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Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
MEN STICK TO THEIR POSTS
HERoIsM OF CREW SAVES LIVES
OF $50 PASSENGERS OF
STRATHCONA.

Halifax, N. S., Dec. 25.-Word was
received here yesterday from Port Du-
frain, a small coast town some sixty
miles east of this city, of the destruc-
ton by fire of the passenger steamer
Strathcona.
That no lives were lost is due prin-
cipally to the heroism of the engineers
and firemen, who stuck to their posts
until the steamer was beached and
every one of the $50 passengers was
landed.
In less than an hour after the beach
ing of the steamer she was burned to
the waters edge.
The Strathcona left here Saturday
evening under command OF Capt. Reid.
A few hours after leaving port fire was
discovered in the after-hold.
Prevent Panic.
When the cry of fire was raised the
widest confusion prevailed. The pas
sengers, most of them clad only in
their night clothes, rushed on deck
and made dash for the lifeboats,
but the crew prevented a panic.
Down in the engine room the engi-
neers and firemen stuck bravely to
their posts, although the flames had
begun to surround them.
Not until the keel of the vessel graf
ed on reef mile from the entrance
of the harbor did they abandon their
dangerous positions and rush to the
deck.
Then the boats were lowered and all
of the passengers, together with the
thirteen members of the crew, found
safety on shore.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Casualty List.

Fire which started in the Sherwin-
Williams paint store at Los Angeles
caused loss Of $4,000.
Two firemen were killed and Assis-
tant Chief Munro and another fireman
injured by an explosion at fire at
Savannah, Ga.
While playing detective in Chicago
Elmer Gels, thirteen years old, acct
dentally shot his companion. The boy
will die.
The Jefferson block at Goshen, Ind,
was totally destroyed by fire. The loss
will approximate $4,000, with about
5 per cent insurance.
Samuel Golden was struck by a
freight train at Keeweenaw Bay,
Mich, and so badly injured that his
death occurred at st. Joseph's hospi-
tai.
Two employees of lumber camp in
Ontonagon county, Mich, took aconite,
thinking it was whisky. One died in
terrible agony an hour later and the
other has recovered.
Nine sailors belonging to the crew
of the battleship Hindustan were
drowned at Portsmouth, Eng, owing
to the upsetting of cutter in which
they were returning to the warship.
The bodies Of Gertie and Molythia
Hoffman, aged nine and twelve years.
respectively, have been found across
the Canadian border from Montana,
where they met death in the Novem-
Der blizzard.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
PROSPERITY SWAMPS ROADS.
Southwestern Lines Lack Facilities to
Handle the Traits.

Washington, Dec. 81. Chairman
Knapp of the interstate commerce
commission said yesterday that the
car shortage problem is more serious
in the Southwest than in the North
west He places the blame for the
existing conditions equally on the ship
pers and the railroads.
prosperity in the Southwest" said
Chairman Knapp, lis SO great and
crops are so heavy that the railroads
are swamped. They have not in many
cases either cars or trackage facilities
to handle the abnormal volume of traf-
fic offered for transportation. Lack of
cars is not the only difficulty, but it is
the greatest
IF the shippers would load and I'M
load cars with less delay, the car
shortage problem would be solved to
a great extent"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
PURDY GOES TO TEXAS.
Assistant Attorney General Ordered to
Probe Brownsville Riots.


Washington, Dec. Is. - President
Roosevelt evidently is much impressed
by the attitude of the senate towards
his course in discharging the recall
citrant negro battalion of the Twenty
fifth infantry. He has taken steps to
meet the senate in advance on the
points at issue. He will begin addi-
tional investigation on his own &C
count, and to that end he decided to
send Assistant Attorney General Pur-
dy to Brownsville to investigate fully
and report upon facts from legal
standpoint
The president also made public the
old records relating to the dismissal
of the Sixtieth Ohio regiment in the
late days of the Civil war, and about
which some question was raised in a
positive manner by Senator Foraker
in his speech on Thursday.
The question is asked in senatorial
circles whether the country is to &C
cept these announcements as an ad-
mission on the part of President
Roosevelt that the case he presented
to the senate and upon which he is
presumed to have based his action III
dismissing the soldiers was not as
strong as he feels it should now be
made through the cooperation Of an
attorney of the department of justice.
The sending OF Attorney General
Purdy to Brownsville at this time is re-
garded as rather remarkable.
Mr.. Purdy is a Minneapolis man
who has rendered excellent service in
the department of justice.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
MANY FALL IN
BLOODY RACE WAR
WHITES AND BLACKS ENGAGE IN
DESPERATE BATTLE IN MIS-
SlSsIPPl.
AT LEAST TEN ARE KILLED
GOV. VARDAMAN ORDERS TROOPS
TO THE SCENE OF THE DIS
TURBANCE.

Wahalak, Miss, Dec. 27s-A bloody
race war broke out here Monday as
the result of the killing of one negro
and the wounding of another by con-
ductor on a Mobile & Ohio passenger
train, while the latter was attempting
to quell disturbance on board his
train. Negroes gathered here from
the surrounding country, threatening
vengeance on the whites The govern
or was asked for assistance and two
companies of militia were sent here.
Many have been killed, but the exact
number is not known. Seven are
known to be dead, three of whom were
lynched.
The militia remained here all night
and yesterday morning returned to
Meridian, their presence here appear
ing no longer necessary.
Riot Breaks Out Afresh.
Jackson, Mich, Dec. 27.-Late last
gram from J. A. Quarles; a prominent
citizen of Scooba, Miss. seven miles
from Wahalak, stating that further
uprising had occurred, in which five
unknown negroes were killed and that
their slayers had been captured, and
asking that twenty-five troopers be
dispatched to that place to help hold
the prisoners.
Gov. Vardaman promptly instructed
the colonel commanding at Meridian
to ask for a special train over the Mo
bile & Ohio railroad and to go to the
scene as quickly as possible.
The latest estimate makes the total
dead ten, of whom four are white.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Otherwise,


The Chicago & North Western rail-
way is to have q new $20,000,000 depot
in Chicago.
The Montana supreme court has de-
clared the states eight-hour law con-
StitutiOnal.
James J. Jeffries Is to referee the
Cans Herman fight at Tonopah, New.
JeffrieS viii receive $1,000 and ex.
penses.
The tunnel through Lookout noun
tain. driven by the Southern railway,
has just been finished. The tunnel is
$500 feet long.
The shipment of coffee from Rio de
Janeiro is at a standtsill, owing to the
fact that the stevedores have gone
out on a strike.
The National Sanitarium Associa-
ton of the Christian Church of the
United States will locate it's institu-
ton at Freeport, III.
At a meeting of the board Of cura-
tors of the Missouri university it was
ism in the university.
BY an overwhelming majority Man
itoba voted in favor of government
ownership of long distance telephone
lines ard municipal ownership of local
exchanges.
w. F. Johnson, the millionaire farm
er of Tama county, Iowa, has let con-
tract for the erection Of an $4,000
mausoleum in which he desires to be
buried when he dies.
Bishep Charles G. McCabe of the
Methodist Episcopal church died at
the New York hospital. He was strick-
en- with apoplexy last week while
walking on the street
Officers of the Lowell (Mass.) HUI
name society found three-year-old
child who is a confirmed smoker and
has used corncob pipe daily since he
was eighteen months old.
Four persons were killed and one
was badly burned in small fire in
the Zenobia apartment house at Buff
falo, N. Y. Other occupants Of the
place had narrow escapes.
Mr.. Rockhill, minister to China, has
cabled that the Chinese government
will open to international residence
and trade Jan. IA the three cities of
Manchuria, Kirin and Hardin.
After an investigation of the suf-
fragist movement in the United States
Lady Cook, one of the ardent suffra-
gists of London, declares that the
American woman does not want the
ballot
Cotton mill operatives numbering
about 10000, employed in different sec
lions of New England, have received
an advance in wages or promise Of
advance at an early date Of about
per cent.
All the merchants at Shanghai agree
that the Chinese boycott against
American goods If not absolutely dead
is at least quescent and that the pres
ent trade stagnation at Shanghai Is
not in any due due to this, but pro
ceeds from various natural locaJ
causes.
One hundred prominent men
throughout the country have consent
ed to the use of their names as mem
bers OF committee to further tn.
movement for a national department
Of health which has been launched b,
Prof. J. Pease Norton of Yale.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
The Arkansas supreme court has

The Arkansas supreme court has
sustained the sentence of State Sena-
tor F. o. Butt of Eureka Springs, con-
victed of briberynin the last legisla-
ture, and sentenced him to the peni-
Tertiary for two years.
Jewels valued at more than $4,000
were stolen from the residence Of 10
seph Velga in Central Park west, New
York, on Dec. 5, and a reward Of $500
has been offered for their return and
the arrest Of Gabriel Hit and Louise
Louis, who were employed as servants
in the Vega house.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
TO STOP ABUSES IN CONGO STATE
j. p. Morgan, DR.. Lyman Abbott and
Others Appeal to Secretary Root

New York, Dec. PA letter signed
by j. Pierpont Morgan, DR.. Lyman Alb
bolt and other prominent citizens of
New York was addressed to Secretary
of State Root yesterday directing his
go Free state, where, it is asserted,
fragrant inhumanity exists" and urg
ing him on behalf of the American
people to use the moral support" of
the United States government to cor
rect the abuses from which the Congo
natives are alleged to be suffering
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
THREE KILLED IN A "BATTLE."
Fight Between Guards and Striking
Miners Results Fatally.

Greensboro, Ky, Dec. q. = Three
men were killed and four probably
wounded in a battle late last night
between guards employed by the West
Kentucky Coal company and the strik-
ing miners at Sturgis.
The fight occurred in a downtown
street about one mile from the mine,
but what caused it is not known.
twenty-five shots were exchanged.
The members of the miners union
have been on a strike for the past
year. The coal company has been
working non-union men under guards.
and serious trouble has been long eX-
pected.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Man Is Cut to Pieces.

Minneapolis, Dec. 25.-Samuel Lind
berg, foreman in the 500 shops, was
cut to pieces by an engine in the yards
early yesterday morning. His body,
what there was left of it, was not dis
covered until 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. For distance of block
parts Of his body were strewn along,
frozen solidly in the ice. How or at
what time the accident happened is
not known.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
500 ANIMALS ARE BURNED.

Fire in Livery Stable Destroys Great
Number of Horses and Mules.
Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 27.-Five hundred
horses and mules were burned in
Harper Bros livery stable this morn
ing. The loss is about 100000.
The fire was started by safeblowers,
who blew the safe in the Office, the
shock of the explosion overturning a
lamp
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
RAILROAD COAL BURNS.

Lantern Explosion Causes Serious
Loss to Northwestern.
Pierre, S. D., Dec. q. - The coal
house of the Northwestern railway,
with all the railroad coal on hand, was
totally destroyed by a fire which start
ed from an explosion of a lantern.
This will cripple operations here for
few days, until new coal supply can
be secured
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Dark on Christmas NIGHT.

lie Sueur, Mimi, Dec. 27.-Tho dy-
namo burned out in the city electric
light plant last night and plunged the
town into darkness. A delay of three
or four days will intervene before g
new generator car. be installed
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Two Men Hold Up Seventeen.

Goldfield, New. Dec. 27-Two mask
ed men held up seventeen occupants
of the lobby barrroom of the Columbia
hotel. They secured 1926 from the
gambling games, but overlooked $4,000
which was in the safe.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Cooperative Store Burned.

Amery, Wis, Dec. %. - The Polk
County Cooperative company's store
in this city was totally destroyed by
fire last night. together with the en-
tire stock of merchandise. mourning
a loss Of $4,000.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
LYNcHING LAID TO STUDENTS.
Mob That Hung Negro at Annapolis
Said to Have Been Boys.

Annapolis, Md, Dec. Is. - The au-
thorities here profess to be convinced
that the lynching of the negro Davis,
who confessed to a criminal assault
on Mrs. John Reid, was the outcome
of lark by students of st. Johns
college. Evidence is constantly accu
mulating that the mob which battered
down the Jail doors, took the prisoner
away from the officer and lynched him
was composed of about forty school
boys. The states attorney believes
some members of the mob will be ar
rested and brought to trial.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Murdered Man in Lake.

Chicago, Dec. 25.-A corpse believed
to be that of H. E. Schmidt, German
merchant, was found in Lake Michi
gan. off Lincoln Park, with his throat
cut. The police think the case is one
of robbery and murder.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Starved to Death.

Butte, Mont, Dec. 25. - Matthew
Samuel died here of starvation. He
applied to the city jail for lodgings
and was given cell. AS the man ap-
peared i'll a physician was summoned
who, upon examination, found that the
man literally was starving to death.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
JOY MARRIED BY TRAGEDIES.


Thirtx-one Meet Violent Deaths on
Christmas.
New Orleans, Dec 81 - Twenty-siX
killed, fatally wounded and five seri-
ously hurt tells the story of a deadly
Christmas celebration in the states of
Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama
up to 8 o'clock last night.
In addition there was a fire loss Of
$150.000 at State Line, Miss, trace
able to the premature explosion of fire
works and $4,000 fire loss in New Or
leans AS a result of smoldering can
non cracker
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
War on Blind Pius,

Douglas, N. D., Dec. 25.-The Com
mercial club of this place has begun
a war to the death on blind pigs, gam
blers and other undesirable characters
and has appointed a committee to
drive them out of the village.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Crushed 70 Death.

Menominee. Mich. Dec. 27-Pinned
between massive roll of paper and a
steel roll weighing ten tons, Arthur
Hauk was slowly crushed to death at
the paper mill of the Kimberly
company at Niagara, near Menominee.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
No Part in Davis LYnchinq.

Annapolis, Nd, Dec. 27-President
Fell of st. Johns college has denied
positively that any of the students of
his institution took part in the lynch
ing of the negro, Henry Davis, Friday
morning.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Bad Fire in Denver.

Denver, Colo. Dec. 27.-The Ernest
& Cramer building, one of the finest
Office buildings in the city, was dam
aged by fire yesterday. The total loss
to building and renters is estimated at
100000.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
TWO BURIED IN MINE.
Fivescore Men Began Rescue Work
Small Hone of Success.

Duluth, Dec %. = Damik Champo,
forty years old, and Damik Obictor,
thirty years old, are buried in the
Myers mine, about two miles from
Chisholm, Mimi, and it is thought that
both are deads
At noon, while the miners were
working in drift, large amount OF
ore fell, burying them beneath its ire
mendous weight.
Immediately a crew of 100 menAwas
placed at work to rescue the men, but
up to midnight no trace of the bodies
had been found.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
LOSES PAY CHECKS.
Many Are Cashed by Finders and Nu-
nerous Arrests Are Made.

Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 27.-An express
messenger lost packages containing
checks amounting to $4,000 here last
night The checks were for the en-
ployes of the Indiana. Columbus &
Eastern Traction company.
Some of the checks were cashed by
merchants here. names of employees
being forged
Numerous arrests have been made
of persons who cashed the checks.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
Nine Break Jail.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. %. - Nine
prisoners escaped from Hamilton
county jail here yesterday. Among
those who escaped were some desper-
ate criminals Later two of the fugi.
tives were recaptured.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
SHOT BY SPOUSE; FElGNs DEATH.
Wife Waits Three Hours to Be Sure
Suicide Is Successful.

OUTNIUO TO OVNNNoSI UT
New York, Dec. PIT think I'll kill
you now"
This was the Christmas greeting
that John J. O'Rourke, a well-to-do
young electrician of Norris Park, L. L.,
gave his wife shortly after midnight.
He fired two shots into her head, and
after watching her half an hour while
she feigned death, he put bullet into
his own brain.
The woman probably will recover.
The O'Rourkes did not get along
well together.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
STRIKE FEARED IN BLACK HILLS.
Trouble Breaks Out Afresh in North
ern District.

ern District.
Deadwood, S. d., Dec. rs. - The
Northern Hill is again threatened with
another strike, contrary to expecta-
tons.
The Terry Peak union. including all
the men employed in the Bald Noun
tain district, held a meeting last night
and decided to give the mine opera
tors until Jan. to grant the eight
hour day, which has been demanded.
A committee from the Mine and Mill
mems union of Deadwood also met and
sent representatives to demand eight
hours.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
COAL RECEIPTS HEAVY.

Record Broken This Season at the
Head of the Lakes.
Superior, Wis, Dec. 25.-During the
season just passed the coal docks at
the Head Of the Lakes received 6,134,-
867 tons of COAL Of this amount SUI
perior received 4,563,867 tons and Du-
luth 1871 900. This breaks all pre-
vious records for coal receipts at the
Head of the Lakes. The best record
before this was in 1903, when 4,219,211
tons were received.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
FIND MAN ASPHYxIATED.
las Is Believed to Have Been Acct

Gas Is Believed to Have Been Acct
dentalIy Turned On
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 27.-Carson
Cooper, druggist in Buxton, Iowa,
was found dead in bed in local hotel.
An open cock of single gasjet in the
room and a strong odor of gas perme-
ating the atmosphere showed how he
had met death. 1t is not believed that
the man committed suicide, but that
the gasjet accidentally was turned on
after he had turned it out.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-29
RETURNS AFTER Fl YEARS.
ProdigaI Son Appears to GLADDEN.
Hearts of Parents.

Kenosha Wis, Dec. 81. - William
McGill, a wealthy lumberman and
en- up for dead by his parents for TWEEN
ty-one years. The aged father and
mother are ovecome with joy. He
made q fortune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-25
GRADUATE OFFERS
BOWLING CUP

Princeton, y. j., Nov. 24.-In order
to develop interest in bowling at
Princeton a graduate has offered to
present cup to be played for by
teams of five from the upper class
clubs and to be won outright this
year. This sport has been receiving
much attention at Princeton this year
and the offer Of a trophy has attracted
many of the college bowlerS to the al
leys, but in acknowledging the offer
the college daily says:
We are not entirely IN favor of the
terms under which the cup is offered.
It is entirely foreign to Princeton s
social policy to have any contests
which would in any way foster inter
club rivalry. If this prize were offered
for the best class team, it appears to
us that much more desirable results
would be obtained. An interest in
bowling would, in all probability, be
taken by the members OF all four
classes, and if the scheme should
meet with success a valuable means
for the development of a prospective
recognized team would undoubtedly be
established
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-25
IN MEMORY CT WILLIAM GENTRY

For beyond the stars Of evening,
In that land of pearl and gold
Dwelleth now our little William
Where his heart can ne'eT grow old
Guided there by angels holy,
Meier can stray his little feet,
But, beside the loving Savior,
He has found happy seat.
Though We miss him, sadly miss him;
Miss his voice, and little tread,
And our bosOms miss the pressure
OF that darling little head
But the Savior loved him So
So he sent an angel down;
And he bore him gently homewarl.
Where he wears heavenly crown.
Now in Heaven among the angels,
Close beside the Savior's throne.
Ever watcheth little William
Till our earthly task be done.
Then, outstretched, from mid The
seraphs,
There will come little hand
That will lead his loved ones upward
To that brighter, better land.
8. ". y
Milton, Fla, Ncg. -. 1868 IL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-25
SHARKEY SAYS QUIT
AFTER TWOLICKINGS

New York, Nov. 24.-'If fighters
would quit the ring after they get two
good lickings there would De better
fighters, fewer fatalities and room i'll
lunatic asylums," said Tom Sharkey in
recent interview.
On the level" confined the sailor,
there's more crazy men in the ring
to-day than people have any idea of
and it's all because they just love to
get licked. ! quit the game when
thought there was no chance to be a
champion. There's no use sticking at
the game, losing this week. winning
the next, and always taking flyer al
being champion. These fellows go
crazy before they ever get near the
top, and it's the same crowd that
causes all the trouble They go crazy
in the ring until he gets one or two
hard beatings, and then he's dead so
far as fighting is concerned All OF
our best men have fought one or two
great battles and then have gone
back
John L. Sullivan quit the first
time he got licked. John had the
right idea He met a better man and
let it so at that Corbett lost to Fitz
at Carson in a gruelling battle, and
was never good after that. Fitz never
came back after JEFF beat him that
second time. He can still fight, but
he isn't the same Fitz.