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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-05

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-05
A SATURDAY SERMON.

A merry heart doeth good like medicine:
but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Pro-
verbs xVii:22.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-05

Hating made feir millyunts ouc
uf hiss graft, Misder Patten may i
APPLE to pay fer hiss vifes summe
hats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
DIED IN EACH
OTHERS ARMS
Lover Shoots Married Woman and
Himself. -

Washington, d. G. Especial Be
cause she had returned to her hus-
bany, from whom she had separated,
Mrs. Lizzie Hardin, aged Al, and
mother of seven children, was shot
and killed at her home in this city
Frederick Kreamer, q painter, ~
years old, employed in the Navy
Yard, who then turned the weapon
on himself and inflicted wounds
which proved fatal. The police say
that the circumstances of the tragF
edy indicate that probably there was
an agreement between the man and
woman to die together.
Recently Mrs. Hardin became es-
tr1nged from her husband, Daniel
Hardin, as the result of Kraemer's
attention, 1t is said, but for the
sake of, the children they agreed to
live together again. A few hours
after the reconciliation Kraemer went
to the Hardin home. There were no
witnesses to their meeting and what
stranspired there prior to the shoot
ing is unknown. S.
The couple were discovered locked
in each others. arms after the trage-
ldy. There we're no evidences of a
struggle. The woman was shot twice
through the heart, while Kreamer
shot himself through the head Sew
eral of the woman's children were
in the house at the time of the shoot
ing.
Kreamer had been madly infatu-
ated with the woman for several
months and was the cause of her
separation with her husband Har-
bin and Kreamer entered the coal
and wood business about year ago,
and through this business relation
Kreamer first saw Mrs. Hardin. She
was woman of 43, but unusually
attractive, and Kreamer was %. His
attentions became SO pressing that
he seemed to win her from her hus-
band.
After a stormy scene Hardin left
his wife,, several months ago, vowing
never to return. He stated to friends
that II it were not for the disgrace
1t would bring on hts two married
daughters and his other children he
would execute summary vengeance on
the handsome young German.
After Habrin left his home and
took quarters in another section Of
the city Kreamer continued his at
tent'ons, and the affection he mani
Tested for the woman seemed to be
returned. They talked of getting a
divorce for Mrs. Hardin and marry
ing.
Strangely. the pistol which did
such deadly work was the property
of the dead woman's nineteen-year-
old son. Wilmer. Kreamer borrowed
1t several weeks ago. Mrs. Hardin,
before marriage, was Mss Elizabeth
Hamill. She had been married 20
years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
TWENTY PEOPLE. DEAD
IN HEAD-0N CRASH
Locomotives Stood on Ends and Coach
es Telescoped.

Glenwood Springs, Col. Especially !.
Twenty persons were killed, and
80 injured, many Of them seriously,
In head-on collision between west
bound passenger train No. and an
-eastbound freight train. on the Dem
yer and Rio Grande Railroad, be-
tween Dotsemo and Spruce Creek, %
miles from Glenwood Springs, at 9.36
O'Clock P. NJ.
All unidentified are women or chill
dren and bodies are badly mangled.
While nothing official has been CIV
en- out as to the cause of the wreck
it is said to have been due to a
misund of orders on the
part OF the engineer, Gustaf Olsen,
of the passenger train. Olsen, how
ever, claims he understood his in
structions perfectly, but that he mis-
read his watch, thus encroaching on
the time of the freight train, which
was being drawn by two locomotives,
the first of which was in charge of
his BROTHER. Sig. Olsen.
When news of = the catastrophe
reached Glenwood Springs every
available physician and nurse In the
city was pressed into service and a
relief train was soon on the scene.
The work of rescue was Immediately
begun.
A pathetic feature of the accident
rs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
Plan HOUSES FOR THE q
:.... RTHQ IIAk E VIC TINS.
Will Build Houses With the Congress
Appropriation.

Washingtong D. G. Especially -
An innovation in international re-
lief measures. so far as Europe is
concerned. is to be undertaken by
the American Government in expend-
ing the 100000 in money appro-
priated by Congress for the Italian
earthquake sufferers.
Realizing that great need
among the sufferers will be shelter
from the elements, President Roose-
welt has decided to send to Italy ma
terial for the construction of $500
or 5000 substantial but necessarily
very modest frame houses, supple
menting this by supplying civilian
carpenters, to supervise construction
II this can be arranged.
Ever since the appropriation was
made serious consideration has been
given by the President and the State
Department as to the best uses that
could be made of it in the way OF
relief. Correspondence has been go
ing on almost daily with Ambassador
Griscom at Rome with view to as
pertaining the views of himself, his
fellow-members of the American re-
lief committee and of the Italian
Government as to the most sensible
course to adopt with a view to the
best results.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
|, JENKINS HAMS a. 4 !. 4, 4.
81. FREED AMID CHEERS.
After Iwsnty-Thr Hours Of DsIibsra.
ton Verdict Is Reached.
GETS BENEFIT or THE DOUBT.
Jury Evidently Based Its Verdict of
Acquittal ON Belief That the Chare e
That Thornton Hains Assisted in
Murder of Annis Was Not Proven
CAPTAIN Hams Trial.

Flushing, l.. I. Especially Thorn
ton J.. Hams was acquitted shortly
before o'clock P. M. of completely
in the murder of William A. Annis.
who was shot by his brother, Capt.
Peter G. Hams, Jr., on the Bayside
Yacht Club float on August Is last.
The verdict followed an all-night
session of the court, during which
jrd .;e, lawyers and Newspaper men,
with few hardy spectators, kept a
vigil with the arbiters of the pris-
oner's fate.
Judge Crane was in conference
with District Attorney Darrin on the
question of keeping the jury locked
up all night and until verdict was
reached, when they sent word that
they had agreed.
All night Flushing waited for a
verdict which would tell the story of
the Ave weeks fight of the state
against Thornton j. Hams. 1t was
a night of speculation and false
rumors, of well-nigh intolerable
strain for some, of relaxation for
others who had gone through more
than month of nerve-wrecking toll
and now saw the finish of their work.
The stenographers, for instance,
packed up their belongings and went
home smiling. They had taken more
than a million words of testimony.
and now, their task completed, they
we're bound for well-earned rest.
But for others there was no rest
not for Mr.. Darrin, the prosecutor,
whose most important case had
reached its crucial point; not for
Justice Crane, who remained up all
night waiting for verdict: not for
Mr. Mcintyre, chief counsel for. the
defence. who was ON the point OF
collapse. and went about the court
house looking like a ghost. asking
at frequent intervals If there were
any news from the jury, and not for
the man most commemorative pale,
haggard defendant. who tossed and
pitched on his bed all through the
night. Nor was there even a catnap
in the locked chamber, where the H.
men. of the jury-one of them SO
battered and bruised that he could
hardly hold up his head-wrestleds
and argued over the evidence with
out coming to any decision. asiI
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
KAISER SHOWS HIS TEETH.
Wants Share If Persia Is 10 Be
Taken Over BY Powers.


London Especially Emperor Will
liam has at last voiced his opposition
to the Anglo-Russian program for
monopoHzing the control of EPersia's
affairs. according to information
from official sources.
Germany has covertly knitted to
Russia that the Kaiser will demand
"a (, hand in Persia's government in
case other powers attempt to diyest
the Shah of his authority. ~ ~, !,
The Emperor admits that he is JTl-
informed as to the plan that the Rus
sian and English foreign offices are
supposed to be working out for the
reform of Persia's internal affairs,
but he intimates that any attempt
to act in the dark will meet with
failure.
This move by the Kaiser is be-
lieved to be the first sign OF the long
expected clash over the contemplat-
ed control of Persia.
Reports from Teheran, say that
Gen. Firman Firma has not yet en-
gagged the revolutionary forces at Is
pahan in battle, and that the rebel
lion is spreading throughout the en-
tire southern half of the empire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
ss0IL SUIT COST MILLIONS
Evidence Already FiIIs TWsnty-1Wo
Volumes. ssa u So
Case Yet to Be Heard By the Circuit
Court of st. Louis.
!. Volumes. i

New York Especially With the
examination of w. w. Pilkington, in
charge of the records of the Stand
ard Oil Company's pipe line. on
matters relating to the shipping
of Lime, Ind, and Oklahoma oil,
the governments suit for disso-
luton of the Standard Oil Company
came to a close here. There are
still two or three witnesses to be
heard in rebuttal, but these will be
examined in Chicago. an adjournment
till then having been taken for the
purpose at the conclusion of today's
hearing.
The case, which practically ended
here, so far as the submission Of evil
dence is concerned, will undoubtedly
go down in legal history as the great
est civil action ever brought before the
tribunals of the country. The rec
ord already comprises % printed
volumes and represents a cost to the
litigants of nearly $4,000, 900. The
filing of briefs by counsel will add
another million or so words to the
already monumental mass of testi-
mony and court records. Arguments
of both sides next April before the
full bench of the United States Cir
cult Court sitting in st. Louis Will
further enlarge the record, and as
the case is to be taken to the SUI
preme Court of the United States,
no matter what the decision of the
Circuit Court is, the final bulk of
the record in the case promises to
be appalling.
The suit to dissolve the Standard
Oil Company of New Jerseywas COM
menced on December 6, 1906, with
the filing of complaint in the fed
eral court of st. Louis. Besides tho
Standard Oil Companysof New Jersey.
SO subsidiary companies and seven
individuals were named as defend
ants. The latter were John d. Rookie
Teller, John D. Archbold, William
Rockefeller, II. H. Rogers, HI. M.
Flagler, o. H. Payne and Charles M.
Pratt.
In all. 1872 witnesses were called
by the government and lao by the
defense. The record OF the testi-
mony proper totals up 100000
words. The exhibits, consisting OF
over 73,500 groups of words. and fig
ures, adds another 10000. 900 words.
The printing Office at Washington has
been kept busy night and day for
months completing the record, which,
when bound will make % printed
volumes. The maps showing the
company's pipe lines and oil fields.
are printed in four colors, q pro-
cedure heretofore unknown in legal
49,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22

: A final decision was reached Sat-
urday. Verbal instructions were CIV
en- by President Roosevelt to Secre-
tary Newberry whereby the machin-
cry of the Navy Department was en-
listed in the prosecution of the plan.
Mr.. Newberry at once got into tele-
phone communication with the naval
officials at New York, and, by quick
work, has been able to make partial
arrangements for carrying out the
Presidents orders. The following
statement was made public at the
Secretary's Office:
1.-THE Navy Department has ara
ranged for the expenditure of ap-
proximately 100000 in the purchase
of building materials. including all
articles necessary for the construc-
ton of substantial frame houses for
the Italian sufferers, and the ship
ments will begin by the sailing of
two steamers probably on Monday.
This lumber is being delivered in
New York, and the sailing of the
vessels will proceed as fast as they
can be loaded. Each ship will carry
all the materials for the construction
of about 500 houses, and it will
require not less than six steamers for
the entire amount purchased. II pos
sible, the department intends to send
with each vessel several civilian house
carpenters with plans to assist in the
erection of these houses"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22

was the killing of q. father, leaving
two small children, the elder four
years old, the younger two. The eld-
er boy told nurse at the sanitarium
that his father called him Bonnie,
and this Is all he will say. From a
fellow-passenger it was learned that
the family was going to Grand juno
ton to visit relatives. 1t is supposed
that Mr.. and Mrs. Kettle, whose
names appear among the dead, were
the parents OF these two little ones
who were badly injured.
Another sad case was that of the
destruction of an entire family with
the exception Of an infant OF three
months. This helpless child was TAX
en- care of by a family at Shoshone,
who intends to adopt the sole sur
vivor of once happy family.
One of the remarkable incidents
of the wreck was the almost mirac-
ulous escape from the Inflated chair
car of a Mr.. Stall, a Pueblo (Col.)
salesman. Mr.. Stall escaped without
a scratch, but Is on the verge of col
lapse az result of the nervous
shock. ~
Another heartbreaking scene was
enacted In the wreck zone when kind
hands gently lifted 4-year-old Alice
Williams from the death clasp OF
her mothers arms. Near by lay the
body of the father, decapitated. and
on every ode were iifeless bodies.
victims of the disaster,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
Five Perish In Flames.

Ashland, Wis. Especially. = Mrs.
Nathan Sherrard, and four children,
aged one. two, four and six years,
were burned to death at Echlin's
Lumber Camp, 20. miles south of
Ashland. Sherrard, the camp cook,
arose at o'clock and began to
prepare breakfast for the 100 men
in the scamp. leaving his wife and
children asleep. Sherrard rushed
into the burning structure in an eff
fort to save his wife and family, and
was dragged out frightfully burned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
Woman Blown no Atoms.

Leadville. Col. Especially. = Mrs.
Richard Lauterbach, wife OF a pros
pector, was killed. and Miss Esther
Schuster, a guest of-the former, at
her home. near Mitchell. is miles
west of here. was badly injured when
a mysterious fire in the Lauterbach
cabin set on several sticks of dyna-
mite. The explosion blew Mrs.
.Lauterbach to atoms. wrecked the
log cabin and severely hurt her wom-
an companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
o. S. ConsuIate Moved.

Washington. D. C. Especially -
Orders have been issued by the State
Department to Vice Consul Stewart
K. Lupton to re-establish the Mes
sina consulate at Catania. The name
is all that remains of the former
consulate in the ruined city, ana
even this would disappear II the
State Department were authorized by
law to establish the post at Catania.
The present change. therefore, Is
only one of domicile, it being i'm
possible to reopen the consulate in
the ruined city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE

Chesapeake & Ohio has arranged
for the sale of large issue of new
bonds.
sue will be $S0,O0o.000- of per
cents.
Four per cent interest wilfNhere-
after be paid on deposits by the Firs.
Penny Savings of Philadelphia. John
Wanamaker is the president.
Wall Street had a rumor that
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
will become president of the Console
dated Gas Company of New York ON
March T. Mr.. Cortelyou, when seen
in Washington, refused to confirm or
deny the report. ,s
mot going to leave the New Haven
g. Hartford" declared Vice President
Stevens, in answer to a report that
he was to become president of the
Colorado & Southern.
w. C. Brown was elected president
of the Lake Shore G. Michigan South
ern to succeed W. H. Newman. He
was also elected president of the
Lake Erie & Western A few days
ago he became rresident of the New
York Central, which is the daddy"
of the Vanderbilt lines.
The Iron Trade Review" says:
'The principal development of the
week was the appearance of the New
York Central lines in the market
with an inquiry for $4,000 tons of
steel rails. The International &
Great Northern RAILROAD is inquiring
for 1000 tons. and the Great North.
ern for 5000 tons.
1t Is figured out that In 1908 the
value OF electrical equipment turned
out In the United States was $685.
100000. a decrease of 81 per cent.
compared with 1907.
Officials of the American Sugar an
nounced at the annual meeting yes
terday that while the company's sur
plus was large enough to pay
larger dividend they thought it adj
visabie to keep on hand a plentiful
supply of ready funds. The total
number OF stockholders OF common
and preferred stock is 1870. and
their average holdings are 483 shares
each. Directors were reelected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

Desiring further information with
regard to the schedule of duties on
files. the House Ways and Means
Committee subpenaed Samuel M.
Nicholson, of Providence, r. l., to
appear before 1t.
No change in. the form of govern
ment of the Isthmian Canal Zone
is to be recommended to Congress
at this session by the House Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce.
The Revenue Cutter Service an
nounces a competitive examination,
commencing April 5 next, for the APP
pointment of Is cadets of the line
and cadet engineers.
Strong opposition is expected to
to the enactment of bill granting
an American register for the Pacific
coastwise trade to the barkentine An
dromeda.
Representative Charles S. Lands,
of Indiana, declined to discuss the
published report that he had been
offered the position of public printer.
The President sent to the. Senate
the nomination of William, r. Comp
ton to be United States marshal for
the Western district of New York.
The Senate Committee on Agricul-
ture authorized favorable report on
the McCumber bill providing for the
inspection and grading of grains.
Admiral Dewey, who has been con-
fined to his home for the greater
part of two months with an attack
of sciatica. has considerably improv-
ed.
To make the rate of postage On
third and fourth-class matter on
rural free delivery routes equal to
two cents pound is the object of
bill introduced by Representative
Foster, of Vermont.
Scores of men whose life work has
been devoted to a minute study of
the problems of forestry, attended
the twenty-eighth annual meeting of
the American Forestry Association.
Despite the frequent calls of COM
mittee meetings, grave doubt is ex-
pressed as to whether there will be
any copyright legislation at this ses-
sion of Congress.
No definite line can be drawn be-
tween old and new automobiles of
different value by railroads in their
classification of freight rates &C
eording to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
no DRY UP SOUTH CAROLINA.
Three Bills Introduced In The
Legislature.

Columbia, s. c. Especially The
fight of the Prohibitionists has start
ed in the General Assembly. There
were introduced three bills in each
house as follows:
To provide Statewide prohibition.
To provide for the closing up and
the disposition of the stock of the
county dispensaries in force now
under the Local Option law.
To license liquor drummers at
5000.
Another bill to provide for the en-
forcement of the law win be intro
duced
That the question is about evenly
divided is the general opinion. On
this issue much interest centers in
South Carolina.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
THE BIG LIBEL SUIT
Is STILL. A MYSTERY
Grand Jury Hears Witnesses Ia the
Pulitzer Case.
MR. RAYNER WANTS INFORMATION.
Report Says Cromwell Is Comp 'ainant
Senate Hears of the Action Start
ed by the Attorney General From
Maryland Senator and Is Asked TO
Inquire the Authority for the Suit.
DEVELOPMENTS IN LIBEL
CASE.

Senator Rayner. of Maryland,
asked the Senate to inquire of
Attorney General Bonaparte in
whose name the alleged suit
against the World is being
brought.
He declared there is no law un-
der which,a suit for libel against
the government can be brought.
1t Is rumored at Washington
that the action is to be brought
in the name of Nelson Crom-
we'll, who figured in the Panama
Canal purchase.
One witness was examined at
Washington before the grand
jury, but no statement of his evil
dence was given out.
An unsuccessful effort was
made at New York to squash the
subpenas, and, failing this, two
witnesses were examined.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
DEADLY FIREDAsfP AGAIN. :.
24O Men Eentombed In A Coal Mine
In Hungary.

Neszprim. Hungary Especially ~
In an explosion of fire damp In the
Auka coal mine here. which was fol-
lowed later by a dust explosion and
IRE, l240- men were entombed.
Sixteen living miners and the bod
les of 45adead persons thus far have
been brought out of the pit.
The fire has been held to one To-
cality and it is hoped that the re-
mainder of the entombed miners will
be rescued alive.
The town of veszprim lies so
miles southwest of Budapest, and has
population of some $4,000, COM
posed mostly of Magyars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
Bullets After Handshake.

Nashville. Tenn. Especially .-Eu-
gene A. Laurent. of this city, was
killed at Artesia, Miss, by Charles
Smith. wealthy planter of that sec
ton. Laurent travelled for St.
Louis hardware house. 1t is said
that Smith was one of Laurent's Gus
toners and that Laurent was in the
act of shaking hands with him when
he pulled pistol and fired two shots,
each taking effect. Laurent was a
SON of Edward Laurent. a prominent
architect of this city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-22
$500, 600 To Bowdoin College.

Boston (Spee.aD -Bowdoin sCol-
lege is benefited by the will of the
late Joseph e. Merrill. who died at
Newton about cue week ago, to the
extent of 100000. BY the eonii-r
tiens of the will the entire estate Is
left in trust to Bowdoin, subject to
an annuity of $1,000 each to Mr..
Merrill's two sisters, both of whom
live at Portland, Maine.