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torial election, as indicative Of the
and of attracting the independent
vote. secured him the Democratic
nomination for the presidency in 1884.
In the November election the popular
vote cast for Mr.. Cleveland was 4,911.-
OH, as against 4,S4S,2 1884 cast for Mr..
Blaine.
Cleveland's first administration was
marked by general prosperity; by the
admission of four new states (Wash-
inston, Montana, North Dakota and
South. Dakota) to the Union, and by
a freer use of the veto power than
had generally been exercised by other
presidents. On the meeting of CON
gress, in December, 1887, he devoted
his annual message mainly to the adj
vOcacy of a reduction in tariff 1uyies
In order to prevent the further IT.
crease OF the surplus in the United
States treasury. This message occa-
stoned a prolonged discussion of the
principles of protection and furnished
the issue in the national political cam
palSn in 1888, when Mr.. Cleveland
was renominated by the Democrats
and Benjamin Harrison was chosen
as the Republican candidate. Al
though the former received a popular
majority larger than he had in 1884,
the latter had the greater number of
electoral votes, and accordingly on
March 4. 1889, Mr.. Cleveland left
Washington and removed to New
York 10 engage in the practice of law.
Continued Same Policy.
Cleveland's second administration
was simply a continuation OF the pol
icy that ruled him during his first
term. New questions arose of the
greatest inn ortance, but he met them
all from precisely the same stand.
point, and with the same
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SWEPT AWAY IN THEIR HOMES
Men and Boys Work Ail Night in
Canoes Rescuing People From
Limbs of Trees.

wellington, Kan, July /. - Five
persons are known to have been
drowned and a number are missing as
creek, east of this place. which was
caused by a cloudburst north of here
last night.
The first warning of the food was
when water began to creep into the
houses along Harvey and Lincoln
an hour it had reached its crest.
Numbers of people fioated away in
their houses or on the roofs. Many of
them seized the limbs of trees, as
their houses tloated by and pulled
themselves to places of safety.
During the entire night men and
boys worked industriously in canoes
rescuing people from tree tops and
the tops of houses.
Five inches of rain fell within an
hour and five feet of water flowed
through the town, taking houses from
their foundations.
Train Service Halted.
Beatrice. Neb., July /. - All trains
: on the Union Pacific between Beatrice
and Manhattan were annulled yester
day because of %washouts along that
line. The Blue river is a raging tor
rem here, and last night reached d
stage which forced thirty families tC
abandon their homes. The flood is
the result of a c]loudburst late Satur
day night. which sent the stream III
at the rate of a foot an hour.
Along the Blue river valley crops
have been almost entirely destroyed
Several thousand acres of wheat
ready to harvest will be a total loss.
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CROPS ARE DEVASTATED.
Hail Storm Destroys a Wide Area OF
GROWING Grain in South Dakota.

Beresford. S. D.. July /. - The
most disastrous hail and wind storm
that struck the state in years ravaged
the farms in this locality early sun
day morning, completely devastating
crops over a territory six miles wide
and ten miles long. Beresford was
the center of the storm. which
amounted to a veritable food, accom-
panied by hail. which drove all grow
ing crops into the ground. Over sixty
square miles of rich farm land there
will not have an acre of grain har-
vested. and much pasture land is beat
en- out by hail, the grass roots being
killed. There was no wind accom-
panying the storm, but the damage
will reach S100, 000.
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Body Found Under Loo Jam.

Grantsburg, Wis, July /. Word
reached here that the body of Zach
kessler. twenty-eieht years old, living
forty-fve miles northeast of here.
whose supposed drowning was report
ed a few days ago. had been found in
the st. CroiX river near the Indian
village at the mouth of the Yellow.
The verdict Of the coroner's jury was
that the man came to his death b,
accidental drowning. The body was
found under a log jam.
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NEWS OF the WEEK IN tPTOMt
important Events At Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
Personal.

The Louisiana legislature adopted
resolutions of regret over the death Of
Grover Cleveland.
Sir william Whiteway, former pre-
mier Of Newfoundland, died at st.
Johns, aged e~ighty-one.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of the
president, was given his bachelors
degree after three years of study, hav-
Ing taken extra courses.
w. B. Leeds. an American nnancier,
aied suddenly at the Ritz hotel in Pa
ris. He was at n time prominently
identified with the Rock Island inter-
osts.
President Eliot, at the commence
ment exercises at Harvard university,
announced that the degree of doctor
Of laws had been conferred upon
President Van Hise Of the University
Of wisconsin.
Dr.. Ezra Brainerd, for twenty-five
years president Of Middlebury college
It Middlebury, VT, has retired from
the presidency and his successor.
Rev. DR.. John M. Thomas of Orange.
N. J., has been indicted into the Of
ice.
William F. Traffey. once manager
Of the Baltimore team, and manager
Of the Des Moines team In 1886, when
they made a worlds record of twenty
ave games won in succession, died at
Des Moines OF tuberculosis, aged for.
ty-eight years.
After an illness of several weeks
Charles B. Jefferson, the former the.
atrical manager and eldest son of the
late Joseph Jefferson, died In New
York from a complication Of stomach
troubles. During the active career OF
the late Joseph Jefferson Charles JET
eerson was his fathers manager and
personal representative. He was IF
ty-seven years old.
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WAS SELF-MADE MAN.
Worked His Way From Clerk in Store
to Presidency.

Grover Cleveland. twenty-second
president of the United States and the
only Democratic occupant of the
White House since the Civil war, was
born in Ca dwell. Essex county, N. j..
March Is, 1897. His father was a
Presbyterian clergyman. In his seven
teenth ear Grover became a clerk
and assistant teacher in the New York
institution for the blind in New York
city, in which his elder brother, Will
liam. was then a teacher. In August,
1855, he secured a place as clerk and
copyist for the law firm of Rogers,
Brown & Rogers, n Buffalo, began to
read Blackstone and in the autumn of
that year was receiving 81 a week for
his work. He was admitted to the bar
in 1859.
Became Successful Lawyer.
He was appointed assistant district
attorney of Erie county in 1868, and
held the Office for three years. In
1865, at the g Of twenty-eight. he
was the Democratic candidate for dis
trict attorney, but was defeated by
the Republican candidate, his intimate
friend, Lyman X. Bass. He then be-
came a law partner of Isaac v. Van
derpool. and in 1869 became a mem
Der of the firm of Lanning. Cleveland
& Folsom. He continued a successful
practice until 1870, when he was elect
ed sheriff of Erie county.
In the autumn of 1881 he was nomi-
mated Democratic candidate for mayor
of Buffalo and was elected by a ma
jority of $3.50, the largest ever given
to a candidate in that city. He soon
became known as the veto mayor"
using that prerogative fearless'y in
checking public expenditures that he
deemed unwise, illegal or extravagant.
The reformed methods of administ-at-
ing the city's. affairs, instituted by him
while mayor, led to mis- election in the
following years as governor OF to-
| state OF New York by a majority OF
49,, 900 votes over his opponent. His
| phenomenal success in the guberna-
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Joy Over Nasi's Liberation.

Trapani, Sicily, July 1. = The lib.
GRAFTON of Nunzio Nisi, former minis
ter of public instruction, who has lust
ended a term Of Imprisonment for
embezzlement from the state treas,
ury, is hailed here with great enthu-
siasm.
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Troops Take Field.
FALLS FROM MOVING TRAIN.
Young Woman Walking in Her Sleep
Piunees Through Window.

Waterloo, Iowa, July /. = While
walking in her sleep, Miss Jessie
Shilling, twenty years old, while en
route from Chicago to her home in
Washington state, fell from the win
dow of a rapidly moving Burlington
passenger train near Dubuque. and
strangely enough. will survive the un-
usual accident, though her injuries
are serious.
Miss Shilling's travelling companion
Notified the trainmen. who hurried
back along the tracks, where they
found the girl lying near the rails,
bleeding and unconscious. She was
taken to the neares town and placed
in a hospital.
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Jealous Man Kills Wife.

Sailor Springs. Ill.,, July l. = Jeal-
Gus OF his young wife and mistakins
his son for another man, Julius Turn.
sixty-three years of age. shot his
wife to death from ambush, seriously
wounded his ffteen-year-old son and
attempted to commit suicide near
here last night. He and his wife had
been separated four years.
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Is Taken With Cramps.

Luvernt, Mimi, June 27.-John Wa
tiers, nineteen years old. was drowned
in Rock river yesterday afternoon
while in bathing. He was seized with
cramps and sank before help could
reach him.
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Pardons Ten Conxicts.

Frankfort, KY, June 26. - Acting
Governor Cox yesterday pardoned ten
infirm and blind convicts, being the
greatest number pardoaea 1t one time
in thirty years.
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Street Duel Fatal to Two.

Taylor, a mine superintendent, and E..
w. Priest, an ex-constable, died yes
terday within three hours of each 9th.
er as a result OF a desperate street
duel with pistols last Tuesday.
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LUMBERJAck BADLY CUT.
Drunken Row in Michigan Camp May
Prove Fatal.

H%oughton, Mich, July /. John
Maxi, a woodsman. was probably ia
tally stabbed by August M~atson, also
a lumberjack, as the result of a
quarrel at a camp a few
miles out of Chassell late last night,
Maxi is at st. Joseph's hospital, with
his abdomen badly slashed, and Mat.
son is a prisoner at the county Jail.
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Barron's Firemen Bio Winners.

Barron, Wis, July I. = The Barron
Volunteer Fire company has returned
from the state tournament at Lake
Mills, Wis, with $40 in prizes. Bar.
ron has n of the best volunteer fire
companies in the state. The state
tournament will be held at Ladysmitb
next year.
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Diamond Field Discovered.

Berlin, June PA dispatch receiv-
ed from Windheek, Damara Land,
German Southwest Africa, says that
a diamond field, the extent of which
is nearly ten square miles, has been
discovered at Luderitz bay.
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TWO Killed: Many Hurt.

New York, June 26.-Two persons
were killed tand several injured in an
explosion in the Pennsylvania railroad
cut at Thirty-first street and Ninth
avenue.
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REFORM SCHOOL BOYS ESCAPE.
Attack Guards With Crowbar and
Scatter in All Directions.

Baltimore, Md, July /. - With a
~suddenness that took all of the off
GERS by surprise forty-eight boys of
the Maryland school for boys revolt
ed and escaped from the institution.
Up 10 midnight fourteen had been re-
captured. This was the second out
break at the school inside of two
months.
Led by n Of the largest boys, who
was armed with a crowbar. they
stormed the outer gate yesterday
morning demolished the lock. and
streaming through the portal scatter
ed III all directions.
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Four Deaf; Three Hurt in Explosion.
San Francisco, July -Four per.
sons are dead and three others in.
jured as a result of an explosion fol-
lowed by a fire in the grocery store
OF John Sweeney.
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Student Is

Lincoln. Neb., June rs. = Fred H.
Matteson, a student Of the Ames
dowa) agricultural college. was
drowned In Salt creek. e Lincoln,
last evening.
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WOOL PRICES G
Growers Make Contracts to Sell in
the Neighborhood Of IS Cents.

Lewistown, Mont, July /. - The
idea that there would be a great
slump in prices for wool this season
has been dissipated. About one-half
Of the product of Fergus county has
now been contracted for and the
prices run close to Is cents, which.
while about 3 cents under what the
same clips brought last is
still much better than was generally
expected a few months ago.
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Drug and Hardware Store Burn Dur
ing a Heavy Storm.

AIeXandrla, Mimi, July l.. - The
drug store and hardware establish
ment of +. H. Murray, at Forada. six
miles south of Alexandria, was totally
destroyed by fire. A heavy hail storm
was passing at the time and it is sup
posed thai the fire was caused by
lightning.
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Crimes and Criminals.

Mrs. Olloway was shot ant oiled
By Harry Crawford, . wealthy retired
farmer near DEBORAH, Iowa. He then
killed himself. Il Is said that Craw-
ford vas Ii love with Mrs. Olloway,
but that she did not return the affec-
ton.
Harry Nugget, cashier OF the Peo-
ple,s Bank Of the East Side, was found
dead at Columbus with q bullet hole
II his head. Indications point to sui
eide. INTERROGATION has developed an
alleged shortage Of about $1,000 In
his accounts It the bank.
Quick disposition wa made OF the
case Of George Parkinson. who was
arrested At Fair City, Mont, on the
charge OF horse stealing. Parkinson
Vas brought into court, entered a plea
of guilty 70 grand larceny and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for one
year.
Jessie e. Baldau6. eighteen years
Old, 4 pupil at the Frances Sinner
academy. Mount Carroll. H.. killed
herself with q shotgun at her parents
home. near Pearl City. She was
Respondent because IN n study she
fAi:ed 70 obtain the passing mark.
Mrs. Milo Wilcox. who liyes north
est n Red Oak. Iowa. went violently
insane last week. Securing q butcher
Nc she stabbed her six-year-old son,
oe(1eAed her eleven-year-0ld daughter.
E1ded her severely and then turn
i m knife upon herself, INJECTING
een1orous cuts. The boy died later.
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President Orders Troops to Dor.
der to Prevent Violation
of Neutrality.
REQUEST COMES FROM MEXICO
Mexican Rurales Take Field Against
Marauders-AbsOlute Quiet
Now Reigns.

Washington. July /. - BY direction
If President Roosevelt. Secretary
Taft has issued orders TO the com
handing general of the department
If Texas at San Antonio, to send a
sufficient number of troops to De- no,
q Paso and other points in Texas TO
aid the civil authorities in preserving
order. This action was decided upon
as a result of the request from the
Mexican government that the United
States do its utmost to prevent any
'iolation of the neutrality laws.
May Arrest Rebels.
There is a possibility that the
United States may be called upon to
arrest any of the Mexican revolution
SITS who may cross the border in the
fort to escape from the Mexican au-
.horities. 1t cannot be learned that
any orders to this effect have been
given, as none of the officials having
o do with the matter is willing TO dis
,uss just what is being lone except
hat every step possible is being
aiken to see that the neutrality laws
shall be enforced. The United States
authorities are sincerely working to
he end and assurances have beer re-
ceived from the attorney general OF
he United States and Gov. Campbell
Of Texas that everything will be done
0 compel a strict enforcement OF the
,aw.
Region Now Quiet.
City of Mexico, July Up to this
evening no news of n sort had been
received at the capitol that would in
iicate hat there had been a repeti-
| ion of the disorders similar to those
which occurred at the towns OF vi
asca and Las Nacaso. On the contra
| ry, at the departments OF the interior,
war and state it was reported that alb
solute quiet reigned in the region
| where the two small bands of malcon-
tents had been operating. Word from
| Torreon declares hat the place is as
quiet as any well organized city Of
the United States.
Charged VIII Common Crimes.
The entire direction of the cam
paien against the malcontents is I'M
der the direction Of the secretary of
he interior, Senior Corral, who is also
vice president of the republic. The
government, considering the marau-
ders criminals, is chasing them with
rurales, the mounted police Of the
country. Foreign Minister Mariscal
declared yesterday that those mani
testants who infest the Rio Grande
and are now on the United States soil
will be ~eXtradited on the grounds that
the men are guilty of crimes and not
political ~offenseS.
Troops Take Field.
II Paso. Tex. July According
to information from a reliable source.
official advices have been received in
Juarez, across the Rio Grande from
this city. TO the effect that the $500
federal troops sent to Torreon. Cohau-
liza, have taken the field in an effort to
surround the parties believed to be
responsible for the attacks on Viesca.
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ton had been pronounced n the
members Of the family, President
Roosevelt and others who had gather
ed about the grave. were leaving the
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Casualties.

Three persons were drowned by the
overturning Of a rowboat on the Ohio
river at Louisville, Ky.
The town Of Park Falls, Ont, was
almost completely wiped out by fire,
involving a loss of 100000.
Twelve deaths, due to heat prostra-
lions or allied causes, were recorded
In Chicago in n day last week.
Paul and Fred Foster. brothers.
were drowned while bathing in the
Tittabawassee, near Midland, Mich.
Fred H. Mattson, a student OF the
Ames, Iowa, agricultural college, was
drowned in Salt creek, near Lincoln,
Neb.
Three men were killed by the ex-
plOsiOn OF a boiler of a locomotive on
the Pennsylvania railroad near New
Brunswick, N. ].
Fred Suhr, aged sixteen years, was
drowned In the Menominee river, near
Menominee, Mich, while swimming
with q number Of companions.
Two persons we're killed and several
injured in an explosion in the Penn
sylvania railroad cut at T~hirty-first
street and Ninth avenue, New York.
Oscar wester was drowned while
bathing ii the Ontonagon river at
Ontonagon, Mich. David P. Russ,
while trying to Wester's body
lost his own life.
One man IL dead. another is miss
Ing and nearly q score of others were
Injured BY an explosion on board the
German steamer Arcadia. which ar
rived 1T Philadelphia from Hamburg
last week.
Famed by a high wind, a fire which
broke out at Three Rivers, Que, in a
stable, was not checked until the
greater portion OF the lower town,
containing the business section OF the
city, had been consumed. The loss
will be considerably over $4,000 00.
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Services Were Simple.

cemetery.
Services Were Simple.
Many of the personal friends of the
dead statesman fingered about the
spot which was to mark his last rest
ing place, and each in turn was per-
mitted 10 cast a shOvelful Of earth into
the grave.
Agyeeablv to the wishes of Mrs.
Cleveland, the services, both at the
house and at the cemetery, were OF
the simplest character. An invoca
ton, Scriptural reading, a brief prayer
and the reading of William Words
worth's poem, character of h Hap
by WARRIOR constituted the services
at the house. while the reading of the
burial service at the grave was brief
and impressive.
Distinguished Men Present.
Although the funeral was Of a strict
lv private nature, those in attendance
numbered many distinguished citl-
zens, including President Roosevelt,
GOV. Fort of New Jersey, Gov. Hughes
of New York, Gov. Hoke Smith of
Georgia. former memb ers Of President
Cleveland's cabinet, officials of the
Equitable Life Assurance society,
members of the Princeton university
faculty and friends and neighbors.
Mr.. Cleveland was buried with all
the simplicity and privacy that he
himself might have wished, as a pri-
vate citizen rather than as the former
chief executive of the nation. There
was nothing that savored of the Off
cial. and the military element was in.
jected solely as a measure of precau.
ton in protecting President Roose,
welt.
President oHsppathy.
The presin1 ~ at 4:3s p. IN
and was m5 station by Gov:
Fort. The president, Gov. Fort and
Secretary Loeb were driven at once
to Westland. Upon his arrival at the
house the president went to Mrs
Cleveland, Offering his sympathy anC
expressing keen regret at Mr.. Cleve
lands death.
The president then returned to the
reception room. where the body hat
been removed in the afternoon from
the room on the second floor in which
Mr.. Cleveland died.
Services at the House.
A few minutes later the four clergy
men who officiated came down tn
stairs to the hall leading to the recep
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
.RANCHERS DEEP IN
THE WESTERN HARVEST
Millions of Bushels Will Be
Garnered This Year.

Spokane, Wash, July 1S.-Ranchers
in Washington, Idaho and Oregon are
deep in the wheat harvest. and it is
estimated the total crop for the three
states will aggregate 4S,500.000 bush
els, with a market value of from $685.,
375, 900 to s3S ,so0,000 The last named
figure is for 80 cent grain, which price
the leading buyers. and milling men
in Spokane say will prevail, in view
of the shortage on the Pacific coast
At any rate, they do not believe the
market will open under Is cents The
estimates for 1908 are: Washington,
100000 bushels; Oregon, 12,500. 900
bushels; Idaho. 1000. 900 bushels. The
banner crop in the history of the three
states, harvested In 1907 brought the
farmers a little more than $39, 900. 000
The crop in 1906 was as follows:
Washington, 25,075.25s bushels; Greg
on, 14,215, 597 bushels; Idaho, 1921 900.
bushels. The total acreage in 1908 was
as follows: Washington, LAT 900; Or
egon, 725, 5000; Idaho, $4,000: total, g.
SAG, 900 as against 100000 acres In
1907, as follows: Washington, 1.347.-
900 acres; Oregon, 651. 900 acres; Ida
no, 34z, 900 acres. The barley and
oats crops in Washington are expect.
ed to be heavier in 1908 than they
were In 1907, when 1896. 900 bushel Ia
OF these grains were harvested.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-19
CHICAGO WILL PAY
FINAL TRIBUTE
Memorial to Be Held in Great
Coliseum in Memory of
Cleveland.
IROQUOIS CLUB IN CHARGE.
POLITICIANS AND PERSONAL
FRIENDS OF THE FORMER PRES
IDENT WILL SPEAK TO THoUs-
ANDS OF PEOPLE.

Chicago, ILL.,, July 1S.-Chicagos fin
al tribute to the memory of Grover
Cleveland will take the form of a big
memorial to be held in the Auditorium
Sunday. Personal frineds and politi-
cal associates of the former president
will make the leading addresses and
thousands of citizens Of Chicago will
unite with them to do honor to the
Sage of Princeton" The meeting will
be held under the auspices of the Iro-
quois club, the democratic club of the
city. From the day that news OF
Grover Cleveland's death reached
Chicago, associations. clubs and public
bodies here have Wed with each other
In bearing witness to the admiration
and affection with which the former
president was regarded by democrats