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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL . , , . NORFOLK. NKHKASKA KIIIDAY KBHKt'AKY 1. 1JHO ANOTHER BIG 4 MAN IS ACCUSED WARRINER SAYS PREDECESSOR " * WAS $10,500 SHORT. FRANK D. COM8TOCK. CHICAGO Warrlner Tells How He Robbed the Railroad by Stealing a Few Thou sand Each Day From the Station Agents' Remittances Auditor Lame. Cincinnati , Feb. I- ! Charles Warrl- ner today gave testimony under oath that Frank D. Coinstock , his predecos- nor as local treasurer of the Big Four was short $10,500 when Warrlnor suc ceeded him. "I assumed that shortage as part of uiy own , " said Warrlner. Asked to explain his system , War- rinor said : "I took the money from dally remit tances of the station agents. These varied , but sometimes ran as high as $200,000 or $1100,000 a day. It was only necessary for me to make the credit less than the amount received. " It was brought out that the auditor of the road had duplicates of the sta tion agents' remittance slips , with which to check Warrlner's accounts. Warrlner was asked bow It happened that the shortage had not been dls- < xvored , the witness replying : "That's for him to explain. " "Was there some understanding be tween you and the auditor ? " "There was not ; ho did not know of my shortage. " "Who Is the auditor of the Big Four ? " "P. A. Hewitt. " "Did you change the remittance wllps ? " "No , 1 just changed the total cred its. " Comstock Denies It. Cincinnati , O. , Fob. 3. Frank Comstock - stock , who was succeeded by Charles 1. . Warrlnor as local treasurer of the Big Four railway , when seen this af ternoon declared it was not true that he was short $10,500 when he left the road's employment. FIRE AT A PENITENTIARY Power House In Jollet , HI. , Prison Burns Convicts Excited. Jollot , 111. , Fob. I ! . The state peni tentiary power house here is burning and the engine room has been de stroyed. There Is great excitement among the convicts but no attempts at escape. The cause of the fire is not known. TO FIRE ON U. S. WARSHIP ? Nlcaraguan Government Finds Plot tc Draw in Uncle Sam. Managua , Fob. 3. The govornmon declares It has discovered a plot hatch ed by the conservatives to precipitate armed intervention by the Unitei States by firing on an American war ship in the harbor of Corinto. FAVOR SHIP SODSIDY DILL Humphrey Bill Reported Favorably b ; House Committee. t Washington , Feb. 3. The Humphre ; ship subsidy bill was ordered favor ably reported today by the house com inlttee on merchant marine and fish cries by a vote of 100 to 7. LEGAL CLASH IN SWOPE GASI Dr. Hyde Dismisses Suit for $100,00 to Prevent Depositions. Kansas City , Feb. 3. A legal clas developed In the sensational Swop case today. It came when at the re quest of Frank P. Walsh , attorney fo Dr. H. C. Hyde , the circuit court a Independence , Mo. , dismissed the sul brought recently by the physlcia against John C. Paxton. executor a the Swopo estate , asking for ? 100,00 for alleged slander. Mr. Walsh's move was made , it wa .stated , to prevent the opposing attoi neys from securing the deposition c Dr. Hyde and other heirs. The orde to dismiss the suit was filed in th court Just as persons subpoenaed b .both sides were assembling to giv their depositions. John H. Atwood , attorney for M Paxton , thereupon promptly petitlone the circuit court to restrain M Walsh's notary from taking deposition in Dr. Hyde's second suit , which wn for $600.000 damages and which wa directed against Mr. Paxton as well n against Drs. Stewart and Hall. The restraining order was grante and served upon Mr. Walsh withoi delay. At the time Mr. Walsh was 1 the midst of taking depositions fc Hyde's side of the case. He did n < oppose the restraining order , but a : pointed another notary and proceode with his depositions. Attorney Atwood then likewise pr ceeded to take depositions for the o posing side In second suit. A deputy from the sheriff's oflh who yesterday had attempted to son subpoenaes upon Mrs. Logan C. Swoj and a nurse In the Swope home at I dependence had not succeeded In d ing so up to noon today. SOUTH DAKOTAN IN THOME Arthur F. Bludgett , Formerly of Pierre , Under Arrest. Chicago , Fell , 3.-Arthur F. Blud gett , a former bank auditor at Plorro , H. I ) . , who Is said to be a member of the commluslon firm there and the son of a retired capitalist , was arrested here on n charge of failing to deliver a consignment of cattle for which he was advanced $750. Hludgetl told the police the cattle had escaped in a ntortn after ho had turned them over to the railroad company. MRS , BROKAW GETS DIVORCE 0MOW HER $18,000 A " " ' " ' /d'SLIMONY. MILLIONAIRE MUST PAY CASH The Divorce Case in Which W. Gould Brokaw Was Sued by His Wife for Separation and Alimony , Is Settled by Supreme Court In Her Favor. Now York , Fob. 3. Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw was today granted a separation from her husband , W. Gould Brokaw , a millionaire , and was awarded ali mony of $18,000 a year. The decision was handed down in the supreme court at Mineola by Jus tice Putnam before whom the case was tried. SEND WARSHIPS TO CRETE British Fleet Sent to See That Cre tans Live Up to Agreement. Malta , Fob. 3. The British battle- hip Duncan , llagsbip of Roar Admiral sir George Asloy Callaghan , second in : omniand of the British Mediterranean loot , with the cruisers Lancaster , Mi- icrva and Harbam and four torpedo joat destroyers , have left hero for Merareus , the port of Athens. The dispatch of the British squad- on to Plerareus Is Indicative of the letormlnation of the Interested pow ers , Great Britain , Russia , France and taljv to assure a strict adherence to ho agreement under international con- 'erencos withdrawal from Crete. At hat time the Cretans solemnly prom- sed to take no stops against the sov ereignty of Turkey. The recent de cision of King George of Greece to convoke a national assembly was fol- owed by reports that the Cretans would attempt to send delegates to that body. This caused uneasiness at Constantinople and It is understood hat the Turkish government informed .ho powers protecting the islands that f Cretans were admitted to the Greek latlonal assembly such action would be regarded by the porte as a casut belli. belli.The The situation was the subject of an exchange of views at London yesterday day , several ambassadors and ministers tors conferring with Sir Edward Groy the Hrltlsh foreign secretary. A souit oliiclal statement issued at Athens lasl night declared that the anxieties ex cited in Turkey were groundless ami that the assembly had boon convoked precisely because Its sitting would defer for the date of the parliamentary olec lions , which otherwise might have given the Cretans an opportunity tc realize their ambition to send deputies to Athens. Nevertheless , the movement of th < British vessels makes clear that tin powers concerned do not propose t < permit any action threatening peace ii the near east or in any other way dis turbing the status quo. GOULDS WORTH 120 MILLION. _ _ * The Annual Income Divided Average About % Million Dollars. Now York , Feb. 3. According to i statement Hied in court here , sworn ti by George J. Gould , the Gould estate i worth 120 million dollars. The annual income for the las eight years , together with the share o each of the six heirs , Is shown in tin following table : Year. Income. Shares. 1901 $4.380.888.33 $71.C4S.O : ! 1902 4.350,574.07 725,095.7 : 1903 4'G97.529.25 782,921.5 1904 4,238,647.95 700,441,3 : 1905 4,455,287.29 742,517.8 : 1900 4.062,572.96 777,095.4 1907 4,490,388.99 748,398.1 1908 2,851,976.22 475,329.3 'Fho statement was made in a sul brought by creditors of Anna Gould now Princess de Sagan. It is als shown that her ex-husband , Count Bon do Castcllano , accumulated debts a six million dollars. BOSTON PROBES MEAT COST. District Attorney Takes Action to Fin Out the Reason. Boston , Feb. 3. An investigatlo Into the high priced moat began toda by District Attorney Joseph Pelletle of Suffolk county , and If sufficient ev deuce is obtained , it is said action wi be taken against certain packers. A circular issued by a packing fin last week instructing its agents t "got every cent possible" for meat ! the pledging of a two weeks' abstei tion from meat by the members of th "No Meat" club and other dovolo ] ments are believed to have influence the district attorney to make an Inve tlgatlon. SUICIDES AFTER TRYING MORDER * OMAHA MAIL CARRIER ENDS LIFE AFTER A FAMILY ROW. ATTACKS WIFE AND HER FATHER Sandie A. Morrison , Whose Case Waste to Have Come Up In Omaha Police Court During Afternoon , Is Said to Have Attacked Wife With Hatchet. Omaha. Fob. , I ! . Sandie A. Morrl- HOII , letter carrier , commuted HUicldu at UHO : today , after attempting to kill bin wife and her father , J. 11. Stunner. The shooting occurred at the Monad- nock hotel , ir.iMNorth Fifteenth street , where Sunnier hoarded and whore Mrs. Morrison had gone yester day after an altercation with her hus band , when It Is claimed he attacked her with a hatchet. Mrs. Morrison had complained to the authorities and the case was to have come before the police court this after noon. Morrison went to the Monad- nock and tried to persuade his wife to withdraw her complaint. She declined and'the shooting followed. It Is not believed either Mrs. Morrison or her ather will die. GHERRV MINE SLOW WORK Little 'Headway ' Made by Explorers Searching for Bodies. Cherry , Feb. , : ! . After three days of ncessant labor only 400 feet of the nnny miles of subterranean passages > f the St. Paul mine are opened and It s problematical when the 107 bodes es can bo brought to the surface. 3vory effort Is being made to clear a unway from the main shaft to the ilr pit. This object may bo accom- dished by tonight , when a search for jodles can bo made. An inspection today of the cleared lortion of the second level showed hat from the bottom of the main shaft vestward for 250 foot the main road s In good shape. Some of the heavy timbers near the shaft are charred nit they are solid. The main passage c the cast is walled up. Behind this all Is a smoldering fire. Back of the ire Ho about 100 dead minors as they 'ell on November IS. REAL IROUBiE IN HONDDRAS Situation Critical President May be Deposed by Congress. Now Orleans , Feb. 3. A specia ! from Tegucigalpa , Honduras , says : "Tho situation here is regarded as critical. It may result In the deposi tion of President Davilla by congress A state of siege has been declared foi some time and no one Is allowed 01 the streets at night after 6 o'clock Foodstuffs are selling for three to foui times what they brought before the state of sicgo was declared. Congress in session ever since January 1 , has done nothing but quarrel with Presi dent Davilla over certain laws that lit enacted by decree during recess. Congress gross refuses to ratify them. CONFER OVERGOAL WAGES _ Result of Meeting in Toledo Affectz Entire Country. Toledo , Feb. 3. With an Initial dif forencc between them amounting to 2C cents a ton , the operators and mlnen of the district comprising of Ohio , In diana and western Pennsylvania me hero today in a postponed joint con fcrence to adjust a wage scale for i now contract beginning April 1. The minors in their convention a Indianapolis made a demand for r wage increase from 90 cents to $1 r ton. While they have not formulatci their demand , It is generally under stood 'that the operators want a de crease of 10 cents a ton. Because o the understanding that any agrcemen hero will bo a basis of settlement Ii all other districts and declaration o the miners that if the conference dls agrees a general strike may result the conference assumes widespread 1m portanco. GERMANY MAKES OVERTURE ? Plan for Trade Between Germany an United States , Under Way. Berlin , Feb. 3. It was officially an nounccd today that the tariff negotln tions had made such progress that bill for the regulation of trade rein tions between Germany and the Unl ed States had been passed by the fet oral council and would be Introduce into the Reichstag this aftenfoon. PRICE PROBE TO BE RAPID Fearing Prolonged Inquiry Would Hur Republicans , They Act. Washington , Feb. 3. Frankly adml ting fear that a prolonged investtgr tion of increased cost of living by th ways and means committee of th house or as provided for by any c the rival resolutions might dra throughout the summer and work t the disadvantage of the republicans t the elections next fall , the senate fli ancc committee formulated a prograi for a quick , sharp Inquiry ot the sul ject in all Its phases. This important question was coi Idered by the republican members of 10 committee , and as a result Sen tor Lodge Introduced In the senate a esolutlon providing for the appoint- lent of a selection of five senators to : ie work. HOLDING 36 MILLION EGGS een In One Cold Storage at Jersey City Since Last March. Now York , Feb. 3.-There are 3C- )00,000 ) eggs in one cold storage ware- louse In Jersey City , acocrdlng to the nformatlon placed before the Hudson ounty ( New Jersey ) grand jury in s Investigation of the big packing and thor concerns which maintain exten- Ivo warehouses on the other side of 10 Hudson river. The eggs have been lore since last March , It was learned , ogethor with 100,000 pounds of poul- ry stored since April last. SET FIRE TO LEAD HOTEL 00 Non-Union Miners Asleep In Build ing , All Escape. Load , S. D. , Feb. 3. A lire believed o bo of Incendiary origin broke out n the Campbell hotel here this morn- ig. A hundred non-union men'were sleep In the hotel , but escaped. Night Clerk Boland claims to have found re In six places. There Is no trace of he Incendiary. BALLINGER GALLS DEMOCRAT Nashville Attorney to Take Charge of Balllnger Defense. Washington , Feb. 15. John J. Vert- oos of Nashville , a loader of the Ten- lessee bar , a democrat and a warm jorsonal friend of President Taft , has icon asked to take charge of the case or the defense In the Balllngcr-Pin- chot congressional investigation , and s now on his way to Washington to onsult with Attorney General Wick- M-sbain and officials of the land olllce. SET FIRE REED VICTIM OF PANIC OF 1907 Butte , Mont. , Broker who Lost Every thing Then , Ends Life. Butte , Mont. , Fob. 3. C. W. Cock- roll , formerly In the brokerage bust- loss and well known In brokerage cir cles throughout the northwest , com- nlttcd suicide as a result , It Is said , of Inanclal and domestic difficulties. Cockrell bad boon wealthy but lost verything In the panic of 1907. NOW AN EXPRESS CO , TRUST American Express Company Purchased Wells , Fargo Stock. New York , Feb. 3. It was said in luthoritative circles that the American Express company has purchased the Southern Pacific railroad holdings of stock In the Wells , Fargo & Co. , which s taken to Indicate that a merger of the two express companies is under way. Omaha , Feb. 3. By securing control of the Wells Fargo and company ex press , the American Express company adds to its territory the entire Harriman - man system of railways west of Oma ha. The American recently purchased the holdings of the Union Pacific com pany In the Pacific Express compan > and the consolidation of offices is now in progress in this city. The American Express company is creating a new western division to care for its increased business west of tht Missouri river and headquarters are being established in Omaha. Until now the Pacific and Wells Fargo com panics have maintained district head quarters in this city. TYPHOID IS A FARM DISEASE. Now Is the Time to Begin the Anti- Fly War. Lawrence , Kan. , Feb. 3. "Typhiod fever and malaria have come to bt chiefly diseases that afflict the farm and the rural community , " said Prof S. J. Hunter , head of the dopartmen of entomology at the University o Kansas. "Both diseases arc carrioc by insects , and the way to exterminate thorn is to do away with the Insects that spread them. "The common house fly is the car rlor of typhoid fever. In the cities this pest has boon largely abollshe < by sewer systems and other inodon methods of sanitation. The fnrme has still to deal with the question and the reason for the prevalence o typhoid on the farms Is that the farmer or has as yet taken no adequate moans to stop the disease. "The fly breeds In refuse of al kinds. The farmer should see tha his place is kept clean. He shoult throw the refuse from the barns intc pits or closed sheds , and In the opei paddocks he should allow chickens tc run continually. They eat the egg of the fly and young Insects bofon they can fly away. If people In smal towns and on farms will keep the ! surroundings clean they can almos exterminate the house lly. And whoi that Insect goes typhoid fever wll cease to be such a common disease. ' The Insect that spreads malaria I1 the malarial mosquito. Scientist now say that the only way malarl can be spread Is by means of this Ii sect. The mosquito bites a porso who has malaria and takes In a fo\ germs along with the blood of the per son. These germs develop In th stomach of the Insect , and in a fe\ days they are Injected Into anotho person that the mosquito happens t bite. GREGORY MAN DEAD ON ROAO FRANK PULSHA , BOHEMIAN 60 YEARS OLD , HAD DIED. EVIDENCE OF DEATH STRUGGLE The Man Had Dug a Hole Three Inches Deep In the Ground With His Finger Nails No Thought of Foul Play In the Case , However. Gregory , S. D.p Feb. I ! . Frank Pill- aha , a llohomlan about 00 years of age , was found dead beside the road about a quarter of a mile north of the city limits. The body was discovered by Frank Shaffer , rural mail carrier , and Joe Hanim , who were going out about 8 o'clock. The body lay on Its right side , wrapped in a fur coat. The left hand was bare and had dug a hole In the ground about three inches deep , either in attempts to get up or in the death struggle. 1'ulsha was in Gregory the aftor- eon before with a team which wont lome , a mile from where the body lay , bout 1 o'clock , but the wife could not are for them. The body was brought to the city iul the coroner called. He found no ause for an Inquest as the body bore o evidence of injury. There was il.'JO ' In the pockets and I'ulsba was ot known to have had any sum of loney. Death was due to cerebral leinorrhage , said one doctor who ex- mined the body. The man was not known to have ecu drinking. The News corrcspon- ent is informed that heart trouble aused the death. A FALL FOR PAPA'S BRIDE. The Quads He Believed Were His are Only Foundlings. Los Angeles , Feb. 3. "For sixteen ears we had no children , " Mrs. W. V. Wilson , 2019 South Magnolia avo- uie , according to Dr. Armstrong C. 'ratt , who was called to give color o her assertion of having become the nether of quaruplets last Friday. "My husband desired children a arge family , and so did 1. Our only hlld died when it was born , nearly .wenty-flve years ago. Nine years ago nurse whom 1 knew in Chicago help- d me by telling me of a child that was about to be born at a hospital near our home. "We planned it together. I did not lesire my husband to know that he lad been fooled. I hoped to please lim , but when the birtli happened here were two babies , and the nurse -ushed in to tell mo. I told her to bring them both. So 1 had twins when ny husband arrived from the store. "Since then it has been the same , Twice we obtained three babies and acb time my husband has been great y pleased. I would not do anything to hurt his feelings for the world , but le was so happy when the children came that I kept on. 1 began my plans 'or those last children several month ? igo and carried out the details so as to fool everyone except the woman who assisted me. My husband did no ) suspect anything and my family phy iiclan , Dr. Paul Brosee , was not tak- n into my confidence. "Please don't tell my husband , doc tor , " Mrs. Wilson said to Doctor Pratt he declares , "for he is as happy as can be in believing that they are hit children. If we could only have kepi the others alive , I should not have attempted It again. Hut each time the little ones died. We did our besi to keep them. " In addition to confessing that all o Mrs. Wilson's supposed quadruplet : had been contributed by other womei the nurse said : "I obtained one of Mrs. Wilson' ! quadruplets from the county hospital one from a private hospital , one fron a saleswoman in a store and one fron a physician who know of the scheme to provide Mrs. Wilson with severa babies. " "Mrs. Wilson desired live babies but I could only obtain four of tin right age. " DRAPER NIOBRARA POSTMASTER President Sends to Senate Nominatior of George W. Draper. Washington , Feb. 3. Congrossmai Hlnshaw has recommended the ap polntmont of Miss Edith Isaackson ai postmistress at Malmo , vice Agnei Holmes , resigned , also Charles W Slaughter as postmaster at Endlcott vice Loren L. H. Whitney , resigned The senate confirmed the noinlnatloi of the following postmasters : Charle : Miner , Ravenna ; William A. McCool Indtanola , Neb. The president sent to the senati nominations of the following postmas ters in Nebraska : Harvard , Griffltl .1. Thomas ; Bethany , Clarence O. Tui nor ; Nlobrara , George W. Draper. Nebraska postmasters have ; beoi appointed as follows : Carter , Harlai county , John O. Anderson , vice K Johnson , resigned ; Ilavon , Hrowi county , Andrew Johnson , vice G. J Stein , resigned. South Dakota : Ilurbiuik , route . ' John U Kyto , carrier ; 11. M. Kytc substitute. Heville , routes 1 and 1 David II. Dorr , carrier , no substitute The First National bank of Morrll Neb. , has boon authorized to bcgl business with ? 25,000 capital. II. Clarke , Jr. , Is president , C. W. Sec nnfnmoN OF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hour . Forecast for Nebraska. I Maximum US ' Minimum . II Average lf > llaroinotor 30.22 Chicago , Fob. 3. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago Htutlon of the United States weather bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair tonight and Friday ; warmer north portion tonight. . vllle , vice president , and L. M. Eastman - man , cashier. A CIGARETTE-- 56 MINERS DIE i AND STILL ANOTHER MINE DI8- ASTER BRINGS DEATH. IS WORST IN MEXICO'S HISTORY Mine Damp Ignited by Sparks of a Miner's Cigarette , Sets Off an Ex plosion That Snuffs Out Many Lives in Short Space of Time. Laredo , Tex. , Feb. I ! . One of the greatest mine disasters In the history of the Mexican coal mining , which has heretofore experienced several crush ing blows resulting in a tremendous loss of human life , took place yester day In the Palan mine at Las Esporan- zas , Mexico. The toll of human life which paid the penalty of negligence on the part of some miners is officially placed at llfty-slx white. The list of Injured numbers nearly as many. The explosion occurred In No. 15 shaft of the coal mine of the 13s Poran- /as Mining company and is attributed to the igniting of the mine gas from a minor's cigarette , who was smoking contrary to rules. The miners , most ly Mexicans and Japanese , had assum ed their various places In the differ- out workings shortly after 7 o'clock. At 8:30 : o'clock those at work above ground were startled by a loud explos ion and almost instantly a vast cloud of dust and smoke issued from the mouth of the shaft. When the onlookers realized the moaning of the disaster assistance was Immediately forthcoming and as soon as the air In the shaft could bo purl- lied sufficiently to permit rescuers to descend , many volunteers were ready to risk their lives in an endeavor to succor their stricken brothers below. Cages were Immediately sent down loaded to their capacity witli minors bent on rescuing their comrades. On the first and the second levels , every thing was found to bo Intact and the men working in those levels were safe. The rescue party went down to the third level and as soon as the air could be sufficiently cleared , entered the various shafts and then began a search for the dead. Scattered about in various positions In the workings they found the bodies of the men suf focated , their faces Indicating in many instances the bitter light waged to reach pure air and safety without the workings. The rescuers worked In relays searching for and carrying to the sur face the bodies of their dead and dy ing companions. After six hours' ' work , llfty-three bodies were brought to the surface , while nearly forty in jured men were removed to hospitals for treatment. The injured owe their miraculous escape to the fact that they were working at points where they wore protected from the rush for foul air. Most of the killed were Mexicans the Japanese minors being employed In the other parts of the mine. The Palau mine is one of the best equipped coal mines in the republic ol Mexico. It has an adequate ventilating ing system , is provided with electric lights and the mining engineers arc ' utterly at a loss to account for the i presence of mine damp in No. 3 work Jngs. Mammoth Motor Car Merger. Hartford , Conn. , Fob. 3. Announce ment is made by Henry W. Nuckols vice president and general manager that the Colombia Motor Car compan ; has become a part of the United State : Motor company , a $10,000,000 holdiiij j corporation which absorbs at the sam < time the three Maxwell-liriscoo plants i The formation of the great holdlni company [ s duo to the combination o the forces of the stockholders of tin Colombia company , who include Thorn 1 as F. Ryan , the William C. Whitno ; i estate , A. N. Brady , the Elktns cstati ! of Philadelphia , P. A. B. Widner o I Philadelphia , Grant B. Schley of Nov York and the Electrical Storage Bal tory company with the forces back o ' the Maxwell-Brlscoe company. The basis of the combine is purol ; that of n holding company. Each o the Individual companies will malt : tain Its stock outstanding , but tht stock will bo turned over by its pro out holder and exchanged for stock o the United States Motor company. Death of Charles H. Williams. i Noligh. Neb. , Feb. 15. Special to Th News : Charles H. Williams died las , night of heart trouble. He had boo , suffering for a year. Ho was the fi , ther of O. A. Williams , an attorne , bore , and of Mrs. C. Plank of Elgli , The funeral will bo hold .Saturdaj i Mrs. Williams died in January , 100 ! , Mr. Williams was 75 years old an . came here In 1884. ROSEBUDDERS DID THE JOB CREDIT IS THEIRS FOR HURON CONFERENCE ACTION. FIND THIS COUNTRY ON THE MAP It was Due to the Delegation From Gregory and Trlpp County That ths Dakota Stalwarts Refrained From Naming a State Ticket. The decision of South Dakota stal wart republicans not to name a state ticket , but to allow the primary to make the selection of candidates , wan forced upon ( lie conference at Huron by the delegatcH from the HoBobuil country. Hut for the Itottubudilvrti , the conference would litivo ended Iti u row and ex-Senator Kltlredgo would have carried the day In naming a "slate. " These are the Gregory and Trlpp county stalwarts whoso Inlluence real ly decided what the conference should do : Ferd llelchmann , Fred Lucas , George JefferH , A. 10. Kull , J. M. Big- gins , Ernest Jeackson , George ling- laub , Lee McNeely and George Mitch ell. Hut while the conference decided on the surfuce not to name a ticket , there was no thought of peace with the insurgents. On the contrary the South Dakota stalwarts will make war to the bitter end upon the "progres sives" now holding state olllce. "Hon est Sam" Elrod , former governor , will within ten days make a formal announcement of his candidacy for governor to succeed Vossey , whom the "progressives" will back. The Rosebud country has alwayH been a Klttredge stronghold and It was because of this Inlluence upon the former senator that he agreed to accept the decision to not name a ticket at the conference. Senator Kittredge , however , will himself get Into the Held to ask the people of the state why it is costing the state moro now to run than under "Honest Sam" Elrod. Klttredge was vociferously applauded. 1 The stalwarts Indicated that they mean to light Senators Gamble and Crawford to a finish. The rosolutloriH strongly Indorse the Roosovt-lt-Taft policies. George JolTers of Dallas wan on the resolutions committee. : "South Dakota has learned that the Hosebud country is on the map , " said Ft-rd Kele'miann , editor of the Gregory County News one of the llveat weekly newspapers in the middle went , by the way who passed through Nor folk enroute home to Dallas yesterday afternoon. H was generally conceded that the action in not naming a ticket , thus allowing the primary to all appear ances to take its course , was an act of political wisdom. BIG BATTLE IN DAKOTA. Stalwarts Are Ready to Attack the Insurgents. . Huron , S. IX. Feb.The ! South Dakota stalwarts who attended the state conference here , before depart ing for various sections ol the state , did not leave the matter of making at least a partial slate to meet the pro gressives in the coming June prima ries undone. In fact , the leaders of the faction were candid in stating that before the week had ended one man for each place on the ticket will an nounce himself. That ex-Governor Sam Klrod will I head the state ticket on , a platform charging extravagance against Gov ernor Vessoy Is conceded by all the stalwarts. The announcement of hl candidacy will emanate from Clark , his home town , in a few days. When the ex-governor , known as "Honest Sam" throughout South Dakota , spoke to the stalwarts at the session on Tues day he indicated that the alleged ex travagance of the powers that bo would be the slogan of his campaign. ! and his work will be supplemented by ' ex-Senator Kittredge , who will go on the stump In the immediate future. The ex-senator has indicated that ho will iibk the providing deities of the insurgent wing to explain what was i done with $1.000,000 in taxation revenue - ; onue , and how a state debt of about the same amount has been piled up in , the same time. He has Indicated that ; he will demand an accounting of Gov- 1 ernor Vessoy and the stalwarts left i the city primed with campaign material - . terial along this lino. ' J. M. Parmloy of Ipswich , a banker , i a state senator and a heavy land owner : in South Dakota , will in all prohabll- Ity be the candidate of the stalwarts for lieutenant governor. Mr. Parmloy r had a strong following in the conven tion here. George Johnson , the only ' victorious stalwart in the last South t Dakota state campaign , will be a can- dldate for re-election on the stalwart i ticket. The rest of the slate has been thoroughly discussed , but the party f leaders are unwilling at this time to give out the names , declaring that in a few days all will be in the Hold , With watchful eye on every step of s the stalwarts convened In Huron , t "Dick" lUchards , reputed father of the i Insurgent movement , political creator of Coo 1. Crawford , Insurgent senator , and Governor Vessoy , when the BOB- . slon had ended , gave out the statement . I that the convention had failed in Its . purpose , and that ho looked for an In- 1 Burgent victory In the fall If the right ticket la put forth.
