Georgia Historic Newspapers

    The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal
VOL. X
CRIMSON TfIAGEOY
STALKS IN WAKE
OE CHRISTMAS OAT
Explosions. Fires, and Quar
rels Claim Victims Over Dif
ferent Portions of the Coun
try as Day Is Celebrated
FAMOUS VIOLINIST
WILL LOSE HIS HAND
Six Months Old Twin Babies
Die in Flames, Premature
Dynamite Blast Takes Life.
Other Fatalities Reported
WESTON. W. Va. Dec. 26—During
breakfast a lamp exploded In the bed
room of the home of Eide Beech at By
ron and burned to death twin boy babies
six months old.
The home with all its contents was
burned. • ,
Firecrackers Costs
Aritist His Hand
ROME. Ga.. Dec. 36.-As a result of
his first experience with Christmas fire
works late last night. Alexander Skibin
ski. famous Russian violinist and pro
fessor in Shorter college music depart
ment. will never be able to play again.
Professor Skibinski came to this coun
try only last September, and had never
seen fireworks before. He asked in
broken language for Roman candles, and
was g ven cannon firecrackers Instead.
He held a large firecracker tn his left
hand, and It exploded, tearing away a
thumb and two fingers and mangling the
hand in aueh a manner as to prevent its
use for violin playing.
His wife, ’’'harlot te Schults Skibinski,
who was standing by his side, had an
ear drum broken by the explosion, and
will be permanently deafened in one
ear.
Mrs. Skibinski, a bride of four months,
is instructor in piano at Shorter college.
The two have a wide musical reputa
tion throughout the south, having ap
peared tn concert work In Atlanta and
other cities.
Gunpowder Blast
Wrecks Xmas Party
GREENBURG, Pa. Dec. 26.—Three
persons ar* d*ad, eight probably will
4ia as the result of their injuries and
ten more are In the Westmoreland hos
pital with painful bums, as penalty
either for somebody’s carelessness or
somebody’s vengeance while miners
were holding «a Christmas celebration
st Keystone Shaft, near nere, late Sun
day night.
Th* accident occurred at the home
of Michael Wilding, while ne wa- en
tertaining a. party of about 25 ms'- and
women. - some of whom hao come from
Youngstown. Ohio, to seek work in the
mines here.
It is believed that one of the men tn
the party while a dance was m prog
ress threw a cigarette butt careiessiy
under the stairway of the house- .
Twenty-five pounds off black mining
' powder are said to have been stored
there in an open can.
Rumors were current that staking
-xjninera had thrown a bomb under the
sta rway. but there was no confirmation
cf the report.
Strangles to Death
On Wagon Dash Board
CHARLOTTE, N C.. Dec. 26. Walter
Ross, a driver for the Southern Express
company, met def th early Sunday morn
ing in a manner never before recorded
tn the local coroner’s office.
Kept busy making city deliveries un- ’
rtl the sma’i hours of the mom.ng tn
very inclement weather Ross, tt is al
leged. Imbibed freely and wnen nis
reached the stable he was in a
emi-stupor
A sudden jolt of the heavy wagon
threw him forward with his neck on
the dash board, where he hung sus
pended and died from strangulation ot
fore stablemen realised his condition
and went to his rescue. He was Ji
x ears old and married.
One Is Killed, One Hurt
In Christmas Blast
BEAUMONT, Tex.. Dec. 2S.— As a
part of their Christmas celebration Rob
ert Herrir.gvn and a companion pian
r-d to explode a quantity of dynamite
near Orange. Tex., last night.
It was their plan to convey the ex-
J plosive in a buggy to a point ««verM
miles from Orange. The jostling of
the vehicle however, caused the expio
► on to occur prematurely, and as a re
sult Herrington is dead and Ms com
panion badly injured.
GUATEMALA TO BORROW
HEAVILY FROM GERMANY
Minister on Way to Get Loan
of $40,000,000 to Be Used
for Improvements
NEW OR* □AXB. Dec. X-That M.
Juan Barrios, special envoy from Gna
- temala to Germany byway of Wash
ington, who passed through this city
. esierday. goes for ths »nirpose of ne
gotiating a S4A.Ono.QOO loan to be used in
making improvements, is the statement
made to a morning paper here by Print*
.fuan Bautista Russo. late of Messina.
who made the trip on board the steam
ship Parts mln a with M. Barrios.
Prince Russo was the only on* aboard
the ship wno could speak the language
of M Barrios, and the two bec«ine very
friendly. The prince is quoted as say
ing;
-M. Barrios told me that the govern
ments of Guatemala and Germany have
practically closed the deal, and M. Bar
rios is hurrying to Germany to appear
before the commission before the session
shall have gotten far into the new year.
• The Guatemalan government has been
negotiating with several houses in New
York for the loan, but fa'led on account
of the high rate* of Interest.'
Saturday M. Barrios denied that he was
go*ng to Germany for any other purpos*
than to convey greetings.
While tn the city the Guatemafean n-.fn
ister bad Prince Russo as hie guest at a
fading hotel.
WHITE MAN RIDDLED
BT MOD'S BULLETS:
SHEHIFMNGEO
Oscar Chitwood Is Taken From
Deputy by 25 Citizens of
Hot Springs, Ark., and Put
to Death
HAD BEEN GRANTED
A CHANGE OF VENUE
And Was on His Way to An
other Jurisdiction, Which
Gave the Mob a Chance to
Get Possession of Him
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., Dec. 26.— Twenty
five masked men lynched Oscar Chit
wood. after overpowering a deputy
sheriff just outside the jail here, before
daybreak this morning, riddling the pris
>pners body with bullets.
Chitwood was charged with having
killed Sheriff Jake Houpt. of this city.
August 17 last. John Rutherford, a
deputy sheriff, was In charge of the man.
en route to the railroad station to take
a train to convey Chitwood to the state
penitentiary at Little Rock for safe
keeping, pending trial In Saline county
op a change of venue granted recently.
His trial on a first degree murder charge
was to have taken place here last week,
but the change of venue intervened and,
indirectly, probably gave the mob an
opportunity to wreak vengence. rhe
citizens of Hot Springs did not know of |
the killing until later in the day. The,
mob covered the deputy sheriff with
guns and demanded the prisoner, telling
him that the slightest resistance on his
part meant death to them both. The
body of Chitwood was riddled with but
lets and left where It fell and was re
moved later by the officers. He was
shot once in the head and once in the
left nipple. One bullet entered his hand
as he threw it up to ward off bullets.
After Chitwood was shot the mem
bers of the mob. with the exception of
one man. who was left to guard the
deputy sheriff, filed out of the pail yard.
He kept the deputy covered with his re
volver for a short time and then backed
out of the yard with his gun still cov
ering the deputy.
None of the prisoners In the jail were
molested and in ten minutes after the
tragedy all was as quiet around the
prison as If nothing unusual had oc
curred.
FIBESM Fiet OF IINFI IN
HER ’HOLT MLLER’ TRANCE
Woman Immediately Comes
Out of Trance and Has Hus
band Arrested
CHATTANOOGA, Tenh., Dec. 26
James Spearman, of Ridgedale, a su
burb of this city, Sunday created a sen
station by going into a Holy Roller meet
ing and taking his wife, who is a de
votee of that cult, out of the meeting.
Marching the woman before him to his
home, he demanded that she prepare
dinner for himaelf and their six children.
This the woman refused to do and went
into one of her Holly Roller •‘trances."
The disgusted husband drew his pistol
and fireu .wo shots close to the woman's
head. She Immediately came out of the
“trance,” but discovering that she had
not been shot, she again assumed her
“trancelike" attitude.
Finally, she began one of the regula
tion Holy Roller lectures in an “ufir
known tongue." The husband’s patience
was exhausted and he planted a straight
blow of his fist in the face of his wife.
She soon recovered, and calling an officer
had her husband placed under arrest.
He was held in bail of 1260 for assault.
THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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CHRISTMAS WAS
MOST OROERLY IN
HISTOHmiE CITY
While the Station House Is
Crowded to Overflowing the
Arrests Have Nearly All
Been on Minor Charges
NO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS
REPORTED AT HOSPITAL
Chief Jennings Attributes Quiet
Observance to Wide Publici
ty Given to His Order Re
stricting Use of Fireworks
Christmas day of 1910, the day preced
ing and the day following have been con
ceded by the police and hospital authori
ties to be the most quiet known in those
circles in the past eight or ten 'years.
In the three days, there have been only
two negroes killed in Atlanta And none
seriously injured. Accidents from fire
arms and fireworks to children have been
few and in no case serious.
However, the police department has
been kept very busy the three
days making arrests on minor charges,
and on Monday morning It was found
that the portion of the cells at police
headquarters reserved for negroes ’ was
overflowing and new prisoners constant
ly coming in. As a result of this over
flow, 26 or more negroes, mostly women,
were called from the cells in a body and
released on copies of charges in order
that the space which they were occupy
ing might b e used for the Monday pris
oners. Practically all of the negroes re
leased were charged with drunkenness or
minor cases of disorderly conduct.
Chief of Police Jennings attributes the
unusually quiet Christmas to the fact that
the newspapers in the city gave wide
spread publicity to his strict order pro
hibiting the discharging of fireworks and
firearms in the city, and also against the
congregating in public places of large
crowds, the throwing of confetti, blowing
of horns, etc.
TWO NEGRO TRAGEDIES.
The two fatalities in the city, which
were due to Christmas eggnog, were ne
gro murders. Charley Fells, of 131 Pe
ters street, was killed as the result of
a 'drunken quarrel near his home on Sat
urday night, and an unknown negro was
killed the same evening on Decatur
street. In both cases the police cap
tured the Tnen who had done tha-shoot-*
Ing. Six negroes, suffering from slight
gunshot wounds and powder burns were
treated at the Grady hospital during the
thre e days.
Four young white boys, Rufus Da
vidson, of Howell Station; Willie Hunt
er, of 133 Vine street; Ellis Nhajor, of
1761-2 Decatur street, and Earnest Mc-
Donald, address unknown, are at the
hospital, suffering from wounds made by
the bullets from small caliber rifles and
pistols. The injuries are not serious.
On last Christmas there were four
people brought to the hospital suffering
from fatal injuries, while more than 20
were badly Injured by Xmas fireworks.
170 ARRESTS.
Since the last session of the recorder’s
court, held on Saturday afternoon, the po
lice have made 170 arrests on the city
dockets. The majority of these people
were arrested during the day Sunday
and those so unfortunate as not to re
ceive copies of charges or to be includ
ed in the “space" clearing on Monday
morning will be forced to wait until Tues
day before their cases are called for trial,
as the recorder’s court has declared Mon
day a hol day. Those people arrested but
not locked up a police headquarters will
all be tried on Wednesday, as the total
number of cases will be too large to
try in a single day.
In addition to the 170 people arrested
after the court, there are 40 or more
prisoners who have been held since last
Friday, or who were arrested on Satur
day morning, but not carried before tne
recorder for trial on Satuday.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. DEC. 27, 1910.
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DUEL WITH KNIVES
RESULTS IN DEATH;
FARMER IS DYING
Madison Matthews Is Killed
Near Moultrie, While R. L.
Watson Is Dying on Account
of Wounds
WATSON’S YOUNG SON
SERIOUSLY STABBED
Duel Alleged to Have Risen
From Some Trival Dispute
That Occurred on Christmas
Night
MOULTRIE. Ga.. Dec. 26.—A trivial
matter Christmas night at Funston, a
small town five miles west of this place,
resulted in a duel with knkives between
Madison Mathews and R. L. Watson and
the latter's son, in which Matthews was
instantly killed. Watsin is in a dying
condition.
Both families are prominent and the
men were successful farmers. Young
Watson was cut several times, but is
not fatally injured.
No cause is known for the duel, fur
ther than a slight misunderstanding over
some trivial matter.
J. A. Jones Dead
GULFPORT, Miss.—J. A. Jonee. first
vice president of the Gulf and Ship Is
land rallcpad and the active head of the
railway, died here at 11 o’clock Sunday
night of typhoid fever. Mr. Jones’ father
J. T. Jones, owns the road and retired
from the active management of its af
fairs two years ago. The funeral party
will leave for Buffalo, N. *Y., tomorrow
afternoon.
CITY GIVES TOO LITTLE TO
SCHOOLS, SAYS MITCHELL
School Board President Say Atlanta Gives But 12 Per
Cent of Its Revenue, While Other Cities of Similar Size
Give An Average of 40 Per Cent
I In submitting the estimate of the
schoool department’# 1911 expenses at
■ | 6523,533, President Eugene M. Mitchell, of
t 1 the board of education calls the council’s
i attention to the fact that Atlanta gives*
less to public education than other cities j
of her size and Importance.
After stating that the proposed budget |
will exceed that of 1910 by about $160.-1
I 616.64 President Mitchell says the schools |
’■of Atlanta cannot be kept up to the
proper standard without larger appro
| priations. Relative to the increase asked
I for he says:
‘ I “The large increase asked for is caus- :
*! ed principally by the necessity for is-'
> creasing the salaries of the school teach
| ers, for renewing the plumbing and heat
i ing plants in several schools, for furn
,: ishing desks to the new schools now In
I course of erection, for increasing the new
11 . Crew and Fair street schools from eight
| to twelve grades, for furnishing teachers
3 to the new schools in the fall of 1911, and
s for paying the large number of new
' teachers employed in the fall of 1911, and
5 paid for four months, but who must be
e paid for ten months in 1911. It was esti
. matefi at the beginning of 1910 that ten
g new teachers would have to be added du
ring the year. It became neccessary to
add 28, The growth of the city has out
r stripped the calculations of most of us.”
i President Mitchell says Atlanta ap-!
propriates about 12 per cent of its reve-
J nue to the schools while other cities of
its size and Importance appropriate an
t average of about 40 per cent.
Further along in his statement Presi- ‘
b fient Mitchell makes some salary com- '
f parisons as follows:
r BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL.
1 Principal 62.200 I
. Reads of departments I.Boo'
Associates.
' First year $1,300
F, Second year 1,350
I Third year 1,400
• Fourth year 1,450
. Fifth year 1,500 |
! Sixth year 1.530 :
I Seventh yeat ... .. L6OO I
I “No new schedules of salaries has J
been made for the Boys’ High school. 1
The board of education has departed
from this schedule in the case of asso-
I date teachers, for the reason that com
-1 petent men cannot be found who are
i willing to begin with 11,300. For the
last few years the board has been forced
to make the initial salary $1,400 or
$1,500, and then increase to SI,BOO as
the mah demonstrates his ability 1 .
“No schedule of v salaries has been
written for the Technological High
school. The salary of the principal at
present is $2,000, and the initial of the
associate teachers is $1,400. This salary
lis gradually Increased to $1,600, ac
cording to the merit of the man.
GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL.
Old schedule of salaries:
Principal ... ...
Assistant pr.ncipal ... . SI,SOO
Heads Aseo-
Depts. elates
First year I 800 9 700 <
Seconu year (
, Third year .9? < <
‘ Seventh year 1,100 1,000
I New schedule: „ . .
AMt. Heads Asso
Prin. Depts. elates.
First veer »L*» SI4OO $ 800
;£ ,rßt .... 1.150 850
'wm :: i’.Sm 1.200 900
.. 1.550 1.250 050
Fltth b v«? ••• LOOO L 300 1,000
I Re?*nth veer ••• 1400 1.400 1.200
'Afterward . i- 800 1 800 I’ 300
! No schedule of s«l«ri*» has been wtltten
: for tha English commercial high school. The
' board laa lixed the salary of the principal at
l at 000 a year • and the associate teachers
rec'lve silar ea In accordance with the
schedule for the Girls’ High school.
grammar schools.
S grades Prin. Teachers
rv-.t SI,OOO / stw> SSOO
Te-ond ye« 1000 300 500
Third year 1.060 650 525
Fourth rear 1-050 650 555
i Mfth year MOO <OO 575
fiihSeir Z 1.100 *OO «0O
! Seventh y«r 1-150 750 625
1 Ninth M? /. 1,200 750 650
! Tenth year and
afterward 1,250 750 650
New schedule for white grammar schools:
Grade Aaat. Prin. 8
Teachers. Prin. room schools.
First year ... •• S6OO $720 $1,200
Second year _ ..
Third year ... 650 780 145*1
Fourth year ... 675
Fifth year ... ... 700 840 1,300
Sixth year 725 870 1,325
Seventh year • 750 900 1 ,8 ®2
JUxhth ••• >• 775 ••• 1.375
Ninth year 800 1.400
Tenth year 825 ... <...
Sleventh year .. .. 850 ...
The salary of a principal Having fewer th ax
eight rnome are increased 625 a year for
The ealarlee of principal# having more than
I enlght rooms are Increased 625 a year for
leackjjjgaL^ME:-eight-. (Theae conditions wore
rtSe nine wder the oM-eetie«ilo. f
COLORED BC&OOLS.
Old ecbedale for negro aebooia:
Pria. Aaat. Grade
8 rooms. Prln. Teachers.
First and second years $650 S4OO S3OO
Third and fourth year# 660 400 325
Fifth and sixth years . 700 425 850
Seventh and eighth years 700 425 875
I Ninth and tenth year# 725 450 400
I Afterward 725 450 425
New schedule for negro principals of eight- z
room buildings: ,
First and second year# ... S7OO
Third and fourth years ... 725
Fifth and sixth years 750
Sevcnh and eighth years 775
Ninth year 800
.Tenth and afterward 826
"No change was mada in the schedule
of grade teachers in the negro schools
except to increase the pay of each 10 per
cent.
"The salary of principals having fewer
than eight rooms Is fixed by the board
of education. The salaries of principals
having more than eight rooms Is increas
ed $25 a year for each room over eight.
(These Conditions were the same under
the old schedule).
“The salary of assistant principals of
the negro schools has been fixed at SSOO
a year.
“The minimum salary for janitors of
eight-room schools has been increased $f
a calendar month.
SUPERNUMERARIES.
| “Supernumeraries in the white schools
’ are paid at the rate of $1.50 a day while
1 in charge of a class during the absence
'of the regular teacher. When they are
assigned to a grade, they ate paid at
the rate of S4O a month for the first five
months, after which timi they are paid
at the rate of SSO a month. When not
I assigned regularly to a grade, a super
' numerary receives $2 a month car fare.
I ‘‘Negro supernumeraries receive $1 a
i day while teaching for an absent teacher.
S3O a month on assignment, and $2 a
month car fare, when not on assign
ment.
VATICAN ORGAN DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND CANALEJAS
Thinks “Padlock Bill” Makes
the Relations
Strained
ROME. Dec. 26.—The Asservatore Ro
mano, the Vatican organ, commenting on
the statement made by Premier Canalejas
that the approval of the Spanish cham
ber of deputies of the "padlock bill” was
necessary in order that he might con
duct the negotiations with the Vatican in
a more decisive manner, says that 1
does not understand what he means.
What is certain, the paper continues, is
that the situation, after approval of the
"padlock bill,” is identical with that of
last January, when it was stated thnt
the Holy See could not continue nego
i tiations while the Spanish government
was formulating regulations affecting the
’ question under discussion. Those regu
lations. it is pointed out, Include the new
bill and thus the situation Is not alter
ed in the least.
BIG DISTILLERY IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—Fire of unde
termined origin today destroyed the
main building of the Sunnyside Distill
ing company’s plant at Elrama, Wash
ington county. The loss is $750,000. cov
ered by insurance. The plant is x>n
trolled by Howe Brothers, of Clnsln
fiati.
Sprinter Stumbles
JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Af
rica, Deo. 26.—A one-hundredyard dash
between the South African sprinters. Jack
Donaldson and R- E. Walker, was spoil
ed today when Walker, at •> yards, stum
bled and felt Donaldson’s time was 9 5-8
seconds, only a quarter of a second slow
er than his world’s professional record.
The race was for the professional cham
pionship and the holder had a slight
lead when Walker lost out.
NEW YEAR PLEDGES
TO BE ADMINISTERED
WIW CHARGE
Justice Landrum Will Witness
in Solemn Form All New
Year Resolutions Gratis Uh
til January 1
■
GET UP YOUR COURAGE
AND MAKE YOUR PLEDGE
Announcement of Justice Fol
lowing His Offer to Marry
Couples Without Charge;
Will Keep Him Busy
f.,-
Animated by the Christmas spirit, Jus»
tice S. H. Landrum, the marrying mag«
istrate, said last week that until Neve
Year’s day he will marry all couples freq
of charge and as a further inducement
will throw in a kiss for the bride. Os
course he put in the provision that she
must be under 36. But even in case the .
age limit is exceeded he promises to pro- .
vide the trading stamp oscuiatlon through
the medium of a court bailiff who In the 7
old days when Justice Landrum married
numerous couples dally, never bothered
himself with serving court papers, stand
ing ready, instead, to kiss any bride the
justice might direct.
But albeit marriage is of the utmoit
Importance, there are other important
ceremonies, • especially at this season <jf
the year. Foremost is the New Yenr
resolution. Justice Landrum recognizes
its standing in the community and with ,
characteristic public-spiritedness he Will
lend It every Support.
OATHS WILL BE FREE.
From now until the first of the year
he not only will marry anyone free of
charge, but also without charge he wll
witness with all legal solemnity any-' f
one’s New Year pledges.
Feeling perfectly satisfied as far ae,
your pocketbook is concerned, you mi.y
marry and immediately afterward take a
solemn pledge never to refer to mothei’s
cooking or to have lodge meetings it
night. Or if you happen to be a bach
elor and like It, you may swear you 11
be hanged if you every marry at all. . _
But on principle Justice Landrum- Wfifii Id
object to such a pledge as this. He ad
mits that a good many people make mis
takes when they invest in marriage li
censes, but he says there are a world of
exceptions and h« believes in taking a
chance.
He would prefer first to marry you
and then to witness your New Year s
pledges, because, as he says, there is
nothing under the sun that steadys a
man like marriage. Either he's afraid
of hi# wife or his mother-in-law or 'ie
hasn't the wherewithal to smoke cigar
ettes, chew chewing gum or otherwise
spend his time in wild living.
BUt if you wish merely to take the
pledge you can be fixed up In that par
ticular alone. All you rave to do is
write down your resolution, take it to
Justice Landrum, and solemnly swear
before him that you will carry it out.
Several abstinence pledges have al
ready been taken, and before the end of
the year the number will be greatly in
creased. Not all of these are taken vol
untarily. In fact a husband usually fol
lows his wife into the ju«tlce’s presence,
meekly signs his name to the pledge sh*
has drawn up, and swears from thfn:e
forth to qeench his thirst with ice watery
For the nexe twelve months the pledge
is held over his head and as occasion
warrants he is reminded that he is a pr
jured man.
SOME GOOD RESOLUTIONS.
Justice Landrum recommends that all
young men take the pledge to abstain
for the next twelve months from cigar
ettes, chewtng gum, and sarsaparilla.
He says they are the besetting sins of
the age, and he thinks that if the women
would foreswear big hats, long hatpins,
and an appetite for candy the wor d
would be much more joyous.
But whatever your resolutions are te
recommends that you put them in legal
and solemn form, for then yiu will te
more likely to stick to them.
FATHER WAS ON TRAIN
THAT MANGLED SON
Patrick O’Hara, of Atlanta,
Finds James O’Hara Lying
Beside Track
SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 26.-Btopping of
a Seaboard train at the Savannah city
limits at 10 o’clock Sunday morning
along with the other passengers, to learn
the cause of the stop, Patrick O’Hara
and his son, Michael O’Hara, of Attas ta,
found the body of James O’Hara, also cf
Atlanta, their eon and brother, respect
ively, who had been run over by the
train.
The O’Haras are horse dealers, and ha 1
been to Lumpkin on business, and James
O'Hara came on to Savannah Wednesday
to look after some of their affairs here.
Not hearing from him, the father and
other son decided to come here to see
about him, When they found him at the
side of the track, where he had been
tossed by the engine, he was unable to
recognise them. Both legs were terrib y
managled, and he was suffering with
concussion of the brain. The injured
man was taken aboard the train, and ac
companied to the city, and to a hospi
tal by the father and brother. His in
juries will probably prove fatal.
The engineer of the train says O’Hara
waited beside the track until the train
wa* too close to him to be stopped, ard
then deliberately seated himself on tt.e
track.
COMMODORE VEEDER’S
FUNERAL IS HELD
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The funeral of
Commodore V. Veeder, who more than
20 years ago was a well-known Repub
lican politician, was held today.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Houghton, rector of the "Lit
tle Church Around th* Corner.” The
body was taken to the Veeders’ former
homo at Ellicottville, N. T., where it
was buried in the family plot.
Pioneer Miller Dead
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dee. 26.—George M.
Hauck, a pioneer miller, died at h‘s
home here today, aged 79.
In 1849, when gold was discovered in
California, he went by boat from Cin
cinnati, Ohio, to Independence, Mo., and
walked the remainder of the wag 0» Cal
ifornia- __
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