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Grover Cleveland Is Dead

Ex-President Passes Away at His New Jersey Home

Former president Grover Cleveland died suddenly at his home in Princeton, New Jersey at 8:40 Wednesday morning. He had for some time been troubled with diseases of the stomach, heart and kidneys, but the announcement of his death was a surprise. Mrs. Cleveland was with her husband at the last, but their children, Esther, Frances Grover, Marion and Richard were at the Cleveland summer home at Tamworth, N.H. with Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's mother.

At Washington the flags are flaying at half staff.

Youth Badly Hurt

On Tuesday evening while Mr. Jacob Batt was cutting wheat on his farm four miles north of Marion one of the horses hitched to the tongue began to kick and run because of the flies. Jack Hill, the ten-year-old boy who was riding the lead team either fell or jumped off and before Mr. Batt could stop the machine the boy was caught in the sickle and cut badly. The bone of the left arm was cut off in two places between the elbow and the shoulder and two fingers cut off the left hand, although the artery was not cut. There was also an ugly gash in the thigh. Medical aid was summoned at once and the boy's life saved. On account of the nature of the wound he was taken to St. Francis hospital at Wichita, Wednesday morning. He was accompanied by his mother. The neighbors responded nobly.

W.T. CARR ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

Monday afternoon, Tuesday and Part of Wednesday Given to Securing a Jury

Beginning Monday afternoon the special session of the district court convened to try William T. Carr charged with the murder of Oscar A. Bailey, Wells Fargo Express messenger on No. 115 Santa Fe train running from Kansas City to Gainesville, Texas.

On the morning of March 29, last, when this train arrived at Newton, Kansas, Bailey was found murdered in his car. The manner in which Bailey had met death was most brutal. A hatchet had evidently been the instrument of death used.

The safe and strong box in the car had been robbed but not damaged, having been opened with keys taken from the murdered man's pocket. A money package of $1000 and considerable jewelry were missing.

Carr was arrested at Newton on the following Tuesday by Charley Marsh, deputy sheriff at Peabody, and at once brought to Marion and placed in jail.

Possibly the most important witness for the prosecution offered was J.J. Suyick, U.S. mail handler in the Union Depot, Kansas City, who identified Carr as the man seen in the car with Oscar A. Bailey when he was loading the mail sacks just before the train started.

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The program for the monster Fourth of July celebration has been completed and provides for entertainment for everybody, along with the lines everybody enjoys. Make arrangement to be in Marion that day to trade as well as see the big show. All the merchants have made special prices that are attractive.

Oscar Pracht of Middle Creek was in town Wednesday morning getting on the track of some parties that passed his home Monday and appropriated a lumber wagon, one horse and a set of double harness. Wednesday morning, Mr. Pracht was in telephonic communication with Marshal Kleinhammer, who identified the party as passing through Marion, Tuesday afternoon. Late Wednesday night, Deputy Sheriff Al Smith started on the trail of the thieves and found them at their camping place two miles east of Lehigh as they were about to hitch up. The stolen property was turned over to the rightful owner. No arrests were made. The parties in question were Mexicans, made up of a man and woman and three children traveling in an open wagon.

T.B. Matlock is making extensive improvements in his residence property in the W.H. Billings addition. The first story is being enlarged and it will be a full two-story residence when completed.

Cloyd Harrison, the champion trick artist on the bicycle and unicycle, have an exhibition at the skating rink Monday night to a good audience. There may be some tricks he can't perform but they haven't been heard of yet. He repeats the performance each night this week; he's a marvel.

The drug firm of Ford & Tarbet, successor to Stanford & Billings, are equipping their store with new show cases, the new all glass kind. They will soon have the store up-to-date in all its fixtures and a more commodious business room will be hard to find.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hoch at the executive residence, Topeka, at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, June 23. The little fellow was at once named Wharton Hoch. Mrs. H. C. Wharton went to Topeka Wednesday.

From all indications the rainfall in this locality has made the harvesting difficult and in some places a good deal of wheat is down. But the rain has about killed out the chinch bug and this benefit will be noticed for the next two or three years. Oats and barley will yield enormous crops and corn, although weedy, is averaging up all right. The click of the binder has been going on merrily for several days and men are in demand. Truly mother earth is providing for her family.

Attorney W.H. Carpenter and Taylor Riddle addressed a good sized audience at the courthouse last Saturday night. These gentlemen are well known standard bearers of the Democratic party, but somehow they failed to offer and acceptable remedy for the alleged "Forty years of misrule in Marion county" other than "turn the rascals out and let us in."

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