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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-05-26
MURDERER ARRESTED.
Who Had Killed No Less Than Six
Persons.

The South Bend police authorities
were informed Friday of the arrest
of James Dremmingstall, accused Oh
the murder of six persons, near DO
wagiac, Mich.
Dremmingstall has already confess
ed to the murder Of two persons, ac-
cording to the police and they tur-
ther say that they will have no dliii-
Guilty fastening the other murders
unon him. The arrest was brought
about by Dremmingstalls "l!e' WIN
voluntarily ,old the police that sne
feared that she was to be murdered
She said her husband had deter
mined to kill her because he iearea
she would tell Of his many crimes. :
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-05-26
Caused /. bySan Express Train
Crashing into Another.
SIXTY ARE KILLED
Defective Switch Throws Fast Slail
Against Local Train Carrying Pill.
grSlns to the Shrine at Turnbout,
all of Whom Were Killed or seri-
ously Injured.

'a Ss~A''~J NAAs~@-
One Of the most disastrous rail-
road accidents in recent times oc'
cured at Contich, station six miles
southeast of Antwerp, Belgium, on
the main me at O'Clock Friday
morning. The exact number Of vic
tins had not been determined up to
late in the night owing to the dim
Guilty of removing the bodies from
the debries, but the latest estimate
places the number at sixty killed and
one hundred wounded.
The catastrophe appears to have
been due to defective switch, where
the main line crosses local line. At
this point train carrying a large
number of pilgrims on their way to
the Shrine at Turnbout, was stand
ing. Into this the Antwerp-Brussels
express dashed at speed of fifty
miles an hour, literally leaping on
top of it.
The heavy coaches Of the express
crashed t. .snter train into splint-
ers. The sides of the, express cars
were torn from their fastenings, the
floors practically collapsing, thus
precipitating the passengers to the
side, uninjured, when they fed fren-
zied across the field.
But for this fact the death roll
would be mucn greater. Few OF the
occupants of the local train escaped
alive. Those not killed, were badly
injured, many of them mortaily.
The rescuers, even the doctors.
we're sickened at the sight thai met
their gazes.. Evidences were found
Of horrible death struggles that oc-
cured in .nei coaches. At one place
a. dispembered hand was found
elutching one of the supports OF the
torn car. One body was lying across
tie boiler of the locomotive crushed
into shapeless mass. The majority
OF the dead could not be recognized,
either being decapitated or theiti
heads being terribly crushed.
:, The signal man at Contich saw
that his switch was not working JUST
as. the Antwerp, express came tnun:.
dering down the. line. He leaped
from the window Of his signal station
and, heroicallg ran down the track
toward, the. oncoming train, waving
a red flag. His effort was too late to
avert disaster.
The engineer and fireman of the
express were killed at their post.
The judicial authorities of Antwerp
soon arrived on the scene and opened
an investigation into the disaster:
They ordered the signal man In
charge of the switches under arrest
although it is believed by the antnori-
tiyes that they were blameless.
Prince Albert went to Contlch TINS
afternoon and visited the wounded,
having cancelled an engagement TO
preside at banquet at Antwerp.
With regard to the cause OF the
collision. railroad Official stated
that the switches were being repair
ed, and that the workmen who hao
been placed at the temporary hand
switch appeared to have made a
mistake or the switch failed to act
The engineer, it was stated, saw the
danger and applied the brakes, but
1t was too late to avert the disaster. y"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-05-26
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
A Young Woman Inhalcs Gas in Po-
lice Station Cell. -.

Jennie Blunt. young woman who
was sentenced to four years III the
penitentiary by Judge Dixie in Brook
1vn. for shooting Charles NJ. Sanford
a lawyer, came very near cheatlnS
the law. She was found unconscious
in her cell in the Raymond street lalI
from inhaling Illuminating gas. Her
life was saved by the prompt action
nr a physician. Miss Blunt shot San
ford because he wrongcd her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
Coal Mines and Lumber Camps Busy. St Ianllla nlanafch M Y Ilr.aaa

ol- GOdiS Otephtcn tO Ns I. lltnes
 Yellow pine lumber dealers report to the National Prosperity Association that about s5 per cent of the mills in Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama. Ar kansas and Texas are now in opera percentage win Increase steadily hence forth. Coal operators report that about 65 per cent of the mining forces of Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee are al work. and that the output will be up to the normal within twenty or thirty days.
 The resumption of activity in mines and lumber camps points to the in- creasing of the working forces in allied industries. More men will be benefted by the heavier production than are ena- ployed by these companies only.
 All the large sawmills Tn ArkansaS. Texas Louisiana, Alabama. and Mis- sissippi are again operating. They were closed down for months owing to the decline in prices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
A FeIlo,r FeeIInR.
Plain Dealer.

 Our Minister to Paraguay. who tried to act as a mediator between the Gov ernment forces and the insurgents, ana was promptly fired upon. must begSh to understand the feelings of a laaEu0 umpire after a close decision.
 Punta sorda Fla. claims to be gA@ "chteken eentFH" oe that States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02

eoaa throughoutAhe world. Depoas London, z7, C6artaghOase Sd. Paris, Rue de IA Pax Aqetr4, Cslcuetai China, nong kong Drug Co.i Japan, NsFuys, Ltda Tokiq h9aessa, as, Essrei1, A nHSeeoT Pot2sr Drug OAaln. Cprp,s Soie ffopaT bqfe9n.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02

When the dignitary had thus finish ed his tale he serenely took the long stem from his pipe unscrewed the ann Der mouthpfece and presented to his son the remaining twenty-five marks of honor that he had promised him. The lad expressed his lively regret. and ever after little Muk went abroad in his native city saluted by bows as deep as those made before the Kadf
 NEXT SUNDAYS 0NE-PAGE cLAs- SIC WILL RE THE QUEENS NECK LACE" BY ALTxANDRE DUMAS.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-02
Seldom Used

The health officer appeared to vac cinate an old Atchison colored woman. She said she had no time to stop and be sick with vaccination, ard, besides, could not spare one of her arms; that the children would starve and freeze If she could not do her laundry work. Then the doctor said: "Well, auntie, l will vaccinate you on one of your lower limbs"
 'No, siree," said the auntie, "I can't spare one of my legs, either"
 Then the doctor said kindly: "Well, what spot could you spare, because you must be vaccinated."
 The old colored woman thought and thought, and fpally sad slowly: "Well, Lord knows, l don't never get no chance to sit, down."-Montour Press.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-02
Winter Mail Service

The inauguration of the winter mall service at the present reminds The Post of last years beginning of the same Several tons of mail quickly accumu- lated at Valdez early last fall. The regular mail carrier, whose contract only called for certain amount each week, was unable to handle it. News papers and magazines from the outside had failed of delivery for weeks-a deartb of reading matter was felt throughout the land. Finally freighters were employed to haul the stuff to Fairbanks - the people meanwhile awaiting it's arrival by that very slow method of mail transportation. Great and gleeful was the surprise of many when the sacks were opened and were handed their quota of contents; they received not the "old home newspa- pers" and magazines teeminP with wholesome reading matter, but great bundles of catalogues from far-away mail-order houses, hundreds of pounds of them. The reading matter came along afterward. Had the "whole cheese" been forever drowned in one of the treacherous streams along the trail every community in Alaska would have been thousands of dollars to the good thereby. The money they extracted from our people would have been spent at home-with local merchants-at the place, Mr. Mail-order-hous patron, where you earned your money.
 Two miners in the Fortymile country some years ago decided to "save little money" by patronizing one of those far away catalogue houses. One of them ordered a mackinaw coat. It finally reached him-that is, part of 1t. A mail package is limited to four pounds. This miner got his mackinaw in the fall, just at the close of navigation, but it was minus one sleeve-that member having been amputated on account Of overweight. In the following spring when the steam boats were again run ming, seven months later, and all classes of mail were being forwarded, the miss ing coatsleeve turned up, and with it was a nice bright needle already threaded with just enough spool cotton to sew the sleeve in it's place. That needle and thread are the only articles we ever heard of mail-order house giving up voluntarily.
 The other miner, living on a claim a short distance from the mackinaw-coat buyer, sent for a pair of gum boots. The boots, on account of weight, were mailed separately. One boot reached FoItymile late in Septemb Der, the other slept peacefully in the Seattle post office until the following merry month of May.-Hot Springs Post.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-02
Novel Russian Town

At the village of Nenicheck, in Cook inlet, is herd of what are the smallest cattle in the United States. These cat tie are from three to four feet high and weigh from 300 to 800 pounds when full crown. The ancestors of, these cattle were imported from Russia about seventy.fve years ago by the early Russian settlers and were large fine cattle. From inbreeding they have be- come quite small. They are very hardy little animal and live outside nearly the entire year, and would seem- ingly rather stay under the trees than to go into warm stable. The cows give a small amount of very rich milk, and are very gentle and kind. Ihe calves when first born weigh about twenty pounds. An effort will be made to get nun Der of these cattle for eX- hibition at the Alaska .Yukop- Pacific exposition.
 Nenilcheck is settlement ofRussian creoles about seventy-fve miles north of Seldoyia. It was settled nearly a hundred years ago by the Russians. There are about 100 people in the vil- lage and each family has few head of cattle, chickens and geese. They also have gardens, and raise many vege- fo blao
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-02

A statement of the gold output of the Tanana, or Fairbanks region of Alaska, has been prepared by the United States assay office at Seattle, showing that portion of Alaska to be contributor to the gross gold receipts of the Seattle office to the extent of S9, ,11O,658.89 since the beginning of the season. The dis trict shows the largest increase of any in Alaska, the Tanana yield for the present year being S1,75O,OOO larger than that of last year, SO far as the out put had reached the Seattle office.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-02

Two petitions signed by residents of Sunrise and Seward have been sent to Major Richardson asking that an ap- propriation of s5,OOO be made for the improvement of the Moose pass trail. This trail lies between mile 29 of the Alaska Central Railroad and the John- son creek trail and connects with the latter at point seven and one-half miles from Sunrise.
Douglas Island news., 1908-12-02
How It Happened

"Did you ever find that traditional man under the bed?" queried the spin ster.
 "Only one," replied the married wo- man. "We thought we heard burglars down stairs, and few seconds later l found my husband there."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
FREIGHT TARIFFS
IO GO Up SOON
Railroads Prepare to Put
Higher Rates Into Effect
at Once
FRESH MEATS FIRST AFFECTED
Commerce Commission Notified That
Readjustment Is Under Way-Norris
Shows Up Methods of Paper Trust
in Boosting Prices = Washington
News.

Washington, May Pit appears like
ly that the anticipated increase in
railroad freight rates is about to be
made
A few days ago member of the in
terstate commerce commission ex-
pressed the opinion that within three
or four months, unless decided i'm
provement in railway conditions should
take place. it probably would be nee
cessary for the carriers either to in
crease freight rates or reduce the
wages of their employees. Sooner than
expected action looking to an increase
in freight rates has been taken. The
railways of the southeastern territory
have filed with the interstate COM
merce commission tariffs, effective
June 1, increasing their freight rates
on fresh meats materially The pro-
posed rates will affect all fresh meats
shipped into southeastern territory
from the north and west.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
SMUGGLER ARRESTED
Brought Goods to This Country Stored
in a Mattress = English Steward Is
Taken Off Boat by Officials.

Philadelphia, May 2.-Taken from
the British steamship Haverford as
she was steaming down the Delaware
river from this port bound for Liver
pool, Robert Grogan, of Liverpool,
Eng, the chief steward, was arrested
today by United States customs Of
charged with smuggling silks,
laces and other dutiable goods. At the
same time, William Hart, second
steward, and Louis Smalan. steward
and interpreter, were taken from the
as witnesses in the case.
The chief steward was held in $1,000
bail. When the Haverford arrived
this week watch was kept by special
treasury agent, who became suspicious
of the contents of mattress that was
landed. Trace of the mattress was
kept 1t was finally taken to a down.
town stable where the government
officers discovered that it contained
some silks, aces and other goods wall
ued at about 500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
TRAIN DYNAMlTED
Burlington Disaster Near Butte, Mont.
Believed to Have Been Work Of
Some Hobo Seeking Revenge = En-
aineer Killed, Others Injured.

Butte, Mont, May 2.-An east
bound Burlington train due in Butte
at 1880 last night, was dynamited
about a mile west of the Northern Pa
cific station. The explosion caused the
first or helper engine to leave the rails.
but it plowed along for few hum
dred feet without turning over The
second engine crashed into bank
south of the track, near where the ex-
plosion occurred Engineer Busy was
crushed to death beneath the engine.
Fireman Ehlo was badly scalded, and
Carl Mango was seriously injured.
The dynamiting is believed to have
been the work of some hobo seeking
revenge for being elected from some
train.
Mango, who was tramp riding on
the baggage car platform, died this
morning. The first tangible clue was
secured when the officers traced the
powder used to a mine located about
a mile from the scene of the explos-
ion. Forty-five sticks of giant powder
were stolen from the mine last even
ing. 1t is believed now that the en-
tire charge was exploded, as the loco
motive wrecked, one of the largest in
the mountains, was completely demol-
iShed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
Girl Students in Fashionabl
New York Institution Indig-'|
nant Over Order
FANCY APPAREL ON sLAckL,sHl
Peek boo Waists and Gaudy Cloth
ing Must Go - Ediet issued
Chapel to Young Women - Mani
Articles Of Ore.. Placed on II
Blacklist.

New York, May 2.-The girls Of tn
Horace Mann school at Broadway AM
One Hundred and Twentieth street
have been forbidden to wear ultrA|
fashionable or extravagant headgeat
false hair, elaborate adornment d
jeWelry. high heel shoes, or peeksaI
boo waists. This sweeping edict W.
given from the pulpit in the chapt
and ever since the new dress reforri
has been the chief topic Of discussi0i
among the girls, who aver the bOyt
i'll the school are allowed wide latil
tide in their selection of wearing ap|
parel. The following articles Of dresl
were black-listed: Merry widow hat
or hats of extremely large proportionA
or trimmed in conspicuous manneri
tair ribbons Of too large size or com
spicuous in color; false hair Of anl
description; 'Lotta Faust collars
Dutch necks," Moline bows" peek
a-boo waists or waists with ehorI
sleeves, Ill bracelets dHu JeWe1Iy 0x]
cept pins necessary for the claSpinl
OF collars; gowns Of conspicuous col
ors and materials or Of extravag1n|
price; light shoes, fancy cloth toppel
shoes. or shoes with high heels, oI
fancy buttons.
Thus It will be seen that about q
the girls little anectations OF dfesl
are forbidden. The girls are In theil
teens. ana are up in arms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02

it to explain ghost stories and tho
phenomena of double sight. Spiritual
ism you can call 1t, soul, IL you like,
or astral body When one dies THIS
particular ether survives, but not gen
orally more than eighty hours after
death. Occasionally, however, this
double lasts very long and becomes
visible as phantom. have photo
graphed this ether double eighty hours
after death. When my wife died
photographed a nebulous globe which
escaped from her like soul.
You see, there are forces In this
world and forces in the other world.
When, in the name of truth spiritualist
scientists unite with material scien-
lists we will arrive at a knowledge OF
the synthesis of the forces Whicn
regulate our life and our immortality
for man does not belong TO this planet
only, but to the starry spaces in which
his thoughts revolve."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
MosIem Architecture.
contemporary RevieW.)


The moslem architecture at Agra
and Delhi, so splendid, yet 50 short
lived, is so distinctive Of q dynasty
and so alien to the country as to be
chiefly significant Of the influence Of
the west on the east and stands alike
in its permanence and in it's feeling or
ideality in remarkable contrast to all
that was before it, is around 1t and
has come after 1t. It is indeed curious
how young India is in art and how old
in her literature, her customs and her
social framework. There is no social
institution surviving in Greece or Italy
that can in respect Of age or Of inter-
est compare with the Hindoo castles,
and there are no buildings or monu-
ments in India that can boast an an
tiquity equal to much that can be
found in the Latin and even in the
Teutonic countries of Europe. Only a
few Of the ruder and smaller rock tenn
pies go behind the Christian era. the
greater and more elaborate belonging
to a more recent date, and it is but
what the later history would lead us
to expect when we And as regards re-
Gently recovered Buddhist sculptures
that sense Of form begins to appear
just as Greek influences become active
in India, tho the limitations stand at an
immense distance from the originals.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
NORRIS SCORES A POINT.
Show. High Prices of Paper is Not
Justified by Cost Of Labor.

Washington, May 2. According to
figures submitted today by John Nor
ris. representing the American News
paper Publishers Association, to the
select committee of the house on the
wood pulp and paper investigation,
regarding increased labor cost per mdl
regarding increased labor and cost per
ton Of paper produced, the increase
amounted to but SO cents per ton In
spite Of the statements of the paper
men to the contrary, he said, his call
culation is correct, and yet he charged
the paper makers had put on an in
creased price of $12 per ton, alleging
the increase was due to the higher
cost of labor.
Norris, replying to questions, gave
evidence showing that the average
wage of union paper workers in the
state Of New York for the third quar-
ter of 1906 was $1094 per week, which
he said was very low Witness said his
wage calculations had reference to
union helpers, workers and skilled la
borers, exclusive of women and chill
dren. In the state of Massachusetts,
he said. the average weekly wage for
1906 was $3.50, and that this figure
took into account employees Of all
classes and sexes, including those un-
der 21 years of age.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
WHEAT PROSPECTS FAIR.
Conditions Not Encouraging in Kansas
and Nebraska.

Chicago, May John Inglis re-
turned Thursday from q tour of ex-
animation of seven of the most impor-
tant winter wheat states made during
the last thirty days for Pringle. Fitch
& Rankin. With the exception of Kan
sas and Nebraska there Is wonderful
uniformity in the condition of wheat.
He reports Kansas as very mixed
proposition, with an an area OF 4,O0O,-
900 acres already sufficiently injured
by dry weather to remove it from the
possibility of producing a bumper
crop.
In Nebraska the extreme western
counties are in much the same condi-
ton as in western Kansas. except that
much of the area is already plowed up
and seeded to spring wheat Oklaho-
ma has reduced acreage east and an
increase in western counties.
Missouri's general average Is good
for bottom lands, while the stand Is
thin on uplands Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio generally good. Inglis reports a
very marked increase in the area seed
ed to oats.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
MRS. EDDY GETS NEW HOME.
r. p. Walker, Chicago, Transfers Es
&akn Rannh& act EaIl

r. P. Walker, Chicago, Transfers Es-
tate Bought Last Fall.
Boston, May 2.-Four separate deeds,
by which Robert p. Walker of Chicago,
transfers to Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
leader of the Christian Scientists, the
new home and grounds at Chestnut
Hill, Newton, were filed today in the
registry of deeds of Middlesex county
at Cambridge. The deeds are dated
Oct. 20 and Dec. 27, 1907, and no con-
sideration is named in any of them.
Robert P. Walker is a wealthy real
estate dealer in Chicago and is one
of the prominent Christian Scientists
of that city.
Mr. Walker early last fall bought
the r. Ashton Lawrence estate at
Chestnut Hill, added several adjoining
parcels of land to the large grounds
and had the stone mansion doubled in
size and made ready in great haste for
occupancy on Sunday, Jan. 26, by Mrs.
Eddy, to the great surprise of her fol-
lowers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
10000 IN PARADE
Weeks Catholic Celebration in New
York Closed With Imposing Spec
tacle-MiIIionaires and Laborers in

New York May 2.-Sixty thousand
Roman Catholic laymen marching In
procession today brought to climax
and formally ended the week long
celebration of the centenary Of the
founding of the Roman Catholic do
cese of New York. No more perfect
day could have favored the parade.
Along Fifth avenue thru Fifty-seventh
street. where the line of march was
led to the disbanding point hundreds
of thousands of persons were massed
and an immense reviewing stand which
had been erected in front of the cathe-
dral made picture the like Of which
has seldom been seen. OF all the 60,-
900 who took part in the parade every
man save one was on foot. The mount
ed man was Brigadier General Thorn
as Barry, grand marshal. Behind him
trudged thousands, millionaire and la
borer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-02
Same Old Price for sparrows.


The Rev. Simon Turple was an elo-
quent speaker. but he seemed to have
list of sermons which, when he once
began, he went right thru to the end,
and then started at the first sermon
again, and so on.
A young man in the congregation
was about to leave for South Africa,
but the Sunday before he departed
he attended the church service.
In the course of his lecture the min
lister used an illustration in which
were the words: "A man can easily
purchase two sparrows for pence"
The young man, after being absent
for about three years, returned. and
again on the first opportunity attend
ed divine service. Strange to say. he
heard the same narrative by the same
minister, the phrase striking him most
being about the two sparrows for )
pence
At the close Of the service the min-