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The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
PLAGUE STRICKEN
THREE CASES ARE DISCOVERED
IN VENEZUELAN PORT.
MANY HAVE DIED IN LA GUAYRA
German Railway Acquires Monopoly
and English Companies Are
In Dire Straits.

Willemstad--Advices from Porto
Cabello say three cases of bu-
bonic plague have been discovered
there. Notwithstanding the fact that
the Venezuelan government declares
the sanitary conditions of the port are
excellent, 1t is feared the disease will
spread and the port be closed. In
this event Caracas, and virtually the
entire country, will be isolated
Extreme measures have been taken
to keep Porto Cabello free of the
plague, and the mere fact that these
measures failed has thrown the peo-
pie into a panic. 1t is feared other
places not SO well guarded as Porto
Cabello will be infected.
The conditions in La Guayra could
scarcely be worse. Not only Is the
town plague-ridden and her people
dying in large numbers, but the quar-
antine has given Porto Cabello a tenn
porary commercial monopoly which.
1t is feared, La Guayra will not be
able to regain.
The Venezuelan railway, controlled
by German corporation, is getting
rich with it's excessive rates. The
English companies running the Ca
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
What Congress is Doing

Announcement was made at the
White House Wednesday that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had signed the bill di-
recting the restoration to gold and
silver coins of the motto, I'm God We
Trust" ordered by him stricken from
the gold coins some months ago on
the ground that the law did not au-
thorize its use. The law becomes ef-
fective 80 days from May is, but the
dies with the additional words al
ready have been prepared. In the
meantime the coinage of $40 and $40
goldpieces minus the motto will con-
tinue, according to Director of the
Mint Leach.
As result of careful poll of the
situation, it is practically settled that
there will be no currency legislation
enacted at this session of congress.
The difference between the senate
Aldrich bill and the Vreeland house
measure are so radical that the lead
ers agree it will be impossible to in
duce either house to yield. 1t can be
stated on the highest authority that
the leaders now believe financial leg
islation of any kind at this session to
be out of the question.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
FiLiPiNos' LAWS VETOED.
New Assembly Needed for Legislation
Oratory Smothered.

Manila, P. 1.-The Filipino as
sembly adjourned Thursday after a
$50 days session, devoted mainly to
the passage of the so-called economy
measures which the commission gen.
orally considered it necessary to veto
A call for an extraordinary session
will be issued at once to attend to
some really important legislation
which the assembly smothered during
the past five or six months.
A majority of the American resi-
dents of the islands do not take the
assembly very seriously. Their idea
is that the members expected their
money-saving laws to be turned down,
but passed them to impress their con-
stituents.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
sANoERsoN CASE DECIDED.
Claimed Damage for Horses Killed by
Indians in 1867.

Washington, D. C.-The case of
j. L. Sanderson VS.. the United States
was decided by the supreme court OF
the United States Monday favorably
to the government Sanderson is the
only surviving member of the firm of
Barlow, Sanderson & Co., famous in
the COS as overland mail carriers,
and the suit decided Monday grew out
of a claim for the loss of horses
through the Cheyenne Indians in New
Mexico in 1867. The court of claims
held the claim invalid because the In
dians were at war with the United
States at the time the depredations
were committed and the supreme
court affirmed that decision. The
opinion was announced by Justice
Peckham.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
AUGUST WILHELM TO WE'D.
kalser's Fourth Sons Ceremony to
Take Place October 22.

Berlin-The wedding of Prince
August Wilhelm of Prussia to his
cousin, Duchess Alexandria Vic
toria of Schleswig- Holsteln takes place
on October 22
Prince August Wilhelm is the fourth
son of the German emperor. He is 21
years old, having been born at Pots
dam January 26, 1887. He is lieu
tenant in the First regiment of the
footguards.
His future bride, Duchess Alexan-
dra Victoria of Schleswig- -Holstein, is
the second daughter Of Prince Fred
erck. duke of Schleswig- -Holstein. She
was born at Grunholz April 81, 1887
She is a niece of the Kaiserin Augusta
Victoria.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
BULLETS FLY IN
CLEVELAND RIOT
STRIKING CARMEN OPEN FIRE
ON CREWS AND
GUARDS.
LITTLE GIRL IS DECAPITATED
Death Was Said to Be Due to the In
experienced Motorman Being
Unable to Control His
Car Properly.

Cleveland, O.-The most serious
violence of the street car strike
occurred in Lakewood, suburb
of this city, Tuesday night when four
men were wounded by bullets, one car
burned and another partly wrecked.
Trouble had been anticipated, and
the first car run into Lakewood on
the Clifton avenue line carried no
passengers.
When it stopped before a railway
bridge a crowd which had been lying
in wait, leaped from behind the bridge
and opened fire on the crew and the
guards. w. j. James and Swanto,
guards, returned the fire. Several
shots were exchanged.
Motorman p. c. Elsholz was shot
in the legs, John Gray and George
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Murderer Kills Self.

New York-Returning to the neigh
borhood from which he had fed
after killing Miss Nina e. Doane
by shooting her in her grandmother's
home. in Brooklyn Saturday night be-
cause, she had rejected him, Lipman
Kessler made away with himself on
Fulton street by shooting himself in
the breast early Sunday. His body
was found lying in the street by the
police, who had been searching for
him for several hours after he had
killed Miss Doape and wounded her
intended husband, Thomas Faulkner.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
TRYING TO FREE MExIcANs.
Representative Wants Bail of VaIIar
real Trio Reduced.

Washington, D. CA renewed
attempt is being made in the supreme
court of the United States by Repre-
sentative Sternerson of Minnesota to
obtain release on bail of the three
Mexicans, R. Flores Magon, Antonio I.
Vallarreal and Librado Rivera, from
the custody OF the federal marshal at
Los Angeles, where they are held on
charge Of entering a conspiracy to
lead military organization against
Mexico.
The men are accused of conspiring
in st. Louis, in August, 1906, to or
ganize their army in Arizona. Ster-
nerson asked to have the bail re-
duced.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Minister Swallows Acid.

st. Joseph, Mo.-With two daugh-
ters on the stage, which weighed
heavily upon his mind as minister,
and on account of other alleged do
mestic troubles. the Rev. Rufus r..
Fletcher, a Methodist minister, living
in st. Joseph, and with charge at
Fairport, Mo-, committed suicide by
swallowing carbolic acid. After taking
the poison In shed he entered his
house, took his Bible and, opening the
book, began reading. He did a few
minutes later. He was about As years
old.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
rs KILLED IN WRECK
ONE HUNDRED OTHERS ARE IN
JuRED IN COLLISION.
MANY PEOPLE ARE FATALLY HURT
Brussels and LIerre Passenger Trains
Come Together at a Crossing
Near Antwerp.

Antwerp--Latest reports from the
scene of the Contich railroad
wreck are that rs persons were killed
and 100 injured, many of whom will
die.
The scene of the collision was at
Contich, six miles southeast of here.
Twenty-Five bodies already have been
taken from the ruins, and 60 injured,
many of them fatally hurt, are being
cared for.
The collision was between a train
bound for Brussels and one en- route
for Lierre. Three coaches of the lat
ter were smashed.
The wreck occurred at a crossing
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Marines and BIuejackets Parade,

Bellingham, Wash.-The first d.
vision, comprising o. seven of the
Atlantic battleship feet, Friday fur
nished the citizens of Bellingham and
this section of Washington one of the
most interesting spectacles in the his
tory of the state, $500 sailors and
marines from the ships parading the
principal streets to martial music be-
fore 100000 people. The day was the
crowning one of Rear Admiral Sper-
rvs visit to this picturesque port.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
HALF A MILLION LEAVE v. s.
Emigration to Europe Crowds the
Steeraees. 90: ..

New York-Immigration authori-
ties say the homeward tide of
European immigrants is again on the
increase. European steamers in the
past four days have carried away not
less than 1O,4O0 steerage passengers.
The weeks total is expected to reach
upwards of 1900. -
Directly after the financial furry in
October, there was heavy rush to
leave the country. Since October be-
tween 475,0O0 and 100000 laborers
have departed, and no diminution is
looked for by the steamship companies
for some time to come.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
AIIenists VIII Teotify.

Clinton, Ill.-Dr. Harold Mayes
and DR.. Lange Brown of Chi
'cago will become associated with the
Smell will case in an effort to decide
whether a man who would treasure
erratic letters, such as those alleged
to have been ritten by Mabelle Smell
Mcnamara, is paranoiac. A battle
of the alienists is promised In that the
other side will offer expert testimony
to controvert that view.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Three Drowned at Guthrie, Okla.

Guthrie, Okla.-Three persons
were drowned in the flood that
has cut this city off from communica-
tion by rail with the outside world
since Saturday night. The victims
were caught in their homes in the
northwest part of the city and per-
ished before they could escape.
The swollen Cottonwood river rose
with terrific rapidity after midnight
Saturday, sweeping away houses and
outbuildings. The east and west por-
tions of the capital separated by the
Cottonwood, are isolated except by
boat service.
Large tracts of land are inundated
and the crop damage will run into
thousands of dollars. The crest of the
food, 1t is believed, has been reached
Washed out bridges, land slides and
inundated tracks have tied up railroad
traffic, which probably will be re-
sumed late today.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Rich Widow Drowned.

Hortonville, Wis.-The body OF
Mrs. Carrie Shaw, wealthy young
widow, has been found in a
pond. Charles Abrams of New Lon
don, Wis. alleged to have been n
sweetheart Of Mrs. Shaw, has been
placed under arrest, and will be held
until an investigation is made. He
denies knowledge of the deed and
seems overcome with grief.
Mrs. Shaw had been keeping com
pany recently with Abrams, and tho
pair were seen together Wednesday
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Young Fish on "the Street."

New York-Stuyvesant Fish, Jr.,
a son of Stuyvesant Fish, former
ly president of the Illinois Gen.
trail railway, has become associated
wit hthe stock exchange firm of Will
liam Salamon & Co. After Mr.. Fish
graduated from Yale two years ago he
Immediately went to work in the Chi
cago Offices of the Illinois Central. He
started in to learn the railroad busi-
ness from the bottom.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
New Militia Laws,

Washington, D. C.-The senate
Thursday passed bill amending the
militia laws, making various changes
in the organization. 1t provides that
the militia shall consist of every able
bodied male citizen between the ages
OF 16 and As, to be divided into two
classes, one to be known as the ma
tional guard and the other to be
known as the reserve militia.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Stays Father About to Wed.

New York-George E. Sterry.
millionaire coal operator and drug
manufacturer, was shot and Instant
ly killed in his office at No. SO Pine
street Tuesday by his son, George E.
Sterry, Jr., because the elder Sterry,
a man of ~. was about to remarry
After killing his father, young Sterry
shot and killed himself.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Abe Ruef Jury splits. /.

San Francisco, Csl.-After being
out for 43A hours, the jury In the
trial of Abe Ruef, the former political
boss of San Francisco and central fig
ure in the bribery.graft prosecution,
against whom wholesale indictments
were returned, failed to agree upon
verdict and was discharged at 8
o'clock Thursday afternoon by Judge
Maurice T. Dooling.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Lid Drops on Toledo.

Toledo, ohio--For the first time
in years, the lid" was slipped on
the beer gardens and dancing halls
Sunday night. The action is in ac-
cordance with an order issued by
Mayor Whitlock to close Objectionable
places The city has been running
wide sopen" for, years and the end
Sunday. night came. as a surprise.
Mayor whitlock was elected by the
liberal element. The mayor says his
policy hab not changed. but he is de-
s~rrnined to reeulata thAidivaa,
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
American Car on the Road.

Paris-A dispatch to the Martin
from Vladivostok dated Friday
says: The American car in the New
York-to-Paris automobile race left this
morning. The military governor gen.
eral furnished its driver with papers
giving instructions to the Cossacks and
the village authorities to afford the
car every assistance. The roads are
very muddy and the weather threaten
ing.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
LIouor pe.Ier Fined s2.soo.

Mount Vernon, Ill.-For shipping
liquor into Mount Vernon in pack
ages labeled queensware, q liquor
dealer of Centralia has been indicted
on five counts and fines on these in
dictments will amount to $4,000. The
law requires that liquor must be prop
erly labeled or shipped in plain pack
ages. ~
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Lightning Strikes Historic Church.

Philadelphia, ,Pa.-During a Sc
we're storm Friday the spire of the his
toric old Christ church on Second
street above Market was struck by
lightning and damaged by fire to the
effect of $4,000. The church was
erected under provisional charter
granted by King Charles II. to Will
liam Penn in 1895.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Carload Of Mail Burned.

Cheyenne, Wyo--An entire car
load of United States mail was
burned near the eastern end of the
Wyoming division Of the Union Pacific
Wednesday night. Fire broke out in
a storage car containing several hun
dred sacks and before the train could
be stopped the flames had gained such
headway that the car and its contents
were destroyed.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29

The proceedings of the senate
Thursday, as is usual towards the
close of a session. covered multitude
of subjects, including the probable
final announcement on the currency
question.
Announcing that the conferees of
the senate and house on the currency
bill would be unable to agree if con-
gress is to adjourn at an early day,
Senator Aldrich reported from the
committee on finance joint resolu-
ton creating national monetary CON-
mission to be composed of nine sena-
tors and nine representatives to in
vestigate all matters concerning the
banking and currency system Of the
country and the resolution was passed
without debate.
Mr.. Aldrich stated that it was pro-
posed to have this commission begin
it's work at an early day.
With 35 amendments still in dis
pute, Senator Hale Wednesday report
ed to the senate partial agreement
of the conferees on the sundry civil
appropriation bill The senate in
structed its conferees to further in
sist upon it's amendments and another
, conference was ordered.
Alexander, guards on the second car,
were shot In the chest. Mace Burlin-
game, who was in the crowd which
made the attack, was shot in the hand.
All were taken to hospital, where
they are reported to be seriously
wounded.
An earlier disturbance occurred in
the downtown district, when Yetta
Wolkinson, little girl, was killed by
a Woodland avenue car, while she
was attempting to cross the street.
Her death was said to be due to the
inexperienced motorman being unable
to control the car. AS soon as he
realized what had occurred he speed
ed the car several blocks ahead, where
the police were notified.
The conductor had left the car and
sought refuge in a nearby drug store.
The crowd attempted to reach him,
while others attempted to catch the
fleeing car and assault the motorman.
The police arrived just in time to
save the conductor, at whom the mob
was yelling lynch him, lynch him."
The girls head had been severed
from her body. BY mistake, two
morgue keepers had been called.
When their dead wagons arrived, one
took the girls head and the other
her body.
The frantic parents of the girl eX-
citedly trying to obtain possession of
the severed parts of the body, in
famed the mob spirit and more seri-
Gus trouble was narrowly averted by
the police.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Mail Agent Found Dead.

Macon, Mo.-Richard M. Holt, ~
years old, was found dead in his
bed. Holt was mail agent on the north
Missouri train held up by Bill Ander-
sons gang at Centralia on septem-
Der 27, 1864. With the death of Holt
there remains only one survivor of the
crew on that train, James Clark, the
engineer, who now lives at Columbia.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
1000 Perish from Famine.

Morhbasa, British East Africa
More ithan 1000 deaths have re-
suited from the severe famine prevail
ing in. the Usoga province of Uganda,
The goyernment is feeding $4,000 Of
the natives. Crops are a complete
failure.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
MenphI. Warehouses Burn.

Memphis, Tenn.-The warehouse
and grain elevator of Jones &
Rogers and the building occupied as
warehouse by the Orgill Brothers
& Co. hardware concern, were de-
stroed by fire Wednesday night. Loss.
1926, ,00o.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Two Held on Murder chsroe.

Aurora, Woodward Killen and
Frank Shelton were held to the
Christian county grand Jury on
the charge of numbering William
Bowen. the old gardener. who was
found in his cabin near Nixa with the
back Of his head crushed last Tuesday
morning.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
storm Damage at Norris CITY.

Norris City, Ill.--One of the
hardest rains that ever visited this
section came Thursday night with
steady downpour for four hours. It
was accompanied by high wind and
lightning. Considerable damage is re-
Dorted,
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Find Three More Fire victims.

Chicago, Ill.-The bodies of three
more victims of the fire that de-
stroyed the ySuess Ornamental Grass
Co.'s plant and the J. C. Wintermeyer
box factory several days ago were
found Sunday in the ruins, making FIVE
bodies recovered.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
1000 HOMELESS
IN DALLAS, TEX.
SUDDEN RISE OF TRINITY RIVER
CAUSES PANIC IN TEXAS
METROPOLIS.
MANY REPORTED DROWNED
Hundreds Are Marooned In Their
Homes With Meager Means Of
Escape-otficers Work
8. in Boats.

Dallas, Texas-With about 1000
persons driven from their 3. homes
Monday by the sudden rise of the
Trinity river, the worst food in fifty
years, houses being swept down the
raging stream, bridges washed out and
factories flooded, chaos prevails.
Eight men were drowned here Mon
day when 800 yards of the Texas &
Pacific trestle which spans the Trinity
river at this point went down in the
worst flood In Texas history. A small
section of the bridge had gone down
an hour before and, those drowned
were sightseers and men engaged in
trying to repair the bridge. Eighteen
men were on the bridge when it cop
lapsed. at
Four managed to scramble to land,
three were rescued by boats and seven
or eight sank. Thousands of people,
who lined the river watching the flood,
saw the bridge fall. 49, ~
Thrae men, who were thrown in the
river when the bridge gave way, float
ed half mile down the stream before
being rescued.
The Commerce street bridge, the
mosts>important in; northern Texas,
went down earlier in the day. l., ! .1"
During the early morning there was
a virtual panic. The, water rose SO
suddenly there was scant opportunity
for persons, awakened to find their
HON est surrounded by water, to escape.
A half. dozen drownings' are reported
and unless ,rescuers speedily. reach
scores marooned in their houses the
death list will be greatly heightened.
Officers IN Rescue Work.
Police and deputy sheriffs in gov
srnment boats and private launches
are going from. house to house taking
off the endangered persons. Part Of
the Commerce street bridge, the most
important bridge in northern Texas,
and the Texas & Pacific railroad
bridge have gone out. All railroad
communication with Fort Worth is cut
off. .:,r
Scores of factories are flooded and
business is at standstill. Thousands
of head of stock have perished and the
carcasses are being carried down the
stream.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
Aerodrome Flight successful.

Hammondsport - Lieutenant Self
ridge. in Baldwin's aerodrome
White Wing, made two short flights
Tuesday one Of 100 feet and another
- 2An faat
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29
sherlff's Posse Kills Neuro.

Columbus, Miss.--Ike Watson, the
negro who killed Policeman White
at Meridian Thursday, was shot
to death by sheriff's posse, eight
naiIas west Of Colureh"r
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-05-29

racas & La Guayra railway and the
La Guayra Breakwater company are
in hard straits and facing bankruptcy.
The Newtown bee., 1908-12-11
Washington
A MAN WHO HAS MADE SUCCESS.

Seated one evening in the office at the Bader house, Carl Bader. the pop ular marketman. told the editor the interesting story of his early struggles in business. He was born in Barten- helm, Alsace, Germany, which is just six miles from Basel Switzerland, a city just over the border. It is inter- esting to note that the late Nicholas Staub came from Alsace. about dozen miles from where MT Bader lived. Mir Bader was the son of Gregory Bader,
 a farmer, and was born October 29,
 1853. When boy he was put out to learn the butchers trade, receiving his board for a year and a half and 50 Francs equivalent to S10 in Amercian.
 He was about 16, years when the
 French and German war was going on.
 In 1875 he went to Paris and hired out to a marketman at $15 month and tis board. In 1878 he returned to Basel and married Mary Phefferle. About the year 1881 he made up his mind to try his fortune in America. Landing at Castle Garden he passed the night at Hotel Rheinard, corner of Greenwood street, near the Battery. As it Prov identially happened the late Alpheus Baker had sent by Frederick Hoffman of New Preston to hire for him Ger man butcher. Mir Hoffman went to the place the immigrants were gath cred and the clerk called out in English for German butcher. All Mir Bader could understand was the word Ger man, and he sprang forward and offered his sevices. MT Hoffman finally made a bargain with Carl at $40 per month,
 and started out with him for the Grand Central station. Another employing agent followed Carl and Hoffman to the depot, as he wished to hire him for a party in Philadelphia. But Carl stuck to Hoffman and went to Wash ington. In the morning Mir baker took Carl to the slaughter house shot a steer, and in 28 minutes MT Bader had the animal dressed and strung up. MT Baker wanted no further recommen- dation and Mir Bader was allowed to do the work as he thought best. Mir Bader worked for Bader & Brinsmade,
 Adam Watts, and Charles Kilborn and then formed partnership with The odore Bradley under the firm name of Bradley & Bader. On his retiring MT Bader conducted the business alone and has prospered. He has associated with him his sons, William, Carl and Joseph,
 while the younger sons are attending
 school, Goodrich and George. He buys beef by the car load, and undoubtedly
 has one of the largest retail markets in any country place in Connecticut.
The Newtown bee., 1908-12-11

ceeds of the sociable will be used for a Christmas box of some necessary things for some needy family.
 A letter thanking the Sunshine club has been received, saying that the magazines sent would go with the sailors to the ends of the world and would be great comfort to them. The boxes will be burned some cheer less night in his grate fire when he will think of his Roxbury Sunshine friends and pray for his sailor friends who are on the water. 4s
 Mrs Sarah Isham Colt has returned from a visit with friends in New Haven and Bridgeport.
 The auction sale of the estate of Phoebe Castle was well attended, ar- ticles bringing a fair price.
 J. F. Wells and wife of Worthwhile visited relatives here, the past week.
The Newtown bee., 1908-12-11

He is a man of genial temperament and his friends are legion.