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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-17

Some men won't be guyed and others
won't be guided.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-17

A rolling stone never makes much of an
uphill fight.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-17

The mandarin duck is one of the
most beautiful of aquatic birds.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
A GREAT AFFAIR.

President ROosevelt'S First Public
Reception Draws a Crowd.
Washington Jan. @President Roose-
velt's first public reception was attend
ed more largely than any New Years
reception in number of years. In
all s,10O persons filed through the White
House and shook hands with the presi
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt, on being ap-
prised that the crowd in line outside
the White House was unusually large,
gave orders that the gates should not
b" Closed until the last person desiring
to do so had an opportunity to pay his
respects. The reception began prompt
ly at IL o'clock and it was 2:30 before
the last person in line had been pre-
sented to the president, and a quarter
of an hour later before the reception
came to an end. The weather was de-
ightful, being clear and crisp, so that
no hardship was suffered by the throng
that waited for hours for admission to
the White House. The reception was
in every way successful, the attendance
not only being large, but the decora-
tons really beautiful, the arrange
ments perfect and the president in ex-
cellent spirits. To each person he eX-
tended cordial, Happy New Year, and
Mrs. Roosevelt was equally pleasing to
each of those who filed past the line in
the Blue parlor, where the receiving
party stood. Miss Alice Roosevelt was
conspicuous among those assisting at
the reception. A party Of her young
girl friends. by invitation, also par
ticipated in the function.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
COMMITTEE PLACED IN CHARGE
EMPRESS FINN BELIEF THAT THE
81 CONCERN Is ENTIRELY SOL
s VENT.
EMBARRASSMENT IS TEMPORARY
OWN AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM Oh
ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE
LINES.

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 4.-The financial
affairs of the Everett-Moore syndicate,
owning or controlling q number of ur-
ban and interurban electric railways,
and an extensive system of local and
long distance telephone lines in Ohio
and Michigan, passed into the control
of a committee composed of seven
prominent bankers of this city yester-
day. This action was taken, it is stated,
as the result of temporary financial
embarrassment on the part of the syn
dictate, which has for some time past
been affected by the stringency in the
money market.
The committee chosen has been at
work investigating the affairs of the
syndicate and express the firm BELIEF
that the concern is entirely solvent,
and that it's embarrassment will be
only temporary.
The Everett-Moore syndicate is ac-
credited with controlling more than
1900 miles Of urban and interurban
electric lines in Ohio and Michigan,
with many new extensions still In
course of construction.
Among the telephone properties
owned outright or controlled by the
company of this city, with upward of
10000 subscribers; the United States
Telephone company Qong distancel;
the Federal Telephone company; the
Stark County Ohio Telephone COM
pany; the Columbiana County (Ohio)
Telephone company: The Peoples Tel
ephone Company Of Detroit; the Wood
County (Oho) Telephone company, and
number of others in which the Fed
eral Telephone company is the con-
trolling factor.
Among the more important electric
street railway properties in which the
syndicate is largely interested are the
Cleveland Electric Railway company,
the Detroit United Railway company,
the Toledo Railway and Light COM
pary, the Northern Ohio Traction COM
pany, the Cleveland, gainesville g.
Eastern Railway company, the Detroit
& Toledo Short Line Railroad company
and the Lake Shore Electric Railroad
company. All of these lines are de-
clared by the committee to be with
scarcely an exception, in good physical
condition, perfectly solvent and in no
wise embarrassed.
The aggregate capitalization of all
the various properties owned or con-
trolled by the syndicate is said to be
about $40, 1000 900.
Expert accountants have been en-
ployed by the committee III charge to
examine and report upon the condition
OF all the constituent companies. No
statement has, as yet, been given out
indicating the liabilities of the syndi-
cate.
Messrs. Henry A. Everett and Fl. W.
Moore refused last night to be. inter-
viewed concerning their affairs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
LIKE \ WITCH OF OLD.
Glrl With Abnormal Power
Driven From Her Home.

Glrl With Abnormal Power Is
Driven From Her Home.
Eikhart, Ind, Jan. 5.-Like q witch
of Puritan days, pretty thirteen-year-
old Bessie Currier, who Is credited with
abnormal power to cause plates to float
through the air, water pals to upset,
bedsteads to come asunder and other
startling phenomena, has been driven
from her home. Her sister-in-law, Mrs.
William Currier, with whom She and
her mother, Mrs. Mary Currier, lived,
declared that the girl should no longer
be harbored under her roof, and She
has accordingly gone to another sister
in-law. Mrs. John Currier, some dis
tahce from the city. Mrs. William
Currier, however, does not regard the
girl with supernatural awe, but thinka
the phenomena the result of trickery
on her part, though the child maintains
that she is not responsible for the man
ifestations. The story of the remark
able manifestations at James Nc
Carthy's residence in this city has
stirred up much comment. Many ridi-
Guile the story, but the scores who VS.
tied the house We're impressed with tho
evident sincerity Of the family, board
erS and neighEors.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
THEIR TUNE IS CHANGED.
Frcnchmcn Anxious TO Sell the
Panama Ditch.

Frcnchmen Anxious TO Sell the
Panama Ditch.
Paris, Jan. At is believed here that
the Panama route will soon become
the property of the United States.
IF the United States should succeed
in obtaining possession of the Panama
canal for s40,OO00OO it will make the
best business bargain in its history,
not even the Louisiana purchase ex-
cepted," said M. Leroy-Beaulieu yes
tercay.
This noted economist, who has been
urging the Panama stockholders to
await rigidly an offer of S15O,000,00o,
finally confesses that the company will
be forced to accept the terms of the
United States rather than face COM
plete ruin, (which even the coalition
of European states which favor the
Panama scheme would be unable to
prevent were the Nicaragua route &C.
lected."
Other experts, while insisting that
the company had a right to expect
greater generosity from Washington
are gradually arriving at the same con-
clusion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
WHITE HOUSE DEBUTANTE.
Presidcnt's Eldest Daughter IL Pre-
scented to Society.

Presidents Eldest Daughter Is Pre-
scented to Society.
Washington, Jan. 5. - Miss Alice
Roosevelt the eldest daughter of the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt, was
formally presented to Washington so
ciety last night at ball given in her
honor at the White House. About 500
guests were present, many of whom
either were connections of the Roose-
welt family or well known society peo-
pie living outside of Washington. Miss
Roosevelt is the first White House
debutante since 1873, when Miss Nellie
Grant, the daughter Of President and
Mrs. Grant, was presented to society
at a ball which was the gayest social
event of the decade. Last nights en-
tertainment was given personal rath-
err than an official character by Mrs.
Roosevelt, whose wish was that Miss
Roosevelt should make her debut much
as Though it had tal,en place in her
own private home rather than in the
White House.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
DINNER TO THE CABINET.

President and Mrs. Roosevelt En-.
terrain at the White House.
Washington, Jan. 4. = The dinner to
the cabinet, the first of the large
formal functions of the year at the
White House. was given by the presi-
Gent and Mrs. Roosevelt last night. A
large number of persons were invited
to meet the members Of the cabinet,
the guests including senators and rep
resertatives in congress and some
friends of the president The T-shaped
table was Set in the state dining room
and was marvel of artistic beauty.
The public portions of the house. in
which the guests spent the remainder
Of the evening, We're still fresh and
beautiful with the floral decorations
used the day before. The marine band
furnished the music.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
TRIAL OF MUrlNEERs.

Prisoners Who Broke Ont of Leaven-
worth B<saile Held for Murder.
Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 5.-The pre-
liminary trial of Gilbert Mullins, Fred
erick Robinson and Robert Clark, three
of the ringleaders in the recent federal
prison mutiny, was held yesterday In
the library of the prison before United
States Commissioner Bond. Mullins
Robinson and Clark were charged with
murder in the first degree for the kill
ing of j. B. Waldrupe, one Of the pris-
on guards. Various prison officials
testified as to the incidents of the out
break. The commissioner remanded
the three prisoners into the warden's
care to be held to the United States
grand jury. The examination of Frank
Robinson and Turner Barnes will take
place to-day.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
DO QUEEI, STUNTS.

sIpecullar and MysteriOus Things
Happen In an Indiana Home.
Elkharts Ind. Jan. I. According to
Mr. and Mrs. James Mccarthy OF this
city, several boarders and ten OF twelve
neighbors, some very peculiar and mys-
terious things happened at the Nc.
Csrthy house, and for the want of a
better explanation they ascribe the
manifestations ITO some unnatural
power possessed by thirteen-year-old
Bessie Currier, the daughter Of a wo-
man who lives with daughter-in- law,
Mrs. William Currier, just south Of this
town..
The manifestations occurred only IN
the presence Of the girl and ceased
When, at 4 o'clock, the girl was sent
away, going to her sister-in-law' s
home.
Chairs Turned Over
on the floor; stick of wood found it's
way to the center of room twice; a
joint of stovepipe came up the cellar
stairs and stood in the room; plates
rolled Off the diningroom table; a sew
ing machine tipped over gently and
rested on its side on the floor; pail
cmptted it's water three times; the
clothes line broke three times and fur
the;' efforts to fix it were abandoned;
a lamp chimney hoated from its place
on the lamp to bed and the lamp fol-
lowed, and various other things equal
ly as puzzling happened, according to
the apparently sincere statements OF
the witnesses mentioned
Bessie Currier had been with the Nc
Carthys about week. and nothing un
usual occurred until after Mrs. Nc
earthly
Had Angered the Child
b. mildly reproving her for Sinking
her work. The girl denies responsible
ity for the unnatural antics and de-
clares her ignorance of the possession
OF any supernatural or abnormal pow
err, declaring that The was scared her
self at the manifestations and glad to
be sent away. The girl is large for her
age ard has strong, rugged appear
ance, evidently possessed of unusual
vitality. Her complexion is fair, clear,
with blonde hair and dark eyebrows
and calm blue eyes.
All the statements made above were
vouched for by half a dozen witnesses
to whom your correspondent has
talked. All who saw the strange hap
penings declare that they could not be
deceived as to what occurred.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
BUSY DAY FOR LIFESAVERS.
Do Good Work in Assisting Crews of
Disabled Vessels.

Chatham, Mass, Jan. 4. = The life
saving crews Of three stations, the
Chatham, the Old Harbor and the
Monomoy did good work yesterday in
assisting crews of disabled vessels. The
crew of the schooner Emma ID. Endi-
colt, Capt Rogers, New York for
Portland, with coal, were kept con-
stantly at the pumps, for the vessel
was almost sinking. The Endicott was
taken in tow for Portland by the tug
Buccaneer. The crew of the schooner
Commerce. Capt. Pearson, New York
for Rockland, Me-, with coal, which
was blown to sea Wednesday, were
brought ashore by lifesavers. They
had been rescued by the tug Lacka-
wanna. The Commerce was struck by
the gale on Tuesday night, her sails
were blown off and she afterward lost
a big anchor She was abandoned be-
cause she was being driven to sea. The
four-masted schooner John F. Randall
ran ashore but she foated and pro-
ceeded. for Boston apparently unin-
jured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

Hi1l-MorEan Coup Successfully Ac-
complished in New York.
New York, Jan. 3-Northern Pacific
preferred" was retired yesterday
morning.
The operation was purely clerical,
performed in tine office of Secretary
George H. Earl at New York, and was
entirely painless, so far as Mr.. Earl
was concerned.
There was no formal action neces-
sary except to make suitable record Of
the fact that the stock was retired yes
terday under the resolution Of Nov. 10
last.
In order that there might be no legal
bitches, however, the precaution was
taken to accomplish the retirement as
soon after the whistles blew at mid
night as possible.
Judge Lochren at Minneapolis late
Tuesday afternoon dissolved the tenn
porary order of Judge Elliott of the
district court for Hennepin county,
Mimi. restraining the Northern Pa
cific from retiring its preferred stock
yesterday.
In dissolving the restraining order,
Judge Lochren ruled that the Northern
Securities company was in no way
concerned in the retirement of the pre-
ferred stock, which was provided for
before the incorporation of the Sc
curities company. and which could
rave been accomplished even had the
company never been formed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
WORKS A HARDSHIP.

Secretary Gnbe Refers to theOpera-
ton Of the Deportation Law.
Washington, Jan. 5.-Secretary Gage
has complained for some time of the
hardships wrought on foreigners under
the deportation law. He related the
instance of the wife and family of a
foreigner who were held at the immi-
grafton quarters at Ellis island because
of a cont gious disease of the eye.
The husband and father was in this
country in favorable circumstances.
The case had excited sympathy in New
York, but. under the law, the wife and
children must be deported.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
DISGRACE TO CIVILIZATION.
Conditions Prevailing in the Congo

Conditions Prevailing i'm the Congo
Free State.
London, Jan. 4.-Capt. Guy Burrows,
who has just returned from the employ
of the Congo Free State government
after six years service, declared in an
interview yesterday that the conditions
prevailing in the Congo Free state are
a disgrace to civilization and far worse
than ever before. He pictured atroci-
ties of the most horrible character per-
petrated on the natives by officials and
whites who had concessions of rubber
land. AS a typical instance of the
means employed by the Free State gov
eminent, Capt. Burrows corroborated
the statement of an American mission
airy to the effect that the officials en-
pioyed 500 cannibals to whom they is
SIZED rifles ito massacre and capture
unarmed natives who had rebelled
against their brutal methods
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
FIGHT TO FINISH
rLAN OF ACTION TO DEFEAT PRO
POSED RAILROAD MERGER
AGREED UPON.
GOVERNORS ALL OF ONE MIND
ED IMMEDIATELY IN Mn
NESOTA.
GOVERNORS ALL OF ONE MIND
GOV. VAN SAINT IS PLEASED
THOROUGHLY SATISFIED WITT
THE WORK OF THE HELENA
MEETING.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 3. A definite
plan of action to defeat the proposed
consolidation of the Northern Pacific.
Great Northern and Burlington railway
systems was unanimously agreed upon
by the governors and attorneys general
of seven Northwestern states, in which
those roads have mileage. Legal action
will be instituted Immediately in Min
nesota courts with this object in view.
To quote Attorney General Douglas Of
Minnesota:
1.-The thing will be fought to a finish"
Just how, when or where these suits
will be brought, neither Gov. Van SAINT
of Minnesota or Attorney General
Douglas would state. The conference
adjourned late Tuesday afternoon after
adopting resolutions condemning the
public policy, and pledging support to
any proper legal action which may be
brought to test it's validity Other res
oiutions adopted call on congress to in
vestigate the subject and favor the
granting Of power to the interstate
commerce commission to fix maximum
rates on interstate business.
Gov. Van SAINT and most of the other
state officials who have been present u:
the conference left Tuesday night fo.'
their homes. Gcv. Van SAINT expressed
himself as much gratifed over the re-
suit of the meeting.
so far as am concerned" said he,
after the meeting adjourned, II am
thoroughly satisfied with the work Of
the meeting. It accomplished all that
cCulo be desired. I am very much
pleased
Governors Hunt and Toole also ex-
pressed qualification at the result OF
the conference.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
SHAW IN WASHINGTON.
New Secretary Holds Conference
With the President.

New Secretary Holds Conference
With the President.
Washington, Jan. 5.-Gov. Leslie M.
Skaw of Iowa, who is to succeed Hon.
Lyman J. Gage as secretary of the
treasury, arrived in Washington last
nigin. hc IS staying at the Arlington
hotel and had been there but short
time when, in responses to a message
fl ON the White House, he walked to
tile presidents home and remained
with him until after 9 o'clock. Later
the governor called on Speaker Hender-
sou. He will have a more extended
conference with the president to-day
Gov. Shaw accorded hearty greeting
to the group of newspaper men who
were awaiting him in the hotel lobby
after his return from the White House.
He was non communicative. however,
when asked leading questions about
matters of financial Policy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

Mrs. Ormsby Of Chicago, of course,
ggles for o divorce, and, therefore, may
Se set down as considering marriage a
owing failure. Yet fourteen children
sere born to the marriage, of which
aree came singly, four came In two Of
i kind, three came at one time, and the
S4st result showed up in tours. Under
lie circumstances it was more probably
u failure Of the flour barrel rather than
L the marriage.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
Her Neck Broken.

Ardmore, Ind. r., Jan. 3.-Philip Bar
rett, aged twenty-five q well known
8stencgra pher of this city, has been ar
rested on a warrant charging him with
the murder Of Mrs. v. Emhart. a
widow. Barrett It is alleged, went
home intoxicated and began to abuse
his wife, when Mrs. Emhart, who lives
at the Barrett house. went to Mrs.
fBarrett'sa assistance. It il alleged that
Barrett struck Mrs. Emhart with a
chair and broke her neck.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

Fire Causes Heavy Damage.
Memphis. Tenn, Jan. 4-Firei at mid
occupied by Merriweatherg & Co. and
the Kremer company. dealers in mil
linery and dry goods. caused damage
estimated at SIS, 900.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.
Man Uses Dynamite to Help Him
Over the Dark River.

Man Uses Dynamite to Help Him
Over the Dark River.
Morris, ILL.,, Jan. S. - There was a
frightful suicide yesterday at Coal City,
ten miles southeast of this city. Jo-
seph H. Bovine, leader among the
Bohemians in the coal fields, had
trouble with his wife in the morning.
He brooded over the matter till after
noon, when he went to the village and
secured a stick of dynamite. On his
return he went lack of his barn, and,
lying on his back, placed the dynamite
beneath his vest. With his hands he
struck the cap and exploded the dyna-
mite. The explosion tore a great hole
in the earth and blew the mans body
into countless pieces.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

Pardon the suggestion, ladies. but
when pretty little Wilhelmina asks her
tubjects to be as forgiving to her I'M
worthy husband as she, herself is; does
The wink her other eye-just a little?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

What the other fellow thinks of us
doesn't matter half 80 much as what
we think of ourselves after making
a 1 per cent deduction for proper self
esteem.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
ATTACK ON MINER.

Rumor of an Attempt to Assassinnte
the British Comnlisioner.
London, Jan. 5-A rumor was. cur
rent in the city that an attempt had
been made to assassinate Lord Milne-,
the British high commissioner in South
Africa. The rumor. however. was Who'll
" unconfirmed. and was entirely dis
credited in responsible quarters.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
KILLED HIS PARTNER.

Lewis HartsOugh Sentenced mt Sherf-
ian to Twenty Years.
Sheridan, Wyo., Jan. 5.-Judge Scott
Sentenced Lewis Hartsough to twenty
years in the penitentiary. Hartsough,
who was q leading business man here,
was found guilty Of granddaughter.
He shot and killed his partner, ]. H.
Mclaughlin, about month ago. The
dead man was also pronine mt In busi-
ness circles in Northern Wyoming.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
BOMB IN THE PALACE.

The Grand Duke Constantine Fright
,4 Aened by Nihilists. 1e
Paris, Jan. a. - La ,Patria prints a
dispatch from Kiev, Russia. which re-
ports that a bomb was exploded last
night in the palace Of Grand Duke Con-
stantiEe. "A good deal Of dame &c was
done but'no one was injured. The duke
at the time was entertaining. His
numerous guests ran from the building
ina panic Of fear. Nihilists probably
exploded the bomb. 4 a-...i.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

The new navy of Mexico Is to be
built in the United States. Uncle Sam
Fan accommodate the world either in
building navfes or in smashing them.
Apply at the worlds workshop.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
BANK IS ROBBED.
Vault Blown Open With Dynamite
and $4,000 Taken

V"uHt OIV"H OVFH WIN UynNM11G
and $4,000 Taken.
Columbus. Neb.. Jan. S. = The Blue
Valley bank at Bellwood. Butler coun-
ty. was robbed Thursday night Of ST.
600. The vault was blown open with
dynamite and the robbers escaped. It
is supposed they were three in number,
as trio of strangers were seen loafing
about the town Thursday. One carried
a heavy grip on Ills shoulder and the
presumption is that it contained the
tools and dynamite used to wreck the
vault. The officers have a very in
complete description OF the men and
extraordinary effofts are being made to
apprehend them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

Mike Sullivan, who was profess
ional baseball pitcher few years ago,
IS now a member of the Massachusetts
legislature. Mike must have put in
Some of his spare moments not leaning
against the bar. ..
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10

A membership Of 1000 in the Harvard
Club of New York would seem to
show that the metropolis and Cam
bridge are within easy reaching dis
lance of each other.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-01-10
DEATH IN A HOTEL FIRE.

Woman and Two Children Arc
Burned to Death. ~,
Searchlight, New, Jan. 4. = On the
evening of Dec. 20 the Searchlight no.
tel took fire and before any assistance
could be rendered the place was mass
Of flames. Mrs. Bullock, the lessee OF
the property. and her two children, a
boy and girl, were burned to death.
Essie Wheatley. twelve years Of age.
was SO badly burned that her life is
despaired of.