Schuyler Girl Is , Attacked hv Cow •' i Mis* Anna Svoboda Severely Bruised and May Have tt. Internal Injuries. > ._ Fremont, Xeb., Feb. 22.—{Special.) ►--Anna Svoboda. young daughter of Sir. and Mrs. Vaclav Svoboda, living west of Schuyler, was seriously in jured and bruised, when attacked by a crazed cow that Mrs. Svoboda was trying to herd back into the farmyard after it had escaped from its pasture, A small calf had clambered through tho pasture fence and the mother im mediately followed. Mrs. Svoboda ►pied the cow and its cult on the high way and secured a rope and an ear of corn with the intention of urging Hie wandering cattle to return to the fold. The cow would not budge without the calf at its heels. When Mrs. Svo boda tried to lead the calf back to the farmyard, the mother cow charged head downward to protect itjs off spring. Mrs. Svoboda was knocked to the ground, and her daughter came rushing up to effect a reaCue. The maddened cow immediately . 1m ned its attack upon the new enieny Wild dashed the girl to the ground, tiampling her with Its hoofs. Every time the victim made an effort to rise to her feet, the cow would renew its attack until Miss Svoboda succeeded in crawling to safety, bruised and beaten. Mrs. Svoboda meanwhile had called Neighbors to the scene and the cow was driven cff. The injured girl has 1.0 broken bones, but internal in juries are feared. Medical Association Meets at Fremont Fremont. Neb.. Feb. 22.—(Special.) ■—Dr. Morris Xellaen. Blair, was elected president of the Elkhorn Val ley Medical association at the annual meeting held In Fremont. The new president succeeds Dr. Davits of Fre mont. About 40 physicians were in i attendance at the convention. The organization voted as opposing two hills which have been introduced hi the state legislature. These are ! hills amending the compensation act! and repealing the health law in the j state. ' -Members who addressed the meet ing on medical questions* were G. E. Neuhaur, Omaha: William H. Prunev, Omaha; II. Winnett Orr and II. C. | Pedersen, Fremont: Warren Thornp-. sor. and W. N. Anderson, Omaha, .ini' George Covey, I.,incoln. ' Other officers elected were: First 1 vice president. A. C. Barry of Nor- i folk: second vice president, W. II. | Heine of Hooper and Andrew Ilarrey > of Fremont, secretary and treasury. Three Killed, Two Hurt in Oil Well Explosion Ardmore, Okl.. Feb. 22.—Three men : were killed and two others injured this , afternoon in an explosion on the Car-] ter Oil company lease near Dillard, IS I miles went of here. . The dead are: Ed Noonan, district ■ s iperintend< nt of the Carter Oil com pany; Ike Robison, driller: - Be seaers, worker. Tlie injured: Ben Goodjohn, work man; Ed Buna, workman. The explosion occurred when the men were preparing to shoot the cas ing in an abandoned well. A charge, of dynamite being lowered into the v ell exploded near the surface. The ■ iiise of the premature blast has not been determined. Superintendent Noonan was widely ! known in the oil fields of the south- 1 west. He is survived by a widow and three children. Loup City Woman Dies of Burns in Explosion 1.0up City. Neb., Feb.. 22.—(Spe ' :nl.)—Mrs. chivies Lutz wa:i fatally burned at hver-r uled a motion for a new trial. Worthington was found guilty last Saturday of using the mails to de fraud In connection with the opera tion* of his Mercantile Securities and Investment company, nine years aft'jr he was indicted. The conviction was the first ob tained against Worthington in many prosecution* in state and federal courts here for more than a dozen years. The Bureau of Standards is making no exhaustive study of th* effect* of various atmospheric conditions upon glass bottles. Kantian City LUeaUxk. Kmjaaa '.*115'. Fab. C2.—- (ltalt*«! Slat** 7'epitrlment of Agriculture. >—Cattle—He. •‘dpt*. 5.390 head: market, h«ef ntecra "ifHfly to weak; early sale*. 17.15# 9.09; * alve* weak to 69c lower, mostly 50o lower; few vealere 112.09 r.-rly: bulk good and choice, $11.00© 11.30; all other • Isaacs around steady; best • ,>wi. $6,cf,f, 7.99; bulk other*. $4,500.50; cannerx and ' :lt*rs generally $2.5004.00: bull: good i-ojogn* bulla, $4.50; fat kinds mostly $5.90© 6.5o. Hogs—Receipt* 9,000 head; market - *>ry active. moarly lo porkets, 10015c bgher; early mile* to shipper* steady to 6c higher: packer top. 91.20; shipper top, $9.20; hulk of sale*, $9 1009.26: bulk de-lrabl* 170 to 300-lb. average*. $9,100 packing *nwi atf%dy. tno*t!y $7.09; s'o'Jc pig* Nteody; bulk of sal**, $7.49 07.7.1. Sheep— Receipt*. 0,099 head; lamb* generally steady lo 15o lower to fl«.50; imat lot*. $14.25014 60; sheep and v^ar * "■» strong to 15c higher: 76-lb. yearling*, • v? '’0; wethcra, $9.09; best light ewe*, 9* "-0. I.ont.o* *4«InU. r.ofi'ton. Feb. 22.—Standard topper, spot, # ■ f iture.*. £70, l’»a; electrolytic, spot, • 7* i9»: fU! jrt £77. '*,1 -.Spot, £197, 17*. €d; future*, £199, •» Spof, £29, in: futures. I2P 16a Zirt» -.4pot, i: 17*, i»d; future*, £51. t I . ... ... I ' .-■.——" ■ '■ I _ The Grand Babylon Hotel ' By ARNOLD BENNETT. | ^Continued From Xhuradar.) ’ At tike ftflnd Babylon Hotel, London, besides Felix Babylon, proprietor, the reigning powers are Jnlea. head waiter, Mlaa Spencer, bnreau clerk, and the re nowned chef, Race#. Annoyed at the fall nre of Jules to supply a dinner of a tea If and bass—to satisfy a whim of his daugh ter, , Helen, or "Nella” na aho la called, ] Theodore Rackaele. New York million I alre, buys the hotel, retains Rocco at an I Increased salary, and reorders steak and bass. Felix Babylon tells Racksole that > he will probably regret his purchase, for the hotej, being the haunt of royalty : nnd nrlrfovTncy, attracts also plotters ' and mischief makers. Returning to the table, Racksole finds n place set for ! Reginald Dlmmock, acquaintance of Nel la’a, and the Kngllsh companion of , Prince Aribert of Posen, youthful nnclo of the reigning Grand Duke Kugen. In a mirror Hacksole sera Jules wink at Dlmmock. From Dlmmock they learn that Prince Kugen is to arrive next day on business concerning hlo marriage settle ment. late that nlglft Racksole sees Julea stealthily enter n room, reappear and re mote n white ribbon from the door han. die. He is alarmed to see that the room is number 111, Nella'* room. He threat ens Jnlea with a revolver, and on being taken to 111, finds It occupied by Dlm mock, who tells him he changed rooms with Nella because a alone had been thrown through the window. Racksole apologtr.es. Next morning he learns that Mis* Spencer has left, and Nella In sist* upon taking her place. He dismiss es Jules nnd forbids him to re-enter the hotel. Prince Aribert. whom Nella has met traveling incognito, arrives. Rack Hole returns with the news that Dlmmock has dropped dead. That night a Mr. and Mrs. Hnmpxon Levi give a ball in the gold room. From a small room above the balcony, Racksole and Nella see Jules. Falling to find him on the balcony. Ruck sole returns and finds him In the little room above and asks him to leuve. Next morning the body of Reginald Dlmmock K miming. Aribert confides to Nella (hat Eugen has disappeared. She tells him of nil that happened at the hotel nnd that she believe* that Dlmmock was tempor arily disloyal and lost his life becuuse he repented. She urges him to go to the emperor and tell him all the facts. She pledges her father'* friendship and her own. A “Barone** Kerlinaki” whom Nella eventually recognises as Miss Spencer, takes roc ms. At dinner Nella sees her take a folded paper out of her tart, and know* that Rocco is Involved in the mystery, the baroness leaves suddenly, and as her trunks were labeled for Ostend. Nella fol lows, trails her to her house, and tells her: “I have come about the murder of Reginald Dlmmock. the* disapprsnuiru of hi* corpse and the disappearance of Prince Kugen of Posen.” A revolver in Nella** hand permits her to examine Miss Spencer, who tells her she is the wife of Jules, whose renl name is Tom Jackson; that Prmce Kugen has been kept prison er. nnd that Rceeo—but at thin point she pretends to faint, gets the revolver and summon* help. Nella swoons. TV lien she wakes up ahe is on board a yacht, watched by Jule*. He makes advances to her nnd Is felled by a blow from Arl hert, who hns been hiding there. At the Grand Babylon. Racksole Is visited by Hamp*ou Levi. Racksole learns from Levi that Eugen was to have come to arrange for a loan to clear his debts so that he would be permitted to marry Princess 1 Anna of Krkstein.Srhwartcbnrg. This I* the last day to get the money, and It occurs tom Hacksole that n rival prince ( may be involved. Vella's note prompts her father to watch Rocco, and to ex amine room 111. He finds it Is above the state apartment*, and accidentally discov ering a passage, comes upon Rocco, be low, embalming the corpse of Reginald Dlmmock. - PART SEVEN*. Rocco turned round with the swift ness of a startled tiger and gave Theodore Racksole one lcrg piercing glance. "J give in." he said. "From the moment you entered this cursed hotel 1 was afraid of you. I told Jules I was afraid of you. I've got no re volver and no weapon of anv kind. I surrender. Do what you like.” And with that Rocco sat down on . a chair. Racksole walked slowly into I the apartment, sei-ed a chair, and sat down opposite to him. "So you're an- ! other Englishman masquerading as a foreigner in my hotel?'; he re marked. "I'm not,” answered Rocco quietly. "I'm a citizen of the United States." "Tile deuce you are!" RacRsole ex claimed. • Yes, I was bom at West Orange, N. .T. I call myself Rocco because it is better for a great chef like me to be a foreigner. Imagine a great chef named Elihu P. Rucker. I changed my nationality for the same reason that my friend and colleague. Jules, otherwise Mr. Jackson, changed h!s." "So Jules is your friend and col league, jg he?” "He was, but from this moment lie is no longer. I began to disap prove of his methods no less than a week ago. and my disapproval will now take au active form." 'Will It?" said Racksole. "1 calcu- , late it Inst won't. Mr. Elihu P. Ruck er. citizen of the United States. Be fore you are very much older you'll he In the kind hands of the police, and your activities, in no matter what direction, will come to an abrupt con clu ion." "It is possible," sighed Rocco. “In the meantime. I'll ask you one or two questions for my own private satisfaction. You've acknowledged that the game •» up, and so you may as well answer them with as much candor as you feel youtseif capable of. See?" "I see.' replied Rocco calmly, "but . I guess I can't answer all questions. I ll