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THKNOHFOlik WELKIN NEWS-Jl'URVAl 1 ttDECIiMlIU \ \ > 10 UiO ! ) "O'LEARY COW DIDN'T DO IT. " Green Hay In a Mow Set Chicago on Fire , n Son of the O'Lenrys Says. Now York , Dec. G , Renewed attacks were Hindu on tlio theory Hint Mrs. O'Lonry'H cow kicked over tlio lamp ami HO caused tlio great Chicago flro of 1871. The BOH of Mrs. O'Lcary , JnniOH O'Loary , ilciileil the Btory fol lowing "ii announcement from the Chicago cage pultilt that the cow had kicked ever the lamp when two youths tried to milk her to Ret milk for punches. O'Loary Halt ! the llro wan caused by spontaneous combustion In the hay loft. A load of green hay had heon put In a few days hoforo. The COWH , ho said , were kept underneath the hay loft. "It wan Sunday night , I wont to bed before 8 o'clock , " said O'Leary. ' "I had not got to Bleep yet when I hoard the dromon shouting In front of the IIOIIRO and wo all got out. The llrat wo know about the cow and the lamp was when wo road about It. Fnthor and mother died Bad at heart ever that world-strewn fake. " WON'T TAX BOND INTEREST. Exemption of Federal Paper Decided Upon by Treasury Department. Washington , Doc. G. The treasury department has decided that in deter mining what Is "net Incomo" under the corporation tax section of the now tariff law , a deduction will bo allowed on money received as Interest on Unit ed States bonds. This exemption Is not provided In the law Itself , and the question of whether It was a proper ono arose only a few days ago. After careful consideration It was decided that , as United States bonds are ex empt from taxation by law , it would not bo proper to tax the Income on such bonds. TO OUST MAYOR JIM. Governor Shallenberger to Hear the Charges. Lincoln , Dec. G. Governor Shallen berger , after pondering since Novcm bor 9 , has cited Mayor James Dahl man and the ether members of the Omaha fire and police commission tc appear before him December 11 at 1C a. m. , and show cause why Attornej General W. T. Thompson should not bo directed to begin ouster proceed Ings In the supreme court under the Sackott law to remove them from of flco on the charge of non-enforcemeiii of law , particularly the enforcement of laws against gambling and the llle gal sale of Intoxicating Hcmors. Mayoi Jim is an avowed candidate for governor ornor next year and maybe Govornoi Shallonberger will be a candidate foi the same office If ho Is not a candidate for United States senator. HOG CHQLERA NEVER SO BAD. Scourge Is Costing Kansas Farmer Millions , C. E. Sutton Says. Kansas City , Mo. , Dec. G. The ho ; cholera epidemic In Kansas Is a mucl more virulent form of the disease thai ever before has boon found In th state , according to C. E. Sutton c Lawrence. Mr. Sutton is president c the Kansas board of agriculture , ' an Is one of the largest hog raisers I the state. "Kansas has had some bad choler years , " Mr. Sutton said , "but none c thorn has been so deadly as the las two. I > ast year I lost 137 hogs froi my herd , while over the entire stat i , * the loss must have totaled $2,000,00 KM * V nt the least estimate. "Tho cholera this year is much mot virulent than wo ever have oxpor enccd. It takes the hogs suddenly an they dlo In a few hours. I have see them walk up to the trough to ej and fall ever dead. One neighbor wti looking at his herd just before ho wei to bed and remarked what a fine , boa thy lot of hogs ho had. When he cam out to feed them In the morning 1 ; found fifteen dead. "I do not know Just what relief en bo oxpcctetl from the government , bi the farmers of Kansas will watch ai : experiments made with great interest Recently a successful test of ant bog cholera serum was made at tl stock yards. A report was submlttc to the department of agriculture , u dor whoso surveillance the test w : made , but no bulletin has boon Issue by the government and no effort matte to make the serum available to fan ors. LOVE CAME LATE IN LIFE. New York Society Surprised by a Coi ing Marriage. Now York , Dec. G. Into the o fashioned , simple llfo of Miss Louli Ewon , member of an old Now Yoi family now extinct except for thn muidon ladies sisters who still be the name , a romance has come. H llfty years have boon spent In tl well ordered regularity that bolon to another generation and she has ; ways dcvoced horsojf and her weal BO wholly to her charities that h friends tan scarcely credit the rope that she Is to bo married. Baron Boto von Koenltz , a youi Gorman who has been In tins count n few years. Is ment'lonod as the pn pectlve bridegroom , but if the. we ( ling takes place It will be over t protobts of Miss Ewen's sisters , w are much disturbed at the rovolutl < pending in the faintly ponce that h endured for more than half a ccntni They do not know the baron wi enough , they say , to welcome him In their homo circle and they have lieu V stotles that le.ul them to believe he seeking a fortune rather than a brii MILLION DOLLARS LOST. Government Expects to Unmask N bray Gang In Iowa Trials. Do ? Mollies , Doc G When tjie cas of James C. Mnbray and several sec of bis associates are taken up for tr this week the public will learn for the first tlmo the full details of a colossal scheme to separate the unwary from their money. For more than a year some of the shrewdest men of the United States secret Borvlco have been engaged In gathering evidence against the Ma- bray band. Their Investigations have extended to every section of the Unit ed States and to Canada and Alaska. At Condi Bluffs last September the United States grand jury Indicted James C. Mabray and eighty-four as sociates on a charge of conspiring to defraud through the use of the malls. Several of those Indicted are In jail here awaiting trial. Some of the ac cused have never been located by the authorities , while a few others have been successful in fighting extradition. Wrestlers , pugilists , turfmen and other sporting moil have beau involved. Others of the band are declared to bo well known criminals with long records. Although specific amounts were not mentioned In the Indictments , It Is said that the amounts lost by the al leged victims of Mabray and his as sociates will exceed a million dollars. The sums lost run from $1.500 to $30- 000 , the later sum having been placed on a fake horse race , according to the evidence nt hand , by a Missouri bank er. Victims In eighteen states , the ter ritory of Alaska , and the dominion of Canada are named In the Indictments , Indicating the wide range of territory over which the band piled their voca tion. As a basis of operation , the cit ies of Little Rock , St. Louis , Seattle , Now Orleans , Denver. Council Bluffs. Burlington and Davenport , to which places victims were taken by "steer- ors. " TO MAKE CHICAGO DRY. A Big Anti-Saloon Campaign Begins This Week. Chicago , Dec. G. The opening ef forts In the campaign to make Chicago 'dry" through a local option vote at 'ho ' April election will be begun this week. The saloon question will be brought to the front as an exceedingly live Issue , and n number of noted speakers have boon engaged to ham mer the temperance doctrine Into the minds of Chicago voters. Twenty mass meetings in various parts of the city , with ox-Governor J Frank Ilanly of Indiana ahd Seaborr Wright , for twenty-live years active in the Georgia legislature , as the prln clpal speakers , have boon arranged foi the week. James K. Shields , superintendent o the Illinois Anti-Saloon league , who Is nt the head of the movement to place the saloon question on the ballot nex spring , announced today that "no-11 censo" petitions have been put int ( the hands of 500 workers , who will devote vote their spare moments between nov 5 and February 1 to getting signatures Mr. Shields Is certain that the re quired 60,000 signatures will be ob 1 talned and that , for the first time li 1 the history of the city , the prohtbltloi 0 forces will be able to force a vote 01 whether or not Chicago shall have sa loons. The petition must be filed with tin election commissioners by Februar ; 1. If the temperance workers achievi their goal February and March wll ' witness one of the most bitter contest ever the saloon on record. The salooi men say It is the height of absurdlt ; to say that Chicago will ever bo vote 0 i dry , but with the uncertainty duo t I the fact that the proposition has neve 0 been placed before the electors the do not Intend to take any chances. The United Societies for Local Sel Government already is planning a si rles of mass meetings in differcr parts of the city to defeat the no-1 cense movement. Would Beat Railroad. ' Sioux Falls. S. D. . Dec. G. Th region near Bancroft was the scon of an exciting chase , the pursued hi ' , " ! Ing a native of the "show me" stati > i while the pursuers were Station Agei Engel of Bancroft , and a number c his friends. The Mlssourlan had juni ] [ 0 ed a freight bill and after taking ( n. i passenger train to make his way 01 ' of the country , was pursued for ls , (1 number of miles by the station agoi ami his friends , who had tmpresse I tl _ . a hand car Into service In the effort 1 overtake the tlcolng man. Tlio Mlssourlan arrived at Bancro a few days ago with a carload < apples. Befoyq paying the frelgl charges , which amounted to $180 , 1 : broke the seal of the car and cor monccd Felling the apples from tl Id track. ' From day to day ho promise ; u the station agent ho would pay tl k freight charges. When the appit > o were nearly all sold the Missouri ! ) 1 ir promised the station agent ho won ! ar pay the amount duo the next da 10 That evening ho sifoaked aboard is west bound passenger train. His d \ \ . parture was soon disco voiod ami tl th station agent and his friends start * Br In pursuit on the hand car. . i-t Falling to overtake the passenKi train they pent word ahead to Hurt IK to urrost the fugitive , but before tl ry police could search the train afti . Us arrival at Huron the Mlssouvlt )8. ) , , j. had made connections with the soui llo bound train and was on bis way [ 10 bis homo. U ho can * bo located bo mi ln be put to the expense of being broug back to South Dakota to stand trial ( rts . . . the charge of defrauding the rallwi jjj company. - to - rl , Madison County Deputies Named. ls Madison. Neb. . Doc. ( i. Special I0 The News : County Clerk-elect S. McFarland , after careful conslderatlo 1 has tendered the deputy clerkship 1 S. C. Blackmail , who has accepted tl la- position and will take up bis duties such at the commencement of tl cs ofllclal ycijr , ire S. C Blackmail is tl'o f-onlor edit lal of the Chronicle and secretary of tl republican county central committee. He Is well known and highly respected throughout the county , enjoys the un- quullllcd confidence of business turin and , In every way , Is competent and worthy of the trust which cnmo to him unsolicited. It Is unquestionably Mr. McFarland's right and privilege to select for his assistants the persons whom ho per sonally desires to have associated with him so Intimately In the administra tion of the olllco , Inasmuch as he Is chargeable with responsibility of their acts ; but In the selection of Mr. Black mail for his deputy , Mr. McFnrland Is to bo complimented upon his good Judgment and wisdom , and ho can rest assured that this , his first ofllclal net , will have the approval of the people. William Harding , the present effi cient copyist , so far as is known , will continue to attend to this part of the office work under Mr. McFarland. Monroe Smith , brother of Sheriff- elect C. S. Smith , and equally as well known ever the county , will qualify as deputy sheriff. W. L. Darlington will remain In the office of County Treasurer Peterson as deputy. WARD BUYS ABSTRACT BUSINESS Purchases the Books and Business of County Attorney Nichols. Madison , Nob. , Dec. G. Special to The News : A. 13. Ward has purchased the abstract business , books and fix tures of County Attorney James Nich ols and took possession of the same Saturday. Mr. Ward Is an experienced abstractor , has filed with County Judge Bates a surety company's bond In the sum of $10,000 , and will do vote him self exclusively to this business and Is prepared to give prompt attention to all calls of this character. Ills odlce Is In the Douglas block , ono door east of James Nichols' law office. County Attorney Nichols transacted legal business today at Schuylor. HE WANTED NO GEISHA GIRLS. When Lord Kitchener Visited Toklc There Were No Dances. Victoria , B. C. , Dec. G. By order ol the Japanese government geisha glrU were barred at entertainments giver recently In Toklo in honor of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener , out of deference enco to the marshal's reputed dislike for women. This was the Inforniatlor brought here today by persons or board the steamship Bellorophon , jusl In from Oriental ports. At the entertainment tainmont given at the Tokio municipal ity geisha girls were replaced by mor in ancient armor carrying weapons used In mediaeval days , while the wait resses at the Maple club were replacei by men. Boiler Explosion Kills. Kansas City , Dec. G. Two men were "killed and four others were injurei following the explosion of a boiler ii the basement of a six-story building a 910 Broadway In the wholesale dlstrlc hero shortly before noon today. TJie , dead ; James tfoloy , steamflttur. James Cox , driver. Fatally Injured : Andrew Meyers , plumbur. A negro janitor and two other work men were seriously but not fatally Ir jurcd. Ono of the men killed was an es pressman passing by on his wagon a the tlmo of the explosion. The otho victims and Injured were artisans err ployed in remodeling the first an second floors of the building. The two lower floors , which are vi cant , collapsed. The building abov the second floor was not seriously dan aged. No person In the upper storie was hurt. Tilden Man Wins Prizes. Omaha , Dec. 0. Special to Th News : R. W. Hopkins , a Madiso county , Neb. , farmer , living near Tie 0 don , has won two prizes In the natloi o al corn show. He won prize No. for the sample peck of black oati known In premium list as No. 11 ! class G-12. The prize is worth $5. II > f also won prize No. 3 for a peck of oat other than black or white. This priz ' , Is a feed mill , worth $4. It Is premiui * No. 113 , class G-12. Elks' Memorial Service. { j Jack Koenlgstoln , exalted ruler ( Q the Norfolk Elks , presided at the m mortal services in honor of the d ceased Elks , which were hold at tli . ledge looms Sunday afternoon. Appr prlate remarks were made on the HI of Ira G. Westervelt , who died Januai 21 this year. ' c The regular ritualistic services ai ' hold by the Elks tlio first Sunday < every December throughout the Unl 'h ' ed States. A largo number of met : bors woio present at this meeting Su day. The secretary read the followin names of the deceased members : Allen C. Powell. U Rosenthal. J. V ° ' Parker. G. A. Lulkart , D. M. Owe r.eorgo OffcnbauRor , Otto F. Tapper ! U R. L. Braasch. Thos. M. Ryan , Chn D. Jenkins , Win. M. Robertson , C. V 3r liraasch , B. W. Woolvorton. Chas. , m Madron , Samuel Wilder , B. HI. Smlt 10 William A. Smith. Ira Q. Wostorvol ar til If thoro's n spcoclal advantage " " | you In "buying It now. the odsr wl "J tell yon wliy. ut A persistent want ndvorMsor can n ) n compllsh his purpose If It's a ronso able ono almost tn\'arlnbly. It pays to advertise In The Nov wnnt-nd columns. BELMONT HAUNTS STAGE DOOR to lie A Mysterious Visit of the Mlllionai as to Chicago. lie Chicago Dec. G. Unheralded , i most unnoticed , except by hotel clor : or who were ordered to recracy rogardll ho I Is movements , Augmt Belmont , tl Now York financier , slipped Into Chicago cage Sunday night and loft yesterday almost as quietly as he came. Mystery characterized every action , Chlcagoans , however , are wondering If the presence here of Miss Eleanor Robson , known to all play world and just closing a successful run at the Grand in "Tho Dawn of n Tomorrow , " was not responsible for the visit. The fact that Miss Robson has been reported engaged to bo mrarled to Mr. Belmont and the further 'fact that a number of times she has boon his guest nt his own homo , Is taken as supporting evidence. Mr. Belmont left the city before it was generally known ho was horo. Whether ho saw Miss Robson Is not known , and Miss Robson declines to tell. She also declines to answer any questions bearing upon her reported engagement to Mr. IJolmont. PURSUED A CHILD IN MOTORS. Father and Grandmother Fought for a 7-Year-Old Heiress In Chicago. Chicago , Dec. G. A wild race about Chicago In motor cars by deputy sher iffs In search of a 7-year-old girl heir ess and her father , Into whoso cus- l tody the child was given by a circuit court Judge , was won in the end by the fleeing father and daughter , who are thought to be now on their way to the father's homo in the east. | This Incident marked the latest do- i velopmonts In a legal fight for the pos session of Kathryn A. Good , daughter of Henry F. Good of Lock Haven , Pa. The mother of the girl , Mrs. Annie Hoxle Good , who was divorced from her husband several months ago , was killed In a motor car accident near Buffalo , N. Y. , September 15. At the tlmo of Mrs. Good's death the child's I grandmother , Mrs. John R. Iloxie , of i this city , was made the guardian of the ' girl's estate , which Is valued at about $400,000. No sooner bad the girl been given Into her father's care than the grand mother obtained from Judge Wlndes of the circuit court a writ enjoining Good from taking the child out of Illi nois. Services of deputy marshals were obtained by the grandmother in order to servo the papers on Good , but after the deputies had raced from ono hotel and railroad station to an other without finding him they wore compelled to admit their defeat. "FISTS" OF PRESIDENTS. A New York Man Has Autographs From Washington to Roosevelt. New York , Dec. G. A full set of autographs of the presidents of the United States , from Washington tc Roosevelt , has been purchased by a New York collector. All of the autographs - graphs are on letters with the cxcep tlon of those of Hayes and McKlnley who are represented- manuscripts of addresses delivered by them. The price paid for the autographs wae $930. KEEPS WATCH AT THE TOMB. Harriman's Grave Is Under- the Eye of a Watchman. Now York , Dec. G. "I reckon Mr Harrlman's body is pretty safe wltl me around nights. " The speaker was lean of jaw anr firm of mouth and his eyes roved ovoi the expanse of mountain and valley They were the eyes of a hunter 01 r sentinel. This man. James Coan. guards th < body of Edward H. Ilarrlman. Hi maintains constant vigils against pos slble ghouls. Four times a night Coai steals down to the rough slab tha marks the grave of the great rallroat ' financier In the llttlev. graveyard at tin small Protestant Episcopal church a Artlen , known as "St. John's In tin Woods. " n BABY DUSTED WITH ARSENIC. 1- Volunteer Nurse , Who Thought Sh Was Using Talcum Powder. Chicago , Dcjc. G. A neighbor womai who was taking care of the 12 day ol 0 baby of Mrs. Frank Davis at Sallsburj 8 111. , sprinkled the child with powderei 0 ar&enlc , which she mistook for talcur n powder. The baby died and a core nor's jury brought In a verdict of a ( cidental poisoning. The arsenic and talcum powder , a though plainly labeled , were in slmila " ' packages. Twice Mrs. Davis' neighbo 2" dusted the child with the- powder afte ° . - he had given the babe a bath. .1 The mother , seriously 111 before sh lost her child , is now prostrated. THE AGE TO TRAIN HORSES. A Circus Buyer Says 5-Year-Olds Mak the Best Material. Kansas City , Dec. G. "Five year Is the ago at which horses are bougl K for the circus , " S. D. Dolavon , hors buyer for the Rlngllng circus , said las ' night at the Blossom house. Ho I " in Kansas City buying horses till wook. MONDAY MENTION. Ii , George llonkol returned to Mllwa < t. Iteo. I Mrs. jrn M. "Hamilton was a Stnnto ° visitor. Jack Kocnlgsteln had business ; Madison. Richard Rohrkc of Hosklns was 1 the city on business. ii- G. T. Sprecher returned from Pllge whore he has been transacting tel phone business. Miss Jessie Kato of Pierce was I the city visiting friends. Miss Stella Lulkart expects to go I S. Johnston City , Tenn. , to spend the wi ter with her sister , Mrs , James R. Fai re I Rev. William Ilenkol , who was hoi attending the funeral of his mothe ' ! has returned to his homo at Mormo < s \vis. 'S ' John Koenlgstoln has gone to Fo 10 Smith , Ark. , where ho will join h wife. Mr. and Airs. Koonlgsteln expect to spend the winter In the south. Born to Mr and Mrs. Joseph Hlght , a son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Napier , n daughter. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Penrllo Ellis of Wayne county , a son. Mosaic Ledge , A. F. and A. M. , meets Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Former State Superintendent J. L. McBrlen will make an address at the Initial meeting of the Men's club of the First Congregational church to night. Supper will bo served at 7 o'clock. Rev. John Molmakor held his first services at the Baptist church Sunday. Rev. Mr. Molmakor , who Is the now Baptist pastor , Is making his homo on South Fifth street. M. J. Sanders and Walter Jones drove to Randolph Saturday to attend a meeting of the Formers Telephone Line companies. Mr. Jones reports the hardest drive of his llfo. Much disappointment Is shown by the skaters who expected to open the Ice skating season at King's lake Sun day afternoon. The snow which drift ed on the lake made It Impossible to do any skating. The water , however , is frozen sufficiently and skating Is expected to be a popular pastime soon. Employes who have beono busy packing up the George Brooks stock which was formerly the Uhle grocery store , have now finished packing and will start one carload to Creighton to day. The store will probably be vacat ed by tomorrow noon. It Is not known who will occupy the store building af ter the Brooks stock Is removed. A telephone message was received here from August Deck at Hosklns re porting that the jury at Wayne had re turned a verdict In his favor , but fur ther particulars could not be obtained by Mr. Deck. Mr. Dock was philntlfl In the Hosklns saloon case , whore he charges a bartender named Zlemei with doing him great bodily harm. Although the thermometer register cd 2 below zero Monday morning , Wil Ham Dcnton was perfectly satisfied with the weather. "One year ago to day , " ho said to a friend , "I was mov ing from one house to another. It was ten below zero. Now all wo haue tc kick about Is these bad roads whicl are about the only thing worse nov than a year ago. " Norfolk members' ' of the Norfoll lodge B. P. O. E. , No. 053 , have receiv ed personal Invitations from Elwli Strong to be present with their ladies at his play at the Auditorium Tucsda ; evening. Mr. Strong is a member o the local lodge , having been made s < at a special meeting some time age The Norfolk members may turn out ii a body to be present nt this enter tninment In which Mr. Strong present : "Way Out West. " Funeral services over the remains o Mrs. Wilhelmlna Henkel , who died las Tuesday , were held at the residence a 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Service were held at the Christ Lutherai church at 2:30 : by Rev. J. P. Muelloi after which the body was Interred a the St. Paul's cemetery. Mrs. Henke was a widow and was 77 years olc Two sons , Rev. William Henkel c Morrison , Wls. , and George Henkel c Milwaukee , were present at the funei al. The pallbearers wore : C. I Haase , Ferdinand Schulz , Gotlle Brummund , William Wagner , Fre Wachter , Herman Korth. E. A. Bullock has received wor from Blair reporting a case of neai electrocution of E. A. Beatty , n lim man of that city. Beatty had plcke up a telephone wire which was hanj Ing down from a polo not knowing 1 was crossed with an electric llgl ! wire. A strong current of electrlcit passed through the man whom the ph ; sician thought to be dead. After tw hours and a half of working the ma was finally brought to life. Mr. Bu lock reports this Is a frequent cas whore linemen pick up telephone wire without investigating what kind c current is passing through them. Traveling men report much troubl in trying to make a stop at Lead , S. I whore a strike of the miners of tli Ilomestako mine is now on. Minci believing the traveling men are eitlu "spotters" or detectives , wait at tli stations and allqw none of them o the trains. A Lead paper , liowcvo reports ono lucky traveling man wl had the town to himself. This man r Fiank Hlrsch of Norfolk. The Leu ro paper says : "Frank Hlrsch of Norfol is In the city and Is calling on his cu tomors , not being deterred as ha other traveling men , from coming 1 the city by reason of the oxlstir trouble. " Real Estate Transfers. s t Transfers of real estate for the pa week , complied by Madison County A stract and Guarantee company , offli with Mapos and IIa-/on , Norfolk : John Kunz , et al. , to Robert Kun warranty deed. $5.100 , s'i nwVi 35-23 N. A. Rainbolt to Bon Sicohinsk warranty deed , $50. lot 12 , block Riverside Park addition. Norfolk. . HormauJIogrefo to J. W. Risk , qi claim deed , $1.500. lots ' . , ' and 1. bloi 27 , Klmlmll and Blair's addition. B ! tlo Creek. Wllholm Hartwlck to Emma C. A derson , warranty deed , $2.400 , lots and 2. block 4 , Railroad addition. No 11 man Grove. Guy B. RIchardp to Mary I. Durlan warranty deed. ? 500 , lots : } and block 1 , Collnmer's addition , Norfol John F. Walter to J. H. F. Mnnstt man , warranty deed. $575. lot 13 , bio 8 , KoonlgBtcln's Second addition , Nt folk. folk.Sarah Sarah Ann Clements to N. A. IU nolds , warranty deed. $500 , lots 3 a 4 , block 7. Koelilgstoln's Third nil tlon , Norfolk. Anna E. Zltkowskl to Norfolk 1 Cream and Cone Co. , warranty de < $400 , lot 14 , block 1 , Koonlgstoli Third addition , Norfolk. Evening Hours Some of the sweetest hours of home-life am passed under the gentle , kindly light of the eve ning lamp. If it be the Rnyo Lamp , the light contributes an added charm makes reading and sewing easy. There arc no aching eyes after reading or sew ing under the rays of the Uayo Lamp. The Rayo Lamp diffuses a steady white light. It is the least trying of any artificial light. Mada of brass throughout nickel plated improved central draught burner. The Rayo is a low-priced lamp , but you cannot get a better lamp at any price. Once a Rayo user , always ono Every Dealer Kverywkcre. If Not at Yours. Write for Descriptive Circular to the Nearest Agency of the STANDARD OIL COMPANY ( Inoorporate.il ) Gregory County Farmers Win. Omaha , Hoc. 7. Winners of prizes offered for South Hakota growers only in corn , wheat , oats and barley at the national corn exposition have bean an nounced. They are : For best ton ears yellow dent corn .1 : P. Thompson , Elk Point , llrst prize , $50 ; George II. Whiting , Yankton , second end prize , $18. For best ton ears dent corn , other than yellow Hugh C. Pierce , Fairfax , llrst prize , $32 ; Bunnor Uros. , Hurley , second prize , $15. For best ten ears dint corn , any va riety L. II. Krugor , Orient , llrst prize , $20 ; George II. Whiting , Yankton , second end prize , $5.50 ; Peter Ncuberg , Sioux Falls , third prize , $2. For best single ear dent corn , any color .1. P. Thompson , 131k Point , drst prize , $5 ; John Laklng , Hurley , second end prize , $4 ; George II. Whiting , Yankton , third prize , $2. George II. Whiting , Yankton , third prize , ? ; i. For best peck llfo wheat Jacob Mces , Alpona , llrst prize , $35 ; J. L. Jones , Clark , second prize , $5. For best peck blue stem wheat Charles P. Schultz , Cavour , first prize , $32 ; Nels Johnson , Mount Vernon , second prize , $5 ; Joss Johnson , Bores- ford , third prize , $4. For best peck wheat , other than fife or blue stem Charles A. Schul- ta , Cavour , drst prize , $12.50. For best peck white oats Jess Johnson , Beresford , first prize , $25 ; J. L. Jones , Clark , second prize , $5 ; Brunner Bros. , Hurley , third prize , $4. For best peck oats , other than while William Sclssons , Bonestcol , first price , $15 ; Jacob Mces Alpcna , second end prize , $5. For best peck six-rowed barley William Sclsson , Bonostcol , drst prize , $35 ; Nels Johnson , Mount Ver non , second prize , $5. Albion Woodmen Elect. Albion , Neb. , Dec. 7. Special to The News : At the regular meeting also election , tlio following offlcerf were elected : O. II. Cave , consul ; C A. Richabaugh , advisor ; W. A. Hos. ford , clerk ; F. M. Weltzol , banker ; James Slmonson , escort ; Drs. Stoakes Clark , Thompson and Smith , physl clans ; Fay Spencer , watchman ; Wall Wheeler , sentry. Albion camp. No - 551 , now has a membership of 424. Gave Whisky to Boys. Sioux Falls , S. D. . Dec. 7. As the result of his generosity , Arthur An derson , a prominent young man o Colton , a small town near Sioux Falls finds himself In a serious predica mont. Being in Sioux Falls a fev days ago , he secured a bottle of wills ky and took It with him to Colton which Is a "dry" town , nothing stronger or than buttermilk or pop belnc ; faoh there. lie gave some of his friend a drink from the bottle. It Is allcgei that among those who had a "swig wore out or two minors , and the ate rest of Anderson followed , on tin o , charge of giving liquor to minors. Hi ,8 ' , 'r was taken before a Colton Justice , win ' Is his cousin , and who held him fo , . appearance In the state court In SIou : Falls. When It came to Andersoi ' securing bonds so ho would not hav ° , to remain in Jail pending the disposn of his case In the circuit court , hi "fair weather friends , " those who ha aided him in drinking the whisk ) s" made their voluntary dlsappearanc 0 and he was compelled to go to other and induce them to go upon his bom $1,999 From Railroad. Sioux Falls , S. D. . Doc. 7. After st stoutly contested.trial a Jury In th Mate circuit court in this city awan ed Andrew Thompson of Doll Rapid a judgment In the sum of $1,90 z , against the Chicago , Milwaukee S Paul railway company , for Injuries a leged' to have been received about year ago , when he foil from the watc lank of the company at Doll Rapid lit Mifatalnlng Injuries which ho allege will permanently cripple him. Thorn ] BOH sued for $2.000 , so ho got wllhl a dollar of what ho demanded f damage * ! . 1 IV- Corn Show Opens.- IVd. Omaha , Dec. C. The third natloni d. corn exposition opened here today an 4 , will continue until December 1 k. Words of greeting were tolographc by Secretary of Agriculture James W son. President Diaz of Mexico sei ir- the following greeting : "Tho Trail Mississippi exposition of 1S9S sliowe the world the resources of the groi ml region In the wost. The national coi ill- exposition shows how these rosourci may still bo developed , The Jmpoi CO nnro of the rich state of Nebraska h : 'd , also been shown aril I compliment 11 organlzora of the premit cxposith and will wish for now triumphs and brilliant future. " The Mexican presi dent has sent the Mexican national band to furnish music for the exposi tion. Other speakers at the opening were Eugene Funk , president of the national corn association , and Mayor James Dahlman of Omaha. James J. Hill Is to deliver an address Thurs day. Twenty-five states and the fed eral government had exhibits ready when the gates opened. San Pedro Steamer Ashore. San Francisco , Doc. 0. The stern schooner Majestic , bound from San Pedro to this port In ballast , Is report ed to bo ashore near Monterey. NORFOLK EXPRESS CASE. State Law Will be Tested In Regard fo Mandate for Telephones. Lincoln , Dec. G. The American and the Pacific Express companies have failed to Install Independent tele phones In their joint office at Norfolk , as ordered. The Nebraska railway commission has asked the attorney general to bring prosecutions. The commission held that the telephone service asked for was not necessary , but that the Bartos law was manda tory and It ordorcil thn additional tele phone service Installed and gave the companies twenty days to comply. The companies Ignored the order of the commission. Continue Sugar Fraud Inquiry. Now York , Dec. C. Ramifications of the scheme thiough which the govern ment Is alleged to have been defraud ed of millions of dollars In duties on sugar were gone Into today at the continuance of the trial of former em ployes of the American Sugar Refining company on charges of conspiracy to defraud. The cross-examination of Richard Parr , the deputy surveyor pi ! customs , whoso dramatic story of thq raid on the sugar docks at Williams- burg stands out as the feature of the trial so far , was resumed. The Paris Text-Book Row. Paris , Dec. 6. M. Barthou , minister of Justice , has Instructed the public prosecutor at Grenoble to begin action against a local priest for placing 'n communal school under an Interdict. This will bo the first prosecution un dertaken directly by the state In con nection with the case campaign against the public schools. The suits Inatltul- ed by several teachers' associations against the archbishops and bishops who signed the pastoral letters warn ing Catholic parents that the teaching in the public schools jeopardized the religious belief of their children , have been set for this week. The authors of the interdicted text books have re tained Valle to commence suit against Manager Amicttc , archbishop of Paris. The New Chinese Minister. In appointing Mr. Oilhonn ro the Chinese mission , President Taft baa selected a man of wide experience and ono well qualified to fill that very Im portant poft. Mr. Calboun is a well known corpo ration lawyer of Chicago , havintr begun practice In Danville. 111. , in 1R75. Ho has done some Important diplomatic work during his career , notably when at the request of President M < Ivlnley ho Investigated conditions In Cuba , prior to the outbreak of the Spanish- American war. and later when ho in vestigated the difficulties between the asphalt companies and President Cas tro of Venezuela , for President Reese velt. velt.For For two years bo was member of the Interstate commerce coinmlssion. Mr Calboun Is ( il years old and a native of PIttsburg , Pa. Senate's Session 13 Minutes Long. The senate was in session but thir teen minutes. . The liouso session , too , was brief and the work In both v.as of purely routine character. The not re sult was that the president \\.is Iti formed that both houses were ready for business and awaiting any message bo mlsht see fit to send. His response will take the form of hU firrt annual message , the rending of which will constitute the feature of il tomprrow'H business. iltl tl tlS. Protest Against Attacks on Leopold. S.il S.d Bnisse's , Dec. G. A protest agalnfat il- ( he attacks upon Congo administration ilit to newspapers has been Issued by its members of the cabinet s- , the presidents ! s(1 of the houses of parliament , the presi It dent of the court of casatlon , thn arch 11 bishop of Brussels and other dlmiltnr- > 8 IHK. The protest dec-lares that the at 8t tacks upon 1'olgluni are unmcrltted IS and appeals to Fngland to ntop the 10 campaign of demand ini ( Try n News want ad.
