Nebraska Newspapers

    fHE O'HEILL FRONTIER
D> H. CRONIN, Publisher.
PNKILU, NEBltA8K>
The complete crank le a kind of col
lector of causes and it Is difficult to lls
covor the principle upon which he col
lects them. A new religion and under
clothing and some Insipid kind of diet
are all the same to him, and he advo
cates them all with equal earnestness.
He wants men to change their lives In
every particular and portests against
all the ordinary usages of the world,
both In great and In small things. He
dees not believe that there la anv ln
•tlnctlvs wisdom In mankind or any
value in past tradition and experience.
For him wisdom has only just appeared
among men and she has revealed her
aelf to very few.
The story brought by Dr. Stout and
his engineers from Brazil that quinine
Is often served there as the last course
of a dinner, has been pronounced "a
dream" bv a member of the Brazilian
colony of New York. Hut medicine at
dinner, he said, Is not unknown here.
"I often dine with a newly wed couple,
and whenever the young wife serves a
dish prepared by herself a tablet, con
taining a drug which Is supposed to aid
digestion, is served with It. Of course,
It Is all done in fun, but we are alwuya
glad to help the little juke alung by
taking the tablet." _
If the plentiful orange tide will con
tinue to come from year to year It will
be a measureless blessing to town folks
and farmers, for no matter what rival
ry la brought against It, winter or sum
mer, the orange Is just about the best
before breakfast fruit that grows. It
may be noticed that since the great
flood of cheap tropical fruits, In the last
10 years people somehow or other are
losing their appetite and relish for
northern winter fruits, Including the
apple. Anyhow. It Is some consolation
when good oranges are two for a nickel
while apples are $6 a barrel.
John Barker, the town marshal of
Harrisonvllle, Kas., avers that he ov
erheard tho following conversation be
tween two little girls who are not yet
old enough to go to school: "What
makes a horse act naughty when he
aees an auto?” one asked. "It’s this
way,” replied the other: "Horses Is
used to seeln' other horses pullin’ rigs,
and they don't know what to think of
'em goln’ along without a horse. I
guess If you was to see a pair of pants
walkin’ down the street without a man
In ’em you’d be soared, too.”
It was not until the American civil
War of 1861 that any successful appli
cation of the torpedo to naval warfare
took place. Its first Invention, how
ever, dates back many years before
this, tho credit for the discovery be
ing generally given to David Bushncll,
an American, in 1777. In 1805 Fulton's
torpedoes were successfully tried In
Britain, but their use was declined by
tho government, and various other ex
periments were tried from time to
time. Norway was the first country to
order a fast torpedo boat, which was
built In England In 1873.
At a garden party commemorating
the 25th anniversary of beginning the
work of the National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of
England, there wtire exhibited In a
tent some of tho Instruments of child
torture that had come into the so
ciety's possession. No children were
allowed Inside the tent. Round the
Walls were hung whips, Iron rods,
chains, sticks, ropes and other torture
weapons used In the 64,499 cases of 111
treatment and assault In the last quar
ter of a century.
As n South Jersey country physician
was driving through a village he saw
a man amusing a crowd with the an
tics of hla trick dog. The doctor pulled
up and said: "My dear man, how ilo
you manage to train your dog In that
Way? I can’t teach mine a single
trick.” The man looked up, with a sim
ple rustic look, and replied: "Well, you
zee, It’s this way; you have to know
tnore’n the dog, or you can’t learn him
nothin’.”
The girls of the Boston publlo
schools are to have an opportunity ol
taking part in outdoor sports on the
Kuno terms as their brothers. Out
door games and gymnastics will * be
made a part of the curriculum Just ns
eooh as playgrounds for girls can be
fitted up. Baseball, basketball, running,
jumping and all sorts of other games
will be taught.
The county Judge of Cook county,
Illinois, has recommended the ap
pointment of a woman as inspector of
all Institutions to which delinquent and
deficient children are committed. He
suggests a salary of 11,800 a year.
Heretofore club women of the Btate
have conducted examinations of such
institutions and where remuneration
was necessary the money came out of
club funds.
The Industrial census of Germany
for 19*7 (Just published by the German
Imperial bureau of statistics) gives
4,025,591 Industrial concerns employing
14,348,389 persons, of whom 8,510.466
Were women. The Increase in 12 years
Is 4,079,120—a ratio about four times as
great as that of the employing con
cerns. These figures do not Include
railroad, postal, telegraph and tele
phone employes.
The ferry bridge continues to find
favor in Europe. One of this typo, with
a span of 910 feet, is planned for erec
tion across the Rhine at Koblenz Ger
many. The floor, with its double track
will be carried by a steel arch. Another
ferry bridge of even greater length is
to be built at Bordeaux. France, over
the Garonne, which at the point ol
crossing has a width of over 1,500 feet
Miss Ivy E. Woodward, M. D., has
been admitted to full membership ir
the Royal college of physicians, of Lon
don. It Is the first time in Its his
tory that this body has conferred tin
coveted M. R. C. P. on a woman, al
though some women have obtained the
L. R. C. P., which latter indicates thui
the holder has been licensed to practlc*
the medical profession.
Americans have discovered a dop'osi
of whiting in the state of Campeche
Mexico, which the Mexican Herat*
•ays Is to be mined and shipped for re
fining to Mobile, Ala., where a fac
tory has been erected. American Im
ports of unmanufactured chalk amoun
to about 125,000 tons u year, muinlj
from England and Germany.
Stuyvesant Fish, jr„ began In the II
llnols Central shops in Chicago at r
•alary of J25 a month. Later he worker
as station agent at J60 a month in hit
eagerness to learn the work from th.
bottom up.
One of the great intellects of Eng
land has stated that not above 50,001
people In all Britain can read unt
understand the ordinary London news
paper.__
Into the trade school at Liege, Bel
glum, there has been introduced *
course in cigar making, fostered bj
government subsidy.
STATE COMMISSION
AUTHORIZES ISSUE
OF RAILWAY BONDS
Application of Northwestern
of $20,162,000 Refunding
Bonds Granted.
Lincoln, Nob., Nov. 12.—The state
railway commission yesterday au
thorized the Issue of $20,162,000 general
mortgage gold bonds of 1897 by the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad.
Most of the bonds are to be used for
refunding the matured securities of
roads that have come under North
western control.
Of the entire sum $613,000. according
to the representations of the company,
is to be used to refund the expenses
of retiring old bonds, $8,549,000 will be
used to take up bonds which will ma
ture before January 1, 1910, $9,000,000
will be used to cover improvements
now made in the road and $2,000,000
Will be used to finance Improvements
and extensions now contemplated or
undor way. The bonds are to be sold
for money or.ly.
Permission to issue the bonds was
applied for under the Shallenberger
act. Previous to this application the
Wisconsin commission hud approved
the bond issue, the Northwestern be
ing incorporated in that state. It is
deemed Improbable that the Nebraska
commission could hold up the issu
ance of bonds by an interstate cor
poration, but if th® commission found
reason to withhold its consent to the
issuance of bonds, it might seriously
Inconvenience the road for a time. The
recognition of the act by Interstate
corporations Is deemed a rather valu
able precedent.
MIND UNBALANCED
OVER HIS FAILURE
TO DRAW A CLAIM
Aberdeen, K. D., Nov. 2,—The police
last, night picked up Alex S. Wilmot,
of Oasselman, Pa., wandering on the
street babbling about Indian claims
and plainly out of his head. During
the .night the services of a physician
were required to quiet him, and It was
learned he came' west to file. Failure
to draw a number unbalanced him,
but with rest and care will be all right
In a few days.
The drawing closed here last night,
with the full 20,000 names drawn out.
Frank K. Smith, of Aberdeen, drew
claim No. 7327. Das* summer he drew
his savings from the bank and went to
Spokane and registered for a claim
there, wanting to lie near relatives in
that section. He did not win. He re
turned here and took a country school.
As half the numbers will not respond,
No. 7327 111 tlie end will be such as
to give him a tine claim. He is great
ly rejoiced to think he did not win at
Spokane.
A friend at Aberdeen wired W. D.
Robb, of ('amen, Mich., that he drew
claim No. 42 on Tuesday. Robb, not
being familiar with the land laws,
came ul once to Aberdeen, only to find
that he cannot take up a home till next
April.
HILLS SCORCHED
BY FOREST FIRE
Whole Reserve Is Threatened
With Destruction—5,000
Acres Now in Ashes.
Rapid City, S. D„ Nov. 2.—More than
6,000 acres of timber on the forest re
serve, some of It new growth, has been
burned over during the past 20 hours,
and the fire still continues, although It
has been brought under control in cer
tain localities through the effort of
companies sent out trom here and
Dead wood and Lead.
Chief Forester Kelleter Is in charge
of the lire lighting brigades and has
called for ull the men available at all
the towns In the hills. The line of the
lire is now several miles long and has
worked Its way from Pactola, 50 miles
southwest of Rapid City, to a point
but 18 miles distant, and fears are en
tertained that unless rain comes soon
the larger part of the forest reserve In
the central Hills country will be des
troyed.
SAYS SHE GAVE HER
HUSBAND POTION TO
SOFTEN HIS TEMPER
York, Pa., Nov. 2.—When placed on
the witness stand In her own defense,
Mrs. Minnie K. Tracey, who Is charged
with the murder of her husband, Joshua
Tracey, disclosed the most remarkable
defense ever heard of in a murder trial
In this county.
The defendant admitted that she ad
ministered to her luisbuud the contents
of a package containing strychnine and
saw him drink it. However, she de
clares that William Brown gave her the
package and told her that when her
misbund quarreled to give hint what
was inside in whisky.
The woman declared that Brown said
It would fix him all right and make
him treat her better.
Mrs. Tracey says she did not know it
was poison, and that Brown had misled
her. It is believed that this story will
have great weight with some of the
Jury, many of whom are residents of
sictlons of the county in which still ex
ist many superstitions.
CHANGES IN ROADS
DISPATCHING FORCE
Aberdeen, S. IX. Nov. 2.—On NovemJ
her 1. M. J. Flannigan. who Jt>r the
past two years lias been cWcf train dis
patcher lor the Mi!wanK .■ at Aber
deen, will assume the office of trahu.
master, succeeding T. H. St rate. whiV
resigns owing to ill health. Frank 51c
Cormlck will become chief train dis
patcher alter live years’ service us op
erator in the oitiees here. Mr. Flanni
gun came to Aberdeen from Perry, In.
WABASH TRaTKTGOES
INTO MISSOURI DITCH
OliilUcothe, Mo.. Nov. 2.—Passenger
No. 1 on the Wabash, bound from St.
Louis to Omaha, was derailed 12 miles
west of Pattonsburg. Mo., early today.
A dozen persons were reported injured,
none dangerously, it is said.
St. Louis, Nov. 2.—At the general of
fices of the Wabash railroad here, it
was raid that 10 persons were hurt,
none seriously, in the wreck near Pnt
■ tonsburg. Mo. The cause of the a<_ci
’ aent has not been determin-'
TAILOR IDENTIFIES
ROBBERS’ CLOTHES
Boys Spot Three of the Mes
Who Are Accused of Holding
Up Train.
Oma.ia, Neb., Nov. 1.—Evidence tend
ing to connect William Matthews, alias
W. G. Marvin, one of the men now on
trial In the United States court charged
with the robbery of the Union Pacific
mall train in the suburbs of this city
last May, with the other defendants,
and to show, that he was with them in
April of this year, was introduced to
day.
(ins Bren, a tailor, of Kansas City,
Identified Matthews and Grlgware as
having visited his place of business on
April 3. at which time he measured
Matthews for a suit. The suit was in
troduced in evidence and identified by
the witness, although the labels origin
ally sewed upon the garments to show
where they were made, had been re
moved, except one inside the waistband
of the pants.
Harry Carter, aged 13, and William
Fitzgerald, aged 17, said they were
playing ball at Manning park, a few
blocks from the Brown’s Park school
horn r on Sunday, the day following
the robbery, when four men passed
them. They identified Woods, Torgon
sen and Grlgware us members of the
party, but were not certain about the
fourth.
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ADMIRALLONGNECKER
SUED BY HIS BROTHER
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1.—Admiral
Edwin Longneeker, United States navy,
retired, is being sued bv his brother,
Gustavlus Longneeker, for $30,000, al
leged to be due him from the defend
ant on a partnership deal away back
in 1873, at the old homestead in Cum
berland county, Pennsylvania. The suit,
which Is on trial In the district court,
was brought hero for the reason that
the family owns real estate In this city.
Neither the plaintiff nor his dis
tinguished relative are residents. Both
men were In the mining business and
the plaintiff claims that the admiral
never paid him but $3,000 when his
Bhares should have been $33,000.
BECOMES PRESIDENT OF
LINCOLN TRACTION COMPANY
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 1.—After a long
and bitter fight, W. E. Sharp, vice
president of the Lincoln Traction com
pank, Is about to realize his cherished
ambition, to be president of the corpo
ration. At the annual meeting of the
stockholders which Is slated to occur
on November 16, a board of directors
will be chosen who will name Sharp
for the head of the consolidated com
pany.
Sharp was t:.e president of the Citi
zens' company, which was merged with
the traction concern about a year
ago. He has always been anxious
to reach the presidency of the big or
ganization, and began soon after the
consolidation to lay his plans to oust
President John W. McDonald. A syn
dicate of seven men favorable to Sharp
organized for the purpose of forming
a pool and put him In the chair, and
they have accomplished It.
WEDDINcTaT LYONS.
Lyons, Neb., Nov. 1.—Lynee Spof
fard and Miss Nellie Stass were mar
ried here Tuesday evening and went to
Aurora, Neb., where the groom operates
a farm.
FIERCE BLAZE BURNS
BIG CLEVELAND STORE
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 1.—The S. S.
Kresge & Co., 5 and 10-cent nation
store on Ontario street was destroyed
by fire early today. On July 3, 1908,
eight persons were burned to death In
a fire in the same store caused by an
explosion of fireworks.
Today’s blaze In the Kresge store fol
lowed closely on the fire of last night
which destroyed the Severence block
on West Third street, a four-story brick
structure, causing a loss of $140,000.
Several young women had narow es
capes. Five iwre carried out of the
building by firemen. No one was In
jured in the Kresge fire today. The
loss will approximate $40,000.
Defective wiring was given as the
cause.
UNWRITTEN LAW GOES
WITH VIRGINIA JURY
Farmer Who Slew Assailant of
His Daughter Acquitted
Promptly.
Moundsvill, W. Va„ Nov. 1.—The
jury In the case of John Sickles, aged
67 years, a wealthy farmer, charged
with the murder of his nephew, Ran
dolph Ritotlf^y returned a verdict late
yesterday, tjp liot guilty, after deliber
ating 31 mfnutes. When Judge Harvey
told him lie was free Sickles burst into
tears’doff sobbed:
"God has been so good to me.”
On August 25 last Sickles returned to
his home, following a short absence,
and heard his daughter, Mattie, 15
years old, screaming for help. He
rushed to her room and found Ritehea
there. As the young man was leaving
the house a moment later Sickles shot
him.
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FREIGHT AND IMMIGRANT
TRAINS IN A COLLISION
Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 1.—In a col
lision between a westbound Immigrant
train and an eastbound freight train at
Tocsin, on the Chicago & Erie railroad,
this morning, 35 immigrants, men.
ivomen and children, were injured, some
of them perhaps fatally.
The fireman of the freight locomotive
was badly hurt. The air brakes of the
freight train failed to work.
NEBRASKA WOMAN’S
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
STUNS HER HUSBAND
Left Another Swain at Altar
and Now Wants to Go Her
Way Alone.
New York, Oct. 30.—Fernando Wan
Benner, young president of the Benner
Heal Estate company of No. 49 Liberty
st., was the most astonished man in the
city last night when newspaper reports
of the suit for divorce instituted against
him in Omaha were shown to him.
Mr. Benner's wife was Happy Theo
dora Van Wyck, only child of the late
Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, whose
fortune she Inherited. As a belle in
Washington about seven years ago, she
caused a social sensation by suddenly
exercising her womanly privilege to
change her mind and saying "No” at
the altar of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian church, when the pastor,
the Rev. Dr. Iiadcliffe, and her fiance,
Frank Mitchell, a young southerner,
expected her to say "yes.” Through
her action in Omaha Friday last the
secret of her refusal to wed Mitchell
was for the first time disclosed.
"I hadn't the slightest idea she had
done anything likv this," said Mr. Ben
ner last night. “I cannot account for
it. Some strange influence is being ex
ercised over her.
He Will Fight the Suit.
“I shall go to Omaha and find out
the actual reason for her suit. In the
meantime of course I shall have my
lawyer here and see that my rights are
protected. I do not want my friends
to believe false accusations against me,
and as a business man I cannot af
ford to permit such charges to go un
refuted.
“In the first place it is said that a
summons and complaint have been
served on me. That is untrue. My
friends do not accuse me of selfishness,
as my wife does. I did not induce her
to give me money, as alleged, and I
have not deserted her. She went away
lust February, presumably to look after
her property in the west. She took our
little boy with her. I have been in com
munication with her since and have re
peatedly asked her to return.
“If I find the busybody who has been
interfering in our affairs I shall most
certainly demand an explanation.”
From other sources it was learned
that Mrs. Benner has extravagant
tastes, the characteristics of a spoiled
child, and the quick temper usually at
tributed to auburn haired beauties.
Lawyer Influenced Her.
Ik her social set here her husband's
belief that some outsider had prompted
her to bring suit against him was co
incident in. This influence, it was said,
comes l£om an aged law’yer, whose mo
tive, it is assumed, is a desire to man
age her estate.
No one thinks it is due to the impul
siveness that caused her to accept the
proposition of marriage from young
Mitchell seven years ago and then to
refuse suddenly to marry him. Of this
incident a friend said last night:
"She was in love with Benner all the
time Mitchell was courting her. She
was very young, however, with no
father or mother, and was flattered by
his importunity and devotion. In an
unwary moment she gave her consent
to marry him. He obtained the license
and with her drove to the rectory of
St. Margaret’s church in Washington.
The rector, the Rev. Herbert Scott
Smith, was shaving at the time and
the impatient Mitchell refused to wait.
He ordered the cabman to drive to the
New York Avenue Presbyterian church,
where Dr. Radcllffe consented to per
form the ceremony. He had proceeded
to that part in the service where the
minister is required to ask, ‘Do you
take this man to be your wedded hus
band for better or for worse?’ when
Miss Van Wyck said: ‘No, I don't.
This is too serious. I've got to think
this over.’
“Pressed for her reasons, she added
to the pastor’s astonishment by say
ing to him: 'Oh. let us all three go
downtown, have a good supper and for
get all this foolishness.’
“The real reason for her extraordi
nary action was the fact that on tho
way from one church to the other the
thought came that she was cutting her
self off forever from Benner and she
repented.
"Immediately after that episode in
her career she went to Milford, Pa.
From there, a few weeks afterward,
she came to New York and was mar
ried to Benner in the Little Church
Around the Corner.”
BALTIMORE SECURES
W.G, T.U. CONVENTION
District Banner Goes to 13tlr
Iowa—Ohio Leads in In
creased Membership.
Omaha, Oct. 30.—The main part oi
the delegates to the 30th annual con
vention of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance union, which closed last
night, are today on their way home.
They left, however, considerable busi
ness to be transacted by the official
board, the most Important of which
was the selection of next year’s meet
ing place. The bidders for the honor
Were Indianapolis, Baltimore and At
lantic City. Milwaukee at first en
tered the contest, but afterward with
drew with the announcement that a
strong fight would be made for the
convention in 1911. The growth of the
organization within the year just past
has been quite satisfactory to the
leaders.
In the matter of increased member
vliip Ohio leads the other states with
u net gain of 3,189, receiving the state
banner, which was held last year by
Pennsylvania. The district banner
goes ti the 13th Iowa district; tho
county banner to Mahoning county,
Ohio, and the local union banner io
Lansing, Mich.
Baltimore gets the next W. C. T. U.
convention.
CITY EMPLOYE IN
CHICAGO ACCUSED
OF THEFT OF $450
Chicago, Oct. 30—Benjamin M. Payne,
antil recently holding the responsible
position of vault clerk in the office of
the city comptroller, was arrested here
today, charged with burglary and re
ceiving stolen property.
A few days ago a box containing *450
was missing from the vault am* three
employes, Including Payne, were sus
pended.
YOUNG MAN SHOOTS
SWEETHEART AND SELF
Bodies Are Found in Buggy by
Roadside—Case of One
Sided Affection.
Clay Center, Neb., Oct. 27.—A double
tragedy, accepted by the authorities as
a murder and suicide, was disclosed
yesterday when a farmer four miles
from Clay Center found the dead bodies
of Leroy Foster and Miss Inez Cox in
a buggy near the roadway adjoining his
farm. Apparently they had been dead
a number of hours. Both were shot In
the region of the heart, and near the
man lay a revolver. Leroy Foster was
a rural mail carrier, 23 years old, and
Miss Cox was a stenographer, a year or
two older than the man. They had gone
rkling together Saturday night follow
ing an invitation of the young man.
The todies were brought to Clay Cen
ter. where Coroner Howard summoned
a Jury and held r.n Inquest yesterday
afternoon. The testimony at the In
quest made It plain to the Jury that
Foster had killed the young woman and
then himself, and a verdict to this effect
was returned.
Foster and Miss Cox had been keep
ing company for a few months and the
impression is that he was in love with
the girl, who accepted him as a friend,
but did not reciprocate bis affection.
The theory accepted by the coroner’s
Jury, as well as friends of the two, Is
that he proposed marriage, was either
rejected or put off for a time, and that
he then killed the young woman and
himself. There Is evidence that the
crime was premeditated. Foster had
bought poison, which '.. as found on Ills
person, but the package had not been
opened.
Both the young man and woman were
prominent socially, and enjoyed the best
of reputations.
SCHLATTER IDENTIFIED
AS CHARLES M’LEAN
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 27.—Hector Mc
Lean, of Brush. Colo., a brother of the
late Charles McLean “Schlatter," ’ ar
rived In Hastings today In response to
a telegram from County Judge Buttca.
MCLean had pictures of his brother at
the ages of 3, 40 and 60. Compared
with the features of the dead man they
revealed his identity. Local people
who saw the pictures thought they
were photographs of the dead man.
McLean had not seen his brother for
35 years. Hector McLean heard the
story of his brother’s wanderings in the
last 35 years through David McNaugh
ton, of Chicago. McLean knew nothing
of his brother's pose as a divine healer.
The funeral was attended by Hector
McLean and a few newspaper men.
STEAL PICTURE FILMS
AND, GO TO PRISON
Bloomfield, Neb., Oct. 27.—W. T.
Carson and James Gray, two young
men who attempted to get into the
moving picture show business by steal
ing two trunks of films, had their the
atrical ambitions nipped in the bud by
Judge Welch, in the district court of
Knox county, who sentenced them to
two years in the penitentiary.
SHOT BECAUSE OF
OTHER MAN’S WIFE
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 27.—Nathan Kas
sal. the former St. Joseph, Mo., busi
ness man who was shot four times by
Arthur Sturges, a young engineer of
this city, while escorting Mrs. Sturges
from the theater, was said to be resting
easily, but the attendants would not
say there was hope of his recovery.
Sturge.; has not been apprehended.
UHAKlitS $IU hUK bhAril (MU
FRIEND’S BODY TO GRAVE
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 27.—Although
left $500 by the will of Newton C.
Brown, who died at the Railroad Y. M.
C. A., John Davis, who made his home
at the Y. M. C. A., put in a bill against
the estate for $10 for acting as pall
bearer. So did the other pallbearers.
Davis dropped his claim for $10 as
pallbearer while on the witness stand
to claim $154 for services rendered the
deceased The gerivices consisted of
rubbing the legs of Brown, who was
afflicted with rheumatism, cutting his
corns and dressing him at $2 a day.
This claim is objected to by the ex
ecutor, who also opposes a claim of
$3,300 for similar services for 10 years
presented by Joseph Allen, a railroad
engineer.
(HOT BY HUSBAND,
SHE MAY RECOVER
Show Girl, Victim of Ex
Convict’s Murderous Attack,
Is Improving.
Washington, Oct. 27.-—Slowly recover
ing from tl.3 injuries inflicted yesterday
by her Infuriated husband, whose body
still lies unclaimed in the morgue, Mrs.
Evelyn Louise Short, will be operated
on today for the removal of the two
bullets which lodged In her back. At
the hospital this morning she was re
ported as Improving.
Mrs'. Short was shot yesterday while
in the Union station because she re
fused to leave the stage and resume
an unhappy life with William H. Short,
of New York, an ex-convlct, whom she
married in her teens.
With the "show girl," now only 23
years old. Is her mother, Mrs. Henry A.
Lewis, of New York city.
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4 OFF BY SHOTGUN 4
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4 Ifort Dodge, la.. Oct. 27.—While 4
4 hunting enar Vincent Sunday, 4
4 Guy Walrod, a druggist of this 4
4 city, was Injured bv the explo- 4
4 slon of a shotgun. The side of 4
4 his face and nose was torn off 4
4 and one eye gouged out. He 4
4 was brought to the hospital and 4
4 his condition is considered very 4
4 critical. 4
TAFT PARDONS’BANKER
REGARDED AS A TOOL
Washington, Oct. 37.—President Taft
has commuted to three years the seven
year sentence imposed upon Thomas
W. Harvey, a subordinate connected
with the wrecked Enterprise National
bank, of Allegheny, Pa. The president
regarded Harvey as largely the tool
of others.
The cashier of this bank killed him
self and some of the chief conspirators
escaped punishment on technicalities.
BIG BATTLESHIP
ON A TRIAL TRIP
Super-Dreadnaught North Da.
fcota Steams Out From Ways
at Quincy.
Quincy, Mass., .Oct. 30.—Slowly and
cautiously today the United States bat
tleship North Dakota, America's sec
ond super-Dreadnaught, crept away
from the docks of the Fore River Ship
building company, maneuvered through,
the narrow windings of Weymouth,
Fore river and Hull bay, and then
headed for Provincetown. Several
thousand spectators cheered the great
war vessel as she left the yard of her
builders.
Her trip to the tip end of Cape Cod
was for the purpose of giving her a
builders’ trial, in the course of which
her turbine engines, the first installed
in any American battleship, will, it is
hoped, send her through the water at
a speed in excess of her contract re
quirement of 21 knots an hour.
The North Dakota will run tonight
or tomorrow to Boston harbor and will
go into drydock at the Charleston navy
yard to be prepared for her official trial
off (he Maine coast next week.
WALSH FREETILL
FINAL JUDGMENT
Chicago, Oct. 30.—John R. Walsh,
aliose conviction of misuse of the
funds of the Chicago National bank
was recently affirmed by the United
States appellate court, may remain at
liberty under bonds pending an attempt
to appeal his case to the supreme court
of the United States.
The decision making this possible was'
rendered in the appellate court today
when Judge Grosscup denied the peti
tion of the government to have the
Walsh bond of $50,000 canceled. Mr.
Walsh, hitherto allowed to travel about
the country, must now, however, re
main in Chicago.
The government's petition set forth
that Walsh, with a sentence of five
years imprisonment confronting him,
and with plenty of money at his com
mand, could well afford to leave the
country, repaying his bondsmen.
He Agrees to Surrender.
In answer counsel for the defendant,
among other things, pledged Mr.
Walsh’s word that he would not at
tempt to leave the United States, and
that should his petition for a rehear
ing by the appellate court be denied
and the supreme court go against him,
he would at once surrender himself.
Judge Grosscup said:
"Nothing is brought to our attention
In the petition that shows any greater
likelihood that the plaintiff in error
will not remain in the jurisdiction of
the court to answer to the final order
of the court, than ordinarily exists in
criminal cases at this stage of the pro
cedure.
"To sustain, therefore, the prayer of
this petition would be to say that no
convicted man, whose conviction has
been affirmed, shall be allowed to bo
out on bail, pending a petition for re
hearing, or an application to the su
preme court, for writ of certiorari.
Detectives on His Trail.
"This action does not, however, pre
clude the government from keeping
plaintiff in error under such surveil
lance as it may deem proper, nor for
asking for Increased hail. The mat
ter of increased bail is not before us
on this petition.”
Mr. Walsh is said to have been placed
under constant scrutiny of five govern
merit agents last night.
BROTHER TO DEFEND
KANSAS MURDERER
He Is a Lawyer, and Wil?
Make Insanity Plea for Con
fessed Slayer.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 30.—Deputy
Sheriffs Lukens and Snyder left here
early today for the state penitentiary
at Lansing to return James McMahon,
the confessed slayer of his two sisters
and brotherinlaw to Kansas City, Kan.,
for a preliminary hearing. James will
be arraigned in the north city court be
fore Judge A. A. Brooks, probably this
afternoon.
Patrick McMahon, who has been de
tained at the penitentiary with his
brother as a material witness was given
his liberty today, the authorities de
claring they had no reason to connect
him with the murder. He returned to
Kansas City with his brother.
Immediately after his release, Pat
rick, who is a lawyer, announced ho
would act as the attorney for his broth
er. The defense will be that James
McMahon was insane when he com
mitted the triple crime.
TO BUILD DETROIT SPEEDWAY
Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 30.—K. A.
Morros, manager of the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway and for several years
a prominent figure in automobile rac
ing, resigned today to become asso
ciated with a company that is to build
a speedway at Detroit. Mr. Morros
paid he also was interested in a plan
to provide a motor track at Cleveland.
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4 MRS. CLEVELAND SAYS 4
4 HER HUSBAND THOUGHT 41
4 JOHNSON WAS THE MAN 4
4 4
4 Minneapolis, Oct. 30.—Mrs. 4
4 John A. Johnson, widow of the 4
4 governor, has received a letter 4
4 of sympathy from Mrs. Grover 4
4 Cleveland. The letter is a long 4
4 one and the widow at Prince- 4
4 ton unfolds her heart to the 4
4 widow at St. Paul. 4
4 Mrs. Johnson has received 4
4 many letters of condolence, but 4
4 none will be prized so highly as 4
4 that from Mrs. Cleveland. 4
4 It is said that Mrs. Cleveland 4
4 stated the former president. 4
4 while on his deathbed, predicted 4
4 the election of Governor John- 4
4 son as president if the demo- 4
4 crats would nominate him. 4
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TOBACCO GROWER,
FEARING HIS LIFE,
WILL MOVE AWAY
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Lexington, Ky., Oct. 30.—G. A.
Simpson, a Grant county tobacco
grower, whom soldiers aided in ship
ping his 76,000 pounds of 1909 crop a
few days ago. declared today that he
would remove to New Mexico because
he feared violence at the hands of
"night riders” near his present home.