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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
HANGING is MOST
CRUEL OF ALL DEATHS
DR.. Spitzka, Brain Specialist, to
Institute Campaign for Adolf
ton of Execution by Strangu-
lation in All the States.

NEW YORK-Special-
that hanging is the most agonizing
death imaginable. DR.. r. A. Spitzka,
the eminent brain specialist, who has
made n study of the brains of hun
dreds Of famous criminals. announced
that he intended TO begin a campaign
to have hanging abolished I'm all the
states I'm the Union and electrocution
substituted.
Hanging is the most inhuman and
brutal death that can be visited on a
man, criminal or not" said DR.. Spitz-
ka. The heart OF n man who is
hanged beats from thirteen to fifteen
minutes after the trap drops. and the
unfortunate is swinging by his neck.
The theory that the convulsive jerks
OF body are merely a reflex action.
and that the person dies as soon as
his weight straightens out the rope.
is all wrong.
Il have made an extensive study Of
such things, have been present at
hundreds OF hangings. and have ex-
the bodies after they had been
taken from the gallows: am con-
WINGED that this jerking is not reflex
action, but conscious attempt Of the
individual TO gain n footing. have
found that the heart beats a long
time after the drop falls. The pro-
cess OF strangulation is a slow one"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
DEATH OF j. c. EASTMAN
FIVE DAYS AFTER MARRIAGE

WINCHESTER, VA.-SpeciaI-Mr
James G. Eastman, of Huntington,
who, on last Saturday night married
Miss Emma Louise Russell, of Win
chester, died in WEIGH, w. Va, Fri
day. where the marriage occurred
The young man, who was promi-
nent in business circles, was taken ill
In WEIGH, while on a business trip
and was taken to the Miners Hos
pital. Miss Russell. who was in Rich
mond attending the marriage of her
brother, DR. Hugh Greenway Russell.
and Miss Ella Gordon Hammond, i'm
Richmond, was notified by a telegram.
and, accompanied by her brother-in-
law. Rev. DIR. James Gray McAllister.
president of Hampd en-Sidney College.
she went at once to WEIGH, where
the marriage was solemnized the same
night An operation was performed
on Mr.. Eastman for appendicitis and
MS death resulted yesterday. The re-
mains Will be brought to Winchester
for interment
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
ATTORNEY GENERAL
CLARKE W. MAY, DEAD
West Virginia Official Succumbed
to Effects of Runaway Acct
dent Received While Travel
ing Through an Isolated Ru-
raj District of His State.
Appeared in Debt Suit.

CHARLESTOWN. w. VA.-Spe-
cial.-Charles w. May. Attorney Cen
eral of West Virginia. who had figured
prominently in the suit instituted by
the old Dominion against West Vir-
ginia, died at his home at Hamlin
Saturday morning.
The circumstances attending the
death of Attorney General May are
peculiarly tragic. as his end was due
TO a runaway accident, which oc-
CURED about a week ago in an iso-
lated rural section. When he realized
his danger he sought to jump out Of
the vehicle so as TO land on his left
leg. as he had previously sprained his
right ankle and wished to spare the
wounded member as much as posi-
Die. The result was n compound frac-
ture of the most serious sort
Worse still. the accident occurred
In an out-of-the-way mountain neigh
borhood. where IT was impossible to
get surgical help at a time when II
was most needed.
AS result OF this chain of misfor-
tunes. blood-poisoning resulted with
the lamentable result indicated.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
KEEP JEROME OUT
OF THE THAW CASE

NEW YORK.-Special.-
John G.. Graham. who has recently
taken charge OF the work OF securing
the release Of Harry X. Thaw from
Matteawan asylum. will appear before
Judge Morchauser, at Poughkeepsie
and make application for writ
OF habeas corpus compelling the pro-
duction Of Thaw in court and proof
OF the claim that he is not mentally
competent 20 receive his liberty. The
writ VIII be directed against the au-
thoriues of Matteawan asylum, who
Will be the only ones interested.
District Attorney Jerome cannot Of
ncially appear i'm the case. and al
though he has applied To the District
Attorney of Columbia county for per-
mission TO appear as a witness against
Thaw, il is entirely optional with the
Columbia county officials as TO whe-
Their he will be called or not. 4 strong
effort Will be made on the part of
Thaw's relatives and counsel to pre-
vent Jerome's appearance. and it is
possible he Will not be asked to ap-
pear in the case.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
INSANE PEOPLE
TEAR UP CLOTHES

STAUNTON. VA. - Special. - Miss
Josephine Tutwiler, who for six
years has been at the head of the
sewing department at the West
ern State Hospital, has resigned and
returned TO her home in the county
Friday. Miss Tutwiler has had
charge of fifteen or twenty patients
in sewing. their chief work being the
manufacture of ind estructable cloth
ing for patients who tear up their
clothes and the bed covers.
The understandable clothing is made
the superintendent, DR.. ]. S. De Jar
nette. 1t is without buttons or but
ton holes and ii is estimated that
$4,000 year is saved on bed cloth
ing and dress for the patients 1t
is said that formerly some of the
patients destroyed as much as a blan-
ket a night. one or two dresses a
day, seven or eight bed ticks a month
and five or six gum blankets a month
Now they destroy nothing. and are
perfectly clad. 1t is said that there
is one man alone at the asylum who
has destroyed $1,000 worth of cloth
ing since his admission.
Miss Tutwiler has been of inValua-
bic service in making this clothing
and it will be difficult to fill her
place. In his annual report, the SUI
pertntendent says of her: II wish to
thank Miss Josephine Tutwiler, one
OF our seamstreSses, for the skilfuI
manner in which she has carried out
my idea in making the above arti-
cles."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
RED CROSS TO AID
STORM SUFFERERS
Doctors, Nurses and Supplies to
Be Forwarded by the War De-
acknowledgements of Mis-
sissippi Appeals for Home
less and Destitute.

WASHINGTON. -. C-Special-
Active steps are being taken at the
offices of the National Red Cross in
the War Department for the rushing
of doctors. nurses. supplies and other
assistance To the cyclone sufferers in
Mississippi and adjoining States.
Secretary M0gec received "A tclc-
gram from the Governor of MiSSis-
sippi this morning Stating that doc
tors. nurses and other assistance were
needed: thousands were homeless and
destitute. ana hundreds needed i'm
mediate relief. Telephone an tcle-
graph lines are i'm such bad shape that
details cannot Toe given. nor even an
approximate estimate of the number
of deaths. The Legislature makes no
provision for such calamitics other
than the providing of tents and mill
tarN protection.
President Roosevelt has also re-
criVcd a telegram from the Governor.
which hc referred To- the army and
navy officials with instructions to take
all steps necessary and To cooperate
with the Red Cross.
Secretary MaEcc says that all do
nations and subscriptions for the suf-
fcrcrs Will be welcome.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
EGGS FOR MATCHING.
FLOOR STAINS, riiNTa AND GLASS.

ABRAMS PAINT AND GLASS CO.
Richmond. Va Household Paints.
oils. Floor Stains. Floor Max.
Brushes; Glass. all kinds. all sizes:
Sash. Doors and Blinds. Window
Screens and Screen Doors
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
PATCHED QUITO GOING
85 MILES AN HOUR

NEW YORK. - Special. - Lewis
Strang. the American who captured
the Briarcliff Cup in ]. H. Tyson's
Italian lsOtta car, covering the 256
miles i'm five hours IA minutes and 1 3
seconds. tells how he won the great
race before 100000 spectators. Here
is his own story:
or course l am very glad that T
won the race, and although I knew
the position l occupied at every lap. /
was not sure until / had passed the
winning post whether or not l would
win. l owe good deal of my sue
cess, perhaps. to my mechanician,
John Marquis, who 1 consider the best
automobile mechanician in the world
The only two mishaps / had he fixed
while we were going at full speed
one of these consisted of the break
ing of strap at the back of the car
That necessitated him crawling back
and cutting loose the piece of feathers
Later the brake bolts became loose
and again he risked his life to fix uD
the damage. While we were travel
ing at perhaps eighty-five miles an
hour, he crawled under the car ami
adjusted those bolts. NV fastest
speed was perhaps a burst of eighty
five miles an hour on the stretch near
Mount Kisko, where there is about the
only straight away mile in the course.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
ACADEMY 0VERCOAT
INCIDENT Is CLOSED
Colonel Ayers Retires and His Son
Fairfax Resigns From Army.
Mother Had Been Ordered
From West Point Res
erYatiOn.

WASHINGTO\. ID. C-Specfal-
The retirement from active service in
the army of Colonel G.. G Ayers. and
the voluntary resignation of his son.
Lieutenant H. Fairfax Ayers. which
WAS accepted by the President Fri
day. closes a series OF incidents which
kept West Point. and the army. in
Ia turmoil for several months last year.
Tn" trouble broke out at the Easter
parade over the now famous overcoat
incident at West Point
The othcrc i'm charge on this occa-
sion ordered certain cadets 10 resume
ovcrcoats which They had leaned to
some of the visiting ladies Lieu
tenant Fairfax Ayers and other ca
diets resented this. An Investigation
followed. with tho result that tho au-
thoritios We're sustained. Colonel Ay-
ers. il WAS reported. was up FOR court
martial in the Philippines. but was
granted leave of absence about this
His wife. Mrs. g. g.. Ayers. in the
meanwhile had taken up the cudgcl
for her son. she Wus ordered to re-
main away from the West Point rcscr-
Nauou. ass she could not bc court
martialeu" for her alleged criticism
of an" manage mcnt of that iustitu-
ton. The War Department then took
hold of tho case of Colonel Ayers.
and hc was sent before medical
board and retired.
"a has often been charged that
young Ayers was harshly treated at
the academy. His punishmcnts were
stated 20 have been too severe and
bis life was made uncomfortable. His
z lends here expressed no surprise
when informed that hc had Volunta-
rily resigned.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
COURT BANISHES MEN
FROM EMPIRE STATE

NEW YORK.-Special.- William
Stewart, twenty-four years old. Of 316
Milford Street, pleaded guilty Monday
in the County Court of Brooklyn, to
having assaulted girl Friends in
terceded with Judge Dixie for elem
ency. He suspended sentence, but in
doing so banished Stewart from the
State forever, telling him that if he
returned to New York and was
brought before Judge Dixie he would
receive the full penalty ICr the crime
OF which he had pleaded guilty.
James Boyd, thirty-una years old.
an actor, who resided at sos Driggs
Avenue, Brooklyn, pleaded guilty i'm
the same court to att empted grand
larceny. The Rev. Lindsay Parker
was among those who interceded for
leniency. Judge Dixie also banished
Boyd from the State, ordering him to
return to his former home in Ontario.
Canada. Under promise that he will
report each month to the Rev. Mr..
Parker, Boyd will be permitted 10 re-
turn to Brooklyn, providing his re-
ports show that he has reformed
Court officers will accompany the
men to the railroad station
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
SERUM FOR INSANITY
FROM DEADLY VIPER

NEW YORK.-Special.- Brazilian
lance head viper, the most deadly of
all known reptiles, and the only one
ever brought to this country, has for
several days been kept in the Bronx
Geological Park for remarkable op-
Grafton which will give to science a
serum, practically extinct. of great eff
ficacy in the treatment of insanity and
mental diseases. The serum is known
to medical science as Lachesis taking
its name from the scientific name cf
the snake, Lachesis Trigon ochessaius
The extraction of the almost priceless
the operators. for il has to be taken
from the reptile while it is alive. ara
healthy. DR.. r.. w. Runyon, OF Be-
erlcke x Runyon, manufacturing oh
lists, will perform the operation
The last supply was tax.
a lance head by DR.. Constantine Her
Ing, the noted German scientist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
WOMAN'S ESCORT KILLS
ONE, WOUNDS ANOTHER

ROANOKE, VA.-Special-Wa
Bell and Hunt Lester. two young men
OF this city, were shot on the suburbs
of the city Saturday morning. The
former was killed instantly and the
latter was desperately wounded
The man who did the shooting IS
unknown, but he was i'm company Nth
Nora st. Clair, a woman of an un-
savory reputation. who is said to have
figured in shooting affair i'm Rich
mond several months ago
The opinion is that the young men
who were shot were bullying the
young man and he shot to defend
himself. This statement is borne out
by the woman.
Lester is desperately wounded and
will probably die.
None of the parties know the name
of the man who did the shooting
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
DEMOCRATS TO
PASS THE MEASURE
Vreeland Currency Bill Believed
to Be Doomed if Minority Party
Withhold Support-Senate
May Accept It.

WASHINGTON, d. C-SpeciaI-
score OF Republican members of the
House, including the recognized lead
ers and others deputed to ascertain
the sentiment of the majority on the
currency question, held an Informal
meeting at the Capitol Friday and
compared notes on the situation. The
situation as it presents itself now is
this: NV -
counting on no support from the
Democratic members, the Vreeland
currency bill can be defeated by twen-
ty-siX Republicans. Those who have
Deen making a canvass of the major
lty side have not yet ascertained that
enough Republican votes to pass the
Nreeiand Dill are assured. but the
work OF polling the members will go
on for the present The leaders be-
lieve that some Democratic votes can
DE had for the measure after an on
portunity has been given to the mi
norlty TO fulfill their party obligations
by voting for the Williams bill.
This bill cannot pass. and those on
the republican side who have the
Nreeland bill in charge believe that
Win what strength they can draw
from the minority. added to the
strength assured, and to be obtained
on their side of the House, they will
be able to put the bill through.
The Senate is willing to accent the
Vreeland bill and put il through with.
perhaps. n few minor amendments
affecting the clearing house clause. in
lieu of the Aldrich bill. 1t is proba BILE
that the conference of the Republican
members to be held in the near fu-
ture will determine an amendment
providing for the creation of a cur
rency commission, which also would
De satisfactory to the Senate.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01

NEW ORLEANS. LA.-SpeciaI-
Two hundred is today thought to be
a conservative estimate of the num-
Der of dead i'm the wake of the tor
nado that swept across louisa ma
NJ Mississippi and Texas. after doing
great damage i'm North Dakota and
south Dakota. Concordia Parish. i'm
Louisiana, reports nfty-four dead.
while the number OF injured cannot
De estimated any more than the prop
erty loss.
Amile. La. south of Natchez. was
practically destroyed. Although but
small town, the deaths are esti-
mated at from twenty-five OF fifty.
and the fatal injuries will bring the
number above the half hundred mark.
In Louisiana. il is said. a score of
small towns We're destroyed or partly
wrecked. They include Amile City.
Arcadia and Independence. Bellgrove.
Melton. Lamouric. Pine Ridge. Quit
man Landing. Fairchilds Creek. Pur-
Wis. and Lumberton. Miss, are re-
ported seriously damaged by the
storm.
In Alabama. Dora was the chief
SUFFERER. This town is also known as
Bergen. Four or more persons were
killed. among them the wife and
daughter Of Section Master Moore.
F1tty persons were injured. Those
most seriously hurt were carried to
hospitals in Birmingham. one wo-
man died on the train.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
GALLOWAY FAMILY
HIS EXHIBIT A
RICHMOND. VA-SpeciaI-

RICHMOND. NA.-SpeciaI-
Mr.. koincr whenever he discusses
his trips abroad i'm behalf of immi-
grafton, always uses the Galloway
family as '.cXhibit A." While in
Glasgow ne went into the big clothing
house of Mr.. GallowaN's father to
buy suit. and incidentally got to
talking about Virginia. as he always
did i'm Great Britain.
The elder Galloway was 50 inter-
cSted that he sent his son David over
TO the old Dominion last fan. and the
young man purchased a farm i'm Gull
pepper and forthwith launched into
the dairy business. Since then an
other brother also has come over and
purchased n farm. -.,-
The father. wealthy man. is to
pay Virginia a visit this summer. and
ne, too, may locate here. David Cal
loway. when he came, brought with
him a sturdy Scot. who likewise ac-
CURED plantation. All of these set
tiers write back home the most glow
ing accounts of this state. They prom
Use to get many more Of their friends
and and kinspeople TO locate here. All
TINS, mind you, is the result of a
casual conversation in a clothing store.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
DUCHESS PARENTS
HASTEN TO PARIS

NEW YORK.-SpeciaI-
Z. ShOnts. his wife and their daugh-
ter, Miss Marguerite Shonts. sailed for
Paris on the American Liner
st. Louis, to join their bercaved daugh-
ter. the Duchess dc Chaulnes. there
stories that the Duke was addicted
to any drug habit" said Mr.. Shonts.
just before the steamer sailed. ARE
both cruel and ridiculous. The Duke
was n fine young man, an admirable
fellow. II is a terrible thing TO have
happened. My family and I had
planned an altogether different trip
today. I had my private car at Jer-
sey city. and we were all TO have gone
down TO my old home i'm Alabama
where L have not been for four years
But that had TO be given up. / know
nothing about arrangements for the
future. Whatever my daughter de-
sireS will be DONE"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
SINGLE DISTII.I.EISN LEFT
IN PITrSNINNNIN COUNTY

CHATHAM. VA. - Special. - But
one of the five applications for a
license to diStill Whiskcy i'm Pittsyl-
Nauia county during the coming year
which were heard Thursday. was
granted. four of the nve being in
eligible because their poll taxes had
not been paid. Tn" successful appli-
cant was Edward Jones. of Dry Forks
This will be the only diStillcry i'm the
county after May list There arc now
twenty i'm the county
I'm granting the license Judge Har-
Noy told the applicant that he could
ship no WhiSkcN To DanNillc or any
Wherc else in PittSylVania except
Chatham. which is not strictly "a pro-
Inhibition town; the license, however,
being prohibitOrN
There is some talk 10y the anti-li-
quor people that petition will soon
be I'm circulation in this (Chatham)
district for "a local option election. but
nothing definite along this line has
been done.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
BULLFROG DEVOURS
ENGLISH SPARROW
RICHMOND. VA-SpeciaI-

lNlOI1MONDs NA--Speclal.-
All the State Capitol-or. rather,
the human portion of its
agog over a duly authenticated story
being related by Policeman Tom Car
roll. who tells of a huge frog in the
southwestern fountain of the Square
that yesterday leaped out of the water
and gulped down Il cherubic looking
English sparrow.
officer Carroll says mat at the time
or the incident he was attracted to
the fountain by n large crowd of spec
tators He thought a fight was in
progress, but on approaching saw the
frog just as he worried down the
wing of the unhappy bird.
People who had witnessed the OPEN
ing scene of the tragedy informed the
dashing officer (than whom none is
more popular with the park squirrels)
that the barachian lay in wait under
the plank used by the rodents when
they go down to drink at the font
The unsuspecting sparrow hoped
cheerfully to destruction. little know
ing the fate that awaited it,
AT the psychological moment the
frog hurled upon its prey with the
voracity of cormorant. Carroll GER
tainly saw the wing go down. He says
the frog. which has a mouth like a
political orator, rammed in the feath-
erS with his front feet
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
LEAPED TO HIS DEATH
FROM SEVENTH STORY

NEW YORK.-Special- a
laugh at the vain efforts of his wife
To balk him in his determination to
commit suicide. Eugene Munsen, pres
ldent or the Mica Insulating Company,
ana one or the most prominent hard
ware men in the country. leaped to
death from the window OF his seventh
story apartment in the Van Dyke Ho-
tel at l15 West Seventy-second Street.
saturday. Albert Criger ticket agent
at the SeVenty-second Street subway
station. who had seen Mr.. Munseu on
the ledge outside his window and who
had called To him not to jump. found
MN dead when ne reached his side
Mr.. Munsell who was ffty-six years
old, was associated with Louis V.
klngstry and Franklin Cracks, i'm the
Mlca Insulating Company, on Church
Street, and was one of the most prom-
inent figures in the hardware and
metal trade of the country.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
LEFT FOUR BABIES
TO THE BLACKSMITH

Mr.. w II. Allen. the blacksmith at
Stokesville, is a proud possessor of
four little babes that are greatly adj
mired by all his friends who con-
unue TO congratulate him upon his
good luck, says the Harrisonburg
Times. The news reached Harrison
burg yesterday before Mr.. Allen ar
rived here and TO his great surprise
every one of his acquaintance shook
hands with him and wished him the
pest or luck as well as the babes
The little fellows are bankruptcies and
were born about four months ago,
each now weighing twenty-five pounds
They are as healthy as can be and
seem TO be in the best of spirits,
since their arrival at the hearty
Dlacksmith's home. BY the way, we
forgot to mention that Mr.. Allen did
not see them until last Tuesday. When
ne was returning home from a hunt
ing trip he wandered upon~a cave
and went into the mouth OF the hole,
when n large black bear rushed out
past him leaving her offspring to take
care or themselves. Mr.. Allen soon
captured the four cubs and took them
TO his home at Stokesvflle, where
they can be seen any time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-05-01
QUEEN TAKES PEEP AT
VANDERBILT'S FLAT

-Special.-Queen Alex
andra and her sister. the Dowager
Empress of Russia. inspected Alfred
&c Nanderbilts Park Lane fiat a few
days ago. The visit was unannounced.
and Mr.. Vanderbilt did not know of
IL until the royal ladies had taken
their departure. The Hat is not yet
ready FOR occupancy. but is being FIN
iShed rapidly. Decorators and work
men were in the rooms when the
Queen ana her sister were shown
through them. Both ladies were par
tcularly struck by the wonderful view
from the front windows. The Queen
pointed out To the DoWager Czarina
that from Mr.. NanderbiltS drawing
room one commands a complete view
of the private grounds of Bucking-
ham Palace.
Which is good thing to know"
said Her Majesty laughingly.