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Attention has been drawn lately to
the insufficient food on which many
|i of the children of the poor have to sub
sist, and to the Impossibility of the 111
g nourished brains assimilating a due
amount of mental pabulum. The food
may in other instances be sufficient, and
the child may yet be unable to thrive
upon It owing to defect in those much
neglected organs, the teeth. An Inquiry
Si carried on by K. Rice Morgan into the
state of the teeth of children in the
Swansea educational area showed that
of 295 children of both sexes only
eleven had mouths free from dental
defects, while on an average each child
had more than three decayed teeth.
I Such figures need no comment. If we
cannot, as Horace says, permanently
expel nature with a pitchfork, we may
yet perhaps repel physical degenera
tion with a toothbrush.
Experiments with a dietary of fruits
and nuts at the University of Califor
nia have shown that both furnish the
body with energy, and that ttie nuts
yield some building material also. The
cost of a deit exclusively of fruits arid
I nuts cost from IS to 46 cents a day for
each person, which will compare fa
vorably with tile cost of an ordinary
mixed diet. One student gradually'
| changed from a mixed diet to fruits
and Huts with out aparent loss of
strength or health. He was able for
eight days of the experiment to carry
on his usual college work, and for a
part of the time he also performed
heavy physical labor. The articles are
quite thoroughly digested "and have
u much higher nutritive value than Is
popularly attributed to them." The
xvholesomeness of a long continued diet
»f fruits was not tested.
At the Eutaw entrance to Druid Hill
park stands one of the most remark
able sundials in the world. The time
In many parts of the world is shown
whenever the sun Is shining. It la
easily- possible almost at iirst glance
I to read the time within two or three
minutes, while closer acquaintance with
; the dial enables the correct time to be
read to the minute. The base is of
carved bronze. The instrument v as
presented to the park by Peter Harnil
l, ton. who designed and made it entirely
of stone.
Lord Grlmthorpe, who has been de
voting his 89th year to designing a clock
i for the tower of the parish church at
West Melton. Yorkshire, Is surely the
most remarkuble of living clockmakers.
It is more (hun half a century since he
| was busy superintending the design of
the great clock of Westminster; the
1 original "Big Ben” was the child of his
I Inventive brain, and Its successor bears
in Gothic .letters the legend that It was
cast "under the direction of Edmund
Beckett Denison, Q. C.," as long ago as
■ 1858, _ _ _
Now that Kansas has appropriated
money to mark the old Santa Fe trail,
an enterprising citizen of New Mexico
suggests that a hotel be built at Las
Vegas to be called the Santa Fe Trail
hotel. He would portray on the walls
of its-big dining room the scenery of
the trail. In other rooms would be
hung paintings of old-time stnge
coaches, cavalry squads, buffaloes, In
dians and scouts. The sleeping rooms
i to be named after the states in the
| union.
Vessels recently removed from the
active list of the British navy number
122, and their original cost amounted
to the total of $140,015,610, the list ln
, eluding sixteen of which the cost is
not on record. Among these vessels are
eleven battleships, ten armored i
cruisers, forty-three cruising vessels, |
thirty-six gunboats and torpedo boats
and twenty-two sloops and hulks. The
qldest of the discarded vessels was
built in 1871 and the newest was built
In 1903.
In the last nine years 51,000 motors
have been registered in England. Of
these 3,500 have been used for com
mercial purposes. The motor-wagon
users have formed an association and
It has issued a circular in which It Is
urged that commercial autoinobillsm.
If general, would reduce the cost of
keeping up the roads and streets, Ibs
sen the blocking of the streets by con
geBte dtralllc and make them less dan
gerous to pedestrians.
Ignace Paderewski is a great admirer
of little Von Vecsey and thinks that In
the future the boy's powers will make
him a great performer. Paderewski j
■wanted to send the lad a present from
New York the other day and consulted
Daniel Frohman, suggesting a watch j
as a suitable gift. Mr. Frohman was
able to-recall seven watches that had
been presented to Von Vecsey this sea- j
son, so M. Paderewski selected a gold
knife for him.
With a view of drawing an audience,
apparently, the London Chemical so
ciety announced the other day In the
papers that that evening at Its meeting
W. H. Perkins, Jr., would read a paper
on “The Action of Ethyl Dibromopro
panetetracarboxylate on the Dlsodlum
Compound of Ethyl Propanetelracar
boxylate."
It is said that the biggest shell ever
made was turned out by the Krupp
people at Essen, Germany. It was made
for Russia and weighed 2,600 pounds.
The gun which is large enough to use
this shell is mounted on the fortifica
tions at Cronstadt and has a range of
twelve miles. Each time that it is fired
I It costs the czar $1,500.
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i It is a curious fact that great writers
■peaking generally, have been no lov
ers of the medical profession. This is
doubtless the reason why doctors for
the most part cut so sorry a figure in
literature. Scribes of all sorts take a
■peclal pleasure in girding at them.
A special detective force has been
formed In Berlin and the entire duty of
the officers is to protect women who
■re obliged to be on the streets alone
In the last six months these detectives
have arrested and convicted 158 men.
“Uncle Billy” Sumpter, who lives
near Madison, looks for big crops this
year. He bases his expectations on
the number 5. He says that big crops
were raised In '56. '65. '85. '95 and now
Its 1905 s turn—Kansas City Journal.
In spite of the many Jokes that are
made at the expense of the Georgia
peach crop, that state produced more
peaches than any of the eastern states.
It is said that there are over 7.000 000
trees that bear peaches in the state.
Air getting into a vein while he wa»
undergoing an operation in St. Thomas'
hospital, London, was the cause of the
death*of Frederick Thomas Kennedv
the other day. A verdict of "accidental
death was returned.
“Honesty is the best policy." re
marked a plaintiff In the court of Judge
Addison of London. "May be." replied
the judge, “but I know some | e,,pie
•who seem to have got along very »-«n
Without it.”
HERE’S WHERE TEDDY
COULD GET BUSY
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Nebraska Wild Animal Bounty
Law Will Go Into Effect
July I.
A LARGE APPROPRIATION
The Rate Established by the Recenx
Legislature Is $5 for Gray Wolf
Scalps. $1.25 for Coyotes and
$1 for Wild Cats.
Lincoln, Neb., .\piil 2t>.—After July
1 it wholesale slaughter of coyote*, wild
cats and wolves is likely to be carried
on In Nebraska as a result of the new
wild animal bounty law which was
passed hy the last session of the legis
lature. An appropriation of $10.00(1 was
made hy (lie legislature to pay the state
bounties on wolves, coyotes and wild
cats. Western stockmen claim that
wild animals have greatly Increased on
the prairies since the repeal of the old
law In 1903 and that the appropriation
will probably be exhausted on gray
wolves alone. They estimate that tit
least $30,000 worth of county claims
will he made ill the next two years.
The bill was introduced by Repre
sentative Douglas of. Rock county, at
the request of the sheep and cattle
men of western Nebraska. No emer
gency clause was attached, and so the
bill will riot go Into effect until July
1. The measure provides that any per
son In the state who kills any wolves,
wild cats or coyotes and who presents
the scalps, with the two ears anil the
face down to the nose, to the county
clerk of the county In which the ani
mals were killed, making oath thereto,
shall receive bounties as follows. Five
dollars for every large gray or buffalo
wolf killed. $1.25 for every common
prairie wolf or coyote and $1 for every
wild cut.
I tie county ciera must issue 10 me
persons certificates or bounties, and
when these certificates are filed with
the auditor of public accounts the audi
tor must draw his warrant on the state
treasury against the general fund. The
county clerk, after giving the person
a certificate of the number and kind
of scalps accepted by him for bounty,
must deface the scalps by cutting them
In two parts so us to separate the ears
and lie must keep a record of the num
ber and kind by him destroyed.
If any person drives, halts, entices
or brings any such animals into the
state from outside for the purpose of
procuring bounties on them he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
may he fined not less than *25 nor more
"than *100 for each such offense.
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ROBBERS AT FRANKLIN.
Postoffice and Two Business House*!
Robbed by Men Who Escaped
Franklin. Neb., April 26.—Franklin
was visited by a gang ot professional
robbers arid three business houses were
entered and safes opened at ihe post
office, J. ' W. ("hitt wood's hardware
store and Chittwood Bros.' lumber of
fice. Very little money was secured.
There-was less than *100 in the post
office safe, which they secured. No
money was found at other places, but
revolvers were taken from the hard
ware store. All the places were entered
through doors, which were found un
locked this morning. It is thought
the work was done in the early patt
■of the ni"ht.
HANS MAY APPEAR.
His Attorney Answers in Affirmative
and Bondsmen Hope.
Norfolk. Neb., April 26.—Fred M.
Hans, former Northwestern railroad
detective, who killed D. O. I,use at
Aulnsworth several years ago is sched
uled to appear in court again today at
Ainsworth several years ago is sched
murder.
"Hans hns been in Sioux City for the
greater portion of the last winter.”
said Hans' attorney at Ainsworth. "He
has been working, trying to earn money
with which to meet a portion of the ex
penses of his trial. I think he will he
I on hand."
Hans is under bond of *5,000, signed
by prominent Brown county stockmen.
! "We hope Hans will appear for trial,"
said one of them, "though there is a
strong sentiment here against ever try
ing the case again, as it was the last
time a tremendous burden on the coun
ty’s funds."
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DOGS LOST THE SCENT.
Rain Interfered in Pursuit for Horso
Thieves.
Hastings, Neb.. April 26.—A team and
lumber wagon were stolen from the
farm of Peter Johnson, one mile north
of Hansen, and a vigorous search by
the neighbors, assisted by the Beatrice
bloodhounds, did not procure the re
turn of ttie stolen property nor the ar
rest of the horsethieves. The hounds
had no difficulty in taking up the trail,
which they followed in zigzag direc
tions for eighteen miles, over the fields,
across pastures and sometimes on tl»;'
roads. Thirty loaded rigs were close on
the w’ake of the hounds. An eighteen
mile march brought the party within a
'mile of th^ village of Trumbull ansi
here a sudden downpour of rain obliter
ated the scent and the hunt was over,
so far as the dogs were concerned. A
reward of *100 is being offered for the
arrest of the thieves.
HYSTERICS IN COURT.
Witness in the Scott Haddix Trial
Causes Sensation.
Broken Bow. Neb., April 24.—The pre
liminary hearing of Scott Haddix,
esharged with killing Melvin Butler on
the evening of April 16, was commenced
before County Judge Armour. Owing
to the inadequate space in the county
court room Judge Hostetler of tlie dis
trict court, who is just closing up the
term, offered the use of his sanctuary,
which was soon tilled to overflowing
with people of all classes and denomi
nations, eager to hear the testimony.
The case has awakened universal inter
est throughout the county.
Only three witnesses were examined;
they appearing for the state. The first
was Arthur Fuller, a boy of 18 years,
working for Butler. Fuller was one of
the eye witnesses to the killing. He
stated that Haddix fired the first shot,
but upon bein^ cross examined by
Judge Sullivan, got considerably mixed
in his testimony.
Tne 14-year-old daughter of Butler
was next called, and after substantiat
ing some of the statements made by
the preceding witness, fell into a vio
lent state of hysterics and was obliged
I to he taken from the court room.
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IOWA MAN BUNCOED.
J. C. Bugbee, of Hsmpton, Loses His
Money in Attempt to Get Rich.
Omaha, Neb., April 24.— Poorer and
wiser than when he came to Omaha, J.
O. Bugbee of Hampton, la., will leave
here for Portland, Ore., as soon as he
can get the money from home to pay
Ids way.
On arrival at the Union station here
Bugbee became acquainted with a Mr.
Greenwald. a stranger, but affable and
therefore a pleasant companion. They
started up town together for a lunch,
and after walking a short distance met
one of Mr. Greenwald’s friends, a Mr.
McHenry. This man persuaded the oth
er two Into a little game of matching
pennies. Presently Greenwald declared
that such amusement was too tame; he
would not flip any more unless it was
for dollars. And then lie took Bugbee
aside and divulged a plan by which
they could get all of McHenry’s money.
"We'll match dollars,” said Greenwald,
“and I'll always min heads and you
always turn tails, and therefore either
you or me has always got lo win. At
the end of the game we ll divide.”
That scheme seemed good lo Bugbee
and they began lo play. Bugbee won
about $20 from McHenry, and (lien Me
Henry apparently grew reckless. H'
drew a big roll of mils from ills pocki •
and announced that he would stake th.i
whole amount against the money cj
Greenwald and Bugbee. The match wa I
• made and Bugbee put up his wall i
.arid chain in addition to his mone.i
and the money he had won. This time,
ihowever, Greenwald failed to tin”,
:heads, and Bugbee lost all his money.
, Detectives are now looking for (free
vald and McHenry.
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CUSTER COUNTY FLOODED.
Live Stock Is Drowned in Swollen
Creeks. ,
Mason, Neb., April 2t.—Heavy rail\
followed by a blinding snow, fell her i
yesterday. The creeks in Ibis (Custer)
'county are the highest ever known'
The Burlington track was washed awnj
west of town and trains were delayed
in.II day.
The mill dam was greatly damage!
and several road bridges were washc .
out.
One mover's wagon was washed
away and the owner's family came ne t'
being drowned. Many pigs, chickens,
calves and some horses were drowned
and floated away. A few houses wert
‘nundated and much damage done.
TAKES MORPHINE.
Love Affairs Causes Young Elcctricia.
to Commit Suicide.
Lincoln, Neb.. April 22.—“My darlin)
Slit: It will evidently make you angrj
to see tills, but when you read it through
you will, 1 think, stop anil think.”
Such was a note left in the room of Ot#
car Hansen. Hansen was a young clet j
trician. who formerly lived at Wahoo. bid
recently roomed at the rooming house oj
Mrs. A. F. Foreman, where he died, an i
I it was later learned that the note he lei)
was for Mrs. Foreman.
It has been learned that Hansen had
an unpleasant love affair at Wahoo bet
fore coming to Lincoln, and it i)
thought that tills was the cause of lilt
taking his life. It is said that th'i
young woman at Wahoo Is Miss Ann *
Archer and a note or ’otter to her wa I
found in Hansen's room.
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CHAMBERLAIN SEEKS BONDS.
Alleged Bank Wrecker Hustling fc,.
Bail of $25,500.
Teeumseh, Neb.. April 22.—Charles M.
Chamberlain is hustling with all energy
to secure the amount of hail, $25,500, fixed
by the court to hind him over to the dis
trict court, in custody of an officer the
ex-banker is canvassing among his for
iner business associates.
it was stated that Mr. Chamberlain had
secured a large portion of tiie amount. Mr.
Chamberlain has agreed to work on the
hooks of the defunct institution and to
enrave! some of the alleged complications.
It Is freely hinted that a number of Te
cumseh citizens arc worried lest the ex
amination of the hooks will disclose some
mysterious transactions, which might con
nect them with the failure of tiie bank.
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TIBBLES TO LEAVE.
Will Accept Presidency of Bank ii.
New York.
Lincoln, Neb., April 22.—T. II. Tibbies,
late populist candidate for vice president,
having sold his paper in Lincoln to
George W. llergo, will leave soon for New
York to accept the presidency of a hank
there. He may incidentally assist Tom
Watson in the publication of Watson’s
magazine.
MICKEY DEPARTS.
Governor Starts on Trip Through th
South.
Lincoln, Neb., April 21—Governor Mickey
and a small party of friends left Wednes
day for a short sojourn In the south. They
will spend several days at Galveston. Tex.
The governor will also be a guest of the
governor of Texas during a part of the
stay in the Lone Star state.
VICTIMS OF INDIAN FIGHT.
Graves Near Ree Heights Tramplen
Upon by Cattle.
. Miller, S. D„ April 22.—In the battle
Ifought about three miles south of Ree
Heights between the United States sol
diers and the Sioux Indians along aft
er the Sioux massacre in Minnesota,
some twenty-five of the former fell and
(were burled on the prairie where they
jmet death, according to W. S. Ensign,
.who was In the battle, and who, some
twenty-five years after, engaged in
business at Ree Heights, where tie was
for many years. Tiie graves of these
twenty-five soldiers have been trampled
upon by cattle und horses these many
years, and now It would be almost im
possible to locate them. About sixty
Indians fell In the battle. They were
left on the ground, but when the whites
had moved on the red men went back
and carried their dead away, refusing
to bury near the victors’ graves.
Not far from this soldiers’ graveyard
is a cemetery used by the white settlers
near Ree Heights In the early 80s. It,
too, is unkept, cattle and horses graz
ing over the graves until they have be
come nearly obliterated. Many took up
their dead in after years and relnterred
the bodies In other graveyards. One
pioneer burled two wives there and
they have not been taken ufr, the hus
band having moved away years ago.
About two years ago a new settler
built a house two miles west of Ree
Heights and began to improve tiie
farm. To his horror he discovered two
graves near the road on his land. No
once can account for these. It is be
lieved that parties moving west lost
two loved ones by disease and buried
them there. After making this dis
covery on ills land tiie man bought a
new location, his house now being va
tant and his land untilled.
He Didn’t Meet It.
The Tenderfoot—How did Alkali Ike
meet his death?
The Westerner—He didn't meet it.
The sheriff overtook him.
JURORS SECURED
FOR KOCH TRIAL
! Last Man Has Been Obtained to
Complete the Panel in
Mankato Case.
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MUCH SENSATIONAL TALK
All Sorts of Evidence Is Said to Be
Developing, Most of It Probably
Being the Purest Fiction
of Imagination.
Mankato, 'inn., April 26.—Former
Attorney General Childs, counsel for
the state in the case against Dr. George
R. Koch for the murder of Dr. Geb
hardt. In his opening address to the
jury this afternoon divulged four en
tirely new points of evidence, which,
he says, the state will introduce, prov
ing, ns he declares, beyond any ques
tion that the young dentist is guilty.
First, there is to he the testimony of
a young man who has lived in Koch's
home for six winters. He will positive
ly Identify the hammer found by the
murdered dentist's side as a hammer
that had been in the Koch home for
many years. It is a hammer of peculiar
appearance, and could have no duplicate.
He will say this hammer disappeared
from the home a few weeks before the
murder. Then Mrs. Kaas, a scrub wom
an, will tell of having seen and used
the hammer while elea.ining Koch's of
fice just before the murder. The. ham
mer, she says, hung near an oil stove,
the smoke from which made its outline
on the wall. This smoke had been ■
rubbed off when she next cleaned the
office just after the murder.
while going home he remembered that j
the light in his office was still on, and
he returned to extinguish it. Now the !
state says Lena YViedeman, housekeep- 1
er for the Crone family, living about i
forty feet to one side of Koch's office, f
will testify that while standing on tlie
rear porch on the night of the murder J
she saw Koch enter his office, which
was dark, turn on an electric light, take
a hammer from the nail on which it
hung, place it in his pocket, extinguish
the light and leave the building.
Further, General Childs said. Mrs.
Dahan, who lives near Koch’s and at
the turn of the road where persons go
ing to the Koch home pass through a
gate, and across a lot. would testify
that on the evening of the murder a
young man ran swiftly past her house,
rushed through the gate and on toward
Koch’s, while her dogs pursued him,
barking fiercely.
Next morning, she will declare, she
found blood on the gate post which
the man must have grasped in passing
through.
This new evidence with the strength
ening of several points made by the
state previously, the state says, will i
surely convict the young defendant.
Koch heard the whole address, with
all the implications against him with- I
out a sign of remorse. The brother
and sister of the murdered man, w ho !
were in court, cried throughout.
The last juror was secured yesterday
afternoon. He is the exact age of the
defendant, 24, and the youngest man
on the jury. He is a farmer.
The Inking of testimony will begin
today.
A sensation was created today when
it was announced that County Attorney
Wilson has been directed by a farmer
to a man who, he says, saw the mur- |
derer of Gebhardt drop from the win- j
dow of his office after the homicide
was done. Wilson is looking for him.
No Proof as to Woman.
Regarding the report that a woman
may acquit hr. Koch, a lawyer asso-1
cited with the defense said this morn
ing:
"We are morally certain that there
Is a woman in the case, hut we will not
bring her into it because we lack proof.
If proof were obtainable we certainly
would present it, for such proof would
doubtless acquit.
•'This story of a woman in the case
is an old, old one. It was born before
the last trial, springing probably from
an application of the old saw that there
is ‘a woman at the bottom of every
thing.' Had we had the matter in pre
sentable form, it would have been
brought out at the last trial. Rut we
did not, and have not now, so it is
merely conjectural."
An Important Exhibit.
Tlie suit of clothes which George R.
Koch wore on the night of the murder
of Dr. Gebhard will be one of the most
important exhibits of the defense. This
is in the custody of Clerk Thorn of the
court, together with the hammer and
the box which contained the poison and
all other exhibits which were present
ed at the first trial.
The defense’s contention is that the j
murderer must necessarily have been i
spattered with blood and his clothes
almost saturated. It will endeavor to
show that Dr. Koch wore the same
suit down town early on the morning
following the murder and that this suit
was the same one which he had on
the evening before.
The defense believes that its testi
mony on this point cannot he refuted,
and that no juror can believe that Dr.
Koch could have committed a crime
where so much blood was spilled with
out there being some evidence of it In
the soiling of his clothes.
Sahl Case Not to Figure.
The alleged murder by one Sahl,
who, according to a dispatch from New
Ulm a fortnight ago, was an uncle of
Dr. George R. Koch, will in no wise
figure in the present trial, it having
been proved that Sahl was not related
to the defendant^ It is doubtful if the
matter would have been exploited had
a progenitor of Dr. Koch ever been con
victed of such a crime. Senator Som
erville, leading counsel for the defense,
said today:
"It has been proved that this man
Sahl was a Scandinavian. Senator
Samuel Lord, now of Dodge county,
was prosecuting attorney in Todd comi
ty when Sahl was convicted of man
slaughter. He told me that he remem
bered the ease very distinctly and that
the defendant was a Scandinavian, who
spoke little English. This, of course,
is positive proof that the man was not
an uncle or any other blood relative of
Dr. Koch."
General Childs, when asked about the
ease, said: “Oh. of course, that will not
be mentioned in this trial. It is too
remote. I know nothing of the merits
of the report."
Will Koch Be imprisoned?
AVith the time for the beginning of
the taking of testimony close at hand,
the question arises as to what Judge
Cray's attitude will be toward continu
ing Dr. Koch on bail. The state has
not said whether or riot it will request
that bail be withdrawn and the pris
oner taken into custody by the sheriff—
or the coroner since Sheriff A\rilliams
has been disqualified from serving In
the Koch case. One of the lawyers as
soclated with the prosecution said to
day:
"We shall not ask for the Imprison
ment of Dr. Koch until the taking of
I evidence begins, if we do then.”
j Judge Cray was asked about the law
j with reference to this point. The judge
| said that the Minnesota statutes made
| no provision whatever covering it. and
! that it was a matter entirely within
J the discretion of the court. He cited
I section 7 of article t of tile state con
stitution. This section is “relating to
rights of accused,” and reads ns fol
lows:
Question for the Jury.
“All persons shall before conviction
be bailable by sufficient sureties, ex
cept for capital offenses, when proof is
evident or the presumption great.”
This. Judge Cray said, plainly left It
to the judge to decide upon the ques
tion suggested by the phrases "when
proof is evident or the presumption
great.” The law and precedents on this
matter were thoroughly threshed over,
when the original petition to admit to
bail was made to <itid granted by Judge
Webber, but as it is a matter of "dis
cretion” and not precedent, there is no
way of forecasting what Judge Cray’s
action will be if action is asked in the
present trial.
The securing of the eighth Juror, J.
H. Stewart, yesterday afternoon, was
uiekly and easilv accomplished. Mr.
Stewart is a member of the firm of
Stewart & Holmes, dealers in books,
Mankato. Few' questions were asked
him, and the defense did not challenge.
Then the state challenged for actual
bias and asked a single question. Had
Mr. Stewart any conscientious scruples
against capital punishment? He had
none, and the state withdrew its chal
lenge and Mt. Stewart was sworn,
were examined, and from them four
Altogether thirty-three veniremen
were accepted. When the court ad
journed the stale had exhausted four
of its peremptory challenges and the
defense nine. The state has ten and
the defense twenty.
Jackrabbits to Race.
Crookston. Minn., April 26.—Training
Jackrabbits to race aguinst a train is
the latest fad of Norwood Davies, man
aging editor of the Crookston Times.
While riding one day last summer
Davies saw a large jackrabbit running
e'en with the train, and the idea of
training jacks for racing purposes first
presented itself. Since then he has
been gathering specimens, and has
been devoting much of his time to
training the animals.
* nun t.w\j jtu.ni iIUUHS UdUU'U
so they obey his commands fairly well,
and every nice day when he has time
to spare, lakes these two outside the
city limits of Crookston about two
miles and has them indulge in a race
with incoming trains. An assistant is
staioned at the end of the course, and
at a signal from this assistant the
jackrabbits stop speeding, allowing
themselves to be taken again.
The speed of these animals is simply
remarkable. Freight trains are easily
distanced, even when going at a high
rate of speed, and on occasions the
jackrabbits have beaten the fastest
passenger trains that run into Crooks
ton. The animals become restless and
nervous when they hear the approach
of a train, and prance about much like
a running horse at the start of a race.
As the train reaches the sides of the
jackrabbits the latter are released, and
bound forth like a shot out of a cannon,
gain speed at every jump, and while it
has been impossible so far to accurate
ly time them, it is claimed that they
have often negotiated miles close to the
minute mark.
I’p to the present time the rabbits
have only been trained to run when a
train is approaching, but Mr. Davies is
going to carry his experiments further,
and will train them to race against
horses, bicycles and motor cars.
SKOfSELsVN CHURCH.
Dramatic Suicide of the Marchioness
M aria Pallavincino in a Milan
Cathedral.
New York. April 25.— fn the midst of a
great throng attending Good Friday serv
ices in the cathedral, the Marchioness
Maria Pallavinetno, viscountess of Trent,
Austria, committed suicide by shooting,
cables the Milan correspondent of the
American. q
The circumstances were so intensely
dramatic and extraordinary as to be un
precedented.
The suicide of the marchioness occurred
at the moment of the most intense re
ligious concentration in the great cathe
dral, where were gathered 35,000 Catholic
worshipers. The congregation was kneel
ing when a shot rang out.
An Austrian priest hurried to the side
of the countess and found her dying with
a wound in her forehead. Her death oc
curred a few moments later while she
was on the way to a hospital.
The marchioness was renowned through
out Italy for her great beauty. She was
not yet 30. Domestic unhappiness follow
ing separation from her husband is sup
posed to have been the cause of her sui
cide.
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Act Due to Poverty.
Rome, April 25.—The Marchioness Pal
lavicino, who committed suicide by shoot
ing In the cathedral at Milan during the
Good Friday service there, was the daugh
ter of Count Terlage of Frankoftr. Her
father is chamberlain to Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria. Her husband, from
whom she had been separated, lives in
Paima with their two children. He is
descended from a noble German family
which established itself in Italy in the
tenth century. The suicide of the march
ioness is attributed to family troubles and
poverty. At the .*otei In Milan where she
stopped there was found a sealed package
addressed to her eldest son, with instruc
tions that it be delivered to him on Ills
twenty-iirst birthday.
CASE TO bFcHANGED.
Prosecution Adopts New Line of At
tack in the Third Trial of Nan
Patterson.
New York. April 26.—For the third
time within six months Nari Patterson
today sat in court and listened to As
sistant District Attorney Rand explain
to the jury what he, as public prose
cutor, proposed to do to convince them
that she was guilty of the murder of
“Caesar” Young. While the outline of
the peoples’ case as given by Rand was
practically a repetition of those which
have gone before, it differed in some
material respects. Much of the evi
dence given at other trials will not
be presented this time, it appears,
while the prosecution promises to in
troduce some entirely new features.
At the conclusion of Mr. Rand’s open
ing argument Miss Patterson was tak
en with a sudden faintness, but soon
revived and was able to walk unas
sisted back to her cell.
SENATOR ALGER ILL
The Michigan Mar. Reported Improved
After a Severe Attack of Acute
indigestion.
Detroit, April 26.—Senator Alger,
who was seized with an attack of acute
indigestion last night, is much better
today. All danger is said to be passed.
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POLAND IN STATE
OF UTTER TERROR
Belief Is Universal That Rus
sian Easter Will Bring
the Conflagration.
POLICE DOING NOTHING
Massacre of Officials and Wealthy
Classes, with Destruction of
Property, the Supposed. Plan
of the Socialists.
St. Petersburg, April 26.—Ths news
from Poland paints a picture of ver
itable terror before the expected storm.
A letter received here reads:
"You know what happened at War
saw, but you only know a part of what
is occurring throughout the country.
All Poland is a great conflagration of
socialism, terror of which is every
where existing. We expect at the Rus
jsian Easter a general massacre of Rus-.
islan government officials and the
wealthy class, and the blowing up of
;the Vistula bridge to prevent the ar
rival of troops from Russian. The po-.
.lice are doing nothing. They pretend
to be blind and deaf to what is passing
around them.
wiavi immaiiuii nyornsi rules.
“The existing regime is the cause or
the discontent which is pti the increase
among the idle workmen, driven from
factories and railroads because they
tare Poles. They say they will have
(vengeance.”
A letter from Vilna says: “Work is
impossible under existing conditions.
The government's endless ’commissions
have accomplished nothing, and land
lords, workmen and peasants are con
vinced that open revolt and the bayonet
are the only remedies."
Commenting on the above the Russ
declares the government must act
promptly if awful carnage is to be
avoided. The only thing to be done, it
says, is to summon the mod
erates and to give guarantees that the
promised reforms will be realized.
MAKES JAPAN FEEL GOOD.
! Success in Diplomatic Contest Ver>
Gratifying to the Country.
Tokio, April 25.—The announcement that
in response to Japan’s representations
France has promised the expulsion of the
Russian second Pacific squadron from
Kamranh bay and affirmed her determina
tion to maintain neutrality is received
here with pleasure and has relieved the
tension of popular feeling, although it is
believed that if Rojestvensky entered
Kamranh hay for the purpose of finally
preparing for a da»h north the purpose
was accomplished before he was ordered
to leave. There is also a suspicion that
Rojestvensky may simply make a techni
cal removal from French territorial wa
ters by going outside the three-mile limit,
hence the incident will remain unclosed
until the Russians depart from Indo
Chinese waters.
The foreign office, in a statement is
sued today, says:
Foreign Office Statement.
“The French government, upon receipt
of the report that the Baltic squadron had
arrived at Kamranh bay, instructed the
governor general of Indo-China to strict
ly enforce the rules of French neutrality.
Subsequently the Japanese government
lodged a protest with France and the
French government issued new special in
structions to the governor general for
transmittal to the Russians, ordering them
to leave French territorial waters as soon
as possible. The governor general replied
that he had taken the necessary measures
to obey instructions. The French gov
ernment subsequently addressed the. Rus
sian government, asking that the admiral
be instructed to leave French territorial
waters. The Russian government replied
that it had sent such instructions. The
French government gave assurances that
it had taken and would take in future
necessary measures to see that neutrality
•s rigorously enforced.”
HARD BLOW FOR RUSSIA.
Rojestvensky’s Unready Ships Will Bt
Easy Victims for Togo.
Paris, April 25.—Some of tlm newspap
ers of Paris, commenting on the expulsion
of the Russian second Pacific squadron
from French territorial waters in Indo
China, hold that France, in seeking to %
render exact justice to Japan, lias been
unjust to Russia.
The Echo <fc Paris, which is strongly
pro-Russian, says that France's insistence
upon Rojestvensky’s leaving Kamranh
bay will have the effect of making him an
easy prey to Togo, as the Russian ships,
being driven from all points without being
able to coal, must, put to sea with half
filled bunkers, being thus crippled at the
moment of meeting the enemy.
"And this is neutrality,” scornfully ob
serves the Echo de Paris.
Claim France Was Weak.
The same paper quotes the FTench reg
ulations authorizing belligerents to take
on sufficient coal to reach the next port,
and maintains that the "next port" is
Vladivostok. Therefore, the Echo de Paris
asserts, France has not given her ally’s
squadron the benefit of French neutrality
la> s.
The Temps criticises the Saigon report
that Russian merchant vessels have been
forbidden to take on the necessary coal
to enable them to reach the nearest port.
The paper maintains the ships have a
right to take on sufficient coal to last
them to Vladivostok, which Is the near
est Russian port. The Temps adds:
"Insular powers having many' coaling
stations have an interest in making neu
trality rules extremely strict in order to
prevent their adversaries from procuring1
coal through neutrals while they enjoy
full supplies from their own coaling sta
tions. On the contrary, continental pow
ers, namely, France, Russia and Germany,
having comparatively few coaling sta
tions, would be easily throttled In a con
flict with an insular power having many
coaling stations in case this rigid rule
of neutrality becomes accepted by prece
dence.”
A NEW P^aCE RUMOR.
Again the United States Is Named as
the Prospective Intermediary.
St. Petersburg, April 26.—Mysterious
rumors that another nttempi at peace
negotiations is impending are circulat
ing in high quarters, and the United
States is directly mentioned as the in
termediary. The Associated Press has
not been able to obtain any confirma
tion of the reports. No intimation of
such a move has reached the American
embassy, but at the foreign office this
afternoon an official inquired, perhaps
significantly, when President Roosevelt
would return to Washington.