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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
TRUST SOLD UNDER HAMMER
Standard Oil Subsidiaries in Texas
Disposed of at Auction.

Austin, Tex, Dec. AT public auc-
tion here the property of the Waters
Pierce Oil company was sold to S. w.
Fordyce and associates of st. Louis
The price bid was $1,431,741. The
property of the Security Oil company
was bought by John Sealey of Calves
ton for $4,000 and that of the Ma
was also sold to Sealey for s750,000.
Sixty cars o. the Union Tank Line
company were bought by Mr.. Sealey
for $4,000.
The properties were sold ON account
of the antitrust suits and custer pro-
ceedings in tituted some time ago by
the state of Texas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
ROADS GAINING
IN TWIN CITIES
Claim Conditions Are Fast
Becoming Normal.
DIFFERENT In THE WEST

Strikers Have Upper Hand at Great
Falls, Butte, Spokane, Seattle and
other Places of Importance and
Only Small Per Cent of the Reg
uIar Equipment Is at Work in the
Yards.
st. Paul, Dec. 9.-After one week Of
hard tryout the striking switchmen
have gained no material ground on
their side and the railroad officials
assert that the strike has been broken
A trip through the terminals by a
party of st. Paul business men indi-
Gates, at least, that whatever hold the
switchmen have on the situation is
outside the Twin Cities.
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Min
neapolis Junction and Minnesota
Transfer are working about normally,
handling freight both ways, but chiefly
clearing the congestion and taking
care of outgoing traffic. At Great
Falls, Butte, Spokane, Seattle, Supe-
rior and few other places of like
importance the switchmen are said TO
have the upper hand, both force and
equipment being far below normal.
Strikers Strong in the West.
At Great Falls, for instance, the
normal equipment of the Great North
ern is nine engines and thirty-two
men, while there are working only
two engines and three men. At Butte
the normal is six engines and eighteen
men and there are working one en-
gine and two men. Spokane's normal
is five engines and fifteen men and
there are working two engines and six
men At Seattle the normal is nine
engines and thirty men and there are
working three engines and six men.
President Frank r. Hawley of the
Switchmens union declares that the
railroads are making up trains of emp
ties, sealed, to convey the impression
that freight is moving and says he
can prove it, but the railroad officials
laugh at the suggested subterfuge
saying they can move freight as cas-
lily as they can handle empties.
Strikebreakers File Charges.
Charging that strkebreakers being
brought into the Northwest are helC
in practical peonage, sometimes undel
armed guard, kept from deserting by
being locked in coaches, railroad of
fees and basement, that they are in
sufficiently fed en- route and that EN-
ployment agencies deliberately mis-
represent real conditions, &. d. Carr o
| Toledo and J. B. Wilson of Duluth
| have appeared before State Labo
Commissioner McEwen and made
statements on which investigation il
| under way. Railroad officials laugh a
| the story
Carr is a union switchman, he says
| and came to St Paul on the repre-
| Sentation of an employment agent tina
| 95 per cent of men We're back at work
| that the sWitchmen had won, that the.
were to get 81 day for ten hours ant
| that in going to work here he woult
| simply be supplying part of shortag'
| caused by per cent of the striker
leaving the city before the strike ha'
| been won
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
QUITS JOB AS A LABUREK
Wisconsin Jurlst Mo Longer Working
in Factory.

Kenosha, Wis, Dec. 9.-Judge Jo-
seph r. Clarkson, a Keuosha jurist and
lecturer, who q short time ago startled
the factory of the Simmons Manufac-
turing company after q long absence
from the city during lapse of mem
ory, has left the factory. He has Civ
en- up his cherished plan of being a
common laborer.
At the plant it is said that Judge
Clarkson was forced to give up his
work on account of i'll health.
The friends of the judge are ignor-
ant of his future plans. He is now in
Chicago
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
INDEPENDENTS ARE STRONG
Said to Control Half of the Country's
phone Business.

Chicago, Dec. independent tele-
phone companies control half the tele-
ing to the report OF Secretary ]. B.
Ware of the international Independent
Telephone association, made at the
twelfth annual convention, which
opened at the Auditorium hotel.
All stories OF telephone war were
denied by the Independent operators,
who declared they would simply take
a stand against the further absorption
of small properties by the Bell com
Dany
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
FROM SEATTLE TO PANAMA
Longest Run of Through Passenger
Cars in World.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 9.-Beginning
Jan. l, 1910, through Pullman sleep
ers will be run from this city to Pan
anna, which will be the longest stretch
of track in the world and the longest
schedule ever maintained by any rail
way company The whole journey
from Seattle to the end of the Tehuan-
tepec railroad will exceed 5000 miles
and eight days will be consumed en-
route.
The new plan is part of the South
ern Pacific system, new terminals hav.
ing been completed in this city this
month.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
HAZERS PAINTED GIRL RED
Episode Being Investigated by West
Virginia Regents.

Charleston. w. Va, Dec. 9.-The
state board of regents started an in.
yestigation into the hazing of Miss
Matte Taylor, student of the Fair
mont state normal school at Fair.
mont, W. Va. She was given an ice
bath and painted red, it is alleged, be.
cause she rooted for the wrong foot.
ball team recently Miss Taylor is a
daughter of prominent attorney of
Elkina. w Va.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
OCCUPANTS NEAR DEATH
Home of Strikebreakers at Struthers,
o., Dynamited.

Struthers, O.; Dec. "a large dou-
BILE frame house occupied by the fam
lilies of Harry Birney and Louis Smith,
recently imported here by the Ameri-
can Sheet and Tin Plate company to
work in the local min where a strike
is in progress, was dynamited
William Birley father of Harry Bir.
ney, was almost sufcc2ted and six 9th
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
A Gard

This is to certify that all druggists are
authorized to refund your money if Fo' =
ey's Honey snd Tar fails to cure your
cough or cold. 1t stops the cough. heals
the lungs and prevents serious results
from a cold, prevents pneumonia and
consumption. Contains no opiates. The
genuine is in yellow package. Refuse
substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09

The best pill is DeWitts Little Early
Risers the safe, easy, pleasant and sure
little liver pills. DeWitt's Carbolized
Witch Hazel Salve is the original Good
for cuts, burns or bruises, and especially
for piles. Sold by all Druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
TRIBAL FEUD CAUSES FIGHT
Native Regiments in Bloody Battle in
Morocco.

Paris, Dec 9.-Dispatches from Fee
Morocco, say that scores of soldiers
were killed in an unprovoked fight be
tween two regiments of hostile sol
diers, which were on parade before
the sultan
The regiments had been recruited
from tribes that have long been al
war with each other and their fanati
cal zeal overcame the army restraint
o,d n ,,s4zL-7 ho++1o svr,,a5
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09

Ii you desire clear complexion take
Fole, S Orino Laxative for constipation
and liver trouble as 1T will stimulate
these organs and thoroughly cleanse
your S, stem, which is what everyone
deeds in order to feel well. Sold by all
druggists
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
STEEI. Strike
C;aJWS WORSE
DiscT3ar I2rbS Trouble at
Ei.ler.Ls FONTS.
NOW OH FOR FIVE MONTHS

Walkout Followed "open Shop" Order
of American Sheet and Tin Plate
company-EIome OF Strikebreakers
at Struthers, O., Dynamited and
Seven Persons njured-stuation
Beyond Control of Local Authorities.
Pittsburg, Dec. 9.-The strike of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers against the
American Sheet and Tin Plate COM
pany, subsidiary of the United
States Steel corporation, which has
been in progress during the past five
months in the states of Ohio, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania, is gradual
ly assuming serious proportions.
Developments in the labor dispute
clearly demonstrated the temper OF
the participants. A house, occupied
by nonunion men at Struthers, o., was
dynamited and seven persons injured;
a soldier opened fire on a striker at
Bridgeport, O., without effect, how.
ever; nonunion men were severely
beaten at Newcastle, Pa, and the au,
thorities at Wheeling, w. Va, and
Martins Ferry, o., are preparing for
any trouble that it is feared may oc.
cur momentarily at the mills in that
vicinity.
Secret Conferences HeId
The officials OF the United States
Steel corporation and American Sheet
and Tin Plate company are said to be
holding secret conferences in this city
and New York.
In West Virginia the civil authori.
ties have so far been able to cope with
the situation; Pennsylvania authori.
ties are considering the adyisability of
seeking the aid of the state constabu,
larry and in Ohio the military has been
invoked.
The strike followed the open shop
order of the company If successful
this means, it is said, the exclusion OF
the Amalgamated association in the
plants of the steel corporation.
A conference of national labor lead
ers, under the auspices of the Ameri
can Federation Of Labor, will be held
here next Monday and the attitude oi
the United States Steel corporation
towards organized labor will receive
thorough consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
CLUB REMOVAL is UP AGAIN
Omaha Commercial Organization Has
Chance 10 secure Either of
Two Bank Buildings.

A movement is again on foot to find more
and commodious quarters for the Omaha
Commercial club. The need Of more room
has been shown many times of late, es-
pecially at the banquet which vas given 70
Senator Aldrich. The same thing will be
noted at the banquet which will be given
to the japanese commissioner Saturday
night.
Two locations highly recommended are
now offered to the club and 1t Is said
either of these might be bought for about
half price. They are the Omaha National
bank building, which is for sale, since the
bank is 20 move into the New York Life
building; and the old United states Ma
tional bank building at 18th and Farnam
streets.
Should either OF these building be bought
the club could have all the room needed
and yet rent out part OF the building to
pay on the investment.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Evidence Heard
in Riddle Case
Witnesses for Updikes and Defendant
Heard in Police Court-Argu-
ment Later.

The case against Elmer ]. Riddle, and
his defense were both outlined at the pre-
liminary hearing in police court Of the
grain maj charged with larceny of a
bill Of lading. The hearing proceeded far
enough to get the evidence in, but argu-
ments have not been made and will be ar
ranged for by the attorneys later.
Riddle is accused Of selling a car Of
grain to the Papillion Roller mills, when
he had no right to do so. He arranged
with the Updike Grain company to buy a
car and it was stipulated that the sale
should be for cash, The Updikes' office
boy took the bill Of lading to Riddles Of
flee in the Brandeis building and was TO
get a check there.
Riddle was not in and he left the bill
Of lading. He was to return for the check.
Then, as the contention Of the state is,
Riddle sold the car to Papillion
by drawing on sight on the Sarpy
county company. Details Of this
were testified to by c. L. Babcock, secre-
tary of the Updike Grain company, H.
McArdle, a clerk, and Al Fuller, the Of
flee boy.
Riddle took the stand in his own behalf.
He explained that he was not in when
the bill of lading came over, that he had
drawn the check. but subsequently mis-
laid it and forgot all about it. Employees
OF his office corroborated him about not
being in at the time.
Al Fuller, the office boy, could not re-
member whether he had seen Kiddle at
the time or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
CAIRO IS QUIET AFTER RIOT
Militia in Charge of City and Peace
is Restored.
NEGRO AND WHITE LYNCHED
slayer of Anna PeIIey and Wife MUIR
derer Killed by Mol During
Night of RIOtInE and
Murder,

CAIRO, ILL.,, Nov. 12,-The arrival of five
companies Of the state militia this morn
ing apparently cowed the spirit Of the des-
perate men who lynched VIII James, a
negro, and Henry Salzner last night. No
attempt has been made to storm the county
Jail, where Arthur Alexander, a negro i'm
plicated by James In his confession In the
killing OF Miss Annie Policy, is held.
The Jail is surrounded by members OF
Company X of Cairo and the different com
panies of the militia as they arrive are
being stationed along the streets where the
moi congregated during the night.
Many citizens, while condemning the ac-
ton OF the mob, are satisfied with the
nights work. Mayor Parsons this morning
said he did not anticipate any further
trouble even though Alexander is being
kept here.
Five other companies of the state militia
arrived before noon. and II is expected the
500 men will be able 70 prevent any out
break tonight. The city Is now quiet. No
effort has been made yet TO learn the
identity OF the leaders OF the lynchers.
Though the protection OF the men who
were lynched here was no. IN any way
under my control. no one can regret the
affair more than do" said Mayor Par
sons today. Il do not think that any
blame attaches to any official.
The entire community was worked up
to such a pitch that no other termination
was possible. l believe that the majority
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

the crime was committed while a crowd o.
10 900 people looked on and danced In glee
The mob came very near getting off the
train before it reached the city and lynch.
ing James, but it was finally decided tc
bring the negro into Cairo and give the
people here a chance to help with the
work.
The mob was so large here that the re.
sistance OF the officers was fruitless. Tit
negro, James, has been in Cairo off and or
for several years and came here from the
south. He said before being lynched that
an assault had been committed before the
girl was murdered and that Alexander
helped him.
story of Crime.
Miss Policy was an orphan girl, % years
old, Her home was formerly at Anna. III
For two years she had made her home
with her sister, Mrs. John Coffman OF
Cairo. She was employed as a sales girl
On Monday evening she left the store
at 6 o'clock and walked with her chum.
Ella Dolan, as far al Miss Dolan's homo
at 1903 Commercial Jtreet. She took a
Holbrook car at Fourteenth and Washing
ton streets. 1t was raining, and to avoid
a muddy stretch of sidewalk, she left the
car at Twenty-eighth and Elm streets in
stead of at Sycamore street, as was her
custom.
The finding Of the handle Of her umbrella
in the front yard of the residence OF Harry
Lipe at 424 T~wenty-sixth street, three doors
from the Coffman home, indicates that
this was where she was first attacked. II
Is supposed tina when she was confronted
he struck the man with her umbrella and
he handle flew into the yard.
Marks on the ground show that she wa
dragged seventy-five feet to the spot where
she was ~strangled to death. Her fearfully
bruised and lacerated throat and face
show that she fought desperatelS,
Governor Gets Favorable Report.
CHICAGO, Nov. AT his temporary
headquarters in the Union League club
here Governor Deneen received a report
over the telephone shortly before II O'Clock
from Sheriff Davis at Cairo.
The sheriff declared the troops had the
situation in hand and that no further VIC
lence had been committed. The Carbonate
ompan the sheriff told Governor Deneen,
on its arrival early in the morning had
d. ployed in the railroad yards, where the
mob Of 1900 persons was searching for
Alexander, and had dispersed the rioters.
The sheriff asked that the troops be left
there today and tonight.
THE Fourth regiment ought to be in
Cairo now said Governor Deneen. Il
have told the sheriff that I will send other
regiments II they are needed, but he seems
TO think there is no occasion for more
troops. ! will be in Springfield this after
noon and will keep in close touch with the
in Cairo and give them all the
military assistance they need"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

of the citizens are pleased at the turn Of
affairs, and while they deplore the dis
grace Of the city and state they believe
hat the result win be satisfactory.
There has not been IN official execution
in Cairo for ten - fifteen years, and yet
the city has had its share of murders
Juries have failed TO convict in homicide
cases, or have convicted only for minor
degrees, and it has been possible 70. muir
derers 10 escape. In fact. rcIrder in Cairo
has, 1 regret to say. 1een t~olerably safe.
THE feeling against cl4me that has SO
long been suppressed has found vent and
l believe that Cairo will be peaceful and
law-abiding hereafter"
Alexander Safely in jail.
Arthur Alexander, the negro implicated
in the assault and murder of Miss Anna
Pelley by the confession of the lynched
negro, James, was safely lodged in the
county Jail this morning by the officers,
Alexander was hid in the city by the Off
GERS.
They put a polioeman's uniform on him,
this helping him to escape detection. The
mob learned that he was in the Jail and
could have easily taken him out, but II
was thought best to leave the matter rest
for the present. and the mob dispersed
and the city is so calm and quiet that no
signs can be detected OF the mob's work
by the casual observer.
James, confessed murderer OF Annie Pei
ley, was hanged, riddled with bullets and
burned early last night after 1000 deter
mined men had chased Sheriff Davis and
the negro for twenty-four hours and seized
the prisoner.
Henry Salzner, white, held for uxorcide.
was later taken from a steel cell in the
county jail and hanged n shot by the
Infatuated men, who up to that time were
unsuccessful in capturing Alexander.
The mob rave SRlzner a chance to confess
after the rope was around his neck. but
he was so frightened that he could only
humble that his sisters did the killing.
The mob became furious at this and it was
hard work TO keep them off SAlzner long
enough to give him a hance to. pray. The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

Grenville NJ. Dodge, while in omaha FRI
day, Twice as many states will be repre-
scented as last year and to house these the
association has twice as much room as
last year, but will stil be crowded
The entire country is taking an interest
in these movements to increase the produc-
ton of the soil, and 1. is a great thing
1t is no wonder the National Corn exposi-
ton at Omaha thrives. and the fruit show
will be a success for the same reason, be-
cause Of the magnificent backing from the
big railroads. All realize the worth OF
these Eastern railroads are
taking up the work to try to get better
crops from eastern soil, but the glorious
west is where the great work Of develop
ment is going on"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
REGULATES ANY OUT.OF ORDER STOMACH

heartburn, Sour risings, Gas on stomach
or Belching Of undigested food, Headaches,
Dizziness or Sick Stomach, and besides.
what you eat will not ferment and poison
your breath with nauseous odors. All
these symptoms resulting from a sour,
out-of-order stomach and dyspepsia are
generally relieved five minutes after tax
ing a little Diapepsin.
Go to your druggist and get a 90 cent
case OF Pape's Diapepsln now. and you wnl
always go to the table with a hearty ap-
petite, and what you eat will taste good,
because your stomach and intestines Will
be clean and fresh. and you will know,
there are not going TO be any more be-
nights and miserable days for you. They
freshen you and make you feel like life
iH worth living AaV.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

rub!ic arch, the rope broke and at least
200 shots were poured into his body He
made a partial confession and implicated
another negro. Arthur Alexander, and the
mob has gone out to look for him.
James was lynched in the most prominent
square of the city and was hanged to the
arch at Eighth and Commercial streets.
Women present were the first to pull the
rope. When It broke the frenzy OF the mob
vas uncomfortable and It fired volley after
volley into his body, shooting him to pieces.
The mob then dragged the body over the
streets for more than a mile, to Twenty
sixth and Elm streets, in an alley, and
burned it where the murder was conf
mitted. At least 10000 people witnessed the
lynching.
James was found with Sheriff Davis be-
tween Karnak, ILL.,, and Belknap by the
Cairo crowd which went up this afternoon.
The crowd overpowered the officers and
took the negro from them and after a con-
ference it was decided to bring the negro
back to this city and lynch him here.
Women Aid in Work.
Fully 1000 people went up to help find
the negro and when they arrived in Cairo
they were met by a bowling mob of at
least 5000 more. They marched direct 10
the arch, sweeping everything before them
Many women were out to help do the work,
Sheriff Davis pleaded for the life Of the
negro, but without avail, and when Cairo
was reached Davis was taken in charge by
a part Of the mob, while the rest rushed
the negro rapidly to the scene Of action.
The mob after the negro was so large
that it covered the entire country from
Karnak TO Vienna, H., a distance of about
sixteen miles. When found by the mob the
negro was handcuffed between the two
Officers and they were lying on the bank
Of a creek. All three were so weak from
hunger and exposure that they were not
able to make much resistance.
sheriff Is Overpowered.
Sheriff Davis tonight said that he de-
plored the lynching and made every pos
sible resistance in his power but that the
crowd was so large that he could do abso-
lutely nothing.
He said that after leaving the train at
Dongola last night he made an effort to
get a rig, but found IL impossible to find
one as the news had been spread over the
country and that the farmers knew Of the
crime the negro had committed and that ne
could not get assistance and hardly any
thing 10 eat.
At every point where he headed TO board
a train he was blocked off by a mob.
James was found about 8 o'clock this
evening and the news was sent along the
line 10 the scattered mob to board the Big
-Four train and meet them at Belknap,
and the whole party arrived on the Big
-Four at 7:45 p. m.
Negro COnfesses Crime.
The negro was taken off at Tenth street
and marched right through the principal
streets Of the city 10 the most public loca-
ton under the city arch at Eighth and
Commercial streets, While in custody OF
the mob. at Belknap and coming down on
the train the negro would not tell about the
crime but when he stood under the arch
he weakened and confessed and said Ar
thur Alexander was implicated in the
crime, Alexander was arrested but was
released yesterday.
The hoHy Waa burned ~ the spOt WherF
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

No Controversy ABouI ThiA Discovery.
The controversy between Cook and Peary
as to who discovered the North Pole is OF
little moment compared with the discovery
Of an eminent European professor who has
without doubt discovered a cure for
Asthma. Mr.. c. e. Williams OF lOS Fulton
street, has his proof at han and will fur
nish 1t free Of charge on application to any
person suffering from this dreaded dis
ease. No person suffering from Asthma
should neglect this opportunity to write At
once for full information.-CAdv)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

JAMES

Negro ConfeNses MuFder and ImPIi-
Gates Accomplish.
CAIRO, Ill, Nov. u-Wnl James, the
negro suspected OF being the murderer Of
Miss Anna Policy, was killed here tonight
b. a mob, James was strung up 10 the