iOTA COUMTY
Historical sJT.
M0TTO-A11 The News When It Is Sew.
VOLUME XVI II
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBKIl 29, 1009.
NUMBER 9
WORLD'S DAILY HEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
AND CONCISELY STATED
SCOK E RIG VICTORY
m:.svir of r.urnsii nv-r.Lix.
tion i:i,ov rou m ixii-.T
DlHtilt't at All Times a Doubtful nio,
mid lit-foro Threw n Liberal Major
ity Suffragettca Are Violent Purity
Cast of Votes.
' The bl-elcctlon Thursday In the Her
mondsey division of Southwark. Kng
land, a parliamentary borough of Ten
don, which was characterized by the
moHt militant attack the suffragettes
have yet ventured to make in their
struggle for "votes for women," result
ed In a sweeping victory for the union
ists. John Humphreys, unionist, won
the three-cornered fight with a plur
ality of 9S7 over the liberal majority
of 1,759 in 1906. The vote was as fol
lows: Dumphreys, unionist, 4,278: S.
I,. Hughes, liberal. 3,291; Dr. A Sal
ter, socialist. 1.435.
The unionist vlctofy is considered a
severe blow to the supporters of the
budget, ns all alons this election was
expected to afford a good test of the
feeling in London and the country
generally on the Impending struggle
in parliament, r.ermondsey bus been a
doubtful constituency for years, some
times returning a liberal candidate anil
sometimes a unionist, but three years
ago the election resulted in a liberal
landslide.
The militant suffragettes wen- rally
on the scene, and after adopting nu
merous expedients to harass the elec
tion officers and those most closely
identified with the election, Mrs. Cha
pin, one of the best known of the or
ganization, slipped Into one of tin
booths and smashed a bottle contain
ing a corrosive acid upon a ballot box,
with the evident intention of ruining
the ballots, a large number of which
had already been deposited. The acid
scattered over the officials and the
broken glass cut their hands and
faces, but the ballots were practically
undamaged.
FOOD DEAD IN BED.
Not Hiiicvetl Jas Jet Was Accidentally
Turned! Oii ' -
Mrs. OhaticB Klgecomb and her 4-
year-old son. Charles, were found dead
in bed In Chicago Thursday by the
husband and father. The room where
the two lay was filled with gus which
had escaped from a Jet.
Mr. Kdgcomb Insists that the Jet
must have become opened accident
ally, but the police hold a contrary
opinion and base it on the fact that
the apartment was ordinarily lighted
with electricity.
Other residents of the building no
ticcd tins odor of gas Wednesday af
ternoon, but no investigation waf
made and the discovery of the dead
mother and son was not made until
Mr. Kdgccomb returned to his home,
He declares there was no motive foi
his wife to kill herself, as their hom
life was happy.
.MOD HOl'TED IIV (ilUL.
Mie Puts ti Bund or Mfclit Killers to
riiRiit.
A slender girl armed with a double
barreled shotgun put to flight forty
masked "night riders" when they
crashed down the door of her father's
house Thursday night In Mason' coun- Jurea aH ,efu,l 01 u to'"H'" neiween
ty, Ky. The m) appeared at the 1 tt Chicago and Northwestern passen
home of George Kreltz, evidently with ' Ber traln an1 n stock train at tne M
the intention of whipping him, and , ,,ona yards Wednesday afternoon. The
when entrance was refused the dooi
was knocked in with an ax and crow
bur. Kreitz's daughter stood ready
with a looded shotgun and fired both
barrels, Kreltz recognized several rid
ers and is in conference with the of
ficers at Maysvillc. Several arrest
are expected.
Ksraiw front Jail.
Charles S. Cox, held for theft, and
Charles Gillespie, charged with forg
cry, escaped from the Clay county
Jail at Liberty, Mo., by sawing the
bars. Three other prisoners. Including
William Talbot, held for murder, re
fused to leive the Jail and reported
the escape to tho authorities.
Y ale Bequeathed $500,000.
By the terms of the will of the late
Dr. Levy Shoemaker, of Wllkesbarre,
Pa., Yale university is given more than
$500,000 to bo used in tho medical de
partmcnt of the Institution.
150.000 Eire Loss.
Fire at Bralnerd. Minn., Thursday
destroyed the Columbian block and a
number of other business buildings,
entailing a loss of $150,000.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Dakota
Texans, $4.25 (fi 5.00. Veal calves, $3.00
7.00. Top hogs, $7. CO.
" B rl-Berl in Texas.
Reliable reports from Brownsville,
Tex., on the Mexican border, stute that
several well developed cases of beri
beri prevail among Chinese prisoners
held at Brownsville by the govern,
nunt.
SjH-cd Enthusiast Killed.
While speeding a practice mile Eu
gene J. Marsh, un amateur of Dallas,
Tex., was thrown from his motor cy
clu uud Instantly killed Thursday.
VICTIMS OF u ki: Kill) SI1U
Tlirr Motile Drift Aliore on Nova
Scotia Const.
The six men who. half starved and
bcnumbt.d from exposure, were res-
sued from their perilous position In
the rigging of the stranded steamer
Hrstla Wednesday are believed to be
the only survivors of the forty-one
men and boys who were aboard the
Donaldson liner when she struck the
lagged Old Proprietor ledge, off Peal
Cove, Orand Manan Island, on Monday
morning. Three bodies came ashore
on the southwest banks of Nova Sco
tia Wednesday, two In a boat which
drifted on the beach near Yarmouth,
ind the third In another boat was
found near Sulmon river, fifteen miles
farther north. There Is little doubt
that these are the two boats which
Btarted off from the wreck, each well
loaded with men.
Recovered somewhat from their
awful experience, the men who es
caped their companions' fate were able
to give more definite information as
to what took place after the steamer
went on the ledges. Third Mate Stew
art said that the Hestla reached the
end of her last voyage on Monday
morning, instead of Tuesday morning
as had previously been supposed, and
that he and his five comrades who
were unable to find places in the boats
which were launched when It was de
cided to abandon the ship remained
lashed to the rigging for thirty-eight
hours without food or water before
they were taken off by the life savers.
TWO IlrlUiliARS SHOT.
illuming Dal tie w ith Police Occnrs In
Indianapolis.
Two men caught attempting to rob
ft house were shot by Uicvele Police
men Mulliu and Steward Wednesday
afternoon In a desperate running buttle
at Indianapolis, Ind. One of the
men, who Is probably fatally wounded,
Is Mike Foley. The other, shot in the
leg, and arm, gave his name as Sam
uel Cardwell, Chicago.
The police were called by neighbors
who found Cardwell and Foley ran
sacking the house. When the police
men arrived the robbers were In the
street and at once opened fire. Mullin
checked his bike so quickly he was
thrown to tho ground. Lying there he
returned the fire, and Steward also be
gan shooting.
CCBAN I.OTTEHY EXPLOIT.
Miarp Lookout to He Kept on All Mull
Matter.
Orders were Issued Wednesday to
all postmasters, railway clerks and
other postal employes, to keep a sharp
outlook for mail matter addressed to
the Cuban National lottery. The lot
tery has undertaken to exploit in this
country. It Is said, and more than
fifty communications to the concern,
each containing money, have been held
and the contents returned to the send
ers. The Cuban director of posts Is
co-operating with the officials of the
department to put an end to the lot
tery company's activities In this coun
try. I'astor n Bigamist.
Rev. Frederick H. Ward, pa.-tor (f
the Baptist church at Free Wat. r,
Ore., Thursday pleaded sullly of bis
amy and was sentenced to live years in
the Washington penitentiary.
Held lor Peddling; Poem.
Arthur A. Belyea, a Boston poet,
was haled to the police station charged
with peddling without a license Wed
nesday. He was making a house to
house canvass with his literary wares
when a policeman held him up.
One Killed In Train W'Heek.
H. H. Proud, of Karlvllle, 111., was
killed and three other men were In-
dead and Injured men were in charge
of the live stock. None of the passen
gers were injured.
lluvlicn (Jimhoat Christened.
With Mmo. Sannon, wife of H.
paules Sannon, Haytien minister to
the United States, as sponsor, the Hay
tien gunboat La Liberia was chris
tened Wednesday at the shipyards in
South Brooklyn, N. Y.. where the little
craft, formerly the steam yacht Earl
King, has been undergoing conversion
Into a war vessel.
Accused by Girl; ArrcMed.
John Eagle, 25 years old, accused
of having attacked 11-year-old
Blanche Wise, of Washington, Ind.,
was captured Wednesday afternoon.
Cremated In Prorla Fire.
Leonard Koehler, an electrician, was
cremated in the fire that destroyed the
car barns of the Peoria, 111., Terminal
Railway company Tuesday night.
Naval Officer Dies.
Edgartown, Mass.: Medical Direc
tor Benjamin elarrlson Kidder, United
States navy, retired, of Maiden, Mass.,
died Wednesday night.
Military Historian Dead.
Col Theodore A. Dodge, the military
historian of New York and Paris, died
Tuesday at Versailles, aged 67 years.
Gold Output at Nome.
Estimates of the season's gold out
put from the Nome district placed the
production at $4,120,000. This is the
largest ever secured from dredging op
erations on the Solomon river.
Cholera In Belgium.
The state department has received
a dispatch from the American minister
In Belgium that eight cases of cholera
have appeared near Antwerp, six of
which were fatal.
(il'.N. HOWAltD I 'ASM IS AWAY.
Life's End Conn Suil.lcnty to Famous
War Veteran.
Ocn. Oliver O. Howard, last of the
union commanders of the civil war.
died at his home in Burlington. Yt.
Tuesday night. Heart disease was tlv
cause of the noted soldier's death. He
was 79 years old.
Ijist week Gen. Howard was In On
tario delivering his lecture on "Abra
ham Lincoln." His last appearance
was nt Ixmdon on Sunday night. On
Monday he returned to his homo In
Burlington and was apparently In his
usual good health. While sitting In a
chair at his home, he was attacked
by heart disease, and was dead when
a physician reached the house.
Including (Jen. Howard's services In
the Indian wars, he was probably In
more engagements than any other of
ficer In the United S'.r.tes army. He
was born In Leeds, Me., November 8,
1830.
Oeneral regret was expressed In
Washington at the death of Gen. How
ard, who lived for a number of years
In that city, where he was a conspic
uous character.
NEBIIASKAX DIIAWS NO. 1.
William Eugel .Lucky .Man In IjiimI
liUttery.
William J. Engcl, of Butte, Neb.,
was the first name drawn from the pile
of envelopes In the United States land
drawing at Aberdeen, S. D., Tuesday
for land In the Cheyenne and Standing
Hock Indian reservations. Mr. Kngel
Is 89 years old and registered at Pierre
S. D.
William Kngel, the young German
farmer living four miles west of Butte,
Neb., who drew claim No. 1 at Aber
deen Tuesday, registered on the 13th
of the month at Pierre. It cost ISO to
make the trip and he's been kicking
himself ever since for spending the
money. He was husking corn when
told of his good luck. Three days ago
he filed on a iiuu.lei- section in Tripp
county and be does not know whether
this will interfere with his new claim
or not. He has rcceiveJ a bushel bus-
ketful of telegrams from newspapers.
ine Milwaukee railroad wired 300
words offering to locate him free. Ho
has neither sweetheart nor wife.
DISMISSED l-'ItOM AH. MY'.
Lieut. Terry Pound Guilty of Break
ing a Five-Year Pledge.
Found guilty of breaking a pledge
taken In 1906 to abstain from the use
of intoxicating liquors for five years.
First Lieut. Edward W. Terry, of the
Twenty-second Infantry, has been dis
missed from the army.
The presidential approval of the sen
tence Imposed by the com tmartlul at
Fort Gibson. Alaska, was announced
at the war department Tuesday. In ad
dition to violating the pledge the of
cer was charged with drunkenness on
duty.
Decides Against Thaw.
Harry K. Thaw's contention that he
was illegally committed to the Mattea
wan state hospital for the criminal In
sane, following his aeiulttal on the
c'.iarge of murderinir Stanford White
In New York, was overruled Tuesday
by the couit of appeals.
Suit Against .loliuswn.
Suit was tiled in Chicago Tuesday
against Jack Johnson, champion
heavyweight pugilist for $2,000 on be
half of "Yank" Ivcnney, formerly
Johnson's trainer. Kenney alleges the
money Is due him for training fees and
for breac h of contract.
Austrian Dialect Submitted.
The Austrian budget for 1910 was
submitted to the lower .house Tuesduy.
The expenditures are estimated at
$672,874,869. and the revenues at
$662,364,182. The deficit Is to be met
by increasing both the direct and Indl.
rect taxation on the match monoply.
Funeral of Bishop Hare.
Attended by six bishops, more than
a half hundred clergymen and many
laymen, the funeral service for tho
Rt. Rev. William Hobart Hare, D. D.,
bishop of the missionary district of
South Dakota, was held In Philadel
phia, Pa., Tuesduy.
Girl Steals Finery,
An uncontrollable love for finery
caused Tlllle Shoemaker, a beautiful
18-year-old girl of Davenport, to take
a suitcase and $18 in cash and a large
assortment of "glad rags" belonging to
Mrs. A. E. Fields, a prominent society
womnn. She was arrested.
Shivery Charge Denounced.
Hon. W. W. Blake, a former Bur
lington citizen, but for 35 years a resi
dent of old Mexico, now visiting In
Burlington, gave out an interview de
nouncing as utterly false and Inexcus
able the article published In a maga
zine alleging peonage and slavery In
Mexico.
.Murdered Three.
James McMahon confessed at Kan
sas City. Mo., Tuesday he murdered his
sisters. Miss Rose McMubon and Mrs.
Alonzo Van Royen, and the letter's
husband, Alonzo Van Royen, on a
farm near Kansas City, Kan.V last
Tuesday.
Big Breaker Destroyed.
The Sterrlck creek breaker of the
Temple Iron company. In Jessep, pa.,
was totally destroyed by tire which
broke out early Tuesday morning, en
tailing a loss of $150,000 Two thousand
men ure thrown out of employment.
Mcxlcun General Expires.
Gen. Julio Cervantes, one of the best
known men in tho civil and military
circles of the Mexican republic, died
Tuesday. He was 70 years old.
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PJE3RASKA
News of the Week
in Concise Form
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FRIENDS QUARKIX. ONE IS SHOT
Shooter Now In .lull and Victim In
Hospital.
Charles Stce'.e Is In Jail in Plctts
mouth and Charles Mai tin. his friend,
is In a hospital In Omaha with a bullet
In his hip. nil the result of too much
booze. The men had gone to Jens
Rasmussen's plane, a mile and a hnlf
west of Avocn. Si.d proctedtd to fill
up, and as 11 remit became quarrel
some. About 6 o'clock ns Steele was
standing Inside ofr the building Marti:!
threw rocks at hm. It Is said, and re
fused to desist jvhen told to do so.
Steele, It la allesiHl, thereupon fired nt
Martin, the bullet; entering his hip and
lodging. Steele Immediately went to
Avoca and surrendered to the officers!.
BURNS PROVE FATAL.
F. n. Clark Sacrifices Life In Trying to
Rescue HtirsrH.
For attempting to rercue some
horses from a burning barn a few days
ago at his home, Frank B. Clark, of
Rosalie, sacrificed his life. He rushed
Into the blar.lng barn to free the ani
mals when his clothing cnuRht fire,
and before the flames could be extin
guished he hud been fatally burned.
He was brought to a hospital In Sioux
City. He hovered between life and
death for two days, and died.
Clark's body was a mass of burns.
He lived longer than physlciuns pre
dicted, although no hope of recovciy
was entertained at any time.
MAN'S BACK BROKEN.
I'akento Omaha for Treatment, but
Little Hope of Itwovrry.
O. II. Mahlple, who runs a restau
rant at Pllger, hud his back broken.
In company with Louis Koplln, he had
gone after a load of hay and was re
turning when the wagon upset. Mr.
Mahlple struck the ground In such a
way as to break his back and other
wise injure himself. He was brought
In In an automobile and it was decld
to take him to Omaha,. Mr. Mahlple
Is entirely paralyzed frpm his hips
lown, and his recovery Is doubtful. .
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,"",' Withdrawal l'o Ijalc.
Because A. G. Wolfenbarger and
R. L. Staple, prohibition candidates
for Supremo Judge, did not make up
their minds to get off the ticket until
the latter part of last week, a number
of counties have already printed the
ballots with their names thereon.
These counties were informed by Sec
retary of State Junkln, with the sanc
tion of the attorney general, that they
could blot out these names on the bal
lots or Instruct the election Judges to
lo the work.
New Court House.
The contractors for building Mor
rill county's new $2.1,000 court house,
began breaking ground for tho foun
dation. The building Is to be of press
ed brick anil stone, with baucment.
and two stories high. This court
house will not be so large as many
of the older counties huve, but it will
be one of the most complete in the
state and Is considered a great credit
'.0 Nebraska's youngest county.
Treasury Out of Caslf.
State Treasurer Brian has on hand
warrants to the amount of $11,000,
with no money to pay them. He has
written to the county treasurers ask
ing to the hurry up and send him some
money, as many of them have paid
nothing to tho state for six mouths.
The treasurer will not register tho
warrants, as he expects shortly to col
'ect enough money to puy them.
Appeals to Supreme Court.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany 'at Lincoln has appealed to the
supreme court from a conviction in
the lower court of having violated a
state luw by changing its rates of
charges without first having secured
permission of the state railway com
mission. Funn Help Scarce.
Corn husking Is progressing rapidly
n Cuming county and the yield Is an
average one. Farmers are experienc
ing difficulty In obtaining competent
help. Five cents per bushel is being
paid for husking with few men to be
had even at that price.
Cortland Druggist Held.
Melvln D. Welsh, the Cortland drug
jlst urrested on the charge of selling
Intoxicating Ihjuor without u license,
was bound over to the district court
lit the sum of $1,000.
Balks on Telephone Bill.
The office of the secretary of state
had to send back to the state peniten
tiary a telephone bill which the stute
balks on paying. The toll charges
amounted to $6.85 and was for calls
exclusively to York county.
Wunt Money for College.
The Hastings Commercial club has
started a movement to complete the
raising of a fund of $25, 000 to pay
Off the the deficit of Hastings college,
conditional on the designation of the
institution us the Nebraska synodieal
college.
Burglars at I'inli.
Robbers entered the home of James
Auman nt Firth an dxeeuied $22 In
tuali. There 1-t no due to the thieves.
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STATE NEWS
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IXHM) SLAIN IN BFCGY.
lnqmst shov.s Munlir anil SuleUlo In
Doiib-e 1 raxitly.
A ilo.U'le tiaaeoy, accepted by th
uihi 1 ttirs as a murder and suicide,
vr.s disclosed Sunday morning when
I turivur, f,ur miles from Cluy Center,
r.Mnd thi' deed bodies of Lorry Foster
and Miss Inez Cox In a bugpy near the
readwi y ud- bis farm. Appar
ently thy h id been dead a number of
'lo'ir.v Both were shot In the rcplon
if fie hen it. and near the iiihii was a
revolver, Foster wr.s a rural moll car
tier, 22 years old, and MI:H Cox was R
teneitrapher. 24 years old. They had
gone riding togrtln r.
Tct.niony given at the lne.ue.it
showed tluit Foster had killed tho
you;, woman md then himself. Fos
ter and Mlis Cox had been keeping
company for a few months, and tho
lmpres.--'u n Is that ho was In love w'th
the fvlrl. who accepted him as n friend
but did net reciprocate hrs affection.
He was insanely jealous. Both th
young man imd woman were promi
nent socially and enjoyed the best of
reputations.
PRAIRIE FIRE DOES DAMAGE.
Two Funnel Ncnr Dickons Keavi
lasers from Blaze.
One of the worst prairie fires raged
about three hours abtkut two miles east
f Dickens, destroying everything In
Its path. The lire was Btarted about
1:30 p. m. by a westbound passenger
train on the Burlington. A high
northwest wind was blowing, which
made the flames difficult to control. A
strip of country about a mile wide
and about four miles long was devas
tated. Over a hundred tons of winter
feed was burned, besides the loss of
the rtinfjo. R. S. Fldler, Smith broth
ers and Chas. Hublitz are the heav
iest losers, the latter party losing all
of his hay and winter feed.
CORNER STONE LAYING.
New Prcsiiytoiinii Clmrrli at lono
Will Cost Nearly $10,000.
The corner , stone of Ponca new
Presbyterian church was laid there
Monday. Rev. Jos B. Cheriy, the pas
tor of the Congregational,- had charge
of the exercises, which were largely
attended and Interesting. A copy ol
the Sioux City Journal iriid other pa
pers were placed beneath the corner
stone. The church when completed
will con nearly $10,000 and will be f
handsome liructure.
Auto I'ul.'s from Brlil-jo.
John Bullerman, a young farmer re
i-'idlng ten miles southwest of Nelirus
ku City, started for home accompa
nied by his mother. They were In un
automobile, and when at the edge of
the city and crossing a bridge met a
team. I'.allerinan tried to-.turn aside1
for the team and lost control of his
machine, which broke through the
rolling of the bridge and plunged
down the embankment, a fall of twen
ty feet. Neither was fatally hurt.
State May Lose Thoiisuiul.
The state board of public lands and
buildings Is trying to find out whether
or not has been done out of $1,000 due
from the contractor who was to con
struct the buildings ut tho Norfolk
Insone usylum. The contractor board
cd at the Institution and promised to
pay when tho work was done. He fell
down on the work and the board took
over the unfinished building, but failed
to take over that board money.
HdiKil Children ExKMcd.
Parents of children attending tin
Everett school In Lincoln have been
thrown Into a punlc over the discovery
that two children of C. W. Robinson,
a teller In tho First National bunk,
had died of diphtheria. Sisters and
brothers of the deud children attended
school.
Bound over for Stabbing.
Ed Flynn and Bill Tyler, who wert
principals In a stabbing affray at Co
lumbus, had their preliminary hearing
and were bound over to the November
term of the district court. The bonds
were fixed at $1,000, and being unable
to furnish them, will remuln In Jul
until their trial.
Accident at tirade Crossing.
Millard F, Hayes was struck by th
northbound Burlington passenger
tiain four miles south of Beatrice und
ferlously Injured. He was riding on
a hayrack und the accident happened
as he wuh attempting to drive across
the track.
Team of Horses Stolen.
Sdiiday night horse thieves stole 6
teuiii or bay horses from A. M. Vance,
south of Randolph. Mr. Vance is a
renter und a poor mun, and his loss
Is u hard blow.
F. W. Emery, a well known farmer,
was severely Injured Monday morning
by falling from a bum Just being built
on his place. It Is thought his back
Is permanently Injured.
Centenarian Dies ul iluvclock.
Jamen H.11 tsl. rn, of Havelock, 100
years old. died ut lis home, lie was
born In Entiund Ausust i, 1S09. Un
til a few months ago ho was In per
fect health und then began to full
though bis death waj unexpected.
GENERAL 0. ..J DSAD.
Last of Union Co;ii".i mdcri of Civil
War Eucea.:ib3 to Ec.irt Disseruo.
General tiliur O. llownr.l, l.u ol
the Unio'j i o:nn'n:i('.rr.i of the Ivll
War, died at bis !io,.ie in IlufUn, on,
Vt., Tuesday nlglit. lL-.'.rt diuease as
given as the cat;j of the noted sol
dier's death, lie w.u 70 yean old.
The prcviour, week General Howard
was In Ontario delivering his lec.ure
on "Abrahr..n Lincoln. " HU last pub
lic appearance was fit London on Sr.n
dny night. Monday he returned ti his
home In liurllnston and waa apparent
ly In his UMial pood health. Tuesday
night, while s'ttitij; In a chair at his
home, he wa3 attacked by heart dis
ease and was dead when a physician
reached the liouso.
Including General Howard's services
In the Indian wars, lie was probably In
more engagements than any other offi
cer In the United States army. Gen
eral Howard, besides having been an
able and efficient commanding ohfrer,
who had the friendship and confidence
of Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheri
dan, wab known an the rellslous gen
eral. He was known In European
army circloa as "The Havelock of
America."
In 1SC3 General Howard was n;v
pointed head of the Fieedmar.'s bu
reau, various societies having been or
ganized under this name to help tho
emancipated nesro. He established
schools of general learning and also
Sabbath schools during the nine years
he continued at the head of the bu
reau. He received the degree of LL. Y).
from no les tl.s r four colleges and of
late years, since his retirement, has
written many books. Ho was -also a
writer of magazine articles on mili
tary subjects and addressed many re
ligious ciicetlngB.
MANY WOMEN SLAIN?
Disclosures Expected as Result of
Arrest In Lon? Island Case.
Admissions made under severe cross
examination by Otto, Mueller, an As
toria, L. I., planoniaker, arrested on
the ground that he may know some
thing of the strange circumstance of
the death of Anna Latter, the young
German woman whose skeleton was
found at Isllp, L. I are expected by
the police to bring to light a tale of
wholesale marriage and murder sel
dom equaled in criminal records.
Mueller was arraigned under the
name of Frederick Oebhardt on the
formal charge of bigamy, but the po
lice expec t , to Jodge-a more .serious
charge asRlnHt Mm. Mrs. Oebhardt
Informed the authorities that she has
lived In terror of her husband for
many years and that on the occasion he
was overheard whll intoxicated to say
that she was bis eighth wife and that
those who p'eceded her were In their
graves. t
Another point on which stress Is laid
by the police is the finding of four
notes scribbled by Mueller, in which
the writer revealed his Intention to
disappear. All are ditfed Oct. 23,
the day of the man's arrest, and con
tain Instructions for the disposal of
his property. One of the notes Is ad
dressed to tho Long Island City banli
and follows: "Please pay my account
to my wife, Anna Oebhardt. I am le
gally dead." Mueller confessed that
be married the Latter girl In Febru
ary, 1908, but says he deserted her
three months later and docs not know
w hat became of her.
A box of 32-collber revolver cart
ridges was found by the police In a
search of the house Mueller occupied
at Astoria. A flattened 32-callber bul
let was near the skeleton of the girl.
PASSENGER VANISHES IN LAKE.
Victim of Struiire nUnpiimrane un
Mailt Trip to Holland, Mlrh.
A pnssenRer on the Graham & Mor
ton line steamer Puritan, supposed, be
cause of a card found in his stateroom
later, to have been John M. F. Edwin
of Wllmette, 111., disappeared In mid
lake Saturday night while the boat
was on Its way from Chicago to Hol
land, Mich. Tf man's disappearance
was not discovered until tho vessel
lauded at Holland. Then the state
room was searched, and part of the
man's clothing and his half-emptied
valise were found In the stateroom.
No one saw hL:n disappear.
CANNOT MARRY j DIE TOGETHER,
Deail Ilodlea of Neliraaka Cotla
Found la m IlnKr
"If we can't marry we will dlo to
gether." These words were Beribbled
on a sheet of wrapping paper found in
the pocket of the coat of Ray Foster,
whose dead body was found In a bug
gy on the road four miles from Clay
Center, Neb. On the floor at his feet
waa the body of Miss Inez Cox, a
stenographer. On the seat of the bug
gy was a revolver, two of the chambers
containing empty cartridge shells. A
bullet had pierced the heart of each.
PICK RESERVATION TOWN SITES
liovrrnment UHlrlal Announce l.o
entlua of Four rroanrrttva t'ltlra.
Four town sites of 160 acres each
have been set aside in the Cbeyenne
River and Standing Rock reservations
In South Dakota by the Interior De
partment, and their location was an
nounced by Superintendent Witten.
They will be Eagle Butte, Hump, Du
prls and White Horse, the first three
on the Cheyenne branch of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound
road and the other on tho Moreau
branch.
IER0HGS GREET TUFT
Thousands Travel All Night to
See the President at Cape
Girardeau, Mo.
WELCOME BY OTHER T0WHS
Nation's Head Stirs Eist St. LouisftnS
by Waterway Talk Lay Fed- r(
eral Building: Cornerstone.
President Taft stepped from hla fia
chip the Oleander as it docked at Cape
Olrardeau, Mo.,' at 6 o'clock Tuesflay
morning. That city, the first stop on
the trip from St. Louis by boat to
New Orleans, greeted the President
with prolonged cheers. Thousand:) of
country people arrived during the
night by rail and wagon. While the
levee was thronged, the greatest
rowd was at the State normal school;
one mile from the city, where Presi
dent Taft was driven in an automo
bile. In the natural amphitheater the
hlef executive wag Introduced to the
citizens of southeast Missouri by Con
gressman C C. Crow of tho 14th Mis
ourl district. Mayor M. 11 Leinlng
presided at the meeting, ono of tho
features of which was the planting of
tree. The chill October in.irnlnx nlr
reverberated with cheers when a gold
Badge was pinned on the lapel of th
President's overcoat. The badge was a
gift of the citizens. Because the si3d
ale called for only an hour's stop, the
President's address was brief. At 7
a'clock the Presidential flotilla depart
ed for Cairo.
There was little Incident to the trip
down the river Monday night.
Throughout the nlr.ht a cheer would
occasionally come from one bank of
the river or the other as the Presi
dent's boat, the Oleander, passed. Bon
fires lighted the river at several
places.
What with his strenuous day in SC
Louis Monday and his strained throat
President Taft was completely tired
out, and an hour after the boats left
the city he Bent word to the govern
ors' boat, the St. Paul, that he would
nave to be excused from attending the;
banquet arrange tor him "and ' them
antil later in the trip.
! Elaborate plans for the feast had tor
oe changed In a few minutes and there
was much hurrying, and confusions
The viands intended for the banquet
were put back in the refrigerators and
the governors were given a frugal re
past. Not tho least amusing feature
of the Incident was the frantic efforts
of the newspaper men to send out
''kills" on their elaborately detailed
torles of the banquet including nevJ
eral of the governors' speeches. They'
begged In vain to get ashore at some
telegraph station, then called loudly
(o people on the bnnk that the TreBl-,
dent was ill, hoping that In this way
warning would get to their offices..
All devices were in vain, however, and
the Btorie3 of the dinner had to Btand.1.
The proposed deep waterway from
Chicago to 'the gulf received strong,
indorsement in East St. Louis, 111.,.
Monday afternoon In speeches byj
President Taft, Vice President Sher-(
man, Governor Deneen and Speaker,
Cannon. Governor Deneen told 40,000
Illinois citizens that it is his purpose,
to call the Illinois legislature Into ses)
lon within five weeks for the specific.
puro.se of legally initiating the work
3f starting the dirt to flying on the,
tecond stretch of the lakes to the gulf
channel. While In East St Louis
President Taft laid the corner stone of!
the new Federal building there, the'
oration of the occasion being delivered
by Vice President Sherman. Besides'
the President, the Vice President and'
the Speaker of the House there were
among those present the solid delega-'
tlon from Illinois in the House of Rep
resentatives. Senator Lorlmer and a;
dozen other United States Senators,
Uov. Deneen, Lieut.-Gov. Oglesby, 8ec-J
retary of State Rose, State Treasurer"
Russell and two-thirds of the mem-'
bers of the Illinois legislature. The'
Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, '
Mayor Krelsmann of St. Louis and a
committee representing the St. Louis '
business interests were also on the
ttage.
FIENDS SET BOY AFtRE.
Horrible Act of Two North Dakota
Men Ascribed to Liquor Fight.
Citizens passing by Aneta Park in
the middle of Aneta, N. D., the
other night stared transfixed at a
flaming figure running through the
streets, trailed by sheets of lire,
out of which issued the horrify
ing shrieks of a burning boy. Ken
neth, the 12-year-old son of Simon Mo
Kenzle, a butcher, leader of the re
form association there, while deliver
ing meat tor his father, bad been met
In the park by two men who hurled
him to the ground, poured oil from his
own lantern over him, and ignited It.
Passersby bore htm to the ground and
quenched the fire. The child bad been
probably fatally burned and was rush
ed to the St. John's hospital at Fargo.
On account of the prominence of Si
mon McKenzle in the fight being waged
against the Illegal liquor element, the
deed is ascribed to the hatred and
threats of that class against him.