The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, October 31, 1906, Image 6
. f - ..- :tek. I2 w MM- - i - - - ... - - -...., ... - , v- lv I if - .' X l- - U - v lift . l(i B i P I I; sc-4 : , w- T3. jif s 9 S-JS&J THIS IN NEBRASKA p?r EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE 1 OK LESS IMPORTANCE. - j - r v - - - - Contract to Outfit New Wing off Nor folk Asylum Death off a Former State Treasurer. u Furniture for Asylum. Radge Grcnzel, which'' firm has old the state about $50,000 worth of supplies, such; as " furniture . and dry goods, during the last two -years cap tured the contract to outfit the new wing at the- Norfolk asylum. With the exception of.Norris Brown, all the members of, the Board of Purchase and Supplies and Superintendent Young visited the various' Lincoln furniture" stores and secured prices. Thex above first offered the goods at the lowest figures, the total bill amounting to .some $1,900. No bids were advertised for, as it is said by the board membsrs to be almost impossible to 'get bids on furniture through advertising. Wheth er any of the Norfolk firms were called upon to make prices, and thus save freight from Lincoln, is not on record and neither is it of record that. any except Lincoln stores were visited, Governor Mickey and Treasurer Mor tensen are of the opinion that the state got a good bargain and that the goods were -bought at extremely low figures. : J. C. McBride Dies in Savannah LINCOLN Word was received in Lincoln announcing the death of Gen eral J. C. McBride of Savannah Ga., formerly a citizen of Lincoln and ex state, treasurer. He was born in Ui bana, Champaign county, O., May 2, 1844. H? moved with his parents to Indiana in 1S59, where he enlisted as a privatae in the civil war at the age of 17 years, serving in the Forty-eighth Indiana infantry, afterward being pro moted to captain for oravery in action. He served for three years and then returned home on a furlough, enlisting for two more years, during which time .he was stationed at Fort North and Fort Concho in lower Mexico. After the war was over, leaving his wife at the fort, he started on a three years' camixiign in driving the Indians out of that part of the country, where they had been doing a great deal of damage. After leaving the service, he came to Nebraska, settling at Schuyler and es tablished the Schuyler Register. Cream Tests Inaccurate. Fod Commissioner Redfern is of the opinion the farmers sre being done in the way cream is tested and because of this he will make recommendation to the legislature that the test be changed. At this time the cream is tested in a machine which Redfern said was made to test milk, and as cream is much lighter the test is not a god one. He will recommend that cream be tested by. weight and the amount of butter fat be measured and then the per cent be 'applied to the bulk.' Redfern will make a number of sample tests before making his' recom- radatkms. Violation of Game Law. At Lincoln C. N. Crandall was fined $50 and costs by Justice Stevens on a complaint sworn to by Chief Game Warden George L. Carter, charging that Mr. Crandall had shipped game in a suit case without accompanying the package. The charge of not labeling the package as required by law was sot pressed. The fine was agreed to iby Mr. Crandall and he pleaded guilty to the charge. f . - Making Much Vinegar. 1 FALLS CITY Up to last Saturday the vinegar factory had purchased 42, 000 bushels of apples, a very large portion of which would have gone to waste had the factory not been here. ;The factory, now has ten tanks, each of a capacity of 1C.000 gallons, and it Is the intention to build still others as the supply of ippl- is abundant. Very few of the good apples will go to waste, as the packers seem more 'anx ious for stock than some time ago. Man Found Dead in Jail. MILLARD A man named Thomas Coffey, recently employed by Contract or Fitzgerald on the railroad grade, came to the town marshal and asked permission to sleep in the jail. This was granted and the door was left open so he could leave when he was ready. In the morning he was found dead, having hung himself dur ing the night. Shortage off Corn Huskers. Applications have been pouring into the labor bureau for farm hands to help get in the corn crop, but so far the labor bureau has not besn able, to even begin to supply the demand. At this time there is not a single appli cation on file in this department for a piace, while the applications for farm helpers are almost countless. " r Wagon Load off Clover Seed. BRADSHAW Henry Berger, a fanner living a mile and one-half west of this place brought to town a wagon load of clover seed, consisting of ninety bushels, for which he received a check, for $54C " Shut Out of Nebraska. LINCOLN The International Im provement, company will not be al lowed to do business in Nebraska un der its present articles of incorpora tion. State Treasurer Mortensen, who its a member of the State Banking board, which passes on these matters, .requested Secretary Royce to notify 'the officials of the company they could do no busness under the Nebraska Jaws. This company agrees to build bouses and' homes for people who want them and are willing to conform to Its rules and regulations. Prefers Death 'to Prison Term. HEBRON James Dickson, a young .farmer from near Glead and whose theme is at Decatur, 111., committed jsaicideia. the county jail at this place. IDteksom had been convicted of forgery and was sentenced to two years in. the 'penitentiary. He killed himself by hanging and wed aa ordinary towel, 'wbich was tied aroaad his neck and i'then to the bars of the side of his JcsIL His sentence to the penitentiary land Us dread of serving: the time seemed' to bare prompted aim to com mit the deed. N VJSi. r .. -jif . " . . Sfi..?JsjiSViw- . v. jea ,uj3c TIW. j-4.-J hiirTB - TTtJHte -il2rrrJirfiLJ:. '. NEBRASKA BRIEFS. . . ? , it ? - n f -jzzdzzXUL. zi ;4 Fremont has a record-breaking ; for building. , Robert Mattern, employed at the stone crasher at Wymore, was struck by a train and ,iasUnUy-killed. At Fairmont, while working In the yards, Brakeman Lants, of NoT 72, slipped wiiile switching and -caught bis foot under the wheel of the engine, cutting the'ffoot off. - O. H. Slngleyef tbenkm Pacific has been looking 07er the tax' records and finds his company must pay $18, 150.23 to -Platte county, this year $1,000 .more' than in 1905. "A memorable event in Wayne's his tory -was the laying of the cornerstone of the new main building of-ltke. Neb raska normal college by .the grand lodge A. F. & A. M. of Nebraska. Union Pacific men say that the motor service between Lincoln and Beatrice is rapidly finding favor with. the trav eling public and that it has increased the Lincoln-Beatrice business consid erably. The dead body of Mike Shannahan was found on a bar in the Platte near North Bend. . Shannahan was about 22 years old, and had been missing for several days. He resided with his father in North Bend. The separator of the threshing out fit of Edward Sorenson near Bancroft, was totally destroyed by fire. The machine is a total loss. As the fires in the engine were out it is thought the fire was the wont of incendiaries. The federal grand jury at Lincoln made its report and was discharged. Twenty-seven. indictments were re turned, but the court refused to make public any of the indictments except those returned for illegal sale of li quor. The most important are held back until arrests are made. Christian &. Lang, breeders and im porters of thoroughbred Aberdeen-Angus cattle York county, met with quite a loss in the death of an imported Tro jan Erica cow, bred in King Edward of England's herd, a show animal that cost them several hundred dollars. Death was caused by pneumonia. The directors of several of the school districts in Dodge county have ordered vacations of three weeks during' the cornhusking season. While the crop in Dodge county was damaged to some extent by heavy rains in the fall, there will be a large crop. Already there is evidence of a scarcity of pickers. The Dodge county poultry associa tion held a meeting for the purpose of preparing a premium list for the an nual show which is to be held, in De cember. 'Messrs. J. M. Archerd and J. M. Maher were appointed a commit tee to solicit among the business "men of Fremont for some special premiums. Jasper Waidron, a well known farmer i.ving south of York, brought in samples of the finest quality ear corn that was pronounced better than the average seed corn. He said that south York county had another bumper crop and that com on his place goes seventy bushels to the acre and up wards. White Albert and George Weaver" were driving to Stella with a load of apples the team became unmanageable coming down the steep grade south of the cemetery and when turning the corner at the foot of the hill the wagon upset throwing Albert against a post-with such force) as to break his collar bone, a ., Secretary Royse of the state bank ing board, announced that Receiver O. F. Biglin of the Elkhorn Valley bank of O'Neill, had declared another dividend of 15 per cent, making a to tal of 35 per cent paid to depositors. Some property still remains to-be di vided between the. Claimants. The bank was wrecked by its officers, who fled. Sheriff Dunkel of Hall county, has received a letter from a woman in New Mexico expressing her belief that there lived there the man who was guilty of the murder of one Ventoen, in Grand Island, eighteen years ago. It was re called immediately that -such a man was found, dead in a patch of weeds' near the round house about that time' and that no clue to his murderer was ever found. . A life isurance agent from Kansas City has been working around Ruk in a most novel manner. He has se cured a number of policy-holders through representing to them that he would give them a large percentage of his profit. Securing a note from them in payment of premius which he promised, to return under certain con ditions, he sold the paper at. the first bank and when he had sufficient funds he left. The department of the game warden has just come, out victor in a con test waged. inNorth Platte. When .Deputy Hortsman went to North Platte some time ago to get Ryan and Finney, two men charged with violat ing the game laws, he was pounced upon by., a number of men, and a free-for-all fight followed, after which Horstman caused the arrest of Ryan and Finney. A fine of $5 and costs was assessed for common assault. Fin ney appealed to the uistrict court, where he was again found guilty and was fined $100 and costs, the whole finally amounting to $208: The machinery to be used in bor ing for oil has been placed in position on the Farlow farm, two mike south east of Beatrice, and J. N. Maupin, the prospector, says active operations win begin at once. Apples are so plentiful around Rulo that farmers are wishing them disposed of. Many trees, hang loaded to their full capacity. The market is full and packers are overworked. It Is difficult to find a market for the apples and some packers have stopped pack ing because they cannot find a mar ket for them. Ed Murphy of Brady has leased his ranch near Brady to several Japanese for a period of five years at an annual rental of $1,000. "Shore are 800 or more acres, part of which is, hay land and part farm land, and it is the inten tion of the Japs to raise a big acreage of sugar beets. The tramp who was ran over by a Burlington train in the yards at To cumseh died. He gave his name as M. C. Smith; said he had so living relatives, and that he had friends fa Dobueue, where he freewently time. MEMORIAL TEMPLE TO ILLINOIS SOLDIERS AT VloKSUURU, MISS DEDICATED FRIDAYr OCTOBER 2S. t t - ..C '. SEVEN DEAD IW EXPLOSION IGNITION OF GAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIRED BLAST. Accidtnt in the Rolling Mill Mine of the Cambria Steel Company at , Johnstown, Pa. Johnstown", Pa. By an explosion in the mine of the Cambria Steel com pany here Wednesday seven men are reported to be dead and two painfully but not fatally burned. The explosion is thought to have been caused by the ignition of gas in setting off of a blast, Most of the vic tims are foreigners. The explosion occurred in a heading three, miles from the houth of the mine shaft An official statement given out by the manager of the Cambria Steel company, says: ' ' "By an explosion in the Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel company Wednesday evening seven men, are dead and two are painfully but not fatayy injured. ' Up to the present only one of the dead has been identi fied. He is an American born miner named Sampson Luther. It is believ ed the other dead are all foreigners, as are the two injured. The wounds of the latter consist of burns on the face, back and arms, lacerated wounds of the scalp 'and other parts of the body. "The explosion took place In head ing No. 29, a considerable distance from the ill-fated Klondike section, where 114 men lost their, lives over four years ago. The exact cause is not known, but it is supposed that the gas was fired by the putting off of a blast All the men when found had their safety lamps in proper trim, showing that the accident could not have been caused by neglect In that direction. No damage whatever was done to the workings, and the mine will run as usual" OHIO ICE MEN FACING PRISON Valentine Anti-Trust Law Held Valid by the Circuit Court. Toledo, O. Circuit court Friday upheld the decision of Judge Kinkade, of common pleas, court, In the 'sen tences he gave Reuben -Lemon, Hol land Beard and Joseph. Miller,' convict ed of conspiracy in restraint of trade In the sale of ice. These are the famous Ice cases which were tried in common pleas court last summer. The sentences given the men were $2,500 fine each and, six months in the workhouse, and if the supreme courts affirms the lower courts, the ice men must serve their sentences. The circuit court also held the Val entine anti-trust law constitutional. FRATERNAL8 MUST PAY TAXES Illinois Supreme Court Holds Legisla ture Has No Power of Exemption. Springfield, 111. The supreme court Wednesday rendered an opin ion in the case ' of the supreme lodge of the Modern American Frater nal order against the board of review of Effingham county. , The supreme lodge scheduled office furniture and supplies for taxation amounting to $6,000. The board of review added $30,000, the amount of mortuary expense fund on ham). The lodge appealed from the action, of the board, asserting such fund was ex empt under the provisions of the act of 1905. f. The court holds that the 'legislature had no power, of exemption. Maniac Jumps Into Sea. Norfolk, Va. Counting the min utes, which seeemed to them to be but few intervening between them and death, bruised, bleeding, hungering and athirst, five men adrift on a bit of wreckage, off the Florida coast, saw one of their companions, whose suffering had driven him mad, throw himself into the sea to death, and not long afterward a ship which was com ing saved their lives. 8panish Diplomat Transferred. Madrid. Senor Arturo Baldasano y Topete, the Spanish consul general at New York,' has been transferred to Manila. Senor Diaz Mlrando of the foreign office will succeed Senor Bald asano at New York. Import Strike Breakers. Atlanta, Ga, The first importation of strike breakers to take the place of the Southern railway machinists who are on strike in the shops here, reached Atlanta Thursday. "About 76 men were in the lot Mother and Children Drown. Santa Fe, N. M. Mrs. Guadeloupe Vigily Bares, wife of a rancher at Round Mountain, and her two chil dren were drowned In the Rio Grande ear. Santa Fe during Monday's bUx sard. They were fording the river. Gas Explesien Kills Two. St PamL Minn. George C. Harding, white, and - Frank Aldrich, colored, were killed In a tunnel leading from the St Pan! Gas Light company's plant st Fourth and John streets, Wednesday, by u explosion, of. gas. ."""ssysrav i iBBBBEaBBnEnia3"""?"-"""!nSBHBB mMsslM'SffsSP ri . .-. -t-m -V;. , -. lT.,- . ILLINOIS HONORS ITS DEAD. Memorial Dedicated at Vicksburg, Miss, lb Soldiers Who Fought There. Vicksburg, Miss. The Illinois Memorial temple, the tribute of that state to its soldiers who fought, in the siege of Vicksburg, was dedi cated at the Vicksburg National Mili tary park Friday with elaborate cere monies, the military spectacle being especially imposing. The parade, composed of the National Guard of Illinois regiment and the militia of Mississippi, 'headed by Gov. Charles S. Deneen of Illinois, and Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi, left the city shortly after ten o'clock for the march of three miles to the park. The entire route was decorated and thousands of visitors who came to Vicksburg to be present at the ceremonies cheered the soldiers as they marched along under a glorous October sun. The Illinois Memorial temple Is a magnificent structure consisting of a marble dome 62 feet high and 54 feet in diameter, with flights of marble stairs leading to it. It cost $200,000. On the interior are inscribed in bronze the names "of every one of the 36,000 Illinois soldiers who were engaged in the operations which the Vicksburg National park is intended to com memorate. The state of Illinois appropriated $260,000 for monuments and memo rial markers in the park. Illinois had 70 commands in the Vicksburg opera tions during the civil war. TAKE FIVE BODIES FROM RUINS. Total Number of Dead In Kansas City Fire Has Reached Eight. Kansas City, Mo. Five bodies were recovered Friday from the ruins of the Chamber of Com merce building in Kansas City, Kan,, which was destroyed by fire Thurs day, and It Is now known that at least eight persons lost their lives In the fire. VThe body of Charles A. Lynch, a laborer, was recovered late Friday afternoon. The bodies of Edward Winslow and his wife and two daughters were re covered earlier in the day. Eight persons are still missing. The building was owned by Alder man Walter A. Bunker, of Kansas City. Kan., who estimates his loss at $60,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. WISCONSIN TAXES REMITTED State Treasury, Full to Overflowing, Does Not Need Cash. Madison, Wis. . All the state taxes, with the exception of the school tax, which was reduced to half of one mill, were remitted Monday by the state board of assessors. There already is so much money in the state treasury that none of the officials knew what to do with it With the prospect of more than $2,500,000 coming-in from this year's taxes. State Treasurer Kempf threw up his hands in despair and said there was no way to spend it Accordingly, Gov. David son,, Secretary of State Houser and Mr. Kempf met and decided to remit the taxes. , W. C. T. U. in Session. Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens, of Portland, Me., as presi dent, opened the thirty-third annual convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance union at Par sons' theater Friday. More than 450 delegates from all parts of the United States were present. Delegates from Austrian, Japan, England, Greece and other countries were on hand. Robbers Dynamite Bank Safe. Kerkhoven, Minn. The vault in the bank of Kerkhoven was badly damaged by burglars, who used dynamite in an attempt to get at the money chest early Thursday. While they were at work they were discovered by citi zens who had been aroused by the ex plosion. Running from the bank, they made their escape on horseback. Attempts Murder; Kills Self. New York. Believing he had killed his sweetheart with four bullets he fired at her, Frank Dorsey, a clerk whose home was in Brooklyn, shot himself dead In a Fourth avenue bird store, where both were employed. Veteran Dies of Hydrophobia. Marietta, O. John Fogus; a well known war veteran, was bitten by a small family dog three weeks ago and nas oeveioped hydrophobia. He be came unmanageable Thursday and was taken to Jail. He died Friday. Canal Zone Governor. Washington. The statement was made by a cabinet officer that appoint ment of a governor of the Panama canal some In all probability worn be made until after President Roose velt's return from the Isthmus. Three Miners Found Dead. New Philadelphia, O. The bodies of three miners who had died by In haling gas, were found Thursday, as the day shift of miners went to wir in the James Mullen mine No. l a this city. All were foreigners. MOST PAT CASH FMS PUBLISHERS CANNOT EXCHANGE ADVERTISING FOR TICKETS. AN IMPORTANT RULING. Interstate Commerce Commission Holds Payment in Commodities Would Allow Discrimination by the. Carriers. Washington. Under a ruling of the Interstate commerce commission. transportation over railroad lines no longer may be given to newspaper publishers or editors in exchange for advertising space in their newspa pers. A protest against this ruling has been received by the commission from the Massachusetts Press association, through William J. Hefferman. the secretary of the association. In Mr. Hefferman's communication, he says that the association unanimously voted to "Enter its protest against the reported ruling in holding that the payment for railroad transportation at full rates in advertising shall be treated on any other basis than that of transportation paid for in cash." Chairman Quotes the Law. In a letter to Secretary Hefferman, In response to the protest Chairman Knapp, of the commission, says in part, after quoting the section of the law which prohibits the issuance of free transportation or transportation paid for in any other way than in cash: "You are, of course, aware that aJ tariffs filed in compliance with the regulating statute name rates in dol lars and cents, and do not in any case provide that transportation can be paid for with property. It seems plain to the commission that the law above quoted, coupled with the fact stated, permits payment for services of interstate carriers 'only in money. "A contrary rule would sanction un equal compensation by different per sons and involve ordinarily somo de gree of discrimination in favor of those permitted to exchange their commodities for the transportation they desire or secure. It is the aim of the law to prevent every sort of fa voritism and secure absolute equality of treatment in all ccses. Right of Private Contract "This ruling of the commission in no way interferes with or abridges the rights of private contracts. News papers and their advertising space may be freely exchanged for any spe cies of property upon such terms as may be acceptable to the parties to the transaction, but the facilities of the public carrier are not private property, nor are they the subject of bargain and sale like merchandise. The right to travel or have property carried by rail, like the right to the common highway is not a contract right but a political right the very essence of which is equality. Ruling Follows the Law. "Conceding that the advertising ar rangements in question are ordinarily made and carried -out in good faith, It seems plain to me that these ar rangements must as a practical mat ter, involve some measures of dis crimination, and it is not easy for me to see how an honest newspaper can seriously object to a ruling of the commission which appears to be in obvious accord with the provisions and the purposes of the regulating statute. EIGHT-HOUR DAY IS UPHELD Government Wins First Case Against Contractors on Federal Work. Cincinnati. The first test of the federal eight-hour day law ended in a victory ror tne government nere Friday. After being out only 15 min utes the jury in the United States court found the Sheridan-Kirk Con tracting company guilty of violating the law in the construction of the big Ohio river dam at Fernbank, nine miles below this city. The determina tion of the penalty will come later. The law provides for a fine not ex ceeding $1,000. Wickes Will Is Upheld. Chicago. The sensational con test of the will of Thomas H. Wickes, late Pullman car magnate, ended in Judge Honore's 'court Tuesday- when the will was sustained by verdict of a jury which declared Wickes sane wheu he cut off his own children and a grandchild and left the bulk of his estate to a nephew, Hugh P. Walden. A sealed verdict, which was reached after six hours' delibera tion, was read before a crowd that jammed the courtroom. The jury took only four ballots in reaching its ver dict Bank Robbers Secure $5,000. Odin, 111. Holding fully 100 terri fied citizens at bay, a band of robbers "shot up the town" early Friday, de liberately dynamited the Odin bank, took $5,000 from the wrecked safe. Fire Stops Cannon Banquet Paris, 111. Fire at the Paris hotel caused a hurried adjournment of a banquet at which Speaker Cannon was being entertained by local Repub lican politicians. Mr. Cannon later spoke at the courthouse. Spain Holds Cruisers Ready. Madrid, Spain. In view of the alarming reports from Morocco the Spanish government 'has decided to hold several cruisers ready for dis patch to the west coast to. protect Spanish subjects. Railway Reduces Its Fares. Indlanopolis, Ind. The Cincinnati, Hamilton ft Dayton Railroad company Thursday announced that beginning November 1 a straight fare of two and one-half cents would be charged in Indiana. National Sunday School Union. Topeka, Kan. The National Sun day School union of the Methodist church commenced its 79th annual meeting here Thursday with delegates present from nearly every state in the . 5 25S7. - X Tl jV-V : -Ww,, IRKS BIWI BP FUBMHg ORGANIZATION PUT PORWARB) AS PROPER PLAN. When Prices of Products Go Up They Tend tei Make Africultorista Stick Together. St Louis, m. The fea ture of the day's session of the first anneal convention of the Ameri can Society of Equity, which is com-, posed of farmers, was the address of M. F. Sharp, of Narrows, Ky. He strongly urged the farmers to perfect an organization. "The trusts and combines, which are the agencies of the infernal re gions, call us jays, hayseeds, rubes and mossbacks, and say that even if we do organize we won't stick.' he said. "I tell you that when organization raises the price of products it Is the best sticking plaster In the world. I know the farmers will stick. Equity means a fair deal. All manufacturing industries fix, the price of their prod ucts and know what price they are going to get for them. The fanner, the backbone of the nation and the world's greatest producer, has been going on the theory that he will take Lwhatever he can get for his products. Equity intends that the farmer shall take his place with the world's pro ducers and fix a profitable price for his products. That can only be done by a plan of marketing products to control and regulate the market prices." East St Louis, IB. The fol lowing minimum prico scale was adopted at Thursday's session of the American Society of Equity: Wheat, $1; corn, 45 cents, until January 1; 50 cents from January 1 to April 1; 55 cents April 1 until the next meeting of the society; oats. 40 cents; cotton. 12 cents based at New York; hogs, $6.50; cattle. $6; hay, $14. With the exception of cotton all prices are based on delivery at Chi cago. ACCUSED OF STARVING BABES Man and Woman Under Arrest Death ef Six Infants. for Pagosa Springs, Col. G. C. Rose and Mrs. Minnie Wheeler, leaders of the Brotherhood of 'Light who con duct .a home for poor children on a farm near Arbeles, Col., were ar raigned before County Judge E. K. Caldwell here, Thursday, on charges of manslaughter In connection with the deaths of six babies on the place. They waived examination and were remanded to jail until they can fur nish bail. The charges were made by an agent of the state Humane society, who al leges that the children were fed al most exclusively on a vegetable diet and were practically starved to death. Seven children now at the 'home were made wards of the county court until the court shall award them to the state home for dependent children or some other institution. CABINET CHANGES PUBLISHED Metcalf and Straus to Be Added President's Advisers. Washington. The following state ment regarding prospective changes in President Roosevelt's cabinet was made public at the White House Tuesday night: On the retirement of Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Moody from the cabinet the following changes will be made: Secretary of the treasury Hon. George B. Cortelyou. Postmaster general Hon. George Von L. Meyer. Attorney general Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte. Secretary of the navy Hon. Vic tor H. Metcalf. Secretary of commerce and labor Hon. Oscar S. Straus. Cranberry Trust; Prices Up. Appleton, Wis. Appleton grocers believe they have discovered a new combine. Price lists were received from three different cranberry job bers, all quoting precisely the same figure and all demanding from 8 to 10 cents more per quart than was asked a year ago. Cranberries, it is said, will reach as high as 18 cents. Utes Seek Allies. Sheridan, Wyo. Word reaches here that the Utes are now moving, and are headed " northwest toward the northern Cheyennes, whose reserva tion lies about 50 miles east of Fort Custer, Mont It is said that their purpsoe is to induce the northern Cheyennes to join them in some kind of a raid. Bank Robbers Are Caught Minot, N. D. After a chase lasting 36 hours, the sheriffs posse succeeded Tuesday evening in capturing the five bandits who robbed the Sawyer, N. D., bank early Mon day morning when a battle ensued with citizens during which 300 shots were fired, the robbers getting away with $4,600. Rob Missouri Bank of $2,700. Jefferson City, Mo. Information was received Friday that the Bank of Jamestown, in Moniteau county, 65 miles from here, had been entered by robbers, who blew open the safe and secured $2,700. Wisconsin Pioneer Dies. Oshkosh, Wis. Samuel McClellan Hay, for 58 years identified with the business interests of Oshkosh, and a pioneer merchant and banker of wide reputation, died Friday, aged 81 years. Canadian 'Engineer Dead. Lansing. Mich. William T. Jen nings, aged 61, consulting engineer of the city of Toronto, died at the resi dence of Manager J. R. Elliott of the Michigan United Railways, in Lan sing, Wednesday. Iowa Mayer Dies. Cedar Rapids, la. Amos H. Connor, mayor of Cedar Rapids, and one of the most prominent contractors la the middle west died suddenly Wednesday of heart failure. Ho S3 years old. t. . I J5r -T5X? - .r. . 1 1 1 im i f EIGHTY ARE DEAD CROWDED EUKTMCvCAJW CO INTO THE WATEK OF MMOT wMMWI Oleaster the Vreret-Tliat Has I Since the I Nicmla Meadow Wreek hi Time Far ATLANTIC CrTY,. N. J- By the wreckinar of a. three-coach eWCinc train on the West Jersey A Seashore railroad Sunday aftemoeo, at least fifty passengers perished, and the list may reach the total of seyenty-lvo when all is known. While crossing over a drawbridgo spanning the waterway known as Tho Thoroughfare.' which separates Atlan tic City from the mainland, the train left the track and plunged into the water. The passengers In the first two ccaches, with one or two exceptions, were drowned. Up to midnight twenty five and possibly fifty bodies are still in the submerged.coachee. The disaster, the worst that has hap pened since the horrible Meadow wreck of July 30, 189C occurred at 2:3 o'clock in the aftenoon. The train, made up of three heavy vestibule elec tric coaches, which left Camden at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, carried at least eighty-eight passengers, as that number of tickets are held by the con ductor. That official is uncertain, however, just how many passengers' were on the train, and until all the bodies have been taken oat of the sub merged coaches it will not be possible to give the true figures of the dead. The cause of the wreck has not yet been established. It was probably due either to a defective rail or the break ing of some part of the superstructure of the first coach. It has also been suggested that the drawbridge, which had just been closed after the passage of a yacht, may not have properly locked the rails. All theories as to the cause of the accident, however, are purely speculative. While running at a speed said to have been moderate, the first coach left the rails and dragged those follow ing it over the ties for a distance of fifty feet Suddenly swerving the first two coaches plunged over the side of the bridge into the water fifteen feet below. The third coach struck aa abut ment, broke its couplings and for a brief time hung suspended over the water. Brief as was this period, how ever. It gave more than a score of pas sengers an opportunity to escape by the rear door. Then the car slid off and followed the other two into the water. It is believed every one Jn the third coach escaped alive, although all were injured. ' LATER Nineteen Bodies have just been brought into the Improvised morgue and a diver, who has made a thorough inspection of the submerged cars stated that least thirty bodies were still in the coaches. At this hoar it is impossible to identify any of the newly recovered bodies. The total dead now numbers forty-four, o COMMITS SUICIDE IN CHURCH. Miss Nettie Brown of Lincoln Takes Peisen Duma Service. KANSAS CITY Miss Nettle Brown, aged 25 years, said to be the daughter of D. C. Brown of Lincoln. Neb com mitted suicide here Sunday in the Catholic cathedral by taking carbolic acid. Miss Brown came to Kansas City about three weeks ago and registered at one of the leading hotels. She re mained several, days. Later she changed her hotel, going to another one. also first class. At the latter place, without funds, she asked the hotel people to telegraph to her "guar dian" in Omaha. The answer from Omaha satisfied the hotel authorities that he had no connection with. her. and she was requested to leave. Report of Land Office. WASHINGTON The annual re port of the commissioner of the gen eral land office, whica was made pub lic Sunday shows that the total re ceipts for the year ended June 30 were $7,585,524, an increase over the preceding year of $507,713. The total area of the land disposed of was 19,. 431,187 acres, an increase of 2,374,565 acres. All of the recommendations made by Commissioner Richards in his report of a year ago are renewed ex cept in instances where congress al ready has taken the action required. Rural Telephone Saves Girl's Life. SIDNEY, la. The little daughter of Oscar Crandal, who lives six miles northeast of Sidney, drank a quantity of coal oil, and for a while her life was despaired of. Treatment x was pre scribed by rural telephone until the ar rival of the physician, and It is now thought the child will recover. Pu la janes Killed Three Scents. MANILA. P. I. The Pulajanes la Samar attacked boats carrying supplies en the Surigaio river, killed threo scouts ami wounded one. Five Pula janes were killed. The supplies were saved. Spelling Reform Congress. NEW YORK Andrew Carnegie, ac companied by his wife and daughter, returned from Europe Sunday on the Celtic and had something to say re garding reformed speling. Efforts were being pu forth, he said, to have n , the English branches of the Reform J Spelling association meet in conven- uon. ii was said Canada and Aus tralia would send delegates. He de clared that President Roosevelt had done more to accomplish reform spell ing than all the reform philologists had done in twenty years. Disastrous Gas Explesien. COFFEYVILLE, KA& Three per sons were killed, one Is missing, four were seriously injured and twenty more were more or less injured in a terrific explosion of natural .gag, which completely demolished five two-story brick business blocks here Sunday WWiam O. Rososf BOSTON William O. for tne oast tweatv-aia m... secretary, of the ntovai a.. died tn pimiiiwHi a mn nesae hi Hills after an lOaeas ef two lA,, riaTBji i laeaMMMyMBiimiilJsmTr T an i? irmrm im "tB 'I :; '' 'h i ' sS - ' 'V awl a 'a Bm " 4 ' - .