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Work Heroically Against Great Odds
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r' . . Dissatisfied , with the conditions in
. the shaft management , fifty miners in
. . , . the Marseilles coal mine at Cherry ,
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: ' The miners say that the owners of the
. . ' anlne have refused to improve their
property : and that as a result of the
strike the mine may be permanently
closed. The situation at the Marseilles
- , mine was affected by the local disas
'j ter , also discontent among the work-
men antedated the St. Paul mine fire.
Twenty saved , 92 known dead and
198 missing was the record at the St.
Paul ; mine7 Sunday . night.
. . Ten dead were brought to the sur-
face Sunday and 37 more dead were
' . located in the mine's second level , but
, " 1 were ' not brought up on account of
black damp. .
. What had promised to be Cherry's
ended in a
real dav of thanksgiving
night of hope deferred , or despair. At
. the end of the day no living man or
boy had been added to the list of the
. twenty'rescued Saturday.
All day long the tolling of church
bells resounded in Cherry and Spring
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- . Valley. Eighteen bodies were interred
' . Sunday in a field south of town.
" . At the mine a dozen coffined . .vic
tims remained awaiting removal ,
while a score of caskets were piled
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. . ' Services for the dead were held out-
; side the church in which Coroner
Malm : deemed it inadvisable that the
bodies be taken.
From the yet : unfilled graves in
which the Roman Catholic dead were
placed the pastor hurried to the mine
entrance , where with a second priest
he waited to administer the last rites
for the living should his services be
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I UNREST VENEZUELA. .
_ .Castro's Partisans Arc Being Arrested .
by the Wholesale.
Former President Castro , an exile
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In , Santander , Spain , is accused daily
by the highest officials , of the. Vene- .
zuelan government of attemp ing to :
: foment a revolution against the Gomez '
. regime.
The continued agitation caused by
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sans , by the recent sensational split
In the liberal party when an attempt
was made to reorganize it , and by the
Taear approach , of the next session of
. -congress which will - elect a constitu-
tional president for four years , has
stirred political feeling until again
, today a spirit of unrest and unc'ertain-
, ty exists.
Either a serious condition of affairs
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does exist in "Venezuela , due 'to steps .
boing taken by the overthrown didfci-
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tor to wreak vengeance on President
Gomez , or there is an object which in-
spires the government to make it ap-
, . , ypcar ! that Castro is busy conspiring
-with his followers. This object , the
opponents of Gomez say , is perhaps to
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justify the wholesale arrests which ;
liave' been made. *
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POLICE ARE BAFFLED.
Rexvard of $2,000 Offered for Slayer
. ' . of 3Iihvankce Girl. :
. . A reward of $2,000 has been offered
for the arrest of the murderer of Miss
Hattie Zinda , the 14-year-old girl
l' whose body was found in an abandon-
, ed building on the north side in i\ril-
: ; ' waukee last Wednesday. : . .
The amount of the reward has been
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' subscribed by seven citizens , whose
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. ; The , police have run down all clews
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fled.
I , . Pacific Fleet at Practice.
Unofficial reports indicate that the
Pacific fleet under Admiral Sebree has
. eceeded the records of the Atlantic
; battleships in night target practice ,
. which has just been concluded. The
- . fleet Is now at sea for battle and tor-
o pedo practice and will rendezvous at
, Olongapo. .
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. Chair of Aeronautics.
. Cornell university faculty has grant-
, ed a petition of the Cornell Aero club
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: aeronautics next ' year. The course will
, be in charge of Prof. , G. R. McDer-
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Sioux City Live ' 5 t ucl [ - Market. .
. ; Saturday's : quotatloTnsVon the Sioux
, City live stock market follow : " : Top
' : beeves. $4.60. Top , hogs , $ 8 f10.
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k An automobile containing James J. ,
f' . . " Jeffries , the pugilist ; Fred WorkV ; a lo -
. 'eal automobile racer ; Frank Gotch
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NEW TRIAL ORDERED.
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Judge ' Sanborn : Rules in Salt Lake
s \ ConI Case.
Judge Walter H. . Sanborn in the
United States circuit court appeals .
in St. Paul , Minn. , handed down an
opinion setting aside the verdict and
ordering a new trial in the case of the
Union Pacific Coal company , the Un-
ion Pacific railroad , the * Oregon Short
Line railroad , James H. Moore and
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Everett Buckingham , , charging them
with violation of the Sherman anti-
trust law by forming a'n unlawful com-
bination.
While the suit was brought in the
name of the United States proceed-
Ings wer& started by a Salt Lake City
coal dealer named Sharp , who charged
the cOal company and the defendant
railways with refusing to sell and haul
coal for him. Sharp charged that the
Union Pacific Coal company refused to
sell him \ coal and- that the railways
refused to haul the commodity for
him because he advertised and sold
coal at a lower figure than his compet
itors.
Judge Sanborn , in his opinion , holds
that there was no substantial evidence"
of any combination between any two
of the defendants , either to refuse to
sell : coal to Sharp or to refuse to trans-
port it for him.
The lower court found the defend-
ants guilty of violation . the Sher-
man anti-trust law and imposed a fine
of $1,000 and costs on Moore and $3-
000 and costs on the other defend-
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. MAY HEAD NEW CHURCH.
Science Leader's Excommunication
Brings About Much Comment.
Before the board of trustees of the
first Church of Christ , Scientist , takes
any ! action regarding the excommu-
nication of Mrs. Augusta Stetson , late
first reader of the church , by th'e
mother church pf Boston Thursday ,
time will be given Mrs. Stetson to
hand -in Her resignation as a member
of the board. .
Friends of Mrs. Stetson are predict-
ing a general reorganization in the
board of trustees of , the New York
church as a result of the excommuni-
cation. Some of her followers charged ,
that Mrs. Stetson had been .tricked in-
to the power of her enemies at Bos-
ton by partial promises of her vindi '
cation at her trial and that it was in
this belief that she admitted she had
taught error It was said further that
when she left Boston Wednesday at
the close of the hearing Mrs. Stetson
believed that her judges would par-
don her "errors" and reinstate her
with added power. Some of her friends
and students in the church in New
York are discussing the possibilities of
a new church being formed under Mrs.
Stetson's leadership. .
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CHILE WOULD ARBITRATE.
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The Chilian government Friday
opened negotiations with Washington
with a view to submitting the Alsop
-Iaim of the United States against
Chile to a specially constituted court
of arbitration at The Hague. .
Great anxiety felt at Santiago be-
cause of the notification through Chi-
lean Minister Cruz , at Washington ,
that the United States will close its
legation at Santiago within a few days
unless the Chilean governm'ent con-
sents to an adjustment of the Alsop
2laim or agrees to refer the dispute to
Fhe Hague. " ' .
The members of the American colo-
ly there protest that the manner in
which the United States is proceeding
.s arbitrary and detrimental to Amer-
can interests in Chile. They have
ommunicated with a prominent attor-
icy in Washington and asked him to
ase his influence in accordance with
these views.
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Victim of Football.
With his neck broken in much the
Jame way as that of Cadet Byrne , of
West Point , Albert P. Wibiralske . , 17
years old , died at Orange , N. J. Fri-
iay : in the Orange Memorial : hospital ,
another victim of football.
Hurricane in Lisbon.
A hurricane struck Lisbon Friday
afternoon ! , causing considerable dam-
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age. No loss of life is reported.
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Police Patrol Explodes.
The police automobile patrol ex-
ploded at the police station stables at
Omaha , Neb. , Friday night , fatally in-
juringFred Rausnik , the chauffeur ,
and killing six horses. The stables
and garage . were almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire , which followed the
explosion.
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Veteran Editor Dead.
Thos. Dimmock , veteran journalist
and critic , died at St. . ! Jouis , Mo. , Fri-
day of complications due to old age.
He was 79 years old. His last regular
editorial connection was with , the
St. Louis Republican ; , , now the * St.
from 1869 to 1882. '
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Fitzsiiumnns and Lang to Fight.
It was announced in' Sidney , N. S.
iV. , tnat ; : "Bob" Fitzsimmons and
"Bill" Lang had agreed to fight in-
\ustralia on December 27 for the
onampionship of Australia , now held
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Dougherty Claims Settled.
The Peoria , III. , school trustees Fri-
.lay evening decided to accept $27,500
"or all claims arising from the sensa-
ional embezzlement by Newton C.
Dougherty five years ago of sumsagr . *
regating more than $400,000.
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" Engage Gold for Export.
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\CroEsman & Sieloken , of NewJTork ,
Vlday engaged ' $500,000 in gold and
'he National City bank of New York ,
50.a00'in . . gold for export to Brazil.
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UNCLE SAM IS ANGRY.
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High Handed ' Acts In Nicaragua Are
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Announcement that the 'Washington : !
government Is tired of the high hand-
ed action' of the small Central Ameri
can republics practically was con-
tained in a dispatch sent tflthe Blue-
fields Steamship company , which
sought the protection of the state de
partment from interference by the In.
surgents now operating against Presi-
ident Zelaya , of Nicaragua. An houi
later a peremptory note , couched .in
diplomatic language , but none the less
, direct was delivered to Senor Felipe
Rodriguez , charge d'affairesof the !
Nicaraguan legation , demanding a full
and complete explanation of the exe
cution of the two Americans , Leonard I
Grace and Leroy Cannon , who were ex i
ecuted by order of Zelaya when they I
were found in the insurgent army.
Pending a satisfactory explanation
. of the occurrence President ! Taft has
refused to recognize Isidoro Hezera ,
the Nicaraguan minister. Mr. : Taft is
thoroughly aroused by the actions of
the Zelayan government and apparent-
ly is determined to make the lives of
the United States citizens much safer
and considerably more respected than
they have been hitherto.
A dispatch fr.om Managaoa Nica
ragua , says : Messrs. Cannon and
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Grace , the Americans who were exe-
cuted for complicity in the rebellion ,
were 'tried at .a fair ciourtmartial held
under the direction of the government
The men , it was charged , were re-
sponsible for placing dynamite ! mines
which were intended to 'blow up gov-
ernment steamers laden with troops
which entered the river at Greytown. :
The men confessed their guilt to the
authorities and also in letters to their
families. '
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INNOCENT MAN CLEARED. .
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Ellsworth Confesses llo Robbed a
Farmer of Five Thousand. I I
JosepH Ellsworth , who was arrested
in Chicago on Monday on suspicion of
having' been concerned in the robbery
on November 6. of a safe belonging to
Schuyler Rainer , a wealthy farmer at
Florence. N. J. : ; was : brought to Mt.
Holly , N , . J. , Thursday and when tak- - '
en Into court for a hearing he con-
fessed the' crime.
During Rainer's absence from the
house a masked nian entered , forced
Rainer's aged housekeeper into a
room and took nearly $5,000 from the
safe.
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A few days later William Hamilton ,
one of the most , respected citizens of
Florence , was arrested and positively
identified by the housekeeper as the
man who robbed the safe. Hamilton
vehemently denied the accusation and
hosts of friends came to his assistance.
He was released on bail pending a fur.
ther investigation. .
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PIN KILLS LITTLE GIRL.--
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Sioiix City Child Dies on the Operat-
ing Table.
Berma Harrington 7 years old of
Sioux City , la , died at , the Presbyte-
rian hospital in Chicago Thursday
night while the doctors were removing
a bead , headed pin she had swallowed
accidentally. She had been brought
to Chicago by her father , E. B. Har-
rington , of Sioux "
City. "I want my
dolly , " she said to her father when
the physicians annQunced an operation
was necessary. Harrington gave the
child the doll I just before she was tak
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en to the operating room.
Unknown Vessel is Ashore.
An unknown vessel is ashore on Isle
Royale and is said to be a complete
wreck. Capt. , Bell , c/f the steamer
Baker , of the Pittsburg line , reported
from Two Harbors "that he had seen
an unknown two hatch vessel with a
black smokestack and a light hull ,
ashore. .
Prison Guards Dismissed.
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As a result of the .recent investiga-
tion into the affairs of the federal pris-
on at Leavenworth Kan. , -by Special
Examiner A. B. Blelaski , Guards Har-
ry Sullivan and W. G. Devenish were
dismissed Thursday by orders of At
torney General Wickersham.
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Girl Steals Fine ! " ) ' .
, An uncontrollable love for finery
caused Tillie Shoemaker , a beautiful
12-year-old girl of Davenport to take'
a suitcase and $18 in cash and a large
assortment of "glad rags" belonging , to
Mrs. A. E. Fields , a prominent society
woman. She was arrested.
Brig Gen. Bingham Dead.
. Brig. Gen. Judson D. Bingham , U.
S. A. , retired , is dead at his home in
Philadelphia , aged 78 years. He was
born in Lawrence county , Pa. , . and .
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graduated from' West Point in 1S54.
He was retired . in 1905.
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Get $00 in Pennies.
"Boy bandits , " it is supposed , en-
tered the Chesterton , Ind. , banK early
Thursday , wrecked the outer vault of
the bank and , escaped with $ .10 in pen
nies and a packet of canceled checks.
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Firo at AVestfield , N. T.
Fire Friday wiped .out the central
part of the village of Westfield , N. Y.
Loss , $100,000. I
$175,000 " Blaze at Sandusky. j
Fifty persons were driven -to thej I ! '
street in Sandusky , 0. , Thursday when' : '
fire broke .out in the Mahala block , a' '
four-story business and apartment
building. The building was destroyed ;
entailing a loss of 175000. :
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Miner Fatally Hurt. : !
Charles Smith , miner , was crushed
fatally in the W. DI | Johnson Coal coni- - I
pany mine at Boone , la. , by a fall of '
coal. He leaves a large faml1v. t I
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HIS DEATH MYSTIFIES.
Body ; of Unknown Man Found in a
Field Near Emerson.
J. Henningsdn while - hunting rab-
bits found the body of a dead man in
a cornfield near Emerson. ' The au-
thorities were notified at once. Coro-
ner Graham , of Allen , arrived and
searched the man's clothes.
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A I purse containing a small sum of
' money and a pass book on the First
National bank of Emerson were found.
The pass book showed he had $75 on
deposit and that his name was Ed
Hanlin. The bank officials failed to
place him and he is unknown in Em-
erson. .
, The coroner announced that he
would hold an inquest. The dead man
was found in a natural position , with
his 'coat under his head and "had evi-
dently lain there for some time.
. ENGINE BOILER EXPLODES.
; .Burllngtol1 Fireman Killed and En-
gineer Seriously Hurt.
The explosion of , Burlington engine
No. 2046 , pulling a forty-car extra
freight west in the Lincoln yards ,
caused i : the death of Fireman C. A.
Meecham Thursday and the serious in-
jury of Engineer George Pierce and
Brakeman Upton. The injured engi-
neer may die.
_ The train was beginning to pick up
its speed at the extreme western lIm-
it of the yards when the explosion oc
curred. The boiler was thrown ahead
of the engine drivers and truck and
the impact jot the ' exploded bollet
broke the rails ahead of the engine.
The tender remained standing on the
track and none of the cars were
wrecked. "
GIVEN LIFE TERMS.
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U. P. Bandits Sentenced to Prison by
Judge Muiigcr.
Judge T. C. Munger in the United'
States district court at Omaha Thurs-
day overruled the motion for a re-
hearing on the part of the five men
convicted of holding up the Union Pa-
cific Overland limited train May 22
last and robbing the mail car , and
sentenced each of them to life imprIs-
onment in the federal prison at Fort'
Leavenworth. The men are William
Mathews , D. W. Woods , Fred Tor-
gensen , Frank Grigware and Lawrence
J. Golden. Notice was given of an
appeal to the circuit court of appeals.
The prisoners will be . taken , to Fort
Leavenworth.
Boy Killed by Accident.
The 2-year-old 'son of James Peter- I
son , _ el even miles southwest of Hast- I
ings , was instantly killed by the acci- i
dental discharge of a shotgun. The
boy's grandfather left the gun in the
kitchen of the farm house upon his
return froih a hunting expedition , and
it was picked up by a farm hand , who
began talking to James Peterson about
its mechanism. While he was thus
talking , the man accidentally pulled
the trigger and the gun was dis
charged , tearing the top of the boy's
head entirely / away. - ,
Drifts Twenty Feet Deep.
The heavy fall of snow in the last
few days blocked up all wagon roads
leading into Broken Bowfi and caused
much inconvenience to those living at
a distance. In' some places the snow
drifts were from ten to twenty feet
deep , while shovels and scoops had to
be used before a passageway could
be effected.
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Rohert Ford Guilty. - -
After being out nearly all night the
jury in the .case of the state against
Robert Ford , a negro , charged with
thehighway robbery of a mason named
McGowan , of York , on the night of
September 30 , returned a verdict of
guilty of grand larceny , for which the
penalty Is from one to ten years.
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Body Found Near School.
A man who is believed to be George
Austin , residence unknown , was found
dead lying near the fence behind the
Dundee > school building by Marshal
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James Freidelock , of Dun lee. The
man who had been dead for several :
days as his body was covered with
sleet and snow.
Damages in Libed Case.
The libel case wherein Bounty At-
torney Thompson was suing P. W.
* Shea , of Orleans for $20.000 damages'
was brought to a close in district court
when the jury returned a verdict for
Mr. Thomas , allowing him $3,000 , and
the costs to be paid by Mr. Shea.
I Soldier Remembers State.
Col. Dave , Bowden , commander of
the soldiers' home at'Milford , has en-
riched the cash fund of the home by
a deposit of'$405 , which was given to
him by A. A. Sharkey , a member of
he : home , who died last week.
Jury Finds Smith Guilty.
Jesse Smith was convicted of mur-
der in the second degree by a jury in
Omaha. He : was tried for the murder
of . James Rawlins , a negro.
Body is Found.
The body of William Blackwood
has been found , It lay in a mass of
tangled brush over a precipitous cliff ,
200 yards northwest of his farm ,
Calhoun. Evid9ntly he had simply
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COURT DISBARS I. J. DUNN.
Omaha Lawyer Indefinitely Suspended
from All Stato Courts.
I. : J. Dunn , deputy city attorney or :
Omaha , was indefinitely suspended
from practice of law in all state ' courts
by the supreme court Tuesday and
subjected to a severe scoring by Su
preme Justice Reese not only for his
statements in his objectionable brief ,
but because of his attitude since being
summoned Into court to answer for
writing the document held to reflect . on
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the , court.
Dunn was also ordered to pay the
costs of the contempt proceedings.
Mr. Dunn was ' cited for contempt of
court for writing a brief in the case
of Robinson against , Omaha , In which
he attacked severely : a member of tho
court.
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MAY HAVE PERISHED.
Searching Parties Are Scouring Can
ypns : for William Blackwood.
Searching parties are scouring the
hilfs and canyons around Calhoun in
hopes .finding some trace of William
Blackwood , an old .soldier , who disap-
peared , Friday night. It is believed he
lost his way in the darkness and has
perished from the cold. In spite of a
close search of the surrounding coun-
try no evidence has been found that
will throw any light on his fate.
Blackwood is a bachelor , who lived
with a bachelor brother. Friday night ,
he left Calhoun to go home after
drinking freely. The night was very
dark and it is supposed Blackwood
lost his way and wandered about until
he : foil 1 exhausted. He did not reach
home nor has anyone been found who
saw him after he left Calhoun.
COLUMBUS COUPLE HELD.
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3Irs. L. B. Doxcy Accused of Sustain
ing Unlawful Relations.
Late Tuesday evening Dr. and Mrs.
L. B. Doxey , of Columbus , , were taken
into custody on an adultery charge
filed by Miss Kate Erder , who , with
her mother , arrived from their home
in St. Louis earlier in the day. They
charge that Mrs. Doxey was married to
William J. Erder. brother of Miss : Er-
der , in Clayton , VIo. , April 26 , 1909 ,
and lived with him until early in June
.of' the : same year and then she came
to Columbus . and lived . with Dr. Doxey
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'as his wife until the latter part of I
June when she : returned to St. Louis
and again lived with William J. Erder.
LYONS S REJECTS TWO PLANS.
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Town Turns Down Lighting Plant ana
City Hall. ,
In the election held at Lyons for the :
purpose of voting on two proposed
projects , that of a lighting system for
the town to , cost $6,000 , and that of a
town hall to cost $4,000 , the plans
were rejected by the people.
In the lighting system project 81
voted for it and 94 against it , and in
the town hall proposition 83 voted fa
vorably and 92 in-opposition.
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Improvements at Alliance.
A deal was put through at Alliance
wherein C. A. Newberry , one of the
biggest wholesale and retail hard-
ware merchants In the state , pur-
chased the old Rumor corner , at Butte
avenue and Dakota street , in that city ,
for $10,000 , and as soon as the present
leaseholders vacate- will begin the erec-
tion of a four-story building that will
cost about $40,000.
Acquitted of _ rson.
In the case of the State : against B
C : : Martin charged with arson by State
Fire Warden Johnson. the state put on
one witness and defendant none. Judge
Graves immediately instructed the
jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty ,
fully exonerating : Martin who is one
of the leading citizens of Belden , for
merly in the jewelry business : at , that
place.
Hulse Guilty of Assault.
Andrew Hulse , of Fremont , was
found guilty of assaulting Conductor
Gallup , of the North western with a
knife and will be sentenced Saturday.
Hulse has but one leg , one hand and
wrist are useless and he is probably
'the worst crippled man that ever
faced a jury.
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Aable Given Five Years.
In the district court of Harlan coun
ty , held in Alma. Regnal Aable was
found guilty of stealing merchandise
' if T. M. Logan of Republican City.
Aable took the goods from the store
while he was clerking for Logan and
stored them at his farm northeast of
town. He was given five yearsin the
pen. .
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Want Better Water.
Steps are being taken by the citi-
zgns of West Point looking to a reor-
ganization of the water works system
of the city.
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Gregory New Inspector.
" State Superintendent E. C. Bishop
announced ' the appointment ? of : Super-
intendent G. A. Gregory , of Crete , as
inspector of normal training high
schools.
County Attorney McGirr _ filed v a
complaint against Frank Chamberlain
at Beatrice , charging him with shoot-
ing Miss Mae Austin who was wound-
ed last Thursday , with intent to com-
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mit murder.
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Another hitch has occurred in th $ '
proposed profit-sharing agreement be -
tween the city and the traction com-
pany , and Mayor Love has aaked a
committee from the Commercial club
to pass on the articles prepared and
see if the city Is to come out at the
little ) end of the horn. The city offi-
cials traction
cials are so suspicious of the
company doing things to the city that
when : someone started the report there
was a joker in the proposed agree-
ment it was generally believed , and at
once the mayor asked the Commercial'
club committee to y pass on it. In the
meantime there is a lot of "sentiment '
for a vote of the people on the agree -
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ment , as it proposes to bind the cl y
for a period of fifteen years , so it is
very : probable no agreement will OB rr
reached unless the matter is left to th *
voters. Many prominent men , includ- ,
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ing County Attorney Tyrrell , object
to the agreement because the city now '
has authority to regulate the company °
as well as levy an occupation tar to
suit itself. He also objects to the city
becoming a partner in a street railway
company.
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Thomas W. . Smith , warden of the
state penitentiary , has the finest drove
of red hogs in Nebraska at the state
institution , so he says. Trie state drove 1
numbers something over 400 of which
106 have been born within the last
three weeks and Mr. Smith says he
does not intend to lose a pig. In addi-
tion to the hogs at the penitentiary
Mr. Smith this summer farmed some
500 acres and he now has stowed away
some 900 bushels of potatoes , his crop , '
he said , being almost a failure ; 350
bushels of turnips , 500 bushels of c'ar-
rots and 14,000 head of cabbage. His
corn ran about 25 , bushels to the acre-
on the. state land and 12 bushels on the
Branson land .which is leased -to the
state.
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Frank E. Helvey : census supervisoi
of the First district , has been notified
that headquarters for that district will
be opened on the fourth floor of the
government building in Lincoln. In tho
room known as the grand jury room.
The office will be opened some time
before January 1 and all those who de\ :
sire to communicate with Mr. Helvey ,
the census enumerator , should address " ,
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him at the headquarters in Lincoln
instead of at his home in Nebraska
City , where he has lived for the last
half century , 'more or. less. . _
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Lincoln's police force is just now re
ceiving the compliments of the entire
city , owing to its wonderful improve-
ment under the management of James
Malone , acting chief. For many years
Mr. Malone has been the city detective
and upon the retirement of Chief
Rickard he was elected acting chief
to serve until , the board got around
to elect a successor to Rickard. But ; .
the force has shown such improvement /
that it is very probable Mr. Malone , f r
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will be asked to continue permanent
ly in his new position. permanent/
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The city of Lincoln intends to bt
prepared with a new charter for the oW
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consideration of the next legislature
and to that end the mayor has already
appointed a committee to draft the
instrument. The committee Is to get
busy at once. When it has completed
its work , then the people will have am-
ple time to. discuss the measure and
reject or accept it before the legis-
lature convenes and thus avoid the
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fight which occurred"'before the late
legislature.
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The indictment , of any persons by . &
grand jury' called in Nebraska at this : r
time or at any time since the first reg-
ular xterra of the district court follow-
ing the adjournment of the late legis
lature l may be seriously questioned in
the courts. This state of affairs is
due to the action of the late legIs- .
lature in amending the law providing / .
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for calling grand juries and very like ,
ly there can be no more grand juries } ;
called legally in Nebraska under the (
present law.
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The sugar beet industry turned out " "
a rather ' expensive experiment. Mr. :
Smith sold his crop for $21.90 more ;
than the seed cost. He put in about
fourteen acres and raised two carloads ,
or about a ton and one-half to the
acre. And this does not take into ac
count the escape of five convicts and
the money spent in apprehending
them. They were put to work In the
beet fields and it was too tough for
them so they ran away. ,
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Engineer : Myer.of the soldiers' homt ;
at Milford , was at the state house
talking about securing a fireman for ,
the winter mpnths. Another engineer i
has applied for the job and agrees to 1
work for $70 : a month with the excep-
tion of four winter months , when he
wants $80. Myers receives $70 the year , -
around. Members of the' board are fi !
inclined to believe' that it will require '
an extra man during the winter {
months. . _ '
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The talk of moving the state ' uni
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versity out into the country from Lin-
coln _ in order to secure more grouaad
has already had its effect on the value ,
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of real estate , at least in the vicinity
of the state farm , where it is supposed \
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naturally the school would gQ. It was . . . ,
announced that a quarter section near
the stats farm could be bought now
for the mere pittance of $ lOOO an
acre. ' <
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