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The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

to men," will be Just as
sacred and as new to
the hearts of men as 1t
was nineteen hundred
years ago. Everybody
will give everybody
else n present-but the
presents will be differ
ent.
Little Johnny will
not covet a railroad
train. Real cars on a
real track. pulled by a
real locomotive that
makes smoke will not
seem n wonderful thing
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
EVANGELIST SUNDAY
H0RSEWH|PPED
MAN IN AUDIENCE STRIKES THE
PREACHER SEVERAL BLOWS
WITH BUGGY WHIP.

Springfield, H.. Feb. 26.-Evangelist
w. A. (Billy) Sunday, a former base
ball player, was horsewhipped tonight
by a man at the Sunday tabernacle.
where, in the presence of 5000 per-
sons, he was conducting a revival
While the evangelist was leaning
against the pulpit during the singing
of a hymn, his assailant, who says
his name is Sherman Potts, sprang
forward with a buggy whip and
struck Mr.. Sunday several terrific
blows.
The evangelist leaped from the plat
form and knocked his powerful foe
down. The audience was on the verge
of a panic with women weeping and
children screaming, while Potts and
Sunday rolled and tumbled in the
aisle.
The chorister directed the chair and
audience to sing and in few moments
quiet was restored. Several men held
Potts until policemen arrived.
Potts says he was once declared in
sane and committed to Jacksonville
asylum. He made the attack, he
said, in defense of women he declared
had been criticized by the evangelist
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
WIDOW AND CHILDREN
MEET DEATH
OFFICERS BELIEVE THEY WERE
MURDERED AND THEIR
HOUSE SET FIRE.

Bakersfield, Cal, Feb. 26.-Mrs. NJ.
w. Beekman, widow. and her four
children, residing seven miles from
this city on the Union avenue road,
lost their lives this morning in a fire
which burned their home to the
ground. The blaze started about 9
o'clock and while no particulars have
yet been obtained neighbors who were
communicated with over the :ele eohone
expressed a belief that it was a re-
suit of foul murder.
Although all evidence points to The
the fact that Mrs. Beekman and her
four children were murdered before
the house was fired early this morn
ing, both Sheriff Kelly and Coroner
McGinn and their forces are unable
to unearth the least clew.
Neighbors believe that robbery was
the motive for the ghastly crime and
that the widow was in the habit Of
secreting large sum of money in the
house. but this idea is secuted by her
attorney, who declares that she was
an especially vigilant and businesslike
woman, who, since the death of her
husband, managed the affairs of the
estate in most admirable manner
The condition of Mrs. Beekman's
skull further strengthened the murder
theory, A round break, such as is
made by hammer is over the right
eye. The skulls of the children are
intact in each case.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
ARGUMENTS
MARK COOPER
TRIAL
IN MURDER CASE
CLASH OVER MANY POINTS
AND DEFENSE GAINS.

Nashville. Tenn Feb. 26.-The ninth
day OF actual testimony in the trial of
the Coopers and Sharpe, charged with
numbering former United States SEN
ator e. W. Carmack, was marked by
bitter argument between opposing
counsel and closed with a decided ad-
vantage for the defense. At the same
time, an interesting law point was de-
cided by Judge Hart
The defense offered proof that
Colonel Cooper was told by Edward
Craig, whom the colonel had sent to
see Senator Carmack, that Carmack
was in an ugly humor." The case Of
the defense was based really upon this
one expression, for Colonel Cooper
and Robin both testified that they
armed themselves because thew were
led to believe from the remark that
Carmack might attack the colonel.
The state then offered to prove by two
OF the defense's witnesses, Major
Nortress and Assistant Insurance
commissioner T. l.. Thompson. that
Carmack wa not only not in an ugly
humor, but laughed at the idea OF
trouble.
The defense fought the admission of
this testimony with more vim than
has characterized any argument since
the trial began. Counsel declared the
state could cross canine only on
such matters as should be gone over
in direct examination.
ON the question of Major Vortress'
testimony, Judge Hart excluded the
jury and permitted the state to exam
Inc Major Vortress for the courts
benefit, He admitted all that the state
said he would, that Carmock laughed
at the idea of trouble said he had
done nothing to provoke it, and that
he wanted revolver simply to satisfy
his friends. The court held that the
testimony must be excluded.
When T. L. Thompson was on tho
stand almost the same question arose
Judge Hart then said he would render
final decision on the point tomorrow
but intimated that unless the state
had discovered some new authorities
to support its contention, he would
rule out the testimony.
Revolvers played prominent part
in the days hearing and the testimony
was much to the advantage of the
defense. The prosecution had gone
upon the theory that the revolver with
the two empty shells found near Mr..
Carmacks body was in reality Colonei
Cooper's, and that the revolver intro
duced as Colonel Cooper's, which had
not been discharged, was the one the
dead senator carried
Senator Carmack the revolver, identi-
lied the one found near his body, with
two discharged shells, as the one he
had loaned the senator. Police Com
missioner Hutchinson identified the
revolver which had not been fired as
The one he loaned Colonel Cooper
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
ACCUSED OF FIRING
BUILDINGS
FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYE
OF GLENDIvE ARRESTED ON
INCENDlARY CHARGE.
pecial to The Daily Missoulian.

Special to The Daily Missouian.
Glendive, Feb. 26.-If any of a
crowd that gathered at fire near
have laid hands on Robert Moore, he
might have been roughly handled. When
it was learned that Moore had just
been arrested by an officer, charged
with setting fire to a barn, and that
he was supposed to be implicated in
several incendiary fires of the past two
weeks there were cries of lynch him"
and angry threats were heard, but
Moore was safely imprisoned in the
county Jail, where he denied all guilty
connection with the fires that occurred
in the past two weeks.
1t is claimed that Special Policeman
George Kramer, who had been dele
gated to watch Moore, saw him come
out of the barn just after the flames
started
The strange part of it is that Moore
is an employe of the city fire depart
ment, being assistant pumpman at the
water works plant He was a sheep
herder until about a month ago and
some expressed the belief that he is in
sane, though he shows no evidence Of
it in casual conversation.
Suspicion was first directed against
him about two weeks ago, when the
saloon was set on fire and
it was found that the oil soaked waste
used by the incendiary was identical
with that kept at the pump house,
just across the road from the saloon,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
TRIMS SUNDRY CIVIL APPRO-
PRIATlON BILL IN MANY
MATERIAL POINTS.
HEATED DEBATES OCCUR
After Week Of Consideration. Recon-
sideration and Quibbling Over Va
rious Provisions Of the Measure, tho
Lower Branch Of Congress Radically
Changes and Passes It,

Washington, Feb. 26.-After drag
appropriation bill, carrying s137 ,O0O,-
900, was passed by the house tonight
with many material amendments. The
debate at times was very warm. A
rule was brought in by Mr.. Dalzell,
making it in order for majority to
pass bill under suspension of the
rules instead of two-thirds, aroused
the democrats under leadership of Mr.
Williams to criticize the Appropriation
committee for not affording, as was
charged, more time to study supply
bills This led to an incipient filibus-
ter.
A resolution was adopted appointing
a committee of five to report whether
or not the remarks of Mr.. Cook of
Colorado, delivered yesterday attack
ing the president, should be expunged
from the records. The ship subsly
bill was reached, the conference re-
port on the penal code and the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bills
were presented, the conference reports
on the District of Columbia and the
Indian appropriation bills were agreed
to and the naval appropriation bill
again was returned to conference.
While considering the sundry civil
appropriation bill an amendment by
Mr.. Bartlett of Georgia directing the
attorney general to prosecute the
United States Steel corporation for
absorbing the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company and appropriating $1,000 for
that purpose was ruled out of order
on a point of order by Mr.. Tawney
in the house today.
A practically similar amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Hitchcock of Nebraska
was held to be in improper form, and
it was overruled.
The provision to pay the Catholic
church in Porto Rico $120,000 in set
tlement of all property matters in dis
pute between the church and the
United States was stricken out on
point of order by Mr.. Garrett (Tenn.)
On similar point by Mr.. Douglass
(Ohio) the paragraph authorizing pro-
posals for raising the battleship Maine
in Havana harbor went out of the bill
against the appeals of Mr.. Sulzer
On. ". Mr. Sulzer said it was a ma
tional disgrace to continue to allow the
wreck to remain and not take out the
So bodies from the hulk.
When the provisions relating to the
isthmian canal commission was
reached, an amendment by Mr.. Fitz-
gerald IN. ", cutting down the SAL
ary of Secretary Bishop from $4,000
to $4,000 per annum, was adopted. Mr..
Fitzgerald said Mr.. Bishop was pro-
vided with an $1,000 home, a horse and
carriage and coachman, and de-
clared $1,000 salary was enough.
The clause authorizing an increase
in the amount of the Panama bonds
from 135,O0O,O0O to $16O,0O0,0OO under
the act of June 2s, 1902, went out on
point of order by Mr.. Fitzgerald.
The prohibition against the further
payment of allowances for longevity
service lay-over days to canal en-
ployes occasioned a breezy debate, but
all efforts to Strike it from the bill
failed.
The bill was then passed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
GRAND JURY lNDICTS
"NlPPU JUFS"
EDITOR

Honolulu. Feb. 26.-Y. Soga, ed
itor of the N1ppu Jill. local Jap
anese newspaper which for some
weeks has waged a virulent cam
paign, urging a strike of the Jap
anese plantation laborers for higher
wages, and went so far as to advo-
cate that all Japanese leave the
Hawaiian islands if their demands
are not granted, has been indicted
by the grand jury as a dangerous
and disorderly persons because of
the inflammatory articles appear
ing in his paper. Soga's paper re-
Gently indorsed the sentiments of
Hilo publication that the Japanese
in the islands ought to ask the
government of Japan to send war
ships to Hawaii to back up the de-
mands of the plantation laborers for
higher wages.
Soga's bail was fixed at $3.50.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
PRESIDENT SUBMITS
CONSERVATION
REPORTS
TRANSMITS TO CONGRESS THE
"DEcLARATIoN OF PRINcl-
PALS" ADOPTED.

Washington, Feb. 26.-The "declar-
alton of principles adopted by the
North American conservation con-
ference, which has just concluded it's
work here, in which certain recon-
mendations are made for the conserva-
ton of the natural resources of the
United States, Canada and Mexico,
was today transmitted by the presi-
dent to congress. The president ac-
knoWledges with sincere gratifica-
ton the prompt and courteous re-
sponse of the governments invited to
participate in the conference. The
president then refers to the sugges-
tion made by the conference for an
international conference on conserva-
tion, and says that, acting on this
suggestion, he has addressed such an
invitation to the nations of the world
lin the confident belief that such
meeting will foster the interests of
every nation, and will confirm and
strengthen in us all the belief that
the good of each is likewise the COM
mon good of all'
The report declares a system of in
er-communication should be inaugu-
idleu DelWeeIl tIle CONSERVATION COM
mittees, whereby all discoveries shall
be made of mutual benefit.
The report makes recommendations
concerning the public health, forests,
waters, lands and minerals, protection
of game, creation of extensive game
preserves and special protection for
such birds as are useful to agricul-
ture
Preventive legislation is recon-
mended against further pollution of
waterways through North America. It
is suggested that all numbering opera
tions be carried on under a system
of rigid regulation.
Among other objects sought are con-
current development of streams and
their sources; regulation of grazing on
public lands; disposal of public lands
to actual settlers; government control
of non-irrigable public lands and the
construction of artificial works to con-
serve the rainfall and promote regu-
larity of water flow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
LIE BARGY WON'T PLAY.

Paris, Feb. 26.-1n consequence of
the refusal of the directors of the
Comedie Franchise to permit M. lie
Bargy to play in NJ. Rostand's Chan
ticleer," NJ. lie Bargy proposes to
leave the organization.
Sarah Bernhardt has announced that
she will appear in the title role of NJ.
Rostands "Cyrano de Bergerac" She
was disappointed at not being Sc
lected by M. Rostand to replace Co
quelin> Aine in the leading role of
"Chahticleer" This was impossible
on account of her sex
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
HAYES IS SENTENCED
TO HANG
PRISONER is CONDEMNED TO BE
EXECUTED ON APRIL AT
STATE PENiTENTIARY.

Deer Lodge, Feb. 26.-Convict Will
liam Hayes was for the second time
today sentenced to be hanged for his
part in the attempted escape from the
penitentiary a year ago in which
Chief Guard Robinson was murdered.
George Rock, Hayes pal" has already
paid for the crime with his life.
Hayes must hang April .. He said
today that he was anxious now to
mount the scaffold and be all over
with it as soon as possible Rock was
the ringleader in the attempted prison
break and Hayes claimed that Rock
forced him into the plot on pain Of
death if he did not join in the at
tempted escape.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
APPROVES SENTENCE.

Washington, Feb. 26-Secretary
Newberry has approved that portion
of the findings of the courtmartial
which at Gibraltar sentenced Cap
tain Edward Qualtrough of the battle
ship Georgia to a loss of 10 numbers
in rank, following a tlial on charges
of intoXication and conduct unbecom-
ing an officer The suspension of
Captain Qualtrough for six months,
approved by Admiral Sperry, required
no action by the department.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
ORGANIZE CONFERENCE.

Pittsburg, Feb. 26.-Thirty officials
Of is rational Protestant laiety organ
izations, representing more than 1,OOO,-
900 men, met here today and organ
lied the interbrotherhood conference
1t was decided to cooperate with the
layman's missionary movement and
the Young Mems Christian association
in national series of meetings to be
held by the layman's missionary
movement. The first meeting will be
addressed by President Taft next
month.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
AMERICANS PRESENTED.

London, Feb. 26.-Many presenta-
tions of Americans were made at the
court held tonight by King Edward
and Queen Alexandra at buckingham
palace. Sonora de Villa Urritia, wife
Of the Spanish ambassador, presented
the Americans, among them being Mrs
n. B. Knox of California and the
Countess of Granard. who was Miss
Beatrice Mills of New York.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
FULL AGREEMENT REPORTED.

Washington, Feb. 26.-The provision
in the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill that there shall be no am
bassadorship created unless it has
been provided for by congress has
been agreed to by the conferees A
full agreement on all of the amend
ments was reported today and adopted
by both houses.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
HIGHLY iNCENSED.

Honolulu, Feb. 26-The house of
representatives of the Hawaiian legis-
lature is highly incensed over the
moving pictures purporting to repre-
sent Poi eating in the islands. The
house today adopted resolution
strongly c)Ydemning the pictures.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
IDENTIFICATION OF POWERFUL
NAVAL FORCE AT HAMPTON
ROADS UNDER WAY.
FIVE SHIPS SAIL AWAY
Minnesota and Virainia Leave for
Norfolk Navy Yard to Receive
Dresses of Service Gray" and
Three Scout Cruisers Follow to Go
on a Practice Run After Coaiino.

Fort Monroe, Va, Feb. 26.-The dis
lntegration OF the powerful naval force
which has been at anchor in Hampton
Roads since Monday last began TODAY.
The Minnesota and Virginia of the
fleet which circled the globe steamed
away to the Norfolk navy yard to
The big white ships will be dressed
in the somber hues of Service gray"
Inc three scout cruisers Chester,
Bingham and Salem sailed later for
Newport. After coaling there they
VIII be sent out on a practice run
which is expected to demonstrate the
relative efficiency of the three differ
ent types of engines with which these
fleet little vessels are fitted
The battleships New Jersey and the
Rhode Island are under orders to leave
tomorrow, the former going to Boston
and the latter to New York Conscious
of the fact that they will be the first
of the Homecoming fleet to enter the
New York harbor the men and Of
ficers are preparing to celebrate ac-
cordingly.
Other ships are to leave shortly, II
having been determined that "Ad-
miraPs inspection shall be delayed
until later in the year. The ships
have been under such close supervision
on the way around the world and re-
ports have been made so frequently
that further inspection was deemed
unnecessary.
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Continued on Page Four.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
A Disgrace.

These are the things that make for
war and if you would make for peace,
you will froWn on them, condemn
them, until it is understood and felt
that an insult to a friendly foreign
power is a disgrace to the insulter,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
THE WEATHER

Today-Fair; warmer.
Tomorrow-Fair.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
Not Determined.

Just what is to be done with the
ships of the third squadron has not
been determined. The men have had
hard work fitting out and shaking
down the new vessels and are anxious
to make some sort of cruise rather
than to remain at Guantanamo drill
grounds until the ships of the returned
fleet are ready for summer maneuvers
1t is said that the squadron prob
ably will be given West Indian
cruise.
One of the most picturesque sights
Hampton Roads ever has known was
presented today when Admiral Farra-
quits old flagship, the Hartford, OF
Damn the torpedoes' fame, came in
from Annapolis and cast anchor near
the Connecticut. With her wooden
hull and bark rig, the Hartford pre-
sented a striking contrast to the
modern vessels. She will be used in
helping to transport bluejackets to
Washington for the inaugural parade,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27
NO MATTER

What you want; the class ad
will help you get it.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-27

otOTJ hcNlVeus
The old report spread today that
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright,
who was executive officer of the bat
tleship Maine under Captain Higsbee
when that vessel was destroyed in
Havana harbor and who afterward
commanded the little Gloucester at
the battle of Santiago, is President
Roosevelt's choict to succeed Ad-
miral Sperry and that the president
intends so to designate him before
March 4.
Admiral Wainwright is one of the
most recently promoted flag officers
and his selection would mean the
sending ashore to bureau and board
works Admirals Arnold and Shredder.
as well as Admiral Sperry, who re-
tires in September.
Admiral Arnold during the absence
of Admiral Sperry is in command OF
the fleet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-21
WISE ENTERTAINING.

The woman who is obliged to en-
terrain very simply should be careful
to select suitable time. Thus, II
she chooses very gay period, the
height of the summer or winter sea-
son or Easter week, she is putting
herself at a disadvantage. She is
coming into competition with hos
tesses who can offer greater list
of attractions than she can. If Mrs.
Smiths little lunch is sandwiched in
between Mrs. Van Diamonds wonder
full entertainment and Mrs. Sunburst's
gorgeous dinner, she seems to invite
a comparison with these sunrptuous
affairs, although very likely she has
no such intention in reality. Her
friends, too, will have so many en-
gagements during the gay season that
another invitation will only mean
another burden. We want to ask ouf
friends at a time when it will he
agreeable to them to visit US. Old
John Jacob Aston used to say: when
other people want to buy, then you
sell. When they want to sell, then you
buy" So we would say to the hostess
of small means, 'When other people
are not giving invitations, then you
would do well to ask your friends.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-21
Wood Of Mummy coffins.

A query has been addressed to Kew
as to the wood used for mummy
collins in Egypt, which was stated by
the correspondent to be that of the
sycamore. Some pieces OF mummy
coffin wood were presented to Kew
in 1875 by H. H. Calvert, her Maj
esty's consul at Alexandria. and later
specimens of the wood of Ficus syco-
morus were forwarded from Egypt
by DR.. Schweinfurth. The microscopic
structure of these specimens has been
compared in the laboratory, and We
learn from the bulletin that there IS
no reason to doubt that the mummy
collins referred to were made from
the wood of Ficus sycomorus-the sy,
camore fg. Westminster Gazette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-21
BIRTH MONTH FLOWERS.

Here is a list of birth month flow
ers and their significance:
January-Snowdrcp. meaning con-
ISOLATION.
February-Primrose the freshness
of early youth.
March-violet. modesty.
April-Daisy, innocence.
May-Hawthorne, hope.
June-Wildrose simplicity.
July-Lily. purity.
August-Poppy, the consolation OF
sleep.
experimentation rod. stateliness;
or morning glory. contentment.
October-Hop vine, signfying JOY.
November-Chrysanthemum, cheer.
fulness.
Defember-Holly, foresight and
protection.
A great many ornaments are worn
in the hair but the bands of ribbon
or shell or jewelled kind are the most
used.
Black and white combinations con-
tinue to be popular in millinery
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-21
A BOY FIREBUG.
Woodland Bates Under Arrest AT
Salisbury.

Salisbury. - Charged with setting
fire to the workshop which caused
the destruction of the l.. A. Parsons
property two weeks ago and also
with attempting to fire the shoe shop
owned by Mr.. Green, on East Church
Street, Woodland Bates, the 16-year
old son of e. D. Bates, was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Waller.
The boy was taken before Justice
of the Peace w. A. Trader, to whom
he stated that he had done nothing
wrong. but when he was placed in
a cell in the County Jail to await
a hearing, the boy broke down and
sobbingly admitted his guilt.
When asked to give reason for
his acts, his only reply was that 'she
wanted to see them burn"