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f I , - ' " , * , I f THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL NOIU-OLK , NJDBUASKA , FIUDAY , APIUL 9. 11)09 ) , NORFOLK FARMER SHOOTS NEIGHBOR FRANK RIEHCHOW , LIVING NEAR NORFOLK , IS JAILED. USES SHOTGUN ON BERN8TRONG Trouble Over a ejephone Line Leads to Serious Affair Southeast of This City Rlhchow Claims Bernstrong Slashed His Phone Lino. Stnnton , Neb , , April 8. Special to The News : Frank Rlohchow , a far mer'living southeast of Norfolk In Stnnton county , was lodged In Jail here today for shooting his neighbor , Otto Bornstrong. Bernstrong wns on top of n telephone pole when Rloh chow spied him and shot. Two shots entered Bornstrong's face but they did not penetrate deeply. Rlehchow claims that Borns'trong had cut his telephone wire Saturday night and that ho was In the act of repairing the wire when caught on top of the polo and shot. Does Not Deny Shooting , Rlehchow does not deny that ho shot Bornstrong. "Shooting with In tent to do great bodily Injury , and as i i sault and battery , " Is the charge. Rich- chow today pleaded not guilty and hln trial was sot for April 29. Rlehchpw's telephone Is on a Ne braska Telephone company line out of Norfolk. The Rlehchow family claims that Bernstrong slushed their wire Satur day night , concealing the break , and that ho had gone back to repair the break Monday when found by the elder Rlehchow. A shotgun was used. HURRICANE HITS NEW EN6 AND 92-Mile Wind , Highest In Sixteen Years , Is Reported. Boston , April 8. The hurricane from the middle west Is passing over New England today. The highest wind velocity that has boon reported In New England In sixteen years was reportSd from the Blue Hill observa tory when the register showed 92 miles nn hour. . Considerable damage to shipping Is ' repotted. SANTA FE INGOING DRY City In New Mexico PaPses Prohibi tion Ordinance. Santa Fe , N. M. , , April 8. The cltj council of Santa Fe last night passed an ordinance prohibiting all saloons In tfie city after December 31 , 1909. In the meantime few will be conducted HITCHCOCK MUCH WEAKER Friends of Former Secretary of In terior Are Alarmed. Washington , April 8. The friends of former Secretary of the Interior Hltchock and former Representative Bablerk of Wisconsin , who are critic ally 111 here , are much alarmed over their condition this afternoon. Botli have grown perceptibly weaker dur Ing the day. Fire Renders 2,000 Homeless. . Manchester , England , April 8. The tenement house , district of the southern ' ern section of 'the city , covering an area of nearly a square mile , and oc cupied mainly by foreigners employee ] In the cotton mills and shoe factories was swept by fire today. Fully 2,00 ( persons are rendered homeless. Tin loss is about $100,000. Bank Guaranty Law In Texas. Austin , Tex. , April 8. The lowei house today passed the bank deposi guaranty bill. CENSUS BILL REPORTED. La .Follette Will Ask the Senate t < Consider the BUI Friday. Washington , April 8. The censui bill wns today reported to the senate by Mr. La Follette , who stated tha he would ask the senate to take it ii ] for consideration tomorrow. "Jim Crow" Car Stays. Jefferson City , Mo. , April 8. Th ( senate committee on railroads toda ; reported without recommendatloi Senator Ollverson's "Jim Crow" bill The committee action foreshadows tin failure of the measure. From Maid to Opera Star. Worchestor , Mass. , April 8. From : kitchen maid to an operatic star thl is the remarkable achievement of Mf dame Olive Fremstad , the prima dor na , according to Mrs. Charles Ii Fowler of Springfield , Mass. , wh claims she Introduced Madame Frerc stad to fame. Mrs. Fowler does not like the al tacks of her one tlmo maid on opor singers , who marry and bocom mothers. Milwaukee , WIs. , April 8. Ollv Fremstad , the great Wagnerlan s < prano , admits quite frankly that sh was at one tlmo a maid in the en ploy of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. . Fowlo formerly of Minnesota , but nt prei nt of Springfield , Mass. Furthe more Mme. Fremstad says that she I rather proud of having done so. t I i / " " ' " V./"X'"UKE . AT MESSINA * C1/ New Shocrl , \ Recently Destroyed Sicilian City. Messina , April 8. A violent earth quake was experienced hero last night nt 9:01 : o'clock. It wns accompanied by subterranean rumblings. ' Missing Tug Reaches Shore. Cleveland , O. , April 8. Word wna reccjved hero today that the tug flcorgo Flood , with seven men aboard , reported missing Wednesday , , arrived nafuly nt Falrport harbor , thlity miles east of here , late In the day after n hard Htrugglo with tlio wind and sea. While the storm of Wednesday upon Lake Erlo waB ono of the most seVere In years , yet little actual damage wns reported. EIGHT DEAD IN DETROIT STORM Three Men Attempt to Cross River In Rowboat and Drown , Detroit , April 8. A least eight per sons lost their lives In th6 storm that visited Detroit and Michigan yester day. Three men attempted to croos the Detroit river In a rowboat and wore drowned. At Jennings three young men were killed by being caught upon a wall blown down by the wind. Forged Shallenberger's Name. ' St. Joe , April 8. Patrick A. Maloney - lonoy , aged fifty years , of Elwood , Neb. , a bridegroom of a week , having married Mrs. .lunette Saxton of St. Joe , was arrested hero yesterday try ing to pass a check alleged to bo bo gus , signed with the name of Governor Shallenbergor of Nebraska. Maloney refused to make a statement. He had one cent when searched. New Floht on Yerkes Estate. New York , April 8. Underground Electric Railway of London , limited , has begun a general creditors' suit for a distribution of the estate of Charles T. Yerkes In New York , and Judge Henry G. Ward on Monday appointed Harrington Putnam of the law firm of Wing , Putnam & Burllngham , tem porary receiver. An order to show cause why the receivership should not be made permanent was made return able on Friday morning of this week. NEW YORK KILLS PRIMARY BILL GOVERNOR HUGHES' PET MEASURE - URE GOES TO DEFEAT. ' AFTER A STORMY NIGHT SESSION The Measure Providing for Direct Nominations In New York Was Defeated - feated In the Assembly Judiciary Committee In Early Morning. Albany , N. Y. , April 8. Governor Hughes' plan for direct nominations embodied in the Hlnman-Green bill was repudiated by the assembly judi ciary committee after a stormy ses sion last night , which lasted well into the morning hours , and the committee today reported the bill adversely to the assembly where Its defeat Is con fidently predicted. Instead the Republican organization proposes to support the primary bill of Assemblyman J. S. Phillips , which amends the general election law rela tive to the conduct of primaries by requiring primaries In those rural lo calities where no official primaries are now held. It Is required that prl- marles shall not be held through August except In presidential years and that the polls shall be opened from noon till 7 p. m. MISSOURI TO AMEND OPTION LAW Will Allow Citles'of bver 1,000 to Vote on Question. Jefferson City , Mo. , April 8. The house today passed a bill amending the local option law so as to allow separate votes on the subject In cities of 1,000 population. It Is said the measure will pass the senate. South Dakota News. License won at Huron by over 200 majority. Bodies of two boys drowned In Vermillion - million river are still missing. Alfred Helgeson , a pioneer Vermll- lion druggist , died In Colorado while In search of health. Arthur Tobln escaped from the Yankton asylum , stole a horse and was captured at Sioux Falls. Judge Carland , of the United States court , has granted discharges from bankruptcy in the cases of the follow ing South Dakota people anti firms : Isaac A. Allen , Faulkton ; August C Stoxey , Bowdle ; Judson M. Doyeny , Watertown ; Frances O. Brannon Clark ; John Booth , Forestvllle ; Mor gan Keith and Huzen Keith , as In dlvlduals and as co-partners , Aher deen ; Herman D. Seastrand , Colton ; Ira Vaughn Cutts , Ethan ; George Cro ford Bray , Sioux Falls , The State Association of Farmers Elevators has retained the law firm ol Kean & Lawson at Woonsocket tc represent It In an action In Llncolr county against the Milwaukee & St r-1 Paul railroad , to test the validity o : is J the reciprocal demurrage law passet by the legislature of 1907. DRUNK WHEN HIS NO , WAS CALLED OVERLOAD OF BOOZE COST LAND- WINNER HIS HOMESTEAD. HAD MOVED FAMILY TO GREGORY No. 151 , When His Number Was Call- ' cd , Was Gloriously Drunk and , Not Being on Hand to Flic/ / Lost His Chance In Trlpp County. Gregory , S. D. , April 8. Sneclul to The 'News : Numbers up to fiOO were called today In the Trlpp county filing and all but eighteen responded and ) lckedv farms. Only forty-nine out of IOO failed to appear. One man died and his widow was granted the right 0 file but could not on account of 1 sick child. One man lost his money ) y leaving It under his pillow at Dal- as and failed to get back In time to file. Another got drunk and failed to t In.x Ho Is here with his family and his misstep cost them dearly as well as himself. The Gregory State bank became a latlonal bank with $5,000 capital on Monday and Tuesday was designated U. S. depository. It starts out with over $300,000 in footings. The homesteads selected have fol- owed a line toward the northwest which Is the line of the Northwestern's supposed extension which will prob ably be made this summer. . The bulk ofNthe selections are around Wltten and Redhlll. The line of homestead filers con- ; lnues almost without a break from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. At the present rate the first 1,000 that drew will exhaust the desirable land In Tripp county that Is left unallotted as from the best estimates made there la not to exceed 1,000 good desirable quarter sections open for filing. The government sur veyors arrived this week and have moved their outfit out to Wltten and will complete that survey as soon ns possible as there are a great many business men awaiting the comple tlon of the surveying and will at once erect buildings and begin business. A force of fifty men are now workIng - Ing on the new government building here. It will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. W. Bridgman sold his Interest In the Homestead Land company to Karl Leslie of Carlock. Mr. Bridgman will move to the new town of Wltten on the Cottonwood In the west part of Tjlpp county and will open up a land office and start up the Tripp County Index which was the first paper printed In Trlpp county. ROO'EVELT SENDS STATEMENT Commends Work Being Done With Lumber Sent by America. Rome , April 8. Just before , hls 'de parture on the steamer Admiral for Mombasa , Ex-President Roosevelt wrote the following message to the American people : "Before leaving'Messina I desire to say that I am sure the American people ple do not realize the splendid work that Is being done at Messina and Reg- gllo with the lumber sent from the United States. I have visited the American camp and seen 250 houses already commenced and arrangements have been perfected for the rapid con struction of 1,250 more. The whole work , which Is under the general di rection of Ambassador Grlscom , has been organized and perfected by Lieu tenant Commander Belknap , with the assistance of Lieutenant Buchanan , Ensigns Wllcox and Spofford , Dr. Don- elson , Paymaster Rogers , forty en listed men of our navy and a number of stalwart American carpenters. In addition there is a fine group of Amerl cans , such ns J. Elliott , Winthrope Chandler , J. Bush and R. Hale , who are giving their time and energies to help the philanthropic work. I wish to say I consider the American people deeply Indebted to each and every one of these men. I cannot exaggerate the pleasure It-gave me to see the of fleers and enlisted men of our navy adapting themselves to strange and unexpected circumstances and per forming with ability and thorough good will this most difficult task. Our nation can well be proud of them. " Mexican Congress to Spend Millions Mexico City , April 8. The annual budget to the national congress car rles more than $3,000,000 for n new % national theater , $4,900,000 for educa tlonal purposes , $11,500,000 for Im proving Irrigation facilities and the water system of the federal district and $1,000,000 for a monument to com memorate the one hundredth anniver sary of Mexican independence next year. Launch Boat For Wellman Trip. Chrlstlanla , Norway , April 8. A 300 ton schooner for the North Pole ex pedition under Walter Wellman , was launched here yesterday. It will betaken taken to Spitsbergen In May. Chicago Shipping Tied Up. Chicago , April 8. Ten thousand ma rine engineers , firemen , oilers and wntertendors and hands went en strike by a vote taken last night and the opening of navigation on the Great Lakes Is threatened with n complete tie up , the strike being on the refusal of the ship owners to recognize the marine engineers' union Weaton Reaches Mansfield , Mansfield , O. , April 8. Edward Pay- son Weston renched here todny , Af ter a lecture tonight ho probably will leave for Bollovilc , n forty-mile hike. Tomorrow ho will go to Fru- mont , eighteen miles from BtOlovue , and Saturday will roach Toledo where ho will spend Sunday. Weslon says ho Is In good iondl tlon again. MODJESKA HAS PASSED AWAY FAMOUS A.QTRESS FINALLY SlJc- CUMBSJTO LONG ILLNESS. ' L _ A WELL KNOWN TRAGEDIENNE At Her Island HometBay City , Orange County , California , the Noted Polish Actress Died at 1 O'clock Thursday Afternoon. Los Angeles , April 8. Mme. Helena Madjesku , the famous Polish tragedi enne and one of the most noted ac-i tresses of the American stage'died at 1 o'clock today , at her Island home , Buy City , Orange county , at the age of sixty-five , after an Illness of about ; wo months. For several days she had been un conscious. Brlght's disease , compli cated with heart trouble , was termed the cause of her death. Helena Modjeska was born at Car- cow , Poland , October 12 , 1844. She made her stage debut at Bochnla , Po land , In 18C1 , and soon became the leading actress In her native country. In 1868 she married Charles Bozenta Chlapowskl , a compatriot. Her first appearance In an English play was in San Francisco in 1877 in Adrlenne Lecouvreur , followed by a starring tour throughout the United States. She returned to this country after two London engagements and played leading Shakespearian parts , Camllle , Mary Stuart , etc. Tuestln , Gal. , was her permanent home. CASTRO BECOMES SUDDENLY ILL MAN MAKING INTERNATIONAL TROUBLE , GRAVELY SICK. WOUNDS OPEN SOME DISTANCE Scars Left as Result of Surgical Oper ations Performed in Berlin , Gape Open and His Condition Is Consid ered Undoubtedly Grave. Fort De France , April 8. Clprlano Castro became suddenly 111 today. He complained of severe pain In the ab domen , and It was apparent his suf fering was real. The scar left by the operations performed in Berlin opened for a distance of several centimeters , and his condition undoubtedly Is grave. CASTRO MUST GET OFF THE MAP The French Government Decides to Ex pel Him From Martinique. ' Paris , April 8. The French govern ment decided to expel Clpriano Castro , the former president of Venezuela , from the French Island of Martinique , on the ground that his presence there Is likely to foment a revolution In Venezuela. This decision followed consideration of a cablegram from M. Jusserand , the French ambassador at Washington , giving an account of his conference with Secretary of State Knox. The decree of expulsion will be communi cated to Castro immediately , through the prefect of Fort De France , where Castro now Is. It Is presumed here that the government of t\\ \ < * United States , which initiated the exchanges with foreign governments to prevent Castro from establishing headquarters close to the Venezuelan coast , will prevent him from making his way to the mainland on a sailing vessel. This course will leave Castro the al ternative of taking refuge on one of the Danish West Indies or returning to Europe. The French line steamer Versailles touched at Fort De Franco April 1 on her way back to Europe. New Venezuelan Consul in N. Y. NewTfork , April 8. The Venezuelan consulate general's homo was turned over by ex-President Castro's appoln tee to his successor , named by Presl dent Gomez. A sharp and possibly prolonged contest was anticipated over this office but within a few mtnute'e time the waiter was ampllcably settled Mr. Bolet , who was treasurer of the million dollar1 junta that had for Us ob ject the fitting out of an expedition tc overthrow Castro when he was presi dent , said that his latest advices from Venezuela Indicate that Castro has no a shred of popularity left In that coun try. Mr. Belot said that the arms aiu ammunition purchased by the junta hai been taken off Us hands by tin Gomez administration and the juntr thus had been able to redeem all th bonds upon which U raised ncarl $125,000. NO PRIMARIES THIS SUMMER OLD FASHIONED CON VENTIONS TO NAME JUDICIAL CANDIDATES. RESULT OF DONOHOE MEASURE. Governor Shallenbcrgcr Vetoes Appro- prtatlops for Experimental Stations In Western Nebraska "Wets" Gained - ed More than "Drys. " Lincoln , Neb. , April 8. Hy reason of ho effect brought about by the Dono- oo non-partisan judiciary bill just asscd , there will bo no primary elcc- lens In the state this fall. Instead ho parties will hold their state con- tmtions and select candidates for tlio upromo court on the state tickets in bout the same fashion In vogue prior o the passage of the direct primary aw. - Governor Vetoes Appropriations. Governor Shnllonbcrger has vetoed he Items of ? 15,000 and $5,000 for ox- crimcntal stations In western No- ruslva. The governor reduced the general appropriation bill $73,000 , the argest Item being $40,000 for the Stnto Ilstorlcal society. "Wets" Gained Most Towns. Additional election returns show : Wet Cook , Columbus , Superior , Randolph , Button. Dry Ponca , Betrand , Hlldreth , Stromsburg , Mason City. . Thus far reports show sixty-four owns "wet" and fifty-two "dryFour - eon changed from dry to wet and nine vet to dry. Nebraska Guards to Form Brigade. Adjutant General Hartlgan has or dered that the Nebraska National ; uard shall be formed into a brigade of , wo regiments and that an election be icld to elect a brigadier general. Col onel Storch of the First regiment Is the only candidate at present. The order Is Issued In accordance with a aw recently passed by the legislature. Simmons Lands Job. E. C. Simmons , formerly of Central City , has been appointed secretary of .ho state city education board. He was , principal of the Central City schools twenty-five years and Is a Populist. He succeeds Dana Dobson who held the place eight years. Donal Price of Fairbury was appoint ed first assistant secretary. John Sharp Williams University Orator Lincoln , April 8. John Sharp Wil liams , former minority leader In the lower house of congress , has accepted the Invitation to deliver the com mencement address on June 10 before the University of Nebraska. Game With Ames Off. Lincoln , April 8. Inability by the managers to agree upon a date , has re- ulted In the final abandonment of the negotiations for the annual football game between Nebraska university and Iowa Agricultural college of Ames , a contest usually one of the most spectacular In Missouri valley con ference circles. Denver university will be taken on. i Governor Issues Statement. Lincoln , Neb. , April 8. Governor Shallenber er has issued the following statement : Senate file No. 283 Is a regulatory amendment to the present Slocum law which has stood for twenty-five years upon our statute books as an example of reasonable liquor legislation for the state. The Slocum law was passed at a time when public opinion was ex cited upon the liquor question much as at present , and because of the fact that It was a decided step In advance of anything before enacted It has re mained Intact through the years past as a model of reformatory legislation. The tide of further limitation and re striction of the liquor traffic has re cently risen so high that a great many states have lately taken action upon it , some enacting county and others state wide prohibition. Nebraska through this amendment has elected to apply further restriction to the liquor traffic by limiting the time that liquor may be sold to those hours universally .admitted to be the least objectionable of the twenty-four. The plan proposed In this amend ment for the entire state has been tried In the capital city of Lincoln , and both "wets" and "drys" alike commend Its effect. Business thrives in this city , and the hotels and places of amusement claimed most to be af fected are being continually Im proved , and continue crowded with pa trons. It is admitted upon all sides that in this city It has had the effect of elim inating much of public rancor from the liquor question. This amendment has much opposi tion in the two O malms because busi ness men are fearful that It will af fect trade and commerce adversely , and for the further reason that It limits to a certain extent the policy of "homo rule" upon this matter. 1 believe , however , that experience will justify the law , and that our largo cities will find that their prosperity does not depend jn any way upon two or three extra hours for the sale of liquor. If the law Is as wholesome In Its effect as I believe It will be It will give solid standing ground for those who believe in strict regulation as the best way to handle this question. Court In Session at Pierce , Pierce , Nob. , April 8. Special tc The News : Judge Welch convened 'court hero yesterday. The equity docket Is light The jury term begins Monday , April 12. The cases of the State vs. Hammer ! ) ' , alleged navy deserter sorter and burglar ; and that against Shaffer of Foster , charged with lar CONDITION OFJHE WEATHER Temperature for Twonty. our Hours , Forecast for Nebraska. Condition of the wuuthei as record ed foi the twenty-four hours ending nt n q a ) today Maximum 10 Minimum 22 Average , , , , , ; u Barometer , no.HO Chicago , April 8. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair 'tonight and Friday. Rising temperature. . ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun KOtn 0:23. : rlsert 5'J : ( ) ; moon rises 0:2r : > p. m. : 11 n. m. . conjunction bo- twcon plnnotR VOUUK and Saturn , Ve nus pMs.slnj , ' from west to east of Sat urn , 1 degree north thereof. . , , , , , , , , - -,11 | 1 - k- - cony , will go over because of absence of witnesses. The old land case of Kollernmn vs. Chllvers , which has been tried here several times and once In the state supreme court , will bo heard. Wayne Greets Legislative Committee. Wayne , Neb. , April 8. The commit tee which has engineered the sale of the Wayne normal school to the state were given a lively reception when they returned homo , the greeting beIng - Ing under the auspices of the Commer cial club. Judge NeVllle Is Dead. North Platte , Neb. , April 8. Word has just reached hero of the death last Sunday at Douglas , Wyo. , of Judge William Neville , formerly of this place , ex-supromo judge of Nebraska and ex-congrcssmnn from the Sixth Nebraska district. Judge Novlllo was elected to the supreme bench In 1890 and three years later was sent to con gress as a Populist , serving two terms. He removed .to Douglas six years ago. Death resulted from apoplexy. ' "Wets" Win at Valentine. Valentino , Neb. , April 8. Special to The News : The "wets" won out In the city election by having the whole citizens' ticket elected by a twenty-one majority , W. S. Jackson , B. C. Daven port and George Elliot being the three men elected. STANDARD OIL .LOSES TARIFF REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION IN HOuSE IS SPLIT UP. TEA AND COFFEE ON FREE LIST. Speaker Cannon Loses Out on Ruling Trying to Prevent Further Amend ments to Oil Schedule "Insurgents" Join Democrats. Washington , April 8. Yesterday was a bad day for the Republican organiza tion of the house. By a coalition be tween some Republican "insurgents" and Democrats , the ways and means committee wns bowled over and the advocates of free crude oil and Its products won a signal victory when an amendment by Mr. Norrls of Ne braska displacing the insignificant duty of one per centum on those arti cles was reported by a substantial ma jority. j After a discussion the chairman's ruling that amendments could not be , offered to the oil schedule other than the one covered by the special rule of last Monday and which provides for removal of the countervailing duty to crude petroleum and applying an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent , was overturned , and not even after it was appealed by the speaker , In nn en deavor to rally the Republican forces , was their force sufficient to stem the tide avowedly against the Standard Oil company. By a practically unani mous vote the , countervailing duty went out ns the committee "had recom mended. On all other propositions , the com mittee was sustained. The barley schedule ran the gaunt let without change. Teas and coffees wore placed on the .ree list. OIL TRUST ABUSED. Greatly Maligned Company , Says At torney Mllburn. St. Louis , April 8. John G. Mllburn the senior counsel of the Standard Oi company in the suit of the governmen1 to have the great corporation dissolved as a violator of the Sherman act , now being argued before the full bench o the United States circuit court of this district , resumed his narrative of the early history 'of the Standard Oil com pany. It is Mr. Milburn's contention tha the big defendant has been a greatl } maligned corporation and charged will all manner of commercial evils , whereas as , as a matter of fact , It had beoji the nation's greatest developer of not on ! ) local , but foreign commerce. No com pany had been so persistent In carry Ing American products to the fou quarters and far away corners of the globe as had the Standard Oil , ho do clarcd. Lovelorn Couple Suicide. Keokuk , Iowa , April 8. Leuvlm notes telling of a suicide pact , Her man Bartlett and Belva Pug Jolnei hands and jumped into the Mlsslsslpp - river nt Alexandria , Mo. WHEAT GOT UP TO $1,2613-8 TODAY BUT CLOSED A CENT OFF FROM THAT FIGURE. TRADING SHIFTS TO JULY OPTION 'Jot ' In Years Have the Sensational Scones Been Witnessed on tlio Board of Trade In Chicago That Marked Yesterday and Today , Chicago , April 8. May wheat agnjn stabllsiied n now high record today , otiuhlng $1,20 % , but closing over n out off from this. , July contracts In which the bulk f the trading IB now done , advanced o $1.129i$1.12 % . On the Chicago board of trade , to se the language of ono of the biggest porators , "everyone Is 'bull crazy. ' " Never In the history of the wheat It has there existed such a condition f affairs as holds at the present tlmo. over has there boon such a wild crumble to buy , buy , buy and then my some more. May wheat or July vheat , It matters not ; It all looks alike o the fren/.lcd crowd which desires a ino of wheat In anticipation of a ralso n prices of the commodity. It mat ers not to this frenzied crowd of myers that prices already are high , hat they are oven now reaching to- vard a higher level than they have In fifteen years. "It's going up and up and up ! Get iboard the band wagon , " Is the cry. James A. Patten , out of his long ino of May wheat , just to keep the ) rlces from skyrocketing and from go ng to too high a figure , dumped ono nllllon bushels of May wheat In the pit. Fought to Buy the Surplus. Like a school of hungry trout rising o the fly , brokers gobbled up this ono million bushels. It was all sold in ess than it takes to tell about It. Men 'ought , fought like madmen , to get a slice of this wheat. They crowded ind they pushed and they shoved ; they battered hats and they toro cloth- ng In their efforts to buy wheat. The irlce was a secondary consideration. They wanted wheat. Some of tlio crowd got It , others were disappointed. Practically every man In the country who takes a flyer In wheat Is a bull now. There are a few bears , but they ire not many. Thuy aro2becomlng s ore and more scarce as the days go by. The farmer , the banker , the storekeeper ' all are bulls. They believe that the highest price has not been reached by any means. They are looking for more advances from day to day. The reason for all of this frenzy ? Patten and existing conditions. Conditions Also Are Responsible. When James A. Patten started his Igantlc deal In May wheat , a deal compared to which all other deals on the Chicago board of trade fade Into Insignificance a deal which unless unforeseen circumstances come to pass , will net Patten and his associates millions of dollars when James A. Patten started this deal he did not dose so without having carefully studied conditions. He believed that there was a shortage of grain In the United States. He staked his millions upon the strength of these convictions. He gambled. And results have shown Lhat the Patten convictions were based on the rock of truth. Men who know the wheat market and who watch not only prices but the conditions which make prices on the Chicago board will tell you some things In language about like the fol lowing The country has bought wheat on the backward spring and upon the poor growing weather ; upon the fact that In many localities the plant has the appearance of having been "win ter killed ; " that in some points In the cenarl state and generally throughout the southwest , the cash grain situa tion Is a strong factor ; that In the southwest millers are In an unenviable position because they do not know where their wheat for milling pur poses Is coming from ; that In many parts of Kansas price cuts no figure In the market , for the wheat Is not to be had ; that the spring Is backward and that warm weather is badly need ed ; that the farmers are holding their wheat In anticipation of even greater profits. New Fairfax Rural Carrier. Washington , April 8. The following rural carriers have been appointed In South Dakota : Chamberlain , No. 1 , Clarence Ednrm , carrier ; Walter Dar- ma , substitute ; Fairfax , No. 1 , Thos. O. Conwny , carrier ; J. E. Beagle , sub stitute. Freight Wreck Near Aberdeen. Aberdeen , S. D. , April 8. The west bound freight on the Milwaukee road was wrecked at Java , seventy-eight miles west of Abecdeen , and the con ductor and two tramps injured. The accident was caused by a broken car wheel. Sixteen cars left the track de laying traffic till the .wreckage can bo- cleared. f Long Dream Realized , Chicago , April 8. Direct connection between Chicago and Now York by trolley became a reality nt 9:45 : o'clock last evening , when a two-car train pulled into Pullman over the tracks of the Kensington & Eastern railroad , completed less then , fifteen minutes before.
