TALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
VALENTINE. - . NEBRASKA ,
GUILTY
JURY ACQUITS ALLEGED BRIBER
OF LEGISLATORS TO VOTE
FOR LORIMER.
OUT LESS THAN 20 MINUTE
State's Attorney Burke Makes a Sen
sational Declaration in Closing Case
Against Defendant Trial Began
Last Monday.
' Springfield , 111. State Senator John
Broderick , of Chicago , who has been
on trial in the circuit court here on
a charge of having bribed former Sen
ator D. W. Holstlaw , of luka , to vote
lor United States Senator William Lor
imer , was pronounced "not guilty" by
a jury , which returned its verdict
after having been out only twenty
minutes.
Within a few minutes after the jury
lad signified its readiness to announce
its verdict , Judge Creighton was on the
bench , called the jury and the clerk
read the verdict :
"We , the jury , find the defendant ,
John J. Broderick , not guilty. "
When Broderick'learned the verdict ,
lie said : "I was not guilty of the crime
charged against me. "
The Broderick case was one of the
many alleged bribery cases of which
members of the general assembly were
indicted for illegal vote buying. John
Broderick was charged in the indict
ment \vhich was returned by the San-
gamon county grand jury of having
given Holstlaw $2,500 for his vote for
WUlam Lorimer for United States sen
ator. The transaction was said to have
taken place in Broderick's saloon in
Chicago on June 16 , 1909 , shortly aft
er the election of Lorimer by the
Illinois legislature.
ACTING DIRECTOR OF MINT.
Secretary of Treasury MacVeagh Ap.
proves an Order Promoting
Margaret V. Kelly.
Washington. Secretary MacVeagh
has approved an order which will place
< a woman in direct charge of all the
I v i jmints and assay offices in the United
IStates for short intervals at various
'times within the year. She is Miss
Margaret V. Kelly , of the mint bureau ,
ione of the three highest paid women
'jn the government service.
George E. Roberts , director of the
i
mint , is obliged to be absent from
the treasury much of the ime , and
R. E. Preston , the mint examiner , is
away much. Insuch cases Miss Kelly
will be acting director of the mint with
full powers.
Wage Dispute Settled.
Denver , Colo. As a result of a set
tlement agreed upon by the officials
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers and officials of the Denver
Si and Rio Grande railroad , 750 engineers
of that system will receive an increase
of 9 per cent in wages , better working
rules and a contract for a year.
$500,000 Louisana Fire.
Monroe , La. Fire originating in the
saw filers' rooms totally destroyed the
plant of the Tremont Lumber company
at Eros , thirtyfive miles from here.
Several hundred cars of lumber , loaded
and in dry kilns , were burned. The
loss is estimated at $500,000 , partly
insured.
Mail Steamer Sinks.
Louisburg , C. B. With only her fun
nels showing above the water to mark
here resting place the Newfoundland
mail steamer Bruce , plying between
Port au Basques , N. F. , and Cape Bre
ton ports , is a helpless wreck off the
island of Scatari. She struck on a
ledge at Port Nova point on the island ,
twenty miles northeast of Louisburg.
Missouri Bank Looted.
Curreyville , Mo. Safe blowers set
off five charges of dynamte in the
Bank of Curreyvillle shortly after mid
night , wrecked the building and safe
and escaped with $4,000. The citizens
of the town were aroused by the
blasts , but they did not try to molest
the robbers.
Steamer Reported Burning.
Eureka , Cal. The government wire
less station at table bluffs reports that
a steamer is burning about four miles
off that pont. The steamers Argyll
and Rose City have left here to go to
the aid of the burning steamer.
Sioux City Uve Stock Market.
. Sioux City , la. Friday's quota
tions on the local live stock market
follow : Top beeves , $6.50. Top hogs ,
$6.50.
Crushed to a Mass.
Los Angeles , Cal. After swollowing
poison and cutting his throat Wesley
Churchill , 40 years old , leaped from the
top of an eleven-story building. He
landed in an alley and was mangled
into a shapeless mass.
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Arrested at Graveside.
Frederick , Okla. As the first clods
of earth fell upon the coffin of Mrs.
Rena M. Gregory in the little burial
ground at Nevajo , an officer arrested
Gregory , her husband , on a charge of
onurder.
IHU.SM
DEMAND IS MADE BY THE WAR
DEPARTMENT FOR RE-
CRUITS.
ASSERTS TAFT DEMANDS END
Member of Rebel Junta Advises Ma-
dero to Capture Chihuahua by May
1 or American President May In
terfereand Stop Rebellion.
Washington. The war department
on Thursday sent out calls to all the
army recruiting stations in the coun
try for six or seven thousand re
cruits , to bring the infantry regiments
of the army mobilized in Texas and
California up to full strength.
San Antonio , Tex. John Hamilton
Dignowitty , known here as "Ham"
Dignowitty , and three other Ameri
cans have been shot to death under
order of a Mexican court-martial for
participation in the Insurrection , ac
cording to advices received by mem
bers of the Dignowitty family.
The news was brought by Fred Dig
nowitty , a cousin of the executed man ,
but he had no particulars aside from
the allegation that the execution was
the order of a drum-head court-mar
tial.
'Ham" Dignowitty was thirty years
of age and was engaged in the cattle
and mining business in the state of
Chihuahua.
Dr. C. F. Caracristi of the Mexican
revolutionary junta issued a state
ment Thursday declaring that the Uni
ted States will intervene in Mexico
unless some definite progress towards
peace Is made by May 1.
He made the statement primarily in
a report to Madero , the leader of the
revolt , urging him at the same time
to accomplish the capture of Chihua
hua by May 1.
"President Taft , " Dr. Caracristi
told Madero , "will not wait longer
than May 1 for order to be restored. "
Dr. Caracristi's statement has at
tracted serious attention here on ac
count of his long stay in Washington
and his investigations in Mexico pre
vious to returning to San Antonio.
He went Washington shortly before
Minister of Finance Limantour gave
his momentous interview in Paris.
Significance is attached to the simul
taneous activities of the two men
while absent from the country.
Dr. Caracristi stated that he had
set May 1 as the limit of President
Taft's patience. He said he had com
piled statistics to show that American
money to the amount of $1,000,000,000
is invested in Mexico. These inter
ests are endangered by the rebellion ,
he said , and unless the federals and
insurrectos are able to settle their
differences the United States will
treat the rebels as belligerents and
stop the contest to protect the inter
ests of its subjects.
Rival financial interests are play
ing an important part in the insurrec
tion , according to Dr. Caracristi. He
does not contend that the revolution
was started from outside the border ,
but claims certain interests have en
couraged the rebellion while others
have remained steadfast to President
Diaz.
- Juarez. The garrison Thursday
showed renewed activity. More sand
bags were piled along the edges of
the flat roofs to be used as 'breast
works in case of attack , special atten
tion being given the municipal build
ings on the plaza , which now afford
ample protection against anything ex
cept artillery fire.
It is reported that bands of Insur
rectos have been seen from the house
tops and great uneasiness is felt in
the town , which is defended by 350
artillerymen and a squadron of cav
alry 150 strong.
General Navarro sent out a troop of
cavalry to intercept a band of insur
rectos reported to be crossing the
river from the American side a few
miles east of here.
El Paso , Tex. Women and chil
dren throughout the region of Boquil-
las , Tex. , are being congregated at
the Chishos and Terlingua mines ,
where the miners can protect them
from Mexican raiders until troops can
reach there from Marathon.
PATTEN MUST STAND TRIAL
Federal Judge Noyes Denies Motion
to Quash Indictments in Cot
ton Pool Case.
New York. The federal govern
ment scored a 'sweeping victory
when Judge Noyes , In the United
States circuit court , overruled the de
murrers interposed by James A. Pat
ten , Eugene M. Scales , Frank B.
Hayne , William P. Brown and Robert
M. Thompson.
They are under indictment for con
spiracy to monopolize interstate trade
and commerce in * conducting the fa
mous cotton pool of last summer.
The court denies the motion to
quash the indictments and holds that
the facts established warrants orderIng -
Ing the defendants to trial.
Quick Divorce Law Signed.
Carson , Nev. Governor Oddle
Thursday signed the "time-lock" di
vorce law. defining six months' contin
uous physical presence of the plaintiff
in the country as the sole requisite on
which to base jurisdiction in divorce
proceedings.
Missouri "U" Building Burns.
Columbus , Mo. Fire early Thurs
day destroyed the Mechanical Arts
building of the Missouri state univer
sity , causing a damage estimated at
550.000.
ON HIS LENTEN VACATION
MEXICAN
API jfajf/ft 77m et
FEDERAL JUDGE OVERRULES MO
TION TO QUASH INDICTMENTS ,
UPSETS PLEA IN ABATEMENT.
GOVERNMENT TO RUSH TRIALS
Decision Denies Right of Ten Big
Packers to Whitewash as Result of
Their Testimony Before Grand
Jury in Former Inquiry.
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Chicago. Holding that the Immuni
ty granted by Judge Humphrey of the
federal circuit court in 1906 did not
apply to the present charges , which ,
he declared , were based , on evidence
not included in the Humphrey de
cision , Judge Carpenter in the United
States district court Wednesday over
ruled the demurrer filed by the indict
ed Chicago packers and they lost their
fight against going on trial on the
indictments obtained by the govern
ment several months ago.
Judge Carpenter's decision went
into the controversy relating to im
munity with- great detail.
In brief , the packers' position was
that any conspiracy that might have
existed was the plotting prior to
Judge Humphrey's immunity decision ,
and that the immunity from prosecu
tion granted them extended over all
future time , so long as the acts cov
ered by the 1906 decision remained
the same.
In deciding this , Judge Carpenter
ruled that the immunity granted
them was only for acts which had oc
curred prior to the date of the indict
ment and could not pertain to any un
lawful act which was performed after
that time. The evidence given by the
packers before the grand jury , he
said , could not relate to that which
had not occurred , and hence could
have no future application.
As to the contention of the defense
that the conspiracy ended with the
first plotting , he ruled that so long as
the acts complained of continued , the
conspiracy remained in effect , and
unlawful acts growing out of the con
spiracy and occurring after the in
dicted men had testified before the
grand jury were new and separate of
fenses and subject to the operation
of law.
In addition , the offenses admitted
before the grand jury by the packers
prior to their immunity and from the
criminal responsibility for which they
were freed by the Humphrey decision ,
were defined by the court as none the
less criminal in themselves. He said
they could be used in prosecutions
which were predicated on a continua
tion of the offenses.
Following are the defendants : Louis
F. Swift , E. E. Swift , Charles F. Swift ,
Francis A. Fowler , Edward Tilden , J.
Ogden Armour , Arthur Meeker ,
Thomas J. Conners , Edward Morris
and Louis H. Heyman.
United States District Attorney
Sims said he would in a day or two
demand that the packers be brought
into court to plead to indictments
and have dates set for trial.
Woman Circuit Court Clerk ,
St. Paul , Minn. Judges of the
United States circuit court for the
Eighth judicial circuit Thursday ap
pointed Miss Louise B. Trott .of St.
Paul , formerly deputy clerk , as clerk
of the circuit court'to succeed Henry
D. Lang , who died suddenly.
Found Guilty of Murder.
Denver , Col. Louis Wechter , a for
mer Philadelphian , who shot and
killed W. Clifford Burrows in a cjife ,
was Thursday found guilty of murder.
Tka 1urv recommended
CLAIMS HE IS "IRENE"
SHERARD , ENGLISH . AUTHOR ,
SAYS WIFE'S NOVELS ARE HIS.
Sues Former Miss Osgood of America
Declares She Treated Him
Like a Dog.
London. In the trial of the suit
brought by Robert Harborough , the
English author , against his wife ,
Irene Osgood , the American au
thoress , horses , pigs , cats , manu
scripts of plays and early divorce pa
pers figured to the great amusement
of the spectators.
A suit for separation brought by the
wife is pending and the husband in
the present action says that she took
the animals and things mentioned , all
he possessed , and so left him
stranded.
After hearing both stories in detail
the presiding judge decided that the
defendant must return to her husband
one horse , six pigs and one cat , and
the manuscripts in dispute , or pay
him $210. Mrs. Sherard promptly en
tered an appeal from the judgment.
Sherard , describing his life at Gulls-
borough Hall , in Northampton , which
is the property of his wife , referred to
the home as "My Calvary. " He had
been treated like a dog , he declared ,
and thrice thrown out of the place.
"I am 'Irene Osgood , ' " he shouted
dramatically. "I wrote everything
that she is supposed to have written
in the last five years. " He swore that
Irene had given him $500 to be used
in procuring a divorce from his wife
so that he could marry her.
Mrs. Sherard , who is the author of
"To a Nun Confessed" and "Servi
tude" and possesses an income of be
tween $50,000 and $60,000 a year , en
tered the witness box and described
how she met Sherard at Cannes ,
France.
He was practically without funds ,
and she gave him , ehe said , $500 with
which to buy clothes. She did not
know at the time that he had been
married previously and was not aware
of the situation until a few days after
their wedding , when she discovered
his divorce papers. Suspecting his al
liance with her was illegal , she took
possession of these documents. She
denied that her husband had written
any of the works attributed to her.
PUNISHES SIX FOR FRAUD
Members of Mabray Gang Sentenced
to Five Months in Prison and
Fined $1,000.
Council Bluffs , la. Six of the de
fendants in the so-called Mabray
swindling cases who had pleaded
guilty to the charge of using the
United States mails In promoting fake
sporting events were Tuesday sen
tenced by Judge Smith McPherson of
the federal district court.
L. H. Hindmann , known as the
"Honey Grove Kid ; " R. L. ( Darby )
Thielman , former professional base
ball vplayer ; George Ryan , Tom Dav-
riesVC. . T. Philipot and W. I. Cramer
were sentenced to five months' impris
onment in some , county jail and to'
pay a fine of $1,000 each.
-There are several other Mabray
cases pending.
Vreeland Coronation Envoy.
Washington. Rear Admiral Charles
E. Vreeland , now in command of the
second division of the Atlantic fleet ,
was Thursday detailed to represent
the navy at the coronation of King
George V. Admiral Dewey declined
the appointment.
Aviator Flies With Eleven.
Douai , France. Aviator Louis Bre-
guet made a record performance
Thursday when he carried 11 passen
gers in his monoplane a distance of
two miles.
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BENJ. D. GREENE FREE
FINISHES FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR
HARBOR COMPLICITY.
Takes Pauper's Oath Which Releases
Him From His Portion of
$575,000 Fine.
Atlanta , Ga. Benjamin D. Greene ,
vho , 'A'ith John F. Gaynor , has
| ust completed a four-year term in
the federal prison here for complicity
in the Savannah harbor improvement
frauds , was released , bringing to a
close , so far as he is concerned , a legal
battle that has commanded attention
for the last decade.
Greene's application for leave to
take the pauper's oath in order to es
cape further liabilities for the $575,000
fine imposed on the two men when
they were convicted was granted aft
er a hearing which lasted two days.
John F. Gaynor , jointly convicted
with Greene , has completed his sen
tence in the federal prison. His ap
plication to take the pauper's oath is
pending.
The case of the government against
Greene and Gaynor was one of the
most unusual in the annals of Ameri
can jurisprudence. More than a dec
ade ago these two were engaged in a
contractual million dollar improve
ment work in Savannah harbor , under
the supervision of Capt. Oberlin M.
Carter.
Trouble began when Carter was ap
pointed military attache at the court
of St. James. The army officer who
succeeded him , Capt. Cassius E. Gil
lette , found evidences of fraud in the
work , which resulted in a three/
months' court-martial for Carter , a
fine , a term in Leavenworth prison ,
and , ultimately , in the confiscation by
the government of money he was al
leged to have secured through the
harbor frauds.
Greene and Gaynor were indicted in
December , 1889. The case did not
come to trial in Savannah until March
6 , 1902. There was an immediate
recess of a few days , during which
the defendants went to Canada. The
extradition laws did not apply to their
case and'for about three years they
lived in Quebec , until on the grounds
of courtesy and friendship the British
government agreed to surrender the
fugitives.
Trial at Savannah began October
9 , 1905 , lasting until April 13 , 1906 ,
when they were convicted of embez
zlement and sentenced to four years'
imprisonment each , and jointly to pay
a fine of $575,000.
JAPAN ENVOY CALLS ON TAFT
Arrangements Are Made for Mutual
Exchange of Recent Treaty Be
tween Two Nations.
Washington. Responding to an in
vitation from President Taft , Baron
Uchida , the Japanese ambassador , vis
ited the White House Wednesday and
made arrangements for the mutual ex
change of ratifications of the recent
American-Japanese treaty.
This function takes place at the
state department , where each of the
governments gets a copy mutually
signed while a third copy is placed in
the archives.
The president sent for Baron Uchida
and the air was full of talk that the
baron had asked for explanations of
war talk and was in a belligerent
mood. Elaborate stories were printed
that the baron had called to urge upon
the president the belief that Japan
had no ulterior or any other Inten
tions in Mexico.
The facts of the interview were ,
however , stated by the president him
self , so that they were accepted as
they were given out. The president
desired the ambassador to felicitate
his government on its speedy ratifica
tion of the treaty and to convey to
the mikado the assurances of the pres
ident's official and personal regard.
KILL WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL
Iowa Senate Denies Fair Sex Right to
Submit Question to Vote of
People.
Des Moines , la. Woman suffragists
met defeat again in the state senate
when , by a vote of 27 to 1 , they were
denied the right to ask the people to
give them the ballot Senator Allen
of Pocahontas led the fight for them
and Senators Gilliland and Chapman
led the fight against them.
Albany , N. Y. The senate judiciary
committee voted 8 to 3 against report
ing the two woman suffrage resolu
tions introduced by Senator New-
combe.
Boston. Woman suffrage found
eight opponents and three supporters
on the legislative committee on con
stitutional amendments which recom
mended reference to the next legisla
ture of the annual petition for votes
for women.
Tower Will Be Memorial.
Princeton , N. J. It was announced
Saturday by the committee in charge
that the last contribution needed to
raise $100,000 for the Grover Cleve
land memorial tower had been re
ceived.
Flying Fox Is Dead.
New York. From Paris comes the
news that Flying Fox , the great race
aorse which Edmund Blanc purchased
some years ago for $200,000 , is dead.
He won $130,000 in purses on the
French turf alone.
Towns Shaken by Blast.
Port Clinton , Ohio. Four persons
were hurt , but none seriously , when
500 pounds of powder exploded at
the plant of the American Gypsum
company at Gypsum , near here
Wednesday.
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ALL OVER NEBRASKA
Roster of Nebraska Veterans.
The roster of soldiers who have-
seen service and are now living in.
Nebraska , which is being prepared
by Secretary of State Wait , who Is ;
to bo aided by state and -county offi
cers , vlll be made very complete.
Such a. roster should be made every
two years , but it has not been done.
The last one made was done in 1897 >
At that time there were nearly 25,000'
veterans of various wars in the state-
Said the secretary :
"The only roster of the soldiers
ever issued in Nebraska was in 1897.
It contained 24.3GO names. Many ef
forts have been made since that time
to compile another , but the assessors-
of the state have failed to give the-
listing of names sufficient attention
to get a reliable roster , notwithstand
ing the law requires them to do so
every two years. This will probably
be the last time they will be called
upon to perform this work , and it is
the desire of the secretary of state-
and the soldiers of the civil and Span
ish-American wars that it be done as
carefully and accurately as any other
duties of the assessors. The secre
tary has prepared a special blank for
the purpose and a supply has beea
forwarded to every county assessor
in the.state , to be distributed to the-
various precinct assessors. It will be
some satisfaction to know to what
extent the ranks have been diminish
ed in the years since the publication :
of the last roster , and also to know
the force of the veterans of the Span
ish-American war in our borders , and
Mexican veterans , if any. "
Manuel Will Ask For Inquiry.
Buffalo County. Superintendent C.
B. Manuel of the State Industrial
school at Kearney , upon reading th&
report of the public lands and build
ings committee to the legislature , ia
which they asked for the abolishment
of the school if it could not be placed
in proper condition for the training"
of the young men placed there by the- \
state , said he would be pleased to-
have an investigation of his methods-
made and locate the cause for "the-
waste of the people's money. " He-
considered the charges made by the-
committee unjust.
Woman Found Guilty.
Cedar County. Guilty of murder in
the first degree with imprisonment
for life , was the verdict that was re
turned by the jury in the Maggie Da
vis murder trial at Hartington. The
defendant , with face drawn and pale-
from many sleepless nights , sat with
her eyes fixed on. the floor in the man
ner that she has through the trial and
did not change a muscle when tha
verdict was rend.
Dies of Mysterious Disease.
Buffalo County. Henry Gieselman >
51 years old. died of a disease that
has baffled local physicians for two
months. Several physicians had at
tended him. but none of them sus
pected his ailment would terminate *
fatally. An autopsy was held and as-
no internal derangement was found1
it was concluded that he died of heart
failure.
Rev. W. J. Pollard is Dead.
Otoe County. Rev. W. J. Pollard"
a retired minister , who resided in the
southern part of the city , was found
dead in bed at his home. He was feel
ing as well as usual on retiring and in
fact seemed to be in better health and
spirits than he had been for some
time. It is thought that his death ,
was due to heart failure.
Farm House Was Burned.
Johnson County. The farm homo
owned by Bryan Kavanagh of Crab.
Orchard , located one mile east of the
town and occupied by the son of Mr.
Kavanagh , John Kavanagh , and fam
ily , was burned to the ground together
with most of the contents.
Farmers Oppose the Raise.
Custer County. The farmers sur
rounding Sargent , representing 16
country telephone lines and some 350 ?
telephones , are united in opposing a ,
raise in the monthly toll lor switch
ing by the Crownover Telephone com
pany of Sargent , into whose central
they run. They have organized and
taken measures to establish a central
of their own in Sargent in the near
future.
Engagement is Announced.
Lancaster County. Mr. and Mrs
William J. Bryan announced the en
gagement of their daughter , Grace
Dexter Bryan , to Richard Lewis Har-
greaves , son of Mrs. A. E. Hargreave ?
of Lincoln. The marriage will take ,
place early in June.
Valuable Stallion Burned.
St. Joseph dispatch : A stattum
valued at $2,000 , which was being
shipped by Frank lams of St. PauL
Neb. , to G. E. Bishop of Kiowa , Kan.
who had contracted to buy it , 'as
burned to death in a Burlington oat
here.
Callaway Pastor to Omaha.
Custer County. Rev. Mr. Nether
ly , who for the last three years has
been pastor of the Evangelical church
of Broken Bow , was transferred bj )
the recent conference to Omaha.
Shows Profitable Business.
Lancaster County. The Farmers
Co-operative Elevator company ofi V
Benedict showed a most profitable
business for the year past and a large
dividend was ordered paid. This ele
vator has been in operation ser
years.
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