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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 19OT.
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Cured After Ordinary
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Even Give Relief.
There are still people who say that
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' WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Wm. J.
Oliver, of Knoxville. Tenn., whose bid
to construct the Panama canal has
been accepted contingent upon his as
sociating himself with one or more re
sponsible contractors entirely satisfac
tory to the Government, said tonight
that the syndicate he is forming “will
certainly meet the approval of Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft.”
Hr. Oliver authorized' the Associated
Press to say that he has already, enter
ed into a partnership with Frederick
C. Stevens, president of the Commer
cial National Bank' of this city, who
was recently appointed superintendent
of pub!i.’ works cf the State of New
York. Messrs. Olive" and Stevens
have established permanent headquar
ters in the Commercial National Bank
building in this city and on signatv
contract the Governme.il
Jir, Oliver will assume, charge of the York Heavy Artillery, l.ie story of
work on the isthmus, while Air. Stev- j Dis affliction told in his own words is
ens will direct the work from this end. } as follows:
That the fight on Mr. Oliver has not ! . “In 1893 I was attacked with ter-
ended in made clear from telegrams ' rible twitching-sensations and numb-
HORRIBLE FATE
ilia
IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 29.—Little Mel
ville Curtis, the nine-year-old son of 1
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Curtis, who lives !
near East Lake, a mile or two out of
the city limits, suffered a most horri
ble death this morning. It was while
kindling a lire in the stove for his
mother to cook breakfast, that a tongue
of fire shot from the stove and j
ignited his under clothing. He was so |
badly burned that he lived only three
hours, dying at 9 o’clock. While lln-
V-. Mr. Gilden is a veteran of the Civil
jjy tvar, and fought with theBighth New
LOST THE
he has received - from friends in New
York and Knoxville. He is informed
that petitions are being circulated in
New York protecting against the Gov
ernment awarding the contract for dig
ging the canal, while in Knoxville he
says an effort is 'being made to connect
him with peonage cases. In .discussing
this tonight he said:
“The President has been fully advis
. • • . treatec * , by : gering in great agony and just before
someone who insists that you are in- . ] le passed away the little fellow offer-
curaole. or to take a trea.ment that ; ed a prayer to Heaven asking a bless-
grateful patients throughout the United i jng- upon his parents and his brother
States testify has cured them? ; an ,j S j 8 ters.
A recent case where a cure was ef- . The little fellow was conscious to
fected was that of Mr- Charles H. the last. He remembered his father,
Gilden. of Portland, Ionia Co., Mich, j who arrived as soon as possible from
the sanitarium, on the Boulevard, and
talked with him about receiving the
burns. He was trying to gat a piece
of .wood into the stove when a flame
caught his night dress in some man
ner, and with a few minute^ he was
enveloped.
His screams brought his mother to
the kitchen almost instantly, and she
received several painful burns about
the hands in Her efforts to extinguish
the burning clothes of her little son.
This was finally done, but not until
nearly all of his clothes had been burn
ed away apd he had sustained Injuries
THE “DODGING PERIOD”
of a veman’s life, is the name often given to the "change of life.”
Your menses come at long intervals, and grow scantier until they
stop. Some women step suddenly. The entire change lasts three
or four years, and it is the cause of much pain and discomfort,
which can, however, be cured, by taking
WINE
OF
Woman’s Relief
It quickly relieves the pain, nervousness, irritability, misernbie-
ness, forgetfulness, fainting, dizziness, hot and cold flashes, weak
ness, tired feeling, etc. Cardui will bring you safely through this
“dodging period,” and build up your strength for the'rest of your life.
At all druggists in SI .00 bottles. Try it.
ness all over ray body, which my phy
sician said was paralysis and which
he attributed to a bullet wound re
ceived during the war.
“I seemed to be getting paralyzed
all over and finally could hardly walk.
My eyes became weak and I had to
get stronger glasses. I could not move
the lid of one of my eyes and my j which ended in his death.
| face and mouth were drawn over to
ed as to the status of the Tennessee I the right side to such an extent that
peonage cases. The fact that my \1 could not speak distinctly. I was
brother was indicte'd in the Federal j also troubled with palpitation of the
courts in the last campaign while he heart.
~ In the fall of 1898, after having
of
WRITE JJS A LETTER
freely and frankly, telling us all your
troupes. We will send Free Advice (in
plain, sealed envelops). Address: La
dies’ Advisory Dept.. The Chattanooga
Medicine Co., ChaAtnooga, Tenn.
“EVERYTHING BUT DEATH
I suffered,” writes Virginia Robson,
of Easton, Aid., “until i took Cardui,
which cured me so quickly it surprised
inv doctor, who didn’t know 1 was
taking it.”
was a candidate for the. Legislature
: and that he was not convicted when
! those cases were brought to trial, and
; the further fact that my name was in
no way connected with the case Is suf
ficient for th(^Government to entirely
ignore the charges.” r
CHARLESTON, TV. Va., Jnn. 30.— j in an hour after the fire was discovered.
There are at least elgthy per The Baldwin locomotive works Is the I
eons dead as a result of an explosion I lar S est {1, c United States and
in the Stewart mine near Fayetteville, embraces 18 000 men in this city and
In Fayette county last night, according i yearly 10.000 men In departments at i
to the last reports received, and it is if al l^ at °^ er Places. ■
expected that the number will reach | _ H- Converse, president of the
twenty-five more. Burnham-Williams Company, whicu I
The explosion was causl-d by du-=t In | t
the mine. Every effort is being made " ”
to get to the men who are entombed,
but there is little hope that any of
them are alive.
At -the time of the explosion there
were about 200 men In the shaft and
there Is grave apprehension that a
great many of them were killed when
ihe explosion occurred. A list of the
dead Is now being compiled and will
. Include at least the number mentioned.
Organized efforts are being made to
get to the men in the mine and volun
teers arc plentiful. Tho scene about
the mine is a pathetic one. men. women
and children crying for their dear ones
rui^l imploring those on the ground to
go to their rescue.
The Stewart mine Is a shaft 566
. feet deep. The development is the
Scwall Seam, which ranges in thick
ness from 4 to 5 feet. The mine Is
located on the White Oak Fuel Com
pany’s private line, connecting with
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at
Carlisle. It is located about four miles
from Fayetteville and seven miles from
Thurmon. The mine has been in oper
ation for about throe years or more.but !
has not been fully- developed. The
work of development has almost entire- i
]y been done in the double entry sys
tem. The permanent structures, such I
as hpnd house- and tipples have been
. o.-’fdoled within the last y.-nr. The
manager of the mine Is S. F. Dixon.
The mine Is owned by the Stewart
Colliery Company.
No One Can Be Rescued Alive.
Later advices state that there is no
chance that any of the men will be
taken out alive, for it is thought that
the terrific force of the explosion
snuffed out their lives instantly. It
will not he possible for the rescuers to
reach Ihe bottom of the shaft for for
ty-eight hours. Many of the men ware
Americans and many of them were
married and had large families. There
were a dozen colored men and fifteen
or more foreigners. The rescue work
was begun as soon as the wrecked
parts of the shaft house could be re
paired. About two hours after the ex
plosion, three men were lowered into
the shaft. Before descending sixty
feet two of the men were overcome
with foul air and the third was barely
able to give the signal to his com
rades at the top. AI! further attempts
were abandoned for the time. Air was
supplied to the mine by several large
fans, but tho mechanism was damaged
and the fans were idle for about two
hours. The fans were then started
again and if the men were not all
killed by the force of the explosion it
may be that they will have air enough
to survive until the rescuers reach
them.
Smoke and dust poured into the air
shaft for hundreds of feet from the
Ventilating compartment hefore it was
wrecked. 1; is stated that nearly ali
the men were at work in the entries
near the bottom of the shaft. The
mine was haivng a good run and in
consequence most of the men were a:
work. No official announcement of
the disaster o:- its cause has yet been
made by the officers of the company.
the loss would reach probably $1,000,
000, fully covered by insurance. The
1.000 men employed in the burning
building, he said, would be immediately
put to work in other departments.
The fire, he added, would not greatly
hinder work, as the departments de
stroyed are duplicated in other parts of
the plant.
NETY YORK, Jan. 29.—A special to
the Tribune from Albany says: Su
perintendent Stevens, of the Depart
ment of Public Works, said tonight:
’7 am tho financial backer of Mr.
Oliver. I have to finance him and am
perfectly confident that he will carry
out all his obligations to the Govern
ment.”
TOAST FOR PRESIDENT
1
SCARCITY OT FUEL
I NORTH DAKOTA
been under the treatment of several
doctors and having tried electricity
without help. I bought six boxes of
Dr. William-s’ Pink Pills and got some
relief. After taking six bottles more,
I could stand a hard day’s tramp and
another six boxes cured me.”
This case, like -timerous others,
bears witness to fir---wonderful cura
tive pV-operties of Dr>Williams’ Pink
Pills in nervous disorders. ,
For further information write . for
the valuable booklet, “Nervous Disor
ders.” which will be sent free on re
quest. , ,
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists) or sent, postpaid, on re
ceipt of price. 50 cents per box, six
boxes for 32.50 by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Schnectadv, N. Y.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—A tele
gram received at the interstate com
merce commission from New Bedford.
; N. D., says that the fuel situation ther.
i is so desperate that the people will
I burn railway property in less than 4S
j hours for fuel. The dispatch says “The
I railroad on this branch is not mak
ing any effort to relieve us. Have had
nual dinner of the Merchants and Man- | 5° year . : n ,° mail for , t I ?e » I 3°
i ,j a y S .» The commission repeated the
dispatch to President Elliott, of the
BALTIMORE Md.. Jan. 30.—The an-
ufacturers’ Association of Baltimore
was held at the Hotel Belvedere to
night. The specially invited guests in
cluded a number of men prominent In
[ national and business life and the
■speeches covered a wide range of topics
of commercial Import. Following the
welcoming address of David H.'Carroll,
president of the association, a toast to
the health of the President of the Uni
ted States was drunk standing.
The speakers included Senator J. C.
S. Blackburn, of Kentucky, who dis
cussed “The development of the South.”
Congressman Charles A. Towne, whose
theme was ’’Expansion of the United
States.” Congressman John H. Small,
of North Carolina, on “New transpor
tation problems,” and Congressman
Albert F. Dawson, of Iowa, in response
to the toast "Tho Afiddle West.” Rep
resentative Small pointed to the over
taxed condition of the railroads due
to the enormous volume of business
and argued that the wise and obvious
remedy was to avail ourselves of the
streams and waterways, which are now
navigable and to improve'those that
are not. This meant, he contended,
that we should embark in a wisely con
ceived sfherAo of internal improve
ments, commerce such as our fathers
contemplated before the era of rail
road construction began, and thus in
a most natural and efficient manner to
relieve this congestion of traffic and af
ford ample convenience for its move
ment.
; Northern Pacific Railway Company,
I and asked him if something could not
; be done to relieve the situation. Tho
i commission today reecived the follow
ing message from Mr. Elliott concern
ing efforts to get relief to.some sections
needing help:
“Referring to my message of Jan
uary 26. regret to say that relief train
in spite of all we have been able to
do. has not been able to get by Car
rington. Snow and storms have been
so great that trains have been stuck
and we damaged snow plows in trying
to get through the heavy drifts. Hope
very much to get everything through
there not later than Thursday. It is
simply a question whether man or the
elements will prevail. Weather still
very cold in central North Dakota,
making it difficult to work upon ma
chinery. Our people are doing every
thing that can he done on this branch
and on others.”
ESCAPE EH DEATH
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 29.—Mrs. E. H.
Alley, her grown daughter. Miss Emilie
Alley, and other members of the family,
who reside at 41 Woodward avenue, nar
rowly escaped death by. fire this morning
about 2 o’clock. The blaze was the work
of an incendiary, who -first robbed the
house and then started firq in two of tho
closets in different parts of the house.
Airs. Alley and her daughters were
sleeping in the same room and were
aroused by hearing considerable noise in
the' outside rooms. As soon as they
opened their room door clouds of smoke
met their faces, almost suffocating them.
They found that the noise was caused
by plaster failing from the burning coil
ing. The ladies threw up the windows of
their room and screamed for help. This
came, and with the aid of the firemen,
the flames were extinguished. Tije house
was considerably damaged. The ladies
lost a diamond ring, about $50 in money
and other valuables.
HANKS PUT ’EM ON
A COLD, COLD TRAIL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Inform
al and preliminary report has been made
to the President by the committee ap
pointed by him to investigate the charges
of "improperly handling and presenting”
tho statistics furnished the Interstate
Commerce Commission by the railroads
of the United States. The charges were
made by C. S. Hanks and George W. It.
|HarrImar., the former of whom declared
in a recent speech at. Boston that the
freight and passenger rates of the rail
roads could be reduced 10 per cent with
out affecting the dividends or the wages
paid to the employes of the railroad com
panies.
There were about 15 or 20 specifications
in the charges, but the investigating com
mittee examined three and they were
convinced then that the charges were not
worthy of any consideration. The com
mission was composed of Commissioner
of Corporations Garfield. Comniissionei-
Neil! of the Labor Bureau, and Air'.
Stark, chief examiner of the office of
Comptroller of,the Currency.
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Examine label on yonr pa
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
DANVILLE. Va„ Jan. 30.—Walton B. j
Barksdale, a fanner about 35 years of
age, was mortally wounded, and Joe
Echols, a young farmer, seriously injured |
in a duel foueht late this evening several
miles from Danviile with shot guns. The ’
men quarreled at a country store over a !
pack of cigarettes and agreed to return j
to their homes and secure their weapons
and fight the affair out. Barksdale ar- 1
rived first, and when Echols came up he j
opened fire without warning. A large j
hole was tom In the side of Barksdale
and Echols body was riddled With small ‘
shot. j
EXPOSITION LOAN BILL
TO TAKE REGULAR COURSE
Thousand Men
Affected By Fire
PHILADELPHIA,
tarting u itn an explo
hop destroyed one ent
:g Baldwin locomotlv
mailing a less of Jl,(
[roved building is abi
30.—Fire
in the paint
ignt.
5 feet long
by KO feet deep, facing on Spring
Garuen street and immediately adjoin- 1
inc the mein office at the corner of 1
Broad and Spring Garden streets and J
thi creeling shops, smith shops and |
foundries on'the south. These build- |
inss were threatened, as were others in I
the rear along goring Garden street l
and on Fifteenth street and the entire j
l.re department was called out to fight j
the flames. j
About 1.000 n on were employed in
the burned banning, which was five I
ries high. The fire was discovered j
in the east end of the building adjoin- 1
workers were preparing to leave and I
■ugh the fiarr.es s, ro.ui quickly all
get out safely.
fire started the
? wall on Spring |
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—Air. Lit-
tauer, of New York, reported to the
House today the item attached by the
Senate to the urgent deficiency bill, to
loan $l.ooo.coo to the Jamestown expo
sition and asked that the House con
sider the Senate amendment in com
mittee of whole, this being the most
expeditious way in which to reach the
i issue. Considerable opposition de-
veloped. Mr. Fiorster, of Vermont, ob-
| jeeted to the consideration as proposed.
I Afr. Alacon. of Arkansas, asked if the
j loan was of the same character made
j to the St. Louis exposition. Air. Lit-
■ tauer. stated that he would hardly say
: that it was.
I Rather than precipitate a debate. Air.
! Llttauer withdrew the bill with the
Senate amendment and the bill will
I now take its regular course through
! the appropriations committee for con- i
I sideration and report.
While talking about soldiers obeying
orders the other day, Capt. J. W. Wil
cox related the following occurrence
during Gen. Lee’s march through Penn-
i svlvania, or rather during the san-
' guinary conflict at Gettyeburg:
! "The name\of T. A. Brode, mention
ed a few days ago in a sketch of the
Washington Artillery in the last stand
; at Appomattox, calls to mind a rather
I serio-comic incident during the battle
i at Gettysburg. Our battery passed
through a little town known as Funks
town. .1 was at that time a sergeant
: and Erode was my gunner or corporal
Gen. Lee gave orders to respect and
I protect the property of non-combat-
aants. I rode up to a little store and
purchased two cakes of soap. Brode
being a careful, painstaking member of
my mess, I gave him tlje soap to take
care of.
“Well, we went into the artillery duel
at Gettysburg. After having fired away
all our ammunition we were ordered
off the field.
“After retiring behind a hill to re
plenish our ammunition. I missed
Brode. Fearing he was killed
wounded. I rode back on the field. At
this moment General Pickett was mak
ing his famous -charge just to the right
of our late position. I met Brode walk
ing quietly to the rear. I said to him:
“ ‘Fred, why did you not retire along
with your detachment?’
“ ’Why. John, don’t you remember
giving me two cakes of soap to take
care of. Well, when we were ordered
off the field I forget my haversack, in
which were the two cakes of soap, and
1 went back after that soap. You
know, John, soap is soap in these
times.’ replied Brcde.
“Duty was more to this man than
life, which he willingly risked to save
two cakes of soap entrusted to his
care.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Answering
a call from W. G. Copcly, Census office
clerk. Dr. John S. Dorsey, a physician at
Langdon. went to the man’s residence, at
midnight, and there found the wife and
3-tnonths-o!d child of thp clerk dead with
several bullet woundsin their bodies.
Copely. Dr. Dorsey ?anrl”rej;ortpd that ids
wile had shot herself and the baby.
“Aly wife has shot herself and I want
vou to hasten io the house at once."
Copely is said to have exclaimed, when
he aroused the physician.
When the doctor arrived at the Copely
residence, both Airs. Copely and the baby
were dead. The former had been shot in
the right side and the latter was shot
through the head. Dr. Dorsey notified
the police of the Nintli Precinct)as soon
as he had grasped the situation and as
a result, the husband and father was
placed under arrest.
Dr. Dorsey, tIlls morning refused to dis
cuss the shooting or give any of the de
tails which had been learned by him
through his connection with the ease.
He said: “I don’t care to make a state
ment. When I go before the Coroner, it
Will be soon enough foi> tl; #t.”
ALWAYS ASK FOR
HOSTETTER’S
and yo U choose the best and safest
medicine ever compounded for ailments
of rile Stomach. Liver. Kidneys and
Bowels, and one that has been fully en
dorsed by thousands of sickly people.
were ab!
S^rriy
upptv portion
Garden street
ore fireman and three workmen w- re
caught by the falling bricks, but fortu
nately received only slight injuries.
The firemen, with the assistance of the
fire patrol from the plant, succeeded in
getting the flames under control with-
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
POE UNREMEMBERED.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 30—A visit to
Edgar Allen Poe’s grave in Westmin
ster churchyard at Fayette and Greene
streets, showed that of all the persons
in this city who grow enthusiastic at
the mention of his name not one .had
remembered the ninety-eighth anniver
sary of his birth by placing on it a
wreath or a token of any kind.
In 1S74. twenty-five years after his
death, a few of his admirers got to
gether and resolved that Poe should
have a fitting monument, and an enter
tainment was given to start a fund for
this purpose by Miss Sara S. Rice, who
was then a teacher in Western High
School.
The monument finally secured
through the efforts of the public school
teachers is a very modest shaft.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30.—District At
torney of Richmond County today re
ceived two letters, believed to have been
written bv John Bell, the man suspected
of the murder of Dr. Charles E. Town
send last Saturday. In one of them. Bell
wrote to his brother that he intended to
I commit. suicide, declared that Dr*. Town
send had caused his wife's death by neg-
| lect and that he intended to-havb re-
; vengc. The other letter was written to
Bell's sister, and is similar in contents.
The funeral Of Dr. Townsend was held
this evening at his home in Westervelt
avenue. The public was admitted to view
the body and delegations were present
from two boards of trade of Staten Is
land. the Aledical Society and several*
clubs.
Wiien Morris Alord. the proprietor of
a store within a block of the Town
send home, saw Bell's portrait in a news
paper. he said:
"Why. I know that man. He was
in my store last Friday night. It was
about 6:30 that he came into the store
and bought a white handkerchief. He
wore a ponked cap and a short gray coat
with a slit in the back. He had no
collar on."
Airs. Townsend has fold the police that
her •husbano s slayer wore a peaked cap
and bad the lower portion of hts face
concealed under a white handkerehlef.
Moses Silverman, who was arrested in
connection with the murder last Satur-
was released today.
Chara»d With Cheating and Swindling.
ATLANTA. Jan. 30.—John Pear-
on. evidently c man who has seen bet
ter days, was committed to jail today to
nd trial in the courts upon the charge
of cheating and swindling. Pearson, who
claims the title of “captain.” and says
that he was once an officer in the English
army, has been wowing the town upon
shane, coupled with statements to'the
effect that he is a- man of standing and
altb. that his relatives have all sorts
of real money, and that he is expecting
large remittances from home by every
1. He spoke of the prominence of his
people at home, and found no difficulty in
thing a score or more of young club
men who are willing to give un hot
suppers, cool drinks and fine cigars any
time for the privilege of robbing up
g-iinst the nobiHty or men of national
prominence. But Pearson will now have
to make a showing in the court.
Judge Had to Stop
Attorney's Attack
■ RIVERHEAD, L. I., Jan. 30.—So
scathing was the opening address made
late by District Attorney Fur
man, at the beginning of the trial of
Dr. James W. Simpson, a formei*Fifth
avenue, Manhattan, dentist, foe mur
der of his father-in-law, Bartley T.
Horner, that Judge Kelley had to in
terrupt several times and beg that the
essential part of the indictment be ad
hered to. Dr. Simpson sat calmly
throughout the ordeal. The district
attorney quoted the words Air. Horner
is said to have uttered as he fell writh
ing from the effects of the gunshot
wound. “My God, doctor, you have done
it finally.” Simpson had made no at
tempt to assist the injured man. the at
torney declared, and though he was
well versed in knowledge of treating
wounds. Air. Horner had been an ob
stacle in the path of Dr. Simpson, the
prosecutor said, in that the doctor felt
that he'would have money as soon as
his father-in-law died. He was re
duced to this last extremity, said the
district attorney. The time had come
wiien something had to happen to
change the current of his life. He had
gambled and wasted In other ways his
own money, said the prosecutor.
Earlier in the day, jury had been se
cured and three witnesses were exam
ined before adjournment. Two import
ant witnesses have been brought into
the case unexpectedly by the state.
They are Geo. K. Preston, a convict
serving a sentence in Sing Sing for
arson, and Frank TVisnewski. a Polish
choreboy, an eye witness of the fatal
shooting whose mind was affected by
the scene and who has been confined in
an insane asylum. Preston was con
fined in the Riverhead jail while await
ing trial for arson, and occupied the
cell next to Simpson’s.
Dr. Charles Hohen, who attended
Horner until hi? death, was the first
witness. He said the man kept mut
tering. “This is awful,” “This is the
limit.”
Dr. Issak Frank, of Manhattan, tes
tified that he was the second doctor to
arrive at the Horner house on the night
of the shooting. He said that when Dr.
Simpson called for him he shout
ed: “For God’s sake hurry, old man,
I’ve -shot my father-in-law.”
Good Friends.
Grctchen (to best friend)—.You wer
wrong, you sec. when you said All
Smith did not care for me! Yesterda;
he asked me to marry him and do
dared he could cat me up!
Louisa—I congratulate you. I l;n.
always heard that his favorite dish wa
goose.—Translated for Transatlanti
Talcs from Aleggendorfer Blatter.
THAT BAILEY SCANDAL
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
AUSTIN, TEXAS. Jan. 30—J. P.
Gruet. Jr., formerly private secertarv
of the Waters-Price Oil Company and
at one time, confidential clerk of Henry
Clay Pierce, president of that company,
testified today before the committee
which is investigating charges pre
ferred against United States Senator
Joseph W. 'Bailey, that T. Gruet ad
mitted that in 1S97 he made a false
affidavit regarding the connection with
Waters-Prices Oil Company and the
Standard Oil Company, but said that
he dTd so to save his position.
Voucher books of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company were exhibited to Gruet.
Attorneys for Senator Bailey attempt
ed to show that one of the books had
been changed as regards the $1,500
vouchers. It was said there was an
erasure and J. TV. Bailey’s name writ
ten over the erasure. The witness ad
mitted it looked like an Erasure. He
had, however, no knowledge of it.
BRIDE-TO-BE COMMITS
SUICIDE IN NOVEL WAY
JACKSON. Mich., Jan. 30.—Kneeling
on the track with her hands upraised
in prayer, Aliss Harriet S. Bartlett. 35
years of age. was instantly killed today
by a Aliehigan Central passenger trani
near this city. With her trouseau
complete, Aliss Bartlett’s marriage had
been postponed several times, owing to
her poor health, and it is .thought that
her troubles had unbalanced her mind.
Fire in Cargo of Cotton.
N7W YORK, Jan. 30.—Fre in the
cotton cargo in the forward hold of the
British steamer Inkula, from Galveston
to Liverpool, anchored in the harbor here,
was extinguished this morning, and a
survey of the burned compartment tv ill
be made tomorrow. Tots! damage to the
cargo is placed at SiiO.OOO. The cotton
that has been taken from the ship will
be reloaded Thursday and the Inkula will
put to sea Friday for Liverpool.
Cotton Rushe- to New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS Jan. 30—An unusu
ally large amount of cotton is being
rushed here because of I Urea toned high
water in tlie upper Mississippi river.
Within the past few days about 20.000 bales
have reached here from Vicksburg, Natch
ez and other points. A large part of thin
has come by rail, while all available boats
have also been used.
Tho river here is slowly rising, the.
styre of IS feet having been reached early
today.
CALIFORNIA PROTESTS
AGAINST INTERFERENCE
SACRAAfENTO, Jan. 30.—The Sen
ate today adopted the majority resolu
tion on the Japanese school question
without debate. It strenuously pro
tests against “the unwarranted inter
ference with the constitutional rights
of the State.’ ’and “requests the Gov
ernment and Attorney General to do
all things necessary to protect and
save the rights of the State of Cali
fornia.”
Good Match.
From the Chicago News.
“Gentlemen," shouted the defeated
candidate. “I may have lost this time,
■but I have a white Conscience."
"Then you should be glad,” piped a
tough citizen in the first row.
"Glad of what?”
“That you hnvo a liver to match
your conscience.”
Russ Fears Assassination.
FEdDOSIA. Russia. Jan. 30.—Gover
nor-Gen. Tlavidoff. in the fear of assassi
nation. lias Issued orders that all men
who meet him on the street arc to turn
their backs and hol)l itj\ their hands until
he has passed out of sight.
In a Jug-Trade Town.
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A Sand-Storm in the Great Mohave.
From "Two Alen and the Desert.”
All that afternoon they rode, under
the brazen sky, and on through the
purple night out into the gorgeous gold
and crimson dawn of another day, two
grim and silent shapes, the sentinel
atoms in that mighty solitude. They
ere following, now. a trail which
should bring them by another night, to
water. Their canteens were nearly
empty and the heat struck downward
until their emples throbbed beneath its
blows. The atmosphere grew stifling,
sulphurous, dea.d.
But soon this ominous hush was
broken by the rush of furious, parch
ing blasts of fiery wind. It was as if
the gates of hell had swung abroad.
Clouds of hot sand lashed the travelers
as with whips. It swirled about them
like the blizzard snows, cutting their
flesh"until they could not face its force.
Through the greaswood and the cacti
the wind rushed, screaming, and sought
to tear them from their roots or nile
them deep in sand. The air was filled
with gleaming particles until it shone
like gold, and out of the lurid sky the
sun looked down, blood red.
No living thing eouM face the storm, j
The bronchos refused to advance but ]
turned tail to the blast and stood with i
numped-backs and heads iow-hanging
between their knees. In the lee of a
cactu« clump the two men cowered,
side by side. The darkness came down
with a rush, hurled upon their heads
by the growing storm. obliterating
them, together with all forms and sub
stances. until nothing remained but
the black void through which the whips
of the furies seemed to lash them un
ceasingly.
JOHN BULLARD WAS
SENTENCED TO DIE
AIARIETTA. Ga.. Jan. 29.—John
Bullard, who killed his daughter. Rubio
Bullard, in this county, last September.
as sentenced today by Judge Geo. F.
Gober to be executed Alarch 1.
The Supreme Court having affirmed
the decision of the lower court, his
case will probably be appealed to the
prison commissioners at once.
ALABAMA GIVES FREE
PASS A SEVERE WHACK.
AIONTGOAIERY. Ala.. Jan. JJS.-—The
Alabama Senate today^assed an_anti : proclaimed of late, that
OLD UMBRELLA MENDER
FOUND DEAD IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 30—Old man 7..
T. Carr, the umbrella mender. 70 years
of age. who has hern plying his trade for
quarter of a century In Atlanta, was
found dead on the floor of his repair
shop, whieh he also uses as a sleeping
room, by Mrs. Mattie Hooks this morn
ing. Carr's place was not open yester
day and he was not seen by his neighbors
all day. This fact induced Mrs. Hooks
to peep through the window, to find hir
dead on the floor,
lie died.
It is not known when
Railroad Ownership.
From tlie Railway Age.
Public ownership enthusias
measure, which
forms to the Federal anti-pass provis
ion. An effort was made to exclude
newspapers exchanging advertising
space for transportation, but this met
with prompt defeat.
Lasker \\ins Chess Championship.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30.—The second
game of the match for the chess cham
pionship of the world between Cham
pion Dr. Emanuel Lasker and. Frank J.
Marshall, which was played at the Ever
ett House in Manhattan today, was won
bv Lasker, the latter thus increasing his
lead to two points. Marshall resigned
after 52 moves had been made. At the
evening session Lasker gave a fine exhi
bition of end game play. Although he
wa= two pawns ahead, it required great
skill to bring about a victory. Marshall,
too. tried liis best to escape With a draw.
After 52 moves the challenger's position
became untenable and he resigned.
ra.il-
ANNIVERSARY OF BiRTH
of McKinley celebrated.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—The anni
versary of the birth of William Mc
Kinley, late president of the United
States, was celebrated tonight at the
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
church, where Major McKinlev wor-
hiped while serving in congress and tesimal geological!
I*.ter when
presidency.
he was elevated to the
Quakes May Come Along the Hudson,
Albany Dispatch to the New York World.
According to State Geologist Clarke,
the Hudson river region of New York
may experience a seismic disturbance
similar to that whicli damaged Kingston,
Jamaica, on Monday.
We are not accustomed,” said Clarke
yesterday, “to think of -this part of the
earth as very old and very stable, but the
earth door is still in highly Imperfect ad
justment. and while the Mohawk carries
its annual heavy load of debris into the
Hudson and the Hudson shifts it on to
tl-e seaboard, the very transference of
such a load changes the stresses on the
earth floor, which may ultimately be re
lieved only by a readjustment of the rook
blocks. '
“This readjustment goes on quietly by
the displacement of small blocks or sud
denly by the movement of a large one.
but that it is actually in progress right
here may be seen at a number of places
along tlie Hudson valley, where the soil
has been disturbed by the recent move
ment of the rocks beneath.”
Tlie joints and fault nlanes which in
tersect all this region from the Hudson
valley east. west, north and south are
old wounds in the rock oru«t. which have
never b^-on and never will be healed until
t:.e earth ha? shrunken to a dead planet
and all the rivers have run dry.
The most violent and destructive earth
quake that has ever occurred in America
since the coming of the white man was
duo to the displacement along such a
weakness line running up the St. Law
rence valley and down Lake Champlain.
Though this happened more than 200
years ago. such lapse of time is iriflnf-
and the region is
no more exempt today from such a dis-
luifraacs ‘ban it noas Uisv
congestion of railway traffic :
been witnessed during recent 1
could not have happened if th
ways were owned and operated by the
federal government The frequentlv
repeated comment, "the.-o things are
done better in Europe." has been often
applied to the situation, carrying wnh
it of course the suggertion that Amer
ica would be better if Prussianized.
But now comes the monthly Consular
Report for January, 1907. bearlnc of
ficial testimony to the fact that, in
Germany: “The state railroads in the
coal regions are far front being able
to" cope with the traffic requirement?,
and in the Essen district a shortage of
coal cars result? in preventing from ■
35,000 to 50,000 Otons of coal from
reaching the customers.” It should he
remembered too the.t in Germany the
great bulk of the coal and other low-
grade traffic moves only a very sm::!I
fraction of the aggregate. What they
I would do if they were required to carry
I th<* heavy proportion g.rinsr to American
j railways is an interesting question.
I AN OLD ADAGE
I OAVC -
J “A light purse Is a heavy curse”
Sickness makes a light purse. ‘
The LIVER is the seat of nine
tenths of all disease.
Tutt’sPills
go to the root of the whole mat*
ter, thoroughly, quickly safely
and restore the action of the
LIVER to normal condition.
Give tone to the system and
solid flesh to the body.
Take No Substitute*^
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
Senator Davis of Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. 30.—Both
Houses voted today for United States
Senator. Governor Davis received S8
votes in the House and 40 In the Sen
ate. Judge Worthington received the S
Republican votes. The election of
Davis will be ratified tomorrow il»
joint session.
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