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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15
THE szEcHENYl CASTLE.

me sending OF q special correspon-
aent 10 the old, moldy castle of the
Szechenyi family, among the eyDsies
~ 'ne mountains, near Budapest, was
On adniraDle journalistic thought.
one could almost wish THAT the Van
derpiit family had gone to similar ex-
pehse prior to the marriage. Had
Ina, ,nat precaition been taken there IL
niue doubt that the marriage wopId
nave been called on
Actual visit and report upon the
location and the tumble down condi.
lion OF the old rockery confirm nv
opinion expressed in this coIumn ~
.ne .lHe or the wedding, that il is
,as IN the region of vampire he
iiei. instead Of believed i'm fairies ne
does Peter Pan" the eypsie.; of fhat
section OF Hungary aressure thai soma
men and women are vampires Mans
m aseu Daion and count keeps In his
, M hidden from intruding eyes.
me traditional toX of clay into which
ms soul may find retreat when he
va, saii'pife demon takes possession or
ms pony ana drives his soul anar.
ION the flesh. Somebody an,onc
aa,,, GLADYS old chums ought to
send nsr copy of Bran Stoker's re-.
III vampire novel. "Dracu,o ;.
ne day after she has read that hook
s . VIII move into Budapest and fake
looiiis at the Hotel Hungaria. or ouite
as likely take the Paris express fo,.
nome, The little countess win NO.
una Inc spooky castle "a comfortable
as lie Brea6trs.'-Julius Chambers
In the Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15

The king wolf of the southwest"
huge brute that has terrorized the
leXas Panhandle for years, has been
captured at last. He was caught
barehanded by plainsman wolf
catcher, who ran him down on a fleet
bronco. says a Dallas dispatch in the
New York Herald.
The career or Dog Eater" rs the
old wolf is called, and his final arrest
will go down as one of the classic an
imal stories of the West.
Old Dog Eater today is chained to
an iron stake sunk deep in the ground
short distance ont of Groom, Texas.
He trots resllessy. dragging the chain.
ana now and then vent his feelings
in prolonged bowls OF rage and grief.
Dozen oil persons have been TO see
him at his lether. standing always at
respectful distance Everyone says
he is the largest wolf that ever loped
across the plans or killed a mastir
dog So immense is he that the wolf
looks almost like n bronco at little
distance.
me business men of Groom. which
was the center OF the VOLTS depre-
dations. offered reward in cash for
his capture, dead o. alive, and George
Whatley. who captured him, is the
hero of the Panhandle today.
Tie name OF the gigantic wolf was
won by his fondness for dog flesh as
food No dog could face him in COM
bat and escape He has been known
to gallop into the heart of one of the
prairie towns. select some large dog.
fly at him, kill him in moment 8
time, and make meal OF the carcass
l!cfore the terror stricken public could
iii hand to kill the pest.
In his day Dog Later has met. van
pushed and eaten the flercest dogs
OF that part OF Texas. No canine,
whether bull dog, mastiff, bloodhound
Great Dane or what not. could hope to
escape if once he crossed the path of
the ferocious wolf.
II is estimated that in Groom alone
sixty dogs, many of them valuable
0niaiels. have been Killed to furnish
banquets for Dog Eater. Daylight
and darkness were alike TO him. Of
ten he has been seen. his eyes blaz-
ing, his white teeth cleaning, and
his bushy tail waving, making his way
through the streets and alleys, while
housewives screamed in terror and
locked doors and windows and men
ran for cover.
Time and again he has been shot
at hut he seemed to care nothing for
bullets. Al the sound CO rife he
would turn and snarl. but would not
quicken his pace. He found dog
and ale him. Then he trotted lazily
away to the prairie.
The depredations OF Dog Eater we're
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15

ry printed to tho eject that the Hat.
fields had hanged Green Mccoy and
Mil Haley. Later the McCoys re
taiinted and killed two of the enemy
Then Mrs. James Brown, before mar.
riagc n Hatfield WAS killed. Mex
John Hatfield killed Rutherford Nc
Coy. John was sent to prison for life
but was later pardoned.
The next most famous battle result
ed In the death of Deputy Sheriff
Doe ellis. Ellis was trying to max,
an arrest when Elias HATFIELD killed
MIN. For This Elias Hatfield go
twelve years. but was aoon pardoncd
tie doctors saying he had consump
ton. lie got well and married Goa
operators daughter. and few months
later he was run over and killed by (:
train.
Now comes the death OF Tom Hat
field. who was found tied 10 tree
by the McCoys and left to die. Hi;
friends rescued him. but exposure ne
cesSitatcd the ampntation OF bott
legs. He then lived out short time
1t Is said that one OF the Hatfield
girls wrote on one of the white pillar.
in front of the Hatfield home thi.
line.
There Is no place like homie"
Underneath stranger afterwart
wrote:
"At least this side of hell"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15

Anse was dead from thirty.onc stab
wounds. Later the lIatnelds captured
, the three McCoys, took them TO Sc
cluded spot. tied them to trees, and
shot them dead.
, Compelled Neshbors to Sign Petition.
The McCoys being Kentncklans, the
governor OF that state demanded that
their mnrderers he returned to Ken.
/ lucky for trial Thereupon the Hat :
fields got up petition ana made all
nei9hbor5 sign II. When some refus-
Cd to do SO. the Hatticlds made then,
do so IT the muzzlc of Winchester
rifles. The governor Of West Virgi.
Mia read this petition and decided that
he McCoys had treated the Hatfields
very stability, and they stayed In
West Virginia. A few weeks later
John Logan ana Sam Bird. followers
of feudists. We're found dead on the
banks of the Tug River, each with n
lnllet hole iii his head.
So the war went on. and every now
and then news that n Hatfield or II
Mccoy had been killed reached the
outside world. In 1887 came the
bloodiesi battles in the history of the
fend. In that year the McCoys. led
by Franz; phillips. raided the Hatfield
stronghold. The fighting lasted a
week. and when it was over there
were several dead on both sides a
few weeks later the Hatfelds return
cd the compliment. and raided the
Mccoy territory in Kentucky.
Hatfields Burn Mccoy Home.
They went to old Randolph McCoy's
home at night and set the house on
fire. The smoke drove the McCoys
out of the house. and when old Ran
dolph opened the door he met II
shower of bullets. With his son Cal.
vim the old man retreated into the
garnet, where they opened window
and began firing through the smoke.
In the meantime Miss Alophanc Nc
Coy. II young woman, ran out OF the
house with churn full of milk to try
to put out the fire. She was shot
dead. Later old Mrs. Mccoy, the
girls grandmother. was shot, as was
also Calvin Mccoy. odd Rand" es.
capped. French Hatfield also met his
fate here. while others of his clan
were desperately wounded.
~ "ecH id'ei lhiiteen McCOyS me-
thirteen EIatiields, and this time the
aim of the McCoys was so good that
they secured temporary victory
Among the Hatfield victims was the
notorious Jim Vance In 1890 the law
got ELLISON Hatfield. and he paid the
penalty of his misdoeds on the gal
| lows, the McCoys Witnessing the exc
cution. In February, 1890. Uncle joe
Johnson. member of one of the
gangs. was killed while out on bail
; Tor killing Phil Tumbler.
Many Killings In 1890.
In the fall of 1890 there was a sto-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15
Odd Disposition Of Human Aahea.

The remains Of Turner II. John
son. aged iifty-slx years, arrived at
MS home nea Oakville TODAY from
waterloo, where he was instantly
Killed Yesterday by Lake Shore
train, which he was about to board
Tor Detroit, where he was to purchase
an automobile, Johnson was widely
known rs n hortIculturst.
When Mrs. Johnson died two years
ago her request to have her body Gre
mated in Cincinnati and the ashes
sPrinkied over u favorlte rose bush
IN me yard of their home was oh
served. 1t is planned TO dispose ot
MS body in the same manner. hut
some OF his relatives ale opposing IT..
--Mnncie. Ind, Dispatch to Cincln-
natl Enquirer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15
GREATEST OF ALL FEUDS

The death OF Tom Hatfield. the ia
nous mountain feudist. at Louisa. Ky 4,
makes about the siXtieth victim of the
liatfield-McCoy feud that began forty
eight years ago as the result of one
OF the Mccoy razor-back pigs swim
ming Tug River from the Mccoy place
on the Kentucky side To the ancestral
home OF the Iiatiiclds in West Virgi.
mia. Tom Hatfield. descendant OF
The terrible Devil Anse" Hatfield.
was the one member of that murder
Gus family who had been supposed 10
have charmed life. He always es-
capped without scratch in The scores
If murderous battles between The
Hatfield and Mccoy clans.
AS they tell it on the Tug River.
he war between the Hathelds anil
McCoys began just before the out :
break of the civil war ana 1t all start
ed over the ownership OF a Kentucky
| razor back hog.
The McCoys at the time were load
ing boat with razor backs that were
consigned to Cincinnati pork packer,
when one of the pigs jumped over the
boat railing into Tug River and swan
-NiNi6hi lol illlll' ttlIltOIYs ING
Mccoy negroes were sent over 10 cap
ture the pig, Lat they soon returned
and told old Randolph Mccoy. the
head of the Mccoy clan, that the
Hatfield negroes had chased the ami
NAL into a ravine and held it. Old
Rand sent word to "Ansc" Hatfield
that he wanted his hog back.
IF you ;,,.;;nn YOU have boys
enough" Old Ause sent word back.
why don't you come and git the old
pig?"
Civil War Delays the Feud.
1t is said that the MoCoys were
| laying out plan of battle for the re-
capture of the pig, when the news
that the civil war was on reached the
West Virginia-Kentucky mountains.
All the McCoys shonldcred their guns
and enlisted for the South, as aid
most of the IIatfelds. Some of the
Hatfields, however. it is said fought
for the Union.
When the war ended the Hatiields
that had not been killed in battle and
the surviving McCOys came hack TO
their homes. the Hatiields to the
West Virginia side and the ArcCoys
to the Kentucky side of the Tug Riv-
err. and the incident of the pig, MS was
rapidly proved. had not been forgot :
ten.
Soon after the warning families re-
turned there was an election in Wes,
Virginia, and the McCoys went across
the river TO help one OF the candi-
dates. In the course of the day three
of the MCCOY boys the youngest only
ten. and the eldest, about twenty
years. met some of the Hatnelds one
of whom was Bad Anse." There
was o fight. and when it was over
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15

Taft Is making highly effective
sweep OF the country.
II az summary we're made OF the
delegates whom Taft is getting out
side his own state. by comparison
with the delegates whom any other
candidate Is getting outside that
mans own state. the unevenness or
the race would be brought out in still
greater contrast. And the strength
OF candidate away from home Is the
real state of his carry qualities
Boston Transcript.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15

hausted by his effort. The gritty lit
tie pony was almost upon him
Then startling Thing happened.
1t was Witnessed by Whatley's COM
panions. who followed in the rea. i.
II almost staggered Whatley.
The wolf, his red lips curled back
his eyes flashing fire. suddenly wheel
cd and sprang with snarl straight
for the throat of the pony. Ills aim
missed. His sharp fangs did not sink
into the flesh. but cut in two the bril-
die ;ein Whatley held in his hand.
In an instant man and horse were
beside the wolf. Whatley leaped
from the saddle and the wolf sprang
straight for his throat.
Whailey's appraised hand was ready
for him. He seized The lower law OF
he wolf in grip like wise and held
him. The others dashed up. the col
la ana cnain were put on old Dor
Eater ana the wire was wound rount
his head. Weary and vanquished his
naughty spirit broken for the time
being, he was led behind the PONY in.
TO Groom. AT sight OF the terror OF
the plains the people gave three
cheers for Whntley.
When the townspeople learned the
particulars OF the capture they were
dumfounded. He was\ compelled to
answer many inquiries as to whether
1t was not dangerous to capture
wolves barehanded. especially to
seize them by the jaw. Said he:
M IfVa
and other kinds of wolves, but never
found Them troublesome to handle.
rhe secret of it is that n wolf cannot
bite until after he has rested n few
minutes. When he runs mile or Two
at a high rate OF speed his tongue
swells. filling his mouth, and until he
can blow a few minutes he is power
less 10 bite you.
His two long tusks are used to cut
with. but j never give them n chance
to side swipe' me. manage to graz
mem Just as they make a leap at my
neck. and that settles it,
II have read about John A3ernathy
catching them alive but he uses
heavy gloves to protect his hands.
don't need gloves 1t is no trick 10
catch them by the lower jaw IL you
l.now how TO do IT,
Il could teach President Roosevelt
how to catch them alive if he would
come ont here.
Yes old Dog Eater was hard to
handle even after | got his jaw. but
he is safe now. He is The biggest
wolf ever caught in this country"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15
is THE CONTEST ovER7
To All Appearances the Taft Tide is
Too Strong to be Checked.

Too Strong to be Checked.
1t is entirely possible that by April
TO- which will mark the elimination
of the struggle over the election OF
delegates at large from Massachu-
sets. the situation will be much like
that in 1910 in this state, as described
by the National Intelligencer of that
time.
States then actually voted for Pres
idcnt on different days. Just as they
now choose delegates at different
times. Massachusetts election day
came on the second Monday OF No
yember. New York, which voted n
week earlier, had supported William
Henry Harrison, with enough other
states scattered along 10 make IL clear
that he had been elected.
Torchlight professions celebrating
his success had paraded Massachu-
sets streets before our voters went
10 the polls to express their own pref
erence. It was not strange, in these
circumstances, that the great Wash
ington organ of that day should SOL
emnly announce: Several thousand
aged and innrm Wings in Massachu-
sets did not bother to go 10 the
polls
It, will be contrary TO all present
evidences of the trend of American
sentiment if it Is not entirely clear
one month from today that William
II. Taft is the choice of the Republic
can party for the Presidency. The
tables. prepared with painstaking care
by the New York Tribune, show that
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15

Gwendolen tmuch embarrassed
! ave to apologize TO you this evening.
Mr. Winchester. The girl has been
cooking onions in the kitchen. and
the odor fills the house
The Young Man mot at all emhar-
assed)-l don't mind that bit, Miss
Gwendolen.lve inst been eating on
ions myself.
CDense silence,) Chicago Tribune.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-15
COUPON.

On presentation at the Daily Press
Office, this Coupon and aOc entities
the bearer TO one Captain John SmlsEs
Souvenir Puzzle. If the puzzle is to be
mailed, &C must be added to cover
postage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12

Suffering from a gunshot wound in the
abdomen, the cause for which is various
iy reported, Mrs. J. b. Gibbs. wife OF a
prominent resident Of Warrenton. Va.
was brought 10 Washington last night
rushed from the train which brought her
here to the Providence Hospital. and
placed upon the operating table.
She was accompanied 10 this city by
her husband and by a physician Of War
renton. The hospital authorities knew
but little about the case. and the husband
was uncommunicative when called over
the telephone.
According to the story given out from
the hospital, Mrs. Gibbs went riding yes
terday with a companion. Late in the
afternoon she returned to her home and
went to her room. According to the in
formation given out last night. she in
some manner exploded a revolver. which
she was placing in a drawer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12
MURDER ENDS SUIT
New York Broker Shoots
Wife and Kills Self.
SHE HAD GAINED A DIVORCE
Following the Decree, Mrs. Martin
Is Persuaded 10 Enter Her Hus-
able st. George HOteI-He Is Dead
and the Woman Is Dying.

New York. Jan u-Arthur Martin,
whose beautiful young wife secured a
decree Of separation against him in the
Kings County Supreme Court yesterday.
shot and probably fatally wounded the
woman in his apartments at ahe fashion
able st. George Hotel. in Brooklyn to-day;
then ended his own life with the same
revolver.
The Martins moved to the st. George
last summer. Several quarrels followed,
and in August Mrs. Martin left her hus-
band. She returned a few weeks ago.
Then followed the decree Of separation,
giving the wife the custody Of their four
year-old daughter.
Went 10 His Rooms.
Mrs Martin came to the hotel to-day in
her husbands absence. and went to his
rooms. He came in a few moments later.
No one knows whether there was quar-
rel but guests in adjoining rooms soon
heard two shots.
They summoned an elevator operator
who broke open the locked door. He
found Martin dead on the floor with a
bullet wound in the temple. His wife was
unconscious on the bed, wounded in the
breast.
The woman was hurried to the Brook
lyn Hospital, where she revived, and said
her husband shot her She was too weak
to be questioned further. Doctors say
she will probably die
Martin is said to be a rich brokers' son,
He frequented Wall street.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12
MAY CHANGE NAVY TITLES
President Wrote Commander Key on
Subject Last Year.
Suggestion of System Creating "sur-
geon Admiral" Was Approved of
by Executive.

President Roosevelt believes that staff
officers should have titles which denote
their rank and their duties Under this
system the Surgeon General would be-
come the Surgeon Admiral" ON the
Navy, and the Paymaster General would
be 'Paymaster Admiral"
Some of the naval titles. however. would
be a little awkward, such as constructor
lieutenant commander" and ''paymaster
lieutenant junior grade"
In a letter dated January z. 1907. but
just made public. addressed TO Lieut..
Commander Albert L. Key, former. naval
aid to President Roosevelt, the President
says:
My Dear Key: I think your sugges-
ton admirable-that is, that we should
have the titles appear as surgeon ad-
miral. surgeon lieutenant. paymaster cap
tain, constructor captain. &C. I have
sent a copy Of your letter and of this 10
the department 20 be read in connection
with my letter TO Secretary Bonaparte of
November 2S. Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Lieut.. Commander Keys letter, written
on January II, 1907 follows:
Washington, Jan H. 1907.
Mr.. Dear Mr.. President; I have read
with great interest your letter to Mr..
Bonaparte. which l have the honor to re-
turn herewith.
Il think the general feeling among the
line officers of the navy is in accord with
the opinion you express with respect to
line and staff titles If the law should
be so drawn that the title could not ap-
pear without the rank, or the rank appear
without the title, there should not be
and I do not believe there would be
much opposition from line officers If
the corps designation appears with the
rank, such as surgeon admiral surgeon
lieutenant, paymaster captain, construc-
tor commander, &c, think that such an
arrangement, as long as the staff corps
wish their titles to express their rank in
the service. ought to be satisfactory all
around. The incIosed leaf, cut from the
register of the British navy, shows that
their engineer officers are given similar
titles
with great respect. remain. sincerely
yours, A. L. KEY"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12
GIRL BEHIND CRIME
Police Think Jealousy the
Cause of Tragedy.
MURDERED IN LONELY FIELD
Forged Note, in Name OF Woman He
Loved, Lured Young Pole 10 "A Sup
posed TFysting Place In PeaDOdy'
Mass.-sIxuII Crushed and Body Is
SIashed by Knife.

Peabody. Mass, Jan. IA beautiful
young Polish girl. Laura Lenandoov-
sky. is believed, by the police, 10 be
the cause behind the murder Of Ludwky
Kubals, whose mutilated body was
found to-day in a lonely field on the
outskirts of this town. Whether 1t was
jealousy. inspired by his successful suit
that actuated the murder. or punish
ment for the manner in which he treat
ed the girl, is yet to be ascertained.
Events have moved quickly since
two boys reported the discovery of the
body. Kubals had been beaten down
by some heavy weapon and then his
body and limbs had been slashed in a
score Of places with a keen knife.
Guided by Love Affair.
Kubals was a handsome young Pole,
twenty years old. who works in the
Danvers Bleachery An investigation
of his love affairs sent the police 10
Polish boarding g-house, at SO Mason
street, where Miss Lenandoovsky re-
sides. She admitted that Kubals had
raid her attention, and that he had
many rivals " hat other information
she gave. the police they have not dis
closed, but Immediately after examin-
ing her they arrested three brothers,
John. Joseph, and Carl Gerry-young
Poles. who boarded at the Mason street
boarding house.
Tonight, they are being put through
the third degree at the Lynn Police Sta
ton. One Of the brothers wore a new
suit of clothes. while another had spots
on his trousers. which may be blood.
Kubals was last seen. when he left his
boarding house Thursday night At
that time he had $1S6 in money and a
gold watch.
When his body was found to-day both
money and watch were gone. but the
authorities are convinced that the prin-
cipaI motive for the crime was not
robbery. Their theory is that the
young man was lured by a forged note
to the field, supposed to come from the
LenandoOvsky girl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12
WEALTHY GIRL A SOCIALIST.
Miss WinteFbOthRm, Daughter OF
Millionaire, a Social Worker.

Miss WinteFbOtham, Daughter OF
Millionaire, a Social Worker.
Chicago. Jan. 1.-Society to-day received
a shock by the announcement that Miss
Genevieve Winterbotham, daughter of a
millionaire merchant, has become a So
cialist.
Miss Winterbotham is a twenty-three-
year-old graduate of Bryn Mawr. hand
some beyond the conventional attractive
ness Of the society young woman, and
possessed Of much wealth.
She became interested in economies in
college.
She went 10 New York City to assist in
aIleviating the woes of the wards Of a
social settlement. From there she went
to Richmond, Va, to get better living
conditions for the workers in the knitting
mills, Miss Winterbotham was invited 10
come to Chicago by the president of the
Illinois Glass Company.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12
schmitz AppIies for Bail.

San Francisco, Jan, H.-Former Mayor
Schmitz, through counsel, applied to-day
10 be admitted to bail. but in the alb
sence of the district attorney, the plea
went over until Monday. Schmitz has
grown very restive at the Jail, and Is
clamoring for release. Ruef says when
he gets out he proposes TO work for bet
ter quarters than are now given occu-
pants of the Jail. He declares the cells
are very insanitary
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-12
NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
London Doctors Remove Lung
Through WOman's Back.

London. Jan. IA startling innovation
in the treatment of consumption was
tried here to-day in the case OF a woman
in the last stages of the disease.
As forlorn hope, an opening was made
In the patients back, the diseased portion
Of the lung was cut away, and drawn
out between the ribs.
4 special instrument was used to stanch
the blood. and the woman is making sat
isfactory progress.