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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
Save the Coupons.

If you want to sell or buy farm call
to see us, We want larger list 10 &C
commodate long list of inquiries for
farms. They are coming every day.
We have large number OF inquiries
from distance, people who want 10
come to the far famed Shenandoah
Valley and 1t is only a question of
finding property that suits the varlo US
demands. Porterfeld & Boyer.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29

When an honest business man gets
into deep water financially he has to
drown or swim by his own efforts but
when the Wall street stock gamblers
get in trouble the national government
usually goes to the rescue.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29

Ex-senator Burton is out of Jail and
says be is going to tell on everybody.
1t seems to us that if Burton had any
thing to tell he would better have told
it before he was convicted 1t would
have had more weight.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29

Known as Kettering d Gain, II. 3.
Kettering Jr. and j. w. Gail will con-
tinue business in the building former
ly occupied by Kettcrins Sons 4 G
Inwood. They would be pleased to
have you call and examine stock and
compare prices. Will treat yeu right
Come one come all.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
Deaths
RrGHTsTEIN.

Jas Rightstein, "a native OF ohep-
herdstov n, was killed on "Wednesday
night of last week on the railroad oy
the freight plying between Waynes-
boro and Chambersburg. The sody was
found by the track near East Fayettes-
vile station lie leaves sister, MIS-
Frazier, at shepherdstown.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29

Chauncy Depew endorses Roosevelt
for a third term but that will not tend
to strengthen the President. Perhaps 1t
is only hint that the Senator would
like an endorsement for another term.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
MIDDLEKAMP.

Mr.. John Middlekamp, a respected
citizen died suddenly at his home on
the corner of North Raleigh aud West
Martin street on Thursday morning
aged about 60 years. He had been
trusted employe of the b. x o. for
many years.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29

The Car might do well to get Uncle
Joe Cannon to spend his summer va
cation in his dominion helping him to
run the Duma.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
SUTTON.

Mr.. Daniel sutton, a most venerable
citizen of this city died at his home on
North Queer street on Friday last
aged about so years. The deceased was
until few years ago farmer. he Is
survived by his wife but had no child
rem. He leaves one brother, Mr.. John
Sutton several years older, living
with his grown children east of town,
the last member of one of the old fam
lilies of the valley.
For many years the deceased was
member of the Dur kard hu CHI and as
no. ed for his upright and honorable
life.
The funeral took place on Monday
from the home and the interment was
in the graveyard at Vanclevesville.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
MccARRoLI..

Ruth, the 3-year old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles McCarroli died at
their home on Virginia avenue on Tues
day night last of pneumonia. The fun-
eral will take place Friday afternoon.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
Save your coupons.
If you wish TO sell your real estate,
see Porlerfield & Boyer.

Mr.Harriman says the country needs
him, but we venture TO say that nc
needs the country worse.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
CHAPMAN.

Annie Chapman, daughter OF MI.
James w. Chapman, died at Wagieys-
willie, near Leetown, on last Saturday
March % at the age of As years. The
cause of her death was dropsy. Funeral
was on Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. Mr.. Smith officiating and inter
ment was at Mt. Zion.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-29
H0Kk.

HONE
Little Virginia, the beloved daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Hoke, died
On Sunday afternoon at the home OF
her grandparents, Mr.. and Nrs.Jao. e.
Boyd on Raleigh street. Her age was
two years. She was here just long
enough to deeply endear herself to the
hearts of her parents and grandparents,
= beautiful sweet little bud that with
cred and died before its beauty and fra
GRANGE were known excepting to those
attending her.
The funeral took place from the house
on Tuesday afternoon.
We hear with much regret of the
death of Mr.. William H. Reid at his
home in Falling waters district, near
MarIowe, on Sunday last about s
o'clock after an illness of several
weeks. Mr.. Reid was a substantial
citizen, good neighbor and enjoyed
large circle OF Irlenus.
lie is survived by his wife and
family of ten children the youngest
being about 10 years of age. He was
farmer most all his life and besides
raising his family had accumulated
estate. He leaves
brothers, Joe, Jacob, and John live in
Maryland, David and a sister live at
Marlowe, Henry another brother lives
in Kansas.
The funeral took place from the
house on Tuesday morning, at 10
o'clock. Rev. NJ. ID. Gaver, of Wit
Transport Maryland officiating. The
interment was at Scrabble.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
WHY Called Trans.

Abroad this summer said a tour
list agent, you must call street cars
trans, and street railways you must
call tramways If you speak of troll
leys over there you won't be under.
stood
The word tram must puzzle the av.
eragc etymolocist 1t derives from
a mans observation-disclosures
Outram.
"Outram lived in Derbyshire, and
in the beginning Of The last century
he invented peculiar sort of track
that diminished the friction between
wheels and roadheds These tracks
of Outrams though nothing like
trolley track were called first outram-
ways. chen ramways and when
street lines and street cars came into
existence they We're dubbed respec-
tiyaly tramUays and trans
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

sank deeper and deeper beneath the
river bed, until, when the workmen
we're 107 feet below water level, the
shifts had been reduced to two a day
of 40 minutes each. The sand hogs"
were provided with dressing rooms,
hot baths, steam elevators to carry
them to the surface, and plenty Of
hot coffee. Some of the men were
attacked by caisson disease, but none
OF them ended fatally.
This great public work was not to
be accomplished, however, without
the usual tribute of human life. The
working force on the bridge varied
from 400 to 800 men. Twenty of
them were killed, mostly by falls. AS
was the case with the Brooklyn
bridge, some of the escapes were
some almost miraculous
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
Dangers Of Compressed Air,

With all precautions it is apparent.
~ impossible to prevent "the bends"
claiming its victims. Two sand
hogs died in one day last October,
for instance, because, as the doctors
believed, they had passed too quickly
from the compressed airlocks to the
surface. A conspicuous example was
the death Of young Charming Billiard
on January 8, last. Billiard was a
big, husky fellow, a graduate of Cam
bridge Latin school, and an expert
electrician, He started to learn tun-
neling, and decided to begin at the
bottom by becoming a sand hog"
He passed the examinations and went
to work on a Monday morning as a
hydraulic filter in the Pennsylvania
tunnel under the East river When
he came to the surface that night ne
almost tainted with the bends" The
physician took him back into the tun.
mel, put him in the medical airlock
at the foot OF the shaft, and, as is
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
PRODUCES CHICKEN THAT TALKS
Californian Crosses Parrot and Guinea
Hen with Strange Result.

San Jose, Ca'.-After ten years Of
experimenting, Clinton H. Willis,
rancher on the Monterey road, has
produced a chicken that can talk.
The fowl is the sixth generation of
a cross between a parrot and guinea
hen, but in every characteristic except
the lower half of its bill and the ar
rangemont of its toes, the bird is a
chicken
The upper half Of the bill is straight
like that oC the guinea, while the
lower part is clearly a parrot beak.
Its toes are arranged two and two,
instead of three and one as in the
barnyard fowl.
At present the chickens vocabulary
is limited to "Mornin' Clint" "Chaw
terbaker Clint" and three syllabled
swear word.
The existence of the strange bird
was learned this afternoon by the
visit to San Jose Of J. H. Middleton,
a dime museum proprietor of Cincin-
natl, who offered 5000 for the fowl.
Willis refused the offer, as he will
try to improve the breed and wishes
to be known as the Burbank OF the
bird tribe.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
TOPEKA, KAN DOCTOR TELLS OF
SINGULAR EXPERIENCE WITH
PAIR OF STRANGERS.
MEN SUPPOSED TO BE BANDITS
Physician Called to Lonely Spot to
Attend Patent-Story Reads Like
Chapter of wild West"
Novel.

Topeka, Kan.-Called to deserted
spot five miles south of Topeka the
other night, Dr. II. II. Keith reported
TO the police upon his return series
of singular circumstances which read
like a chapter from a novel OF the
blood and thunder order. After dress
ing the wounds of a man the doctor
received his fee, and at the point OF
revolver was ordered to depart. lie
returned to Topeka, where he told
his story to the local officers.
According to the story of DR.. Keith
Burlingame road and dress wound
at seven o'clock the other night. lie
asked how he was to know when the
place was reached, and was told that
he would be met by a man who would
show him the way.
Arriving at lonely corner five
miles out on the Burlingame road, DR..
Keith was met by a stranger, who
waited in the middle of the road for
him to stop. Climbing into the auto,
INC oli lliSCI NlItNASd IL iNNiNAi 20 -
how to drive and the men rode a
mile and a half in comparative 81
lence. Once DR.. Keith asked the
stranger of the wounds and was told
that they were a gunshot. This was all
the information which could be learn
ed from the stranger.
Finally arriving at a deserted spot
fully a mile and a half from the
Burlingame road, they came upon a
campfire which was burning low, and
saw a spring wagon and single
buggy, another man and three horses,
The animals were foaming from the
drive they had experienced, which
must have been hard one, consid-
ering the cool weather.
Here's your patient, doctor" said
one Of the men, walking to where
the covered spring wagon stood.
In rudely constructed bed with
in the wagon lay a man, about 80
years of age, suffering from three
wounds in his legs, two in the left
and one in the right leg. Dr. Keith
asked various questions, but was re
minded that his business was to dress
the wounds, and not to ask ques.
tons.
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of them crossed the traverse platform
from one blazing foot bridge to the
other just as the burning structure
fell For awhile he hung there over
the river swayiug to and fro like a
spider whose web is torn by the
wind. Then he climbed TO the big
cable overhead and crawled slowly 70
the Brooklyn tower
When the bridge was nearly fin
lshcd a riyeter slipped on an Icy plat
form and fell $50 feet to the East
river, He turned several somersaults
on his way down, struck the water
with a great splash, and was tished
out almost uninjurcd. Later a riyet-
crs apprentice stepped on greasy
girder slipped and fel, to the ground,
100 feet beneath, He landed in a
heap Of sand, got up and looked
around, as he said later TO see II
he was dead His only injuries We're
a broken arm and some bruises.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
Border on HumGfOus.

Some of the escapes miraculous as
they seemed to be, were not without
their suggestions of humor one
workman fell from the Manhattan
anchorage to the ground, so feet be-
low, struck a pile of lumber. and lived
to tell of It, He struck the lumber
with such force that he broke one of
the planks neatly In the middle. An
other workman plunged into one of
the we'll holes in the Brooklyn tower.
AZ the bottom, l0i feet below, was a
pool Of water with an empty cement
barrel floating around in it. The fall
ing man landed ON The barrel and
rolled of into the water He was
only slightly hurt
An unprecedented record was made
when the williamsburg bridge was
built between 1897 and 1904. Al
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

New York. Not millions of dollars
aiunc, nor the skin of designers, nor
the cunning of craftsmen enter into
the making of great city. Sky
sCrapers, bridges, tunnels and sub
ways must be purchased at a heavy
cost OF human life. Few realize how
many men die that great public
work may be created. Engineers and
builders say that the sacrifice Is in
eyitablc Six tunnel systems are be-
ing constructed under the North and
East rivers According to one estl-
mate, there Is one man killed In Them
on an average, for every day OF the
year 4 wcllknown engineer has c5-
timated that every floor of a modern
building OF prctcntious size has cost
life, either in the forests where the
timber has been cut, in the coal and
from mines, and stone quarries, the
steel mills, the caissons sunk deep in
the earth for the foundations, or in
the steel supcrstructures that rise
lacclikc to the sky.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
WIDOW WEARS FALSE
TEETH OF HUSBAND
REMOVES PLATES JUST BEFORE
FUNERAL AND HAD DENTIST
RGMOUNT THEM.

GAINESVILLE, Wis.-Economy is a
marked characteristic of Mrs. August
Kramer, a thrifty little G0year-old
widow who lives near Fort Atkinson.
Twenty years ago Or. A. p. Burrus,
of GAINESVILLE, made a set of false teeth
for her husband, consisting Of upper
and lower plates.
For IS years these teeth served all
purposes and would undoubtedly hay e
lasted so years had not Mr. Kramer
died two years ago.
Just prior to placing the body in the
casket Mrs Kramer asked that her
husbands false teeth be removed, as
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

the stranger steadfastly declined to
do so. He was told by d.. Keith
that he might live but short time
in case he did not return to n hos
pital. but still he declined to go to
hospital, declaring that he wanted
none of it,
Finally Dr. Keith finished dressing
the wounds and packed his instru'
ments preparatory to his departure.
A ten-dollar bill was thrust into his
hand.
Say nothing" said the man who
had met him in the road as he drew
revolver from his belt, SAY nothing
and get" The revolver clicked, and
DR.. Keith did not stop to argue the
matter of fees. He reported the mat
ter to the police on his arrival here.
Sheriff Wilkerson telephoned all
over the section east and south and
west OF here to hold the men, but
nothing has been heard of them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

" Itll ll' btNtiilib tNi ~ S1''' '''"N'
posure, overwork and anxiety
The Deadly Bends"
Tn, ccuters of interest In this great
engineering feat were the cassons-
huge wooden boxes sunk 40 feet be-
low the water line, to hold the founda-
tions-a and in these caisson disease,
or the bends, caused endless anxiety.
The disease Is the more dangerous be-
cause the physicians have not made
up their minds precisely what 1t is.
Men who work under compressed air
In tunnels or caisBons are seized with
cramps, severe pains in the joints,
and dizziness. and are doubled up
like jackkuiyes. Not infrequently
paralysis and death follow The re-
ports of the building of the Brooklyn
bridge show that there were rs cases
OF the bends" three Of them ending
in death,
While the caisson work was under
way disastrous fire occurred in the
box on the Brooklyn side In Decem-
Der 1870 The chamber was flooded,
and the damage cost weeks of labor
and delay. On the day of the fire Col.
Roeblng spent seven hours in the
caisson When he returned to the
surface he was partially paralyzed.
This was one of the causes Of his i'll
health
There were between 30 ant 20 fatal
accidents while the towers and super
structure of the bridge were building.
Three OF the workmen were killed by
falling dcrricks on the Brooklyn
tower. Two more fell from the Man
haitian tower and recGiyad fatal in
iurics.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
DRESSES WOUNDS
AT POINT OF GUN

Strapped about the body OF the In
iured man was a cartridge belt and by
his side hung a large revolver Be
side him were hung two winchester
rifles. Both the stranger who met
DR.. Keith and his companion wore re
volvers in plain sight.
Aftet unwrapping the bandageS
which might or might not have been
placed on the wounds by physician
DR.. Keith dressed the wounds, which,
proved to De old, as their condition de-
noted that they had not been treated
for some time He urged the man
to return with him to the hospital, but
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29


In the building of the subway
there have been nearly 750 accidents,
costing so lives, or four victims for
every mile of track. Hardly had the
work been started, In 1900, when fall
ing rock in the south heading of the
one Hundred and Sixty.eighth street
tunnel killed five workmen and in.
jurcd two others. \ similar accident
in one Of the Murray Hin tunnels cost
the life of Mai. Ira 4. Shaler a sub
contractor. Chief Engineer William
r.. Parsons who was with him. had a
narrow ,scap,
The explosion of dynamite in the
Same section of the work. near Forty
second serrct. on January -. 1902
shattered the windows for blocks
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
Chief Cause OF Danger.

The large number OF casualties On
the North river WORKS Is eApialheu
by the peculiar diiaculleS OF lhe
work. Inc East river tunnels were
driven largely through rock. IN the
North river 'he tunnels must DC
driven through masses OF soit sa1
varying from oo4iuE mdd TO FeaeheE-
GUS aueksands Inc compressed AR
must be maintained at hlsneT pres
sure to keep ont the water The dan
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
Search World for "lmmunes."

The necessity Of obtaining sand
hogs" with these peculiar physical
qualifications, with tunnel building in
this city to an extent hitherto I'M.
precedented for tunnel workers, and
not a little difficulty in obtaining the
required number. The Pennsylvania
railroad, for instance, literally
searched the world for men of eX-
perience to build the tunnels. On
the crosstown shafts they have scores
of Austrians who get their experience
in the Simplon tunnel. The engineers
and foremen include men who have
tunneled in Egypt, South Africa and
England, AS many as 5000 men HAYS
been employed at one time on the Nc
Adoo tunnel project. On account OF
the constant menace to life and limb,
their wages are proportionately large,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
Williamsburg Bridge Fire.

Many New Workers will recall the
splendid spectacle one night early in
November, 1902, when burning oil and
woodwork atop the Manhattan tower
Of the bridge shone over the city like
blazing meteor Then the firemen,
powerless to fight the blaze 100 feet
In the air, watched the flames spread
to the swaying foot bridges until they
became great festoons of running
fire.
Several men were on the bridge at
the time, but they all escaped. One
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

Torkmen, three belonged to the en-,
cheering stan, AID II were persons
not connected with the operations.
In the two years the subway cost 16
lives, all but one of the victims being
workmen. Again In 1902 the list was
formidable. Twenty-one lives were
lost and PA persons were hurt, 1879
of them being employees.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

usually the case, "recompressed' hlth
that is, treated him under the pres
sure of compressed air. The next
Billiard was unconscious. liz
was sent to a hospital, and died that
evening In his case ii was said that
he had Brights disease which deYel.
oped rapidly under air pressure.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
College Graduates in LowIy Stations,

College graduates seem to be about
the cheapest things going in New York
city a publisher doing business there
is quoted as saying that the easiest
kind OF hclr to obtain at $i2 a week
is the receu, college graduate A
leading lawyer Of New York goes even
further by declaring: II is appalling
81 find he aumber of college gradu-
ates OF Ions landing who are today
filling cl-rIga. positions at $40 or SIP
per week Fa- many years it has been
possible in Naw York city 10 employ
a. from ST. TO $l2 per week large
hamhess of lawyers Of over ten years
standing Who We're graduates Of both
college and law school
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
i1airbreadth Escapes.

van VI tHIlii 1eIdpNo'
Yet the spirit Of adventure walks
hand in hand with death. While many
lives were lost that the Brooklyn and
Williamsburg bridges might be built,
there were escapes by the workmcn
engaged on them that would seem
grulnsquc and improbable If put into
novel 4 man may die for every day
ui the year during the construction
of a cassion or river tunnel, but the
men who escape ten stories that
would enhance the fame of Hugo, Poe,
Or Eugene Sue The sacrifice Of life
in public works, too, IS a story apart
from the record of seven lives ended
by violence In this city for every day
in the year, It takes no count of the
men. women and children killed by
accidents ir the streets-one victim
for every sunset.
4 hint Of the sacrifice of life in pub.
lie + orks was found In the records of
Tho board of coronors In Manhattan.
Last year there We're 2,l6O deaths by
violence i'm the hOrougha, and GSl, or
nearly ouCthird. were caused by falls,
explosions. the collapse Of earth in cX
Cayations, premature blasts, and fall
iug rocks and timbcrs The river tun
ngls were pushed forward at the cost
OF GS lives, or 81 In the Pennsylvania
terminal works 20 in the Belmont
tunnel, two in the subway horiugs mn
dor the East river. and three In the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29

betyeen 1870 and 1883 advanced 70
the accompaniment of casualty and
death. John A. Roebling. the first en.
xineer in chief lost his life as the re.
snlt of his responsibilities and an in
fur, received while at work on the
bridge His eldest son, Col. W a
Roeblins. succeeded him. but the
bridse was stal in its early stages
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-06-29
Spanning Wide Rivers, Erecting Skyscrapers,
Boring Tunnels and Sideways, Not Done
Without Many Fatalities.
Tales of Heroism Relieve Recital of Appalling Disasters
Hairbreadth Escapes and Startling Adventures Form
Part of the Building Up of the Great City of the
Future "Immunes" Sought All Over Earth.

when he became an invalid from ex-
posure, ovcrwoTk and anxiety.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-10-12
NUMBER 1880
Foot Ball Off.

The foot ball game between the
Monte Vista and Pueblo teams had
to be called off because the Pueblo
team did not keep its agreement.
They accepted the terms offered
by the Monte Vista team two
weeks ago. Wednesday they
made increasing demands which
the Monte Vista boys could not
meet as they had already guaran-
teed over one hundred dollars on
the game. This morning the
Pueblo manager would not agree
to come here according to the
terms OF the first contract.