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FINDS nER trunk
FULL OF SNAKES
saleswoman Opens Supposed
Sample Trunk in Hotel and
Receives Shock.

Minneapolis, May 11.-Screnms OF terror
echoing through the halls, brought guests
and bellboys on the run to a room on
the second floor Of the West hotel. Buryt-
ing In the door, the rescuers found a
bed as she gazed with horror at a big
trunk which stood across the room
The head Of q great snake protruded
from a pile Of blankets in the trunk.
Slowly the head turned from left to right
and the red tongue played wickedly back
and forth from The half open mouth. As
the rescuers rushed into the room the
reptile uncoiled itself further from the
blanket and swung Its head in their d.
%rection, Kissing angrily.
Without q word the young woman ran
from the room. In the hall she tainted.
When restored to consciousness 1t was
found that she was Miss M. f.. Waiter
son, a saleswoman from New York. She
had been waiting in Minneapolis for q
trunk OF samples which had been e
her from her company's Offices In New
York. The trunk arrived last night. 1t
was sent to her room and she started
to open the big, travel-worn box.
The trunk was not locked, but was Sc
curely strapped and roped. Undoing the
fastenings, Miss Watterson lifted the
cover. The trunk seemed to be full OF
blankets. She lifted the top blanket up
and sprang back with a scream as a
great snake lazily lifted its head and shot
out q red-forked tongue.
Rattlers, boa constructors and y score
of smaller reptiles were revealed in the
blankets which filed the trunk, when D.
p. Conroy. the head clerk at the hotel,
made an Investigation later. In a COM
partment OF the trunk were found cos
tunes such as snake charmers wear, and
a package Of photographs, each Of which
was inscribed La Lolita. Queen of Snake
Charmers." Whoever La Lolita is, it la
supposed hat her trunk became confused
with that shipped to Miss Watterson.
Miss Watterson spent a busy day try
ing to locate the missing trunk and get
rid OF the reptiles.
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Imposing Building.

The imposing international building
will stand on an attractive site cover
ing about five acres to the south Of
and In close proximity to the White
partment building, the Corcoran art
gallery. and hat Of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution. 1t is also
near the Washington monument. The
dimensions of the building will be ap-
proximately 160x160 feet, its main por-
ton standing two stories above a
high studded basement and being in
turn surmounted by digniied ballus-
trades. The rear portion, in order to
cover a capacious assembly hall, will
rise still higher.
h general architecture will sug-
gest Latin-American treatment out Of
respect to the fact that 20 OF the 81
republics are OF Latin origin, al the
same time possessing such monument
tai characteristic as will make it har-
monte with the general scheme for
the improvement Of Washington. 1t
will be constructed throughout Of
steel n concrete, with h effect Of a
Spanish stucco finish and with white
marble steps, foundations an1 trim
mings.
A large reading room will be a fea-
ture where can be seen all the South
as well as North American publica-
lions, besides important historical
0oNds "a IA
that for present purposes, may be
called the HAL of the American Am
~bassadors," will provide the only
room OF it's kind in the United States
especially designed for international
conventions. receptions to distin-
guished foreigners, and for diplomatic
aud social events of a kindred nature.
The bureau is strictly an international
and Independent organization, main
tained by the Joint contributions,
based on population of the 81 Amer
lean governments.
Nearly $1,000, 900 will be spent in
construction and fitting up the build
ing. OF which Andrew Carnegie con
tributed $4,000. 1t will be unique,
not only for Washington, but in all
the world, serving as an international
headquarters or offices in one national
capital Of Fl American nations, the
nearest approach to 1t being the new
temple Of peace, now being erected at
| The Hague.
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NOW A WOMAN SOLVES
THE SECRET OF SEX

New York. May 11.-Mrs. c. r. Cal
houn declares she has discovered the
secret Of sex. After 80 years, devoted
largely to studying the subject, she as
serts h has proved by actual demon
stration that parents can have boys or
girls at will. that stock breeders and
ranchmen can produce COW or bull
calves as they see At, and that horti-
culturists can grow male or female
plants at will.
The last of her own family, she
maintains, was made to order. After
three girls had come along she de-
cided to change the sex Of those that
followed, so she put the discovery at
WORK n mad Tour boys. Now that she
is Il widow and her children are
grown. she proposes to give the whole
world the benefit Of her discovery in a
book she is writing and expects to pub
l.sh within a month.
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BURGLAR FLEES IN
TERROR FROM THIRTY
GIRLS IN "NlGHTlES."

P,ttsburg. May 12.-Thirty girls In
night dresses routed a burglar at the
rooms of the Y. w. G.. A. and caused
him to flee as though a company of
white robed ghosts was pursuing him.
The burglar evidently did not know
what sort of a building he had broken
into.
Mrs. Garrison. the matron, was awak-
end by a mysterious sound. After lis
tening a mcmen she decided it was a
burglar and screamed at the top Of her
voice.
The response was magical. Thirty
young women and girls arose from their
beds and responded as one. Some were
armed with brooms, some with curling
irons. and others with hat pins.
The burglar saw he was cornered.
He gave n glance at the advancing
force and then leaped through a second
story window. He was unhurt when
he struck the ground, and with one
terrified look over his shoulder he fled,
leaving his hat and kit Of burglar tools
behind.
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ACTRESS HAS FIRM ..@w
IDEAS ABOUT CHILD

New York, May 1s.-Miss Olga Meth
ersole addressed Club A of the Peoples
institute last night on The Need OF
Industrial insurance for Working Peo-
pie" the kind Germany has had for %
years. The discussion blossomed into q
debate concerning motherhood. child
hood and related amenities. 1t appeared
when Miss Nethersole was well under
way that the body's supreme right is
the right to live, AMI that under the
present system in America we do not
all get 1t.
Among other things she said: III
isn't right for persons who are sick to
have children. My plea is for an end
to false modesty. 1t Is criminal to bring
into the world a child who is MANNED
or diseased. I plead also for govern.
mental recognition Of standard of the
health"
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town, with the civilian head of the navy
and a party of guests on board put
out from the Oakland shore and made
a tour up and dow the four lines Of
anchored battleships, armored cruisers
and ~torpedoboat destroyers. This is the
first big review of the navy that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has not made in per-
son since he went into the White House
six and a half years ago. The fleets
at anchor, in the hill surrounded bay.
constitute the heaviest fighting force
the navy has ever known under a single
command and no such force in all the
history Of the navies in the world was
ever before assembled under a rear
admiral's flag.
Admiral Evans expects to leave for
Washington tonight. He is r%elinauish-
ing command of the feet at this time
at his request, because of his i'll
health. He will not be placed on the
retired list until August, and will re-
main on waiting orders until that time
at his home in Washington.
Rear Admiral Charles H. Thomas will
become commander in chief of the At
lantic feet.
Nebraska's Gift.
After the review the flag
ing officers were received on board the
Yorktown, which cast anchor near the
Connecticut. Silver services were pre-
sented to the battleship Nebraska and
the armored cruiser California. Cow
ernor Sheldon, OF Nebraska, made the
presentation speech on board the Me-
braska.
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IN FEUD
SHOOTS HIS MATES

Manila, May II. The wholesale
shocting OF soldiers yesterday at Camp
6toeenberg appears to have been the
result OF q feud between Private
Beacham and Sergeant Hoey. Private
Wilson and Sergeant Hoey were en-
sdeavortng to induce q young soldier to
stop cumming with Beacham on the
ground that he was an improper char
acter. Beacham brooded over thai
matter and then. erased with drink.
attacked and killed Hoey and Wilson.
The shooting of the others reported
had been u~nintentional.
q. G. Peters, recently q pay clerk on
the cruiser Rainbow, was arrested to-
day for alleged embexxlement Of $4,000.
Peters denies the guilt.
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BABY WEIGHS ONLY
ia LBS. AT BIRTH

Pittsburg, Nay 12.-Dr. A. j. colborn,
davit with the story of the smallest
baby ever born alive and healthy in
western Pennsylvania, q one-and-three-
quarter-pound girl, which has arrived
at the home of George Hertzog, at Nor
rell, Pa.
The baby is the second born to Mr..
boy weighing two and one-half. pounds
at birth. Now, at % months, it is as
lusty as the ordinary child.
Its newly arrived sister is fully de-
veloped, and although not at all iusty.
will live. The father is a carpenter.
The mother is of medium build.
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BAKE AND FREEZE
LEG TO SAVE LIFE
DR.. Sullivan, an Inferno, Aids
Policeman Carpenter Where
Elders Despaired.

New York, May 12-After experienced
physicians had declared hat wen am
putation Of a leg might not save the
life of Policeman Coles Carpenter. and
a priest had been summoned to admin
lister the last rites of the church, DR..
Raymond Sullivan. a young inferno in
st. Mary's hospital succeeded, by the
alternate baking and freezing process,
In saving Carpenters life and leg.
While stepping from a car asst July
Carpenter fell on q rusty nail, wound
ing his right leg. Modification set in.
and last December 1t was decided am
putation was necessary.
DR.. Sullivan, son Of DR.. John D. Sulli-
van, a police surgeon, said he believed
he could save the limb. As amputation
in Carpenters condition was most pre-
carious. the inferno was allowed to take
the case.
DIR. Sullivan "baked" Carpenters leg
In a heat from $50 to 200 degrees to in
duce a rush OF blood to the limb. He
then plunged 1t into an ammonia ice
tank to drive the blood out quickly and
carry away the impurities which had
caused modification. The treatment
proved effective n early in April Car
penter could use his leg with the aid Of
crutches. Last night he took a long
walk without the clutches. His leg
will soon be normal.
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RED LIGHT SHUTS OFF
LONG N SPEAKERS

st. Petersburg. May 1.-THE dumaha.
adopted an interesting innovation with
a view to keeping wordy orators to the
time limit. The red lamp is lighted In
front of the speaker and 1t Is auto
Matically extinguished when 10 minutes
have expired.
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VENERABLE UNIVERSITY
SECRETARY FACES CHARGE
OF SHORTAGE IN FUNDS

Chicago. May II. James H. Wade.
venerable secretary OF the University
of Michigan, Is said I o be in Chicago
while the accounts Of his ONCE are UNI
der investigation with Q possibility
that discrepancies Of several thousand
dollars may be discovered. The rum
mentioned Is $1,000. but 1t Is said by
his frtends that 10 there any shortage
aAr. Wade did not profit by tt-that IL
~ due to an error IN ~bookkeepjp@
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GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD
FOR MURDERER rAvloa

Lincoln, Neb, May 13.-ActinR Gov
n Saunders has issued a proclama-
ton Offering a reward of $500. the
amount provided by law, for the arrest
Of Bert M, Taylor. the man charged
with the assault on his sisterinlaw.
Pearl Taylor. of M:nden. from the ef.
fects of which she died.
The reward for Taylor's capture now
totals $1,000. Private subscriptions are
being made and will materially increase
this.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-15
BLACK FlEND BURNS
FIVE CHILDREN ALIVE

Montgomery, Ala, May 13.-H. Ken
nedy, a well known negro OF Mont
gon1ery, Ala, locked up his seven chill
dren in his house last night and then
set the house on fire. Five were
burned to DEATH.
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/, This notice has been dfs1laved an .
London suburb: WHY paw rent uhen
you can hire a horse, man and a dark
night for Is Cd al hour? Night remov.
lals without disturging your neighbors
la speciality"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-15
LARGER HOMESTEAD BILL
IS PASSED nv holIaE

Warrington, May II. = The House
passed the bill amending the homestead
laws 80 Is to permit the entry of $50
acres instead OF 160 acres of nonirriR-
authorizing the drainage Of certain
swamp lands in the Red Lake Indian
reservation, Minnesota.
A bill allowing the states of Idaho
and Wyoming 100000 additional acres
of land for reclamation was defeated.
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One Victim From Norway.

Christiania, Norway. May 14.-News
OF he Wholesale murders at Laporte
which has reached here has caused q
ersafs sensation. II 10 believed that
o y q the victims was Olaf Jensen. :
Chrfsttania about two years z at
tracted by Mrs. Guinness marriage adj
y-ertisenents. He has not been heard
from since n all inquiries by friends
here have been fruitless.
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; According to the police census Just
taken, the population Of Washington is
339. 4O3, an increase OF 9,S12 yer last
year. There are 241, $50 whites and S1-
lS3 neRroes.
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LATE PREMIER'S BROTHER
FOLLOWS HIM TO GRAVE

London, May u. Right Honorable
James Alexander Campbell, brother Of
the late premier, Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, is dead.
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ADMIRAL EVANS
TO WASHINGTON

San Francisco. May 11-Rear Admiral.
Evans closed his long sea career today,
when he went board his flagship, the
Connecticut. for the last time to be
present at the review of the combined
Atlanti and Pacific fleets by Secretary
Metcalf.
The review began at 10 o'clock this
morning when the little R,,nhoat York;
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RINGS ONLY ADD TO
GUINNESS MYSTERY
~ aEES sGE-Tg1 TEfVT| sNT Tl6fW
Who Are "P. S" and ~. S."
and "P. G.?' Officials
Ask Themselves.
lA"'s ssszc IHh9 A.our II.

Baltimore, May M.-That Ray
lAmphero, charged with burning
the Guinness homo and the death
Of tts occupants near LaPorte. Ind.
made Q statement connected with
the case to Rev. b. A. echsil, VA
admitted BY the Rev. Mr.. echell
= pastor Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church At LaPorto and q dele
gate to the Methodist Episcopal
general conferences here. refused to
dtvulgo anything Is to it, nature.
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LACK OF MONEY SAVED
THIS DUPE OF WOMAN

st. Joseph, Mo. May 13.-"Because I
had no money, I now believe. is the
only thing that saved me from being
murdered by Mrs. Guinness near La
porte" said George Anderson, Of Tar
kio. Mo-. last night as he boarded the
Rock Island flyer for Chicago, where he
will offer MS personal testimony and
letters written to him by Mrs. GUM
ness to the authorities.
Anderson, who is a Swede SO years
old, believes the woman is still alive;
that she set fire to the farm herself.
Two years ago. while at Montieth,
Mich he answered one OF Mrs. GUM
ness advertisements, posing as a
wealthy farmer. She wrote him to
come on. He did SO. but upon finding
he had no money. she. was tncensed,
but told him he could spend the night
at her place. He went to bed, but was
awakened and u the woman bend
Ing over him. When he spoke she ran
out OF the room; Greatly frightened
ut daylight left the place.
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SOUTH DAkOTAN
PUT UP FIERCE
FIGHT FOR LIFE
HeIgeIein's CIenched Fist in
Death Holds a Tuft of
Hair.
FROM LAMPHERE'S HEAD7
Color Corresponds With Hair Of
Hired Man Who Is Held
Under Suspicion.
LAMPHERE's HEAD?

ties Of this county today are busy
weaving together the shreds of evil
dence relied upon to connect Ray
Lamphere with The deaths at the
Guinness farm. and have their case as
complete as possible when the grand
jury meets next week.
AS yet the evidence a not re-
vealed to any great extent what atti-
tud it would ume Neither Lam
phere nor counsel Will discuss the
matter with anyone, further than to
claim that Mrs. Guinness still is alive
and that she fired her own home thai
burned her children to death. While
Prosecutor Smith this
theory as absolutely improbable, yet
this impression is becoming wide.
spread despite almost total absence OF
evidence to support IL.
The weather is today again very
threatening. Some rain has fallen
though not in sufficient quantities to
necessarily delay the sherifrs opera
That Andrew Helgelein. formerly OF
Mansfield, S. D., did not give up his
life without a struggle is evidenced by
the fact that in one of his clenched
hands was a tuft of short brown hair.
which is said to be in correspondence
closely with the hair covering the head
of Ray Lamphere. This new phase OF
the mystery was disclosed in a deposit
ton of DR.. Myer, one Of the examining
physicians. who went into an exhaus-
tive examination of Helgelein's body.
William Brogiski, a Polander. living
with a farmer %neighbor Of Mrs. GUM
ness, vas called upon during the years
1906-07 to dig three holes in the barn
lot of the Guinness place. He was told
by Mrs. Guinness the holes were to be
utilized for farm refuse. Mrs. GUM
ness designated he dimension Of the
holes. which Brogiski says were about
six feet long and four feet wide. In
all these holes bodies have been found.
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ToNoPAH HOTEL DURING.

Tonopah. New. May l4.-The Palace
hotel block burned last night. with =
loss Of $4,000: no insurance.
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The man who Is too smooth often
becomes slippery,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-15
,pUsuouE COUNTY
NIT ~ A TWI91ER

Dubuque, Ia. May Il. - A tornado
swept southwest OF Dubuque yesterday
afternoon. wrecking outbuildings and
killing live stock. No n 10 reported
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-15
ANOTHER pupE HAS
TURNED UP Ml8aINos

Io!a, Wis, May Il. - Henry Gurholt,
OF tne town OF scandinavta near here.
IL believed to have been 4 victim Of
MIS-. Guinness. It 10 known ne had
been communicating with . matnmon-
'ial bureau whose advertisement he had
read In . Scandinavian paper. Somo
q III. friend. declare he correspondent
Wltn MIS-. Guinness. He has never been
heard from since July q. 9
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IAporte. Ind. May A-Unexplain-
suppressed. was made public in the
Guinness tragedy this morning. 1t 10
contained In the report OF DR.. Lucien
Gray, who performed the autopsy on
b body which authorities have stead
lastly claimed In that Of Mrs. Bella
Guinness.
Gray tells OF three rings. which were
Found apo the corpse. and also re-
veals the facts that right hand. hith-
erto declared missing 10 still in exist
pscted to reveal the identity Of the
wearer, only add to tho mystery OF the
case. Two OF them contain inscrip-
tons, one being "P. s. to j. g., August
-, '04;" n other "P. q. to J.. g., t-6-
nrs. Guinness, va. Peter
Guinness, but the Identity Of ~. 8. and
=. d" Ia q puz1le which none of the To-
cal authorities would attempt to ex-
plain.
Gray also, described at length the
Of clothing and night robes
the night robes, that Of an adult, was
trimmed with lace and ribbons. The
Of he hild's night dress and
eeceral undergarments also were found.
ray report concluded as follows:
From the examination of this adult
female 1t 10 impossible to determine The
exact cause Of death"
accompanying the findings Of Gray
Vas q report by DR.. Meyer on the body
OF d male infant found In the ruins
* the LOUISE 1t describes the condi-
ZION OF the corpse and says the cause
OF death could not be determined.
a gold crowned tooth has been found
IN b debris OF the Guinness home. It
q believed to be from the head OF Mrs.
Bella Guinness.
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cRokER,s HORSE WINS.
London, May 11.-One of the 1000
guinea stakes at Newmarket today was
won by Richard Croker's Rhodora-
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Nebraska's Gift
MRS. J. C. KING WEEDS
AMERICAN IN PARIS

Paris, May IA private telegram
received here today announces The mar
riage In London Of Dr.. Perry Chance.
an American dentist practicing in
Paris. and Mrs. King, widow of the late
millionaire, of Chicago. Although it 10
impossible to confirm the report, the
news generally is credited. Mrs. King
recently bought a house in Paris and
told her friends that she would make
this her permanent residence.
Chicago. May s.-The foregoing dis
patch is believed to refer to Mrs. Maude
Robinson King. widow of a Chicago
millionaire. James C.. King. Mrs. King
has been living in the French capital
since she left Chicago. after breaking
her husbands will and obtaining an
even $1,000, 600 from his estate.
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Building of the American
republics. Erected through the
public spirited gift of Andrew
Carnegie and the contributions
OF all the republics upon land
provided by the government of
the United States. May Ii,
1902"
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Inscribed on the cornerstone are the
following words:
New-York tribune., 1908-03-12
TO STOP STOCK CLIMBING.
Inquiry Directed by President m
Regard TO Federal Po7cer.
rFroni The Tribune Bureau ]


Washington. March 1.-THE President has
referred bill presented to him by the New
York Merchants Association providing for the
abolition of bucket shops. together with num-
be- Of recommendations concerning stock gam
bling to the Commissioner of Corporations
Herbert Knox Smith. with instructions 70 MI
Smith to Ike thorough investigation of al
the facts the extent to which gambling of this
character. etc. he controlled or prohibited
hv the federal government. and To submit TO the
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor conlpre-
hensive report the subject
The President does not regard the abolition
Of bucket shops as the really serious phase of
this question because they are generally recog
ptzed As an evil and he believes that little diff
ficultv will be encountered in putting them out
Of bnelncss The larger question that of stock
gambling however. the Executive regards as
presenting some serious difficulties and as in
volving grave problems In this connection ne
has told Mr. Smith that if II seems feasible for
the federal government to check this evil he
would like to have him prepare the draft of
bill but he has warned the Commissioner thst
he does not care for any fll-consdered measure
or for A measure drastic that 1t would prove
impossible of enforcement and would mus oe-
come dead letter and travesty on law
Il is not believed that the Commissioner will
be able TO complete thorough an inVestlga-
rion as the President calls for in course of thts
session of Congress. but it is more hKely.
should some practical method OF control oe
found that the recommendation VIII toFHi =
part Of the Presidents next annual message u
Congress.
II 90 f.- as tho views Of the President
concerned they we're clearly set forth In MS
last important message TO Congress and he
has seen no reason TO change them since that
time