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0 BIGGEST LAND OPENING RUSH amount, but Tuesday Mra. P-lce received won! from him that he would be here Wednesday and aerure her re'enne end tak ,i( r back to Pes Moines to await the tr a:. Upon receipt of her father's communlca-il-m Mrs. Rl-e'e spirits rose ao ord.ngly i nd hen Mr. Clary fa led to arrive on the : onn train she did not give up hope, but announced that he would arrive on a later train. HITCHCOCK IP IN THE AIR I La e Furniture cq. Thouiandt of Homeseekeri Pour Through Omaha to Tripp County. Reaping Whirlwind of Pahlman ' Wrath in His Desperate Fiht. JIMS DO NOT FORGET EASILY HOM BALLBOADS TAXID TO UTMOST Estimate that Fifty Tkoa.an.l Per- ox ;wui im mm fr i.a kr nr ,Be - - Omaha has been filled with homeseck era enroute to the owning of land In Tripp county. 8 utii Dakota, wheie the government la about to hold a draw ng Mr rearly l.flPO.OOO acres of arabli Und. Th n; ar five, points of registration, four of which are reached by passing th.ougli Omaha over the Northwestern road, al though crowds are going to O NM.l o.e' the Burlington from 81 n:x C I y. The bulk of the heavy travel la b-lnS tared for by the' Northwestern. That road moved 7.0C) pwple fiom Omaivi Tueaday and T.fluO more Wednesday with several thouaand moving east who hav registered. The movement la unprecedented Jn tha annals of land opening. Prior to Tueaday night the Northwestern tad taken 15.000 people to Gregory, Dallas, O'Neill and Valentine, the point of regls tretlon. At 10 'clock "Wednesday mbinlng thare war tan tralne of ten care each on the Northwestern line between Omaha and ONrlll. Over tOOO people were enroute east orer th aama road at the aame time. The Northwestern had two more sections out at o'clock Wednesday afternoon and three sections for the evening business. With nil of that crowd being moved over a single track road there, haa not been a single accident or any disorder of any kind. Largest Rash Wednesdays . Omaha had a larger rush Wednesday probably than will ba here later be cause of the homeseekera' rates which brought so many In Tuesday night i ami Wednesday morning. The Patur- dsy rush, however,' Is expected to be .larger than ever. The depots hive bten moat crowded places nd ti.e depot mm, who were overworked by the Ak-Sar-Ben crowds, are 'still at their post.' The North western road Is handling nearly as many 'people each day as It did during the week when Ak-Bar-Ben rates were In effect. 4 The .Burlington road turned over to the Northwestern Wednesday morning thirteen coaches filled with people from Kansas City, and the, Missouri I'aclflo had a Ions train well filled and In spite of that fact there were over 12,0000 people left standing In ITnlon atatlon at Kansas City who were unable to gat a train for Omaha Tuesday night ' The Northwestern has over 150 extra coaches of its own In service and haa bor rowed every available car from other llnea. Even the suburban cars running In and out of Chicago have been pressed Into this homeseekera business and atlll there arc not enough cars to handle the business. The management say that In all probability tha big rush will be cleaned up In a few days, and then the large number of trains, which are kept constantly on the move, will be able to handle' the business. MRS. RICE LOOKS FOR FATHER Expects Htm to Coma with Bond ' Release .Her . from . Jail. to Mrs. Abbla Rice, star wltners for the tate against Charles E. Davis, who Is awaiting trial. In the district, court for ths murder of Dr. Freder'ok Rustln on thu morning of Geptemb 2, Is still confined In the matron's department of the tlty Jail, having been unable to secure the requisite 11,000, which amount was fixed as her ball by County Attorney English and Judge Crawford to assure her attendance at the trial of Davla. When asked by County Attorney English after the preliminary examination of Davis what amount of ball she could 4 urnlah Mrs. Klce announced that her father, A. M. Clary of Pes Moines, had assured her h would be able to put up $1,000. Evidently Mr. Clary haa had a hard time getting that must pass is so full of dread that the There is no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either very painful or dangerous. The use of Mother's Friend prepares the system for the coming event, and it is remedy is applied externally, TJ women through the crisis ll with but little sufferino- .IX Book eooUinlnf Information of value . all expectant nuttier mailed free. BRAOnCtO REOULATOR OO. 4007 NORTH L :-. t " -- . - tL. , : uh: ' t ; - - j .. wa . J?' -ktS-wfcUi'1 '"""J : -i dwta mf;- V e-- . A 6-Room Bargain S2. 850 This attractive, all mooVrn house. Just completed by one of the best carnentera In tha city, la offered for sale at a low price; Is situated on a good street aitb the paving all paid for. Houae has full buscnu nt. brick walk, cemented floors, good reoeptlon hall, parlor, dlnli.f room, coim".ii,.nt kitchen, gantry and rear entry on the first flimr. Three nice bet1ruoir.ii and bath on atcoud floor; good cloaeta, good bath room; all of the flora arc quart. i -.necl pine, nlcily scraped and varnished, and the very best of modern open plumbli.g; electric lights and gas. with combina tion fixtures; sodded yard, one block from car. Thia house la first class In evrry way and la ready to move Into. The furnace haa not keen Installed and purchaser can make his own selection. If you are look ing for a home, don't miss this um. M ill sell on easy icnna. HASTINGS a HE YDEN IT 04 r treat MORE HELP TO REGISTER Extra Clerk reilel, as Boards Tan, day toeld ot Do the Work. Two extra clerka will le provided by the republican and democratic committees In all registration places, where congested conditions exist, on the next registration day, October 24, ' and there will be no reason for the failure of- all voters to reg ister at that time. This was decided upon Wednesday morning by Frank Crawford, chairman of the republican committee, and I J. TePofl, In charge of registration fo the democratic committee. Hundreds of voters were turned away frrm the registration booths Tueaday, un able to register. Five books have to be kept by the three Judges and clerks and It proved to be an Impossibility to register all applicants between the hours of S In the morning and In the evening. In some precincts the Judges worked until 11 o'clock and registered all who were In the room before o'clock. In other prechicta, how ever, the Judge refused to register any after 9, even though they were In the room, claiming that registration after that hour would not be legal. Mr. TePoel was In the Fifth Rreclnot of the Ninth ward when the polls closed and counted forty-five men who were turned away. Between 7 o'clock and S o'clock twenty men left the place, seeing that It would be Impossible to register. i Assistant City Attorney nine was consulted and whllo he said the reglstrara could not be compelled to work after o'clock In the evening, he said It would be perfectly legitimate for the parties to furnish extra clerks to aaslst In the work, provided there was no extra charge to the city. Voters whose names are Inscribed on the books after 9 o'rlock are legnlly registered, aald the attorney. It may not be necessary to provide extra clerks In all the precincts, but before next registration day the committees will as certain the conditions and send extra clerks (paid by the committees) to those registra tion booths where there yet remains a large registration. The registration Tuesday, .the second reg istration day. was heavy, but there will be no wny of ascertaining how many regis tered until the books are checked up. City Clerk Butler's force will begin work on the books Thursday morning and hopes to be able to tell how many registered within three or four days' time. Considering the heavy registration the first day, September 1. party leaders assert that the registration Tuesday was heavier than they expected. CONVINCED HE WAS INSANE Prisoner Certain Ills Mind Was When He Cnt Man on the Fact. Oft James Patton, a prisoner In the county Jail, is firmly convinced he was lnsano when ho slashed Peter Rump across the face with a knife and his trial haa been delayed until an examination' of his mind enn be made by. Dr. Tlldcn of the Insanity commission. Patton says he does not know why he cut Rump and he thinks his mind must be deranged. Sometime ago Patton went Into Rump's restaurant on Fourteenth street between Dodge and Douglas and ate a meal, lie then took a nap In hla chair. Rump ex plained to him the chairs were for boarding purposes exclusively and not for lodgers and suggested that he pay for the meal and leave. Patton paid for the meal, but a few minutes later came back and was 'hrown out by Rump. He returned again ind slashed Rump across the throat with Ms knife and stabbed him In the breast. Mrs. Rump Interfered and was also cut. Patton-was to have been tried Wednesday hut his case was postponed at his request Bee Want Ads for Business Boosters. No woman can 'be happy without children; it is her nature to love them as much so as it is the beautiful and pure. The ordeal through which the expectant mother thought fills her with aDDrehension passed without ar.y danger. This 30TH STREET Li Li- . h i ma -u i; ' . Pill C...: - ry HV I Bee Solid lag. They Are Allowing the Cnnareaatnaa- Edltor to Paddle Ills Own Canoe aa He ward for gnattblna; Mayor. Not In many a campaign have the demo crats of Omaha and Douglas county been as seriously disorganized and disrupted by factional feeling as they are at pre sent. They are making efforts to dis guise this fact, but with little success. The story ts an old one. It had It origin In that bitter fight between the Jaiksonlans and the Dahlman Democracy club, or ths Jims, way early last spring over the election of delegates to the na tional convention. It was accentuated by the contlnuoua bickerings and backbltlnga growing out of that content, leading up to the Denver convention and culminating n the desperate struggle for guberna torial nomination at the primaries. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, congressman and nominee for re-election, who was so bit terly condemned by the Dahlman crowd for hla open and active support of Shall- enberger and opposition to. Dahlman, Is now reaping as hla harvest the whirlwind of Jlmsonlan wrath and revenge. Through his paper and on the stuqip Mr. Hitch cock la desperately seeking to contradict what he himself knowa to be the solemn truth, that the Jims are preparing to knife him at the polla November S, Just as they said they would do. And Mr. Hitchcock Is terribly alarmed, though making un effort to disguise his feelings. Toughest Job He Ever Had. In the face of conditions Mr. Hitchcock Is finding the Job of running for con gress the most difficult he ever under took. Those ardent friends of Jim Dahl man who saw their Idol slaughtered by Hitchcock here In his own city and county for Shallenberger, are doing Just what they said they would do .knifing Hitchcock. Some are doing It openly, others on the Q. T. But they are all doing It. Those resolutions adopted at the Dahlman Democracy headquarters that night on the eve of the primary election denouncing Hitchcock's paper are being lived up to, and the worst of It Is Mr. Hitchcock knows this to be a fact. The Dahlman men do not easily forget the day that Tom Flynn, Joe Butler and Sam Rothwell went down to the World- Herald office and asked Mr. Hitchcock personally to give Mr.-Dahlman his sup port. Mr. Hitchcock personally refused. He said "no" as plainly and flatly as he can speak the word. He didn't hum and haw. He waa honest with the Jims and now they are paying him back. aAnd Mr. Hitchcock can't figure out a way to help himself. He knows that the votes. the numbers, are ,on the side of Jim Dahlman. He knows that In ordor to get the full democratic vote In his dis trict he must get the Dahlman vote. Figured on Repnbltcan Split. Why, then, knowing thia, did Hitchcock ever dare to Incur the enmity of the Dahlman crowd? Is asked. The answer simply Is that Hitchcock figured on disaf fection In tho republican ranks sufficient to give him the balance of power. That haa always been his stock In trade. But this time, despite the ludicrous efforts of his paper to create an Image of re publican disaffection, Mr. Hitchcock knows better than anyone can pisslbly tell him that the solid republican vote of the Boo- on d congressional district Is back of Albert W. Jefferls and that a good slice of the democratic vote Is also there. When Jim Dahlman made that magnifi cent campaign of his as "Bryan's most In timate personal and political friend," It rancored In the breast of Hitchcock and his Jacksontan friends. 'We'll show him," they said. And they attempted It to the extent. It Is understood, that Mr, Bryan was Importuned to call Dahlman down for adopting thjs shibbo leth. Mr. Bryan was In precisely the same boat with Mr. Hitchcock. The editor- congressman dared not come out In his paper and aay that Dahlman waa not Bryan's most intimate personal and political friend and Bryan would not. for he knew It was true and any statement from him on the subject would be fatal. Play Their Worst Hand. That Is where the Hitchcock men of the party played their worst card. Despis ing Dahlman and hla methods, they let their tempera get away with them when they could not prevent the mayor from displaying to the world the true relations that exist between him and Bryan. Bryan has proven that Dahlman Is his most Inti mate personal and political friend too many times to give serious weight to any con tradiction of the statement, . He not only delegated Dahlman as his personal repre sentative at the -Denver convention, but ho Insisted since that Jim should be placed upon the national stump, Ignoring the Hitchcock conservatives. Hltchcock'a Inability to placate the Dahl man crowd Is shown In many ways, cne of which is his failure this year to secure tho rsanixatlon of clubs among the foreign votvrs. This haa been one of hla ch'ef functions In former campntgns, but It has failed him Utterly this fall. x Tho man's anxiety over his own fate has driven him to the demand upon tho national committee to send John LlnJ, the former democratic governor of Minnesota, Into his district. Mr. Llnd spoke at Wash ington hall last night and was dragged by Hitchcock out to Valley, where Jefferls was accorded a tremendous ovation a night or two ago and used as much aa possible In Hitchcock's district. Unti l rn.st.ion Is to plead with Swedish vctors In Hitch cock's behalf. After Dlnd John Johnson, present governor of Minnesota, mill be ssked'to come down and help bail the water out of the sinking Hitchcock craft. BIBLE AROUSES SUSPICIONS Leads Follremaa to TaWe la the Maa Who Carries It ladrr Ills Arm. One of Omaha's oldest policemen, John Brady, who has patrolled every beat In the city any number of times, had his suspic cl'ins aroused Wednesday afternoon when he rapied a poorly clad stranger walking along the su.et with a large sized leather bound Bible under hla arm, a circumstance considered by Brady as somt-rtilng ususual in these days of commercial activity. The officer took especial interest In the stran ger. Thinking at first thut the man In tended to pawn the Bible for the price of a meal, tha officer was later diillluuloni J by the approach of S. N. Johnaa. 2t19 Cali fornia atreet, who informed the officer that the atramccr was a fakir and sjlicllcd alms for some sort of mission. When taken to the rulhe station the stranger gave the name of Royal Potter and had In hia poseasion besides the Bible, a cork screw, a considerable amount u! small change and a membership card in the American SociallMtlc party on whicc duea had been paid to November 1. A fleaaaat tirprlu follows the first dose of Dr. King's New Life Pills; the palnleas regulators th strengthen you. Guaranteed. Sic iktii Diug Co. SPECIAL Jt? anious Quick Pi WOMAN'S LIPS ARE SEALED Will Not Wreck Her Home to Liberate a Man from Prison. OLD LIFE BURIED IN ' THE PACT Republican Committee Annoaneea tha Datea for Governor Cummins and B. F. Carroll, Candidate for Governor. (From a Staff Correspondent.) MS MOINES, Oct. 7. (Special.) Because It would disclose to her grown son her former life of shame and might wreck the happy home of a Des Moines business man of prominence, a Davenport woman refuses to testify before the State Board of Parole, though her testimony would free Oeorge Weems of the charge of the mur der of Conductor Rldpath. Rldpath waa murdered In thls dry fifteen years ago, be ing shot on thfstreet by hold-up men. AVeoms. a former- alias county farm boy, was convicted ;' With two others and sen tenced to life 'irnbrlaonment. At the time of his conviction he main tained that he 'was Innocent and that he waa In the room of a woman at the red light district then on Fourth street. The woman disappeared the day after the murder and never was located till recently. She Is now a woman of respectlbllity in Davenport and has a grown son well to ward man's estate, and In spite of every effort of tho attorney for Weems she re fuses to testify and disclose her Identity, and the State Board of Parole which ' Is considering the application of Weems for a pardon has no authority to compel her to oome before It. Weoms' story Is that he heard a shot In the street and ran out and met Rld path staggering across the street and as sisted him to the sidewalk. He then heard the police coming, and being a little under the Influence of liquor him self, ran away. .Later he was arrested with blood on hla clothes. He was un doubtedly with the men who committed the murder earlier in the evening. The name under which the woman went when In Des Moines was Kitty Leary, as remembered by Weems. She claims it waa Kitty Miller. Infatuated with a Des Moines man who was then already married, she allowed litm to fit up rooms for her, where she was maintained with lavish splendor till he tired of her and left her. Then alio' was forced to take up the life of the woman of the red light district, and was living such a life when Weems went to her rooms. She now claims that Weema Is nothing but a stranger to her; that ahe has now a legiti mate son by a lawfully married husband and Is living a respected life, and that the man whom she flr.it loved Is in re (V.res "Woman's Weaknesses. AVo refer to thai boon to wi alt, nervous, suffering women known as Dr. Plsrce' Favorite Prescription. Dr. John Fyfe ono of the F-dltorial Staff f Tut Eclectic Medical Kkvikw suit of Unicorn root (UelonUts VUica) which Is one of the chief Ingredients of the "Fa torite Proscription " : "A remedy which invariably acts as anter Jno luvlirumlor makes fur normal ac tivity of the entire rt -productive system. 11 o con t i n u es " i n H el nn i as we h v e s me I ic -ineut which more fully answer, the shovs purposes than any oilier druo u Uh uhirn I am ouiJlilt In the treatment of diseases po fullsr to women it Is wldom tht a case Is M;rn which docs not present some Indication fur this remedial aeent." Ir. Fr'e further .srs: "The followir.ir are among the leading liiJIcitiuus fur Jieloulas (Lnico-.i root). 1'alu or acting In the back. wilt, leuoorrha-i I atonic (weal;) condition of t-ae reproductlts o.eans if Vomrn. me.il Ji c?.'i)rclun and lr rltauilliy. v:iatid ;lti) chronic diseai-es of the nprodf'tivo organ of women;constant sensation Jt heat In the region of the alU reys: saeirrbagil flooding), due 10 a weak led conjf.llon ofthe reproductive systems srncnoytq'ytyi'r'essed or absent monthly IM.niw.dVviTlV'irotn or accompanying an abnodrt-:! condition of the digestive organs nd u-ujIc ( thin blood habit; dragging tcnslon la the extreme lower part c( th abiluijen." .... If more or 1e of the above vmimi rdf 7.1-1 1. an' Mu- llr.Pfrm-'y Fa' orlte I'rofrTi't'i OnTZT-tlie leldlh- Ingrtrdl eiiuul ivLicI. Is Unicorn root, or Ileloni. and the medical properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent InKredient of "Favorite Prescription," Prof. Flnley Klllngwotid, M. 1)., of Ben nett Modlcal C'olliigo, Chicago, says: It Is an lmiKTtanl remedy in disorders of the womb. In uU catarrhal conditions " aud general enfeoblement, it Is ueful." Prof. John M. cicutlder, M. U.. late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root: " In relation to lis general effects ou tha Svstem. tlur is no metliriM in iue atrnut vhuh that it tttrS priirrni unanimity uMnlon. II Is ann-erfiUg regarded as iM tonic luctul la all debilitated .late." Prof. R. Jiartholow, M. D.. of JefTrsosl Mediral College, ays of Golden Seal : "Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, nienor rhagia idixKling) and congestive Uymieuur rh'ea (painful menstruation). lr. Pierce's Favorite iTescrlption faith fully represents all the above named in gredient and cures tho disease lor w hick laaj axe recoutuinlcu. 24th and L Streets, South Omaha, Sell Furniture 20 Below Omaha SALE and DISPLAY THIS WEEK Of the Meal Rail. Every Day This Week, the manufacturer's demon strator will be at our store Without cost to ua, the manufacturers give a $5.00 present with each sale of a Quick Meal Range. Sold for cash or on payments. spectlbllity, all of which are more Im portant to her than Weems. The State Board of Parole adjourned Its regular meeting today, after hearing a large number of applications for parole and pardon. The board from hero goes to Anamosa and Fort Madison, where It will personally Interview the applicants for the paroles and pardons. The presentation of the application of the Ralnsbarger brothers disclosed a much mixed condition as to the relatives. While the wives and children of the two men are opposed to their pardon, the sisters of the two men urge the pardon. Other relatives are divided further. One nephew opposes the pardon of the men, and the Impression given Is that most of the relatives fear for their lives If the men are released. One of the nephews, Wlliam Jones, was given a private audi ence with the Board of Parole. It la generally believed that he opposed the pardon, though the board will not dis close what he told them. Fink and Yonng After Money. Hon. Iafe Toung and ex-State Senator A. B. Funk have been appointed by the national committee to raise funds in Iowa for the work of the national committee. They huvn begun work at once and have appointed Homer Miller of the Iowa Na tional bank as treasurer for the funds and are taking subscriptions for any amount turned in. Speaking; Dates Are Aaalsrned. Governor A. B. Cummins' and B. F. Car roll's speaking dates for the next week have been announced. Governor Cummins' dates are: Oct. 8. Centervllle, evening. Oct. . Hlteman, , afternoon; Hocklr.g, evening". Oct. 10. Ottumwa. evenlrg. Oct. 13-15. Klghth district. B. F. Carroll's dates: Oct. Onawa, afternoon and evening. Oct. 7. Cherokee, evening. Oct. S. Orange City, afternoon; LeMars, evening. Oct. 9. Anhtcn, afternoon; Rock Rapids, evening. Oct. 13. Forst City, evening. Oct. 13 RrlM. afternoon. fomulB' Headquarters. Governor Cummins today opened head quartera on the eighth floor of the Flem ing building at the corner of Sixth and Walnut in this city, to further his candi dacy for the republican nomination for the United States senate. Major John F. Lacey opened headquarters on the sixth floor of the same building about a week ago. The Cummins headquarters for tho present at least will be in charge of Judge S. F. Prouty. MATf ACCIDENTALLY KILLS WIFE Taking; Loads Oat of Onn When It la Dlscharaed. CRESTON, la.. Oct. 7. (Special Tele gram.) Mrs. Lee Long, aged 20 years, wife of a farmer living near Grant, la., rai accidentally shot and killed by her husband. Yesterday afternoon Long waa attempting i to remove the loads from the gun to clean It when It was discharged, the ball enter ing the limb of Mrs. Long, t severing an artery, from which she soon died. The couple had been married hut a few months. Iowa I. mid Productive. IOWA FALLS, la., Oct 7. (Bpeclal.) When a renter on an Iowa farm can make an Income about equal to the salary of the governor of the Stat?? In which he lives and can afford to do his traveling overland in his cwn automobile there la little wonder that good Iowa farm land la destined to go to the $300 an acre mark as wt by Sec retary Wilson. Yet this is what Peter Muelirlng, who lives In Orundy county, has done this year. Mr. Muelirlng is farming ; l'"0 acres and has paid his rent of the farm with thirty acres of oats and had enou.jh . cash left oyer to put $-10 in the bank. The 1 oats went over sixty bushels to the acre. The other 130 acres will do aa well or bet ter than the thirty acres of oats. The I corn will go fifty bushels to tha acre and j tho potatoes will yield $75 an acre, besides j the pasture, which haa yielded better than $100 a month In milk checks during the spring and summer. i Bert Betaer Fatally Shot. SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Oct. 7.-(Speclal.)-Wlth a bullet from a 42-callber revolvor In the upper part of his brain, Bert Betser, of Omaha, Neb., who waa arrested last night after having broken into the room ot Miss Annie League, Ztt Sixth street, lies at the Samaritan hospital In a pre carious condition and possible infection may render his chances of recovery small. The shut waa fired by Patrolman Shoemaker from whom Betser had attempted to escape, after having been captured. The bullet took effect In Betaer s head and ha fell o.. the sidewalk. The police surgeon has been unable as yet to locate the bullet. A r reals for Violating Game Law, SIOUX CITY. la.. Oct. T. tSpeclal Tele gram.) George H. Clark, a prominent law yer of Ida drove, and two other men from the same place, who gave fictitious names, were arrested at Balls. Ia., today by Deputy State Game Warden K. K. Brers of Water loo, who charged them with breaking the gitmrn laws by shooting guail before No- i ' xy i Hi .hiluiiiiiiii Z2aua verhber 1. They "will be tried October 28. J. D. Jones and L. C. Smith of Omaha were arrested here a few days ago and fined $1(6 apleoe on the same charge, the two of them having fifty-seven ducks in their possession. SUSPECTS HELD FOR ROBBERY Positively Identified as Men by Their Victims. BOONEJ, Ta., Oct. 7.(Speclal Telegram. ) Thomas Kane and J. R. Klrkland were ar rested at Marshalltown charged with rob bing people In this, city Saturday, when bandlta terrorised the eastern part of the city. They were positively identified today by theymen robbed. Both were bound over to the grand Jury tonight for hearing. i Clyde Bofflnaton lnjnred. GLENWOOD, . la,. Oct. 7. (Speclal.) Clydo Bufflngton, aged 19 years, was shot through the foot, this morning, at Ferney lake, with a load of shot from his or a companion's gun. He and Will Rathka, assistant cashier In the Mills County National bank, were camped at the lake, shooting. The news was telephoned here and a physician and his grandfather went to Council Bluffs whore tha wounded boy was sent by some physician living near where ths accldenf occurred. Bufflngton is a very promtsInK athlete and of a very infulentlal family, and personally very popular. Hnldnp la Bankruptcy Case. BIOITX CITY. Ia. Oct 7. (Bpeclal.) Senaatlonal charges against John C. Can tonwlne of Armour, S. D., are made by three Sioux City creditors in a petition which has been filed In the federal court at Sioux Falls, 8. D., asking that Canton wine be declared a bankrupt. 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Mary liarllng, "'Neath the Old Grape Arbor Shade1', I'm Afraid to Come Home la the Dark," "There Never was a Girl Like You." "Monkey Land ' and "Sweetheart Days." By the Col umbia quartette. "BC" Cylinder Record ($0c) No. $519 K-lnth Disc Record ($1) No. loltt At your dealers, or COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO. 16fil Farnam Street Prices. ': ' lllliLi.'ii!!, fi:e31;.! kill ;;. tj i 7 i """i -i t ii I r line J Baker company of Sioux City and the CHI- sena State bank of Armour. The claims aggregate about $o.C0O. Cantonwlne on September 18 created a sensation by. an nouncing that the safe In his establishment had been robbed of J33.000" In paper money. $2,000 In gold and KM) In silver. The safe waa not blown, but had been opened by means of the combination. Cantonwlne offered $1,000 reward for the capture of the robbers. The petitioners claim that Can tonwlne whs not robbed at all, alleging that he removed the money himself for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. Can tonwlne is the largest retail dealer In Boutli Dakota and the suit has attracted wide spread attention. Iowa Kevrs Notes. CRESTON Ex-Senator Harsh of this city and Charles Thomas of Kent are billed for a republican rally at Cromwell on Wednesday night, at which time both will address the voters at that place. CRESTON While handling baggage on his run Sunday night between Vllllscn ami Nodaway, Baggageman H. J. Kewls nf this city had the bones in one of his hands badly mashed, lie waa brought back here nd given medical attention. MARSHALLTOWN Benjamin F. Boyer, a former well-known resident of Coining, died at the Soldiers' home at noon today of uremia. He Is survived by. Widiw and two children. Mr. Boyer was a veteran of Ohio regiments. r ATLANTIC-Wllllnm Gallagher, who has been on trial here, charged with Inrest, was yesterdsy sentenced to twenty-five years In the penitentiary by Judge Greene. The Judge stated that usually he passed sen tence with reluctance, but In this case he took pleasure In ridding the community of such a man. , MARSHALLTOWN Mrs. Mary Butler, n aged woman who lives alone In Clemons, was found lying on the floor of her home this morning by her son, suffering from severe burns received lute Saturday after noon whllo fumigating her chicken Touso. Soon after she was found Mrs. Butler be came unconscious, and the attending physi cian haa little hope that she will recover. LOVE ME J18T BECAUSE (Jos Howard) Mr. Tally's splendid tenor voice is spei lally adapted fur tills melodious inimtier Orr!;etra accompaniment. "XK't'yllnder Bet-ord U5i i N'. 3 3 i J lu-lnrl. Disc Record (Our) No. 3Hl(J TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL tJAMK (A. Ton Tilsar) Sung by Harvey lllndcrmeyor, Tenor, with excellent and finished effect. Orchestra urcoim anlnunt. "XP" Cylinder Record "i-Tici No. 33J92 10-lpch Disc Record ('lt No. 3SW I'VE LOST MY HEABT, BUT I JJOX'T CABE (Jos Howard) Krom the Chicago success "A Stub born Cinderella," sung by Ja 1". Harrison, Baritone, orchestra ac companiment. "Xr Cylinder Record fliRc) No. J32M 10 Inch Disc Record (60c)No. Ssll I LOVE YOU hO. FBOM THE MEBBY WIDOW" (Trans X,bar) The famous waits song. Hung with exquisite charm by Mtb Stephenson nil Mr. Stanley accompanied by ttia entire Columbia, urcheatra. Soprano Hop Cyl! and Baritone Duel. "BC Record '.Cuci No. 6514 nder iTECORDS