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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
INTRICATE MURDER CASE.
Alleged Slayer of Wife Sued By His
Lawyer.

The case of Charles F. Osborne, alias
Hiatt, the alleged double murderer ar
rested in Norfolk, Va, for the murder
of his Norfolk wife, Mrs. Matte Os-
borne, and then carried to Saltwater,
Oklahoma, upon the charge of murder
ing previous wife, has been revived in
Norfolk again by a suit brought by
Judge Thomas H. Wilcox against Os-
borne for the recovery of $500 fee.
which Osborne contracted to pay Judge
Wilcox, who defended him at his Nor
folk trial.
The suit attaches a Judgment for
$500 given in the courts at Norfolk in
Osborne's favor against the Life Insur,
ance Company of Virginia, in which
the alleged murdered wife was insured
Osborne is still in Oklahoma awaiting
trial.
Advices just received from Saltwater
says that the man has been admitted
to bail The question as to whether
the $500 life insurance will be paid is
MOVIE pending in court of appeals at
Richmond.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
FAIRCHILD FAvoRs LABOR UNION

President Chas. S. Fairchild, of the
New York Security and Trust company,
which owns the New Orleans railway
company, an amalgamation of all the
street railway lines in that city, CAPT
talized at $SO,000,00O, has given out the
following interview on the labor ques-
ton:
''The rights. of employees are precious
to them, and no wonder they are jeal-
GUS of them. I do not know upon what
principle one can deny the right of
employees to organize and to be rep
resented. I indorse the Union of tho
employees of our railway company and
the recognition that our company has
made of>their Union. But their Union
should always be composed exclusively
of our employees, as it is at present
81 consider the findings of the An
thracite Coal commission the magma
charta, the constitution which should
govern in the future the relations be-
tween employers and employees. Those
findings tell the employee that he has
a right to organize. Such Union is
more intelligent and conservative and
it's most responsible members come to
the front. Those findings should be
placed in pamphlet form in the hands
of every family in America"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
TILLMAN TRIAL IN LEXINGTON.

Judge Townsend has announced that
the change of venue in the case of
Governor James H. TIL
man, of South Carolina, indicted for
the murder ofN. G. Comedies, editor OF
Columbia Is. CO. State, should be made,
to. Lexington. The next term OF. court
at Lexington, S. c., on the third Mon
day in September, when the case Isl
set for trial. Judge G. w Gage, of
Chester. will then be the presiding
Judge.
Lexington county is divided from
Richland by the Congaree and Saluda
rivers, and the business connections be-
tween the upper, which is the most
prosperous, part of Lexington and Co
fumbia are very close. Lexington court
house is twelve miles from Columbia
and one mile from the railroad be-
tween Columbia and Augusta.
1t is said, though not on authority,
that the prisoner will not apply for
bail, in which case he will remain in
jail here until the week before court
convenes in Lexington.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
A THREE
CORNERED FIGHT
N. & W., Wabash & Guyan Valley
Make the Contest.

The most sensational fight that has
ever taken place in West Virginia be-
tween rival railway companies for the
possession of coal lands is now in
progress between the Wabash, the Nor
folk and Western, and the Guyandotte
Valley railway companies for prece-
dence in running a line into the rich
coal deposits which lie along Gilbert
creek in Mingo. Each of the compa-
MES above named has within the past
month rushed full corpse of engineers
into that section and since that time
an exciting race has been in progress.
AS the matter now stands the Nor
folk and Western has slight advan-
tage over the other companies, being
first on the ground. This company has
completed survey from Wharncliffe
to the mouth Of Gilbert creek on Guyan
river, a distance of eleven miles. The
line runs up Ben creek to the head and
| includes tunnel about 400 feet long.
Ao WABASH udS d survey crew dt
work on line beginning at the mouth
of Spice creek and running to Wy
oming county line to meet another
crew coming through from Slab Fork
at Baileyville.
The Guyandotte Valley railway com,
pany has within the past month sur
veyed two lines to Gilbert and seems
determined to hold its own with the
other companies.
This territory embraces one of the
best coal fields in the country. There
are five seams of mineable coal rang
ing in thickness from to Z feet.
Tie quality has been fully tested and
pronounced to be the very best. The
elevation at this point is 1850 feet.
fhe N. & W., through the agency of the
Flat Top Coal syndicate, has control Of
100000 acres of mineral lands and is
bound to be first on the ground in or
der to get to the tonnage on the ship
ment after the mines are in operation
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
LITERALLY ROASTED
TO death
F. W. Updyke an Employe Of the
Norfolk and Western Railway
COMPANY
ROASTED BY BURSTING TEAM PIPE
Was working on Platform Several Feet
Above the Main Steam Pipe
When Explosion Occurred
Hurled a Distance of 25 Feet.

| The whole city of Roanoke was
startled last Sunday afternoon at
6 o'clock by terrific explosion at the
Roanoke shops of the N. &. w. 1t
soon developed that it was due to a
steam pipe in the erecting shop. The
pipes. were filled with steam and at
| the. same time were undergoing re-
pairs
F. w. Updike, of NOD Fourth street,
n. e., well known pipe-fitter was
at work on platform several feet
above the main pipe when the explo-
sion occurred. He was hurled a dis
lance of twenty feet, striking on the
black of his head inflicting a serious
injury His clothing were almost blown
from his body and he was so fearfully
scalded by the escaping steam that
he died two hours later He was bur-
ned from the top of his head to his
feet so badly that the skin and flesh
come off the body. 1T is also stated
the sight of both eyes were destroyed
and his finger and toe nails loosened
at the roots.
DR.. Gale was Immediately summoned
and temporary treatment administered
after which the injured man was taken
to the city hospital where he expired
within five minutes. The remains were
then taken to Jno. M. Oakley & Co.,
where they were prepared for burial
and afterwards sent to his family resi-:
dence on Fourth street '.
Mr.. Updyke was we'll known in secret
lorder circles being member Of Wahoo
Tribe, Independent Order of Red Men
to Junior Order of United American
Mechanics: the DalIe'hterS of liberty
and he carried insurance in the Tribe
of Ben Hur.
Mr.. Updyke leaves a widow and seven
children, one a grown son, John Up
dyke, by a former marriage. His wife
was a Miss Halter daughter of u H.
Hallerfi of Is Edgewood street.
Owing to the necessary repairs to the
boiler and steam pipes, all the forces
of the shops with the exception of the
car and paint departments were laid
off Monday.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
BIG EXPLOSION OF POWDER.

A telegram from Bluefield, w. Va,
says that car load of powder, shipped
from the Kellogg powder mills, four
niles west of Huntington, over the
8. & 0. exploded at Letart, and the
report was heard for twenty miles
around. The car caught fire from a
not box and when discovered a huge
blaze was leaping UP the side and to
The roof. The trainmen became great
ly alarmed, realizing the dangerous
contents of the car, and quick run
was made for siding, and the car
was switched
Every one was afraid to go near the
ar and it burned on unmolested for
twenty minutes before the explosion
occurred.
Eight hundred kegs of powder were
aboard and one house several hundred
Yards away was completely wrecked
Several persons were injured, but none
'eriously. The track was torn up for
hundred yards and trains were de-
,ayed for hours.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
S92 RURAL RETREAT. VA FRIDAY JJTT7Y Z 1909

hurt; William Jones, colored. porter.
hip hurt; R. E. Hawkins, baggagemas-
ter, leg, thigh, and arm injured; Edgar
Wayne, colored, fireman on freight
train, leg broken.
Mrs. H. j. Bassett, of Boston, who
was in a wreck on a street car in
Richmond, was thrown backwards over
several seats, her leg was hurt and
nip quite badly cut
Mr.. John N. Sebrell of Norfolk back
hurt; Mr. James M. Gallagher, of Pet
ersburg, agent of Old Dominion Steam
ship Company, slightly bruised; Rev
Dr. Henry Johnson, of Richmond,
shoulder dislocated.
The freight train on the siding had
not cleared the switch sufficiently to
permit it to be closed All the signals
were up, showing that the switch was
open. The engineer when within three
hundred yards of the siding realized
his danger, applied the air brakes, re-
versed his engine and gave the distress
signal. Running at such high speed
it was impossible to materially slack
en- it in the short distance, and with
out a moments warning to any on
board the shock came. Engineer Har-
ry Covington leaped from his box Just
before his train struck. His nephew,
Robert Covington, who was the fire.
ban, was crushed to pieces and burned
The engine of the Cannon Ball push
ed its way into the large engine of
the freight train, and both were totally
wrecked. Engineer w. " Bradshaw,
of Manchester, of the freight train,
jumped from his engine and was not
injured. His fireman, Edgar Wayne,
colored, also leaped from his seat, but
had his leg broken.
The box car, third from the engine
on the freight train, was smashed
to splinters, and the first car was bad
ly damaged. On the Cannon Ball train
the front of the baggage car was brok-
en- in and all the seats broken, but
there was little other damage to the
,ars, and they were brought into this
city soon after the wreck When the
Cannon Ball struck the freight train
Ill of the passengers were hurled for
ward, seats were smashed and the pas
sengers piled on one another.
Captain Echols started out of his
coach when he heard the danger sig
nal. William Jones, the porter, real
izing that the train was leaving the
track, called to the captain to come
back, but the accident occurred too
quickly for him to turn Both arms
were broken, his side hurt and leg in
jured, and hole knocked in his head
Soon hundreds of people were on the
scene. All the physicians in the city
were called for, and as many as were
in place responded.
The engineer, in leaping from his
train, struck his head against a tie
and was instantly killed.
The body of the fireman was taken
out of the wreck in small pieces. and it
was an hour or more before all of the
body had been recovered. There was
absolutely no confusion in the cars. I
and the women seemed more composed
than the men. Not a scream was
heard, and everything was silent after
the train had struck. Probably no pas
senger on the train failed to receive
some slight bruise.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
STRAIGHT outs"
ARE VICTORIOUS
Norfolk County Won a Great Victory
Over the 'Fusionists'
Organization.
The BODY Held Two SESSIONS
Leaders of the Two Sides Speak, But
Debate Not Marked by Bitter
ness-Everyone Realized That
Alright Was on Hand.
The BODY HELD Two SESSIONS

| The great feature of the meeting of
the Democratic State Central and Elk
ecutive committee in Richmond last
week was the overwhelming victory by
which the Straight Out committee OF
| Norfolk county won over what is
known to the political world as the
"Fusionist' organization.
The body held two sessions, the first
one having been devoted largely to
the disposition Of routine business and
the formal going over of the fall sit
uation.
Everyone realized that a fight was
on hand, and all seemed determined to
make it in full confidence of victory.
The meeting was largely attended by
members of both bodies, and was a
perfect love feast until it came to the
crucial test over the Norfolk county
matter Then there was no heavy
brush save between the leaders of the
two factions, and that did not partake
of any bitterness. Straight Out
Chairman George W. Jones and MI
Joseph T. Drake spoke for the win
ners, while Mr. R. T. Bagby was
mouthpiece of the "Fusionists," Sen
ator Cromwedd and Mr. George Lind
say were prominent among the "FlS
sionists" present who took no special
part further than to put in some good
ticks on the outside.
When the vote was tanken the re.
suit was great surprise, the machine
forces having given all to understand
that the 'Fusionists" would win in q
walk. More than two-thirds of the
committee voted for the recognition of
the Straight Outs" thus settling
controversy that has been pending foi
at least two years.
The action Of the committee recog
nizes Chairman George w. Jones and
his entire committee of thirty mem
bers, and is taken in Richmond to
mean great setback to Mr.. Alvah Fl.
Martin, the famous Fusion" leader
and his allies.
The committee passed a resolution
urging the Democrats to use every
means to see that their vote was prop
erly and promptly registered this fall
and the following members of the com.
mittee were elected to fill vacancies:
w. p Barksdale, to succeed the late
John R. Edmunds, of Halifax
H. H. Wallace, to succeed the late
II. F.Crismond, of Fredericksburg.
Gardner l.. Boothe, to succeed the
late Leonard Marburg, of Alexandria.
Edward Echols. to succeed Frank T.
Glasgow, resigned.
Hon. ]. Taylor Ellyson, chairman OF
'the State committee, was unanimously
chosen National committeeman, vice
Hon. Peter ]. Otey, deceased.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
BANNER EMIGRANT YEAR.

The immigration to the United
States, including Porto Rico. for the
year ending June 20, is just little
above the volume of immigration in
1882 which was the top year" in the,
history of this country. Although the
exact figures will not be forthcoming
for several days It is reliably estimated
that the total number of immigrants
arriving at the seventeen entry ports
Of this country during the twelve
months amount to nearly 1850. nearly
5000 more than 1882. In the month
of May there landed in New York alone
nearly 100000 aliens.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
CHINAMAN LEADS AT YALE
And a Negro Carries Off the Highest
Honors for Oratory.

New Haven, con-, advice says Chung
Hin Wang, of Canton, China, a gradu
ate of Tientsin University in 1899, car
ried off the highest honors, with the
degree of master of law, at the Val
Law school commencement last night,
and George Williamson Crawford. {
negro, of Birmingham, Ala, won the
higest foensic honor in the Law school
taking the Townsend prize. Crawford
delivered, in competition with three
others, an grafton on Trades Union
ism and Patriotism" in which he made
strong plea for Unionism on the prin'
ciples of brotherhood and patriotism
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
SAFE, IF THE ENGINEER DIES.

A Pottsville. Pa, telegram says the
running of railroad trains past a red
danger board or through open switches
is thing of the past on the Reading
Railway system. An engineer may be
careless, sleepy or even dead; but this
will not endanger the lives of his pas
sengerS.
A device which automatically stops
all trains when danger signals are dis
played was tested here Saturday
Trains running at the rate of SO miles
an hour were stopped within 100 yards.
Charles Miller, engineer of Superin-
tendent Luther's private car, '"The
Black Diamond" invented the device
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03

At meeting of negroes In Chicago
the other night the Rev. c. Fl. Thomas
advised his hearers that they should
sell their coats, If necessary, and buy
guns with which to defend themselves
against the oppression of the whites.
da Wills Barnett, negress, expounded
vehemently about the white oppression
of the "colored race" and wound up by
declaring that the "colored race" must
organize to fight, not talk.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03

Nov let me introduce you to my
husband" said the lady, and the con-
ductor waited obediently for the hus-
band The woman never came back
and the husband did not materialize.
Johnson has the $1,000 bill, and he
is mystified but content. The story of
the good fortune was given out by an
official of the company
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03
ONE KILLED, ONE WOUNDED.

AS result of a shooting affray
at Forsythe, Va, between Walter S.
Childs and Zolly M. Maynard, two
highly prominent citizens of that
place. Childs died in a few hours and
Maynard is perhaps fatally wounded
It is said that the cause of the alterca-
ton was former dispute between the
Wo men over negro employe which
had recently been intensified by Childs
engaging some negroes who were en-
ployed by Maynard
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03

The board of arbitration to settle the
differences between the machinists and
the company at the N. & W. shops
in Roanoke have held one sitting this
week and arranged preliminsries.
They expect to complete their labors
next week.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03

A Chicago paper says Chicago is the
best frog town on the map. Even the
people of Chicago are in the habit of
croaking.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03

Some of the professional humorists
are complaining that the magazine edi-
tors can't take joke.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-03

Senator Hanna now realizes the in
tensity of the sadness of those sad.
words, ut might have been"
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26

A REAL ESTATE DEAL.-H. l. Lat
ham & Company yesterday sold to
Charles s. Blaine the property at M.
S33 West Jefferson street. The con-
sideratiOn was $3.50
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26
DaVids0n's Cash Store,

No. 20 Sauce ans................20 zoe
No. 90 Preserve Kettle. zoe
Milk ana Pudding Pans............2Cc
These are goods worth from S5c to
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26
OIL HEATERS

Plume & Atwood oil Heaters. $500
No. ] Miller oil Heaters.......... $50
No. Miller oil Heaters. 40
Standard New Process Oil
Heaters ...................... $50
Pest oil stoves on the Market. $50
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26

anthem, Il win Magnify
Thee o God" w. r. Spence.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26
THE LATEST LUNCH HOUSE

Across the broad expanse of Wall
street CLEANS a new light not a new
legal ight-but a TRANSLUCENT sign
that darts out its ions nearly all night
and upon which may be deciDhered the
mystic words Hole in the Wall" Be-
meath the sign is 4 sky-blue portal
leading into a sky-blue interior. where
a neat lunch counter has been thrown
open to the night-and- day eating pub
lie by the culinary artist Tom Hatfield.
and the graduated waiter general Jack
Paddock. The boys are a strong team
and the little place will Gull a good
trade without gainsaying.
The quartette choir of Trinity church
will render the following programme
on Thursday at the Thanksgiving SER
vice, 1890 a m:
Thanksgiving anthem-"Come Ye
Thankful People Come"
Thanksgiving chant-"Praise the Lord
Gloria Patri Briggs
IS DSuIIi .Bruchc
Juplldte Deo ................. Schubert
Hymn, Praise to God, Immortal
Praise"
Thanksgiving anthem, Il win Magnify
Thee o God" w. r. Spence.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26

Having arranged with the Eurek;l
market to handle my grain fed turkeys
persons wishing one for THANKSGIVING
should leave their orders early at 81
and 80 East Washington st. Phone
Main 1854 o. H. Christy.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26
Of Localv
Interest.
THE WEATHER

Local daily weather report for the
Arizona Republicans:
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26

Forecast for today: Partly cloudy.
Data for "a hours ending p. m. yes
terday:
Arizona republican., 1903-11-26

Maximum temperature IS, minimum
temperature 40.
Average relative humidity AZ per
cent.
Total precipitation 0.
Character of the day: Partly cloudy.
NJ. E. BLYSTONE, Section Director.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-08
THE WAY TO COOPERATE.

The superintendent of police has promised
the judge of the Juvenile Court active CO.
operation in suppressing the wineroom evil
by seeing that arrests are made in every
case that comes to notice. So far, so good;
but it is not enough. The mayor, who has
the power TO revoke licenses, is not here at
present, but will be in a few days. The
law prohibits the wineroom. The law gives
the mayor the right to revoke the license
of any saloon keeper that violates the law.
The police do not have to wait until a
wineroom is brought to notice. They know
just where every wineroom in the city is
located, and know its character and repu-
tation full we'll.
1t will not be a difficult matter for the
mayor to serve notice on every saloon
keeper that maintains a wineroom that that
feature of the business must be done away
with. This notice alone, given in earnest,
will put all or nearly all of them out of
business at once. The others can be abol-
ished by the revocation of one or two
licenses, with the understanding that Others
will suffer the same fate If they do not
remove the partitions and facilities for
serving drinks in rooms other than the
barroom.
This is the kind Of cooperation that
should be given Judge Stubs in his efforts
10 suppress the wineroom evil. The feeling
against this child-destroying evil is nc
! spasmodic gust. The Journal. for one. pro-
| poses to see that Ii is kept alive until the
wineroom disappears. There may be forms
of vice that cannot be suppressed in a city
of this size, but the wineroom is not one OF
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-08
DEADLY RESULT OF GOSSIP.

The open trial by the Huntington School
Board of charges of immortality against it's
superintendent of schools and it's findings
that he is not guilty. but that ION account
of the public agitation and controversy the
good of the schools requires a change"
marks the elimination of a crime that is
not one whit the less contemplate because
it cannot be reached by law or because some
of the prominent people of Huntington
participated in IL. What recourse has the
superintendent for a ruined name and a
wrecked life? What recourse have the two
innocent women hat were dragged into
this dirty mess OF gossip for a prospect Of
life that Is worse than death? The pity
OF ii Is that they have none, unless 1t be
some paltry thousands OF dollars of dam
ages for ander. Both possessed good names
and stood well in their chosen profession.
the one as a teacher and the other as a IL
brar.an, but now what is left to them ?
What is left to any woman singed by the
foul breath OF a ~scandal-loving mouth?
Usually Il is old women. scured pn life
and sitting around a whist table or en-
gagged I'm a "tea fight" that let their tongues
run i'm such fashion. but here it seems that
there were men spying about and sup
posing and imagining and putting this
and that together" What q travesty on