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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-08-03
Queer Enutish Laws,

mo statute law Of England ever can
be Obsolete" a legal journal says.
"Once enacted, 1t continues in binding
force until repealed"
II such be really the case, there
ought to be some lively times ahead
for several classes Of the community.
For instance, what will builders have
to say to the act which penalties any
person who erects house without at
taching to 1t at least four acres Of
land7 This was one of good Queen
Bess' laws, and it has most certainly
never been repealed.
BY another unrepealed statute, which
dates back to the first year Of King
James l., It is enacted that not more
than a penny may be- charged for a
quart of the best old ale nor more than
q halfpenny for like quantity Of
small beer. The penalty for each in
fraction Of the act is 20 shillings, so
that If It were rigidly enforced it
would not need, apparently, licensing
bill to ruin the brewers. Then, again,
a Catholic owning horse is still legal
~ obliged to sell 1t for f5 to anybody
who chooses to offer that sum for IT,
London Graphic.
A Queer consua
"When I was last in india" said the
globe trotter, "they were taking the
census. The returns were most re-
markable In the Allahabad census
th1rty-fve citizens described them
selves as men who rob with threats
Of Violence There were 226 'f1atter-
ers for GAIN There were twenty-five
hereditary thieves There were twen-
LYNNE 'howlers at Funerals There
were 145 ear cleaners There were
seventy-six makers Of crowns for
IDOLS There We're fourteen 'heredi-
tary painters of horses with spots.'
There were nine professional false
Witnesses
ut seems remarkable, doesn't it.?
Maybe, though, If we, too, told the
strict truth to the census taker our
own census would seem quite as quaint
as that Of India"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18

Gently received telegram from tne
sheriff at Georgetown county tell
ing him not to arrest Bigham, and
from this it seems that he is not
considered fugitive from justice.
DR.. Bigham is under a bond Oh
$500 and if the papers for new
trial have not been filed Win tue
supreme court. it seems as If ne Is
destined to serve out his sentence
should he appear.
Bieham is thus described: A
low. heavy-set man, possibly five feet
nine inches in height, dark reo man ;
parted in the middle, medium low
forehead, ruddy complexion; eyes
Of light brown, Redeemed as II by
dissipation and granulated eye llos'
He is rather boyish in appearance
clean shaven, and when his face IS
in repose he appears rather a milo
hammered man. In appearance ne IS
rather younger than his age 20
years."
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
THEY NEED HELP
Starvation Stalks in the Stricken Town
of Cherry.
1000 ORPHANS LEFT
Acts of Heroism Performed by
Entombed Men in Trying to Save
the lives of Others-Mayor Of
the Town Appeals for Aid from
Outside Sources.

According to dispatches there are
1000 orphans in Cherry, ILL.,, as a
result of the terrible mine explosion,
and unless food in large quantities
is rushed into the town many will
be hungry. I'VE will need aid and
plenty of it." said Mayor Connolly,
land it must be forthcoming prompt
ly, or there will be great. suffer
ing among the destitute families of
the miners. While We do not like
to ask for outside assistance, this
town Is too small to handle the situ-
alton alone. Most OF our citizens
are miners, and the majority of them
are down in the mine, in all proba-
bility dead. We are doing every
thing possible TO handle the propo-
sition, but it is too big for us"
Dr.. Howe, in charge of the relief
work, said that the need Of food,
clothing and money is great, and
that the citizens hope the people of
Chicago and other places will assist
in relieving the situation. Before
anything else, we will need food and
lots of it. Those poor women and
children will begin to face hunger
very soon and then the situation will
be terrible. Even now there is but
little food in town. The only hotel
has run short and the stores have
been sold out. Then the question
of clothes for women and the chill
dren may turn out to be a big one.
When you realize that there are l.
900 orphans in the town, then the
magnitude of the situation can be
seen. They will need clothes and
need them badly"
From the miners, who were res
cued on Saturday, it was learned that
another act of heroism was perform
ed by one of the men in the shaft
below-a man who IL in all proba-
bihty dead at the present time. He
was Walter Waite, an assistant fore
men in tho, second vein.
when we got in the elevator, the
first time" said Isaac Remulti, one
of the men who was fortunate
enough to reach the surface in the
first cage-load. Waite was standing
near. He refused to come up in
that load, but said he would stay
down and give the other fellows a
chance. l know Mr.. Flood tried to
pull him into the cage, but he re-
| fused to come.
"'Let me stay where | am, said
he, there are lot Of other fellows
who ought to get out of here. Hur-
ry up that cage and get them. Ill
try and do what l can down here.
Maybe it amt as bad as it seems.
when | asked about him after
the second load had come up no
body knew anything about him. 1t
looks like he was overcome by smoke
and died down in the shaft. he did
not have to, because he could have
climbed in the cage the first time if
he had wanted to.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
Victim Of Football.

A dispatch from Richmond Va,
says sympathetic sorrow perVadeo
the city for the mother and family
of Archer Christian, the eighteen
year-old halfback of the University
of Virginia football team, who, dur
ing the game at Washington on Sat
nrdav between the varsity and
Georgetown University, was fatally
injured in a mass play during the
last five minutes of game, and oleo
twelve hours later in hospital.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
SHOULD Be THRASHED
SEVEN WOMEN CLAIMS THAT
PICKET FOOLED THEM.
Five Of Them Say He Married
Them and Robbed Them of Va
riOuS Amounts.

A pathetic tale comes from Cleve-
land, Ohio, which reveals how mean
some men can be and how easily
women can be fooled by them. Here
is the tale:
The evidence of five wives and
two fances was produced by govern
ment officers few days ago in the
trial of Lucian Pickett Oh trial in
the United States court there on
the specific charge of procuring uD-
der false pretenses $1,000 from Miss
Allie Greasley, crippled woman
from Springdale.
One after another the women took
the witness stand and told, II tears.
how Pickett had promised to mar
ry them, how they had given him
considerable sums Of money, and
how finally, he had gone away, usu-
ally after, sometimes before the
wedding.
Miss Addie Leonard, a Chicago
school teacher, said she had given
Pickett $3.50 on his promise to mar
ry her. The marriage did not take
place, but postoffice inspectors pro-
duced evidence to show that Pickett
had already been married fou" times.
Miss Allie Greeley, nearly helpless
from spinal affliction, testified that
Pickett was the only man who had
ever wooed her and that she gave
him $1,000 to establish him in bust
ness. A marriage license was issued
but the wedding did not take place.
Other women who testified were
Mrs. George Pickett, OF Cena, Pa:
Mrs. Ellen S. Pickett, Of Albany, N
Y; Mrs. Lula Enrich Pickett Rob,
inson, of New York, who has pro.
cured divorce from the man, and
Mrs. Alma Miller, Of Macon, Ills.
Pickett says he served term In
Joliet penitentiary for bigamy.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
Lives and Property Lost.

1t is estimated that fifty persons
were drowned by the recent HOODS
on the island of jamaica and that
the material damage will not be less
than s1,250,0O0. The principal loss
was TO the banana plantations on the
north side of the island, and few
Shipments will be possible before
January. The south side Of the
island was practically uninjured, and
the situation there is not serious.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
THIRTEEN ITALIANS ARRESTED.
Band OF Alleged CounterfeiterS Are
Caught iu New York,

BY the. arrest of thirteen Italians
Monday, United States secret service
men and the Italian squad OF the.
New York police, think they have
rounded up the, leaders of band
which has trafticked for At least a
year in large amount OF counter
felt money made in Palermo, ltaiy,
and circulated in America.
The prisoners, who were taken IN
raids upon several Italian shops and
homes in Harlem, include Giuseppe
Morello, in whose lodging were found
seven alleged BLACK hand" letters
written by him to merchants in New
Orleans and returned, the police be-
lieve, by merchants who met the de-
mands for money.
Pascuale Vasi, another Of the men,
had in his possession 200 counter
felt two-dollar bills.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
Wanted to Hang Sooner.

At Russellville, Ala, Tom Robert
son. who two weeks ago killed his
wife and his mothcr-in-law and dan
gerously wounded his wIGe's father
was found guilty Of murder in the
circuit court and sentenced to be
hanged December IS. That's too
long for me to live exclaimed Rob
ertson, when the date of his eXecu-
ton was announced.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
LAWYER Commits Suicide.

A dispatch from Morganton, \. G.,
says Charles julius RcddinS. aged
sc. lawyer and real estate broker
of Charleston, S. c., committed sui
eide there Tuesday by shooting HIM
self in the chest with q shotSun.
The cause OF his rash act was SUP
posed to have been due to melan2h1-
". His remains were shipped ~ his
home in Charleston.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
SIX KILLED IN EARTH SLIDE.
Without Warning Hill Caves il
Upon Gang of Workmen.

A dispatch from Winston-Salem, N.
c., says six men were almost instant
ly killed and one was seriously in
jured there Tuesday morning short
ly before 10 o'clock by a Landslide
of tons of dirt from the side OF an
abutment being constructed fer the
6OO-foot bridge across the Salem
creek valley, on the first section OF
the Southbound Railroad. The dead,
all white men, are:
Lesso Friesland of Iredell coun-
Carmel Bullin of Stokes county.
Carl Dortschmidt, a German.
Carl Erner, German.
Franz Liedman, German.
Alfred Lippner, German.
The injured man is Oscar Mise OF
Norfolk, Va, badly crushed but will
recover.
Three others were injured very
slightly.
The men were eXcavatinS at the
side of a great hill, working with
picks and shovels nearly fifty lee'
below the top of the embankmen1
when tons Of earth broke en- masse
from the mainland and covered them
A few, by dint Of terrific struggles
managed to eXtricte their arms from
the mass, and the four-score labor
ers near by rushed to their assls'
tance. But at once second crumo'
ling of thousands of cubic feet ol
earth abolt swept the rescurers
aside In the twinkling of an eye, and
buried the seven victims hopeless)y
1t was nearly an hour before the
first dead body was recovered, SC
deep was the mass of earth wnich
had crumbled down the embankmeht
The last ,odS was taken Out a.
o'clock. Each was easily recoghlz'
able; the earth had crushed the
breath from their bodies without
batLnrine them.
battering them.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
MANY DESERTIONS IN ARMY.
Annual Report Shows That 1903
Men Deserted Past Fiscal Year.


Continued extensive desertions IN
the United States army during the
last fiscal year forms the leading
feature of the annual report OF Ad"
infant General Ainsworth. After
showing that 1893 men deserted
from the enlisted force Of the regu-
lar army, General Ainswor:h conclud-
es that only strict enforcement OF
severe penalties will diminish ma
terially the practice OF taking
French leave" OF the soldiers.
He regards as rather alarming the
fact that the number of descrtlons
during the last fiscal year was greater
than in the preceding II months.
OF the whole number Of enlisted men
4,91 per cent deserted during the
last fiscal year, while the desertlons
of the preceding year amounted 10
4.59 per cent General AinsWorth
saws the abolition Of the canteen,
the monotony Of GARRISON life, the
increasing amount of work and STUDY
demanded Of a soldier, and the ease
with which remunerative employ
ment can be obtained in civil lie
in these prosperous times are causes
Of the evils mentioned.
The percentage Of desertions
among the white troops is about ten
times greater than among the col
ored men in the service. OF the men
who deserted during the year, J.
O13 we're apprehended and 315 sur
rendered.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Once Prominent Jerseyite Died in
a Poor House.

A dispatch from Charlotte, n. c.
saws an eventful career ended Mon
day afternoon with the death at the
Rowan County Home of Charles A.
Conner, a former member of the New
Jersey Legislature and once proml-
nent in that State. Several years
ago he left his wife and came to
Spencer, y. c., with woman whom
he claimed was his wife. This wo-
man later became insane and died
in the State hospital. Conner brood
ed over her death and soon became
a wreck himself, losing his eyesight.
Before his death he confessed that
the woman with whom he lived at
Salisbury was not his wife.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
Naval Cadet Fired.

The Secretary of the Navy has
approved the recommendation Of the
of the Naval Academy
for the dismissal OF Cadet John +.
Hyman, of South Carolina. General
inaptitude, which has caused seven
other cadets to leave the Academy
this year, is the cause of the dismis-
sal OF Hyman.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
Fiends Awful Crime.

At Staunton, Va. true Dill was
found by the special grand jury
agaist Clifton Breckenridge, the ne
gro charged with repeated assaults
nm the six-year-old granddaughter OF
G. A. Hutchinson, the county jail
keeper. The negro narrowly escaped
lvnching at the hands of lnfuri-
ated mob on Friday night.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
The Rescue Work Halted by Fresh Out
break Of Fire in Mine.
ALL HOPE is GIVEN UP
General Opinion Around the Mine
at Cherry, Illinois, in Which Over
Three Hundred Men Were Buried
alive Saturday, is That All Are
Beyond the Reach of Aid.

Sunday there was hope that the
four hundred miners who were en-
tombed in the ST. Paul coal mine
near Cherry, H., We're still living.
but that hope was given up on Mon
day, and it is now believed that ali
OF them are dead. Some OF the
bodies lie buried beneath thousands
of tons of earth which caved III up
on them, and it is doubtful whether
many of the bodies can ever be re-
covered.
Fans employed in an effort to car
ry fresh air and life down 10 the
imprisoned men served only to en-
liven some embers which sprang
into flames. Soon the heat and
smoke became so dense that it was
necessary again to seal the mouth OF
the hoisting shaft and the men down
there, whatever their condition, are
locked in as effectively as in dun
geon.
Hope swung frequently in the bal
ance the past day or so. Before
the fire broke out again, rescuera
descended four times into the shaft
Then the rumor circulated quickly
throughout the crowds that the man
below had been reached and that
the reason they were not brought up
Immediately was that they were
exhausted by lack OF food, and the
smoke.
But the truth was far different.
The rescuers did, on one occasion,
go down three hundred feet TO the
bottom of the hosting shaft. Then
cropping their way with electric
lamps, and kept alive by oxygen
carried with them, they penetrated
l15O feet into the bottom gallery.
But none of the miners, either dead
or alive was found. 81
Hey, are you there?" cried the
rescuers, but nothing was heard in
response.
1t was conjectured the miners haG
crawled for safety into the recess
es, remotest from the fire, but to-
these parts the rescuers were unable
to go without reascending; Before
they could redescend, the fire had
browen out. Gradually the crowd
about the mouth of the shaft began
to thin as hope seemed to wane.
The explorers reported they had
walked in a vein of the mine for
$50 feet from the base of the shaft
and they had found no living nor
| dead body. The atmosphere in this.
vein was considerably better than
had been expected. With the aid ot
the electric lanters the searchers had
been able to see plainly.
In other veins leading from the
shaft much smoke was encountered
and nothing could be seen. After
consultation it was determined to
start the ventilating fan at the op-
posite side of the mine to clear the
galleries Of the smoke.
Some believed that the draft might
arouse a simmering fire. Others felt
assured the fire had been smother
ed and that ventilation would clear
the galleries and make them pos
sible for the searchers.
In half an hour the fans were
suddenly ordered stopped. Smoke
began to pour from the main shaft
1t was soon learned that fire had
broken out ofresh.
Attempts to drown it proved futile
so that it became necessary TO seal
the shaft.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18
Killed by Boiler Explosion.

About mile from Nashville, Ho
c., Tuesday a boiler exploded aAd
killed John Sellers, young man OK
18 years.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-18

ers, should essay the role Of Ward
McAllister is grotesque. The man
who as a guest OF honor in Charles
ton took the hide off his hosts and
then rubbed in salt, and gave Char
lestonians a stomach-turning from
which they needed years to recover,
the man whose coarse speech when
making addresses by invitation has
brought the blood 10 the faces OF
farmers wives and daughters IN
South Carolina, the man whose pro-
family before women has shocked in
South Carolina and in Washington
this mans criticism, say, Of
hospitality and etiquette is gro
tesuue. The animous is revealed
when Tillman, notorious for lack Of
courtesy, lack of refinement, and for
general uncouthness, and :boastful
of his disregard of the conventions,
ATTEMPTS to be mentor of Columbia S
manners. And when it comes to
maintaining the good name Of South
Carolina, for which he now essays
to be jealous, Tillman's display of an
appetite for getting something for
nothing or much for little, which
had its inceipient manifestation when
he was Governor in the cultivation
of private oat crop at pubic eX-
pense, and its latest development in
the Oregon land affair, might be de-
tailed as startling Inconsistency be-
tween the word and the deed.
''If Mr.. Taft knew anything about
the reason Senator Tillman gave lot
absenting himself from the luncheon
he said nothing about 1t, but en-
joyed q good dinner. A. 4.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-10-15
Presidents Trip a Series
of Blunders is Claimed

fifty thousand members Of his own
party who voted for the Oklahoma
constitution.
When the president made his fam
GUS speech at Oklahoma City. it was
admitted that he lost many votes to
the republican party. and this fool
break of his at Prescott is even more
damaging than his Oklahoma effort.
The president may not like our Jim
Crow law; he may object to our two
cent fare clause; he may not admire
the idea Of the corporation commits
sion. while the taxation Of corpora
tions on an equality with individuals
may give him the cramps but it will
not strengthen his party to compare
these Of his party, who do like these
things and who voted for them, with
apes, monkeys baboons and other
inmates Of a geological garden. In
deed it appears that the president
must have been very short Of logic
and argument to have resorted TO such
comparisons.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-10-15

Guthrie. Okla. Oct l5.-some time
ago President Taft left Washington
for a grand tour including most Of
the states in the Union for the osten-
sibIe purpose of making clear the
policies Of the administration and lin
ing up insurgent republicans.
It has been admitted BY many re-
DuDlicans that the trip has been a
series Of blunders beginning with full
some praise or Aldrich and Cannon and
reading such men as Victor Murdock
and Senator LaFollette out OF the
party.
The hint dropped By the president
thatit would be necessary for our
currency system to be reformed by
Mr Aldrich left very bad taste in
the mouths OF the republicans OF the
middle west
The hearty endorsement given the
Payne tariff billshas- -disgusted most Of
the republicans who are not office
seekers or politicians and who live
In the great producing states Of the
Union. and they are uncharitable en-
ough TO point out the difference in
the speeches made by Mr. Taft now
ana the ones he made before the last
election.
So far as Oklahoma republicanism
is concerned. the last blunder Of the
president is the most disastrous Of
them all. In an address delivered
at Prescott, Arizona, October 18th, in
giving advice 10 the people of Arizona
in regard to the formation Of their
constitution the president took occas-
ion in language that is on a parity
with that used by a curb stone poll
tician to criticise the Oklahoma con,
stitution he said.
You take the last constitution that
was made-that of Oklahoma-and it
is a geological garden of cranks.r
The president not only impeaches
the intelligence Of Oklahoma citizen
ship but ridicules and belittles over
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-10-15

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student bowesef fresh bic iearaings
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constellation room Heaee hia vreIna
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dsgnfy IL costume ard bearine AZ
mat stage " Bic life every added
year seems an asset Of value He
must apologize Tor bic lack Of axe and
experience These phenomena apply
als0 n the neWfy admitted members
IN the bar He looks with envy upon
fhe justice moi merely for Bis fare
u caDon. buf because % bis beard
N formal cut. faH n wise saws and
learned Instances lie behoids real
examples u the worth of years Of
attrliion as shen the late Thomas B
Reed eeaaed ~ ~ speaker o. the
house % enter wiaw firm and recciy-
ed salary ~ J59O0O a year
On the other hand Il ia the youthful
actor who win8 most quickly the CEN
ter Of the stage The glare Of The
footligbgs grows dim for the hlatrionic
artist beyond middle age The brill
iianrexreptions make more dismal the
general rule The old actor may have
acquired perfect technique and in
some eases may hold some place on
the stage. but usually with lessened
popularity and salary More often
he may be found treading the VIA
dolorosa Of Broadway seeking an en-
gagement and unless he has been
frugal during the heyday OF prosperity
his exit may be through the door Of
charity. So among the congregations
the demand Is for the fire Of youth IN
the pulpit Wisdom aud ripened char
acter are too often handicapped by
the very years necessary for their
requirement and the phenomenal
boy preacher may call gaping multi.
tudes 10 repent OF sin whose ininquity
be is not old enough to understand
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