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M0TT0--A11 The News When It Is News.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1909.
NUMBER 47
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WORLD'S DAILY I1EWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
AJMD CONCISELY STATED
II. H. ROGERS IS DEAD
fclllK SIMMONS COMUS TO
ST.M)Alll OIL MAX.
I'rotiilnent s a C'itt!Wl tlilcf lru-
.motor anil Moving Spirit In Amal
gwiiatctl t'opiMT C(niiii' and As
KlHtUIlt to Jolui 1. Aixiibold.
Henry II. Rogers, the Standard Oil
capitalist, died at his house, 3 East
Seventy-eighth street. New York City,
about 7 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Mr. Rogers arose, as he usually did,
about 5 o'clock. At 6 o'clock he com
plained of feeling ill and a physician
was hurriedly summoned. His heart
action was weak and it was apparent
he waa suffering from a stroke of apo
plexy. In spite of all that coold be
done for him, Mr. Roger sank rapidly
and the end came peacefully at 7
o'clock. This was the second Illness
of this nature suffered by Mr. Rogers,
the other having occurred In July,
1907. Following the seizure of apo
plexy In 1907 Mr. Rogers began put
ting his affairs In order and he has
been out of the stock market entirely
for months. His Interests in all of the
corporations with which he had been
identified have been placed In other
hands during the last year. This Btep
was taken In order to safeguard his
properties In the event of sudden
death. ;
The news of the death wan a sur
prise to Wall street. Mr. Rogers was
at the office of the Standard Oil com
pany Tuesday and appeared to be in
good spirits. His health had been
failing somewhat for several years
and he had curtailed his financial op
erations to some extent on that ac
count, buthe continued to perform the
duties of vice president of the Stand
ard Oil company.
Mr. Rogers was for many years one
of the most prominent financier of the
country. He took a leading part In all
of the enterprises undertaken by the
Standard Oil group of capitalists, was
vice president of the Standard Oil
company and was the active spirit In
the organization of the. Amalgamated
Copper company, of which he was
president up to the time of his death
He also was Interested in a number of
railroads, serving as a member of the
board of directors of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe, the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul and the Union
Pacific.
DICKINSON 11I2COMKS ILL.
Mayllouer Sails at Otu-e from Havana
on Way )Iomr.
The visit of the American secre
tary of war, Jacob M. Dickinson, to
! Havana has been cut short, owing to
his illness, and the United States con
verted yacht Mayflower, on which he
arrived there Tuesday, sailed at 10
o'clock Wednesday night with the see
retary and party aboard. Secretary
Dickinson will be taken direct to
Washington.
It was the original intention of the
secretary to remain In Havana until
Friday to await the arrival of Post
master Gen. Hitchcock, who left
Washington Tuesday.
MaJ. Gen. Franklin P.ell and the
other members of the party went
ushore Wednesday morning and called
upon President Gomel!. They visited
Cump Columbia anl other points of
Interest.
TKIAL OF JAMKS SHARP.
Selection of Jury to Puss on Fanatic's
Cum- Progresses Slowly.
"I guess these people In the court
room criticise me and believe I am
heartless because I don't take inter
est in what In going on here," said
James Sharp, or "Adam God," as he
calls himself, at Kansas City, .Mo.,
Wednesday in the criminal court.
where he and his wife are on trial ac
cused of the murder of a policeman
In the religious riot in Kansas City last
winter.
"I don't put my faith In lawyers
or men," Sharp continued. "I do what
God tell me to and follow where he
leads. It grieves me to see the law
yers, the Judgo and the Jurors groping
in the dark. Tney are blind. Thy
can not .see God as I see him."
The securing of a Jury is progress
Ing slowly.
Solvation Army Officers Meet.
Four hundred officers of the Salva
tion army were in attendance at the
annual national congress of the west
ern American district, which opened
a five days' meeting at Chicago Wed
nesday. Sioux lily Hvc Stock Market,
Wednesday's quotations, on the
Elour City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $6 55. Top hogs, 17.15.
Coal Steamer Aground.
The Italian steamer Laalo, from
Philadelphia for Genoa with 6,000 tons
of bituminous coal, lies beached on the
Delaware river, forty milea below
Philadelphia. The steamer struck an
obstruction.
Ohio Town Nearly Wiped Out.
The town of Alger, twelve mile wtt
ct Kenton, ., waa almost entirely
jWlped out by fire Wednesday. The Iom
Js estimated at $80,000.
MILLION DOLLAR tX)LLAI"Sli
Firm of Tracy & Co. Uon, Into lie
(.-elver's Hands.
In the appointment Monday of a re
elver for Tracy & Co.. members of
the New York stock exchange and the
Chicago board of trade. Wall street
had n. million dollar failure. While
no announcement as to the exact
cause of the failure ha been made.
E. A. Benedict, the receiver, said Mon
day night that he understood that
money lost In backing a local taxlcab
concern figured In the outside ven
tures. The firm has no stock ex
change obligations. The total liabili
ties are estimated at $1,000,000; the
assets ut $200,000. The sums are ap
proximated.
News of the firm's failure came out
with the filing of an Involuntary peti
tion In bankruptcy in the United
State district court Monday afternoon,
but as it was rather late no official
notice was received at the stock ex
change. Mr. Benedict was quickly
named ns receiver and gave bond for
$50,000.
There were but three ' petitioning
creditors and their claims, as stated,
ire inconsiderable.
The firm of Tracy & Co. was organ
ized In 1905. It consists of WHllam W.
Tracy, R. D. Covington and Freder
ick W. Parker. Mr. Parker was the
board member. Messrs. Tracy nnd
Covington were In conference with the
receiver during the afternoon, but
they declined to make any statement.
Mr. Parker has been abroad for sev
eral months.
Among stock exchange houses with
Chicago connections the embarrass
ment of the firm caused little surprise.
The situation is regarded by friends of
Mr. Tracy ns a result, at least In part,
of proposed taxlcab legislation pend
ing before the local board of alder
men. As no official notice was re
ceived the firm was not suspended
from the stock exchange Monday af
ternoon. Besides New York offices,
the firm has maintained branches in
Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, Ky.;
Milwaukee, Wis., and New' Haven,
Conn.
MADE INSANE BY "GHOST."
Murderer Thought Mun lie Killed Had
Returned.
Redered insane by the appearance
of the twin brother of his victim,
whom he believed waa the ghost of the
man he had murdered, Antonio AguiW
lar, of Zacatects, Mex., fell to his
knees pleading for mercy and babbled
the story of his crime. Until that
moment the murder of Eustacla gull
lar had been veiled In mystery. Eusta
cla's twin brother, Juan, who had been
absent from home for years, returned
to the city Sunday and accldently meet
his uncle, Antonio. The latter did not
know of the return of Juan and when
he saw him on 'the street his rcsem
blunce to the murdered man was so
striking that he thought that the spir
it of the nephew he had killed had
returned to haunt him. . Prostrating
himself, he begged to be killed. He
was taken Into custody and is believed
to be hopelessly Insane.
SIX SAWMILLS SEIZED.
JVdcral Court Cliurgos Timber Depre
dations In Oklahoma.
Deputy United States Marshal Ba
con Monday seized 5,000,000 feet of
lumber, six sawmills and other prop
erty of the Pine Hill nnd Walker Hop
kins Lumber companies and othet
small concerns In Oklahoma.
The deputy acted In accordance with
writs issued by the United States dis
trict court after an investigation by
J. M. Mueller, a special agent of the
department of the Interior, relating to
conditions In the timber reservation
of the Choctaw nations. The Mueller
report Is complete and will be tiled
next week. The investigation was
caused by charges of unlawful depre
dations of timber on the reservation
Murders His Wife.
George Burge, a carpenter out of
employement, returned to his home
near Atlanta, Ga., Monday, and, en
tering through a rear window, went to
his wife's room and stabbed her to
death. He then went to the room of
his ftepson and after a desperate
struggle Btabbed and seriously injured
him. Burge then made his escape.
Maine Lumlier Cut.
With the season's lumber cutting
perationa practically at an end. It Is
estimated that the cut In Maine this
year amounted to about 700,000,000
feet. As compared with other seasons
these figures show no appreciable
change. Much o the lumber cut will
be taken to the pulp mills to be con
verted Into paper.
Negro Killed by Officer.
A negro who threatened to kill the
officer a he was placed under arrest
while disposing of gold watches was
shot and killed Monday at California,
Pa., near Pittsburg, Pa.
Dies of Yellow Fever.
Dr. Wm. Wlghtman, of the Ameri
can marine hospital service, died at
Guayaquil, Ecuador, MoVday of yallovr
fever after an Illness of five days.
SliootN Her Ilrotlier-ln-Law.
Mrs. Herbert Burnett, of Carml, III.,
ihot and killed her brother-in-law,
Julian Burnett, after he had stabbed
her husband and threatened to mur
der the whole family.
Tenia for Grand Army Men.
Kenolutionfi were passed by the
house Monday authorizing the secre
tary of war to loan cots and tents for
the national encampment of tha Q. A.
R. at Salt Lake City.
RAILWAYS TO FIGHT.
Soven Linen Seek to Enjoin tVim-wrce
Commission.
A petition was filed In the United
States circuit court at Chicago Tuesday
by seven western railroads asking an
order restraining the Interstate com
merce commission from enforcing Its
order reducing class rates on merchan
dise shipped from Chicago and St.
Ixuls to Denver.
The order ef the Commission will
become effective June 1. It was Issued
In the Kliulcl case March 28. The
railroads seeking relief from this arc
tho Chlcego, Burlington and Qulncy,
the Chicago and Northwestern, the
Chicago, Hock Island and Pacific, the
Chicago, Milwaukee und St. Paul, the
Atchison, Tt'peka and Santa Fe, tho
Missouri Pacific and the Wabash.
The directors claim that the new
rates will give Chicago shippers an
advantage of 25 cents a hundred
pounds In rates over Missouri river
shippers and an advantage to St. Louis
shippers of 23 cents a hundred
iiounds. It Is alleged In the petition
that the loss to the reven railroads
annually will amount to $1,000,000
If 'the commission's order Is allowed to
become effective.
The railroads maintain that the mid
dle west has grown as a result of the
existing rates and that the commis
sion now seo'is to change thw system
with a result tending to give advantage
to the east.
The lower rate ordered by the In
terstate commerce commission are al
leged by the seven railroads to be un
reasonably low and are In violation of
the constitution. It Is charged that
they will destroy the Missouri river
territory as a rate basing point, over
turning the basis upon which the com
merce and business of that territory
have been conducted since the Building
of the railroads," The new rates, it Is
ald, will prove so revolutionary as to
disturb all commercial conditions of
the middle west. v '
PRISON DOORS ARE OPENED.
StocsricI and Xobogntoff Freed by the
Oar.
Lieut. Gen. Anatole Stoeesel and
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff have been
released from confinement In the for
tress of St. Peter and St. Paul by or
der of Emperor Nicholas, of Russia.
The health of both men has been
gravely affected by their confinement.
Gen. Stoessel was found guilty by
court martial of surrendering the
fortress of Port Arthur to the Japan
ese and was serving a sentence of ten
years' imprisonment. Nebogatoff was
sentenced to be interned In a fortress
for the same length of time for surren
dering to the enemy at the battle of
the Sea of Japan. Stoeascl began his
sentenoe on March SO, 1908, while
Nebogatoft took up his quarter In the
fortress on April 15, 1907.
Rear Admiral Gregorleff and Lieut.
Smyrnoff, subordinate officers under
Nebogatoff In the Russo-Japanese war,
were pardoned and released from the
fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul a
month ago. These officers had been
sentenced to death for having surren
dered their commands, but In view of
extenuating clrcumstanoes their sen
iences were commuted.
SHUNNED THE WORLD.
A 'Wild Man" Is Captured In the
Swamps of Mississippi.
Sheriff John Laird has captured In
.ho swamps near Prentiss, Miss., a man
who had shunned all civilization for
five years, and whose occasional pres
ence In Isolated communities near
there, with his unkempt and almost
weird appearance, earned for him tha
title of the "wild man." He waa cov
ered with only a scanty portion of
garments, his nails were five Inches
long and his hair and beard reached
almost to his waist. He refused to eat
cooked food when It waa offered him.
He waa Identified as Marvin White
head, whose relatives have long been
in search for him.
ClileuKo FireM Work of Inocudlary
Four fires In Chicago Tuesday, be
lieved to have been of Incendiary ori
gin, and in which one life was lost
anli property valued at $100,000 was
destroyed, caused Increased activity In
the search for Andrew Hanson, a py
romajilac, who recently escaped from
the asylum at Elgin.
Will Pay life for Mnrder.
The sentence of death against
Claude Brooks, a Kansas City negro,
was affirmed by the Missouri supreme
court .Tuesday. Brooks, who murder
ed Sydney Herndon, wilt be hanged
t Kansas City June 20, according to
the decision of the court.
tAiM-ge Meredith Very HI.
George Meredith, the English nove
list, is seriously III. The octogenar
ian author was taken III May 14, sine
when ha hue gradually grown worse.
Atfmo Opens ExWHitloii.
King Alfonso inaugurated the Reg
tnal exposition at Valencia, Spain,
Tuesday. It was followed by a flower
fete.
Drinks Add ou Buy Set for Wedding.
While his 19-yeur-old bride to be.
Miss Elizabeth Constable, waited anx
iously for him to coma to take her to
the church at Loes Summit, Mo.,
whsr they were to be married Tues
day, Benjamin Irvine, aged 24, a farm
er, took carbolic acid In his home
near there and died a few hours lat
er. No cause is known for the suicide.
NEBRASKA
LOW COMBINATION HATES.
Western RallromN Probably Will Re
duce I "lire in Chicago.
That the western rHilroiids will soon
announce a rcmtilnutlon passenger
rate to New Ymk and ether eastern
points on the basis of a $15 round trip
fare to Chicago from Missouri river
point 3 the belief of W. II. Rowland,
of Oinn'ia, traveling j-assonger agent
for the Pennfyiviin.u line
The regular round trip rule to Chi
ongo from Omrvbu it nnv SJO.SO, and
a corresponding nil Is charged from
all Missouri river points. It is pro
posed to cut this fare to $15 on busi
ness destined fv.r extreme eastern
points.
It is not only declared tlinl the
roads are planning to tnuke this com
bltlon rate from Missouri river points,
but that they will put these tickets on
sale at cities further west, tho leduc
tlon, however, to be in effect only east
of the Missouri river.
According, to Mr. Rowland, the
many conventions being held In the
west this year are turning the course
of travel in that direction and the
roads leading east are prepnring to of
fer Inducements which will take some
of the traffic eaotward. The Pennsyl
vania lines have announced Bpeclal
rates from Chicago to New York nnd
other eastern points, Rnd It is under
stood other roads are doing the same.
The western roods, It Is yald, are ready
to co-operate with these eastern lines
In making low rates from the middle
west.
LAND OWNERS FAVOR DRAINAGE
k
Xeinolm Itlver Commission Makes
Irogrec In Its Work.
The committee selected at the drain
age meeting In Tecumseh a week ago
to select the land owners along tho
Namaha river bottoms In Johnson
county has put Inn good week's work.
Tho reports are most eneourugliig. Al
most without exception the commit
tee finds the land owners for the
movement to go ahead that they may
find relief from the high waters which
have been destroying crops with great
frequency. It Is believed by most
people who have given this proposition
more than passing thought that if U
Is possible to push the drainage pro
ject to completion It will mean much
to the county In general and to the
owners of bottom lands In particular.
If It Is possible to prevent tho Nema
ha bottom from overflowing, nnd ex
pert opinion Is to the effect that It Is,
a large per cent of the very richest
farm lands In tho county will be re-
c'aimed.
The possibilities In the way of crop
production on these rich lands, with
the water kept off the fields. Is almost
Incomprehensible. Thn values of these
lands would double tho moment It was
demonstrated that the water la con
trolled, and tho outlay to secure the re
sult In proper dralniere would amount
to but little, If the figures of experi
enced men can be counted .
REV. MR. CROFTS DEAD.
Neligli Congregutloiiul I'nMor Expire
ut Advanced As.
Rev. G. W. Crofts, D. 1).. pastor of
tho Congregational church at West
Point, died Monday at the parsonage in
that city' at an advanced age. His
heulth hud been falling for somo lime,
but his demise occurred quite unex
pectedly, his friends nnd the congrega
tion looking forward to his complete
recovery on the advent of warm
weather. The dootor went to West
Point two years ago from Beatrice,
and from the day of his arrival estab
lished hlmticJf firmly ln the esteem of
the community. He was a man of
profound learning: and deep piety and
possessed ths happy faculty of mak
ing friends everywhere by his cordlaf
and unaffected manner and his Chris
tian life. He leaves an aged widow
and a married daughter. The remains
will be taken east for Interment.
SOLD FEED AND DRINK. TtH).
Farmer Gives Up Nurie of Mun Who
Sold Him filquor.
Frank Riens, a German farmer, who
was ar res ted Saturday night at Beat
rice, informed the police after he had
been fined $25 and costs that he had
purchased liquor of Henry Frerlchs.
who operates a feed barn at Beatrice.
The of flours visited Frerlchs' place and
searched the premises. They found a
barrel of pint bottles of whisky and
two quarts of beer. A warrant was
sworn out for Frerlchs" arrest, charg
ing him with selling liquor without a
license. Rlens' flno was remitted after
he told the officers who sold him the
liquor.
Nebraska Hoy Special Agent.
Iouls K. Sunderlln, a former Teka
mah boy. has been appointed by the
United States government as special
laud agent to Investigate land frauds
In the state of Oregon at a salary of
$2,180 per annum. He has been lo
cated at Portland, Ore. Mr. Suixler
lin prepared for college In the Tcka
man public schools.
Nornak Droulii End.
After two weeks' drouth six Norfolk
saloons reopened Monday morning,
having secured licenses at a stormy
council meeting. Under the ordinance
seven saloons uan operate, but the
council could not agree as lo the sev
enth man.
Stanton Child Iim iui l'7e.
While playing In the yard with his
older brothor, Ronald, the youngest
son of Prof, and Mrs. Welch, of Stan
ton, had the misfortune to Injure one
of his eye to such an extent that It
will have to be removed. The child
ren were playing wth a broom handle,
one end of which wad pointed. In
trying to get the stick away from his
older brother he forced the sharp end
Into his own eye, bursting th eyebull.
Itonalj ! 16 months old. ,
STATE
I PF.RC NORMAL'S IVIU CLASS.
rtrgcst Ever Kent Out Wilt IV Gnad.
tinted IhU Year.
Nebraska enjoys the distinction of
graduating the largest cli. from an
advanced course, of any state norma.!
In the couutiy. Tho class of 1909 of
the l'ru normal numbers 174, the
lurgeFt in the institution's history. The
large mnjorlty of the class hove been
elected to good positions In the best
schools of the state. A number go out
as depr.i 'rr.ctit Instructors In high
schools ard it number have been elect
ed to prltilpalsjilp juvl superintend
ents. They ale paLf'.iilni? a lark's
class annual, known as the "Peru
vian," volume two. This Is "h muclj
larger nubllciUion than h.u ever been
attempted heretofore. Six hundred
copies will be published, t a cost of
$2,000. Tup commencement exercises
will he held May 27 to June 1. Dr.
LnFollctte Lovi-land,- of Omaha, will
deliver the buccals ureato sermon on
May 30 and Gov. Shallenberger will
deliver the commencement address on
June 1.
KILLED BY AN A I TO.
Nebraska Official Run Down Near thi
Cuitol In I.liHNjln.
Christopher Shavland. sooretary of
the state board of equalization, was
run down and killed by on automo
bile nt 11 o'clock Sunduy night near
the stato capltol In Lincoln, where It
Is presumed he had Jurt left his of
fice. The machine, a large touring
car, struck him full and his skull was
fractured. Ho was placed in the car
and hurrlod to the hospital, but died
soon after reuchlng there. Herman
Bernecker, the young man driving the
car, had as companions another youth
and two young ladles. They claimed
they were moving at a .low rate of
speed, but admitted they had taken
the automobile from tho garage,
where Uernecker 1 employed, without
the knowledge of the owner. Ber
necker was detained at the police sta
tion. Secretary Schavland ha been
a stato house attache for over a yeai
and was well known and a popular ofr
ficial.
ATTEMPT AT Sl ICIIHJ FAILS.
Frederk k Dlertz, Farmer Near, Vntrnl
City. Tukea Polsoiw .
Frederick Tlert. a well to do Ger
man farmer, living east of Palmer, at
tempted suicide Saturday by taking
poison. Fortunately he took either an
overdose or an underdose of the Stuff,
for soon after he took the drug he
threw It off, and when the doctor ar
rived two hours latr he waa out Of
danger. Unfortunately when th man
took the poison, Dr. Mlnnlch. of Pal
mer, could not be reached, and Dr.
Paxton oould not reach the scene
until two hours after the man had
made the attempt to take his life.
However, he was cared for by tha
neighbors, and with the assistance of
the doctors who arrived later, he la
now RZperlenclng no 111 effects. De
spondency over ill health Is given as
the 'jause of the attempt.
ATTACK ON A MINISTER.
Tlinjer RcnUlcnts Excited Over Note oi
Warning.
The town of Thayer Is greatly ex
cited over an attack upon Rev. M. O.
Pflug. pastor of one of t) churches
and ulso taecher In the Thayer schools.
Saturday night a note was written In
red Ink as follows and left on his door
step: ,
"Rev. Pllug: You are hereby re
quested to get out of the country In
side of twelve hours of stand the con
sequences.'1 The note was ornamented with
skull and cross bones. The sheriff of
Thayer county has posted deputies,
who are guarding the minister's house.
Some people of the town accuse Rev.
Mr. Pllug of Improper conduct toward
some of the pupils in the school, but
he denies harm was done or intended.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Storm Prevented Man front Hearing
It Approueb.
A mnn by the nume of Peter John
son was run over and killed by tha
westbound .Schuyler train. Mr. John
son had been fishing in the Metzgar
lake about one-fourth mile east of
Cedar Creek. When the storm came
on h was running on the track for
home and did not heur the approach
ing train. His body was badly man
gled. He was a Spanish-American war
veteran nnd wan thlry-five years old.
Ha leaves a wife and one child three
years old living In Cedar Creek.
The trainmen did not. know that
they ran over the man.
Hurt by Band Sow.
M. K. Moore, a workman in a wagon
shop at Ainsworth, had two finder
nearly cut off and the third and fourth
badly cut and torn, while working with,
a band saw operated by a gaaolln
engine. The doctor who dressed the
hand thinks he may be able to save
the finger.
Omnlia Mun Dfea.
J. J. Phllbln, for many years &
prominent ticket broker In Omaha,
died Sunudy ulglit after a brief 111
neHH of hemorrhage of tha lungs.
Mr. Phllbln at the time of hi dMh
was proprietor of the Midland h tel.
He loHves a widow.
No Deaths front Toritudo.
Delayed reports from the tornado
swept section of southern Nebraska
hows there ware no fatalities ar.d only
two serious case of injury. Some
stock was killed and one house and a
number of outbuilding were wracked.
Gibbon in Celebrat..
Gibbon will celebrate tie Fourth
this year and Is looking" for challenges
from neighboring baseball team for
match games on that day. The largest
umount of cash ever raised there for
I a celebration was raised recently.
IS
SENTENCE
Captain Convicted of Killing W. C.
Annls (lets Indeterminate
Term lit Prison.
JUDGE DEKIES A NEW TRIAL
Defendant Seems Overcome by
Court's Words and Father and
Brother Deeply Affected.
Capt. Peter C. Halna. Jr.. V. S. A,
convlctod of mnns!aup:hter In the flrst
degree for killing William E. Aunls
at the Bayslde Yacht Cluh last Au
gust, was sentenced Monday by Justice
Oarret.'on In the Supreme Court In
Flushing. L. 1.. to nil Indeterminate
sentence of not Iom than right years,
nor more than sixteen years, a hard
labor In Staia's piHon.
John F. Mclntyre, counsel for the de
fendant, made tho usual motion for a
new trial on the ground that tha ver
dict was against the weiRht of evi
dence and also contrary to law. Jus
tice Garretson denied these motions.
Mr. Mclntyre then raised the point of
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over
the defendrnt, contending that he had
never been released from Jurisdiction
of the federal government nnd there
fore the case was not properly before
the court. Mr. Mclntyre also stated
that Dr. Brush, who had been an ex
pert witness for the defeuse, had ex
amined Capt. Halna since he was con
vlctod and found him insane. Justice
Garretson said there was no evidence
to that effect before the court and he
declined to consider the motion in re
gard to Jurisdiction.
The court clerk then Instructed Capt.
Halns to come to the bar and proceed
ed to ask him the formal questions put
to a man about to 'be sentenced. The
prisoner seemed daf.ed and seemed to
have some difficulty In understanding
the questions. Lawyers Mclntyre and
Young ot the defense stood on either
aide ot Capt. Halna and assisted him
in answering the questions of the court
clerk.
Referring to the nature of the case
the court said thu Capt. Halns had
been Indicted for murder In the first
degree, the severest crime against so
ciety, and, although there had been a
great deal of sympathy Injected into
the case, the law did not allow a man
to punish another for wrong he had
suffered or to wreak vengeance on tho
man who had wronged hlra.
"After Justice Garretson had imposed
the sentence Capt. Halns sat down and
dropped his hsad on the table before
him. Ho seemed overcome with emo
tion for a few moments, but soon re
covered himself and sat upright, star
ing at the court. Gen. Halns, the de
fondant's father, and MaJ. John Pow
ers Halna, who were In court, display
ed much emotion. Immediately after
sentence the prisoner's lawyers aaked
for a stay of sentence for a few days
to take an appeal. Justice Garretson
said the caso would take the usual
course, and gave tho defense twenty
four hours in which to file aa appeal,
PITCHER IN RAGE KILLS MOTHER
Charles Rapp of South Bend Stab
Himself to Death After Crime.
Charles Rapp, aged 32 years, well
known as a former pitcher ot the old
South Bend Green Stockings, a crack
independent base ball club, Saturday
evening murdered his mother with a
hammer and butcher knife and then
committed suicide with the same knife,
death occurring at the county Jail In
South Bend, Ind., where he was taken
by the police. The murder was most
revolting and brutal, and beyond a
statement made by Rapp Just before
his death, that he intended "to get the
whole family," there is no explanation
for the crime. Until Rapp fell a vic
tim to the liquor habit, he was one of
the most popular young men Irx the
city.
WIDOW 13 GIVEN $1,000,000.
"Lucky" nnldwln llrtra Rffect Cosa--
in I m ml Pave Kstal.
Mrs. E. J. Daldwln Is to get $1,000,
000 from the estate of the late E. J.
(Lucky) Baldwin. His daughter, who
at the time of her father's death was
not known to be his child, Mrs. Rosel
la Roblnso;! Selby, of Oakland, is to
get J225.000. The lawyers who ar
ranged the compromise divide a fee of
J400.000. According to the terms of
the will Mrs. Daldwln was left a one
third Interest in property in San
Francisco found to be worth only
J.10,000. Mrs. Selby was left a parcel
of land which was said to be worth
about $2.r,000.
BIO DITCH TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
Will Drain 111 Area ut Farm La ad
la llatealnaon ( ouulr, 8, I).
A dredging company has com
menced the work of constructing an
immense drainage ditch in Hutchin
son County, South Dakota, southwest
of Sioux Fulls. Tho ditch will drain
a large area of valuable farm land
which U now out of commission be
cause ot bcii3 flooded, and will en
tirely remove a lake covering 1,555
acres of ground, which also will be re
claimed and made to produce cropi
dur'im future Eennri'!.
8 TO IB
TUB 1ST WHO SENTENCED B0YLE3,
V
GEORGE MEREDITH IS DEAD.
Euccumba In London to Attack ot
Heart Disease at 81.
George Meredith died at 3:35 Tues
day morning In London. The news of.
the great novelist's Illness causted deep
and widespread regret and It had beea
generally feared that because of his
great age he was past 81 th
chances ot recovery were slight. The
Immediate cause ot death was heart
failure, following grave symptoms
that developed early in the evening.
Mr. Meredith's Illness began on May
14 and he steadily declined since that
time.
George Meredith was born Feb. 12,
1828, in the county of Hampshire, En
gland. He was educated in Germany,
but returned to England after qualify
ing tor a university and read for the
bar. He gave up this for literature'
after meeting with success in article
written for prominent reviews of his
time. In 1851 Meredith published
"Poems," his first volume of vorse, and
since then throughout his active liter
ary life he putTIIshed poems and books
every . few years. Recognition, how
ever, was slow, and not until 1883,
when the novelist was C7 years old
and "Diana of the Crossways" appear
ed, did he receive the recognition
which was to be his until his dying
day. After the success ot "Diana of '
the Crossways" Meredith's early works
were, recognized as masterpieces and
his novel, "The Ordeal of Richard
Leveret," is now ranked as one of his
Uest efforts. Of his many prose works
those which are declared by critics to
be certain of undying fame are "The
Egoist," published in 1879, "Rhoda
Fleming," published in 18C5, and the
two books already mentioned.
FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS.
ttandin of Clubs la th Prtaelpal
Baa Dall Ltsei.
NATIOHAX, LEAGUE.
Mttsburg ..17 Boston U IX
Ohlcgao ....16 12Broklyn ....11 13-
hll'd'phla .12 11 New Vork .10 13:
Cincinnati . 54 15 St. Louis ..1 IT,"
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit ....17 7 Chicago ...Tl 14
Boston ....14 9 St. Louis ..10 14
New York .14 9 Cleveland ..9 15
Phll'd'phla .13 9 Wash'gton . 6 '17
AMEBICAM ASSOCIATION.
W. L. W. L
Milwaukee .18 9 Minne'p'lls .13 14
Louisville .17 12 St. Paul ...11 14
Ind'n'p'lls .17 14 Toledo 12 17
Kan. City .13 14 Columbue ..12 19
KANT HURT IN ALTON WRECX.
Trala Bourn! for UIuomlna;ton, l!Lr
Leaves Track in Sfisaoarl.
Between thirty and forty persons
were injured, some of them probably
fatally, by the wreck of Chicago and!
Alton train No. 14 near Odessa, Mo.,.
Saturday morning. The train, which
left Kansas City at 8:13 a. m.. was &
local, bound tor Bloomlngton. ill. The
wreck happened at Walnut Row.
Schoolhouse, two miles east of Odessa;.
The cause of the accident is not
known. The track was to'a up for
400 feet. The train was male up of
three cars and engine. All the cars
and the tender left the track. The
engine stuck to the rails.
Makes Millloai Aids Church.
Joseph N. Shenstone, a millionaire)
t! Toronto, Canada, at a meeting of
the laymen's missionary movement In
onnectlon with the southern Baptist
onventlon in Louisville, declared that
be had made enough money during
his lifetime and that he was now go
ing to devote his fortune and the re
mainder ot his days to the service of
God and man.
Carry Powder (runs Fir.
The Beamer Handle Company's
factory at Manor, Pa., was destroyed
by fire, which caused a loss of $100,
000. Not far away Is a powder maga
zine, which contained 300 kegs of pow
der. . During the progress ot the fire
the roof of the magazine was found to
be on fire. Heedless ot the danger, tha
firemen rushed in and carried out the
explosives.
Tesaa Pralrl Fir Sweeps Coaatr
A disastrous prairie fire swept Cas-
tro County in the Panhandle ot Texas,
Saturday and Sunday, and Col. T. 1C
Herring of the firm ot Herring t La
cld, Amarlllo, was Uie heaviest loser,
the flames sweeping thirty sections on
his ranch.