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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
CONSPIRACY ALLEGED BY De.
TECTivE CHIEF IN WALKER
MURDER CASE.
TAKES CHARGE Of OPERATIONS
MURDERED MAN WAS CLOSE
FRIEND OF HEAD OF SECRET
SERVICE.

Denver, Dec. 1.-The visit to Colo
RADIO of John E. Wilkie, chief OF the
federal secret service, may be the sig
nal for additional arrests for the muir.
der of Joseph A. Walker near Duran
go.
While no Official intimation is given
OF the sudden visit to Denver OF the
chief, coming directly on the re-
ceipt of evidence from Durango of a
conspiracy to murder Walker. it is be-
lieved to indicate nothing else than
early action on the part OF the gov
eminent against prominent citizens OF
La Plata county on a charge of con-
spiracy.
Takes Personal Charge.
Mr.. Wilkie is in Denver to confer
with Lucien C. Wheeler, special agent
in charge of the Walker ~investiga-
ton, and it is believed for the particu-
lar purpose of going over the evidence
which has been gathered by the secret
service men against other parties
than Mason and Vanderweide, the
two men now under arrest for killing
Walker.
Chief Wilkie is personally interest.
ed in bringing to justice Walkers
slayers, the murdered man having
been a close friend Of the head Of the
department.
After Men "Hieher Up"
Chief Wikie after a conference with
Wheeler and District Attorney Gran.
ston said that he was well satisfied
with the work which had been done
on the Walker case. And this also
bears out the opinion that the visit OF
Chief Wilkie portends early action
against every n who may have been
even remotely responsible for the
death OF the special agent. Never for
a moment has there been the slight.
est let-up by the secret service men
In their search for evidence, and their
disclosures have been such that a per.
sonal inspection by the chief was
deemed necessary before final action
was taken against the men higher
up"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Accidental Happenings.


In defense Of his mother, Peter Lin
dermier of New York, aged seventeen
years, grappled with his father, and
during the scufie the elder man was
shot and killed.
The tug Escort Of Port Dalhousie,
Ont, was struck by the barge Har-
rison in tow of the steamer West
mount, of Niagara point, and sunk.
Three of the crew were drowned.
An unidentified woodsman was
struck by q work train on the Atlantic
& Lake Superior railroad near Attain
tic, Mich, and killed. The man evil
IDENTIFY had gone to sleep on the track.
Alpheus stothewer. halfback on the
Wellington, Kan, football team. ran
into q buggy on the side line In a
game In his home town and suffered
conclusion Of the brain. The injury
may prove fatal.
One man was killed, several persons
were injured and traffic on the upper
end Of the Lenox avenue branch OF the
subway in New York was blocked as
q result Of a collision between two
eight-car trains.
Fire originating from an unknown
source burned two infant children OF
Patrick Mason Of Menominee, Mich,
while the mother was away from
home. The oldest child, aged three
years, died several hours later, while
the younger child may recover.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
HEAR OF PLOT AGAINST TAFT.
Russians Put Fifty Soldiers on Sec
retary's Train as Guard.

Penza, European Russia, Dec. l. -
The police of Ufa were alarmed last
night, owing to a report that In at
tempt would be made to blow up the
train bearing Secretary Taft and his
party towards st. Petersburg, and fiji
ty soldiers were stationed in the cor
ridors and vestibules Of the cars at
Ufa and remained on guard until
morning. The train proceeded slowly
and with great caution throughout
the night.
Secretary Taft will be received by
Emperor Nicholas Tuesday morning
next and a reception by Minister of
Foreigns Affairs Iswolsky has been
arranged for Wednesday night, condi-
tional upon the ability of Secretary
Taft to delay his departure from St.
Petersburg until Thursday. and he
will probably leave for Hamburg
Thursday noon.
Mr.. Taft knows nothing of the ru-
NOR in circulation that Emperor Will.
liam will meet him at Hamburg.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
CONGRESS IS READY FOR WORK
BRILLIANT SCENE MARKS OPEN.
ING OF CEREMONIES OF SIX
TiETH CONGRESS.

Washington, Dec. 4. :. A brilliant
scene characterized the meeting of
the Sixtieth congress yesterday. In
the senate n house of representa-
tives there were notable gatherings in
the galleries of representatives OF the
official society of the capital. The call
ing together for the first time of the
men who have been elected to the
senate and the house, about a hundred
of whom have not before served in
congress, made the occasion of partic.
ular interest.
The striking scenes of the day were
in the house of representatives. where
the formal selection of Joseph G. Can
non again to be speaker of that body
and the designation by the Democrats
of Mr.. John Sharp Williams as their
leader were occasions for ovations
for those gentlemen.
Leaders Cheered.s
The vast hall of the house of repre-
sentatives rang with the cheers of
leaders, and the speaker received as
warm a reception from the members
of the minority as he did from his
own party. The appearance of Hon.
William Jennings Bryan on the floor
of the house also was the occasion for
enthusiastic cheering by the Demo-
Gratis.
When the adoption of rules for the
government of the house during the
Sixtieth congress came up the rules
of the last congress were opposed by
John Sharp Williams, and he was
joined in the opposition by Democrats
and by a single Republican, Mr.. Coop
er Of Wisconsin.
Old Rules Adopted.
The old rules were declared to be
too autocratic, placing too much pow
ed in the hands Of the speaker, but
after a somewhat acrimonious discus.
sion they were adopted by a party
vote.
Committees were appointed by both
houses to inform the president that
congress had met and was ready to
receive any message he might wish to
communicate.
New senators and representatives
were sworn in and both houses ad-
journed out of respect to the memory
of members who have died during the
recess of congress.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
WOMAN KILLS AGED FATHER.
Old Mans Throat Cut From Ear to
Ear by Weak Minded Daughter.

Delano, Mimi, Dec. 4.-JOhn Much
enhirm, eighty-six years old, was muir
dered here last night by his daughter
Frances, fifty years of age. The crime
was most brutal. The woman struck
the old man over the head with a
heavy knife. knocking him ~senseless.
She then procured a pail. laid her
fathers head across it and cut his
throat, permitting the blood to flow
into the pail.
The woman has been afflicted with
a mild form of insanity since child
hood, but was able to keep house for
her father, which she had been doing
since her mother died, several years
ago. She had never shown any VIC
lent tendencies.
The is Investigating the
cause which prompted the tragedy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
,owAN IN FOREIGN JAIL.
Frank Polakovic Is Punished for Dis
plav Of Patriotism.

Des Moines. Dec. 4. - Friends of
Frank Polakovic OF Iowa Falls have
organized themselves and will appear
to the state department at Washing
ton for his release from a Hungary
prison, where he vas placed last June
for a display of American enthusiasm.
Polakovic was sent by the United
States Gymnasium association in
June to compete at the tournament at
Sokal. For displaying the Stars and
Stripes the American party was Or
dered to dispense by the gendarmes-
All complied but Polakovic, who is
said to have uttered contempt for
the treatment accorded him. For this
and his American enthusiasm he was
imprisoned and has remained in Gus
tody yer since.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
SIXTEEN MEN RAID "Plcs."

Authorities Of "Dry" Town Secure
Liquor and Make Arrests.
Buffalo, Mimi, Dec. saloons Of
this village we're surprised yesterday
afternoon by a simultaneous raid by
the constable and a delegation Of If
teen men formed from the Civic
league and council.
The raid was the result Of a num-
Der of cases Of drunkenness. A search
warrant was issued and the raid was
started. Liquor was found and it was
hauled by drays to the court house
vault and village jail.
The village voted dry" last spring.
The hearing OF the saloonmen arrest
ed will be held in q few days.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
SEVEN BLOCKS r N

lncendiary Fire Wipes Out Business
Section Of Cody, Wyo.
Cody, Wyo., Dec. 1. - Seven bust.
ness blocks in the center Of the city
were destroyed last night by fire, pre-
sumably of incendiary origin.
The fire started in the ruins of the
City Meat market, which was partly
burned a week ago. and spread to ad-
joining buildings. Telephone service
was interrupted by destruction OF
wires. The total loss is estimated at
$685. 0O.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Utes to Be Ousted.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 4. = The latest
reports from Cheyenne agency are
to the effect that the Ute Indians
lease to two townships in the vicinity
of Thunder Butte is declared to be
ended on account of the refusal of
the Utes to abide by the provisions Of
the lease and that all of the Utes will
be transferred to the camp near Rapid
City, where a number of them are al
ready located and working on the Mil
waukee road.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
LAYS ALL TO HEINZE.
r. Augustus Sole Cause Of stringency,
Declares Roberts.

Chicago, Dec. 4. = F. Augustus
Heinze was made the sole and only
first cause for the unreasonable, RI
dicu|ous and unnecessary financial
crisis which this country has just
passed through by George E. Rob
erts. former director of the United
States mint, and now president of the
dress delivered before the City club.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Market for Flax Straw,

GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Dec. 4. - Farm
ers in this vicinity have been receiv.
ing letters the past week from an
Eastern firm telling them to save
their fax straw and not burn It, as
they are paying big prices for this
material.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Poison in Candy Box.

Owatonna, Mimi, Dec. 4. - AS the
result of eating from d box Of candy
sem to one of the members of the
faculty of the Sacred Heart academy
Saturday, several teachers and stu
dents of that school were made very
i'll, ptomaine poisoning probably hav-
ing occurred.
How the candy could have become
affected with ptomaine poisoning,
sealed and prepared rs carefully as
it was, is a mystery.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Fire Ends Turkey Feast.

Deadwood, s. D., Nov. 30.-The pas
senger depot at Englewood, a station
on the Burlington south of here, was
destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon
while Operator Ernst and his wife
were eating a Thanksgiving dinner.
Both made their escape just in time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Farmer Commits suic,d.

Grand Rapids Wis, Dec. 4. An
drew Carlson, a young farmer living
in the town of Sigel, about six miles
west Of this city, committed suicide
at his home while he was supposed
to be doing his morning chores.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
HITCH IN WALSH TRIAL.

Case Adjourned Until Dec. g., Owing
to Jurors illness.
Chicago, Dec. 4.-The trial of j.. r.
Walsh on the charge of having misap-
propriated funds Of the Chicago Ma
tional bank was yesterday postponed
until Dec. 9, owing to the illness Of a
Juror.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
LOSES $1,000 A DAY.
Brooklyn Trolley Officials Charges
Conductors With Stealing.

New York, Dec. 4.-Failures of con
ductors 20 properly ring up cash fares
collected from passengers cost the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit company at
least $1,000 a day, according to Vice
President T. S. Williams of the COM
pany.
Mr.. Williams was the principal wit,
ness yesterday at the investigation
into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit sys-
tenn which is being made by the pub
lie service commission. Mr.. Williams
says the transfer system is largely re-
sponsible for the losses of the COM
pany suffered at the hands of differ
ent conductors.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Grimes.

Crimes.
Three men were a~sSassinated as
they stepped from a train at Clio,
Ark. The murderer is unknown.
kev. Pell. convicted Of the murder
q John Lepley Of Clifford. Iowa, was
sentenced to twenty-five years in the
Fort Madison ~penitentiary.
Louis N. Dyke. president Of the de-
funct Atella National bank, charged
With misappropriation Of funds, plead
"a guilty at Birmingham, Ala, and
Wal sentenced to i've years in the
penitentiary.
Physically wrecked through excess
q. George r. Miller, aged forty-eight
years.. once . brilliant lawyer and
private secretary to Samuel J.. Ram
dali Of Pennsylvania, committed sui
eide at st. Louis by taking q dose Of
whisky and morphine.
J. e. Reeves, head OF q chain OF sup
ply stores and cotton warehouses 1t
Grimm. Vaughn, jackson, Glenville
and Norcross. Ga, has absconded, car
rying with him q sum Of money sup
posed to be over, 100000 the larger
portion Of which he procured by sell
Ing cotton stored in his warehouses
~ farmers. A large reward 10 offered
Tor his apprehension.
The federal grand jury at Des
Moines ordered an indictment drawn
against Sears, Roebuck & Co. of Chi
cago, charging them with using the
malls Illegally. The investigation
leading up to the Indictment was In
stituted BY the Des Moines Retail
Merchants' association.
Hcrace 8 Davis. nfty.three years
old. prominent business man Of
Kalamazoo. Mich. was shot through
tho heart ana killed BY . burglar.
navis had. grAppied With the intruder
When The latter threatened to kill Mrs..
DASist
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
THAW TRIAL JAN. 6.

Second Hearing Of Stanford White
Murder Case Postponed.
New York, Dec. A.. - The second
trial of Harry K. Thaw on the charge
of killing Stanford White was yester-
day postponed until Jan. 6. The court
ordered that a special panel Of $50
talesmen be summoned for the selec-
ton of the Jury.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
LAWS ENSLAVE WORKERS.
Remedy for Peonage in South Foune
by Federal AGENT.

Washington, Dec. An a report to
the attorney general concerning his
findings relating to peonage in the
South, Assistant Attorney General
Charles w. Russell makes a strong
recommendation that the statute re.
lating to slavery be amended in a
manner which will destroy all doubt
as to the meaning of involuntary
servitude" as set forth therein.
He also suggests changes in state
laws.
Various state laws which practical.
ly place a %defaulting laborer in a DO.
sition of involutary servitude when
overtaken by the law are quoted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
Child Accidentally Killed.

Waterloo, Iowa, Dec. 4. - Paulina
OFT was accidentally shot and killed
by her eight-year-old brother on a
farm near Fairbank. The girl was
thirteen years old.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
WORK OF TRAIN wREckEas.

Passenger Train Hits Broken Rail
and Turns o yer.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. Am east.
bound passenger train on the South.
ern railway turned over when it
struck a broken rail near Marion
Ala, late last night, and Engineer
Frank Little was caught under the
engine and killed. His fireman was
fatally injured. No passengers were
hurt. There were evidences of train
wreckers and ~bloodhounds have bean
put on the trail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
rroons for philinn;n..

Troops for Philippines.
San Francisco, Nov. 80. - Nine
troops of the First cavalry and two
troops Of the Sixth cavalry will sail
for the Philippines Dec. 5 on the trans
mort Thomas.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
NEWS OF the WEEK N fPIIOMt
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Waehlnoton Notes.

II. +. Duckworth Of Atlanta, Co.,
chairman Of the executive committee
q the National Farmers union, and G.
!. Ladson met President Roosevelt
and Secretary Cortelyou and discussed
remedies for financial depression.
The consul at Lourenzo Marquee re-
ports that the governor general will
soon publish a decree calling attention
70 q law and giving all missionaries
teaching in schools six months In
which to qualify for teaching In the
Portuguese language.
The establishment OF at least one
brigade post is foreshadowed in the
authorization Of Quartermaster Gener-
q Aleshire Of the equipment Of Fort D.
A. Russell, wyoming, with accommo-
Aations for n regiment Of cavalry
and one Of mountain artillery.
At . meeting Of senators from Ore
Ooa, Washington, Idaho and Montana
an amendment of the interstate COM
Aerce law wal agreed upon in re-
Spouse to the demand Of the shippers
q lumber Of the orthwest, prohibiting
any increase OF railroad rates until
such shipper shall be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard.
"You can bet your North American
life that the battleship fleet will sail
from Hampton Roads on its voyage to
The Pacific on the morning Of Dec. is.
The vessels will get under way just as
soon q / receive the presidents order
10 set sail" In this characteristic
1anner Admiral Robley D. Evans an
Gwered the reports recently current
hat there would be . delay In the as
0embling and consequent departure
g the neet from the date originally
~.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06

VVVOOU0ts
Capt. q. X. Dorm, o on the retired
ns& Of the navy, has been appointed
gevernor Of Guam. vice Commander
4. II. Potts.
Dr.. Arnold Schwyzer Of st. Paul has
boen appointed Swiss consul to Min
nesota, North and South Dakota, wy.
oming and Montana.
May Yohe, the former Lady Hope,
Who eloped with Putnam Bradlee
Strong Of New York, and went to ia
pan. IL now playing in a 10-cent vaude.
vile theater at Sacramento, Cal.
Grant Richards, one Of the best
known Of London publishers, has ar
rived in New York. Mr.. Richards
said he believed the time was coming
when American writer's would be as
popular in England as Englishmen.
Henry l. McCrea, son of Capt. Hen.
~ McCrea, n of the best known
American naval officers. now in com.
mand of the b~attleship Georgia, has
resigned from the navy, in which he
held q commission as paymaster, to go
on the stage.
Addison G.. Gumbert. known to all
Old-time followers of baseball, may be
the first mayor of Greater Pittsburg.
0umbert during the time he was a
ballplayer, pitched Tor the Boston, Chi
cago and Pittsburg clubs. Since he re-
tired from baseball, ten years ago, he
has been prominent in politics. He is
now sheriff OF Allegheny county.
The United States national museum
ct Washington has placed on exhibi.
tiOn . specimen "leaf" Of a thornless
cactus developed by Luther Burbank
q California. The p~erfecting Of a
cactus without thorns means the pro-
yidfng Of . valuable forage pant which
will grow as well in arid as In moist
regions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
From Other Shores.

The government Of Guatemala has
issued a special decree prohibiting the
return to that republic Of Chinese who
leave It.
The second trial of Macmillan Har-
den, editor of the Berlin Die Zukunft,
charged with libeling Count o
Moltke, has been fixed for Dec. 16.
Sig. Tittoni, the Italian minister of
foreign affairs, has presented to the
chamber Of deputies for ratification
the Italo-Mexican general treaty Of ar
bitration which was concluded during
the last Hague peace conference.
John Harley. a Britisher who went
to Japan in 1864, has brought suit
against the Japanese government for
1000, 900 yen damages for having I'M
pounded opium imports by him in 1875
while allowing Dutch firms and other
foreigners to import the drug.
Under instructions received from
Washington data regarding the
French postal savings bank system
are being compiled at Paris for the
American postmaster general, Gen.
Won L. Meyer, in connection with his
recommendation for the establishment
of posofice savings banks in the Unit
ed States.
A special dispatch to the Daily Tel
egraph from Lisbon by way of the
frontier describes the capital as being
outwardly calm as a result of the roy.
al DEGREES %forbidding political gather.
ings and newspaper comment on the
political situation, but, says the cor.
respondent, It is extremely difficult to
foresee what may happen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-12-06
General News Items.

0SVVU ~ UVSWO SSssso
Nine troops Of the First cavalry and
two troops OF the Sixth cavalry will
sail for the Philippines Dec. 5 on the
transport Thomas.
The revised Chilean tariff will 60
into effect Jan. /. The bill authorizes
the president to reduce by so per cent
the import duties on wooden and faxen
textiles, footwear, galvanized iron and
sugars.
Dress reform. proposed by the fac.
ulty Of the Nebraska state university.
was defeated at q meeting of the stu.
dents. The women voted solidly
against the elimination of ribbons and
gay colors.
with New Mexico admitted to the
Union as a state y itself, the project
of q ship canal from the Great Lakes
to the Gulf Of Mexico will be advanced
by the votes Of its United States sen.
ators and congressman" declares Gov.
Curry Of New Mexico.
History repeated itself on Franklin
field at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
winning the annual football game with
| Cornell, the score this year being IL
to 1. It was Pennsylvania thirteenth
victory in fifteen games played with
the Ithacans.
A clock has Just been Installed in
the observatory Of the Case School Of
Applied Sciences In Cleveland, the
mechanism Of which is 80 accurate
that the clock will not vary more than
fifteen one-thousands of a second from
the exact time in twenty-four hours.
During the Thanksgiving ball of
the Mercantile club, an exclusive He
brew social organization Of Wheeling,
w. Va, while the guests were enjoying
q waltz, Ollie Reed, an insurance
agent, suddenly clutched the arm OF
his partner, grew pale and dropped to
the door dead.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-22
Our Debt to Ancient Greece.

Greece and Rome were at the oppo-
site poles of the human world, ana
equally opposite are their influences
upon modern times. Rome was prac-
teal. hard headed. juristic, while Greece
was intellectual, emotional, artistic,
Astounding in what may be called the
forebrain versus the brain behind the
ears. Romes empire was lengthy, ma
terial, matter of fact while Greece
banked on the intellectual and spirit
ual, finding her greatest conquests in
the realm of mind rather than in that
of matter. Rome produced no great
original thinker, her greatest men shin
ing, like the moon, by borrowed light
light reflected from the sages of Ath-
ems. Rome taught men law, order ODE
dience, but the mother of ideas and
sentiments was Greece. From the
Eternal City we have inherited our jur
isprudence, but it is from the City Of
the Violet Crown that we have derived
our art, science and philosophy. In a
word. to quote the substance of DR..
Johnson's saying, eliminate from our
modern civilization all that it owes
to Greece and the residue would be bar
barism.-New York American.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-22
A Eiuht in the Air,

W. Il. Webb, the author of Buffalo
Land" tells this cat story:
The chicken hawk of the west is a
savage and dangerous enemy, but once
one of these air pirates got worsted. l
was sitting in front Of the doctors Of
fee when hawk shot down with Won
derful rapidity of wing-so fast that
its shadow seemed hardly to reach the
earth before Its body. 1t pomced upon
the doctors favorite kitten, which lay
asleep on the grass, and made off with
1t. At an elevation of about fifty feet
puss recovered from its surprise and
went to work for liberty. Its feline
mind was exercised to establishment
and wrath. Twisting like weasel,
its claws came uppermost, and to my
straining gaze sight presented itself
much like feather bed being ripped
open in midair. The amazed hawk
received new light on the subject of
prey, let go and made off like badly
plucked goose, but the cat came safely
to earth-on its feet