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Especial to The Herald.)


Ogden. Nov. deputy Sheriff Seymour
L. Clark Of Weber county was shot and
Instantly killed by highwayman near the
depot at Uintah early this evening. The
bandit also wounded Deputy Sheriff ]. J..
Murphy and an Italian who was with the
officers. The murderer is still at large.
Posses from Ogden and the surrounding
country, together with most OF the men,
bers of the Ogden police force and the
sheriff's staff. are searching for the des-
perado in the country surrounding Cintah.
The two officers had been called TO the
residence of Timothy Kendall. near Tin
tab. to get the Italian. who was Ill. He
had wandered into the barn at .KendalPs
ranch. where he collapsed. The officers
were sent for and they We're returning to
Ogden with the sick man when the muir
der occurred
They were driving by the depot when
they noticed some boxes beside the road.
These afterward proved to be several
cases of shoes stolen from a box car. The
officers stopped their team and saw that
there was a man beside the boxes. Dep
uty Sheriff Clark asked:
What have you been dOing2 81
The man cursed and said. 60 on. - = E
At that Deputy Sheriff Clark got out OF
the rig. and approached the man. In the
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WHITE HOUSE UKAsE.

Washington. Nov. 27.-That there shall
be no further public discussion by naval
officers concerning the Newport confer
ence without permission of the president
is the purport of an order issued TODAY
by Secretary Metcalf by direction of the
president On Oct. 30 the department. is
sued a permit TO officers to discuss the
work of this conference except so far as
it applied to changes to be made on ships
TO be authorized in the future The presi-
dent has now concluded that public dis
cussion of alleged defects of battleships
Will not serve any good purpose
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COOLIDGE GETS
OUT OF SERVICE
American Minister to Nicara-
qua ReSigns-Some Sur
prise at Washington.

Managua. Wednesday. Nov. 25.-John
Gardner Coolidge, American minister to
Nicaragua, today rendered his resignation.
II is reported mere that Mr.. Coolidge TOOK
this step because of disapproyal of his
government in meddiing with the internal
affairs of Nicaragua The archives of the
legation have beea placed in charge OF
John III. Gregory. tr. the secretary of
the legation.
Washington. Nov. 27.-That an impress
sion may have obtained that the resigra-
ton of John Gardner Coolidge, the Amer
lean minister to Nicaragua. was the re-
suit OF disapprobation by the state de-
partment of his conduct in connection with
NiSaraguan matters. caused more sur
prise at the state department 1t is de-
clared in the most authoritative way that
nothing Mr. Coolidge has done while in
that country has met with disapprovai
except the entering of his RESIGNATION
which has been accepted with regret for il
is said at the department that he made an
excellent minister His resignation was
rendered entirely On his own initiation,
and without hint or suggestion In official
quarters that it would be acceptable
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REWARD OF HITCHCOCK


Completed his
! hat shouldb
he
Of
Besides
proracted
Iegon affairs with the Of
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UNDERWORLD TRAGEDY.

Pittsburg. Pa. Nov. "a. P. Fran
KEEL. IS years old. shot and probably
MORALLY wounded Ida Canton, % years
old, and then shot himself this after
noon IN q resort here Both are in a
hospital in a critical condition. Fran
l1el is a married man, has two children
and lives in Duquesne, a suburb. Miss
Canton is said to have come from New
York recently Frankel wanted the girl
to go with him TO his home.
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QUARANTINE ORDERED.

Washington. Nov 27-The department
of agriculture today ordered a quaran-
tine against the entire state of Mary
land so far as cattle and sheep, etc. are
concerned. on account of the appearance
of foot and mouth disease
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BURNED TO DEATH.

Cleveland, o., Nov. 21-Pslmer Williams
aged 26 years. negro chauffeur was
burned 10 death as the result of a gasoline
explosion tonight He was employed by
Isaac Fleshein and was working about
the garage when the explosion occurred
With his clothes afire from head to foot
he dashed down an alley. but was dead
when neighbors put out the flames.
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You will want good paper read tomorrow Dr. Hyatt the
weather expert has planned double of cold days which will
Sunday consequence rde will be the most sought
for place Herald reader Try it tomorrow It's
specific against tedious day and guaranteed to cure the
blues Tomorrow Sunday Herald will have the usual number
ea features, among which will be-
1.-THE Affair of the National Bank Of the Secret Service
"The World and the Door,, short story, by o. Henry
Playing Wilbur Show the Shorty McCabe stories by
SeweI Ford
"Armored Insect Tigers" by Professor H Paul
The comic section-the best that be produced.
Franklin Fy letter is unusually interesting this week Mr.
Fyles tells of the first appearance New York Madame Mimi
Agugh, the siciian actress, in Sician play, Malta
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VANCE At LAST
FEELS GRAVITY
Of HIS POSITION
Prisoner Is Plainly Nervous and
Excited When Placed on
Witness Stand.
-MERCURIAL POISONING
is WELL ESTABLISHED
MURDER CASE WILL BE GIVEN
TO THE JURY
TODAY.

AT the special session of court held at
4 81. last night. Thomas Vance. now being
tried for his life for the murder of his
wife Mary Vance, took the stand i'm his
own behalf and closed the case for the
defense. For the first time since the trial
began, Vance appeared to realize that
he was facing desperate situation, and
that should he be convicted bis life
would pay the penalty
When he took the stand his voice was
nigh and excited. and although he
quieted under the quiet questioning OF
Judge w L. Maginnis. his chief attor-
ney. he was obviously nervous and ex-
cited, and his testimony was given in a
halting and uncertain manner When he
left the stand he walked TO his seat with
a hating stride. and during the opening
speech of the attorneys for the state,
made by County Attorney Willard Han
son, his face was marked by the burrows
of anxiety for the first time during the
trial
! He was questioned very briefly by the
defense concerning the supposed poison
ing of his wife. which he denied abso-
lutely, stating that he did not put any
poison into the water TO be drunk by his
wife. or where anyone was at all liable
to get H. On crosS-eXaminatiOn he ad-
mitted that he and his wife had had two
conversations concerning the fact that
she had been poisoned, but said he did
not tell DIR. Kerr, who attended, or any
one except his brother. Bert Vance. con-
corning these conversations. He gave as
his reason the fact that he was not GER
tain in his own mind at the time his wife
was taken i'll that she had been poisoned.
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.LECONTE SAFE At
PORT All PRINCE
Escaped From RevoIutioniStS
5s in a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Not Recognized.

Port au Prince, Nov. 27.-General Lee
conte, who was reported few days ago
TO have been killed at Jeremie by the rev
olutionists. arrived here today. He got
away from Jeremie in a rowboat with
four officers and two sailors and after
being at sea for three days without pro-
visions finally succeeded IN reaching land
at Pelit Goave. The general declares that
the reports that three men had been put
to death at Jeremie on his orders were
unfounded-
Leconte has resumed the duties of min
lister of the interior. and General Auguste
who was given this post when Leconte
was thought to be dead, las been made
minister OF public works. in succession 10
NJ. Laraoue, who has resigned
Three divisions of experienced troops
left here today for the south to take the
field against the rebels
Washington. Nov. 27--Hayti's paper
blockade of the port of Aquiu and Jeremie
which the government admits its inability
t. make effective by force of arms. will
10 recognized by the state department.
This is in accordance with the traditional
policy OF the American government No
tice to this effect has been sent 20 Amer
lean Minister FurniSs az Port au Prince
The government OF hSyti acknowledges
that the rerOIutiOnists have taken Jere-
mic and that the secretary of the interior.
is a prisoner IN their hands A German
vessel has arrived from New York with a
cargo for Jeremie-
According to Haytien law IL requires an
act of congress TO open ports and IL is not
within the executive prerogatves TO close
them.
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Foul Murder.

Ayhao, in the guise of friendship. be-
came the guide of the Everett party,
and one night, just because The felt
like killing some one" he drugged the
party with the fumes of the tuyugtuyus
plant He and his followers then fell
upon their victims and slew them
Major Ahearn found that upon his APP
proach most of the hillmen fed. among
them the archmurdeTer, who was re-
ported in the Businesses of the hills. At
the time the rsstions had become nearly
exhausted. mukb CT TIE rice having
been spoiled % rain, and MAJOR Aseafn
followed the trail no longer, but gath
ering the skeletons and such articles as
were found, returned to his base of sup
plies.
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GIFTED WOMAN
TIRES Of LIFE
Mrs. E. NJ. cowper, Author of
Several Plays, Attempts to
Kill Herself.

New York, Nov 27.-Believed to have
been suddenly affected by suicidal
mania. Mrs. E. NJ. Cowper. an author of
Middleton. n. Y. attempted to take her
life by shooting herself in the head with
a revolver in her room at the hotel St
Regis today. A typewriter manuscript
purporting to be a history of her life.
was found in her room She said she
was born in England of American par.
ents, and was brought to this country
when three months old. She made her
first appearance on the stage in a Bos-
ton theatre in a play called Youth, -
in which the present Mrs Katherine
Clemens Gould appeared. Afterward
she played in several of Charles Froh-
mans productions. According to her
history, Mrs. COwper was with Fannie
Davenport two seasons, and had this
to say of that engagement:
"She took an interest in me and pro-
NOTED me from a small part to that Of
leading lady"
Mrs. Cowper was the author of four
plays. all of which had been Broadway
productions
Mrs. Cowper was known on the stage
as Eleanor Merron, her maiden name.
Middletown, n. Y, Nov. 27.-Mrs.
Eleanor NJ. Cowper was a business part
ner of James H. WaIlack, the theatrical
manager, who committed suicide here
last May. Mrs. Cowper's husband. The
odOre Archibald CowDer, died in the
state hospital here eighteen months ago
Her attorneys here say she had good
income from royalties on plays she has
written, and they know of no reason
why she should attempt to kill herself.
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Her Startling Confession.

Her confession made to the-Denver po-
lice follows:
Il am 20 years old and have been a
clever thief since ] was y years old.
am the daughter OF former official in the
Mormon church at Salt Lake Ny father
made me a thief By teaching me 10 spy
upon the actions of my mother. whom rs
Gistrusted. Then one day, jest after ny
twelfth birthday. l stole a gold pin from
a womans back as she was walking
down the street That was the beginning
L. seemed to be second nature FOR me 20
grab things and kept it up. I stole right
and left in Salt Lake and never was de-
tected Scarcely 2 dsy passed but that
committed at least one petty larceny
1T may seem strange, but I went along
stealing lots of valuable things for 4 pc
riod Of five years in Salt Lake end Eot
away with il. Once or twice came near
being caught by detectives wOI king "a
icyyeirv thefts but / always managed 70
Dlav the part of thickhead and was over
looked because the police thought l was
simpletOn-
II remember one time when two detse-
tives laughed at me and called me little
knownOthing But the laugh was on them,
Continued on Page 5.
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Hanson Scores Prisoner.

The argument for the state was opened
by County Attorney Hanson. who ar
Iaigned Vance TO the jury as a heartiess
and murderous brute. Mr.. Hanson re-
viewed the case from the beginning. an
nOuncing that the state had proven con-
clusively that Mary Vance had been poi
soned by bi-chloride OF mercury, both by
the testimony of the physicians for the
state and the medical expert for the de-
Tense. He painted the deprsvity of the
prisoner IN lurid terms and stated that
he was entitled to no consideration or
mercy.
, The sensation of the day was the tes-
tf.,rs-ly-s of Mrs a. b. Vance and Mrs.
Joseph E. Taylor who stated on the
stand that they had examined the body
of Mary Vance at the undertakers es-
adjustment prior to the post-mOrtem ex-
animation. and had been unable to dis
cover any bruises upon the body.
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SALT LAKE GIRL
CLINGS TO LOVER
BEHIND THE BARS
RepuIseS Parents, Who Mort
gage Home to Bring Her
Back From Denver.
TELLS A LURID STORY
ABOUT HER ESCAPADES
LOUISE SCHWARTZ SAYS SHE
DoNNED MANS CLOTHING
AND ROBBED HOUSES.


Especial to The Herald.) =
y Denver, CoIO., Nov. -I.-Elvira Mil =
= Ter Burgmann. whose real name is =
y Louise Schwartz. who told the police =
y that she had donned the clothes of =
y Adolph Pretzenberger, alias Klein. =
y and robbed numerous Denver houses. =
y tonight spurned her parents and de- y
y clared that she would rather be =
y prisoner with the man who has y
y brought her TO the lowest depths =
y than be freed alone. Joseph Schwartz =
= and his good wife have Identified the y
= girl as their daughter Louise. The y
y parents mortgaged their little home =
y in Salt Lake City to come 10 DeaVes :
y to get their daughter-and the daugh- =
y ter met them cOldiy, announcing that =
y she would not leave the man who is =
+ denounced as traitor by her father. =
= The girl who was first suspected Of =
y infanticide and held with the man =
= VINO passed as her husband. is but =
y 10 years old, say her parents. She =
y has claimed that she is -. and at the =
y same time has stated repeatedly that =
= her parents are dead Louise y
y Schwartz was for a time a student =
\ in the University of Utah. y
y According 10 the girls father Pref =
y zenberger has a wife in Germany He =
= came to Salt Lake penniless and was y
= befriendcd by Schwartz, who al =
y lowed MIN to live in his home until he =
= obtained employment. While being =
+ befriended in this manner, says =
y Schwartz. PretzenberSer took advan- =
\ tage of his daughter When charged y
y with the offense he left. A short \
y time later the girl also left The y
y police viii release the girl to her =
y parents. who viii take her back 10 =
= Salt Lake tomorrow.
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Court overruIes Motion.

Immediately upon the converting of
court yesterday morning Judge Armstrong
overruled the motion of the defense ask
ing that the state be compelled to stand
upon either the charge of causing his
Wife's death by beating or upon the
charge of poisoning. This ruling was I'M
doubleday the most important decision
given during the trial of the case, and
the states case would have been ma
terially weakened had the decision been
otherwise than as it was.
DR.. 7. II. Monahan then took the stand
for the defense His direct examination
consisted of two long hypothetical ques-
tons. The first question outlined the
poisoning symptoms shown by Mrs.
Vance from the time she was first seized
with vomiting until her death. and the
condition of the body as shown by the
autopsy. and also included the hypothesis
that the smell of oil of savine was dis
tinctly noticeable IN the early stages of
the trouble The doctor was asked what
in his opinion. taking the symptoms as
detailed and the smell of oil of savine into
consideration. he would think the cause
of death. He answered that taking the
symptoms into consideration. he would
state as his opinion that the patient died
from the effects of some irritant poison.
When asked as to what poison, he stated
that should the odor of oil of savine be
perceptible. ne would believe that It was
that drug which caused death
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SLAIN At NIGHT
BY THE HILLMEN
Details of the Murder of Ever
EFT and WakeIy in Phil
ippine Islands.
TREACHERY OF HILL CHIEF
BODIES FOUND BY MAI. All EARN
AND SEARCHING PARTY.

Chicago. Nov. 27.-The tragic details
of the murder by Filipino hillmen of III.
D. Everett of the forestry service and
Tilden r. Wakely. a school teacher.
were made public here today by Ebene-
ger Wakely, father of one of the slain
men, The elder Wakely today received
reports completing the record Of the
crime and Of the expedition which re-
suited in recovering the skeletons of the
two Americans and two Filipinos who
accompanied them.
Everett was engaged IN forestry in
vestigatiOns in a sparseiy settled and
wild section Of the island Of Negros and
was accompanied into the hills by
Wakely. who wished TO spend his va
cation in the open.
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Skeletons Found After Search.

Their failure to return from what had
been planned as trip of only four
days, was followed by rumors of the
murder and Major Ahearn and Lieu
tenant Ford. with thirty-nine men. took
the trail. Despite false guides. swollen
streams, almost incesSant deluges OF
tropical rain and short rations, the
party worked its way into the heart of
the wild hill country The trail led into
a jungle OF Bayaual mountains and into
a hamlet known as Stio Datlige. Here
the bodies of the slain men, or rather
their skeletons, for the bones had been
picked clean by insects and the suns of
many months, We're found. A shoe, part
of a notebook and a number of buttons
proved the identity of the skeletons
From the hillmen captured and inter
viewed it was learned that the murders
probably occurred on May II, and that
the deed was accomplished under the
leadership of chief named Ayhao.
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No successful ad writer makes
up his copy without thought of
the possible women readers of it.
The woman is the spender of the
family, but she is the saver, too.
Brains.
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Mercurial Poisoning.

In answer to the second hypothetical
question which described the bruises
found upon the body of Mrs. Vance. DR..
Monahan gave as his opinica that death
could not result from those injuries. On
crOSs-eXamination Dr. Monahan was
closely questioned by Mr.. Hanson as to
the properties and effects of oil of savine,
oil of oennyroyal and ergot and finally
admitted that the symptoms exhibited BIZ
Mrs Vance especially the condition Of
her mouth, tongue and gums. could prob
ably result only from mercurial poisoning
In answer TO practically the same hypo-
thetical question propounded by the de-
Tense. except that all mention of the oil
of savine was omitted the witness gave
his opinion that death had resulted
from mercurial poisoning
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The Defendant Testifies.

The defense then rested its case and the
state offered no testimony in rebuttal
Court was then adjourned until 7:30. at
which time the defense reopened the case
and placed Thomas Vance upon the stand
He stated that he went home about 12:15
Continued an p,ca :
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Discover Rich Booty.

In the investigation. however. the Of
ficers visited the rooms occupied by Pref
zenberger and the girl. and discovered
over $1,000 worth OF goods that appeared
to have been stolen. Suspicion was 50
strong that the girl was detained
Wednesday she too. either through
bravadO or A desire to save her paranour.
made a confession, startling in its de-
tails. She not only told the police that
CARRIED in her husbands clothes. she had
committed twelve burglaries in Denver
but that for years she had piled the trade
OF a thief in Salt Lake. and during all
the time had not only Outwitted the po-
lice here. but laughed at them.
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The biggest number is number
One.-Ex.
The way in which one spends
his money is good test of his
character.-Ex:
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For sheer audacity. and as problem in
criminoIogy. Louise Schwartz. a Salt
Lake girl and the daughter OF re
spected family. has broken into a unique
position in criminal annals.
At the present time she is taking up
front page space in the Denver papers
through her remarkable confessions, fol-
lowing her arrest as the accomplice of A
man charged with stealing two bicycles.
III Denver she is known ss Louise DOeh-
ring. alias Miller. and lived the
conlmon-law wife OF Adolph Pretzenbers-
er. and Is booked as Mrs. Elvtra Miller
Burgmdnn. The vari-named girl. how
ever, is In reality the daughter of Joseph
Schwartz a polisher in the | y / Fur
niture and c l. House. and residing at
10 East court
The problem presented In Louise
Schwartz is whether she is clever thief.
worthy OF the challenge of a Pagan. an
audacious lIar for the sake of question
able notoriety; the victim of an over
whelming infatuation for the man who
is alleged 10 have her under his spell.
A week ago Pretzenberger was arrested
in Denver. charged with the theft of two
bicycles. Following his arrest he told
the police. In a burst of confidence. that
he and his wife had buried a 7-weeks-olc
child in secluded spot in Denver. In
vestigation was made and the tiny body
found as described. There was. however,
no evidence OF foul play. although it ap-
peared that the child had been neglected
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Continued on Page ?
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-24
NOTICE

At meeting of the Board of School
Trustees in and for TuscarOra School
District, County of Elko, State of Ne
vada, held the fifth day of October,
1908, the following Resolution was
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS there are not sufficient
ordinary funds in the Tuscarora School
District Funds with which to keep open
the school of said Tuscarora School Dis
trict for the time and in the manner the
Trustees of said Tuscaroaa School Dis
trict believe said school should be kept
Now THEREFORE,, in consideration of
the premises, be it
RESOLVED that the question of
whether a special tax of Five hundred
Dollars be levied upon the property of
said Tuscarora School District, said sum
of five hundred dollars to be used for
the purpose Of keeping the school of
said Tuscarora School District open for
longer period than the ordinary funds
Of said school district will permit, and
said sum of five hundred dollars, to be
levied, assessed, collected and paid at
the Simes and in the manner that other
state and county taxes, in and for said
Ellso County for the year 1909 are
levied, assested, collected and paid, be
submitted to the voters of said Tusca-
rora School District, County of Elko
State Of Nevada, at special election to
be held on the Bird day of November A.
D, 1908; and 1t is further
RESOLVED that the polling plficAh
be at the School House in the pRok n of
Tuscarora in said School DISTRICT and
that the polls shall remain open be-
tween the hours Of seven o'clock a. m.
and five o'clock p. m of said day.
WITNESS our hands given at Tusca-
rora, in said Tuscarora School District,
County of Elko, State Of Nevada this
fifth day of October A. d. 1908
Board of school trustees
T. w. DOVE, President
w. I. PLUMB, Clerk
! s. A. RoSEBERRY