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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-18
FLYING EXPRESS TRAIN
RUNS DOWN AUTOMOBILE.
Four Are Killed in Crash Near
PottstoWn, Pa.
TWO DEAD ON THE cOWCATCHER.
Train Making High Speed Plunges
Into Side of Swiftly Moving Auto
at Crossing = Two Men Hurled
Into the Air and Thrown Fifty
Feet Away.

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Pottstown, Pa. Especially Rum
ming briskly down Keim Street, on
their way home, after a visit here, an
automobile party of five, from Kim
berton, a village near Phoenixville.
were struck broadside by Philadel-
phia and Reading Express No. z, and
four of the party were almost in
stantly killed.
The dead are:
Jacob Reese, aged 55 years.
Mrs. Jacob Reese, aged 48 years.
Mrs. Anthony w. Emery, Jr., aged
AZ years.
Belva Emery, aged one year, child
of Mrs. Emery.
The party left home for, visit to
Mr.. Emery's sister, Mrs. Joseph
March, of this place. They left for
Kimherton shortly before 5 o'clock,
and were speeding at good clip
down Keim Street to cross the Read
ing Railroad tracks, when the acci-
dent, to which there were number
of eye witnesses, occurred.
Train No. Z is fast express leav-
ing Philadelphia at 4.06 and due
here at SIT. Running at full speed,
it reached the crossing Simultaneous
struck the machine fairly on the
side.
The two men were hurled high
into the air and dropped at the bot
tom of an embankment along the
tracks at the place, SO feet away.
The little girl, torn from her moth
er's arms, landed near them. The
women, both of whom were instantly
killed, were carried on the cow
catcher until the train was stopped,
three or four blocks away.
Workmen from adjoining indus
trial plants, many of whom had seen
the collision, hurried out, but it was
soon found that all were past human
aid except Mr.. Emery and the little
child. They were carried into near
by Office, and in a short time taken
to the Pottstown Hospital. Mr.. En-
cry remained conscious most of the
time, but, aside from giving a clue
to the identity of the party, could
not talk coherently. The bodies were
placed on the train and brought into
town.
The Keim Street crossing, dan
gerous grade, has proved a death
trap many times in the past. 1t is
approached by slight rise, preced-
ed by long, heavy down grade, and
its only protection is a gong, rung
mechanically by approaching trains.
The supposition is that Mr.. Emery,
if he was aware at all of the on
coming express before the automo-
bile was struck, had been running so
too high rate of speed to slow
down, the crossing being a constant
temptation to the autoists to speed
down grade in order to cover the
rise.
A small building and a high, thick
hedge fence cuts off a view of the
track, and narrow escapes are ex-
ceedingly frequent. Some years ago
there was an agitation for watch
man at the crossing, which resulted
in the installation of an electric bell.
The automobile in the case was
smashed to splinters and strewed for
many feet along the tracks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-18
Foreign

Capt. William H. Clifford, United
States Marine Corps, and Miss Mabel
Moore, daughter of George Moore,
formerly of Portland, England, were
married in London.
France is about to sign treaty
with Great Britain guaranteeing the
subjects of one country residing in
the other the benefits of the Employ
ers' Liability Act.
The question of the Congo indie
pendent State appears to have reached
q deadlock in Belgium, neither Par
lament nor the King being willing
to give way.
sentence imposed upon Karl Hau,
convicted at Leipsic of the murder
of his mother-in-law, opened at Leip-
sic.
Cholera in Russia shows no signs
of diminishing, but, on the contrary,
1t Is spreading steadily. Every prov
ince that suffered from famine last
year is now in the grasp of the
scourge and every day hundreds of
new cases are reported.
Count Won Pourtales, the Prussian
minister at Munich, Bavaria, will be
appointed ambassador of Germany at
st. Petersburg, in succession to Herr
Won Schoe, who succeeds Herr Won
Tschirsky as minister for foreign af-
fairs.
Emperor Francis Joseph is serious
ly i'll and the proposed visit of the
King and Queen of Spain may have
to be postponed.
The wife of General Adolf Won
Buelow, of Berlin, fearing her hus-
band was dying, fell dead herself at
his bedside.
Princess Alexaadrine, wife of
Crown Prince Christian of Denmark,
has consumption.
The power of Mulai Hafid, who had
been proclaimed sultan in Southern
Morocco, has been greatly strength
ened.
Sixty thousand trades unionists
took part in demonstration in
Budapest in favor of universal suf-
frage in Hungary.
Two French physicians have sue
ceeded in removing birthmarks
known as port wine stains with
radium.
The Arctic steamer Frithjof, which
accompanied the Wellman expedition
to Spitzbergen, was lost off the coast
of Iceland and the captain and Is
of the crew persisted.
Secretary Taft arrived at Hong
kong, China. attended a banquet,
where he met Minister WI Ting
Fang, and sailed at midnight for
Manila.
Thirteen firemen were overcome
and 1000 girls became panic-strick-
en- in a fire that occurred in B. Was
serman & Co.'S cigar factory. ~
Chambers Street, New York City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-18
Why Bigelow Sent Bombs.

Denver, Col. Especially Kemp v.
Bigelow, arrested for sending in
fernal machines through, the mails
to Governor Buchtel, David B. Moff-
at and q. B. Kountze, confessed that
lack of money was the impelling mo-
tive of his acts. He conceived the
idea of sending the dynamite after
warning the recipients. in the hope
that he would thereby become a hero
and reap financial reward from the
wealthy men whose lives he had
saved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-18
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.

To read of car famine does not
sound like slack in business.
Western Unions surplus applicable
to dividends was much smaller in
the 1907 fiscal year than in any of
the seven preceding years. 1t barely
earned the 8 per cent. dividend.
Cable dispatches received by bank
ers showed that while a couple OF
small failures had occurred in Ann
sterdam, the matter had been greatly
exaggerated in London and America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-18
The News
Domestic

A wedding of International import
ance was celebrated when Miss Amy
Mcmillan, daughter OF the late Sena-
tor James Mcmillan, of Detroit, was
married to Lieutenant Colonel Sir
John Lane Harrington, British min
lister to Abyssinia.
Train Dispatcher ]. A. BROMLEY, OF
the Boston and Maine Railroad
Concord office, is held responsible by
the Massachusetts State Railroad
Commission for the West Canaan
wreck, September Is, in which 70
persons lost their lives. -
The proposition of President Small,
of the Telegraphers' Union, tnat the
strike be ended because OF lack OIL
funds is met with charges OF treason.
George Melville .Boynton and a
party of explorers will cross the South
American Continent by route never
traversed by white men.
Whether Leroy c. Harding has
sound or false teeth may determine
whether he should be tried. for a
scheme to defraud by mail.
Edwin M. Watson and his wife,
Christian Scientists, at Mount Holly
N. j., were found guilty ON the
charge of manslaughter for raining
to provide medical treatment for their
seven-year-old son.
Three men were killed and two
probably fatally hurt by the falling
of a derrick used in the construction
of the new Nickel Plate bridge over
the Cuyahoga River, at Cleveland.
Purchasing Agent Trainor, OF the
Standard Oil, declared on the witness
stand that he had never received any
of the $2O,O00,0OO paid to him, &C
cording to the Standard Oil books.
A burglar in the Century Build
ing, in New York, was foiled by Rich
ard F. Grey, the Waterman, who was
badly beaten by the robbers.
Four men were drowned and three
others were badly burned when their
gasoline yacht blew up on Ravitan
Bay; near Perth Amboy.
Mrs. Mary Ann S. Pepper-Vander-
bilt, spiritualist medium, was arrest
ed in New York on charge of grand
larceny,
The dead body of Miss Jennie L..
Stevens was found floating in the Chi
cago River.
BY vote of 4 to 1 the bodies
composing the International Associa-
tior of Cotton Growers and Spinners
voted to refer the Hef1in resolution,
asking Congress and the British Par
lament to investigate the cotton ex-
changes to the different bodies for
individual action. The Southern Cot
ton Association voted in the negative.
The Metropolitan Securities Com
pany, controlling the surface rail-
ways of New York City, contributed
SIS, 200 toward the expenses of a
committee of the National Civic Fed
Grafton which reported on municipal
ownership on trolley lines.
The Countess of Warwick, who is
about to visit Baltimore, declares it
was not she who divulged the Tran
by Croft card game scandal in which
the Prince of Wales was involved.
A jury has awarded DR.. L. G. H.
Ziegler, of Chicago, 100000 for
medical attendance to the wife of the
late James McVicker, the wealthy
theater manager.
Heinrich Conried, director of the
Metropolitan Opera House, declares
his health was wrecked by Caruso
monkey-house incident.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-18
Mikado Honors His Heroes.

Victoria, .. C. Especially Mail
advices from Japan stated that
number of Japanese diplomats, SOL
diers and sailors have been made
peers for services during the war
Marquis Ito, Yamagata and Oyama
were made princes. Barons Generals
Kuroki. Oku and Nogi and Admirals
Yamometo and Togo were made
counts. In all, 102 officials were
honored.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-18
Dependent Vito Attempts suicid

Beverly, N. j. Especially In u de-
spondent mood, Anna, wife of Lewis
Sleindeweine, attempted suicide by
taking laudanum at the boarding
house of Mrs. Archibald Warner 9th
or members of the household, discov-
ering the bottle, guessed her act and
sent for a physician. After walking
the woman eight hours the effects of
the poison wore off and her life was
saved
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
WHAT THE
ROW IS ABOUT

A passenger car between Wash
ington and New York has every seat
taken; but a passenger car between
Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., will be
half empty. There is the difficulty
about this rate controversy. Rail-
roads have two missions-to serve
the public and earn money on their
cost. Unfortunately they have mis-.
calculated as to their duties. They
have too frequently treated the pub
lie with contempt and have had
some rather crude ideas as to the
degree Of honesty they should prac-
tlce in the earning of dividends.
That is what all the row Is about
II the roads had been as euuitably
managed as they have been efficient
ly managed, the public and the men
who own and operate them would
now be at as good understanding as
are the public and the men who OWL,
and till farms. 1t is Just as honor
able to operate a railroad as It is to
cultivate a garden; but our roads
have been manipulated dishonorably
reaping where they had not strewed.
A day Of reckoning was bound to
come, and It is nearly here. All the
grand things the roads have done to
build up the country are nearly for
gotten. Gratitude for that is swat
lowed in rage engendered by water
ed stock
We wish the roads well out of #,
but they have to face an angry pub
Tic that might have been friendly.
A few dashes Of frenzied finance in
Wall Street make many dashes OF
agrarian legislation out West
II is perfectly natural. and the on
IS way out Of # is FOR the railroads
to be good Washington Post.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
STRENGTHENING
THE SIGHT

\ Young man whose ewes had been
troubling him consulted an ocullst
What You want to d." said the
specialist "is to take trip every
gay on the ferry I'm New Jersey. Topp
Is'and-any place where You can see
long distances Look up and down
The river. across the field or # the
worst comes TO the worst 20 10 the
TOD Of "a skyscraper and scan Tho
horizon from that point The idea ls
To got distance You use your ewes
% great deal and always at close
range You cam. use them any other
way in town Even when not read.
.hF OF writing tho vision le limited
~ ma.I rooms and narrow reef
~ matter TO what direction o1 look
.'''e Is blank vail no. ar away
To- .h'' m ight Nav York Sun
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14

IL goes TO the very core OF the matter,
and shows us just what TO think
OF the financial morals of the wit
ness-such a man Is not well fitted
to assume the role OF artless revealer
OF everything.
Confidence implies confidante, II
the public is to play that tender part
with so many millionaires. whisper
Ing their secrets into its long ear, It
will soon be bursting with perllous
information. And here, again. doubt
creeps In. Is It the really important
secrets that we are getting? May we
not be dealing with false lovers who
tell us soft nothings to put us of
the scent? Indeed. TO return to the
Hartman example. his refusal to say
word about his stock operations
is too much in the manner OF Hot
spur assuring his wife that for
secrecy no lady was closer, especial
ly when "thou wilt not utter what
thOu dOSt not KNOW
In sober earnest. this hastily as
sumed readiness to take the people
into their confidence will avail the
large figures I'm finance nothing
whatever as mere subterfuge. The
people do not want to be "pollied."
What they ask OF these men is fair
and above-board dealing. honorable
methods toward each other and to-
ward the public, and evidence that
they are thinking of the public ser
vice as often as OF private boards.
If our nervous and troubled mag
mates will only satisfy the country
that they are honest, and not too
greedy, they may easily dispense with
their superfluous and somewhat Of
fenslve confidence Y. Evening
Post
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
THE PEOPLE
ARE NOT FOOLED

The great trouble with these men
who condescend to as from a high
or sphere IS that they do not clear
away the suspicion which hangs about
their motives. Is e. really new con
hdenco or merely a new confidence
game2 what the people truly want
10, not that these great ones should
come down 70 orr sphere. but that
We should be caught mp to theirs
The world has been familiar. from
Corioianue down. with aristocrats
stopping 20 the plebs for their own
purposes But n our suddenly
gushing maenates are sincere in as
eerting that hey desire 10 be on
familiar terms with the humbIest
and poorest they viii have 70 give
more convincing proofs ~ utter CON
idonce than we have yet had from
hem. a man who refuses on ad-
vice Of counsel TO answer a question
TOR the reply 70 which the whole
country is eagerly waiting. because
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
NOTICE OF APPLICA-
TON FOR LICENSES

This is to certify that the follow
Ing Is a complete list OF Applica-
lions for Licenses to sell at retail
spirltuous liquors. wines, ale, beer
and drinks OF like nature, and 10
sell at Wholesale beer, ale and drinks
of like nature, as filed in my Office.
which said list contains the names
OF said applicants, their respective
residences, and the place for which
the application is made.
NOTICE.
The following is notice that J.
5. Burnett. who resides at Blueheld,
w. Va. has this day filed in my Of
flee an application to the County
Court OF Mercer County, for license
to sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines. porter. ale beer and drinks
OF like nature in the Cassaday ami
Wilkinson Building in te town of
Ingleside, w. Va
Given under my hand this 9th
day OF March, 1907.
ESTILL BAILEY, Clerk.
Mercer County Court, w. Va.
j. Baker, residing at Blueheld,
w Va, application for license 10
sell at retail spirltuous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
Of like nature at No. IL Bluefield
Ave, Bluefield, Mercer County, w.
Va
/. l.. Cohen, residing at Blueheld,
w. Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
OF like nature in Building No. 449
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14

Cal. made this statement 20 Com
missioner Shields Monday. The rec
ords show that he had taken out pa
pers on July 80, 1881. The commits
sioner, with the aid OF an officer
from the United States district at
torneys Office discharged Mr.. Nelson
from any cause OF action that might
be made against him for perjury
Mr.. Nelson thanked the commission
or profusely. and then announced
hat he was going back 10 California
Immediately.
Now. surroun led by my family.
can go TO meet my Maker. assured
that have never wronged any one"
he said. as he left che Federal build
ing.-New York Times.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
ABOUT DoWIE's DEATH

"To great many people I'm Zion
City" said Andrew Taylor OF that
place, "the most important thing i'm
connection with the death OF Dowie
viii be that it recalls once more the
fact that those who had given him
everything they had-and there
were hundred Of them-were left
absolutely penniless when he went In
TO bankruptcy. His idea OF establish
ing city free from the usual vices
OF a city was a good one and think
Zion City will continue to be such
"A city, for that is what residents
there want. but | see no reason why
there should be tears shed over Dow
les death.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
LISTEN.

Charleston may join with the rest
of the state in rejoicing that the
legislature is at last off its hands,
but there are many in the capital
city who view the departure of the
solons with undisguised regret In
many places the whir of the roulette
wheel is stilled, the clicking OF the
little round chips on the green baise
is heard no more, and in many an
emporium where decoctions are sold
that would make Ponce de Leon look
like thirty cents, smiling attendants
in clean, white aprons have been of
with the no business plea. When the
legislators left there also went away
from the capital a small army of
pasteboard artists and other white
fingered gentlemen who work while
others sleep. They found Charleston
a prolific field for their endeavors
while the Legislators were present,
and many a dollar with which the
taxpayers paid their lawmakers and
their army Of attendants is now calm
ly reposing in their tills. Yes, Char
lesion will miss the legislature, but
IL may as well settle down into the
quiet, GOd-like little city 1t natural
ly is and patiently wait for the next
session. Fairmont Times.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14
THE BOYS OF
THE FAMILY

According to some curious investi-
cations conducted by English scien-
lists eldest sons tend to be criminals
and youngest sons paupers. A great
many thousand school children and
many family histories have been ex-
amined 70 yield these results. First
born children were found to be as
rule taller and heavier. with
greater ability and endurance than
the others. This IS I'm accordance
with the popular feeling in many
countries that the Oldest child ta
superior 10 the others and deservinu
OF special privileges. 1t Is a well es.
tablished fact that among men OF
genius an undue proportion are ell.
dest sons Detroit Free Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14

on Princeton Ave, Bluefeld, w. va.
II. X. Hunter. residing in Blueheld,
w. Va, application for license 70
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines. porter. ale. beer and drinks
OF like nature at No. 20 Princeton
Ave, in the City OF Blueheld. w.
Va
p. J. Kelley and Jas. II. Meyers.
partners trading as Kelley & Moy-
ers' both residing at Bluefeld.
w. Va. application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines. porter, ale. beer and drinks
OF like nature at No. 30 G Al Bland
Street. Bluefeld. w. Va.
b. NJ. Cohen, residing at Bluefeld
w. Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines. porter, ale. beer and drinks
or like nature at Altamont Bar I'm
the City OF Bluefeld. w. Va.
j. II. George residing at North
Fork, w. Va, application for H.
cense TO sell at retail spirituous IL
quors, wines. porter, ale, beer and
drinks OF like nature in the III. r.
Raudenbush house on Raleigh street.
In the City OF Blueheld, w. Va.
l.. Lazarus, f. Goodman and b. A.
Heller, partners trading as L. Laz-
arus e Co, and their respective
residences are l.. Lazarus and r..
Goodman, Lynchburg, Va, and b. A.
Heller, Bluefeld. West Virginia. APP
.plication for license TO sell at retail
spirituous liquors, wines. porter.
ale, beer and drinks OF like nature
in the Lazarus Building at Corner OF
Stewart and Princeton Avenues
Bluefield, w Va.
NJ. II. Kelley, residing at Giatto
w. Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
of like nature in the Ashworth &
Bailey Hotel Building, Giatto, Mer-
Ger County, w. Va.
Hoster Columbus Associated
Breweries Co., a corporation of che
State OF Ohio, residing at Columbus,
Ohio, application for license 10 sell
at wholesale porter, ale, beer AMI
drinks of like nature. in the Hutson
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14

and Garrett Building on Brueheld
ave. Bluefield W. Va.
ID. A. Fudge. residing at BIneneld.
w Va. application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines, porter. ale, beer and drinks
or like nature at No. 45O Raleigh
St, In the City OF Bluefeld. W. Va.
c. l.. Stinson. residing at Blueheld.
w. Va, application for license 70
sell at retail spirituous liquors.
wines, porter, ale. beer and drinks
of like nature in the ]. A. Hicks
Building. in the town of Giatto.
Mercer County, w. Va.
w. F. Stinson, residing in the
City of Blueheld, w. Va. Appiica-
ton for license 70 sell at retail
spirituous liquors, wines, porter,
ale. beer and drinks OF like nature
at No. 81 & 3S Blueheld Ave. I'm
the City OF Bluedeld, Mercer Coun-
~, w va.
The Jung Brewing Co, a corpor-
alton with its principal ofHco at
Cincinnati, Ohio. application for H.
cense TO sell porter. ale. beer and
drinks OF like nature at No. 81 q
3S Bluefield Ave, Blueheld. w. Va
j. L. Corvin, residing at Blueheld,
w. Va. application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter. ale. beer and drinks
OF like nature at No. 1873 Princeton
Ave, in the City of Blueheld, w.
Va.
Blueheld Brewing Co. a Corpora
ton OF the City of Bluefield, w. Va,
application for license to sell por-
ter, ale. beer and drinks of like ma
ture at their building in the City
OF Blueheld, w. Va.
Ernest H. Arters, residing at
Bluefield. w. Va, application for H.
cense to sell at retail spirituous
liquors, wines, porter, ale, beer and
drinks of like nature at No. 453
Princeton Ave, in the City of Blue
field, w. Va.
John Turner, residing at Bluefeld,
w. Va, application for license to
sell at retail spirituous liquors,
wines, porter, ale, beer and drinks
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14

It is n peculiar condition Of things
when the farmers in this state-or
many Of them are trying to sell
their farms because they cannot gel
men TO work upon them for any
thing like reasonable wages. What
becomes of the hundreds OF thous-
ands Of emigrants that pass through
the gate at Ellis Island?-Buffalo
Commercial
Why, they go into the congested
districts of the big cities, increasing
misery, squalor, and want and living
lives Of wretchedness. They do that
because they don't know any better.
What is wanted is a campaign of
education
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14

Soon there will come into general
circulation yellow backs" OF the de
nomination of S1O-these being au-
thorized by the financial bill Of che
last session. Hitherto a man had
to deal in quite considerable sums
of money to catch a glimpse of vel
low bills of gold certificates, since
they have never been Of lower de
nomination than $40. But now VIC
shall hear it said that gold at last
has been made the poor man's
money" Perhaps the poor man will
feel richer on this account-and per-
haps he will detect no particular
change in the condition either of his
feelings or his pocket