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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1906)
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL , , , , . NORFOLK NEBRASKA I < MUIAY AUlUuSl' ! ! 11)00. ) WILLIAM H. BELCHER , WHO STOLE 100,000 FROM CITY. HE GAVE HIMSELF UP MONDAY Official of Paterson , N. J. , Who Had Been Wandering Over the Country for a Year , and Returned Broken in Health , Goes to Prison. Patorsou , N. J. , Aug. 3. Wlllliun II. lielchor , wlio while mayor of this city absconded u year ago , and returned to surrender himself lust Monday , was today sentenced to tolvo years In the state prison on u charge of onibe/.zlo- inent. Sobbing In his cell last night , Belch er said : "I didn't take $100,000 ' - anything like that amount. When p , ' ' Patei- son I had exactly $300. fyis I went to Minnesota , and In * P " > my wife- want to say that at iu has slio known of my whereabouts , * was my Intention to disappear as If i was dead , 'and go to some foielgn country , but I made the fatal mistake of procrastination. "If 1 had had money I would have gone to New York and stayed there. That's the best hiding place in the world. But a man can't work there and hide , too , and 1 had to work. So I went west. "I dropped off In Chicago , but I ie- malned only a week. It was exciting to walk around the streets and pass by policemen who you knew were looking tor you. I had my mustache shaved off and did not fear capture much. Stayed Awhile in St. Paul. "Then I made a fatal mistake. 1 went to Minnesota. I won't bay what towns I visited , except that St. Paul was one , but I had $200 lett , and I lin gered around looking ior something to do. 1 lost my wallet one night In the street. I was afraid to go to the police about It , and there 1 was , 2,000 miles away from friends , from every body , penniless and a fugithe. I went to a railroad oillce and asked for work ; they could not give me any. I was desperate and pleaded for any thing. " 'We can give you a job digging , " said the man to whom I applied. I jumped at it. That morning I took my place In a trench with a pick and shovel , and for three horrible weeks I stayed there. I received $1.25 a day. Then they made me assistant fore man ; my pay was raised to $2.50 a day , and things looked brighter. "I stayed there until last. January , working all the winter in the snow and rain until rheumatism seized me. I managed to save $150 , and with it I went to London , Canada. I worked at anything I could get , but my lame Iniee was against me and I could not hold my position very long. At one time , I sold newspapers. But I al ways kept enough money saved so that I could get back east if I wanted to. "It wasn't until June came that I made up my mind to return. My knee was getting worse and worse , and I i r could hardly hobble around. I could not pay for proper medical treatment , and so I made up my mind to come back. "I landed In Now York on July 20 , and the next day I wrote Prosecutor Emley. I told him I was ready to sur render and that I would return of my own volition. " "Will you plead guilty when you are arraigned on Friday ? " he was asked. i\'l "What are the specific charges ? " was the reply. "Is it theft , or what is it ? " "Embezzlement and forgery , " he was told. "Forgery , " exclaimed Belcher. "I never committed a forgery. That's a He. I'll not plead guilty to that. " "It * was said that your overconfidence dence in friends was primarily the cause of the trouble , " was suggested. "Friends , friends , " Belcher mut tered , as If to himself. "I haven't any friends ; I never had any. " Dies After 49 Days' Fast. Detroit , Mich. , Aug. 3. James B. Postlethwait , employed In the clerical department of the Michigan Central company In this city , died after hav Ing fasted forty-nine days for the ben efit of his health. Exhaustion U glron as the cause of his death. Fatal Feud In Kentucky. Louisvlllo , Aug. 3. The Poet haa received a dispatch from a corre spondent at Sand Lick , Knott county , saying four men were killed there in a fleht between the Martin and Hall factions. The Martin faction IB said to number sixty men. Bolt Hits Tree ; Fifteen Shocked. Lebanon , Ind. , Aug. 3. Fifteen hoys who had been swimming sought shel ter under a tree from a thunder storm near here. Lightning struck the tree and killed ) Occle Rice , aged fourtten , and the olhers were knocked down And seriously shocked. Ohio Business Houses Burn. ' Mount Vernon , O. , Aug. 3. Two squares , comprising the entire busi ness section of the town of Howard , ten miles east of here , was wiped out by whst Is believed to have been an incendiary flro. The loss exceeds $25.- 000. WAS MISTAKEN IN IDENTITY. Much Sympathy for Dakotan Accused of Crime. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Aug. 3. A great dual of sympathy Is being expressed lor Abe Mollltt , who Is In the Union county jail awaiting trial on the charge of assaulting Thomas Brady of Uorosford , with a dangoious weap on on a public street of Beresford. At the time of the assault theru was great mystery as to the motive , as Brady and his assailant \\oro until o nit angora. It now develops that Molllt's assault upon Brady was a clear case of mlt > - taken Identity , and no onu Is moro sorry for the mistake than Mollltt , who takes the matter very much to heart , and who recently attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a ra/.or. Mollltt has 'declared ho will' nu\ur bo taken to the Sioux Falls pen itentiary ; that ho will kill himself bo- tore submitting to the disgrace of be ing > i convicted felon. .Mollltt only a few weeks before get ting Into the dllllculty started a , 'ilacksmith shop at Komstad. Ho ap- fy -ed to bo a peaceable man and ? / -Many friends among the people ( jfafj. .stnd and vicinity. Oi. ( ho day ho made his attack upon Btiidy , another party , who was a stianger In Borcfalord and who is de scribed as having lost a hand and had an Iron hook on his arm In place of the hand , became enraged at Mollltt and twice attacked him. The last time the crippled stranger struck him In the face with the iron hook , cutting a gash over the eye that came near pio\ing fatal. Smarting under the Injury done him , partially blinded by the Injury to his eye , and piobably rendered temporal 1- ly insane by the pain from Ills wound , Mollltt searched through the crowd for the man who had struck him , and , mistaking Brady for the man , assault ed him with a knife. Moflltt has a wlte and several chil dren. His wife is standing nobly by him during his trouble , and on several occasions has visited him at the coun ty jail. Friends of Molfitt have inter ested themselves in his behalf and will do everything possible to secure his acquittal by the jury which tries him. HEARST WILL RUN. New York Man Will Make Indepen dent Run for Governorship. Now York , Aug. 3. William U. Hearst has decided to run for govern or as an independent candidate. The state committee of the Independence league , the Hearst organization , lias agreed to hold a convention Septem ber 11 to nominate Heaist for gov ernor , and to put a full state and judi ciary ticket In the field. The democratic state commlteto voted to hold the next convention at Buffalo , September 25. Before the meeting of the state com mittee , William Connors of Buffalo said that the meeting of the Indepen dence league would not affect Mr. Hearst's chances for the gubernatorial nomination by the regular state con vention. "We will go ahead and nominate Hearst anyhow , " said Mr. Connors. "The whole Buffalo delegation to the state convention will be instructed for Hearst. Nothing can prevent Hearst's nomination. " Norman E. Mack of Buffalo , member of the democratic national committee of this state , spoke in the same way. BOTTLE LONG IN RIVER. Rancher Finds One Containing Note Written in 1877. Pierre , S. D. , Aug. 3. Michael Wood , a rancher living near the river a short distance below the city , yes terday brought in a bottle , the cork of which looked as if it had been in the water a long time. The bottle con tained the following note : "June 14 , 1877. Maud II. Kirk , on steamer Josephine , near Fort Buford : All well. " The note was easily read , although the paper showed the stain of time , the bottle having boon found on a sandbar by Mr. Wood , and had prob ably been burled In the sand some where for years , only lately having been washed out. Traffic Officials Fall to Agree. Chicago , Aug. 3. A conference of traffic officers of western trunk lines called to discuss the dfTferentlal in volving rates from Missouri river points to the gulf and seaboard on ex port grain went to pieces and the meeting was adjourned until next Wednesday , when an effort at settle ment will be made. The fobbing charges , which have been the disturb ing element in export rates for yews , made an agreement impossible. Mrs. Hutchlnson Acquitted. Buena Vista , Colo. , Aug. 3. After a dramatic trial Mrs. Grace Hutchinson was acquitted of killing Mrs. Mary Bode at Sallda last June. During the trial Mrs. Hulchlnson's husband ad mitted on the witness stand that ho had been intimate with Mrs. Bode , and that he had confessed to his wlfo the night before the murder wa com * mltted. Cruiser Asia Hoists Red Flag , St. Petersburg , Aug. 3. The crew of the Russian cruiser Asia , which was sent to Abo. has hoisted the red flag. The vessel has left In the di rection of Svoaborg. RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONISTS TIE UP CITY TOMORROW. ARE UNDAUNTED AT REVERSES Leaders Declare Flame of Revolt Will Spread to Corners of Czar's Empire. Strike Is Formally Announced to Begin - gin Tomorrow at Noon. St. Petersburg , Aug. 3. A general strike was today formally declared In St. Petersburg by the revolutionists. The strike will begin In this city at noon tomorrow. 8L Petersburg. Aug. 3. Although the mutinies at Sveuborg have boon ended and the one m Croustadt haa been piaukally put down , the out look Is still black. The revolutionists , whose hands wuro suddenly forced by the pieuialuro rising at Svoaborg , ! > piirently are undaunted at those Initial lovcrbt's , and intend to persist In their progiam of calling a general btrlke ou Sunday or Monday. One of the leaders of the revolution ists with whom Hie Associated Pit-si opoko last night boasted that the won ! had gone forth and that the fire ol revolt would spread to the corners o ( the empire. Ills closing words to the correspond.in ) were : 'Now watch He vul , Riga and Lilian. " The news of the mutiny on board the cruiser Pamyat Azova , off tha Esthonlan coast. Is 11 aught with enor mous possibilities. The crew of this vessel rose and killed the commander and four officers. Ambassador Meyer has received a dispatch from the American consul nt Roval saying that the Pamyat Azova entoied that port with the red Hag at her masthead. Should this crulsor , under the flag of the mutineers , sail to the northwaul and appear In the presence of the main squadron In the Gulf of Finland , the loyalty of the crews of these vessels would perhaps be put to a stronger test than they could stand Although the admiralty asserts that the squadron off Svcaborg did not waver In Its allegiance , theru Is something mysterious aboni the r ports of the actions of the ships which warrants the suspicion that all Is not right aboard. Only two ships fired on the mutineers , the others remaining on the horizon as if the admiral wore not euro that they could be depended upon. The mutiny on the Pain "at Azova may possibly raise International complications , as in the eye of the law this rrnj or. llko the Knlaz-6'o- temldne in the Black sea In the mini mer of 1005. is a pirate. Thorn Is reason to b'ellevc that the Gpiinan fleet has orders covering just such a contingency as this , and that It would not hesitate to put an end to the rone- Bade cruiser as a danger to commerce , When the firing began at Crnnstadt there ensued a wild panic In the im perial palare at Peterhof , as the pal ace lies under the guns of the for tress. All preparations had been made in advance to flee toTsarkoe Sc- lee , but the report that the czar and his family had fled In the middle of the night was denied. It was ex plained that on account of "dampness" at Peterhof arrangements had been made for the return of the imperial family to Tsarkoe Seloe. Martial Law at Cronstadt. Martial law was proclaimed at Cronstadt during the day , and all day long reinforcements have been land ing there from the mainland. No one IB permitted on the Island without a paas , and although the correspondent of the Associated Press was thus equipped , he was held up ami searched upon disembarking from a rowboat. The correspondent found that there were about 2.000 mutlnou * sailors barricaded In their bai racks which were surrounded by troops. Whllo passing the arsenal the cor respondent hoard a ranged vollo respondent heard a rapped vollo\ which he subsequently learned had cut short the Ilvos of six pioneers who had been sentenced to death by drum head court-martial. It was declared that 300 sailors who had surrendered during the night had been shot earlier In the day , but It was impossible U , obtain absolute confirmation of this statement. On the heels of the other bad news comes the startling statement that the emperor has flatly refused to accept the conditions to which Premier Stoly- pln agreed in his negotiations with Count Heydon , Alexander Guchkoff , Prince Nicholas Lypff , Paul Vlnogra- doff and Senator Klnl for the reor ganization of the cabinet. There Is an increasing apprehension that the emperor proposes to take the final step of turning the country ever to the military dlciatorshlp of Grand Duke Nicholas. The streets of St. Petersburg again are filled with p - trola. General Markgraffsky Slain. Warsaw , Aug. 3. While Major Gen eral of the Gendarmerie Markgran sky was dm Ing to his sumer villa , with his wife , son and daughter , he was killed from ambush. The volley fired by the assassins also killed the general's son and wounded ono of the horses attached to the carriage. The horses took fright and ran away , throwing out the bodies of the two dead men and Mmo. and Mile. Mark- Knffjky. INSPECTS PACKiNG HOUSES Norwegian Official Gives Chicago Plants a Clean Bill , Now York , AUK. II. Dr. Atlolph Jacobson , chief vi torlnary Inspector of the city of ChrlHtliuila , Norway , who line been litHpocttUK American packing hoiiBOH in buhalf of the Nor wegian Kovuiiiniont , sailed on the Os car II for ChrlBtlnnla. Dining his sta ) hero ho Inspected packing plants at Chicago , Kansas City and Now York. "The bl > ; plants which I Innpoclod wcro most cleanly and satisfactory In their manner of operation , " mild lr Jacobson , tpuaKlng of his InvoBtluu- tlons qt Chicago , which wmo Uio chluf object of his visit. Before his do- purture Dr. Jacobson remarked that It his homo government acted upon hie recommendations there would bo much moro American canned moat and barreled beef bought In this coun try than had been heretofore. Ho EH\T no reason , ho aald , to put any sort of restrictions upon American meat products bearing the government stamp. CONVENTION AT COLUMBUS DE FEATS RESOLUTIONS FOR HIM. CLAIMED M'CARTHY STRONGHOLD Friends of the Ponca Statesman At tempt to Put Thorugh a Resolution to Instruct , But Fall by a Large Ma jority. Columbus , Nob. , Aug. 3. The re publicans of Platte county mot In del egate convention yesterday afternoon. Ben R. Cow drey was chairman and L. F. Franklin , secretary. The con vention was a very tame affair from beginning to end. All was arranged befoio-hand and there was little to debut but carry out the program. Iso plat- term icsolutloiiB were offered. The motion to Instruct ior Congressman McCarthy was voted down by a largo majority , and yet It Is wild that moro than half of the convention wa.i for McCarthy , but opposed to Instructions , though just before that they had in structed the delegates "to use all hon orable mcaiiH to nominate Carroll D. Evans , as United Stales senator , In the state convention , " and that was the only icbolutlon adopted. The following aie the delegates to the state convention : Ed Home , C. C. Gray , E. H. Chanibers , G. W. Vlor- glitz , Chris Medll , B. U. Cowdiey , Ed LuzleiibKI , W. W. Flunk , II. P. H. Oelrlch , Oscar Olson , J. L. Lower , Harry Lamb , Congressional : Ed Hoaro , J. G. Reedor , Bruce Webb , Geo. Fairchlld , I. Gluck , R. G. Strothor , C. M. Wagner - nor , Charles Charnquist , Emll Hod- burg , C. C. Gray , E. II. Chambers , R. W. Hobart , Carl Kramer , J. W. Apgar , Reese Williams. Delegates were elected to the float and senatorial convention. For county attorney , C. N. McElfresh was nomi nated. The central committee was empowered to fill vacancies on the ticket. After listening to an hour's address from W. W. Young , candidate for congress In the Third district , the convention adjourned. MANY SOLD1ERS DESERTING _ Only Fifty-seven Men and Officers In O-ie Company of Twenty-second. San Francisco , Aug. 3. Reporters being received by the military authori ties at the Presidio of the fr.quent de sertion of troops stationed at Ameri can lake , in Washington , the summci military camp , where several regi ments of the national guard and reeu- lars are stationed for instruction The most notable Instance of this Is in Company I of the Twenty-second In fantry. At present only fifty-seven men and officers arc left to carry the name ol this company. When the Twenty-sec end infantry went into camp sixty-five men answered roll call In Company I. BInce then eight of the soldiers have deserted and crossed the border to Canada , sixty miles away , where there are no extradition laws to covoi desertion. Comstock Seizes Art Catalogues. New York. Aug. 3. Upon a war rant sworn out by Anthony Comstock , secretary of the Society for the Sup pression of vice , the officers of the Art Students' league , one of the most noted art schools In America , were searched , and the bookkeeper , Miss Anna Robinson , was placed under ar rest. It was charged by agents of th $ society that the reproductions of fig ures in the nude , contained in the fall catalogue , which the league was about to Issue , were of an Immoral character. A patrol wagon load of the catalogues was seized and taken to the police court as evidence. Negro Surrounded In Swamp. MiUcdgovlllo , Ga. , Aug. 3. Joe Morris , the negro youth who recently attempted to assassinate the family of George Bloodworth , a farnior liv ing two miles from town , Is hiding In a swamp near here. A posse of wen , In buggies on horseback and afoot , all armed , surrounded the swamp. A report of a l > nchlng has reached Mil- ledgeville , but Is unconfirmed. NAME TICKET AND INDORSE W. J , BRYAN IN PLATFORM. DIRECT VOTE FOR SENATORS Resolution Adopted Urges Change In Constitution to Popular Elections Charges Against Brynjolfson tJurka for Governor. Mlnot , N D. , Aug. 3. The prefer ment of tiorloim chaigcH aialnnl ; II. S Br > nJlfHon ol' Ciand FVnkn , chalimnii of the Domociatlc conical eommitloo , furnluhod the only oxcltlnt ; Incident In the Democratic ntatu convention In this city , blvor Sortinigaid , caudfdatu for thu DOIIIOCI title nomination lot Bovornor , openly clihiuod BrynlolfHon with spiriting away ( loorgoliklnnun , who Hlatcd at the Doniociatl- nation al convontlot1 at St. I UH | In I'.IOI that the North IJaKoU delegation had blil > out to Parker for $1,000 i-u : h. Mr Soruinganl mild that Wilkinson prom Iscd to sign a writ ton roll ad Inn and that owing to lrynJolfnon'H ! IU.II.IMU-C ho disappeared. The chaigo pii'dpl- tatcd a light In the coin out i..n bo twccn Senator John L. Ciu'iol ' ol Gral'ton an I Htyiijolfson for elialrnuni of the now committee. CaHhelvnti by n vote of MC to 10(1. ( lit1 } nJolfHon donlod the chaigos. Othunvloo the convention was free from Incident The following ticket was nominated : CoiiKicRRinon , A. G. Burr , Bottlnoau ; John D Benton , Cain ; governor , John Burke , Ramsey ; secretary of state , A H. IlorB , Grlngs ; auditor , Frank Rood , Rurlolgh ; treasurer , F. M. Noggo , Tralll ; attorney general , D. C. Green leaf , Mlnot ; Insiiinnro comiiilflRlonor , C. H. Anholor ; JiiRtlco of sitpicmo court , C. J. Klfilt , Giand Folks , four years ; D. E. Morgan , RaniHoy , nix years ; state superintendent of schools , Mrs. Mattlc M. Davis , Cass ; labor commissioner , Julius Wlrkus , Walsh , railroad eommlRnlonors , Terry Mo Kosher , Grand Forks ; William Schulz , Barnes ; William Schuott , RIchland. The platform Indorses W. J. Bryan for president and declares In favor ol equal taxation , extension of the prl mary election law to Rtato officers , popular election of United States Ren ntors , an Increase In the powers of the railroad commission and commerce merco commission ; popular referendum dum , representation of the two lead ing political parties on all Rtntc boards. antl-puRR law , repeal of tin Stroetor libel law , removal of ta.Mft from all. trust controlled goods nnn public ownership of public utllltlcn , and condemns the capital commlijulon law passed by the last leglslaturo. OHIO PROHIBSJICK TICKET Divorce Their Party From Other Tem perance Organizations. Columbus , O. , Aug. 3. In state con vention hero the Prohibitionists prac tically divorced their party from other temperance organizations and adopted a platform declaring fcr di rect legislation , woman suffr.ice ac tion of United States senator. * by di rect vote , and a moro rigid bank In Rpcctlon , It was declared that the liquor traffic can only bo curbt'd by a party organized for the one purpose The convention adjourned aflor mak ing Its state ticket , which IB headed by Alfred P. Hughes of D ilwaro county for secretary of state. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS MEET Nominate Klmmerle for Governor and Indorse Bryan for President. Detroit , Mich. , Aug. 3. Indorsement of William J. Bryan as a presidential candidate In 1908 , the defeat of a res olutlon calling on the national Demo cratlc committee to investigate the charges made against Chairman Thos. E. Taggort and demanding his resig nation If they were proved , and the nomination of Charles H. Klmmerle of Cassopolls for governor ever Stan- Icy E. Parkhlll of Owasso , the only other candidate , were the features of the Democratic state convention held hero. Miners Found Dead. Ouray , Colo. , Aug. 3. L. A. Thomp- ton , general manager , and V. W. Mather , fort man of the Mickey Brcen mine of the Tempest Apex company , who disappeared a week ago , were found dead under a mass of debris In a small tunnel half a mile from the Mickey Breen mine. They evidently rought refuge in the tunnel from a cloudburst and were overwhelmed by the rocks and dirt that washed In from the mountain side. Crude OH Pr'ces ' Lower. Plttsburg , Aug. 3. For the second time within a week the Standard Oil company reduced prices of crude po troleum. The cut is the same as madfl on July 2S 23 cents on the higher grades and 2 cents on all the lower grades , except ragland , which remains unchanged. Root Visits Brazilian Parliament. Rio do Janeiro , Aug. 3. Socrotar > Root , Lloyd C. Grlscom , the Amor ! can ambassador , and Senor Nabuco president of the Pan-American congress gross , visited the Brazilian parlla meut and were received wl.h great courtesy. Secretary Root made abort bert address. THE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska , Condlllonfl of the weather nu rocord- d for the twenty-four bourn onillnx it 8 n in. today : Maximum 92 Minimum 01 Avonino 70 llaioincler. . ' 1)013 ) C'liloiiKd , AUK. 3. The bulletin IH- Hiied by ( ho Chicago ntatlon of the United States wcnthor bureau thti mornllii ; KIVOH the fotocaat for No- bniHka an followH : Rain and cooler tonight and Satur day. DRUG rRUSTIS ADMITTED _ Lilly Company Denies Active Connec tion With Combine. Indianapolis , AID ; ,1. Tim Ell Lilly Drug company , In the federal conrtn , uiiHwoied the action of the United States nRaliiHt the alleged "drug triiRt , " suit agaliiHt which \vnn filed novoral wooliH ago by ropienentatlvca of the ntloinoy wnornl of the Unltod States. The niiRwer Hied practically nclmowlodKOH the existence of tun drug ( rust In the Rhape of the Nation al Association of Retail mil the Wholesale Dur l Mnn end yet denied active connection with either. Although donylni ; any dlRrrlinlna- ( Ion on Itn pail , The Lilly company does not deny that the Wholesale Drntu'KlH' aHHoclallon regulates inter itnt" commirce. but affirms tlint It Is motolv Iho posfiosHor of an tiKsnr-lnln membership In the aRsocltillnn anil IIIIH no voting power. The Illlcom pnnv Jmvovor. aolviiowlodgoR that It IIRH "M'lllni ; fiKonts" ptofloiit at all of the ii'iRoeliilloii'H nioolliiKi. The compiinv'R answer fmlhor slaton that It never hrm lieon nsKod by the Whole Rale nrui'ifiRtn' aRHoclatlon to niako any discrimination In pilroq. A demurrer wim nlfo filed bv the W II. lllll Drug company of Detroit mak ing a gcne-iil denial of the charges ARMOURS PAUL Take Option on Site for Big Pack ing Mouse. St. Paul. Aug. : t fl was learned definitely fiom Ht Paul business men that Armour & Co. of Chicago , through their agents , have paid down about $10,000 as option money for the purchase of n largo tract of land near the Mlnnorota Tranpfor coinpain'.i yanln lying In the northwest part of Rl Paul and pailly In Minneapolis for the piuposo ol building a proposed slaimlilei In ; ; and parking plant Several land ownois In that vicinity hnvo become nwaro of the company's IntonlloiiR and are holding out for higher pi Iron This stands In the way of concluding the entire deal. Patterson Weds Fay Templeton. Plttshurg. Aug. 3. William Joshua Patterson wap married to Fav Tern plelon In Ridley park , near Philadel phia. It WIIB learned here that ho la the president of the Heyl & Patter son Knglnccrlni * company , a contract ing firm of thlR city. Mr Patterson was a widower , forty-two years old , nd hod no Immediate family living The announcement caused no Riirprlso to Mr. Patterson's associates at the Fort Pitt hotel , where ho has made his homo of late , and It was paid that ho had boon missing from his apart ment several ilnys. ID. W. Heyl , Mr. Patterson's biiMn RB partner , con firmed the marriage announcement , and Raid his partner had been a friend of Miss Tompleton for a num ber of years. Fish Fin Scratch Is Fatal. Milwaukee , Aug. 3. Harry J. Blck- lor Is dead from blood poisoning. A few days ago , when fishing , one of the catches snatched his thumb with Its fin , a small portion of the ( In being lodged In tl-o flesh. Mr. Bkkler re moved this and thought nothing of the wound until his thumb became swollen en , when It was too late to save hla life. Iowa Democrats Fix Tariff Plank. DCS Molnes. Aug. 3 Prominent Iowa Democratic leaders held a con ference In Dc-s Molncb and practically outlined a tariff platform. Their tar iff plank will bo / ' demanding tariff for revenue only , but will In addition demand "Immediate revision of the tariff schedules on steel , lumber and other products controlled by monop olies. " . Death Claims Entire Family. Iowa City. Aug. 3. Mrs. Thomat Mctcalf , aged forty-eight , Is dead at her home hero. Within a brief space of time , death has claimed her nrothcr , two sisters , brother , nephew and brother-in-law. DASEBALLJESULTS American Association Kansas City , f 3 ; Indianapolis , o. Toledo , S ; St. Paul , , 4. Louisville. 9 ; Milwaukee , 2. Columbus - i lumbus , 11 ; Minneapolis , 2. ; National League Boston , 3 ; Clncin- nati , 7. , I American League Detroit , 1 ; New I York 11. Chicago. 3 ; Boston , 0. St. Louis , 11 ; Washington , 2. Cleveland , o 2 ; Philadelphia 3. n Western League Lincoln , 3 ; Den-lr ver , 4. DCS Molnes , 9 ; Pueblo , 6.