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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
SMOOTH AND FRUGAL RuRALlTE,
Bats Automobiles with Calf, and
Collects $500 with Gun.

New York.-Aaron Banks, a Pine
brook IN. j. farmer. near whose
home many automobiles passed, sta
toned his two sons, James and Jeth-
TO, in a clump OF bushes at the road.
side with a four-weeks-old calf; across
the highway the calls mother was
tethered in full view. He told his
two sons TO turn the calf loose ut
the moment an automobile APP
preached.
Banks, with q double.barreled shot
gun, hid himself further down the
road. James was the lookout the calf
struggling 10 reach its bawling moth
er nearly pulled Jethro's arms from
their sockets Finally James yelled;
Here comes one coming like the
dickens; let 'er loose!"
Jethro dropped the rope and the
calf rushed toward its mooing ma.
The trap was timed to the fraction
of second; the chauffeur had not
time to avoid a collision, the big car
hurting the calf in the air; II fell
lifeless.
The chauffeur halted, only to learn
II the car had been hurt Banks
stepped from behind the tree and
covered the two men and two women
in the car with his shotgun.
That was a Guerniey calf; none
better bred In the state yelled
Banks in affected fury.
you killed IL; hand over $500 OF
| shoot"
He got the $500.
When the automobillsts had passed
on Banks called his boys with the re-
mark:
We'll. kids, wen skin the calf and
eat It ourselves. | intended selling
II to the butcher for Ave dollars II
hadn't thought of this scheme"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
PLAN WAR ON RATS

whi,h the support of Lord Avebury,
Sir Lauder Brunton. Sir j. Crichton.
Browne, and Sir Harry Johnston has
been promised.
II is estimated that in Great Britain
the damage done In one year by rats
exceeds s50.0O0.OOO. AT the docks,
where they have come to he regarded
as terrible though ineradicable evil.
they have sbeen known to consume
whole carcasses OF bullocks. and
scarcely ship comes into dock which
is not overrun with them
They have been known to destroy
whole crops of corn. and innumerable
fowls and pheasants have been killed
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
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New YORK Court Of Appeals Decides 4
Complicated suit.

New York-The court Of appeals
has decided. IN a somewhat compll-
Gated suit, that a decree Of divorce
given In Michigan when one party Is
q resident Of New York and is served
only by publication. Is not legal In
New York state. The case, 4 is said,
viii go up to the United States SUI
prome court.
sllas Olmstead, who lived in larry
town, died and left an estate OF 49,
600. TO be divided between his two
sons or their lawful heirs" one OF
tho sons. Benjamin +. olmstead, mar
rled in 1850 Mary Jane olmstead and
by her had four children In 1870
olmstead went TO New Jersey his
wife remaining In New York. In 1874.
without obtaining a divorce, he went
through marriage ceremony with
sarah Louise WEIGH. Two sons were
born 10 her. Later they went to Mich
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
BOY HAS WIRELESS LIGHT.
Projects Waves Around House and
lneandeseents Result.

Spencer. Mass.-Harry NJ. Grout, an
1s-year-old schoolboy, says he has dis
covered the secret OF transmitting
electrical waves through the air with
out the aid Of wires. He has been
studying electricity for FIVE years and
already has become an expert operator
with the wireless.
He now lights dozen incandes-
cent bulbs in different rooms In his
house by merely pressing a small
lever in his room and projecting the
electric waves There are no con
Meeting wires between these different
lights and the machines which he
operates. Each light Is merely con
nected with small battery Of his
own.
Just how the electric power which
the hundred odd batteries In the op.
Grating room produce is made 10
travel through the air young Grout as
yet refuses to disclose.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
Bio Corporations Are Hit.

which, II left uncontrolled, 1t is certain
In the end to arouse"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05

Worcester Mass.-By striking a
stone near large crack in the leo
while skating on the Spencer mill
pond, young Alfred Chagnon caused
the spark to 1y and set fire 70 the Icy
pond.
The spark ignited the gas with
which the pond Is charged as the re-
suit OF refuse from the plant OF the
Worcester County Gas company. The
sparks was followed by sheet Of
flame which extended all over the ice,
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
CRUSADE TO ExTERMlNATE THE
PESTS STARTED IN ENGLAND.
Damage Of More Than s5o,ooo,ooo a
Year Caused by acknowledgement
Of Epldemles and Plaques
Traced to Vermln.

London.-An effort is to be made at
last to deal with the plague of rats in
England on a serious and compre-
hensive basis. A meeting is to be held
for this purpose, with the object OF
establishing a society for the exter-
mination of rats and other vermin. to
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
FINDS MICHIGAN DIVORCE VOID

igan, where Olmstead secured a di.
vorce from his New York wife by de-
fault. the summons having been
served by publication,
All the principals died and the four
New York children began suit TO
aave the two Michigan children ex-
oluded from participation L ne es-
tate on the ground they wen law
ful issue" The amount at stake ia
only $4,000.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1908-02-05
State Government Must Aid.

Eltl-. the state or national gov
eminent must undertake the regulh,
ion, Of which the president SPOKE OK, !, ana anl
Wealths to share the responslnlnly or
curbing those corporations, which are
a an e,,ent both the national and state
governments must each DO rs part
said President Roosovelts message.
and each can do certain amo9 NY
only really satisfactory results must
be obtained by the representatives, OF
the national and state g0Yernmeni
working heartily together within their
respective spheres But In my judy
ment thorough going ana satisfactory
control can In the end only De obtalneu
by the action OF the national govern
ment for almost all the corporations OF
enormous wealth--that Is. the cOrpo-
ratlons which IL is especially desirable
TO control--are Engaged In interstate
commerce, and Z rive their power and
their importance not from that portion
OF their business which IL intrastatel
but from the interstate business. II Is not
easyAlways 10 decide just where the line
OF demarcation between the two kinds
OF business falls. This line must ulti-
courts. Much OF the effort TO secure
adequate control of the great corpora
tons by state action has been wise
and effective, but much Of II has been
neither; for when the effort is made
10 accomplish by the action OF the state
what can only he accomplished by the
action OF the Hpuon the result can only
be disappointm mt and In the end the
law VIII probably be declared uncon-
stitutionaL so likewise In the national
arena we who believe IN the measures
herein advocated are hampered and
not aided by the eNtremiats WHO adYo-
cate action so Violent that IL would
either be useless or else would cause
more mischief than Il would remedy.
Points TO the Future.
1.-THE laws must in the future be ad-
ministered as they are now being ad-
ministered. so that the department of
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
BODY OF BLACK FILLED
WITH SHOT BY MOB
Law Breaks Loose in Kentucky. Negro
Taken From Jail and Shot to
Death for Murder.
lBy Associated Prcss.)

DIXON. KY. June Jacob Ne
Dowcll, negro in Jail here, charged
with being implicated in the murder
of travelling man here on March
14th, was taken from the Jail and
lynchcd by Il party of masked men
The killing of the CONNIE rcia! man
took place at Province. village neat
here, and in the melee another was
injured. Mcdowell. in Jail CONF sscd
his completely.
The raiders. rode up to the jail
fired few shots to- call the Jailer
attention 70 their presence. then de
manded that McDowelrS cell be open
cd. The negro was placed on an eX
ira horse and was led away. "'
hi; dead body was found mut'fateu
by gunshot wounds and knife cuts.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
At HER IRrIuG TO SUPPRESS FACTS
Alleged That the Male Parent Made
! Every Effort to Have News of
Death Suppressed-Suitor Of the
Girl Suspected Of Administering
Poison to Her.
Especial to The Daily Press)

Especial to The Daily PressD
RICHMOND. VA, June ,. II is
probable that the remains of Miss
Annie E. Greenstrset. daughter OF ii.
II. Greenstreet. who died several
days ago, under suspicious circum-
stances. will be exhumed in order that
the coroner may make an investiga..
ton as to whether or not the girl
came to her death as the result OF
foul play.
1t is alleged that the father of the
girl made every effort to have the
news OF her death suppressed. 1t Is
acknowledged that young man who
had been paying considerable atten-
ton to Miss Greenstreet is suspected
of having administered drug which
may or may not have caused death.
The name of the young man is now
in the hands of the police, who have
instituted an investigation.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
NIll KEEP IHE RACES SEPARATE
One Minister Says That Jim Crew"
Churches" Are Not Necessary, but
the General Assembly DEGREES 9th.
erwise-Move Made by People Of
North, Not Of South.
fBy Associated PreSs.)

PITTSBuRG, June 2. - The gen
eral assembly of the United Presby'
terrain church, in session here, be
came involved in an animated dis
cussion of the racial question today
while considering the report OF the
board of edmens missions pre-.
scented by Rev. DIR. J. W. Witherspoon,
corresponding secretary of the hoard.
I'VE want no Jim Crow church S
in the North" said Rev. DIR. ID. 5.
Little. What we do want is the
church of Jesus Christ. The white
and black attend our public schools
together. Then why should they not
attend Gods house togethcr?'
This remark was called out by a
resolution providing that colored
members of the United Presbyterian
church in the North shalt be placed
in the care of the preshyteries where
they reside and that the churches be
taken over by the board Of home mis-
sions. the same as dependent white
congregations. r.
Or. Carson. the moderator. explained
that intent of the resolution was to
shepherd the colored churches OF the
North as churches rather than as in
dividual members.
DIR. Carson said he understood the
col0red people Of the North prefer
this plan. The resolution was
adopted.
Announcement was made that fun0s
had been secured to meet the condi-
tions under which Andrew Carnegie
will provide $4,000 library for Ire
college at Knoxville, Tenn, and tot
the library is ASSURE
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
TRAINING SHIP htREADy
FOR 10000 MILE CRUISE
Revenue Training ship ltasca Com.
pieteiy Rugged and Manned for
Her Long Trip.

NORFOLK, VA. Jnne =. - Now
IN Norfolk harbor. cpmplctely rigg d
and manned for lo,e00,mile prac'
ticc cruise of six months with forty
eight cadets aboard, is the SHkD
eight cadets of the revenue cutter ser
vice aboard, is the. revenue training
ship Itasca. formerly the gunboat
Bancroft. J.
aptain ]. Z. Reinberg Is in COM
r,and. He expects tp sail for York
town Thursday for a short. trial cruise.
Returning here, the vessel will take
on stores and immediately thereafter
put to sea. Fayal. the Azores. will
be its first stop. The Itasca has just
been altered at the Norfolk navy
yard for the new service.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
Barney OIdfield Scared.

LOWELL, MASS. June ,. - bar
new Oldfield has driven his last an
tomobila race so he says. Sunday
nights accident was enough for me,
he said. To show that he is earnest
Oldficld has obtained employment as
a chauffeur for II. W. Whipple. an
Andoy.r banker, whose only car is OF
thirty horse power. and probably
could no: 90 over thirty miles an
hour. Oldfield says he has cancelled
all his racing engagements.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
Grand Camp. Of Virginia Leaves
Saturday 10 Attend Reunion. .
FF!EtI auIORE0 TO Be n PARTY
Preparations for the Journey Have
Been Completed and the Veterans
Are Locking Forward to a Great
Timetables Named.
Journey Have
tSpeciaI to The Daily Prlss.p

Especial to The Daily Prtss.p
RICHMOND. VA, June 2. - Fiji
teen hundred Confederate veterans
off TO Birmingham represent
ing every section of Virginia. will
leave Saturday night to attend the re-
union of the United Confederate vet
Grams. which will be held in the
Alabama metropolis June 3. 10 and
II.
Every preparation has been made
for the comfort of the men on the
trim TO the far Southern city, and
in the words of one Of them, Were
going to have a good time and to feel
young again in recounting our ex-
ploits."
The Headquarters of the Virginia
veterans i'm birmingham will be 10
Gated in the Colonial hctei, where each
virginian is expected to report TO
Major ID. a. Brown grand marshall
on arrival. and. receive badges. tickets
10 the grand ball and instructions to
be followed out in compliance With
the reunion program
The fifty representatives OF r. f.
Lee. Camp. No. I. this city will leave
over the Southern railway mt He"
O'Clock Saturday night. and will go
nv. wav If Nashville and Chattanooga.
MANY veterans from other sections oil
the state are expected TO Join the
Richmonders here. and will proceed
South with them
General Munford. grand commandes
Of the Virginia veterans. has drsfg-
mated the following comrades TO rep
resent the grand camp:
Colonel s. s. Brooke. Colonel john
c. EweT. Colonel ". G. whitti". Ma
icr n. A. Brown. Ir.. Hon. j. Tay1nr
FalvFon. r. c. Kelley. Camp No. i2":
c, w. Jones. George W. Ncims. No.
&c. Major John W. Daniel. No. III:
Major Y. n. Poor. No. 81: Ham woL
wine. Stuart. Va: Captain N5'orock.
Max NeainwS: Major stephen y.
HsiSey. No. 8.
Atoruai.s-Comrsei-s W. s. Arch
~. No. I: Y. n. Jennings. No. 81 X.
y. Northern. No. ?: y. l.. Jones. No.
81: r. A. Pace. No %: y. j. h
Powell. No. IS: Harry wooding. No.
7s: J. 8. Jordan. No. Us: Naih Nc
Grbre. No. ~: John Thompson. No.
81: Major u. v. Grims!ey. No. u:
John Y. CaItsEhan. No. iis: r. Y.
Chew. No. US.
Each scicgaie is expected to report
on arrival in Eirmisngham 20 Gcnefal
stnh Boiling. who yin have h-ad-
quarters at the courthouse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
HEARST CONTINUES TO
GAIN ON MCCLELLAN
Counting Of Ballots Shows Increase
In HIS vote-case VIII DO
Pushed Faster.
Uy Associated Press.)

NEW YORK. June 2. - A gain OIL
seven more votes for William ran
do,,b Hearst was allowed by JUS
,ice Lambert today in the ballot boxes
of the Sixth election district OF inc
Second assembly district, the feh'n
election district. and the Twc'i'h
assembly district and the EleSen'n
election district Of the same Assem-
bly district. Both had been previously
opened and counted under the super
vision Of Justice Amend. and JUS,
,ice Lambert dccid, d today TO accep'
that count and not reopen '"e
boxes.
with the rcorcnins today OF the
u,o xarranto proceedings to Gus.
George n. Mcclellan from the Onto
q, mayor II was announced that w
future four ballot boxes would oe
,pceed at a time. instead Of one o'
two. and thereby the york OF the re-
conn; will be- rnshrd Ia coinp:et'oH'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
THRILLING WORK OF
NEW YORK FjREMEN
Save Score Of People Gut on from
All Exit in a West Thirteenth
Street Boarding House.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, June Fire, start
ing i'm the basement of Mrs Mary
Moneys boarding house in West
Thirteenth street early today com.
pletcly cut on the escape Of Mrs.
Moneys twenty boarders and when
the firemen came one young woman
had fallen CT thrown hers II from the
roof to the pavement and was dead
several others were severely burned
and the upper windows. front and
rear. were crowded with men and wO
men begging to b. saved
The dead woman is Miss Marie
Eeletraine. who occupi, d a hall room
on the top floor.
As there were no fire escapes and
the blaze cut OF exit by the Railways
firems were scEt ~ through an adj
joining building whence they crossed
TO the roof cf the burning house. Mrs
George Micklo was confused iy the
smoke and was unable 20 reach tho
roof Fire Truck CAPTAIN SwerEyy
saw her AT window on the trp floor
an! tying a rope to the chimney lower.
cd himself TO the window VII nee the
ether Er-men drew her and the cap
tain tn the roof. Mrs. Mooney tried 70
got down the stairs and finding them
abiazc turned ard went to ;hc roof
She was burned white OF the stairs
leading from tire srst 10 the SECOND
floors. Licut.nart RciIly tied q xri
cloth over mis- fac" and entered tn
burning hcuss through a scuttlc FROM
tie roof Feeling his way Through
the heavy smoke from room 10 room
he stumbled urcn Mrs. Ha2-"rty W
the third acor front room. She bad
fallen and then craWird par way IN
der the bed seeking shelter from the
fumes and then tainted.
Liru,suan, Reilly carried hor 70
the roof and thence 10 the street. Tive
Gre was quirtlv eXiinvuish"d wslh
one Thousand dollars damage.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
DEMOCRATS IN NINTH
NAY NOMINATE A PAR5Oh
Many Members Of the Party IN Favor
a Nominating Rev. Tyler Fra
xier fcr Congresa

RICHMOND. VA. June 2. - For
mer State Senator Robert T. Bruce,
who ran for Congress against the
late Colonel Sismp in the latter's last
Congressional campaign IA the Ninth
district. Is I'm the city today on pri
yatc business AM was a caller al
the oaice Of The governor this morn
Ing. He viii Isavs icnigh; for Nor
folk.
Mr.. Bruce gays that the Democrats
Of his district have definitely made
no their minds TO Put man IN the
field for the rcx; Congressional cam
paien. though as vet they have not
settled ON their choice
a good many people. however. arc
speaking Of Rev. Tyler Frazier. q
Methodist minister who lives nj Ma
ron. Smyfh county. and Who. J; Is
believed. would acerp' th. nominal
ton.
Mr.. Trader rs about 60 years oh
ana. stands high ihroughoa, the dis
,r,cs. lie Is q fne speaker. an az
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
NEGROES SEEK RECOGNITION.
But Governor Glenn Says He Has No
Vacancy.

RALEIGH, N. C.. June I'll. II.
TAYLOR, cn!ored. Of Raleigh has re,
auested Governor Glenn 70 appoint
Thomas II. Sutton and K, II. Summer
ell as Republican members nf the
state board Of education. TAYLOR says
the negro delegates 10 the Republican
state convention at Greensboro were
refused recognition by the whites. so
they met at Raleigh and elected their
own state chairman.
Governor Glenn finds there vii! be
no vacancies on the board until next
year. The letter is the first official
notice to him OF the split between the
Republican whites and negroes here.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03

oecasionai patrons, but II Is bad GS,JJiw
to hundreds OF persons, scattered all
over the county. who hold $500. 900
worth OF 4 per cent bonds issued
against the property November /,
1895.
I Prior to 20 Years ago. before the
building OF the brooklyn Bridge, the
Fulton street line was a paying In.
yestment. fulton ferry was then the
principal meYns Of communication
with Brooklyn, and Fulton street was
the principal approach TO the ferry.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
THIS COURT HOLDS
LlABilITYACT SOUND
District Of coiumbia's Highest Court
Does Not Agree With U. S.
Supreme Court.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 1.-THE
employers liability act OF 1906, which
the United States Supreme Court, in
January last held repugnant to the
constitution of the United States and
nQ enforceable. in the statutes, was
tod ly held constitutional as to the dis
trict of Columbia by the Court of APP
peaIs. In an opinion by Chief Justice
Sheppard the court declares that as
the legislative power Of Congress is
plenary for the, district its power ex-
tends to the regulation OF all com
merce If whatsoever nature that may
be carried on within its boundaries.
The decision was rendered on th"
appeal of Christiana Hyde. admins
tratrix of Richard Hyde, who sued the
Southern Railway Company to recover
$4,000 for the death Of Hyde, an en-
ployee Of the company. The District
Supreme Court sustained demurrer
by the company following the United
States Supreme Court decision The
Appellate Court reverscs the action oil
the lower court and remands the case
for further proceedings.
The Appellate Court held that the
provisions of the act relating TO the
District Of Columbia were clearly sep
arabic from the provision relating TO
the states. and that IL could be
fairly inferred from the language Of
the act that Congress intended TO ex
ercise its pOwer to regulate
commerce under the constitution. The
asuounf rf reccysry under thu Stafuto
is also held 10 be unlimited and ur-
alectabIe ty the district code which
limits recovery for a death to $10.6e9.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03

Redvcrs Henry Butler. who had been
ill for some weeks past, AZ dead. lie
was born in 1899. a.-
General Butler entered the army In
1859. and in 1891 he lad risen to the
rank Of lieutenant gepS He serv'
ed In China in 1860, s. asesntA Nef
In 1874. In ne Kaitir Var and Tue Zili
war i'm 1889: he aas in South Africa
in 1881 and In EgyN in 1882. ard was
present at the battle of TelEl-ke0ir;
he also fought In the Sondan war III
1884 and was under secretary for Ire
land in 1887.
He went out to South Africa during
the Bocr war in 1899. first as general
commanding the forces In South ATT
ca ard afterwards as general officer
commanding In Natal.
He conducted the operations for the
relief of Lady Smith which was sue
ccssful!y accomplished after an In
vestment Of 11S days and subsequently
no conduct I'd the operations that re-
shifted in the expulsion OF the Boer
army from Natal.
In April General Butler contracted
a chill in London. and this indispoSi'
ton was followed by severe attack
of iaundicc and other ccmpiicahons.
General Butler married Lady Audrey
Jane Charlotte. daughter of the fourth
maraujs Townshend.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-03
VICTORY GREAT PERSONAL TRIUMPH
Roosevelt Carried the State by Over
$4,000 But a Democrat Now Receives
a Plurality Of About 1,o0o-Hcpuo'
Iican Legislators Win Have to Elect
Him. Her
lRy Associated Press.)

PORTLAND. ORE. June 2.--Gpver
nor George f. Chamberlain, Demoract
is the choice of the people nr oregon
for the United States senatorshit'
to succeed Charles w. Fulton. RepnS
lean. and Republican Legislature
has been chosen TO elect him. Cham
berlain's majority over his opponent
Monry NJ. Cake. Republican. viii ex.
coed 1000, 1t Is believed,
Chamberlain's victory Is In the ma
ture of Il personal triumph. Oregon,
normally is Republican and In 1904
Rnosevelt's plurality was 42.s2i
Chamberlain has twice been elected
governor OF this state.
The selection of Chamberlain by
the people Is bat u preliminary step
to the senatorship. In Oregon condt
dates for the legislature alfgHtng
the msclycs either In the "statemeni
No. 1" column or in the "antt-state.
ment No. 1" column.
statement No. T. is Q pledge t0
support In the legislature the candt
date having the Endorsement Of the
people, and the. anita pEefar lo sISQf
q senator of their own platform fattn.
The complexion OF the next legislature
as indicated by the returns VIII DC
almost unanimously Republican ana
It may be The lot Of Repubhean
legislature to send a Democrat TO the
Senate. Already there is talk OF DC
fle ctions from the ranks OF the stare.
ment No. !" legislators and IL Is nos
impossible that In the seven months
Intervening between now aud the date
of the next session Of the legislature
sonic plan may be devised to defea'
Chamberlain and send Repubiicah
TO the United States Senate.
From the figures at hand 1t would
appear that there will be about %
statement No. T. men In the next
legislature. It requires As votes 10
elect
Prohibition was an important tea
fure in the election. the anti saloon
element making a surprising showing
From the returns AT hand 1t Is beties.
Cd that nineteen counties voted dry:
In doubt, four; now dry, one; parity
dry. .hrce.