Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1906 — MAKES CLEAN BREAST [ARTICLE]

MAKES CLEAN BREAST

SWEEPING CONFESSION OF ANOTHER IDAHO MURDERER. Tell* of Many Crime* Not Mentioned •' by Orchard and Corroborates I.alter on Several Point*—Girl Makes Perilous Trip to See Slater. Steve Adams, Who was arrested at j Haines, Ore., on Feb. 20 in connection with the Steunenberg assassination. has made a full and sweeping <-onfeasion. The Boise Statesman says: "This second confession is far more important than that made by Harry Orchard. This statement ■was made by James McFarland, the defective, in the presence of Gov. (rooming and J. N. Hawley, who is in charge of the prosecution. Mr. MeParland added that Adams’ confession fully”and exact~ly corroborated that made dry Orchard-trt every point touched on by both. Moreover, McParland continued, Adams knows far more of the workings of the ’inner circle' than Orchard did and was able to give a mass of detailed information that Orchard's confession did not cover. The confession of Adams, he said, corroborated that given by Ort-hard in every substantial point connected with the assassination of Gov. Steunenberg. Adams, however, was not at Caldwell at the time «f the assassination, nor was at the lime of the unsuccessful attempt in November. Still another statement made by the detective was that the Atlants confession gave the details of a large number of murders that were not referred to in any manner by Orchard. It was further stated that the confession had been reduced to writing, sighed and acknowledged. It was a voluminous document, covering a greater field and in more detail than was made by Orchard. The further statement " was made that Adtitas had made this confession without being promised anything. When talked with about the matter he simply made a clean breast of all he knew of this case And of the secret workings of the Western •Federation. ” (tint MAKES PERItOIS TRIP. Walks Narrow Trail Across Mountains in Colorado Blixxard. To be with her dying sister. Miss Helen Dougherty of Montrose, Colo., the other night, in a blinding blizzard, walked across a narrow trail on the transcontinental divide. In some places a single Dougherty rode horseback to Cedar creek, .where she tried taget a guide to pilot her across the divide. Because of the blizaard no one would go. Without telling any one of her intention Miss Dougherty set out on foot. Old timers say the watchful eye of Providence is the only explanation of her safely making the amazing journey. She arrived before her Bister died. KANSAS DROPS OIL, TRUST FIGHT Attorney General to Move Dlsmlasal of Sult to Out Standard. Kansas will drop its ouster proceedings against the Standard Oil Company, which have been pending in the Supreme Court for a year. An announcement to this effect was made by Attorney General Coleman. He will move the dismissal of the suit when the Supreme Court convenes. This action will be taken with the knowledge and consent of the officers and organizers of the Kansas Oil Producers’ Association. the body which conducted the anti-Standard crusade during the session of the legislature a year ago, according to the statement of Attorney General Coleman. Philippine City la Burned. Tacloban. the capital of rhe Island of Leyte, P. 1., has been destroyed by fire. The financial loss is reported to be $600,000. Tacloban was the fifth city of the island and was situated in an important hemp district. A number of warehouses were destroyed. Government assistance will be sent. Building:* Burn in Omaha. A fire destroyed the building of the Koutsky Paint Company at South Omaha and communicated to the Young Men's Christian Association building, which was also a total loss. The fire was in the midst of the business portion of South Omaha, and the loss, it is estimated, will reach $60,000. Father Find* Sos la a Burglar. John Schebouski, a Chicago saloonkeeper, struggled for fifteen minutes with a supposed burglar in his home. When his wife lighted the gas he found it was his 17-year-o)d son. The latter, Walter Schebouski. was arrested on charges of larceny and disorderly <W>nduct preferred h by his father. Hurrleaae Sweep* PaciAc laland*. A hurricane and monster waves swept over the Society and Tuamotu Islands in the Pacific, causing a loss of lives estimated from hundreds to 10,000 and property damage erf possibly $5,000,000. Ho<( of Texas Dies. James Stephen Hogg, who as Governor of Texas waged War against the trusts and put down the lawless elements of the State, died suddenly in Houston. Faver Beducin* Fare*. Railroads of every State east of the Nisaiasippi river and of some States west are facing legislative reductions of passenger fares to the 2 cent basis. Gray Hairs Cause Suicide. Because her hair was turning gray, Mok. Willjam Thomaa, a young matronjrf Eleanors, Pa., committed suicide.' Sheswallowed caustic potash, and when a doctor was called threatened to kin him if be would not let her die. Shoots Himself on Wife’s Grave. Jacob Marxolf. aged 56, shot himself in the Harrisburg. Pa., cemetery, falling dead across his wife’s grave. Since his wife’s death three year* ago Marzolf was a frequent visitor to the cemetery and