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BABY'S BODY SHOWS
EVIDENCE OF CRIME

= LONDON, KY, Sept. 1.-THE body !
i, of the one-year-old child of w. Jones' !
!. for the murder of which it's father 4
!. had been arrested and placed In Jail !
4 at Hyden, Leslie county. was ex- +
!. humed and examined by Drs. Collins =
!. and Lawrence, who report that the \
!. child had been killed by beating and =
!. that its back and neck were swollen. 1
I. Two or three days after the child's !
i death it became known that Jones 1
!. had beaten 1t and probably caused its 1
i death. Although his wife refused to I
i divulge the facts of the terrible deed I
4. committed before her eyes, evidence !
!. sufficient to cause Jones' arrest was 4
1. obtained. After Jones was placed I
i behind the bars his wife stated that /
!. she was no longer afraid to tell the 1
j. truth and related the story of the !
i awful crime. !
j. She says that Jones had an irritable !
4. temper which he could not control; !
!. that he was angry and quarreling I
1. with her when he picked up a large 4
j. pawpaw stick and struck the de- i
1. fenseless baby two terrible blows, !
! killing 1t instantly. I
X He then told his wife he would kill 1
!. her If she made known his bastard !
!. ly crime. Jones is about thirty-five !
i years old and has been accused of !.
j infamous deeds before. He is still in !.
i jail awaiting trial. ::
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/ UNDERTAKEN BURIED
FIFTEEN THOUSAND BODIES

4 TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. H. i
1. Isaac Bail, who has just died, had !
i been an undertaken longer than any i
!. other Ian In Indiana. In 1874 he i
4. went to indianapolis to work for Jo- !
4. seph L. stretcher. In 1915 the In i
1. dianas legislature made an appro- i
4. priation for Stretcher TO go to the i
4 then republic of Texas and bring TO !
i. Indiana the body of Tilgham A. i
i. Howard, former governor of Indiana, I
/. and who had died while acting as the !
i. representative of the United States :
4. in Texas. Stretcher brought the +
4. body by uoat up the Mississippi and !
!. Ohio rivers to Louisville, and by !
4. wagon to indianapolis. !
i. Isaac Ball, the young assistant, I
i. took it by wagon from indianapolis +
4. to Greencaetle, where he was met !
i, by a delegation from Rockville, Gov +
!. ernor Towards home. The burial !
i was in that town. Soon after !
!. ward Mr.. Ball started in business !
i. for himself In Terre Haute and un- !
4. til few wees ago had been ac- !
4. lively engaged. His books enow that !
1. he buried $4,000 persons in the 81 !
!. years he was Terre Haute's lead !
i ing undertaken. >
i In the Civil war he made several !
!. trips south to bring home bodies of !
1. soldiers. Some OF these trips were !
+ made with great hazard and took !
1. much time. On one of his return 1
j trips, after sending the bodies by I
l. rail- he was compelled to walk IT'S I
I. miles from a point in Tennessee to !
i Crab Orchard Ky. !
!. Mr. Ball was born near Elizabeth, !
1. N. j., August 26. 1926. 1
+ i + j. + 1. 1. i + 4 4 1. + 4 i I. !. + i
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LOUISIANA


NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17.-There i:
now strong prospect for securing q
general street car transfer system fol
New Orleans from the New Orleans Rail
way and Light company. The question
has been agitated and Mayor Behrman
sent special message to the city coun-
ell urging legislation to force the street
car companies to give transfers from one
line to another and to provide a half
rate for school children.
ALEXANDRIA-The timber lands in
Grant parish, including the Pollock mill
site and the railroads owned by the estate
of Jay Gould. have been purchased by
the James r. Ball Lumber company, lin
tied. of Ball. Rapides parish. The land
purchased consists of 10000 acres, of
which 10000 is virgin long leaf pine. The
purchase also includes the millsite of the
Pollock Lumber company at Pollock. on
the Iron Mountain railroad, sixteen miles
north of Alexandria.
NEW ORLEANS-Virginia Reed the
negro woman who, according to Charles
e. Letten, the defaulting tax clerk here,
received about $4,000 out of the 100000
or more he stole from the state. attempt
ed to commit suicide by jumping into the
Bayou st. John. She was fished out just
in time to save her from drowning.
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WISCONSIN

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept. T.-Milwau-
pounds down doors with an ak and ham,
mers householders unconscious. Then he
proceeds deliberately to loot the prem
Uses. His last exploit was when S. Strand,
saloonkeeper on Muskego avenue, was
awakened by a crash at the rear of the
house. Before he was aroused from a
sound sleep masked man appeared by
his bedside and struck him on the head
with club. Then the robber searched
the house, securing SLIT in money.
RACINE-The confession of Miss Ade-
laide Korizek that she sent poisoned
candy to friends is said to have been the
cause of the suicide of Miss Katheryn
Bones, daughter of a wealthy farmer,
who read much about the case. Miss
Korizek was insane over the death of her
mother. and Miss Bones feared she. too.
might lose her reason.
LA CRossE-The United States Ex-
press company has been fined SIS and
costs here on the charge of improperly
labelling packages of fish received for
shipment The game wardens have de-
cided to watch the express offices here
after and to prosecute the companies
whenever violations of the law occur.
Midshipman Walter l.. Heiberg of the
Annapolis naval academy, who is at his
home on a vacation, has received tele-
gram from President Roosevelt congratu
lating him on his splendid work at the
national rifle tournament at Camp Perry
| O.. Heiberg was a member of the navy
| team which finished sixth and also wor
| a medal for individual work.
KENOSHA-William Welton, for sew
| eral years chairman of the town of
Brighton, in Kenosha county, and we'll
known as Democratic poll .-cian in that
section of the state, has given up poll
tics and will become a teacher. He ac-
copied the position of principal of the
schools of Morton Grove, ILL.,, and will
begin his new duties at once.
SUPERIOR-The 500 railroad has ac-
quired property on Connors Points in
this city and will build big merchan-
disc dock there. 1t will be 1000 feet in
length and about fifty-five feet-~wide,
with two stories. The same road has
also acquired Property on Superior bay
and will build there some kind of q dock.
EAU CLAIRE-The Rev. A. ]. Arm, for
the last two years pastor If the Second
Congregational church, has sent in his
resignation and it has been accepted by
the church trustees. For the last month
fever at Kansas City, but he is now
recovering. He will not be able to- do
active work for many months.
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NEBRASKA

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept 17.-Dr. /. d.
Jones of Murdoch. Neb., today informed
the state board of health that twenty
cases of beri-beri existed among the Jap
anese laborers at Alvo, Neb. The state
board Immediately sent representatives
to investigate. DR.. Jones declared tnat
the disease resembled paralysis ana
seemed to be contagious.
ALLIANCE. Neb.. Sept 17.-In fit Of
dependency as a result of continued
drinking, J. E. Moomaw, barber, COM
mitted suicide by drinking four ounces OF
carbolic acid. He was practically a
stranger and not much is known of his
relatives.
CENTRAL CITY-Paul Plegman, a
young man about 10 years of age, was
taken into custody at Chapman by Sher-
III HOLSTER and brought to Central City.
The boy was en- route from his home in
Osceola from Amherst. Buffalo county,
and was intercepted at the request of his
parents. When taken in charge he was
driving his fathers rig and had trunk
full of useful articles tied on behind.
PLAINVIEW-The Methodist Episcopal
church has officially invited the return
for the third year of its present pastor,
Rev. ]. P. Yost. During the last year a
new $11, 900 church has been completed,
with the entire cost provided for.
REPUBLICAN CITY-A young married
man, O. X. Kent, suddenly left town,
taking with him his wife's gold watch
and chain and several dollars belonging
to a stepson. He owes among the DIFF
ferent merchants and meat markets sew
eral hundred dollars.
BEATRICE-The funeral services for
the late Claude Taylor. who died of pto-
maine poisoning. were conducted by Rev.
II. G.. Brown.
7 NEBRASKA CITY-Albert McVey, who
lives on farm near Dunbar, met with a
severe accident. He attempted to stop
horse that was attached to a buggy,
and in doing got his foot between the
spokes of the wheel and was dragged
quite a distance. The limb was broken
in several places and the foot almost
torn from his body
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ILLINOIS

| GALESBURG. ILL.,. Sept. ia warrant
has been issued for Theodore Haas and
other charges of perjury may follow In
the Welsh-Shumway contest over the
mayoralty of Galesburg. Haas testified
that he voted three weeks after he came
to thu city, although he knew he was
violating the law. He was Shumway
witness. and Shumway's followers declare
they will retaliate with warrants against
followers of the opposition.
MATTOON-Damage suits to the extent
of $50, 900 have been filed against the Gen.
trail Illinois Traction company as result
of the wreck on Friday, August 80, In
which eighteen met death and forty-two
were injured. The plaintiffs in each case
are administrators of the estates of VIC
tins who were killed. 1t is estimated
that the total amount named in the suits
filed within the next month against this
corporation. which Is in the hands of a
receiver. will aggregate 100000.
KANKAKEE Mrs. Norah Gravel
Krast % years old, the mother of q
year-old daughter, is thought to be the
victim of love scene she saw In a local
theater. The hero of the show committed
suicide because of unrequited love. Mrs.
Krast attempted to duplicate the act and
is now in dangerous condition.
CHICAGO-Federal Judge Grosscup in
timated that the STANDARD Oil company
of Indiana probably will be required to
furnish a bond of 100000 instead of
81, 100000, the bond deemed sufficient by at
torneys for the trust. The judge does not
agree with the government counsel that
the security should be as large as the
SOS. 900 fine. He said he had in mind
$2,000000 cash bond and additional Sc
curity equal to- the value of the property.
The Whiting. Ind, plant is assessed at
IS, 900 900.
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BELLE OF HARLEM
LOSES BEAUTY FOREVER

+ NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Marie Mar \
i CONT, the belle of the feast of Santo>* =
!. Rocco and prettiest girl in all the y
+ Italian Harlem colony, will go !
i through life with no more beauty =
1. now because last, night Atanati Ma =
!. limo, her Jealous lover, slashed her =
= face open from forehead to chin with !
! a razor. When she comes out OF the :
j Harlem hospital she Will nave the =
+ angry red line cutting her lips and :
!. blotting out the dimple in her chln' =
i Marie had engaged herself to mar Z
!. ry Malino, who was considered i
!. steady young man, and who had !;
j. some money to buy laces and pretty !
\ dresses for his bride. The day for !
j the marriage was to be set soon, !
!. when a neighbor came and told Marie :.
!. that her lover had a wife and child !
I. In Italy. Marie wrote to the address !
i. In Italy that was given to find out !
!. If the charge was true.
!. Last night, when Malino called at !
j. the fiat where Marie lives, at 1914 !
4. First avenue, and she told him that 4
!. she would not marry him until she :.
i. heard from Italy, the man sprang !
!. at her.
! "Well, nobody else will want to !
i marry YOU" he screamed and he :;
!. drew razor deep through Maries J
i face. When she threw up her left !
J. arm to ward off another blow he !
!. slashed that from the elbow to the !
l. wrist. Then he ran out of the house :.
i A policeman and detective OF the :.
J. East 10th street station saw the man !
j. running down First avenue and pur- !
j. sued him. When they caught him 4
X and saw the blood stains on his cloth \
!. ing they started to march him back. 4
:. A. crowd of Italians, hearing that he !
i had killed Marie, pressed around and
\ began to batter the prisoner with
i brickbats and clubs. 1t was with
4 difficulty that the policemen could !
i get Malino to the station
i Marie, nearly dead from loss of !
!. blood, was hurried to the hospital. !
! The doctors said that Malino had
!. made good his threat. At least, Ma
i RE will never again be beautiful. I
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OREGON

PORTLAND. Ore. Sept. ia new
building nearing completion for the Ha-
zelwood Creamery coidpaay was de-
stroyed by fire here. The fire was caused
by the explosion of a preparation for
insulating. The loss will be about $4,000
Two men were injured.
The Oregon state railroad commission,
at the instance of the Oregon and Wash
ington Lumbermen's association. has sent
"a petition to the interstate commerce
commission at Washington, d. c., re-
questing that the interstate commerce
commission restrain the transcontinental
railroads from inaugurating the prospec-
tive raise in railroad rates on eastbound
lumber until after the interstate COM
merce commission has investigated the
merits of theeincrease- The Oregon rail-
road commission sets out that there Is
$5o0O0,000 capital invested in the lumber
industry of the Pacific northwest and
the proposed increase in freights in some
cases amounts to % per cent.
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WEST VIRGINIA

ELKINS, w. Va. Sept. H.-Failure of
the banking firm of Rollns>& company
of Boston to settle with the board of
education of this district promptly has
caused temporary suspension of work
on two new schoolhouses now being
erected here by Charles Withrow & COM
pany of Charleston at a cost of more
than 100000 Work was suspended a
week. Attorney w. b. Maxwell, presi-
dent of the board, has resigned. Mr..
Maxwell says other duties are too heavy
for him to devote time to the school
board.
The city council of Elkins, w. Va, re-
ceived proposition from Senator Henry
G. Davis, on behalf of the Valley ImproW-
ment company to renew the electric light
franchise, the town, by this proposition,
to entirely discontinue the use of gas
and use arc lights at $50 year, instead
of at $50. as at present. Upon the grant
ing of the franchise he agrees to greatly
increase their capacity. The name of the
company will also be changed to me
Elkins Power company.
WHEELING-John Mitchell, president
of the United Mineworkers of America.
is in this state for the purpose of thor
oughly organizing the miners of the
state. He has been at Charleston sew
eral days, but is now at work in the
central part of the state. at Charles
ton he had a conference with number
OF the leaders of the organization.
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KENTUCKY

BARBOURvILLE, KY, Sept. 1.-THE
Matthews Coal company put working
force of fifty men in its Warren mine,
and the strike there seems to be broken.
None of the striking union miners has
returned to work, and independent labor
is being used. The company has complet-
ed the erection of sixty new houses for
the accommodation of newly arrived
non-union miners.
The strike at the Matthews mines has
been in progress for six months. At sew
eral other mining plants strikes have
been under way, a refusal of operators
to recognize the union being the main
difficulty.
LExINGTQN-The will of Or. Aquila
Talbot was admitted to probate IN the
county court.
The will was dated December g. 1891,
and was proved by the testimony of Ber
T. Head to be in the handwriting of the
testator. All of the property of the tes-
tator is bequeathed absolutely to his
widow. Sallie J. Talbot, who is made ex.
ecutrix without bond
EMINENCE-Sui has been Instituted
at New Castle by the Henry county board
of control of the Burley Tobacco society
a branch of the American Socisty OF
equity and a temporary restraining or
der has been issued by the circuit court
prohibiting ]. w. Shuck and Wesley
| Shuck, for the time being. from dispos-
| ing of their Of tobacco. The petition
alleges that the tobacco has been pledged
to the society of equity and differs
somewhat from the test suit filed in this
court some weeks ago.
CARLISLE-The first gun in the Demo-
cratic campaign was fired here by Secre-
tary1 of State McChesney who ably de-
Tended the Democratic administration.
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COLORADO,

CANON CITY, Colo. Sept. ia man
of wild and uncouth appearance, with a
handkerchief tied over his head, called
at a number of houses in the outskirts
of this city, terrorizing women who went
to the door in response to his knock. The
man said he was member of a circus
which showed in Cripple Creek a few
days ago and that a wild buffalo had
escaped there. He started bn horse
after the buffalo and finally overlook It,.
but could do nothing with it after 1t was
roped The buffalo. he said, twice threw
the horse, giving the rider painful injury
and once he fell into small stream and
was almost drowned. The stranger
buffalo out in the hills and had come to
town for something to eat. 1t is believed
that the man Is demented.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he thought team
of horses was running away and at
tempted to stop them, Roddy Mcclellan,
the 6-year-old son of John Mcclellan,
| was probably fatally injured. The team
had been turned loose without its wagon
to go home. When it passed the child
he grabbed at the lines and received
kick in his side breaking rib and in
| iuring him internally
GREELEY--cfinton Rodhen. % years
old, died from typhoid fever in the Gree
lev hospital His home was at Berry
vile, Ark, and he had been foreman
on the f. l.. & w. ranch.
| COLORADO SPRINGS-Colorado col
| lege opened it's fall term, and from in
dications will have the biggest enroll
ment In it's history.
An apparently successful operation was
performed on Hazel Sticknell. the 49,
year-old girl who shot herself a few
days ago rather than go to school
Chances for her recovery are brighter
than at any time since her injury.
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GEORGIA

INDIAN SPRINGS, Ca, Sept r7.-Hav-
ing improved greatly in this health re-
sort, by grace of the government, Colonel
John G. Gaynor, convicted with Benja-
min Greene and Captain Oberlin Carter
of defrauding the United States in the
Savannah harbor contracts. has asked
the United States circuit court of appeals
to allow him to take an ocean voyage to
regain his heath.
ATLANTA-Carl Meyer, young man
who was locked up In the Juvenile ward
of the police barracks upon the COM
plant of his father, ]. J. Meyer, who al
legged that his son was only fifteen
years old and was about to be married,
was later released
Young Meyer promised his father that
he would remain under the parental roof.
and that he would not at the present
time undertake to marry.
MACON-Oscar Bradley, one of Ma
cons most prominent grocers. was set
upon just as he was entering his home,
and severely injured by two negroes. one
of them a porter, har.es Bailey, who
had been dismissed at the close of the
days work for some misconduct. Brad
ley was struck about the head an6
shoulders with piece of lead pipe about
three feet long. The negroes rose GU
of the dark shrubbery about the yard al
| Bradley was entering the house. and In
| fiicted the wounds before he could Sc
cure his revolver which he had will
! him.
ATLANTA-Louis A. Gourdain. who ha
been serving a sentence at the fedora
prison for conspiracy in the Chicago lot
terry case. is en- route to the prison fol
the insane at Washington, d. C. -Four
and half years of his sentence remain
to be served.
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INDIANA

ELWOOD, Ind, Sept. IA parrot be-
longing to j. w. Call, which was brought
to this city from Honduras In 1889, Is
dead and the family is plunged in grief.
The bird was fluent talker. He spoke
both German and English, called each
member of the family by name and asked
for various kinds of food with the gravity
and politeness of a Judge. A costly burial
was accorded the parrot in the city GEM
etery. This family refused $1,000 for the
parrot short time ago.
y BRAZIL-Dr Edward Glasgo. physi-
clan, is dead from three bullet noles
thrssuph his head and his wife is slightly
-,sIsAfded IN the left breast as a result ,oi
mysterious shooting.
The woman was placed under arrest
charged with the murder Of her husband
Attorney Whitlock also is being held by
the police. Mrs Glasgo says her husband
tried to shoot her and then shot himself
Glasgo's wounds are such that physicians
say he could not have inflicted them him
self.
SOUTH gEND-Russell F. Wheeler of
Sacramento, CAL, was married to Mrs.
Rebecca Baer Knoblock, who Tilted him
thirty years ago almost on the wedding
eve. has since been married twice and
sued for breach of promise by third
man. The girl, rs years old at the time.
Tilted Wheeler to wed Henry Baer, a
rich contractor. After his death she mar
ried J. c.. KnobIock, banker and manufac-
turer. w. F. Schroeder then brought suit
against her for breach of promise, but
the case was settled out of court. Mr..
Knoblock died about a year ago and his
widow inherited a fortune of half mill
lion dollars
NEW ALBANY-Miss Lula Mcdonald
of this city, who had entered fourteen
articles in the fancy work display at the
Princeton fair, has been awarded five
first premiums.
Herschel Tallock has been appointed
postmaster at New Philadelphia to sue
coed II. H. Mcclellan, who, after ser
vice of twenty-nine years, has resigned.
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DELAWARE

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. 1.-THE
revenues of Delaware will be increased
by taxing the manufacturers of tomb
stones and also by levying tax on the
clothing manufacturing plant of Open
helm & Co.. of New York, at the New
Castle county workhouse.
Mr.. Chairs, recently appointed by Gov
ernor Lea to collect taxes hitherto UNI
paid, has announced his determination to
get revenues by these methods, which are
an innovation In Delaware. contest in
the courts is likely to follow.
DELAWARE CITY-Prospects for a
good reedbird season in this section never
were better. A party of six gunners went
down the river to near Port Penn and
bagged thirty-five dozen reedies. But the
reeds in the marshes are still so high
and green that it is difficult to shoot
railbirds. Every gunner coming in re-
ports the reedbirds plentiful, and If the
weather remains warm thousands will be
shot this week,
NEW CASTLE-Joseph H. King of this
city, known as "Shad and Ice King Joe, =
because he has been selling and handling
the commodities for over fifty years. will
celebrate his seventy-fifth milestone on
September 20.