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ARMY : . OFFICERS START A 'J'HIP
TO STUDY WARFARE.
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.Entire Expedition Under Command of
Coll : R. Ii : . Evans , of General Staff-
Virgin itt's Capital Will Be .1 { Rcacln
About May JG.
A thirty-day march to be made hy 1
army officers over the battle grounds
of Virginia , to study problems of war-
Tare was begun Sunday when a long
line ] of horses and troopers equipped <
with all the fixtures of the field left
Washington , D. C. , for Virginia under
Command of Maj. Eben Swift , of the
general staff , on the way to Freder-
icksburg , Va : , where the column will
be met by thirty officers on May 7.
Then the officers who are members , ! of <
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the general staff of the army and of <
the army war college will start on a
ride over the route followed by Grant's
army almost a half a century ago.
The entire march will be under
command of Col. R. K. Evans , of the
general staff , assistant to Gen. Wit ! -
erspoon , acting chief of staff. The of- :
fleers and troopers will reach Rich-
mond about May 16 and after skii
mishes over many battle fields within
a radius of 100 miles will start on
their return journey , reaching Fort
Meyer about June 3.
The column which left Fort Meyer
Sunday made a striking appearance.
, Eight large wagons filled with officer !
' ) aggage was in the van and about 100
horses and troopers were in line. Camp
was pitched at Accotink , Va. , as in reg-
ular field service and the usual anry
.regulations observed. At least two
days will be spent at Fredericksburg
'in ' a study of the route of Grant's
army. Lieut. William . Overton will
have charge of the various camps and
will have supervision of the supplies
FISHERIES DISPUTE SETTLED
. American ami Canadian Commission
ore Reach Agreement.
. The draft of the uniform fisheries
regulations governing the boundary
'waters between Canada and the Unit-
Jed States under the terms of the
jtreaty ] as passed last spring and pre =
{ pared during the last six months by
, the two commissioners , Prof. E. E.
JPrince : , Dominion fisheries commis
jsioner { , and President David Starr Jor-
'dan , of Leland Stanford university ,
( representing the United States , has
been ( received in Ottawa from Palo
JAlto , Cal. , where ' the commissioners
I have just completed their work.
i The result will be the observance
iby l the United States and ' Canadian
[ fishermen of the regulations contended
for by Canada in the treaty waters
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. These
waters include the area of the water
at the mouth of the St. Croix river ; ;
the St. John river where it forms the
boundary between Maine and New
Brunswick , Lake Champlain , Lake
tMemphramagog , the great lakes and
. , Cornwall westward and the waters of
Juan _ de Fuca strait and Puget sound.
1 Under the regulations as now agreed
upon the United States protection
staff , with headquarters at Washing
ton , which will correspond to the Can-
adian fisheries protection service , with
headquarters at Ottawa.
These two services will co-operate
in enforcing the uniform regulations
in all waters covered by the treaty.
MAKIXG : FAST TIME.
American Armored Cruisers 1,500
3Iilcs from Gibraltar.
The American armored cruiser
squadron , composed of the North Car-
olina and Montana , which left Guan-
tanamo , Cuba , April 23 , under orders
from the navy department to hurry
to Alexandretta , Turkey , to protect
Americans : there during the present
, disorders , was 1,150 miles west of
' Gibraltar Sunday night , according to
b. ! cablegram.
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Editor : Loses His Life.
I As the result of the explosion in the
, film room of the Crescent Nickelodeon
, at Peoria , resulting in plunging the
; ! entire front of the theater into flames ,
William F. Robinson , city editor of the
i Peoria Star and manager of the play. .
w , .house , is dead.
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To Fight : Rate Law.
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% -cent fare in Missouri is settled.
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The fight in Nebraska is the next one
; ; we will have , " said B. L. Winchell ,
president of the Rock Island railway
system , Thursday.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City r live stock market follow : Top
beeves , $6.25. Top hogs , $7.15.
World Wide Regatta.
Zambesi river above the Victoria
Tails is to be the scene of a great In-
ternational regatta managed by the
! British ' : South Africa company , in
June , 1910. It is expected that the
crews from all the racing centers of
the world will participate.
Dr. Manuel i Amador Dead.
Dr. Manuel Amador , first president
of the republic of Panama , died Sun-
day afternoon after a lingering illness
iRe was 75 years old.
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DEAD IN DIXIE LAXD.
Havoc Wrought in i South by 'fci.ific
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Dispatches gathered throughout the
states by the Associated Press indicate
that from fifty to seventy-five people
met sudden death in the great wind
that caused havoc throughout the
south. The number of injured is prob-
ably threefold the list of killed , and it
probably will be several ! days before a.
complete list can be gathered. \Vhile
the storm , which reached the south
from the upper Mississippi .valley arly
Friday left its scar on Mississippi , Ar-
kansas , Kentucky , Alabama , MissourI
and more remote states , Tennessee
perhaps suffered the most severely.
Mississippi's most disastrous point
was Horn Lake , where six met death.
Arkansas reports a total of twelve
dead , with likelihood that it will be :
added to as the inaccessible wire
points are picked up. Alabama has
four dead near HartzoII. Kentucky
escaped with much property damage ,
but no deaths , while Missouri has sev-
eral killed at Somerville and Golden.
Georgia lost two when a boat capsized
in the Atlantic.
In Arkansas the towns which lay in
the swath of the recent tornado at ;
Brinkley suffered most. They were
West 1larionVealdey and Vicinage.
In Crawford county ninety persons
were reported to have been injured.
This is the country about Fort Smith.
Monmouth Springs reported , eight
dead.
Careful estimates indicate that at :
least fifty people were killed in Ten-
nessee , while the money loss will not
fall short of $1,000,000. At Franklin
and in Hillsboro there was loss of life
The latter town is said to be practically
destroyed , while at Centerville .and
adjoining villages } ) the damage is re-
ported to be very heavy , both in lives <
and property. Near Pulaski the death
list reached twelve and many were in-
jured.
In the vicinity of Chattanooga wires
were blown down and the movement
of trains greatly hampered. The
hurricane followed the Cumberlan
valley , wrecking small towns and de-
stroying farm houses. At Ebenezer
eighteen houses were blown down.
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IS CRIME OF BLACK IL AND.
Eight Die in Incendiary Fire in Xei
York. :
Eight persons , five of them children ,
were burned to death and fourteen :
others were injured in an incendiary
fire in a five-story tenement house at
37 Spring street , New York City occu-
pied by twenty families , early Friday.
The blaze followed a demand by mem-
bers of the Black Hand society for the
payment of $1,000 blackmail. It
spread through the building with ]
startling rapidity , as the hallways
were soaked with kerosene oil by the
black4nailers.
In a panic which followed the alarm
the tenants fought their way down
the fire escapes or jumped from the I
windows , while babies were thrown
from windows into the arms of police-
men on the sidewalk.
Six of the injured , three of them
children , are not expected to recover.
Jacob Bruck , the proprietor of the
grocery store on the main floor of the
building , received on April IS a letter
reading :
"We demand $1,000 or death. Bring
it in Mott street. Petrosino Is dead ,
but the Black Hand lives.
. "Black Hand Society. "
On Monday last Bruck received an-
other letter written in a similar strain.
He turned both letters over to the po-
lice. .
TRIPLE LYNCHING IX TEXAS.
Llirec Negroes Accused of Killing a
Deputy Sheriff Hanged.
A mob lynched three negroes early
Friday at Marshall , Tex. The negroes
had killed a deputy sheriff.
The militia , which had been guard-
ing the jail for three days , was re-
lieved at midnight and the citizens
immediately formed a mob taking the
Authorities by surprise. The mob en-
tered the county jail , secured the
negroes-Creole Mose : , Pie Hill and
latt Chase-and promptly strung
them up.
Mose , Hill and Chase were charged
with firing upon and killing Deputy
Sheriff Mark Huffman and wounding
Constable Alex Cargill a few days ago
for raiding a crap game. No arrests
have been made.
lie-Id for Big Robbery.
Kenneth Wiiams : : , a young man ,
\ ' ho was arrested while carrying a va
lise containing $3,000 worth of dia-
monds , is being held in San Francisco
on suspicion of being connected in
some way with the robbery of the
Lundy jewelry store at that place a
year ago , when safe crackers escaped
with jewels valued at $48,000.
Race War in a Texas Town.
Advices reached here from Water-
man Friday stating : that a race war
has broken out between the employes
of two samlwills there. Two persons are
reported killed and six wounded. Wa-
terman is on the Texas and Gulf rail-
road.
5S5 : Saloons Close.
Friday night 585 saloons and ten
breweries in nineteen counties of
ichigan which voted dry at the last
uction closed their doors. Thirty
of the eighty-three counties in the
ate are now dry.
New Trial for Miss 'Yel ) ] ) .
Miss Alice Webb , of Chicago , for-
mer manufacturer , convicted on a
charge of passing worthless checks ,
was Friday granted a new trial.
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I STORMS DO DAMAGE.
Buildings Arc Wrecked and Death Left
in Wake.
An electrical storm , accompani
by a gale of wind that approached the
fury of a cyclone , burst upon Chicago
at 6:15 o' iock Thursday night , bring-
ing death to at least five persons and :
cutting the city off from direct outslds
I communication for nearly two hours.
I The center of tlitestorm was on the
south side of the city. Here one la- 1
I borer was killed and nine more , were
injured when the roof of the Grand
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Crossing Tack company's plant \'as
blown off.
A cottage at Seventy-ninth street
and Ellis avenue was blown down by 1
the wind and it was reported to the
police that two men were killed and a
woman and a child injured.
Telephone an telegraph : wires were
cut down on all sides of the city. It
was the most complete prostration af
wire service in twelve years. The
Western Union reported that all i its
wires were cut off as though by a flash
of lightning. Communication with the
east was established slowly and by cir-
cuitous routes. The Postal Telegraph
company at 7 o'clock had the only
wire in the city to New York. Traffic
was impeded on surface and elevated
lines and suburban lines were delayed.
Two inches of rain fell here and : in
neighboring cities. Many persons were
injured by flying boards and knocked
down by street cars and wagons.
Mrs. Matilda Johnson was standing
in the front door of her residence on
Ellis avenue watching the effects of <
the storm when the wind took the
roof from her house and the building
collapsed. She was dug out by the po- <
lice badly injured.
Miss Eleanor Richardson , a 17-
year-old girl was trying to hold an
umbrella over her head while cross- ;
ing north Clark street when she wm
struck by a street car and fatally in-
jured.
Twenty-five houses were blown
down or damaged by the storm in i
Blue Island , a 'southwestern suburb.
For more than a mile along the main
street there the rofs were torn off or
windows broken.
More than fifty houses were unroof-
ed in Grand Crossing.
At Peoria , Ill. , the wind unroofed
the Chicago , Burlington and Quincy
fr.eight house , damaged the union de-
pot to the amount of several hundred
dollars , blew several box cars from
the : track in the railroad yards , demol
ished three flagmen's shanties , in one '
of which John Corcoran , a switch- 'I
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man , was severely injured and cause <
much damage to shipping on the Illi-
nois river.
On the farms surrounding Peoria ;
thousands of dollars' damage was don
to orchards and property.
MAIL TRAIX IffiLD UP.
lobbcs-s Work : on Northern Pacific
Wbilc , Posses Form.
Northern Pacific train No. 3 wa :
held up at 10:30 o'clock Thursday
night three miles east of Hauser June- -
tion , Idaho by two highwaymen.
The robbers cut the engine and onE <
mail car from the train shot twice a1
the fireman , ordering him from the
engine , and put a revolver to Engineer
'Vhittlesey's head and compelled him
to send the engine ahead. The othei
andit took : the place of the fireman
and as they passed through Hauser he
was throwing coal into the firebox ir
3.n experienced manner. This , togeth-
er with the fact that there were nc
markers on the rear of the train and
the engine crew disregarded signals
revealed to the operator that it was a
holdup , and he notified the dispatchej
in Spokane to that effect. \
Officials at Spokane and Rathdrurr
were notified , and while the mail cai
was being robbed between Trent and
Yardley posses were forming on eithei
side of the bandits to overhaul them
The engine and mail car ran by thE
signals at Trent , ten miles east of Spo-
kane , and had not appeared at Yard.
ley at midnight.
Shots That Killed : Cockrill.
John Smith , in the trial of John Ab-
near , at Jackson , Ky. , charged with
the assassination of James Cockrill , I I
testified Thursday that he , Abner and
Curt Jett fired the shots from the
court house window which killed
Dckrill. Smith recently was granted
imunity.
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Will Be Put to Death.
Henry Blankford and Monroe Saith ,
negroes , of Lake Charles , La. , have
been found guilty of murdering Rene
Reed , a prominent citizen. Heed on
: arch 13 , was shot down and robbed
of a considerable sum of money. The
verdict carries the death penalty with
it.
Bond Brokers Indicted.
W. Q. Hayse and his son , Harry
Hayse , of the firm of Wm. J. Hayse &
Son , bond brokers : of Cleveland , 0. ,
were indicted by the county grand
jury Thursday on the charge of em-
bezzling $227,000 worth of bonds of
the Cincinnati , Bluiton and. Chicago
Railway company.
Three Women Drown. ,
While bathing in the Little Wichita
river near Henrietta , Tex. , Thursday ,
\lrs. E. E. Lebus , Miss Katherine
Weaver ; and Miss Mazelle Ellis were
caught in a strong undertow , swept
iIito a deep hole and drowned. Half
a dozen girls stood helpless ! unable to
render any assistance.
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BOOST OF RIVER RATE.
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Former Sioux City Man in Opposition
to Advance In Rates.
E. J. McVann , former commission-
er jf the Sioux City Commercial club ,
h.-iK assumed his new duties as man-
a.ger of a traffic bureau of the Com-
mercial club of Omaha and left for
Chicago to make his first move in an
effort which is to be made by Omaha
to resist the gradual advance of
freight rates in Missouri river terri-
to ry.
The first case to be fought is one
of importance to every city on the l\1is-
suurl river. It is an advance in coal
rates from Mississippi river to the
Missouri river , the ony : apparent rea-
son being the desire of western rail-
roads to take advantage of the fact
that roads east of Mississippi riv-
er cut the rates some time ago amI ]
thus far have not restored them. } The
western roads have given notice they
will increase the rates west of thl
river 3 cents more per ton than the
eastern roads cut off , making the ad-
vance on the western rate 20 ! cents
per ton on Illinois coal.
This move on the part of the rail-
roads disturbs the whole railroad rate
fa'bric on coal shipments : : in territory
river and is be-
west of the Mississippi : r \'el' -
Iieved to be the entering wedge for
another general advance in coal , lum-
ber and building material rates.
For twenty years the rate from
East St. Louis to Omaha , Kansas City
- and St. Joseph has been $1.80. This
plus rate from the mines to East St.
Louis made the Missouri river rato on
soft coal. The roads hauling coal to
East St. Louis charged 57 cents from
one group of mines and 42 cents from
the other. One day they cut off 17 :
cents from each rate , making the rate
east of the river 25 and 42 cents per
town respectively. Then the western
roads gave notice of the advance in i
rates from the Mississippi to the \Iis- ;
souri of 20 cents.
In explaining the advance , a railroad
official gave this set of figures to 1\11'
McVann ; "The coal dealers buy the
Illinois coal for $1.05 per ton at the
mines , pay $2.05 per ton on it to bring
it to the Missour river , it costs them 40
cents per ton to put it into their bins
and 40 cens more to deliver it in a
I city. That makes $3.90. They charge
the consumer $6 and $6.50 per ton.
They make $2.10 to $2.60 per ton on
the coal and we are going down in
, their pockets and take some of the
profits. "
In his new position Mr. McVann will
be the central figure in the hearings
before the supreme court on the fa-
mous Missouri river rate case , as well
as before the interstate commerce
commission in the Denver rate case
which will resist railroads in making
general advances into western terri-
tory. His salary is $6,600 per annum.
BUNCO MEN : BOUND OVER.
Pair Who Filched Two Hundred and
. Fifty ; Dollars.
Andy Potts and Charles Osborne ,
the two men arrested in Omaha Oil the
charge of obtaining $250 from Harry ;
Dressier , of Springfield , Neb. , by the
old express bill confidence game ,
were arraigned in justice court at Fre-
mont Thursday morning on the charge
of obtaining money by false pretenses.
They pleaded not guilty , waived p're-
liminary examination and in default
of bail , which was fixed at $5,000 ,
were committed to the county jail for :
trial at the next term of the distric
court which meets May 17.
They have employed attorneys from i
Omaha and will try to put up a strong
defense. Neither will talk. The
amount of bail was a surprise , espe-
cially to Potts who was evidently look-
ing for a bond which he could give.
Dressler was present in court , as it was
thought they might demand a hearing.
- He was obliged to give up his right to
file on a homestead in the Rosebud
agency country and went back home.
The officers are of the opinion that
they have a strong case against the
men and that they are about the slick-
est pair of confidence men that have
ever operated in this vicinity.
'V l1lts Interpretation of Law.
Browning , King & Co. , of Omaha ,
has written to Secretary of State Jun-
kin for an opinion on the law enacted
by the late legislature regarding the
flat tax on the capital stock of cor-
porations. The firm informed the sec-
retary of state that it did business in
many states and had an immense cap-
ital stock if it were all totaled , but
by no means is all of its capital stock
ln-ested in Nebraska or used in Ne-
3raska. It desired to know whether
it would have to pay the tax on the
capital stock used , in Nebraska or on
its entire capitalization. The ques-
tion was referred to the attorney gen-
eral.
Mothers' Day May H.
Nebraskans will again be called up-
on to observe "Mother's : Day. " Secre-
tary Mayne , of the Young Men's Chris-
tian association , called on the govern-
or > and asked that he issue a procla-
mation calling upon the people to ob-
serve the day. It is probable the gov-
rnor will set aside May 9 in a proc-
lamation to be issued later.
No Money to Teachers.
State Auditor Barton has issued no
warrants for the April salary of the
teachers of the Peru normal school.
Until the authority of the new board
is ; tested in the supreme court the
auditor will not issue any warrants on
the board's vouchers.
Horse Thief Captured.
Frank Baxter , near Decatur had a
horse stolen Sunday night , of which
the sheriff was notified Monday , and
he at once took up the clew. He traced
It to Walthill , where the horse was
old > by a half breed Indian named
Perry who hiked for Omaha. but re-
turned Wednesday , when he was tak-
en by the officers and lodged in jail
at Tekamah that evening. The half
breed is a graduate of the Carlisle In-
dian school and apparently is a bright
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OIAILJfEX BUY LAXD.
Secure Much : : I . . iiul in ' \ ' 'omlng aml
North Dakota.
No more Pattens will be kings ot
the wheat pit and controllers of the ]
bread supply , if Omaha , men who are
bnuying land in North Dakota and the
dry farming regions Montana , break
the land and plant wheat.
Almost sixty sections of land in Bil-
lings county , North Dakota , and Daw-
son county. Montana , have passed into
the hands of Omahans. It is lai l
with sufficient rainfall to grow wheat
by any farming method and land that
will produce a bumper crop when
handled by the dry farming irrigation
ditches Montana. . The North Dako- <
ta land is in the Little Missouri coun-
try , . which has demonstrated its worth
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as wheat land.
G. W. Holdrege , general manager of i
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the Burlington Railroad company , is
the largest holder of Montana : : land i in
Omaha.
H. H. Baldrigo is i : ono of the largest
individual owners of North Dakoi
lands.
Green , Breckenridge & Matters : have
secured 17,000 acres of the North Da-
kota lands west of the Missouri r1\'er.
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in the country where Theodore Roos
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volt once ranched.
Some of the owners plan to cut the
land up into 160-acre farms and offer
it for sale , but most of those who own
the land have it for an investment
and . will not go into the real o- at (
I business.
STATE COJDIITTEEfEETS. \ .
Republicans in Conference at Lincol
on Donohoc Act.
After several hours of deliberation
the members of the republican state
central committee Tuesday night ap-
pointed a committee of five to investi- !
gate the provisions of the Dohohoe act
ard take action regarding the placing
of a ticket in the field next fall. The
bill passed by the last session of the
legislature attempts to amend the pri-
mary law. By Its terms partisan can-
didates can not be named for the su-
preme judgeship owing to the post-
ponement of the primaries. So the
three places must be filled by choosing
between the candidates by petition.
More than a dozen republicans are al-
ready in the race. The committee
may devise a republican primary to <
eliminate a number of the party can-
didates and concentrate the vote. It
will be impossible to place the party
designation on the ballot , however ,
TROOPS AT ASHLAND RANGE. :
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Four Companies Encamped and Mod
ern Camp Equipment Installed.
Troops from Fort Crook have been
arriving at the government rifle range
near Asliland almost every day during
the last week. Altogether four com-
panies are in practice at the camp , ,
which is pronounced ideal for its pur-
pose. The range covers some four
miles along both sides of the Platte
river above the Burlington's bridge.
Automatic electrical markers , tele-
phone service and complete camp
equipment have been installed. Rifle
practice will continue until early sum-
mer , when in July the National Guard
will hold a brigade encampment and
ifle practice. Arrangements are also
going forward for securing the Omaha
high school cadet and state university
encampments at Ashland this year.
ILTALIANS IEP'l'IOVIXG. : .
Sand of Citizens Drive Them Out 01
Town of Kridcr.
A number of men from Wymore , as-
sisted by farmers in the neighborhood
of ' the town of Krider , attacked the
Italians driven from Wymore Sunday
morning and routed them out of their
place of refuge. No one was injured ,
but the foreigners were badly fright-
end. The railroad company has taken
! them to Deweese , in Clay county
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Sheriff Trude is said to have advised
such action , believing their presence
in Gage county might provoke further
disorders. Wymore is quiet and" the
law will be allowed to take its course
in the case of Bertruci , the slayer of
the Pudice boy. Notice has been glvon ,
however , that no more Italians can
come Wymore. .
OPIUM - DEX RAIDED.
Omaha Police Capture a Couple o ;
Confidence Men.
During a raid on an opium den in
Omaha the police arrested two men
, \ " ho gave the names of "Andy" Potts
and Charles Osborne and are believed
to be the bunco men who beat W.
Dressler out of $250 earlier in the day
at Fremont. They induced Dressler ,
n " ho was en route to Dallas , S. D. , to
take up a homestead , to advance
money on a bad check and then de-
camped. They were well supplied
with money when taken into custody
Surveying Drainage Canal.
The government surveying party
gaged in the preliminary survey for
the drainage canal through Salt Creek
valley , began work during the last
week. The survey will extend from
be mouth of Salt creek below Ash-
land.
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Injures Foot with Pitchfork.
Little Ethel Patton , of Huntley , is
suffering with a severe wound , the re-
sult of sticking a pitchfork in her
foot.
Jury Accuses Bertuka.
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The coroner's jury. investigating ; the I
shooting of Clyde Preuhs at Wymore ,
returned a verdict that the boy came
to his death by a bullet wilfully fired
from a 38-caliber revolver in the
hands of Ferreno Bertuka.
Aged Man Hangs Himself.
Peter Konnagell. 70 years of age and
for twenty-six years a resident of Mil-
lard , committed suicide Monday by
hanging himself in a barn in the rear
of Fred Marode's hotel and saloon. ] J
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Former Governor Taylor and Secre
tary Finley Freed of All
Charges.
BUT FEW INDICTMENTS REMAIN-
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Only Those Who Turned S n\e'3'- ' .
Evidence and Youtsey , Now in .
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Prison , Under Cloud. * _ * *
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Governor A. E. Wilson has issued i , " ' 1 ,
pardons for every ont except those .
who turned state's : ; \"idence-cill-ed
with conspiracy in connection with the
assassination of Senator William Goe-
bel nine yi-ars : no. Later it is und r-
stood , the indictments against those .
who admitted part In ; the alleged ! Con
spiracy ill be dismissed ! , leaving Ilcn- I
ry E. You pey. now serving a life sen
tence in the state penitentiary as the
only person to suffer for the murder
of Goebel.
It is Go'crnorYilsou's opinion that
there was no conspiracy. lie asserts
that he believes that Youtsey con : uit-
ted the murder unassisted and alone.
Thus ends the last chapter in the
Kentucky assassination , which attract-
ed world wide attention when it hap
pened. Goebel was recognized as one
of the most cnnable lawyers : of Ken-
tucky , ami previous to the Democratic
state convention in ISO ! had ; ' : :1inei !
the position of State Senator. lie was
nominated in that convention as can-
didate for Governor. William S. Tay
lor was the t Republican nominee.
Following the election , which showed
that 1 nylor had : received a majority of
about 3f - L0 \ ' - ' i the face of the returns
Goebel nnu ' is associates on the regu
lar Dcmor-raHc ticket filed contests.
During the progress : of the hearing he-
fore the Legislature in the guberna
torial ; contest hundreds of mountain
( eers were imported to Frankfort. It
was charged , by Taylor Finley and
thers. The state capital as the con-
test progressed. was overrun with par-
tisans : from out in the state of both
actions , and bitterness increased with
the progress of the contest.
Slain in Front of Capitol.
The assassination of Senator Goebel
In front of the state house ] on Jan. 00.
the shot being fired as afterward con-
ceded in various trials from the cilice
of Caleb Powers the Secretary of : ; tate ,
and adjoining the reception room of
the executive olDces. It was proved
that Powers had gone to Louisville that
day to arrange for the bringing To
Frankfort of more men and that the
lwr : to his office had been secured by
lenry Youtsey. then private secretary
to Governor Taylor.
For days following the shooting the
capital was in charge of troops called
out by Governor Taylor. The Demo-
cratic majority in the Legislature de-
elf ! red Senator Goebel Governor , and
llC was sworn In practically on his
deathbed. lie died on Feb. 3 , 1900.
Warrants charging Powers and sev-
eral others with complicity in the as-
sassination were taken out soon after
the tragedy. Governor Taylor was not
rmally accused of connection with it
until the return of an indictment by
tl1e grand jury in April , 1000.
Prominent rcn Indicted.
Among the more prominent men in-
dicte were former Governor William
S. Taylor , former Secretary of State
Caleb Powers , his brother , John Pow-
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( \1'5 ; Charles Finley , another former
cretary of State ; William Cuiton. .
James B. Howard and Youtsey.
Caleb Powers and James B : : Howard
were pardoned two months ago Fri-
day Governor Wilson lifted the hand
of the law from former Governor Tny-
lor and former Secretary Finley. who-
have been fugitives in Indiana for the
last nine years ; John Powers , who is
iieved to be in Honduras ; Holland
tuttaker of Butler County . , John Da-
' is of Louisville and Zach Steele of
BelI ; County who did not flee from Ole-
statc.
Those whom the Governor did not
Vlrdon : are W liar ton Golden of Knox
County . now said to be in Colorado ;
" " ank Cecil of Beii County. now work-
ing as a railroad detective in St. Louis ,
and William PL Coulton of Owsley
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Count . who is said to have died out
'Yest : several years ago. It was report-
t'd soon after the murder that he died
iii Kentucky but later reports were to
the effect that he was out ' West.
UST3TESS 3rIA3T SLATM BY : GZSL.
Snshvillc V.'onian Tcll Police She
V/i-'j Deceived by Victim.
Isaac S. Morse a well-known ; : young
businf'ss man of Nashville. Tenn. : . was
shot ftiul almost in > tantly killed by Ger-
trude Douglas in the office of the Ameri-
can Dry Cleaning Company. The young
woman escaped but was arrested an hour
later ; in tjie office of the doctor. At po-
lice headquarters the Douglas girl said :
"Ike Morse has deceived me and he has
been going with me for nine years. He
couldn't throw me over and live. "
Director Conried Dead.
Heinrich [ Conried died at 2 : :3U Moadaj
morning. His end was peacu : . Mr. :
Donried. who was former director of the
Tonolitan Opera House in New York
md who previons to that hail managed
the German Theater , was stricken with
lD apoplectic stroke : a few days ago in
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Meran. Tyrol. from which he never re -
overed : : : consciousness.
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