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Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
ExplosIon In Powder Nam.

st. Louis, Mo.--when daylight
came Friday 125 residents OF Rriar
Hin. eight and half miles southeast
OF East St Louis. who had fed for
their lives when 1900 kegs containing
10000 pounds OF giant gunpowder-
blew up and wrecked the giaKehouse
Of the Phoenix Powder Mili. owned by
the z. ]. DUPONT Powder Company,
with a concussion that was felt 40
miles away. returned to look at the.
$4,000 damage done to the property
and their homes.
The explosions are said TO have been
due TO friction In the cogs OF the ma
chinery which operates the glazehouse.
min.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
SCORES TNE COURT
SAYS appellants REVIEWERS
HAD RELATIVES Indicted.
BONDS OF BOTH ARE PROAIRITME
schmltz and Rusf Fighting for a Re
duetIon IN amount
OF Ball.

San Francisco. Cal.--Eugene r.
Schmitz and Abe Ruef. who received
decision in their favor from the dis.
trict court OF appeals. are both in the
county Jail In the custody Of the new
sheriff. They will appeal In court
when an EFFORT will be made to have
their bonds reduced.
Schmitx Is held on Is indictments,
with bonds to the amount of 100000.
Ruef IL held on 1872 indictments. his
bonds amounting to S1.57O,000. II their
request for a reduction is not complied
with in the lower court, both will take
the case direct to the supreme court.
The cases Of Patrick Calhoun.
Thornwell Mutually, William NJ. Alb
bott. TREY L. Ford. Ruef. sohmitz and
former Supervisor p. p. Blcholas como
up for trial on bribery charges at the
same time.
Prosecution TO Continue.
According to the statements OF the
prosecution. the decision will not az.
feet the trial OF Schmitz and Rnef on
the other charges against them. which
viii be proceeded with as rapidly as
possible.
The statement issued by Judge
Dunno OF the trial court that convicted
Schmitz, scoring the members OF the
court OF appeals. has created almost as
much OF n sensation as the decision.
After saying he regretted that the de-
cision should have been made by q
court whose members have relatives
indicted for the same offenses involved
In Schmitz's case" he concluded with:
"The jury which returned this YER
dict viii be remembered with respect
and honor in the community long after
the court which set aside the verdict
has been forgotten"
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
sIo LUMBER DEAL ENDS FEup.
Property at clio, Ark. Where Battle
Recently Occurred, IL Transferred.

Pine Bluff. Ark.-D. Fl. Dun
can and John F. Rutherford Friday
purchased the entire holdings OF ]. B.
York, Robert York and C. L. Brown
ing in the Blur City Lumber Co. The
consideration is about 100000. The
deal brought about settlement OF diff
ferences which have existed between
the Rutherford and Yorks stockholders
in the company for many months.
The troubles between the two fac
lions resulted in the killing of three
men at Clio. Cleveland county, and the
implication OF many well.to.do people
In the affair. Several indictments are
now pending against accused men in
the triple tragedy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

Frankfort. Ky.-A squad OF ten
militIamen has been ordered by
Gov. Wilson to Lebanon to guard the
warehouse of the American Tobacco
Company. A like number win go to
Cynthiana.
Upon the urgent request of officials
al Lexington. Calling gun was or
dered to that place TO aid in the pro:
lection OF property threatened by
night riders. The trouble in the bur
ley tobacco district is spreading.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
BROKER COMMITS SUICIDE.
w. 3. NeVlns OF New York Throws
Himself Under Subway Train.

New York-His health and n
nervous breakdown. brought on by
worry over heavy losses in the mar
ket. are believed TO be responsible for
the suicide Thursday Of william B.
Nevins. former member OF the New
York Stock Exchange. under the
wheels OF a subway train In the Sew
enty-ninth street station. Nevins
jumped before a southbound local Just
as II was pulling into the station and
was ground to pieces.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
COPYING AFTER NEW YORK.
Chicago Tenement D~ellers Form =
Tenants Union.

Chicago, Ill.--Five hundred resi-.
dents of Chicago's Ghetto formed last
night a Tenants union, with the
avowed purpose Of forcing landlords
OF the district TO reduce rents 50 q
month. Leaders of the movement ad.
yised members OF the new organiza-
ton to refuse to pay the present rental
rates. which were declared exorbitant,
and 10 force the landlords to take all
legel steps and pay all court costs in
case the latter refuses TO meet the de.
mRnds for lower prices.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

Lexington. Ky.---Alarned BY the
night ridern' raids in Bath and
Fleming counties, from which counties
much tobacco was sent here to the
sales. the owners OF tobacco ware,
houses and the city and county author
tiles met in the court house Wednen-
day and decided that Il was advisable
10 ask that troops be stationed here
20 protect the warehouses against
raids.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
FIVE LOST WITH SHIP.
Captain Goes Down When Schooner
10 Wrecked by 7S-hsiIe Storm.

Norfolk. va.--A broken message
received here over the United
States seacoast telegraph wires Wed.
nesday from Cape Hatteras, on the
North Carolina coast. reports the
stranding and loss on the treacherous
shoals Tuesday OF an unknown schoon-
er. out Of whose crew OF seven men
ave persisted and two were saved.
The message reports the vessel TO
have been bound from Long Point,
Me-. to Charleston. s. c., laden with
hHh scrap. The captain of the vessel
was among those who were lost.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
pnYsIcIAN HEARs MAN pIg.
chIeasoan sueeumbs as Doctor ESam-
ines HIs Heart.

Chicago-While physician count
ed his irregular heart beats.
Lewis Cass Robinson. for 10 years
Drooireader on a morning newspaper.
died Sunday. Experiencing pains
about his heart. Robinson at noon vic
tied DR.. Frank J. Stewart. who lis
tened 10 the heart pulsations through
a stethoscope. Robinson was in the
midst Of q sentence answering q cues.
ton of the physician when he died.
He was So years old and the owner OF
tbs nrst newspaper Of Joplin. Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
GRAFT IN INK CONTRACT.
Chemist and Manufacturing President
Indicted for Alleged Conspiracy.

Washington. d. C.-In the federal
grand jury indictment Of Edwin II.
vRndyck. formerly n chemist and ink
maker in the bureau Of printing and
engraving. and Victor Bloede. presi-
dent of a Baltimore manufacturing
concern, a graft involving about $751;
900 is alleged to be disclosed.
According 20 the prosecution. Van.
dyck, in his position OF making tests
Of ink manufacturing material. IN
dorsed the samples offered by the
Bioede company and In return re-
ceived a portion OF the profits.
Attorneys for the indicted men Sc
cared bonds for $4,000. The counsel
alleges that the government did not
suffer loss.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Bonds to Cover Indebtedness.

st. Paul. Minn.-Plans for the
issuance of first mortgage bonds
to cover an Indebtedness OF between
s10.00O.000 and s1l.Cpo.O00 OF the Chi.
cago Great Western railway viii be
prepared by President A. b. Sticlmey
and Charles II. F. Smith. co-receivers
named by Federal Judge Sanborn. as
soon as Stickney can return from Lon
don. where he met with the English
bondholders Of the road.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Bryan Jackson uny Dinner.

Chicago. II.-wSilinm yonnlnes
Bryan was the principal speaker at
the Jackson Day banquet Of the JET.
ferBon Club at the Auditorium wodnes-
day night The hatchst wHs buried
for the occasion. and al the hostile
factions in the Illinnis camp forgot
their grievances and sat down TO =
pipe Of peace.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Robbsrs slow Bank SAFE.

Ottawa. Kass-Robbers Wednesday
wrecked the safe IN the State
Bank Of Quenrmo. al Quenemo, Kaa..
near here. with dynamite and escaped
with It's contents, estimated at be-
twesn $1,000 and $1,000 The robbery
Is believed to have been committed By
four men.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Foreclosure on Hot sprIoos Ito.sl.

Little Rock. Ark. - In the
United States circuit court here In
the case OF the Illinois Trust and saw.
ings Bank OF Chicago against the Park
Hotel Co. OF Hot Springs. a decree OF
foreclosure was entered and the prop.
erty ordered sold.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
klLLED az aoY BANDITS.
Two Saloons Looted and Man Shot
Four Times In Night Raid

st. Louis-Sheriffs and deputies
are bush-beating st. Louis coun-
ty Wednesday for two young robbers.
who, in a night raid Tuesday, shot
and killed one man, robbed two sa-
looms and locked the occupants Of the
first in an Ice box to eliminate chances
OF capture.
The outlying districts have been no
tined and the st. Louis police are at
work on the case in this city.
One OF the robbers Is described as
about % years old. @ feet tall and
heavy OF build. The other IL much
younger, feet inches tall. and allen.
der. He is the man who did the shoot
ing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Train Sen, Under Hudson River.

New York, n. Y.-The first cleo.
trio train to be operated through the
Hudson river tunnel OF the Hudson &
Manhattan railroad between Hoboken
and Christopher street, Manhattan,
made a round trip. carrying a party
of officials and others interested in
the Hudson companies. The tunnel
will probably be opened to the public
the latter part OF this month.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
PrInes AeIIs sue, count Renl.

Paris. France.--In fullillment Of his
intention, announced on Friday. Prince
Helie de sagan has filed suit on the
ground Of assault against Count Boni
de CHstellane In the criminal court,
asking one franc damages. The action
viii be taken mp before the court on
Jan. q.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Miners, Air Iuhs asnt.

Ely. New. - Late yesterday the
sixInch water pipe. through which
air is famed to the entombed miners
became bent by the pressure OF rock
and earth at the 6O0-foot level and no
air could be sent too them. Reseusrs
by redoubled EFFORT reached the break
In a few hours and repaired the pipe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Asronsuts Make Wager.

Paris. = An interesting wager
has just been made between ssgnor
VineenEo FioFio and signor Alfredo
Won Weller. each betting $4,000 that
he win this year construct an aero
plane with which he will ny In a cir.
Gle distance OF 1900 meters.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

Montgomery. Observation-Disclosures
the feeble condition Of Captain
Grimes, his trial for the murder OF
John HaInes Is being heard al Troy
by Judge Barnett OF this city. The
Jury IL now being selected.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Planters Want Lower Rents.

Atlantic City. N. ]. Oyster
planters will demand that the rental
price Of oyster planting grounds in At
lantic county be reduced from So an
acre to at least 81 an acre. II is
claimed that elsewhere the rental
price is from Csc up TO 81. The plant.
ers mean to petition the legislature
for the change.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
COMMITTEES sulelde AZ Sc.

Rome. N. Y.--PhlReas Wheeler,
aged SO. committed suicide by
shooting with a revolver. He had been
suffering from the grip. Mr. Wheeler
was a veteran OF the civil war ana at
one time was qpartermaster OF the en-
tire western division Of the Union
army.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

81. Joseph. Mo--Rev. ChRrles
r. Kearful. q Catholic priest. wen
known throughout Missouri aud Kan.
nas, has received word from the sfate
department At Warrington that he Is
the heir 70 a sBOO.oQ0 estate left BY an
uncle IN Sidney. Australia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Ex.oovsrnar aels. Better.

FL Paso. Tex. Former Gov.
ernor Horace A. Boies OF Iowa is
somewhat better and the attending
physicians wired relatives that they
need not come unless the patient be-
gan sinking. He is suffering with
pneumonia, and was removed from the
train here while en- route TO California.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
PIans 81 AIrshIp fer boo psr.ana.

BeFlin--count Zeppelin proposes
to build an airshlp 10 carry 100
persons. He estimates that Il win be-
necessary 10 build 4 only 90 feet
longer than HIS latest airship. which Il
157 feet long and which carried n
persons In addition to 9.s00 pounds 81
ballast Experts helleya that the
count win succeed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
MARK TWAIN IN TWO FAILURES.
TrHst Company Tied Up $4,000 and
Now Milk Concern Fails.

New York-Mark Twain was one
OF those caught in the collapse
Of the Knickerbocker Trust Co.
The fact was made public Friday
through a letter he sent to the Sat
terlee-Parsons reorganization commit
tee OF the depositors. asserting to
their plan for rehabilitating the con-
Germ. He was caught for $4,000.
Only few days ago n milk product
concern OF which he was president.
failed, and Mr.. Clemens suffered a
loss OF about s26. 900.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Am. Dol, aank Rahhaa

siacomb, tII.-ThS Bank OF Adalr
was robbed early Friday BY saf,,.
blowers All the currency was taken
The exact amount IL unknown. but A
several thousand dollars. There q M
clew 70 the Identity Of the robbers
Adair e small town about ten miles
from here.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
Footpads AelIve b 81. LouI..

- Louis. Mo.-HIghwaymen. thugs
and footpads had gala time in
81 Louis Monday night and early
Tuesday. Several OF the victims were
badly beaten before being robbed. one
anan arrested was Identified Others
are held on suspicion.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

vineland. N. J. Antonio Broc.
90. II years old. while trying 10
keep his brothers from cIirnbInr into
the rear Of a farm wagon, ioa, his bal,
anee and. falling 10 The ground. was
run over Ills death followed Ia e few
hours.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
10000 Rnturn b Wnr.

Cleveland. ohio-It ls yariously esti-
mated that fully 10000 employees
returned 10 work in Cleveland Mon.
day as a result Of general resump-
ton OF commercial activity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16
To Reduce Hardships
of ". s. Army Life

lege Of normal life, is impossible.
To permit all to marry Ia equally i'm.
possible. The married private. as a
rule. is more than a burden-he is a
nuisance.
"Re-enllstment OF a married private
may properly be discouraged among
men Of this grade. But with non-com-
mlssioned officers II is different II is
these men that It Is necessary to re-
tain. II is these to whom It is desir.
able to give a distinct status. II must
be expected that at some age OF their
careers they will marry. II they can
not marry within the service, they viii
leave II and marry outside"
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

Washington, Jan. s.-Marriage and
more pay are part Of the inducements
by which Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief
OF stan, hopes to keep experienced
soldiers In the army. His suggestions
are embodied In a special report. made
at the request OF the president, and
published Thursday. He proposes TO
provide quarters for the married non.
commissioned Officers.
Married men In the army are un.
questionably n burden" he says. so
also are married officers. Neverthe.
less. marriage Is the normal condition
OF mankind. To hold q man in service
for 80 years. and deny him the privi-
tragedy is to be the sole defense. This
was made clear at the very outset of
the proceedings. when Mr.. Littleton
formally served notice that the for
mer plea OF not guilty was amended
by the specification that the defendant
was insane when the homicide was
committed.
The trial opened with little or no
ceremony and there was distinct evi-
dence of a slackening Of public inter
est. Admittance to the courtroom was
vigorously restricted and all day long
there were vacant benches In the cur
tailed quarters given over to specta-
tors. The only women allowed to be
present are the members of the de-
PENDANTS family and newspaper writ
ers. Artists. who were barred after
the FIRST few days Of the first trial.
were allowed to sketch to their
hearts content
Mrs. Evelyn ThAw was again the
center Of interest. even TO the exclu-
sion OF the defendant himself She
was followed by throngs OF curious
persons as she entered and left the
courthouse for the morning and aft
ernoon sessions. She did not attend
the night sitting. The long court
hours and the tedious monotony OF
the repeated jury examinations proved
intensely fatiguing.
Every possible convenience Is to
be provided for the Jurors, who are
To be locked up throughout the trial.
They are to be CHARTERED in one of the
fashionable hotels on Upper Broadway
and luncheon will be served at an
expensive downtown restaurant The
jury examinations: did not develop
such strong vein of unalterable opin.
lon as was anticipated and many OF
the talesmen were excused on other
grounds than bias based upon read
ing Of extensive reports Of the FIRST
trial
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

M pae0, Former Govern.
81 Horace A. Roles OF Iowa. who
d critically ~ from pneumonia. spent
q rG8ifl dsy end was reported bsttsr
aaoadey.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-01-16

Pullman Conductor II. r. Tharner
Of Cleveland, o., was standing in the
middle of the car Radcliffe when the
wreck occurred. That car was broken
in two and the conductor hurled into a
corn6eld, landing deep In mud, but es-
capped injury.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
LODGE ROOMS ARE
VIEWED BY LADIES
Appointments of the Structure
Are Most Elaborate of the
Order West of Chicago

STOCKTON, Nov. 27.-The new home
of the Stockton lodge of Elks No 21S,
which has just been completed at a
cost of $150,000, and which is admitted
to be by travelling Elks and decorators
the best equipped lodgeroom west of
Chicago, was thronged Wednesday
night with ladies. the occasion being
ladies' night for inspecting the hall.
The furnishings in the Iodgeroom
carpet with green silk velour window
drapery and tapestry to harmonize are
features of the handsome room. A
large circular dome in which are in
scribed ritualistic notices adorns the
ceiling and the Illuminating fixtures
ere importations of rare excellence.
The chairs for the exalted ruler and
associate officers consist of one large
solid mahogany frame, behind which
is hung silk velour drapery. Over
the chairs is large elk's head. the
gift of p. b. Fraser, a prominent banker
of this city. From tip to tip of antIers
is more than six feet, and the points
have been set with incandescent jets.
In addition to the Iodgeroom the Elks
have reception room, reading room,
cardroom. billiard room, buffet and ban
quet hail. In all the apartments the
wall tapestry is handmade especially
for the hall, and throughout the build
ing generally there is no architectural
feature which does not represent the
highest standard of excellence.
The dedication of the building will
be held in the near future. The annual
memorial service will be held on the
first Sunday in December in the lodge
room of the order, at which John L.
McNab of Mendocino will be the orator
of the day.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
GRAFT IN POLICE
COURT IS CHARGED
Chief Biggy Investigates CONF
plant Against Bailiff Nina
han and Attorneys ''Capper'

a case showing the conditions of
graft that exist around the police
courts is being investigated by Chief
are Bailiff Minahan OF Police Judge
capper.' for Attorney Walter Thomp
son. who has been in trouble on pre-
vious occasions
son of Mrs. Kate Arlington, better
saloon at Jackson street and Kearny.
was arrested few days ago on a
charge of vagrancy. The case was as
signed to Judge ShOrtalTs court. and
it is alleged that Bailiff Minahan in
troduced Mrs. Arlington to Henry. who
solicited the case on behalf of his
employer. Thompson.
Mrs. Arlington told Henry that she
always intrusted such matters to Mac
dOnough Bros. saloon keepers, OppG-
site the hall of justice. to which Henry
replied that they had no "pull with
the court and he could fix the case
for 800. The money was handed to
him and Thompson represented Lom-
bard at the trial of the case. Lom-
bard was convicted and Wednesday the
Judge sentenced him to serve 90 days
in the county Jail.
This so incensed Mrs. Arlington that
she made formal complaint to Chief
Biggy and when Judge Shortall was
notified of Henry's action he told him
yesterday never to enter his courtroom
again on pain of being thrown in Jail
for contempt.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Stays BAR TENDER
AND THEN HIMSELF
George LAWN, Angry and Jeal=
Gus, Enacts Double Tragedy
in His Home
MortaIly Wounds j. F. Wilbur
Sarman and SlaShes His Own
Throat With Razor

Crazed with jealousy, George LAWN.
a furniture salesman, shot and fatally
wounded J. F. Wilbur Sarman a. bar
tender. and then committed suicide by
'slashing his throat with a razor yes
terday afternoon. Sarman died last
night. The shooting and the suicide
were the elimination of a Quarrel
LAWN had with Sarman two weeks ago.
when LAWN was arrested on complaint
of Sarman for disturbing the peace. At
that time LAWN accused Sarman who
roomed in the Lawn home at 241O Mis-
sion street, of paying attentions to his
wife. Mrs. Belle LAWN. Heated words
were exchanged between the two men
and Sarman was chased out of the
house by the angry husband of Mrs.
LAWN with a razor
Following LAWNS arrest Sarman- was
ordered to leave the house. This the
latter refused to do until LAWN re-
funded rent money that he claimed
was due him. Since the arrest of LAWN
and his being bound over to keep the
peace he has been very sullen. Yes
terday morning his wife gave him her
watch TO pawn in order that he might
pay Sarman $6 which was demanded
before he would leave the LAWN home.
Instead of paying Sarman, LAWN used
the money in purchasing a revolver
from the loan Office of A. Sommer, 22S9
Mission street
shortly before 2:S0 o'clock yesterday
afternoon LAWN went to Sarman's room
and knocked on the door. Sarman re-
fused to open the door when he learned
who was knocking, and LAWN then
fred a shot from a .3S caliber revolver
With the firing of the shot Sarman
ierked the door open anc grappled with
LAWN. Mrs. LAWN attempted to wrest
he revolver from her husband, but
vas unable to prevent him firing three
shots at Sarman.
Seeing his victim reeling toward the
stairway LAWN then turned the re-
volver on himself and pulled the trig
ger The cartridge failed to explode
and LAWN then walked to his own bed
room, where he secured a razor He
drew the sharp blade across his throat,
severing the jugular vein and the caro-
It'd artery. With the blood streaming
down his breast LAWN walked from
his bedroom to the kitchen, where he
fell dead at the feet of Mrs Mary
Ritchey, relative