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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
.LOGGERS SAW
THE AWFUL CRIME
COMMITTED BY THEIR CoMRADE
BUT WERE UNABLE TO
GIVE AID.
KENTUCKlAN KILLS WIFE
AND THEN HIMSELF
While Frenzied Because His Break
fas. Was Not Ready When He Re-
turned Home is Thought To Be the
Cause of the Tragedy

Lexington, KY, Feb. 10.-A tragedy
most hurrowing in its details was en-
acted in a cabin home on the Faye:te
county bank of the Kentucky river,
near Valley View, when shortly before
O'Clock Sunday morning Elvin New
by murdered his wife and then killed
himself.
Newby was 30 years of age and was
the son of Letcher Newby, a farmer
residing on the Madison county side
Of the river
At the age of 20 Newly married a
Miss Howard, sister of Alfred How
ard, a contracting carpenter, who re-
sides in this city, and she bore him
two daughters. Some three years ago
this wife and mother died and the
daughters were sent to this city to
make their home with their uncle, Al
fred Howard.
About two years ago Newly married
Ellen Campbell, aged q, the divorced
wife of Sam Campbell, of Beattyvllle.
She had a daughter, now about five
years of age, and this unfortunate
tot proved a bone of contention in the
Newly home. Finally there was sep
aralion, followed by a reconciliation
about two months ago.
Newby secured q place with the
Kentucky River Poplar Co., moved
into the three-room house on the hill
side near Valley View and set about
his work as foreman of the night crew
working on the log boom. A few days
ago the Campbell child was stricken
with cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Having few neighbors and no nurse,
the mother had attended to the child
day and night, snatching now and
then nap until her energy was well
nigh exhausted.
Newly left the boom about $50
Sunday morning, and climbed the hill
to his home. Leonard Richardson
and George Howard, who had taken
up the work in the river where he
left off, saw Newly enter the house.
Later they were startled by a shot
fired in the house. An instant later
they saw the front door open, and Mrs.
Newly, clad only in her night gown
and shoes, ran out, fer screams pierre
ing their ears. Behind her NeWby
rushed with a revolver in his hand
The woman reached the yard, and
was attempting to escape down the
hill The man leveled the revolver at
her back, and fired twice in rapid sue
cession. The woman fell prostrate
upon her face. Newly rushed into
the yard, and halting directly over her,
fire two more shots. He then shot nin-
self through the heart. The Mortified
witnesses 10 awful slaughter, balarc-
ing themselves on running logs in the
high tde Of the river, were pOWerlCSs
to lend a staying hand.
No one knows what occurred to pro-
woke the tragedy. but he presumption
is that Newly, finding his tired wife
asleep and no breakfast ready for MIN,
worked himself into fiendish rage.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
MATCHES AND PINS
Fed to Baby so Nurse Could Have
More Time to Herself.

Mineola, L. l., Feb. 10.-Aurelia
Lightbourne, 16 years old, who says
she is West Indian, was locked up in
the Nassau county Jail on a charge OF
assault in the second degree.
The complainant is William ]. Pur.
dy, of Rockville Center, who has en-
ployed the girl for the last two years.
Some weeks ago he noticed his boy,
years old was seriously i'll at emes,
and hairpins, matches and safety pins
were found in the child's stomach after
an operation.
A few days ago the girl became
deeply interested in religion and in
the proposed erection of a new Bap.
tist church for the negroes Of Rock
vile Center After one Of the meetings
she returned to her home with rhe
| Purdy family and acknowledged she
had been the cause of the repeated
| illness of the baby.
Il gave him pins, matches and some
times hair and safety pins so he would
| be sick, and then | would have more
| time 10 myself" she said.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
SON STAYS JUDGE HGRGIS
NOTORIOUS KENTUCKY FEuoIsT
KILLED AFTER QUARREL.
Victim Long Prominent in Politics and
Had Been Accused of Completely
in Many Murders.

Jackson, Ky.-Former County Judge
James Hargis, for many years member
of the state Democratic executive COM
mittee, accused of completely in many
murders and prominent figure In the
feuds which have disrupted Breathitt
county for several years, was shot and
instantly killed in his general store
here about $3.50 o'clock Thursday aft
ernoon by his son, Beach Hargis.
The son fired five shots in rapid
succession at his father, who fell dead
while his clerks were waiting on GUS
toners.
The exact cause of the murder has
not been learned. but it is supposed
to have been the result of differences
which have existed between father
and son for some time. The two men
are reported to have had a severe
quarrel several months ago, when the
father, it is alleged, was compelled to
resort to violence to restrain his son.
Young Hargis, it is said, has been
drinking heavily of late. He came
lulO lie SIOlS ldl0 III Tie dIJCIHOOu anu
was apparently under the influence of
liquor. Judge Hargis, it is said, spoke
to his son about his drinking and a
quarrel resulted. Father and son
stepped behind a counter in the store,
when the son, after only a few min
utes' conversation, drew a revolver and
fired five shots. Four took effect, the
noted mountain character falling dead.
The young woman stenographer and
the customers in the store rushed for
the doors and fed in fright.
Young Hargis was arrested by the
town marshal and Grover Blanton and
placed in Jail. He was raving like a
maniac and the officers were com.
PEELED to drag him to Jail.
Judge Hargis. had been for years a
prominent figure in Kentucky in po
litical and criminal circles. He had
figured in the courts in the mountains
for years on account of the murders
of DR.. Cox, Attorney Marcum and
James Cockrill.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
YARMOUTH MARRIAGE ANNULLEp
Alice Thaw Freed from Earl by Brit.
ish Divorce Court.

london.-Sir Birrell Barnes, pres.
ident of the divorce court Wednes.
day granted the countess of Yarmouth,
who was Miss Alice Thaw, of Pitts
burg, decree multiplying her marriage
to the earl of Yarmouth. The case
was heard in private. At the time
fixed for the commencement of the
proceedings every one not actually
engaged OH the case was excluded
from the court room. The case was
practically undefended, and the hear
ing lasted for only half an hour. The
countess, attired in fashionable black
gown, was present, but the earl of
Yarmouth was not in court.
The earl Of Yarmouth did not de.
fend the case, his lawyer satisfying
himself with pointing out that the evi-
dence of the doctor removed any stig-
ma placed upon the earl by the evi-
dence of the plaintiff and that there
was no ground upon which the
countess could have sued for divorce.
The judge pronounced his decree, an.
nulling the marriage without comment.
In the ordinary course of events it
will be made absolute in six months.
No mention was made of marriage
settlement, and it was learned from
an authoritative source that, contrary
to certain published statements, the
question of revising the settlement has
not been discussed by the principals
or their solicitors and that it is not
likely to be discussed. The brevity of
the proceedings came as surprise to
everybody except those engaged on the
| case.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
caid MacLean Is Released.

Tangier.-Caid Sir Harry MacLean,
commander of the sultan's bodyguard
and next to the sultan the most influ-
entail man in Morocco, has arrived
here under an escort from the Bandit
Raisuli, who has held him under bond.
age for the past seven months.
He was brought here in accordance
with the agreement which the British
government finally succeeded in max.
ing with Raisuli for his release, in re.
turn for which Great Britain will pay
100000 to Raisuli and guarantee him
protection and immunity from ar
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
ICE DEALERS SENT TO JAIL.
Three Prominent Toledo Men Given
Six Months.

Toledo, o. - Roland Beard and
Compton Leaman OF the Hygeia
Ice Company and Joseph Miller, man
ager of the Toledo Ice and Coal Com
pany, were Tuesday sentenced to six
months in tho county Jail and to pay
costs of prosecution by Judge kinkade
for conspiracy in restraint of trade.
These men were found guilty last
July and at that time Judge Kinkade
sentenced each of them to six months
in the workhouse and to pay $2,5OO
fine. The case was appealed and a
few days ago the supreme court
handed down decision declaring the
convicted men could be sent to Jail,
but not to the workhouse. They were
remanded to the common pleas court
for resentence and while the fine was
not assessed the workhouse sentence
was changed to the county Jail.
No further effort will be made in be,
half Of the defendants They at once
began their term of sentence. All the
men are Of prominent Toledo famil.
lies.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13

The funeral OF Prof. Seymour Of
Yale. where the family wore no
mourning and the rites were of the
simplest. was presumably inst as he
wished it. Many man would prefer
that no emblems Of mourning be worn
for him. even by his widow. but it is
seldom that such wishes are re-
Rpected. Nomcn do not necessarily
prefer to don the gloomy garb, but
seldom feel equal to defying the con-
ventionaIities to the extent Of reject
ing It,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
HITCHCOCK TAFT's MANAGER.
First Assistant Postmaster Genera
Will Resign Soon.

Washington. - Announcement was
made Friday Of the approaching re
tirement from the postal service OF
Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant
postmaster general. Mr.. Hitchcock
will assume the management Of the
campaign of Secretary Taft for the Re
publican nomination to the presidency
The exact date of the retirement
has not been determined definitely
but it probably will be about February
IS.
Mr.. Hitchcock will be succeeded as
first assistant postmaster general by
DR.. Charles p Grandfield, who, for a
little more than two years, has been
chief of the bureau over which Mr.
Hitchcock presides. DR.. Grandfield has
been actively identified with the postal
service for about 20 years and is
widely known and highly esteemed
personally and officially.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13

Will American Women Be Stirred?
1t is rather odd that English women,
who have the name of heing conserva-
tive and retiring, should furnish the
most pronounced illustration of suf-
frage agitation The 'suffragette'
movement, carried to the extent OF
violent protest and resulting in the ar
rest and punishment Of number or
ladies Of rank and high social stand
ing who participated in the demon
stration. is still in vivid remembrance.
nor has 1t snbsided. In fact. the "suf-
fragcttes" appear to he in some re-
spects more determined than ever.
They are even sending out mission
aries to stir up the American women
to revolt" One of them has arrived
in New York, but apparently gets lit.
tie encouragement. The women suf-
fragistS of the United States are
quite as earnest in the cause as their
English sisters. and in many ways
more practical. declares the Troy On
~ Times. They can point to the full
suffrage won in a number of states
and qualified suffrage in various other
sections. American women, often rep
resented as impuisive and hasty, in
reality as n whole show calmer jndG'
ment and are more deliberate in ac,
tion than those Of other lands. AS
witness, observe the difference be.
tween the selfrestrained suffragists
of this country and the somewhat tu'
multuous "suffragettes" of couserva
tive England.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Woman Attorney Wins Case.

St. Paul. Minn.-Miss Elsie Will
liams, the first woman attorney who
ever pleaded before the supreme court
of Minnesota, won her case Friday
when the supreme court affirmed the
judgment of the Ramsey county dis
trict court in the proceedings for con-
tempt brought against Robert c. Hol-
bert. The case involved judgment
given for the defendant in an action
brought by the receiver appointed in
supplementary proceedings. Holbert
was charged with contempt, but the
lower court dismissed the proceedings.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13

That art is long is again Illustrated
by the delay in the completion Of the
equestrian statue of Lafayette in
Paris. for which 100000 were sub.
scrihed. chiefly by American school
children, nine or ten years ago A
bronzed model of the statue was nm
Veiled with elaborate ceremonies dur,
ing the last Paris exposition in 1900.
The sculptor, Paul Wayland Bartlett,
was not satisfied with this model, and
he has been at work on the figure
ever since. The latest reports from
him indicate that he has finally pro-
duced n statue which cOmmends it.
self to his Judgment and he will soon
be ready to have it cast in bronze. In
the meantime the model that was un.
veiled in 1900 has fallen to pieces and
its ruins have been removed from the
pedestal Americans in Paris are
wondering when the completed figure
will be set up. The reputation of Mr..
Bartlett, the sculptor is such that
one may safely look for fine work
of art when he says that he has done
his best with it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
BOY TRAMPS HOLD MEETING
EXCLUDED BY HOBoES, THE
LADS HAVE OWN CONVENTION.
"Kids" from Various Cities Tell Their
Experiences and Give Advice
to Others.

st. Louis. - Boy tramps who were
drawn here by the national con-
vention of the unemployed, now in
session, and who were not permitted
in the councils, which were limited to
"hoboes," held a meeting Friday at
which addresses were made by men of
reputation among the wanderers.
Kansas City Kid" was the guest Of
honor, because his "moniker" (mOno-
gram) is on more water tanks than
that of any other traveller, and short
speeches, brimful Of advice, were de-
livered by other well-known tramps.
New Haven Kid" contrasted condi-
tions in the east and west and said
his experience had been that a tramp
is more liable to arrest in the east
than the west. Kid Murphy" of
Springfield, ILL.,, advised against the
use of white line" (alcohol and wa
teri, saying it caused many hold-ups.
Jersey Red" who recently returned
from Africa, advised tramps to keep
away from the sea, because they had
to work hard on ships. Chi Kid VII
with pathos in his voice, told of % ar
rests in two months and advised the
boys never to get off trains in front of
stations, and recited the advantages of
good front"
Gen" J. s. Coxey urged the tramps
to settle down that they might be
voters by the time his bill came up in
congress.
Rev. John Ellis and DR.. Reitman,
who styles himself King of Tramps, -
also spoke, urging the tramps to be.
come ''hoboes" and seek after work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Funeral Of Col. Thomas G. LawIer

Rockford, Ill.-Funeral services for
Col. Thomas G. Lawler, past com.
mander-in-chief of the G. A. R., were
held Thursday afternoon, and were at.
tended by great throng. All busi-
ness throughout the city was suspend
ed during the services. Grand Army
posts from northern Illinois and south
ern Wisconsin cities were present. as
were many men prominent in public
life. Nevius post, No. /, Of which Col.
Lawler was commander, conducted the
burial service at Cedar Bluff, in the
presence of thousands II people.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Nav Move Thaw to Pouqhkeepsie

Fishkill Landing. - With the pur
pose Of seeking an asylum more
congenial to Harry Thaw than Mattea
wan state hospital, where he is now
under observation, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw and Daniel O'Reilly, one Of
Thaw's counsel, will inspect the insane
asylum in Poughkeepsie next Monday.
Mrs. Thaw and Mr.. O'Reilly visited
Thaw Friday, when the contemplated
visit to Poughkeepsie was discussed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Country in Grin of Storm.

Chicago.-A sIeetstorm which turned
to rain Wednesday seriously affected
telegraphic communication between
Chicago and many outside cities, espe-
cially in the west. st. Louis, Omaha
and Kansas City we're entirely cut of
from the east during the early hours
by a sleetstorm which surrounded st.
Louis and extended into Iowa. In
Chicago the storm affected much of
Electric railroads were the principal
sufferers
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13

don papers referring to him as having
fed from his creditors, etc. Mr.. Morse
said there was absolutely nothing in
these reports, saying they were New
York sensationals" He added that he
had sent cable dispatches to New
York concerning his position and that
he would rectify matters when he re.
turned there after about ten days.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Public Printer Suspended.

Washington.-Pres Roosevelt
Wednesday temporarily suspended
as public printer Charles A. Still
lings and appointed William S
Rossiter temporarily to fill the duties
of that office. The action, as ex.
planned officially, is to facilitate the
investigation now being made of the
government printing Office by congress.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
HELPFUL
ADVICE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
helpyour case. Such letters as the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the power of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
rreadmill Still In Use.

The barbarous custom of using con
yicts in treadmills is still practiced
in some English prisons, declares Pop
ular Mechanics, and an interesting
picture shows the convicts at this try
ing task. The speed is about 30 steps
a minute, and if a man misses step
a cross-bar strikes the calves OF his
legs.
1t may be a blessed fortune for
Socrates that Xantippe didn't keep a
diary to be published 1000 years after
her death.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Books for All Anes.

The publisher who advertlses
books fer all ages tacitly recognizes
that the seven ages ut man call fer
different intellectual food. The pic
tureS and fairy tales for children and
the philosophy and criticism for
serene old age are accepted as mat
ter Of course. But the debatable land
is that between 16 and 25. aud this es'
pecially for girls. 1t is highly unde-
slrahle for Mary that she should read
everything at hand. It is equally un-
desirable for the man Of letters that
he should be restricted in his product
to the book suitable for the sweet girl
graduate. As life opens before her
she should have books which will In
terpret it for her Meantime, for the
men and women who are in the midst
of life's actual struggle, there should
he other hooks-no less delicate
through covering a larger field. The
demand of mature men and women
who rely upon the imaginative writer
to help them in their relations with
other folk is not for wicked books.
Nothing could he less to their pur-
pose. A clever novelist has recently
said that our time asks mot brutal
books. not indecent books, but truth
full books" American mothers may
learn from French mothers what
girls should and should not read. They
must also learn how to make a pro-
hihition effective without its being
either irksome or suggestive OF DISC
bedience. When a girl once discovers
that her mothers book fits her no bet.
ter than her mothers bonnet it will be
a gain for girlhood and for literature.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
DENIES THAT HE RAN AWAY.
C. w. Morse interviewed on Board
the Campania.

Queenstown.-A correspondent OF
the Associated Press Friday night
boarded the Cunard line steamer
Campania and found Charles w.
Morse of New York in the smoking
room enjoying a game of cards.
Without a moments hesitation Mr.
Morse granted an interview to the
correspondent.
He was shown extracts from Lon.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Forced To Give Up keys.

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. 10.-"Stone-
wall" Ellis, under sentence of three
years for larceny and who was being
held in jail at Sevierville, Tenn, await
ing an appeal to the supreme court,
frightened Mrs. J. D. Bislock, wife OF
the jailer, and caused her to give up
the keys. He escaped.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
Shoots at Train, Wounds Woman

Mount Vernon, Ill-Mrs p. H
Hough, wife Of the superintendent OF
the Beardstown division of the Chi
cago, Burlington G. Quincy railroad,
was shot in the head and seriously
wounded Wednesday by John Ruther
ford, 13-year-old boy. who took
shot at the Burlington train On which
Mrs. Hough was a passenger.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-13
LYDIA Z. PUNEGHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer al female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
"Ever since 1 was sixteen years Of
age had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence 1 had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. My physi-
clan said 1 must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you am to-
day well woman, and l am telling
all nv friends of nv experience"