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DAKOTA OITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1011.
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CUMBS TO WOUNDS.
HIS DEATH IS PEACEFUL
PaMlng of Russia' "Iron Man" Causes
Jews by Thousands to Flee Coun
try Hundreds of Assassin's
Friends Taken Into Custody.
Kiev. Premier Peter A. Stolypln Is
dead from bullet wounds received at
the hands of Dlmltrl Bogroff, a Jewish
lawyer, during a gala performance at
the municipal theater.
With the passing of Russia's "Iron
man" the emperor faces a situation
which all the bowlldcrlng under
ground resources of tho czar aro at
work to combat
JewB, fearlng.a massacre more vio
lent than any yet recorded In Russia's
black history, are fleeing from the
country In hordes. Hundreds left tho
province of Kiev Immediately upon
hearing of tho premier's death, and as
the news reaches tho outlying prov
inces thousands of the persecuted peo
ple are crossing the borders for safe
ty. Tho utmost excitement prevails
In the government centers, where dili
gent search Is being made for others
of the revolutionary band of which
Borgroff la believed to bo a
member.
Every known acquaintance of Bog
roff has been arrested. Mora than
200 of his friends, among them many
prominent lawyers, are In prison. Bog
roff, plunged Into mental delirium by
the news of his victim's death, Is fur
nishing the police with every detail of
the circumstances leading up to his
crime. Ho is said to have revealed
the names of other high officials
marked for -death and extra precau
tions are being taken to guard these
persons from assassination. Bogroff
hod maintained an attitude of confi
dence up to tho time of the premier's
first sinking spell, but when told that
M. Stolypln could not live the prison
er became despondent and talked
freely of his act
Kiev is practically under martial
law. Armed Cossacks are patrolling
the streets and few of the residents
venture out of doors, fearing arrest
as suspects. The streets about the
pftnltarlum where the premier died
have been closed to all traffic. The
secret police . are alert to detect the
first indication of a revolutionary up
riBihg consequential upon tho death of
the man whose summary methods
caused him to be viciously hated and
feared by tho terrorists.
Almost until the last the premier
was conscious, and for half an hour
his wife alone was at his bedside.
Toward the end Stolypln suffered
greatly.i He groaned Incessantly and
threw himself about on tho couch on
which he lay. Finally the heart action
becamo weaker, and as tho body grow
cold, the premier realized that death
was overtaking hlra. At a lucid inter
val a priest administered extreme
unction. The Metropolitan Flavian
blessed and consoled him in his last
moments. Frequently he called:
"Glvo me the letter. Take It away.
Give me a red pencil." His last words
were: "Lift me. Light up."
Half an hour beforo his death Stoly
pln asked the doctors to turn him
on his sldey He died peacefully, sur
rounded by several of his relatives
and state officials.
ETNA LOSS IS $20,000,000
Volcano Continues to Throw Out
Lava, Cinders and Ashes Three
Towns Threatened.
Catania, Sicily. The niBh of lava
from Mount Etna now threatens three
towns, Alcantara, Francavllle and
Golicchlata. The latter place Is in im
mediate danger. .
Clouds of smoke and cinders aro
pouring from tho volcano and the at
mosphere is Insufferable. Ashes fill
the air.
The river of lava flowing to the
north has now divided into four
streams, the largest of which is mov
ing toward Alcantara.
The loss caused by the eruption ex
ceeds $20,000,000.
IS NAMED PASTOR EMERITUS
Dr. Robert 8. MacArthur to Be Vote
8alary Which Will Make Him Com
fortable for Life.
New York. At a special meeting
of the Calvary Baptist church
this week tho resignation will be read
of the Rov. Dr. Robert Stuart MacAr
thur, the president of tho Baptist
World Alliance. He will become pas
tor emeritus at a salary which will
make him comfortablo for life. Dr.
MacArthur Is in Atlanta, Ga., where
he dedicated a new Baptist tabernacle.
He leaves In November for a three
months' trip in Europe, during which
he expects to interview the szar and
to ask the privilege of building a Bap
tist college In Russia.
Dr. Samuel H. Virgin Dead.
New York. Rev. Dr. Samuel Hon
derson Virgin, one of the leading di
vines In the Congregational church,
Is dead at his home In his sixty-ninth
year. He had been pastor of the Pil
grim church since 1871.
Pittsburg to Drop Its "H."
Pittsburg, Pa. Undo Sam has de
cided that Pittsburg shall no longer
i be spelled with a final "h." Instruc
tions to that effect wero received
(from Washington by the local post
offico authorities.
Pi
DEAD
CHENG-TU BESIEGED
BRITI8H CONSUL DETAINS Ml
SIONARIES WHO WOULD QUIT.
Troops Within Walls of City Hav(
Several Engagements With
needs Many Laltd? sum.
Peking. Chong-Tu, capital ot
Sze-Chuan province, is under slego,
and most ot the missionaries
are within Its wails, according to the
latest advices received by the Chi
nese foreign board and the foreign
legations. Tho 1,800 troops garri
soned within tho city have had sev
eral sanguinary engagements with
the besieging rebels.
A dispatch from the prefect ot Jsu
Chau, about seventy-five miles from
Chung-Tu, duted September. 12, salil
that tho troops wero firing upon the
rebels from the Cheng-Tu walls and
IXat tho besiegers had lost many men.
The belief Is held there that tho gar
rison Is capable of resisting tho at
tacks of any number ot organized
rebels from tho outside.
The British consul is reported to
have refused permission to five boat
loads ot missionaries to leave the
city.
Tho Canadian Methodist compound
within the city has open spaces
around Its own wall's. It Is believed
that the foreigners have taken refuge
within this compound, which Is con
sidered the strongest and the most
easily defended.
Chung King, China. American
and British cltlzons in the prov
ince of Szechuan have been ordered
by the British consul, who Is tem
porarily in charge of American Inter
ests in this district, to seek places of
safety Immediately, as the situation la j
that province is becoming very grave.
There are many American mission
aries in the rebellious province.
STRIKES IN SPAIN SPREAD
Alfonso's Throne Is Threatened by
Labor Upheavals Martial Law
Proclaimed In Many Cities.
Madrid. Anarchy reigns throughout
Spain as the result of general labor
upheavals in most of the large cities
and the end of the monarchy is freely
predicted by leaders of the near-revolution.
Martial law has been proclaimed In
several cities, but there are not enough
loyal troops to keep, order and riot
lng Is reported from all parts.
The revolutionary movement, which
began with the general strike in Bilbao-,
is threatening ,the entire country.
The railroad men are on the point of
striking. The step taken by Premier
Canalejas In declaring martial law in
the centers of disturbance appears
only to havo aggravated the tollers.
There have been numerous clashes
between troops and strikers and the
encounters frequently have been
mnrked by bloodshed, especially In
Bilbao.
Valencia was tho center of turmoil
when a strlko of revolutionary signifi
cance started. Valencia Is a maritime
city of Spain, ten miles southeast of
Madrid. Martial law has been pro
claimed and the streets are occupied
by troops.
The government Is considering a sus
pension of constitutional guaranties
throughout Spain should be situation
resulting from the many worklngmen's
strikes become more serious.
BANK ROBBED OF $315,000
Five Cracksmen Blow 8fe at New
Westminster, B. C, Bind Chinese
Caretaker and Escape.
New Westminster, B. C. Five mas
ter cracksmen, in flight with f315,ooo
in gold and bills stolen from the vault
of tho Bank of Montreal here, are be
ing sought by the police, who have as
their only clue tho story ot a fright
ened Chinese caretaker who was
bound by the robbers as soon as be
entered the building.
Content with the bills ot large de
nomination and tho gold they could
easily transport, they loft on the
watchman's bed $20,000 In gold, while
In tbe looted vault they left $15,000,
with small coins and bills scattered
about When Chong Koh, the careta
ker, entered tbe building, and was
captured, bound and gagged, the rob
bers had completed their work. The
Chinese worked himself free after the
bandits had departed and notified tho
police.
0. K. JOHNSON-WELLS FIGHT
Directors of Earl's Court Decide to
Allow Heavyweight Battle In Lon
don, Despite Churcha' Protests.
London. The directors of Earl's
court, which is controlled by
tho American amusement promoter,
Calvin Brown, decided to allow the
Johnson-Wells fight to tako place, bar.
lng been advised that the holding of
the contest will not conflict with the
terms ot their license. Tho Church
Army and other religious bodies have
petitioned tho county council to pro
hibit tho light
Col. John J. McCock Dies.
News York. Col. John J. McCook,
one of tho "Fighting McCooks" of the
Civil war, died at tho age of sixty-six
years at his homo in Rumson road.
Seabrlgnt, N. J., after an illness of
long duration.
Play 21-lnnlng Game.
Lob Angeles, Cal. Tho Sacramento
team of tho Pacific Coast leaguo,
Vhlch played a 24-lnnlng tlo with Port
land, played 21 innings with Lot. An
geles. When darkness stopped tho
contest tho scoro was 4 to 4 -"
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AUTO KILLS NINE
RACING MACHINE THROW8 TIRE
IN BIG RACE AT SYRA
CUSE, N. Y.
FOURTEEN PERSONS ARE HURT
Car Piloted by Lee Oldfleld Plunges
Through Fence at Terrific 8peed,
Crashing Into Onlookers Driver
to Be Arrested.
Syracuse, N. Y. On a track which
had been sprinkled tor the benefit ot
President Taft, who had expressed a
desire to make a circuit of the race
courso at the state fair grounds, a
Knox car. driven by Loo Oldfleld,
slipped a tire during a race and
crashed through a fence surrounding
the track. The machlno, which was
traveling at terrlflo speed, plunged
into a throng of onlookers, killing nine
persons and Injuring fourteen. The
president had left the grounds before
the accident
Oldfleld, who was Injured, la, being
guarded by an officer In a city hos
pital, and as soon as he recovers will
be arrested.
Six of the nine victims were killed
outright, and three others wore so
badly Injured that they 'died on the
way to tho hospital.
The accident happened during the
forty-seventh mile of tho fifty-mile
race. Oldfleld was a lap behind Ralph
De Palma and was running oven with
him, Oldfleld had had n bad tire on
his car for over twenty-seven miles,
but it did not blow out until the race
was within three miles of tho finish.
At tho timo the tire exploded Do
Palma and Oldfleld wore neck and
nock. They had Just tnlcon tho turn
at a tnrrlfla npnnd that had the spec
tators almost In, a frenzy. Then came
a crash that was heard all ovor the
field.
The machine suddenly swerved from
Its course in tho middle ot tho track
and headed directly toward a large
crowd of spectators who wore gath
ered closo to tho fenco surrounding
the track. It crashed through the bar
rier without slackening Its speed and
bore down on tho spectators, who did
not havo timo to get from in front ot
Its rush.
EX-SENATOR CARTER DEAD
8uccumbs to Heart Disease at His
Home In Washington After
Four Months' Illness.
Washington. Thomas Henry Car
tor, senator from Montana until
March 4 last, Is dead at his home
here. His Illness was known only to
his family and a very few frlonds. In
fraction of the lungs was tho cause of
death.
Hundreds of telegrams of condol
ence wero received by the family, in
cluding ono from President Taft and
political leaders from all sections ot
tho country.
Senator Carter is survived by his
widow, Ellen Galon Carter, and two
sons, John C. and Hugh Thompson
Carter, both students in the art school
of Georgetown university
HUNNEWELL BOWS IN SHAME
Commercial Club Appeals to Governor
to 8top Row Between Mayoress
and Councilman.
Topojja, Kan. bhamod by tho
unsavory aspect of tbe controver
sy between Mrs. Ella Wilson, tho
mayor of Hunnowell, and tbe council
men there, the Commercial club of
that town has appealed to Governor
Stubbs to stop tho row because ot tbe
alleged unsavory advertising Hunno
well Is receiving.
There Is much agitation of a plan to
start general ouster proceedings
against tho mayor and the members
ot the council.
Escaped Convict Is Caught.
Columbus, O, Michael Soboleskl, a
life-term murdoror who escaped from
tho penitentiary horo by disguising
hlmsolf In tho clothes of Warden
Jones' wife, was captured at Dela
ware O. "I should have comralttod
suicide," said Soboleskl when arrest
ed. Ho offered no resistance.
Boy Weighs 18 Pounds at Birth.
Qulncy, III. An eighteen-pound boy
was born to the wife of Jamos Leigh
of this dty Thld is tholr first child.
Mr'i' i" .!.(' Iilld nro doing well
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PRESIDENT OVERRULES RECOM.
MENDATION8 OF BOARD.
Taft's Decision 8ajrs the Broader Is.
sues Raised May Require More
Radical Action.
Beverly, MasB. fPrcsldent Taft made
publio a memorandum which complete
ly vindicates Dr. Harvey W. Wiley,
chief of tho bureau ot chemistry,
from tho charges preferred against
that official by a cabal In tho depart
ment of agriculture and severely
condemns persons responsible tor the
trouble to which the pure food expert
has boon subjected
Mr. Taft declares his purpose to
overrule the recommendation ot tho
personnel board ot tho department
and Attorney General WIckersham
that Doctor WUey'be dismissed and
concludes wluCthJk significant refer
ence to tho nous Inquiry Into the
charges against theichlef ot the chem
istry bureau: ' -
'The broader Issues raised by the
investigation which have a much
weightier relation (than this one to
the general efficiency ot the depart
ment, may require puch more radical
action than the question I have con
sidered and decided
This1 is regarded aa a forecast of
summary measures when the presi
dent returns to Washington In No
vember. In his opinion making It known that
tho "condign punlshmont" for Doctor
Wiley, which Mr. WIckersham held
to bo necessary, will not bo meted
out, the president voices no word of
criticism for tho chemist, but many
a word of pralso. Thoro is no indi
cation In It that Mr. Tatt feels
that ho "turns down" tho attor
ney general -by not accepting his
recommendations. Ho explains that
Mr. Wlckersham's findings in tho caso
were made with less complete data
than that before him when ho took
It up.
JOHNSON RAILROADED, IS CRY
Confessed Slayer of Madison (Wis.)
Girl Is Innocent In Opinion
of Sheriff.
Madison. Wis. That John A. John
son was railroaded to tho peniten
tiary for the murder of Annlo Lem
berger Is tho belief of thousands ot
Madison people, who aro demanding
that tho case bo reopened, tiherirr
Brown, who took Johnson to prison,
stated that in his opinion tho Lember
gcr case is not yet solved and that
Johnson Is not the murderer. He in
timated that othor arrests may be
made.
The sheriff and the police are still
making an Investigation In the vicinity
of tbe Lemberger homo in tho hope
that they will be ablo to And the
missing night gown.
It is reported that the Lemberger
girl was Insured for $200 and that this
amount was recently Increased to
$500.
BADLY INJURED BY HAZING
High School Boy, Roughly Treated by
Associates, Under Physicians'
Care at Belleville.
Belleville, 111. Charles S. Schrador,
fourteen years old, son of Honry
C. G. Schrader, Is under medi
cal treatment for serious Internal In
juries caused by a hazing at tho high
school.
Hazing in Illinois Is a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine or imprisonment
At recess young Schrader was sur
rounded on tbe playground by a crowd
of boys, who pushed him back and
forth until ho fell. Then somo of tho
hiizers fell Jr throw themselves upon
hlra, crushing his sido and injuring his
liver.
Boy In Panic Leaps In River.
Portland, Me. Terror-stricken by
tho discharge of a shotgun In tho
hands of a Windham farmer In whoso
orchard ho was trespassing, Angolo
Dolmonlco, aged nineteen, Is believed
to havo mot donth by bolting blindly
Into a rlvor that runs through tho
farm.
Struck With Baseball; Dead.
Chicago. William Schmidt, twenty,
olio yours old, was knocked uncoil
bcIouh when struck with n buiotmll, as
tho roBult ot which ho died
f.'ilri'BMasy
CHOICE FROM THIRD
LATTA'S SUCCESSOR WILL BE
NAMED IN NOVEMBER.
THE MANNER OF NOMINATING
Qlst of Opinion 8eems to Be that It
8hould Be Done- by
Convention.
Thoro will bo a special election In
tho Third district, on tho satno day as
the general election, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Congressman J.
P. Latta and the candidates will bo
chosen by tho congressional commit
tees, if those committees nro recog
nized by the state central committees;
or by convention, If tho congressional
committees of the several parties aro
not recognized by tho higher political
authority. Tho opinion Incllnos to
ward nomination by convention, how
cvor. This Is the gist ot an opinion
written by tho stnto legal department
In reply to an Inquiry from Dan V.
Stephens of Fremont.
Tho opinion is wrlton by Frank B.
Edgerton, assistant attorney general,
and is approved by the head of tho de
partment Edgerton's letter to Stephens fol
lows: "Attornoy General Martin has hand
ed mo your letter of tho 14th Inst., ask
ing for an opinion aB to tho proper
method for nomination ot candidates
for congress In tho Third congression
al district to fill tho vacancy crontod
by tho denth ot the lato J. P. Latta.
You say that In said district the can
didates In tho past have solocted cam
paign managers, who have chosen
their own committees for tho conduct
of campaigns.
"Tim primary law recognizes party
irganlzatlons and party commlttoes.
These committees are to bo chosen in
such manner as may bo determined by
the Btato cntral committee of each rep
resentative party. (Cobboy's annotat
ed statutes of 1911. Sec. 5889.) If the
committees in tho Third congressional
district, as solectod by tho campaign
managers, have the approval ot the
state central committees ot, the vari
ous parties, I take It that thoy'wlll bo
the legal committees of the parties ltf
that district.
"The jjritnry 1aw:proYldes for state
and congressional conventions. (Cob
bey's annotated statutes of 1911, Soc
tlon 5896.) It is true tho only con
gressional conventions mentioned
therein are those which formerly wore
authorized to select delegates to the
natlonnl convention, but this section
provides thnt dologates to state and
congressional conventions shall bo ap
portioned by tho Btato commltteo to
tho several counties upon tho vote cast
at tho last election for electors for
I president and vico prosldont. Honco
If a convontlon Is tho proper moans of
nomination for candidates to fill this
office tho apportionment would neces
sarily bo made by tho state commit
tees and not by tho congressional com
mittees nformentloncd.
"Tho primary method of nomination
does not apply to special elections to
fill vacancies. (Cobbey's annotated
statutes of 1911, Section 5863.) In
many respects his election of a con
gressman at this time might bo termed
i special election.
Funds Are Lacking.
No steps ns yot have boon taken
to onforco tho law passed by tho last
legislature rnqnlrlng maternity homes
and lying-in hospitals to obtain licens
es from tho state to do businoss. Lack
of funds and the failure of tho state
board of henlth to plnco tho burden of
enforcing the act are given as tho
reasons for falling to ninko tho law
live. The board of secretaries re
cently mudo application for fuuda
necessary to do tho work.
Requlsltiin Honored.
A requisition for tho roturn of Juda
Howard, now under arrest horo, to
Glenwood, la., whero sho Is wantod
on a chnrgo of enticing chlldron away
from homo, was honored at tho ox
ecutive office.
Corn Out of Danger.
Tho late hot weather has dono
much to ripen corn and put It on tho
way out of danger from frost. Farm
ers living near Lincoln say that If no
serious frost comes boforo October 1
vory little corn In this part of tho
stato will be damaged.
Ministers Are Appointed.
Appointments of tho ministers for
te Nebraska conforonco wero an
nounced at tho final meeting of tho
conference hold at University Plnco.
Tho stato has been re-dlstrlctod Into
four divisions Instead of 11 vo and their
names changed to Nebraska Contral,
East, South and West.
Lowered Fare Authorized.
The railway commission authorized
a one-faro round trip rato on tho
Union Pacific to tho Ak-Sar-Bon and
a ono-faro-and-half rato ovor tho
Chicago, 8t. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha. Tho tickets will bo sold Oc
tober 1 to B, Inclusive
Judgment Against Burlington.
A judgment ot $5,'250 was entered
against tho Burlington railroad in
tho federnl court in tho caso of Rich
ard (Mouse, a boy who lost an oyo In
tho Havclock shops,
LAYUS A PUZZLER.
Pure Seed and Stock Food Act Under
Inquiry.
Stnto officials nro facing several
puzzling questions as to tho enforce
ment ot tho puro sood and commer
cial stack food !mr and the Gsrdcs
accounting net, measures put upon
tho books by tho last legislature.
If tho food commissioner Is allowed
to draw from the Btato treasury all of
tho fees of his department,, will ho bo
ablo under tho stato law, to hire an
extra chemist and enforce the law?
Does tho Gerdes bill allow tho ex
penditure of funds after It has pro
vided that all of tho stnto funds shall
bo colloctcd and paid Into tho stnto
treasury by the heads ot each de
partment? It this can be done, may each ot tho
departments of tho state government
withdraw all of tho funds It collocta
and Bjiend those umounts of money
within each blennlum?
Food Commissioner W. It. Jackson
has written Auditor Barton as fol
lows. "The last legislature passed a puro
socd and commercial stock food law
and placed tho enforcement ot it
under this department. This law pro
vides for tho analysis of seeds and
stock foods by tho department and
tho collection of certain tecs. These
feos under the same law in Iowa
amounted In olghteon months to
$28,000. It is safo to assume that Ne
braska will collect at least one-
third of this amount. In passing this.
law the legislature niado no appro
priation for Its enforcement and tho
law must bocomo a dead letter unlena
tho department can use suoh of the
money collected as la necessary to fit
up a seed laboratory and employ a
Beed nnalylst and an assistant chom
lst to handle tho work necessary for a
proper enforcement of tho net. The
attorney gonornl informB mo that
under houso roll No. 571 wo can uso
tho money collected In foes from this
law, but wo do not wish to onforce
the law unless you are Wiling to
draw tho warrants agalnBt this
money after it has boon deposited
with tho stato treasurer. If you can do
this an Immediate reply will be ap
preciated as tho law Is effective Oc
tober 1, 1911."
Tho auditor has referred lite mailer
to the attorney general.
The Alfalfa Crop.
Farmers In Lancaster county aro
much pleased with (heir alfalfa crop
of the post month or more and are
witnessing another crop grow up with
tremendous' strides since the rains of
the past ten days or moro. The quality
of tho crops bo far harvested has
been uniform and of goood length.
Big Yields of Wheat.
Threshing machlno men state that
In tho southeastern corner of tho
Btate, particularly Otoe county, some
big yields of wheat aro reported
threshed from tho stack. Several havo
reports of yields as high as fifty
bushels to tho aero. YleldB of twenty
five to thirty bushels havo been fre
quently chronicled In tho eastern half
of tho state.
Big Fair a Winner.
Tho Nebraska stato fair for 1911 is
rated a tremendous success, the at
tendance for tho week excedlng that
of any previous fair by 46,000, an In
crease of nearly 40 per cent over last
year.
8ult Against Base Ball Club.
Tho Lincoln base ball club an
Special Officer M. W. Bly were made
defendants la a $10,000 damago suit
filed In district court by R. W. Han
sen of Lincoln. Hansen declares that
ho was following Officer Bly as the
latter escorted an umpire from the
ball park on August 12, following a de
monstration by tho crowd against the
official. He had not taken part in tho
demonstration, ho asserts, and with
out provocation, ho declare. Dry
struck him over tho head with his
club, lntllctlng serious injuries.
Work Not Yet Done.
"I will order a prosecution for tho
removal of eomo mombers of tho flro
and police commission of South Oma
ha," said Governor Aldrich. "I do not
know yot whothor tho whole commis
sion will bo attacked or not. Pos
sibly only two mombors will bo prose
cuted. I am still conducting my In
vestigations and am not prepared to
specify tho Individual defendants un
til my Investigation is completed."
Against Trading Stamps.
County Attornoy M. A. Hartlgan ot
Adams county has filed a protest
with tho secretary ot stnto asking
that officer not to relnstato in good
standing In Nobraska the Sperry &
Hutchinson Trading Stamp company
on the ground that the company la
violating the trading stamp law
passod by the last legislature Ho has
also filed a similar protest against
Stein Brothers of Hastings, a com
pany thnt Is working in connection
with a big trading stamp company.
For Support of Schools.
Moro than $400,000 will be raised
by taxation for the support of the
schools In the 140 districts in Lan
caster county during tho ensuing
year and for the payment ot interest
upon and tho cancellation of bonds
outstanding against those districts.
Did Not Work In Nebraska.
Although Kansas stato fair man
rigors wore considerably troubled by
tho circulation of bad monoy among
tho fair visitors, nothing of tho sort
happened at tho Nobraska fat
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LETTERS OF UNCLE
FORTUNE-TELLER QETtt COMPRO--
MISING MISSIVES, BUT CLEVER
NIECE REGAINS THEM.
LAYS CLAIM TO $10,000 FEE
Diplomacy of Mrs. Mae B riant of Ar
kansas Enables Htr to Get for M
Documents for Which Wealthy R
cluse Offered a" Fortune.
Little Rock, Ark. By exercising the
diplomatic ability which twice mad
her postmistress of the House of,-Rep-'
resentatives of Arkansas, Mrs. Ha
Brlant ot Harrlsburg, will, unless the
supreme court decides otherwise, re
.eclvo $10,000 from tho estate of A. W.
Shirey", tho wealthy recluso who was
assassinated in his store at Mlnturn
last year.
Shirey, during the latter part ot
his life, was a spiritualist He wel
comed all who pretended to know any
thing of spiritualism and paid well for
their teachings. In 1909 a woman from
Little Rock, colling herself a spirit'
uallst, went to Mlnturn and called up
on the agod miser In his store. Shir
ey Immediately made arrftnierawti
tor readings in the attic roosTo! Its
tor at night For several weeks, tfc
woman "remained, Shirey koldlii
nightly communion with the -spirit"
world through the "alleged medium.
Finally he was persuaded to write flv
letters and place them in custody of
tho woman until a later date.
Attor the woman had gone Shirey
began to consider the consequence
It the letters should bo made publio.
His efforts to locate the woman wr
futile, so he sent for MrsBriaat, ftlftr
favorite grandntMt- He offr$ds
$10,000 If she would get possession of
the papers, and Mrs. Brlant undertook'
the task.
Coming to Little Rook, Mrs. Brtaat
had little trouble in locating tk al
leged spiritualist and arranging for a
series of readingaT-AtoBS-oi-tks
Mrs.' Bryant: confided to the spirit)
1st that she Bad been Jilted by a
wealthy old merchant, of Lawrna
county.. and. was-teeklng. toforc-M-
nand. The spiritualistiTBljbea-at U-
bolt arid Informed Mrs. Brlant she' had
Recover Coveted Letter.
eome letters from, such a pereea,
which If- ! l-K-t,ciijt'"'4-
the injured young woman, might" ma
ill ll' 1 II It IM'IAI-l'fM
terially assist her In her cose. The-
letters were offered to Mr. Brlantfor
$500. Several days were spent inn
gotlating, and the letters finally wt
to Mrs. Brlant for $50 and were ta
returned to Shirey. -, - - ?-j
Mrs. Briant's claim ho been at-
lowed by tho probate court of Law
rence county, but an appeal has bn- -taken
to tho supreme court by the In-'
dependent Order ot Odd Fellow,, ta
chief beneficiary under the Shirey
will.
Tho assassination ot Shirey wo th
most atrocious crime committed la.
Arkansas last year. Tho old. man,r,who
owned several hundred thousand dol
lars worth ot property In Lawreno
county, had been married several
times, the last to Falro Bell Hill, a
girl ot fourteen years, whom relative
claimed he had wronged. The coupl
did not live happily and both made ef
forts to get a divorce.
Tho supreme court of Arkansas de
clined to permit either a divorce and
required Shirey to pay the girl-wlf
alimony. He was abou to brin
a new suit for dlvorc when
he was assassinated. Shirey
was seated on a sack ot pota
toes near the door ot his stor. aero
tho road from the Mlntura dpot,
when a lone horseman rode up to ta
porch and shot him dead. Th as
sin escaped In the gathering dorka.
Shirey left all hi property to tk
Odd Fellows' lodge In Arkansas, taft; ---relatives
filed suit to break tk wlU.,
and the lodge compromised, glvlac ta.
relatives a liberal portion, oad t-.-
ing to defend all other suits' JU4j'
against the estate, any Judgment to
taken from thwlodge's share.
Mrs. Mao Brlant la one of th
known women in Arkansas. She lrt
came to tho Arkansas legislature a.
young widow and at the do ot ta
session was married .to a membwy .Mux ,
again came to the session ot llii aav'
a wmow ana was easily i r
postmistress.
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