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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-10-16
NEW YORK ALMOST AFLoAr.
Nearly Foot OF Rain Fell The, Q In
Hours and Great Damage Was
Wrought.

New York, Oct 10.-Tcrrentia rain,
commencing early Thursday morning
and continuing with scarcely any in
PERMISSION until late yesterday after
noon, during which time the unprece-
denied precipitation of 1904 inches was
recorded at the local weather bureau,
laid New York city and all the sur
rounding country under a flood yester-
day, causing damage that will amount
to many hundred thousand dollars.
Reports of extensive foods and seri-
GUS damage to property and interrupt
tons of traffic came from almost all
sections of New Jersey and Long Is
land. In Newark, Passaic and other
large manufacturing centers many fac
tories were closed down, owing to
the flooding of engine rooms. In many
places electric light and power plants
were shut down for the same reason.
A dam on the Ramapo river at Pomp-
ton broke, flooding the valley for ten
miles, but causing no loss of life.
A dispatch from Scranton, Pa, said
that reports from up and down the
Wyoming valley which came in last
night were that the flood was the worst
in years. No. 1 mine at Carbonate
and the Glenwood at Mayfield were
filling with water
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BEAT A BOY TO DEATH.
In a German Court the Spectators Cursed
and Threatened to Lynch Dip
pOId, a Ffeud.

Berlin, Oct. 10.-The trial at Bay
1euth of Andreas Dippold, tutor, who
tied Heinz Koch, IA years old, to bed
and whipped him to death, has ended
and Dippold was sentenced to eight
years Imprisonment. While the dead
boys younger brother, Joachim, testi-
fed to unnamable tortures inflicted ON
himself and on his brothers, the per-
SONS in court were aroused to such a
pitch of fury that they cursed and
threatened the prisoner, who was
hastily removed by the officials, as
lynching was feared. Joachim avowed,
and the medical experts agreed, that
Dippold was more debased than the
London fiend who has been termed
Jack the Ripper"
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CROPS ARE INSURED.
The Nebraska Farmers Safeguarae0
Against Loss to Their wheat
from Hail.

- 1t is interesting to see the adjustment
of hailstorm losses on Nebraska crops.
The insuring of crops from hail has be-
come the custom there, Roadway being
made since the Nebraska farmer stopped
raising spring wheat and began sowing
winter wheat, reports the Chicago Trib-
une.
Winter wheat crops are considered
good risks by the old line companies.
They are insured for from 81 to SO ami
acre at six per cent. premium. A large
amount of the insurance placed by farm
ers is against damage from hail. A
storm occurred in western Nebraska this
year, but struck a section where most of
the growing crop of winter wheat was
covered by insurance.
man with barrel hoop will quickly
ascertain almost the exact amount Of
the loss to field of wheat The COM
panies have adjusters in every locality
where insurance is placed. One drives to
the field and selects place where the
wheat has been blown down and dam
aged. Into a section of this he casts the
hoop, and then he carefully counts every
stalk inside it. Then he counts the num-
Der of heads that are down. If so out
Of 100 of these heads have been turned
to the earth, the adjuster reckons a loss
OF so per cent, and this loss is allowed
on each acre that has been struck by the
storm. The number of acres is deter
mined by survey, if the farmer demands
this
The adjuster must take into consid-
Grafton the state of the wheat when it
was struck by the hail, for it may have
been blown down previously, and the
owner may yet be able to get the most
of it II it has reached certain degree of
maturity.
H. w. Cowgirl, an adjuster at Hold
rege, says that claims amounting to
$4,000 had been adjusted. Some of the
losses were total, and the owners had
but the insurance money for their labor
They were allowed to harvest what they
could get, and in some instances they
secured 20 bushels to the acre. This they
were entitled to under the rules of the
company.
The insurance renders good crop al
most certainty. In the last eight years
there has been one good crop after an
other, the acreage and the yield SEEM
ing to increase until last year the state
produced $4,000 900 bushels
Mr.. Cowgirl showed a map of town
ship in Phelps county, Neb. On each
quarter section was indicated the amount
of insurance, and nearly all of the town.
ship was protected.
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TWO KINDS OF FINANCIERING.
Simplest of Bank Frauds That Was
Successfully Worked by q
Scheming Clerk.

81 saw a man on the street the other
day who got away with one of the SIM
>plest bank frauds 1 ever heard Of" said
bank inspector who was in New York
on his regular tour of duty. This man
state. 1t turned out when the bank
closed it's doors that it had been run
very loosely, but that had nothing in
particular to do with this mans opera
tons. He was clerk in the bank and
made up the quarterly interest account.
This was a sheet showing what was
due each depositor for interest. 1t gen.
orally ran to three or four sheets, and
the footing of each had to be carried
the third sheet the clerk would enter
the footing properly. then let drop
of ink fall on the first column of the
figures. He would let it dry there, thus
obscuring the footing of the sheet.
I'm carrying over to the next sheet
the footing that was blotted he would
add 81 900, so that the total of the report
would show $1,000 more chargeable to
interest than actually was a charge
against the bank. He'd let this report
go to the directors of the bank, with the
idea that if the error was detected he
would account for it by the blot, saying
he had made a natural mistake. When
the sheet went through unquestioned he
proceeded to get possession of the 81 900
by opening an account in the name of a
fictitious person and crediting this ac-
count with 81 900. The banks accounts
were thus forced to balance
Then by drawing checks on the &C
count of the fictitious depositor he would
draw the money out. When we rabbed
him he made confession. He had been
stealing about $4,000 a year in this way.
That was the bank" continued the in
spector. where, when the directors
found the hole in the bottom, they fitted
up a presidents Office in magnificent
style, went out and got an ambitious mil
lionaire, showed him the Office. asked
him If he wouldn't like to be president
and then sold him their stock at $780,
He wasn't in a month before the bank
failed"
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FEW ITALIAN SERVANT GIRLS.
One Nationality Which Is Practically
Unrepresented at the New York
Employment Agencies.

Next to May, September is the month
In which the employment agencies in
New York are busiest, states the New
York Sun. Women who have to depend
upon these places note as remarkable
that among the number
of girls to be engaged for domestic serv-
ice, including Irish, Swedish, German,
English and French maids, colored
girls, Swiss and Russian girls. Cana
dian, Dutch, Polish, Scotch. Hungarian
and Bohemian girls, there are no Ital-
ians.
This exception is the more surprising
because male Italians devote them
selves largely to the class of work which
most nearly corresponds to domestic
service among women. There are Ital-
ian walters, Italian Wallets and Italian
porters, not to speak of Italian peddlers,
bootblacks, BARRIERS and grocerymen;
but there are no Italian servant girls.
The dearth of these is the more sur
prising because Italy is one of the coun-
tries in Europe in which the number
of female births greatly exceeds the
number of male births, and Italian girls,
usually precocious, do not lack training
in their own country as to the require
msnts OF household service, to which
they devote themselves almost exclu-
sively, there being few co-eds and still
fewer professional women in Italy.
For many years the explanation of
this anomaly was to be found in the fact
that a large proportion of the immigra-
ton from Italy was male, but in recent
years this disparity has not continued
Italian girls are not lacking in the at
tributes required for efficient house
hold service. They are quick, indus
trious and frugal; they do not drink;
they have no top-lofty social notions;
there is little demand for their services
in such professional occupations as
typewriting, bookkeeping and stenog-
raphy. The fact is that the girls in
clined to domestic duties marry. They
do not become servants.
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THE WATER POISONED.
Sixty-Eight Soldiers of the COlora d Ma ton.
al Guard on Duty In Strike Dis
trict Have Narrow Escape

Cripple Creek, COL, Oct. 10.-It is
alleged that an attempt was made tc
poison the national guard garrison at
Camp Ell Paso, and it was so successful
that every man in the command, will,
the exception of three who were abb
sent, was laid on his back with cramps
and diarrhoea. Altogether 68 men were
down, but all of them have recovered
1t is believed poison-was placed in the
water tank of the mine from which
water is taken for domestic purposes
Many of the miners were also affected
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Dockery win stand by Morrow.

s. Louis, Oct. 12.-Judge Adams, in
the United States district court, has
fixed November 8 as the date for the
trial of W. A. Morrow, Gov. Dockery's
official stenographer, who was indicted
for alleged completely in the natural
ization frauds. Between now and the
time of the trial Mr.. Morrow will prob
ably continue in his position in the
governors Office. Gov. Dockery, who
came with him to st. Louis, gave out
an authorized statement Saturday
night in which he expressed his inten-
ton to stand by Morrow
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Gan Impromptu Affair.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 10.-A fierce coloi
fight between 40 girls of the freshman
class and 40 girls of the soph omore
class was pulled off last night on the
stage of the chapel at Washburn col
lege in the presence of 500 people at
tending an entertainment. 1t was ar
impromptu affair. Several girls ha6
their garments torn, the presidents
chair was demolished and all the loose
furniture upset before the faculty
could restore order. Several dismis-
sails are threatened.
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A BIG BATCH OF CoNvICTS.
Warden McLaughry Notified That goo
Prisoners Must Have Board and Lodg-
ing In His Penitentiary.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 10.-Th'
United States courts in the Indian tar
ritory are now in session and WardeI
McLaughry, of the federal prison, ha
been notified to prepare for the arriva
of about 200 convicts during thu
months of October and November
This will be the largest number evS
received during such short time ant
the population of the prison will be
swelled above the LOO mark. The
sentences of 80 convicts in the federal
prison will expire this month.
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Feminine Timfditx.

Old Betsey Majors was one of the
rudely picturesque characters of large
rural district in the mountains of Vir-
ginia- She was great. muscular wo-
man, her masculine appearance being
emphasized by heavy boots and an i'm
mense bundle. since the gentle nomad
carried her home on her back.
81 should think. Betsey," said one Of
the farm-wives, that you'd be scared to
death out in the woods all night"
mo, amt skeered o. nuthin'-ex-
ceptin' sometimes" she added with
shamefaced air. 81 DO be bit shy of
b'ar-Judge
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AS MR.. FOLK REQUESTED.
Secretary Hay VIII Open Negotiation
with Foreign Nations with q View to
Getting Back Lost Property,

Washington, Oct. 10.-The state de
partment contemplates opening nego-
tiations with Great Britain and France
for the purpose of amending the pres.
ent extradition treaties with those
countries so as to secure the extradi
ton of men indicted in Missouri or
the general charge of boodling, or &C
cepting and giving brides. 1t is stated
at the department that the treaties
will be made retroactive in accordance
with an opinion rendered by Attorney
General Knox.
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Immense Map of Missouri.

Columbia, Mo-, Oct. &c. F. Mar
but, professor of geology and mineral
ogy in the University of Missouri, is
at work on the largest map of Mis-
souri, ever made. 1t will be more than
12x15 feet, will weigh several hundred
pounds and will show every creek,
post Office, road, railroad, city, town
and hill in the state. In addition to
this it will show the various geological
formations 1t will be a relief map.
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HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE.
Old Soldiers living ut the National Militia.
~ Home at Leavenworth Can Cast
Ballots In That County.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 12.!Through q
decision of the supreme court, rendered
Saturday, old soldiers who are living
at the national military home at
Leavenworth are given a right TO vote
in Leavenworth county. 1t is decided
that the state law permitting the vet
Grams to vote does not conflict with the
constitutional provision that persons
who go to almshouses or asylums can
not acquire residences there for vot-
ing purposes. This reverses decision
of the court rendered several years
ago by Chief Justice Doster, when the
right of the inmates of the state SOL
diers' home at Dodge City to vote was
questioned.
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Knnsa. CITY Produce.

Kansas City, Oct 13.-Eggs-Fresh, 1S1so
per doZ.
Butter-Creamery. extra. 1910; dairy.
fancy, lie; packing stock, he; cheese,
northern full cream, 101ac.
Poultry-Sprfngs, SG10c per h.; hens.
Size per pound; ducks. Sc per pound;
geese, &c per pound; turkey hens, 12c ID
young gobblers. lie; pigeons, s1.00 dozen;
squads. $1.0Oal.5O doz. Choice. scalded,
dressed poultry lie above these prices
Potatoes-New, per bushel, 50G70c.
Meions-CantaloIpes, per crate, $1,000
ZOO
Fruit-Apples, $S.O0@400 per barrel:
oranges, S4.O0q45O box; lemons, $1,000. 90
per box; peaches, per box, S0c1$l 90;
grapes, 271S@S0c per basket.
Vegeta bles-Cabbage, $1.O0d1. % per cwt.
onions.> COG 70c per bushel; tomatoes,
per bushel. S0Q50c: turnips. 121sQ25c per
buShel.
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Matter of OrthoEraphy.

Some time age" said the skepticaI
boarder, II consulted fortunezteller
who informed that wave of prosperity
was coming my way"
''Well?" queried the human interro-
CATION point at the end of the mahog-
any.
at showed up. all right" continued
the 5. b.. but the old girls orthography
was trise lame. 1t should have been
spelled waive. Chicago Daily News
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Last of 1 100000 to Resume work.

LAST Oh L ~OsOOO 20 RESUME W ORR.
Philadelphia, Oct. 1.-THE dyersSa and
mercerizers union has given the dyers
permission to return to work, thus
finally ending the textile strike which
began in this city on June 1. The
dyers are the last of the 1900 strik
ers to return to work.
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100000 for Third Wife.

Chicago, Oct 11.-An ante-nuptial
agreement, under which the bride-to-be
will receive 100000 in lieu of her
dover rights, is said to be legal for
mality which will precede the wedding
of Richard T. Crane and Miss Emily
Hutchinson. Mr.. Crane is septuage-
marian, and is the president of the
Crane company, elevator manufactur-
ers. This will be the groom's third
marriage.
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-Cattle-Receipts, s..
COO. Good to prime steers. s.. 10q5.S0:
stockers and feeders 81 25@4.10: Texas fed
steers, 81. 75g3.5O; western steers, 5000
400.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000. Mixed and
butchers, s.. $4,000; good to choice heavy,
So 3oQ5.75; light, $5.25Q5.9o; bulk of sales.
s. 2O05.65.
Sheep-Receipts. 25,0OO. Good TO choice
wethers, $33594.25; fair to choice mixed,
s.. O0Q3 25: western sheep. s. 2594.25; native
lambs, $35095. 60; western lambs, $3.50
~
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Will Take Millions to Repair Damage.

Easton, Pa, Oct. 12.-The Delaware
river began to recede about midnight
and continues to fall rapidly. The
Lehigh and the Bushkill are still
backed up for miles and everything
along their banks is flooded. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the loss or even
approximate it, but in Easton and
towns up and down the Delaware it
will take millions to replace the
bridges and repair the damage.
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Coming to Iowa to Study Agriculture.

Ames, Ia, Oct. 11.-Prof. q. ]. Zin-
thee, of the department of farm me-
chanics at the Iowa state college, has
received communication from G. f.
Rush, of Kent, Eng, asking for
information in regard to this depart
ment. Mr.. Rush is organizing a party
of Englishmen to study agriculture in
this country. They will visit Ames to
take work in farm mechanics as stu
dents.
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Divorce ga Crime Against God"

Morristown, Pa, Oct. 1.-The gener-
al council of the Evangelical Lutheran
church, after discussing the divorce
question, passed resolutions declaring
the dissolution of marriage bonds "a
crime against God that cannot be NIT
igated or apologized for by any defect
of the civil laws"
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Another Tribute to Mckinley.

Adams, Mass, Oct. ia monu.
ment to President William Mckinley,
erected by the town, was unveiled Sat
urday in the presence of thousands CT
persons. Among the speakers were
John D. Long, who was secretary OF
the navy in McKinley's cabinet.
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Arrested at the Courthouse.

Hannibal, Mo-, Oct. 11.-Robert Men
efee was arrested by Sheriff Bowen
while he was trying to secure license
at Palmyra to marry Miss BERTHE Gill
ker. The couple eloped to Palmyra and
were at the courth ouse when Menefee
was taken into custody.
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CITY THAT IS DYING.
Once Prosperous Nevada Town Slow
ly DwindlinE to DelapidatiOn
and Decay.

virginia ClIy, NeF., uaS just ABOUT
reached the limit of going down HILL"
said George w. Sproule, clerk of the
United States court, reports the Helena
Record. 1.-THE authorities have abolished
the street lights, discharged the solitary
night Waterman and reduced the fire de-
partment to two men. Listen to this"
continued Mr.. Sproule, as he picked up
Nevada Newspaper and read: 1.-THE
Virginia Enterprise says that owing to
the shortness of funds in the Storey
county treasury the commissioners have
found it necessary to cut of all expenses
possible After the first of next month
there will be no more street lights on the
old Comstock. The fire department is to
be reduced to two men and the one po-
liceman now doing duty at night will be
dispensed with. Poor old Virginia. It
seems pity that place once the live
Hest in the world should go SO completely
to the dogs that there is nothing left
worth stealing and the few people left
there must either stay at home nights or
carry lanterns
'T lived in Virginia City nearly 80 years
ago." said MI. Sproule, land at that time
the town had population Of 10000 per-
sons. 1t doesn't seem possible that it
should have reached its present state of
dilapidation. In those days 1t was the
liveliest place in the west, bar none.
There are hundreds Of persons now
living In Montana who once lived in Vir-
ginia City, and none of them but will re-
member the old town in its palmy days.
and to think that now there isn't even a
policeman on duty there!"
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Fatally wounded with Birdshot.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Oct. &c. R. Tooth
man, a crack gun shot, was fatally
wounded near here yesterday. He
says it was an accident, but attending
physicians believe he was shot by soma
one else, as a charge of birdshot en-
tered the lungs at the back. Tooth
man refuses to answer questions.
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omaha Live stock.

Omaha, Oct. 13.-Cattle-Receipts, 5000.
Native steers, $3.75@5.65; COWS and heif-
,ers. s3.OO94.25; western steers, $310q4.10;
Texas steers. $2.65@3.65; stockers and
feeders, s2.50q410; calves, .00Q50O.
Hogs-Receipts. $500. Heavy, S5.25dsS 30.
light, $5.40l5.5 80; bulk of sales. $5.25q5.40.
Sheep-Receipts, 1880. Western year
lings, s3.4Oa3.6O; wethers. s.. 4O4360 ewes.
81. 1903 10; lambs, S4.095.00.
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Remarkable Engine Feat.

An engine used in some works in syria.
cuse, N. Y, is stated, upon very reliable
authority, to have recently completed
continuous run of % months. During the
whole of this period it had never once
been stopped, and since the speed was
$50 revolutions per minute this engine
performed the astonishing total of some
2ll, 900 900 revolutions without a stop
As Is wen known, 1t is seldom that an en-
ei,e is run for week without beina
given a rest for some slight examinations
of its parts. although, of course. the en-
sines on liners and warships run.
times, for as much as three weeks with
out stopping.
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Farmer swlndled by Strangers.

Houston, Mo-, Oct. 1.-Two stran.
gers who gave their names as Fried
ley and Welshman, swindled John w.
Teer, of Evening Shade, Texas county,
out of about $1,000 by giving notes and
bogus security. They bought several
horses of Teer and left the country.
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Cuba Fails to Get Her Loan.

New York, Oct. 11.-For three weeks
eminent representatives of Cuba have
been vainly trying in New York to Sc
cure the first loan 35,O0O,OOO) the lit
tie nation has sought since it's enamel
patton. 1t was stated by Gen. Maria
Menocal, one of the commission, that
Cuba may be compelled to contract her
loan in some foreign country.
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suror,.ed Three Burglars.

Olivet, S. D., Oct 10.-Robbers en-
tered the courthouse here, but were
surprised before they succeeded in
opening the safe. One was captured
and says three men were concerned If
the robbery. One of those who escaped
was wounded. ,R3
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Evanpelist Moody's widow Dies.

East Mortified, Mass, Oct. 12.-Mrs.
Dwight L. Moody, widow of the evan
gelist, died Saturday afternoon at her
home. She had been suffering for
some time from an internal trouble
She was 50 years old.
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Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-Wheat-No. 2 red. SIC:
No. 3, sO9S1c; No. = hard winter. 7S1z@
SO15c; No. 8, 76d7sc: No. northern spring,
SAC; No. 2. s1@S2c; No. 3. T9S0c. Corn
No. 2. 45Q45Ac; No. 3. 44A@45c. Oats
No. 2. 36@S61sc; No. 3, 351s@36c.
Futures: Wheat-October, 79Ac: De.
cember 1850; old. 79%c; May. 1914 @T93sc.
Corn-October, 45c; December. 45i4c; May.
46Ac. Oats-October. 371sc; December,
S7ssc; May, 37AQ373sc.
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Negroes Want into White Schools
Coffeyville, Kan. Oct. 10.-James
Moore, colored, has asked the district
court to issue writ of mandamus
compelling the Coffeyville school board
and School Superintendent Ringle to
Hdmit the colored children into all the
school rooms in the city.
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Death of Noted Jewish Scholar.

Philadelphia, Oct. 14.-Dr. Marcus NJ
Jastrow, Hebrew scholar and educator
and one of the best-known Jews in the
country is dead. He was chief editor
of the talmud department of the Jew
ish encyclopedia and his reputation as
a talmudial scholar and writer was
worldwide. s