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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL , , , , . NORFOLK NMIWASICA KKIDAY MAItCII 22 11)07. ) SENATE ENACTS MEASURE FOR DAILY REPORTS. IS AIMED AT "GRAIN TRUST" Several Members of the Legislature Have Received Threatening Letters Charging Misconduct and Threaten ing Revelations. Lincoln , Nob. , March 21. Special to The News : The senate this morning passed a bill to compel all grain deal ers in the state to report dally on prices paid. Reports must be sent by postal card to the bureau of labor and statistics published from tlmo to time. The bill is aimed to destroy tlio "grain trust. " Threatening Letters. Several members of tlio legislature have received threatening letters. These charge misconduct and threat en revelations. The letters are un signed. CASHIER CRANDAJTNOT LOCAfED J Affairs of Missing Firth Banker Said to Be Badly Involved. Lincoln , March 21. William J Crandall , cashier of the suspended Citizens' bunk of Firth , who left that town last Thursday , has not boon lo- .cated. Advices from the Illinois town of which Crandall said ho was going say he has not been there. Mrs. Crandall .is at the home of relatives In Lincoln and Is nearly prostrated. Examiner Mickey , who Is in charge of the bank , is unable to say whether it is solvent. Hasty examination of the books indicates that Crandall is indebted to the bank , but the amount cannot be told accurately. Crandall had other Interests in the town , and these are declared to be badly in volved. EXPLOSION IN POWER MILL Mixlrg House Wiped Out and Six Men Blown to Atoms. Dubols , Pa. , March 21. An oxplo ion occurred in the Emporium pow der mill , located two miles from Em porium , Pa , which caused the death of six men , three Ametleans , Charleg Eckles , James Thomas and Williant Moron , and three unknown Italian Irfborers. The cause of the accident has not been ascertained. The explosion occurred in the mix Ing house. There were 1,000 pounds of dynamite in the building and the six men who lost their lives were en gaged in making dynamite by mixing nltro-glycerlno and wood pulp. When the men employed about other parts of the plant had recovered from the shock they were unable to find a ves tige of the mixing house , the six men who were at work there , or any o their implements. FARMERS' ' TRUSTJN RQUMANIA Anti-Semitic Outrages Follow the Grievances of Peasants , Bucharest , Roumanla , March 21. The long standing agrarian griev ances of the peasanls of Roumanla against the absentee land owners which are largely responsible for the recent anti-semltic oulbreaks , formec the subject of an interpellation by the opposition leader in the chamber o deputies. Premier Cantacuzene , re plying in behalf of the government appealed to all the political parlic to assist in reaching a just solution of the difficulty. The government , he added , was ready to undertake severe legal measures against the farmers trusls , which monopolized to an enor mous exlent the land , grinding the peasants until they were reduced to desperation. The large secllons of Roumanla are farmed on a gigantic scale by Jewish syndtcales. Honduran Troops Suffer Reverse. Managua , Nicaragua , March 21. It Is reported hero on good authority that the Honduran troops have suf fered a serious defeat at the hands of the Nicaraguans. Jail and Fine for Howell. Omaha , March 21. Samuel E. Howell - ell , formerly president of the Omaha Coal exchange and convicted before Judge Button in December of conspir ing in restraint of trade , was sen tenced by Judge Sutlon to six months in the county jail and ordeted lo pay a fine of $1,000. American Interests Not Menaced. Washington , March 21. American interests in the Caribbean ports of Guatemala and Honduras are not be lie\ed by Commander William F. Pul- lam of the United States navy to be seriously menaced by the presence of Nlcaraguan naval vessels In that vicinity. A reassuring cablegram to that effect was received at the navy department. The gunboat Chicago is on the west coast of the warring re- publlca. Cashier Short $68,000. Charlotte , N. C. . March 21. Frank Jonns , teller in the Charlotte National bank , has been missing since lasl Sat urday. when he left , saying he was going to Richmond , Va An examina tion of his accounts shows a shortage of nbout $08,000 The hank has of fered $1,000 reward for his apprchen sion. UhifllNAL TAX JILL GE1S BOO J Reported to House for Passage by Committee of Whole. Lincoln , March 21. On two test votes tlio house declared Itself In fa vor of the railroad terminal taxation bill , and finally , just befoto Adjourn ment , It was reported to the house for passage by the committee of the whole. Friends of the bill say this IB equivalent to making It a law , as It has passed the senate and Governor Sheldon favors It. It Is admitted , however , that the vote on final pas sage In the house will bo close. The house passed the reciprocal demurrage tallrond bill. The senate passcti the railway commission bill and sent it to the house with amendments The senate passed the amended pure food bill by unanimous vote. It Is yet to be acted upon by the house. MARRIED NINETEEN DAYS , THEY GET A DIVORCE. + < * THE . # ETS $400 ALIMONY % / Emma Wlrth 'fy a Divorce From Her Husband , % , ? /Virth They Were Married at i % /j -a January 1 , But Troubles Began arly. Nlobrara , Neb. , March 21. Special to The News : E. A. Houston re turned from a professional trip to South Omaha yesterday , where he effected a. settlement out of court in the case of Emma Wlrth ( neo Sou- hup ) for divorce and alimony against Joseph Wlrth , to whom she had been married since January 1. Their hon eymoon lasted nine days in Omaha and nine days on the farm nt Postel- vllle , fifteen miles west of here , a beautiful place in the Niobrara valley. She sued for $7,000 alimony and Mr. Houston succeeded In having it cut down to $100. Mr. Wlrth did not ap pear against her in her suit for di vorce. The Wirths are well-to-do Bo- hemlan farmers and Joseph purchased the old homestead from his father , on which * arc a fine modern farm dwelling and buildings , a large orch ard and other conveniences that thlr- ay-seven years have made ideal. The parents live here and a younger son is in the hardware business , all high ly respected for their honesty and thrift. Teachers at West Point. West Point , Neb. , March 20. Spe cial to The News : At the adjourned regular meeting of the West Point school hoard teachers were elected and their salaries fixed as follows : Emma Miller , $00.00 ; Blanche Shear er , $46.00 ; Emma Ackerman , $45.00 ; Ida H. Melcher , $50.00 ; Eva Schairer , $50.00 ; Margaret Gallagher , $45.00 ; Elizabeth Kay , $00.00 ; Elsie Piper , as sistant principal , $70.00 ; Charles R , Weeks , $90.00. Miss Verna Darr , who has done splendid work in the seventh grade did not apply for re-election. It is understood that she will teach in Lincoln the coming year. Lindsay Caucus. Lindsay , Neb. , March 21. Special to The News : At the village caucus held here last night A. P. Carlson and F. J. Smith were nominated for long term , and C. V. Anderson for short term members of the village board. Mr. Kopeltz was chairman and II. J. Finch clerk. Wedding at Alnsworth. Ainsworth , Neb. , March 21. Special to The News : Miss Marian Chris tina Herre was married hero to George W. Lambloy , Rev. Mr. Johns ton of the M. E. church officiating. Joshua Harrison Convicted. Elizabet City , N. C. Match. 21. The jury in the case of Joshua Harrison , charged with the kidnaping and mur der of Kenneth Beasley , the nine-year- old son of former State Senator Beas- ley , tendered a verdict of guilty. Postoffice Department Criticised. Sioux City , Match 21. The feature of the session of the Iowa Independent Telephone association was an address by James B. Hoge of Cleveland , presi dent of the International association Mr. Hogc accused the postoillce de partment of discrimination against in dependents In titling them out of all postolllces unless they connect with Washington TELEGRAMS JERSELY TOLD J. A. Wild , a prominent lumberman of Hoffman , Minn. , died of asthma on a Missouri , Kansas and Texas train just before reaching St. Louis. The men employed on- the ore cars hauling from the Clark mines to the Butle reduction works were called out and the tie-up of the Butlc slreet car syslem Is complelc. Plans for the election of now Ihoa lers In Pittsburg , Newark , Rochester Buffalo , Toronto , Ont. , and Detroit fertile tile new Klaw & Erlangor vaudeville circuit were announced. An order was Issued by the Inter state commerce commission providing that after April 1 railroads operating under Iho Interstate commerce ad must file duplicate copies of their 'ar- iffs with the commission. PONCA MURDER TRIAL IS ON , SENSATIONS COMING. SUICIDE OR INSANITY PLEA Frank Brink Is Being Tried at Ponca for the Murder of Bessie Newton on the Eve of Her Marriage to Another Mnn The Complication ! ) . Ponca , Nob. , March 21. The dead lody of Miss Besslo Newton , now alx veeks In the grave , may bo oxhtimed ml the gruesome skeleton Introduced is an oxhlblt in the murder trial of ' 'rank Brink , Hhoitld the dofoiiHo at- empt to ptovo that a suicide pact ox- sled between Miss Nowtou and Brink , mil that Brink did not shoot his sweet- leart on the eve of her wedding to mother man. By the skeleton , tbo state will seek o show that Miss Newton was wound ed twice and not once us commonly lelleved , and drawing conclusions rom tbo nature of tbo wounds doiu- jiistrato the mileido agreement a myth. A hasty autopsy of the gill's body aflor her death , revealed only one billet - et hole , entering the abdomen , going llreclly through the heart and emorg- ng at the shoulder blade. The state's itlorneys arc not satisfied with the wstmortem examination and since It tas become known that the defense night try to free Brink on the ground > f a sulcldo compact , there Is a well 'ounded rumor that the girl's body will bo dug up. Suicide or Emotional Insanity. From the opening statements made o the jury late yesterday afternoon t Is apparent that Brink's attorneys will set up a defense of sulcldo or emotional insanity. On Ihe other hand ho state will piece together a long jhnin of circumstantial evidence show- tig that Frank Brink , and only Frank Brink , could have fired tbo shots which killed Bessie Newton. Still pale and weak fiom his long Illness brought on by his attempt to kill himself by firing four bullets into : ils own body , Brink sat all day In tbo court room , deeply Interested In tbo election of a jury and the statements made by the opposing attorneys when at last the jury was empaneled. Two or three times when C. A. Irwln , who Is conducting the prosecution , made the dingy court room echo with his cry that the man who committed such a heinous crime should suffer capital punishment and nothing less , Brink winced and moved uneasily In his chair. With all the evidence against Brink , not a soul In this town saw him enterer or leave the Newton homo and can swear so positively. A drayman driv ing by heard two shots fired. Two women saw Miss Newton run out of the house and fall In the street. They also saw a man disappear down the alley. Was that man Frank Brink ? That tlio state will imve lo prove. Immedialely after Brink's wounds were dressed his blood-soaked clothes were burned. The women could de scribe the clothes , but they have been destroyed. Important Witness Missing. Then , too , it has been learned that Miss Newton telephoned a young man in town asking him to come up for supper on the evening the murder or suicide took place. This man has left town and lias not been questioned about the shooting. Men who were in the cigar shop when Brink entered say lie took a revolver from his pocket. If this is true , the theory of a sulcido pact Is substantiated in a measure. Thus , all kinds of contradictory evi dence will be Introduced in the trial. The sympathy of the peonlo of Pen ca is largely with Brink. They say : "If he Is guilty ho should bo pun ished , " emphasizing the "If. " Miss Newton is desctibed as a "clover girl" of oidlnary good looks with a liking for flirtation. She was an only daughter with two grownup brothers. She and Brink had been "going together" for three years. O'Donnell had won her consent to mu'rry him ten days before her tragic dcntlt. Before tlio tragedy and after the Invltullons had been Issued for Iho marriage of Miss Newton and Mr. O'Donnell , Brink's friends hero In dulged themselves in "jollying" him over his failure to capture the heart of the girl ho had wooed three years. This hurt Brink. At ono time ho is alleged to have said : "Well , you can set It clown that she will never marry him. " Over fifty witnesses have been sub poenaed by the state and about half that number by the defense. The trial will continue through this week , at least , and may not "go to the jury be fore the first of next week. Decision In Tribal Tax Case. Muskogee , I T. , March 21. The government was justified In closing stores and. offices In the collection ol Creek tribal tax , according to the de clslon of Judge Lawrence here in a suit for damages brought by Crumr & Cblldcrs , lawyers , against J. George Wright'Indian inspector , and six In > dlan policemen. The Incident occurred two years ago. Crump & Chllders re fused to pay tribal tax , as demanded , and their offices were closed and no clients were allowed to enter. CHARGED WITH LAND FRAUDS General Land Office Takes Steps to Cancel Crawford Entries. \\iiBlilngton , Match 21. Steps ate now undir way In tbu gcuciul land olllce to cancel the ptoois by which Gineinor Coo I. Cuiwford of South Dakota obtained poEsusslon of cm tain public muds in that state This siutu inentas made by Secretary Oilfield of the depaitmenl ol the Inictlor tailed f01 tli b > the chaiges against Governor Crawfoid letcnlly pub llal.eil in the Congtesslonal Kecoid by Heptesentatlve Mann of Illinois. Tin acrretniy says criminal piosecutluiu are now hatred In this transaction hj the statute of limitations and all thai can be done Is to restoie the land ti the public domain This action , he predicts , will be taken Tbu ehai go of Rciiiosenlativu Mann Is Hint Cinwfoid paid young men hi bis employ to make entry la certain land which was fenced In by him as a pint ol his cattle uiiicb ; thai the entijmen stayed on the land In question but one night when the entr > was made , and one other night when the piovlng iifi time came. Seen tnty Gin Held says "The cilm Inal pioseciitlons In the case me now baited by the statute of limitations The commutation pi oofs , however , up on which the Investigation was first started aie now under suspension and those ran be cancelled. Steps arc now undi i way In tlio general land of flee to take that IK tlon This appeals to be all that can be done in the mat ter. " COST OF ARMY IN CUBA Two and One-Half Million Dollars Spent to Keep Peace on Island. Wasnlngton , Man It 21 Hxttaordl nary expenses fo the Unit' d States up to ( Ilie. caused | ( j sending ol an army ol pacification to Cuba aggregate gate about $2,500,000 , according to llguies which have been piepaieif by the wnt depatIntent The navy bus made no extiaoidlnary < binges lor the pail It has taken in the main tcnance ol peace In tbo island , but the inatlnc cotps lias charged extin expenses lor tbo organisation of a brigade of marines to assist In preventing venting trouble. It has not been de tormlned exactly when this money will bo collected from Cuba by thr United States. Congress autboilzed the collection of as much of this money as Cuba can spare and prac tlcally allowed the war department to exercise Its judgment in this mat ter. FLOODS IN ( CALIFORNIA Northern Valleys Report Damage from High Water. San Francisco , March 21. Although the severe rainstorm that prevailed this week has abated , flooded condl lions continue throughout the valleys of northern California. Stockton is experiencing the most severe flood over known there , and the rivers at Sacramento , Marysvllle , Chico and Oroville are still very high Damage will be very heavy. Railroad , tele graph and telephone services are de moralized. POSSE IN PURSUIT OF MURDEREP Girl Found Dying From Bullet Wound Near Bokoshe , I. T. Fort Smith , Ark. , March 21. Alice Polland , aged eighteen years , who re sided with her widowed mother three miles northwest of Cartcrvllle , I. T. twenty-six miles from here , was found at noon In a buggy by the roadside near Bokosbe , I. T. , dying from a bill let wound In the throat. She regained consciousness only long enough to say that she had been shot by George Oharr , a frimei with whom sbo had been driving , and that she had wound ed him In the hand The buggy showed signs of the girl's desperate light for life. Obarr. who is thirty three years old and married , was a ' neighbor of the Pollands A blood ) shirt and coat , supposed to be Obarr's were found by posses and ho Is likely to bo captured. FATAL ACCIDENT AT MILL Furnace Undergoing Repairs Falls anc Five Men Are Killed in Alabama. Birmingham , Ala. , March 21. A tele phone message from Bessemer says the- lining of a new fm mice of tbo Woodward lion company at Wood v ard , which lias been undergoing re pairs , fell In and hundreds of tons o brick and mot tar burled a number o workmen Five dead bodies have beei taken from tbo debris. Dempso } Hayes , a white man , ami four no graes are the known victims. MARVIN CLUE IS EXPLODED Woman Whose * Son Was Mistaken for Missing Boy May Die from Shook. " Erie , Pa. , March 21. Mrs. John Norvele of Fredonla , N. Y. , whoso four-yoar-old son was mistaken fo the missing child of Dr. Horace Mar vln , lies at her homo In a precariou condition as a result of the shock due to the excitement of thu case -The woman has been delirious all da ; and a physician is In constant attend aitcc. The shock was brought on when police ofllcers entered the house and placed the occupants under ar rest , feeling assured the child wa the lost son of Dr. Marvin. COMMISSION IN LUNACY MAY EX AMINE PRISONER. JURY IS GIVEN A VACATION District Atorney Charges the Defense With Concealing Facts Repardlntj Thaw's Mental Condition and Court Will Consider the Matter. New York , Match il. ! The blow which Unity Kendall Thaw IIIIH boon In tin01 01' over Hlnco tils ttliil foi the murder of Stanloul While begun bait fallen. Dl.sttlct Altoiney Jeioint did not miiKo lonnul application lot the appointment of a eoiiitulHHlon In lunacy , but in an InipaHHlniicd speech nu appealed to Mm conscience of Ihu out I , declining Thaw , IIH he HH | dally In ( onil , Is iiimhlo Intelligently to ad vine bis counsel and Is believed by uveij ( inolio has watched and come into contact with him to be lmmm > , Jetomu assorted that hit ) own alien- Hts weio convinced when they had considered all tbo laetn In connection with the case that Thaw WIIH of un sound mind. JiMomu diamallcally no- used tbo counsel lor the duleiiHU o ! concealing testimony , which , If pie- ented to the couit , would make tbu continuance of the tilal a ciline. So eauicHtly did .leiomo plead that JutUleo Klt/geiald dismissed the Jury until Filday morning and adjourned couit until this alteinoon , when ho will consider whatever ovldenco either side has to offer and decide whether the tilal shall go on or whether u commission In lunacy shall be appointed to pass upon Thaw a mental condition today. Dramatic and Exciting , The svenes attending thu adjoin n- menl of couit were diamallc and ex citing Tliaw'H counsel deemed taken utterly b > suipilHe. This was ex pected to be the last day of thu tilal , except lor the Humming up beloiu the juiy. Soon alter tbo thiee-cor- tiered discussion , among Justice. Fit/- geiald , Distikt Attorney .lotomu and DelnuiH began , Thaw's live other at torneys gatheied one by one around the judge's desk and for a time seemed Infenl upon denying what the court hud termed the charges of tin- piofesslonal conduct brought against them by the prosecuting officer. Thaw , dejected , sat deserted at bis counsel table. He Hushed ( Unison aa one by one his attorneys lelt him to rally to the uuppott ol Dulmas .who , however , In the midst of the pioceed Ings , was siipercedcd by Attorney John H. Gleusoii. Thaw bit his nulls , opened and closed his humid nervous ly , and finally sank down In his chair In an attitude of utter dejection In an adjoining room , where they could hear the excited and uplifted voices of counsel wtangling , one with thu other , Blood Mis William Thaw , Iho niolhor , and Evelyn Nesbll Thaw , t\\r \ \ wife , whw had bared Iho secrets of her soul In the effort to save her hus band fiom the electric chair and from the fate which he declares lie dreads more a madhouse. The climax of the nine weeks' trial was pieclpitutcd by Ibe action of Ihe defense In calling to the stand Ir Al Ian Me La iic Hamilton , the a'i'.ensl ! who was fltst called Into the case bv Thaw's original lawyers. Black. Ol cott. Oruber & Bonynge , but who was dismissed together with them , when he repoited Thaw was sullering from a form ot paranoia which might never be cured It was the Intention of Delmas to interrogate Dr Hamil ton only with tefeience to lour visits he made to Thau In June and July Jerome promptly objected , saying .f Dr. Hamilton was to testily at all he must tell o\eiythim ; ho knew In con nectlon with the case , Including the defendant's family history. The argiuient which ensued became so pet t Incut to the question ot the present sanltj or Insanity of the de fendant that Justice Fttzgetald 01- dcred the jiiry to retire from the room. Then the discussion took on that broader range which resulted In the court's determination , befoie proceeding fin liter , to have presented to him the facts which the district nt torney asserted had been withheld from the jury by the defense and which he had been unable to give tc the court In strictly legal form. District Attorney Jerome's Plea. "If the real facts were known , " do- elated Jerome. " 1 have no rl ht to bo here trying this man for his life Rut the knowledge 1 ha\e cannot be put In legal form befoie the jury it Is mosf ly heat say. But If I could get the facts before you , they would shock and horrify the conscience of the court and instantly this case would he stopped. So deeply ha\e I been Impressed with this thai I have served nollre on the counsel of record that if when this trial Is concluded 1 find that they were in possession of facts which I believe to be In their possession , I shall call the matter lo Ihe attention of the appellate division of the suptemo court. I feel very bit tcrly about this matter. There Is no < a man who has watched this defend ant sitting here at this table that does not know thai as he sits there ho is incapable of advising counsel. Thus under the statutes , it becomes the duty of the court to stop proceedings. ' Justice Fitzgerald demanded that counsel on both sides submit to him all the evidence they possessed touch' ; lug uuou tha sanity or Insanity of the THE CONDITIONJJF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forccant for Nebraska. CoiulllloiiH of ( ho weather nil record ed Tor thu twonly-foiir lionrti undlni ; at H u. in. today : Maximum , . . 60 Mliiliiiiini ! ! 8 Average -H > lluiomolor 21)iB ) : Chicago , Muri-li SSI. Tim bulletin In- HIIIM ! by tlio Chicago iiliillon of tbu United BtalcH weather bureau given I ln > forcciiHl for NuhniHku IIH followa : ( Jenorally I'alr tonight and Friday. i Wurmiir tonight. ' defendant.II the defoiiHO did not do- HI ! ( < to do tblH. bo mild , bo could not compel It and would bavn to pmceod wltliiinl Hiicb evidence ftoin them to eoiulmi tbu' ' to bo offciod by tlio dlu- trlcl iiftotney. PUTLR TCLLS HOW FOREST RE SERVE LAND WAS OBTAINED. GIVES DETAILS OF THE DEAL Government Witness Tells of Nego tiations With Former Land Com- miSGioncr Says He Gave $2,000 to Senator Mitchell to Square Things , Wiishii.gtoii , Maidi 21. H. A. D. I'uiei wbo gave bis icsldenco as tlio Miil'noiiuib rounly jiul , OTegon , wl.ni I , " lias iiMved six mouths of a two yc-iits fect.it : KI > lor Innd frauilH , was a wine ! s lot thu govuinment In the Hermann dial lie-to Mr. Putor ve w.Mi MiirtllitK dliectness tlio full details of tbo difficulties and cost which Lad followed bin elfoil to oh tain ] iiii'iita to twelve hoinuHtciiulK In tlio Cascade loiest losorvo , now luiown aa tlio "eleven-seven" liandH In Oicgon. Ilo said he Hist founded up ten people and made an ngicomotit to paj ( bein 11 fill each lor their on It IIH to chilniB and to tiiin over the deeds to him. Me tbon saw Dr. l o- mis , special agent of tlio land olllce , gave blm f'ldii to make a favorablu icpoiI tin ( hi ! claims. Alter IxomlH reacbodVa8liIngton I'utei learned that sourctlilng WIIH wtong and decided to come at oneu. Ilefoie leaving Otcgon , bo got a letter ot IntmiliHtlon to Senator Mitchell Irom Attorney Maycs of Portland. Puter said bo ki ew Mitchell , but nuked Miiyeb to write a. "strong" letter - tor and Indicate to tlio senator that Puter would pay blm well to llx tiling up for blm. Ho presented tbo letter to the Henator on bis arrival and also called on Mr. Hermann. Tbo latter told blm that his matters were lieini ; looked Into and Indicated thai things might be going along all right Senator Mitchell visited Hermann and atter seveial consultations It wan decided additional affidavits were nee- cssaiy. It was it'gnided as necessary to send for Mis Watson , who bud made one of the entries. On her ar rival Mitchell took Mrs. Watson and Puter to call on Hermann , and at this meeting iho senator told the commis sioner about the aflldavlts , and said as soon as they were sworn to they would bo furnished. This formality , bo said , was attended to at the senate that day and Mitchell advised Mrs. Watson to call frequently on Her mann. Mrs. Watson called on Hermann several limes In the next three days , Puter Mating that during these visits he waited outside. It was about four daysi after the affidavits had been fur nished that he called on Hermann and hald he was surprised at being told that his claims all needed more proof. Hermann advised him to go back to Oregon and get hib proof. Puter said he told both Mitchell and Hermann that it was useless to do this , that the people who had made trie entries were scattered. Resides , he bald furtlnr If he did get them to gether they would bold him up for more than 1-c had first paid He talked the mutter over with Mitchell for two hours , as the result of which Mitchell wont to see Heimann that day. That night be called on Mitchell and had anothci conference. It was at this conference , he said , that he took out two $1,000 bills and laid them on the table In fro.nl of Mitchell , saying that tMs amount represented all that ho U'lter ) could spend on the claims. He testified that he told Mitchell to take the money and get the patents. He said Mitchell took the bills and kept them , and said he would see what could be done Mitchell called on Hc.iann : that day and then ad vised P > tor to call on' him. This Puter MI : he did and Hermann told him that ' 0 thought things could be arranged t that the patents would is sue. He si. l he had taken the mat ter up perse , ally. The witness testi fied that Mltc 'Jll saw Hermann again , the next day and later that day Puter met Hermann on the street. Hermann shook hands with r "i. bt said , stated he had scon Mltci oil flfid that his patents woul'o Issued. A day or so after this Pnler Bays tte called at Hermann's office and was taken to the basement of the general land office , where an old lady was at work mak ing out his patents. He said he took the train for the west at once , and upon reaching Portland , found the patents waiting for him His total ex- pcnse Puter said , had been $7,000 or $4000.
