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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
Five Killed in Katy Collision.

Beagle, Kansas.-The Missouri,
Kansas & Texas flyer, north bound,
split a switch here at II o'clock Sun
day night and was derailed. The en-
gineer, John Cowden of Parsons, was
killed. The engine ran into a string
of bunk cars, in which Italian section
laborers were sleeping. Four of the
Italians were killed and several of
them were injured. The fireman,
whose name is Weidrich, was danger
''ogsly injured. His home is in Par
Sons.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
sire sweepIna Messina.

Messina, Italy.-Fire which broke
out early Tuesday is sweeping un,
checked throughout the RUNS Of the
entire city. There is but littis water
to be had, and no open spaces to.
check the progress of the fire.
Among the ruins already burned
are those Of the city hall and the.
Bank of Italy, A vast account Of
treasure remaining In the w~reckage'
will undoubtedly be lost.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
Wealthy Farmer Suicides.

Des Moines, Ia.-Ross Cecil, a
wealthy farmer, committed suicide
Wednesday at his home in Knox
Vile. la. He had sold his farm and
was respondent because he consid-
cred the deal unsatisfactory.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
Never Recovered From Fever.

Kingston, N. Y.-Robert W. Bowles,
of Kents Store, Va, who has
been living with his brother-in-law,
Christopher Perkins, at Browns station
Committed suicide Tuesday night by
shooting himself through the head. He
formerly resided at San Francisco,
.&sAere he suffered from typhoid fever
never recovered from the effects.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
C.. P. TAFT LIBEL WITNESS
CHARLES p. TAFT AND DOUGLAS
ROBINSON SAID TO BE REAL
PROSECUTORS.
Suit Brought Under District Of Column
bia Law, No Federal Statute
Applying--Question Of
Jurisdiction.

washington, IL. C.-CnarleS +.
Taft, brother of the president-elect,
arrived here Monday to testify before
the grand jury of the District of Co.
lumbia in the libel case brought by
the government against the Press
Publishing company (the New York
World, on account of publications
with reference to the purchase of the
Panama canal.
Douglas Robinson, the Presidents
brother-in-law, who is also under sub
poena, arrived Monday and went i'm
mediately to the White House for a
conference with Mr.. Roosevelt.
The action, s%ubpoenas for which
were issued Saturday, is under a pro-
vision of the District of Columbia
code. The section governing the ac-
ton reads:
Whoever publishes a libel shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or Imprisonment for a term not
exceeding five years, or both. Any
publication of a libel shall be justified
if it appears that the matter charged
bSlOD was uC Ill was pupllSISu
with good motives, for justifiable
ends
The general federal statutes con-
tain no provisions on the subject of
libel.
The Real Prosecutors.
Although the government is ostensi-
bly, the plaintiff, the real prosecutors
are supposed to be Charles P. Taft,
brother of the president-elect, and
Douglas Robinson, brother-in.law of
the president.
They will be called on by the grand
jury to present thei" testimony or the
alleged falsity of the charges that
they were iterested in the proceed
ings of the sale of the Panama canal
property.
The employees of the World, who
were summoned to appear Monday be-
fore the grand jury, succeeded in get
ting Judge Ward of the United States
circuit court in New York to hold up
the subpoenas until their counsel
could present arguments on the ques-
ton of quashing them. The employees
of the Washington bureau of the
World are to appear Tuesday morning,
also one of the members of the. New
York Suns Washington bureau. The
employees of the Indianapolis News
are to testify here Wednesday.
Rainey Questions Suit.
Discussing the case Monday, Repre-
sentative Rainey of Illinois. one of
the prominent lawyers of the house,
said:
without investigating the matter
to any special degree, l would say
without hesitation that such a suit
could not possibly be maintained. l
am much surprised to learn that any
law officer Of the government has ad-
vised such a suit"
Representative Sherley of Kentucky
said.
while there may be law authoriz-
ing the indictment of persons for IL
beling the government. l have never
heard of such a law, and it would
seem to be contrary to the spirit of
our institutions. If it be simply a
prosecution for criminal libel against
individuals, the only question would
be as to whether the federal court
had any jurisdiction over the case"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
RESCUE crew from shIp.

Queenstown.-The steamer Domin-
ion reports having rescued Captain
Crossley and the crew Of the British
ship Savona, about four miles of
Fastnet. The Savona which was labor
laden was abandoned in a waterlogged
condition.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
left 70 Get $500 : Week.

New York.-Champion Jim Jeffries,
who will soon open a season of 10
weeks in New York, will receive the
highest salary ever paid an attrac-
ton in vaudeville. He will receive
$1,000 a week. Contracts were signed
Tuesday. He will arrive here in three,
weeks.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
7. R. Invites Omaha Man.

Omaha.-President Roosevelt has
invited Conrad H. Young. an ex-
pert tennis player of Omaha, to 60
with him on his African hunting ex-
petition. Young has not accepted
and may have to decline. Young has
accompanied the president on several
Of his hunting trips in the west.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
Once Famous Russian
Admiral Passes Away

st. Petersburg. Russia-Sinovi
Petrovitch Rojestvensky, who was in
command of the Russian fleet during
the latter part of the war with Japan,
is dead. The, vice-admiral's death
brings to mind a career full of glory
and disgrace. Just before and after
his elevation to the post of vice-ad-
miral of the navy he was one of the
most envied men in the cars domain.
His honor went glimmering, however,
after his surrender to Admiral Togo,
of the Japanese navy, in May of 1905.
R~Sjestvensky, who was about 60
years old, had been in the Russian
naval service the greater part of his
life. In 1904, after the disasters which
had befallen the Russian warships in
their conflicts with the Japanese, Ro-
~jestvensky was given personal COM
mand of the Russian Baltic feet, with
orders to take it to V~ladivostok.
Between Korea and Japan, in the
Straits of Tsu-Chima, on May 81, the
Russians ran into Vice-Admiral Togo's
naval ambuscade, and in the conflict
that the passage of the proposed legis-
lation would be of incalculable dam
age to the state of California, as well
as to the whole nation"
In reply Gov. Gillett wired: Have
caused bills to be held up until 1 can
hear from you"
A letter from the president is now
on its way to the governor, giving his
views in full on the subject.
What the Bills Provide.
Briefly summarized, the bills to
which President Roosevelt objects
provide:
No Japanese can hold a lease over
one year.
No Japanese a W property.
Separate schools shall be built for
the education of the race.
Whites and Japanese shall be segre-
gated, the latter to live in certain
prescribed parts of the cities of the
state.
The Drew measure prevents owner
ship of property for more than sever
years by aliens. This measure has
been reported out of committee favor
ably and was to pass. 1t was held up
until Wednesday,, when it was made a
special order of business, and, accord
ing to Gov. Gillett, probably will be
postponed still further.
MESSAGE HaIts Action.
81 received the message from Pres
ident Roosevelt Saturday evening
after dinner and answered after see
ing Assemblyman Drew, who agreed
to await the letter from the presi-
dent" Gov. Gillett said.
There Is this about the matter that
is not fully understood; Japan hoes
not look to any sta, e in any settle
men of differences, but to the head
of the, government at Washington. In
this way there is much known there
of which the different communities
and states of the Union are ignorant.
Fol this reason, as stated by the
president, he knows so much more
relative to existing conditions that his
wishes are to be respected"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
PATHWAY mail cIerka ali

Railway mail clerks all over the
United states are looking forward to
the passage Of the bill now pending
in congress providing for the payment
sof their expenses while on the road ~
the government.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
uphoIds ProhisItlon Law.

Montgomery. AIa.-Judge Thomas
G. Jones Of tho United States Court
for the middle pdistrict, IN aanA
YEfnborate opinion hcfdFthe CarmichAef'
prohibition act under which this state
~ o3cratspg constitutional.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
millionaire succeeda Tensr.

Denver, Col.--The two houses OF
the Colorado general assembly
Tuesday elected Charles q. Hughes,
Jr, Denver Millionaire lawyer. UnttAIs
State senator. He will, succeed
United STATES Senator Henry NJ. Tesr
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
cummins Senator Without Caucus.

Des Moines, Ia.-For the first
time in the history of Iowa, a.
United States senator was elected
Tuesday without party caucuses and
without a nominating speech. The.
two houses of the assembly in sepa-
rate session elected A. B. Cummins,
Republican. choice at the primary.
The Democrats voted for Claud Por-
ter. 1T a joint session Wednesday
Cummins will be elected.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22

ships, nine cruisers, three coast-de-
Tense ships, nine destroyers, one auxi-
liary cruiser, six special-service steam
ers and two hospital ships. The Rus
slams lost 1000 men killed and 1900
taken prisoners. The Japanese lost
three torpedo boats and ZIG killed and
56S wounded.
~jestzensky's flagship, was blown up in
the battle and the vice-Admiral suf.
fered severe wounds. He was held
prisoner until the war ended.
Returning to Russia after his re-
lease, R~ojestvensky applied for retire
ment, saying that his health was shat
tered. An indictment was found
against Rojestvensky and the officers
of the Biedovy, charging the admiral
with surrendering to an enemy and
officers with cowardice and demoral7
ization. Rojestvensky pleaded guilty
in order to save the officers, but he
was declared to be not guilty. The
officers were condemned to death, but
their sentences were commuted,
ure is the eliminating act of a long
series Of depredations committed by
the unemployed thousands of this city
and of practically every city of Great
Britain, whose unemployed number
1000, 900.
Backed by the Socialists and lead
ers in the party, the unemployed have
demanded that the hunting preserves
Of the nobility be thrown open to cul-
t%ivation, but the demand has gone I'M
needed.
These preserves occupy one-tenth
the rural land of the United Kingdom.
and the champions of the unemployed
have pointed out to the government
that these vast uncultivated tracts
could be made to support in comfort.
the family of every unemployed man
in the empire. While no one expects
Thursdays abortive effort to be sue
~cessful, it is believed it will bring the
terrible condition of the unemployed
so forcibly to the mind of the govern
ment that some comprehensive relief
Measure will be proposed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
Court Explains Charge.

Juror Mclean then asked that the
court define to them what Constituted
m%anslaughter in the first degree. JUS
tice Crane at once read the part of his
charge desired. Merry Mccullough
juror No. s, jumped to his feet.
What we want to know" he said,
while his brother was shooting, was
he guilty?"
Justice Crane repeated his charge
declaring that IL the Jurors believed
T. Jenkins Hams walked away and
knew nothing about The impending
shooting, he certainly was innocent.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
7. j. HAMS IS ACQUITTED
JURY, AFTER ALL.NIoHT SESSION.
SAYS HE is NOT GUILTY
OF MURDER.
Manslaughter In First Degree Both
cred the Understanding o.
CURED Just Five
Months Ago.

Flushing, N. Y. - A verdict.
of not guilty was returned in the case
of Thornton Jenkins Hams, charged
with first degree murder in being a.
principal in the shooting of w. e..
Annis. The jury was out all night.
and 1t was feared a disagreement
would result.
Friends of the defendant in the long.
trial gathered around him when the,
verdict was returned and escorted him
to the Long Island city jail, where he
went to carry the news to his brother.
1t was just five months ago Friday
(Aug. Is, 1909, that William e. An
mis- was killed at the Bayside Yacht
Club by Capt. Peter G. Hams, brother
of the defendant. The defense con
tended T.. Jenkins Hams only tried to,
a v his brother from the mob that.
formed and had no part in the killing.
The state accused the prisoner of hav-
ing planned the killing of Annis and
of keeping back the crowd while Capt.
Hams fired the fatal shots.
The trial has been in progress sew
N'"' "SNho diu hdo SOSt DOth VIC Stdltf
and the defense a great deal Of money.
Ten Stand for AcquittaI.
At 11:15 Attorney John F. Mcintyre
stated that he had learned from an UNI
Improbable source that the jury now
stands 1912 for acquittal. Special
Prosecutor White disputed McIntyre's
figures, but would give none himself.
81 think It will be ma~nslaughter or
disagreement" White said.
At 10 o'clock the jury filed into the
courtroom to hear an explanation Of
certain instructions. Juror Denham
said:
Your Honor: We are i'll and old
men. If we cannot agree in another
hour, we would like to be discharged"
Justice Crane called their attention
to the fact that his doctor was in at
tendance. IF any of you are i'll, l will
see that you get medical care he.
said. But this is an important case.
and it is your duty to try and reach a.
verdict"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-22
Testimony Is Read.

At $3.50 the jury asked that the
testimony of witnesses Tierney, Clark
and Mcbride be read to them. The
attorneys were sent for and Hams was;
taken into the courtroom. The evi.
dence was read and the jury retired
again to continue its deliberations.
For the first time in the history Of
a big murder trial in New York, the
justice presiding remained in the.
courtroom all night, in readiness to-
accept a verdict as soon as reached.
This was ~necessitated by the serious;
illness Of Jurors Thomas Walsh and
Patrick Ahearn.
Justice Crane has made many inno-
vations since he was elevated to the,
supreme court bench, but none that
paralleled his effort of Thursday night
When DR.. Hicks, his personal physi-
clan, informed him Thursday night
that Jurors Walsh and Ahearn were ina
a serious physical condition, he de-
cided he would not lock the jury up.
Evening star., 1909-03-06

coats and ran off without paying for
them, an my papa and l are too poor to
lose anything" Again the little girl SOD
bed bitterly.
"Where is your mother?" asked Tommy.
thoughts of his own dear mother coming
to his mind A mother could always look
after everything, he knew, and wondered
why this little girl should have to mind
the shop If she had a mother.
my mamma died a year ago, an I've
been alone with my papa" she explained.
Its very lonely. but my papa is very
good to me and sends me to school when
he is WE'LL
LET me see your father" said Tommy.
his pity for the child growing since he
learned that she had not mother.
Tho little girl led Tommy to a dark,
and there he saw a poor man tossing
about on Wretched bed. In the same
room were a cooking stove, cupboard
containing few coarse dishes, plain
deal table, few chairs and another little
bed in a corner where the child probably
slept All spoke poverty. Tommy went
to the man and, bending over him. asked
a question. but the sick one only stared
at him, not replying. Then he began to
toss and to moan.
That's just the way he does when I
speak to him." sobbed the child AN
he got that way last night. But before
he got so he wouldn't talk. he said he
had great pains IN his chest and head"
his voice decisive. He felt that he must
look after this poor sufferer. the little
girl and the poor shop. 'Tll run home
and have my mother send for our doc
tor" he explained. 'And you lock the
shop door, so that other thieves cannot
come in to steal the coats and other
things while 1 am gone"
The little girl did his bidding, seeming
to trust him completely and know that he
was her friend In time of trouble.
Within an hour Tommy returned to the
shop, accompanied by his own dear, good
hearted mother. Tommy tapped con the
shop door and the little girl opened It
for him. In another minute he and his
mother were at the sick mans bedside
and the mother said she knew from the
sufferers symptoms that he had pneu-
monia. And it is good thing you
found him at this stage of the fever"
she declared, turning to Tommy. HE
must go to a hospital. But our doctor
will be here shortly and give US direc-
tions.'
And the doctor. summoned by Tommy's
mother, did come. and declared the sick
Tnust be sent to the city hospital at
patient some medicine; then the hospital
phone. and an order for the ambulance
given.
After the sick man was taken away to
place where he could have the best of
attention and medical care Tommy and
his mother decided to take the little girl
to their own home. where she should re-
Evening star., 1909-03-06
The Chi1dren's Poet, Eugene Field

practical jokes. Even in, his boyhood
he wrote verse, largely in pigeon
English. celebrating current local events.
He was good company and was a
favorite at social gatherings. His first
serious newspaper work was done at ST.
Joseph. Mo-. while he was still under his
majority. Here he gained something of
reputation a. humorist, and was
called to Denver. From Denver he went
to Chicago, to the News, where his
''Sharps and Flats" were features Of the
paper until his death. He wrote much
humor of transient nature. more bub-
bling fun than fine literature. But oc-
casionany a real literary gem would
appear among his stuff and at times a
poem of such deep pathos that it re-
vealed a serious turn of mind along with
his love of fun. He printed five small
volumes. mostly childrens verse. 1t is
not so much the quantity Of material he
left as the quality of a few poems that
evidently came from the heart which
gives him title to fame.
Field was a lover of children all his
life, and they understood and loved him,
so it is appropriate that he should be
known as the children'S poet. He was
born in 1850 and died in 1895.
Evening star., 1909-03-06

Grandpa looked at the little girl some
what sternly. She had been complaining
about the hard times she had. Perhaps
of grandpa, because he was old fash
ioned and was minus an eye. The fact
is, he didn't look very well. and Jessie
could not help but contrast him with other
old people whom She knew. They who
understood looked on grandpa's scar as
n mark of honor, but Jessie did not un-
derstand
Tell me about the first school in the
short grass country. pleaded the child,
She liked to hear stories. even # she was
tired of school. Grandpa cleared his
throat and began.
The first school IN the short grass
country OF Kansas" he said. was
taught by fifteen-year girl"
My. but she must have been smart,
exclaimed Jessie.
TO her twelfth year when her father
moved with his family to the short grass
country of Kansas That was only
little over forty years ago, but conditions
were much different then from at pres
ent. Indeed, the development of the west
has been a romance that will not be ap-
preciated until men get a little farther
from 1t. At that time Indians were more
plentiful than white people, ard one
might travel for half day and not see
a dwelling house. Well, DR.. Robinson
took up a claim fifteen miles from the
nearest town, then a village of about
2o0 inhabitants. now the beautiful city
where you live. Jessie.
Jessie's eyes opened widely. 1t seemed
marvellous t'a- changes should
come to her own home.
'Dr. Robinson 5 practice consisted
Evening star., 1909-03-06

sand bar unhurt. Jessie. however, was
in the cold water to her shoulders. She
didn't wait for rescue. but managed TO
wade ashore. and then. picking up the
child again, made her way to the school
house. There some of the pupils had
built a fire, and drying her clothes as
best she could she taught throughout
the day as though nothing unusual had
My. wasn't she brave" exclaimed the
little girl. But, tell me- grandpa, how
you came to know all this
Well" resumed grandpa. smiling. "a
ennes became so threatening that force
of fifty men was organized to drive them
from the country. In this company were
ex-Federal and ex-Confederate soldiers.
among them. though I was still in my
teens. We followed the Indians along
the Republican river and finally went
to camp OH Beechers Island. Here we
were attacked by a thousand warriors
and for nine days we fought and fam
ished, drinking the muddy water Of the
river. eating half-putrid meat of mules
and sweltering through the hot Sep
tember days. On the third day my eye
was shot out. We had no surgeon. and
I had to lay four days with the wound
undressed. Jessie. do you think we were
then as well fixed you are now?"
The little girl was crying and did not
answer. 1t seemed to her that grand
for It is said that there is real beauty In
scars made in the service of mankind.
Grandfather continued:
AT last. after seven days, when we
were nearly exhausted and majority of
the fifty were either dead or wounded.
we heard the sound Of bugle and knew
that help was coming. The Indians fled
and a few minutes afterward a thousand
COIored troops came into view. Jessie, 1t
seems to me / never heard sweeter music
than that bugle, and never through my
observation-disclosures, saw dearer sight than
Old Glory on that occasion. and even the
negro soldiers were positively handsome
in our eyes. Well. they took me to the
home Of Dr.. Robinson. and while was
there the girl, hardly sixteen. helped
to nurse me back to health. This Is how
I became acquainted with Jessie Robin
SON."
"Well, what became Of her, grandpa"
Grandpa smiled "She married me-" he
replied. Jessie Robinson that was Is
your grandmother. 1t was through her
heroism as a girl that the public school
was established in the short grass coun-
try, and it seems to me that her grand
daughter, now that the schools have be-
come so pleasant and profitable, should
have enough pride in her ancestors to
make the most of things as they are"
And Jessie kissed grandpa on the fore
head. She thought so. too.
Evening star., 1909-03-06

TN many schools throughout the United
States Eugene Field day is celebrated
and he is known as the child's poet
Fields fame rests on, perhaps, half a
dozen poems, the best known of which is
Little Boy Blue" Almost every child
knows this tender little poem and there
is nothing sweeter in its class in all
literature.
Eugene Field had a sad childhood
from the fact that his mother died
when he was very young, and his father
while he was yet a boy. He lived in
his early boyhood with his cousin, Mary
French. at Amherst, Mass. He studied
in Williams College and at Knox. After
Field was nearly grown he attended the
Missouri State University at Columbia
for a short time. and here he had his
first newspaper experience. being one of
the editors of the University Missourian,
which has just been revived as a daily
organ of the school of journalism in the
university. one OF the first schools of
the kind in the country. Field is re-
nembered as being full of pranks and