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VOL XL-NO. 37.
OMAIIA, MONDAY MOR-NINO, AUGUST 1, 1910 TEN PAGES.
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The
Omaha
UNCLE SAM BUI'S SUian Hunt in
SOME TOWN LOTS Sioux Falls;
l WS . . Nco.ro Kill
Secure One Hundred and Seventy-
' Two Sites for His New Public
Buildings.
FEW . LOCALITIES ARE LIBERAL
But Three Cities Donate Land to the
Government.
CAPTAIN ELIiTSOii A PUBLISHER
Issues a Booklet Givin? Data on the
Waterways.
BANKS AND THE POSTAL SAVINGS
tertirr Wilson's Men Will Keep on
I aspect lac the Urd . Sobatltotea
that Are Pat on the
MnrUet.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July St. (Special.) The
last congress pa's-d an omnibus public
building bill. In hich authorizations ware
made for the purchase of 172 sites for new
public buildings, one or more located In
each state and territory In the union and
several outride of continental United States,
namaly Ponce, Honolulu and Manila. These
m'.iam nat ITnnla Ram from tC.OOO UP
to the $100,000 mark and then some.
There are throe exceptions to thla state
ment, however, as three towns In the
United Bibtes hare agreed to present Un
cle Sam with a site If ha will erect a
building. Unola Sam calls the bluff and
will accept altes from the towns of La
Junta, Colo.; Mtnden. La., and Bonne
Terre., Mo., and will erect thereon buildings
-commensurate with the needs of these
J places,
' Immediately after June 25, the date Pres
ident Taft signed the bill. Supervising Ar
chitect J. Knox Taylor sent out advertise
ments to the various newspapers In local
ities where sites for new buildings had been
authorised, Inviting property holders to
make bids. The usual thirty days under
which such advertisements are required by
law to run expired In the first Instance in
Atlantlo coatit statea July 22. These bids
have been opened, recorded and scheduled.
The further opening of bids of this char
acter will continue until August 6, when
all towns and cities will have, been heard
from. s ' ; ; ':
Here n. Task. '
Tho mere opening and scheduling of thesa
bid Is a great task, requiring the entire
time of six committees, each composd of
three expert clorks of the supervising ar
chitect's office. These committees work
some nine hours dally, and In aoma in
stances where there are 'many property
owners .in a given city willing to part
'"with their realty holdings to the'TtdVern
ment, working overtime U necessary to
keep up. ' ' ' '.
In addition 'to the new altes, congress
has authorised appropriations for the en
largement or some eigmy-nve iracrm
buildings throughout the country, such en
largement in practically every case calling
for the purchase of additional ground.
This great realty deal which the last con-
'gress authorised will coot Uncle Sam very
close to 825,000,000 and will be very equitably
distributed between his children In forty
tlx states and territories and also our
brethren beyond the seas will come In for
a slloe of this largess.
Elltaon fata Oat a Boole.
, "Waterway Wisdom" la the title of a
most comprehensive brochure which has
Just been compiled by Captain J. F. Ellison
of Cincinnati. O., secretary of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress, and Is now
being calculated by that great organlza
tlon. . It embraces pertinent paragraphs
from the addresses of the presidents from
the time of the Immortal George to William
Howard Taft, from governors of states,
foreign diplomats, railroad officials and
. tt;en prominent In the commercial and in-
K Bustrlal life of the nation on the subject of
Vaterwaya and the needs for their d
VeloDtnent and Improvement. In addition
H contains excerpts from newspaper edl
torlala on this very vital subject and a
mine of Information as to the comnvrce
Dn the great lakes, mileage and trafflo upon
the Inland waterways of European coun
tries. It has an exhaustive table showing
the mileage of the navigable streams of tho
United Btates and details of the appro
priations for all waterways.
It also gives a list of all the waterway
associations In the United States affiliated
Willi the National Rivers and Harbors con
gress, with their officers. In short. It Is
the best compendium on waterways that
hits been lssuud, and shows a vast amount
of careful research. To the editor, the
lecturer, the student Interested in making
our river work, to tho business man who
sees reduced freights In the development
of our rivers and canals, and to the Amer
loan people concerned In this great eco
nomic question the book will provo Inval
uable and Is a most timely contribution to
the subject of waterway Improvement now
.that oongiess has decided to make yearly
appropriations for the rivers, harbors' and
canals of the country.
Aa to Postal ftavlnwa Banks.
, . The preliminaries of the Inauguration of
tho postal savings bank system do not In
dtcute any large amount of enthusiasm
ovr the Idea. Tbee preliminaries consist
for the most part of applications of banks
to be designated as depositories, and of
postmasters to have their offices appointed
to receive savings. More banks have asked
for recognition than postoffices. In some
states having a large number of postof
fices surprisingly little attention Is given
the new enterprise, and but few postoffices
have essayed to venture to promote the
system. Two rea.on are given for this.
One is that the average postmaster does
not ttnow or dors not care about the law.
Not for publication, but aa an evidence of
shrewd discernment, these at thla end of
the business having to do with these appli
cations, intimate that Ignorance la mainly
responsible for the dearth of applications
from the postmasters. Few of them, it Is
assumed, have mastered the details of the
law, and many who have studied it have
decided that aa the government has neg
hx'lod to ssy that they are to have help
and additional pay for the service, thav Aa
hoc t'arw ipviiiw un me worn ana tot
refponslbillty.
Iotmasivr General Hitchcock, before he
left for Europe, did not appear to have
any definite Ideas about the organisation.
And It la not believed that It can get under
way, even with the first step, until the
middle of autunm.
The statistics to date touching the In-
(Continued on Second Page.)
cd
Colored"- vn Wounds Two Officers
When Citizens Turn Out in
Search for Him.
SIOtTX FALLS. S. D., July SI. (Special
Telegram.) Tho shooting and wounding of
a policeman by a negro, the Wounding ol
a special officer and finally tho killing ot
the negro by a well-directed shot from the
revolver of another policeman were events
which kept the central part of the city In
a state of excitement until an early hour
this morning.
About 1,000 men assisted In the search
for the negro after the commencement of
the trouble, many of them demanding that
he be lynched If caught. Pleading on the
part of local officers and the cooler tieads
among the- mob prevented an attack being
made on the homes of Inoffensive negroes.
The trouble originated when a young
white man In a joking way walked closely
upon the heels of William Brown, a negro,
In a local saloon. Brown resented It, evi
dently believing the young man was ridicu
ling him, and called the young man and his
companions a number of ugly names. Then
the negro Joined others upon the street.
and fearing they were to be attacked, the
wn.ia men summoned Police Officer James
Collins, had Brown pointed out to him on
Phillips avenue and attempted to arrest
him. The colored man broke from the
officer'a grasp and, whipping out his re
volver, he fired, the ball entering Officer
Collins' left side below the heart. It Is
believed the officer will recover, -Brown
then fled toward the residence dis
trict and during his flight ran past several
young women, at all of whom he fired
after he had passed them.
The second shooting occurred some time
later near the Queen Bee mill, where Mar
tin ElllngBon, a special officer and former
chief of police at Deadwood, with a com
panion, met Brown, who started to run
Elllngson fired several shots, but none took
effect The negro stopped In hla flight long
enough to fire on shot, which struck Elllng
son about alx Inches above one of his knees.
At an early hour this morning, while the
police and 1,000 voluntary searchers were
looking in every nook and corner of the
city for Brown, Officer Herman Welna,
who was In hiding near the house where
Brown boarded, heard a step at his left
and, looking around, saw a figure In the
darkness. Wclns Immediately turned bis
flashlight on the man and looked straight
Into the muzzle of a revolver held by the
negro,, whom he recognized as Brown, the
fugitive..
, The revolver waa snapped, but. fortu
nately for the officer, it missed fire. Just
as the revolver snapped Weina brought his
own gun Into play and took a quiok shot
at his assailant. The bullet entered the
negro's forehead . Just over the left eye,
killing him Instantly,
Brown came to Sioux Falls about two
months ago and part of the time had been
working at the packing, plant. He claimed
to have served In the United States army.
- 1 Hi,
ENGLISH SUFFRAGETTES ARE
DRIVING BIG ONES TO COVER
Give Notice tfcext ' Militant Taettes
Will Be -Resumed and Aaqnlth
Set-ares Bodygavard.
LONDON, July 81. (Special Cablegram.)
More trouble la In store for the British gov
eminent. Suffragettes ' gave notice today
that they would resume militant tactics
Immediately after Parliament reassembles
next November.
Prime Minister Asqulth and .the particu
lar ministers whs have been the target of
the suffragettes' campaign. In order to pro
tect themselves from the oonstant demand
of the Individual suffragettes seeking inter.
views and . aid of the ministers for the
cause, are now guarded by a phalanx of
detectives.
The seriousness of the situation la ex
plained by the fact, learned today, that
Prime Minister Asqulth, Lloyd-George and
Winston Churchill have each had their
personal bodyguard Increased from one to
two, who are constantly In attendance
whenever they leave their homes.
RHODES SCHOLAR IS HOME
George S3. Worrell of Mitchell, S. D,
Finishes Three Years'' Coarse at
University of Oxford.
MITCHEIJU. S. D., July SL (Special.)-
George K. Norvall returned from his ab
senca abroad for the past three years.
which he has spent In taking an academic
course In Oxford university, England, and
from which he graduated In ' June. Mr.
Norvell was awarded the honor ot
Rhodes scholarship thre years ago and se
cured It from an exceptionally large and
strong class Ot young men. He Is the son
of Rev. J. E. Norvell, a minister of the
Methodist church. Toung Norvell grad
uated from the Pakota Wcsleyan unlver-
fity the same year he went to Oxford,
and brought mlch credit to his school
through his . Intellectual attainments by
winning the oratorical contest the same
year ha graduated. He will spend a year
on a claim in Colorado to regain his health
impaired by the English climate and hard
study, and will then enter Harvard unl
verslty to complete his work In law, which
win be his profession In the future years.
Carnival at Kldontdo.
ELDORADO, Neb., July SI. (Special)
Eldorado will hold Its third annual carn
ival August 11, 12 and 13. Arrangements
are being made for some good ball games
and racea. Charles Osborn, F. E. Turner
and John Crane are managora.
Dr. Eugenia Hancock Tells
of Doings of Exclusive Set
NEW YORK, July 31. (Special Telegram.)
The Colony club, the wealthiest and most
exclusive women's club In America, la In
the throes of internal strife for the sec
ond time In a year over revelations of
drinking and cigarette smoking by Its mem
bers. Dr. Eugenia Hancock, for six years phy
sician at the Hotel Martha Washington
and now the regular attendant upon the
bulk of the members of the Colony club,
has laid herself open to ostracism from
fashionable patronage. Dr. Hanoock. In an
Interview, said that women of New York
were drinking and smoking themselves Into
Insane asylums and living such unhealthy
lives that their children were destined to
be degenerates before they were born. The
woman physician, warming to her subject,
said:
-All ef the fashionable womea that I
BANKE11S TO TRY
TO ST0PTHEFTS
Important Subjects to Come Up for
Discussion at the Los Angeles
Meeting.
JtANY LOSSES NEVER REPORTED
hirty-Five Million Dollars Stolen
in Last Fire Tears.
TAKEN BY TRUSTED EMPLOYES
Elaborate System ol Safeguarding
Funds to Be Inaugurated.
CLERKS' WAGES MAY BE RAISED
Contention that Underpaid Maa
Steals, Gets In Debt and
Steals More In Order to
Recoan Losses.
A WW BIO) Bin THEFTS,
Bdwln Wider, cashier, Basso-Chinese,
Charged with theft of 8O0.00O.
Officials of Denver Barings bank,
700,000.
T. Ziee Clarke, Enterprise bank of
Pittsburg, 81,300,000.
Henry BJeber, partus; teller) ' John
Toung, . cashier, Farmers Betlonal bask,
Pittsburg, tl.10S.0GO.
Angus Bopke, Pldslity Trnst company,
Honlsvilla, 91,140,000.
Oliver IS, Douglas, bookkeeper, Trnst
company of Amer!, 91,800,000.
O. B. Bison, bookkeeper, Union Trust
company, Pittsburg, tl 36,000.
3. Howard tVowrey, cashier, TJtloa
(IT. T.) national bank, (11 0,000.
The grand total of money stolen front
banks and trust companies by officials
and trusted employe la the last five
year la over 935,383,000.
NEW YORK. July 81. (Special Telegram.)
When the Bankers' Association of America
oonvenes in Los Angeles, Cal., shortly,
steps will be taken to establish safeguards
about banks which will prevent financial
Institutions from being looted in the future
by unscrupulous officials and employes.
Alleged thefts from New York banks and
big financial Institution In Louisville,
Ky., recently have compelled the attention
of the American Bankers' association and
when the annual convention is held a
movement will be Inaugurated with a view
to protecting the funds of the depositors
more carefully In the future than they
have been protected In the past.
An elaborate national system ot safe
guarding banks from thieving employee will
be Inaugurated. The tact that mora than
$38,000,000 has been embezzled from banks
and trust companies In the last five years
brings, the question of embezzlement loom
ing up aa one of the most Important things
to be considered In niosUro banking Many
bank thefts never comefo" light.' ,' Many
bankrTfrom which moderately large sums
are stolen, take their losses without report
ing them to the authorities, or prosecuting
thooifendlng employes. .This is done to
avoid publicity. .
Bankers Avonaed.
That the 'bankers are alarmed Is evident
from the preparations which are being
made for the handling of this subject
In a majority of cases the money stolen
from banks has been lost In stock and grain
gambling. In New York City embezzling
employes are lured by fortunes to be made
In 'Wall street. In the south, offending
bank clerks have played the cotton market
and In the west and middle west much
money has been dropped In the wheat pit
and In bucket shops.
Temptations to crime are often held out
In alluring get-rlch-qulck circulars oi
brokers and othera. The underpaid olerk
steals to make money; ha gets In debt and
steals more In the attempt to recoup his
loss. The next thing be knows he "Is so
Involved that the end soon comes.
The bankers will put a ban on all litera
ture like the "get-rlch-qulck" circular.
They will also ask that stricter rules be
laid down by brokers In the dealing with
customers. Bankers claim that If brokers
would Investigate conditions of clients they
would find, many times, that they were
receiving stolen money for stocks , and
bonds.
Whether the question of raising the wages
ot bank employes will be considered has
not been made known. Some bankers 'are
In accord with tb,e proposition to Increase
the salarlea of clerks, bookkeepers and
underling as a means ot removing some , of
the temptations of poverty. However,
something will be done, and something very
drastic, too.
PICTURE RIGHTS IN COURT
Men with Chieaaro Rl&vhts Fig' 'lnjg
for Permission to Dlspf
Flarht FUiua.
CHICAGO, July SI. A mandamus Butt de
manding thai Mayor Fred Busse and Chief
of Police Stewart be compelled to Issue a
permit for the exhibition of the Johnson-
Jeffries fight pictures waa filed here yester
day In the superior court. The suit was filed
by Aaron J. Jones and George C Spoor,
who assert they paid (60.000 for the lights
to the pictures until March, 1911.
The police today confiscated 4,000 feet of
films of the Ketohel-Johnson pictures
which were being exhibited at an amuse
ment park.
know have the cigarette habit; college girls
are taking up olgarettea and business wo
men are coming to smoke. Of course there
Is a well-known faot that there have been
many Inveterate smokers among society
women for years. At the Colony club cig
arettes .are regularly passed around after
meals.
"The foolish society woman thinks she la
a good sport when she becomes half intoxi
cated and smokes cigarettes, so she learns
to drink whisky and beer and eocktalla. Her
nervous condition becomes ahattered and
ahe resorts to drugs. Poor, silly creatures!"
The board of governors, who were riled
once before on account of exposures re
garding the club, will consider Dr. Han
cock's cane at their next meeting. From
her friendship with many members of (he
club, she haa come to be looked upon aa the
Oolony club doctor, .
At Last
tern
mXf-'.i. -sac
From the Philadelphia . Record..
TAFT APPROVES LEE ORDER
President Holds No Law to Remove
Figure in National Capital.
DESIGNATED'
BY
VIRGINIA
Forty-Five Years Since Close of Civil
War and "oath's Greatest Gen
eral Riradd ava Hero of
" Soot kern Cause.
RjeVTCRLY. : MhTa ? Julv M.i-Presldent
Taft ' has approved without comment 'nn
opinion by -Attorney General Wlckersham
to the effect that there Is no provision of
law by which the statue of General Robelt
E. Lee, In 'confederate uniform, can be re
moved from siatuary hall lnthe capltol at
Washington. i. .. ..
In addition to decldlna- the auestlon on
a purely legal basis, Mr. Wlckersham ar
gues the matter from an ethical point of
view, declaring that Lee has come to be
regarded aa typifying all that was best In
the cause to which he gave- hla services
and the most loyal and unmurmuring ac
ceptance of the complete overthrow of that
cause. That the state of Virginia should
designate him for that place .in atatuary
hall ax nn Illustrious for distinguished
military service, the attorney general de-
Clares, Is only natural and warranted un
der the reading of the law.
Mr.- Wlckersham's opinion was called I
forth fcv nrotests to the president from the
Department of New York, Grand Army of
teh Republic. In hla opinion, adoxeasea 10
and approved by the president,. Attorney
General Wlckersham Bays: ' .
I have read the resolutions adopted by
the Department of New York, Grand Army
of the Republlo, at Syracuse on June S3,
and the communications of honor James
Tanner with respect to them. The act of
July t, 1864. referred to, provides ior me
creation of suitable strucures and railings
In the old hall of the house of representa
tives for the reception and the protection
of statuary, and the statute authorizes the
president to Invite each and all the states
6 provide and furnish statues In marine or
bronse. not axceedlng two In number for
each atate,' of deceased persons who have
bean citizens thereof, and Illustrious for
their historic renown or from, distinguished
civic or military services, Buch aa each
state ahall deem to be worthy of. this na
tional commonoratlon.
"It Is now forty-five years since the civil
war closed. Robert E. Lee haa come to
be generally regarded as typifying not only
what waa best in the cause to whioh, at
the request ot his native state, he gave hla
services, but also the most loyal and un
murmuring acceptance of the complete
overthrow of that cause. That the atate of
lrglnla should designate him as one Illus
trious for distinguished military aervlcee Is
i,.r.fn natural! that ha statue should be
clothed In the confederate uniform, thus
eloquently testifying to the faot that a
magnanimous country haa completely for
given an unsuccessful effort to destroy the
union, and that that statue should be ac
cepted In the national atatuary hall aa tne
(Continued on Second Page.)
A few things were
lost last week.
They are advertised In the want
column today. .
A few were found.
Read these little treasures.
Every one of them.
They will be lntereatlng and
profitable.
They make aplcy reading.
Oood employers are advertising
for genranU.
Good errants are advertising for
places.
There are bargains of every de
scription ranging from second
hand lawn mowers to homes.
Many - other avertiaemnta ap
pear which are worth reading.
EVERYBODY READS
BEE WANT AD&'
II I ill U; i:; ,f -I'll t t - - " -ft. e. rU . . ir IB T2 am
He Has a Policy that Pleases
Experts Fighting
New Epidemic
at Mason City
State, Federal and Local Health Of
ficials Agree that Authority
to Quarantine is Inadequate. '
MASON CITY, la., July SI. (Special.) If
Dr. Wade H. Frost, the government expert
who Is here examining Into, the causes pro
ducing '.Infantile , paralysis, or the Beat
Board 'of Health, represented here by throe
of Its members, or even the local organisa
tion of physicians, had their way, the laws
of Iowa relative to quarantine measures
would be changed instanter. '
A meeting of the medical men of the city
with all the visiting members here to .exam
ine Into the causes leading up to the epi
demic was held last evening. A few things
were generally agreed upon. One was that
the disease is a germ disease and that it
is at least infectious. It la pretty safe
to say that a majority here go a little
further than that and believe that it Is
contagious not so pronounced 'aa small
pox or measlea, but nevertheless carried In
the air and contracted In this way. An
other thing, until more Is known of the
disease, places where the trouble Is known
to exist should be quarantined. But here
the doctors and the Board ot Health find
that they are up against It, for such a
measure cannot be enforced at the present
time and under the present law. In this
case the doctors will ask that the commer
cial club of the city assist them and so far
aa quarantine measures can be applied
they will be applied by general consent ot
the people and the expenses will be met
Then their would not have public funerals,
and this van be very easily arranged for.
Dr. Wade H. Frost has visited the marked
cases in Mason City and was at the Pine
home a few hours before the death of Pill
Pine, aged 23 years. He has nothing to
offer In the way of treatment and Is only
securing information as to cause and pos
sible prevention. It seems at times as If all
dust theories of distributing the disease
were ot no consequence, for when It first
broke out here there was plenty of moisture
ana no dust whatever. Another thing, the
cases are Just aa numeroua In sprinkled
portlona of the city aa anywhere else.
Two of the young men who have died
were employed In the oement plant, which
has created the report that possibly cement
oust might be the cause. Another thing
haa been noted and that la that adults seem
to nave it more severe than children and
that mora paralysis is present.
Ben Homllton C'lob Meets.
HURON, 8. D July Sa-(epeclal.l-
Seventy-flve or more of. the printers and
publishers of South Dakota, representing
the state Ben Franklin ctvb, closed a prof
liable two-days' session her laat nlcht. Tha
offtoers for. the ensuing year were elected
as follows: W. R. Ronald, Mitchell, pres
ident; John Hippie, Pierre, vice president;
Frank Nash, Caneon. secretary: W. A.
Sturgla, Canton, treasurer; Paul Dutcher
and J. A. McAfee, Howard, directors.
Colonel Roosevelt Fixes
Trophy Rooms atOysterBay
OYSTER BAY, July $L (Special Tele
gram.) Colonel Rooaevalt Is passing much
of hla spare time about the famoua north
room of his residence on Sagamore Hill and
planning some means ot disposing of Its
present and future wealth of embellishment
of hunting trophies.
In this room the colonel will gather to
gether all of the stuffed animals, skin and
mementoes of his African trip that be de
cides to save for his personal use.1 Almost
his entire collection goes to the Smithson
ian institution. -
Tha north room Is the former president's
favorite. It la about sixty feet squaje.
On every aide In the room are evidences of
the colonel's luck In the bunting field dur
ing the last twenty-four years. One Im
mense pair of antlers upon the wall are
from a moose killed In .Canada by tha
colonel twenty-two years ago. Seven other
pair ot antler are displayed In the room.
SOUTH DAKOTA ASSESSMENTS
Corporation Property is Valued at
Over Thirty-two Millions.
GREAT NORTHERN. IS GREATEST
It la Assessed at Little- More than
Two Million -Burlington Sec
ond 'with Million Seven
Hundred Thonsand.
- PIERRE, B.' U.,' July Si. (Special.) The
Mate assessment board has completed Its
work of assessments, and show a total
assessable value of corporate property In
th,e state of 132,877.060. Of this the railroads
get tS0.561.7C - the balance being divided
among telephone .telegraph, expreas and
sleeping car companies. These figures show
an Increase of 1391,991 over the same cla
Of property for last year. A summary of
valuations of the different classes of prop
erty, shows: ,
Railroads $30,661,747
Telephones 1,053,786
Telegraph , 325,218
Express 679.SA8
Sleeping cars ., 60,000
The Increases' placed upon the different
closses of property were: Railroads, $61,617;
express companies, $158,694; telephoned,
$86,650, and sleeping cars, $18,000.
Aa the express companies are fighting
their last year aseeesment at a lower rate
than for this year, they will probably con
tinue the fight on the assessment of this
year, as most of them get increase. The
Increase in this class of property, being
American, $21,807; Adams, $56,170; United
States, $6,848; Wells Fargo, $89,869.
The railroad valuations taking the main
companies operating In the state by sys
tems, show th Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul valued at $13,297,740, ot which $1,061,693
Is charged to the Puget Bound branch. The
Northwestern system Is fixed at $10,299,812,
which is divided among Its various
branohes. The Minneapolis & St Paul
goes at $1,713,901, divided on Its main line
and Its branch te the river. Other roads
are:
Great Northern $1,076.0:6
Illinois Central 147.681
Rock Island 640.917
Boo Line 137.4
South Dakota Central 4ttM9u
Burlington 1,720,8);
Wyoming Mo. River & Navigation 23.000
Mo. River & N. W. (Mystic Line).. 88,730
. The changes this year on the above
classes of property were slight, that on
telephonea being principally new property.
That of railroads on changes of valuation
and that 'of express companies being the
estimates on the same basis as for last
year, which show an increase of business
on the part of the companies. Both rail
way and express valuations are concerned
in suite pending In courts, and the board
did not care to attempt any changes until
the litigation Is settled.
Good Rain la West.
SIDNEY, Neb.. July 3l.-(Special Tele-
gram.) Rain has fallen steadily In Chey
enne county for forty-eight hours. This
assures the largest crop of corn, flax and
potatoes that has ever been raised In west
ern Nebraska.
Upon the floor are russ made nf ahina
bears, mountain lions, bison and panther
shot by the colonel.
One of the most valued artlclea in th
room la the skin of a huge grizzly bear
with several evldencea of a lively fight
sixteen years ago. seven bullets were neoes
sary to bring down the animal.
In corners are stuffed snakes, Indiai
relics, guns, swords and revolvers. The
only mementoes of bis African trin t
colonel has In the room at present are one
pair of elephant tusks and one big tusk of
a rhlnocerous. Within a few days, how
ever, he expects to reoelve a number of
stuffed animals and other reminders of his
last trip which are associated with mm
dents which make them personally valued.
Upon their arrival the north room will be,
to the naturalist hunter and tha hirHur
one of the moat Interesting spots In the
oouniry.
C1U1TEN SEIZED
. UPON MONTUOSE
Supposed Murderer and Girl Compan
ion Identified by Inspector Dow
After He Boards Ship.
DENTIST COOL AND COLLECTED
Stenographer Collapses When Pair ir
Confronted bv Officer.
CRIPPEN GLAD SUSPENSE IS OVER
Fugitive Practically Confesses Guilty,
of Crime.
BELLE ELMORE TO BE AVENGED )
Alleged Destroyer of Wife In Prlsoa
After Capture Full of Dramatic -Feat
ores Scotlnnd Yard
luillcated Xotv. T
FATHER POINT. Que.. July 1.-Dr
Hawlcy R. Crtppon and his stenographer,
Ethel Clsrk Lencve were arrested aboard
the steamship Montrose this morning. In
spector Icw of Scotland Yard Identified
both. C'rlppen was co.'l, the girl collapsed
Tha Identification of the long-sought fugi
tives on board the fog-shrouded steamer by
the English detective who had raced across
the Atlantic ahead of the Montrose, marked
the culmination of one of the most sensa
tlonal flights In recent criminal annuls.'
Accompanied by two Canadian officers, h
boarded the vessel at 8:30 o'clock this morn
ing, and fifteen minutes later both maa
and girl were locked In their staterooms,
Crlppen broken In spirit, but mentally re
lieved by the relaxed tension; the girl,
garbed In boy'e clothes, sohbing hyster
ically. They were no longer the '"Rev. John
Robinson and son," as bonked at Antwerp,
July 20. After a brief delay the Montrose
continued Its 160-mlle journey up the river
towards Quebec, where jail awaits the pair.
Crlpen is charged with the murder of an
unknown woman, believed to have been his
actress wife. The girl Is held as an acces
sory. In charge of Inspector Dew, they will
be taken back to England for trial on the
Royal line steamship Royal Oeorge, leaving
Quebea on Thusdity next
Seldom has ther been a scene surrounding
the pursuit of a criminal so pregnant with
dramatic features as that enacted off thti
little settlement this morning. Inspectot
Dew had spent a sleepnoss night at tht
Marconi operator's : side, communlcatlni
through the fog with the liner that bors
the man and the woman he sought. Tht
man had lied to him in London bv fleelnj
the city with the mystery of BpIIs Elmore't
disappearance unsolved, and a strong per-'
sonal feeling entered Into the case, ac
centuating the detective's destre to carry
out tha taf-k assigned to him by Scotland '
Yard v-4 ' ""' ' "
At :3 4U n. thj a ppror.chlng shlpa whlstU
was heard above the bellowing : of . th
Father Point fog horn. Like a giant alarm
clock it e.wakened the nervous villagers
and the expectant newspaper men who
dressed hurriedly and waited In a drizzling
rain for the liner's arrival. -
Shortly after 7:30 o'filooKThe Montrose.
pushed its nose through the fog and at
8:15 the pilot boat Eureka set out from'.
shore. It carried a host of newspaper men
and photographers and the more fortunate
towns people who were able to crowd
aboard. But Inspector Dew was not amon(
them. As a precaution, ha l:ad embarked
on the Eureka'a smell tender, accompanied
by Chief McCarthy of iht- Quobee police
and ex-Chief Denis of the same city.
All wore the garb of pilots and over hl
florid face. Inspector Dew had pulled a
pilot's vizored cap to hide hla features
from the man he sought He did not wiah
Crlppen to recognlr.e him befcre he could
approach and take advantnge of the only
avenue of ' escape suicide. Four sailors
quickly rowed the tender alongside th
Montrose and Dew and his companions'
stepped aboard. 'j
Crlppen was standing near the rail taikln.
with Dr. Stuart, the ship's surgeon, and
apparently calm. Rut that he waa nervous
was Indicated by his glance and his re
mark to Dr. Stuart. "There are three pllott
coming aboard," he said,' nervously. "H
that not unuaualt"
The Burgeon did not reply but kept Ml
eyes on the strangers who walked rapidly
toward them.
'Crlppen, I want yo4i," said Inspectot
Dew, quietly aa ha approached. The den
tist recoiled Involuntarily aa he recognised
the man who addressed him, then the
blood left his face, his breath came short
and fast and he gurglod Incoherently as he
was being led away to the captain's cabin.
whence he waa transferred later to his own
stateroom, he said gratefully, "Thank Oodl
the auspenae la over and I am glad."
Crlppen'B arrest ; accomplished, Dew
hurried to Miss Leneve's state room, where
he found her still dressed as "John Robin
son, Jr.," on the verge of nervous break
down. Her appearance when confronted
by the detective ' and told that ahe was
under arrest was pitiable. All control that
she had fought ao hard to retain through
out the voyage left her. She cried out
hysterically and became so faint that re
storatives were administered. Shut in her
room and restored to women's dress, she
was closely guarded aa the vessel con
tinued Its journey, tor fear that she would
take her life or collapse utterly.
LONDON, July 81. London, eagerly wait
ing got the first news ot the Identification
and arrest of Rr. Hawley H. Crlppen and
his companion, Ethel Leneve, through the
Associated Press -dispatches, which were
received here far an Mid of scores of other
message announcing the event.
Special editions ot the Sunday papers with
the Associated Press despatch were Issued
by the thousands and were etagerly bought
up. It Is a long time since the newBboys
had such a harvest
LESSUER SENT TO PRISON
Artist, Whose Former Wife Lives In
Omaha, Given Sentenre of Two
to Four ' Year.
EVANSVILLE, Ind.. July 81. (Speoiai
Telegram.)Jaraes E. Lessuer, a Kansas
City newspaper artist who last Saturday
was found guilty of bigamy In the Pike
county circuit court at Petersbrug, Ind., wag
yesterday sentenced to the state prison
for a term of from two te four years. He
took hla sentence without apparent con
cern. Tha motion made by Lesauer'a at
torneys for a new trial Was overruled by
Judge John L. Bretz. Lessuer will be taken
to the state prison at Michigan City In a
few days by Sheriff Harris. Lessuer's first
wife Is living In Omaha. It la probable
that Lessuer's attorneys will appeal the
case to the higher courts. The Omaha wife
was not present at the trial laat week.