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"of _ the Cuban government , and with
the protracted delay in the presenta
. tion of the budget for the coming
year the general feeling of uncertain-
' ty and lack of confidence becomes ac
centuated. How the government , in
E view of its enormously increasing ex
' . penses due in great measure to the
° - cost of equipment and pay of the new
military the cost of the national legis-
lature and increased number of civil
employes arising from political press-
; ure for offices will meet its obligations
out of the ordinary sources of reve-
. nue is asked on all sides.
While there is no doubt that Presi-
dent Gomez is fully alive to the seri-
. . - .ousness of the situation and is doing
everything in his power to effect re-
I : ductions in the cost of all departments ,
It is feared that political exigencies
will compel him to refrain in insisting
upon retrenchment on the scale that
, , Is believed to be absolutely necessary.
Gov. Magoon's budget for the cur-
f rent fiscal year ending on June 30 was
t $24,250,000 , and the estimate of reve-
nue a little more than $27,000,000.
Careful estimates of the revenues for
the coining year indicate a total of
probably not more than $24,000 , ex-
clusive of the taxes available for the
; , payment of the interest and sinking
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fund : of the $35,000,000 loan for the
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i tion. \ The sources of revenue applica-
- ble to this purpose always have been
and continue to be ample , with a con-
siderable surplus. Estimates of the
"expenses of the government for the
coming yeHr place the total at not less
° # than $30,000,000 , and , by some author-
'ities as high as $40,000,000 , indicating
- under the most favorable conditions a
. very serious deficit.
I President Gomez is opposed to bur-
dening the country with an additional
issue of bonds and one of his first acts
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Joan of $15",000,000 authorized by Gov.
lagoon to meet the cost of the con-
{ tracts for the sewering and paying of
. Havana : and the waterworks of Cien-
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Ore Train Wrecked : on Montana Cen
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ATI ore train on the Montana Cen-
' tral division of the Great Northern
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tween Helena and Great Falls , Mont : ,
and eighteen cars of ore were precipi-
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tated into the Missouri river. Brake-
man Rogers was killed and Engineer
Siebeii seriously injured.
Three other members of the train
crew were more or less seriously hurt.
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. . souri river runs beside the track. The
river has been rising for the past few
days and softened the roadbed. There
"were no visible signs of weakening ,
but when the train struck the soft
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plunged into the river , taking eighteen
- cars after it. The engine now lies at
the bottom of the river bed , complete-
ly submerged , and the cars are part-
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- the freight was the regular passenger
train from Helena , but it was stopped
in time to prevent an accident.
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In Memory of Meredith.
S A service in memonry of George
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' JMereditlv : : the novelist , was held in
Westminster Abbey , London , Satur-
day and was attended by a large gath-
ering of persons prominent in diplo-
. matice , literary , political and art cir-
cles. Ambassador Reid represented
-the United States.
. , Murdered Her Mother
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. Mrs. Hattie Pope has been found
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ii Irs. Mary King , at Monroeville : , Ala. ,
i . on March : 4 last , and was sentenced to
, . .serve ninety-nine years in the peni-
s < . tentiary. Mrs. Pope broke down when
fthe verdict was announced.
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Frisco Officer Takes Stand in Calhoiin
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Patrick Calhoun's tr 5-i at San Fran-
cisco on a bribery charge ended the
most important week of its 1 five
months' session Friday with the ad-
journment of court.
Rudolph Spreckels/.who financed the
prosecution , and Detective John Helms
alternated as witnesses Friday , and it
was evident that a crisis in the case
had been reached. Interest was sus
tained until a late hour in the after-
noon , when Assistant District Attorney
Heney , ignoring two restraining orders
issued by a court of similar jurisdic
tion , announced that he would ask
Judge Lawlor's permission to open
sealed packages seized in the raid upon
the offices of William M. : Abbott , gen-
eral counsel for the United railroads ,
and alleged to contain documents stol-
en from the office of William J. Burns ,
head of the prosecution's corps of spe-
cial detectives. Arguments upon this
issue were deferred until Monday ,
when the prosecution will attempt to
support the charges made by Detec-
tive Helms against Abbott , under
whose direction he claims to have op
erated.
One of the lines of probable inquiry
was indicated when Helms , after testi-
fying that he knew Luther Brown , for-
mer partner of Earl Rogers , said :
"Abbott and Brown met me at the
steamer landing on the day I left the
city , after quitting the service of the
United railroads Abbott asked me
what I knew about the dynamiting.
"What dynamiting , inquired Heney.
"The dynamiting of Gallagher's
home , " said Helms , referring to the
blowing up in Oakland last spring of
the home of former Supervisor James i
L. Gallagher.
Helms declared several offers had
been made to prevent his appearance
as a witness in the Calhoun trial. Since
his arrival in this city , he declared , a
plot had been laid in the office of W.
H. Metzon , a prominent attorney , to
trap him in a conversation over the
telephone.
The testimony followed an inquiry ,
by Mr. Rogers , who asked the witness
if he knew that a graphophone had
'been attached to the telephone while
he was speaking from the other end
of the line.
A dramatic outburst occurred when
Helms charged that Abbott had once
expressed to him a wish that someone ,
would shoot Heney , and that Stanley !
congratulated him on his performance
in following Burns.
Stanley Moore : arose in his place at
the counsel table and in a voice trem-
bling with anger told Helms that he
was "lying like a dog and perjuring
himself. " He then stepped to his
feet and defied the attorney to make
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OVER 60.000 CEASE WORK. :
Standard Oil Employes Pay Tribute to
Rogers.
The funeral of Henry H. Rogers ,
president of the Amalgamated Copper I
company and active head of the
Standard Oil company , Friday at New
York brought together many men
prominent in the business and financial
districts of this city. Although the
attendance at the services in the
Church of the Messiah : at 10 a. m. : was
limited to intimate business associates
and personal friends , these included
so many of the leaders of the New
York business and financial world that
their absence from their usual activi-
ties had a notable effect upon the busi-
ness of the financial district. Through-
out the country wherever the Standard
Oil company had a station or a branch
there was a pause during the hours of
the funeral to mark the passing of the
first vice president of the company and
one of the men who had helped ma-
terially to make it a great organization.
Orders had been issued .that all opera-
tions of the company cease between
10 and 12 o'clock , and these applied
to every one of the 67,000 employes-
a condition which had not existed in
the giant corporation since its founda-
tion more than thirty-five years ago.
PARIS STRIKE : COLLAPSES.
General Federation Decides to End the
Struggle.
Following the vote of the builders
and masons Friday afternoon at Paris
favoring a return to work , the federal
committe of the General Federation of
Labor decided officially to announce
the end of the strike.
The members of the committee
agreed that the present movement
was hopeless and in bitter words they
attributed the failureto the leaders
and the agitators , especially M. : Guer-
ard , secretry of the railroad employes ,
and M. : Pataud , secretary of the elec-
tricians , who they declare had not ful
filled their promises to procure effect-
ive collaboration at the psychological
moment.
, Meredith's Body Cremated.
The body of George Meredith : , the
English novelist , who - died May IS ,
was cremated at Dorking Friday at
London in the pr ' . ence of a few mem-
bers of his family. There was no re-
ligious service. The ashes were de '
posited in a black metal urn and tak-
en back to Mr. : Meredith's house in
Dorking for interment.
Tries to Kill Wife ; Ends Own Life.
Frank Slack , a business man and
real estate agent Middletown : , Pa. ,
shot and killed . himself at his home
Thursday after attempting to kill his
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Horse's Kick : Kills Boy.
Elmer Goldie Lee , aged 16 , of Chi-
cago , . who -went to Pontiac , Ill. , to
spend his summer vacation , was killed
Thursday morning by being kicked by
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FACE DEATH IN FIRE.
Many Persons Injured in a Chicago
Blaze.
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Twenty ] or more persons were In-
jured , some of them seriously , by
dropping from . second-story . . . : : . windows . ,
in a flr& - starting from a gas explo-
sion. -which . destroyed the Toledo . . . . flats . ,
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Sixty-fifth street and Minerva avenue ,
at Chicago Thursday.
The first explosion occurred in the
basement and was followed by others
in various partn of the building. Flames
burst forth in several quarters and ; i
halls and stairways became choked
with flames and smoke. Those in the
building were thrown into a panic.
Mrs. E. C. Updegraff , who occupied
a flat on the second floor , rushed to a
window holding her 4-year-old baby
in her arms. Her screams attracted
a crowd , who cried to her to thro\\
the child and it would be caught. Mrs
Updegraff , leaning far out of the win-
dow , dropped her boy , who fell safely
into a dozen upstretched arms. Mrs.
Updegraff herself then climbed out and
after hanging to the ledge dropped.
She was seriously injured and taken to
a hospital.
Mrs. A. Ellmore , a third floor ten-
ant , also was injured by jumping from
a second-story window. She lived on
the third floor , but escaped to the sec-
ond , where further progress was cut
off by ilamo.s and smoke. From this
floor she jumped and was badly hurt.
Mrs. : C. Ballard , said to be deaf and
dumb , was in her flat on the fourth
floor when the fire broke out. She was
assisted to safety by other occupants.
John Miller , the janitor , who was
in the basement : , was severely burned
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by the first explosion and was taken to
a hospital.
Mrs. : : Catherine Garmody escaped
through the hall and "was severely
burned. She and an eldely woman ,
whose name could not be learned and
who from second-st win-
jumped a second-story -
dow were tt.ken to hospitals.
Among those who escaped was a
Mrs. Horn , who "rushed into the street
ca ' rying her parrot , and then she real-
ized that she had forgotten her moth-
er , 89 years old. Mrs. Hern rushed
back into the flames , but fainted be-
fore she had gone far. Meanwhile her ,
mother had reached the lower floor
and both women were rescued by a
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The explosions which followed that
in the basement blew out nearly every
window in the building , and within
half an hour of the first explosion the
entire building was a mass of flames.
Firemen were unable to check the
fire and some of them narrowly es
caped when two of the walls fell.
CRIME EPIDEMIC IX PITTSBURG.
Three Persons : : End Lives ; , and a Negro
Tries to Kill Woman. .
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Three persons succeeded in taking
their lives , two made failures and a
colored man- attempted to kill a wom-
an companion by shooting in Pittsburg
early Thursday.
George Phillips , of Greenburg , Pa. ,
took cabolic acid and then threw him-
self in front of a passenger train.
The bodies of two men were taken
from the river , both , it is ' said , having .
committed suicide.
- Ethel Atkins , a negress , of Cleve-
land , was shot and seriously wounded
by Walter Jones , also of Cleveland.
The couple arrived here Wednesday.
Mrs. : Tessie Gallager , 22 years old ,
took cabolic acid. Her condition is
critical.
Harry Quillan , a bridegroom of
twenty-four hours , attempted suicide
by drinking lye and then jumping in
to the river. He was hauled out.
NEW ORGANIZATION FORMED.
Union Society of Ch'UVar Incorpo
rated in New York.
The Union Society of the Civil War ,
with its principal office in New York , ,
was incorporated Thursday "to pepetu-
ate the memroy of those loyal officials
who outside the military and naval
services of the United States rendered
invaluable aid and assistance to the
, national government and union cause
during the civil war ; to promote fel-
lowship among them and their de-
scendants , encourage historical re-
search in relation to the civil war pe-
riod and preserve records of individ-
ual services of loyal officials , docu-
ments , relics and landmarks. "
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The directors include Frederick W.
Stewart , Montrose : , N. Y. , and Hanni.
bal E. Hamlin , of Ellsworth , Me.
FOUR ROADS FINED $9,700.
Plead Guilty to Law Violation in ' St
Louis Federal ! : ourt.
Four railroads upon pleading guilty
were fined $9,700 by Judge Dyer in the
United States district court at St
Louis Thursday for violation of the In-
terstate commerce law providing that
cattle be taken from cars every twen-
ty-eight hours and fed.
The railroads fined were the St
Louis , Iron Mountain and Southern
railroad , $1,300 on thirteen founts ; the
Terminal Railroad association , $7,600
on seventy-six counts ; the Wabash
railroad , $100 on one count , and the
Missouri Pacific , $700 on seven counts
Postal Cashier Embezzler ?
William S. Myer , assistant cashier of
th ? < postoffice at Baltimore , Md. , was
arrested charged with the embezzle-
ment of $1,400. He had been an em-
ploye at the postoffice since 1884.
Helen Cortelyou Dead.
Helen Cortelyou , the 9-year-old
daughter of George B. . Cortelyou , , for-
mer secretary of the treasury , died
Wednesday night at the Cortelyou
l home , . Huntingtcn . ! , L. . I. , of the grip
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CAIRO BAXK ROBBED.
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Robbers Blow Open Safe and Obtain
Over $5,000.
Robbers blew the safe and the bank
building of the Cairo State bank at
Cairo , sixteen miles north of Grand
Island , to pieces with three different
charges and secured between $5,000
and $6,000 Tuesday night. How the
robbers came or whither they went is
a mystery. Sheriff Dunkel left with a
party of armed men in automobiles ;
early Wednesday morning.
Local authorities have been hunting
up what clues were offered but with
no results. One suspect is in jail , his
name being O. A. Anderson , but there
is nothing directly to connect him with
the crime. A stranger who has been
stopping at the Koehler for the past
few days with a small flexible grip
which he carried almost constantly , .
disappeared with it Tuesday night and
efforts are being made to trace him.
The bankers' association , in which
the bank had $10,000 burglar insur-
ance , will offer a reward of $50 , and
the Cairo bank will increase this by at
least $250. Some of the money was
in new crisp $20 silver certificates and
$800 in gold. I
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GETS LIFE TERM.
Jury at Alma Convicts Ben Hedden-
dorf of Killing : W. C. Dillon.
Benjamin Heddendorf , the 18-year-
old boy who shot and killed W. C. Dil-
lon in his cabin near Stamburg March :
19 , was found guilty of murder in the ,
first degree and sentenced to life im-
prisonment by a jury in district court
at Alma Wednesday.
Ths case went to the jury at 6
o'clock Tuesday evening and the ver-
dict was returned into court at 4
o'clock Thursday morning.
The case was a sensational one ,
eighteen witnesses being examined for
the state and twenty for the defense.
Dillon was shot from the window of
the hut in which he lived , while he
was eating supper. The body was
found afterward by neighbors. Blood-
, hounds followed a trail which result-
ed in the arrest of Heddendorf and
George Crites , aged 16 years. Crites
afterward : told a story implicating
Heddendorf as the one who fired the
shot. Crites is also in custody.
FOUR SALOONS IN SEWARD.
Council Decides on that Number and
Aims to Stop Scorching.
The city council of Seward has
passed an ordinance conforming to
the new state law relating to the li-
censing of saloons and closing at 8
o'clock. Also limiting the number of
saloons in Seward in the future to four.
An ordinance was also passed regu-
lating the speed and handling of auto-
mobles within the city limits the
speed limit being fixed at eight miles
an hour , and providing heavy penal-
ties for the violation of the same.
There are several reckless drivers of
machines in Seward and the wonder is
that there has not been an accident.
A resolution was also passed closing
the pool rooms at 10 instead of 10:30 :
o'clock , as at present.
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WATER POWER AXD ELECTRIC-
Surveyors in the Field : Near Valentine
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on Improvement Work.
W. K. Palmer , an engineer of Kan-
sas City , arrived at Valentine Wednes-
day with assistants and camp equip-
ment , organized a surveying party and
is now engaged in working out details
for a water power from the Niobrara
river owned by C. H. Cornell.
It is understood he will have an-
other party in the field within a few
days locating a route for an electric
railways , starting at Valentine and
ending somewhere on the Dallas
branch of the Northwestern , thus con-
necting those two branches. From
these surveys it will be determined
whether or not securities can be mar-
keted for development of the water
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HAD A "GOOD TIME. "
Salesman for Omaha Finn Ackmvl- :
edges lie is an Embezzler.
Stephen Schmidt , city salesman for
a large Omaha jobbing firm , walked
into the police station Thursday and
demanded that he be locked up for
embezzling from his employer. He told
the desk sergeant the amount might
reach $2,000. His employers say this
is the first time they knew of Schmidt's
peculations. Schmidt says he spent
the money on a "good time. " He was
locked up and his accounts are being
investigated. Schmidt is 45 years of
age and has a family.
Must Face Facie : Sam.
Deputy United States Marshal : SIm-
mons arrested J. B. Kennedy and
Fletcher Taylor at Holdredge Wednes-
day. Kennedy , it is alleged , shot up
a mail box several months ago. Taylor
is charged with sending obscene matter
through the mails. Both prisoners
were taken to Hastings.
Afraid of Neighbors.
Walla Roth farmer about
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ten miles south of Dickens' , has been
adjudged insane and taken to Hast-
ings. He had been under the impres-
sion for several days that neighbors
would. . shoot .him and he constantly ,
carried a gun. It is believed his con-
dition will improve in a few days.
No Deaths from Tornado.
Delayed reports from the tornado
swept section of southern Nebraska
shows there were no fatalities and only
two serious cases of injury. Some
stock was killstl arxi : one house and a
number of outbuildings were wrecked. ,
Gibbon to Celebrate.
Gibbon will celebrate the Fourth
this year and is looking for challenges
from neighboring baseball teams for
match games on that day. The largest
amount of cash ever raised there for
a celebration was raised recently.
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LOW C03IBIXATIOX : RATES.
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Western . . Railroads Probably Will Re
duce Fare to Chica&
That the western railrc.-Js will soon
announce a combination passenger
rate to New York and other eastern
points on the basis of a $15 round trip
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fare to Chicago from Missouri river
points is the belief of W. H. Rowland ,
of Omaha , traveling passenger agent
for the Pennsylvania lines.
The regular round trip rate to Chi-
cago from Omaha is now $20.50 , and
a corresponding rate is charged from
all Missouri river points. It is pro-
posed to cut this fare to $15 on busi-
ness destined for extreme eastern
points.
It is not only declared that th/
roads are planning to make this vora *
bition rate from Missouri river poinia ,
but that they will put these tickets ca :
sale at cities farther west , the reduc
tion , however , to be in effect only eoat
of ' the Missouri river.
According to Mr. Rowland , the
many conventions being held in the
west this year are turning the course
of travel in that direction and tfco
roads leading east are preparing to of -
fer inducements which will take some
of the traffic eastward. .The Pennsyl-
vania lines have announced special
rates from Chicago to New York and
other eastern points , and it is under-
stood other roads are doing the same.
The western roads , it is said , are ready
to co-operate with these eastern lines
in making low rates from the middle
west.
LAND OWNERS FAVOR DRAIXAGB
Neinaha River Commission Makes
Progress in Its Work.
The committee selected at the drain-
age meeting in Tecumseh : a-week ago
-select the land owners along the
Namaha river bottoms in Johnson
county has put in a good , " ek's work.
The reports are most encouraging. Al -
most without exception the commit-
tee finds the land owners for the
movement to go ahead that they may
find relief from the high waters which I
have been destroying crops with great
frequency. : It is believed by most
people who have given this proposition
more than passing thought that if it
is possible to push the drainage pro-
ject to completion it will mean much
to the county in general and to the
owners of bottom lands particular. .
If it is possible to prevent the Nema-
ha bottom from overflowing and ex-
pert opinion is to the effect that it is ,
a large per cent of the very richest
farm lands in the county will be re-
chimed.
The possibilities in the way of crop
production on these rich lands , with
the water kept off the fields , is almost
incomprehensible. The values of these
lands would double "the moment it was
demonstrated that the water is con-
trolled , and the outlay to secure the re-
sult in proper drainage would amount
to but little , if the figures of experi-
enced men can be counted
REV7 3IR. CROFTS DEAD.
Neligh Congrcgjitionul Pastor Expires
_ at Advanced Age.
Rev. G. W. Crofts , D. D. , pastor of
the Congregational church at West
Point , died Monday at the parsonage in
that city at an advanced age. His
health had bee"n failing for some time ,
but his demise occurred quite unex-
pectedly , his friends and the congrega-
tion looking forward to his complete
recovery on the advent of warm
weather. The doctor went to West
Point two years ago from Beatrice ,
and from the day of his arrival estab-
lished himself firmly in the esteem of
the community. He was a man of
profound learning and deep piety and
possessed the happy faculty of mak-
ing friends everywhere by his cordiaf
and unaffected manner and his ChrIs-
tian life. He leaves an aged widow
and a married daughter. The remains
will be taken east for interment.
SOLD FEED AND DRINK : , TOO.
Farmer Gives Up 'Name of Man Who
. Sold Him Liquor.
Frank Riens , a German farmer , who
was arrested Saturday night at Boat-
rice , informed the police after he had
been fined $25 and costs that he had
purchased liquor of Henry Frerichs ,
who operates a feed barn at Beatrice.
The : officers visited Frerichs' place' and
searched the premises. They found a
barrel of pint bottles of whisky and
two quarts of beer. A warrant was
sworn out . for Frerichs' arrest , charg-
him Avith
ing selling liquor without a
license. Riens' fine was remitted after
he told the officers who sold him the
liquor.
Nebraska Boy Special Agent.
Louis K. Sunderlin , a former Teka-
mah boy , has been appointed by the
United States government as special
land agent to investigate land frauds
in the state of Oregon at a salary of I
$2,280 per annum. He has been lo-
cated at Portland , Ore.1r. . Sunder-
lin prepared for college in the Teka-
mah public schools.
- Norfolk Drouth Ends.
After two weeks' drouth six Norfolk
saloons reopened Monday morning ,
having secured licenses at a stormy
council meeting. Under the ordinance
seven saloons can operate but the
council could not agree as to the sev-
enth man.
Stanton Child Loses an Eye.
While playing in the yard with his
older brother , Ronald , the youngest
son of . Prof. and Mrs. Welch , of Stan-
ton , had the misfortune to injure one
of his eyes to such an extent that it
will have to be removed. The child
ren were playing with a broom handle
one end of which was pointed. In
trying . to get the stick away from his
older brother'he forced the. sharp end
into his own eye , bursting the eyeball-
Ronald is 16 months old.
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i Captain Convicted of Killing W.B "
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Annis Gets Indeterminate . _ ,
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JUDGE : DENIES A NEW OSIAL :
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Defendant Seems Overcome - bJ : '
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Court's Words and Father
Brother Deeply Affected. ' - .
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Capt. Peter C. : Hains , Jr. , U. S. A. ,
convicted of manslaughter in the . first
William E. Annis
degree for killing r
Yacht Club last Au
at the Bayside
sentenced Monday by Justice
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gust , was .I' ' ' ' '
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Garretson in the Supreme
Flushing , L. I . . to an indeterminate
sentence of not less than eight years ,
nor more than sixteen years , a hard
labor in State's prison ,
the de
counsel for -
John F. McIntyre ,
fendant , made the usual motion for a
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new trial on the ground that the ver
dict was against the weight of evi
dence and also contrary to law. Jus
tice Garretson denied these motions.
Mr. Mclntyre then raised the point oE
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over
the defendant , contending that he- had
never been released from jurisdiction
I of the federal government and there-
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fore the case was not properly bc. . ! orri. > . _ -
the court. Mr. Mclntyre also stated
that Dr. Brush , who had been an ex
pert witness for the defense , had ex-
amined Capt. Hains since he was con-
victed and found him insane. Justice
Garretson said there was no evidence
to that effect before the court and he
declined to consider the motion in re-
gard to jurisdiction.
The court clerk then instructed Capt.
Hains to come to the bar and proceed-
ed to ask him the formal questions put
to a man about to be sentenced. The
prisoner seemed dazed and seemed to-
have some difficulty in understanding
the questions. Lawyers Mclntyre and1
Young of the defense stood on either
side of Capt. Hains and assisted him
in : answering the questions of the court v
clerk. "
Referring to - the nature of the case ' . . . . ,
the court said that Capt. Hains had
been indicted for murder in the first
degree , the severest crime against so-
ciety , and , although there had been a
great deal of sympathy injected into
the case , the law did not allow a man
to punish another for wrong' he had
suffered or to wreak vengeance on the
man who had wronged him.
After Justice Garretson had imposed
the sentence Capt. Hains sat down and
dropped his head on the table before
him. He seemed overcome with emo
tion for a few moments , but soon re-
covered himself and sat upright , star- . . . ,
ing at the court. Gen. Hains , the de-
fendant's father , and Maj. John Pow- /
ers Hains , who were in court , display- ;
ed much emotion. Immediately after
sentence the prisoner's lawyers asked
for a stay of sentence for a few days
to take an appeal. Justice Garretson
said the case would take the usual
course , and gave the defense twenty-
four hours in which to file an appeal.
PITCHER IN RAGE KILLS MOTHER.
Charles Rapp of South Bend Stabs.
Himself to 'Death After Crime.
Charles Rapp , aged 32 years , well
known as a former pitcher of the old
South Bend Green Stockings , a crack
independent base ball club , Saturday
evening murdered his mother with a.
hammer and butcher knife and then-
committed suicide with the same knife ,
death occurring at the county jail in.
South Bend , Ind. , where he was taken :
by the police. The murder was most
revolting and brutal , and beyond a.
_ statement made by Rapp just before
his death , that he intended "to get the
whole family , " there is no explanation
for the crime. Until Rapp fell a vic
tim to the liquor habit he was one of
the most popular young men in the- '
city.
POSSE E2LLS : A MURDERER.
lUcn "Who Pnrxueife ; Slayer In. . .
South Dakota Shot Him Down.
The body of Mrs. William L. Lan
sing was found in the cellar of her-
home in Presho , S. D. , the other night
with her head crushed bJ.a hammer.
The husband was missing and a posse-
began a search. After scouring tbe-
country all night the men found h4m
twenty-two miles north of Presho , in a .
claim shack on the Brule reservation.
Lansing showed fight and was shot
through the chest. He died in a few
hours. Lansing had threatened his.
wife and her brother because of di
vorce proceedings which she had start-
ed. He started north at dark after
failing in an attempt to kill his three-
children.
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BIG DITCH TO BET CO CONSTRUCTED.
Will Drain Big : Area of Farm Land- .
In Hntchinson County , S. D.
A dredging company has com
menced the work of constructing an
immense drainage ditch in Hutchin- \
soa. County , South Dakota , southwest
of Sioux Falls. The ditch will drain. _
It
a large area of valuable farm land ' " ,
which is . now out of commission be-
cause of being flooded , and will en-
tirely remove a lake covering 1,555-
acres of ground , which also will be re .
claimed and made to produce crops *
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