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Is . Vienna : Col. Roosevelt was re
ceived at the Austrian capital Friday
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e a reigning sovereign. The punctilious
, Austrian court , the most ceremonious
of those in Europe , had arranged the
program and left nothing undone
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° dented honor being paid the visiting
American.
As a special mark of his personal es
. teem the aged emperor-king , Francis
1 Joseph ) , received Col. Roosevelt in his
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V Hofburg palace instead of in the regu-
4 lar audience chamber. The monarch ,
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I who was attired in an imperial
form , was extremely gracious to the
American ex-president and kept him
s in conversation for thirty-five min
utes. What interesting subjects they'
found to discuss were not made pub-
lic , as they were alone and Col. Roose-
velt naturally : has declined to reveal
the slightest detail of the conversa-
. tion.
In Emperor Francis Joseph ' intended
, jersonally to return Col. Roosevelt's
f P call on his way out to the Schoen-
brunn castle , where the monarch usu-
, ally passes the night , and was only de-
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terred from so doing by a sudden
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noon. Therefore he was compelled to
.send his aid de camp. : Such an honor
. as a return visit from the emperor is
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SENATE ON RECORD.
_ Favors Thorough Inquiry Into New
York Legislative Corruption.
Albany , N. \ . : Giving heed to the
i , recommendation of Gov. Hughes , the
I senate Thursday went on record in
favor of a thorough inquiry into all
allegations of legislative corruption. It
is now up to the assembly to say
whether the senate's lead shall be fol
lowed.
The resolution directing that the
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deals uncovered by the Allds-Conger
bribery scandal and the fire insurance
. . . . investigation be taken up by a special
legislative committee with full power
- . - to probe into these and other matters
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ways and means committee before its !
submission to the lower house.
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Colleagues Ask for the Resignation of
State Senator Bilbo. .
Jackson , Miss. : Concluding their
afternoon session with the adoption of
a resolution sustaining State Senator
Theodore Bilbo by : a margin of one
vote , the senate late Thursday night
adopted another resolution demanding
that he tender his resignation and bit-
- terly criticising his actions in connec-
tion with his charges of irregularities
during the recent senatorial contest.
The resoltuion attacks , the credibil-
ity and character of Senator Bilbo and
condemns his charge and statement
that he acted in the role of detective
as untrue. Concluding , it declares
him unfit to retain hjs membership ir
the legislature.
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Blow to American Divorce.
Windsor , Ont. : A decision has been
, handed down by Judge M. A. McHugh ,
- of the Essex county court , which de-
nies the validity in Canada of decrees
. , of divorce granted to citizens of the
United States in which there can be
shown any irregularity on the part of
the principals thereto.
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Rich Man's Daughter Weds Nurse.
Detroit , Mich. : Ida M. Schmidt ,
daughter of the late Traugott Schmidt ,
a millionaire leather manufacturer ,
and Harris J. Marvin , a general hos-
pital nurse of New York , were married
in Detroit March 26 , the facts just be
coming known.
Marine Victim of Shark.
Vallejo , Cal. : Leters received here
from Cristobal , Panama , state that on
, March . 31 Samuel Barnes , a marine on
the cruiser Tacoma , fell overboard and
was carried under by a mammoth
shark.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
beeves , $8.05. Top hogs , $9.80.
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Sterling , Ill. : Daniel McNamara , of
this city , aged 72 , has been granted a
divorce from his wife , aged 65 , the
charge being desertion.
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Wants City to Own Saloons.
Rockford , Ill. : Alderman Ogren , the
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only socialist member of the city coun-
cil , has suggested a plan for estab-
> . . , lishing municipal saloons. A commit-
. jtee has been named to investigate it
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Commons Approves His Resolutions
Dealing with House of Lords.
London : Amid scenes of excitement
hardly paralleled since the Gladstonian
home rule debates , the house of com
mons Thursday night by a majority
of 103 recorded its approval of Pre
mier Asquith's resolution dealing with
the veto power of the house of lords
and heard the premier's declaration of
policy for carrying them into statutory
effect.
Before he formally introduced , amid
loud cheers by his supporters , his bill
embodying the resolutions , Mr. As-
quith said the government's existence-
depended upon the passing of the reso-
lutions into law. If the house of lords
failed to accept or declined to consider
their policy the government would
feel it their duty to advise the crown
as to what steps were necessary to in-
sure their "policy receiving statutory
effect.
Mr. Balfour , leader of the opposi-
tion , rose amid a considerable uproar
and said that the premier's ! important
statement represented the culmination
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of long negotiations with the Irish par-
ty. The government , he declared , was
paying a monstrous price for the budg-
et. The premier had bought the Irish
vote at the price of "the dignity of the
home office and its great tradition , of
which he , of all men , ought to be , the
custodian.
There were hisses and cheers and
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cries of "dynamiter , " "traitor" and
similar names.
LONG SEARCH REWARDED.
Ohio Father Locates. 10-Year-Old Son
Near Everett , Wash.
Everett , Wash. : After a search that
lasted several years and covered many
states , H. L. Peake , acting for I. C.
Brewer , said to be a wealthy manufac-
turer of Sandusky , 0. , Thursday se
cured possession of Curtis Brewer , the
10-year-old son of Brewer , and his di-
vorced wife. ,
Following a faint clew to the effect
that the lad was with his mother on
the shore of Lake Everett , H. L. Peake
came here Thursday and began his
search. Accompanied by a deputy
sheriff , he went to the Lake Stevens
school and identified the boy by an old
photograph. A writ of habeas corpus
was produced and the boy was brought
back to Everett.
According to papers filed in the case ,
a divorce was granted to Brewer in
Cleveland in 1905 with the under-
standing that he was to have the boy
after a specified time. In the mean-
time the mother fled with the lad , and
since them search for the two has
been made throughout the United
States , Cuba , Jamaica and Canada.
The boy and his mother were known
here under the name of McIntyre.
They made their home on a ranch
overlooking the lake for three years.
TRIAL COMES UP IN MAY.
Robin J. Cooper Gets His Appearance
Bond Cut to $10,000.
Nashville , Tenn. : The bond for the
appearance of Robin J. Cooper at the
term of the criminal court , to answer
an indictment charging him with the
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murder of former United States Sena-
tor E. ' W. Carmack , was Thursday re
duced to $10,000 by the state supreme
court , following the action of that tri-
bunal Wednesday reversing the ver
dict of the lower court which had sen-
tenced the young man and his father
to twenty years in the penitentiary.
Pending the action of the supreme
court Wednesday on the appeal Col.
Cooper and his son were set at liberty
on bonds of $25,000 each. According
to the attorney general , the case will
come up at the next term in May.
Gov. Patterson , whose pardon of the
elder Cooper almost immediately after
the supreme court had affirmed the
sentence of twenty years in the peni-
tentiary caused a sensation , has re
ceived about 150 telegrams from his
friends indorsing the pardon.
There is no ground for several sen-
sational rumors that have gained CUP
rency.
SHORTAGE OF $63,480.65. .
Discrepancies Found in Books of Late
Kansas City Treasurer.
Kansa's City , Mo. : That William J.-
Baehr , formerly city treasurer of Kan-
sas City , who died recently , was short
in his acocunts $63,480.65 was reported
to the mayor Friday by a firm of ac
countants. The report says the dis
crepancies found in the books date
from April 20 , 1908.
From April 28 , 1908 , to April 19 ,
1909 , a shortage of $18,000 was carried.
The repohrt says the $18,000 was re
placed on the last named date to make
. the books balance for the annual ex
amination by the auditor.
Baehr , the books show , had used
$6,941 to pay his own tax bills. The
report of the accountants says other
employes in the city treasurer's office
knew of the shortage , although they
did not profit by it. One of the ex
hibits in the investigation is Baehr's
check for $200 which had been return-
ed from a bank marked "insufficient
funds. " This check , the report says ,
was carried on the books as cash.
Woman Stricken at Prayer.
Pittsburg , Pa. : As she . knelt in
prayer while leading a large meeting
of the United Brethren church in Wil-
kinsburg , Mrs. Sarah Goudy , a widow ,
was fatally stricken with paralysis
She died later.
Miss Morgan to See Lindsey.
Denver , % Colo. : Miss Anne Morgan . ,
daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan , has
gone to Denver to meet Judge Ben B.
Lindsey and study the juvenile court.
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LINCOLN GOES DRY.
Enters Upon Second Year Without Ll-
censeStudents Decide Issue.
With the most perfect organization
ever known in the city district or
state , the "drys" won their contention
at Lincoln Tuesday by a majority of
900 in a total vote of practically 10-
000. At every polling place business
and professional men who thoroughly
understood the election laws and
armed with positive proof of what-
ever they undertook , watched the vot-
ing , and wherever they made achal- _
lenge they made it stick. From two
to four automobiles were used in each
ward , and so absolute a tab was kept
that the checkers for the "drys" could
at any time tell the number of wet
and dry votes cast. There was no dis
order and the police for the first time
enforced every provision of the Aus-
tralian voting law. The "wets" also
had an effective organization.
The size of the dry majority is
credited largely to the university stu-
dent vote which has been active in
the canvass and maintained a perfect
working organization.
When E. S. Johns'on , a traveling
man proposed to vote , claiming that
he made his headquarters at one of
the local hotels it was shown that he
had a family living at Kansas City
and he was told by Chief Malone that
if he attempted to vote he would be
thrown in jail. Johnson went to the
polling place twice during the day
but did not vote. .
Several university students were
challenged on the ground that they
received a part of their support from
home and were not residents of Lin-
coln. The students swore in their
votes and this may be made the basis
for a contest.
NEW AIXSWORTH CHURCH.
Methodist House of Worship Dedicat-
ed Free of Debt.
Bishop John L. Uuelsen , of Omaha ,
dedicated the new Methodist Epis-
copal church at Ainsworth on Sun-
day. The bishop preached powerful
sermons morning and evening , and
Rev. J. B. Carnes , D. D. , superinten-
dent of the Long Pine district , gave
an address in the afternoon. There
were fourteen baptisms-in the after-
noon. Several united with the church.
The sum of $2,200 was needed to meet
all claims. Many were afraid that the
money could not. be raised , but the
way in which the bishop easily se-
cured the funds was a surprise to
many. The dedication service was
held in the evening. The new church
is valued at about $8,000. The audi-
ence room is 30x50 feet. It has in-
clined floor , circular assembly chairs ,
art glass windows and. a fine choir
loft adjoining the pulpit. The as-
sembly room is 20x30 feet. The ves-
tibule is 10x10 feet. In the basement
is a large dining room , a commodious
kitchen. The whole church is to be
lighted by electricity. This is one of
the best churches in northwestern
Nebraska. Rev. Vincent R. Beebe is
now serving his second year as pas-
tor.
EQUAL TO EMERGENCY.
When Prisoners Fire Jail , Orders
Them to Work or Perish.
Seizing an opportunity when Sher-
iff Quinton was away and the depu-
ty sheriffs were busy , prisoners in the
Cass county jail at Plattsmouth , it is
thought , set fire to their quarters , be-
lieving the jailer's wife , Mrs. M. E.
Manspeaker , would at once open the
doors. Inste'ad the plucky woman
stood at the bars and ordered the men
to put out the fire or perish , which
they did with dispatch. When the
alarm she sounded brought the fire
department there was no blaze.
The sheriff was absent taking Ar-
thur Brann , convicted of horse steal-
ing , to the penitentiary at Lincoln.
The deputy and jailer were in the
country attending a sale. It is be-
lieved that Fred Ossenkop , sentenced
for ten years for murder , incited the
prisoners to the revolt.
Company F Disbands. .
At a recent meeting of the members
of Company F in Madison the com-
pany decided to disband. This action
was brought about on request of Ad-
jutant General Hartigan and Major
Charles Fraser of this city has noti-
fied the officers at Lincoln of the
action ,9f the company.
Bitten by a Coyote.
Lee Galloway of Beatrice was sever-
ely bitten on the right hand by a pet
coyote Sunday evening. Galloway was
petting the animal when it suddenly
sunk its teeth into his hand.
John Forman , a youth 14 years old ,
who is charged with stealing a horse
at Lincoln , Neb. , a week ago , was
arrested at the farm house of _ Ed-
ward Johnson , five miles northeast
of Pickrell , Tuesday evening and
lodged in jail. .
Hospital Formally Opened
The Mercy Sisters of Omaha have
formally opened the hospital at Re-
liance under the name of "The Mercy
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FIREMEN PREPARE FOR MEET.
York Will Entertain Visitors in Bcs\
of Style in July.
At a recent meeting of the York fire
department the matter of the state
tournament was discussed and the
date was fixed for July 26 , 27 and 23 ,
It is ten years since what is acknowl-
edged to be the best tournament ever
held in the state of Nebraska came
off in York. On that occasion the fire
men and citizens united to make the
affair a success and the event was
been a standing advertisement for
York through all these years.
Less than three months are left in
which to make preparations for tha
event. so the firemen will soon be ac
tively at work and they will have the
hearty co-operation of the whole city.
TJIE ADVENTISTS SPEAK UP.
Adopt Resolutions Denouncing Liquor
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The Seventh-day Adventists of Lin-
coln went on record Sunday night as ;
against the open saloo"n at a meeting
held at their church on Fifteenth and
D streets. Resolutions adopted at the
close of the meeting were as follows :
"Whereas , The liquor traffic is a
menace to the peace and welfare of
the home , a burden to the state , a
curse to the community , and is sap-
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ping the moral foundation of society ,
therefore , be it
"Resolved , That we hereby express
ourselves as unutterably opposed to
the liquor traffic , and in favor of mu-
nicipal , state , national and world
wide \ prohibition. "
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Nebraska Pioneer Dies.
Major John T. Crofts of Omaha / ,
aged 96 years , a resident of Nebraska
fifty years , and a veteran of three
wars , died recently from an illness
dating back to last February , at which
time he contracted a cold while pres-
ent at the laying of the cornerstone of
the Douglas county court house at
Omaha. He was born in Boston and
was an intimate friend of Fletcher
Webster , son of Daniel Webster.
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Holdrege Man Dies in Alaska.
Word has been received of the death
of Ernest Peterson of Holdrege , far in
the interior of Alaska on the 24th of
February. The deceased had gone to
Alaska in search of fortune , but could
not endure the hardships of the Alas
kan interior and died of rheumatism.
The body was interred in the frozen
earth a short distance from Valdez.
Nebraska Land Sells Well.
A record-breaking sale of Nance
county land occurred last week at
Fullerton , when a quarter section of
land that was sold one year ago for
$80 per acre , was again sold for $115
per acre. The land lies on the south
side of the Loup river , about three
miles from town , and was bought by
George Fleece.
Farmer Has Accident.
H. C. Carman , a well known John.
son county farmer , is suffering an in-
jury. to his head. A small piece of gas
pipe fell thirty feet from a tower and
struck Mr. Carman on the head. At
first it was feared he had been seri-
ously injured.
Big Price for Hog.
Probably the highest price ever paid
in Johnson county for an unpedigreed
hog , bought for market , was one day
last week when L. A. Hanks : , buyer at
Cook , paid Sam Wilson , farmer and
stockman , $69 for a single porker. The
hog weighed 690 pounds.
Narrow Escape From Death.
Dr. Claude Watson , of Nebraska
City , while riding in his automobile ,
had a narrow escape from being kill-
ed. He lost control of his machine
and it skidded , turned turtle , falling
on him , breaking his left shoulder
and bruising him badly.
Will Make Tour of Europe.
J. W. Wilson president of the Firs\
National bank at Polk , accompanied
by his wife and son and Mrs. Calmar
McCune of Stromsburg , will leave soon
on a six weeks' trip through Europo
and the British Isles.
Cook for Blair Postmaster.
Word has been received in Blah
from Washington that Wesley J. Cook
has been recommended for reappoint-
ment as postmaster , and Mr. Cook is
feeling on easy street.
Suffers from Ptomine Poisoning.
, Michael Curtin , a resident of Ster
ling , suffered ptomine poisoning from
eating canned corn. For a few hours
he was in'a serious ccJhdition.
A School of Instruction.
A school of instruction . for the cen
sus enumerators of Beatrice and Gage
counties was held at Beatrice last
week by Phillip H. Bross of Wahoo ,
census director for the Fourth district.
Accused of Selling Beer.
A complaint has been filed against
W. C. Peterson of York : , who keeps : a
restaurant in the north part of that
city , charging him wth selling beeTr
He was placed under $200 bonds.
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The regulation step of the British
army is 120 to the minute.
Salmon , pike and goldfish are said
to be the only fish that never sleep.
Peanut cake : seems to be supplanting
cottonseed cake as the preferred food
for Swedish cattle.
Last year the geological ] survey fixed
prices on 2,598,621 acres of public coal
lands and classified . 10,857,572 acres as
non-coal land.
An all-rubber automobile wheel has
been patented , rigid at the center and
with the hardness lessening gradually
until the circumference is reached.
The Paris Gaulois says that a Brit-
ish Catholic whose name is not stated
has given the Pope $100,000 with
which to establish a Bible Institution.
Thero are twenty-one States in the
Union whose combined business does
not equal that < * f the New York post
office , which is more than the post
office business of Philadelphia and
Chicago combined.
It ia ! already : proposed , with the ap
proval of the mayor , to re-establish the
nickel-in-the-slot machine in the .
- - - cigar
stores of San Francisco and to restore
the recently suspended privilege of
smoking in street cars.
The oil palm ] is , perhaps , the great-
est commercial asset in West Africa.
On the palm the African has long de
pended for food , clothing'shelter , fur-
niture , utensils , tools , weapons , orna-
ments , medicines and intoxicating bev-
eragos.
On a ride of 1,250 miles ? at an aver-
age of forty-four miles daily , a Rus-
sian cavalry officer lost only six
pounds in weight , while his horse-
nearly twenty years old-lost forty-
five pounds. One day eighty miles was
covered.
During the last . three years there
has been a fairly steady increase in
the quantity of natural gas used In
this country for domestic purposes , a
decrease in the quantity used for
manufacturing purposes , and an in-
crease in the average price.
Here is a fish story of the 1910 crop
published by the St. James' Budget :
"While Mr. McRorie , an angler visit
ing Loch Tay , was fishing in the Killin
waters with two rods , two salmon took
the baits simultaneously and both
were secured. The salmon weighed
seventeen pounds each. "
Mrs. : Gabrielle Mulllner is reported
to be the author of the proposed city
ordinance requiring fire drills in small
factories in New York. Mayor : Gay-
nor Is said to have told the City Fed-
eration of Women's dubs that if it
would have an ordinance drawn up
that would hold water he would use
his influence to put It through.
Mrs. Martha C. Taller has givea $25-
000 to the New York University to
endow a free clinic in connection with
Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
This is the first gift received to the
endowment of the free clinic , and it is
hoped to increase the endowment to
at least $100,000. The money given
by Mrs. Taller is to establish a mem-
orial to the late William H. Taller.
"No one meets such various kinds of
people as we do , " said a librarian.
"You sae that little old man over
there ? He is going through the en-
cyclopedias , one volume at a time. He
comes in every day and begins where
he left off the day before. He has read
through an entire set and is begin-
ning another. Pretty dry .reading ,
some of it , one would say.-New York
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Sun.Who
Who invented the postage stamp ?
A writer in Chamber's Journal points
out that the inventor of the "adhesive
" Row-
postage stamp" was undoubtedly -
land Hill. In 1837 he proposed the use
of "a bit of paper just large enough
to bear the stamp , and covered at the
back with a glutinous wash , which the
buyer might , by the application of a
little moisture , attach to the back of
the letter. "
Miss Mary Agnes Cunningham is
the first woman to . be appointed a
member of the school board of St.
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Paul , Minn. She has taught in the
schools of St. Paul for twenty-five
years and is the president of 'the '
Teachers' Federation. During a fight
she conducted for teachers' pensions
she saw a good deal of tho mayor , who
was so impressed by her character
and ability that he appointed her a
member of the school board.
Turkey's war minister has just or-
dered forks for the convenience of
soldiers in barracks. The fork did not
appear In Europe as a common table
implement until the seventeenth cen-
tury , though as early as the thirteenth
century ' gold and silver ones were
made for special purposes. The ordi-
nary diner was only provided with a
trencher , a napkin and a spoon. For
knife he used his own , which he car-
ried about. There was no second
trencher , no second spoon. When the
several courses came along he exer-
cised his ingenuity and mopped his
trencher with his bread.
From time to time various colonies
of Jews have actually returned to the
holy land. There are records of J ew-
ish settlements there as early as 1170
and in the sixteenth century the city
of Tiberias , "where only Jews were
. to dwell , " was rebuilt. But it was not
until comparatively : modern times that
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gan , In 1878 the ideas of Laurence
Oliphant and the Earl of Shaftesbury. .
took definite shape in the purchase of
seven hundred acres of land by the
Jews of Jerusalem and the foundation
of the colony of Petah Tikwah. After
the Russian persecution of 1881 largo
numbers of Jews emigrated and at the
end of 1898 there were about five thpt\-
sand Jewish colonists in Palestine.
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SWOPE POISONING CASE OH. rf / ,
Kansas City Physician Accrued' 6 % .
Killing the Millionaire. ; ;
Dr. B. C. Hyde appeared In the
Criminal Coutt at Kansas City to a Ii
swer a charge of murdering Colonel ,
millionaire phi
Thomas H. Swope , a
lanthropist and uncle of the physJr
clan's wife. Colonel Swipe died Oct. 2
last. His death certificate gave apop
lexy as the cause of demise. Dr. Hyd
was in attendance. The State avers
the physician poisoned the millionaire
by administering strychnine to him In.
a capsule. . >
The' motive for the alleged crkne
wealth. ,
says the State , was to obtain .
"By the terms of Colonel Swop : ' ; will i
Mrs. Hyde was to receive a share In
her uncle's property and some money. .
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Desiring to hasten the settlement
the estate , and also to prevent thi >
making of certain changes in the wll . I i
the colonel had planned , Dr. Hyde , tht
State will attempt to .prove , killed thi
aged capitalist. I a
The indictment on which Dr. Hy4-
is being tried is for first-degree mu' , .
fer. < Ten' other Indictments have beo *
returned against the physician. _ On * .
charges first-degree murder of C11r
tlan Swope , a nephew of Colon , t
Swope , by administering poison to
him. An indictment for mansl.inga-
ter was voted , accusing Dr. HyJe OS'
negligently killing James Moss Hun- ;
ton , a cousin of Colonel Swope , ' bj , -
bleeding him. The eight reulining- !
indictments charge the physician wiu *
attempting to poison Misses L1 : ' _ y Le < -
Swope , Mildred Fox , Sarah Swope
Georgia Compton , Nora Bell DSrkson ! , -
Stella Swope , Margaret Swope and
Leonora Copridge. All these peopl ; .
were attacked by typhoid fever whea.
it was prevalent In the Swope home. .
and it is averred Dr. Hyde cause I thel , -
illness. No indictment but one relat-
ing to the death of Colonel Swcpe eai
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REHEARING IN TRUST CASES. '
New Arguments Ordered in Standard
Oil and Tobacco Suits. I
The Supreme Court of the United.
States has reassigned for argument tbe.
cases of the United States against the
American Tobacco Company and till' .
Standard Oil Company. The reargu-
ment of these cases comes as the direct. . .
result of the death of Justice Brewer.
This noted jurist died just a few days-
after the Standard Oil case had bee.
argued. As Justice Moody , owing to-
the fact that as Attorney General fit ;
had directed the suits , was unable t
participate in the consideration of" " '
these cases , only seven justices were- ' ' "
left to give a decision. '
How the court was divided In re53-rct
to the decision in these cases is still
much a mystery as before the assign . .
ment of the cases for reargument. I
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Is believed , however , that the con
was evenly divided or almost so , an .
that it probably was loath to give : tt' ,
the country a decision which was not ?
supported by a majority of a full court ,
Such a majority would be five mem-
bers. f f
The fact that the corporation taf
cases were not set for reargument & & . .
taken to -mean that a decision will $ 1 &
announced In regard to the constltu- , / J' ,
tionality of the law authorizing It wf
In a short time.
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SAFE DT POSTOmCE BLOWS' . '
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Cracksmen Wreck Melrose Par3& c
Station and Escape.
Cracksmen wrecked the safe In thq
Melrose Park (111. ( ) postoffice with dj
namite at 3 a. m. the other day an
escaped with $500 In currency an
$200 worth of postage stamps. Th * .
terrific explosion shook the building
shattered windows and tore away part
of the flooring. The entire villa &
was aroused and thrown into excite -
ment. The safe-blowers escaped by/
boarding an out-bound freight train OBU .
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
The Chicago police were asked td >
search for the robbers and several de- . . .
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tectives were hurried to the Westers' .
suburb. The cracksmep : are believed
, to be Chicago crooks.
NO TRACE OF COOK FOUND.
Fairbanks Expedition Gains Summit .
of Tallest Peak in North America.
The Fairbanks expedition to Moun
McKInley , the tallest peak in Nort .
America , reached the summit April- . .
after a climb of one month from thfr- i
base , it Is announced. No traces ox '
Dr. Frederick A. Cook's alleged ac
cent were found. The expedition , . ; C
which left Fairbanks , Alaska , Dec. 1.
while the controversy over Dr. Cook' : E
disputed ascent was still raging , wa $ > i
financed by August Peterson and W11.- .
llam McPhee.
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WOMAN 1qT.T oS BABIES. 1
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2O-Year-Old Mother Slays Her Twd , .
Children in Ohio.
"The spirits kept bothering me , " IE >
the only explanation offered by Mrs.-
Rosa Marquardt , 20 years old , of Ak- <
ron , Ohio , who killed her 2-year-old.
daughter with a club and so seriously- i
injured her 1-year-old baby that the
zhild's death Is expected. The woman
was committed to the Massillon State *
Hospital. , t
Heavy Fire L.OSS at GoldHeld.
The 850-ton mill of the Goldfieid r
Consolidated Mines Company was dam- r
aged by fire to the extent of $250,000 )
Boldfield , Nev. After an explosion in ;
the refinery , where more than half a , . 1'
million dollars in bullion was stacked. G ,
for shipment , the fire spread to a huge
conveyor that carried flames to th-
sampling department and stamp bat
teries. )1 ) ,
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