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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-03-26

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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
SIX MEN FALL TO
BOTTOM OF MINE
Dropped From the Cage Over Tive
Hundred Feet, the Bodies Being
Mangled by Falling Timbers.
Almost Miraculous Escape of Others,
Who Seemingly Were Doomed
Tragedy Was Result Of Most
Peculiar Accident.

Pittsburg. men were instantly
killed. another was dangerously In
jured and three others had narrow es
capes in a mine cage accident late
Monday at Ellsworth mine No. 1, 10
Gated in Washington county The
mine Is owned by the Ellsworth Coal
company of this city. Three of the
men KILLED were mining operators,
the others being foreign miners.
The three engineers, who had been
employed by the company several
years, had just completed a survey
of the mine preparatory to starting
new entries. the six foreigners having
assisted them. A heavy wooden beam
was loaded into the cage and its ends
projected beyond the side, the men
riding on the timber. All went well
until they were within seventy-five
feet of the top of the shaft. when the
projecting beam struck one of the
planks of the shaft cribbing, displaced
by expansion due to the cold, and
most of the men were dumped out OF
the cage. Six fell to the bottom, q
distance OF 225 feet. the heavy tim.
ters on top of them, and were crushed
almost beyond recognition.
Randolph, drilling machine opera,
tor who was badly injured, although
almost unconscious from a blow on
his head, caught a chain at the side
OF the cage and chung to it until res
cued at the surface.
Three of the foreigners were
thrown with the first impact to-thc
floor of the cage and reached the sur
face stunned. and slightly bruised, but
7 little the worse for their experience.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
RULER BOWS TO
WILL OF PEOPLE
Emperor William of Germany Says
He Will Never More Insist Upon
Personal Policies.
Public Utterances OF Naughty Ruler
Gets Him in Bad Repute With His
Sub lects, Who Show Their Dis
pleasure in Significant Manner.

Berlin.-Forced by the angry tide OF
popular feeling that swept the empire
from end to END, Emperor William
on Tuesday yielded to the nation and
promised henceforth to conform to the
constitutional methods of conducting
the policies of Germany.
The climax to the public utterances
OF the emperor was reached in an
interview which he gave to an EDg-
lishman and which was published in
the London Daily Telegraph on Octo-
her 2S. AS the outcome of this the
whole country was aroused; the
Reichstag Endorsed the attitude OF
many of it's prominent members when
they denounced the sovereign, and
Chancellor Won Buelow, while he at
tempted to smooth away the affair.
undertook to communicate to his ma
jesty a straightforward and unvar-
nished statement of how the German
people viewed his Intervention in af-
fairs of state.
The interview between the emperor
and the imperial chancellor took place
at the new palace i'm Potsdam Tues
day morning. and at its conclusion the
emperor made formal promise to his
people that in the future he would not
act except through the chancellor and
his associate ministers.
So marked has been the change in
the last few days of the Germans to-
ward their sovereign that a crowd OF
some 1900 that had gathered at a
church Tuesday afternoon to attend
the funeral of the fate General Count
-fiuelen- Haezlor, at which the emperor
and empress were present, being un-
aware of the result of the audience,
greeted their majesties almost in ST.
lence. Only few hats were removed,
and there were no cheers when the
emperor and empress returned to
their automobile and started for Pots
dam.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
AFTER SUGAR EFlNERIEs.
The Havemeyer and Elder Companies
Accused of Fraud.

New York.-The United States gov
eminent has brought six suits against
the American Sugar Refining com
pany to recover forfeitures and Gus
toms receipts amounting to $3,624.121
on sugar delivered at the Havemeyer
and Elder refineries in Brooklyn dur
ing the past six years. The govern
ment alleges fraud in weighing ship.
ments.
The first of the suits was for ST..
100000 and was filed with the courts
on October IS, and the others were
fled October %. The filing OF the
action was kept from public knowl.
edge until after the election, but was
made known on Monday. The Amer
lean Sugar Refining company has filed
a denial of the charges.
Two of the suits were brought for
the forfeiture of all importations OF
sugar delivered at the Havemeyer and
Elder refinery for a period of but two
years, owing to the statute of limita
tons. although the first action alleges
fraudulent weighing for six years.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

Cleveland. O.--At banquet here
Tuesday night, Joseph G. Cannon
speaker of the house of represents
tives, said: 1--WE have had an cleo
ton. and no one realizes it more than
! do. In our anxiety to get votes We
sometimes pu- I'm our platforms things
that are not orthodox with a. govern
ment of the people. The Republicans
are going TO carry out every pledge
they made. The tariff will be revised
by experts. One hundred days after
congress convenes we will have rev.
enue law. 1t will not be perfect. be-
cause that would be impossible, but
il will be the best that can be done.
and we will march ON under it,"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Dispatcher Not Held Responsible for
Train Wreck

Plains, Mont.-Justice B. Bowman
On Saturday eevning discharged for.
mer Chief Dispatcher e. M. Ringer,
who had his preliminary hearing DC
tober IL. Ringer was charged with
involuntary manslaughter in connec-
ton with the Olive wreck on the
Northern Pacific, when five lives were
lost. The case had been under advise
ment since the hearing II. j Kelley.
the other dispatcher, and Operator
Mitchell will have their trials in the
district court November 81, Informal
ton being fled direct.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Searching for Hayward Sen.

Reno, Nev.-Dr. Archibald McCul
Philadelphia physician, has come to
Nevada with his wife and children to
start a search for his missing son
Martin. who has been unheard of foi
two years. The McCoulloughs say
they will institute careful quest OF
the mining camps of the state. hop
Ing to find trace that will lead to
the discovery of their relative. Mar
tin Mccullough. allowed to come west
to cure his tendency to grow wild
was never heard of after reaching
Goldfeld
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
OF Interest TO Miners.

Paris.-A series of successful ex-
periments to prevent explosions in
mines was conducted on Tuesday. At
their conclusion the belief was ex-
pressed that the danger from coal dust
confiagrations in mines following ex-
llosions of fire damp could hence
forth be prevented The experiments
demonstrated that certain low tenn
perature" or safety explosives" sub
stiiuted for dynamite or other high
tension explosives do not set the coal
dust on fire and. furthermore, that so
per cent schist dust. mixed with coal
dust. renders the latter free from the
danger of explosion.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
MAN WHO SHOT HENEY
BLOWS OUT HIS BRAINS
Had Secreted a Small Pistol In His
Shoe, and Although Twice
Searched the Presence Of the
Weapon Was Overlooked.

san Francisco.-Morris Haas, who
attempted 10 assassinate Francis j..
Heney, on Saturday night committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the middle of his forehead with PTS
toll he had concealed about his person.
Haas went TO bed at 8 O'Clock at the
county jail and covered up his face
with blanket At $40 shot was
heard from his cell, and when the
guards entered it was found that he
had rolled out of bed and was lying
dead on the floor, with bullet hole in
his for, cad. A 41-caliber single-shot
Deringe vas grasped in his hand.
His left trouser leg was pulled up,
and examination showed a mark on
his examination showed a mark on
his leg where the weapon had rested
while concealed in his left shoe.
Haas wore CATERS with elastic sides,
which made this possible.
After he had shot Heney Haas was
searched by Police Captain Duke, De
tective Burns and a police officer. AT
ter he had been taken to the county
jail he was searched again, but at
neither time were his shoes examined
Haas went to bed Friday night with
his shoes on and again Saturday night
and when asked why he did this said
that he would rather sleep with them
on. His wife called on him during
the day, but two officers were present
during the interview and they say she
could not possibly have slipped the
weapon to him
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
OFFICERS BATTLE
WITH DESPERATE
Four Men Killed by Negro and Ten
Others Injured Before Black
Man is Killed.
Occurrence In Oklahoma Leads to Be-
lief That Race War is imminent
and Governor Orders Out tho
State Militia.

Okmulgee, Okla-Five persons
Sunday afternoon in fight between
Jim Deckard, a negro desperate, and
local officers.
The disturbance began at the St
Louis & San Francisco railroad sta
ton when Jim Deckard engaged In a
fight with an Indian boy, Steve Gray
son. and beat him into insensibility
with rock. Friends of Grayson no
titled the police. and when Policeman
Klaber went to the station, Deckard
fed to his house nearby, barricaded
himself in, and. when Klaber APP
preached, Deckard shot and killed
him
Sheriff Robinson gathered a posse
In few minutes and hurried to the
scene. Part of this posse was made
up OF group of negroes, whom the
sheriff commissioned as deputies AS
the posse approached the house Deck
ard opened fire with a rifle, firing az
rapidly as he could load his weapon
Sheriff Robinson fell first, instantly
killed. Then the two Chapman
brothers, negro deputies, were slain
Deckard's house was surrounded by o
frenzied mob of armed men Fire
was set to a house just north OF
Deckard's, volleys were poured into
Deckard's house and he was shot
down. He was seen to roll over on
the floor, strike a match and set fire
to his own house, which was soon a
roaring furnace in which his body was
baked Deckard evidently had large
quantity of ammunition. stored in his
house, for many cartridges exploded
while the house was burning.
Governor Haskell at Guthrie, was
notified of the battle and of the bad
feeling between whites and negroes
that had grown out of It and threat
ened race riot The governor at
once orderd the militia company at
Muskogee to prepare to go to Okmul-
gee, and a special train was made
ready to carry the troops, the gov
ernor remaining at his office to keep
In touch with the situation. News OF
the preparation to send militia here
had a good effect on the disorderly
element OF both races, and at O'Clock
Sunday night the crowd had dispersed
and further trouble is not expected
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19

by the dowager empress soon after
the marriage of Prince Chun in 1908
An edict issued on Friday made
Prince Pu vi heir presumptive.
Prince Chun is a brother of the EN-
peror. His name is Tsai-Feng, and
he succeeded to the title of his father
Prince Chun, in 1891. He is lieu
tenant general in the Plain White
Banner corps and visited Germany
in 1901 as a special commissioner OF
the throne.
The foreign legations were notified
Sunday morning by the foreign board
of the death of the emperor and the
succession of Prince Pu vi. Troops
have been in readiness for several
days to quell any disorders thai
might arise on the death of Kuang
Kuang Hsu. The possibility OF up
risings was made greater because OF
the fact that the death of the dow
ager empress was known to be close
at hand.
Until word of the death is spread
broadcast no disorders are appre
hended. China is quieter now thar
at any time since 1900 Local disor
ders in the south are possible on any
pretext, but the north is more in
clined to peace. There are few signs
OF antagonism to foreigners, and there
is no manner of doubt that Prince
Chun will be able to meet the situa
tion
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Mind UnbaIanced by DRUGS.

Denver, olo.-Entertaining the be-
lief that others may have been impli-
Gated in the plot to dynamite Mrs.
Genevieve Chandler Phipps besides
Mrs. Allen F. Read, the home of the
woman whose life was placed in i'm
mediate Jeopardy, is now guarded
night and day to prevent any repetl-
ton of the attempt to blackmail her
by persons who may have inspired the
crime, or who may have been direct
ly implicated in the plot. 1t is be-
lievl Mrs. Reads mind has been un-
balanced by drugs.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Was the Empress polsoneda

PeiNin.-Nothing has developed in
Pekin 10 substantiate the reports that
the emperor of China or the dowager
empress was poisoned or otherwise
were the victims of foul play. All the
foreign legations here agree that the
emperor died a natural death. Opin-
ion varies, however. regarding the end
of the dowager empress, but all the
deductions in her case are negligible
and in no sense related TO the source
whence have come the circumstantial
details of the passing away of their
majesties
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
STOLE NEARLY A MILLION.
Chicago Real Estate Man Confesses
to Long List of Frauds.

Chicago.-Peter Van Vlissingen. a
real estate dealer, for years classed
among the first of Chicago's prosper
Gus and reputable business men, on
f1onday confessed to having obtained,
through forged deeds and notes, more
than 100000, and few hours after
his arrest, on his own urgent appeal
to be punished, was sentenced to the
penitentiary The arrest, the indict.
ment, the confession and the sen
tence were the work of less than four
hours. Taken in the midst of bust
ness from his office desk, at 172 Wash.
inton street, shortly after the noon
hour, Van Vlissingen. venerable
looking man, appeared before the
court, and in tears confessed that for
from eighteen to twenty years he had
been securing money through the sale
OF forged documents, and though he
had bought back many of these spuri
Gus instruments without detection, al
least twenty-five people would lose an
aggregate OF more than $7O0, 00C
through the paper which he has not
yet redeemed.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Denies That He Was Bought.

New York.-F'rank III. Scott OF the
Century Publishing company, declared
positively on Tuesday that no money
had been paid or was to be paid by
the German government for the sup
rression of Or. William Bayard
Hale's interview with the kaiser
which had been announced for publ
cation in the magazine. A cable from
Berlin Tuesday night stated that a
weekly journal professed to have re-
liable information that. after negotia-
lions between The German foreign Of
fee and the writer of the interview,
the government had paid Dr. Hale
$4,000
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
CHINESE EMPEROR DEAD;
DOWAGER EMPRESS FOLLOWS
Remarkable Woman Who Ruled Chi
nese for Half Century, Dies Two
Days After Death of Emperor.

Pekin.-Following closely upon the
news of the death on Friday Of the
emperor of China, comes the authen-
ticated report of the death OF the
dowager empress. Tsze Hsi An, the
autocratic head of the Chinese gov
eminent, which she has directed with
out successful interference since 1861,
and without protest since 1881. The
empress died at o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
The death of the emperor of China
brings to an end the reign of a SOW
has been dominated all his life by the
all-powerful influence of the dowager
empress. Kuang Hsu's reign" will
he completely lost in the rule of the
empress.
The emperor was born in 1870. His
succession to the throne was one OF
the many arbitrary and Illegal acts OF
the dowager empress, who adopted
him into succession from a genera
ton the same as that of his predeces
sor, although the convention of the
Manchu dynasty and precedent pro
vide that the succession shall go tc
the next following generation.
An edict issued at O'Clock sunday
morning placed upon the throne
Prince Pu vi, the 3-year-old son oil
Prince Chun, the regent of the empire
in accordance with promise given
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Auto Went over Bluff.

Spokane, Wash.-Carrying one OF
its occupants to her death, an automo
plunged over PERCEPTIONS bluff over
looking the Spokane river shortly af
ter o'clock Sunday night. The par
ty in the machine was composed OF
William A. Nichols, president. of the
Nichols Investment company, his
three sisters, Mrs. II. c. Swami, Miss
Nichols; II. G. Swami of the Swan
Mccain Electrical company, a brother
in-law; Chauffeur Charles Chambers
and William Falk of the Dulmage
Rose Automobile company. Miss Mary
Nichols died three hours after the &C
cident.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Song May Save Man.

New York-Mrs. Emma Calve on
Monday sang DR.. William T. Bull
New Yorks famous physician, who
apparently was dying of cancer, back
O life from the brink of the grave.
Litter it was all over DIR. Bull sat up
in bed for ten minutes and said that
Re was going to get better. Il am
going to get WELL" he said. as his
face glowed with life. To his wife
he said: I'VE will prepare at once tc
so to Europe. want to make trip
TO Germany where | can live quietly
and fully recover"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Youngest Soldier of Civil Civil Wsr
Again Discovered.

Washington.-Gene Corbin called
at the White House on Monday with a
man. who. he declared. was the real
bona fide youngest soldier of the civil
war. His name was Gilbert Van
Zandt. of Cincinnati. who, Corbin
said. was a drummer boy at the age
CT ten years in the Ninth Ohio regi-
ment. Van Zandt," said Corbin,
was the youngest soldier in the war.
He served through the war. Inciden-
tally was the youngest officer III this
regiment at the same time"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Montsnans to Have Greater Railway
Accommodations.

Great Falls, Month order to
compete with the new Milwaukee ex.
tension, which will be $50 miles
shorter than the North Coast or Over
land limited routes. the Burlington
will put its tracks in excellent condi
ton and put on another through
train from Chicago to the coast, ac
cording to reports received here with.
in the past few days. The proposed
train will in all probability be put or
before the first of the year just
what route the new train will be rur
over is not yet decided
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Radical Quarantine Measures.

Austin, Texas.--Governor Campbell
has issued quarantine proclamation
effective Saturday, declaring a rigid
quarantine against persons infected
or liable to be infected with smallpox,
cholera. typhoid fever, bubonic
plague or other communicable diseases
either within or without the state OF
Texas. This is a radical departure
from any previous quarantine ever is
sued by a state, and while It is not
expressly mentioned, 1t is understood
"other communicable diseases" means
tuberculosis.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Girl Kills Black Assailant.

Kansas City.-Miss Corrine Meow
en-. 20 years old, clerk in confec,
tionery store in the soethern part OF
the city, late Saturday afternoon shot
NOVEL; Powell negro inflictine
wounds which caused his death hall
an hour later Miss MCGOWAN was
alone in the store at 400 Westport ave
rue when the negro entered anc
asked for a cigar. When she placed
some cigars in front of him he tried
10 seize her. She caught up a revol
yer and fired four shots at the negro
at close range. two of them taking eff
feet
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
HENEY MAY RECOVER.
Wounded Prosecuting Attorney Con
tinues to Gain Ground.

San F'rancisco.--The condition OF
Francis ]. Heney is still most satisfac'
tory and the attending surgeons re
port that he is making excellent pro
gress on the road to recovery. In
fact, it Is believed he viii undoubted'
ly recover. Although the bullet has
been located, embedded in the left
jaw, about an inch in front of the ear
the surgeons have decided not to ex-
tract it until Mr.. Heney gains more
strength. as it has as yet given nc
cause of trouble.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
john D. win a stony Untold.

New York.-John d. Rockefeller is
expected to go on the witness stand
when the hearing in the governments
suit to dissolve the Standard Oil com.
pany is resumed. and tell the story
Of that gigantic corporation. 1t is said
that Mr.. Rockefeller will be a willing
witness, and that for some time he
has been DESTROYS of clearing up Ger
tain matters concerning the company
At the Office of the Standard Oil com.
pany 1t was stated that the company
will subpoena Mr. Rockefeller.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Missing Girl Located.

Oakland, Cal.-Edna Clark, the
young Alameda art student, who has
been missing from home and for whom
the police of Oakland and San Fran
cisco have been searching since Octo
Der 81, is safe and well in Chicago. A
letter was received Sunday by the
girls mother, Anita Y. Mack, in this
city, in which the writer says she Is
we'll The letter states that the girl
Is working in Chicago under an as
sumed name. The letter was turned
over to Captain of Detectives Peter.
son. who refuses to give out its con
tents
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
STIRRED UP SOME EXCITEMENT
Woman Makes Two Unsuccessful At
tem~ts to End Her Life.

Reno, Nev.-An unknown woman
made two unsuccessful attempts to
commit suicide by jumping in front
of an interurban street car here Sat
urday night. The first time she threw
herself face downward in front of ar
outbound car, rolled over on her back
Ter feet protruding in the air, and
Yelling that she wanted to die, waited
for the crash. The motorman threw
on the emergency brakes and stop
red the car a few feet from her. Two
men who were some distance away
rushed to the tracks. pulled the wo
man away and held her until the car
tad passed. On the return trip the
woman again attempted to throw her
self in front of the car. but was pre-
vented by the same two men, who
threw her down and sat on her.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-19
Former Governor Of Montana Is seri
ously III.

Helena, Mont-Former Governor
r. B. Smith of Montana is critically
III with uraemic poisonings in the
Kalispell hospital, and little hopes OF
1is recovery are entertained. He was
a member of the constitutional con
vention. was United States district
attorney under Cleveland's first ad.
ministration. and was governor of
Montana four years, taking office Jan.
uary 1, 1901. He is a native of Ken
lucky. bu. came to Montana in the
early days Of the state.