SAYS AFFECTION IS NOW DEAD Claimant in Ktal Mystery Re- my. REFERS TO ASTiOS ID COURT. Says Life Ruined Through Their Ac tier. Gave Sister Money That He Plar.nrd to Use in Making Himself Home. Hi. Louis, I'Vb. 19 Andrew J. White, kiniitnt in the Kimmel mystery case, why on Irial in the United States dis trict court, renounced Mrs. Estelle Kimmel and her daughter, Mrs. Edna rkn.-'.Ht, inether and sister of the jiii.;'n;; George A. Kimmel, as his mult r and sister. 'Trese women are no longer my w.ther and sister," the claimant said. "1 moan of course that they are my Wood relations, but I feel no kinship for them. "Our relationship Is dead, dead as a noor nail. It was killed by their ac tions towards me In this litigation. "I am against them from now on. 1 w'll see this thing through. I will ftgtit their case In every way I can. I Jeol no filial affection for mother and no brotherly Interest in Edna. "I was engaged to the loveliest girl in Michigan, and would have married her bur. for Edna, who was sick and 1 Have my sister the money I had saved t be married on Had it not been tor that I might have been an honored uuii now instead of an outcast, alleged imposter and hated by scores." ITio claimant referred to Mrs. Har riot Marston of Canton, 0., who Is ex pected to be a witness for the defense tkta week. She was Harriet Beason ol Jfilcs. Mich., and George A. Kimmel ' "kept company" with her. Che defense in the case, an lnsur nee company of New York, Is mar tAnHing its witnesses. Mrs. Mabel Wnloy T.ardner, one of the strongest iwpportcrg of the claimant; her hus band, William P. Lardner, and the Rev. Cordello Herrick, former chap lain of the Auburn prison, where White was confined, are the witnesses ttat have arrived. Mrs. Lardner said she felt no doubt that the man was the missing cashier of the Farmers' State bank of Arkan sas City, Kan. The claimant greeted fie Lardners and chaplain profusely. STRIKERS BLAME WOOL DUTY Leader Declares Textile Trust Op presses Its Employees. Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 19. Assert iBg the "great influence of the wool fcrnst has been used to poison the minds of the public" against the strik ing mill operatives who have been ' forced to send their children to other titles rather than have them starve," William Yates, chairman of the strik es' executive committee, explained vrtiy the little ones had been sent away. "It may seem a broad statement to Hako," said Chairman Yates, "but nevertheless it Is true that the per nicious influence of the wool trust which was able to get a 'protective' tariff it wanted, has again been brought Into play in practically gag wag the press of Massachusetts. This textile trust has been able so to dis tort facts as to reflect only discredit on these helpless foreigners whom It imported here to work at low wages. No child has been sent from Lawrenco without the full consent of its par ents." FRANK GARDNER ARRESTED Charged With Conspiracy In Connec tion With "House of Mystery." New York, Feb. 19. Former State Senator Frank J. Gardner of race track legislation fame, who was arrested and tocked up charged with conspiracy to Kftin control of the half million dollar ewtate of Samuel E. Haslett, an aged rocluse, through a power of attorney, wfclch Haslett is alleged to have re pudiated, was released on $3,000 ball. Gardner, who a year ago was acquit ted of a charge of attempting to bribe State Senator Foelker, In connection with the antl race track legislation In Uila state !n 1908, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. George II. Deck er, who In a remarkable story of the ,loged plot to'd to Magistrate Kemp nor, Involved Gardner In the case, also twftl be examined today. Decker, who wfw employed as nurse for Haslett wtooti the elderly recluse was taken ill Ifvya weeks ago In his "house of mys tery" In Brooklyn, Is in Jail. Haslett s reported In a serious condition. Five Years for Highway Robbery. lansan City, Feb. 19. Fred H. Ifolmer, who says he once was a bank director and wealthy, and who re oetly pleaded guilty to a charge of highway robbery, was sentenced to were five years in the state peniten ts?. On Jan. 20, Helmer walked Into a fruit store and, pointing an empty revolver at the proprietor, Becured what change there was In the money ffrawer. He pleaded hunger had drlv i htm to the crime. Black Hawk Survivor Dies, lendlve, Mont., Feb. 19. Paul II. Nifwlces, aged ninety nine, believed to fcre been the only survivor of the Wick Hawk war, died here of pneu Mia. He formerly lived at Winona, ARCHDUKE JOSEPH. Austria's Future Emperor, Who Will Visit United States, And Bride of a Few Months. HE'LL TOUR THE WORLD Emperor Franz Joseph's Grandnephew to Go on Long Trip. Vienna, Feb. 10. Archduke Charles Fiancis Joseph, who one day. may be come emperor king of Austria-Hungary, will start next month on an ex tended journey through Asia. He w'.ll probably complete the circle of the globe and return by way of the Unit ed States. PITNEY MAY GET PLAGEON BENCH Chancellor ol Kev Jersey Said i Be President Choice, Washington, Feb. 19. Mahlon Pit ney, chancellor of the state of New Jersey, member of congress for two terms, a lawyer and Jurist of thirty years' practice, looms up as the inun who President Taft will appoint to the supreme court bench to succeed the iate Justice Harlan. Among friends of the president it was reported as practically cetrain that Chancellor Pitney would be appointed, and the nomination, according to excellent authority, will be sent to the senate tomorrow. Following protests against Secretary Nagol. Chancellor Pitnty has been un der consideration by the president.who is understood to believe the appoint ment will not be opposed in the senate. TELEGRAPlTuNE UNCOVERED Box Butte Assessor's Query Leads to Small Discovery. Lincoln, Feb. 19. A discovery made by the assessor at -Alliance promises to uncover some property that has es caped taxation in the past. The Dar lington road Is the only one In the slate which has reported telegraph lines as belonging to the company, aud the assessors on the strength of this have gone on the assumption that all the telegraph lines on that system belonged to the company. The Alli ance assessor heard that some of the lines there belonged to tho Western Union, and wrote to Henry Seymour, secretary of tho board of assessment. Mr. Seymour called on the physical valuation department of the railway commission and learned that a major portion of the telegraph lines Into Alli ance belonged to tho Western Union. He took a memorandum of the figures and sent them to the assessor and will go through the report to ascertain If tho same condition obtains on other portions of the Burlington. If It does the property will be reported to the local assessors. Unearth Boneg of Child. McCook, Neb., Feb. 19. While dig ging a ditch on one of Senator J. F. Cordeal's farms In Driftwood precinct, this county, the tenant, Fred Swartz, unearthed the bones of a little child, wrobably a year old or less, burled In a dry goods hox about a foot below the surface. Only the larger boneg and tome hair remained of tho little body thus buried by unknown hands at some early date In the history of this county. Good Time Awaits Retailers. Omaha, Feb. 19. The commltteo In charge of the entertainment for tho Federation of Nebraska Retailers, which holds Its annunl convention In Omaha on March 12, 13 and 14, have arranged a program that will keep the Nebraska merchants busy from the tlmo they reach tho city. Meningitis Death at Council Grove. Council Grove, Kan., Feb. 19. Miss Edna Snider, who was stricken a few days ago with cerebrospinal menin gitis, died here. Miss Snider was twenty years ago. k 5 fc j i ... -2: I I ' IV .J Nf The Wives of Pine Flat A New Version of an Old Roman Legend By F. A. MITCHELL o There were two settlements anions the Nevada silver mines lu which from the first was a rivalry. These were the Quartz Gulch and the Pine Flat kj ple. Both were n bad lot. The Quarts Gulehers bad one good man among them, while the Pine Flatters were all bad. The good man at Quartz Gulch wasn't good because he was naturally inclined that way, but because he own cd property in tho Gulch that he would like to make valuable, and ho was pre vented from doing so by the reputa tion of the town. No one would Invest money there, no one would even come there to Investigate. Pete Wllklus, this so called good man of Quartz Gulch, sat down one day for a job of thinking with a view to find ing somo way to better the morals of his fellow citizens, lie considered the feasibility of shutting off their liquor supply, or corrallng all the weapons In the settlement under lock and key, of liKlucIng an evangelist to come among thetu and impregnate them with reli gious principles. It didn't seem to Mr. Wilkins that any of these plans were feasible. At last Wilkins got down to the foun tain head of all refinement woman. If he could only get some respectable wo men In tho camp he believed they would act as a palliative upon the men and eventually bring about a butter state of morals. The first difficulty was to find the women, tho second to get them to the Gulch nud the third to keep them there long enough to pene trate the outside coating of villainy and get a hold on the men's better nature. He didn't uilud the disappointment the women would experience lu expecting to secure husbands nud homes, but he didn't like to be put In for a failure It occurred to him to Interest the men In his project. There would be no dif ficulty in securing their approval of bringing in tho women. The trouble would be to Induce them to behave la such a fashion as to Induce their more delicate partners to remain. He called a meeting of the citizens and thus ad dressed them. "Pards, I been thlnkln' o' some way o' clttiu' the better o' them galoots down on the flat, and I think I've hit the nail square on the head. I'm goin to send for n carload o' the best look In' and most respectable women to be found In the east to be sent out here to beautify the town." There was a yell of approbation, and the orator continued: "What we want Is decent homes. and you can't make a home without u woman in It. All I'm afeard of is that If we Induce j;nd women to come In and start homes for us you feller:' "II scare 'em away." fries of "We won't! fry us!" 'Bring 'em on and see!" A collection v;is taken up, and a :nf llcienl sum was raised for the purpose. The scheme was popular both because of the coming of the fair sex and lop plus the Inhabitants of Pine Flat. Pete Wilkins was appointed a committee of one to carry out the project and nt once opened up a correspondence with a society called the Helping Hand In an eastern city, and arrangements for a first shipment of young women who needed homes were made. If those reported favorably on their reception and the prospects before them another shipment was to follow. The probability Is that all would have worked well bad It not been that cer tain citizens of the town were so puffed np with pride at their prospective out doing of Pine Flat that they must needs crow over their rivals before their chickens were hatched. When It wns learned by those of the Flat that tho Gulehers were going to have a cargo of women scut out from tho east there was a feeling among the latter that something must be done. Various propositions were made to see this In novation and go their rival one better, but they were cither Impracticable or absurd. One stupid churl suggested that they send for a cargo of monkeys; another that a number of wax figures In the show windows of city stores be bought up and placed In tho windows of the shnutles. suggesting tho presence of a housekeeper. Ono suggestion was received with t howl of delight. Aaron Skinner, wh before going to the bad had tnngh. school, thus spoke to a crowd of his fellow citizens who wcro Mounting the question: "It seems to me." he said, "that by blabbln' tho Gulehers have given us an advantage over 'em. What we want to do Is flrHt to lay our plan and then shoot any ono of our number w see heading for the Gulch, so that ho can't give It away. There was once a lot of fellers who started a town they named Rome. Not far off wn.s another town, the people of which were called Sablnes. The Romnns were ns bad off for want of women as we or the Gulehers. but the Sablnes bad plenty of 'em. The Romans Invit ed the Sablnes with their wives and daughters to a blowout, and nt a sig nal the Romans picked up the women and run 'em off. Now, what 1 propose Is to go out and meet these gals that's coming to the Gulehers before they git to the end of the journey aud run 'cm Id here." Judging from the cries of approba tion that met this proposal, the school master 'Sid touched u resionsive chord. A hundred pistols were flourished to shoot any mau who gave the scheme away. The proposer agreed to get himself posted as to the route, and the time ot arrival of the women In the nelghUirhoud. and volunteers were forthcoming to watch the territory be tween the Flat and the Gulch to make sure that the secret was not trans milted. Deadhead station so called from the fact that no man who boarded a train there would pay his fare wns the point of junction between Quartz Gulch and the railroad. The station was fifteen miles from tho Gulch and ten miles from the Flat. The school master rode over and learned from the telegraph operator the day and hour the women would arrive. Their train would reach the station nt 0 o'clock In the morning. At 3 o'clock tho same morning a company marched rrom the i- mt escort ing several empty wagons to a station on the railroad six miles farther east than Deadhead. When the train drew up nt the platform n committee pur porting to bo Gulehers went aboard the train and politely Invited the la dies to alight, stating that they had decided to take them off thero In stead of Deadhead. Tho women iui mediately gathered their belonglugs and left the train. Thero were twen ty of them, and they tilled the wagons thnt had been brought to carry them to Pine Flat, whither they were escort ed by the citizens of thnt place. When the train arrived nt Deadhead without Its precious freight aud the Gulehers learned how they had been tricked their fury was like that of n raging prairie fire. They held n con ference, nt which for half an hour all talked nt once, thus losing half nn hour By the time they were ready to listen to reason it was evident that tin property would arrive In the enemy's camp long before the Gulehers could get there and tho Flatters would have abundant time to plan a dofouse. Wil kins. who saw that they had boeu out witted beyond hope of recovery, coun seled u return to their Hhaiitles and sending for another carload of the snme kind of freight. Ho contrived to bring enough of the men to his way of thinking to render It impossible for the rest to recover the women by force The disappointed men returned to the Gulch, some cursing tho mismanage ment of thoso In chargo of the affair, some swearing vengeance on the Flat ters, whllo one crusty old fellow who had been married, but had gone west to escape from a termagant wife, said they didn't know when they were well ofT. Wilkins set himself energetically nlout getting n new shipment, but the eastern parlies who had made the con signment would do nothing further till they .had heard from the women who hud already been sent. The reports they mnde were ut first not renssuring At least the consignors looked upon the carrying off of tho women by those for whom they were not Intended ns In dicative of n very wild social condi tion and wrote Wilkins that they would take no further steps as to future con sigiimcuts. When this communication wns re ceived tho men of Quartz Gulch, who were called together to hear It read, re solved, every one, to march ngaimt ih -lr enemies and either get the wom en or die. Six weeks had elapsed, nnd, though the distribution of twenty wo men as partners for more than a hun dred men came very near breaking up the settlement. It was finally left to the former to choose their mates, which they did. nnd soon the women were all married. They did not know till the last wedding had taken place that they were enptured property. But this made no difference to them. In deed they rather admired their hus bands for their enterprise. But one day a citizen of tho Flat came galloping Into town shouting, "Tho Gulehers are coming!" Every nblebodled man, somo with rifles, the rest with revolvers, were marching on tho town. The Flatters had at first looked for this Invasion and prepared themselves for It, but after so long nn Interval it was unexpected. The long roll was beaten, or, rather, a big dinner bell was rung In tho center of tho town, the signal thnt had been agreed on six weeks before when tho robbery had been perpetrated. On tho arrival of the enemy tho defenders of Pine Flat, or, rather, of the twenty wives within It. were drawn up In battle array, and ns soon as tho former were wltbln shoot ing distance the fight began. But a few had fallen, and they only wounded, when the wives ran out and, rushing In between the hostile lines, forced tho contestants to cense firing. 1 hen they told the men who had come for them that they were married, were already engaged In beautifying their homes and that nothing would Induce them to lenvo their husbands The Gulehers, they said, might ns well go bnck home, for even If they conquered tho women would not go with them Wllklus said he thought he could draw off his men If tho women would prom ise to write such accounts of their sit uation ns would Induce a new bevy to come out to Quartz Gulch. This the Indies ngreed to do, nnd tho enemy mnrcbed away. In due time another consignment ar rived ticketed for the Gulehers, nnd. fearing another rnld upon their proper ty, the latter marched under cover of tho night to a statlou where they were quite sure they would find their yet unseen wives. But their enemies scorn ed to be plgglsh-lndeed, they had no need to be, for they bad arranged for a shipment on tbelr own account. The Gulehers' load arrived safely, and both Quarts Gulcb and Pine Flat are now eculnoDljy respectable places. WOODMEN TO MAKEPROTEST Insurgent Meeting at Minneapo lis Cmras Scon. MANY LQD3EG TAKE ACTIO. Plans on Foot to Compel Withdrawal of Proposed Modern Woodmen Rate Raise or to Form a Separate Or ganization. Minneapolis, Feb. 19. Officers at the national Woodmen assembly, re cently organized here to protest the so called Mobile bill adopted at tho recent meeting of the Modern Woodmen of America, aro hastening preparations for tho "Insurgent" con ventlon which is to bo" held here Feb. 22. According to Dan E. Rlchter, one ol tho locnl members of tho insurgent faction, the meeting probably will last three days. Scores of telegrams and public let ters have been received from camps In all parts of the country announcing that delegates will attend tho meeting, and Professor Nathan Bornstein of the Omaha high school, who heads the Ne j braska contingent. Is expected here today. According to leaders of the faction action will be taken nt the meeting to compel the withdrawal by the Wood men heads of the Mobile bill, which, they .clare, makes the rntes too high nnd to have the courts act on the measure, or to form a separate organ! zatlon. BLOOD FLOWS AT CONVENTION First Texas RepubUctnB Fight Over Local Candidates. Greenville, Tex., Feb. 19. With blood streaming down his face from wounds received In a fight lu which at least six men wero felled with chairs and pistols were drawn, Adam S. Bowman, chairman of the First dls- trict Republican convention, finally made his yclle for "order" heard and the body proceeded to work. This was not the last of the vio lence, however, for later when Dr. Z. D. Massey, former congressman nnd nominated for thnt office by one fac tion, attempted to make a speech, the table on which he was standing was jerked from under him. His opponents then gave vent to their wrath by smashing tho table. Congressman Sam Sells was op posed for renomination by Massey. A semblance of order finally was re stored and two conventions were held! on the spot, one renominating Sella,"""' "" . ....... nnd the other naming Massey. nn(h ment. 1 ho case first was affirmed by conventions Indorsed President Taft ! ff t,on of law. b,,t reversod on r" for renomination. hearing. PINCHOT QUITS LA FOLLETTE Says Wisconsin Senator's Course Falli of Purpose. Washington, Feb. 19. Clifford Pin cliot in a signed statement announces h'i has withdrawn his support from S; nator La Follette's presidential can didacy and that ho will hereafter ad vocate the nomination of Theodore Itooseve'.t. Mr. pinchot says that tl (-vents of the last month have mnde M.arcnt that Senator La Follette's cnndldacy will neither hold the pro ;essive Republicans together as a lighting force nor prevent the nomi nation o' "a reactionary Republican "The course which the senator has elected to purine," says Mr. Pinchot, "will not keep the progressives to gether, and In that course I cannot fol low him." Weather Man Predicts Rain This Week Washington, Feb. 19. Moderate weather Is expected to prevail this wck, a'thongh It Is probable that colder weather may be felt in the northwest, according to the wenther bureau's bulletin. The next general storm to cross the country will, pre vail to the north Pacific coast tomor row nnd Wednesday, the middle west about Thursday. The precipitation will he mostly rnln. although snow Is like ly In northern states enst of the Rocky mountains. Gomez Issues Manifesto. San Antonio, Feb. 19. Emlllano Vasquez Gomez Issued a manifesto ac cepting the provisional presidency of Mexico. Ho subscribes to the plan of Tacubaya, which he says was written whllo he wns an exile In a foreign land. He reiterates that he has taken no part In the present affairs of Mex Ico except to write to the press nnd a few friends In America. Italians Map Out Plan of Campaign. Tripoli, Feb. 19. General Canevo, commander In chief of tho Itallnn ex peditionary forces In Tripoli, who hns been on a visit to Romo for the pur pose of consulting with the govern ment, hns returned hero nnd resumed command. Gencrnl Canevo left here for Rome on Feb. 4 and returns with a cnrcfully mnpped out plun of cam paign. Oklahoma Hermit Slain. Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 19. Robert Steer, a farmer who lived alone near Chimney Rock, twelve miles south of Muskogee, was murdered and robbed In his home. A posse with bloodhounds fnlled to find any clow to the mur derer. Steer was supposed to have kept considerable money about the place. JUSTICE UNNIK6, United States Circuit Court Judge, Now Dead, Who Was to Try Steel Trust SIGNED STATEMENT FOUGHT BY DEFENSE Question h Kildnt! Murder Trial Under Aftisemsnl. Davenport, la., Feb. 19. Whether a signed statement mado by Mrs. Anna KUduff on the evening of the niurdor of her husband should be admitted oa oviilonno u'na tabnn ntwlui ntlvtunmnnf by jll(Jso Thcophllus. It Is claimed by U)0 d(lfel)He tnat Mr8 KUduff waa taUcn from lno houae ot detention la the night time to police hendquartora nnd m,rromidod by half a dozen offl- cer8 nnd th(? C0Unty attorney and hla assistant and made to nnswer quea- tlon8 nn., Innkp a utateinent. the full purport of which she did not realise. .The state claims the woman mnde th I statements freely and that no ono per , Buaded her to do so. TRIAL BEGINS AT NEWTON Earl Lindsay Charged With Assault on Colfax Girl, Newton, la., Feb. 19. The trial of Earl W. Lindsay on a charge of as sault nllegcd to have been committed In November, 1908, on Grace Hopkins of Colfax, began today. "Lindsay was coqvlcted, but appealed fr.,m hn Jiwlirmdnt et llfA tmnplflnll. i.inusay waa manager or me ieie phono company at Prairie City, nnd It is said he was .passing through Colfax in nn automobile nnd Grace Ilopklnn, then eight years old, asked him for a ride. She claims he assaulted her in a field about a mile from Colfax. Llndsny formerly had lived nt Col fax, and it Is asserted he was ae qunlnted with tho girl. He Is engaged in the automobile business In Pea Moines, MAY SUCCUMB TO DOG BITES Bulldogs Attack Six-Year-Old Dubuque Boy While Coasting. Dubuque, In . Feb. 19. While coast ing the six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Foster was mangled about the legs nnd shoulders by two bulldogs. The child Is unconscious and may die. The attack Btartod In play ns the boy was moving down hill on a sled and the animals became vicious. Nearly All for Taft In Wapello County. Dos Molncs, Feb. 19. Reports from Calhoun and Wapello counties glv President Taft majorities In the coun ty conventions to be held soon. In the former county the president will hnvo ninety-two out of 150 delegates, while in the latter twenty township precincts Instructed fifty-seven delo sates for Taft, leaving three antl-Taft md three others doubttful. Fire Risk Prevents Tabernacle Use. Red Oak, la., Feb. 19.- After con ptructlng a tabernacle with the aid of citizens who contributed their ser vices, Rev. J. S. Hamilton and those who are assisting him In revival meet ings are holding services In the arm ory until word Is received from the In surance companies In regard to tho increased Are risk caused by the build ing's erection. The city council gavo permission for Its erection, but tho ministers do not wish to use It If by so doing tho Insurance of adjoining prop erty will bo affected. P.eport Is Now Ready. Rock Rapids, la., Feb , 19. After e'eveu months' work L. A. Wilkinson, tho expert accountant who was em ployed by the supervisors to go over )io books of tho county. Is now ready to make his report. It Is said there nro many dlscrepnncles. Develop Potarh Resources. Washington, Feb. 19. To develop more thoroughly the fertilizer and pot ash resources of tho United States, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has ordered tht resumption at Reno, Nev., of a government laboratory whore nat ural material supposed to contain pot ash will be examined without cost , . , ... ' 1 I