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The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
Crimes and Criminals.

Edward Murphy, a Chicago crook, at
Brandon, Man, was sentenced to four
teen years for burglarizing a jewelry
store during the last exhibition.
Robbers blew up the safe in Nihill
& Malcolm's real estate Office at
Moore, near Lewiston, Mont, using
nitroglycerine and getting about S25.
Dan Patton, a prominent farmer of
Poweshiek county, Iowa, committed
suicide by taking carbolic acid while
intoxicated. He insulted a neighbor' s
wife and feared prosecution.
Mary King, Il years old, was stab
bed to death at her home at Cleveland
and the police are looking for William
Towns. her lover. Towns is said to
have been jealous of Miss King.
F. r. Prang, prominent business
man of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has been ar
rested, charged with long series Of
burglaries. A large amount of stolen
goods were found stored in his house.
Ed Gressor, a wealthy farmer, was
found dead in pool of blood in his
home near Avon, Iowa. Neighbors be-
iieve the man was murdered. He had
a bullet hole in his temple and other
wounds.
The dead body of Lorin Phenis, aged
| "a. was found near the banks of a
creek at Toledo. The coroner is in
vestigating to determine whether the
| young man committed suicide or was
murdered.
J. J. Akin, proprietor of a shooting
gallery at Harper, Kan, made the
rounds of the business district, firing
his revolver at random and chasing
persons off the streets. Mayor w. G.
Muir was shot and seriously wounded
were slightly wounded. Mayor Muir
will recover. Akin was finally over
| powered.
| During a quarrel over the location
of a proposed street fair at Madison,
/ H.. Sam Houston was shot and wound
| ed. According to several witnesses
| the shots were fired by Patrick Nc
Cambridge, chief of police, but no ar
rests have been made.
Three deaf and dumb girls charged
with shoplifting were held to the jul
venile court in Chicago. The two
young prisoners, May McGregor, IL
years old, and Hattie Buelow, IA,
claimed that the thefts were commit
ted at the instance of Alma Lundquist,
II years old, the third member of the
oeaf and dumb trio.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
RESUME OF THE NEWS
Fresh- Reliable Brief


During three-cornered pistol fight
at Granite City, H., between Lee Bras
well, Philip Mernaugh and Jacob
Snow, Braswell was fatally wounded
and later died Snow was shot in tbe
thigh and Mernaugh escaped injury.
Wild with rage because of the ridi-
Guile of several small boys in front OF
the Bijou theater at Memphis, an I'M
known negro emptied his revolver
into a mass of people. One boy is
dying, another is dangerously wound
ed, and negro girl received slight in
juries.
w. e. Brown, president of the de-
funct First National bank Of Storm
Lake, Iowa, was found guilty of fraud
ulent banking by making false en-
tries in his books and false reports to
the government. The trial has been
in progress in the federal court for a
week. The minimum sentence is five
years.
The body of Johannah Kinkopf, q
years of age, a servant in hotel, was
found in a vacant lot on Superior
street, Cleveland, by boys. The body
had been covered with weeds and 9th
er rubbish. There were finger marks
on the throat, which, the police be-
lieve, indicate that the girl was MUIR
dered and her body placed where it
was found.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
Accidental Happenings.

The fve-year-old son of John Haz-
lin, living near Gold City, Mackinac
county, Mich, played with matches
during the absence of his mother and
was burned to death.
J. F. Eaton, foreman employed on
the Iowa Historical building at Des
Moines was blown from the roof by
the strong wind and died from his in
juries.
Fire in the n. Luddington company S
lumber yard at Marinette, Wis, caus-
ed a loss of $25O,000 to lumber near
the docks. The mills were not da- >
aged. The loss is fully covered by i'll
surance.
Michael Koehler, a well-known poll
tician of Fort Wayne, Ind, was killed
and Samuel Tillbury was fatally crush
ed while driving across the Wabash
railway tracks. They were struck by
a passenger train.
The barge Noquebay, in tow of the
steamer Lizzie Madden, caught fire
when twenty miles east of Bayfield,,
Wis, and was burned to the water S
edge. The Madden succeeded in beach
ing the burning boat at Pressure Isle
Point, where the crew was saved.
Capt. J. T. Rebileock, superintend-
ent of the United States Steel corpora
TONS section Il mine at Ishpeming,
Mich, was hit by a steam shovel,
sustaining a fractured skull and other
injuries which are expected to prove
fatal He is chairman of the Mar
quette county board Of supervisors.
Fire at Iowa City, Iowa, partially
destroyed DooIey's store in the center
of the business block adjoining the
lara house. The firemen had the
blaze under control just as the steel
tank containing a hundred gallons of
gasoline was threatened. Near the
scene a ton of dynamite had been re-
moved during the day.
Through a mine explosion which oc-
Cured in shaft No. 2, Hazel Kirk mine,
near Van Voorhis Station, Pa, two
lives were lost. The two men killed
were foreigners and machine opera
tors. The other ten men in the mine
we're overcome by gas, but were res
cued alive. The trouble was caused
by workingman making shot pre-
maturely.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
NEW TRIAL FOR BURTON.
Judge Decides indictment of Kansas
Senator Was Faulty.

Judge Decides indictment Of Kansas
Senator Was Faulty.
st. Louis, Oct 19-Judge Van De-
venter, in the United States court or
appeals, late yesterday announced that
he had sustained the demurrer 20 the
indictment of United States Senator
Burton of Kansas on the ground that
the indictment was faulty. He ordered
that onather indictment be returned
at once. Before announcing his de-
cision Judge Van Deventer explained
his position, discussing the indictment
in part and pointing out its faults. He
conceded with the attorneys for the
defense in their contentious that II
their client had entered into an agree
ment to appear before the postotflce
department for compensation he was
entitled to know who he had entered
into this alleged compact with. Judge
VanDeventer then set Nov. as the
date for a special grand jury to meet
to hear witnesses for the government
against Senator Burton
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
Otherwise.

Dan Patch, king of PAGERS, clipped
three-fourths of a second from his own
and the worlds record. negotiating
the mile in 1: 55 IA, at Lexington, KY.
Grant Mcintyre of Gladbrook, Iowa,
gave $4,000 to the $150,000 endow-
ment fund being raised by Western
college. There is now but $4,000 adj
ditional to raise.
1t was learned in Memphis at the
home Of Gen. Luke e. Wright of the
Philippines that he will resign on his
arrival in this country on Dec. l. He
will return to the practice of law.
Triplets were born to Mrs. Frank
Wilhelm of Evansville, Ind, wife of a
laboring man in poor circumstances
They are two boys and girl, and will
be named Teddy, Roosevelt and Theo-
dOsia.
AS the result of too much handshak-
ing, during which his ring cut his fin
ger, G. L. Campbell of Hopkinsville
KY, Republican nominee for county
clerk, is suffering from blood poison
Ing anu Ills is SS11OuSs
Gen J. B. Weaver, leader of the
Iowa Democracy, was worsted while
trying to maintain quiet at a revival
meeting at Colfax, Iowa. Mr.. Weaver
demonstrated with an intoxicated man
who insisted upon causing a disturb
ance and interrupting the services
The man caught Weaver unawares
with a solar plexus, butting the poll
tician down and out. The man was
fined $50.
M. C. Horston, representing a mum
Der of colored residents of the United
States, is in Winnipeg completing ar
rangements for forming a settlement
Of colored people in Western Canada
His plan is to form a joint stock com
pany and purchase from 5000 to 10,
900 acres of land in some good dis
trict.
A home for foundlings, with infant
incubators, will be erected by John ID
Rockefeller in Cleveland for the
Cleveland Humane society. Il am OPP
posed to race suicide" he is reported
to have said in announcing his plans
to the humane society officers.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
Foreign.

Admiral Saiso of the Japanese navy
is dead.
A mail train bound for Vladikavkaz,
Russia. left the rails and was wrecked.
Twenty-seven persons were killed and
thirty-fve were injured.
Traffic on the Suez canal, which had
been delayed since the blowing up OF
the wreck of the British steamer
Chatham, Sept. %, has been resumed.
A tug boat ran down a fruit sellers
punt in the Danube near Budapest.
Fourteen women were drowned, six
were saved and many were seriously
injured.
Official returns Of the casualties OF
the japanese army throughout the war
show 46,1S0 killed, 10,970 died OF
wounds and $1,000 died of disease, a
total of 2.450 dead.
F. A. Rigge committed suicide at his
home at Audubon, Iowa, by making a
funeral pyre of his bed. He saturated
the bed with oil, touched match to it
and then lay down upon it.
Private A. w. Smith, a white sol
der, was shot and killed at Anadarko,
Okla, by w. c. Mitchell, negro SOL
der Feeling is high among the SOL
diers and trouble may result.
Collective reports of the six en-
bassies regarding the financial con-
troll of Macedonia were handed to the
porte. The financial delegates of the
powers are proceeding to Uskub.
The Venezuelan government has or
| dered from the Creusot works
(France) thirty batteries Of field ar
tillery and twelve batteries of noun
tain guns of seventy millimeters cali
| Der.
A strong earthquake shock was felt
at Monteleone, Italy, and caused a
panic among the inhabitants, who are
still suffering from terror and
privation resulting from the last ca
tastrOphe.
A persistent report is current at
Madrid that Gen. MOnterio Rios, the
| Spanish premier, will preside at the
international conference on Moroccan
reforms which is to be held at Alge-
ciras. Members of the cabinet, how
ever, state that this report is prema-
ture.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
Washington.

Washington.
Five warrant officers of the navy
have attained the standard required
for promotion to the commissioned
grade of ensign. They are Boatswaln
Charles H. Bullock and Gunner John
Grady, A. C. Kali, w. D. Gresham and
r. r. Hester.
At meeting of the cabinet, the
plan of Secretary of Agriculture VIII
son to require packers to pay for the
inspection of meats was approved and
it will be put into operation at once.
1t is expected that saving of $4,000
a year will thereby be effected by the
government.
John G.. Sullivan has been appointed
assistant chief engineer of the 18TH
milan canal commission, according to a
notice received from Chief Engineer
Stevens at Panama. Mr.. Sullivan is
member of the American Society OF
Civil Engineers and was division en-
gineer of the Canadian Pacific railway,
with headquarters at Winnipeg.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
Leoal Expenses REQUIRED To.
Lynch Neuro Murderer.

London, KY, Oct 10. Virgil Bow
ers, a negro, was taken out of the
county jail here late last night and
hanged to an apple tree on the road
leading to Barboursville. The negro
shot and killed George Ferris, a prom
inent and wealthy Knox county lum-
Der dealer, on the night of Aug. 26. He
has been serving a life sentence for
the crime. All Of the mob were
masked and armed with guns, pistols,
sledges, picks, axes and dynamite.
They forced the jailer to deliver the
prisoner.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
Ex-REBELs TO GREET BRYAN.
Elaborate Banquet to BE Given by the
Former INSURGENTS,

Manila, Oct 49, Preparations are
being made for an elaborate reception
and banquet to be rendered to William
J. Bryan ,on his arrival in Manila by
native Filipinos, principal among
whom are the former insurgents. 60
mez and Lucbans, and the famous Lo-
pez family. The American admirers
of Mr.. Bryan are holding aloof from
the FiliDinos and viii give him sep
crate banquet.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Prof. de Martens of the late peace
conference says that American girls
are pretty, but American cooking is
abominable And yet they say that the
way to a mans heart is through his
stomach.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

An English judge has ordered a
woman to pay for ducks eggs that she
cot when she merely ordered eggs.
Any old eggs are eggs, he says; they
don't have to be manufactured by a
hen. Would he insist that she pay for
sparrows' eggs, or mosquitoes, for
eggssample?
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Mr.. Carnegie offers half the cost of
a laboratory at Smith, because he
thinks that women should be up on
biology. That they are up on buyo-
logy, observers at any of the bargain
sales can testify.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

1t ought to be easy to decide the
case of bigamy of John Grady, one Of
whose wives loves him and the other
does not. Hand him over to the one
who does not.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

The full-rigged ship from Parrsboro,
n s., bound for Buenos Ayres, that
collided with a monster whale, must
have greatly surprised the whale. The
ship has put into Bahia for repairs.
The whale has not reported yet.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
SAVES HIMSELF FROM lNDICT
MENT BY PRoFFERiNG AN
OTHER WITNESS.
EMPLOYS LITERARY BUREAU
TO SEND OUT TO THE PRESS
NEWS MATTER OF BENEFIT
TO COMPANY.

New York, Oct. 19.-Testimony IN
the insurance investigation, which was
resumed yesterday, was most exciting
throughout the entire day, and only
the repeated threats of Senator Arm
strong, chairman of the committee, to
clear the room prevented violent
demonstrations of disapprobation OF
the witness, who was Richard A. Nc
Curdy, president Of the Mutual Life
Insurance company.
AS it was. however, there were jeers
at several periods of the days testi-
mony that temporarily interrupted the
testimony These came when Mr..
Hughes, the counsel for the commit
tee, asked questions that Mr.. Nc
Curdy was reluctant to answer, or
evaded.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

All the cats in Pennington, Mass,
are to be killed on account of diph-
iberia epidemic. Doubtless all the
town mice are already inviting their
country cousins to visit them.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

In spite of all the costly styles Of
garments shown at the dressmakers'
convention the good husband will do
his best to wear a straight and IN.
Wrinkled front.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

"She came into the professional
field like skylark at the age of TWEEN
ty-four," writes the enthusiastic press
agent of the prima donna. We don't
think We should care about listening
to a skylark at the age of "a.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

eff you are well, don't talk about
It," says an adviser of the people.
Correct! And if you are sick, forget
1t!
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Only two presidents of the United
States have been married while in of
fee, chiefly probably because so many
of them were married before they got
elected.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21
FRANCE WILL SEND FLEET.
Hopes Display of Force Will BE Ef-
fectjVe

Washington, Oct. 19.-An agreement
has been reached between the French
and American governments whereby
French war vessels will be allowed to
visit Venezuela to protect the interests
of the Frenchmen which have been
ieopardized since the seizure OF the
property of the French Gable COM
pany. There will be no cooperation
between the two governments, as the
United States is confident it can settle
it's claims through diplomatic chan
nelS.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

"He that maketh haste to be rich"
said Solomon, shall not be innocent"
Things do not seem to have changed
much since Solomon's time.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

When Envoy Witte completed his
tour of New York he remarked;
everywhere is advertising. All is
advertising" Right you are, NJ White!
And Just notice how it pays!
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Candidates are so called because
they were originally clad in white.
you wouldn't think it, to see the bunch
that comes forth every year in poll
ties.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Now that the peace ENJOYS have
gone New Hampshire learns with pain
that even a premature snowstorm does
not draw attention it's way.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Tidings from Manchuria are rather
meager. All the same, the two great
armies are busy breaking camp and
moving toward home.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

ST. Louis argues that a man who
spends $4,000 a year ought to pay
taxes. Not necessarily. We shouldn't
have any money left for taxes after
spending $4,000 a year.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

The per capita consumption of tea
in England is six pounds a year-with-
out prejudice to various other bever-
ages that are strong favorites there.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Several members Of the Cornell
football squad have suffered sun
strokes. The hardships of college life
are not to be lightly considered.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Love is now to be legally recognized
in French marriages, under the re-
vised code. Heretofore, it has usually
developed later, and then with some
other person.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Baron de Forest is said to contem-
plate founding an empire in the Sa-
hara, though the desert is VIGOROUSLY
a bad place for Forests.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

A contemporary asks, what is
a sweet girl?" Can't answer; wife is
looking over shoulder.-New York
Herald.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

a hopeful feeling is reported from
Wall street. The lambs must be stray
ing back.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

A note announcing suicide has
been found in a bottle. The bottle
contains the reason for many sui
eide.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

OF course the true answer to the
question, why do men wear corsets? 2"
is that men do not.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

To the Occidental ear an animated
conversation between an Austrian
and a Hungarian sounds in itself like
an overt act of war
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

hotel, eighteen stories high-with
prices, no doubt, to match.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

Before we decide that the corset is
not good thing for men to wear, let
us see how looks in one.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-10-21

testimony These came when Mr..
Hughes. the counsel for the commit
tee, asked questions that Mr.. Nc
Curdy was reluctant to answer, or
evaded.
Where Will 1t End?
Where this important investigation
is going to lead, or where it will end,
has caused no small amount OF con-
lecture, and, doubtless in some quar-
tiers. an anxiety With the many
threads that have been taken up and
dropped before they have been fol-
lowed to their ends, in order that
some new lead may be taken up, and
with the additional features that are
disclosed with almost every day.
hearing, the interest grows more in
tense.
In Mr.. McCurdys testimony yester-
day a feature entirely new was dis
closed, and this was that the Mutual
Life Insurance company employed a
literary bureau to send out to the
press of the country news matter that
was of benefit to the company
This information was elected during
the probing of the legal expenses
account.
Mccurdy Could Not Explain.
During the earlier session of the
day an attempt was made to obtain
from Mr.. McCurdy the reason for re-
ducing the dividends on policies as the
business increased and the assets
piled up. The question was prompted
by the large number of letters re-
ceived from policyholders by the COM
mittee, and cited facts and examples.
To all the questions on this matter
the witness said he was not fortified
with the information required; that
these were actuarial matters, and,
when pressed for his opinion, replied
that he refused to discuss the question
or to enter any discussion. He would
proffer a witness, his actuary, whose
business it was to know these things,
but as for himself he would not dis
cuss the question" Mr.. McCurdy!
demeanor was so insistent, and
At Times Defiant,
that the spectators bent forward to
catch every word and stood on tlptoe,
expecting every moment to hear him
directed by counsel to answer the
question. His proffer of another Wit
ness was all that prevented steps be-
ing taken toward his indictment.
Mr.. McCurdy, also during the effort
to induce him to answer the questions
as to the reduction Of dividends,
launched forth into protest as TO the
manner in which the investigation was
being conducted. He said the com
mittee was going beyond the scope in
tended when it was appointed by the
legislature, and that the investigation
had assumed the proportions of an in
QUESTION.
Leua Expenses REQUIRED To.
The legal expenses were again re-
Cured to and a number of vouchers
for the payment of various sums were
read. It was brought out that William
Barnes, Sr., of Albany, had appeared
before the committee in Albany last
winter and had received $1,000 from
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, as we'll as the same amount
from the Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany. Later it was brought out in a
letter to Mr.. McCurdy from William
Barnes, Jr., that Mr.. Barnes, Sr., was
under an annual retainer to the mu-
tual Life Insurance company.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-04-27

"We southern mem said "Joe''
Blackburn, "often look at a pretty
woman much as we world at a
picture. adniringlv courteously,
but never inpertiaoutly. Tt was
in this way that I not long rgo
rested my orbs upon a handsome
woman young woman who was
walking up and down the plat
form at the station at Washing
ton waiting for her train. Soon
she turned and saw me. 'Rubber!'
she exclaimed, and shrugged her
shoulders with a frown. I took
off my hat. Madam said l, 4
beg a thousand pardons. l took
the liberty Of admiring you be-
cause thought yon were the reab
thing. The Pilgrim
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-04-27

Mrs. Julia Morton, wife of An
drew Morton, who is the banker
at Springer, committed suicide on
the roth. A child was born to
her about two week previously
and it is generally believed that
she was temporarily deranged at
the TINE.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-04-27

Eric Anderson who. has been
spending the past Two years st
Smuggler mine near Telliridc, So 7
orado, arrived in camp, saturday.
is here to look after his mining
interest up Bitter creek. He is
Interested with Mr.. Maddox 10 the
BIack6aTk group of mining claims
near the Edison uill.