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Iowa

also add to the strength Of the progressives
In the Eighth district, where there are al
ready two candidates In the field-Judge
Towner and Representative Darrah. The
factional lines cannot be drawn entirely
here. for each one VIII break over these
lines. But Darrah is hardly as strong a
man personally In the district as the judge
nor does he have the acquaintance.
In the First district Il V certain there
will be a contest. Representative Kennedy
is not very strong personally. and already
Joseph Frailey Of Lee county is announced
as q candidate against him. There has
also been expectation that Smith Brook
hart Of Washington county would get into
the race. However this may be, it is re-
garded as certain that the First district
will be debatable ground.
No other Contests.
1t is doubtful II there will be contests IN
any of the other districts. In the districts
represented by Hubbard, Haugon, Woods,
Pickett and Good there is no possibility
Of any contest worthy Of the name, The
republicans Of those districts are solidly
back Of the Members Of congress.
In the districts represented by Dawson
and Kendall there is always n chance for
a fight, but nothing has yet developed TO
indicate that 1t will turn up next year. Both
these districts are close at the general
election. so that if there is a fight for the
nomination it will endanger republican sue
cess.
Two things have recently occurred to stir
up matters, especially in the Eighth dis
trict. now represented by a democrat. TIL
first is the discovery that in that distric.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has beer
] nraNsuf1a1 ,9vnH H. 1000 .o- - 81 l.
federal patronage into his own hands ant
to state to the Iowa delegation that he viii
arrange the postoffices to suit himself. n,
has stated that he will not make removal
simply to get new men in. II a postmaste,
is satisfactory he will remain. Inasmucl
as ex-Congressman Hepburn, who ap
pointed all these postmasters, is now 10
Gated in Washington and will remain Their,
easy of access, it is the belief that yir
tually he will handle the patronage of tn
district Just as the patronage of the Sixtl
district was disposed of by Major Lace
after he had been defeated for office.
The other trouble-maker in the Eight
district is the fact that someone, in tn
name of the republican congressional com
: mittee, is said to be sending into the dis
trict literature, especially to editors Of re
( publican papers,, which is distinctly hostil
! to the Iowa delegation in congress. Som
. Of the editors who are receiving the liter
j allure are engaged in exposing the plan!
i and this is causing a great deal of inter
est in the district.
$ Absolutely nothing Is doing in the matte
t Of the state ticket. Practically every stat
s official whose term Of office expires ne1
t year is a candidate for denomination u
5 the theory that a state official whose teri
is good ought to be permitted to hay
another. AS all the state officials have re-
II ords that are hard to attack it is expecte
that a precedent will be set of retainir
e them all in office as long as they desire
IS remain.
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it is inferred that he was shot down while
still some PAGES from the negro.
Whether O'Brien was shot in the first
struggle or when trying to prevent the
Negroes escape could not be determined.
No passengers were on the car, and with
its motorman dead and it's conductor help
less, it started on a VIE. run through the
streets. Several times as it rounded cor
ners without warning from its gong, pedes-
TRANS and vehicles were missed by marrow
margins.
The car kept on to the downtown term
iral, where employees Of the street car
company boarded it and brought 1t to a
halt.
The East ST. Louis s. Suburban Railway
company offered a reward OF $500 for the
arrest of the negro highwayman. Two sus-
poets were taken to police headquarters
shortly before midnight. Bloodhounds,
which were used recently at Cairo, will be
put on the trail tomorrow. The conductors
clothes are being saved to give the dogs
a scent.
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Death Result of Accident.

GALLOWAY, Neb., Dec. 1S.-(Special)-
Chauncey Graham, a young man who was
a week ago accidentally shot at his home
near Arnold, an inland town some twenty
miles northwest of this place, passed away
after lowering between life and death for
over a week. The young man and a friend
were shooting at a mark with a .22-caliber
rifle. The friend was aiming at the marx,
when Chauncey spoke to him, causing him
to Wheel around with the gun pointing
toward him, when in some manner the gun
was discharged, the ball pentrating the
old cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
First white Native of Washington
County Moves

BLAIR, Neb., Dec. ls.-(special)-R, C.
McCandlish has sold his residence property
and will move to HoldreGe. Neb,. where
he has three sons in the electric light
business. Mr.. McCandlish is al old-time
citizen OF this community, being the first
white child born in this county, his parents
living a. the time near Fontanelle. Incl
dental to this is the fact that living here
in Blair, hale and hearty. enjoying with
her aged husband a comfortable home, is
Mrs. A. Achilles. who officiated at MIR,
McCandlish's birth In 1851
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
Car Runs Wild
Four Miles in
Ea St. LOUIS
Highwayman Kills Motorman and
Fatally Wounds Conductor, Who
Was Unable to Stop Car.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1S.-An uncon-
trolled street car, bearing a dead motorman
and a dying conductor, ran wild through
four miles of city streets here tonight. The
men were shot by a negro hlghwayman,
who escaped with a small sum taken from
tn conductor.
According to the few words spoken by
N. p. aO'Brien, the conductor, who is
desperately wounded, the negro boarded
the car near Fireworks station, In the south
eastern part of the city. The conductor
refused to obey the ~highwayman's order
to hold up his hands and a struggle ensued.
E.. V. Goody, the motorman, is supposed
to have started to O'Brien's assistance,
From the position of the bodies in the car,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
Kruger KiIIed Under Cars.

PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 1S.-(Special Tele-
CRAMPS. Kruger, one of the men brought
from Chicago to do railway work at Blunt,
was brought to the hospital here last night
with both legs cut off by falling under
the east-bound passenger train at Blunt
last evening, He lived to reach the hos
p!tal, but died soon afterwards from the in
juries received. on his person WAS found
a ticket to Chicago, but he was attempting
TO ride the blind baggage with friends not
so lucky, and fell under the baggage car.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
WOMEN ASK FOR PROTECTION
Petition Requesting Intervention
Presented to Acting Consul.
WASHINGTON NOT SURPRISED
Diplomat Says Zelaya IL vindictive
and that His Cruelty Is n
BywOrd I'm Central
America.

MANAGUA, Via Corinto, Dec. lS.-Some
OF the most prominent women In Managua
have sent a petition to Henry Caldera, the
acting consul of the United states here.
Their names are signed TO the petition,
which sets forth the tortures to which
Zelaya's prisoners have been subjected,
and ~pitifully requests the Intervention Of
the American government.
"Numberless prisoners" says the petit
ton. have been tortured in their cells
in the prison, their antilles have been i'm
poverished, liberty has been crushed and
patriots have been killed because of their
efforts to end crimes, extorelon and
tyranny and to prevent the assassination
OF Groce and Cannon.
I'VE implore you to bring the malefac-
tor to justice that his many crimes may
receive the punishment they deserve, and
that he be not permitted to escape"
For weeks the associates and adherents
of Zelaya have been conducting a reign
Of terror. Their chief victims have been
the best people of the country. Property
has been confiscated. fathers and sons
imprisoned, wives and daughters forced to
submit to unspeakable outrages, dragged
out to jail or cruelty injured. So appall-
ing were the conditions that a large num-
Der of women met together and finally de-
cided to submit their plea to the represen-
atative of the government whose warships
are close at hand. 1t is not only their
own protection they seek, but the safety
of those, who, in the last few days, have
had courage enough to rise in the public
places and denounce Zelaya.
Many Prisoners Released.
The agitation became so strong against
the holding of hundreds, and perhaps thou
sands in prison, that the officials deemed
it advisable to take steps to release al
least some of those against whom crimes
had only been alleged. Most of the politi
cal prisoners, therefore, were released to-
day, but there are still many others be
hind the walls.
1t was after the American warship!
reached Corinto that the demonstration
against zayala became pronounced, TO
those who have been crying for the revo
luton were fully convinced that bluejacket
and marines from the ships would b
landed. Now they are terrified lest n
. men are sent ashore. In such an even
: they fear repraisals by the Zelayan force
which are still strong in Managua.
= Many revolutionary suspects have bee
thrown into prison and put to torture, an
! there are a number now in chains VIII
. refuse to do the bidding of the govern
. ment. Among these is Anibel Chavez, a
officer in the army, who was in comman
of the firing squad when Groce and Can
non were brought out for execution. H
refused to give the firing order, exclaim
z ing, as he threw down his sword: Il al
n a soldier, not a murderer"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20

BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. ~18.-(Special Tel
egram)-The case Of the state against Fred
T. Robinson OF Lincoln, charged with muir
dering his wife, Ellen. in this city Noven-
Der Is, was called in county court today
and continued to December 20.
The Chamberlain case, which has been
on trial here the last three weeks, will
probably go to the jury late tonight. Argu-
ments were made In the case this evening
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
Iowa
SENATOR CUMMINS HOME
He Says He is Pleased with the
Political Situation.
INSURGENTS GAIN STRENGTH
Expresses Belief tina Next Congress
VIII Not BE Democratic
Fight for Iowa Seals I'm
Congress.
SENATOR
HOME
sURGENTs GAIN STRENGTH
rrom a stnfr correspondentl

From n staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Ia, Dec. 19.-(special Tel
egram)-Senator Cummins returned today
from washington and expressed himself as
immensely pleased with the political sltua-
ton both at Washington and-in Iowa
II am confident hat the insursent
strength In the senate viii be increased
10 about twenty before the winter is over"
he said. The reactionaries realize now
that there is a fight on hand and that
not only the west, but all over the coun-
try the progressive cause has been gain
ing ground Rapidly. They are expecting
a democratic congress next time, but l
believe we win disappoint them and make
such gains, especially with progres sives,
that the congress win be all right"
The senator indicated that he never has
had any doubt as to the outcome Of next
years primaries in Iowa and that the
progressives viii make great gains in the
state. He is especially wen pleased with
the settlement OF difficulties In the Seventh
district.
senator DOwcII Withdraw.
The return Of senator ummins from
Washington, together with the announce
ment lust made that Senator Dowell ha,
Withdrawn from the congressional race II
the capital district, has started polltica
AiHHAD III NAC oANNNH 49,
due to arrive home, probably tomorrow
some of the other congressman will return
though not all.
rhe significance Of the withdrawal o
Bowel is that it clears the situation II
what both factions regard as the critica
district OF the state. 1t leaves a clear fielt
for Judge Prouty against Hull, and TIN
means, to say the least, a very livel.
campaign Captain Hull has the advantag
that he has the backing OF the large busi
ness interests of Des Moines, because o
gratitude for the things he has secure
from the federal government for the city
on the other hand, Prouty is a forcefu
speaker and aggressive in every way an
he is well known in the district, havin
campaigned It SO often. Outside Of DE
Molnes it is believed he has a distinC
advantage. The Dowell candidacy wa
bottomed almost solely. upon the fact this
the union labor interests Of Des Moline
were for him.
Ninth District Contest.
with the certainty Of a hot fight fC
the nomination in the Seventh district b.
tween men who distinctly represent Il
progressive and reactionary factions, it
regarded as certain that there will be
c-SaS t in the Ninth district involvin
vae2 Smiths seat. Whether .Attorne
General Byers will enter the race or NJ
is not yet decided. That he is being urge
TO do so is certain. Personally he wou
rather continue. in his present office al
other term. but he is regarded as the on
person who can make a winning flgl
against Smith.
The clearing of the situation here WI
..EN.Nan. Ea-La
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TaIIs from Wngon, NearIy Frozen.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb,, Dec. lS,-(Spe-
cial.)-J. w. Godfrey, who resides near
Syracuse, fell from his wagon while load
ing hay and was so badly injured that he
could not help himself and when found
was nearly frozen to death. He IS Il years
Of age and his recovery is doubtful. lie
had gone to the field alone 10 get a load
Of hay and 1t is not known how the acct
dent occurred.
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improvements for Galloway.

GALLOWAY, Neb., Dec. B.-(Special)-
1t is stated upon good authority that the
Union Pacific Railroad company intends
making some improvements at Galloway,
work to m in the near future. A
water supply system will be installed, the
present one being inadequate to supply the
demand for water. Also the building Of a
round house is another Improvement which
will soon take place. When the road was
built into Galloway in 1880 a round house
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
RanIsers, Club OFFICER.

PIERRE. S. D., Dec. 1s.-(Special y
The Bankers club officers selected for
the coming year are: President, f. e.
Battin; vice president. Jesse Pond; sec
rotary, Pearl Mckay; cashier. A. Gunder-
son; chaplain, Laura stearns; messenger,
Howard Stearns; trustee. Mrs. l. Jacob
SOC
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New Lieutenant.

LINCOLN, Dec. $-(special )-Arthur
Naslund has been elected second lieute-
nant Of Company e. Second regiment, To-
Gated at Holdrege. The election was APP
proved by Adjutant Genera Hartigan to-
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20

was built, but during the hard times, when
only three trains a week were run up the
X. & B. II. branch, there was but little
need for the round house and the same
was torn down. However, with three trains
a day, as is now the case, two Of which
lay over here at night, a round house is
badly needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
ITALIAN BURNED IN CAR
ditto ndinn May Die of Injuries
Received in Destruction of
Box Car at Beatrice.

BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 1s,-(Special Tele-
gram)-A box car occupied by a number
Of italian laborers was partially burned
in the Burlington yards this morning. ditto
Ladina was seriously burned and may not
rpooxfav
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20

The fact hat Chamberlain's Cough Rem.
edy is pleasant to take has made It a
f~avorite with mothers everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20

Dynamite Wrecks Buildings
as completely as coughs and colds wreck
lungs. Cure them quick With DR.. King
New Discovery. soc and 800. For sale by
Bcaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20
THE FASHION
TTpINGs, GENTLEMEN

az nay New location, lo6h south Main
/ am now prepared 10 do first class tailor
Ing, give you the best goods. best styles
best materials, best workmanship and Inc
best values. Let me make you a suit ~
clothes. II Il does NOT prove satisfactory,
It's my suit
Lukegord, The Tailor
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-20

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ana Dodge.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-23

Total Expenditures ..s1O,S11.92
l do hereby certify that the above
statement of the expenditures of the
County of Vance for the year ending
November 80, 1909, is correct.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-23
OCTOBER, 1909.

w. G. Baker, rebate. .......$ 2.15
p. Fl. Davis, rebate. 2.54
A. G. Chandler. rebate 2.54
Arthur Hoyle, rebate. ........ 1859
TX. milford Co., antitoxin. 1920
Lisbon Snead, salary. 1890
J. w. Oakley, cash for labor. 18.45
K, w Edwards, clerk to board 28.1O
A. B. Falkner, all fees 54.15
Watkins Bros. Co., mdse. 1916
l.. l.. Howard, repairs. ..... 1850
Bats Brothers, feeding pau
per 80
Home Telephone Co. 800
D. e. Aycock, insolment list. 1900
Daniel & Co., mdse. ......... 12.71
]. S. Register, summoning
Jury 1850
J. S. Poythress, coal. ..... 25O13
Thomas Bros, drugs. >. .... SIS
Hughes-Seward & Co., mdse. 200
J. H. Falkner, bridge work. $500
H. r. Futrell, repair work.. 1.65
w. E. Gary, jury and witness
tickets 450
Jones-Sto Printing Co.,. 500
Henry Perry, indexing jury. 2445
w. w. Parker, drugs. ....... 1913
]. K. Plummer, committee and
mileage I9o
w. T. Written, mdse. 2.2O
H. E. Thrower, drugs. ....... 4.1O
H. o. Falkner, supplies.... 90.65
Henderson Water Co., water. 6.24
P. B. Sneed, lumber. ..... 5.62
May Strickland, waiting on
pauper 4.50
NJ. J. O'Niel, mdse. .. 40
Total 7OS.36
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-23
ANNUAL EXHIBIT
Of Accounts Passed by the
Board of County Com
miss;oners from Deem
Der, 1908. to December.
1909.
DECEMBER, 1905.
Amount Audited by Old Board.

". II. Cawthorn. rebate on
II. NJ Hight, 1 day on com
mittee and mileage 700
J. l.. Kelley, lum. for bridge: lo'll
J. W. Oakley, to wagon and
Maude Bobbitt, Wk. on bridge. 4.oo
T. H. Crudup, 1 day committee
work and mileage ....... Z.oo
Total .s 1921
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-12-23

n. B. gallon corn whfskey and jug F. O.
Is. here.................-.. ................. 65
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-08-12
Saltwater Items.

Miss Freitas of Petaluma, California,
is visiting her sister Mrs. A. j. Gomez.
Mrs. Milton Wallace is spending
few days at the Freeman ranch.
The social dance last Saturday even
ing was largely attended.
George I. Childs made a business
trip to Fallon last Friday.
c. E. Kent and wife are spending a
few weeks in San Francisco and coast
points.
John Nelson was severely hurt last
Friday. The neck yoke of his wagon
broke allowing the tongue to drop and
frightening the horses which ran away
throwing John out upon his shoulder.
Jake Barger and Miss Linsla were
Fallon visitors last Saturday.
Jack Mills and A. M. Lebeau re-
turned from Lodi last Monday.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-08-12

the important necessities on which our
people are dependant, and must have,
which at its present excessive price
contributes materially to our high cost
of living and labor. Also we maintain
that this very necessary product of the
mines should be materially reduced be-
fore satisfactory inducement can
properly be made to the prospective
home seekers from middle and eastern
states territory. to become settlers of
the great Truckee-Carson project.
We trust that your company appreciates
the desirability of making the induce
ments around this great project, com
prising, as it does, something like
400. 900 acres of fine agricultural land,
completely under the most modern.
irrigation system as attractive as it is
possible to make them to the end that
these lands may be. entirely settled at
the earliest date possible.
In times past the Southern Pacific
Company has been the medium through
which much good has been accomplished
in the interests of this project. In
deed, the railroad company must, if we
are to be successful in the development t
of this project to its maximum, act as
sort of foster parent, for without its
cooperation we cannot hope to develop
as we should. There is no inimicibility
of interests between this project ard
the railroad company, for it is our only
artery of commerce that can move our
surplus crops to markets, while the
railroad company realizes that co-inci-
dent with the moving of these crops
comes far margin of profit for their
trouble and that increased tonnage
means increased revenue. For this
reason, aside from all reasons of senti-
ment, the railroad company can be ex-
pected, and will do. everything in its
power to adjust affairs in a fair and
friendly manner. In times past Mr..
E. W. Clapp, their capable state rep
resentative, has given much time to
studying Truckee-Carson project con-
ditions. He has met US half way on
every demand put forward, and we
only hope that the railroad company
will act early upon the suggestion of
the state commission and arrange ex-
cursions, and otherwise seek to colonize
this project.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-08-12
RENO AND FALL0N TO
PLAY HERE NEXT SUNDAY

The Reno aspirants for the baseball
championship of the state will play
Fallon on the home grounds next Sun
day afternoon. Arrangements have
been made by Superintendent Manson
for the Fallon- Hazen train to arrive in
Fallon on that date not later than 1880
p. M, and it will be held here until
4A0 o. clock in order to allow the game
to be finished. Manager Carpenter
wishes this paper to announce that the
game will be called promptly at 300
o'clock in order that extra innings may
be played if it Is found necessary.
Subscriptions wei e received this
week by the local bail club for the pur-
pose of paying for the grand stand,
which was started today. By next
Sunday it will be ready for use. The
admission charge to the grounds to
witness this much talked of event has
been fixed at 25 cents and none sh ,uld
fail to see the struggle for supremacy
for it will definitely settle the matter
Of state championship. If the local
team duplicates its performance of last
Sunday with the stick and in the field,
Reno has about as much chance to win
as Bryan has to be president.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-08-12
GOVERNMENT AID
Will Be Sought By a Large DeIeea.
ton at Spokane.
FOR WESTERN RECLAMATION
Five Thousand Delegates viii Work For
a Five Billion Dollar Bond Issue
For Reclamation Work.

An army of over 5000 in number,
equipped only with irrefutable argu-
ments, began a campaign from Spo-
kane, Wash, Monday, that promises to
add more square miles of arabic soil to
the United States than are to be found
TODAY in the state of Ohio, or in Eng
land and Wales, or in two islands the
size of Ireland; and this great acreage,
estimated at 40. 600, 900 acres will not be
wrested from any people, but will be
reclaimed from the arid sections of the
western and southwestern states Of the
union.
This campaign was opened by
President George +. Barstow of Texas,
when he called TO order the Seventeenth
National Irrigation Congress Monday
morning in Spokane. Thousands of
delegates are quartered at Spokane.
These delegates are the fighting men.
while the generals and the petty off
GERS include scientists from every state
between the Atlantic and the Pacific
besides many noted hnanciers, the Off
GERS Of the United States Reclamation
Service and some members of Presi-
dent Taft's cabinet.
There are visitors from Europe, Asia
and South America, where the question
of farming land is already vital IS
sue.
Secretary of the Interior, X. A. Bal
linger, with several members Of the
United States Reclamation Service, is
on the ground. James A. Hill. whose
railroadng and fnanciering genius is
fireside knowledge, and who delivered
the opening address, is in Spokane.
From San Francisco the following dele
cation will fight for the preservation
of the forests, the storing. of flood
waters and the reclairning Of much
rich California soil; Harvey II. Love
land, A. b. Briggs, c. NJ. Wooster,
Frank H. Gould, H. H. Sinclair, d. K.
McGinnis, N. B. Crane. Z. e. Kanf-