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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12
CHARTER ASKED FOR NEW ROAD
statesboro and Midwife viii Soon
Have Rail Connection.

Millen. Ca. Feb. lO.-G. Noble Jones.
Charlton q. Ozburn. &. &. Anderson.
Jr.. James 4. DOyal. W. II. Stillwell.
George i. Cargill. ". r. Constantine,
Edwin A. Cohen. John r. COwan and
Ralph Meldrim, OF savannah. have
filed notice Of intention To apply for
charter for the Statesboro and Mid.
vile Railway company.
The length of the Rad. rs near "a
can be estimated. will be about Gn
miles. and will run from Statesboro Ia
Louisville. connecting with the Millen
and Southwestern railroad al Garfield.
and the Central 81 Georgia at Midwife
The capitol stock Of the proposed rail.
road is $30.0o". The principal Office
will bc mt Savannah
THIS road will open up one Of the
finest farming sections In Georgia.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12
Determined 70 Hold Cotton.

Carrollton Ga. Feb. l0-The farm
ers are more determined than ever To
hold their cotton for better prices and
are doing So There IL much cotton
,,ill in The bands II the farmers In
thi, county. ard they are able 10 hold
again-i any odds Most Of them have
money to run them. without being
forced N sell. The crop In This s"c-
ton will lr Greatly diversified This
wear and 49, cotton acreage reduced.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12

road a. az nrsr de; OF in Bell. thence
~-s, on parallel with railroad survey
90 southeast corner q T. B. Jones'
field. thence west On section line TO
the northeast corner OF J {. Giffins'
hnme.tead, thence southwrst beyond
the residence Of J. +. Owens. thence
southwest to the United States post.
office at Wanne-, he granted. and shat
4. h. simmons. I. c. walker and W.
K Moore De- appointed to view and
mark out said road. and report their
doings at the next regular meeting OF
this board.
This. D. wiggins be paid amount OF
freight on hog. from Tampa To- Gaines
vile.
That each road gang consist of not
more than elk men. and that each man
be psid *l25 per day. commencing
February II.
That the road grader, or any part OF
the county's machinery, il not 10 be
used for any except county and city
purposes. she city to pay % per day
for use Of the grader.
Tha, the road engine be sold TO the
best advantage
That W. W. ColsOn, assessor. he em.
powered TO employ persOns TO assist In
she assessment of taxes.
That she following persons be raid
fees In criminal eases: Z. r. Hsnder.
con, e13.76; ]. d. Siford. &s.s5.
The board adjourned.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12
70 MEET Death
IN MINE HORROR
Explosion Caused BY Pocket
OF Gas.
ELEVEN MEN ESCAPED ALIVE
System Of Fans Destroyed and u 10
Believed that Those Not Killed by
the Shock OF the Explosion Rave
Been Smothered.

Charleston. W. Va. Feb. l0-At
least twenty eight men are supposed to
have met death in IA terrible mine Cx
plosion In the Parall mine VI the Stew
art Galleries company near Oak Iiill.
Thirty-nine men were employed in
the mine. and only eleven have es-
capped alive.
At midnight six bodies had been re.
covered near the mouth Of the mine.
and Il Is certain that all the others In
the mine are dead.
Among those known to be In the
mine and supposed 20 be dead are:
Mine Boss Miles Pratt and has son.
White.
Four negroes:
David Wells. James Swan. George
Jones and William Madisol.
Robert Feathergill escaped with q
broken leg.
The explosion was caused by a peck.
et Of gas. which was struck In faul'
In the mins. The explosion was ter.
rifc. and Il Is thought that many of
the miners were killed outright by the
explosion.
The system OF fans was complete
~ wrecked by the explosion, and all
air Vas shut off from the mines. leav.
ing the men who had not been killed
by the explosion to smother To death
The mine Is a shelter mine. about
700 feet deep. and the unfortunate
miners had little chance Of escape.
Most Of the miners caught in the
mine are Hungarians or negroes. who
had little experience In mining. They
were not expecting the pocket ~ gas,
which Is nearly always discovered in
mine faults in the Kanawha region.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12
MAJOR GILLETTE
SupERCEDES QUINN
WAS THIS CAUSE or CHANGE,


Adopts Resolutions Conserving the
Department Of Justices Action. md
Wants TO Know the Facts.
savannah. Ga, Feb. l0.-lieuteoant
Colonel }. ID. Quinn, who. Tor three
years. has been IN charge Of the river
and harbor work VI the savannah
district. under the chief Of engineers OF
the army at Washington. has been or
dered from duty here. To relieve Major
ChIttenden. at Sioux City. Iowa. and
assume charge OF government works
"a the Missouri river and In the Vel
low stone park. Major Cassius y. GIL
lette ID ordered TO succeed him here.
Now comes a story that this trans
fer was directed by the war depart
ment NJ the request Of the department
Of justice. and that the motive OF tho
request grows out Of tho fact thar Col
onel Quinn took q view contrasy %
that Of the department of Justice and
that Major Gillette and others con
nected with the government relative
To the improvements made On the riv.
ers and harbors Of the Savannah dis-
trict. By Greene and Gayn0r. Who are
now ON trial In the federal couTt On
charges Of conspiracy with former Cap
tain y. n. Carter TO defraud the GOV.
eminent out Of millions.
Colonel Quinn dared. some nonths
ago. to give an interview. In whAch
he stated that Il was his opinioA % On
engineer thsk the work done BY 0rssms
and GaynOr was according 60 speeie-
cations In their contracts and oe q
satisfactory character. Hs has been
summoned a. q witness Eor the Do
Tense In the present trial. and In due
time 10 to take the stand. This owl
dence will be directly contrary 30 thai
Of MAJOR Gillette. whom Colonel Quins
succeeded. and who 10 relied upoa %
one Of the strongest witnesses tho wov.
eminent will have.
Savannah Takes Aeeioa.
Only Thursday did this coadie1oa a
affairs became generally Known hare.
and at once Savannah's chamber u
commerce adopted the following rssolu-
tons. addressed TO Senator Bacon and
Senator Clay:
Since forwarding our former reeo-
buttons, Il has come TO our knowledge
from a most authentic source that the
removal OF Colonel Quinn from this
held OF labor was NJ the instance and
ON the request OF the department OF
justice.
It Is obvious that the last named de-
partment has no knowledge Of the en-
gineerlng work OF the Savannah har-
Dor. or Of the administration of the
same by Colonel Quinn. therefore such
request clearly cannot be based on
any objection to Colonel Quinn as an
engineer. or to the administrator Of
the hartor work here
knowing that ut this juncturs any
change In engineers will be very In
furious 10 the interests OF this port.
and In making this statement we wish
To say that we intend no reflection
upon any one. do respectfully request
the senator's from Georgia to take all
necessary steps to aseertain the facts
pertaining tO this removal, and % this
end to call for all correspondence ana
Documents relating to this matter. sO
Colonel Quinn may be retained here
~ nns4ihla"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12

Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. i0.--Rev. T.
4. Hendon. has resigned as pastor OF
the First Baptist church ut Athens.
Tenn. To become associate editor OF
the Baptist and Reflector. published nj
Nashville. The resignation becomeN
effective ON March I.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12

pulnth. Nun F"b 10 N0r'in
rr.cEen wa found Friday IN " snow
t-,r met olt-id, tie city frozen a"
.,ri1 rs ice. \ certificate NJ depos' y
1r slfS was found In the unfortunate
maE : pocket
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12
eroxidlna for New catle.

Wa-hing'on. Feb j. R.urr~' MA
tive Wagner introduced 'l,. ''tr'pr
a'ire $1,000. ,u COR 'te construction '
q cable from Key W,,'. Fla, 90 Guar
ianamo. Cuba. and thence - -" ca..
zone on the isthmus OK Panama.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12
n.aro Teacher n.la for A.sauls

LogansviIle. Ca. Feb. l0.--wilmot
vonshuItz. a negro school teacher at
this place. was arrested and bound
Over By Justice Tuck on a warFxmt
Sworn out by samp Etchers0n. ano<1er
e~gro. charging ASSAULT uDca he
&nmehtsr.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-02-12

etrens Efforts Being Made fee Abaa
6onn,ent of Divorce euit.

Paris, Feb. s.-Strong eorts con-
tinue to be made In behalf Of the Cas-
tellane family 10 bring about the aban.
donment Of the divorce suit begun
BY the Countess Boni De CasteliAns.
formerly Anna Could. but up to the
present the desired result has mot been
achieved.
An attempt made 10 obtain the coun-
tess assent to q judicial separation
without an absolute divorce has also
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18

$1,000 bills which Miss Ellison was
known to have drawn from the
National Bank of Commerce on the
day she was slain by Riggs. The
bills we're identified by the teller
who had paid them out. In addition
to the money was gold ring which
Riggs had torn from the un-
conscious body of his victim and a
watch she is known to have worn.
lnasmuch as Riggs was last seen
at the safety deposit vaults at 1:45
p. m. on the day of the murder, it
is now certain that he hurried there
after having given Miss Ellison her
death blow. Thence he proceeded
to his house where he spent part
of the afternoon going, down town
in time to take out his train for
Elrov, Wis, where he was arrested
and committed suicide.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18
(From Fridays Daily.l

Conductor Riggs, who was charg-
ed with the murder of Miss Millie
Ellison at Minneapolis and who
committed suicide at ElroY, was so
well thought of in Elroy that the
village authorities hesitated to ar
rest him when requested to do so by
the Minneapolis police. After he
was nominally placed under arrest
he was allowed to go several miles
out in the country to visit his wife
and daughter who were staying at
a friends. He returned to Elroy
with them and was being kept at
the hotel when he requested to GO
to a toilet room. It has now been
established that, knowing the
premises thoroughly, he searched
several rooms until he founda large
revolver with which he sent bullet
crashing through his head. The
police regard the case as one of the
strangest on record in-as-much as
Riggs did not need money and was
in a position which is supposed to
call for steady habits and good
self control.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18
GRAFTERS AFTER SUCKERS
Nick Stein of DeIton Says He
Didn't Bite.
portage Democrat.)

Nick Stein of Delton came very
near selling his farm Wednesday,
so near that he had to call upon his
neighbor as a witness that he did
not. He fell in with couple of
undoubted crooks and this is the
way it happened: Crook ,number
one hires livery rig at Redner's
at Kilbourn and drives out to
Stems farm and bantered him to
purchase the same. Stein set his
price and the stranger asked him
to get into the buggy and they to-
gether would look the farm over.
They had not travelled long upon
the highway before they met a big
fellow on the road who hailed them
and began to tell a tale of woe,
claiming to be a Kentuckian. He
told how he was robbed of a large
sum of money in Chicago and takes
out deck and proceeds to illus
trate to Stein and his partners how
it happened. When crook number
one says I could have picked out
the right card the big one answer
ed back II will bet you $4,000 you
can't" and then crook number one
makes the effort and wins. The
big fellow says, II lose" and handed
both Stein and the crook rolls of
money, whether good or bad, mark
ed $4,000. Stein began to get
scared at the proposition and he
handed his roll back as did the
crook and then he insisted that
they go to a neighbor's house and
before witnesses proclaim that he
had given it back. They did. The
big fellow then remembered sud-
den that he must go west on the
next train and he pays the other
fellow five dollars to drive him to
Lyndon.
Stein went to Kilbourn Yester
day to look for the fellows and
told the above story, but the
anxiety displayed by Stein to
find them, rather gave some of his
friends an inferenc. that he might
have kept back a little portion of
the performance that he had rather
not talk about. Sheriff French and
other officers have been notified to
keep their eyes open for the men
and team. for Liveryman Redner
has not yet heard of his outfit that
went into the country two days ago
for a short drive.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18
GROWTH
Of Baraboo According to
Postal Receipts.

For the year ending June 30, 1906
the postal receipts of the postofice
amounted to $12, 1929. During the
previous year the amount was $11.
910.53 or a gain during the year
just passed of $5O1.7O. Since the
beginning of Baraboo there has
never been a great gain during a
single year but each returning
period has shown an advance.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Yesterday was Friday the 18th,
and it was the day on which Con-
ductor N. N. Riggs and family were
to have come to Baraboo to enjoy
a picnic with some old-time friends.
Instead of the picnic the earth
closed over his remains and ended
the chapter of tragic events of a
week. Riggs safety deposit box
at Minneapolis was drilled into yes
terday. In it were found the two
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18

without oraught, gives off its heat
in the fire box, consumes it's hydro
gen and carbon in the firebox with
half the draught and its heat effect
is equal to if not greater then any
other fuel when condensed by the
Leavitt process. The demonstration
Monday evening clearly showed it's
superiority as fuel.
GO. 4. Langdon.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18
MURDER AND SUICIDE
A Tragic End to a Horrible
Crime.
(From Thursday s Daily.)

Nathan M. Riggs, a conductor on
the Omaha road between Elroy anc
Minneapolis, ended his life with a
revolver at the depot hotel in Elroy
last night. Riggs was wanted by
the Minneapolis police on the
charge of murder. He was about
the city of Elroy in the afternoon
and railroad men say he was cool
and unconcerned. He took his ar
rest quietly and protested his in
nocence. He was searched and
nothing of a dangerous character
was lett upon him. Shortly after
midnight, while awaiting an officer
from Minneapolis, he ended his life
as stated, but it is not known how
he obtained the revolver.
The murder was committed Tues
day afternoon at the National
hotel in Minneapolis. 1t was dis
covered by hotel clerk, who saw
flames bursting through the door of
Miss Ellisons room. Just before
this a chambermaid had seen a
man who tailed with the descrip-
tion of the man registeringsas "M.
P. Wilson," come from the room.
Miss Ellison was lying on the
floor near couch smeared with
blood. Her head was battered, and
she was burned nearly to a crisp.
Beside her lay new hammer.
Particles of flesh and hair we're
clinging to it.
The murderer is supposed to have
pounced upon Miss Ellison while she
was asleep, and pounded her head
with the hammer, then pouring
wood alcohol over her body, and
setting fire to it. An empty alco-
hol bottle stood on the dresser. The
victims satchel, containing, it is
supposed, $500 which she brought
to Minneapolis, was gone.
According to the girls parents,
Riggs had represented to her that
he had been divorced; that she
was to invest her money with Riggs
in Washington lands, and that the
two were to GO there to be married.
Riggs lives with his family at Min
neapolis.
Riggs is conductor on the
Omaha railroad, which runs through
Ellsworth, the county seat of Pierce
county, and the home of Miss
Ellison. She came to Minneapolis
to meet him, and, it is claimed, to
wed him.
A complication in the murder
mystery is the fact that Miss Eli
son registered as "Mrs. HI. Johnson,
Detroit, Mich" The alleged MUIR
derer as I'M. P. Wilson, Milwaukee,
Wis.," and he was given room
directly over that of Miss Ellison.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18
(From Thursdays Daily.)


Mayor Marriott and all of the
aldermen we're in their chairs at
the meeting of the city council last
evening.
The Board of Education asked
the council for the use of two rooms
in the city hall for school purposes
next year, the rooms now occupied
by the ounty judge and the county
clerk. Granted.
f. Ell. Tschumpert was granted a
license to conduct a saloon at Ill
Fourth street.
Chas. Rutland asked of the city
to have a cement block broken by
a city employee at 235 Second
street, repaired.
City Engineer French report
ed his estimate for the paving of
Water street as follows: Cost to
property holders, So, 410.08; cost to
city, $2,475 OF. Report was adopt
ed, and ordinance introduced for
the paving this year.
City Attorney Kelley reported
upon the proposed bicycle and auto
mobile ordinance, that the city had
no right to enact such ordinance
and recommended that it be laid
upon the table.
Petition was presented for
sidewalk grade on 8th street from
East to Barker.
On motion of Alderman Jacobs
the street committee was author
lied to replank the Second avenue
bridge across the river.
The street committee was author
lied to look up new and suitable
site for the city crusher and report
to the council.
The ordinance for the proposed
Third street sewer was passed.
The following claims We're allowed:
J. W. Towers, scavenger, So. 20
Thuerer & Woodruff, grader,
UIduC, .......... 1'Uo
T. Desmond, killing dog,.. LOO
W. B. Hazeltine, freight. !. 126.OO
U. Won Valid, hauling
rock, ,............... 1.5O
Frank Avery, assessor. 1880
Fletcher Johnson, blowing
whistle, .......... LOO
Geo. ]. Gollmar, supplies, :. ;. 1879
Welsbach 1t. Co. lights. :. .114.75
Men and teams on streets, .229 10
f. Rote, work, .......... 9.37
W. Marquette, police SER
vice, ,.'...'......... sou
John Arnott, supplies, 49,. $50
Harry Thornton, record
ing deed, rs
]. Pfannstiehl, rodman, .16. 90
u. y. moog. Iouudn, IL. ID
Baraboo City Fuel Co.
Codl, ..... 10f, %
John Saare, attending
SICK, .... ........ LOU
Schacht d Kramer, sup
plleS, ................o 20 oU
Geo. Westenhaver, labor, :. 800
Morgan Westenhaver, work, 10. 90
Ed. L. Luckow, printing, ... 1915
]. L. Stewart, lumber, .......7 .69
Settergren & Pittman sup
plies, 20
Standard Oil Co. oil, 1868
G. FL. Carr, work, g 30
Fred Farwell, work, ....3. 90
81. Rooney, work, ...... .3. 20
| VIM. Terry, work. 3.75
Members Bd. of Review, 64. 90
For powder and dynamite, -. 70 O0
D. Ruggles, land, ,.......... 90. oO
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On the slope of a hill by the great
church and chapels is remarkable
cemetery. It is limited in extent
and vet since it was opened in 1870
the great number of 3,724 bave
been buried there. In case they
should all rise up at one time there
would not be standing room for
those who are sleeping there. Often
in digging graves bones are thrown
out, and of those first buried prob
ably nothing remains. Many who
die in that part of Canada desire
to rest in the cemetery of tame.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18
Farms 500 Years Old.

Farms 800 Years Old.
The country around Quebec was
settled over three hundred years
ago or more than two hundred years
before residents came to Sauk
county. The original settlers along
the st. Lawrence obtained concess-
ions OF one mile in width along the
river and extending back for a
distance of six miles. The concess-
ions have been divided again and
again as generations followed each
other so that at the present time
the land is in narrow strips, as
many as possible extending down
to the water. Along the road lead
ing out to st. Anne the houses are
very near each other, almost like
street. All enjoy residing on the
country road and having the ad-
vantages of the river. Farming is
still done IN the same OLD way and
there are more rail fences in that
country than ever existed in Sauk
county. There are more daisies also,
than should ever appear in Sauk
county. The fields of grain are white
with them with an occasional streak
of mustard.
In these communities homespun is
still worn by many of the inhabit-
ants and in the stores of Quebec
flannel and linen goods woven by
them on hand looms are offered for
sale at the low price of fifty cents
per yard.
The people of Quebec extend the
glad hand to visitors and are very
glad to show the sights of the
city,
II. E. Cole.
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8.
lsome furniture obtained from the
old homesteads in the country round
about.
No Cement Walks.
| Quebec has not yet risen to the
dignity of cement sidewalks anc
possibly never will. Winters are
long and the streets are steep sc
that timber walks are the most de-
sired. The boards from which the
walks are made measure three and
four inches in thickness and are
securely fastened down. Stones
placed on edge are used in paving
the street and when worn smooth
are cut until rough again. This is
necessary for the safety of vehicles
and occupants.
Merchants do not appear in the
streets as we'll dressed as profes-
sional men. The lines dividing the
classes of people are much more
marked than in this part of the
United States.
Plenty of Churches.
The churches in Quebec are so
numerous, varied, historic and beaut-
iful that they furnish he visitors
with a busy day in seeing them. Be
side some of them are old church
yards and within are paintings from
masters who long ago passed into
the beyond.
The Duke of Kent was the father
of Queen Victoria and the house
he occupied while residing in the
old city is still of interest.
There are more dormor windows
in Quebec to the square inch than in
any portion of the United States.
This comes as a result of the pre-
vailing French architecture.
Reducing the Saloons.
Quebec is city of $4,000 and $50
saloons. This number will be reduc-
ed to 1875 on the first of September.
All pay license according to the
rent paid in the building they occupy
Schools taxes are divided, a por-
tion going to the Catholic and a
portion to the public schools. The
money is apportioned according to
the number of children enumerat-
ed.
In Quebec the representation in
government affairs always remains
the same. There are 65 representa-
tives and it matters not how the
population changes, the number is
always 65. The other provinces in
Canada fix the number of their re-
presentatives according to the pop
ulation of Quebec.
There are too many places of in
terest in Quebec to be mentioned
here. Of course one goes to the
Plains of Abraham, visits the place
where Wolfe fell and theotherpoints
of a military interest. Every i'm
portant spot is marked with a tab
let or monument so that the land
marks committee has done it's work
well.
ST. Anne.
All visitors to Quebec go to st.
Anne de Beaupre. ST.. Anne was
the mother of the Virgin Mary and
the world famous place on the bank
OF the st. Lawrence is in her honor.
Miraculous cures have been wrought
here for $50 years and still they
come to be relieved of their ailments.
In the great church are piles OF
crutches left by pilgrims who found
relief and required the wooden limbs
no more. So thankful are those who
find relief from their sufferings that
watches, rings, other jewelry and
money are left behind and are ex-
hibited to the visitors. A great case
contains scores of glasses thrown
away by those who we're once blind
but are now able to see. Christian
Scientists do not believe that the
cures come as a miracle but that
these PHYSICAL defects are tracable
to mental cause for those which
here find relief. A portion of the
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18

Miss Buelah Bailie of Milwaukee,
is a guest of Miss Mamie Goggin.
The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1906-07-18

But few of the graves are marked.
Places in the walls of the church
are provided for the priests and
others high in authority in the
church.