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WONT MODIFY DECREE.
nr. Knox Doesn't Intend to Pull Thorns
Out of the Northern Securities
Pathway.

Washington. April 2O.-Referring to
the application at ST. Paul in behalf of,
the Northern Securities company, the
department Of justice has made public
the following Geographic Instructions
Of the attorney general sent tossthes
United States attorney at st. Paul on
the 14th instant:
1T is likely defendants in the North
ern Securities case will forthwith and.
possibly without notice appeal to the
circuit court or judge thereof for modi-i
1catlon of decree pending appeal,,for for
order making appeal operate.as super
sedeaS. You are directed to watch this
matter closely, and earnestly oppose
my such application, on ground that
jurisdiction between private parties.
but special and enlarged statutory
remedy in equity to enjoin violation OF
4 penal Law. The decree finds defend
ants guilty of violating the declared
public policy Of the nation. For the
reason the government opposes any
suspension or modification of the judg-i
ment of the court. The modification
proposed would in effect be an indul-!
sence to continue to violate q law OF
the United States. AS the suspension
Of the operation Of law is not the ex-
ercise of a judicial function, it is in
conceivable that equity rule. SO contem-,
plates vesting such power in a court.
That rule ~contemplates suspension or
| modification upon terms hat will Sc
cure rights of an opposite party as
! could be protected by q bond to in.
lemnify. This is not such a case. The
principal relief granted by this decree
IS the Injunction; to suspend it would
produce the same effect as a certificate
If division in the circuit court, and de-
Drive the decree Of its force and neal
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
LEGISLATORS ARE
GETTING PANICkY
Missouri Lawmakers Scatter
ing in All Directions to
Escape Folk.
EVIDENCE ACCOMMODATING
Checks for Doodle Have Been Traceo
and Considerable States Evidence
Secured-Four indictments
Are Returned.

ST. Louis, April 21.-Circuit Attorney
Folk, o after the Missouri legislature
tor boodling, doesn't know h require
ments OF official courtesy. He Is dis
gusted because Attorney General Crow.
At Jefferson City, after getting Lieut.
anant Governor Lee in his clutches,
permitted him to escape and get OUT
side the state.
Lee, self-confessed boodler, is now
4 fugitive. He promised Crow he would
come here. A constable who found him
Oh a train at Kansas City wanted to
.Irest him.
But I'm on this train now, to go to
st. Louis" said the official.
He was let off, and wen straight
east, probably to Chicago.
Folk called up Grow by telephone
and wanted to know why he let Led
escape. Grow explained that decent
courtesy to a fellow officer of the state
compelled him to take Lees pledge
md not disgrace him by an arrest. MIR,
Folk grunted ~disgustedly.
Will Get Him Vet.
Mr.. Folk operates like creased light
ming when he gets after q gang OF
ooodlers. That's why half the states
men In Missouri-from a United States
senator down-are shaking in their
soots as If they had cases Of Arkan-
q NGuC. AiCy hAAOT ~
Folk lightning will strike next.
But Lee will have to come back, If
he has run away. Folk will locate him
and requisition for him. Grand juries
are grinding away both here n at
Jefferson City. At Jefferson four in
dictments have been returned against
senator's, two for soliciting and two
for taking brides. It appear $1,000
per vote was the schedule fixed by
statesmen who were willing to be in
auenced in their baking powder views.
Folk has got an immense amount of
evidence II hand, including tracings of
many Doodle checks which legislators
cashed. Il is reported that legislators
in all parts of the state are being
hourly called outside of Missouri ON
important business, and the suspicion
Is that they don't want to be in range
Of Folks s%ubpoenas. At the present
rate of exodus, a special session of the
legislature would hardly drum UP a
tuOrum In another week,
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DENIED NEW TRlAL.I.
Mrs. Lille Is Sentenced to lmprison-
ment for Life for Killing Her
Husband.

David City. Neb, April 21.-Judge
Good Saturday overruled the mo-
ton of Mrs. Lena M. Lille for a new
trial and sentenced her to imprisonment
for life at hard labor. Mrs. Lille was
bold n defiant in replying to the
courts question whether she had any
thing to say. She said:
II want to say to the court that J.
am no guilty, and I feel 1 have not
had a fair trial as a citizen Of the
United States. L feel that no more
monstrous injustice ever happened in
Nebraska than this just perpetrated
here. Witnesses have sworn to false
hoods as black as they could be-"
Then she sat down, with eyes FASH
Ing; but the piteous sobs Of her mother
and father, who sat near her, caused
her to lose her iron composure n
Weep. She will be taken to Lincoln in
thirty days. Meanwhile the case will
be appealed to the supreme court.
October "a last David City was aroused
by the Information that Harvey Lille, a
grain man, had been murdered in bed by a
! burglar. Mrs. Lille, in bed beside him,
awakened at the shot, saw a man standing
over them. AT his command she lay still.
and allowed him to escape. Then she
aroused the house and netghbors, but
there was M trace of the murderer.
The case was mysterious, and the po-
lice were unable to find a clue. December
70 Mrs. Lille was arrested, charged with
the crime. 1t was alleged she killed her
husband to get $500 life insurance, which
she badly needed because she had been
q customer of bucket shops and had lost.
Circumstantial evidence seemed to bear
out the theory.
The town was soon torn by factions.
one believing In the innocence, the other
in the guilt of the woman. When the case
was called for trial excitement was at
fever heat.
March 3 the jury brought in a verdict of
guilty and recommended life inlprison-
seemed in line with facts. Mrs. Lille
bore up braveiy. but after the jury re-
ported, seeking an ante-room, she burst
evidence and tried to impeach the jurors.
but in vain.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
MORGAN is Sc YEARS OLD.
And He Has Done Most of His Big Fl:
~nanciaI Feats Since He Was Three
Score Years Of Ace. u

New York, April 2o.-J. Pierpont5
Morgan is &C years old today. He does
aot like dinner parties or loving cups,
and appeared at his Office as usual. The
great successes Of Mr.. Morgan's career
lave been achieved since his Goth birth
lay. He first became prominent in the
financial world about 20 years ago.
when he went to Europe and success
July sold $25,000,000 of New York
Central stock. His second great ven
cure was leasing the West Shore to the
New York Central for 99gyears. Will
lam H. Vanderbilt was SO pleased with
his coup that he made Mr.. Morgan "a
present Of an $4,000 silver service
Since then he has organized many huge
industries, including the American
Mailing company, General Electric,
Federal Steel, the American Bridge
ending with the reorganization Of the,
Northern Pacific railroad and, with j.
J. Fill, Northern Securities.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
HORSE THIEVES ACTIVE.
Central Nebraska Farmers Up in Arms
Over Recent Depredations. &.

Over Recent De%predations.
Ravenna, Neb., April p. - Horse
thieves are making themselves felt
in the central counties of Nebraska
and the farmers n stockmen are agl-
tating the formation of an old-time
vigilance committee which will take
such radical! action with the guilty BAR
ties that q cessation OF the d~epredations
will result. The proposed organization
Will embrace the counties of Buffalo,
Hall. Sherman, Valley, Dawson, Custer
and Howard. Such is the state of mind
concerning the operations Of horse
thieves that should the two men who
are known to have operated here be APP
pretended there would be some trouble
in allowing the law to take it's course. /;
JOIN H. O'kane OF G%othenburg and
Albert Siegel of Valley county both ar
rived In town, searching for missing
outfits.
Mr.. Siegel last fall hired a ~17-year-old
boy, just over from Sweden, to gather
corn for him. Last Monday, just before
starting for Ord, Mr.. Siegel instructed
him to hitch q team to a drag and break
down cornStalks. Instead, the boy,
whose, name is John Stolz, hitched the
best team on the farm to a buggy and
drove to Arcadia, where he called at
the postoffice and was handed a letter
that had come to him from Sweden(
- la "a TX y o. liOuSIN
the earth had swallowed him. A SRI
reward is offered for the arrest and
conviction Of the thief.
Last fall O'INane oaned an outfit to-
a man who had been working for him.
to go to neighbors and gather corn. The
fellow drifted eastward, reporting once,
a week. Finally reports ceased to come
and O'kane grew uneasy When he
started on the search he found that the
horses had been driven to Gibbon.
There the thief met .John Nacek n
succeeded in selling him the team, har-
ness and wagon at a good, round fig
ure and then disappeared. Mr.. O'Kane
located the outfit yesterday and this
morning Mr.. Vacek voluntarily sur
rendered possession. A sharp lookout is
being kept for the thief, however, and
several strong clews have developed.
1t is believed that he Will be run down
before long.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
STOCKS In A TRUST.
Alleged Plan by Which Financiers VIII
Continue the Merger and Yet Not
Have a Mercer.

Chicago, April 2o.-1n connection with
he rumor that the Great Northern will
pay a dividend as usual May 1, and
speculation as to the effect on Northern
securities, a financial authority says:
The suit of the state OF Minnesota
against the Northern Securities, which
went against the defendants in the
United States district court, will not
be appealed to the supreme court. The.
stocks of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern, which were held by the
Northern Securities will revert to the
.wo companies n pass into the hands.
IF the former owners Those securities
being held finally by the anne persons
who controlled them under the Secur-
tiles. company, will hen be placed in.
trust and voted as a unit, each or
ganized company maintaining a sep
arate organization"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
TOO MANY STRIKES.
Chicago Federation of Labor Fears the
Thing Is Being O%verdone, and
Discussed Il Seriously.

Chicago, April 21.-'Mushroom"
strikes, called without proper consid-
GRAFTON by new unions, are denounced
by the Chicago Federation of Labor.
1T is nothing ~ strike, strike,
strike" declared James j. Linehan. IF
it doesn't cease soon we will rave an
archy, and the educated, organized
labor movement will have to protect
society"
Mr.. L%inehan's view was opposed by
Delegate Washington. w organize to
better our condition." said he, land then
you tie our hands,
But Mr.. Linehan remained firm.
Men organize a union II week" said
he, land the next ask Endorsement for a
strike. They are making the Fedora
ton of Labor a fomenter of strikes, al
though it is not responsible for two
thirds of them"
"A strike is war" said John G. Hard
ing Of Typographical union No. 16,
IAN before a union plunges into war
it should see whether it is prepared
and has a reasonable chance"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
BOOM FOR HARRISON.
Chicago Admirers Of Their Mayor Start
a Movement to Get Him Into
the White House..

Chicago. April 21.-Mayor Harrison's
presidential boom was launched yester-
day with h Chicago democratic club.
Captain Adrian A. Arson of baseball
fame started the ball rolling in the
presence of 400 Harrison democrats in
the drill room at Masonic temple. A
number Of orators who followed him
pushed it along" and the assemblage
grew enthusiastic.
The mayor occupied a seat on the
platform and seemed to like it. He
smiled when the veteran baseball cap
tain said: Its not %pennants we are
after now, but to land our mayor in the
White house."
The new club is to rival the Cook
county democracy which has led twenty
years. From the tone Of the speakers,
the organization Is to take on a national
air with the purpose Of promoting the
Harrison interests.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
SIX ARE KILLED,
SIX BADLY HURT
Limited Train on Erie Wrecked
and Then the Wreckage
Burned.
ACCIDENT AT A SIDING
ACCIDENT AT A SIDING
Passenger Crashed Into tho Rear Sec
ton Of a Freight That Had Broken
in Two, and an Awful Fa-
tally Followed.

Jamestown, N. Y, April 21.-A coup
ling broke on a west-bound freight on
the Erie railroad at Red House at {
o'clock this morning, just as the train
was leaving the main track. Before 1t
could be stopped the New York-Chi-
cago limited, east-bound, crashed into
the freight. The passenger engine,
combination baggage and passenger
car, day coach and two sleepers left
the track.
The wreck caught fire Immediately
and all the cars We're quickly burned.
Baggageman Hotchkiss wa killed and
also two women and e. child who board
ed the train at Youngstown, o. The
bodies Of two men We're taken from the
wreck, burned beyond Identification.
Six or more less seriously injured pas
sengers and trainmen were taken to
the Salamanca hospital. "
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
NEW CRUISER
West Virginia Slips From the Ways at
Newport News.

Newport News, April 21.--The new
cruiser West Virginia was launched
this afternoon, Miss Catherine
Vaughan, eldest daughter Of Governor
White Of West Virginia, acting as
sponsor
The West Virginia, which is a sister
ship TO the California and Pennsyl-
vania, is an arnored cruiser of II, 900
tons displacement. Her hull is of steel,
5c2 feet long. So " foot beam. A horse
power OF $4,000 is Indicated to produce
Il speed of % knots.
The vessels complement is ~ off,
GERS. 383 seamen n marines. Her
battery consists of 4 S-inch breech-
loading rifles. Ia 6-inch rapid firing
guns, is 3-inch guns, u 3-pounders,
4 %1-pounder automatic, 4 ~1-pounder
rapid-1ire, 6 Colt automatic, 2 machine
guns and 9 3-inch field guns.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
CAUSES OF CANCER.
Valuable Conclusions of Long Inquiry
Are to Be Made Public

New York, April 21.-In a few days the
results Of Investigations carried on for
months by we'll known psychologists and
Psychologists regarding the cause Of can
GER and cancerous growths. will probably
be fully revealed in a paper written by
DR.. Bertram II. Buxton, bacteriologist and
general scientist.
Briefly, the Investigations have revealed
that cancer is duo to chemical changes in
the blood; that every part or tissue Of
cancer has the power Of producing fer
mentation; that in there powers Of causing
fermentation, cancerous tissues are akin
to the tissues OF the stomach; that by
proving this theory, the theory that can
Ger was due to a parasite is disproved.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
Murderer Is Hanued.

Kansas City, April 17.-John Bud Tay
Tor, former baseball player, was hanged
here this morning for the murder in.
March, 1901, Of Ruth Nollard, his former
sweetheart. Taylor expressed sorrow for
his crime, but added: 81 loved her and
not willing to live without her.
Taylor's crime was prompted by Jealousy
because the girl Tilted him.
Shortly before the march to the
scaffold Taylor handed his brother q
small package of ~strychnine. The MUIR
derer said he had the powder for sew
eral months and intended to commit
suicide last night. After being con-
verified yesterday. however, he decided
to meet his fate. Taylor was probably
the coolest man ever hanged in jack
son county.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
VENEZUELA is FRIENDLY

South American Republic Thinks the
n United States Is About Right.
Il New York, April PA wonderful
Change in popular feeling, and remarkable
ssgroWth OF sentiment favorable 10 the
Emitted States, are reported by Minister,
gAugusto II. Pulido, recently returned,
Rtroin Caracas, whittier he went to con-
suit President Castro concerning thu
Venezuelan negotiations with the allies.
8and to get castro's approval OF references
The iiasEe.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
IRON WIN.
Strikers Return to Work and Differ
ences Will Be A%rbitrated,

New York, April 21.-The iron work
ers' strike against the American Bridge
company was settled today at a confer
ence between representatives OF the
union and the superintendent Of the
bridge company. It is understood the
agreement provides the men shall re-
turn to work on the conditions prevail
ing before the strike and if representa-
tives on both sides cannot agree on q
schedule of hours and wages for next
year the matter shall be referred tt
arbitration. Also. it is understood the
strike is to be called off as soon the
bridge company discharges the non.
union men now in Its employ.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
DOWlE S FIGHT.

Effort to Keep Electric Road Out OF
Zion Proves a Failure.
Chicago, III, April 2l.-After a sharp le-
gal fight with John Alexander Dowie in
circuit court at NYaukegan, Alexander
of this city has practically won the
right for the proposed North Shore rail-
road to pass through Zion City. Dowie
promised to arrange a satisfactory route
for the road after no called the project a
Visionary scheme and damaging to his
model tow
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
GOING TO BUY ART.
Tom Walsh Will Put a Wholesale Line
in New Washington Palace.

New York, April 21.-Thomas Walsh,
the Colorado Croesus. has sailed for
Europe to purchase 81, O00. 900 worth of
art treasures for one of the most costly
palaces in the world, just completed in
Washington. 1t will be opened in the
fail. One Of the novelties Is auto
matte music for the living and sleep
ing rooms. BY simply touching a small
lever the occupant Of the room on aris-
ing can listen to rag time or the latest
opera. Mr.. Walsh. who went west
without a dollar, is now n Of the
richest men Of the world.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
CHICAGO A ALL.
Windy City Has by Far the Larger
Number of Divorced People.

Windy City Has by Far the Larger
Number Of Divorced People.
Washington, April 21.-There are now
1855 divorced people in the United States,
OF whom 32,25 are women and 1884 are
men. The reason for such an excess Of
women is explained on the theory hat di-
voreed men are more apt to remarry than
divorced women There are very few
cities in which the number of divorced
men is greater or even equal to the num-
Der of women Omaha is the most con-
%sptcuous. for among the inhabitants are
249 men and 236 women who have been
separated from their conjugal mates by
the courts.
Chicago is the champion divorce city.
Although the 4.s41 divorced people who re-
side there may not nave been separated
by the local courts, they have neverthe-
less chosen 1t as a place Of residence, and
they number more than twice as many as
are found in New York.
The following table gives a list OF the
principal cities n the number Of di-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
DYNAMITE is USED.
Revolutionists in salonica Turn Battls
With Turks by Throwing Bombs
w ~ Amond 1ronns

salonica, April 1s.-A saaguinary fight
has occurred at the village of Opela be.
tween revolutionists from Palanka and
Turkish troops. After the had
lasted some time, the reyolutionists get.
ting the worst of it, a dozen Of them be.
ing killed or wounded, they resorted tc
the use Of dynamite and hurled bombs
among the Turks. seventy Of whom were
killed and wounded. In the panic the reyo.
lutionists broke through the Turkish cor.
don and escaped.
Madrid, April 1S.-Martial law has been
proclaimed at Cordova in consequence OF
rioting by agricultural laborers who arr
IN strike there.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
MORE REVELATIONS.
Governor Taylor of Kentucky Further
implicated in GoebeI Crime.

0oVSfHo' ! ayFVI ct TSHSUCNy FUTIE0F
implicated in GoebeI Crime.
Frankfort, KY, April THE Franklin
county circuit court room was again
packed to the doors today with the crowd
in attendance at the Howard trial. Henry
e. Youtsey was still on the stand for
cross-examination. Youtsey told of maxi
ing an arrangement with Mason and
Hockersmith, colored, to kill Goebel.
Hockersmith wanted to interview Cover
nor Taylor before doing the shoot
ing n witness went to see Taylor to ar
range for an. interview. Taylor told the
witness he could not afford to risk the
negro, witness returned andsstold
Hockersmith what he said. Johnson, who
also had been selected to do the killing.
knew when he arrived here he had been
selected TODD the killing. 3sssssSss s.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
SHIP GOES TO e

British BattIeship Sent There Becaus~
Of the Eastern Complications.
valetta, Island Of Malta, April 2l.-Th,
British battleshlp Victorious, which ha.
been ordered to sail for Greece swing t.
the threatening aspect Of affairs in thi
Balkans. sailed during the night. TIL,
nava review and other ceremonie,
planned for today In honor Of the visi
of King Edward to Malta were counter
manded in consequence OF bad weather.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
BATTLE WITH BURGLARS
:'rpriscd While at Work on a Sank

S 'rpriscd While at Work on a Eank
and One is Killed.
Z Wampum, Pa, April 21.-In q battle
following an unsuccessful attempt 10
Fob the First National bank of this
place early today, burglar Was
BILLED and Henry WilioGghby, u baker,
Svho surprised the thieves While at
Norl, was seriously MouIlded. VIII
Aoughby was passing the bank on his
way 10 work when he vas suddenly
Eonfronted by a man who. at the point
pf q revolver, ordered him tc throw UP
alis hands and keep quiet. He did SO
but in the right hand was a revolver
eE1ld u later both men fired .
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
HOTEL is BURNED.

Guests Have to Jump From Upper
Windows in Confiagration.
Grand Rapids, Wis, April 21.-The Dixon
hotel was Quilted by fire early this morn
Ing. The fire started from a furnace
Joseph Whitney, a lumberman. Architect
Shandler Of Racine, George N. Wood and
others escaped by jumping from the third
story windows. Whitney was slightly In
jured. The loss is heavy. Many guests
lost all their baggage.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
BOB GREATLY AFFECTED
Former Champion Breaks Down at the
Funeral of His Wife.

New York, April 21.-The interment of
the body Of Mrs. Robert Fitzsimrnons
will be In Kensico this afternoon. The
funeral services were conducted yester-
day at B~ensonhurst. The Rev. Charles
Benedict of1iciated. Bob Fitzsimmons,
bowed with grief, was surrounded by
friends, among whom were James j.
Jeffries, Martin Julian n Mrs. Julian,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Williams.
When che clergyman spoke in eulogy
of Mrs. Fitzsimmons her husband broke
down and was led from the room by
Mr., Julian.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-04-24
SHEEP VS.. CATTLE
Disagreement Between Their Herders
Threatens War in the Sweetwater
Country of Wyominq.

Cheyenne, Wyo, April 21-The sheep
men Of the Sweetwater country have
declared open war upon the cattiemen
and a clash is imminent unless steps
are at IN taken to get the warning
factions together on a proposition of
satisfactory division Of the ranges. In
formation from Lander is that the
militia there may be called out to pre-
vent q general fight and much blood
shed.