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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-24
SYNOPSIS

r,rrsnce Blakeley, lawyer. goes to
Ntsoos665 case to get the deposition OF
8oI'2EIi Irnore, millionaire. A lady re-
IolI "RIakeley to buy her a Pullman
9lestS He gives her lower Ii and re-
taiHs og ge' 10 and retires in lower
% II" aUakens in lower and
NJ his clothes and bag missing. The
mas IN ms lower 10 is found murdered. Cir
nan.,t t@fi evidence points to both
c .ljn1Eioisy and the man who stole his
Bah0 os The train is wrecked and Blake
ao";;s7 rescued from a burning car by a
IN blue His arm is broken. The girl
gu .,, 81. TO to be Alison West, his. partners
; w. he is under surveillance Moving
n nnis IS Of the train taken just before
g:'q wreck reveal to Blakeley a man leap
n Is Frorn the train with his stolen grip.
~ .5socstgatiOn proves that the mans name
tnItsmIIiyan. Mrs. Conway, the woman for
ssom BIakeley bought a Pullman ticket,
wiz, saS1t to make a bargain with him for the
stSing Blakeley and an amateur de-
m.cf;va investigate the home OF Sullivan's
Gsar' From a servant Blakeley learns
. int Alison West had been there on a
S %it and Sullivan had been attentive to
s %1.' Sullivan is the husband Of daugh-
,.r Of the murdered man. Blakeley's
S fr is ransacked by the police. He
Barns that the affair between Alison and
NJ partner is off. Alison tells Blakeley
Tiom she was on her way to marry when
he wreck came. 1t is planned to give
Yrs Conway the forged notes in ex-
SSangp for Sullivan. Mrs. Conway kills
herself and Bronson, and the ashes of
he forged notes are found in the room.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-24

| Go on" she said coldly. "It is too
| late to shield me. The time to have
done that was when was your
guest"
Well" he went on, his eyes turned
carefully away from my face, which
must have presented certainly any
thing but pleasant sight. Miss
West was going to do me the honor to
marry me, and"
"You scoundrel!" I burst forth,
thrusting past Alison Vests chair.
"You-you Internal curl"
One of the detectives got up and
stood between us.
"You must remember, Mr.. Blakeley,
that you are forcing this story from
J this man. These details are unpleas-
ant, but important. You were going
to marry this young lady," he said,
turning to Sullivan, although you al
ready had wife living?"
"It was my sisters plan, and was
in bad way for money. If I could
marry, secretly, wealthy girl and go
to Europe, it was unlikely that Ida
that is, Mrs. Sullivan-would hear
of it.
$50 it was more than shock to see
my wife on the train, and to realize
from her face that she knew what was
going on. I don't know yet, unless
some of the servants-well, never
mind that
ct meant that the whole thing had
gone up. Old Harrington had carried
a gun for me for years, and the same
train wouldn't hold both of us. Of
course, thought that he was in the
coach just behind ours"
Hotchkiss was leaning forward now,
his eyes narrowed, his thin lips drawn
to a line.
care you left-handed, Mr.. Sullivan"
he asked.
Sullivan stopped in surprise.
mo-" he said gruf1y. Cant do
anything with my left hand" Hotch-
kiss subsidized, crestfallen but alert.
ST tore up that cursed telegram, but
was afraid to throw the scraps
away. Then 1 looked around for low
er ten. It was almost exactly across
my berth was lower seven, and 1t
was, Of course, bit Of exceptional
luck for me that the car was number
seven"
did you tell your sister of the tel
egram from Bronson?" I asked.
mo. It would do no good, and she
was in a bad way without that to
make her worse"
"Your sister was killed, I Think
The shorter detective took small
package from his pocket and held it
in his hand, swapping the rubber band
which held it.
eyes, she was killed." Sullivan said
soberly. what I say now can do her
no harm"
He stopped to push back the heavy
hair which dropped over his fore
head, and went on more connectedly
ut was late, after midnight, and we
went at once to our berths. I'M
dressed, and then lay there for an
hour, wondering how I was going to
get the notes. Some one in lower
nine was restless and wide awake,
but finally became quiet
"The man in ten was sleeping heav,
lily. l could hear his breathing, and it
seemed to be only a question of get
ting across and behind the curtains
of his berth without being seen. Aft
er that, it was mere matter of quiet
searching.
"The car became very still. I was
about to try for the other berth, when
some one brushed softly past, and
lay back again
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-24

"Oh, very WE'LL" he said with as
sumed Indifference.
Hotchkiss just then escaped from
Richeys grasp and crossed the room.
did you ever wear glasses?" he
asked eagerly.
Never" Sullivan glanced with
some contempt at mine.
I'D better begin by going back a
little" he went on sullenly. II sup
pose you know I was married to Ida
Harrington about five years ago. She
was good girl, and 1 thought lot
of her. But her father opposed the
marriage-he'd never liked me, and he
refused to make any sort of settle
ment.
II had thought, of course, that there
would be money, and 1t was bad day
when I found out I'd made a mistake.
My sister was wild with disappoint-
ment. We were pretty hard up, my
sister and l."
l was watching Alison. Her hands
were tightly clasped in her lap, and
she was staring out of the window at
the cherries roof below. She had
set her lips little, but that was ALL
"You understand, of course, that I'm
not defending myself" went on the
sullen voice. THE day came when
old Harrington put us both out of the
house at the point of a revolver, and
I threatened suppose you know
that, tool threatened to kill him.
"My sister and I had hard times
after that We lived on the contin-
ent for while. I was at Monte Gar
10 and she was in Italy. She met
young lady there, the granddaughter
of a steel manufacturer and an heir
ess, and she sent for me. When l got
to Rome the girl was gone. Last win"
ter I was all in-social secretary TO
an Englishman, wholesale grocer
with a new title, but we had row,
and I came home. | went out TO the
Heaton boys ranch in Wyoming, and
met Bronson there. He lent me mon
ey. and I've been doing his dirty work
ever since"
Sullivan got up then and walked
slowly forward and back as he talked,
his eyes on the faded pattern OF the
Office rug.
eff you want to live in he'll" he
said savagely, put yourself in anoth-
err mans power Bronson got into
trouble, forging John Gilmore's name
To those notes, and in some way he
| learned that man was bringing the
| papers back to Washington on the
Filler. He even learned the number OF
his berth, and the night before the
wreck, just as l was boarding the
| train, 1 got a telegram
| Hotchkiss stepped forward once
more Importantly.
(which read, l think: Man WIN
naners in lower ten, car seven. Get
them. -
| Sullivan looked at the little man
with sulky blue eyes.
| eft was something like that, any
how. But it was nasty business
| and it made matters worse that ne
didn't care that telegram which
must pass through half dozen nanos
Was more or less discriminating to me.
"Then. to add to the unpleasantness
of my position, just after we boarded
the train was accompanying my
sister and this young lady, Miss west
"a woman touched me on the sleeve,
| and I turned to face-my wife!
| "That took away my last Dit OF
nerve. I told my sister, and you can
understand she was in bad way, TOO.
We knew what it meant. Ida MAD
heard that I was going
He stopped and glanced uneaslly at
Alison.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-24
Shock for Literature.

The literary man who goes into
vaudeville runs great risk OF being
Inundated when he compares his
earning capacity with that Of the
trained elephant
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
FIRST BALLOT MAY DECIDE
James &. MARITIME in Lead for New
Jersey Senatorship.

Trenton, n. j., Jan. 23.-James e..
MARITIME will almost certainly be elect
ed United States senator on the first
ballot I'm the joint session of the New
Jersey legislature next Wednesday.
On Tuesday the senate and the house
of assembly will ballot separately for
a successor to Joan Kean and this
vote will be announced at the joint
session.
Mr. MARITIME is i'll at his home in
Plainfield with an aggravated case of
grip. His physician says that, though
he is in no danger, he suffers much
pain.
The farmer-orator had intended
opening headquarters at Trenton, but
his physician says that it will be two
weeks at least before he is able to
leave his bed In the meantime his
friends will look after his interests
and the MARITIME headquarters at the
Hotel Sterling in Trenton will be con-
nected with the candidates bedroom
at Cedar Brook farm by telephone.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
EXTRAVAGANCE A PASSPORT
Mrs. Asquith Tells How to Break Into
Society.

London, Jan. 23-Extravagance, ac-
cording to Mrs. Asquith, wife of the
prime minister of England, is a social
passport She made this statement
while testifying in the suit of Mrs
Horace West against her father-in.
law, Sir klgernon West, who is
charged with slander in telling mem.
bers of English society that his daugh-
ter-in-law was responsible for the
separation from her husband. Mrs
West contends that the circulation of
these stories caused her to be cut so.
cially and her name stricken from the
court list
Mrs. Asquith said that extravaganza
was social passport after it had
been testified to that Mrs West had
sometimes been accused of extrava
gance.
"Extravagance," Mrs. Asquith said
lis usually the best passport in the
ranks of high society" Under cross
examination Mrs. Asquith declared
that extravaganza serves as a pass
port only when there is nothing al
legged against the woman
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
REVENUE CUTTER
CHASES SMUCGLER
Sights Craft Bearing Opium Near
San Diego

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 23.-A chase
after a smuggling craft believed to be
heavily laden with contrabanq Chinese
and opium is proceeding in Southern
California waters. The United States
revenue cutters Bear and Orient are
patrolling the coast in expectation Of
encounterlng the vessel.
Every available immigration officer
in this part of the state has been de-
tailed to watch some isolated point
where the smugglers may try to land.
The Bear, it is understood, sighted
the smuggler between San Diego and
San Pedro. The revenue cutter gave
pursuit, but the smuggler craft made
out to sea and was lost to sight in the
darkness The smuggler is said to be
very fast vessel and the men aboard
her heavily armed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
HOME OF MINNESOTA
FARMER DESTROYED
Father and Two Of His Children
Burned to Death

Albert Lea, Mimi, Jan. 23.-N. c..
Hanson and two of his children were
burned to death in a fire that de-
stroyed their residence on a farm in
the township of Riceland, while two
other members of the family were
perhaps fatally burned. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
The flames spread so rapidly that
escape was impossible and the victims
We're suffocated and burned beyond
recognition. The injured are being at
tended by physicians from this city.
The farm is owned by George Peter
son of Hayward and the house was
old and highly infiammable.
The extreme cold the stiff breeze
and the rapid spread of the flames pre-
vented rescue by neighbors.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
CRANK THREATENS Upton
Has Exciting Experience With Armed
lunatic.

London, Jan. 23 Sir Thomas Lip
ton had ap awkward adventure at his
country place with a supposed lunatic,
who exhibited razor to emphasize a
request for financial assistance. Sir
Thomas excused himself from the visi-
tor and notified the police, who took
the man into custody.
Early in the day Sir Thomas had
received telephone message purpcrt-
ing to come from Scotland Yard head
quarters and asking him to make an
appointment for a detective who
wished to see him.
Later the alleged detective called,
and saying that he was in desperate
financial straits and must have help.
produced razor Sir Thomas made
an excuse to leave the room and quick
ly communicated with the police.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
rs PROVISIONS RADICAL
Corrupt Practices Act to Regulate ilIi-
nois Elections.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-Rich and
poor candidates for public Office will
be put on the same plane of oppor-
tunity should the new corrupt prac-
tices bill which State Senator w.
Clyde Jones will introduce i'm the state
legislature Tuesday become a law.
Many radical provisions limiting
campaign expenses are included, one
being that money may be expended
only by the candidate himself. or by
his duly authorized campaign commit
tee, friends and special interests" be-
ing forbidden to spend l cent.
The bill will also make 1t a felony
for a candidate for the United States
senate to give, loan or promise to loan
money to any person to use influences
to secure votes in the state legisla-
ture.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
students Welcome new President.

Minneapolis, Jan. ga rousing
and hearty reception was accorded DR..
George Edgar Vincent, president elect
of the university, when, in the chapel,
crowded as 1t has not been before
since the time when the students We're
addressed ty William j. Bryan in the
spring of 1907, the new president
spoke to the students in eulogy of DR..
Northrop, ortliring his own general
plans ands'polieies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
Indians to Fight Eviction.

Superior, Wis, Jan. 23.-Chiefs Wa
dena and Eagle of the Chippewa In
dams were in the city to see an attor-
ney in regard to their rights to the
lands on the reservations. A treaty
was made some time ago between the
government and the Indians, which
prov ided that the government was &c
pay the Indians for any improvements
that had been on the land and that the
red men were to move to White Earth
reservation. This treaty, the chiefs
say, was obtained In fraudulent man
mar
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
OCEAN RATE WAR FEARED
Germans Alarmed Over Action of Ca
madam Pacific.

Berlin, Jan. 23.-News dispatches
from Hamburg represent shipping cir
cles there as alarmed over the pros
pect of differences between the Cana
dian Pacific and other English lines
affecting adversely the transatlantic
shipping pool and perhaps resulting
in a rate war.
The Canadian Pacific's cancellation
of all agreements concerning the Liv-
erpool-C Canada traffic would affect all
lines, as a reduction In the passenger
rates to Canada would divert traffic
from the ports of the United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
DETAILS NOT
MADE PUBLIC
Final Agreement on Reci-
procity With Canada.


Concluding Session Held at Washing
ton Behind Closed Doors and An
nouncement Made That a Statement
Would be Issued Probably Next
Thursday-Certan FormaIities to Be
Completed Before Text Is Published.
Washington, Jan. 23.-The Amer
lean and Canadian reciprocity com
missioners have held the last session
of their treaty conference. All of the
members were present and also Secre-
tary Knox They met behind closed
doors at the state department and
shortly afterward announcement was
made that an agreement had been
reached.
At the conclusion of the session the
commissioners jointly issued the fol-
lowing statement, which was all they
could say in regard to the result of
their undertaking:
1.-The negotiators have reached an
understanding, which, when certain
formalities are completed, will be
made public at Washington and at
Ottawa. 1t is thought this may be
done next Thursday"
Asked If the statement that "cer-
tain formalities" would be completed
probably by next Thursday meant
that Secretary Knox and the other
American commissioners would go to
Ottawa the commissioners merely re-
piled that to answer that question or
any other would be a violation of con-
fidence contained in the understand
ing agreed upon.
The fact was established that no
more meetings will be held in Wash
ington. William Paterson, Canadian
commissioner OF customs, and w. S.
Fielding, minister of finance of Can.
ada, have left Washington. The
other Canadian representatives will
depart shortly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
ERBSTEIN FOUND INNOCENT
Chicago Attorney Acquitted on Charge
Of Bribing Juror.

Chicago, Jan. 23.-Attorney Charles
e. Erbstein was found not guilty of
having bribed a juror to prevent the
O'Neil Browne, minority leader in the
state legislature, who was charged
with bribing Representative Charles
A. White to vote for William Lorimer
for United States senator.
1t was Erbstein's second trial and
the jury was out less than an hour.
A disagreement was the result of the
first trial. Erbstein acted as his own
counsel in the second case.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
Wrestler Is Fatally Hurt.

Denver, Jan. 23.-Thrown heavily
on the back of his head in wrestling
bout here John Mathews, local wres-
tier, lies at a hospital at the point of
death from cerebral hemorrhage. His
opponent, Ray Hardesty, is being held
by the police. Hardesty came here
recently from Kansas City.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
GENERAL ALARM
IS THE RESULT
Vote Buyer at Danville, I'LL,
Makes Confession.
CUSTOM IS WIDESPREAD

Suggests a Mass Meeting of All candi
dates and Adoption of Resolution
to Go Before the Grand Jury and
Tell Everythins-Admits Paying So,
600 for Job Worth S1oo a Month.
Danville, H., Jan. 23.-City Attorney
Frank Jones, who managed the cam
paign of Sheriff John Nj. Shepard
made a complete confession of the
part he took in vote buying both in the
primary and general election and he
announces he is willing to go before
the grand jury and tell all he knows.
The confession was made after con.
ference with his friends, who told him
that under the circumstances it was
the best thing he could do.
Jones, who made his confession tc
several newspaper men and in the
presence of friends, said that he had
bought a large number of votes for
Shepard and had kept memorandum
of the names of the men he bought
and the amount paid each. Only a
few days ago he had destroyed it, he
said. However, he said that he be-
lieved he could remember a number of
them and he was willing To go be
fore the grand jury and tell them.
Suggests General Confession.
Jones also suggested that there be a
mass meeting of all successful and de
feated candidates and ward captains
and that resolution be adopted to go
before the grand jury and tell every
thing. Jones says there is no doubt
in his mind that hundreds of names
of men who have sold their votes are
known to various candidates and poll
tieians and that they should be made
to tell them.
The confession has created a sensa-
tion and it is expected that numerous
others will follow from men who hope
to receive an immunity bath from the
state.
Jones has long been prominent in
politics and has been city attorney
nearly two years. He admits that he
used money in his own election, but
does not remember the amount. He
told one newspaper man that it would
run almost to $4,000. His office pays
$100 per month and is for two years
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
Wealthy Lumberman Ends Life.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 23.-Har-
risen p. Grover, wealthy lumberman.
committed suicide in the cellar of his
home by cutting his throat with a
razor. A nervous collapse, resulting
from business worries, is said to have
caused him to take his life.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
500 WRECK FATAL TO TWO
Rotary Snowplow Hits Passenger
Train Near Macoun, Sask.

Winnipeg. Jan. "a bad wreck,
fatal to two persons, occurred on the
500 line near Macoun, Sask. A rotary
snowplow, going to work on the For
ward branch, had a rear end collision
with No. 205, passenger train. Two
passengers in the sleeper were kiAed
and mail clerk was seriously in
jured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
Insanity Caused by Joke.

Blairsville, Ca, Jan. 23.--Bartow
Brown, who was sewed up in the car
cass of mule by some friends as q
joke several weeks ago, has gone in
sane as a result of blood poisoning
contracted from the mules carcass.
The four men responsible for the prac-
tical joke, it is said, have fed the
country. Brown is not expected to
recover
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
Quarantine Against Dogs.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 23.-To exclude
hydrophobia Governor Edwin l.. Nor
ris issued a proclamation establishing
Q quarantine against all dogs from
Oregon and several counties In Wash
lngton and Idaho.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
Hotel Fire Costs Six Lives.

Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 23.-Pearl e.
Kindall, aged twenty-three, is dead
from the effects of burns suffered IN
the Hubbard House disaster at Mo
brara, Neb. He was SON of M. W.
Kindall, the proprietor, who also lost
his life. This brings the total death
list to six.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-01-23
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