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Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
FLOOD DAMAGES
ARE HEAVY
Eaay Buildings and Bridges Swept
Away Along Susquehanna
ICE GORGE BELOW SAFE HARBOR

Lancaster. Pa. March 9.-The dan
ger p0int on the lower Susquehanna
shifted from cambridge. Columbia
and Washington Borough to Safe Har.
Dor, the lower parts Of which are prac.
fically submerged.
The great gorge at Washington Bor-
ough broke, hurting tons Of ice and
an immense volume Of water against
the Turkey Hill gorge. a few miles
below. The later gave way before the
tremendous impact. A new jam then
formed just below Safe Harbor, where
the Conestoga creek enters the Sus-
quehAnna. Back water rushed up the
creek. demolishing the Pennsylvania
railroads stone bridge and sweeping
away the county bridge, some distance
farther up the stream.
The stores of John D. Triple and
Fl. NJ. Stauffer, at Safe Harbor, were
completely submerged and partly de-
molished, while the dwellings of J. S.
Granting and Joseph Temple were
torn from their foundations and wash.
ed away.
The Exchange hotel, at last reports,
was just showing above the water. All
the houses had water on their lower
hoors, and in a number of cases resi-.
dents were forced to abandon their
homes from the second story in boats.
The loss of live stock is said to be
heavy. The county bridge over the
Pequa has been swept away.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Keep the bowels open with one OF
Ayers Pills at bedtime. lust one.
Withdrew From the church.

Rev. Merton c. Andrews. rector of
st. PauIs Episcopal church Of Osh-
kosh. wanted to run a restaurant in
order that he might utilize the surplus
of his chicken farm and grocery store
10 advantage. Bishop Grafton for
bade the enterprise, and now Mr.. An
drews has withdrawn from the church.
Mr. Andrews has been an extreme
ritualist He drew no salary from the
church. insisting upon the right to sup
port himself by his business undertake
ings.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
RACE WAR AT SPRINGFIELD, o.
Mob of White Men Burn Negro Sec
ton of the City.

Springfield. o., March 9.-Threats to
burn the levee. the negro district OF
the city, by a mob of white men, who
Monday night lynched negro Dixon
was made good at midnight, when a
volume of fame was seen to shoot uI
from the rear of a place occupied by
LES" Thomas. a saloonkeeper. Pre-
ceding the firing of the building. the
mob, at a distance of 100 feet. shot at
the front of the building for half an
hour. but it is not known whether any
fatalities resulted from the shooting.
The fire spread both ways from
Thomas place. The mob made no re
sistance to the attempts Of the firemer
to eonfine the fire to the buildings
along Washington street, known as
the levee. They were for the most
part saloons. dwellings and small
rooming houses, and all were de
stroyed.
It is understood that the negroes are
highly incensed at Sheriff Routzahn
for not using greater force in protect
ing Dixon. Sheriff ROutzahn had been
warned that the instant the torch was
applied in Washington street he had
better remove his family from the Jail
as that institution was to be imme
diately dynamited.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
The NEW LITTLE GIRL.
An Extreme Example of the MOderA
System OF Development.

An Extreme Example of the MOderA
system OF Development.
We have. sir. within the past half
century effected an enormous advance
IN many lines. We have women's col
leces. we have klndergartens. we have
aats. we have bridge whist and auto
mobiles. we have clubs for the purpose
of ebviating the frightful necessity on
the part of men and women to live at
home. Countless diversions and dissl-
pations Obtrude themselves upon lives
which might be earnest and render
them frivolous and empty. Hired
nurses rear the children of the Opulent.
Where. meanwhile, is the rod without
which in my youth the child was spoil
ed? Where are childish modesty. paren-
tai instruction and the salutary enforce
ment Of obedience? Do we by erasing
fear from our domestic systems insure
for the future anything more promising
than ungovernable. ungoverned and
ungoverning maturity?
A female child approached me not
long ago on the street. An air of re-
fnement and good breeding attended
her l paused and pleasantly observed
her.
Hello. grandpa" exclaimed the child.
Has anybody seen our cat?'
/ made no reply.
Speak up" said the child. 'if you
don't happen to have amputated your
voice. 1--WE lost a kind of a tall cat done
off in tortoise shell finish Her feet
don't track. but she's sound and kind.
city broke. stands without hitching and
answers to the name of Laura Jean
Libbey. Where is she"
Young woman" said l. Il am not
aware that have the honor of your
acquaintance"
Don't let that cause you any insom-
mia, grandpa" said the female child,
I'm not trying to make hit with
you. Either you've seen my cat or
you haven't. If you haven't We'll part
in a friendly way with no clothes torn.
If you have I'd like you to produce,
dig up and relinquish the cat. Is it a
go? Is there anything doing in the fe-
line wayY'
NO" said /.
'Then so long" said the female child.
This, sir, l presume is the result Of
our system Of allowing children to de-
velop along the lines of least resist
ance.-Syracuse Post-Standard.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Militia Ordered Out.

Columbus. o., March 9.-Upon ur-
gent representations from Mayor Bow
lus. of Springfield o.. that a race wal
is imminent as a result of the lynchins
of the negro Dixon. Governor Herricb
ordered eight companies of state mill
tia to that city to preserve order. Ad
jutant General Crutchfeld at once ar
ranged for the mobilization of the
troops. Besides the two companies
at Springfield, companies at Urbana
Dayton, Xenia Miamisburg and PiQua
were called out
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
NEGRO LYNcHEp IN OHIO
Murderer Of Policeman Shot to Death
In Streets of Springfield.

Murderer OF Policeman Shot 10 Deatn
In Streets Of Springfield.
Springfield, o., March s.-Richard
Dixon, colored, was taken from the
Jail and shot to death in the Jail yard.
and the body was taken from there to
the corner of MaiE street and Foun-
tain avenue and hung to a telegraph
pole, where the mob spent the next
half hour riddling the body with bull
lets from several hundred revolvers.
The mob forced an entrance to the Jail
by battering in the east doors with
railroad iron. The mob then surged
through the east door, overpowered
the sheriff, turnkey and handful Of
deputies and secured the prisoner.
Fearing an attempt on the part of
the police to rescue Dixon, the leaders
formed a hollow square. Some one
knocked the negro to the ground, and
those near him fell back four or five
feet. Nine shots were fired into his
PROSTATE body. and. satisfied that he
was dead, a dozen men grabbed the
lifeless body and with a triumphant
cheer the mob marched south to the
intersection of Main street, and rope
was tied around Dixons neck. Two
men climbed the pole and threw the
rope over the topmost crosstie and
drew the body about is feet above the
street. The fusilade then began, and
for 80 minutes the body was kept
swaying back and forth from the force
of the rain of bullets which was
poured into it Frequently the arms
would fly up convulsively when a mus
Gle was struck. and the mob went
fairly wild with delight.
Dixon shot and killed Police Ser
geant Charles Coils, while in the
formers room. where they went to re-
move Dixon's baggage. He Lad decid'
ed to quit the place. and, fearing trOu.
bic with Anna Corbin, a woman with
whom he was acquainted, Dixon asked
Coils to go to the hotel with him.
While in his room, Dixon and Miss
Corbin quarreled, and Dixon is said
to have shot her in the breast. The |
policeman then attempted to arrest |
Dixon. when the latter fred into the
officers body, inficting fatal wounds.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Russia's Fair Building Torn Down

st. Louis, March 9.-The framework
of the Russian national pavilion at the
Worlds Fair was torn down on re-
ceipt of cablegram from st. Peters
burg by Contractor Lecour, who has
been in charge of the work. Work on
the framework Of the pavilion was well
under way The cabIegram was from
the department of the Interior briefly
ordering such work as had been com
pleted torn down.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Justice Van syckel Resions.

Trenton, N. J., March S.-Justice
Bennett Van Syckel. of the supreme
court. surprised state officials and his
fellow members of the court by ten.
dering to Governor Murphy his resig.
nation to 90 into effect at once. JUS
tice Van Syckel about two weeks age
was reappointed after having served
35 years as a supreme court justice.
The explanation of Justice Van
Syckels resignation is that he was ad.
vised by his physician that it was
necessary for him to relinquish the
active work of his judicial position
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Boiler Explosion Kills Three.

Towanda, Pa. March 5.-By the ex-
plosion of the boiler of a saw mill at
Greenwood, P. L. Brown, the proprie-
tor, and his two helpers. Wallace Tice
and Robert Compton. were instantly
killed The bodies were mangled hor-
ribly. Both of Browns legs were blown
off. Tice's head was blown away, and
almost every bone in Compton's body
was broken when he struck the frozen
earth after being thrown into the air.
The men were all married and leave
families.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
100000 In Mutilated currency.

st. Louis, March 9.-The United
States sub-treasury will forward to the
treasury department at Washington
100000 in mutilated currency and
coin for official destruction. The
money was mutilated by wear and
tear.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
GREAT DAMAGE NEAR YORK
Many Buildings and Bridges Washed

Many Buildings and Bridges Washed
Away-Loss Cannot Be Estimated.
York, Pa. March 9.-The greatest
damage done by the food in York
county sections was at York Haven
and vicinity. The power building of
the York Haven Water and Power
company. which was badly damaged
last Saturday. was completely wreck
ed, the ice jam leaving only its tower
remaining. 1t is believed most of the
machinery will be saved. The York
Haven paper mill, nearby, was also
seriously damaged, parts of it being
destroyed. The money loss cannot at
present be estimated.
Just below York Haven a steel
bridge of the Northern Central rail
way, spanning a branch of the Cone
WACO creek. was crushed like so much
paper. Tracks were washed out near
Goldsboro. Barns, houses and sheds
were carried away The water yester-
day was at the highest point ever
known from GoldsborO south to Peach
Bottom. and all along this stretch of
40 miles or more there was a continu-
GUS flooding of houses. The water is
receding and the danger is about over.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Worst Over at Harrisburg.

Harrisburg, Pa, March 9.-COndi-
tions in the flooded territory are i'm
proved and the indications are that
there will be no further serious trou-
bic. The ice is now moving and the
river is gradually falling above and
below Harrisburg. The Susquehanna
is now open clear to the Chesapeake
bay. and Weather Observer Domain
predicts that the worst is over. The
fee on the Pennsylvania tracks be-
tween Harrisburg and Middletown was
removed, and traffic has been resumed
on the Philadelphia division
The industries in South Harrisburg
and Steelton will not be able to re-
sumo operations until the river reaches
its normal stage. There is still much
suffering among the residents of the
lowlands in Highspire and Middle |
town. Many of them have lost all of |
their household goods and are still |
unable to reach their homes on ac- (
count of the high water.
The water at Middletown has fallen. (
but the town is still without a water
supply and electric light, and measles
and chicken-poX has broken out among
the families temporarily quartered in
the market house.
Two Of the piers Of the new Market
street bridge were damaged by ice,
and the bridge was ordered closed un-
I'll an examination can be made Of the
piers At Duncannon the mouths of
the Shermans and Little Juniata
creeks have been cleared by the blast
Ing Of the ice with dynamite. Several
county bridges in that neighborhood
have been damaged by ice and water
md for the present are closed.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Tuesday, March 8.

The New York legislature has passed
a bill abolishing the office of coroner
in New York city.
Practically every coal mine in In
dian Territory has closed on account
Of lack OF orders for coal.
The United States supreme court
did not render a decision in the North
eVn Securities case, as was expected.
The Virginia legislature has appro-
priated s250OOO to improve and en-.
large the Virginia state copital at
Richmond.
Three trainmen were killed in a
rear-end collision between freight
trains on the Missouri Pacific road
near Jefferson City, Mo.
Wednesday, March 9.
Nancy Rucker, colored, died at
Montvale. Bedford county, Va, at the
age of 100 years.
Postmaster General Payne is con-
fined to the house with a severe at
tack of gout.
In a head-on collision between pas
senger trains near Kewanee, Miss,
five trainmen were killed.
DR.. John P. Edge, prominent in med.
ical, agricultural and litertry circles,
died at his home in Downingtown. Pa,
aged 81 years.
Over zoo delegates to the Worlds
Fourth Sunday School convention. to
be held at Jerusalem, sailed from New
York on a chartered steamer.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
GENERAL Markets

Philadelphia. Pa, March 9. - Flour
steady; winter superfine, S3.6063.SO;
Penna. roller, clear. $460@AS5; city
mills, fancy. S5.65W5.l5. Rye -four
quiet, at S4.15 per barrel Wheat was
firm; No. 2 red. Penna., new. S1.O6d
1.0615. Corn firm; No. , yellow. local.
sec. Oats quiet; No white. clipped.
54c.;. lower grades, SIC. Hay was
steady; No. 1 timothy, large bales.
S16.50417. Pork was firm; family.
S175Od1S. Beef was steady; beef
hams. S20G21. Live poultry. I31bc.
for hens, and sac for old roosters.
Dressed poultry, 141ac Tor choice
fowls. and 101ac. for old rOosters.
Butter was steady; creamery, 29c. per
pound. Eggs steady; New York and
2enna., 20c. per dozen. Potatoes were
steady; per bushel, 95Q9Sc
Baltimore, Nd. March 8. - Wheat
dull; spot contract, SL041b01.O45s;
spot No. , red western, Sl.O6D1.06ls:
steamer No. . red, S1.01Gi.01A. Corn
steady; spot, 525s0 52%c.; steamer
mixed, 50ls a 50Ac.; southern white
corn, ola 54sc.; do. yellow corn, 510
55c. Oats steady; No. ? white, 496
4912c.; No. ? mixed, 4704715c. Rye
firm; No. 2, uptown, S46S4lhc.: No. 2
western. S5qS51ac. Butter steady;
fancy imitation, 1SG20c.; do. cream
cry, 27Q CSC; do. ladle, 1761Sc. Eggs
lower; per dozen. lie.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Live Stock Markets.

= Union Stock, Yards, Pittsburg, Pa,
Sis; fair, $S.5O@415; good, S4.759
4,9O. Hogs higher; prime heavy s5.75
q $50; mediums, $5.S005.S5; heavy
Workers, $3.50 $50; light Yorkers.
S5.25q5.35; pigs. $50 o.10: roughs.
$3.50. Sheep steady; prime wethers.
S4SOG5; choice lambs, S696.25;
veal calves, S7.509S.25.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Monday, March z.

Frank Waldron fell down the Henry
Clay shaft at Shamokin, Pa. a dis.
tance of 500 feet, and was instantly
killed.
While enroute in a Pullman car
from New York to Macon, Ga, Miss
NJ. ]. Green was robbed of diamonds
valued at s250O.
The Bethlehem (Pa.) Steel company
has shipped u carloads of ordnance
to the st. Louis fair, and propose to
have unique and warlike exhibit.
The strike of the messenger boys
against the telegraph companies in
Chicago has been broken, as the com.
panies have all the employees required.
Mrs. Sherman Dye, of Boone, Ia, is
under arrest. charged with sending
poisoned candy to Miss Rem Wilson,
of Pierre, S. D.. who is in a dying con-
dition.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, March 3.

Ten buildings were destroyed by fire
at Rocky Mount. n c., entailing .lOsG
of over SS5,000.
The annual reunion Of the United
Confederate Veterans will be held al
Nashville. Tenn. June IA. Is and Is.
Edward F. Dixey, who years ago be-
came famous as a member of the Carn-
cross & Dixey Minstrels, died at his
home in Philadelphia.
The Morea colliery, near Mahanoy
City, Pa. suspended operations for
three months. throwing 800 men and
boys out of employment.
The Ohio supreme court has declared
unconstitutional the law providing a
fine for any one who discharges a work.
man because he is a member Of a labor
union.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Saturday, March 5.

A rural free delivery service will be
established April l at Edgemoor, Del.
Governor Pennypacker has designat-
ed April and % to be observed as
ArbOr Days throughout Pennsylvania.
Admiral Walker. chairman of the
Panama canal commission, says the
commission will sail for the Isthmus
March %.
Because she refused to marry him,
Dominick Antello. of Brooklyn. shot
and killed Nellie Flanagan and then
fatally shot himself.
Secretary Shaw transmitted to the
house an estimate of $4,000 to defray
the expenses Of dedicaung the statue
of Frederick the Great to be placed on
the grounds Of the war college in Wash
ington.
Milford chronicle., 1904-03-11
Friday, March 4.

During a cloudburst in Yellow Greek
Valley, o., scores of houses were flooded
and several lives lost.
Two white men were killed and one
white man and two negroes seriously
injured in a race riot at Bobashe, I. T.
Denny Hall. one of the finest build
ings connected with Dickinson College,
at Carlisle. Pa, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $4,000.
While attempting to arrest Shuman
Jefferson near Lock Haven, Pa. Con-
stable Joseph Deegan was fatally shot.
Jefferson escaped.
General George B. Davis will repre-
sent the United States government at
the meeting in Geneva next May to re-
wise the Red Cross rules.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-22
: glad an action has been brought in
he courts to determine the matter.
Court House Notes.

NJ Groeneveldt has filed a petition
asking to be appointed administrator OF
the estate of the late II. d. Groeneveldt.
Mrs. Alice Thornton has filed with
Auditor Newcomb an appropriation for
500 inches of water additional from Wide
Hollow creek, to be used for irrigating
purposes.
County Treasurer Peck and the board
of directors of school district No. "a
near Prosser, last Saturday sold the
$1,000 worth of bonds recently voted by
the district to build new school house
The bonds We're purchased by the state
at par and per cent interest.
Auditor Newcomb reports that IL mar
riage licenses have been issued during
the month of June up to and including
the goth. The following have been is
sued since the last issue OF The Herald
Richard Frank Counts to Miss Rose
Anna Addison. VIM. II. Norman to Mrs.
Anna NJ. Elliott and Arthur f. Vail TO
Miss Ora f. Forbis.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-22
kitchelas as q Resort

Lake kitchelas, at the summit OF the
Cascade range, near Martin, promises to
be the popular summer resort for this
section. Messrs. Shearer & Brooks,
formerly OF this city, are preparing to
entertain tourists on large scale, They
have hotel, which will be opened 10
the pubic about July /. People going
from here on the early morning passen-
ger train are met at Martin and con
veyed to the lake, few miles away by
stage, where, with baggage, all are
transferred to launch and taken across
the beautiful waters to where the hotel
and grounds are situated In case peo-
pie wish to enjoy camping privileges,
grounds are provided. The lake affords
fine fishing and boating and is consid'
cred the most beautiful sheet OF water
in the state. Shearer & Brooks have
opened stores at Kitchelas and Martin
in connection with the resort.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-22
AN UNCLE IS CHARGED
WITH 0UTRAGING NIECE
Girl Not IL Years OId-iioffman An
derson Under Arrest-r1akeS
Break to Escape.

Hoffman Anderson, who lives at Edgar
Rock, on Gold creek, was arrested in
this city Monday morning on the charge
of raping his niece. Alma Anderson, who
will be Il years old this fall She is the
daughter OF John Anderson who, with
his four widowed children, lived with
his brother and their mother at Edgar
Rock. Last week, it is said, fearing that
his daughter was becoming infatuated
| with her uncle, he announced his inten-
ton of leaving his brothers place and
bringing the girl to town. Hoffman An
| derson, 1t is alleged, said he would kill
his brother if he attempted to take the
| girl away and then came into town,
warning The father not to follow him
| He later came to town, however, accom-
panied by the girl placing her in the fam
| lily of a friend, but it is claimed that
| Hoffman Anderson took her away from
there to lodging house and again sus-
tanned criminal relations with his niece,
which he has been doing for some time.
This is according to her confession to the
county attorney. The girl is now being
cared for by the sheriff, who has placed
her in the family OF friend, and Hoff.
man Anderson is in jail.
He made an effort to escape from the
sheriff's office Monday afternoon when
brought up from his cell to converse
with man who wanted to buy his team
The sheriff was in the room and several
deputies, when Anderson made break
for liberty and got through the door into
the court house hall. Deputy white
and Sheriff Grant quickly overpowered
him, however, and took him back
to his cell, Anderson expressing regret
to the sheriff that the later had not kill
ed him. Just before making the break
to escape he remarked that he twas up
against it, He is said to be a desperate
character and the sheriff will keep a
close watch on him.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-22
The Rathbones Entertain

The Rathborne Sisters entertained the
members of the Knights OF Pythms ami
their friends at social last evening
\ large number were in attendance and
a splendid time enjoyed. After a fine
musical and literary program nail
driving contest was indulged in, limited
to ladies only. In thi contest Mrs. DIR
Carver won the first prize and Miss
Myrtle Davis the BOBBY prize Gef,rsn-
ments were served later The Order is
having marvellous growth in the city
the social side being a special feature
vita the ladies.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-22
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
Protest Against Relating Interest on
Delinquent Taxes-News Notes.

A. S. Congdon has filed an application
in the superior court for a writ of Ger
tiorari to require the board OF county
commissioners to annul its action III
Relating half the interest on the delin-
quent taxes of Charles McAllister, the
sheepman. McAllister's taxes. it APP
pears, were delinquent for the wears
1923 and at the last meeting OF the
commissioners he appeared before the
board and asked them to rebate half
the interest. amounting to S63l9. This
was done and the delinquent taxes.
amounting to about $1,000 were paid. to
which Mr.. Congdon, through his attor-
neys. Snyder & Preble, objects At this
writing the time for the hearing of the
case has not been set.
Mr.. Congdon brings the action on be-
half of the public in general claiming
that the board acted without authority.
Mr.. McAllister's taxes We're paid on the
9th inst, when the county treasurer pro
tested against issuing him receipt.
but was compelled to comply with the
order of the board. Commissioner Kan
die also protested against the action of
the board in rebating half the interest
which was voted for by Chairman Lince
and Commissioner Cline. Mr.. Lince saws
the attorney general OF the state has
rendered an opinion which sustains the
action OF the board, but declares that he