The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-10-13


Alanson Graham was arrested at
Middletown, n. Y, on information fur
nished by Mrs. Ingerick. injured by
the slayers Of the Olney brothers. but
was soon set free as innocent
The Venezuelan government has or
dered from the Creusot works, France.
thirty batteries Of field artillery and
twelve batteries of mountain guns OF
seventy millimeters caliber.
A petition from a number of citizens
Of Houston. Tex, headed by G.. w
Knight Of San Marcos, has been pre-
sented TO Governor Lanham asking
that the state permit mob punishment
Of negroes who assault women.
d. vandiver, state superintendent Of
insurance for Missouri. has sent a COM
municatiOn to John A. Mccall Of the
New York Life Insurance company de-
manding that the s14s.702 campaign
fund contribution be replaced In the
treasury Of the company under penal
~ Of revocation Of the company's H.
cense 10 transact business In Missouri
for failure TO comply with the demand.
Saturday. Oct. 7.
General Charles w. Bartlett of Bos-
ton was nominated by the Massachu-
setts Democracy as the partys candi-
date for governor
NJ. Levich, a Des Moines Qa) pawn
broker, opened a package which was
left with him and found the head Of a
woman. A bullet had penetrated the
skull The police have as yet found no
clew TO the mystery
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., was removed
from the presidency Of the Wabash
railroad by the directors and f. A. De
lano. president Of the Wheeling and
Lake Erie, elected In his place, Mr..
Ramsey attended the meeting at New
York.
Pat Grove held at Butte. Mont. con-
fessed that he and a partner, whom he
refused to name, concocted a plot short
ly after the Cudahy kidnapping case TO
kldnap John ID. Rockefeller and hold
him for a ransom Of S2,O0O,OOO, to be
demanded from John d. Rockefeller,
Jr.
Sixteen men were buried In a cave-in
OF the Vermont Slate company's quar-
ry, which is situated near Granville
n. Y. Just over the Vermont state line
Two only were taken out alive. The
fourteen dead include J. p. Williams.
tho president Of the company. and
Hungarian laborers
Friday, oct. 0.
In the person Of Isaac Routman. a
humble Polish street huckster on the
New York BOwery. II is believed that
great tenor has been accidentally
found who will electrify the dramatic
world and viii rank with Caruso and
Jean De Reszke.
Professor Newton c. Dougherty, SUI
perintendent Of city schools of Peoria.
ILL.,, for more than twenty years, presi-
dent Of the Peoria National bank and
capitalist, has been arrested on two
true bills returned by the grand Jury.
charged with forgery and embezzle-
ment amounting 10 10000.
Resolutions praising President Roose-
welt for his tact and craftsmanship In
bringing about settlement Of the
RussO-Japanese war were adopted
amid enthusiastic cheers az the New
York Democratic convention. George
B. Mcclellan was nominated for may
or. Herman A. Metz for comptroller
and Patrick +. MCGOWAN for president
Of the board Of aldermen.
Alpheus Du Bois Of New York, aged
school principal, dandy" IN young
manhood and miser In old age, whose
WILL leaving 100000. his daughter.
Mrs. Ivy Blanche Mckee, is contesting,
said during his lifetime that children
cost too much and he could not afford
them. That was the reason he gave
for not living with his wife and daugh-
ter, although he spoke in the highest
terms Of his wife.
Thursday, Oct. ..
Il would rather be John ID. Rockefel-
Ter diyested Of bis wealth and with his
lovable personality than any Of the
crew, saints or sinners. who are at
tacking him." says Dr. ID. X. Pear
sons, a Chicago millionaire nationally
known as a phllanthropist
Charged with swindling Henry G..
Wheeler, a wealthy farmer Of STRAIT
ford, Conn, out Of $1,000. Attorney
Frank L. Rodgers and d. X. Trip. a
New York business man. were locked
up at Bridgeport Comm police head
quarters in default of bail OF $4,000.
An explosion Of gas under the floor
Of the county commissioners Office nj
the courthouse in Cincinnati. o., kill
cd George Zimmerman. chief clerk Of
the board Of commissioners. and Rus
sol Blair, an assistant clerk. Blair
was TO have been married this month.
president Roosevelt is dead in ear
nest on the subject OF railroad ratt
legislation and IS just as determined
as ever that legislative regulations
shall be enacted looking to federal su
peryision OF the freight rate situation
This statement was made by Repre-
sentative Townsend Of Michigan. one
Of the authors Of the so called Esch
Townsend railroad rate bill, at Wash
ingt0n.
Pat Grove. the long sought for ant
elusive kidnaper, is held at Butte
Mont He admits his identity ane
says that since the KIDNAPPING Of Eddie
Cudahy on Dec. 10, 1909 he has trav.