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    300 PENNSYLVANIA
MINERS CAUGHT IN
A BLAZING SHAFT
Most of the Doomed Men Ar»
Americans—A Model
Town.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 1.—Short
ly after 2 o’clock word was re
ceived that the rescue party had,
succeeded in entering the mine. The
rescuers were able to advance but
a little way, however, anti are at
tempting to force their way
through the debris to where the
miners are caught.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28.—It is
.■reported the mine of the Pitts
burg-Buff alo Coal company at'
Marianna, near here, is on fire as
a result of an explosion. Between
200 aud 300 miners are said to be
jin the mine.
At 1 o’clock, an hour and a half
after the accident, dense clouds of
Ismoke were pouring from the
shafts, but not a sign of a miner
jhad been seen.
A majority of the miners are
Americans. Their families are ab
the mouth of the mine in a state
*>f frenzy. s
Marianna was built recently by
the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal com
pany and is said to be the most'
perfect mining town in the world.'
Little Hope for Men.
But little homo m entertained for the
men who are entombed as the fan house
was partly demolished and the fans
{Stopped for over an hour. With the
fleadiy gases geneiated by the explo
sion it is hardly thought possible the
jnine-s could survive.
Reports from Marianna say there!
were between 200 and 300 men in the
mine. At the general office of the coal
company in this city, it is said only
about 100 men were in the mine.
Rushing as fast as steam can carry
them, special trains from this city and
Monongahela are bound for the scene
of the disaster. On them are the offi
cials of the coal company and many
prominent miners who are considered
experts in the work of rescue.
Latest appliances from the neW
I'nited States laboratory in this city,
which were recently tested before the
foreign and American experts for sav
ing life in mine explosions, have beel
hurried to the scene.
Just Inspected.
According to officials of the coal com
pany, State Mine Inspector Louttit and
Mine Foreman Kennedy had just com*
ploted a two days' examination of tl.l
mine and had come from the mine onlj
three minutes before the explosion oc,
:urred. The surprise of these two me.l
was beyond description.
The force of the explosion can b I
imagined when it is known that thi
heavy iron cage which carried the met
from the surface to the workings wa
blown 300 feet away from the mout
nf the shaft.
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
ROUTED BY RUMOr/
Belgrade, Dec. 1.—A Servian offif
rial news agency has circulated an ex
traordinary story from Cettinje, Mon
“negro, setting forth an alleged paniq
and night of a body of Austrian troops
that was stationed near the Montene-’
grin frontier.
According to this recital, which per
haps accounts for the condition of
panic observed yesterday on the
bourses of Vienna and Budapest, the
report was suddenly spread among the
Austrian forces to the effect that thq
Austrian posts on the Montenegrin;
frontier had been attacked and routed..
The Austrian garrison at Avtovac
and Gazko, totalling some 22,000 menj
were at once thrown into a state oil
panic. Officers and men lost their
heads an i tied in terror in the directlon|
of Nevesing, abandoning their artillery/
ammunition and provisions.
The following day, according to thq
news agency, the falsity of the reported
attack and the rout on the frontier wasi
shown, the panic allayed and the troopsi
returned to their posts. (
It is added that two generals ip
command of troops had been summaril;
retired.
KAISER’S DOCTORS ORDER
HIM TO TAKE A REST]
/ -— ;
Berlin, Dec. 1.—It hase been de-j
cided the emperor shall go to Corfu*
la Greek island in the Ionian sea, where;
;he owns a splendid castle which be-j
ponged to the late Empress Elizabeth^
lof Austria. He will depart as soon,
as possible after the Christmas fes-'
jtivities of the court at Berlin.
Emperor Wilhelm’s cold has passed)
loft, it is currently reported, but he is:
'Suffering from obstinate insomnia^
brought on by worrying over recent;
Events in Germany. It is rumored also'
fthat his defective ear, which always
becomes painful when he is run down,;
is causing him gTeat suffering.
CARD SHARPS USE
ATHLETIC CLUB HOUSE
A3 A “SHEARING PEN”
Chicago, Dec. 1.—The Illinois Ath
letic club house buzzed last night and
today with voices of angry members.,
The charge that the club card room
’had been used as a shearing pen by a
icoterie of professional card sharps,
who gained access through 15-day vis
iting cards and other means known
'only to a few men who were aware of
the presence of professionals, raised a
storm that will be long In clearing.
'It will break nut at the next meeting
of the board of directors, when the
,-question of Manager Clarence Green’s
resignation Is likely to come up.
MILLIONAIRE’S SON LICKS BULLY
Cincinnati, Nov. 28.—Arthur Witt, son of
Walter Witt, a wealthy manufacturer,
'who has been at the training school for
yeoman at Norfolk. Va., for six months,
jeame home on a furlough. Glenn Corre,
son of a millionaire hotel proprietor who
enlisted several weeks ago. Is Witt’s
bunky at Norfolk. Corre has won his
spurs among bis comrades, Witt says, be
cause he beat a bully to a "frazzle." Corre
when hazed objected to Ice water being
(thrown down his back and he was called
a "siss.” “He gave his chief tormentor
a beating, and he did the Job so well, he
von everybody’s respect," Witt say*.
ROOSEVELT’S DEBUT
AS OUTLOOK WRITER
.President Contributes Article
on “The Awakening of
China.”
New York. Dec. 1.—In an article
entitled "The Awakening of China,” In
;the December nunjber of the Outlook,
.published today, President Roosevelt
appears as a contributor to that mag
iazlne for the first time since the an
Inouncement was made that he would
(become its associate editor.
After stating that he recently lis
tened to two sermons by missionaries
returned from China, the president
says:
"The awakening of China Is one of
'the great events of our age. The rem
edy for 'yellow peril,’ whatever that
.be. Is not the repression of life, but
ithe cultivation and direction of life.
Here, at home, we believe that the
•remedy for popular discontent Is not
repression, but Justice and education.
Similarly the best way to avert pos
sible peril, commercial or military,
from the great Chinese people Is by
behaving righteously toward them and
by striving to inspire a righteous life
among them.”
CATCH MAN WHO
SHOT AT PRIEST
Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 1.—Joseph Ma
Jeski, a Russian 30 years old, seeming
ly insane, was arrested here last night
on suspicion of being the man who
twice fired at Rev. J. R. Fielding, of
Chicago, October 18. Majeski tele
phoned the police asking protection
from priests who, he said, had formed
a plot to hunt him down and kill him.
He was arrested at the union station.
He had two revolvers, 41 and 38 cali
bre, and over $200 in money.
Chicago, Nov. 28—Father Fielding
was shot at twice in the hallway of the
Sunday school of Corpus Chrlstl
church, located in a fashionable sec
tion of Chicago, on Sunday afternoon,.
October 18. The stranger who did the
shooting and who appeared to be a
foreigner, had been seen loitering about
the church all day.
His presence in the hallway aroused
suspicion that he was a pickpocket.
Asked by Father Fielding what he was
doing there, he replied, ' I’m praying."
As the priest turned his back, the
stranger whipped out a revolver and
fired. The bullet went wide of the
mark, and the wouldbe assassin,
knocking down many children, who
had run into the hallway, reached the
bottom of the stairs. Here he fired
again, and after a struggle with the
priest, who had pursued him, ran into
the street. A crowd followed the man,
but he escaped. He was believed to
have, deliberately plotted the death of
the priest.
WOMEN OWN HALF “PENNSY."
New York, Dec. I.—-Women own
practically 60 per cent of the stock of
the Pennsylvania road. Forty-seven
per cent is the exact amount, with a
value more than $148,000,000. Thus
nearly half the semi-annually divi
dends of the road, $9,437,839, which is
being distributed today, goes to wom
en.
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux City, Nov. 30.—Sioux City Stock
Vards—Hogs—Butcher and heavy, $5.50®
5.70; light and mixed, $5.60(05.45.
Cattle—Butcher steers, $4.50(07.00; Stock
ers and feeders, $3.00(04.50: yearlings and
calves, $2.50(03.75; butcher stock, $3.00®
3.75; feeding cows, and heifers, $2.00®2.75.
Chicago.
Chicago. Nov. 30.—Cattle—Market
steady; steers. $4.65(07.90; cows, $3.30®
3.25; heifers, $2.50(04.60; bulls, $2.75(04.50;
calves, $3.00(07.50; Stockers and feeders,
$2.50(04.85.
Hogs—Market weak to 15c lower; choice
heavy shipping, $6.00(06.15; butchers, $5.90®
6.06; light mixed, $6.40®6.60; pigs, $4.00®
5.00; bulk of sales, |5.90®6.00.
Sheep—Market 10(815e higher; sheep,
$4.00(04.75; lambs, $4.75®6.35; yearlings,
$4.00(05.25.
South Omaha.
South Omaha, Neb., Nov. 30.—Cattle
Market steady to stronger; native steers,
$4.00(07.25; cows and heifers, $3.00®4.65;
stockers and feeders, $3.00(05.00; western
steers, $3.25®6.10.
Hogs—Market generally 10c lower;
heavy, $5.80(05.90; mixed, $6.70(05.80; light,
$5.50(06.80.
Sheep—Market active and stronger;
muttons, $3.25®5.00; lambs, $5.30®6.00.
Sioux City Grain Market.
Sioux City, Nov. 30.—Wheat—No. 1 north
ern, 58 pounds test, 98c; No. 2 northern,
new, 56 pounds test, 96c; No. 3, 54 pounds
test, 93c; No. 4, 60 pounds test, 89c; re
jected wheat, 81c; No. 2 winter new, 89c;
No. 3 winter, 86c; No. 1, V C, 90c; No. 2
V C, 87c.
Corn—No. 3 mixed new', shelled, 49V£c;
No. 4 mixed, shelled, 47Vic; ear same as
shelled, 80 pounds; yellow corn Vic more
than mixed.
Oats—No. 3 white new, 42V£c; No. 4 white,
41Vic; No. 3 mixed, 40Vic; no grade, 39Vic.
Barley—C, 46 pounds test, 48c; D, 45
pounds test, 46c; E, 44 pounds test, 44c.
Rye—No. 3, 66c.
/lax-No. 1, $1.26; No. 2, $1.24.
Sioux City Produce.
Sioux City, Nov. 30.—Butter—Packing
stock, 18c; fancy dairy, 18Uc; fancy
creamery, 30c.
Poultry—Spring chickens, good, 9c per
pound; poor, 7%@8c; hens, fat, good size,
8c; hens, very small and poor, 6®7c;
roosters, old, 4V4e; ducks, old, full feath
ered, 6c; ducks, young, full feathered, 8c;
geese, full feathered, 7c; turkeys, good,
12V4c; poor, 8® 10c; old pigeons, per dozen,
70e; guineas, old per pair, 35c; spring gui
neas, per pair 60c; sick poultry of no
.valpe; all culls, half price.
Eggs—Cases Included, $5.60; cases re
turned, $6.76; candled stock, No. 1, 24c;
No. 2, 18c; cracked 17c,
Hides—Green: No. 1 hides cured, 10®
10%c; No. 2 hides, cured. 9@9t4c; No. 1
green, 9c; No. 2 green, 8c; western
brands, 8^®9c; No. 1 calf, 12c; No. 2 calf,
10c: No. 1 bull, 8c; deacons, each 60@76c;
horse hides, $2.50(93.10; damaged, $1.50®
2.00; hog skins, l£@25c. Dry: Butcher,
trimmed, 16®16c; Murrain, 12@14c; culls,
£®12e; horses, each, $1-50®2.00.
Tallow—No. 1 rendered, per pound, 5t4®
6c; No. 2 rendered, 4%®5c; No. 1 rough,
JMf@2%c.
Hay—Upland No. 1, $7.00; No. 2, $6.50;
timothy, No. 1, $S.50®9.00; No. 2, $7.50®
8.00; bottom. No. 1, $5.60(96.00; bottom. No.
2, $4.50®5.00; oat and wheat straw, $1.50®
*>oo.
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JUST PLAIN THAW.
New York, Dec. 1.—Mrs. Copley
Thaw, formerly Miss Alice Thaw, of
Pittsburg, arrived here on the steamer
Adriatic from Europe. She married
.the earl of Yarmouth, but her mar
riage wa' annulled in England in Feb
ruary of this year. At that time she
'dropped her title and took the name of
Mrs. Copley Thaw.
| Chicago, Dec. 1.—Samuel Shepard
' Rogers, at one time president of the
American Newspaper Publishers' asso
ciation, and for many years business
^nanager of the Chicago Daily News,
j died today of paralysis.
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PRESIDENT AFTER
“DESK ADMIRALS”
3ives Reuterdahl His Views of
What’s the Matter With the
American Navy.
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4 Do away with civilian control 4}
4 of navy affairs. 4
4 Reduce the power of non- 4(
4 combatant “admirals.” 4
4 Abolish the navy bureaus. 41
4 Let the men who do the fight- 4|
4 ing and command the ships con- 41
4 trol their actions. 4
4 Abolish red tape. 4>
4 Increase the appropriations for 4(
4 target practice. 4
4 Cut Down reckless naval ex- 4
4 penditures inspired by politi- 4
4 cians. 4
New York. Dec. 1.—There are the
things that President Roosevelt advo
cates in reference to the sea fighting
branch of the military arm of govern
ment.
Until they are done the United States
.will remain unprepared for war and
countless thousands will be charged
annually to the navy appropriation,
while greedy politicians will be the sole
beneficiaries.
These points were made by the presi
dent In an interview to be published
In the December Pearson's magazine
from the pen of Henry Reuterdahl, the
Journalist who criticised the navy’s
style of construction and lack of effi
ciency.
Admiral's Must Be Quiet.
Washington, Dec. 1.—That there
shall be no further public discussion by
naval officers concerning the Newport
conference without permission of the
president, is the purport of an order
issued by Secretary Metcalf by direc
tion of the President. On October 30
the department issued a permit to offi
cers to discuss the work of this con
ference except so far as it applies to
changes to be made on ships to be au
thorized in the future. The president
has now concluded that public discus
sion of alleged defects In battleships
will not serve any good purpose.
PRESIDENT FAURE
VICTIM OF POISON?
4 Paris. Dec. 1.—The prevailing 4
4 belief in Paris today Is that 4
4 Madame Stelnheil deliberately 4
4 had her husband and mother as- 4
4 sassinated. 4
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Paris, Dec. 1.—Paris, with Mme.
Steinheil's confession m connection
with the mudrer of her husband and
Mme. Japy, Is in the maelstrom of a
national political and social scandal
more exciting to the volatile populace
than the Humbert, Dreyfus and Syve
ton affairs combined.
The mysterious death of a president
of the republic, the late Felix Faure,
Parisians believe, is about to be solved,
and certain eminent statesmen and
high government officials tremble lest
the new day reveal them stripped of
the last official Bhred of respectability,
prey for the tongues of France.
President Faure died suddenly In the
house of M. and Mme. Stelnheil, Feb
ruary 16, 1899, and no arrests ever were
made. Late Sunday night. May 30,
1908, Adolph E. Steinheil, a rich and
famous painter, and his highly re
spected and esteemed motherinlaw,
Mme. Japy, were strangled to death.
The artist's beautiful and accomplished
wife in the next room escaped un
harmed.
At least one newspaper In Paris open
ly accused Mme. Steinheil with admin
istering poison to President Faure.
One man In Paris, high In the confi
dence of the government officials, gives
a story of President Faure's death,
hitherto untold. This man said Presi
dent Faure visited Mme. Steinheil se
cretly on the afternoon of February 16.
1899, at her home, 153 Rue de Van
Girard, Paris.
Dead at Steinheil Home.
The president had an engagement fon
the afternoon at the Elysee palace, and
when he did not appear, Mile. Faure,
his daughter, searched for him, finally
going to Mme. Steinheil's home in the
Rue de Van Girard. There she found
her father seated in an armchair, dead.
President Faure's hands were clutched
in Mme. Steinheil’s hair.
When the household had recovered
from the shock, the body of the presi
dent was conveyed from the house
through the back streets of Paris to
the Elysee palace, and there the formal
announcement was made of death by
apoplexy.
Mme. Steinheil confessed that her at-i
tempt to find the assassins of her hus
band and Mme. Japy, and the in
numerable fantastic clues furnished the
police and the newspapers, were only a
desperate farce to conceal the real au- j
thor of the crime, whom she knew.
LESLIE CARTER WOULD
BREAK FATHER’S WILL!
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Chicago, Dec. 1.—Leslie Dudley
Carter, son of the capitalist and finan
cier, Leslie Carter, and Mrs. Leslie*
Carter-Payne has filed suit to break!
his father's will. This Instrument left;
the estate to the testator’s brothers arid!
sisters, ignoring his son because of
his allegiance to his mother, followini
her separation from Mr. Carter.
DEVICE WILL ANSWER
ALL TELEPHONE CALLS
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 1.—J. F. Land,
formerly with the Michigan Telephone
company and an expert known
throughout the country In that busi
ness, has begun the manufacture of a
device which will answer a telephone
when the party called Is out. It will
repeat twice, to each call of the phone,
any message the person expecting to
be called desires to impart to it.
Wedding Presents.
Mother—This glass has Just arrived.
Daughter—I wonder what It Is for? |
Mother—Looks like It might do to
hold a pickle.
CHICAGO PUBLISHER
BUYS STAR LEAGUE
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1.—John C.
Shaffer, publisher of the Chicago liven
ing Post, and formerly at the head
of the street car system of this city, I
announced toduy that he had pur- j
chased the newspaper properties em- j
braced in the Star league and composed '
of the Indianapolis Star, the Terre
Haute Star and Muncte Star. He re
fused to state the consideration.
The average life of a ship Is about 21 ,
LAMPHERE FOUND
GUILTY OF ARSON
Mrs. Gunness’ Hired Man Sent
to Prison for Not More
Than 21 Years.
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La Port, Tnd., Nov. 30.—Ray I.an,
fihere, charged with the murder a
Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three chil
dren by setting Are to the Gunness
house April 28. was found guilty of
arson by the jury.
Within five minutes after the verdict;
was reported, Judge Richter had sen
tenced the defendant to the state pen
itentiary at Michigan Pity for an in
determinate term of from two to 21
years.
Judge Richter expressed hts thanks
to the jury for Its careful and con
scientious consideration of the case.
Prosecutor Smith also thanked the
Jury.
Following the withdrawal of the
jurors. Judge Richter instructed Lam
phere to stand up. The prisoner’s face
3tlll looked haggard and his eyes were
downcast. He held his hands before
him. and then. Just as the church belle
in the city were ringing, Judge Richter
asked him if he had any reasons to
give why sentence should not be pro-»
pounced. He replied slowly, but dls-.
tinctly: "I have none.”
With that. Judge Richter sentenced
him to the state prison In Michigan
City for an indeterminate term of
from two to 21 years, fined him
$5,000 and disfranchised him for
■five years. The court then Instructed
the sheriff to return him to his cell.
Mrs. Gunness Dead.
All the members of the Jury made
the following signed statement:
“We, the undersigned Jurors, Impan
eled and sworn In the case of the state
of Indiana vs. Ray Lamphere, hereby
say that it was our Judgment in the
consideration of this case that the
Adult bodv found in the ruins of the
fire was that of Mrs. Belle Gunness.
and that the case waB decided by us
bn an entirely different proposition.”
BaPorte, Ind., Nov. 30.—Before Ray
Bamphere, under sentence from two to
21 years, today was taken to the state’s
prison In Michigan City, to begin his
term, he received a visit from his aged
mother. Though not with him during
the trial, she came here from South
Bend this morning In order to say
good bye to him and to cheer him up. J
The meeting of mother and Bon wasi
a pathetic one, the mother breaking’
down and crying as she clasped her'
son In her arms. The prisoner bore up
well, though there was a mistiness
about the eyes which he could not keep
back.
Attorney Worden announced this
morning he would make a motion Mon
day before Judge Richter for a new
trial, and upon the same being denied,'
he expected to perfect an appeal.
The transcript alone in the case will
cost over $506, and as Bampliere’s fam
ily has no means, his friends by sub
scription have provided his defense.
The general opinion is that the appeal
wiil never be perfected.
ONE MARRIAGE OUT
OF EACH DOZEN ENDS
IN DIVORCE COURT
Washington, Nov. 30.—One marriage
out of every 12 In the United States
terminates In the di\orce court.
Divorce is two and one-half times
as common in this country as it was'
40 years ago. >
Illinois grants more divorces than
any other state In the union.
These are three chief facts set forth
in a compendium of statistics of mar
riage and divorce which have just been
Issued by the bureau of census, de
partment of commerce and labor. The
statistics are the result of a full gath
ering of figures In every state in the
union, the period covered being from
1887 to 1906.
The total number of marriages re
corded for the 20-year period from 1887
,to 1906 was 12,832,044. Ihe total number
of divorces for the period was 945,625.1
BALKAN WAR CLOUDS
AGAIN ARE “MENACING”
Vienna, Noc. 30.—Various reports, all
seeming harmonious with each other,
create the belief that the Balkan trou
ble has come to a head and that war
Is near. The situation Is in no wise
better. According to Information, the
government has confiscated four Vien
na newspapers for reporting movements
of troops, particularly at Zemlin.
It Is stated in diplomatic quarters
that the gravest difficulties He In the
direction of the Austro-Russian disa
greement and the probaolllty of an al
liance between Turkey, Montenegro
and Servia.
30,000 PEOPLE ATTEND
FUNERAL OF A PRIEST
Shenandoah. Pa.. Nov. 30.—A most
remarkable tribute to a priest was paid
today at the funeral of Rev. H. F.
Reilly, rector of the Roman Catholic
church here for 40 years. Twenty-five
collieries, employing more than 16,000
men and boys, are shut down to enable
the workers to pay their respects to
the dead priest.
Public schools here, at Mahanoy City
and other surrounding communities
closed. All business In Shenandoah
was suspended. More than 200 priests
and fully 30,000 people attended the fu
neral services.
AMERICAN MINISTER
TO NICARAGUA RESIGNS
Managua, Nov. 30.—John Gardner
Coolidge, American minister to Nica
ragua, today tendered his resignation.
It is reported here Mr. Coolidge took
this step because of disapproval of his
government In meddling with internal
affairs at Nicaisrua.
Washington, Nov. 27.—It is authori
tatively stated here that nothing Mr.
Coolidge has done while in Nicaragua
,has met with official disapproval except
tendering his resignation, which has
been accepted with regret, for it is said
at the state department he has made
an excellent official.
BILLIK’S MOTHER
KILLED BY GRIEF
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 30.—Mrs. Bar
bara IJillik, mother of Herman Rlllik,
under sentence of death at Chicago,
died here today of heart trouble and
dropsy.
On Wednesday last Mrs. Riilik re
ceived a farewell letter from her son.
While reading this she fell into a faint.
Since then death had been expected
at an}- moment.
MRS. CLARK GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER
Jury Returns Verdict of Second
Degree Manslaughter in
Clark Murder Case.
Vermillion, S. D., Nov. 28.—"We. tn>.
Jury, tln<1 the defendant guilty of man
slaughter In the second degree."
This Is the verdict rendered this
morning at 9 o'clock by the Jury which
had deliberated since 6 o’clock yester
day afternoon in the Clark murdef
case. This is the mildest degree ot
crime which the Jury could determine
under the indictment, and carries with
It a penalty front 10 days to four years’
Imprisonment, at the discretion of the
court. The usual notice was given fop
a motion for a new trial
While practically nothing is known
of what transpired in the Jury room
during the night, the fact that the
deliberations covered a period of 14
hours indicates that there was a ma
terial difference of opinion that had to
be harmonized. It is rumored that a
number of the Jurors stood out for a
heavier degree of crime, inclining to a
first degree manslaughter verdict. Such
a verdict would have been more in
harmony with the opinion and tempet
of the community in which the horri
ble tragedy occurred.
Story of the Crime.
The crime shocked the people of Clay
and adjoining counties. It occurred on
the afternoon of August 19. It Is un
disputed that when the deed was com
mitted, Clark sat In a chair In the home
of his former wife, reading a paper
of which he had given her a part, while
she was lying on the couch. She got
up deliberately and went to her bed
room, secured one of her revolvers and,
returning to the room where her di
vorced husband sat, shot him in the
side. He made his way to a neighbors
and died there the following morning.
The defense was that he had Just a
few minutes previous to the shooting
violated her person. Clark's ante-mor
tem statement was that, while this was
true, there had been no resistance on
her part and that the act had taken
place repeatedly since his return to her
home, about the first of July. In
the trial, allusions were made to
insanity of the temporary kind on
the woman’s part, but expert tes
timony was not utilized to prove it.
Sentiment in the locality where the
principals lived and where the crime
was committed has been from fhe
start strongly In fnvor of the victim
and against the defendant.
wagaiTunder bonds
F0RJEMBEZZLEMEN1
Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 28.—More
trouble is in store for Ansen Wagar,
former United States commissioner at
Dallas, who early in October was re
moved from that office by Judge Oar
land, of the United States court in this
city.
Wagar at that time was charged
with having used his commissioner
postal frank on postal cards containing
printed matter of a private nature.
Formal charge was made against him,
by the United States authorities, and
recently he entered a plea of guilty and;
was compelled to pay a fine of $300 for
tho offense.
Wagar was re-arrested yesterday by
Deputy United States Marshall Ed
wardj on the train In the southern
part of the state and brought to Sioux
Falls on a charge of embezzlement of
funds belonging to homesteaders In the
ceded portion of the Rosebud Indian
reservation in Gregory county.
Crime Against Claim Holders.
The funds alleged to have been em
bezzled by him range in the aggregate
from $3,000 to $5,000 and had been
placed in his hands as commissioner for
the purpose of enabling him to pay
the purchase price of the land for the
homesteaders and also final proof fees.
Wagar, when taken before United j
States Commissioner D. J. Conway this j
morning, waived his preliminary hear- |
Ing. The bond for his appearance be- J
fore the next federal grand Jury was !
fixed at $5,000.
Wagar disclaims all intention of re
taining the money placed in his hands !
as an official of the government, al- 1
leging that there was delay in com
pleting the proofs and turning them
over to the United States district land
office. He further claims that he was
on his way to the land office at Mitchell
with a number of the proofs when h»
was arrested.
EXPERT YEGGMEN
TAKEN IN FIGH l j
Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 28—An Import- '
ant capture in the persons of three !
yeggmen was made at an early hour i
this morning by Night Captain John
son and Officers Webb and Collins, of i
the local police department.
• The prisoners refused to give their
names, and their identity is yet un- j
known. The three yeggmen became in
volved in a dispute with hackmcn and !
this attracted the attention of the po
lice to them. It is stated that there i
were five of the yeggmen in all, and if
this is correct, two of them are yet
at liberty. The police believe they
•have sufficient evidence to send all
three prisoners to the penitentiary for
long terms.
Two of the prisoners were captured
only after a, desperate hand to hand
fight with* Night Captain Johnson and
Officer Webb. One of the two succeed
ed In drawing a 41-caliber revolver, and
Night Captain Johnson -as compelled
to beat him into submission, after dis
arming him. A hand to hand tight oc
curred Just after Night Captain John
son had turned one of his prisoners
over to Officer Webb. Both men defied
the police to arrest them, but met their
Waterloo and were dragged to the city
jail, fighting nearly every foot of the
way.
The third yeggman was captured by
Officer Collins just after his partner
had shot i t and narrowly missed hit
ting Chris 'Anderson and Bert Clopp.
The man i hot between these two men,
the bullet and powder scorching their
faces, and he fled up the alley, but was
afterward captured.
In the pockets of the prisoners wero
found quantities of nitro-glycerin, sev
eral dynamite caps with fuses attached,
steel drills and other articles which go
to make up expert cracksmen’s outfit. |
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“SPITE FENCE” ON
CHICAGO PROPERTY
Chicago. Nov. 28.—Mrs. Albert S.
Tyler. 5101 East End ave., is spending
several hundred dollars in the creo- j
tion of an ornamental spite fence be
tween her property and that of B. V.
Witt, who is accused of building a
flat on adjoining lot. As a result of
the erection of the brick wall Mrs.
Witt thrtatens to sell her property to
a negro. The wall at the sidewalk is
about 10 feet high and increases in
I height as it goes back to the rear o‘
! toe lot.
CIVIL WAR HERO
HONORED BY THE
NATION’S LEADERS
Heroic Statue of General Phil
Sheridan Unveiled In
Washington.
Washington, Nov. 28.—With military!
pomp and splendor, a heroic statue of
General Philip Henry Sheridan was
unveiled In this city today. The pres-;
Ident of the United States and mem
bers of the cabinet, the diplomatic,
corps, justices of the supreme court
of the United States, senators, repre
sentatives in congress, veterans of tho
civil war and many others prominent
in official life as well as a large con
course of citizens were present.
Thousands of soldiers of the regular
army and of the national guard and
United States marines and bluejackets
from tho navy were assembled as a
tribute to the dashing soldier of tho
civil war whose effigy was displayed
to the public gaze Tor the first time in
this city today.
The Statue.
The statue, the work at Gutzom
Borglum, was admired by everyone
who saw it It represents General
Sheridan on horseback, his steed be
ing shown In a position of action rath
er than standing placidly as Is the case
with so many of the equestrian statues
of this city.
The statue Is one and three-quarter
times larger than life and depicts Gen
eral Sheridan at the age at which he
performed his greatest, deeds. The
pose Is taken from the occasion when
he returned to the field at the battle of
Cedar Creek. He had been defeated
by General Early and as ho reins in
his horse he turns to his men, waving
hat In hand and shouts te them to
turn back. He Is mounted on. his cel
ebrated horse Rlenzl. The sum of $50,
000 was appropriated by congress for
the statue, which is said to contain
more molten brass than ever beforo
cast in this country. The piece is 13
feet long, eight feet wide and as com
pleted the entire bronze piece is 14 feet
in height.
Especial interest was given the occa
sion by the presence of the widow of
the dashing soldier and her son, Lieu
tenant Phil Sheridan, of the army. The
Btatuo was unveiled bv Mrs. Sheridan
herself pulling the cord that held the
drapery In place.
The statue is located in the most
fashionable residential section of the
city, In what Is known as Sheridan
square, at the intersection of Massa
chusetts avenue, Twenty-third and It
streets. It Is surrounded by many
splendid mansions and is on the line of
one of the most popular driveways of
the city.
Military Parade,
The military parade was headed by.
General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff
of the army, with General William P4
Duvall as his chief aide. The Thirteenth
cavalry, the Fourth battery of field ar-j
tillery, the Seventeenth, Forty-fourth
Forty-fifth and One Hundred and!
Fourth coast artillery, Casnpanles £5
and H, of the United States engineers,,
Batteries D and E, of the Third field
artillery, the Fifteenth cavalry, four/
companies of marines, two companies
of bluejackets, from the president’s
yacht Sheridan.
Mayflower and the Dolphin were In.
line, the United States Marine band
rendering appropriate music. The sec-'
ond division consisted of the District)
of Columbia militia, composed of the)
First and Second regiments of in
fantry, the First separate battalion.)
the signal corps, the First battery field!
artillery, the Naval battalion, the HigM
School cadets, headed by the Engineers’)
band. i
The third division of the parade wa^
composed of veteran societies of the)
Army of the Potomac, of the Cumber
land, the Tennessee and the Ohioj
whose members served under the fa-3
mous soldier in whose honor they were)
assembled.
President Roosevelt addressed the as4
semblage and pronounced a splendid
tribute to the valor and the military?
genius of Sheridan. Horace Porter,
formerly ambassador to France, also
spoke in honor of the soldier and pa
triot and told of his daring deeds on
the field of battle._
BIRTH RATE IS STEADILY
FALLING; IS CHILDLESS
AGE APPROACHING?
Ithaca, N. Y„ Nov. 28.—During th«
period from 1860 to 1900 the propor
tion of children born to each 1,000
women of child bearing age decreased
In the United States by 152, an av
erage of about 30 In each decade. 1$
we assume that the change will con
tinue unchecked for a century and a,
half in direction which It has been in
progress during the last 40 years, therq
will be "no children left.”
This startling statement came ou$
In a lecture on "Birth and the Birth •
Hate,” delivered by Professor Walter
F. Willeox, In the course In sanitary
science in Goldwln Smith hall yester
day afternoon. The true reason for tha
fall In the birth rate Is that in mod
ern times, mainly within the last half
century, births and birth rate have
come under control of the human will
and choice In a sense and degree never
before true.”
ENGINEER'S HEROISM
SAVES 150 LIVES
Lacrosse, Wis., Nov. 28.—Only tho
heroism of Engineer Julius Severson,
of LaCrosse. saved the lives of 150
passengers In a passenger and freight
wreck at Portage Junction, 111., early
today, according to a written testi
monial signed by all the passengers and
submitted to Superintendent Cunning
ham, of the Burlington railroad, on tha
arrival of the train here.
When it was seen the collision was
unavoidable. Fireman Carter Jumped
and was killed, But Severson stuck to
his post, applied the emergency brakes
and succeeded in considerably reduc
ing the speed of the train, which had
been running at a high rate, before the
freight struck. Half a dozen box cars
were smashed and piled onto the pas
senger engine, but when the engineer
was dug out of the debris he was
found to be uninjured. No passengers
were hurt.
PUBLIC PRINTER
LEECH RESIGNS
Washington, Nov. 28.—Public Printer
John S. Leech has sent his resignation
to the president, asking that he be re
turned to service in the Philippines.
Samuel B. Donnelly, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., former president of tho Internation
al Typographical union, was appointed
to succeed Leech. The change is to
take effect December 1.
It is said Mr. Leech’s retirement is
a result of the president’s opposition ta
soma of his pcUr1'*"