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HITCHCOCK BECOMES | SARCASTIC IN REPORT Justice, as Administered to Ne« ! braska Cattle Barons, Boes Not Satisfy Him. fOR PENSION REFORM? Secretary of the Interior Says Presen System of Examining Old Soldiers for Disability Should Be L j Revised. j Washington, Dec. 12.—In his an puial report to congress, Secretary Hitchcock today took occasion to in dulge in sarcastic comment regarding ithe sentence imposed by an Omaha Judge against western Nebraska cattle men for violating the anti-fencing laws. His statement as to the size of the sentence was printed in italics with double exclamation points following. J £le suggests an important chahge in the : pension laws. In part his report fol lows : “The report of the commissioner of pensions shows that during the fiscal yeitr ended June 30, 1905, the total num ber of pensioners on the roll was 1,046, 627, and the number remaining on the roil at the end of the year was 998,441, a net gain of 3,679 over the previous year. ‘The pension roll at the close of the year contained the names of 717,158 sol diers and sailors, 280,680 widows and dependents, and 603 army nurses. Pays Out $141,513,760 Pensions. ' “The appropriation for the payment (>' pensions for the fiscal year was <141,510,600; repayments to the appro priation made the amount available for payment of pensions $141,513,760.78. The Sisbursements for army and navy pen sions during the year, including the j amount disbursed by treasury settle Bients, were $141,142,861.3. “The present system of examining applicants for pension is a most un certain, expensive, and unsatisfactory tnethod, the system being liable to out feide control and political dictation, and Venerating an enormous amount of po litical friction. "As a substitute for the existing sys tem, the commissioner again suggests ft division of the country into districts or circuits, the appointment under civil Service rules of medical experts, to be organized into boards to serve outside Df the states of their domiciles and to go from place to place within their re spective circuits on fixed days, making examinations and taking testimony re garding the condition of the applicants I for pension. South Dakota Prosecutions. “Proceedings are under way to com pel the removal of unlawful inclosures in South Dakota embracing about 8,000 jicres, for which the following persons nre under indictment: Floyd D. Head lee, H. A. Scovel, Henry Schact, Charles Smith, George D. Porch, Oscar F. Law- j rence, Fred H. Sears, It. W. Mathieson, Ernest W. Thode, Cyrus H. Molyneaux, John Mceuer. Jonn H. White, and George B. McPherson. “F’or perjury in connection with home tead entries, under section 5392, United States revised statutes, indictments are pending as follows: Abram D. Catlln, > Henry Groth, Pearlie R. Stiles, John A. Hilgendorf, and James Meehan. Form of “Justice” in Nebraska. "Unlawful inclosures of the public domain in the state of Nebraska have been numerous and extensive. Many persons in the western part of the state seem to consider that they possess an implied license to fence public lands. The offenders are often prominent citi zens and the courts are reluctant to punish them for an offense that is so general. “For perjury in connection with home “It is reported that parties maintain ing unlawful inclosures often hire old soldiers, soldiers’ widows, and any oth er persons who can be procured, for a money consideration ranging from $5 to $150, to tile on lands within their in closures, and by means of such entries defraud the government of title to the enclosed lands. “Criminal proceedings against John and Herman Krause, of Nebraska, old and persistent offenders, have resulted in conviction. Numerous other arrests have been made. ( “After some years of effort and an 'expenditure of several thousand dol lars Bartlett Richards and William G. Comstock, who, through the Nebraska Land and Feeding company, it is al leged maintained an unlawful inclosure lof more than a quarter of a million .acres of public land, were indicted and brought before the court recently for Itrial. They pleaded guilty, and after iconsideration of the matter the court 'imposed a fine in each case of $300 and sentenced the defendants to the custody ,of the marshal for six hours! REPORT OF SEC. TAFT. Secretary of War Carefully Sidesteps the Car.teen an<# Talks Plain Shop. Washington, Dee. 12.—The annual report of Secretary of War Taft was 'delivered to congress today. He care fully avoids reference to the much-dis cussed question of the army canteen •and devotes his. lengthy report to a [discussion of the Philippine, Panama •canal and kindred issues. As to the [.strength of the army, he says: On the 2Sth of November, 1904, the 'date of the last annual report, the army of the United States, according to the latest reports which had been received from the military departments (Octo ber 15, 1904), consisted of 3,744 officers and 56,439 enlisted men, a total of 60,183. In addition there were in the service 3,107 men of the hospital corps, exclud ed by the act of March 1. 1887, from classification as part of the enlisted force of the army. There were also In the service 21 officers and 549 men of the Porto Rico regiment, and 100 offi cers and 3,978 enlisted Philippine scouts. SMOKED OUT OF IOWA. Portland Gold Mining Company Sur renders Iowa Charter Owing to Council Bluffs Tax. . Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 12.—The (Portland Gold Mining company has ,been reorganized under a Wyoming charter and will surrender the Iowa •charter under which it has operated. The home office will be moved from (Council Bluffs to Cheyenne, Wyo. It is stated that the reason for secur ing a new charter Is because of an at tempt, on the part of Iowa authorities jto.collect $400 000 in taxes on stock "when the arnipany is already .paying taxes-on J>roi*rty represented by the stock in Color* da -M-M-f-f-M-f 4-f♦♦♦♦ 4-f *■ ■* <f NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS, -f Minneapolis.—A large, handsome dia mond of the first water for 5 cents. This jis the bargain secured last night by some [body who purchased a sack of popcorn ai jClint Webster’s confectionary store. Si [Central avenue. Mr. Webster had an un* (usually busy evening, and just before the (rush began he took his diamond ring from Ihls finger, and placing it in a sack, laid i| [away on a shelf. He paid no more atten tion to the jewel until closing time, when |he discovered he had filled the bag with jpopcorn and sold it. ; St. Louis.—Mrs. Alice O’Day, widow c* the late Judge John O’Day, has transferred her $200,000 home to the St. Dechantel Aca demy of the Visitation Nuns, in which iorder she will shortly retire from the world. Judge O’Day was a millionaire sev: 'eral times over. Alter a quarrel in St. Louis about six years ago she attempted suicide in the Lindcll hotel. She recovered and afterward procured a divorce. He then married his stenographer. San Francisco, Cal.—F. Nakamura, t rich Japanese, who is the Standard Oil agent for northern Japan, is accused by customs inspectors here of offering a bribe in order to have his baggage, which con taiend $2,000 worth of kimonos and costly silks, passed. lie offered a handful of $5 gold pieces to Customs Officer Kellogg. Nakamura said he had been told on the ship that $15 was the regular customs fee. Cleveland, O.—Dalgas Ignatz, a foreign er, is insane as the result of taking his first .bath in five years. lie was found in Wade park in October, arrested for vagrancy, lined $25 and costs, and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse. Arriving at the prison, Ignatz was bathed. The shock was so great that he immediately lost his mind. Gradually he grew worse, and, becoming a raving maniac, was removed to the padded cell in the county jail. , Philadelphia, Pa.—Mrs. Robert Grats. Fell has brought suit for divorce, alleging as grounds that her husband became in toxicated at a recent dinner party which she gave to the elite. She is a cousin of the Countess Abercrombie and Princess de Ligouri of Italy. Mrs. Fell is a cousin of Prince Wydish-Gratz, who married the Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria. Boston, Mass.—For the first time in the legal annals of the United States, the sound record of a phonograph was ad mitted in evidence in the superior court late yesterday in a “noise” damages suit against the Boston Elevated railroad. The machine gave in realistic fashion the char acteristic clatter and bang of a passing train. Grand Rapids, Mich.—Cigarets and bat. literature are said to be responsible for the assault by 17-year-old Willard Bush on his father, Elmer E. Bush, yesterday morning. The father entered the room to punish his son for his shiftless habits and the son drew a revolver and fired. The ibullet entered the father’s shoulder. Terre Haute, Ind.—Mrs. Elizabeth Cope land, aged 82, i3 dead at New Lebanon. Her life was.one of intense bitterness on account of the desertion of her husband fifty years ago. At every mealtime during the half century she has put a plate on .the table for the missing one in the hope 'that some day he would return. Bucyrus, O.—It is difficult to get marrieo in Crawford county, owing to a peculiar 'state of affairs which exists at the probate office here. For a week there have been no license blanks atttainable because a new supply which was ordered has not arrived ;and the old supply is exhausted. Lancaster, Pa., The Columbia National bank has been notified that the United Stages court of claims has allowed its damage claims against the government for the burning by union troops of the Sus quehanna river bridge at Columbia in 1863, w’hich prevented the further advance jnorthward of the confederates. Boston, Mass.—Bostonians are still true to the baked bean. Last year they spent on their favorite diet more than the cost of two battleships, or $6,589,272. According to wholesale dealers 6S,732 barrels were consumed in that period and the demand is increasing. Columbus, O.—Caught for 10 cents in what she held to be a snide, Mrs. E. R. Payne came from Minnesota and secured the indictment of George W. Bernhard, a Chillicothe druggist, said to be the origin ator of unique methods for destroying bugs, on a charge of using the mails to defraud. , New York.—Mary Jane Harris, believed J:o be the oldest woman in the state of New York, died at New Rochelle in her 112th year. Her grandmother was a full blood Indian woman. She said she was a de scendant of Pocahontas, although it was generally believed that she was a negro. Oshkosh, Wis.—Cruelty that rendered 'lvlrig in the same house impossible and conspiracy on the part of the husband and three daughters to place her in an insane asylum are alleged in tne divorce com plaint of Mrs. Virginia Pierson. Mrs. Pier son is 70 years old and her husband is SO. Bucyrus, O.—While sitting at his dinner, Just after returning from school yester day, Paul MoKeehan complained of a sharp pain in his head. A moment.later he fell across the table, dead. In hurrying home from school he had broken a blood' vessel in his head. Carlinville, 111.—While they were kissing* pach other good-by, Miss Josie Beltz am* Samuel Miller were shot by the girl’s fath er at Shipman, 111. Miss Beltz is probably' fatally wounded. Beltz had forbidden' Miller to call upon his daughter, who is only 15 years old. Pittsburg, Pa.—The soe'al ban on Will iam Ells Corey because of bis alleged treatment of his wife appears well defined. Mrs. C. M. Schwab, wife of the former president of the Vnited States Steel cor poration, snubbed Corey when they met at a reception. Nashua. la.—The 3-year-old daughter of Frank G. Wolfe and wife, living seven miles north of lure, died from burns re ceived from falling in a pail of scalding ..ater which her mother was scrubbing *.ith. The child lived about twenty-four pours. New York, N. Y. -Aftty aiding her young lister Lillian to prepare for a reception and wishing he r a pleasant evening. Miss Evelyn A. Walker, daughter of a rich manufacturer and a former school teacher in Brooklyn, went to her room last night and hanged herself. Warsaw, N, Y — James L. Blodgett, the hermit banker of Hermitage, Wyoming1 county, was burned to death in his home. He was estimated to be worth a million. New Haven, Conn.—President Roosevelt has just bought two prize winning bull terriers from Frank P. Dole of this city. lYcsldent Roosevelt paid 11,500 apiece for the dogs, so it is stated. M'ddletown, X. Y.—A company has been formed to furnish chickens and eggs with •edigrees for the wealthy New Yorkers to ■at. The eggs will be packed in sr-4»»rato >oxcs, according to source, with a special lag, <uid will be sold for $1 a dozen MORE VIOLENCE IS EXPECTED IN RUSSIA Sudden Change in Condition oi Situation lor the Worse Startles the World. WORKMEN ARE AROUSEE “hey Are Angry at the Arrest of Their Leader, M. Krustaleff, President of the Executive Committee of Workmen's Council. St. Petersburg', Dec. 12.—A dispatch! .lated December 9 says: Another crisis is at hand, involving the indefinite pro longation of the strike, the probable immediate precipitation of a general strike throughout Russia and a possi ble final struggle between the govern ment and the proletariat. This sudden change for the worse is the result of the shedding of the j first bloc d in the telegraph strike. This came about simultaneously with the actiin of M. Durnova, minister o$ the interior, in throwing down the gauntlet to the labor organizations by arresting M. Krustaleff, president of the executive committee of the work men’s council, without warning. About 2 o'clock several companies oC Cossacks clattered through the streets leading to the headquarters of the I council in Targovia street. Having | barred the approaches, a force of troops and police surrounded the build-* ing, after which secret service men rushed jr and seized Krustaleff. The prisoner made no resistance and the affair wv conducted quickly. It was* impossible for Krustaleff to conceal the papers of the organization, in which the police evidently expect to find evi dence proving the ultimate effect to be an armed uprising against the govern ment. A disturbance in which two strikers were killed and a policeman and sev eral others wounded occurred at the same hour immediately in front of the general postofike. The strikers for two days have been seeking to persuade the volunteer and regular carriers to refuse to work. At tlie door of the building the strikers, enraged by the refusal of the volunteers to quit, drew knives, whereupon a carrier attempted to de fend himself with a revolver. Roth the carrier and a companion were killed on the spot. Strikers Oppose Police. A squad of policemen was stood off by the strikers and workingmen who sympathized with them. Both sides ex changed a fierce fusillade, during which a policeman and several workmen were wounded. As the strikers were withdrawing a Cossack patrol came galloping to tin* rescue. One of the4 strikers turned and threw an imitation bomb and the Cos sacks wheeled in order to avoid what they presumed to be a deadly missile. The crowd managed to get in an open courtway close to tne door and escaped. The arrest of Krustaleff created a great sensation among the workmen All the socialists, labor and kindred or ganizations are holding a mejimg, at which most inllammatory speeches art being made in denunciation of tne gov ernment, and all talking ol a gen; raj strike,vin order to save their leader. Krustaleff, as he is called, ihoig that is not his name, is regarded as v.. brains of the revolutionary movement. He has displayed a genius m organ izing both the industrial and p.mucai strikes which have terrorized tne gov ernment. His offer of financial suppoii to the telegraphers yesterday predat ed a collapse of their strike. A Socialist Moverr.ei.-. In some quarters it is beiiev:d the government, realizing that a givac struggle with the workmen and lhe so cialist organizations in inevitao * in January, arrested Krustaleff with tiie intention of deliberately precipitating matters by challenging tne organiza tions before they were fully prepared. This show of strength also gives color to the report that the clounia election law, which it is now exp.crted will be promulgated next week, is to be fol lowed by eneigetic measures to restore order even it it be necessary to declar: martial law in various parts of the em pire on the ground that it would be impossible to held the elections in the present state of th • country. At the same time i< is ui.de’stood that it is the intention of the govern ment to go a step farther !n 4.he direc tion of appeasing the peasants by pro viding for purchase by them on the installment plan of a poition of the crown lands and the private estates that have been hypothecated to the government land banks and unre deemed. Witte May Have Resigned. While such a program undoubtedly would receive the sympathy of that section of the population which desires ; the restoration of order above ov< ry- | thing, especially of the interests like ; the manufacturers of St. Petersburg, , who yesterday passed a resolution in \ favor of prosecuting th * agitators to i the full extent of the law, it would pro voke the socialists and the revolution aries to desperation. The moderate liberals also believe that such a policy would be suicidal and would be sure to bring in its wake repression then an armed conflict with the proletariat, and finally a bloody revolution. Many persons believe that Count Witte will not lend himself to such a program, that his fall is imminent, and that when he goes he will leave reaction and revolution face to face. It is again rumored that the premier already has resigned and will be suc ceeded by General Count Alexis Igna tiel'f. Another rumor is to the; effect that Lieutenant General MistehenKO, one of the heroes of the war in Man churia, who is now on his way to St. Petersburg, will assume the dictator ship. The Associated Press is unable to obtain confirmation of ani of these rumors. On the contrary it learns from a high source that Count Witte’s position, so far as the emperor is con-; cerned, is perfectly secure and that his' majesty is giving him the widest co operation. Very Bad in Poland. Warsaw, Dec. 9.—There is a heavy run today on government savings banks as result of a campaign against them inaugurated by radical papers. A battalion of military engineers mu tinied at Gorakalwarya, in the govern rr nt of Warsaw, complaining of bad food and unsuitable quarters. Military telegraphers at Kieff have refused to take the places of striking civilians. Deny Harbin Story. Chefoo, Dec. 9.—Advices from Harbin, nine days old, state there have been slight disturbances there and that evac uation of Harbin and Manchuria Is pro ceeding as fast as transportation facili ties will allow. DEMANDS OF CHINA. Jnited Sta ges Must Do Many Thingf Before tho Oriental Boycott Will Be Lifted. Hongkong, Dec. 12.—At a meeting of tlx boycott Association of Chinese guilds an<J American merchants here the former drew up the following demands the granting of which, they said, would be necessary to i»ring the boycott to an end: 1. A distinct definition of the term "la-i ■borer." 2. That legislation affecting tho Chinese must have the approval of the Chinese government. 3. That American consuls in China hi authorized to issue certificates for admis, Hon to the United States of Chinese, ex* eept laborers, without hindrances except (in cases of fraud. 1 4. The issue of passports by the Chinese (of other governments for submission to ,American consuls preparatory to the grant ing of cert ideates. , 5. Medical examination prior to departure rto be conducted by one American doctoij and one European doctor, the latter to hq •appointed by tho Chinese authorities, with la similar examination on arrival in tho (United States, if found necessary. The sixth and seventh demands call for (most favored nation treatment of Chinese residents and travelers in the United 'States. The eighth demand repudiates ex ceptional registration. I 9. The admission of Chinese laborers to the islands of Hawaii and the Philippines, ■provided the local authorities are willing. 10. In case of necessary inquiry on ar jriv.j# there is to be no detention, provid ing security be furnished. Technical errors fn papers are not to be considered a bar, i.o admission. 11. The admission of the families of Chi-. Lncae residents, the importation of females 'being safeguarded. , 12. The readmission to tho United States of Chinese who have been deported for nonregistration on proof of their posses sion of property in that country or that •hey are creditors there. ENGLISH CABINET. I . 1 ' ' — ion of Gladstone Is Secretary of StatvJ for Home Affairs in New , British Ministry. ; London. Dec. 12.—It Is officially an-i jhounced that the new British ministry isi (made up as follows: Prime Minister and First Lord of the | [Treasury—Sir Henry Campbell-Banner man. ; Chancellor of the Exchequer—Herbert 'Henry Asquith. , Secretary of State for Home Affairs— |Herbert John Gladstone. ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs— f jS'r Edward Grey. i Secretary of State for the Colonies—The iearl of Elgin. „ | • Secretary of State for War—Richard (Burdon Haldane. Secretary of State for India—John Mor lley. ( First Lord of the Admiralty—Baron ! <r weed mouth. President of the Board of Trade—David Lloyd George. President of the Local Government [Board—John Burns. , Secretary of State for Scotland—John (Sinclair. i President of the Board of Agriculture— {Earl Carrington. i Postmaster General—Sydney Charles (Buxton. Chief Secretary of Ireland—James 'Br>ce. Lord President of the Council—The earl of Crewe. Lord of the Privy Seal—The morquis of R!pon. President of the Board of Education— iAugusline Birrell. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster— ■Sir I Ionrv Hartley Fowler. Lord High Chancellor—Sir Robert Threshlc Reid. The foregoing constitute the cabinet. The followiy; ministers are not in the cabinet: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—The earl of Ma : ’eon. Lor i t h inrellcr <:>f Ireland—Rt. Hon. Samuel Wa kcr. F l'.-i ' -remission or of Works and Pub lie Buildings— Lewis Vernon Harcourt. Sir Henry Campbcll-Banrerman drove to the palace and had an audience with King Edward of about twenty minutes, and at which 1.!.- majesty signified his approval of the new government. STEEL HEAD IS DEPOSED Successor Named for W. rE. Corey, Who Gee' s Divorce in Order to Wed Actress. New York. Dec. 12—It is slated on the most reliable* authority that Thomas Morrison, at present of New York City and formerly of Pittsburg:, super intend ent of tlu Homestead steel works and la director of the United States Steel 'corporation, has been chosen as the {successor of William Ellis Corey, pres ident of the steel corpo ation. Pittsburg:, Pa., Dec. 0.—Alfred A. Corey, the aged father of W. K. Corey, head of the United States Steel corpor ation, has been crushed by the news from New York that his son has ad mitted in a public statement that he expects his wife to get a divorce, that he will not oppose her action and that ’hM has for a long time been acquainted with Mabelle Gilman, the actress with whom iiis name has been coupled and whom he Is expected to marry after his divorce. The elder Mr. Corby practically dis owned his son. With his hoary head whitened by the snows of seventy-five Winters, he wept and said: "If these newspaper stories are true, if my son has said he will divorce Laura, his wife, and take up with tills actress then 1 am through. If I vwere on a jury 1 would hold out to the last to send him to the penitentiary.” TOM LAWSON GOES FREE ’••osccution for Criminal Libel Is Turned Dov/n by the Grand Jury at Boston. Boston. Mass., Dec. 12.—The county grand jury failed today 10 return an indictment against Thomas VV. Lawson on the charge of criminal libel, pre ferred by Clarence W. Barron, propri etor of the Boston News bureau. It was Barron against whom it was un derstood Lawson had offered evidence before the grand jury In connection with a criminal libel complaint. The action of the jury puts an end to the Controversy between Lawson and Bar ron so far as the criminal courts are oncerned. PASS PHXIPPINE BILL Removal cf Tariff Is Predicted by Com mittee Chairman—Protest Is Useless. Washington. Dec. 12.—Congress will pass a tariff bill to relieve conditions in the Philippines, according to predic tions of Representative Cooper of Wis consin, chairman of the house commit tee on Insular affairs at the last ses sion of congress. Cooper accompanied the Taft party to the Islands on the recent trip. He said much of the apprehension which has existed concerning the effect of im portation of Philippine sugar would have on sugar growers in this country, had been dispelled. He also says TlnUed States tobacco growers need ■have no fear of Philippine tobacco growers because of the quality of to tjaceo grown In the Island and lim ited production. In his opinion hemp Is 'to be the product to which Filipinos will turn their attention rather lhanito gobat o or sugar. MRS. ROGERS PAYS PENALTY FOR GRIME1 _ | I Vermont Woman Is Hanged for; the Brutal Murder of Her Husband. FEW SEE THE END COME 3espcate Efforts to Induce the Gov ernor to Interfere Prove Unavail ing and He Demands That Law Take Its Course. Windsor. Vt., Dec. 11.—Mrs. Rogers I was hanged here last Friday. The drop fell at 1:13. She was pronounced dead by the prison officials at 1:27%. Only a comparatively few persons witnessed the hanging, the number be ing restricted to those permitted to at tend by the laws of Vermont. Mrs. Rogers’ neck was broken. Mrs. Rogers’ body was claimed by her moth er and sister and will be buried at Hoosick Fails, N. Y., where her mother, Mra Josie Callahan, resides. Met Death Unflinchingly. Mrs. Rogers maintained her com posure to the last and mounted the gallows with steady step, although a deathly pallor overspread her coun tenance. Hardly a muscle quivered as Deputy Sheriff Spafford pronounced the fatal words: "1 now proceed to execute tho ' sentence of law. and may God have mercy on your soul." 1 Wiien the words were pronounced the deputy sheri.2 sprung the trap and the drop fell. How She Was Hanged. Upon reaching the scaffold the con demned woman mounted the steps un aided and, stepping exactly upon the center of the trap, sat down in a chair. To bind her with leather straps was , the work of a minute only. A large black sack was brought up about her body and fastened around her neck. I The noose was adjusted by one of the deputies and another deputy placed a black cap upon her head. White River Junction, Vt., Dec. 8.— The conference between Mrs. Rogers’ attorneys and Governor Bell for anoth er reprieve for MrB. Rogers was fruit less. The conference lasted about thirty, minutes. It was terminated by the posi tive declaration of Governor Bell that he would not lnterfer in the execution. Governor Stands Firm. The arguments offered by the attor neys were not new. They simply ar gued for time. Mrs. Partlon, who brought a long petition from Ohio, was heard by the governor who. after ex amining the petition, said: “I believe I know the sentiment of the people of Vermont ns well as does any person In this room. I see nothing to discuss. I know of no law that is not as much for woman as for man. I consider that for me again to meddle In this case would place me, as chief executive, and the stale of Vermont and Its law In a ridiculous position.” Story of tho Crime. Windsor, Vt., Dec. 8.—The crime for which Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers was sentenced to death was the murder of her 'husband, Marcus Rogers, at Pen nington, August 18, 1902. At the time the crime was committed Mrs. Rogers was only 19 years old. She had been separated from her hwsband for some time and was desirous of mar rying a young man named Maurice Knant). On the day of the murder, Mar cus Rogers went to Pennington to visit his wife and that night she arranged to meet him In the woods near Wal loomsac river. Caressed, Then Killed Him. While caressing him she induced him to allow her to bind his hands and, while he was powerless, she chloro formed him. In this she was aided by Leon Perham a half-wittea boy, son of a woman with whom she had boarded. Another woman, Estella Bates, was present. After chloroforming Rogers, Perham | and Mrs. Rogers rolLed the body into | the river, where it was found next day. In order to divert suspicion, the woman wrote a note to which she signed her husband’s name, giving the impression he had committed suicide. Boldness Was Her Undoing. Immediately after the murder, Mrs. Rogers endeavored to collect her hus band's life insurance, amounting to JUKI, and also made arrangements to purchase furniture for a house where she expected to live when she had mar ried Knapp. A few days after the murder, Mrs. Rogers, Perham and the Bates woman were arrested. Perham made a com- j plete confession and both he and Mrs. i Rogers were found guilty of murder in | the first degree. ' Perham was sen- I termed to Imprisonment for life, while Mrs. Rogers received a death sen- : tence. Legal Fight to Save Life. Under Vermont law the power of commutation sentence rests with the legislature. The law also provides that when a person is sentenced to death, a j session of the legislature must be held between the time of sentence and the j date set for execution. At the last session of the legislature various attempts were made to com mute Mrs. Rogers’ sentence, but all failed. Then an attempt was made to pass a law abolishing capital punishment In Vermont, but that also failed. An attempt to secure a pardon for the woman shared the same fate. A bill was then introduced providing for appointment of ti state commission to examine into the woman's sanity. Tills bill passed the house unanimously but was defeated in the senate. Rapreve Saves Her Life. The date set for execution was Feb ruary 3, 1905. On February 2, after Mrs. Rogers had received the last rites of the Roman Catholic church. Governor Bell granted her a reprieve until June 2 in order that the claim of her attorneys to newly discovered evidence might be heard before the Vermont supreme court in an attempt to secure for the woman a new trial. On May 17 the full bench of the A ermont supreme court heard the evidence on which the peti tion for a new trial was based, but de nied the petition. On June 1 a second reprieve by Gov ernor Bell removed tile doomed woman from under the shadow of the scallold. This reprieve was-granted in order that the United States supreme court irriaht pass upon the constitutionality and le gality oft the proceedings governing ;Mrs. Rogers’ sentence. On November 27 past the United States supreme court (refused to stay sentence of the Vermont ■court. Last Hope Is Removed. "With the decision of the highest court tn the land Mrs. Rogers’ last hope tor life vanished, a* Governor Bell an-! nounced he would not Interfere with the sentence of the court. , Certain disclosures regarding scan dals In the Vermont state prison at Windsor, where Mrs. Rogers has been confined, have, It Is claimed, affected public sentiment. Scandal in the Prison. According to testimony before the prison investigation committee, one I of the convicts at Windsor had access to Mrs. Rogers’ cell some time after the first reprieve was granted by the gov ernor. It was allege'd that this was a part of a conspiracy on the part of certain prison officials to bring about such a condition as would further post pone the execution. Mrs. Rogers Is the first person sen tenced to Death In Vermont In the past thirteen years who was refused clem ency. Story of Her Last Days. By agreement between Governor Bell, Sheriff Peck and Superintendent Lovell, the following official account of Mrs. Rogers’ last days was given out by the prison authorities: “The death watch began November 2S, when Mrs. Rogers was placed In solitary confinement. The death watch consisted of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Loukes, of the prison staff, who have passed every hour of the day and night with Mrs. Rogers except for occasional , brief relief by some other prison offi cial. “This room has contained two beds, curtained off from each other. Here Mrs. Rogers and the death watch have slept night after night, and here, too, on a small table they have eaten reg ularly together. Windows overlooking! the prison yard are painted so the In mates of the room had absolutely no opportunity to see out of It. She Has Slept Well. “Mrs. Rogers has slept well most of the nights since the death watch be gan and her appetite has not failed her. Last night she did not go to bed with out some urging. She retired about 11 and slept fairly well until & o’clock this morning. “Mrs. Rogers has been in good spirits all fhe time, considering, of course, wliat must have been passing In her mind In anticipation of the awful hour of execution. She talked but little of her case. “She has occupied herself to a great extent In crotcheting lace for aprons to be sent to relatives and persons who had sent money to her. “She has read the blble and has even committed some passages to memory and lias written a few letters to rela4 tlvos and sympathizing persons. "She has never lost hope that In somq way her life might be spared and, even this morning, appeared to retain some faint Idea that at the last moment something might Interpose to save her. Didn't Hear Them Build Gallows. “The gallows was erected yesterday, but every precaution was taken to muffle the sounds of the hammer and no Intimation whatever of the work In progress reached Mrs. Rogers’ cell. "Yesterday morning Rev. Father De laney. of the Roman Catholic church, administered communion to Mr®. Rog ers and gave her spiritual consolation. In the afternoon Rev. Hayes, prison chaplain, visited her cell and read the scriptures and prayed with her. After he went away Mrs. Rogers joined with ! ■Mr. and Mrs. Loukes In singing hymns. Mrs. Rogers asked for the visit of a I "clergyman and appeared to believe her sins had been forgiven. Never Confessed Guilt. “She had not confessed her crime, directly nor had she explicitly denied It. She said she did not consider it brave to go to the scaffold and make a confession, and that it would not do her any good to tell what other people j had done. “When she nllowed herself to dwell upon the ordeal of today she appeared to he making every effort to go to her fate bravely and with firmness." ‘ BANKRUPTCY ACT SAFE Senator Nelson Will Defeat Any At tempt at Repeal of the Present Measure. Washington, Dec. 11.—Senator Nelson will block any bill for the repeal of thei national bankruptcy bill, which comes: over from the house of representatives this session. Several bills have already hen introduced In the house asking for ; Its repeal, and many petitions have, been Hied, Congressman Steenerson had intended to introduce a repeal bill, buti said that he would not, as he Is certain it could not pass. SENATOR ITTCHELL DIES Oregon’s Dishonored Senator, Con victed of Land Frauds, Dies After Short Illness. Portland, Ore, Dec. 11.—Senator: John H. Mitchell Is dead. • At 8 a. m. Senator Mitchell was 'to all intents and purposes dead. Disso- j lution set In about 3 this morning. Ef forts of physicians were devoted to kei ping him alive with a saline solu tion. Dua to Tooth Pulling. Death resulte from complication* which follow’d the removal of four teeth at a dental office yesterday. A ; ; hemorrhage of unusual severity fol ! lowed removal oT the teeth The flow I of blood could not be stayed. Mitchell had long been a sufferer from diabetes and other vitiating dis- 1 1 eases. ; MAGNATE’S PAPER V John D. Rockefeller Introduces i Fad. Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 11.—A ling sound, proceeding apparen 1; within, drew the attention of a her of persons in the lobby of a here yesterday to an elderly mai clasped his hand to his bret thou h lri pain. ‘ Are you hurt, Mr. Rockef asked several persons, who reco the man springing toward him. "No, thank you,” he replied, i only my paper waistcoat, whic I cracked." 1 The waistcoat, Mr. Rockefeller est fad, made of thin paper fit believes to be a great protection weather. He hastened to his rc replace it with another. is welcheITon LOS Santa Fe Man Stopped Paymt Check for Poker Losses. ' New York, Dec. S.—William P Santa Fe, a former judge, was a: at the Hotel Roland, late yesterc a telegraphic order from the cl . police of Santa Fe, alleging that wanted for passing a worthless When arraigned before Mag Walsh, in the Tombs court, h that, not long ago, in a poker g Santa Fe, he had lost $700 in : and gave a chek for $100 for a l due the bankers. He had stoppo ment on the check, he said, beer thought the $700 ought to satlt 1 house. Abe Levy was In coin Prey and the prisoner v. par his custody, until the tborltles A''*' heard fron