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The Valentine Democrat
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I JFound ; Dying in the street - Physicians
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, Declare ills Demise Duo to Apo-
plexy or Heart Disease - Began Ca-
Y reer in Sioux City.
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: William I. Buchanan , of Buffalo , N.
I " jY.f former American minister to the
I I , Argentine republic and Panama , who
; had been closely identified with sever-
\ . al important American diplomatic mis-
: sions met a tragic death Sunday night
! ' in a London street. He was discovered
lying on a sidewalk in Park Lane , near
the American embassy , in a dying con-
, dition a few minutes before 12 o'clock : ,
and was carried to St. George's hos-
/ -.pital ' , a short/distance away , but he
was dead when the ambulance reach-
ed the hospital. The cause of death
is not known , but it is supposed that
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plexy. i
There were no marks of violence
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committed. The body was placed in
\the hospital morgue and the police
notified.
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! Mr. Buchanan , who had come to
: - London on a mission for the United
! States government in connection with
II the Venezuelan claims , had been there
for several weeks. He took : up quar-
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'I ters at Claridges hotel , one of the most
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} fashonable in the city , which is located
11 II about half a mile from Park Lane. He
11 left the hotel Sunday night for dinner
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i knowsvwhere he spent the evening , but
y fl I ' it is supposed that he was walking
+ : home when stricken.
I I ! Physicians who examined the body
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E ! heart disease or apoplexy , and that
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Ii I BATTLE WITH CONVICTS.
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II } ' with Oregon Posse.
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I i . The battle that began at Salem ,
Ore. , Saturday night between a posse
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: tentiary convicts was resumed early
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I . Sunday with the result that one of the
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, convicts is dead and another seriously
I wounded. A third was seriously
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i The dead man is George Carter , sen-
Ii tenced from eastern Oregon for horse
: stealing. George Duncan was shot and
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! ! / -probably will die. He also was serv-
i ing a sentence for horse stealing and is
I ! ' believed to have l > een Carter's partner.
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I . Albert F. Ferris is in a serious condi-
tion. He was serving a sentence for
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.burglary.
II I I The men had not moved any consid-
erable distance before daylight and
were soon located , making their way
_ upstream and carrying Duncan on a
I stretcher. The posse began shooting ,
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hitting almost at the first fire. When
! rthe posse closed in OR the fugitives
f 'Carter was dead and the other two
: -were too badly injured to make ' any
rfurther resistance.
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8400,000 FIRE ' DAMAGE.
I Six Storj ; Building in Baltimore
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: Fire Sunday at Baltimore Md. ,
startinz in the large six-story building
I , . at the southeast corner of Baltimore
I . - and Eutaw streets , did damage ap
( proximating $400,000.
: By the falling of a large section of
1 one of the walls upon an adjoining
i "building six firemen were slightly hurt
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i lered minor injuries.
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, The chief losers are Charles W. Bell
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buildings.
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Engincmen Killed. ,
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The "Kat ) . flyer , " on the Missouri ,
Kansas and Texas railroad , south-
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switch at Hal-
bound , ran into an open - I
; stead , six miles east of La Grange ,
: ! } , Tex. , Sunday afternoon , crashing into
: I a freight train. Engineer Krawford ,
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! ! \Stutzman , of the passenger train , were
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! Killed ha : Fist Blow.
, ' , ! With a fist blow Edgar Goodwin
, . i killed Eugene - Williams instantly Sun-
r1 i day at Nashville. ; Tenn. . breaking his
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' over $1. Goodwin was arrested.
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SlouxHlity Live Stock Market.
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. ' . , . City live stock market follow : Cows
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, and heifers , $4.00 @ ,
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, ) . - Minnesota Bank Robbed.
. ; Three robbers entered the bank of
1' ' } 1 , - Avon , Minn. , Sunday , and blew open
' : the safe. They secured $1,700 , stole a
! 'j J team and drove to the village of Hold-
, t , ingford , where they boarded a freight .
, tl train and made their escape. I
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"d 't Robbers at Scottsville , Kan. , ' early
, ' _ Sunday dynamited the State bank and
I ' > secured $2,500. Posses with blood
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STOLEN TOTS FOUND.
Chicago Bluocoat Picks Up Viviano
Cliildrcn.
Two Italian children , identified from.
photographs Friday night in Chicago
as Tomasso and Grace Viviano , who
were kidnaped from St. Louis August
2 last and who have beemsoughtjince
by the police of many cites : were found
on the north side ) of the city by Detec-
tive Stephen Parodi , of the Chicago II I I
avenue police station : !
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The children when found , were sit i
ting on a curbstone at North Halsted II I I
and Reers streets. Both were weep-
ing , the little girl , who t : ? less than 4
years old sobbing bitterly , and Tomas-
so , her cousin , who Is 5 years old , try-
Ing to comfort her. I
Detective Parodi took the children
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in his arms and asked them where they
lived. Tomasso said that he did not
know. Remembering the Viviano case
he asked if his name was Viviano. The I
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boy nodded his head as if to con-
firm his identity. The detective huried
the children to the Hudson avenue po
lice station and later they were taken
to the north side district headquarters
station.
Capt. J. M. : Scoppe and Sergeant Ad-
raveno , of the St. Louis police depart-
ment , who knew the Viviano children ,
arrived In Chicago Friday night and
made positive the identification of the
boy and girl found.
BARRILL A PERJURER.
ir. Cook Thus Declares in a Public
Statement. :
Dr. Frederick A. Cook , refuting the
charges that he had npt ascended Mt.
McKinley , in Alaska , came out with a
statement In New York Friday night
after a three hours' conference with
his attorney intimating that Edward
N. Barrill , the guide who accompa-
nied him , had perjured himself in his
recent affidavit for a consideration of-
fered by Cook's detractors.
To disprove Barrill's statement Dr.
Cook further announced that he had
taken ; preliminary steps to organize
an expedition to ascend Mt. : McKinley
to procure the records which he says
he left there. He has wired Anthony
Fiala , the arctic explorer , to head the
expedition and has wired Prof. H. C.
Parker , of Columbia university , to ac
company Fiala.
MRS. MASOX NOT GUILTY.
Crowded t Court Room Vents Its Joy
"When Verdict is Heard.
Mrs. : Leona Mason was found not
guilty of assault with intent , to kill
John W. Talbot , supremo president of
the Order of Owls , at South Bend , Ind. ,
Friday. Mrs. Mason had admitted fir-
ing a. revolver in the corridor leading
to Talbot's law office in South Bend ,
but said the shots were intended only
to frighten the attorney. The trial ,
which lasted eight days , has been re-
plete with sensational evidence , the
defendant in her testimony charging
Talbot with cruelty. Previous to the
trial Mrs. Mason caused to be circulat-
ed a pamphlet in which she told of her
alleged relations with Talbot.
The verdict was the signal for hearty
applause from the great crowd of
spectators in the court room.
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Shoots a Burglar.
Dr. Theodore Roosevelt , a Clarion ,
Ia. , dentist , shot a burglar Friday
night who was attempting to enter his
home. There were two burglars , but
one got away. Roosevelt scared the
men away twice , but when they came
the third time he emptied the con-
tents of his shotgun into one of them.
The wounded man , bleeding profusely ,
staggered into a restaurant and from
thirty to forty bird shot were picked
from his face. .
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Spanish Cortes Convoked.
Despite the fact that opposition ex
ited among the members of both the
senate and the chamber of deputies to
a sitting at this time , parliament was
convoked Friday in Madrid , Spain. In
the senate only routine business was
transacted and everything was calm ,
but in the chamber of deputies violent
scenes were enacted.
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Shoots Two and Shelf.
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Nicholas Oberle , a wealthy farmer ,
probably atally wounded William
Farris and the latter's wife and then
committed suicide near Eldon , Mo. ,
Friday night. Oberle hid himself be-
hind a fence and when the couple
passed opened fire with a shotgun.
Oberle is said to have been infatuated
with Mrs. Farris.
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Steiner is-Relcascd.
Hans Steiner , tho Metropolitan op
era house chorus master who has been
held at Ellis island while a special
board of inquiry investigated charges
made against him. war/ released Fri
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day and allowed to como to Now Yrok.
" Willie Boy : Bites Dust.
Willie Boy , the Piute Indian des-
perado , for whom three posses have
been searching , was found dead Sun-
day on the summit of Bullion moun-
tain , in California , where ho had made
his final stand. He had killed himself
with the last shot in hisv rifle. The
news came by courier.
" Count Bernstorff in Berlin.
Count Bernstorff , the German am - :
bassador to the United States , arrived
in Berlin Fridaj' and was received in
audience by the emperor. Within a
few days the ambassador will sail for
the United States.
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- Paper 31111 Burns.
The Moody & Glass Paper mill the
last of fa number of paper mills at
Rockton , III. , . was destroyed by fire
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SOUTH HIT BY WIND.
Wreckage Is Strewn About in Jinny
Localities.
Three persons are known to have
been killed , others injured and miss-
r ing and several towns and villages , de-
molished , is the toll taken by a storm
I of cyclone proportions which , swept .
through western Tennessee Thursday.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down and reports from small towns In
the extreme . western counties of Ten-
nessee state that a severe wind storm
occurred at 6 o'clock Thursday night ,
unroofing houses , leveling telegraph
poles and doing other damage.
A wind and hail storm of cyclonic
proportions struck Atlanta , Ga. , at
5:20 p. m. Thursday and left a trail of
wreck and ruin behind it. Hundreds
of windows were broken , chimneys
were blown down and houses were
unroofed. The property loss is esti-
mated at at least $100,000. Street car
traffic was suspended for a time. Elec-
tric light wires were strewn through
the streets and made travel very un
safe.
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Al Barnes , a prominent citizen of
Denmark , Tenn. , was killed and Mrs.
Barnes badly hurt. Their home was
wrecked. Tom Helm was killed in
Lincoln county near Mulberry and
Homer , Ashby and wife severely hurt.
Carter Arnold , returning home from
school at Wartrace , was caught in the
storm and has not been heard from.
Many residence's were wrecked in
Tennessee.
A severe electrical storm passed
over Chattanooga , Tenn. , shortly after
7 o'clock Thursday evening. . Tele-
phone and street car service was badly
hampered for an hour or more.
TRIPLE CLEVELAND CRI IIE.
Painter Kills Wife and Fatally Wounds
Her Sister and Self. _
First killing his wife and fatally
wounding her sister , John Cherry , a
painter , Thursday at Cleveland 0. ,
turned his revolver on himself. The
tragedy followed a quarrel in which
he accused his wife of infidelity and
her sister as a companion In her ad-
ventures , according to the police.
Cherry is supposed to have shot his
wife early Thursday morning. When
his three little children returned from
school for dinner he told them their
mother , whose dead body was locked
in her room , was ill. Ho prepared
their dinner ami sent them back to
' chool. Late in the afternoon Mrs.
Minnie Grub@ the sister-in-law , called
at : the Cherry home. Cherry shot her
twice in the breast as she stood in the
doorway of the home and then shot
himself.
CHAUFFEUR LOSES CONTROL.
Car Crashes Through a Fence , Killing :
St. Louis Woman.
Mrs. Charles A. Swade of St. Louis ,
was killed when Ralph Ireland , driv-
ing a racing automobile Thursday af
ternoon at St. Louis. Mo. , crashed
through the fence while making 60
miles an hour. Ireland lost control of
th'car and was slightly hurt.
Tho race was a feature of the cen-
tennial celebration at St. Louis. The
racing car tore away 40 feet of fence
on which the spectators were sitting.
several other persons were injured
Mrs. Swade's skull was crushed.
Famous Stallion Dead.
St. Blaise , the famous stallion , is
dead at Lexington , Ky. His death fol
lowed closely that of Ben Strom , an-
other famous horse. St. Blaise was a
chestnut horse by Fusee and was xoal-
ed in 1880. He won the English der-
by as a 3-year-old and many other ls 1
foreign prizes. It is said his get have
won _ more than $1,000.000 in this
country.
Learn Identity of Ban it.
The Chicago police were satisfied
Thursday that the man who robbed
the bank of D. M. Eskerine & Co. ,
Highland Park , Wednesday and
committed suicide when run down by
the authorities was Lamar A. Harris
of Los Angeles , CaJ. , an attorney.
lAn "Herb' Doctor" Held.
The Fall River , Mass. , police an-
nounced Thursday that they are hold-
ing "Prof. " Frank Hill , an "herb doc-
tor , " and William Tibault , a chauf
feur , in connection with the death of
the woman whose body was found at
Tiverton , Mass. , and whom they be-
lieve to be Miss Amelia St. Jean , of
Fall River.
To Malce Two Republics.
Official advices received at the
state department Thursday indicate
that the Nicaraguan revolutionists if
success are separate the country in-
to two republics one to consist of the
Caribbean states and the other of the
Pacific coast states. .
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Army ; Officer Passes ! Away.
Ilrig. Gen. Richard C. Drum. U. S.
army , retired , a distinguished veteran
of the civil war and for many years
adjutant general of the army , died
Friday in Drummond , Mo.
Tobacco Firm Fails.
The Ware--Cramer Tobacco com-
pany an Independent cigarette manu-
facturer at Norfolk , Va. , was Thursday
placed in involuntary bankruptcy.
Singer : Admits His Guilt.
Edward Singer , arrested in Chicago
Thursday by federal inspectors on a
charge of robbing the malls , admitted
his guilt , but declared that his thefts
would not aggregate in value more
than $ 5.
Two robbers made an attempt to rob
the First National bank at Shakopee , .
Minn. , Thursday , but were frightened
away. Shots were exchanged with
amused : : citt ; : enp but no one was hurt.
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NO SALOONS ; NO PREACHERS.
Warfare at Fender Results in Banish-
ing Both from the Town.
The keeper of the Fender Liberty
club was arrested and the goods seized
by the sheriff. The Pender Liberty
club came into existence several
months ago after the saloons were
closed. Its membership consisted of
about 150 people. James Maloy was
the keeper or dispenser for the con-
venience of its patrons. Rev. C. S.
Hughes is the complaining witness and
is credited with closing all the sa-
oons. : His next field of operation , he
says , is the bootleggers.
Pender preachers and saloons are in
the same boat , in that there are none
in that town at the present time. The
conflict was , ended in the disposal of
both.
NEGRO SUSPECT HJELT .
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Omaha Officers Think Him Implicated
in Franldand Murder.
A negro giving his name as Thomas
Johnson , a waiter , was arrested on
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i murder of Henry R. Frankland , the
i Chicago man who was found with his
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duct in Omaha last week.
Johnson was identified at the Siegel
pawnshop , Eleventh and Farnam
streets , as the ne gro who pawned
Frankland' watch since the time of the
murder.
Johnson . admits having been in
Frankland's company , but . denies
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, LABORER SAVED 1000.
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31. Gregorian Dies at Norfolk , Leaving
Money : : to Hospitals.
Without a relative in the world , M.
Gregorian , of Norfolk : , ah Armenian
who came to this country 26 years ago
and who by day labor saved $4,000
has just died and willed this money to
three hospitals , two in New York City
and one in Omaha. They are the Ko
Methodist hospital , of Omaha , and
the Si Presbyterian hospital and So-
ciety hospital , of New York. Grego-
rian lived all alone. ' He was paralyzed
three weeks ago , which caused his
death.
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Ono Year for Forgery.
F. E. Baker , alias Farker : , who was
brought to Broken Bow from Missouri
several weeks ago on requisition pa-
pers issued by the governor of this
state. Baker was charged with issuing
bogus sight drafts in payment for
shipments of produce. He was sen-
tenced to one year in the pen.
Flatiron Strikes Motorman.
Webster Goodwin , a motorman on
the Harney street line , Omaha , was
struck on the head by a flatiron that
was suspended from the trolley wire.
The iron was suspended from the wire
and high enough to strike the motor-
man in the head as the car ran into
it when it crashed through the front
window.
Takes Back His Paper.
D. M. Amsberry , owner of the Cus-
ter County Republican at Broken Bow ,
has taken over the paper again after
having leased it for a year to H. G.
Myers. Mr.-Amsberry is one of the
oldest newspaper men in that part of
the state and his many friends are glad
to see him once more at the helm.
Farmers Held for Assault.
George W. McKee and son Fred ,
charged with assault to commit great
bodily injury on the person of B. F.
Falin , near West Union , the eighth of
last month , had a hearing in Broken
Bow and were bound over to the next
term of the district court.
Liquor Sellers Fined.
, J. W. Brennan , W. C. : Meyer and
' Hans Henig . for illicit liquor selling ,
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pladed guilty and were fined $100 and
$200 each at Pender. The fees and
costs of guarding confiscated goods
amounted to approximately $600. The
confiscated goods , amounting to sever-
al hundred dollars , have been ordered
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destroyed.
Reporter Has a Clor-e Call.
George Dillon , reporter on the Lin-
coln Evening News , was almost as
phyxiated and it was all due to his
desire to take a haUl.fr. . Dillon :
turned on an instantaneous heater and
while absorbed in his great work the
gas got in its work. H < " was rescued
in time to save funeral expenses.
Omaha Man is Honored.
C. E. Bedwell , secretary-treasurer of
the E. E. Bruce company , wholesale
druggists' Omaha , was elected to the
board of control of the National
'Vh lesale' Druggists's association ,
Dietrich Back from Europe. -
Ex-Seantor Dietrich , of Nebraska ,
who went to Germany in the early
spring for his health , has returned and
is the guest of his daughter in Wash-
ington , D. C. Senator Dietrich is gen-
erally improved in health.
\ Lost Alfalfa Stack.
. S. S. Zimmerman , a dairyman of
Humboldt lost nearly all of his win-
ter's feed by a fire which consumed
his 30-ton stack of alfalfa hay.
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REACH AN AGREE3IENT.
Street Car Company and City of Lin-
coln Get Together.
Practically all of the details of a
profit-sharing arrangement between
the city and the Lincoln Traction com-
pany , owner of all of the street car
lines of the city , save a small interur-
ban , have been arranged.
By the terms of this agreement the
company accepts $2,150,000 , the valua-
I tion fixed by the state railway com-
: mission , t s' the valuation upon which
I it small be permitted to earn 7 per cent
dividends , and the fact that It is stock-
ed and bonded for $3,500,000 shall at
no time constitute a valid basis for a
claim for further returns. This agree-
ment provides that after paying all
general taxes , maintenance and operat-
ing expenses , the company shall be
permitted to earn the 1 per cent divi
dend. All moneys earned above and
beyond that sum shall be equally di-
vided between the company and the
city , the former paying , In addition , a
3 per cent occupation tax out of its
share of the surplus earnings.
) ! UST PAY THE MONEY BACK.
Custer , County Man Gets a Contingent
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William E. Willard , who has been
under bonds for over two years ,
charged with absconding with funds
belonging to the Custer county treas-
ury while xemployed as a clerk in that
department pleaded guilty to the
charge and threw himself on the mer-
cy , of the court at Broken Bow.
Judge Hostetler suspended sentence
under/ the following conditions : that
Willard should pay back the money
he had taken together with the ex-
penses incurred by the county in
bringing him to justice ; that for the
next seven years he must report at each
term to this division of the district
court.
During that time should Willard
violate the law in any way , he is to be
brought into court and sentenced on
the original charge.
j' I ACCIDENT AT LINCOLN.
Mrs. ) Davisson , of Scward , Fatally ; Hurt
by Horse.
Mrs. Benjamin Davisson , of Seward ,
is dying at a Lincoln hospital from , in- I
juries received by being run down by I
a frightened horse. The Davisson I
family , consisting of father , mother , .
and three children , had come to Lin- ' I
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coIn to shop , and were crossing a
downtown corner when the horse came I !
rushing upon them. Sewer Inspector ,
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Peck saved the life of the older girl
by tossing her out of harm's way , but
was unable to evade the horse himself ,
and was knocked down and badly hurt.
The horse next careened into Mrs. DaI I
visson , striking her on the chest and
knocking her fifteen feet. The animal J : .
then trampled upon her , and his feet j
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becoming entangled in her gown he' ,
fell heavily , both on the woman and
Peck.
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Change in Indian Agents.
Reliable information has just been
received in Walthill that John M. Com-
mons , who for the past four years has
been superintendent agent for the
Omaha Indians , has been transferred
and appointed by the interior de
partment to a more desirable position
in the same service in Utah.
Destroy Liquors. i
In pursuance of the order of tht j
court ordering the destruction , : of all .
the liquor found in the possession '
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of illicit sellers convicted during the j
last year , Sheriff Iler has emptied two
barrels and one case of beer into the
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sewer at Central City. There are no
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saloons in Merrick county at present.
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Daylight Saloon Case.
At the next sitting of the supreme
court. October 18. the case of Dinuzzo
against the state , from Douglas county ,
will he argued. This suit involves the
constitutionality of the daylight sa-
loon law and the right of Omaha to
revoke a saloon license for the sale of $
liquor after 8 p. m. c
Bums : -100-Foot Net.
John Dnnavon , editor of the Mad- ! $
' - on Star-ail. : ! and incidentally one of
{ hi- deputy gnmp wardens , of the state ,
' . 4' " > -fout net
captured : i - at Battle
Crffk. Thr not was being used Ille
gally : and ; } ' . : . D-mavon burned it in
the : public sqtiaro as a - warningto
oachcTS.
Scholarship Examinations. :
The next Nebraska examination ot
candidates for the Rhodes scholarships
in England will bo held on October
19 and 20 in room 201 Administration I
building , University : { of Nebraska , Lin- :
coln.
Bolt Kills Homesteader.
$
Ferry Cecil a homesteader south
of Morrill , was struck and Instantly
killed by lightning during a severe ,
electrical storm. '
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Must Pay for Speeding.
The supreme court : has decided that
Albert Jones , who was fined $5 and
costs in the police court of Wayne for
exceeding the speed limit with his au-
tomobile. : must Day the same.
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CHICAGO.
The Weekly Review of Chicago
Trade compiled by R. G. Don & Co-
the leading ac
says : Operations in
ed It Is
expanded
tivities have become so :
not surprising that the volume of pay-
ments through the banks are- noW seen
to be averaging almost $50,900.000 each
ex-
generally
business day. Conditions
hibit remarkable strength Uircraghout
is no
and there
the leading Industries '
exhaustion in the commitments adding
accumulation of for
to the assured
ward work in manufacturing. Increas-
and more ex- !
ing demands for money
tended movements of breadstuffs , pro-
visions , factory outputs , raw materials :
and general merchandise emphasize the I
strength and confidence felt '
anderlying . _ I
In the future. - - - 1 !
Fall transactions make a notable
comparison with the best previous
years in production and distribution.
Lake traffic includes tonnages reaching
new records , while the earnings of 1
Chicago steam roads also famish fa
vorable comparisons. Despite the in- I' '
is-round '
stallation of new equipment it is ' ;
more difficult to obtain an adequate I
car service in the central West , and
reports Indicate that deliveries of
heavy materials fall behind the dates
promised , owing to the unexpected : >
mands upon available facilities : Trans-
actions in the wholesale branches ol
staple merchandise present more nu
merous reservations for distant needs
Bank clearings , $293.915,369 , exceed
those of the corresponding week ia >
1908 by 23.8 per cent , and compare
with $249,645,775 in 1907.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 24. against 29 last week ,
1907. Those witli t
25 in 190S , and 24 in
liabilities over $5,000 number 7 , against
tl last week , 5 in 1908 , and 9 In 1907
NEW YORK. '
Favorable reports are the rule li
nearly all lines of trade and Industry
with conservatism , bred by high price
of raw and manufactured products
and full order books manufacturerj
the only apparent bars to an vei w
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wider distribution in most wholesale ,
lines. Wholesale trade in staple line
V
Is good beyond question , even "th <
South , which faces a short yield of
cotton , showing a better and more
cheerful tone because of the high pricf
offered for Its leading staple at a pep
lod of nearly record crop movement
On the other hand , cotton manufao
turers here , at the South and abroad
are discussing curtailment : of output
In an effort to readjust prices of gocJds : \
which are strong and tending upward
to the advanced cost of the raw ma
berial ! , which Is 50 per cent higher thaa
D. year ago. Shortages of cars In spe
cial lines are more in evidence is I
transportation than for two years pas $ -
Business failures in the United , r-r-
States for the week ending with Oct
7 were 203 , against 195 last week , Ocv
in the like week of 1908 , 192 in 190"
192 In 1906 and 183 in 1905.
Business failures in Canada for tit
week number 36 , as compared with 22
last week and 31 last year. - Brad
street's.
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Chicago-Cattle , common to prjma ,
4.00 to $8.80 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.5
bo $8.05 ; sheep , fair to choice , $4.21
to ; $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.16 to $1.18 ;
corn , No. 2 , 59c to 60c ; oats , standard , I
37c ! to 38c ; rye , No. 2 , 70c to 73c ; hay '
imothy , $8.00 to $15.00 ; prairie , $8.0t ' I
to $11.00 ; butter choice creamery 26 ;
to 29c ; eggs , fresh , 18c to 24c ; pt > ta- i' ; , ] '
taes per bushel , 40c to 50c. 11
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Indianapolis - Cattle , shipping , $3.00
to $7.50 ; hogs , good to choice heavy ,
3.50 to $8.30 ; sheep , good to choie r
2.50 to $5.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , $ 1.12 toIII -
1.15 ; corn , No. 2 white , 65c to G6e ;
3ats , No. 2 white 38c to 39c. , ;
St Louis - Cattle , $4.00 to $7.75 ;
iogs , $4.00 to $7.75 ; sheep , $3.00 tt I'/ '
4.75 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.20 to $1.21 ; °
orn , No. 2 , 58c to 60c ; oats , No. 2 . ± 1
a8c to 39c ; rye No. 2 , 70c , to 72c. + t ,
Detroit - Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 ; hogs , ; i
4.00 to $8.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to 4.50 ; 1
rheat , No. 2 , $1.17 to $1.19 ; corn , No. Ji
2 yellow , 63c to 64c ; : oats standard , ,
Oc to 42c ; rye , No. 1 , 73c to 74c. t , ( ?
Mil.waukee-Wheat. No. 2 northern , '
$ 1.02 to $1.04 ; corn No. 3 , 57c to 58c ; i - _
ats , standard , 39c to 40c ; rye , No. 1 ,
2c to 73c ; barley , standard , 65c to :
66c > ; pork , mess , 2420. 4
Buffalo - Cattle , choice shipping
teers , $4.00 to $7.00 ; hogs , fair to ,
holce : , $4.00 to $8.20 ; sheep , commoi
:0 : good mixed , $4.00 to $5.50 ; lambs
: air to choice , $4.00 to $7.75. t
Cincinnati - Cattle , $4.00 to $6.25 ;
logs , $4.0 to $7.90 ; sheep , $3.00 to
4.25 : ; wheat , No.2 , $1.19 to 1.22
orn : , No. 2 mixed , 61c to 62c ' oats *
fo. 2 mixed , 40c to 41c ; rye , Nb. 2 , f
7c to 78c.
New York-Cattle , $4.00 to 7.00 ;
lOgs , $4.00 to $8.40 ; sheep , $3.00 ( to
; 4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , $117 to $1,18
orn : , No. 2 , 6Sc to 69c
; oats , natural .
rhite ; , 42c to 45c ; butter , creamery .
27c to 31c ; eggs , -western , ! -k tf
26c . , , N
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