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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
Qualifying Witnesses.

In order to test Chinese witness
qualifications for taking the oath an
English magistrate asked him the 9th
er day where he expected to go when
he died. He replied, "Pekin," and
was disqualified Once in another
English court a little girl in answer
to that question said, 81 don't know"
The Mortified counsel called the
Judges attention to the answer. ooh,
l don't know, either" said the judge;
Swear the Witness
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
|MnMaegretlAsrkleyI

There are cases where an operation
is the only resource, but when one con-
siders the great number of cases Of
menacing female troubles cured by
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley, of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
shooting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination, said had a female
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and am
once more strong, vigorous and we'll"
Female troubles are steadily on the
increase among women. If the month
ly periods are very painful, or too FREE
quent and excessive-if you have pain
or swelling low down in the left side,
bearing down pains, don't neglect your
self: try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
ZeIaYa Under Arrest

Washington, July 7.-Alfonso Ze-
laya, son of the president OF Nicara-
qua, was arrested here and locked in
a cell at the First precinct station on
a warrant charging petit larceny. Mr.
Zelaya recently was married to a
young lady in this city.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
Vocal Chords Work Hard.

1t is simply the vocal chords which
vibrate, not the throat. In the lower
notes the whole length and thickness
of the vocal chords are used, the thin
edges being employed for the highest
ones. Thus in speaking for a minute
or two there is sufficient vibration
engendered in the throat were it's
walls of a solid nature instead of
soft and flexible to shatter it. Every
minute we speak the. vocal chords vi
brate 10000 to 10000 times.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
YOUNG Twonbly Drowned.

Ashland. n. H.. July Oh. NICK.
Twomblv. Jr-, eighteen years old and
the only son OF H. Mex. Twombly, the
New York capitalist, was drowned in
Big Squam lake. Holderness. N. H.,
yesterday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12

dropsical condi-
ton without be-
ing aware that
it was due to
kidney trouble.
The early stages
were principally
ba ckache and
bearing do W n
pain, but l went
along without
worrying much
until droDSy Set
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
Her Solicitude.

Mrs. Gramercy-You seem to be
very much attached to your little toy
spaniel.
Mrs. Park-I am indeed. dear. 1t
will just break my heart when the
breed goes out of fashion and I'll have
TO get rid of him.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
pespondent: Kills self.

Kansas City, July benjamin F..
Burd, for eighteen years prominent in
business affairs here, committed sui
eide in his private Office yesterday.
He was respondent over financial and
domestic troubles.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
Striker Fatally Wounded.

New York, July I'm a fight be-
tween a number of striking truck
drivers and two guards employed by
Buck & Schulman. g:ccers, against
whom strike was declared. one OF
the strikers was perhaps mortally
wounded.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
STORIES DIFFER
AS TO AFFIDAVIT
CONFLICTING REPORTS IN INVEs.
TlGATloN OF THAw.WHlTE
MURDER.
MRS. THAW MAKES A DENIAL
PRISONERS REST DISTURBED HY
ORGANS OF DYING MAN IN
NEXT CELL.

New York. July 7.-Conflicting sto-
ries as to the existence or nnn-exist-
ence of an affidavit made by Evelyn
Nesbit in a breach of promise suit,
which it is alleged she took steps to
bring against Harry Kendall Thaw
prior to her trip to Europe, and mar
riage to him later, were told yesterday
by persons interested in the investiga-
ton Of the ThawWhite murder.
Assistant District Attorney Caravan
was quoted as saying that there was
no truth in the story that he expected
to come into possession of the alleged
affidavit, and further that he had no
reason to believe such paper exist
ed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
Killed hy a Train

Marshalltown, Iowa, July Us. P.
Bremen was caught on bridge by a
Milwaukee train two miles FROM Elbe.
ron. He was terribly nangled and
died while being taken to Tama.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
OPERATION AVOIDED
EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation wss
Inevitable. How She Escaped It.

When physician tells woman suf-
fering with serious feminine trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are fall of women coming
for just such operations.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
MANY DEATHS FROM CHOLERA.
More Than Twenty Victims a Day In
Manila

Washington, July THE war de-
partment was advised yesterday of the
virulent outbreak of cholera in Ma
Mia. For the week ending July there
We're 116 cases and SO deaths. For
the twenty-four hours ending at &
o'clock on the morning of July 5 there
were twelve cases and FIVE deaths In
the provinces. During the same peri
cd in Manila there were twenty-nine
cases and twenty-three deaths
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
Ancient Romans Ate OYSTERS

SNuS'Cil notIldIlS AIe OySIefS.
The ancient Romans ate oysters as
the first course at banquets because
of their quality Of stimulating the
appetite. Pliny recommends oil and
onions as condiments.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
sLoATED WITH pRoPsY.

The Heart Was Badly Affected When
the Patient Began Using Doan's.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of AIS West
Fourth St. Olympia, Wash, says: For
over three years I suffered with a
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12

Most men who are willing to do
good are not in position to make
good.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
Mrs. ThaW Denies.


Counsel for Harry Thaw and Mrs.
Thaw herself added their denials to
the report that there had ever been
such an affidavit made or contemplate
ed The reports We're said to have
been circulated by some enemy of
Thaw and to be wholly untrue
Later a detective who had been en-
gagged by Stanford White to shadow
Harry Thaw was examined by Mr..
Caravan, and he said he had submitted
his reports to Howe & Hummel and
De Lancey Nicoll, attorneys
Following this came a statement
attributed to the district attorneys
office, that it was known there that
Evelyn Nesbit had visited the office of
Howe & Hummel; that she did have
a consultation with Mr.. Hummel. and
1t is alleged that the affidavit in ques-
ton was the result of that interview,
the case being Mr.. Hummels personal
matter and not a part of the office bus.
mess
Affidavit Was DESTROYED.
1t was further stated that while the
district attorneys office had learned
the affidavit was really made, it had
been destroyed upon the reconciliation
of Miss Nesbit and young Thaw.
There was further report current
last night that the district attorneys
office had been informed that record
of the alleged affidavit is available
and that it will play prominent part
in Thaw's trial.
Neighbor in Tonbs Dies,
Robert Cambridge. negro prisoner.
who occupied a cell in the Tombs
Just above that OF Harry X. Thaw.
died suddenly yeste' 'ay. The negro
was stricken durin. the nirht, and
the rest of Thaw and the other pris.
oners was broken by the groans of,
the dying man and the sc,lrryinr feet
of guards and attendants through the
corridors. Cambridge finally was re-
moved to the prison hospital, where
he died. Death was caused by urae-
mic poisoning.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12

No man can escape responsibility
for the sins of the city by ignoring
their existence.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums reduces I'm.
anmmation allays pain. wind collie CSC bottle
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-12
For Preserving Purifying
and identifying the Skin,
Scalp, Hair, and Hands.

Cuticura Soap combines delicate medicinal and enol
lent properties derived from CucurA tho great Skin
with the purest of cleansing Ingredients and the
sq Paris Rue Dc IL Psis Boston
N tY Mailed Free. )" How to Preserve Purify, and
beautify the Skin, Scalp Hair. and HAnds"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
MINERS ASK NOW
FOR. Ar ARBITRATION B N. |
ntireFOrCeWiIl Resume
Work If Plan Is
Accepted. .....0.
OPERATORS NOT
LIKELY TO AGREE
Will Give Answer Monday, and.
May Flatly Refuse to Con- Ne
slider Propositio situa- IN
ton in Fields D Do1an
and Bellingharn 35.f3sI
Expelled. ~,

. Arbitration is proposed BY tile antlirnsssa3l
cite miners, whose general scale commit 4
too held another session with the eairepre-55
scntatives or tho operators in New Y orle /
on Thursday. The idle miners M&tliat ]
the concliation board, crea ted by lie
strike commission, nct5eas nrHltratorS@ v
with Judge George y. Gray, Of I1ela-#
ware, !, or, any person he may appoint, ~ !:
chairman and umpire. I f tile opcratorss h
agree to the plan and 1t Is approved by
convention of miners, operations in the
hard coal fields will be resumed al once.
Tho operators do not look with favor
on the plan, but will give their answer
to the miners next Monday. S s,8s S5fz3
Reports from various sections Of the
soft coal regions show that conditions III,
those fields are improving. There was !
more coal mined in that territory tlans
or any day; since the; strike was inau-ts
Eurated 7. The production OF coal, lloW-ss
ever, WA $ not as large as was expected.
II Patrick Dolan, former president OF this {
Pittsburg District Of X the miners lniony
and Triad Belllngham. former vice e-presi VA
dent aof 1.-the same district, have been.
expelled fromtthe organization for voting
against Instructions ij6 5 s5SS5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
COUNCIL
N0MINATESi OFFICERS
Electioneerillg Had Been Very.
Active-Equivalen to
Election.
lspecial To The Times -Dispatch.) )

PETERSBURG. VA, April 1.-The
Hoard OF Aldermen and City Council in
joint caucus Tonight with thirty-four OF
thirty-siN members present, made the
following nominations TO city Offices to
no elected July LIST for four-year terms.
to-nights choice practically amounting to
election: City attorney, George Mason,
inrumbent, 81; j, Nj. t9uicke, Jr,, 10; police
commission, w a. bond. A. c. NJ. Mar
tin and DIR, j. M. l'leasants; fire COM
mission, j. l'. Tallaferro, W,P. WilcoSx.
benjamin Ilarrison; collector of delin-
auent city taxes, W. C. Keyan, Is, W. ],
Smith, incumbent, 49,
City physicians, w. r. Hoy and n, Fl,
Jones were re-elected; DIR, ". W GIL,
succeeding Dr. William Shippen
j. "A. Pulley defeated James Collier
for superintendent Of the markets, by 20
to II; and !. p, Iloag. succeeds ". a.
Franklin, tile present cemetery superin-
itcndent. by 10 to 10 votes.
Benjamin Edwards WAS reelected jani-
tor of the city offices.
Il. w. Brockwell for register or water
works. and &, B. Gill. city auditor were
res elected by acclamation.
There WAS not much of Il contest In
any election at the caucus. but eectto-
nocring has been Very active TOR several
weeks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
DON|ELEAv[S TO
E.AIC'.|: ACCUSER l [: 4: Rs. ] (.
C1argess;Ag Againlst Him Tim
and "a: Laugl1il1gsssatt;rslR strl2 Rcvolt,
Starts for Chicago.
WIFE \ Tells :E:I.I q q PARADISE"
postlc Irri ii et 81 B to 81: l-l Convert
Ier to Idea1of Plural
Marriages.
WIFE TELLS OF "PARADIsE'
(By Associated Press.)

81 II u
N1EXICO CITY, April 5,-John Alex
ander Dowie, first apostle Of the Chris
tian Catholic Church in Zion, to-night
started for Chicago, where he Will con-
front the church leaders who have re-
voted against him. Dowie was In good
health and spirits and indignant at the
rccalcitrant! conduct OF the men. who ac-
cordlng{to letters lin his possession. were
protesting loyalty to him Il week ago.
In an interview with the Associated
Press to day Dowle spoke freely regard
ing those who have in his absence or
ganized a movement for his deposition
which he rldculcd as preposterous. He
said he had selected as his best man
Wilmer Glen Voliva, Who had proved un-
faithful. His wife aud son agreed with
those who made objections
Answers Charges.
Dowe said that his followers thought
he was going to die, and in fact. seemed
a little sorry that he did not and now
opposed his returning to Zion City. Hc
6rldculed the idcn that those whom he
had appointed could dismiss him who had
appointed them. DoWie warmly ref'ltcd
1 the charge that lie had been eStrLvagant
and declared that he owned today the
majority Of shares In the Zion city Bank
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
NEW REVOLUTION
IN SAN DOMINGO.
Trouble Breaks Out at Samana.
American Interests Not
Involved.
(By Associated rrcss)

WASHINGTON, d. c., April h,-More
trouble is reported from san DOMINGO
IN a. cablegmm received NJ tho Navy
Department day from Commander
soutllerand, OF the Yankee, at santo
Domingo. flo says!
"a revolution has broken out at
Samana. The Paducah Is there.
American Interests are not Involved
Mr. Joubert, tho Dominican minister,
called at tho State department. to-ahy
~ con Secretary Root, hut had no in-
,or,na - lion of his own respecting this new
uprising, n,
f,hristi. Commander Sonthcrand SAYS
amt lie American gunboat Don Juan
dc Austria. Is on route.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
+ FA|NTED |: 1 WHILE
At RiEI.C|H5T.A.G' /: !. | ] | J. |||.G|; !.
German Chancellor Stricken
4. While Listening 70 Reply
to His Speech
a4a i't' III 5t;eiib9 ~ 4f + gfst fi
X, "a trt,A5ist
The |EMPER OR MUCHSALARM|ED
Prince Slept in Room Of Prcsi-
dent and Was Later Taken
Home Doing Well.
(By Associated Press.)


BERLIN. April G--1ilqurIcs early this
morning at the residence or Chancellor.
Won Bueow, who tainted while attending
the sitting % the Rciclstag yesterday,
elcted tile information that lie Is con-
tinuing to improve. He is nov able to
read the newspapers and to- hold short
conversations. DR.. Rcnvcrs called on.
tho Chancellor near midnight, 8alfd1 found
his condition satisfactory in every re-
spect. s#
The Chancellor made Il speech on the
subject of Morocco, and was listening to
the answer Of n srr$ Bcbel thu Socialist
leader when lie was taken i'll, bending
aoTer; several times on lis left side. 1Ierr
+ Carl Encheirl, NJ iInnIbei ttfr .cclltrei
party. supported the Chancellor
Visited By Kaiser.
'rlle vlcc-prcsidElt then adjourned the
sitting for II quarter OF an hour. during
which deep silence prevailed throughout
the house. The Chancclloraw was conveyed
to the sitting room of the president of,
Tho house Princess von Buclow reached
her husband as soon as Professor Rem
vcrs The Emperor Immediately recalled
all his engagements for the afternoon
and went to the Reichstag. He was not
81
Chancellor was sleeping. The Empress
also called at the Rechstag to inquire
about the 3Chanccllor':i health
Prince Won Bncow spoke for about half
an hour at the opening Of the session.
When the session Of the Rcichstag was
resumed. Herr Bcbel, instead OF contin-
uinS his speech, ended his remarks
abruptly.
Business was continued because 1t was
thought that adjournment would alarla
the public But the voices of the speakers
who followed Herr Bebcl were pitched
In n low tone, as word was passed around
from time to time that the. chancellor still
slept.
Towards four o'clock Prince yon Buc-
low awokc, was supported 70 70 his car-S
7iiagc and was driven home, ascending the,
stairs there with the assistance OF q man
on each side. 8
What Chancellor Said
In his speech the chancellor said: There
have becll weeks when the minds OF the
people were disturbed by thoughts of war.
why was this the case? The government
did not consider the possibility of war.
we have no direct political interests IN
Morocco No political aspirations, no his
torlcal right like France and Spain But
we have commercial interests that have
n future. We we're a partner In the in
tcrnatlonal convention which held that all
the mowers were entitled to the most IA
yored nation rights. t was a question
or the dignity and prestige OF the Ger
man Empire, and we could no( give wa?
at was not our intention to gain footing
IN Morocco. We did not want TO oppose
the old historical and political rights OF
France and Spain, SO long as he In terest
OF German trade was respected We did
not want TO lrrltatcJ ENGLAND because because
4 Z j. j
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
TO SAVE MOTHER, boy
SHOT FATHER DEAD.
One Bullet Went Wild and Fatal
ly Injured Little Brother.
Family History
Especial 20 Tho Times, ,Dispatch,)

Especial TO Tho mes-Dlspatcn,)
EIlAHllLIi uRS1, GA, April 5.--Tl save
tho life of his mother, Cleveland Craw-
ford shot ana ,nortally wounded his fa-
thcr, and also by accident inflicted fatal
wounds on his lline-y -yoar-oll brother
Tho eltlcr Crawford, who Is wealthy
came home and found dinner was not
ready. This cnrlgcd Crawford and hn
began to abuse his wife. iIo seized u
chair to strike his wife when he was
warned by his son to desist As the
father continued to advance on the wo-
man no WAS shot four times by tho son
and fell at the feet OF his Wife. Ono Of
the bullets fired by Crawford pry'srd
through his fathers les and struck tho
nine year-old son In the abdomen.
A strange fatality seems to hover over
Tho family, Frank Cook Is now in tho
ipenitcntia,w serving a life term for tho
murder of his wife, who was tho ,dansh-
tor Of J. NJ. Crawford a year ago an
other daughter was burned TO death and
n fcw months later another son acct
dcntally killed himself while out hunt
,lpH, I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
SCENES OF II.O ORR OR
AND GRIEF; ] IN [ . / TOWN. y 1 N
Nearly Every Fatnilly&in Place 2 lla':l:
Stricken Nearly 90 People
Buried in Ruins-M Many IL u
Are Missing, and md s5
May Be
Dead II.
,(By4Assoclatcdi Prcss)

SE5ytf
AGOLD. Il BIA * Il Iro RES T q y 5la-;
MANY, April s. 5-r,ifty.n nvcs persons. y g q re- rc
known to have been killed and seventy vent
dangerouslyainjir day by the y G COL =
lapse Of the Hotel sZeum 1Iirscllen.A The I'll
5dcath-list may nnally include many man
others now missing. ~ VII N. s3}3
The building had not ,lleell# fully COM
pletcd. aud the catastrophe is attributed y,
to tie lnon-obscrvancoo Of proper precalli-
tlons. b tl,l,ea roof Of the building lad been
put place only this morning, q m event, n,
which, III accordance Will tie German
custom, vas celcbrat ted BY a feast. The
CUES Is re reported 10 hove engaged in
d dance ana tlis, together with the
large number of persons on q the floor
probably was what caused The building
to collapse. Fl
There were 200 persons present, most 9 E
whom were buried in the ruins. AZ ten
o'clock tonight sfifty-fve dead. bodies had
been recovered and 100 were taken from
the ruins many of them In q serious
condition. Twenty persons still are miss s:
ing, and probably are dead. , & s$ ass
Were Drinking e Toast. 5.s5
The accident is attrhuted to careless
ness on tho part OF those WIG were q.
making repairs on the buildings, which,
had been raised five feet from the ground
in ordcr$to givenore srace for the lower 'l'3
story. Tie work began early IN me
morning, and was supposed TO have been n
finished at noon. Ihcts keeper of the
hotel Invited the workmen and a large
number Of ofsttynspcople to q grand dinner.
arhe company assembled in he middle,
banquet room. and was drinking the
health ofttfe builder and landlord. when rsll
suddenly IA crash was heard aboy e3a 4 s
score 6So e. those in%6the bsl,s1'ie let's Soona
Jumped from the windows and doors fn
time to escape, when the house came
down with crash.
The town tonight presents an inde-
scribable scene Of horror and grief
There is hardly n family that has not
lost one or more members. The Villagers
and people of the surrounding country
are nquirlng for their relatives The
dead arc laid out in the town hall adja-
cent to the scene OF the disaster.
The work Of rescue is still proceeding,
but the full losses will not be known
until Tomorrow ass 5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
LEAD PENCIL DRIVEN
DEEP into HIS BODY
Dangerous and Peculiar Accident
to William
Peace.
sperlal No The rimcs.plspalcll.l

E Especial 10 Inc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - IL.
. .BUCKlNGllANI, NAr April b.-Alllllnall
peuse, young man, was dangerously
wounded In u singular way ut he High
school to-day. MuScld Tense, younger
brother OF Millman, in u spirit OF rum
had put his hat in his hrolheTs seat ~
school and placed a lead pencil under ~
ana when Nlillnian 'casn came IN nc sat
down on ii, and the pencil point was $
driven up into his body, Win a cry OF
pain lie rushed out of the school room
and had to have n doctor to extract tlle
pencll. pr. j. b. Nowllntwl,o was called
On, said 1t Was u very vital part which
had been pcnctrated and the young man
was In a aprccnrious condition, lie took
him al once to tho depot en- route to ltlell-
mond to be placed IN one OF no llospl-
tt.,ls fnr treatment. The Peaso family are
Northern people, having come here iron,
New York. and arc living IN me r.. nlu
Eadridge' house, now owned bS MIS-
James Lyons
Mir. Pcasc The father OF the boy WHO
vas hurt, is N minister Of the Unitarian
Church, but al present engaged as e
college professor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
GORKY. COMING. TO
STIR REVOLUTION
Sails Unde:- Assumed Name for
United States-Wants to
Overthrow Car.

Especial Gable to Tho Times -Dispateh
4 and New York World3
1 ECHERBOIRC,. April I.--AlnXim Gorky,
tho great Russian emancipation, Is OF. MS
way to the United States. whittier nc mas
gone lo, sinaugurnte an agitation ano!ls
observation-disclosures and friends of liberty
in general, to the end that the present
.autocratic government OF the Car may
he ovcrthrown. 1t was learned to-day
that lie had sailed last night under an
assumed name on board tho North Ger
man steamship Kaiser Wilhelm Der Der
Crosse
lit is reported that several Russln
secret service agents. who have been dog
ring his footsteps since he left st. Peters,
burg, sailed on the steamer With (iorky. 4
THE propaganda which Gorky Is about
10 begin In American will enlist the co,
operation of ~ nurpber Of famous pol'ticnl
cxiles both in New York and Chicago.