Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-11
in legal form

S 49, VIC VI captain j. NldytOl
Erb, and her sister. Mrs. Catherln,
Beisel, who were charged with tn,
sensational murder OF Captain Erl
on the night of Oct 6. 1903, toda,
walked from Delaware county cour
house free women. The jury had beer
out nearly eighteen hours, and brough
IN verdict OF not guilty in the cas-,
OF each woman, both of which hat
been charged separately and iointl,
with the shooting of the captain. AL
most up to the moment when the Jury
announced 1t had agreed prospects fol
a unanimous decision of the twelve
men was not bright During this
morning the jury iiled into court and
asked for further instructions on the
question OF self-defense and while the
spectators were still standing in the
court room discussing the instructions
given the jury, word came from the
jury room that the men had agreed.
| NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Charles Il.
Barney, who was president of the
| knickerbocker Trust company during
the panic Of 1907 and who died from
bullet wound in the abdomen, pre-
sumably self-inflicted, left property
valued at nearly 100000 accord.
ing TO the appraisers report, which
was filed today, fixing the Inheritance
tax on the estate. Instead of his
widow being left almost penniless as
reported, he leaves over two millions
above all possible liabilities, all of
which goes TO Mrs. Barney.
DENVER, Jan. THE state land
board made one OF the largest
sales in its history yesterday. Tim
Der aggregating four million feet and
10000 acres of land were tran lsrred.
The timber brought from 20 to SO a
thousand feet and the land from $3.50
to 81 an acre. There were forty diff.
ferent sales of land, tracts varying In
size and being located in the coun.
ties of Saguache. Rio Grande and
Routt and other parts of the state.
The bidding was strong throughout.
The purchasers were mostly persons
who occupied the land under lease and
who desired it for homes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. BILLS were
introduced in the senate and house
which provide that the state of Colo
rado shall take over the land and
buildings of the Fort Lewis military
school and reservation near Durango.
1t provided that the school shall be
operated by the state as an agricul.
tural college for Indians and that the
lands OF the reservation shall be sold
to bona fide settlers at the rate of
not less than So per acre. The sum
obtained from the sale of the lands
shall be used by Colorado in maintain.
ing the agricultural college which shal.
be opened for the attendance OF all
Indians in Colorado.
NEW YORK, Jan THE statement
that Charles f. Jones, valet to William
March Rice at the time of his death
in 1900, for which Albert T. Patrick
is serving life sentence in Sing Sing,
was dying in Texas and was anxious
to retract the confession upon which
Patrick was convicted, is given little
credence by Patrick himself In his
cell at Sing Sing Patrick said to the
warden that he placed little If any
value in any possible statement or con
fession coming from Jones.
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-A regular
onslaught is to be made on the presi
dent by both the senate and house
Roosevelt today calmly awaits the
avalanche 1t is openly declared that
Senator Tillman was shadowed for
year by Roosevelt's secret service men,
under the presidents personal direc
tion. TillmaD viii denounee the presi
dents act in the senate.
The Perkins committee recommend
ed today that President Rooseyelts
secret service message of Jan. 4, and
that portion of his annual message
criticizing congress, be laid on the
table.
Roosevelts approval of the steel
trust merger and the refusal to let
Attorney General Bonaparte prose
cute is denounced in the senate by
Culberson.
The senate committee reports ia
vorably on the proposition TO make
Taft's salary 100000 year.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Haying CIV
en- consideration to the presidents
further views regarding the secret
service contained in his message to
the house Of representatives last Mon
day, the special committee appointed
to deal with the subject today brought
in its final report Accompanying
the committees report was the reso
luton which declared it the sense of
the house that it shall decline to con
slider any communication from any
source which is not respectful, recon-
mending that the Objectionable por-
tion of the presidents annual mes
sage be laid on the table and that sim
liar action be taken with respect to
The message of last Monday because
| OF 1t being "unresponsive to the in
auiry 10 the house" When Chairman
| perkins of New York of the special
committee arose to make his report
he faced almost a full membership
while the galleries were packed with
interested spectators. Messrs. Taw-
new smith OF Iowa, Shirley and fitz'
gerald we're on the floor prepared TO
resent what they deemed to be insinu
ations OF the president upon them as
members of the committee on appro
priations. .,..,.,,., ~,
Mr.. Perkins addressed the house ano
directly accused the president OF IN
sulting the dignity Of congress by III
, situations Of indignity. He said;
r "The president says that no ono
holds the dignity of the congress- o
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