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Loup City Northwestern \ . -- -_-- - - ✓ VOLUME XXVILOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , APRIL 1, 19011 NUMBER 21 AS TOLD IN A E A BOILING DOWN OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY. MENTIONED IN SMALL SPACE ‘ The Busy Reader Can Absorb in a Few Moments a Good Deal of Information. Foreign. Twenty-two death sentences passed \ipon political prisoners were con firmed at St. Petersburg by tbe su preme military court. Fifteen of these were convicted of an attempt to escape from the Irkutsk prison, when a prison guard was killed. Prince von Buelow's coalition of the conservative-liberal and radical par ties apparently reached a fatal crisis over the scheme of financial reform. In the reichstag Herr? von Normann.' the conservative leader of the floor, informed the leader of the national liberals. Herr Bassermann, that the «-onservatives were reform without considering where they would get a majority. King Victor Emmanuel reopened the Italian parliament with the cus tomary ceremonies. The king and queen, accompanied by the roynl princes, drove from the quirinal to the senate building, where they were enthusiastically greeted by 400 depu ties and 300 senators. There is no likelihood of Emperor William and Theodore Roosevelt meeting in the Mediterranean in April, as Mr. Roosevelt, on board the steamer Admiral, will be in the neigh borhood of Aden, at the southern end of the Red sea. when Emperor Wil liam goes on board the imperial yacht Hohenzoilern at Venice. In view of the assertions made in the British house of commons that Germany in the spring of 1912 would have seventeen warships, all of them of the big gun type, the navy depart ment authorizes the statement that in the autumn of 1912 Germany will have thirteen such vessels. The government of Greece is still probing into the situation growing our of the recent riot upon its subjects at South Omaha. Minister Cora Mela at Washington has sent a personal representative of the kingdom to Omaha. * t General. George B. Cortelyou. ex-secretary of the treasury, was elected president of the Consolidated Gas'company of Xew York. Denial was made that the oil para graph in the tariff bill was intended to aid the Standard. Near Henrietta, Okla., twenty dep uty sheriffs and a hundred negroes engaged in a pitched battle. Austria seems bent on having a brush with Servia. The senate will be ready to report a tariff bill as soon as the bouse acts on the Payne measure. At Oaxaca, Mex.. the recent earth quake cracked the walls of the ceme tery and exposed the bodies of many victims of the cholera epidemic of JOUi. Tlie Missouri house pushed the 2 cent mileage rate hook bill to en grossment. The measure requires railroads to sell mileage books good for 500, 1,000 and 2.000 miles at a rate of 2 cents a mile. President Taft accepted an invita tion to attend the Mecklenburg cele bration at Charlotte. N. C. Gov. Dickerson of Nevada has signed the Tallman hanking act, the mining inspector bill, the anti-gam bling bill and the juvenile court bill. E. H. Harriman has gone to Paso Robles to take the baths at the hot springs. He is bothered with rheum atism. There is a movement on foot to consolidate the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis as one metropolis. The Illinois legislature is still vot ing without result in the senatorial contest. Portland, Ore., has a scheme for placing all saloons under one owner ship. The death is announced at Berlin of Prof. Alfred Messell, the well known German architect, aged 56 years. Mrs. Pierre Lorillard. jr.. wife of the tobacco magnate, tired of the so ciety swirl, suicided in Washington by asphyxiation. Major Francis P. Fremont, Fifth United States infantry, son of the “Pathfinder,” is to be dismissed from the army as a result of his conviction by court-martial In Cuba on the charge of insubordination. Much is now doing hi a political way in Nebraska, in view of the near approach of city and town elections. Col. William Lamb, aged 73, soldier, lawyer, editor, merchant and politi cian. died at Norfolk. Va. He was best known as the “Hero of Fort Fisher.” Roosevelt gave notice'before leav ing for South Africa that ft would be absolutely useless for anyone to write to him during his absence. United States Senator Dixon of Montana declares positively that the Flathead reservation will be opened for settlement the latter part of July or the first of August this year. Mme. Helene Modjeska is reported as gradually growing weaker. The Spanish government has ar ranged with a British syndicate to I build a new Spanish navy and an ar senal. Chairman Payne talked four hours fn explanation of his tariff bill. A balloon journey from the Pacific to Atlantic oceans, across the T'niteri States, has been practically assured for the near Suture. Charles Stintson is dead as a result of hazing by fellow students at the White school in ladianapolis. Executive and legal representatives of railroads operating in Missouri will immediately take steps to attack at law the 2-eent passenger fare laws of Illinois and Iowa. Battling Nelson, the lightweight pu gilistic champion of the world, will fight Jimmy Britt in Australia some time next fall. * Rates from Buffalo to New YorK on grain for export have been cut from 5.H to 4 cents per bushels. This re duction follows a protest made by the New York Produce exchange. The growing tendency toward big ger and more formidable navies shown by the leading nations of Eu rope. and now by the Vnited States, was denounced by Andrew Carnegie at the international peace festival. Street car holdup men have again commenced operations in Omaha. Territorial officers of New Mexico have been ordered to stay away from Washington unless they have busi ness there. If congress desires the decennial census taken next year. Director North of the census bureau wants S14, 000,000 to defray expenses. The Coopers, father and son. on trial in Nashville. Tenn., for killing Senator Carmack, were found guilty and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. Col. Fred L. Jeltz, the Kansas negro editor, was declared insane by the probate judge of Shawnee county. Former Representative James E. Watson of Indiana, who lost his fight for the governorship, has been offered' and has declined the governorship of Porto Rico and the ministership to Cuba. Five lieople were killed and a score more were injured and many were overcome by an explosion of gas in the Sunnyside mines at Evansville, lnd. Chief Engineer Herschell Main of the navy, retired, died in Washington, aged 63 years. Washington. Several important changes affecting the personnel of the interior depart ment were announced by Secretary Ballinger. Joseph R. Webster of Ne braska was appointed an assistant at torney in the office of the secretary at a salary of $2,750. Fred H. Bar clay of Wyoming was promoted to be assistant attorney in the office of the assistant attorney general at $2,50o per annum. The plan for the consolidation of work in the various navy yards form ulated by former Secretary New berry will be upheld by the present admin istration at least until it has been thoroughly tested by experience. The last remaining'vestige of the Roosevelt order taking marines off the battleships and cruisers of the I’nited States navy was swept away when President Taft, after the mat ter had been considered at a cabinet meeting, directed that an order be issued restoring the marines to exact ly the same duties they had per formed prior to their being ordered ashore. The new bank guaranty 13W of Kansas was the subject of a confer ence at the White house today when Senators Curtis and Bristow of that state called upon President Taft. The attorney general has asked Wade H. Ellis of Ohio to continue in his present position of assistant to the attorney general, and it was of ficially announced that he had agreed to do so. Cuba will produce about 1,400.000 tons ot sugar this season weather, ac cording to Consul General Rogers a Havana. He is inclined to diseredi" the low estimates of probable yield in the crop, despite the fact that rains in the eastern liajf of the island have given the belief that the sugar pro duction would be curtailed. Former Governor Hill of Maine, act ing chairman of the Republican na tional committee, announced at the White House that the headquarter'; of the committee in Washington would be abandoned after this month and continued in Chicago with Secre tary Hayward. in the distribution of committee assignments among the senators the west gets a measure of recognition which nobody dreamed would go to it. and a good deal of the eredit it; given to Senator LaFollette and Bur kett. Personal. Ex-President Castro of Venezuela, is on his way to Bordeaux to sail for South America. John Newton Drummond, million aire tobacco manufacturer, died at his home in Alton, 111., of a series ol’ apoplexy strokes. It is likely that President Taft will be asked to arbitrate in the coal min ers' difficulties. The Nebraska delegation in con gress is in a stew over the demand for free lumber from their constitu ents. Congressman Kinkaid will urge the retention of duty on hides. Western senators are elated over committee assignments. Willie Whilta. the kidnaped Sharon, Pa., boy was restored unharmed to his father at Cleveland. Director North wants $14,000, OOP to take the next census. Roosevelt expects to be gone about fifteen months. Chairman Payne spoke four hours in explanation of his tariff bill. W. J. Bryan was 49 years old March 19. Lincoln democrats tendered him a banquet. FIGHT WITH INDIANS CHIEF CRAZY SNAKE AND FOL LOWERS MAKING TROUBLE. BLOODY BATTLE IS EXPECTED Leader of the Aborigines to Be Inter cepted in His Efforts to Reach Tiger Mountains. Oklahoma City, Okla.—In a pitched battle at Hickory Ground at « o'clock Saturday evening between a posse of five officers and twenty Creek Indians of the Snake clan. Officers Edward Raum and Herman Odom of Ckecotah were killed. Frank Jones and Wil liam Carr, other members of the posse, escaped without injury and fled to the settlements, where the news of the battle was telephoned to Sheriff Odom of Mclintosh county. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Chief Crazy Snake and 100 followers retreated before five companies of Oklahoma militia late Sunday night, thus defer ring an expected battle until Monday. Hastily setting lire to his tepees and tents, the ludian leader with his mixed company of redskins and ne groes fled from their blazing camp as the troops advanced. They took up a strong position between the North Canadian river and Deep Fork creek, about seventeen miles east of Henry etta. Colonel Hoffman, in command of the state troops, considered it unwise to push the pursuit and engage the Indians in the darkness Accordingly he bivouacked his troops for the night. Early in the morning, reinforced by a company of cowboys from around Lawton. Okla.. all crack shots, he will lead his forces against the Indians Crazy Snake and his braves will be offered a chance to surrender. If they refuse the battle will be on. Colonel Hoffman sent out numerous scouts to watch the movements of the enemy and to give the alarm if tney attempted to liee under cover of darkness. The commander planned to allow his weary troops rest on the field during the night unless the In dians attempted to escape to a stronger position. The militia officers believe Crazy Snake wants to reach the Tiger mountains with his followers before engaging in a general fight. That the old chief is striving to stir the Creeks to an uprising and strike for what he conceives to be liberty was evident from the smoke of three sig nal tires on adjacent hills just before sundown. Old-time frontiersmen who insist they know what such things mean declare this is a sign which al ways ushers in Indian trouble. No body is wild enough to say the old chief will get anywhere in his fanat ical dream of overturning the govern ment. but certain it is that he is try ing and just as certain that he will be ruthlessly crushed if he resists. Major Charles E. Barrett, in charge of the commissary, received hurry or ders by courier to send supplies and additional ammunition to the soldiers at the camp. From this it is inferred that the officers expect a long chase before a fight. Six men have been killed and a dozen wounded since the trouble be gan Thursday. This is the official re port. and It is believed many more of the negroes and Indians were killed. Dr. I. M. Wallace of Dustin. Okla.. who went to the Hickory Hills with the troopers, declared more than twenty negroes were killed Thursday and Saturday, and were given rude burial without coffins in the vicinity where the soldiers camped Sunday. THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS. Lower House W'll Continue to De bate Payne Bill. Washington—The activities of con gress during the present week will he confined almost exclusively to the consideration of the tariff. The house will proceed with the consider ation of the Payne bill in general de bate, and the hour of the daily sit rings will be extended, the sessions beginning at ] o'clock in the morn iug and ending at night at 11:30 with an intermission for dinner between « and 8 o'clock. The senate will not be in oosition to take un the bill un til it is passed by the house, hut the senate committee on finance will con tinue consideration of the various schedules of the measure. Thinks Salary Too Much. Washington. — Representative Ed wards (Ga. I is tired of drawing $7,3<it for his services as a member of con gress. He is willing to hold the job for $5,0<»u a year. Aeordingly he in troduced a bill to reduce the salar> of members from $7,500 to $5,000. Governor Cosgrove Dead. Paso Robles. Cal.—Governor Sam, uel G. Cosgrove of Washington died here suddenly of Bright’s disease. Dr. Canfield Critically III. New York—Dr. James H. Canfield librarian of Columbia university, for mer chancellor of the University of Nebraska and at times connected with several other western univerei ties, is in St. Luke’s hospital here in a serious condition, suffering from nervous shock and apoplexy, the results, it is said, of a street car ac cident a few days ago. He suffered a slight stroke oi apoplexy after the accident and last Wednesday morn ing was taken to St. Luke’s, where he suffered an other stroke. 1 MOVING DAY IN THE JUNGLE, 1 ' ..M IL Oi 7/—«' Ut 1 !> ' JH&RV f 3 " tlliu -J I OFFER BINGHAM BIG BRIBE GOTHAM POLICE COMMISSIONER COULD HAVE $600,000 YEARLY. Declares His Job Would B» a Gold Mine to a Dishon est Man. New York. — A dishonest man holding the position of police com missioner In New York city easily might become a millionaire in a few months, so great are the opportunities tor illicit gains, according to a state ment by Commissioner liingham. During Mr. Bingham's first year :n •he office, he said, a single bribe of $600,000 a year was offered him if he would protect certain criminal inter sts. "Compliance with the conditions of the offer," he added, “would have been entirely of a negative matter— ■ ill they wanted was to be let alone.” Commissioner Bingham was worked ap over the refusal of the city alder men to vote him an appropriation of $100,000 for a secret service to in vestigate “Black Hand" crimes and other matters. “This job of police commissioner." he said, “for example, would he a regular gold mine to a dishonest of ficial. If it were put up at auction to i he highest bidder, a man could well afford to pay $1,000,000 for a year’s opportunity to accept what the crim inal classes would be ouly too glad to offer him." Then he referred lo the $600,000 bribe offer which he had received when he first took up the office. "The offer was of course carefully guarded,” he said. "It came from a suave gen tleman. who knew how to handle words to perfection and was able to make his hearer understand what was meant without laving himself open to any unpleasant after effects. ”1 listened until 1 understood what he fellow was about. Then I gave him such a talking to that he will never forget his visit here as long as he lives, i have uot heard from him since." Commissioner Bingham declined to give the name of the man who had made the offer, nor would he say what interests had sought protection. GET CLOSE TO SOUTH POLE. British Navy Officer and His Party Within 111 Miles. London.—Lieut. E H. Shackieton of the British navy, commander of the Antarctic expedition, which returned on the barkentine Nimrod to Invercar gill, New Zealand, although he did not achieve his object, succeeded in getting within 111 miles or the pole. The Nimrod expedition left England in July, 1907, and after reaching the ice fields and making the most elab orate preparations, the main expedi tion started on a sledge journey which occupied 126 days and traversed 1,708 miles southwards. The explorers reached latitude 88.23 and longitude 162 east, which was estimated as 111 miles from the pole. MINISTER SLAYS PREACHER. Lebanon, Mo.—In a quarrel over the entirely mundane question of the ef- I flciency of a telephone service, Rev. M. D. Johnson shot and killed Rev. Solomon O’Dell at the village of Russ. Both the participants in the fight are ministers of Lebanon. Johnson is a Free Will Baptist, while Mr. O’Dell was a Cumberland Presby terian. In matters spiritual the two men had always been on perfectly agreeable terms and in their personal life they were friendly. "froops to Aid Tax Collector. Frankfort, Ky.—On receipt of word from Tax Collector J. W. Peck that he has been prevented by mobs and or ganizations from collecting railroad taxes in the counties of Carter, Boyd and Elliott, Gov. Willson announced he would use the state militia to as sist in the collection of these taxes. He has sent word to the officials of the three counties to meet him Satur day and show cause why he should not send soldiers to see that the tax collector is not molested in the per formance of his duty. MRS. LORILLARD A SUICIDE. Kilts Herself with Gas Following Washington Society Dinner, Washington.—Weary of the gay whirl of society and face to face as she believed with years of physical suffering, Mrs. Pierre Lorillard. Jr., aged -19, wife of the tobacco magnate, committed suicide by asphyxiation at her home near the fashionable Dupont circle in this city Thursday. The death was made more dramatic hv occurring only a few hours after Mr. and Mrs. Ixuillaid had been the guests of Mrs. Townsend, on Massa chusetts avenue, at a dinner given in honor of Lady Paget. She had joined freely in the social festivities of the evening at the Townsend heme, where had gathered the Brazilian ambassa dor and Mine. Xabtieo, the Danish minister and Countess Moltke. the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer, Senator and Mrs. Lodge. Senator and Mrs. Aldrich. Senator Root. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bacon. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Endieot of Boston. Lady Clifford of England. Col and Mrs. Colin Camp bell. Col. and Mrs. McCawley. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore. Hon. Maude Pauncefote. Commodore Rodgers. Rear Admiral Cowles and Capt. Archibald Butt, military aide of the president. SOLONS NEAR FIGHT OVER TARIFF Fordney of Michigan Clashes with Byrd of Mississippi. Washington.—The monotony of the tariff debate in the house of represen tatives was relieved for a time Friday by a clash between Messrs. Fordney of Michigan and Byrd of Mississippi, which came near ending in blow s. Mr. Fordney had been making an exhaustive discussion of the lumber schedule when he was interrupted by the Mississippian who insisted that the lumber manufacturers of which Mr. Fordney was one. were in a trust. Mr. Fordney peremptorily denied the statement and said that Mr. Byrd didn't know a d—n thing about it.” The Mississippi member made a move toward Mr. Fordney and was in the act of removing his coat when some oi' his Democratic colleagues took hold of him. letter it developed that the incident grew out of a mis understanding and both men made mutual explanations and apologies. KILL THREE AND WOUND FIVE. Oklahoma Deputy Sheriffs in Battle with Negroes and Indians. Guthrie. Okla. — On the scene of the famous Creek Indian up rising of last year at Hickory settle ment, two negroes were killed, five wounded and 40 captured In a battle between 20 deputy sheriffs and 100 negroes and seven Indians. The fight ing began late Wednesday afternoon and continued with interruptions until ten o’clock Thursday. Five deputies went from Henrietta, IS miles north to the negro settlement to arrest cattle thieves thought to be concealed in the bouse of one of the negroes. They were met at the outer edge of the camp by a party of armed negroes and fired upon. A few hours after the first clash, a larger posse, heavily armed, reached the settle ment. About 300 shots were fired in the last encounter, when the two ne goes were killed and Deputy Sheriff Fowler was wounded. Discovers Germ of Trachoma. Berlin.—Prof. Richard Greeff of the Berlin university eye hospital an nounces the discovery of the germ of trachoma. No Strike, Says Lewis. Indianapolis, Ind.—“I see no pros pect of a strike in the anthracite coal fields,’ said Tbomag L. Lewis, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America, at the close of Friday’s ses sion of the national executive board. "The miners will continue at work in definitely. That is to say unless the operators demand that a new agree ment be signed to take the place of the one that expires April 1.” He said the anthracite situation will receive little more than passing consideration at the meeting her* FEAR FOR KIDNAP ' BOYLES TAKEN TO PITTSBURG FOR SAFE KEEPING. INDICTED AT CLEVELAND Will Be Tried for Blackmail If They Fail of Conviction in Pennsylvania —Identified by Whitla Boy. Pittsburg. Pa. — Fearing for the safety of their prisoners it’ they were taken to Sharon or the county neat al Mercer, officers brought Janies H. Boyle and his wife, accused of kid naping Willie Whitla. to the Allegheny county jail here. They were brought Here in a special Pullman car from Cleveland by way of Youngstown and New Castle, ovei the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad The prisoners were guarded in theta car by 16 detectives and officers. It’ was the unanimous opinion of the officers engaged on the case that it would he safer not to take any chances by exposing their prisoners to the wrath of the Sharon populace. Indicted at Cleveland. The Cleveland police have a club over the heads of the Boyles in :t joint iudict ment charging them with blackmail. This charge is based on the payment of $10,000 ransom by J. P. Whitla for the recovery of his sou in that city Iasi Monday. This indictment will tie used by the Cleveland officials in the event, that the case here fails of conviction. The Boyles did not fi£;ht extradition to this stale. bujf luwimiicc r\ luridfjc i <>. Cleveland, O.—All doubt that the man and woman arrested Tuesday night are the kidnapers of Willie Whit la. the Sharon (Pa.) boy whose father paid $10,000 ransom for his recovery, was dispelled Wednesday, when the lad, without hesitation, identified the prisoners when he faced them in the police station. Willie said the man who gave the name of James H. Boyle was the one who took him from school and carried him through ill*- tortuous route to Cleveland, then to Ashtabula, back to this city, and placed him in the house in the east end where he was held until the money was paid. Willie also declared that the woman was the one who cared for him at the house where he was detained and who acted the part of a nurse. Boyle said the woman was his wife. The police have no other identification of the couple than the names given. Boyle is said to reside in Sharon and is a {dumber by trade. He is said to have a widowed mother, four brothers and a sister The woman, who is accredited with being the wife of Boyle, declared soon after her arrest that her identification would cause a sensation in Sharon. When the identification wast com pleted Mr. Whitla would say nothing regarding the woman. He said he knew Boyle slightly. When Boyle was taken before the boy Chief Kohler asked Willie if he had ever seen the man before. oure, saiu h mie, ongnuy: wny that is the man 1 left Sharon with. He took me to Cleveland, then to Ash tabula and back to Cleveland.” When Willie concluded Boyle was taken back to his cell and the woman was brought in. Immediately Willie walked up to her and extending his hands, said: •'How do you do?” “Hello. Willie.” the woman replied, as she placed her hand upon h::s head and caressed him for an instant. The boy then stepped back to his father and was asked several ques tions by the chief of police. "Yes. I know her.” he said, she was the nurse who took care of me in Cleveland. She told rue I was sick and in a hospital. I saw her a whole lot as she was with me most all of the time.” Whftla Abductor Chicago Woman. Mercer. Pa.—Heavily manacled to Sheriff Chess and guarded by several detectives, James Boyle, one of the kidnapers of little Willie Whitla. was brought here Friday from Pittsburg and lodged in the Mercer county jail. His wife, who has been identified as Anna McDermott, daughter of William McDermott, a former Chicago fireman, it is said, will be brought here from Pittsburg Saturday and the couple will be formally arraigned on a charge of kidnaping in a few days. Bovle feared violence in his arrival in Mercer and on the journey from Pittsburg asked Sheriff Chess if he thought the crowd would harm him. Original “Affinity’*” Wife Sue*. Middletown, N. Y. — Ferdinand Pinney Earle, artist, poet anj fore most exponent of the “affinity” idea, was served Friday with papers in an action brought by Mrs. Earle, formerly Miss Julia Kuttner of N'ew York city, for annulment of their marriage. Mrs. Earle allegeu that Earle is of unsound mind. Canada to Help British Navy. Ottawa.—The semi-official intimation that the Canadian government is about to offer national assistance to Great Britain probably in the form of two battleships of the Dreadnaugfct type has been received throughout Canada with hearty approval. Three-Cent Fare for Missouri. St. Louis.—The three-cent local tick et rate and the 2,000-mile interchange able book will be put in effect April 10 by the 18 railroads in Missouri. VINCENNES MYSTERY SOLVED THAT MRS. CULBERTSON ENDEC OWN LIFE IS PROVEN. Mrs. Longwell of Chicago Vindicated by Developments in Strange Death of Former Nurse. Vincennes, lnd.— That Mrs. Jesse Lee Overton Culltertson was not slaii. by a jealous rival, but ended her own life, has been proven by evidence die covered by the police Friday. Of this there is no doubt, and her husband and relatives have tearfulli acknowledged that their suspicion. tliat she was killed at the instigation of another woman for jealous reveng were unfounded. The body of a mini a ture skeleton which bad been attached to the skull found by Mrs. Culbertson when she was discovered gagged in the shed near her home last Wednes day, after swallowing carbolic acid, was picked up near the scene of th. tragedy. It lay concealed beneath a pile o' debris where the disheartened-woman had placed it after she removed th> Imad and attached it to the threaten ing letter which she thought would lead the authorities to believe she wa murdered for revenge. This toy skeb ton Mrs. Culbertson is known to hav had in her possession months ago Positive proof that the suicide wrote the anonymous threatening letters to herself has also been established A letter she wrote to her husband at Bridgeport. 111., is written on station ery similar to that upon which wa penned the anonymous notes. Th - water mark on the paper is the sam* on all the anonymous notes as that on the stationery found Jn the dead wom an's trunk. When the water mark was showed to the bereaved husband ami his pareuts they shook their heads ami silently yielded to the revelation that there had been no murder committed It was Mrs. Etta Longwell, 708 Mad ison street, Chicago, formerly of Yin ceuues. whom the Culbertsons and Joshua Brazeltoc., the stepfather of the young husband, had been led to suspect, by the desinmdent Jessie, sought to injure her. Now they wan to have it understood that if they wen mistaken that the accused Chicag woman may establish proof that the: charges to the police were unfounded "Her name should be cleared by ail means," said Culbertson. "I came uuderstand why Jessie should kill h> sen. sue was strange, muugn. Dll'. that all this has happened to recall many things. She never would teil nr about her past except in a genet a: way. She said her father and moth> were dead. I have heard that she fo merlv lived in Waeo. Tex., and Dublin. Tex., where she is said to havi a brother. I have tried to communi cate with relatives, but cannot get an . word from them.” While Culbertson was talking, Chu-t of Police Evans jmd Detective James Hughes opened a letter written to hie by his wife before they were married This letter displayed the desponder nature of the girl. MINERS WILL NOT STRIKE Decide to Remain at Work After April 1. Scranton, Pa.—Reaffirming the d< mands already presented to the ope: ators, the anthracite miners Wednes day night voted to remain at worr after April 1 allowing the district exe» utive boards of the hard-coal fields of Pennsylvania to continue their * f forts to get an agreement satisfar tory to the men. The miners were instructed by th> convention to continue at work until such time as they are otherwise not: fied by the official representatives of the three anthracite districts, and lb executive boards were instructed negotiate an agreement upon such basis as the boards in their judgmeu' believe the conditions warrant. A resolution to ask President Taft to appoint a commission to arbitral'■ differences was adopted by the cot vention and referred to the executive boards to put it into effect at thei discretion. GEN. CASTRO SAILS FOR HOME Former President of Venezuela In tends to Defy His Enemies. Havre. — Gen. Cipriano Cast re former president of Venezuela, was a passenger on the steamer Gao deloupe of the Compagnie General' Transatlantique, which sailed Frida' from this port- for Colon gad. o»h“ [.atin-American points. Though Gei: Castro refused to tell where he intend ed to leave the steamer, or to discuss his plans, it was learned from a mem ber of his party that the deposed die tator means to make his way back to Caracas and there confront his ene mies, who have declared that he will be arrested on charges of conspiracy to bring about the murder of his successor, President Gomez. The several staterooms occupied by Cas tro and bis party cost him $1,046. “Like Francis I., all is lost save honor,” Castro declared. "1 am going back to Venezuela. My country needs me and my mission is there.” Fairbanks Visits Pasadena. Pasadena, Cal.—Former Vice-Presi dent Charles W\ Fairbanks has ar rived in Pasadena, accompanied by Mrs. Fairbanks, for a stay of several weeks. Mr. Fairbanks expects to re sume the practice of law in Indianap olis. Bandits Rob Illinois Bank. Effingham, 111.—Bandits blew open, the bank at Watson, a village on the , Illinois Central seven miles south of this city, Friday, securing $5,000 cash and valuable papers and escaped.