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The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
PREPARED BOTTLE OF
STRYCHNINE FOR SWOPE
Druggist Says He Sold Medicine &c
Late Millionaire Week Before
He Died.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Feb. 15.-Col.
Swope took medicine containing
strychnine. week prior 70 his death.
according 10 a deposition given yes
terday by o. H. Gentry, a druggist.
Under the examination OF Attorney
Walsh, representing Dr. Hyde, Gentry
admitted that he had prepared a bot
tie OF strychnine for Col Swope Just
one week before his death. II has
since been charged that the million
aire philanthropist died OF strychnine
poisoning.
Mrs. leon Swope testified at the
coroner's inquest that she had thrown
away some tablets containing strych-
nine following Col. Swope's death.
The druggist declared that he did not
remember having sold the tablets 70
any member of the Swope family.
Mrs. Swope testified that the tablets
had been purchased at Gentrys drug
store
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
BRANDS PATRIOTS
AS CRIMINALS
Massachusetts, Man Says Samuel
Adams and John Hancock Were
Defaulters and Thieves.

BOSTON, Feb. 15.-If advertising
was what James Henry Stark wante
when he wrote his book, The Loyal
lists of Massachusetts and the OtheI
Side of the American Revolution" In
which he charaoterizes Samuel Adams
ana John Hancock as defauters and
thieves. Patrick Henry as the most
unreliable man that had lived up 10
that time, and bankrupt at 70, AFTER
having failed as a storekeeper, farmer
and shopkeeper and Benjamin Franz
lin as postoffice thief. WIG was DIS
missed from his joD as postmaster OF
Boston. he got all that he wished
He has stirred up a lively discussion.
Singularly enough, 1t Is not the real
members OF patriotic societies that
are most interested in the Stark book.
For the most part they consider the
lCok the joke of the season and ADMIT
that some of the structures cast by
stark on the Heroes OF l716, are
points we'll taken.
Fut Stark has attained more than
local fame and that satisfies Boston
ANYHOW. He is well known In New
England, having lived here since MS
nan nts brought him here from Lon
don at the age OF nine His home 3
i'm Dorchester and he is president OF
the British Charitable society; vice
president of the Victorian club. and a
member Of the New England Historl-
cal Genealogical society.
President Abbott Lawrence LoWell,
of Harvard, laughed heartily when
the matter was preached TO him.
"Why. of course, we at Harvard
know all about John Hancock and MS
Connection with the university. The
complete story OF his term as It's
treasurer may be found in the His
tory OF Harvard written by Josiah
Quincy, an early president. In 1920.
| guess the facts as stated by Mr..
Stark coincide with those In that
book.
But everyone does not take the mat
ter In a humorous light. Some severe
w criticise the author OF History UP
TO Date AS II Should Be" One OF
these is DR.. Samuel A. Green a form.
er Mayor OF Boston and historian or
the Massachusetts, Historical society.
He said: Il am not at all In sympa
thy with an American who casts re-
Elections upon any or all OF our pa
1iots II cheapens the heroic self
sacrifice OF those who made the re-
public possible. But the author Is a
man OF English birth and suppose
looks at things in a little different
hight than perhaps you and | do
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
READING IS FIRM
IN DULL MARKET
1t Gains Ia Points in First Hour
Advancing to 16634-0ther
Stocks Show Losses.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The stock
market showed decided irregularity al
the opening. Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific. Wabash preferred and North
ern Pacific were the heaviest railroad
losers and Amalgamated showed the
chief loss OF the industrials
IL a. m-Reading was the feature OF
the first hours trading, advancing Il
points TO l66 ga The rest Of the lis'
advanced after the opening, bur
showed losses at the end OF the hour
Governments unchanged; other
bonds strong
Noon-The tone after the first hour
was comparatively heavy and prices
of active issues at midday showed
general recessions OF about one point
from the highest.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
HOLD UP STREET CAR.
Two Masked Men Rob Crew Of S25
and Escape.

PITTSBURG. Pa, Feb. 1.-Two
masked nen early today held up and
robbed the crew Of street car in The
suburb OF Millvale, and after binding
the men with ropes started the car
at full speed down an incline. Con.
duCtor Knsey managed to crawl to
the rear platform OF the car and jerk
the trolley from the wire. Otherwise
Kinsey and the motorman would un.
Coubtedly have been killed and The
car wrecked The mghwaymen board
ed the car while II was In motion, anG
after covering the crew with revolvers
hound them and took S25 in cash aud
two watches. The police have failed
to find any trace OF the robbers.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
PLEADS FOR HARMONY.
Speaker Cannon Delivers Speech or
Floor Of House.

loot OI T1OhSCs
WASHINGTON, Feb 15-Speaker
Cannon asked for permission TO adj.
dress yesterday and Rep Fitzgerald
(Dem.. N!(YD, yielded the floor to him
during a discussion Of the rivers and
harbors appropriation bill.
The speaker of the house said:
IF we lost sight OF our own import
ance and our own position for the time
being. there will come in our places
better and wiser men who will not
lose sight OF the necessity to provide
for an orderly procedure under which
majority can work it's will: where
responsibility rests there must be
power with the majority to move on.
being responsible.
II say TO the gentlemen on both
sides OF the house that in the analysis.
out of the two great organizations. the
minority from time TO time putting the
majority on It's good behavior. seeking
20 become the majority. will come
correct legislation and correct appro.
priations for the greatest good OF the
people OF the republic"
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
cool Refuses 10 ralk.

SANTIAGO. Chile, Feb. 15.--Dr.
Frederick a. Cook, the discredited
Arctic explorer, arrived here with his
y,ifc last night lie seemed TO be IN
perfect health, but was Disguised al
teing met by the representatives, OF
the newspapers. He declined Vbso-
smtely TO be interviewed He t'uyel-
ga on the steamer under the name
"a Craig a detective accompanied
DR.. Cook and his wife from Valdivia.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
Italians Honor Peary.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE Ital-
ian Geographical society has conferred
tho King Humbert medal on Com
mander Peary in recognition of his
discovery of the North Pole. Capt.
Bartlett. who was Peary's able assist
ant. Is given the silver medal. Con
gress may provide fund for Peary
"a lead the expedition TO search for
the South Pole. Capt. Osbon, friend
OF DR.. Cook denounced the finder OF
the North Pole as a selfish egotlst
and "braggart'
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-"Coward-
~" "unfaithful. unsafe" were some
of the adiectives applied to Secretary
of the Interior Ballinger by l.. r. Gla-
Wis, the deposed land office official.
yesterday afternoon in giving the con
gressional investigating committee OF
his opinion Of the secretary.
Chief Counsel Eertrees for Balling-
er, had asked CLAWS why he thought
Ballinger guilty Of misconduct" The
former chief OF field service paused
a moment and went on dispassion-
ately:
First, / think the action OF Mr. Bal
finger in drawing up the escrow agree
ment with the Wilson coal claimants
was wrong, AS q matter Of fact, this
agreement was criminal. although the
statute Of limitations has run. and the
evidence Is not clearly conclusive. But
the report OF Judge Hanford's decis-
ION on these cases speaks for itself.
"One Of the most important things.
showing that he was not loyal to his
trust or faithful to the people was his
action after giving me instructions
! fully TO investigate the Alaskan caSes,
TO direct me to take up personally the
Love report of Aug 10. 1907. and de-
! Hberately order that the claims pro-
coed to patent. upon this report. This
was 10 days after had conferred with
him, and he had expressed his de-
sire and apparently seen the neces-
sity for a full Investigation. The re-
port is itself to my mind-and ! have
handled thousands OF them-such as
warrant, in itself. such action. be-
GAUGE 1t shows that there has been an
| understanding prior to making entry
and suggests fraud rather than com
pliance with the law.
"The next step which shows he was
untrue, and not protecting the peoples
rights, was that he appeared before
/ the public lands committee in the
house for the Kale bill, which would
! have carried out his statement Ia
| James that he would ask congress to
help the people get their patents.
THE Kale bill, If passed. would have
validated the coal claims. The next
step was what ] consider. unprofes-
sional. 1t Is considered so by mem
bers Of the bar and | know of no at.
torney in my acquaintance who would
stoop to such a thing | refer to his
dCllllE dH dNlOIHCN lOI HOl OIlg INC
Cunningham. but the Green group OF
claimants. This was after he had full
knowledge by his previous connection
with the government
ALSO his action toward me when he
was one OF the committee engaged in
getting campaign funds. He asked
me not to press my investigation of
the coal cases.
Another thing which shows he was
unfaithful to the people, was that af-
ter Schwartz and I had conferred with
MIN relative to the necessity for a
legal construction OF the act OF May
1, 1908. and he had promised to sub
NIT the matter TO the attorney-gen-
eral. he deliberately changed his mind
for some reason and turned the mat
ter over to Pierce. his subordinate.
Surely, If he had the interests OF the
people at heart, he would not have
done this.
While there is nothing in any of
these matters upon which a criminal
charge could be predicated, still
think II was far more cowardly for
him to do as he did, than II he had
been mixed up where somebody HAD
stolen something"
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
BECOMES
BITTER ON STAND
"COwardly," "Unfaithful," Unsafe, y
Are Adjectives He Applies To
Secretary Ballinger.

WAsHlNGToH, Feb. t5.-"Mis-
conduct In Office" was the gen.
eral aecusat, m made against Sec
rotary OF the Interior Balllnger
and Commissioners Of the general
land office bennett. by L. r.
CLAWS, yesterday under cross-ex-
animation before the 6aIlineer-
Pinehot investigation committee
Of congress. When asked by At
torney Vertnees on behalf Of Bal
llneer. whether he meant by this
corrupt conduct" the witness
said: "No." CLAWS was thorough
ly grilled by the Tennessee law
yer.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
HEADsTONE TOO FAR AHEAD.
Supposedly Dead Man Proves Body
Has Nc Right In His Grave.

RANDOLPH, Mass. Feb. ia
headstone over a seven months old
crave i'm this town bearing the name
william Dyer Adams will be re-
moved Immediately, for the supposed
victim of a drowning accident at Prov
!dence last JVy walked into his nm
Gle IS house today and said he had
heen in Texas.
The body was supposed TO have
been identified last July by a peculiar
ity Of the feet, and Edward f. Sim
mons. Adams uncle, claimed 1t and
buried II
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
DISCRIMINATION CHARGED.
Del-ay Salt Co. Makes Allegation
Against Michigan Central.

Another battle between the Delray
Salt Co. and the railroads is In pro-
gress. and testimony was taken be-
fore all examiner for the interstate
commerce commission in the United
States circuit court room, Tuesday.
Discrimination on the part of the
Michigan Central Railroad Company
against the local salt concern is al
legged. The Delray Salt Co. has claim
ed in a number Of suits which 1t is
pressing that the combination known
as the Salt Trust received more fav-
Orable rates.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinityt Tuesday night.
cloudy with snow rain md cOldert
" ednesday, cloudy with snow md
much cOlderi moderate east winds
shifting Go brisk and high northwest.
Lower MiChiEnnt Rain or snow In
sOuthJ snow In north portion tonight !
cOidert Wednesday. snow and colder
high east. shifting go northwest winds
late tonight.
One year ago today Maximum tenn
perature, 22i minimum, t5i mean. tSs
cloudy with - inch Of snow and sleet
during the day.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
TEN EYCK BOUND OVER.
Grocer Accused Of Oleomargarine
Frauds, Held For Trial.

w. c. Ten Eyck, accused Of cleo
margarine frauds waived examination
when brought before United States
Commissioner Finney, Tuesday morn
ing. and was bound over TO await the
action Of the grand jury.
On the occasion OF a previous con
viction Of Ten Eyck for the same Of
Tense some time ago. Judge Swan i'm
posed a fine Of 81 900. He served a
months time and was then released
under the poor debtors act.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
rAsT RI-FFALO-Ciose.

TAsT WTTTTALO- n y. FeO-- -
,,sTtie Receipts 125 head, slow and
-. prI1ne s6 5OM7. butchers, 1919 u
- paceIpts $50 head. slow and
lower. common to choice. 81 6o9 1919.
sheen and fambs-Reccipts 1000 head.
Glow. lambs I Sc lower, sheep steady
49, sheen. s350n125. Hogs-Receipts
> $50 slow and steady, workers., $780,
pfgs 40M950, mixed, $3.50; heaNys
sg.35 q 9.40; roughs. fs.SVHS.sV.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
PAID FOR BEING SCARED BALD.
Jury Awards $4,000 to Factory Girl
Whose Hair Fell Out After Fright.

ST. PAUL. Min. Feb. 15-Because
she proved that she had become bald
as the result of a fright. Title Omin'
sky, a factory girl. was awarded 81
900 by jury in the circuit court here.
Charles Weinhagen & Co. must pay.
The girl was employed little more
than year ago at a machine which
elevated paper boxes TO the floor
above. In some manner her waist
caught in the wheels and shafting and
she was drawn tight against the ma.
chine.
During the trial just concluded
physicians and surgeons testified that
fright had so affected her nervous sys.
tenn than her hair died and fell from
her head
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
200 Drown In Ship Disasters.

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. l5.-The
Russ today prints dispatch from
Teheran. Persia saying that more than
200 passengers ana crew men OF the
unnamed passenger steamers and one
cargo steamer were drowned In the
laundering Of these boats In storm IN
the Persian gulf The vessels were
bound from Bushirc TO Bandarrig.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
Run Holiday Dead.

CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 15-Bug
Holiday. 40. former outfielder with
the Cincinnati Reds, died today after
q lingering Illness. He was well
known To baseball men all over the
country and played with the Cincin-
natl team FOR II years. He leaves 4
widow.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
oil Dividend is SIS.

NEW YORK. Feh ia quarterly
dividend Of SIS share was declared
today by the Standard OIL Co. OF New
Jersey. the same "a declared for this
quarter for the last five years. Tho
last dividend pail OH Dec 10 was $40
share.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
O c~ARIsS TAs1~1N

NEW YORK. FEB 15.-Ethel Barry
more takes gruesome part in her
new play, "MidChannel." She is Zoe
Blundel. for IA years wife OF Theodore
Blundel, who. with her aid, has be-
come a well-to-do London business
man. They have no children. The
play opens to disclose they are tired
OF each other and constantly quarrel.
Zoe Biundel takes to smoking cigar
cites violently (Which means that
Ethel Barrymore is on the stage much
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
TlIlman Loses &C.

COLUMBIA. s. c., Fen. 15.-Thc
state supreme court today handel
down a decision i'm the Tillman habeas
ccrpus case taking Senator Tillman g
from him and award.
Jig their custody 60 their mother
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
wife charoes Desertion.

A divorce suit was started Tues
day by Ida Reich, who charges that
her husband, John. deserted her in
1906. leaving her with three young
children to support.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15

Of the time with a cigarette in her
mouth) The husband begins to drink
to excess and that drives his wife 10
pay especial attention to Leonard
Ferris, mere youth. She finally com
njts suicide. Ethel Barrymore is not
pretty nor sweet, nor vivcaious in
the play. and most of the New Yor,
critics agree that she is not suffi-
GENTLY gifted with the talent for emo
t'onal work TO make her suitable for
the part
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15

oNo. a. Powerful New serial
bY y. VI. White, Author Of "fhc
Crimson Blind" and "Thc weight
Of the Crow n" viii begin In Tho
Times Wednesdays, Feb. 10. Get
the First Chapter.
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15

Then. doctor. IN your opinion. what
did the girl die OF!
I'm nv opinion. she died from tue
effects OF an anestiIetic.'
DO you mean to say that. In spite
NJ the fact that you found the heart
normal. the lungs normal: and IN spit
of vour testimony just given as to the
erect OF chloroform or ether on those
organs" -.
Yes. / will state that as my opin-
,ro,,,,ued ON Page SevenJ
The Detroit times., 1910-02-15

If Times Advertisers
are not trustworthy tell
The Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27
ACCARTDENOUNCED AS BOSS
Speech of Vice Chairman Lamb Pre-
Convention Sensation in Indiana.
BOTH WANT TO GO TO SENATE
TaEEart's Proposition for stnte-Wide
Primary Meets with Opposition
because of Expense to
Candidates.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 26.--Thomas Tag
gart was openly denounced as boss before
a packed crowd in the lobby of the Den
ison hotel this afternoon by John E. Lamb
of Terre Haute, who declared. in speech,
that 1.-The democratic state convention
should be no Taggart Christmas tree"
and that the convention should endorse a
candidate for the United States senate.
Both Taggart, former chairman of the
National Democratic committee, and Lamb,
present vice chairman of the committee, are
candidates for the senatorial nomination
The overwhelming victory won by Thoma,
Taggart and his friends last night in the
primaries in this city and Marion county
for the selection of delegates to the dem
ocratc state convention, whicho pens tomor
row. added strength today to the movement
proposed by Taggars for statewi le p imar!
to choose candidate for the United States
senate The 1888 delegates from Marion
county will vote as a unit in the convention
for statewide primary.
| Some of the candidates for United States
senator oppose the primary election plar
on the ground that 1t would cost abou
200, and this, divided among the candi
dates would fall heavily upon few men
Many of the candidates for places on tn,
state ticket expressed themselves agains
the pan of Governor Marshall to have tn,
convention endorse a candidate for thu
senate, fearing it would cause such a figh
in the convention that the success of tn
ticket would be endangered at the Novem
| ber election.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27
Jewelry Firms
Swlndled Out Of
Half Million
Dummy Packages Shipped to Branch
Firms Are Alleged to Have Been
Lost in Fire.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 26.-Develop-
ments up to date indicate that though a
great swindle Of manufacturing jewellers
in Rhode Island and other states have been
robbed Of goods valued at 100000. Ten ar
rests have already been made in Alabama
and Texas, and one of the alleged con-
spirators was ready to cross into Mexico,
when he was taken into custody
Details of the swindle were made public
today by Representative Harry Cutler of
this city, member of the committee of the
New York Jewelry Board Of Trade.
The scheme was to buy jewelry through
out the country and ship it to Montgem-
cry Ala. After that, the reports say,
dummy packages We're sent from a Mont
gomery firm to other stores controlled by
It, These were then credited as the real
shipments Of valuable goods and so listed
The stores were then set on fire, it is al
/ legged, and the dummy packages were listed
as lost assets by the firm in bankruptcy
proceedings.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27
Alcohol and Science" Get
Dairy Expert Into Stall

Unusual theories about the origin Of ty-
phoid fever and about the care Of cows
brought considerable adventure to f. p.
Larson, a dairy expert, who was finally
sentenced to five days in Jail by Judge
Crawford Tuesday morning, Larson's $
theories impressed the employees of the e. N.
Larson Dairy company in such a way that
they tied him in a stall with the cows
Monday night. He was charged with in
sanity when the police took him in charge
that night. Later the police officials
changed the charge, after deciding they
were not qualified to rudge what sort OF
dairy methods would be insane methods.
Larson was imported as a milk expert
from Cleveland several days ago. Upon ar
riving at the Omaha dairy he created a
small sensation with the announcement OF
his ideas.
There's typhoid in that milk, he declared
after looking into several pals OF the prod
uet at the dairy. Ee then passed through
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
No Contests for Any Places on the
Minority sInte-Chauncey l.. Wood
of Rapid City for Governor.

PIERRE, S, D., April 6-(Speclal1-
Monday is the last for filing petitions for
nominations on the state ticket for the
June primaries, and while petitions will
be received up to midnight tonight, in
case any should come, the probabilities
are that the list is filled The democrats
got their completed list filled today. Their
selections being:
Congress-W. w. soule, Rapid City, j. E.
Kelly, tlandreau.
City
Lieutenant Governor-A. L. Davenport
Vermilion.
Secretary-John T. Cogan. Sioux Falls.
Treasurer-A A. Boynton, Planknton.
Auditor-Davld w. Fnney, Yankton.
Land Commissioner - +. B. Raymond
Villas
Superintendent of Instruction-R. f.
Lyons, Vermi ion.
Railway Commissioner-Warre Young
Fort Pierre
They have not made any attempt tc
place in nomination candidates for su.
preme court judges, and Judges e. G.
Smith and ], H. Mccoy, will have nc
opposition in their candidates. for re-elec.
tion.
Other petitions which were filed today
were those of John f. Hughes of For
Pierre, as a candidate for Judge of the
sixth circuit, in opposition to Judge
boucher And that of II. H. Keith o
Sioux Falls in opposition to the re-noml
nation of Judge Joseph w. Jones of tn,
second circuit.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27
Light to Killing
FrostS IN West
and Southwest
Cold Weather Extends South to Fort
Worth and Shreveport-More
Damage to Young Cotton.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 26.-Although
temperatures in the southwest and south
were somewhat higher early this morning
than those reported yesterday morning
light to killing frosts We're general.
Many portions of Kansas Oklahoma and
Nebraska reported killing frosts and light
frost was reported from Texas and the
gulf states. Heavy killing frosts prevailed
in Arkansas, temperature Of "a degrees
being reported from Fort Worth, Shreve-
port and Memphis.
Iowa escaped frost because of cloudy
conditions and in Missouri the weather was
clear without frost.
ATLANTA, Ca. April 2s.--Cloudy weather
last night saved Georgia from killing
frost, which undoubtedly would have com,
pleted the destruction of the fruit and vege
tables The weather continues cold, with
the thermometer around 40 degrees.
MONTGOMERY Ala, April Pa heavy
frost in this part of Alabama last night Is
believed to have killed what remained Of
the young cotton crop.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-27

the stalls OF cows and set himself TO dill
gently examining the mouths of the COWS
You haven't been washing their teeth, -
he asserted to the attendants. Their, teeth
are in awful shape. What have you been
feeding them?'
He learned that the cows We're accus-
toned to eating bran, oats and si!o grass.
besides chewing their cuds.
well you'll have TO give EN- some hons "
remarked the expert. The actions of the
expert from that moment grew stead -
more remarkable. He took curry comb
and proceeded to curry the bovlnes. and he
varied this with giving each COW a most
critical sort of examination. In the 4nd
the stable employees tied their expert in one
OF the stalls.
In police court the witnesses testified ~
the general effect that the expert had been
drunk. Judge Crawford found the man
guilty under that charge. On the po,ics
blotter the charge insanity" was erased
and drunk inserted