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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-11-29
FINED FOR PLURAL wtuLocx
CLAIMS MARRIAGES WERE Sane
TONED BY HIS RELIGION.
Mormon Prophet Smith Pleads Guilty
To Violating Marriage Laws-Must
Pay Three Hundred Dollars.

Salt Lake City, Utah. Nov. 24.--Jo-
seph F. Smith, president OF the Nor.
mon church, appeared in the district
court before Judge Ritchie, pleaded
guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabi.
tation, and a fine Of $500 was imposed.
The charge under which the Nor.
mon prophet was arrested and fined
was based on the recent birth of Pres.
ident Smiths forty.third child, born to
his fifth wife.
President Smith addressed the
court He stated that his last mar.
riage was In 1884. All his marriages.
he said, we're entered into with the
sanction of his church. and as they
believed with the approval of the Lord.
According to his faith and the law OF
the church they were eternal In dura
| tion.
lie continued: "In the tacit general
understanding that was had in 1890.
and the years subsequent thereto, re-
garding what were classed as the old
cases of cohabitation, have appreci-
ated the magnanimity of the American
people in not enforcing a policy that
In their minds was unnecessarily
harsh. but which assigned the settle.
ment Of this difficult problem to the
onward progress of time.
Ceased To Exist.
Since 1890 a very large percentage
OF the polygamous families have .ceas-
ed to exist, until now the number
within the jurisdiction Of this court is
very small. and marriages In violation
Of the law have been and now are pro.
hibited. In view of this situation,
which has fixed with certainty re.
suit that can not be easily measured
up. the family relations in the old
cases of that time have been gener-
ally left undisturbed. SO far as my
own case Is concerned, I. like others
who had entered into solemn religions
obligations. sought to the best of my
ability to comply with all require.
ments pertaining to the trying position
In which we were placed
IL have felt secure In the protection
OF that magnanimous sentiment which
was extended as an olive branch In
1890, and In subsequent years to those
old cases OF plurality family relation
ship which came within its purview.
as did mine.
when accepted. the manifesto Is
sued by President Wilford Woodruff.
! did not understand that would be
expected to abandon and discard my
wives. Knowing the sacred covenants
and obligations which had assumed
by reason Of the marriages. have con-
scientiously tried to discharge the re-
sponsibllities attending them, without
being offensive to any one. have
never Haunted my family relations be.
fore the public, nor have felt spirit
OF defiance against the law. but on the
contrary. I have always desired to be
law.abiding citizen. In considering
the trying position in which I have
been placed trust your honor will
exercise such leniency in your SEN
tence as law and justice will permit" :"
Judge Ritchie imposed the maximum
fine, but omitted the Jail sentence, Of
from one day to six months. which he
might have imposed under the Utah
statute.
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TRICK or POLITICIANS.
Mayor sehmitz DIscrsdIts the Indlet.
msnts at Frisco.

New York. Nov. 24.-Mayor Eugene
r.. Schmitz. Of San Francisco, whom
q grand Jury In that city recently In
dicted for extortion. arrived on the
Patricia, from Europe. accompanied
by Mrs. Schmitz and Fred" II. Hi.
bert. whose name has been mentioned
before the same body. In an interview
coming up the bay Mr.. Schmitz declar'
ed his innocence. blamed political enc
niles and announced that he courted O
full investigation. -
Chief Hayes. Of the Hoboken police
and two detectives. we're on the pier
TO see that Mr.. Schmitz was not ar
rested and taken out Of New Jersey
Two men. said to be San francisco
detectives. were present. but did not
accost. Mr.. Schmits. Mr.. and Mrs
Schmitz went to the Waldorf-Astoria
The two strangers followed In another
automobile.
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TENTACLES Of DEATH
APPROACH CHAMBERLAIN, GREAT
ENGLISH PRoTEcTioNlsT.
BLIND AND VICTIM or PARALYSIS,
The statesmsn's Faithful American
Wife is His Constant At
tendant.

London, Nov 23.--Joseph Chamber
lain, the most picturesque OF the liv
ing statesmen of Great Britain. Is be
lieved to be dying at his home IN
Birmingham. For four months he has
not appeared in public and 1t has just
been learned that he Is victim OF
paralysis.
The once powerful debater and po-
litical manipulation, who held the des
tinies of the empire in his hand. is a
mere wreck of his former self. AL
most sightless and unable to articu
late the most simple words. he sits in
his splendid home. bolstered up with
pillows. awaiting the final summons.
1t is evident TO his friends that he will
never recover and that the end can
not long he delayed.
Mr.. Chamberlain's attendant Is his
charming wife. who was Miss I2ndi-
colt, of Massachusetts, a daughter of
President Clevelands former secre
tary of war. She remains with her
distinguished husband constantly and
sees that his every wish Is attended to
at once.
Realizes End Is Near.
Mr. Chamberlain dimly realizes that
he is nearing the end of the journey,
but he still takes a great interest in
his splendid orchid. which Is without
an equal in the British empire. Twice
a day he Is wheeled to II in an in.
valid chair and for an hour at time
he will remain. a pathetic figure sur
rounded by the flowers which he
loved and cherished so fondly. lie is
barely able TO move and when he tires
he makes II known by a feeble incli.
nation of the head. and then he Is
wheeled back to his room. where he
remains in silence and almost In dark
ness
There is no concealing the fact that
his once splendid mind is but a frag
ment Of what II was Hour after hour
he lies back with his eyes closed and
It is almost impossible to arouse him.
He has to be fed by artificial means.
He is unable TO answer the most sim
pie question.
Mr. Chamberlain is past 20 and II
is because of this that no hope is held
out for him. He has been n man OF
tremendous activity and It Is evident
that he has literally exhausted hls
once tremendous vitality.
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rwo-cent Rate Law invalid.

Washington. Nov. 23-In the vir,
ginla supreme court Of appeals Judge
Cardwell handed down q decision af.
firming the decision of the state cor.
poration commission declaring the
Churchman two-cent passenger rate
act. passed by the Virginia legisla.
ture. is contrary to the Fourteenth
Amendment Of the Constitution OF the
United States.
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Court To Decide Rate Law Ruling.

Chicago. Nov. 23.-The supreme
court Of the United States is to be
asked to pass upon the question
whether a railroad company can Issue
transportation in exchange for adver-
tising in newspapers. A test Is to be
made In Illinois. or, rather. an oppor-
tunity will be given to the interstate
commerce commission to have the
courts pass upon Its ruling that moth
ing but money can lawfully be receiv-
ed or accepted in payment for trans
pOrtation
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IN HIS STOMACH.
This Ohio Penitentiary Convict Car
ries His Heart.

Columbus, O.-Anderson Maple. a
convict in the Ohio penitentiary, has
the distinction Of being probably the
most peculiarly made individual man,
from an anatomical standpoint, there
is in this neck Of the woods. This pc.
culiarity consists Of having his heart
in the pit of his stomach. but no effort
will be made to unseat 1t from Its
present position. 1t is believed by the
physicians that other parts Of his anat-
omy are In the place where his heart
ought to be-
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UMBRELLAS BY THE DOZEN
And Wholesale Purchases Of Silks and
Satin Made by Insane Woman.

Lima. O.-Possesscd with the idea
that she was second Cassie l.. Chad.
wick, Miss Mary Dickman, 4S, excited
Lima mercantile house by wholesale
purchases of silks and satins, buying
in one store l2 silk umbrellas and in
another S2f0 worth of furs. She gave
checks on her savings account at the
Metropolitan bank in payment, and
only when three or four houses had
called up the bank was 1t learned that
though she had money there II was not
subject TO check.
She was taken to the probate court,
found totally unbalanced on money
matters and sent to the Toledo state
hospital. She is member of highly
respected family.
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investla alton Ordered.

Muskogee. l. T.. Nov. 22.-W. d.
Foulk. special representative Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. has commenced an In
vestigation into the alleged frauds In
connection with the Creek Nation
town lots sales. The inquiry was de-
manded by the National Greek ooun-
ell, which charges government ON
cials with Incorporating thousands
OF dollars.
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Rev. cr.p..y Retirss as Minister.

Rochester, N. y, Nov. 26.-Bowing
To the will OF the church. but refusing
TO make a "cowardly retraction" of
the belief which Induced the church
TO terminate his ministry. Rev. Alger-
non 8. Crapsey. rector OF st. Andrews
church. OF this city, renounced his
ministry In the Protestant Episcopal
church In a letter to Bishop William
David Walker. of the Western Dio-
cese of New York.
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THROUGH a Brldue.

Lancaster, GA traction engine
broke through bridge ~ miles south
of this city. falling 20 feet to the creek
bed, killing Daniel Asbell. the engi-
neer, of Enterprise, o. His brother,
Willis. had his head torn of by a
bursting emery wheel here one year
ago
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Ate Wild Parsnins

Washington, Pa. Nov. 21.-Two for
eigners are dead and 80 are violently
i'll, several OF whom will die, at Mills
boro, Pa, from eating wild parsnips.
The men lived at a boarding house
and the parsnips were prepared for
the evening meal
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Bio llners In Collision.

Cherbourg. Nov. IA dispatch re-
ceived here reports that the North
German Lloyd's steamer Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse. which left Southamp-
ton and Cherbourg for New York. has
been in collision with the Royal mail
steamer Orinoco. Both vessels were
severely damaged. II Is declared that
four members of the crew OF the Kais.
er Wilhelm were killed, while IL were
injured,
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President Stands Pat.

Washington, Nov. 22.-President
Roosevelt Stands pat" on his recent
order dismissing without honor a bat
talon OF the 25th United States infant
ry, colored, some of whose members
shot up" the town OF Brownsville,
Tex, last August He advised Secre-
tary Taft by cable from Porto Rico
that he knew of nothing that justified
the suspension OF the order. and d..
rected that its execution be no longer
DELAYED
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Liverpool. Nov. 2A-The expedition
Of the School Of Tropical Medicine,
which has been In Brazil nearly two
years making research regarding yel.
low fever. telegraphs that It has been
successfully proved that chimpanzees
can he infected with yellow fever by
means OF the mosquito. The discovery
is considered to be OF the highest i'm.
portance.
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A Premature Explo.Ion.

Tifin. GA premature explosion Of
40 quarts Of nitroglcerin In a gas we'll
500 feet below the surface wrecked
several dwellings at Bettsviile.
A fve-inoh casing was blown 500 feet
and fell on dwelling house. crushing
II like an egg shell.
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Shot the Police Chief.

West Point, Ca. Nov. 23-J. g.
Johnson, a merchant OF Lanett, Ala,
shot and instantly killed Chief OF Pc.
lice Jones In Lanett. No cause for
the tragedy Is known. Johnson gave
himself up. but fearing violence asked
to be taken to the Lafayette Jail.
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Chicago. Nov. 22.-The Women's
Outdoor Art League OF America will
appeal to Secretary Taft to prevent
the destruction OF Niagara Falls by re-
fusing permission to future power
companies to use the water for gen
Grating power"
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Blown Into River.

Hamilton. GA terrific rain and
wind storm passed over Hamilton. do
ing considerable damage about town.
Three persons assert that they saw a
brakeman blown from the roof Of o c..
II. & d. freight train into the Miami
river. Inquiry at the c., II. & d. sta
tion does not confirm the report.
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Lack of Fuel peIays journey.

st. Georges Bay, N. f.. Nov. "a
The Peary Arctic steamer Roosevelt
sailed for Port Au Basque. where she
will coal and proceed to Sydney. N. s.
The Roosevelt arrived here short Of
fuel. The vessel took on eight tons Of
coal, all she could obtain.
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"keeps" For Hannah.

Albany, n, Y, Nov. 21.-The court
OF appeals handed down a decision az
firming the judgment OF the appellate
division, first department. which dis.
missed the appeal OF John r. Plat
from decision denying his demand
for the restitution Of about $6s4,0OO
by Hannah Elias.
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Floor Collapsed; Woman Killed.

Newark, n. j., Nov. 26.-Mrs. Rebec.
ca Schwartz was killed and a dozen
other persons were so badly injured
that they had TO be taken to the city
hospital, when the floor OF the LOBBY
of a hall, used as Jewish theater,
collapsed beneath the weight OF people
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Gave Himself Up.

Lorain. O.-Frank Leiblang, alleged
forger and blackmailer, who skipped
from Elyria when his trial was in
progress some weeks ago. walked into
Jail. giving himself up. Lieblang, 1t is
said. has agured in many fake dam.
age suits against street railroads.
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River steamar alnks.

Portland. Ore. Nov 23.-The river
steamer Lurline was sunk in a collis-
ion with the towboat Cascade, In the
river on Rainier. The Lurline carried
several passengers, who. with her
crew. escaped TO the deck Of the Cas-.
cade In their night clothes.
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To Rest Near Independence Hall.

Edenton, y, c.. Nov. 2l.-The body
OF James Wilson, Of Pennsylvania,
who. with 55 other American patriots,
signed the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. was disinterred from It's long
resting place here preparatory to be.
ing sent to Philadelphia, where It will
be deposited In Christ church burial
grounds
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Found Dyinp on Sofa.

Hamilton, O.-Horace d. Cormier,
43, a prominent undertaken OF Oxford
and Hamilton, died suddenly under un-
explained circumstances at the homo
OF his father, Fred Cormier. Sr.. at OK.
ford. He was found unconscious ON q
sofa
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Charges hynoptlsnn.

Cleveland, OF. l.. Curtis, caused
the arrest Of his wife and that of he-
alleged paramour. Charles p. Lewis. at
Toledo. Lewis is a trainman on the
Lake Shore Twentieth Century Limit
ed. Curtis claims his wife was hypno.
tized by Lewis.
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Arrests Came Quickly.

THIN, O.T-Burglars looted Creeger'n
hardware store. securing cutlery val
ued at $500. Two men. said to be Jay
Shalhouse and Frank Riesler, were ar,
rested while attempting to dispose OF
their plunder.
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Four Men Drowned.

Cleveland, O.-The recent storm Gre
ated havoc along the great lakes.
Three vessels are missing. one steam
er was wrecker. launch with six
men ON board was swamped, four men
were washed from a pier and drowned.
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Carnegie Denied story.

Washington, Nov 21.--The report
that Andrew Carnegie has promised
$l,OOO.0O0 to Congressman Richard
Bartholdt. of Missouri, to promote the
cause OF International arbitration was
denied at the residence OF Mr.. Car
negie. '
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strike 10 DeeIded Upon.

Fall River. Mass. Nov. 2S.-Ths ave
unions OF cotton mill operatives at
special meetings voted by large major
tiles to reject an offer of per cent.
advance In wages and to go on strike
unless the demand for 10 per cent
increase Ia granted.
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Richest Cardinal pxina.

Rome, Nov. 21.-The pope has sent
his benedlction to Cardinal Vaszary,
primate Of Hungary, who is at the
point OF death. vaszafy is the richest
of the cardinals and contributed $780,.
600 yearly TO the holy see.
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Hsaxx SNOW I'M MEXICO.

Mexico City. Nov. 2S.-Reports
reached this city Of q heavy snow
storm which ragged over a greater part
OF the northern section Of the repub.
lie. In the State Of Chihuahua seven
inches of snow
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Admits Yankee Pork.

Rome, Nov. 26.-The board of
health has decided to admit American
pork into Italy without other require
ments than that the regular certificate
Of the American department Of agri-
culture accompany II.
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Both puelIsts Killed.

Cleveland. Miss. Nov. 26.--In pis
tol duel following a minor disagree
ment between Joseph Hammond. {
druggist, OF Boyle. Miss. and j NJ
OBryant. farmer OF that vicinity
both principals we're killed and Ham
mond's brother was slightly wounded
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orders "Jlm Grow" cars.

Montgomery. Ala, Nov. 2S.-The
city council has ordered that separate
cars De provided for whites and blacks.
As the traction company has only the
cars now IN We. The ssrvios VII b. re-
duced matsriany. lAsE allI Il ~
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Martial Law To Curb coss.cks.

st. Petersburg. Nov. 21.-Martial
law has been proclaimed In the prov
ince OF Kuban. In the Caucasus, by an
imperial ukase. This step ID taken In
consequence OF the agitation among
the Cossacks In this provines. ~ y
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Bio shlpvsrd Olaxs.

Toulon. France. Nov 22.-The main
portions Of the dock yards Of the So
ciete des Forger OF Chantiers wers Do
stroyed by nre. The foreign warships
In course Of >coastruetioa we're saved
With, dilkeulty. '''-t e--'- ''''--'1-
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"PIttsburo FIvero wrecked.

Buffalo. Nov. 22.-Ths "Pittsburs
flyer" on the Buffalo. Rochester q
Pittsburg railroad was wrecked near
Golden. Ten passengers we're injured
none fatally. No one was killed
Cause of wreck II unknown.
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"MUSS' STIRRED UP
BY rAFT's ACTION IN SUSPEND.
ING RoosEvELT's ORDER.
PRESIDENT IN DIFFICULT POSITION
But Does Not Know Protests Were
Made-BIaeks Want Dunno To
Stop Tllmsn's Speech.

Washington, Nov. els there dan.
ger OF the suspension by Secretary
Taft of the presidents order dismiss.
ing the three colored companies of
the 25th infantry without honor caus.
ing friction between the president and
the man who has been his chief lieu.
tenant the past two years?"
This Is the question public men and
army officers are asking each other
when they discuss this situation pri.
vately among themselves
The situation Is an embarrassing
one for the president. whichever horn
of the dilemma he may take. After
reviewing the facts in this case. a'
subnitted to him, The president issued
the now famous order that put a whole
battalion of men ont OF the service
dishunoraby. and then starred for the
isthmus. Some comment has resulted
because the order was not promul-
gated until after the election. The ac-
tion Of the president was supposed TO
be final and If criticism followed II
might be reasonably supposed that the
incident In large ie1sdre would be
forgotten before the president again
reached Washington.
Revived the Interest.
If this was the expectation, Secre-
tary Taft succeeded admirably in re-
Niying public interest and intensifying
the criticism of the presidents origi.
nal order. or course. the president
could not be expected to know of the
deluge of complaints and protests on
account OF his orGer, with which the
department was flooded after his de.
parture. nor aid he know that the New
York republican club had condemned
his action and called for fair play for
these colored troops.
Secretary Taft did know these
things, however. and he assumed the
responsibility Of suspending the execu.
tive order until the president could
be heard from. Now. with the matter
afresh in the public mind the presi-
dent must add TO the weight of these
pro ests by compelling submission to
his original order, II he overrides the
secretary: or he must admit that he
may have acted hastily II he rescinds
his order and reopens the case Which
he will do may be known soon, by
which time Secretary Taft hopes to be
in communication with the president
Meanwhile the war secretary will
say nothing lie reip 3ed To say more
than II cant discuss the case at
present" This was interpreted to
mean that the secretary could say
nothing until he heard from the presi.
dent and received his instructions
The secretary also declined to say
whether he had been in communica.
tion with the president by wireless.
Chicago, Nov 2l.-Demand was
made on Mayor Edward Dunno by
committee Of negroes to stop United
States Senator Benjamin K. Tillman's
lecture next Tuesday night at Orches.
ira Hall by police force II the senator
persisted In addressing a congregation
there for the benefit OF the Chicago
Union hospital.
The argument advanced by the com.
mittee which waited on the mayor was
that Senator Tillman could not talk
on any subject Without bringing In the
race problem. and that II he did talk
he would excite riot In Chicago.
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school chip Burns.

Toulon. France. Nov. 26.--The tor
psdo schooner ship Algeciras, station
cd In this harbor. was totally destroy
ID by hre. There we're 500 men on
board when the nrs broke out. II 4
believed I'll were saved, t~N
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Many Letters nurnsd

Mansfield. O.-A combination mail
and express car Of esstbound Pennsyl-
vania train No. 80 took nre here and
was destroyed. with from 1000 TO 1900
letters. The neil destroyed was trans-
fer nattsr for delivery bstwssn Aaas-
- and Weosesr. ..ss. y. ~
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Convention CITY Named.

Denver, Col, Nov. 22.-The National
Grange voted to hold its 41st annual
Grange voted to hold its forty-first
annual convention in 1907 at Hart
ford Ct