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- ' it s ,WW JCWiMWW COUNTY HERALD; T' ' WSB"" mf ' T" '"". ifsr'1 tvwir k MOTTO-All The News When It If New. '1" A w,:.. .A VOL. 20. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1011. NO. r ..1 1m r O "v. mui H m JM '' m m m m MjHLlJ A ijL ffe., i u 1 It- V Si P f THRONE GIVES UP CHINESE EMPEROR I88UE8 EDICT QRANTINQ ALL DEMANDS MADE BY PEOPLE. NOBLES WILL BE EXCLUDED Boy Ruler Promises Constitutional Qovernment and Pardon for Polit ical Offenders Loyal Troops Burn Hankow and Hundreds Perish. Peking. The demand of the na tional assembly for a complete consti tutional government has been ac ceded to by the throne. An Imperial edict was Issued apologizing for tho past neglect of tho throne and grant ing an Immediate) constitution with a cabinet from which nobles shall be ex cluded. A second edict grants par don to 'all political offenders. The reforms asked are most sweep ing. They may be summarized as fol lows: Parliament with full power to revise the constitution; surrender by the emperor of absolute power of llfo and death; cabinet responsible to the people, with premier chosen by parlia ment; royalty to be ineligible, to tho cabinet; parliament to share the treaty making power and have full control over "the budget; throne to have no power over taxaxtlon unless author ized by parliament; no appointive members of the upper house of parlia ment until the reforms are completed, and the army and navy to have full voice in their shaping; army and navy not to be used in Internal trouble without consent of parliament Th government's action was pre cipitated mainly by the threat from 27,000 soldiers at Lanchow, in the province of Kansu, that they would Lombard Peking unless a complete institution waB granted. As though emphasizing the begin ning of the end of the Chinese em pire, the rebels at Canton proclaimed the republic of Kwantung, another large body of revolutionists seized the capital of Shansl province, while the Imperial troops set flrb to the native, city of Hankow, and hundreds of wounded rebels perished In the flames. The imperial troops argjiow practical ly in possession of the entire city and are In good position for attacking the Hanyang arsenal. The high Manchu officials in Peking are fleeing in all directions. Many of them are disguised. All trains" are crowded. The few officials .left are preparing for a defense of the, city JLnl!! .Jhe. JlQ.wKO.vernment .can. peji tabllshed. Admiral Sah Cheng Ping has noti fied the foreign consuls at Wu Chang that he Is about to bombard that city and has asked that they order all foreigners to leave the city. Wu Chang has been strongly fortified by tho rebels, who are in a spendld posl tlon there to withstand a land attack I0SEPH PULITZER IS DEAD Owner of New York World and St Louis Post-Dispatch Succumbs to Heart Failure. New York. Joseph Pulitzer, propn. etor of tho New York World and the St Louis Post-Dispatch and for many years one of the most powerful Jour nalistic forces in America, died sud denly aboard his yacht. "The Liberty," off Charleston, S. G. Heart failure, following an Illness of 48 hours, Is given as the cause of death. Mrs. Pulitzer and her young est son, Herbert, wore with Mr. Pulitz er when he died. For the past twenty years Mr. Pul itzer has suffered an affection of his eyes which robbed him almost en tirely of his sight He. spent all of last wlntor and part of the spring abroad, returning to New York early in the summer, from this city going to Bar Harbor. Mr, Pulitzer's general health, which had become very bad, did not Im prove in Maine. Neither did it wend when at the end of the season he re turned home to this city. It was decided a short time ago that tho climate here was not propitious, and the Liberty, bearing her owner, put out to sea. CARD INDEX TO WHITE SLAVES Department of Justice Taking Name of Habitues of Levees of Cities. New York. As a step toward putting a systematic! check on the rapidly increasing white slave traf flo In the United States, representa tives of the department of Justice aro establishing In New York, Baltimore and other large cities bureaus which will take a census of tho tenderloin districts. Every person, male and fe male connected either directly' or in directly with a house of questionable character will be required to fill out a blank card, on which tho complete history of each will bo given. Churchman Held for Arson. Now Brunswick, N. J, Ellis Apple by, aged sixty, a church deacon and one of the wealthiest men in Middle sex county, was arrested on a charge of arson and held in $5,000 bond. Ho denies the charge. Hunter Killed by Brother. Qalesburg, 111. Harry Nelson, eigh teen years old, died in tho hospital . here from loss or blood caused by a gunshot wound. When hunting tho .-. ....... -U-.i ......I.3....A..1I 1. . uuy ub buui uuviuemuiiy uy an Older brother TOBACCO Pli i INDEPENDENTS 8AY IT WILL NOT RESTORE COMPETITION. Attorney General Suggest Restrlo tlons by Court to Prevent Pos sible Reformation of Trust .Jew York. Tho plan for reorgani cation of the tobacco trust submitted by the American Tobacco company and co-defendants to the government anti-trust suit was both praised and condemned before tho circuit court Judges of the United States for the southern district of New York. Aftor Attorney General Wlckersham had filed the government's answer to the plan, Lewis Cass Ledyard, arguing for the defendants, Insisted that It was an honest plan to comply with the Supreme court's mandate for a reor ganization that will restore competi tion In compliance with the terms of the Sherman anti-trust law. Representatives of tho preferred stockholders and bondholders of the American Tobacco and constituent companies urged approval of the di vision of the trust into four segre gated companies, to be operated Inde pendent of each other. Independent manufacturers, dealers, and producers of tobacco unanimously disapproved the plan on the ground tbat it is a sham proposal to divide the properties, control of which still would be retained by the group of in dividuals now dominating the indus try. Louis D. Brandels of Boston made the principal argument against the proposal. Tho answer of .the attorney general did not express general opposition to the dissolution plan, but contained for the guidance of the court many re strictions deemed necessary to as sure restoration of competition ir the tobacco industry. Maintaining that It was impossible for the court to determine in advance whether a plan actually will accom plish effective competition, the attor ney general requested that right be reserveu to the government to apply to the court at any time within five years for other relief upon a showing that the plan did not result in a new condition In harmony with the law. POLICE HAVE NEW THEORY Missing Knife Is Reported as Tending to Disprove Suicide Robbedy Proven Not Motive. Indianapolis, Ind. "If Doctor Knabe was murdered, as appears, - nm satisfied she was murdered by a person with whom she was acquaint ed and that she voluntarily let this person Into her apartment But tho theory of milnlil must- not be neg lected." With this statement Capt William Holtz, chief of tho detective depart ment, summed up tho result of tho police activity in tho investigation of the death of Dr. Holeno Knabe, former state bacteriologist, whoso throat was cut while she lay on her bed. Captain Holtz declared that he did not intend to reflect upon the charac ter of Dr. Knabo in saying ho be lieved she know her murderer, If sho was murdered. "Dr. Knabo's repu tation was unblemished." said ho, "and she lectured to young women and men on tho necessity of social purity, as well as on physical culture and hygiene." WHARVES THE CHIEF TOPIC Upper Mississippi River Improve ment Association Begins Its Tenth Annual Convention In Alton. Alton, 111. The tenth annual con vention of the Upper Mississippi Riv er Improvement association opened here with an attendance that was very gratifying. Among tho dolo gates were numerous mayors and other officials of river cltlos and towns, as well as representative busi ness men. The subject of improving wharves and terminal facilities on tho river was the chief one for discussion at this convention. HARRY DAVIS TO LEAD NAPS First Baseman of the Athletics Re signs to Manage the Cleveland Club Next Season. Cleveland, Ohio. Harry H. Davis, first baseman of tho world's champion Athletics and lieutenant of Connie Mack, their manager, has signed a contract to manago the Clove land team of tho American league In 1912. Blows Hand Off With a Gun. Mount Carmel, 111. Cllntou Wood, owner of a second-hand store, blew off a hand while picking up a shotgun. Twlco before he has wound ed himself In handling firearms, and several years ago ho killed a hunting companion while in Arkansas. Find Body of Slain Man In Barrel. Rochester, N. Y. With tho head and legs hacked off, the body of an un identified man was found packed In nn old whisky barrel north of this city. The severing of tho head and legs evi dently had been done with a carpen ter's saw. Kills Wife and Himself. -Kansas City, Mo. Hugo Brown, aged forty-six, agent for n barber sup ply company, shot and killed his wifo, Margaret, aged thirty-two, then shot himself to deatb JUDGE WHO WILL PRESIDE AT STEEL HEARING Judge Georgo Gray of WIlmlnKton.Del., Is one of the Judges, who. It Is authoritatively announced, will hear tho case of the government against the United States Steel corporation. Judge Gray Is one of the Judges that recent ly handed down a decision In favor of tho government to dissolve the al leged powder trust He lm at on the federal bench Blnce 1899. Ho Is a mombcr of tho permanent Court of Arbitration under Tho Haguo convention. He Is a Democrat and has served In the Unttod States senate. RED HATS FOR 17 POPE TO NAME THREE AMERI CANS AS CARDINALS ON NOVEMBER 27. TWENTY-TWO SEATS VACANT rchblshops Farley of New York, O'Connell of Boston and Fatconlo of Washington Are Among Those to Be Elevated. Rome. On November, 27 when the consistory is held in tho Vatican here Pope Plus will create seventeen new cardinals, and tn this number will bo Most Uev. John M. Farley, archbishop of New York; Most Rov. W. H. O'Con nell, archbishop of Boston, and Mgr. Dlomedo Falconlo, apostolic dolcgato In tho United States at Washington. ' The last consistory was held In De cember, 1907, four cardinals being ap pointed at that time. Since then many vacancies have occurred in the sacred college by death, and now there aro twonty-two scats of tho sev enty unfilled. Since 1907 the intention to hold a consistory has been announced from time to time, and on each occasion the convocation has beon postponed for various causes. Tho question of tho appointment of another American cardinal has been under discussion a number of times. Archbishop Farley, Archbishop O'Con nell and Archbishop Qulgley of Chi cago being mentioned. But on one occasion It was said tho pope ad hered to his opinion that tho United States should not have moro than one cardinal during the llfo of Card inal Gibbons. The proposed consistory tn Novem ber will bo tho fifth held by Pope Plus X. Ou the death of Pope Leo XIII., there were slxty:four cardinals. During tho last eight years Plus X. has created sevontoon new cardinals, of whom two have died. TURK TROOPS HEM TRIPOLI Force of 60,000 Is Ready to Attack Italian Army City In Panic of Fear. Malta. A force of 60,000 Turks and Arabs has mobilized outside of Tripoli, according to dispatches received here, and Is expected to attack tho Italian army at any hour. Tho city Is terror-stricken and hun dreds are fleeing to tho country for safety. The Mussulman force Is well supplied with ammunition and provi sions. It Is feared the city cannot bo saved from destruction, as the Italian forco is numerically Inadequate to offer any serious resistance. Tho Musslumans intend to surround the Italian positions, annihilate the forco and enter tho city. Bears Refuse to Eat Woman. Lima, O. In an attempt to end her life, Miss Anna Harter, thirty-threo years old, leaped Into a pit at tho city park in which worn confined two largo black bears. Tho bears, however, re fused to harm hor. Insane; Burns Self to Death. Nowaygo, Mich. Tho body of Hen ry Bodo Hollander, sevonty-slx years old, was found in tho ruins of a barn burned on his son's farm. Tho man Ignited a hay mow with koroseno whllo In a temporary fit of insanity MACKS JMN TITLE 8ERIE8 ENDS IN DEFEAT FOR GIANTS. Bender Hurls Four-Hit Game While His Teammates Administer Worst Defeat of All. Philadelphia. For tho second suc cessive year tho Philadelphia Athlet ics of tho American le&gue aro tho champions of the worfa. With a victory so doclsivo that It bordered on the ridiculous the great Athletic machine triumphed over Mc draw's Giants in tho sixth battlo of tho crucial Berles, a battlo that ended after a pitiful effort by tho Now Yorkers and a brilliant tusslo by "Big Chief" Bender and tho Mack men. With tho victory goos CO per cent, of $127,910.01. or $7G,74C37, of which each Athletic plnyor will rocolvo $3,054.59. Tho losers will receive tho remainder, $51,161.24, or $2,430.39 for each Now York player. Traveling In a batting streak which totaled 13 hits for 18 bases and which drove three of McOraw's fllngers to a stage of distraction, tho Athlotics clinched tho battlo and tho world prlzo by tho lopsided score of 13 to 2. The curtain went down with four victories for tho Quakers and two for tho Clants, and with tho concluslvo ovldenco that the spoed of McGraw's machine was not equal to tho ter rific hitting of Mack's star aggrega tion. Leon Ames, George Wiltso and tho prized Itubo Marquard each took a turn against the Indian, but to no avail. SENATOR WAS EASY MARK Political Workers Fleeced Stephenson. Says Former Campaign Manager. Milwaukee Because Senator Isaac Stephenson was reputed to bo worth $30,000,000 some of bis political work ers thought they ought to bo paid for their timo and this was iho reason it cost tho senator so much to tecuro tho nomination at tho primaries in 1908, according to testimony before tho United States senato Investigating committee. W. R, Knell, former sheriff of Mil waukee county, testified that as Ste phenson's campaign manager In the county be expended $11,800, "Why did you havo to spend so much mon.ey in one county?" asked Senator Heyburn, the chairman, "Because the other candidates wero spending a lot. Wo felt wo had to meet them," replied Knell. "If Senator Stephenson had been a poor man his workers might have campaigned for him for nothing, but as it was known ho was rich and was said o be worth $30,000,000 It was thought only right that tboso who worked for him should bo paid for their work," asserted Knell. Champ Clark's County "Dry." Louisiana, Mo. Plko, Missouri'! most famous county, tho homo ol Champ Clark, voted "dry" at tho local option election by an overwhelming majority. Tho voto was about ton to ono against tho "wets." Three Children Burn to Death. Ithlnelandor, Wis. During tho torn porary absence from tho farm home of Mr. and Mrs. August Peters tholr three chlldron wero burned to death in a flro which destroyed tho farm house. VALUE OF PROPERTY 8TATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT COMPLETES ABSTRACT. GRAND TOE DF IE STATE A Comparison of Values of the Differ ent Kinds for the Years of 1910 and 1911. Secretary Henry Seymour of tho stato boad of a3sossmonts presents the following statements: 1910 65.18B.560 23,8117,200 H,r7!),838 lots 2K,05fi,088 4,631,541 25.U03.7S8 U.913,235 l.TtG.078 10,539,258 ' 2 12,3.", 9 3,016,280 26,672 189,444 7,249,134 2,740,355 55,577 4,106 7,809 360,059 51,292 45,361 9,491 22,628 1,093,379 6,813,907 229,093 23,427 86,481 1911 $166,255,685 24,537,250 16,137,111 28,857.151 4,646,756 26,467,486 13,906,805 1,696,786 10,062,378 236,863 3,076,609 10,014 270,692 7,964,163 2,906,961 44,142 10,551 7,673 341,248 47,662 46,102 11,597 38,655 1,023,229 4,S63,9I0 219,523 1,085,314 83,012 I .anils Improved .... tliilmiiroveil . i Improvement City ntid village Improved . ... , Unimproved . . Improvements Horses ,. Mules ........ Cattle Sheep Hogs. Annuities . .... Bondx Notes soo'd by mortnacre ... Other notes .. Firearms ..... Water craft . . Patent rights , Steam engines Safes Typewriters .. Ad'g machines Typeset'g ma. Hook accounts Money on don, Money loanod . Judgments ... Inv'm'ts In tax raTd"tobu'iidl lng and loan and savings Stock In cor porations ... Cash registers Engravings . . Telephones ... Millard tables Pianos Organs Merchandlno . . Articles pur chased Manufacturing tools Diamonds .... Agrlcult. tools Household fur niture Mechanical t'ls Automobiles ,. Scales . , Threshing ma chines Corn Bhollers , DugH i-r i-.-i . i . i Impr'tH leftHed lands Interest tnstuto lands Nurs'y stock .. Pawnbrokers' propnrty ,,,, Eating houses HurneSH and miilrtlos ..... Franchises .,.. Orontn- pep'rn . Sowing ma chines ...... Wntches and clocks Carriages wa gons Mcycles ...... Stnnds of bees. Wheat Corn Itvo Oats Kaffir corn ... Tinrley Potatoes ...... Flax seed .... Grass hi'piI ... liny &, alfalfa Uronm corn . . Poultry ...... Stock In any company .... Stoelc In nnt'l banks Stock In stnto bnnkf Insurance coin- nnntpn ...... 358,992 153,610 49,536 25,184 62,664 42,818 999,476 179,377 9,799,546 396,834 1.929.983 107,308 1,929,988 3.733.444 166.633 823,465 62,195 165,131 vZi'l55 120,230 1,368,490 569,652 13.835 4,252 53t644 758,680 125,998 194,762 240,933 225,669 1.37.1,7t8 21,249 14,751 974.799 4,096,003 12,920 497,269 7,459 11,414 13,126 81.1 16,719 290,333 3,632 482,015 528,016 3,676,392 2,618,140 580,855 3,907,619 38,965 371,738 123.213 52,808 16,443 80,737 47,217 1,063,118 118,205 B, 814,299 339,995 1,858,506 106.H32 1,858,506 3,845,115 170,128 1,245,659 61,632 158.173 68,904 a17i7S5 1,382,454 576,573 12,500 3.630 59,891 726,639 69,1)89 195.243 232,697 201,519 1,295,783 36,062 16,889 645,868 2,581,710 6.960 439,833 6,432 3,480 9,899 2,170 17,255 237,973 4.SS9 482,339 510,480 3,854,193 2,681,827 041,888 4,498,209 212,596 Franchise! cor porations ... rlpo Unco .... Exnrpss, tele graph and t e 1 o p jio ne lines Office fnrnl tnro Jewelry nnd Bllverwnro .. Cnn. of grain brokers . ... . Credit All other prop erty I'en'lty rfni to lint ...... Trop'ty of rail roads .,...., Pullman prop erty Trlvate car property . . . 1,483,786 444,900 57,140 270,505 232,303 793.740 2,129 54,814,360 118,082 194,830 1,773,245 496,094 35,871 269,378 353,882 751,014 3,651 64,806,914 124,869 218,480 Totals .412,138.607 S415.670.075 A Recommendation. Secretary Walt has proposed to tho statute ibvIbIou commission that a paragraph bo recommended to tho next legislature that will eliminate primary candidates who do not ro colvo nt least twonty-ilvo votes when tholr names arc written in and when they wero not candidates with tholr names on tho ballot. Grain Association Meeting. Tho state committee of the Farm ers' Co-oporatlvo Grain association of Nobraska held n mooting at Oma ha and arranged for tho annual gathering which will bo in that city tho second week in January ana which will bo attonded by from 200 to 300 Farmers' elevator mon of tho state. Local Alumni Perfected, Fourteen graduates of tho Univer sity of Michigan mot and perfected a permanent local alumni association electing tho following olllcors: Presl i dent, W. S. Kngor; vlco president, II. A. Heeso; secrotnry-treasuror, O. L. Sponsion I Allowed to Reduce Rates. Tho Stnto Railway commission has given tho Ilurllngton permission to reduco Its fifth class rato from Hast ings to Grand Island from 10 cents to 9 coutB to meet tho St. Joseph & Grand Island's rato botwoon tho two towns. Tho reduction of tho rates between tho two towns will apply to all Intormodlato towns. Mr. Wakoloy of tho Hurllngton says It will bo pos sible for hla road to havo train No. 4 running botwecn Hod Cloud and Hast ings to connect with tho Hastings branch train to Aurora. ASK FOR THEIR PAY. Bank Examiners Who Did No Word Have Claims. Arguments In favor ot allowing sal arlcs to L. H. Tato of Omaha and H. F. Dowilng of Grand Island for tho timo when tho bank guaranty law SJS 11 5 id Up IU tlnj coin Cm "UtiliiiB which timo tho mon woro appointed to servo aa bank examiners woto heard by Stato Auditor Barton and tho matter taken under advlsomont. In case tho auditor decides against tho claimants they still havo tho right to appeal their cases to tho district court. Tho Omaha man has tiled a bill with the Btato tor $2,897, whllo Mr. Dowilng asks for $3,G00. Tho lat ter alleges that ho held his ofilco for two full years until July 2, 1911, whllo Mr. Tato aaya ho resigned his non paying placo when hd had learned that tho supromo court had upheld the law under which he was ap pointed. Neither of the mon deny, that they havo earned money in othor pursuits since thoy wero appointed to tho $1,800 n year Jobs under tho guaranty law, whllo the attornoys for tho two men aver that It matters llttlo If stato officials nro away from their posts half tho timo, or that they per form their duties a 'portion of tho timo or that thoy attond to business but little or that thoy earn monoy "on the sldo." Tho moro fact that tho appropria tion was provided for they say, ana that tho mon woro appointed for Wo placo, is sufficient to mako tho stato Hablo for tho salary of tho men thoy uiuiulalu. Tho attorneys further argued that tho two bank examiners who novor oxamlned any banks cannot bo shut out becnuso tho appropriation to pay thorn lapsed August 30. 1911, and their claims wero not prosontod to tho stato until Soptombor 30, lull. Tho attornoys allego that the consti tution of Nobraska makes a distinc tion botween appropriations tor ex penses of Iho stalo government anil salaries of "olllcora of tho govern mont." Thoy contend, that tho consti tution docs not set any timo limit on tho timo of drawing of salaries from tho treasury. Thoy admit that tho constitution requires that tho jbUga tlon Incurred by: "tho Btato muBt""uo":UK curred during tho blennium .or within threo months after tho legislature ad journs, or appropriations lapso, This the supromo court of NoITfaskaV has hold, allogo tho attornoys. Attorney Genornl Grant Martin, will nct as tho advisor of. tho statoaudl tor. " no Intimated that as to wars. of bank oxnmlnors was dono undor tho old law whllo tho now faw waB bolng hold up and was dono by flvo oxamlnors instead of by seven ap pointed by Governor Shnllenbcrgor It wns possible that no indebtedness has been incurred by tho stato. Reported for Prosecution. Nino telephone companies which havo failed to fllo tholr annual re ports with tho railway commission, woro roported for prosecution. The La Follette Campalfln. Frank II. Harrison, editor or tho Nebraska Stnto Capital, will go to Washington within n short timo to assist in conducting tho campaign of Senator Ilobort La Follotto for tho re publican nomination for president. . Burlington Takes Off- Train. Tho railway commission has au thorized tho Ilurllngton railroad com pany to tnko off two trains between Lincoln and Table Itock and two trains betweon Oxford and Red Cloud from November 5 till May 1. The commlssfon finds thai tho traffic does not require these trains during tho winter months and that tho earnings of tho company from tho trains in question do not warrant tholr oper ation during that porior. Mr. Abbott I Exonerated. Fred H. Abbott of Nebraska, as sistant commissioner of Indian af fairs, says' a Washington dispatch, was exonerated from tho charges rec ently mado against him by William B. Johnson, a former Indian agent. John son charged that his dismissal from tho government seivlce waB duo to the fact that his activity In upprfvs lng tho salo ot llquot was unsatisfac tory to Mr. Abbott and Samuel Adams, first assistant secretary or tho lntorior. Wants to Be "8hown." F. L. Ferguson, an engineer and architect living at Broken Bow, has written Governor Aldrlch to find out how a candidate for United States senator can get his name on tho pri mary ballot noxt April. Wants the Alimony. Laura B. WJntors, who was divorc ed from hor husband, Leonard Win ters, in 1909, has appoaled to the su preme court for a rovorsal of a de cision that robs hor ot $15 a month alimony. Nomination Declined. Judgo Harry S. Dungan ot tho Tenth Judicial district baa informed tho secretary ot stato that he doclines tho nomination on tho prohibition ticket for tho reason that ho was not a candldato on that ticket at tho primary election. Y. M. C. A. Meeting. A mooting ot tho stnto committees of tho Young Men's Christian assocla tlon, composed of delegates from every association in tho stato, will bo held In this city Novombor 3, STATE IN . FURORE ; OVER AN IMGE AuthoriticsrBcgln-Prsseeuticrvoh Those Who Tarred Young Woman. .- STARTED BY GOSSIP Scandal Monger Inttlgata an Infant) Which Hat 8talnd the Sunflower State and May Break Up Man Homee Jail Await Perpetrator. Topoka, Kan. Stato, county and tnw nlctpal authorities havo united la' their efforts to bring to Justice th mon who tarred and foathered Maryi Chamberlain, a school teacher atl Shady Bond in Lincoln County. The) wholo stato 'is aroused as seldom be-' for In its history over the outrage which soonis shrouded In a good deal of mystery, Tho young woman Ib, pop-i ular in her homo town and enjoya k good reputation. It Is reported that) sho was tho innocent victim of Jeal oub women, and It Is alleged their was- r glng tongues egged on tho mob oC men to commit the disgraceful crime. Edward Rlcord, charged with tak ing tho girl to a lonely spot on thei protenso ot taking her to a dance, and! then. Ioavlnsherto.the.jnercxof Jhv mob of men.'who stripped off "portions ot her clothing and then tarred and feathered her, was tried and.fientenced to 12 months in Jail. Six men'wer arrested nnd charged with the crime. Every effort to unravel the mystery and get nt tho motive of tho crlm 1 bolng mado by the authorities. Six- teen arrosts havo boen made In cea- nection with the case. From all over tho state money lai being contributed to punish the'otfesd-f ors. The attorney general la pushlngj tho prosecution with all tho energy heL can; and tho first to contribute to a! fund to sco that the perpetrators or properly punished was F. D. Coburn, Miss Mary Chamberlain. iocretary of tho Kansas stato board of agriculture. ' Tho outrage has shock-, od tho stato, has divided families in Lincoln county nnd probably will .be. tho moans of breaking up many homos. Tho public prosecutor ot Lin coln county, who has made a com plete investigation of tho outrage, at serls that tho ground upon which la was based was entirely false. Mlsa Chamberlain la tho daughter o Joseph Chamberlain, a retired farmer ot Boverly, and had been teaching la In the country Bchools for beveratl years Fnrliy-btWHUBoVuo-lB-nUi-itoliv In person and Inclined to bo somewhat unconventional, sho- has been ;talkcd., about by Idlo tongues. During the sum mer Mlsa Chamberlain worked as a elerk In a store in the hamlet of Shady Bond, eight miles from Lincoln, tho county seat, and a couple ot mile from her home in Beverly, Goaded oa by tho women of Shady Bend, who urged tholr husbands to dr),vo the gtflr out of the place, theso men and a few boys tcrmod a plot. Ono ot them, Ed ward Rlcord, a barber. Invited Mlsa Chamberlain to attend a dance wttai " htm. As thoy drovo along the. high way Rlcord and tho girl, according to tho plan arranged, wero held up., -Rlcord fled, leaving the girl to the "mer cies" of the mob, '.who, wearing masks, had assembled at the placet where It had boen decided to perpe trate the outrage. Dragging the girl from tho buggy, they stripped ber ofi her clothes, threw her to the ground, and tarred her. The wholo affair is said to have had its origin In women's gossip. Mlsa Chamberlain, It 1b declared, was so at tractive and such a "good fellow" that tho other women becamo Jealous and Indulged In slanderous gossip. Now those women will bo forced to stand trial, as well as tho men they urged on to tho outrage. Another report la circulation Is to tho effect that Mlsa Chamberlain "talked about" several womon, and tbat tho tarring and feath ering was a method of punishment, Tho stato Is in a furore over the scandal. Money Is pouring Into the of flco of tho attorney general from all over tho stato with urgent appeals to punish thoso who have disgraced the civilization of Kansas. Locally, too, thoro Is Intonso feeling. Tho county, attorney has boen threatened with tar and feathers It ho continues hla prosecution ot tho offenders, and has laid tho matter beforo tho attorney general. The latter has told him to go on regardless ot consequences, an4 lina sent special attorneys to Lia coln to aid in the prosecution -en 1 - Ttfl z 5 M .suca c 'J- -STI i w ti m Jut .".?l TMI :K& & "TTS 3S ? Jl 'I 3 5 K.