davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-28
MANY PETTIC0ATS AMONG RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
W WAsHINGToN.-Barred from be-
coming letter carriers by tech

w coming letter carriers by a tech
 nicality in the postal regulations, women are rapidly invading the ranks of the rural carriers, where there are no restrictions against them. An ex- animation of the records of the post office department shows that there are 257 carriers in the rural communi- ties who are women, and 1000 substi tute carriers are of the same sex. This would not be very significant show ing were it not for the fact that the advent Of women in this capacity is a comparatively recent innovation. For several years after the service was established it was not contemplated by post office officials that the posi- tion of carrier was one which would be sought by members of the weaker sex. But somehow they crept in; the department had no way of distin- gushing them from men except by their names as they appeared on the applications, and this. it was found is no criterion.
 Who was the first woman rural car rier is something that Is unknown by the post office department. Several have claimed that honor Women were delivering mail matter in the farming communities for Uncle Sam long be- fore his officials who have charge of that branch of the postal service knew anything about it.
 There is another way in which they have made inroads into the service When man is appointed a rural car rier he is allowed to name his substi-
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-28

Entered as second class matter April l5, 1907, at the post office at Prescott, Ark, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-28
YEA EPHONE 2S2

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Any erroneous reflection upon the charac- ter standing or reputation of any person firm or corporation which may appear in the col umnS of The News will be gladly corrected upon it's being brought to the attention of the publishers.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-28
SCRIPTURE READING FOR TO-DAY

Ephesians I, 25. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of an- other.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-28
DELIVERY
 AT COST
Ube Prescott Daily News.

NPublished every day except Sunday by the News Printing Co.,, Prescott, Arkansas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
ROB AN "ELEvATED" STATION.
Three Negroes Hold Up Agent in
Chicago-One IN Custody


Chfcago-One IN Custody.
Three robbers boldly invaded the Hal
sted street station of the Lake Street Ele-
vated railroad in Chicago, held up j. w.
2. Brown, the ticket agent, and stole SO.
Two revolver battles followed. and one
man, a negro, was arrested and identified
as one of the bandit trio. The Halsteu
street station is one of the most promi
nent on the West Side. but when the rob
berry was committed Brown was alone.
The bandits entered in single file, pointed
rcvolvers at Brown, and ordered him to
throw up his hands. He tried to reach
his revolver, but the robbers dragged him
out of his cage and compelled him to
stand in a corner with his hands mp.
While two of the robbers watched Brown
the third took the railway COMPANY
money from the cash drawer. Then all
three ran down the stairs. Brown ran TO
drawer got his revolver, and pursued
the bandits, firing at them when he reach
ell the street The robbers turned and
fired dozen shots at Brown. but none of
tie bullets took effect. After this battle
the thieves escaped, in an alley. Later
Detectives Mills and Martin of the Des-
PLANES street station discovered a, negro
in an alley and fired on him. One bullet
passed through his hat and then he sur
rendered. He was identified by Brown as
one of the elevated station robbers. He
said he was Malner Luster, % years cid.
The police found SIS in change and a ST
clearing house check in the prisoners
pockets
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26


valued 100000
personality and posed T. Druc mercantile house If
the duke Portland title
H
Portland
which thirty
reality
his fitted
them gorgeously said
the bruce contention
claim
rid of his double personality The claimant charges
British justice The will
If lead within the
dispute undertaken, will
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
CHICAGO.

Although the volume of business falls
short OF the normal, there are indications
tnat point to some recovery. Payments
through the banks reflect a smaller COM
pGrative decline, commercial defaults run
under those last year, and there are not
only increasing deposits but more rapid
cancellation of emergency checks and re-
hewal of discount operations in mercantile
paper
shipments of currency TO the interior
nave expanded for the marketing of corn,
ana the preparations assure ample funds
TO meet heavy January disbursements at
the banks. Settlements on December ma
turtles thus far have been made with less
trouble than expected, and the small ag-
gregate of extensions sought was the
ca'lse OF lessened fear in financial circles,
quiet conditions prevail il Tie leading
industries, but seasonable weather brought
improved demand in distrbutiye branches,
ana the absorption of winter apparel food
products and Christmas goods makes a
rapid reduction in stocks. There is also
more activity in the advance buying in
wholesale lines, with a better supply of
mail orders for dry goods, woolens, cloaks
ana suits and boots and shoes.
With the approaching holidays there is
greater tendency to curtail machinery en-
pioyed IN factory work, and shut-downs
may be more extended than usual
Receipts of raw materials reflect fur
Their shrinkage, but these are ample for
requirements, and prices have an easier
tendency in pig iron, lumber leather and
wool, although hides steadied on buying
for eastern consumers.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trlct number %, against Is last week ana
70 year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number 5, against last week and
In 19O6.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
200 ARE ENTOMBED IN
PENNSYLVANIA MINE
Terrible Explosion Imprisons All
the Men Working in Coal Shaft
Near ConnelIsvilIe.
FIRE ADDS TO AWFUL HORROR.
Darr Workings, Owned by Pittsburg
Coal Company, the Scene of Lat
est Slaughter of Miners.

Two hundred miners were entombed
In the Darr mines of the Pittsburg
Coal Company at Jacobs Greek, on the
Youghiogheny River, eighteen miles
west of Connellsville, Pa. OF the vic
Tins fully 100 are Americans, the 9TH
ers being principally Hungarians.
A terrific explosion shook the vicin-
ity of the mine Thursday morning and
announced TO all the surrounding coun-
try that great disaster had occurred
under the surface. Smoke soon began
to issue in heavy columns from the
mine, which is of the slope variety.
The mouth of the mine was wrecked,
and this, together with the fire which
was discovered raging inside, prevent
ed any attempt to rescue the imprison-
ed men. There was nothing to indi-
cate whether it was gas or coal dust
that exploded.
Within . few minutes after the ex-
plosion The mouth of the pit was sur
rounded by the relatives and friends of
the entombed men. Smoke and flames
issuing from the slope made it impos-
sible to enter and the wives and chill
dren were frantic.
The scene of the explosion is on the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad side
of the Youghiogheny River. Jacobs
Creek, on the main line of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad, is across the
river. 1t is forty miles east of Pitts
burg and eighteen miles west Of Con-
nellsville.
The officials of the Pittsburg Coal
Company stated that the mine was one
Of the largest and was equipped with
the most modern appliances for mining
The Pittsburg Coal Company mines are
on both sides of the Youghiogheny
River. The fuel mined in this field is
used for coking purposes. The terri
tory is part of the original Councils
vile coke field and the mines are said
to contain considerable gas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
The Shell Fish in New York Watrs
Being Exterminated.

Lobster fishing is rapidly disapper-
ing as one of the novel industries of
New York City and those ACCUSTOMED
to eat that species of shell fish vii
soon be deprived of that pleasure. br
years the lobster fishermen who ct
their pots in the upper and lower ny
had headquarters in Stapleton, S. L.,
and there it was possible TO obtain at
all seasons of the year the choicest
grade of food for 10 cents poundor
average Manhattan retailer. At tat
price the fishermen had what they en-
sidered excellent returns for thir
work
Until about year ago catch of E.
tween 200 and 800 pounds of lobser
a day was considered an average hal.
and that netted the baynan and is
boy helper between $50 ana $40 tr
their short days labor.
In recent months, however, he
catches have been decidedly small, ad
the fishermen believe that within "a
other year a New York lobster will pc
rarity. The daily catches now ave-
age fifteen pounds, and when one mars
pots yield twenty-five pounds he CO.
siders himself fortunate. One by oe
the men who have spent the greatr
part Of their lives in the business are
abandoning the work and seeking nev
means of earning a livelihood.
The pouring of acids and refuse inc
the bay, thereby poisoning its waters,
is killing the lobster and also othr
kinds of fish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
STANDARD OIL APPEALS.
Seeks from Higher Court Relief from
s2024O,OOO Fine.


Judge Lands in the United States Dis
trict Court in Chicago will sign the bill
of exceptions for appeal to the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals of the
Standard Oil Company's case. in which
the corporation was fined S29,240.O00 for
accepting rebates from the Chicago and
Alton Railway Company on shipments of
oil from Whiting Ind. to East st. Louis.
ILL.,. and st. Louis. Mo-, in violation of
the United States interstate commerce
law. The text of the bill of exceptions
was agreed upon at a conference held
with Judge Lands by Attorney John 5.
Miller, representing the Standard Oil
Company: United States District Attor-
ney Sims, and Special Counsel Wilker-
son. At the conference Attorney Miller
caused surprise by announcing that the
three famous commodity tariff books OF
the Chicago and Alton Railway Company
for the years 1903, 1904 and 1905, which
were offered in evidence on the trial of
the case by the defendant to show that
there were in existence 1000 tariffs In
Illinois similar to the oil rate on which
the Standard Oil Company was prescott
ed were mysteriously missing. Attorney
Miller said that he had called upon the
railroad officials to produce the books in
question since the trial and they had in
formed him that the records had disap-
peared and could not be found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
TRY TO DEFINE EPILEPSY.
Specialists Begin Investigation Of
the Mysterious Malady.

During the next year spc rialists on
mental and nervous diseases will de-
vote their time and energy to the franz
ing of definition of epilepsy and also
of determining what is its cure. After
many years of treatment of this dis
ease, members of the National Society
for the Study and Treatment of Epi-
lepsy, which recently concluded a con-
vention at Richmond, Va, have found
themselves confronted by a chaotic
state which makes it necessary that a
uniform definition of epilepsy be agreed
upon and a uniform cure for it be
found before proceeding farther.
The treatment of epileptic cases is
one phase of the progress being made
toward more humanitarian methods of
treatment of the unfortunate. Until
few years ago epileptic patients nearly
everywhere in the country were locked
up like so many prisoners, and with
only ordinary medical attendance were
left to exc out an existence according
to their physical ills. 1t has now come
to be recognized that epilepsy is dis
ease having a relation to the state of
mind as distinct as any other disease
has to the body. Many causes for the
disease have been ascertained and these
causes have frequently led to confusion
in definition which it is now the plan of
the specialists to correct.
The convention referred to above was
attended by practically ali of the lead
Ing specialists of the country, includ-
ing superintendent of hospitals for the
insane, as well as individual physi-
clans who are interested in the work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
SEVENTY KILLED IN MINE.
Dust Explosion E1tombs Nearly One
Hundred Men in Alabama.

Just Explosion EltombS Nearly One
Hundred Men in Alabama.
As the result of an explosion in the
coal mines at Yolande, Ala. seventy.
and perhaps seventy-five, men are
dead. The work of recovery. which
was delayed in the beginning by the
character of the explosion and the fire
has been slow. and hundreds of miners
from nearby camps helped in the work
of taking out the bodies
The explosion occurred at about
1880 o'clock Monday morning. and so
far its cause has not been determined.
Less than one hundred men went
into the mine that morning. and this ac-
counts for the fact that the loss of life
was not heavier. The mine has in the
past been pronounced free from gas by
the State mine inspectors. and it is sup
posed that the explosion was caused by
dust. When mine is not properly
sprinkled and the air is allowed to fill
with fine coal dust. particles of it be-
come almost as explosive as gas
The explosion was below the second
right subentry. The mines go down
1900 feet There was terrific explo-
sion, dust and timber being blown out
in great quantities. destroying small
buildings near by. There was intense
heat Immediately after the explosion.
Officials of the company on the scene
Immediately took stems to organize n
rescue party to get to the men. The
fans were started and other methods
taken to eliminate the bad air. Within
an hour fourteen men had crawled out
of the mine Several of these were
badly burned.
Yolande mine is but a few miles
from Virginia City, where a similar ex-
plosiOn occurred about two years ago,
112 men being killed at that time. Yo-
lande is thirty-five miles south of Bir-
mingham, on the Birmingham Mineral
Railroad. The Yolande Coal and Coke
Company is headed by DR.. G. B. Grove
Of Birmingham.
The Yolande mines were among the
model collieries of the birmingham dis
trict. Non-union men were worked eX-
clusively Everything possible had
been done to insure the contentment
of employees with their conditions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
NEW YORK.

Cross currents in trade finance and in
dustry prevent generalization, but fnan-
cial conditions generally have shown fur
Their easing, while the approach of the hol-
iday period and more seasonable weather
helped enliven distribution, which in some
sections also feels the stimulus of price
concessions. On the other hand, whole
sale and jobbing trade has rather quieted
and manufacturing industry has slackened
slightly. Collections generally are very
slow, and failures tend to increase in
number
There is less talk of calculations,
though there are evidences of these in
many lines. TO offset the possibility of
large stocks accommodating, buyers are
keeping their activities restricted, and this
tendency is also REINFORCED by fair
volume of resales by jobbers who find sur
plus supplies at hand.
Business failures in the United States
Tor the week ending Dec II number PSI,
against 212 last week, go in the like
week of 1906. 226 in 1905, 139 in 1904
and 239 in 1903. Canadian failures for
the week number 80, as against 26 last
week and 81 this week a year ago
Bradstreet's Commercial Report
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

ST. Christopher is the patron saint of
motoring.
Brazil has no middle class There are
but two classes there-the rich and the
poor.
Countess of Warwick, on return to
London, says Americas only hope is in
socialism.
The grand jury at OAKLAND, Cal, re-
fused to vote an indictment against Har-
RI Kleinschmidt, accused of numbering
his friend, Frank Bellows, and the young
man was released.
by the people of Hopkinsville, KY, to pre-
vent might riders" from burning two to-
bacco factories, which they faihd to de-
stroy on their recent visit.
The establishment of the William Budd
Furniture Company, in Petersburg Va,
was burned the other day. Loss 1900,
partially covered by insurance.
Allan Corey, son of William Ellis
Corey. mo broke with his father Wien
the latter married Mabelle Gilman, has
become reconciled with the steel king ami
his stepmother of a few months.
For the first time in the history of
New York county a man has been con-
victed for attempted murder. He is Pie
tor Giannone, a photographer. He was
charged with hiring Bruno Cardea to kill
Luigi Favata, that he might wed Fayata's
WIFE Favata was wounded, but recov-
cred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
UEE lA[2As<[5RS
~~~~~O~~~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
800 to $6.10; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 9Sc to $1.00;
corn, No. 2, SOC to Gle; oats, standard,
timothy, $11.Oo to $3.50 prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to 29c; eggs, fresh, pc to 27c; potatoes,
pei bushel, 4Sc to 56c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
to 1928 hogs, good TO choice heavy
500 to $4.7o; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c;
corn, No. white, 52c to ode; oats, No.
white, 49c to SIC.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $475; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, S1.O2 to $1.O3; corn, No 2
SIC to 54c; oats, No. 2, 4Sc to soc; I've,
No. 2, Toe to zoe.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, CSC to S1.O0; corn,
No. mixed, soc to SIC; oats, No. 2
mixed, SOC to 52c; rye, No. 2, 79c to Sic.
Detroit-Cattle, S4.OO to $500; hogs,
S4OO to So 10; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No 2, $1.00 to $1.02; corn, No
yellow, Coo to Gle; oats, No. white,
53c to 54c; rye, No. 2, soc to sc.
Milwaukee No. northern,
81 OS to $1.10; corn, No. 3, SOC to 6Oc;
oats. standard, SIC to 53c; rye, No. /,
SOC to Sic; barley, No. 2, 96c to &C.
,norl, mace c10S1
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 1925.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $J.65;
hogs. $3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat, No. 2 red, $103 to $1041
corn. No. 2, 66c to &C; oats, natural
white. SIC to 60c; butter, creamery, 2jc
to 29c; eggs, western, 3Oc to 33c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 97c to
99c: corn, No. 2 mixed, SIC to 59c;
oats. No. mixed, 53c to 54c; rye, No.
Q. 7sc to soc; clover seed, prime, 5000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
YAQUIS UGLY; MURDER ~.
Band of Indian Braves Infiict Death
by TOrture.


Murder by torture of twelve miners was
the first scene of the bloody warfare open
ed by the Yaqui Indians, who are now
raging along the Mexican border. More
than 80 braves, fully armed, are in the
war party, and it is feared that several
frontier villages will be looted and many
persons killed before the Yaquis can be
subdued. The slaughter occurred forty
five miles southeast of Magdalena, State
of Sonora, Mexico. 7. J. Mcintyre and
a party of mining men of Nogalez. Ariz.,
have returned from the scene, where they
viewed the bodies of the murdered men.
The 1aquis captured the party of thirteen
men. Among the number was Jose Fer
nandez, son of President Fernandez of the
town of Cucurpe, and owner of the Mes
cal plant station, where the killing oc-
Cured. One American was among the
number, but he was rescued. The remain
ing twelve were tortured. stood up against
trees, and shot through the head.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

| The Central Hotel at Colon, Panama,
was burned. Loss $1,000.
Fire in the York building in Boston,
caused loss of 100000 to several manu-.
featuring firms and to the owner of the
building.
Sir John Roger, Governor of the Eng.
fish Gold Coast colony, told Philadel.
phia audience the negro was the greatest
problem confronting civilization and was
becoming as acute in the English colo.
mics as in the United States.
The call has been issued for the elev.
enth annual convention of the American
National Live Stock Association to be
held in Denver Jan. p and %, 1908.
DIR. John NJ. Flint, formerly of Chi.
cago, now of the University of California,
was chosen to succeed DIR. William Car.
mall as head of the department of sur.
gerry in the Yale Medical school at New
Haven, Conn.
Judge Strimple, in Cleveland appointed
Owen L. Wilcox as receiver for the Cleve-
land and Sharon Electric Railway Com
pany in order to defeat the alleged plot
of majority stockholders to freeze out the
minority.
According to advices received from
Washington, the government officials are
not satisfied with the new double eagle
being coined at the Philadelphia mint,
and have ordered coinage stopped tempo
rarily to permit change in the process.
The design Of the coin will not be chang
ed
j. J. Rockwell, United States minister
to China, arrived in New York from Bre-
men on the liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, hav.
ing travelled overland from Pekin by way
Of the Siberian railroad. He was accom-
panied by his daughter and is on short
vacation trip. He declared that every.
thing is now quiet in China, in spite Of
reports to the contrary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

The farmers Union warehouse at Tay-
Tor. Texas, with 1000 bales of cotton,
burned. Loss S125,000, fully covered by
insurance.
Five hundred persons will leave New
York City Jan. 10, 1903, to establish an
industrial colony on one of the islands Of
the Southern Pacific ocean.
At the sale of the effects of the late
Stanford White in New York a Damascus
carpet q feet long by 10 wide was pur-
chased by Miss Elsie De Wolf for 81, 100
The interstate commerce commission, at
Washington, is preparing to assume juris-
diction over the street and interurban
railway systems doing an interstate BUSH
ness.
Practically all Of the Cambria work
men suspended recently, partly by reason
of needed repairs and partly on account
of a shortage of orders, have resumed
their employment at Johnstown, Pa.
Oscar Frederick Spat, alias Reginal
Spaulding, alias Sterling, was fined 500
or thirty days in the workhouse at Pitts
burg on charge of swindling certain peo-
pl1 of that city with an offer to introduce
them at King Edwards court if well paid.
King Leopold's private domain in the
Congo will pass to Belgium and be subject
to Belgian laws as the result of the Kings
agreement to the treaty annexing the
Congo State to Belgium. He will thus
lose all his revenues from this source.
The treaty recognizes American rights in
the Congo.
The Philadelphia company, holding
company for various companies operating
traction lines, natural and artificial gas
and electric light plant in Pittsburg, Pa,
and surrounding boroughs, announced a
reduction in the price of natural gas in
Pittsburg for domestic purposes, to 30
cents per thousand cubic feet, with "a
cents discount if paid within ten days.