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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-28

ElPaso, Tex, Oct. 25.-Advices from
Bisbee, AriZ., describe the situation at
Naco as critical. 1T has been learned
that James Ryan, killed by the MeXl-
cans Sunday, was a British suD5ect'
and steps are being taken by BRUSH
subjects at Naco to have the AFFAIR IN
vestigated by their government. Joe
Rhodes and George Marts, captured Dy
the Mexicans, are still in Jail on the
Mexican side of the line and are Kept
incommunicado. The cowboys on TINS
side of the border, learned that the
prisoners would be removed to an IN
terror town for trial and they are de-
termined not to let the removal take
place. as they fear to trust tnelf
friends to the Mexican guards, belleV-
ing it means certain death.
An effort will be made to rescue the
prisoners unless they are released.
Fully 100 cowboys armed with win.
chesters, are assembled at Nae n
threats Of violence are heard on every
side. The Mexican garrison has peer
reinforced by 200 %rurales, so Cordados
and a number of guards. Col. Roster
litsky and Gen. Foshio, of the Mexican
army in Sonora, have been ordered
from Magdelena. and r now on their
way to Naco. Both officers have been
engaged in the conflict against the
Yaqui Indians. Col. Kosterlitsky IS
known as the Roosevelt of Mexico.
Serious trouble is impending at Naco
and unless United States troops pre-
vent it a bloody encounter is sure to re-
SslI1t
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LAwTON AND BATES.

PhtliDpine Fighters Receive the Pro
motion They So Well Merit.
New York, Oct. PA special to the
Herald from Washington says: These
important military appointments have
been decided upon: Brig. Gen. John
G. Bates, u. S. ", and colonel of the
Second infantry, regular army, to De
major general of volunteers, to fill the
original vacancy caused by the IN
creased enlisted force. Maj. Gen. II.
w. Lawton, U. S. ", and colonel in the
inspector generals department, regu-
lar army, vice Burke, retired. Brig.
| Gen. Frederick Funston, U. S. ", to be
retained as brigadier general OF volun-
teers, to fill the original vacancy
caused by the increase in the enlisted
force.
Gen. Funston has already received
notification of his intended %reappoint-
ment, and has accepted, directing him
to report to Maj. Gen. Otis for assign
ment to a brigade command. HIS re-
! tention in the service has been made
noossible by the increase in the number
of enlisted men, the law allowing a
brigadier general for each 1000 men.
There are at present twenty-five
brigadier generals, including Gen. Fun
ston, and as the present force com.
prises about $4,000 men the president
| still has the appointment of two addl-
tional brigade commanders.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-28
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Lntest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.
st. Paul, Oct. "a. - Wheat = No. l
Northern. 67@6S 1-2c; No. 2 Northern,
a. 1-2 a &c. Corn No. 3 yellow,
% 1-2M3Oc; No. 8, 5000 1-2c. Oats
No. 3 white, 23@23 1-2c; No. 3, 22@23c.
Barley and Rye-Feed barley, 800
40 1-2c: No. 2 rye, 53c; No. 3 rye,
50 1-2c.
Duluth, Oct. 24.-Wheat-No. 1 hard,
cash, 6S 1-4c bid; No. 1 Northern,
cash, g. 1-4c bid; october, 81 lac bid;
December, G. Lee bid; May, II 1-2c;
No. 2 Northern, 81 1-4c; No. 3 spring,
GO Bic: to arrive: No. 1 hard, GO 1-4c;
No. 1 Northern. 81 lac bid; oats, 24Gl
"a 1-4c; rye. 54c bid; barley, 3e@42c;
fax. to arrive, $1.27 bid; cash, $1.27@
1.27 IL bid; October, $1.27 bid; De-
cember, $1.25@1.25 IL hid; corn,
30 1-2c.
Minneapolis. Oct. "a. Wheat De
cember opened at &c; highest, 81 LOO
673-Sc: lowest, 66 7-8c; closed at
6s IS: Nav opened at 7o34c; highest,
Z 34c: lowest, 70 $500 1-2c; closed
ct 7O3-S@7O Lee. On track-No: 1
hard. IS 7-Sc; No. l Northern, TT 77Sc;
No. 2 Northern, GA 7-8c.
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 24.-Flour is
steady. Wheat, steady; No. l North
ern, So 1920 Ice; No. 2 Northern,
66 1-2@67c. Oats dull at 20 1-2@
q ga. Barley steady; No. 2, 46 1-2c;
sample, 50 1-2@46 1-2c.
Chicago, Oct. 24-Wheat-No. 2 red,
cash, 71@71 12c; No. 3 red, 6S@71c;
No. 2 hard winter. g. 1-2c; No. 3 hard
winter, 65@67c; No. 1 Northern spring,
70 1-2@71 Ice; No. 2 Northern spring,
SO 1-2@71c; No. ) spring, 64@7Oc.
Corn-No. 2, 32@32 Lac; No. 3, 1884
10 81 lac. Oats-No. 2, 223-4c; No. 8,
% 1-2c.
Chicago, Oct. "a. = Hogs = Mixed
and butchers, $4.15@4.45; good heavy,
S .1OM4.45: rough heavy, $3.S5@4.O5;
light, $4.1O@44O. Cattle = Beeves.
S4.2O@6; cows and heifers, $1.75@5;
Texas steers, $3.4O@4.20; stockers and
feeders, $3@4.70. Sheep Natives,
S .75@42O; lambs, $4@5.75.
Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. "a. Cattle
Beeves, s. .65@5.6O; COWS and bulls,
mixed. $2@4; stockers and feeders,
$S.5O@4; calves and y%earlings, $500
4.G5. Hogs-$4@4.15; bulk, $4.O5@
40.
South St. Paul, Oct. a. = Hogs
$3.50 1-2@.4.so. Cattle-stockers, $3.50
Gals; cows. $2.75@3.SO; oxen, So.
Sheep-$3.25@3.50; lambs, $3@4.4O.
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A BLOODY
Convict Mcbride at saltwater Con
fesses to Five Murders.

Convict Mcbride at saltwater Con.
fesses to Five Murders.
Saltwater, Mimi, Oct. 25.-J. @. Nc
Bride, q convict at the prison, received
from Jackson county in December last
to serve three years and five months
for an assault, has made a remarkable
confession showing him to be n of
the most h%igh-handed murderers in the
country. His confession was made to
Warden Wolfer in a letter written Oct.
g. In it he related: The murder OF
two officers. Joseph Grant and John
McNott, at Geneva, ILL.,, Aug. %, 1886;
the murder Of Julia Buckmire at
Geneva. The postoffice robbery and
murder of the marshal of Ottawatto'
ME, Kan; the burglary of a hardware
store and the shooting Of a policeman
at Guide Rock, xNeb., and many bur
glaries and highway robberies. If his
story is true he has been a veritable
terror.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Ivy.
Overflow From the. Wires in . Con.
deused Form.

Overflow From the Wires in . Con-
densed Form.
Gen. Miles and party has started In
the generals private a for an extend
ed tour Of inspection Of the army posts
Of the West.
The Bolivian national convention
met on Friday and on Saturday next
will elect the next president Of the
republic. 1t is considered almost GER
tain Gen. Pando will be selected.
The governments Of Argentina and
Uruguay have decreed ten days quar-
antine against arrivals from Santos
and five days against arrivals from
elsewhere in Brazil after disinfection.
A vigorous attempt will be made by
the acting president to prevent Gen.
Andrade, who fed to La Guayara
without transferring power, leaving
that port with gunboats and valuable
government supplies.
President Powell, of the Order Of
Railroad photographers, referring to the
arrest of Hugh J. Hill, superintendent
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad, at Taunton, Mass, for
violation Of the Erdman arbitration
law, stated that this was the begin
ming of such action.
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CAUGHT IN A sNowsToRM.
Deering Party. Had a Rough Tim
But Are Reported Safe.

Deering Party. Had n Rough Time.
But Are Reported Safe.
'Glenwood Springs, Colo, Oct. 20
Information has reached here of the
safe arrival at the ranch of Pat Sulli-
van, se%venty-fve miles from here, on
the White river, of c. w. Deering, the
millionaire plow manufacturer OF chi
cago, and wife, who. it was feared
were hemmed in by snow near Haln's
Peak. They left here the latter part Of
September on a hunting trip, and were
caught in the mountains by the recent
storm. Twelve horses died from eN-
haust;on in making the journey with
the behring's through the snow to
the Sullivan ranch. An old resident of
the Deep Lake region has arrived here
and reports the storm the most terrific
in his residence in that section. Grave
fears are entertained for the safety OF,
the many hunting parties who were
caught unprepared for the sudden
change in the weather.
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Manila, Oct. 25. - The insurgents
around Calambo and Angeles have
bothered the Americans lately with
their repeated attacks, like most Of
the Filipino attacks, consisting Of
shooting a lot of ammunition into their
opponents camp ut long range. Maj.
Cheatham's battalion of the Thirty
seventh infantry, three companies Of
the T~wenty-frst infantry, a battery Of
artillery and q gatling gun sailed out
yesterday morning from CalamDo'
drove the Filipinos from their trenches
and pursued them for three miles, IN
f1icting heavy loss on them. one
American was killed and three wound
ed Of the Twenty-first infantry. Lieut..
Ferguson, with twenty scouts of the
Thirty-sixth regiment, reconno!terlng
near Labo, encountered a party OF
mounted Filipinos. He killed six OF
them and captured eight with ten
rifles.
-Four men from. the gunboat Mari
velos, were lured ashore eighteen miles
from Iloilo by a flag of truce, n the
insurgents killed one of them, wound
ed one and captured a third. The gun
boat was unable to fire for fear OF
wOunding the Americans. Inc oecouu
battalion Of the Nineteenth regiment,
Mai. Reefe, commanding, embarked
for Iloilo yesterday to reinforce the
troops.
Filipino Peace Overtures.
Washington, Oct. 25.-Gen. Otis ac-
count of the latest Filipino peace ove1-
ture is as follows:
ssOct % essae received at Angeles,
under flag of truce, expressed desire OF
Hon. President Aguinaldo to send a
commission to Manila to arrange diff
culties connected with delivery Of
Spanish prisoners and to discuss mat
ter Of particular character. Reply re-
turned that commission accredited by
any other than Gen. Aguinaldo, gen
eral-in-chief Of the insurgent forces'
could not be recognized or received.
No later correspondence"
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Educates Her Child at Home.

Educates Her Child at Home.
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Oct. 25. =
Probably the first step to enforce the
compulsory school law in Renville
county has just arisen in Bever Falls.
Complaint has been made to the school
trustees that Mrs. l.. M. Colson, q we'll
known writer and correspondent of
that town, using the name of "Ham-
let," has neglected to send her daugh-
ter to the public schools, and the board
has ordered her to send the child to
school or show cause why she is not
doing so. Mrs. Colson claims that the
child is being educated at home to bet
ter advantage than at school, and as a
result Of the order is likely to move
out of the district.
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THE GUEST OF OMAHA.
Cen. Miles Will BE Rendered y II
ceptiOn.

Gen. Miles Will BE Ttendered y Re-
ceptiOn.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 25.-Gen: Nelson
A. Miles will be the guest of Omaha
today. The general arrives in the city
at sis a. m. and will be escorted to
the Willard hotel, where a reception
will be held for an hour. Gen. Miles
will then be driven to the exposition
grounds where a. formal welcome will
be rendered, a battalion of the Tenth
infantry, stationed at Fort Crook, act,
ing as escort. At 4 o'clock the general
and party will leave over the Burling-
ton for Billings. Mont, and Red Lodge,
Buffalo Bills ranch, Big Horn county,
where he will spend some time hunt
ing. Gen. Merriam viii lbe one of the
committee to receive Gen. Miles on his
arrival here.
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Governor Takes Responsibility.
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 25.-Chairman
Dick. of the Republican state commit
tee. has received a. copy Of a letter
written by' Gov. Steunenberg of Idaho,
under date Of Oct. 10, to Secretary Of
War Root in which the governor as
sumes for the state full responsibility
for ali that has been done in Shoshone
county in connection with h Occur
d'Alene mining. troubles. me letter
was written voluntarily, 1t is SAID, Dy
tile governor on account Of the crltl-
cism which has been made OF. b FED
eral government. :: 49,
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GEN. OTIS
Has No Time to Fool With Filipino
Commissioners.

x1ub w 1khS ~ oOA
Commissioners.
Manila, Oct. "a. - An American Of
ficer was killed and two men were
wounded by the Filipinos in an attack
on Il launch with Gen. Lawton's expe-
dition in the Rio Chiquita, near San
Isidro. The rebels fired volleys from
the shore.
Gen. Otis replied to the three insur-
gent officers who entered Angeles last
Friday with Il request made through
Gen. Macarthur for permission for a
Filipino commission, headed by a Fill
pino major general, to visit Gen. Otis
in order to discuss terms and to ar
range for the delivery Of American
prisoners, that the desired interview
cannot be granted because the sug-
gested propositions Of the Filipinos are
vague, indefinite and unmilitary and
because the Americans must continue
to decline to receive any representative
Of the so-called Filipino governmnt.
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land prevents the Beers invading Cape
Colony, and that on the other hand
there is considerable excitement at
Maseru and other Basuto stations,
arising from native approximations of
Boer attacks. 1t appears that colonial
news is in some mysterious way sup
Piled to the Beers and that the move
ments depend largely OF intelligence
communicated through natives. Dis
quieting information comes from
Herschel and other points in Cape
Colony, where the natives are much
excited.
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MADE A RICH HAUL.

American Woman Relieved of Money
=. and Jeyvelry i'm
London, Oct. 25.-Late yesterday af-
ternoon it was announced that a SEN
sational burglary had taken place at
the Savoy hotel, London, in which the
room of Mrs. Stockwell, wife Of a New
York ieweler, was entered and robbed,
it is understood, of jewelry valued at
$4,000 and bank notes and other IT.
rent paper to the extent of $4,000.
The management took prompt meas
ures. had the hotel doors closed, sum-
moned detectives and searched all
strangers and servants. Nothing, how
ever, was discovered. The burglars
had escaped, the thick fog enabling
them to get away. -. ...a
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LOST AT SEA.
Two Men swep Overheard Durlag .
storm.

Two Men Swept Overheard Duriag .
Storm.
Boston. Oct. 24.-The steamer Phtla-
delphia arrived yesterday from Liver
pool with the captain, four passengers
and seven Of the crew Of the British
bark Iodine. from Greenland. for Phil
adelphia. Two Of the crew were
swept overheard and lost. The Iodine,
Capt. Hillgrave, left Ivigtut, Green
land, on Oct. 4, with a cargo Of cryolite.
She had good weather until the 18th,
when q storm came up and soon de-
veloped into ahurricane. For three days,
the vessel was at the mercy Ofs,Hsk
waves, during which time two of tAe
crew, Louis Thompson and John M.
Peterson, Swedes, were swept over"
board and lost. On Oct. 18, when in
latitude 1920 north and longitude 1910
west, the Philadelphia was sighted and
all hands taken off.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-28
ILLNESS OF HARMER.

Prominent -Congresxnlan, in a Crit
ical Condition.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25.-Congressman
Alfred. G. Harmer, who has represent
ed the Fifth congressional district for
many years. with the interim Of one
term. is critically .ill::,at his home at
Germantown. a, suburb of this city.
Mr.. Harmer is popularity known as the
"father of the house, He was strick-
en- Friday evening with an acute ut.
tack <of Bright's disease after several
months of ill health. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-28
ALASKAN

Pr0visiOnal Agreement Reached Be-
tween United States and Great
Britain.
Ottawa, Ont, Oct. 24.-The Canadian
government was advised last evening
that the United States and British
Governments had given effect to a
provisional Alaskan boundary, which
was arranged between Sir Louis Da-
vies and Mr.. Choate in London. This
arrangement makes NO change at the
head Of land at Skagway, but it fixes
a point on the Dalton trail. There is
very little travel by this route.
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PROF. BARTLETT's DEATH.

ing In Some Article Of Food.
London, Oct. 24.-The verdict Of the
coroner's jury investigating the cause
of death of Prof. w. w. Bartlett Of
Philadelphia, who died at the Inns Of
Court hotel July '26 from g%astro-en-
tritis, when a number Of other Amer.
cans were also seriously affected by
symptoms Of poisoning, has been re-
due to gastro-entritis following .pto-
maine poisoning, developed by the ac-
ton of bacteria in ONE article Of food
unknown. 1t condemns the practice Of
leaving timed fruit open prior to con-
sumption.
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Forest Fires Near Barabioo, wis.
Baraboo, Wis.,, Oct. %. - Extensive
forest fires are raging along the bluffs
south of this city. Large stretches of
woods and much fencing have already
been consumed and farm buildings are
threatened. Assistance has been re-
ouested from Milwaukee. al.
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unruly Girl. Are Arrested.

Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. %. = Sixty
seven Of the most refractory girls of
the state industrial school for girls at
Mitchellville, Iowa, who revolted
against the management on Sunday
night and destroyed more than $780,
600 worth of the property of the insti-
tuition, were corralled and brought to
this city yesterday by Sheriff Stout
and his deputies and placed in Jail. 1t
is believed the trouble is over for the
present and the r%ingleaders will be Sc
verely punished. =.
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Loving Gun for Victor Blue.

Columbia, s. c., Oct. 24.-The people
Of Marion, S. c., the home of Lieut..
Victor Blue, will on Tuesday present
the gallant young officer with a silver
loving cup. Lieut.. Blue is now at
Marion on his honeymoon. The women
Of South Carolina have formed the
patriotic society of award of merit and
the first medal of %gallantry will be be-
slowed upon Lieut.. Blue for his daring
as a scout in Cuba when he located the
Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor and
made q map of their anchorage.
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knocked Out by Peter Mnher.

syracuse, N. Y, Oct. Esd Dunk
horst of Syracuse lost to eeter Manner
in the seventh round of what was TO
have been a ten-round go before the
Monarch Athletic club last night on a
foul. The rules under which the men
fought stipulated that they should
break clean at the command ofsthe
referee. When Dunkhorst saw that
he was bound to be whipped he delib"
erately violated the rule. and after re-
peated warnings the referee gave the
decision to Maher.
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CASHIER. Dtg Doodle.

Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 25.-The state
auditor has received a dispatch from
Bank Examiner Bennett, giving de-
tails of the defalcations of Cashier Jer-
ry Kendrick, Of the Citizens Bank Of
Sioux Center. who absconded Friday
afternoon. The loss will amount to
$11,5OO. Ten thousand dollars of the
sum will be borne by the American
Surety company and it will not affect
the financial standing of the bank.
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Rtch Conner yein.

Ashland, Wis, Oct. 25.-The discov-
cry of a rich copper vein in Gogebic
county, near the Wisconsin border,
and the knowledge that it extends into
Iron and Ashland counties, has
brought the attention Of copper ex-
perts to this region and already land
has been brought up. A company for
the development Of the copper field
has been formed with a capital stock
of 22,5OO,O 600. 1t is called the Peak
Mining company.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-10-28
CH1NAMEN LOOT CHURCHES.
American Soldiers Cleared of TIN
Charges Of Dissertation.

Charges Of Dissertation.
Washington, Oct. 24.-Father w. D.
McIXinnon, chaplain Of the First Cali
fornia volunteers, who was with the
regiment six months in the Philippines,
called at the White House and had a
short talk with the president. Asked
about the church dissertations attrib-
uted to American soldiers, he said: cit
is true that a great many churches
have been looted and stripped, but this
has been the work of Cinnamon in
nearly every case. The looting was
usually between the evacuation Of a
town by the rebels and the entry of
the American troops"
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Ktlled BY an Explosion

Orange. Tex. Oct. 25. = By an ex-
plosion of a boiler at Luther & Moore
lumber mill yesterday two men were
killed and seven others injured. Law
renee Buehler, one of the men who was
killed, was riding by the mill on horse
hack. Louis Kicks received injuries
which proved fatal. Those injured are
EMPLOYEES of the mill.
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saved From Lxnchtng,

!. Lexington. Mo, Oct. Is. = Thomas
Edwards Of. Waverly, Mo-, has been
placed in Jail here to prevent his be-
ing lynched. At Waverly Edwards
shot and fatally wounded Samuel w.
Allen, an aged man and head overseer.
Allen had separated two quarreling
neighbors, when Edwards; who was q
d%isinterested %,onlooker,, called Allen
aside and shot him, probably fatally.
The feeling is very bitter.
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FUNSTON ATTACKS THE FR1ARs.
He Says They Are Mt the Bottom of
the I~nsurrectiOn.

He Says They Arc Mt the Bottom of
the Insurrection.
Chicago, Oct. "a. A special from
Stanford university, Cal, says: Gen.
Funston of Kansas lectured to the
student body here last night on the
Philippines. He blames the friars as
being at the bottom of the instruction.
The general unmercifull yattacked the
church, not, as he insisted, because 1T
was the Catholic denomination, but for
the influence it maintained on that
class Of people. eff congress would
drive out the friars," he said, "and
contiscate every inch Of church proper
ty, the bottom would drop out of the
insurrection within a week"
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Tried to Wreck a Train.

1F1CW ~ VvXSCN
Watertown, S. D., Oct. 25.-An at
tempt was made to wreck the 9 o'clock
train on the Northwestern by placing
Instructions on the track consisting Of
planks spiked down and ties piled on
them braced with iron. A boy named
Mcdowell discovered the obstruction,
and, securing a lantern, signalled the
train to stop, which probably saved q
wreck. No clue. H.
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WOMAN ARRESTED.

She IL Suspected of Being Implica-
ted I'm q Forgery.
San Francisco, Oct. 24.-The steamer
Hongkong Maru arrived from the ORR
ent. Among her passengers is Mrs.
Margerie Benton, who was placed I'M
der arrest. Mrs. Benton is accused Of
being an accomplice of Albert Kent,
Jr., alias Albert Mannerin, under ar
rest in Yokohama on a charge Of forg-
ing $4,000 in paper. drawn on the
Union Trust Company Of Jamestown,
N. y.
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Gen. Howard. Son killed.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. PA cable was
received here yesterday announcing
the death in the Philippines on Satur-
day of Maj. Guy Howard, son of Gen.
o. o. Howard. The cablegram vas
received by Judge j. NJ. Woolworth,
father-in-law of Maj. Howard, and
read as follows: Guy Howard killed
in action today. Maj. Howard was
we'll known in Omaha, being on his
fathers staff when the latter was sta
toned here.