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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-16
BANKERS ARE IN EXILE.
President and Cashier Of a Chicago
Institution Are Fugitlves from
Justice.

Chicago, Ill.-Theodore Stenslana.
Vice president of the Milwaukee
Chicago, Aug. S.-Theodore stems
land. vice president of the Milwaukee
Avenue state bank, was arrested
Tuesday afternoon on a charge of vio-
lating the banking laws of the state.
Earlier in the day the institution was
placed in the hands of a receiver and
Paul o. Stensland, president of the
bank and father of the vice president,
together with Cashier Herring, were
officially declared fugitives from JUS
tice and their personal descriptions
placed in the hands of the police
throughout the country.
This action was taken by the au-
thorities after developments had
showed that the finances of the failed
institution were in a deplorable con-
dition and had been for number Of
years. Besides the discovery of many
irregularities in the management of
the bank 1t was also found that even
the safety deposit boxes owned and
rented by the bank had been tampered
with and rihed.
The specific charge on which Theo-
dore Stensland was arrested was that
OF having accepted deposits at the
bank when he knew the institution to
be insolvent. The arrest was made in
the Office of Chief of Police Collins,
where Stensland had gone to confer
with Collins.
Later in the day Jacob J. Kern, a
former states attorney, signed bonds
for $4,000 for the release of Theodore
Stensland.
The promises held out Monday that
the elder Stensland would appear in
Chicago Tuesday were not fulfilled
and 1t is the belief of the police, based
upon dispatches from several north
ern cities, that he has fled to Canada.
warrant, Is thought to have reached
the Dominion by another route.
The days developments were pro-
ductive of the first ray of hope for
the depositors who believed their saw
ings of years swept away in the
wreck. David r. Forgan vice presi-
dent of the First national bank, and
such of those to whom the status of
the defunct banks affairs has been
laid bare, declared that probably 20
cents on the dollar would be paid In
the final adjustment.
The affairs of the bank are said to
be In an almost hopeless tangle and
new irregularities are being disclosed
as the examiners go deeper into the
books. President Stensland loaned
money to himself, II Is alleged, by the
subterfuge of having employees sign
the notes. Specific instances came to
light during the day of the looting of
safety deposit boxes. One In particu-
lar to which the attention of the po-
lice was called was that of Mrs. Lydia
Herman, who declared that $3.50 Of
her funds had been taken.
The clearing house committee is
sparing no effort to bring the missing
president to justice. Handwriting ex-
perts, 1t is said, will be put to work at
once upon the case to establish the
evidence of forgery.
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oRAzED FATHaA
Huris Baby Through a Window To ths
strset and Then Follows u.

Cincinnati The collapse Of theii
mental faculties caused two people ia
hurl themselves to death from oper
windows In this city. In little room
on the fourth floor of the tenement
house at 1909 John street a babe lay
asleep in Its cradle. A smile was upon
It's lips. Near the little one sat its
father, Thos. McKenns, 80, head waiter
at the Grand hotel, who two weeks age
felt his reason giving way.
When his mind was clear and his
home was filled with sunshine all his
hopes were centered in the dimpled
mite of humanity. Pursued now by
the phantasies Of disordered mental
ity and tortured by the hallucination
that some one was trying to kill his
child, the father felt the impulse OF
murder. With maniacal fury he pick
ed up the babe and threw 1t from the
window. The infants life was crush
ed out when 1t struck the street. For
a second the insane man gazed upon
the huddled little heap in the middle
of the street, and then with cry, more
like that of an animal than of hui
man, he dove head first from the win
dow into eternity. His body landed
with sickehing force upon one Of the
sharp pickets Of the iron fence in front
of the house, where, mangled beyond
all description, It hung transfixed.
Mrs. Emma HALEY, of Camp Wash
ington, after reading of the McKenna
tragedy, jumped from a third.story
window, and was killed.
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TEN DOCTORS PRESCRIBED
For Girl in Her Brief illness and She
Died Of Too Much Medicine.

Cleveland, O.-Jennie Gross, aged
16, the Oldest Of family of four chill.
dren, living at ia Greenwood Street,
died from too much medicine. One ply.
sician declares that her death was due
to summer collie, caused by drinking
Ice water. Coroner Siegelstein says
he thinks the girl died from too much
medicine containing morphine. He
learned that at least 10 doctors were
called to administer to the girl and her
mother who was suffering Of the same
complaint. None of the doctors caned
was informed by the mother or daugh.
ter that other physicians had attend.
ell them before their respective calls.
at is customary among physicians
70 administer from a sixth to an eighth
ofa grain OF morphine in the medicine
given to patients suffering from sum.
mer collie. Therefore, | think the girl
had more morphine in her system by
this morning than her constitution
could combat the coroner said.
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FOR RECEIVING REBATES


Chicago, Ill.-An indictment charg.
Ing the Standard Oil Co. with
receiving rebates in the form Of non
payment of storage charges to certain
railroad companies, was returned
Wednesday by the federal grand jury
came as a surprise, inasmuch as the
grand jury has just begun the investi-
cation. The Standard Oil Co. is the
only defendant, no officials Of the
company and no railroad companies
or officials being named. The bond of
the defendant was fixed by Judge
Bethea at $25,O00.
This Is the case investigated by the
grand jury in Cleveland, where 1t was
found that the grand jury had no
Jurisdiction. The testimony taken
there was transferred to Chicago and
the documents in evidence we're iden.
titled by witnesses who testified in
Cleveland. 1t was on this testimony
and evidence that the indictment was
returned so quickly. The grand jury
Immediately resumed its session, to
take up the investigation of the
charge that the Standard Oil Co. was
given direct rebates by some railroad.
The indictment contains 10 counts,
each count constituting a separate
charge. The true bills come under
the Elkins law, which provides fine
of from $1,000 to $4,000 for each vio-
lation. Under this indictment should
the government procure conviction
on the trial of the issues, a fine of
S3SO,OOO as maximum under the
Elkins law may be assessed.
The Indictment alleges that by a sys-
tenn of granting the Standard Oil Co.
certain concessions, the oil company
benefited to the extent of sS,5O6 dur.
ing a period of time from August,
1908, to February, 1905.
The indictment, as explained by the
governments attorneys, means that in
10 instances certain consignments of
oil for the Standard Oil Co. were
stored by the Lake Shore &c Michigan
Southern Railroad Co. and that the
railroad company received no pay.
ment OF five cents per ton per day
from the oil company for such storage.
but that its competitors were COM
PEELED to pay this amount. This is
equivalent to granting a concession, 1t
Is charged. the n-payment of the
storage charges being practically
rebate in favor of the oil company.
Each count sets up a discrimination
of from $500 to $500 month In favor
Of the oil company 1t will be neces-
sary for officials of the Standard Oil
Co. to appear in court and present
bond Of $4,000 for the corporation.
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BANK TELLER KILLED HIMSELF.
An Employe Of the stensland Bank In
Chicago Suicides.

Chicago, III. - Frank Kowalski.
for five years paying teller of
the Milwaukee Avenue state bank,
which failed last Monday, shot and
killed himself last night in his home,
$50 North Carpenter street. Criticism
by neighbors and friends, who accus-
ed him of share in the downfall OF
the bank, is believed to have driven
Kowalski to suicide.
Kowalski's relatives assert their be-
lief that he was innocent of any knowl-
edge as to the mismanagement of the
bank by President Stensland When
the bank failed Kowalski had 500 OF
his own money on deposit In the in
stitution and his immediate relatives
had in the bank nearly $4,000.
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JAPANESE POACHtRS ARE KILLED.
Raid on Seal Rookeries at St. Paul
Island, Alaska, Ends DisastrousIy.

Dutch Harbor, Alaska.-Five Japan
ese were shot and killed on
the island of st. Paul, of the Pribyloff
group, by order of the agent of the de-
partment of commerce and labor on
July II, as the result of a raid by four
Japanese schooners on the seal rook-
cries.
The revenue cutter Mccullough has
reached here from St. Paul with 12
prisoners, two seriously wounded,
who were turned over to Deputy
Marshal Harmon.
The raiders were discovered lying
near Northeast Point, st. Paul, by
native lookouts of the North Ameri-
can Commercial Co., which leases the
seal privilege from the government.
Word was telephoned from the patrol
station near the rookery, for which
the raiders were aiming, and Special
Agent Lempke, Of the department of
commerce on duty In the Pribyloff ISL
ands. arrived on the spot as the JAP
anese reached shore. He ordered the
boats crew to surrender. which they
did.
On climbing the promontory at the
end of the cape, overlooking one OF
the larger rookeries. schooner was
seen close in shore. Looking straight
down over the cliff, the patrol saw
dozen or more Japanese skinning q
great number of seal, which had been
slaughtered indiscriminately.
The raiders refused to surrender
when Lempke reached the scene and
tried to make off with their booty In
small boats. several of which were
drawn up on shore. The agent then
ordered his guard of natives to open
fire. The japanese offered no rests
tance, being without firearms.
Three Of the raiders ell dead on the
beach, fourth was seen to be thrown
overheard from one of the boats that
escaped and a fifth body drifted
ashore later In another boat.
Washington, d. C.-Acting Secre-
tary Of State Bacon has sent to Am
bassador Wright at Toxic the sub
stance Of a dispatch received from
Solicitor Sims at Sitka, Alaska. re-
garding the killing of Japanese fish
ermen at st. Paul Island. In sending
the dispatch the acting secretary
states that 1t is forwarded for the
purpose Of giving information such as
this government has of regretable
incident, news of which may reach
Japan in distorted form. There is no
intention of offering an apology.
Seals are regarded as property by
international law and the japanese
killed by American officials on St.
Paul Island stand In the same position
as burglars shot in the act of stealing,
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A Grand Jury IndiCts the
Standard Oil Co.
ALSO A RAILROAD.
The Vacuum Oil Co., of Rochester,
N. Y, Is Also Included in the
Indictments for Rebat;ng.

Jamestown, N. " The federal
grand jury for the Western
district of New York on Friday re-
turned indictments against the Stand.
ard Oil Company Of New York, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and the
Vacuum Oil Co., of Rochester, for vio-
lations of the interstate commerce
law.
There are "a counts in each indict-
ment of the Standard Oil Co. and of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and q
smaller number against the Vacuum
Oil Co.
The specific charges allege that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. granted to
the Standard Oil Co. special conces-
sions in the shipments of freight and
that the Standard Oil Co. did "unlaw-
fully and knowingly accept from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. a conces-
sion in respect to the transportation
of certain of its property in Interstate
commerce whereby and by which de-
vice that property was transported in
such commerce az less rate than
that named in the tariffs so published
and filed by said Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co.," In violation of the statutes
The indictments are so specified
that in case those found against one
company are sustained on trial they
necessarily must be sustained against
the other companies. The various
counts pertain to specific cases in
which these special rates we're grant
ed and accepted and embrace a
period Of time from January /, 1904,
to December 22, 1904.
The indictment against the Vacuum
Oil Co. is on exactly similar grounds
that is charging that special con-
cessions were accepted from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
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WILL EMPLOY COOLIES.
lsthmian Canal Commission Intends
to Hire Chinese Laborers.

Washington, ID. C.-Chinese labor
will be given a thorough test on
the Panama canal. Contracts calling
for $500 Cinnamon for canal work
have been prepared and advertise
ments will be issued ty the isthmian
canal commission in few days ask
Ing for proposals from labor agents.
II the initial $500 Cinnamon prove
a success 1t is likely that many more
will be taken to the isthmus to do the
work.
Organized labor has offered much
opposition to the use of contract Chi
nese labor, but the Jamaican work.
men have proven inadequate, sufi-
Client Spaniards cannot be had i'm
mediately TO rush the work and the
Chinese are the last hope of the com.
mission.
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MYSTERIOUS POTION
Administered BY the Pole Said To
Have Killed One Epileptic.

Cleveland, O.-One man is dead, one
woman has been lowering in a trance
like sleep for nine days and the coro-
ner is investigating a mysterious po-
ton administered for the cure of epi-
leptics by Joseph Marx, who came to
Cleveland Ave weeks ago from Bend.
zin, Poland. Coroner Siegelstein or
dered Marx held as a witness at the
inquest into the death of Refs. Marx
says he knows nothing Of the compo-
sition Of the strong drug. II is Sc
cured from Poland His faith In its
powers Is implicit, because 1t cured
his wife and because he cured with 1t
40 persons in Poland, he says.
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Increased Activity Among WholesaI.
ers and Jobbers Is Noted.

New York.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says:
In some sections the intense heat
facilitated retail trade in summer
goods and improved the attendance at
seaside resorts, bCt The most impor-
tant development in the business
world was the increased activity of
jobbing and wholesale departments in
preparing for autumn and winter re-
quirements. Crop reports are all that
could be desired, harvest and thresh-
Ing returns surprising all but the
most sanguine expectations, the few
unsatisfactory statements being out
balanced by the numerous encourag.
ing results.
Failures this week numbered ia In
the United States. against 222 last
year, and l3 in Canada. compared
with 10 year ago.
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LOG UPSET LAUNCH.
Four Girls and Boy were Drowned
In Red River.

Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 13.-While
taking pleasure trip down the Red
river in gasoline launch party of
eight was suddenly upset by the launch
running into floating log. The three
men with the party managed to reach
the shore, but four girls and boy.
ranging in age from 10 to IS, were
drowned. The victims were three
daughters Of G. J. Brown, the city
clerk; daughter Of John Thompson.
undertaken, and a little boy named
White. The bodies were recovered
soon afterward and efforts made to re-
store life, but without success. Some
surprise is expressed that none Of the
girls was rescued while the three men
reached shore safely.
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THE NATIONS HONOR.
II Is Of More Importance than the
Punishment of Million Grimm
ais, Says Judge Housh.

New York.--That the honor of
the United States Is of more i'm
portance than the punishment of a
million criminals was the statement
made by Judge Hough. in the United
States circuit court here Tuesday In
the habeas corpus proceedings insti-
tuted on behalf of Charles c. Browne.
Browne was formerly employed In the
customs service In this city and was
extradited In Canada and taken to
Sing Sing prison to begin two years
term for conspiracy to defraud the
government.
w. NJ. Olcott, of counsel for Browne,
denounced the action of the federal
authorities in extraditing Browne for
one offense and incarcerating him in
prison for another as trick beneath
the dignity of the government of this
country and In violation of the treaty
with Canada.
In taking the papers In the case,
and reserving decision, Judge Hough
commented on the Rauscher decision
In the United States supreme court in
which the contentious now advanced
in behalf OF Browne were upheld and
1t was In this connection that he spoke
of the honor of the United States be-
ing Of more importance than the con-
viction Of criminals.
Browne was convicted Of conspiring
to defraud the government and SEN
fenced to two years In prison. He
jumped $12.500 bail bond and fed to
Canada. Extradition was refused on
the conspiracy charge, but he finally
was extradited on an amended charge
of being a fugitive from justice. His
attorneys expected that he would first
be brought to New York, but instead
he was taken direct to Sing Sing
prison.
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Suit Will Be Withdrawn

Marion, GA $1,000 suit brought by
Hile Eckelberry. a member of the Rich
wood Methodist church, a year ago,
against Rev. A. A. Thomas, then pas
to-; DR.. j. H. Fitzwater, Delaware,
presiding elder. and DR.. Graham, agent
Of Methodist publishing house in
Chicago, is TO be withdrawn,
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SAD ENDING
To the outing Of Society FoIks-FIvs
OF Them Drowned.

Davenport, Wash, Aug. 13.-Five
persons prominent In the social life
Of Davenport, who had been enjoying
an outing on the banks Of the Spokane
river about IL miles notheast Of here,
were drowned. The dead: Miss Win
ME Jones. 10; A. L. Bergett. 40; Mrs.
A. L. Bergett. 25; Roy Howard. %; A.
L. Inman, 81.
Four of the drowned heroically sac
rificed their lives In an attempt to
save others. One after another they
plunged into the river. only to be
drawn down either by the whirlpool or
the undercurrent. e.
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The Father Shot Dead.

Greenville. s. c.. Aug. 13.-Cowering
in corner Of her bedroom, Miss Nan
ME Drake saw her father, Thomas F..
Drake. fight pistol duel with her
lover. Allen Emmerson. Drake fell
dead with bullet through his heart.
almost at the feet Of his daughter and
her lover, who was also injured.
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Dlnlnu Car Farm.

Bellefontaine, O.-The New York
Central Railway Co. is negotiating for
the Riddle & Rutan farm of 200 acres.
at Ridgeway. and 1t is understood that
1t expects to operate it as fruit and
vegetable farm for the dining cars Of
its system
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Another Gas Gusher.

Springfield, O.-Another big gusher
has been struck by the Central Con-
tract & Finance Co., near Pleasant.
vile. Its capacity is 6,500,O0O cubic
feet every "a hours. This makes six
big gas wells which have been struck
In this locality within the past two
months.
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PulaIanes Killed Five Americans.

Manila, P. First Lieut.. John
F. James and two privates Of the
Eighth infantry, with Contract Sur
geon Calvin Snyder and Internal
Revenue Collector Williams, of I'LL
nois, were killed Thursday In a hand
to-hand fight with a force OF Pula-
james at Julita, island of Leyte.
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On a Historic Spot.

Middletown, Drank Davis. a
Hamilton contractor, will soon begin
the construction Of the concrete locks
In the Miami and Erie canal. The
first lock will be built In this city on
the historic spot where Dewitt Clinton
turned the first shovelful Of earth for
the canal In 1882.
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kidnaped His Child.

Fremont, o.-George Overmyer, Of
Toledo, came here and. 1t is alleged.
kidnapped his eight-year-old daughter
from the home of the child's grand
parents. Mrs. Overmyer began suit
for divorce. The couple have been sep
rrated for some time.
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Killed His Qsuahter.

Milwaukee. Wis. = William Esler,
of townsville, killed his T.
year-old daughter Tuesday night by
striking her over the head with a Jug.
He says he killed the child because
the mother did not want 1t. Before
killing the child Elseer drove his
wife from the house with an ak.
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Trolley Car Struck carrIaae.

Temaqua. Pa. Aug 1S.-Milton
MILESTONE. 3S. cashier of the Citizens
National bank of Lansford. was In.
stantly killed, and Daniel McGeehan,
assistant cashier, was fatally injured
here when their carriage was struck
by q trolley car.
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Ex.chlsf Murnhx Dead.

Columbus, O.--Col. John q. Murphy,
81. for eight years superintendent OF
the local police force. and later In
charge Of the United States Secret
Service bureaa at g. Louis. died a
the home Of DR.. n. Y. Mansfield. his
son<nAaW.
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One Killed and Four Injured.

Chicago. Aug. 13.--One woman was
almost instantly killed. another fatal.
ly injured and two others were severe
ly hurt when Chicago & Milwaukee
electric car ran down an automobile
at the railway crossing In Evanston.
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Two chauffeurs are Killed.

New York.-Two cheauffeurs were
killed. two injured and two
escaped unhurt when new racing
car plunged into a farm wagon near
the Winfield crossing of the Long Isl.
and railroad In Queens borough last
night. The car is said to have been
travelling so miles an hour.
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EIfty-fixs PeopIs Injured.

Dallas. Tex. - Fifty-five persons
were injured Friday In an ac-
cident on the Fort Worth & Denver
railroad, near Fruitland, Tex. The
wreck occurred on long curve. The
sleeper and one day coach went down
a 20-foot embankment.
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cOnvIcts stole an Engine and Escaped

MiIltown, Ga.-Two negro con-
victs. Bob" Henderson, serving a
life sentence, and Pete" Williams,
serving 20-year term. escaped from
the convict camp here Wednesday by
boarding a locomotive and dashing
down the track about four miles,
where they abandoned the engine.
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shea Is Reelected President.

Chicago. Ill.-Corneiius p. Shea
was on Thursday reelected
president of the international Broth
erhood Of Teamsters In the conven-
tion Of that body. Fifty delegates
who bolted took no part In the cleo
ton.
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Hurled To His Death.

Cincinnati.-Knocked from his perch
on window ledge in the elevator
shaft on the 10th floor of the First Ma
tional bank building by descending
elevator. Edward Westerlund. 80. an
employe of the Otis Elevator Co., was
hurled to his death.
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Trlbemen slain By MuIIah.

London, Aug. ia correspondent
at Alden reports that the Mad Mullah
has raided the Somaliland border, kill.
ing more than 1000 Of the Rareharon
tribe dwelling In the Ogaden region
and capturing 10000 camels.