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NORFOLK. NEBRASKA. PKIUAY. DECEMBER 10 1909.
A GHASTLY MORDER
IN NORTH NEBRASKA
A. G. BROWN , BRUNSWICK HAR-
NE88MAKER , SLAUGHTERED.
HAD BEEN KILLED WITH AXE
IS STRUCK DOWN BY UNKNOWN
HAND IN HIS OWN HOME.
BODY HIDDEN IN THE CELLAR
People In the Town of Brunswick , Af
ter Missing Citizen Since Last Mon
day Night , Investigate and Find a
Most Brutal , Fiendish Crime.
Brunswick , Neb. , Dec. 9. Special to
The News : The most ghastly and ono
of the most fiendish murders ever com
mitted In the state of Nebraska came
to light hero last night when the
butchered body of A. O. Brown , an
unmarried harncssmakor something
ever 50 years of ago , was found hid
den In the cellar of his little house in
the edge of town.
The man had been missed since last
Monday night nnd It Is now thought
the murder was committed Monday
night. Last evening a committee of
three citizens Investigated Brown's
disappearance , broke into his house
and found Ntho murdered body.
Head Mashed With an Axe.
Brown's head had been uiashcd and
beaten and mangled with his own axe.
The skull was broken Into bits , the
top of the skull particularly being
broken to pieces.
The murder had boon done in the
front room of the little lonely dwelling.
lfbere , apparently as the bachelor
harncssmaker sat in his chair just
after coming in from the barn , where
be bad , done the evening's stable
chores , ho had been struck down by
an unknown hand.
Find Pool of Human Blood.
The chair was tipped ever and a
pool of human blood on the parlor
floor told of the cruel , fiendish human
/
butchery.
The body then had been carried
not dragged through another room
and Into the cellar where It had been
riT tossed by the murderer to await Its
, * ' discovery last night. Besldo the murdered
-
Kit. dered body lay the axe with which the
harnessmnker had been slaughtered.
Robbery the Motive.
Robbery Is believed to have been a
motive for the horrible crime. . Brown
generally carried on his person all
the money ho had taken in during the
day. and when found there was not a
penny In his pockets. The murderer ,
however , had been too sly to take the
man's watch.
Murderer Locks Door.
The harnessmaker's bunch of keys
were gone nnd with these the mur
derer had locked the door upon the
house In which ho had just finished his In
terrible crime.
The dead man still wore his over
shoes , just as ho had come , apparent
ly , from the barn.
There Is absolutely no clue to the
murderer. Ono suspicious looking
character was In the village Saturday
nnd Monday , but ho left town on Mon oy
day night's train nnd Brown was seen
nllvo after that. It is thought the mur
derer must have been some local party
who know of Brown's habit of carry
ing money in his pockets.
Safe Likely Robbed.
Brown was a very quiet man and
kept his own business to himself , and
it Is not known how much money he
had on his person Monday night , but
it Is believed the amount was not
large. It Is suspected that the mur
derer , taking the dead man's keys , af
ter locking the house In which ho had
just slain the harncssmaker , wont to
the harness shop , unlocked It , unlock
ed the safe and robbed that. This
could not bo confirmed , as the keys
are gone and , the safe cannot bo
opened.
Lived all Alone.
Brown lived all alone. Ho had been
hero for several years. One brother
survives him at Trepola , la. , and the
remains will bo shipped to mat town
tomorrow morning. Lee
The Antelope county coroner , Dr. W. and
F , Conwell , arrived here this morning
from Nollgh to hold an Inquest.
It was when n man who had borrow
ed a tool from Brown , tried and tried
many times without success to find
the harncssmnkor In his shop , in order
to crturn the tool , that suspicion as
to foul play was aroused.
The borrower of the tool had tried
the house and found It locked. So a
committee constating of Tom McMahon -
hon , Henry Naglo and Marshal Buck-
master broke In the door ot the house
to Investigate the mystery.
Citizens Investigate Mystery.
Their eyes rested upon the over
turned chair and the pool of human
blood , frozen on the floor , when they
entered the house. Further search re
vealed the lifeless body of Brown in
the cellar , his skull hacked to pieces ,
crushed and crumbled , nnd the bloody
ax lying there beside the man that It
had served to kill.
A general alarm was given and the
county ofllclals at Nollgh notified. The
sheriff was out In the country last
night and ho , with the coroner , drove |
the eighteen miles through 18-below-
zero weather this morning to Invcstlof
gate the crime.
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict.
The coroner's jury Thursday after
noon returned a verdict finding that
Brown had been "murdered by an un
known person. "
Norfolk Police Hunt Murderer.
J. W. Rico , county attorney of No-
llgh , has telegraphed the chief of po
lice of Norfolk to arrest and hold all
suspicious characters In connection
with the Brown murder at Brunswick.
Coroner Holding Inquest.
Nollgh , Neb. , Dec. 9. Special to
The News : County Coroner Conwoll
nnd Sheriff Miller have gone to Bruns
wick , the town eighteen miles north of
here whore the fiendish murder took
place , to Investigate.
KILLED BY SPRING GUN.
Unique Methodised to Murder Wyom
ing Druggist.
Cody , Wyom. , Dec. 9. S. A. Ash , n
druggist , was shot and killed In his
homo in n manner which makes the
murder unique in the history of this
section. By the use of n clothesline
attached to an old gun a strap was ar
ranged inside the cabin , such ns is
sometimes used by trappers to kill
bears. A rope was attached to the
trigger of the gun and the stovepipe
and the gun was discharged when Ash
opened the door , the charge entering
Ms stomach. He died two hours later.
Ho was born and reared In Storm
Lake , la.
Big Horn county nnd the business
men of this city have offered a reward
of $1,000 for the apprehension of the
persons responsible for the death of
Ash , who was manager of the Western of
Drug company.
Mr. Ash was unmarried. He has a
brother engaged in work on the Pana
ma canal , but whoso present where
abouts are not known.
STILL PROBE ERDER MURDER
Detective to Prove Dr. Doxey Joined
Wife In St. Louis.
St. Louis , Doc. 9. When the grand
jury resumed today Its investigation
into the alleged murder of William J.
Erder of which Mrs. Dora E. Doxey is
accused , more than a score of wit
nesses wore left from the thirty-six
yesterday.
Among those who testified today was
Dr. W. H. Warren , the Washington
university chemist who found arsenic - .
Erder's remains. The a'rrost of Mrs.
Doxey followed the announcement of
this discovery.
At least three witnesses who hith
erto have not appeared In the case
were scheduled to toll the grand jury
what they knew of Mrs. Doxoy.
Ono was a detective who , by inspec ers
tlon of hotel registers , claims he es Ing
tnblished the dates on which Dr. Dox
is alleged to have visited St. Louis
after Erder's death.
It is also claimed that this data will C.
show that the doctor Joined his wife
here and that they loft together for
Columbus , Neb.
The grand Jury may not complete Its
work on this till late today.
INSANE MAN B. that
KILLSSHERIFF took
_ froi
run
ROY LEE OF SHREVE , O , SHOOTS runa
APPROACHING OFFICER. vain
viv
sail
FAMILY IN TERROR ALL NIGHT InTh
The
Cla
After Holding his Family In State of by
The
Terror All Night , Ohio Men Believed
to be Insane , Kills Sheriff When Lat-
ter Nears Home.
Shrove , O. , Dec. 9. After ho had He
held his family in terror all night , Roy
, believed to bo Insane , today shot
killed Sheriff Jacob Bell , of
Holmes county , when the officer at
tempted to enter the Lee home. a
FIERCE FIRE
AT KALAMAZOO
ONE LIFE LOST , MILLION DOL
LARS WORTH OF PROPERTY.
300 HOTEL GUESTS DRIVEN OUT
Flro Starts In 5 and 10-Cent Store and
Sweeps Block During Height of the
Flames , Man Appears at Upper Win
dow , Cries for Help , Falls Back.
Kalamazoo , Mich. , Dec. 9. One life
probably was lost , many firemen were
overcome by smoke , 300 hotel guests
were driven into the streets and propTox
crty valued at approximately $1,000,000
was destroyed by a fire which started
here at 10 o'clock last night and was
only extinguished after an all-night
struggle by the combined fire-fighting
forces of Kalamazoo , Battle Creek and
Grand ] Rnplds.
Starting In the basement of the Star
"bargain house , " n C and 10-cont store ,
a ) No. 118 West Main street , the flames
spread eastward along the north side
of Main street destroying the Burdock
house , a four-story hotel and store
building , covering more than half a
city block.
On an arcade running north through
the Burdock building to Water street
wore located a half dozen small tjytab-
Sweeping eastward on Main street
from Burdock , the fire burned the Pos
tal telegraph and American express
office and several stores.
Aid was summoned from Battle
Crook and Grand Rapids. While the
flames were raging in the hotel , a
man appeared at an upper window and
cried for help. Before a ladder cou'd '
bo raised he disappeared and it Is beTw
(
Moved he perished.
FREIGHTER
GOES DOWN
FIVE MEN OF CREW SINK WITH
STEEL LAKE BOAT.
BALANCE OF.THE CREW SAVED
The W. C. Richardson , a Steel Freight
er , Sinks at a Point Five Miles up [ $
the Lake from Buffalo , Five of the
Crew Perishing.
Buffalo , N. Y. , Dec. 9. Jhe W. C.
Richardson , a big steel freighter , sank j
early today at a point five miles up the
lake < from Buffalo harbor with five men 1
1C the 1 crow , who drowned.
Captain Grlesser and the life saving
crow went to the rescue and saved the
other members of the crew.
SHIP BURNS
TWO PERISH
to
of
TWO CHILDREN AND ELEVEN OF
CREW DRIFT IN LAKE.
of
FEAR OF FREEZING TO DEATH I i"of |
Two Children ancj Eleven Members of to
the Crew are Now Adrift In the
Lake Have not Been Heard From i Foi
Since Burning of Boat One Froze.
Cleveland , Dec. 9. Two men lost t A.
their lives and the fate of thirteen othsur '
is unknown as a result of the burn190 '
of the steamer Clarion , near Point , We
Pelee , In Lake Erie early today. j go\
Six members of the crew were taken i'ually
from the Clarion by the steamer L. ' the
Hanna and brought here. They prc
wore rushed to a train and sent to oth
Buffalo , the headquarters of the An- pay
chor line company , which owns the set
Clarion. I
I cla
According to the statements of the i
sailors , all attempted to leave the ere
Clarion as soon as It was ascertained die
she could not bo saved. Captain act
J. Boll of Ogdonsburg , N. Y. , nnd ma
twelve other members of the crow $30
to the life boat.
One Freezes ; One Drowns. llgh
It is feared they may starve or ser
freeze before rescued. High seas are of
running , owing to the recent atorm. I for
The mate was frozen to death. A ' hoi
effort was made by the six sur
vivors to enter another life boat. Ono ni
sailor fell overboard and was drowned Ul
his efforts to launch the life boat. I
( men wore forced to remain on the MO
Clarion. Later they wore picked up
the steamer Hnnna and taken hero.
cause of the fire is not known. the
the
PHONE MEN CENSURE NORTON to '
Is Said to Have Written Letter *
Favoring Bel ) Company.
Chicago , Dec. 9. The International
Independent Telephone association' vie
closed its convention here today with lams
resolution censuring Charles Norton vice
of the Indiana stiito association for
writing letters which wore considered
In the Interests of the Bell telephone
company , the principal competitors of
the association members.
A committee to superintend the re
organization along stronger lines was
appointed , headed by Prank If. Woods
of Lincoln , Nob. , who announced that
the present organization would bo
continued for a time In preparation of
n now constitution and that a contribu
tion of $ t > 0 from each company In the
association would bo askod.
MONEY MINORITY IBDER
Mississippi Senator Selected to Suc
ceed Senator Culbertson.
Washington , Dec. 9. In caucus this
afternoon the democratic senators
elected Senator II. D. Money of Mis-
slsslppl as minority leader of the son-
ate to succeed Senator Culbortson of
Texas , whose resignation was presented -
od today.
RECORD PRICE
PAID OB HOGS
HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID ON
SOUTH OMAHA MARKET.
AN IOWA CARLOAD GETS $8.40 .
Western Iowa Hog Shipper Sends Car
load of Porkers to South Omaha
Market Weighing on an Average of
270 East Get Biggest Price Ever.
Omaha , Dec. 9. The highest price
ever paid for hogs at the South Omaha
market is $8.40 per hundred , which
was paid for a carload received today
from western Iowa. They averaged
270 pounds in weight.
RECORD PRICE FOR STEERS.
Tw Carloads on Kansas City Market
Hefefords , Bring $10.50.
Kansas City , Dec. 9. Two carloads
of steers from Maple Hill , Kan. , sold
atKai $10.50 a hundred pounds at the
Kansas City stock yards today , the
highest price ever paid on the open
market here.
The cattle were Herefords , 2 years
old , and weighed an average of 1,443
pounds.
KINKAID HAS
SEVERAL BILLS a
$135,000 PUBLIC BUILDING FOR
CHADRON AND ALLIANCE.
'
WOULD REIMBURSE S. J. WEEKES
Also Introduces a Bill to Increase Civil
War Pensions Former Congress
man Boyd Leaves Washington , Re
turning to Neligh.
Washington , Dec. 9. Special to
Tin News : Congressman Kinkaldhas
introduced : bills authorizing the secre'
tary of the interior to grant leaves of
absence to homestead ontrymon for to
the purpose of sending their children
school under certain conditions ; to
appropriate $13,5,000 , for the purchase
a site and the erection of a public to
building thereon , to be used as a post-
office and federal court building and
for other federal purposes In the city be
Chadron ; also n similar bill appro-
printing the same amount for the city
Alliance. try
Another bill Is to appropriate $50,000 to
the city of Crawford to help in the the
construction of waterworks to protect
the city from vwiter polluted by the
Fort Robinson military post. or
Special relief bills are as follows :
To appropriate $1,044 to compensate the
. W. Alt of Hyannls for making resurveys -
surveys of government land In 1899 ,
190 and 1901 ; to reimburse S. J.
Weokes of O'Neill for fees paid to the
government to which ho was Individ-
ually entitled when ho wns register of in
O'Neill district land office ; to ap the
proprlate $1,760 to B. B. Wood and to
other residents of Morrlll county to
damages for loss by pralrio fire like
by government reclamation offl- of
clals
The congressman also desires to In
crease the amount of pensions to sol
diers of the civil war under the age
passed February G , 1907 , that they
may receive $15 at 62 years , $20 at C !
at 70 and $40 at 75 years of ago.
Former Congressman Boyd of Ni
] , who has been in Washington for this
some days engaged in the prosecution
certain claims of Omaha Indians be and
the interior department , left for
home.
1 per
DISCOUNT RATE IS REDUCED sur mo
the
Money Getting Easier , Bank of Eng of
land Comes Down. of
London , Dec. 9. The governors of sell
Bank of England today reduced aln
minimum rate of discount from 5 ting
4'Xi per cent. this
as
Nebraska Postmasters. tur
Washington , Dec. 9. Postmasters
appointed are as follows : Nebraska- By
Odessa , Buffalo county , C. A. Pashby
J. W. Bertman , resigned ; Will- The
, Thayer county , William E. Mulch but
A. Gumblo , resigned. and
HILL SOUNDS
WARNING NOTE' , ,
i
GREAT NORTHERN RAIWAY HEAD ,
SAYS "FARMl BETTER. "
SCIENTIFIC FARMING IS NEEDED
Philosopher-Builder of the Northwest
Comes to Omaha and Delivers an Ad-
dress Before the National Corn Exposition -
position Raise More Crops.
_
Omaha . , Doc. 9. The bis music hall
of the national corn exposition buildc
Ing j . was crowded todny when .Tamos J.
Hill | , "tho empire builder of the northwest -
west , " gave his address on the pressP
Ing need of a system of farming In
the United States which shall greatly
Increase the productiveness of the soil.
The time when the farms of this country -
try , as at present tilled , will not feed
the people , Is near ; the extension of
area Is practically at an end , ho said.
"Tho whole subject of our food supply -
ply and Its relation to population , Industry -
dustry , giowlli , Institutions and everything -
thing that concerns our future Is ap"j
statement ( of the broad general fact
which It Is most dcsliablo that every-
ono should understand Is this : That
this country cannot feed the population
Lion which it must necessarily hnvo
within a comparatively few years If It
doc ! not change Its agricultural meth
ods. The emphasis is all on that con
ditional clause.
"Wo cannot support our coining pop
ulation upon the crop yield per aero
| lml now satisfies us. Wo have to
transform a growing decline in value
and productivity of our soil under con
f tinued cultivation Into a rapid Increase
in both. If the crisis can bo seen
moving upon us now , and if It took
Great Britain over half a century to
raise her wheat yield from about fif
teen bushels to thirty-two bushels per
acre , wo have not time to lose. What
has to bo considered , the keynote of all
present discussion , is not the difficulty
but the urgency of the task. The
whole argument is one not of despair ,
but of reassurance ; provided only that
wo do the obvious , indispensable and 1
feasible thing , and do it now.
Raps Lottery System.
"Area is inelastic. Our public lands
are mainly exhausted. A few more
years will see the last of them. And I ,
lest they should not be squandered
quickly enough , we not only offer them
to everybody under conditions that In
vite and reward fraud , but when the
government finds itself burdened with1
particularly choice and valuable
tract of farm land it holds a lottery
and distributes it among Tom , Dlqk
and Harry , no matter whether farm
ers or speculators , after they bavo
been collected from distant parts of
the country by appealing to the pas
sion for gambling. The areas to bo
'obtained by reclamation work would
not , all told , take care of our increase
for two years. So there are final lim
its already in sight to the quantity of
tillable land.
"The productivity of the soil and
the food supply as compared with
acreage and with population both de
cline. Our total agricultural product
has been growing so rapidly and so
Immensely that wo find it hard to
realize that this may bo entirely con
sistent with failure , at the same time ,
keep pace with the growth of na
tional needs. The . .country , unless
there shall bo a change , Is approach
ing a time when It must import wheat
meet homo needs. Other food pro
ducts also lag behind the constant now
demand. Since that demand cannot
escaped , and since not to meet It
means want or a lowering of the stan-
dard of life and comfort In this coun- It
trywhich no American would wish j
see , there is but one course before _
nation. That is to increase the ,
productiveness of the farm so that the
earth's gifts may year by year equal .
exceed the people's requirements. .
"It is the more necessary because
great bulk of our foreign trade Is
made up of these commodities. Food- z
stuffs and articles but one removed
from the soil are the currency with
which we have paid for what we
bought abroad. What wo have to do
this country Is to apply to farming
scientific knowledge , shaped now
practical uses , that will raise our
average product per acre to something
that of countries which lack many
our advantages of soil and climate.
When Great Britain , In what her own
people regard as nn ago of agricultural
decline , can produce over thirty-two
bushels of wheat per acre , and other
grains in proportion , while the United
States calls it a big crop when Its av
erage rises to fourteen , it argues mere
want of Intelligence on the part of
country ; a failure to grasp the
simple reasons for coming hardship
its obvious and natural remedy.
Must Quit Abusing Soil.
"All that is needed to turn an Im
pending national good deficit into a
surplus , to support in plenty ICO or
more persons to the square mile in
United States , is the use Instead
the abuse of the soil ; the practice the
that knowledge which agricultural
schools and experiment stations have has
already formulated and are dally put bla
before the people. The future ot t rib
nation , political and moral as well
financial , Is bound up with the fu
of the farm. By that will our
character and our Institutions bo tried.
it , in the long run , all wealth Is
measured , conditioned and supported.
work of education has been begun , of
it must bo enlarged , supplemented
advocated all the time. The Inatt-
CON1ITION OF THE WEATHER
' iTemueraturo for Twenty-four Hour * .
'
Forecast for Nebraska.
Maximum
.Minimum IS
Average 10
Barometer ) 30.01
Chicago , Doc. 0. The bulletin Issued -
sued by the Chicago station of the
United States weather bureau gives
the forecast for Nebraska as follows :
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday ;
slowly rising temperature.
tutlons : that arc doing most for the
country today nro the agricultural col-
I leges. . They should grow In number ,
In attendance , and above all , In the
export knowledge nnd freedom from
nil . . political or other Influence of tholr
chiefs and Instructors. You can help
J.HCO to that. "
Following Mr. Hill's address , Prof.b
Herbert W. Mumford of the University
of Illinois gave an illustrated lecture i
on . "Live Stock and Farming In ArgonTne
tine. . , ( " At the "blograph hall , " another
large . . ' auditorium in the exposition
building . , addresses wore given this
afternoon ' by experts In various mat
ters , ' connected with farming and stock
raising. '
Prof. W. J. Splllman , Washington ,
D. \ C. ; President Waters of Kansas
agricultural college , and W. M. Hayes , !
assistant secretary of agriculture , wore
the . . speakers at today's meeting of
the American Breeders association.
"DEATH TO
AMERICANS"
THIS WAS ZELAYA'S FORMAL ORDER -
DER TO HIS ARMY.
'SHOOT EVERY AMERICAN FOUND'
Some of His Officers Protested , but the
Order Stood United States has
Formally Demanded hie Resigna
tion , Zelaya Tells Friend.
Now Orleans , Dec. 9. A cable to the
Picayune ) from Panama says :
"Death to Americans , " is the order
issued to the army by President Ze
laya.
' . Positive information was re
ceived hero today that more than a
month ago Zclnyn issued instructions
to his military commander : ; to sliooi
every American caught fighting In the
army of revolutionists. Some of Ze-
laya's officers protested against this
order and warned him that trouble
with the United States would result.
The gunboat Vlcksburg , which has
been stationed at Corinto ever since
the Nicaraguan trouble assumed an
acute stage , has been re-lnforced and 1 ] j
there are now four American warships 3' ! '
In the Corinto harbor.
The Vicksburg needs coal and now '
that ro-lnforcements have reached j
Corinto she will probably come to Pan
ama to replenish her fuel supplies.
London , Dec. 9. The United States
government has formally demanded
the resignation of President Zelaya of "
Nicaragua , according ot a cablegram ' T
from Nicaragua received by a business
house hero today. The message adds
that this Information was communicated * °
ed by Zelaya himself who said that his .
i-Qslgnatlon from the presidency prob-1.
ably would take effect at the end of is .
December. ' I
Legation No More at Washington. I '
Washington , Dec. 9. The Nlcarot u
ot
aguan legation here Is no more. Big
,
Nicaragua , according to a cablegram
the other appurtenances of the house
on O street , where President Zelaya's
representatives wore once domiciled.
was said by a former attache of the of
, ,
legation j ? that the furniture had been
stored until the is
, present situation is
cleared , and that'll was property of
the government. '
, Washington , Dec. 9. The statement
telegraphed ' from Nicaragua to LonOI '
on
don that the United States had do- ' ]
manded , the resignation of President
Zolaya J and that he had indicated his nn
purpose to retire by the end of the
present month Is declared at the state wa
department to be without foundation. ' T'CV
TUBERCULOSIS
IN COW'S ' MILK ,
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINDS IT
EXISTING IN WASHINGTON.
Co
SAME ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
Int
.Da
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Says tor
That It Is the Government's Intenno
tlon to Make Washington Inspection Gu
Model for all Cities. i
j tral
Washington , Doc. 9. In speaking if.
federal Inspection of dairy herds dci
which the department of agriculture BFI
started In the District of Colum'm '
, with the purpose of doing away oral
far as possible with tubercular inHe (
fecHed milk , Secretary of Agriculture. lead '
Wilson says : ing
"It Is believed the condition dlssl *
covered In the city of Washington
exists In many other cities of the but >
United States nnd It Is the Intention I of
the department of agriculture o to
make Washington an example for all P °
other cities to follow. " < has
NEW BLOW
FOR COOK
PILOT AND INSURANCE BROKER
GIVE DAMAGING TESTIMONY.
OFFERED PAY TO HELP ON DATA
COOK OFFERED THEM EACH $4,000
TO HELP WITH RECORDS.
SORE ' BECAUSE HE FAILS TO PAY
The New York Times Publishes Affi
davits From Two Men , a Navigator
and Pilot and an Insurance Broker ,
Accusing Polar Explorer.
Now York , Doc. 9. The Times prints
this morning sworn affidavits signed
Uy . August W. Loose , a pilot and navi
gator , and George H. Diinklo , an insurance
nnr broker , that Dr. Cook promised
them : $1,000 for their aid in preparing
the polar records of his Journey , which
nov are In the hands of the University
of Copenhagen. The Times also re
produces what purports to be the fac-
slmllo ! of a pencilled memorandum
, di
recting the preparation of observa
tions all the way from Svartovaag to
the polo.
thoT
They freely acknowledged that their
motive In making those affidavits is
the alleged failure to
pay them the
full sums said to have boon promised.
The Times further adds that it is
impossible as yet to say that the ob
servations calculated by Captain Loose
and which ho alleges ho supplied to
Dr. Cook are those delivered by his
secretary , Loncsdale , to the University
of Copenhagen. To establish this
point it would bo necessary to coin. '
pare Captain Loose's narrative with
the report received t\t \ tlip university.
EXPERTS wETNOW TRUTH
Copenhagen | Scientists Amazed at New
Charges Begin Work Next Week.
Copenhagen , Dec. 9. A summary of
the affidavit of persons claiming to
have aided Dr. Frederick A. Cook In
the preparation of his polar data , pub
lished ) in London
and Now York , was
read here today with amazement. Scl-
ontiflc circles are Inclined to be in-
credulous regarding the charges and
some : persons like Karl Burrau , the
astronomer , consider them so improb-
able ' that efforts will bo made to
strengthen confidence In Dr. Cook. In
an Interview Dr. Burrau said :
"Passages In the story telegraphed
here give me the Impression that the
matter is thoroughly trustworthy.
Take , , for Instance , the statement about
Capella. ' Capella neither rises nor seta
in . the polar regions , but remains fixed
over the horizon. In order to make
observations at the north pole an ox-
tended and a more detailed knowledge
necessary than Is enjoyed usually
by the average ship's captain.
"It ( will , however , be easy for the
university , | to determine the truth or
otherwise ) ] of the charges. The committee -
mittee ( of six under the presidency of
Prof. ( Ellis Stromgen , the astronomer ,
which Is to examine the north polar
records of Dr. Cook at the University
Copenhagen will begin Us work
next week.
Cold Wave Broken In Southwest.
Kansas j City , Dec. 9. There were
signs ! of abatement today of the cold
wave that three days ago swept down
, Kansas , western Missouri and Ok-
lalioma. ,
Temperatures ] In western Kansas
and , Oklahoma last night wore slightly
wanner , but zero weather prevailed in
eastern Kansas and western Missouri.
These will become warmer today , how
ever , according to Observer Connor.
The following temperatures were re
ported early today :
Kansas City and Springfield. Mo , ,
and Wichita , Kan. , zero ; Concordla ,
Kan. , 4 below ; Oklahoma City , 12
above ; Fort Smith , Ark. , 14 above ;
and Amarlllo , Tex. , 24 above.
NO HONOURAN REVOLUTION
Cousin of President Says There's No
Notion of Rebellion.
New I Orleans , Dec. 9. There Is no
Intention on the part of President
Davlla's subjects in Honduras to nt-
tempt to overthrow his government
now , according to Dr. Fausto Davlla of
Guatemala , n cousin of the president ,
who recently arrived hero from Con-
America. Dr. Davlla said :
"Davlla shows that ho Is afraid by
declaring martial law. His fears are
groundless. There Is no notion of try-
to ovot throw him at present. Gen-
Bonlla , the former president of
Honduras who , It Is assorted , would
a movement against Davtlii Is liv
quietly near Stamm Creek , Brit-
: Honduras.
"Tho country is rlpo for n change
It will not come yet. The effect
martial law will bo to allow Davlla
further work his vengeance on hla
political enemies. I nm Informed ho
already begun stops to this end. " '