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New York , As monotonously as it
" ' sets down fractional variations in quo-
tations of stocks , the ticker startled *
/ hundreds of business offices Saturday !
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and set a small army of messenger
boys on a fruitless search with this
laconic quest : "Lost , a $10,000 . bill. I
Notify Hornblower % Weeks. "
, Investigation shows that the bilI
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- " . was not reported lost until Saturday.
"ry' Hornblower & Weeks * have not its
j , / , number , but liope to recover it owing
, | to the difficulty of passing a bill of
. ' * such a large denomination.
On Friday morning Benson Lang , 17 :
years old , who has been employed br
Hornblower & Weeks for four months
as a messenger boy was given the bill
to take to the National bank for depos-
it. The bill was pinned to a deposit
. slip and both bill and slip were in- '
. , closed in the firm's bank book.
Young Lang never "reached the bank
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Saturday morning , when he reported
the loss to his employers , accompanied
by his mother. He is locked up in 'po-
' lice headquarters , charged with being
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a suspicious person. This js the story
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, , he told the police :
. "I never had seen so much money in i
one bill before and . ! . could not help ]
showing it , first to the elevator man : ,
then to another bank runner and
thirdly to a" Greek bootblack , who has
. . a stand in fron of the building. I let <
him handle it and hold it up to the
light. He did not believe it could be
real : He gave it .back to me , I put it
. into the pass book ; put the pass book
.J in my overcoat pocket and hurried to 1
the 'bank. When I took the pass book
out the bill was gone. "
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from ' Island of Guam.
'New York : The deepest spot in the
sea is 100 miles off the island of Guam ,
where soundings made by Dr. Charles
H. Townsend , of the Albatross expedi-
tion recorded a depth of 31,000 feet ,
nearly six miles. Dr. Townsend told
the Campfire Club of America at its
r . annual dinner Saturday night that he
had also found animat life at a depth
of four and three-quarters miles in the
Tonga basin ! among the island of New
Zealand under a pressure of four and
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a half tons to the square . inch.
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Iluntington , W. Va. : An honest po-
liceman on his rounds through a dark ]
alley Sunday stumbled over the half
. conscious body of a man with $3,000 in
real money bulging from his inside
pocket. The officer took $50 of it , but
only after protest , as , a reward , when
. the .man explained at police headquar-
ters that he was George Smith , a
farmer of ' St. Albans , who had sold
Lis place and began a celebration ,
with a nap in the alley.
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Paris : Mme. Elizabeth Effron , for
many years a prominent Russian revo-
; lutionist , hanged hers.elf Sunday upon
the discovery that her 14-year-old : son
had committed suicide after being rep-
; rimanded in school. Mme. : Effron \ was
thhe daughter of/the former governoi
general of Moscow , M. Durnovo.
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, Half Million Endowment. .
. New York : The endowment of
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$500,000 which Mrs. Russell Sage gives
to the American Bible society , con ; i- -
tional upon its raising a like sum ,
probably will be .made within a week.
For more than sixteen months dona-
tions to the fund have been averaging
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Sebree Transfers His Flag.
, Washington ; , D. C. : Rear Admiral
y , Sebree , commander of the Pacific
squadron , notified the navy depart-
: . ment Sunday that he transferred his
flag : and staff from the cruiser Tennes-
see to the Cruiser California. The
transfer was made at "Honolulu.
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Sioux City : Saturday's quotations
on the Sioux City : live stock market
. . . . , follow : Top feeders , $5.25. ; > Top hogs ,
' $8.45.
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,0le Bull's Anniversary.
Christiania , Norway : The 100th an-
liiversary of the birth of the great vio-
! 'linist , Ole Borneman Bull , was cele-
brated here , at Bejcgen , his birthplace ,
: and quite generally throughout Nor. .
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.I . ' . . bate ; Saturday adopted unmodified the
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Verdipt of $222,000 Rendered Against
Them.
Hartford , Mass. : "A new' declaration
of independence" , " is what Attorney
Daniel Davenport for the plaintiff cal s
the verdict of . $222,000 Friday rendered
In the United States court by the jury
in the suit of D. E. Loewe , of Danbury ,
against 200 hatmakers of this state.
After having been out 'over , two hours
the jury ordered actual damages of
$74,000 to the plaintiff , but as the suit
was brought under the Sher naq anti-
trust law triple damages can - be-recov- <
ered. , It is estimated that the , costs .
in the case ' " will amount to at least
$10,000 , and these , with the counsel
fees , may bring the bill against the
United Hatters of North America to
fully a quarter of a million dollars.
Attorney Davenport said :
1. The verdict means that individ-
ual members of ' labor unions are bound :
by the action of their officers and they
cannot allow them to ' do as they plea ; e.
2 It means that the Sherman nti-
trust law protects manufacturers . and
merchants fronuboycott attacks.
A bill of exceptions will be filed by
the defense and the case will be car-
ried to1 * the federal court of appeals
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Will' Be Voted Upon.
Chicago : Singing hymns , a deleg
tion frcrni the anti-saloon league march-
ed Friday night from their headquz
ters to the board of election commis- I ,
sioners and presented a petition de- I
clared , to have the signatur.es , of 74-
805 voting-residents of Chicago . . there-
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This ins res ' lhe anti-saloon eleme : ,
a place on the' tick 4t , ' at the coming
April , election , and the question of
whether or not Chicago will continue
to , have "saloons will then be voted up-
neces-
on. About 61,000 names were
de-
sary , and the anti-saloon people -
clare that with all possible deductions
for repetitions or 'non-residents they
will still have , a saf _ 'margin of thou-
sands of names. ,
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FIRST . BODY IS TAKEN , OUT.
St. Paul Mine at Cherry is Yielding Up
its Dead. -
Cherry , 111. : The St. Paul mine Fri-
day yielded the first of its dead since
last November , when the shafts were
sealed to extinguish the fire that killed
nearly 300 miners. As a result Che
ry was all excitement over the pros-
pects of recovering other bodies. The
body was that of Maestro Lirio , 25
rears old. He was identified by a wage
receipt found in his coat. Lirio WfiS
unmarried , and his relatives lived ; at
. Cardiff , Ill. The body was in good
condition in spite of its three , months' ;
entombment in the gaseous chambers
of the mine , , 350 feet below . the su -
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New York : Sunday vaudeville shows
ind moving picture theaters received
a hard blow Friday and New York may
have a closed Sunday as the result of
a decision of the appellate division of
the supreme court in declaring illegal
all Sunday ' performances in theaters
except sacret performances and per-
formances of an educational nature.
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Murder and Suicide.
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New York : Ethel Barnard , aged fj i ,
a.nd William Fisher , a clerk , were
found dying from bullet wounds , in a ;
well furnished apartment which they ;
had rented as man and wife. A re-
volver in , Fisher's baud , according to
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within two years the medical supply :
department of the United States army :
was burned out of its headquarters ;
Friday ' , this time with a loss estimated
at $1,000,000. There was no loss of
life.
Brazil to Make Big ! Loan. .
Rio Janeiro : The government ha ;
authorized the minister of finance to
negotiate with the ; ' Rothschilds for a
loan > of $10,000,00'0 , the funds to be
used for the conversion of the. out-
standing ; external debt , issued at 5 per
cent , into per cent bonds. , , .
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Steel Workers Strike. I
Bethlehem , Pa. : It is said that 1,300
men employed in th'e Bethlehem Steel
orks will join the 1,200 who struck
Saturday because they were refused . .
"time ; and a half for extra work.
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Orders Arrest of Artist.
New York : * : Homer Davenport , the
cartoonist , was fined $350 Saturday by
Supreme Court Justice ! Newburger for
his allure , to pay alimony , to his wife ' ,
Daisy B. Davenport , at the rate of
$400 month pending her suit for sepa- -
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Springfield , Ill. : Edwjdd P. Naylor
has been , arrested at , TDlsah , , Jersey
county on a charge of embezzling $500
village funds , $700 of railway funds ,
and $500 borrowed from friends.
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Bantams to Fight.
New Orleans , : Johnny Coulon ,
tampion bantamweight of the world ,
and Jem Kendrici\ , .champion bantam-
weight of England , * have been matched
for a fight here February 19. The bout
will take place 'under the auspices of
the Royal Athletic club. .
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Madrid : The report that /former
esident Castro , of Venezuela , has ,
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Negro Descendant of One of Adar .
Brothers , Says Divine.
St. Louis , Mo. : That the negro did <
erfot , get his color from Ham , and that
he Is not even , a member of the race of
Adam , but a descendant of one of , / : / e
four or five brothers Adam must.hlC"'ve :
had , is the belief of R'ey. Dr. Edwin H
Richards , for thirty years a missionary
in Uganda , Africa.
"The negro never came from Ham.
You can't get a black man from a
white man , either by time or condi-
tion , " sal'd Dr. Richards. "The black
.man is. co-Adam with Adam. , Adalp
probably had about four brothers the
bible does not mention , and it was
. .from one of these that the negro must
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BUDGET TO PASS COMMONS.
British Financial BUI , , to Meet Little
Opposition.
London : Indications are that there
will be nothing to prevent the early
passage of the budget , the only party
likely to op'pose it being the O'Brien-
ites , numbering about a dozen.
The Freeman's Journal , the organ of
the nationalists , publishes an inspired
article declaring that the Redmondites
will offer no opposition to the passage ;
of the budget just as it left the last
parliament , while Alfred Lytleton , the
unionist member of the house of com- :
mons for Leamington , speaking in
London , asserted that the house of
lords ; would stand to its pledge and
pass' whatever budget 'the commo ]
sent up.
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IN HIGH PRICE REVOLT.
Pittsburg Women Form HouseKee "
ers' Co-Operative League.
Pittsburg , Pa. : Women of Pitts-
burg have joined in the revolt against
high prices , and have formed 'the
Housekeepers' . Co-operative , association
with , several hundred delegates from
women's , clubs in the city. The speech-
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I women charged the merchants of the
city with selling short weights and
measures and raising prices unneces-
sarily. ; . ,
A series of general stores are to be
established which will purchase the
stocks , direct from the farmers and
other producers , and a scale of prices
will be established which will produce
a profit sufficient only to cover ex :
penses.
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No Work for Policeman.
Danville , 'Ky. : Junction City , the
town second in size yi" Boyle county ; ,
cites as an unusual record that during
the last twelve months there e was not a
single police court : case. Policeman
Cho ! symbolizes the . law in . . 'that ' con
lunity of a thousand inhabitants ! ,
has announced his intention of culti-
' atiirg a crop of tobacco this year : as
a diversion. " .
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Meat Held in Cold Storage.
New York : In Swift & Co's. plant
it ; was learned Saturday the grand jury
found stored 460,000 ; of beef , 50,000
pounds of poultry , and a large quantity
of lamb , mutton , pork , butterine , sai -
sflge ! meat , hearts , livers and tripe
Some of the meat had , according to
James Brady , superintendent of the
plant , been in storage since . . last April !
Widows ! Dream Reveals Body.
Duquoin , Ill. : A mysterious tele
pathic force which penetrated her brc
ken slumbers and caused Mrs. Gotte-
rich Bauer to dream that the body of
her husband , who disappeared Janu-
ary 1 , would be found in an abandoned
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well , resulted in the finding of the
body Saturday.
t Divorce Suit Filed.
Reno , Nev. : Suit for divorce' has
b ien filed here by Mrs. Beulah Stubbs
Sunderland , daughter of J. C. Stubbs ,
general passenger agent for the Har-
riman , system , and wife of John Sun-
jrland , democratic national commit . . .
committeeman
teeman from Nevada. Mrs. Sunderland
is at her parents' home in Chicago.
Weyerhauser to Retire.
Chippewa Falls , Wis. : Frederick
'eyerhauser resigned as a director of
the First National Bank , of this city ,
and will also retire from' the directo
rate of about thirty banks in the north-
west. It is said that this marks his
gradual retirement from active busi ,
ness. ! ,
Hamburg : The Swedis , steamer ,
inie , was in collision with the Ger-
man ship , Susanna , near Gluckstadt ,
on L the Elbe , 29 miles nortawest of , here
Saturday night. The Annie "s nk im-
mediately and six of , her crew were
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' Held for a Fraud.
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New York : Cyrus M. " - Drake , , an el-
derly farmer of Huntersville , Minn. ,
who claims to be a descendant , of Sir
Francis Drake and an heir to an 'es- :
tate of $200,000,000 ( , was arrested Sat-
day on the charge of using the mails
with a , scheme to defraud. .
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St. Louis : A four days' conference
of the laymen's missionary movement
began Friday with a dinner to the
2,000 delegates. Address were
made by Dr. : M. D. 'Eubank ' of China ,
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Briareus was embarrassed.
"I don't know what to do with my
hands ! " he muttered. '
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catcher" a. base ball 'game he could
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' His . Memofry. . , ,
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Thomas , J. Bigley , Worried by Finan-
cial Troubles Loses Mind.
Thomas J. Bigley of Beatrice has
been taken to tlie insane - hospital by
Sheriff Scheik. Though it is said that
Bingley worried over his debts to a
considerable 'extent , worry over a rep-
rimand from the court for his action
as a juror is said to have been the
final straw that overthrew the man's
reas'on' In the papers filed at the in- i
stitutfon the question is asked of a
witness' if he knows of anything that
may have caused the insanity. The
witness replied that he knew that Big-
ley worried mitch over debts that he
owe.d , and that also lie- had worried
considerable over a reprimand from
the judge who tried the Chamberlain
bank case.
Tlie story brought from Beatrice is
to the effect that the court ordered
the jury in the Chamberlain case to )
remain together but that on one occ -
sion Bigley left the jury room alone
for a few minutes. For this he was
reprimanded by the court and the
matter preyed upon his mind , which
had already been weakened by worry
over financial troubles.
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Son Seriously Injured.
Mrs. Jane Bodwish , a' woman 80
years old , of DeWitt. was burned , to
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death , and her son Homer Bodwish ,
was so badly burned that his life is in
danger. Mrs. : Bodwish , who lived
alone in a small house adjoining the ,
home of her daughter , in some way set
fire to her clothing and curtains and
was unable to escape. Her son , who
saw the smoke coming from the room ,
ran to the house and carried his moth- ]
er , whose clothing was in flames , to a
place of safety
Mrs. Bodwish lived but a few mo-
ments. The son inhaled the flames
and it is feared he cannot live. Mrs.
Bodwish is the mother-in-law of Post-
master Frank Wild.
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WoundsVife ] and Father and Ivil : :
Self in Om ha.
S. A. Morrison a letter carrier ,
Thursday shot and seriously wounded
his wife and her father , J. A. Summer ,
and then killed himself , at Omaha. 1
The shooting occurred on Capits
ivenue near the postoffice. Morrison
had been on the Omaha carriers' force
for many years. Domestic troubles
led to the tragedy.
The physicians have not yet : de-
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Accidents at Nebraska City.
Dr. C. P. Srudup fell on the ice-co\
ered walks at Nebraska City land broke
his collar bone. ' Mrs. : Caspar Sands
started out into the country to yisit :
her son and in getting out of the
buggy , fell and broke her right leg
just above the knee and lay uncon-
icious for over an hour before she was
found by some school children who
were passing. Miss Frances Aldrich !
ell from a swing and broke her right
arm and John Reichter fell off the ,
banister > at .Eagle hall and broke his
right arm and Joe McCord caught his
, hand in a machine at the King alfalfa
plant and had a finger cut off.
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Sioux City Man Hurt.
While coaling his engine at Ashland
VednesdajT morning , Fireman W. H.
Jrimmer. . * of the Sioux City local
reight , met "with severe accident at
the coal chutes , a big lump of coal
ailing from the chute and crushing
the toes of his left foot.
Have Dopble Wedding.
Frank Main : , aged 32 years , and
Irs. Lottie Williams , aged 36 years ,
and George Saltzman , aged 21 years ,
and Miss Ethel Williams , aged 16 (
years , all of Hastings were married
at Plattsmouth. The brides , are
mother and daughter.
Piano Tuner Partially Blind.
William Hollabaugh for years par-
tially blind , and a graduate as1 " a ' piano
tuner from the Institute for the Blind , ,
. was suddenly stricken totally blind
while tuning a piano at Talmage.
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\ At a meeting held Monday by the
tanton : school board , it was decided to
canvass the district again and see how
the voters feel towards issuing bonds
for > $15,000 for a new School building.
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Dwelling Burned.
Fire broke out in the residence of
C. E. Pierce at Kearney . and before the
- ipartment could arrive the contents
of the whole house were destroyed.
Fire Warden Reports.
According to State Fire Warden , A'
V. Johnson , , during the six months that
the Nebraska Fire Commission has
been in .existence the losses through
fire whose origin is unknown amount-
ed l to $175,000. ' .
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The ' motorists of Nebraska City have
.tormed a club which it is expected will
elude alljthe , owners of automobiles . '
in the city and county.
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Escaping at Beaver City.
Two boys about 16 and 17 years ot
age , who are confined in county jal1
at Beavey City on a charge of burg- I
lary , attempted to escap.6 Tuesday
night and nearly succeeded. They se- !
cured one of the water pipes and iron
braces from the support of the water
tank , and with these' had forced the
jail doors until an escape would have
soon been possible. One of the boys
was overcome byMhe ; work , which had
lasted all night , ami had given in. The
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boys have given
names , but as nearly as can be learned
they are George Ottstadt and Herbert
Birchard , waifs from St. Joseph.
They are charged with breaking into
a store at Cambridge January 15 and
stealing about $50 worth of knives and
razors. They were captured at , l\Ic-
Cook with some of the stolen property.
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MISUSE OF MAILS CHARGED.
Geneva Business Man Accused 01
Sending : Threatening Letters.
David Wilcox was before Judge Ful-
ton at Geneva charged with , sending
a > threatening letter through the mail.
Wilcox is owner of a small store and
it is charged sent a statement to a
lady who says she owed him . nothing
and who paid no attention to the
claim.
Two or three more statements , it is
alleged , were sent , then a letter signed
"black hand" threatening death and
destruction of property was received.
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The case was continued for thirty days
and Wilcox goes on . with ' his busine ! !
as usual. .
Money in the Pigs.
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W. S. Thompson , a farmer . . living
north of Tecumseh , attended a public
sale and bought two "runty" yearling
sows , paying ' $ 6 apiece for them and
at the time feeling that he had got
the worst of the deal. The sows far-
rowed and raised ten nice pigs and
when the pigs were weaned , Mr.
Thompson sold the sows for $21 each.
He fed the pigs for less than eight ]
months and sold the lot at a little over
$200. .
Xeinaha Out of Banks. :
The Nemaha river has broken ah '
previous records by overflowing in the
month of January the bottoms south
of Falls City. The valley now has
ivitnossed ' an"overflknv : in every month
af . the year. Until within the last few
months , the oldest settlers there had
lever witnessed a fall or winter flood
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Emerson i Marr'Injnred.
I-Iarold Davis , engineer at the city
waterworks and gas plant , was caught
in the belting of the machinery and
dangerously if not fatally injured at
Emerson Wednesday. His leg was
sroken . in two places and his arm
broken and back hurt.
Big Drainage Proposition.
A petition has been filed in the dis
trict court , by G. H. Heinke , an ' attor
ley , for the formation 'of a drainage
district along the 'Nemaha river in ;
the vicinity of Talmage , and will drain
over 10,000 acres of land , which has
been > overflowed each spring and sum-
mer.
Crete Man Kills Himself.
Frank Carnes , a painter at Crete ,
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid. He died within an hour. The (
act was the result of domestic trouble ,
and followed within a few minutes af
ter the quarrel between the husband
and wife. . .
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Arrange for Club Meetings.
Arrangements have been made foi
the meetings of the Nebraska federat- -
ed women's clubs in the six congres-
sional districts this spring. The First
' istrict meeting will be held in Pawnee
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Suicide Xear Chapman.
Fearing an operation which it had
been arranged she was to undergo and
despondent over her health , ' Mrs. Cor-
nelius , a widow residing on the farm
of her brother near Chapman , hung
erself to a bedpost in her room.
Celebrate Golden Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Will , well known
farmers and pioneer settlers of Cum-
ing county , celebrated their silver wed-
ding at their home in Garfield town-
ship , near West Point. They have re-
sided there nearly forty years.
The city council h'as called a special
bond election , to be held March 1 ,
when the proposition to vote $15,000
for a new city hall , and also water-
works extension bonds will be submit-
ted to the people.
Carnegie Library at Sutton. .
The old Oakland hotel site at Sutton
has been purchased for the purpose I
of erecting a Carnegie library. / Con- ,
sideration 1175. Work will begin as
soon as spring opens.
Farm Sells for High Price.
I. K. Hunter has sold his farm " $ f
twenty acres for $230 per acre. It is
located adjoining the , town of Weeping
W ater. , . ,
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R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review. of V 1
Chicago Trade says : V *
"Business activity again presentsa , I
satisfactory volume , there being sub-
stantial gains in payments through the
and
banks production
hanks"and increasing
distribution In the leading industries.
With the improving weather transpor-
tation extends and more prompt de
liveries of commodities make easier
collections at western points.
here " i
"The January clearance sales
and in the country have been unusU-
ally successful , low .temper , ures in-
ducing much buying of winter apparel
and other necessaries , and there now
Is a gratifying depletion of general , ,
merchandise to encourage free buying
of spring and summer lines. Buyers
arrived in large numbers and their
operations stimulated the markets for
dry goods , woolens , clothing , footwear ,
men's furnishings ; , furniture and food "
products. The markets for raw sup-
plies remain active , with prices , firm
in lumber , metals and wool. Offerings
of hides and leather are promptly ab
sorbed without much variation in val-
ues. '
"Outdoor construction makes prog-
ress and there is a strong demand for
building materials required for the
spring months. Pig iron and steel
bookings run into large tonnage.
"Bank clearings , $271,412,018 , exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1909 by 10.1 per cent , and compare
with $209,562,408 in 1908. The discount
rate for commercial paper reflects fur-
ther : ease , but little paper is bought
under 5 per cent.
"Failures reported in the Chicago
district number 31 , as against 32 last
week , 35 in 1909 and 37 in 1908. Those
with liabilities over $5,000 number 7 ,
as against 13 last week , 7 in 1909 and
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10 In 1908. "
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NEW YORK.
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Gross currents in demand render
a L general characterization difficult. X
Wholesale and jobbing trade in spring , '
goods ; tends to expand , travelers on the \
road are sending in better orders and
the outlook for the future in those
lines is optimistic. Retail trade , fol-
lowing the activity engendered by Jan-
uary clearance sales , is quieter , pend-
ing tie further advance of the winter
season. Filling-in orders from retail-
ers to jobbers are moderate. Manu-
facturing industry is busily employed ,
with large orders ahead.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with Jan.
27 were 295 , as against 275 last week ,
311 in the like week of 1909 , 359 in
1908 , 211 in 1907 and 228 in 1906. I
Business failures in Canada number /
forty-three , which compares with forty f
last week and forty-two for the corre- Ih
3ponding week last year. = : Bradstreet's.
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Chicago-Cattle , common to prime
$4.00 to $7.75 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.5
to $8.70 ; sheep , fair to choice , $4.50
to $6.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.25 to $1.26 ;
corn , No. 2 , 61c to 65c ; oats , standard
46c to 47c ; rye , No. 2 , 77c toSOc ; hay ,
timothy , $10.00 to $19.00 ; prairie , $8.0C
to i $16.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 27c
to 30c ; eggs , fresh , 27c to 30c ; pota- .
toes , per bushel . 40c to 48c.
Indianapolis-Cattle , shipping , $3.00 a
to $7.00 ; hogs , good to choice heavy.
$4.50 to $3.50 ; sheep , good to choice ,
$2.25 to $5.00 ; wheat , No. 1 , $1.23 to
$1.24 ; corn , No. 2 white , 63c to 64c ;
oats , No. 2 white , 47c to 48c.
St. ' Louis - Cattle , $4.00 , to $7.50 ; .
hogs , $4.00 to $8:67 : ; sheep , $3.00 to .7- - -
$5.75 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.27 to $1.29 ;
corn , No.2 , 61c to 63c ; ' oats , No. 2 ,
47c to 48c ; rye , No. 2 , 80c to Sic.
Detroit-Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 ; hogs ,
$5.00 19 $8.35 ; sheep , $3.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat : No. 2 , $1.24 to $1.26 ; corn , No. ,
3 yellow , 65c to 66c ; oats , standard ,
49c to 50c ; rye , No. t 82c to 84c.
Milwaukee-Wheat , No. 2 northern.
$1.13 to $1.16 ; corn , No. 3 , 66c to 68c ;
oats , standard , 47c to 48c ; rye , No. 1 ,
79c to 81c ; barley , standard , , 70c to
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72c ; pork , mess , $21.75. ,
Buffalo = : Cattle choice
shipping
steers , $4.00 to $6.25 ; hogs , fair to 4
choice , $5.00 to $8.80 ; sheep , common
to good mixed , $4.00 to $5.50 ; lambs
fair to choice , $5.00 to $8.25.
Toledo-Wheat , No. 2 mixed , $1.25
to $1.26 ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 65c " to
66c : ; oats , No. , 2 mixed , 48c - to 49c
rye , No. 2 , 80c to ' 2c ; clover ' seec .
$8.47. \ . " '
Cincinnati-Cattle , - $4.00 to $6.25 ;
hogs , $5.00 to $8.35 ; sheep , $3.00 to
$6.00 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.27 to $1.30 ; +
corn , No. : 2 .mixed : , 63c to 64c ; oats ;
No. 2 mixed , 48c to 49c ; rye ; No. 2
84c ; to 85c. - ,
NTew York-Cattle , $4.00 to $6.80 ;
hobs , $4.00 to $8.50 ; sheep , $3.00 tc a
$5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , $1.28 to $1.30 ; '
corn , No. 2 , 72c to 74c ; oats , natural
white , 54c to 56c ; buter , creamery !
28c to 32e ; eggs , western , 32c to .
35c. , - . s
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