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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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