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The Winslow mail., 1905-11-04
RAILROAD NOTES

The Los Angeles Times has
the following to say about the
Santa Fe s new hospital:
With the opening next We'd
nesday of the handsome hospi-
tai in this city of the Santa Fe
coast lines there will come into
active use what is declared to
be the finest institution in the
entire southwest for the care of
the sick and injured,
The beautiful mission style
building crowns an elevation at
the intersection of East Sixth
and st. Louis Streets, one of
the most commanding in the
city, and the imposing structure
adds another slightly attraC ton
to Boyle Heights. 1t overlooks
E1OIlenOeCk L dTh
The building is three stories
in height, and is ornamented
with a belfry The entrance is
on st. Louis Street, and the
grounds are being arranged in
terraces to be Ornamented with
lawns and shrubbery.
There is a cOmmOdiOus base
ment which contains a ward,
nurses rooms, laVatOry and
other conveniences. Every
thing is Scrupulously clean, and
the ventilating arrangements
approach perfection. Through
the use of electric fans in the
basement, the air throughout
the hospital can be changed
within ten minutes.
Most covenient is the ar
rangement Of the kitchen, on
the first floor. The long range
gives promise of many dainty
dishes to be provided for the in
valid trainmen. There is a bak-
cry complete, and an icehouse
with cooling closets. Two din
ing rooms open from the kit
chen, one for the hospital staff.
and one for the help. Beyond
these on the same floor are two
larger dining rooms for COnval-
esCent patients.
The officials explain the great
care that has been taken to
provide ample facilities tor kit
chen and dining room, by say
ing that patients who are sent
to the hospital will get we'll SO
rapidly that every facility will
be needed to supply them with
good food
Guarding we'll against danger
from flames, the builders of the
hospital have installed three
spiral fire escapes These are
of steel and are so arranged
that the most feeble patient
may be placed in the chute at
The Winslow mail., 1905-11-04

Lost-Oct. 31st, a gents gold
filled watch. Liberal reward
will be given finder when re-
turned to this Office.
The Winslow mail., 1905-11-04

Three little incandescent
lights and small gong in every
engine cab will, if the officials
of the Southern Pacific approve,
supplant in time the entire
block system in use along the
company's tracks.
An engine containing H. B.
Reynolds, general manager of
the Mill & Peddington Com
pany's railroad cab signal sys-
TEN; w. w. Peddington, one of
the inventors; H. V. Platt, sup
erintendent of the Los Angeles
division of the Southern Paci-
tic system; Thomas McAffrev.
assistant superintendent; an
electrician. and the engine crew
has made tests near Compton.
Cal. on a stretch of track spec
tally prepared for the purpose.
The new system consists Of
third rail in the middle of the
track, upon which rest two
shoes attached to the forward
truck of the engine. These
shoes are connected with the
indicator in the cab, containing
a red light, green light, yellow
light and a small gong by means
of wires. The current is sup.
piled by a powerful electric
battery or generator.
If a switch is turned, the red
light and gong give indication
to the engineer of the fact while
he is yet mile from the switch.
II there is a car on the track
the engineer will know some
thing is wrong in the same man
ner. The green light burns
continuously when everything
is all right. If there is any
thing wrong, the yellow light
flashes first, and as the engine
approaches the scene of trouble
the red light and the gong get
into action.
The inventors estimate the
cost of installing the new sys-
tenn at about S400 a mile, as
against 81, 500 to $4,000 a mile
for the system now in use.
The Winslow mail., 1905-11-04

George J. Giles was born in
CRANBERRY, Texas, fortythree
years ago, and spent most of
his life in that state. He came
to WinsIow about a year ago
and was recently appointed
Night Marshal by the Town
Council. He leaves a mother,
two brothers and four sisters.
He was highly respected and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
DISTRICT COURT AT FAIRFIELD.
Judge vermiiion Of ce%ntervilIe, Will
Preside During February Term.

Judge Vermilion of centervilIe, Will
Preside During February Term.
Fairfield, Jan. 3l.-The February
term of the district court of Jefferson
county will convene in this city on
Monday, February s., with Hon. C. w.
Vermilion of C%enterville, presiding
judge and r. w. Smith of Centerville.
court reporter. There have been one
hundred and eleven cases filed for ac-
ton, divided as follows, thirty eight
probate cases, two criminal cases,
thirty-tive law cases, and thirty-six
are as follows: Larceny case, State of
Iowa vs.. Pearl Spratt, Grail & Grail.
attorneys for the state, and Leggett &
McKemey, attorneys for the defend
ant; preliminary examination. murder,
The State of Iowa vs.. Dan Shepard,
Grail & Grail, attorneys for the state.
Among the chancery cases there have
been filed eight divorce cases as fol.
lows: Eliza j.. Pollock vs.. John Mar.
ion Pollock; Elizabeth Durbin VS..
Charles w. Durbin; J%ennettie H. Will.
kerson VS.. John S. Wilkerson; VIII.
liam E. Dowd VS.. Eliza E. Doud; A,
Jennie Johnson VS.. A. w. Johnson;
Mary Howe VS.. Bert Howe; Orpha B
Cook VS.. William H. Cook; Cora B
Louden VS.. john S. Louden. The
grand jury will appear on the second
day of the term, and the trial jury on
Monday Of the second week at 10
o'clock.
The funeral of the late Marvin White
was held Sunday at his late home
with his daughter, Mrs. Robert Israel
at 8 o'clock. The deceased has been
in poor health for some time. and his
life had been despaired of many times
The wife of the late Mr.. White passed
away about two weeks ago, her death
being caused by paralysis. Intermen1
was made in the Evergreen GENE
terry.
The funeral services over the re
mains of the Late Isaac Newton Bryan
were held Sunday at 2 o'clock at his
late residence on West Broadway. Thu
! deceased was sixty-seven years O.
age and leaves a wife and severa
children to mourn his death. He was
stricken with paralysis during the
past summer and since then little hope
has been entertained for his recovery
The interment was made In the Ever
green cemetery in this city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
GOT RICH TOO QUICK.
At Least That is the Charge Preferred
Against Constable Reasby.


Abba. Jan. 81. - The only case Of
extortion in Monroe county for years
will come on for hearing at the pres
ent term of court. The case is that of
the State VS.. VIM. Reasby a constable
living at Buxton. The alleged facts
in the case are about as follows: A
young colored boy named Clare was
charged with some crime and taken
before Justice w. w Briggs, Of Bux-
ton. While the case was pending Con-
stable Reasby saw the man and told
him the case would be dismissed if
he would paw the costs, which he
stated were $50. they being in fact but
$l2. ]. P. Clare, father of the accused
offered to pay and did pay s75 to
Reasby and took a receipt for the
amount. This was Reasby's fatal
blunder, for it was the receipt which
decided the grand jury to return the
indictment. 1t is, further alleged that
the costs, about $12, were certified to
the county board on Justice Briggs
docket and we're paid to Reasby by
that benevolent body of county guardi-
ans. If the above allegations are sus-
tanned it will be a sad day of reck-
oning for Reasby.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

man came rolling in, scarlet turban
erect, earrings jlngling.
"Mah lip dove! Mahlfp pigeon dove!
Nah III Miss Honeybeev".
You must keep her, lad" muttered
Mount.
II think Sir John will SELL" I said
grimly.
And s. he did, or would have, had
not his new wife, poor Lady johnson,
whom / had never seen, writing from
the Hall, begged me to accept Betty as
a gift from her. And /, having no
quarrel with the unhappy lady, accept
ed Betty as a gift, permitting Lady
Johnson to secur from the incident
what comfort she might.
May ended smothered in flowers,
and with the thickening leaves Of June
came to us there in the north runors
Of the times which were to try mems
souls.
Then n dim morning, while yet the
primrose light tinted the far hills, I
awoke to e Silver Heels in her white
night robe leaning from the easement,
calling out to me in q strange, fright
ened voice: michael, Michael! They
are coming over the hills-over the
hills, dear heart, to take you with
them!''
"Sir Michael" roared Mount below
my window, "Cresap is on the hills
with 500 men of M%aryland!"
Stunned, l stared at Silver Heels.
Her face was marble, glorifed.
AS the sun rose I left her and, scarce
knowing what I did, threw my long
rifle on my shoulder and ran out swift
~ through the garden.
Suddenly, as though by magic sum-
moned, the whole street was filled with
riflemen, marching silently and swiftly,
with moccasined feet, their raccoon
caps pushed back, the green thrums
tossing on sleeve and thigh. On they
came, rank and rank, like brown deer
herdfng through a rock run, and On the
hunting shirts, lettered in white across
each breast, 1 read, Liberty or Death
Mount and the Weasel came up, RI
fes shouldered, coonskin caps swing
ing in their hands. Mount shyly touch
ed the hand that Silver Heels held out.
Cade Renard took the fingers and,
bending above them with a flicker of
his aged g%allantry, pressed them with
his shriveled lips.
ITO kill the Red Beast" muttered
Mount. at is quickly done, Lady Car
digan. Then your husband will re-
turn"
"Ho, Cardigan" rang out a voice like
Z pistol shot from the passing ranks.
Through my tear dimmed eyes 1 saw
Cresap, sword shining in his hand.
we come" cried Mount, shaking his
ride toward the rising sun. death to
the Red Beast|!
THE END.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
A FRIENDLY MlCROBE
WILL INCREASE PRODUCTIVE.
NESS OF WORN OUT LAND
FROM 20 TO 60 PER CENT.
Process BY Which These Friendly MI
crobes Are Produced and Made
Valuable to Farmers Patented BY
Scientists and Deededsto Americans.

The agricultural department is .Gis-
tributing free to farmers. a little cake
Of Ffertilizing microbes which will in
crease, SO, 1T lis said, the productive
ness of worn out land fromStwenty to
sixty per cent. The discovery of the
value of these cakes and the perfec-
ton of the process by which they are
made possible was made by an en-
ploye of the department., who after
patentins the process decided it to the
department to be held in trust for the
American people.
Concernine these little cakes and the
professional etiquette of the man who
after working at the process gave 1t
in fee simple to the American people
letin has the following:
Certain Friendly Microbes
"a German chemist in studying the
found that there were certain friendly
microbes that so enriched he soil as
to greatly increase certain crops He
noticed that soil on which peas, beans,
and clover had been grown yielded
greatly increased crops of potatoes,
grain, etc. He found that in the roots
of these plants certain microbes were
especially abundant, that they cap
tured free nitrogen from the air, that
they took for nitrogen for their life
processes than they could use and
thus left a portion for the use of a
crop not SO richly favored. Another
German tried to cultivate and distri-
butte these microbes but failed.
Developed by American Scientist.
Another German tried to give prao-
teal value to this discovery by cul-
tivating and distributing the microbes,
but failed. Then a young scientist Of
the United States department Of agri-
culture took up the matter and carried
1t to complete success. The govern
ment now makes at a cost of four
cents, a little cake Of fertilizing mic
robes which will increase the yield Of
worn-out land from twenty to sixty
per cent; and the cakes are distri-
buted free to American farmers.
They are distributed free by reason
of the high ideal of public cervice
which DR.. Moore entertains. When he
had perfected his discovery he pat
ented 1t, and then decided the patent
to the department Of agriculture, to be
held in trust for the whole American
people. No one can estimate the value
of the gift. 1t may even turn out to be
greater than that Of any gift any one
man has ever made, for 1t may be the
first step in effecting a permanent in
crease Of h crops Of the world"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
vlnton Man Has Fortune in Onions.

Vinton Jan. 81. ~ c. B. Zollirger,
a resident of Vinton, farmed twelve
acres of onions last year and has real
lied IN average of 400 bushels to the
acre, which sold for rs cents a bushel,
bringing him $500 to the acre. in all
$4,000 off of the twelve acres. Mr.. Zoll-
niger vas careful in selecting ground
with few weeds in it for his purpose.
He invented a plow for wedding that
greatly lessened the amount Of labor
required in removing them. This spring
he will plant and raise about forty
acres of onions which if as successful
as last year will bring $4,000,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
HAS HOME IN RoNAPARTE.
Woman Who Appeals For Help in IT.
Madison Owns Much Property,

Madison Owns Much Property.
Fit. Madison. Jan. 81. Mrs. Louise
Grimsley of Keokuk appealed to the
board Of charities for aid, stating that
she was starving. Upon investigation
it was found that she owned a 40 acre
farm near Belfast and a house and lot
in Bonaparte. The board of health
also made an investigation Of her.
home. They found that she was living
in two rooms and that the floors were
covered to a depth of a foot with filth.
They ordered the marshal to give the
place a cleaning up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

UeeI paSSeu.
1t was night when we rode into
Johnstown. could discover no changes
in the darkness save that a few new
signs swung before lighted shops and
every fifth house hung out a lanthorn
and a whole candlelight.
Our stone house was vast, damp and
scantily furnished, but Jack Mount
lighted a fire in the hallway, and Sill
yer Heels went about with a song on
her lips, and Cade Renard sent serv-
ants from the nearest inn with cloth
and tableware and meats smoking hot,
not forgetting a great bowl of punch
and q cask of ale, which the solutions
rolled into the great hall and hoisted
On the skids.
Shemuel, with his peddling panniers,
had strangely disappeared, nor could
we find him high or low when Mount
and Cade had set their own table by
the fire and the room smelled sweet
with steaming toddy.
Thrift, thrift" muttered Mount, rat
Ting his toddy stick impatiently. Now,
who could have thought that little Jew
would have cut away to make up time
In trade this night?"
But Shemuel had traded in another
manner, for, ere Mount had set his
strong, white teeth in the bl~eastbone
of a roasted fowl, l heard Silver Heels
cry out: Betty. Betty! oh, dear, dear
Betty" And the numbering black wo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
NEW HALL.
Miners at Foster Celebrate a Red. Let
Ter Occasion

teT OCCASION. .ETa t
Foster, Jan. 31.-The local union Of
the Mine Workers of America dedi.f
Gated their new lodge home and operaf
house yesterday afternoon with an ap-.
propriate program beginning at g
o'clock. Supper was served at 6
o'clock and a grand ball followed. The
new structure cost over $4,000 and Ii
one of the best of its kind in Iowa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-02
HEA RSI
GAINS ON RECOUNT AND FINDS
MANY BALLOTS IMPROPERLY
MARKED COUNTED FOR
MCCLELLAN.

NEW YORK, Dec. BY re-can
vass and recount of the votes in -four
election districts, made last night be
fore Justice Almond, William R. Hearst
made conceded gain over Mayor Nc
Clellan of seventeen votes, Still more
important to the Hearst cause, accord
ing to counsel, many ballots were
found in the boxes, which had been
counted for Mcclellan and which
should have been declared void be
cause of Improper markings,
In one district alone were found Gl
of these, 81 of them counted for Nc
Clellen and.ten for Hearst, Instead Of
the simple cross, they were marked
with criss-crosses, corkscrews, curley
l:ews and double crosses, Every one
of these will be contested by counse
for Hearst, who will apply at once fol
an order to compel the election inspec
tors to reject them. Should the same
proportion of errors in the count bt
found in the other districts, Mr.. Hearst
would be found to be elected by nice
plurality. In view of this situation the
Hearst forces are jubilant.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-02
RIFLE BALL Sent
into HIS HEART
slLAs GALLAGHER SHOT HIM.
SELF FATALLY-No WIT
NEssEs TO SHOOTING,

ST. MARYS, W. Va, Dec. 2.-silas
4, Gallagher, a leading citizen acci-
lentally shot himself yesterday about
/ O'Clock, death resulting almost in.
,tantly. The weapon In the tragedy
vas 20 callbre Winchester target
iAe.
There were no witnesses to the
tragic affair and it will probably re.
main ever unsolved just how It oc.
Cured.
He was in the rear room Of the
sitchen alone and from Appearances
was cleaning the weapon. A rod with
! used swab on 1t was lying near the
gun.
1t is the supposltlon that he placed
his mouth over the muzzle Of the
Weapon for the purpose Of blowing into
the barrel, when the gun was dis.
charged. The ball entered the roof of
hs mouth, ranging upward, pehetrat-
ing the brain, He gasped but a few
times after being discovered lying
upon the floor
The family Is prosprated. Funeral
arrangements will be made to-day. An
inquest will be held later
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-02
SEVERAL ARE REPORTED DEAD
AND A NUMBER ARE KNOWN
TO BE ENroMREo.

CHENENE, wyoming, Dec. q
Mine No. /, of the Kemmeher Coal
and Coke Company, at Diamondvllle.
Western Wyoming was wrecked by
an explosion last night.
1t is expected that many men were
killed outright and others entombed
alive
Twenty-one are known to be dead
and thirty-three are entombed. The
mine is reported tobe on fire and there
is little hope of rescuing the imprison-
ed men. Great excitement exists.
Rescue gangs are making slop head
way on account Of the gas and Are
and the wrecked condition Of the
mine. Many among the dead are
Americans.
CHEYENE, Wyoming Dec S.-
Telegrams from DiamondvilIe now
state that from 15 to 20 men are
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-02
MANY WESTERN MINERS PERISH BY
ANlEXPLOSION IN WYOMING MINE

known to have lost their lives and
that fully as many more are entomb-
ed. A large force of men are work.
ing to reach the imprisoned men be,
fore the gas overcomes them. Men,
women and children are gathered
about the mouth of the shaft frantical-
ly calling for their dear ones. Ply
sicians are on hand rendering relief.
The cause of the explosion is un-
known.
Diamondyllle, the scene of the
mine horror, is about thirty miles
from the western boundary line Of
Wyoming on line with the boundary
line between Idaho and Utah. The
nearest point from which aid could
be summoned is Evanston, about 60
miles overland and double that dis,
4ance by rail. Diamondyille, IN 1900,
had a population Of ss7s II Is n .
section Of the State where coal mining
Is the main industry and IS one q
several small towns, AID has been
sent from the Union Pacific road d
vision point al Rocksprings
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-02
.FAIRNONTERS Will
START A CIRCUS
THE GALL AMERICAN" SHOW
WILL Be SECOND TO NONE
IN THE BUSINESS

The best tent show in the business
is what shurtlefrs All American
Show will be when it starts out on
the road next spring. Grant Shurt.
LEFT, our own big Essie," Is the gen.
eral manager. Edw. Slack is tae
treasurer and Admiral Hough master
of transportation, while James A.
Martin will be in the ticket wagon.
This is not the little one horse
kind, numbers Of which break into the
business every year, but Is an i'm
mense Undertaking, some of the
most prominent business men Of
Fairmont and adjoining towns being
interested and the capital stock is
100000 fully subscribed,
1t is to be first class circus and
menagerie. Five cages Of animals
have been procured, together with
one elephant and two camels, twenty
horses, ten white mules, ponies, etc.
Frank Amos, of the Faimont Coal
Company, is purchasing the horses
and mules in Kentucky
lit is to be a one ring circus with
an elevated stage. The tent is to be
f25.foot founa top, with two SO-foot
middle pieces. Mr.. James 7, Boswell,
lateaof the Forepaugh and Sells Bros.
show will have charge of the canvas.
A specially side show for ladies' and
children will be in connection and
the best performers that money can
secure will be hired.
An immense lot of lease stuff from
Walter Main and the Ringing shows
has been secured. The routing and
booking is under the personal direc-
ton of Grant S. Shurtleff and Ed. E.
Meredith. For every position that
can be filled by Fairmont people,
there they will be found. The winter
quarters are at Hundred, W Va, and
everything will be sent to that place
by February first.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-02
? 90IS.l...l.
WAS INJECTED INToWIFE's Hop
BY HER HUSBAND AND she
NOW LIES DEAD,

CHARLOTTE, N. c. Dec. airs
II. J. Matthews, a young woman q
Greensboro, N. G., lies dead at hers
home today and her husband, Doctor
y. /. Mathews, a widely known ply
sIctan, Is in jail, charged with killing
her by giving hypodermic infection
OF strychnine. The circumstances q
Mrs. Matthew's death are terrible aiie
evidence points to Matthew's as tle
murderer. He is a confirmed cigaa
rctte smoker and an opium fiend. He
was arrested early thismorning short.
Iy after his wife's death Mrs Nat
thews had been suffering for hoVrs
from morphine poison and Doctor Mat
thewe had called in three reputable
/ hysfcians. The morphl9e ia Sad l9.
have been administered BY 1el Z.
knreling beside the bedside
Matthews, who was showing olie
signs Of recovering after the phys
clans hal worked upon her oil day.
Matthews began to pray There was
something about tile manner Of Mat
thews which caused one Of the pnysi,
clans to throw back the ceveFlet r.
Matthews hand was q hypoderI1ie
syringe and slight swelling on me
woman's arm indicated that the injee.
tion had been given, An examination
Of the syringe showed the infection Y
have been one of strychnine. Mrs MAJ
fhews within minute was thrown into
conyuIslous and died almost immedi
,ateiy. Matthews was arrested. Doc
tor Matthews and his wife come from
prominent families and the affair has
caused biz sensation. "A six year ol,l
child survives.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-02
DR.. MCLEOD NOT GUILTY.
Jury's Verdict Announced This
Mornlug-crawfOrd and Hunt
Receive Sentence.

BOSTON, Dec. 2.-The YER
dict found last night by the jury
in the case of Doctor Percy D.
Mcleod, on trial on the charge
Of being an accessory after the
fact to the death of Susan Agnes
Geary, the victim of the Dress
Suit Case" mystery, was an
nounced at the opening of court
this morning. The jury found
q verdict of not guilty and the
prisoner was discharged.
Later Lewis Crawford, and
William E. Hunt, alias Howard,
who had pleaded guilty to being
accessories after the fact in tbg
same case were called to the bar
and Judge Stevens sentenced
each of them to from 6 to Z
years in prison