Nebraska Newspapers

    NO RELIEF FOR JEWS i
IS POSSIBLE AS YET
^President Agrees With Count
Witte in Holding That
Nothing Can Be Done.
'DEPLORE THE SLAUGHTER
sBut Roosevelt Tells Oscar Straus ot
New York That He Is Himself
Unable to End the Carnage
and Indorses Witte.
Washington. Nov. 8.—The following
statement was made public at the
White House today: “Oscar Straus
■called upon the president this morning,
not to ask him for action but to con
sult with him as to whether there was
•any possibility of action which would
result in a cessation of horrors con
mected with the massacre of Jews in
Russia,
“The president stated that of course
he had been watching with deepest con
cern reports of these massacres; that
he had been appealed to within the
last few weeks to try to take some ac
tion, not only In behalf of the Jews of
Russia but in behalf of Armenians,
Poles and Finns. The result of the
president’s inquiry coincides with
statements contained in a cablegram
from Count Witte to Jacob H. Schlff,
shown the president by Straus, as fol
lows:
“ ‘The government Is horrified at
these outrages. You know I do not sym
pathize with such savage outbreaks.
All I can do to stop the disorders is
done, but the country is in such an
unsettled State that local authorities
are often powerless.’
“In the conditions of social disorder
■which actually exist In Russia, the
president does not see that any action
can be taken by this government at
present which will be of any benefit to
the unfortunate sufferers for whom we
fee! such keen sympathy.”
TOM LAWSON S CRUSADE
Three Million Pieces of Mail Sent Ask
ing for Proxies for Insur
ance Reform.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 8.—The cam
paign against the great insurance com
panies, which was inaugurated by
Thomas W. Lawson some months ago
and which is still being continued, is
proving one of the most expensive un
dertakings that Boston's best known
millionaire has ever attempted. Nearly
$100,000 has already been spent and the
work is scarcely more than half com
pleted.
With seventy-nine persons employed
especially for this one purpose, Mr.
Lawson has sent out, addressed to
people in every state in this country,
in the provinces and over a large part
of Europe, 3,000,000 pieces of mail con
taining information of his project of
insurance reformation. This prodigious
task has been under the direct care
and supervision of C. A. Chandler, vice
president of the H. B. Humphrey Ad
vertising agency, and a warm personal
friend of Mr. Lawson.
Mr. Lawson set out upon his task
with a desire to get the voting proxies
1 of all the life insurance policy holders,
turn them over to a committee of rep
resentative men from all of the 1 tiding
professions, depending upon this com
mittee as representatives of the policy
holders to demand and secure the re
tirement of those insurance officials
found guilty of malfeasance in office.
The total number of pieces of mail
which has been sent out has cost $-10,
000 for postage. Of this amount $30,
000 has been expended on 1-cent pack
ages and the rest on packages which
have been sealed.
Three different sets of bulletins,
printed on heavy paper, make up a con
siderable part of this matter. These
documents are about three feet square.
The first set of 200,000 of the No. Is
cost $2,000 to print. To the thousands
of persons who have already sent in
proxies from five to 100 of the No. 2
proxies are delivered. The printing on
this lot amounted to $2,000.
The last set of bulletins printed on
heavy paper, and with two colors of
Ink, numbering 800,000, cost Mr. Law
son $8,000. These figures show that
about $59,000 has been expended on
material, printing and postage of the
bulletins alone.
These large sheets of paper must be
folded by hand, so for this work thirty
six people are employed. For address
ing the wrappers seventeen employes
are kept busy. At the end of one of
Air. Lawson’s magazine articles blank
coupons were printed. Up to yesterday
16,000 of these filled out coupons had
been returned.
PROXIES TO LAWSON.
Policy Holders of “Big Three” Insur
ance Companies of New York Will
Aid Boston Man at Election.
Iowa Falls, la., Nov. 7.—Iowa Falls has
a Thomas W. Lawson club. This new or
ganization has just been perfected and the
first bunch of proxies sent tlw; celebrated
author of “Frenzied Finance,” aggregat
ing $54,000 of insurance. The members of
this new club arc made up of policy hold
ers in the “big three” insurance companies
of New York city that have been In the
limelight for several weeks. The club is
gathering in proxies as rapidly as possi
ble and will extend its influence beyond
this city and over Franklin and Hardin
counties. The proxies give Lawson the
power to vote as he secs fit at any of the
meetings of the b.'g companies at which
policy holders are permitted to voice their
sentiments.
BLOODSHEdTn KENTUCKY
Kentucky State Troops and Feudists
Exchange 150
Shots.
Louisville, Ky„ Nov. 8.—A bulletin to
the Courier-Journal from a staff corre
spondent sent to Middlesboro reads as
follows:
•'Militia and sheriff’s posse attacked
Rail’s blind tiger last evening. Two
men were wounded.
’’Shelby Ball, a brother of Jack Ball,
who Is wanted for murder, is thought
to have been shot.
“Attacking party fell back slowly to
tvards Middlesboro.
"A party of Indianapolis tourists had
a narrow escape from flying bullets.
The Balls have cut the telegraph wlra
to Cumberland Gap. The Loulsvllla
and Nashville railroad officials have'
been asked for arms and ammunition
by a citizens’ committee. Attacks on
Ball’s stronghold will be renewed to
night.”
MURDERER SUICIDES.
Tragic Death After Killing Woman
Companion—Killed Another on
Mountain Peak,
Sun Francisco, Cal., Nov. 8.—Trapped
in his rooms by the police, and fully
'aware that his last avenue of escape
■ was cut off. Milton Franklin Andrews,
Iwho murdered Bessie Bouton on the
|top of Cutler’s mountain, near Colorado
Springs, Colo., ten months ago, and
'murderously assaulted and robbed
‘William Ellis, an Australian horseman,
at Berkeley, Cal., shot and killed Nulda
Olivia, his feinade companion, and
'then fired a bullet Into his own head,
lea using Instant death.
That Andrews, for whom the police of
the entire country were searching, was
fully prepared for the tragedy that
closed his career, was shown by the
fact that he acted without a moment's
hesitation.
Having heard that Andrews and Nul
da Olivia were living In an upper flat
at 748 McAlister street, the police de
partment sent a detail of two police
men and two detectives to make the
arrest. Although certain that the per
sons wanted were In the two-room
apartment they occupied, the officers
received no answer to their repeated
kicking at the door. At the moment
one of the officers was dispatched for
an ax with which the door was broken
open, Andrews fired the shot that end
ed the career of his companion. The
bullet was fired into her right temple
and she dropped dead on the bed, fall
ing backward, with her hand dropping
over her breast.
When the officers gained entrance to
the department they found Andrews
lying on the floor gasping, his revolver
in one hand and a mirror in the other.
The weapon was a forty-five caliber
revolver, and but two of the cartridges
had been fired. Extra ammunition
was found In his pockets.
. On searching Andrews' remains cor
toner's deputies found $130 In gold and
an English sovereign, all the money
that remained of the $500 of which Ellis
was robbed at the time he was lured
by Andrews to the latter's cottage In
Berkeley.
Considerable jewelry was also found
on him.
A rambling typewritten statement
that had presumably been written by
Andrews, denying that he had any
thing to do with the murdler of Bessie
Bouton at Colorado Springs, was found
In one of the dead woman's stockings.
GIRL’S HEAD IS FOUND.
Last Part of Dismembered Body of Sus
anna Geary Was in Leather
Handbag.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 7.—What Is confi
dently believed to be the head of Susanna
A. Geary, the dress suit case victim, was
recovered in a leather hand bag from the
bottom of the harbor. It was dragged to
the surface very near the point where
Lewis W. Crawford and William Howard,
who have confessed to disposing of the
dismembered body of the girl, said they
dropped it from the stern of an East Bos
ton ferryboat.
The head completes the body of the girl.
The trunk was found on September 21 and
the limbs were picked up October 27. The
leather bag -n which the head had been
placed, together with thirty pounds of
loose shot, did not move apparently from
the place where it sank.
The bag with its contents was taken to
a Howard street undertaking establish
ment and will be viewed by Medical Ex
aminer Francis A. Harris today. The
head was In a good state of preservation
and it is thought by the police that It will
be readily recognized as that of Miss
Geary.
Boston. Nov. 6.—The woman's head
found in a satchel on the bottom of the
harbor yesterday was today identified
as that of Susanna Geary, the chorus
girl. Mrs. Geary and daughter Evelyn
made the identification.
SHOT AT OWN . EQUEST
German Ycuth Fails to Keep Triple
Death Compact After Killing
Fiancee and Sister.
Berlin. Nov. 8.—The two daughters cu
a merchant named Haar, of Brunswick,
have been shot and killed at their own
request by a bank clerk named Brunke,
18 years of age, in extraordinary cir
.cumstances.
Brunke gave piano lessons to the
younger girl, who was 20 years old, and
'the pair fell in love. The girl's parents,
however, objected to their marriage on
the ground of Brunke's youth and pov
erty.
A few days ago the elder sister heard
from her fiancee in St. Petersburg that
he was unable to marry her, whereupon
the three decided to die.
■ The girls took seats on chairs, and
Brunke fired, shooting his sweetheart
twice through the heart. He then
turned the weapon upon the eider sls
,ter, who was killed instantly.
His courage falling, Brunke surren
dered himself to the police.
SUES ROCKEFELLER.
Demands $20,000 Damages Says He
Was Neglected Seventy Days
with Broken Leg.
New York. Nov. 7.—Emanuel Kakakes,
a Greek seaman from the Standard Oil
bark Brilliant, has filed a suit against
John D. Rockefeller for $20,000.
For three months and ten days, Ka
.kakes says, he lay with a broken leg and
without medical attendance on the ship.
A man was washed overboard by the same
I sea that injured him.
According to Kakakes’ affadavit to his
lawyer, Franklin Grier of C9 Wall street,
the captain and the mate, who both wit
nessed the accident and drowning from
the bridge, made no effort at rescue.
Kakakes was neglected, he says. He
showed how his bones, which were never
set, protrude far out of place, lie* has lost
the free use of his leg for life.
So indifferent was the captain, declares
Kakakes, that the Injured man had to call
the ship's carpenter himself and beg for a
pair of splints, with which he bandaged his
own limb.
John D. Rockefeller recently gave $.70
o the American Seamen's Friend society.
BRUTALLY KILL NEGRO.
Wanton Act of Three Young White Men
in Columbus, O.
Columbus, O., Nov. 8.—"Let's hit the
first colored man we meet,' was the
iremark made by one of three young
white men while out on a lark last
night, and as a result George Jackson,
a colored cook and porter, Is dead and
Harry Hayes, H. E. Pontius and Harry
Lower are under arrest.
Jackson was found lying unconscious
on the High street viaduct near the en
trance to the union station at mid
night, and died before he could be re
moved to a hospital. His skull was
fractured.
Pontius and Lower both declare that
Hayes struck the negro and that he' .
. was the author of the remark, which, 1
!was made just after they had had an
altercation with another negro.
None of the men under arrest knew '
:Jaekson.
7 1
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
I _
Michigan Bank Is Blown to Pieces ant
Three Children Killed—Many
Escaped Death.
I Detroit, Mich., Nov. 7.—A news spe
cial from Ishpemlng says three chil
idren are dead and thirteen people are
[Injured, one fatally, ns the result of an
explosion which completely destroyed
the Miners’ National bunk.
The dead:
STEVEN GODMAN, aged 12.
ALICE M’GEE. aged 10.
EDWIN M’GRATH, aged 12.
Fatally Injured:
James F. Mullen.
j A gas leakage In the basement ot
ithe bank building was primarily re
sponsible for the explosion and loss of
'life. Gas was detected coming from;
[the building and two workmen went;
llnto the basement about !■ o'clock with,
[lighted candles to Investigate. The;
tlume suddenly Ignited the gas In the!
!basement, for a tremendous explosion;
followed. Two workmen were blown;
[through a basement window and land
led uninjured In an open box car stand-'
Ing on a neighboring track.
! The building was completely wrecked.!
The three children killed were passing
'the building on their way home from!
■church, and were caught tn the falling!
idebri s.
i The explosion broke windows ini
■many stores In the business district'
[and scattered the papers and docu-;
meats of the bank for blocks around.
SEVEN MINERS KILLED.
Met Instant Death, and Others Seri'
ously Injured by Explosion
at Vivian, W. Va.
, Bluefleld, W. Vn., Nov. 7.—Seven,
imlners are dead and a number of oth-j
[ers were seriously Injured as the result'
[of an explosion In one of the Tidewa- '
iter Coal and Coke company's miwui-l
lat Vivian.
The dead: . . .
J. H. CARTER. .'JKL A
HOWARD M'GEE. S'Jk*
LOUIS BROWN.
JOHN BRADLEY. . "•
ROBERT NORMAN. >«•>
PAGE HENDLEY. * 1 >
HARDIN DIVENS.__
FIERCE TORNADO.
‘Eight Killed and Many Seriously In-,
jured—Mountain View Is
Wrecked.
Mountain View, Okla.. Nov. 7-Eight,
persons were killed and thirty injured,
‘four fatally, by Saturday evening’s tor
Inado. Following is a revised list of the
dead:
FRANK W. CLARK.
J. S. BARKLEY.
MRS JENNIE JONES.
' MRS. W. M. HOLT AND TWO SMALL
CHILDREN.
MRS. ROBERT HULMB.
The fatally injured: k ^
Mrs. J. S. Barkley.
Ed Hollis.
Mrs. E. McBride.
Child of W. M. Holt.
No damage was done outside of the
town. The pathway of the tornado is
■ about 100 yards w'ide and only 1 mile long,
hut in this small area the havoc was great.
The farmers’ cotton gin, with heavy ma
• ch’nery and massive timbers, is a com
plete wreck. In this building J. S. Bark
ley, employed as a packer in the gin, was
crushed to death. His body was found
pinioned under the debris near the press,
his head and shoulders crushed into the
ground. The Barkley home, near the gin,
was carried about 200 yards and dropped.
Mrs. Barkley was found Imbedded in the
mud in the street, with her head and face
covered with wounds.
Further to the northeast was the Shawi
ifeed yard, where four horses were crushed
to death. Adjoining the feed yard was the
Hulme home, where Mrs. llulme and hei
brother. Frank Clark, were found dead
The North Side hotel, near this point, is
a mass of broken timbers. Directly east
in the edge of town, is the wreck of the
carriage, in which seven members of the
Hollis family, who were Just leaving town
‘were struck by timbers. J. E. Hollis, Joe
T. H dlls, Ed Hollis and John Gudon were
‘severely injured by flying timbers from the
gin.
Ed Hollis is thought to bo fatally In
jured, as portions of the splintered timberi
penetrated his body. The large two-storj
’school house was lifted straight up lntc
;the air, turned completely over and
crashed upon the roof, just beside the
.foundation.
The Methodist church, used as a school
building, was totally destroyed. Man*
residences were unroofed. The sides o.’
•some houses were crushed in.
FIND MISS HILL IN CELL
Police in Search of Missing Woman,
Locate Her in a House of
Correction.
Ch'.eu.g.v, >Yv. 7.—While frlf." Is an i
.detectives have searched for Miss
Marie Douise Hill, member of the choir
of the Moody church, student of so
ciology and commanding the respect
of those who knew her intimately, stie
lias been a prisoner at the bridwell,
committed to the institution on her
plea of guilty as shoplifter. She was
,sentenced October .10. the day follow
ing her disappearance,' under the name
[of Annie Harold.
Her dual existence and the mystery
of her departure from her boarding
Iplace, 244 Ohio street, ended yesterday,
iwhen the matron at the bridwell con
fronted her with her picture in a news
.’paper and she admitted her identity.
[She had concealed It, she said, because
!she wished to return to her friends,
iwlth character unstained.
! Tlie police were notified and Miss'
;Hill, concealment no longer possible,
requested that Dr. W. S. Jacoby, as
sistant pastor of the Moody church,
iand Mrs. H. E. Brown, from whose:
'house she disappeared, be summoned.
[Mrs. Brown had reached the institution
.and obtained Miss Hill’s release by
'paying the part of her fine not worked)
[out when Dr. Jacoby and Detective’
■Rohan arrived.
shock to Sweetheart I
Telephone Operator Is Herself Recip- ’
ient of Message Announcing
Lover’s Death.
Oskaloosa, la.. Nov. 7.—Claude Bryan,!
p brakeman was killed in the North- j
'western yards at Buxton this morning, i
iThe death message to relatives here! j
was received by a toll line operator,
Mary Ann Phillips, his sweetheart.
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Ex-Officials of Former Des Moines In
surance Company Indicted for
Crooked Work.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 7.—TheJ
grand Jury today reported four indict-:
imerits of men connected with the for-,
[mer management of the Northwestern
[National life association, which has)
[been reorganized under the direction of^
the state insurance commissioner. Thai
charges are conversion of funds, brlb
[ery and fraud. _ _ *1
DEATH TAKES HEAVY
TOLL ON RAILROADS
Thousands Slain and Injured
Annually on Lines in
United States.
LAWS GIVE NO PROTECTION
William E. Curtis Shows Recent Legis<
lation Has Proved of Little Value,
in Letter to Chicago Record
Herald.
Chicago, Nov. 7.—In a Washington
letter to the Record-Herald. William
E. Curtis says:
The report of the Interstate Com
merce commission upon the railway
casualties of the fiscal year ended June
30 last is appalling. It shows that
3.798 persons wore killed and 55.466
were injured. This is a large increase
over any previous year, and indicates
that the precautions taken for the pro
tection of passengers are not effective,
and that the legislation of congress and
the several states to save the lives and
limbs of railway employes has not ac
complished its purpose. ..
The following table will show the
casualties to passengers and employes
during the years named:
-Killed- -Injured
Passen- Em- Passen- Etn
gers. ployes. gers ployes.
1962 . 303 2,516 6.089 33,811
1903 . 321 3,233 6,973 39,004
1904 . 420 3,367 8.077 43,266
1905 . 537 3.261 10,040 45,426
Total .1,581 12,377 31,179 161,507
This Is a terrible record for the four
years since congress, by law, required
a full return of all casualties to be
made to the Interstate Commerce com
mission by each railroad. At the same
time It should t?e said Uiat, consider
ing our vast ralhvay mileage (213,904
miles), th,e number of persons engaged
in the transportation business (1,296,
121 employes) and the number of pas
sengers carried (715,419,682), the ratio
of persons killed is not as large in the
■United Slates as in Portugal, Russia,
fc6paln, Egypt, New Zuglnnd and Canada
although the ratio of persons injured
is much larger than in any other
country.
RATE BILL WILL PASS.
President Stickney, of the Great West
ern Road, Gives Out a Character
istic Interview,
Kansas City, Nov. 7.—A. B. Stiek
ney, president of the Chicago Great
Western railroad, was at the Coates
house yesterday with a party of friends
going to Galveston. His views on
President Roosevelt's proposed rate
legislation are somewhat surprising,
coming from a railroad president.
"I believe that the Esch-Townsend
bill will be adopted by congress the
coming session.” he said. "Rut I do
not think that It will make any imme
diate appreciable difference to tho
shippers. Yet, as a national declara
tion of principle It means everything.
The president’s recommendation
means, in effect, that when the shipper
disputes the fairness of a railroad rate
the two parties shall go before an ur
bitiation tribunal whose decision shall
become a common rule for the kind of
freight in question. The other method,
that of going to law. Is hopeless. They
had ■* law regulating rates In Minne
sota thirty years ago. The railroads
refused to obey it and one man sued
them. The case took five years to
get a final decision and tho shipper
got tlie award, but the amount in dis
pute was Just 45 cents.
COUNTESS WAS TAKING
Colfax Royalty Is Startling But Not
Sincere, and Hotel Owner Holds
the Sack.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 7.—The ir.
hubitants of Colfax are suffering from
a reaction concerning rank and title
all because of a “countess" who
dropped Into their midst a few days
ago. The reaction is especially strong
in the case of the genial proprietor of
the Centropolis. The fair countess, it
seems, was an absontrninded lady, for
after occupying one of the best rooms
of the hotel .for several days and lan
guidly getting away with a consider
able quantity of fried chicken and oth
er delicacies for which the Centropolis
is famous, like Annie Moore she went
away and they never saw her any
more—neither did they see any money
to pay her hoard bill.
It seems that the “countess," who
was divinely tall and most divinely
fair, created considerable excitement
on last Wednesday by making a regal
entrance into the quiet serenity of the
Centropolis, as, languidly drawing off
her long gloves and taking the pen in
her illy white fingers, she proceeded
to electrify the landlord by registering
"Miss Rosa Vane, countess of Bellemar,
Los Angeles, Cal." As may be Im
agined, she Immediately had every one
in the hotel at her beck and call. It
was "Me breakfast in me room," with
a sweet and languid smile to the
chambermaid. She haughtily waived
tlie matter of extra cost and daintily |
breakfasted In lied every morning, j
wiille the rest of the guests were eat
ing in common style in the dining
•oom.
CAUSE ofMASSACRE.
'-atest Dispatch Soys Mrs. Machle, at
Tien Chau, Seized Idols from
Native Procession.
London, Nov. 7.—A dispatch to the
Daily Express from Hongkong says
that the Tien Chau massacre was due
to the unhappy action of Mrs. Machle,
who, on the refusal of some of the mem
bers of a native procession to desist
from worshipping the idols they car
ried, seized the idols and declined to re
store them to their owners. Thereupon
the Infuriated processionists surround
ed and destroyed the mission and as
saulted the inmates. Then they mur
dered them and threw their bodies into
the river. The mob did not interfere
.with six French priests who resided In i
the neighborhood.
WREAKS AWFUL REVENGE
Angry Woman Slaughters Step-Chil
dren After Quarreling with Her
Husband.
i Minneapolis, Nov. 7.—Mrs. James
Brennan quarreled with her husband
last evening, and after the latter had
gone to work the woman shot and
killed her three scep-uhildren, aged S.
11 and 15, fatally wounded another,
aged 13, then shot herself, inflicting a
probably mortal wound. The woman
was the second wife of Brennan. The
couple frequently quarreled over (ho
children.
FINDS $20,000 IN ROAD I
Citizen Picks Up Purse Which Is thi
Property of Mrs. Marshall
Field.
Chicago Nov 7.—Mrs. Marshal
Field lost a purse containing $20,000.
It was returned to her husband within
an hour. Tho Incident throws some
Interesting light on the trousseau and
pre-nuptial traveling expenses with
which Mrs. Field was equipped when
she left Chicago as Mrs. Della S.
Caton.
Louis Sachs, Jeweler and head of the
Lucios company, nt 213 State street,
was the agent by which the missing
property was restored to Its owner.
Ho was enjoying a spin down Michigan
avenue In his automobile Wednesday
afternoon when the treasure trove was
discovered. Near Sixteenth street ho
noticed a purse lying in the middle of
the roadway, and, quickly ordering the
chauffeur to stop, left the machine to
retrieve It.
When he opened the purse to dis
cover the identity of the owner he
gave an ejaculation of surprise. It
contained, among other articles, some
of Marshall Field’s cards and a letter
of credit for £4,000 sterling, made out
to Mrs. Delia S. Caton. Placing the
leather receptacle of wealth in his saf
est pocket, he continued his Journey
to tho city.
He sent In his card to Mr. Field and
soon was given audience.
"I wish to return this purse to you,”
he remarked. "I happened to find It on
Michigan avenue a, short time ago."
"It looks like Mrs. Field’s." said the
merchant. "Why, here’s her letter oi
credit. Thank you. very much."
PUTS GARFIELD IN HOLE
’’ackers Make a Move That Is a Com
plete Surprise to the Gov
ernment Prosecutor.
Chicago, Nov. 7.—Complete Immunity
from prosecution under the pending In
dictment returned by the federal grand
Jury several months ago Is claimed by
J. Ogden Armour and other defendant
packers and agents charged with be
ing promoters of the soealled "beef
trust” In an additional plea In bar filed
by Attorney John S. Miller, the pack
ers’ representative.
The new plea, which came as a com
plete surprise to the government, sets
up as facts that when Commissioner
Garfield, of the department of com
merce and labor, investigated the beef
business, he promised the packers that
whatever testimony they gave without
being under oath, of whatever docu-,
mentary evidence they voluntarily pro
duced, the defendants should have the
same rights, indemnities and Immun
ities as If they had testified under nat.h.
and compulsion.
The allegation of an agreement be
tween Secretary Garfield and the
packers was a surprise to District At
torney Morrison and Assistant Attor
ney General Pagln, and It was said
that Secretary Garfield has been asked
concerning exactly whnt occurred dur
ing the Investigation Into the beef ques
tion.
The plea alleges that the testlmonj
and the evidence it was understoo<
should not be used by the department
of justice in any way as a basis foi
nny prosecution or proceedings against
the defendants. Then It Is declared, on
the assurance of the commissioner, the
defendant appeared before the commit
tee and told concerning the things
wished to be Inquired about and which
are now Incorporated In the Indictment.
Notwithstanding the promises of the
government, It is declared the testi
mony and evidence produced by the de
fendant were given to the de
partment of Justice, and finally to the
local district attorney, and that this In.
formation has been used and Is now be
ing used In the prosecution of the
packers.
ASTOR PAYS ALIEN TAX.
'» Compelled to Pay Over $2 Before
Being Admitted to United States.
New York, Nov. 7.—William Astor,
son of William Waldorf Astor, was
called on to pay a $2 tax ns an alien
yesterday before being admitted to the
United States on his arrival here on
the steamer Cedric from Liverpool.
This tax was levied under the section
of the United States immigration laws
requiring a head tax of $2 for every
alien landing in this country. Mr. As
tor said in reply to a question as * -
his citizenship that he was an Engllr r
resident. William Waldorf Astor, o
of the largest holders of real esate
this city, lives In London and sor
years ago renounced his American cl'
zenship and became a British subjei
Yesterday the Inspectors were mo. „
rigorous than usual about enforcing
the payment of this tax. since It has
been learned that over thirty foreign
cabin passengers on a liner which ar
rived recently escaped the tax by de
claring themselves to be American citi
zens.
DOCTOR ARRESTED.
Percy D. McLeod le Accused of Illegal
Practice in the eGary Case in
Boston.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 4.—As the re
suit of a brief conversation by of«.
fleers over the long distance tele
phone the scene of the developments
In the famous suit case mystery has
shifted from New York back to Bos
ton. Dr. Percy D. McLeod, a reputable
physician of the Back Bay district,
was arrested today on the charge of
performing an Illegal ODeralion on Su
sanna Geary, the Cambridge chorus
girl, whose remains were found In two
suit cases In the waters of Boston har
bor.
Through the confessions of Louis
Crawford and William Howard, the
two men arrested in New York, the
authorities received evidence which in
their opinion warranted the arrest of
Dr. McLeod. It Is alleged that Di
McLeod was called Into the case afte
the first operation was performed 1
the Tremont street office, and that h
performed a second operation of
desperate nature In the vain attemp
to save the life of the young woman.
Miss Geary failed to recover, and it
is alleged that Dr. McLeod, in an effort
to conceal the Clime, dismembered the
body.
Morris Nathan, the lover of Miss
Geary, who was arrested In Pittsburg
last Sunday night and brought to this
city In a state of collapse, Is gradually
recovering at the city hospital, where
he was taken on hts arrival here, but
Is not yet In a condition to be brought
Into court.
IOWANS HURT IN WRECK.
San Louis Obispo. Cal., Nov. 4.—A
Southern Pacific southbound limited
passenger train dashed into a train of
tourist cars at Santa Margarita sta
tion. fourteen miles north of the city,
yesterday. Nineteen people were hurt.
Including two ladles from Ottumwa, la.
DISMISS BANK EXAMINER.
Washington. Nov. 4.—The comptrol
ler of the currency today removed from,'
the service Bank Examiner R. H.j
Madderr., on account of his failure to;
discover conditions existing in the En-'
terprise National bank, at Allegheny'
City, Pa. i
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Wichita, Kan.—E. R. Cordell, a capital
ist of Springfield. Mo, died here as a re
sult of drinking carbolic acid from a buttle
supposed to contain whiskey.
Chicago—Thomas P. Wood, a carpenter,
applied to the circuit court recently for a
I mandamus to enjoin his wife from talking
'too much. The couple had been married
: eleven years.
Janesville, Wls.—Miss Carrie Hughes was
embraced with ruch fervor by her lover
that two of her ribs became Interlocked,
and she waS compelled to undergo a pain
ful operation.
Bolivar, N. Y.—Paul Bowles lost Ills hair
by fright. A runaway horse threw him
Into convulsions, and caused an Illness of
several weeks, during which all of his hair
came out.
Des Moines. la.—A Jury In Judge Bren,
nan’s court yesterday awarded a verdict of
$5 for Will Johnson, who brought suit
against his father-in-law, L. M. Randles,
because he received a beating at the hands
of the latter.
Brewer, Mo.—John C. Chase, 71 years old,
has written a piece of music, which he
calls his ’’funeral dirge," and Is now ped
dling printed copies around the neighbor
hood to raise money to pay for his funeral
expenses and buy a tombstone. j
New York—Otto Zimmerman, a cook at a!
restaurant, was pinched by a lobster untllj
the blood came. He paid no attention to It
until several days later, when hta arm be-i
gan to swfll badly, and he went to a
doctor, who pronounced It a case of blood
poisoning. He died three days later.
Tarrytown, N. Y.—Margaret Perry, who
recently died, left a considerable property,
and among other things the sum of $16,500.
to "my niece, Nellie Blauvelt. with my two
pet cats, upon the condition that she pro
vide suitably for them as long as they live
and keep them In the house where I now
reside."
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Omaha.—Waiting and watching to the
end for a missing son who never returned.
Mrs. Naomi Welles finally pined away and
today she died of grief. Frank, her only
boy, left home eight years ago to seek his
fortune. Nothing was ever heard of him.
but each night the mother, who was almost
destitute, placed a lighted lamp In the win
dow of her home. 1
1 Washington, Pa.—James Banganza, em
ployed In the steel works gave hlB wife to
'Martin Edson as security for a debt of $25.
Mrs, Banganza made no objection, but the
neighbors were so scandalized that they
had Edson and the woman arrested for
adultery. The Judge discharged them upon
the assurance that the woman would re
turn to her own husband. t
Hoboken, N. J.—Fulda Berg, Indignant
at something her husband had done, seized
a frying pan that stood on the stove to
throw at him. Her foot slipped and In
stead of reaching her husband the hot
grease fell on her face and head. She Is
now totally blind, but her heart Is not
softened. She Insists that her husband Is,
to blame for her misfortune.
Topeka, Kan.—All the "worthless nig
gers” In Texas are to be chased into Kan
sas. according to the Caldwell (Texas'
News, a copy of which was received here
today, because Governor Hoch would not.
surrender Henry Evans to the authorities
of the Lone Star State. Governor Hoch, In
refusing to grant requisition papers, said
he was not furnishing subjects for Texas
mobs. ■ ?
Chicago—”1 will let the father visit his
children at the home of Mrs. James Ott.
but he must not pray over them. He
must act as any father would.” This was
the dictum delivered yesterday by Judge
Mark after he had heard some of the
matrimonial troubles of Rev. Nestor
Clarkson and his wife Mabel. The court
told both the parties that In nis opinion
they had two much religion. ,
New York —Since Dave Barry, the for
mer lightweight, has been playing on the
Northwestern football eleven, how would
It do to recruit an all-star eleven as fol
lows, towit: Ends, O’Brien and Sharkey;
tackles, Fitzsimmons and Hart; guards,
Weeks and Ruhlln: center, Gotch, quar
terback, Corbett; halfbacks, Mun’ro and
Walcott: fullback, Jeffries? Whit a smash
ing game such a team Bhould play.
St. Leon, Ind. - Sarah Jackson, who was
disappointed In love forty years ago. and
has not spoken to a man since, has made
her will. In which she provides that a
woman shall officiate at her funeral, and
that no men shall be present. There must
be a woman undertaker, women pallbear
ers and a woman to drive the hearse.
While men may be allowed to dig her
grave, the earth must be thrown back by
women. She has left money to pay all ex
penses.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Joseph Schultz, annoyed
because his wife searched his clothing,
bought a "bulldog” rat trap and aet it in
hlB trousers pocket one night before ha
went to bed. Several hours later he was
awakened by her sreams, and released her
hand, which was badly lacerated. She waa
so angry that she swore out a warrant for
his arrest, but Justice Rochford of the
police court decided that a man could set
rat traps in his pockets as often as he
pleased, and discharged the prisoner.
St. Louis, Mo.—A wild scene was created
In the criminal court when Joseph W.
Gray, on trial for murder, suddenly sprang
at the chief city dispensary physician, Dr.
jr. J. Scherck, on the witness stand, to do
him bodily harm, shook otx four deputy
sheriffs and attacked a member of the
grand jury, was finally overpowered after
having fought all over the court room.
The jury then returned a verdict finding
the defendant Insane, and he was taken
to the city Jail and will be sent to the in
sane asylum.
Washington—The annual chrysanthemum
and carnation show of the department of
agriculture Is now under way, and thou
sands of people are visiting it daily. As
soon as the public has had a chance to
view the new Intense yellow, Incurved
chrysanthemum, “Mrs. Roosevelt," It will
be sent by Secretary Wilson to the White
House as a present to Mrs. Roosevelt. The
new "silvery pink" chrysanthemum, "Mias 1
Alice Roosevelt,” will in all probability
be forwarded in a few days to the White ,
House as a gift to the president's daugh- ’
ter i
HASTINGS, NEB., SCORCHED.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3.—Fire at Hastings, J
Neb., today destroyed a large department 8
store building owned by ex-Senator Diet- g
rich. The Stein company Is the heaviest
loser, losing $50,000. Several other build- ’•
lugs and stocks were damaged, the total
loss being about $100,000.
HIRED MAN SKIPS OUT. ,
Armour, S. D., Oct. 31.—Wade Worth, ,t
a young man who has been working „
!thls fall for William Boterman, In the *
north part of the county, skipped out ”
Monday night with $112 belonging to )(
his employer. ^