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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
DREAM
SHOWS MURDERER AND AVENGER
STARTS ON HIS TRAIL.

New York, July e4.-"I am going
to Paris at certain cafe. There I
shall find man slipping absinthe.
He will be the man who murdered
my sisters husband. Then shalr
shoot him like dog. What the law
does to me, then, do not care. :
With this startling declaration, G.
H. Janney, of Montgomery, Ala,
sailed on the steamer campania for
Europe to seek the murderer who
was revealed to him in dream.
E. H. Spencer, of Danville, Va.
married Janney's sister. A year ago,
Spencer's family was going away for
the summer and asked Janney to oc-
cupy their home while they were
away. He had strange forebOding
of evil and refused. Spencer remain
ed behind until he could secure a
caretaker.
That night pistol shots were heard
in the house, and neighbors found
Spencer dying. Before he expired
he said he had been awakened by an
intruder and shot down.
Janney blamed himself for the
death of his brother-in-law. He
started search for the murderer.
Three nights ago he had dream
In it, hesays, hesaw the whole mur-
der committed. He saw the muir
derer fee to New York and board a
steamer. He saw himself following
and finding the murderer in a cafe
He saw himself kill the man. So
vivid was the dream that he has gone
to Paris to find the restaurant and
the man.
And l shall kill him like dog
added Janney.
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made she consented to leave with her
brother, but at that point Mr.. Holl,
ey stepped forward and refused to
permit her to leave. He said he
could not spare her as the blackber-
ry season was on and he needed her
to pick berries, milk the cows. etc.
The brother insisted, but Mr.. Holl-
ey stood firm. Thereupon young
Hall drove back to Buffalo and board
ed train for Point Pleasant, where
he consulted an attorney. The law
yer told him what to do and he re-
turned, this time accompanied by an
officer. When Holley found that he
could not hold the girl longer he de-
manded SIS for the clothing he had
bought for her. This Hall refused
to pay, and brought her away in the
clothes she had on at the time, land
ing with her at Mason City last Sat
urday, a proud boy and happy SIS
ter. She was first taken to the home
of her grandmother, Mrs. Caldwell,
when there was joyful reunion,
and they went to the home of Sam
uel Siegrist, Mrs. seigrist being her
aunt, sister of the dead mother,
where she will make her future home,
watched over and clothed by the de-
lighted brother.
The girl is a bright, pretty. little
thing, timid, but as wide-awake and
keen-eyed as a forest creature. She
has little booking, but thirsts for
more, which she will get in her new
home.-Middleport Republican.
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DON'T FLY TOGETHER
WHEREFORE WRIGHT BROTHERS FLY
: SEPARATELY.

1t is a grewsomely interesting fact
that the Wright brothers never fy
together. The reason is simple. An
accident, such as occurred last sum
mer, when .OrHille Wright.and Lieut..
SelfridSe were hurled to the earth,
might kill both the brothers. This
is tragedy they are guarding against.
Orville Wright has declared that dur
ing their long course of experiments
in the development of an aeroplane
he and his brother never attempted
to fly together. The Wright broth
ers are a close corporation and they
have not communicated to anybody
the scientific discoveries made during
their long Investigations of the prob
lem of aerial fight. If both should
be killed by an untimeIy accident,
their secret would die with them,
and they have wisely decided not to
risk humiliation at single disaster.
They are Unconditional young men
and realize that death may oyertake
them at any time. If it should come
it would visit them singly.
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MYSTERY IS SOLVED
ARREST HERE CLEARS UP MYSTERIOUS
BURGLARIES N PARKERSBURC.

Prosecuting Attorney H. o. Hite-
shew, of Parkersburg. and Charles
Franklin, of the Perkins Detective
agency, Pittsburg, returned this
morning, July Goth, to Parkersburg
after days visit in this city, where
they obtained g valuable informa-
tion,'' as they say, regarding the
diamond robberies in that town.
While here they caused the arrest of
Carl Howard, alias the Mysterious
Kid,' and Louis p. Frobe, who oper-
saloon in tbe Second ward. Frobe
is charged with receiving 81 500
worth of stolen goods. Detective
Franklin and Constable John Nau
made the arrests. The men were
taken before Justice Gompers and
put up bond for their appearance.
Sam johnson and Smith are bonds
men for Frobe, while griffith, who
owns some property corner of Twenty
seventh and Chapline streets, went
on Towards bond.
A Telegraph reporter called upon
Detective Franklin and Prosecuting
Attorney Hiteshaw, who were stop
ping at the McLure. They would
give out no new developments in re-
gard to the case other than to state
they have at last solved the mystery
which has puzzled the Parkersburg
authorities for some months.
They stated about $4,000 worth
of diamonds have beep stolen in num-
erous burglaries in Parkersburg and
already seven men have been arrested
in connection with the crime. Five
men have made confessions and
81, 500 worth of diamonds have been
traced to Wheeling.
Last Friday, as was exclusively
stated in the Telegraph, J. H. Green
lee was arrested here by Detectives
Kelly and Frazier charged with being
implicated in these robberies. He
was taken to Parkersburg where Roy
Deem, Goldstein and Others, charged
with being accomplices, are incarcer-
ated.
Robinson and Robinson have been
engaged as attorneys for Howard
and Sam Boyce for Frobe. 1t was
stated today an effort will be made
to prevent the men being taken to
Parkersburg for hearing in regard
to this case.
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quently Mr.. Hiteshew, for the State,
asked that the hearing be adjourned,
and it goes over until next Monday,
in order to get Mr.. Watson here, as
he is out of town at present.
Smoke" Marshall, who was also
one of the parties brought out and
who is connect d with the diamond
robbery at the jackson home, waived
examination and was remanded to
Jail. Marshall, it is said has con-
fessed to his completely in the affair
and will be ready to tell on the
stand all he knows about it.
Roy Deem, who was arrested in
Huntington, where several of the
jackson diamonds were recovered by
Detective Franklin, plead not guilty
when he was arraigned before the
justice. However it was proven
that he had the Jewels in his posses
sion, and they were in evidence at
the hearing. He was held to await
the action of the grand jury and the
matter of fixing the amount of the
bond will be taken up later.
The Prosecuting Attorney and his
assistant are going at the matter in
thorough earnest and are getting
their evidence in splendid shape in
each of the several cases. On ae-
count of the desperate character of
some of the men in Jail, no chances
are taken and Jailer Gabbert is keep
a careful watch on them.
[Mr. Roy Deem, who is mention
ed in the foregoing account is not
Mr.. Roy Deem, who was former
resident of this place, but is now
working in Maryland
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From the Parkersburg Sentinel.
Contrary to expectations, several
of the men in Jail who were arrested
in connection with the recent robber-
les in this city were given hearing
before Squire Butcher on Wednesday
afternoon.
Milt Brown, the negro who is
charged with completely in the rob
berry of the residence of Gilbert L.
Watson several months ago, was
the first to be brought out. Brown
was represented by D. c. Casio and
James A. Watson. He plead not
guilty to the charge when the war
rant was read to him, and, as Mr..
Watson was not present, the justice
inquired of the defense whether they
were willing to admit that the home
of Mr.. Watson had been robbed.
They refused to do so, and conse.
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Buy your corsets of US, we have
the latest. Mrs. L. ]. Williamson.
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UNDERWENT OPERATION.

Mrs. c. W. Hogsett, of Hogsett,
Mason county, underwent very seri.
Gus operation at the Kessler hospital
Monday morning performed by, DR..
Lesage and DR.. RAIDER. She rallied
very nicely and the prospects are ex,
cellent for her recovery.-Hunting.
ton ald-Dispatch, 81.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28

At a point about midway between
Floodwood and Beaumont saturday
on the X. & NJ, two trains collided,
engineer Ed Mankin, of Middleport,
sustained painful injuries, receiving
a number of deep scalds.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
LAWN SOCIAL.

There will be lawn social at the
residence of Mrs. l, E. W. mckinley,
Thursday afternoon and night, for
the benefit of the Baptist Church
Everybody made welcome.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28

Little Joe Rayburn, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Rayburn, who had
one of his legs badly scalded last
week, is improving nicely.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-16
MERGERS WOULD BE THE
SIGNAL FOR BETTERMENTS
When Law is Amended, Says Hartman,
Many New Lines Will be Opened.

PASADENA, Cal, March 15.-Not-
withstanding all the efforts that have
been made to prevent pooling or rail-
road interests and commissions
among those who control stocks Of
railroads, there is evidence today that
E. H Hartman has in mind scheme
to bring about a mutual understand
ing in regard to the traffic arrange
ment between all railroads of the
country and uniformity of rates that
will operate greatly to the benefit of
the stockholders and tnat the confer
ence which is to be held at Pasadena
while Mr.. Hartman is here will be
concerned more or less with the plan.
Not all of the railroad men who are
to take part in the conference, which
Mr.. Hartman still denies will be held,
have arrived and nothing of import.
ance mas yet been attempted. C. o.
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HARPER MUST FACE INVESTIGATION


ton will be held. In his opinion, Civ
en- to the council, the city attorney
held that the recall election must be
held and that any man the council
would appoint, would hold Office until
an election was held and another may
or elected.
A big crowd of citizens had gather
ed in the city hall in expectation
of fierce struggle between the war
ring elements of the recall campaign.
Mr.. Stephens had scarcely been men
toned as an appointee and his selec-
ton occasioned great surprise but he
seemed to be recognized at once as a
happy solution of the difficulties both
elements had faced. The expected res
ignation of city officials appointed by
former Mayor Harper were not offered
1t was recognized that the mayor
since he has but brief time to serve
would not care to burden the next
administration with appointments
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LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 15.-
Los Angeles was provided with a may
or today in the person of w. D. Ste
phens, former president of the cham
ber of commerce of this city and a
member of a firm of grocers.
Since Thursday night, last, when
Mayor A c. Harper resigned under
threats of exposure of alleged mis-
conduct until the city council selected
Mr. Stephens today, the city has been
without a mayor.
The oath of Office was administered
to Mr.. Stephens ten minutes after his
selection and by eleven o'clock he
was seated in the mayors chair and
familiarized himself with the duties
of his new Office.
The appointment Of Mr.. Stephens
was for the unexpired term of former
Mayor Harper, which, according to
the advice of City Attorney Hewitt is
until March 26, when tle recall cleo
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which would hold for two years and
so the designations will be handed in
after the mayor elected at the recall
election on March 26 takes office.
A special grand jury to inquire into
the allegations made against Mayor
Harper and other city officials of the
former administration was ordered
by Presiding Judge w. P. James of
the superior court today and at once
the names of the men were drawn
from the grand jury box and summon
ed to appear on Thursday. From this
number, nineteen will be selected as
grand jurors.
District Attorney j. d. Fredericks,
who was in charge of the proceedings
before the recent grand jury, when
charges against Harper and other of
ficials of the city were Investigated
and given a mild censure but with no
indictments results, has been given a
80 days leave of absence by the SUI
pervisors, but as yet he has not ac-
cepted
In his newspaper, The Evening Ex-
press, E. L. Earl, who was responsible
for the resignation of Mayor Harper,
says he has no desire to avoid a grand
jury investigation or any duty which
the law imposes upon him. He has
never published in his newspaper the
information he holds in the matter of
charges against Mayor Harper, but
he says that he did not promise Harp
er that he would not use it in prosecu-
tions or legal proceedings. Doubtless
he will be required to make disclos-
ure of this information to the grand
jury.
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NO DISPOSITION TO FORCE THE
ISSUE OF WAR.
POWERS WILL SETTLE
Until Negotiations Have Further Pro-
gressed 1t Cannot Be Said That War
Is Not Probable in the Balkan
States.

LONDON, March 15.-It cannot be
said that the relations between Aus
tria1Hungary and Servia have yet
reached a point where an outbreak of
hostilities is probable Throughout the
negotiations, in connection with the
delicate Balkan situation the tendency
has been to force Servia, first to ac-
knowledge that the question of annex
ing Bosnia and Herzegovina has
passed beyond the stage where it
could be made subject to re-arrange-
ment and second, to take effective
steps for demobilizing the troops. The
unsatisfactory side of Servia's reply to
Count Forgach's note, referring the
Austrian4Hungarian note to Servia' S
previous communication to the powers,
is the fact that it purposely escaped
these issues, thus tacitly implying that
the matter has been left in the hands
of the signatories of the Berlin treaty.
The latest advices from Vienna are
that Austria will give Servia further
time to reconsider her position. It
may, therefore be considered that to-
days developments have not greatly
changed the situation for better or
worse.
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DAVIS PROPERTY STILL IN THE
COURTS.
CORUM LOANED FUNDS
Aided Heirs to Make Fight and Now
Wants His Money Rack-IngersoII
Got Hundred Thousand of Montana
Money.

BOSTON, Mass, March 15.--Al
though Andrew J. Davis, million.
aire mine owner of Butte, has been
dead for more than 20 years, the liti-
cation over his estate which has been
in the courts of Montana and Massa-
chusetts is not yet finished. In the
United States circuit court, today,
Joseph A. Coram, a mining promoter
of this city, brought suit against the
Davis heirs, asking for a first lien on
the estate in Massachusetts which
consists of $4,000 in cash and $175,-
900 in bonds of the Butte and Boston
company. The original Davis estate
amounted to $6,OOO,OOO. In the early
suits a bogus will appeared and
which the numerous heirs secured the
necessary funds to fight from Mr.
Coram.
After the heirs had won their case,
they disagreed and further litigation
resulted in a compromise. Then the
widow of Col Robert G. Ingersoll
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-16
TELEGRAPHERS IN PARIS HAVE
BEEN CALLED OUT.
MINISTRY DENOUNCED
Strike Leaders Declare That Trouble
Was Due to System of Tyranny in
Postal Service-Service Is Practical
Iy Suspended.

PARIS, March 15.-A general strike
of the telegraphers of the postoffice
department was declared tonight fol.
lowing a meeting of the general asso
citation of post telegraph employees, at
which five hundred were present. The
resolution to strike was voted without
single dissenting voice and orders
were issued for the withdrawal of all
operators employed in the department
Immediately.
The resolution says the strike is or
dered as a protest against the arbi
trary administration and that the de
cision was precipitated by an insult ad
dressed by M. Simyan, undersecretary
of posts and telegraphs to the asso
citation officials.
A statement was issued protesting
vigorously against M. Simyan's charge
that the movement was anarchistic.
The resolution provides that an ur
gent appeal shall be issued to the
telegraphers in the province to join in
the movement.
Eight railroad mail clerks were
brought up in police court today
charged with insulting M. Simyan in
the discharge of his duties. The hear
ing was tumultuous.
M Thibault, one of the leaders, made
stump speech in his own behalf. He
declared a system of tyranny existed
in the postal service and that promo
tion depended upon favoritism. He
said men holding socialist or clerica
opinions were kept down and insisted
that the real cause of the trouble was
to be found in this injustice. All The
accused were sentenced to imprison
ment for six days.
The government put forth every eff
fort to preserve International commu
nication but the central telegraph sta
ton was demoralized tonight and prac
tically out of commission The bourst
station, however, was almost norma
and there was not much interference
with the telephone service.
M. Paulaude, secretary of the elec
tricians' union, who had openly threat
ened to call out the electricians, mad,
no movement to do so.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-16
BILLINGS WILL Be THE
OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS
Business of Congress Will be Transacted
in Center Of Dry Farming Country.
Billings is to be the headquarters for

Billings is to be the headquarters for
the fourth Dry Farming congress.
This point was decided upon during
a consultation between Secretary
Burns and the special committee ap-
pointed by the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday afternoon.
The activity of the congress has al
ready been begun and the first mem
bership bulletin will be issued during
the present week and general develop
ment of the fourth congress will be
centered in Billings and the newspa-
pers, magazines and agricultural pub
lications will be served win Montana
copy from the Billings headquarters.
Mr.. Burns made a proposition to the
local committee by which, if accepted,
he agrees to spend a large part of his
time here as secretary of the congress
and in the management of the Billings
meeting.
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THUMB PRINTS ONLY CLUE.
May Lead to Discovery of Murders of
Night Hotel Clerk.

NEW YORK, March ia thumb
print alongside the names of two men
written on the register may prove a
clue to the identity of the murder of
Isidore .Valento, night clerk of a hotel
in Whitehall street, whose body was
found in a small room adjoining the
office this morning. Valentos skull
had been fractured, and his throat
cut The murderers rifled Valento's
pockets, took SIS from the hotel till
and made an unsuccessful effort to
open the safe in which there was
$4,000. There is no clue except the
thumb print.
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1t is proposed that the press bureau,
which is one of the most valuable de.
velopments of lne congress WORK, shall
Oe opened here just as soon as it is
possible to complete the arrangements
for office rooms and transfer of the
work, and from here all correspond
ence relating to the Billings meeting
will go forth.
All publications of the congress will
carry the dateline announcing the Bill
ings meeting and even the membership
publications will keep the Billings
meeting continually before the public
Inc present membership is about 1,4OO
and Secretary Burns estimates that
this number will be doubled before the
Billings meeting.
1t is the plan of the Chamber OF
Commerce committee to go ahead with
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-16

Such was the fever heat of the con
troversy, that Mr. Clark of Missouri
got into spirited colloquy with Mr.
Dalzell, who had mounte~ - rostrum
to read the resolution of the minority
leader. Mr.. Clark wanted him or
dered away from the desk to which
Mr.. Dalzell objected, saying he had a
rignL to know what the measure con
tanned. This incident led to con-
troversy with the speaker, which last
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ed long enough for Mr.. Dalzell to gel
the information he desired and return
to his seat.
When Mr.. Fitzgerald's resolution
was up, Mr.. Fitzgerald was drawn into
colloquy with Mr.. Clark, who desired
him to yield for a question. Much bit
terness was displayed by the two men
Mr.. Fitzgerald at first refused to yield
He later did so. but Mr.. Clark de-
Continued on Fifth Page.)
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The Fitzgerald resolution was a sub
stitute for one offered by Mr.. Clark
of Missouri. Its adoption was accom-
plished only after the insurgents, with
the aid of the Democrats, with one or
two exceptions, had won decided pre-
liminary victory by voting down a res
olution by Mr.. Dalzell, making the un-
amended rules of the sixtieth congress
applicable to those of the present con-
gress.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-03-16

Butterworth, of the New York Central
will arrive some time tomorrow, it is
expected.
Mr.. Hartman was asked:
How soon do you expect the rail-
roads to resume work ON improve
ments that were contemplated before
the panic?"
"You may say" he answered, "that
as soon as an amendment is passed
giving the interstate commerce power
to allow the railroads to enter into
a mutual agreement-that it, permit
ting the strong roads of the country
to extend their control and protection
over the weaker roads-just so soon
will long contemplated improvements
be taken up and rushed through to
completion. This means, of course,
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CONTINUED on Fourth Page.)
WIRELESS MESSAGES
ACROSS THE OCEAN.

WASHINGTON, March Is.
By an agreement reached today
between Secretary Meyer and
representatives of the National
: Electrical Signalling company,
Pittsburg, the naval establish
: ment is to be furnished with
: wireless apparatus which will
: transmit messages for 5000
; miles day or night. The ships
; will be furnished with similar
: apparatus capable of sending
: 1000 miles.
: The apparatus, it is said will
: be thirty times as powerful as
: those in ordinary use. This
: will enable the department to
: communicate with its vessels
: practically across the Atlantic
: ocean, and if successful will
: mark one of the greatest
: achievements in naval prac-
: tice.
: - 4 4 A
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GAS WRECKS TENEMENT HOUSE.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 10
Nine persons were injured as a result
of the wrecking of a tenement house
here last night by an explosion of
natural gas. All except two of the in
jured will die. A woman threw her
two small children from a second
story window and jumped herself.
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brought suit for legal services rem
dered by her husband, who was coun-
sci for the estate.
The supreme court of the United
States awarded her $4,000 and inter-
est.
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FOR NUMBERING ANNls.

FLUSHING, N. Y, March 15.-Cap-
tain Peter Hams, Jr., will be put on
trial April 19 at the court house here,
on the charge of numbering William E.
Annis. Justice Garrettson, of the SUI
preme court, will preside.