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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
DISASTERS KILL 1000.
Ship Brings News of Chinese Ty-
phoon and Mine Accident.

" Victoria, B. C.-Disasters involving
the loss of 1000 lives-1,000 in
a typhoon and flood in Hankow,
and an equal number in a coal mine
fire in Kwangsi-were reported from
China Thursday in messages brought
by the Japanese liner Shinono, just
in from the Orient. The typhoon
swept the Kan river valley with un-
usual violence, reducing hundreds Of
boats to kindling wood. A flood fol-
lowed. The work of relieving the
survivors and recovering the bodies
had just been begun when the Shi-
mono sailed.
- OF the mine disaster little was
known.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
KILLS FAMILY;
WOUNDS SELF
soNiN.LAW OF U. s. JUDGE LIES
IN ROOM OF DEATH ALL
DAY-CALLS AID.
SAYS He LIVED UNHAPPILY
Wanted to Know Wife and Daughters
Were Dead, Too, Before Suicide
-Shoestrine Stops
Cries.

Owensound, Ont.-Triple murder
and attempted suicide with the
daughter and two granddaughters
of United States Judge Edward w.
Harris of Port Huron, Mich, as the
victims, was revealed here late Tues
day night, when James F. Creighton,
suffering from a self-inficted bullet
wound, drew his weakened frame to
and open window and called to neigh.
bors: "I've killed my wife and her
daughters, and I'm dying, too"
But Creighton only spoke part in
truth. His wife and her two daughters
had been slain, but he himself will
linger to expiate his crime.
List of Dead.
The dead: Mrs. James F. Creighton,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Boston LAWYER MISSING.

Boston, Mass.-William J. Mitch
ell, a lawyer of this city, who was a
passenger on the steamer Bay State,
for Portland, last Saturday night, was
reported missing Monday. In the opin-
ion Of the officers Of the steamer, the
man either fell or jumped overheard.
A case in the superior criminal court
against Mitchell on an incident charg-
ing him with the forgery of a mort
gage note was to have been begun
Monday.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Landseekers REGISTERING.

Boise, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the
opening of $4,000 acres of land
under the Salmon river-Twin Falls ir-
rigation project opened at Twin Falls
Friday morning and before noon 1,4O0
landseekers had registered, depositing
nearly half a million dollars. Five
thousand people are already on hand
for the drawing, which takes place
Monday under the provisions of the
Carey act. Nearly every state in the
union is represented.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
PIRATE SHIP HEARD FROM.
Sends Wireless to Confederates In
New York.

New York;. G.. Bailey, head
of the defunct Export Shipping
Co., who fed America and his cred
itors on the old Clyde steamship Colds
boro, is in communication with con-
federates in New York by wireless,
and in consequence those interested
In his capture will make known none
of their plans in the future.
The Merchants association met
Friday at ITO Broadway to discuss
means for Bailey's capture, and it
was declared that the British govern
ment had instructed the commanders
of wal vessels at British Honduras to
keep a sharp lookout for the snip.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
RaiIroad Stock to Hospital.

London-Lord Mount Stephen, for
Iner president of the Canadian Pa
cihc railway, who had previously
donated 1000, 900 to the King Edward
hospital fund, has now further donat-
ed 5000 shares of the Great Northern
Railroad Co. Of the United States to
the same fund.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Political Prisoners Freed.

Lima, Peru-The supreme Judge
here has ordered twelve political
prisoners, including one American, to
be set at liberty as in no way impli-
Gated in the recent instruction, of
which DR.. Durand was the leader. Sew
eral senators and deputies, who are
still imprisoned as political suspects,
have appealed to the supreme court
against prosecution by the military
judges.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Wyoming Sheriff Killed.

Laramie, Wyo.-Sheriff Alfred
Bath of this city was killed Fri
day afternoon 80 miles west of town
by a man named Summers from Wal.
den, Col. Summers is still at large,
having escaped with posses pursuing
him. Summers had held up and
robbed his employer at Walden, taking
his pistol and beating him yer the
head with 1t. Bath sought to arrest
Summers, who shot him dead.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
ARMY WANTS ONE SHOT.
Could Blow FIorida's Turret to Pieices
at 5000 Yards.

Washington. D. CAS- a result
of the test of the Pinch proJectile
on the turret of the Florida Wednes-
day, the army and navy have divided.
The coast artillery officers insist that
the shell did not explode and that if
the defamation had been perfect the
turret would have been destroyed.
Naval officers insist ,nat there was at
least a partial defamation.
Coast artillery officers have asked
for just one shot at the Florida to
demonstrate their contention that they
could blow the turret to pieces at 5000
yards.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
DeImar Jockey Club Loses.

Washington, D. C.-By the supreme
court of the United States Mon
day dismissing the application for it to
review the proceedings in the state
courts, the Delmar Jockey Club of St.
Louis lost out in its final fight to pre-
vent Attorney Geenral Hadley from
ousting it.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Death Emblem for Vodka.

St.. Petersburg-The duma commits
sion. which has had under considera-
tidn the drink question, has reported
in favor OF replacing the imperial
eagle on the labels of vodka bottles
by the skull and cross-bones and ap-
propriate warnings against indulgence.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Guinness CIeW Fails.

Vernon, Texas-Jules G. Truel-
son, Jr., who is in Jail here on a
forgery charge, has repudiated the
confession signed by him and mailed
to Sheriff Shutter of Laporte, Ind, in
which he admitted completely in many
murders committed by Mrs. Belle Gun
ness.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
BRYAN Captures West VIRGINIA.

Wheeling, w. Va.--The conven-
ton Of West Virginia Democrats,
to select the big four" to the Denver
convention. met here at moo Thurs
day and named four men with ironclad
instructions to sunDort w. J. Bryan.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Smell VIII Set Aside.

Clinton. m.-The jury in the
Smell case brought in a verdict
at / o'clock this morning setting aside
the will, after being out but six hours.
The jury was unanimous, 1t declaring
its belief that Col. Smell was insane.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Sunday School safe stolen.

st. Louis-Rev. w. F. Andrews. pas
tor of Centenary church, Sixteenth
and Pine streets, reported to the po'
lice that an iron safe, containing $22,
had been stolen from his desk in the
Sunday school room.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Riders scrape Tobacco Beds,

Paducah, Ky.-Night riders scrapea
the tobacco plant beds of Thorn
as Houser, the first depreciation
of the band in McCracken county. Two
neighbors received notices to join the
s~~sociatinn at onna,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Red River Victims Recovered.

Durant, Okla.-From the Red
river Friday were recovered the bod
les Of ]. M. Hollis, his wife, his child
and his mother, who we're drowned
just above Denison. The child was
locked in its mothers arms.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
EIoplna Princess Located.

Lucerne-Princess Amelie Louise OF
Furstenberg and Gustave Kozian, an
employee Of an automobile Arm, with
whom the princess recently eloped, ac-
companied by Kozian's mother, have
arrived here.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Koch to Visit Lspsrs.

Honolulu-It was announced here
Wednesday that Professor Robert
Koch, the famous German bacteri-
ologist, will soon pay a visit to the
leper settlement on the island Of Mo-
lokai. p.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Bryan Loses Now Hampshire.

Concord, N. H.-New Hampshire
Democrats, at their state conven
ton Wednesday, voted almost
unanimously MOTTO instruct their dele
gates to vote for William J. Bryan at
the Denver convention.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
La Gualra still Closed.

Willsmstad-A Dutch steamer which
arrived here brought, the information
that the port of La Guaira still re-
NAMED closed on account of the APP
p~earance Of new cases of the plague.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Bow Drowned While sathlno.

Taylor, Tex.-While a party of boys
were bathing in Flag Springs tank.
one mile east Of Taylor, Ward Tai
ley. the 16-year-old son of r. H. Tai
ley, was drowned.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
hawanan National Guard.

Ho%nolulu-A company of nation
al guard of Hawaii is about to
be organized by the Chinese-American
young men in Honolulu.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05

of the South Carolina, and Is the first
attempt of the American government
to construct a vessel to carry as many
heavy guns of wen caliber as the dis
placement will permit.
In Class With Dreadnaught.
The displacement of the Michigan Is
10000, as against the nominal 1900
tons of the English Dreadnaught class.
Her main battery will include eight 12-
inch rifles and two submerged torpedo
tubes. She is the biggest ship in the
navy. On the main deck will be four
t%urrets, one turret less than the Dread
naught, but from these turrets the
eight 12-inch guns, it is said, will be
able to fire as many guns broadside as
can be fired from the turrets of the
Dreadnaught.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05
Mauretania Sets New Record

New York, June 1.-THE Cunard
liner Mauretania broke the record over
the long courses from Queenstown to
this port, covering the distance in
four days 20 hours and Is minutes,
with an average speed of 24.S6 knots,
according to a wireless dispatch re-
ceived by the Cunard Line Co. from
the steamship late Monday night. The
Mauretania's record is sever minutes
better than the high record held by
her sister ship, the Lusitania.
The Mauretania, according to the
wireless report sent by Capt. Pritch-
ard, passed the Sandy Hook lightship
at 1850 Monday night. The Maure-
tania's log showed that she made 635
knots Sunday, which is the best days
record ever made by a Transatlantic
steamship. The record of the Maure-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-05

tania is considered most remarkable,
in view of the fact that she covered
the course with only three of her four
p%ropellers in operation.
The M%auretania's log showed that
she covered 1880 knots.
The wireless report received from
the Mauretania Monday night states
that the Cunarder passed Daunt's
rock at 4:35 a. M, Thursday, May %,
and up to loon of that day covered
202 knots. The log further shows that
the Mauritania covered up to noon
of the goth 621 knots, up to noon
May 80, $40 knots; up to noon, May
81, 635 knots; up to noon, June l.,
COS knots, and from that time until
she passed Sandy Hook light vessel,
207 knots, making a total of 1880
knots.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15
BANKER BUYS MORTGAGE
FOR PADRES ASPHALT.
Didn't Know Whether Seller Owned
Mortgage On Asphalt Eilher-Papsr
Has Disappeared.

Sight unseen," as the old say
ing goes, was probably the manner
in which A c. Tisdelle. a private
banker of Chicago, purchased a
mortgage for the asphalt on the
| upper end of Padre Island some
time ago. He gave $1,000 for this
mortgage to a man who, from re
ports, had no title to it. The mort
gage itself las disappeared.
The following testimony was
brought out in bankruptcy pro-
ceedings in Chicago the other day,
Tisdelle himself being on the stand:
"How long has your name been
Tisdell?"
Always"
Have you a brother in Detroit
who is lawyer and who calls him
self E J. Tisdale?"
re may spell his name that
way, but the right way to spell it
is Tisdelle."
Do you own mortgage on the.
Padre Island in the Gulf of Mex
leo, off Brownsville, Tex.?"
l have mortgage on the as
phalt which may be found on the
island. I received it from w. F
Brink, whom l loaned $4,000.
Later 1 transferred this mortgage
to Mr.. Adair.
When was this $40. 900 loan
made to Mr.. Brink"
May IA. 1907"
Has it ever been paid?"
No"
Have you got an abstract of
title to the island?"
No; 1 saw one, but Brink Dor
rowed it from ME and never re
turned it,
Where is Brink now?"
Il think in St. Louis.
Did you ever hear that Brink
never owned the island?"
mo"
So far as can be learned no man
pamed Brink ever owned any por-
ton of Padre Island.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY Is. 1905.

THE San Antonio Light claims
that its city is unique in the fact
that it does not have signs on the
street corners givingthe names OF
the streets. Maybe so, but the
streets are so crooked and irregular
that reading of the signs wouldn
be of much interest to the stranger,
for be can hardly keep up with
himself as it is, and the mixture
of names would only add to his
confusion. charlottesville Herald.
1t would cost the Alamo bunch
a few thousand a year to keep up
with their unique method of NAM
ing streets. Every time a prom
iuent man dies. or the mayor
makes a speech. or councilman
gets bill passed. they change the
picturesque name of some old street
and tack new handle to it. The
next change looked for in that
graveyard for travelling ruen is the
changing of Dolorosa street to
Finerty avenue.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15

SAN ANTONIO is clamoring for
she removal of all telephone,
telegraph and electriclighting poles
That isn't Brownsville. This city
wants to see them erected. -
Brownsville Herald
In the foregoing is text and a
sermon boiled down into less than
thirty words. What one COM
munity is hammering against. ano-
ther is clamoring for. 1t all
depends on the point of view. local
lied. The same rule applies to
men-and therefore. today, we
have the plethora of new isms"
and doctrines which live for day,
a f e r which-oblivion. Temple
Telegram.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15

Out in Texas they calculate that
John w. will probably make
enough to keep the Jackpot boil
ing" Another evidence of the
civilizing influences carried to the
Mexican border by Tennesseans,
for John w. would not sit in a
game where a long-barreled gun
beats four aces. Nashville Amer
lean.
The most exclusive organization
of the sort is the Jockey club of
England. This club has only
seventy members, including the
king.
Rub fork, spade, ak and other
tool handles with linseed oil on hot
days. They last longer and are
p.easanter to the hands.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15
TOLD OF SISTERS DEATH
WHILE IN COURTROOM.
Attorney ]. T. Canales Hears Sad News
But Continues Fight for Client.

While conducting the defense in
case before the district court this
morning, the Hon. J. 7. Canalee
received a telegram notifying MIN
that his 10 year-old sister had died
at Falfurrias. The news was a
great shock to Mr.. Canaies but be
continued his fight for plaintiff
despite the fact that his heart was
very heavy.
Attorney canaies' sister was Miss
Tomasita Canales, who lived with
her parents near Falfurrias. She
was, as stated. only IS years old.
She had been i'll for some days of
pneumonia, Mr.. Canales will go
to Falfurrias in the morning to
attend the funeral.
The officials of the district COURT
and attorneys all expressed great
sympathy for Mr.. Canales, when
they heard of his sad news. All of
Brownsville joins them in simila
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DEATH OF AGED LADY.
Mrs. Catherine MeGoyern. Many Years a
Resident Of Brownsville.

ne Angel OF Oedtu ttiiS InoInlhe
claimed one of the Oldest and best
known residents of Brownsville.
Mrs Catherine McGovern died al
7: Is a. M, at her home on Levee
street between 18th and 18th streets.
She had been i'll for about two
weeks with an attack of grippe,
which finally developed into acute
bronchitis. Her advanced age
rendered it impossible for her to
combat this dangerous disease. and
she breathed her last at the hour
named. Her son. Mr.. A. ]. Nc
Govern of this city, and her
daughter. Mrs. F. Abrego of San
Fordyce, were at her bedside. and
every means was used to prolong
the days of their loved parent, but
in vain.
Mrs. McGovern. nee Bennett.
was born in Queens county, Ire
land, having been brought to this
country when two years of age by
her parents. who settled at Troy,
N. Y. While still child, she re-
moved with her parents to New
Orleans, where she grew up. She
was married at the latter city to
Tomas H. McGovern. who was at
the time sheriff OF that parish.
After several years, Mr.. and Mrs.
McGovern moved to Galveston to
reside. Mr.. McGovern, after seeing
his little family safe at Galveston,
sailed back to New Orleans to set
tie up some business. He never
returned from that trip, having
been lost at sea in the wreck of the
steamer Nautilus, on which he sal
led, which went down in storm
on the Gulf of Mexico Aug. 10,
1854.
Mrs. McGovern moved to Browns
vile otter the close of the Civil
War ii which.her eldest son, then
a mere bow, who was the late Mr..
John McGovern of this city, served
the Confederate cause-moved tol
Is Brownsville with with her family
and resided heae. She resided here
during the remainder of her life |
Besides her son, Mr.. A. ]. Meow
.rn, and daughter. MRS. F.Abrego.
she leaves another daughter, Mrs. |
V. Lacy of Houston, the mother Of
Mrs. w. E. McDavitt of Browns
vile. Mrs. McGovern had made
many friends during her long re-
;idence in this section, who regret
ieeply to learn of her death. A.
hough SO advanced in years. she
lad seemed much younger, bearing
Ter years lightly. and it was hoped
hat she might have been spared
many years longer. Much SYM
'athy is felt for the sorrowing fam
ly.
The funeral will take place to-
morrow morning at half past eight !,
clock from her late residence on
,evee street, between 18th and i.
4th streets, with services at the /.
.atholic church.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15

The most exclusive organization
of the sort Is the Jockey club OF
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15

CITIZENS of Brownsville should
give all the support in the world
to the proposed volunteer fire
department. Brownsville Herald
And when you have gotten the
organization now proposed, don't
then, LET up on the support. -
Temple Telegram.
We won't thanks.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15

CUERo still persists in telling the
world that it has IL saloons and Is
LAWYERS. Il also mentions the fact
that il has a hide depot. All, hal"
said Fexy CUTLER as be bit his
-shrewd upper lip. The secr-r-et
IS outi'p
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15

OUR old college chum, Col. Bill
Sterret, has had his name in the
Saturday Evening Post. Bill, Bill!
Woe that you should attempt to
sit in the Spotlight
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15

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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-15
CONVECTION
CHARGE OF THEFT,
Only One Case Heard In District Court
Friday and Ano iher Saturday.

| Meinrad Schnelman, a German
boy aged about II or Is years, was
found guilty last night of the theft
of $3.50 from John Drummer of San
Benito. He was sentenced to two
years in prison.
Drummer was on the stand first
He told of having found his trunk
broken into and of the loss of $3.50
in gold and silver. A. Littlefield,
also a witness for the state, told of
having been informed OF the rob
berry by Drummer and of his notify
ing James Lockhart to be on the
lookout for Schnelman. Lockhart,
in turn. told of meeting Schnelman
and of his finding in the neighb
orhood of S265 on the boy person.
The state had no other witnesses.
Young Schnelman was his own
witness. He is unable to speak
English at all. He did not deny
taking the money, but said that he
had no intention of taking what
did not belong to him. He said
that all he wanted was his months
wages and that was the reason why
he took the money from Burners
trunk.
The jury was out only a short
time and brought back the verdict
mentioned.
Charles G.. Gates, son of the
famous John w. Gates of BET
you-a million" fame. has left Wall
street forever, he announces, and it
is said, will come to South Texas,
buy a large tract of property and
settle down as a gentleman rancher
and farmer. The older Gates is
now at Port Arthur, where he has
great interests, but the son intends
coming to the gulf country, it is
said. When the younger mil
lionaire was in San Antonio sew
eral weeks ago he astonished the
natives when he appeared on the
street in a green suit and bright
green felt nat.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-09-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

State Of West Virginia, Kanawiia
county IS:
At rules held in the Clerks office OF
kanawila county. on the first Monday in
The month OF August 1905.
Mary Robinson, plaintiff
vs.. III Chancery 40 80.
Willie {. Robinson. defeIldaur
1.-THE object of this suit Is 10 obtain =
divorce from the bond of matrimuuyl
This day came the plaintiff by hcr Al
tor,ley; and on his motion, and it ar-
bearing by a affidavit fled that Thu. de-
tendant is S nonresident OF this state. !,
IS ordered that he do appear within one
month after the date OF the FIRST publ
cation hereof and do what is necessary
to protect his interest i'll this suit.
Tcstc: ID. NJ. Shirley, Clerk.
L. r. CARTER. Sol.
NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS
To Willie c. Robinson, take Notice.
That OH the Stil day of September. \ n.
1908. between the hours of o o'clock r..
III. and 5 p. nj. at the law office Of +. h.
Garter, at 6o4l., kanawlla street. Char
lesion, West Virginia, I will take the
deposition oil myself and others. to he
read III evidence i'll my behalf i'll d Ger
tam suit Ill chanCerv Row pending IN the
Circuit court for the county of Kan
awha and State of West Virginia. ~,
which ami the Plaintiff and YOU are the
defendant
II from any cause the taking of sud
deposition shall not be commenced or
completed on the dav aforesaid. The
same shall be continued from ,lav TO ,iav
or from time to time, at the same place,
and between the same hours; until the
same shall be completed
MARY ROBINSON. by Counsel.
E. X. CARTER, Sol.