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The face of his policy was for $2,000, but it contained a pro vision that In case of accidental death tho company would pay double that amount. On Soptembor 19, young Fread, whilo attempting to cross tho railroad tracks at Kearney, Neb., was accidentally killed by a Union Pacific freight train. Ho was on his way to tho canning fac tory whore he was ompioyed. Only ono premium of $50.84 had been paid on his policy, but his beneficiary will recoivo $4,000. "What other commodity could young Fread have bought for $R0.84 which would havo netted his estate $4,000 'in less than three months? His death would havo occurred just tho samo had ho not taken this policy. The Midwest Life N. Z. Snell, President A NEUHASKA COMPANY Home Office , Flrt National lluult IHdsjr., Lincoln, Neb. a-cy l lif.f" Wff An Associated Press dispatch, from Utica, N. Y., dated Oct. 30, says: After a long illness Vice Presi dent James Schoolcraft Sherman died in his home in this city tonight at 9:42 of uraemic poison, caused by Bright's disease. He had been sink ing since early morning and it was realized that death was a question only of a few hours. There was slight relief shortly after 7 o'clock, paused by an apparent improvement in the condition of the kidneys, but it did not prove real or lasting and at best gave only temporary hope. At 9 P. m. the patient's temneratnrA rose to 106. From that time on his condition rapidly passed from bad to worse until the end. Mr. Sherman was unconscious when the end came and had bpen in that condition for hours. All the members of the im mediate family were witnesses to the final scene. Mr. Sherman was born October 24, 1855. He was married in 1881 to Carrie Babcock at East Orange, N. J. They have three sons. Sberrill, "Richard U. and Thomas M., all liv ing and in business in Utica. The vice president was an Elk, a trustee of Hamilton college, a member of the Dutch Reformed church, a member of many clubs and a business man of wide interests. The twentv-seventh vice president of the United States and only one re-nominated was christened James Schoolcraft Sherman, but in nearly a-quarter of a century of public life as "Jim" Sherman he was' known to his intimates, and probably half the nation referred to bim as "Sunnv Jim," a sobriquet earned by never fniling all-year-round sunny disposi-. tion. Mr. Sherman belonged to the school of republicans nowadays popularly called "regular," and he fought his political battles without compromise or flinching. The events he belped to sbape are so compara tively recent that history can not assign bim to his proper place until it also records the work of his con temporaries. To the house of representatives of the Fiftieth congress he came in the winter of 1 887, just passed his thirty second birthday. His first years in the bouse brought him into close association with lead ers. Joseph W. Bailey, later a sena tor; Breckenridge, Bryan, Bourke Cochran, Crisp, Dalzell, Dingley, Dol liver, Henderson, Payne, Painter, Rayner, Reed, Wadsworth "Fighting Joe" Wheeler and a score of others whose names became household words in discussion of the tariff and national policies were his fellows. The senate held such men as Aldrich, Allison, Cockerell, Daniel, Frye, Gor man, Hoar, Hill, Teller, Vest and Wolcott. All were not republicans, but all Tvere "Jim" Sherman's friends and in such an environment he worked to a high place in the councils and finally was numbered one of the big five in the house. An Associated Press dispatch from Princeton, N. J., dated Let. 29, says: Mrs. Grover Cleveland authorizes the announcement of her engagement to Thomas Joseph Preston, professor of archaeology and history of arts at Wells college. The day of the mar riage is not yet determined, but will be announced later. Mrs. Cleveland is a graduate of Wells college, and has been a trustee of that institution since 1887. Her wedding to President Grover Cleve landtook place in tho executive man sion during his first administration, and was one of the notable events in the history of the White House. Her father, Oscar Folsom, was a la ." part ner of Mr. Cleveland, who, upon Mr. Folsom's death in 1875, became Frances Folsom's guardian. After his retirement from the presidency Mr. Cleveland made his permanent home in Princeton, and Mrs. Cleveland has continued to re side there since the former president died in 1908. Her two daughters, Esther and Marion, and her son, Richard F., are living with her here. The announcement of the engage ment was made tonight by President John Grier Hibben, of Princeton uni versity, who said: "Prof. Preston is 50 years old. He is a graduate of Princeton, and one whom we hold in very high esteem." The republican national committee will fill tho vacancy on the national ticket, caused by the death of James S. Sherman, sometime before the electoral college meets. A New York dispatch, dated Oct. 30, says: Pleas of guilty of accept ing rebates from the Baltimore & Ohio railroad were entered in the federal court here today by five men on trial before United States Judge Mayer. Jules E. Barnard of the for warding firm of Bernard Jules & Co., of Chicago, was given a techni cal sentence of a day'a imprisonment and fined $3,000. Oscar F. Kosche, August Bonteaux and Maurice Ascher also were sen tenced to a day in jail and in addi tion Kosche was fined $3,000 and Bonteaux and Ascher $1,000 each. The "imprisonment" of the men amounted to less than two hours, as the day was nearly over when their pleas of guilty were made Sentence was suspended in the case of Albert E. Grazer, the fifth defendant. A dispatch from Ossing, N. Y., dated Oct. 30, says: Former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker is in the "death house" at Sing Sing prison tonight under sentence to die in the electric chair during the week end ing December 9, the convicted mur derer of the gambler, Herman Rosen thal. He was brought here from New York today immediately after sen tence was pronounced upon him by Justice Goff in the court room where he was found guilty six days ago. Becker's execution will be stayed, however, by the filing in the interim of a notice of appeal from the ver dict. In this lies Becker's only hope of escape from death. Governor Marshall of Indiana can celled his remaining political dates out of respect to the memory of the late Vice President Sherman. Governor Wilson was given a great demonstration at Madison Square Garden, New York, on the evening of October 31. The ovation at his appearance lasted an hour and three minutes. 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