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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
CONFESSES TO
MURDER Of SIX
MICHIGAN SUSPECT TELLS OF
OF THE CRIMES HE HAS
COMMITTED.

DOWAGIAC, Mich, May 22.-In the
arrest in this city yesterday of James
Brinningstall, charged with the MUIR
der of David Huff, an aged resident of
the Hopkins addition, who died under
mysterious circumstances nearly a
year ago, Deputy Sheriff Henry L..
Rutter and Prosecuting Attorney
Bressham have uncovered no less than
half dozen other murders, all of
which are laid at the door of the same
man.
To all save the David Huff murder
in this city Brinningstall confessed
last night, after he had been locked in
cell in the city Jail. Remorse for
his past deeds seemed to completely
overcome him, and he could not say
enough about his past. He told Rut-
ter how he had served time in at least
two different state prisons for murder
and how he had committed other muir
ders, for which he was never arrested.
Here is list Of murders for which he
was accused:
Two brothers named O'Brien in
Missouri, for which he was never ar
rested.
Man named Johnson in Arkansas.
Unknown conductor on railroad in
Missouri
Two unknown men in a tent in Ar
zona
He served seven years in prison in
Missouri for the murder of the rail-
'oad conductor, and in Arkansas was
'eleased on parole from the state pris-
IN at Little Rock.
BY close questioning Rutter sue
.eeded in connecting Brinningstall
With the death of Smith Hotrum,
whose body was found in the Dow
giac creek in February last.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
INDICTED ON
SEVERAL CHARGES
a TRUE SILL ALSO RETURNED
AGAINST MRS. GUINNESS.
WOMAN DEAD.

LAPORTE, Ind, May 22.-In re-
turning seven true bills against Ray
Lamphere this afternoon the Larorte
county goIl jury also indicted AIR..
Belle Guinness for the murder ii An
drew Heigeleln. Of Mansfield. No
warrant was issued for Mrs Guinness,
as she was declared Officially dead b.
the verdict OF Coroner MacK but in
order to vote true bill against Lam
phere as an accessory in the killing Of
Helgelein it was necessary to indict
Mrs. Guinness as the principal Lam
phere now stands officially charged
with arson, five murders and being
an accessory in the Helgelein murder.
In the indictment for arson it is
charged that "Lamshere unlawfully,
feloniously, willfully and maliciously
set fire to a certain dwelling house OF
the value of $4,000, the property of
one Belle Guinness, whereby said
dwelling was burned and entirely con-
sumed to the damage of said Belle
Guinness, in the sum of $4,000
Separate bills were voted against
Lamphere for the murder in the first
degree of Mrs. Belle Guinness and her
three children.
Lamphere was not arraigned, and
this will probably not be done until
the cases are set for trial. Bench |
warrants issued by Judge J. G. Rich
ter, were served on Lamphere in jail
this evening. He expressed but slight
surprise as the returning of the indict-
ments had been anticipated.
The digging today, under the direc-
ton of Sheriff Shutter, resulted in
the unearthing of a human skull,
which tonight it was said had been
decided upon as belonging to one of
he bodies dug up in in the chicken
Yard two weeks ago.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
PRESIDENT MAY
KILL MEASURE
NOT IMPROBABLE THAT RoosE.
WELT WILL VETO THE PUB
Lie BUILDING ACT.

WASHINGTON, May 21.-President
Roosevelt already has taken notice"
of the s32 100000 public building bill,
although that measure is still in con-
ference between the two houses of
Congress. He today asked Secretary
Cortelyou to prepare a report on the
measure to guide him in determining
whether to sign Or veto it. Mr.. Cor
telyou is asked to include in his re-
port, first whether the condition of
the public funds justifes so large an
expenditure for public buildings at
this time; second, the amount of flu
ture expenditure which will be made
necessary to complete the new pro-
jects authorized in the measure; and,
third, an opinion based on the expert
judgment of the supervising architect
of the Treasury as to the necessity
for each of the projects provided for.
That there is a connection between
the Presidents desire to be fully in
formed as to the public building bill
and his deisre to have passed an anti
injunction bill and also his desire to
have bills passed granting a subsidy
for ocean steamers, is declared to be
most obvious. 1t is conceded that no
measure passed at this session is more
toothsome to members of both houses
than the public building bill The
of having this bill vetoed
would cause emphatic concern and
alarm; meantime, the President is con-
tinuing his personal work with MEM
bers to induce action on the anti-in-
junction proposition and to persuade |
House members that the Senate sub
sidy provision contained in the post
office appropriation bill should be ac-
cepted.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
BLOWS HEAD OFF
WITH SHOT GUN
BEN YELL TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
NEAR MISUNDERSTANDING
WAS UNBALANCED.

MANCHESTER, Tenn, May 21.-
Tuesday mornig about a. NJ, near
Carmel in'the Ninth district of Coffee
county, Ben Yell committed suicide by
blowing the top of his head off with a
shot gun.
His father was sleeping with him
and was awakened by the REPORT of
the gun. His mind had been unbal-
anced for some time, but no thought
of such a terrible ending was enter
tanned.
Mr.. Yell was about 35 years Of age,
and of very prominent and respect
ed family of this county He leaves
a wife and two children. Interment
took place at the Carmel cemetery
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
BOYS DROWNED
NEAR COOKEVTLLE
CANOE SINKS WITH IT'S ocCU.
PANTS, WHO WE'RE ROW.
ING IN MILL POND.

C0OKEVILLE, Tenn, May 21.-One
of the saddest occurrences in the his.
tory of this county was the drowning
yesterday morning of Carl Rice, aged
10, and Ammon Massa, aged IA, in the
mill pond at JEFF Gentry's mill in the
Eighth civil district in this county.
Carl Rice, Ammon Massa and Edgar
Hickey three neighbor boys, were
enjoying themselves in canoe in the
mill pond, when the canoe sank and
Rice and Massa were drowned, but
Hickey managed to swim out,
The bodies of the other boys were
not recovered for two hours. Carl
Rice was a son of ]. A. Rice, and Am
mon Massa a son of Travis Massa,
two prominent farmers of the Eighth
district.
The sad occurrence has cast a gloom
over that entire section Of the county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
CAR WRECKED
BY EXPLOSION
CLEVELAND RIOTERS AGAIN USE
DYNAMITE, AND TWO PEo-
PIE ARE HURT.

| CLEVELAND, o., May 21.-A ter
rife explosion at Euclid avenue and
Mayfield road wrecked a speeding
Euclid car, two passengers being Sc.
riously injured.
H. F. Micheler, 1910 Euclid avenue,
was picked from the debris uncon-
scious and rushed in police automo-
bile to the Lakeview barns. His leg
was found to be broken A woman,
seriously hurt and cut, was spirited
away by friends.
Police hurried to the scene in au-
tomobiles and dubbed off a crowd of
1000 which attacked the motorman
and conductor, VIM. Carey and
Charles Jordan.
An East One Hundred and Fifth
street car, with fifteen passengers on
board. was thrown from the track at
Morrison street tonight by a dynamite
explosion. The passengers were
thrown about and bruised Two wom-
en- were trampled under foot when
thy tainted.
Arbitration, if not rejected by the
strikers, may bring about the end of
the strike of conductors and motor
men of the Municipal Traction Com.
pany, operating all the car lines in this |
city, before another night.
A vote is to be taken tomorrow, 1t |
IS expected.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
FOUL SANDERS
MALIGNANT TONGUE
BUSY WITH MEN SEEKING 5lsH-
oPRics FROM METHODIST
CONFERENCE.

BALTIMORE, Nd. May 24.-The
Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence. now current, win doubtless be
long remembered for the number and
peculiar character Of the attacks that
have been made upon candi-
dates for the Bishopries to
be filed. Thus far four men
have suffered more or less by reason
of the circulation among the delegates
of stories, some of them very vague
and not all of them told with their
proper and just explanation.
The most pronounced sufferer has
been Rev. DR.. Charles L. Goodell, of
Calvary Church, New York. A story
that falsely,represented Rev. DR.. Will
liam A. Quayle as having in his youth
acted the part Of a jilt, apparently
hurt him for a time, but the reaction
brought by the statement of the truth
has been markedly to his advantage.
A similar result is probable in the
case of Rev. DR.. Joseph Hingeley, Sec
rotary of the Conference, against
whom a resident of the doctors home
city, Minneapolis, attempted to influ-
ence delegates-and succeeded for a
time-by means Of kilograms declar-
ing that Minneapolis was astonished
at the prominence given DR.. Hingeley
in the balloting. A fourth candidate.
who has been made the victim Of
story partly told, is Rev. DR.. George
P. Eckman, pastor of St. Poul's
Church, New York.
It is not unlikely that the tenth bal
lot, which will be counted early tomor- |
row morning and announced at the +,
Conference upon its reassembllng, will |
result in the election of two more !
Bishops, leaving four to be chosen.
Bishops and prominent delegates to
he Conference today again occupied
he pulpits of nearly all the Protes-
ant churches in Baltimore and the
contiguous country, and each was lis
ened to by large congregation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
TEN KILLED; FIFTY
REPORTED INJURED
COLLISION BETWEEN LARGE
TROLLEY CARS FOLLOWS
DERAILMENT.

PHILADELPHIA May 24-Ten
persons are reported killed and more
than fifty hurt, many Of them danger
ously, in collision between two large
trolley cars on the Chestnut Hill
branch of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company lines in the extreme
northern section of the city tonight
A trolley car going north jumped the
track on heavy grade and was struck
by an inbound car on the adjoining
track.
Both cars were damned with pas
and few escaped injury.
SuhscribA Nfor Tha Earald
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29

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any cause, apply DR.. Thomas Eclec-
tril OIL Pain can't stay where It Is
used.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
ON THE VERGE.
Many a Columbia Citizen Brought
Back From the Brink.

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
FIFTY KILLED IN
RAILROAD WRECK
EXPRESS TRAIN IN BELGIUM
CRASHES INTO AN E&cUR-
SION PARTY.
FEARFUL SLAUGHTER RESULTS
Forty-one Known Dead And Seventy
Nine Wounded So Far
Revealed.

ANTWERP. May 21.-The worst
railroad catastrophe ever recorded in
Belgium took place near Contich. six
miles southeast of Antwerp, today,
when, because of a misplaced switch,
the Antwerp Express, running fifty
miles an hour, crashed into a train
loaded pilgrims on a siding. Every
car of the pilgrim train, excepting tn,
foremost one, waj telescoped. The
care were literally ground to pieces
aud practically all the passengers
were either killed or badly injured.
About fifty dead already have been
removed from the wreck, and succor
is being extended to more than one
hundred injured.
Surgeons, doctors and nurses ar
rived early from Antwerp at the scene
of the wreck. Shrieking and helpless
wounded persons were still pinned
under the debris and the scene was
one Of horror. The station at Contich
has been converted into temporary
morgue and hospital, and is rapidly
filling up with the dead and wounded
Everything possible is being done to
alleviate the suffering of the injured
All the clergy and physicians on Con
itch and the soldiers from the neigh
boring barracks are taking part In the
work. In addition to the surgeons
who hurried down from Antwerp, an
ambulance corps from Amiens also is
on the scene.
1t now appears that the locomotive
Of the express train jumped the track
and plunged into and completely
wrecked the last three passenger
coaches of the train on the siding
This train was carrying an excursion
If pilgrims to a local shrine.
The work of extricating the dead
md wounded from the debris appalled,
even the stoutest of the rescuers.
Many of the bodies had completely
ost all human shape, and were re.
luced to pulp, heads, arms and legs
having been ground off by the wheels
md scattered through the wreckagc.
Three decapitated bodies were found
wenty feet from the track.
Up to o'clock this afternoon forty
ne dead and seventy-nine wounded
ad been recovered.
The occupants of the cars swere
lostly workmen and peasants. There
re several women among the dead.
A second-class coach was ever
1rned by the force of the impact.
he bodies of the wounded were so
inned down by wreckage that the
9scuers had to make use of axes 10
ct the victims free.
The signal man at Continch saw
lat his switch was not working Just
the Antwerp express came thun-
ering down the line. He leaped
ON the train of his signal station
Id heroicaily ran down the track to.
ard the oncoming train, waving
d flag His efforts, however were
o late to avert disaster. The en-.
neer and the fireman of the express
ain were killed outright.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
GREAT WELCOME
IN OLD ROBERTSON
cARMAcK HAS BIG MAJORITY OF
ENORMOUS AUDIENCE IN
BLACK PATCH.
ONE THOUSAND IN THE PARADE
Sturdy Tobacco Planters Rally to The
Banner OF The Temperance
Champion.
(5y SAMUEL J. sTocKARo9
(In Nashville Tennessean.)

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn, May 21.-
There were two features of today's
debate between the guberpatorial can
didates in this solid and substantial
town of many beautiful homes.
One was most pleasant to Senator
Carmack, and that was the enormous
majority the red colors had in the big
crowd, the preponderance being esti-
mated all the way from four to ten TO
one
The other feature was not so pleas
ant to the Senator. for he was de-
prived of half his fifteen minutes re-
joinder by the presiding officer, the
Hon. Grip" True, a Patterson man.
Without casting any reflections, it
is an indisputable fact that Senator
Carmack had not spoken over seven
minutes when he was informed that
his time had expired. At least TWEEN
ty-four men who had timed the Sen
ator when he arose for his rejoinder,
anu every OuG VI CHcM uCCldICu luC
Senator had not spoken seven min
utes when Mr.. True's gavel fell.
Stopped After Seven Minutes.
Senator Carmack himself said he
had not spoken seven minutes, and
he was astounded when he was told
his time was up.
He pulled his watch out of his peck.
ct, looked at it, and, turning to Mr..
True, said: why, l haven't spoken
but seven minutes yet"
A perfect storm of protest were
hurled at the presiding officer from
the crowd, and DR.. White, a prom
inent physician of the town, asked |
Mr.. True for his picture"
Senator's Friends Protest.
Many of the Senator's friends were
so indignant that they hooted at the
presiding officer numerically, and he /
responded by saying that he had been |
chosen by the "red gang" as we'll as
by the Governors friends to preside /
over the meeting, but he didn't care
if the Senator spoke all night"
Mr.. True was mistaken in saying
that he had been chosen by the "red
gang" to preside. One of Senator
Carmacks friends tossed a coin with
a Mr.. Dorsey, Mr.. True's law part
ner, to see which side should name
the referee, and Mr.. Dorsey won.
The Patterson committee then Sc
lected Mr.. True to preside.
only Half Through.
Snator Carmack was making the
usual rejoinder that he has made In
substance at almost every appoint
ment for the last four weeks, and hal
gotten just halfway through it when
he was stopped. {
All who have been following the de- t
bates and were familiar with the
speeches, especially the newspaper
men, were quite as astonished as /
Senator Carmack when the latter was e
old his time was up. C
After the Senator had protested a
against being cut off by telling the a
)residing officer that he had only con- v
umed seven minutes, he was finally e
to begin again, but he had v
lot spoken two minutes when the Il
,avel raped again, and Mr.. True in fl
ormed the Senator that his time hal c.
xpired.
Senator Carmack threw his hands g
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29
Magnificent Parade.


1t was, also one of the most beauti-
full parades that has been given, and
It has not been surpassed anywhere
in point of beauty, Eleven monster
floats, gorgeously and artistically dec
GRATED, carried the fairest of old Rob
ertson's daughters, and with the thir-
ty-six beautiful young ladies who
marched on foot, they presented
picture enhancing and pleasing, in
deed.
Senator Carmack was moved with
pride and gratitude at the grand well
come given him, and expressed his
thanks profusely to the hundreds of
men and women who visited him at
his hotel after the demonstration
Three.Fourts Wore Red.
When the morning train arrived at
The Springfield station, there were
probably 1000 people at the depot to
greet the candidates, and three-fourths
of them wore red badges,
The crowd was wildly enthusiastic.
md both men were escorted to their
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-29

hotels by large reception committees,
Senator Carmaek going 10 the Com
meTciaL and Governor Patterson to
me Albion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-09-03
BOY WON'T WEAR SHOES,
SAYS 1T CAN'T BE DONE

New York-Michael Salalakha's an
tipathy to shoes and stockings was one
OF the causes of his appearance in chill
drcn's court He made his barefooted
way to the bar OF the court and Judge
Mayo welcomed him with so much
warmth that Michael Salalakha was
iemboldened to tell his story Immediate
lN without waiting for the interview
ton OF the testimony of the arresting
policeman, the agent of the Society for
The Prevention of Cruelty to Children
and the other functionaries who usual
ly have word or two to say before a
defendant in children's court is permit
ted to interpose his defense.
They grabbed me. judge said
Michael. whose red hair and freckles
did not reach quite to the top of the
judges bench, because was running
barefoot and picking rags Maybe i
shouldn't have picked rags but there
isn't any reason why can't go bare
foot. is there. judge"
II believe there is no law touching
that point. the judge answered in
diligently. Its hard to wear shoes and
stockings in hot weather, isn't it,"
III amt only hard. 1t can't be done, .
said Michael. I'D rather go to Jail
than have to wear shoes. I'm a colln-
try boy and I'm not used to Shoes
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-09-03

part OF tiie circulating iRsaiusr ms
guaranty law. therefore. brings the great :
est good to the greatest number. as we'll
us to those who have the -,relte. equity
upon their side
Stakeholder the Man.
There is another reason why the claim
of the depositor is superior to tEe fiaiii
of the stakeholder. The Stoekhol..er has u
voice in the selection Of the bank officials
the depositor has not. Il amy must
lose, therefore. as the result Of bad Ialun-
agcinent, ii ought to lie The slocisholder
rather than the deposll'sr. Aud. ! scn-
ture 10 ask, II the bankers wili not trust
each other why should they expect the
depositors to trust the banks
submit that in this effort to make all
banks secure. tho democrat tic narty is he
champion of the farmer. the lahoring
man. the business man. tho PROFESSIONAL
man. and the champion Of the banker as
Well No class is outside OF the benefits
of this law, for it bcstows its blessings
upon all.
Why has the republican i,alty beer SO
quick TO respond to the demands of Wall
street and 50 slow to yield To the demands
of the masses" There are two reasons:
First, the republicans party has allowed
itself to become the servant OF TIL. favor
seeking corporations, and second. too
many republican leaders look AT questions
from the aristocratic STANDPOINT. the
standpoint of the fewrather than from
the democratic standpoint The. standpoint
of the many. They egislate upon the
theory that society is suspended from the
top and they fail. therefore, TO under-
stand either the evils that ;,fiiict The body.
polite, or the remedies tlaat are needed.
The democratic party. viewiinG questions
from the standpoint of tha whole people
easily sees that which republican headers
do not discover, ana It's; remedies hesln
with the relief of the average, man. This
is the secret ii secret there ,a or the
prinacy of our party IA matters 81 re-
form.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-09-03
Truth and
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