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OFREDS.TAKEN
MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO AS-
SASSINATE H. C. F-RICK AR-
RESTED WHEN CARD BEARING
HIS NAME WAS IS FOUND.
SILVERSTINE WILL
PROBABLY RECOVER
BOMB THROWER RAVES AND
GROANS IN HOSPITAL THAT HE
HAD HOPED TO KILL POLICE
WHEN HE HURLED EXPLOSIVE.
New York, March 30.—Alexander
Berkman, the anarchist who served a
long term In prison for an attempt to
assassinate Henry C. Prick was taken
into custody by the police today. He
was taken to Bellevue hospital this
afternoon and was confronted with
Selig Silveretien, the man charged
with having thrown the bomb at the
Linton Square meeting Saturday. The
detention of Berkman was brought
about through the finding In Silver
siein's rooms in Brooklyn of a card
made out in Sllverstein's name which
..certified to his membership in the
"Anarchist Federation Union." It
bore the signature of "Alexander Berk
man."
Silverstein who was frightfully In
jured by the explosion of the bomb is
reported' to be progressing toward re
covery today.
Berkman's visit to the hospital
where he was confronted with Silver
stein failed to bring any show of
recognition on the part of the two
men.
Assassin Still Lives.
Clinging to life with, a tenacity that
bespeaks the purpose of a fanatic
mind when housed in "a body so frail
as his, Selig Silverstein of Cohen, the
mangled bomb thrower of tTnlon
square, has passed his first thirty-six
hours in the prison ward of Bellevue
hospital, steadily improving all tho
time.
He may live, the doctors said late
last night, to pay a severer penalty
than the loss of his hand and eyes.
In the physical agony from which
the bomb thrower has known no re
•li^f since he fell the victim of his own
i- weapon Saturday, he has writhed
mentally under the failure to accom
plish the purpose for which he loaded
the section of pipe with explosives and
rusty nails and carried it from his
lodging, No. 82 Beaver street, Brook
lyn, to the demonstration of the un
employed.
"I only wish I had been able to
kill all the police in the park," he
fjgroaned yesterday.
The last interview he had with tho
police and representatives of the dis
trict attorney's office was at 3:10
o'clock Sunday morning, when he
went over the story for about the
sixth time. With slight variations he
has given substantially the same ac
count every time attempts have been
made to wring from him the truth as
.. to whether he was advised by Berk
mann, the anarchist, in planning an
other Haymarket outrage.
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When he left the operating table
there was thought to be scarcely one
chance In 1,000 that he would coma
out from the anaesthetic. One eye
was blown out and the other was
frightfully injured. His right hand,
that held the bomb, was amputated
above the wrist, one eye socket was
broken in upon the brain, and his
scalp was cut with a piece of the
bomb. Dr. Cuddemeck reported that
one eye may be saved, and if hemor
rhages do not follow he has a fair
chance of recovery.
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Hates All Policemen.-
Will power, rather than physical vi
tality, must account for the youth's
grip upon life. A consumptive, sicklv
from babyhood and in recent years
too 111 to work much of the time, he
lives when men of less determination
would die. And the thought to which
his restless mind clings in its semi
conscious moments seems to be only
that of hate—"I wish I'd been able to
kill every policeman in the park!"
Neither expressions of love for his
family nor pity for the man he killed
have escaped his lips.
Silverstein tasted the bitterness "of
his fate yesterday when his sisters,
Stella and Sarah. 21 and 18 years old,
called at the hospital. They were
taken into his custody, but were al
lowed to see him before being escort
ed to police headquarters.
Refused to See His Sisters.
"Tell him that his sisters want to
see him," was the message.
"No, I don't want to see them,"
groaned Silverstein in reply. "I can't
see them anyway, for my eyes are
gone, but they can see me if they
want to."
I Stella, the older sister, was led to
f. his bedside. She spoke only a few
3 words and came away, sick at the
sight of her brother, an unrecogniz
able mass of blood soaked bandages.
None of the Silverstein family talks
English readily.
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Omaha Man Will
Nominate Bryan
DUNN.
Omaha, Neb., March 30.—Ignatius
J. Dunn has been selected by the Ne
braska delegation to the national dem
ocratic convention at Denver to nomi
nate William Jennings Bryan for
president of the United States.' Mr.
Dunn 1B one of the four delegates at
large from Nebraska. He is city
attorney of Omaha and has been iden
tilled with democratic politics in his
home state for 12 years. He is an
orator and an attorney of high stand
ing in Omaha,
KAISER WILL
ACCEPT HILL
PRESIDENT IS NOTIFIED HAGUE
AMBASSADOR WILL BE RE
CEIVED AT BERLIN.
Berlin, March 30. Emperor Wil
liam, having been fully advised as to
the attitude of President Roosevelt
and the feeling of the American pub
lic in regard to the alleged refusal of
hiB
majesty to receive Dr. David Jayne
Hill as ambassador to Germany in suc
cession to Charlemagne Tower, has
withdrawn all expressions of disap
proval he recently sent to President
Roosevelt and he would be pleased to
receive Dr. Hill as ambassador.
The emperor has caused this view
to be communicated to President
Roosevelt.
Official Version.
The German foreign office has sent
to the Associated Press the following
official declaration on this subject:
"The notices which have appeared
hitherto in the foreign press in regard
to the Hill affair have originated in
the erroneous Impression that it was
intended in Berlin to recall the ap
proval given here last autumn to Mr.
Hill's appointment. This has never
been thought of. It is true that doubts
subsequently arose as to whether Mr.
Hill would feel himself comfortable
in the post of American ambassador
to Berlin, but these doubts have been
removed, so that nothing stands in the
way of Mr. Hill's nomination to the
Berlin embassy, and he will be wel
come to Berlin now, as he would have
been before, or as any other unob
jectionable representative would be
who should be named by President
Roosevelt.
PREACHER GRANTED A DIVORCE.
Divorce Frees Indiana Man Whose
Wife Eloped With a Street
Car Conductor.
Terre Haute, Ind., March 30.— The
Rev. J. A. Robinson, a young minister
of Cloverland, ten miles from this
city, has been granted a divorce from
his wife, Pearl, who eloped last July
with Harry Brown, conductor on an
interurban line. She became acquaint
ed with Brown while riling on his
car. She took her baby with her and
the husband is given an order for its
custody, but there is no trace of
Brown and the woman. Mrs. Brown ob
tained a divorce several months ago.
Injury to Broadside Gun on Missouri.
Washington, D. C., March 30.—Dur
ing a target practice Saturday at Mag
dalena Bay, 140 inches of the muzzle
of one of the six inch broadside guns
of the Missouri blew off. The fracture
was a clean one and did not indicate
and flaw in the metal. Tne practice
was continued and 'he gu:i will be re
placed by a new one from the Wash
ington navy yard. No one was in
jured.
Senate Passes Urgent Deficiency Bill.
Washington, D. C., March 30.—The
urgency deficiency bill appropriating
$2,000,000 for armour, etc., for the
vessels, heretofore authorized today
was passed by tne senate.
Crumpacker Nominated Sixth Time.
Michigan City. Ind.. March 30.—The
republican convention ,of tho tenth In
diana district today nominated Edsrar
D. Crumpacker for congress for the
sixth time.
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FIFTY-FOUR OF THE VICTIMS OF
MINE EXPLOSION IN WYOMING
ARE STILL BEYOND REACH OF
RESCUERS
MAY NOT REACH
REMAINS FOR DAYS
SECOND EXPLOSION AFTER FIRST
HAD DEALT DEATH AND DES­
TRUCTION IN PATH, ADDS HOR
HOR TO SITUATION
Hanna, Wyo., March 30. The
bodies of only five of the fifty
nine miners and mine officials
killed in the ill-fated mine of the
Union Pacific Coal company by
two explosions Saturday, have
been recovered. The other bodies
will probably not be reached for
several days.
Hanna, Wyo., Msrch 30. The
death list as a result of two explo
sions in coal mine No. 1 of the Union
Pacific Coal company here yesterday
may reach ninety or'more. The explo
sions shook tho entire town.
A miner named Jones, rescued last
night, said he believed there were 75
men in the relief party that were
wiped out by the second explosion at
10:30 o'clock Saturday night. Eigh
teen miners were killed in the first
explosion at 3 o'clock Saturday after
-ioon.
The names and number of men in
the relief party cannot be obtained,
as it was made up entirely of volun
teers. A house to house canvass must
be made today before the exact num
ber Is learned. ...
The first explosion, like the second,
caused by the fire reaching gases and
coal dust, occurred when the superin
tendent of the mine, three bosses and
fourteen picked men were trying to
extinguish a fire that had been raging
for some time. The 200 men employed
in the mine had been ordered not to
report for work as the mine was con
sidered dangerous.
The Explosion.
Afire had been raging below the
tenth level since last Sunday and a
crew of gas men and fire fighters went
into the workings to fight the flames
which were rapidly eating their way
through the workings. Suddenly the
men above the workings were stra
tled to hear a heavy explosion which
shook the earth and caused the shaft
•building to totter.
JOHN P. WHITE
RECEIVES GIFT
IOWA MINERS GIVE THEIR FOR
MER PRESIDENT A HAND
SOME PRESENT.
Des Moines, March 30.—President
John P. White of the Iowa district of
the United Mine Workers of America
was presented with a handsome leath
er parlor set as a token of esteem
from the members of the Iowa district
organization. The presentation
speech was made by W. W. White,
vice president and president-elect if
the organization, at the afternoon ses
sion of the annual convention Satur
day.
After five ballots to choose a head
quarters for the organization, Oska
loosa, the present headquarters, was
elected. The final vote was 208 y2
for Oskaloosa, ?nd 88% for Center
ville. A motion was then passed to
make the election of Oskaloosa unan
imous.
RIDGELY AT HEAD.
National Bank of Kansas City, Headed
by Former Comptroller, Re
opens.
Kansas City, March 30. The re
organized National Bank of Commerc.-?
with William B. Ridgely, the former
comptroller of the currency, as its
president, reopened this morning.
Long before the tellers' windows open
ed persons stood in line awaiting an
opportunity to deposit money.
Suicide at Fairfield.
Fairfield, March 30.—(Special)—
Brant Free, aged 56 years, a wealthy
farmer of Pleasant Plain, committed
suicide Sunday afte-noon. He hunt
himself in a corn crib with a hitch
strap. Free leaves a family of four
children. He was mentally deranged.
A'drich Bill ReTches House Today
Washington, D. C., March 30.— The
Aldrich financial bill reached the
House today, and the speaker referred
it to the committee oa banking cur- Donald was arrested Immediately aft
rency.
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OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA, TUESDAY, APRIL-l, 190S
OTTUIVTWA MINISTERS FOLLOW­
ING DECISION BY MINSTERAL
ASSOCIATION DELIVER ANTI-
LIQUOR SERMONS.
STARTING THINGS
FOR "BILLY" SUNDAY
EVANGELIST WILL BE IN OTTUM-
WA IN THE FALL AND MINIS­
TERS HERE ARE BEGINNING
FIGHT FOR HIM.
Ministers of Ottumwa entered
into a united eifort yesterday.
Temperance sermons were
preached from nearly every pulpit
in the city. This action on the part
of the clergymen was brought
about in a session of the Ottumwa
Ministerial association, when it
was voted that all ministers who
have not preached temperance
sermons within several weeks, do
so.
The united efforts of the cler
gymen is considered a forerunner
of the work to follow by Rev.
"Billy" Sunday, who is scheduled
to come to Ottumwa next fall.
This, the ministers say, is to be
but a beginning of a tremendous
temperance crusade in the city.
Following are the extracts
the sermons:
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Rev. Locke Speaks.
At the First Congregational church
Rev. Robert J. Locke spoke on "A
Modern Crusade." He said: "The vis
ion of the conquering crosg has al
ways lured, the. world. However mupft
nien may dislike 'to accede'to its' 3$
mands, nevertheless the life of self
restraint, of conquest over one's self,
and of a final world victory, has en
thused the hearts of the seers o£
earth and lighted fires whose gleams
slant into eternity. The cross in the
middle ages in the hand of a priest
stirred the consciences of that age so
that men everywhere rallied to what
they conceived to be the call of God.
And the cross today, as in that distant
time, is sumomning men to another
crusade in the name of the home, the
state and God. But it is only to one
segment of the field I wish to direct
your attention 'this morning, namely:
that, which has to do with the control
of the liquor problem.
"At present there is a nation-wide
campaign, against this foe of our land.
It is more than nation-wide, It is
world-wide. Germany is aroused and
fighting Holland gave a subsidy to
temperance societies and England Is
meditating drastic laws on the sub
ject. Some of the causes entering into
the new agitation in our own land
are disgust with the lawlessness of
the saloon element, sectional condi
tions clearer appreciation of the
perils involved non-partisan leader
ship, and finally a great gathering of
many minor causes into an aggregat
ed public opinion which declare the
thing must go. Control Is futile. Abso-1
lute effacement is necessary. The
of manhood cry to the God of right-!
eousness and from his throne he will
answer. The results of this move
ment are every day reaching out I
farther into the nation's life. South,
east, west and north the saloon forces
are bending before this concerted at
tack.
Facts. Distorted.
"The saloon and what it involves
is the mother of lies. It knows nothing
abo'it facts. It calls false statements
truth. It is ashamed of its old name—
saloon—and now hides under the more
euphonious one of cafe or buffet. It
says it. produces prosperity. How and
whom does it make prosperous? The
definition of prosperity is to be found
in that which produces a good answer
ing. a real need. When you speak of
your own city being prosperous you
do not say, 'We have forty saloons,'
but you say, 'We have a packing
house, and iron works and manufac
turing interests of various kinds em
ploying many hundreds of men and
women.' When we ask how it makes
properous, there is no answer to be
(Contirrued on page 8.)
Mortally Wour-Hs a Fellow Worker.
Mason City, March 30. F. H. Mc
Donald last night shot and mortally
wounded George Stevens McDonald is
a timekeeper at the Northwestern
States Portland Cement company and
Stevens an overseer. Tuesday they had
trouble, which was renewed last night,! laws cannot dissolve it
culminating in the shooting. The two
men quarreled in the lobby of a hotel.
McDonald was sent to his room and it
is alleged that Stevens went upstairs,
where the shooting took place. Mc-
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GRANDSON OF FOUNDER OF MOR
MONS IS TO BE LEADER OF
SECT AT LAMONI
Home of the Latter Day Saints
at Lamoni, Iowa. Picture below
shows the college at the same
place, Joseph Smith, head of the
non-polygamous Mormons, is
also shown.
Joseph Smith, of Lamoni, Iowa, son
of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mor
mon religion, is rapidly growing old.
The church of the Latter Day Saints
(the noii-polygarrius Mormons) has
grown to great proportions under his
leadership and at Lamoni have been
erected large buildings, a home for
the aged saints, tl, college to teach
many
ham
YounP
went on t0
wrongs against childhood (he degre-' church at Salt Lake. The real son of Saints and the Utah Mormons are
dation of women and the 'debasement
JosePh
MARRIAGE HELD
TO BE A BARTER
N]frBo~gftr,g
AJOIOOG I«3(.I05S|H D)T'4
Latter Day Saints May
Try to Re-enter Nauvoo
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children of the followers of the faith, Saints, which has rapidly increased
and others. in membership during the past few
In a "revelation" Joseph Smith has years.
designated that his son shall succeed I It Is strongly rumored that the Lat
hirn as head of the religious organiza- ter Day Saints will make an effort to
tion and that son is now taking the reclaim Nauvoo, 111., and establish
reins of the church gradually out of headquarters there. At Independence,
his aged father's hands. Mo., where Smith, the first, started
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND SAYS
CEREMONY AT TIMES IS COM
MERCIAL EXCHANGE.
St. Paul, Minn., March 30.—Arch
bishop John Ireland of St. Paul has
written a letter to the clergy and laity
of this archdiocese on the subject of
marriage and divorce, in which he
characterizes the marriage contract
of the times a mere commercial ex
change. The letter says:
"Christian marriage is a sacrament
—an act permeated with divine activi
ty. To the Christian the marriage con
tract can never be a mere natural en
gagament between man and woman,
ruled by laws adopted by their own
freedom. Nor is it a mere social or
civil contract, made binding only
through civil enactments, lasting only
so long as those enactments order it
to last.
Marriage Bond Indissoluble.
"In the teaching of Christ the mar
riage contract is indissoluble. Human
laws cannot dissolve it. The church
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The church,
in its spiritual supremacy, cannot dis
solve it.
"The cessation of the contract, the
remarriage to another of husband or
of wife, renders fatherless or mother-
wswptyguj'
found the church of the Latter Day
When Brigham Young led the Mor- the faith and were driven out, the Lat
mons out of Nauvoo, ill., after the ter Day Saints have started the erec
murder of Joseph Smith and traveled tion of a hospital.
westward, young Joseph Smith and Old Joseph Smith is generally loved
followers stopped in Iowa. Brig- by his followers, who also accept his
found the son as their leader. The Latter Day
Smith remained in Iowa to bitterly opposed to each other.
BANDITS MURDER
CLERK IN CAR
O. A. BAILEY OF WELLS-FARGO
COMPANY SLAIN—ROB
BERS ESCAPE.
Newton, Kan., March 30.—When
train No. 18 on the Santa Fe road
reached here early yesterday it was
found that O. A. Bailey of Kansas
City, an express messenger of the
Wells-Fargo company, had been
murdered and the safes in his car
plundered of more than $1,000 and
some packages of jewelry. The murder
and robbery were committed some
where betwenn Florence and Newton
during the night.
All indications show that Bailey
made a terrific fight to prevent the
looting of his car and In defense of
his life. The interior of the car was
bespattered with blood. The floor,
ends, and ceiling were blood-stained,
cljairs and boxes were overturned, and
all evdinece pointed to a desperate and
prolonged struggle before the bravo
messenger was overcome.
Messenger Horribly Beaten.
Bailey's head was beaten to a pulp
The skull Was crushed and his jaws
broken, evidently with a heavy, blunt
weapon. The body when found lay
on the floor. His overcoat, blood-
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ELECTRIC CHAIR ALL THAT IS
NEEDED TO KILL SLAYER OP
SWEETHEART HE HAD RUINED.
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CLERGYMEN ASSERT
SPIRITUAL ADVISERS OF MUR-r
DERER GIVE OUT BRIEF STATE
MENT IN WHICH IT IS HINTED
GILLETTE CONFE8SED. i\
Her last letter to her lover, written
a few days before her falal trip to Big1 J)
Moose, was particularly pathetic. "I
have been bidding goodbye to soma\j^
places today," she wrote. "There aressj$5
many nooks, dear, and all of them so CV?
dear to me. I have lived here nearly
all my life. First, I said good-bye toA^f
the spring house with Its great maspetipif?
of green moss then the apple tre»/,V
where we had our playhouse thenCA
the 'beehive,' a cute little house 1ft
the orchard, and of course all
neighbors that have mended my, «-J
dresses from a little tot up, to sava A
me a thrashing I really deserved." ,%
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GILLETTE PAYS
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Auburn, N. Y., Martih 80. Chat
ter Gillette wes successfully electro-
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cutcd in Auburn prison at 6:18 thle
morning. One contact of 1,800 volta
was all that was necessary to kill Oil
let.te, who showed not the slightest
sign of emotion of any kind. Gillstt*
made a confession to hiB spiritual ad
visers and regarding this they gava ^{'4
out the following:
"Because our relationship with CHb
lette was privileged, we do not deem sfe
it wise to make a detailed statznent,
We simply wish to say no legal mis
take was made in his electrocution."
The crime for which Chester E. GU«
lette was sentenced to forfeit his llf«v,jM
in the electric chair in Auburn prima
today, was the murder of his sweet- rqmi
heart, Grace Brown, near Btg Moose 4
in the Adirondacks on July 11, 190®.
Love Letters Pathetic.
Gillette was convicted on circum-
stantial evidence after a sensational
trial in which the pathetic love let
ters of "Billy" Brown, as the girl was
familiarly known among her assocl-
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part. The girl who perished in the
waters of Bfg MOOB^ lake had trust
ed Gillette to make amends for the -\t
wrong he had done her by making her'
his wife, and her letters which weref^r
found In the young man's room after
his arrest at Eagle Bay, has been
considered by many as classic in the'.r
simplicity and their tender pleading "VV
for the right that was her due.
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Gillette's Crime. "J
Plans were arranged by letter fo»
a meeting at De Ruyter and Gillette
secured leave of absence from that's
factory. He arrived at De Ruyter oa'
the evening of July 8, and registered.
at a hotel as Charles George. Th®
next day Grace Brown left South Ot
selio ostensibly for Cortland, but
changed cars for Utica at De Ruyter,
where she was joined by Gillette. Oa
the journey to Utica Gillette did not
share the seat with "Billy," but chat
ted with other girls on the train from
Cortland and made an appointment to
meet them later in the week at Eaglft
Bay. At Utica Gillette registered
Grace Brown and himself as Charles
Gordon and wife, New York. They
left the next morning. Gillette did
not pay his bill but directed that
some laundry which he had left be
hind, be sent* by express to Eagle
Bay.
The couple went to Tupper Lake
registering at a boarding house there
as Charles George and wife, New
York. While at Tupper Lake Gillette
inquired for a quiet lake and Grace
Brown threw herself into the arms of
a maid who had brought her a glass
of water, and burst into tears.
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On the morning of July 11 tho
couple retraced their journey to Big
Moose, where Gillette registered at
the Glenmore as Charles Grahm, Al
bany, and on the next line on the reg
ister wrote the girl's correct nam«
and address. Gillette inquired tor
good places to take pictures and ae- •.
curing a boat rowed away over the
blue waters of the lake. Gillette car
rled a suit case, camera and tennis
racquet. The girl's baggage had been
checked to Old Forge and she left
some of her wraps and hat at the
hotel.
Late that night Gillette appeared at A
the Arrowhead on Eagle Bay, twelve
miles from Big Moose. He had walk
ed through the woods, carrying the
suit case and camera but the tennis
racquet was missing. His clothing
and baggage were dry. The next day
he went on an excursion with the
young women from Cortland whom he
had promised to meet.
Alarm was felt in Big Moose over
the failure of Gillette to return with
the boat he had rented and searcii
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