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The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
WALTER WELlMAN AND HIS AIR
SHIP CAUGHT IN GRIP OF
FIERCE SNOW STORM.
SHIP WEIGHS 9 TONS
GRAPHIC STORY TOLD BY DARING
EXPLORER WHO STARTED TO
FIND THE NORTH POLE.

Berlin.-Wclter WeIlman. head of
the Wellman airship expedition. has
cent the following telegram to the local
pape-3 from Toronto:
After the steamer Express cast on
the cable the balloon America did ex-
cellently, but an increasing wind soon
gave us hard struggle, and the storm
drove us toward some high, Jagged
mountains near the coast. where this
airship would have been destroyed II
she struck. Then ensued hard fight
ing between the storm and the motor.
The latter triumphed. Our confidence
In the America had SO increased In
the meanwhile that | gave the order
to start for the north pole.
"Thc wind, however. increased TO
twelve miles nm hour. and the snow fell
so thickly that We could not sec =
quarter of mile. Just then the COM
pass failed to work, owing to detective
construction.
Lost in Storm.
I'VE were lost in the snowstorm
above the polar sea, and threatened
with destruction. After a brief deliber-
alton We decided to try to get back TO
the Express and rectify our compass
and start again. 1t was impossible.
however. to keep in one direction. ana
we were again carried into dangerous
proximity of the mountains. Vaniman.
tthe engineer. then put the motor 10
top speed. and the America moved
against the wind. which probably was
blowing fifteen miles an hour. She
circled three times In the teeth OF the
wind. We saw the Express for a mo
met. but Immediately lost her again.
I'VE could have returned to the Ex-
press II we could have seen whcro to
steer. but under the circumstances the
only thing possible was to try TO land.
With this idea we stopped the motor
and let the America drift over the g'a-
cier. At the end OF Doul bay we used
trailer filled with provisions and n
brake rope. Both acted well and
dragged over the ice wall 100 feet high
without damage.
Landed Like a Bird.
after crossing the glacier We
opened the valve and landed on the up
per glacier half n mile in shore. The
landing was effected 30 successfully
that material weighing nine tons de-
sccnded 800 feet and touched the ice
with no shock or damage whatever OK
cepting several bent tubs ana oroKen
wires. Numerous delicate instruments
were not injured. The Strengthening
biographs, photographs and manome-
ters continued running after the land
ing. The mantle of the balloon can
easily be repaired.
"Thc America was in the air three
hours and covered about fifteen miles
with her own power. She made three
loops against the wind. proving her
y, wer and capability of being stcered-
The ascent was successful in every re-
spect.
1--WE are all convinced that We can
make our way to the pole in normal
summer weather"
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Ns OF THE WEEK
Important Happenings Of ths
Past Seven Days.
.,;,p ,tcms Gathered From all
~. of tho World Condensed
I,,o Small Space tor the Ben
aft of Our Readers.
Personal.

,,,mmed All hey has been ap-
,ed Turkish minister to the Uni
noyemen is under way to form
. zoo 600 merger OF some OF the
|est coal properties In Illinois.
w. II. Dalrymple. of Baton
ys La. has been elected presi.
NJ the American Veterinary Med.
association.
+ancis Potter, editor Of the Her
nm Kansas. Sun until recently, is
I, In San Diego, Cal. where he had
q for the benefit of his health.
nj A. J Hanscom, OF Omaha. n
NOR president of the Nebraska SEN
/ died recently In New York of
umonia. He was &c years old.
Trs Kate f. Jones Of New York
1 been elected national president OF
Women's Relief Corps.
Inward w. Vanderbilt, an aged. re-
M merchant OF Brooklyn. n. Y, has
N declared incapable OF managing
affairs because OF lunacy.
Congressman Longworth and Mrs.
hgyorth have arrived In San Fran
Ia on their return from a visit to
wall.
Charles G. Burton OF Kansas City
! elected commander OF the Grand
INV OF the Republic at the Saratoga
kampment.
becretary Taft was given n rousing
kd.off when he sailed from Seattle
| the Orient on the steamer Mime
b.
kalter s. Dickey of Kansas City
: been elected chairman of the Mis-.
hri republican state committee, to
kcecd Thomas X. Niedringhaus. re-
|ned.
Chang Mon Wo. president of the
bnese Six Companies. is dead OF the
bonIc plague in San Francisco.
| Willis James. senior member of
firm of Phelps. Dodge & Co. of
w York. is dead. He was dis
|guished as n philanthropist.
Gen. Booth. the aged head OF the
lvation Army. has left London to
bduct winters campaign in the
lifted States and Canada.
Archibald Fry Blount. of Orleton.
gland. has bequeathed 100000 to
lle University.
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list Church Services.
! School 10 a. m.
" SermnD II n. IN.
/: "The Kind OF a Christian

1: "The Kind OF a Christian al
cations are being made Tor Its develop
ment. AS a result of this discovery
the forty-five marines whom General
Elliott had intended to order to some
other point will remain to preserve or.
der in what is rapidly becoming one OF
the boom" towns of Alaska.
The story of the discovery as told to
General Elliott is that two Indians,
while fishing. noticed particles of gold.
They told the news to Presbyterian
clergyman at Sitka. A company opened
the vein of quartz and succeeded In
mining and transporting to Sitka In
canoes ninety tons Of ore. This one
shipment yielded, after payment OF
freight, more than $l6,ooo. me
knowledge of the find at the island
soon became known In Sitka, and the
island now is practically all staked out
by goldseekers.
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Survives Explosion, but Mind 10 Do
stroyed.

Alton, Ill.-Fifteen thousand pounds
of powder exploded at the Equitable
Powder works at East Alton. two miles
from here. Charles kcGinnis was
killed and Charles McGilson shocked
SO that his mind is gone.
McGinnis and his helper were work
ing in the glazing mill and Mc0innfs
was letting the powder run from
drum into kegs. McGilson was wheel
ing a truck 100 yards away. Suddenly
there was flash and McGilson, 300
feet away, was blown into the aiu
and carried more than 100 feet before
he alighted. When he was picked mp
McGilson was unconscious and later it
was found his mind was blank.
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
pem.n..d Man Killed.

Evanston, Wyo-William Fern, q
young business man Of Almy. who has
been wandering about the country for
the past week in demented condition,
was killed by a fast freight on the
Union Pacific near here.
On September Sd Fern, with . COM
panion, was ON his way to Almy in .
buggy, which was upset in . runaway.
throwing the young man out upon his
head. Since that time he has wan
dsred about the country. being oscas
sionally seen ~ ranch people. a.
though the Aathorities tried n vain to
nn1 him. - sen6slna were brouxht
= s.s,. 3 sss1ss = q
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TWENTY-FIVE PASSENGERS ARE
KILLED AND TWENTY.six
ARE INJURED.
FACEs0F DEAD CHASTITY
FATAL MISTAKE OF TRAIN oPER.
AToR SENDS UNsUsPEcTiN0
MoRTALs INTO ETERNITY.

White River Junction, Vt.-A fearful
head-on collision between the south
bound Qubec express and a north
bound freight train on the Concord di-
vision OF the Boston & Maine railroad,
occurred four miles north OF Canaan
station early Sunday morning. Scptem-
Der 18th, due to IA mistake In train dis
patchers' orders, and from demol-
ished passenger coach there were
taken out twenty-five dead and dying.
and twenty-seven other passengers,
most of them seriously wounded. Near
ly all those who were In the death car
were returning from fair at Sher-
brooke. Quebec, sixty miles north. The
conductor OF the freight train was
given to understand that he had plenty
OF time to reach siding by the night
, operator at Canaan station. receivs-N Ng.
, according to the superintendent OF the
division, copy OF n telegraph order
from the train dispatcher ut Concord.
which confused the train numbers 80
and thirty-four. The wreck occurred
Just after the express had rounded into
Il straight stretch OF track, but owing
to the early morning mist, neither en-
| gineer saw the others headlight until
It was too late.
Operator Makes Mistake.
The south-bound train was made up
at Sherbrooke. where 1t picked up two
sleepers from Quebec and two more on
the way down. 1t consisted of the
baggage coach. passenger coach and
smoking car In that order. with the
sleepers in the rear The train left
White River Junction at $3.50, forty
minutes late. and was followed twenty
minutes later by the Montreal express
over the Central Vermont railroad
The Quebec train IL known as No. &c
and the Montreal train as No. 80.
In the meantime. a north.bound train
known as No. 2G7. had arrived Mt Ca
man, eighteen miles down the road
at i:10 a. m. on time. According &c
I the division superintendent, w. Il. Ray
J. X. Crowley. the night train dis
patcher at Concord. sent n dispatch &c
John Greely. the night operator at Ca
naan, that No. "a was one hour and
ten minutes late. The order which
train showed after the accident dis
tinctly states that No. 80. instead OF
No. "a. was an hour and ten minutes
late. Conductor Lawrence. believing
that he had sufficient time in the hour
and ten minutes to reach the sidetracl
at West Canaan. four miles beyond. be
fore No. 30 reached It. ordered his trair
ahead. The superintendent declared
that the accident was due to the mis-
take in placing a cipher after the three
in the number OF the train. instead OF
four
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

Kansas has greater area and pro.
ction OF alfalfa than any other
htc In the Union.
About 100 OF the leading mercantile
Adjustments ut Canton. China, were
eently destroyed by fire.
Mexico is arranging to hold ma
pnal exposition in the Crystal Pal.
e, London. In 1908.
The first snow storm of the season
CURED at Fort Wayne. Ind. re-
|ntly.
The Nebraska railway commission
postponed indefinitely further
arings on grain rate reductions un.
the federal court acts on the ap-
cation of the railroads for n tenn
rary Injunction.
The plant Of the Cudahy Packing
mpany in Philadelphia has been de-
foyed by fire.
reception at the Topeka auditor
n Is planned for Rev. Charles NJ.
eidon on his return from England.
By royal proclamation New Zealand
been advanced from the position
a British colony, and hereafter will
known as the Dominion of New
faland."
Inc forty-first annual parade Of
Grand Army Of the Republic was
Gently held in Saratoga, N. Y. dur
driving rain storm. Ten thou
nd veterans were In line.
up to December 1, 1906, the Pana.
canal had cost the United Starcs
vernment $S4,449.000.
while five negroes were engaged In
ooung craps on the railroad track
ar Newburg, w. Va, a fast passen-
train struck and killed them all.
another Jewish massacre is re-
Prted at kishineff, Russia. in which
is estimated 80 Jews lost their
onarges OF discrimination in passen-
.raiiic have been filed with the Ne
aska board Of railroad commission.
against the Union Pacific railroad
.he United Commercial Travellers.
me government is preparing to
ore 2,4OO quarters of fresh beef in
refrigerator plant at Colon for
OF canal workers.
me reported massacre of Jews at
.shiheh is denied by the st. Peters
arg authorities,
new York city is threatened with q
ilk famine.
"fs. Mary Lawless Rorschach, wife
lieutenant in the United States
fy was shot to death by a burglar
M ner home at Portsmouth, Va.
me proposition to issue 100000 in
aas Tor municipal improvements
voted down In Muskogee, 1. T.,
large majority.
Ine supreme court of Oklahoma has
0'ded the famous Day county bond
se, IN which the county sought to
aae the payment Of $4,000 worth Of
uas issued In 1894. The verdict was
favor of the state of Kansas now
plding the bonds;
TWO Of the msn convicted Of the
sssinat'on Of Toemee President
alias Of Guatenna1a hato 80 ~.
" oass ~ MI t ;IIf ~ u.
q 70 The III z Slc1 ~
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
p.novnnc.. tyranny Of Federal Courts

Lincoln, Neb.-Because Of the re-
straining order granted by Judge mum.
eer Of the Federal Court to prevent the
railway commission from promulgating
a new Rrain.rate schedule. Governor
George L. Sheldon declared himself ~
favor Of constitutional amendmeno
tatinr from the federal courts the
right to enjoin state oficials from en-
forcing state laws. sva
Il believe the federal courts have avs,
.hnacd the privilege Of Injunction
snos,sh % Justify such action" !" he SAG;
ssrcc msny state laws have been ueo
~ - m interference d the federal
ss.rfs w. ~ 4 ao nots hslieye tho makers g
q 4 sss !!'| ~ ! 49, Z :
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20

gTeaV:-tarr 'aa was dull aud
!, came in. One OF our Iowa
es says as high as $50 per
being paid out there, includ-
d ard no dockage for lost
lany farm hands have been
$50 and s35 per month for
re summer, and are furnish
ind carriage for Sundays II
b. Verify, this is a banana
ihe hired man, the red-letter
all his history.-American
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
University Of colorado show. lccre.s.

Boulder, Colo.-At the close Of the
frst week Of the 1S07-0S session Of The
University Of Colorado President
twelve per cent. Increase over lnGt
year had been enrolled. and t4ax IL
prospects, are the brightest In tie ~
tory Of the university. The greatG1e
Increase u In the engineering neleoo1
Wher0 ahuut twenty ~ cent. Mld ~
ylla 1a ank xsax ~ -
The Ordway new era., 1907-09-20
Shot Conductor; Was Killed.

sacramento, Cal.-BeCauSe COnuuc'
y r JEFF Gage OF Southern Pacific train
D. 80, eastbound local to Sacramento,
\ tt him off the train on his refusal 20
d [y his fare, an unknown man seri-
lsly wounded the conductor and was
mself killed in pistol duel just after
le train left Tracy City.
Conductor Gage said:
"I rad stopped the train just outside
fOk Tracy to put the fellow off for re-
, ndlsing to pay his fare, and had stepped
!. uuwn from the platform to give the en-
:. gineer the signal to go ahead when
!. some of the passengers who were
Il watching the man running alongside OF
e the fence, cried out: Look out! he's
:. going to shoot But before l could
4 Jump back was shot here Indicating
his right groin).
n ~ stumbled from the effects of the
J, shot. and finally succeeded in getting
Iout my pistol and took shot at the
4 man, who had run ahead about fifty
i yards by this time. don't know
4 whether hit him or not.
n Some of the passengers had rushed
q QUIT by his time. and taken several
+ shots at him He fell, and l ran to
e where he lay, covering him with my
i gun all the time, as feared he might
: lbe playing 'possum. With the assist
I ance of the passengers I took his gun.
but he died few minutes later. one of
1.-THE shots having pierced his left lung"
The bullet fred at Gage lodged just
beneath the vest. The fact that the
bullet had to penetrate three thick
y nesses of clothing is probably all that
= saved Gage from being killed.
s The passengers who witnessed the
r shooting all say that Gage was per.
. fectly justified.
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ice Fall Waist, Dress Gloves,
Underwear. Embroidery,
II Overs. Corset Covers, ETC.,
'infrec Bros.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
SCIENCE BENEFICIAL
BUT SECRETARY WILSON SAYS
GOVERNMENT IS SLOW.
Government Scientists Are DOING.
Great Work for Nation-Reap Some.
of the Benefits-Are Given Patent
Rights So Far as They Apply to
Foreign Lands.

millions of dollars-in fact, a sum
so vast that it cannot be estimated
have been saved to the American peo-
pie by discoveries made by govern
ment scientists during the fiscal year
which has just closed" declared Sec
rotary Wilson, in speaking of the rec
ord of the department of agriculture
for the year. "Time alone must de-
velop the Importance to the world of
the experiments being conducted every
day by these men, whose only reward
is in the passing fame attained in re-
porting valuable finds. There could
be money in many Of these discoveries
if the scientists were to patent them
in their own names, but in every case
the people as a whole are the benef-
Charles, for the patents are dedicated
to the government, to be used by the
United States or any of it's officers or
employees in the prosecution of the
work for the United States, or by any
person in the United States without
the payment Of royalty"
Secretary Wilson feels that the rec
ognition by the government of these
discoveries is far too meager, but he
does not hesitate to give to the scien-
fist this little help whenever he feels
that it is merited. Whenever a valu-
able discovery, warranting a United
States patent, is made by an employee
OF the department of agriculture, the
secretary advances the salary of the
employe as much as it is possible to
do under the law. The patent is TAX
en- out in this country in the name
OF the scientist making the discovery
and then dedicated to the United
States. If the discovery is APPLICABLE
to use in a foreign country the scien-
list is authorized to receive the bene-
it, but usually the patent is of a char
acter designed to meet conditions in
the United States and of little use
elsewhere.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
FRANCIS MURPHY is DEAD.
Apostle of Temperance Was Well
Know to Entire Nation.


Know to Entire Nation.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Francis Murphy.
the apostle of temperance, died Sun
day.
Francis Murphy was an Irishman
by birth, first seeing the light of day
at Wexford on April "a, 1886. He re-
ceived a common school education
and on April 10, 1856, married Miss
Elizabeth j. CHM of New York. He
served in the Union army during the
civil war and entered upon his IA
nous career as a temperance orator
by speaking at Portland, Me-, April
3. 1870. The organization of the Tenn
perance Reform Club of Maine was
largely due to his initiative, and he
became its first president.
1t was at Pittsburg that national
renown was perhaps most clearly
focused upon him and when he spoke
there on November 26. 1876. at a
meeting which resulted in the signing
OF the pledge by $4,000 people in the
odd Home church."
His fame spread throughout the
country and he made frequent
speeches in behalf of temperance
with such effect that it is estimated
that 100000 people had signed
pledges of total abstinence through
his efforts. He made successful
tour OF England and served as chap
lam In the war with Spain. His resi-
dence was established in Pittsburg,
but most of his time was spent in
travelling, engaged in evangelistic
work.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
NEW DEFENSE FOR CRIME.
Psychic Epilepsy Is the Unique
Plea

Plea.
DR.. Elmore 2. Elliott of New York
has escaped the meshes of the law
through a unique plea. He had been
arrested for brutally assaulting, with
out provocation, a man and his wife
on the public street. Psychic epilepsy,
defined as acute epilepsy, without any
external manifestations, was the de-
tense successfully offered.
DR.. Elliott in his own behalf. testi-
fed that he had been subject to at
tacks of psychic epilepsy since child
hood, and that during these attacks
he had no knowledge of his acts or
recollection of them upon recovery.
Medical testimony was offered to
sustain this plea, and the prisoner was
discharged
Lawyers who heard the defense and
members of the district attorneys
staff continued to discuss DR.. Elliott's
strange statement long after the ply
stefan had left court. They agreed
that its scope was practically limitless
and asserted that psychic epilepsy
would undoubtedly prove a successful
defense even for murder.
1T is the best defense 1 ever heard
and the best defense in the world"
said Assistant District Attorney Turn
bull mo man could be held account
able for any act if it could be shown
he suffered from this strange disease"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
BIG Fire at Mineral Walls

Mineral Wells. Texas, July Min.
eral Wells, with nearly 10000 visitors
from all over the south, was threaten
ed with total destruction by fire recent
~ The fire started in the skating
rink OF the Palace Amusement COM
pany, new $4,000 structure, just fin
ished, but not yet opened. From there
the hre spread to me Mineral Wells
sanltarium, a four story brick, filed
with patients. These were all moved
out and no loss Of life is reported, but
the skating ring, sanitarium, bath
house, pavilion and other structures
were destroyed.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
ROCKEFELLER GONE
CHICAGO JUDGE WANTS HIM
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
OIL Trust Business is Being Investl-
gated-strlct seach Is Being Made
Where II Is Thought the oil Mag
mates May Be stoping--AiI Officers
of Company Are Subpoened.

Chicago.-United States writ serv
ers from the court of Judge Lands
began preparations to circumvent
steps that may be contemplated by
John d. Rockefeller, head of the 81
gantic Standard Oil monopoly, in
evading the necessity of coming to
Chicago to answer certain questions
that the court will put to him concern
ing the business of the oil trust which
will be put on July 6.
It was said at the federal building
that the local govement officials are
following out the desire of the ma
tional administration to bring Rookie
Teller to the witness stand where the
financial secrets and inner workings
of the giant corporations may be had.
According to some statements Judge
Lands is in reality aiding President
RoOsevelt's trust investigation policy
United States Attorney Sims recently
went east for a mysterious conference
at Washington and it is believed that
he received instructions from the pres
ident to go after the big guns.
Copies of the subpenas issued for
the appearance of Rockefeller have
been sent to every place where it is
thought the oil magnate may be stop
ping. Dispatches from the east today
were unsatisfactory as to the present
whereabouts of the president of the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey,
but wherever he may be there does not
seem much of a chance for him to
keep out of the reach Of the federal
officers who, it is stated, may use force
in the serving of the writ
Judge Lands also requested the
United States marshal's office that all
the subpenas issued be served on all
the officers of the Standard Oil COM
pany, including Mr.. Rockefeller, as
soon as possible.
Where is Rockefeller?
Cleveland, Ohio.-Jonn d. Rookie |
Teller is lost. He is not at Forest HILL |
Pontico Hills, with his relatives in
Massachusetts, at Lakewood, N. j., nor
in Georgia. There are two other places
where he is not. These are in Chicago
and Findlay, Ohio.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
Earnings Are Iarne

All records in the matter of gross
earnings have been broken by the
Great Northern road in the fiscal year
about to close. June earnings will
show an increase of $1,000, 900, or 25
per cent over those of the correspond
ing month last year. The road, with
It's auxiliary lines, is expected to have
Total earnings for the year of some
thing like s5S,OOO,OO0. Out of these
II VIII have surplus of some s22 ,OOO,-
700, or the equivalent of Is per cent
on the $150,OO0,OOO of its outstanding
preferred capital stock.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
COOLEST JUNE KNOWN IN EAST
Weather Bureau Tells of Frioiditv
Along the Atlantic Coast.

Washington, July 1.-The weather
bureau announces that the month
just closed was the coolest June on
record in Washington, D. c., in the last
rs years, and that tho same is prob
ably true of New England, the middle
Atlantic states and the lower lake re-
gion. In other parts of the United
states the temperatures were also low
er tnan usual. The bureaus official
statement says in explanation:
las in previous Junes the distribu-
tlon OF atmospheric pressure over the
Canadian maritime provinces and the
north Atlantic states was such as to
cause proclamation of ocean winds
in northeastern regions"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
Judge LOVING Freed.

Houston, Va.-After being out 35
minutes, the jury returned verdict of
mot guilty" in the case of former
Judge William G. Loving Of Nelson,
manager of the Virginia estate of
Thomas F. Ryan, who was placed on
trial for the murder of Theodore Estes,
son of Sheriff M. X. Estes of Nelson
county. Judge Loving shot and killed
young Estes April 22 at Oakridge, fol-
lowing a buggy ride Estes had taken
with the judges daughter, Miss Eliz-
abeth Loving, who told her father
that her escort had assaulted her.