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VOI XXXIX-NO. 181.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1910-TWELVE PAGES.
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MILLION YEARLY
F01l"I5IGMUDDY"
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Recommends Sum to Be Spent
for Ten Years. , '.
FROM MOUTH TO KANL -fe' Y
cts on "Report of Major'
Cutting His Estimate.
T- .
CnANNEL FROM SIX TO TEN 1 ' "V
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Measure Will Be Reported by Lat
Part of Week.
J. K. Kclhy and C. K. Spens at l.nnibcr
'Hate Hearing VYork rr)trfn
Smoothly on Pathfinder
Dam.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (Special Tele
gram. The rivers and harbors committee
of the.houce in executive session today
adopted a recommendation made by Major
Hehults of the engineer corps that at least
fi.0ffl.CC3 should be spent annually on the
MlKPourl river tor the next ten years to
Improve that strenm from the mouth of
L the llvtr to Kansas City. It was further
provided thut a board of three army
nKlneors should make an investigation of
tiiu ilver and report to congress not later
tt.un the flrbt Monday In I)ecember as to
jj tin pe i n.ar.c ..vy vt Improvements that may
bo net ured tor tho outlay of such a sum
li.r i no n-xt ttn years.
In romnlinnte with the rivers and har
bors act of UK.;, Major Schultz, district-
officer, made a preliminary examination
and survey, reporting his findings to the
engineer board, where they wero reviewed
and later transmitted to congress. Major
SchulU extlmales that the cost of the pro
posed Impiovement with the probability of
providing a channel of more than six feet
and not less than ten feet Is $50,000 per mile.
Major Schultz further says:
"It Is believed that no plan of Improve
ment of less scope than complete and con
tinuous control of the river, at least as far
as Kansas City, should be undertaken.
This will' requite about ten years and ap
propriations at the rate of not less than
'.'00.000 annually should be assured."
The rivers and harbors committee is now
working on a final draft of the rivers and
harbors bill, which In all probability will
be reported lato Thursday evening or Fri
day morning. It cut the recommendation
o tiUe 'district officer to $1,000,000 a year,
believing that sum sufficient to begin the
work of Improving the Big Muddy.
Lamber Rates Discussed.
J. B. Kelby of Omaha, general solicitor
of the Burlington system for the lines
wet, anJ C. E. Spens, general freight
ai.c .t . r the same railroad and for the
mi rritcry, are In Washington to pre
li ii.llrc ad side Jn the cuse of the
I-.. ... ii' Lumber1 company against -the:
Vlijk..u, Jlullugt.oa , &MUy!acy" railroad
and other ' 'ttre the Interstate Com
merce conimWslcn.
The cano grows out of an effort on the
part of a lumber company to change ex-
4tlng rate from tho southern pine pro
Hieing territory to Nebraska, Kansas,
I'ulorudo and Wyoming, and la .of very
considerable interest to Omaha and Lin
coln, as the present rates are in favor of
those points. The lumber company seeks
to have a through rate made less than a
combination of locals. Testimony was
taken at Kansas City last November be
fore Examiner Lossow and now cornea be
fore the Interstate Commerce commission
on oral argument.
D. A. McPherson of Deadwood, who Is a
" member of the mint commission, which
' meets in Philadelphia tomorrow, was .in
Washington today and had a long confer
ence with Senators Gamble and Crawford
' over the South Dakota political situation,
i which Is anything but roseate to these
statesmen. They rogrej that the radical
wing of the republican party In the state
has determined to fight. They hoped that
an agreement might be rached to renomt
nut tho present state officers and con
grsmen. Edward C. Johnston of Lincoln, a stu
dent at Harvard university business
school, Cambridge. Mass., has been In
Washington for the last two days looking
into tho consular service for a paper con
nected with his school work. Mr. John
ston is a member of the Harvard Glee
club, which he made easily.
Work at Pathfinder Dam.
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i I to HI, cu. v. u . j r J
4 Paul, Minn., lias been awarded the con-
tract for furnishing castlron tunnel lin-
ings for use at the Pathfinder dam in the
Nor til Platte irrigation projoct In Nebraska
f' a and Wyoming. According to the terms of
ft the contract the coat of the linings, deliv
ered at Casper, Wyo., la to be $24,346. Award
baa. also been made to the Des Molnea
Bridge and Iron company of Des Molnea,
la., to furnish and erect a highway bridge
In connection with the Shoahone irrigation
project In Wyoming. Thla bridge will ba
VI. lilB VM uwwv j ..... w . v. . . .
mem In the Shoehorns canyon for the pur
pose of hauling machinery and supplies to
the big dam. which Is being extended by
tho United States to the Yellowstone Na
tional park. It la expected that this bridge
will be completed before the spring floods.
The contract price la $4,146.01
Engineers m charge of the interstate
canal of the North Platte Irrigation proj
ect have been busy since the first of Jan
uary lining the canal banks with brush
and gravel to prevent erosion during tha
coming eeason.'-sAt the Pathfinder dam
equ'pment and supplies necessary In build
ing a dike are being assembled. A number
of teams are being constantly employed
hauling from 0apr to Pathfinder. Tha
water In tbe reservoir has all been allowed
to flow through an opening In tha dam.
Work has been commenced on the drainage
tunnel from pale ahaft. A board of con
sulting' tiglneors which met recently de
termined upon the location and size of
the south side tunnel, which will be used
as' an additional outlet to the reservoir In
time of flood, and arrangements were
completely made to betrln drilling February
1. The lower portal of the tunnel will be
high on tho canyon walls; and drilling was
begun by hand, two drills being used.
Hill for Wahtio Structure.
Senator 1 rown todiy Introduced a bill
carrying on a- i' P kitten of $100,01)0 for the
purchi fo oi n ' '.d the erection of pub
lic bulldin j e f mi.
At -Senuui; . request. President
Taft today y
time for f .I i: ,
on Mi' yoMi.'
J.. older extending the
. Limine to be opened
l'.l rr and Standing Rock
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f(lie.,!. f;u:;i April 1. as fixed
,,i..al proclamation, to May 1.
A delegation of Crow Indians today pie-
A A
(Continued on Stcond Page.)
Taft Approves
Big Reception
For Roosevelt
New York Republican Club Will
Take Charge of National Home
coming Welcome.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. -John A. Stewart,
president of the New York League of Rep
ican clubs, arrived here today and will
mfer with President Taft tomorrow re-
r,,lnK the "omelcomlnii celebration In
or of Former President Roosevelt.
.cablegram was received In New York
, jday from Mr. Roosevelt accepting the
republican club's proposition to form a re
ception committee with representatives
from all over the country to meet Mr.
Roosevelt on his arrival In New 'York
harbor some time between June 15 and &
next.
President Taft Is giving his hearty sup
port to the plan for a nation-wide reception.
It haa not yet been determined whether
or not President Taft will be able to take
part In the reception. He has promised to
go to Alaska the latter part of May pro
vided congress has adjourned by that time,
and if he should take the trip he would
not return to the stutes In time.
NJCW YORK. Feb. 8. President Robert
C. Morris of the republican club of this
city announced today he had received a
cablegram from Theodore Roosevelt author
izing the club to take the Initiative in a
home-coming celebration of national pro
portions which has been planned for him.
Mr. Morris sent a message to Colonel
Roosevelt some time ago aBklng for such
authority.
Death Penalty
. for Negroes in
AssaulfCase
First Legal Hanging in Missouri for
Crime of Attacking a
Woman.
KANSAS CITr, Mo., Feeb. 8. George
Reynolds and John Williams, negroes, wer
hanged simultaneously In the county Jail
here this morning for assault, this mark
ing the first time the death penalty has
been Inflicted In Missouri for this crime.
The negroes, on the night of December
23, 1909, attacked Mrs.. W. H. Jackson, an
expert violinist, who was returning home
from a charitable Institution, where she
had given a concert.
Reynolds collapsed a few hours before
the execution and tt was necessary to carry
him upon the trap in a chair. When the
chair was removed he fell limp upon the
trap door, moaning plteously.
Williams, who has been known for years
as a desperate character, remained brave
to. the lent. Even while standing on the
scaffold he forced a. smile.
"The evidence brought our' at thetrial
was so terrible that Judge Ralph S.
Latschaw, sentencing the negroes, said:
"I shall not desecrate Friday, the day on
which legal hangings usually take place,
by ordering your execution on that day.
There la at least a spark of manhood left
in almost every man executed by the state.
But there la no manhood In either of you."
Mrs. Jackson's husband witnessed the
hangings.
Riot Call in
Telephone Strike
Police Called to Prevent Spiriting
' Away of Breakers at
Marshalltown.
MARSHAIXTOWN, la., Feb. t (Special
Telegram.) Striking telephone switchboard
operators of the Marshalltown Telephone
company made an unsuccessful attempt
last night to spirit away operators of the
company who had taken the striking oper
ators' places. A' riot call brought the po
lice, but no arrests were made. The com
pany Is employing out-of-town operators
and Is feeding and sleeping them In the
telephone building.
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MARK MORTON HAS OPERATION
Hon of Late J. Sterling; Morton
Stricken In Middle of Night
with Appendicitis.
CHICAGO, 111., Fob. ' 8. (Special Tele
gram.) Mark Morton, treasurer of the In
ternational Salt company, millionaire,
olubman and resident of Lake Forest,
while at home Sunday, was stricken with
ppendlcltis and rushed In an automobile
to Lake Forest hospital In tha middle of
the night, wheer ha was operated on. He
was later removed to his home. ' The se
verity of the attack and Its suddenness
caused great anxiety as to the outcome
and specialists and trained nurses were
called. Today, however, Mrs. Morton said
her husband was recovering slowly from
the effects of the operation and that fear
as to his aafety had subsided.
Teachers' Advance in Pay
Comes in Answer to Prayer
Principals of the public schools held an
Impromptu Jollification seance Tuesday
morning in the office of the Board of
Education and in tha corridors thereabout
"Thla Is an educational revival," said one
beaming woman," In tha sense that we
are rejoicing mightily over the answer to
prayer. I prayed most sincerely, on my
knees, last night, that the school board
would be made to see the light, and that
our superintendent would be strong for
our cause. Both prayers were answered
In full measure." .
The occasion of the coming to thle hall
by the principals was to get the teachers'
checks for distribution at tbe schools.
They were on hand at 7: SO, bright and
smiling as the sun on a rare Juna day.
Bubbling congratulations were intermixed
with the mi.ro dignified utUrancca of tho
older p: Incipals, women who have Hi en a
gent ration truw up and pass through their
hands out Intc the world.
Just to listen tj tha unrestrained con-
j versaliou of a bunch of Omasa principals
PLAN FOR FOOD
PRICEINQUIRY
Senate Committee Perfects Resolution
that Combines All Suggestions
Submitted.
BEARS NAME OF MR. ELKTNS
Select Committee is to Conduct the
Investigation.
ALONG COMPREHENSIVE LINES
All Factors that Influence Price
Making to Be Considered.
WAGES AND GOLD PRODUCTION
Committee to See If Pay for Work
Haa Advanced la Proportion to
Cost of lilvlna; Increase of
Volume of Money.
I WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Harmonlzlng the
several resolutions nitroducea in the sen
ale directing an Investigation Into the cost
of living, the republican leaders In con
ference today perfected a resolution on
that subject, which was later presented
to the senate by Mr. McCumber of North
Dakota. It was referred to the1 committee
on contingent expenses, which will con
sider the question In conducting such an
Inquiry.
The resolution beara the name of Sen
ator Elklns as author and embodies the
trlnclple features of the McCumber reso
lution, as well "nme of those contained
In the one Introduced by Mr. odge.
The Inquiry Is to be conducted .by
select committee of seven senators, and
it is planned to assemtle al! of the matter
bearing on the Increased cost of articles
of food since 1990, and report. If possible,
at th present season of congress.
Scope of Inquiry.
In making the Investigation It la pro
vided that special attention shall be given
to the following subjects:
Wages, salaries and earnings and whether
the Increase in them has kept pace with the
Increase In the cost of . living.
Increased prices of such articles as meat,
grain, provisions, cotton, wool, clothing,
rents, lumber, coal. Iron, oil, brick and
cement. '
Price to the producer, the wholesaler or
Jobber, the retailer and the consumer at
which articles Included in the Investi
gation - were distributed ard sold In the
year 1900 and the price for their disposition
at the present time.
Money and Prices.
Whether such articles have been In
creased In price by reason of the Increased
production of gold throughout the world
and the expansion of currency In the United
States or by tariff or other- legislation of
congress, or by any monopoly, combination
or conspiracy to control and regulate or
restrain Interest or foreign commerce in
tha supply, distribution or sale of such
articles.
The pries of food products on the farm
in various parts of the United States.
Wholesale prices of such , food products
at the wholesale trade centers of the
United States.
Retail prices of such food products In
the larger- cities of the United States and
also a comparative statement showing tha
cost of production on the farm.
The committee Is ordered to report to
the senate suggestions or recommenda
tions as to the remedy to be applied to re
duce the cost of living and accompany Its
report with drafts of bills for Buch legis
lation as will, in the opinion of the com
mittee, correct and remedy the causes
which have enhanced the prices of the nec
essaries of life.
Resolutions Reported '"orably.
An hour after Mr. McCumber had pre
sented the resolution from the finance
committee and It had been referred to the
committee on contingent expenses, Mr.
Kean, chairman o fthe latter committee,
reported the measure back with a rec
ommendation that It be adopted.
Mr. Stone made objection to present
consideration of th eresolutlon and It went
over until tomorrow.
Mr. Crawford said that the Important
point was to ascertain whether there had
been an increase In wages. No one doubted,
he said, that there had been a general In
crease in prices of food and of other neces
saries of life. The question was whether
there had been corresponding Increase of
wages.
FOOD PRICES IN WASHINGTON
Retailers Who Buy of Farmers Can
not Buy of Commission Men.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The tiouse in
quiry Into the high cost of food, today de
veloped the fact that the retail merchant
of Washington cannot buy direct from the
farm without bringing down upon his head
a boycott by the comahlsslon merchants,
and he Is therefore forced to trade through
that medium and add to the charge to the
ultimate consumer whatever the Increased
coat may be.
Food Inspector Dodge continued his tes
timony today with a comparison of prices
Impressed many with their cleverness as
nothing else can. Keen comment Is mixed
with the wittiest remarks, and the hand
some things said about the board of edu
cation and the superintendent must have
made their right ears burn this morning.
"Why, I could even welcome back
Tempest and Sunshine with open hands this
morning," said, one of the best known
principals.
It seems Tempest and Sunshine were
known among the principals as two par
ticularly difficult pupils, who were trans
ferred from one school to another, and
with them on bne transfer went a private
note to the principal who was to receive
them: "I am sending you Tempest and
Sunshine. Aggravation, famine and pesti
lence will joon follow; but be kind (o the
little dram, for my ake, amen."
The teachers In th.) public schools are
paid their t.ulari. t.i ten equal payments,
as are ail teachers vhu are employed by
the year. Many a !oned-fur vacation trip
was planntd out after the action of the
board of education became geuerall''
know n.
"The Noble
. He Marched Them
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
W ILL SEARCH F0R5QDTH POLE
American Geographical Society De
cides to Send Expedition. ?
BARTLETT.r TO HAVE COMMAND
Peary Aretle Club Will- Co-operate la
the . Enterprise- Little Difficulty - -Anticipated
In Securing; '
Funds.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. America -has
decided to seek for South pole laurels sim
ilar to those won for her, by Commander
Peary at the North pole. The National Ge
ographical society today resolved to send
an expedition In search of tho South polo,
provided the necessary funds can be raised.
It Is not believed there will be any lack on
this score.
Commander Peary was notified Immedi
ately of the action. Captain Bartlett, in
command of the Roosevelt on Peary's trip
to the North pole, probably will have
charge of the Antarctic expedition.
After a meeting late this evening, the
Board of Managers of the Geographic so
ciety adopted the following resolution:
"The National Geographic Boclety be
lieves that It la of great Importance to
science that tidal, magnetic and meterooro
loglcil observations shall be taken at or In
the tlclnlty of Coatsland at the same
period as the command that the expedi
tion under Captain Scott, R. N., Is mak
ing similar observations on the other side
of the Antarctic area, 1,800 mllea distant,
and at the same time that this recently
discovered land shall be explored.
"That the society Is ready to accept Mr.
Peary's proposition, that It shall undertake
Jointly with the Peary Arctlo club an ex
pedition to the Antarctic regions as out
lined above; provided, that the board of
managers, after , consultation with the
members of the society, finds that the proj
ect will receive sufficient assistance to war
rant the undertaking."
It la thought probable that the expedition
will be ready to set sail as early as July.
The rapidity with which responses for
financial assistance Is made by members
or friends of the society will determine the
date.
No spirit of rivalry with the British to
reach the South pole is manifested, It l
declared,' In the American expedition. The
latter, which Is to make Its starting point
at Coatsland, will travel over a territory
hitherto entirely unexplored, while much
Is known, especially from Lieutenant
Shackleton's work, of that on the other
side of the South pole, where he reached
a point less than 100 miles from the goal. ,
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Frohmaa Gives Himself I7p.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Charles Frohman.
who was Indicted on January 31, 1907, for
conspiracy on the charge that he with
other theatrical managers had formed a
trust, today surrendered himself to the
district attorney. Later he was arraigned
before Supreme Court Justice Goff and
was held In $1,000 bail for trial.
Have you noticed
that the Bee want
ads
are written better than other
papers, and attract more at
tention and are read by allt
Have you read them today t
History Repeats Itself!
yi mi
DOWN
King of France, He Had Ten Thousand Men,
'Up a Hill One Day and He Marched Them Down Again."
Charged with
: Killing Wife
v Ten Years Ago
' v
Francisco Guthrie and George Eddy
Accused of Murder of Mrs.
Guthrie in Iowa.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. 8 Francisco
Guthrie and George Eddy are under arrest
charged with a murder committed at Belle
Plain, la., ten years ago. Guthrie was ar
rested at Shell Lake, Wis., and Eddy at
Belle Plain, and both taken to Vinton for
trial. Guthrie formerly, was a prominent
business man of Belle Plain. On December
27. 1900, his wife was found dead in bed at
her home'. It was thought for a time that
she had. committed suicide, but later de
velopments Indicated murder.
It Is charged that Guthrie was suspicious
of his wife's actions and employed Eddy
to watch her shortly before the death of
the woman. .
Des Moines After
Army Headquarters
Reported Congressman Hull is Seek
1 ing to Secure Removal
from Omaha. ' ,
DES MOINES, la,, Feb. 8.-(Speclal
Telegram.) The story is In circulation here
that Congressman Hull is trying to aecure
the removal to Des Moines of the head
quarters of the Department of the Missouri,
now located In Omaha, ,
BODY THAT OF MISS JENSEN
Youns; Woman Found Dead at Mount
Tamalpals la fully- Idea
tlflfld. .
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-The Identifi
cation of the body of the young woman
found last Thursday on Mount Tamal
pals, which was made yesterday by Mrs.
Eleanor Llttlefleld, a manicurist, was cor
roborated last night by Miss Nellie Evans,
a former assistant of Miss E. Jensen. It
is . said Miss Jensen came hero from
Denver.
Bad Teeth Make Pupils
Half Year Slow in School
HARIUSBURG, Pa., Feb. 8. Medical In
spection In the schools is saving Pennsyl
vania a considerable portion of $2,160,000,
which otherwise would be wasted on
efforts to educate pupils who, by reason
of removable piiyaical defects are unable
to profit by their instruction, according to
the estimates of Leonard P. Ayres, as
sociate director ot the Department of Child
Hygiene of the Russel Saga foundation In
New Tork City.
Mr. 'Ayres addressed tha Department of
Superintendents of the Pennsylvania Edu
cation association thla morning on the
"relation of physical defects to school
progress." He said In part:
"If the children In Pennsylvania are like
their companions in Massachusetts and
New Tork. about 60 per cent of them have
erloualy decayed teoth. These pupUs re
YOUR FLhCt
CHAMORRO ; ELUDES TROOPS
Insurgent General Abandons Boaco
and Takes to Woods.
BATTLE EXPECTED ANY DAY
Rebel Chief Preparing- to Cross
Tlpltapa River and Madrla
Forces Will Oppose Him s
There.
MANAGUA, Feb. . 8. General Chamorro
has eluded three columns of the govern
ment troops ' which were sent' to besiege
him in Boaco and has taken to the woods.
The government forces are occupying the
towns. BoacO ws captured by the insur
gents last Friday.
WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-Nowa of sharp
fighting between Chamorro's Insurgent
troops and the government forces under
Vasquex at the Tlpltapa river, Nicaragua,
Is expected momentarily here. Incomplete
advices which arrived in a desultory way
Indicate that Champrro is preparing to
cress the Tlpltapa. on his way to Granada
and Managua, and that the Madrlz forces
Intend ta make a stand there.
The river connects Lake Managua with
Lake Nicaragua and the provisional gov
ernment representatives here admit that'all
of Chamorro's strategy will be called into
Play if he crosses It without Inviting an
open battle.
It Is estimated Chamorro's troops are
now wltbln at leat thirty miles of Mana
gua. Lack of information from the sat
ot war Is attributed to the close censor
ship which Estrada has Imposed to con
ceal his plan of campaign.
TWO MONTHS SEARCH FAILS
TO LOCATE KELLNER GIRL
Family la Without Clue In the Mys
tery that Surrounds the
Kidnaping;.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. B.-It Is two
months today since Alma Kellner. the
8-year-old girl disappeared from her home
here, and, although a score of clews have
been run down, the mystery remains un
solved. Frank Fehr, the millionaire brewer
and personal representative of the Kellner
family, said today that he was without a
vestige of information that appeared trust
worthy, the last hope apparently disap
pearing when the advertisement Inserted
In Cincinnati papers failed of results.
quire eight and a half years to complete a
course of study that a child without defects
would complete In eight years.
"A child with defective breathing re
quires six-tenths of a year longer to com
plete eight, grades of elementary school
work. About one school child in every seven
has defective breathing.
"The pupils suffering from enlarged
tonsils requires seven-tenths of a year
longer to compline the course than does
the normal child; and about one-quarter
of the school children have enlarged ton
ails. "Children with adenoids spend nine and
one-tenth years in the eight elemeatary
grades; those with enlarged glands, n m and
two-tenths years. About one child In eight
haa adenoids end nearly ono-haif of the
pupils suffer from enlarged glands."
SENSATIONS IN
THE SW0PE CASE
Testimony of Nurse Who Was with
Millionaire in Last Illness Stirs
Court Room.
HYDE WOULD HANDLE ESTATE
Says Doctor Asked Her to Speak to
Colonel About It.
SCENES IN DEATH CHAMBER
Patient Violently 111 After Taking
Capsule Prescribed by Hyde.
CHEMISTS ON THE STAND
Dr. llocktorn Tells of Finding; Polaoa
In Vlnceru Says It la ot Result
of Accumulation front
Small Doses.
KANSAS CITT, Feb. 8-Sensatlon fol
lowed sensation at the Inquest at Inde
pendence Into the death of Colonel Thomas
II. Swope.
A few days before Colonel Swope died
Dr. B. C. Hyde asked the millionaire's
nurse to try and persuade the patient to
name him (Hyde) as one of his executors,
according to the testimony given by Miss
rearl Keller.
Then she told of the happenings on the
morning that Colonel Swope died; ot the
giving of a capsule that apparently was a
digestive tablet, the following of convul
sion within twenty minutes, t . symptoms
of the attack, the diagnosis by Dr. Hydo
as apoplexy, the treatment and finally
death.
Told In a quiet, unassuming manner, Miss
Keller's testimony produced a sensation In
the crowded court room.
Dr. Hyde, his lips tightly set, watched
the nurse closely as she told her story,
while Mrs. Logan O. Swope, his mother-in-law,
heavily veiled, listened attentively
frcm another part of the room,
Hyde's Mysterious Actions.
Within five minutes after Miss ' Keller
went on the stand this morning there be
gan a recital of Incidents that caused the
crowded court room to become silent. For
Mirs Keller, after the few preliminary
questions had been asked, began to pull
aside tho curtains that have o long
shielded the mystery of the Swope home.
First of all Mlxs Keller told of an Inter
view ane had with Dr. B. C. Hyde on the
night that Miss Hunton, Colonel Swope's
administrator, died.
"I was passing In and out of Colonel
Hunton's room Just about twenty minutes
after Colonel Hunton died," Miss Keller
said, "when Hyde met me In the hall and
said that he wanted a private Interview
with me. I said that I would see him
later, and so Dr. Hyde went to the car
line and came back In about an hour and
a half: When he. got. back' to. the house
he went Into the parlor and dismissed a
nurse who had come to nurse Colonel Hun
ton. The nurse left and then just Dr.
Hyde and Mrs. Hyde, the undertaker and
myself were awake In the hpuse, and soon
the sitting room was empty. I went In
there and Dr. Hyde came In and sat, too."
Wanted Job of Administrator,
Miss Keller stopped for a moment and
her hands pulled at a handkerchief they
held. The book nurse's chart lay in her
lap, unnoticed.
"And then?" Attorney Trogdon suggested.
"Well, then Dr. Hyde spoke about how
good a man Colonel Hunton had been and
said how awful It was that he died. Then
he said that he had something to ask mo.
'I am not a business man,' he told me, 'but
then' I can care for things pretty well.
Colonel Hunton Is gone now and in a few
days he'll make a new will and put a
new man In the place of Colonel Hunton
as administrator. Now, you have Influence
with the old man and I want you to sug
gest me as his administrator.' ' Tou see,'
I he said, 'Colonel Swope Intends to put
another man In ths place of Colonel Hun
ton and he Is not a good man for the
place and I want you to suggest me.' "
"And your answer was?" Trogdon asked.
"I told Dr. Hyde that I could not do that,
that I would be overstepping my bonds.
Then Dr. Hyda tried to persuade me that
1 would be all right for me to talk to
Colonel Swope about the matter and that
I could no It very nicely. But I would not
j consent to this. The next day. Dr. and
Mrs. Hyde went into the city and did not
get back until 9:30. When he met me In tha
hall he asked mo If I had spoken to Mr.
Swope about that matter. I told him that
I had not and there wasn't anything more
said about It."
Sitting close behind his attorneys today
Dr. Hyde listened to the testimony. At
first his eyes were half closed and his head
bowed. Later he raised his head and
watched the nurse closely. The court room
waa quiet, more quiet than at any other
time during the Inquest.
In the crowded benches, not a person
moved. The heads of the attorneys were
turned so that they might not miss a bit
of testimony.
Hyde Gives DlarestlT Tablet.
Then Miss Keller told of the scenes at
the Swope home on the morning that
Colonel Swope died.
"I was seated at the breakfast table
when Dr. Hyde came In." Miss Keller
said. "Ha asked me If Colonel Swope had
eaten and I told him that he -had.
" 'Then come with me,' Dr, Hyde said,
and I left the table. The doctor told me
then he had brought out some digestive
tablets and that ha wanted Colonel Swope
to have one.
" 'I want him to have It right now,' he
told me. I got a fresh glass of water and
took It upxtalrs with me. When we got
there Dr. Hyde stood near the foot of
the bed and took a capsule out of a small
pink box he hild in his hand. He was
standing at ths foot of the bad, as I have
said, but he was near Colonel Swope's
bead, because Colonel Swope always laid
In bed upside down"
Miss Keller waved her hand In a queer
little way that made every one In fthe
court room laugh every one except Dr. B.
C. Hyde. Not a change came over his
face.
"I believe It was a three-grain capsule,"
the nurse continued, "and I don't remem
ber whether It was gray or white, but I
do remember that It was not brownish in
color.
Mr ope Refused Medicine.
" 'Now. give this to him," Dr. Hyde told
me, and so I tried to persuade Colonel
Swope to take the medicine. But he would
not do It. I nodded my head to Dr. Hyde,
as If to tell 111 in that ("olor.fi Swope would
take the medicine after a while, aud ao J