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i M II 6 NEWS OF NEBRASKA. John B. Rapcr to Succeed Babcock. Ilcatrlcc, Nob., Nov. 10. Word was received hero that Governor Mickey had appointed John D. Itapor of Paw nee City district JudRO to All the va cancy cnused hy the doth of Judgo A. II. Bnbcoclt. Two Forced to Retire From Game. Droltcn How, Noh., Nov. 10. In tho Ramp of football between Droken How and MiiBon City tho score wns G to 5. During I ho gamo Robinson of tho home team and Anderson of Mason City wore badly bruised and forced to retire from tho Held. Implement Dealers In Session. Omaha, Nov. 15. Over 1,000 dele Kates from eastern Nebraska and west ern Iowa attended tho opening session of tho implement dealers. President Caulk, In hl animal addresB, Im pressed on them tho Importanco of contriving aomo plan to meet tho cat alogue house competition. President Roosevelt's rato legislation policy will bo dlBcusBcd. Child Is Burned to Death. ' Florence, Neb., Nov. 11. A fatal flro 1b reported at tho farm of John "WllllamB, six miles west of Florence. Their grandchildren, son and daughter of Mrs. Lorotta Chambors, wero at tho houBo and during tho absence of Mr. and MrB. Williams from tho house iVornlo, aged three and ono-half years, opened tho valvo of a gasoline stovo and thon struck a match. In tho ex plosion which followed ho received burns from which ho died within throe hours. Tho grandmother entered tho burning building and carried tho lit tle ono out. Tho hpuso was totally de stroyed. i Farmers Make it Hot for Tramps. York, Nov. 14. Two tramps, shut tip in a boxcar, camo near being mobbed at Knox on account of re fusal to accept work shucking corn. A freight train had set the boxcar on tho siding, and when tho farmers who were hauling grain to the elevator saw two able-bodies men crawl out of tho car they pounced on thorn, offering 4 rents per bushel to shuck corn, freo board, room and washing, and when one of tho tramps replied "that he had nil tho work he wanted to do picking his teeth," tho farmers made a rush for the tramps, who ran down the track and soon disappeared. Graft Charged at Lincoln. Lincoln, Nov. 13. Ex-Chief or Po lice Routzahn and cx-CIty Detective Rentley, against whom charges of graft have been filed, hnve asked for a short continuance, and their cases will not be hoard tomorrow. Donds have been furnished for both of the defend ants. Tho case has boon worked up by City Attorney Strodo and Detective James Malono nnd tho evidence is In tho form of nfildavlts made by seven of tho proprietors in tho proscribed district. In substance tho nfildavlts set out that Routzahn nnd Hentloy compelled tho women to pay them $!0 a month each to prevent being raided. PRIMARY LAW HELD VALID. Supreme Court Upholds Dodge Meas ure In Its Essential Features. Lincoln, Nov. 1!?. Tho supremo court held the Dodge primary election law valid and capable ot entorcement, though it declared unconstitutional three of its sections. The writ ot man damns asked for by Clerk Adair, nom inee of the Socialist ticket, to have tho Socialist nominees placed on tho ticket, though nominated by a conven tion, was refused. The sections de clared unconstitutional are these: The one making the prlmnry day tho first day of registration; that one requiring 1 per cent as a filing fee by the can didate, nnd tho one regulating tho form of the ballot. The fact that these sections do not render the law ns a whole incapablo of enforcement does not in tho opinion of the court invalidate the entire law and it Is con sequently held to bo valid nnd con btitutiounl. CATTLEMEN PLEAD GUILTY. Richards and Comstock Admit Fcnc ing Government Land. Omaha, Nov. 14. Two of tho rich est and most influential cattlemen or Nebraska Bartlett Richards and Will lam G. Comstock have pleaded guilty to the chargo of unlawfully fonclug government land, havo thrown them selves upon the mercy of the court and have been sentenced. They begged loniency and received it upon the ground that for soino tlmo past, and at tho present time, their om ployes are diligently at work In re moving feuces which unlawfully in closed 212,000 acres of government land in Sheridan county. Unllko John nnd Herman Krause, who were convicted upon a similar charge at tho May term of the federal court, neither Richards nor Com stock wero alleged In tho Indictments to havo intimidated settlers. That waB one of the reasons, It 1b claimed, why tho defendants in this case re ceived a comparatively light sentence. Their fine was $300 each and each will lo obliged to pay half of the costs, which amount to $Cu0. In addition to their fine they were sentenced to remain six hours In the custody of the United States marshal. In entering tho plea or guilty Attor ney Hall said for his clients: "It Is our intention to comply with tho law. Wo are removing tho fences as rap Idly as we can, but such as may re main, wo hnve nothing at all to do with. Wherever tho government shows us that we have an unlawful fence we will remove It." P oclnlms Thanksgiving. ' ; ( In. Nov. 15. Governor Mickey in d ills Thanksgiving proclamation, lie calls ntU'iitlon to tho general awakening against graft and foreshad ows legislation against It. McGreevy Back to Prison. Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 15. President Hernnrd MoOrc-evy of the defunct Elk horn Valley bank at O'Neill Is in Jail again, as County Attorney Mullen feared McGreevy would escape. Prairie Fire Near Venango, Neb. VonariRO, Neb., Nov. 15. A disas trous prairie flro of great extent is rnglng Bouth of tho Burlington road near here. Scores of ranchmen and farmers are burned out. The loss can not be estimated at this time, but un doubtedly Is very large. Body of Alcott Is Found. Mitchell, Neb., Nov. 14. A search ing party found tho dead body of Ben jamin Alcott, who had been lost on tho prairio since Thursday afternoon from tho ranch of his son, G. E. Al cott, twenty miles north of Mitchell. Ho wns seventy-eight yenrs of nge and with hiB wife came here a month ago from Fredericksburg, In., for a visit. He walked out for pleasure, but his eyesight was poor. Further Effort for Mrs. Llllle. Lincoln, Nov. 13. Now that the bu promo court has denied a rehearing for Mrs. Lena Margaret Llllle, sen tenced to lifo imprisonment, her friends are working on a clew dis covered after Bho was committed to prlBon. It Is now known that a per sonal enemy of Harvey Llllle disposed of his property and disappeared short ly after the murder. Now he cannot be found. The identity of the fugitive Is known only to Mrs. Lilllo and her closest advisers. Taylor Is Bound Over. Tccumseh, Neb., Nov. 15. Frank A. Taylor wns bound over for trial In tho district court under bond of $1,500 in the hearing of the case ordered by Judge B. F. Good in the Chamberlain case nt Auburn some few weeks ngo. Mr. Taylor was presumed to be vice president and a director of tho Cham berlain bank at the time of its fail ure. Judge Good was of the opinion that tho evidence given in Johnson county in cases bearing on the bank failure and tho case at Auburn did not correspond, and ordered proceedings oir a perjury chargo against Mr. Tay lor. Place for Nebraska Man. Washington, Nov. 13. Senator Hurkett signalized his presence In Washington by pulling otT a good po sition for D. C. O'Connor of Norfolk, Nob., that of superintendent of public Instruction for Panama. The position pays $L300 yearly. D. C. O'Connor has for the last nine years been superin tendent of Norfolk city schools, lie Is president of the Schoolmasters' club of Nebraska and has been president of the North Nebraska Teachers' asso ciation. O'Connor was co-laborer with Hurkett when tho latter taught school In Nebraska. Tho appointment of O'Connor was cabled from Panama. CONVICTS ATTACK KEEPER. Bind and Gag Guard, but Fail to Make Their Escape. Lincoln, Nov. 15. Fred Smith, hot ter known as "Denver Kid," tho pu gilist, who is serving a term in tho Nebraska penitentiary for burglary, to gether with William Jones, another convict, attacked and overpowered the celllrouso night keeper, a man named Cooper. They bound and gagged him, and using a saw secured from the boiler house, began sawing nl the bars in one of the windows of the cell- house. Cooper managed to release ono hnnd, removed tho gng and shouted for help. Smith again attack ed and might have killed him had not assistance came. Tho convicts made no tight nnd were put In the dungeon. They had been regarded as trusties, and were given liberties In the en closure. LETTON'S MAJORITY GROWS. More Figures on the Election In Nebraska. Lincoln, Nov. 9. The election In Ne braska has tho appearance of a Re publican landslide on tho head of tho ticket. The plurality for Letton, for supreme judge, will not bo less than 18,000, and may exceed 25,000, more than double that of two years ago on a decreased vote. An average Repub lican gain of six and a half votes to the precinct is shown. Both the Re publican candidates for regents of the university- are elected, but their plu rality Is considerably less than that for judge. Party lines were not ad- hered to on county offices, tho fusion ists making gains in some counties reliably Republican, and vice versa. Complete returns from twenty-three counties and from 332 precincts scat tered through nearly all of the re maining counties In the state, making altogether 715 out of the l,fi00 pre cincts in Nebraska, give LAtt n (Rep.) 43,902 votes, as against 30.7G5 for Hastings, fusion cnndldnto for su preme court judge. The same pre cincts two years ago gave Bnrnes 45, 955, nnd Sullivan 37,727. In other words, where Bnrnes secured a major ity of 8,228, Letton gets a majority of 13,227. At this rate of gain In the re maining precincts Letton's lead over Hastings will approximate 20,000. It was a quite election day In Ne braska and a light vote was polled. Especially was this the case In Lin coln, where there waB much scratch ing. The Republicans elect all their candidates In this county but two, pro bate Judgo and cornor, win by narrow margins. TRADE REVIEW FOR THE WEEK. Greatest Industrial Activity in tho Nation's History. New York, Nov. 11. R. G. Dun ,& Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade Bays: Each wcok brings a stronger business situation, aeasonablo weather having removed the last drawback, and pres sure for shipment of goods 1b so great In many lines that tho partial holiday put deliveries still further behind and caused much inconvenience. Reports of wholesome conditions are now prac tically unanimous and Improvement la noted in collections In many dis patches. Retail trade of wearing ap parel and foodstuffs is tho featuro, while Interest is beginning to bo shown In holiday goods, of which very large stocks wero accumulated in expectation of a record-breaking season. Manufacturing lines constant ly establish new high water markB of production, the present output of pig iron being nt the rate of more than 2,000,000 tons monthly, and this Is one of the best known business barom eters. Footwear forwardlngs from Boston are within a few thousand cases of tho record established in 1901; tho tex tile mills cannot make deliveries with desired promptness, and building oper ations are phenomenal. A few small strikes are in progress, but not suffi cient to prevent the greatest indus trial activity in the nation's history. Railway earnings thus far reported for October show a gain of 2.5 per cent over last year's. Prosperity la nlso evidenced by a further rise In prices of commodities, Dun's index number on Nov. 1 being $103,853, tho highest point of recent years. Tho per enpita amount of money In circula tion la nlso at a new record, of $31.90. Foreign commerce Is fully maintained, Prices of hides have moved to new high records for any date since tho civil war, and there Is little difference even in comparison with that period of restricted production. Demand la now absorbing supplies so promptly that poor qualities of long haired hides are scarcely loss expensive than tho choice summer take-off. Failures this week numbered 183. CORN YIELD OF UNITED STATES. Preliminary Estimate Places Amount at 2,707,993,540 Bushels. Washington, Nov. 11. The crop re porting board or tho bureau of statis tics of the department of agriculture finds from the reports of the repre sentatives and agents of the bureau as follows: Tho preliminary returns on tho pro duction of corn In 1905 Indicate a to tal yield of about 2.707.993,5-10 bushels, or an average of 28.8 bushels per acre, as compared with an average yield of 20.S bushels as finally estimated in 1901, and a ten-year average of 24.9 bushels. Tho following table shows for tho principal corn states tho preliminary estimates of tho average yield per aero In 1905, with tne mean ot tiro averages for tho last ten years: November, Ten Year States IIki'i. Aerne. Illinois :h.8 :ii.j Iowa m.s .T.'.H Nebraska 1.8 Stl.1 Kansas- '-!7.7 ai.d Missouri aa.8 17.7 Indiana 10.7 aa.u oMiiiKiniii ar.a in.ti Indian Territory :i--7 2.U South Dakota .'1.8 1KJ.7 .Mlnnesntn M' i-IWJ Wisconsin :i7.tl 81MJ The general average as to quality Is 90.C per cent, as compared with 88.2 last year. It Is estimated that about 3.3 per cent of the corn crop of 1904 was still In the hands of farmers on Nov. 1", 1905, as compared with 3.6 per cent of tho crop In 1903 In farmers' hands on Nov. 1. 1904. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Features of the Day's Trading and Closing Quotations. Chicago, Nov. 14. The wheat market to day allowed n complete- reversal of feeling from yesterday. It wns milium throughout the entire session today and twenty-four i hours ago the sentiment was In favor of a decline. Cold, wet weather In Argentina wns one of the chief factors contributing to the strong market today. At the close prices were practically at toe highest I point of the day, with tho May option up HWc. corn ana oats were encu up c. ; Provisions were rsaoc lower. C!osiug A.BHASE "'4N0 During all theso years have boon acknowledged grade. Tho most critical them unsurpassed in Tone, Action and Durability Wo are district distributors of tho A. B. OHASE Pianos, and will gladly put you in touch with one of our roproBontatives, or mail and UDecinl prices. OLNEY-GASTON AtUSIC CO. St. Joseph, Successor to T. J. WASHBURN. !( Hlslie.iln iXft koeate on the FfisGo System of (fle Both Lose ffloney Now Is the time to investigate the resources and opportunity of securing good laud at very low ligures in the Grewt Southwest. Missouri, Arkansas, Southern Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas, are again to the front with a "Bump ing" Crop, Beating All Records Ask your home ngorrt for Homosoekors' Rates and Tickets, on salo tho first and third Tuesdays of each mouth, nnd ask us for descriptive literature, which will bo mailed to you without cost. J. C. LOVRE1N, Ass't Gorr'l Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. BEFORE YOU BUILD That Ilouso or Burn, or store that Coal, it will save you money and give you a lot of satisfaction if you will call a nil get prices and sou the stock of SAUNDERS BROTHERS, PHONE 6o. RED CLOUD, NEB. 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