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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-08-07

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the virtues of their Negro neigh
bors instead of their vlces.-At.
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D. S. Senator Stone will prob
ably prefer not to slap any more
dining car walters if he is to be
arrested and hauled to the police
station as a result.
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EDITORIAL

Saturday. August Z, 1909.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
BAFFLED BY
MURDER OF WOMAN
Bathtub Mystery Proves Hard
Nut for New York Sleuths
to Crack.

New York. Dec. 4.~-Police Of three
cities confessed themselves baffled to-
day in their search for a solution Of
Snead, the young Brooklyn woman
the mysterious death of Mrs. o. w.
found dead in a bath tub in a house in
East Orange, n. j.
Although the detectives who have
been delving into the mystery declare
themselves satisfied that several per-
sons were involved in the alleged muir
der, but one arrest has so far been
made.
This prisoner is Virginia Wardlaw, a
g~rayhaired spinster Of excellent con-
nections in Nashville, Tenn, and other
Tennessee cities, who was Mrs. Snead's
companion In the lonely East Orange
house, and a dweller with her and two
Sther aged women in a house in Flat
push, Brooklyn.
In his latter house the detectives say
they have learned Mrs. Snead had been
i'll and kept in strict seclusion for a
long time before she was taken to
East Orange.
the mercy of whoever was in charge of
her during these months is one theory
the detectives entertain. In this m
t!on they arc today giving careful on
s~ideration to the will left by Mrs.
Snead in which all her property was
bequeathed to her grandmother, Mar
tina Eliza Wardlaw, and to insurance
policies aggregating $4,000 on the VIC
Tins life, which have been found to
be in existence.
Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 4.-W. A. Og-
den, an insurance agent here, said to-
day that several years ago he wrote
an insurance policy of $4,000 upon the
life Of Miss Ocey Martin, who later
became Mrs. o. V. N. Snead.
Miss Martin lived in Murfreesboro,
Tenn, at the time this policy was writ
ten and Miss Wardlaw is said to have
prevailed on her to marry her cousin,
Snead. Later Miss Wardlaw and her
niece went to New York.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
MAN DINED ON
TURKEY AND CANDY
Three Hours Later Christian
Scientist Passed Away--In-
quiry Begun by Coroner.

Winsted, CONF, Nov. 30.-Coroner
Richard t. Higgins conducted an in
quest into the death Of Policeman Spen-
Ger r. Woodwork, aged 81, Of splendid
physique, and a former reader in the
died at his home on Gilbert avenue last
night after four weeks illness. Medi-
cal Examiner William s. Hubert in his
report to the coroner had given as the
primary cause of death pneumonia,
secondary or contributory, lack of in
telligent treatment and care, and OPP
posite remarks he had written had
no treatment except Christian Science"
The orone examined at great length
the young widow, her mother, Mrs.
Flora Churchill, and the dead mans
mother, Mrs. Belle Woodwork, all
Christian Scientists.
Mrs. Spencer Woodwork said that it
was at her husbands own request that
he was given Christian Science treat
ment. Most of it was of the absent
kind, as John 0. Bartlett, a practitioner
living in Hartford, visited the delirious
sickness.
The widow also testified that her nus
band was permitted to have anything
he wanted to eat or drink at any time.
He ate heartily of turkey and candy
yesterday afternoon, said Mrs. Wood
worth. Three hours later he had a re-
lapse n died.
The elder Mrs. Woodwork said she
regarded Christian Science treatment
as superior to that of doctors.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
PEERS REJECT BUDGET
BY OVERWHELMING VOTE

London, Dec. BIN a sedate, de-
tached manner, characteristic of pro-
ceedings in the gilded chambers, and
some of its ablest and Oldest members,
such as Rosebery, Morley, Lord James
of Hereford, Lord Cromer, Lord Ball
four of Burleigh, the Earl OF Lytton,
Lord Courtney and archbishops of Cam
terbury and York, the house of lords
yesterday created a situation unprece-
dented in England's history for at least
800 years by refusing formal assent TO
the budget bill and referring II to the
country itself for judgment, thereby
making 1t illegal to collect taxes and
carry Oh the kings government.
After six days debate, notable for
the high standing of it's oratory as well
as for the able and convincing argu-
ments arrayed on both sides for and
against the budget, and placing in ey-
cry possible light all the aspects of the
great constitutional questions involved,
the house of lords cleared for division
at IL: 80 o'clock at night.
The scene waS impressive, but In no
sense exciting, except that the house
was packed 10 It's utmost capacity anu
q great array of strange faces were
seen on the benches owing to the pres
ence OF numbers OF peers who only APP
pear in the chamber in most excep-
tional cases.
House Is Deliberate.
None would have supposed that the
only TO prove memorable in the annals
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
BLOODY DUEL IN
OKLAHOMA TOWN

Kiefer, Okla. Dec. 3.-One man was
killed and two fatally injured in an
exciting street fight with revolvers here
early today.
The dead:
MELVIN OOLEY.
The fatally injured are:
Deputy Marshal Gooch and Thomas
Boxler, q carpenter.
The shooting grew out of the killing
a month ago of Homer Ooley, a gam
bier, by Marshal r.. p. Highnote. When
Melvin Ooley, Homer's brother, met
Marshall Highnote and Deputy Marshal
Gooch he took them to task for the
death of his brother. The argument
waxed warm and finally Ooley drew a
revolver and shot Gooch, infiicting a
fatal wound. AS Gooch dropped to the
ground Ooley struck him about the
head with q rifle stock. Highnote, who
had been taken by surprise, had by this
time drawn his revolver and began fir
ing.
Ooley returned the fire and in the ex-
change Of shots Ooley was killed, and
Boxler, a ~bystander, was shot in the
head and probably fatally wounded.
Gooch was removed to a hospital. He
has but slight chance of recovery.
Excitement ran high following the af-
fray and for a time a pitched battle
between the friends of Ooley and the
authorities was threatened.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
ROCKEFELLER DENIES
MURDER PLOT STORY
Standard Oil King Doesn't
Believe Tale of Assassina-
ton Conspiracy.

New York. Dec. Sob, pshaw!
Oh, pshaw!" said John d. Rockefeller
smilingly, today as he alighted from
q train from Cleveland, and was told
hat he had been marked for kidnap-
Ing or perhaps killing in his home city.
The president of the Standard Oil
company was accompanied here by his
wife, who is quite Ill.
why, there's nothing to that story
at ALL" added Mr.. Rockefeller. 1T all
seems to have been started because I
did not make a speech l had promised
at the Euclid Avenue Baptist church
in Cleveland. "The condition of my
wife's health prevented that, that's all.
MY wife Is very sick and l came
here at this time instead Of earlier.
because of her health. I'm not the
least bit worried about this story"
Mr.. and Mrs. Rockefeller were met
at the station by their son, John d.
Rockefeller, jr, and their daughter.
Mrs. Harold Mccormick and her hus-
band. Mrs. Rockefeller was wheeled
to ar automobile and then taken to
the winter home of the Rockefellers
on West Fffty-fourth street.
Harold S.. Smith, OF Minerva, Ohio,
told the Cleveland police yesterday that
he had overheard a plot in Alliance,
Ohio, to kidnap or kill Mr.. Rookie
Teller,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
BONES ARE
FOUND IN A STOVE

New York, Dec. 3.-The mystery sur
rounding the death of Mrs. o. w.
N. Snead, a young Brooklyn woman,
whose body was found in a bathtub
in a vacant house in East OrAr re, N.
j., yesterday was still urrayeieN to-
day though the police have taken into
custody the victims aged aunt, Miss
Virginia Wardlaw, pending an inves-
tigation, her statements having been
regarded by them as contradictory.
Clues in the case led h detectives
to Flatbush, Brooklyn, early today,
and what they found caused them to
attempt the establishment of a con-
nection between the death Of Mrs.
Snead in East Orange n happenings
in a so-called house Of mystery" In
the Brooklyn suburb, where Miss
Wardlaw, Mrs. Snead and two strange
old women lived until recently.
Search of the house today led to
the discovery of blood spots in various
rooms. In the kitchen stove the police
found two bundles of human hair,
while crushed down in the stove were
four human bones partly burned n
the skull of a child 2 years old.
Blood spots in four rooms of the up
per floor were discovered and the de-
tectives a ordered the cellar TO be
dug up.
Mrs. snead's husband disappeared
last ummer.
When arraigned in East Orange to-
day Miss Wardlaw refused to make
any statement and asked for III oppor-
tunity to engage counsel. She was re-
manded for five days and later will be
arraigned for examination.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
IMPRISONED MINERS
BROUGHT To SURFACE
Men Caught in Tennessee
Explosion Are Rescued
From Death.

Ducktown, Tenn, Dec. 4.-The eight
men who were imprisoned in the on
don mine of the Tennessee Copper
company yesterday as the result Of
a shaft house fire, were brought to
the surface early today. None is in
jured.
Mine Expert Ramsay, Of the rescue
station, recently established by the
federal government at Knoxville, ar
rived on a special train late yester-
day afternoon, but two hours are
necessary to instruct a rescuing party
of four men in the wearing and the
use of oxygen helmets.
The helmets were found, however,
after entering the shaft, to be of such
weight that they could not be worn
with ease into the levels or ~"stoops"
and the four men returned to the sur
face and abandoned the helmets about
midnight.
A rescue party Of three was hen
formed and without helmets descended
the shaft, finding the eight men on the
sixth level. The miners We're safely
housed about lao feet from the main
shaft and were protected from smoke
and gases by a partition they had
built.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
TRANSPORT SAILS
WITH MARINES TO
ROUND UP zELAYA
Destination Ostensibly Is Pana.
ma, but It Is Probably Gen.
trail America.
WARSHiPS ON
PACIFIC ORDERED
TO NICARAGUA

Washington, Dec. q
The first step of the
United States govern
ment toward backing up
the declaration made by
Secretary of State Knox
regarding the Nicarag-
uan situation, was taken
today when the secre-
tary of the navy sent
urgent orders to the
commanders of the
cruiser Albany and the
gunboat Yorktown, the
two American warships
which are now at Magda-
lena bay, lower Californ-
ia, to proceed forthwith
to Corinto, the Pacific
coast port of Nicaragua,
nearest to the capital of
that country.
The gunboat Vicks-
burg is riding the waters
in the harbor at Corinto
and the gunboat Prince
ton is on her way from
the Bremerton navy
yard, Washington, for
the same port.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
STRIKE WILL DEPRIVE
THOUSANDS OF WORK

Duluth, Mimi, Dec. Aft the switch
mems strike is not settled within As
hours, probably 5000 men will be idle
in Duluth, and the range cities, which
get all their supplies from the head OF
the lakes will be In imminent danger
of a God and coal famine. Duluth also
will suffer from a shortage Of food sun
plies.
Yesterday and today the jobbing
houses began laying oil men. With no
possibility of shipping goods, as the
railroads are refusing to receive freight,
no orders are being filled by local con-
Germs.
Passenger trains are running on time,
with ~yardmasters and foremen doing
the switching. No attempt has been
made yet to bring In strikebreakers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
DOG SCENTS BIRDS;
TRAPS VIOLATORS
OF THE GAME Law

Lansing. Mich, Dec. 3.-An attempt
by market hunters to ship 500 part
ridges in a burial casket from upper
Michigan to Milwaukee In violation OF
the state game laws was frustrated by
a keen-nosed hunting dog the other
day.
Deputy Game Warden Harrington
was at the railway station at Flatwood.
Dickinson county. when a rough box
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
DISMISSED INSPECTOR
DECLARES INNOCENCE

Washington, Dec. 4.-Declaring the
allegations against him 10 be false.
George T.. Baldwin, special Chinese in
spector at Baltimore and Washington,
who, on charges Of Irregularities. was
suspended for two days pending a
hearing before department of COM
merce and labor officials, says he will
demand complete exonoration from the
dnna ri mnnf
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
TRAFFIC PARALYZED AT
THE HEAD OF THE LAKES.

Duluth. MINI. Dec. 4,-Only two
switch engines are working today
at the head Of the lakes. and the tie-up
of traffic resulting from the strike of
tho switchmen is practically complete.
II the situation Is not quickly REM
edied 10000 men will be out OF work
here within As hours. The railroads,
mines, Goa docks. ore docks. elevators,
blast furnaces and all other indus
tries will contribute to the unemployed.
The Northern Pacific has two en-
gines In operation. manned by men not
members OF the union
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
Bits of News for
Busy Readers

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. war veter-
ans have taken preliminary steps
toward the erection in this city OF q
heroic monument to the late General
Henry w. Lawton. Camps OF the Span
ish war veterans In the United States
and in the Philippines will be requested
to aid in raising the fund
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
Bits of News for
Busy Readers

ST PAUL. MINN.-While not en-
tirely agreeing with the recent state
ment issued by Bradstreet's, which in
timated hat the consumption OF food
products In this country mas caught
up with production. James ]. Hill yes
terday said the point has been nearly
reached.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10

containing a coffin was brought In for
shipment. While the intending shipper.
signed by a physician. was conversing
with the ticket agent the game ward
EMS dog scented the birds and came Il
a point" focusing his gaze on the
box. The birds were confscated and
the man who had brought them to the
station disappeared.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
ROADS ARE TRYING
TO BREAK BLOCKADE

Superior, Wis, Dec. 4.-The railroads
are making an effort this morning to
break the blockade. The Great North
ern has four switch engines. the Ter
minal has n and The 500 line one.
The Northern Pacific as yet has none
operating on this side of the bay. All
the engines are manned by officials and
clerks.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
AGED PROFESSOR DIES.

Princeton, N. j.. Dec. 4.-WiIiam AL
fred Packard. Fh. d, d. D.. professor
emeritus OF Latin in Princeton uni
versity. and for many years a well
known figure In the world OF classics,
died today, aged 20 years.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
FIRE I'M NAVY YARD.

New York, Dec. A lively fire In
the Brooklyn navy yard gave the ma
rines and the city iremen an hours
hard fight today. The fire was in the
brick building used as a chemical
laboratory. The loss Is not heavy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
TRAFFIC BLOCKED
ON THE NORTHERN
ROADS BY STRIKE
Freight Business From Lakes
to Coast Paralyzed-Pas-
sengers Delayed.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 4.-Both sides
In the controversy between the rail-
roads Of the northwest and the Switch
mems Union OF North America, which
resulted in a walkout Of the switch
men between here and the Pacific coast
last night, claimed to have the situa-
ton well in hand this morning.
Passenger traffic was maintained in
the Twin Cities last night and this
morning, though with considerable de-
lay, though very little freight was
handled anywhere between the great
lakes and the Pacific coast
The switchmen are firm in their de-
termination to hold out for an increase
of 6 cents an hour in wages, with dou-
BILE time for overtime, Sundays and
holidays, together with other conces-
sions, while the railroads claim that
things will adjust themselves to their
normal condition within a few days de-
spite the walkout.
81, PAU, Mimi, Dec. 4.-With the
Importation Of strikebrsakers from
Chicago and other points and the
pressing into service of other employees
of the roads, the railroads OF the
northwest that were affected by the
strike of the S~witchmen's Union Of
North America, which went into effect
Tuesday evening, began their first real
work today in trying to restore normal
traffic conditions between here n the
Pacific coast.
Local warehouses We're open today,
and the roads accepted limited freight
shipments to points In Dakota and
Montana. Despite efforts of the rail-
roads there was no noticeable improve
ment in business conditions in the
Twin cities this morning. In Mime
apolis all of the -four mills, with the
exception of one of the smaller ones,
were stopped and the cessation Of this
industry alone threw about 5000 men
out of employment.
Heavy Loss in Wages.
It is stated thai the mill men will
lose SIS, 900 a week in wages while the
mills are closed and that the loss of
business to the milling concerns will
amount to 100000 a day.
AT the head of the lakes where the
most important industries are directly
dependent upon traffic conditions, a.
continuation for a few more DAYS Of
the present congestion will force TO-
900 men out of employment.
Trainmen May Strike.
Reports were circulated this morn
ing that the entire Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen would be called out
in the affected territory, but these re-
ports could not be raced to an anthem
tic source.
The switchmen appeared to be salts
fed with the situation were par
ticularly pleased with reports from the
west of the trainmen joining the strike
and the action of the Chicago switch
men in demanding an increase in
wages.
Pickets of the striking switchmen re-
ported today that about 100 strike
breakers were brought into st. Paul
today, and that they were distributed
about the various Twin CITY yards.
The railroad managers committee,
however, would not admit that non
union men had arrived.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
NORTHWEST SITUATION
GROWS MORE SERIOUS

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 4.-The SWITCH
mems strike has assumed a more Sc
rious aspect in the Pacific northwest
Freight shipments practically are tied
up. Passenger schedules are being
maintained with difficulty. The arrival
of the Great Northern lirer Minneso-
ia, at Port Townsend, at a late hour
last night with $4,000 IONS of freight
valued at sG00, 900, much OF 1t destined
for quick transportation to the east,
has given added cause for apprehen-
sion. In the shipment are 1,277 bales
of raw silk for New York and 900 tons
Of other oriental freight for other east
ern cities.
Last night. after "a hours of idleness,
attempts were made to dispatch freight
V the Northern Pacific railway. Two
trains were started from Tacoma, one
for the local service to points between
Puget Sound and Portland. These
trains were made up by new assistant
trainmasters and superintendent. One
freight train was dispatched from Ell
lensburg, where it had been held for SO
hours, for Seattle.
This morning local service between
Seattle and Tacoma was resumed. On
the Great Northern there has been nc
movement of freight, although the Off
Gals expect to get out a few trains to-
day. Arrangements have been made
to put on switching crews ar the ccast
terminal points, and all competent rail-
road men who apply for positions will
be given work. In deciding to hire non
union men, the railroads announced
that the men would not be displaced by
returning strikers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
HUNTING ACCIDENTS
MANy THO cEkcnM
MANI IHI0 0EAOUN
Unusual Number of Victims
Reported All Over Country
During Fall.

Chicago, Dec. 3.-Eighty-seven per-
sons were killed and IS injured all over
the United States during the fall hunt
ing season, which closed yesterday, ac-
cording to statistics which have been
compiled here.
Iowa victims include Ray Ferry, of
La Porte, who was shot by a COM
panion; and Thomas Kendall and John
Merger, both of Council Bluffs, who
were drowned on hunting trips.
Statistics for the northwest states
follow:
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10

CONSTANCE WITHOUT STATION
Crofton, Neb.. Dec. 3.-,John Johns, OF
Constance, failed to get q depot tn his
wouli-be town. the state railroad coun
mission deciding that II was too clooGk
to Crofton and Fordyce.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
CHILE SIGNS

Santiago, Chilli Dec. 4-The protocol
with the United States for the refer
ence of the Alsop claim to King Ed
ward for mediation, was signed by the
government of Chile today.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10
CHICAGO SUBWAY DEFAULTS.

New York. Dec. 3.-The Chicago sub
way has defaulted on the interest on
its $17,000,000 bonds due today.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-10

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-28

Peaches cheap at Turner's tomor-
row, IL