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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. , , , , . NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY DEOEMBEK 18 1907. MRS. LONQWORTH 8UDMIT8 TO OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS. WAS ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL Operation Performed by Drs. Rlxlyand Flnney President Roosevelt Re mains With His Daughter Until Danger Is Over. Washington , Doc. 12. It wns found necessary to perform an oporatlon on Mrs. Nicholas Ijongworth for appcndl- cltlH. She wns nttondod by Dr. Hlxly nnd Flnnoy , the latter a prominent specialist. The operation was In every way successful. Mrs. Longworth cnmo out from un der the effect of the anaesthetic at 11 o'clock. President Hoosevclt remained In the sick room until the doctors an nounced the success of the operation. Dr. Flnnoy , who performed the operation - oration , IH connected with the Johns Hopkins hospital. AT THEJHEATRE The best show of the season wns greeted by the poorest house at the Auditorium Wednesday evening , when the Boston Ideal Opera company pre sented that delightful comic opera "La Mascotto. " This piece contains great est possibilities for fun and every member of the company Is capable of making the most of every opportunity. The two brothers , F. O. Burgess , bari tone , and W. H. Burgess , bass , besides having voices full of harmony and music , are a pair of comedians that make a whole show by themselves. The one poker game scene , which these brothers do even bettor than It was presented here before , Is worth alone twice the price of admission. F. W. Walters , as Plppo in "La Mas- cotte , " has n tenor voice of surpass ing sweetness. Mr. Walters has been here before In Fra Diavolo and he was the tenor with the Andrews Opera company when that popular organiza tion used to mnko this territory. By comparison , It may bo truthfully said the Boston Ideals nro fully the equal or even liotter than the Andrews com pany wns in its palmiest days , cither of the Burgesses being as funny as Ed Andrews was in his happiest moments , Little Winifred Crowley , as Bettina , won the house from the moment she came upon the stage. She has a soft soprano voice that nt once nppeals to Jfc her audience. Miss Crowley is a na tive-born Philippine , with densely black hair nnd light complexion , a dainty , winning llttlo person of beau tiful face and form. The company hns - not a homely woman in the cast , Lucia 2ora being perhaps the most beautiful from nn American standpoint. Her execution of the Highland fling , In Scottish costume , wns the best spe cialty given during the evening. Thnt the company did not draw a good house in Norfolk Is no fault of theirs. It wns due to the fact that they followed two shows which had stung the people , and to the further fact that the advance man of this com pany did not give enough Information concerning the company to form an impression of what they are or who they are. They are a first class com pany In every respect and the seats should have sold at $1.00 Instead of 50 cents. Will Return Monday Evening. At the earnest solicitation of the Auditorium management , together with a number of those who were present Wednesday evening , the Boston Ideals have consented to play a return en gagement In this city Monday even ing , at which time either "La Mas- cotte" will be repeated or "Olivette" will be given. There Is no doubt but the company will draw a big house Monday evening , as It Is without ques tion one of the wittiest , brightest com panies that has ever made good In Norfolk. And comic opera Is the kind of a show that always pleases a Nor folk audience. HARRISON CLARKE MUST HAND Governor Sheldon Finishes Inquiry nc Affirms Belief In Negro's Quilt Lincoln , Dec. 12. Harrison Clarke , the negro slayer of Street Car Con < ductor Floury of Omaha , will b banged In the state penitentiary to morrow. That was the decision reached' by Governor Sheldon , tc whom Clarke niadu his final appeal , after every ether recourse had failed , For three days the governor has been \ engaged In a personal investigation r of the case , and his conclusion cami after the most painstaking inquiry that It was possible to make. Govern or Sheldon said : "I cannot bellevi that Clarke is innocent , but am firm ! ) convinced that ha is most guilty Therefore the verdict of the Jury and the sentence of tha court will not b < \ iat aside. ' ! Quean Sophie Is Taken III. Stockholm , Deo. 12. The condition of Dowager Queen Sophie is occasion , ing anxiety. The strain upon the queen Incident to the Illness and death of King Oscar was very severe and since his death she has been al most constantly confined to Eer bed , Panhandle Train In Ditch , Columbus , O. , Dec. 12. The first section of Panhandle train No. 20 , the Keystone express , was wrecked al Frazeyberk , forty-nine miles east a Columbus. Half a dozen passcngon Mpjured , none fatally. Bryan Not Surprised , Lincoln , Dec. 12. When told that resident Roosevelt had made post- Ivo declaration that he will not be a andldato for n third term , W. J. Bry n expressed no surprise. Ho declared ho position of the president wns as 10 expected. Mr. Bryan said. "I have ssumed from the beginning that 'resident Roosevelt would not bo a andldnto. The statement ho Issued ho night of election loft no room for misunderstanding , and I have felt that its friends were doing htm an injua- lea In suggesting that ho would change his position on the subject. " Harriman Sick With Cold. Now York , Doc. 12. E. H. Harri man la suffering from a cold and hns not been nt his office since Monday. A report that Mr. Hnrrlmnn Is serious- y 111 wan dented at his ofllco. It was Eald that he "has a cold and Is taking care of It. " SCHOOL PLANNED FOR GREGORY SIX MONTHS AGO. LARGEST BUILDING IN COUNTY view Structure Is Now Completed and Is Found Entirely , 'adequate * ° Cover the Demand0J Room Is Needed. ' \ r0 . Gregory , S. D. , Dec. 12. Si , Mio News : The Gregory . choola have opened In the now bulity. ng after n vacation of six months. Mio delay was necessitated pending he construction of the new school mildlng , ns there was no ether build- ug of sufficient size available for school purposes. " So rapid has been the Increase In ) opulatlon that the now building which vas planned about six months ago nnd vas thought at the tlmo to bo of suf- Iclout Blzo for a long tlmo to come , s now entirely inadequate and is greatly overcrowded. It will bo neces sary to procure nt lenst two addltlonnl rooms In order to properly care for the present school population. If the lumber of pupils continues to increase it the present rate another much larg er building will probably be erected luring the coming summer. The new building has a seating capacity of three mndred and Is the largest in Gregory county. COAL HEARINGJWED EARLY Interstate .Commerce Commission Sets Date Deo. 16. Lincoln , Dec. 12. The railroad com mission has receive" ? notice that tne interstate commerce commission will send a representative to Lincoln Doc. 16 to listen to the complaint of the state officials that the Union Pacific road Is charging too much for h&ullnsf coal from Wyoming to Nebraska points. Tha complaint baj not been on tha docket many weeks and the stata board was t liken by surprise at the celerity of tha national commls' slon. Commissioner Clark * has fa miliarized himself with the facts and ho is now out of the city , honoo it Is not known whether the board will be sufficiently posted to push the casa now. The case Is based on the tariff sheet of the railroad , which charges equal amounts for lone and shorl hauls of coal from Wyoming to Ne braska cities. EXPRESS CUTjS ENJOINED Judge McPherson Issues Restraining Order Affecting Rates In Missouri , Kansas City , Dec. 12. Judge Smith McFhorson , in the United States dls trlct court here , issued an order tern porarlly restraining the Missouri state board of warehouse and railway com mission and. Attorney General Hadley from putting into effect the new law reducing express rates. Th'o order was granted upon pe tition of six express companies , the Pacific , American , Wells-Fargo , Adams , United States and Southern. The law goes into effect Jan. 15 next , and' reduces express rates on an aver age of 21 per cent. A motion to make the Injunction permanent will bo argued at Kansas City , Dec. 21. No Race Riot In Alabama. Montgomery , Ala. , Deo. 12. A tele graphic request to Editor W. J. Peteri of the Gor lo Messenger for an acou- rate account of the alleged riots in Pickens county , brought the following reply : "There has not been a riot In this county. Two negroes were ar rested at Lowatown for Interfering with an officer. Negroes fired on the officer and killed his negro prisoner , The officer , Constable R. V. Lowe , wu slightly wounded. Qvtorythlnff li Quiet" Dies for Love of Neighbor's Wife. Jefferson , la. , Dec. 12. For love of a neighbor's wife , who did not return his affection , D. H. Breeso , a wealthy farmer , forty-eight years old , sent a bullet through his brain In the pros- nee of a number of people. On his body was found a note , saying that if he could not marry the woman ho loved he did not care to live. Receivers for Exposition. Richmond , Va. , Doc. 12. Judge Ed mund Waddlll of the United States circuit court announced the receivers for the Jamestown Exposition com pany. They ara Messrs. Alvah H. Mar tin , late director general of the ex position ; Edward T. Lamb of Norfolk and William M. Ged'des of Washing ton , JOSEPH ROWLES , MEMBER OF THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT. NEGRO ADMITS KILLING SOLDIER Colored Man Arrested Near South Omaha and Brought Back to Omaha , Confesses That He Did the Killing , as the Result of a Row. Omaha , Dec. 12. Special to The News : Joseph Rowles , n sharpshoot er of the Sixteenth regiment , was found this morning near n Cnpltol nv- eiiuo resort , murdered and robbed. The police have arrested thirty ne groes. The last seen of Rovlcs alive was about midnight when he left Pri vate Burke's company near whore the killing occurred. William Fauco , a negro , was arrest ed near South Omaha and brought to this city this afternoon. When con fronted with the charge he admitted that he had done the killing , nnd said it resulted Irom n quarrel nnd fight in which the ncgio claims that the sol dier hit him tirat. The discovery of Fnuce's cap nwir the scene of the killing resulted in his in rest. SADLIER COMMITS SUICIDE Manager of Branch of California Trust Company Ends His Life. , ? . "in Francisco , Dec. 12. Following 'fl. arrival from Bunta Barbara , in cu'stody of officers , David F. Walker , president of the insolvent Calltorulu Safe Deposit and' Trust company , de clared that not until about two weeks ago did he become aware of the true state of affairs in the institution over which he presided. The management of the bank's affairs , he said , was left In the hands of James Dalzoll Brown , the general manager , who at present is occupying a cell In the city prison on the charge of embezzlement , based upon the disappearance of securities valued at $205,000 , belonging to the Colton estate , which had been depos ited In the bank by W. J. Bartnett , dl < rector in the trust company and the special administrator of the estate. Among the developments of the day was the discovery of the suicide of T. Otway Sndller , manager of one of the four branches of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company. Sad loir was an intimate friend and con fldentlal employe of Brown. He had worked unceasingly to get his em ployer balled out of prison , but with * out success. JENKINS ANDJONS INDICTED Former President of Brooklyn Bank Accused of Conspiracy to Defraud. New York , Dec. 12. John C. Jen kins , formerly president of the First National bank of Brooklyn , and his three sons were indicted by the Kings county grand Jury on charges of conspiracy and perjury. The four Jenkins had been warned that they would be wanted in court and were present to be arraigned. Their coun sel pleaded not guilty in their behalf and ball for John G. Jenkins , Sr. , was fixed at | 10,000 , while that of his sons was made $2,500 , as they are already under heavier ball in other cases. The charges against them are based on the loans alleged to have been made by the First National bank o Brooklyn and the two trust companies to the accused men. It Is charged tha they engaged in a conspiracy to se euro these funds in excess of 10 p.er cent of the paid-in capital stock o the various concerns and that reports to the state superintendent of banks were so falsified by them as to con ceal the fact that the loans were made. The charges of perjury wore based' on this alleged concealment. Risk Concerns to Return to Texas Dallas , Dec. 12. An Austin specla says it is repoitod there upon gooi authority that the big life insurance companies , all of whloh retired from Texas on July 1 , because of the enact raent of the Robertson law , requiring them to Invest 75 per cent of thel Texas reserve In certain Texas secur ' itles and to deposit the same wlthic this state , are to return to Texas on Jan. 1. Entombed Miners Still Alive. I Reno , Nov. , Dec. 12. The thro miners , Brown , McDonald and Bailey who have been entombed for a wee ! in a drift nt the 110-foot level of th J Alpha shaft of the Gtroux mine a I Ely , are still alive and are able tc communicate with the miners at the top of the shaft. They have beer given enough food through a slx-lnct water pipe to last them a week. Fifty-Four Actors Indicted , Kansas City , Dec. 12. Travelinj actors , charged with the violation o : the Missouri law which forbids Sun day labor , again felt the weight o the Sunday closhig order of Judg < Wallace of the criminal court whei fifty-four actors , who participated It performances last Sunday , were In dieted by the grand Jury and placec under a bond of $200 each. Maxwell Is High Gun , Boston , Doc. 12. In a trop-shootlni contest at Wellington for the cham plonshlp of Now England , Georgi Maxwell of Hastings , Neb. , the one armed shot , was high gun , making thi phenomenal score of 99 out of 100. Hi shot three events of twenty blrdi without a miss , and also hit every bin in the last twenty. He mlasod om In the fnnHh ovnnt. COMMITTEE IN APPARENT QUANDARY - DARY WHERE TO GO. EITHER DENVER OR KANSAS CITY Chicago , Cleveland and. Atlantic City Have All Passed It Up and Declined to Bid for the Big Convention Held In Kansas City In 1900. Washington , Dec. 12. Kansas City and Denver now have the Held for the ocatlon of the next democratic nation al convention. The money stringency has caused n learth of bids for the democratic con- cntlon and the democratic national committee wns In an apparent quan- Inry when It met today. Chicago , Cleveland and Atlantic City mvo all declined to bid for the con- ontlon , giving the field to Denver uid Kansas City. The democratic convention was held n Kansas Clty.lu 1900. JEFF DAVIS MAKES HIS MAIDEN SPEECH IN SENATE. TAKES RAP AT STANDARD OIL New Member from Arkansas Delivers Passionate Address In Favor of Hlf Bill Doing Away With Combina tions in Trade. Washington , DOc. 12 | Passionate oratory maiked the proceedings of tha senate. Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas , who , when elected , de clared that he would attack the trusts immediately after taking his seat , ful filled his piomlse , although he was a few days late In doing so. The speech was filled with sensational declara tions and was given with that vigor for which the Arkansas senator is fa mous in his own state. Quaint phras ing , pointed denunciations and evi dences of Intense emotion character ized' his remarks. Ho was given a SENATOR JEFFERSOil DAVIS , careful hearing by senators and the galleries were well filled throughout the time ho held the floor. Senator Davis began by declaring that it was not his purpose to retain his seat in the senate until his hair shall have grown gray before taking up his work actively in that body. After declaring that his bill , rigor ously enforced , would kill the trusts , with dramatic effect e challenged any senator to step forward and contest the issue with him. A domestic corporation found fix ing the price of any article would , by his bill , he said , have its charter for feited and a foreign corporation guilty of such an act would not be al lowed to do business in the United States. "Everything , " declared Senator Davis , "Is in a trust except acorns and persimmons. Holy writ , " ho said , "admonishes us to go into the vine yard and work. I have found nothing In the good book that warrants any of us going Into the vineyard to corner all the grapes. " He read some statistics on the Standard Oil and stepping out into the center aisle , stamped his foot , and Eald : "Tho Standard Oil Is the old he- trust of the country. It is the trust that has all the paraphernalia and earmarks of a trust. I dislike the Standard Oil. I hate the smell of coal oil. Petroleum makes me sick. Oh , sir , something ought to be done to curtail the great power of this mons ter trust John D. Rockefeller trust the great Standard Oil trust. " mrs. J. B. Grlnnell Is Dead. Grlnnell , la. , Dec. 12. Mrs J. B. Grlnnell , widow of the founder of this 1 tlty , died at her home here of heart 1 failure. She had recently celebrated ' her eightieth birthday and was In ap- 1 parontly good health , fine is the last of the original organizers of the Con gregational church hero. Her maiden name was Julia Chapln. She was married In 1S52 and came to Grlnnell In 1854. Bristol's Nomination Withdrawn. Washington , Dec. 12. It was an nounced at the department of justice that the nomination of William C. Bristol , United States attorney for Oregon , whloh had been sent to tha senate , would be withdrawn. ON WITNESS STAND IN PETTI- BONE CASE AT BOI6H. NKW FEATURE OP EVIDENCE Dsolarea Dsfandant Told Him He Pur chased nlflss In Denver for Usa In Causr d'Alene Riots and Showed Him How to Usa "Pattlbona Dope. " Boise , Ida. , Dae. It. For four boura in the trial of George A. Petti- aout for the murder of former Gov ernor Steunenbarg , Harry Orchard was on tha witness stand , and when court adjourned his story was only iialf through. Under the guidance of James H. Hawley , chief counsel for .ho prosecution , Orchard told of the blowing up of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine in tha Couur d'Alones , : he killing of Charles MoCormack and Mol Bock In the Vindicator mine In the Cripple Creek district of Colorado rado , the murder of Lyto Gregory in HARRY ORCHARD. Denver , the blowing up of the Inde pendence depot and the attempts made on the life of Governor Peabody of Colorado. In the main the testimony was the same as given at the Haywood trial , but the questions emphasized Petti- bone's alleged conspiracy. An entirely now feature of the evidence was the statement by Orchard that Pettlbono had told him in 1904 that he pur chased 100 rifles from a hardware company in Denver and shipped them to the Couor d'Alenes for use in the riots of 1895. The witness said Pottl- bone told him he paid $1,500 of West ern Federation money for the rifles. Another portion of the testimony which the state regards as Important was the statement that Pettlbone vis ited Orchard's house at Cripple Creek and showed him how to use "Petti- bone dope. " It Is claimed by the prose cution that corroborative evidence will be Introduced. Orchard Tells His Story Again. Orchard began by tolling of his first visit to Denver in December , 1903 , when he went alone to Federation headquarters and introduced himsell to Meyer , Haywood and Pottibone. He said Haywood tofi him he had done a good job at the Vindicator and that they promised him money , later giving him $300. Going back to Crip ple Creek , he said , he set to work with Owney Barnes making bombs for the purpt > of blowing up the coal bunkers ac the Vindicator mine and imprisoning the nonunion workmen. He soon returned to Denver as a dele gate to the convention of the State Federation of Labor and again saw Meyer , Haywood and Pettibone and talked over Cripple Creek matters with them. He met Pettlbone at this time , ho said. Meyer introduced him , telling him that Pottibone was "al ! right. " "Pettlbone took me to his store , " said Orchard , "and told mo about setting off giant caps with acid and a peculiar burning substance showing me how to compound the mix ture. I took some homo with me Pettibone told me i e would como to Cripple Creek and show me how to use It. Ho came to my house soon after , under the name of Morgan , one mixed up some 'Pottibone dope. ' " Orchard said that the stuff brought by Pettlbone was burled and that ha had described the place after his ar roBt and it had been dug up. The witness told of his third visit to Denver and of accompanying Meyer to Montrose as his bodyguard. In April Orchard said , Haywood told him he wanted him to "bump off" Governor Penbody , and he went to Crlppia Creek to get Steve Adams to help him do the Job. Ho then related now they laid for Peabody with sawed off shotguns furnished by IVttlbone , bu failed. Attention was then turned to Lyte Gregory , Orchard testifying that Pettlbone and Steve Adams came to him and told him the executive bean had decided that he ought to be pu out of the way. All three , ho said planned to get Gregory , but only ho and Adams were present when the shooting occurred. The blowing up of the Independence depot , Orchard said , was plannei while the executive board was In ses slon. Fifty or sixty nonunion men were on the platform when the ex plosion occurred and' ' fourteen were klllod. The next day hft went bncl to Denver and talked to Haywood am Pettlbone about the explosion. Petti bone , Orchard said , told him It was a good job , but that they should have waltod until the train got in so as to get more of them. THE CONDITIONOF THE WEATHER _ Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Conditions of the weather as record- d for the twenty-four hours ending t 8 a. 111. today : laxliiuuu HO Ilnlmum 22 Average 3G Barometer 29.G8 Chicago , Deo. 12. The bulletin Is- ued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau , gives ho forecast for Nebraska as follows : Probably snow tonight and Friday. Cooler southwest portion tonight. Pulllam Ro-Blaotcd PrMldant. Nsw York , Dec. 18.IIarry a Fiu > lain was ro-elooted president of Ui National Longuo for tha sixth tlmo by the members of the league , who are in session here for thslr fall meet- cc. ROOSEVELT WILL NOT DE CANDI DATE FOR THIRD TERM. HIS POSITION IS UNCHANGED Authoritative Statement Issued From White House Reiterating His Fa mous Declaration Made on Election Nloht In 1904. Washington , Doc. 12. President Roosevelt will not bo a ciuidldata for a third term. All doubt on this point was dlspolled by tha authoritative tateiaent from the Whltu Ilouaa hat Mr. Roosevelt still adheres to ho declaration of renunciation made on the night of the election three oarii ago. In the statement issued , 'resident Rooaovelt says he has not changed and shall not change the do- clslou communicated to the American looplo in 1004. It appears that Presi dent Roosexolt had bean awaiting the call for the Republican national con vention to afford the proper opportu nity for making hie position clear and unmistakable , thus leaving the field clear for Fairbanks , Taft , Cannon , Cnox , Foraker and ether declared or receptlvo candidates for the Repub- loan nomination. The president's statement follows : "On the night after election I mads he following announcement : " 'I am deeply sensible of the honor done mo by the American people in bus expressing their confidence In what I have dona and have tiled to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence Imposes upon me , and I shall do all that in my power lies not to forfeit It. On tne Ith of March next I shall have served hreo and a half years , and this three and a half years constitute my first erm. The wise custom which limits ; ha president to two terms regards the substance and not the form , and under no circumstancoa will I be a candidate for or accept another nomi nation. ' "I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced. " The announcement that tha presi dent would' not accept the Republican nomination came at too late an hour ; o become generally known In pollt- cal circles , but among those who Earned of It , Democrats and Repub- leans alike , a feeling was general that It left no element of doubt In the presidential situation so far as relates to the third term talk , and that it definitely eliminates Mr. Roosevelt from the contest now being waged. Some Democrats , however , express a belief that a Roosevelt stampede in the Republican convention would shake his resolution and that ho \iuld prove no exception to the his toric precedent that no American citi zen over refused a presidential nomi nation. Administration Republicans declare that the announcement gives a great Impetus to the Taft boom , while tha Democrats , many of the leaders of which party are here to attend tha meeting of their national committee , are shouting that It means "Bryan la a walk. " . TAKE NO SIDESMN TROUBLE President Roosevelt's Orders to Colonel nel Reynolds at Goldfield. Goldfleld , Nev. Doc. 12. President Roosevelt's communication from Washington to Colonel Alfred Reyn olds , In command of the federal troops at Goldfleld , to the effect that he is to take no sides In the trouble , and to Interfere with no person In any way , unless such a course becomes necessary to protect llfo after violence lence has bd n committed , put a dif ferent complexion on tha situation here. This , coupled with the fact that General Funston Is to arrive in Gold fleld today to view the situation and report to Washington , caused a com plete change In the program of the mine operators , who had hoped to bo able , through Governor Sparks , to have martial law declared' in Goldfleld and to reopen the mines today under thoaotlvo protection of the United States troops. One thing that developed Is the fact that the John S. Cook & Co. bank will probably bo able to meet the first payroll under the now wage schedule In Goldfleld and that nil wages will bo paid In gold hereafter. This will have a tendency to Induce more of the minors to return to work than might otherwise do so , as the one grievance appearing on the surface that led to the present lockout was the fact that tha.wages .wcrO-.nnM In CUMING COUNTY DULL AT INTERNATIONAL - NATIONAL STOCK SHOW. "HUDERTA GOODS , " THE WINNER Animal Owned by Howell Reese , One of the Foremost Breeders of Short horn Cattle In the United States * Sweeps Everything Before It. Pllger , Neb. , Dec. 12. Special to The News : A Cumlug county animal took first prize In his class nt the International Stock show , Just closed In Chicago. This prize-winner la the yearling bull "Huberta Goods , " owned and raised by Howell Reese 'of thia county , one of the foremost breeders of Shorthorn cattle In the United States. "Huberta Goods" wns only outclassed by one animal on the In ternational Stock show grounds , and that was In another department. Mr. Rccso owns "Choice Goods , " the slro of this animal. "Hnberta's Goods" has been sweepIng - Ing all classes of competition aside during the season , having carried oft swecpstaKcs nt the Lincoln stale fair , and alfao at Kansas Ctly nt the Inter State fair. At the ago of one year ho weighed 1,113 pounds. IIo Is full of llfo and Is well worthy of all the honor ho Is receiving. Win. Reese , son of Ifowoll Reese , who was in Chicago looking after the animal , has Just re turned homo. BASKET BALL CONTROVERSY. Fremont Board Emphatically Sits on the Proposition. Fremont , Neb. , Dec. 12. At a spe cial meeting of the board of education held upon the call of President C. C. McNish the high school's ' sldo of the basketball question was hoard. After listening to arguments for over an hour on behalf of the game the board wont Into executive session and while closeted under this order , voted reaf firming Its former position and refus ing to permit the games to bo contin ued with out-of-town teams. The school principal and teachers made an earliest effort on behalf oC competitive athletics , but they failed ! to move the school fathers who bcllevo public basketball games for girls nra not perfectly proper and that the Fre mont high school has been paying too much attention to the games to permit the best school work. The meeting of the board was an Interesting one. Present were all of. the teachers of the high school , Super intendent W. H. Gardner , five or six parents of students who have partici pated In basketball , Chester Stewart , who Is president of the high school athletic association and five members of the board , Messrs. McNish , Steph ens , Morse , Mnrr and Gage. PREVAILING PRICES FOR CATTLE HOGS , SHEEP AND GRAIN. 1.GRICULTURALTRADE CONDITION A/hat / Is Offered by the Buyers to the Producers of the West The Latest Quotations , Showing the Receipts and the Demand From All Points. [ Live stock market rurnlahed by Fhe National Live Stock Commission. Co. , Stock Exchange building , South Omaha. ] South Omaha , Dec. 12. Cattle Re ceipts 5,000. The general market is slow. slow.Hogs Hogs Receipts 7,000. The market is 20c higher , bulk selling at J4.G5Q ) 4.75 ; top price $4.80. Sheep Receipts 3,000. The general market is steady. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago , Dec. 12. Cattle Receipts 13,000. General market Is lOc lower. Hogs Receipts 24,000. Market is 2oc higher. Sheep Receipts 28,000. The gener al market Is steady. CONDITION OFJRAIN MARKET Selling Price of Wheat , Corn and Oats In Chicago. [ This market report Is furnished by the Omaha branch office of Logan & Bryan , commission merchants , room 112 Board of Trade , Omaha , Neb. , members of Chicago Board of Trade and all other principal exchanges. ] Chicago , Dec. 12. Following wore prices on the Chicago Board of Trada at 10:30 : this morning : Wheat- December | Q3 i Corn December 55 Oats- December 50 THE MARKETSAT NORFOLK _ Prices Being Paid for Staple Products In Norfolk Today. [ This market furnished by the Salter - tor Coal & Grain Co. , Norfolk. ] Wheat $ 85 Oats 40 Corn 40 Rye co Darloy 40
