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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Prominent Chicago Business
Man Confesses and Asks
Prompt Punishment.
CASE OVER IN FOUR HOURS
Sentenced to Prison Few Hours After
Arrest-Weeps as He Confesses
to Wrongdoing.

Chicago, Nov. 1S.-Peter Van Wis
singer, a real estate dealer. for years
classed among the first of Chicago's
prosperous and reputable business
men, yesterday confessed to having
obtained through forged deeds and
notes more than $500, 900. and a few
hours alter his arrest, on his W
urgent appeal to De punished, was
sentenced 10 the ~penitentiary. The
arrest, the indictment, the confession
and the sentence were the work Of
less than four hours.
Weeps While He Confesses.
Taken in the midst of business from
his office desk at 172 Washington
street, shortly after the noon hour.
d Vlissingen appeared before he
court and in tears confessed that for
from eighteen to twenty years he had
been securing money through the sale
of forged documents and that though
he had bought back many OF these
spurious instruments without detcc-
ton at least twenty-five people would
lose an aggregate OF more than $10N.
coo through the paper which he has
not yet redeemed.
Invents Clever Device.
In forging notes, he declared, he
had perfected a unique device. This
consisted of 4 plate glass desk top, so
arranged that by an electric light
thrown I'D frCm beneath he couIl
readily trace from ori4inals fors@l
signatures OTTO worthless paper.
Throughout his arlrst and sentence
he prisoner made nc effort to defend
himself, but only asked that his pun
ishmont BE- speedy. Asked if he had
an> thing 10 say before sentence was
imposed, Van Vii singer, bowling his
head. replied: only that | be given
ms Luz isl ment at once
His term in the p~enitcutiary was
liked as in1cterm nate. rom one to
fourteen years.
Wife Relative of Roosevelt.
Van Flisslngen, who is about forty
Eve years olj, was married Feb. t.,
1907. to Miss Jessie Roo cynlt Blend,
Who was described al the time IS a
istant relative of President EJ0su-
welt.
Ihe SFeclflc charge which LED up
TO TIE spectacular arrest of Van Wis
singer yesterday was made by two
men who had bought forged mortgage
notes. They are T. J. Lefens and WI
liam c. Seipp. who have Offices il the
same building as that occupied by
Van Nlissingen.
Become Suspicious.
Lefens and Seipp said they first be-
came suspicious OF the notes last Sat
urday, but took no action until yes
terday. Consulting with Assistant
States Attorney Barbour, they decid-
ed to delay no longer.
All of Van Vlissingen's accounts
were turned over to the Chicago Title
and Trust company, pending an inves-
tieation Of the exact extent of the de
falcation. Francis Lackoner, counsel
for the compliments, said last night
it would be impossible for several
days to make a complete list of those
who will be among the losers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Casualties.

F. E. Bills, a dairyman living three
miles east OF Marshalltown, was
knocked down and received fatal in
juries when he was struck by an auto
mobile.
Harold Elliott, aged six years, OIL
Waterloo, Iowa, who was shot through
the abdomen by the accidental dis
charge of a gun at his home at Voor
HES, may %recover
Two men we're killed outright, two
others fatally hurt and q half dozen Sc
vereiy hurt when a work train crash
ed into the zeal of a freight train at
Deep River, Conn.
In a collision between an automo-
bile and a locomotive at Red Bluff,
Cal, four persons were killed and one
slightly injured. The automobile was
struck by the engine of a special train.
A collision between a passenger and
freight train on the Grand Trunk rail-
way occurred nea S~herbrooke, Que
bee. One passenger was killed. Two
pOI0OuS WClO Sci IOucly dAu q AuluOCi
Of others slightly injured.
E. W. Lindsey of Colfax, Iowa, for
mer president Of the Hawkeye Tele-
phone company. has been arrested for
an alleged assault on eleven-year-old
Grace Hopkins. Fear of mob violence
hes caused his removal to Newton.
A fast train on the Rock Island col
lided with the real end of a freight
train rear Pueblo. Colo, II. a binding
snow storm. The engineer Of the pas
senger Grain was seriously injured.
None of the passengers was injured.
DR.. John r. Cook. one of the mist
prominent physicians in West Vir-
ginia. died at Fairmont. w. Va, as a
result Of blood poisoning, which de-
veloped a month ago., when he acct.
dentally pricked his finger while op
Grating on a patient.
Rev. George Ernest Viger of the
Sulpician order, and for over forty
seven years a member of the faculty
Of st. Charles college, Ellicott, Md,
and n Of the best known priests in
the country. was found dead in his
bed at the college. Death was due to
heart failure.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPlIOnt
l0S0rtant Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
People Talked About.

The death is announced at Hyere,
France. Of Sir Joseph Duveen, art con
n%oisseur.
William Edward Ayerton. a noted
electrical engineer and inventor, is
dead in London.
Hon. J. H. Agnew, a provincial
treasurer of Manitoba, died in Winni.
peg from appendicitis.
Oscar Mohr, q well known Milwau.
kee commission merchant and former
president of the chamber OF com
merce, is dead, after a lingering i'll.
ness.
President Roosevelt, in reply to a
Dublin correspondent who had invited
him to deliver a lecture, states that
he does not contemplate visiting Ire
land in 1909.
Rear Admiral J. Nj. Miller, governor
Of the United States naval home at
Philadelphia, died in that institution
after a brief illness. Admiral Miller
was sixty-one years old.
Rev. DR.. Alfred H. Harding, for the
past twenty-five years rector OF st.
Paul's Episcopal church in Washing
ton. has been elected bishop of Wash
ington, to succeed the late Bishop
Satterlee.
DR.. W.. r. Gillette, a former vice
president Of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company Of New York, who
came into public prominence during
the insurance Investigation, died in
New York after a lingering illness.
Harry Davendorf. for the past
twelve years secretary to James S.
Sherman as congressman, will be APP
pointed secretary to the vice presi-
dent. The position pays $4,000 a year.
Mr.. Davendorf was formerly engaged
In newspaper work.
Frank Moss, for a number Of years
director and counsel of the Society for
the Prevention of Crime in New York,
was elected president of the society,
to succeed DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst,
who recently resigned after holding
the office fifteen years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
HELGELEiN ON STAND.
Prosecution Plays Trump Card If
Lamphere Case.

Larorte, Ind. Nov. 1S-Prosecutor
Smith yesterday played another
trump card when, with A. X. Hedge,
lein of Aberdeen, S. D., on the stand
he offered in evidence and read to
the jury copies of three letters writ.
ten by Mrs. Belle Guinness to him
during March and April this year. in
which references to that crazy Lam
Dhere" are made. These letters por.
tray the methods employed by her i n
allaying the suspicious of the rela,
tives of persons she is supposed tc
have murdered. A. x. Helgelein was
asked to come to Laporte to investi,
gate and bring plenty Of money with
him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
General.

Gov. Hughes filed his certificate of
election expenses with the secretary
of state, giving his total expenditures
as s369.95.
Silas w. Petit, one of the best
known corporation and constitutional
lawyers in the country, was found
dead In his Offices in Philadelphia.
The Fales & jerks Machine compa
ny of Pawtucket, r. l., which employs
400 hands, has zone on full time, after
having run forty hours weekly since
spring.
Walworth H. Pappan, well known in
the iron and steel trade of the Sou
and Middle West, who lived at Louis
vile, KY, blew his brains out in the
wash room of the Hotel Savoy, In New
York.
An exceptionally rich gold strike
has been made near Sedgwick, on the
Wetasiwin branch Of the Canadian
Pacific railroad. Men are now en-
route to file claims. They say the dis
trict has gone gold crazy.
Following the receipt of a Black
Hand letter demanding $500, the home
of Grilleo Mercurio at Detroit was
blown up. Although the house was
badly wrecked, none of the nine per-
sons asleep in it was injured.
The Des Moines Register and Lead
er has bought the Daily Tribune, an
afternoon Democratic paper, and be-
ginning Dec. l will issue it as an after
noon edition of the Register and Lead
er, but under the name of the Tribune.
The minimum salary for an unmar-
ried clergyman in the diocese of New
York should be $1,000 and for a mar
ried clergyman $1,000 and a suitable
place to live, or $1,000 In money, was
the resolution adopted amid applause
in the annual convention of the Prot.
estant Episcopal diocese of New York.
William J. Bryan for chancellor of
the University of Nebraska was one
of the reports circulated in connection
with the resignation of e. Benjamin
Andrews. Mr.. Bryan said the report
was news to him. None of the regents
of the university would discuss the
matter, and the suggestion was not
taken seriously. All the regents are
Republicans.
4 permanent organization to protect
Russian political offenders who may
be arrested in this country at the in
stance of the Russian government and
charged with crimes, may be effected
in New York. The Pouren defense
conference, which was formed to pre-
vent the extradition Of Jan Janoff
pouren. has taken steps to form such
an organization.
The department of agriculture has
issued a preliminary estimate of the
production Of the principal crops OF
the United States, showing that corn.
wheat, oats and eight other crops, rep
~resenting approximately 70 per cent
of the value of all farm crops this
year, aggregate about 3 per cent
greater than a year ago and "a per
cent greater than the average for the
past five years.
John W. Kern, defeated Democratic
candidate for vice president, an.
nOunces that he is a candidate for
United States senator, to succeed
James A. Hemenway. The Indiana leg.
islature is Democratic on joint ballot
by a majority of IL.
Nat c. Goodwin, the comedian, and
Edna Goodrich, a well known actress,
who formerly starred with Mr.. Good.
win, were married at the home Of Mr..
Goodwin's mother in Boston. The
ceremony was performed by a Justice
Of the peace, whose name was not
made public.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
BODIES NEAR CAPSIZED BOAT.
Michigan Men Not Victims Of Fisher
men Violators, as Supposed.

Whitehall, Mich, Nov. IS. All
doubt as to the fate of Dputy State
Game Warden julius Salmonson, his
brother, NJ. Salmonson, and Deputy
Sheriff J. G.. Hazeltine, who went out
on White lake Saturday night in
search of illegally set nets, was set
tied by the finding yesterday of their
bodies in the lake heal where thel
overturned GOAT was found. 1t is now
considered certain tina the men were
drowned by the capsizins of their
boat and were not victims OF fisher
men, as was first suggested.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
From Other shores,

An express train was derailed ear
Grisoles, France. Ten persons were
killed and many injured.
The reidence Of Henry White, the
American ambassador, in Paris was
~ransacked by burglars and a large
quantity of valuables carried away.
A daring attempt was made by a
Bengalt to assassinate Sir Andrew
Henderson Leith Fraser, the lieuten-
ant governor of Bengal, at Calcutta.
Three other attempts have been made
to take the life of the lieutenant gov
ernor since his appointment to that Of
fee in 1903.
The question that has arisen be-
tween France and Germany over what
has come to be known as the Casa
blanca incident" arising out of the
arrest by the French authorities OF
German deserters from the French
foreign legion, will be referred to a
court Of arbitration.
The British prime minister, Herbert
H. Asquith, was the principal speaker
AZ LhC 'IulIuudll DdllQuC III l-oiuDAb
which marked the Inauguration of the
new lord mayor of London, Sir George
Wyatt Truscott, and brought to a fit
ting close the celebration of the kings
sixty-seventh birthday.
Trancis B. Keene, the American
consul at Geneva, Switzerland, has Of
fered a reward of 5000 for the discov-
cry of the body of Robert Lincoln
Clark, a young American, who is sup
posed to have been drowned in the
lake of Geneva off st. Gihgolp on
on Sept. u of this year.
In response to an appeal by Jose
Miguel Gomez, the Liberal candidate
for the presidency, Gov. Magoon has
issued a decree providing an annual
pension Of $4,000 during her life to
the widow of the late president, To-
mas Estrada Palma, and $50 monthly
in addition during the minority of her
four children.
The Spanish minister of finance has
introduced in the cortes a bill the OBJ
ject of which is to bring about re-
forms in the Bank Of Spain. 1t au-
thoriZes the issue of notes up to $400,-
000 600 and at the same time provides
for an augmentation of the gold re-
serve and a progressive decrease in
the coined silver reserve.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
KILLS SISTER WHILE PLAYING.
Boy Nearly Blows Girls Head OF
With Fathers Shotgun.

Carmi, ILL.,, Nox. IS. - Elizabeth
George, six years old. is dead at her
home as the result of playing sol
der" with her little brother.
The boy found his fathers shotgun,
which vas supposed TO be %unloaded,
and went through the motion of kill
ing his sister. The gun was loaded,
however, and the charge struck the
girl in the face, blowing a great hole
in her head. She died instantly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Clues to Postoffice Robbers.

South Bend, Ind, Nov. 1S.-Devel-
opments yesterday in the $4,000 post
office robbery Saturday night indicate
that the authorities nave secured evi-
dence which Is expected to lead to
the capture of the robbers. 1t is re-
ported that two arrests have been
made.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
SENTENCED IN "DRY" CITY.
Workhouse and 5000 Fine for Hotel
Man for Selling Whisky.

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. Is. - S. r.
w. Farr, manager and part owner of
the Hotel Imperial, was yesterday
given a sentence of six months in the
w%orkhouse and a fine of 5000 for sell
ing whisky. The hotel was raided
several weeks ago and several men
were arrested on the charge of con-
Quoting a social club Louis Ever
the same sentence as that imposed on
Farr.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Explosion Kills Two.

Hayti, Mo, Nov. 1S.-Two trainmen
are dead and two injured as the re-
suit of the explosion of a Frisco
freight engine here yesterday. Sixteen
loaded freight cars in the train were
demolished by the explosion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Two Men EIectrocuted.

Warren, II. l., Nov. 18.-In working
Yesterday among a number OF high
power electric wires in a power sta
ton at Brayton, William Guam of Fall
River and Fred Foss Of this town
were electrocuted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Head Half Blown Off.

Millyille, N. j., Nov. 18.-The body
of an unidentified man, about fifty
years Of age, was found yesterday in
a clump of bushes in this place. The
right half of the mans head had been
blown off, and at his side lay a shot
gun with one barrel discharged. From
the position Of the wound it is thought
possible that he was murdered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Vessel Driven Ashore.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. Is. A two
masted schooner, about 200 feet long,
supnosed to be the Springle, was
driven ashore and grounded on a
sandbar east Of here last night. The
vessel carried twelve men, all OF
whom were rescued.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Cut Ice Fourteen Inches Thick

Jamestown, N. D., Nov. Lice is
being cut in the James river. It is
nearly fourteen inches in thickness
and is said to be q better quality than
was secured last year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
Famous Lawyer Found Dead.

Philadelphia, Nov. 13. Slas W.
Petit. one Of the best known corpora.
ton and constitutional lawyers in the
country, was found dead in his Offices
in this city last night.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
PLEDGED TO SUPPORT ROOT.
Republican Assemblymen-eIect Favor
Secretary for Senator.

New York, Nov. 18.-At a special
meeting of the Republican assembly
men-elect of New York county, called
yesterday by James A. Francis, dean
didacy of Elihu Root for United
States senator from the State of New
York was Endorsed and the support of
the delegation wac pledged to him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-11-20
DEATH IN DUEL OVER A DIME.
Two Men Hack Each Other With
Knives in Bloody Fiqht.

Knives in Bloody Fight.
Sc. Joseph, Mo-. Nov. IS. : Aafter
slashing and hacking at each other
as they struggled along for a whole
block in a terrible street duel, Matt
Payne is dead here and John Harris
is dying.
The men quarreled over a dime in
night, drawing knives. For a block
they chung to each other, slashing Wig
orously, and fell side by side.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-07
THE METALS.

Silver. 5Slsc per ounce.
Copper (cathodes). 127sc per pound.
Lead, 81 per 100 pounds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-07

,pon the territory of that republic.
This country is not DESTROYS of engag
ing In any war of conquest with Mex
leo or any other nation. The time may
come, a century or so hence. vheh we
will want a slice of Mexico and all
of Canada, but we'll acquire them
without hostiIities of any. SORT.
In both cases the territory viii be
taken over by annexation, with the full
and free consent of all concerned, and
all of US will live happily ever after.
Just at present. though with presi-
Dental election looming only few
months ahead of US. we have plenty
to think about and plenty to talk
about without worrying over the rela-
tons of Mexico with the United States.
1t is probably true, as the Mexicans
say. that this country affords an asy-
lum for some of her political conspir-
ators, but we cannot very we'll help
that. About all We can 10 is TO pre-
vent Mexican agitators from using
the United States as a station for the
organization of revolutions, the equip
ment of armed forces and other acts
of that character.
The uneasness of Mexico seems 10
have grown out of suggestions that
Magdalena bay, where the Atlantic
fleet is now busily engaged In clean
ing ship preparatory 10 visiting Pa
cific ports, should be purchased from
the sister republic because it is an
ideal naval rendezvous and target sta
ton. Hong Kong would also make a
splendid rendezvous for American war;
ships, especially i'm time of actual con-
flict, but there is no likelihood of any
proposition for its purchase from Great
map are desirable. too, but it is likely
that they will remain I'm the possess
sion of their present owners, as far as
the United States is concerned.
So Mexico need not lie awake at
night worrying over a problem that
has no tangible existence. We have
plenty of stations of our own, both for
coaling and for target practice. Mag
dalena bay has been used by the Pa
cific squadron heretofore, and It was
used recently by the Atlantic fleet.
merely because it was convenient and
because the Mexican authorities WEI
coined the procedure. There has GER
tainly been no thought OF annexation
or purchase. There will be time
enough. after the vacant land in our
own country has been occupied and
turned into farms and homes, to talk
about taking in Mexico.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-07
CHANCELLOR DAY SPEAKS.

BY reason Of his frequent talks in
favor of the trusts and the men who
control them. Chancellor Day of SYRIA
cuse university has been accused of
being the tool of the trusts and the
trust magnates. He took another tack.
however, i'm a talk ne made to the
Harlem branch of the Young Mems
Christian association in New York
on Sunday afternoon. DIR. Day sail
In part:
But the country is sound. You
have heard that sublime, stupid non
sense about half dozen men putting
the world In their pockets and not
letting anybody else get any. Why.
you may be one of those half dozen
some day. These men are not going
to live forever. If they had Methuse-
labs prospects of life 1T might be
serious matter. Men get rich, and
then get fat. and get dyspepsia and
die. The Lord takes care of that.
Most of them are fools, but they die
and leave their millions to sons ana
daughters, instead of to Syracuse uni
versity.
and most of the sons are fools
too. They spend the money for auto
mobiles and yachts and great estab-
| lishments. and bye and bye you all get
II back. The daughters distribute
wealth, too. They give some of it to
those counts and noaccounts the pa
pers are full of. Most of it goes
abroad. but comes back again. Many
of the daughters sell themselves and
give bonus. We have a market here
| H. this country for rich girls-iust as
much a market as they have in Con-
stantinople"
1t is not unfashiona BILE TO rail against
great wealth. but the man who, in his
heart of hearts, does not at some pc
Rod of his career long TO be the pos
SCISSOR OF large sums of money is an
unusual man. 1t is some comfort to
hear from the lips Of so wise a man
as Chancellor Day the statement that
any young man may at some time be
one of the chosen few, the very few
And while il is not true in all cases
that the sons of rich men distribute
their money iavishly when they get
it, IT is true I'm enough cases to give
the sons of poor men hope.
The wise prevention of entail in this
country. the law that prohibits the
eldest son from inheriting the whole
of vast estate, to the exclusion of
other children. has made possible the
ultimate division of the greatest of
fortunes. II it were not for that law
succeeding generations might find the
bulk of the nations wealth far more
closely held than ii is today
And Chancellor Day was right when
he said that the country is sound
enough. 1t is not going to be perma
pently affected by any panic. The ma
ton is too big, ii rests too securely on
the foundation that has been built by
its fathers.
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Total Copies of The Herald
Printed in March. 1908.
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