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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN
Express Car on the Great Northern
Blown to Pieces.
POSSE SURROUNDS THE THIEVES

Scene Of the Robbery Only Ten Miles
From senttIe-Professiona Despera-
does Got One Thousand Dollars-Two
Boys Captured After Attempt to Rob
Express Safe Looted.
Seattle, Wash. The eastb0und Great
Northern passenger train leaving Seat
tie at s o'clock at night was held up
by a gang Of bandits ten miles from
this city. The express car was blown
to- pieces by three charges of dyna-
mite
The train was tagged near a brick
yard and as the engineer slowed up two
men in raincoats climbed over the fen
der and presented revolvers at his
head.
When the train stopped the baggage
and express car was uncoupled by q
third robber and the engineer was in
structed to pull ahead, which he did
for several hundred yards, when he
was again commanded to stop. Two
of the robbers then jumped off, max
ing the engineer and fireman do the
same, and all marched to the baggage
car door.
The express messenger was COM
manded to open the door, and on his
refusal to do so charge Of dynamite
was placed against it and exploded.
The explosion tore the car almost to
pieces. The safe was then blown open.
After securing the contents of the
safe the three men started off in an
easterly direction.
News of the hold-up reached here by
a telephone message sent from a resi-
dence at Spring Beach. A trackwalker
who escaped from the scene declared
that a number of persons had been
killed and wounded in the melee.
Details of the hold-up were received
here.
Meanwhile two boys who had beeli
riding on the blind baggage slipped off
and went through the train, attempt
ing to hold up the passengers. They
had no guns, but took advantage Of the
timidity of the passengers while the
shooting, which injured no one, was
going on outside. They were captured
by trainhands The boys, who gave
their names as Frank Alfred and Roll
and Gibbs, are now in Jail at Everett.
They said they mad no connection WITH
the other robbers and that the idea
of holding up the passengers only oc-
Cured to them after the explosion.
Two Of the bandits were on the blind
baggage when they got on, they ex-
planned, and the third man boarded the
train at Ballard
A reward of $4,000 was offered by the
Great Northern Express Company for
the capture and identification of the
robbers.
The Sheriff and his deputies found
an abandoned horse and wagon mile
and half north Of the scene of the
hold-up. The horse showed evidences
of having been driven hard. The Off
GERS believe this is an outfit reported
as having been stolen near Kent TWEEN
ty miles from Mile Post.
Deputy Sheriff Scott said that, so far
as known, only about $1,000 was taken
from the safe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
TO KiDNAP ROCKEFELLER
Pat Grove Planned to Hold Oil King
For 100000 Ransom.
Startling Confession Of the Man Under
Arrest in Montana For Stealing tho
Son of a millionaire Packer.


Butte, Mont-That plans had been
laid to kidnap John D. Rockefeller and
hold him for a ransom Of 100000 OF
S300o,000, and that the scheme was
not executed because of the timidness
Of one of the plotters at the last mo-
ment, was asserted by Fat Grove. the
notorious outlaw, under arrest here For
his connection with the kidnapping Of
the Cudahy boy.
/ SO startling in its boldness was the
plan to steal the Standard OIL man
| that those who heard Of it were in
clined to laugh at FIRST. But as the
boldest bandis of this section Of the
country told the details and cireum-
stances of his visit to Cleveland and
the preparations that had been made
for the greatest kidnapping in the bis
tory of the country, ali doubt as to
the truth of the story Grove told van
ished
He dazed the public by uttering this
amazing story through the bars of his
cell:
Il planned to kidnap John D. Rookie
Teller and get his son to give me 81
UUU,OOU rs q ransom!
1T was Immediately after the Cudahy
kidnapping that my partner and l.
never mind his name-were lying low
in Chicago, laughing at thu excitement
over the affair. It had been SO easy
that suggested that we so after big
ger game, with the result that within
a week we took the train to Cleveland
to kidnap Rockefeller
Eve got down there, lent out to his
place at Forest Hill, and sized up the
place. The old man was there.
eve planned to hold up the watch
man, gag him and get into the house at
might've had a plan Of the entire
place-and arranged to hustle the old
man into rig and spirit him away.
I'VE scheduled the job for Wednes-
day night About 6 o'clock my part
ner said he wasn't feeling well and
asked me to put it off until the next
night. Well, put it OFF and at noon
the next day, Thursday, he broke down
and said he thought we were being
watched That settled it, began to
fear he was going to betray the Cudahy
affair, so / hurried to New York, and
from there went to South Africa.
Rockefeller is holding up the world
and getting his ransom, too added
Grove. why shouldn't make him
pay if have the chance?
I'm not the originator of the ransom
business. Caesar was the boss kid
NAPIER When he was running the
world he used to send Brutus and some
of his generals over to Carthage, grab
one of the big men of that country,
and make them put up several millions
before they gave him back. They call
it kidnapping nowadays. In those days
it was statecraft
Rockefeller is the oldest child ever
had designs on.
Maybe continued Grove with a
siclSly smile. "I'll get the old man yet"
Curious crowds filled the Jail, anxious
to see Grove. Many women carried
fruit and bouquets to the prisoner.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
ARRESTED FoR SCHOOL GRAFT.
Professor Dougherty Peoria's superin-
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Professor Dougherty. Peoria's Superin-
tendent. Accused of Forgery.
Peoria, IlI.-The arrest on forgery
charge of Professor Newton G. Dough-
erty. Peoria's foremost citizen, former
President of the National Educational
Association, banker, School Superin-
tendent, and friend of Nicholas MUIR
ray Butler, of the Columbia University,
Of New York, has furnished this city
with the most amazing sensation in its
history.
A second indictment, charging him
with the enlbezzlement of $4,000, was
returned against Mr.. Dougherty, and it
is now said the steallngs will reach the
$25O,000 mark and perhaps more.
The authorities declare they have
evidence to show that Dougherty's
life has been living lie; that while
posing as the apostle of civic righteous
ness, preaching education and good
morals, he has appropriated money
entrusted to him in business capacity.
Professor Dougherty has resigned as
President of the Peoria National Bank,
thereby staying run" He also sent
in his resignation as superintendent of
schools and as director in the various
commercial institutions in which he is
interested.
Dougherty was one of the pillars of
the First Congregational Church and a
member of every club of Importance in
the city, as well as the Union Club, of
Chicago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
A $4,000 DAMAGE SUIT.
Huge Damages For Libel Asked
A0ains+ tha a,l;as, rIo,,,o To,,,rat

Huge Damages For Libel Asked
Against the Ladies' Home journal.
Chicago. Another maker Of pro-
prietary medicines has sued the Ladies'
Home Journal for libel DR.. Hartman,
Of Columbus, o., who owns the Peruna
Drug Manufacturing Company, de-
mands $200,000 damages on account of
the publication by that paper of a
statement relative to testimonial pur-
porting to be signed by a Represen-
tative in Congress from North Carolina.
DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, has a
suit pending against the Ladies Home
Journal because it said that his Golden
Medical Discovery contains alcohol.
The paper published a retraction and
explained that the analysis on which
its statement was based was made
many years ago.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
EIGHT KILLED BY cAvE-IN.

President of the Vermont Slate Com
pany One Of the Dead.
Fairhaven VT. Eight men were
killed and several were injured in a
cave-in of the Vermont Slate Com
pany's quarry in the town of Pawlet.
four miles from Granville Hundreds
OF tons of waste. together with great
sections of slate, slid with a rumbling
noise down upon the gang Of men at
work in the pit.
John G. Williams, the president of
the company owning the quarry, was
standing near the edge Of the pit, and
was carried down. with the mass of
rock being one Of those killed. The
others were Hungarian laborers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
Newsy Gleanings.

Kansas will have a $75,000,OOO corn
crop this year.
A money order convention with New
foundland has been signed.
An association OF hay fever victims
was formed at Jamaica, 4. !.
ssAunt Nell Ryan, 105 years old, OF
West Hoboken. N. J. says she feels
just as young as she used TO feel VIXEN
but thirty.
A man named May. from Norman
Oklahoma, travelling in Western Texas
walked Eve miles following a mirage
trying 70 set water for his mules.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Umpire Sheridan wears no protector,
yet be seldom gets hit by fouls
Six men have been put ont Of com
mission this season playing second base
for Cleveland.
Cy Young, Of the Boston Americans,
has pitched about as good ball as ever,
but the team rarely hits when be is in
the box.
President Taylor, Of the Boston
Americans, has drafted outfeldel
Archie Graham. farmed by the New
York Nationals to Scranton. and will
insist upon getting the man.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
NEW sic coUNTERFEIT.

1t Appears in New York City Longer
Than the Genuine Note.
Washington, d. C.-Chief Wilkie, OF
the Secret Service, announces the dis
covery of new counterfeit ten-dollar
United States ("Buffalo'D note. 1t is
of the series of 1901, check letter b.
Lyons, Register; Roberts, Treasurer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Harvard's football squad will be
coached by the aid Of the camera
Cornell's football line will be the
heaviest and strongest in its history
The popularity Of football in this
country would be increased five times
were the brutal elements Of the play
eliminated and a more open game sub
stltuted FOR that now ia vogue here.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

One thousand bales of cotton were
moved to warehouses in Montgomery,
Ala, or hauled back home in one day
because Of refusal of the owners to
take less than ten cents. The banks
are putting up $40 bale and carrying
all who need the money to hold their
crops
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Mrs. w. II. Lawrence. nineteen years
old, the wife of wealthy cattle buyer
at Yankton, South Dakota committed
suicide by poison. The couple were
married two weeks ago, after three
weeks acquaintance. The girl was
servant in the family Of Mr.. Lawrence,
who has children Of her age. The chill
dren resented the marriage bitterly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
Plumbing, Timing, Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE, Al Mil street, tele-
phone 284-l, or at the store Of William
q. Hibler, South street, city.
The Senior member Of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as a plumber
is too well known for any further com
ment. 2538.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
STARVING III CAUCASUS.

Armenians, Fired Upon by Tartars.
Cannot Till Land
st. Petersburg, Russia. Private dis.
patches received here from Tiflis say
that conditions in the Caucasus are
deplorable. The Armenians are starry
ing and are abandoning their property
because it is impossible for them to
cultivate their land on account Of the
manner in which they are fired upon
BY the Tartars. despite the efforts 81
the troops who have been sent there to
protect them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
MORE AMERICANS LOST.

Drowned With One Hundred and Nine
Others in Typhoon in Philippines.
Manila, P. 1.-The interisland steam
ship Canlabeni, 1897 tons. was sunk
in the recent typhoon of Ticao Island,
one Of the Visayan group. Apparently
all on board were lost.
She carried Eve Americans, one Span
lard and eleven native and Chinese pas
sengers, and a crew of ninety seven
men and officers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
Russian Yice-Consul Fined.

Prince Engalitcheff. Russian Vice
Consul in Chicago ILL.,, was fined 81
aud costs by Justice Caverly on q
charge of violating the city's automo-
bile speed ordinance. The prince
waived his right as member of a
foreign consulate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
Fright Killed Patient.

Fright over an operation which he
was about to undergo is believed to
have caused the death of Andrew
PEBBLES, fifty-seven years old, in Gree
Hospital, in Chicago, Ill. While the
physicians were preparing their in
struments the patient died suddenly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
New African Troubles.

Andrew De Wet. a nephew OF the
Boer General. is said to have been ar
rested at Windholt charged with plot
ting to aid the rebellious blacks and
establish a Boer republic in Southwest
Africa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Jerome to Get After Insurance CRATER
District Attorney Jerome, Of New
York. told Justice Dayy that he will
lay the shocking revelations" OF the
insurance investigation before an Elk
tTaordinafy Grand jury
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

The Democratic city convention met
in New York City and renominated
Mayor Mcclellan, with Herman A.
Metz for Controller aud Patrick f. Nc.
Gowan for President of the Board OF
Aldermen
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

President Roosevelt held another con-
ference with Representative Townsend
on railroad rate legislation and Mr..
Townsend announced that bill EN-
bodying the Presidents views would
be ready for Introduction when Con-
gress meets.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Advices from st. Petersburg. Russia,
say that Russian army Of five to
eight army corps win be held In the
Far East.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
SIX PERISH IN PLANES.

Two Women and Four Children
Burned to Death in Home.
Edgington, w. va.-Six persons-two
women and four children-were burned
to death in their home here at night.
The husbands Of the women escaped.
Those burned were Mrs. J. Algo and
her three children and Mrs. Joseph
Cardelli and one child. Their charred
bodies were recovered from the ruins.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Leonard Seibert who built the first
Pullman sleeping car ever constructed,
died a few days ago ut Bloomington,
ILL.,, aged seyenty-tYe years.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
MANzANILLo SUFFERS.

Mexican Port Badly Damaged by
Storm
Mexico City. official advices re-
ceived here state that furious storm
visited BfanzanilIo, doing great damage
TO that city and port The new break.
water was demolished and the termi-
nal railroad washed away The high
sea almost flooded the town.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
F,loatlng Poolroom Stonned

Government officials in Chicago have
revoked the marine license of the
steamer City OF Traverse, the so-caIled
aoatiAe poolroom.'
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
mon and Staal Renorts.

Iron and steel buying for the last
quarter of this year and the first three
months Of 1906 Is very good.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
NOTICEg

JOHN ]. CARROLL. who for years,
mas been in the firm Of LOoNEY s. CAR.
ROLL, has formed a partnership with
his son, WILLIAM J. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
KRONENBERG'S
81 w A SHINad TON ST.
10 Our Subscribers.

When you wish to change the address
OF your paper be sure and send the
present address as well as the new one.
II this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Baron Komura Sails.
Baron Komura sailed from Vancou-
yer on the Empress Of India for Yoko-
hama.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
Another Cwnsfadt striKe

The dock laborers at Cronstadt have
struck for more wages and shorter
houSs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10
veteran Army General Dead.

Brigadier- General William Sinclair,
q. ). Al. retired. Is dead at Washing
ton, D. G.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Wabash's President Removed
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., was removed
from the Presidency Of the Wabash by
George Gould.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

y 49,. .sNA " NRAL INDUSTRIOUS PAR'
4, 5ons "a each state to travel for house. estah-
1870 Il steven years and with large capital, "
49, 1911 merchants and agents tor GuccesalW
~ ~ profitable line Permanent engagement
Y osAlx eas1 salary Of ga and all travelling a4
s ..a,s and hotel bills advanced Ia cash eace
we9A. n4perAence NOT essential. Mantion 81
NH5ne4 aud encluea aalfsafT 1rssfnSd envelope
1919 AXIOM AxsN9 r8NFh0fn Sc. GliieaeQl
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-10

Collections Improve.
Mercantile collections improve as the
season advances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
THE MIGHTY CURRENT
 OF OUR FOREIGN TRADE
A EXPORTS  OvER-THE OF
 

Washington, Sept 2.-(SpeciaL)-- Recent reports indicate that this is likely to be a banner year in Ameri-
 can export trade. Harvests are good on the broad farms of the Great West; from the domain of King Cotton comes similar intelligence; Eastern manufac- turing industries are prosperous. It
 is often said in these days that Flu rope is becoming Americanized through
 its efforts to please wealthy tourists from this side of the water. With more truth, 1t might be said that Flu rope Is becoming Americanized be- cause of the rapidly icreasing volume of trade between the Cld World and the New. America does large part in the work of feeding the nations of the earth, and Yankee notion" is known wherever goods are bought and sold. :.. ..#. .':
 The details of the foreign commerce. statistics of the country for tho fis- cal year ending June 30, show that kfhe greatest increase of imports in volved manufacturers materials, while the largest gain in exports was made in factory products Furthermore, an analysis of the statistics reveals the fact that the manufacturing centers of the interior are. more than hold
 ing their own with those of the States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

An object lesson in the extent of American commerce may be taken at
 any time on the railway docks of a seaport city. In the shadow of tower ing elevators, each capable of holding millions of bushels of grain, are piers, hundreds of feet in length, piled high with barrels and boxes, cases and casks. Between the piers lie the great steamships, some of them capable of holding 10000 tons Of cargo. The largest freight car carries about fifty tons and consequently 1t takes four hundred of them to fill one of the mon ster ocean carriers. This means a
 string of sixteen exceptionally long
 and heavy trains When you real
 ize that score of vessels. each ap-
 proximating a capacity of 20,00O,0OO
 tons, are leaving New York alone
 every week, you begin to comprehend what a yearly billion dollar exchange
 means which takes in the trade of all the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific ports.
 Every cargo. whether of imports or
 exports. has many surprises for one not
 we'll conVersant with the commodities which figure in the foreign trade of the United States. It Is common, for in stance, to find in the cargo of liner from the Mediterranean a consignment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
The Quarantine.

Supervisor Morgan, of local quaran- tine. stated this morning that the past twenty four hours has been the least eventful of any similar length of time since he has taken charge of quaran- tine regulations.
 Everything is quiet and the only ex- citement to break the monotony Is the large issue of certificates. Persons wishing to go to Decatur are denied that privilege on account of reasons stated yesterday afternoon, namely. that the chief executive of that munic- ipality Is said to have made the state ment that certificates issued at this point are useless. The citizens of this city are made to suffer on account of the statement.
 Traffic on the Louisville and Nash vile train last night from the South was heavy, there being more than 100 refugees on tho train. This mornings s passenger list on the Alabama Great Southern was not as large as usual and the excitement that prevailed in Mis- sissippi towns when fever was discov- cred in Vicksburg and Natchez has abated and the citizens of that vicinity have settled down to routine life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

has been pushed farther and farther West, the acreage under wheat has gone with 1t, veering a little to the north meanwhile. The former wheat fields of the Middle West now grow other grains in rotation. This shrink ing modesty of the great staple before the advance of conventional civiliza- tion has made necessary longer and longer hauls to the seaports on the part of the wheat carrying railroads. Tn order, therefore, to allow American wheat to compete in European markets with the wheat from Russia, Argentina and Roumania the railroads have had to disregard distance utterly in their export charges. They have made charges on export wheat lower than those op wheat designed for domestic consumption. It is only by doing so that they have made the traffic profit able and caused q rapid development of the country's frontier. This boom they have been able to grant largely because of the healthy American policy of gov ernment non interference,
 Through their milling in transit rates the railroads have also changed the character of the wheat export from millions of bushels of the wheat itself exclusively to @ prepORderanCe of bar rels of -four The milling transit rate is through charge from the local elevator to the export market, nothing being added for stop over at some in- termedlate point while the wheat Is be- ing made over into flour By reducing the price of marketing flour. the mill ing in transit rates have allowed the wheat previously ground in Europe to be ground by American millers, thereby adding to the prosperity of another home industry
 The total yield of wheat in the Uni tod States averages six and seven hundred million bushels. Of this, be- tween two and three hundred million are exported. The wheat of the South
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
PRODUCTS ARE NEEDED
LABORERs TOO BUSY TO CONSIDER
 A HOLIDAY.
New Vaudeville Theatre Will Probably he Erected in Birmingham--
 First Bale of Cotton Brought Into City.

Birmingham Sept. 2.-(special. )-on account of the need for all the products that can possibly be secured there Will be no cessation of work at any Of the plants at Ensley on Monday. Labor Day. A number of the laboring men at Ems ley will get off, however, and VIII come to the city to participate in the cele- bration.
 There is such a strong demand for iron, steel, steel products, and other products produced in Ensley that the officials decided that they could not let their men off even for half day. In Birmingham there will be half day susnension at the stores and in the smaller factories. At the coal mines there will be no suspension of work at all, because of the urgent need for the products, :---.-