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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
MURDERER Caught
WAS MAKING ESCAPE THROUGH
TIE UNITED STATES.
Criminal Had Cut Throat of His Wife
While They Were Living at Bel
mont, Mass.-He Has Confessed the
Crime-Says His Wife Had Lied to
Him and They Had Quarreled.

La Junta, Col, July 17.-John Sch
iskloskas, Russian, wanted at Bel
mont, Mass, for the murder of his
wife last Wednesday night, was ar
rested at La Junta this afternoon by
Sheriff Barr while passing through
the city on the Santa Fe railroad The
murderer confessed and gave the full
details of the tragedy, which has been
puzzling the Massachusetts officers
He said that he and his wife were
drinking and quarreling Wednesday
afternoon. and continued their quar-
rel at park that night, when her
taunts enraged him to such an extent
that he cut her throat with penknife
and threw the body in a gully.
Thursday he started for the west,
making no attempt to conceal his
identity. The prisoner expressed his
willingness to return without requisi-
ton papers and he will be held by
Sheriff Barr pending the arrival of
officers from Massachusetts. A tele-
gram from Chicago appraised Sheriff
Barr of the fact that the Russian
would be on Santa Fe train No. l from
the east. The train stopped but few
minutes at the station, but this was
sufficient for the sheriff to spot the
only man in the train he believed
could bear such a name. His first
guess was the right one, Schiskloskas
making no attempt to conceal his iden
tity
The murderer told a clear story of
the tragedy. He said he came to
American from Poland five years ago
and worked on a farm near Lynn,
Mass. On February 10, 1905, he mar
ried the woman whose murder he now
states, the woman represented that
she had $500 and was but % years of
age. He found afterward that she
but 5000 in money and was
more than 40 years of age. The de-
ception she worked upon him was the
constant cause of quarrels, he says,
and these quarrels had their culmina-
ton Wednesday night. That after
noon they decided to go to California,
and the wife furnished money for two
tickets. Then they drank heavily dur
ing the afternoon and went out to a
park at night.
The quarrel over the false state
ments the woman had made before
their marriage was begun anew, and
the man became enraged at his wifes
answers to his tauntS. He threw
rock and struck her on the head, and
while she was lying unconscious from
the blow he gashed her throat with
a penknife and dragged the body
an unfrequented part of the
park, throwing it in a gully and COW
ering it with rubbish. Then Selfish
loskas returned home, slept as peace
fully as if nothing had happened and
left for the west Thursday noon, first
returning the ticket he purchased for
his wife and receiving back 500.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
SIX PEOPLE
BURNED TO Death

st. Paul, July 19.-At Wabasha,
Mimi, Ska persons were burned to
death in @e that destroyed the depot
i>hotet esrlJ - tuesday, The dead:
Mrs. Hoffman and young baby.
Robert Johnson, ex-postmaster.
Gertrude Stensher.
Rebecca Herman.
James Hunt.
There may be other bodies in the
ruins ,hwich are being searcehd. The
fire was cauesd by the explosion of a
gas tank in the hotels Illuminating
plant.
Mis-. Hoffman was the proprietress
of the hotel. She and her baby and
the other victims were burned to death
in their rooms.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
Accounts Show a Shortage

Boise, Idaho, July ia sensation
has been created here by the announce.
ment that Sheriff Cary G. Havird of
this county is short in his accounts
The commissioners made an exam1na.
ton of his books, and it is officially
stated that they show a large defic.
iency. Possibly he will be permitted
TO make good and resign.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
Murdered by Poles.

Chehalis, Wash, July 18.-Joe Bon.
nett, single man, aged "a years, was
murdered at Pc Ell in drunken row
participated in by number of Poles.
Bennett was beaten to death with a
club. A man named Mokowski and
another have been arrested. A third
member of the group escaped.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22

Washington. - The resignation of
John Hyde, statistician and chief Of
the bureau of statistics of the denart
ment of agriculture, was recentlv
handed to Secretary Wilson ana
promptly accepted. Willett N. HavS
the assistant secretary of agricultnro
has been placed in charge of the bnreo =
temporarily. - ." u
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
FIN Need of Tronns

Alarmed for the safety of millions OF
dollars worth of gold dust in ant about
Fairbanks, Alaska, as the result of al.
most daily holdups of miners by armed
bandits, the secretary of war and the
Washington congressional delegations
have been asked to see about sending
troops, now stationed at Fort Gibbons.
to the scene of the trouble.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
Russian Detective Shot.

Warsaw, July18.-A sergeant of de-
tectives was shot and killed here by an
unknown man. A patrol of infantry
while pursuing the assassin fired vol
ley, killing a merchant.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
Russians Hold Position.

Reports received that the Russian
army is in a precarious situation
appear to be without foundation. In
vestigations made by correspondents
of the Associated Press show that
neither flank has been turned, and
that, in fact, the Russian wings are
more advanced than the center.
The Japanese center is strongly for
titled. Many siege guns have been en-
placed along the Changtufu Nancheze
line, and there is triple ring of forts
commanding the Mandarin road.
The Japanese are using novel ele-
plant trap style of entertainment, con-
sisting of bitches covered with plat
forms which are balanced in the mid
die, and which tilt into vertical posi-
tons under the feet of attackers.
The Japanese have captured bal
loon eight miles south of Nanchenze
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
HAS 100000 men
GENERAL LINEVITCH PLANNING TO
MAKE Big SHOWING.
Reports That Russian Army Is in Pre-
carous Position Is Denied-Both
Wings in Advance of Center-Jap-
anese Center Is Strongly Fortified
They Are Using Novel Trap.

1t is officially reported at Toxic that
General Linevitch's forces number
nearly 100000 now, and that he is ex-
tensively using water transportation
to bring forward men, supplies and
ammunition.
An officer who recently returned
from Manchuria expresses the opinion
that Linevitch plans a great demon
stration to synchronize with the meet
ing of the plenipotentiaries, but that
he does not intend real aggression.
1t is understood that Captain Bou-
gouin returns permanently to France.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22

Exports of American built automo-
biles have increased 40 per cent dur.
ing the last IL months.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22

Only &c per cent of the Russian
peasants who till the soil in the de-.
partment of Moscow are able to keep
horses.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
GEN. BLACKMAR dies
COMMANDER In CHIEF OF The
GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC.
End Came at Boise, Idaho, While He
Was Making a Tour of West-His
Wife Was at Deathbed-Body Will
Be Shipped to Boston, Where Fun.
eral Will BE Held.

Boise, Idaho, July 17.-General w.
w. Blackmar, commander in chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
died at o'clock Sunday afternoon of
intestinal nephritis. His wife was
With him during his illness. The body
1ill he embalmed and taken to the
home of The family in Boston. The
general arrived here on the 10th on a
tour, during which he intended to
visit Grand Armp posts throughout
the northwest. He was ill when he ar
rived and gradually failed. The seri-
Cusness of his condition was kept from
the public at the request of his wife.
General Blackmar was born July rs,
1S41, at Bristol. Pa. He enlisted in
the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry.
and subsequently joined the First
West Virginia. He served with dis
tinction throughout, and at Five Forks
was promoted on the field by General
Custer to the rank of captain. Through
the three administrations of Gov
ernors Long, Talbot and Rice he was
Judge advocate general of Massachu-
sets. AT the last national encamp-
ment of the G. A. r. he was elected
commander in chief
End Unexpected.
Except to two or three officials of
the Grand Army the news of the death
of Chief Blackmar was received with
great surprise in Boston. The home
of Chief Blackmar was in Boston. and
since his elevation to the position of
commander in chief the Headquarters
have been here.
Two weeks ago the commander in
chief broke down and was ordered to
his bed at his summer home at Hing
ham by his physicians. At the time
his indisposition, however was regard
ed as slight. On July 6 General Black
mar had apparently improved, and it
was decided to permit him to con-
tinue his visits to western depart
ments, which he had begun early in
the year.
Captain King Succeeds.
BY the death of General Blackmar,
Captain John R. King of Baltimore,
senior vice commander in chief. be-
comes, under the laws of the G. A. R.,
acting commander in chief and will
continue as such until the next ma
uonal encampment Captain King is
pension agent for Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia. and has an office
in Washington.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.

No Immediate Probability of Ending
Serious Riot Is AVerted.
Chicago, July 1.-THE express driv
ers formerly employed by the several
railway express companies will remain
on strike for the present at least.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-07-22
RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH.
Engineer Killed, Fireman Injured in
Louisiana.

Louisiana.
A Southern Pacific freight train was
wrecked near Lafayette, La, Sunday,
and Engineer w. H. Ellen killed and
Fireman Coine badly hurt. The wreck
was caused by an open switch, and all
signs point to a deliberate attempt to
wreck a passenger train, for the
switchlight was moved and prepara-
tons made to cause an accident.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17
o.ark6bmg, ". Va, Nov. Il 1908
ROOSEVELT AND RAILROADS.

Tt is announced that Roosevelts
attitude toward the railroads does
not mean that he believes the freight
rates In general are too high, but
what he does object to is the dis
elimination observed in favor of the
big shippers He spoke thus plain
" to delegation of railroad men
who called on him this week.
Defining his position the Tele-
gram quotes him on that occasion.
His words are so clear that they need
not be misunderstood by any one.
Here is what he says in part:
sEThere has been comparatively
little complaint to me of the rail
road rates being as whole too high.
The most serious complaints that
have been made to me have been of
improper discrimination in railroad
rates. For instance, in two recent
cases affecting great corporations the
complaints that have been made to
me have been that they are too low
as regards certain big shippers. The
complaint in both these cases is
about the differcntial. the difference
of treatment of two sets of users OF
the railways, the difference in favor
of one set of shippers as against an
hher set of shippers.
@DssAlI I want in any rate legisla-
ton is to give the government an
efficient supervisory power winch
shall be exercised so scrupulously as
to prevent their doing justice to the
public Our endeavor is to see that
those big railroad men and big ship
pers who are not responsive to the
demands of Justice are required to
do what their fellows who are re-
sponsive to the demands of justice
would be glad to do of their own ac l-
cord" f"s
The President is certainly not un-
Just to any one on this question. He
advances and advocates in this a
square deal to all as he does on every
other public question. The rail
roads themselves can not consistently
object to this. When they do OBJ
ject, they admit that they are dis
eliminating, which of itself IS Grim
inal and doubtless against the pres
ent law. While he mentions and
suggests that the Interstate Com
merce Commission have power to re.
view the rates and rate practices OF
the railroads, he means only in the
movement to bring about condl-
ton, where railroads will be com
PEELED to treat all alike and serve the
people as common carriers in fair
and lust manner.
The Congress of the United States
should certainly uphold him in this
movement and as the outcome far
better and ulster system of transport
+s+ion will prevail-better for and
juster to both the railroads ana 'he
shippers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17
.MLRGlIo CUE REGITAL

The second recital of tn Marcato
Club Will be held in the assembly
hall of tn Waldo, Saturday after
noon. Nov. 49,, at 8 O'Clock. It
is hoped that all the members viii
make special effort to be in attend
once The following MacDouell
program will be rendered;
tero a Wild Rose" Miss Ihorn
selected 49,. Mrs. E. B. Deison
.shadow Dance" Miss Frost
"Reminiscences of MacDouell
Mrs, w. Fl. Lewis
Selected .... Mrs. ]. F. Estill
(a) Prelude, Opus 10.
+ III ga Deserted Farm
n IF,rom his woodland Sketches.)
Mrs. Homer Jackson
'.Thy Banning Eyes 80, s,,;i+b
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

Col. Ran Stalnaker, of Wheeling,
has been in Boston with N. E. Whit
aler and Lawrence E. Sands, where
they represented the Acme Carbon
Company, of Wheeling, and com
pleted the purchase of one of the
largest plants in the state They
also landed big contract for mar
<eting the product. Had they come
to Clarksburg TO look after a carbon
factory in the county they are inter-
esfed in. Democratic papers would
have a headline across the front page
that another HInsurgents' meeting
was held. The wonder is they do
not claim such meeting was held in
Boston. This reference is merely
made to show the Righteousness OF
the Imagination and fabrication
some indulge themselves in with the
hope of creating up political trouble
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17
There was a time in Harrison

There was time in Harrison
county that all the talk was about
protracted meetings or an apple
cutting or something of the sort
Now, IN most instances, the answer
to inquiries for news is that oil-well
locations are made, or wells are IN.
Sometimes they tell about farms
changing hands at fabulous prices
Frequently they mention the build
ing of telephone and other lines, and
always tell about some development.
1t is indeed a changed condition,
but for the better from the material
standpoint. But in this connection,
while they may overlook the pro-
tracted meeting, it is just as much
in vogue as ever and doing just as
much good.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

The dispatches have it that the
alarming news has reached the Gar
that false emperor with follow
ing of 10000 persons has been dis
covered. There ought not to be any
thing especially alarming about that.
1t would make a fellow a little ner-
vous to learn that there was a pre-
tender but the diminutivc size of the
following should dispcl all fears.
Fifty thousand is a mere drop in the
bucket, when compared with the mil
lions in the great Russian army.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

Some of the roads of the country
are reported in bad shape. The
winter is about to set in, and. if
they are not repaired, they will be
impossible. 1t is high time that
the road ovcrseers get busy preparing
the roads for bad weather. The
county court itself might very prop
erly make an inspection of these
roads and direct the surveyors to re-
pair them. Delay in this matter
viii not only bring inconvenience to
many but will also prove costly to
the districts.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

Orders have been issued in one
court in Pennsylvania that litigants
and attorneys must be present in
court, when the cases they are in
terested in are called. Judge Lynch
here goes almost that strong as he
requires not only litigants and law
yers to be present as far as is prac-
ticable. but also commands the jur-
ors to be there, when he wants them
for service. He gets along nicely
without going to the limit fixed by
the Pennsylvania court.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

The showings made by the banks
in their financial statements tins
week are conclusive evidences OF ia ad-
vancement in business lines. M, Ihe ; ;,
aiI show an increased business IheIf
assets are climbing up, in some IN
stances into the millions, and the Ne &e7
nosits are growing all the time. e., H teI.
CITY in the state shows any Int
advancement in this TesPG W:4 an This
rev e.s5; - $50 50 convincing there is GER
fo1r 10 one on who viii contend thai
e sSonld dpP prove an incentive to eysn
greater l g honest. earnest efforts have rave
l been we'll rewarded but with a T fSsy
substantial subs basis than when o,a,t to e" be
were made future Efforts a,5ec 9ss ~ =
ned with greater sue'eSs'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

The State Board of Health vindi-
Gates Superintendent DarnalI, of the
BOYS Reform School, and now the
Telegram thinks some will not be so
hasty to manufacture fabrications
about the conduct of that institution.
The members of the health board
who visited the school are trustwor-
thy. honorable men, and their word
can be relied upon, thuogh it does
make others out liars.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17
The Parkersburg State Journa

has begun to talk about the price OF
oil again. 1t is sure sign that the
Standard is preparing to make a big
Christmas present to its coupon
holders. The more the State jour
nal has to say about oil now the
larger will be the presents. Keep
it up. Say something every day
Boost it along and in the end have
our thanks, if not share OF the
dividend.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

Some Democratic papers profess
to be all-wise on Republican politics
and 90 so far as to tell the President
whom he will appoint to Office. They
do a lot of guessing but are most OF
the times wide of the mark.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

Taft stands pat on his anti-Cox
speech. Was there any one who sup
posed he would not? If he had not
intended to stand that way, he never
would have made it, and now he is to
be admired for stiking to it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

Adamston has one franchise for a
natural gas system and another has
been applied for. And still lanother
company is operating there. From
this it would appear that that town
is destined to have either cheap gas
or a gas war and probably both. But
the more the merrier.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

And now at prayers the japanese
NIillado is telling his forefathers
about the war. Wonder if the Yam
kee was not deceived, when he clam
ored for Japanese-success under the
hope and impression that idolatry
would be discarded at the close of
the war?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

Because the expenses of the coun-
tv have been reduced some by Re
publican county court there are
Democrats who protest. They be-
lieve in taxing the people to death.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-17

For some reason to have SO much
street paving Clarksburg gets ter
riblv muddy at times. This i'm
presses the fact that as soon as prac--
ticable approaches to the principal
streets should be paved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-13
CADETS WON GAME
BASE BALL AT OCEAN CITY
cAm-oTHER ATHLETICS.
Special Correspondence OF The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
OCEAN CITY. N. J.. August IL, 1905.
A base ball club has been organised in the
camp Of the High School Cadets, with John
T. Clavoe as business manager. Mr.. Clavoe
is also looking after the athletic work in
camp. The first game was played Thurs
day against the st. Marks club OF Frank
ford. Pa, which Is in camp nearby. The
cadet nine won by a score Of II to 8. On
account OF the rainstorm which prevailed
for two days the grounds were in bad
shape. but this did not deter the players.
Games are to be played with the Canaan
daigua club of Millville. N. j.: the Y. NJ.
c. A. Of Philadelphia and the Ocean City
team The lineup of players on the cadet
team Is as follows: Sterzer. pitcher; Fish
back, catcher; Clavoe, first base; Fulton,
second base; Linthicum, third base; Horner,
left field; King. right field; Hamann, center
field.
Manager Clavoe is arranging for an ath-
letic meet to take place next week, when
all the athletes in Ocean City will be asked
to take part.
! A large and appreciative audience enjoyed
dress parade and drill, which were well
executed Friday by the cadets. Headed by
a military band Of Ocean City, the battalion
marched up 4th street to Asbury avenue
and into Auditorium park, where pictures
were taken during and after drill Plans
are being discussed at Ocean City of ex-
tending an invitation to the cadets for a
similar encampment next year.
This afternoon the full battalion marched
down the boardwalk and gave a special drill
in honor of the life-savers in front of the
life-savlng station.
Commandment Howard says he wishes to
remind the parents of the cadets who have
not yet participated in the encampment
that three weeks more still remain, and he
would urge all cadets in Washington to
take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy
at least a portion of that brief period at the
seashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-13
FIVE DOLLARS FOR A WIFE
Amount Offered by Man to Secure
Helpmate's Return.

Il was amused at the offer of reward
of IS for the return of a mans wife a few
days ago" remarked a policeman to a Star
reporter last night. The matter of re-
wards certainly does not carry with it the
appreciation a man has for the lost article
for an offer to be made of a reward of sew
eral times five dollars for the finding of
pet dog. Any person who has any Idea
of the value of things in this life knows
that the man who offered the small amount
for the finding of his wife really thinks
more of her than the man who offers sew
eral times the amount for his canine but
there is no way of accounting for such
things.
THE question of the amount Of reward
that Is offered by the police department in
cases of lost persons, fugitives or run
Always, he said, does not indicate the
value of the person, but may indicate the
desire to cause the return OF the particular
individual In the case of the colored wom-
an, Mary Rodgers, who recently disap-
peared, the department has offered a re-
ward of $50, four times the amount the
man was willing to pay for informal ton
perhaps as dear to her friends as the other
woman is TO her husband, but there is moth
ing in the amount of rewards offered in
the two cases to explain the difference In
the amounts"
In conclusion, the policeman said that the
amount of reward offered in cases has no
significance whatever, but Ii does frequently
have a wholesome effect upon police depart
ments and county officers.