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V Iowa One of Twenty-Nine States Re.
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Public Health and Marine Hospita
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Service.
Washington C. : Iowa is one of
. the twentj'-nine states that have re
ported no officially recognized cases ol
i i leprosy to the United States public
health and marine hospital service
Fourteen other states and territories
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' : . report a total of 139 cases of leprosy
I an the United States , Louisiana lead
[ . ing with fifty cases and Florida and
I J : California following with twenty cases : ' I
each. 'I
I Though the federal health officers
report that leprosy appears to be under ! '
. . control and dying out in the north , !
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central portion of the United States !
Minnesota still has sixteen recognized
lepers Wisconsin and Missouri one
, each. The leprosy commission author
ized by congress in 1901 , however ,
found twenty cases of leprosy in Min
nesota , sixteen in North Dakota , three
in Wisconsin and one in Iowa. North
Dakota and Iowa now report entire
freedom from the dreaded disease.
The total number of lepers in the
United States is trivial , however , as
'compared with the great population of
the country , but federal health officers
' are giving special attention to this dis-
ease owing to the abnormal fear that
exists in regard to it. Then , too , the
insular possessions of the United
"States have brought the disease more
I to the attention of the health author
I 7 ' ities of the government. The Philip-
; ; pines ] are reported as having 2,330 of-
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" ficialljr recognized cases of leprosy ,
\ Hawaii : , 764 cases ; Porto Rico , 17 , and
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ROADMAKERS TO MEET.
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( National ] Association Gathers at Colum
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I I bus October 26.
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! : Columbus , 0. : The American Road-
) i inakers' association will hold its sixth
\ f I annual convention in this city begin-
r I ning October 26 and continuing three
I days. : The sessions will be attended
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I I ! " .by delegates from every state. '
The convention will be held in
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: ' I - junction with the annual convention of
: \ ! the Ohio Good Roads federation.
; j , ! A feature will be construction of a
; I stretch of highway at the state fair
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grounds to demonstrate the scientific
principles of road building with the aid
I I -of modern road - machinery.
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1 ; LOANS TO LABORERS.
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: ! ' -Swedish Government to Stem the Tide
, _ of Emigration.
I Stockholm : With a view to stem-
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I ming the tide of emigration , which
I threatens to deplete the country of
i agricultural laborers , a national sub-
scription has been started to obtain
, . . funds for loans to laborers left unem-
! ployed after the recent big strike. The
: loans are intended to enableAhe pur-
i chase of small farms and will be made
i -repayable within ten years. -
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I Atrocities in the Congo.
: Brussels : New atrocities in the Con-
: go independent state have been reveal
i , ed by an officer of a rubber company.
He charges that between 1907 and
. 1909 a number of the companies tor-
i : tured and killed many natives , posted
ii I ! armed sentries , chained and impris-
ohed the natives , forcing them to
ivork. \
Prohibition Law Defied.
"Mobile , Ala. : State and county of-
fals here have abandoned efforts to
' .get convictions of violators of the pro-
hibition law. More than 100 cases
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have been tried , and the result has
'been either a mistrial or acquittal. Nu
merous blind tigers are being opened }
, 3n this , the fourth largest city in the
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- I ; { Rapid Vaccination.
( New York : All known record for
! - rapid vaccination are believed to have
: been broken at this port. The Greek
I ( . steamer Themistophole was detained
; at quarantine from 7:30 a. in. until 3:30 ; ; : : ;
p. in. until 1.045 emigrants from Pa-
tras and other ports l had been vac-cm
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. Bishop Here Dead.
Atlantic City. N..1. : The Rt. Rev.
William Hobart Hare , bishop of the
J Episcopal diocese : of South Dakota
. died here Saturday night after a long
3 . . illness. He was 72 years : of age.
Sioux City live Stock Market.
, . , "Sioux City : Saturday's : quotations
on the Sioux City live stock market
. \ . follow : Top beeves , $ 7.00. Top hogs ,
97.45.
. . Bullion for Egypt.
London : Bullion amounting to
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135,000 sterling was withdrawn from
the' Bank of England Saturday for
shipment to Egypt.
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a. Raleigh , Nl C. : The board of gov-
ernors of the American Textile associa-
" - tion has ordered all the big cotton mills
: , : . . of North and South Carolina to close
" down for a period of from 14 to 30
1 . days , in order to curtail the manufac
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I LOST IN SAN DIEGO DESERT.
Unknown Family May Have Perished
of Famine.
San Bernardino , Ca ! . : It was report-
ed here that an unknown family : , lost
in the desert of San Diego , Cal. , was
traced to la comparatively short dis
tance from the west side of the irri
gation canal , but whether the people
found the water or were guided farther
away through some of the various can-
yons and arroyos in which that coun-
try abounds is unknown. The family
outfit was found five miles east of Ca-
rise creek by T. H. Kellogg , a mining
man.
man.When , the three horses refused to
go farther over the burning sands and
one fell dying the man had unhitched
them from the wagon , and leading the
staggering animals and followed by his
suffering family set out across the
rocky hills and parched plains.
There was every evidence of extreme
suffering to those who followed the
trail. Kellogg says the family stopped
for rest many times and that their
trail shows they must have been in
sore straight. All efforts to learn the
family's identity have been futile.
Chicago : Miss : Bertha Dougherty ,
a Chicago school teacner , who read of
the family lost and believed to be per-
ishing in the California desert de
clared that she believed that the ill
fated sufferers were her brother , Jay ,
Dougherty , of Santee , Cal. , his wife
Cora and their three children , Lois ,
aged 10 , Robert , aged 6 , and Elizabeth ,
S years old.
DYCHE WILL ACCEPT.
Tells Cook He Will Make the Journey
1 Up Mt. McKinley.
Lawrence , Kan. : Dr. Frederick A.
Cook wired Prof. L. L. Dyche. of the
Kansas state university , from Duluth
Saturday , as follows :
"Will be pleased to have you join
Mt. McKinley : expedition. The details
of that expedition will be undertaken
shortly. "
Prof. Dyche wired his acceptance.
Prof. Dyche will soon start for the cast ,
lecturing between Kansas City and
New York where he will join Dr. Cook.
The object of the lecture course is to
raise funds to enable Dyche to go on
the \Iti McKinley trip , although the
University of Kansas will help pay the .
expenses.
Since the announcement was made
that Prof. Dyche is to go with Dr. Cook
he has been besieged by persons , , : ish-
ing to accompany him , including sci
entists , naturalists and newspaper
men , and also by requests for his auto-
graph .
DELAWARE IS SPEEDY.
Battleship Driven at Rate of 21.98 i I
Knots an Hour.
Rockland , Me. : American ship-
builders demonstrated their bility to
push the battleship Delaware / the high-
est developed marine fighter in the
world , in a standardization test over !
a measured mile course Saturday at a '
speed of 21 .98 knots an hour subject I'
to tidal corrections. I
In accomplishing this feat 30,000 I
horse power , the greatest ever attained I
by a first class battleship , commonly
known as the dreadnought class , was
developed.
The mean of the Delaware's runs
Saturday was 21.44 knots an hour , a
margin of .44 of a knot over the con-
tract with her builders , the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock com-
pany.
The big fighting craft put ] out to sea
.Saturday afternoon for a four hours'
endurance run.
Tries to Murder Wife.
Carthage , Mo. : Edward Brooks , a
miner , 25 years old , attempted to mur
der his wife by : cutting her throat Sat-
urday while the two were walking on
the electric line track towards Webb
City. Brooks escaped with officers on
his trail. Mrs. Brooks probably will
die.
Denies Telephone Deal.
Cleveland , 0. : James S. Brailey , Jr. ,
of Toledo , 0. , Saturday made a posi-
tive statement denying that the Bell
Telephone company interests have se-
cured the independent companies con-
trolled by Brailey through his recent
purchases.
Despoil Finnish Convent.
Czenstochowa , Russian Poland : Dur-
.ng the night robbers entered the chap
el of the Pauline convent here and
despoiled the image of the Virgin of
the Robe with its pearls , the diamond-
studded qrown and many votive offer-
ing of jewels. ,
Senator McCarren is Dead.
New : York State Senator Patrick
H. McCarren died shortly after 1
o'clock Saturday morning after a brave
fight for life following an operation for
appendicitis. His family was at his
bedside.
St. Paul Minn. : : : Dr. Frederick A.
Cook , who lectured here Saturday
evening , announced that Prof. L. L.
Dyche , of the University : of Kansas ,
has been definitely decided upon as one
of the members of his forthcoming l\1J :
McKinley expedition , having accepted
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the offer.
. Amount of Cotton Ginned.
Memphis , Tenn. : The report of J.
A. Taylor , president of the National
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Ginners' association , indicates that
there has been ginned to October 18 ,
5,320,000 bales of cotton , which is near-
ly a million bales less than was ginned
in that period last year. :
. Harvester Plant for Moscow. I
Moscow : A party of Americans has
arrived to establish a plant for the
manufacture of harvesting machinery. : I
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GOLD IN EUROPE. II I I
Foreigners Insist on Americans Pay
ing Maturing Indebtedness.
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New : YorkNew : York bankers are
not entirely agreed as to the influence !
of New York credit operations in hav
ing forced the sensational advances of
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the last two weeks in the Bank of Eng
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land's official discount rate.
Current estimates of New York's '
borrowings from foreign markets have
run as high as $500,000,000 for the sea
son. Jacob H. Schiff asserts that
much exaggeration had attended these
estimates. It is a fact , however , that
New York clearing house banks con
tracted on loan account $110,000,000
from the last week in August to Oc
tober 16 without evidence of any corre-
sponding liquidation in the stock mar
ket. These loans were- supposed to ;
have been transferred to a large extent
to foreign banks. A : rhe same time
the country's foreign trade has been
abnormal in the heavy value of imports
and the scanty exports , leaving no ad
equate supply of exchange to meet ma
turing indebtedness abroad. '
The rapid rise in forcing exchange I
rates in New York for several days I
past shows that foreigners are insist-
ing on payment of maturing indebted
ness and indicate that exports of gold
may be involved in meeting the re
quirements.
FOR TRIPLE MURDER/
Trial of Six Cattlemen Attracts Much
Attention.
Basin , Wyo. : The trial of Edward
Eaton , George Sabin , Herbert Brink ,
Ihonias Dixon , William Keyes and
Charles Farris , cattlemen , for the al I
leged murder of Joe Alleman , Jules
Lazier and Joseph Emge , sheepmen ,
on April 2 , 1909 ! ) , is attracting great
attention in the range country. !
The charge is made that the grand
jury : was illegally drawn , only a frac
tion of the list of electors being used
and that while several prominent
sheep ; men were drawn on the grand
jury , the cattle industry was not rep
resented at all. reD'1
It is alleged that this was the result
of a deliberate plan by the officials oi
the county.
ALL CHARGES DISMISSED.
Indictments Against St. Louis Man
Dropped by the Government.
St. Louis , Mo. : Six indictments
against E. G. Lewis , originator of the
"Peoples Bank , " and widely known as
a magazine publisher , were nolle
prossed by United States District At
torney Blodgett before Judge Smith
McPherson in the United States dis
trict court here Saturday.
These were the last of a series of.
charges made against Mr. Lewis by i
the postal authorities Several years :
ago and in which no action had been . , .
taken by , government since May } ,
1908 , when Judge Riner of Cheyenne.
Wyo. , refused to submit the case to
the jury , holding that there was a lacl ; I
of evidence.
Ban by Government on Buying Stocks
on Installment Plan.
Washington D. C. : A scheme for
the selling or buying of stocks en the
installment plan has been put under
the ban by the postoifice department
by the issuance of a so-called : "fraud
order" against the Guaranty Securities
company at Los Angeles , Cal.
According to allegations of postoffice'
inspectors the i company was engaged
in the purchase and sale of stock for
people not having sufficient capital to
pay the necessary money outright. ! '
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Payments for the stock -vyere accepted
on the installment plan.
It is alleged by the inspectors that
no attempt was made to purchase the
stock ordered , although the money of
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the purchaser would be retained.
CHINESE UNDER ARREST.
Suspected of Having Been Smuggled
Over Mexican Border.
St. Louis , Mo. : Immigration In.
spector Dunn , of St. Louis , received a
telegram Saturday from Dallas. Tex. ,
informing him that fourteen Chinese
who arrived in that city October 15
have been arrested , suspected of hav- j I
i ing been smuggled across the Mexican
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border. Inspector Dunn believes these
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are the Chinese who occupied a
"room" in one end of a freight car I
containing alfalfa hay , which reached
St. Louis Friday from Belan , Tex.
\V 1en the car arrived here it con
tained bedding and provisions in the
little room scooped out in the hay. but
no occupants.
Saves Child's Life.
Wilkosbarre. Pa. : Seeing a child
playing on the \ trade ahead xof bim at
Ashley. John Knaiji.an ; : , ouginecr ,
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the Central Railroad of Now Jersey ,
I applied } ! the " : nicrcency ! : brake1 to his
long train of rxml cars so suddenly
that the train tn'kl'd m the middle ,
throwing several cars from the track.
The locomotive bloppod a few yards
from where the child was playing.
Young Hunter Accidentally Shot.
Black Creek. Wis. : Emil Hinz ,
aged 13 , was shot in the left leg while
loading a revolver. He was preparing
to go hunting.
Socialists Win Seat.
Coburg. Germany : The socialists
won another scat in the reichstag at
Friday's elections in this city which
had been regarded as a stronghold of
the national liberals. The turnover is
attributed to dissatisfaction over the
new taxes.
Mt. Vernon , Hi. : . Mrs. Elizabeth
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BATHING IS COfi > ULSORY.
Ban is Put on Dirty Children by Oma-
ha Officer.
Compulsory bathing once each _ day
is the latest edict that has gone out
from the office of Probation Chief
Bernstein , of Omaha.
For the purpose of cleaning up the
boys of the street and other children
who are neglected , a bath , both plunge
and shower has been installed in the
basement of the city hall , where soap
and towls are supplied. It is open to
boys at all hours of the day. So far
the boys are taking kindly to the new
order of things , but it required a little
, force- to get the movement started to -
ward the faucets.
Keeping clean is not going to end
with the children of the street , for
Superintendent Davidson , of the pub-
lic schools , has joined in the crusade
and has directed his teachers to send
home each and every child that ap-
-pears in school with dirty hands and
face.
FALLS FROM AUTO.
Sirs. Frank Spear Instantly Killed
Near Pic ; ' : crei. :
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Mrs. Frank B. Spftar , of Diller , was
instantly killed two miles north of
Pickerell , being thrown from an auto-
i mobile. She struck on her head , break-
ing her neck.
i Mr. and . .Mrs. J. Smith Diller , of Dil
ler , Averill Fouts and Mr. and Mrs.
Spear formed a party that was motor-
ing from Diller to Lincoln in Mr. : ; Dil-
ler's machine. Near : Pickrell , a cul
i vert that had been . washed away , left
a hole in the - . oad. In crossing it other
occupants of Hie t car succeeded in hold-
I ing their se.ats , but Mrs. Spear was
thrown out. The car was not over-
turned.
Mr. : ; Spear is a druggist at Diller and
one of the prominent citizens. Mrs.
Spear was of middle age.
. &ONK : SAFE DEFIES CRACKSMEN. :
Work : Over Tlirco Hours Trying to
Open It Without Success.
After working from 1 o'clock until
3:30 : in an effort to break open the
strong box of the \Tanley state bank ,
robbers gave up in disgust and de
parted , taking precautions , however.
to leave no clues behind as to their
identity.
The bank was robbed October 29 ,
1908 , and the robbers secured between
$2,000 and $3,000. The officers then
procured a new safe and placed the
monoy in a specially strong steel box
inside the larger one. This the bur-
glars ! found it impossible to break open
and too heavy to cart aaway. Nine ex-
plosions of dynamite -were heard by
residents of the town , but none was
brave enough to investigate.
Quarantine is Necessary.
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Inasmuch/as . some articles have been
appearing in the public press to the
effect that the state board of health
is not much concerned over the quar-
antine against spinal meningitis. State
Health Inspector Wilson desires it to
be known that it is very important
that every case be quarantined , as it is
ntagious.
Robbers Arc Foiled.
The vault of the Farmers' State
bank . at Shubert was blown open by
burglars. The vault was completely
wrecked and the small safe containing
the money was thrown by the force of
the explosion into the middle of the
room. The noise caused by the explo-
Ion scared the men away.
Commission Men Hang Back.
The law requiring commission mer-
chants to register their names with
the secretary of state and give a bond
after paying a license free of $10 is
evidently pretty muc\i } of a dead letter. :
Up to this time only seventeen have
taken out the licenses and of these five
are grain merchants. Every one paid
his money under protest.
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Girl Hit by Brick.
While on the way to school Helen
Hirmon , the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. : Tony Hirmon , of Wymore was
struck on the nose by a brick thrown , .
by some boys. The nose was smashed
and an operation was necessary. se\"er-
il pieces of bone being removed.
Aetl $ Man Commits Suicide.
The father of : \11' . - ch nz- . living
norjheast of Sutton. cnmmiltod ruiriJc
by hanging himself : to a tree in the
orchard.
Old-Time Doctor Dead.
Dr. Thomas S. Grant was found in
an . . . . unconscious conditioji In his room
at Nebraska City and taken to jail , be-
cause of the lack of a hospital , and
there he was found dead in his bed.
Sanclbiirr Causes Death.
James Keenan , aged 92 years , resid-
ng : on his .farm one mile east of Brok-
en Bow , died of blood poisoning re-
sulting from the prick of a sandburr.
Mr. Keenan was born in Ireland in the
yqar 1818. !
. Against Sunday Paper. 1
Rev. C. H. Rogers , of the Plymouth
church , in an address at Lincoln , spoke
against the Sunday paper and the Sun- I
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BIENNIAIi SESSION HEM
Nebraska Catholic Knights : of Amcri.
ca Meet at Hartington.
The thirteenth biennial state counct
of the Catholic Knights of America
for Nebraska convened at Hartington
last week. The meeting was preceded
by ! : a solemn high mass , celebrated by
Very Rev. Joseph Ruesing , of West
Point , state president of the order. The
delegates and state officers met in St.
Michael's hall and the reports of the
president and secretary showed a ma-
terial gain in membership in the state
: and an excellent prospect for exten-
I sion of membership for the future.
Very Rev. Joseph Ruesing , of West
Point , was elected delegate from the
state ' to the supreme council of the
order , which meets at Asheville , X. C. ,
in May , 1910. The following state of-
ficers were unanimously elected :
President , Rev. Julius Hettwer , of :
Stuart ; vice president , Nicholas Funk .
of Randolph ; secretary , Charles Weiss , '
of Hartington , and for treasurer , John
H. Lindale of West Point.
GRAND OFFICERS.
Odd Fellows Elect the Following
Named Men.
The grand lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows elected the fol
lowing officers : I
Grand patriarch , J. P. Carson , of
Lincoln.
Grand senior warden , Captain J.
Iarks , of Omaha.
Grand high priest , E. H. Newhouse
of Red Cloud.
Grand junior warden , S. R. McFar- :
land : , of Madison.
Grand . scribe , D. P. Sage of Fre
mont.
Grand treasurer F. B. Bryant , of
Omaha.
Grand representative , C. B. Doughty ,
of Norfolk.
Fined 81,000.
Chester H. Smith ; postmaster at
Plattsmouth , appeared before Judge
T. C. Munger in the United States
court at Omaha and entered a plea of
guilty to an indictment charging him
with submitting a false and erroneous
account and voucher to the auditor of
the postoffice department. He was
fined $1,000. The fine was paid be-
fore Mr. Smith and his attorney left
the building and Smith was discharged
from custody.
No Funds Say Regents.
Because the state university regents
have failed and refused-lo locate the
two experimental stations in western
Nebraska under the act of the last
legislature , which appropriated $5,000
for one and $15,000 for the other , to
be paid out of the temporary ' 'universi
ty fund , B. K. Bushce has filed an
original action in the supreme court
asking for a mandamus to compel the
regents to . .compjy with the law.
Is Murder Suspect.
J * imos Miller was arrested at Lin-
coln and is held on the charge of de-
serting from the army. Papers and ,
pictures found in his pockets indicate
that his true name is James E. Gin-
gery. who is accused of the murder of
William Welsh , at Moline : , Ill.
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Boy Brought Buck.
Elinr Miller : , the boy who escaped
from the reform school in Kearney and
made his get-away on a stolen horse ,
was found at his old home north of
Minden and brought gack to the
school by an officer of the institution.
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Nccdlmm Chosen Moderator.
At the annual meeting of the dele-
gates from the Congregational church-
es in Lincoln O. M. : Needham , of Al-
bion was elected modyrator for the
coming year and Rev. S. H. Buell of
Grand Island the assistant modera-
tor.
Suit for Interest by County.
Of the 90 cases on the district coun
in Beaver City nine are for divorces.
The most important matters are the
suits of the county against the former
county treasurers for interest on coun-
ty money deposited in excess of the
bonds of depository banks.
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lvtMiesi\v Wants "atcrYorks. .
An rction ; will soon be i held ir
Kene aw. tho second town west of
Hastings ' > n the gUrlin , tln. for the
law i ( ' 1' Se : : .111111 i r > f lv } : uLs : : for the ( tab-
lishing m a ; rater : :3t'm.
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New lcilding at 'rand LsJand.
Mayor Henry Schuff has let con
tracts for the construction of a two-
story brick restaurant building oppo-
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site the Union Pacific depot at Grand
Island at a total expense , without fur-
niture and equipment of $20,000.
Liquor Case at Corthmd. :
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Melvin D. Welsh , a druggist at Cort-
land was brought to Beatrice on a
charge of selling liquor without a li -
cense.
Ma.sonridcs Files . \I > pcal.
John Masourides , the Greek who
killed Officer Edward Lowry at South
Omaha last February and who was
sentenced to be executed January 3 . 0 ,
has appealed his case to the supreme
court.
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CHICAGO.
Dun's Review , published by R. G.
Dun & Co. , says :
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"Trading defaults exhibit some
crease above the normal , but a high
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daily average of payments : through
banks is in evidence and the Indus ;
trial conditions testify to sustained
progress in production and distribu-
tion.
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tion."New demands form a notably large
aggregate for iron and steel , with
prices for foundry supplies firmer for
distant deliveries. Rolling mills have
ample contracts for steady day and
night work until next spring. Con-
tracts for structural materials and in-
volving rather large tonnages are , un
der negotiation. . . .
"Stormy weather and the Columbus
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liciiday interrupted movements of com-
modities , factory outputs , grain and
flour , and ' the markets for breadstuffs
were quieter than in previous weeks ,
but live stock arrivals gained moder
ately and there were larger shipments
of corn and provisions. Tho approach-
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ing close of lake navigation causes ,
more rush for vesels to move mine and
forest products , and the freight rate
for grain to Buffalo rose . to the high
est this season.
"Earnings of the Chicago steam
roads sustain favorable comparison
with former high gross , and there is
much installation of new rolling stock
and planning for track extensions and
other improved facilities to meet ex -
panding demands of transportation.
"Lower temperatures stimulated
wider activity in general merchandise
here and throughout the interior.
Stocks undergo seasonable reduction
in the leading retail lines , especially
of heavy clothing , blankets , woolens ,
housewares and food products.
"Bank clearings , $266,353,148 , exceed
those of the corresponding week in :
1908 by 9.5 per cent , and compare with . . . . l
$269,577,109 in 1907.
"Failures reported in the Chicago
district nuaiber 36 , against 24 last
week , 21 in 1908 and 18 in 1907. Those I
with liabilities over $5,000 number 10 ,
against 7 last week , 2 in 190S and '
in 1907. " . ' ! . ' "
NEW YORK. . ' -
Improvement is the order of the day
in trade , collections and industry.
Freezing temperature , light snows , or
killing frosts , coupled with freer crop
movement , have helped retail trade
and collections at the West and North-
west , while lower temperatures and
high prices nd free marketing of cot-
ton have helped distribution at the
south. Jobbing trade has been coinci-
dently benefited by reordering to fill
broken stocks , and the distributive
trade side accordingly presents a fa ,
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vorable appearance. /
Trade at first hands feels the stimu , .
lus in more confident buying for
spring , though the unsettlement in t , -
goods trade , due to high cost of mtr
terial and talk of curtailment , still re
tards trade in this line. However , the'
tendency of cotton goods is undenia '
: bly upward and buying : appears sught- \
ly more confident at the higier prices , . . .
asked. From industrial lines the same -
story of full order books and of longer
hours now comes , payrolls are expand-
ing , and available skilled labor is re- s
ported closely employed , with less idle-
ness noted than for two years past.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with Oct.
11 , were 222 , against 203 last week ;
244 in the same week of 1908 ; 207 in :
1907 ; 170 in 1906 , and 178 in 1905. - ;
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Chicago-Cattle , common to prime ; ' ' '
$4.00 to $8.00 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.50 I--
to 57.85 ; sheep , fair to choice , $4. ? _ .
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to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.17 to $1.20 ; . L
corn , No. 2 , 59c to 60c ; oats , standard , 'i. l ' I /
37c to 39c ; rye , No.2 , 70c to 73c ; hay , ' J \
timothy , $8.00 to $14.50 ; prairie , $8.00 f j t i
to $13.50 ; butter , choice creamery , 25c \ I 1
to 29c ; eggs , fresh , 20c to 25c ' pota- .1. I \
toes per bushel , SSc to 50c. k : ; :
Indianapolis-Cattle , shipping , $3.00 i. ' , ;
to $7.50 ; hogs , good to choice heavy. i ; ' .l
$3.50 , to $8.00 ; sheep , good to choice , J r r : I
$2.50 to $4.50 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.20 to 1. 4 t
$1.23 ; corn , No. 2 white , 60c to 61c ; ; ' , r .
oats No. 2 white , 39c : : to 40c. I ' . ;
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St. Louis-Cattle , 4.00 to $8.25 ; i. i ; < . ; . :
hogs , $4.00 to $ i.75 ; sheep , $3.00 to ! ,1
$4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 , $ L26 to $1.27 ; 1
corn , No. 2 . 60c to , 62c ; oats , No. 2 , . . 'c'- ,
SSc to 39c ; rye No. 2 , 70c to 72c. $ . - . ;
Detroit - Cattle , $4.00 to 5.25 ; hogs , - f _ - : <
$4.00 to $7.50 ; sheep $ 2.50 to $4.00 : ; J r
wheat , No.2 , $1.25 to $1.27 ; corn , r * vo. i e , i . } {
2 yellow , 63c to 64c ; oats , standard L
40c t9 42ce , ; . , No. 1 , 75c to 76c. , I' :
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Cincinnati Cattle.
, $4.00 to $6.25 ; ' 4 i
hogs , $4.00 to $7.65 ; sheep , $ 3.00 to '
$4.25wheat _ , No. 2 , $1.25 to $ 1 . ? . . . g. ; - 1 I "f' < > - ,
corn , No. 2 mixed ' ' if .
, 61c to 'G3c- oats' )
No. 2 mixed 40c ' ; I l'
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to 41c ; rye , 'No.i. . . ! )
77c to 78c. V t
New York - Cattle , $4.00 to $700- ' I
hogs , $4.00 to 8.30 ; ' sheep , $3.00 to t
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$4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , $1.25 to $ l . 97. 1 ,
corn , No. 2 , 6Sc to 69c ; oats , natural ' ; ' ; \ , .
white 42c to 45c ; butter creamery
26c to 29c ; eggs , western , 24c ti
27c.
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