Nebraska Newspapers

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PMKILL. NEBRASKA
Illustrations of the work of children
In sweatshops and tenement factories
are being exhibited in the Church ot
the Messiah. New York. The exhibit
la under the direction of the Consum
ers' League of New York, and it Is for
the purpose of showing the evils of
Child labor. The Church of the Mes
aiah Is said to have been selected be
cause of its proximity to the shopping
district, where many of the articles
made by these children are sold for
five and sometimes 10 times as much as
the wages paid the workers. In the
exhibit is a bunch of pink artificial
rosebuds; by making 12 bunches, 144
rosebuds, a child earned 1 cent.
The Times man witnessed the exe
cution of the law according to the let
ter in Jonesville one day this week.
Our good friend J. M. Gault had some,
plowing done in a potato patch. The
plowman left th<S plow stock standing
it the end of the furrow and with the
handles projecting over the sidewalk.
Along comes the street gang, and hav
tng had orders to clear away every
thing that projected over the street,
limbs and any other obstruction, these
faithful workmen sawed off the han
dles of the plow stock Just at the street
line. This left the plow stock, minus
Its handles, standing where it was left
by the plowman.
There is poetry In mourning colors.
Black typifies the solemn midnight
gloom, the total deprivation of light
and joy, occasioned by the loss of
friends. The Persians mourn in pale
brown, the color of withered leaves.
The Ethiopian* affect a grayish brown,
the color of the earth to which the
bodies of the dead return. In Syria
sky blue is the color of mourning, in
dicative of the assurance that the de
ceased has gone to heaven. Purple, the
mourning of kings, is said to be de
rived from the purple garment which
the Roman soldiers put upon Christ
when they mockingly hailed Him as
“king of the Jews."
The statistics of the Canadian de
partment of Immigration show that last
year 96,000 people passed over from
this country into the far western prov
ince, and this year the influx will ex
ceed 126,000. More than 8,000 thou
sand Americans entered Saskatchewan
alone during April. So great is the 1m
pour that in five years more it is be
lieved that Saskatchewan will produce
more wheat than Texas, and that in 15
years this province will be marketing
more wheat than is produced in the
entire United States.
The owner of a taxicab In Brooklyn
makes a good living by patrolling the
shore road every night for broken down
automobiles. He starts In about 11
o'clock and stays until daybreak. Par
ties that are stranded In the small
hours of the morning are glad to pay
almost any price for a .tow back to
town. It doesn't take long to get them
there, and then back goes the taxicab
for another fare. It la seldom that the
chauffeur Is not able to pick up five In
a night. _
Australians are chilling rather than
freezing their beef for export bo that
on the long voyage over to Britain it
may have a chance to ripen the only
way your English beefeater likes his
meat. Chilling means keeping the
dressed carcasses In a ship's hold Just
at not below the freezing point—32 de
grees. The carcasses are sterilized as
soon as the cattle are slaughtered and
the sterilizing process Is continued
throughout the voyage.
The recent rose show given In Paris
by the French Horticultural society
recalled the fact that the oldest rose
tree In the world is believed to be one
which growB on a wall of the cathe
dral at Hlldeshetm, Germany. Elev
enth century records make mention of
expenses incurred by caretakers of the
cathedral in maintaining this tree,
which covers the wall to a height of
25 feet and is 20 inches thick at the
root.
What Is the farthest limit to which
the human vision can reach? asks the
Strand Magazine. Power In his book.
"The Eye and Sight," gives the ability
to see the star Alcor, situated at the
tall of the Great Bear, ns the test. In
deed. the Arabs call it the test star. It
is most exceptional to be able to see
Jupiter’s satellites with the naked eye,
though one or two cases are recorded,
the third satellite being the most dis
tinct
There is a double sign In front of a
New York store In a cross street that
extends to a Jersey ferry that Is Intend
ed to catch trade coming and going.
On the west side of the sign are theso
words: "Stop In and Get Our Goods
and Leave Them Until You Are on
Your Way Home.” On the east side of
the sign Is this Injunction. “Don't For
get to Come in and Get the Goods You
Bought This Morning.”
Mr. Fisher of the United States geo
logical survey, says: "Few coals less
than 14 Inches thick are mined In u
commercial way in the United States,
but beds only eight Inches thick are
mined commercially abroad. The first
English royal commission on coal sup
plies, in 1871, fixed 12 Inches as the
mlnlumum workable thickness; how
ever, many separate beds eight and 1C
Inches thick are now worked commer
cially in England."
Mrs. Harborough Sherard, a Vir
ginia woman, who now lives In Eng
land, has formed an association ol
young people Interested In birds callec
the Uncle Dick society. The purpost
of the society Is to furnish food ant
water for wild birds, especially whet
provisions are scarce.
Russia is Decoming Interested It
hydro-electric power plants and Is ex
amining into the matter of electrlfylnt
suburban divisions of Its state railroads
An investigation Is being made of om
high tension transmission systems ant
It is probable that a new field will bt
opened for American engineers.
Fresh dead fish when sound should b<
■tlfr and have bright eyes, red gills ant
be fully scaled. All blood should bt
perfectly red and free from bad smell
Any slime should be clear and uncol
ored.
Canada imported $2,415,793 worth o;
paper and paper manufacturers frotr
the United States in 1908-09, agalns
$837,154 worth from Great Britain, ou
of a total Import of $3,651.318 worth.
Tea, coffee and cocoa Imports intt
the United States In 1909 amounted tt
$117,000,000, against^ $73,000,000 In 1S99
In 12 marriages out of every 100 ont
of the two has been married before.
A "laymen's missionary movement'
has been started in Ceylon.
Nearly 39,000 persons visited Shakes
peare's home In 1909.
Men on an average weigh 20 poundi
onore than women.
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NEBRASKA EGGS ARE
ODERIFEROUS CAUSE
OF PHILADELPHIA SUIT
Railroads Are Gruelled by Food
Commissioner for Selling
Decayed Product.
Phlladephla, July 28.—On the charge
of selling decomposed eggs that were
ihipped to Philadelphia from Nebraska,
William J. Wilson, freight claim agent
of the Philadelphia & Heading Hallway
company. Is under bail here for a hear
ing on Friday. The arrest was the con
tinuation of/a case In which a commls
ilon firm here was fined $200 for selling
bad eggs. The commission firm made
affidavit that It was acting for the
railroad company In the matter and
that it received only a commission in
the transaction.
Upon the arrival of the eggs here
from the west the firm to which they
were consigned refused to accept them.
With the eggs left on Its hands, It Is
charged, Wilson called In tfie commis
sion firm to dispose of them. Thirty
dozen of the eggs were purchased by
agents of the state food department
and many Were fbund to be unfit for
Dse.
Harry P. Cassidy, special agent ol
the state dairy and food department,
discussing the case, said:
"This Instance la only one Indication
of the custom of the railroads of work
ing off their damaged foodstuffs on the
public. The extent of the practice le
enormous. Not only are eggs which
have deteriorated in transit handed
over to commission merchants to sell
for what they can bring, but many oth
er kinds of perishable freight are dis
tributed by the railroads In their desire
to make up as far as possible for their
losses In having goods damaged in
transit.
“It Is our intention to break up this
abominable traffic In damaged, unfit,
unhealthy and dangerous foodstuffs
which are distributed, to be eaten by
the public, merely to relmbuse railroads
for losses for which they are entirely
to blame and which they must Inevita
bly expect In the railroad business.”
“OLD BLOCK HOUSE"
uolu mo m auuvcnm
Lyons, Neb., July 23.—The buttons
used this year for the pioneers' and
old settlers’ picnic to be held at Te
kamah tho last day of August, will
bear the picture of the "Old Block
House” which was erected In 1855 as a
protection against Indians. The build
ing has since been used for court house,
hotel and other purposes, and carries
the pioneers back in memory to the
earliest days of the county. Prizes will
Be awarded by the association to those
vlng and present on that day: First,
those who helped to build the old block
house; second, to those who were mar
ried in the building; third, to those
who were born In the building; fourth,
to any stage driver who drove when the
old block house was a way house be
tween Sioux City and Omaha.
NEBRASKAtylALIFIES
WITH $2 000 000 000
Assessment Exceeds Over
$400,000,000 on One-Fifth
of Beal Value.
Lincoln, Neb., July 23.—It is esti
mated that the total assessed value, or
one-fifth of the real value, of all the
property in Nebraska is $410,995,479
this year. This is an increase of $12,
099,660 over the total value of last year.
The returns from five counties in the
western part of the state have not been
received.
Of the estimated total increase only
$267,986 is on railroad property, and
this was for new lines completed dur
ing the year.
The totals of the different classes of
property have not yet been made up,
ao it is Impossible to ascertain whether
the greater part of the increase is on
lands or personal property.
WEB IS TIGHTENED
ABOUT WM. FLEGE
Ponca, Neb., July 23.—Woven so
tightly that escape seems impossible,
the almost perfect web of evidence,
which enmeshes William Flege, the
Itolid, phlegmatic German, charged with
the murder of his sister, Louise, or
June 30, grows dally more damning.
The shirt he wore on the day of the
crime has been found and splatters ol
blood stain the left arm and breast
He himself has identified the garment
but does not explain the blood spots.
It is assumed by officers that these
spots were made by the life blood oi
tho girl.
While it Is possible that the accused
bi other is the victim of a tight-linked
chain of circumstantial evidenco, such
as has sent many an innocent man te
prison. It must be acknowledged that
the mountain of evidence built up by
detectives now seems unsurmountable
When physicians were probing for the
bullets, which ended the girls’ life, ir.
the parlor of the farm home, on the
night of the day of the crime, William
and young Eichtencamp stood about
watching the grewsome operation with
staring, unfeeling gaze, until driver
from the room
The prisoner's activity In hunting tbt
guilty man, if he is, in fact guilty, must
be regarded as monumental indifference
or the most wonderful acting. As h<
drove about in his automobile he talked
intermittently of the crime and its per
petrator. First he said a tramp did It
This was disproved. Next he said a
man who lived 15 miles away, who once
killed his wife and three children and
was se.nt to an insane asylum for two
years, must have done it. It was
learned that he was plowing corn on
the day of the murder. Later he sug
gested it might have been done by a
young man who once wanted to marry
his sister but who went to the navy
When it was proven that this young
man was still in tho navy he was at
the end of his resources.
THEFT OF JEWELS IS
ADMITTED BY ACCUSED
St. Louis, July i).—That Joseph H.
Lucas, an electrical contractor, con
fessed to the theft of Jewels valued at
$G,000 from the residence of J. C.
Jones and implicated Mr3. Anna R.
Sholes, of L03 Angeles, who is being
held in Detroit, was the declaration of
Chief of Detectives Smith today. Jones
has gone to Detroit to claim the dia
monds which were recovered from Mrs. 1
Sholes. ,,... I
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WINNEBAGO INDIANS
HOLD POW WOW AND
INDULGE IN SPORTS
Celebration at Winnebago City
Attended by Members
of Many Tribes.
Winnebago City, Neb., July 21.—Be
ginning yesterday and prevailing at
least one week, If not two, the Winne
bago Indians are holding a big celebra
tion, or "pow wow” on the hill west ol
this place, within easy walking dis
tance of the city. The grounds are In
full view from the entire city and
cover about 40 acres.
This is the first Indian celebration
ever held right In Winnebago City, as
In years past it has always been held
at the "Flag Pole,” which Is located
about two or three miles east of town.
This year the "pow wow” Is being
pushed to success by the Winnebago
City Town company and proves to be
a much better celebration than has
ever been held heretofore by any In
Jlans In this part of the state.
Besides the Winnebago Indians,
many Indians from other tribes are
here to Join in the celebration. Among
the tribes represented are: Sioux, Sac
Santees, and Fox, Omah'as, Pottaw
atamles and Winnebago Indians from
Wisconsin.
Variety of Races.
During the week each; day there will
be dancing In full costume, true to the
customs now gone by, when the red
man occupied supremely this whole
country. There will be horse races,
pony races, foot races for Indian men,
boys and women, besides many other
sporty. There will be a shoe race,
which is very amusing and exciting.
In this race the Indians must run a
certain distance in their moccasins,
and then change their moccasions for
shoes, putting them on their feet as
rapidly as possible, and continuing the
race in the shoes for another distance,
to see which one can reach it first after
having changed his footwear.
Probably one of the most interesting
features will be the Indian baseball
game, tho Indians using laced clubs, as
bats.
Many people from all parts of the
United States have come to see this
celebration of the Indians, and more
are arriving each day. Winnebago
City is filled wltn tne tnrongs or visit
ors.
Brisk Ball Games.
The Winnebago Indian baseball team
Is planning to amuse the visiting pub
lic with a series of games. The Indians
have been taking the scalps from a
good many neighboring towns' baseball
teams and the games this week and
next will bo some fast ones. Most of
the team Is made up of the same play
ers that traveled last year as the Na
tional Indians.
A large steam merry-go-round and
a host of concessionists are on the
grounds. There Is no end to the amus
ing features of this celebration. It is
simply the biggest and grandest that
him ever been held.
The Mescal Bean eaters have a tent
for the specific purpose of their re
ligious feasts, composed of eating of
the “mescal bean,” and the rejoicing
after eating them. This Is a feature
which is the most curious of any part
of the celebration.
WINNEBAGO CITY COMPLETES
SYSTEM OF WATERWORKS
Winnebago City, Neb., July 21.—The
new system of waterworks, which has
seen in progress here for several weeks
past, is now nearly completed. The
reservoir tank stands on the hill east
Df town, with a power house. Water
mains are being laid all over the city,
and soon the system will be tried.
Much building is in progress all over
:he town.
FOUR ARE KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Muddled Orders Cause of Col
lision Resulting in Nine
Dead and Injured.
Belmont. Nob., July 21.—Shortly be
fore midnight last night Burlington
passenger train No. 36 collided with an
extra freight between here and Craw
ford, Neb.
Killed.
FIREMAN KENNAN.
THREE TRAMPS who were beating
their way.
The Injured.
Engineer McWade scalded badly.
Baggageman Baughman, both legs
broken and head and face cut.
Three Italians, cut and bruised, but
not dangerously Injured.
A misunderstanding of orders caused
the wreck. Both trains were running
at a fairly high rate of speed and the
locomotives were badly battered.
NEGRO IS WANTONLY
KILLED BY SOLDIER
Washington, July 21.—The authori
ties at Fort Myer. near this city, are
aiding the Washington police in an
effort to apprehend a soldier, presum
ably of the post, w ho last night shot
a negro on the bridge leading front
Georgetown to the fort. The negro
William P. Smith, is in a hospital in a
dying condition.
Apparently the attack upon the negre
was unprovoked. The soldier, who was
unknown to the negro's two com
panions, first struck his victim with
his fist, and then fired upon him as he
lay prostrate. Then the soldier fled.
The shooting Is ascribed to strong
racial feeling that has developed among
cnnin tha cnUlifira nt tlia
PRESBYTERIANS^ SECURE
HIGHLAND PARK COLLEGE
IVs Moines. In., July 21.—Negotia
tions have practically been completed
whereby Highland Park college, of this
city, will pass under the control of the
Dos Moines presbytery. It Is under
stood that the consideration is $200,000.
It is proposed by the Presbyterians tc
convert the institution into a technical
school.
NEGRO APPOINTED TO
FAT FEDERAL POSITION
Washington, July 21.—Whitfield
McKinlay a negro real estate agent ol
this city, has been appointed collector
of customs here. News of McKinlay’*
selection by President Taft was re
ceived here today from Secretary Nor
ton, at Beverly. McKinlay came tc
Washington front Charleston, S. C., in
1884. and has taken an active part It
politics.
FIGHTING BANKER
ROBBED BY PIOUS
CLERK IS WRATHY
Wine, Women and Song Eat
Into Earnings of Carnegie
Steel Crowd and Their
Men.
Pittsburg-, July 25.—Alexander R.
Peacock, who was one of Andrew Car
negie’s "boys,” had his private secre
tary, Albert H. Eames, arrested a few
Jays ago. Mr. Peacock personally ap
peared against Eames at the hearing
given him by Alderman John H. Mar
tin and charged him with Embezzling
89,000 worth of securities and $5,000 In
r-ash. Eames was held In $15,000 ball
for trial. The news of hi® arrest leaked
In the alderman’s qfflce todav.
It also became known that when Mr.
Peacock testified to Eames’ alleged
peculations he remarked, with a cer
tain bitterness:
“I am tired of employing psalm sing
ing men whom you naturally expect
will be honest. I would rather stack up
against a burglar or a highwayman;
then I would be on my guard.”
Elder in Church.
When Mr. Peacock first met up with
Us private secretary, Eames was an
>lder In the Tabernacle Presbyterian
phureh here and, later, was superin
tendent of the church Sunday school.
Andrew Carnegie found Peacock hard
working and capable. When the United
States steel corporation was formed
Uarnegle rewarded Peacock, Just as he
lid his other “good boys;” Peacock
found himself with a fortune of $16,
) 00,000, and he took Eames as his pri
vate secretary.
In his personal enterprises, Peacock
seems to have discovered reason to
suspect the honesty of Eames and some
ithers of his employes. The story goes
:hat he engaged detectives, who found
me young man whom he had trusted
mgaged In a game of draw poker with
several young women of winning ways,
rhe worst of it was that the employe
iad staked each young woman to $25 to
play against him; Mr. Peacock could
not see any possible way for his em
ploye to win. The detectives gained
>ther Information, acting on It, Mr.
Peacock, still according to the story’
fold and heard with much delight In
fhe clubs here, called each suspected
’lerk in his private office. He used
noral suasion, strongly reinforced.
A Word and a Blow.
"You will play poker with my money,
5h? Take that”—a punch in the nose.
'You will buy $260 sealskins with
noney you never earned, will you?
How does that hit you?”—a right
swing on the Jaw. And so on.
Mr. Peacock's arguments assured the
clerks that they had best seek other
employment. But, as the story con
tinues, Eames, after a while convinced
Mr. Peacock that he was really, truly
£ood, and Peacock reinstated him as
Ills private secretary.
Lately it appears Peacock discovered
that Eames has been speculating in
stocks with office money and going
Into other ventures in which he was a
certain loser. Peacock had Eames ar
rested. It is asserted that while the
iccusation against Eames charges him
with embezzling $14,000, this is only one
specific charge, and that his pecula
tions amount to $150,000. It is also said
that Mr. Peacock’s employes have
filched $500,000 in the last three years
md that some of them have fled the
city. _
MORMONS ESCORTED
TO GERMAN FRONTIER
Missionaries Will Not Be Al
lowed to Stay in Kaiser
Bill’s Domain.
Berlin, July 25.—Herr Dallwitz,
Prussian minister of the interior, on
recommendation of the political police,
aas signed orders for the expulsion of
11 Mormon missionaries, most of whom
ire Americans or Englishmen, and they
will be conducted to the frontier to
lay.
The missionaries had assembled from
various parts of Germany at the Mor
non headquarters on the East Side, to
meet Superintendent McKay, an
American, usually resident in Switzer
land. They were holding a service
when an agent of the political police,
who was seated in the audience, rose
and declared the gathering dissolved.
At the moment several members of
[he criminal police appeared and vir
tually took the congregation In cus
tody.
The women were asked to leave the
place, and the men were examined as
to their nationality. Those found to
be German subjects were released,
while the others were requested to ac
company the officers to the police pres
idency. There, after further examina
tion, they were permitted to go to their
lodgings to await the issuance of
writs for their expulsion.
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4 PAY FINES OF JAIL 4
4 BIRDS IN ORDER TO 4
4 GET HARVEST HANDS 4
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4 Georgetown, Ky., July 25.—A 4
4 novel method to save the wheat 4
4 crop of Scott county was resort- 4
4 ed to today when a number of 4
4 farmers appeared before the 4
4 county judge and paid the Fines 4
4 of ten prisoners in the jail in 4
4 order to get help to harvest the 4
4 crops. In several instances the 4
4 fines ran as high as $30. All of 4
4 the prisoners went willingly. 4
BRANDENBURG AGAIN
ACCUSED OF FORGERY
New York, July 25.—Broughton Bran
denburg, the writer, was Indicted today
by the grand jury for forgery In the
second degree, because of a check for
$50 on which he secured money a week
ago. Counsel was assigned to him on
his plea that he had no money. He was
committed to the Tombs to await trial.
VOTING ON BONDS.
Cleveland. Ohio, July 25.—Thiscityis
celebrating its 114th birthday today by
voting on a $2,000,000 bond issue to abol
ish grade crossings and a $250,000 bond
issue to build a tuberculosis hospital. A
nonpartisan campaign In favor of the
Issues was conducted.
TRUST HAS STRIKE.
New York. July 25.—Five hundred
employes of the Long Island City plant
of the American Sugar Refining com
pany went on strike today In sympathy
with the strikers at the Williamsburg
works. The police reserves have been
called out to prevent disorder.
ELEVEN PERISH IN
AWFUL EXPLOSION
OF AGON BREECH
Accident Occurring in Battery
of Fortifications Causes
Tragedy Full of
Horrors.
Fort Monroe, Va., July 22.—
Eleven artillerymen are dead, two
fatally injured and five others se
riously injured, including two offi
cers, as the result of the blowing
out of a breech lock in a 12-inch
shore gun at the De Eussy battery,
during the coast artillery practice
here to^ay.
Hie accident occurred while stu
dent officers were endeavoring to
sink a fleet of towed targets, rep
resenting an imaginary hostile
fleet proceeding toward Washing
ton. The battery was under the
immediate command of Sergeant
Harry Hess, of the Sixty-ninth
company, United States coast ar
tillery.
The dead are:
SERGEANT HARRY G. HESS,
of Phoebus, Va., gun commander.
CORPORAL CHARLES 0. AD
KINS, address unknown.
CORPORAL ALBERT BRAD
FORD, of Dorothy, W. Va., and
the following privates:
A. J. SULLIVAN, of Perkins,
Ky.
ROY DUFFY, of Kenova, W.
Va.
H. A. ADEY, Brandonville, W.
Va.
C. W. KING, Dayton, Ohio.
JOHN W. CHADWICK, Taze
well, Tenn.
ALFRED W. SMITH, New
York.
JUDD E. HOGAN, Geyer, Ohio.
JAMES H. TURNER, Ripley,
Tenn.
One private was blown into
Chesapeake bay with the breech
lock. Lieutenant Van Dusen suf
fered a broken leg and Lieutenant
Hawes was injured about the face.
Wives and children of several of
the men killed were present at the
target practice.
The accident occurred at 10:40
o’clock. The bodies of the artillery
men were terribly mangled. The
wounded were rushed to the fort hos
pital. The disaster was witnessed by
a number of prominent officers of the
army and navy who were here to see
the battle practice. The wives and
children of several of the men killed
were present and saw them meet a
terrible death.
EXPLOSION OCCURS IN
FORT TARGET PRACTICE
Washington, July 23.—A report to
the war department says eight men
were killed, two fatally Injured and
three others slightly Injured today at
the beginning of the coast artillery
battle practice at Fort Monroe. Va.
News of this fatal accident was sent
to Acting Secretary of War Oliver by
General W. H. Carter, assistant chief
of staff; who was at the fort.
General Carter’s telegram to Secre
tary Oliver was as follows:
. ‘‘Regret to report accident at com
mencement of student officers’ battle
practice. Two 12-inch guns from
probable premature explosions resulted
In the death of eight men. Two others
were fatally Injured. Lieutenant Van
Dusen’s leg was broken and three men
slightly Injured. Am Investigating and
h report will be submitted through
regular channels."
The accident Is supposed to have oc
curred within the coast artillery target
practice, In which shore batteries fired
upon a fleet of targets towed up
Hampton Roads. The shore guns were
to be engaged In battle practice with
the moving fleet which was supposed
to represent a hostile fleet sailing up
the Potomac to attack Washington. It
was planned to have five batteries of
10 and 12-lnch guns concentrate their
Are on the target fleet and demolish
It as quickly as possible.
Thirty officers who have recently
been graduated from the artillery
school at Fortress Monroe, were to be
In charge of the tests._
CORONATION OF KING
IS DULY PROCLAIMED
Heralds Announce That It Will
Take Place Sometime in
June, 1911.
London, July 23.—The picturesque
ceremony attendant upon the accession
of King George was re-enacted today
when the various officers of arms pro
claimed his majesty’s pleasure that the
coronation of the king and queen take
place in June, 1911, on a day to be
later determined.
Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, garter
king of arms, mounted the colonnade
of the friary court in St. James palace
and read the royal proclamation.
Grouped about him were the officers of
arms, the high bailiff of Westminster
and the life guards. The Duke of Con
naught and others of the royal family
looked on from Marlborough house.
The proceedings were repeated at
Charing Cross and at Temple Bar,
where admittance to the ancient city
of London was solemnly demanded, and
at the royal exchange._
BIG MOONSHINE STILL
IS FOUND IN ALABAMA
Nashville, Tenn., July 23.—A dis
patch from Anniston, Ala., says United
States revenue officers have returned
from Cleburne county after having de
stroyed one of the largest moonshine
stills located In years.
The still was in the home of Charles
Pessnell, one of the most prominent
candidates for sheriff, and who lacked
only 22 votes of receiving the nomina
tion. No arrests were made.
WM. FLEGE, BEHIND
PRISON BARS, VOWS
GRIME WAS NOT HIS
3n Evidence Given by Young.
Eichtencamp, Man With
Whom Victim Lived Is
Lodged in Jail.
Ponca, Neb., July 22.—Through the.
prison bars of the county jail at this
place William Flege. retfcent, stolid,
pale, showing plainly the effects of a
light In jail repeats: "l no killed
ier,” but will not discuss evidence. He
gas arrested yesterday, charged with,
'.he brutal murder of his sister Louise,
committed with diabolical cunning.
June 30. The illusive motive for the
crime, which has been lacking since
detectives began probing the mystery,
It is thought, has been found. Albert
Eichtencamp. the 18-year-old farm,
hand, under suspicion from the firsts
under the pressure of persistent ques
tioning yesterday made statements'
that the officers thought warranted the
first arrest No signed confession was<
made, but extracts of the statements
made by the boy are In the possession*
if C. A. Kingsbury, county attorney,,
if Dixon county.
Horrifying as It, the motive, that
the police say, Impelled the brother to*
>lay his sister, was that he wanted
her place filled by Miss Ida Hendricks,
his sweetheart, who it is said refused
to marry him while his sister kept
house. According to the statements*
made by young Eichtencamp, the
murder was committed a few minutes,
ifter dinner and was precipitated bjr
in argument before the meal. William
had purchased an automobile some
time before and had been running it
every available minute and often was*
jut late at night. When he tol<j his
lister that he was going to Dixon on
the afternoon of the murder, she told
him that he had "better stav home
plowing instead of running all over" ini
ills machine. This young Elchten
:amp, is alleged to have said, infuriat
ed William and high words followed.
Then he secured his revolver followed!
the girl out In the yard and deliberate
Sr killed her. Eiehtencamp says hot
ras threatened and ran to the barn,
and went to the field and worked as
usual. According to the program,
which William had made he reported
finding the dead body at 6 o’clock in
*.he evening.
People Kept in Dark.*
Though the statement of the farm
hand and the arrest of William was.
made at Wayne, no intimation of what
was going on was given to the people
»f the little city, who since early aft
ernoon had been gathering and talking
In excited groups. It was not thought
safe In the face of disclosures to keep
either young Eiehtencamp or William
Flege In Wayne over night. As clew
after clew have been run to earth only
to dissolve In the grasp, the finger of
suspicion has veered more and more
until It came to be accepted In the
pommunlty that William and Eichten
■-amp knew something or all about the
.ffalr. After William was arrested he,
vas taken to his home In an automo
lile, given time to change his clothes,
I’hence he was taken to Ponca and
odged In jail. In another machine
Eiehtencamp was also taken to Ponca,
vhere he will sleep In the sheriffs
louse and be kept under constant sur
reillance.
Officers from both Wayne-and Dixon
ounty have been working on the case
light and day as have also Detectives
Davenport and Smith. During the last
'ew days as the trial grew hot and’
,ertain persons were eliminated from
mspicion, the isolated farm home was,
:hronged with officers and every mo
nent consumed in asking questions.
Vbout a week ago young Eiehtencamp
ras put through the sweating process
tnd officers became confident that he
vas not telling all he knew. Yesterday
loon Sheriff Mears, of Wayne county,
vent to the house and before he left
.he boy had promised to tell the truth.
Some time later other officers arrived
it the house prepared to exhume the
>ody of the girl, but concluded to wait
intti Eichtencamp’s story had been,
earned. The entire afternoon was con
lumed in getting the hoy to tell his
itory. When he finished, he was In
tears and almost prostrated by fear.
According to Mr. Kingsbury “it came
to a point where eaoh was accusing the
ither, and the boy told to save him
lelf.”
Flege Helps Officers.
Every day since the murder was
sommitted William Flege has driven,
ifficers in his automobile all over the
fountry in his frantic effort to catch,
the murderer. No one more than he;
las seemed more anxious that justice;
je done. When it was proposed to ot
ter a reward he was only too glad to
pledge his part, and accordingly $1,500
was offered. On the day following the
irime, when reporters visited the scene,,
(hough it was dark and the sepulchral
lilence about the lonely farm op
pressed, William asked first of all if
they would like to see the body and-.;
pffered to pilot the way.
The murder of the German girl was
one of the most baffling which Nebras
sa officials have been called upon to
unravel. The scene is nearly seven
allies from Wayne and almost a mile
from the traveled road. She kept,
house for her brother. Young Eicli
tencamp had been at the house srtice
the middle of March. June 30 the three
sat down to dinner at the farm home.
Shortly afterward, according to the
stories first told the authorities, Will
iam drove away in his automobile, took
in his brother Fred and proceeded to,
Dixon. The farm hand went to the
field and, returning at 6 o’clock, found
the body lying in the front yard guard
ed by Bruce, a large dog. A bullet had
entered the back of her head, fired so
close that it set fire to her sunbonnet;
another entered her right breast, went
downward under the skin to the fifth,
rib. shattered that bone and lodged in.
the spine. Ei^ntencamp took his time
and called up Fred Flege, a mile away,
and told him something was the matter
with Louise, neglecting to say that she,
was dead. William was found at the
Hendricks home and walked across the
fields to the house instead of coming
In his machine, which he said was be
ing washed.
Officers say that William Flege and"
young Eiehtencamp have been under
observation every minute since the
crime and that suspicion has always
pointed in their direction.
Held Tramp Theory.
A tramp had been seen in the com
munity the day before, and a theory
was 30on formulated that he had com
mitted the crime. The tramp was found
but cleared himself. This left the au
thorities in the dark, as no possible
motive could be adduced, for It was
learned that lust did not prompt the
crime.
Since the arreet of their brother,
Henry and Fred Flege maintain a rigid;
silence except to say they want Justice
done, no matter who is guilty. The
German neighborhood is stirred deeply.