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THE WEATHER Cloudy ami unsettled tonight and. Sunday little change in temperature. THIRTY-FIRST YEAE Wife Murderer (Found Guilty of First Degree Murder Date ef Electrocution has Been Set for Nov. 24 (By Associated Press) CHESTEHFIELD, Va., Sept 9—A heavy guard patrolled the little 6tone Chtesterfleld jail last night and today, and the guardsmen were the only persons Henry Clay Beattie Jr., con victed last night of first degree mur der, for killing his wife, saw as he looked out upon the pastoral scene. The quiet landscape of the Virginia fields which met his eyes was unusual to the excitement of the murder trial, and today it was contentedly desert ed in simple peacefulness. Some time today it is expected that Beattie will be taken to the state penitenti ary at Richmond to await his elec trocution on November 24, or the granting of a new trial by the court of appeals which convenes early in that month. NO CHANGE IN CROP CONDITIONS WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. ».— While weather conditions practically throughout the country were reason ably favorable to growing crops dur ing the month of August, the crop re port yesterday by the department of agriculture did not indicate generally much improvement 4n the condition. MYRON HUTCHINSON IS REGISTER AT HAVRE NEWS OF HIS APPOINTMENT REACHED THE CITY LAST EVENING Was Employed in Local Land Office for Many Years—Family will Move West. Word was received in the city to day that Myron W. Hutchinson, for merly chief clerk in. the United States land office here, has been appointed register of the U- S. land office at Havre, Mont. Mr. Hutchinson is one of the old time residents of the capital city and is very well known throughout this part of the state, having been located in the land office here for many years. He was transferred to the office at Havre about a year ago, the family remaining here until he became set tled in the new location. They will move to the home await ing them in Havre early in October. INTERESTINGHECEPTION FOR MISSION WORKER LADIES MISSION CIRCLE OF BAP TIST CHURCH HAS SOCIAL TIME. •v Address by Miss Gerda Paulson, Re turned Missionary From Japan, Was Feature of Evening. The Ladies Mission circle of the First Baptist church held a very in teresting and helpful session last evening. They met with Mrs. B. E. Jackson at the parsonage to listen to an address by Miss Gerda Paulson, who is engaged in evangelistic mis sion work in Sendai, Japan, but who is at present home on furloug. The address was exceedingly inspiring. Miss Paulson spoke of the open door of Japan, showing the friendly atti tude of her government toward Chris tian endeavor. She described her many varied experiences as she toured the country, finding the peop'.e more than willing to listen to her mes sage. She showed what a marvelous work has already been accomplished and yet emphasized the fact chat the work was only just begun. No one who heard the address of last even ing could feel in any other way than that an investment in the foreign mission work in Japan wcrs an excep tionally valuable one. The Mission circle was fortunate' in having Miss Paulson with them. A goodly number of the members of, the organization and friends greeted her. Light re-! interspersed with poetry. freshments were served at the close' Secretary Byrne is not sorry that and all felt the evening had been the wonderful oharacter is in New RAILROAD HEAD"WKO RE FUSES TO RECOGNIZE UNION CHICAGO, Sept 9.—Charles H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central railroad, is facing a critical situation regarding the threatened strike of hundreds of tie railroad's employes. President Markham has taken entire responsibility in conduct ing the negotiations withthe union leaders. He thus" lar^Has refused to accede to the demands of the men that they 7e recognized as members of the union. GIRL WAS MADISON, Wps.. Sept. 9—The body of little Annie Lemberger, aged 7, who was supposed to have been kid napped, was found in Lake Monana early today murdered. It was only about 10 feet from shore, near the Keyes sand pit, just at the south' city limits. There was no visible violence so far as superficial exam ination disclosed, beyond perhaps a. slight laceration of one ear. A dis coloration on the neck, however, if from unnatural caases, may indicate that the child was strangled. The little body was entirely nude and was discolored, having been in the water several days. The child was stolen from her sleeping room at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lemberger, early on last Wednesday morning. The child was clad only in her night garment, but even that was gone. THE"KING OF IRELAND" SENDSLETTERTO BURKE This morning's mail brought to the state executive offices a peculiar pack age, ami when Pat Byrne, private sec retary to tne governor, came to open it was seized with a peculiar sen sation of fear. Governor Burke is on his way to the con ention at Spring Lake, N. J., and the secretary handles all the mail. "There are a good many cranks in the world who imagine they have a divine mission to perform and that mission may be to blow somebody up," declared Secretary Byrne. "I always handle these pac kages ad dressed to the governor rather gin gerly." ... The package received this morning was rather awe-inspiring. It re quired three stamps to meet the mail charges and wh-sn opened it was found to contain many pages of manuscript written in blood red ink. A folder contained the photograph of a be whiskered individual subscribing him self "His Royal Imperial Majesty, Mr. Thomas Raftery, sovereign monarch of the United States of America, Pro testant American Republican candi date for president, U. S. A., 1912." The documents bear the heading of the Republican club of New York city and were mailed in the New York city of fice. Mr. Raftery ?s not withgi* titles. According to his claim he is king of Ireland, kittgnof Assyria, Syria, Phoe necia, Carthajg. Greece, Holland, France. Spatj anP Scotland. Ancient city of Rafia, Syria. From the arch angel empires, Rapheels. There are many sheets of foolscap paper written oer with insane rant ings against demons and Roosevelt, well spent York and hopes he remain there. penitentiary. SOLDIERS War DepartmentRealizesFoe Might Creep in at Night Coast Defense Corps Will Have Target Practice After Dark (Special to the Tribune) WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 9 Realizing that in time a foreign foe under cloak of darkness might creep close to the coast line of the United States and destroy the coast defenses, the war department has planned a program of extensive night. target practice exercises for the coast artil lery corps. From September 15th to the 21st the coast defense soldiers will fire at a moving target 10 by 24 feet, towed far out in Long Island sound by a tug. The target will be found by mammoth searchlights, and projectiles fired from three-inch guns will be equipped with tracers especialy designed to show the trajectory of the shell and aid the gun crews in ac:ur« •s'.y aid ing the rifles. SPAIN SENDS MORE TROOPS TO MOROCCO (By Associated Press) MADRID, Sept. 9—Five thousand Spanish troops nave received orders 'from the minister of war to rein force the Spanish Garrison at Melilla on the riff coast, of Morocco. The government's action is dut to the con stant reports received from "the com mander of the garrison saying that the natives continue to annoy the soldiers by their, attacks on Spanish, outposts. DECISION ON RATE CASE TO BE GIVEN OUT SOON The rate hearing closed at Fargo last night after a very strenuous session and the state railway commission, the agents and attorneys tor the har vester companies, and the witnesses, have gone to their homes. The attor neys on both sides were given ten days in which to file their briefs with the commission, and it will be a couple of weeks before the decision of the commission is given out. The hearing was on the petition of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine company of Fargo and Grand Forks, for the reinstatement of a rate which was abrogated on February 15, 1911, which provided that any machinery being returned to the factory for re pairs could ba shipped at one-half of the Class A rate. Appearing for the threshing machine companies and im plement dealers were T. A. McGrath, assistant manager of the Minneapolis Traffic association, which embraces all milling and manufacturing inter ests in Minneapolis J. H. McDonald of Hopkins, Minn., the assistant sales manager of the Minneapolis Thresh- 43oolMachin.e ng company, and Frank S. of St Paul of the Deere and Webber ^company. Paul M. Allen, a implement dealer of Jamestown, also appeared but was not placed on the stand. For the railway companies appeared Charles W. Murphy, attorney for the Great Northern railway at Grand Forks, H. T. Still, assistant general freight agent for the Northern Pacific, and a representative of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. The railway commission is com posed of Stutsman, Mann and Ander son. Secretray Hall and Rate Expert Little of the department were present. The matter has been threshed out in all the adjoining states and in each instance the shippers contention has been sustained. The commission visited Wahpeton on Thursday and* Inspected the new interlocking switch recently installed jby the Great Northern and the Mf waukee roads. They found the cross ing satisfactory. SERGEANT AT ARMS GETS THREE YEARS (Soeclal to the Tribune) COLUMBUS, Onio, Sept. 9.—3od ney Diegle. the former sergeant-nt arms of the Ohio state legislature, who was recently convicted of aiding and abetting the aleged bribery of S a a Senator L. R. Andrews, today sentenced to ser7e three years in ,$.-32f??-'$ BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY ATNIGHT SEPTEMBER upon by cavalry horses. The soldiers were not permiifed, to use their guns. NEW LOCAL MANAGER FOR TELEPHONE CO. Harry R. Clougb, local manager of the North Dakota Independent tele phone company, has tendered his re signation to the officials of the com pany, the resignation taking effect im mediately. Mr. Clough has other plans which will occupy his entire time. A. J. Scobie of Fargo has cobe to the capital city and is acting as local: manager until a regular appointment is made. Auditor R. P. Baird and General Manager Richardson are also 9. itii. MANYWOUNDEDIN!ASTOR-fORCE RIOT IN FRANCE (By Associated Press) BREST, Franca, Sept. 9.—A fierce battle occurred here today when a large mob of cheaper food manifest ants engaged the troops. Twenty po licemen and soldiers were badly in jured by stones, bottles and missiles thrown at them by the mob. The troops repeatedly charged into the crowd8 and^'areauaT/rTaTge" number1 Tne marttage ceremony was performed S to S S Straight^ a retired Bap struck by sabres or by being trampled in the city to assist in looking after! been received in this city that Judge matters during the change in management. local INSANE LIFER IS SENT TO JAMESTOWN George ..xonne, serving a ljjfe sen tence on conviction of murdering his fither, has been declared insane and transferred from the penitentiary to the hospital for the insane at James town. The mother of Moline was convicted of a crime and served a term in the North Dakota prison. Mo line has been acting queerly for some time ftsff T5Tr^ondition lead to an ex amination into his mental condition and he was declared insane. HERE FROM STERLING. Banlier E. L. Amundson of tSerling was in tfra Cfty today circulating among his friends. Scane in Yong-Tse-Kiang Valley, Where 100,000 Chinese Lost Lives in Flood—Starvation Now Threatens SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 9—That definitely known, and famine and gan looting stores and dwellings. more than one hundred thousand na- pestilence are working increased hav tives were drowned in the unprece- oc in the stricken region. Eighty dented floods that swept the vast per cent of the rice crop has been valey of the Yang-tse-kiang is now ruined, and mobs of rioters have be- IS CELEBRATED (By Associated Press) NEWPORT, R. 1., Sept. 8.—Colonel Astor and Miss Madeline Force were married at Beachwood this morning. u%™m™™?L^V*™-at The ceremony occurred "Beach wood," the summer home of Colonel Astor in this city. William Force of New York, the bride's father, gave her away. Straight resigned his pas torate of a small Baptist church in Rhode Island many years ago and has worked as a "carpenter since^ then, supplementing his wages by whatever fees he might receive from perform ing marriage ceremonies. STEVENSON CO. DECLAREDLEGAL (Special to the Tribune) WASHBURN, Sept. 9.—Word has Crawford has decided the McLean county division case in favor of Stev enson county. The. matter will be taken to ihe supreme court, where it will be finally decided. hunting trip. They will b-s gone over Sunday. CHANGE LOCATION. Th? Wachter Dray and Transfer company are moving tBeir offices to day from th« Northwest hotel build irg to the vvarehouse on Fifth street, opposite tie JIandigo grocery. HUNT AT STEELE. Harold Winchester arrived Friday Charles Wattam, Erastus Williams, night from his trip to St. Paul. He Dr. rBandt and John Gammon went! was nearly one week on the road on down to Steele this morning on a WACHTER BOYS AT SCHOOL. Eugene and Paul Wachter left Thursday for St. Paul. The boys will 1 Gillis, who has been under the doc visit for a few days with relatives in the cities, will take in the sights of the big stat-a fair and will then en roll as students in St. Thomas semi nary. mibUM. I Las Editio Various religious societies and sev eral large commercial organizations have contributed funds and supplies to be distributed among the suffering LA FOLLETTE IS A I ME MODEST (By Associated Pr«sr MADISON, Wis.. Sept. 9.—Upon ex cellent authority it is learned that Senator La Follette will wait until after congress convenes early in De cember before announcing his can didacy for the presidency. Although leading progressive leaders through- in interviews endorsing him for the presidency, he will avoid undue haste to answer their calling, preferring to wait until after President Taft has submitted his message. STATE CONVENTIONS TO DE HELD AT BISMARCK Superintendent Gilbraith is sending out special invitations for the differ ent conventions to be held here dur ing the exposition. The State Farm ers' institute, the state dairymen and held at the exposition October 4, 5 and 6. The list of speakers will include President J. H. Worst, Dr. W. E. Tay lor of Moline, 111., Colonel R. A. Wil kinson of St. Paul Professor Shaw of Montana, Professor T. A. Hoverstad, Sheppard, Waldron of the Agricultural college F. W. Merrill, United States department Commissioner Flint, G. L. Martin, W. R. Lauxon and others. TRIP WAS SLOW. r~J il--~ TT-e accoun* of bad weather. motored to Bismarck in F. L. Conklin's auto. VISITS AT HEBRON. Miss Anna Maloney was a west boun dpassenger on No. 3 this morn ing. She expects to visit for a week at Hebron with Miss Pauline Shoe maker, formerly a school teacher In tie city. SOMEWHAT IMPROVED. The friands of Ex-Sheriff D. J. Mc- tor's care for a week, will be pleased to learn that he is much better, and that .it is thought he will now soon be up and about. He was threatened with typhoid. out the country have been coming out. I to the court this morning that he was the good roads convention will be looked into the jury brought in a FIVE CENTS DIRIGIBLEIS ONLASTLAP Schwaben Leaves Gotba for Capitalof GermanEmpire Journey of 350 Miles Thus Far hasBeenPleasantOne (By Associated Prets) GOTHA, Germany, Sept. 9—The Zepplin dirigible balloon "Schwaben," sailed from this city with six passen gers at o:15 o'clock this morning on the final stage of its trip from Baden laden to Berlin. The scheduled route from Gotha was practically as a bord flies, with a slight deflection to pass over Leipzig, the distance of the entire flight is 350 miles. BERLIN IS REACHED. BERLIN, Sept. 9.—The Zeppelin dir igible balloon, "Schwaben," with six passengers on board, arrived over Berlin at 11:45 o'clock this morning, thereby completing its 350-mile jour ney mm Baden Baden. 'The big air ship encircled the city of Berlin and thenjjroceeded to Potsdam, where it madj^aTsuccessful landing. DECIDE TO-MORROW ON I. C. STRIKE CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—-Whether the Illinois Central shopmen will strike on account of the refusal of President Markham to recognize their recently formed federation will, it is said, be decided tomorrow afternoon at a meeting of the executive boards of the nine international trade associa* tlons involved. Several officers of the federation have, it is said, been in favor of a strike ever since the railroad refused to grant their demand, but*& number of other international labor chiefs, in cluding influential mtarbers of inter national unions, are counselling peace at this time, it is saidx and will do everything in their power to prevent a walkout. RICKEBY SENTENCED TO YEAR IN PENITENTIARY PLEADED GUILTY TO AIDING PRISONERS TO ESCAPE PROM JAIL Rhud-McKenzie Case .Decided—Me* Donald Sodomy Case Being Heard Behind Closed Doors. George Rickeby was sentenced to one year at hard labor in the peniten tiary by Judge Winchester this morn ing. Rickeby plead guilty to assist ing the escape of a prisoner from the county jail. He made a statement under the influence of liquor at the time he committed the crime and that it was at the suggestion of Fred Wat kins, confined in the county jail on a charge of grand larceny, that he aided the prisoners. Rickeby is a painter by trade, his former home being in Wisconsin where his parents and one brother now reside. The jury in the case of Rhud vs. McKenzie, a suit to collect payment for a contract, brought in verdict favoring Mrs. Jennie McKenzie late last evening. Rhud had a claim for balance due on a contract and Mrs. McKenzie presented a counter-claim for improper carrying out of the con tract. After both claims had been verdict of $4 for Mrs. McKenzie, This will throw the costs of the ac tion, estimated at about $450, Rhud. &m. -•••it :J on The case of Wm. McDonald, who is charged with sodomy, is being con tinued today behind closed doors, the nature of the evidence being such that the judge believed it would be better to exclude the general public. FIRST ACCIDENT OF THE HUNTING SEASON JSfeports of the first hunting accident of the season in this vicinity was re ceived in the city today, when it was stated that Mrs. J. W. Clark was shot in the foot with a .22-calibre rifle which she was carrying. The injury is not expected to prove very serious as a fracture of one of the toes was all f*st resulted. Mr. and Mrs. Clark went down to Long lake yesterday for a few days hunt and report has it that the rifle was discharged while it's owner was seated in the wagon. They return-ad immediately after the accflWt so that care could be taken of the injured member.