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The Washington times., 1908-08-16

Franklin Roberts has been engaged
to play the bOokmaker in 'WiIdfire' IN
support Of Lillian Russell.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

Julia Ralph, Nellie Breuster, and John
Park viii be new members Of Mary S
Lamb" company when It returns TO New
york.
The Washington times., 1908-08-16

Frances Ring Is TO succeed Charlotte
Walker as Hilda In the Chicago cast OF
The Wolf"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
TRAIL fDTAIHIN MILITIA CAMP
Three Troopers Killed and Twenty-six
Badly Injured at Gettys-
burg, Pa.

Gettysburg, Pa, July 25.-As a re-
suit of a severe electrical storm
which passed over the encampment
Of the national guard of Pennsylvania
last night three troopers were killed
and twenty-six seriously injured.
Shortly before o'clock this morn
ing Lieut.. Col. Louis E. Better OF
Philadelphia, a member Of the stan
of Gov. Stuart, came to this place
from the camp and made the official
announcement. Those killed, he an
nounced, We're:
Privates Burt Barber and Milton
Graves of the Tenth regiment, and
Private Morrison, Sixteenth regiment.
Body Cut in Two.
The body of Barber was severed in
twain as though by sword. The
greatest confusion prevailed and Wis
itors to the camp, as we'll as many
of the troopers, were panic-strlcken.
The field hospital is crowded with
injured, and the colonel of the Tenth
regiment has given up his quarters to
those who are in immediate need of
medical assistance. The camp is
flooded and the telegraph wires are
Frustrated When the storm came up
Gov. Stuart was entertaining few
friends in his tent
Storm Breaks Suddenly.
The storm broke with such sudden
ness and fury that the occupants OF
the tent found themselves entangled
in the canvas and ropes in an instant,
but all escaped serious injury. There
were nearly fifty men in the regimen
tai guard tent of the Tenth regiment
when the storm broke and not one is
believed TO have escaped injury.
When the storm swept down upon
the camp there were hundreds of Wis
itors present Scores of men and
women sought shelter in the Y. M. G.
tent This immense sheet of canvas
was tossed like toy balloon in a
gale of wind, but strangely enough not
one person, SO far as known, was in
iured.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
TWO TO HANG FOR MURDERS.
Joe and Charlie Peltier Are Sentenced
for Death Of F. w. Seidel and
His Niece.

Bottineau, N D., July 25.-Joe and
Charlie Peltier were yesterday SEN
fenced to death for the murder OF F.
w. SiedeI and his niece, Alexandra
Seidel, at Somber postoffice on June
81. The trial lasted a full week, but
the jury brought in its verdict OF
guilty of murder in the first degree
after only ninety minutes delibera-
ton.
Only when the verdict was read did
the defendants abandon the brazen.
Indifference and even levity with
which they had regarded the whole
proceedings. AS the jurors were
polled Charlie Peltier broke down
completely and sobbed aloud.
joe did not yield so absolutely to
his feelings, but he turned pale and
abruptly asked permission to address
the court He withdrew this request
moment later, however, and when.
asked if he had anything to say be-
fore sentence was pronounced re-
NAMED silent
Immediately after the verdict was
rendered Sheriff McKennon put four
extra guards in and around the court
house and Jail.
Sakashe Weshuk Uitle Rising
SUM, an Indian also implicated in the
crime. will be tried at once and a jury
is now being selected.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
From Other shores.

D President Dayilla Of Honduras has
issued q notice declaring that the
revolution in that country is quelled
The British house Of lords passed
the second reading Of the old age
pension bill, thus insuring Its becom.
ing law.
Thomas Gagliardo has been ap.
pointed secretary Of finance of Ecua-
dor, in succession to Belisario Torres,
resigned.
Waldorf Astor, eldest son of Will
liam Waldorf Aston, has been chosen
as Conservative candidate for member
Of parliament from Plymouth at the
next general elections.
Two men named Verfaille and Car
lier have been found guilty of stealing
Van Dyck's masterpiece, "The Raising
of the Cross" from the church at Cour-
trai, Belgium. yerfaille was sen
fenced to five years in prison and
earlier to thirty months.
Count Herman Won Hatzfeldt-Wil-
denburg, counsellor of the German
embassy at Washington, will soon be
transferred to the post of counsellor
OF embassy at Constantlnople, being
succeeded at Washington by Count
George Won Wedel, who at present is
second secretary OF the German en-
bass vat Rome.
Heavy snow storms in the noun
tains of Switzerland are driving the
American and other tourists from the
high elevations. Many accidents have
been reported. Prof. Rougemont, an
eminent theologian, persisted of ex-
haustion on the Jungfrau, and land
slide near Lucerne demolished house
and killed shoemaker and his three
children.
Customs receipts in some Of the
larger ports OF the republic of Mexico
have fallen off more than one-third
during the past few months, and the
pinch of hard times is being keenly
felt in all parts Of the republic, par
ticularly in the mining districts. This
condition of affairs is attributed by a
high official to the failure of the gov
eminent to allow the free coinage of
gold.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Kills His Widowed Aunt to Get
Money So He Can Marry
Pretty New York Girl.
WOUNDS SELF TO FOOL POLICE
Tells Ingenious Lie About Shooting, but
Finally Breaks Down and
Tells Truth.

New York, July 25.-Drawn back TO
the scene of his crime by force ne
could not resist, August Eberhard,
self-confessed murderer of his aunt.
Mrs. Ottillie Eberhard, a Vlennese
widow whom he lured to lonely spot
In New Jersey, few days ago, ana
shot to death. was captured near Fat
erson, N. j., yesterday and is now
prisoner in the Hackensack jail.
What interested the authorities
most in the confession Eberhard made
to them late yesterday was the rea'
son he gave for committing the crime.
Loved New York Girl.
Eberhard said that he was in love
with a New York girl and that he
needed money to marry her, so, know
ing that his aunt had $4,000, he plot
ted to kill her and steal the money
Eberhard says he also intended to
kill his pretty cousin, Ottillie Eber
hard, to whom he was engaged, so
that nothing would stand in the way
of his marriage to the New York girl.
Hollow-eyed, cheeks drawn and
with the look of a hunted animal on
his face, Eberhard was found lying
on the lawn of a residence just out
side Paterson. There was an ugly
looking wound in his right leg, which
the murderer first said had been in
flicted by Italians who attacked him,
but which he afterwards confessed
was inflicted by himself SO as to make
the police believe he had been
wounded On the night his aunt was
killed.
Tells ingenious Story.
| Eberhard did not Immediately con-
fess to the Police. He told most
ingenious story to account for his dis
appearance after the shooting of his
aunt. to the effect that on the night
of the murder he had tried to defend
his aunt from the attack of party of
| Italians. He said he made his cousin
run on ahead and then returned to
| help his aunt, but the murderers
overpowered him after shooting him
in the leg. Then, he said, he lost con-
sciousness and remembered nothing
| until he came to his senses in the
| PreaRness mountains. He gave a
| graphic description of his alleged
wanGerings through the mountains.
Weakens and Tells Truth.
The inquisitors did not believe this
story and they kept Eberhard on the
grill until he weakened and made a
confession The murderer seemed to
! feel relieved when he had finished his
remarkable narrative of the murder
| He asked the prosecutor, to whom he
! had confessed, for cigar, and when
/! it was given to him he smoked it as
1 though he had no other care in the
world.
An important point in the corses
sion was the statement by Eberharc
that he had an accomplice in the mur
! der plot He said, however, that his
/! accomplice had no hand in the killins
Of Mrs Eterhard. This man, who
! was one of Eberhard's friends. has
fed to the West and the police are
looking for him They have hi:
name.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
SHIPPERS ISSUE uLTlMATuM.
Combine Formed to Resist Advance in
Railroad Rates.

Combine Formed to Resist Advance in
Railroad Rates.
Chicago, July 26 - The million dol
lar shippers combine, formed to re-
sist an advance in railroad rates, yes
terday sent an ultimatum to the rail
roads
Unless the railroads agree to hold
the proposed increase in rates in
allegiance until their reasonableness
or unreasonableness can be passed
upon by the interstate commerce COM
mission the shippers will appeal to
the courts. It is practically stated in
so many words that the shippers will
seek to enioin the railroads. from put
ting the proposed advance in rates
into effect, unless they are first sub
mitted to the interstate commerce
commission.
The shippers refuse to consent to
the railroads putting the new rates
into effect, leaving the interstate com
mission to pass upon them after they
are in force. The railroads must get
the approval of the commerce com.
mission first or the shippers will fight
In order to give the railroads one
more chance the shippers to-day will
invite. the presidents of all the rail.
roads north Of the Ohio river and
west of the Mississippi to a confer
ence in this city in the near future
Upon the result OF this conference de.
rends the greatest battle between the
railroads and shippers ever waged III
this country. 81.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
FIERCE FIGHT WITH INDIANS.
Mexican Troops Attack Village and
Kill Nineteen Papagos.

j.
Tucson, Ariz., July 26. = In des-
perate battle between Mexican troops
and Papago Indians at the Imaculada
ranch, near Cetro, Colo, a mining
camp in the Altar district of Sonora
nineteen Indians and two soldiers
were killed and five soldiers were
wounded. The encounter resulted
from an attempt to return the Indians
to their reservation. The Papagos are
usually peaceful, but many complaints
of depredations upon ranches by this
band caused the government on two
previous occasions to send troops TO
subdue them. The Indians fed to the
mountains both times.
The present expedition, under Capt.
Baron, with sixty soldiers, surprised
an Indian village The soldiers found
no one in camp but two boys, as the
remainder of the population were
gathering cactuo fruit in the hills.
The soldiers set fire to the houses and
the Indians rushed to the rescue of
their homes.
Seeing the troops, they took refuge
behind nearby rocks and opened fire,
Baron ordered the bugler to sound the
retreat. The troops retired and the
Indians pursued, thinking they had
routed the soldiers The latter, how
ever, soon halted and opened fire, kill
ing nineteen of the hostiles and
wounding many The Indians fed,
taking their wounded with them.
Among the killed are Chief Dolores
and his soon. These two are said to
have been the chief trouble makers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
tuberculosis Is Theme.

Walker Mimi, July 25.-The Upper
Mississippi Medical society met this
week at the state sanatoriunl for con-
sumptives at Walker, 127 doctors be-
ing present. The report Of DR.. w. J.
Marclay was unanimously approved
by the society, and the papers read
by the doctor on the subject of gen
eral tuberculosis were the subject Of
discussion during the entire day.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Kick Probably Fatal

Eau Claire, Wis, July 25.-Fifteen
days ago Elmer Howe, aged four, was
kicked in the head by a horse as he
was walking behind it and sustained
a slight scalp wound. The wound
healed up Immediately and no more,
was thought of it till yesterday when
the lad was taken violently ill with
lockjaw and his life is despaired of.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Wreck May Cost One Life.

Grand Rapids. Mich, July 25.
No-th-bound passenger train No. / on
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
struck a freieht car standing on the
main line at South Boardman and was
wrecked. Half a dozen persons were
injured. one possibly fatally.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Former Banker is Convicted

s. Great Bend, Kan, July 26. After
being out two days and two nights
the jury in the. case Of Edward Bocke-
mobile. president Of the defunct Bank
of Ellinwood, found the defendant
guilty in one count charging him
with receiving deposits after the limit
of thirty days.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
SHERIFF FolLs LYNcHERs.
Seek Life of Man Who Killed Man.
and Wounded Woman.

Port Edwards. Wis, July 25,-Dan-
iel Lynch shot and killed Richard
Nomenson, shot and seriously wound
ed Miss anna Sorenson and then tried
to kill himself. Jealousy over the at
tentions which Nomenson was paying
to Miss Sorenson is said to have heen
the cause of the tragedy.
When the news of the. arrest Of
Lynch reached the surrounding towns
a mob organized in an attempt to get
him away from the sheriff, who, how
ever, threatened to shoot and drove
away the lynchers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Blind Piaqer Fined.

Crookston, Mimi, July 25.--John A.
Mikkelson Of the town of Winger, was
convicted of running a blind pig i'm Z
.Iu age McLean's court yesterday and
fined $50 and costs. amounting to-
500. He paid the fine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Lineman Electrocuted.

Faribault. Mimi, July 25.--Edward
Klein, twenty years old, was killed by
live electric light wire this noon
while at work on a telephone pole.
He was employed by the Northwest
ern Telephone company.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Casualties.

Two men were Killed and a third
seriously hurt by a premature explo-
SIGN in the Red Dog mine at Webb
City, Mo. 5s558
William Pohlman, somnambulist,
cut his throat in his sleep at st. Louis,
4 and only prompt work by physicians
saved his life.
During fire in the Kline building
4 ut Altoona. Pa, three persons were
+ electrocuted by live wires which
D dropped Ia the street.
AS d result of eating matches, Az
\ mes Boswell, the seyenteen-months-
old dang Inter OF Edward Boswell, a st.
Louis horse buyer, died.
Five men were burned, two perhaps
y fatally, by an overflow of molten met
4 III from furnace in the plant of the
Wisconsin steel mills in SoHth Chi
3 cago.
Gladys the fifteen-year-old daughter
Of Ed Woodle OF Lehigh, Iowa, was
killed by the breaking Of a Whit
fietree. which struck her in the pit Of
The stomach. &
"a
Abraham saleroyitch, a fifteen-year-
old e;egraph messenger boy, was
crns he'd to death by q passenger e.e-
gator In the First National bank build
ing in Chicago.
Louis Schultz. nineteen years old,
II Was seized with cramps while bathing
4 In the Peshtigo river. near M enominee,
Mich. and dro,sned in spite Of heroic
forts made ss,y his brother
Silas w. Corey, Jr, sixty years old,
died suddenly at Fort Dodge, Iowa,
from ptomaine poisoning. He ate
salad dressing at q picnic Saturday
and had been i'll ever since.
al Several men on the naval training
steamer Hawk at Cleveland we're
badl scaided BY the bursting OF a
stef M pipe. Charles Tay lor, assist
s. ant nginee pro badly will die as a
B result sos his III uries. 8.S
The year-o.d son 81 nj. 81. Dakins 81
N arshal town. Iowa, drank q quantity
& NJ the water in which d patent fiy
killer was soak 4. and 1T was only
trough the most strenuous forts
of the physician and family that The
child was saved SIS
at Fort M liam Ont. com
letely dsstroye the new block of ths
John ing ompa and took with i
sS ling hous the warehouse,
Is az the omI nv and stores Of Kirk,i,
lsss ie and n. stracha The los,
a u 3ao0, 600
water IA the olga river cans
~ hat destroy q bout 81 100
proper ~ Elkader Iowa
sss ori tnated IL the basemsn
Tore where lime wa
5S tered Cd ~ innnd dated Tn
ch1rc and The haxdxar,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Bishop Potter Laid to Rest.

Cooperstown, N Y, July 26. - The
funeral of Bissop Henry c. Potter
was held in this village yesterday
morning. The services were in the
historic Christ church, where James
Fenimore Cooper worshiped in his
lifetime. The weather was perfect
and nature aided in bestowing a Sc
rene. beauty upon the simple yet i'm
spFessive service
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
! MINISTER is KILLED.
Cow BECOMES crazed and A4t..

Cow Becomes crazed and Attacks
Rev August schlueter.
" ater3 90. Iowa, July 25.-Rev. Al.
gust Schlaeter, pastor Of the German
Evangelical church at Tripoli, died a.
the result OF Injuries Inflicted by a
COW which he was leading to pasture.
The animal: ddenly became vicious,
attacking him and breaking the yer.
te si sIi N MS neck; para lying the en-.
tire tire body He was forty-five years old
and has been pastor there eleven
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
BOYS PRANK FATAL.
i'Hypnotizes" Himself and browns in
the Chippewa River.

the Chippewa RlVer.
Eau Claire. Wis, July 25.-The abil-
ity of Glenn Tribbey, aged twelve, and
a member Of the famous juvenile rob-
Der and burglar gang which was
broken up by the police here some
weeks ago, to hypotize himself led to-
his drowning in the Chippewa river
He was in swimming with number
of boys and told one of them he was
going to hypnotic himself. A few
seconds after making the statement
he sank under the water and did not
reappear. His body has not yet been
found The boys who were with him
say that Tribbey often hypnotized
himself.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
MICHIGAN TRoLLEys CRASH.
Several Persons Injured in Head-o,

Several Persons Injured in Head-on
Collision of Interurban Cars.
Jackson. Mich. July 26.-An east
.hornd limited car on the Detroit,
Jackson & Chicago Electric road col.
lided head-on with a west-bound local
car at Michigan Center, about three
miles east of this city, yesterday Ed
ward A. Stewart of Jackson was prob.
ably fatally hurt, and Mrs Maude
Jones of Jackson. Samuel Brown OF
Cleyel nd and Charles Kempf of Chel,
sea, Mich, were severely injured.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
quiet in Honduras.

Washington, July 25. A dispatch
from the commander of the gunboat
Marietta at Ceiba, Honduras, reports
all quiet there. he government is IN
control Of affairs and no further att
tacks by reyo Iutionsts are. s1Decteds
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
BIG BARN DESTROYED.
And Horse Cremated in Fire Started
bV an Incendjarv

py an tnCenuiary.
Crookston, Mimi, July 25-The big
barn On the Peter Sullivan farm in
Neshit township was totally destroy
ed by fire last night and one horse.
was cremated. Sullivan and his
daughter were awakened at 1880 by
team driving into the yard and the
barking of a dog. The daughter got
up a few minutes later and saw the
barn in flames. Sullivan and the mem
rushed to the scene in their night
clothes. and rescued the horses, ex-
but what the fire was of incendiary
origin
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Death in Storr, a pi++shurr

Pittsburg, July 26. At least one
life was lost and damage estimated at
a quarter of a million dollars or more
resulted from a series Of storms that
sswent over AZ. ri ttshurg and surrounding
territory yesterday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Murder Theory Not Strengthened.

MURDER Theory Not strengthened.
Window, Mimi. July 26.-The cor
oner's inquest over the mangled re-
mains of the negro supposed to have
been killed by the cars near billing
ham lake revealed nothing definite
sustaining the murder theory.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
Personal.

John ia. Pierce Of Kewanee, Ill,
died in Chicago following an opera
4 ton two weeks ago. For a quarter of
g century he had been prominent in
the iron and steel trade.
Mrs. John B. stetson, widow of the
late millionaire hat manufacturer of
Philadelphia. Is engaged to be mar
ried ia. Count Santa Eulalia. Portu-
guese consul at Chicago.
j.. a.. Sommer. forty-tWo years old,
4 veteran major league baseball
catcher, died OF paresis at his home
In Cleveland, Sommer once caught
4 for Amos Rusie. He played with IN
#dianapolis, Chicago and Boston.
Judge Alfred M Craig. more than
seventy -five years old. and one of the
wealthiest citizens of Galesburg, H.,
has been Joined in marriage to Miss
Mary Davis, who Is thirty years his
Junior. The bridegroom served as
Judge Of the supreme court OF Illinois
Tor three yeats
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
ELECTED BY HIHERNlANs.
Cummings Of Boston and Regain Of ST.

Paul Honored by the Order.
indianapolis, July 26. Matthew
Cummings Of Boston was reelected
president OF the Ancient Order OF Hi
bernians over j F. Dolan Of New
York yesterday at the national con
vention of the organization by vote
of ITS to 1S3. James ]. Reagan of ST
Paul was elected national vice presi
dent. Father O'Brien OF Graceyille
MINI, nominated Mr.. Regain.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN tP|TOMt
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
At the Capital.
BY 4. o. sATTERLEF

According to adyices received by
the war department in Washington
cholera has been stamped out in the
Z Philippines.
The trademarks and patents treaty
between Japan and the United States
and Japan and Great Britain are al
most completed The summer holt
days OF a number Of officials have
been delayed in order to secure rati-
fication before the vacations.
Ii the consumption of anthracite
coal continues at the same rate at
which 1T has been going on for the
last several years it is estimated that
the supply will be entirely exhausted
In the year 2055, says Edward V. Par
ker Of the United States geological
survey.
China is to hAse an arbitrarlon
treaty with the United States. The
preliminary negotiations are now in
progress, and as soon as the terms
are agreed upon the convention will
be signed by Minister WI and the
state department officials at Wash
lngton.
immigration to the United States
from all countries, particularly Rus
STA and Japan. showed a marked fall
Ing off for thesmontn Of June as com
pared with the same month of 1907,
according to figures made public by
the bureau OF immigration and natu-
Ssalization The total immigration ag-
grsgated 1,497, compared with 54,-
1874 in 1907, a decrease of 70 per cent.