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EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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