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THE VALEHTIHE DEMOCRAT VALENTINE , NEB. / ' . M. IUCE , . . . - Publisher. UNDER A NEW FLAG SELF GOVERNMENT AGAIN TO BF CONFERRED ON CUBA. Gomez Will Start Out Well by Decree ing that the Conservatives , Who Arc Shall Have 30 a Hopeless Minority , Per Cent of the Appointive Offices On January 28 at noon the Cuban people will come into their own for the second time at the hands of the American government. It was on May 20 , 1902 , that the American flag , hoisted after the war with Spain , was hauled down in favor of the blue striped , single starred ensign of Cuba. Then in September , 1906 , a company of marines landed at the palace from the United States cruiser Denver and halted a victorious revolutionary army on the outskirts of Havana , and Amer ican intervention , which first came against a foreign power , was once time to set things more a reality , this ' right among the Cubans themselves. The members of the Cuban congress had become indifferent , and for \ months prior to the revolution it had f been impossible to secure the attend- I ance of a Quorum. This necessitated | government by presidential decree , , 'and it was quickly followed by the cry t t' that President Palma was usurping the power and asserting the right of dictation. The American provisional governor , Charles E. Magoon , says it was impos sible for him to prevent a recurrence 1 of this state of affairs only by decree ! Ing that congressmen who do not at tend the sessions shall not receive pay. These rules , however , have already been declared dictatorial and irksome ' ' by the congressmen , and an attempt undoubtedly soon will be made to re peal or to amend them. The congressmen also are even now discussing an increase in their sal aries from $300 to $400 a month , al though the Cuban constitution , like that of the United States , declares that an increase in salary shall be effective only by congress amending the law. The liberal party , which claims to "be the party of the common people , goes into power as the result of an almost - \ most unanimous ballot , its overwhelm ing success at the polls being one of the points for the belief that Cuba ii about to enter into a period of lony contentment. Most of the newspapers say the ma jority of the people are deeply humiliated - ! iated that the intervention became ' ! necessary , and urge the politicians of f .all parties to remember the mistakes 1 'of the past and to do nothing thai ; j -would make another and longer intervention - * vention possible. I Maj. Gen. Jose Miguel Gem z. the new president , has decreed that al though the conservative party vote in the recent election was almost nothing , that party shall have 30 per cent of the appointive offices. THIRTY CASES SETTLED. One Finn Pays $730 for Each Victim of Iroquois Theater Fire. It was made public Monday that after five years of litigation settle ments had been made in the cases of thirty of the deaths caused by the Iroquois quois theater fire. It is stated that $750 a case is to be paid by one of the firms responsible for the theater. the prosecutions against the company in these cases having been withdrawn from court. In one instance a man who lost his wife and three children in the fire received $750 for each death. Many other suits against firms and individuals interested in the the- ter are still pending. The number of unsettled cases is estimated at more than 400. TWO WEEKS' TEST CLOSES. Scores Relate Experiences of Living ; as Jesus Would. The two weeks' effort of 1,800 young people of Cleveland , O. , to "live as Jesus would live" closed Sunday with a big mass meeting at the Epworth Me morial church. Scores who made the trial related their experiences. Rev. W. B. Wallace decided the test had been a success and indicated that Christians could live more Christlike. 'It was proposed that while the official test was closed , the effort to make the movement world-wide should go for ward. Robbers Get $ .1.000. The Klamath Falls County bank at KJamath Falls , Ore. , was robbed of ! $3,000 by two masked men who entered - tered the bank with drawn revolvers , and compelled the cashier to pay over .the county all money in sight. Se- 3cral citizens who were inside the bank iwere held at bay while the robbers escaped. Urge Lincoln Celebration. The Grand Army of the Republic .desires a national celebration of the jlOOth anniversary of the birth of il-incoln on February 12 and has asked IPresident Roosevelt to issue a proclamation - mation to the country inviting and urging Ktich a celebration. The pres- I 'idunt said he would be glad to consider - | er the pubject and would take it up \ ( .Will his cabinet SIVOAVBOUND IN NORTHWEST. ilelief Trains Hurrying With Food for Hungry. Five hundred men , women and shildren , passengers on two snow bound trains from the east , one from Chicago , crossed the Columbia river on the ice at The Dalles Friday after noon. They were passengers on the Oregon River and Navigation trains and crossed to reach a north bank train on the Washington shore. The north bank train proceeded twenty miles toward Portland when it , too , poked its nose into a snowdrift , and there it remains. Relief trains from Portland are hurrying with food for the passengers and wrecking crews to open up the drift. The cold weather which has pre vailed in the Pacific northwest for the past ten days has been intense , but the weather is growing warmer and general rain his set in. The snow , which has been deep in nearly every section , is melting , and the rivers have commenced to rise. Beyond the destruction of the Southern Pacific bridges at Sacramen to and the Western Pacific crossing near San Francisco the damage re sulting from the great rainstorm that has deluged the central part of Califor nia for the last week is slight. The storm is passing to the eastward and northward , having apparently crossed the mountains to the eastern slope of the Sierras , and it is hoped that no further damage is about Sacramento and Stockton , where an immense spread of farming land will be under water if the levees give way. HAINS FOUND NOT GUILTY. The Jury Clears Him of The Charge of Murder. Thornton Jenkins Hains. author and reafarer , who , together with his broth er , was charged with the murder of William E. Annis , editor , who was shot and killed by Peter C. Hains at the Bayside Yacht club last summer was acquitted by the jury , at Flushing. X. Y. , Friday. The jury was out twenty-two hours. When the verdict was announced a great shout came from the crowded court room. Justice Crane ordered the spectators from the room. The de fendant smiled when he heard the verdict , but his eyes were filled with tears when he turned to his counsel and shook them by the hand. It is learned from one of the jurors that seven ballots were taken. The first ballot stood S to 4 for acquittal. PRISON FOR BANK WRECKER. Pennsylvania Financier Gets a Heav > Sentence. J. B. F. Rinehart , former cashier and vice president of the Farmers' and Drovers' National bank , of Waynesburg , Pa. , Friday was convict ed in the federal court of the charge of wrecking the institution , and sen tenced to fifteen years in prison. The bank failed two years ago for $2,000- 000. Tears trickled down the cheeks of the dazed banker as the judge pro nounced sentence. George W. Worley , a brother-in-law of Rinehart , and James L. Smith , who were arrested , charged with attempt ing to corrupt the jury , were released on $2,500 bail each. It is said secret service operators are searching for an unknown third person to be ar- ' ested for tampering with the jury. Carmichael Laid in Grave. Rev. John Carmichael , the murder er of Gideon Browning , was buried at Romulus , Mich. , Friday. Rev. T. W. Baldwin of Detroit , and Presiding Elder Rev. John Sweet made brief addresses at the funeral. A large floral tribute from the Detroit Metho dist Episcopal district , with the words "Our Brother , " lay on the coffin as it was borne from the church to the grave. There was no curious crowd at the station when the body arrived. The ball bearers were six clergymen. Urge Lincoln Celebration. The Grand Army of the Republic desires a national celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lincoln on February 12 and has asked President Roosevelt to issue a procla mation to the country inviting and urging such a celebration. The pres ident said he would be glad to consid er the subject and would take it up .vith his cabinet. Slaughter in Russia. Statistics are published by the news papers showing that during the Rus sian year just ended 1,957 persons were sentenced to death in the empire and 782 executed. The largest number of executions were in Warsaw and Kiev , being more than 150 in each place , and in Yekaterinoslav 100 weiv put to death. No Order From Court. Gov. llaskell stated Friday that he would not reopen the state dispensary at this time , despite the decision of the state supreme court that the dis pensary was not abolished by a vote of the people at the last election. Gov. ' ; iskell says he will act only when e supreme court orders him direct ly to reopen. Filipino Rand at Inauguration. The Philippine band at Manila will be brought to Washington to take a piominent part in the parade , ball and public concerts of the inauguration in March. The band numbers eighty-six members , all natives of the Philip pines. Its trip will be made at the ex pense of the band as an organization ami it will be paid for its services at Washington. FLOODS IX PAR WEST. Many Rivers in California Reach Dan > ger Stage. Floods in the river valleys and land slides in the mountains are threatened rains now prevailing is a result of the throughout California. The Sacra- menta , Amerio'in , Feather , San Joa- tiuin , Yuba , Kings and Salinas rivers are rising , and it is expected that the Sacramento and American will reach Hood stages late Thursday night. At Folsom the American is now up to the danger point. A gold dredger valued at $150,000 which had been working in the bed of the stream , was wrecked by the high water and will be a total loss. Twenty launches of the Sacramento Boat club were torn from their moorIngs - Ings and swept down stream during the night. The weather bureau has warned the people of Stockton that there is grave danger to that city from the San Joaquin river and Mormon slough. The latter , which carries a great quantity of water , broke through the levees above the town of Linden Thursday and has spread over a vast extent of territory. The levee surrounding Visalia broke Thursday afternoon and flood waters swept into the town. At 2:30 o'clock , at the time of the last report , the northwestern part of the town was be ing flooded. School children were dis missed at noon. At an early hour Porterville was flooded. Twenty-five families living in the lower part of town were rescued by citizens with rafts. A woman and a child are report ed to have been drowned. FACE DEATH IN HOTEL FIRE. Many Sensational Escapes from Topeka - ka , Kan. , Hostelry. Topeka's famous hostelry , the Copeland - land , noted as a stopping place for legislators and politicians , was de stroyed by fire early Thursday. I. E. Lambert , of Emporia , one of the most prominent politicians in the state , is missing and is believed to have been burned to death. A dozen of 150 guests were injured , but none are thought to have ben fatally hurt. There were many sensational escapes , several per sons jumping from windows. The Copeland hotel was of brick construction , four stories in height. It was situated at the corner of Ninth and Kansas avenues , one block from the state capitol. It was one of the oldest hotels in the state of Kansas. It had a roomy lobby and wide hall ways , plentifully supplied with fire es capes. The main stairway , however , was built around the elevator , and the flames shooting up the shaft soon shut off this means of escape. TOM JOHNSON IN A FLAT. Mayor Gives Up Palatial Mansion for Humbler Quarters. Carrying out the intimation made in his public declaration two months ago that he was "broke , ' Mayor Tom L. Johnson has taken possession of a Eu clid avenue flat , giving up his palatial Euclid avenue mansion at Cleveland , Ohio. That Mayor Johnson has decided to live in the Knickerbocker , in a top suite , costing $135 a month in rental , became known when Mrs. Johnson and the mayor's daughter were seen emerging from the suite. The family soon will move in , having taken pos session of the nine-room suite , which has two baths and the privilege of one stall in the garage. The mayor will keep one of his machines in the gar age. age.The The Knickerbocker is an exclusive apartment , with all its attaches garbed in livery. The mayor has a year's lease , with renewal option. Ready to Fight Johnson. Joe Woodman , manager for Sam Langford , the heavyweight fighter , has received a message from Manager Hottison , of the London Athletic club , offering to match Langford with Jack Johnson , the fight to take place in London some day in May. Mr. Wood man answered that his man was will ing to meet Johnson , but demanded a guarantee from the club before he would consider terms. Rate of Discount Raised. The rate of discount of the Bank of England was raised Thursday at Lon don to 3 percent. This is the first change since May 28. The increase in the rate generally was anticipated and was due to the small gold reserve , a high rate being necessary to attract imports , as well as check continued do- imtnds. Like New Laid Eggs. A new method of preserving eggs , which it is asserted makes six-months- old eggs poach like new laid ones , is reported by the American consul at Plymouth , Eng. . Joseph G. Stephens. Tit- says that a north of England firm of importers adopted the method of preserving eggs. t,0)0 ) to Select From. Mrs. Frances Livingston , of Boyd. Wis. . who advertised in papers in all parts of the country for a husband and who has received 1,000 proposals of marriage , has chosen Louis Stru- valz. of Dorchester , Wis. , and Thursday i marriage license was issued. Coal Production. Bituminous coal production in the United States in 190S reached between . { 20,000,000 and 330,000,000 tons , ac cording to the geological survey , igainst more than 400,000,000 tons in 11)07. ) Legal Holiday in California. A bill making the birthday of Abra ham Lincoln , February 12 , a legal holiday in this state passed both houses of the legislature Thursday. NEBRASKA f STATE NEWS j * ftftftft * * * ftft * * * * * GUN BATTLE WITH CROOK. One Onuilut C5Ifleer is Killed and Ati- f.lii-r ! "totally Injured. Patro . .ian L. A. Smith is dead. De tective x. ' . < . Deveree.se probably fa tally inmd , Albert Clarke fatally hurt and Bit > y Sir.ith dangerously t > hot as the resn.t of un attempt by Clarke to hold up Anna Wilson's place on Ninth street at Omaha , Thursday morning. Clarke entered the place and at the point of a i evolver commanded the in mates to h ld up their hands. At the same moment he snatched a diamond necklace from the neck of the Wilson woman and escaped to the .street. Uot- sy Smith followed him and Clarke fired a shot into her shoulder , inflict ing a dangerous wound. Her screams brought Patrolman Smith to the scene and Clarke at once began shooting at him. firing two bullets into his body. Smith raised himself to a sitting posi tion and fired twice at the robber , a bullet taking effect in his leg , but he escaped. Officers started out to search for the robber and an hour later he was located by Detectives Devereese and Heitfeldt. As quick as the officers came up to the robber he began firing , one bullet hitting Devereese in the stomach. Heitfeldt shot the robber twice in the stomach. Albert Clarke , the desperado who Bhot and killed Policeman t . A. Smith In Omaha , was employe' ! as a bar tender in the Blue liibbon saloon in Council Bluffs until recently. Although he went by the name of Clark , it is not believed that i9 Jiis right name. MAY VTIX ITS CONTENTION. Union JTarilU1 Bound to Have .a .Fre mont Street. Trie Union Pacific has finally showed its hand in the Factory street closing matter at Fremont , which has been agitating the city authorities for some time. The city police forc6 woke up one morning to find that men bad closed up the thoroughfare by means of a fence built during the night. It was practically conceded thl the rail road was back of the move. It wants the city to bring condemnntion pro ceedings against the property and to Involve the Burlington , demanding a slice of street of equal size from it. The city will order a portion of the fence torn down on account of the fact that it is built of wire , which is contrary to a city ordinance. Already one teamster has driven Into it with the result that a horse wns hurt. It is likely that the condemnation pro ceedings sought by the railroad com pany will be brought. BOTH HELD FOR ( SRIME. Alleged Murderers of Volley Mann Are Given a Preliminary Hearing- . Lafayette Dale and Mr ? } . Jennie Gei- ger. the latter claiming to be Dale's wife , charged with murdering Yolley Mann and burying his borly in a ravine near Ogallala , were givn a prelim inary hearing and bound over for trial. Sheriff Beal was the principal witness and told of alleged confessions made by Dale and Mrs. Geiger , in which each charged the other with shooting Mann while he lay sleeping in his camp on the prairie. Both Dale and Mrs. Geiger were partaking of his hospi tality. WIDOW LOSES IIR HOME. Dwelling on Dr. Cummins * Farm. Neav Seward. Burned. The dwelling house on the farm of Dr. H. B. Cummins , three miles east of Seward , was totally destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. It was occupied by Mrs. J. AV. Tally , who is a widow with a family of four children. They all away from home at the time it is not known how the fire start ed , but it is supposed that a defective chimney was the cause. Mrs. Tally lost all of her belongings , and is little uble to afford such a loss. Court House OTI Fire. The Boone county court house wns damaged by fire Tuesday evening , the flames originating from a child play ing with matches in the living room of the sheriff , it is supposed. An alarm was turned in , which promptly brought the department to work , confining the blaze to the basement until extin guished. Autos Help Business. York merchants state that the use of automobiles by farmers has helped business in York for the reason that the farmers living a distance from York having nutos who formerly trad ed at their nearest town now corne to York , and the increas-e in business i ? quite noticeable. Sluiwil ant ! Robbed. Noel Moats , resKung southeast < > f Sutton. was drugged and robbed of a gold watch. $ . ' ! 0 in money , and a cheek for $100. The gentleman lives alone and was in semi-c iiM-ions condition when found. He is a brother of Mr. Moat.0 , residing near Grafton. who was poisoned by having stiychnino put in his sugar bo\\ 1 last Sunday night. Xo Hue to the robber has ben found. Fanner Heroine- . ! n.-ane. X.i ? . Thorm.-m. a farmer living near \Yisnor. was seized with dementia one evening last week , turned his wife from home , took his children in the farm \\agou and drove half the night or more. The weather was bitter cold and the children suffered intensely be fore rescue came in the form of fricnd- v neighbors. Farm Homo tturiird. The home occupied by Oscar Hansen - sen , eight mile northeast of Table Rock , owned by George Keith. of Pn.ck. was badly damaged by fire , caused 1-y a defective Huo. Help being - ing at hand the place ws saved after a hard light. Fire : : t Tnbie Hock. Fire damaged the home of Hey j r.ucll s at Table Rock to the extent of from $75 to $100. Thr- fire caught in the partition from an overheated rangej stove. ' BV.SY BUlfM/ARS. Break Into Five Buslines Plaoea a * IMntl.-IIlOUlll. Notwithstanding the fact that the mercury registered 5 degrees below zero during Monday night , burglars got busy at Plattsmouth and succeed ed in gaining admittance into the gro cery store of H. M. Soennichsen , the Journal office , the meat market of Kunsman & Ranige , the general mer chandise store of 13. A. Wurl and the hardware store of Asemlssen & Sons , all on Main street and within a few blocks. In each instance except one a glass was broken in a rear window , the fastening removed and the window raised. Money was taken from the cash registers in each building , insums ranging from 32 to $7 , and only such other articles as could be easily carried were taken away. In the Journal office the draft was turned on to the base burner and the coal shaken down , and the location of the chairs indicated that the intruders enjoyed the situation for aa long a time as they desired. Thus far no clue has been learned as to who the perpetrators of the cvirsve were. FLOOD VISITS HAY DEN STORE. Clerks in Basement Watle in Water Because Water Pipe Bursts. Six inches of water flooded the base ment of the Hayden Brothers' store at Omaha at noon Monday , when the head of a fourinchater main was blown off. Until workmen from the water company arrived and shut off the supply of water to the building , men went about in the basement with the water over their shoetops , unless they had rubber foots to wear. The force of the stream that poured into the shipping room , where the break occurred , \\as so great that no one could go near the main to turn off the water , and two clerks , LMmer Wagen and George Benjamin , who were near by , were knocked against the wall by the piece of pipe which was blown off. Xot much of the stock of hardware , crockery and groceries was seriously damaged and insurance was carried. The water soon ran out by way of the sewer vents in the concrete floor. COURT HOCSK IN HOTEL. Tliurston County Commissioners Win a LongFight. . The Palace hotel in Ponder will in a few days be the Thurston county court house. The county commission ers have already begun preparations to move the offices out of the old wooden court house , which is not a safe place for the county records. This move is due to the action of E. B. Roberts , who last spring secured an injunction in the district court re straining the commissioners from moving in , asking the dismissal of his action in the Nebraska supreme court , which had reversed the decision of Judge Graves , of the district court , but had granted a rehearing. The oasp has attracted much atten tion in Thurston and Dakota counties Two Cut Their Way Out of Jail. John Maffer , an ex-convict , bound over for burglary , and Charles O. An derson , bound over for forgery , es caped from the county jail at Hastings and are still at large. They made their way out by removing a section of metal ceiling , held on with tacks , and cutting through the pine floor of the room above. Kaffer had just finished a ten-year sentence for burglary in Lincoln. Murderer Gets Life Sentence. Matt Bozarth , who murdered James Dyer in Greenwood on October G by thrusting the blade of a knife into his heart , was taken to Lincoln Satur day to serve a life sentence in the state penitentiary. It is generally be lieved by those who tried the case that Boxarth will be transferred from the penitentiary to the asylum for insane within a year. Taxes from an Old Suit. Approximately $2,000 in principal and interest will be paid into the treas ury of Omaha by the Chicago House Wrecking company as the result of the decision of the state supreme court whereby the decision of the lower court that the tax commissioner of a city may place on the tax rolls prop erty omitted by him at the time of the assessment was upheld. Comressiaii Poliard Buys Paper. Congressman E. M. Pollard has purchased the Plattsmouth Xews plant , previously owned by George L. Farley , for $1.200. The semi-weekly will be published as usual , with R. C. \Vattors. of Grand Island , said to be an all-aiound newspaper man. as busi ness manager. A. L. Tiddill write the editorials. Death of Valentino Man. L. Smith , a resident of Valentino , who had been in a hospital at Omaha for the past month , having underwent an operation for stomach trouble , is dead. His body v ill be tak n to Bf-emor for burial. He was an old settler and had be'-n a farmer for the past year or so. IJcliirj's ( "onlinted Spoon. An unidentified young man. who was formerly on tie Nebraska univer sity athletic team ard was latHy con verted , has re-tuneel to the Victoria hotol. of CJiic-ago , a silver spoon he took while stopping there in his col lege days. It came from Ueatrico. DceliZi * on ; i Reranvas * > . The democrats of the house and senate in joint Sf Fion Tuesday , by a vote of 7-1 to f > 3 , decided to rocanvass I he vote cast on the constitutional amendment increasing the judiciary , the minority , comprising 44 repub licans , voting against the motion. Brick Plant Shuts Down. At Humboldt the brick plant has jlo erl down for the winter , throwing i number of laborers out of employ- n ; < nt. It is understood that some changes are contemplated by the board of directors before the opening up of the plant in the spring. Fire iint ! Police Commissioners. Gov. Shallenbcrgor appointed Chas. 7arbach and Carl Brandies , demo crats as fire and police commissioners "or Omaha , vice John L. Kennedy and Ltobert Cowell , republicans. SOIH F * Pastor Carmichael , Haunted by His Deed , Endt Life at Carthage , 111. STRANGE CONFESSION IS LEFT. Hypnotic Spell He Seeks to End Given by Michigan Preacher as Motive for Deed. Rev. John Haviland Cannichael , who inunlerod : i simple-minded car penter. Gideon lirowning. n church at Rattle Run , Mich. , and cremated the body in a stove , ended his life in Carthage , 111. . Monday , leaving a re markable confession. Carmichael cut his throat with a pocket knife , linger ing several hours after he was dis covered lying in a pool of blood In a shed near the boarding-house run by Miss Miranda Hughes. The confession , written in a letter to Sheriff Wagensei ! of St. Glair Coun ty. Michigan , pleading hypnotism lirst and self-defense finally , is a thrilling narration of the terrible church trag edy whirh aroused the inhabitants of lower Michigan and shocked the readIng - Ing public. It is the story of a man uidr the hypnotic sp ° ll of another who played upon his IM.V. cv i\nriiAKi. HIS cmiti. : fears , haunted his dreams , overpow ered his will and finally lured him un der false pretense , the guise of wish ing to be married , to the church , whero. afraid to flee , he was forced to siuy to preserve his own life. Carmiehael's detailed account of the death of his victim is as bloodcurdling ling as the most sanguinary tale from a dime novelist's imagination. He told of a terrific struggle , Browning armed with two knives and a hatclitt attacking him after laughing at the trap inhich he had snared him. In coherently the preacher wrote the weird story of a man. who rebelled against the weakness of his own will as it was juggled fiendishly at the whim of an unsound mind , until rea son broke into fury at the sound of laughing mockery and the sight of a grinning idiot claiming mastery over him , intent upon his slaughter. Cannicliael arrived in Carthage Fri day night from Burlington , Iowa , whither he had gone from Chicago after flight from the scene of the trag edy. He sought lodging at the hotna of Miss M. Hughes , where he gave his name as John Elder. Haunted by the tragedy , he neither ate nor slept .Saturday nor Sunday. .Monday morn ing he paid his bill and prepared 'o leave. lie put his suitcase in "harire of the landlady , excusing himself , say- in : ; lie would return within a few mi'i- utes. Ho went out the ha ok door. An hour later Miss Hughes heard sculiling in the shed There she dis covered Carinichat-I prostrate in a pool of blood. 1'hysseians worked lieroi--t- ! ly to save him. the wound not being necessarily fatal , but exposure to Mie cold and loss of blood h. : l so \vc---i- : ed the man that he expired short'y ' after noon. In Cannichaers suitcase were tou'.d letters addressed to the sher'Uf of St. ( 'lair County and to his liftat Ada ir. .Mich. The letter to the sheriff , : tdtross ! 'd to Port Huron. .M ch. eori- talned a complete account of the mur der from the dead man's point of view His words clearly indicate tnat his own mind was turned by the * avv fulness of his experience. KILLS HIS POUk in Home \eir Muiilcnto. Mliiii. Ovo Ly OIK. a < his fojr Hiildn-r : - K''i(5otl tiio > tairs from th ir iicrtr 'o the kit-hor : Kirly Tuesday . .Iais V. a quarry worker living near Pra . Cro-Miiir. near Mankito. .Minn. K tin-in wirli a knife , euttin th-ir th ! . ' ! r- > . Then h went lo a wooil Lrti nut ! h- . ; ! hiin-r-If. An elder < la glif-r. ! < ! : . dir. MO : 'O with the children.Vhoi she ' it lown-rairs a few minutes Inter her br th thir ers and sisters lay dead on : he floor. : ir bodies hide by sulo. Sh ned in : . - -ror to ti" wooNh > d to alarm her f.uhiT. , ' 'io. sin- thought , had one t'i ' Te to v.ork in the liin lijiht shs Mu.mbl < > l over his : < -lv. \ 11" h.tfl hani > ( l IiinxfMf with n v ; : 'ae strain ! Inci broken and his Ufi. ; , s 1 ! y had fuHon to the floor. Ti- ! - . ' . > ' . ' . -a murderouvore : Earl , aged M : Xinn I'J : Vora. < : . and Xnla. a VabVorkV fi fir dir < l la t KJimmor and irti k { t IMV. . > r him * in e. The father always : i- ; I i : , . IT. neighbors declare. ki' | n { > y IT. I and having little iatrcoarse vtitb ; . He xvas regarded as insane. 5 ,