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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
PASSENGER TRAIN CRASHES IN
TO FREIGHT NEAR LENox,
MICH.
FIVE TRAINMfN MEET DEATH
BODIES TERRIBLY MANGLED AND
scALDED BY THE ESCAPING
STEAM.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 20. - Speeding
through a dense fog at forty miles an
hour, Grand Trunk passenger train
collided head-on with double-header
freight train half a mile north OF Le-
nox, Mich. Five trainmen met death,
four being killed instantly, the fifth
dying three hours later. All the pas
sengers escaped injury except baby,
who was slightly hurt by being thrown
out of it's mothers arms and over a
seat when the trains crashed.
The passenger locomotive plowed
under the engine of the double-header
and the trainmen were buried in the
wreckage. Their bodies were terribly
mangled and scalded by escaping
steam.
Engineer Fred Haug and Fireman
Washburn of the second freight en-
CINE escaped death. Haug was caught
in his cab, but was taken out unhurt.
Washburn jumped and was only
slightly injured. All the dead train
men live in Detroit.
The freight train had switched from
the train to a siding to allow the pas.
senger to pass. 1t is unoff1cially charg.
ed that the switch was not property
closed, and on account of the heavy
fog which prevailed the passenger
crew could not see that the target was
set against them.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
TO SELL CHICAGO CAR LINES.
Judge Issues Decree Of Foreclosure
Against Three Lines.


Chicago, Dec. %. = A sale of the
properties of the North Chicago Street
railway, the West Chicago Street
Railway company and the Chicago
Union Traction company, under de-
cree of foreclosure, was ordered yes
terday by Federal Judge Peter S.
Grosscup. The sale is to take place at
noon on Jan. 25, 1908, at the south
main entrance of the county court
house, under the direction Of B. w.
Bishop, who was appointed a special
master commissioner.
An order was also entered instruct
ing the receivers of the property to ex-
ecute to the Chicago Railway compa-
ny, the holding company organized to
take over the franchise voted by the
city council some months ago, lease
of all the lines of street railway oper-
ated by them. The lease is to expire
Feb. 2, 1920. 1t is taken for granted
that the railway company will be. the
only bidder for the property at the
sale, and the order of the cour: is in
effect merely form of a plan worked
out for the rehabilitation of the Union
Traction system by the railway COM
pany. The decree means, it is said,
that at last the patrons Of the trac-
ton lines on the North and West side
of the city are to receive the improve
ments in service made obligatory by
the terms of the new franchise ordi-
nance.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
CONGRESS MAY TACKLE ROW.
Feeling Between Line and Staff OF
Navy Grows Intense.

sSS'niS oShWSSt Inv o'N S1esh ~
Il Navy Grows Intense.
Washington, Dec. 28-Not since the
days preceding the passage of the per-
sonnet law ten years ago has the feel
ing between line and staff of the navy
been so acute as it is to-day as the re-.
suit of the refusal Of Admiral Brown
son to transmit orders from his supe-
rior officer, the president of the United
States, assigning a naval surgeon to
command vessel in the navy.
In the case OF the personnel act. it
was Mr.. Roosevelt, then assistant sec.
rotary of the navy, who acted the
part of pacificator and succeeded in
bringing the two warning factions to-,
gether in support Of the legislation
which for decade past through a
makeshift has served to maintain
peace between the two factions in the
navy. In the present instance, how
ever, the efforts of the president to
reconcile the surgeons and the line of,
jficers has failed, and it is probable
that the whole controversy will be-
threshed out on it's merits in congress.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
NEGRO SHOT TIC. DEATH BY MOB.
Murderer of Constable is Forced From
Hdjnu Place by Fire and Killed

Murderer of Constable is Forced From
Hiding Place by Fire and Killed.
New York, Dec. 29.-.While the mys-
terry surrounding the circumstances of
the murder of the unknown young
woman whose body was found nearly
submerged III pond in the outskirts
of Harrison, N. j., appears no nearer
solution than when the body was dis
covered. The theory which detectives
are working on is that the woman
came to her death in Newark and that
her body was carried to the lonely
pond so that the real scene Of the
crime and the identity Of the slayer
might be concealed. The Newark po-
lice are searching for the slayer, who
is believed to have met the young
woman by appointment in Newark and
then lured her to her death Evidence
was found yesterday that the woman
was seen in Newark on Christmas eve
by William Snyder, carpenter, who
stated after seeing the body that the
young woman had spoken to him in
Newark on the night before Christmas
and asked to be directed to a restau
rant. He said the woman told hins
that she was a stranger. Chief Rog
ers of Harrison and the detectives are
working under this information, but
admit they are unable to throw any
light on the case.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
MYSTERY SHROUDS
. DEATH OF WOMAN
SLAIN in LONELY SPOT ON HACK.
ENsAck MEADOWS, NEAR
NEWARK, N. J.
NUDE BODY FOUND IN POND
WAS SEEN SHORTLY BEFORE THE
CRIME WAS COMMITTED WITH
UNKNOWN MAN.
NUDE BODY FOUND IN POND

Newark, N. T., Dec 2S.--A murder
combining all the elements of mystery
and deliberate cruelty that take it out
of the ordinary was committed on the
Hackensack meadows, in the town of
Harrison, early yesterday, and the
nude body Of the victim, a comedy
woman of perhaps thirty years, nearly
submerged in the icy waters of little
pond. Only the feet projected when
chance passersby broke the ice in
which the exposed portions were in
crusted and dragged the body ashore
yesterday afternoon.
Body Not Identified.
The dead woman was finely featur-
ed, her hair and nails gave evidence
of a recent rscrupulous toilet, and such
Of her clothing as was subsequently
found suggested in texture and style
an owner Of refinement
The body had not been identified
last night, and it was pretty we'll es-
tablished that it was not that of resi-
dent Of this city or Harrison. Two
men who occupied a yacht moored
near where the body was found, are
detained by the police.
Important Clue.
The most important clue obtained
was furnished last night by Peter Coo
gan, Waterman employed by the Ma
rine Engine company, who recognized
the body as that of woman whom he
had seen crossing the meadows in
company with man early yesterday.
Later he saw the man alone. The man
carried bundle In his arms. The
man was short and stout.
Two girls returning to their home
in Harrison long after midnight yes
terday morning heard a woman's cries
floating over the marsh land. They
seemed to come from the direction Of
the pond, and to the startled girls
sounded like Spare met" and "Help!'
Accosted by Stranger.
Nearer home the girls were ap-
preached by well dressed stranger.
who accosted and followed them until
policeman was met with, when he
turned and fed
Life had been extinct, the coroner
said, about twelve hours, when the
body was found. A mark on the neck
indicated that strangulation was the
manner of death. Scratches on the
leg and trunk and pieces Of cinder
forced into the flesh showed that the
body had been dragged along a cinder
path which skirts the pond.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
EDITOR THUMBS EX-SENATOR
THOMAS N. PATTERSON is
KNOCKED DOWN ON STREET
IN DENVER.

Denver, Colo, Dec. 20. - A warrant
was sworn out last night for the arrest
of Fred G. Bonfile, one of the propr1e-
tors of the Denver Post. The warrant
was sworn to by ex-United States SEN
ator Thomas NJ. Patterson as the re-
suit OF an encounter between the two
men at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, when Senator Patterson was
Knocked down and painfully injured.
The encounter was the elimination OF
newspaper logomachy which has
been going on for some years between
the proprietors of the Post and Sena-
tor Patterson, who is the principal
stakeholder of the News-Times Pub
fishing company.
Their Stories Differ.
The stories of the two men differ as
to the details of the encounter.
Senator Patterson says that Mr..
Bonfils came up behind him and said:
Good morning."
When he. turned to see who address
ed him, Senator Patterson states, he
was dealt a terrific blow, which felled
him, after which his assailant beat
and kicked him before he could arise.
He says he did not know who had
hit him until after some men had sep
arated them. He adds that Mr.. Bon.
fills cursed him and threatened to kill
him if Bonfils' name appeared again in
the News or the Times.
Claims Justification.
Mr.. Bonfils states that the two men
met and discussion arose over a
threat Senator Patterson had made in
the columns of the News to run Bontils
out of business or put him in the pen.
itentiary. According to Bonfils, Patter-
son reiterated the threat and the fight
started. Mr.. Bonfils admits knocking
the senator down, but claims justifica-
ton on account of the senator's pub.
lished and spoken language. Mr.. Bon
fills says that Senator Patterson was
accompanied by his son-in-law, Richard
G. Campbell when the dispute arose.
Senator Patterson is seventy years old,
and Mr.. Bonfils is about forty-four.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
MURDER is STILL A MYSTERY.
Death of Woman Near Newark, N. j.,
Is PuzxIinq the Police.

Deatn OF woman near newark, ~. j.,
Is PuzxIing the Police.
Midwife, Ca, Dec. 20. ohm Major.
the negro who recently shot and killed
j. W. Crimson, town marshal at this
place, was shot tc death yesterday
afternoon by a posse. Major was
found in a house about three miles
from Midwife. and party of white
citizens set out to capture the negro.
During the attempt shot fred from
the house by Major struck Williams,
the present town marshal, inflicting q
slight wound in the hand. The house
in which Major had taken refuge was
set on fire, and the moment he appear.
ed he was shot and killed.
Last night nearly every man on the
streets was carrying a shotgun OF
rife, but it is hoped there will be no
further trouble
Practically not a negro was to be
seen last night, and at this hour every.
thing is quiet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
General News ltems.

= Capt. A. B. Logan, comrade and life
long friend Of President Mckinley,
died at his home at Warrensburg, Mo.
William squires OF Australia was
knocked out In the sixth round at at
Bakersfield, Cal lin F, Of
Pueblo, Colo. The bout was scheduled
to go twenty rounds.
The jury in the case of G. L. and B.
II. Talmage, charged with conspiracy
to defrard the government out Of pub
lie lands, brought in a verdict Of not
guilty at Roswell, N. M.
Mrs. KsieSKl oppen burg, wife Of Adol
KIopp enburg. a farmer living near Mel
bourne, Iowa Mas suddenly stricken
with hemorrk;; go of the brain while
attending church. She died without
regaining consciousness.
Princess Teppi Pomare OF the royal
family Of i7ahita, daughter Of Queen
Maurau and niece Of Prince Arll p.
sAsalmon, arrived In San Francisco
from Papeete on the Oceanic liner
sMariposa for 9 short stay.
Mrs. Cyrus Johnson. aged twenty
two, whose stage name is; Ruth Par
sons, Of the Louis Aaorr. sen company,
presenting Faust, died suddenly in
webster Guy from an ovsrduse Ut { 1 lulu
extract OF cotton root bark.
81 a meeting OF members OF the Mis-
5sissippi State legislature adapted res
olutlons calling for q constitutional
convention to give Mississippi new
consti ution. Changes in the quotas
Iof represent ton In the state legisla-
iture we're demanded IN the new consti-
4 few weeks. 3 8s555
Two hundred and fftythree boys
and girls 81 the Des# Moines public
schools were given corporal punish.
lnent during the anth Of September.
aecording ia the report Of Supt. Rid.
de made public recently Twenty.
4 I'VE of this nalInb her were girls.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Will TAKE CASE INTO COURT.
LEGALITY OF PRESIDENTS Ac.
TIoN DIscHARGlNG TROOPS
TO BE TESTED. /

Washington, Dec. 20. - Politicians
war department officials and even
statesmen yesterday indicated great
interest in the news from New York
that law firm of the metropolis has
begun suit to determine the right of
the president of the United States to
take summary action to defeat the pur,
poses of conspiracy Of silence, like
that which made Brownsville famous.
The New York lawyers have
brought a test case in the United
States court for the Southern district
of New York to determine the right of
the executive to discharge battalion
of the Twenty-fifth infantry as an out.
come of the rioting at Brownsville,
Tex.
Soldier Sues for Pay.
Officially this New York case has
not yet reached the war department.
In due course it undoubtedly will dc
SO through the service Of papers Oh
the secretary Of war by an officer of
the district court, directing him to
make answer in the suit filed by the
New York attorneys in behalf Of Pri-
vate Oscar w. Reid of Company C,
Twenty fifth infantry, to recover
$12S.26, the amount of pay which he
claims from the date of the termina-
ton of his enlistment, July 1S, 1907
The plaintiff sues the government to
recover pay lost through his discharge
from the army, but the attorneys in
the case admitted that they were re-
tanned by wealthy gentlemen of New
England" whose real object is to de-
termine the legality of the presidents
action.
Talks of His Employers.
Chase Mellen of counsel for the
plaintiff said yesterday:
Il am not at liberty to tell who the
gentlemen back of this action are.
They will disclose their identity at the
proper time and somebody will be sur
prised. They are all men of national
prominence. They banded together In
an informal organization for the pur-
pose Of seeing that poor individuals
| received the rights guaranteed them
by the Constitution of the United
| States
These gentlemen are withholding
their names at present because they
do not want the public to attach any
| political significance to their action.
can state positively for them that poll
| tics has nothing whatever to do with
it. Their action is animated by some.
thing higher than that"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
RICH NEW YEAR is ASSURED.
Holiday Purchases Bring Out Horded
Wealth and End Strinuency

Holiday Purchases Bring Out Horded
Wealth and End stringency.
Chicago, Dec. 2S.-America is pre-
pairing to begin in fact a prosperous
new year,
The last of the money boards which
contributed in large measure to the
recent currency stringency were drag.
ged from their hiding places and poured
into the channels of trade during the
Christmas shopping period. The mil
lions thus liberated, swelled by nearly
$500, 100000 in dividends which will be
paid in Chicago and New York during
the next ten days, will make the clear
Ing house certificate rare guest in the
pocket Of the wage Garner.
Full Dinner Pail. Too.
The working man, too, has cause to
welcome the coming year. From all
sections of the country come an
nouncements that mills and facto7;es
closed when the Wall street storm de-
veloped, will be reopened without de-
lay. Around Pittsburg alone $4,000
men will go back to work next week.
Local bankers are unanimous in ex-
pressing the opinion that the total ex-
penditures during the 1907 Christmas
holidays have never been surpassed, a
showing which they said was nothing
short Of marvellous in view OF the
financial furry. The trade in holiday
goods aggregated s6,0o0,O0O.
Record Foreign Business.
Although New York has passed
through a period of financial depres-
sion the foreign business Of the port
during the year 1907 will break all rec
ords. With exact figures for eleven
months and an estimate for December
the years business will reach $1.503..
330, 602 an increase over last year Of
$110,127 1876. The imports of foreign
merchandise at New York reached the
enormous total Of $S37,s92, 1877 during
1907, as against S776,142,709 in 1906.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Find 1874 Bodies.

jacobs Creek, Pa, Dec. 2S.-Rapid
progress is made in the removal Of
bodies from the Darr mine. All Of the
entries except No. ~ have been cleared
and a total of 124 bodies brought from
the mine. A number of other bodies
have been located, and it. is expected
that they will be brought to the sur,
face during the night.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
NEWS ! Of THE WEEK IN fPITOMf
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.

The president has signed a procla-
NATION creating two additions, aggre-
eating $4,000 acres. to the San Gabriel
national forest in Southern California.
Felicitous speeches by Secretary
Root, President Luis Anderson and
Ambassador Creel Of Mexico marked
the close last week of the Central
American peace conference, which has
been In session here for over a month
and has agreed to and signed eight dis
tinct conventions.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Wounded officer Dies.

Minneapolis, Dec. Donald J. Nc.
Call, the shakopee constable who was
shot on Christmas eve while attempt
ing to place man under arrest at
Prior Lake, died yesterday in st. Bar,
nabas hospital in Minneapolis, where
he had been brought imme diately after:
the shooting. NJ Ssa
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Accidental Happenings.

Three persons were drowned by
breaking through the ice while skating
on Onata lake, at Pittsfield, Mass.
| While milking COW Mrs. Ole Olson,
wife of a storekeeper of Gladstone,
Mich, was trampled upon and hooked
SO badly that she died.
Frank .Ballmer, thirteen years old,
and Frank Felix, twelve years of age,
were drowned while skating in a slip
along the river at Toledo.
While trying to hide Christmas pres
ents from the younger members of the
family Jackson Stilley fell down stairs
and broke his neck at Pittsburg.
Nine fireaen were inj.wed and dam
age to the extent of $25O,O0O was done
by fire which originated in the Globe
dry goods store at Wilkesbarre. Pa.
A passenger train ran into an open
switch at Tallapoosa, Ga, killing the
engineer and injuring two f1remen. 1t
is thought the switch had been lamp
cred with.
One woman killed, one fatally and a
third seriously injured is the result Of
Chicago Great Western train back
ing into buggy at Des Moines in
which the women were seated.
Painters at work on the dome of the
main building of the University Of
Oklahoma accidentally set fire to the
structure. Vigorous work by students
confined the flames to the main build
ing.
Fire at Fort Smith, Ark, destroyed
the Haglin, a six-story office building,
the American National bank and two
other buildings. Loss, $4,000. Two
men are missing and are believed to
have persisted.
The baggage car and first passenger
coach of train was blown from the
track and overturned in the ditch
near Marshall, Colo Six persons were
seriously injured and a number of 9TH
ers seriously hurt.
o. j.. Watkins. general manager Of
the California Fruit Growers associa-
ton, who is under a federal grand
jury indictment charging the use of
the mails for fraudulent purposes, died
at San Bernardino, Cal, of injuries re-
ceived by being run over by wagon
loaded with household effects which
he was shipping to Los Angeles.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
kULP is REPRlMANDED.

Result Of court-martiai OF Davenport
QoWa) Captain.
Des Moines, Dec. 20. The court
martial trying Capt. Kulp of Company
%, Fifty-fourth regiment, for alleged
failure to stop a prize fight. upon the
orders Of g3Adjt. Gen Thrift, on the
night OF Nov. I'll, returned a verdict
yesterday holding that, while Capt
2Kulp may not have Intentionally dis
obeyed the orders of Adjt. Gen. Thrift,
he did SO, and the court recommended
that he be regrimanded
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
NEW COURT DISTRICT.

Congressman STEVENSON WORKING on
the Federal Authorities.
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Dec. 20. - Dis
patches from Washington state. that
Congressman STEVENSON is inquiring
with regard to the possibility of secur-
ing the recommendation of the depart
ment of justice for the creation of a
new federal district in Northwestern
Minnesota, with Fergus Falls as court
town. His inquiries thus far has not
resulted in anything that looks like
success, as the department does not
regard new district necessary.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Hurt by EXPLOSION.

Pompton, N. j., Dec. 29.-Emil Flo
maino Of Brooklyn, N. Y, was proba
bly, fatally injured and three other
men We're seriously hurt by an eyplo
sion in the mixing room of the Never
nice Powder company at Riyerdale
yesterday.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Kills Child and Self.

Rome, Tex, Dec. 80. Mrs. j. W.
Brammon administered carbolic acid
to her infant child and swallowed
dose herself. Both died almost In
stantly
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02

- = - = ) 9
While engaged in q raid on blockade
liquor distilleries in Shutdown, For
sythe county, N. G., j. w. Hendricks,
United States revenue officer, was
shot and killed from ambush. His as
sailant escaped.
In a raid on moonshiners In Elliott
county, KY, three big illicit distiller-
les, fifteen fermenters and 1000 gal
Ions Of liquor were captured. The dis
tflling apparatus was concealed in
shocks of fodder in an open field.
Pleas OF guilty were made by the
Rock Island Railroad in Chicago to
four cases charging violation of the
law prohibiting the confinement Of
live stock in cars for longer than
twenty-eight hours. Judge Lands of
the United States district court, be-
fore whom the pleas were entered,
deferred sentence to allow the railroad
to show cause for the delays.
Two men were killed at a railway
construction camp near Lothrop,
Mont. George Morris, an Austrian,
KILLED one of his countrymen in knife
.1lel, the cause Of the trouble being
unknown. Morris then started to Lo-
throp and met Contractor Walter A.
Arnold on the bridge, where he attack
ed Arnold with a knife and Arnold
drew revolver and shot him dead.
Arnold gave himself up, claiming self
defense.
p. C.. Cain, convicted at Des Moines
of numbering c. Fl. Morris, well
known and wealthy mine owner, be-
cause the latter attempted to drive
him out of an alleged liquor business
at one of his mining camps, was SEN.
fenced to life Imprisonment. "My life
has been sworn away" declared Cain
to the court after sentence had been
imposed. Il had no chance against
the array of witnesses, who cared
nothing for the truth and only to get
me In state prison.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Shot by StrlI<ebreaker.

Bing hamton, N. Is, Dec. Is. John
Z. Sullivan. a switchman, was shot and
killed yesterday by an unknown strike
breaker. The ball passed completely
through Sullivail's skull and he lived
less than an hour.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
Story Misleads Police.

A story was circulated that Harry
Smith, a well known cattle rancher,
had been fatally wounded in restau-
rant. Curiously enough, neither Smith
nor any one else had been hurt, but
even the police were misled by the
tale, and two Orientals were arrested
charged with the murder.
An indignant mob gathered opposite
the restaurant and there was talk of
lynching. Suddenly some one threw
a rock, which smashed a front window.
In moment the crowd was beyond
control. Bricks and stones were hurl-
ed and when the doors had been
broken in the tables and chairs and
dishes were smashed.
Mayor Appeals to Mob.
The Columbia and Alberta restau-
rants were literally wrecked. Later a
detachment Of mounted police appear
ed and the crowd scattered.
Hundreds of the rioters merely
shifted the scene of pillaging. Three
blocks away, opposite the Arlington
hotel, they cleaned out another Chi
nese restaurant and roughly handled
two Orientals who were captured with
in. Mayor Galbraith and Magistrate
Townsend both addressed the mob and
urged it to dispense and as all posi-.
BILE damage had been done it obeyed.