d OF XLBT Von Hallcr Is Convicted. i..ia , March 14. The j . . George Von Haller was tried on the charge tf murdering Maurice D. Rees brought in a veru.ct of guilty of murder in the second degree , atfer over fifty hours of deliberation. Lucas Guilty of Murder. Holdrege , Neb. , March 10. The jury in the Lucas murder case brought in a verdict of guilty in the first de ? ree Kith imprisonment for life as punish-1 ment. The jury did not have i > .ny .iffi- 4. culty in arriving at a verdict , as sf . was unanimous on the first ballot in regard to-his guilt. Boy Killed While Hunting. Fairbury , Neb. , March 14. Russell I-eidy , a thirteen-year-old son of L. J. Leidy , a farmer living near Bower , In this county , is dead from the r'/o ts of a gunshot wound , inflicted Sa'ur- ilay. He and a brother were out hunt ing , when young Leidy's wen : ; n was accidentally discharged , the load en tering his head. Record by Woman Eowler. Omaha , March 0. Mrs. S. Hunter , HBlng the full weight , sixteen and one- half pound ball , lias broker the wom an's western record by bowling the remarkable game of 250. The score was made in the last of four succes sive games in the competition. She bowls a strong ball and has more speed than most women uowlcrs. Her strong point is accuracy. The score Is believed to be one of the best ever made by a woman. Bazar Asks New Trial. Omaha , March 14. Anton Bazar , the South Omaha saloon keeper who was held by a jury in Judge Ken nedy's court liable to Mrs. Rosa Rezek in the sum of $5,000 for the loss of her husband , who was killed while drunk , has entered a motion for a new trial. Whichever way this moticii results , it is understood that the case is to be carried up on an ap peal. The jury awarded the exact amount used fo'r. Negro Takes Indian Bride. Chadron , Neb. , March 15. County Judge Sayers married Lewis Jones , a full-blooded negro , to Mary Lamotte , a full-blooded Indian of the Sioux tribe. The bride is'a relative of Black Horse , White Cow and Red Cloud , hence belongs to the noblity. I.JG braves are all disgusted , and one of them claims Mary is already iiis Squaw , so there may be a "war cf races" in this vicinity. The lately married couple have moved into a shanty just out of the city limits. Norfolk Asylum is All Ready. Norfolk , Neb. , March 14. After long waiting to return to their home in the Nebraska insane hospital at this place , patients who were burned out by the big fire of several years Rince are going to he allowed to re turn tomorrow. On that day the com missions of tte officers in charge of the institution , recently appointed y Governor Mickey , will take effect and tomorrow the first consignment of patients who have been quartered in the Lincoln asylum will be brought back to northern Nebraska. Dr. Edward Hayward Dead. Nebraska City , March 15. Dr. Ed ward P. Hayward , the oldest son of the late Senator M. L. Hayward , died at the home of his mother of stomach trouble. lie was born in this city in 1871. Dr. Hayward was a graduate of medical colleges in bith this country and Germany. He served as a United Staes army surgeon in the Philip pines , during the Spanish-American war. After the Spanish war he prac ticed medicine in New York city until about six months ago , when he moved to this city. He leaves a widow. Kirkman Attempts Suicide. Valentine , Neb. , March 11. Captain Q. W. Kirkman , who is under arrest here , being tried on charges that may result in his dismissal frcm the army , tried to commit suicide after he was informed of the suicide of Mrs. Bessie Chandler of Omaha. He took mor phine and also opened the arteries in his wrist , but was thwarted in his in tentions. Captain Kirkman says that no matter what tile outcome of his trial he is determined to take his own life as soon as he has the opportunity. He professes the warmest of love for the dead woman and vows he will join her in death. He also makes very sen- iational charges concerning Lieuten ant Chandler. TITTERINGTON FOUND GUILTY. Alleged Cattle "Rustler" Convicted of Larceny as Bailee at North Platte. North Platte , Neb. , March 10. T. : Jury in the case of the state a a. Titterington , re-turned a verJi-i u guilty as charged. The jury had L > ee. . out for about t'.veuty-four hours wnc the verdict was returned. Delmiu JTitterington , the defendant , was charged with unlawfully converting to bis own use cattle given into his pos session by George Bently. The evi dence was very conflicting , the strong est being the testimony of Lee Case , vbo had been jointly charged with Titterington in another offense. Case pleaded guilty alter having been in jail for some weeks. Titterington and Case had been partners in the butcher business in the town of Sutherland , and Titterington had a trial last week. inwhich the jury disagreed and were discharged. The second trial of the state against Del Titterington for cattle stealing Is BOW Using tried. ( 'CUSP. I'ills Anti-Pass Bil. ! ln , uirch 15. Tue house by n tote of 43 1o 40 a ; rcod to indrfnitely postpone t'e b 1 " - > Vr ! r it r- < r me to give or a. . . . / . . . . . . . . .dLt o. Tuis action disposes of all the anti-pass measures , every one being defeated. The senate , by the close vote of 1C to 15 , defcr.tcd the bill to give Einall lar.u owners control of irrigation ditches. SrEkemsn Killed by the Cars. Genoa , Neb. , March 11. Edgar j ' Headlund , brakeman and baggago- j master on the Albion branch , was run ' over and killed hero. It is that he slipped and felf v- ' train , the trucks of one CJL : over him. He lived only a 1 ments. REV. TREFZ QUITS MINISTRY. Resigns as Psscor of First tional Church at Cing JJmghampton , N. Y. , ML" . the First Congregational c. . resignation cf Rev. Eav/crd . the pastor , was read. Mr. T1- the city suudenly on VvrcJnes. . . is understood to be at Springfield , O. Tho cause whichhe assigns for hn resignation is ill health. lie exprcssoa his intention of leaving the miius'ry. Mr. Trefz carno to this city from ' . ha nearly two yoars ago , being ix a- mended to the church by Rev. r\ewe D wight Hillis of Brooklyn. lie wn ? pastor of n Lutheran church in OITITT and was formerly a newspaper i : and manager of a professional base ball team. CODY CASE IS NEARIiMG END. Sister of Buffalo Bill Says His Wire Intended to Give Him Drug. Denver , March 14. The allegation that Mrs. Cody threatened to give her husband , Cclonel William F. Cody ( Buffalo Bill ) , a drug to bring him under her control lias been repeated in a deposition nia'Ie in this city by Mrs. Helen Cody-Yv ctmore , a sister of the colonel , to be filed in his divorce suit in the Wyoming court. "Mrs. Cody told me , " said Mrs. Wet- more , "that she had obtained a drug of some character from a clairvoyant and that she intended to give it to Colonel Cody in order to get control over him ; that she thought herself a better manager for the property than ths colonel , and that she wished to get control cf all property at all haz ards. " This is the statement upon wlm-u Colonel Cody bases his charge It ! Mrs. Cody attempted , to poison him The trial is practically finished , .with the exception of taking one 01 two depositions in Nebraska , be'o- the matter is laid before the cou'r I Sheridan on March 20. Several u nesses will be put on the stand at tl time and the arguments in the cs t will consume several days. BRYAN LOSES $50,000 BEQUEST Connecticut Supreme Court Gives De cision in Bennett Will Case. Hartford , Conn. , March 10. The su preme court of Connecticut iiande'i down a decision in the Philo S. Ben nett will case , invhich W. J. Bryan has figured as beneficiary to the ex tent of $50,000 , as provided in a "sealed letter" left by Mr. Bennett , and finds no error. Ths decision up holds the superior court , which ren dered judgment to the effect that the clause in Mr. Bennett's will contain ing the paragraph in regard to the $50,000 to be left to Mr. Bryan is in operative and that the said fund is the part of a residuary estate. Mr. Bry an appealed from this decision , and the result is as previously stated. The superior court having held that the "sealed letter" was no part of the will , the only question to decide on was its contents as testamentary , docu ment. Clause 12 of the will leaves $50,000 to Mrs. Bennett in trust , with no purpose , while the sealed letter says that the money is left to Will iam J. Bryan. The supreme court holds that the superior court is right in deciding that the clause is inopera tive. Counsel for Mr. Bryan when aske- : . if the case would be taken any higli- er said that it would not be. The decision doubtless ends one of the most interesting cases ever fouglr out in the courts of tha state. Mi Bryan was c. close friend of Mr. Be * , nett and was made the executor of hi- will. When it became known that a "sealed letter" was deposited in New York , bequeathing Mr. Bryan $50,500 the struggle began to have it exclud ed , several allegations , which caused considerable surprise at the time , bf ; ing made by counsel for Mrs. Bennet1. It was even alleged that Mr. Benneti intended to have tfie letter destroyed ' when he was killed by a fall on a western mounta-n side. Warrant in Fraud Case. Pierre , S. D. , March 15. Deputy Marshal Laughlin has gone to Fort Pierre with a warrant for the arrest cf R. B. Stearns on complaint of the United States authorities at St. , Paul , charging him with being con- j nected with land frauds in connection | t with W. T. HorswcJl of S Paul. Sen j sational developments promise to grow out of the case. Mrs. Shaw Under Surgeon's Knife. Baltimore , March 15. Mrs. Shaw , the wife of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw , was operated on for a serious ailment at Dr. Howard Kclley's private sanitarium. The op eration was performed by Dr. Kelley and is reported to be successful. Sec retary Shaw , who was present in the sanitarium during theoperation , re turned to Washington later in the flay. J .UliU i FRENCH BANKERS REFUSE TO LOAN MONEY TO RUSSIA. CUTS OFF THE SINEWS OF WAR Difficulty in Securing Fundo May Force the Emperor to Begin Nego tiations With France Kcuropatkin Brings Order Out cf Chaos at Pass. London , March 15. By delay in pressing his pursuit of Russia s cle- j i'eauj and demoralized aiiny to Tie pass , Field Marshal Oyama has af- fordcj General Kouropatkin time to sort out the disorganized units cf his command and restore his forces to ai least a semblance of order. So far as known there is no considerable \ force cf Jap ° "ese nearer Tie pass t. n'six or els.it miles , but in Rus sian quarters t ! cre is a feeling of ap- prc..ennion that some turning move ment , ol'which there is no definite in formation , is in progress. From Japa nese srurces it is reported that many straggling parlies cf Russians , cut oil" from their commands in the retreat from Mukden , are surrendering upon the appearance of the Japanese trooos. The council of war summoned by En- p r r Nicholas is reported to have de cided that the war must bo carried forward. The all-important question cf financia"1 weans , however , is said to have reached no solution , the situ ation being complicated by tho report ed decision of French capitalists not to negotiate the loan recently offered by St. Petersburg. The probability as regarded in St. Petersburg seems to bo that when General Kouropatkin h.s completed the task cf reorganiz ing what i" left of his army , he will be permitted to return to Russia and that the command in Manchuria wil1 be entrusted to General Sukhomlimoff whose war apprenticeship was served under General Dragomiroff , who a * been regarded as the foremost of "us- sia's scientific soldiers. It is possible , however , that the command will go to Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch. The revolt of the French bankers is considered by the London newspa pers as the most hopeful and import ant news of the day. promising ar early conclusion of peace brtv/een Russia and Japan. Apparentlv tr r proposed loan has not bnihoi t- ly refused , but ol" "Y ! ; i . " ! ' T- however , is regarded * ' ' " : ts- mount to a refusal , and is pvpectert to speak lou'ler to the Rus.--i parb- even than Kouropatkin's reverse at Mukden. It is regar'lod thn' v th- death of M. Germain , the ' > -ov ernor of the Credit Lyonnnn , xnsia lost her strongest firanoir. ! frier . ' ! in France , and that h ul h ? } orr " " " " ' difficulty wo ; . Id have ? enced. "With the ArnoricJir. ui.d .3- lish markets closed to her , it if thought that Russia can onlv nirn to , Germany , vrho is not 1:1 * to be much more responsive tha , r'ance and the only alternative would seem to be to make peace. Reports TO cur rent here that Japan will now mand an indemnib- between $500,000,0"0 and $750,000,000. The correspondent at St. Petersburg of the Daily Telegraph predicts thai the Russian authorities will have to battle with an angry sea of trouble6 in connection with the mobilization o' " a new army. Tho correspondent re lates as an example that a few days ago an attempt to mobilize Cossack ? in the Kuban district of the Cauca u ? met with flat disobedience ina that the employment of force led to seri ous bloodshed. CZAR MAY APPEAL TO PEOPLE Bold Way Out of Perplexing Situa tion is Suggested for Emperor. St. Petersburg. March 15. A bole way ont of the perplexities oC the pres ent situation has been suggested , namely , that Emperor Nicholas trave- in state to the ancient capital of Mos cow , summon the nobles and lea din ? members of the zemstvcs around him in the sacred precincts of the Kremlin , franlily lay the situation before them publicly pledge his word for the cr.&c ution of the projected reforms ami make a stirring personal appeal through them to the people to loyally rally to the support of the Russian arms and co-operate in prosecuting the war to a successful termination. Such a personal appeal from the sovereign undoubtedly would have a powerful effect throughout the ccuntry and the dynasty would have an ad vantage over the plan of submitting the question of peace or war to the zemsky sobor , which some cf the newspapers are again urging. The Ncvoe Vremya. in a stronr article , reviews the situation leading up tc the defeat of the army in Manchuria , the grave nature of the intcrna ! trag edy at Moscow , the bloody events at Warsaw Riga and Baku , the series of attempts upon , individual represcnta- tives of the civil and military author- ities an(3 ( the increasing boldness of the claim ; of the non-Russian prov inces , scrre of which are threatening anI others even making attempts at arired uprising as in Georgia. Fin land , the Xcvoe Vremya declares , is prming , Jews everywhere are fanning Hie f.ames of revolution and the dan ger cf n.ie agrarian movement is in creasing. The peasant movement is spreading tc the northwest provineea. Seriou ? disturbances are reported : n the prov inces of Vilnr. and Kovno.vhere the estates and property of the govern ment officials and others fcave been sacked and burned. DISASTROUS BLAZE IN A NEW YORK TENEMENT HOUSE. FORTY PERSON'S ARE INJURED Sleeping Inmates Are Hemmed in by Flames and Few Escape From the House Without Injury Three Are Burned Beyond Recognition. New York , March 13. Nineteen persons were burned to deaui in a fire which destroyed the five-story tenement house at 103 Allen street. More than forty were injured and only a few of the sleeping inmates escaped unhurt. Several of those who perished were roasted to death in plain view of thousands in the streets. Coroner Goklenkranz declared after an inves tigation that he had reason to be- lieve the blaze was the work of an incendiary. The fire started in the basement and spread at frightful rapidity to the roof. The victims were caught in traps of flames , the halls and exits being rendered im passable in a few minutes after the blaze started. The building was one of the usual crowded tenements and the disaster was the worst in the history of the east side. The district attorney's office has begun an investi gation to place the blame for the great loss of life. Fire Chief Croker asserts that the police and the tene ment house departments are to blame for the violations of the fire escape law. The tenement house department officials , however , say that the blair.e is on the shoulders cf the fire com missioner. Of the nineteen dead , three bodies , those cf a boy and two girls , remain unidentified. The known dead are : Rachcel Sol omon , Jacob Solomon , Ipnnc Solomon Jessie Cohen , Rose Wiener. Sinr1 or Wiener , Ida Muskowitz , TTrrrv Ko- " man , Rose Millor , Morris Miller.r > shon Fuchs , achel Zoidlcr , Harr s Zeidler , Rachel Steitler. WAR ON MAILORDER HOUSES Hardware Msn Would Bar Them From Buying Goods. Minneapolis , March 15. A sens"- tional fight against the ret ill l\- ' - ware firms of the country ih ; : : ? c'r. catalogue and mail orders is foo.jot , a by the National Association 01 Retail Hardware Dealers , now meeting in Minneapolis. Committees from the American Hardware Manufacturing .association and from the National . ' . * - ' sociation of Harclv/nre Jobbers " ; meet with the retailors uiirng t . present convention. Endeavors v , ' be made toocurc promises from t j committees that no gcoJs will be SL i to catalogue and mail order houses. It is claimed by members of the re tail association that severaT cf the largest manufacturers of hardware have agree1 not to sen goods to mail order merchants. Pitched Battle In Arkansas. Lake Village , Ark. , March 15. A pitched battle was fought between a sheriff's po = se of white men and three negroes suspected of murder on the shore of the lake near here , two of the blacks being killed outright and C. D. Owens , manager of the Red Leaf plantation , wounded in the arm. The third negro escaped into the woods. Bloodhounds were sent for and put on the fugitive's trail. Re cently two brothers , named Watscn. were murdered near Dumas , Ark. , and the three negroes were said to have participated in the crime. Eloping Minister Convicted. New Brunswick , N. J. . . March 15. After six hours' deliberation , the jury which tried J. Frank Cordova , the former South River minister , who eloped with Julia Bowne , one of his , choir singers , for abandoning his ; wife , came into court with a verdict of "guilty as indicted. " The extreme penalty is imprisonment for one year. As soon as the case was given to the jury the second indictment against the ex-minister was called. ! t ac cuses him of assault and battery his wife. Incendiary Fire Destroys Sheep Corral Helena , Mont. , March 15. A. Pres- cott of this city has been advisad that a fire has destroyed his corral and 1,500 Load of sheep at Chester , Chou- teau county. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin and to have resulted from differences be tween cattlemen and sheepmen in that vicinity. Dutch Stockholders Lose Control. Kansas City , March 15. The Hol land stockholders have lost control of the Kansas City Southern railway , according to the Star. During the recent fiurry in the stock of the com pany the foreign holders of stock un loaded and thus passed the control of the road into American hands. Two Negroes Hanged by Mob. Selma , Ala. , March 15. E. D. and Will Ptomey , negroes , who shot and fatally wounded Professor Claude Hardy at Pineapple , Ala. , were caught by a mob of citizens in a house near Allenton , Ala. , where , they had barri caded themsQlveg , and were taken to a nearly swamp and hanged. Negro Shot to Death in Cell. I-ongview , Tex. , March 15. Julius Steven , a negro imprisoned In the jail here , charged with assault upon Carl Anderson a.t a sawmill near this place , was shot to death in his cell by a mob. ' 'THE SHINING MARK AND THE SHINING SHARK" F'ortravnl of the Great Difference Ketwt-en a "SHARE FAKE AND A FAIR SHAKE. " A book of over 100 pages neativ bound containing1 fif teen half-tones from the highest pric ed ohotos taken from life in the state of Colorado. One of the most inter esting publications of the year. Ai rich to read as Lawson'a "Frenzied Finance. " You can get it ABSO LUTELY FREE by addressing C. P. JORDAN. . Dakota. Business Notices. Notices iiurter tb ! . bending & cent * per line each Insertion. Among reading nutter , 10cent * per line each insertion High grade Galloway Bulls , o. ' to 5 years old , for &ale. Also two Thoroughbred's. For furthor in formation inquire at this office. 13 * Our delayed car load of agri cultural implements received en Thursday , March 16. LUDWIG LUMBER Co. Furnished rooms , rent reason able. MKS. RUTH A. SHORE. FOR SALE : 7 room house. Acre lot. Nice lawn and fine trees , tf P. F. SIMONS. Now is the time to get your in surance on your buildings and stock. Storms have already begun and if you are without insurance it will be your neglect. It costs but a trifle to insure against fire , light ning and tornadoes inthebeststtte companies. They are represented by I. M. Rice , Valentine , Nebr. I have buyer for Nebraska farms. If you want to sell , list with me or . write for particulars. 47 J HORACE GRANT , Heist Bldg. Kansas City , Mo. Stallioji For Trade. I will trade my registered stal lion for horses or cattle. He is coming 3 years old and weighs 1400 pounds. I hare his pedigree and he is as fine a specimen as one would like to see. EDWARD LEWIS , 4 Wood Lake , Neb. All kinds of Flower , Vegetable and Field seeds for sale by the Red Front Mercantile Co. 8 Town Herd. We will begin herding the town cows about April 1st. Terms will be the same as last year. Thank ing you for past favors , we re spectfully solicit a continuance of your patronage. 65 WILBER & GANOW. WANTED : Dressmakin g and I plain sewing. sewing.Miss Miss JESSIE HATTER. A full supply of fresh new i'b n seeds have just been re- Delved by the Bed Froit Merc. Co. ° Coming , Dr. I. W. Mefferd , the eye specialist , will be at the Dono- her hotel Monday , March 20,1905. A full line of Pipe , Pumps , Cylin ders , Pipe Fitting , etc. are sold by the Red Front Merc. Co. Now is the time to build that fence around your farm. If you want the best Glidden & Baker barb wire or good field fencing call on Red Front Merc. Co. They can furnish you what you want for the same and less money than you would have to pay for cheaper brands of wire fence. Mrs. Chadwick Wants New Trial. Cleveland , March 15. The attor neys for Mrs. Chadwick filed a motion for a new trial on the grounde of er rors in admitting incompetent testi mony , excluding competent testimony and errors of law in the trial. It is expected that the arguments will b made Thursday. Hill Argues for Patrick. Albany , X. Y. , March 15. Former Senator David B. Hille argued before the court of appeals the appeal of Albert T. Patrick , comvicted of the murder of William M. Rice of New Xorfe. Professional Cart * . The Lonp Valtoy Bwrf0ff4 Ttndl I can fill rrtfr tot baits ! al wt + at my Jrne. Baacta t ur mllw a ib-wflM al lee , Nebr. G. K. MILL PUCES FOR PerCwt. Per Ton. Bran , sacked. . . . $ 85 $1600 Shorts , sacked 05 18 00 Screenings , sacked 60 11 00 Chop Feed , sicked 90 17 00 Corn , sacked 80 15 00 Kip Corn , sacked 85 ia 00 Oits , wicked 1 00 19 Ou A. N. COMPTON Physician and Surgeon Office at Quigley < fe Chapman's Drug Store. Nights The Don- oher residence , Cherry Str eL -L ± . Robert G. Easley , ATTORNEY AT LAW. over Red Front GENERAL LAW Valentine , BTeto G. H. Hall , M. D. Physician * SMrgftM. All calls promptly attended to daj or night. Drugs and Phar maceuticals furniahed. Wood Lake. - Xctraafc * . H. DAILEY , Dentist. Office over the grocery deptnseiit of T. C. Hornby's ibow. Will be in Rosebud agency July ' < rd. Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , JOHN F. PORATH Biegt , Jfefcp. Tubular wells and windmBrs. H. M. CRAMER , City Deliveryman. frunlta. Tallies tad packacet hanM t * | from the depot * ad all parts of the Ctty. . C.M. SAGESEB Barber First-clase Shop in Eyery Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic , Gelden Bter iHflr Tonic. Herpieidft and Gukn's Ttea4rn9 fry Fompeian Face J. L. ASHBURN , Contractor and Build er in Brick or Stoa * Work. Valentine , . - Nebr. Everybody that writes Can use printed stationery. Ask to See our fine envelopes and ptpt r. Your time is mosey. Mistakes don't occur so frequently and it is a guarantee ft ) tbt public that you're a busy THE DEMOCRAT , Valentine , - Nebr. $51 $ Mail Are universally adaairad by B4y2 * flf artistic tMtei Bend for littl * H * tk ezpUininK sll about portrait * * a& - larging pictures It is free. Ad&rvea OEOKQE HOLMBft , tt j- ( ' 918 N. 10 St. Ora fc , Js' lx. B ncrfl