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' ITALIANS AT SCOTTSBORO , ILL. ,
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B\ \ : < : : T' " bers of "Black Hand" Cause Trouble
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. ' " .late Sunday night when fifty Italian :
J ' - - ; coal miner . $ , crazed with drink rioted ,
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f the rioting band. The first attack was
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9' ; . _ ! , : ' . rioters fire " ' 100 shots into the house.
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At a conference of the Brotherhood
.1' a ' : : of' . Railroad Trainmen , held in New
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/f".i' ' "York Sunday , Grand Master Lee and
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: -"named as a committee19 to decide
t. , . -w ether the men shall go out or re-
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1 , ' eastern railroads for a 10 per cent in-
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, E , . r -crease in pay is refused. It is expect-
g . , -ed that the' final schedule of griev
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road managers Thursday or Friday of
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" . The movement planned will have
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4 . . strike being conducted at present by
' the Switchmen's Union of North
, ' . . - America , which is distinctly a rival
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' --s : The statement represents 101,000
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, , " . Pullman Rates Lowered.
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i ' " .sion Sunday ordered a reduction in
u ' Pullman sleeping car rates , effective
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1 seat rate is cut about 40 per cent. The
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' . " . Xew Hunting Grounds.
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' 'Chief Rock Boy and his band of 125
: . 'Chippewa braves are now officially at
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{ , - "home on their new hunting grounds-on on
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' Tra Brainard , 50 years old , a stock-
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Tnal injuries. Brainard , who came to
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" Chicago to attend the stock show , ' was
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night of-November 27.
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> . 7,000Iincl's Idle.
' . : Seven thousand men and boys were
made idle Saturday by the shutting
> : down of most of the anthracite col
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lieries in the Shenandoah region be-
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One Loses . His Life.
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- ' Senator Fernandez Molinas was shot
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I . ; : ' .Adolfo Trigo Acha. The men quar-
I reled during a discussion in the senate
't" ' . over the promotion of the expresident
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. . , Denver's , New Manager.
, . ' ; . Jack : Hendricks , of Chicago , , has
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cr . ' City live stock market follow : Corn-
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STEADIER GOES DOWN.
Thistlemor Sunk in Storm Over Brit- '
ish Isles.
In a terrific'gale that raged Friday
over the British Isles th.e , steamer
Thistlemor went to her doom off Ap-
pledero ip Barnstable bay. It is be-
lieved her . entire crew of thirty men
perished. Four bodies from the steam-
er already have . . been washed ashore.
The Thistlemor was in command of
Capt. Yeo and w is bound from Liver-
pool for an American port.
Small vessels everywhere were at
the mercy of the elements , and Lloyds
reports eight of them have been drIv-
en ashore at various points. Their
.crews , however , all escaped. ,
The British steamer Congress , which
arrived at Falmouth Friday , reports
that during the storm her captain , the
mate ' and one seaman were washed
overboard by mountainous seas. The
seaman was picked up , but the cap-
tain and mate perished.
The Thistlemor left Barry , * Wales ! ,
on Thursday with a cargo of coal. She
caught the gale half way up Biddle-
ford bay , where she foundered. -An
other vessel was in distress in the
same vicinity , . but proceeded on her
way , and it is Tioped that she may :
have saved some of the crew of the
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Thistlemor , 'whose chief engineer
safe at Barry.
It is feared that another disaster
occurred in the Irish channel. The
Isle of Man steamer , Ellen Vannin ,
with a crew of twenty-one and twelve
passengers , left Ramsey , Isle of Man ,
for Liverpool at midnight on Thurs-
day , but has not since been' heard
from. A mail bag and' ' two life belts
washed ashore on the banks of the
Me'rsey : leaves little doubt that she
foundered. i
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BANK : RECEIVER GIVES UP.
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Brooklyn Man Says He is Tired of Be-
ing a Fugitive. .
Hyman Epstein walked into court
in New York Friday and surrendered
himself to the authorities , saying :
My conscience would not let me be
happy. I'm ready to take my medi-
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Two years ago Epstein , who con-
ducted a private bank in Williams-
burg , Brooklyn , disappeared after the
bank had closed. He was said to
have made away with more than $60-
000. . I /
"I have not a penny left , " : Epstein
said. "I have spent all .that I gained
from the bank and I am tired of hid-
ing. I will plead guilty and if I am
given a chance I hope I will be able
to pay my former depositors back to
the last cent. "
DECLARED A WHITE MAN.
Syrian by Birth Eligible to Citizenship
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in United States.
By the decision of Judge W. T.
Newman , one of the United States dis-
trict court , Costa George Najour , a
Syrian by birth , is declared a white
man and eligible to privileges of citi- ,
zenship in the United States. A strong
fight has been made by the immigra-
tion bureau against the. granting of
naturalizaion papers to Najour , on I
the ground that he is a Mongolian.
The case will be taken to the United .
States court of appeals.
Frank : : Gotch Loses $1,000.
Frank Gotch , champion wrestldr of
the world , caught a tartar Wednesday
night in B. F. Roller , of Seattle . Wash.
Gotch had agreed to forfeit ' $ .1,000 if
he failed to throw Roller in fifteen
minutes , and at the end of the bout
both men were on their feet and fight-
ing bitterly for a winning hold.
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Sleet Storm at Fargo. -
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Sleet and a heavy wind did much
damage to telegraph wires in' North "
Dakota Friday. In Gra'nd Forks
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street car service and telegraph and
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telephone service were badly crip- (
pled.
Boy Killed His Brother. '
At Lindsborg , Kan. , Gilbert Linds- a.1
hold , the 8-year-old son of John Lins-
hold , was shot and killed by his : 13-
year-old brother , Lawrence , because
he did not get out of bed immediately s
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Accused of Stealing $6,000. D
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John A. Barnett , a railway mail
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of the Canadian Northern railway.
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French Rout Arabian Band.
Advices received Friday state thatQ
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an Arabian band near Bilma , French
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killed and the French five killed and
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eight wounded.
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Burke AVould Sell Stock. - tl
R. R. Burke , half owner of the DenS ]
ver franchise in the Western Baseball sib
eague , has given an option on his ; j
stock to James McGill , of Denver , for
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Defaults Interest on Bonds. it
The Chicago subway has defaulted ti
on the interest on its $17,000,000 bonds tist
due Wednesday. , st
To Protect Italian Sl ! jeets.
The Italian foreign office Friday in-
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structed D. Campari the Italian onT
sul general at Managua , to arrange , for Si
Sihi
the .protection of Italian subjects in his :
Nicaragua. . hiSi i
Chicago Clergyman Dead.
Rev. Henry Dumbach died in Chi- :
cago Friday. He was one of the'leadw
ing Jesuit educators of the country ki
and for eight years was president of kii
t. Ignatius college. V t'e :
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NAVY MOVES SOUTH.
Warships Leave , for Central American
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Naval forces of the United States
are being moved , forward to both I
coasts of Central America to protect
American life and' property in Nic
aragua by force of arms if the neces-
sit arises. With 'the
departure Fri-
day afternoon from Philadelphia of
the troopship Prairie with 700 marines
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aboard for the isthmus of Panama
and , if it be so decreed , for Nicaragua ,
and of the sailing from Magdelena
bay of the protected cruiser Albany
and the gunboat ' Yorkt wn for Corin-
to , on the coast of Nicaragua , , the . ac
tivity of the navy department was 'be- :
coming manifest on both oceans that
wash the Nicaraguan shores.
Besides , the cruisers Des Moines
and , Tacoma and th79 gunboat Mariet-
ta are lying up Port Limon , Costa
Rica , ready for any call upon them ,
and the guns of the. little gunboal
Vicksburg are pointed toward the cus-
tom house. and town of Corinto.
The gunboat Princeton is endeavor
ing to , make her ' , yay' 'from the Bre-
merton navy yard , Washington state ,
to Corinto. .
Driven to desperation by the unex-
pected and unbending attitude of the
United States , President Zelaya is now
reported to have 'developed a plan
whereby he can resign and at the
same time retain the reigns of power.
This , consists in putting in the office of
president of Nicaragua Jose Madriz ,
well known in Central American dip-
lomatic ] circles as Zelaya's henchman ,
and declared to be at Zelaya's beck
and call. The state department , it is
declared , is entrely cognizant of the
conspiracy under way and will act
vigorously and promptly if occasion
demands.
In the meantime neither the state
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tion officials will discuss the advice
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in advance of diplomatic events. Senor
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Rodriguez , charge d'affaires of the le-
gation J , insisted' Friday night he had
not heard from hisgovernment ; and
the state department likewise pro-
fessed to ba ignorant of the next move
of President Zelaya.
FIGHT GOES TO SAX FRANCISCO.
Jeffries and Johnson Will Battle for
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Purse of Over $100,000. - -
The world's championship fight be-
tween James J. Jeffries and Jack
Johnson will be held in San Francisco
before a club organize : by "Tex"
Rickard , of Ely , Nev. , and Jack Glea-
son , the fight to take place probably
on July 4 , 1910. The bid made by
Rickard and Gleason of a purse of
$101,000 and the contestants to take
66 2-3 per cent of the moving picture.
receipts was accepted by repr senta-
tives of Johnson and Jeffries Thursday
afternoon. .
The-successful bid provides that the
fight shall ' take place in California ,
Utah or Nevada on a date to be set
later , but it was stated that without
doubt the contest would take place in
San Francisco. In view of the fact
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that James COffroth , manager of the
Sunshine Athletic club , of Colma , Cal. ,
controls certain patents on moving
pictures , it was thought Rickard and
Gleason would likely : enter into some
arrangements with him whereby they
could have the fight take place in the
Colma arena.
"Tex" Rickard said : "My bid was
for : Utah , Nevada or California , but in
Utah it is not at all 'certain that we
can hold the fight. In Nevada , where
the : laws will permit it , we cannot get
a crowd large enough to pay the guar-
anteed purse , so that leaves San Fr n-
cisco with practically a clear field. "
Other bids were considered better
by some , particularly that of "Tom"
McCarey , of Los Angles , but the con-
trol of the moving picture patents by
'Jimmy" Coffroth and the triple alli
ance of Rickard , Gleason and Coffroth
was too strong for : outsiders .like Me.
Careyand , "Eddie" Graney.
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Mexican Press Will Oppose Move. In
Nicaragua.
That Mexico does not expect to her-
self ( be drawn into the Nicaragua con- .
roversy , but will maintain a neutral
ttitude , was the statement made by
Senor : Mariscal , minister of
foreign
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lations Friday night. The action of
the United States in severing relations
with the .southern republic not
was re-
ented by Mexico , he said , although it
ame most unexpectedly at a time
when his
government was awaiting
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eply to its suggested plan for peace. ,
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"We do not resent the action of the .
United States. Why'should we ? We 4
have absolutely no interests in Central ,
America except in Guatemala , where
there are about 40,000 Mexicans. We
are still waiting for a reply from the
United States
government to our sug-
estion * for an amicable settlement of
the trouble. We made the suggestions
pontaneously because we had not
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ions , approached by the United States
n the subject of intervention in Cen-
tral America. In view of such ad-
ances in the past we did not consider
discourteous to offer these suggesc
tipns in the interest of humanity.
What these suggestions . . were I am
still : not at liberty to state. "
Life Sentence Affirmed.
The Kentucky court of appeals
hursday affirmed the life sentenc.e
given [ Beach < Hargis for the murder of
Is [ father , former Judge James Har-
is , the noted feudisf , of Jackson , Ky.
Disabled Warship Sinks. -
The French battleship lena , on
which an explosion occurred in 1907 ,
killing eighty and injuring hundreds
: others , sank Friday while being
piped into ] Dort. _
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TAKES HUSBAND BACK HOME. :
Kansas : Woman Finds Spouse and
Young Doniestic at Donlphan.
Mrs. : C. E. Evans and husband left
Grand Island Thursday for their home
in Mina , Kan. , after a somewhat ex-
tended discussion between . the two as
to what their future should' be. .Mrs.
Evans told the story that in February
she was taken ill. In March : Grace
Wasser , a young girl , was employed
in their home as domestic. A few
months later , when. Mrs. : Evans had
somewhat recovered , Mr. Evans in - . .
duced her to see her folks in. Iowa
and spend some time there on a-visit.
When she ' wrote to him for money on
which to come home , answered that
if she came home , he would leave.
Something- was clearly wrong and she
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left for home at once. Her husband
had gone the night before she ar-
rived and the Wasser girl left the
same day she returned to Mina. No
trace was had of them until late last
week . , when it was ascertained that
the pair was at Bpniphan , Neb. Mrs.
I I Evans and a brother came to . Doni-
phan. Evans and the girl boarded the
train at Doniphan. Hiding their iden-
tity until the fdur reached Grand Isl
and , Mrs. Evans ahd brother had the
pair arrested. Negotiations were in
progress two days' when finally both
husband and wife decided to forgive
and forget , on account of the three
children , and the Wasser girl has gone
br.ck to Doniphan to get her ! clothing ,
and a place to-work if possible. ,
ONE YEAR FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
Maurice' Starmer , of Genoa , Pleads
Guilty and Gets Sentence.
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The regular term of district v court
convened at Fullerton with Judge
Thomas presiding. The case of the
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state against Maurice Starmer ,
charged with embezzling $10,000 ; be-
longing to the Walrath & Sherwood
Lumber company , was disposed of by
defendant pleading guilty and re-
ceiving a sentence of one year in the
penitentiary. Mr. Starmer was the
company's manager of their yards at
Genoa for ten years , and during that
time had been using the company's
funds. The case of the state against
Earl Martin on a statutory charge
against a girl 13 years of age was call
ed , changed his plea of not guilty and
entered a plea of guilty and was sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for : three
years. Martin is a young man about .
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25 years of age. " "
Wayne County Court.
District court for the ' county 'of
Wayne was in session at Wayne last
week , Judge Groves , of the Eighth ,
district , presiding. . Owing to the fact
that Judge Welch , of the , Ninth dis-
trict , was formally interested as a law-
yer in some of the cases before the
present term he exchanged with Judge
Groves. '
Corn Show at Wayne.
Wayne held its first annual corn
show last week under the supervision
of the Wayne Commercial clubland
in spite of the worst weather ever
known in that section at this time of
the year , it was a success , the exhibits
being ; more and better than expected
under the circumstances.
Want New Railroad. , .
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Kearney was held at he city hall
Tuesday night for the purpose of
awakening enthusiasm over the kear-
ney and Beloit railroad project. Car-
son Hildreth , a banker from Frank-
lin , was present and much interest
was shown by those attending. . .
Homesteader Killed.
H. C. Young , a prominent farmer
homesteader , living near Kimball , was
killed by : his own wagon running over
him. He was on his way home with
a load of coal and it is supposed his :
team ran ' away , throwing him under'
the wheels.
Nebraska Pioneer Dead. I
John Davis , an aged pioneer who 1
has resided near Tekamah for forty
years , died and the funeral services
occurred Thursday. , H $ was a civil
war . veteran , a member of Company :
F : Thirty-fourth , Iowa infantry. J
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Wife Dies of Wounds. j
Mrs. Ellen Robinson , the Lincoln 1
woman ; who was shot by her husband
It : , Beatrice Sunday , died Thursday
evening. Robinson , who shot himself ,
is improving , and , it is believed , will J
recover. -
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Evers Gets Seven Years.
Herman Anton Evers , , who . was
charged with criminal assault on sever-
al little 'girls at Hartington , was sen4 ' 4
tenced to seven years in the "peniten-
tiary by Judge Welch. 4
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Governor Honors Requisition.
Nelson Capron , wanted in Iowa on
a charge of 'perjury and escaping from
the' state reformatory , will be sent
back to that state. He has been ar- ,
rested in Nebraska City and Gov.
Shallenberger has honored a requisi-
tion for hfs return to the Iowa author-
ities.
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Amherst schools closed on _ account
of : scarlet fever Monday : morning.
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BUILT IN THE NIGHT.
Telephone Company Puts WIrct
Through . Paul After Midnight.
A big force of men was rushed to
St. Paul Saturday to build a telephone
line through the city. The hurried ac-
tion was taken to preveni a , possible
injunction. " .
The Nebraska Telephone company
originally ' "wired" St. Paul. . Some I
years ago it sold to the Howard Coun-
ty * Telephone company , reserving , how- '
ever , the right to * have a long distance
, wire on the pole lino and to maintain
an office for long distance work. Re-
cently the York Telephone company
bought a controlling interest in the
Howard County company , as it did in
Jthe ) Grand Island Independent Tele3
phone company and there is some
doubt as to the eventual shutting out
York county of the Sell : company. Sat-
urday night fifty men were quietly
shipped out of Grand Island to St.
Paul , where work on the construction
of a new line was'begun at midnight
and finished Sunday. The municipal
ity offered no resistance.
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NORMAL SCIIOQL PRESIDENT.
U. S. Conn , of Columbus ; to Be Head
, , of Wayne School.
It is stated upon good authority
that Prof. U. S. Conn , of Columbus , is
slated to become president of the
Wayne normal school after its pur-
chase' by the state. Conn was an in-
structor in the college for thirteen
years.
Gov. Shallenberger has been - asked .
to appoint Phil Kohl , of Wayne , as a
: , member of the state normal board to
. succeed S. F. ijayes : , of Alliance - , whose
' term expires the first of the year.
Thomas Rawlings pf Wakefield , for- ;
mer regent of the state , university , has
also been suggested for the place.
The purchase of the college by the
state will figure in the Wayne city
election next spring on the saloon
question and will aid the prohibition-
ists. All other towns in the state ,
where state normals are located , are
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Thornberg Admitted to Bail.
Judge Welch was at Neligh to heal
the case wherein F. ] Thornberg ,
through his attorneys , petitioned to be '
released on bail pending ; his trjal - in
the district court on a charge of shoot-
ing and killing A. G. Rakow. After
hearing the arguments the judge de-
cided that justice would not be violat
ed by admitting the prisoner to bail
and the bond was fixed at $7,500.
Call Aid to Sick Mother.
The wild outcry of children in the ;
, Shankman lunch room at Bridgeport
attracted passersby and on investiga-
tion it was found that Mrs. Shankman
was' in a critical condition. She soon
recovered. Her husband John
Shankman , disappeared few days ago
and she feared he had deserted her
and the children.
New Appointees.
Charles Ellis , of Tecumseh , has beet
appointed adjutant at the Soldiers'
home at Grand Island in p.lace of Joe
McGraw : , who talked about ttis chief ,
and was let out. W. T. Putt , of Fair-
mont , has been appointed physician at
the Hastings asylum in place of Dr.
Swigert , who resigned to resume his
practice at Hastings.
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Wynsore Officer Removed.
I Dennis Hatch , for some time night
watchman at Wymore , has been re-
moved by Mayor Rawlings because
the merchants complained that they
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were not receiving the proper protec- 1
tion against thieves. Barney Schla-
gen has been appointed as his success
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Barbers Not Amenable to Statute.
According to a decision by Police.
Judge Crawford xat Omaha , barbers
are not "common laborers" and are
therefore not amenable to the Sunday
labor [ laws. Fifteen barbers had been
prosecuted for pursuing : their calling . .
on Sunday , and their defense was that
their work is a "profession. "
Governor Sells to State. $
The state farm through Regent
Coupland . , a special committee with
power to act has bought of Gov. Shal
lenberger four shorthorns , paying $
therefor 1040. The animals will be
used . for instruction purposes. . . . 3
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Constance Without Station. '
John Johns , of Gonstance , failed tc $
get a depot in his would-be town , the
state railroad commission deciding
that it was too close to Crofton and
Fordyce. -
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George Crawford , a jjioneer citizen ,
'died : at his.farm east of Lyons" aged
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75 years. He leaves seven grown up
children , two daughters and five sons.
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Fire at Fullerton : * . _
Fire was discovered in Frank $
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Leach's shoe and furnishing store at e
Fullerton. It had gained such head-
way that it was impossible to check
the flames until the entire inside was
burned. What goods were not de-
stroyed by fire were injured by water. $
Mr. .Leach ? held an insurance of $4,000
on the ' stock , while the building , own-
ed : : by James Loughran , was damaged .
to the extent of at least $1,000 , witlf
no insurance. .
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R : G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review
Chicago trade , says : ' , -
"Thanksgiving trade in the leading ,
retail < lines responded amply to ex ec-
tations and sustained progress in , bus-
iness generally is evidenced by furth-
sr gains In solvent payments through
the banks and decreased ratio in trad
ing defaults. Industrial conditions
disclose no cessation in the extent and
variety of new demands , while in most :
branches of heavy production activity
steadily extends. ' - j
Contracts include fair tonnages of
pig iron and substantial quantifies of
rails , cars , power and equipment , ma-
chinery and hardware/ \ -
Chicago railroad earnings ma ' - taro (
notable gross gains over those \f. ? . . . . . . \
year 3 ago. Ship building is strengt" - \
ened by additional orders and the Iron ,
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brass , electric and furniture shops pro
duce more extensively to meet urgent
requirements.
Prices of the , . principal materials for
I factory consumption remain quite
: firm , while various finished products
soon may be marked up. Lumber deal-
ings reflect a broader absorption of
both hard and soft woods. Hides ,
leather ( and' wool continue in good de
mand. '
Agriculturists are reaping very prof
itable ( returns , and now buy lib- }
arally of necessaries , machinery , ve
hicles and mat ria1s for farm improve
ments. Interior dealers find their
stocks of general merchandise ' under
rapid ' depletion. Prompt replenish
ment is noted in seasonable < : lines.
Money remains in good general re-
luest by the manufacturing and mer
cantile interests ; sales of local secu
rities largely exceed those Ojt this time
last year and further gains appear In
new building permits and ' realty sales.
Bank clearings , $231,006,184 , exceed
those of the corresponding week In
1908 by 8.2 per cent and compare with
$159,781,910 \ 1907.
Failures reported , in the Chicago dis
trict number twenty-three , against
twenty-seven last week , twenty-six In
1908 and twenty-three in 1907. Tfcgse
with liabilities over $5,000 numb
seven , against six last week , five in
1908 and thirteen in 1907. .
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NEW YORK.
Cold weather and the appro.ach oi
he holiday season have continued to
stimulate retail trade and measurably
improve re-assorting trade with job-
bers. In wholesale trade there are ,
however , some intimations of cross
currents tending to restrict fullest ac
tivities.
Industrial reports are generally of
large . , . in some cases : record , outputs
for the season , though here again un-
.
diminished activity in buying is noted
in finished' products.
B' siness failures in the United ,
States for th e week ending with Noe :
25 were 211 against 232 last week , ' 3
in the like week of 1908 , 258 In K07 ,
174 In 1906 and 188 in 1905.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number twenty-four , which com
pares with twenty-nine last week and
thirty-five in the like week of 1908. -
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Chicago-Cattle , common to prime
$4.00 to $9.25 ; hogs ; prime heavy , $4.50
to $8.40 ; sheep , fair to choice , $4.50
to $ 4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.16 to $1.18 ;
corn , No. / 2 , 61c to 63c ; . oats , standard
37c to 39c ; rye , No. 2 , 73c to 75c ; hay
timothy : , 8.00 to $16.00 ; prairie , $8.00 '
to : $13.50 ; butter , choice creamery , 29c
to 32c ; eggs , fresh , 27c to 30c ; pota
toes : , per : bushe.l , 30c t& 50c.
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Indianapolis - Cattle , shipping , $3.00
to : 8.00 ; hogs , good to choice heavy ,
3.50 $ ; to $8.35 ; sheep , good to choice ,
$2.15 to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.15.-
? 1.16 ; corn , No. 2 white , 57c to 5Sc ;
Dats , No. 2 white , 41c to 42c. ,
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St. Louis-Cattle , $4.00 to $8.50 ; + '
hogs , $4.00 to $8.35 ; sheep , $3.00 to t
; 4.75 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.22 to $1.24 ; ,
corn , No. . 2 , 57c to 59c ; oats , No. 2 , 41o . .
to : 42c ; rye , No. 2 , 76c to 77c.
Detroit-Cattle , $4.00 to $6.00 ; hogs ,
$4.00 ; to $8.15 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.25 ; 1
wheat , No. 2 , $1.19 to 1.20 corn , No. f'
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: yellow , 60c to 62c ; oats , standard ,
40c to 42c ; rye , No. 1 , 75c to 76c. 4
' 1.IiIwaukee-Wheat , No. 2 northern ,
$1.04 ; to $1.07 ; corn , No. 3 , 58c to 61c ;
oats , standard , 40c to 42c ; rye , No. 1 , '
73c to 75c ; barley , standard , 65c to
66c ; pork , mess , $23.75. t t
Buffalo - Cattle , cholce shipping
steers . , 4.00 to $7.00 ; hogs , fair to x ;
choice : , $4.00 to $8.50 ; sheep , common '
to good mixed , $4.00 to $5.50 ; lambs VJ
fair : to choice , $4.00 to $7.90. '
CincinnatiCatitle : , $4.00 to $7.00 ; f
lOgS , $4.00 to $8.30 ; sheep , $3.00 to i'
:4.50 : ; wheat , No.2 , $1.24 to $1.26 : '
corn , No. 2 mixed , 58c to 59c ; oats , '
No. 2 mixed , 41c to 42c ; rye , No. 2 ,
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77c to 79c. 7
New York- : - Cattle , $4.00 to $6.8 "
hogs , $4.00 to $8.35sheep ; , $3.00 to' . ,
$5.25 : ; wheat , No. 2 red , $1.23 to $1.25 ; ; 1
corn , No. 2 , 70c to 72c ; oats , natural , " , , <
white , 43c to- 46c ; butter creamery , 1
30c : to 34c ; eggs , western , 30c to 1 ;
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