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GENERAL COUNT N0G1
COMMIT
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SUICIDE IN TOKIO
lets Follow CompletionSf Religious
Exercises , in . Connection ; with.
Late Emperor's Funeral.
NATIONAL HERO IN JAPAN
He Held Position of Supreme Mili
tary Councillor of Empire.
PROMINENT IN THREE WARS
He Captured Port Arthur from the
Russians in 1904.
SIXTY-THREE YEARS OF AGE
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He Wm Made Lieutenant Colonel
Daring) Sao-o Rebellion and Com- 1
manded Brigade In Chlno
- Japanese War.
I TOKIO, Sept. 13.-General Count Mare
puke Nogl, supreme military councillor,
end his wife, the Countess Nogl, commit
ted suicide tonight fojlowing the relig
ious ceremonies In connection with the
Beath of the late Emperor Mutsuhlto.
General . Count Nogl was a national
hero in Japan. It was he who captured
Port Arthur from the Russians In, 11
Mid assured the success of bis country
In the battle of Mukden, The count was
born at Hagl, In the province of Choshu,
In 1849 and was the eldest son of Maret
suga Nogl, a Samurat of the Choshu
clan.
During the Sago rebellion Nogl fought
bravely at the battles of Yamagauchl and
Tawarazaka and was wounded, and after
the rebellion was suppressed he was made
a lieutenant colonel. He commanded the
first brigade of Infantry, in ' the Chino
Japahese war and captured Port Arthur
In one day. ' -
On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese
war In 1904 General Togi . was ap
pointed commander of tho Third army.
His forces took 203 Meter hill after ter
rible slaughter and also destroyed the
Russian squadron In the port. General
Nogl personally received General Stos
eell's proposal to surrender Port Arthur.
' The Countess Nogl was a daughter of
Yuchl Sadaukt, a Samurai of Kagoshlnia
clan.'
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VERTICES FOR DEAD MIKADO
(objects Gather from Extreme Points
of Japan for Ceremonies.
TOKIO, Sept. 18. Funeral ceremonies
of the late Unperof 'Mutsuhlto of Japan,
posthumously known as "The Emperor of
the Era of Enlightenment" began today
amid, surrounding 'in5- Which' 'Century -old
rites and customs were ' mingled with
modern military display. - ' " " r-:
From the extreme points of Japan sub
jects have been assembling in Tokio. . Ai
midnight great crowds - had gathered
along the route of the. procession, the
weather was fair. . A police cordon was
established ' Shutting off the streets
through which ' tbs , body of the em
peror will be transported and upon
which it is estimated 500,000 persons will
be accommodated. -
A reservation was provided for 1,000
- foreigners, both resident and visiting,
at the request of Baron Toshlro Saka
tani, the mayor. ' . . .
Boon after midnight officials proceeded
to the palace in preparation for the early
ceremony. .'"".'
The somber coloring associated with
western mourning Was almoBt entirely
absent, replaced by the brilliant hues of
tho orient '.Sorrow for the dead ruler,
however, was apparent in the faces of all
who took part In the final act of respect
to an empenor whose reign had witnessed
some of the most marvelous develop
ments in the life of any nation.
Official representatives of every coun
. try had come to Toklo to participate in
the solemnities. Among them were seve
ral; princes representing reigning houses
and 'special embassies commissioned to
convey the condolences of republican
presidents. The list included Philander
C Knox, secretary of state of the United
States, who was acompanled by Ransford
E. Miller, chief of the far eastern section
of the State department at Washington;
Real Admiral Alfred Reynolds, U. S. N.,
and Brigadier General John J. Pershing,
U. S. A. .
Members of the regular foreign diplo
matic body were present in their uniforms,
the brilliance of which was set off by
the modest court of evening dress worn
by a few ministers from various re
publics. From an early hour in the morning the
palace in its great private park in the
heart of the capital was the goal toward
which virtually everybody in Tokio made
his way on foot. The late emperor only
occasionally during his life left the
moated enclosure where his body has
laid in state since August 13. Since that
date on each tenth day, solemn memorial
services and ' sacrifices to the spirit of
the departed ruler were performed.
The casket containing the body lay In
state in the main hall. It had been decor
ated according to Shinto rites, by a spe
cial corps of ritualists appointed for f he
obsequies The casket was of enormous
dimensions! measuring nearly ten feet by
five and weighing one and one-half tons.
Official Monrners Arrive.
At S o'clock in the morning the offi
cial mourners began to arrive. First came
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i The Weather
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INSECT HAY CAUSE DISEASE
.
Some Doubt Whether Horses Die of
Meningitis Germ.
EXPERTS MAKE INVESTIGATION
Government Veterinarians Enter
Into Work of FerretiosT Oat
Cause of Epidemic with
j Vigor.
AMERICAN
T
ROUPS
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINOQLN. Sept IS. ( Special. ) Dr. E.
T. Davidson of New York, Dr. W. F.
Jones of McCook, Dr. William Thompson
of South Omaha, Dr. L. S. Campbell of
Alliance and Dr. H. M. Baohelder or Ster
ling, Colo., compose the corps of govern
ment veterinary experts who are investi
gating the horse, disease that is baffling
the best veterinarians of the state. Thes
men are working under the able lader
ship of Dr. Davidson, and some of them,
in company with him, were investigating
the disease yesterday afternoon and again
were, at it early this morning.
Accompanied by Private Secretary
Fuller and Chief Clerk Flegenbaum of
the governor's official family,' Dr. David
son and Dr. Bostrom, state veterinarian,
investigated some cases near Lincoln and
were able .to find one horse which had
Just died. They at once made a post
mortem examination and discovered that
there was a clot on the brain and that
the spine was affected. The affected por
tions were brought to Lincoln and a very
x'gid examination will be made.
Dr. L. Vaness of Fargo, N. D., is ex
peoted to arrive today and will enter the
fight against the plague.
Insect May Be Cans.
It looks at the present as if the trouble
was caused . by some kind of an insect
which lives in the blades of grass , and
other green stuff which has sprung up
as a sort of second growth since the wet
weather began and it is thought that it
Is found more especially in low pastures
or pastures and lots which are not prop
erly drained.
If this Insect is the cause of the dis
ease, it will be necessary to discover what
kind of an insect it Is and then work out
some plan for destroying it
The plan at present is to divide the
state Into districts, putting some expert
veterinarian in charge of each district
and make a systematic campaign of In
vestigation. This' week Geneva will be
the headquarters of one district, Tork
another, Holdrege another and in a few
days another district will be formed with
North Platte as the headquarters. Work
will be confined at first to the districts
where the disease seems to be raging
the strongest 'and that comprises the
South Platte country. While there have
been some reports from north of the
Platte river the disease does not seem
to have so much of a hold as In the south
part of the state.
Frost May Stop Sconrsr.
From now on the weather Is not likely
to be as uncomfortably warm -as lh .the
past and now that old weather may be
expected .at no distant day leads to t'Ae
belief that as soon as.' It ItrcoJa" enougn
to freese these insects, if they are the
cause of. the malady, . will disappear. In
the opinion of the experts, uhtir some
thing satisfactory daft be discovered, ev
ery precaution should be taken by owners Amer,iCani fear that tne rebela at
of horses to keep them away from un
sanitary water tanks, second growth
grass and weeds, and poorly drained
pastures and lots. While many remedies
and preventives have been published,
none of them have been of sufficient
importance to warrant taking up. The
best of these ' and the one which will
do the , most good is probably the plan
of placing Ice on the head of the anlmat
which show signs of the disease.
That the government Is going to use
every means at its command to stamp
out the plague is ev'deneed by the fact
that the governor's office received word
today that Dr. Melvin, chief of '. the
bureau of animal industry, would arrive
tomorrow and take charge of the work.
'MAY TAKE HAND IN
AGUA PITA FIGHT
Commanders Ordered to Take Neces
sary Steps to Protect Life and
. Property on This Side.
RAJAS SENDS A DEFIANT REPLY
He Says United States Must Pay for
Aiding Federals.
WILL NOT LOOK WHEN HE AIMS
Greater Part of Cavalry Force Used
in Guarding Border.
TWO COMMANDERS IN QUARREL
Orosco and Salasnr Completely
Estranged, is Information Re
ceived by United States
Secret Service,
BULLETIN.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 13. -Rebels have
begun an attack on El Tlgre, th Amer
ican mining settlement south of the bor
der at this point according to advices re
ceived here today. , There are seventy
five American men and six American
women Isolated in the camp, which Is
defended by only a few federals. Rein
forcements have been sent from NacoSari.
but must follow a rough trail to reach
the camp. The attacking rebels are said
to be led by the rebel general, Ines
Salazar.
WASHINGTON. s7pt. 13.-Amerlcan
troops may take a hand in the fighting
at Agua Prieta, if bombs fall In Doug
las, Arls., or lives are menaced, on the
American side o the Mexican boundary.
This was intimated today at the head
quarters of the goneral staff of the army,
following advices that rebel leaders
would disregard warnings that the must
not fire in the direction of Douylai.
Troop commanders have blatiKet In
structions to prevent a repetition of the
killing of Innocent Americans in Ooiglaa
during the Madero rebellion. Thf.se vs
broad enough to cover practically any
contingency, and It was made pla'n today
that any reasonable action by command
ers would be upheld by the War depart
ment. Further and more definite In
structions may be Issued bv Major Gen
eral Wood, chief of Staff, latr today.
Brigadier General Pteever reports fili
bustering expeditions crossing at Moxlcal.
Naco and Douglas.
Rebela Retreat Southward.
EL PA80, Tex., Sept 13. After firing
a few shots into Agua Prieta the rebels
that have been threatening .an attack on
the town disappeared southward early
today. ? There was no battle, according
to advices - received ho. The rebels
fired pccujsiojial sijojs during the night at
federal scouts and outposts. '
The emphatic notice served by United
States army officers to the rebels not to
fire . Into American territory is', believed
to have caused the , rebels to -retreat
Five Are Injured
When Racing Auto
Flies Into Crowd
MASON CITY. Ia., Sent 13.-(SDecial
Telegram.) Five were hurt, two seri
ously, during the final event at the
North Iowa fair, when the racing auto.
Green Goblin, member of the Marshall
flying squadron of Chicago, threw a
wheel at the first turn of the track and
went into the crowd. The injured:
Marlon Arnold, driver, fracture at
Dase ot sKuu; serious.
Herman Wubenhorts, Liberty. Mo..
skull fractured: serious.
Fred Eaaly, Sheffield, la., skull f rac- I .,.. ' " . , J!'
tured. MARFA, Tex., Sept. 12.-OJInaga, Mex
Gertrude Pedelty, Mason City, collar
bone broken.
Edwin Netiffee, Mason City, bock hurt.
Attorney Gibson Will
Plead His Own Case
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Sept. 13,-The
fight which Burton W. Gibson, he New
York lawyer, will make fornts life, he
said today will be directed entirely by
himself. He has not engaged counsel,
he added, and intended to appear on his
own behalf when arnigned today before
County Judge Boyce on the charge of
murdering Mrs. Rose Menschlk Sxabo, his
client who met death while boating with
him on Greenwood lake, sixteen miles
from here, on July 16.
Gibson's examination was postponed to
day until September 24 on application ot
District Attorney Rogers.
BUFFALO AUTO DEALER
AND WIFE FATALLY SHOT
BUFFALO. N. Y., Spt 13,-Georgc
Hanner, a Buffalo automobile dealer,' was
fatally shot ami his wife was wounded
today while driving through Tonawanda
In their car.
DES MOINES PICKLE
AND WINE PLANT BURNS
DES MOINES, la.. Sept 13.-Flre of un
known origin destroyed the plant of the
iJennig-Slater company, pickle and wine
manufacturers, here today. The loss is
estimated at flX.OOQ. '
tempt reprisals .by attacking towns in
habited by Americans in Sonora.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 13.-The situa
tlon today is unchanged. There has been
no fighting between the federal forces in
and around Agua Prieta and the rebela
who are encamped In the surrounding
territory. !
. Rajas Is Defiant.
DOUGLAS, Aris., Sept. 13. Antonio
Rojas, encamped Within range of Agua
Prieta and less than three miles from
the American border, sent a message ot
defiance, tonight in reply to the warning
of United States military authorities
against firing on American territory.
If the Americans insist on helping the
federals they must suffer the conse
quences was the substance of his answer.
General Schuyler refused to make any
statement regarding the matter.
To tl messenger who took the notlfica.
tlon from the War department Rojas
said: "We aren't going to look where we
shoot." -
The messenger reported that when he
delivered the notification to Rojas the
latter declared it was a recognition of tho
belligerency of the rebela
Nearly the entire force of cavalry
is being used to guard the border tonight.
Alarming reports were received tonight
from El Tigro where a combined attack
by the combined forces of Salazar and
Alanls is threatened. onsul Dye is
making strenuous efforts to have aid sent
to the camp. v -. .-
OJlnaga Snrrenders,
across the international boundary from
Presidio. Tex., was . surrendered to a
rebel band late last night and according
to a secret agent to the Mexican govern
ment who came to Marfa from Presidio
tonight, Fascial Orosco, rebel commander-in-chief
has established headquarters
within the town, which It is believed will
be made the base of operations In north
em Chihuahua.
' Two Chieftains Quarrel.
EL PASO, Tex., Sept 12,-An absolute
estrangement exists between General
Pascual Or or co., Jr., and General Salazar,
according to the advices received today
by the United States secret service. The
1,200 rebels attacking Ojlnaga are Oroz
oo's followers. Fourteoh hundred operat
ing on Texas border near Juarez are
also his men. .
Salazar leads 1X0) believers in Jvt
political doctrine of Flores Magon. They
are scattered through the west. Orozco
is reported as disgusted with Salazar'e
Sonora campaign methods.
Coming Down in a Blaze of 61ory
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Triple Tragedy Occurs on Thompson ,
Farm, Some Six Miles East of
Council Bluffs. ' " , ;
SKULLS OF THE VICTIMS CRUSHED
Butcher Knife Later Used.to Cut the"
Throats of the Victims.
BODIES DRAGGED ABOUT ROOMS
After Taking Lives of Members of'
Family, Murderer Kills Self.
CUTS THROAT AND DIES ON FLOOR
Blood-Smeared Not Foaad on Table
in Room of Hoase, bat it Gives
Nothing Definite as to Reason
" ' for the Crime, ! .
MORE VIOLENCE AT DULUTH
Rioting Renewed When Attempt is
Made to Hun Cars.
SEVERAL CARS ARE ATTACKED
All Windows Are Broken and Mem
bers of Crews Beaten Up Sev
era IShots Fired at One
Car Barn.
DULUTH. Minn., Sept. 13.-Hoodlums
took possession of Duluth's streets today
with the strike of street car employes as
an excuse, and rioted for hours in all
parts of the city. Nonunion conductors
and motormen were beaten, the cars and
other property of ' the company was
wrecked and in one Instance shots " were
fired in defiance of the police who tried
to disperse a particularly vicious crowd
near the oar barns. ; " : - 1
At least two of the strikebreakers
brought to this city from St." Paul,
Minneapolis 'and Milwaukee were seri
ously. .Injured by mobs and nearly a
dozen others were stoned and - driven
from their posts. The authorities as
serted that the rioters were Iron work
ers employed in boiler shops and foun
dries. ' . - v ' . .
The police force found itself outnum
bered nl almost every instance. As fast
as one disorder was quieted another
would break out blocks away and sev
eral times the officers were confronted
with the task of appearing in three
places at once. .
Because of conditions company officials
and commercial Interests of the city de
clared that troops wore necessary ' and
plana were laid for appealing to the gov
ernor's office at St Paul for aid.
Three Cars Are Wrecked.
Three cars wore wrecked, several pas
sengers were assaulted, and a conductor
and motorman escaped the fury of an
other mob only by flight early today.
The crowd in one car, composed, It is
said, of men from the iron plants, tore
up the seats and threw them at the
conductor.
The first revolver shooting of the strike
was reported this afternoon from the
mob at the car bams. No one was hurt,
although It Is declared a dozen shots
were' fired by rioters. The police did not
return the fire.
On Lake avenue, In the heart of the
city, a conductor was dragged from a
car this afternoon and so badly beaten
that he had to be helped from the street
to a drug store after being thrown
through a plate glass window. His mo
torman attempted to help him and re
ceived a beating. Iron workers from the
boiler shops near the bay are said to
have handled the men. An unconscious
conductor was taken to a drug Store
near Forty-second avenue, west and is
believed to be badly injured. . He was
beatn and stoned and his car practically
dismantled. The police gave fight to the
mob.
There is not a whole window left for a
block from the car barns.
A drenching rain added to the dif
ficulties of citizens forced by - the
street car strike to walk today.
Mayor McCuen is preparing to call the
city council to give authority to start
suit and the city attorney is ready for
prompt action. The methods used by
Judge Lawrence De Graff to settle the
Des Moines difficulty, will be Invoked
here. There was no violence last night.
After a day of . riot and after a half
dozen men had been beaten by the mobs
the Duluth Street Car company pulled
! off cars on all lines at 3:45 p. m. They
will not attempt to run cars tonight
GERMAN INVADERS WIN
MANEUVERS CAMPAIGN
DRESDEN, Saxony, Sept. 11 The man
euver in faxony of the German Im
perial armies, which began on September
9, ended today with., a victory for the
invading array, according to the verdict
of Emperor William, who was chief um
pire. The result indicates, military ex
perts say, the difficulty of Germany's
conducting a war while presenting two
fronts.
- Emperor William will attend the naval
maneuvers In the' North sea, stopping
tot a day at Berlin on his way north.
He will' review a parade of the fleet off
Heligoland on September 16. ' '
Ten Gotham Mashers
' Sent to Workhouse
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-New York's
propored Broadway curfew, otherwise
crusade against "masiierS and kindred
nuisances' received support from' the
bench today, when Magistrate Cornell
sentenced to the workhouse for indeter
minate terms ten men who - bad been
arrested for loafing after midnight this
morning around the entrances of uppei
Broadway hotels. The court compllnr.enteii
the' police for the r work and express-id
the hope that the crusade would b con
tinued, '
Wilson and Bryan to
Talk in Lincoln from
Same Platform Oct. 5
NEW YORK, Sejn. 1J. -Governor Wood
row Wilson and William J. Bryan
meet in Lincoln, October 6, when they
will spesk from the same platform. This
was announced by Governor Wilson be
fore he left for Sea Girt today.
On the date mentioned Mr. Bryan will
have completed a stumping tour through
the "northwest and Pacific coast state
snd Governor Wilson will be on his
second trip west '
The only other date on this trip thus
far announced is Indianapolis, October ,
when the governor. 11 .adqes the Na
tional Conservation ; congress. Spring
field, III., Des Moines and Milwaukee
may ba Jnoluded. " ' .' .
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ELEVATION' CHARGE REDUCED
' .. ,f . .t 1 '.'V
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
. sues Important Order. '"".
RESULT , OF RECENT HEARING
It is Chanced that C-oUnaion Existed
Between Railroads and Eleva
tors, bat. of Coarse, it
is Denied,
ADVANCE IN INSURANCE RATE
Bohemian Union Applies Increase to
Old and New Members. .
TEN PER CENT IS AGREED UPON
Chances Ara Made in the M-ne.r
of Paying- Claims of Benefici
aries of tho Deceased
Members.
ARMER
T
KILLS HIS
HOMPSQN
WIFE
AND
CHILD AND
HIMSELF
The beginning of the end is believed to
have been reached in the custom of pay
ing arbitrary grain elevation charges, '
Notice has been received that the Inter
state Commerce commission has Issued
an order reducing the elevation charges
at Omaha and all other Missouri river
points from of a cent per 100 pounds
to 14 of a cent per bushel on wheat. The
old rate of ft of a cent per 100 pounds
still maintains on oats.
Testimony In the case, that brought
about the decision was taken In Omaha,
Kansas City and other river grain mar
kets several months ago. At that time
grain dealers in the state owning small
elevators and shovel houses contended
that the elevation charges paid by tlw
railroads to their competitors, the blft
elevator companies, Were in the nature
of rebates, and consequently a violation
of tho freight rate law.
The Railroads' Defease.
They contended that even if the charge
was a legal one It did not cost the big
elevator companies of a cent per bushel
to handle and blend wheat at the ter
minals. The railroads took an opposite
view of the case, contending that It was
nothing in the nature of a rebate, but
that it was a bonus paid to the elevator
companies to encourage Uiem to hurry
up the unloading of the cars. By paying
this the cars were quickly back in the
service, earning mors mpnsy than the
aggregate of the elevation charges paid.
Immediately after the hearing the Union,
Pacific, abolished all elevation charges at
all points on the system. Other roads,
however, have continued to pay the
charges, but the freight men of most of
them are now of the opinion that it is
but a short time until the practice will
be abolished, not only In Omaha, but at
all other grain markets, blending and
storage points. They say that applying
to all points alike it will In no wise hurt
the Omaha grain market
Freshman Killed
by Sophomores
RALEIGH, N. C Sept 13.-William
Rand, freshman at the state university,
was killed today while being hazed by
sophomores. Rand, perched on a barrel,
and surrounded by his tormentors, fell
off and gashed his neck on a broken
pitcher. He died soon after.
' As a final compromise delegates to the
Western Bohemian Fraternal Union de
cided on a lodge insurance rate increase
of 10 per cent yesterday afternoon. This
rate increase had been one of the Im
portant ' matters ' to come bef ors th con
ventionvnd its ' setUenient (niarks the
wlhdup'of important business, The new
rate will .Include .both old nd yonf
members and will go intoefteot about
January X
The rats Increase was discussed sines
Thursday afternoon, when ths first com
mittee .report advising a, 15 per cent in
crease for old members and 20 tor new
members was rejected. ,The vote in favor
of the 10 per cent Increase was 302 to 42.
The new rats provides that during the
first year of membership in the associa
tion one-half of the amount of insurance
will be paid in case of death. After one
year three-fourths of the amount will be
allowed and after two ykrs policies will
be paid In full to beneficiaries.
The election of officers and the selec
tion of. the next meeting place will be
made today. '
A banquet for delegates and visitors
was given at -11 Jed Bokol hall last
evening. F. J. Kutak ot South Omaha
acted as toastmaster. Those included on
the program for talks were Mayor Dahl
ma.li, Louis Berka, Omaha; F. M. Bart a,
Cedar Rapids, la.; Emll Folds, Clarkson,
Neb., and Alois Blaha, Cedar Rapids, la.
Most of the delegates will remain until
Sunday afternoon, when the unveiling
exercises of the Jan Roslcky monument
will opcur at the Bohemian National cera-
etery. Fifty-fourth and Center streets.
FIRE CUTS OFF ELECTRIC
. P0WERJN MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE; Wis., Sept. 13.-Fire
from a cause not known damaged an im
mense switchboard at tho Commerce
street power - plant of the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light company to
the extent of tKO.OM- today. Ioterurban
service Is badly hampered this afternooi)
from lack of power. The" loss Is covered
by Insurance,
Bryan's Itinerary
For Western Trip
is Given to Public
LINCOLN, Neb., gept. U-Ths Iteneiv
ary of William J. Bryan's western
stumping tour was mads public here this
afternoon. Starting from Denver, Mi.
Bryan will close his western trip Sep
tember SO in Woyming, In time to return
to Lincoln by October 5, when hs Is
scheduled to deliver an address from the
same platform as Governor Wilson.
Mr. Bryan will tour in Colorado Sep
tember It, speaking at the fair In Pueblo
on the morning of September 17. He will
deliver an address In Provo, Utah, th
next afternoon and one In Salt Lake
City that evening.
Crossing over into Montana he will
speak at Butte on September 19, as well
as several other Important cities of the
state, the same day. The democratio
stato committee Is arranging his tour
In that state. ,
He will speak at Los Angeles, Ca., on
the afternoon of September 23 and the
next morning at Stockton. He will ad
dress the democratic state convention at
Sacramento the same afternoon and will
speak September 24 in the evening at San
Francisco. The next day he will be the
guest of the Civic league, a woman's
political organization of Sacramento, at
a noon luncheon and at night will ad
dress a public meeting at Sacramento.
Reno and Carson City, Nev., are his
next stops, where he will speak on 8ep
tember 28. He" will address an evening
meeting at Ogden, Utah, the next day
and will end, his campaign in Wyoming
on September 28, 29 and 30.
Supposedly In a sudden outburst of in
sanity, Martin Thompson, a Danish
farmer and carpenter living six mile
east of Council Bluffs, killed his wife
and their 8-year-old son, Raymond, and
then took his own life. The tragedy oc-!
curred some time during the early part
of Thursday night and was not discovered
until nearly noon yesterday. The skulls
of the wife and boy had been crushed
with a carpenter's hammer . and their,
throats cut with a butcher knife, the;
same Instrument used by Thompson? to'
end his own life. . '
The Thompsons resided in a comfort,
able and well-furnlshed farm house
which the husband built eight years ago
when he purchased forty acres of the
Royer farm, half way between Council.
Bluffs and Treynor. Lat Thursday after
noon a number of his neighbors saw and
talked with him. They say he appeared
not only to be in a normal condition, but
"as happy as a lark.", Yesterday shortly
before noon E. W. Rose, a traveling sales
man for the Watklns Medicine company,
at Carson, stopped at the farm house, as
had been his custom.' Receiving no re-;:
sponse to his knocking, he started to go
around to the back door, and as h:
passed a window saw, two bodies covered;
with blood lying on the floor.
, Rose , drove to the nearest neighbor's'
and called" Coroner Cutler and thq;
sheriffs office at Council Bluffs. He wa:
directed to return to the house and prei;
vent any person entering it until th:
officers arrived. i)
' Of fleers Go to Farm.
Coroner Cutler, Deputy Sheriff Wad.'
dlngton and Assistant County Attorney;
Ouren wenl io the fam, arriving there at
1;S Oo'clock. The kitchen door was un.;
locked and a side door was t standing,
open. Ths front door was openlwlth thtj:
Sottas door hotutdtt th inside. - On ths'
floor of ths room adjoining the kitchen
were ths bodies, all lying face downward.!
Mrs. Thompson lay next to the wall. The
boy was beside her and close by him lay
the husband and father. A few inches
from ths man's extended right' hand lay
a bloody butcher knife. All had their
throats horribly slashed.
The bodies had been dragged from ths
bed room through two doors. The boy
slept In the same room with his parents.
Examination of ths beds showed thai
both were spattered with blood drops that
had been smeared on the sheets as ths
bodies were dragged from them, appar
ently after the heads had been struck
with', the hammer, and their throats eul
In the adjoining living room, where ths
heavy carpet was stiff with blood. Thomp
son's hands and, feet were stained with
blood, but there was none on , the feet of
the woman or child.
Thompson Cats Ills Throat.
Tracks on the floor . showed where
Thompson had walked after standing on
the blood-soaked carpet. He bad gone to
the side door and thrown the hammer
Into the yard. He had then gone into the
collar and walked over the cement floor,
bloody footprints and red drops marking
the course he had followed. He had evi
dently slashed his own throat, but had
not Inflicted the fatal wound until ha
lay down by the side of his murdered
wife and boy. A lamp standing on the
table In this room had been freshly filled
and apparently not lighted.
On a table In the adjoining frant room
lay a letter with a third of the envelope
extending over the edge, A bloody thumb
print on the upper side, and a smear of
blood beneath showed that the hand that
placed It there was covered with fresh
blood. The letter was addresser !To
Stlna and Dora," two adult daughters,
both, of whom are living away from home.
It was written in Danish and read:
Dear Children: I hope you will exousa
papa for what there has been done, but
lcan't stand It any longer. But you are
now left alone, and I pray that you will
pray to God that He help, and I hope you
will be good children, and if you get
married try and have a nice home, and t
hope that some one win neip you.
your
Heartily farewell, children.
lovely future. . .. .
' Known In Conncll Blaffs.
Mr. Thompson was well known In Coun
cil Bluffs. He came here twenty-three
years ago from Denmark, . and a year
later was married, his bride coming from
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COUPLE ON MOTORCYCLE
' STRIKE A STREET CAR
DAVENPORT, la.. Sept. tt-Harry
Shields, Sy clerk In the city hall, was
killed snd Mrs. Bes-iln Wlese was badly
though probably not fatally injured last
night wiien Shield's motorcycle collld-vl
with a street car on the Rock Island
bridge. The woman: was 'riding with
Shields on his motorcycle. ,
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