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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
TRAGEDY IN DEPOT
Woman Dies After Encounter With R!cb
Mans Son.
She WAS TRACED BY A LETTER.
Mlssive Made Appointment With Young Mans
Father Whose Daughter Witnessed tie
Aftair-Dled Ia Great Agouy-A Sensation
al Developement-Youn Higgins Is "a Years
Old and His Sister 70.

Peoria, Ill. Especially Mrs. Nellie
Thomson, wife Of a former promi'
nent real-estate dealer in this city, is
dead at her home in Lacon as re-
suit OF injuries received in a sensa'
.tional encounter with Richard and
Jennie Higgins, son and daughter OF
John G. Higgins, prominent mem
Der of the Board Of Supervisors OF
Peoria county Young Higgins is Fl
years old, and his sister is 20 Iney
intercepted a letter written to Hig-
gins, senior, by Mrs. Thomson, in
which she asked the elder Higgins 10
meet her in the depot of the Rock
Island railroad in this city. Hlggin;
was at St. Louis, and his son opened
the letter. When Mrs. Thomson ar
rived she was confronted by young
Higgins and his sister. What took
place is a mystery, as only the three
and an uncle of Higgins-Douglas:
Mcdonald, of Monica, Ill.-were pres
ent. Some time later, however, tn.
woman asked c. A. Brant, the ticket
agent, to assist her to the tram.
He did so, and when she was gone
he found blood on the floor OF the
waiting room. The woman fingered
in great agony at her home in Lacon
until she died.
Died in Great Agony.
Higgins is under arrest on a State
warrant charging him with murder
The case has created sensation.
Mrs. Thomson has been in a com
atose condition since, rallyng enough
at intervals to speak word or two
Her lip was severed, both eyes were
blackened, one shoulder was displaced
and her back was covered with bruises
She was also suffering with intcrna
injuries. The attending physician wa:
unable to rouse the patient sufficiently
to get dying statement from her.
Higgins wept when placed in jail.
Opened Fatal Letter.
I'VE had been trying for years to
break up the relations between my
father and this woman" he said
when we got that letter my sister
and | went down there to see if we
could not make some arrangements
with her. We met her in the waiting
room. | went up to her and touched
her on the shoulder.
Mrs. Thomson, believe" [ said
She turned around quickly and said
oh, its you, is it, and drew out her
hatpin. | then pushed her. sharply
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
TORTURED SELF TO SAVE BROTHER.
J.rsey Drom,o Tried TO Foil Bsr::I!o1 System
BY Use OF Acids.

Railway, N. J., (Special).-Around
two Dromios of Elizabeth, James and
Michael feeling, twin brothers, IS
woven story of jailbreakiag, and how
one, by soaring himself with acid ant
tatto marks, sought to confess the au'
thorities and discredit the infallibIlty
of the Bertllon system Of measure.
ments. In the case Of Michael cum
ming failed. He was arrested, only tc
escape, and his brother also is at
large
The story runs thus: A year or SO
ago James feeling was sent to the
New Jersey Reformatory, !" hls
place. for wife beating. He was parol'
ed, but early i'll the summer broke
his parole and disappeared. While
in the Reformatory he was measured
according to the Bertillon standard
and photographed.
Last week word was received from
Elizabeth that feeling had been ar.
rested. Edward A. Schwartz, who has
charge of the Bertillon system at the
reformatory, was sent after him. The
prisoner protested against his reten'
ton, and denied that he was ever IN
the reformatory. To the ordinary OBJ.
server, his description tailed IN every
detail with that of the man wanted.
Stature, face, scar and tattoo marks
were identified, and Mr.. Schwartz was
about convinced, when he discovered
a marked difference in the measure
ments of the right ear. his IS not
our man." he declared. The Eliza
both authorities laughed at him.
Lacking the facilities there for meas
uring, the prisoner was taken to the
reformatory, though Mr.. Schwartz was
firm in his belief that the man was not
the wifebeater.
The third degrees was worked, ana
then the prisoner broke down and con-
fessed that he was Michael feeling.
twin brother OF the man wanted and
that he had made the scars on his
body for mutual protection. Further
questioning brought out the TACT that
he was wanted in New Brunswick.
He refused to tell where his brother
could be found.
He was sent to New Brunswick and
put in Jail. On Friday night he and
five others escaped, and are still at
large. In the meantime the retorma'
tory authorities are loking in vain Tor
their Star boardcr," 1t is reported
that he has left the county,.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
ARTILLERY OPERATIONS,
Military Movements Facilitated By Frozen
Fields.

St. Petersburg (By Gable .-There
is no change in the relative positions
Of the armies OH the Shakhe River.
General Sakhdrof telegrapns that the
Russians have been bombarding La
muting and the Buddhist temple at
Linshinpu, while the Japanese have
been Smelling the Russian position at
Shakhe and near LinShlnpu. A dis
patch from Mukden reports that the
Japanese are fortifying an important
height south of Shakhe, and that
neither side shows disposition either
to advance or to retire. Another dis
patch from the Russian front says
the situation is not yet ripe for the
resumption of the offensive. This
meager but significant admission, all
that the censor allows to pass over
the wires, doubtless indicates that
General Kuropatkin is maturing i'm
portant plans and distributing his
forces in readiness for another at
tempt to break the Japanese resist
dnCc.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
NEW CORPS FOR KUROPATKIN.
About 10000 Men Arrive to Make Up For His
Losses.

Berlin (By Cable).--A dispatch tc
the Lokal- Anzeiger from Mukden says
the Eighth Russian Army Corps
about 10000 men--has arrived there
and taht General Kuropatkin will make
new plans Immediately.
Colonel Gaedke, war correspondent
of the Tageblatt, telegraphs from
Mukden as follows:
"Have been unable to telegraph foi
two days owing to the absence of the
censor on the 10Th and goth. Both
armies are much tatigued They oc
cupy positions in close contact. Only
an occasional shot breaks the still
ness. A general Russian attack ap
peared to have been planned for the
night of October 20, but freshet III
the Shakhe River prevented it.
THE roads and fields are drying
slowly. 1t rained again the night
of the Goth.
"The Chinese report barbarous
cruelties on the part of the Japanese
The mere possession of Russian
money is dangerous at NiuchWang.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

In two days the President will is
sue a call to the powers for another
peace conference at The Hague. The
date will be agreed upon by those
taking part and is expected to be the
subject Of much correspondence.
Senior Walker-Martinex, the CHILEAN
minister. has returned to Washington
after spending the summer in Mexico
Francis G. Landon, Of Stattsburg.
N. Y, has been appointed third secre-
rarv of the American Embassy at Ber'
lin.
General Mills, Superintendent OF
the Military Academy at West Point
submitted his annual report.
President Roosevelt appointed Ito
Harris as supervising inspector OF the
steamboat inspection service at New
York.
The monument in honor OF the late
Gen. Frank Wheaton was unveiled At
the National Cemetery, al Arlington
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
Ex.MaYOr Sent to Prison.

Davenport, Iowa (SpeciaD.-Ex-
Mayor S +. Smith. of this city, son
of Samuel Francis Smith. author OF
MY Country It's of Thee stood be-
fore Judge House, in the District
Court, TO receive sentence on two in
dictments for cmbczzlement and one
for perjury. Smith was sentenced to
10 years imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary at Anamosa. AS trustee Of
large estates he recently acknowledged
embezzlement of $I2o,ooc.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
Protected From Lynchlng.

Shreveport, La. Especially. - "Dick"
Craighead, the half-brother Of Isaac
A. MCGEE, who is charged with the
murder OF Mrs. MCGEE and her To-
year-old son, near Athens, yesterday.
was saved from mob, which threat.
ened the parish Jail at Homer, IN
which he was confined. The CLAIBORNE
Guards were called out and Sheriff
Kirkpatrick later summoned all the
able-bodied men of Homer to assist
him in protecting the jail. The mob
was about $50 strong, but seeing that
the Sheriff was determined to protect
Craighcad it finally dispersed.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
Oil Explosion Kills Three.

Lincoln, Nebr., (SpeciaD.-Three
persons are dead as a result of a fire
in, +. w. Barnhardt's home at Hart
ington, Nebr. The dead are Bertha
Felber, a servant girl, and two young
children of Bernhard. The servant
threw coal oil into the kitchen stove
and caused an explosion. The child.
rem were playing near the stove and
the flames enveloped them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
The New Jerseys Sponsor.

Washington, D. C., (SpeciaD.-
Governor Murphy, Of New Jersey
has notified the Secretary of the Navy
that he has designated his daughter
Mrs. William B. Kinney, as the spon'
sor Of the battleship New Jersey
which is to be launched at the ship
yard of the Fore River Ship AMI En-
CINE Company, at Quincy, Mass, or
the 10th proxlmO
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
6S8,775 Voters Register.

New York (SpeciaD This years
total registration in Greater New York
was 088,775, which exceeds by nearly
$4,000 the record of 64o,522 in 1000.
Each of the boroughs showed sub
stantial increase over the registration
of four years ago In Manhattan and
the Bronx the figures were 30I,o2I,
as against 366,ooI iii 1000. Brooklyn
gave 246,oI6, as against 23o,262 in
1000; Queens, 35,63I, as compared
with 2o,334 and Richmond I5,2o7,
against 1905.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
FINANCIAL.

Japan has purchased 1000 kegs o.
wire nails and $1,000 tons of steel rails
in the United States.
Wheat advanced two cents on the
generally unfavorable reports on CROP
conditions in Europe.
Reading common will surely go tc
$40 within a month" declared lead
ing Lehigh Valley interest.
Manhattan is now selling at its
highest price since Immediately after
Jay Gould's dea - 1893.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
Collision Caused Fatal Shock.

San Francisco, (SpeciaD.-R. J.
Laws, superintendent of the Sacra-
mento Division of the Southern Paci-
fc Railroad, dropped dead of heart
disease when a westbound express on
which he was a passenger collided
with the rear end of a stock train at
Yuba Pass. No one was injured, but
the accident caused fire that destroy
ed the caboose and four cars OF the
stock train, damaged the passenger
locomotive and burned the express
and the baggage cars and 1900 feet
Of enowsheds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
Passed $4,000, 900 Mark.

Washington, D. C.. (SpeciaD.-The
total number of money orders isuec
by this government during the last
fiscal year passed the 5o,ooo,ooo mark
for the first time in history; as shown
by the annual report Of the superin
tepdent of the money order system
The net revenue of the money order
business was $2,528,4o3, an increase
of S28S, 4o4. as compared with the pre-
vious fiscal year. The gross revenue
was $3626.676. an increase of S376.287
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28
Foreign.

Durham White Stevens, counselor
of the Japanese Legation at Washing
ton, who will be diplomatic adviser
to the Korean government, has been
granted by the Emperor of Japan the
decoration of the Grand Cross Of the
Sacred Treasure. This is the fourth
time Mr.. Stevens has been decorated
by the Emperor of Japan.
Russian police continue to discover
in various parts of Russia, particular
ly in Poland, evidences of revolution
airy activity, which they arc ascribing
to the Jews.
The British government has re-
fused to grant Germany's request for
permission to use Walsh Bay for the
landing of troops and supplies essen
tial in the war against the natives OF
German Southwest Africa.
In the French Chamber of Depu-
ties Count Boni de Castellane opened
the debate on the interpretations on
the subject of the rupture OF diplo-
matte relations between France and
the Vatican.
Numbers of houses were swept
away and many people drowned by
foods at Ain Sierra, Algeria.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-28

against the side Of the face and knock
ed her over chair My sister then
pulled ME away and told me that !
would be arrested that we could not
do anything with her. That's all there
was to it.
In an additional statement young
Higgins says that his uncle, Douglas
Mcdonald, arrived at the Rock Island
Station at the same time he did and
stood by when the alleged assault took
place. Higgins says his uncle took
him by the arm, saying, Come away,
you will be arrested; you can't do
anything with her"
A Sensational Development.
That Detective William L. Murphy
who was murdered under sensational
circumstances in this city last June,
was connected with the Higgins
Thomson case was a startling devel-
opment of the afternoon. 1t seems
that on the night Murphy was killed
he was shadowing John H. Higgins
at the instance of the members OF the
Higgins family. Young Higgins says
that either on that night or on the
following night Mrs. Thomson called
up the Higgins residence by telephone
and is alleged to have said:
Murphy was a good friend OF yours.
Well. he got his punishment tonight
Kierans (fellow-detective of Murphy
is your friend, too. He will get his
next"
Mrs. Higgins is wealthy. She mar.
ried J. H. Higgins, 80 years ago and
had decided much of her property to
her husband
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-26
Statement by Ocellus.

Mr.. Editor-Several weeks ago
a communication appeared in the
Oil Review over the sobriquet Cic-
ero purporting to be from Center
vile, in which were some ugly re-
marks about the young people at
Little and the Christian church.
A number of persons thought l
had written the article. AS a
matter Of justice to myself and
friends, I asked Mr.. Mccoy to say
in the Oil Review that 1 was not
the author of said letter. He
promised, in the presence of Mr..
Russell, that he would, but he
failed. I wrote him twice in re-
gard to the letter. He paid no at
tention to the request. Now, will
you be kind enough to allow me
space in the Star to say that [ am
not the author of the letter sign
ed Cicero, neither was it written
at Centerville.-J. G. Warner, in
Tyler Star.
Mr.. Warner is grossly mistak-
en-. The denial appeared in the
Oil Review the very day he re-
quested it to appear in the editor
ial columns. AS we did publish
the denial once, we did not see
any good reason either to repeat
it or answer his letter. He did
not write the article, and we said
so. Better clean your own spec
tacles, Mr.. Warner, and read the
Review more carefully in the flu
ture. Our paper files will SUBJ
stantiate our statement.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

All announcements for State,
County and City Offices must be
paid strictly cash in advance. We
viii make no deviation from this
rule in favor of any candidate.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-26

Cutler & Pomeroy desire to an
nounce their Easter opening of
pattern hats, and the latest novel
ties for street wear, Wednesday
and Thursday, March 80 and 81.
26,-3t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-26

The Fisher Oil company have
drilled their No. l Eckert through
the Berea grit and have a buster.
In the same vicinity the Ameri-
can Oil & Development company
have drilled their No. 2 Mcknight
through the Injun and have ID
barrel producer and are drilling
their No. 8 and 9 Hollstein.
Egan, Burns & company have
drilled their No. 1 Landy through
the Injun and have a 25-barrel
producer.
The Columbus Producers have
drilled their No. 2 Bliss through
the Injun sand, and have a dus-
ter.
Tibbins & Wilmington have
drilled their No. 9 Thomas
through the Injun and have a 10
barrel producer. No. 10 is a 20
barrel well in the Keener forma-
ton. No. II, on same farm, is
drilling; also No. 5 Hollstein.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-26
Very Extinct.

Teacher-Bessie, name one bird
that is now extinct.
Little Bessie-Dick!
Teacher-What sort Of bird is
that?
Little Bessie-Our canary-the
cat extincted him.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-26
lon :,'ii !. !
MARKET QUOTATIONS
REAs RUN OIL NEWS.

The Carter Oil company has
drilled it's No. l on the Brownfeld
Brothers, of Sheets Run through
the lime and have a 10 barrel
pumper from that formation.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-26

In the same vicinity c. G. Sto-
yer is drilling his No. l on the
Marian Edwards farm to deep
er sand.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-09
OREER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,

COUNTY OF MORRISON. u.s.
gust 18th, 1904.
In the matter of the estate of Charley
F1eckenstein deceased.
Letters Parliamentary on the estate of
Charley Fleckenstein, deceased, late IF
the county of Morrison, state of Mime
sofa, being granted to Gertrude Flecken-
stein.
It is ordered, that three months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and after
the date of this order, in which all persons
having claims or demands against the
seid deceased are required to file the same
in the Probate Court of said county, for
examination and allowance, or be forever
barred.
1t is further ordered, that the 10th day
of November, 1904 at 10 O'clock a. NJ, at a
special term of said Probate Court to be
held at the Probate office in the Court
House, in the city of Little Falls, in said
county, be and the same hereby is ap-
pointed as the time and place when and
inc and adjust said claims and demands.
And it is further ordered that notice of
such hearing be given to all creditors and
persons interested in said estate by forth
with publishing this order once in each
week for three successive weeks in the
Little Falls Herald weekly legal news
paper, printed and published at Little
Falls, in said county.
Dated at Little Falls, Minnesota, the
!! 18th day of August. A. D. 1904.
By the Court,
(Seal.) E. F. SHAW,
Judge of Probate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-09
NEWS CONDE NSATIONS
Wednesday, Auu. 81,

Near Tazewell, Va, Tuesday in a
religious fight one man was killed and
three others badly wounded.
Right Rev. George Kidding, first
bishop of Southwell, died Tuesday in
London. He was born in 1928.
At 1ndianola, Miss, DIR. G. D. Harris,
a widely known physician, killed him
self by severing the main artery in his
thigh.
Joseph Bumpass, a negro who at
tempted rape on Miss Topsy Clay
aged fifteen, a white girl, was lynched
by mob at Hickman, Ky.
General NJ. S. Hascall is dead afte,
long illness at his home in Oak Park
Ill. He graduated from West Point in
the class with General Phil Sheridan
and took part in many battles during
the Civil war.
A party of sixteen representative
French engineers have arrived in New
York for the purpose of making a gen
erel tour of inspection of engineer
work in the principal cities of the
United States and Canada.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-09
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF
! WILL.
STATE OF MINNESOTA


COUNTY OF MORRISON. (ss
22d, 1904.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Brick, deceased:
Whereas, An instrument in writing,
purpOrting to be the last will and tesla
ment of Peter Brick, deceased, late of
said county, has been delivered to this
court;
And whereas. S. P. Brick has filed there
other things, that said Peter Brick died in
Stearns county on the 10th day of Aug,
1901, testate, and that said petitioner is the
executor named in said last will and tesla
ment and praying that the said instru-
1nent may be admitted to probate, and
that letters testamentary be issued there
on to S. p. Brick.
It is ordered, That the proofs of said in
strument, and the said petition, be heard
before this court, at the probate Office in
the court house, in the city Of Little Falls,
Sept, A. b. 1904, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, when all persons interested
may appear for, or contest, the probate of
said instrument;
And it is further ordered, That notice of
the time and place of said hearing be
given to all persons interested, by pub
fishing this order once in each week for
three successive weeks prior to said day
of hearing, in the Little Falls Herald, a
weekly LEGAL . neTsRaper printed and pub
Dated ct Little Fails the ed day of
(Seal.) E. F. SHAW,
Judge of Probate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-09
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.
Default having been made in the pay,
ment of the sum of Forty-Iwo (42?0
due at the date Of this notice, upon
certain {Mo1tgage, duly executed and de,
F. Webster, Mortgagee, bearing date of
power Of sale therein conta. ned, duly re-
Deeds in and for the County Of .iorrison
and State of minnesota, on the 3lst, day OF
July, 1900, at o'clock a. m; in Vol: Six 20
Mortsa atsn ana the deSss s ecu thereby
was BY the said W. E. Webster duly. as
signed by instrument in writing, dated on
+. Grady and recorded in the Office Of the
County; Minnesota, in Book is of Assign
4he Of sad SfaaRR &c Asses Of
the Mortgage and holder of said Mort
gage has duly elected and does hereby
and at
date of this notice under the terms and
conditions of said Mortgage and the pow
as there is actually Que and claimed to be
due and payable at the date of this notice
the sum 81 Three hundred forty-two Dol
Three hundred Dollars $500, 0W from and
sin e the 10th, day of July, 1904 at the rate
Of Seven per cent e per cent per annum,
ana whereas the Sd1u pO"c1 ~ SAFE udS
become operative and no action or pro-
ceeding having been instituted at law or
otherwise to recover the debt secured by
said Mortgage or any part thereof; Now
therefore notice is hereby given that by
virtue of the power of sale contained in
said Mortgage and pursuant to the statute
in such case made and provided, the said
Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of
the premises described in and conveyed
by said Mortgage, viz:
The West half of the North West quar-
ter Nv " of NV ~ of Section Twenty
eight l20 in Township Thirty-nine (39)
North of Range Twenty-nine f29) contain
ing Eighty acres (e0) more or less, said
land lying and being in the County of
Morrison and r State of Minnesota, with
the hered1taments and appurtenancee:
.t.Whieh sale will be made by the Sheriff
at the front Door Of the Court House, in
the City of Little, Falle, in said County
and State on Saturday the 18th, day of
October, A: D.. 1904. at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of that day, at public vendue to
the highest bidder for cash to pay said
debt of Three hundred forty-two C$Sa2.OO)
Dollars, and interest, and taxes, IT any. on
eatd premises, and TWENTY-FIVE Dollars
($25.l0),. Attorney fees as stipulated in and
by said Mortga&e in case of foreclosure
and sdisbureemente allowed by law sub
ject to redemption at any time within
one ~ year from the date of sale, as pro-
Dated this 22'1, day of July; =: p; 1874,
Assignee of Mortgagee
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee.