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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
MURDER SIROUDED
in DEEP MYSTERY
Pcndleton, Who Married Miss
Winston, Of Louisa. Will Plead
Insanity in Justification OF
His Act-Had Driven
Family from
Home.
fspecial u The Times Dispatcn.l
-YTHEVILI,E, VA, March z

= YTHEN1LLE. VA, March ~.
NV james spoon, who was
AA shot by ". ". Pendleton
Wv Saturday afternoon, died
last night at 1880 o'cl9cK,
Four Of the five shots took sf-
feet. one under the arm pit, which
was not discovered in the eFly
examination. Rumors are conflict
ing as TO the immediate cause Of
the tragedy. The facts believed TO
he authentic are that unfriendly rela-
tions had existed between the two men
for some time. and that Perdleton: be-
ing informed Saturday by working men
in his lot that Spoon had been curslns
and abusing him, sent boy TO the
5latter's home which was Just across the
street. to ask that he would come ous
and talk with him. Spoon was eat
ing dinner at the time and 1t is claim
ed sent an .impertinent message in re-
ply. but finally got UP and left the
house and was met in the street by
Pendleton. where. after few words
the shooting occurred.
Murder n Mystery.
This Is all that was known. for al
though there were several people IN
sight, no one was near enough to hear
the conversation.
Spoon was plain. hard working
man. but was at times imprudent IN
his talk.
Pendleton is more prominent, but has
been thought irresponsible mentally for
several years. His plea will be insan-
ity. and there Is little doubt but that
1t will be available. His family have
several times had to leave home on
account OF his conduct. which was at
tributed n. the time to his mental con-
dition. Mrs. Pendleton. who was a,
Miss Winston, of Louisa, and who has
Decn spending the winter in Lynch
burg arrived this morning. Pendlcton
is we'll known in eastern Virginia. hav-
ing been depot agent at Columbia. and
also connected with The Columbia
Bulletin. published at that place.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
JOIN THE TIMES[)ISPATCH AND WEAR A TAG TO.DAN
MESSENGER MURDERED
Train Robbers XIII Express agent, KIM
snck Two Snfes nnd Escape.

NHCR lN0 SUtpN Vnu fNCbVS.
NEWTc.,. KAN, March %. s.-Tw,o
Bailey, of Kansas city, an express mes
sengerfof the Wells. Fargo Express
Company II the express express; car Of west. =.
train between Florenee and Newton
Kan. robbed both the local and the
through safe, taking ut least $1,000
and some .ietvelry. and escaped.
found when the train reached Newton.
IT was ,stretched on the floor of the
car. lying in a pool of blood The back
of the skull was crushed and the end
of the car in which 1T was lying was
spa ttered with blood. Taere was no
evidence of any struggle. The indica-
tions are that the murder was COM
mitted while the messenger was asleep!
Bailey was last seen alive at Strong
City. At Peabody some one opened
the car door Just enough to throw out
a package of waybills. and then closed
1T instantly. The custom of the mes
senger had been to go to sleep soon
able he did this last night. After siay-
ing the sleeping messenger, the rob
berg covered the dead mans head with
his coat. took the safe keys from the
dead mans POCKETS and ransacked the
safes. Then the keys We're put into
Bailey's overcoat. and the coat was
folded and put In his grip, where 1t
was found later.
When the train slowed down at the
Missouri Pacific crossing east of New
ton. two men We're seen by the en-
gineer to jump from the train and run
south. The south door of the express
car was found open when the train
reached the Newton ntation.
Oificers sooT after the discovery OF
the robbery Were securing the coun-
try. "A reward OF $1,000 has been Of
fered by the Wells Fargo Express
Company for the apprehension of the
robbers. Three men were arrested to-
might at Wichita on suspicion. No other
trace of the robbers has been found.
The murdered man was about thirty
years of age. He was only recently
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
DENoUNCEs GOVERNOR
A. Meeting to put Down Night Riders,
,Is.. inxal. Said Governor Aids 'TrtiAt..

At Meeting to Put Down NiEnt nueIs'
,Ii., r,IoysI Said Governor Aids Trust.
LOUISVILLE. KY, March s9.-At a
meeting yo-night In Macauley's The-
a.re 10 organize Louisville branch
of the Law and order League. recently
formed to combat night riding. MISS
Alice Lloyd vigorously denounced the
movement and policies of Governor
Wilson. Miss Lloyd Is member OF
a promineat family of winchester. She
arraigned the Law and order League
as a device fostered by agents and
sympathizers of the American Tobacco
Company. and declared that the clti-
zens of Kentucky should not allow
themselves to be thus drawn into aid
ing trust to oppress their fellows
citizens She denounced Governor
WILSON'S acts as tending solely to the
favor OF the American Tobacco Com
pary.
piled. denying Miss Lloyd's charge. He
said that his sole care was to pre-
serve law and order and to prevent
anarchy as a result of the struggle
hetween the farmers trust and the
tobacco trust each of which was de-
termined TO rule or ruin. The reso-
luton adopted denied In toto MISS
Lloyd's charges. aud called on Gov
error Wilison to call out the entire
state militia and set 1T patroling the
tobacco districts This Governor Will
son. after the resolutions had been
adopted. refused to do. SAYING that
the depleted condition of the State
treasury would not permit of such q
heroic remedy. ~ -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
POVERTY AND PISTOLS
Actor. without Money.
Shoots Himself and n Woman.

Shoots Himself and n Woman.
ST. PAUL. MINI. March 29.t---HNil-
liam w Trainor, thirty years old. a
vaudeville actor and Mrs. William
Pryor, an actress. twenty-five wears of
age, were found shot to death in their
apartments at the Clarendon Hotel
early to-day. Mrs. Pryor was shot
through the temple. Trainor was shot
in the back of the head.
A letter was found in the room The
letter was full of promises, and had
been sent by Trainor to Mrs. Pryor
before she left her husband II is be-
lieved by the police that the actress
was reminding Trainor that he had not
lived up to these promises, and that
she was threatening TO leave him. This
the police believe caused Trainor to
shoot Mrs. Pryor and himself. Train
or and Mrs. Pryor appeared on the
stage and registered at the hotel as
"Tratnor and Trainor." They had an
engagement at the Unique Theatre,
Minneapolis. three weeks hence, but
they had nothing in sight for the days
Only s3 was found In
Tralnor's pocket
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
TRIPLE MURDER
Bodies of Three Men Found Riddlc,l
With Bullets.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1

With Bullets.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
WHEELING. w. VA, March ga
triple murder was committed at Nfil-
ler's Station. o.. just west of the JEFF
ferson county line, on the Panhandle
and Tony Selvistri, brothers; Bernard
Dagnannon and Rookey George, all
section hands employed on the rail-
road. had been ''batching.'' 1t in a
shanty near the. section. All are be-
lieved to have had in their possess
sions little fortunes In cash as de-
veloped on investigation by the au-
thorities.
Sunday morning. about o'clock.
casion to go to the shanty, and there
found the dead bodies of the Sell
vfstrt brothers, both having been
shot with a .3S-calibre Smith & Wes-
son revolver. Only by chance was the
body of Dagnannon discovered i'm the
edge of Il field. about one-half mile
from the shanty He was also shot.
two bullet-holes being found in his
On s;sslr.Sasf tseorse purchase d
Smith & Wesson revolver and a. box
of cartridges at Cameron. o. The shells
on the floor OF the shanty tailed with
the ammunition purchased.
George is missing. and the authors
ties have instituted a rigid search for
him. as everything points to his guilt.
In addition to the bulIet-holes found
in the bodies of the two brothera their
faces We're hacked with a hatchet. The
turned inside out. The men had only
recently come tofthis part OF the coun-
try. and are believed to have families
In the old country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
ISLANDERS SOUTH
Italian Coinmissioner of Immigration
4 Tells Why Italians Don't Come South.

!. Tells NNy fltHlluuS lJOn'I Tome SCutus
Il Special to The Times DispatchI
BOSTON. MASS, March 29.-Miss
Amy Bernardo, professor at Wellesley
College and newly-a appointed Italian
Commissioner of immigration for the
Eastern States. explains in a two
column article here the reason for
decreased italian immigration to the
Southern States, She shows that the
aliens, especially Italians. are fearful
of the ugly stories Of peona ge, neglect
and malarial fever that are circulated
there. Official EXPRESSION OF good IN
stention and promised welcomes thoy
see or heed not. One story Of peonaee
carried by word Of. mouth and distort,.
ed will do more to keep away settlers
from the South than all the terrors
of tuberculosis will do to entlce hin,
away from the North. Wages average
higher here. too, and the alleged lack
Of care In sickness in laborlng camps.
compared to supervision in the North,
she says, keep them away. Also. size
saws. Interests of Immigrants are
neg elected, wilfully or innocently, while
those OF planter and nd8manufacturer are
carefully looked after, 3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
WOMAN FOUND DEAD
WITH TWO STAR WOUNDS

TRENTON. N. j.. March 29-Mrs.
Frances Kabe was found dead in bed
at her home at Fallsington, Pa, this
morning with two stab wounds.sin the
body and q fractured skull. The wo-
man had been murdered and had been
dead at least twenty-four hours when
the body was discovered. A broken
chair and other conditions in the room
gave evidence of a struggle. There Is
no clue to the murderer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
JUDGE HOLDS DSs"THREEFOLD s
s DANIAG \; ~ C1''5 UNCONSTITUTIONAL

\ II A1ONTG ONIERY,lA "A LA. March 2as-7A
special from I1lba. Ala.,5 says. Circuit
Judge H,5A. iPearce. 5@nf the Twelfth
AlHbama Circuit. sterdays declared the
."threefold damage act of the last
Legislature tunconstitutlonal, The act
provided that a. shipper whose goods
We're los by a railroad could recover
damages In three times their value.
against the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Comp \. N llaEl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
sleep. SO nay.. sne'. stll, at II.

Los ANGELES CAL, March 2e.--
Mrs. 5Beulah Hawkins has surpassed all
according to authorities at the county
Hospital. The woman rests on a cot
In a. cataleptic trance. To-day was
the f1fty-third day of her sleep on
February 5th she, was removed to the
hospital, and has spoken but two words
since.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
$4,000 EACH FOR RECEIVERS

Court Also Allows s:5,0OO Each to
Knlckerbocker lawyers.
NEW YORK, March 29.-Supreme
Court Justice Clark signed an order
yesterday authorizing the Knickerbock-
er Trust Company to pay each of the
three Temporary receivers of the COM
also signed an order authorizing the
company to pay $4,000 each to the
two lawyers who acted as counsel, The
directors have ten days In which to
decide whether they will accept the
courts ruling If they do not accept
the receivers will have to prove their
services in court.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
BOTH LEGS CUT OFF
Man Dies From Horrible INJURIES
Thought To Have Laid Down on Track.

IHVUE w fSuS lt'"1N I1VEV11 VII Z aNks
Especial to The Times -Dispatch.1
WINsTOS-SALENI. N. c.. March 2o-
Henry Jones. of Mt. Airy. forty years
old died at the hospital here this
evening He passed away an hour
after both legs had been amputated.
Jones was found last night lying near
the railroad track on the Southern yard
with both limbs horribly mangled. Lit
tie hope was entertained for his re-
coYery when removed to the hospital.
1t is known that he was drinking, and
1t is believed that he laid down on the
track and was struck by shifting en-
Eine
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
I Mrs, Rooseyelt on ,lisslssippl.

3sS8 RATION ROUGE. la, March 90 The
NPresident's Yacht, Mayflower. with Mrs.
Roosevelt and party onS-board, passed
Haton Rouge at 8 o'clock this after
inoon and willsreach New iOrleans Alo11-
day afternoon. II NJ g q # 38
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30

5 TURIN, March 2a.--The Duke OF the
Abrnzzl arrived here to-day, stopping
at,the eDueal Palace. He Will leave for
Rome late.to-night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
--l5
VIII Die This Morning.

AUBURN N. Y. March 29.-Chester
Gillette will be executed In the cleo
trio chair tomorrow morning at Au-
burn prison. The news that Governor
Hughes had finally declined to inter-
fere. and stay the execution was re-
lceived here late to-day and was COM
mnnicated to Gillette. who heard the
words that took away his only hope
for life with that same stoicism and
-lconIlnued on Second Page.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
No omclnl News. T.

WARRINGTON, D. G., March 2s.--
Yhe news from Berlin that Emperor
William had reca lied his objections to
the appointment of David Jayne Hlll
officially communicated- either TO the
President or to the State Department
Secretary Loeb. when Informed by
the Associated Press that Emperor
Ing to advlcess from Berlin. so adj
vised -the President, stated that no
communication of that nature had yet
been received. In the absence of such
was nothing to be said on the sub
Sect to might
Secretary Root said he was pleased
to hear that the German Emperor was
not willing to accept DR.. Hill. but that
the State Department, like the White
firmatory of the Berlin dispatch. He
was not prepared to say wha t. the out
come would be In the event that the
report of the Enlperor's about face
should be proved TO be true
Hill Is Silent.
PARIS. March 29.---pr. David Jaynei
Hill, when informed by the Associated
Press tonight that the German For
Ing that although there had been some
opposition, the German goVernn1entwas s
quite willing TO receive him as ambas-
ieador, declined to depart from ,the al
atltude of disnitive reserve, which he
has maintained throughout. He said:
s"I must decline TO discuss any phase
or this matter. Washington In the
end will decide what course shall be
pursued" 5}ts
n The feature of the affair which has
caused the most comment IN Paris is
the report that Ambassador Tower act-i
ed as medium for communicating to
Washington the objections formulated
r Anafn IN Hill which. 4 T. trlle.f
6ordng to prominent diplomats here.
would be an irreg gular proceeding and
calculated to place the ambassador In
10 false position. Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
WALES MAY VISIT U. S.

London Hears That He is to stny Mt the
White House.
LONDON. March 29.,-It is persistent
ly rumored that the Prince of Wales
will extend his Canadian visit so as
to make short trip to the United
States, where he will stay at the White
House.
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(contlnued on Second Page.)
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-13
Christian EndeayOr.

The executive committee Of the
Carroll County Christian Endeavor
Union met last Saturday afternoon at
the M. p. Church, Westminster. DR..
]. e. Shreene, president of the Union
called the meeting to order. The COM
mittee, having previously accepted the
invitation of the M. P. Christian En-
deavor Society, decided to hold the an
nual convention on May and 8, 1908.
The advisability Of purchasing BAN
ner to be presented annually to the
society, excluding the home societies,
which should have the largest per-
centage of representatives of enrolled
members at each convention, was left
in the hands of a committee to report
to the president. The president sub
mitted the program arranged for the
convention and was authorized to fill
all vacancies occurring. The speak
ers will include, besides local speak
ers, such prominent ones as William
Shaw, of the United Society, Boston;
State President Spencer Sisco, DR.. G.
H. Mead, New York; State EX-presi-
dent Rev. G. w. Haddaway, Boston;
Rev. C. F. Wishart, Allegheny, Pa;
Rev. Chas. A Smith, Washington, and
others. The president, with the ap-
proval of the executive committee, ap-
pointed the following committees:
Revision of Constitution, DR.. J. E..
Shreeve, Jr., Mrs. c. B. Hyson, Misses
Emma Ecker, and Carrie F. G. Glad
hill and B. o. Slonaker; nominations,
Frank w. Mather, Mrs. Geo.W. Baugh-
man, Miss Mollie Tagg, George R.
Brine and e. Mcclure Rouzer; reso-
buttons, E. E.Reindollar, Miss Florence
Brandenburg, Geo. c. Anders, Emory
Ebaugh and e. T. Kerchner.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-13
MANCHESTER SUNSHINE NEWS.

The pass 1t On" Sunshine Society
has been active in the work of spread
ing sunshine during the winter. In
January two large boxes of magazines
were sent by the Manchester Maya
zine Club through sunshine to the
Newsboys Club and the Home of In
curables, Baltimore; also calendars,
blotters, books, sachet, etc. In Feb
ruary 81 was sent for hospital sup
plies to Japan, 81 for two subscrip-
lions to Sunshine Bulletins, 10 vaien-
tine postcards, 2 valentines, post
cards, 2 shut-in letters.
A metal mite box for blind babies
home, placed by Miss Emma Trump
in Chas. J. H. Ganter's drug store,
drew the attention of many to the
poor afflicted little ones, with the re-
suit that when the mite box was
opened it contained 30 cents collected
during February. Very good for first
month, hope it may continue.
A special meeting of the society was
held at Mrs. Jacob Winks In February,
when three sewing machines were in
use making Is jackets and IL skirts
for Hollywood Children's Summer
home. Mrs. Wink gave the society
pleasant surprise by serving two
kinds of ice cream, two kinds of cake
and coffee. Scrap pictures, cards,
papers, etc, were sent to HOLLYWOOD for
March, $2.25 was sent Blind Babies
Home, 50 to Salvation Army headquart-
ers, Baltimore, to be used for desti-
tute family mentioned in the Sun. The
society is now getting up box of
clothing, etc., to send Salvation Army
next week for destitute poor.
The Helping Hand (Junior) Sun
shine Society sent out IL valentine
postcards to shut-in children; also 26
wash cloths to Hollywood Children's
Summer Home
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-13
DEATHS HARVEST.
Well Known Reside ts And Others
Who Have Passed Away.
Moore.

Michael Moore, 103 years old, died
at his home College avenue, Tuesday
morning. He was native of Ireland
and his great longevity is authenticate
ed by the record of his naturalization,
which gave the date and place of his
birth. He came to this city about so
years ago and during the Civil War
was employed by the Government in
the care of horses. Previous to that
time he was employed in some ca
pacity by a railroad contractor, but
since the war had no regular employ
ment. He had accumulated some
means and built the first house on
College avenue about 40 years ago and
made it his home until his death. He
retained his mental Faculties and was
remarkably active physically until
his last illness. He was without fam
lily or relatives in this locality and,
so far as known, was never married.
He did not live alone, however, but
years ago gave permission to poor
woman, with two children, to occupy
part of his house, and she cared for
him in his old age. He was, perhaps,
the Oldest resident of this section of
the State. He was & devoted member
of st. Johns Catholic Church, of this
CITY,
Funeral took place yesterday at st.
Johns Catholic Church at z a. m.
with High Mass, Rev. Joseph H. Cas-
sidy officiating. Interment was in the
cemetery adjoining the church. Jas.
M. Stoner funeral director.
The pallbearers were Martin Leah,
Bruce Boyle, Wesley King, Philip Bit
eel, George Long and Mr.. Whitnore
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-03-13
GATEWAY OF THE TOWN.
Railway Station Should Make Good
Impression Upon Strangers.

Our station in Westminster is all
right as to the building itself, but the
approaches from both directions are
not inviting, and the immediate sur
roundings are not calculated to give
the traveller a proper conception of
the beauties Of the town. We append
an article upon this subject from the
Delineator.
Have you not many times judged
a town by it's railroad. station? Dump
heaps, scum-covered pools of water,
dingy warehouses, poorly paved
streets, the back yards of Shantytown
how often these pictures form the
travellers only recollection of a city
or a town? "So-and-so? Oh, yes, l
passed through there once-wretched
town, from what l saw of it," Have
you not heard this scathing judgment
pronounced scores of times? How
different would have been the travel
er's impression if he had found him
self entering the town through a we'll
lighted viaduct and emerging into a
station where blossoming plants and
grass-plots occupied every available
bit of ground!
A great many of our railroads are
doing splendid work in making their
stations and the grounds around them
beautiful. Where the architecture OF
the country is distinctive in character
the station is often built to conform
with that style. Some railroads main
tain greenhouses and nurseries to sup
ply their station parks with plants and
shrubs. For, even if it is not ex-
pedient to build new station, much
may be done by utilizing the waste
spaces and the unused corners for
flower-beds and green grass"