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f.-, !&ti»^®®'1SB!®wsSffiS®3®araifc,... Sj'A- 4 f? si* w«?X Js-Jr-\ »*.•*• lytik h'Wi I sis' -y f,*b m*L teww/i'v. T«s if* fc&jK frfSjMi §#& li3T :*S8SS»SBH. ^Cbe sGf^ ®Jri tsT .ft V^JS 4irA -vi MV A. O. 8ATTEKLEE P1KBIE, gQPTH DAKOTA. NEWS Of Tilt WEEK IN EPITOME Important Events at Home and Fpreign Shores Briefly .,.,v Told. Washington Notes. If the bouse and the senate concur In an action just taken it will cost $10 Instead of $5 after July 1, 1908, for a foreigner to become a citizen of the ff.TJnlted States. w8$s^il| Secretary Taft has signed an order the abandonment of the military '"wvOpost known as Fort Kogh Mont. The ISfv^ a* .K5,-.-f5^-tSr5 ,'7. J? post is not needed for the accommo dation of the troops in that section. A favorable report has been ordered by the house committee on public lands of the bill which passed the sen ate. making available under the Carey act additional arid lands within the state of Idaho. An official denial has been marie to the state department of the recent re port that the German government in tended to go into the petroleum busi ness and monopolize that industry •within its territory. Senator Nelson of Minnesota has giv en notice of an amendment he will propose to the Aldrich currency bill requiring national banks to pay 2 per cent Interest on weekly balances of government deposits of money. The houfe committee on Indian af fairs has ordered a favorable report on a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to lease allotted or un allotted Indian lands containing mim erals in any Indian reservation for mining purposes. The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries voted to report l^&ifavorably the Goulden bill providing that every vessel of American regis ter entering ports of the United States shall carry such complement of ||fe.«^licensed officers and crew as in the judgment of local inspectors may be ^necessary for her safe navigation. Personal. The mother of Joseph Santos Ze laya. president of Nicaragua, is dead. William Conroy ETvans, manager of the foreign department of Armour & Co., died at his home in Evanston, 111., of pneumonia. John Teagle, formerly one of the best known independent oil refiners In the country, is dead at his home in Cleveland, aged sixty years. John Burry, a well known electrical engineer and Inventor of the Burry printing telegraph system, died sud denly at his home on Staten Island. Gen. William .Clendin, aged sixty three, Inspector of the Peoria internal revenue district, is dead of heart fail ure. He served with distinction in the Civil war. Fred Ketchum, who for several years played center field on the Lin coln, Neb., baseball team, dropped dead from heart disease in his room at Binghamton, N. Y. W& Jolm on Smithmeyer, a "noted archi tect, died of carcinoma at Washing ton. Mr. Smithmeyer designed and superintended the construction of the congressional library. He was sev enty-six years of age. Mrs. Catherine Backus, widow of Charles Backus and a daughter of the late Col. Thomas A. H. Edwards, U. S, A., of the Black Hawk and other Indian Vars, died in her sixty-seventh year at Yankton. S. Edmonde de Amicis, the noted Ital ian writer of travels, died at Bor dighra from congestion of the brain. He traveled extensively and was a master in the art of describing the life dnd natural aspects of foreign countries and cities. im* j, •..^ —'Crimes an Criminal*. W. W. McKay of Tenino, Thurston county, Wash., killed his wife and three children and then shot himself. Charles White, a prisoner under sentence for five years at Fort Madi son, Iowa, for burglariziag J. H. An drew's residence, sawed his way to liberty during the night. Charles J. Vanni, an importer of for eign newspapers In New York, was filled $150 for violating the penal code iu selling blasphemous literature. Vanni was arrested by Anthony Corn stock for offering for sale French and Italian anti-clerical publications in which were alleged blasphemous car toons. A Japanese was arrested at Riepe ton, Nev., after a hard struggle, in which he almost chewed oft two fin gers of a man named Clinton. Clin ton, who is a drafstman, was ap proached by the Japanese, who asked him ILhe^esUJ go vrith Imn iu San Francisco to get drawings of the for tifications there. Clnton indignantly, refused, he says, and held onto the Japanese until officers* arrived. James Rathbon entered the kitchen In the home of Judge R. Hall at Oma ha, where his wife worked as a serv ant, shot and killed her and then committed' suicide. The Couple had "Wffit '6 fcuftet f*r6uhd 1ft Tils fore ®$ead Wd "ft cfteap revolver and a Bi We «t/ his aito, the dead body of $ 9^ppO*(ed -tQ ^e Andre Mitchell #1* -fe^ipty freight car & St. U»8s. man^ nadC. committed had feees^-dead a couple Four negroes In all have been lynched In connection with the dou ble murder of Warren Hart and his wife near Hawkins ville, Ga. Two were shot for Interfering with the mob. Other negroes are implicated, and it is feared more lynchings will follow. Many of the negroes are leaving and the others are all in hid ing. Accidental Happenings. While boating on the Appalache mill pond near Greers, S. C., a skiff carrying ten people capsized and three young women'were drowned. A Pere Marquette passenger train collided with an extra train near the Wyoming yards at Grand Rapids, Mich. One person was killed and sev eral were Injured. H. H. Mitt-accidentally shot himself in the left groin at Los Angeles. The bullet was extracted and it was stated that his recovery is probable if blood poisoning does not set in. Eight firemen'were injured and the business section of Wilkinsburg, an adjoining suburb of Pittsburg, dam aged to the extent, of $125,000 by fire. Assistance was sent from Pittsburg. Fire practically destroyed a build ing in the heart of the shopping dis irict at New York. Adjoining build ings were somewhat damaged. The loss is estimated at from $80,000 to $125,000. Beulah Bandfield, fifteen years old, a waitress in the Iowa soldiers' home at Marshalltown, Iowa, was drowned in the Iowa river while boating. She jumped into the water to get an oar she had dropped. A score of firemen were injured, throe perhaps fatally, by a fire which destroyed ApoUo hall, a three-story structure in Chicago. The cause of the lire is unknown. The total dam age Is estimated at $85,000. Napoleon's Union school at Toledo, Ohio, the largest building of the kind in the state, which was completely re modeled only last April and had cost Lhe county $110,000 altogether, was de stroyed by fire before school opened in the morning. "The loss of the lives of the little children in the Collinwood school fire was absolutely inexcusable," Coroner Burke declared, after making a thor ough investigation. "I am not prepar ed yet to say upon whom the blame should be placed." Louis Klein, aged fifty, a county of ficial for over thirty years was run down and killed while crossing a street at Cincinnati by an automobile driven by Mrs. Charles Haas, wife of a cigar manufacturer. Mrs. Haas was arrested, charged with manslaughter. From Other Shores. The Russian police arrested forty one of the leading Social Democrats at Livonia. They also confiscated the archives of the party. An uprising occurred in a barracks at Caracas, the soldiers killing their commander, Gen. Mesa The mutiny was quelled only after a number of soldiers had been shot. King Victor Emmanuel recently re ceived in private audience William Dean Howells, the American novelist, entertaining him in a most cordial manner for half an hour. The czar has commuted the sen tence of death imposed against Gen. Stoesscl for surrendering Port Arthur to ten years' imprisonment in a fort ress. It is expected that a pardon will shortly follow. Mail reports received from the Congo independent state declare that the Issages and Dechares blacks on the upper Sanga river in the French Congo have revolted. The French director of this region has been taken prisoner. There have already been several engagements with the rebels. Prince Ludwig Menelik of Abys sinia has been expelled from Germany as an undesirable foreigner. The prince is a near relative of the king of Abyssinia and a negro. He has been charged repeatedly with drunltr enness and disorderly conduct in va rious parts of Germany. He has al ready been expelled from Saxony. Domestic. Capt. Daniel Stewart, ninety-four years of age, died at Upper Alton, III., after lying in bed twenty-seven years, during the greater part of which time he smoked a pipe. William E. Dodge "Jr.," city editor of the Missoula Dally Missoulian, died after a brief illness from ptomain pois oning. He worked on Twin City pa pers before going West. John T. Dower, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Worcester, Mass., has been notified that he is heir to a fortune of $10,000,000 left him by an uncle who died in Melbourne, Australia. The anti-tip ordinance, a measure designed to prevent the publication of information on races and betting fea tures was passed by the Los Angeles city council over the mayor's veto. .Mayor Busse and the heads of the Chicago police department decided last night to take steps for the estab liehm^fc. of a municipal alien bureau. Its purpose will be to prevent an archists from coming to Chicago. In sending the skin of an albino deer to a taxidermist to be mounted, Ellas Ahola, a farmer living near Maple Ridge, Delta county, Mich., got Into trouble. The deer being placed on exhibition, Investigation of the rec ords disclosed the fact that Ahola wqs not. provided with a hunting license at the time he shoe the animal. The farmer was arrested and fined and his white deer was confiscated. The program of a campaign to bring about prohibition in Louisiana when the legislature meets next May has been announced by. the Louisiana Anti-Saloon league. if !S$S^ -':'4^* 71 -v •f *G5 IAWT0 BE REJUVENATED Important Conference at White House Discusses Proposed Amendments. SWEEPING CHANGES SUGGESTED Would Enable Government to Begin Anew Its Work of Dealing With Corporations. Washington, March 14.—An impor tant conference was held at the White House Wednesday nigrht, and in a sense was continued yesterday, re specting i4p?ndment.s to the Sherman anti-trust law. The changes in the law, it is expected, will be proposed along the lines suggested by the con ference of the Civic federation held in Chicago a few weeks ago. No con crete results were reached end it is 'ikely that further conferences will be ,/ield. Participating in the conference were the president, Secretary Root, Secretary Garfield, Attorney General Bonaparte. Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations Seth I.ow, former mayor of New York: Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of ivRbor Vic tor E. Morawez. general counsel for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, and Francis Lynd Stetson of {the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., of New York. Propose Sweeping Changes. Mr. Smith presented in tentative shape some of the ideas offered at the Civic federation conference in Chica go. it is said that the proposed changes are of sweeping importance and interest, inasmuch as. if crystal lized into law. it would mean practi cally a rejuvenation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The particular interest of the labor officers is to secure an amendment to the Sherman law which will exempt them from the practical operation of the act as to conspiracies in restraint of trade. Amendments were proposed relat ing to the operation of railroads, one provi'l ng that pooling, under proper restrictions, ought to be permitted by law. Mi^'ht Begin Work Anew. It l=o was suggested that, consoli dations and traffic arrangements ought r.ot to be permitted by connect ing lines under such arrangcm?nts as woul permit of abuse of that privi lege. An important amendment was a'so proposed by which there wo\ild be further ret-ulition of corporations doing an interstate business and pro viding for reports from such officers to the department of commerce and labor. It was pointed out that, with the enactment, of the amendments pro posed, the government might begin anew its work of dealing with corpo rations. In fact, it was proposed that prosecutions now in contemplation by the government against corporations under the provisions of the Sherman "ct be abandoned amendents should law. if the proposed be enacted into VIOLATED DRUG LAW. First Conviction Under the New Fed eral Law. Washington, March 14.:—Robert N. Harper, banker and drug manufactur er, was yesterday convicted of violat ing the federal pure food and drug law by the sale and manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation or com pound which was mislabeled. The case, has been watched with interest by drug firms all over the country, and It is significant because of the f.ict that it is the first conviction un der the new law. Teachers and Pupils Fight Fire. Scranton, Pa.. March 14.—Fire was discovered in School No. 1 at Peck-|the ville yesterday, while a hundred pu pils were in the building. An in formal bucket brigade was organized, and teachers and janitors became fire fighters with such promptness and efficiency that the flames were quick ly subdued. Kills Wife and Self. Oskaloosa, Iowa, March 14. Lee Griibb shot and killed his eighteen year-old wife, tried to shoot his six months-old baby, and then killed him self. The tragedy took place on a busy street corner and was witnessed by half a hundred persons. Six Chinamen Perish in Fire. Marysville, Cal., March 14. Six Chinese ucnu, two others badly In jured and one building partly destroy ed, was the result of a: fire" China-, town in this city early yesterday. The ifire is believed to have been the^work of an incendiary, .' Fire in Fergus Falls Playhouse. Fergus Falls, Minn., March 14. The Gem theater in this city caught fire yesterday and the front portion of the building was destroyed. There was no one in -the building at the time, and the fire is supposed to have caught from electric wires. Workman Shot for Moose. Beaudette, Minn., March 14.—Peter Larson was accidentally shot through the abdomen by a homesteader named Wingren. Wingren left yesterday foi International Palls to site himself ud \w:w-*ur T^.f ?v i? IS LONGEST TRIANON RECORD State Claims There Were Frauds Amount- ing to $5,000,000 in Furnish ing of Capitol. Harrisburg, Pa., March 15. The jury in the first of the capitol con spiracy cases to be tried gave a ver dict of guilty last night as to every one of the four men who have been on trial here for the last seven weeks. 1 he men found guilty are John H. Sanderson, contractor William P. Snyder, former auditor general W. L. Mathues, former state treasurer, and .Tames M. Shumaker, former su perintendent. of public buildings and grounds. Motions for new trials were made in each case. Maximum penalties for each defendant in this case is two year imprisonment and $1,000 fine. Longest Trial on Record. The four men were convicted of de frauding the state in furnishing the new capitol, which cost the slate about $13,000,000. instead of $1,000. 000. the figure at which the contract, was estimated. The present case constituted one of the longest jury trials in the his tory of Pennsylvania courts, and it at tracted much attention throughout the country. The prosecution of the alleged frauds was the outcome of the political upheaval in Pennsylvania in 1£05, which resulted in the election of William H. Berry, a Democrat, as si ate treasurer, in the fall of that year. Stole Over $5,000,000. Berry threw open the books of the state tieas'nry and'-, showed that the cost of building the capitol was more than three times the amount of the contract. The case was laid before the attorney general and indictments were found against fourteen persons. When the cases now pending against the four persons who were convicted yesterday are concluded the other defendants will be heard. The state claims that there are frauds amounting to nearly $5,000,000 in the furnishings of the capitol. THREE BANDITS LOOT BANK. Secure $2,500 and Make Their Escape —Armed Posses In Pursuit. Coffeyvilie, Kan., March 15.—Three ban its yesterday held up and robbed the bank at Tyro, this county, secur ing ?2,500, after which they fled to wards the Ok'ahoma line. One of the robbers guarded the outside while the other two secured the money. There were three men in the bank when the outlaws entered. With drawn revol vers the bandits ordered the three men to hold up their hands and the order was obeyed. The robbers then gathered up all the money in sight, rushed out of the bank and rode away. At a late hour last night the three bandits were headed for the Osage hills, ne::r Bafltlesville, Okla. Posses are closing on the robbers from every ("irection and it is not believed they can efc-.'pe. It is believed they will he inter, epted when they reach t'.ie Caney river, north of Bartlesville, and that a battle will be fought, there. A special train left Coffeyvi-le last night for Dewey, Okla.. with a hun dred armed men, determined to run down the outlaws. LILLEY BEREFT OF LEGAL AID. Submarine Investigating Committee's Attitude Disgusts Lawyers. Washington, March 15.—Represent ative Lilley of Connecticut next Mon day will face the submarine investi gating committee without legal coun sel to advise him. It was learned yesterday that Frank T. Brown and Stiles Judson. the Con necticut attorneys engaged by Mr. Lilley and who appeared with him at I the committee hearing on Thursday, last night threw up their engagement and went home. They gave as their reason the re fusal of the committee to permit ex amination or cross-examination of witnesses by persons other than mem bers of the committee, except for written questions first submitted to committee for Its approval. They feit that under such a restrictive ar I rangement legal talent could be of no assistance to Mr. Lilley. HARRIMAN APPEAL FILED. Order to Answer to Be Reviewed by Supreme Court. Washington, March 15.—The appeal of F.dward H. Harriman and Otto H. Kuhn of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of N*w York from the decision of the LTnited States circuit court for the Southern district of New York, requiring them to answer certain questions regarding the" ownership of stccks in the Chicago & Alton, Illi nois Central aiKl other railroads ac quired in who'e or part by the Union racihc railroad, was filed in the su preme court of the United States yes terday. That court will be asked to review the case on the theory that the circuit court ruling was. errone ous. Says He Killed Gets One Year. Elk Point, S. D., March 15. One year in the penitentiary is the sen tence imposed on John St. Pierre, who by agreement pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter in the second degree for the killing of Clarence Shay four years ago. Lion Loose in Pepin County. Pepin, Wis.. March 14.—A large ati imal, thought to be a mountain lion which has escaped captivity, is in the woods in the northeastern part of Pepin county. -fey" JrV vi J* ^»y^- EVANS' flEET TO NCIRCiE Will Visit Australia and the Phil= ippines, Hawaii and Samoa on the Way. RETURN BY WAY Of THE SUEZ It Will Be Greatest Naval Undertaking in History—rOfficers and Men Are Pleased. Washington, March 15. Admiral Evans' battleship fleet is going around the world. All doubts as to the final destina tion of the "big sixteen'' were cleared yesterday when announcement was made by Secretary of the Navy Met calf that the fleet, after leaving San Francisco, will continue to the Orient and return by way of the Suez canal to New York. It will he the greatest, naval undertaking in history. Secretary Metcalf announced the future movements of the fleet after the cabinet meeting yesterday, it will leave San Francisco on July (i "for our Pacific possessions." as Mr. Mei calf styled it. The vessels will first touch at Hawaii, where they will coal. After that they will go to Samoa, fol lowing this up by a visit to Australia, where they will stop at the cities of Melbourne and Sydney, the invitation of the Australian government to visit, that country having been supplement e! bv a more cordial one from the British ambassador, Mr. Rryce. Target Practice in Philippines. Leaving Australia the vessels are to go to Manila and while in tlie Phil ippines the annual fall target practice will be held. Thence the return wil be made to the I'nited States via the Suez canal, stopping only at such ports as ars necessary for coaling purposes. The unte of their return to the states is dependent entirely upon the amount, of|time required for target practice in the Philippines. The visit of the battleships to Puget sound will be made some time between the conclu sion of the grand review in San Fran cisco bay on May 8 and the date of the sailing over the Pacific. Officers and Men Pleased. San Diego. Cal., March 15.—News that the American battleship fleet is to undertake a tour of the world within two months after its arrival at San Francisco on May 5 was flashed by wireless telegraph to the battle ships of Adriiiral Evans' command at Magdalena bay late last night by the government station at Point. Loma. There is every reason to believe that it was received on board the vessels, by officers and crews alike, with the greatest, degree of satisfaction. It has genera!] been understood for some time in naval circles that, the trip back to the Atlantic station would be made by way of Suez, but the official announcement, coupled with the early date of starting on the second half of the world's greatest naval maneuver will give keen pleas ure to the men already proud of the notable achievements of their fleet. WALSH GETS FIVE YEARS. Judge Andersen Overrules Motion for New Trial. Chicago, March 15—John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago Na tional bank of this city, and vonvicted of illegal use of the funds of that in stitution, was yesterday denied a new trial by Judge Anderson of the Unit ed States dist ict court and sentenced to se-ve five years in the federal pen itentiary at Fort Leavenworth. As soon as the court had announced his decision refusing to grant a new trial, the attorneys for the defense entered a motion in arrest of judg ment, on which they argued for some time. It was generally thought about the court room that they would con sume two or more hours in giving their reasons for the granting of this motion, but. Attorney Mart, who pre sented it. ceased speaking in about thirty minutes. Judge Anderson then promptly overruled the motion, and sentenced the banker to five years in Fort Leavenworth. KILLS WIFE IN DREAM. Treasury Department Clerk Shoots Her "and Drops Off to Sleep Again. Washington, March 15.—Hugh Ro! lis, a treasury department clerk, shot and killed his wife at their home early yesterday. About 3 a. m. his wife arose to attend to the child and as she returned to the bedside Hollis awakened, pulled the revolver from hunpath his pillow and fired, instant ly killing the woman. Immediately he went to sleap again and knew nothing of the shooting until he was afterward awakened. He has always borne an excellent reputation, and he declares he was dreaming of burglars. "CENTRAL" TRAINS COLLIDE. Two Lines Blockaded at Chippewa Falls. Chippewa Falls, Wis., March 15.— A head-end collision between -i Wis consin Central passengter train and a freight train occurred jat the cross ing of the Central and Omaha tracks. Beyond being, shaken up none of the passencei'i was Injured. The engi neers and firemen jumped. Two pas senger co"!ch"s and several freight car5? were derailed. Traffic on both railways was blocked. -i'' Sr 1 amwasHMOis Gopher Butterinakers Again Demonstrate Their Superiority Over AU Others. St. Paul, March 15. Minnesota more than upheld its reputation as the "Bread and Butter State" of the Fnion by running away with the main prizes in the butter scoring contest held in conjunction with the thir teenth annual convention of the v-ri tional Butterinakers' association, which came to a conclusion at the Auditorium in this city yesterday. The butter entered in the contest was classified under two divisions— that made out of whole milk and that made from gathered cream. J.. C. Past, of Hector, Minn., won first prize in the whole milk division by scoring US points. E. O. Blom quist of Center City, also from Minne sota. won second place, being only a half point behind the winner. First place in the gathered cream division was won by A. Christ.ensen of Koyal. Iowa, who scored 90 points. L. P. Hansen of Windom, Minn., cap tured second place, with a score of 91 1-2. Minnesota thus wins a first and two second places out of the four places in the two sweepstakes events. When it is remembered that over 500 tubs of butter were entered in the contst. and that they came from states from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, am! as far. south as Kentucky, this is a record to he proud of. Not only did Minnesota capture the larger part of the individual prizes in the sweepstakes competition, but for the fifth time this state won the ban ner for high average score for the best ten tubs of hutter enered by any one state. In the high average competition this state had ten tubs of butter which reached the high average of 95 1-2 per cent. This makes five of seven similar banners won by Minnesota in as many years. Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota are the winners of the association cups, which are awarded to the states having the highest individual scores outside of the state which wins the high average banner and which have at least twenty tubs of butter entered in the competition. HUNT "REDS" IN MINNEAPOLIS. Immigration Officer and Police Order ed to Drive Them Out. Minneapolis. March 15.—Apparently fearing that Minneapolis will become a hotbed of anarchism, Secretary Os car S. Straus of the United States Immigration department has ordered W. D. Morse, inspector of immigra tion in Minneapolis, to confer with the police in an attempt to rid the Twin Cities of all anarchists and oth er undesirable aliens. This action is timely because of late developments. Minneapolis is known to shelter friends of the would be assassin shot down by Chief Ship-" py in Chicago. On the top of this comes the announcement that Emma Goldman, the notorious woman an archist, is scheduled to lecture March 25 if the police will permit her to do so, and tlifse facts, together with the suspicion that the Twin Cities are beings made the dumping point for the undesirab'es of Chicago. During the lost forty-eight hours twenty-one penniless aliens have been landed in Minneapolis from the Windy City. These men are mostly Russians. Some of their number admit to the police that there is a systematic plan on foot, to ship out certain classes daily. Inspector Morse has been instruct ed to act under the provisions of the law of 1907. The investigation in cludes all persons who are either known to bo anarchists or who are suspected of being connected with any of the societies of the anarchists. The federal officers are instructed to act promptly and strictly against any persons who are subject to deporta tion under the alien act. KIND TO UNCLE: MADE HEIRS. Wealthy Swede Leaves Estate to Five Nephews—One Is Minnesotan. Crookston. March 15.—S. P. Swed burg, a liquor dealer of this city, has received from his uncle, Olaf Olson, who died some time ago at Bjorg shire, Helsinglund, Sweden, an in heritance worth $15,000. The uncle had willed the estate to the five brothers of the Swedburg family in return for kindnesses extended him by the family during his lifetime. Mr. Swedburg is conferring with the Swedish consul at Grand Forks that he soon may receive the property. The deceased had no other living heirs. F.ire In Fergus Falls Playhouse. Fergus Falls. Minn., Majrch 14. The Gem theater in this city caught fire yesterday and the front portion of the building was destroyed. There was no one in the building at the time, and the fire is supposed to have caught from electric wires. Workman Shot for Moose. Beaudette, Minn., March 14.—Peter Larson was accidentally shot through the abdomen by a homesteader named Wingren. Wingren left yesterday for International Falls to give himself up. Ends Spree by Suicide. Armour, S. D., March 15. Peter Holman, a bartender for Henry Kurtz of this city, committed suicide bv shooting himself with a revolver last evening. He had been upon a two weeks' spree. I Si