Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1903 — Page 8

BIG BATCH OF INDICTMENTS Nebraska Federal Grand Jury Promises to Make a Cleaning. Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 11.—The United State.- irrani jury late vesterday afternoon brought in true bills against former State Senator Elliot Lowe, of Harlan county; Parti It Richards, who is known as th cattle baron of the West, and all of the officers of his company, known as the Nebn -> a Land & Feeding Co., and former State Senator Frank Curry, of Custer county, and about fifteen other indictments, mostly for illegal fencing of government land. Senator Carry is charged with conspiracy to bribe Senator Dietrich for the appointment of a postmaster at Alma. Neb., and the others indicted are all for fencing government land with the exception of a few unimportant liquor selling cases. numerous vnarges of Grafting. Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 11.—The Wyandotte county jury in session at Kansas City. Kas.. lias begun its boodle inquiry. The first thing considered was the report of numerous charges of grafting on the part of city councilmen in the letting of paving contracts. It has been charged that certain councilmen have solicited and received hriHas tr<JO\ brink

SPECIAL - — HOLIDAY RATES We Will Make 500 Dozen ' Imperial Photos on Bxlo mountings, at - —- $ 1.50 — Regular price $3.00 Now avail yourself of the opportunity and get at least one dozen of these beautiful High Grade Photos at HALF PRICE. Special Attention i is called to our line of Burnt Wood Novelties, and j Framed Pictures, which will be sold at greatly reduced j prices. Call early and select your presents and have them laid away. MOSER, Photographer |

Pleases Them all the Year ’Round SUPPER COMFORTS If . HOLIDAY SHOPPERS \\ 4Z t-ty No present can be more ■ acceptable than these -<* Slippers, beauties and j • .?-_•* comforts we are showing LADIES SLIPPERS In Juliets, Kids and Fft 1 ft ft ftr othler styles for uUu IU wZIZw Gentlemen’s Slippers •jwuday’a'A * J j--. 50c to $2.00 kIiMBKrJII Zz I ' j? r,J Urn. JyNH < >ur Line of Shoes and Slippers is fine r-p I Z / 1 w ' //n all the way through. ('all and see. // Z/’ / I I Our feature is the feet I We clothe them trim and neat Al THf /•' J For the ball room, house or street. Cis ■ 1 1 fS—4 y —at And our stock is quite complete. |(| !/ I I ' 1 Shoes of many kinds of leather, |\ y\|_, Made to suit the changing weather. I' ■ Built upon a sure foundation, 1 Honest goods our reputation. FRED TftGCIE

I Woman Indicted for Murder. Brainerd, Minn., Dec. 11. —The grand j jury has indicted Mrs. Mary Williams ' for murder in the first degree. She 1 is charged with having murdered her two-and one-half-year-old daughter Lilly. Aug. 23 last. BRIEF DISPATCHES Mr*. T-i/./ii* Gillespie. *hot by an unknown at Rising Sun. In*.. is dead. A dispatch from Monte Carlo announce* the death there of Baran Arthur de Rothsch'ld. Girls to the number of 2.000, employed as netticoat makers, have funned a union at New York The condition of winter wheat on Dec. 1 was as compared with 99.7 in 1902. and a nineyear average of 92.7. ■ DePanw University has conferred the degree of L. L D. upon Senator Beveridge, an alumnus of that institution. Florida Republicans, at a meeting in Jack* aonville decided to support Rooaeveli for the presidential nomination. Gen Trontcheff. the Macedonian leader says he considers that a war between Turkey and Bulgaria next spring is inevitable. The emperor opened the Japanese diet Thursday. Sai 1 that his ministers are doing everything in their power to preserve peace in the far east. The Minnesota football eleven has completed arrangements for a game with the University of California team at >an Francisco on New Year’s day. The newly seeded area of winter wheat is about 82,000,000 acres, decrease of six per cent from the area estimated to have been sowed in the fall of 1903.

Weather Forecast. I Show: Saturday fair. Sentenced vu v..ectrocution. Portsmouth, Ohio, Dec. 11.—Moses Johnson, convicted of murder in the first degree lor killing Edward Test, an insurance agent, was sentenced to be electrocuted en March 2fi, 1904, and was taken at once to the annex of the Ohio penitentiary. Rufus Burcham, 1 Johnson’s alleged accomplice in the , crime, is now being tried. Started Fire With Kerosene. Nebraska City. Neb., Dec. 11.—In a , fire which partly destroyed the homo of George Trullinger, Mrs. Trullinger and her infant babe were fatally burned. The woman attempted to start a fire with kerosene which exploded, set* ■ ting fire to her clothing and that of ! the child. ~ -'-Jj*. ———• • I ii tc Work. uee. ii.—Conditions at Hanover college are gradually be-1 • ing straightened out. After enjoying 1 a vacation of two days, during which , time Dr. Fisher and the striking • classes have been at outs. Fisher has reinstated the expelled and suspended- ’ members of the sophomore and fresh-1 i man classes without any conditions whatever. As this was satisfactory to the two classes they resumed their work. He Didn’t Get Away. New York. Dec. 11.—After having attempted to rob the First National bank, of Hoboken, in broad day light, Frank Stone, a youth of 19 whose home is in Youngstown. 0., sprang into the Hudson river when followed by a great crowd and would have made his escape, had not a tug boat man thrown a lasso about his neck and hauled him in. A New York Boy’s Revenge. New York. Dec. 11.—Harry McCauley, a scventp.en-year-cld boy. shot aad probably fatally wounded William Morrissey, aged twenty-two. the head bell-man at the Hotel Martha Washington. McCauley had been an elevator boy at the hotel and was discharged by Morrissey. Catholic Church Destroyed. Jeffersonville. Ind.. Dec. 11. —Fire almost completely destroyed St. Augustine’s Catholic church in this city. The loss is estimated at $50,000. The fire is supposed to have originated from an electric wire. In Case of Need. Washington. Dec. 11.—It is learned that an additional battalion of marines will be recruited and held in readiness in case it is necessary to enlarge the marine force now in isthmian waters.

Christmas Bargains WE CERTAINLY HAVE THEM IN making our selections we visited the different markets and selected only the Latest Styles and Best Quality to be found. Therefore, we have only Good Bargains to offer, and plenty of them. Good Goods that cost you no more than inferior goods. See us early as we have SOME SPECIAL GOOD BARGAINS that cannot be deplicated anywhere. • ■ Well, ‘they have simply taken a DROP. We want everybody to see our stock. We can convince you that we do just what we advertise REMEMBER THE PLACE The Holthouse Drug Co. Next Door to Boston Store. 1,1

BIG TELEPHONE COMBINE Independents Get Together for Their Mutual Benefit. Chicago. Dec. 11.—Final arrangements have been made for the incorporation of the Interstate Telephone association into one company. This means the amalgamation of over 4,000 | independent telephone companies in Illinois. Wisconsin, Kentucky, Mis- i sourl, lowa. Indiana. Pennsylvania, Ns-' braska, Minnesota. Ohio and Michigan involving property valued at more than 1200,000,000. This action was taken at the closing sessions here of the association. A permanent com mittee was appointed to work upon plans of action for the new company. MARKET QUOTATIONS Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—W.,g<»n. **»c; No. 2 red. *trong. *<• (Corn— Strong; No. 2 mixed, Oeta— Strong: No. 2 mixol. ;.S a e. Cattle—Steady al 44.30 03.2;. Hog*—Strong at 14.0004.(13. Sheep—Steady at 42.73 <83.23. . Lain bi—Steady at 45.00 00.30. Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened Cloa*: WheatDee I .W>, Ta'i Mar 81 ~0‘; Jsiy ,r#i, CereDoe tn . ,tp a Mar . 12'4 43 July 424 J <1 Oete— Dec Al 1 -, .>4*, May July M‘ t PorkJoe U H 11.14 May 11.41 11.41 Lord—< Jae 4ti at; May #.3 a S ; Hi lie— Jan 5 41 so: May IF) (J.*) Oioalnj eath market— Wheat We; corn 4tUs; oau. S4‘4Cl pork. 4U.35; ard. is.;:; rit> , tt.ft. Cincinnati Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Ft.-ie: No. 2 red. We. Corn-Steady: No. 2 mixed. 42‘,e. Oats—Quiet; No. 2 mixed. Klfe. Cattle—stronger at 42.0004.25. Hog*—Firm al 43.30.04.47. ■ Sheep-Hull at 41 'O x i 40. Lamb«-l>uH al 18.7404.00. Chicago Livestock. Cattle—Slow; tteera t 5.4055.74; Moekart >a d feeder*. 42.MX04.10. Hogs—Steady at 44.2004.iW',. Sheep —Lower at 42.00 *4.50. Lauib*-Btoa<ly at 43..300.3.W. New York Livestock. Cattle—Firm el 44 23<t).',«i. Hog*—Firm al 44.70144.75. Mmh-P— Firm al 43 M»<S3.<io. Lamb*—Steady at 45(XX05.00. ••• , East Buffalo Livestock. catfe- S'rt.lv at »> LV*-..30. -» Hoge—Active at 41.40044.4 V “ Sb. ep- Steady at 11.50*4 2,. . Lambe-btead al »4.1W2W.0k —O7ll -

MARKET REPORT. — Accurate prices paid by Decatur | merchants for various products. Cor-, rected every day. DRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. New Corn yellow f 501 New Corn, mixed 48 I Machine shucked one cent less. I Corn, per cwt., mixed 55 I Corn, per cwt, yellow 57 I Oats, new _ 33 < Wheat, No. 2 82 1 i Wheat, No. 3 791 Rye 50 Barley 50 Clover Seed 5 57 | Alsyke @ 5 25 Buckwheat 60 Flax Seed 80 Timothy $1 25 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p.m. today, according to J. D. Hale’s' special wire service, as follows: Wheat, December 79jJ Wheat, May 811 Wheat, July 75| Corn, December 42|! Corn, May 43 | Oats, December 31 i Oats, May 36 >■ I Jan. Pork .JU 32” May Pork 11 67 January Lard per cwt 6 47 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock bv J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cash 5 88 December wheat 88 May wheat 86 Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash- 4.7; Corn. December 44a May Corn 43? Oats. Cash 373 Oats, December 37; May Oats _ . ggl Rye, cash 58 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER Lambs Hogs, per cwt J 4 10 Cattle per lb 3 @ 31 Calves, per lb 5 5I Cows 2 @ 24 Sheep, per lb 2 (tt 24 Beef Hides, per lb. 5| WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. EALVER k SON. Wool, unwashed 16t020 Sheep pelts 25c to 75 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides Qg Tallow, per pound 04 2°°° . 15 to 1.25 1 20 tn 1.25 .|<)fx>ssum K) t() 60 ! «“•*“* sto II Ml,,k - fiotoJ2.o®

OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VABIOVS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz > 27 Lard 9 Butter, per pound 11@15 Potatoes, new 60 Onions, 50 Cabbage per 100 lb EOe Apples, per bu 50 Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACEEBS. Chickens, young per lb. 6 Fowls, per lb. 05 Ducks, per lb 06 Young Ducks 6g07 Young Turkeys, per lb. 12(n 13 Geese, old per lb. 06 Geese, young, lb 6@7 HAY HARKET. No. 1 timothy hay (new) No 1 mixed hay (new) No. 1 clover hay (new) COAL- Per Ton Anthracite 5 1 00 Domestic, nut 4 00 Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 00 Domestic lump, Indiana 3 M Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 550 OIL HARKET. Tiona 52.02 Pennsylvania 1.87 Corning 1.67 Newcastle 1.71 North Lima 1-37 South Lima 1-32 Indiana 1-iA Whitehouse 1.35 Somerset IJ2 Neodasha. (Kan.) 1.21 Barkersville 9” Ragland fl HARKET NOTES. Liverpool market dosed steady. Wheat, ,* cent lower. Corn, 1 cent lower. Receipts at Chicago today: Hogs 28001 Wheat 57 cars Corn 1.32 car* Oats 1.37 cars Cattle fiOOOO Sheep... N.MXiO Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 38000 Wheat 140 ears Corn ... 50 cars Oats 150 can Look! look! look! Reud Hen sley’s nd. > Excursion rates on everything at J, Moser's gallery. I See Gregory <Ac Miller for large ad > verlising on barns and sheds. 261’24