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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-02-11
G.. M. MOODY
w. A. MOODY
GEO. KLINE
CHRIS. BAUMBACH
| Jan, %. 1909.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
NELSON FLAWS STEEL TRusE.
Makes ForcefuI Assault Upon the
Gigantic Steel MonopoIy,

Makes a Forceful Assault Upon the
Gigantic Steel Monopoly.
Washington, May Is. - Declaring
that the iron and steel industry of
Minnesota needs no protection, and
that the supply of ore has passed into
the hands of the steel trust, Senator
Knute Nelson yesterday attacked that
item of the tariff bill which proposes
duty of 25 cents per ton on iron ore
and which passed the senate yesterday
afternoon.
'The greatest body of iron ore in
the country is in Minnesota" he said.
"One-half of the ore produced in the
United States in 1908 came from the
Superior region. This ore needs no
protection. 1t is practically owned by
the steel trust. and is mined by that
organization, operating under other
names in different places.
Control Is Absolute.
'"This organization, with it's seven
lines of railroad running from the
mines to the lakes, absolutely controls
the mining in that section. 1t does
this by making rates so high that no
independent miner can afford to ship
his ore.
'"The same interest owns the rail.
roads that own the steel trust mines,
and the high freight rates do not hurt
them, but when an Independent miner
opens a mine, he is either forced to
sell or lease to the steel trust, because
he cannot afford to ship his ore over
their lines.
''This is the way the steel trust has
gained control of practically all of the
beds in the state that have been dis
covered so far. There are in the East
a number of steel manufacturing
| plants that have been trying to CON-
| pete with the steel trust. l believe
free ore would help them, and am
willing to place ore on the free list,
though it is one of the great products
of the state. because l believe it will
| assist the Independent steel men in
their fight. and think other senators
ought to be equally generous"
Vote Is 81 to 20.
! Just before adjournment the senate
adopted by a vote of 61 to "a the rec.
ommendation of the committee on
finance of a duty of Is cents per ton
on iron ore. The house had placed
that article on the free list, while the
present law levies a duty on it of 40
cents per ton. In taking this vote
party lines were annihilated, as seven
teen Democrats voted yea with the
Republicans, and twelve Republicans
voted no with the Democrats.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
Great Northern Passenger Train
Is Held Up in Washinton
State.
TWELVE PERSONS ARE HURT
Engine and Mail Car Started on Wild
Run by Robbers CoIIides With
Rest of Train.

Spokane, Wash, May 1S. - In the
holdup of Great Northern Passenger
Train No. 3, between Colbert and
Mead, shortly before midnight last
night, twelve persons were injured
when the engine and mail car started
to run wild down the track by the
bandits after they had rifled the mails,
collided with the remaining cars of
the train. The bandits detached the
engine and mail car> from the train,
ran them down the track and after
the registered mail had been opened
sent the cars back to collide with the
cars standing on the track The con-
ductor saw the wild cars coming at
rate of twenty-five miles an hour. and
he and the trainmen placed tie on
the track in an effort to stop them.
Rifle the Mail Car.
When the train reached Colbert
some switching had to be done While
the engine crew was busy two men
appeared in the cab and ordered En-
gineer William Miller to couple the
engine to the train and pull out.
miles, the engineer was ordered to
stop, and he and his fireman were
forced to leave the cab. Two robbers
then went to the door of the mail car
and ordered it opened. Their COM
mands were obeyed by Benjamin F.
Stumps mail clerk. Meanwhile two
other bandits were with the engineer
yt,6n inr l,o
mail car and the locomotive
Conductor Is shot At.
Soon after the train stopped, the
conductor, C. L. Robertson, jumped
from the car. but was driven back by
a dozen revolver shots. Hastily
climbing into the cab. the outlaws
sent the engine down the track. how
far is not known.
Half an hour after the engine and
mail car had disappeared they were
| seen coming down the track. and hur-
ried preparations were made to ditch
the runaways, but without complete
success.
Two special trainloads of deputies
were hurried from Spokane when
word of the holduD was received. Doc
tors also were taken out on the train
! to care for the injured. Chief Ryan
of Hillyard went out with posse and
! watched all roads leading toward Spo-
kane. No trace of the robbers was
| found.
Robbers Get $4,000.
| 1t is reported thGt the bandits oh
tained large sum of money from
the registered mail. the amount being
placed at $4,000.
AS the robbers entered the cab at
Colbert one said to the engineer:
you have heard of us BEFORE" indi-
eating that they had been involved in
other train holdups in the vicinity Of
Spokane the last few months.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21

Mrs. John Deas, wife Of farmer al
Camden, fifteen miles from Jackson
Vile, Fla, was assaulted by an uniden
titled negro, who later was captured
by a mob and lynched.
Lying side by side, with their skulls
crushed, the bodies of James Purdy
and John Whitelaw were found at
Gloucester, N. Y, by three boys. 1t is
believed they were murdered by
tramps.
Mrs. Ben Teal, who is serving a
Yeas sentence for subornation of per-
jury in the Frank Gould divorce case,
on Blackwells Island, New York, is
seriously i'll in the prison hospital. She
has been in bed since April 1.
Five years at hard labor was the
sentence given c. Meyers, aged fifty
eight, in the district court at Mar
shalltown, Iowa. when he pleaded
guilty to burglarizing the residence of
Rev. ]. Auracher, two weeks ago.
The terribly battered body of Mrs.
Laura E. REGISTER, Cranston wom-
an, was found in the old Hebrew cem-
etery in Providence, r. l., and marks
on the neck indicated that the woman
had been strangled. The woman's
clothing was torn and the police ex-
had been murdered somewhere on the
road and her body afterward dragged
to the cemetery.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
FROM OTHER SHORES.

Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian au-
thor was injured in Paris while drlv-
ing an automobile with Mrs. Won Hol-
thoir, an artist, of Montreal.
King Edward returned to London
after an absence of two months. The
king visited the earthquake districts
in Southern Italy, but spent most of
the time in Biarritz.
The explosion of a bomb at Corri-
entes and Corrito streets, Buenos
Ayres, injured twenty persons, four
of them seriously, and caused great
excitement for a time.
Meager reports received at Mexico
City say a great hurricane is sweep
ing over the Yucatan coast. Many YES
sells, it is stated, are lost, and it is
probable that loss of life has occur.
| red.
1t is reported at Santander, Spain,
that former President Castro Of Vene-
zuela has decided to become mod
ern Robinson Crusoe and take up his
permanent residence on the island of
Teneriffe.
| A Pole named Vitkoff attempted to
kill M. Won Kotten, chief ohe secret
police of Moscow. He fired five shots,
but missed. M. Won Kotten says Wit
koff is a dangerous nihilist, who es.
| capped from Siberia
Hundreds of persons are on the
verge of starvation in the mountains
of Zita Curaao (Mexico) district, fol.
lowing a forest fire which has done
damage Of s5OO,0O0, killing much live
stock and sweeping over many farms
The fire is still raging.
John Hicks, former American minis
ter to Chile, sailed from Valparaiso
last week for England. Many persons
prominent in civil and official life, in.
Guiding the minister OF foreign affairs,
went aboard the steamer to bid him
farewell. The Chilean newspapers ex.
press sincere sorrow at the departure
of Mr.. Hicks.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
DELUGE RUINS IOWA CROPS.
cIoughurst Washes Up Whole Fields
Of Grain.

Of Grain.
Marshalltown, Iowa, May 19.-The
rain storm, assuming the proportions
of cloudburst, which swept over the
city and this section Saturday. did
thousands of dollars worth of dam
age to fields, crops, bridges and rail-
roads. and by washouts completely
tied up the Chicago & Northwestern
railway.
Fields OF oats and corn were wash
ed out. III the southern part of the
city the police were forced to rescue
people from the food by swimming
their horses. Bridges were washed
out on the Northwestern near Quarry
and LaMoille, west of here. At Quar-
ry the big stone arch bridge is de-
stroyed and a hundred feet Of track
washed out.
The Great Western had washouts
at Mingo and Luray during the night.
Lowlands in all direction we're
flooded. and scores of cattle and
horses drowned. In this city the
streets were flooded in places to a
depth of two feet and half. More
than two inches Of rain fell. The wa,
ter subsided rapidly this morning.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
CHARGES CRIMINAL ASSAULT
Widows Allegations Against South Da.
kota Homesteader Cause Big
Sensation.

Sioux Falls, s. D., May 18.-A SEN
sation has been created in the region
lying along the border between North
and South Dakota, in the extreme
northwestern part of the state. by the
arrest of Clarence Hankins on COM
plaint of Mrs. A. M. Briggs. a widow.
who is living on homestead in the
vicinity Of the claim owned by Han
kins. She alleges that Hankins made
a criminal attack upon her.
Although several hundred women
are holding homesteads in that and
other parts of South Dakota and ad-
jacent territory in North Dakota, this
is the first time any of them have
complained that they have been mo.
Tested in the least.
Mrs. Briggs. according to informa.
tion which has been received here.
has three children dependent upon her
for support. She alleges that Han
kins and three other men forced an
entrance to her claim shanty by re-
moving a window and that Hankins
and one of the other men attacked
her. This was on Sunday afternoon,
and at the time the three children of
the woman, the Oldest being eight
years of age. were absent from the
house.
AS the result of his preliminary
hearing, at which he entered plea of
not guilty, Hankins was held for ap-
pearance in the state circuit court.
bond for his appearance being fixed
at $4a0.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
TURPtElNlTlfllNtl mi MEN 60 TO JAIL
Two Vio1ators Of Antitrust Law Gives
Jail Sentences-All Heavily
Fined.

Savannah, Ca, May 16.-Overruling
the motion in arrest of Judgment of.
fered by the defense, Judge William
B. Sheppard in the "turpentine trust"
case yesterday sentenced five men
found guilty of violating the Sherman
antitrust law, and in two cases Jail
sentences were imposed.
Bond in the sum of $4,000 was Civ.
en- for all the defendants jointly. They
were released pending the determine.
tion Of their appeal. The costs they
must pay if the conviction and sen.
tences stand will, it is said, reach
$4,000. The penalties imposed were:
Five Are Hit Hard.
Spencer P. Shotter, chairman of the
board of directors of the American Ma
val Stores company, was sentenced to
serve three months in Jail and to pay
a fine of $4,000.
]. F. Cooper Myers, vice president
of the American company and presi-
dent of the National Transportation
and Terminal company, was sentenced
to three months in Jail and to pay /.
fine of $4,000.
Edmund s. Nash, president of the
company, was fined $4,000
George Mead Boardman, New York,
treasurer of the American Naval
Stores company, was fined $4,000.
Carl Moller, Jacksonville, Fla,
agent of the American company and
general manager of the National
Transportation and Terminal compa-
ny in Jacksonville, was fined $4,000.
Case Will Be Appealed.
Mr.. Shotter and Mr.. Myers were
sentenced to terms in the Chatham
county Jail because they had been be-
fore the court two years ago, entering
pleas of guilty.
Mr.. Moller's sentence was made
heavy because of his connection with
the terminal yards in Jacksonville
where regarding and regauging were
alleged to have taken place.
The case will be appealed to the
United States court of appeals as
soon as the bill of exceptions can be
prepared and certified to by the court.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
OTHERWISE.

The direct nominations bill was
killed in the Massachusetts house of
representatives.
The Cuban house of representatives
has passed a bill authorizing the es-
tablishment of a national lottery.
The Wright Flying Machine compa-
ny, limited, has been organized at Ber-
lin with a capital of S125,OOO. 1t will
construct and operate aeroplanes on
the Wright system.
State Pure Food Commissioner Alb.
| bott of Texas seized and confiscated
| $4,000 worth of wheat. Abbott SAYS
the poor and good grain was mixed
and sold as the best.
Prohibition and racing legislation
were still awaiting final action when
the regular session of the Arkansas
legislature terminated. An extra ses.
sion next month is looked for.
Engineers in wireless telegraphy
will be trained in the engineering de.
partment at the Ohio state university.
The first class will start with the
third term in the next college year.
A complete equipment will be install.
ed
| A memorial tablet On the battlefield
of Bloody Angle" and a monument
at Salem church, in memory of the
New jersey volunteers who fell on the
battlefelds of Spottsylvania county
Pennsylvania, in the Civil war, have
been unveiled.
Finding that it would be unable to
obtain a quick delivery of a Wright
aeroplane, the British war Office has
accepted the loan of one purchased
by Charles Stuart Rolls for his own
use Tests will be made with this
aeroplane at Aldershot.
The Montana state board of railroad
commissioners issued notice that II
had adopted what are known as the
interstate commerce commission safe
ty appliance rules and regulations
They will become effective thirty days
hence.
Colorado Springs has adopted a new
charter providing for a commission
form of government, the abolition Of
political parties in city affairs, the re
call, initiative and referendum an6
municipal ownership.
A small boy threw a lighted mattel
into a cage of seven trained monkeys
which brought up the rear of the pa
rade of Gentry's circus in Jefferson
vile, Ind. The cage was Uttered will
straw and before attendants could pul
out the qauking beasts they were ere
mated. Police are searching for tn,
boy.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
CASUALTIES.

Marie From, twenty years old, dane
ed herself to death in a public dance
hall at Chicago, according to the ver-
dict of coroner's jury.
The entire business section of Kin.
derhook, ILL.,, with the exception of
one store room, was destroyed by fire.
Loss, 100000.
The mixing room of the Laflin-Rand
Powder mills at Varck Station, near
Columbus, Kan, blew up, killing four
men. Their bodies were blown into
bits.
A fire which, it is believed, had its
origin in trouble growing out of the
strike in the East side bakeries, New
York. destroyed the plant of the Star
Baking company. The loss will reach
100000
Mrs. Joseph Mallie, a farmers wife,
of Iowa City, Iowa, after long griev-
ing over the drowning of her father
in Law creek, committed suicide in
the same stream.
The premature explosion of small
DOluU OSSl WOOQSu SIl III
Mazatlan, Mex, when religious feast
was being celebrated, started fire
there that consumed fifty houses.
Milton Bush, twenty-seven years OF
age, assistant cashier of the Boise
State bank of Boise, Idaho, died as a
result Of being struck on the head by
baseball while playing in a game.
Another fatality was added to the
rapidly increasing list of New York
boys killed by autos while playing ball
in the streets. Twelve-year-old Wal
ter Purdy was the latest victim.
Fire at Pioneer, New, burned TWEEN
ty-fve business buildings. There was
no water with which to reach the fire
and it was allowed to burn itself out
The damage is estimated at $50, 1000.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
CRIMES.

Dan Odom shot and instantly killed
Harry Staivenson, a Greek, in club
at Birmingham. Ala. The cause is
not known.
The safe in the postofice at Grid.
fey, ILL.,, was blown open by robbers
and $2,500 in money and a quantity Of
stamps stolen.
The jewelry store Of John c. Pierik
at Springfield, Ill.,, was burglarized
and diamonds and watches valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000 stolen.
The grand jury investigating the
graft charges in Marinette county,
Wisconsin. has issued a warrant for
the arrest Of A. F. Schwittay, who was
recently suspended from the Office of
district attorney by Gov. Davidson.
Deputy sheriffs captured Henry
Starr, an alleged Kansas and Colo
RADIO bank robber, in the postoffice at
Boise. He is charged with robbing
the bank at Tyro, Kan, on March 13,
1908, and the bank at Amity, Colo,
July 6, 1908.
Charged with murder in the second
degree, DR.. J. d. Hullinger, a promi.
nent physician, was arrested at Clin.
ton, Iowa, in connection with the
death Of Alice Kramer of Wellington,
s. D.. an autopsy revealing that death
was due to the effects Of q criminal
operation.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
news OF THE WEEK IN tPI1oMt
Digest Of the News Worth Telling Con-
densed for the Busy
Reader.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Ferdinand Won Reznieck, noted II.
illustrator, is dead in Berlin.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of the
Methodist Episcopal church died of
pneumonia at Jackson, Miss.
Clinton =. Hutt hinson. known as
the father of irrigation in the West,
is dead at Portland. Or. aged seven
ty-five.
Mrs. Mary L. Dalzell wife of Rep.
resentative Dalzell of Pennsylvania,
died in Washington after a long i'll
ness.
Capt. Thomas B. Howard, command
ing the battleship Ohio, has been or.
dered to duty as member of the gen.
eral board of the nav;'.
Darwin P Kingsley was reelected
president of the New York Life In
surance company at a meeting of the
board of trustees in New York.
Capt. l. NJ. Howell of Tacoma has
been named as secretary of the State
of Washington by Gov. Hay, to sue.
ceed Sam H. Nichols, resigned.
Mary Sullivan, 1O7 years old, an
employe and pensioner in the Chanler
family for more than fifty years, died
at Rokeby, the Chanler homestead at
Tarrytown. N. Y.
George T. Faris. aged ninety-three
years, died on land at Bridgeport. W..
Va. patented in 1855 by his grand
father. He voted at eighteen presi.
Dental elections.
Henry Phipps was formally present.
ed with the gold medal awarded by
tie International tuberculosis asso.
citation at Philadelphia for his aid in
waging war against consumption.
Florence Nightingale, who has just
entered her ninetieth year, has re-
ceived innumerable congratulatory
messages and bouquets. She is very
feeble and is now confined at all times
to her rooms in London.
Or. ]. R. Montgomery of the Chi
cago theological seminary has an
nounced that he has received letter
from D. E. Pearsons, the philanthro-
pist, in which gift of 100000 was
promised to that institution.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
ST. PAUL POLICE WEAVE NET.
Are Ready to Arrest Person Suspected
Of Arboasst Murder.

Of Arbogast Murder.
St. Paul, May IS. - The funeral Of
Louis Arbogast, the wealthy butcher
who was slain in his home Thursday
morning, was held yesterday. The,
funeral was strictly private, but thou
sands of people drawn by curiosity
blocked the streets near the Arbogast
home.
Miss Louise Arbogast, accompanied
by the county attorney and a detec-
tive, visited her mother at the city
hospital yesterday. No inkling of
what transpired during the meeting
could be obtained. Later the authori-
ties announced that they were now in
a position to swear out warrant for
the arrest of the person suspected of
the murder. They further announced
that the arrest would be made today.
The police are still very reticent
about giving out information about
the case.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
ENTERS "NoT GUILTY" PLEA.
Former 7eItrami Official Charged With
second-deeree Larceny.

Bemidji, Minn., May Is. - o. J..
Shinn, ex-treasurer of Beltrami coun-
ty, who was recently arrested at Port
land and brought back to Bemidji to
answer to the charge of grand lar
ceny in the second degree, was ar
raigned in the district court yesterday
for the purpose Of entering plea to
the indictment returned by the grand
jury. Shinn pleaded not guilty.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21

Rebel Leaders Found Guilty.
Tombstone. Ariz., May 18.LThe Jury
On the case Of Magon, Villareal and
Rivera, charged with being leaders Of
a revolutionary plot against Mexico,
last night returned verdict of
guilty, with a recommendation for
mercy.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
Kills Self Because Of SONS Grim,

Kills Self Because Of Sons Crime.
Marshalltown, Iowa, May 18. = De-
spondent over the sentence of her
only son, William Tolif Winter, for
murder, Mrs. w. w. Winter, Titonka,
Iowa, committed suicide by hanging.
Her husband and other members of
the family we're in the fields at work.
Their absence gave the woman an op-
portunity to commit the act unob-
served.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21

slav Police Chief Fatally Wounded.
Lublin, Russian Poland. May IS. -
Capt. Ullen, chief of police, was NOR
tally wounded and two policemen Sc
riously injured in one of the principal
parks of the city yesterday by band
Of men with revolvers. Two assail-
ants were arrested.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
Train Kills Court Clerk,

Appleton, Wis, May 16. = Glen
Morse, clerk of the circuit court, was
instantly killed last night by being
struck by a Northwestern railway
passenger train. Morse was en- route
to his home on farm, two miles from
town.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
Italian Hunter Is Fine,

Barnesville, Mimi, May 1S. = Gui-
seppe Legioia, an italian laborer en-
ployed on the Northern Pacific rail-
road, was arrested for slaughtering
wild ducks and prairie chickens out
of season. He pleaded guilty and was
fined SO and costs, amounting in all
to $13.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
GAMBLING DEBT IS UPHELD.

American Who Lost 5000 In Paris 10
Turned Down by the Court.
Paris, May 18.-A local court upheld
the validity of a gambling debt.
The case was that of George D. Nor
gan, an American, who lost $4,000 in
Paris gambling club. He gave a
check in payment Of the amount, but
allowed the check to 60 to protest.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
ADMITS HE is HORSE THIEF.
John Moshier of Minot, N. D., Get
Year in the Penitentiary.

Minot, N. D., May 18. - John Mo
shier Saturday entered plea of guilty
to charge of horsestealing and was
sentenced to year in the state peni-
tentiary at Bismarck by Judge E. B..
Goss, sitting in chambers.
Moshier stole three horses and har..
ness and rubber-tired top buggy last
Sunday from his employer, H. H. Re-
dig of Crosby, in the extreme north
west corner of the state.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21

Kills Mother! Dies . Suicide.
South Bend. Ind, May 1S.-Charles
Rapp. aged thirty-three years. a ball
player. last night killed his mother
with butcher knife and then commit
ted suicide.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
SEVEN UPSET IN CANOE.
Rescued by Fellow coIIegians at Mad
ison-Fatiquef Fatal to One.

tSUH-T dtIyUe StdI 10 One.
Madison, Wis, May 18. - Clinging
desperately to their frail canoes, cap
sized in terrific squall in University
bay, Mendoza lake, seven students at
the University of Wisconsin were res
cued by fellow collegians just as they
had abandoned all hope.
So great was his excitement and ex
haustion, however, that on reaching
shore, Clarence I. Zimmerman, one of
the rescued men, died of heart fail
ure.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
FIREBUG MENAcEs TOWN.

Makes Six Unsuccessful Attempts In
Ten Days.
Mason City, Ia, May 1S.-A firebug.
is trying to destroy the town of Post
vile. During the last ten days six
fires have been set, but fortunately
all have been discovered in time to-
prevent serious trouble.
They are all started about o'clock
at night and kerosene has been used
each time.
The pioneer express., 1909-05-21
Fire cause, 915o.ooo Lo...

Fire Causes $150,000 Loss.
New York, May 1S.-Fire last night
burned out completely a six-story
building occupied by John Weimers,
manufacturer Of paper boxes. The ss-
timated loss Is s150,O00.