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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
DR.. CRIPPEN IS EXECUTED
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murderer made no effort to suppress his
emotions upon parting with the girl Dur
ing the remainder Of the day he was in a
state OF complete nervous collapse retiring
to his bed utterly respondent.
Some time after the crowd had dlsap-
peared, notice was posted on the prison
gates announcing that Judgment of death
had this day been executed on II. II. Grip
pen" in the presence OF the governor OF
the prison, the under sheriff and Father
Carey. The physicians certificate of death
was also displayed.
Confession RumoF False.
Now that Dr. Crippen's lips are forever
sealed the usual postmortem rumors OF an
eleventh-hour confession are afloat. These
should be read In the knowledge than on
Sunday last the condemned man issued
signed statement IN which he protested his
perfect innocence; and that since the day
for several days before, he had positively
refused 70 see any one other than his keep
era, Collector Newton, Miss Leneve and
FAther Carey.
Accordingly the testimony Of only these
persons wo1ld appear to be Of great matter
In throwing light on the condemned mans
last hours This morning, following the
execution. sbs prison authorities issued an
official Hts,smeut declaring that no con-
feHsion hat been made.
Miss Iaueve denies that Crippen con-
Segssa Ills attorney says that so far as he
knows his client maintained his Innocence
to the end. What was said to the priest
preceding dissolution cannot Of course, be
known.
II Crtppen confessed. as Il asserted by a
newly established evening newspaper, he
made poor work OF II for the paper gives
no authority for its assertions, which are
credited to an RnOnyous friend OF the
Doctor who 10 himself quoted but briefly.
The only alleged new facts brought out
are that CHpPen was treatinng his wife
for Indigestion and substituted poison for
the proper medicine, and that he purchased
In shop In Holborn a dissectlnE knife
which. after II had been used TO dismernber
the body, the murderer threw into q nelQh-
boris garden.
In spite Of this careless disposition OF the
tell-tale weapon II has never been recovered
by the police.
With these exceptions the alleged oonfes-
slon iS recital Of the weIl-known story
Of the crime which might have been told
BY any one who had followed the published
proceedings Of the court
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24

stricken with Paralysis ~ Funera,
BOONE, Iowa, Nov. Especial -Peter
Beckman. SRI wealthy farmer. while at
tending the funeral OF an old time friend,
Mr.. Houstrom fell unconscious by the side
Of his casket, suffering a stroke Of
paralysis. The doctors have given up ali
hopes OF his recovery
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
sore PrOmotera Indicted,

NEW YORK, Nov. 28.-The federal grand
Jury today returned an indictment against
NJ. Severance, and other members of FL
Progresso Banana company of Honduras
charging them with using the mails to de-
fraud.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24

OMAHA, Nov. 29-OfficiRl record OF tenn
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding period OF the last three
years: 1910 1909. 1908. 1907.
Highest today ...,,..,.,,. 80 IS 81 81
Lowest today ...,........ 96 "a IA "a
Fean temperature ......., ~ 81 % ~
PreCipi tation .......s...... 90 10 90
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March I,
and compared with the last two years:
Normal temperature .,........,,......,..... "a
Excess for the day..................,..... 10
Total excess since March ], l9l0...,,.,..774
Normal precipitation .,..,......... .O2 inch
Deficiency for the day,.,..,......, .O2 inch
Total precipitation since Mar. 1. .B9 inches
Deficiency since March 1........H.S9 inches
Excess for cor. period in 1907. 2.V inches
Deficiency for cor. period, lSOe.. 4.iS inches
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
HIstory Of OrIme,

Or. Hawley Harvey Crippen was Just past
20 years old. He wss born IN Michigan
and after studying medloins practiosd IN
the United States ana Canada In 1905 be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24

Jaundice. malaria, biliousness. vanishes
when DR.. Kings New Life Pills are taken.
Guaranteed. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug
Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
The Weather

For Nebraska-Fair warmer.
For Iowa-Fair, cooler.
Shippers Buletin-Prepare forty-eiEht
hour shipments north east and west for
temperature slightlY below freezing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE.

LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. the world
vide Cold ndSGrip remedy, removes cause
Can for fun name look for signature
l.. W. GROVE. CSC
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
TURKEY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Big bird from the Farm of Horace
VOse Arrives at the Execu-
tive Mansion.

tive MANSION
WASHINGTON. Nov 23.--The piece de re-
aistance on the White House Thanksgiving
day table win be a big turkey from the
farm Of Horace Vose, near Westerly, r. L.
the farm which for a generation past yearly
has supplied the biggest bird from its flock
to tempt the appetite OF successive presi-
dents
This years turkey, one of the finest
which the generous Rhode Islander ever
sent this way. arrived today. Fears were
entertained yesterday that the White
House would have 70 go 70 market and buy
its own turkey Tor this Thanksgiving.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24

Grange to Meet An Columbus, O.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Nov. 22-The
National Changers today selected Column
bus, o.. for the 1911 convention.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
MADERO ISSUES
PROCLAMATION

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
n.rnnineh M Wnrk NON lone.

Because Robert Kerlin, a Northwestern
engineer, assumed the risk of remaining
on duty for twenty-four hours Instead of
refusing to work so long he cannot secure
damages against his employer because of
having fallen from his train. This was de-
cided by the supreme court.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-24
Helping Out a College.

Loren ID. Osborne, president of Dos
Moines college, has just returned from q
visit into northwestern Iowa where he
has been working in the interests OF the
local school DR.. Osborne reports gifts of
SIS, 800 for the school from that section Of
the state.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
JEALOUSY and
REVENGE CAUSE
Two MURDERS
Girl Leaves Dentist Within Half
Hour of Time He Is
Shot Dead
Police Look for Golf Caddy as
the Slayer of Millionaire
Lawyer

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Inez Wilcox, a
young stenogrspher, admitted to the
police today she had been at the Office
Of Dr. William F. Michaelis in his COM
pany until within half an hour of the
time he was murdered on his way home
last night. Miss Wilcox was released
today.
She said she had done some clerical
work for the dentist and was so occu-
pied until 10 o'clock on the night he
was slain
She left the Office at the same hour as
Doctor Michaelis. parting from him at
the street, she says. Half an hour later
he was shot TO death
The police are without clew to the
Identity Of the murderer
1 am sure that revenge or jealousy
Furnished the motive said Captain
Collins after talking with Miss Wilcox.
Finding his watch and money pre-
cludes the possibility Of robbery, as
does the statement of Miss Elizabeth
Breden, who saw the slayer and his
victim talking together as acquaint-
Guces"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
FERRY BOAT PICKS
UP A WET YOUTHS
FraiI Skiff Swamps and Sail
Rugged Rowboaf Overturns
in the Bay


Four young mariners, pointing a
course from Sausalito to this city in a
leaky skiff and sail rigged rowboat,
were picked up by the ferry steamer
Cazadero yesterday at 4:3O p. M, Cap
tain Poison sending boat crew under
Second officer T.. Newson to pick them
out of the fast swamping skiff and off
the side of the supturned rowboat
The young men were Frank Williams
OF 1887 Webster street, Frank Muzzala
of 301 Pixley avenue, Victor Lazari
of 79 Pixley avenue and Lewis Spruz-
zola of 1859 Green street The boys
have been spending the summer near
Sausalito and yesterday morning de-
cided to navigate the tides of the bay
in the two frail crafts. Williams and
Muzzala took the rowboat and the other
two endeavored to pick a course with
the skiff
When off Alcatraz island the rowboat
turned over and Muzzala was able to
jump into the leaking skiff Will
liams, however, was able to save him
self only by clinging to the bottom of
the upturned boat. The three in the
skif signaled the, Cazadero and were
taken into the ferry boats lifeboat.
Aside from a drenching and chill the
boys, all of whom are under Is years
of age, seemed little the worse for the
thrilling experience.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
SERGEANT SHAW BREAKS
ARM, BUT HOLDS MAN
Policeman Thrown From Street
car With Prisoner

In spite Of the fact that he was
hurled from a moving trolley car TO
the street. breaking an arm and sus-
taining painful injuries. Police Ser
gesnt Lionel shaw hung to q prisoner
last night and landed him behind the
bars Of the city Jail. where he is now
being held in detinue.
Shaw was on a Valencia street car
when he saw one of the passengers at
tempting 10 pick the pocket of an
other. The car had stopped at Hermann
street and Shaw put his man under
arrest IN the excitement the crowd
surSed in upon him and the pickpocket
made frantic efforts to escape. Women
and girls screamed, and as Shaw
reached the rear platform with his
man some one gave the motorman the
signal 10 start The sergeant was
thrown TO the street, clinging to his
prisoner The prisoner, who gave his
name a James Johnson, was not hurt.
After leaving Carl AXman. a soldier
Al the central emergency hospital for
treatment Policeman OLeary and Pa
troll Wagon Driver z. II. Lance re-
turned 10 minutes later for treatment
themselves. Both were injured,
though not seriously, when the patrol
wagon was struck by a Turk street
car at Turk and Webster streets.
Lance was thrown from his seat and
O'Leary, who was inside, was buffeted
10 and fro before the wagon came to
stop.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
JACK CUDAHY TO
SUE FOR DIVORCE
Wife Prepares to Make Des-
perate Fight for Custody
OF Children
Especial Dispotch 10 The Call

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Aug. 6.-Jack
Cudahy. son of Michael Cudahy,- mill
lionaire Chicago pork packer. is pre-
pairing to sue for divorce and custody
of his four children.
Mrs. Jack Cudahy. who is living with
their four children in the Cudahy home
here, declares she would almost as soon
lose. her life as lose her children. She
is preparing to file. counter charges
against her husband if the petition for
divorce is filed against her. General
John C. Cowan and his wife, father
and mother of Mrs. Cudahy. were in
Kansas City yesterday and it is said
they have furnished her with means to
fight the divorce case.
Chauffeurs, who have had occasion
to know Mrs. Cudahy's movements,
have been approached by Cudahy. and
others. whose testimony might aid him
him in securing divorce, have been
sought.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
BAY CITIES COMPANY
LOSES LEGAL SKIR MISH
Motion of Corporation in Water
Suit Denied

SAN JOSE. Aug. s.-Judge Welch
this morning denied the motion of the
Bay Cities water company, which is
the defendant in an action brought by
the Hayes-Cheynoweth company to re-
strain it from diverting the waters of
the Coyote creek, to so amend its
answer as to narrow the issue to Its
use of the surplus waters, instead of
the entire flow. The question of
riparian rights involved was settled in
q similar suit against the company a
few years ago, when Superior Judge
Rhodes decided against the company,
which decision was subsequently,
afirmed by the supreme court.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
BALLINGER DENIES
MEETING NELSON
sSecretary's Visit East Was at
Request From Beverly

SEATTLE, Aug 6.-Secretary of the
Interior Baliinger returned today
from his visit to Minneapolis and Chi
cago, which has been made the occa-
sion of so much speculation and gos-
sip.
Did you go east on a request from
Beverly?' he was asked.
Yes" replied he, "but not for any
OF the reasons assigned in the news
items sent out to the press"
What was the subject under con-
ference when you met Senator Crane
of Massachusetts in Minneapolis?''
My conference with the senator
had no relation to any matters per-
sonal to myself. I did not see Senator
Nelson OF Minnesota. nor did com
municate with him while east"
Is there anything in the story that
Senator Crane journeyed west to in
innate to you that your resignation
was desired?"
Nothing whatever
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
I. W, SIGOURNEY' !. |
!. KILLS HIMSELF
Prominent Oakland Elk and
Liquor Merchant Ends Life
With Bullet
Especial Dispoich to The Call

OAKLAND, Aug. 6.-Thaddeus W.
Sigourney, As years old, a prominent
Elk, former cattle rancher and whole
sale liquor merchant, committed sui
eide last night in shed at the rear of
1859 Piedmont avenue, next door to
his own home at number 1851 He had
told his relatives he was going to Liv-
ermore yesterday morning and for that
reason was not missed. His body was
found this evening at z o'clock by w.
O., Bramhall, his son in law, in whose
back yard the shed where the body was
found stands.
Sigourney was despondent because
of financial reverses. He was not in a
cheerful mood yesterday morning when
he left his home, but there was nothing
in his manner to cause his family anx-
iety. s..st
Last night at about midnight Bran
hall and Sfgourney's daughter, Mrs.
Bramh all heard a report which they
believe was the pistol shot with which
sigourney ended his life.
A revolver lay near the body and
there was a wound in sigourney,s left
breast.
Sigourney had been for several years
one of the leading men in his business.
He was interested in the firm of w. M
Watson & Co., since bought by w. G.
Jurgens, as far back as the late
eighties, when sigourney owned a
cattle ranch in Modoe county
The heavy SHOWS of 1887 caused his
cattle bushes sto fail.
sigourney later entered the employ
of Hildebrandt, Posner & Co, of 2s
California. street San Francisco, whole
sale liquor dealers, as travelling sales
man. He was holding this position at
the time of his death.
sSigourney left three children, Charles
L., r. ". sigourney Jr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Bruhall.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
BRICKS and STEAM
ENVELOP WORKMEN
Five Employees Seriously Hurt
When Explosion Wrecks
Match Factory
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


CHICO. Aug. 6.-Spontaneous COM
bustion in huge dust collector bin
this noon caused an explosion which
wrecked the boiler room at the. .Dia-
mond match company plant here and
injured five men. one fatally. The
financial loss will amount to $780, eco.
All the injured men were employees
of the plant. NJ. F'reighter sustained a
fractured skull and will probably die.
He was scalded about the arms and
shoulders by escaping steam. David
Reed, George Clark. NJ. w. Jones and
l.. Petrice were struck by bricks and
scalded
The explosion occurred shortly after
II o'clock. when the men were eating
luncheon in the shade of the building.
The sound was heard for miles. Bricks
were thrown 300 feet. The south, east
and west sides of the brick building, 40
feet in height, were demolished. The
men were caught in mass of falling
bricks. The explosion burst the water
gauges on the boilers. so the men were
enyeloped in steam. Reed was so hor-
ribly burned that he went temporarily
insane with pain and tore pieces of
flesh from his arms in his agony He
was held until the doctors arrived The
men were rushed to the Sisters hos
pitaL
Fire followed the explosion, but it
was soon extinguished. The falling
walls on the east side of the building
landed on the pumproom and demoI-
ished it. putting the pump out of COM
mission.
The dust bin. where the explosion
occurred. is located between the boiler
and engine rooms. The engine room
wall was blown in. and the engines
were slightly damaged. None of the
boilers exploded. The interior of the
boiler room is mass OF broken and
twisted pipes and steel girders, to-
gether with sheet metal. which fell
from the roof. The roof of the boiler
room was blown off in places. The
huge cyclone fans used to suck the
dust from all parts of the plant into the
two big dust bins were wrecked.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
Slain for Revenge

CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.-After 20 hours
work, the police are tonight as much at
sea as ever in regard TO the mysterious
murder Of William L. Rice, the million
sire lwayer whose body was found in
the roadway near his house last night.
Rice had been shot twice, struck on
the head by a blunt weapon and slashed
across the left hand with a knife
The theory of robbery has been aban-
doned and the police now believe that
the murdered man met his death at the
hands Of men who were seeking re-
Nenge. They are searching for golf
caddy who, il is said, had sworn ven
geance against Rice for deciding against
him in a fight which he had with an
othe readily, and which resulted in his
dismissal.
reward Of $4,000 has been offered
by Rice,s law partners for the capture
Of the murderers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
POLITICIANS THROWN IN
SPANISH HONDURAS JAIL
One Hundred Men Reported
Crowded in Three Cells

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. s.--A special
from San Pedro Sula, Spanish Hon
duras, says the jail there is packed
with political prisoners 1t is said
that in the three small cells there are
100 men crowded almost to the point
of suffocation-
Some of the most influential natives
are among the prisoners, suspected of
being implicated in the alleged move
ment to overthrow the government.
Several suspects are said to have been
tortured in an effort to wiring confes-
sicns from them. 49, ss
The Bonilla expedition is reported to
have been last seen in Guatemalan
waters near Livingston.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAY
ADD 2 OVERLAND TRAINS
Chicago and San Francisco OFF,
cials Considering Plan
Il n. IN
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SACRAMENTO. Aug. s.-Southern
Pacific officials in Chicago and San
Francisco. 1t is reported here, are con-
sidering the advisabi1ity OF putting on
two extra overland limited trains. one
to run. out of San Francisco to Chica go
and the other out of Chicago to San
Francisco. If the plan as rumored in
railroad circles is carried out the east
bound train will leave San Francisco
in the afternoon. 1t will go to Chi
cago over the Chicago and Northwest
ern road.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
MAN SMASHES RIG AND
INJURIES STOLEN HORSE
ISpeoiaL Daeeteh 70 The Call

SAN RAFAEL. Aug. 6.-Dr. A J.
Ryberg, a veterinary surgeon and local
lfveryman, is looking for the man
who stole his horse and buggy, drove
from here to Mill Valley, wrecked the
rig and injured the horse in a smashup
and escaped TO San Francisco. The
outfit was rented yesterday by Brother
Xonophon, who drove to st. Vim
cents orphanage. Anxious to send the
rig back the priest allowed woman
visiting the orphanage and a stranger
seeking employment to use IT. When
the two reached this town the woman
had 5ust time to catch her train for
SsusaIito, and asked the stranger TO
take the horse and buggy TO the
stable Instead he drove TO Mill
Valley.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
Authorities Satisfied

The authorities are satisfied beyond
reasonable doubt that the teeth are
those OF Thomas Kendall They are
the teeth OF young man. that is GER
tain The bone was cut from the skull
and burned. But the fire did not con-
sumo the bony substance sufficient TO
satisfy the murderer, so he took the
grewsorne relic into the woods and
hurled it far from the path.
Heretofore little or nothing had been
found to indicate that Tom Kendall
was dead That added to the mystery
of the case. and if Henry Yamagachi
had not admitted to Mrs. Starbuck that
he killed the Kendalls. he would have
had strong foundation upon which to
rest probable doubt But now traces
OF all three members of the family
have been found.
The discovery of Tom Kendalls Jaw
bone fts in with the theory of Arthur
Trosper. one OF the trailers, that Tom
was ambushed. shot and wounded at
the entrance to the Kendall place and
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
BLAST DROPS ROCK BY
SLEEPING CHILDREN
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

ToFtNIoI L7lSF'ulSII 70 = 'I- ~111J
SAN ANSELMO. Aug. 6.-The resi-
dents OF the western section of this
town object TO the blasting in q
quarry supplying rock for roads, and
have registered a protest with the
town trustees that has resulted in an
expert plaster being employed and
other methods of protection installed.
The protest, signed by 26 residents,
said that a rock crashed through the
roof Of the Vincent Lorenzini home
into a room where his children were
sleeping. Dr. E. d. Chipman, town
sanitary inspector, declared before the
trustees that he would use a rife to
close the quarry if the dangerous
blasts continued.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
FOUNDRY EMPLOYE MAY
LOSE BOTH OF HIS FEET
Rocco Lukish Drops Hot Metal
in Accident

Rocco Lukish of 2sI2h Nineteenth
street. an employe of a Folsom street
foundry, viii probably lose both feet
as the result of burns sustained when
he dropped a ladle of hot metal upon
them last night. Lukish was carrying
the Iadle 20 fill a mold, when the han
die broke, throwing the molten metal
upon his feet He was rushed to the
Mission emergency hospital and treated
by Doctor Millar, who will probably
have TO. amputate both feet at the
ankles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
Water Company Again Demands
Delay in Hearing of the
Rate Suits
$S00,000 Collected From Peo-
pie of the City Is Tightly
Clutched
Latest Excuse for Blocking the
Proceedings Is Illness
of Attorney

The Spring Valley company has come
forward after seven years delay with
a demand for further time before the
submission of the big rate suits. In
the meantime it holds tightly to the
100000 which it has collected from the
people. The disposition of this sum
rests with the court
The city attorneys office is prepared
TO proceed 1t will answer Ready"
when the case is called tomorrow morn
ing in the United States circuit court.
The Spring Valley company notified the
city authorities yesterday that it would
request postponement. The applica-
ton will be based upon the illness of
Attorney E. J. McCutchen. Half a
dozen lawyers have been associated
with McCutchen in handling the Spring
Valley cases.
The suit in question, consisting of
the rate controversies of 1903, 1904, 1905
and 1907, has dragged through the courts
for seven years. It was based prinar-
lily on the water schedule of 1903, but
so long drawn out was the litigation
that the subsequent rate contests were
Joined with the 1903 case. They are
now presented in their consolidated
form
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
CHICKEN THIEVES BUSY
IN MANTECA SECTION
Especial Dispatch 10 The Cali

STOCKTON, Aug. s.-Deputy sher-
ifs are securing the county for
chicken thieves who have been pur-
Joining fowls by the wholesale from
the Manteca section. They have
shown special fondness for bufr
leghorns, having stolen. 100 OF that
variety of chickens No trace has
been found Of the thieves.