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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
POACHING CHARGE DROPPED
Captain John osterhaus and Compana
ions Believed to Have Been
Freed at Ensenada
Special to The Herald,

Special to The Herald
SAN DIEGO. Dec. 15.-Word received
from Ensenada by steamer st. Denis
is that it is common talk at that place
that Capt. John Osterhaus and his
companions, Ben Journeay and Frank
Fulner have been acquitted by the
court there of the charge of poaching
and resisting arrest and that their re-
lease will follow the perfunctory ap-
proval of the findings at the City of
Mexico.
The hearing at Ensenada was held
last Saturday The men were on their
schooner, Juanita, off San Thomas,
just below Ensenada, when they were
they were boarded in the night ana
arrested as poachers. The customs Of
ficers stated afterward that they had
been fired upon as they neared the yes
sci and they returned the volley.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
TO REGULATE RATES
Session of Montana Legislature to Be
Called to Pass Railroad
hy Associated Press.

by Associated Press
HELENA, Mont, Dec. 15.--As a re-
suit of the organization of the Montana
Rate association in this city yesterday
Governor Toole will be requested to
call the legislature in extra session to
pass a railroad commission bill.
At the last session of the legislature
a bill was passed on the last day
of the session, and it was vetoed by
the governor on the ground that it
was unconstitutional.
The executive committee of the as
sociation was directed to collect data
showing discrimination by the rail-
roads in Montana and to bring pro-
ceedings before the interstate COM
merce commission.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Injured While Beating His Way

SACRAMENTO, Dec. ia young
man named Harry M. Gribble. who had
beaten his way from Marysville on a
freight train, jumped from the car on
which he was riding as the train en-
tered the city this evening and fell.
with his left hand OH one of the rails
The car wheels passed over his hand,
mangling 1t so that 1t had to be ann
putated. II. f. Schank, who was with
Gribble, was also injured in jumping
The men were on their way to Merced
to work.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Paducah's Test Satisfactory

BN ASSOCIHItU F-TItb,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.--The special
board which conducted the trial of the
gunboat Paducah on her cruise from
New York to Newport has reported to
the department that the gunboat under
full load made a satisfactory speed of
1913 knots. The Paducah is under Or
ders for service in Dominican waters
and will depart on her trip south early
in January.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Approves Hawaiian Bond Plan
Ry Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-President
Roosevelt has approved the plan OF
the Hawaiian government for the is
suance of public Improvement bonds
to the amount of $75O,OO0. A statement
received at the interior department
shows that the ad valorem assessment
Of property in the territory for the
fiscal year just closed was $133,924, 100.
and that the total bonded Indebtedness
including the issue above referred to
is $3,S74,O00.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Fifer's Resignation Final

BY Associate Press.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Dec. 15.-J. w.
Fifer, interstate commerce commits
sioner, today said that his resignation
was presented to President Roosevelt
on November II, to go into effect Jan
uary /. The resignation he says. was
accepted and the incident was closed
as far as he was concerned.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
SULTAN FORMALLY YIELDS
Accedes to Powers Demands and the
international Fleet Will Be
Withdrawn
By Associated Fress.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 15.-Tur-
key last night formally surrendered
to the demand of the powers and ac-
oepted the scheme providing for the
financial control of Macedonia. a.
communication to this effect was hand
ed down by the Porte to the United
States through Hungarian Ambassador
Baron Won Calice, and the question,
which has been the subject OF negotia-
tions for eleven months, was closed.
The international fleet will promptly
be Withdrawn.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Rock Island Reduces Dividend
sv Assooiated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec 15.-The directors
Of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway company, the operating COM
pany of the Rock Island system, met
here today and decided to reduce the
dividend on the stock for the quarter
from to ia per cent, putting the stock
on a 6 per cent instead of an per cent
annual basis. The opinion was official
ly expressed that the January dividend
upon the preferred stock should be
passed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Former Army Man a Convict
IN Associated Press

MANILA, Dec. 15.-H. b. Mulford of
Omaha, Neb., formerly a major in the
Thirty-ninth regiment, United States
volunteers. who was charged with fall
sIication OF commercial documents and
embezzlement while manager Of the
American bank here, has been sem
fenced to six years imprisonment.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Schooner Sunk by Steamer
BY Associated Press.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,, Dec. 15.-The
Bridgeport line steamer City of Law
renee, from New York to this port, col
lided with and sunk the three-masted
schooner Basutoland, Capt. Roper,
bound from Chatham, N. b., to New
York with a cargo of laths, tonight off
South Norwalk. The steamers boats
saved the five men on the schooner.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Anti.chrIstian Riots Feared
By Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Dec. ia cable dis
patch to the Herald from Alexandria,
Egypt, says: Fears are prevalent that
an ti-Christian demonstration will
take place Sunday but the authorities
are confident that they will be able
to promptly repress any disturbances
Every precautlon has been taken.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Steamship AngoIaw Floated
A saocihted Press.

NEW YORK, Dec 15.-The steam
ship Angolaw, which recently went
ashore near Moro castle, was pulled
off the rocks last night, says cable
dispatch to the Herald from Havana.
She is now anchored in the bay await
ing docking facilities.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16

cost Of construction They agreed to
complete the road in three years in
stead Of one.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16
Transport Sails for Philippines
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15.-The
United States army transport Bufford
sailed today for Honolulu. Guam and
Manila. She carried ten troops Of the
Third cavalry fifty or sixty recruits,
number Of hospital corps men and
cargo of 1000 tons Of supplies for vari-
Gus army posts.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-16

Mr. Tillman asked, and Mr.. Spooner re-
piled that the president Of the United
states had done so.
Mr.. Tillman contended that this ad-
mission justified all that he said.
1T Is beating about the bush; the
accomplishment of what Is wanted by
trickery. It is play on words to Justify
the usurDatiOD." he said,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
by our Re aders.

But for the presence OF mind and
natural intelligence OF Mamie Gibson,
a sixteen year old barefoot mountain
girl, mixed freight and passenger
train leaving Asheville Monday MORN
ing, eastward bound, would in all prob.
ability have been wrecked at Mud Cut
In the Blue Ridge mountains and sew
eral lives lost. Mamie Gibson lives
close to Mud Cut. That morning she
saw a great pile OF rock and earth
slide on the track at that place short
ly after a special train had passed,
and realizing that an engineer of an
eastward bound train would be unable
to see the slide in time to stop the
train and that there was imminent
danger Of loss OF life and property,
she picked up torpedo and running
up the track some distance placed it
on the rail at the mouth Of the tun.
mel. Then hurrying back, she found a
red flag, and again started up the
track when she heard the engine
whistle of the mixed train. AS the
train came she waved the flag, the en-.
Rineer applied the brakes, and the
train came to standstill within less
than twenty steps OF the slide. After
the girl child had told her story the
passengers showered upon her coins,
amounting to many dollars.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Paid their Debts.

A meeting OF the advisory commit
tee which has been in charge since
October. 1903, Of the affairs Of the
banking houses OF John l.. Williams
u Sons and j. William Middendorf g.
Co., OF Baltimore and Richmond, was
held Wednesday night. After the
meeting 1t was announced that the
debts OF the two firms had been paid
In full with interest and the com.
mittee had been dissolved. The two
houses had obligations aggregatlng
more than Sl2 100000 at the time OF
their suspension Had they been
forced into bankruptcy at the time,
they would probably have paid TWEEN
ty.hvc cents on the dollar. But In.
stead an advisory committee was
formed and under the supervision of
the com mittee, the two firms have
liquidated more than $4,000, 900 OF
their obligations. The final details
OF their settlement called for a loan
OF $500, 600 on securities that the two
firms desired to hold because Of their
developing values. One firm with
London clients offered to take the
whole amount, several New York
houses also made similar tenders and
baltimore financial institutions sub
Sc-ibed largely to the loan.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Fined For Gambling,

: Some of the gentlemanly gamblers
of Covington, Ca, got 1t in the neck
the other day. The grand jury, at the
March term OF the court returned
about twenty. five true bills against
ten prominent citizens of the town
and county for gambling at different
times within the last several months.
BY agreement each Of the ten persons
charged with the offense entered plea
OF guilty. Judge Roam imposed fine
of 5000 in each case on one indict-
ment, suspending sentence upon the
other indictments pending good be-.
havior for twelve months. In this
manner the cases we're quickly dispos-
ed of and the special session did not
asst more than three hours.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Scared to Death.

The New York American saws
worry over friends jest is said to be
responsible for the death OF Leon
Kahn, proprietor OF The Old Home.
stead" Union avenue and First street,
Mount Vernon, n. Y. Kahn, who was
torty-two years old, was prominent
lodge man. He had not been sick in
twenty years. Saturday Kahn met a
friend, who during joking converse
tion said: Another white shirt will
finish you" That statement worried
Kahn. He asked at least two dozen
friends If he looked sick. They said he
did not. That night Kahn was seized
with pains near the heart. Paralysis { I
the organ was the diagnosis. A few
hours later the hotel man was dead.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Caughu in Chicago.

Henry G. Coll, the former assistant
cashier Of the FIRST National bank Of
Milwaukee, was arrested in Chicago
Thursday, according TO the infoTma-
tlon given out by the police authorl-
ties in Milwaukee. The capture was
made by Detective Dennis Sullivan,
OF the Milwaukee police department.
Coll was walking on 30th street in
Chicago when Milwaukee officer ran
across him. 1t appears that Coll has
been In Chicago for several days, stay
Ing at different hotel every night. A
warrant was issued for COILS arrest at
the same time the warrant was served
on Frank G. Bigelow, the deraulting
hankar
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
MEETS: HPR ALIVE.
Goes TO Bury Long Lost Sister Who
Is Not Dead.

The New York American says
drama in which one Of the principals
was confronted by the living form of
a sister whose body he supposed was
in hearse he was following to GEM
etery, occurred Tuesday at the jersey
City terminal Of tie Barclay street
ferry.
Conrad Ritter, of No. 81 Liberty
street, East New Durham, N. j., was
informed a few days ago that the
body OF his sister Mary had been in
tered In pauper's grave after she
had died, on April Sd, of self-infiicted
injuries in ST. Mary's Hospital in Ho-
boken. The girl had been missing
from home since March "a.
Ritter investigated and found that
a woman answering the description Of
his sister had committed suicide and
had been buried In the Hudson COun.
ty Catholic Cemetery In Jersey City
He had the body exhumed and ar
ranged for its interment in Calvary
Cemetery, In Queens County.
oNoubJ 81 TClO COlu-
pleted and Ritter sorrowfully follow
ed the hearse. He alighted from his
carriage at the ferry entrance, and
one Of the first persons he saw was his
sister leaving boat. He pearly lost
his reason, and staggered against the
gate, white and speechless.
The girl not divining the cause Of
fhis agitation, stood Mortified, but see
Ing the hearse and carriage, and not.
Ing her brothers mourning apparel,
decided that some misfortune OF which
she was not aware had occurred to
| him.
When Ritter recovered, the situa.
tion was explained, and 1T developed
that Mary had been taken seriously
Ill at friends home in Brooklyn, and
was unable to communicate with her
brother. The body identified as hers
has been returned to the Jersey City
authorities
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Thomas Jones Shot Through the
Heart by Thomas Godfrey.
ABOUT A GRAPE VINE.
The Men Were Next Door Nelghbors, and
the Tragedy Resulted from a Dis
agreement Over a Very Tri.
vial Matter. The Slayer
is Now in Jail.
is Now in Jail.

Spartanburg has another murder TO
her credit. A special dispatch from
that city to The State says Thomas
Jones was shot and instantly killed in
his yard on North Church street
Thursday morning by Thomas Godfrey
who was taken In charge by the police
shortly after the shooting and is
lodged In the county jail.
Jones was shot down very near his
own doorsteps and in his lot by neigh
Dor, Godfrey, whose lot is nearby. at
the time Of the tragedy Jones was
sitting In his front porch awaiting a
sire t car to go to his shop. Godfrey
approached from bis (Godfrey's) house
and holding out some pieces sf grape
vine In his hand, inquired of Jones il
he knew them.
Jones replied In the negative, and
Godfrey insisted that he did. This
caused Jones to emphatically state,
without the superfluous use of oaths,
that he did not. Godfrey made some
remark to which Jones replied, calling
Godfrey liar. Godfrey drew a 3S.
calibre pistol and fired one shot at
Jones. The ball entered jones' left
breast and plowed to the heart, and
IN minute or more the man was
dead.
Godfrey Is an Irishman who has
lived in Spartanburg for number of
years. He is an aged citizen, and of
frail feeble frame and i'll health,
He Is skilled workman. He and
Jones have been at outs for a long
time and had held no verbal conyersa-
tion with each other.
Godfrey, it is said, claims that
Jones cut the grape vines in his (God-
frey's) garden, causing them to die.
This was the cause for the shooting
down of an unarmed man on his own
premises. Jones was quiet, honest,
industrious citizen and was q black.
smith, -woodworkman and machinist.
I BE. .was running q shop OF iliH own at
the time he VIA killed. Godfrey had
no statement for the press.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Tried to Kill Himself.

Tom Cox, sentenced to be hanged
at Nashville, Tenn, for the murder
OF Policeman Ben E. Dowell made a
desperate attempt to commit suicide
In his cell at the county ial there
Wednesday morning by taking poison.
His condition is critical in the ex-
treme and the chances are against his
recovery. Cox is perhaps Tennessee's
most noted criminal OF recent years.
The killing OF Policeman Dowcll was
OF most sensational character and
Cox's trial attracted widespread at
tentiOn.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Double Suicide.

The bodies Of r. B. Shaw and his
wife, who he married In Philadelphia
tive years ago, were found in a field
near Biaokpooi, England, where the
dead couple lived. Both had been
shot and there was pistol beside the
bodies. The tragedy unfolds pitiful
story. After five years of happy mar
riage, 1t Is alleged, Shaw discovered
fortnight ago that his wife was in
volved in an intrigue two years before
her marriage. According to the story,
he taxed her with the offence, and as
result OF her admissions he told her
to prepare Immediately to sail for
America, leaving their children at
Blackpool. They started or Tuesday,
seemingly reconciled; but Shaw's
mother was suspicious and caused
neighbors to follow them. Shots were
heard and the bodies were discovered.
Each was shot through the mouth,
the indications being that 1t was by
mutual agreement, the woman having
carefully removed her hat and placed
1T beside her husbands on the grass.
A double ticket for New York by the
steamer Majestic was found in Snaw's
pockat
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
GREEN GOODS MAN
Caught in the Act of swindling Gen.
tleman from Texas.
When Reuben with Roll Arrived the
Clerk of Astor House Scented
Game and Notified Police.
When Reuben with Roll Arrived the
Game and Notifed POLICE.

They caught a green goods man red
handed In the Astor house. His name
is Nelly Calvin, and the authorities
at police headquarters in New York
City say he is an all-round crook and
old-time pickpocket whose picture has
been in the rogues' gallery for years.
The come on" was taken and is now
licked up at headquarters. He is
Elmer Klahr, part owner Of saloon
In Higgins, Lipscomb county, Tex,
and was lured here by the usual cir.
culars.
According to Klahr's story he got
here on the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
road, and, in keeping with the direc-
tions given to him in his correspon.
dence with the gang, went to the AS
tor house. He was taken In tow by
the swindlers, and that night they
showed him the sights. They also
told him how lucky he was to be let
in on the ground floor in the deal they
were about to put through with him,
and made arrangements to show him
samples Of the counterfeit" money
In the morning.
w AiOA AAAahk odlC uOnu Ills
room he went to the desk and depos-
tied his roll Of money with the clerk.
The hotel people suspected at once
that he was a "come-on," and notified
the postal officials and police head
quarters, In accordance with arrange
ments that had been made several
days ago when a stranger was re-.
lieved OF all his cash in the hotel by
the gang OF which Calvin Is the re.
puted chief.
Klaher, 1T seems, was taken to
Brooklyn, where some good money
was shown to him as a sample of the
mythical counterfeits. He was salts.
fed with the looks of the good money,
and he made a cash payment of $50
to bind the bargain. Then he went
back to the Astor house and awaited
the coming Of Calvin to complete the
transaction, first get ting his roll from
the clerk.
The postal inspectors and McCon-
Vile secreted themselves in a room
directly across the hall from Klahr's
and took turns peeping In. In lit
tile while Calvin came up and was
admitted by the. man from Texas.
The sleuths crossed the hall and tried
to hear through the key hole what was
said inside, but the conversation was
carried on In 80 low voice that they
could catch only word now and then.
20 After waiting about ton minutes
McConville tried the door and found
it locked. Then he leaned against it
hard and burst into the room, follow.
ed by the postal officials. Calvin
stopped low and essayed to butt his
way out. McConville pounced on
hlm, threw him to the floor and sat
upon him. The come. on" did moth
ing but open his mouth and stare as
If he was looking out through the
gate OF his teeth.
When Calvin was searched the s465
In cash was found in his pocket.
Klahr admitted that he had Just paid
over the money. He said $3.50 Of it
was for the balance due on purchase
of the $4,000 worth of long green"
which was to be sent to him at his
home, and the remaining SIS for
the expenses incurred by the gang Ia
showing him the town.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
HOW IT HAPPENED.
why Whisl1ey for GaTney Could Not
BE Unloaded In Time,

1t seems that the good people of
Gatfney don't drink SO much whiskey
after all, anG that a short article we
clipped from the Spartanburg Journal
short time ago to the effect that
the express messenger did not have
time to deliver all the whiskey con-
signed TO Gatfney and had to carry
some Of it on to Spartanburg and re-
turn it to Gafney the next day, was
misleading The Gaffney Ledger
makes the following explanation OF
the story, which puts a different phase
on it altogether "a Ledger repre-.
sentative called upon Mr.. Fisher,
the local express agent, and asked
him about the truth of the article.
MIR. Fisher said that there was a to.
tai of fourteen packages for Gaffney :
that on account OF large amount OF
other express, such as fish, cab:
bage, etc, they did not have time
to handle the entire fourteen pack
ages Of whiskey, and that not more
than eight packages were carried by.
We make no concealment OF the fact
that whiskey comes to Gaffney. 1t
does come, and more than we would
like to see come, but it is manifestly
unfair to try to leave the impression
that the present state of affairs ia not
an improvement over the old system.
Certainly the consumption Of whiskey
In this county has been reduced and
that materially and that is what we
were aiming at. Our pro. dispensary
friends, however, take every opportu
nifty to have 1t appear that the effort
to redIce the consumption Of whis.
key Is a failure. Such Is not the
case, and IL they would be fair they
would not try TO perYart, the facts y
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
President PeIi Re. Elected.

DR.. X. z. Pell has been re elected
president OF Converse College by the
board OF trustees. In assuming the
duties OF president Of this we'll known
and popular institution for women for
another year he will pursue his we'll.
known policy-that OF working for
the success OF the college, keeping up
its high standard Of excellence, hold.
ing In mind at all times every thing
that tends to the uplifting and devel-
opment of Womanhood,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Robbery and Nfurier.

At New York tho body OF Marie
Dacci, forty. fiya years old, was found
dead in a room of her apartment at
54th street Wednesday morning with
a handkerchief stuffed down her
throat. The woman was evidently
strangled for the purpose of robbery.
The police are looking for two men
who, 1t is said by her daughter, visit
ed her mother Tuesday. The woman
was separated from her husband.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12

AS for the United States, we shall
have our hands full at home looking
after our Socialists unless our repub.
Tic rides safely through the storm
that Is now gathering. The impor.
tant issue here is simply this: Shall
a few rich men, by and with the con.
sent OF the senate, dominate the
United States, or shall President
Roosevelt by and with the help of
the people prevail in mis- fight against
corporate greed 2n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
Negro Boy Killed.

VIII Salter, a 9-year- old colored boy.
while at work at Hannah brick yard,
near Glendale, Spartanburg county.
Wednesday afternoon slipped into O
mud mill and his legs were cut Off and
his body terribly mutilated. He died
Wednesday night about midnight.