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SCENE OF WIFE'S MURDER:
THE MAN AND HIS VICTIM
HOUSE WHERE M UROER OCCURRED.
. Presho, S. D., May 18—Within the
-vails of an unpretentious little home
in the residence portion of this town.
Mrs. William 1., Lansing was killed
By her husband while the children
Were attending school not more than
live rods away. The bruised body was
hidden in the cellar of this little home
-find afterward the murderer and his
children partook of supper there, after
which he left under cover of darkness,
was overtaken in a claim shanty 20
miles away on the Lower Brule reser
vation, opened lire on his pursuers and
received a shot in return through the
breast, from which lie died within a
few minutes.
The picture shows the husband, wife
.and one small child, as they appeared
several years ago. The mail and his
wife had separated and she lied started
proceedings foi divorce. This Is sup
posed to have been the cause of the
■crime, which was one of the most
aggravating deeds ever occurring in
tht state.
POSED NEARLY 50
YEARS AS VETERAN
OF THE CIVIL WAR
James Cunningham, Prominent
in the G. A. R., Admits
He Was Never Soldier.
New York, May 18.—James Cunning
ham, for years one of the best known
Orand Army men in Brooklyn, admits
that for nearly half a century he has
been accepting the plaudits of his
friends and in recent years a pension
from the government under false pre
tenses. To United States Judge Chat
field he acknowledged that he never
was an enlisted soldier, that he had
no right to the pension he had drawn and
that from beginning to end of his career
the flag which he had draped about him
•*e!f was false colors.
Cunningham may be sentenced to prison
for five years and dried $2,000.
W. L. LANSING AND HIS WIFE.
NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT S
SON THEATER'S PIANIST
Washington, May 18.—While the distin
guished father, M. Zelaya. president of
Nicaragua, is keeping things at fever heat
down around Salvador and Honduras. Al
phonse Zelaya. only son of the South
American president, and his American
wife are earning their living in a 10-cent
theater in Washington.
Young Zelaya is an expert pianist and
can reel off rag time and the soulful bal
lads of the day with equal poise. To the
strain of his playing of “Gee, l Wish I
Had a Girl." the program of moving pic
tures in a Ninth street nickel theater is
gone through with each night.
As the crowds succeed each other out
in front of the brilliantly lighted cheap
show place, Mrs. Zelaya. who was former
ly Marguerite Bak^r. of Washington, sells
tickets.
CAMERA ARTIST SNAPS
TUMBLING WATER TANK
CAUGHT AS IT FALLS.
Just as an unsafe water tank at Ver
million, S. D.. which had been con
ilemned, started to tumble down after
-one corner of Its foundation had been
undermined, W. H. Lawton, a photog
rapher there, made a snap shot of it.
the result being a rather interesting
picture.
After one leg, or standard, had been
WYOMING COWBOY, OF
“BUFFALO BILL’S,” DIES
New York, May 18.—Harry Beebe, a
Lander, Wyo., cowboy, with Buffalo
Bill’s show, died yesterday. Beebe's
great toe was severely bruised last
Monday, being stepped upon by a horse
ridden by a fellow cowboy. Partial par
alysis developed and death followed.
The distribution of hot springs In
the United States coincides very close
:.jy with that of the mountain uplifts.
undermined, the weight of the water
in the tank caused it to break in two
and it was just at that moment that
the photograph was made. After
starting to fall to one side, the huge
structure came almost straight down
and all that was left on the site was
a pile of broken timber and twisted
iron.
NEW PANTALOON GOWN
WILL RIVAL DIRECTOIRE
New York, May 18.—"Pantaloon
gowns," an innovation in woman's
dress, more startling than the "direc
tolre,” are scheduled to make their
appearance June 1. The skirt parts
at the knee and reveals regular trous
ers.
Electric vacuum cleaners are rented
out by the day by electric light and
power companies of Minnesota.
TEXAS BABY’S BODY
FOUND IN ENGLAND
IN COTTON BALE
Child Caught in Press and Ex
ported—Father Had Spent
All in Search.
Galveston, Tex.. May 16.—The find
ing of the dead body ol a baby In a
bale of cotton at Manchester, (England!
mills, is believed to be the solution o(
the disappearance of a 2-year-old sop
of George P. Hartman In Glllespis
county, Texas, last December. The
boy accompanied his father to a gin.
where the father had several bales o$
cotton pressed. The child was lost and
never found and the father spent all ha
had searching for tidings of his child,
without result.
It Is now surmised that in some way
the child got Into the cotton press and
was crushed to death In a bale of cot
ton. The Hartmans moved from Texas
a few months ago to Louisiana. The
description of the body and clothes an-,
swered to that of the Hartman child.
The English cotton mills traced the bale
to a broker in Texas, who in turn traced
It back to the gin and to the fact that
it was the product of Gillespie county.
SENT TO PERPETUAL
EXILE IN SIBERIA
Moscow, May 16.—The trial of the
members of the local social democratic
organization came to an end here to
day. Eighteen of the prisoners were
sentenced to perpetual exile in Siberia,
and 20 others are to be imprisoned in
a fortress for terms varying from one
to three and a half years.
The exiles Include Professor Rochkoff,
of the University of Moscow, whose
connection with the party for a number
of years lias been a mystery to the
police. The authorities were aware that
one of the most competent members olj
the general eommittee resided per-,
manentiy in Russia, hut they never
Identified this man with the noted uni
versity authority of Russia.
When Professor Rochkoff was be
trayed by his own carelessness he went
to St. Petersburg, instead of fleeing
abroad, and continued his activity un
der a false passport for four years be
fore he was arrested In 1908.
FARRAR AND SCOTTI
ARE TO^BE MARRIED
j New York, May 17.—Geraldine Far
■ rar. the American prlir.a donna of the
.Metropolitan opera house, and Antonio
Scotti, the Italian baritone of the same
company, who sailed for Europe this
week, are to be married in Paris next
month, according to a story published
here, based on wireless messages said
to hove been received from Miss Far
rar by friends.
The marriage is to take place, it is
added, at the Church of the Madeleine
in Paris. Once before, last fall, when
the two opera stars came over from
Europe together on the same ship,
there was a report of their engage
ment. and it was said 'at that time the.
marriage would probably take place
this summer.
MAY YOHE'S BABY GETS
HER INTO LIMELIGHT
Portland, Ore., May 17.—May Yohe.
the actress, formerly Lady Francis
Hope, and later Mrs. Brudlee Strong,
whose matrimonial adventures have
attracted wide attention, again is in
the limelight. This time she figures
as the principal in a secret wedding
with a Canadian lumberman, said to
b>> named Murphy. TSiis latest mar
riage might not have become known
had it not been for the birth in
Portland of a son, which lias been
adopted by a druggist, Edward R.
Thompson.
Tile adoption of this child just placed
on record recalls that last summer
May Yohe came to Portland, living
under tlio assumed name of Mrs. Fel
lows. and the subsequent rumor fiat
site was seeking divorce. Th ■ child
was born Sept. 1 and Miss Yohe soon
left tile city.
Mis.- Yohe came into prominence in
London music halls. She married I.orij
Francis Hope, but soon went to the
orient, where she met Major Putnam
Bradiee Strong, son of a former mayo.
of New York. Their affairs became
an international scandal. Strong wan
forced out of the army and after La di
Hope had secured a divorce they were
married.
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PARIS STRIKE SHOWS
SIGNS OF COLLAPSE
Paris, May 17.—Instead of show i: g
increase this morning, the number of
striking postal employes in the eitj
seems to have diminish'd. The lead, is
of the strike, however, still talk boldl>
of developments, including the decima
tion of a general strike by the geneial
federation of tabor.
On the Other hand the authorities,
with the endorsement of the chamber
of deputies behind them, insist tluit the
movement will collapse totally in a
few days without recourse to the "ir.b
orate reserve arrangements that have
been perfected.
At Lyons, Toulouse. Marseilles and
some other places, the stilkers today
abandoned the struggle and returned
to their posts.
SENATOR WFCARREN IS
SUED FOR $100,000
New York, M«7 17.—Wins low Bcrnie,
who was recently appointed guardian
, ad litem of "'Pitrick IX. MeParren. jr..”
5-year-old son of Mrs. Mary A. Dixon,
has begun an a> twn against Senator
Patrick H. Me barren, of Brooklyn, for
$100.0C0 for iin alleged breach of con
tract. It i.t a#*t forth that the s«»na*or
has failed to k ?ep hi.s premia? tto '. j
«. a^e a:.d art i>oyu
CONVICT RUSSIAN
POLICE DIRECTOR
M. Lopukine Condemned to
Five Years, but May Get
Clemency.
St. Petersburg. May 17.—M. Lopukine,
a former director of police, who was
arrested at St. Petersburg last January
on the technical charge that he was a
member of the revolutionary organiza
tion, was today condemned to five,
years' Imprisonment at hard labor.
It Is reported Emperor Nicholas has
decided to remit the sentence of Im
prisonment, considering that M. Lopu
kine has been sufflelenlty punished by
Ills preliminary confinement In a fort
ress and the loss of his rights as a,
nobleman.
M. I»puklne was found guilty of
knowing of the existence of a plot aim
ing to overthrow the state by armed
uprising, terrorism and regicide, and
of participating therein by betraying
the official secret of Azef's connection
with the police, thereby removing an
obstacle to the criminal activity of the
plotters and rendering them material
service.
RICH WIDOW KILLS
HER ASSAILANT
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Lyons, Kan., May 14.—Mrs. Myrtle
Brewer, the daughter of wealthy par
ents at Little River, a small town near,
here, la in Jail here, having confessed
to killing Frederick Arn, a bridge car
penter. The case is a strange one.
Mrs. Brewer visited the marshal's of
fice at Little River yesterday and said
she had killed a man and asked to be
locked up. Officers, who Investigated,
found the body of Arn in the yard of
Mrs. Brewer's home. He had been shot
through the heart and the bullet evi
dently had been fired from a window in
Mrs. Brewer's house.
The woman refused to offer any ex
planation except to assert that Aril had
attacked her and she was Justified in
killing him. She had borrowed a re
| volver from a friend the day before.
The community is greatly excited over
the shooting. Mrs. Brewer was brought
here and placed in Jail.
“H. A. W.’s MEMORY LAPSES.
McNeil, Ark., May 17.—Claiming com
plete lapse of memory, a mysterious
stranger has arrived here, the only
means of Identification being the let
ters “H. A. W." on his linen. He says
he remembers he was in Texas and
that he was a professor at a unlver
! slty, but his recollection further than
that is blank.
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER.
Tulsa, Okla., May 17.—J. H. Eaton,
| of Bucyrus, Ohio, subpenaed as a
i witness before the federal grand Jury
that is re-investigating the Muskogee
town lot fraud cases, is one of the lat
est arrivals from the east. Mr. Eaton
is a brother of Walt R. Eaton, of Mus
kogee, one of the seven men previously
j Indicted in these cases.
ST. PAUL DISPATCH
BUYS PIONEER PRESS
! St. Paul, May 17.—Webster Wheel
ock, one of the owners of the Pioneer
< Press company, today announced the
sale of the Pioneer Press newspapers,
afternoon and morning, the 12-story
| building and Its manufacturing plant
to C. H. Grasty and others interested
In the St. Paul Dispatch. The deal un
doubtedly will mean the discontinu
ance of the Evening Pioneer Press.
PACKING PLANTS IN
IOWA AND DAKOTA
Ottumwa, la., May 14.—With the pur
chase of the Sioux Falls, S. D., pack
ing plant, John Morrell & Co., limited,
of this city, have made a running broad
Jump and landed square in the packing
field of the West. Thomas D. Foster,
president of the Ottumwa concern, and
John H Morrell, manager, returned this
afternoon from Sioux Falls and veri
fied the reports of the purchase, which
had preceded them to Ottumwa.
The deal Is the consummation of ■
material expansion that has been con
templated for some time by the Ottum
wa plant, although the most absolute
secrecy has attended the various stages
of the deal until the transaction was
actually closed. The Sioux Falls con
cern has been closed for some time ow
ing to extensive litigation, and the new
proprietors assert that operation in the
new' field will probably be commenced
by July 1. The Morrell plant secures
the entire holdings of the big Sioux
Falls plant and In addition negotiations
are now pending for the purchase of
30 acres of additional property adjacent
to the packing house.
The head offices of John Morrell &
Co., limited, will still be in Ottumwa,
the new purchase representing an ex
pansion of business and territory.
THE MAN IT WAS WHO DIED
WInsted, Conn., May 17.—Taking pity
on a horse as it ascended a steep hill
In Colebrook, Napoleon Bureau, aged
54. of Bridgeport, alighted from a ve
hicle in which were his wife and W. H.
Nichols, also of Bridgeport, and
walked to the summit. Upon re-enter
ing the carriage at the top of the hill
Bureau died almost immediately of
heart disease.
HEINZE PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
New York, May 17.—Augustus Heinze,
already under indictment on a charge
of over certification of hts brother Otto
Heinze's checks, was arraigned on a
new Indictment charging misapplica
tion of funds of the Mercantile Na
tional bank, In March and October,
1907. He pleaded not guilty and the
case was set for next Friday.
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA.
Fmld, Okla.. May 17.—A tornado fol
lowed by a deluge of rain did much
damage In the vicinity of Hunter and
Pond Creek, north of here last night.
Small buildings were blown down, but
as far as known there were no deaths.
The Santa Fe, Rock Island and St.
I.ouis & San Francisco tracks north.
I northwest and northeast of Enid, were
washed out for a considerable distance,
tying up all traffic Into Enid.
FALLS IN CISTERN
AND IS DROWNED
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| Marshalltown, Ta., May 17.—Herman
Knoll, a prominent farmer, of Haver
hill, aged 60 years, fell Into a cistern
last night and was drowned. The fam
ily was away from home at the time.
The wife discovered his hat floating
In the water and Investigation resulted
In finding Knoll's body. The coroner's
! Jury returned a verdict of accidental
death.
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Omaha Girl\ Stage
Favoritef to Wed
lr-—7~
Mi?3 Mav Naudain
New York, May 17—Miss May Nau
fiain, a young actress who m a few
years has attained marked success In
musical comedy and light opera, is en- i
gaged to C. H. George, of the New
York hanking house of Fowler & Co.
They will be married next month, and
Miss Naudain will permanently retire
from the stage; in fact, she has already
done so. She had been cast for an im
portant role in "The Dollar Princess,"
which Charles Frohman Is to produce
soon, and the first Intimation of her
engagement and approaching marriage
came when she asked to be allowed to
withdraw from her contract. While
sorry to lOBe her from his force, Mr.
Frohman said he had nothing to do
but say yes.
Miss Naudaln's advancement on the
stage has been very rapid. She Is the
daughter of a banker and her home Is
in Omaha, Neb. She came to Now
York only five years ago. She had been
educated for the grand opera stage,
and her voice, a soprano of great range
and sweetness, at once attracted at
tention.
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TONSILS ARE BAD AS
APPENDIX; ALSO ALLY
OF WHITE PLAGUE
Chicago, May 17.—Wholesale cutting
out of tonsils from the throats of every
one subject to tuberculosis was ad
vocated by physicians at the 54th an
nual convention of the Illinois Homeop
athic Medical association, held in Lha
Sherman house.
Tonsils clearly had no friends among
the assembled physicians. One de
scribed them as "things good for
breeding microbes." Another declared
that no use for them ever has been
found, and the agreement was gen
eral that their removal checked incip
ient tuberculosis.
"Twelve per cent of the children ex
amined lecently,” said Dr. Richard H.
Street, "were found Infected with in
cipient tuberculosis. When the tonsils
of these children were removed there
was a complete recovery.
"After the removal of the tonsils a
pathological examination is necessary
to uncover any disease. The tonsils arc
veritable perm breeders.”
RUSSIAN “ROBIN
HOOD” IS KILLED
Noted Robber Chieftain Played
Many Pranks on the
Police.
Mohlley, Russia, May 17.—The noted
robber chieftain, Savitsky, the "Robin
Hood” of the Russian revolution, has
been killed by members of the rural
guard, in a neighboring village, and
after a fight that lasted for four
hours
Savitsky, who was a high school
student when he took to brigandage,
bad been the terror of the police of
the provinces of Tehernlgov and
Mohilev for several years, but he was
a source of amusement to the rest of
Russia on account of his dare-dovll
exploits. He delighted in playing fan
tastic tricks upon the police. Once on
a wager, disguised as a priest, he vis
ited the governor of this province and
other officials. It was his custom to
rob only the rich and he distributed
his spoils among the poor
WRITING WINS BRIDE
FOR NEWSPAPER MAN
Kansas City, Mo., May 17.—With the
picturesque stage settings of far-away
Australia and the drifting sands of
Wyoming, and the principal characters
the daughter of an English sea captain,
born in India, and a newspaper writer
whose assignment was the creation of
laugh provoking paragraphs known as
"little boomerangs," the most interest
ing chapter of a "stranger than ftc
! tion” romance has been written in the
recorder’s office, where a marriage
[ license was issued to Miss Vera M.
Craig, of Perth, Australia, and Ray
mond H. McCaw, a Kansas City news
paper man.
Some few years ago McCaw was
glvon employment on the paper made
famous by Bill Nye. His assignment
was the “little boomerangs” column.
Judge David Craig, of Wyoming, ap
j predated the "boomerang” to such an
! extent that he regularly mailed copies
of the publication to his niece in Aus
tralia.
McCaw’s column interested her and
i as the years went by the young wom
an began longing for a sight of the
fascinating country on the opposite
side of the globe. Opportunity came
Anally through a visit to Wyoming rel
atives. There she met McCaw, and
when a better Job called him to Kan
sas City an “understanding” had been
I reached. The marriage is the sequel.
Paris. May 17.—The St. Petersburg
1 correspondent of the Petit Journal says
General Stoessel, who was condemned
to death for surrendering Port Arthur
to the Japanese, which sentence sub
! sequentiy was commuted to imprison
| ment for life, was stricken with apo
| plexy when he learned his petition for
full pardon had been rejected bv the
czar a few day.s ago. His condition is
' said to be grave.
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I CINCINNATI—President Taft has
; informed the directors of the Clncin
I natl Zoo that he will comply with their
1 request to send all gift animals he re
ceives to the Zoo here.
AMERICAN MEN ARE
TOO GOOD-EUNOR GLYN
Author of “Three Weeks’*
Springs Some Refreshing
Comments Upon Visit Here.
New York, May 15.—Elinor Glyn.
author of “Three Weeks," has come to
bat with a new book, founded on Im
pressions of her American visit. She
finds our men are altogether too good.
American reporters. the English
authoress declares, work like rat ter
riers.
20 ARE VICTIMS OF
DYNAMITE AT ALBANY
Albany, N. Y., May 15.—At least 20
men were killed yesterday by a prema
ture blast of dynamite In a stone quar
ry operated by the Callanan Improve
ment company, near South Bethlehem,
11 miles southwest of Albany. Tha
dead:
JOHN HOYT CALLANAN. vlce
presldont and general manager of tha
company.
CHARLES D. CALLANAN. a
brother.
LEROY M’MILLAN, assistant secre-i
tary.
JOHN HENDRICKSON, a steam,
driller.
FRED SNYDER, master mechanic*
JAMES MALONY. blacksmith.
WILLIAM BAUMES, fireman.
FRED ZAPPORT, agent of the Na-j
tlonal Power company.
TWELVE ITALIAN WORKMEN.
One thousand pounds of dynamite,
exploded and the bodies of the victim*
were hurled hundreds of feet by tha
concussion and so badly mutilated aa>
to be almost beyond recognition.
Italians with shovels found here anft;
there portions of bodies and brought;
their grewsome loads In boxes to the
engine house, which served as a tem
porary morgue.
PLAN A BANK TO CLEAR
FOR TRUST COMPANIES
New York, May 15.—Edwin 8. Mara-t
ton, president of the Farmers’ Loan &
Trust company, has suggested a plan,
by which all the trust companies may
be accorded clearing house facilities,
thereby obviating the necessity for the.
cumbersome method of clearing trust
company checks "over the counter."
The plan Involves the organization
of a large bank, with, a state charter,
which will become a member of the.
New York Clearing House association,
land through which the non-clearing
house banks and trust companies may
clear. "
I Clark Williams, state superintendent
of banking. Is said to favor the plan,,
and metropolitan bankers generally re
gard It as overcoming the difficulties,
that have prevented the admission of
trust companies to clearing house priv
ileges on equal terms with national'
bank*. _ _
BLACK HAND PURSUED
EVEN IN DEATH
Cincinnati, Ohio. May 15.—Detective*
have discovered a clue Indicating that.
Salvator Rizzo, fruit dealer, who died
suddenly at hts home here Tuesday
morning, after having received threat
ening letters from the Black Hand, was
given poison. Rizzo was warned by
the Black Hand that If he did not leave,
several thousand dollars with certain
persons In Pittsburg, his life would be.
forfeited. He turned the letter over
to the police. Last Saturday, accord-'
lng to the detectives, Rizzo was ap
proached at the market by a man.
jclalmlng to be a fruit salesman, who
.gave him a new variety of banana ta
eat. Rizzo ate It and took violently
111 soon after.
| Much excitement was caused In the
Italian quarter here today when, dur
ing the ceremonies over the body of
Rizzo, a candelabrum was overturned
and the coffin set on Are. The blaze
was quickly extinguished, but not be
Ifore the pallbearers' hands were
scorched. Word went through the Ital
ian colony that the Black Hand wa>
pursuing Rizzo even after death.
MUCH AT STAKE IN
TOBACCO TRUST CASE
Washington, May 15.—The most Im
portant trust-busting case now pend
ing. In the opinion of the waiting busi
ness interests of the country, is the
tobacco trust case.
That case la to be decided by the
supreme court sometime the latter part
of the present year, or early next year.
It is understood in circles here which
maintain close relations with the big
powers of flnacial New York that a
number of big things in finance are
awaiting word from the courts as to
this case.
In the tobacco case the government
has sought to have the American To
bacco company thrown Into the hands
of a federal receiver, for the purpose
of administering its affairs and making
certain that the combination is dis
solved'. This corporation is a huge
lidding company, with control of the
stocks of an immense number of to
i bacco and related corporations. The
Igovernnient case against it is based
on a vast deal of evidence gathered
I from many sources, but resting on the
bread proposition that the concern is
l a violation of tie Sherman a.nti-trust
] 'law.
Like Oil Case.
If the government shall win In this
I case, there will be small doubt of its
success in the suit for dissolution of
I the Standard Oil company. The evl
! dence in both cases follows the same
i lines, though in some regards the gov
ernment has been able to secure more
complete and satisfactory evidence to
sustain Jts theory in the tobacco case
than in ’that of Standard Oil. The to
bacco case Is farther ahead, having al
ready gone up to the supreme court,
while the Standard Oil case has but
recently been submitted to the circuit
court at St. Louis. It 's the common
expression that the decision of one will
be the decision of both, though this Is
declared by the lawyers not to be by
any means necessarily true.
MR. COMFORTER IS
“NAILED” AT “PEN”
Pittsburg, May 15.—Having in h!»
possession a lengthy essay, entitled
“Words of Comfort to Helen Boyle~
and Insisting that he wanted in the
penitentiary to see the woman, Thomas
Comforter. 48 years old, of Altoona,
Pa. was arrested at the doors of the
big prison early today.
Comforter Is believed to be mentally
unbalanced. The authorities are hold
lag him pending an investigation