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BIGAMY CASE FUNNY TURN OCCURS IN FAMILY AFFAIRS IS REVERSED Sup o . r u.i reme court uoes not Convict C. J. Baker of Crime. NEW TPIAL TO BE HELD FOR PLATTSMOUTII MAN Was Found Guilty by District Court but Supreme Court Remand case (From Friday's Daily) Information was received this morn ing by Judge Sullivan of this city of the sunreme courts decision in the bigamy cafe of Charles J. Baker a riattsmouth man. The charge of bigamy against the man in the dis trict court of Cass county was rever sed bv the high court and the case re- Winsome Lltte Miss Is Claimed by Two Different relathes ol Girl. A very peculiar case of domestic affairs has recently conic to light which according to the present out look is liable to be aired in the courts before a satisfactory ending is made for the three parties concerned. The parties involved are P. J. Vallery, Coon Vallery and the third about whom the whole affair is over, Miss Josephine Vallery. To explain the circumstances, Miss Josephine is the daughter of Coon Vallery.a wellknown farmer who lives a few miles west of town. She was born a little over fourteen years ago but five months af ter her birth her mother diixl suddenly leaving the little dauqhtt. Being unable to care for the infant, a short while after the death of her mother the father turned her over to the care of his brother's family P. J. Vallery of this city. The girl grew, up w itn the family, attending the public schools and living as one of the family, and being of the same name, many of her BIG FIGHT IN U. S. SENATE ON Republican Regulars Organize For a Fight to Form New Legis lative Program. BURKETT AND BROWN NOT IN THE LINE President to Hold Conference With Nebraska Senators as Soon as He Arrives Home. manaeu, on me ground mat me lower best friends were unaware that she court excluded his offer to show that was not the daughter of the couple prior to ins second marriage ne was witli whom she stait informed by his daughter that his In the years that have elapsed, her first wite had obtained a divorce. father has married but still lives on mi l 1 . II lil.il. l ne case nas oeen lonoweu mrougn the place a few miles from town. .I i. i .. ii. in .ii .i. i . . . mc courts iy me iiuusniouui peopic muring the last year lie has begun to witli great interest tor it was a rather feci the desire of having his own dau unusual affair. I he defendant Baker chter with him but as the eirl had been is a stone cutter by trade, being born raised in tlie other family and had come and raised at Ashtabula, Ohio. At to regard the younger members of t a All . 1. 1. .. .1 ! .1 n I! r-i . i i i . mat city ne mm municu a .uiss onaw the lamiiy as her brothers and sisters twenty-five years ago. The couple she did not take kindly to the idea continued to live at Ashtabula where of changing her place of abode to mak f T)..l.i ...-l-nrl l.i 4i.nJA 1 .... I - ... il . uii. iiunvi inivi; hi in.- iiuui; ui inn iter iuwre noine on tile iarm. Her a stone works of that place, but their father was informed of the cirl's de- married life was far from a peaceful sire to remain in the city and finally one. According to the testimony asked his daughter to meet him down delivered at the trial in the courts town last Saturday night. However, here, he was a man of good habits, the little maiden was determined not and in every way a good husband while to take up the Maud Mullcr life of his wife was not a model of moral the country and consequently did not cleanliness and virtue. Finally the meet her father at the specified time family atlairs reached such a point and place he had requested her to that the husband was unable to toler- She asked that she be allowed to ate them and he decided to leave his remain in the city until she had at wife, and giving her all his property least finished the present term of Higl of any value, with tlie exception of school . r .,... . I i i . I . . . . i -T-1 : . : . - i l . , a icw Biunt; wuimm iooih, hi: tame to mis proposition uiu not take very riattsmouth to make his home. At well with the father andlie determined thetinr.cof their separation, it wasun- to gain an audience and at least talk derstood that she would obtain a di- the matter over with her, so Monday vorce and they would no longer claim morning he hitched up his team.came any relation between each other. into town and consulted the authori- He came to this city in January 1000 ties about it. In company with an offi and a short time after his arrival he cer of the law he drove to the residence received a letter from his daughter, of P. J. Vallery the home of the daueht who was living with his former wife, cr and requested the officer to merely i iii - I I. i t . . . . ii informing mm mat Mrs. Jiaker had asK me young may to come out to secured a divorce and had requested the buggy and see her father. The her daughter to tell him of it. Think- officer performed his duty as ordered ingof course, the affair was settled for and the young lady went out to the good he worried no more about it street and approached the rig. They and some time later he married Mjs. had exchanged but a few words when Vroman, a widow lady of Plattsmouth the father, taking her by the arm. w ho has made her homo 'in the city drew her into the buggy and drove for years. away with her. It was indeed a sur- They lived very peaeably here in prise for the officer and the members Plattsmouth, Mr. Baker helping to of the family with whom she had made support her children by working at her home for so many years to see the his trade in Omaha and points in sudden turn of affairs and in bcwil- Kansas, but spending a large part of dcrment, the family seemed to look his time at his home in this city, upon the officer as being engaged in The plesant married life was suddenly a conspiracy against them, when he interrupted one day by the arrest of was no more than performing his du Mr. Baker on the charge of bigamy ties. It was some little time before the and his light in the court began. wratn of the party cooled down to From tlie county court, he was normal and the circumstances were bound over to the district court, made plain, clearing the officer of any Here lie was tried before a Beatrice suspicion that might exist, but still judge who was exchanging benches that did not help to bring the.little lady with Judge Travis. ltncsses were back to them. .brought from Aslrtubula, the birth- Lawyers were consulted about the place of the accused, but most of the case and it has not been definitely important evidence of the defendant, decided what course will be taken by showing how ho was informed by his the two claimants of the maiden. daughter of his first wife's divorce, A goodly sum of money was paid to etc.. was excluded by the court and the Vallery family for the care of the the man was found guilty of bigamy, girl but still that does not take the place It seemed clear to the majority of place of the smiling face that has graced people the man was unaware that he the household for nearly fourteen years was committing a crime. On a return If the matter is taken into court for visit to his old home, he had found his settlement, it promises to be an in former wife living with a man who tercsting case on account of the pc- .secmed to be her husband and after culiar conditions that surround it. .receiving the letter from his daughter of the woman's divorce, there was no "Cupid at Vassar." doubt in Baker's mind but what they The Seniors of the high school co were legally seperatcd. The defending day arc distributing the "advance lawyer attempted to show that he literature" on the big theatrical van not guilty of a crime since he did production which they will give at the not know that he was committing one. parmele Theater a week from Thursday His cascwas appealed to supreme court night. Tlie play is a pretty college last winter and today the word was love story of life in the New Englam received of the reversion of the district states and contains just enough com- rourt's decision. The. next jury term cdy to make it spicy. The cast will of distrct court will not be held until consist of thirty people, mostly mem October and Baker will probably bcra of the Senior class and the music have to wait until that time for his for the occasion is to be furnished trial unless a jury is ordered for the by the Modern Woodmen orchestra WASHINGTON, May 5-Forty-five senators, all from the conservative or "regular'' wing of the membership, arc Said to have joined in the move ment to formulate a new administra tion legislative program. Two more are claimed positively, but the regular republican leaders say ihey don't care to subject these men to embarrass ment by disclosing their names at this time. The new organization which has be gun yesterday, was made by the con servative republicans in the effort to maintain control of the senate majority Mutual consecsions have already been made. Much depends upon the suc cess of President Taft in harmonizing differences that may arise. The president will be back in Wash ington tomorrow. If he is willing to swing the "big stick" as the regu lar republicans say he is, the claims of the regular organisation appear to be justicd. The work of the organiza tion in lining up senate members pro ceeded today with th understanding that the senate would adjourn until Monday. The forty five republican conser vatives, who have undertaken to stand together to establish a firm control of the senate and put through what remains of the administration, are as follows: Aldrich Oliver Dupont Brandegee Perose Flint Bulkley Piles Gallinger Burrows Root Hale Carter Smith, (Mich.) Dillingham Bradley Page Elkins Briggs Perkins Frye Burnham Richardson Guggenhein. Burton Scott Hey burn Clark, (Wyo) Smoot Kean Cullom Sutherland Lorkiiner Depew Warren Nixon Jones Crane Stephenson Lodge Curtis Warner McCuinhcr Dick Wet more As utterly impossible for the con servatives to reach, the regulars have classed Beveridge, Bristow, Clapp, Gumming, Dolliver and La Follette. The men on whom the regular re publicans arc ti'l working and who will receive the attention of President Taft include: Borah, Bourne, Brown, Burkett, Crawford, Dixon, Gamble and Nelson. All of these men have voted with the insiirgents from time to time. They have refused, however, to be called insurgents, ami have been found in the ranks of the regulars at least half of the time. It was reported today, although no confirmation of the report could 1h obtained, that Senator Dixon would vote with the regulars as booh as the long and short haul of amendment to the rai'road bill was disposed of. Senator Borah, it was stated, wou'd also join in the lineup for the Taft program, provided he were gicven as surance of support for his bill provid ing for the issuance of $.10,000,000 in certificates of indebtedness to pro vide money to complete reclamation projects. Senators Bourne and Nel son, it is said, will be found in the con servative ranks if the new legistlaivc program takes cognizance, of certain measures favored by them. The purpose of the regular repub cans is to get a majority of the senate so that that the charge cannot be made that they formed a coalition with the democrats to put through party mea sures. At the same time they claim they can count on certain democratic votes when needed. AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPH TO EXTEND INTO NEBRASKA Announces It Will Build Lines Through Cities ol This State In Near Future A MINE EXPLOSION LITTLE FELLOW ADMITS HE THREW ROCK AT TRAIN Special Agen . of Railroad Comes to Investigate But Makes No Complaint. coming term which is not expected. Gasoline Engine. Having installed a new gasoline cn- . cine of greater capacity, the News- Herald has a second hand engine which ; it will sell very reasonable. The engine will do for pumping waier or running a feed grinder and wi'l be a bargain if taken out of the way during the next few days. An entirely new water tank will go with the engine, Call at the News-Herald office- and look it , over. to Special costumes have been orderei and some extra scenery will have be arranged for. The two leading parts in the production are to be taken by Miss Lueilc Gass and George Dovey. Popular prices arc to reign and the sent sale begins next Thurs-day. J. Griffey of Billington, Montana arrived in the city yesterday morning to hang his coat in this town for a while He is expecting to tako up work at the Burlington shop. Special Agent Morris of the Burling ton came in from Lincoln this morning to look up the person who threw a rock at the Omaha passenger No. 15 yesterday morning, but his services were hardly needed, for a ten year old ad appeared in the city early this morning and 'fesscd up that he had done it with his little hatchet. It is quite a serious offense to throw missies at a passing train and it was expected that complaints would be sworn out and prosecutions follow but when the innocent little tad show ed up and explained he was the one who had heaved the rock, the stony heart of the Burlington officer sof tened and no action was taken. The youth's name was Barker the ten year old grand son of Thomas Kildow who resides on the Fitzgerald place north of town. The little fellow lives at the Kildow home and has never caused any trouble before. Ho was standing near the track yesterday morning as the train went by and child like he picked up a stone to throw at it. He explained this morn ing that he did not think he could throw to the train and that he had no evil intention when he let the stone fly. It struck one of the windows of the smoker and shattered the glass onto the occupants of the car making a number of slight cuts on Plattsmouth people who were among the passen gers. The boy was badly frightened when he saw the rock was going to hit the train and hurried away when the glass in the car crashed. He said nothing about the matter for some time and it was not until last night that the Kildows found out about the affair. They brought him into the city this morning and hunted up the Burling ii i i ton men wnno ngrccu to make no prosecution. The costs of the dam age was footed by his grandfather and the party returned to their home north of town. The lad seems to have great "wing" and he may make a famous pitcher some day nut it is probable he will do his working out on other things besides passenger trains. In pursuance of its plan to interlace the whole country at an early date with iis web of automatic te'egraph wires, announcement was made in New York today that the Telepost Company has under advisement the expansion of its system to all parts of Nebraska. Connection is to be established by way of St. Louis and Kansas City to which points the system now ex tends. William II. McCollum, former SupcrintenUent of Construction of the Postal Company, who is in charge of the extensions of the automatic system, has been looking over the ground for siome time and reports conditions unusually favorable for the inauguration of work on the line. This system is regarded by scientific men as the most brilliant achievement in the evolution of telegraphy since Morse's time, representing the con quest of a new basic principle in tele giaphy that presages for that industry a worldwide revolution with its 2000 words a minute service and rates of one cent, half cent and quarter of a cent a wortl, regardless of time or dis tance. . By the- Telepost system a message is transmitted with equal facility over cither a telegraph or telephone wire. Its rates are the lowest, and its service the most rapid in the world. Civic organizations and boards of trade throughout the s ate, have been in touch with the official of the Telepost for several months and have assured the Company of their readi ness to cooperate with it in any way it can suggest as most likely to facili tate the extension of its lines in Ne braska. Among the cities and towns in the state under consideration for Telepost connection are: Lincoln, Om aha, Nebraska City, South Omaha, Fremont, York, Beatrice, Tecumseh, Hastings, Kearney, Grand Island, Central City, Schuyler, Columbus, Fairbury, McCook, Belmont, Morrill, lumbal', Plattsmouth. Patrick B. Delany, the inventor of the telepost system which is now usetl between Boston and Portland, and between Chicago, St. Louis, ndianapolis, Terrc Haute and other cities in Massachusetts, New Hamp shire, Maine, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, is an old associate of homas A. Edison. The discovery i the new1 scientific principle which i . . . .. !l I , i I made its invention possiuie, is cue realization of an ambition Delaney and Edison had as far back as 1871, when he and the wizard experimented on improvements to the Morse meth ods of hand transmission over a special wire constructed between Washington and New York with the idea of evolv ing a system or rapid telegraphy to displace the mails for long distance communication. In addition to being a boon of in estimable value to the public, the De aney automatic system, will save the newspapers of the country hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in tele graph tolls, through its cheap rates great speed and accurate service. Of the $1,500,000 expended every i l - l i year for teiegrapn service ny mc Associated Press it is figured out that approximately $7000,000 will be saver by the use of the automatic system when it completes its continent wide expansion. ' Banquet lor the Faculty. Two Hundred Miners En- tbmbed in Awful Ex plosion in Alabama. ALL THOUGHT TO HAVE PERISHED Forty Five White Men and Aboit 150 Negroes Said to be Killed. Good Rain Over State. This is the day that gives the farmt the smile that won't come off. The steady drizzle from the heavens is worth as much to the tillers of the soi as a wagon full of gold bricks and noth ing could tickle them more than seeing the ram come down in this peacefu! spring shower. It is the first thoroug soaking the fields have had this spring and if the weather comes out warm the newly planted seed corn will shoot up like a weed. The moisture wi bring life to a largo amount of the small grain that was thought by some to have been killed by the combination of the drought and cold weather Plattsmouth got the small end of th rain last Monday and the little shower on'y served to lay the dust well here. while other sections of the state got as much as an inch of rain. The rain clouds of today extend over a large area and the surrounding states are all getting their share of the moisture with indications that there is more to come. Although the day is making a hit with the farmers, it is making the bull fans tear their hair. At the Methodist Bazaar which is being held today ami tomorrow may be found all kinds of home cooking, pies, cakes, bread and candies. Better slop and inrestigaU. 176-2t BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 5-For ty-five white men and between 130 and 140 negroes are entombed in No. coal mine at Palos toniaht as the re- ult of a terrible explosion occurrinc this morning and it is believed all are cad. Palos is forty miles west of Virniingham and the mines are owned by the Palos Coal and Coke company . t 1 1.:.. t i.. .i- . . ii una niy. mu uouies were tound arly tonight, but it is expected that few of them can be recovered before morning. The Humes resulting from the explo sion shot into the air from the slope or a distance of 200 feet and the iock was felt for miles. Timbers from the slope were hurled several uindred feet from its mouth, and rocks from the roof of the slope caved in and made access to the mouth difficult he fan machinery was badly damaged ut air is being pumped into the mine tonight in hopes that somo of the men arc stil' alive. Residents began to do what they could to relieve the men, but the re- ief train arrived in Palos from Bir mingham shortly after 4 o'clock with four physicians and surgeons, four undertakers and a number of special lclpcis. The first rescuers who went into tho mine afterthc explosion were overcome y fire damp and had to be carried out. Mr. Rutledge was among the first to nter and after working his way ,400 fet down tho slope, found tlie cond right entry caved in. The two lodics recovered tonight were in tho i main slope. The Seniors last evening entertained the members of the High school faculty at a five course banquet given at th residence of II. N. Dovey. It was most enjoyable affair and will lie re membcred by the faculty and Seniors as one of the happy entertainments of the Class of 1910 in their waning school days. The spread was daintily served by tho members of the St Mary's Gui'd, an organization of the Episcopal church. The gue sts sat down to the tabl ....it. i.i r about eight thirty and tne nve delicious courses were carried through follow ing which were a, number of toasts The toast master of the evening was Leland Briggs, the speakers being Principal Harrison on ''Fine Arts, Rachael Livingston "The Faculty. Marie Douglass "Class of 1910 Superintendent Gamble, the address of the evening, "The Golden Age. The members of the faculty in whose honor the affair was given were Misses Howard, Homing, Johnston, Nichols, Travis, Principal Harrison and Mr. and Mrs, Gamble. R. H. Pat ton, an old timer at the Burlington paint shops is on the off-duty-list today on account of sickness. It is something unusual for him not in be able to wield the brush and he cxnected to consult the Burlington relief doctor who was due in the city thu morning. Big Indian Game Called Oil The base ball tribe of Green's Ne- raska Indians hailed into the city ast night from Auburn where they got a couple of scalps on Tuesday and Wednesday, ihey were scheduled for a pow-wow of three spasms with that team, but on account of the rain yesterday, they were unable to pull of the third one. On Tuesday they eat the Aubumites by the score of 3 to 2; on Wednesday by the Bcore of to 3. It was useless to think of the i game totiay unless each man was able to paddle his own canoe but the lull ground was not equiped with a oattbig grand stand so the stuff was declared off. The Indians are a trood appearing bunch of the real article of red skuis with a comfortable sprinkl ing of pale faces to season up the bunsh. There are fourteen braves all together and they are under the personal su pervision of Colonel Green. The bunch is expecting to beat it in the morning for Louisvule where they arc hoping to run up agianst that nine if the rain permits. They are scheduled for Fort Crook Sunday. Next week they play a series of three games with Shen endoah and a single with Corinda. It was a great disappointment for the Plattsmouth fans to see the rain spoil the game to which they had been looking forward to for so long a time. They would have put up a game that would make the Indians sit up and take notice if it were not for the rain. Besides the Two Lincoln Western Leaguers, Williams a former star of the local team would have been with the boys and it would have made a pretty strong combination. Installation of Officers. At a special session of Mt. Zion Com mandery No. 5; Knights Templar last , evening the following officers were installed for the ensuing year: Edwin W. Cook, Eminent Com mander. Jas. M. Robertson, Generallissimo George W. Thomas, Captain Gen eral. Frank L. Cummins, Senior Warden. William A. Robertson, Junior War den. Alfred W. White, Treasurer. John C. Peterson, Recorder. Rev. Heman B. Burgess, Prelate. Fred T. Ramge, Standard Bearer, Louis B. Egenberger, Sword Bearer. Carl G. Frieke, Warder. , Chester II. Smith, Sentinel. Buy your cotton flannel gloves and mittens of the Plattsmouth Golvo Co., Plattsmouth, Neb., Ind. rhono White 435. w-tf