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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
BRIDGE COLLAPSES; II DIE
DISASTER AT MiFFLINviLLE, PA.
CAUSED BY THE FLOODS.
Great Damage to Property Reported
from Various Parts Of the
Keystone State.

Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. ia tele
Rhone message from Berwick, Pa, an
nounced that early Tuesday night the
bridge which was being erected by
the state across the north branch oi
the Susquehanna river at Miflinyille
was undermined and collapsed.
The message said 36 men were on
the bridge, and 25 escaped. Foul
bodies have been recovered and seven
are .unaccounted for. The river is ris
ing there at the rate of one foot an
hour.
Philadelphia, Dec 11-Loss of life
and great damage to property is re
ported from central and eastern
points in the state by floods caused
by the heavy rains of the past few
days.
The Delaware, Susquehanna and
Schuylkill rivers are rising rapidly
and small streams throughout the Goa
regions have overhowed their banks
flooding mines, causing cave-ins and
doing great damage to railroad and
OIucl pIUpeFlg,
Since noon Tuesday the Susquehan
ma river at Wilkesbarre is reported tc
have risen foot an hour and the stu
alton is alarming. Silk mills and
other manufacturing establishments
were compelled to shut down and traf
fic is interrupted.
At Hudson, a mining town a short
distance away, the surface over an
abandoned mine OF the Delaware and
Pinebrool colliery, began to cave in
and water rushed into the workings
in torrents. The settling occurred
along the line of the Delaware & Hud
son and New Jersey Central railroads
and 200 men were put at work chang
ing the course of the stream in order
to protect the railroads and prevent
the flooding Of mines in operation.
The water is reported high in the
mines at Hazleton, and at Jeansyille
the town was partly flooded by the
breaking of a small reservoir. The
tracks of the Lehigh Valley Traction
company were washed away in several
places.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
NIGHT RIDERS DIE OF WOUNDS.
Two Young Men Injured In Hopkins
willie Raid Succumb.

Mayfeld, KY, Dec. 1.-Two alleged
night riders, Will Gray and Ed Cook,
died Tuesday as the result of wounds
received during the visit of the 500
night riders to Hopkinsville early Sat
urday morning. Both were young men
and resided on Muddy Fork, In Trigg
county.
After receiving the wounds the men
we're taken quietly to their homes by
others in the night riders order, and
the fact that they were fatally wound.
ed did not come out until their deaths.
1t is believed that several other mem.
bers we're wounded at the Hopkinsville
assault. m'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
ANDREW CARNEGIE
GIVES TWO MILLION
BIG DONATION TO INSTITUTE
THAT BEARS HIS NAME.
PLEASED WITH IT'S WORK
Trustees Meet and Allow $52s,e4o for
Scientific inquiry Next Year
To Eree. Administration
Building.

Washington, Dec. 11.---Andrew Car
negie has added the sum Of $4,000
to the $10,000,000 endowment fund of
the Carnegie institute. Announcement
of the fact was made at dinner Tues
day night at the New Willard, of the
board of trustees of the institute, to
which had been invited a number of
scientists and men prominent in pub
lie affairs.
The dinner followed a business
meeting held earlier in the day at
the institutions Offices. attended by
John s. Billings, chairman; John l..
Cadwallader, Cleveland II. Dodge,
William N. Frew, Lyman j. Gage,
Henry L. Higginson, Charles L. Hut
crimson, Seth Low, S. Wier Mitchell,
William M. Morrow, Henry S. Pritch-
ard, Elihu Root, Charles d. Walcott,
William H. Welch, Andrew d. White,
Carroll d. Wright and Robert S.
Woodward president of the institu.
ton.
Much Work Done During Year.
The report of the trustees showed
that much important scientific work
had been done during the past year
and upon their recommendation a
large sum, the exact figure being
$529,940, was allotted for the prose-
cution of this work of scientific in
quiry next year. n
The trustees also decided to erect a
suitable building at the corner of
Sixteenth and P streets, Northwest,
for the accommodation of the adminis-
trative Offices of the institution in
place of the present rented quarters.
Ex-Gov. Andrew J. Montague, of
Virginia, and William Barclay Par
sons, of New York. were elected trus-
tees to fill vacancies.
Carnegie Announces Gift.
Mr.. Carnegie was unable to attend
the meeting and dinner but sent notice
OF his donation in tho following letter
to President Woodward:
New York, Dec. 4.--Dear Sir: /
have watched the progress OF the insti-
tuition under your charge and am de.
lighted to tell you that It has been
sucn as 10 lead me to add S2,000,0 900
more to its endowment
1T has borne good fruit and the
trustees are to be highly congratu-
lated. In their hands and yours / am
perfectly satisfied it is going to realize
not only our expectations, but our
fondest hopes, and l take this oppor-
tunity to thank one and all who have
so zealously labored from it's inception
Very truly yours, Andrew Carnegie" :"
Thanked by Trustees.
In reply to this letter, the trustees
passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the trustees Of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington
express to Mr.. Carnegie the apprecia-
ton and thanks of the board upon his
generous gifs of $2.0OO,00o additional
endowment for the institution.
THE trustees are deeply sensible
of this mark of confidence, which they
will endeavor to justify by their
further administration of the great
fund provided by the broad philan-
thropy of Mr.. Carnegie for investiga.
tion, research and discovery and the
application of knowledge TO the i'm
provement of mankind" 30.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
SERIOUS BLAZE IN COLON.
Hotel Is Burned and Entire Business
Section Threatened.

Colon, Dec. 11.--A serious fire
broke out Tuesday afternoon in the
Central hotel, on Front street, threat
ening the business section south of
Seventh street. The Zone and Panama
fire brigades fought the flames.
The Central hotel, an extensive
three-story building, was destroyed,
and house adjoining was damaged.
The loss is estimated at about $50, 900.
The FIRE was extinguished within two
hours.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
STEAMER STRIKES
A CROWDED FERRY
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT NEW
YORK BARELY AVERTED.
COLLISION IN THE FOG
Fall River Liner Providence Crashes
Into the Baltic--Men on Lat
ter Accused of Cow
ardce.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Fall River
line steamer Providence was in col
lision with, and but narrowly escaped
sinking, a crowded East River ferry
boat Tuesday night.
The latter craft lost a portion Of
her superstructure, and her passen.
gers were thrown into panic, during
which, it is reported. man and wom-
an jumped overheard and were
drowned. This report could not be
confirmed, and so far as is definitely
known no one was killed or seriously
Injured. h''
Teh Providence's prov struck the
ferry boat glancing blow on the star.
board and the boats hung together
long enough to permit many of its
passengers to pass from the ferrys
upper deck to the steamer. Others
were taken off by tugs, while some re.
mained on board. Both boats drifted
down the river until aided by tugs,
the ferry boat crippled by the accident
and the steamer temporarily unable to
get her head. The latter finally re.
turned to her dock and the ferry boat
was helped to slip. The Providence
was not greatly damaged.
Men Passengers Called cowards.
After the accident charges of cow
ardice and brutality we're made against
the men passengers of the ferry boat
When the latter craft reached slip
she still had rs women and children
on board, while. with few exceptions,
the men passengers had escaped to
other boats. The ferry boat had been
practically stripped of life preservers
The accident was due to fog through
which the boats, fortunately, had
moved slowly "a
The Providence, one Of the newest
and handsomest steamers on the
coast, left her pier in the North river
early In the evening for Fall river.
A drizzling rain that had fallen all
day was followed by fog that settled
down thick as the Providence rounded
the battery and moved slowly up the
East river and directly into the path
of the Brooklyn Union Ferry com
pany's big ferry boat Baltic, which
had left her South street, Manhattan
slip and was feeling her way cautious.
ly to the wharf at the foot of Atlantic
avenue, Brooklyn.
Disaster Barely Averted.
Only when within easy hailing dis.
tance was the danger realized and
both vessels made desperate efforts to
sheer away. To their. partial success
may be credited the avoidance OF a
frightful loss of life, for another mo-
ment's delay would have permitted
the Providence to cut the Baltic
squarely in two. AS it was, the steam,
er scraped the Baltic's starboard
tearing away her hood and throwing
her over until her port deck was near.
ly awash.
The Baltic was crowded to the rails
by persons returning to their homes
in Brooklyn, and when the crash came
there was a panic. Many women
tainted, and in the scramble for life
preservers 1t is charged that the men
got most OF them.
The Providence proceeded to Fall
River.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
POLICE ACCUSED OF ROBBERY.
Chief and PatroIman Of Oklahoma
Town Under Arrest.

Muskogee, Okla. Dec. 11.--Chief Of
Police John A. Suggs and Night Po-
liceman Lewis Woods, of Fort Gibson,
six miles north of this city, are under
arrest charged with robbing the post
office at Fort Gibson on the night Of
November %, obtaining s400 in cash.
The arrest was made by Mayor Rand
Lee after an investigation of the crime.
The prisoners were bound over to the
grand jury, each under bond Of
81 900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
Jews MAY Return to Palestine.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Federation
of American Zionists received Tues
day report of successful negotiations
by Herr Wollfsohn of Cologne, leader
of the Zionist movement, with Turkish
officials in Constantinople looking tt
the restoration of the Jewish people II
Palestine.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
COMMISSION NAMED.
President Viii investigate the Gold
field Trouble.
United Press pIsnatch.

United Press Dispatch
Washington, d, c.. Dec. H. Presl-
dent Roosevelt today named as fed
eral commission to visit Goldfield.
Nevada. for an investigation and re-
port TO him personally. Lawrence o.
Murray, assistant secretary Of the de-
partment of commerce; Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of corporations.
and Charles P. NeilI. commissioner OF
labor. They started for the west at
three O'Clock this afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
RepublIcans caDture Boston.

Boston, Dec. 1l.-In the closest and
hardest fought election contest which
Boston has known for many years, tn,
city went Republican by about 2.OOi
votes Postmaster George A. Hib
bard. Republican. defeated Mayor
John F. Fitzgerald, Democrat, who wa,
a candidate for reelection.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
lNHERiTs FORTUNE.
Bussey Woman Advised She Is Heir
to $4,000.
United Pres, Dispatch.

United Press Dispatch.
Bussey, Dec. 11.-Mrs. Julius Ru-
pert, nee Miss Hattie Hainline, OF
Bussey. received communication
from Judge Charles w. Craigg of Nc
Comb, H., telling her that by the will
of her grandfather, Jonathan Charter,
who died last July. she had fallen
heir to $4,000 in cash and the title to
farm in McDonough county, Illinois.
of 200 acres, and that the value OF the
land was probably $4,000 per acre, or
$4,000 more, $4,000 in all
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
A STOCK DIVIDEND.
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pays "a Percent.
United Pregs Dispatch.

United Press Dispatch.
New York. Dec. 1.-THE Western
Union Telegraph Company passed It's
cash dividend today, but declared
stock dividend. The directors pro-
vided that out Of the s2.6sO.O0O treas
ury stock, there shall be placed to the
credit of stockholders OF record an
amount of stock equal TO one and one
quarter percent of their holdings.
These fractions win be issued In spe-
cial certificates not bearing interest.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
plsabIed kroonIand At southameton.

Disabled kroonIsnd at Southampton.
Southampton, Dec. 1.-THE Red Star
line steamer Kroonland. from Antwerp
December for New York, which
broke her shaft off Scilly islands on
Sunday last. was towed into this port
Tuesday evening. All the first and
second cabin passengers and many OF
the steerage passengers were trans
ferred to the steamship Majestic
which leaves here Wednesday for New
York.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
FOX WAS roo BUSY.
Had Too Many Messages On Hand
to See Contest.

Des Moines. Ia, Dec. Manager
Fox of the Postal Telegraph Company.
testified at the Capt. Kulp courtmartial
trial today that he was too busy hand
ling kilograms to see whether the
Davenport mill was fight or not. The
trial was continued until tomorrow in
order to hear more Davenport wit
'nesses.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
Next G. a. 3. Eneampment AUGUST 81.

Toledo. o., Dec. 11.-At meeting
OF the national executive committee Of
the Grand Army of the Republic here
Tuesday the date of the national en-
campment of the G. A. r., to be held
here next year. was set for August 81
70 September Z.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
Costly Fire In weIlInuton.

Wellington. ". e.. Dec 1.-THE de-
partment building. the library of which
contained large and valuable collec.
tion Of books, were destroyed by fire
Tuesday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
Veteran RaIIroad Man Dies.

New York, Dec. 11.--C. +, Lambert
for many years general passenger
agent of the West Shore railroad. diet
at his home in Thiells. Rockland couA
ty, Tuesday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-12
Rockford Y. M. c. A. to olsband.

Rockford, ILL.,. Dec. 1.-THE Rock,
ford Young Mems Christian associa-
ton. formerly one of the, most impor.
tant in the state, has voted to dis
band January l. Lack of financial
support is given as the cause.
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ODD HUMAN MIXTURE.
Many Strange Characters mt Hay
wood Trial I'm boise.

The world at large has had some
what nauseating peep into the court
room of Ada County, Idaho, whence
emanated that awful story of crime
which will make the name of Harry
Orchard synonym for skulking and
assassination through generations to
come, 50 writes Boise correspondent
1t has become familiar with this hui
man monstrosity. 1t has formed n
slight acquaintance with the fair
minded jurist Fremont Wood. and
with the gifted Observation-Disclosures
speech; the adroit barrow, with his
shining lances Of wit and satire; Haw-
ley, veritable steam engine of thought
and language; and Borah. whose pene-
trative mind and piercing tongue are
a terror to the witnesses WHO must
submit to cross-eXamlnatlon.
But there is Il phase of the trial with
which the public has not become ac-
quainted. There is Il strange conglom-
GRAFTON of humanity assembled here ut
the call of the State and the defense.
The rough. uncouth life of the mines
and the mining settlements touches ell
bows with the polished upper crust of
society, and the contrasts which result
are striking. We find the educated
cultured daughter of an Ex-Governor
taking the seat but recently vacated by
an arch-criminal, and we do not won
der that her surroundings confuse her
testimony. An Ex-Governor follows
negro servant in giving evidence and
former lieutenant governor exchanges
seats with one of Orchards alleged
confederates The trial is a succession
anywhere save in this region of con-
trasts, where you can enjoy all the
comforts of civilization, while but
few miles beyond lies utter desOlation.
Scattered about the court room are
other men who place little more value
than did Orchard on human life other
than their own. They are town mar
Shals, PinkertOn detectives and gun
men who are regarded as guardians
of the law in the mining communities
Some OF these are the 'unterrified"
deputies who in the days of the bull
pen helped to starve the miners. 9th
ers are former cowboys, fellows of the
Rough Rider stripe, who assisted the
State governments of the West to pre-
serve order after the SpaDish-American
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-13

with Rockefeller as J. d. ROCKEFELLER.
Il witness.
These secrets were revealed by
Rockefeller and his aids:
Standard Oil Company Of New Jer-
sey holds $490.5OO of the $1.OOO,OOO
worth Of the capital stock of the Stand
ard Oil Company Of Indiana.
Outstanding capital stock of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
amounts to $DS,3OO0OO.
Net earnings Of the Standard Oil
Company Of New Jersey for the years
1903, 1904 and 1893 approximate $179,-
100000.
Dividends paid on the capital stock
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey during those years appropriated
40 per cent year.
Standard Oil Company Of New Jer-
sey holds by far the major portion"
OF the stock of the Union Tank Line
Company
Union Tank Line Company, with a
capital stock of $3,5O0OOO, is $1,000
coo in debt and has paid no dividends
since 1901.
Judge Lands probed into the secrets
of Standard OH, hidden for years, and
obtained answers to all the questions
he had asked the defending attorneys
by the time he had examined five of the
twelve witnesses who were in court.
He then adjourned further hearing of
the case until Monday morning, making
it necessary for Rockefeller and the
other witnesses to remain in Chicago
over Sunday.
A gasp of awe ran around the crowd.
ed room when Rockefeller, pinned
down by Judge Lands after he had
claimed ignorance of much Of the in
formation asked, said that the divi,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-13

dends paid by the Standard Oil Con-
pany during three years covered by the
Indiana indictment amounted to 40 per
cent. This proved to be the sensational
item in the testimony.
Thousands of persons beSieged the
Federal building fully half an hour
before the arrival of Rockefeller. They
way past the outside guards to the
sixth floor, where they were stopped
at the entrance to Judge Lands court
room.
Scattered among the spectators were
a score of secret service operatives.
They wore no uniform, displayed no in
sigma of Office, yet they pushed In and
out among the members of the crowd
This led to confusion and a riot en-
sued. Lawyers demanding admission
to the court were knocked down in
the conflict which followed.
The majority of the spectators were
in and seated when Mr. Rockefeller
made his appearance at the end of the
hall. attended by a few friends and
his counsel. \ passageway was opened
for him and he walked slowly down the
hall toward the court room, the crowd
closing in behind him, eager to catch
glimpse OF the so-called richest man
III The world.
Mr.. Rockefeller was shown to seat
to the left of the judges desk. His
presence in the court room was almost
unRoticed by the spectators until he
was well UP the side aisle. Then a
buzz went up from the sweltering
crowd ana a hustle and movement as
each one tried to get glimpse Of the
oil magnate.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-13

previous to the negotiation of a new
treaty with Japan. The present COM
ercial and amity treaty expires In 1911
and the progressive party of japan Is
already insisting as a political issue
that the new japanese exclusion law,
barring coolies from the United States,
shall be modified in the new treaty.
Extraordinary steps are already un-
der way to send the fleet around the
Horn as soon as possible. Rear Admiral
Evans, who will likely end his active
naval career by taking these warships
around the Horn, is now in New York
arranging the preliminary details of
the trip. Already arrangements for
the immediate shipment of 10000 tons
of coal from Baltimore have been made.
In addition the general board has form
ulated plan for the transfer of the
entire force of the Brooklyn navy yard
to the Pacific coast in the event of
labor troubles there and the establish
ment in the Pacific Of a duplicate yard.
The fleet in It's journey to the Pacific
will practically repeat the famous voy-
age of the battleship Oregon, made just
previous TO the Spanish.Anerican war.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-13
Acceptance Balloon Fails.

The first test of the combination of a
dirigible balloon and aeroplane construct
ed by Santos Dumont, which was made
recently at Paris, resulted in complete
destruction of the machine. 1t consisted
of balloon shaped like a cigar, % yards
long and 81 in diameter at the center,
hitched to two aeropanes directly under
meath, and a frame carrying n 80 horse
power motor, with a screw 400 centime-
tiers in diameter, the whole being so kilo-
grams heavier than its bulk in air. The
machine started all right and SKINNED
along over the grass a short distance I'M
til the rear Of the aeroplane suddenly
lifted and caused the front end of the
balloon to strike the ground so that the
whole thing collapsed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-13
Famous Doctor Opposes Drugs.

Sir Frederick Treves, physician to the
King of England, speaking at the opening
of Il London hospital, expressed the be-
lief that the time was not far off when
bottles on doctors shelves would be re-
duced to a very small number, and when
people would leave off the extraordinary
habit of taking medicine when they are
sick" At that time people would resort
to simple living, suitable diet and plenty
of sun and fresh air. He said the time
would come when it would be as anon
alous for people to die of scarlet fever,
typhoid, cholera and diphtheria as it
would be for man to die OF a VOLTS
bite in England He referred to the dis
coveries in meteorological science as being
capable of reducing mortality from infec-
tious diseases to the zero point.
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war was ended. They show their i'm
portance on the streets, where they
jostle unoffending citizens, and several
scraps have been averted by a very
narrow margin.
There is another body of men here
who represent the law after a fashion.
They are the Pinkerton squad. They
disguise themselves by wearing broad
brimmed high-crowned SLOUGH hats
such as miners wear while off duty.
They loaf around the street corners,
IN the hotel Hobbies and at the rail-
road stations, and their eyes are a.
ways open, though they have had lit
tie occasion to use their hands. Some
OF these men were in the Homestead
riots and some of them have seen SER
vice in South America and in Europe,
tracing famous criminals.
1t is this strange mixture of human
ity which gives additional flavor to a
case already pretty well seasoned with
human interest.
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Brief News Items.

BY an executive order the employees of
the government printing Office in Wash
ington will be given half holiday on
Saturdays during July, August and Sep
tember, the same as is granted to the en-
ployes of other government departments.
John Getterman, the Interstate COM
merce commission expert, who visited
Oklahoma recently and investigated
freight rate and cotton seed oil trust mat
tiers, is now in Hamburg, Germany, inves-
tigating the Hamburg-American line of
steamers in regard to excessive freight
rates.
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marks the initial step toward the main
tenance of a permanent fighting feet
in the Pacific hereafter.
Whether the entire fleet of eighteen
vessels which is now destined for the
Pacific remain there or not, 1t Is as
serted on the authority of well in
formed officials that the American navy
in the Pacific will never again be in
adequate to cope with any emergency
on that side Of the continent unless
there is vast change in the aspect of
international politics.
In addition to the necessity of urg-
ing upon Congress the needs of the
navy on the Pacific side, which will
now be accentuated by the presence of
the fleet there the administration is de-
clared by close students in Washing
ton to have taken time by the forelock
in sending the fleet to the Pacific just