Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 30, 1909, Page 3

LATEST MURDER REMAINS OF H. J. LEADBEATER FOUND-ON* FARM NEAR” MAN- KATO, MINN. BURIED FOR TWO MONTHS Hired Man, Party to Crime, ts Forced to Witness the Discovery, Then Confesses, Declaring Wife: of “Victim Did The Killing. Mankato, Minn., June 28.—While Frank Smith, a hired man, protested that ‘the body of his former employer would not be found, a posse, search- ing for H. J. Leadbeater, a farmer, who ‘disappeared from his home three miles out of this city two months ago, found the mutilated form of the miss- ing farmer buried three feet deep in a potato patch, not ten feet from the identical spot on which Smith stood. Smith, according to the authorities, has confessed, implicating Mrs. H. J. Leadbeater, wife of the murdered man, claiming she killed her husband while he was asleep, and Charles Swandt, brother-in-law of the victim, who is said to have helped the hired man dispose of the body. Smith, Mrs. Leadbeater and Mrs. Charles Swandt, sister of Mrs. Leadbeater, are under arrest. While Swandt is. not in the vicinity, a warrant is out for his ar, rest, which is expected to take place this morning in Minnesota: The ex- act place was not revealed, Love for Another Man. Love for another man is the motive forwarded by Smith as the motive of the murder by the wife. Deputy Sher- iff Gates Phillips, who has charge of Smith, says that the latter confessed to. him that Mrs. Leadbeater mur- dered her husband on the night of May 4, between 10 and 11 o'clock. He claims the woman was in love with another man from whom.she had received an engagement ring before marrying Leadbeater. To fulfill her promise to this man, Smith says, the woman, who is 33 years old (the husband was 53) de- cided to get Leadbeater out of the way, Smith, Swandt and Mrs. Swandt are said to‘have taken sides with Mrs. Leadbeater and to have assisted in every possible way to cover up the details of the crime. Another motive is that there had been a family quarrel, resulting from the. sale. by Swandt of a stock of goods which he had traded for a farm owned by Leadbeater in Iowa. He squandered the proceeds and fatled to make an accounting to Leadbeater. It is possible, the authorities be- lieve, that Swandt killed the man to settle this debt, and that Mrs. Lead- beater, Mrs. Swandt and Smith helped to conceal the murder. Still another motive put forth by Smith, is a promised marriage to Smith if the husband was gone. The prisoner claims the woman had tried to poison her husband two or three times before, promising that she would marry him. She was confronted by Smith late yesterday afternoon, but she refused to talk. Following the disappearance of Leadbeater, who was a prominent farmer, the entire country became aroused and suspicion at once pointed toward Smith. Nothing was done in the matter, however, until Richard Leadbeater, a brother, of Hayward, Wis., came to Mankato several days ago and started a systematic search for his brother. Bishop Cotter Dead. Winona, Minn., June 28.—Right Rev. Joseph B. Cotter, aged 65, head of the Catholic diocese of Winona, Minn., which is comprised of the entire south- ern half of the state, died at his home here at 1 o’clock this morning, of a complication of heart trouble and Bright’s disease. In the early ’80s he was for several years president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America. In 1887 he was a temperance lecturer, visiting practically every state east of the Mis- sissippi. As a result of his labors he secured about 60,000 pledges for total abstinence. Bishop Cotter was one of the lead- ing Catholic workers in the Northwest and was a figure in the councils of the Roman Catholics throughout the union. Hundreds of priests will attend the funeral. Liquor Men May Fight. Fargo, N. D., June 28.—Pure Food Commissioner Ladd announces he has been given private information that liquor men will institute legal proceed- ings against him to prevent his en- forcement of the new beverage law which becomes effective after July 1. It provides for chemical analysis of al) liquor sold in the state. TWIN CITY MARKETS. Minneapolis, June 28.—Wheat—No. 1 northern, $1.30%; No. 2 northern, $1.28%; July, $1.27%; Durum, No. 1, $1.12. Oats —No. 3, white, 51%c. Barley—No. 4, 64%c. Rye—No. 2, 78c. Corn—No. 3, 67c. Flax—No. 1, $1.74. Duluth, June 28.—No. 1 northern, $128%; July, $1.27%. South St. Paul—June 28.—Cattle— Steers, $4@§4.50; cows, $3@$3.50. Hogs, $7.00 @$7.35. Muttons, $5.00. Lambs. $5.50. THREE DEAD, 8IX DYING IS LIST OF VICTIMS ACCOUNTED FOR THUS FAR. Imprisoned Miners May Meet Death In Flames—Poisonous Fiimes of” After Gas Drive Back Squad é of Rescuers. Wehbrum, Pa. June 24.—Sixty-five men are entimbed in a mine of the Lackawanna Coal & Coke Company, where an explosion occurred. and it is,now feared that they may be burned to ie “Three miners are dead, five or six of the workers are fatally burned and twenty-five are badly injured. Shortly after noon word was sent to the Cambria Steel Company at Johns- town to forward with all dispatch to the mine at Wehrum all the oxygen tanks the company might have in its possession. Black damp has been increased to such an extent in the mine that the work of the rescuers is jeer seriously hampered. Fires are Raging. The company was also asked to send assistance for the purpose of fighting the flames, which has been asserted as raging shortly after noon in the vari- ous parts of the mine. The explosion occurred in what is known as the “first lift” of the main heading. CORPORATION TAXES ESTIMATED Thirty-Nine Concerns Would Contri- bufe $5,000,000 Revenue. New York, June 25.—Basedon re- cent reports of their earnings, thirty- nine leading industrial corporations of the country would contribute approxi- mately $5,000,000 to government rev- enues under the proposed plan of levy- ing a 2 per cent tax on net incomes. These thirty-nine corporations would of course, contribute a comparatively small amount of the money which would be obtained by the government through this source, most of which would come from the great railroad corporations. Of the industrial concerns, the Standard Oil Company would be the largest contributor, paying $1,200,000, according to calculations based on the largest report of earnings availl- able. The United States Steel cor- poration would come next, with $584,- 957, and the American Tobacco Com- pany third, with $365,433. The Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany would pay in $362,434, and, aside from the companies mentioned, the annual tax in every other case would be under $200,000. Half a dozen concerns would have to pay between $100,000 and $200,000, and the tax on the remainder would be less than $100,000 each. MRS. ALBERT PULITZER DEAD. Wife of New York Journalist Suc- cumbs at Her Home. New York, June 26.—Mrs. Albert Pulitzer, wife of the well known jour- nalist, died at her home in this city. Mrs. Pulitzer was born in London fifty-three years ago. She married Mr. Pulitzer in St. Louis while on a visit to this country.. One son, Wal- ter Pulitzer, survives. BOMB THROWN; TWO MEN HURT. Saloon Is Wrecked and Damage of $25,000 Is Done by Explosion. Chicago, June 26.—Another bomb, the thirtieth of a mysterious series during the last two years, wrecked the saloon of Manning & Bowers at 321 State street, causing a_loss of $25,- 000. Windows in a department store and a restaurant were shattered by the explosion. NEW TOWN ON SOO LINE. Elevator Aiready Erected on Site Se- ta in Walsh County. Grafton, N. D., June 26—Karl J. Karup, of Park River, has surveyed the site for a new town in Medford township, on the Soo railroad in the south central part of this county. An elevator has been erected by the At- lantic Elevator Company. ARRESTED FOR OLD MURDER. lowa’s Claim on James Jones to Be Honored in British Columbia. Victoria, B. C., June 26.—James Jones, 23 years old, who is accused of the murder of Jack Johns at Albia, Towa, on Dec. 12, 1904, was arrested today at Ladysmith and brought to Victoria to await extradition. Freight Ditched; Five Killed. Winnipeg, June 26.—A westbound Canadian Pacific freight train was ditched near Kamloops and five ho- boes were killed in the derailment of seven cars. Two badly injured were taken to Kamloops hospital. Traffic was tied up all day. The names and addresses of the dead are unknown. PRIEST HOLDS MOB AT BAY. Alleged Murdered Threatened With Lynching In Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, June 24.—Armed with an ammonia pistol which ap- peared to be a real revolver Father Joseph Militello, of the Holy Rosary church, held at bay a mob which threatened to lynch Antonio Copone- gro, an alleged murderer, until the police rescued and arrested Copone- gro. EEWART AT THE CAPITAL!" SAYS HE IS STILL IN AFFAIRS: OF “HOME: STATE OF MINNESOTA. — LIKES THE AIR OF WASHINGTON Friends Wonder If He Will Enter the Congressional Arena — Hammond ~“and Ex-Songressman McClea- ry Alson in Capital. Washington, June 26—Paul E. Ewart, formerly United States attor- ney In Minnesota and now assistant attorney general of the United States, is in Washington for a conference with Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Ballinger of the inter- lor, over Oklahoma land fraud cases. Mr. Ewart has been engaged in clearing up cases in the zinc and lead districts of Oklahoma since last No- vember, with considerable success. His efforts have resulted in the saving to the government of about 10.000 acres of valuable mineral lands there, and a large number of cases are no pending, over which conferences a: to be held in Washington. Rumors that Mr. Ewart’s absence from the state has put him perma- nently out of the congressional fight in the second district of Minnesota, were discussed reluctantly by him. He would not indicate whether he had ambitions*to again figure in the Sec- ond district fight, but he declared emphatically that he did not desire to be considered as alien to Minne- sota or Minnesota affairs. The presence of three congressional aspirants of the second district, Ham- mond, McCleary and Ewart, in Wash- ington simultaneously, is enough to make gossip rampant. Former Congressman McCleary has spent practically the entire winter here and is understood to have assist- 2d in considerable research work on tariff subjects. He and Mr. Ewart had an unexpected meeting at the Willard yesterday and exchanged feli- citations. PLAN TO AID N. W. SETTLERS. To Be Again Allowed to Work Out Part of Cost of Lands. Washington, June 26.— Director Newell, of the reclamation service, acting under the suggestions made by Secretary Ballinger of the interior de- partment, is at work upon a plan to re-establish co-operative work on the reclamation projects throughout the west upon lines which will avoid the legal obstacles found by Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham in his recent deci sion upon the matter. The attorney general found that the government had no right to enter into an agreement such as heretofore made, whereby settlers were allowed to work out part of the cost of their irrigated lands. The hardship which the breaking of these agreements will make on the ir- rigated land homesteaders is fully ap- preciated by the federal authorities, rand an attempt is now being made to devise a satisfactory plan to permit the settlers to receive proper credit for work done for the government. MANKATO MAN IS BUNCOED. Plays Cards with Slick Strangers and Purse Is Stolen. Omaha, June 26.—Louis Kemnitz, wealthy farmer of Mankato, Minn., was buncoed out of $175 on a Mis- souri Pacific train as he entered Omaha from a trip to Oklahoma. On the train Kemnitz became acquainted with two friendly strangers and in a game of casino won several dollars from them, at the same time giving the strangers an opportunity to see where he kept his pocketbook. Leaving the train Kemnitz got in a crush with one of the strangers on either side. The three then adjourned to a saloon where the strangers paid for the drinks and told Kemnitz to await their return. Half an hour later Kemnitz wanted another drink and discovered the loss of his purse and money. He complained to the police. MARRIED ON SICK BED. Honeymoon Trip of lowa Bride Is toa Health Resort. Cedar Falls, Iowa, June 26.—Miss Vida R. Keene was married here to Professor Wilber H. Shilling, of Bloomington, Ill. The bridegroom re- fused to permit of a delay in the cere- mony, although his bride was unable to rise from her bed, and today he took her in his arms to the train, and thence to Colfax to seek relief from a stubborn attack of rheumatism, by the use of the mineral waters there South Dakota Methodists to Meet. Gregory, S. D., June 26—The Free Methodists of the southern and west- ern portions of the state. have com- pleted preparations for their annual holiness convention, which will be held here June 29 and continue until July 4. The convention will be pre- sided over by Rev. W. B. Olmstead, of Chicago. The closing day of the con- vention will be marked by the dedi- cation of a new church building which the Free Methodists of Gregary are just completing. ~ ‘MARYLAND SENSATION COMES TO TRAGIC CLOSE IN TWENTY- ~ FOUR HOURS. Roberts Thought to be -R. €. East: man, Fugitive From New York— Secretary Gage Refuses to Throw Light on Case. St. Michaels, Md., June 26.—Emmit E. Roberts, newspaper correspondent, magazine writer and author, who was wanted for the murder of Mrs. Edith May Thompson Woodill, the adopted daughter’ of Colonel Charles H. Thompson, and a protege of Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of the treas- ury, was shot to death or killed him- self while resisting arrest by a sher- iff’s posse off the wharf at McDaniel, Talbot county. Shortly after mignight a craft was seen moving up the waters of Black river, along the shores of which are the homes of Colonel Thompson and Roberts. It is unusual to see a small boat out in the river at such an early hour and John McQuay, who has a farm on a point near Bozeman, noti- fied Sheriff Mortimer and Magistrate Willy, who were at St. Michaels. Mc- Quay said the boat looked like the one in which Roberts escaped from Mc- Daniels, and that the man in it looked like the missing author. Sheriff Mortimer, Magistrate Willy and a posse of six men hurried to the scene, reaching the river shore at 1 a.m. They crept down to the water’s edge under the cover of darkness, and made out the outlines of a man in his shirt sleeves languidly rowing a boat up the river. Is Gradually Cornered. Sheriff Mortimer and Messrs. Hop- per and Harper obtained a boat and followed Roberts leisurely, so as not to create the impression on Robert’s mind that he was being chased. Rob- erts seemed annoyed by the boat fol- lowing him, and hastened up the river at a faster pace, the sheriff's boat following. Magistrate Willy and oth- ers followed along the shore line. He was nearing the wharf at Mc- Daniel, from which point he is sup- posed to have fied. When Roberts got abreast of the landing place and was but 100 feet from shore, Magistrate Willy and his two deputies stepped out into the open. “Helo Roberts, throw up your hands,” shouted the magistrate. Killed by Answering Fire. Roberts did not utter a word, but rose in his boat with a big revolver in his right hand, leveled it at the party on shore and fired. Meyer Crone, a special deputy, fired a shot from a revolver at the white-shirted figure standing in the boat. Then Magistrate Willy discharged a_shot- guh+at Roberts. Deputy Crone fired a second shot. During the fullisade, Roberts dropped in a heap in the boat, his revolver falling at his side. The deputies waded out to the small craft and found Roberts dead, having been shot through the mouth. The boat was drawn to the shore and the body examined. Roberts had a bottle of poison in his pocket and a number of letters. The body was taken to St. Michaels. MRS. ROOSEVELT HAS. SAILED. With Three of Her Children She Starts for a Summer In Europe. New York, June 26.—Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt sailed today on the White Star liner Cretic for Gibraltar and Naples. With her were three of her children, Ethel, Archie and Quentin. They will spend the entire summer on the continent, first visiting Miss Carow, Mrs. Roosevelt’s sister, at her aj; villa near Rome and later going to France. Mrs. Roosevelt and her children will sail for America about November 1, having abandoned the previously ar- ranged plan of remaining in Europe through next winter and journeying up the Nile in the spring to meet Col Roosevelt. JUDGE JAGGARD GOING ABROAD. Will Gather Information for American Bar Association. Washington, June 26.—Senators Nelson and Clapp and Represenatives Stevens have secured a state depart- ment credential for Judge Jaggard of the Minnesota supreme court, who is about to make a trip to Europe. Judge Jaggard is a director of the compara: tive-law bureau of the American Bar Association, and the purpose of his trip is to gather information for pre sentation to that organization. He will visit Christiania, Stockholm, Copen.- hagen, St. Petersburg and Moscow. Boy of 12 Murders Brother. Modisto, Cal., June 26.—After shoot- ing and killing his 6-year-old brother, Theodore, Cecil Hopkins, 12 years old, buried the body in a hogpen at his home. When the body was discovered the older boy confessed, but he gave no reason for the killing. BABY BORNE OFF BY STORM. Half Dozen Tornadoes-Sweep Through County of Kansas. Norton, Kan., June 26.—Northwest- ern Norton county and southern Ne braska were storm-swept late this af ternoon by a half dozen tornadoes. A 2-year-old child of Frank Gen: try, of Brunswick ranch, was blown from its mother’s arms and has not been found late tonight. Many rest dences were blown away. i i TEACHER PROFESSION SHOWS HIGHER DEATH RATE FROM TUBER- CULOSIS THAN OTH- ER CALLINGS, SKILLED LABOR ALSO SUFFERS Barkeepers Come Third; Wage Earn- ers Afflicted More Than Women ahd Children—Lungs Are Injured by Dust. School teachers show as large a pro- portion of deaths from tuberculosis as any other profession in the state, ac- cording to statistics just compiled by Christopher Easton, tuberculosis ex- pert of the state board of health. The average number of deaths from tuberculosis for each 100,000 people in the state last year was 95, but the rate among school teachers was as high as 147. Lack of ventilation in the school rooms is given as one cause. In many of the rural schools there is no scien- tific ventilation and in some of the city schools, where there is ventilat- ing apparatus, these are put out of business a large part of the year for the sake of saving coal, Mr. Easton says. The large number of persons in the school room for so many hours at a time makes the air unusually bad. In addition to this the nerve- racking work has a tendency to weak- en the systems of the instructors and make them subject to the disease. The same rate, 147 per 100,000, is given for skilled laborers, but this in- cludes several occupations, such as stone cutting, plastering and the like, in which the amount of dust injures the lungs so as to help in bringing on the disease. Liquor dealers and bartenders come next with 126, farmers and laborers next with 125, persons in mercantile and clerical employments with 110, and railway employes with 105. UP TO THE SUPREME COURT. Suit to Test Validity of Prison Certif- icates Reaches Highest@Tribunal. St. Paul—The question of the valid- ity of state prison certificates, au- thorized by the last legislature to the extent of $2,250,000, is now in the hands of the state supreme court. A friendly suit to establish the validity of this issue was brought at the in- stance of the Capitol National Bank. of St. Paul, which purchased the first instalment of $560,000. It was decid- ed in favor of the state board of con. trol, defendant, by Judge O. B. Lewis. The appeal was argued by M. V. Sey- mour, of St. Paul, for the. plaintiff, Wilson C. Brown for the state by Lyndon A. Smith, assistant attorney general. Mr. Seymour urged the. constitu- tional prohibition against a public debt, and said that if this issue was approved it meant no limit to the in- debtedness of the state in the future. The state claims that the point has been settled by the decision in the state capitol case, and that it is mot technically a debt, since a tax is’ lev- ied to pay off the issue within a few years’ time. PROBE FOR BELTRAMI! MESS. Trust Company Refuses Bonds and State May Have to Buy Them. St. Paul—A commissioner to investi- gate the affairs of the Beltrami county officials who were criticized in the re cent report of the public examiner for alleged illegal spending of the coun- ty’s money, will be named hy Gov. Johnson, and the hearings will begin at Bemidji, July 7. A new difficulty arose when the Security Trust Company, of St. Paul which has purchased the $185,000 of bonds issued by the county to take up the floating indebtedness, refused to turn the money over to the county. The company had bid in the issue. and the bonds, ‘properly signed and sealed, were turned over to the com: pany, but fearing future trouble, they refused to go further with the transac. tion. George T. Simpson, attorney gen eral, then announced that he intended to call a conference of the state in vestment board to see if the state could not make the county the neces sary loan. Mr. Simpson says he wants to get the county on a cash basis as 300n as possible. STATE “U” IN BOND SUIT. Appears in Action to Test Validity o1 Prison Twine. St. Paul.—Because the state has al lowed the university to issue almost a million dollars’ worth of interest bearing certificates of indebtedness the regents of the unitersity are deeply interested in the suit which is now being considered by the supreme court to test the legality of the $2, 225,000 of certificates authorized for the building of the new state prison. John Lind, president of the board of regents, appeared before the com when the case was up for ar; mt and argued that the certificates are valid. Lyndon A. Smith, assis@int at torney general, and State Senator George H. Sullivan, of Stillwater, alsc argued for the state. Stringer & Seymour were the attor neys for Wilson C. Brown, a St. Pau! citizen, who started the test suit tc determine the validity of the issue The Capital National Bank of this city has bought the first issue, and it is behind the friendly suit. DEFECTIVE PAGE JUDGE WILLISTON IS DEAD. Suddenly Stricken While Addressing Settlers at Goodhue. Judge W. C. Williston, of Red Wing, died suddenly while addressing a meeting of the Old Settlers’ Associa- tion at Goodhue. About fifty people from Red Wing went to Goodhue to attend an Old Settlers’ Association annual meeting, Judge Williston was among the num- ber in the hall. They had gathered after dinner to tell of the early days. when many of those present helped to lay the foundations of Goodhue coun- ty’s present greatness. Among those called upon was Judge Williston. He had risen from his chair to respond, and had spoken sev- eral sentences when he hesitated, fal- tered and sank to the floor. Those about his quickly carried him to one of the side rooms of the hall, where shortly afterwards he died. News of Judge Williston’s death was received with a deep sense of personal loss by Red Wing as a com- munity. For over half a century Mr. Williston has been one of the most conspicuous figures in that city. Emi- nent as a jurist, active in the social and religious life of the city and state, his sphere of usefulness and influence was great. While for several years past it has been recognized that he had grown feeble and that the end of his career was drawing near, yet his sudden death came as a blow. Mr. Williston, one of the most eminent of Minnesota’s jurists, had been one of the bench of the district court of the First judicial district since 1891: LOYALTY URGED BY GRAIN MEN. Dealers’ Association at Glenwood Addressed by Prominent Men. Glenwood.—The semi-annual sum- mer convention of the Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Minnesota was held here. H. L. Loucks, of South Dakota, was among the speakers, and President L. A. Smith, of Truman, Secretary R. L. Johnson, of Austin, S. L. Chapin, of Luverne, and F. W. Werdin, of Glenwood, made helpful addresses. Several important questions were discussed. The general sentiment of those present was against the con- tracting of grain from the farmers for future delivery unless forced to do so by competitors. The storing of grain for stockholders was con- sidered all right if on a business basis and at regular storage rates. A protective clause in the constitu- tion of a co-operative elevator com- pany was characterized as the life of such companies, inducing more loyal- ty on the part of the stockholders to their elevator. Distribution of profits to stockholders in proportion to amount of grain marketed by each through the elevator was advocated as another means to increase their loyalty, and stockholders must be made to realize that the elevator is their business. Anouncement was made that a dis- trict convention would be held in Fer- gus Falls some time next month. PIONEERS WANT BUILDING. Museum at State Fair Grounds Is Their Object. An executive meeting of the Min- nesota Territorial Pioneers’ Associa- tien was held in the old capital at st. Paul. The chief object of the meeting was for the consideration of means and plans for a state museum building to be erected on the state fair grounds. The Minnesota Territorial Pioneers’ Associaiton boasts of having a: larger collection of state relics than any oth- er such organization, and the collec- tion of portraits is steadily growing. The members feel that they, as well as the state, are entitled to a suit- able building for the safe keeping of these treasures. President Gilfillan appoited the fol- lowing committee to consult the state fair authorities on this matter. E. W. Durant, William Pitt Murray, George A. Brackett, Judge Thomas Wilson, C. F. Staples, Lyman D. Baird and J. B. Gilfillan. EPWORTH LEAGUERS ADJOURN. Officers Are Elected After Most Suc- cessful Convention in Its History. Alexandria——The Crookston distrct Epworth League convention closed after one of the most successful meet- ings in the nineteen years of its his- tory. The officers elected are: Presi- dent, Rev. J. S. Kingan, of Brecken- ridge; first vice-president, Miss Ella Beckman, of Moorhead; second vice- president, Miss Viola Porter, of De- troit; third vice-president, Miss May Rideaud, of Crookston; fourth vice- president, Miss Grace Chadbourne, of Detroit; secretary, Miss Lilly K. Den- nison, of Moorhead; treasurer, Miss Lelitia Carnegie, of Alexandria; junior superintendent, Miss Meta McKee, of Fergus Falls. Next year’s convention will go to Breckenridge. Rochester (Minn.) Light Plant Puzzle bn Aldermen’s Hands. Rochester—The municipal electric light plant here is running behind about $8,000 a year, presumably on account of mismanagement. and the city council is unable to do anything with the proposition on account of the absence of Ald. Rommel!, who is at an unknown address in Seattle. The plant has acquired an excess of ma- chinery and is some distance from the railway tracks, necessitating a five-