Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 30, 1909, Page 2

B, e— THE BEE: O DECEM BER 30, 1909. ASERICANS VLEADEDFORLIFE| Details of Execution of Groce and Cannon by Zelaya. | | GROCE BEGS AS BROTHER MASON | Men Neotified Only Night BDefo Shot—Syimy Are « Their Fate Are | They ern Are MANAGUA Groce and ¢ In the ins death at tho ¢ were torturc true, The facts were In. the Stato departine W ago, and It was) genc that the detalls of th glven publicity t As It is, aGventa opportunity in plcturs tiat truthful The glory of Cajpta refus.d (v vbey of the firing squad . te arn mnid ok President % t lay shot are un- slon of the shington a month supposed here tragedy hid been | rough official channels, | haw Leen taken of the | & to paint a, terosting than | at i Antbal Chaves, who r to take command 3 dimmed somewhat | by the light of known vmvnm«m.cuvi Generaik fioieco, dedina and Irias had implored Zelayw to abandon his purpose of shooting the Xmericans. Zelaya, however, could not be influenced and Gencral Toledo finally ordered Captain Chaves 9L 0 assuing Cothmand of the squad, Chaves ehosg to obey Toledo rather | than the president, and, as a consejuence, | was put in jail for ‘ixX weeks. Upon his | release, Chaves made the most of the | eplsode, It Is also ubirue that a meeting of peace commissioners uppointed by Madriz and | Estrada had becn arranged for Saturda Groce and Cannon were notified of the death sentenco lmposed upon them at 10:30 o'clock on the nignt of November 15. They | were executed at lu v'clock the following morning. As they were marched out of the fortress & uricz Gf rain feli, « J tor Life. On the wey t Lo seene of execution they DAssed the vpci kiitves Lhal had Heen pre- pared for them. At one time Groce stepped out of tne Line of march and picaded with General Medine, “Lo not shoot me; 1 am & brother Muson,” he said. Cannon quick.y selzed his companion and pulling hini back into line said: “Brace up, Oid i, \ve Luve no chance under | Zelaya's oiuurs,” Standing formed by thelr menteice read from together with ine usual cas “Any one displaylng evidence of sym- pathy will be shot In a similar fashion.” The hands of the condemned men were bound and their eyes blindfolded. Cannon shook his head attempting to prevent the bandage being placed over his face, but his protest was unavalling. They were seated on a low bench side by side. The firing squad was made up of soldiers .who advanced (n three rows within six feet of their victims. Captain Baeni was In command and instructed two soldlers at the right to fire upon Groce and two soldiers at the left to fire upon Cannon, ; All' four bullets -Wwere fired. Groce was shot through the heart and death was in- stantaneous. The bullets intended for Can- non, tore the breast and abdomen. He sarylved his wounds few seconds. When the ' bady o{‘% o’ whs buried m blanket hid his feattifes, Wit the Body of Cannon ‘was burled without any protecting cover. Crel Lpkves Washington, WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.~Governor Creel of Chihuahua, who came to Washington Bome weeks 8g0 as. the personal repre- sentative of President Diaz of Mexico, today had a conference with Secretary Knox. Creel's misslon here was in the in- terest of peace In Nicaragua and par- tioularly, to adjust as far as possible the diferences between the United States and the Zelaya administration. No statement has ever, been made elther by Governor Creel or by the officlals of the State de- partment a8 to the particular suggestions made by President Diaz to accomplish this end. However, there 1s reason to belleve the United States has not changed fts policy In any particular with respect to the Zelaya factlon, Governor Creel sald he had called on Secretary Knox merely to say good-bye, as he._expected to leave for New York within the next day or two and then would pro- ceed to Mexico City. Up to noon today the State department had recélved no telegram from Nicaragua. It {8 assumed that General Estrada is mak- ing rapld preparations for the move(nent of his army on Managua. That he will have determined opposition is very prob- able in yiew,of the fact that Madrix s re- ported o be izing an army to moet his advance. \ Reyes Scores Estrada. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 2.—Special correspondence of the Times-Democrat from Port Limon, Costa Rica, say General Juan Pablo Reyes, major general in the revolutionary army of Nicaragua, who resigned his command and has taken up his residence at Cartago, Costa Rica, has sent the folowing telegram to his late chiet, General Estrada: “1 have certain knowledge that you as chiet of the revolutionary party have re fused to accept the candidature of the celw brated Jurist and patriot, Dr. Madriz, whose appointment would bring peace an establish order In the republic and that you are determined to continue the war which will ultimately be the ruin of the country. As I‘do not consider your action patriotio 4, beg to reslgn my position as major general in your army. (Signed) ~ * * JUAN PABLO REYES." It was reported here that the revolutiop. 18ts had set Up as their candidate for the presidency Dr. Don Adan Cardenas, who 18 70 years 0ld and of remarkable vigor. Zelaya Still Presidentt CORDOBA, Mex., Dec, 28.—Jose Santos Zelaya declared tonlght that he s still president. of Nicaragua, although he may aever g4 back to that country to enjoy the wrivileged of the office. Madriz, he asserted, % only & provisional president and that he, lelaya, has not relinquished the office. Asked about the conditions imposed by 2e British government In reply to his re- uest for asylum aboard the British ruiscr, Shearwater, Zelaya admitted that © was told he could board it only with the nderstanding' that he was to agree to ve Nicarugua forever. These conditions, 10 #uid, he declined to accept. Mexico, on the other hand, he declared, nade no rvations In granting him per- nissloa ™ board the Guerrero. In & statement ‘made to an Associated Press topreacntative on the traln in which he is traveling to Mexico City, Zelaya said dn oder to e tue center of the square | e two men heard | four warning in such | 1w suidlers corners | now | state. twelve | reported In a dispateh from Mah: In giving him a refuge In this country the exican government accepted responsibil- ity for his person and in doing so looked ipon him as a prisoner. He s phatically that such was not the case and he was fres to go where he chose, Zelaya declared he favored friendly in- tervention on the part of the Mexican and United States governments 1o the end that n consolidation of all the Central American republics might be brought about. He sald he belleved Secrétary Knox was realizing the injustice of his attitude {owards him (Zelaya) and declared he never nderstood why the secretary should have sted him ile might go to Belglum to live, he sald In event, he would not return to Nie- aragua until peace Is restored, It was his opinion that the war would end within two months, but he would not venturs an opinion as to which of the combatants would be finally succesaful Fewer Children Live in Iowa any Superintendent’s Report Show Grad- ual Decrease in Youth of School Age. DES MOINES, law Dec. 29.—(Spectal)—The requires the superintendent of public Instruction to report the number of persons of the ages of 5 to 21 to the auditor of the state on or before January 1 of each year, In compliance with the law, the su- perintendent of public instruction has filed his annual report, which shows the num- ber of persons of school age to be 846,128 males and 335,623 females. The boys out- number the girls by 7,500 and there is a total of 34,746 persons of school age In the The report for this year shows a falllng off of 5,119 from the number re- ported last year and s the smallest enumeration since 182, In 1893, the num- | ber of school age was 150, as against 684,740 now. There was u gradual increase In the number reported from 1882 to 1900, when the largest enumeration In the his tory of the state—731,154—was reported Since 1900 there has been a gradual falllng | off in the number of schoo! age Of the 346,123 males reported, 170,277 reside In city, town and village corporations and 175,896 in rural districts; and of the 833,62 fomales reported, 176,807 reside In city, town and village corporations and 161,726 In rural Qistricts. Of the 684,746 persons of schaol age in the state, 618,446, or a little more than three-fourths of them, were enrolled in €chool last year, while the average at- tendance during the year was 361,806, which 1s less than 3 per cent of the number of school age. There are 361419 of the ages of T to l4—the ages for compulsory attend- ance. The average monthly cost of tuition for each pupll in attendance was $2.54, and this 1s on account of teachers' salarles only. The amount paid teachers during [the year wcs $5,004,345.00, “and the total amount expended for all purposes was $12,702,209.10, | Dr. R. MacKenzie on Bellevue Mission President of Presbyterian College Board Comes to Investigate for Official Report. Dr. Robert' MacKensie, president of the San Franclsco Theological seminary and also president of the college board of the Presbyterlan church, is in Omahd for the| purpose of looking -into the ‘matter of | Bellovue college’s union with Hastings, on which he will formulate a report for his board. * Dr. MacKensle reached the city yester- day and held ‘long conferences &t his| rooms at the ller Grand with Henry T. | Clarke, Dr. Edwin Hart Jenks, President S. W. Stookey and other Bellevue offi- clals and trustees and Presbyterians inter- ested In the situation. He will remain a day or two longer, giving himselt ample time for a thorough investigation and will | meet Dr. D. E. Jenkins, acting president of the University of Omaha, before leaving the city. “I can say mothing publi¢ly of my In- vestigation except that I am here to make one to get a full knowledge of the Belle- vue situation so that I submit a re- port to the college board,” sald Dr. Mac- Kenzle. For years Dr. MacKenzle was one of the big preachers of New York City and last year he accepted a call to the presidency of the San Francisco, or San Anselmo, seminary, of whose faculty he had been a member in years preyious, GOOD REPORTS RECEIVED FROM SENATOR'S BEDSIDE Condition of Sick Statesman Improves und Friends Belleve He Will Mend from Now On. | Favorab'e reports have been recelyed | concerning the condition of former Senator C. H. Dietrich, who has been at the Meth- oflist hospital for the last four weeks. His | improvement has been Tuite marked in the | last few days, and is expected to continue | tisfactorlly, ROADS SCORED FOR DELAY | Commission Says They Purposely | Refuse to Refund Over- Charges. WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.—In a declsion | by the Interstate Commerce commission | handed down today, Involving a claim ot 20 cents In-an overcharge on frelght made agalnst the Aberdeen & Ashboro. Rallway | company and other lines, fallronds generally | are severely reprimanded for thelr delay In adjusting claims where there has been ' & palpable overcharge. The Aberdeen & Ashboro rallway ad-| mitted the overcharge, but did not settie with the shipper until the latter had ex- hausted ordinary methods of collection and had, finally filed o formal complalnt with the commission. ROOSEVELT.PARTY AT KATWE Objective Polnt is Fifteen Milea Be- yond, at Kinsingo—All Members Well, KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec. 3.—A telo- phone message from Kabula Milro, forty- six miles dietant, states that the American | expedition camped on Monday night at Katwe, elght miles beyond Kabula Miire Colonel Rookevelt and.the 'others of the party are well: he was still the head of the Niearaguan ernment. He was leaving his country an ffidefinite period in the hope that af- falrs would quiet down. In support of*his declaration he exhibited papers attached to which were government seals and rib- bons. These he sald, contained the Pproof of the ‘truth of his statement. In turther support of his clatm it wa pointed out by members of his party that the Guerrero floated the Nicaraguan flag At its masthead Ip addition to the Mexican flag. " He was asked whether it was a fact, as [} The hunters have covered fifty-four miles since leaving this place December 23 The immediate objective point ls Kisingo, fif- teen miles from Kstwe. ' As It left here the expodition was made up of seven white hunters and sclentiets, 00 porters, seven tent boys, six skinners, flve gunbearers, four grooms for the four mules and two cooks. \ COLDS CAUSE HMEANACHE. LAXATIVE BROMO Quinin. warld wiis 010 420 Grip Tesdy tomoves calae. VR ' | expected to live. JUDGES WANT (00D WORKER District Bench at Des Moines Units in Appeal to Governor. REMARKABLE REQUEST MADE Business o Congested That Unless Capable Snocessor to Judge Miller is Named, Others Will Resign. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, In., Dec. 20.—(Special Tel- egram.)—In the matter of the selection of & new judge {n this county the three Polk county judges did the remarkable thing of interposing with the governor this morning. They asked that the governor disregard politics in the selection of the fourth judge and choose a man capable of much hard work becnuse as a matter of fact the work of the court Is more than four judges can care for. The judges also intimated that It an incompetent man was se‘ected there might be other resignations from the bench. Governor Carroll will probably make the appointment tomorrow. It is regarded as very lfkely that the successor to Judge Miller will be elther Charles 8. Bradshaw, Crom Bowen, Law- rence Do Graff or Moses Cohen. The lat- ter has been the personal and political ad- viser of the governor and Is recognized as very close to him. Bradshay will have the support of the members of the bar gener- ally, though a few will support De Graft and Bowen. De Graff is at present the county attorney. Drafts of Proposed Laws. It was lenaned here today that a determ- ined effort Is to be made to induce Presi- dent Taft to refuse to make a change in the Des Moines postoffice and to continue the present postmaster indefinitely. It had been agreed the selection should be Cummins and he has alrendy named & prominent business man for the place. Now it 1s learned there will be strong pres- sure for political reasons to prevent any change. Chicken Show ‘is Open. The annual poultry show opened yester- | day in the new coliseum with a large num- ber of fowls for the judges. Governor Car- roll and others spoke at the opening ses- slon. The show wil! continue for the re- mainder of the week. Prisoner is Photographer. Secretary B. W. Garrett of the state par- don board recelved a souvenir today from Frank A. Novak, a prisoner at Fort Mad- {son, iln the form of an album in which I8 shown photographs of the prison and scenes in and around It. Novak was for- merly a life termer, but the judge who sentenced him recommended commutation 80 that he will be released next yar. Novak is the official prison photographer. Warrants for Small Amount. The state auditor today drew a warrant for 2 cents In favor of Osceola county to belance an account for expenses of the state Institutions and for 4 cents for a war- rant to Guthrie county. These are the sallest amounts ever drawn and represent merely a settlement to balance books. Death of Veteran Merchant. Captain C. C. Prouty, a veteran business man of Des Molnes, died at an early hour vesterday. He was a wholesale grocer here since 1575 and of the firm of Prouty- Pratt-Howell. He retired a few years ago. Monster Freight Enginer CRESTON, Ia, Dec. 20.—(Special.)—Yes- terday the first of four monster new loco- motives ordered by the Burlington road for service in the west, through the Black Hills and around Blllings, passed through tifls city. In addition to these four, the road has had one of the same type of en- | gines af work on the eBardstown dlvision and’ another one has just been sent there. These monsters are designed for frelght service only and built for powerful haul- ing service rather than speed. They are known as the Big Type T. 1, or Mallet Articulated compound locomotives and are products of the Baldwin Locomo- tive works, There are two sets of drivers on the en- gine, each sét having six drivers on each side making twelve drive wheels, wheels are fifty-six inches in dlameter on the outside and forty-eight on the Inside, | The firebox is 117 inche: long, ninety-six Inches wide and presents i square feet of hedting surface. The working pressure of the boller is 200 pounds of steam. The cylinders are 22%4x33x33 ilnches. The total weight of the englne and tender s about 503,000 pounds and its water tank possesses a capacity of about 8000 gallons; thirteen tons of coal are required to fill the tender. | junction for Illinols Central. In BOONE, Ia., Dec. 20.—(Special Telegram.) —The Illinois Central raliroad has gone to Judge Ladd of the supreme court of Iowa and secured an injunction agalnst the Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Interurban company, preventing it crossing the Iilinois Central tracks south of Fort Dodge. This prevents the interurban making a big extension. The case is to bo heard at the May term of the supreme court and may be carrizd to the supreme court of the United States. Couple Struck by Tratn. CHARLES CITY, la., Dec. 2).—(Special Telegram,)~Mr. and Mrs. Crosby, who live seven miles cast of Greene, were struck by a Bock Island exp: 12:30 one mile east of ne while coming into town. The team was struck and one horse carried half a mile. Mrs, C head was crushed above her left eye and she has several scalp wounds and Is not Mr. Crosby's wounds are slight. TYPHOID CASES IN MONTREAL m Due Drinking Thousand Pollution Four to of Water, Dec. 20.~A can private practitioners in Montreal that there are more than 4,000 typhold fever here in add! elght cases in the public hospitals. The deaths are averaging two a day. The scourge s attributed to polluted drinking water. ! No NEW TRIAL FOR MORSE COtreuit Cy York Banker in Tombs. MONTREAL, Now NEW YORK, Dec. %.—Judge Hough of the United States circult court this after- noon denled the motion for a new trial for Charles W. Morse, who Is now in the Tombs under sentence for having violated the natiopal bankine laws. Lawrence County Growing. DEADWOOD, 8. D, Dee. 20.—(Special. ) ‘That Lawrence county has more than kept pace with the iIncrease of population in other parts of the state during the last decade is shown by the result of a private enterprise that Is about to be launched here by Individuals who have carefully complied & mailing list of every adult per- son in the county who is at present resid- ing within its lmits. Old voting lists, as- asssors’ lists and personal can were catefully gome over and even the large Call for full name. Look for signatur W Geave e number of Lead residents wio have left on the lowa delegation that | made by Senator | as the | The | s today at | osby's | urt Denies Motion of New | MAHA, THURSDAY, sihce the lockout by the Homestake last month, have been excluded from the mail- ing list, which shows a total number of 6,000 persons. Using the customary five to one percentage as a baals for figuring | the total population in the county, this gives Lawrencs county a present popula- tion of 3,000 men, women and children or practically 10,00 more than the census | of ten years ago, a gain of approximately 1000 a year. (Continued from First Page.) the Judging pen spot at the show. was the most popular DOGS THAT TAKE BEST MONEY Winners of the Varions Classes an Names of Owners Judging at the kennel show 18 progress ing rapldly. Some. surprises have been sprung by unheard of dogs winning some of the clases, but the work of judge has been commended AIREDALE TERRIERS Class (bitehes)—Brown first; Hike, a the w sec- Puppy ever, Boss, Arthur Stors, 2, John A - Novice (dogs)—Roek Salt Buck, first. Novice (bitches)—Culbertson Finde Sfecle; 8. B. Btewart, first; Wah Etta, 8 P. Stewart, second; Lutra, John Ruck, V. H. [ pidmit (dogey—Staleybridge, Tohn Buok, rat. Limit (bitches)—Culbertson Finde 8. B. Stewart, first. Open_ (biteches)—Culbertson Finde Sccle, 5. B. Stewart, first GREAT DANES, Novice (dogs)—Bismark, Frank Wood- | ruff, firet; Jack, Sophus Neble, second; Marco, L. B. Laird, third; King, Sophus Neble, reserve. Limit (dogs)~Froh Von _Fichtenburg, John Buck, first; Marco, L. B. Laird, scc- ond Novice A. | Aatle, No, Stecle, (bitches)—Aable's first. DALMATIANS, Novice (bitches)—Fanny, Ellas Camel, first; Aable's Mabel, A. Aable, second Limit (bitches)—~Aable's Mabel, A. Aable, first. COCKER SPANIEL DOG! Cinders, Henry Moores, first. IRISH WATER SPANIELS Negra, ond. Limit (dogs)—~Duke, O. ond. B. Skinner, RUSSIAN WOLF HOUNDS Noylee (Bitches)—Queen, Mrs. E. R. Sher- riil, first. DEERHOUNDS, Novice (dogs)—Scotch, B. E. Allyn, first; Ring, W. Colfax, second; Prince, W. Col- tax, third. sec- GREYHOUNDS. Novice (bitches)—Lady, W. Colfax, first. Notice (dogs)--Duke 24, R. 0. Smith, first. TOY POODLES. Novice (dogs)—Pearl, Mrs. first; Ringling, Grace WVoods Novice (bitdhes)—Fluffy, ¥ mire, first, ENGLI§H BULL TERRIERS. Novice (dogs)—~Bllly Bubbles, H. 8. Star- ege, first; Jack Wonder, C. W. Hill, sac- ond; Jack, W. C. Terry, H. C. Limit (dogs)—Bllly Bubbies, H. 8. Star- ege, first. Open (dogs)—Billy Bubbles, H. ere, first; Jack Wonder, C. W. Hill, s.c- ond. Novice (blfchok)—Molly, G. R. Norton, | second; Teeny, J. arman, third, 3 ST. BERNARD. Fuppy (bitches)—Baby Blonde, E. B. Day, irst. 115554 Noylce (dogs)—Guard F, E. B. Day Leo Tolstol, Carl Lambreécht, seco Limit (dogs)=Guard F, E.'B. Day, first; Leo Tolstol, Carl Lambrecht, second. Open (dogs)—~Guard F, E. B. Day, first; |Leo Tolstole, Carl Lambrecht, second | Novice (bitches)~Lady Wilhelmena, B. B. i Day, first. ~Lady Wilhelmena, E. B. | _Limit (biteh | Day, tirst. Lady Wilhelmena. E. B. Braiden, J. B. Bralden, S, Cottrell, second ence Cott- 8. Star- B first; | _Open_(bitches Day, first; Luoy second. DACHSUND, (dogs)—Jack, W. Wendhausen, (bitches)—Nig, W. Wendhausen, SPITZ. (dogs)—Frazzle, Novice first. | Novice | tirst. Charles H. A, Puppy tirst. Novice | tirst | Novice tirst. Erwin, (A0gs)—Snowball, Burnett, (bitches)—Tootsle, Charles Erwin, TOY BLACK AND TAN. Novice (bitches)—Honey, Lewis first. Jones, ITALIAN GREYHOUND, Limit (bitchgs)—Danity, Harry Challes, | first. Open | tirst. LIST OF THE POULTRY (bitehes)=~Danity, Harry Challes, AWARDS | Varfous Towns Are Represented Among the Winning Exhibitors. The judges 'hate been at work on the ‘l(wnrdn( in the poultry departmemt of the |show and sevéral classes have been {Judged. Following are the awards BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, Cocks—First, 8, 8. Nevins, South Omaha | second, Perry Strandberg, Neb. [third, 'W. W. Trent. Lewls, tourth. | Perry Strandberg, Davey, Neb.; fifth, Mrs. 1. G. Mullis, Cockere M . W. J. Palmer, Fremont Mullis. Dunbar, Neb.; W Winnike, Carroil, Ta. fourth, Arthur Gillatte, Soufi Omaha; fifth, | W. W. Trent, Lewls, Ia. Hens—First’ and second, Perry [bérg, Davey, Neb.; third, | second, third, Strana Willlam _ Win | nike, Carroll, Ta.; fourth, Mrs. I G. Mullls, | | Dunbar, Neb.; 1 | mouth Pullets—First, | second, Per ifth, J. W. Wirntke, Strandberg, | third. 'W. J. "Palmer, Fremont; C. Hinman, Crete; fifth, South Omaha. Pens—First | Neb.; second, H. Hall, Platts: Carroll, Tn Davay, N b.; four'h F. §.'8. Nevins, Perry Strandberg. Arthur Gillette, {Omaha; third, S. 8. Nevins, South Omaha; | fourth,” J. H.' Hall. Plattsmouth; fifth, A. L. Barr, South Omaha, PARTRIDGE COCHIN. Cocks—First. P. H. Glbson, Hampton; second, Jack Brackey, Chillicothe, Mo. Cockerels—F and socond, P! H scn, Hamptor frd and fourth, Mrs. C. 'Black, Ne City; fifth, P. Gibson, Hamp Hens—First Gibson, Davey, Gib. ) H. | and sceond, P. H Gibson, Hampton ck, Nebraska City Brackey, Chillicothe, M» Gihson, Hampton: fifth, Mrs. Nebraska City. WHITE PLYMOU'TH ROCKS, Cocks—First and second, Mrs. John Hengler, Malcolm; third, Fauble & Fauble, Mzlcolm; fourth, R. M. Button, Omaha. Cockerels—First, Fred Strobel, York; sec- ond, Guy E. Schreff, Linooin; third, M-s John Hensler, Malcolm; fourth, T. Me- Mahon, South Omaha; fifth, A. ). Riegel, | Benso Hens—First, W. J. Palmer, Fremont; sec- ond, A. D. Riegel, Benson; third and fourth, Mre. John Hensler, Malcolm; fifth, | A, D. 'Riegal, Benson. Pullets—First, Fred Strobel, York; sec- ond, Guy E. Schreff, Lincoln; third, A. D. | Riegel, Benson; fourth, Fred Strobel, York tifth, Mrs. John Hensler, Maicolm. | Pens—First, A. D. Riegel, Benson; sec- 4 4 Hampton, Pullets—Fi second, Mrs tlird, " Jack | tourth, P. H. | F. C. Black, | ond, T. McMahon, South Omaha; third, Mrs. John Hensler, Malcolm; fourth, G. W' Hamilton, Counell’ Blutts, Ta. BUFF COCHIN, cfiocks—First, Mrs. . C. Black, Nebraska ey, Cockerels—First, @econd, third, fourth and fitth, Mrs. F. C. Black, Nebraska City. (Ir'hn-—}‘mt, Mrs. F. C. Black, Nebraska ity Pullets—First, second, third, fourth and tifth, Mrs. F. C. Black, Nebraska City. LIGHT BRAHMA. Cocks—First, second, third, fourth and fifth, John Keeline, Council Bluffs. Cockerels—First, second, third, fourth and fifth, John Keel ‘ouncll Blufts. Hens—First, nd, third, fourth and fitth, John Keeline, Councll Bjutfs. Pullets—First, second, third, fourth and fifth, John Keeline, Council Bluffs. Pens—First, decond. third, fourth and fifth, John ne, Councll Bluffs. Wom, to Death, NEW ORLEANS, La.. Dec. 2.—With her clothes in & blaze and screaming mad for ald, Mrs. Robert Little, 22 years old, ran for a block through a sfrect this afternoon before she finally fell dead, after every vestige of clothing had beer burned from her body. Her garments caurht fire while she was standing in front of an open grats The fact that Chamberlain's Cough Rem- «dy s pleasant to take has made it & fayor- ite with mothers everywhe: / BLUE RIBBONS F_I.UTTERINC‘ | in | Novice (dogé)~Duke, C. E. Skinner, see- | South | Luncheswith Rival, Dies Soon Atter iOirI Engaged to Wed Eastern Mil- lionaire Believed to Have Been Poisoned. | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. ®.—In the | bellet that her 13-year-old daughter, Bessie ! May Priest, was polsoned, Mrs. Jennle Priest has asked the district attorney to Investigate the death of the young woman, which occurred In Glendale on Christmas eve, after an liiness lasting twenty days, | It Is alleged by the mether that Miss |Priest wes engaged to (Marry Sayre, a | Newark, N. J. millionalre, and that she [had & rival in the person of a woman, whose identity s being concealed, Search |18 belng made for this woman. Five physicians who attended Miss Priest during her last lllness agreed that |her death was due to polsoning. Two | @lagnosed the malady as plomaine poison- Ing. Miss Priest was the guest of her | supposed rival at a dinner in a restaurant |and she became voilently 1l immediately thereafter. In her delirlum she constantly accused the woman with whom she had |dined and during lucid periods, { hibited letters from Mr. Sayre, in which he is alleged to have warned her against | her alleged rival, though giving no reason | | tor his fears. Girl is Hurled Through Window Body of Red Oak Stenographer is Found Near the Wabash Track. DES MOINES, Ia., Dec. 20.—Miss Ceoll Dodd, aged 20, a stenographer, who llves at Red Oak, Ia, was found lying beside the Wabash railroad track near Malvern, | Ta.,, this morning. She was dead, Her face and head were badly gashed. An in- vestigation which followed showed that she had taken a train at Red Oak to go lo Malvern to work. A broken window in the lavatory of the car in the Wabash traln |In which the girl was riding has caused Investigators to think that the girl efther jumped through the window or was hurled she ex- | Frcr;cilvérarr.iffr 3 Bill is Passed by Deputies Preliminary Vietory for Proteotionists Put Measure Still Has Long Way to Travel. PARIS. Dec. #0.—THe ties today passed the tariff bill hy A vote of ‘865 to 42 after a protracted discussioh. This represents a victory for the high pro- tectionists and the tariff commission, | Which practieally had its own way. The | #overnment has hvia shown Its hand except to | | moditication of some sche: | inevitably bound to menace Franoe's for ¢lgn trade reiations. Noverthe LA (O ) expected that the government wiil step In | At the final moment and offer a conellia | tory proposition, as the bill still has a long road to travel. It must yet puss the sen ate and the differences between the two | Mouses must be reconciled. Although the enacting clause puts the new tariff in force on March 81, 1010, it Is considered that the byl will not likely be adopted until later In the year. M. Klots, chairman of the commission, in his elosing #peech assured the chambor that the biil was designed only to protect the i erests of France and was In no way almed at Any foreign country. He urges the (nser- tion of an arbitration clause in future com- mercial treatles and recommended that the | government again bring forward at The T ervade fur L which were tion in taritf Alsputes. Sixty Men Lost Off Newfoundland Eleven Schooners, with Crews, Go Down in Fierce Christmas Blizzard. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. ®.—Fleven New- foundiand schooners and tnelr crews of eixty men are belleved to have been lost |In the Christmas bliazard, while great de- struction to property land colony has throughout this fs- through the glass by partles unknown, No motive can be found for the girl's sul- cide, |FARMER DRIVES HIS WIFE BAREFOOTED OUT IN COLD Women in Night Clothing Drags Her- self to Neighbors—Will Lose Both Feet. | | | | DES MOINES, Ia., Dec. 2.—(Special Tele- a farmer living| east of Colfax, drove his wife | trom home this morning at 2 o'clock and with the thermometer at least 12 degrees below zero, she was compelled to walk in her gown and without shoes to a neigh- bor's residence, half a mile away. She ar- rived at 3 o'clock almost unconscious from the cold and with her feet and lower limbs | trozen. Doctors say both feet will have to be amputated, Hanley has been arrested and 18 In jail at Newton. Hanley arrived home shortly after 2 o'clock this morning In a badly intoxicated and a daughter, aged cmfwyp oyagoakoksk | condition. A son 18 years of age and a daughter, aged 17, fought with their father to prevent the mother being drivenl out, but were overpowered. Mrs. Hanley is the mother of a three months' old baby Onc on the way across the flelds, the woman fell into a ditch, and only after a desperate struggle was she able to get out and reach the nelghbor's house. FAIR MARKETING OF HOGS| Constdering Prevalence of Snow, Statistics Show High Prices Have Brought Animals. CINCINNATI, O., Dec 20.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Price Current says considering the prevalence of snow in the west there has been a fair marketing of hogs. Total west- ern packing was 465000, compared with 169,000 the preceding week, and 510,000 last | year. Since November 1 the total is 4.480,- 000, against 5,570,000 a yer Prominent places compare as folows. 1909, 0 000 Chicago | Kansas C! South Omaha | 8t. Louis Bt Joseph . Indianapolis | Milwaukee . Cinecinnati )ttumwa dar Rapf{ds . “loux City | 8t. Paul Cleveland 'TAFT 70 | Prestaent W tor 1,406,000 | 795,000 | 305,000 | 435,000 1000 | 405 000 218107 1% 000 143,000 | 18000 207000 210 60 1000, 165,000 107,000 92,000 59,000 ATTEND WEDDING New York of 1 Go to Nuptinis Niece, ! WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 2.—Presi-| dent Taft will leave Washington early to- morrow marning for New York to attend fn that eity In the late afternoon the wedding of his nlece, Miss Loulse Taft, a daughter of Henry W. Taft. The presi- dent will be accompanied by his daughter, Miss Helen Taft, and his son, Robert. He will return to Washington early Friday | morning. Homestead Reveler Held, LEAD, §. D., Dec. 20.—After a two days’ fight In the justice court before Justice Quimby, Clem Lunas, charged by the state with dlscharging a firearm In a pub- lic place, was bourd over to the cireuit court under a $300 cash ball, which he | furnished. This was the outcome of an accldent that occurred on Homestake prop- erty at the Lunas home during a celebra- tlon, when soriie shots were fired and several arrests made. During the altercation two men recelved beatings and only the prompt arrival of officers prevented serfous trouble. During the hearing Sheriff Pun- kett and Freeman Knowles, the sociallst editor who had attacked him in his news- paper, had a dispute before the crowded court room, that furnished some excite- ment. | Ranchman yxied, BELLE FOURCHE, 8. Dec. 2.—~(Spe- clal.)~Word has been brought here of the doath by asphyxiation at his ranch near Reva of Ed Mireault, an early day settler of Harding county, formerly part of Butte county. Mireau't, who was known as “French Ed,” and a companion named Willlam Black, went to the cellar with a pall of coals to keep some vegetables from freezing, and after stopping up all ventil- ation to keep out the cold, spent the night there. They were found the next day by neighbors, both overcome from the poison- ous & from the coals. B'ack recovered, but Mireauit died the next day. Womsan Killed by Train. WATERLOO, Ia., Dec. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Crosby were struck by a Rock Island train at Greene, 1a., this morning, Mrs. Crosby being fatally injured. Both their horses were killed. On account of being muffied, Mr. Crosby did not hear the belated traln. » | street | more resulted. The storm, | Which reached its height on Sunday, riged for six days, but today had sbated consid- erably. All telegraph lines in the Interlor of the colony are down and reports from inland points are siow In reaching here. The town of Placentia was flooded for three days and the principal business resembles an ocean beach, being piled high with flotsam cast up by the unusually high tides. The viilage of Black- head, most swept away. This December. has been the stormjes month the Newfoundland coast has exper- fenced in haif a century and it Is estimated that its cost to the fisheries and the gen- eral trade Is more than §760,000, ’Rcsolutions Call for Joint Inquiry Move for Ballinger Investigation Will be Made Wednes- day. | Hague the question of obligatory arbitra- | three miles from this city, was al- | | today Graft Indictments by Chicago Jury Coal Dealers and Politicigns Are Ac: cused in Connection with Sale to City. 4 CHICAGO, Dec the charge of obtaiing city of Chicago by false nection with the sale were returned by Jan indietments y from nses | o th Juey 1 the clty here me pret of con grand nnery 1 the es P« el H ery reasurer ompany e Pire e corporation has been \ stigation in alleged g charg: Rogers I demo cratio committeernan of the Thirtednth ward and (s the head of the M. H. Rogers company {CAIRO COUNCIL | jorn Fete of the of Chicago Coal FFE RREWARD Ix Do Not Helieve Man Lynched for Pelle Avsault Wus Prin. etpal In Crime. 1L, Dec. 23.—The eity i renewed Ite offer of $1.000 feward | for any tntormation | R to the | and conviction of the murdercr 6f murder |ors of Anna Pelley mutilated body was found In mber 8. Wi tam James, ched thy | erime Nov another negro sus | peet, held Clreurhstantial evidence was strong but the authorities are no he was the lecding it In th it on | the girl. The case Wil be tuken up by a special grand jury January 8. J.J. MURPHY DIES IN SIOUX CITY | Brother of General Munager of Cud- ahy Plant Succnmbs After Long Iliness. STOUX CITY, In, Dec. 2.—(Speelal Tele- gram)—John J. Murphy, ‘hog buyer here for the Cudahy Packhy, T0mpany, dlid thiy afterncon, e had been In poor ath tor some time and had intended to lcuve this week for Tuscon, Ariz., whon he taken severly il and confined to hls b | He had been hog buyer for Cud since Docember 11, 1806, He was @ brother of Goneral Manuger M. 1t Murphy of the Omaha plant. Nobbers' Vietims reese, PIERRE, S. D, Dec. 2.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—Sheriff Laughlin and States At- | torney Nurtons were called to B) today to Investizate & case of alleged ,robbery. ;Thfl report was that two mgn, glving. the names of West and Marshall, who Dbe- longed to a raliroad , construction n by the namnes | had robbed twa other | of Peterson and Somers after doping them. The victims were robbed, one having his | coat taken and let lying in the snow. They were discoyered, badly frozen, and | for a time one was not expeeted to | cover. The pasties accused sre under a rest and will be given a hearlng on the charge. CAIRO, tonight wh a nc Jumes noed that apt Ak X crew, ' American Schooner Forfelted. VANCOUVER. Dec. 5.--The American fishing schooner Charles' 1. ‘Woodbury, seized Aprl: 18 In the Scott Tsland group Ly the government steamer Kestrel, after a’ lively chase and many shots, was fors felted to the crown in the edmiralty court for fishing. within the three-mila Hmit, . Nothing about the chase or the shots way sald In court today. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 2).—Senator Jones | and Representative Humphrey, both of | Washington, who will introduce In the sen- | ate and house, respectively, the resclutions | calling for a joint congressional committee | to Investigate matters involved In the | Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, had & con- | ference with President Taft today. The | resolutions will be put In next Wednes- ay. TWO MEN ENTOMBED IN MINE AND RESCUE PARTY AT WORK Explosion Cuts Off Snot Firer and Superintendent Enters and in Loat. M'ALESTER, Okl, Dec. #.—1wo men arc now entombed in the Bolan-Darnel mine near here; in which an explosion oc- curred last night, and it is feared that | both are dead. A rescue party of fifty men has been unable to fid Angelo Ascinar, the shot- firer who was entombed last night, and | the rescuers have beon also unsuccessful | in their efforts to locate John Brown, gen- | eral supérintendent of the mine, who en- tered the mine today Superintendent Brown, accompanled by | Thomas Weatherington, the pit boss, went | into the mine to learn what damage had been done. After the two men had been in the mine some time, their friends on th) surface became alarmed and men went into the mine to search for them. Weath- erington was found in an unconscious con- dition, but Brown has not been found. Brown lives In Hartford, Ark., and i a mining expert. FRIENDS OF “YANKEE DOODLE” ARE RILED AT “DIXIE” REPORT Chiet Sonmeck, Who Declared Latter Moat Popu Soug, Thre ened with Death, WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—"Is ‘Dixie’ popular than ‘Yankee Doodle’?" That s the question which apparently has divided the country into twe camps and brought about a controversy which prome- ises to become second only to the recent great question of the day, “Who discov- ered the North pole?” The Innocent assertion of Otto G. T. Sonneck, chief of the division of music of the library of congress, in a publica- “Amerlcan National Songs" that was more prominent In patriotic songs than “Yankee Doodle” has stirred up & hornet's nest and even resulted In threats of death to Mr. Sonneck. His office In the congressional library has been swamped with letters from vari- ous parts of the country In whioh the writers take exception to the statement about “Dixle’ Some of these letters threaten Mr. Sonneck with dire punish- ment. FRATERNAL ORDERS MERGE Court of Home Guards Transfers Membership to Homesteaders. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia, Dec. 230.—(8pe- elal Telegram.)—The supreme court of the Home Guards of the World, a fraternal insurance soclety with 1300 members scattered throtugh the northwest and with headquarters in this city today voted to transfer all the members and property of the soclety to the Homesteaders, a simlilar organization with headquarters ' in Des Molines. The Homestoaders will absorb the Home Guards January 1 Big results from little Bee want ads. New Year's Eve Special New Year's Eve Menu (Service a la Certe). Music From 11 P, M. to 1 A. M. By Hotel Loyal Orchestra, Emil Hof- man, Director. Tables May Be Reserved Hotel- Loyal “At the Sign of the Red Arrow” CHICKENS AND DOGS At Auditorium NOW OPEN All Day and Evening Admission, 25 cts. and 15 cts, TONIGHT IBOY D, s ‘—li‘llui. Nat. 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