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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-12
TRIAL OF w. ID. HAYWOOD
Detective Mcfarland Charged by De-
Tense of Attempting To Manufacture
Testimony AoainsI Defendant

~ II ~ SIu DN IT.
Tense of Attempting to Manufacture
Testimony Against Defendant.
Boise, Idaho, July 9.-The defense
in the Steunenberg murder case to-
day charged that Detective James Nc
Partland has been guilty of an at
tempt TO manufacture testimony
against W. d. Haywood, but was IN
successful in getting the basis and de-
tails of the charge before our and
jury.
Afva A. Swain, a newspaper CORE
spOndent, who represents the Pueblo
Chieftain at Denver. was called to the
stand and questioned as TO a conversa-
ton he had with Detective MCFARLAND
last fan.
Senator Borah for the state object
ed to the conversation on the ground
that no foundation had been laid for
it.
Clarence barrow, for the defense,
was examining Swain explained that
the testimony was offered for the pur-
pose to show that there existed a con
SplIoSy CCA LILL1C "" GLE III II
PinkertOns to secure a conviction and
execution of the prisoner.
"McPartiand approached this wit
ness in an effort to manufacture testi-
mOny,' he declared, and believe we
have a right to show it."
Judge Wood said there was nothing
in the evidence that furnished proper
! foundation for the Introduction of such
testimony and sustained the states OBJ
lection.
The defense took an exception and
said they would later make another
attempt to secure the admission of
SWANS testimony.
Charles H. Meyer, president OF the
Western Federation of Miners will be
brought from the county Jail tomor-
row to give testimony in behalf of his
co-defendant.
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LEFT FOR DEAD
Captain of British Steamer Waylaif
and Robbed.

Norfolk. Va, July ct developed
that Captain Lemuel II. LOckhard,
master Of the British steamship Albu-
ra, is confined to the Protestant hos
pital suffering from injuries received
at the hands of an unknown highway
man while enroute from the James
town exposition grounds to his ship, at
Lambert's Point piers. Captain
Lockhard was struck on the head,
robbed of his gold watch. $50 in cash
and left for dead. His ship was COM
PEELED to sail for Hamburg without
him. The assault occurred on the
night of July 4 There is no clue to
the a~ssailant.
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OIL COVERED THE SEA
Captain of Steamer Reports Incident OF
His voyage.

His Voyage.
Philadelphia. Pa, July 9.-Caplain
Nader, of the United Fruit Company's
steamship Admiral Farragut, which
arrived here from Port Antonio, re-
ported today to the maritime exchange
that when thirty miles south Of Dia-
mond Shoals ligntship last Saturday
the vessel passed through a lake of oil.
The water as far as the eye could
see, was as quiet as a mill pond. the
oil stretching in all directions for
miles.
AS soon as the incident was reported
agents Of tank steamships tradin@ De
tween his port and Texas bor@Me
alarmed fer fear that some CT their
vessels had met with disaster, bat all
of the steamers have been accounted
for. No sign of wreckage was report
ed by the Admiral Farragut.
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Elected for Full Term.

Atlanta, Ga, July 9.-URited States
Senator A. o. Bacon was today elected
for the full term beginning March 4.
1908. Senator. Bacon was nominated
at the state primaries last August and
this session OF the legislature being
the first since the primary election, was
taken I'D in each branch of the ie5is-
lature today and carried by a una1i-
moxa vote IN each hody.
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Dispatch OF B~attIeships 60 Pacific
Merely a Practice Cruise-yewspa-
pers Not Justified I'm Colorfng Cruise
OF Warships to the Pacific Coast.

Va NaESaahtFS 70 AFC Id[1uG AOa1A-
-
Oakland, Cal. July 9.-Secretary of
the Navy Metcalf deprecated the war
like aspect that has been given the
order for the cruise for the great bat
tleship squadron from the Atlantic to
the Pacific coast.
The secretary said last night the pro-
posed movement was that of a prac-
tice cruise and that the feet would
not be tept in the Pacific permanent
ly. He declared that the length Of the
time that the feet would remain on the
western side of the continent had not
been decided.
With considerable emphasis the Sec
rotary voiced his opinion tHat the war
like Interpretation that had been made
in connection with the fleets nov
ments was not justified by the facts.
In fact the widely published reports
suggesting hostile preparations, seems
to be a source OF irritation for the
head of the navy. He said:
1.-THE feet which will be moved from
the Atlantic to the Pacific this winter
is coming to this side merely on Il
practice cruise. The feet will consist
of sixteen or more vessels. not more
than twenty, and it's stay On this side
will not be permanent, Of course the
feet will not come here, zurn around
and go right back again. How long it
will remain in the Pacific will be de-
termined at the proper sine.
There is no sound reason or ex-
cuse for all this talk by the public
and through the press of an attempt
to overawe the Japanese by a warlike
display. I do not believe the newspa-
pers are right or justified IN so con-
STRUNG and coloring the cruise of the
warships. to the Pacific"
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Ordered to Comply With Law

Lincoln. Neb., July 9.-The state
railway commission today peremrtori-
ly ordered the Missouri Pacific railway
to file schedules and comply with tic
Aldrich law by July IL. The Aldrich
law reduces freight rates 10 per cent.
on grain hay. fruit. potatoes aud build
ing material and preseribes a fine not
to exceed $1,000. The company disre-
Caeded the law. :
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The shortest way around 1t would
be for the court to ask Mr.. Rookie
Teller how much he put in the Stand
ard Oil company and how much he is
getting out of it-Durham Herald.
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Remains OF DIR. Dinwfddie Arrived
Last Night-State Board of Educa-
ton to Hear Proposals as TO Site for
Eastern Training School for
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John Temple Graves, writing in, the
Atlanta Georgian, says: The .tgic-
ton deepens that William JeL 1&2gs
Bryan is the tallest moral figureOat
American craftsmanship has produced
since George Washington" We have
a deepening suspicion that Mr.. Graves
has reasons to believe It TO be high
time for him to crawl back into the
band wagon.-Chicago Revord-Her-
aid.
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Reading OF Governors Message Takes
Tn Most OF First Session-Win
E1ecf Successor to Late Senator Mor-
gan.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
MRS. R0MADKA, SH0RN
Of HAIR, IS IN PRISON

Chicago. Nov. 27.-Evelyn Romadka. wife
of q Milwaukee millionaire, and petted
favorite of fortune. who was one of the
bellies OF the ball given In honor of Prince
Henry, OF Prussia, has become convict bO4,
IN the Illinois penitentiary, at Joliet, This
woman. who came to Chicago and entered.
upon a strange career as q burglar. with
q negro e~x-convict as her accomplish, was
accompanied only by her white-haired
father. I. j. Game. Of Oshkosh, Wis. in,
her last moments of freedom.
She entered the prison dressed In a
stylish tailor-made gown. Of rich, dark
mixed goods. When the doors opened and.
swung back on the prisoner. Mrs. Ro-
madka's father was told to depart, as 1t
was against the rules for visitors to be
present during the receipt OF convlcts.
Her Hair is Clipped.
m the receiving department of the wom-
ms prison, Mrs. Romadka was first
stripped of her fashionable gown and
made to take a bath. Then her hair was
clipped, prison style.
A b~lacls-and-white checked prison suit
was thrown to her and she was told to
dress. Her slippers were replaced by the
rough prison shoes. The little ornaments
OF feminine attire were taken from her.
The ordeal lasted scarcely twenty min
utes, and from it the woman emerged
weak and trembling. She was half led
and half carried to the cell, which is to
be her home from one to fourteen years.
Dinner was served soon after her ar
rival. 1t was the regular prison fare
corned beef and cabbage, black coffee and
rye bread. She did not eat of her portion
but showed it aside.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
THREE CITIES START
MONEY FLOWING
Chicago, Boston and New Yor,
Work Independently to Re-
sumo Payments.

Washington. Nov. 2s.-James b.
iForgans' talks with the president AMI
with treasury officials yesterday, to-
.gether with reports from New York
land Boston, have further buoyed the
thopes in Washington for a speedy
clearing OF the financial skies.
The president of the Chicago First
National bank is optimistic, assuring
the administration officials Chicago is
lready to move with the other financial
lcenters to bring about a resumption of
currency payments.
Following the visit of the banker, 1t
became known that New York, Chicago
land Boston are working Independently
right now to resume payments grad
'ually and that currency is today flow
ling from the vaults more freely than
tat any time since the tieup.
Another Million Engaged.
New York, Nov. 2s.-The Bank of
Montreal today engaged one million in
gold in London for import. The Irving
National bank secured s250,000. This
makes a total of $87,400 900. The New
York assay office has been shipping
more than $40. 000, 900 per week in gold
bullion to the Philadelphia mint for
the past two weeks, where the coinage
of metal Is being rushed. The New
York branch today shipped half a mil
Hon in gold to the main bank in Mon.
treal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
HERO, LABoRER,
TO WIN BACK WIFE

Boston, Nov. 25.-Captain Charles G..
Collins, Of Boer war fame, is working
as an apprentice In a local pottery fac
tory. CARRIED as Il laborer and putting
in long hours, Captain Collins is trying
to rehabilitate himself and win back
the love Of his ex-wife. Natalie Schenck
of Newport.
He has it in him to succeed" Col
ers: IF In a year he proves his ability
to work n his intention to make his
fife anew I personally will advance
money that he may share in the COM
pany."
Society Jared.
Society was startled on learning that
Natalie Schenck Collins, granddaughter
of the banker, Matthew Morgan, was
married on short notice to Collins, in
troduced to American circles as a cap
tain in the fanou Cameron Highland
ers, Of the British army. Still more
shocked were the fashionables on
learning that Mrs. Collins had parted
from her husband our months after
marriage.
1t turned out that, whereas there was
nothing to show the match was mer-
cenary on either side, each of the con-
tracing parties ssuned the other had
a great deal Of n Both were mar
ried without giving u thought to the
upkeep Of the expensive establishment
without which neither could be com
Portable, and when 1t came to facing
the music neither was prepared with q
solution of the economic problem.
Mrs. Collins got q divorce recently
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
JURY IN A
CASE DISAGREES

Rathdrum. Nov. 27.-The jury in the
Steve Adams murder trial has been
discharged. being unable to reach a
decision on a verdict after being out
since $3.50 p. M Saturday.
The jury stood eight for acquittal
and four for conviction. Jurynen J. +.
House, Charles Dittemoore, d. w. Car
wood and S. A. Varnum We're the four
who believed Adams guilty of the
murder OF Fred Tyler in the Marble
Creek district Of Shonshone county.
Idaho. in August, 1904.
Clarence barrow. Of counsel Cor
Adams, tried to Obtain concession OF
bail for Adams and of immunity from
arrest by Colorado authorities until
the Tyler case is disposed of. No
promise was given.
Sheriff Bailey, of Shoshone county.
is here with a warrant for the arrest
OF Adams on charge Of numbering Ed
Boule neal the same place and at about
the same time the Tyler murder &C.
CURED.
1t is understood Adams is not to be
taken to Colorado at present and that
the state will not oppose the efforts
to get bail for Adams.
barrow will later make application
for bail for his client. but viii hurry
to Boise for the Pettibone case.
Hawley, chief couns for the state.
declared the disagreement of the Jury
will nave no effect on the prosecution
Of the Tyler case again.
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ARRESTS WIFE FOR
MARRYING TWO MEN

Philadelphia, Nov. Discharged with
selling her husbands farm near a little
Austrian town and deserving W of her
three small children to elope to America
with Caspar Ladislof. a farm hand, and
then with having married Warvagiven
Koavia. OF Port Richmond. her third al
fnity," after the farm land had taken
the money and left her in the lurch with
a child to care for, Yetta Alster faces a
term In prison for bigamy.
-Four years ago lsador Alster. her first
husband, left his home and family In
Austria to seek his fortune in America.
He established himself in business in New
York CITY. and was so prosperous that he
coud afford to send his wife $1,000 in tho
four years. h husband never suspected
her. and when he was Informed by a
cablegra1n from friends that she had sold
the farm for Sc, coo and was on her way
to this country with the farm hand he
was amazed.
Jerome Helps.
Immediately he began a search for his
wife. District Attorney jerome took a
personal interest in the foreigners case.
and in 4 few weeks the detectives had
an inkling that the much-married woman
was in Philadelphia. So he informed De
tectives Harry BoZarth and Thomas Nc
Gully of the circumstances.
After an all-day search the detectives
found the woman out In Port Richmond,
and made the arrest. Isadore Alster was
with the men at the time and identified
the woman as his wife. With her was the
9-year-old daughter.
But Yetta Alster had found her third
affinity" in the meantime in the person
Of W~arvagiven Koavia, who she says she
married in Bridcsburg, three weeks ago,
after she had been converted to the
Roman Catholic faith. Every one con-
cerned in the alleged triple marriage was
present at the hearing before Magistrate
Hughes except the mysterious farm hand
and the two children who were left with
friends in Austria.
The woman was held under $1,000 bail
for a further hearing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
LEMON Is MEDICINE.
DECIDES THE COURT

jefferson City, Nov. 25.-That a lem
on is u medicine was officially detcrm-
ined by Division 2 OF the supreme
court.
The decision came up in an opinion
by Judge Fox reversing the judgment
of the Barry county circuit court
against James Campbell and discharg-
ing Campbell. Campbell was convicted
of selling lemons Sunday and fined 81.
He operated an ice cream plant near
the railroad station in Monett.
The supreme Il says. in the opin-
ion. tina the only question involved is
whether or not Campbell violated the
for sale in his show window. The court
holds that lemons, possessing medicinal
properties as they do, come under tho
exemption in the statute as medicine,
and their sale N Sunday is not a vio-
latiOn of the law.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
lNCENDIARY FIRE
KILLS Thirteen
Seven Children Burned to Death
in Flames That Consume
Tenement House.

New York. Nov. 2~7.-Thirteen Italians
lost their lives and several others were
injured early today In a tenement house
fire on 109th street. Several children
were burned to death. The police think
the fire was in%cendiary.
The bodies of the victims were found
huddled together on the top floor OF
the four-story building, where the ter,
ror-stricken people had been driven by
flames which rushed up from the lower
floors. They had succumbed before
they could reach the windows which
led to the fire Scape
Three weeks ago three Italians were,
caught in the act of attempting to ROB.
q safe in the saloon of Giuseppe Gu
dano on the ground floor. The safe
contained over $4,000 which the saloon
keepers friends had withdrawn from.
banks during the money pane.
The would-be robbers we're arrested
and are now waiting trial The fire to-
day was started in Cudano's saloon.
The police believe it may have been the
work of friends of the prisoners wfo
took this means OF sqIaIing account
with the S~alOOnkeeper
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
DREAM REVEALS
MURDERED WIFE

San Francisco, Nov. 2S.-The police,
of Oakland yesterday unearthed n dial
bOlfcai crime and have taken into GUS;
tody M. A. Wilkins. a stationary en-'
.Eineer, whom they charge with the
murder of his wife. Her remains were,
found buried in quicklime undernea n
a shed In the yard Of the Wilkins nome.
/. Mrs. Wilkins had not been seen,
around her home by the %neighbors fnS
several days. She gave birth to a child
and Inquiries regarding her where
abouts elected the response from Will
-ktns that she had gone to the home,
iof her parents in the east.
A friend of the dead woman, Mrs.
J.. NJ. Anderson. Of a Francisco, who
has been staying at the Wilkins homt,
1.-THE past few days. now asser.as that
Wilkins endeavored to induce ncr to-
leave her husband and &c away with.
him. and her suspicious becalre'
aroused.
Last night. in a dream, she saw the,
body of her former friend lying ON tine
ground, with the arms crossed over the,
breast.
She came to San Francisco and told,
her husband and ,he two Went to tho
chief Of police at Oakland ana told the,
story.
Tie case was given into the hands
of the sheriff and he went to the home
OF Wilkins and found the body In n
ttlench under an old carpc.. 1t was
lying lust as described by Mrs. Ander-
son, with the hands folded across the
l.,roact
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
SIX GIRLS C IN
VAULT BY OFFICE BOY

Chicago. Nov. 2s.-six girl stenogra-
piers of the American Steel and Wire
company went into a cavernous vault at
the lunch hour to sing. They left the
door partly closed.
Willie Osterfelt. the office boy, slipped
up to the vault, banged the door shut and
gave the combination knob a whirl. The
song of the imprisoned sextet ended in a
shrek.
Other young women stenographers
eprang to the rescue and Willie hastily
departed.
The vaul was alright and none Of the
girls knew the combination; in fact. 1t
was known only to A. p. Pratt. head OF
the filing department. and he was at
lunch. One cool-headed young woman,
however, found the janitor and rushed
him to the spot with pickaxe and crow
bar.
A hole was soon made in the vault wall.
through which the prisoners received air.
Mr.. Pratt returned later and released
the six girls. ON was suffering from
shock.
. The office boy was discharged.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
CARRIES DEAD BABY
FOR HOUR ON TRAIN

Buffalo. Nov. 2s.-Carry;ng the dead
body of her s-months-old daughter in her
arms. Mrs. Frank Walinwski, of Twenty
sixth and Dickinson streets, Philadelphia,
on her way from her home city to Chi
cago, stepped from a train in the Lehigh
Valley railroad station.
The girl died somewhere between this
city and Rochester. and had rested in her
mothers arms for over an hour, the
mother wholly unconscious Of it's death.
!: Mrs. Walinwski was going to Chicago
ito join her husband. AT Wilkesbarre the
child was taken sick, and a doctor there
said 1t was we'll enough to continue the
"trip. Mrs. Walinwski, who is % years old
left this afternoon for Chicago, where tn
burial of the baby will be made.
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NURSE STEALS BABES
FOR MONTHS WAGES

st. Louis. Nov. 2S.-rho wife OF Albert
". Johnson Informed the police tina her
two children, Albert w, Johnson, jr., Is
months Did. and Charles 2. johnson. 4
years old. also Lorena Myers, her l7-year-
old housema!d, ~cre gone.
She produced a note which read:
Dear Sir: 1 would like for you to please
send me Sl5 for last months wages before
[ will let you nave your children. Send it
to mothers place. r. +. d. No. 6, Old Or
chard, Mo-"
with the children in a house at Glendale,
Mo. She said she scrubbed the note in an
IDLE hour; that she did not know what
possessed her to do SO. and that she did
aot intend to kidnap the children.
After q conference with Lieutenant Cow
>rnor Charles p. Johnson, who is the chill
aren's grandfather, the Myers girl was lib.
Grated and Informed she had been dis.
missed from the Johnson service.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
FARMERS DELIVER
PRODUCTS IN AUTOS

Salina, Kas.. Nov. 2s.-Practivn1,y as
many motor cars are owned by farmers,
IN Kansas as are possessed by the towns.
people. The farmer has learned to appre-
slate the advantage Of the automobile as
q thing OF convenience in his journeys to
and from town.
Then there are other considerations. A
farmers son from the southern part of
The county went to a county seat garage,
the other Saturday evening.
what have YOU that will make a nice
Gig to take a fellows girl riding in?" he
asked the agent.
We'll. there's a r%unabout, that is pref
~ swift"
Wanted a Hill Climber.
Wi I, climb hills? You see she lives
On the other side OF Tom Creek hill, and
have to cross It,"
Sure. Get In! and the two went out
20 the end Of town, where a demonstra-
ton was made to show the PAGES OF the
machine.
:hey came back to the garage, and tho
young man took from his pocket a check
book, and filled q check out for the
price.
The beauty Of the prair.es for automo-
niling is that the roads are good u great
part of the year. Kansas is in the lati-
,ude of Tennessee and Washington, and
tle SeasOHS, except W1lleE, are iOHS. AS
. result the motoring is fine, and extend
I'd trips can be made at a speed that is
a delight to the drivers.
Speed Limit Ignored.
To, be sure, there is a twenty-mile state
speed limit, but who cares for that? The
driver who keeps within it on a three-mtle
stretch Of smooth road with no team in
sight is a rarity.
There is a farmer near here who makes
l kS- ,,-1h0,, ~ r,,o y,o~o~ 49, - 1>,,-E
aess cart. He takes in 1t a few sacks OF
' wheat and hurries to the mill and he
Brings home the groceries for the men in
The fields. His wife runs 1t as we'll as he
does and she carries to market her gar,
den stuff and her butter and eggs.
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MANNED CHILD, DYING
WILLS AWAY ITS TOYS

Pittsburg, Nov. 2s.-"Good bye. mamma
goodbye. papa; l am going to heaven.
Give my prettiest doll to Sylvia and let
Tommy have my go-cart, and don't for
get to let Nettie hav my Teddy bear
poor Teddy.
Little Nina Hanck, of Steubenville. ~.
who had been crushed by a railroad train,
b ~bequeathed her few belongings while
she lay on a cot in the hospital.
Their h waning spark OF life went out.
The little girl was coasting in a street
near her home. and swerved her little
wagon out of the way of a speeding auto
mobile. In doing SO, she directed the
wagon across the Cleveland and Pitts
burg railroad track only to meet an ex-
press train which ground her under thu
wheels.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
DROWN
AT SIOUX FALLS

Sioux Fails, S. D., Nov. 27.-One ~
the most pathetic tragedies of recent
occurrence in this city vas the drown
ing in the Sioux river in the southeast
ern portion of Sioux Falls OF Harry
and Chester Taylor, brothers, aged 8
and Q years. The searching parties
were in charge of Chief of Police Wade
and Special Officer Gamberg, and after
a great deal OF effort succeeded In find
ing the bodies of the w boys.
1t was supposed hat the mother OF
the drowned boys was a widow. but it
appears she was deserted by her hus-
band, w. G. Taylor. The family came
from Texas II prior to taking up a
permanent residence in Sioux Fails re-
sided at Mitchell. Mrs. Taylor is the
mother OF six children. four of them
vet being alive. She is In destitute cir.
cumSslnCeS.