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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
FOOTBALL PLAYER
FATALLY HURT
Young Montgomery's Spine Injured
and Paralysis Sets In.
He May Die.
Especial to the Daily Press,

T9DcCIIT 10 the DaiTN Prcss.)
FARMVILLE. Va. Oct Gil. C..
Montgomery. a third-year student of
liampden- Sidney College, met with IA
fearful accident while engaged in prac.
ticing game of football.
The team was getting in trim to
play the Virginia Military Institute al
Lexington. next Saturday. Montgom
cry in the practice sustained injury 10
his back and spine, which will prob.
ably prove fatal. He is partly par
alyzcd, and the attending physicians
sa yhis back is probably broken.
Montgomery Is from Montgomery
w. Va, and was one of the most al.
uIacliVe young men at the college.
me aNair has cast shadow over
the community
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
STREET-CAR UNIONS
OWN AUTOMOBILES
National Organization of Employees
Will Add to Its Rol.
ling Stock.
tBy Associated Prcss.)

CHICAGO, Oct 6.-The national
convention of street railway employees,
In session here, have appropriated
$4,000 for the purchase of ten auto
mobiles to be used by the union To
convey passengers wherever there is
a street-car strike, the profits from
lares to go back to the defense fund
from which the $4,000.
me unions own three automobiles
winch were used during the strike in
Saginaw, Mich. Others were leased
during a strike in Bloomington, Ill.,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
money through his gifts of blocks o

stock.
Sisters of Mr. Corey and other rela.
tives were some time ago handed
blocks of 500 shares of stock of min
ing company which was then quoted
at SIS. In the open market these
blocks of 500 shares were worth moro
than $4,000 each, as the market clos.
cd at $3.50 share.
The killing" made by Messrs.
Corey and Dinkcy and others in this
mining venture is regarded as likely
to stand as Il record for some time.
The company was organized about
eight months ago and 100000 shares
at a par value of SIS were issued. The
stock was issued at SIS n share. max
ing $6,00O,000 for the 10000 shares.
This stock now has Il market value of
more than S23.0oO,OOO, and the profits
, of those who got the shares at SlJ arc
already more than $4,000, 900.
Pittsburgers interested in the com
pany took about $4,000 shares OF the
stock and the rest went to Duluth
and Boston
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
RAILWAYS RESIST
HEGH TAX RATE
Cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth
Want Assessments of Public
Utilities Again Increased.
tsrocial . the DAILY Press

RICHMOND. VA. Oct. 6.-Repre-
sentatives of the board of assessors
OF Norfolk and Mayor j. Davis Reid,
OF Portsmouth. were given "A hearing
by the State corporation commission
today.
The COMPLAINT heard was on petit
non presented Ivy the two cities ask.
ing the commission to further Increase
me assessment of the various public
service companies doing business in
the two cities. The cities are not
satisfied with the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
made under the new constitution.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
Chicago Physician Under Ares
Pending all Investigation
by The Police.
ACCUSED RICH MANS SON
Inquest Shows That Little Child Was
m'streated and 1t is Further Reliev-
cd That She Was Poisoned-Doc.
tors Wife is Only About II Years
Old.
tiy Associated Presg)

CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 6.-Dr. Oliver
b. Hart, Il young physician living in
the suburb of Rogers Park. is under
arrest pending an investigation of the
death OF Irene Klokow. ten years old
which occurred yesterday.
1t is the opinion of the police that a
charge of murder will be lodged
against DR.. Hart
The girl died in bedroom of the
Hart residence in which she and the
physician had been locked for several
hours.
Girl Poisoned to Conceal Crime.
1t is the opinion of the authorities
based on tho facts disclosed at the
inquest held oday, that the girl was
mallrcatcd and then poisoned i'm an
attempt TO conceal the crime.
After finding that ii was impossible
ior the child to recover the physician
swallowed morphine and In win an
unconscious condition all of last night
and during the greater part of today.
Late this afternoon he ,Daltlys, recov !
cred ard wasEbraRgbt to the,cIty a,fi
locked up.
Dead Girl Taken From Home.
The girl was taken about year ago
from the Illinois Industrial Home for
girls by DR.. Hart AMI his wife. who
desired Il girl who could serve I'm
measure as companion for Mrs. Hart.
who is about II years old, and at the
same time do light work about the
house.
DR.. flar! has lived I'm Chicago but
short time and is the son of n mil
lionaire of st. Louis. who has sent
him money regularly.
Wife Only Child.
Mrs. Hart was before her marriage
vera kricgsmann, the daughter of an
Official in the ST. Louis postoflice.
They were married when Mrs. Hart
was but l6 years old. She testified
today at the inquest that she left
Irene klokow and her husband alone
in the house. but declared that she
believes him innocent of wrongdoing
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
Portsmouth Man Charges Better
Half With Theft.
SHE IS CAUGHT IN RICHMOND
Woman Exhibited Little Emotion
When She Was Placed Behind the
Prison 6ars-Money Taken From a
Trunk the Basis of Accusations.

RICHMOND, Oct. 6.-Mrs. w. n
Thomas, of Portsmouth, pretty
young woman, was arrested in this
city this morning upon warrant
sworn out by her husband, who ac.
cnseS her of the theft of large sum
of money from his trunk
1t is also believed that she has de.
serted MIR. Thomas. although no direct
charge of this kind has been made
Thomas himself came to Richmond
with the peace officer in whose hands
the warrant had been placed, and as
sisted in the search for the missing
woman.
Mrs. Thomas exhibited little emo
ton at her arrest. She was formerly
Il Mrs. Day and was married to Thorn
as in this city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
Caye-in at a Quarry Results in
Loss of Life.
HUNGARlANS ARE THE VICTIMS
President of Company, an American
Though, Was klhcd-Two Men Arc
Rescued But May Die-Miners E,
tombed in Colorado by Fire.
(By Assoclnted Press ,

TROY, N. Y. Oct G.-Fourtecn men
were killed today at cavc-in ut n
quarry near Granville, N. V Among
the dead is f. V. Williams, president
OF the company. The others were
hungarian laborers.
Sixteen men were buried in the
cave-in. David Cadwalladcr and Fra
zicr Queen, the foreman of the quarry,
were rescued. The rescued men are
fatally hurt
Immediately after the first collapse
second one took place which dam.
aged the machinery of the quarry.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
tven NeiceS and Distant Relatives
Draw Big Salaries From
The Company.
$l50,0OO PAID TO THE PRESIDENT
Policyholdcrs' Money Paid Out in Bio
Sums to a Favored Group-Hcad of
Company to Be Put On the Wit
ness Box Next Tuesday by the
Legislative Committee.
Niv Associntcd prcssN

Ni'S Associated IrCSy.O
NEW YORK. Oct. G.-CIosing ,,
week, every day of which has pro.
duced sensation that has stirred the
country. the special legislative com
mttee investigating the methods of
insurance companies. adjourned today
until Tuesday OF next week.
In tCday's testimony the sensational
development was when Mr.. Hughes
demanded the payroll of the executive
officers of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company. This was produced and
showed the salaries of these officers
since 1877. For the year 1904. Pre-.
sidcnt McCurdy received 100000;
two vice-president were paid S5O,OOJ
each, a second vice-prcsident, S17,5OO:
the third vice-president, $4,000, and
the general manager, $4,000 who
this year will receive $4,000, and the
treasurer, $4,000.
Thinks Pay is 30. X"
Robert McCurdy, the general mau.
ages, said he never knew the salary
of his father until today. He thought.
however, that there Should be no limit
to'the salary of such positions because
they should he in accordance with
the accumulations of the company.
Lawyer Beck the Mutual's counsel.
said
IF to be related to officers of an in
surance company is a crime, President
Roosevelt will have to modify his race
suicide theory"
1T is not crime" retortcd Senator
Armstrong, chairman of the investiga.
ton committee, lis is merely ridicu.
lOus."
Supports the Whole Famiply.
During Mr.. McCurdy's testimony it
was brought ont that George Ray
mond, brother of Charles II. Raw.
mond, was the general agent for New
Jersey; that Howard Lewis. the gen
eral agent for Northern New York,
with an office in Albany, was cousin
OF either the vice-president, MIR. Gran.
Mss. or Mrs. Granniss; that DR.. T.. !
Moss, the medical director of the Mn
tual Life, married a sister of the prcsi-
dent OF the company and that =. II.
Stuvesyant Pilot, an inspector of
risks, is cousin of Louis ThebauG,
Son-in-law of President McCurdy, and
partner Of the Raymond firm.
q. w. White, n secretary of the com.
pany, said he was no relative of any
officer of the company, but that Mrs.
White was niece of Mrs. Granniss.
wife OF Vice-President Granniss. He
knew none Of the salaries of these of
ficers.
President McCurdy be one of the
witnesses en- Tuesday, when the scs-
sions are resumed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
100 Workren in the Ruins.

ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. Ga five
story building in course of construc-
ton on Mcschtschankaia street col
lapscd today and n hundred workmcn
were buried in the ruins.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
NEW TARIFF SAYS
MASSACHUSETTS
Only One Voice Raised Against
Urging Changes in The
Present Law
MANUFACTURE STANDS PAT
General Draper Stands Alone in the
Republican Convention - Senator
Lodge Says Free Raw Materials ie
Just Another Name for Free Trade,
Which He is Against.
Nfy Assncintcd rrcssN


BOSTON. MASS. Oct. G.-With only
one voice raised in opposition, the
Republicans of Massachusetts in
State convention today. declared for
atrcvision Of the tariff.
Contrary to expectation, the radical
wing of the party, under the leader
ship of Eugene y. Foss, of Boston.
ditf not offer Il substitute for the
Flank in the platform relating TO tho
tariif although i'll Il speech to the dele.
rates Mr.. Foss declared that the re-
vision of the tariff favored in the
State platform was not sufficiently
wide in its scope.
The Ticket.
The following ticket was nominated
cor governor, Curtis Guild, Jr., Bos.
srn;s lieutenant governor. Eben S. ORA.
Per, Hopedale; secretary of state, VIM.
M. DIN, Boston; treasurer and receiv.
or general. Arthur b. Chaplin, Holy.
one; auditor. Henry L. Turner. Nal.
deas attorney general, Daniel Malone.
Gffenlield.
IA Draper a "Standpatter."
One Of the surprises came wheel
General VIM. +. Draper. former am
bassador of Italy, and a leading mem
Der of the Home Market club, opposed
i'll a vigorous speech, the adoption OF
the tariff revision Flank of the plat
form. General Draper contended that
tariff revision would he followed b,
financial and commercial depression
and, speaking as manufacturer, Ia
could see no reason why there should
be revision.
Lodge for Revision.
Senator Lodge replied TO both Mr.
Foss and General Draper.
He said that the time for tariff
revision was the time when the Re
publican party was in power. lie
argued tina! free raw materials" was
but another term for free trade" and
that the admission of free raw ma.
terials would sound the death knell
OF reciprocity as well as of protection
The platform as adopted demands
legislation ito prevent all unjust dis.
elimination i'll the form of railway re-
bates"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
Negro Gets Three Years.

RICHMOND, VA. Oct. Solver
Collins. colored, was today in Spoot-
sylvania Circuit Court given verdict
OF three years in the penitcntiary for
attempted criminal assault on Mrs
Florence Ely.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
DEAF MAN KILLED
By FREIGHT TRAIN
Locomotive Struck the Back Wheels
of His Vehicle, Throwing
Him on Cow Catcher.

RICHMOND, VA, Oct. 6.-J. A.
Davis was killed by freight train
near Wythcville this evening.
Davis sight and hearing were both
defective from injuries received III a
sa wmill several months ago, and it IS
presumed he neither saw nor heard
lhe train. which struck the hind
wheeis OF his vehicle, throwing I'M
on the cattleguard and crushing his
skull
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
DEAF MUTES TO WE'D.
Ceremony Scheduled to Take Place al
Mint Springs October TO-
Especial to the d ~ Prcss.)

Especial % The D y Prcss.)
LuRAi, Va. Oct. Ga novel mar
riage will take place at Mint Springs,
Augusta county. on October 10. when
Lafayette Ogden, a deaf mute of Lll-
ray. will marry Miss Davis, deaf
mute Of that place.
The ceremony will take place in the
home OF the bride. and will require
the dexterous use Of pencil and paper
i'll asking and answering the ordinary
questions
They will make Luray, where Mr.
Ogden owns valuable property, thcil
hCmC
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
rs MINERS eNToMeED.
Coal Mine Afire But the Men Will Be
Saved.

FLORENCE. COLO, Oct. GA dc.
fcctive electrical generator started. n
fire at the Fremont coal mine today.
All the buildings were destroyed
Thirty-fivc men were working in the
mine at the time the fire started. Tel
of them were rescued with difficulty
and twenty-five are still in the mine
but will be taken out alive.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
POSTMASTER HAS
ANOTHER FIGHT
Mr.. Butt, of Portsmouth, Is Game
Cock Who Takes Them on as
Fast as They Come.
Especial 10 the Daily prcgs.)

NORFOLK. VA, Oct. Following
the personal difficulty in High street,
portsmouth, yesterday between Post.
master III. Il. Butt. of that city, and
w. ID. enkins, former money order
clerk In the Portsmouth postomce who
wa sremoved not long ago, there was
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
BLOCK BURNED
in NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, Oct. THE block
bounced by the East river. lO7th street
Pleasant avenue and 1Osth street, oc-
cupied by the stables and lumber yard
of j. Reeber & Sons. was swept by
fire early this morning. Five fremen
were overcome. Loss is $4,000.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
DYNAMITE ON TRACKS.
Removed Just Before Fast Passenger
Train Came BY.
Nly Nssoclntcl rrraM.N

Wy IN"HWCT'IIUO I'TN.'".I
INDIANAPOLIS IND, Oct. C.
Dynamite. capped and anchored to the
track with wire So that the wheels
of train would be sure to explode
it, was found on the Lake Erie e.
Western Railroad, near Mollic, ycstcr.
day.
1t was found by children. Villagers
were called and removed the dyna.
mite = few minutes before the fast
passenger train came along.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
STEEL MEN PROFIT
IN MINING SCHEME
w. Ellis Corey. A. C. Dinkey and
Others Make More Than Six Mil
lion Dollars In the Deal.
CBy Associated Press,

PITTSBURG, Pa, Oct CIV. ELLIS
Corey. president of the United States
steel Corporation. and A. c. Dinkey,
president of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, with other business associates.
have just made $6,OOO,00O in a mining
deal. Relatives of Mr. Corey. as we'll
as favored friends, have also made
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
Col. Higgins Refuses in Advance

tSpccial 10 The Daily prcss.)
NORFOLK. Va, Oct 6.-Colonel A.
Nj. Higgins, of the Seventy-frst roei
ment, here, declares that he IS not Il
candidate for Acknowledgement of the
virginia troops and that he is oppos.
ed to the reorganization plan.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
EDEN Pasha Dead.
Uiy Associated Press

tl5N Associated Prcss)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. G.-Ficld
Marshal Eden Pasha, who was com
mandcr of the victorious Turkish ar
my in the war with Greece and who
also distinguished himself during the
defense of Plevna against the Rus
SLAMS, Is dead.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
New York Pair Married.
fSnncIaI 40 tho b.. r.,

NORFOLK, Va. Oct. G.-Albert Ellis
worth Ohr. AZ years old and Miss
Grace Marie Page, rs years old. dash
ing couple from New York. were mar
rled by Rev. DR.. Garrett in Portsmouth
Yesterday afternoon. MIR. Ohr is a
New York banker.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
Hughes Nominated for Mavor

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE Rcpub
ican city convention nominated
Charles T.. Hughes for mayor.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
THE WEATHER.

Fair Saturday, Sun
day cloudy, probably
showers in East. with
northeast winds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07

THE DAILY PRESS
Is the only newspaper
In Newport News that
receives full Associates
Press report.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-27
NORTHWEST NEWS.

Flour merchants of Vladivostok
have ordered 10000 barrels of flour
of Seattle millers.
A new sawmill with capacity of
$4,000 feet per day. is building on the
Lolo, near Greer, Idaho.
Francis Bowman. aged % years. is
dead by paralysis at Walla Walla. He
was a pioneer of that county.
The enrolment at Whitman college
is nearly 80 per cent larger than any
previous years opening week of that
institution.
The hop yield of the Cowlitz valley.
Wash. was this year heavy and of
splendid quality. There was great
loss because Of shortage of pickers.
George O. Yoran who was lieuten-
ant colonel of the Second Oregon in
fantry in the Philippine service, was
fined at Eugene SIS for killing two
China pheasants.
H. II. Gilfry of Salem, in announced
as a democratic candidate for con-
gress in the First Oregon district. He
has been for 26 years reading clerk OF
! the United States senate.
Joseph Hayes of Portland, beat his
| divorced wife. The fact that she was
not his wife in law saved him from
! the whipping post. He was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary.
OF 80 applicants for licenses as op'
ticians. two passed the recent examin'
| alton by the state board of optometry
They were Herman Leffert of Port
land and G. 5. Bernie of Woodbury..
The law and order element at Eu
I gene is making a big fight on the sa
! loon element, and the police have beer
ordered to keep those saloons closed
front, rear and sides. which admi
minors.
! DR.. A. \. Morrison, rector of th'
New Trinity Episcopal church of Port
land was held up by two masked mel
and robbed of $50 and gold watch
The robbers presented guns, and die
their work very expeditiously.
An unknown man, supposed to hav'
been a member of the miners unioI
| at Tonopah. was run down and killed
by an engine at Chehalis. Wash. Hi
skull was badly fractured, while there
we're no other serious injuries sus
tanned.
John Hair a justice of the peace
living near Colfax, Wash, has beef
arrested. He was found i'm possession
of a trunk and valise in which wer'
packed $50 prairie chickens which
is claimed he was taking to Daven
| ports restaurant, Spokane.
Josephine county lays claim to tn
champion hoppicker in Oregon. Las
Sunday. September II. Mrs. Ernes
Crouch picked 500 pounds of hops a
the Weston yards, about three mile
west below town. Another youhj
woman picked 21O pounds in one da,
at the English yard. The hops in tn
Weston yard were in fine shape 70
fast picking.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-27
KNOW IT WELL.
Familiar Features Well Known 10
Hundreds Of Pendleton Citizens.

Familiar Features Well Known to
Hundreds Of Pendleton Citizens.
A familiar burden in every home,
The burden of a bad back"
A lame, a weak or an aching back
Tells of kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure you.
Here is Pendleton testimony to
prove It:
Mrs. C. c. Hendricks. wife Of c. c.
Hendricks, insurance agent, living at
408 Court street, says: when 1 first
heard of Doan's Kidney Pills had
been suffering for over a year with
pains in my loins and back and with
weakness of the kidneys, and 1 there
fore decided at once to try the pills
I got a box at the Brock & McComas
Co. drug store. They entirely relieved
the backache and up to this time
have had no return of the trouble
Only the other day told lady friend
who is suffering from kidney trouble
to try them and have recommended
them to others. I shall continue to
do So"
For sale by all dealers Price SO
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo
N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-27
GENERAL NEWS.

The total of yellow fever cases at
New Orleans to date Is 2S6S. OF which
370 have resulted fatally and 2S2 are
under treatment.
4 runaway team dashed into a San
Francisco street car. Mrs. Della CAL
agher, her 5-year-old son. and James
Leater, were severely injured.
a Dubuque. Iowa. firm has the con-
tract for supply 10000 tons of Wit
rified brick for repairing the city of
Panama. The Iowa brick is said to
be the best made for withstanding that
climate.
At Oyster Bay. New York, two white
men. an Italian and an American.
quarreled over a negress. John Muir
ray was shot and killed by the Italian,
gho escaped.
The Dixie forest reserve with 465.-
500 acres. 80 per cent of which is now
government land, has been set apart
ia southwestern Utah. in Washington
and Iron counties.
A collective note signed by Great
Britain. Germany Austria, Italy and
Russia has been handed to the porte
declaring their unalterable purpose to
assume charge Of the finances Of Ma
eedonia.
A log raft 735 feet long. 55 feet
wide and % feet deep. and containing
10000, 900 feet Of lumber was towed
into san Francisco bay recently. II
was five and one-half days from the
Columbia river.
Alderman Moritz c. Weurz of Kan
sas City has started on A three weeks
fast with the view of reducing his
weight. Before beginning his ordea
he tipped the beam at $50 pounds and
he Is determined to reduce this by a
least 100.
The province of Newfoundland /:
deeply committed to the government
ownership of public utilities principle
and has issued a loan Of s2.OOO,OOO
bearing 1-2 per cent interest for the
purchase of all the telegraph lines II
the province.
French and German naval expert!
have Just discovered that the British
naval base at Singapore is an abso'
lutte key to the China sea, and that /
can be used 10 smut out All EuTopedi
navies. should Great Britain so elect
Great Britain saw the point" about Al
years ago. when she obtained posses
sion Of the port.
The wreck of the lumber schooner
Edward L. Allen has been floating
off the New England coast ever since
its abandonment June 26 The cruiser
weeks, finding it September "a. 1t re
quired three heavy charges Of guncot
ton to effectually break 1t in pieces
This dsrelict has been an especia
dread to navigators. though it haC
done no damage except in loss Of tint
by running slow. which all craft were
compelled to do after night. in thos'
waters.