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LOUISIANA <j» .. ' 'Lemy left ' ; for r ; Granby with - his * ? ? hands in his pockets and whistling, ? 4* and presumably was reunited with ? * his. bride this evening. ¦.;«¦.¦•",. ¦ .. i-"^ ?' ? ??*?**?***?****<*•** <• When Lemy laid siege to the «J> <• Roberts home again the father ? 4> cald, "I'll see If you want her bad <• 4* enough to do a few stunts. First, •$ 4* walk from Chlcopee to Granby, «> * eight miles." ? <? CHICOPEE, Mass., Oct. 9.—Albert ; * <(• iLemy f met - Miss Jeana ; Roberts ' of : + ? > Granby, 'a month ago, ; eloped . and ? ? married her Saturday and lost her ? ? to Papa Roberts Sunday. 1 v' 1 . ; *$• <> •" Then 1 Lemy ' Interviewed * the po- * ? lice. They laughed. The bride Is a <> ? minor and under; her parents' con- <• ? trol. . j-s^sv ;; l .;-.'->. a/:-; $. '-¦;,.¦/.<;? TEXAS ¦4.C.' ALBANY, N. V., Oct. .. 9.—While •*?; <t> t. "Jacking" •¦ for deer at . nighton + 4> ' Fly ;,' creek ''. near ;Lake Plslco, <f* <? ' Hobart easier, a native huntsman, ? ? nearly killed ,"'; William Courtney ,f & and one of -two women. Casler and <f> •? John '. Wilson I. were * playing their 4* ? Jack light down stream to epot a + ? ! deer. Courtney and v the ¦'. women,"'. <• <? also in a boat, put out their jack + ? light. ¦:}' - ¦¦'¦ ' : ''¦'•¦ <''¦ ' ¦''¦'¦'•"¦ ¦' '¦¦*' fr >'. Then Caster's light flashed on the «fr <(» reflector of the ; , dead :;. light ;' in f."4> ? 1 Cour:ney boat. '..:,Mistaking ¦ the i+ ' jt> ; glint of Courtney's eyes in the re- ? <• s' fleeted (light 5 for i those ?. of 't -deer, ? tfr Caeler fired " a charge of 1 buckshot. ? Two 3of the shot ,' passed 'through , x <t> ? Courtney's cheek and others Into the ? »¦ . body of the woman. Their Injuries ' * <{>-. wero ' not serious. <;.¦«. 1 ,v .-:-¦.•'¦¦-?. ? >¦;.:: State a Fish « and ;,Game Commie- .; ? ? V sioner Whlpple, upon san affidavit ; <$> <? Iby i Courtney, began lan ' action to- ;-4> ? ¦ day ? 'to '; recover ¦ »$100 C each f; from '. -4» ? Casler an-: ,Wilson i for 1 : hunting 4 <{» * with a Jack light in ; violation of ; ? *'law."';''f.- ¦ \u0084- - . ¦.¦,¦¦".¦ ¦ ¦ •"¦ '•¦¦ ? ? '????'?*?????¦ . . .¦...-, .. -.. 11l '.- . ,-...-:¦:-.,. NEW HAMPSHIRE ? . •• LOUISVILLE -, Ky., Oct. 9.— Risk- ? ? Ing death by * suffocation : ,'< from"' '? ? poisonous gases and stifling smoke, ? Rosa Baron, the 10-year-old (laugh- ? 4> ter of Samuel Baron, a tailor, of ;«fr ? ¦ 681 Fifth; street, made ;Vher r*way , ? ? into the basement of her home yes- * ? terday afternoon at 1 o'clock, with •? ? the ; smoke ' and . flames enveloping 4" ? her, and saved > the i life (of Johnny * ? Liles, a one-year-old negro baby. '* ? Thre« children >' of : Emma Liles, .> ? colored, who lives In the Vbase- * ? } ment; ¦ were ! playing with 1 matches <• ? about a km meter, causing an ex- <> ? plosion, which set fire to the wobd- ? work and furniture ¦of the- room. ? v" The,: children, too frightened to <fr ' move, ;'.took refuge klnf a> : corner, ? «$> 'where: the 'Baron < girl rescued, the -* ? youngest. *j Screaming to ¦ her oraer •' + ? ¦ brother, ' Louis Baron, she ran to ? ? the open air with the child and re- 41 ? ' turned : to : aid j her '.brother^ In . 'iav-". <• <? i; Ing the ; other ¦ two ' children, : who': ? ? were . huddled, half stifled, lin the * ? corner. ¦•;.,'.-;'•..:¦.-' ;'•¦¦ ¦ ¦...•-¦ :.v: + ?• " The fire . department, . summoned v ? by the Baron lad, extinguished the '. * ?•• blaze ¦' with but a $50 <: locs. a,' . The •<• 4> burning gas made such a smother- , * ? .ing I smoke that ' it ; was some ; time ; «J» ? before tho firemen dared .enter the + ? f cellar. r. :';¦,¦- "'f;- -'. *.-: " J Y : 'i:'y/- : ii *?****** + * ? ? ? ' ?? ?' PENNSYLVANIA JENNINGS, La., Oct. 9.—W. D. Green, one of Jennings' oldest citizens, died at his home on Church street from a stroke of paralysis. He has had poor health for the past year and when tho stroke came he was not in a condition to stand it. Tho deceased was born in Italy, N. V., October 1, 1833, and came to Jennings in1887, and has lived here until his death. CROWLEY— The new passenger station of the Opelousas, Gulf. & Northeastern has been completed aud there is a large force of workmen at work on the freight depot, which will be finished in about ten days. NEW ORLEANS—Texas will back New Orleans in its candidacy for the next con- ventlon of the Lakes-to-tha-Gulf Deep Waterways convention in 1908. This in- formation 1b contained In a letter to Sec- retary Trezevant from S. Taliaferro of Houston, Tex., who responded to an in- vitation from the New Orleans delegates to have the Texas delegation join them here on the trip to Memphis. LAKE CHARLES— In a battle between deputy sheriffs and members of the Mc- Daniel gang In the jungle of the northern part of Calcaaleu parish one of the Mc- Daniels has been killed end a deputy sheriff mortally wounded. Aposse is Bald to have tried to capture the two Me- Daniels boys, leaders of the gang, who opened fire as soon as the officers came in sight of their camp in the wilds. NEW ORLEANS— CIark Steen, one of the accountants who Investigated the «116,000 shortage recently Jnri State Tax Clerk Letten's books, has disappeared under suspicious circumstances.. Cloth- ing identified as his was found in an empty skiff In Lake Pontchartrain with a note indicating he had committed sui- cide. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 9.—Miss Ifcther- Ine Rlttenhouse, formerly a student nf the Nebraska State university, new studying at Northwestern university In Chicago, - has fallen heir to an estate worth $20,000 by the will Col. Isaac Wing, who was rejected by her mother when a girl. NORTH PLATE Chief Dispatcher Brandt resigned his position on the Union Pacific here and will resume the trick he formerly held In the dispatcher's office as soon as his successor takes his place. BEATRICE— The Crabtree Forensic club held its annual meeting last night and elected these officers: Donald Folsom, president: Donald Warren, vice president; Myron Connett, secretary; Patrick Mc- Mullen, treasurer; Leigh Rothenberger, press correspondent. NEBRASKA ClTY— Dorothy, 6-year-oM daughter of "William Harrison, manager of the Bell Telephone station at Dunbar. died yesterday from diphtheria mother is also dangerously 111 from the same disease. The body was taken over- land to Palmyra for Interment. PLATTBMOUTH-4n district court, In the case of Louise E. Johnson against the village at South Bend, the jury re- turned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $500 for damages received by the breaking of a limb on a defective side- walk. . WILBUR—AIvIn F. Bherrlll, charged with stealing two grips from Conductor Duval at Dewitt, valued at $126, was ar- raigned here Saturday. He agreed to plead guilty to the charge of petit lar- ceny, but pleaded not guilty to tbe charge of grand laroeny. His case was act for hearing next Tuesflay. The entire north wall of the build- ing fell into tho center of the cellar ard several - orkmen had narrow escapes. This building was recently purchased by Mr. Cohen and part of the lower floor was occupied jy the owner as a 5 and 10 cent store. PLYMOUTH-The famous old Central house, owned by Julius Cohen, on Main street, was undermined by workmen who were digging In the cellar. BOSTON Discovered lying on the. tracks of the elevated railroad opposite , Monument avenue, Charlestown, where It had been ground up by at least five trains, the mangled body of an unidentified man, probably a Pole, caused a tleup of Bos- ton bound traffic for twenty minutes. LAWRENCE—When Charles Laaouette was called In police court to answer to the charge of selling impure milk his son Joseph arose and told the court that he came to court In his father's place. Lanouette was told by the court that his father must come, but the young man said that would be impossible, as his father had been dead for four years. FITCHBURG, Mass., Oct. 9.— Reuben R. Conn, a leading jeweler and silversmith of Fltchburg. died from a paralytic shock a. the age of 82. He leaves a widow, one son, Prof. Her- bert W. Conn of Wesl'eyan university, and two daughters, Mrs. J. H. Potter and Mrs. s/Bcar Kuhns, wife of Fred Kuhns of Wesleyan. WORCESTER. Mass., Oct. 9.—Miss: Clara C. Leach, a wealthy woman of this city, has Just been wedded to John W. Maher, a former convict. The romance behind the wedding Involves the unwav- ering devotion of the woman for a busi- ness man whom she loved despite tie dis- grace following hla arrest, indictment frr larceny and forgery and consequent con- viction for larceny, and incarceration f</r nearly four years In Jail. NEW JERSEY MAINE TENNESSEE ANN ARBOR-Four s.-. dents, giving their names as C. S. Brlgham, H. J. HenSricks, O. A. Davis and B. O. Turner, all supposedly fictitious names, were haled into police crnrt and fined $50 and costs each for violation of the city or- dinance prohibiting the posting of pla- cards. CALUMET—The supreme lodge of the Sons of St. George opened their annual convention here and elected the following officers: Past president. Willis, Chica- go; president, Francis S. Greene, New- ark; vice president, Fred Dodd, Philadel- phia; secretary, J#H. V, -lllams, Pennsyl- vania; treasurer, George H. Toop, New York; messenger, William F. Barlow, Boston; chaplain, Chris Herton, Ohio; assistant messenger, Cnarles C. M. Eu- rlsse, Chicago. Impelled by a desire to shield her eon, Mrs. Minnie Chadwick has made a re- markable confession In Atlanta, In the heart of the pine barrens, that she shot and killed her husband, Charles E. Chadwick. Footprints near the body led to Chadwlck's son. Eugene, being bus- pected of the killing, ai.l he Is under ar- rest. The mother says sne put on a pair ¦of the boy's shoe 3, followed her husband down the road and killed him. DETROlT— Employes of . the book bin- deries in this city, totaling 130 men, went on strike, as ordered by the International union. MARQUETTE, Mich., Oct. $.—While cruising Lake Independence in a yacht carrying too big a sail, John Paradise and William Givens were thrown into the water. Paradise was drowned. > IONIA Ex-Judge Allen B. Morse, former justice of the Michigan supremo court, Whs stricken withapoplexy while on the witness itand in court. It ia believed that the stroke will prove .fatal. DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 9.-A special from Cheboygan, Mich., says: "Three young hunters were killed In a dyna- mite explosion when they mistook a dynamite storehouse In the 'woods for a deserted hut and used It for a targot. The storehouse belonged to a local hardware firm and wan located about a (mil n from town. It contained fourteen packages of dynamite, each package containing twenty-five, pounds. BEAUMONT— A freight train on the Santa Fe Center branch near Finland was wreoked yesterday afternoon by four cars heavily loaded with lumber leaving the track. DALLAS— The demard of the union bookblncers over the country for an eight- hour day after October 1 was easily ad- justed as far as Dallas Is concerned. It was said that all the binders are at work and that matters have been settled satis- factorily to both employers and employes In all the printing houses. There are about thirty union binders In the city. PARIS— H. L. Moonyhan, who con- ducted a shoe repair shop on Bonham street, died from an overdose of morphine and laudanum. Justice of the Peace Boy- lttheld an Inquest. GIDDINGS—A. Zwlnnermann, one, of Lincoln's popular merchants. Is here en route to Austin for medical treatment. Mr. Zwinnermann was reaching for a can of concentrated lye, which was on a shelf above his head, From some cause the can had burst and when he tilted it a portion of the contents spilled In his face. It Is feared that Mr. Zwinnermann will lose the sight In the left eye. HILLSBORO, Tex., Oct. 9.-Jack Early, charged Jointly with Harmle Horn with the killing of Deputy City Marshal J. Trrrell Calloway of Mount Calm, who was killed one night in October, 1906, while endeavoring to arrest the two par- ties named, was today convicted the third time. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and assessed the punishment at a term of sixteen years In t..e penitentiary. VIRGINIA DELAWARE POTTBTCWN, Pa., Oct. 9.—With the record of 3092 funerals that she has at- tended, Mrs. Rebecca Wentzell, an octo- genarian of this city, who since she was a young woman has been gratifying a peculiar whim to see people burled, must now forego the "pastime," as she called It, because of advanced age and Illness. DANVILLE— Thomas MoGaw, who rolled the first T rail ever made In the United States in Danville In 1845, died at his home In Sunbury. BERWlCK—Refusing a tramp food, Mrs. Lawrence Kendrlcks of Berwick was assaulted by the tramp, who lay In wait for her throughout the day. Her cries brought help ard the man made his escape. Robert Allen, whq created mild sensa- tionß in many nearby towns by declar- ing he was following a Black Hand gang, has been locked up in West Birwiok and It Is thought will later be committed to the Danville hospital for the Insane. BETHLEHEM— A new bank, the first, is about to be instituted at Coopersburg. A pilgrimage was made by the North- ampton County Hlstorlal and Genealog- ical society to the Bucks county society's home at Doylestown. MAHANOYClTY—Mine Inspector P. C. Fen ton of the Twelfth anthracite Inspec- tion district, reports two fatal and two' non-fatal accidents for the month ending September- 30, two less fatal accidents than last month. CONCORD Ex-Governor David H. Goodell of Antrim and the surviving mem- bers of his council held their annual re- union at the Eagle hotel. Those present included Hon. David H. Goodell and wife of Antrim, Hon. and Mrs. W. S. Pills- bury of West Derry and Hon. and Mrs. Frank C. Churchill of Labanon. The business oonduoted today was of a routine nature. Hiram R. Elliott, as grand chief tfemplar, made his annual report. It was stated that the present membership of the order In New Hamp- shire is 847. LACONIA— The New Hampshire grand lodge of the Independent Order of G"ood Templars, in session here, had as visitors and guests many prominent members of the order from Massachusetts. MANCHESTER— Mrs. Louise Wlggin and Mrs. Annie L. Avery of this city, who were injured In the railroad wreck at Worcester, Mass., are mother and daughter. They were returning from New London, Conn., where they had been vs- iting relatives. Mrs. Wlggin is 81 years aid and lives' with another daughter, Mrs. Arthur Clifford, 268 Bridge street. Mrs. Avery is a dressmaker and resides at 437 Hanover street. WOODSVILLE— John McGuire of En-, field was sentenced in the Grafton county superior court to ten years' imprison- ment for manslaughter in killing Chris Gerhardt, also of Enflcld. CLAREMONT, N. H., Oct. 9.—C01. Ju- lius E. Kempton -will be taken to Brat- tleboro and placed In a hospital there. This Is the outcome of a conference. His condition Is no better and i.c is gradually growing weaker. There were not accom- modations here and it was decided to take him to Brattleboro, where he was born and formerly lived. ILLINOIB VERMONT SOUTH BOSTON-Leaf tobacco la coming on tne market now In quantities anu the prices are generally satisfactory, or as nearly so as the planters expect. Prices a little better than were expected are paid for the inferior grades. The average price recently is nearly 10 cents. Very little of the best of the crop is coming In yet, as the last of the crop' housed Is generally the first to be shipped and marketed. The father of Mls» Mamie Richardson, who lost her life In the Rivanna several months ago, while attempting to cross that stream in a buggy with her fiance, William Wright, has not yet reached Richmond. It is said that young Wright is almost crazed with grief at the loss of his pretty sweetheart. RICHMOND: Va., Oct. 9.—The mystery surrounding the identity of the drowned girl, taken from the rooks in the James river, has not been solved. BRISTOL^The Humane alliance of the Associated Charities of New York has Just donated to the city of Bristol a large, modern animal drinking fountain, which will cost complete about $1900. The society is placing a number of the fountains In southern cities and Bristol was selected on account of the need of better watering places. KNOXVILLE— By a premature blast on a piece of government road construc- tion near Cumberland Gap, T.enu., Charles Overtoil of Cumberland Gap was almost instantly killed. Jacob Thomas of Mld- dlesboro, Ky., was seriously Injured. H. E. White mode a trip to Cleveland Wednesday. Mrs. Pearl Fouach of. Spring Place, Ga., Is visiting relatives here. A. B. Brown is in Chattanooga this week. BIRCHWOOD— Anderson Smith and wife of East Chattanooga are visiting here this week. Miss Lissle Priddy haß returned from a visit to Graysvllle. MEMPHIS, Term., Oct. 9.—The rext meeting of the Lake-to-the-Gulf Water- ways association willbe held in Chicago In 1908. New Orleans made a vigorous canvass for fhe convention, but with- drew In favor of Chicago. The conven- tion adjourned sine die. BANGOR— Albert P. Baker, for twenty- five years cashier of the Merchants' Na- tional bank, died at his home here. Mr. Baker was among the moat influential financiers of eastern Maine and remained as adviser to the bank *untll his death. He was born in Orrlngton seventy years ago yesterday and at 19 became identi- fied with the city's business life, remain- ing here since. LEWI STON—The Rev. Frank H. Hall, pastor of the Park street Methodist church, and Miss EJith L. Rankln of Hiram, Me., a deaooness, were married at the Park street church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. T. Faulk- ner of Madison, assisted by Presiding Klder G. D. Holmes. Percy Babcock was best man and Miss Alice Faulkner was maid of honor. BOWDOIN—A porcupine In the neigh- boring woods is causing terror among householu pets and parents do not allow their children to go into the woods alone. A dog owned by Frank A. Heath had a combat with the porcupine and when he came home he was completely peppered with quills. There were ninety-four xre- moved from his bead, Jaw* and neck. PORTLAND, Me., Oct. 9.—ln the suit brought against Mrs. Eelanor W. Duryea, a well-known New York society woman, by John L. Donahue of Rockland, to re- cover $3600 as commlslon on a sale which he arranged' for Monroe island in Penob- scot bay, at a price of $30,000, Judge Hale in the United States circuit court awarded a verdict of $1800 in favor of the plaintiff. TRENTON—Rev. Joseph Howell, pastor of the Hamilton Square Presbyterian church, who a few years ago caused a flutter by attacking the side shows of the Interstate fair, had his pockets picked while leaving the fair grounds. He re- ported to the police that someone ¦'lifted" from his pocket a gold watch which was presented to Mm several years ago by his congregation. lIAMMONTON- Michael Malato, on Italian railroad section laborer on the Winslow Junction section of tbe West Jersey &Seashore railroad, was arrested and committed to May's Landing jail in default of heavy bail, charged with fel- onious assault upon Mrs. Tanmr Ander- son, a widow, at her home near Rosedale, on Thursday of last week. It was Mrs. Anderson who beat off her assailant with a llutiron. SEWBLL—Frank Hoffman, -wht> lives near here, fell asleep on an electric train and did not awaken until the train reached Glasaboro. He started to walk back to Sewell. Three hours later he was found lying unconscious under a railroad bridge half a mile north of Glassboro. Whether he walked off the bridge or was knocked off by a train is not known. ' VINELAND, N. J., Oot, 9.—General sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Sadie B. i''ell, who was non-suited In the Cum- berland county court and thus deprived of the damages she asked from the West Jersey railroad. While on her way to the teachers' institute In Cape May last fall she tripped and fell on an uneven plat- form while changing oars at Millville. She was sick all the fall and winter, and being a widow with one child and an invalid sister to support, the strain on her finances was more than she could bear. KENTUCKY OHIO SOUTH DAKOTA NEW YORK RICHFORD—Armed searching parties are scouring the country in the hope of capturing the band of burglars that blew open the safe in the bank at Sutton, eight miles north of here, and then fought their way to freedom in a street contest with townspeople. The burglars entered Sut- ton after dark and began operations at the bank Just before dawn. The outer doors of the safe were demolished, but the robbers failed to dislodge the inner door and were unable to reach the cash, amounting to about $15,000. BRATTLEBORO, Vt., Oct. 9.—Henry Gallagher, 18 years old, in the village of Jacksonville, near here, was arrested while setting fire to the stable connected with the Glen house. There has been several other fires ofrfuaplcious origin recently. MISSOURI C. Emera James left for Philadelphia, where he matriculated at the Jefferson Medical college. H. C. Davis has been attending the American Bankers' association at At- lantla City. Slrman Marvil, Dr. Bennet, Harper Batt and Harlan Ellis made a trip to Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ward have re- turned from a visit to the Jamestown Exposition. Mark Cooper and Miss Louise Perry of Salisbury, are laurel visitors. LAUREL— Miss Catherine Holt was the guest of Seaford friends Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Purnell spent Sun- day with their daughter In Milford. Miss Helen Conwell of Lewes spent Saturday with Miss Mary Houston. Mrs. Eunice Jones has been visiting her sister at Snow Hill, Md. Mrs. F. J. HoUon has been visit- ing her sister at Mllford the past week. Mrs. Annie Bostlc of Laurel has been visiting her brother, William Phillips. GEORGETOWN-Mlss Nora Calhown of Milton has Been visiting Miss Elsie Blizzard. LEWES, Del., Oct. 9.—Frank H. Hyn- son, who has been superintendent of the local electric light and water plant since its institution' by the municipality some six years ago, has resigned the position and accepted a similar one with the electric light plant at Salisbury, Md., where he will receive a larger salary. ALABAMA ELIZABETHTOWN—Mrs. Maria Wil- liams, a prominent woman of this oity, tho widow of the late Will Henry Wil- liams, a well-known Baptist minister, died of Jaundice, aged sixty-nine years. Mrs. Williams is survived by three chil- dren, Mrs. I-ee Lyons and Messes H. O. and John Williams. LEXINGTON— BurgIars entered the saloon of Arthur Jack here and got away with $18, taken from the cash drawer. An entrance was effected through the rear way. WINCHESTER-The registration in thla city showed that it is Republican by a plurality of forty-seven. This is a gain of eighteen over last year. The Independents gained ten over last year. Ford, also situated In this county, registered two Democratic* majority last year and one Republican this year. CYNTHIANA, Ky., Oct. 9.-Jim Raven- craft, a laborer, was killed by a freight train. The dead man was found on the side of the railroad track near the Com- mercial hotel In this city, his face was badly bruised and neck was broken. PIERRE, B. D., Oot, 9.—State Attorney Spangler of Davison county secured a requisition warrant on the governor of lowa for John Rlley, who Is under arrest at Sioux City on a larceny charge, ac- cused of stealing jewelry at Mitchell dur- ing corn palace week. RAPID ClTY— Three hours after the Crouch railroad, running between here and Mystic, was officially opened a motor car loaded with passengers ran Into the roar end of a freight train fourteen miles east of here. Mary Platt, aged 9, lost a leg and later died. Her brother George, aged 8, had a leg broken and was badly injured. The children were on their way from Boulder, Colo., to their father's ranch near here. Four others were In- jured. SIOUX FALLS— AII leading railroads having lines in South Dakota commenced an action in the United States court, this city, for a permanent injunction prevent- ing the state board of railroad commis- sioners fifom putting into effect October 15 an order reduoing passenger rates in the state from 3 to 214 cents a mile. The commission was temporarity restrained pending a hearing before Judge Carland October 29, on the application for a per- manent injunction. WASHINGTON CINCINNATI, Oct. 9.-Shareholders of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton rail- way by unanimous vote today ratified the several agreements which have been worked out In the settlement of the troubles of the company growing out of the merger with the Pere Marquette and other lines. A total of 78,657 shares were voted at the meeting, of whloh Thomas J. Walsh, secretary of the company, held proxies for 77,346 shares. TOLEDO— Men imported to take the places of the striking railway clerks are returning to their homes when they find a at. ike Is on. A number of roads are fllimg the places of strikers with girl clerks. The Wabash has given its clerka a wage Increase of 5 per cent. These clerks are under contract and did not strike. Twenty-five clerks of the Toledo & Detroit Short line left their desks today and Joined the strikers. CINCINNATI— The Democrats of the. city, In convention, renomlnated Mayor Edward L. Dempsey, Vice Mayor Frank Pfaff, Auditor Caulklns and Treasurer Jacob Weller. Max P- May and Frank Gorman were nominated for Judges of the supreme court and John Molloy for po- lice court Judge. PORT CLINTON, 0., Oct. 9.—John Bul- livan, foreman of a gang of tracklayers on the Lake Shore west of here, stepped out of the way of one train and di- rectly in front of a rapidly approaching express. His body wu thrown to one side, he having received a fractured skull, broken shoulder and crushed rlbß. CHADRON, Ohio, Oct. ».—R. N. Ford was today found guilty on one count In the indictment that chargeu him with wrecking the bank at Burton,'. Ohio, whloh failed four years ago for $1,250,000. This was his third trial. STERLING—Water was turned Into the Hennepln canal here from Rock river, the, controlling gates being opened by Miss Grace Deyo. Thq canal will be opened for navigation. October 24, CHAMPAIGN The annual mothers' congress will open here tomorrow after- noon. One thousand visitors are ex- pecteu. t PEORIA— The annual reunion of the Forty*«eventh Illinois regiment was held here today, with 100 survivors of the clvli war present, including Colonel J. D. MoClure, the last commander of the regi- ment. 'FREEPORT— The Illinois state conven- tion of tho Kirg's Daughters convened here for a three days' session. GALESBURG— The fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Galesburg will be celebrated at "home-coming week," to which all of :.ext week will be devoted. Governor Deneen, Speaker Cannon, Sen- ator Hopkins, William E. Mason and ouiers will speak. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 9— The an- nual meeting of fourth-class postmasters opened here. Ben H. Hailey, postmaster at Palmer, delivered an address oppos- ing the parcels post. ROCK ISLAND— Fourteen persons were poisoned by eating Jelly at the boarding- house of Miss Elizabeth McClausllm-. A physician worked all day on the cases, and it ia believed none will result fa- tally. CHICAGO Charles Deere of Mollne,. head of the implement manufacturing company which bears hia name, is crit- ically ill at the Lakota hoic. At the ho- tel last night members of hia family and Immediate .relatives were gathered at his bedside ana several physicians were con- stantly In attendance. Strict orders that no visitors should be admitted to the sick room were given by the physicians. PEORIA, 111., Oct. 9.—Citizens of Pe- orla Heights, a suburb, tore up 100 yards of the tracks of the Peoria Railroad com- pany yesterday and threats were made of blowing up the company's barns and a viaduct. The trouble grew out of a fran- chise, the citizens being dissatisfied with the terms offered by the company. Thiny deputy marshals are guarding the tracks to prevent the company from relaying its rails. ALBANY, N. V., Oct. 9.—Suspended from a rafter the body of Katherine Dar- gatz, wife of John A. K. Dargatz, was -found in a barn in the rear of the Dar- gatz home at Longville. Near by was the body of their 9-year-old adopted son, his head crushed with an ax. The boy was still alive, but died soon after. The husband was placed under arrest. The . police are looking for Jacob Besche, a farmer, who is believed to Know some- thing about the tragedy. ITHACA— Dr. Schurnmn, president of Cornell, announces the appointment of Arthur L. Andrews as his secretary. The position was raised from an instructor- ship, to tin assistant professorship. Sec- retary Andrews is a Cornell graduate and has since been a member of the Eng- lish faculty. MIDDLETOWN— Mrs. Cnarles H.. Rog- ers, whose husband is charged with the murder of the Olney brothers and Alice Ingerick, two years ago, has reached here after an absence of a year. It is ex- pected that, she willbe a witness against her husband at his trial la Goehen next week. PLATTSBURG—The Clinton county Democratic convention held here nomi- nated the following ticket: For member of the assembly, George H. Saxe, Chozy; for sheriff, Mark Tierney, Plattsburs; for district attorney, Gaylord T. Ames, Rouse's Point. SCHENECTADY— the body of a daad man, apparently a Perfe, about 25 years of age. was found in a field on the farm of James Hall, about two miles south of Ushers, near the highway. A portion of the fence was torn down, while there was evidence of a fierce struggle. NORTH CAROLINA CLINTON— Five days ago Inogene Parks, 2 years old, swallowed a- whole peanut. This morning, after a eevere fit of coughing, the peanut came up and lodged In her windpipe, causing her death in a few minutes. CARROLLTON— The power house of the Carrollton Water, Light and Power company was wrecked b,y the bursting of a large fly wheel. The fly wheel, which was sixteen feet In circumference, and weighed seven tons, burst into fifty pieces, some^of which, weighing hun- dreds of pounds, were thrown through the roof and were buried in the ground hundreds of yards away. The damage willamount to $7000. ST. JOSEPH— Arthur Ebert, 14 years old, was sentenced to the reform school for six years this morning by Juvenile Judge Casteel for attempting to wreck the fast Burlington train running from 6t. Joseph. Ebert told Judge Casteel that he only did itfor fun and just wanted to nee the train knock the obstruction off the track. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Oct. 9.-M. T. January, an attorney connected, withthat case, is here lokiong over the papers filed in the governor's office in the ap- plication for a pardon for Dr. Todd, who has served about two years of a seven- year sentence for the killing of a man named Wall, in Vernon county. The case has been set for hearing before the gov- ernor October 31. WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN us he ran. MONTGOMERY-A special from Mo- bile to the Advertiser says: Sheriff Caea- las and a posse have gone to Whtetler to begin pursuit of an unknown negro, who eized Mrs. Johnson at h»r front gate early. Bhe screamed and the negro fie* •IRMINGHAM-At an exciting meeting of the city council Mayor George B. Ward presided over that body with the as- sitsance of the police department. The president of the council, Pohn L. Parker, who was put In control during the mayor's absence recently In Europe, at- tempted to preside, but was put down by the chief of police. The stormy ses- sion was the culmination of charges of grafting. (BIRMINGHAM— An explosion of gas occurred In mine No. 7 of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad company at Pratt City and a cave-In of the roof followed. Four miners, Including the back boss, were caught behind the cave-in and are believed to be dead. A number of in- jured men were taken out and removed to hospitals. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 9.—A spe- cial from Mobile, Ala., Bays: Capt. A. A. Mott of the Norwegian fruit eteamer Bertha, which arrived here, brought news of a disastrous fire, supposed of In- cendiary origin, which visited Port Limon last Wednesday morning and entailed a loss estimated -at $600,000. PROVIDENCE— An official investiga- tion concerning the rear-end collision be- twoen the Knickerbocker limited and a Shore line train at the union-station here was begun at the office, of Superintendent John A. Droeg of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad this after- noon. Employes of the railroad who were connected with tho accident were sum- moned, The two most important wit- nesses were H. Daniels and W. C. Bar- rett, the engineer and llreman who were on the locomotive that hauled the Shore line train and whioh ran into the rear end of the Knickerbocker limited, , NEWPORT, R. L, Oct. 9.—Louis Bru- glere feels that he has good cause of com- plaint awjlnst the government. Castle- wood, his mother's residence, is very near Coddington cove, In which mines are ex- ploded for practice and experimental pur- poses, and recently, after a Bevere con- cussion, several cracks opened In the walls of the house. The damages were repaired at considerable expense, but they have reopened as the result of later ex- ploßlons. Mr.Brugiere willconsult with the navy authorities. . MONTANA LA CONNER, Oct. 9.-The threshing season for 1007 on the La Conner and Samls.li flats, Olympia marsh and Ska git delta closed after a four and one-half weeks' run with twenty steam threshing machines. The total crop output this season approximates 1,500,000 bushels. Oats still bring (25 a ton In the local markets, and it is estimated that about 150,000 sacks or 450,000 bushels have changed hands at this figure. SEATTLE— MichaeI Gover, who at- tempted to killhimself after shooting at and missing Millie Taylor at her home In Ravana park August 15 and who was to have been prosecuted under the new law, which makes it a felony to attempt ¦suicide, escaped from the general hos- pitai. The police are on his trail and expect to recapture him. SEATLE--The state lodge of the In- dependent Order of Foresters ended Its sessions here with a banquet at the Washington Annex. James F. Hewitt of Seattle was selected as the representative to the supreme court of the order, which meet* in To- ronto, Canada, next year, and Everett was chosen as the next meeting place oj. the high court, which will cofivene two years from. now. Spokane and Aber- deen were keen competitors for this honor. MARTINSBUR-G, W. Va., Oct. 9.-Jaraes Powell, Jr., aged 35. son of Engineer Powell of the Baltimore & Ohio, and for several years past an employe of the Baltimore & Ohio shops at River View. Baltimore, was ground to pieces by a train on the Baltimore & Ohio at North Mountain, west of this city. He hoarded a train to go to his home at Magnolia and was thrown from the platform of a car while the train was rounding a sharp curve. HUNTINGTON-John Chadwick. » years old, son of U. 8. Chadwick, a prominent traveling salesman, acci- dentally blew the top of his head off at his home while cleaning a gun prepara- tory to going limiting. UTAH RALEIGH— The pivotal point was reached in tho trial of Dr. D. S. Row- land and his wife for the murder by poison of Engineer Strange on April 6 last. Strange was the husband of the present Mrs. Rowland. The evidence of Chemist v Syme. who analyzed the stomach of the dead man. showed that a person could be poisoned by aeonltlne one hundred and fiftieth ef a grain, and no traco of it be found in the etomach. Evidence also was suBV mltted to show that on April 4 Dr. Row- land received a bottle of aconltlne ordered by telegraph from New York through a drug firm here. CHARLOTTE, N. C, OOct. 9.—At a spe- cial meeting of the board df directors at Mo,rganton, N. C.| Dr. John McCamp- bell/was elected superintendent of the Btft<e Hospital for the Insane, to suc- ceed Dr. P. L. Murphy, the noted allep- i6t, who died ten days ago. Dr. M.c- Campbell was first assistant physician of the Institution. WYOMING OREGON ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA CITr, Okla., Oct. 9.-A tornado struck the village of Poarch, sit- uated 1p Roger Mills county, near the Texas line, and It Is reported to have destroyed the pbstofflce and to have dam- aged almost every house in the place. No one is reported Injured. Tho wires are down and details are lacking. Poarch Is v village of about 200 inhabitants In Roger Mills county, about twenty mlleß south of Bit Oity, Okla., ard close to the Texas line, it 1 Is off the railroad. GUTHRIB-Chalrman Hunter of the Republican state committee Is authority for the statement, that at least one in- junction proceeding would be brought against the state board when it Bits here next week ,to canvass the vote oast Sep- tember n. Mr. Hunter would not give the origin #f the suit or state what_was Intended to be proveil. Friends of Judge W. H. H. Clayton of McAleater,' candidate for the federal Judge ship In the eastern district under statehood, deny the statement that "he is relying mainly upon his Arkansas friends tor their support. COLUMBUS—Rev. John Royer, a popu- lar pastor of Switzerland county, was tried by a committee of ninetaon Methodist ministers on a charge of kise- ing a member of his nock ngalnst her will, and was suspended from the min- istry for one year. INDIANAPOLIS— It le 'reported here that President John Mitohe'.l of the linked Mine Workers of America is. seriously 111, and that he will undergo an operation for appendicitis at his home in Spring Valley, 111. RICHMOND-Christlan Fetta, aged 77, past grand master and past high priest of the Indiana Masons, died yesterday. WABASH—Ambrose Everhard, legal representative for the Michigan division of the Big Four road and one of the most prominent Indiana Republican orators and politicians, died yesterday. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Oct. 9.-Through limited service was inaugurated yester- day butween this city and Lafayetet^ver the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley line. Daniel Ryant aged 74, for twenty-nine years a justice of the peace, died of heart disease. He waa a pionber citizen and well-known politician. PROVO— In the case of the Payson Ex- change Savings bank r - v». Patrick T. Henry J and;C. H. : Bradley, on I motion of A. B. Morgan," attorney for ., plaintiff, an order ¦ \u0084, was ..» made ..; interple»dlng . * Jacob Evans as m defendant in the garnishment action In the cause. '/f , s ; ;;,","' AMERICAN FORK—Tho fire which de- stroyed the roller mills of the Chlpman Mercantile company causeu a loss of $20,000, on which there was but $8000 in- surance. The origin of. the fire is a mys- tery. The mill willbe rebuilt at once. ]: BINOHAM, Utah, Oct. ».—John Paganin and Maslno " Guech, Italian miners' em- ployed ' ' by ¦ ' the ". Utah Copper ¦ company, were buried all vs by a mass of ore at the lower- workings, . where the team shovel Is being \ used, I and |as yet t they . have not been ¦, found. A * large \ force iof ; men .' are now at wojrk endeavoring to recover , their bodies, as It is impossible that they could live under such a vast amount of dirt ¦an? ore. '¦.'-',¦/''¦ ¦'¦'¦'->•:<¦. ';;'V "¦".'¦¦;; ¦' V, '¦'. LITTLE ROCK. Ark-. Oct. 9.-J. B. Rlddick, associate justice of the Arkan-' sas supreme 'court, died today of typhoid fever Tucker made a statement while under the Influence of liquor which caused his being taken Into custody, that he was at Baker City the night of the explosion, that he knows the name of the men who exploded the bomt», though he refuse* to say who they are, and that he was within forty yards of the bomb when It was Bet off. He says that the other two men are on their way to Cheyenne, Wyo PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 9. r A long dis- tance telephone mesage from Granite, Ore., states that Frank Tucker was ar- .rested there today on suspicion of being an accomplice to the Harvey K. Brown murder at Baker City. BUTTE— Because he failed to heed signs forbidding the hunting of ducks, Chris Stanlsich, a 19-year-old Servian boy, was shot and Instantly killed by Softs Nel- 80* at the Mac White ranch, four miles south of this city. Hunters who wit- nessed the shooting declared the killing to be unprovoked and very cowardly. Nel- son deliberately sending a bullet thrpugh the forehead of the boy. Nelson is con- fined in the county jail without bail. He pleads self-defense HELENA—In an injunction granted by Judge William H. Hunt of the United State court the Montana Federation of Labor, Its officers and the other unions of Montana, are restrained from boycot- ting or in any way Interfering with the business of the Rocky Mountain Ball Tel- ephone company, including^ the officers epecincaH^ mentioned of the unions com- plained rf there were fifty-two respond- ents. BUTTE, Oct. o.—Merton Johnstone, an electrician, 27 years old, was electrocuted several miles southeast of Butte and fell from the pole to the ground almost be- side the unconscious form of his helper, Henry Qagnon, who had been stunned v/ a similar shock. Gagnon was resus- citated. CHEYENNE—Mayor P. S. Cook created a sensation in tho council meeting by de- claring null and void the street lighting: le Light, Fuel and Pow ixlHary cour- pfiny of the Northern Colorado Power company. LARAMIE, Wyo'., Oct. 9— The death at his home in tbls oity of Frank A. Simp- son removes one of the oldest conductors In point of service on the Union Pacific. Had he lived until February 7 ho would have been eligible to the pension list of the Union Pacific system, and would have accepted the tender. Mr. Simpson was born at Haverhlll. N. H., February 7, 1847. He entered the employ of the Wyoming division as a brakeman June 28, 1883. MARINETTE— An unknown Italian was picked up badly wounded by the crew of a North "Western train ijear Sager, Mich. He is now in the hospital at Florence. His body was riddled with buckshot, and it is believed that hunters mistook hint for a bear. He cannot live. SHEBOYGAN The price of cheese reached the IE-cent mark on the Sheboy- gan county cheese boards, and leading dealers in this section state that the price willgo up to 17 cents a pound by February 1, 1908. There is a shortage In the market due to the large demand. RANDOLPH— The property fit the Ran dolpb Canning Factory company has been sold to Mr. Pemhig of Chicago, formerly editor and owner of the Canner, the na- tional publication of the canoers. The price paid waa $26,500. In an advance report prepared by Sec- retary of Agriculture J. M. True for the United States government he declares that the yield of barley In the state this year will be about twenty-seven bushels to the acre; wheat, 18; rye, 16, and oats, 22. MADISON, Wls., Oct. 9-At a meeting of the Wisconsin Andersonvllle monu- ment commission arrangements for the dedication of the monument October' 17 were completed. The dedicatory party will leave Madison over the Milwaukee road October 15. The train will be routed so that the party can visit battlefields and points of Interest from Nashville 10 Atlanta. It Is expected that the trip will consume about eight days. LOS AJNGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1907. ALL OF THE LA TE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE BREAKING THE LAW NEARLY BRINGS DEATH MASSACHUSETTS NEBRASKA MICHIGAN GETS BRIDE BY EIGHT-MILE WALK | TfflS GIRL IN LINE FOR CARNEGIE MEDAL 9 RHODE ISLAND OKLAHOMA INDIANA

AJNGELES THURSDAY OCTOBER ALLOF THE LATE NEWS FROM …€¦ · by Mr.Cohen and part of the lower floor was occupied jy the owner as a 5 and 10 cent store. PLYMOUTH-The famous old

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Page 1: AJNGELES THURSDAY OCTOBER ALLOF THE LATE NEWS FROM …€¦ · by Mr.Cohen and part of the lower floor was occupied jy the owner as a 5 and 10 cent store. PLYMOUTH-The famous old

LOUISIANA

<j».. ''Lemy :¦ left';forr;Granby with

-his

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? hands in his pockets and whistling, ?4* and presumably was reunited with ?* his.bride this evening. ¦.;«¦.¦•",. ¦ .. i-"^?'???*?**?***?****<*•**

<• When Lemy laid siege to the «J><• Roberts home again the father ?4> cald, "I'llsee If you want her bad <•4* enough to do a few stunts. First, •$4* walk from Chlcopee to Granby, «>* eight miles." ?

<? CHICOPEE, Mass., Oct. 9.—Albert;*<(• iLemy fmet

-Miss Jeana ;Roberts

'of:+

? > Granby, 'a •month ago, ;eloped . and '¦ ?? married her Saturday and lost her ?? to Papa Roberts Sunday. 1 v'1.; *$•<> •"Then 1Lemy

'Interviewed

*the '¦po- *

? lice. They laughed. The bride Is a <>? minor and under; her parents' con- <•? trol. . j-s^sv;;l.;-.'->. a/:-;$. '-¦;,.¦/.<;?

TEXAS

¦4.C.' ALBANY,N. V., Oct... 9.—While •*?;<t> t."Jacking" •¦ for deer at .night:¦on +4>'Fly ;,' creek ''.near ;Lake Plslco, <f*

<?'

Hobart easier, a native huntsman, ?? nearly killed ,"'; William Courtney ,f<»& and one of -two women. Casler and <f>•? John '. Wilson I.were

*playing their 4*

? Jack light down stream to epot a +? !deer. Courtney and v the ¦'. women,"'. <•<? also in a boat, put out their jack +? light. ¦:}'- ¦¦'¦':''¦'•¦ <''¦ '¦''¦'¦'•"¦ ¦' '¦¦*'fr >'. Then Caster's light flashed on the «fr<(» reflector of the ;,dead :;. light ;'in f."4>?1Cour:ney '» boat. '..:,Mistaking ¦ the i+'jt>;glint of Courtney's eyes in the re- ?<• s' fleeted (light5 for i those ?. of 't -deer, ?tfr Caeler fired

"a charge • of1 buckshot. ?

4» Two3of the shot ,' passed 'through ,x<t>? Courtney's cheek and others Into the ?»¦. body of the woman. Their Injuries

'*<{>-. wero

'not serious. <;.¦«. 1 ,v .-:-¦.•'¦¦-?.

? >¦;.:: State a Fish « and ;,Game Commie- .;?? V sioner Whlpple, upon san affidavit;<$><?IbyiCourtney, began lan

'action to-;-4>

? ¦ day ? 'to ';recover ¦»$100 Ceach f;from '. -4»? Casler an-:,Wilsonifor1:hunting 4<{»

*with a Jack •light in;violation of;?

*'law."';''f.- ¦ \u0084-- . ¦.¦,¦¦".¦ ¦ ¦ •"¦ '•¦¦ ?

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

? .••LOUISVILLE-, Ky.,Oct. 9.—Risk- ?? Ing death by*suffocation :,'<from"' '?? poisonous gases and stifling smoke,? Rosa Baron, the 10-year-old (laugh- ?4> ter of Samuel Baron, a tailor, of ;«fr? ¦681 • Fifth;street, made ;Vher r*way,?? into the basement of her home yes- *? terday afternoon at 1 o'clock, with •?? the ;smoke

'and . flames enveloping 4"? her, and saved > the ilife(of Johnny *

? Liles, a one-year-old negro baby.'*

? Thre« children >' of:Emma Liles, .>? colored, who lives In the Vbase-

*? }ment; ¦ were!playing with 1matches <•? about a km meter, causing an ex- <>? plosion, which set fire to the wobd-? work • and furniture ¦of the- room. ?v" The,: children, too frightened to <fr4» 'move, ;'.took refuge klnfa>:corner, ?«$> 'where: the 'Baron <girl rescued, the -*? youngest. *jScreaming to

¦

her oraer•'+

? ¦brother, 'Louis Baron, she ran to ?? the open air with the child and re- 41?'turned :to:aid jher '.brother^ In. 'iav-".<•

<? i;Ing the;other ¦ two'children,:who':?

? were. huddled, half stifled, lin the *? corner. ¦•;.,'.-;'•..:¦.-' ;'•¦¦ ¦ ¦...•-¦ :.v:+?• " The fire.department, .summoned v? by the Baron lad, extinguished the '. *?•• blaze ¦' with but a • $50 <:locs. a,'.The •<•4> burning gas made such a smother- ,*? .ingIsmoke that

'it;was some ;time ;«J»

? before tho firemen dared .enter the +? fcellar. r.:';¦,¦- "'f;- -'. *.-:

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PENNSYLVANIA

JENNINGS, La., Oct. 9.—W. D. Green,one of Jennings' oldest citizens, died athis home on Church street from a strokeof paralysis. He has had poor healthfor the past year and when tho strokecame he was not in a condition to standit. Tho deceased was born in Italy, N.V., October 1, 1833, and came to Jenningsin1887, and has lived here until his death.

CROWLEY— The new passenger stationof the Opelousas, Gulf. & Northeasternhas been completed aud there is a largeforce of workmen at work on the freightdepot, which will be finished in aboutten days.

NEW ORLEANS—Texas willback NewOrleans inits candidacy for the nextcon-ventlon of the Lakes-to-tha-Gulf DeepWaterways convention in 1908. This in-formation 1b contained In a letter to Sec-retary Trezevant from S. Taliaferro ofHouston, Tex., who responded to an in-vitation from the New Orleans delegatesto have the Texas delegation join themhere on the trip to Memphis.

LAKECHARLES— Ina battle betweendeputy sheriffs and members of the Mc-Daniel gang In the jungle of the northernpart of Calcaaleu parish one of the Mc-Daniels has been killed end a deputysheriff mortally wounded. Aposse is Baldto have tried to capture the two Me-Daniels boys, leaders of the gang, whoopened fire as soon as the officers camein sight of their camp in the wilds.

NEW ORLEANS—CIark Steen, one ofthe accountants who Investigated the

«116,000 shortage recently Jnri State TaxClerk Letten's books, has disappearedunder suspicious circumstances.. Cloth-ing identified as his was found in anempty skiff In Lake Pontchartrain witha note indicating he had committed sui-cide.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 9.—Miss Ifcther-Ine Rlttenhouse, formerly a student nfthe Nebraska State university, newstudying at Northwestern university InChicago, - has fallen heir to an estateworth $20,000 by the will o£ Col. IsaacWing, who was rejected by her motherwhen a girl.

NORTH PLATE—

Chief DispatcherBrandt resigned his position on the UnionPacific here and willresume the trick heformerly held In the dispatcher's office assoon as his successor takes his place.

BEATRICE—The Crabtree Forensic clubheld its annual meeting last night andelected these officers: Donald Folsom,president: Donald Warren, vice president;Myron Connett, secretary; Patrick Mc-Mullen, treasurer; Leigh Rothenberger,press correspondent.

NEBRASKA ClTY—Dorothy, 6-year-oMdaughter of "William Harrison, managerof the Bell Telephone station at Dunbar.died yesterday from diphtheriamother is also dangerously 111 from thesame disease. The body was taken over-land to Palmyra forInterment.

PLATTBMOUTH-4n district court, Inthe case of Louise E. Johnson againstthe village at South Bend, the jury re-turned a verdict for the plaintiff in thesum of $500 for damages received by thebreaking of a limb on a defective side-walk.

. WILBUR—AIvIn F. Bherrlll, chargedwith stealing two grips from ConductorDuval at Dewitt, valued at $126, was ar-raigned here Saturday. He agreed toplead guilty to the charge of petit lar-ceny, but pleaded not guilty to tbe chargeof grand laroeny. His case was act forhearing next Tuesflay.

The entire north wall of the build-ing fell into tho center of the cellar ardseveral

-orkmen had narrow escapes.

This building was recently purchasedby Mr. Cohen and part of the lower floorwas occupied jy the owner as a 5 and10 cent store.

PLYMOUTH-The famous old Centralhouse, owned by Julius Cohen, on Mainstreet, was undermined by workmen whowere digging In the cellar.

BOSTON—

Discovered lying on the.tracks of the elevated railroad opposite ,Monument avenue, Charlestown, where Ithad been ground up by at least five trains,the mangled body of an unidentified man,probably a Pole, caused a tleup of Bos-ton bound traffic for twenty minutes.

LAWRENCE—When Charles Laaouettewas called In police court to answer tothe charge of selling impure milkhis sonJoseph arose and told the court that hecame to court In his father's place.

Lanouette was told by the court thathis father must come, but the young mansaid that would be impossible, as hisfather had been dead for four years.

FITCHBURG, Mass., Oct. 9.—Reuben R.Conn, a leading jeweler and silversmithof Fltchburg. died from a paralyticshock a. the age of 82.

He leaves a widow, one son, Prof. Her-bert W. Conn of Wesl'eyan university,and two daughters, Mrs. J. H.Potter andMrs. s/Bcar Kuhns, wife of Fred Kuhnsof Wesleyan.

WORCESTER. Mass., Oct. 9.—Miss:Clara C. Leach, a wealthy woman of thiscity, has Just been wedded to John W.Maher, a former convict. The romancebehind the wedding Involves the unwav-ering devotion of the woman for a busi-ness man whom she loved despite tiedis-grace following hla arrest, indictment frrlarceny and forgery and consequent con-viction for larceny, and incarceration f</rnearly four years In Jail.

NEW JERSEYMAINE

TENNESSEEANN ARBOR-Four s.-.dents, giving

their names as C. S. Brlgham, H. J.HenSricks, O. A. Davis and B. O. Turner,all supposedly fictitious names, werehaled into police crnrt and fined $50 andcosts each for violation of the city or-dinance prohibiting the posting of pla-cards.

CALUMET—The supreme lodge of theSons of St. George opened their annualconvention here and elected the followingofficers: Past president. Willis, Chica-go; president, Francis S. Greene, New-ark; vice president, Fred Dodd, Philadel-phia; secretary, J#H. V, -lllams, Pennsyl-vania; treasurer, George H. Toop, NewYork; messenger, William F. Barlow,Boston; chaplain, Chris Herton, Ohio;assistant messenger, Cnarles C. M. Eu-rlsse, Chicago.

Impelled by a desire to shield her eon,Mrs. Minnie Chadwick has made a re-markable confession In Atlanta, In theheart of the pine barrens, that she shotand killed her husband, Charles E.Chadwick. Footprints near the body ledto Chadwlck's son. Eugene, being bus-pected of the killing,ai.l he Is under ar-rest. The mother says sne put on a pair¦of the boy's shoe 3, followed her husbanddown the road and killed him.

DETROlT—Employes of .the book bin-deries in this city, totaling 130 men, wenton strike, as ordered by the Internationalunion.

MARQUETTE, Mich., Oct. $.—Whilecruising Lake Independence in a yachtcarrying too big a sail, John Paradise andWilliam Givens were thrown into thewater. Paradise was drowned.

> IONIA—

Ex-Judge Allen B. Morse,former justice of the Michigan supremocourt, Whs stricken withapoplexy whileon the witness itand in court. It iabelieved that the stroke will prove

.fatal.

DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 9.-A specialfrom Cheboygan, Mich., says: "Threeyoung hunters were killed In a dyna-mite explosion when they mistook adynamite storehouse In the 'woods fora deserted hut and used Itfor a targot.The storehouse belonged to a localhardware firm and wan located about a(miln from town. It contained fourteenpackages of dynamite, each packagecontaining twenty-five, pounds.

BEAUMONT—A freight train on theSanta Fe Center branch near Finland waswreoked yesterday afternoon by fourcars heavily loaded with lumber leavingthe track.

DALLAS—The demard of the unionbookblncers over the country for an eight-hour day after October 1 was easily ad-justed as far as Dallas Is concerned. Itwas said that all the binders are at workand that matters have been settled satis-factorily to both employers and employesIn all the printing houses. There areabout thirtyunion binders In the city.

PARIS—H. L. Moonyhan, who con-ducted a shoe repair shop on Bonhamstreet, died from an overdose of morphineand laudanum. Justice of the Peace Boy-lttheld an Inquest.

GIDDINGS—A. Zwlnnermann, one, ofLincoln's popular merchants. Is here enroute to Austin for medical treatment.Mr. Zwinnermann was reaching for acan of concentrated lye, which was on ashelf above his head, From some causethe can had burst and when he tilted ita portion of the contents spilled In hisface. It Is feared that Mr.Zwinnermannwilllose the sight In the left eye.

HILLSBORO, Tex., Oct. 9.-Jack Early,charged Jointly with Harmle Horn withthe killingof Deputy City Marshal J.Trrrell Calloway of Mount Calm, whowas killed one night in October, 1906,while endeavoring to arrest the two par-ties named, was today convicted the thirdtime. The jury returned a verdict ofguilty and assessed the punishment at aterm of sixteen years In t..e penitentiary.

VIRGINIA

DELAWARE

POTTBTCWN, Pa., Oct. 9.—With therecord of 3092 funerals that she has at-tended, Mrs. Rebecca Wentzell, an octo-genarian of this city, who since she wasa young woman has been gratifying apeculiar whim to see people burled, mustnow forego the "pastime," as she calledIt, because of advanced age and Illness.

DANVILLE—Thomas MoGaw, whorolled the first T rail ever made In theUnited States in Danville In 1845, died athis home In Sunbury.

BERWlCK—Refusing a tramp food,Mrs. Lawrence Kendrlcks of Berwickwas assaulted by the tramp, who lay Inwait for her throughout the day. Hercries brought help ard the man made hisescape.

Robert Allen, whq created mild sensa-tionß in many nearby towns by declar-ing he was following a Black Hand gang,has been locked up in West Birwiok andIt Is thought willlater be committed tothe Danville hospital for the Insane.

BETHLEHEM—A new bank, the first,is about to be instituted at Coopersburg.

A pilgrimage was made by the North-ampton County Hlstorlal and Genealog-ical society to the Bucks county society'shome at Doylestown.

MAHANOYClTY—Mine Inspector P. C.Fen ton of the Twelfth anthracite Inspec-tion district, reports two fatal and two'non-fatal accidents for the month endingSeptember- 30, two less fatal accidentsthan last month.

CONCORD—

Ex-Governor David H.Goodell of Antrim and the survivingmem-bers of his council held their annual re-union at the Eagle hotel. Those presentincluded Hon. David H. Goodell and wifeof Antrim, Hon. and Mrs. W. S. Pills-bury of West Derry and Hon. and Mrs.Frank C. Churchill of Labanon.

The business oonduoted today was ofa routine nature. Hiram R. Elliott, asgrand chief tfemplar, made his annualreport. It was stated that the presentmembership of the order In New Hamp-shire is 847.

LACONIA—The New Hampshire grandlodge of the Independent Order of G"oodTemplars, in session here, had as visitorsand guests many prominent members ofthe order from Massachusetts.

MANCHESTER— Mrs. Louise Wlgginand Mrs. Annie L. Avery of this city,who were injured In the railroad wreckat Worcester, Mass., are mother anddaughter. They were returning from NewLondon, Conn., where they had been vs-iting relatives. Mrs. Wlggin is 81 yearsaid and lives' with another daughter,Mrs. Arthur Clifford, 268 Bridge street.Mrs. Avery is a dressmaker and residesat 437 Hanover street.

WOODSVILLE— John McGuire of En-,field was sentenced in the Grafton countysuperior court to ten years' imprison-ment for manslaughter in killing ChrisGerhardt, also of Enflcld.

CLAREMONT, N. H., Oct. 9.—C01. Ju-lius E. Kempton -willbe taken to Brat-tleboro and placed In a hospital there.This Is the outcome of a conference. Hiscondition Is no better and i.c is graduallygrowing weaker. There were not accom-modations here and it was decided totake him to Brattleboro, where he wasborn and formerly lived.

ILLINOIB VERMONT

SOUTH BOSTON-Leaf tobacco lacoming on tne market now In quantitiesanu the prices are generally satisfactory,or as nearly so as the planters expect.Prices a little better than were expectedare paid for the inferior grades.

The average price recently is nearly 10cents. Very little of the best of the cropis coming In yet, as the last of the crop'housed Is generally the first to be shippedand marketed.

The father of Mls» Mamie Richardson,who lost her life In the Rivanna severalmonths ago, while attempting to crossthat stream in a buggy with her fiance,William Wright, has not yet reachedRichmond. It is said that young Wrightis almost crazed with grief at the loss ofhis pretty sweetheart.

RICHMOND: Va., Oct. 9.—The mysterysurrounding the identity of the drownedgirl, taken from the rooks in the Jamesriver, has not been solved.

BRISTOL^The Humane alliance of theAssociated Charities of New York hasJust donated to the city of Bristol alarge, modern animal drinking fountain,which will cost complete about $1900.The society is placing a number of thefountains In southern cities and Bristolwas selected on account of the need ofbetter watering places.

KNOXVILLE—By a premature blaston a piece of government road construc-tion near Cumberland Gap, T.enu., CharlesOvertoil of Cumberland Gap was almostinstantly killed. Jacob Thomas of Mld-dlesboro, Ky., was seriously Injured.

H. E. White mode a trip to ClevelandWednesday.

Mrs. Pearl Fouach of. Spring Place,Ga., Is visiting relatives here.

A. B. Brown is in Chattanooga thisweek.

BIRCHWOOD— Anderson Smith andwife of East Chattanooga are visitinghere this week.

Miss Lissle Priddy haß returned froma visit to Graysvllle.

MEMPHIS, Term., Oct. 9.—The rextmeeting of the Lake-to-the-Gulf Water-ways association willbe held in ChicagoIn 1908. New Orleans made a vigorouscanvass for fhe convention, but with-drew In favor of Chicago. The conven-tion adjourned sine die.

BANGOR—Albert P. Baker, for twenty-five years cashier of the Merchants' Na-

tional bank, died at his home here. Mr.Baker was among the moat influentialfinanciers of eastern Maine and remainedas adviser to the bank *untll his death.He was born in Orrlngton seventy yearsago yesterday and at 19 became identi-fied with the city's business life,remain-ing here since.

LEWISTON—The Rev. Frank H. Hall,pastor of the Park street Methodistchurch, and Miss EJith L. Rankln ofHiram, Me., a deaooness, were married atthe Park street church. The ceremonywas performed by the Rev. E. T. Faulk-ner of Madison, assisted by PresidingKlder G. D. Holmes. Percy Babcockwas best man and Miss Alice Faulknerwas maid of honor.

BOWDOIN—A porcupine In the neigh-boring woods is causing terror among

householu pets and parents do not allowtheir children to go into the woods alone.A dog owned by Frank A. Heath had acombat with the porcupine and when he

came home he was completely pepperedwith quills. There were ninety-four xre-moved from his bead, Jaw* and neck.

PORTLAND, Me., Oct. 9.—ln the suitbrought against Mrs. Eelanor W. Duryea,a well-known New York society woman,by John L. Donahue of Rockland, to re-cover $3600 as commlslon on a sale whichhe arranged' for Monroe island in Penob-scot bay, at a price of $30,000, Judge Halein the United States circuit courtawarded a verdict of $1800 in favor of theplaintiff.

TRENTON—Rev. Joseph Howell,pastorof the Hamilton Square Presbyterianchurch, who a few years ago caused aflutter by attacking the side shows ofthe Interstate fair, had his pockets pickedwhile leaving the fair grounds. He re-ported to the police that someone ¦'lifted"from his pocket a gold watch which waspresented to Mm several years ago by hiscongregation.

lIAMMONTON-Michael Malato, onItalian railroad section laborer on theWinslow Junction section of tbe WestJersey &Seashore railroad, was arrestedand committed to May's Landing jail indefault of heavy bail, charged with fel-onious assault upon Mrs. Tanmr Ander-son, a widow, at her home near Rosedale,on Thursday of last week. It was Mrs.Anderson who beat off her assailant witha llutiron.

SEWBLL—Frank Hoffman, -wht> livesnear here, fell asleep on an electric trainand did not awaken until the trainreached Glasaboro. He started to walkback to Sewell. Three hours later hewas found lying unconscious under arailroad bridge half a mile north ofGlassboro. Whether he walked off thebridge or was knocked off by a train isnot known.

'VINELAND, N. J., Oot, 9.—General

sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Sadie B.i''ell, who was non-suited In the Cum-berland county court and thus deprivedof the damages she asked from the WestJersey railroad. While on her way to theteachers' institute In Cape May last fallshe tripped and fell on an uneven plat-form while changing oars at Millville.She was sick all the fall and winter, andbeing a widow with one child and aninvalid sister to support, the strain on herfinances was more than she could bear.

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SOUTH DAKOTA

NEW YORK

RICHFORD—Armed searching partiesare scouring the country in the hope ofcapturing the band of burglars that blewopen the safe in the bank at Sutton, eightmiles north of here, and then fought theirway to freedom in a street contest withtownspeople. The burglars entered Sut-ton after dark and began operations atthe bank Just before dawn. The outerdoors of the safe were demolished, butthe robbers failed to dislodge the innerdoor and were unable to reach the cash,amounting to about $15,000.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt., Oct. 9.—HenryGallagher, 18 years old, in the village ofJacksonville, near here, was arrestedwhile setting fire to the stable connectedwith the Glen house. There has beenseveral other fires ofrfuaplcious originrecently.

MISSOURIC. Emera James left for Philadelphia,

where he matriculated at the JeffersonMedical college.

H. C. Davis has been attending theAmerican Bankers' association at At-lantla City.

Slrman Marvil, Dr. Bennet, HarperBatt and Harlan Ellis made a trip toGeorgetown.

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ward have re-turned from a visit to the JamestownExposition.

Mark Cooper and Miss Louise Perry ofSalisbury, are laurel visitors.

LAUREL—Miss Catherine Holt was theguest of Seaford friends Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Purnell spent Sun-day with their daughter In Milford.

Miss Helen Conwell of Lewes spentSaturday with Miss Mary Houston.

Mrs. Eunice Jones has been visitingher sister at Snow Hill,Md.

Mrs. F. J. HoUon has been visit-ing her sister at Mllford the past week.

Mrs. Annie Bostlc of Laurel has beenvisiting her brother, William Phillips.

GEORGETOWN-Mlss Nora Calhown ofMilton has Been visiting Miss ElsieBlizzard.

LEWES, Del., Oct. 9.—Frank H. Hyn-son, who has been superintendent of thelocal electric light and water plant sinceits institution' by the municipality somesix years ago, has resigned the positionand accepted a similar one with theelectric light plant at Salisbury, Md.,where he willreceive a larger salary.

ALABAMAELIZABETHTOWN— Mrs. Maria Wil-

liams, a prominent woman of this oity,tho widow of the late Will Henry Wil-liams, a well-known Baptist minister,died of Jaundice, aged sixty-nine years.Mrs. Williams is survived by three chil-dren, Mrs. I-ee Lyons and Messes H. O.and John Williams.

LEXINGTON—BurgIars entered thesaloon of Arthur Jack here and got awaywith $18, taken from the cash drawer.An entrance was effected through therear way.

WINCHESTER-The registration inthla city showed that it is Republican bya plurality of forty-seven. This is again of eighteen over last year. TheIndependents gained ten over last year.Ford, also situated In this county,

registered two Democratic* majority lastyear and one Republican this year.

CYNTHIANA,Ky., Oct. 9.-Jim Raven-craft, a laborer, was killed by a freighttrain. The dead man was found on theside of the railroad track near the Com-mercial hotel In this city, his face wasbadly bruised and neck was broken.

PIERRE, B. D., Oot, 9.—State AttorneySpangler of Davison county secured arequisition warrant on the governor oflowa for John Rlley, who Is under arrestat Sioux City on a larceny charge, ac-cused of stealing jewelry at Mitchell dur-ing corn palace week.

RAPID ClTY—Three hours after theCrouch railroad, running between hereand Mystic, was officially opened a motorcar loaded with passengers ran Into the

roar end of a freight train fourteen mileseast of here. Mary Platt, aged 9, lost aleg and later died. Her brother George,aged 8, had a leg broken and was badlyinjured. The children were on their wayfrom Boulder, Colo., to their father'sranch near here. Four others were In-jured.

SIOUX FALLS—AII leading railroadshaving lines in South Dakota commencedan action in the United States court, thiscity, fora permanent injunction prevent-ing the state board of railroad commis-sioners fifom putting into effect October15 an order reduoing passenger rates inthe state from 3 to 214 cents a mile. Thecommission was temporarity restrainedpending a hearing before Judge CarlandOctober 29, on the application for a per-manent injunction.

WASHINGTON

CINCINNATI,Oct. 9.-Shareholders ofthe Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton rail-way by unanimous vote today ratified theseveral agreements which have beenworked out In the settlement of thetroubles of the company growing out ofthe merger with the Pere Marquette andother lines. A total of 78,657 shares werevoted at the meeting, of whloh Thomas J.Walsh, secretary of the company, heldproxies for 77,346 shares.

TOLEDO—Men imported to take theplaces of the striking railway clerks arereturning to their homes when they finda at. ike Is on. A number of roads arefllimg the places of strikers with girlclerks. The Wabash has given itsclerka a wage Increase of 5 per cent.These clerks are under contract and didnot strike. Twenty-five clerks of theToledo & Detroit Short line left theirdesks today and Joined the strikers.

CINCINNATI—The Democrats of the.city, In convention, renomlnated MayorEdward L. Dempsey, Vice Mayor FrankPfaff, Auditor Caulklns and TreasurerJacob Weller. Max P- May and FrankGorman were nominated for Judges of thesupreme court and John Molloy for po-lice court Judge.

PORT CLINTON, 0., Oct. 9.—John Bul-livan, foreman of a gang of tracklayerson the Lake Shore west of here, steppedout of the way of one train and di-rectly in front of a rapidly approachingexpress. His body wu thrown to

•oneside, he having received a fracturedskull, broken shoulder and crushed rlbß.

CHADRON, Ohio, Oct. ».—R. N. Fordwas today found guilty on one count Inthe indictment that chargeu him withwrecking the bank at Burton,'. Ohio, whlohfailed four years ago for $1,250,000. Thiswas his third trial.

STERLING—Water was turned Into theHennepln canal here from Rock river,the, controlling gates being opened byMiss Grace Deyo. Thq canal will beopened for navigation. October 24,

CHAMPAIGN—

The annual mothers'congress will open here tomorrow after-noon. One thousand visitors are ex-pecteu. t

PEORIA—The annual reunion of theForty*«eventh Illinois regiment was heldhere today, with 100 survivors of theclvli war present, including Colonel J. D.MoClure, the last commander of the regi-ment.

'FREEPORT— The Illinois state conven-tion of tho Kirg's Daughters convenedhere for a three days' session.

GALESBURG— The fiftieth anniversaryof the incorporation of Galesburg willbecelebrated at "home-coming week," towhich all of :.ext week willbe devoted.Governor Deneen, Speaker Cannon, Sen-ator Hopkins, William E. Mason andouiers will speak.

SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 9—The an-nual meeting of fourth-class postmastersopened here. Ben H. Hailey, postmaster

at Palmer, delivered an address oppos-ing the parcels post.

ROCK ISLAND—Fourteen persons werepoisoned by eating Jelly at the boarding-house of Miss Elizabeth McClausllm-. Aphysician worked all day on the cases,and it ia believed none will result fa-tally.

CHICAGO—

Charles Deere of Mollne,.head of the implement manufacturingcompany which bears hia name, is crit-ically illat the Lakota hoic. At the ho-tel last night members of hia family andImmediate .relatives were gathered at hisbedside ana several physicians were con-stantly In attendance. Strict orders thatno visitors should be admitted to thesick room were given by the physicians.

PEORIA, 111., Oct. 9.—Citizens of Pe-orla Heights, a suburb, tore up 100 yardsof the tracks of the Peoria Railroad com-pany yesterday and threats were madeof blowing up the company's barns and aviaduct. The trouble grew outof a fran-chise, the citizens being dissatisfied withthe terms offered by the company. Thinydeputy marshals are guarding the tracksto prevent the company from relaying itsrails.

ALBANY, N. V., Oct. 9.—Suspendedfrom a rafter the body of Katherine Dar-gatz, wife of John A. K. Dargatz, was-found in a barn in the rear of the Dar-gatz home at Longville. Near by wasthe body of their 9-year-old adopted son,his head crushed with an ax. The boywas still alive, but died soon after. Thehusband was placed under arrest. The .police are looking for Jacob Besche, afarmer, who is believed to Know some-thing about the tragedy.

ITHACA—Dr. Schurnmn, president ofCornell, announces the appointment ofArthur L. Andrews as his secretary. Theposition was raised from an instructor-ship, to tin assistant professorship. Sec-retary Andrews is a Cornell graduateand has since been a member of the Eng-lish faculty.

MIDDLETOWN—Mrs. Cnarles H..Rog-ers, whose husband is charged with themurder of the Olney brothers and AliceIngerick, two years ago, has reached hereafter an absence of a year. It is ex-pected that, she willbe a witness againsther husband at his trial la Goehen nextweek.

PLATTSBURG—The Clinton countyDemocratic convention held here nomi-nated the following ticket: For memberof the assembly, George H. Saxe, Chozy;for sheriff, Mark Tierney, Plattsburs;for district attorney, Gaylord T. Ames,Rouse's Point.

SCHENECTADY—the body of a daadman, apparently a Perfe, about 25 yearsof age. was found ina field on the farmof James Hall, about two miles south ofUshers, near the highway. A portion ofthe fence was torn down, while there wasevidence of a fierce struggle.NORTH CAROLINA

CLINTON—Five days ago InogeneParks, 2 years old, swallowed a- wholepeanut. This morning, after a eeverefitof coughing, the peanut came up andlodged In her windpipe, causing herdeath in a few minutes.

CARROLLTON—The power house of theCarrollton Water, Light and Powercompany was wrecked b,y the bursting ofa large fly wheel. The fly wheel, whichwas sixteen feet In circumference, andweighed seven tons, burst into fiftypieces, some^of which, weighing hun-dreds of pounds, were thrown throughthe roof and were buried in the groundhundreds of yards away. The damagewillamount to $7000.

ST. JOSEPH— ArthurEbert, 14 years old,was sentenced to the reform school forsix years this morning by Juvenile JudgeCasteel for attempting to wreck the fastBurlington train running from 6t.Joseph. Ebert told Judge Casteel thathe only did itfor fun and just wantedto nee the train knock the obstructionoff the track.

JEFFERSON CITY,Mo., Oct. 9.-M. T.January, an attorney connected, withthatcase, is here lokiong over the papersfiled in the governor's office in the ap-plication for a pardon for Dr. Todd, whohas served about two years of a seven-year sentence for the killingof a mannamed Wall, in Vernon county. The casehas been set for hearing before the gov-ernor October 31.

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us he ran.

MONTGOMERY-A special from Mo-bile to the Advertiser says: Sheriff Caea-las and a posse have gone to Whtetler tobegin pursuit of an unknown negro, whoeized Mrs. Johnson at h»r front gateearly. Bhe screamed and the negro fie*

•IRMINGHAM-Atan exciting meetingof the city council Mayor George B. Wardpresided over that body with the as-sitsance of the police department. Thepresident of the council, Pohn L. Parker,who was put In control during themayor's absence recently In Europe, at-tempted to preside, but was put downby the chief of police. The stormy ses-sion was the culmination of charges ofgrafting.

(BIRMINGHAM—An explosion of gasoccurred In mine No. 7 of the TennesseeCoal, Iron & Railroad company at PrattCity and a cave-In of the roof followed.Four miners, Including the back boss,were caught behind the cave-in and arebelieved to be dead. A number of in-jured men were taken out and removedto hospitals.

MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 9.—A spe-cial from Mobile, Ala., Bays: Capt. A. A.Mott of the Norwegian fruit eteamerBertha, which arrived here, broughtnews of a disastrous fire, supposed of In-cendiary origin, which visited Port Limonlast Wednesday morning and entailed aloss estimated -at $600,000.

PROVIDENCE— An official investiga-tion concerning the rear-end collision be-twoen the Knickerbocker limited and aShore line train at the union-station herewas begun at the office, of SuperintendentJohn A. Droeg of the New York, NewHaven & Hartford railroad this after-noon. Employes of the railroad who wereconnected with tho accident were sum-moned, The two most important wit-

nesses were H. Daniels and W. C. Bar-rett, the engineer and llreman who wereon the locomotive that hauled the Shoreline train and whioh ran into the rearend of the Knickerbocker limited, ,

NEWPORT, R. L, Oct. 9.—Louis Bru-glere feels that he has good cause of com-plaint awjlnst the government. Castle-wood, his mother's residence, is very nearCoddington cove, In which mines are ex-ploded for practice and experimental pur-poses, and recently, after a Bevere con-cussion, several cracks opened In thewalls of the house. The damages wererepaired at considerable expense, but theyhave reopened as the result of later ex-ploßlons. Mr.Brugiere willconsult withthe navy authorities. .

MONTANA

LA CONNER, Oct. 9.-The threshingseason for 1007 on the La Conner andSamls.li flats, Olympia marsh and Ska gitdelta closed after a four and one-halfweeks' run with twenty steam threshingmachines. The total crop output thisseason approximates 1,500,000 bushels.Oats still bring (25 a ton In the localmarkets, and it is estimated that about150,000 sacks or 450,000 bushels havechanged hands at this figure.

SEATTLE—MichaeI Gover, who at-tempted to killhimself after shooting atand missing Millie Taylor at her home InRavana park August 15 and who wasto have been prosecuted under the newlaw, which makes it a felony to attempt¦suicide, escaped from the general hos-pitai. The police are on his trail andexpect to recapture him.

SEATLE--The state lodge of the In-dependent Order of Foresters ended Itssessions here with a banquet at theWashington Annex.

James F. Hewitt of Seattle was selectedas the representative to the supremecourt of the order, which meet* in To-ronto, Canada, next year, and Everettwas chosen as the next meeting placeoj. the high court, which will cofivene twoyears from. now. Spokane and Aber-deen were keen competitors for thishonor.

MARTINSBUR-G, W. Va., Oct. 9.-JaraesPowell, Jr., aged 35. son of EngineerPowell of the Baltimore & Ohio, andfor several years past an employe of theBaltimore & Ohio shops at River View.Baltimore, was ground to pieces by atrain on the Baltimore & Ohio at NorthMountain, west of this city. He hoardeda train to go to his home at Magnoliaand was thrown from the platform of acar while the train was rounding asharp curve.

HUNTINGTON-John Chadwick. »years old, son of U. 8. Chadwick, aprominent traveling salesman, acci-dentally blew the top of his head off athis home while cleaning a gun prepara-tory to going limiting.

UTAH

RALEIGH—The pivotal point wasreached in tho trial of Dr. D. S. Row-land and his wife for the murder bypoison of Engineer Strange on April 6last. Strange was the husband of thepresent Mrs. Rowland.

The evidence of Chemist v Syme. whoanalyzed the stomach of the dead man.showed that a person could be poisonedby aeonltlne one hundred and fiftieth efa grain, and no traco of it be found inthe etomach. Evidence also was suBVmltted to show that on April 4 Dr. Row-

land received a bottle of aconltlne orderedby telegraph from New York through adrug firm here.

CHARLOTTE,N. C, OOct. 9.—At a spe-cial meeting of the board df directorsat Mo,rganton, N. C.| Dr. John McCamp-

bell/was elected superintendent of the

Btft<e Hospital for the Insane, to suc-ceed Dr. P. L. Murphy, the noted allep-i6t, who died ten days ago. Dr. M.c-Campbell was first assistant physicianof the Institution.

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ARKANSAS

OKLAHOMA CITr, Okla., Oct. 9.-Atornado struck the village of Poarch, sit-uated 1p Roger Mills county, near theTexas line, and It Is reported to havedestroyed the pbstofflce and to have dam-aged almost every house in the place. Noone is reported Injured. Tho wires aredown and details are lacking. Poarch Isv village of about 200 inhabitants InRoger Mills county, about twenty mlleßsouth of BitOity, Okla., ard close to theTexas line, it1 Is off the railroad.

GUTHRIB-Chalrman Hunter of theRepublican state committee Is authorityfor the statement, that at least one in-junction proceeding would be broughtagainst the state board when it Bits herenext week ,to canvass the vote oast Sep-tember n. Mr. Hunter would not givethe origin #f the suit or state what_wasIntended to be proveil.

Friends of Judge W. H. H. Clayton ofMcAleater,' candidate for the federalJudge ship In the eastern district understatehood, deny the statement that "he isrelying mainly upon his Arkansas friendstor their support.

COLUMBUS—Rev. John Royer, a popu-lar pastor of Switzerland county, wastried by a committee of ninetaonMethodist ministers on a charge of kise-ing a member of his nock ngalnst herwill, and was suspended from the min-istry for one year.

INDIANAPOLIS—It le 'reported herethat President John Mitohe'.l of thelinked Mine Workers of America is.seriously 111, and that he willundergoan operation for appendicitis at his homein Spring Valley, 111.

RICHMOND-Christlan Fetta, aged 77,past grand master and past high priestof the Indiana Masons, died yesterday.

WABASH—Ambrose Everhard, legalrepresentative for the Michigan divisionof the Big Four road and one of themost prominent Indiana Republicanorators and politicians, died yesterday.

FORT WAYNE. Ind., Oct. 9.-Throughlimited service was inaugurated yester-day butween this city and Lafayetet^verthe Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley line.

Daniel Ryant aged 74, for twenty-nineyears a justice of the peace, died of heartdisease. He waa a pionber citizen andwell-known politician.

PROVO—In the case of the Payson Ex-change Savings bank r- v». Patrick T.HenryJ and;C. H.:Bradley, onImotion ofA. B. Morgan," attorney for., plaintiff, anorder ¦

\u0084, was ..» made ..;interple»dlng . *Jacob

Evans as m defendant in the garnishmentaction In the cause. •

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AMERICAN FORK—Tho fire which de-stroyed the roller mills of the ChlpmanMercantile company causeu a loss of$20,000, on which there was but $8000 in-surance. The origin of. the fire is a mys-tery. The mill willbe rebuilt at once.

]:BINOHAM,Utah, Oct. ».—John Paganinand Maslno "Guech, Italian miners' em-ployed

''by ¦

'the ".Utah Copper ¦company,

were buried allvs by a mass of ore at thelower- workings,. where the team shovelIs being \used, Iand |as yet t they.have notbeen ¦,found. A

*large \ force iof;men .'are

now at wojrk endeavoring to recover ,theirbodies, as Itis impossible that they couldlive under such a vast amount of dirt¦an? ore. '¦.'-',¦/''¦ ¦'¦'¦'->•:<¦. ';;'V "¦".'¦¦;; ¦' V, '¦'.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark-. Oct. 9.-J. B.Rlddick, associate justice of the Arkan-'sas supreme 'court, died today of typhoidfever

Tucker made a statement while underthe Influence of liquor which caused hisbeing taken Into custody, that he was atBaker City the night of the explosion,that he knows the name of the men whoexploded the bomt», though he refuse* tosay who they are, and that he was withinforty yards of the bomb when It was Betoff. He says that the other two men areon their way to Cheyenne, Wyo

PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 9.rA long dis-tance telephone mesage from Granite,Ore., states that Frank Tucker was ar-.rested there today on suspicion of beingan accomplice to the Harvey K. Brownmurder at Baker City.

BUTTE—Because he failed to heed signsforbidding the hunting of ducks, ChrisStanlsich, a 19-year-old Servian boy, wasshot and Instantly killed by Softs Nel-80* at the Mac White ranch, four milessouth of this city. Hunters who wit-nessed the shooting declared the killingto be unprovoked and very cowardly. Nel-son deliberately sending a bullet thrpughthe forehead of the boy. Nelson is con-fined in the county jailwithout bail. Hepleads self-defense

HELENA—In an injunction granted byJudge William H. Hunt of the UnitedState court the Montana Federation ofLabor, Its officers and the other unionsof Montana, are restrained from boycot-ting or in any way Interfering with thebusiness of the Rocky Mountain Ball Tel-ephone company, including^ the officersepecincaH^ mentioned of the unions com-plained rf there were fifty-two respond-ents.

BUTTE, Oct. o.—Merton Johnstone, anelectrician, 27 years old, was electrocutedseveral miles southeast of Butte and fellfrom the pole to the ground almost be-side the unconscious form of his helper,Henry Qagnon, who had been stunnedv/ a similar shock. Gagnon was resus-citated.

CHEYENNE—Mayor P. S. Cook createda sensation in tho council meeting by de-claring null and void the street lighting:

le Light, Fueland Pow ixlHary cour-pfiny of the Northern Colorado Powercompany.

LARAMIE,Wyo'., Oct. 9—The death athis home in tbls oity of Frank A. Simp-son removes one of the oldest conductorsIn point of service on the Union Pacific.Had he lived until February 7 ho wouldhave been eligible to the pension list ofthe Union Pacific system, and would haveaccepted the tender. Mr. Simpson wasborn at Haverhlll. N. H.,February 7, 1847.He entered the employ of the Wyomingdivision as a brakeman June 28, 1883.

MARINETTE—An unknown Italian waspicked up badly wounded by the crew of aNorth "Western train ijear Sager, Mich.He is now in the hospital at Florence.His body was riddled with buckshot, andit is believed that hunters mistook hintfor a bear. He cannot live.

SHEBOYGAN—

The price of cheesereached the IE-cent mark on the Sheboy-gan county cheese boards, and leadingdealers in this section state that theprice willgo up to 17 cents a pound byFebruary 1, 1908. There is a shortage Inthe market due to the large demand.

RANDOLPH—The property fit the Randolpb Canning Factory company has beensold to Mr. Pemhig of Chicago, formerlyeditor and owner of the Canner, the na-tional publication of the canoers. Theprice paid waa $26,500.

In an advance report prepared by Sec-retary of Agriculture J. M. True for theUnited States government he declares thatthe yield of barley In the state this yearwill be about twenty-seven bushels to theacre; wheat, 18; rye, 16, and oats, 22.

MADISON, Wls., Oct. 9-At a meetingof the Wisconsin Andersonvllle monu-ment commission arrangements for thededication of the monument October' 17were completed. The dedicatory partywill leave Madison over the Milwaukeeroad October 15. The train will be routedso that the party can visit battlefieldsand points of Interest from Nashville 10Atlanta. ItIs expected that the trip willconsume about eight days.

LOS AJNGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1907.

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