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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-09-03
ACT NO. 1877.
ouSe BilI No. 30.
IDINT RFSOITTIO<

IIVuNt Dill No o-V.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article Tive
Hundred aad Eighfy-One t2sD of the
Constellation y. the Stale OF Louisiana rel
alive to the issuance OF bonds for work of
public improvements by municipal corpo-
rations parishes and schools drainage
aud sewerage districts. the City OF New
Orleans excepted. and the assessment of
peal taxes ne 10 pay iol sane e. M c.
eral Assembly Of the State OF r.ouisi<n a
two-thrds (2-3) OF all tine members elected
10 each House concurring, That Article Two
Hundred and Eighty-one f2SD OF the
Constitution of the State of Louisiana be
amended as TO read follows:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-09-03
ACT NO. es7.
IIouse Bin No. 100.

House BIT No. 100.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendment 10 the Consultation
Of the State Of Louisiana relative to the
ievying Of n tax Of not less than three
mills CT the dollar by parishes. cities or
towns for the support Of the public schools
OF the State
Section j. BE II resolved by the General
Assembly OF the State Of Louisiana. two
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
CHEAPER FOOD
IS IN SIGHT
Potatoes Are Lower Than They
Have Been for Many
Years

New York, April 20-The present
sensational drop In the price of po.
tatoes may mean cheaper food of all
kinds. Farmers are closing out their
supply of old potatoes for as little
as twenty cents q bushel, which is
the lowest price in many years. 9th
er foods also are cheaper. AS a re-
suit of its investigations, the Ameri-
can Agriculturist for April % will
say:
"a marked decline has occurred in
the prices of certain food products.
If this decline continues much long,
er the commissions that are investi-
eating high prices will find them
selves out of job.
Compared to the high point in wheat
last year, the market at Chicago
shows a decline of seventeen cents.
The decline in corn from the high
point of last year is nineteen cents
and oats twenty cents. In other
words, the present wholesale price of
oats .is thirty-two per cent below the
highest prices of last year, corn is
off twenty-four per cent and wheat
fourteen per cent.
"These declines in grain are re-
flected in mill feeds. Wheat bran is
now selling in the west at SIS or Sc
q ton less than previous highest quo
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
MAXWELL IN
VERY BAD LIGHT
Congress May Force Him to
Disclose What He Claims
to Know

Washington, April 20-The report
to the house on the recalcitrancy of
John NJ. Maxwell of Indianapolis, who
refused to answer questions as to his
source of information for charges
made in the Merchant Marine leagues
organ, the american Flag" reflect
on members of congress. hinges on
the result of an executive session
which the ship subsidy Investigating
committee will hold tomorrow. This
was decided upon today after Max
wells counsel raised the question of
the power of congress to force an
swers in such a proceeding.
Secretary John A. Penton of the
league, recalled as a witness today,
testified that for the past year he had
drawn compensation at the rate of
$1,000 a year, that he stood respon-
sible for the American Flag but re-
gretted some of the undignified char
acterizations in the November issue.
Maxwell edited that number. Penton
had differed with the edito ron the
subject. He recalled some of the con-
tributions to the league, including
$1,000 or $4,000 from former Cover
nor Herrick of Ohio and check from
John Hays Hammond.
He said the league had paid the
Texas Farmer" and other papers for
copies containing matter favorable to
the leagues propaganda, aud that such
practice was not uncommon. -Four
hundred of the American Flag" were
sent into Steenerson's district, he
said, without any particular motive
and he had similarly sent copies to
many other districts. The league
had paid part of the expenses of for
mer Representative Lands of Indiana
on Chautauqua trip and of former
Representative McClory of Minnesota
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
THE PROSECUTION
GAINS. A POINT
$i
Court Allowed. Collateral Evi.
dence concerning Death of
Col. swope introduced

Kansas City, April 2O.-Following
the overruling Of the defense's objec-
tion to the testimony not touching
directly upon the death of Col. Thom-
as H. Swope being introduced in the
Hyde murder trial, Miss Pearl Keller,
the nurse, resumetl the witness. stand
this morning.
On September Is, last. at the re-
quest Of DR.. Hyde, Miss Keller said
she went to the Swope home to attend
Col. Swope. The4physician told her,
she testified, that while Col. Swope
was not in q seriola condition, he was
suffering from bruised shoulder and
needed some one to be. constantly in
attendance.
Miss Keller referred frequently to her
chart. Examination of the chart by
the attorneys showed it was not kept
during the last week of Col. Swope's
illness. Asked to explain why this
was. the nurse said:
"Col. Swope objected SO strongly
to our keeping record that we had
to give it up. and DR.. Hyde said the
colonel was doing so we'll it would
not be necessary to keep a record"
Col. Swope, she said, was irritable
often times. The nvte refused atten-
tion" appeared frequently in the chart.
The first record Of Swope taking any
of the strychnine tonic which he OBJ
tanned at drug store near his home,
appeared under the date of Septem-
ber %.
Once or twice day, at this time,
the patient would take teaspoonful
of this mixture, testified Miss Keller.
He ceased to take this tonic on Sep
tember %, four days before his death,
she said.
Col. Swope was feeling unusually
we'll on October L." said Miss Keller.
"He talked of returning to the city,
l was we'll pleased with his condition.
We were taking daily drives together.
But when spoke to DR.. Hyde about
my patients condition he said: Col.
Swope will never return to Kansas
City,"
1t was only when asked tn:ee t::nes
by DIR. G. T. Twyman and once by
Mrs Hyde to stop the flow of blood
from James Moss Hunton that Dr
Hyde closed the wound in the
patients arm. testified Miss Keller.
A few minutes after Huntoa's death,
she further said, DR.. Hyde impor-
tuned for to use her mothers influence
in having him made an administrator
of Col. Swope's estate to succeed
Hunton. She refused.
Attorney Walsh declared this after
noon he had in his possession the pa
pers and notes of the testimony Of
DR.. Walter s. Haines, given before the
grand jury which showed that the
scientist had declared that no cyanide
of potassium was found in the stom-
ach of Col. Swope.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20

tations, q decline Of twenty-one per
cent, while middlings have declined at
New York points about 50 a ton or
twelve per cent. Even cottonseed
meal is of $3st0 q or eight to ten
per cent. Cotton itself is fraction
OF a cent pound less than in jan
uary, showing = decline of about
five per cent.
Potatoes have not been so low in
years, wholesale prices at present be-
ing at forty to ifty per cent lower
than in November last Vast numbers
of farmers held ON to their potatoes
until the late winter or spring mar
ket, and are now glad to get rid Of
their stock at. twenty-five cents
bushel, whereas a year ago they we're
wholesaling at Chicago at 81 BUSH
ell at this time
Butter has declined six per cent;
eggs have gone OF as usual in the
spring. Even beet cattle have no more
than held the high quotations Of
March and hogs are trifle of, al
though still very high. and prices of
sheep and lambs we'll maintained.
There has been break in the price
of hay at country points in the west;
beans are also cheaper.
Altogether, Indications multiply
that reaction In food prices has TAX
en- place." the American Agriculturist
says. with good crops in 1910, we
may expect the price of food to con-
sumers to be considerably lower than
during the lest twelve or eighteen
months, although we do not look for
a return to the phenomenally low
prices Of ten and twenty years ago.
"Cold weather t3this week may do
considerable damage to the fruit crop
but there is ample time for spring
grains to be reseeded wherever the
sprouting crop has been badly FROST
ed"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
.BRYAN'S HOME
y
COMING QUIET
Called on the President Yes
terday and Is on Way to
Lincoln

Washington, April 20.-William ].
Bryan and President Taft spent more
than an hour closeted together at the
white house late yesterday. The two
great travellers exchanged reminis-
cences, 1t Is said, and both comment
ed upon how we'll the other was look
ing. The president rather intimated
that being beaten at the polls didn't
seem to be such bad thing for one's
health and happiness after all.
"The call was purely social one,'
said Mr.. Bryan as he left the execu-
tive offices.
did you discuss the tariff bill?''
was asked.
"No." smiled the Nebraskan, I'VE
forgot all about it."
"Or politics?"
"No, that did not occur to us
either"
Mr.. Bryan left at 1855 last night
for Lincoln, Neb.
During his visit to the capitol, Mr..
Bryan met number Of the Democrats
in the minority room and to them he
expressed his views on pending legis-
lation, especially the postal savings
bank and railroad bills. He advanced
his opinion that the Democrats of the
house should vote for the postal saw
ings bank bill because, in his view, It
involved the surest method of bring
ing about the guarantee feature for
deposits.
While believing there were some
good features in the pending railroad
bill, especially those providing for
government supervision Of the issu-
ance of stock and bonds. Mr.. Bryan
advised his Democratic .frienda to de-
feat the measure because he thought
its bad features outweighed its de-
sirable provisions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
One Victim Is Dying and Two
Others Were Seriously
Injured
WOMAN LANDLORD SHOT FORMER
B0ARDER Who REFUSED TO GO
Before Being Shot He Pounded Man
Who Defended Woman Over the
Head With a Dinner BelI-Son Of
Dead Man q Victim.

Welch, w. Va, April 20-One man
killed outright, another dying, still
another seriously injured and a wo-
man in precarious condition, is the
net result of quarrel started in a
boarding house in this town, presided
over by the women victim
John Jones, a former boarder, had
been warned several times by Mrs.
c. Cleek to stay away from her house.
Shortly after noon today he appeared
at the house and an alteration ensu-
ed with the woman. A. G. Taylor, who
was staying at the house, sided with
Mrs. Cleek and this infuriated Jones,
who grasping dinner bell, pounded
Taylor over the head witch 1t. Mrs.
Cleek Immediately procured a revol-
yer and shot Jones, killing him in
stantly.
Shortly ,afterward Jones' son,
Lewis, entered the boarding house
and hit Mrs. Cleek with a huge stone,
fracturing her skull. Taylor then Sc
cured the weapon used by Mrs. Cleek
and opened fire on young Jones, one
bullet penetrating above the heart
and the local hospital physicians say
that he cannot recover.
J. P. Jones, a relative of the dead
man, then interfereG and was shot
through the arm and SHOULDER by Tay-
lor.
Taylor has disappeared,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
CHALLENGED THE
men TO ACTION
suffragettes Defied Congress to
Vote on the Female Fran
chise Question

Washington. April 20.-Respectful
attention was given the speakers rep
resenting the National American
Woman Suffrage association when
they appeared before the woman suff-
rage committee of the senate and the
judiciary committee of the house to
urge their cause.
The arguments made by the women
were not interrupted and at their con-
clusion the respective chairmen prom
ised they would receive careful at
tention. Both committees were urged
to vote on the proposition, the suff-
ragists indicating that they would
prefer unfavorable action to no action
at all.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio
had no little fun with the house COM
mfttee by begging it to report against
the resolution providing for con-
stitutional amendment allowing wom-
en- to vote. She said that she repre-
sented merely "wifehood and house.
hold" and that she was zone of the
best housekeepers in the room"
Gentlemen" she asked, smilingly
"why don't you report against this
resolution and give US your reasons
for it. We know you are not going
to vote in favor of 1t. We know also
you, are not going to vote against US.
You are just going to do nothing at
all. You certainly are not afraid of
us. We haven't any votes and can't
hurt you. Please, then, vote against
us and tell us why you do it. Please,
gentlemen, wont you do this? This
3r 1,,o oe1, o~d v,,,,oI,
Miss Phoebe Cousins appeared in
opposition to women's suffrage and
spoke for an hour.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
Carefully Laid Plans to Con.
vict the Brute Who Killed
stenographer
MOTHER AND SISTER OF. DEAD
GIRL WILL IDENTIFY EXHIBITS
Sister Will Tell Of Her Hunt for the
Missing Girl and What Befell Her In
VOTERS Flat Thus Fixing the
Crime on Him.

New York, April 20.-Wfth the re-
sumption today Of the trial of Albert
Wolter for the murder of Ruth
Wheeler. the case entered upon its
most important stage rom the view
point Of the prosecution.
Yesterday after the jury had been
completed, Assistant District Attorney
Moss devoted himself for the most
part to an effort to establish the fact
that 1t was in reality the body of the
1e-year-old stenographer that was
found in the gunny sack on VOTERS
fire escape. To this end Ruth
Wheeler's mother underwent the Or
deal of Identifying some of the ex-
hibits in the case. To-day it was ex-
pected the evidence Of the identifica-
tion would be concluded by the testi-
mony Of Adelaide Wheeler, the sister
of the victim, who alone Of the family
was able. to nerve herself up to the
viewing of the dismembered and
charred body. Pearl Wheeler was ex-
pected to tell the jury of her hunt for
her young sister and of what befell
her in VOTERS flat, thus bringing the
testimony to the point where VOTERS
direct connection with the crime is
sought to be established.
Whether VOTERS counsel would
abandon the "other man" theory of
the defense as rumored, could not be
learned before the opening of the
court today.
Mrs. Wheeler was called as the
third witness by the state. The jury
box had been filled shortly after the
opening of the afternoon session yes
terday and Frank Moss, assistant dis
trict attorney, had delivered the open
ling address for the prosecution. MIR.
Moss admitted that the state would
depend largely on circumstantial evil
dence, "but," said he, "I shall show
that her death was caused by strangu-
lation. I shall show you the cord
that was wound around her neck and
which sank into the tissue. l shall
show you that strangulation and in
cineration were not the only injuries
inflicted on that poor girls body, and
the person who killed her, shall
prove, is Albert Wolter."
During this recital Wolter showed
some evidence of emotion. His breath
came short and fast, and he intently
scanned the faces Of the jurymen as
II noting the effect Of the prosecutors
words.
John Taggert, waiter who lived
in an adjoining apartment, described
how he and his wife found the bundle
in which the upper part of Ruth
Wheeler's body was wrapped This
bundle was pushed from a fire es-
cape and subsequently opened in the
yard below.
Taggert told with effect how he had
cut the sack open and revealed q
charred bust. with the face blackened
and the teeth protruding. 1t was a
horrible description, but Wolter was
apparently unconcerned.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
MEAT TRUST IS
. ON THE TENTER
Missouri May Show the Com.
bination Some New Points

st. Louis. April 2o.-so satisfied is
Attorney General Major that be has
sufficient evidence against the Nation
al Packing company and its subsid-
iaries to show that competition in the
wholesale meat business is a thing
of the past that the investigation OF
the packing companies originally
slated to last from four to seven days
may be concluded tonight after being
in progress three days. Several OF
the witnesses asked to appear have
been notified that they will not be
needed. The hearing was resumed
this morning with the expectation that
the relation of the plants in st. Louis
to the high price Of meat will be one
of the points considered during the
day,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
Official Report.

Berlin, April 20.-Mention Of Mr..
Roosevelt's progress finds a regular
place in the official and semi-officiai
journals Immediately following the
news of European royalties, Dur pre-
ceding that relating to Prince Fushi-
mi. cousin of the emperor Of Japan,
who is now travelling in Germany, and
the doings of members Of the cabinet
and other distinguished personages.
Rector Erich Schmidt of the Uni
versity of Berlin, has taken on an ex-
ira staff OF secretaries who are en-
gagged in writing refusals to the many
applicants for tickets to the lecture
which Mr.. Roosevelt will deliver in
the historic Aula of the university.
This room has a seating capacity Of
500 persons, or rather less than the
total number Of the faculty and the
assistant professors. There are. 12.-
900 students, and it doubtful II q
single student is admitted. The
American embassy has been limited
to sixteen admission cards. just
enough to supply the members Of the
embassy and their families.
Mr.. Roosevelt has declined an invi-
tation to reception by the American
Association of Commerce and Trade.
on the ground that he has refused
resolutely all invitations from clubs
or commercial bodies.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
warm FIGHT IN
D. A. R. CONGRESS
Election of Ten Vice Presi4
dents General Took Place
This Afternoon

Washington. April 20.-A spirited
session Of the 1908 congress of the
National Society Of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution was ushered
lin early today with nominations for
the election of ten vice presidents
general of the society. The rivalry
was cen and adjournment was taken
to give the delegates time to consider
the list before voting.
The election was held this after
noon voting beginning at $3.50 o'clock.
The congress was called to order
this morning by the president-general,
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, presented the re-
port of the magazine committee OF
which she is chairman
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20

ord, established 1856 years ago by .
detachment Of British troops under
L6rd' Percy and Major Pitcairn, In
an expedition, from Boston to Con-
corn, was broken yesterday by q squad
Of eight men from company r Of the
Fifth regiment Of infantry Of Wal
than, who covered the twenty-six
miles from Boston to this city in five
hours and forty.eight minutes. No
effort was made to rob the red coats Of
the running record made the same day
from Concord to Boston.
The military endurance hike was
the first ever attempted by Massa-
chusetts troops. Twenty-Five squads
started from the state house and
nearly dozen finished in good con-
dition, although each man carried a
full equipment. with the exception Of
Ia blanket roll.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
USUAL FEVER

Havana, April 2O.-During the night
a special train carrying a battalion
of infantry and battery of machine
guns under command of General
Rivas, left camp Columbia bound for
Santa Clara. There was a rumor cur
rent last night that an uprising had
occurred in Santa Clara province, but
this the government denied.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
COL. ROOSEVEl7'S
CORRESPONDENCE
Thousands Of kilograms and
Letters Received From
Unknown Admirers !;

Attnang, Pucheim. Upper Austria,
April 20.-Aboard the Roosevelt train
although it was after midnight
when the train bearing the Roosevelt
party left Budapest, the colonel was
up at Z, o'clock. As the train left
Vienna, a heavy fall of rain obscured
the landscape and Col. Roosevelt
turned his attention to the vast ac-
cumulation of correspondence. For
three hours the former president die
tated without interruption to his
stenographer. The letters and tele-
grams which reach Roosevelt increase
in number daily. While many are
from friends and acquaintances in
America and Europe, the majority are
from persons Of whom the recipient
has never known. Upon leaving
Budapest, Roosevelt was Obliged to
decline the invitation of the Bavarian
government made through the Bavari-
an minister at the Austrian court, to
stop over several hours in Munich to-
day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
ROOT AND TAFT
HAVE CONFERENCE
-.
Had Reference to Expected In
terview Between Root and
Roosevelt

Washington. April 20. - Senator
Root spent nearly an hour with Presi-
dent Taft at the white house today.
The senator expects to sail for Europe
on May IA. He would not say today
whether or. not he would have an
opportunity to see former President
Roosevelt on the other side. 1t is
generally believed, however, that
Senator Root will see the colonel and
that the returning hunter expects an
interview with the New York senator.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20

ma speechmaking tour. Asked va
rious questions as to whether the ex-
ecutive committee of the league knew
or approved Of the publications and
letters sent out by him, he said the
committee left him full authority ex-
cept on matters Of general policy. He
assumed responsibility for a letter
sent into the district of Representative
Lenroot of Wisconsin in. which the
latter was referred to as guilty of
falsehood. =.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
HALF MILLION
LOSS BY FIRE
Wisconsin Forest Fire Stopped
by Timely Fall of Rain
Last Night

Milwaukee, April 20-A special from
Gable. Wis.,. says that a large area of
timber in Bayfield, county, estimated in
value at 100000 has been destroyed
by forest fires. The tract burned over
lies between Cable and Drummond.
The fire is said to have been start
ed from railroad section fires. The
fall of snow last night preceded by
a rain. Dut the fires out
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
WINNERS OF THE CONTEST.
Girl Is Declared to be thu
State Smelling Champion.

SUtt6 SpclIIHg CnuHPIOHs
Bismarck. N. D., April 20.-The
senate chambers in the capitol build
ing were filled with spectators last
night at the state spelling contest.
which resulted as follows.
First-Helen Swanson. Underwood,
Mclean county.
Second-Laura Hutchinson, Eddy
county.
Third-Cecelia Mime. Devils Lake,
Ransom county.
1t was impossible to select the win
ner at the end of the regular list of
words, as there were twelve with a
perfect score and an additional list of
fifty words that had not been studied
was used.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
H0FFST0T MUST
FACE THE MUSIC
Governor Hughes Has Granted
Extradition for the Accus-
ed Pittsburg CRATER

Albany. N. Y, April 20.-Gov.
Hughes today granted requisition for
the extradition to Pittsburg Of Frank
N. Hoffstot, president of the Pressed
Steel Car company, who is under in
dictment on a charge of conspiracy.
New York, April 2O.-F. N. Hoffstot,
president of the Pressed Steel Car
company. was arrested today by De-
tectives Flood and Thomas of the dis
trict attorneys Office on warrant is
sued in Pittsburg, charging him with
bribery and conspiracy in connection
with the Pittsburg graft and the al
legged bribery of some councilmen of
Pittsburg. with $4,000 in the Hotel
Imperial in this city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-20
LIFE SENTENCE
FOR HOMICIDE
Killed Woman Who Discover.
ed Him Robbing Her Home
Pleaded Guilty

Richmond, Ind, April 20-Charles
Revalee pleaded guilty today to the
murder of Mrs. Frank Allison and
was sentenced to imprisonment for
life. Revalee, who had been employed
on the Allison farm in this county,
beat Mrs. Allison to death and set her
clothes on fire after she had discover
ed him robbing the house.