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MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest from All Parts of the Globe—Latest Home and For eign Items. William G. Rockefeller, assistant treasurer-of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, testified in the govern ment's suit for the dissolution of the oil combine, that the Standard was a heavy lender of its surplus funds in Wall street, for which it obtained the prevailing rates of interest. Mr. Rock efeller made this declaration when asked to account for the loans of $32, 000,00# made by the Standard Oil company of New York, in 1906, to "interests other than the Standard." Aeronauts J. C. McCoy and Capt. Charles De F. Chandler, who ascended from'St. Louis for a test flight, won the Callm cup by traveling about 500 miles to '.Vest Virginia, Acting under instructions from Judge Cochran, the jury at Decatur, 111., returned a verdict acquitting Fred WagTTl SEtt bis wife, Fo.ye Gea» Ibatai ftfadli, of the charge of murder ing Mrs. Pet Magiil, the first wife of Magill. Lewis M. Wilsqiv h slurtow ai the Eureka CdVcge Tliuotegica! Seminary at Eureka, 11!., shot and seriously wqujveiefl John Walsh, a classmate, f Edwin R. Wright was reelected president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, and James F. Morris, seere •tary-treasurer. Gov. Hughes, addressing the Repub lican dub of New York city, declared that he war. not seeking the presiden tiid nomination, directly or indirectly. Negroes in New Orleans started a riot in which they killed a policeman, barricaded themselves in a house and wounded several other officers before they were captured. The direct New York-Havana cable of the Commercial Cable company was completed, the final splice having been made at sea. 120 miles from Coney island. The Canadian Pacific liners Tartar and Charmer collided off the mouth of the Fraser river and both were bad ly damaged. E. R. Brundick, former cashier of the Peoples bank at Huntlngburg. Ind., attempted to commii suicide after he was arrested on charges of perjury and for receiving deposits after the bank was in an embarrassed condition. Delegates Frederick W. Priesmeyer and Ferdinand Warder, of St. Louis, were arrested on the floor of the house of delegates on indictments for bribery, returned at a special session of the grand jury after the passage by the delegates of a bill granting per mission to build a garage on Delmar boulevard. Princess de Bearn, formerly Miss Beatrice Winane, of Baltimore, Md., died in St. Petersburg. John Antrobus, an artist, who was widely known throughout this coun try and the father of Miss Suzanne An trobus, the novelist died in Detroit, Mich. The peace conference at The Hague .closed in a blaze of oratory. George Kincaid, head of the public tworks department in Yukon Territory, who was arrested at Dawson on a charge of stealing 140,000 from a reg istered mail sack, committed suicide by taking poison. President Roosevelt succeeded in shooting a large black bear. The police of Manila were warned t that an attempt would be made to throw a bomb at Secretary Taft. Four persons were killed and many hurt in a trolley car collision at Chat tanooga, Tenn. A Chicago jury returned a verdict of life imprisonment for Michael Maher, accused of attacking an 11-year-old girl. W. W. Westcott, tfiie of the most successful gamblers in America and brother of Mrs. Katherine Tingley, head of the Theosophi3t organization, is dead at his home in New York. Gov. Gen. Grey of Canada an nounced that some members of the royal family would visit the dominion in connection with the centenary of the landing of Champlain. The Danish steamer Alfred Eriand sen was wrrecked off Castle Point, Scotland, and 2Q of the crew were drowned. Burglars butchered Mr. and Mrs. Charles Self red, an aged couple, near Franklin, La. The supreme court of Wisconsin de cided that fine-cut tobacco in a leaf wrapper is not a cigarette and that the sale of such product is not a violation of the anti-cigarette law. The state department designated Algernon Sartoris, of the District of Columbia, to b<? secretary of legation at Montevideo. v Mr. Sartoris is the grandson of President Grant. Gustavus L. Monroe, Jr., of Michigan, has been designated as secretary of legation at La Paz, Bolivia.* \ A fall of slate in a coal mine at Portvlew, Pa., crushed a man and a young girt to death. The girl’s mother was probably fatally injured. Nineteen persons were killed and many injured when a train left the tracks and was wrecked near Shrews bury, Rngland. It is declared in Paris that Philip Coon, the young New Yorker who dis appeared from a well-known hotel there October 12. has eloped. Robert L. Carson, a prominent financier and street railway magnate, died suddenly while watching a play in a Philadelphia theater. I The ferryboat running between Point Pleasant,. W. Va., and Kanau gam, O., sank in deep water. The crew were saved with life belts and Ufa preservers. The Dixon (111.) high school build ing was burned. All the 4<NI pupils ' escaped without injury. | THE “YELLOW-DOG” ROUND UP AT NEW YORK. 1 Herrs I MAGILLS ARE NOT 6UILTY JUDGE INSTRUCTS JURY TO AC QUIT THE DEFENDANTS. Slflrte Did Not Prove the Corpus De licti—Verdict Is Greeted with Cheers. Decatur, 111.—Acting under instruc tions from Judge Cocliran, the jury Friday night returned a verdict ac quitting Frederick Magill and his wife, Faye Graham Magill, of the charge of mihrdering Mrs. Pet Magill, the first wife of Magill. In his instructions tfie judge said the state had failed to prove the corpus delicti. The verdict was greeted with cheers despite the efforts of the court to maintain order. The crowd in the courtroom hurried forward and of fered congratulations to the Magills. The jury afterwards filed by and each shook hands - with the defendants. On May JO (last, Mrs. Pet Magill wa£ found deai? in her home at Clin ton, 111., and a postmortem examina tion held six weeks after her death showed that she had been suffocated by chloroform. On July 5 in Denver Frederick Magill, her husband, and Miss Faye Graham, a young womau who had been a close, friend ef the family, were married. Four days later in San Diego, Cal., Magill and his second wife were arrested on a charge of murdering the first Mrs. Magill. They were brought back to Clinton arid secured jt change of venue to this city, in the trial the state ‘claimed that Magill and Miss Gra ham by their conduct had driven Mrs. Magill to suicide and were therefore guilty of murder. _ WANTS UBELERS HANGED. Dr. Andrews Denounces Distortion of Acts of Public Men. t Washington.—President E. Benja min Andrews, of the University of Nebraska, in addressing the fall con vocation of George Washington uni versity here Wednesday, bitterly de nounced what he termed malicious and willful misrepresentation of ,the acts of public or prominent men by the press. Hanging, he said, should be the punishment meted out to a proved libeler. “None of the busi ness villainies alleged to be so rife,” he continued, “can compare in atroci ty with these squalid campaigns of libel and libelous caricature which re tent months have produced.” Given Life Sentence for Murder. Boston.—Walter *Stock was sen tenced to life imprisonment by Judge Brown in the superior court Friday for the murder of his sweetheart, Mary Agnes Bates, at the street railway waiting room at Roxburg Crossing on April 30 last. Stock was indicted for murder in the first degree but the court accepted his plea of guilty of murder in the second degree. Minnesota Mayor Missing. Fairmount, Minn.—W. W. Ward, mayor of this city, is missing. Four or five weeks ago he went to St. Paul, and three, weeks ago left that city, saying he was gcing to return to Fair mount. Since then nothing has been heard of him. His wife went to St. Paul, Chicago and Peoria, his former home, to search for him, but found no trace of him. John Antrobus, Artist, Dies. Detroit, Mich.—John Antrobus, an artist, who was widely known through out this country and the father of Miss Suzanne Autrobus, the novelist, died Friday at his home in this ci^. He lived in Chicago and Washington before coming here. Northern Pacific Has New Manager. St. Paul, Minn.—President Howard Elliott, of the Northern Pacific rail way, Friday announced the resigna tion of Harry J. Horn, as general man ager of the road, and the appoint-' ment of George T. Slade, son-in-law of J. J. Hill, to succeed him. President Kills a Bear. Stamboul, La.—President Roosevelt killed a bear late Thursday. It was a female, of the black variety and be yond the average size and the presi dent went into the thicket after her. Wooden Steamer Sinks Near Detroit. Detroit, Mich.—The wooden steam er Case of the Gilchrist fleet was sunk Wednesday afternoon in a collision with the Pittsburg Steamship com pany’s steel steamer Mariska In the Lime Kilns Crossing. Sets New Automobile Record. Birmingham, La.—Christie Strang, a nephew of Walter Christie, lowered the ’ world’s mile automobile record for a circular track' here Wednesday covering the distance In 61 S-i sec "ik. '> •-v-vv.-i '- ' WIN THE LAHM CUP, Chandler and McCoy Travel 500 MilM , in Walloon. St. Louis.—Swinging through the at- J mosphere at a spand roughly esti-: mated ut 22 miles an hour, the United States signal corps balloon No. 10, in which Aeronauts J. C. McCoy and Capt. Charles DeF. Chandler, of the United States signal corps, ascended here Thursday evening, passed over Illinois and Indiana Thursday night, and across Ohio Friday, and at night fall was apparently about to land in the vicinity of Point Pleasant, W. Va., when last heard from. The distance covered, on a straight line measurements, is approximately 500 miles, and the voyage won for the aeronauts the Lahm cup. The Lahm cup was instituted by the Aero Club of America, soon after the international races at Paris in 1906, at which Lieut. Frank P. Lahm \tfon the James Gordon Bennett cup for the Aero Club of America. So joyful were the members of the club at the vic tory that the cup was named for the pilot of the balloon United States, and it was put up by the club to be won by the aeronaut who traveled more than 402 miles, the distance traveled by the United States in the Paris races, pro vided the start was made from Ameri can soil. Lieut. Lahm has never held the cup, and this was the first time it was ever won. When the ascension was made here Thursday evening it was the intention of the aeronauts to remain in the "air all night as a test of the gas to be used by the balloons in the interna tional aeronautic contests which begin here next week. However, consider ing the likelihood that they might be carried a long distance, they went amply prepared for a long flight. Provisions in tin cans, self-heating by a lime-slacking device, were stored in the-basket, and a number of differ ent instruments for testing purposes were carried. SHOOTS HIS FELLOW STUDENT. ““———— /■ Eureka Theological Seminary Boy Tries to Kill Another. Peoria, 111.—Lewis M. WilEon, a student at the EiiTeka College Theo logical Seminary at Eureka, 111., Fri day afternoon shot and seriously wounded John Walsh, a classmate, during the assembling of the class for a recitation. # Wilson fired a revolver point blank at his victim, and the bullet lodged in Walsh’s neck near tlje jugular vein. Thursday afternoon Wilson chal lenged Walsh to a fight, which was rejected, and Wilson ihirchased a re volver and practiced target shooting on the college campus just prior to the convening of the class. Walsh’s home is at Sydney, Australia, and Wil son comes from a small town in Mis souri. Nineteen Perish in English Wreck. Shrewsbury, England.—The latest report from the scene of Tuesday’s railway wreck near here says that 19 persons were killed, while 39 others were injured. There is still no ex planation of the accident. It is sug gested the cause may be failure of the vacuum brakes to respond. It* seems certain that somebody blun dered, for the engine was going at a tremendous rate of speed when the train left the tracks. Fatal Fire in a Sawmill. Bay CitV, Mich.—The - sawmill of the Kern Manufacturing company was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon and William B. Lapham, a lumber in spector, was burned to death. The loss will reach $75,000, insurance $20, 000. Steamer Wrecked; 20 Drown. London.—The Danish steamer Al fred Erlandsen has been wrecked on the rocks off Castle Point, near St. Abb’s head, Scotland. She went ashore during a gale Friday night and 20 of her crew were drowned. - ■- - ^ Three Chinamen Killed in Riot. Philadelphia.—A fight between two Chinese in Chinatown Friday after noon developed into a riot, the rival Tong societies taking sides. PistolB and knives were freely used and three of the participants were killed. Vesuvius Causes a Panic. Naples.—A panic was caused here Thursday, owing to the sudden ces sation of smoke from all the craters of Vesuvius, accompanied by loud detonations which usually mean a re sumption of activity hy the volcano. Clairvoyant Steals Diamonds. Beloit, Wis.—A 'clairvoyant Wednes day stole diamonds valued at $1,000 from Mrs. George Williams. He asked to he permitted to perform some charms on the gems, and both ssd num di frpimtf AWFUL POWBER BLAST NEARLY TWO SCORE PERSONS KILLED AT FONTANET, IND. % ENTIRE TOWN DESTROYED More Than 600 Are Injured, About 50 of Them 8eriously—Loose Box ing of Explosive Blamed for the Disaster. Foiltanet, Ind.—Thirty-eight lives snuffed out, 600 injured, of which number 50 were seriously hurt, and a property loss of approximately $750, 000 is the latest estimate of the de struction wrought by the explosion at the Dupont Powder mills Tuesday morning. Where stood a thriving and busy town of 1,000 people there is ruin and scattered wreckage. The dead and more seriously injured have been taken away. Five hundred inhabit ants, all more or less wounded, remain to gather their scattered household goods and sleep under tents and on cots, guarded by soldiers of the state. From a workman employed in the glazing mill it was learned Wednes day that a “hot box,” which was caused by too much friction on the shafting, causing sparks to be trans mitted to some loose powder, was in all probability the eause of the ter rible catastrophe. Loose Boxing Blamed. The employe, whose name is Wil liam Sherrow and who is dangerously hurt as the result of the explosiodl said: “The explosion in which so many lives were lost was caused by loose boxing on the shaft. The day before this terrible explosion happened we had to throw water on it when it be came too hot. This time it got too hot and sent off the sparks that caused the explosion.” Another company of state militia arrived from Ifidianapolis Wednesday evening and immediately went into camp. The town is now under mar tial law, the two companies of state troops being in full control. Seven Mills Blow Up. witnout warning tne powaer mins, seven iu number, blew up at 9:15 Tuesday morning. They employed 200 men and of these 75 were at work when the first explosion occurred in the press millT- In quick succession the glazing powder magazine blew up, followed by the cap mill. In the magazine, situated several hundred yards from the mills, were stored 40, 000 kegs of powder. The concussion when it blew up was felt nearly 200 miles away. Every house in this towtt-was de stroyed. Farm houses two miles away and schoolhouses equally distant were torn to pieces and their occupants in jured. A passenger train on the Big Four railroad four miles away had every coach window broken and sev eral passengers were injured by fly ing glass. The mills went-up with three dis tinct explosions, followed 90 min utes later by a fourth even more seri ous than the others when the maga zines went up. Immediately following the explosions the wreckage took fire and the inhabitants of the town who rushed to the rescne of the mill em . ployes found themselves powerless to aid those burning in the ruins. They worked frantically in constant danger from possible succeeding ex plosions, unmindful of their ruined homes. Dead and dying were picked up and collected. Eighteen bodies horribly burned and mangled were carted to a protected spot to await identification while the badly injured, numbering upward of 50, were put on a special train and taken to Terre Haute for hospital accommodations. Scarcely one of the 1,000 inhabitants of the town but carried blood on hands and face from bis own wounds or those of people who had required aid. The mills were located one mile south of the town. With the first explosion the employes ran for safe ty, but most of them were killed or wounded by the quick-following ex plosions in the other mills. When the heat from the burning mills exploded the great powder magazine, 90 min utes later, destroying the town by the concussion, many of those engaged in rescue work were badly injured and several were killed. Superintendent, Monahan of the plant was killed while sitting in his office and his wife and sister-in-law were killed in their home some dis tance away. Gov. Hanly at Indianapolis ordered the Terre Haute ’ company of the In diana National Guard here to patrol the ruined district and protect life and property. The governor arrived in the evening about the time the sol diers reached here. He brought with him 700 tents and cots. Citizens subscribed more than $5,000 to the relief fund and the council ap propriated $1,000 to be expended to relieve .suffering. Snow Falls on Upper Lakes. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.—Snow fell over the upper lakes Friday accom panied by high winds which created the heaviest sea of the year4 All boats are tied up here waiting for better weather. New York-Havana Cable Laid. New York.—The direct New York Havana cable of the Commercial Cable company was completed Thursday night, the final splice having been made at sea, 120 miles from Coney is land. Shoots Brother to Death. Minot, N. D.—A. Boertz, of Burling ton, shot and killed his brother Wednesday nighL The men operated a poolroom and it is alleged they had been quarreling. Boertz says the shooting was accidental. .... . .. — —■■. - I • Cuban Bandits Surrender. Havana.—The group of bandits un der the command of Gil Calder, which recently had been committing ex tensive depredations in the vicinity of Ctenfnegos, surrendered Thursday to OayC Witteaayer. • .. .*> J1'' ■ ■ . ■ . ' * HEINZES ARE HARD HIT THEIR BUTTE BANK FAIL8 AND FIRM IS SUSPENDED. Copper Dividends Cut—Prominent -Banking House of Hamburg, Ger many, Forced to Wall. New York. — Sensations followed each other in rapid succession in the financial district Thursday as the re sult of the collapse of the projected corner In United Copper and the sus pension of a prominent brokerage firm Wednesday. The firm of Otto Heinze & Co. was suspended on the stock exchange. F. Augustus Heinze, the Butte cop- ] per magnate, resigned the presidency i of the Mercantile National bank of New York. The Amalgamated Copper company at its directors’ meeting cut Its quar terly dividend from two per cent, to one per cent. The directors of the Boston & Mon tana Copper company declared a quar terly dividend of six dollars in place of a former dividend of $12. The failure ,of Haller-Soehle & Co., prominent bankers of Hamburg, Ger many, with liabilities that may reach $7,500,000, was announced. The State Savings bank of Butte, Mont., of which the Heinzes are the principal stockholders, suspended. As a result of these sensations the Slock market was halting and irregu lar, but there was apparent feeling that break of the attempted corner in United Copper had cleared the at mosphere somewhat, and the market rallied before the close. The suspension of Otto Heinze & Co., of which firm Max M. Schultze is the stock exchange member, was based on a complaint to the exchange made by Gross & Kleeberg, the stock exchange firm which failed. In a com-1 munication to the president of the stock exchange this firm charged Otto Heinze & Co. with refusing to accept 3,202 shares of United Copper, said to have been bought on the order of the Heinze firm. The action, Gross & Kleeberg state, was responsible for their failure. Attorneys for this firm stated that the amount owing to the firm by the Heinze firm aggregates $600,000. OLD TEXAS BANK ASSIGNS. T. W. House of Houston Unable to Realize on Assets. Houston, Tex.—One of the oldest banking houses in Texas went to the wall Thursday afternoon when T. W. House, banker, filed a general assign ment under the state law. W. B. Chew, W. D. Cleveland ^id J. S. Rice were named as assignees. It is stated that the resources are amply sufficient to pay creditors 100 cents on the dol lar. Inability to realize on securities not readily convertible into cash is considered the only cause of the as signment. The House bank was established in Houston in 1838 by the father of the present banker. Mr. House has enor mous holdings of land and other invest ments in many portions of the state. MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR; KILLED North Dakota Editor Shot by Woman Who Becomes Maniac. Minot, N. D.—J. T. Neal, editor of the Columbus Reporter, was shot and killed Wednesday night by Mrs. R. C. Rasmussen, who mistook him for a burglar. Editor Neal was at work In his office when he saw a house on fire down the street. He started for the fire, but on the way down stopped for Mr. Rasmussen who, however, had al ready gone. Neal attempted to enter the Rasmussen house and Mrs. Ras mussen thinking he was a burglar procured her husband’s rifle and fired through the door, killing Neal in stantly. Mrs. Rasmussen became a raving maniac when she learned who it was she had shot. Rich American Loses $1,200. Paris.—A wealthy American during the lunch hour of the dressmaking es tablishments on the Rue de la Pah got into conversation with two pretty young women who he thought were dressmakers. Suddenly the bell re calling the girls to work w-as heard and the vtmng women rushed indoors, taking the man’s pocketbook with them. It contained $1,200. The police were notified and found that the girls were not known in any dressmaker’s establishment in the neighborhood. Wireless Links Two Worlds. Glace Bay, N. S.—The inauguration of a regular transatlantic wireless service was accomplished by William Marconi and his assistants Thursday. Mr. Marconi stated at night that more than 5,000 words had been transmit ted between the station at Port Morien, six miles from here and the Irish station. Among the messages transmitted Thursday was one from Sir Hiram Maxim, and a telegram from the London Daily Mail to Presi dent Roosevelt. Accused of Criminal Libel. San Jose, Cal.—Charles M. Short ridge, ex-state senator, editor of the Daily Times and former owner of the Mercury, was arrested Thursday on complaint of Congressman E. A. Hayes, on a charge of criminal libel. The action grew out of an assertion by Shortridge. in a public speech last Wednesday, tha't he had information that Hayes had burned his former mansion at Edenvale for the insur ance, which statement, together with another serious accusation, was pub lished in Shortridge's paper. /' Girl Wins Typewriter Contest. New York.—In the preliminary trial for the typewriter speed contest at the national business show in Madison Square garden MIbs Rose I* Fritz led all competitors with 1.133 words cor rectly written in 15 minutes. Burglars Butcher Agdd Couple. Morgan City, La.—Near Franklin, SL Mary parish, Tuesday night per sons supposed to have been burglars entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Selfred, an old couple, and butchered them with an ax. CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE. An Omaha Institution That Has Ac complished Great Good. This institution has accomplished a great work the past ten years in pro viding temporary shelter and food for more than two thousand homeless chil dren and afterwards placing them in permanent family homes. These homes where so many little ones have been adopted have been repeatedly vis ited and are known to be good homes, giving evidence that the homeless ones taken from the institute are now sur rounded by moral and uplifting Chris tian influences with advantages foi education and social life ana protection in a financial way. Many of them have already been made the sole heirs to farms and to other valuable prop erties. Some of the children in the in stitute were taken from evil surround ings and others from homes of extreme poverty and still others from county poor houses. A few years ago a mother died in western Nebraska, leaving eight children, the oldest beiag 12 years of age. The father was an invalid receiving help from the county. The eight children instead of going to the poor house were brought to the In stitute and are doing well in good homes. Three hundred children annually is the average number sheltered and provided for by this institution. The number on hand daily is from 40 to 60. What would become of these home less children without this place of shelter and protection? This work is a necessity in our Community. In spite of all that has been accomplished and in spite of its being a necessary work it lacks financial support. The offi cers of late have been struggling with a debt on current expenses. The work after all does not seem to be well known. Surely, in this prosperous sec tion of our country, and in these pros perous times, there is money enough to take care of the orphan and depend ent little children. This institution does not send out financial agents to collect funds. It takes about half of what sueta agents collect to pay their salaries. There is one field agent of the Institute who travels to visit chil dren, investigate homes, who inci dentally receives donations of funds. It is hoped that readers of this article will send contributions, making checks payable to C. W. Lyman, treasurer of the Child Saving Institute, Eighteentn and Ohio, streets, Omaha, Neb. Every penny will go to the benefit of the helpless and homeless. All food sup plies have advanced in prices. How can the children be fed during the com ing winter? How can fuel be provid ed to warm the building? How can nurses and helpers r>e paid to take care of the babies? The readers of this article, friends of the friendless, are looked to for assistance to help ‘answer these questions. If people could only understand and realize the needs there would be generous re sponses. BRYAN AND HOME FOLKS. A Famous Painting by Madam Car lisle Cooley Now on Public Exhibi tion in the City of Omaha. Some months ago in this publica tion was given two pictures of “Milk ing Time on Gov. Sheldon’s Ranch on the Weeping Water,” and “The Pio neer Haymakers’ Lunch Beyond the Missouri,” made from the paintings by Catherine Carlisle Cooley of Omaha. The paintings for some time were in the show windows of promi nent Omaha merchants, attracting much attention. Another painting by the same artist is now on exhibition in the’Nebraska metropolis and is receiving much fa vorable criticism. This later acquisi tion is a painting of William J. Bryan, Mayor James C. Dahlman and mem bers of the Nebraska “Home Folks” delegation who met the Nebraska statesman on his return from Europe. Through the courtesy of Mrs. Cooley, the picture is publicly shown for the first time, and that, too, alongside of the famous painting of the renowned artist, Rosa Bonlieur, whose pupil she* was. Mrs. Cooley is the woman who presented a $5,000 painting to Alice Roosevelt, the white house bride, and who has made portraits of Blaine, Conklin and other distinguished peo ple. This famous painting is now on tree public exhibition at Nicoll, the Tailor, Karbach Block, Omaha, Neb. Fire at Fremont Normal. Fremont—The main Dullding of the Fremont Normal school was badly damaged by fire. The loss will reach $45,000, with only. $20,000 insurance on both building and contents. The origin of the fire is unknown. It caught In the southeast part of the building above the laboratory and when It reached the chemicals spread rapidly to the east, and north. After a Fire or Wind Loss you need the money. Friends may sympathize but if you want a company which pays cash try the Farmers and Merchants Ins. Co., es tablished since 1885. Over a million dolars already paid to patrons. Cannot Bring Body Home. Plattsmouth—Word was received from D. E. Thompson, United States minister in Mexico, that tie body of Will Edgerton, who died in Mexico, had been buried, and that according to the laws of that country It could nol be removed for five years. Edgerton was a Plattsmouth boy, and was em ployed with a boring gang in that country. He died in a hospital at Guy nas, Mexico. He was a member o; the Masonic lodge here, and members took considerable pains to have th« body brought home. Complain of Bonding Company' General Colby of Beatrice has re quested the state insurance depart ment to cancel the right of the Ameri can Bonding company of Baltimore to do business in Nebraska until a Judg ment secured against the company and several saloon keepers of Beatrice has been satisfied. The bonding com panies and two other parties w«sre sureties for one or more saloon keep ers in Beatrice against whom a judg ment was secured by the widow of a Beatrice citizen who was killed while voder the Influence of liquor. NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. JILL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The frontier festival at Hastings proved a great drawing attraction. Pastor Roberts, who has been uwo years in Table Rock, has been trans ferred to Dorchester. Building operations in Central City this year betoken great prosperity in that section of Nebraska. Congressman Pollard has recom mended the appointment of Frank Titus as postmaster at Nemaha City, to succeed W. W. Saunders. William Stinhon was arrested at Fairbury and brought to Beaver City by Sheriff Modlin, charged with the murder of Charles Criptin at Edison, that county, In August A test suit has been filed by a few' south side residents of Fremont to in validate operations in the drainage districts which are building dikes to prevent the Platte river floods. Joseph Zwonechek, of Wilber, found part of the petrified antlers of a large eTk in the bed of the Blue river, re eently The antlers are over three feet long and nfltrly four inches in diameter near the base. S. B. Whitman, proprietor of a small store at Moorfield, was arrested and taken to Stockville, on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor. He plead ed guilty and was fined $20 Oand costs. I Chersia Wilson, who was murdered at Falls City by Clyde Elington, for merly resided in Beatrice and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cal Wilson, who left Beatrice about eight years ago. A. J. Warrick, proprietor of ihe Ains worth House, leased it for one year to A. Watkins, who will take possession on the first of November. Mr. War rick will move into his residence on the west side of Main street. The Chautauqua board of Beatrice met and organized for the coming year by the election of the following officers: President, C. L. Reed; vice president, Samuel Rinaker; secretary, E. A. McGlossen; treasurer. E. F. Wilt. The Missouri Pacific road has asked the railroad commission to permit it to furnish a pilot whenever the mem bers wish to make an exploration of the company’s line. The officers de clare they are perfectly willing for the members of the board to go out over the tracks. Oswald Wirth and wife, who were born and raised in Nebraska City and have reared a large family of children, have sold their real estate holdings and will move to Topeka, Kas... w here 1-hey will make their home, he having pur chased a large tract of land near that city. ' Myrtle Closson, a girl 16 years old. in Justice Laird’s court at Fremont, has filed a charge against Albert Mil ler, aged 20. The complainant gave birth to a child, and is said to be In a critical condition. Two mouths ago a sister of hers was in county court to prefer a similar charge against another Fremont young man. Attorney John O. Yeiser, of Omaha, asked the supreme court to grant a writ of mandamus to compel Secretary of State Junkin to place his name on the official ballot Yeiser is candidate for district judge and he wants both the democratic and republican votes cast at the primary to be counted in his favor. The most important business trans acted at the Omaha Presbytery meet ing was the plan to raise $25,000 for Bellevue college. It was voted that the state clerk notify church sessions oif all Presbyterian churches that they observe Sunday, October 27, as Belle vue college day, at which time the claims of the college are to be pre sen ted to the people. Food Commissioner, Johnson has no tifled the county attorney of Washing ton county that the Fontanelle Cream ery company is selling butter not properly stamped, and a number ol grocers in that county are doing the same thing. He told the attorney tc get busy and prosecute, aid offered te send an inspector up to get the evi df nee, if this is necessary. The temporary , injunction secured by R. B. Howell, an inmate of the Sol dier’s Home at Grand Island, restrain ing the collection of a certain percent age of pensions by the management of the home has been met by the board of public lands and buildings with the announcement of a "stand pat” policy. The board declares that Mr. Howell may keep all his pension money, if he likes, but wrill be discharged from the home. After a Fire or Wind loss you n€ted the money. Friends may sympathise but if you want a company which pays cash try the Farmers and Mer chants Insurance Co., established since 1885. Over a million dollars al ready paid to patrons. A meeting of the fire department of Nebraska City was held for the pur pose of making arangements to prop erly entertain the State Volunteer Fire men’s association when they meet there In January next. The necessary committees were appointed to take charge of the afTair, and the visitors can expect a hearty welcome. The City council of North Platte has granted a twenty-year franch\;e to the electric light company of that city. A few months ago a franchise to the same company was voted by the people of that city. The Young Men’s Christian associa tion of York has secured as its lec ture course; Adam Bede, congressrmm, from Minnesota; Edward Burton W!© Dowell, traveler; Samuel Parks Cad* man, lecturer; Durno, magician; tha Royal Gypsy Concert company; the Katherine Ridgeway company. The news was received In Hastings, of the sudden death of Albert Schaeft er of Glltner by having his n eck broken : In a fall from a building on which he was working. Mr. Schaefer was a prosperous and highly respected fann er of that yldnlty. I