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Rock Island Argus., 1904-05-24
Death OF an Indiana Veteran.

Berkeley. Cal. May 24.-Licutenant
Colonel John NJ. Matheny, L. s. A,
retired, is dead, aged 60 years He was
a native of Indiana, and served as a
captain during the civil war.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-05-24
Gasoline Cargo E1plodes.

San Francisco, May 24.-The schoon-
er Fannie Odell, loaded with gasoline
at the foot of Fifteenth street. blew
up yesterday. The wreckage caught
fire and burned to the waters edge.
1t is feared that one and perhaps two
lives were lost. Change of wind saved
the wharves and nearby houses.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-05-24
Chase a salooOnkeeper.

st. Louis, Mo-, May PA mob of
500 men armed with shotguns and
other weapons paraded the streets of
Valley Park, a suburb of ST. Louis, for
three hours, searching for Henry
Wishman, a salOonkeeper, who shot
and instantly killed Manley Hanley.
The mob raided Wishman's saloon,
but he was not found, and the mob
finally dispersed. Wishman later sur
rendered
Rock Island Argus., 1904-05-24
Fugitives Both Guilty of
Crime of Mur-
der.
IA CASE IN ST. LOUIS
Sa1oonkeeper Given Ex
citing Race in Sub
urb.

Woodward, Okla, Mas 24.-Jealous
of the attentions paid his wife, Will
liam Gardner shot and killed Bud
Craig and Virgil Funkhauser. All
three were cowboys working on the
Wiggins ranch near here. \ mob O.
so men is pursuing Gardner, who will
be lynched if caught.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-05-24
Did Not Capture Ships.

St. Petersburg, May 24.-The admir-
atty denies the report of the capture
of three japanese cruisers by the
Nladivostol1 squadron. which has not
been outside the harbor for several
weeks
Rock Island Argus., 1904-05-24
Small Victories for Japs.
Take a Town.

MukdCn. May 24.-The Russians Ma,
16 made a sudden attack upon th'
town of Anju, Korea, from the vii
lage of Hal Tshien. and captured th'
town.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24
Another Clock Coincidence.

Here is a strange but absolutely
true story, in which a clock plays a
mysterious part. 1t was a small
American timepiece, which stood on
the mantlepiece in sitting room in
a Liverpool builders house. At a
quarter past eleven one morning
few weeks ago the timepiece fell from
the mantlepiece to the floor. When
pickd up it was found to be quite un-
injured and still going, as if nothing
unusual had happened
=. There seemed TO-. be absolutely no
reason why it should have fallen, but
an lio"r later, when the builder came
home":o his midday meal, he re-
marked that at quarter past eleven
he fell from the top of building,
but happily without sustaining any
injury. His wife then described how
the clock had fallen at the same time.
and the couple pondered in vain over
the curious and utterly inexplicable
coincidence.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24
SUPT, H. A. WILLIAMS.
What an Old Railroad Man Says of
Him.

The following paragraph is from
P. H. Fixes Curbstone Echoes, in
the Spartanburg Herald:
Somehow the lunch counter at the
Southern cafe was not overly crowd
ed that night. as is usually the case
when one goes up against it. An old
stager in the railroad work was
munching al a piece of pie and occa-
sionally eyeing house cat which
seemed r'ighty friendly. al his feet.
The new coaer: ordered some coffee.
and. perched hi::!Self on a stool. and
the conversation drifted from the
weather "a summer travel and rail-
roading in general. 81 have been con-
stantly at it for years" remarked the
man of the road. "but something hap
pened last Wednesday at the Peach
tree trestle. near Dawkins. which was
a bit ahead OF the game, the way I
reckon. You know the old saying.
every man to his own trade well, if
that man Henry Williams, superin-
tendent OF the Savannah division.
isn't up to business, I've never run
as a conductor. and | think I'm
known anywhere on the main route
from Spencer to Atlanta. That tres
tie was in bad shape. It's about 400
feet long. and $50 feet in the center
fourteen bents-were burnt all to
pieces-nothing left but the iron
rails. Well. sir. Mr.. Williams pulled
ont OF Columbia Wednesday morning
with material and lumber train and
when he reached the spot. without
any fouriShes or asSeStions of COM
nland. he put the gang busy. and in
six hours the trestle was ready for a
train. Old section men said that the
work could never be completed with
in 4 day and a hall. That's what I
call hustling some
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24

storm deserving more than passing
notice. Such case came up a short
time ago at Tiller's Ferry. S. c.
During a thunderstorm hundreds of
little fish fell to the earth. They were
catfish. perch and trout When the
storm had abated it was found that
the fish were alive and swimming in
the pools between the cotton rows in
the field.
1T is we'll known that in such
storms sticks and stones, fish or
frogs are often dropped to the earth, -
said a; weather bureau Official. but
the way they. get into the clouds is a
matter OF some disrepute. However.
there is no reasonable doubt that the
foreign substances are carried into
the air by severe windstorms. such as
cyclones or tornadoes, and when they
become too heavy they fall. to the
earth. They may be carried a distance
OF from Is to 100 miles, and when
conditions are right for a storm they
descend with the rain"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24
IMMENSE HAII.STONES.
Ct1unk5 OF Ice Six Inches Thick Come
0cwn During Kansas Storms.
Wilmington Correspondence OF Bal
:iin0rc Herald.

''i'''H> .''''''
III ;hv r:t;c. .: he chic; OF the
I-s~.',":- - ....' = Z. ,;"t" ~ glass one
;:>,,t '>,ic'- ::,'i ut '"': sC:arc. It IS
49,, a. :. ".D"r weight. b;;. III; j not
IN 2::~p"~e - ",1;;I, j: %"s original
= 'a.caied. \ slip .: paper pasted
- he under sid" o: the glass re-
:aIr< ~ il US II "2c tir?c part OF
Z; >,;yiigh; II q, "t;;c" building III
TuDcka. Nan,@s. The sEylight WAS
six icct fong and TWO icct wide. the
glass being one inch thick.
The story O; how the glass became
the possession Il the United States
weather bureau is Interesting. and
demonstrates tl.c severity attending
:nr1c 81 n. su,i,r,cr storms. Or
ir,1c -. 1907. :. thunderstorm broke
.vcr IL" city oi Topeka. 1t ra;ned
ior awhile. and then came the hail
stones. The weather observer At
1ha, place PIT 4 wooded bucket over
his head. and with k.>:!e Frequently
stccDcL in hot wa:c- succeeded in OBJ
1a;ninr SOM, 81 the stones. They
,,.,rc from three tn six inches thick
and ahout three inches long. More
strictly. soeaL;no they were small.
sized chunks OF ice One OF these
,,;1sto,os striking person OH the
,,nnro+ected head would have caused
= fracture Of the skull or more serious
injury One OF the stones hit. the
skvliahr and shattered it. It is one ot
the oieccs that is now used as a paper
wc;oht bv the chief of the weather
hnrcar
Iris estimated that during the sum-
MGR months practically Tulv and !Au-
o,,sf several hundred sarnacirc thun-
derstorms occur throughout the
limited sto:cs They are more severe
N rho states oi Ohio valley bit no
,,-. ~ The country escapcs, Thev
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24

When young man sows wild oats
the crop is seldom a failure.
Many man is found outside OF
iail because he isn't found out.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24
REPUBLICANS NAME
ROOSEVELT LEADER.
Continued From First Page.)

moments time will single out the
hero in the crowd. A fash OF light
ming in the night will reveal what
years OF, daylight have not discovered
to the eye. And so the fash OF the
Spanish war revealed that lofty cour-
age and devotion which the .Ameri-
can heart so loves and which you
have met again to decorate and re-
cognize. His qualities do not need
TO be retold, for no man in the
exalted place sire. Emco!n has. been
bettet~kffowns s#s every Iersehold
in the land. He IS. not conservative,
if conservatism means waiting till it
is too; late. He is not wise. il Wis
dom is to count thing hundred
times when once will do. He does
not always listen while all the sages
speak, but every day at nightfall be-
holds some record which if not COM
plete has been at least pursued with
conscience and intrepid resolution. A
statesman graphing with the living
problems of the hour he gropes but
little in the past He believes in 60
ing ahead. He believes that in sfap-
ing the destines OF this great republic,
hope IS higher impulse than regret.
He believes that preparation for fu-
ture triunphs is a more important
duty than an inventory of past mis-
takes. A profound student Of his
tory, he is today the greatest history
maker in the world With the in
stincts OF the scholar. he IS yet forced
from the scholars pursuits by those
superb qualities which fit him to the
last degree for those great world cur
rents now rushing past with larger
volume and more portentous aspect
than for many years before. The fate
of nations is still decided by their
wars. You may talk OF orderly tribu-
mails and learend rcirces: you may
sing in your sc!lolS the gentle praises
OF ,he Qriet lie: YOU MAY strike form
,.o-- h,oLs 10 ras, ny. 81 every
martial anthem. and Yet o.: j, ci,c
s.,,ot.. .,a +,,r.,1n- vii, o,v.,,.s b...1,.
.-,.,,, =: Lo-so. ,-,d .,o s;ro,,. -;c:i
.,,-r-,sd foco No, WAY, oro,r,esv
ard wor,c., nra,. br- ncacc will como
here ~ abide :nrcvc- on this earth
only wao:, The dreams - childhood
a-c ~. ocrc,-rd c:,a-.s - Guide
he dcsr;rcs ~ .,en Fyc.,,S ne NM
h.-Icss and ,,,ir.,,v and ~ man can
tell which wire ~,,ns around the
world The ,ot;o, hast;,o, today j.,
tho c,,;e. 81 cn,,co-mrr. ard -croSc
NAV still BE- on ,ho dcathHv Circuit
and tomorrow w-:,h;rr IN The io;;>
~ ,r,- This : tine time when o-ea-
ao,-es r,,s+ bc ken. :, iro3. = ~"
pressure ;s great the material 20 re-
>;sr = ,,,rs- he GRANITE ond ;-or
73-betber we wish + nr NOT America
: ,b-o,d =, this world Her in
.n-os.s ,-o :, a,.c-, s,-ecr ro- NAME
: ~, .,..-,. .org,,. Tbos. inter-
cs,s g, sacred and st,,endons sror1d
he trusted only 70 the care =: those
whose power. skill and courage have
been tested and approved.
There are times when great fltreSs
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-24


nomination OF President Roosevelt
was made by Senator Beveridge. Of
Indiana:
After a glowing tribute to Mr..
Roosevelt and his administration.
Senator Beveridge spoke as follows:
Life holds no reward SO noble as
the confidence and love OF the Arneri-
can people.
"The American people! The
mighties force for good the ages have
evolved. They began as children of
liberty. They believed in God and
His providence. They took truth and
justice and tolerance as their eternal
ideals and mached fearlessly for
ward. .Wildernesses stretched before
them they subdued them. Noun
tains rose-they crossed them. Des-
erts 'obstrnced-they passed them.
Their faith failed them not and con-
tinent was theirs. From ocean to
oeean cities rose, fields blossomed,
railroads ran: but everywhere church
and school were permanent proof that
the principles IF their origin were the
life of their iIAaturity.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08

The leading sentiment IN Russia is
that war with Japan Is inevitable.
Newspapers say the country should as
scrt Itself and not let a little nation die
tate TO II.
Japan has notified the powers that the
situation IN the far east Is critical ard
that she Is preparing for the worst.
DIR. Herman Adler Of London, praises
American Jews for seeking TO have Pres
ident Roosevelt interfere 10 prevent an
other Kishinen massacre.
with United States Minister to CO.
lOmbia Beaupre the cruiser Olympia
reached Colon from Cartagena.
A fire IN the pueblo Of Calumplt, in tho
Philippines. destroyed $50 houses and
several lives were lost and / 900 persons
were rendered homeless.
Gen. Reyes. IN behalf of Colombia. de-
mands that former conditions on the
isthmus be restored and his country al
lowed to put down the rebellion alone.
Inventors of a trackless train made
their trial trip in Paris, and were con-
graduated by President Loubet on its
success.
VhdIS PuutISbH IthU anu sang IN me
Peoples palace. London, for the FIRST
time in 10 years. The entertainment
WAS given for tho o
Strong irritation against Americans
and English Is Indicated at 81. Peters
burg. because Of ~undoubted sympathy
for japan.
The cruiser Olympia reacaed Colon
from Cartagena with United staten
Minister To Colombia Beaupre.
Ruasia's outward calm Is held a
ominons sign. and the belief Is growing
that the czar's government will recede
not one inch from its position.
An American war ship is reported 10
have sunk the Colombian gunbOat
General Pinzon in IA naval battle in the
Gulf Of Darien.
A South American diploma. SAWS Co.
lombia must night to preserve her In.
teRrity. and that the feeling toward tho
United States and Panama 10 growing
J more bitter.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08
A national convention Of Jews will be-

A national convention OF Jews will be
called at Philadelphia to plan removal
OF millions of their race from Russia.
Mail service at Ripley, Tenn. may be
suspended by President Roosevelt be-
cause Of a negro mail carriers murder by
a mob.
During 1903 the United States pro-
duced STAGE, $40 In gold and S30,520 ,0S8
in silver.
The Citizens State bank at Luton, Ia,
was robbed by burglars Of 500.
Horace G. Burr Unexpectedly resigned
the presidency of the Union Pacific rail-
road.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses IN the United States during the
seven days ended on the I'd aggregated
81 ,772 ,534 ,S39. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week Of last
year was &c.
A blizzard swept over the eastern
states and New York traffic was nearly
suspended. and Boston and Philadelphia
were stormbound.
Three boys about ten years OF age, two
named Loundbcrry and the third named
butcher. were frozen to death on the
bay at Bayport, Mich.
The First Baptist church. Il Of the
finest in indianapolis, Ind, was burned
10 the ground.
St. Catherine academy, a Catholic
school for girls near Springfield, KY,
was burned, the loss being $500, 0OO.
Lawrence Depew. brother Of United
States Senator thauncey VI Depew, OF
New York, and one Of the most proml-
nent citizens Of Detroit, Mich, fell dead
al his home.
william Shrayor. "A bartender, and Mrs.
Clara Collins. met death by aaphyxiation
IN a lodging house in Columbus, o.
Treasury department experts have be-
gun an investigation into charges Of ir-
regularity in the accounts Of the inter-
state commerce commission.
Baptists may refuse to accept further
donations from John u. Rockefeller on
high ethical grounds.
Chicago engineers. abandoned by 9TH
or unions. have called out all Of their
men in downtown office buildings.
month OF $l0i93. 532.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08
SENATOR DIETRICH ON TRIAL
CHARGED with touspirHcS aud HrIb-
cry tor Receiving Nnnr, For
Federal pi,niatnhrEs

Omaha, Nob, Jan. "a lesal bat
tie prcfaccd the trial in the federal
court Monday of United States Sen.
ator Charles II. Dietrich, charged with
alleged conspiracy with jacob Fisher.
postmaster at Hastings, Neb., to vic.
late the statute against bribery. and
also with the direct violation of that
law, in which counsel for senator
Dietrich scored the first victory. This
point was On IA demurrer filed by Gen
Gown to the Indictment, attacking
its sulicicncy, M alleging that II
would have the effect of placing the
senator on trial twice on the same
charge. This point was bitterly con
tested by opposing counsel, Assistant
District Attorney Rush arguing for
the government.
After two hours consideration
Judge Vandevcntcr announced for the
court that the demurrer was sus.
tanned.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08
FIRE DESTROYS
THE IOWA CAPITOL
The State Building at Des Moines
Presents a Scene of Desolation.
SUPPOSED TO BE FIREPROOF
The Capitol WAS One of the Most
Beautiful In the United tates-
Erected ut Cost OF x3,OOO,OOO
Many Lives Endangered.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 5.-Fire Quilted,
the northwest wing of the state cap.
itol Monday, causing an approximate
loss Of half a million dollars. Tho
chamber of the house of representa-.
tivcs is a charred mass of debris and
can not be repaired in time for the APP
preaching session of the legislature.
The fire, which started about ten
O'Clock, was not e~Xtinguishcd until
six O'Clock Monday evening.
Cause Not Definitely now
The origin of the fire is not def.
nitcly known, and Gov. Cummins will
order an immediate investigation. The
suppOsitlon is that it started either
from a lighted candle carelcssly left
burning or from an electric light wire.
The fire originated near a shaft in a
committee room, and spread upward
and around the ceiling of the house
chamber.
None, and Ltiirnry Saved.
The fire department was unable tc
fight the flames effectively on account
Of the height of the building and clc
walton of the capitol site. The only
thing possible was to cut off the prog
rcss of the flames. The gallery of
the house chamber fell with a crash
portions Of the debris slightly injurinp
two bremen and o~ndangcring he lives
of many. The valuable volumes of the
states library, located near the fire
were removed, and the state Offices
were hastily cmptied. The funds in
the state tr%easurcr's Office were loaded
on a wagon and carried 10 a downtown
bank for deposit.
Gov. Cummins laid aside guberna
torial duty and. clad in rubber boots
and rough coat, engaged in the work
Of fighting the fire.
scene Of DESIGNATION.
The beautiful state capitol presents
o scene Of dcsDlatiOn. The marble
stircaScS are covered with ice, the
floors are flowing with water and the
offices under the burn"d part of tn,
building are flooded. The Iowa cap
itol il one Of the most beautiful IN
the United States. II is built along
the lines of the capitol at Albany, y
Y. II was erected at a cost of 81. 900,
600. The state capitol commission
appointed for this purpose, had just
completed the restoration aud repair
Of the building, At q cost vi $l25. 600
most Of which had been expended IN
tho chamber which is ruined.
From a:;Op,GUp "a STop.uOG
The building was supposed 10 have
been hrcproof, but tho uso Of several
false ceilings in the house furnished
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08
Advices from TOXIC declare that Rus.

NuVICe5 fTOm IOKIO utCIdTe tHat ItUs.
STA apparently is seeking To provoke war
with Japan.
Fargo Squiers. eldest son Of the Unit.
ed States minister TO Cuba, accidentally
shot and killed himself IN Havana.
The cruiser Dixie reached Colon with
600 marines under Gen. Elliott and there
are now ! 200 marines on the isthmus.
Europe has given up all hope OF avert
ing war between Russia and Japan and
there In an ominous dread in London
that other powers may be involved.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08
TAFT NAMED FOR WAR OFFICE
Nominated by President to Sue
ceed secretary Of War Root.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE president
Morday sent to the senate the nOmina-
ton Of William NJ. Taft, OF Ohio, 10
be secretary Of war.
The president also nominated Luke
T. Wright, Of Tennessee to be civil
governor Of the Philippine islands. and
Henry G. lde. Of Vermont, to he vice
civil governor Of the Philippine
islands.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-01-08
THE WEEKS NEWS
Happenings Of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires. Personal and PO-
litical Notes, Business Failures ana
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS


no MESTIC.
81 the Identification of the unknown
fcad The number of unidentified lrO-
quois thcatrr victims at The various
murgurs in Chicago has been reduced
to y ont Of a total Of 5s2. New Years
day was given over to burial Of the
dead, more than 100 funerals taking
place.
There were S,37G crimes throughout
the country resulting in death by va
rious forms Of violence in 1909, against
1894 in 1902.
A railway company has been formed al
Guthrie, Okla, 10 build a line from Port
Nelson on Hudson Bay in British
America 10 the Argentine Republic. o
distance Of 10000 miles.
There were 232 business failures in
the United states during the seven
days ended on the Ist, agains, 238 The
same week in 1903.
James Davis and twenty horses were
burned TO death in a fire which de-
siroycd the stable Of the Western
News company in Chicago.
Throughout the United States there
was S,JJI cases OF suicide the past year.
against S,23l in 1902.
I'd" total number Of legal executions
in 1903 in the United States was 12a
against la IN tn" previous year.
Government receipts in Dccrmbc!
were si2, ,532 and expenditures 81
$4,000. leaving Il surplus for the
Bonds to the value Il $lS0,O0O were
missing from the BaiF Of Staten Island
a. SrapIetOn, y. j. and QUO Altman.
cashier committed suicide.
Mayor Harrison ClD.gd 10 thedlrrg
and concert halls in Chicago bc.uu.,
u .mpcrlcctiOns.
lynchings Numbered rot In 1893, a
compared with IS IN 1907.
Railway earnings IN 1908 were large.
than in any previous year, cxpccdiu.
5. so0,OOO.0oD an increase OF about
eiphl per cent. over the previous year
over 1000 persons have been KILLED
and over 5000 injured in railroad acc.-
dents in this country he past year.
Dun's weekly review of trade says
that business men express confidence
IN he future. especially south and
west.
T. +. Ware, commissioner oi pensions
says that l50,62S pension certincates
were issued for the year 1903, which IL
- 600 more than were issued IN 1902.
The embezzlcrs and defaulters In 1870:
IN the United States got away WITH
sG,5SG. lG5.
Fire destroyed the Louvre hotel il
Chicago and three persons persisted IL
the flames.
The Office Of the mayor Of New YorL
city las been turned over to George Is
Mcclellan,
Notable gifts In the United States #
1903 were: TO educational institutions
s33.95o .C92. charities, s2l 72G.3l8; re.
%lieious purposes. s., 1886 .9l2: museums
The National tribune., 1904-06-23
For historic Accuracy.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: was
much interested in the account of the bat
tie of Stone River as given by Comrade
Samuel Welch, and my memory questions
only one statement that he made. / think
that Lincoln's first proclamation about
emancipation was only one of warning. and
that it was issued Sept. %. 1862, and that
it simply gave notice that Mt the expiration
of 100 days he should issue proclamation,
as President of the United States, abolish
ing slavery in all States and parts of States
then in open rebellion against the Govern.
ment of the United States. You can see
that instead of 90 days. just 100 days pre-
vious notice was given. in accordance with
which the great and just and God-blessed
Emancipation Proclamation was issued on
Jan. 1. 1868.
That proclamation did not affect slavery
in Maryland. Kentucky. Tennessee, Mis-
sQtti. and parts Of Virginia and Louisiana
but one or two years after the war ended
an act Of Congress abolished il i'm all of
the States and Territories belonging to the
United States. 1t had previously been abol-
ished in the District of Columbia
In war times. once read that President
Lincoln had stated to some Of his fgriends
that during the invasion of Maryland and
the battle of South Mountain and Antie-
tam. he had promised his God that if the
rebels should be driven back across the Po-
tomac he would abolish slavery in our
country.-ASA w. SLAYToN, Lieutenant.
Co. b, 18th Mich, Grand Rapids, Mich.