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{ Washington , D. C. : The charge by
Horace Tillard Jones , a special agent
of the land office , that James M. Sher-
i idan , who was sent by the authorities
i . Washington to take charge of the
hearings in the Cunningham coal cases
I in Seattle last year , practically threw
the government case away ; by giving
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the counsel for the claimants an oppor-
tunity to examine all of the evidence
collected by special agents working un
der Louis R. Glavis , furnished the sen-
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qury.
Jones made a bitter attack upon the
. competency of Mr. Sheridan , who re
placed Glavis in charge of the case ,
and declared that although Glavis was
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no lawyer , he knew more law than did
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Asked why he failed to protest to
Washington regarding the -alleged in-
competent prsentation of the case ,
Jones replied scornfully that he might
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have been deemed insubordinate. The
witness worked with Glavis on the
Alaska case and said he felt it was a
reflection upon Mr. Glavis that Sheri
1 dan should have been ! sent out to re
' " lieve him.
On direct examination Jones proved
a most effective witness. Under cross
, examination he proved stubborn and
defiant , flinging curt answers at com-
_ mitteemen and counsel alike.
- Aside from Mr. Jones the interest
- -centered in a young man named W. W.
Barr , a timber dealer , who was brought
on from Seattle to testify for Mr. Glav
is in refutation of the charge that 2. !
- missing letters from the government
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files had been found in a box belonging
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: ibuilding Seattle.
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BANK IS WRECKED.
Cambridge , Mass. , Bookkeeper Is Fu
gitive After Career as "Spender. "
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Boston , Mass. : Following the dis
covery . that the National City Bank of
, Cambridge had been looted of $144,000
the doors of the institution were closed
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by : National Bank -Examiner Pepper ,
acting on behalf of the controller of .
the currency.
i Later a warrant was issued for the
. arrest of George W. Coleman , the
. .Y ) tmg bookkeeper of the bank , who
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"was heard from last in Kansas City a
f few days : ago. Coleman is charged
' with embezzlementr The institution is
i insolvent , the capital stock of $100,000
and the surplus having been wiped
-out by the defalcation. Former Gov.
. : :3"ohn L. Bates , the receiver , will liqui-
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stocknolders are liable to assessment
if the } assets are not sufficient to pay
" the creditors in full.
The wrecked bank carried deposits
of $127,432 mostly the money of small
tradesmen. It was organized in 1853.
I I Among the stockholders is Charles W.
Ii Ip Eliot , president emeritus of Harvard
\i \ < .college.
. The bank officials suspected that ,
I Coleman accounts might be incorrect
{ k , last Thursday and requested Mr. Pep-
I' ' jper to go ' over the books. On Friday
V Coleman fled , and Monday night a
I'i ' friend received a telegram from him
, i - dated Kansas City , Mo. This said he (
11' " would "be home Thursday , February 24.
i' 4 Coleman is 27 years of age and is
, the son of a prominent Cambridge bus
1 { iness man. He is unmarried. In addi-
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i ! St. Louis automobile concern. He
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'ft ' aiel of dogs and was regarded as a '
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: ; I 'k "Farmer ' Accused of Perjury in Order
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Galesburg Ill.Iarry Nelson , a
i farmer living near Aleis , with his
3 .young : bride , not yet 14 years old. was
: arrested and taken to Monmcutii to
.await trial on the charge of perjury.
The parents and brothers of the bride
, had been hunting the couple for three
days.
Nelson , who is 35 j'ears : old , induced s
' " Nellie Bagen ? to leave home with him.
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They were traced to Rock Island , at
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i -son having procured a marriage li -
cense . by falsifying as to the girl's C
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rbf Illinois Wesleyan university has
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BEEF TBL'ST DEALT A BLOW. .
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Indictments Are Returned in Jersey
City.
" "The beef trust" of the United
States , embracing six great packing . s : ;
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several 'of , ' them - , , ' ,
cially and industrially prominent , was
indicted by a grand jury in Hudson
county , N. J. , Friday , charged with
conspiracy in. . limiting the supply of
meat and poultry.
The indictment is drawn under the
law of New Jersey , which provides
upon conviction a maximum penalty of
three years ' in the ' penitent'ary or a
fine of $1,000 , or both.
The offense is extraditable , which
means practically that the meat bar-
ons must either successfully resist ex-
tradition or , come to Jersey City for
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Pierre Garven , the public prosecu-
tor of Hudson county , Friday night
stated that he would forthwith notify
the defendants of their indictment
and would be ready ; to force extradi-
tion in each case where the individual
concerned is not willing to face trial
voluntarily.
The defendants . as named are as fol-
lows :
Corporations-The National Pack- I
ing company , Armour & Co. , Swift & i
Co. , Morrison & Co. , Hammond Pack-
ing company , G. H. I-Iammond & Co.
Individuals-J. Ogden Armour , A.
Watson Armour * , Louis F. Swift , Ed-
ward F. Swift , Charles H. Swift , Ed-
ward Morris , Ira N. Morris : , Arthur
Meeker , Edward Tilden , L. A. Carton ,
Thomas E. Wilson , Thomas J. Con-
nors , F. A. Fowler , L. K. Heyman ,
James L. Bathgate , Jr. , George J. Ed-
wards , Frederick B. Cooper , D. E. '
Hartwell , Henry B. tDarlington , A. A
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Fuller , Lemuel C. Patterson.
CASE OF EXPLORER PJ5ARY.
Retired Army Jleii 3Itty Ask to Exam
ine His Pole Records.
Peary may be asked to submit his
proofs that he reached the north pole
to a board composed of Rear Admiral
Melville , Rear Admiral Schleyand
Gen. Greeley all retired. The proposi-
tion of rewarding Mr. : Peary was fully
discussed by a house sub-committee
Friday , but no definite action was
taken.
Rear Admiral Holliday denied the 1
charges that Peary was responsible I j
for certain unpaid bills in connection I
with the construction of the ship j j I
Roosevelt. He said the Peary Actric
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club paid the contract price for the
ship , but had to pay additional charges
to the ship building firm , which built
the ship at a loss.
SURRENDERS TO OFFICERS.
Iccuscd Bank Wrecker Returns to
Cambridge. , Mass.
With a smile on his face and appar-
ently without a care or worry , George
W. Coleman , the alleged defaulting
bookkeeper : of the wrecked National
City bank : of Cambridge , Masswas. .
taken to police headquarters in Cam-
bridge Friday. Coleman arrived in
Boston on the Twentieth Century Lim-
ited and surrendered to a deputy
United States marshal. The shortage
is placed at $144,000.
Capt. Hurley said that Coleman
since leaving Cambridge had been in
Kansas City , Chicago , Philadelphia
and Ne ° ; York.
Cook Returns to Work.
James A. Cook , the American con-
flu ctor who was recently released on
bond after being in prison for several
months , charged w'th criminal negli-
gence in connection with freight rob-
beries , resumed his old position with
the National Railways of Mexico Fri-
day. He has been given one of tho
best run out of Guadalajara.
Killed in an Auto Wreck.
Mrs. Benjamin Flagler , a widow of
: en. Flagler , was killed Mrs. George
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F. [ Nye was fatally injured and her
daughter , Miss : Nye. was seriously hurt
Friday when a New York Central ex-
press ; train struck : the automobile in
which they were riding. All were res *
idents of Niagara Falls.
Americans Reach Tokio.
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The steamer Cleveland , with 700
American tourists aboard , arrived at
Yokohama , Japan , Friday. The party
vas given a splendid welcome by of-
cials of Tokio and Yokohama. 1
Hogs Sell at $9.70.
Another slight advance Friday
marked , the upward trend of lnre hog
prices at the stock yards in Chicago ,
the , animals . selling at $9.70 ! per hun < .
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Japanese Bonds in Demand.
The domestic bonds conversion of i
'npan closed Friday night , r ' having
been about twice over subscribed. The
government : contemplates the conver
ion of $50,000,000 of foreign bonds.
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Sioux City Live Stock : Market. . s
Friday's quotations . ttie Sioux 1
City : live stock market ; follow : Top ' :
eeves , G.G5. Top hogs , $9.35. ! ;
Company : Which Represents Pack-
Fairbanks in Paris. : , \
Former Vice , President Charles W.
Fairbanks and American Ambassador / ; ;
Bacon : occupied sears . . in the diplomatict
allery of the French senate . , during a
the debate Friday on the strike trou . . '
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Cuban . " ' .Con ress Adjourns. .
The Cuban congress adjourned Fri
day until April 4 ; ' ? No legislation of
any importance : : has beer i . accomplished . "
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CARS RUN AT NIGHT.
. . Start Under Guard Keystone ; ' State
Police.
Surface cars were operated on the
: principal , . streets of Phi'adelphia " until
midnight Thursday for the first time
since the beginning of the present
strike against the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company. Since Saturday all
cars were withdrawn from service at
nightfall- but , . . - tonight , guarded by
members of the state police , the cars
continued to run , even , through the
turbulent mill d'stricts Kensington
and Frankford. .
Although - the company reported
Thursday night that 84 cars had been
stoned during the day , no violence
was permitted to attain serious Conse
quences. Outbreaks were quickly
quelled by the police and not a riot
call was sent in.
During the day , according to the
company's figures , 744 cars were in
operation and 66 of these continued
to run until midnight. Increased serv-
ice is promised by the company ; which
announces that 400 new men , many of
whom were formerly in the employ
of the company , were hired Thursday
and wi'i take out cars.
Officials of the company refused to
comment on the request from the
committee of churchmen that the
grievances of the strikers be submit-
ted to a board of arbitration. It will
be referred to the d5rectors of the
company.
This proposal for arbitration , which
was made by representatives of twen-
ty-six distinct religious denominations ,
including the leading clergymen of
the city , has been approved by the
strikers : , who suggest , however , that
'one of the seven members on the pro-
posed board of arbitration bo a repre
sentative of organized labor.
ABSCOXBER UNDER ARREST.
Defaulting Express Company Cashier
\ , Wearing- a Wig.
Wearing a wig and a pair of blue
gogles , George Capron , . 32 years old ,
who is charged with absconding with
$5,000 of the funds of the United
States Express company , for whom he
was cashier at the Englewood branch
in Chicago , was arrested Thursday.
When he left Chicago on December
24 a woman is said a'so to have dis-
appeared and the two were supposed
to 1 have sojourned at Palm Beach ,
Fla. At the hotel where he was ar-
rested , Capron was posing as a bank-
rupt business man , saying he had
come to Chicago to rehabilitate . his
finances. When he was accosted / by a
detective he denied his identity , but
the detective reached over and pulled
off his wig. Capron then broke down
and begged , to be given a chance to
reimburse the express company.
SENSATION IN MEAT PROBE.
An Alleged Attempt to try to Bribe
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An attempt has been made to bribe
Prosecutor Garven , of Hudson county ,
N. J. , to drop the prosecution of the
meat packers , according to a state-
ment made Thursday by an official of
Mr. Garven's office in Jersey City.
The allegation is that two men from
Chicago had approached an ocquaint-
ance of Mr. : Garven's and indirectly
suggested that the prosecutor could re
tire a rich man if he would drop the
prosecution of the packers.
The official declined to give the
name of Mr. Garven's friend who was
approached.
When the report of the alleged at-
tempted bribrey was brought to Mr.
Garven's attention , he made no state-
ment regarding its truth or falsity , but
remarked :
"No bribes will go and I will push
the beef trust to the limit. "
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Taft Will Speak.
With the strict injunction that he
was not to be represented as favoring
votes for women , President Taft ac
cepted an invitation to address the
opening session of the annual conven-
tion of the National American " 'om-
en's Suffrage association , to be held ir
Washington April 14.
Conductor is lulled.
John LawJer , street car conductor ,
was instantly killed ; Motorman John
Corcoran was probably fatally injured
and 15 passengers were severely hurt
in Chicago Thursday in a collision be-
tween a street car and a Chicago , Mil-
waukee and St. Paul railway -
passeij-
ger train.
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Man Brutally Assaulted.
Five men set upon Jacob Greenthal ,
a chandelier maker , in a saloon in
New York : Thursday , nearlj' severed
his tongue , stabbed him eight times
in the body and left him unconscious.
Their motive is not known. Ilis assail. .
ants seized a taxicab and escaped.
Army Officer Disappears.
Relatives and friends of Maj. : Don (
Stafford ; , adjutant general of Louisi1
ana are greatly alarmed over his 1
strange disappearance. Maj. Stafford C
eft ( New Orleans last week for El t
Paso , Tex. , and since then nothing has : r
been , heard of him. C
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. , Asks Higher Wages.
Demnacls 'for increased pay have
/cen ' presented by the engineers , firel'
men and telegraphers of the Delaware r
and. Hudson company. The demands , e
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I. was ! learned Thursday , range from 5 y
per cent to 70 per cent , but the aver- v\
ge increase approximates 20 per cent.
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vanced 10' cents r. hundred pounds -I .
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IS VICTIM OF MOCK : 3IARRIAGE.
Stock . . " . . Grower Claimed Her for Soul-
mate , After Fraud Was Exposed.
Decoying : her into a marriage cere-
mony which she learned was fraudu-
lent after they had lived at the Millard
hotel in Omaha as husband and wife
for ten days , is the charge which Mrs.
May E. Laflin makes against Charles
TV. Stout , a wealthy Cambridge , Neb. ,
stockman , in a suit for $20,000 dam-
ages and annulment of her purported
marriage.
Her discovery that Stout was al-
ready married , is said to by Mrs. Laflin
to have been followed by Mr. Stout at-
tempting to justify his conduct by
professions of love , a story of domes-
tic unhappiness from which he said
he intended to free himself by di-
vorce , and pleading that he feared
some one else would have married her
if he had not , according Mrs. Laf-
lin's petition.
The marriage ceremony , which Mrs. !
Laflin claims was a sham , was per-
formed in Council Bluffs August 17 ,
1909 , by a man representing himself
to be a Rev. Mr. Higmy , whom Scott
said came from his old home and the
witnesses gave the names of. Harry i
Wells and Charles Fleming. She was
shown a marriage certificate the au-
thenticity of which she now ques-
tions.
After the wedding ceremony the
couple went to Omaha and lived at the
Millard : hotel for ten days , later going
to Fremont and Lincoln. Mrs. Laflin
alleges , it was at a hotel in Lincoln
she received her first intimation that
Mr. Stout was previously married and
says she immediately refused to con-
tinue to live with him as his wife.
TRIES TO ESCAPE FROM JAIL.
Man Accused of Murder at Beatrice
Makes : Dash for Liberty.
Fred Robinson , of Lincoln , await-
ing trial in the district court at Beat-
rice for the murder of his wife , Ellen
Robinson last November , attempted
to escape from the jail. Sheriff Scheik
entered the corridor of the jail with a
tray for the purpose of serving dinner
to the prisoners. Robinson watched
this chance and darted out of the door ,
ran down stairs and escaped through
a side door. He was recaptured after
a chase of four blocks. Sheriff Scheik
will keep Robinson locked in a cell
hereafter.
TEST CORN IN INCUBATORS.
Mechanical Cliicken : Factory Likely to
Be Put to New Use.
George H. Lee , of Omaha , has jump-
ed into the game of helping solve thes :
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seed corn problem and has discovered
that his Mandy Lane incubators are .
just the thing in which to test the seed 1 ]
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corn at home. As nearly every pros-
perous farmer has an incubator , he '
may not only hatch his eggs , but dur- :
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ing the time of incubation he may
test about five batches of seed corn
in the same incubator. The te'mpera-
ture is just right , and there is plenty
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of moisture in the incubators to make ,
the corn sprout. L
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High Prices for Herefords. ,
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Thursday was the opening day of lctl
! the big disperson sale of Herefords of tlr
Minier Bros. , of Craig , and a large si
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crowd attended. Breeders attended sio
from all states nearby , some even from i is
as far as Utah. Thirty-two head of 01
bulls and cows were sold out of the
herd of over 80 head. Twenty-two
cows overaged $225 , the top price be-
ing $310 by breeder .
, paid a at y
Ephraim , Utah. Ten bulls averaged Cl
$320 , the top price being $ "c 75 , paid is
by Frank Ubrich , of Craig , for Peerfi
less Perfection 22d. fiim
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Complaints by the Hastings Humane k
society and members of the Hastings
Woman's club caused Vernon , a hyp-
notist , to remove a sleeping male sub-
ject from a store window to a place wM
behind the scenes in the opp : . . house M
in : that city. A woman on passing the al
store saw the man in the cataleptic ! Pi
state and became hy - tercal. ! Thcr .
law officer of the Humane society : , ;
heard of the incident and comj > eied di
the : subject's removal. er
Winter Wheat May ; Be Damaged.
It ; s claimed that the winter wheat fn [ '
crop in the vicinity of Arlington is dl
badly damaged and in some fields t a CJ
arge part of the crop is reported bl
dead. Some of the farmers assert that sd
the warm days and cold changes are a ]
responsible for this condition of the f J
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Xc'.v Beatrice Elks' Home.
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The Elks opened their new club
rooms in the Kilpatrick block . . at beatSt
ice : with a full dress ball , the most , a s
elaborate function held in that , ' city , for' in
'ears. Shallenberger ! and staff , er
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Poison by Cnnncd ' non in ' . , : :
Ran Stanfield and family of Teka- '
mah , were poisoned by eating , , canned iu
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DEATH PENALTY FOR WILSOX.
Ainsworth 3Iurdcrer Given Extreme
Limit by Jury.
At Ainsworth the jury in the'Davis
murder case after deliberating ten
hours and forty minutes Tuesday
morning brought in a verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree and im-
posed the death penalty. Owing to
the fact that it was a holiday the court
could not set. the date of execution
nor the attorney for the defendant file
a motion for a new trial , but he did
ask for a day or two in which to ar
range , his affairs , and the court set
February 25 as the time for hearing
of motions , etc.
Walter Rifenburg , alias George Wil-
son , convicted of the crime , received !
the verdict without a quiver , and when
taken back to his cell in the county
jail took up the work writing letters.
The crime of which Wilson was con-
victed was a most atrocious one. J.
.Davis , Jr. , who conducted a pool hall ,
on the night of December 27 , last
closed his business at 11 o'clock and
started home. He was shot while pass-
ing through an alley near his home ,
the bullet passing almost through his
head. His pockets : were robbed of
about $225. The body was then drag-
ged to a barn nearby , where Davis
must have partially revived. The
murderer then took sor'e sharp instru-
ment and inflicted a number of serious
wounds about the head. Davis lived
but an hour or two and never regained
consciousness. Wilson was suspected
and placed under arrest , and when
searched about $225 was found on his
person , the most of it having been
concealed in his shoes. At the trial ,
which occupied seven days , it was
found that Wilson had deserted a wifeV
and child at Lead , S. D. , and that he
was also a deserter from the United
States army at Fort Meade : , S. D. , hav-
ing been a member of Troop L , Fourth
cavalry. The evidence , though circum-
stantial , was particularly damaging.
Nine of the pieces of money found on
Wilson contained blood spots , as did
his hat and coat and the door knob of /
his room at the hotel.
LEARXIXG : HOW TO COOK.
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Wealthy Families Teaching Daughter
the Culinary Art.
Appreciating the fact that perhaps
the time is not far distant when it will
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be impossible to find women who , for
wages , will be willing to go into the a
kitchen and cook , many of the rich $
families of Omaha have induced the
daughters to learn the secrets of the
culinary art. As a result Miss Marga
ret Coffin , expert instructor at the
rooms of the Y. W. C. A. , has a class
of rich young women , who , so to
speak , are learning their A , B Cs in
the cooking line. As a rule the young
women are making rapid progress , and
inside ! of two months Miss : Coffin will
turn out thirty to forty proficient j
cooks. Lessons consume an hour , and d
are given daily for five days eacl tl
week. , tea
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Roundhouse Burned. u
Fire destroyed the roundhouse 01 ai
the Burlington at Table Rock. Every- ic
thing : of value was saved from the
building. The origin of the fire is sup-
posed to be from the explosion of a -
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amp. The blue prints are already
there for a new eight-stall , brick
roundhouse < , as this was an old frame
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structure : that has done duty for a ccm
quarter of a century or more , and it m
s supposed the fire will serve to hast in
en : the erection of the new structure.CI
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Editor's Wife Expires. :
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Following an illness of morfe than &
50
year < , Mrs. John " B. Donovan suc- 50w
umbed to cancer at her home at Mad va
, > on. Mrs. Donovan had been cona :
fined to her bed for two months. She sk
was the wife of J. B. Donovan , for be
many years editor of the Star-Mail and ® ®
t one time president of the Nebras a.11 7.
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Declamatory Contest. in
A high school declamatory contea\ $1
will be held at Beatrice Thursday , 50
March 3. Gold , silver and bronze med ? $2
tr
Is' will be given those winning first .r
Iitce. The winner of the contest will
repress : nt F.tatriee : at the annual de-
ate to he hr-ld then the last of March ,
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clunng the meeting of the Southeastth
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Nebraska : Eduratoonal association.
Drotjs ; Denrt : : t Sale. 'or
Ed Watson , aqed : 52 years , living St
ive miles northeast of Utica , dropped W
ead at Valdelfelt's sale. He was
i-ngaged : : in conversation with a num- Ri .
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ber of men and grew very much excitrl
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d about the subject under discussioned
ind : , as he was troubled with heart
failure , it is supposed this caused hissp
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Xetv Principal * l.at Lexington. w „
Prof. D. F. Diekerson , of the normal th
udent body , has accepted : : a position st
; principal of the high school at Lextw
gton. Mr. Diekerson ; is an experi- ]
jncod teacher and last year held a like on
position at : ' Aanta ! . , Neb. . Sc
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Tifoving , * ; ri .hh'e.ri . or Insane .i clung. Pr
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juiluings . .will - . . * . . * . * bxix - v . . " , r"f a - moving . i ' , " , picture 'u <
achine ; for the amusement of the in- tier
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' ' Wednesdaj
Ths Senators' : session
was Very brief. It having exhausted
the uncontestcd bills on .he calendar
and being unable to proceed with oth
er business on "account o'f its rules. A '
number of local bills were passed by
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the House.
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Mr. Davis of Arkansas engaged in an
excited denunciation of John D. Rocke-
feller in the Senate Thursday , in con-
nection with consideration. of a bill
granting right of way for , an oil and
gas line across his State. The bill was
then passed , Mr. Davis casting the
only : vote in the negative. The Senate
also passed the diplomatic and consu
lar bill appropriating $4,000,000 , and
appointed a committee to investigate
the cost of living. The Indian appro-
priation bill and measures of interest
to the District of Columbia were under _ . . . _ .
consideration in the House until it'd-
journment was taken. : \ w J ! f
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Mr. Newlands delivered a speech in
the Senate Friday advocating a meas- \ .
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ure proposed by him to .advance co '
operation of the engineer corps of the \.1'
army with other agencies devoted to
the development of the resources ol
the country. The Senate adjourned I
until Monday. Discussion of the In. I
dian appropriation bill and reference
of many war claims to the court pr
claims occupied most of the time in I
the House. The House leaders , hold. 'r
- of expediting busi- - 1
ing to their policof
ness by permitting no long speeches . ' I
on appropriation measures , day.'r ,
concede extra time to members of the \
minority. The postoffice appropriation
bill was reported late in the day. I
The Senate was not in session Satur- I
day.The Indian appropriation bill
occupied the attention of the House
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during six hours. lost of the dpbate ,
was upon ; an amendment for the abo- i
lition of Indian warehouses in New
York , Chicago 'dSt. Louis , Omaha and P
San Francisco. The House adjourned
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until Monday without taking action on
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that question.
Bills providing for a commission tu
investigate the business methods of
the government and for the iEsua ' : e
of $30.000,000 of certificates of indebX.
edness in the interest of irrigation V
projects were discussed by the Senate \
Monday , but neither measure was dis
posed [ of. Senator Aldrich estimated
that the former measure would effect
an annual saving of $100,000,000. The
House bill to require railroad com
t
panies to supply handbrakes , step lad
ders , etc. , was passed. The House took
action assuring an appropriation of
$125,000 for completing the work of
the : immigration commission. A large
number of local bills were passed and
further progress was made upon the
Indian : appropriation bill , which , upon
adjournment , had been about half com
pleted.
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The Senate heard Washington's far
well ; address read Tuesday , passed
few bills of minor importance and / ad.
journed. _ The House passed the In.
dian appropriation bill practically in
the form recommended by the commifr
tee. carrying $8,250,000. The postofflce
appropriation ] measure was then taken
up ; and after being in session for five
and one-half hours the House ad ,
ourned.
DOUBLING OU3 IMPORTS.
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1'liis J.i Our Remarkable Record In
tlic Year Recently Closed.
Some remarkable features in foreign
ommerce of the United States last
year are shown in the official govern
ment figures. The total imports dur-
ing 1909 were valued at 1475600.000 : ,
compared with $1,116,400,000 in 1908.
Manufacturers' materials formed ac- i
tually more than one-half of the tal V
imports and increased in value n rly
0 per cent when compared with 1908.
Wool imports more than doubled in
alue , having been $55,500,000 in 1909 , p
against $23,333,000 in 1908. Hides and
skins nearly doubled in value , having
been $104,000.000 in 1909 , against $58- j
)0,000in ) 1908. India rubber imports { 1
ilso [ nearly doubled in value , having ,
been $79,000,000 in 1909 , against $40"
)00,000 in 1908. Raw silk increased
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from ' $64,000,000 in 1908 to $74,000,000 , t
, 1909 ; lumber from $14,500,000 to 1
18,333,000 ; tin , from $24.000.000 to $27-
300,000 ; copper in pigs and oars , from
523,000,000 : to $30,500,000. and cotton ,
from $13,500,000 to' , $15,000,000. .
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CUBKEUT NEWS NO 'ES.
Arthur and \\iilie Ellenberger , aged
and 2 , were burned to death with
heir home at McClusky , N. D. +
Harry K. Thaw's latest application
r ! his discharge from the Matteawan
State : hospital for the criminal insane
ivas denied by Justice A. S. Tompkins. ,
The main building the Delaware
River Stfeel Company , formerly the
dewater Steel Company was destroy-
S by fire at Chester , Pa. ; loss $100,000.
Governor ( Fort , of
New Jersey , in a
special message asked the Legislature
approve the proposed income tax
imendment to the federal Constitution.
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Feud among Italian miners at IMid- :
vayi ; Pa. , culminated in the killing of
hred men , shot in their own homes.
State : constabulary are pursuing the (
' 0 slayers. I <
Eight hundred students have been
strike at the Nebraska State ( ? Xo t.
hool because . the State board of et1
ation requested ' the . ' t'l' 11 i
: resignation ! o
President . " J : : W. Crabtree. ,
Lieutenant Governor Cox of Ken- .
ucky appointed a committee to inves- " -
igate : rumors that four . Senators : wera ' .
laid $20,000 to vote against the county t
it local option extension bill. f
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