Nebraska Newspapers

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VUU'MK XXIX LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA.- THURSDAY , AUGUST 24. 1911. NUMBER 42.
NEWS OF ft WEEK IN
FEGCFS or vosr important
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EARNER POSSIBLE.
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IT'ajh. rs g+c n
tfrr • -• L sr» of bttMr debate
y a i«t «f Z3T- to :*f.
- .-*•<: ,/_.■>* » VLcmrool La FoJ
■a-*# »•-? retsrsee bill trrer Preaf
kt T - tn« TV farmer* Ire*
:Jt :.«uao lai«*d to ***** O'er the
'W'-si.i* tiaJtjspreral by a trute ol
Zi* *.*> i2T It *etjaM-«* a tvo-tbitNU
trj -o ;tu a njpa*nre <nrer c
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; Harr*— U V. |,*y -! lei ci Tfc#
bureoa < ataMiy, cr* a*eJ a >*ua
taut W: :« tie bourn tsvaatipatla*
rij-r ■•-*— * tKt u -h«-fed that
tfclV* a* tfcet .®rer* alttiB* a* *
buarc at rerWe bad reteraed tfee go*
mtairt! - rails® te tb* Cora Portueu
raa- af’er tbe orportiiob bad oSerec
bote* ’< cbemlat* to UMiune iU too*.
produce
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H-e -. . - s* Tui* vetoed it* I'Sder
»oud »»»«.. tarts Mil Tbe rp«-cta! me*
ts cot cr*a» setting jortj. bis rea
mu •"* disapproval. declare* be U
so*. rt*t :t ed tbe :i oaaur* provide*
tb< wsc_.*sli*s aosgst.
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J*re*i(de*t Tail la.v. belore tkc
bs.er: ;—api« 'a* .**o. - een
: .madf arc ..e sale regf d.rs tb*
*r :"Tati<* tr.a'iee «l:fe France ai-d
area: 1 rsrais Ui a apaoefe deJiuenod be
lore I at tfee Mvtfeodtat cassg
«*»*.' . it f'tcestg Grove. X. J Hi* ap
peb. «raa received oltfe tfee greatest
i» ta****rat..'si. of approval tbit tfee
.*• eiperu-iiced 1= srssy
Su-atba
• • •
S it McCabe nf ’be flepimser.!
if acncaltar* appeared before the
'i.-e to* *ous*»&g nmwlTm -a tsa
vaa r*oumr to <ie*y Tfee implied
t*rg» de by In-tor Kebler tfeat
Mr abe (roklMitd sciential* of tfee
.. f i „eiai»*r7 from tilting with
member* at cobgrese.
Another «*c prehen*! re congre*
•tana- investigation. 'hi* tune late ’.be
attair* "4 •: In’rrna’ioiial Harvester
«e:pah> a ill be under way during tbe
as** rerwiar session of ongrea* If ■
teewiu’.ot :ntrudured by Represents
*♦ Fee ter *f knots Is passed by the
sou*- It ut> sc inquiry by s commit
ee at n» members d tbe bouse, tc
be efct.tet m ’t« same way as tbe com
at inquiry in** tbe so-called
steel whd sugar trueta
• • •
A ’-solution providing for an meet
•n a at rb» election o? Senator
S*epL«-*son at Wisconsin wss adopted
eg the **t.at«- Tbe action was a for
■alitg n- -essitated by a technical
MTor some days ago in passing a sink
_r -solution wrnout reference to tbe
mat ingest expenses committee.
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!-r> dec- Taft sent to ibe senate
th- nomination of Cap Bradley A
n*fce V 6 N to be rear admiral
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Domestx
Mrs Mar: rle Burn* Love is s
tut: r *sher and abe deserted ber
buslisac because be bad lost bit
money aben his brokerage concert
went to the wall according to Sidney
C Bote* attorney * bo argued at
linker. re against tbe granting of s
d’ioroe to her
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Four men acre killed, four fatally
•rjured and ball a hundred disabled
a an eapkwioe that wrec ked tbe 111
no:» steel company s plant nt Jol
•at. Ill A Indie at molten metal sat
.verturned on tbe wet floor of the
foundry Tbe explosion which result
eg hies o€ tbe roof of tbe building
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Thirty-six persons were injured at
-be result at a »maab-up which cc
curved when Big Four train No. 4t
waa ditched near tbe Ohio State hos
pixal as it sat entering Col us bus
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Eki* Ilartholomem of Toledo. O
'■ •: ' ..: .
was -e.iasec from tbe Beavers wr> rtf
pattaettny Me earwad U no^hi
fur misuse at tbe mails.
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Mrs Tboma* Pettigrew of Lion't
Head On-ar»o mangled ber son anc
daughter aged *wel»e and ten years
and then banged herself in tbs
kttrben She bad been in poor bealt!
and is believed to have lost hei
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L'topU seems at last to bare beet
found in a Virginia summer resort. A
Virginia Beach the town council Lai
sounded the virtue of the community
and. finding nothing to condemn, bai
voted unanimously to abolish the po
ttos department on September 1_
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Joseph Rlbt* is under arrest It
Brookfv* -barged with a doable mur
*er committed In a dispute over th.
It* t! i two-year-old baby H«
kitted the child s parents
Mrs. Boece Debaaco. anc
Mr atnscsen year-old son.
N-w York state and the middle west
lave a bumper apple crop this year
>r «z;*crt shipments, according to the
ijile’tn of the Boston chanmer of
•ommerce. The far west, Virginia and
v e« England have fallen off some
shat. but New York and the middle
*«*'- bring this year's average up to
lalf as large again as last year.
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Seven thousand people, represent
rg H s*ates. have registered for free
aotnesteads in the Berthoid Indian
-esema-. i. in North Dakota. Of this
turner 4.4j; registered at Minot, the
jovemmen' headquarters.
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Papers were filed in the district
rourt at Butte in a sensational suit
*£i:ts' F Augustus Heinze. in which
K bert Lyons, as receiver of the
Ae'na Bar k : e and Trust company,
eeks to recover J2.V).0iX> alleged to
— ve been obtained illegally by
Heinze
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Andrew O'Hearn and Frank Ellis of
’hirar employed at the Rochelle
-arming factory, went to sleep on the
'hlrago a Northwestern railroad
ra r. - at Ro.belle. 111., and were
killed by a fast train.
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Fr behind the bar.- in Sing Sing
Ca; ' Peter C. Hains. Jr., army off!
■er and inventor, has begun his battle
or fr-edom against his wife, for love
>f wt no be -ho- and killed his former
friend. tVUliam E Annis. at *he Bay
si -- e Yacht club "tree y^ars ago. The
vir*ic. ! -h“ -rag.-dy named in the
a'-tion . tarted at Brooklyn.
Newman Erb and Edwin Hawley
.lave i'.armed to extend the Minneapc
> and St Louis railroad to the Ca
.adian border, so as to connect with
he Canadian Northern and Grand
Trunk Pacific Plans are also under
*ay to extend the Iowa Central direct
rom Centerville to St. Louis
• • •
Mr.- Amanda Irwin, a widow, was
.fmit'ed ' Bellevue hospital. New
York, suffering. The physicians said
iron, hydrrpfiobin, the symptoms of
which have been unnoticed for five
years
• • •
At : banquet even Ly Col. Robert
U Thompttto Admiral Togo at New
York S T k.-.ki. at-Crr;ary to the ad
nlraJ. suddenly rose from his
: ..jr w;:h au expression of pain. In
ryir.e t leave the table he fell.
- --ktijr iiS head, and was picked up
’ . r..- t- aids tc Gen Frederick
D Grant, U. S A.
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Spurring
A new- world s record for altitude
or ae- rtatu-i- was set in Chicago's
‘viati n meet Oscar A. Brindley, in
i Wrirc- b:; .ane climbed 11.826 feet
tbove 'he earth, smashing the record
>f 11.1 fet fed set by Captain Felix of
he Fren : army corps August 5, at
jt Temps.
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Foreign
The fight between the railroad com
aues and the striking union em
ployes throughout Great Britain is
>c in dead earnest. Thousands have
>beyed the strike order. It is esti
na’-d that 220.000 are now out. The
'ompanies are operating their princi
trains under guard of soldiers.
There has been much rioting through
ju: the country. The government and
he board of trade are continuing their
-Herts toward peace.
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It is reported at Teheran that Mo
hammed Ali M:rza. the former shah
d Persia, who recently returned from
exile in Russia and started an upris
ng to regain his throne, has been
assassinated.
• • •
Curtis Guild, Jr., the newly appoint
ed ambassador from the United
States to Russia in succession to Will
iam W. Kockhlli, was received in audi
ence by Emperor Nicholas at the pal
ace at Peterbof at St. Petersburg. Mr
Guild was accompanied by all the
members of the staff of the American
embassy, who were also received bj
Ms majesty.
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Nominated for the presidency o!
Mexico by one party, suggested foi
office by another and anticipating that
the Catholics, now in convention
would choose him as their candidate
President de la Barra issued a mani
festo protesting against such action.
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Personal
E H Sothern and Julia Marlowe
were married in the registry office at
Knightsbridge near London. The
rouple left the Hyde Park hotel
- where they bad beer, staying, and have
gone on their honeymoon to Devon
shire. where it is understood they
nave taken a house. Both Miss Mar
owe and Mr. Sothern have been mar'
ried before.
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Tte engagement of Lieut. Frank P
Lahm of the Seventh United States
cavalry, widely known army aeronau
tic expert, and Miss Gertrude Jenner
of one of the oldest families in Mans
field, O., has just been announced.
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Col. Theodore Roosevelt Is a grand
father. A daughter was born to Mr
and Mrs. Theodore. Jr. Mother and
child are reported In satisfactory
health. Since their marriage the
Roosevelts have made their home in
j San Francisco, Cal., where Mr. Roose
velt la engaged In business.
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John H. Osborne, one of the plo
| neers in the harvesting Implement
Industry. Is dead at Auburn, N. Y„ ol
bean failure. He was seventy-nine
years old. In his youth he fought
under John Brown In »««««■
FORMER CANDIDATE FOR GOVER
NOR TEACHER OF CULT.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
Whst is Going cn Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throcgnout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Broken Bow.—C. H. Harbaugh. one
t:aie candidate ior governor on the so
c:a ticket, therapeutist and a be
liever in tbe "House of Israel" cult,
has announced the coming end of the
v.or.d. which is to occur in 1915. Mr.
Karnaugh has opened a “House of Is
rael" m Broken Bow and is teaching
h;s strange belief to a few. He is very
much in earnest, but is not making
much headway in his home com
munity.
Unknown Hero Rescues Baby.
Nebraska City.—Sunday morning, as
c heavy freight train was coming into
the efty down a long, sloping graded
tra; the fireman noticed a baby
standing in the middle of the track
and seemed to be frightened by the
blowing of the engine whistle. He did
not hesitate to think of the danger,
but dasced out of the cab window and
ran along the rail to the front of the
engine and down onto the piiot. He
held on with his left Land, while with
the right he reached out and grabbed ;
the child and lifted it clear of the
track.
Finds Trunk Full of Jewelry.
Nebraska City.—The A. F. Smith
Jewelry trunk, containing about $20,
Ooo worth of jewelry, which was sup
posed to have been lost or stolen
somewhere between Omaha and Ne
bras::a City Juiy 31, was accidentally
tound by an electrician working cn
tue new school buiiding here.
No Lack of Moisture There.
Orleans.—During the las: thirty days
it has rained on thirteen days here, the
precipitation totaling 17.00 inches in
that time. The bottom lands along the
Republican river are flooded yet. The
river went cut of its banks August 3
and is siii! out. reaching the highest
point in the history of the county.
A Petroleum Strike at Hastings.
Hastings.—While passing through
shale rock at a depth of 150 feet, in
boring a well at the city water works,
workmen struck stron g indications of
oil and the water which was brought
nr in the buckets when settled, wouid
be nearly one-fourth crude oiL The oil
was struck Tuesday.
Ohiowa.—'The eleven-year-old-son of
a farmer named Elznic, living north of
town, was killed by a cavein of a sand
pit in which he and a younger brother
were playing. He was buried under
four feet of sand and was dead when
found by his parents.
NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE
Secretary of Agriculture James Wil-!
snn has sent a telegram to W. B. .Mel-'
lor. secretary of the state fair board,
stating, "will address your association
at 3 o'clock September a."
Woman suffrage. Governor Aldrich's
veto of the Sunday baseball bill and
a protest against clairvoyants were In
dorsed by the Epworth assembly at its
closing session. The governor s veto
was called "heroic. ’
The Platte Shirt cijmpany has pre
sented a bill to the state for the de
struction of a sewing machine. The
machine was used at the penitentiary
until a convict deliberately smashed
it with a hammer.
Deputy District Attorney A. W. Lane
has filed in federal court a con
plaint against the Gage County Gas,
Light and Power company, asking that
they be fined $10,000 for failing to
make their report March 1 as required
under the new federal corporation tax
law . The minimum fine is *1,000.
Hon. James Wilson, secretary of i
agriculture, will address the farmers
of Nebraska on “Reciprocity” at the
state fair. September oth. Owing to
the fact that this is a subject of mo
ment in the affairs of the nation and
will be one of the leading political
issues in the coming campaign, a
great gathering may be expected.
School bonds to the amount of $10,
S00. issued by district No. 16 of Scotts
bluff county, were purchased by the
state.
State Superintendent Crabtree has
given out a statement in regard to his
prospective resignation from the office
and his going to Wisconsin, where he
will become president of the state nor
mal school at River Falls. Mr. Crab
tree has not yet indicated the exact
time when he wjll retire from the state
superintendency, but says it will be
either at the time of the state teach
ers' association meeting in November
or at the end of the present year.
Several hundred incorporated vil
lages in the state of Nebraska find,
under an opinion written today by
Assistant Attorney General Edgerton.
that they must add a police magistrate
to their other official*. In reply to an
inquiry from Oshkosh, the Grossman
police magistrate bill, passed by the
last legislature, was examined and so
interpreted that it means that police
magistrates will hereafter exercise in
cities and incorporated villages, and
within a radius of three miles thereof,
a part of the duties heretofore per
formed by justices of the peace.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
The state saengerfest is in session
at Grand Island.
The business men of Roea have or
ganized a commercial club.
Odell has voted bonds for the erec
tion of a new hi^h school building.
Dixon county ole settlers will picnic
at Martinsburg Tuesday. August 25*.
C. G. Miller, a Burlington brakemaa
fell under the cars near West Lincoli
and was killed.
The Congregational church r«op!e
at Genoa have commenced work on a
?4.000 parsonage.
September 14 and 15 are the dates
set for the corn show and live stock
erhibit at Deshler.
Joseph McLaughlin of Sutton was
! drowned at Ontario Canada, while vis
| iting friends there.
- Prof. J. W. Crabtree has accepted
: the principalship of a state norma.1
i school in Wisconsin.
The annual pow wow of the Santee
: Indians took place at Center last week
Hundreds of Indians and many whites
attended the celebration.
Rev. David Marquette, one of the
oldest ministers in the state, died a!
his home in University Place Satur
day night.
During a severe electrical storm sc
I companied by an inch of rainfall
i lightning struck the Methodist chure:
I at Chappell.
Otis Crouch, aged twenty years, so;
! of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Crouch of Bel
i videre, w as drowned Friday ntornin,
; in the Little Blue river.
Robert Griffin at Nebraska City wi!
I lose a foot as the result o:' an explo
j sion of melted metal as he was pour
I ing a flask at a foundry.
Thomas Nordbrook of Auburn die |
j as the result of suffocation from smok j
' ing some kind o f herb he was usiut j
I in the treatment of asthma.
Mrs. A. W. Kelso fell down a Slghf I
j of concrete steps at Fairbury and sus- j
tained numerous bruises, but it is •
thought none are serious.
The first shipment of marble for the
court house at Pawnee City has ar- '
rived ana several cars of the same art
already unloaded, and on the ground i
Carl Springer, a Fremont youns
man, was overcome with heat on th<
Epworth assembly grounds at Lincoln
and for a time was in a critical con i
i dition.
Mayor Griffin has issued a proclama
j tion designating Wednesday. Octobet
•1. as the date for holding the electior
on the adoption of the commissioi
form of government for Beatrice.
Thomas Sham an 1''-year-old lac
from Corsicana. Tex., got taught it
the bumpers while attempting to craw
through a train to avert a policemat
at Fairbury and his toes were
mangled.
Several thousand people attendee
the ceremonies incident to the unveil
ing of the granite shaft commemorat
ing the celebrated Lone Tree of the
old California trail, two and a hal
miles from Central City.
After you have seen the aerop.an;
flights, heard Liberal's band ant
grand opera singers, the speed con
tests, etc., do not forget to visit th<
Nebraska library commission head
quarters at the state fair and look up
the method of securing a traveling
library for your town or community.
Owing to the fact that of late a num
ber of false alarms have been turned
in “just to see the horses make a run ''
the firemen at Hastings offer a reward
of $5 to anyone informing them of the
names of parties guilty of such an act
The gala day at Havelock to cele
brate the opening of the new- muni
cipal water plant will ba held on Au
gust 26. It will be in the nature o!
a street fair with athletic stunts, a I
balloon ascension and various othe:
attractions.
Secretary Mellor announces that ths
state fair board has contracted for t
gasoline lighting plant that will fur
nish 29 arc lights to light the traci
and the grand stand for night race:
and entertainments. A feature of tht
fair for young people as well as oldei
ones will be day fireworks.
L. O. Jones, who has served as presi
dent of the Epworth assembly for fif
teen years, was again re-elected to that
office. The other officers chosen foi
the year are: J. W. Embree, University
Place, vice-president; Geo. E. Tobey
Lincoln, secretary; C. E. Sanderson,
Lincoln, treasurer; Rev. C. M. Shep
herd, Lincoln, auditor; Mrs. C. L
Myers. Geneva, junior superintendent;
E. M. Furman. Hebron, missionary
secretary; and Rev. I. F. Roach. Lin
coin, secretary of Christian citizenship
Lightning struck an old storage barn
belonging to the Lincoln Traction
company Friday night, destroying i!
and about a dozen cars.
Because he wanted to enlist in tht
navy, J. V. Miller of Lincoln sub
mitted to an operation for straighten
ing a finger which had grown crooked
as a result of a fracture several years
ago.
Mrs. C. W. Martin or Fontanelle
la., and her sixteen-year-old daughter
Lura, had a miraculous escape from
death in one of the most spectacualt
runaways witnessed in Lincoln in a
long time.
William Anderson of Tecumseh had
one of his arms badly cut by flying
glass from a pop bottle, which ex
ploded while he was putting it in an
ice chest.
The citizens of Valentine are put
ting every effort into making the fra
ternal picnic, corn show and farmers
institute, which is to be held ther*
September 6 to 9 inclusive, four days
of the biggest kind possible.
Jacob Lehn of Otoe county was
Tightening a bolt on a separator when
his foot slipped, causing him to lose
his balance and be thrown into the
machinery.
THE EM SESSION I
HAS BEEN STRENUOUS ONE A'-L
THE WAY THROUGH.
_
ADJOURNMENT IS AT HAND
Memorable Struggle Over Issues of
Which Reciprocity Was the
Notobie Result.
Washington.—Congress will ad
journ before Tuesday night, possibly
Monday, and the most strenuous sea- i
sion of recent years will pass iSio ;
political history. The net results ef j
the extra session, In comparison w-;h '
the ambitious program adopted at the
outset were not large,
Canadian reciprocity was brought
as near reality at the executive SS«
legislative deportments could ad
vance It; statehood w»o assured Id?
Xew Mexico and Arizona; Campaign
publicity legislation was *t»aojd4 in n 1
form satisfactory to lU most earnest j
advocates; provision was made for ;
an enlarged house of fepfeseaiatlvse, :
based on the latest census, sbu a few
other measures ei c,usf impofVSwoo
were passed,
A democratic hongs, the first since
1S96. seized 03 this session c.s a ve
hicle to convey to the country the
views of democrat- on tariff revision,
but esseaUve disapproval rendered
futile ail efforts to impre== those j
views on lbs s'atiif? books.
. Two tariff tills, one materially re
ducing lbs existing duties cn woo!,
and woeies gcdtls of all classes and 1
the other placing on the free list ar
ticles ef m*-misery and tools used by
farmers and amended to include
many ether items. were vetoed by;
Prsc-def.- Taft.- He ba-ed his disap
proval en the grounds that the bills
had not been ^scientifically” prepared
and that tariff revision should wait
until rcpOr‘s on the different sch-e
dulea bad he-n mode by the tariff
board. A COtion revision bill awaits
a similar fate.
The house, under the leadership c!
Representative t’nderwood of Ala
bama, Chairman of the ways and
moans rommittae. end Speaker Clark. [
endeavored to pass the Woolen and j
rree list bills over the veto, but the
fceeessarr two-thirds vote -could not1
b? mustered. These failures to over :
throw President Taft's veto were a
strong facto? in determining leaders
to close the session, and it is not like
ly that congress will be in session tc !
receive a veto to the' cotton measure
Trust investigations without num
be? were instituted during the ses
sion. and some of them, notably those j
bearing on monopolies in steel and
sugar, tvere prosecuted with vigor.
They still are in progress.
Constructive legislation to bear on
federal regulation or corporations is
regarded as certain to come from I
these inquires. Plans already have j
been instituted to revise the anti- j
trust laws.
General arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and France were sent j
to the senate by President Taft, but
they received a frigid welcome, be
cause the upper house contended;
that one provision of the treaties
usurped the senate’s constitutional
prerogatives.
FIRE IN SOUTH OMAHA.
Flames Destroy Over $150,000 Wortf
of Property.
Omaha.—Fire originating in the cai
building and repair shops of the
Cudahy Packing company Sunda;
caused a loss of $150,000 to
ahy property, and less than ^^B tc j
the Union stock yards. The^Rs is!
fully covered by insurance. In ‘•‘the
Cudahy plant the departments de
stroyed or damaged by the flames
embraced an area of 375x150 feet
Th car shop is a total loss, as is alsc
the lumber and supply yards.
Congressman Latta Leaves.
Tekamah. Neb.—Congressman J. P.
Latta and his son. Ed. accompanied
by his physician. Dr. Luken, leave
'Monday for Rochester, where Mr. Lat
ta will probably undergo the planned
operation.
Southern Pacific Retrenching.
San Francisco, Cal.—A considerable
number of employes of the Southern
Pacific Railway company will be
dropped temporarily from the com
pany’s payrolls before September 1.
This statement was made here by a
high official of the company.
Hesse Thought on Way East.
Ogden. Utah.—E. E. Hesse, wanted
at Tecumseh, Neb., for the murder of
his wife and stepdaughter, is thought
to be going east. It was learned that
a conductor on a passenger train
leaving Salt Lake City last Wednes
day afternoon saw and recognized
Hesse.
Terrific Storm in Northwest.
Minneapolis.—A terrific windstorm
along the international boundary line
in North Dakota blew down houses on
the heads of their inmates and whip
ped crops in places into shreds. A
number of persons are reported killed.
Concentration of Troops.
Washington.—Concentration of the
army at large stations, strategetieally
situated for military purposes, and the
abandonment of the small posts is un
der consideration by the war depart
ment,
MURDER TRIAL ENDS
IN A LIFE SENTENCE
HENWOCD GUILTY Or KILLING,
AND WEALTHY WOMAN RE
VEALED AS CAUSE.
Denver. Colo.—Harold Frank Hen
wood. slayer of George E. Copeland of
Victor. Colo., who was shot accident
ally by Kenwood when the latter
killed Sylvester L. Van Phul. the St
Louis aeronaut, was found guilty of
murder in the second degree ana sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life
Never in the history of local tri- j
cunals have the presiding judge and j
prosecutor been subjected to such an
' excoriation as that pronounced by j
Henwocc when asked what he had to !
say “why sentence should not be pro- j
aounced.” He characterized his treat- 1
ment by the court and prosecutor as
“persecution."
The trial of Henwood was replete
with sensational features. Like many ;
other sensational tragedies there was i
a woman in the case; and while she j
" u
ftXSk*
l
> e&aaziK.
was on the witness stand in the mur j
der trial her lawyers were in another
court ashing $30u a month alimony i
in a divorce suit instituted by her j
husband. The suit for divorce was j
the sequel to the ^ragedy in the hotel !
and was won~by tile husband.
The killing of Copeland was acci
dental and occurred when Henwood '
was shooting bullets at Van Phul. j
Henwood and Van Phul were rivals !
for the friendship of Mrs. John W. i
Springer, wife of a wealthy banker j
ana stockman. She had entertained j
both men in St. Louis, her former !
home, and at Denver hotel, where the |
tragedy occurred. It was inevitable i
under the circumstances that bad
feeling should have been engendered
Detween them and this feeling found
its logical ending when the men met
in the hotel bar-room. There are
conflicting reports as to the encounter
between them: but there is no dis
pute as to the fact that Henwood shot
and killed Van Phul, -end in doing so
inflicted a mortal wound on Copeland,
a young miner, who had no part at
all in their quarrel.
Mrs. Springer's maiden mme was
Patterson and she was born in St. j
Louis. Among her schoolmates there j
was Van Phul. Later in life he was a i
suitor for her hand, but she married j
a man named Folk and divorced him ;
shortly afterward. Two years ago she
married Springer in St. Louis. They
at once came to Denver and Mrs.
Springer has been a social leader,
though much of her time was spent
with friends in St. Louis and at Hot
Springs, Ark. The Springers' home in
Denver was on Washington street, but
they spent much time at their beauti
ful country place in Arapahoe county,
and also had a suite in the hotel
where the tragedy took place.
HINDU IS CREMATED ON PYRE
Countrymen Perform Religious Rites
of Race and Scatter Ashes
on River.
Tacoma, Wash.—Deder Singh, a
Hindu, committed suicide in Lyle, by
hanging himself to a rafter in a sec
tion house. The body was cremated
Cremating a Hindu.
oy his countrymen with the religious
rites of their race. A funeral pyre
was erected on the banks of the Co
lumbia river. Two cords of wood and
:en gallons of kerosene were used.
The ashes were scattered on the Co
lumbia.
II GIRL’S STRANGE
MEMEiin
NELLIE SMITH, 12 YEARS OLD
GIVES DETAILS OF HARROW
ING ATTACK.
AN INNOCENT MAN IS KILLEC
Circumstantial Tale Arouses Whole
City and Brings Deadly Wrath o1
Pcsse Upon a Fugitive, Whom the
Coroner's Jury Later Exonerates
Hot Springs. Ark.—Some subtle
elusive, psychological phenomenon in
a young girl’s mind is blamed for the
death of L. L, Shockley, for whose
death Robert Ellis, a police office
clerk, sad Herbert Smith, brother o:
the girl, and members of a posse
have been held. It is charged tha*
they shot him as he was fleeing ar
rest.
The girl had aroused this whole
city by a circumstantial tale of at
attack upon her by a horseback ridel
who. she said, had chloroformed her
She gave a minute description of the
horse, a description that fitted an ani
mal owned by Shockley. After the
man's dea’h she positively identified
his horse as the one her assailant hae
ridden.
Yet at the coroner's inquest it hae
been shown conclusively that Shock
ley could not have attacked the gir:
at the time she gave, and that hii
horse was then somewhere else.
Shockley's attempt to escape is ex
plained as due to a misconception ot
his pttrt that he was wanted for boot
legging in Oklahoma. He discovered
that officers were after him. although
ignorant of the accusations of the girl
The girl is Nellie Smith, 12 yean
old, daughter of a prominent coa!
merchant of Hot Springs. This is not
the first time she has figured in thrill
ing adventures, which she either ex
perienced or imagined so vividly she
thought she had experienced them.
The morning Shockley was killed
Nellie, who had started to a private
school, went in an hour late, trem
bling with excitement, and told a bar
rowing story of an attack. She had
been walking along Ouachita avenue
she said, when a tall man with gray
rap ar.d brown shoes, having red halt
and freckles, rode up to her on a
gray spotted horse.
“The first thing I knew,” said Nel
.ie. “he called to me to stop. He
I
A Girl’s Imaginary Experience.
pointed a big revolver at me, threat
ening to shoot. Then he reached
down and grabbed me by the shoul
der. He lifted me on the horse in
front of him and galloped off. The
moment we started he placed over my
face a cloth that had chloroform on
it. At least I thought it was chlaro
form. I became unconscious. The
next I knew I was awakened by some
one slapping me in the face. I don't
know what the man said. He didn't
try to hurt me, anyway, except to
slap me. After I had gone a little
way, when he had told me to leave
I found a handkerchief around my
neck and a note which said, ‘Don’t
you tell anyone what has happened
If you do I will kill you.’ ”
When the child had told her story
i story strongly reminiscent cf a mo
tion picture film, her teachers sound
ed the alarm. Immediately from po
lice headquarters the order to find i
man riding a gray-spotted pony was
flashed. A posse began forming.
Deputy Sheriff Hardie Hinton was
riding near the fair grounds when he
saw a bare-legged boy on a spotted
gray horse. The lad rode up to the
tent where Shockley and his family
who are wandering horse traders
were living.
Scarcely had the boy dismounted
when a man rushed out s>f the tent
and sprang on the horse. “Tell yout
ma the marshals are after me and
they won't get me alive," he shouted
to the youngster. The man was
Shockley.
Hinton reported this incident to the
city police; they took up the trail,
accompanied by Smith, and soon came
upon Shockley. When the fugitive
saw the posse he turned from the
main road into a country lane on the
banks of the Ouchita river. He de
fied the calls to halt and was shot.
At the coroner’s inquest it was es
tablished that Shockley could not
have attacked the girl nor could his
horse have been seen by her.