davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Hurled in Train at Nina
Who Resembles
Him.
NEARING PHILADELPHIA
Plumb Bob Passed Near the
Head of President
Hayes Son.

What may have been an attempt to
assassinate the President occurred last
night as the Presidential train from
Princeton was passing through Phila-
delphia
jus, as the special was crossing OK
ford street. in North Philadelphia. a
huge iron plumb-bob, weighting about
three pounds, was hurled through the
window CT the buffet car, which was
next 10 the engine.
Sitting by the window was Webb
Hayes, son of the late President HAYES
who is said 10 bear a slight restn-
blance to President Roosevelt
The big piece OF iron passed through
the stained glass transom window of
the buffet car and passed within a foot
of Mir Hayes head. Its weight and
momentum was sufficient to have killed
him almost instantly had the missile
struck him.
Sensation on Train.
The incident occurred a little after S
o'clock, and created sensation on the
train. especially among those who were
In the buffet car at the time The train
was not stopped. but at Baltimore notice
OF the occurrence was telegraphed back
10 philadelphia
So FAR. not the slightest explanation
has been advanced.
Every indication seems 10 point to the
incident either being a deliberate at
tempt to injure some one on the train,
or malicious mischief
Outside or this affair, the trip back to
Washington was without excitement
Owing TO the dense fog between Phlla-
delph:s ssfls: Washington, fas1 travelling
of Z n. nd ha D..
dents train did not arrive at the Penn
syIvania station until II:I5. nearly forty
five minutes late. The train left Prince
ton al Csc.
Everybody on the train seemed to be
in good spirits. despite the fact that
the day was not at all comfortable
While it did not rain at Princeton. IL
was foggy and damp. Almost every
member OF the Presidents party and
those in the parties of Secretary Taft
and Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Newberry. were wise enough 10 take
heavy wraps with them. and did not
suffer from the biting cold.
Pleased With Game.
The closeness of the game. and the
fact that nobody lost also contributed
toward the cheerfulness OF the home
coming. Had The Army won, as every
thing seemed TO indicate from the score
at the end of the first half. the party
with Mr. Newberry would have left the
train silently and with the greatest
speed. But inasmuch as the Midshipmen
played great ball and tied the score in
the second half, both West Point and
Annapolis shared in the glory of the
struggle. and everybody was in q good
humor last night
The Presidents coach was on the
rear. He left the station through the
side entrance on Sixth street with his
immediate party and was driven rapidly
10 the White House lie retired shlrtIy
after reaching home
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Cumberland in Gloom.

save for the occasional fiickering OF a
miners lamp at the mouth OF the SHAFT.
the weeping Of those who lost dear
ones, and the stiffness of things about
the loading tipple. where all IS usually
hustle. no one would dream that one of
the worst faccidents in the history of
Wyoming had visited the little camp
among the hills
The relief workers have been taking
turn about. working hour shifts. ever
since the accident occurred. and fresh
men are now on their way from Rock
Springs and Hanna. The mine Will be
cleared as soUn as possible. and the
charred bodies removed and buried
No one knows whose improperly shot
lgnited the dust in the mine, and as All
Of the miners in that part OF the work
ings are dead. the facts can never be
learned
Diamondville Mine. No. l. has been
in operation about ten years, and is one
CT the largest IN the State. Its fun com
plement is $40. and last year IL pro-
H'iced about 900 tons OF coal This is
Jne second explosion that has occurred
!n this mine the first occurring on Feb
ruary ~ 1901, when thirty-two lives were
snuffed out by an explosion and the fire
that followed.
The mine was on FIRE for many days
Mine No. l is known as one Of the
best in the State. and appliances therein
10 prevent accidents are the best tha.
can be secured.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
WOMAN GOES MAO
AND CAP PTURES CAR
Hands Sidetracked Coach
From Kansas Train.
STARTED FROM WASHINGTON
Mrs. BerIy's Ticket Reads From Capt.
tal-Pistol Routs Passengers
and Keeps Police OF.
STARTED FROM WASHINGTON

KANSAS CITY, NO. Dec. 2.-Ina Ber-
~. holding railroad transportation read
ing from Washington, u. c., TO Tulsa
l. T., and whose home is believed TO be
In Spokane, Wash, went violently in
sane on Frisco passenger train near
Girard, Kan. shortly before midnight
Friday.
Armed with "A revosver. she caused
the passengers 10 leave the car, which
was afterward sidetracked at Gi-ard.
AT late hour this evening all at
tempts 10 dislodge her had proved
futile
Want Her Blood.
As the train was approaching Girard.
Mrs. Berry locked herself in the ladies'
toilet room. shouting:
They are after me-" They are going
to murder met There are a dozen Of
them, and they want my blood"
policeman boarded the train at
GIrard. and while the porter unlocked
the door attempted TO enter As the
door opened the woman fired her re-
volver. The bullet struck a button on
the overcoat worn by the officer and he
retired
a second attempt TO seize the woman
was made by J. r. BunneII. a passenger
on the train. assisted by Sheriff Walsh
While Bunnell had his hand on the door
knob the woman pointed her revolver
through the transom above the door
She pointed the revolver downward and
fred three bullets through BunnelTs
hat. one striking his right wrist. Bun
ncll and Walsh then retreated.
Police Await Daylight.
After the attempt OF Bunneu and
Sheriff Walsh 70 take the woman no fur
ther effort TO disturb her was made un-
I'll daylight.
The woman screamed almost contin-
uOusly throughout the day. She has ap-
peared on the car platform at intervals.
revolver in hand. and will allow no one
TO approach the car.
An effort Will be made by the officers
TO capture Mrs Berry late tonight after
she has become tired out from her long
vigil.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
CONGRESS IN SWING
AT NOON TOMORROW
Solons of Both Branches Arrive With Pet
Measures in Their Pockets--A
Busy Time Ahead.

The first, or long, session of the Fifty
ninth Congress Will convene at noon to-
morrow Every train was bringing in
members yesterday, and the rush in
OF beIated ones will continue today
Notwithstanding that it is universally
anticipated that the session will be
strenuous and important. il is not ex-
pected to be an unusually long one
Representatives are OF the opinion Jhet
rext years election will be serious af-
fair for them, and they want 10 get
away early to look after their troubles
at home This concern will doubtless
be potent influence for fastening bust
ness in the closing weeks.
Railroad rate legislation is by com
mon consent placed first In the list of
weighty matters commanding atten-
ton Expressions made 10 The Times
by a large number of representative
l. gislators Of both parties and all shades
of opinion. agree that a rate bin viii
pass, and that IL will be a reasonably
satisfactory one
Statehood an Issue.
Next 10 the railroad issue comes
Statehood. 1t may take more time than
the rate measure. Indications have re
Gently pointed 10 the admission Of two
States. one made up of New Mexico and
Arizona. The other of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory.
There will be no river and harbor bill,
and appropriations for public buildings
will be light.
Economy will be the watchword all
along the line, and the menace OF an
embarrassing deficit will enforce H.
And looming large and constantly
larger in The near background is the
tariff question There is no doubt that
efforts will be made to force attention
to il as much a possible. because the
Democrats are determined 10 make
tariff fight IN next years Congressional
elections To this end they viii help the
administration pass rate legislation or,
if II fails. will make II very clear that
Republicans were responsible for the
failure. Thus the decks VIII be cleared
for the tariff fight. which may be some
thing like that OF 1890, when the Demo
Gratis swept the country
The opening Of Congress Will be a
brave and Ceremonious function as
usual. But there will be no flowers
These have been tabooed in both
branches. Admirers OF the statesmen
viii be permitted to attest their senu-
lnents only by crowding the galleries in
all the splendor of their finest apparel,
which. rs always. they will do.
The houses will be called to order at
noon. and each viii duly notify the other
and the President that they are in ses-
sion. The President will be conveyed
an intimation that II he has any obser-
vations 10 make 10 the Congress that
body is prepared 10 attend. The mes
sace will not be presented till Tuesday.
NIandav.s session being brief and
formal.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Air Brattices Destroyed.

The upper workings OF the mine
were completely wrecked, and all the
air brattices destroyed. The relief work
ers are erecting new brattices. and
fresh air is being pumped into the
mine as fast as the caves and piles
OF debris can be removed and the brat
ticcs extended. The work is very dan
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
EXPLOSION KILLS
NINETEEN MINERS
Disaster in Wyoming Attended by Harrow
ing Scenes Women and Children
Gather at I-Fated Shaft

gerous and slow, owing TO the large
amount Of earth, broken timbers, and
coal to be removed and the death-deaI-
ing gases which MI the passages
The mine emitted smoke for a time.
and Il was found the workings were on
fire and that the flames would add
horror to the disaster. but the mine
foreman gave II out late today that
the IRE had been extinguished and
that there is now little 10 fear from
that quarter.
The scenes enacted at the mouth Of
the slope, which was shattered by fly
ing timbers, and about town when the
widows, daughters. sisters, brothers.
and sons learned the awful fate that
had oVertaken the unfortunates in the
mine were heartbreaking in the ex-
treme Some OF the women were hys-
terical and had to taken 10 their homes
by force
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

DIAMONDVILLE. Wyo.. Dec. a.
Shortly after ! o'clock this morning an
explosion OF dust occurred in Mine No.
l. OF the Kemmerer Coal and Coke Com
pany here, completely wrecking the
upper levels OF the colliery and snuffins
out the lives OF nineteen men.
News of the disaster was brought TO
town and carried 20 Kefnmerer, fails
away by men who were at ~ork on
the outside and IN the tipple. Hun
dreds Of men, women. and children gath
cred at the mouth of the slope and re-
lief parties went to work at once TO re-
cover the dead and rescue the entombed
II possible.
$50 Men at Work.
The mine employs about 800 men, and
fully one-half Of this number was work
ing in the night shift at the time Of the
explosion. OF the seventy-odd men in
and about the mine at the time OF the
accident. only nineteen were in that
portion OF the workings visited by the
explosion. The others escaped without
difficulty.
Il was ten hours before the rescuers
were able to penetrate the mine 10 a
sufficient depth to reach the first man.
and not until IL O'Clock today were the
fears Of the relatives OF the entombed
miners realized when the blackened and
charred remains of Robert Marshall
we're brought TO the surface. His body
was burned into an unacceptable
mass. and the only method by which he
was identified was the brass mine check
carried by the victim.
MarshalTs body was buried under a
mass OF timbers. earth. and coal, which
completely choked the passage.
The relief party that recovered ais
body was headed by Superintendent
Thomas Snedden, who was overcome by
the gaseous air, and he had 10 be car
red from the mine. He l. In a precart-
Gus condition and may not recover
There are eighteen men stil In the
mine, and all hope that they are alive
j. abandoned.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Used Kicking Game.

All of the gains by the Aliddles we're
made by their back field. For 4 time the
Sailors were forced TO use kicking
-anle entirely, but as soon as they cot
the pace. they used the line plunges.
Things We're entirely reversed in IN.
second half. Before that the Army
plunges had netted gains steadily: now
the Middies braced up and held rcr
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Campbell Of Kansas.

Representative Philip 2. Campbell n
stalWart Republican from Kansas
thinks there VIII be a raJe bill passed
ana after thar he thinks the Statehood
Uili viii pass the House and tho SaDats
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
iowa 10 GOOD Enough.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Gesman have
returned to Oskaloosa from California
and a couple Of months western tour.
ing trip. Mr.. Gesman had planned
to locate in the west, but he returns
well satisfied with Iowa. He says
that as a sightseeing place, u country
of natural and matchless beauty, Cal.
ifornia cannot be excelled. Here in
Iowa the people live off the earth and
It's increase and business opportunl.
ties. In California he says the major
ity Of the population live Off of the
people who come there as tourists.
Mr.. Gesman is not yet decided where
he will locate, but ne Is satisfied with
Iowa as the scene for his future actlv.
files.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08

disappear from beneath their feet.the
ceilings become the floor, there is a
topsy-turvy time until the visitor final
ly finds himself on the Pike again and
wondering how such things can be.
Adventurous spirits will find their
thirst for travel satisfied on a trip
from New York to the North Pole. It
ia a panoramic view OF New York
Harbor, Ger along Broadway at
night, a trip across the ocean, climb
ing the icebergs, and the final arrival
at tho Pole OF Capt. Peary. 1t II a
scenic production with electrical eff
fects.
The electrical theatre is a place of
wonderful scenes from all parts OF
the world, life motion pictures such
az train %robberies, Buster Brown sto.
ries told in life, and other features.
There are many other features such
as merTy.go.rounds under new names,
and with new appliances, acrobatic
and musical performances. Free 81
fractions are given in number.
Creation, the beginning Or the
world, will be presented, ./the flood
shown, the birth Of Christ, the Cru,
cIhxIon and the Ascension given.
The entrances Dfo various payiI
Ions and centers ~ fun are handsome
being hand-carykd front. VarLcolor
I'd lights viii make the Pike and tho
attractions brilliant by night. Eiec
tricity for the light will be furnished
by Parker's own plant. The Royaj
Venetian band OF twenty-five piecei
will be in evidence and will give two
public concerts each day Of the Car
nlyal. The band is n OF the best
The Pike will be capable OF enter
tanning Thousands during the week
and thousands will undoubtedly come
for II isn't often that the people have
so much that is amusing among them
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
KUHN SUICIDES
DELTA GIRL TAKES HER OWN
LIFE AT THE ANAMoSA
PENITENTIARY.

Des Moines, June 5~.--Sarah Kuhn,
Of Keokuk county, died in the Ana.
mosa prison Sunday evening from
I've taken three weeks ago with sui.
cldal intent.
Mrs. Kuhn's case has been most
spectacular throughout and has Great
Cd much interest and sympathy. She
was convicted Of giving her old and
crippled husband poison In beer
drank while driving from What Cheer
to their home in Delta. She wal SEN
fenced TO twenty-five years imprison.
ment and refused q new trial by the
supreme court. Her youth and beau.
~ appealed to the legislature, which
came within a few votes Of granting
her pardon over the governors veto.
The drinking Of the I've was kept a
secret by thG prison authorities until
the fatal outcome last night.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
BOY DROWNED IN POND
Frank Stevens Loses His Life Sat
urday Evening.

Frank Stevens, aged 1G past, a SOC
Of James Stevens, residing three and
a half miles northwest Of the city on
the Oliyet road, vas drowned about
$3.50 o'clock Saturday afternoon In the
ice pond OF Sam Steddom, formerly
known as the Taylor pond, just north
west Of the city. The body was in
the water about an hour and a half
when recovered.
Frank had been left at home In
charge Of an elder brother. The
father and mother had come TO the
city TO do somo shopping. Frank
asked to come to the ball field west
OF the fair grounds for a game OF
ball. Permission was granted, aud
IN company with Avery Hellings, a
son OF Lon Hellings, and Fred Lyle,
son OF Andrew Lytlc, drove to the dia.
mond. Not enough OF the boys show.
ing up TO make the game possible,
some inc proposed going 10 the Tay'
Tor place for a swim. None OF the
boys could swim, but all had been at
the pond before and were not afraid
OF the place. The owner, MI. Sted,
dom,has been annoyed by the bathers
and has repeatedly forbid boys the use
Of the pond. He has driven and haz
warned them away time after time, but
all 10 no purpose.
These boys were In the water
while MI. Steddom was at the ice
houses near the pond at work. They
were fooling among themselves scar
ing M another by pretending to be
needing help, calling loudly for as
sigtance.
This same sort OF thing had been
worked upon steddom himself, and
he had been fooled so many times
that he paid no further attention to
the boys at their play. Hence when
help really was desired no one thought
OF trouble and the drowning lad went
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08

down In about eight feet OF water.
The companions finally aroused Mr..
Steddom 10 the actual condition and
he Immediately telephoned to the
George Smith residence for help. j.
II. Smith, the father OF George and
Eph Smith, eighty years old, was at
the house at the time and he ran TO
the pond, which was near, shedding
his wardrobe as he ran. He tried to
find where the boy had gone down,but
the companions were SO badly fright
ened that they were unable to indi,
cate the spot with any degree Of Ger.
tainty. Mr.. Smith plunged into the
water, however, and searched as best
ne could, but without success.
quite a crowd gathered upon the
banks OF the pond rs the iews Of the
accident spread, but swimmers there
were none and none cared to enter
the water. TIE pond In which the
drowning occurred covers consider
able space. II was made by building
q large dam across a small run and
combining the surface waters, and that
furnished by a small spring. The
water in places was eight to ten feet
deep. The creek zlg-zags through the
center Of the pond, making "step offs"
every now and then. II Is thought
that Stevens got beyond his depth in
one OF these places and his calls for
help were ~unheeded.
Mrs. Smith in the meantime tele.
phoned to the city and found Mr..
Smith at the Golden Eagle, where he
had gone some time before. He hur-
ried to his home. When he reached
his house he took a seine that he had,
and together with Robbie Borgess., a
near neighbor, Arthur Smith and a
few others, swan into the pond and
recovered the body by catching II In
the seine. As soon as the body was
brought out Mr.. Smith tried to restore
respiration, but the body had been
in the water too long a time. DR..
Clark was summoned TO be on hand
when the body might be recovered,
but knowing that the boy had been in
the water too long for any hope OF
life, he departed.
Coroner Chas Foehlinger was sum
moned, but the case was not n that
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
FUN FOR THE THOUSANDS.
Base Ball Carnival In oskalooss
June 10 TO "a.

With the Carnival season fast ap.
preaching and preparations being made
on every hand. the interest OF the
city and surrounding country Is being
aroused in the attractions which the
base ball men Of the city expect to
oner the public.
On every hand people are asking
questions about the fun that iB to be.
There will be plenty Of amusement;
that they know, for the base ball men
have promised It. But what, where
and how are they 10 have their fun?
The base ball directors made some
Investigations about the Carnival and
an a result they selected the Great
Parker Amusement Company 10 put
on the attractions, the same company
that was at oskaloosa last year. That
they will be well worth patronlzing
can be guaranteed from the success
that has met the Carnival at other
places, notably in San Antonio during
the Carnival week.
The New Parker Amusement Com.
pany has a yeritable Pike, down which
all may travel and take In the won.
.derA OF The world. There will be al.
fractions OF every known variety,
vaudeville performances, a Ferris
wheel. loop the loops, trained wild AMI.
mails, startling scenes such as Crea.
ton, and 80 many more that IL would
be useless 10 try and enumerate them.
But they will all be there.
For those who want a laugh, or sew.
eraI Of them, the Katzenjammer Cas-.
tic has been provided. II is a mys'
terlous place, where all kinds Of mis-
haps happen TO the Plker. The floors
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08

az II was presented there, but with
several notably wonderful additions.
The modest, retiring gentleman
whose name It bears is famous as
the largest Wild beast dealer in the
world--9S per cent at least Of which
geological gardens and circuses he
has supplied with all OF their animal
attractlons-and equally 80 for his
unprecedented, and, Judging from
previous results, impossible success
in Subduing and teaching the iercest
and eyen what have been heretofore
classed as untamable creatures, by
methods peculiarly hfs own, In
which intimate knowledge OF the hab.
its and dispositions Of his huge and
sayage pupils, and the substitution Of
intimate and fearless association, and
OF inexhaustibly patient kindness, in
place OF brutal coercion and the au-
thority Of the lash r manifest. Re
member, the show In its entirety will
be in oskaioosa Saturday, June 10.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
HAoENsEck's EXHIBITION.
Menaberie Of Trained Wild Beasts
Worth a Million.

II proof Is required that the exhibit
ton which comes TO OskaIoosa on
Saturday June 10, under the unas.
Stunning title Of THE Carl Hagenbeck
Trained wild Animal Show" is a
very extraordinary and attractive one,
II Is furnished In objectionable vol
ume by that shows several months
phenomenal popularity as the most
successful entertainment or the Pike
40 the recent st. Louis Worlds Fair,
and the further fact, that In the es-
timatIon Of at least several millions
~ ranked as 10 Of the greatest fea
lures OF that great exposition Itself.
We are assured, and there does not
seem TO DO tte slightest reason 20
doubt the truth Of the assertion, that
we shall see II here, not only Just
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08

needed his services. The body was
taken to the home. Of the parents,
where 1t was cared for.
The funeral was held Monday after
noon at the residence Of the parents,
and interment was made In Forest
cemetery Of this city. The funeral
was largely attended.
Mrs. Stevens, mother Of the boy,
was ut the Baldauf store in the city,
and q sister was at Pfeifer.Belmont's
place when they were found and In.
formed OF the accident Friends in.
formed the mother as gently as posi-.
BILE, but her grief was touching when
she learned that the boy was dead.