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The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
CONDITIONS At eoLpF,ELp ARE
MUCH WORSE THAN HE AN.
TlclPATED.
WILL NOT WITHDRAW TROOPS
VIGILANCE coMirTEE FORMED
TO PROTECT RESIDENCE
DISTRICT.

Goldfield, New, Dec. 15.-After hav-
ing met and conferred with many citi-
zens of Goldfield yesterday. Gen.
Funston stated last night that he is
finding conditions here worse than he
had anticipated.
"The possibilities of further trouble
growing out of the difficulties between
the mine owners and the miners" he
said, "are greater than my information
previous to coming to Goldfield had
led me to believe. I do not believe the
governor will declare martial law at
once as no serious disturbance has
occurred. AS to the matter of patroll-
ing the vicinity Of the mines and the
streets of the city with regulars, that
is a procedure that may become nee
essary at any hour"
Troops Will Remain.
The statement of Gen. Funston SET
ties effectively the question of the
withdrawal Of the troops from Cold
field. Neither Gen. Funston nor Gov.
Sparks will yield to the pressure that
has been brought to induce them to
favor the withdrawal of the troops be-
fore the arrival of the labor commits
sion from Washington.
To-day a delegation of women, COM
posed of members of the Women's
Club of Goldfeld, will call on Gen.
Funston and lay before him their
side of the question, which will be
that previous to the coming Of the
troops they had lived in constant ter
ror, fearing that their homes might be
destroyed and their lives endangered
by deeds of violence and depredations
Of desperate strikers. They will ask
that the troops be kept here until all
danger of trouble is past.
Organize vigiIantes.
Delegations from the Goldfield cham
ber of commerce, the Mine Owners as
sociation and the Goldfield Stock ex-
change also will call on Gen. Funston
to present the same matter. There is
a we'll authenticated rumor that a
committee of citizens has been form
ed ostensibly to act as volunteer fire
and police department in the resi-
dence district, but which will be more
in the nature of vigilance committee
Of the early California days.
1t is said that the Mine Owners as.
sociation has 200 strikebreakers on the
way here, but strict secrecy is being
maintained as to the movements of
the train and the hour when they will
arrive is not known.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20

Harold D. Haddock, for thirty years
prominent resident of Hancock,
Mich, is dead Of pneumonia.
John Philip Sousa has fully recover
ed from an attack of ptomaine poison.
ing and has rejoined his band.
Judge George Baldwin, one of the
wealthiest land owners Of Wisconsin,
died at Appleton, aged sixty-nine
years.
]. Marshall Williams, for two years
soloist with Sousa's band in New
York, died at Chillicothe, Mo-, after
long illness.
Maj. William L. Geary, u. S. A., died
at the army general hospital at San
Francisco, where he has been ill with
Bright's disease.
John Broadhead, pioneer jeweler
of Marshalltown, Iowa, and one of tho
earliest settlers of the town, died sud.
denly of asthma and disease of the
heart
w. B. Thomas has been elected act.
ing president Of the American Sugar
Rehnlng company to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of H. o. Have.
meyer.
Joseph Armstrong, manager of the
Christian Science publications and
one of the most prominent leaders of
the faith in this country, is dead at
his home in Boston.
Gen. Alexander Hamilton, grandson
of Alexander Hamilton, secretary of
the treasury under George Washing
ton, died at his home in Tarrytown
N. Y. He had been ill from la grippe
since Thanksgiving.
George olley, aged 10 years, lack.
Ing eighteen days, believed to be the
Oldest person in New York state, died
at his home in Great Bend. Olley
was born in Stanton, England, Dec. 25,
1897.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20

While playing with o loaded revol.
yer at New Britain, Conn, Edwin
Walker. ten years old. shot and killed
Svea Eugena Anderson, eight years
old. the bullet entering the girls
heart.
Asleep on the track with his head
across the rail, Victor Scott was
struck and instantly killed at Mar
auette, Mich, by Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic railroad train. He
vas decapitated.
Three brothers were drowned at
Tama, Iowa, while skating. The
brothers were Bud, Kenneth and
kenneth and Gerald Carnal, sons of
N. E. Carnal, member of the city
council of Tama.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
Crimes.

John Martnick of Fort Atkinson,
Iowa, committed suicide by taking two
ounces of carbolic acid.
Because he and his wife of two
months quarreled over his desire to
spend his evening at his bowling club,
Jacob Victor killed himself in New
York.
Detective Charles G. Jackson of Des
Moines, Iowa, was slugged and severe
ly beaten with a blackjack as he was
returning from the police station to
his home.
For love of neighbor's wife who
did not return the affection, d. H.
Broese, wealthy farmer of Jefferson,
Iowa, forty-seven years old, sent bull
let through his brain.
Frank Click, a macs1inist of Nash
vile, twenty-five years old, shot his
wife, Mrs. Ruth Click, killing her in
stantly. He then shot himself through
/ the head and is dying at the city hos
pital.
T. Otway Saldier, manager of the
West End branch Of the California
Safe Deposit and Trust company at
San Francisco, committed suicide In
the office of the branch bank by blow
ing off the top of his head with a
shotgun.
In an effort to drive from Pittsburg
the concerns that advance money on
furniture and other articles Of the
household, charging usurious rates,
city detectives raided the Offices Of
nineteen Of these money lenders and
have warrants for eleven others.
Mrs. Mary Stell was murdered by a
burglar at Altoona, Pa. She tried to
stop her husband from attacking the
marauder, whom they had discovered
in their home and had thrown her
arms about her husband, when the
thiefs bullet struck her in the head.
The murderer escaped.
Chief of Police John A. Suggs and
Night Policeman Lewis Wood of Fort
Gibson, Okla, are under arrest, charg-
ed with robbfng the postoffice at Fort
Gibson on the night of Nov. %, obtain
ing $4OO in cash. The arrest was
made by Mayor Rand Lee, after an in
vestigation of the crime.
William Stewart, proprietor Of a
restaurant in East lola, Kan, was
brutally murdered near his place of
business. The body, which was found
at daylight, bore evidence of several
wounds, any one of which would have
produced death. Stewards partner,
w. D. Cresison, confessed to the MUIR
der
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
RAILROADS sPuRN DEMANDS.
Sixty-Five Companies Decline to Grant
Concessions to Union.

Sixty-Five Companies Decline to Grant
Concessions to Union.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE executive
heads of sixty-five railroads, including
every system of Importance in the
United States east of the Mississippi,
have decided not to grant the de-
mands made upon them some time ago
by an association of all the unions Of
railway workers with the exception Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. That organization has always
maintained an independent position in
labor disputes.
The decision of the railroad presi-
dents will not be formally announced
until after Dec. 20. On that date it is
proposed to hold a conference in this
city of the executive heads of the
sixty-fve affected roads to work out
the details of their decision and
phrase it's announcement to the lead!
ers of the unions.
Tie-up Threatened.
When the unions sent their de-
mands to the railroads they made it
known that refusal would be follow
ed by a tie-up of every railroad in the
eastern half of the country.
At the time the demands were in
process of formation, last October,
trade conditions were flourishing and
the railroads were overcrowded with
freight. Some of the presidents of the
large railroads are satisfied that the
officers of the labor organizations will
realize the futility of asking the COM
panies at this time to add to their
financial burdens by increasing the
wages of employees.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fpITOMf
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.

The official call for the Republican
national convention, to be held in Chi
cago on June 16 next, has been issued.
President Roosevelt entertained at
dinner at the White House number
Of bear hunters from the Louisiana
canebrakes.
Senator Hansbrough of North Da.
kota proposes an increase in the max.
imum salary allowed rural free deliv.
cry carriers from 5000 to $1,000.
The department of agriculture has
issued a report estimating that the to.
tai production of cotton in the United
States for the year 19O7-0S will
amount to 5,5s1,96s,OOO pounds.
TIE Japanese government has
chosen Kogoro Takahira to succeed
Viscount Aoki as ambassador at Wash.
ington, as it desires to send its best
man. The Hochi states that the gov
ernment recalled Aoki for pledging
Japan to restrictive legislation as to
emigration.
The senate committee on public
lands ordered a favorable report on
the Hansbrough bill providing for
leaves of absence for homesteaders
during winter months. The report also
ordered favorable report on the
Gamble bill for adjustment of the 5
per cent account Of public land states.
Col. George w. Goethals, chairman
and engineer-in-chief of the isthmian
canal commission, has notified the au
thorities of his intention to come to
Washington soon. Probably the most
important matter which will come up
for consideration will be that of in.
creasing the width of the canal locks
to 120 feet.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
N CONSTANT fear ! !. FOR l llvts | ! /
FUNSTON HEARS REMARKABLE
STATEMENT ~ AMERICAN i
FEDERATION MEN.

Gooldfield, New. Dec. 17.-Yesterday
a delegation. from the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor called on Gen. Funs-
ton, who is continuing his investiga-
ton of conditions here, with view
of determining the necessity for the
presence of federal troops at Cold
field.
These gentlemen made the most
remarkable statement I have yet
heard" said Gen. Funston in an inter-
view with the representative Of the
Associated Press last night.
Lived in Constant Fear.
Their statement is that for months
they have lived in constant fear. They
have considered it necessary for their
self-protection to go armed at all
times and have been compelled to
avoid personal contact with members
of the Western Federation of Miners
in order to prevent serious trouble.
This condition of affairs, they have
told me, obtained until the arrival of
the United States troops, since when
IHe COuulIlOuS nave SfedIly cnduSeu.
Troops Will Remain.
Gen. Funston stated that he consid-
cred that this statement of the condi-
tions came from men who have been
in better position to know the real
situation than any others who have
talked to him since his arrival.
In view of the facts cleaned, Gen.
Funston said that there is little possi-
bility of the troops leaving here with
in ten days and upon his recommends
tion half of the number now here will
be detained by the Washington au-
thorities.
Gen. Funston will not leave Goldfield
before Tuesday and may stay longer.
Commission Arrives.
The members Of the commission
sent by President Roosevelt arrived in
Goldfeld last night. Mr.. Neill said
that the commission would go at once
into the labor conditions in Goldfield.
Gen. Funston is preparing report
to be sent to Washington based on
the revelations made to him by the
delegation from the American Fedora
tion Of Labor.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
DIsBAR HART; DEMANDS BAR.
State Association Acts as Result O
Attack on Supreme Court.

State Association Acts as Result Of
Attack on Supreme Court.
st. Paul Dec. 1.-THE Minnesota
Bar association, through it's board of
governors and ethics committee, In
joint session in st. Paul late Saturday,
made demand for action for the dis
barment of Francis B. Hart of Mime
apolis. This action of the associa-
tion is the result of the letters writ.
ten by Mr.. Hart to both Gov. John A.
Johnson and Chief Justice G. M. Start,
attacking the supreme bench of Min
nesota and asking for it's impeach
ment
The meeting was held in the law
offices of How, Butler & Mitchell. Ac-
tion to be taken includes the expul-
sion Of Mr.. Hart from the state asso'
citation as well as his disbarment.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
10 p. M. LID IN IOWA.
1t Is to Be Put on Tight In the Whole
State.

It Is to Be Put on Tight In the Whole
State.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 1.-THE lid
is on in Iowa. Saloons yesterday
were closed throughout the state, and
beginning Monday will close at 10 p.
m. everywhere if they would avoid
prosecution.
Every county attorney in Iowa has
been notified to see to it that the
mulct law is enforced, and If any one
neglects the state will take steps to
have him removed from Office and at
least to have the law in his communi-
ty enforced.
Even in Scott county, where viola
tion has been most open and notori-
Gus. law enforcement has been de-
clared.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
SOUL MARRIAGE FAILS.
Tneosophist's Spirit Departs Alone
From Earth

V1oui 6dTSUs gN
Cleveland, Dec. Ito practice his
understanding Of theosophy on the
union of souls, Boris Minoff, Bulga-
rian designer, attempted to kill Jessie
Schroeder thirteen years Of age. and
then committed suicide.
The girls parents objected to his
lovemaking. The law also was bar
rier. Denied legal marriage, the
young man thought Of soul marriage.
Minoff boarded with the Schroeders.
Last night he sent all the members
Of the family except Jessie to the the
ater. Minoff studied his theosophical
books until late hour and then with
a handkerchief chloroformed the girl
and himself. The girl will recover.
= Minoff's spirit departed alone. 4.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
AUTO MEANS OF SUICIDE.
Partisan Hurls Himself Under Amer,
cans Car.

Paris, Dec. Is. - An old man was
killed yesterday on the Champs Ely
see by an automobile owned by James
Watson of Calumet, Mich. Neither
Mr.. Watson, who was in the car, nor
his French chauffeur. who was driving
it, was detained, as the policeman in
charge Of the regulation Of traffic at
the point where the man was killed
declared it was a case of suicide. He
says he saw the man throw himself
under the machine.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
Workman browns at Dam.

Workman browns at Dam,
Billings, Mont, Dec. 17.-While en-.
gagged in working on the big dam OF
the Billings Water-power company
last night Fred Litty, aged about
thirty years, fell into the river and
was drowned. His body was recover
ed two miles below the place whore
he fell in. agbs
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20

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yssY in4sfsstsng." They are" an.
svsrsa ~ nsan who q ssifishly ambi-
jeesa. ''sAiy there are too many ex :
DiAnattenS q hew the trick was done.
sAaA noehaae reliable about what the
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The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
FOLLOW THE LEADER.

Six Young Men Go Through the Ice
While Skating.
Arlington, s. D., Dec. 17.-six young
men narrowly escaped death by
drowning while skating on a lake
south of this place. They were skat-
ing in single file when one after an
other dropped through an airhole.
Help was near at hand and all were
rescued
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
INDlcTs TEN SALOON MEN.
Gambling and Selling Liquor t,
Minors Charged.

WIHUTS VHdrSSOs
Hallock, Mimi, Dec. 1.-THE grand
jury, which has been in session all the
week at this place, closed it's labors.
The jurors indicted ten saloonkeepers,
seven of them for running gambling
games, and three Hallock saloonkeep-
ers, who pleaded guilty to selling
liquor to minors. The latter trio were
fined $50 each and costs, and were
given suspended sentence of thirty
days in Jail. A. Kennedy, a restau-
rant man, was fined $25 and costs for
allowing dice throwing in his place
of business.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
HoLD-UP NETS 81, 200.
Two Masked Men Get Money at Place
Near Minocqua, Wis.

Near Minocqua, Wis.
Rhinelander, Wis, Dec. II. = The
road house of James Papineau, To-
Gated between Woodruff and Minoc-
qua, was held up last night by two
masked men, armed with repeating
rifles, who got away with $4,000.
The safe of the establishment had
been opened in order to pay a bill
when the men entered, and they
forced everybody's hands up and rob-
bed the safe. They marched the man
who opened the safe half mile from
the house.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
WHOLE ATLANTIC, NEW ENG.
LAND AND LAKE REGION in
CLUTCHES OF WINTER.
TWENTY PERISH. IN THE SEA
SCHOONER THOMAS w. LAWSON
AND A BRITISH euNHoAT
WRECKED.


of wind, hail and rain completely
swept the whole Atlantic coast from
Hatteras to Maine Saturday hamper
ing transportation. demoralizing lines
of communication with the outside
world and threatening all ships under
sail or steam that sought to make ports
in the teeth of the .sixty-mile gale.
Down off Sandy Hook the bark Ed
mund Phinney went to pieces on the
sandy shores after her skipper and
crew had been rescued in the breeches
buoy.
Liners Battered by Seas.
Battered by engulfng seas, seven
transatlantic steamships due here
Saturday crept into port yesterday
with their sides and superstructures
showing evidence of the continual
storms they met.
The belated Anchor line steamer
Astoria reached here after a stormy
passage, during which her machinery
broke down and compelled her to lay
to for twenty-four hours. Several
coastwise steamers, bound south,
were forced to anchor in Sandy Hook
bay for shelter and sailed away yes
terday when the gale blew itself out.
Thomas Shields, pilot, was drown
ed by the capsizing of a small boat
while being transferred from the
steamship Talisman.
Three Persons Killed.
Two people were killed as result of
the storm in New York city. One
man was killed in Brooklyn by the
fall of fagpole.
Both telegraph companies had much
difficulty in even partially restoring
communication in any direction.
Westward from New York communi-
cation by wire was almost impossible.
A single wire to Boston was all that
remained last night of the scores OF
telegraph trunk lines through New
England.
Railroad traffic suffered much delay
and surface and elevated lines in New
York had difficulty in maintaining any
sort of adequate service In the great
er city much damage was done by the
wind.
Twenty Are Drowned.
The seven-masted schooner Thomas
w. Lawson was wrecked in Broad
sound, off the Scilly islands, and fif-
teen of the eight persons aboard were
drowned.
The gunboat Speedwell of the Brit
ish navy went down near Sheerness,
five of the crew of thirteen being
drowned. The entire valley of the
Thames in England is like great
lake. Heavy gales that have ragged
along the coasts of England, Scotland
and Ireland for several days show no
signs of abating.
Over Northern Hemisphere.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE storm that
ragged in Chicago all day Saturday was
general all over the northern hemi-
sphere. Tne train service in the Mid
die West West and Northwest was
badly deranged.
One man lost his life in Chicago and
six were more or less seriously in
jured in the biggest storm of the win
ter and one of the worst in the his
tory of the city.
Place Loss Of Life at Forty.
London, Dec. 1.-THE gale along
the British coast on Friday and Satur-
day, which was described by Capt.
jameson of the steamship st. Louis as
the worst in his experience, subsidel /
yesterday. 1t was responsible for the
loss of some forty lives, SO far as
known at present.
The pioneer express., 1907-12-20
sPuRNED svlToR SHOOTS.
Wounds Two Women and Then Kills
f k}innaeif III q ss.is.S ,4

WUuHus ~ W0 women ana Hen Mis-
Himself. 81. 5.l .
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. IL. Otto
schmigler,. q Hungarian tailor, yester-
day shot and fatally wounded Mrs.
Caroline Webster and Seriously
wounded Miss Myrtle Spence and then
killed himself, The tragedy occurred
at the home Of Mrs. Webster. whore
| schmigler had room.
u Il ID said that schmigl was infat-
mated With Miss Spence md that III
sadyancsG had been rspnll s5lssS
The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-01-31

Miss Sara Myra. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Wyckoff Burtis, of
near Allentown, and Major Voorhees,
Nutt. were married at the residence
OF the BRIDES parents by Rev, Geo.
Swain, D. D., assisted by Rev. Joseph
Howell. of Hamilton Square, at p. NJ.
Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 23rd, 1907.
Miss Helen r. w. Burtis played the
wedding march. The briue was
prettily attired in q handsome white
radium silk trimmed with tulle and
silk applique, and carried a shower
boauet of bride roses. Miss Emma
Mae Burtis, maid Of honor, wore q
gown of white landsdowne trimmed
with all.over-lace and applique and
carried white carnotions. Miss Eliza
beth E. Tilton of Jacobstown and
Miss Katherine Il. Miller of Borden
town were bridesmaids and wore
gowns of white silk null over green
and sarried pink carnations. Little
Miss Ida Potter acted as flower girl
and wore dainty dress of white silk
trimmed with valenciennes lace. Mas
ter Raymond Voorhees, nephew of the
bride, was ring bearer. The brides
travelling dress was dark blue broad
cloth with hat to match. Arthur u.
Hays of Freehold was best man. Alvin
Sykes of Hamilton Square and j..
Carol Burtis, brother of the bride,
were ushers. After the ceremony and
congratulations of about 200 invited
guests elaborate refresh d.ents were
served. The groom's gift to the
bride was brooch set with diamonds
and pearls. The happy couple de-
parted amid showers of rice and con
feUtr for honeymoon trip through
the west going by the way of Wash
ington, d. c.. and return by the way
of Niagara Fails. Tue bride was
the recipient of many valuable and
useful gifts of cut glass, silverware,
etc.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-01-31
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the ~ <<c1-z.-
Lamar Dispossessed.

Sheriff Francis and Deputy Charles
f. Hawkins on Monday went TO Dav-
i'd Lalnar's Summer home on the
Rumson road and took possession.
They found two men in charge Of the
house and had to break in the rear
door aud evict them. The property
was turned over to agents of Edmund
Wilson, of Red Bank, counsel for a.
6. Spalding, who purchased the prop
erty at sheriff sale but could not OBJ
tain possession. The matter has been
in the Courts for four years. a suit
will probably be brought by Mr.. La
mar against Sheriff Francis.