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    s DRAMATIC CRITIC IS
A VICTIM OF POISON
Barrett Eastman, Well Known
Chicago Newspaper Man,
Probably a Suicide.
Chicago, Jan. 18.—Identification of
the body of a man found dead In the
Breslow hotel at Biloxi. Miss., Tuesday
was made here today by Colonel F. A.
Kastman, city statistician, as that of
his son, Barrett Eastman, for years
known to Chicagoans as a dramatic
critic.
Barrett Eastman was well known in
newspaper and literary circles, and in
addition to extensive work for Chicago
newspapers was a contributor of prose
and verse to magazines. As a special
writer he attracted attention and as
dramatic critic ocupied a prominent po
sition in the newspaper world.
Several years ago he married So
phonisba Harrison, a sister of Carter
H. Harrison II. former mayor of Chi
cago. His marital life was unhappy
and a divorce followed. Later he mar
ried a wealthy woman and made his
home in California. Returning from
the west he again took up newspaper
work in Chicago.
According to Colonel Eastman, the
^ father, the young man had suffered for
two years from a blood clot over one of
his temples Colonel Eastman declared
that this preyed upon his son’s mind
and had caused him to be often despon
dent. The young man recently bought
a ranch near Los Angeles, and had
planned to go there with hi3 wife to
recuperate.
"My son had been ailing for about
two years,” said Colonel Eastman, "and
there is no doubt in my mind that he
killed himself on this account.”
MORSE'S FRIENDS URGE
TAFT TO PARDON HIM
Washington, Jan. 18.—Numerous let
ters have been received in Washington
from persons interested in Charles W.
Morse. the New York financier, now
serving a term of imprisonment in the
Atlanta penitentiary. Most of them
urge that executive clemency be exor
cised in behalf or Morse, while others,
though few in number, take the oppo
site view and argue that the convicted
man got his deserts.
S'> far as known no petition for par
don has yet reached the White House.
* Mrs. Morse in her published interviews
has indicated that such a step will be
taken in due time.
DENVER NEWSPAPERS
FORCED TO SUSPEND
Strike of Pressmen Causes
Publishers of Dailies to
Cease Temporarily.
Denver, Jan. 18.—Probably for the
first time in its history Denver break
fasted today without its usual morn
ing paper. The cause was the difficulty
between the publishers and the local
organization of the Internationa! Press
men’s union, which reached a climax
yesterday. Although yesterday’s confer
ence was continued until long after
midnight, no basis for agreement could
be reached, and publishers of the two
morning l apers decided not to make
any attempt to publish this morning.
The demands of the local union orig
inally were for a seven-hour instead of
an eight-hour day and an increase of $1
a day. the changes to date from March
1, last These conditions were agreed
to. bu* before the final adjustment
could be made the pressmen demanded
that they be granted time and a half
for the extra hour they had worked un
der the new scale from last March.
This the publishers refused and the
lockout followed. Negotiations will be
resumed today.
The increase of $1 a day and time
and a half for the extra hour since last
March will aggregate between $15,000
and $20,000 for the four local dallies.
If an adjustment is not reached
speedily the trouble may involve pa
pers in other cities of the state.
VIRGINIA HARNED TO
SEEK DIVORCE AGAIN
Well Known Actress Will Ask
Nevada Courts for Relief
Once More.
New York, Jan. 18.—Virginia Harned,
wife of E. H. Sothern, the Shakespeare
an ac tor, is seeking divorce. She left
for Reno. Nev., the divorce mecca, the
other day to establish a residence pre
paratory to bringing suit.
With Miss Harned went her intimate
friend. Margaret Gordon, who was for
years associated with Maude Adams.
They will make their home in the west
ern city six months, that being the
term of residence necessary before a
divorce can be secured.
Before her departure Miss Harned
**■*' gave it out that she was starting on a
vaudeville tour, but the real truth was
learned from Intimate friends of hers.
Miss Harned made an effort a year
ago to secure a divorce in Reno, but her
application was refused on the ground
that she was not a resident of the
state The basis of the suit at that
time was desertion and failure to sup
port. No mention was made of a co
respondt nt. Miss Harned denied that
her divorce suit was prompted by jeal
ousy or that she and Sothern both had
planned to marry again as soon as the
decree was granted. In regard to this
report Miss Harned said:
•That is not true. There is no ques
tion of anyone else with us. The dif
ferences did not grow out of jealousy,
but from opposing ideas about our
work."
Sothern made no opposition at the
time the last suit was filed.
LEMARS. I A.—Miss Mary Coffey and
Charles A. Sauer were married here
and will Jive at North Yakima, Wash.
BISHOP PROMOTED.
Rome, .lan. 18.—The Vatican an
r.ounc'd today the promotion of the
Right Rev. Neil McNeil, bishop of St.
Georges. Newfoundland, to the office of
archbishop of Vancouver.
PORT DODGE. IA.—This city is
said to be in line to regain the Great
Western division point which was
■moved to Clarion several years ago
f GREGORY. S. D.—The little son of
John Bender, local agent of the Stand
ard < >il company, who left home with
out th< knowledge of his parents some
days ago, has been located in Kansas.
LONSDALE LATEST TO
LOSE FAITH IN COOK
Private Secretary of Bogus
“Explorer" Now Thinks He
Is a Fraud.
Copenhagen, Jan. IS.—Walter Lons
dale Is the most recent of the former
associates and employes of Dr. Freder
ick A Cook to admit a distrust of the
man whose claim to the discovery of
the north pole was rejected by the I'ni
versity of Copenhagen.
Lonsdale was private secretary to
United States Minister Egan up to the
time of tile arrival here of Dr. Cook,
with whom he then associated himself
in a smilar confidential capacity.
He accompanied the explorer to the
United States, made the typewritten
duplicate of the polar records, and
brought the data here for the examina
tion of the university committee. He
has remained loyal to his employer un
til now, when he says he is beginning
to doubt him.
Lonsdale states that he received a let
ter from Cook under date of December
24 and mailed from a city In southern
Spain. According to this letter Cook
was on the sea from December 14 to
December 24. accordingly was not ac
quainted with the decision of the ex
amining committee when the letter was
written. Since the receipt of tills letter
Lonsdale says he has heard nothing
from Cook though he has addressed
several telegrams to him at a point
where he thought the explorer could be
.reached.
l.onsdale estimates that Cook cleared
$50,000 from the exploitation of Ills
arctic reputation.
DUEL OF FOUR HOURS
HAS A FATAL ENDING
Enemies Chase Each Other
Nearly All Night Before One
Is Killed.
New York, Jan. 18.—A duel of four
hours duration engaged in by two night
watchmen in Park & Tllford’s store on
Broadway resulted today in the death
of one of the participants from a bul
let in the head. After Anally running
down and shooting his companion, the
survivor wrote a letter to the police
telling them all about it, and then fin
ished up his night work by cleaning up
and putting the store in order.
John Ferris, who has worked for the
Arm for 25 years, is under arrest
charged with the shooting. The victim
of the duel was John Woods. There
had been bad feeling between them and
during the night they renewed their
quarrel. Ferris told the police that
Woods slapped him in the face and that
for hours they chased each other
around the store up stairs and down.
Several shots were exchanged, but none
took effect until Ferris Anally caught
Woods in the engine room and shot him
in the head.
ANGRY GOVErVoR WOULD
RECALL DALTON PARDON
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 18.—Governor
Stubbs yesterday requested Attorney
General Jackson to examine the pardon
papers of Emmet Dalton, the only sur
viving member of the famous Dalton
gang, to see if the pardon can be re
voked. Dalton was pardoned by Gov
ernor Hoch, November 2. 1907. Since
then he has started a “wild west” show
and has exhibited moving pictures
showing a reproduction of the robbery
of the Coffeyville bank on December 5,
1893, at which the Dalton gang was
broken up and for which Emmet was
sentenced to prison.
Governor Stubbs has received com
plaints about Dalton’s moving picture
show, and is highly displeased with
Dalton's actions since he was pardoned.
ASKS DAGGER THRUST
IN HEART AT DEATH
Pittsburg Woman, Supposed to
Be Pauper, Leaves $100,000
to Charity.
iPttsburg, Pa., Jan. IS.—“Thrust a.
dagger through my heart three times to
make sure I am dead. Let my body lie
10 days, cremate it then and bury the
ashes in Allegheny cemetery,” were the
written instructions found with the
dead body of Laura White, single, age a
65 years, a supposed pauper, living ;
alone, who was discovered today in a
room with five looks upon the door, her ;
body half eaten by rats.
Police found bank books and a will ’
disposing of $100,000 to local charitable
institutions in a trunk in the poorly
furnished home. Cancelled checks
found ranged in amounts from 17 cents
to $1,000. Real estate held by the 1
woman is located in Indiana, Montana
and California.
The will found by the poliep makes :
special request that “competent medi
cal authorities examine her body for 1
10 days” to ascertain to a certainty '
that death has occurred, leaving $50 for :
this service. The doctor stabbing her
heart throe times is to receive $20.
Detectives are searching for possible
relatives
GRIFFITH WILL HAVE
SOBER BASEBALL CLUB
Dim innati Ohio, Jan. 18.—Them will
ho no tired, lifeless ball players upon '
the Cincinnati team next year if Man- '
ager Clark Griffith has hln way. "We '
have to have a sober club,” he said
last night, "for the mason that the
public demands sober men. I want a
championship team. We can only have
this by keeping the men In good condi
tion. And If 4.000 private detectives
are necessary for this, we’ll have the
sleuths and the sober players.”
NOTED KANSAN DEAD.
Kansas City, Jan. 18.—Jno. VV. Bried
enthal, former state bank eommisslorter
of Kansas, chairman of the fusion par
ty in three campaigns, died at his home
In Kansas City, Kan., this morning.
Mr. Brtedenthal was 53 years old. Death
resulted from blood poisoning, which '
followed an Injury to Ills left foot.
Three operations were performed In ef- 1
forts to save his life.
DES MOINES, IA.—The Iowa State
Traveling Men’s association will con
vene here tomorrow. Dcets holds over
fo- "notn«r year and there will be no
contention.
ALDRICH YIELDS TO
THE SOCIETY LURE
For 32 Years Indifferent to
Fashion's Call, He Has
Become a Lion.
Washington. Jan. IS. One of the oon
/ptcuous features of this brilliant season,
the gayest Washington has known for
seven years, is tbo social activity of Nel
son W Aldrich, senior senator from
Rhode Tsland. In his 32 years of public
service Senator Aldrich bad never identi
fied himself with clubs or ballrooms,
taken active part in the midwinter ball,' j
Lhe assembly or private dinner parties.
He dined at the White House, of course, j
and occasionally graced the board of the
tico president of some cabinet officer
"to meet the president." quite regardless
who the president might be, for the
Providence statesman has seen presidents
:.ome and go. He has always been a
person whose presence was desired by
iiscriminating hostesses, but was seldom
secured unless for official reasons. For
years he made bis Washington home at
i hotel more famous in political than so-i
iai history, where he would be joined,
for a part of the winter by Mrs. Aldrich
mil occasionally by their elder daughters,
>no of whom is Mrs. John D. Rockefeller,
|r.
in the present season Senator and Mrs.
Aldrich have a home of their own in the
Dupont Circle district, where Mrs. Al
itich welcomes a long line of distinguished
visitors every Thursday afternoon and
io fashionable company is considered
complete without at least one member of
he Aldrich family. At an embassy din-.
ier party, a White House reception—and
jnder the present regime a White House
reception is in fact as well as In name a
real social function—at a debuntante hall
>r the Bachelor’s cotillon, the Senate
leader is not merely "among those pres
ent." but coming to bo hamed in the first
ine following "the distinguished com
pany included."
As a dinner partner he is becoming a
leading favorite with the titled ladies of
he diplomatic circle, whose familiar ac
quaintances with members of the Senate
las heretofore been largely confined to
VIr. Aldrich’s colleagues, Mr. Wetmore,
Senator Depew. Senator Hale, Senator
Rowlands and Senator du Pont, all roc
.isjiiizeu a.* n^nis in me runner
party contingent of the upper house of
congress.
To Miss Elsie Aldrich, the youngest of
lis three daughters, and the only one of
hem to rare for society, their intimate
Iriends attribute the great change in the
lead of the family. With much the same
juality of intelligence as her distinguished
lather, and a very charming personality of
ler own, Miss Aldrich first pressed him
nto service for escort duty and finally
•onvlnced him that balls and dances, din
ler parties and receptions are the best
'orm of relaxation from his senatorial la-*
jors.
WHITELAW'ReTdTiN
GREAT STORM, HAS
A NARROW ESCAPE
New York, Jan. 18.—The American
me steamer St. Ixiuis, which has been
anchored off Sandy Hook since Thurs
:lay night, reached her dock today after
Tiuch difficulty. She was closely fol
lowed by the Cunarder Lusitania,
which arrived off the hook last night.
Whitelaw Reid. American ambassa
dor to Great Britain, who rushed across
the ocean in the hope of attending the
funeral yesterday morning of D. O.
Mills, his fathorinlaw, was a passenger
5ii the St. Louis.
Passengers on the St. Louis, which
vas three days overdue, report that
Vmbassador Reid narrowly escaped In
lury when a huge wave, swept by a
remendous sea, mounted the vessel last
Wednesday evening.
Mr. Reid was *in a steamer chair on
•he promenade deck with his secretary,
Vliss Rogers, when the wave struck the
ship. Parrying a large section of the
5ort rail with it. the wave washed back
nid carried most of the passengers, in
cluding Mr. Reid and his secretary,
luitc a distance down the deck. They
vere drenched.
The Lusitania reported being struck
5y a giant wave last Tuesday which
lid much damage. Some of the crew
3 eel are that the wave was 60 feet high,
[t smashed through the bridge and
5rokc in a part of the wheel house,
rhe two quartermasters operating the
iteering and engine room apparatus
-vere knocked from their posts, but
vere not hurt.
The wave seriously deranged the
■tec-ring gear of the wheel house. The
»hip was compelled to reduce its speed
mtil the storm had subsided and the
lamage had been repaired.
Inclinations of clearing weather were
3IG PRIZE FIGHT
INTERESTS TEDDY
Buffalo. X. y. Jan. IS.—Theodore
loosevelt's consideration of old friends
Liul love of a fighter and a good fight
laven’t been changed any by his Afri
•a n trip, as a h*tter from him received
)y ‘Tony” Gavin, former “rough rider,"
estlfies.
Gavin frequently corresponded with
"olonel Roosevelt when the latter was
president. Some months ago he wrote
o him in Africa. He has received the
ollowing reply:
“Africa, on Safari—-Here is the flower
or Alberta. I wish I could have sent
t. with many returns, on her birthday,
t was good to hear froi -. you. That
nust have been a rattling good fight
H'tween Kctehel and Johnson. Johnson
s unquestionably a first class fighter.
wonder if Jim Jeffries can get back
nto form: if he can it will be a tre
nendous battle when they meet.”
3RICE OF SHOES IS
UNDER DISCUSSION
Iloston, Jan. 1-S.—In the entire shoo
md leather trade of the United States,
nore than 200 men representative of the
•ntire scope ()f the great Industry gath
■red here today from all sections of the
lountry. The convention, which was
inder the auspices of the National Shoe
iVholesalers' association, is to consider
vnether the trade is really confronted
vith a radical advance in leather and
ihoe prices, and whether the buying
mblic will demand shoes at a fixed
price or shoes of an established quality
it the market price.
OUBUQUE TEAMSTER
IS KILLED INSTANTLY
V'ubuque in.. Jan. IS—Fred Schu
>ert. aged 62 years, teamster, was run
luwn by a switch engine on the Great
Vestern at noon today and killed in
itantly.
MANSON MAN DIES.
Manson, la.. Jan. IS.-—News is re
seived here of the death of Moses Ar
lold. of Jessup. Ia., formerly of Man
ion. His death was due to i onsump
.lon. He was but 26 years old.
SPANISH PRINCE IS
JAILED FOR PLOT;
ARMY IN TURMOIL
Riots in Front of Newspaper
Offices and Other Usual Fea
tures of Discord.
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4 says that the building occupied 4
4 by the military club was sur- 4
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Madrid. Jan. 17.—Fringe Pignatelll.
alleged to have been involved In the
recently developed plot through which
the conservatives are said to have
aimed to embroil the army with the
government, was arrested today.
The liberal press strongly approves
the energetic action taken by the gov
ernment. The Liberal says the meas
ures were severe, but Indispensable. El
Pals says the plot was designed to
force the resignation of Minister of War
Luque, and thus precipitate the fall
of Premier Moiety Prendergast and ills
cabinet.
Army Officers in Turmoil.
The articles in the Correspondeneia
Mliitar, which revealed the plot were
written by Senor Llorens, a Carlist
deputy and officer, who used a pseu
donym. This issue of the paper was
suppressed, whereupon the demonstra
tion of army officers was made in front)
of tlie newspaper offices.
The police raided the office, and on|
the evidence found the cabinet was hur-l
riedly assembled under the presidency
of King Alfonso, who sanctioned the
removal of Count De Vlllar as captain
general of Madrid and the arrest of tho
omcers implicated.
Plot Was Widespread.
That the affair had widespread rami
fications was indicated by the subse
quent removal last night of the cap
tains general of Valencia, Valladolid
and Coronna. General Linares, ex-min
ister of war, was the first to congratu
late Minister of War Luque on the
prompt action taken.
Tile award of honors to the officers
of the Mellila expedition, which was
celebrated by the Correspondencia Mlll
tar, was in accordance with the distri
bution recommended by General Ma
rina, governor of Mellila. The affair
lias created little popular excitement as
the government has acted before the
existence of the conspiracy became gen
erally known.
ARTIST CHRISTY IN
ROLE OF BRUTE
Zanesville, Ohio, Jan. 17-;—There was
considerable diversion in the life of
Howard Chandler Christy, the prtlst,
according to the testimony of Charles
F. Hall, a former Christy model, today,
in the habeas corpus proceedings of
Mrs. Christy to obtain possession of
their 12-year-old daughter, Natalie.
Mrs. Hall also testified.
The conduct of Mr. Christy, she said,
in the presence of Natalia, was at times
most unbecoming of a father. She told
of how the artist struck his wife,
knocking her down, causing her nose to
bleed and "sitting upon her.”
Mr. Hall told of incidents In the
studio In which various models played
a conspicuous part. Hall mentioned
the names of a few women models with
whom Christy was upon quite familiar
terms.
He said prospective models were
compelled to disrobe Immediately that
he might Judge of their figures for ar
tistic purposes. There was much free
dom between Christy and the girls, he
said, and that hugging and kissing was
a common pastime. At other times,
Hall said, he would hold and caress a
model and call her his "baby doll.”
Christy's trip to a Keeley cure was
rplfltnfl
COHEN SEEMS LIKELY
TO GO ENTIRELY FREE
Philadelphia Police Confirm
Story That Waiter Didn’t
Harm Heiress.
Philadelphia, Jan. 17—There is a pos
sibility that Frederick Cohen will go
unpunished for the part he took In the
escapade with Miss Roberta De Janon,
the young heiress.
The police today made the emphatic
statement that Cohen did not harm the
girl, basing this statement upon a re
port of the police surgeon, and the
young runaway still adheres to her
story that she alone was responsible
for the affair After an Interview with
the waiter In his cell, Ills lawyer told
reporters that Cohen, under the law,
committed no crime.
The girl is in a private apartment of
a hospital under the care of a nerve
specialist. It is quite likely she will
be kept there for some days.
Mrs. Julia Cohen, the deserted wife,
who was taken to a hospital last night
In a state of nervous collapse, was bet
ter today.
After a brief hearing this afternoon,
Cohen was committed to the county
prison without bail for further hearing
two weeks from today on a charge of
kidnaping.
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Associate
Justice Harlan, of the supreme court of
the United States: Attorney General
Wickersham, Senator Borah, Senator
Burkett and General George B. Da
vis, spoke last night at the annual
meeting of the Alexander Hamilton
Memorial association In commemora
tion of the 153d anniversary of Hamil
ton’s birth.
LEMAKS, IA.—A number of head of
stock belonging to William Madden, in
the west part of town, were found
starved to death when health officers
went to the premises. Madden is a fa
miliar figure in police court.
DUBUQUE, IA.—Mrs. Lucy Nance,
charged with poisoning her husband,
escaped indictment by the grand Jury
and was given her freedom.
PIERRE, S. D.—C. J. Jorgenson, of
Slsseton, has formally announced his
candidacy for attorney general. Royal
Johnson, of Highmore. Is also said to
be a candidate.
WIFE OF NEGRO KILLS
SPOUSEWITH PISTOL
Husband Attempts Murder and
She Gets Back With Shot
Through the Head.
Council Bluffs, Ia„ Jan. 17.—Gene
Collins, a negro dining car waller on
the Union Pacific, was shot and In
stantly killed by his wife, Mrs. Grace
Pell Collins, here shortly after 8 o'clock
this morning, after he had fired throe
Ineffectual shots at her.
Yesterday Mrs. Collins filed suit for
a divorce, left her home and went to
the home of her mother, Mrs. Amanall
Powell. When Collins arrived Inst night
and failed to And his wife he started
In search of her. This morning he lo
cated her at her mother's house. He
managed to gain an entrance, found his
wife and began shooting at her. Rela
tives of the woman managed to stop
.him for a minute and his wife rushed
.upstnlrs secured a revolver and locked
herself in a room. Directly Collins pur
sued her, smashed In the door of the
room and as he entered his wife fired,
the bullet hitting him In the head kill
ing him Instantly. Mrs. Collins and her
.mother were taken to the central police
.station where they are being held. Col
lins and his wife were married here
June 23, 1909. I
ABANDON TRAINS
TO SUPPLY COAL
Des Moines, la., Jan. 17.—The state
railroad commission received notice
from Manager Earllng of the Milwau
kee road that several local passenger
trains In northern Iowa have been
abandoned In accordance with a sug
gestion of the commission so that coal
trains may be handled to relieve dis
tress. Governor Carroll received word
from the mannager of the Minneapolis
road that It Is expected that today coal
will be delivered at several places
where there is distress. At Gilmore
the stores ami all business was closed
and many of the residences to save
coal. The board of control received
word that at Cherokee a foot of snow
fell and that the situation is more se
rious than heretofore. Trains In south
ern Iowa are not hindered as only a
little snow fell. The state railroad
commission has received strong protest
from representatives of private car
lines doing business In Iowa against
the adoption of the proposed demur
rage rules In Iowa and elsewhere. It
Is claimed there will be great Injury to
private car lines.
DECISIONS OF THE
SUREME COURT
Des Moines, la., Jan. 17.—The fol
lowing decisions were handed down to
day by the supremo court:
State of Iowa vs. Noubauer, appel
lant, Linn county; affirmed.
Daniels vs. Daniels, appellant, Du
buque county; affirmed.
Dlllow & Co., appellant, vs City of
Monticello, Jones county; affirmed.
Jefferies vs. Chicago & Northwest
ern Hallway company, appellant, Potta
wattamie county; affirmed.
Davis vs. Mohn, appellant, Linn
county; affirmed.
Hamilton vs. Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railway company, appellant,
Dubuque county; affirmed.
GOVERNOR CALLS
ROAD CONVENTION
Des Moines, la., Jan. 17.—Governor B.
P. Carroll today called the first state
good roads convention ever held in
Iowa. The dateB are March 8 and 9.
The object is to devise legislation
which will bo sought at the next gen
eral assembly.
belleplainiT editor
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 17.—C. A.
Nobel, editor of the' Union nt Belle
Plaine, died today of typhoid fever,
aged 35.
WALSH’S AFFAIRS ARE
NEAR TO SETTLEMENT
Former Banker About to Dis.
appear as Factor in Chicago
Business World.
Chicago, Jan. 17.—John R. Walsh to
day attached Ills signature to the agree
ment of settlement of his financial
troubles, and sent It to the First Trust
and Savings bank, to be held until the
guaranteers of the note sign their part
of the agreement.
The signature gives to the associated
banks of Chicago, which backed the ad
justment of Walsh's financial affairs
after his banks were suspended in 1905,
the $14,039,000 in securities he put up to
cover a note for $7,121,887.12 in return
for the canceled note.
In addition the banks will get $600,000
from the guaranteers of the big note,
who are then to be given the $949,000 in
securities they put up as security.
When the guaranteers sign their part
of the agreement the financial affairs
of the former banker and railroad own
er will be practically closed.
CHICAGO RAILROADS '
SUFFERING BLOCKADE
Chicago, Jan. 17.—One of the most se
rious train blockades in the historv of
Chicago was reported by the railroads
running into tills city today. The tie
up is so complete that shipments of
milk and coal are stalled miles from
here.
The telegraph companies are in bad
condition, especially to the north and
south of here. There is only one wire
working between here-and Minneapolis
and St. Paul, according to the tele
graph officials. The wires to the south
and east are working poorly. Most of
the trouble south Is said to be within
a radius of 50 miles form here.
I.IMA, PERU—Congress yesterday
approved the treaty recently negotiated
with Brazil defining the boundary line
between these two countries in the
Amazon. Each country retains its act
ual possessions In the disputed terri
tory.
MUSCATINE, IA.—The grand Jury
finds itself without a criminal investi
gation on its hands for the first time In
the history of the county.
LOGAN. 1A.—Henry and Guy Mar
ley have been indicted on a charge of
murder and will have their trial dur
ing the present term of court.
SECRET BARED BY
RAY LAMPHERE AT
DEATH’S APPROACH
He Himself Caused Murderess'
Death by Accidentally ^
• Burning House.
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4 REV. MR. SCHELL MAKES 4
4 NO COMMENT ON STORY 4
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4 Rev. E. A. Schell, president of 4
4 Wesleyan university, who heard ♦
4 the confession of Ray Lamphere 4
4 before his death, refused to dis- 4j
4 cuss the alleged confession of 4
4 Lamphere after his arrest. 4
4 8hortly before the death of 4
4 the Gunness suspect it was de- 4
4 dared he had confessed his par- 4
4 tioipation in the crimes commit- 4
4 ted at the "Murder farm” near 4
4 La Porte, Ind. 4
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St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 15.—Ray Lam
phere, who died recently in the Indi
ana penitentiary at Michigan City,
while serving a life term for complicity
in the murders on the farm of Mrs.
Bella Gunness, near Laport, Ind., did
not carry the secrets of the Gunness
charnal farm to the tomb with him,
according to a copyrighted story in the
Post-Dispatch today. When he be
lieved death was near he confessed.
The confession was made to Rev. Dr,
E. A. Schell, formerly pastor of the La
Porte Methodist church, now president
of Iowa Wesleyan university at Mount
Pleasant, Ia„ and held by him inviolate
as a secret of the confessional. The
Post-Dispatch says the Rev. Mr. Schell
would verify, If he would consent to
break his silence, the confession It pub
lishes. The Post-Dispatch, however,
says the confession It publishes was
made to a man of unassailable charac
ter.
Knew of Three Murders.
Lamphere, according to the confes
sion, had a guilty knowledge of the
murder of three men In the Gunness
home during the time he lived*there,
about eight months In 1907, and ho as
sisted Mrs. Gunness In disposing of the
bodies of the three men.
Ho said he thought he had not re
ceived as much of the profits of the
transactions as he considered himself
entitled to and thnt he went to the
farm house at night with a woman and
chloroformed Mrs. Gunness. her three
children and Jennie Olson. He and the
woman then searched the house, find
ing between $60 and $70.
The light they used was a candle and
they left the house without knowing
they had left behind a spark that soon
burst Into flames.
Cut Off Victims’ Heads.
Mrs. Gunness’ method of killing her
victims, Lamphere said, was first to
chloroform them as they slept, and then,
If the drug did not of itself kill, she
severed the heads with an ax. Each
time a man was to be murdered, ac
cording to Lamphere, she sent him to
purchase chloroform. Lamphere said
he saw one of the men killed, and aided
In burying all three. These men were
Andrew Helgeleln and probably Ole
Budsberg and Tonnes Peterson Lien.
Lien, Lamphere thought, was the
third husbund of Mrs. Gunness. At the
time of the Lamphere trial It was
thought Jennie Olson had been killed
by Mrs. Gunness. Lamphere, however,
details how Mrs. Gunness had secreted
her In the house after she returned
from a visit, and she was chloroformed
by Lamphere and his accomplice.
Details Are Cold-Blooded.
The confession says Mrs. Gunness In
formed Lamphere of the coming of her
cousins. The first man to be killed was
from Minnesota. He never awoke from
his sleep In the Gunness house. In the
darkness Lamohere was ordered by
Mrs. Gunness to dump a gunny sack
and Its contents In a hole that had
been made by another farm hand for
rubbish.
Mrs. Gunness never told him what
become of the man, but Lamphere re
ceived money from Mrs. Gunness.
Within a month another man ar
rived. He wanted to know his rights
before paying off the mortgage on the
Gunness farm, and Mrs. Gunness took
him to St. Joseph, Mich., Lamphere
thought, where they were married. A
few nights after they came back there
was another burying. Lamphere re
ceived moijey once more from Mrs.
Gunness, and he said he became the
trusted ally of Mrs. Gunness.
oouxn luaaoxa victim.
Then Andrew Helgeleln came rrom
South Dakota with a check for $2,893.20.
This was cashed and Helgeleln was
given to understand he was nothing
more than a farm hand. Lamphere was
sent on an errand to Michigan City to
remain all night. He returned to the
Gunness home, and through a hole in
the floor heard Helgelein groan in dis
tress. He was begging Mrs. Gunness
to send for a doctor.
It was chloral she had given Helge
lein, according to Lamphere. Present
ly Helgeleln fell to the floor and Lam
phere said he saw Mrs. Gunness strike
the prostrate form and end the y
life. '
Lamphere, the following night, buried
this body, with Mrs. Gunness’ assist
ance. Shortly after Mrs. Gunness and
Lamphere quarreled over money and
he was ordered off the farm. She put
her money in the bank the afternoon
before Lamphere, seeking money,
chloroformed all in the house, robbed
and set fire to the place.
Lamphere said he was drunk the
night he visited the place. He thought
he would find $1,500.
Lamphere said the chloroform he
used was a part of the quantities ho
bought for Mrs. Gunness.
Didn’t Intend Murder.
Lamphere did not desire the death ot
the Gunness children and Jennie Olson.
His first question when he was ar
rested on suspicion of having set fire
to the house was whether the children
had escaped. He did not even intend
to kill Mrs. Gunness.
Although he confessed to greater
crimes, he did not admit that he Inten
tionally started the Are in which Mrs.
Gunness and the children perished.
Once he was willing to enter a formal
x-ourt plea of guilty to that charge in the
hope of leniency, but xvhen he learned
that in the confession of arson would
be involved a confession of murdering
the family, he refused.
TRYING TO ARBITRATE.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Representa
lives of the Switchmen's Union of
North America and of the railroads
operating out of Chicago, engaged
again today in threshing out their dif
ferences before the Erdman act medi
ators, Chairman Knapp and Dr. Neill.
It is stated there is no immediate pros
pect of an adjustment of the difficulty.
DEADWOOD, S. D. — Freeman
Knowles, ex-congressman and newspa
per man, has been arrested on a charge
of criminal libel on complaint of Cham
bers Kellar, who recently horsewhipped
him.