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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
FAMILY OF SIX MURDERED
VIRGIL. HOME THEN BURNED
TO GROUND.
Robbery the Observation-Disclosures
on the Trail and Citizens Deter
mined Upon a Lynching.

BLUEFIELD. w. Va, September 3d.
An entire family of six persons was MUIR
dered and the bodies Of all but one of the
victims were burned with their home at
Hurley, Buchanan county. Va, yesterday.
The motive was evidently robbery. as the
owner of the house, an aged woman.
known as Aunt Betty Justis. was gen.
orally supposed to keep a large sum OF
money about the place.
Mrs. Justis, her son-in-law, George
Meadows; his wife and their three chill
dren were the victims. Meadows body.
badly mutilated. was found lying in the
yard of his destroyed home, the funeral
pyre of his loved ones. Two bullet holes
through the body and CHASTITY wound in
the neck, which almost severed the head
from the body, gave the discoveries their
first evidence of the extent of the tragedy.
A search of the ruins of the house dis
closed sickening spectacle. The black
ened masses of half-burned flesh and
charred bones of the two women and the
three children We're found beneath the de-
bris, each body bearing evidence of muir
der committed before the house was de-
stroyed by fire. evidently for the purpose
of hiding the crime.
The elder woman's skull was upturned
amid the smoldering ruins some distance
from the remainder of her haff-burred
body.
49, Police Find $3.50.
Another daughter of Mrs. Justis told
the police that her mother had a large
sum of money buried under the sill of
the house. and they succeeded in digging
up $3.50 in gold and silver. The murder
ers are supposed to have secured the $500
which Aunt Betty always carried on
her person.
Bloodhounds were rushed to the sceLe.
and in a short time they took up the trail
Of the supposed murderers in a cornfield
which adjoined the Justis home. There
the footprints of three men were found
impressed in the soft soil. A posse of citi-
Zens. heavily armed. are following the
bioodhounds. bent on lynchiEg the muir
derers if they are captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
COMES BACK TO Cu|CAGO
JOHN DICKINSON GOES BEFORE
REFEREE IN BANKRUPTCY.
Promises to Be Present at Hearing
October 2O-Thinks Liabilities
Are About 100000.

CHICAGO. September 23.-John Dickin-
son. head of the defunct stock and grain
brokerage house of John Dickinson & Co..
of Chicago and New York. who mysteri-
ou>ly disappeared on the eve of the ST.,
t&0,OCo failure of his firm, May IL. and
for whom creditors have been searching.
reappeared in Chicago yesterday.
Dlckinson's appearance came as a sur
prise to his attorney and the Chicago
Title and Trust Company, receiver for
the concern, as 1t was reported that the
bankrupt broker had been recently in
Paris. in Mexico and in California When
the receiver was appointed by the federal
court about $4,000 and some furniture
were seized. Dickinson was wanted in
the court of the referee in bankruptcy.
Sydney c. Eastman. in Chicago, in order
that it might be learned what had be-
come of the assets Of the firm.
Takes Oath Before Referee.
Unannounced Dickinson reached Chica-
go and hurried to the office Of his attor-
ney. George w. Plummer. After short
conference. Dickinson went to the Office
of Attorney Francis ]. Houlihan. attor-
ney for the Chicago Title and Trust Com
pany, and then proceeded to the Office of
heIcTe0 III BANKRUPTCY TdIlA LIZ VcdAs
and took an oath.
The party then went to the Office of
Referee Eastman, where for few min
utes Dickinson was questioned by Attor-
ney Houlihan before Mr.. Eastman's
clerk.
No information of any importance was
brought out at this hearing. Mr.. Dick
inson said all the assets were turned over
so far as he knew.
What are the assets Of the concern %
'It Is impossible to tell. l have been
i'll and have not been able to go over the
books"
What are the liabilities?''
Thinks Liabilities About $2OO, 900.
II understand about 500. 600. The books.
I understand. are in such a jumbled Con-
dition that 1t will take some time to find
out just how we stand"
The bankruptcy hearing was set for Oc-
tober 20. at which time Mr.. Dickinson
promised to appear.
Without calling upon his attorney again
or visiting friends on La Sale street, Mr..
Dickinson left for New York.
Attorney Plummer said Mr.. Dickinson
had been suffering a nervous breakdown,
but that he didn't say where he had been
or assign any cause for the failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
HELD ON FORGERY CHARGE.
Former Negro Representative Want
ed in Columbia. S. c.

COLUMBIA. S. C. September o.
George Washington Murray. a negro. who
in reconstruction days. represented aihe
Sumter strict in Congress. and is now
held in Chicago at the request Of the
South Carolina authorities to serve a
sentence of three years for forgery. re-
fuses to return here without requisition
papers. Application for these was made
to Gov. Ansei.
Murray fed while the jury was delib-
Grating upon his case and the sentence
was imposed in his absence. He has been
in Canada since his flight. Murray has
divorced his negro wife. ii is said at his
home. and married a white woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
Want Easier Access to Park.

The East Washington Citizens Asso-
citation. through the secretary. A. r.
Sperry. has sent the Commissioners a re-
quest that some plan be adopted provid-
ing for easier access by street cars to
the interior of Rock Creek Park. 1t 10
also recommended that number of pub
lie convenience stations be erected in tho
park
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
INVESTMENT PROPERTY.

GILT-EDGED INVESTMENTS. PAYING 8 AND
10 per cent net
Price. $4,000; renting for 500 q month-Sis
dwellings on a numbered street west Of 1th
Owner needs cash; will sacrifice.
So. $50 each: each renting for $36 month
Nearly new bricks, rooms and bath. on
numbered street west Of 14th st.
s4,25O. renting for $ss-store and dwelling
Capitol Hill: lot 2Ox119; stable.
S1.75O. renting for $15-Six houses on q let
tered street south Of st. Always rented.
5000. renting for SOS. 5O-Nearly new: on
an ave.: s rooms; brick and stone.
$4,000. renting for $3I-Near 10th and Mass.
ave. NV: grounds alone worth price asked.
$1,000. renting for $50-Near 7th and L sts.
NV: offered SO low to settle estate.
1850. renting for $96-Eight 2-story houses
on a numbered street northwest.
S4.25O. renting for $S5-Store and dwelling
in Mt. Pleasant; good -sized lot: old established
store.
s4.5Oo. renting for $50 month-sth st. NV.
Always occupied.
5000, renting for $59-Two nearly new S.
room bricks avenue.
500 each. renting for $12 5O-Three brick
houses a numbered street west Of 14th st.
SCI 600. renting for $1,000 a year-A block
of ten brick houses on q prominent corner
northwest, 14Sx77.
$4,000 renting for s.. $50 q year-Ten ''rick
houses near 7th and P SITS. NV.
STONE & FAIRFAX,
sep 1912 New York
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Crutchfield Reported Better.

The condition of N. T. Crutchfied, who
was removed to the Emergency Hospital |
Tuesday suffering from the effects of in
haling illuminating gas, was this after
noon reported to be improved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23

Mrs. Mary Turner Clark seventy-ive
years old. a native of Scotland ed at
the home O. her son-in-law. n. H. Cobbs.
and one daughter. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23

Judge and Mrs. w. E. Lipscomb o.
Prince William county, Va, have issued
invitations for the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage. to be celebrated at theif
home this evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
CHEVY CHASE.
THE Subj RIB BEAUTIFULLY OF WASHING
FOR RENT.

NORTH CHEVY CHASE-1-ROOM HOUSE PAR.
italy furnished: owner. going away. will rent
for nominal price for winter IL party who will
give good care Box 10i Star Office.
66as-3s GA. AVE: COMFORTABLE HOMES
six rooms and porcelain bath: furnace heat :
large front and rear wards: rent cheap by the
year. Apply f. W. MCINTYRE. 224 c st. NV
side entrance. bet. . and IL mornings. phone
Main 5Ss7 during same honys se2o-6t
FOR RENT-SILvER SPRING. nd. II
rooms 12E acres. W. w. CTRTISS Y6t2
1fth st. NV. Phone. SELF Su. tu&th-tf
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Cook Gives Details of Trip;
No Former Quarrel With Peary

Continued from Sixteenth Page.)
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COLORED PEOPLE BUY LOT AT SOUTH
KENILwORTH. D. c.. and have your house
built on monthly nstallment plan Apply Der
NARD G. BROWN. 62T Colorado building
apl4-ff
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FOR SALE - REDUCED TO Si3OO: EASY
terms; new I-rOOm house. Woodside, Md. five
miles north Of city; near school. churches and
electric cars; lot 79x2O0; modern conveniences;
sanitary sewage system: shade: garden. APP
ply owner, DIR. CALDWELL, next door
ie1i-tf.6
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01

Governor Gilchrist has appointed
officers o. Palm Beach county, recent
" created By the Legislature from
a pOrtion Of Dade. as recommended
By the Democratic executive commit
tee Of the new county. The Cover
n0r's preference was that the officers
be named through q primary. but
since the act creating the county viii
become effective before two primary
elections could Be held according 70
the statutes. he had no alternative
other than 70 follow the recommenda-
tiOns Of the committee.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01

The news o. the settlement % The
Geor9ia Railr0ad strike vas received
with pleasure and satisfaction every
where. For time IL seemed that the
differences existing between the rail
road ard its employees would cause
much blood-shed and much disturb
ance owing 90 the racial question tn.
v0lved A. d O.. much incOnven.
.ience and privation vas forced upon
the people living along the line Of
the affected road. and Il l. 20 b.
hoped that such differences may b.
amicably settled in future without the
Generalization Of business incident 20
a tie-uD o. an trains.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will De
pleased 20 learn that there Is az least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able % cure In all It's stages.
and that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure O. the only positive cure known
10 the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure O. taken intern
ally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the cOnstitu-
tion and assisting nature In doing its
work. The proprietOrs have 20 much
faith lu lts curative powers that they
Oher One Hundred Dollars for any
case that Il fails 90 cure. Send for
testimonials. Address.
F.J. CHENEY a CO. Toledo, o.
Sold by an druggists. 80 cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01

Dr. G. A. Nunnally has resigned the
presidency Of Columbia College az
Lake City and viii remove 70 Rome,
Ca. July lst 20 accept a chair In
Shorter College. DR.. Nunnally was
the first and only president COlum-
bia College has ever had and his
multitude Of Florida friends regret
that he has seen ft 20 sever his re-
lati0ns with the institutions. The resig-
nation has been accepted by the
board Of trustees.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01

years. gloso9; agricultural building
and dairy barn. tl9ee9. inhrmary.
g. 6oo-totaL t1sooo.
For TIE DAT Dumb and Blind Insti-
tute az s. Augustine: Current eN.
psnres for tuo pears. $40 eoo: equip
msnt o. new building. $500. sanL
f-riun. t7.rG0
An appropriation 90 $1,000 d
recommended Tor equipping the State
rife range
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01


The committss appointed b. TIE
Lesislaturs % gisit the various state
educaflonal iasfisufi0ns and tire state
rlas range and arsenal Which vas
composed 81 two members o. the Sen
ATE. Senators CFin and ID. n. Baker.
and four men1bers % the House. Rep
reaentafiyes 80. MeKenzie. Terrell
and Decreases. haa ssbmlsted an ex-
haustlye report % that BODY. with
Tscommendatioas That part % the
report concrrnihg the University Of
Florida n g. follows:
Your commitfee visited che Uni.
verslty o. Florida. az Gainesville. on
May ~ and n. 1909. We were met
e the train b. q delegation Of the
citizens Of Gainesville and escorted 20
the White House. where We spent
fhe nieht Early the next morning
carriages were placed a. our disposal.
and win the delegation Of citizens
Ne proceeded % the University.
Here We met President siedd and bis
able body o. teachers
Although n is only about three
years since the University vas per.
manentiy located AZ Gainesville. there
s. an air Of c0ntentment and pride
that We had hardly expected 90 find.
and Il uas a pleasure 10 the commit.
tee 90 observe this; u augurs well for
the success Of the University There
certainly Is no better place IN an this
Southland. and none laid with broad
e. lines than the University o. Flor
ida. and h d only a question q time
when our people WIN With one accord
point with pride % their great Univer-
atty
The main building O. known as
Thomas Han. and n - a brick and
eoncrete structure. three stories IN
height. and three hundred feel by
sixty feet vide. n contains lecture
rooms. laboratory. library. assembly
hail. dining han and Offices Of the
University
The dormitory. known a. Buckman
Han. - a brick and concrete struc.
ture Of the same style Of architecture
a. tho main building: Il Is three
stories IN height and two hundred
and forty feet long by sixty feet vide.
4The machinery han O. a brick
building sixty feet long by thirty feet
wide. In which there Is some excel
lent machinery. and where students
are Instructed IN wood and metal
work. drawing. etc.
The grounds are most delightful.
~ situated. The eastern boundary OF
the grounds. upon which the Unlver.
sity O. located. a. thrco-quarters Of q
mile West Of the court house az
Gainesville.
The grounds extend one mile west
and contain I've hundred and twelve
(5l2J acres 81 land. The campus Il
located on eighty (sOl acres IN che
northeast corner Of this body Of land
and a. easily accessible 20 the city
with which Il Il connected by a we'll
paved street The rest OF the ground
o. intended 10 b. used Tor the Expert
ment Station and a model farm. and
d said by a specialist 20 b. admirably
adaDted 30 these purposes. Upoh
this campus q machinery hall and
tEo modern dormit0Ties have beeu
erected One Of the domitories 0,
nov being used for administrative
aud class room purposes. The aits
d me UnlVersiiY Vas given free d
cost 10 me state b. the citizens Of
Gainesville. who also donated 10 ths
inatlfutiou forty thousand dollars
9i0lo00l ~ cash. besides agreeing "a
furnish qafer A. ali departments oi
ths UniySTtiiy free % charge.
The ctmbas has been laid on and
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01

Some men. however talented and
accomplished. never succeed In life
while others no better endowed ment-
ally or Internationally win success I'm
everything they take hold Of. Per
haps the reason lies I'm the fact that
those Who fail have no snap while
the others have.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-01

The defeat Of the Pinellas county
bill by the Legislature indicates that
that body Is not disposed 90 create
more than one new county per ses-
sion
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05
PASSING OF THE RAILROAD LOBBY

President Charles S. Mellen of the
New Haven road declares with empha
sis that not dollar of the expenses
detailed in the annual report was
spent "for lobby, for use of the So
called third house, or for payments
to politicians" This declaration,
while perhaps necessary to forestall
criticism, will occasion no surprise.
The day of the railroad lobby in
Legislative halls is passing; nay, is
almost gone. Time was when every
railroad spent large sums in the main
tenance of lobbies which distributed
cash and fayors with a lavish hand
in order to secure or prevent certain
Legislation. The scandal grew with
every session. The worst of it was
from the railroad standpoint at any
rate, that demand kept pace with and
even outstripped supply. Every year
the call of lobbyists for larger appro-
priations with which to do his cor
rupt work grew more insistent. Every
year public sentiment against the
practice and those responsible for 1T
increased. At last came the antl-pass
laws as an expression of this public
sentiment.
Meanwhile, the railroads had been
taking counsel of themselves, and
reaching the conclusion that money
thus spent was ill spent. even from the
most mercenary standpoint. Leading
railroad men who started by deplor-
ing the system as necessary evil,
endd by denouncing and then abolish
ing it.
The best managed railroads of the
country do not now seek to corrupt
deliberative bodies. They find that
the response to the request, "Come
let us reason together" is far more
effective than the furtive bribe. -
Minneapolis Journal.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05

The Iowa woman suffrage conven-
tion held at Des Moines last week
voted to adopt obstructive tactics,
another way of saying the militant
tactics now used in England. One oi
the leaders said
All | ask is for 500 women to stand
with me and we can storm the legisla
ture until we get something. We have
progressed 30years along conservative
lines, and what have we accomplished
If any fight is left in us, let us fight.
Imprisonment viii be chIld's play to
the humiliation of going back to the
legislature another year and begging
for the rights of suffrage All we need
is material good lawyer and mon
ey. There is point where patience
ceases to be virtue.
when the Legislature refuses to
consider our bill, we can talk. One
woman can block the Legislature un-
til put out; then another can AXE her
place. This is not an invasion upon
the Legislature.
eff a policeman takes me by the
arm [ will not surrender to the law.
| am citizen, and have had no pow
er in placing these men in the legis-
lature. | will be there to fight for
my rights as did NV forefathers; and
why have not | the same right to
fight for the voice of the governed?
And still another said:
''And / would go to Jail for the
suffrage cause. Buff I were arrested
/ would resist the officer to the last,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05
DESERTS THE STALWARTS

The Journal Observer, OF Redfield,
one of the staunch staiwart papers OF
the last campaign, has deserted that
faction. While we do not agree
with the J.-O. entirely, we must say
that we endorse it in part, and some
Of it's criticism of the insurgents is
merited Below we print the leading
editorial of the J.-O. in its last issue;
"Those undismayed insurgents are
getting ready to insurge again at the
December session of congress. They
are not going to wait until after an.
other election but are going after
Uncle Joe Cannon's scalp instant'sr
And the Journal. Observer sincerely
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05

proving fourteen months actual and
continuous residence. cultivation and
and the payment of
proof fees and all unpaid installments
of the appraised value of the land, or
by proving five years actual residence
and cultivation and the payment an
nually of all installments of the APP
praised value, and the proof fees and
not more than $4 as commissions.
Actual residence on the land must
begin by all persons, whether soldiers
or otherwise, within six months from
the date Of their filings, to the exclu-
sion of a home elsewhere, and it must
be continued until a patent has been
earned.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05

hopes they get it. We presume our
representatives in both houses will
again misrepresent our state by he!pir <
Cannon and Aldrich retain their grip,
the one pair by their votes and the
other one by his hot air. Gamble
don't count.
"When you sit down and carefully
analyze the situation in South Dakota
it seems strange that as intelligent a
a class of people as compose the re-
publican party in this state would
tolerate the present state of affairs.
Perhaps five per cent of the republic
cans in the state believe in the Can
non-Aldrich regime, yet our four
servants in congress support that
regime and come back home asking
us to pat them on the back. Congress-
man Martin has shown in many in
stances that he is nearer in sympathy
with his home people than The others
and we believe if given the proper
support by his colleagues would rep
resent his state.
Three fourths Of the stalwarts do
not favor the same political lineup
used in the last state campaign and
want to get away from the leadership
of Kittredge, Frank Crane, Joe Green,
Charlie McCioud, Burk eft al. Three
fourths of the insurgents are sick at
heart when they think of Crawford
and Gamble and their recent record.
Now the question naturally arises,
are these men in the two factions,
who fully believe both factions are
wrong, going to let these self appoint
ed leaders herd them into the two
politi al corrals, rope, throw and tie
them or are they going TO get their
own heads together, pick out the good
men from each faction and make them
the leaders?
"The only way the mass OF republican
voters can be run into these two
corrals is for them to let matters drift
along until too late to do anything
except follow the crowd into one or
the other. Now is the time to begin
the independent movement. Once
begun twill spread like prairie fire. {"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05

A FEDERAL Judge at Kansas City
got foxy and roasted defendant in
his court. On appeal the man was
given new trial because of the re-
marks of the judge. As result OF
the notion of many of the courts that
they are the whole thing, they have
taken it as their right to moralize and
air their personal opinions at the ex-
pense Of defendants at the bar. Such
a proceeding is not only out of place,
but contemplate. A judge is SER
want of the people, not master His
business is to interpret and apply the
law, and there his duty and his
privilege end.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-11-05

IF all the Aberdeen people who
held lucky numbers in the land draw,
ing should file and make residence
on their claims there would not be
enough left in Aberdeen to hold the
offices. The system employed in the
drawing may be the best that can be
devised, but it comes along way from
being what it was intended. Those
living at or near the point of registra-
tion take a chance at it in the hope
of drawing rich prize and not in
tending to file if they do not secure
something that will sell at fancy
price, which materially lessons the
chances of those who intended to
actually occupy the land if they drew
lucky number. 1t is probably a
safe guess that not one, fourth OF
those registering from Aberdeen who
drew claims will ever make filing