NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-
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N10IWASKA l-'KWAY ' ( K'WHKH J )
Second Landseeker LOSES Life
Under Gar Wheels ,
CC.REDMAN OFST EDWARD ,
Young Barber Fell Under No ,
al D'Nolll ' at Might.
FOUL PLAY RUMORS RAN DOWN ,
Young Man at O'Neill for Land Lot-
tcry Is Second Lantlsccker to Have
His Body Ground to Pieces by Train
No.'O.
O'Neill , Neb. , Del -Special leThe
The News : C. C. Hodman , a baihoi
al St. I0dwind , la the second Trlpp
msli victim to have his life utushed
out by u Noilhwostoin lialn beailng
landseekerH.
Hodman lost hla llfo at midnight as
Uio Ilrst section of No. ' T > pulled Into
the NoithwoBtein depot hero. Ho was
in the oiowd Just east of the station.
About the depot wasa crowd of some
J.OfiO people.
Went Under the Wheels.
As the tuiln diew Into the station
Hodman's body went under the
wheels. Ho cither fell or was pushed
under by accident or Intention. In
the gioat surging ciowd exact details
0Vore hind to got.
, Suspect Foul Play.
.Foul ph\y \ clues weie inn down by
Shoilff Hall , who laid what lutoima-
tlon ho had seemed before the conntj
attorney to be used at the Inquest
Suspicion was directed against an nl
leged ciook who was still In the cltj
today.
Hold Inquest.
- " " Late tlhs mointng an Inqnost was
luM by the county authoilties.
Father is Notified.
iccelvcd-.fiom St. I'd-
. \ Voulvn -
waul that Hodman's father would ar-
live dirrlng the day to look after his
son's body.
A Young Man.
Hodman was a > oung man of about
thirty > oars.
Ills body was Kiomid to pieces , the
Wheels mangling It toiilbly.
Redman Is the seumd landseekcr to
fall under the wheels of Northwestoi n
passenger No , 5 , the gicat innh to
O'Noill Just now The other victim
.vas Chailes Johnson , a joung faimpi
iionr Newman Giovo , who was at Oak
ilulo on his way to O'Neill. Johnson's
body was found about midnight in the
Oakclalo yards.
The state business dliectoiy gives i
Piank Hodman as conducting a baibe
ehop at St. Edward.
THIRD DEATH AVERTED.
Uandseeker Narrowly Missed Going
Under Wheels at Norfolk.
'A third death under the wheel
was nanowly averted at the Noifoll
Northwestern uptown station \Ycdnos
day evening about 5 o'clock
A landseoker attempted to boaid t
Dallas passenger while it was &ti
inoslng and fell down by the iails
.Two men pulled him back before th
wheels touched his bed > . Ills li
Juiles woio slight.
ELEVATOR EXPLODES !
\ THIRTEEN RILLED ,
Concussion Shakes Entire Vil
lage of Rlchford , Vt ,
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1 nichford , iVt , Oct. 8. With a con-
cubslon which shook the entire v lllago ,
a. hngo gialn wlevator , having a ca
pacity of 500,000 bushels , exploded ,
causing the death of eleven workmen
and two women. The explosion blew
off the cntlio roof of the building ,
bcatteilng tlmbera In all directions ,
and Instantly llamea burst out. Mas
John Jellforo , who was walking near
the elevator , was burned to death.
The elevator was. owned jointly by the
Canadian Pacific and Boston and
CMalne uillioads and was occupied by
the Quaker Oats company of Chicago.
The tlames are supposed to have been
started by spontaneous combustion.
The elevator and Its contents were do-
aliojed , causing a loss of $100.000.
The dead : Herman Labuo , Lucas
-Wright , Uobert Mandlgo , W. C. Har-
liej. Ralph Halic , Herman Nllos ,
Chailes Nanows , Louis Paplneau ,
Doma Lapoito , Mr. Tuttle , a workman
name unknown , Mrs. Jcllfoio and Mr ,
STEWART WILL FIGHT.
Consults Attorneys In Connection with !
His Prospective Retirement.
( ) ct 8Col
lodnj wltn attonio.VH In pio-
111" dofonnu before UK * arm > i
utlrliiK hoaid. It In understood that
a c miploto honlth record will bo mib-
mltlod.
Mrs. Avery and Daucjhtor Homebound.
New Yoik. Oct. --Mounliod aftpr
llfloon JPIIIH , Mrs. Flora Aveiy ami
her daughter , Mil lie , aio on tholr
to Hpearlls'i , S D , toda.v The
was kldnuppod b\ her father and
Inter dosoitod bj him. She was In
the oiifitod.v tf the society foi the pio-
volition of crunlt.v to chlldien.
Minnesota CH > ys 1910 Con
vention of Bivthood ! ,
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WON OVER MOBILE Bill VOTES ,
lection of Officers by the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and
Firemen Was Postponed Until the
Afteinoon Ssslon.
Columbus. 0. , Get K St. 1'aul gels
ie 1010 convention of the Diothei-
inod ol Locomotive lluglneeiH and
"iiomen , winning o\oi Mobile b >
lev en votcu The o'entlon of olllcoiu
as postponed unlll 'he afloinoon so--
ion.
DA FOLLETTE'S WEEKLY SOON.
Will Go After Men and Measures Im
partially , He Says.
Milwaukee , Ool. 8 Senator La Foi-
otto todaj announced that ho would
eon stint a political weekly devoted
o public Intel ests along Hues bioad
MiotnOi to appeal to am piogressho
n the conntrj. He sa\s that he will
llscnss measuioa impaitlallv and will
nlnl the lecoid ol public olllclals and
lolitical parties on % ltal questions.
Goes Over to American Rule.
The I'aidldo Na-
Manila. Oct. S
ional , foimerlj one of the stiongost
lovvspapeis opposing American utle
leie , has announced that It will lioio-
support the govoinmont
TAF1 TO WATERWAY CONVENTION
Repuollcan Candidate's Address Elicits
Great Applause.
Chic agp , Opt 8. pictino of days
when stately ships shall carry the ilch
pioducis of the central slalcs fiom the
jieat lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
llnough a deep waterway , letinnlns
with pioducts of no less \alne , was
conjured up before the delegates and
vlsltois to the third annual conven
tion of the I-ahcs-to Ihe Gull Deep
Watetway association by able speak-
eis , headed by Judge William II. Tail.
The ntteiancos were authoritative ,
for the > tame fiom Secretary Sannd-
ors of the association , Piesldent Kav-
auaugh , head of the organl/.atiop ;
Goveinor Chail ( > s S. Kcneen of Illi
nois , who spoke ot the first link of the
great waterway , tlio Chicago diainago
canal , and W. II Tatt.
The need of such a waterway was
Insisted upon hy ovciy speaker The
question of transpoitatlon , It was do-
claied , is one of the most seiious ques
tions witli which this countiy has to
deal. Judge Tnft's insistence that not
Vmly the deep wateiway , but the con-
soivatlon of the national lesomces ,
were i elated subjects which called tor
immediate action , elicited gieat ap
plause. Ills statement that the water
way was not a project , hut a policy ,
found a lead } ' icsronsc in cheers of his
auditors.
Methodists Hit Uncle Joe.
Chicago , Oct. 8. Resolutions attackIng -
Ing Spoakei Cannon lor alleged block
ing ot action to cuib interstate tiaffic
in liquoi WPIC adopted at the final ses
sion of the Rock Hher conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church The
icsolntlons weio adopted amid loud ap
plause , in which cilos ot "shamo" wore
mingled h > ministers who had dtcun-
od Speaker Cannon
"ELIJAH" SAVED ROM LYHGHIH3
Arkansas VIcjHantcs Try to Oblige
"prophet" in Wish to Hang.
Fort Smith , Ark. , Oct 8. KHJah
Skaggs , who claims to be a iclncaina
tion ot the oiiginal Klljah , and who
two months ago sought to bo hanged
"to piovo he would aiiso again on the
third da > , " was \lslted b > a vigilante
avnmitteo nt , . Vanen.
With tlneo of his follov/cra , ono a
\voman , Skaggs was taken to a lonely
place In the mountains , where picp-
arattons had buWi made to hang him.
The pleadings of the woman Induced
the vigilantes to abandon the hanging
and biibstltuto a whipping. SKaggs
was laid across a log and given thirty
lashes with a harness tug.
Heed Warning of Night Riders.
Uttle Hock , Aik. , Oct. S. Heeding
notices posted on the dooia of the Ar
kansas Valley Cottonoll company , at
the office at Daidamjllo , twcho cotton-
glils of this concern closed. The wain-
Ing btatod ihat the ls t riders Avero
friends of the ollldals , but that unksa
the plant was cioJed at once , torches
would b - uscil on the companj's piop-
city. .
DALLAS
Novel Devices IntroducedTo Gain
Pin Money ,
COLLEGE BOYS AS "SPIELERS" ,
Gamblers Who C.in Gain a Foothold
In Salconn Are Piospcrlng Good
Railroad Service Whlskc People
Awaj Too Quickly.
Dallas. S. I ) . Oct. 8 Fiom n staff
eoiiofcpoitdont : Man ) a pietty and
dnlnty Dallas uouiiin line joined In
Ihu aimy of monoj-makciH taking ad
vantage of the Tilpp county land lush
to Increase hank accounts. And us n
result the fair women of Dallas town
will hnvo pin money next winter that
might well ho c-nvled hy their tlatois
llnoughout the hind.
Novel devices the\ have hi ought
i foith lor lining a dime or a iiuiutor
I fiom the landsu'ekcr who cnmo to
Dallas to resistei for a chance In the
big inllllon-aoii' Kind lottery. And
they're winning at It. what's moie.
Alis. Don II Foster , formcilv one
of the society hadets ot DIM Mollies ,
la , has established n doughnut stand
in a vacant stoio loom
Another lart > has .1 loom on tlio
main sheet , pa ° sod by Ihoupands ol
tfred laini-huntciu , In which one may
vvi'sh his tiavol-boailnicd face and
tomb his hair lot a dime. Clean
towels hole mabe had a IIIMIIJ , b\
the way , not in he Mtco/ed at and
the oppottunll > to get the touch of
cold , clean \\ator to ono's lace , aftoi
long , dusty honis ahoaid cais , is
eagerly scl/od upon b > hundieds and
hundiods of the \lsltois
Two daughtois-In-law of oCover -
nor Fiank I ) . Jackson of lown tjio
man upon whom pioKsine was In ought
to make him enter the scnatoilal taco
tiB the stnmlpat standaid beaiei
against Cummins for Allison's place
are also taking advantage of the pies- j
cut Huong , with wonted wcsteineal , '
to put quaiteis and half dollai.s , by
the humlied , In their puises. Mis
Kinost A. Jackson , daughtei ot United
States .Indge Mnngei of Omaha , has
thrown open her homo , as have othei
pioinlnont Dallas women , and is in
this way helping to make it possible
to affoid accommodations to the nifiji
of people. United States Commis
sioner Keller sa > s that Mis Keller is
making more monej out of the msli
than he la Slie , too , bao tin own open
hoi home to the ati angers. Jn the
home aio font teen tots , which aie lot
for Jiffy cents a night. ' And the rash
of lantlsoekers Unaolnnteered Ita ap-
picclatlon of this sott of tieatmint
ipon the part of the Dallas House-
whes.
Mis. Grajdon D Jackson is ono of
a number of Dallas' fair lesldents who
lune notary seals and are o\ouitini ;
applications at 25 cents each
In providing accommodations the
chin chos , too , ha\o joined , famishing
cots at 50 tents a night
Army of Spielers.
Dallas today holds within Its bord-
eis a small aimy of " .spieleis" > vho
have been assembled hole from all
paits ot the countiy. Many of them
are piofesblonals , impoited expiess-
iy for the occasion , and many of them
aie amatenis , made whllo-joil-wait
baikers who ha\e leaped into the gap
that ofleied itself as a means of mac
Ing enough dollats per day to buy
meals and lodgipg dining tlu'.r'ish '
In front of e\eiy notary establishment -
mont theio are plelers tnlng their
mightiest , with lusty lungs , to line
the passing tlnong Insld" for the pur
pose of ha\ing their r.lildivits " \ -
ecuted. Man > of the&o notaries are
i eal estate men who not only can use
the notarial quaiteis , but who want a
line on the fntnie leal estate business
transactions which will develop
among the poisons diawlng farms ,
after the lottery is all over. And so
they have hiied shong-voiped criers
to hypnotise the tlnong Newsbojs
have been Impoited fiom Norfolk ,
Neb , Sioux City , la , and Omaha to
see that stiect sales of fresh papeia
do not lag. Ten cent shows have
suio-enough haikevb to tell the pass'
eis-by that they can see the within
show for the tenth part of a dollai
Collcne Boys in the Game.
Many a college fraternity pin may
be seen gleaming in the light of the
Rosebud sun on the vest of a hoaiso
and much-ln-cainest "bplelei" stand
ing In front of some cheap uindevlllo
show. College lads just out of school
have ( locked here b > the scoio , look
ing for something to get into as soon
ab the million acies of land In Tiipp
county shall ho opened. Some of them
aie dentists , some ph > slclans , some
> onng attornejs who will within a
geneiatlon he listed among South Da
kota's poUllclaiib and peihaps Its ot-
ficeholdeis of note In fact the
people flocking here looking for hiul-
nees chances In the new tiact of land
to he opened. Is marked by all.
Heanlfe that set giacefully upon the
face aie lare aitides , Indeed. College -
lego caps and sweateis and pipes aio
commonplace.
Gamblers Prosper.
Although the couple of hundied
gambleis dealing fnio and miming
loulotte and other soils of games , are
, all Kepi In the lear looms of the sa
loons , they seem to ho making moio
' money than nn > othoi class of poisonr
located heio to inul.o a dollar out of
I the msli. " 1 inuilu $1S1 $ ycateidny , "
hnlil ( ni' dice * * iaU < r One of ( ho in w
l\ arrlft RiiL iiT * offered a ttaloon
man 175 a nlxht to place hU new-fan
ulod wheel In the back loom , hut the I
iffer wan icCuum ! when the Haloon-
man saw how nlmplo the wheel wan
It wax nald Unit lee man * people |
wtitlil ha\o been lurc'l inva > h > It j
fiom otlior gamiw "IJlg limit' faio |
hank Is being dmlt,200 ( lifln thoj
limit. One gambler nlil to bo woith
; 100,000 Is hacUInt ; up his ginno It
Is notahlo that tliewu tnines of chance
which aio making ; moio mone > than
many loslllmate' ' iiropotltloim , aie
about the onh things not mentioned
h > stipot Hpleleis , and > ct they aie
sought out hy thousands of the land-
liungij mob. looking for soaiethlng lor
nothing peop'o ' , In innn > cases , who
have tuini'd down piopoHltlons of aji-
pealing merit.
In this connection , too , one stieet
fakir was of Intoiurt. Ho began glv
Ing awailollars and later selling
Mi/in s. About three do/on hit at the
g-imo li ) a hhoit s | > ace of time.
Railroad Service Too Good.
One of t'e ' ; complalntn of Dallas Is
that the rail ! oad sonlco IH tco good.
People are whisked nwaj too quickly
Goneial IMspetmer Agent Gable ol
the NorthvoHtein has been heie to
perponalh supor\Iso the tuiln scrvico
constantly.
The poatolTico fcuivlco is being
handled hoio ninch hi'ttor than might
hnvo licfii expected. Pom In&poctuis
are hoio to assist Posimanter Patilck
and eight oxiioi lonced cltv cloiks
fiom Chicago and oilier p ( ints aie
hoio to help
YORK BEATS
' '
Giants'Wd'Biife Will Play for
Pennant Tills Afternoon ,
Now Yoik , Oct. 8 Weather condi
tions weio Ideal when the giants and
culm met today for the gjeatost bat
tle In baseball hlstorv , a po.Hsoason
Bailie to decide the National league
pennant lace.
To i > i event dlsoidcr at todaj's game
1.10 police woio oideied to the polo
gionnds while 100 moie weie kept in
IOSCMC at a nearby station.
A ciowd of cia/ed fans ciowdod
about the paik this aftoinoon trying
to get Into the giounds.
Whenever a New Yoik plajcr ap
peal od there was a great bmst of ap
plause. When the cubs li oiled onto
the giounds the cheeiing was stilled
although theio was scatteting ap
plause fi om some pai Is of the
grounds.
When Captain Clfanco Hist ap
peaied the crowd gieeted him with
hisses and gioans.
At 1 o'clock 25,000 seats were filled
McGinlty and Chance exchanged
blows at the home plate dining the
practice over an aigument over the
time allowed the cubs to piacllce.
Chance lefused lo stnlender his posl-
lion lo McGinlty to bat Hies. McGinit >
pushed Chance aside. Plajeis pushed
between them and when the squabble
had ended the giants wore allowed
the field.
New York , Oct. 8. In the final game
of the Boston series and the last of
the legulai schedule the New Yoik
team not only most cmphatitall ) den-
onstiatcd supc'Hor class , but avcited
the possibility of a tuple tie ot tlie
three leadeis , which in case of defeat
by Boston and victory over Chicago
today wonlt' have necessitated a spe
cially airanged series for dcterminim :
the pennant v.inner and would have
held almost endless possibilities. The
victory over r/oston by the scoio of
7 to 2 makes today's contest with
Chicago unique in baseball history.
In it is concentiated the intensest In-
teiest of enthusiasts throughout the
countiy. Scoie by innings :
Boston . . . 20000000 0 2 8 1
New Yoik..O 1240000 * 7 13 0
TWO WIVES-SHOOTS
AND BURNS HIMSELF ,
Veteran's ' Matrimonial' Tangles
Drive Him Mad ,
Wan en , Okla , Oct S Host wick
Faikei lodaj , sot ( he to the honso and
then la > down on the lloor and shot
himself thiough the head.
Ho had applied for a divorce and
then married before the final docicc
was gianted being unavvaie of the
necessaij wait. The matiimonial
tangle IK thought to have unbalanced
his mind.
Ho was a civil war \oteran.
Cardinal Gibbons Back From Europe.
New Yoik , Oct. 8. Cardinal Gibbons
bens of Haltlmoie , head of the lloman
Catholic church In the United States ,
tctuined Horn Hurope on the Cunaul
IhiPi Caionia , fiom l.lvoipool , hi ing-
Ing with him , ho said , the blessing of
Pope PIua X to all ho people of this
Loantiy.
Milwaukee Bars Prize Fights.
Milwaukee , Oct. S. Sheritf Knoll ,
acting nndoi instinotions of Governor
Davidson , notified Milwaukee light
piomoteib that theio could honccfoith
bo no moio piUo lights In Milwaukee ,
roferilng paitlcnknl > to iho Kelly'
Paul.o ilBht , fafhcduled for Ott. ID.
TORK LOSES
STATES ,
Crete Joins Greece-More De
clarations of Independence ,
AUSTRIA AND SERVIAN CLASH ,
Flag of Greece Is Holcted Over Fort-
resa , but Is Later Lowered by French
Trcops Servian Cabinet Rcoltjno.
Turiy | Appeals to Powers.
Uolgiado , Son-la. Oct 8. AntUilan
troops ha\o occupied VosKa tunnel on
Ihe fiontlor and aio holding up Sor-
lan tioop trains. The Servian go\
eininent toiln > oidered the ihmoval
of the lieadqnaitetH of the war of
fices fiom Holgiado to ( he inteiloi
Conntantliule ) | ) , Oct S The ciulaei
Nedjldlsh and thiee toipcdo boats
were otdoieil to the island of Same
todaj , the Island being said to lie on
the \eigo of decliilng Independence
Vienna , Oot \lontenegio , one
of the small eounliies In Huiopcan
Tin key h lopoited to hil\o dechned
its Independenre of TinUuj. It el
footed bocerslon In si > lilt dining the
tiouble preceding the giaiitiiu ; of the
I'tnklfOi lonHii.utlon.
lielgrade , Sen la , Oct. S. Se\eial
spOie of poihOitH weio Injuied hoio to
day in a slanh between the iiolico and
a mob duilng the attack on thofoietmi
mlnlstn. The people aio Incesod
on account ol the weak note of pie
test sent to Auatila The police used
( heii t allies , the mob sticks and
stones
London , Oct S. A pailial conflim
iillon of the lepoited assassination ot
t'lince Constantine of Uieete w.is 10-
pol\ed hoio today. The Undapost
ir.orning papeis say that it is tmo. It
is , liolie\ed that the Ser\ian govoin-
ment Is .suppiesslng details.
Canea , Cieto , Oct. S. A deciee an-
tiouiiLlng the union ol Ciete witli
Gicece w.is published heie. E\entd
leading up to the cllina\ followed cadi
oilier tlnoughont the daj with dia-
mallc i.iplilltv. The lown was be
decked and eaily In Ihe moining people
ple began ( locking in tiom all dlicc-
lions. Theio was much firing of guns
and levolvers , with plenty of cheerIng -
Ing , hut peitect eider prevailed. Mus
sulmans mingled with Christians fiuc-
ly and nnmole&lcd. In the afteinoon a
great demonsttntion in favor of union
with Gieeto occunod on tlie military
re\lew eronnds Moie than 10),000 )
people gatheiort at this place. All the
piomlnent re\olutioiary ) leadeis , each
with Ins bull nor lljlng , appealed and
they weie snppoitel by Ihe heads of
the diffeient political paitles , the limy-
01 s ol the towns , the clerg > and others
influential in the councils ot the isl ;
and. Speeches weie made by various
representathes , wl'.o declaied that
the peaceful political revolution which
thej had assembled to consummate
was not diiected against the poweis
which had been the island's benefact
or , but solely at proclaiming the Isl
and's union with the motherland.
The\ called on the go\eminent to act
henc loith under the free kingdom of
Greece. T1 eur e.l . the people as a
duty to go icspei tfull > and announce
Uio'r ' decision to the lepresentalhos of
the powers , then tliej must call IT
gcthei an assembly to confiim the
people's decision by an official -vote
Ten thousand men then marched , sing
ing and shouting , to the \arious con
sulates , leaving at each of them a wilt-
ten copy ot the resolutions adopted.
They then surged to the goveinor's
palace and loweied the Hag of Crete ,
lais ng the Greek ( lag in its place.
With incessant and wild cheeiing for
the union the great procession made
Its way to the foi tress , whoie a Greek
( lag was sent up to the lop of a ( lag-
staff , but the French ttoops insisted
upon loweiing it and untuiled the Hag
ol Cieto and those of the four protect
ing powers This angered the populace
and lor a time thete was serious dun-
gei ol distui bances , but the leaders
llnallj succeeded In resloiing qnlct.
A special issue ot tlio government
journal was distributed , containing
the decree signed by five councillors ,
who announce their compliance with
he people's decision and direct all of.
( Icials henccfoith to conduct the bus !
ness of the countiy In the Hellenic
gov eminent. Thousands of people
lioni out ! ) Ing dlstiicts , n > est of then
armed , are still pouting Into the town ,
filling the streets and chccilng the
union.
Chairman Mack Back at His Desk ,
Chicago , Oct. 8 Chairman Noiman
H. M.u-U of the Dufnociatlc national
committee , wjm was leported to have
sulteted a nervous collapse , la on duty
as usual , lie declared that ho never
felt bettor In his llto when loferento
wn p 'o 10 his repented Illness.
Woman Makes Flight With Wright.
L niaiis , Fiance , Oct. 8. Wilbur
Wilsht , the Ameilcan aoroplanlBt ,
made a flight with Mrs. Ilait O. Ierg } ,
the wile ot hh Hnropcan business
manager , as a passenger.
Miner Run Down by Engine.
Foil Dodge , la , Ott S. Chris F.
Walker , a minekhilo walking ov ? r
a \ladiut of the Illinois Ct-ntial which
crosses the Intel urban line was stiuck
and Mll , l b > an engine.
Pctally Burned by Gasoline.
Maiilialltovvn , la. Oct SMm. .
J flan Vmmli'v.l lie fumigating n
chl. Kin I MS < with gu ollne was
I bin ni il so hadl ) that she died later.
IHE CONDITiOH OF THE WEATHER
Temperature for Tvyenty-our (
Forecast for Nebraska.
C'liiiilltlon of tlio wonlher IIH iucod |
od for tlio twonl.v-fiiur horns ondiltx
at 8 n. in. ( oila.v .
Kildnj niul ninth portion tonight.
Mn\liniun . r. I
Mlnliiuini . US
Average . II
Haioniolor . lilMiS
Clilcuso , Oct. fi The Itullotln l
sued by Hie ( "lilciiKO Htutlon of tlio
I'nltod Staten weather IIIIHMIU given
the foiociiHl foi Nobiavka IIH follovui
Kali tonight nml Kilda.vVatnioi
Signed Bonds as County Clerk ,
Pays Them as Bank Gasliler ,
STAHTONCOONTYOUTOFDEBT ,
Yesterday Stanton County Paid Off
the Last of the Outstanding Don Us ,
J. Ebcrly , Who Was Cleik Twenty-
Nine Years Ago , Signing Draft.
Slanton , Neb , Oct S- Special to
The Nevvii Tvventj-nlne ve.ns ago .1
ICheilj ol Slanton , as count > eleiK of
Stanton coiintv , signed up ? 10,000 in
bonds issued hj the counlv to aid In
I he consliucllon of tlio lallioad. Those
bonds Hum diew ten per rent intoiosl.
Yobtoidaj as uiiHlitoi of the Stan
Ion National bank Mi lOlioilv signed
the diall which paid the last ol Ihesie
bonds.
Stanton count ) Is now wholly wllh-
ont bonded tndoblodnosu.
WHEAT SHORTAGE IN EUROPE ,
Latest Estimate Indicates Decrease of
10,000,000 Bushels.
\\Tashlngton , Oct 8. With a woilds
wheat ciop toi the second jo.u in suc
cession inateilallj below the luoiugu ,
tajs an liuiopoaii coiiespondent ol
the dopaitmont of agiicultuie , the
piobahle Kniopean demand lei Amei-
lean wheat Is a aubject of paitlcnlai
nnpoilance. The latest estimate of
the Hnnginian mliilstiy of agiicultuie
indicates a shoitage for L3inopo of 18-
000,000 bushels The heaviest decrease -
crease is Hhovvn for Fiance , whoso
sin plus Irom last jear may sulllce ,
however , to render Fiaivco Independ
ent of lorelgn gialn foi its bread sup
plies.
Thren-Cent Fare In Arkansas.
Little Hotk , Aik. , Oct. 8. The foim-
er 3-cent passenger rate that existed
on rallioads In Aikansas pi lor to the
enactment of the 2-cent passenger late
law hy the legislature will be ie estab
lished , it is lepoited , on Oct. lu. The
Increase Is the icsnlt of the decision
of Judge Vandev enter at St. Paul ,
Minn , in the federal court In the In
junction suit hi ought by the tinnk
lines ol the state against the railroad
commission.
Reinstates Expelled Members.
Detiolt , Oct. 8. Uncling an admin-
Istiatlon 'isus antl-administiatlon
contiovorsy that for some time
seemed to threaten the disiuptlon of
the Woman's Catholic Order of For
esters , a icsolutlon was adopted fit
the biennial comcntlon of the order
lelnstatlng all the olllcers and mem
bers expelled 01 mulct suspension.
Union Veterans' League Meet.
Philadelphia , Oct. 8. Several thou
sand members of the Union Veterans'
league weie welcomed to the city by
Major Uejburn lor their twenty-thiid
national encampment. Hesponses were
made hy General W. H. H. Noel of
this city , , national commander of the
league , and Geneial A. II. Hay of
Plttsburg.
Kills Wife and Self.
Chicago , Oct. 8. William 11. Arf , a
fonnor stieet car ctnploje , Mint and
killed his wife as she sat in a Center
avenue street car , holding her child In
her arms. The man ( led for a block ,
pursued by passengers , and as they
ncared him , committed suicide with
the same revolver , Jealousy was the
cause.
Brown Wins by 80,000.
Atlanta , Ga. , Oct. 8. Heturns from
the state election Indicate the election
of Josenh M. Brown , the Demociatlc
candidate for governor , by a majoilty
of more than 80,000 over Yancoy Car
ter , the Independence partj's nominee.
Railroad Must Haul Water.
Bloomington , 111 , Oct. 8. So serious
1mb the diought become that the Chicago
cage and Alton railroad placed a water
tialn In service , hauling water to the
Important watering stations.
Mistakes Cannon Cracker for Candle.
Lincoln , Oct. 8. Mistaking a can
non ( ho ciackor for a candle , Mis.
Sophia Drollm of 1304 Claiomont u\c-
nnu lighted the fnso and went Into
the cellar to get vegetables , The explosion -
plosion shattered her light hand Sliu
piobably will die.
Sets Fire to Powder Pie.
Mnrbhalltown , la. , Oct 8. IMdie
Uiidgeman , the cloveneai old son ol
Mrs. Samuel Ilrldseman , mudo a pie
In which powdei was the chief Ingied-
lent , and In which petcusMon caps
woio used fet raisins. IMdlo thought
it would be high fun to sti flio to the
pic , which ho did. with the ic-Milt
that ho and two companions woiu bad
) y.buijiud , and Kddlu ma > not iccovor
: ORTYTII
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First Tliroe Days Prove a Sur
prise ,
LAND LOTTERY
Stntcs Attorney Donoluic Is Touched
For .1 Dollar by a PlckpocUet Depii.
ty Marnhalo to IJB Appointed at Dal
las and Gicaory.
Dallas. R n ( ) ( -t 7 1'ioni a staff
ponospondoniPoilv thousand pee
| ili < have altoadj applied nl all iiolni'i
lot n Inllciy chance In the lantlH ho
Ini ; assigned on the KoBobnd. The
iculstialluis In Dallas tmliii u.unber
I li. ! Olmiuboilalii and ( iiogory iihont
J.Ofli ) . O'Neill lirs ! , ! , Tin. . nmnbor of
K glHtiatlons Unit havu loapliod head
muntoiH hoio and aio now In tlm
lanUs Is U1.8SO. the lost being on tlio
vv.i.v hj mall
Deputy Marshals.
Mai filial Soih llnllocK comes loinni
io\\ to apiiolnl lhio ( > deputies al Dal
las and t\u > al ( Jiegoiv In he called
upon In euse ol omoigoiiej.
Touchftl for a Dollar.
Stales Altoinov Donnlmelio In
hold ( o piosoivo oidoi , wan lunched
lot .1 dullai pickpockets tortn >
A nninlier of ne\v Oi'iivei gjinhloitl
, iul\cil iiulm ami II Is sa.d . IIIit. mor
\vllh nun i p.iiapln i n.illti , iie on tina *
\\a\
Wednesday's ' Registration Only
Little Sliort ot Tuesday ,
QQRQ ic
JjLu ) ) 10
Little Cessation Is Noted at O'Neill In
the Rush Crowd Anxious for a
Chance at DrawMiQ a Trlpp County
Farm.
O'Neill , Neb , Ocl S. Special to
The News. Thoio Is appaiqntlj no
cessation of the crowds Hooking to
legister foi a chance for n Itoocbud
faun , hut the number of legislations
fell oft a little josteiday over Tiles-
dav. The total numhel to loglater
hoio Wednesday was : t,9 ! > 8 , with two
nolaiies to lepoit at 0 o'clock This
makes a total of 11,02 ! ) lei the thiee
dajs at this point
TWO PICKPOCKETS
ARRESTED AT DALLAS ,
Chicago Crook and Nebraska
Man Sent over Line.
Dallas. S D , Oct 8 From a staff
coitespondent "Doc" Phillips , a Chicago -
cage crook , and Kiank Lewis of Flor
ence , Neb , weie auesled and lined
$50 as pickpockets. They wmo then
escoitcd to Hie state line by two dopu
t ) sheilffs
ROBBED IN
INJIOUX CITY.
Land Seeker Loses Money
While Enroute ,
SlouCltv. . la. Oct 7 After being
ed and lobbed a lone man , 13ou
Haitnmn , a faimoi , bound for Trlpp
conntj , was found wi lining and
gioanliig in pain in n gultor at Thlid
and Jones stieots shoilly aflor 10
o'clock last night Polfceman Shoit
was so painfully Injured
that ho was unable to walk to the pa-
tiol wagon and his weakness prevent
ed him Irom telling the stoi.v of the
assault to the oliicer. The back of
his head was toiilbly hritlHod. Thn
blow Is lipllovod to have boon inlllctod
with knuoKs or a club
Kicked In the Abdomen.
After lobbing him the holdup kick
ed Hartman In the abdomen" and loft
him lolling In the stioot. Aflor being
caied for b > the police smgeon , llail-
man loft the police rtatlon , weak and
exhausted this morning.
When assaulted he was under the
Influence of liquor , hut not Intoxicated
and could not toll how i.inch money
ho had. The pollco have boon unable
to appiohend his assmilan' .
MRS. PILE TO EUROPE.
Wayne Woman Leaves on Special
Trip With Educational Commission.
I \\a > no. Nil ) , O < t S - Special to
1 The NO\VH Mis .1 M I'llo. vvlfo of
Pit-.Mint pile Dt \ \ . .inroulit > has
tMind on lu i 11 | p to Km ope with
i the cilui nuon.il