovery 1*
doubtful. He loaded up his gun to
shoot a skunk and while hurrying
[ nearer to the animal in order to get a
good shot he stumbled and fell, in
| some way striking the hammer of
j the gun.
Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
j ter Erickson of Grand Island, w-ere
taken violently ill and it was learned
that they had eaten stramonium ber
ries growing in a sort of capsule or
pod. The little boy was very violent
for a time and his life was despaired
of. but both the boy and girl are now
out 01 danger.
Judge Holmes at Lincoln declared
himself on the divorce question and
he served notice that no longer could
a husband and wife disentangle them
selves from the holy bonds unless
there were good and sufficient rea
sons. The declaration was the result
of too many applications from dis
satisfied wedded parties.
G. C. Demerer had a narrow escape
from death by being caught in a lathe
in the Burlington shops at Lincoln.
As it was he was only slightly bruised,
though nearly every stitch of his
clothing was torn from him. Demerer
was caught in the machine while at
work near It and upon his yell for
help his fellow workmen rushed to
his assistance and succeeded In drag
ging him out of It.
Nebraska has certainly been bless
ed with a most bountiful prosperity
during the last year, if the deposits in
the various banks of the state are any
indication. From November 20, 1902,
to September 6. 1904, the deposits in
all the banKs have been increased to
a total of $7,033,427.12. there being on
the September date a grand total de
posits of $109,214,222.93. against $102,
180,795.8i for the November date.
Falling from a high scaffolding at
Petersburg. Jim Law, an unmarried
carpenter. 45 years of age. met death
by breaking his back. He was get
ting ready to build a new house. Sur
geons were called at once, but pro
nounced his case hopeless.
The three farms of James C. Dolen,
James C. Benjamin and T. J. Bowen,
located in Blakely township. Gage
county, were sold to Lewis Whiting
of Nuckolls county, Neb., for $40,000.
This is the largest single land trans
action consummated in Beatrice for
many years.
A twelve thousand dollar pumping
plant was purchased by the directors
of the Auburn Gold Mining company,
to be delivered at their mines at Mys
tic, S. D., by the first of next March.
Work for the foundation of the plant
will begin at once.
A farewell banquet, tendered by
over forty of his friends, was given
to D. W. Clancy, former county treas
urer of Cuming county, and an old
pioneer, on his departure for Idaho to
make his future home. E. K. Valentino
acted as toastmaster and a number at
felicltoua speeches were made.