XHE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
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NORFOLK. NEBRASKA FlUDAY DEOEMIJtill 10 11)00 )
A GHASTLY MURDER
IN NORTH NEBRASKA
A. G. BROWN , DRUN8WICK HAR-
NE38MAKER , SLAUGHTERED.
HAD BEEN KILLED WITH AXE
18 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 , Nob. , Doc. 9. Special to
The News : The- most ghastly and one
ot the most fiendish murders over com
mitted In the state of Nebraska came
to light here last night when the
butchered body of A. G. Brown , an
unmarried harncssmaker something
over 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 and 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.
ftv
% v Brown's head had been mashed 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 been done In * the
front room of the little lonely dwelling.
'I'hore , apparently as the bachelor
harnessmaker sat In his chair Just
after coming In from the barn , where
ho had done the evening's stable
chores , ho had been struck down by
an unknown hand.
Find Pool of Human Blood.
The chair was tipped over 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
tossed by the murderer to await Its
discovery last night. Beside the mur
dered body lay the axe with which the
harncssmaker 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 he 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
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man's watch.
Murderer Locks Door.
The harnessmaker's bunch of keys
were gone and with these the mur
derer had locked the door upon the
house in which ho had just finished his
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. One suspicious looking
character was In the village Saturday
and Monday , but ho loft town on Mon
day night's train and Brown was seen
alive 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 harnessmaker , went 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 be
opened.
Lived all Alone.
Brown lived all alone. Ho had been
here for several years. One brother
survives him at Tropola , la. , and the
remains will bo shipped to mat town
tomorrow morning.
The Antelope county coroner , Dr. W.
P. Conwell , arrived here this morning
from Ncllgh to hold nn Inquest.
It was when n man who had borrow-
ed a tool from Brown , tried and tried
many times without success to find
the harncssmaker 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 consisting of Tom McMa-
lion , Henry Nnglo and Marshal Buck-
master broke In the door of 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 door , when they
entered the house. Further search re
vealed the lifeless body of Brown In
the collar , his skull hacked to pieces ,
crushed and crumbled , and the bloody
ax lying there beside the man that It
had served to kill.
A general alarm was given and the
county officials nt Nollgh notified. The
sheriff was out In the country last'n
night and ho , with the coroner , drove
the eighteen miles through 18-bolow
zero weather this morning to Invest !
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 Ne-
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 Conwell
and Sheriff Miller have gone to Bruns
wick , the town eighteen miles north of
here where 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 , a
druggist , was shot and killed In his
home in a 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 as 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 and the business
men of this city have offered a reward
of $1,000 for the apprehension of the
persons responsible for the death of
A&h , who was manager of the Western
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 , Dec. 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 n score of wit
nesses were loft from the thirty-six
yesterday.
Among those who testified today was
Dr. W. H. Warren , the Washington
university chemist who found arsenic
In Erdor's remains. The aVrest 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.
One was a detective who , by Inspec
tion of hotel registers , claims he es
tabllshed the dates on which Dr. Dox
ey is alleged to have visited St. Louis
after Erdor's death.
It Is also claimed that this data will
show that the doctor Joined his wife
hero and that they left together for
Columbus , Neb.
The grand jury may not complete Its
work on this till late today.
INSANE MAN
KILLS SHERIFF
ROY LEE OF SHREVE , O , SHOOTS
APPROACHING OFFICER.
FAMILY IN TERROR ALL NIGHT
After Holding his Family In State of
Terror All Night , Ohio Men Believed
to be Insane , Kills Sheriff When Latter -
ter Nears Home.
Shrevo , O. , Dec. 9. After ho had
hold his family In terror all night , Roy
Lee , believed to bo Insane , today shot
and killed Sheriff Jacob Bell , of
Holmes county , when the officer at
tempted to enter the Lee home.
FIERCE FIRE
AT KALAMAZOO
ONE LIFE LOST , MILLION DOL
LARS WORTH OF PROPERTY.
300 HOTEL GUESTS DRIVEN OUT
Fire Starts In 5 and 10-Ccnt 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 property -
orty 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 flre-flghtlng
forces of Kalamazoo , Battle Creek and
Grand Rapids.
Starting In the basement of the Star
"bargain house , " a 5 and 10-cent store ,
'
at No. 118 West Main street , the flames
| ' spread eastward along the north side
of Main street destroying the Burdock j .
house , a four-story hotel and store |
building , covering more than half a
city block.
On nn arcade running north through
the Burdock building to Water street
were located a half dozen small ustab-
' lishments ' and these were burned out.
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
Creek 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 ho disappeared and It Is be
lieved 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. The W. C.
Richardson , a big steel freighter , sank
early today at a point live miles up the
lake from Buffalo harbor with five men
of the crew , who drowned.
Captain Grlesser and the life saving
crew went to the rescue and saved the
other members of the crew.
SHIP BURNS
TWOJ'ERISH '
TWO CHILDREN AND ELEVEN OF
CREW DRIFT IN LAKE.
FEAR OF .FREEZING . TO DEATH j
Two Children and , Eleven Members of' '
the Crew are Now Adrift in the
Lake Have not Been Heard From
Since Burning of Boat One Froze.
Cleveland , Dec. 9. Two men lost
their lives and the fate of thirteen othE '
ers Is unknown as a result of the buml '
Ing of the steamer Clarion , near Point
Pelee , In Lake Erie early today.
Six members of the crew were taken
from the Clarion by the steamer L. '
C. Hnnna and brought here. They
were rushed to a train and sent to
Buffalo , the headquarters of the Anj
chor line company , which owns the
Clarion. j ,
According to the statements of the
I
sailors , all attempted to leave the |
Clarion as soon as it was ascertained
that she could not bo saved. Captain
B. J. Bell of Ogdensburg , N. Y. , and
twelve other members of the crew
took to the life boat.
One Freezes ; One Drowns. |
It Is feared they may starve or
freeze before rescued. High seas are '
running , owing to the recent storm.
The mate was frozen to death. A
vain effort was made by the six sur
vivors to enter another life boat. One
sailor fell overboard and was drowned
In his efforts to launch the life boat.
The men were forced to remain on the
Clarion. Later they were picked up
by the steamer Hanna and taken hero.
The cause of the flro Is not known.
PHONE MEN CENSURE NORTON
He Is Said to Have Written Letters
Favoring Bell Company. li
Chicago , Dec. 9. The International 11
Independent Telephone association' i ; ' '
closed Us convention hero today with' i
a resolution censuring Charles Norton i '
of the Indiana state association for
writing letters which wore considered
in the Interests of the Boll telephone
company , the principal competitors of
the association members.
A committee to superintend the re
organization along stronger lines was
appointed , headed by Frank II. Woods i
of Lincoln , Nob. , who announced that
thu present organization would bo
continued for n tlino In preparation of
n now constitution and that a contribu
tion of $50 from each company In the
association would bo asked.
MONEY MINORITY LEADER
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- .
slssippl as minority leader of the senate - !
ate to succeed Senator Culbortson of
Texas , whose resignation was present-1
cd today. |
RECORD PRICE '
PAID FOR 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. Tha 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. |
(
Two Carloads on Kansas City Market
Herefords , Bring $10.50.
Kansas City , Dec. 9. Two carloads
of steers from Maple Hill , Kan. , sold
at $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 ah average of 1,443
pounds.
KINKAIDHAS i
SEVERAL BILLS
$135,000 PUBLIC BUILDING FOR
CHADRON AND ALLIANCE.
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WOULD REIMBURSE S , J. WEEKES
Also Introduces a Bill to Increase Civil
War Pensions Former Congress'
man Boyd Leaves Washington , Re
turning to Nellgh.
Washington , Dec. 9. Special to
The News : Congressman Kinkaldhas
Introduced bills authorizing the secre
tary of the Interior to grant leaves of
absence to homestead entrymen for
the purpose of sending their children
to school under certain conditions ; to
appropriate $13,5,000 , for the purchase
of a site and the erection of a public
building thereon , to be used as a post-
office and federal court building and [
for other federal purposes In the city j
of Chadron ; also a similar bill appro
priating 1 the same amount for the city
of Alliance.
Another bill is to appropriate $50,000
to the city of Crawford to help In the
construction of waterworks to protect
the city from \wtor polluted by the
Fort Robinson military post.
Special relief bills are as follows :
To appropriate $1,044 to compensate
A. W. Alt of Hyannls for making resurveys -
surveys of government land In 1899 ,
1900 l and 1901 ; to reimburse S. J.
Weekes of O'Neill for fees paid to the
government to which ho was Individ
ually entitled when ho wfis register of
the t O'Neill district land office ; to ap
propriate j $1,760 to B. B. Wood and
other residents of Morrlll county to
pay j damages for loss by prairie fire
set by government reclamation offi-
clals.
The congressman also desires to Increase -
crease the amount of pensions to sol
dlers of the civil war under the ago
act passed February G , 1907 , that they
may receive $15 at 62 years , $20 at 65. .
$30 at 70 and $40 at 75 years of age.
Former Congressman Boyd of No *
llgh ] , who has been In Washington for
some days engaged in the prosecution
of certain claims of Omaha Indians be
fore the Interior department , left for
home. l
DISCOUNT | RATE IS REDUCED
Money | Getting Easier , Bank of Eng
land Comes Down.
London , Dec. 9. The governors of
the Bank of England today reduced
the minimum rate of discount from 5
to 41/ * ! per cent.
Nebraska Postmasters.
Washington , Doc. 9. Postmasters
appointed are as follows : Nebraska-
Odessa , Buffalo county , C. A. Pashby
vice J. W. Bertman , resigned ; Will-
i'lams , Thayer county , William E. Mulch
vice A. Gumblo , resigned.
HILL SOUNDS
WARNING NOTE1
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GREAT NORTHERN RAIWAY HEAD
SAYS "FARMi BETTER. "
SCIENTIFIC FARMING IS NEEDED
Philosopher-Builder of the Northwest
Comes to Omaha and Delivers nn Address -
dress Before the National Corn Exposition -
position Raise More Crops.
. Omaha , Dec. 9. The big music hall
of the national corn exposition buildIng -
Ing was 'crowded ' today when James J.8
, .
Hill , "tho empire builder of the north
west , " gave his address on the press
ing need of a system of farming In
the United States which shall greatly
increase the productiveness of the soil.
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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 sup
ply and Its relation to population , In
dustry , growth , Institutions and every
thing that concerns our future is appropriate -
propriato for this occasion. The true
Pist
statement of the broad general fact
which It Is most desirable that everyone -
ono should understand Is this : That
this 1 country cannot feed the popula
tion which it must necessarily have
tlw
within a comparatively few years If It
does not change Its agricultural meth
ods. The emphasis is all on that con
ditional clause.
"Wo cannot support our coming pop
ulation upon the crop yield per acre
that now satisfies us. Wo have to
transform a growing decline In value
and productivity of our soil under con
tinued cultivation Into a rapid increase
in both. If the crisis can bo seen
moving upon us now , and If It took
irG
Great Britain over half a century to
raise her wheat yield from about fifteen
riU
teen bushels to thirty-two bushels per
acre , we 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
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 ,
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 with'1
a 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 have
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 we find It hard to
realize that this may bo entirely con
sistent with failure , at the same time ,
to keep pace with the growth of na
tional needs. The country , unless
there shall be a change , Is approachIng -
Ing a time when It must import wheat
to meet home needs. Other food products -
ducts also lag behind the constant new
demand. Since that demand cannot
be escaped , and since not to meet It
means want or a lowering of the stan
dard of life and comfort In this coun
try , 'which no American would wish
to see , there Is but one course before
the nation. That is to Increase the
productiveness of the farm so that the
earth's gifts may year by year equal
or exceed the people's requirements. .
"It Is the more necessary because
the great hulk of our foreign trade Is
made up of these commodities. Foodstuffs - .
stuffs and articles but one removed |
from the soil are the currency with
which wo have paid for what wo
bought abroad. What wo have to do
In this country Is to apply to farming
the scientific knowledge , shaped now
to practical uses , that will raise our
average product per acre to something
like that of countries which lack many
of our advantages of soil and climate.
When Great Britain , in what her own
people regard as an age 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
this country ; .a failure to grasp the
simple reasons" for coming hardship
and Its obvious and natural remedy.
Must Quit Abusing Soil.
"All that Is needed to turn an Im
pending national good deficit Into n
surplus , to support In plenty 150 or
more persons to the square mile In
the United States , Is the use Instead
of the abuse of the soil ; the prnctlco
of that knowledge which agricultural
schools and experiment stations have
already formulated and are dally put
ting before the people. The future ot
this nation , political and moral as well
as financial , Is bound up with the fu
ture of the farm. By that will our
character and our Institutions bo tried.
By It , In the long run , nil wealth Is
measured , conditioned and supported.
The work of education has been begun ,
but It must be enlarged , supplemented
and advocated all the time. The Insti-
CON1ITION : OF THE WEATHER
iTemueraturo for Twenty-four Hours.
' : Forecast for Nebraska.
Maximum 3
Minimum 18
Average 10
Barometer 30.01
Chicago , Dec. 9. 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 are doing most for the
country today arc the agricultural col
leges. . ' They nhnuld grow In number ,
I in attendance , and nbovo all , In the
expert knowledge and freedom from
nil political or other Influence of their
. chiefs and Instructors. You can help
' see to that. "
Following Mr. Hill's address , Prof.
Herbert W. Mumford of the University
of Illinois gave nn Illustrated lecture
on "Live Stock and Farming In Argon-
tine. " At the "blograph hall , " another
large , auditorium In the exposition
building , addresses wore given this
afternoon . by exports 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 OR
DER TO HIS ARMY.
'SHOOT EVERY AMERICAN FOUND1
Some of His Officers Protested , but the
Order Stood United States has
Formally Demanded his Resigna
tion , Zelaya Tells Friend.
New 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. j Positive Information was re
ceived hero today that more than a
month ago Zelaya Issued Instructions
to his military commanJum 'to "shoot
every American caught fighting in the
army of revolutionists. Some of Ze-
laya's officers protested against thla
order and warned him that trouble
with the United States would result.
The gunboat Vlcksburg , which has
.been stationed at Corlnto ever since
the Nlcarnguon trouble assumed nn
acute stage , has been re-lnforced and j
there are now four American warships.
In the Corlnto harbor.
The Vlcksburg needs coal and now
that rc-inforcements have reached
Corlnto 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 '
from Nicaragua received by a business j
house here today. The message adds
that this Information was communicat
ed by Zelaya himself who said that his '
resignation from the presidency prob-1
ably would take effect at the end of
December. '
j
Legation No More at Washington. '
Washington , Dec. 9. The Nlcar-
aguan legation here Is no more. Big
Nicaragua ] , according to a cablegram
the j other appurtenances of the house
on O street , where President Zelaya's
representatives T were once domiciled.
It was said by a former attache of the
legation that the furniture had been
stored until the present situation is
cleared ( , and that'll was property of
the government. '
Washington , Dec. 9. The statement *
telegraphed from Nicaragua to Lon
don that the United States had de
manded the resignation of President
Zolaya and that he had Indicated his
purpose to retire by the end of the
present month is declared at the state
department to bo without foundation.
TUBERCULOSIS
IN COW'S ' MILK
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINDS IT
EXISTING IN WASHINGTON.
SAME ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
r
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Says
That It Is the Government's Inten
tion to Make Washington Inspection
Model for all Cltlso.
Washington , Dec. 9. In speaking of
the federal Inspection of dairy herds
which the department of agriculture
has started In the District of Colum
bia , with the purpose of doing away
as far as possible with tubercular In- .
fectcd milk , Secretary of Agriculture.
Wilson says :
"It Is believed the condition dis
covered In the city of Washington
exists In many other cities of the .
United States and It Is the Intention I
of the department of agriculture to l
make Washington an example for all
other cities to follow. " t
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.
New York. Doc. ! ) . The Times prints
' this morning sworn affidavits signed
I by i August W. Loose , a pilot and navi
gator , and George H. Dunkle , an Insur
ance broker , that Dr. Cook promised
them t $4,000 for their aid In preparing
the polar records of ills Journey , which
now are In the hands of the University
of Copenhagen. The Times also re
produces what purports to bo the fac
simile of a pencilled memorandum , di
recting the preparation of observa
tions all the way from Svnrtovnng to
the polo.
They freely acknowledged thattholr
motive In making these affidavits la
the alleged failure to pay them the
full sums said to have been 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 hla
secretary , Loncsdale , to the University
of Copenhagen. To establish this
point It would bo necessary to cqn.v
pare Captain Loose's narrative with
the report received nt thp university.
EXPERTS WILTTHOW 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. Sci
entific circles are inclined to bo In
credulous regarding the charges and
some persons like Karl Burrau , thu
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 ] nt the north pole an ex
tended and a more detailed knowledge
is necessary than is enjoyed usually
by the average ship's captain.
"It will , however , bo easy for the
university to determine the truth or
otherwise of the charges. The com
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
of Copenhagen will begin Its work
next week.
Cold Wave Broken In Southwest.
Kansas City , Deo. 9. There were
signs of abatement today of the cold
wave that three days ago swept down
on Kansas , western Missouri and Ok
lahoma.
Temperatures In western Kansas
and Oklahoma last night were slightly
warmer , 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 ; Concordln ,
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 Orleans , Dec. 9. There is no
Intention on the part of President
Davlla's subjects In Honduras to at
tempt to overthrow his government
now , according to Dr. Fausto Davlla of
Guatemala , a cousin of the president ,
who recently arrived here from Cen
tral America. Dr. Davlla said :
"Davlla shows that ho Is afraid by
declaring martial law. His fears are
groundless. There Is no notion of tryIng -
Ing to overthrow him nt present Gen
eral Bonlla , the former president of
Honduras who , It Is assorted , would
lead a movement against Davlla Is liv
ing quietly near Stamm Creek , Brit
ish Honduras.
"Tho country Is ripe for a change
but It will not come yet. The effect
of martial law will bo to allow Davlla
to further work his vengeance on hla
political enemies. I am Informed ho
has already begun stops to this end. " '
