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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Crimes and Criminals.

Joseph Boccia, an Italian, was hang
ed at Easton, Pa, for the murder OF
his wife.
E. G. Russell, executive agent Of the
Grand Trunk Pacific in British Column
bia. committed suicide at Prince Ru-
pert.
John Hamlin was found guilty of the
murder of Rachel Engle at Grand ISL
and Neb., and sentenced to be hanged.
Miss Engle was thirteen years old, and
Hamlin wanted to accompany her to a
carnival. She resisted his attentions
and he shot her.
IN an engagement in Magoffin coun-
ty, KY, between a sheriff's posse and
Henry Montgomery, lifetime prisoner
who escaped from the gainesville jail
few weeks ago, two of the posse
were killed and Montgomery shot
dead.
Homer Morrison, a wealthy man of
Bryan, Ohio, has confessed to having
been implicated in thirty-six incen-
diary fires. His crimes include also
conspiracy, perjury and robbery. He
duplicates two well-known attorneys
of Toledo and their arrest is expected
soon.
Burglars broke into two business
houses at Malta, Mont, blowing the
safe in each place and securing small
amounts of money from each. Negotia-
BILE papers valued at $500 were Sc
cured from the safe of r. M. Trafton.
The burglars made good their escape.
Jacob Frank, an agent for the New
York Life Insurance company in New
York, was arrested, charged with
forgery in the third degree in connec-
ton with the recent election Of direc-
tors of the company. 1t is alleged that
the signatures of policyholders on
some of the ballots cast were forged.
Because she said she would rather
die than marry him, Martha Cor1as, a
German servant girl, was shot and
killed almost instantly in Philadelphia
by the man who wanted to make her
his wife. The murderer, Franz An
drewsky, turned the revolver upon
himself and inflicted a wound that
probably will prove fatal.
Samuel Rittenour committed suicide
at Huntington, w. Va, by taking car
bolic acid. A few days before Rose
Spears ended her life in the same
manner because she thought Rittenour
had deserted her Rittenour returned
from Kentucky, where he had been on
business, and learning of her death,
drank the deadly poison in the room
in which the girl had ended her life.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Fire ImperiIs Guests.

Northome, Mimi, May 8. - Fire in
the Brannon hotel in this village, at
an early hour in the morning, dam
aged the hotel building to the extent
of $500. Many of the occupants of
the rooms had hairbreadth escapes
from being burned to death.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Girls Hand Is Crushed,

Prairie du Chen, Wis, May 8. -
Mary Ludwig, twenty-five years old, a
helper in the Disman house laundry,
accidentally had her right hand crush
ed to the wrist in a power wringer
and but for timely assistance would
have lost her arm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Hairdresser to the Rescue.

Customer (To hairdresser)-I near
that fair hair is becoming morc and
more rare, and that finally 1t VIII as
appear altogether.
Hairdresser - Impossible, madam.
When there is no more real hair, we
shall make it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
MEXICO SENDS STRONGER NOTE
Insists That Guatemala Gives Up Sus-
pected Murderers.

Mexico City, May S.-According to
the state department the Guatemalan
question remains unchanged. Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs Mariscal denied
emphatically that diplomatic relations
had been broken off.
Mexico has sent another and
stronger note to Guatemala insisting
upon the delivery of Gen. Jose Lima,
accused of instigating the murder of
Gen. Manuel Lisandro Barrillas, and
also insisting upon the sending of Col.
Onofre Bone as a witness in the Bar
rillas murder case.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
General.

The Seaboard Air Line Railroad
company will take an appeal from the
decision of the Virginia State corpora
ton commission establishing a 2-cent
passenger fare rate.
The estate of the late James H.
Eckles, president Of the Commercial
National Bank of Chicago and former
controller of the currency, is said to
amount to only $4,000.
A movement has been started at
Brownsville, Tex, to raise $4,000 to
be paid as a reward to any soldier or
officer of the Twenty-fifth infantry
who will confess to having partici-
pated in the raid on Brownsville, or
who will give the names or produce
the necessary evidence to vonvict
those guilty.
Having completely won the heart of
Arnold Rothstein, a bookmaker, while
p1aving a sketch at the Hudson thea
ter in New York, Dorothy Russell,
daughter of the only Lillian, an
nounces that they will be married
within a few days. Miss Russell was
recently divorced from Abbott Elm
stein.
The widow of Thomas Lewis,ia Ne
braska farmer, through a dream, dis
covered several hundreds dollars
which her husband had buried. A
long search had failed to reveal the
money. but it was found at once after
the dream
American interests have captured
important foreign contracts for cleo
trical equipment, including a plant for
lighting the czar's palace. The carry
ing out of this work; together With
contracts in England, France, Italy
Australia and South America, repre-
sents an outlay of $5000,000.
Spurning the woman he had asked
TO be his wife at the marriage altar al
Scranton. Pa, Frank Urkus later in
the day reconsidered his action, Sc
cured the consent of Uarenuki Lubis
kit for the second time, and the wed
ding was performed. 1t was & case OF
wed or lose all claim to the wine, beer
and refreshme he had provided, sc
| he wed.
The Ohio state board of health has
| discovered bad outbreak of small
pox in the country north of Piqua
| There have been at least fifty cases
during the past six weeks, none O.
which have been guaranteed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Dismissed for Cruelty.

Berlin, May 8. - The imperial dis
eiplinary court yesterday sentenced
Former Governor Horn of the Togo
land colony TO dismissal from the
service, because, in 1903 he punished
native so severely that the man
died.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
PATRICK CLAIMS TRICK.
Wife Says He Will Ask for Writ of
Habeas Corpus.

Wife says ne VIII ASK Tor WIFI OF
Habeas Corpus.
New York, May S.-Albert T. Pat
Rick, now serving a life sentence for
the murder of Millionaire William NJ.
Rice in 1900, is contemplating asking
for writ of habeas corpus on the
ground that he was tricked into with
drawing his application for an appeal
to the United States supreme court
while he was under death sentence
and accepting communication to life i'm
prisonment from the late Gov. Hig-
gins.
The announcement is made on the
authority of Mrs. Patrick, wife of the
prisoner, given in long signed state
ment.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Seaman Honor Roosevelt.

New York, May 8.-President Roose-
welt was elected an honorary vice
president of the American Seamens
Friend society President Roosevelt, it
was said, made his first public speech
when a young man in the society's
room
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
JUDGE LOVELY IMPROVES.

Attends to Private Business, but Does
No Work for Clients.
Albert Lea, Mimi, May s. = Judge
Lovely continues to improve some
what and is able to be about the city
and in his office. He looks after his
private business to some extent, but
mas not taken up any of the work of
The law firm of Lovely & Dunn.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
DUEL is FATAL TO BOTH.
Aspirants for Hand of Mexican Young
Lady Fight Duel.

Pueblo, Mex. May S.-Lauro Jan
ders, millionaire owner of several ha-
ciendas, and Jose Maria Beltran, mu-
nicipal director of Tlatanqui, both as
pirants for the hand of the daughter
of prominent planter of this district,
fought a duel with pistols in the
streets, in which both were mortally
wounded. Both men fell at the first
fro
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Ex-President Palma Ill.

New York, May 8. = Advices from
Havana state that report is publish
ed there in La Lucha that ex-President
Palma is seriously i'll at his ranch
near Guamo.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
LYNDHURST IN HOOK.
Prententious Pittsburg Home of Mrs.
ThaW Is Mortuaued

ThaW Is Morteaged
Pittsburg, Pa, May S.-"Lyndhurst,"
the pretentious home of Mrs Will
liam Thaw in the East end section of
this city, has been mortgaged for
100000. The mortgage was secured
some time ago, the book containing
the record has been hidden and inf0r-
nation concerning the document did
not become public until yesterday.
The interest charged is 1-2 per cent,
and the mortgage is held by the Fidel-
ity Title and Trust company. 1t will
mature in three years.
The paper was drawn in New York
city on March z, 1907.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
11a Font Fall lie Fatal.

\ Minot. N. D., May 8.-Jess Slidner
of Bird Island, Mimi, lost his life by
stepping out of freight car and fall
ing from a bridge 11S feet high, five
miles west of the city
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Railroad Paws DAMAGES.

Grand Forks, N. d., May 8. - The
Great Northern has settled the claim
of Mrs. Arne Rossland of this city
against the Great Northern for the
death of her husband in the wreck Of
the Oriental limited at Bartlett. The
widow gets $4,000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
CONVICTION FOR BLACK HANDS.
Eleven of the Thirteen on Trial Get
Prison Sentences.

EIeVen OF the thirteen on IrIaT Get
Prison Sentences.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, May 8.-Eleven of
he thirteen Italians who have been
IN trial here charged with Black Hand
crimes were declared guilty III the
Luzerne county court. The other two
defendants were acquitted. The prin-
:ipal charge against the men at the
rial was the blowing up of the home
IF an Italian named Rizzo because he
refused to pay money TO a band of
men calling themselves the Black
Hand society. The penalty for the
crime for which the Italians were con-
Ficted is two years 9risormenr
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Killed hv Ealing Tree.

Marquette, Mich, May S.-Struck by
4 falling tree, Andrew Machinga, 9
sawyer. was instantly killed at Doyle's
logging camp in Schoolcraft county
His, neck was broken.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Cold Reduces Acreace.

Warren, Mimi, May 8. = Seeding is
again under way Less wheat will be
sown this year thar usual. due TO the
Iateness of the season. Flax and bar.
lev will take it's place.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
FIND CORPSE IN CHEST.
Faribault Workmen Make Odd Discov-
arX ia C{raa+

cry III otTeet,
Faribault, Mimi, May s. While
some workmen were excavating for
gas piping on Sixth street yesterday
they struck wall of rock and upon
opening it they found an oalIen box
containing the skeleton of a full grown
person. 1t is mystery how the body
was placed there, and the theory is
that it was buried by some of the
early explorers.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
invitation to Aeronauts.

The following sign is displayed by
a firm of cycle and motor manufacture
ers at Hornsey. England: To Zero
nauts: Drop here for petrol
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Soldier of Fortune Dies.

New York. May S.-Henry r. II. Z
McIver. a soldier of fortune. whose eX
ploits have been carried on in man,
lands, was found dead in bed in hi
home ia West Twenty-second street.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
BIG LOSS TO UNDERWRITERS.
Steamship Dakota Will Cost London
Companies About S3.75O.OoO.

Companies About $3,75o,ooo.
Liverpool May 8.-An agent of the
Liverpool Salvage association sent to
Japan to make a report on the pros
poets of relocating the Great Northern
Steamship company's transpacific line
steamer Dakota, which ran ashore in
the bay of Toxic March 3, cables that
it is hopeless TO attempt to salvage
the vessel, though part of her cargo
may be saved
The Dakota is said to represent a
loss to the London underwriters Of
S3,75O,OOO.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.
House Wrecked by Explosion, but In
mates Escape.

-SGdPCs
Richmond. Va, May 8.-The house
of Robert Woodson, a negro of Henry
county. was completely wrecked by ar
explosion of dynamite Saturday night
At the time Of the explosion Woodson
his mother. father and three e
were sleeping in the house. and while
the furniture was destroyed all the
inmates escaped without serious in
jury. There is no clue to the perpe
traitor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
cermanv Accents Pact.

Berlin. May S.-The reichstag pass
ed the first reading Of the commercial
modus vivendi between the United
States and Germany and referred the
agreement to a committee.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
A Climber.

She-I hear you've got lovely new
motor car that viii climb anything.
4e-I should think it would Why,
Yesterday it even tried to climb
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
Lese Majesty.

Ann-You don't tell me that that
gem of a cook left MIS-. Dust!'
Flo-Yes; you see Mrs. Dust re-
fused to change grocers when the cook
and the delivery boy fell out.-Puck.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
TRAGEDY IN SOLDIERS HOME.

Drunken Inmate Kills Another Inmate
and Commits Suicide.
Washington May g. = William
Parks. an inmate of the national sol
liers' home mere. yesterday shot and
fatally wounded James Leslie. also an
innate. anG afterwards committed sui
eide. Parks had been drinking. Les
lie died few hours later.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION.

ed Near Wheeling, w. Va.
Wheeling, w. Va, May s. Train
No. Z on the Baltimore & Ohio collid.
ed with fast freight al Rosbys Rock.
Four men were killed outright. The
engineer of the passenger train was
fatally injured. The accident is alleg-
ed to have been caused by misunder-
standing of orders.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
WILL CAN NO CORN.

Canneries Refuse to Pay 20 ION, the
Price Farmers Demand.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, May 8. = &c
cause farmers in Chippewa and Eau
Claire counties persist in demanding
Sc per ton for sweet corn, the Gamer.
les have decided to quit canning corn
this season. The companies claim
that at the price of S. to $3.50 paid
last year they were not making money
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-05-09
HAS FITS; is sUFFocATED.

Painter Is Smothered to Death in
Heap of Rubbish.
Clinton. Iowa, May 8.-Winf1eld Nc
Kim, sixtyeight years old, a painter
by trade, was smothered to death last
night in heap of rubbish in a barn
at Charlotte. 1t is belived that Nc
Kim was seized with a fit and that he
fell face downward in the heap of
rubbish and was unable to rise
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
HIRED MEN TO
KILL HER LOWER
FOR INSURANCE
Count kamarovsky Recognized
Murderer and Wrote His
Name on a Gard.

Ed i ! VI 4.
VENICE, September s.-Eount Ka-
marovsky. a colonel OF the National
Guard and Councillor of State. who was
shot at his residence here September
5th by Nicholas Naumoff, son OF an ex-
governor OF Perrin, died to-day.
Kamarovsky, who was a Russian,
was dressing when Naurnoff called to
sec him and was permitted to go to
the counts room.
Immediately they came face to face
the assassin fred and then fled. AL
though unable to tell who his assail-
ant was, the count scrlbbled his name
on pad of paper. Naumoff. who also
Us Russian. and formerly lived at Pc
rim. was arrested several days later
at Verona and confessed that he had
shot Kamarovsky. He explained that
he had visited Venice expressly for the
purpose OF settling delicate personal
question between himself and the
count.
Madame Tarnovska, with whom Count
Kamarovsky was infatuated and for
whom he is alleged to have insured
his life for 100000. also was acquaint-
cd with Naumoff, and It is presumed
she planned the murder In the hope
of obtaining the insurance money. Ma
dame Tarnovcka and M. Prilukoff. a
Moscow lawyer, who is also suspected
Of being implicated in the plot have
been arrested. The woman is the
daughter OF Irish parents. who emf
grated to Russia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
BETS HIS LIFE
ON TURN OF DICE
Young Pennsylvania Man Ru,
Under Bond When He Tries
to Pay Wager.

BELLE VERNON. PA. September s.
Frank Jefferson. a we'll known young
man OF this place. has been put under
bond to prevent him from taking his
own life to pay bet which he lost.
For some time Jefferson and John
Johnson have been In the habit of
shaking dice for money. Jefferson in,
variably lost, and he finally owed John
son several hundred dollars. Johnson
wanted to stop, but Jefferson insisted
on continuing.
shake unless Jefferson put up some
stakes. Jefferson finally staked his
life on a single throw. II he won
Johnson was 70 pay, him $40 and can,
himself. Johnson took first throw and
turned up pair of tlves. Jefferson
shook the box carefully. but only a
pair of deuces.
without a word JEFFERSON left the
room and hurried to the bridge across
tho Monongahela. River. Johnson gave
the alarm and friends caught Jefferson
just as he was about to jump into the
river. He was placed under bond to
keep the peace. Johnson has told hin,
that he could "owe it,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
$4,000 TROOPS
WILL BE SENT
TO MOROCCO
Franco-Spanish Army to Occupy
Ports and Advance to

PARIS. September s.-The Eoho de
Paris Madrid correspondent says It Is
rumored in military circles that F-ance
has proposed to Spain to send a
Franco-Spanlsh army of $4,000 men to
occupy the Moroccan ports and to go
as far as Fez, IL necessary. The COR
respondent says 1t III stated that Pre-
mier Maura and General Martltegui,
chief of the headquarters staff, are op-
posed to this plan. but that the min
lster of war. General Primo Rivera,
supports 1t. The Eclaire's Madrid corr
respondent says that Great Britain's
influence contributed to a modification
of Spain's attitude toward Morocco.
Great Britain persuading her to CO.
operate effectively with French action
and to conform to her rights and OBJ
legations as recognized by the treaty
of Aigeciras.
The correspondent at Madrid of the
Matin says 1t is believed Spain will
decide to send 5000 infantry and 500
cavalry to occupy Tangier. Tetuan and
Larache and establish police force
there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
SHOT HIS FRIEND;
KILLED HIMSELF
Crazed With Grief at Accident,
Man Jumps in Front OF
Train.

KITTANNING. Pa. September s.
Following the accidental shooting of
his companion. Robert Ramsey, Jr,
shortly after midnight. Howard Riley
committed suicide by Jumping In front
of an express train on the Allegheny
division of the Pennsylvania Railroad
near his home at Graft early to-day.
Ramsey and Riley had started on a
lark. and when passing q farmhouse
decided TO secure some eatables for a
feast.
Ramsey went into the farmhouse and
Riley went to the chicken coop. While
Riley was in the coop Ramsey opened
the door. and as he struck a match
Riley, thinking 1t was the owper. shot
Ramsey through the bresst. Riley
when he found he had shot his friend
became almost insane. and tried to
shoot himself. Ramsey. although ter
ribly injured. succeeded in getting the
weapon from him. Riley took the
injured man home; then hurried for
doctors. He was beside himself with
grief Without saying anything. he
left the house, walked out on to tfs
railroad track and when the express
from Buffalo came rushing along. he
threw himself in front of the engine
and was ground to pieces. Ramsey
Is stul alive. but his recovery is
doubtful.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
thanking Carolina Paper.

The Observer building. a four-story
structure. is located on Tryon Street,
in the heart OF the business section.
Part of the building is occupied by
the Manufacturers Club. The Observer
and the Evening Chronicle, both owned
and published by Caldwell & Tompkins
are printed in the same shop, and the
lob department has quarters in the
rear.
In the quality of its brain product
and in physical equipment. the OBJ
server stands far ahead of any news
paper in North Carolina.
It was started years ago by Mr.. d. A.
Tompkins and Mr.. j. p. Caldwell and
has steadily grown. being now a. pro-
perty of, great value. The Evening
Chronicle is less than Ave years old
Two years ago Caldwell & Tompkins
went into new fields and bought the
Daily News. of Greenville. S. c., Mr.. AL
fred b. Williams. Of Richmond. being
one OF the owners.
The Observer plant, like the paper
itself. was the best in the State. con-
::sting of Hoe presses. stereoptyping
outfits and seven linotype machines.
The Observer office is on the same
night wire with The Times-Dispatch
and at 1870 o'clock this morning the
operator there informed the Associated
Press man here that the building was
on fire, and that he was leaving. He
called Wait minute There was
no word from him for several minutes
but he went to the Western Union office
next door and sent dispatch from
that point
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
WAITING FOR
MOORS TO ACT
f Peace Delegation Does Not
Arrive, War Will Be
Resumed.

PARIS. September s.-Thc heralded
Moorish peace delegation failed to ma
terIalize at Tangier Saturday. accord
ing to official reports received here to-
night from General Drude and Admiral
in Morocco decided to prolong the
armistice until this evening, in order
to give the warning tribes every OPP
portunity to negotiate for cessation
of hostiities. n the delegations do
not appear tonight, the reports add,
military operations will be resumed
energetically tomorrow.
General Drude says he has prohted
by the suspension of fighting by deter
mining the exact positions of the en-
envy Admiral Philibert cables that all
the ports are orderly. =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
RED BONES READY
FOR ROUGH HOUSE
Rally to Protect a Member
Their Mongrel
Race.

NEW ORLEANS. September s.-
Bloodshed is threatened at Pawnee.
La, at the junction of Calcasieu Rapids
and Berrien parishes. where the large
settlement of RED Bones" have rallied
their race charged with assault on a
white girl. The RED Boness who are
several hundred in number. are cross
between Indians and negroes, and view
both the white man and the negro with
similar hatred. and have been trouble
some before.
Recently they attacked railroad
party because they did not want a
railroad through their region. which,
up to the time of It's building, was one
of the most secluded in the South.
A party of picked deputies has been
sent by the Sheriff of Pawnee to arrest
all persons implicated in the crime and
those who protect them.