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Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
TRAIN FALLS FROM
HIGH TRESTLE
Nine Killed and Seven Injured in
Disaster on Southern Railway.
VICTIMS HORRIBLY MUTILATED

Charlotte. N. c., Sept. 2S.-While
running at high rate of speed. train
No. 81, on the Southern railway, the
south-bound fast mail train, jumped
from trestle rs feet high. half a mile
north of Danville, Va, and was almost
demolished. OF the crew of 16 men,
including mail carriers, on the train,
nine we're killed and seven injured.
All of the injured men are seri-
ously hurt and have been taken to the
hospital in Danville. The recovery of
Mail Clerk Spiers is not expected, and
other clerks are thought TO have re-
ceived mortal injuries
The trestle where the accident oc-
CURED is 500 feet long and is located
on a sharp curve. Engineer Broadly
was a new man on that division of
the Southern, and it is said he came
to the curve at a very high rate Of
speed
The engine had gone only about so
feet on the trestle when it sprasg
from the track. carrying with it four
mail cars and an express car. The
trestle, wooden structure, also gave
way for a space of so feet.
At the foot of the trestle is a shallow
stream, with a rocky bottom. Striking
this. the engine and cars were reduced
to a mass Of twisted iron and steel and
pieces of splintered wood. AS the
cars went down they touched the
sides of the Riverside Cotton Mill. |
which is very close to the trestle.
All the dead men were killed in /
stantly, it is thought, and all were
greatly mutilated. The skin and hair /
on the engineer and fireman were tori /
of by the impact of the steam engine. /
Several thousand people were soon
at the scene of the wreck No one
on any of the cars had made an effort
to jump. and the bodies of all those
killed were found in the wreckage of
the different cars to which they be-
longed. Lcdios who drove out to the
wreck from Danville tainted at TIE
sight of the bodies, some of which
were crushed to a CHASTITY degree. 1t
seemed miraculous that any one should
have escaped, for each car falling
with the engine bounded from it and
completely collapsed after striking the
rocks at the foot of the trestie. All
the express matter in the express car
Was p-c -. lily 1c--..~'c..-nd, avcevt -.
crates full Of canary birds. None OF tie
birds was hart, though the crates were
in the thickest of the debris. All un-
official opinions that have been ascer-
tanned agree in giving only one cause
for the wreck-the high speed of the
train on the sharp curve. Train No.
97 was running about an hour behind
Tine. It is thought that the engineer,
being unfamiliar with the road did
not take into consideration the dan
ger Of coming on the curve with such
great velocity.
The mail bags in all the mail cars
we're broken open and the letters and
packages were scattered. but it is be-
ieved that none were lost. Fire, which
in the wreckage shortly af-
er it occurred, was quickly extin- !
,uished by the Danville fire depart !
nent.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
An English Bishops Confessions.

An English Bishops Confessions.
Some of the English bishops. with all
their dignity. are not above indulging
ct times in harmless pleasantly. The
bishop of Norwich. for example, has
been making some interesting confes-
sions at parochial gathering. If
any ladies here" he said. want les.
son in simple cookery-hOw to make
napjacks or cook bacon-let them come
TO me. and | will teach them. 1t has
been said of certain king that he was
fit to be king because he had BACKED
his own boots. and, according to that
reasoning am more fit to be a bisbop
than any one here because I have cob
bled my own boots and mendpd my
own breeches.' The bishop made these
confessions in the course of a lively
speech, in which he maintained that
happiness was an internal joy depend
ing upon internal feeling. Some one
in the hall suggested that income might
have something to do with the matter.
The bishop declared in reply that he
had lived as poor life as any of his
hearers. When a missionary he had
known what it was to sleep unOn the
ground for months at stretch with. |
out even blanket to lie upou.-New
York Observer.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
RECEIVER FOR SUPERIOR
Judge Platt in Connecticut Appoints J.
c. carruth, of Philadelphia.

Judge Platt In Connecticut Appoints J.
c. carruth, Of Philadelphia.
New Haven. Conn, Sept. 29.-John
G. Carruth. of Philadelphia, president
of the Industrial Title and Trust Com
pany, was appointed receiver for the
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
by Judge Platt in the United States
az 1t court. His bond was placed at
IN application for the receivership
was presented by Judge Walter C.
Noyes, of the firm Of Noyes & Branda-
gee, of New London, in behalf of H. =.
Rothermel, Jr.. Samuel NJ. Clemens,
Jr.. and Joseph Def. Junkin, of Phila-
delphia. attorneys for certain stock
holders of the company. It was set
forth in the application that the direc-
tors of the company had failed to take
up the loan of $5.O5O. 10000 of Speyer Il
Co.. of New York; that the actual
value Of the plant, as expressed in the
amount expended in buildings, machi-
merry and other properties, is far in ex-
cess Of the amount Of the loan; that
the stockholders fear that II a forced
sale were allowed they would lose the
entire amount Of their investment. A
was. therefore, asked for, and
also a temporary injunction to prevent
the sale Of the property under foreclo-
8 proceedings.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
MINERS WAGES RAISED
Get Six Per Cent. Advance on Selling
Price Of Coal.

Get Six Per Cent. Advance on Selling
Price Of Coal.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 29.-The Del
aware. Lackawanna and Western Com
pany began with the first half of this
month to pay its employees a 6 per
cent. advance on the sliding scale. as
computed on the advance in the selling
price Of coal at tidewater.
The increase percentage on wages
paid by this company on the general
April advance of 10 per cent. under the
sliding scale is as follows: Paid in
June. 2 per cent. advance; paid in July.
3 per cent. advance; paid in August,
per cent. advance; paid in September,
6 per cent. advance.
The present outlook shows that there
will likely be no decrease in the selling
price OF coal until next spring, the pos
sibilities being for a further advance,
which may bring the miners percent
age up to 10 per cent. as the coal COM
panies are guarding the output to pre-
vent break in rates at tidewater.
The Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western company, by paying a six per
cent. advance this month has admitted
that the selling price of coal is now
$3.50 at tidewater. It will have to sell
at IS a ton at that point before the
miners will receive 10 per cent. advance
on the sliding scale.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
Special Session Jeraey LegIsI

SPeSiat session jersey Legislature.
Trenton, N. j.. Sept. 3O.-Governor
Murphy, after a conference with the
law committee Of the state board Of
education and a number of state Off
cials, decided to call special session
Of the legislature for Thursday, Octo-
Der Is. The purpose of this session
will be to pass an act to take the place
of the general school law of the state
that was about two weeks ago de
clared unconstitutional by the court
of errors and appeals. The state school
boards law committee convinced the
governor that the immediate passage
of a new school law will be necessary
to straighten out the chaotic condi-
tion which now exists by reason Of
there being no workable school law.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
Cow Wreeks Train.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept "a CIn-
cinnati Southern passenger train ran
into a COW at Gienmary, Tenn, 120
miles north Of Chattanooga, and the
engine, two mail cars, baggage car and
express car left the track and rolled
down steep embankment. Engineer
Frank Parker. Of Chattanooga, was in
stantly killed. and seven men we're
badly injured. two fatally.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
n.nouno.d For spIttIno IN churoh.

Denounced For Splitting In Church.
Norfolk, Va. Sept, 28.-Rev. John J,
Doherty. pastor of St. Mary's church,
the largest Catholic church in Nor.
folk, created CONSERVATION at mass
when he denounced male members of
the parish fer splitting on the floor of
the church. Father Doherty declared
such men desecrated the house of God
by their action and were not wanted
an the church. Il have a pretty fair
idea OF these mems identity" he said,
'but to be doubly sure will employ
a detective to attend services and re-
port expectorators to me. These re-
ports I will read to the congregation,
aria will cause the arrest Of the
guilty parties as violators Of the city
ordinance prohibiting splitting in pub
lie buildings."
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
IREWsoME SCENE AT HANGING
Rope Stretched and WiIkesbarre sher.
If Held BODY Up.

! S"E SSENE ~ 7ANGiNG
Rope Stretched and Wilkesbarre sher.
iff Held Body Up.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. SO.-Peter
Lenousky, of West Pittston. was
hanged in the county Jail here for the
murder Of Anthony Sennick on Febru-
ary IL. 1908. Several hundred specra-
tors witnessed the hanging many Sc
curing admittance by the use Of forged
passes before the arrival of Sheriff
Jacobs.
Throughout HIS six months impris-
onment the accused boasted that he
would not hang and refused to see
callers or discuss the crime with which
he was charged. A few minutes be.
fore the walk to the scaffold was
begun a change occurred and he re-
ceived a priest and became penitent.
The trap was sprung and Is minutes
later Lenousky was pronounced dead.
When the body was taken from the
trap it was found that the rope had
stretched fully two feet and the teet
OF the doomed man rested on the
ground. This was followed by a scene
never before witnessed in this county.
Sheriff Jacobs summoned several
deputies to the scaffold and, gripping
the rope, they lifted the body clear of
the ground and held it in this position
for several minutes. The gruesome
sight sent a majority of the spectators
hurrying from the jail Physicians,
after the examination, said that mis-
neck had been broken and death was
almost instantaneous. The body was
sent to a medical college in Philadel-
phia.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
SOFT COAL STRIKE IMMINENT
$4,000 Men In Central Pennsylvania
May Come Out October 8.

May Come Out October 3.
Altoona. Pa, Sept %. - President
Patrick Gilday OF District No 2. Unit
ed Mine Workers, is authority for the
statement that a strike of the $4,000
miners employed by the Pennsylvania
Coal and Coke company in the Central
Pennsylvania field, is threatened. He
has given the officials until October 8
to agree to carry out the provisions Of
the Altoona scale. Failing to do so, he
will order a strike. The Pennsylvania
company opei ates more than 40 mines
and practically dominates the Central
Pennsylvania coal field. Men formerly
prominent in the anthracite region
control it. Thomas Watkins. who was
a member of the anthracite arbitra-
tion commission, is a big stockholder,
and Vice President W. A. Lathrop, for
merly with the Lehigh Valley rail-
road, is the president. President Gill
day asserts that the company has for
some time refused to payryardage at
its A. NJ. Amsbry, Cambria county
mines, where the union is not strong,
and seeks to establish a precedegt
which will disrupt the wage agree
me1t
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
Live Stock Markets.

Herr's Island, Pa, Sept. 3O.-Cattle
were slow; choice, $500 5 so; prime
$5.10G 5.25; fair. S3600425. Hogs
were slow; prime heavy. S6.3OMG.45.
mediums. S660G675; heavy Workers
S6.6006.65; pigs. s6G625; roughs. 81
a 5.75. Sheep were slow; prime weth-
ers, S4Q4.l5; culls and common. s1.53
az; choice lambs, S5.60@5.S0; veal
calves, S7G75O.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
From France to England In Balloon,

London, Sept. 2S. - Count de la
Vaulx and Count d'outremont descend
ed in balloon near, Hull, Yorkshire,
having journeyed from Paris in Tx
hours. This is the first time that a
balloon has successfully travelled from
France to England.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
D. M. 81 ". Branch.
Going North
North rend NJ

At Georgetown trains connect with trains
o and from Franklin City.
Going south read down North read up.
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
P. w. &B. RAILROAD
nETAWARE DtvISIAN

AZ follows: 4o+'
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02
OCTORER.

VIII leave Frederisa, Webb's and Bower
for Philadelphia "a follows during
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02

Returning Steamer will leave Philadelphia
from Piers South Wharves First Pier aboYs
Chestnut STREET. as folloWs;s
Milford chronicle., 1903-10-02

$3.50
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
No Street Car Seats for Her.

Lots of funny things happen right
along on these cars" said conductor
on the Fourteenth street line to a pas
senger, one day last week. See the
large woman standing inside?" he con-
tinued, using his index finger. wen,
she boarded my car at the Treasury,
and unless somebody leaves the car
Pm of the opinion she'll be standing
when we reach Mount Pleasant, and
all for her treatment of a poor, tim1d
little man who failed to resign his seat
to her, a space that she could not have
oecupied to save her life, and she knew
II: but some women, in order to make
men occupying seats feel uncomforta-
BILE. will do anything from smother
ing them with their aggressive bundles
down to standing on their feet, all Of
which this woman had tortured the lit
tle man with, and she finally was the
cause of sending the whole car into
roars of laughter. With the woman,
sta andfng in front of him and swinging
on to strap, the little man tried to get
up. and, as the large woman thought,
To offer her his seat at last. Quite loud
enough for every one to hear, she said,
with complete satisfaction and in tone
calculated to freeze anything: oh, I
insist that you keep your seat, sir. I
have stood for ten squares, and guess
can stand the rest of the way and
he was fairly showed back into his seat.
Very soon he tried to get up again. I
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16

son ewas convicted of numbering Mrs.
Pulitzer. Then she called the engage
ment off.
What One Clever Woman Is Doing.
There seems to be no limit in these
modern days to what woman may do.
In South Boston there is a woman
who owns and controls chain of nine
weekly papers supplying smaller New
England cities with leisure reading.
Five years ago this woman had never
seen the inside of newspaper office.
At that time she invested in five pa
pers at the advice Of a young man
who had supreme confidence in him
self as an all-round newspaper man
and controller of syndicate. The re-
suit not justifying his confidence, col
lapse seemed imminent, when this re-
sourceful woman herself stepped to
the fore. The peculiar feature of her
management Is that she employs only
girls on these papers. Man never ap-
pears in connection with them, save as
subscriber or advertiser. Her workers
are often as young as II, and she new
er engages anyone over 81, her idea
being to secure optimistic, fresh and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
MANY ATTRACTIONS FOR POLITICIANS
IN POSITION OF UNITED STATES SENATOR

INGALLS,
Of
~ ingalls,
desirable position
a
Western Senator lis that
desraliy inferred
weeks Platt of New York. Fairbanks Wisconsin,
elected for the beginning
of
the House
however and is
1.-The Senator which wanting
therefore able
the
In addition this the senaes activity of its
house, has been able the
bills
the freedom of debate which chance for all of its members
themselves Perhaps this
the first rank like Senator Daniel of Virginia and spner of Wisconsin
their large which
1T also
anxious
their
of Hfe"-Louisvile Courier Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
Cormorants as Signals,

An incident OF peculiar nature oc
CURED recently at the Bell Rock Light
house, says the Scotsman. At II one
night the keeper on watch was startled
by the sound of a steamers whistle in
close proximity to the rock. On going
out on the balcony the steam tug
Alexandria of Arbroath was observed
in the clear moonlight within hailing
distance.
A strong westerly wind and the beat
of the sea against the base of the tow
er made conversation somewhat diff
cult, but it was understood. that the
tug had been sent out from Arbroath
in response to signals which were re-
ported to have been shown from the
rock that day. On being assured that
all was well, and as no landing could
be effected at the time, the tug return
ed to Arbroath.
The solution of the mystery is as fol-
lows: When signals are made from the
rock, twO-foot disks are run out on
poles, which project horizontally from
either side of the balcony Daily OBJ
servations are taken by the keeper on
shore duty in Arbroath "a distance of
twelve miles from the rock by the
aid Of powerful telescope, and what
appeared to him to be two disks on the
southwest pole, which mean "Send
boat Immediately" were in reality two
cormorants, which, tired out at fishing,
had made the signal pole a resting
place
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
Stockings.

How many readers are familiar with
the history and origin Of the most
common articles they daily use? I'VE
eat, drink, wear without thinking
whence or wherefore Stockings were
known among the Romans more than
1900 years ago, as is proved by paint
ings found in the ruins of Pompeii
They were considered more ornamental
than useful. In the colder climate of
northern Europe they became a neces-
sity, and the manufacture Of them be-
came a recognized employment in the
twelfth century, when they were fash
ioned chiefly Of cloth. In the reign of
Edward II. they assumed a resem-
blance of those now worn At the
courts of Spain and Italy they were
fashioned Of silk and were made enor-
mously large.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
Health and Beauty Hin Is,

If an insect Of any description gets
into the ear, fill it with a teaspoonful
of either warm water or sweet Oil.
This will have tendency to float the
foreign substance out of the ear.
Camphor is a most useful deodorizer
for sickroom. Place lump of it in
an old saucer, and when it is required
apply to 1t red-hot poker The fumes
that arise will give the room pleasant
freshness.
Vinegar, as Is we'll known, prevents
discoloration. Battle a bruise with
vinegar as soon as the accident hap
pens. If it can be kept in place lay
a cloth soaked in vinegar over the in
jury, moistening it as it dries, and
there will be little if any discolora-
ton.
When poaching eggs for a sick per-
son use milk instead of water as the
milk gives them a more delicate favor.
If you beat an egg to a froth with the
addition of a little milk and then
scramble 1t In very hot pan it will
be very delicate and digestible.
Scrambled eggs should never stand be-
fore being served, as they tougher and
become indigestible.
To remove stain from the neck
caused by wearing a black ribbon
battle the neck in water containing
powdered borax about a tablespoonful
to two quarts Of water. Rinse with
clear water and dry; then wipe the
neck with a cloth dipped in lotion
made Of one ounce Of acetic acid, two
ounces Of glycerine and three ounces
Of rose water. If several applications
do not help bathe the neck with three
parts of lemon juice and one part
water.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
lA)0pD)egG,S l)D1plqs,
Uu~O

CHEEKY views of life in her sheets and
to avoid the work of women with "set
ways" which might be difficult to un-
learn. These ''girl graduates" as
most of them are, are sent forth in
search Of news, and rapidly learn to
become newspaper women. The pro-
prietor herself writes and signs all
editorials. Her papers are not dis
tinctively papers for women-that is,
they do not confine themselves exclu-
sively to women's news-but they have
the interests of women more particu-
larly in view.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
HumOr in the Family,


Good humor is rightly reckoned a
most valuable aid to happy home life
An equally good and useful faculty is
a sense Of humor or the capacity to
have little amusement along with the
humdrum cares and work of life. We
all know how it brigthens up things
generally to have a lively, witty COM
panion who sees the ridiculous point
of things, and who can turn an annoy
ance into an occasion for laughter. 1t
does great deal better to laugh over
some domestic mishaps than to cry or
scOld over them 1t is well to turn off
an impatient question sometimes, and
to regard it from humorous point of
view, instead Of becoming irritated
about it. "Wife, what is the reason
1 can never find a clean shirt?" ex-
claimed a good but rather impatien
husband, after rummaging all through
the wrong drawer. His wife looked
at him steadily for a moment, half
inclined to be provoked; then, with a
comical look. she said: 81 never could
guess conundrums; 1 give it up Then
ho iouShoo' anu lAcJ DotH lduSHeu,
and she went and got his shirt, and he
felt ashamed Of himself and kissed
her, and then she felt happy; and so
what might have been an occasion for
unkind feelings and hard words be-
came just the contrary, all through the
little vein of humor that cropped out
to the surface. Laughter is better
than tears. Let us have a little more
of it at home.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16

e | d e S t surviving
son of Brigham
Young, and re-
Gently elected an
elder in the Nor
mon church. Miss
Judge is a New
York girl. She en-
braced the Nor
mon faith, and all
was we'll between
her and the man
she promised to
rru until h;c
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16
MRS. FORESTER.

be removed from the temptation of seeing
or hearing of you. But to-day, when l
saw you coming toward me, all my
strength failed me. Do you know that
for centuries back my race have suffer
ed for one rash vow? Time after time
they have sacrificed their love, their
hopes to it, and dared not be the first
to break it by marrying one who, though
my equal, nay, my superior in all else,
was beneath me in rank. l must go away.
l must forget you"
Beneath you?" cried Winifred, with
flashing, indignant eyes-"beneath you.
Mr.. Hastings? You deemed Flora Cham
pion a worthy bride, and am not equally
the granddaughter Of Sir Howard"
1.-THE granddaughter of Sir Howard
Championw Mr.. Hastings said, scarcely
believing he heard Alright.
"My mother was his daughter" and
with a proud, passionate gesture, Wini-
the gate. He felt as if brain, heart and
limb were paralyzed by what he had just
heard.
Sir Howard's granddaughter! Then
that accounted for the breeding which
had so puzzled him, and there was ia
truth no reason why he should not make
known that before. And Flora Champion
and Reginald? They knew it, and con-
cealed it from him all the while. Lady
Grace Farquhar must have known it
all his servants, and everyone who lived
in the neighborhood; and yet some
strange fatality had conspired to keep
him in ignorance of a fact it would have
sealed his happiness to know. 1t was too
late now. He knew her pride; he knew
that if he had the crowns and the wealth
of India to offer her, she would reject
him in scorn now.
And she had loved him dearly, he knew
that, or she would never have suffered
his kisses on her lips. or looked lovingly
into his face with those sweet brown
eyes. He felt maddened by his thoughts,
by the recollection Of what was, and what
might have been. And he turned his
steps homeward, not iAgeringly, not
hopefully, as he had come, but swiftly,
half mad with crushing despair.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16

explained to you. sir, that 1 am per-
fectly able to stand, and would not
| have your seat
But cried the little man, I want
to get off, and everybody laughed but
the large woman."-Washing Post
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-16

of "Roosevelan
cabinet family
bed The oldest child
his wife Bohemian neither
The accompanying
a chip
strained on