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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-25
JULIA A. BROWN
Linsdale, w. Va.

Sept 18
We would rather not print com
munications Of this character. but
having for years invited the use of
The Watchman for public discussions,
irrespective OF party VIC do not see
how we can exclude the foregoing
card, asked as it is by a respected
lady. the wife Of well known Re
publican. who feels herself aggricved.
signs her name in fun and assumes
all responsibility Monroe watch
man
We publish tho above card because
some Of our Republican friends have
asked us 20 do so. and then again.
because we would like to give our
readers an inkllne OF how warm thc
race is getting for the Republican
nomination 900 fhls judicial district
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
DIE In TRAIN WRECK.
Twenty Three Americans Killed Near
london.

London.
Driving at a mad pace over the
London Southwestern Railway the
American line express, carrying forty
three Of the steamer New York's pas
sengers from Plymouth to London,
plunged from the track just after
passing the station at Salisbury, Eng,
at 1857 o'clock Sunday morning and
mangled to death in its wreckage
twenty-three passengers who sailed
from New York June %. and four Of
the trainmen.
Besides those to whom death came
speedily a dozen persons were injured,
some Of them seriously.
The late hour Of the New York's ar
rival at Plymouth saved many lives.
She carried more thar sixty trav-
elers for London, but many of them
elected to travel on comfortably to
southampton in preference to the late
landing at Plymouth and the long
ride across the country. If the New
York a made faster passage the
somber roster Of the dead and injured
would have been longer. The big
American line steamer reached Ply
mouth at 9:35 o'clock Saturday night.
and half an hour later there vas a
tender alongside to receive passengers
for England. Several who had plan
ned to debark and packed their bag
gage decided at the last moment to
remain on board.
The train consisted of a powerful
express engine, three first class CORR
dor carriages and n combination
guards van and buffet. The passen-
gers were soon entrained and at 1880
o'clock the express pulled out. 1t
was given a clear track on the run of
230 miles to London, on which the
express generally maintains an aver
age speed of a mile a minute.
The cause Of the accident is still in
doubt. 1t is suggested that the wheels
Of the engine failed to take the switch
or h a a wheel or axle broke. 1t is
expected that the inquest will be
opened Immediately and a board Of
trade inquiry later will fully investi-
gate.
The train was regarded as having
been light for high speed, but it is no
torious that trains always sway and
shake going at high speed over this
curve. Much criticism is likely to be
evoked by the fact hat latterly there
has been sharp competition between
the London and Southwestern and the
Great Western lines, which are rivals
Plymouth.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
FLOOD CUTS OFF WATER.
Pumping Station in the City of Lin
coin, Neb., Inundated.

Pumping Station in the City of Lin
coin, Neb., Inundated.
With the exception of the scanty
supply Of water from cisterns and pri-
vate wells. Lincoln, Neb., was abso-
lutely without water Monday. The
flood inundated the city Sunday night
at Z o'clock, and the three pumping
stations could not be rescued from the
food for forty-eight hours.
Cellars were flooded in all the BUSH
ness houses, and the damage will
reach $4,000.
Salt Creek is falling rapidly and so
is Oak Creek and the Antelope.
No lives have been lost.
The flood was the worst in the his
tory of the city. The rainfall was
3.91 inches, and the torrent came
down within thirty minutes.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
ATTEMPT TO EMPTY JAIL.
Window Rod Cut by Some Sympa-
thizef.

Jailer John Belts, of the county Jail
at Oacoma, by a timely discovery was
able to Illustrate a daring attempt at
escape on the part Of a number of
desperate prisoners who at present
are confined in the Jail. A. casual ex-
animation made by him Of the into
rior of the prison after he had fed
the prisoners revealed h a m of the
rods in front of the Jail windows had
been cut in two. The rod has been
replaced with a new one. The fact
that the rod was cut indicates that
someone on the outside had set about
the task of, if possible, releasing the
prisoners from the Jail, and the vigil
lance of the officers will be redoubled
until all the prisoners have either
served their terms or been removed
to the Sioux Falls ~penitentiary.
No clew has been discovered which
would Lead t. the identity Of the per-
son or persons who attempted the Jail
delivery.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
xEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Very Small Freeholdcrs-Wakohua
Signers of Saloon Petition Own re"
Feet Of Land-Town Enjoincd from
Iicensing-Other State News.

A yermiIlion special says: no"
much land does a man really nave 10
nwn before he can be legally counted
a freeholder? This is a questioh
which Judge E. G. Smith. of
uy,l, he called upon to settle as a re-
sult of a contest between the saloon
and anti-saloon element OF WaKohoa,
q little town in the northwestern pal'
Of Clay County. ,.
At he regular town election TINS
spring In Wakonda the saloon elenlent
won out by a small majority, anu
those opposed to the open saloon nave
been trying ever since to secure some
means Of keeping liquor from pelhs
sold In the town. On Monday OF
next week, if granted licenses, saloon
keepers could open for business.
But a surprise was given the sa-
loon element Monday when Sherift
John A. Gunderson arrived In
ia and served injunction papers on
the town board, f~orbidding the mem
bers to grant a license to any ana al
applicants until Judge Smith could
look into the petition which made II
possible to vote on the question OF
high license and determine whether
1t was legal. 1t is argued by those
who are responsible for the injunction
that the petition does not contain the
required number Of freeholders. II
takes 25. The petition bears the full
quota Of signatures, but IT Will be
necessary foA the court to pass on
their being land owners in the true
sense Of the law. Some of the petition
ers never owned an inch Of real es-
tate in their lives, and probably never
would, were it not for the fact thar
in order to get their names to the Pc
tition they were decided small tracts
I'm the town. some of them containing
only a few square feet of earth.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
PROBE RAIL HORROR.
The Cause Of the British Wreck IL Not
Yet Known.

The embalmers at Salisbury, Eng,
have been busy. and Tuesday the ma
jority Of the bodies of the score OF
Americans who lost their lives In the
wreck OF the Plymouth express Sum
day morning were prepared for their
return for burial in the land they left
so recently in the fullness Of life and
hope.
The inquest Monday was a prolong-
ed and tedious formality, which ut
terly failed to give any idea Of the
cause OF the accident. No questions
on that point were asked, and the
subject seemed to be AVOIDED
strange proceeding to the many Amer
can present, but which Is said to be
queer Journalism that is a character
istic of such cases in this country.
The proceedings were solemn, sad and
monotonous, so much so that specta-
tors surprised a juror by asking what
necessity there was to adjourn the
proceedings for a fortnight. No an
swer was given. The delay is thought
to be due to the declared intention Of
the board OF trade to institute an in
vestigation.
1t seems strange to Americans that
while the population of Salisbury is
shocked by the disaster, practically
no emotion is displayed. 1t would
seem as If such accidents were an ev-
eryday occurrence, and yet nothing
even remotely approaching 1t has
heretofore disturbed the peace of the
city. There have been no scenes, no
groans, nothing Of the picturesquely
tragic element associated with the pit
mouth in time of troubles so familiar
to those in coal mining regions. There
is genuine sorrow, no doubt, but be-
yond the formal expression it has not
yet been translated into action.
The inquest was held in the city
hall.
The American consul at Southamp-
ton, Albert w. Swain, is looking after
the interests OF the Americans.
Immediately after the jury had been
sworn they proceeded to the railroad
station to view the bodies. Reporters
were not allowed to accompany them.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
A WATERTOWN SENSATION.
Attempt to Take Life of Prominent
business Man,

An attempt to tax the life Of j.
Carl Southwick. a business man OF
Watertown and former grand chancel-
lor commander of the Knights Of Py-
thias of South Dakota, was made in q
peculiar manne
In the baseemnt of Mr.. Southwick's
block is q small furnace which is used
exclusively to eat water. In this fur
mace someone put a quantity Of black
powder, and when Mr.. Southwick at
tempted to start a fire in it he was
seriously injured by the explosion,
which blew the windows out Of the
basement and the plaster off from the
partitions.
Fortunately not one of the many
pieces of flying iron struck him so as
to infict a mortal wound, but the pow
der which blew into his face injured
his eyes severely. The motive for the
attempted killing is a mystery. and no
clew to the guilty person has been
found,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
CRUSHED UNDER CAR
ELEVEN MEN KILLED ON TRACK
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Mining Car Flying Down the Track
Catches One After Another AMI
Bodies Are Strewn Along the Track
for Several Miles. :

According to an Altoona, Pa, dis
patch, a runaway mine car. flying
down a mine branch track that runs
from Puritan to Portage, Just before
midnight Tuesday night reaped q
frightful harvest of eleven men killed
and several injured.
The car had been left standing near
Puritan when the mines closed Tues
day night and some malicious person
loosened the brakes and permitted the
car to speed down the sharp incline.
The disaster happened on what Is
known as Martins branch, a stretch
of track four miles long that acts as
a feeder for several mines that are To-
Gated between Portage and Puritan.
The car was stopped IN mile west
of Portage, but in the short space
of three miles eleven men We're in
stantly killed.
The car crashed into a number OK
cars standing on the track and war
wrecked. An investigation disclosed
blood and particles of clothing on the
wheels, and several men were SEM
back over the track to see what had
started the car on it's wild trip. They
had gone but a short distance wher
they were Mortified by seeing thA'
mangled remains Of a man lying be"
side the track. Going farther anoth'
ier body was found.
Several hundred feet farther up the
incline two more bodies, horribly
mangled were lying on the track. On
and still on the searchers went n
by the time they had arrived at Pur-
itan eleven bodies had been
The accident is n of the most Pc
culiar hat ever occurred in the his
tory of ~railroading in this section.
More lives have been lost at one time
upon the railroad, but never have
the deaths been SO evenly distributed.
Like a juggernaut the wildly moving
car exacted its toll of death every few
hundred feet.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Finish Games After AZ Years.

At the state G. A. R. encampment
at Yankton a checker game begun
forty-two years ago was finished. At
Atlanta in 1864 N. II. Hopkins, of
Company A, Thirty-frst Wisconsin,
was engaged in playing the rubber i'm
a series Of checker games with Ser,
geant Milo Strong, of the same COM
pany. A hurry order broke up the
game and it SO CHANGED that the two
never had an opportunity to finish i'd
till they met in the encampment at
Yankton. Then they replaced the
checkers as they remembered them
and Hopkins won the match.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
NEGRO HANGED AND BURNED.
Mob Throws Body i'm Fire Before Life
Is Extinct.

~NO~ 1870 A~~AOA~ ANah~
is Extinct.
A negro who committed a criminal
assault upon the 16-year-old daughter
of Ira Robertson, near Womack, l. T.,
was captured Saturday night and at
ter being taken back to the scene Of
his crime was hanged and burned near
the spot where he committed the
crime. He confessed his crime and
offered no resistance to the mob.
To one person the negro gave his
name as Cliff Mays, of Marshall, Tex,
and he told another that he was viii
Newbright, Of San Antonio. BY the
time the negro was overtaken near
Bradley Saturday night fully 400
men had joined in the chase. and soon
after the capture the march to Wo-
mack began. 1t was nearly 3 o'clock
Sunday morning when the Robertson
home was reached, and the negro was
brought before the assaulted girl.
That's the one," said she at once,
and the negro replied: Eyes, lady,
I'm the one. Gentlemen, 1 admit the
crime"
The l%ynching followed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
FIVE BOYS KILLED.
They Pounded Stick of Dynamite to
Force an Explosion.

At Wanamie. a mining town FIVE
miles from wilkesbarre. Pa, five
boys were killed Wednesday night and
nine others were injured by celebrat-
ing the Fourth of July. Two OF the
killed were brothers named Pachunis;
two other brothers named Shukawicz,
and the other named Long. They had
placed powder in a pipe and 1t failed
to go off. They then forced a stick
of dynamite into the pipe and be-
gan pounding it. "A terrific explosion
followed. Four Of the boys were bad
ly damaged and a fifth died on the
way to the hospital. Some OF the
injured are so badly hurt that they
may die.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
woMENs CLUBS ADJOURN.
Mrs. Stutenroth Elected President OF
she State Federation.

the state fcueTatioH.
At the noon hour Thursday tna
South Dakota Federation OF omens
Clubs concluded it's session at Mitcn-
ell and adjourned, after t~ransactins
routine business and electing the new
officers.
The location Of the Eext conVentloH
was left to the executive committee.
The Harvard plan for entertaining
delegates was adopted by the conven-
ton. The following are the new OK
ficers elected:
President-Stella Marie Stutenrotnr
Watertown.
Vice President-Mrs. H. E. Hen
bricks. Sioux Falls.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Fannie
Freyberg, Mitchell.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Luz
dia B. Johnson, Fort Pierre.
Treasurer-Miss Kate c. saunders.
Milbank.
Auditor-Mrs. George Longstaf,
Huron.
East Division Correspondent-Mrs.
Jennee Crisman, Redfield.
West Division Sorrespondent-Mrs.
James HALEY, Rapid City.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
FTREMEN FINISH BUSINESS.
C. w. ellis, of Mitchell, Reelected
President,

EEGSsi(tCIlt.
At a business meeting of the MEM
bers of the South Dakota Firemen's
Association Friday in Sioux Falls the
following officers were elected for the
coming year:
President, c. w. ellis, Mitchell, re-
elected; first vice president, William
Mueller, Parkston, reelected; second,
vice president, Edmund Wilson. Par
ker, reelected; secretary. William
Kolba, VermilliOn, reelected; treasur-
err, William Luck, Watertown.
1t was decided to be the sense Of
the meeting that the 1907 tournament
should be held in the northern part of
the state, all things being equal. The
matter will be settled definitely later
on by the board of control of the as
ISOLATION. O.
Nine new departments were admit
ted to membership at the present
tournament, making As departments
now included in the association.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
MADE INSANE BY HYPNOTIsT.
Wealthy Colorado Woman Is Commit
ted to Pueblo Asylum.

Wealthy Colorado Woman Is Commit
ted to Pueblo Asylum.
Mrs. Mary Macafree, aged 80 years.
wife of ID, l.. Macafree, wealthy, and
a leader In women's club circles at
Colorado Springs. was Saturday adj
judged insane by a jury in an Ell Paso
court n committed to Works sani-
tarfum at Pueblo. Mrs. Macafree be-
came violent Saturday at her home in
the Lenox Hotel. Three years ago she
was h~ypnotized by a travelling hypno-
fist and has acted strangely since. She
became also an ardent spiritualist.
She is handsome and popular n pri-
or to the hypnotic experience was
considered bright. Her Brockton es-
tate yields her $4,000 interest an
nually.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Bids for state Printing.

Bids for state printing were opened
by Secretary Wipf Wednesday at
Pierre. The successful bidders were
the Nipple Printing Company. Of
Pierre, for the legislative bills: the
state Publishing Company. of Pierre.
for the daily and permanent legisla-
tive journals; John Longstaff, of HUI
ron. for the state reports. and the
News Printing Company. Of Aber-
deem, for the session laws.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
URGE PARDON FOR BIGELow.

Imprisoned Milwaukee Banker Said to
BE in Failing Health.
IT is said that pressure will be
brought upon President Roosevelt to
secure a pardon for Frank G.. Bige-
low, the former Milwaukee banker
now serving a sentence at the federal
prison at Leavenworth. Kan, on the
ground thai the prisoners health Is
failing.
Mrs. Bigelow and her son left We'd
nesday after visiting the prisoner.
Their visit is believed to have been
made in connection with an applica-
ton for pardon that probably with be
fled some time this year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
YOUTHFUL ELopERs ARRESTED,
Girls Father VIII Yield to Cupid
When They Get Home.

Lew Hardy and Tine Ellis. of Sioux
Falls, aged 81 and Is years respective
ly. after staying owe night in a pri-
vate house in Elk Point were arrested
at Vermillion by order of the girls
father in Sioux Falls. The young
couple had eloped from their home.
there.
The girls father said in his message
thai if the truant pair would come
back to Sioux Falls hat they could
be married with his consent.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Sale Pavilion for Woopsoctet

AZ a meeting held in Woonsocket
it was decided to incorporate a COM
pany capitalized at $4,000. the pur-
pose OF which will be to build a sale
pavilion and hold monthly market
days. The company will be known as
the Woonsocket Sale and Exchange
Association. This movement was
started by the m of the vicinity
and the capital stock will be largely
bought by them. =
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Militia Movements.

The adjutant general of the South
Dakota National Guard has issued a
communication ordering the Black
Hills battalion to assemble at Water
town Aug. Is. After a three days
stay at WATERFOWL they will proceed
with the entire South Dakota guard
to Fort Riley. Kan. where they will
ramp for two weeks.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
BUY BEEF OF INDIANS.
Reservation Reds Getting to BE Great
Cattle Raisers.

A Deadwood special says: The In
dams on the reservation are getting to
be great cattle raisers and the gov
eminent is buying a large amount of
its beef from them.
, At the close of the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1906. the government
had purchased from the Indians for
that year about 100000 pounds of
beef, and will have bought from con-
tractors another million. 1t Is the in
tention to change the proportion In
the coming year. buying 100000
pounds from the Indians and the re-
mainder from the contractors. The
Indians are now getting about 4 cents
for their beef, which is a raise OF
alb t 20 cents a hundred above the
price of last year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Finds White Prairie Dogs.

r. F. Brown, a resident on Bad
River hear Philip. has located a a
rem Of snow white prairie dogs in a
town hear his ranch. He has made
a number of efforts to capture tho
die Of a large dog town 1t is impossi-
BILE to get near them without an alarm
but as they are located about the mid
being sounded by the other denizens
of the town. They are a rarity and
would be a great attraction as curl
vsities.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11

The six Terre Haute, Ind, council
men who voted to gemove Mayor
Bidaman in the impeachment pro-
proceedings must go dry, Terre
Haute s-aloonkeepers have decided.
Several liquor men have told the
councilmen not to p~atronize their
places. The bartenders' union voted
a boycott on them.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
WIFE WILL TESTIFY.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's Story Will BE
Very Sensational.

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will take the
stand at the trial of her husband, Har-
ry Kendall Thaw, at New York, for
the murder of Stanford White. She
will be the principal witness. On the
word of the only man who has heard
the young wife tell her story, it will
tons and the most disastrous in it's
effects upon the reputation Of promi-
nent men in the community that has
I'VE been heard inside the walls Of a
court room
The statement was made by former
Judge Oicott, to whom Mrs. Thaw
made confession of her relations with
White.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11

The Bradley mine of the United
States Coal Company at Wheeling, w.
Va. was the scene of a riot Sunday
afternoon In which one miner was
killed and a number wounded. as well
as several guards. Sheriff voorhees,,
Of Jefferson County. O.. 10 investisat-
ing the trouble.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
znlus Are Moved Down.

A Durham, Natal, special says: Fur
ther lighting between the rebel native
and the British columns occurred
Wednesday. The latter came In con-
tact with the enemy's vanguard, kill
ing $50 men. but the main Zulu force.
numbering 5000. is still at large.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Raid on Liquor Club.

City officials, assisted by a number
of church people. made a rail Sunday
on the Canyon City (Colo.) Labor
Club. where liquor selling is said to
have been going on, arrested the pro-
prietor after a hard fight and spilled
the stock of liquor into the cutters of
the street.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
TRAGEDY IN PITTSBURG.
Prominent Young Man Shot i'm a Mys-
ferrous Manner.

Robert Mcknight, 81 years of age, a
son of Harry c. Mcknight, lies in a
Pittsburg. Pa. hospital in a critical
condition. The physicians express lit
tie hope for his recovery. Statements
differ as to how young Mcknight re-
ceived the wounds. His father declar-
ed the affair to be an accident, but
refused to divulge any details.
Young Mcknight was a member OF
q prominent Pittsburg family and was
well known in New York. where he
visited often and was associated with
prominent families.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Charged with Assault.

Something Of a sensation has been
caused by the arrest of Clark Hollen-
beck, a we'll known resident of Ly-I
man County. on the charge Of assault
with a deadly weapon The prisoner
is alleged to have attacked VIM. Ca
sey, a Kennebec business man, whom
he struck on the head with a dam
gerous weapon. Hollenbeck gave
bail for his appearance in court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Result Of Miners, Riot.

An investigation Of the miners riot
al Bradley, o., Sunday. shows one
man was hurt. two fatally injured
and seven others seriously wounded
as the result Of the encounter.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11

Poison was put in the drinking wa
ter tank at the Singer Manufacturing
Company's plant at Cairo. Ill, We'd
nesday, and tour workmen poisoned.
All will recover. 1t is supposed that
a drunken painter who was discharged
poisoned the water.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
To Incorporates.

At a largely attended meeting of
the business men OF Lebanon prenmi-
nary steps were taken to have that
phase Incorporated under the gene
laws Of the state.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
a New Bank.

A new banking institution. incorpo-,
rated under the name OF the State
Bank or Bradley. recently opened it's
doors at that place. 1t has a paid up,
cash capital Of $4,000.