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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
PUPILS IN REVOLT
WILL QUIT UNLESS DISCIPLINED
HAzERs ARE REiNsTATED.
FRESHMEN IN A PISTOL FIGHT
Draw Revolvers When Upper Glass.
men Try to Block Way to
Reception.

Mexico, Mo. - A message tele.
phoned to this city Friday from
Fulton, rs miles south of this city, an.
nounce the entire student body of
$50 Of Westminster college, one of
the oldest institutions Of its kind in
the state, will leave unless eight men
who were punished for hazing are re-
instatd.
H. r. and Arnold Dooley of Paris,
Mo-, two freshmen, who drew pistols
Tuesday evening and kept a body of
upper classmen at bay, are at the
bottom of the trouble.
Reception Forbidden.
A reception at Synodical college, to
which these freshmen were invited,
was forbidden them. They attempted
to go, but were halted and attacked
on the way to school.
President Kerr of Westminster saw
the hazers make the attack and in
son, who was one of the upper class
men. Already eight men have been
punished for this affair.
The student body met and appoint
ed a committee, which informed the
discipline committee of the school that
If the punished men were not rein
stated the entire body of students
would leave the school. The faculty
will meet to consider the ultimatum.
Westminster college is a Presbyte-
rian school, and has the largest num-
Der of alumni in st. Louis of any
school in the country.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
THROAT CUT IN FIGHT.
Quarrel over Bankers Daughter Re.
suits in Tragedy in Postoffice.

Duquin, Illinois.-A jealous quarrel
between Robert Kirkpatrick and
Mack McCreery, son Of a wealthy
hotel man, rivals for the hand of Miss
Cecil Moore, daughter of a wealthy
banker, resulted in a fight at Benton,
ILL.,, in which McCreery was stabbed,
probably fatally.
The trouble occurred in the post
Office at Benton. The young men had
been lifelong friends and Kirkpatrick
had been a chum and roommate of
MoCreery's brother. Will, while at
tending school at Quincy.
The injured boy is a graduate of
the Western Military Academy of
Upper Alton. Kirkpatrick had been
going with Miss Moore, daughter of
Capt. Moore, president Of the First
National Bank of Benton. She IL q
society leader and we'll known all
through Southern Illinois.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
ORDERS ARE
SHOOT TO KILL
SOLDIERS INSTRUCTED TO FIRE
AT ANY ALLEGED NIGHT RIDER
WHO ATTEMPTS ESCAPE.
FIFTY.0NE ARE CAPTURED
Seven Raids Result in imprisonment
Of Members Of Best Families OF
Observation-Disclosures Of Pa
roles Granted.

Union City, Tennessee.-Col. w.
c. Tatom has instructed his guards
ito shoot and shoot to kill If any
one of the 81 prisoners charged with
night riding attempts to escape.
I'VE have more prisoners in camp
tonight than ever before" he said,
land under no condition must a single
one of them be permitted to escape"
Seven raids were made by the SOL
diers and possemen at Samury, Wal.
nut Log and Spout Springs %neighbor-
hoods, with the result that 81 persons,
all said to be night riders, were cap
tured. Two of the number were
women.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
CASTRO SENDS FINAL NOTE.
Declines to Accede to Decree Of May
IA and Plans for Hostilities.

Caracas-President Castro in his an
swer to the second Netherlands note,
has declined to revoke his decree Of
May IA, prohibiting the transshipment
of goods for Venezuelan ports at Cura-
Gao, which has been so obnoxious to
the people of that island.
Castro asks the Netherlands to send
q confidential agent to arrange an i'm
mediate settlement.
The chief of artillery has completed
preparations for the defense of La
Guayra. In anticipation of a naval
demonstration by Holland before that
port on November l shells have been
distributed to the modern guns above
La Guayra.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
LIBERALS EXPECT LITTLE.
Party Leaders to Be Notified Of Nom
Ination In Chicago.

Chicago, Ill. - Sidney G. Tapp,
candidate for the presidency of the
Liberal party and Chas. j. Moore,
chairman of the National committee
of the same party, arrived in Chicago
Monday, Mr.. Tapp is to be notified of
his nomination in Chicago Monday.
Roth leaders declared that their ef-
forts were moi made in expectation of
securing a great number of votes for
their party this year SO much as tn
fight the Democratic and Republican
parties. They expect said Mr.. Tapp,
that within four years their growth
will enable them to put out a number
o: state tickets, probably in the west.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
POSSE IN PURSUIT
HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS ON
INDIANS TRAIL.
FURTHER TROUBLE IS FEARED
Settlers In Neighborhood Of Mondays
Tragedy Are Warned of
Danger.

Ovando, Mont.-Early Tuesday a
party of heavily armed officers
left Missoula in search of a band of
Fathead Indians, who Monday fought
a battle with Deputy Game Warden
G. b. Peyton and his assistant, Her.
nan Rudolph, in which Peyton and
-four Of the Indians were killed. One
Indian killed was known as Yellow
Head. The others have not been iden-
titled.
Peyton and Rudolph were endeavor-
ing TO arrest the Indians at their camp
lear Hollands Prairie on Swan river.
The Indians had been hunting without
a license and, it Is alleged, had killed
deer in excess of the number allowed
by law.
Bullets Their Reply.
When Peyton told them they would
have to go with him to Missoula they
fired at him with rifles. Peyton and
Rudolph returned the fire and there
was a lively battle, lasting nearly half
an hour.
After the fighting was over Rudolph
gave the alarm here and the authori-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Customs official Accused.

Washington, d. G. - President
Roosevelt Wednesday directed Score
tary Cortelyou to make a special in
vestigation into the conduct of Robert
w. Dove, collector of customs at
Eagle Pass. Charges have been filed
against DOVE by Congressman Morris
Sheppard Of Aexas. alleging that DOVE
acted as secret agent Of the Mexican
government In its recent troubles
along the Rio Grande, and accepted
compensation for such services from
the Mexican government.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Have Abandoned Hope,

Ellis, Kas.-Hope was abandoned
Wednesday that Mrs. Thomas Chap
man, whose funeral wasj stop
ped Tuesday by physicians who
doubted her demise could be brought
back to life. Doctors worked over
her all Tuesday night, but Wednesday
discolorations appeared on the body
which made 1t certain that life was
extinct. Friends had gathered for the
funeral and the body was in the COT
IN Tuesday when the doctors inter
fered.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
ASKS SIS, 100000 FOR CANAL.
Concrete Work on Gatum Dam Re-
quires Increased 1909 Appropriation.

Washington, D. C.-The isthmian
canal commission asks $35, OoO, 900 for
work on the Panama canal during the
fiscal yea 1909, according to estimates
submitted by Secretary of War Wright
Wednesday by Col. Goethals, chair
man Of the committee. The a%ppropria-
ton for 1908 was $27, 600, 900, of which
5 $780, 900 was for the purchase OF
three transports.
The increased appropriation neces
sary is due to the fact that concrete
work on the Gatum dam will begin
Dec. 1, and months of such work
will be necessary to complete the Cat
UNI locks. Col. Goethals repeats his
prophecy that the canal will be ready
for use Jan. 1, 1915.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
SON OF KAISER WEBS.
Prince August Married to SchIeswig.
HoIstein Duchess.

Berlin. - Duchess Alexandria of
Schleswig-Holstein daughter of Prince
Frederick, Duke of Schleswig- Holstein
was married in the chapel of the i'm
perial palace at 5 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, to Prince August William
Of Prussia, fourth o of Emperor
William.
The ceremony was witnessed by
the members Of the imperial family
and of the minor German royal house,
the chancellor Of the empire, Prince
Won Buelow, and other high state
f~unctionaries, the diplomatic corps,
including DR.. Hill, the American am
bassador, and about 800 guests.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
SCHOOL GIRL ATTACKED.
Assailant Leaves Her Unconscious
and Escapes.

twelve years old, daughter of
Fred Smith, a farmer, is in = critical
condition at her home as a result of
an attack upon her by an unknown
man while she was on her way home
from school.
Her assailant left her unconscious
in a field and escaped on a bicycle.
She finally came to her senses and
reached her home a half mile away.
She declared that she thought the
man was Charley Pitney, a former con
Wet.
Officers and farmers sent out in pur-
suit of the mar and followed his trail
for fourteen miles, when it was lost.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Case Aaalnst Teacher Dismissed.

Kansas City. Mo. - The case
against Miss Edith Writ, the Kansas
City, Kansas, school teacher, charged
with cruelty because she stuck a.
pupils lips together with court plaster,
vas dismissed by Prosecuting Attorney
Taggart. Harvey Galloway, the nine
year-old boy whose conversation pro-
pensities caused the teacher to punish
him, has been taken out of school by
his parents. The case has excited un--
usual attention.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
STATE TROOPS
after RIDERS
TWO TENNESSEE COMPANIES
MARCH INTO HEART OF LAW
LESS DISTRICT.
GOVERNOR IS THREATENED
He Continues Investigation, However
Hotel Keeper Is Under Arrest
On Information From
Suspects.

Memphis, Tenn. The Frazier
Light Guards and the Forrest Rifles,
comprising 100 men. under Maj. Nor
ton, left at 8 o'clock Saturday morn.
ing for Obion, and will march to Sam.
burg, Is miles, in the heart of the
night rider district.
Gov. Patterson's life has been
threatened, but he stays at Walnut
Log investigating. T. G. Ward, keep.
er of the hotel where Capt. Quentin
Rankin and Judge z. r. Taylor were
stopping, is under arrest as a result
of information gained from 10 sus
poets, who were released.
1t is reported that Ed Powell, who
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30

New York, n. Y.-Proceeding in
the case of Jan Janoff Pouren, the
Russian accused by his government OF
being a fugitive from justice and de-
Tended by his friends or the ground
that he is political and not a criminal
refugee were carried on before two
federal judicial bodies here Friday. In
the United States court early in the
day, Judge Ward vacated an order
which he had temporarily granted
Thursday hating a %re-opened hearing
before Commissioner Shields on the
Russian governments petition to Sc
cure Pouren's eXtradition. The legal
representatives of Russia had op-
posed a %reopening of Pouren's case
which had previously been decided in
their favor.
The hearing was granted on the
ground of newly discovered evidence.
was captured by night riders and
forced to accompany them to the
hotel, is wanted on orders of Gov. Pat
terson, but he has disappeared.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Cashier Got s4se,ooo.

Pittsburg, Pa. = William Mont
gomery, former cashier of the ALLIE
gheny National bank, is guilty of abb
stracting $469, 900 from the bank, ac-
cording to the verdict rendered by the
Jury in the United States district court
Monday afternoon. 1t is not expected
that he will be sentenced on this
charge until other cases against him
are tried. Under the law he can be
sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment
for the theft of which he has been
found guilty.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
President to Celebrate Birthday.

Washington, D. C.--Theodore Roose-
welt, President of the United
States, will celebrate his 50th birthday
anniversary Tuesday, Oct. 81. 1t ia
doubtful whether there will be any
elaborate celebration beyond the enter
tainment of a chosen few at dinner at
the White House, but the President
will be showered with congratulations
from his friends in the entire country
and from heads of foreign govern
ments.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
VIII Pay Employees Doctor Bills.

Shelton, Conn. - President Russ
Of the Robert N. Bassett mani
featuring company, employing be-
tween 600 to 700 hands, announced
Thursday that in the future the COM
pany would pay all the doctor bills Of
it's employees. This, it is explained
will Include not only bills for treat
ment growing out of accidents, but al
SO far illness. Most of the employees
are girls and women
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Man and $4,000 Missing.

New York, N. Y.-Enmeshed in
Wall street speculation, Rufus Rowe,
for Is years employed by w. Kilbourne
& Co. of 40 Wall street, Wednesday
is missing, and 30 is $4,000 of the
firms money, which Rowe is alleged
to have taken since Jan. /. Warrants
are out for Rowe on n charge OF
forgery for $4,000. He is declared
never to have lived a fast life, but
simply to have been caught on deals
on margins and to have stolen to cover
his losses. The loss will have no seri-
GUS consequences for the firm.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
LOST LIFE IN BLIZZARD.
Sheep Herder Seeking Safety Dies Of
Exhaustion.

Medicine Hat. Sask.-The first
trains since Monday reached
Medicine Hat from the east Sunday
evening. Rider got in from the dis
trict south, stretching to the United
States border, with fearful tales of
hardships created by the storm.
Donald Cameron, sheep herder, with
two others were caught and forced to
leave their sheep to perish and seek
safety themselves. Cameron however,
became exhausted and died. After
being sixty hours without sleep or
nourishment, the other two reached a
ranch in safety. 1t is feared that
many other herders have persisted.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Third Magazine Saved.

Shannopin, pa.--The forest fire.
which Thursday caused the ex-
zines containing 400 gallons of the
explosive, is under control and the
third magazine which was menaced,
is now considered out Of danger.
The fire burned v e acres Of timber
land and destroyed the nitroglycerine
plant of the John H. Mamel company
at Gringo, over a mile south Of here.
practically burned itself out before It,
reached the last magazine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
pIaz Not to Be a Candidate.

Mexico City, Mexico.-That Presi-
dent Diaz had determined not to be a
candidate to succeed himself as
president of Mexico, at the coming
presidential election in 1910, was
stated in an article published by Eel
Rio Del Heggar in its issue of Tues
day. This is the only statement made
concerning Diaz's intention to retire
outside Of a magazine story publish
ed some months ago. In this inter
view Diaz was credited as saying he
would eve be a candidate again
for the presidency.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Killed BY HIahWaymen.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Hugh Mcguire of
Camp Hilla suburb, was killed by
highway robbers between that place
and Carnegie Saturday night. He was
rendered unconscious by a blow on
the head and then thrown into the
creek, where he drowned.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Injunction In Rate War.

Kansas City, Missouri. - Judge
Smith Mcpherson, In the federal
court here Friday granted a restrain
ing order preventing Ewing Cockrell
prosecuting attorney of Johnson
county, Mo, from prosecuting cases
against the Missouri Pacific railroad
company to enforce the maximum
freight rate law. The application was
made by Frank Hagerman. Argu-
ments will be heard November 8.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
American Held In Paris.

Paris. - Vaudeville de Marigny
Hall an American residing in
Paris who recently was extradit-
ed from London, on the charge of OBJ
tanning an automobile for a worthless
check was examined Wednesday by
a magistrate and held for trial de-
spite his protestations of innocence.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Convicted of Murder.

Muskogee, Oklahoma.-John Coal.
ina, aged "a years was convict
ed by a jury Friday Of killing David
Conway, an aged toll bridge keeper,
three miles north of here, on the
night of June IL last. Cotton Taylor
Cal. Busby and Fonso Smith are yet
to be tried for the same crime.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Dakota Bank Robbed.

Sioux City, S. D.-The State Bank
of Virgil, S. D., was robbed Of
$4,700 in cash and valuable
papers by cracksmen early Thursday.
The robbers dynamited the vaults and
safe and took everything In sight, es-
Gaping before citizens could reach the
scene. There is no clew.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
No steIn.porter Indictment.

Ashland, Ohio.-The grand jury
Friday failed to return indict-
ments against Mrs. Stein and Mrs.
Bayard of Des Moines, Iowa., in con-
nection with the Stein-Porter murder
case, declaring the evidence insult.
ficient.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
EIoht Prisoners E.oane.

Rayville, La. = During the pro-
gress of a murder trial here Thurs
day, eight negro prisoners sawed their
way out of Jail and escaped. Thurs
day night while preparing to Join in
the chase, Allen Cook accidentally
shot and killed Ernest Roy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Pennsylvania Forests Burnino.

Reading, Pa. = Fierce fires are
raging on the mountains east and
north of Reading. The haze and
smoke are SO dense that Mount Penn
is completely enveloped. On the Blue
mountains a great tract has been
burned over. The state police fought
the flames on Mount Penn.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Fire Surrounds VILLAGE.

Lowelltown, Maine.-The village
of Skinner, five miles north Of
Lowelltown, was surrounded by
flames Friday night, and millions of
feet Of lumber have been consumed.
The Canadian Pacific railway has a
large force protecting it's property,
and in the event Of the destruction
Of Skinner, will remove the inhabit.
ants.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
n. e. Mann out on BAN.

Chicago. IN.-Luman G. Mann,
indicted for the alleged murder Of
Mrs. Frances Gilmor Thompson, was
released from jail Friday on bail Of
$500 furnished by his parents.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30

Indians broke camp before Rudolph
made his escape and it is feared they
will commit other depradations before
the authorities catch them. Settlers
in the neighborhood are being warned
of the danger.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Guard Against Fraud In Ct. Joseph.

St. Joseph, Mo. - Members of
the police department will be
stationed At the courthouse during the
supplementary registration Friday
and Saturday, to guard against pos
sible fraud.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
United States Refuses
to Give Up Jan Pouren

Diplomatic representations, it also
appeared, had been renewed in the
case, for later in the day came news
form Washington that Secretary Root
had refused to grant outright a re-
newed Russian request for Pouren's
eXtradition, preferring to withhold
his final decision until the completed
testimony and findings in the matter
had been placed before him by Com
missioner Shields. Further testimony
will be taken before the commits
sioner Saturday. Pouren is wanted by
the Russian government to answer
charges of murder, arson and rob-
berry, in Sissegael province, Russia
in 1905-06 where he was a member
of an alleged bandit band later escap-
ing and fleeing to America. In his be-
half it is commended that the band
was not a revolutionary organization.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
Ready for Man Hunt.

Officers representing five counties,
with posses, three militia companies
and the relatives of Capt. Quentin
Rankin, the murdered victim, are on
the scene, prepared to find the MUIR
derers.
The $40, 900 reward that has been
offered by the governor has melted the
greatest man hunt ever known in the
history of Tennessee. The entire state
Is fired over the crime. The relatives
of Taylor are bent on blood vegeance.
The posses that have poured in from
the surrounding country are no less
bent on bringing to justice the perpe-
traitors of the crime.
Eight Hundred in Band.
The Reelfoot lake night riders form
a band 500 strong. They have a per-
fact organization and are sworn by
the blood oath to stand by one another.
1t is believed they will fight to the
death. The desperate character of the
men is shown by the murder of the
attorney and the massacre of the ne
gro family near Hickman, KY, two
weeks ago.
The acts of violence are the out
growth of a controversy OF years
standing yer the rights of squatters
to fish in the waters of Reelfoot lake.
Although now more than 60 years
of age, Judge Taylor escaped by the
boldest Of dashes and a clever ruse.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-30
JUDGE ESCAPES
FROM RIDERS
STRUNG UP AND SHOT
TO DEATH.
BEATS WAY THROUGH FOREST
Governor Has offered $4,000 Reward
For Capture Of Murderers-Three
Companies Of Militia Join
in Pursuit of Band.

Tiptonville, Tenn.-After 30 hours
tramping through forests and
over unfamiliar roads and sleeping in
woods at night, former Judge Zach
Taylor, the aged attorney, who was
supposed to have been lynched by
fishermen night riders at Reelfoot lake
just before daylight Tuesday, has
reached Tiptonville, worn and tired,
but unhurt.
Judge Taylor was forced to witness
the hanging and shooting of his friend
and law partner, Capt. Quentin Ran.
kin, unable to help.
Two companies of the state guard
from Nashville under Col. Tatum are
marching overland from Union City
to Walnut Log, a distance Of % miles.
Gov. Patterson is en- route to Upton
vile to interview Judge Taylor in per
son.
, 1908-12-23
PASSENGERS
Christiansted.

Dec. 19th-Viking for st. Thopas-
Konsul David M. de Castro, Carmen Dan
ielsen, f. Plaskett,' Ann Ford, Williamo Wal
colt and wife.
Dee. 19th-Vigilant from ST. Thomas
Charlotte Stridiron and child. Viking from
St. Thomas-Hr. Brown, Miss H. Bruley,
Sarah James.
DERIKSrED.
Passengers from ST. .Thomas-Hr:'. Gov
Observation-Disclosures arafruRa9mann
Hr. Kaptain Greve Moltke, Fru Grevsride
Moltke, Hr. Schmiegelow, Hr. Andersen.
Reginald Grey, William Meade, Madame
Marcus, David Murraui, Vii ginia Bastian,
Mathtilde George. Mathilde Williams, Eliza
George, Charles oWadkins, John James Wad-
kins, Adelaide Robinson Edward Tratmann,
John Brown.