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Disgraceful Actions of the Wife Said
to Have Unbalanced the Mind of the
Husband—Preliminary Trial Post
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Hearst News Service.
New York,'August 24.—John A. Mc
Intyre, chlpf counsel for the defense,
this morning announced that straight
insanity would be pleaded by the
Halns brothers. He places no depend
-ense in theories of dementia Ameri
cana or the unwritten law.
An effort will be made to show that
the stories of his wife's disgraceful
1 actions preyed upon the mind of Cap
tain Halns and that he finally became
so insane that he killed Annis.
The defendants were again ar
raigned in magistrate's court this
morning for preliminary trial, but the
trial was postponed until Thursday by
agreement of counsel.
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THE DELAWARE "
REPUBLICANS
IN CONVENTION
Hearst News Service.
Dover, Del., August 24.—The Dela
ware Republican state convention will
be held here tomorrow and will nom
inate candidates for governor, Insur
ance commissioner, congressman,'State
treasurer and auditor.
It Is believed that the slate of the
state organization provides for the
Ination of former State Senator
son S. Pennewtll of Greenwood to
ad the state ticket. Former Post
, master William H. Hea'd of Wilming
ton will likely get the congressional
nomination. There la a considerable
demand for the renomination of Gov
ernor Lea and Representative Burton,
but the party leaders are believed to
be opposed to Buch action.
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New York, August 24.—Four thou
sand tailors this morning went out on.
a strike in Manhattan against the
wage reduction which had been an
nounced to take place on September 1.
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Other Arrests to Follow
in Chicago's Big Robbery;
Fitzgerald Only Scapegoat
Hearst News Service.
Chicago, August 24.—George W.
1'llzgerald, former assistant teller rf
the United States sub-treasury In this
city, is In jali here charged with, the
theft of $176,000. He will be given a
preliminary hearing this aftemooh,
and It ii stated that the attorneys
have practically agreed to admit nim
to ball in the sum of $50,000.
The attorney for the prisoner
claims that his client was merely the
scapegoat of shrewder and more un
scrupulous men and that he will be
able to substantiate this fact at the
trial. | It is said that several others
will be drawn Into the case by the con
fessions of Fitzgerald.
Chief Wilke, of the United States
secret service will arrive in Chicago
tonight to take a hand in the case, and
it is expected that sensational devel
opments will follow rapidly.
SPECK VON STERNBERG,
GERMAN AMBASSADOR,
IS DEAD IN HEIDELBERG
Hearst News Service.
Heidelberg, Germany, August 24.—
Speck Von Sternberg, German
bassador to America, died this morn
ing following an operation for malig
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Distinguished Ex-Governor Will
Make An Early Tour of the
Northern States.
THE RACE QUESTION
WILL BE HIS THEME
Spoke to Meridian RallrAad Men on
After Which He En
"The Ballot,'
Joyed a Dutch Luncheon—Address at
Harpersville.
Jackson, Miss., August 24.—Ex-Gov
ernor Jas. K. Vardaman returned yes
terday from Meridian where he ad
dressed a body of the members of the
Railroad Men's Protective Association
Saturday night on the subject "The
Ballot," after which he partook of a
Dutch lunch with about fifty friends
at the Meridian Board of Trade rooms.
This was a sort of a side trip; how
ever, as the purpose for which the
former governor went out in that neck
o'-the-woods was to deliver an address
at the norma] at Harperville, In Scott
County, which has just closed its third
successful week.
povernor Vardaman states that be
fore long he will start on a lecture
tour through the northern states,
where he will discuss the race ques
tion among the Yankees and endeavor
to convert some of them at least to
his point of view.
THAW TRIAL
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Flshktll Landing, N. Y„ August 24.—
The Thaw hearing has been postponed
until 3:80 this afternoon.
It is believed that Fitzgerald has
very lttle of the money stolen from the
government and the fact that he has
not indulged in riotous living leads
to the suspicion that others profited
largely by his thefts.
Fitzgerald's wife fainted when he
was arrested yesterday and it is said
that she is in a serious state of nerv
ous collapse.
BIG ROLL OF ^ILLS.
raW's arrest resulted from an
to pass several $1,000 bills.
Aihat he asserted to one man
a roll of them "big enough
lorse."
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ADMITTED TO BAIL.
Chicago, August 24.—Fitzgerald was
arraigned this afternoon before Judge
Chetelaine and his bond fixed at $10,
,000.
He was an inti
fered for ten years,
mate friend of President Roosevelt
and did much to cement the cordial re
lations between the United States and
Germany. His wife was Miss Lily
Langham, of Kentucky, whom he mar
ried In 1891.
2,000 HOMES
ARE BURNED IN
STAMBOHLFIAE
Hearst News Service.
Constantinople, August
fire which started at Stamboul late
yesterday afternoon ra^ed until mid
night, when it was brought under con
troy, alter It had destroyed 2,000
homes, entailing a financial loss es
timated at $6,000,000.
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HOKE OF 10HX W. KERN. MRS. KERN AMD MISS JULIA KERN.
The Democracy's vice presidential candidate la happily married, and three children brighten 1683 North Pennsyl
vania street, the Kern home in Indianapolis. The only daughter. Miss Julia, is Just out of her teens, and the two
boys, John W, Jr, and William O, are respectively nine and Bve years of age.
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Followed by the putting of the
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Birmingham, Ala., August 24.—Wil
white man al
Ham Clayton, a youi
lied with the non-union miners, was
shot tn the chest with three buckshot
this morning while onJiis way to work
from his home at Say ret on to the
Lewis mine. It ts probable that he
will recover.
Clayton'B father and onm brother
are serving as special deputies under
Sheriff Hlgden.
Sheriff Hlgden this morning gave
out a statement declaring
he acted entirely within the letter of
the code in causing the arrest of
the speakers at a union miners' dem
onstration at Lewisburg Saturday.
The dynamiting of the railroad tres
tle between Indio and Morris was fol
lowed today by the
1 wires.
It is understood that property loss
occasioned by the dynamiting of the
trestle is Bmaii.
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EXCURSIONISTS RETURNING.
Several of the parties who went to
St. Louts, Chicago and other places on
the excursion have returned home.
Among those who have returned from
St.'Louis are Messrs. R. C. Howell and
Matt Fairley, Mrs. Ellerbe and Miss
Lou Hilmes.
Mrs. William Edmonston, of Laurel,
street, will leave tomorrow for dlf
ferent points in Illinois to be absent
1 until the last of October.
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New York, August 24.—Two blood
thirsty highwaymen, bent on robbery,
this morning picked up a well-dressed
woman who resisted their demand for
.jponey and threw her bodily Jn front
of-» fast-moving trolley, where she
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SCENES OF HIS CRIME ANDBEECH HARGIS, FEUDIST, AND
TRIAE.
Hearst News Service.
Jackson, Ky., August 24.—Beach
Hargis, charged with the murder of
his father, Judge James Hargis, was
arraigned for trial In the Breathitt
County circuit court this morning. The
defendant was accompanied by a
was ground to pieces. The two men
fled and were Anally 'ost sight of after
an exciting chase on the part of the
police.
The body of the woman has not been
identified. She was apparently about
35 years of age.
strong guard and came into the court
room smiling, nodding pleasantly to
a number of the spectators as he
passed down the aisle.
The town is crowded with feudists
and mountaineers, but no trouble is
anticipated.
The defense of the young man will
be that he was drunk when he com
mitted the murder and that his father
had taught him from childhood to
drink whisky.
The mother of the defendant and
wife of the dead feudist spAit several
hours in the court room during the
morning and was in frequent consulta
tion with the attorneys for the de
fense.
ONE KILLED;
Automobile Ran Over Precipice
and Occupants Landed 25
Feet Below.
Hearst News Service.
Buffalo, N. Y., August 24.—Mathieu
Wayland was instantly killed and John
Wakefield and John Morrison fatally
hurt when their automobiles went over
the brink of an abandoned quary and
fell upon them 25 feet below. The
accident happened late yesterday af
ternoon, but the men were not found
until early this morning. Wakefield
and* Morrison 'suffered the most in
tense agonies during the night.
BIG CHANCERY CASE.
W. F. Pierce, special master in
chtncery, is hearing a case today in
which several thousand dollars of con
tested claims are involved.
It is a suit to adjust the claims of
Fred W. Norwood Lumber Company
and Fred W. Norwood. Mr. F. C. Ha
thorn is assignee and receiver.
Mr. Pierce's findings will be sub
mitted to the chancery court.
WILL MEET
To Discuss the Proposition of Re
building J. J. Newman Mill
at Hattiesburg
LUMBER MARKET IS
RAPIDLY RECOVERING
Prices Have Advanced From $3 to $4
Per Thousand and Lumbermen Ex
pect That It Will Reach $16 by
November 15.
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Scranton, Pa., Aug
learned from a .high
United States LanWNsr
the maurt 1 of rebuildini
man Lumber Company .
tiesburg, Miss., wl be 1
a directors' meeting ttrli
in September.
At a former meeting of the^WR^J |
pany's directors it will be remembered^
that the rebuilding of the Hatties
burg plant was indefinitely deferred v f
on account of the slump in the lum- -
her market, but lumber has steadily
advanced since that time until cuts
formerly selling at $8.50 per thousand
feet now bring $11.75 and well posted
lumbermen say that a $16 average will
be reached before the middle of No
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at Hattiesburg is a branch of_ the*
United States Lumber Company, with
headquarters In this city and is one
of the largest owners of standing pine
'timber in the world.
It is expected that the forthcoming
directors' meeting will be a signal for
renewed Industry in all of the plants
of the company.
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Salt Lake City, Utah, August 24—
Plans for fighting the wool combine
by establishing a national wool stor
age system will be considered at
meeting here tomorrow of the exectjjHBS
live committee of the National Woaj^HM
Growers' Association. MHH
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Hearst News Service.
Northport, Me., August 24.—North- v ;
port'B annual Wesleyan camp meeting
opened today, with clergy and laymen ,j
from ail New England present.
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New York, August 24.—Philip Be
danango, aged 27, was called from ti
home this morning by a message su
posedly written by a friend. His dei
body with many stab wounds w
found in a nearby hallway by his w
a few hours afterward,
that robbery was the motive. If
the robber was frightened away.
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