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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-21
Some Bennett Backers.

When the candidacy OF C. w.
Swisher for governor was first an
nounced the Tntelligencer made the
statement that the principal infu-
ences back of his candidacy were
Democratic; that their purpose was
not political but purely personal and
selfish. From that day to this there
has been no occasion to change or
retract that statement. C. w. Swish
er's candidacy for governor was con-
ceived in the office of the Fairmont
Coal Company, a corporation whose
principal officers are Democrats
Wheeling Intelligencer.
For the benefit OF the 1ntelligencer
and all others, who make such re-
marks as the above 1t is noted here
that a goodly bunch OF the Fairmont
Coal Company and those in the en-
ploy of that company attended the
Democratic state convention as dele
gates and as Democrats urging the
nomination of the present Democratic
nominee for governor, working tooth
and toe-nail with the Democratic par
ty. They are listed in part as fol-
lows:
L. L. Malone, general manager.
C. f. Gaskin. superintendent of the
Montana mines.
C. C. Michaels, general manager
OF stores.
P. B. Robinson, superintendent of
the Meadowbrook mine.
C. F. Ice. superintendent of the
Gypsy mine.
H. H. Watson, brother of the pres
ident of the company and superin-
tendent of three mines.
George NJ. Alexander. attorney for
the company.
]. H. Nuzum, superintendent of the
Pinnicklnnick mine.
There are more of them but the
list here given is long enough. Their
presence and actions at the Demo-
cratic state convention sufficiently
answers the statement made by the
Intelligencer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-21
REPUBLICAN TICKET
coNaREssIoRAL T1cKET.

For Congress
WILLIAM P. HUBBARD
Ohio County.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-21
HARRISON COUNTY TICKET. !

For House Of Delegates
CHARLES NJ. HART
MARCUS l.. RIBLETT.
For Clerk OF County Court
HOWARD NJ. GORE.
For Clerk of Circuit Court
]. WADE COLEMAN.
For Prosecuting Attorney
WILL l.. MORRIS.
For Sheriff
J. L. BARTLETT.
For County Commissioner
JOHN 3. STROTHER
For Assessor
ERNEST l.. PIGOTT.
For County Surveyor
CHARLES c. FITTRO
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
SIX MEN KILLED IN. NINE:
Jumped Out of Cage and Dashed to,
Bottom of Mine-crushed Beyond
Recognition.

Pittsburg, Nov. 18.-S!x men were
instantly killed, another was danger
,usly injured and three others had
narrow escapes from injury or death
IN a mine cage accident at Ellsworth
Mine No. 1, located. in. Washington
county, late yesterday.
The dead:
M. j. Walsh, aged twenty.three, CIV
Il engineer.
Eugene G. Smyth, aged twenty-five.
civil engineer.
]. B. Newcomer, aged. twenty-five,
civil engineer.
Three foreigners, known by mum.
bers only.
The three engineers, who had been
employed by the company several
years, had Just completed a survey Of
the mine preparatory to starting new
entries, the six foreigners having as.
sisted them. A heavy wooden beam
was loaded into the cage and its ends
projected beyond the sides, the men
riding On the timber. When within
seventy-five feet of the top Of the
shaft the projecting beam struck one
ST the planks Of the shaft and most of
the men were dumped out Of the cage.
The six fell to the bottom, distance
Of 223 feet, the heavy timber falling
On them, and were bruised and
crushed almost beyond recognition.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain an,
Live Stock Centers.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock centers.
st. Paul, Nov. 10. - Wheat - No. 1.
hard. $1.os: No. Northern, $1.O7:
No. 2 Northern. $1.05. Corn-No. 2,
yellow, So 3.4@60 3.4c. Oats - No. 3
white, 43@45c.
Minneapolis, Nov. 1S.-Wheat-No.
l hard, $1.08; No. 1 Northern, SLOT:
Ne. 2 Northern. $1.O5. Corn-No. z
yellow. 50 $4,000 Sac. Oats - No. ;
white, 43@45c.
Duluth, Nov. 10. - Wheat - No. 1
hard. $1.os: No. Northern. $1.07;
No. 2 Northern, s1.05. Flax -
t1.36 7-S. Oats-No. 3. 4sc.
Chicago, Nov. 10. - Wheat - No. 2
red. $1.03@1.04: No. 2 hard. 1901
01.04. Oats - No. 3 white. 81 Lie.
Corn-No. 2. SIC.
Milwaukee, Nov. 10. - Wheat-No.
1 Northern. $1.o7@1.07 1.2: No. 3
Northern. $1.o4 1-2@1.05. Barley -
No. 2. &c.
Chicago. Nov. 10. - Cattle-Beeves,
$3.75@7.50: stockers and feeders,
$2.60@4.55; cows and heifers. 1850
$50. Hogs-Bulk, $5.55@5.s5. Sheep
NATIVES. $2.50@4.60: lambs. s3.75@
SIS.
Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 10. - Cattle
Grass steers, $3.3o@6.15: stocke,s
and feeders. $3@4.25: calves and
yearlings. $2.4o@3.3o. Hogs-Range.
$5.1o0565.
South st. Paul, Nov. Is. - aCttle-
Granted steers. $6@6.75; cows and
heifers. $4@6: veal calves. S3.75@
s; good to choice stock steers. SAC
$50. Hogs-Bulk, $5.25@5.40. Sheep
-Yearlings. $4.1004.25: spring lambs.
$4.6O06.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
LITIeANr SHOOTS UP COURT.

crazed by Adverse Decision He Kills
Clerk and Wounds Judge.
Leipsic, Nov. ia defeated It'll
CANT in the supreme civil tribunal of
Leipsig yesterday drew revolver
and opened fire on Herr Maenner, the
presiding judge. and the court clerk.
The clerk was shot dead and the
Judge dangerously wounded. The as
sassin, man named Grosser, succeed.
ed in firing ten shots before he was
overpowered. Grosser was plaintiff In
a suit concerning the validity of
will, and the decision of Judge Maen-
ner was in favor Of the defense. AS
soon as Grosser heard the ruling he.
drew revolver and began firing.
CONSERVATION reigned in the court
room until he was disarmed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
TAFT TO CALL EXTRA SESSION.
Tariff Revision Will Be Taken Up
Soon After INAUGURATION.

Soon After Inauguration.
Washington, Nov. II. - That spe.
cial session Of the Sixty-arst congfess
will be called soon after the 9TH of
March to take up the matter of tariff
revision became known positively yes.
terday. when William H. Taft, presi-
dent-elect. after spending the day at
the White House as the guest of
President Roosevelt, stated that he
intended to call the SPECIAL session to
meet as soon after his inauguration
as would be reasonable.
Judge Taft left last night for Gin.
! cinnati, where he had been summoned
on matters of family Importance. out
which Judge Taft assured the newspa.
per men who had gathered at the
White House. was in no way connect.
ed with politics. The call to Judge
Taft to come to Cincinnati necessi.
tated hasty change Of plans, SO that
instead Of the president-elect, who
was returning to Hot Springs, Va,
from Brooklyn, N. Y, continuing to
the Virginia resort at IL p. M, he left
for his home over the Pennsylvania
several hours earlier.
The day proved to be busy one for
the president.elect. He spent the night
at the White House as the president
guest and breakfasted yesterday
morning with the family. During the
early forenoon the president and the
president-elect discussed matters OF
importance to the present and the in.
coming administration. No announce
ment was made as to the principal
topic Of the discussion. although
Judge Taft adroitly admitted that II
was not the weather.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
Bloody Battle Between Law Of.
f1cers and Negro Desperate
in Oklahoma.
IS CRfMATtD IN own HOUSE
Negro Barbados Self in and, After Be.
ing Shot, Fires House and Is
Baked In Flames. -

Okmulgee, Okla, Nov. II. - Eight
persons were killed and ten others
were wounded yesterday afternoon in
fight between Jim Deckard, a negro
desperado, and law officers. The dead
are: Edgar Robinson, sheriff of
Okmulgee county; P. Klaber, assist
ant chief Of police of Okmulgee; two
negroes named Chapman, brothers;
Jim Deckard. negro, and three uniden.
titled negroes.
The disturbance began at the st.
Louis & San Francisco railroad sta
ton, where Jim Deckard engaged in a
fight with an Indian boy, Steve Gray
son. and beat him into insensibility
with rock.
Barbados Self In House.
Friends of Grayson notified the pc.
lice. and when Policeman Klaber went
to the station Deckard fed to his
house nearby, barricaded himself in
and when Klaber approached Deckard
shot and instantly killed him. Sheriff
Robinson gathered . posse and hur-
ried to the scene. Part Of this posse
was made up Of a group of negroes
whom the sheriff commissioned as
deputies. Az the posse approached
the house Deckard opened fire with a
rife. firing as rapidly as he could
load his weapon. The sheriff fell first,
instantly killed. Then five Of the ne.
gro deputies were slain.
CrAmated In Elamaa
Deckard's house was surrounded by
q frenzied mob Of armed men. Vol
leys were poured into Deckard's house
and he was shot down. He was seen
to roll over on the floor, strike
match and set fire to his own house,
which was soon roaring furnace, in
which his body was baked.
Gov. Haskell, at Guthrie, was noti-
fed OF the battle and of the bad feel.
ing between whites and negroes that
had grown out of 1t. threatening a race
riot. The governor at once ordered
the militia company at Muskogee to
prepare to 60 to Okmulgee, and a spe-
cial train was made ready to carry
the troops. News Of the preparation
to send militia here had a good effect
on the disorderly element Of both
races and at o'clock last night the
crowd had dispersed and further trou-
BILE was not expected.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
Accidental Happier ,nas.

Six persons were injured and .
score or more shocked in a street rail
way accident at Montgomery.
L. H. Aslin. well.to-do farmer Of
Norway. Mich, who was injured by
blasting stumps a week ago, died at
the Columbia hospital.
Two motormen were killed and
twenty passengers injured in a COLI.
sion of two cars in the interurban
service between Vancouver and West.
minister.
Mrs. August Mueller was killed and
her husband probably fatally injured
at Falls City, Neb., when buggy In
which they were riding was run into
by au automobile.
BY the overturning Of a rowboat
William Black and John Pierson of st.
David. ILL.,. were drowned in the I'LL.
nois river, two miles north of Liver.
pool. while out hunting.
An automobile containing Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Kohlhase, August Kohl.
hase and Cynthia Kohlhase, all Of Chi.
cago, was overturned near Hammond,
Ind, and August Kohlhase was fatally
injured.
Fire in the home of Col. T. ]. 10.
gle, prominent citizen Of Stephens.
vile, Tex, caused the death of Mrs.
Bogie. her seven-year.old grandson
and year-old babe. A lamp explosion
set fire to the house.
Half ton Of dynamite stored ON a
scow belonging to the Montreal har-
Dor commission exploded with a roar
that was heard and felt all over the
city Of Montreal. Many buildings sui.
fered more or less damage from shat.
tered windows.
By an explosion Of natural gas at
Pendleton. Ind, the ten-room resi-.
dence OF Pratt Hester. aged seventy.
seven, was wrecked. Hester died a
few hours later from his burns. Hid
wife and children escaped serious IN.
fury.
The business section Of the town Of
Kelliher. Sask., new point ON the
Grand Trunk Pacific railway. was do.
stroyed BY ire. Merchants Who ara
losers are: Tyler. Brice 4 Bond,
Grant, Priest, Malone. Wiedman, Shin.
bane and Bslchsr. The loss u S76.,
600.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
HAAS KILLS SELF IN FRISCO JAIL
Former Convict Who Attempted to Az,
sasiaate heney Dies By His Own
Hand.

San Francisco. Nov: II. - Morris
Haas, who attempted to assassinate
Francis ]. Heney. the graft prosecu
tor, committed suicide Saturday nigh,
in his cell in the county Jail by shoot
ing himself through the head with q
small derringer piston.
Haas ended his life while foul
guards. detailed to prevent Just such
a move, stood within three feet Of
him.
The weapon with which the would
be assassin shot himself he had So
creted in the top Of his gaiter shoes
He fired the shot while lying ON his
cot and covered with the blankets.
10 Closely Watched.
Since Haas was taken into custody
Friday afternoon, Immediately after
the sensational attempt to murder
Francis ]. Heney in Judge Lawlor'a
court room, he had been closely
watched by four detectives. When
taken to the county Jail on Friday aft
ernoon he was searched by the police
authorities and all his belongings
were taken from him.
It was noticed when Haas retired
on Friday night that he did not take
of his shoes. When asked why he
kept his footwear on. he replied that
he was only going to lie down for q
few moments; that he was too nerv.
GUS to sleep and that he would pace
I'M and down hia rell
Heney 10 Improving.
The condition of Francis ]. Heney
Is still most satisfactory. and the at.
tending surgeons report that he ID
making excellent progress on the road
to recovery. He passed a comfortable
night. sleeping most Of the time, and
rested easily yesterday. Although the
bullet has been located. embedded In
the left jaw, about an inch in front Of
the ear, the surgeons have decided not
to extract 1t until Mr.. Heney gains
more strength.
Mrs. Heney spent an hour yesterday
in the examination room Of the hospi.
tai while the surgeons were removing
grains Of powder from her husbands
face and head. While this was going
on the wounded man sat up on The
table and made jocular remarks.
Find No Conspiracy.
Chief of Police Buggy and Captain
Of Detectives Kelley. said that they
could find no evidence that the shoot.
ing OF Heney was the result Of ccn.
spiracy. Detective Burke, who closely
questioned Haas at several times dur.
ing the night, made a report to Chief
Biggy of Similar import.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
Prominent Chicago Business
Man Confesses and Asks
Prompt Punishment.
CASE OVER IN -FOUR HOURS
Seutenced to Prison Few Hours After
I, Arrest-Weeps as He Confesses
to Wrongdoing.

SAASo6OS 4SOV. 1Os-ISlSI VAL Vu0'
singer. real estate dealer, for years
classed among the first OF Chicago's
prosperous and reputable business
men, yesterday confessed to having
obtained through forged deeds and
notes more than 100000. and a few
hours after his arrest, on his own
urgent appeal to be punished, was
sentenced to the penitentiary. The
arrest, the indictment, the confession
and the sentence were the work of
less than four hours.
Weeps While He confesses.
Taken in the midst of business from
his Office desk at 172 Washington
street, shortly after the noon hour.
Van Vlissingen appeared before the
court and in tears confessed that for
from eighteen to twenty years he had
been securing money through the sale
of forged documents and that though
he had bought back many of these
spurious instruments without detec.
tion at least twenty-five people would
lose an aggregate of more than $780,
900 through the paper which he has
not yet redeemed.
lnvents Clever Device.
In forging notes. he declared, he
had perfected a unique device. This
consisted of plate glass desk top, SO
arranged that by an electric light
thrown up from beneath he could
readily trace from originals forged
signatures onto worthless paper.
Throughout his arrest and sentence
the prisoner made no effort to defend
himself. but only asked that his pun.
ishment be speedy. Asked If he had
anything to say before sentence was
imposed, Van Vlissingen, bowling his
head. replied: "Only that l be given
my punishment at once"
His term in the penitentiary was
fixed as indeterminate. from one to
fourteen years.
Wife Relative Of Roosevelt.
Van Vlissingen, who is about forty.
five years old, was married Feb. 4,
1907. to Miss Jessie Roosevelt Blend,
who was described at the time as q
distant relative of President Roose.
welt.
The specific charge which led up
to the spectacular arrest of Van Wis.
singer yesterday was made by two
men who had bought forged mortgage
notes. They are T. ]. Lefens AMI VIII
liam G. Seipp. who have Offices IN the
same building as that occupied by
Van Vlissingen.
Become Suspicious.
Lefens and Seipp said they first be.
came suspicious of the notes last Sat-
urday, but took no action until yes.
terday. Consulting with Assistant
States Attorney Barbour, they decid-
ed to delay no longer.
All of Van Vlissingen's accounts
were turned over to the Chicago Title
and Trust company, pending an inves-
tigation of the exact extent of the de.
falcation. Francis Lackoner. counsel
for the compliments, said last night
1t would be impossible for several
days to make a complete list of those
who will be among the losers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
Suicides Widow Found Dead.

Boston. Mass, Nov. 1.-THE body
Of richly dressed woman, believed
to have been Julia Harmon Stahl, the
widow Of Chick Stahl, the Boston
American league baseball player who
committed suicide at West Baden.
Ind. In 1907. was found last night in
. doorway In South Boston. Marks
were found on the woman's throat.
but it is not thought these had to do
with her death.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
Otherwise.

Mrs. George Foreman Of New York.
whose stage name Is Georgia Frianza,
secured divorce at Des Moines from
George Foreman, who is travelling
with the "Top o. the World"
Chicago physicians were warned by
Health Commissioner Evans that fail.
ure to report cases Of consumption
coming under their notice would be
followed by prosecution and fines.
In drunken frenzy Jacob Sikkema
Of Grand Rapids. Mich. shot his wife
Cora twice at their home and then
shot himself through the head, caus.
ing instant death. A six weeks old
baby in the room was unharmed. The
woman has slight chances for recov.
cry.
A magnificent silver service Of thir>
ty'four pieces, purchased at cost Of
$4,000, raised by popular subscription
by the people Of Montana, was pre-.
sented to the United States cruiser
Montana at Norfolk, Va. Chief Justice
Theodore Brantley OF the supreme
court Of Montana made the presenta,
ton in a fitting address.
Alabama iron manufacturers sold
$4,000 tons Of pig iron in the first
twenty.four hours after the election.
and the inquiry for a large tonnage 10
In hand. The iron sold IL to be deliv.
cred during the first quarter OF the
coming year.
The Knights Of Labor in general 40.
sembly in Washington adopted res.
olution urging congress to enact at
It's next session legislation providing
that In cases Involving labor disputes
neither an injunction nor q temporary
restraining order be granted except
on due notice to opposite party.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
DowAeER EMPRESS IS DEAD.
Autocratic Ruler Of Celestial Empire
Passes Away Soon After Emperor.

Autocratic Ruler OF Celestial Empire
Passes Away Soon After Emperor.
Picking. Nov. 17.-Tazo Msi An, the
dowager empress Of China, the auto.
cratic head Of the government which
she directed without successful inter.
ference since 1861, and without pro.
test since 1881, died at 2 o'clock yes.
terday afternoon.
The announcement of the dowager
empress death was Official and follow.
ed closely upon the announcement
that Huang Hsu. the emperor, had
died Saturday at s o'clock in the aft.
ernoon, but 1t is believed that the
deaths Of both the emperor and the
dowager empress occurred a consid.
cradle time before that set down in
the Official statements.
Three.year.old on Throne.
An edict issued at 8 o'clock yester.
day morning placed upon the throne
Prince Pu vi. the three-year-old son
Of Prince Chun. the regent of the EN-.
pire, in accordance with a promise
given by the dowager empress soon
after the marriage Of Prince Chun in
1902. An edict issued on Friday made
Pu vi heir presumptive.
The foreign legations were notified
yesterday morning by the foreign
board Of the death Of the emperor and
the succession Of Prince Pu vi.
Troops have been in readiness for sew.
eral days to quell any disorders that
might arise on the death Of Kuans
Hsu. and the possibility of uprising
was made greater because Of the fact
that the death Of the dowager empress
was known to be close at hand.
Guard for Legations.
Twenty gendarmes were dispatched
to guard the approaches to the leea.
lions. but up to the present the duties
Of the forces have bsen slight. It was
announced that the legation guard
was ordered out at ''the special call
Of the legations. on account Of the EN-.
peror's DEATH"
Prince Chun, the regent, has order.
ed the vicerogs and governors to take
precautions for the administration Of
the provinces as heretofore and he
has ordered hundred days Of mourn.
ing. The court will 90 into mourning
for three years.
Died Alone and Unattended.
They died alone and unattended. al.
though surrounded by circles Of abjeci
spectators, who remained a rod dis.
tant, az on account Of the sacred Der
sons Of their majesties they could moi
be approached. The emperor died a,
he had lived. without ministration ol
whatever kind or scientific aid.
Until word Of the dowager's death I,
read broadcast no general disorder,
are apprehended. China is quiete,
now than at any time since 1900
There are few signs Of antagonism ia
foreigners and there 10 no manner Al
doubt that Prince Chun will be abls
to meet the situation, as he ia recor
nixed as thoroughly progressive.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
SUGAR FRAUD CHARGED.

American Refining Company Defend
ant In $3,624,121 Suit.
New York, Nov. 10. - The United.
States government has brought six
suits against the American Sugar Re.
fining company to recover forfeitures,
and customs duties amounting to S..
624,121 on sugar delivered at the,
Havemeyer and Elder refineries in
Brooklyn during the last six years.
The government alleges fraud in,
weighing the shipments
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
STOPS TRAIN TO KILL DEER.

Duluth Man Has Better Luck Than
When He Hunted in Woods.
Duluth, Nov. 18.-Judge ]. B. Mid
decor returned yesterday with a 200.
pound buck.
After having been in the woods twice
this year in a vain search for big
game, the Judge went out Saturday
morning for third attempt along the
line Of the Alger & Smith road. He
saw deer standing in the edge of
the woods and asked the brakeman to
stop the train. which the latter did.
The Judge alighted and had the deer
hanging up tree in ten mintes' time.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
ASKS JA,LgR TO LOCK HIM UP,

Railroad Laborer Totters Into Lookup
at Eau Claire, Wis.
Eau Claire. Wis.,. Nov. IL. - Last
night Philip Sheridan, who halls from
New York city but disclaims and rela.
tionship to his namesake. Gen. Phil"
Sheridan. tottered into the city fail
and applied for shelter. He was very
sick and is now at the county Jail un.
der treatment. Sheridan ascribes hia
condition to the hard usage accorded
him while working for q railroad com.
pany at Winter, Wis.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
KILLS SISTER WHILE PLAYING.

Boy Nearly Blows Girls Head or
With Fathers Shotgun.
Carmi, ILL.,, Nox. 10. - Elizabeth
George, six years old. is dead at her
home as the result Of playing sol.
der" with her little brother.
The boy found his fathers shotgun,
which was supposed to be unloaded,
and went through the motion Of kill.
ing his sister. The gun was loaded.
however, and the charge struck the
girl In the face. blowing a great hole
in her head. She died instantly.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-11-19
Two Men EIeetroeuted.

Warren, r. l., Nov. 18.-In working
yesterday among a number Of high
power electric wires in a power sta.
ton at Brayton, William Guam of Fall
River and Fred Foss of this town
were electrocuted.