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i i St ! t MARCH TO : MADRIZ.
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"Nicaraguan Ruler Expected to Favci
I Proposal - Conditions at Blueflelds
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I ! ; visional Nicaraeruan government , has :
i repeated the offer which he made lasl t
II , . March to Madriz looking to the es
: tablishment of peace. The conditions
: of his proposals provide for the :
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i I friendly mediation of the United
, , States , that country to designate the
ICicaraguan whom it considers most
, I ' fit to occupy the presidency provision-
j ally.
I , : Neither Madriz nor Estrada bein b
I eligible , the provisional president , tc
convoke elections for constitutional
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president ; the Nicaraguan government t
to recognize the revolutionary debt ,
: the validity of its acts and to ar
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: diers ; certain concessions to be abol
ished.
, These conditions Madriz refused tc
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and the difficult conditions undo
I which his military forces have been
compelled to assume the aggressive
the lack of supplies and the dilapi
dated condition of his soldiers , it if i
i expected by the provisional leaders :
, that he will now give the proposal
more serious consideration.
_ The conditions at Bluefields are giv
ing diplomatic representatives !
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erable concern as all business has .
i been interrupted and there are many
+ wounded and helpless persons to be
taken care of.
i WRECK : ON FRISCO LIJTE.
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I Thirty-Six Injured , Six Seriously , Xeai
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I k Birmingham Ala.
I , I ! The southeastern . limited on the
Frisco system was wrecked Sundaj '
i afternoon in Walker county about
j + i I .J sixty miles west of Birmingham , and
Ii i , , thirty-six people were injured , six se-
J f f riously.
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The recent heavy rains are supposed
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: every car left the rails when the train
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II I speed. None of the cars . turned over
but the track was torn up for a dis-
i tance of 3,000 feet.
The injured were brought to Bir-
mingham. None of them will die. All /
are Alabama and Florida people.
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POSTOFFICE SAFE BLOWX.
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Robbers Get $10,000 in Cash and
I Stamps at Merillan , Wis.
, + The postoffice safe at Merillan Wis. ,
was blown by burglars Saturday night
and money and stamps to the value of
' $10,000 were stolen. The robbers es-
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caped on a southbound freight train
j Dearly next morning , but the sheriff got
' i track of them and captured one 01
the gang at Shepheard , three miles
I ; east of Black River Falls recovering
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some of the money and stamps. Four
i , of the gang then escaped to the woods
and gwamps / ; ! of that locality. A posse
is in pursuit.
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p. . GALE IN TEXXESSEE.
Buildings Wrecked and Great Damage
, Done to Crops.
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Reports were received Sunday from
nearby points to the effect that two
churches and probably a dozen dwell-
dng houses were blown down in a wind I
( and hail storm which visited Bristol ] j
Saturday night. Great damage was
done to crops.
OVER 100 SHOTS FIRED.
+ .Federal Officers and Moonshiners En-
gage in Desperate Battle.
In a desperate encounter betweeen
revenue officers and moonshiners in
Wilkes county , North Carolina , Satur-
day , more than 100 shots were fired
C -and several of
the moonshiners were
, . Injured.
I MAKING : MOXEY IN PRISON.
Counterfeits' Plant Discovered in the
, 3flssouri Penitentiary.
A fully equipped counterfeiting
, plant was discovered in the Missouri
penitentiary Sunday. Federal inspec-
tors found'the outfit In the cell occu-
pied by Lee Layer and Joseph Vail.
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Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top I ,
' beeves , $7.85. Top hogs , $9.15.
, . Report from Japan Denied.
, . That there was an attempt made by
a. Japanese anarchist to assassinate
" . one or more members of the cabinet
as reported from Tokio , was denied
Saturday at the Japanese embassy ,
Washington.
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, A race of 105 miles between an b
aeroplane and an express train is be- tc
, . ing planned by Charles K. Hamilton r
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VERDICT FOR WOMAN.
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Jury Acquits Mrs. Doxcy of Murder
. Charge.
Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Doxey of St.
Louis , Mo. , was found not guilty Fri-
day night of the charge of murder
ing William J. Erder.
The verdict was returned at 9:23 : ,
o'clock , eight hours and twenty-five'
minutes after Judge Grimm ordered
the jury to retire for deliberation Fri-
day afternoon. Mrs. Doxey wept hys-
terically as her acquittal was an-
nounced. When the , clerk had nearly
finished reading thedocument , handed
to him by Foreman Sandford of the
jury , and just as he had reached the
words , "We , the jury , find the de
fendant not guilty , " she shrieked and
simultaneously the audience started a
cheer which was quickly suppressed
by deputy sheriffs.
In the excitement which followed
the acquittal Judge Grimm left the
bench , forgetting to tell the defend-
ant she was free. He returned to the
bench and called her before him and
then formally discharged her. Lean-
ing on the arm of her aged father ,
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Jefferson Fuller and her attorney ,
former Lieut. Gov. Charles P. John-
eon , Mrs. Doxey thanked and shook
hands with the jurors.
She was led from the courtroom by
her father and sisters , Mrs. M. L.
Morris of Evanston , Ill. , and Mrs. F.
Grace Lathrop of Omaha , Neb. , and
escorted to a hotel for the night.
It was stated that the jury took
three ballots before reaching an agree-
ment , two before dinner and the last
after reaching the courthouse at 9
o'clock. :
The first ballot is said to have been
9 to 3 for acquittal , the second 10
to 2 , and the last unanimous for ac
quittal.
EMPEROR'S FINANCES LOW.
German Ruler's Yearly Allowance to
Be Increased to $5,000,000. :
A semi-official declaration was is-
sued Friday explaining the causes or
the financial stress under which the
emperor of Germany finds himself
and the requirements for an increase
in the civil lists of the king of Prus-
sia as agreed upon by the leaders of
the Prussian diet Thursday. It has
been decided to introduce a bill to
bring his majesty's allowance up to
about $5,000,000.
The public is reminded that the
Prussian crown surrendered to the
state in 1820 properties yielding at
that time nearly $2,000,000 annually
and the value of which has been
greatly augmented since. The in-
creased cost of living renders the
present allowance inadequate , the
statement says.
ROOSEVELT IS GUEST.
Spends the Day at the Country Home
of Col. Lee.
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Mr. : Roosevelt was a guest Friday at
fhe country home of Col. Arthur H.
Lee where were also entertained John
Burns , president of the local govern- -
ment board ; Sir Henry Hamilton
Johnstone and Capt. Robert F. Scott ,
the antarctic explorer.
The former president arrived early
in the forenoon , having stopped en
route to have luncheon with William
Northrup McMillan. During the ex-
pedition in Africa Mr. Roosevelt stop- 1
ped for several days at McMillan's
African quarters at Ju-Ju ranch.
NINETEEN ARE IXDICTED.
Alleged Graft in Conduct of Affairs in
Schenectady County , N. Y.
Thirty-six indictments involving
nineteen persons , seventeen of whom
were arrested and admitted to bail ,
is ( the sum of the work accomplished
by the extraordinary term of supreme
ourt , called May 16 'by Gov. Hughes
to investigate alleged graft in the con-
duct of affairs of Schenectady county.
Those indicted are chiefly supervis-
ors and former supervisors but a con-
tractor , a notary public and a plumber
are included in the list. Misdemeanor
is the chief charge made , but several
of those are charged with grand lar
ceny and forgery.
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Altoona Banker Dead.
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John P. Levan , president of the Sec-
md National bank of Altoona , Pa. , and
retired general foreman of the Penn- s
sylvania Railroad '
; company's car
shops ; , died there Friday. He was 74
years old. He is said to have been the e
first regularly indentured apprentice
of the Pennsylvania railroad.
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Three Caught by Cave-in.
The three men buried in a cave-in
Friday under the sidewalk at Park
Row : and Chambers streets , New York "
where the new municipal building is f
under construction , were taken out e
uninjured. a
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Banker Rose is Released. c
George A. Rose , formerly connected
ivith the Producers National bank , of
Cleveland , was released from the Ohio v
penitentiary ) Friday after serving ten .r.
'ears for violation of the
years national h
Banking laws.
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Stoned by Italians.
Prince Leopold IV. , the reigning
prince of Lippe , and his brother p
Prince Julius were stoned by a gang n
of Italian laborers while motoring b
Friday.
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Two Fatally Injured.
Five persons are reported to have
been injured two fatally , in an au- , in
tomobile collision five miles west of la
Joplin , Mo. , at 12:30 o'clock Satur- p
day morning.
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RATES GO SKYWARD.
Roads Undaunted by Uncle Sam's In
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junction.
Undaunted by the government's
proceedings under the Sherman anti-
trust act by which a part of the pro-
posed increase of freight rates in the
territory west of the Mississippi river
was suspended by injunction railroads
in the east and In the middle west
Thursday filed with the interstate
commerce commission tariffs '
embody
ing increased rates.
Attorney General Wickersham de-
clined to indicate what course he will
pursue in behalf of the government ,
and the senate , just on the verge
Thursday of passing the administra-
tion bill , hesitated and finally postpon-
ed action until Friday. :
Thursday night practically every I
railroad system from the Atlantic to
the Pacific had filed with the interstate
commerce commission the legal noti-
fication of proposed Increases in com-
modity rates. The increases range
from 3 to 31 per cent.
Thursday started off by the filing of
schedules of increases by the New
York Central , the West Shore and the
Deleware , Lackawanna and Western.
Then the official proposition of the
roads traversing routes from Chicago
to Milwaukee to Indianapolis and Ohio
river points twenty-three in all , was
taken into the commission. During
the afternoon increased tariffs from
the Atlantic to Chicago St. Paul and
intermediate points were filed.
The Baltimore and Ohio filed with
the commission a revised tariff on
! commodity rates from Chicago to the
eastern seaboard.
Like the schedules filed by the roads
west of the Mississippi increased tarc
iff from the Central Freight associa-
tion territory were filed in concert.
On the other hand the eastern rail-
roads filed their revised tariffs individ
ually. !
REWARD IS OVER $5,000. : |
Expected that $10.000ViII be Offered
for Slayer.
With the contribution by the Louis-
ville , Ky. , city council of $2,500 to the
fund which will be offered for the ar
rest and conviction of the slayer of
Alma Kellner , whose body was found
buried in a cellar of St. John's pa-
rochial school the sum has reached
$5,500. This will be augmented by , an
offer by Gov. Willson of $500 on behalf
of the state. Smaller subscriptions of :
from $5 to $100 were tendered Thurs-
day by citizens of Louisville , and it is
expected that the reward will soon
reach the $10,000 mark.
Chief of Police Lindsay says that he
has received information which leads
him to believe that Joseph Wendling
the missing janitor , remained in
Louisville as late as March 1.
A man answering the description of
Joseph Wendling the suspected mur-
derer of Alma Kellner
, purchased a
ticket from New York
to Antwerp on
January 20.
COAL MIXERS STRIKE.
Xo Change in Situation in Penns } 1.
vania District.
There was no change Thursday in
the strike of the 12,000 anthracite
mine workers in the Pittson , Pa. , dis-
trict. The officials of the Pennsylvan-
ia Coal company declare no agreement
can be reached until the strikers first
return to work according to the rule
of the strike commission.
The strike leaders , on the other
hand ! , claim that the employes of the
company will not wait for a decision
from tthe consiliation board , but want
a written agreement from Manager
w ay. Many of the strikers show ugly I
spirit ; and the state police are In read-
n ess to move to any point in the region
at short notice.
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Both Held for Fraud.
Gibson Oliver treasurer of the grain
firm ' of Durant & Elmore , and Henry
G. Palmer , former freight agent of the
Deleware and Hudson , were arrested
in New York Thursday on charges
growing out of alleged manipulation
of bills of lading by which it is claim-
ed the firm was able to borrow hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
Slump of One Dollar.
Cotton features on the New Orleans t
stock : market scored another sharp
decline ( when the '
government's
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age and condition reports were receivA
d Thursday. The October option ,
dropped ( to $12.05 , a loss of about $1
L bale , while the December option
went to the 12-cent level.
Civil Service Officials Meet. I
Gov. Hughes of New York Thursday t
welcomed to Albany civil n
service of-
ficials of the various cities in the UnitS1
ed States who were there in attendI1
ance at the third biennial meeting of b
the national assembly of civil service
commissions.
Fires a FatnT Shot.
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Wallace A. Bussell , of Seattle '
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Wash. , 23 years old walked into the h
Monte Carlo saloon and
gambling v
house and fatally shot the proprietor , c
Joseph Bonner.
Bank Rate Reduced.
The influx of gold and the pros- '
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pects of the early release of *
go\ern-
ment balances resulted in a lower J tl
bank rate in England which the di- '
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retcors of the Bank of England Thurs.
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day reduced from 4 to 3 % per cent.
Three Killed ; Others Hurt.
In a premature explosion in a blast t ] :
1 a stone quarry of the LehighPort.r
land Cement company at West Coplay a
Pa. , Thursday , three men were killed if
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and three others seriously injured.
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ACCUSED OF TAKIXG CHILD.
j Kidnaping : Charge Against a Hastings
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Joseph Dixon has filed a complaint
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in the county court at Hastings against
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Russell Cole , charging him with the
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kidnaping of his own daughter , Nina
Cole , aged ten years. Divorce proceed-
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ings are pending for Mr. and Mrs.
Cole. By order of the court Cole is
allowed to visit his children and tak-
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ing advantage of the privilege he went
to the home of his wife's parents it
is alleged seized the girl and carried
her into Hall county in a buggy. Sher-
iff McCleery was immediately sent in
quest of them and returned the girl
to her home.
3Iassachusctts to Invade State.
Adjutant General Hartigan has is-
sued an order granting permission to
the National Guard of Massachusetts
to ( cross the state fully equipped for
war. The companies are going to at-
tend the Spanish American war vet-
erans' : reunion in Denver in September.
As the state of Massachusetts owes
the state of Nebraska rrioney which it
borrowed , the adjutant general con-
eluded it behooved the state to treat
the eastern soldiers kindly.
Jury Unable to Agree.
The "jury disagreed Wednesday ' in
the ] case of William Peterson , of York
charged with selling liquor without a
license. After deliberating twenty-
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four hours the , jury announced the. .
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vote to be four for conviction and
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eight : for acquittal. The jury was dis
charged and Peterson bound over to
the ] December term of district court.
David City Man Makes : : Aeroplane. I
William Canham , of David City is
working on an aeroplane which he be-
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lieves to be superior to any yet in- .
vented. The machine is well along to-
wards completion and presents a most
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businesslike appearance. Mr. Canham
expects to have his flying machine
ready for the "Darius Green" act
about tlje } Fourth of July.
Postmasters Convention Postponed.
The annual convention of the Ne-
raska postmasters which was to
have been held in Lincoln some time
in June , has been postponed to July
12 , 13 and 14 , to enable Postmaster
General Hitchcock to be present. The
postmaster general has given positive
assurances that he will be there on
those ] dates.
Doctor is Enjoined.
Dr. L. A. Lansing has been enjoined
from practicing medicine in Wake-
field. He sold his business last fall
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to Dr. Tomlinson and moved to Roch-
ester , , N. Y. Last week he returned
to < Wakefield and resumed practice.
Dr. Tomlinson secured the injunction
in the court of Judge Brown at Ponca.
Child . is Badly Injured.
A little son of E. H. Dill , of Har-
vard was run over by a wagon loaded '
with machinery and so badly injured
that recovery is extremely doubtful.
The wheel passed over his face across
the mouth taking out all his teeth and
cracking the chin. He is between four
and five years old.
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Accused of Using Dynamite.
Willard Beasley , of Syracuse was
arrested Wednesday evening to answer
to ( the charge of using dynamite in the
Little Nemaha river near that place
for < the purpose of killing the fish in
that stream , which he gathered up J
and sold. The information was filed :
by one of the deputy game wardens. -
Bishop Offered Position at Ames.
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E. C. Bishop , state superintendent
of public instruction , was notified
Wednesday afternoon of his election
to : < the head of the public school divi
sion of the extension department of
Iowa [ State College of Agriculture at
Ames , by the Iowa state board of con-
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Dispensary at West Lincoln.
A petition is being circulated by res- . ]
idents of West Lincoln , a small village
three : ] miles from Lincoln , Immediately 1
north of Capital Beach for a dispen-
sary at which liquor may be secured.
I1 : Is thought probable that the village
board will grant the license.
Nemaha Lana Owners Organize.
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A meeting of the property owners .
along the Nemaha river bottoms in
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Johnson county and others interested
in the proposed drainage proposition
was held at the court house in Te- „
cumseh : Thursday.
Fined for Violating Postal Laws.
Ernest Rottman of Murdock entered
. plea -guilty to an indictment for 1 :
sending non-mailable matter through
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the United Sttes mails before Judge
. C. Munger at Lincoln , Wednesday ,
and was fined $50 and costs.
Work is progressing on the laying of
the sewer and water pipes in Hebron.
t is proposed to cover the entire city
and allow everybody the use of water
iishts and sa ? rerage.
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PREACHER CAUSES ARREST.
Man Who Makes Specialty of Working
Church People Sent to Jail.
Dressed like a farmer and parading
in the disguise of a Christian of nearly
evecy denomination , a middle aged
man , with a club foot on his right leg ,
drifted into Leigh last Saturday and
proceeded to pull off a clever grafting
stunt. He first went to the home of
W. , I. Walling and asked that gentle-
man if he was a member of the Meth-
odist church. Assured that he was ,
the stranger inquired about a family
whom he claimed had moved there ,
about a year ago and had also joined
the Methodist church. He claimed
that he had forgotten the name of
this family but that they were friends
of his and that he wanted to go to
' them for aid. He stated that he had
' a horse and buggy stolen from him
' and that he wanted to go to his home ,
' which he claimed was at Lexington.
The man secured no money from
Mr. Walling and went. on to other
homes , professing to be a Catholic at
the home of a Catholic family a Chris-
tian Scientist to a young woman of
that faith and was a . Congregational- I
ist ' when he called on Rev. Mr. : Sea-
ley ' of the Congregational church. He
gave his name as H. W. Brown and
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told his hard luck story in such p
I straightforward manner that Rev. Mr.
Sealey decided he would let him have
$3 which he thought would be suffivj
cient to take him to Lexington. Whent
he went to write him out a check the
srtanger requested that he make it
for $3.50 , stating that he might be
delayed at Humphrey. This request
Mr. Sealey granted. Immediately up-
on his departure Mr. Sealey became
suspicious and upon investigation
found that the fellow had a different
story for every victim. Rev. Mr. Sea-
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ley called up Lexington by phone but
could not find a single person who
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knew him. He then had the man ar
rested for obtaining money under false
pretenses and Justice Walling sen
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tenced him to thirty days in jail.
ELOPES WITH HIRED MAX. I 1
Police Fail to Find the Runaway |
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Miss Elsie Tipton not quite 16 years
of age , daughter of a wealthy farmer
near Walthill , ' and Charles Aldrich ,
several years her senior , with whom I
she eloped Sunday night , have not yet j
been found although the police in
Sioux City and neighboring cities have
been notified.
The girl's father said that Aldrich's
attentions to his daughter never had
bee'n ' noticed by him and that he he
never suspected that the two might
have a love affair. Aldrich.he said ,
was his hired man. Sunday night the
two drove to "Walthill and started on
their honeymoon. *
"I'd say 'God bless you' and let it go i.
at that " declared Mr. Tipton , "but my _
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wife is against the match and makes
me trot all over the county trying to ,
locate themElsie " will be 16 Friday ,
and her mother thinks the child is too
young to be married. "
The description of the couple was
given to the police Monday night over
the ' long distance telephone from Ona- s
wa , Ia. , by the father of the bride , [
who went there to look for the run-
aways. Mr. Tipton could get little sate
isfaction from the police officials but C
said ; Patrolman Harvey had told him
he had seen a couple arrive in Siou fo
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FARMERS LOSE BIG ELEVATOR.
Ten Thousand Dollars' Loss Sustained
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by Fire.
Fire broke out at Dorchester at n
11:45 p. m. Monday night and destroy-
ed the Farmers' elevator and the wa-
ter tank of the Burlington company I
which stood behind it. The loss on the ' ab
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elevator is estimated at $10,000. Thee
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building was valued at $4,500 and In
It [ were from 5,000 to 6,000 bushels of
grain. The fire was discovered in the
top of the elevator , and as the only
water supply was the hose at the sta-
tion which would not reach the
height , the flames spread with unInter-
rupted progress. The elevator was
burned to the ground at 1:30 ; there
was . nothing remaining but the heaps is [
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of blazing corn. The loss to the rail-
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road company in the destruction of the '
water tank is not at present known.
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Must Buy Waterworks. t1
The city of Omaha will be required pi
to : purchase the waterworks system of jc
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the : Omaha Waterworks company for W
$6,263,295.49 , under a decision of the p1
supreme ; court of the United States to
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announced Monday. The court af
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firmed the judgment of the circuit h4
court : of appeals in the matter.
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Spanish Veterans Form Xe\v Cam } . . w
William L. "Geddes Camp No. 5 , the
United Spanish War Veteranswas 01'S :
anized ; and mustered in by Depart- the :
ment Commander E. H. Phelps , of CO
Lincoln . , at Alliance Monday n'ight.a ]
with 25 charter members. I as
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By an overwhelming majority ' Nor- ag
folk Tuesday voted $12.000'paving In ]
bonds and will immediately pave seven the
blocks of Norfolk avenue in th- husire
ness portion.
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SAVES MONEY IN THE JTAVT.
Said to Have 'Be CD.
Reorganization
SLccomplished by Secretary Meyer. '
Virtual reorganization of the navyr 1'
has been accomplished by 'Secre ' ' ,
Meyer in the year in which he has heldi "
the portfolio of the Navy Department . . I
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correspondent
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He has brought about a saving of' '
money in different directions it is.
said , and many of the changes are the.
result , direct or indirect , of sus es-
tions offered at his request by oScers
In all parts of the naval service. "
Economy in the use of coal haj beea
brought about by systematic firing , . ; '
economy of steam , replacing deftive - .
Joints J and journals and stopping I-alcy ,
valves. On the Montana a saving of
fifteen tons of coal daily is due to sys
tematic firing. With reference : to , 0111 '
the saving has been as great. On rha- :
battle ship Georgia improved evapora
tors have reduced the cost of making :
fresh water 40 per cent. ,
Secretary Meyer's reorganization
plans include systematic overhau1i gs.
of the vessels at the shipyards ai'ter
each cruise. Also , a saving of thou-
sands of dollars in repair work has - - ; - - s .
been effected by having repair shops oa
shipboard. The establishment of a.
school of marine engineering at An-
napolis is another means where : i7 - ,
Secretary Meyer hopes to train for spe-
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! . cial work engineer officers who ; ; : \.6- i
promise of being of special valm ! e.
any part of his reorganization plan.
Paladino Unmasked.
During a recent test sitting of : ! 1&
noted Italian spirit medium , Et1 . ' , 33. i
Paladino , with an invited part " . > ! "
scientists in the home of Prof. Lord - f ' , .
Columbia University , New York. r vo.
expert watchers were concealed unrt * r
' the li"M
the chairs of the sitters a , ter
were lowered and unknown to the i ' ie-
dium. These men have now in de.
sworn statements to the effect that tuft 1
various so-called spirit rappings td : le-
liftings and movements of the cabiet ;
curtains 1 were produced by free move
ments of the medium's left leg while
she was seated at the table , her riht ;
foot being so placed that its heel rest-
ed on the left foot of the man at her
right and its toe on the right foot of
the man at her left. Thus she gave or-
. intended to give the impression that :
both her feet were still.
New Altitude Balloon Record.
A. Holland Forbes , of Bridgeport .
Conn. , vice president of the Aero Clui ' :
of America , and J. C. Yates , of New- , '
York , after a flight of 400 miles in tlidj
balloon Viking , from Quincy , 111. , tum ! .
bled ] to earth from a considerable * ' V
height ( at Centre , Ky. , Wednesday. On \
Tuesday morning while at an altitude 5b
of 20,600 feet , they encountered a se-
olV
vere snowstorm and were partially-
numbed with cold. They gradually lost
power to control the machine and finnl-
ly [ , fearing unconsciousness , they rip-
ped the gas bag and came to earth with
terrific speed landing like a stone jri.3
escaping death by a miracle. Fofhi ;
men are confined to bed at a farmliu i-e ,
in [ Kentucky , but will recover.
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_ A Vienna co-operative society with *
TOO _ members operates an immense bak-
ery.
ry.Stage
Stage hands of Marysvllle , Cal. , have *
organized a local of the theatrical em-
ployes. .
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Newark's locked out painters receiv
ed $3.28. They asked $3.64 and turnn
down [ $3.52.
In Australia the federal elections re-
sulted in a complete victory for the -
Labor party. . S.
Cleveland Lake Shore Railway boll -
ermakers obtained an increase of 2V&
cents an hour.
Since the adjournment of the Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor its.
Ban : Rafael , last October , thirt . -thre , R
unions have affiliated with the federa
tion.
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The present San Francisco " ( Cal. >
Building Trades Council was organized
1 1896 , with six unions and a member-
ship of less than 1000. The present
membership is above the 30,000 mark. .
The Montreal ( Canada ) Trades and )
Labor Council desires to have all .em-
ployment agencies In that territory-
abolished and have one general office *
established under the control of Lhe >
government.
The State Federation of Labor otr
Texas ' has decided , by a large major-
Ity vote , that hereafter all officers of : ' *
the federation are to be elected by se-
cret ballot , and in that way eliminates
politics from that body.
The Bakers' Union at Mayaguez : , . .
Porto ' Rico , Is' on strike to enforce hy-
gienic conditions in bakeries there. Its. ; ,
I affiliated with the International Un-
ion of Bakery Workers and the Amer-
ican : Federation of Labor.
The strike of Bradford ( Ensrland >
wool combers came to an end recentlys : ,
rl agreement being signed between '
the masters and the men. The chief
points of the agreement are that. au ,
joint board Is to be framed to dea : :
with wage questions and other dis -
putes ; an advance of 12 cents a weete
I all receiving less than $3.75 a weelc . -
and 25 cents to all
. receiving $3.75 au
week and over ; two stops of haif-an
hour each for night workers.
Monthly : returns from 190
represen-
tative trade unions in New York frw.
which ] 90,000 , or nearly one-fourth of
Ie organized wage in '
earners the
State , show that at the end of the year-
Ie percentage of idleness was 20.6 , asv ,
compared with 28.0 at the close of 190& .
and 32.7 at the end of 1907. Returns-
i to earnings of organized
wagework - .
's in the third quarter of 1909 from-
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I unions in the State show an aver-
age of $233 for 319,754 men reporting. *
'the L corresponding months of 1908 '
Ie average earnings for 288,181 me ! >
reporting was only $207-
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