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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-15

Yes, this is winterweather and there is
no use to remind everybody YOU meet
that 1t is.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-15
R'INTYRE CONCLUDES
DEFENSE OF HAMS


By Associated Press
Flushing, n. =. Jan. l3-The summing
up the defense in the trial Of Thornton
jenkins Hams was resumed today. by
Attorney Mcintyre. who was given until
noon today Ii which 70 conclude his ar
9ument
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-15

Now let the oldest inhabitants come
forth and tell US about the coldest day
on record.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-15
The state legislature declared the water
wagon common carrier.

Anup-to-date road law should be among
the emergency measures attempted at
Guthrie
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-15

Il has been one hundred years since
Charles Darwin was born but the missing
link is stilI unbound
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-15
WIN Reopen Ballots.

By Associated Press
Jefferson City, Mo-. Jan I2.-lt was de-
cided today to reopen The ballots in the
lieutenant governorship election contest
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-01-15

Ben Tillman still handles the pitchfork
as deftly as ever. and is able TO parry the
big stick effectively
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
House Passes Tariff Bill.

After three weeks Of consideration
the Payne tariff bill passed the house
of representatives by a vote of 217 ia
161. One Republican (Austin. Ten
nessee) voted against the measure
and four Democrats all from Louis
lana. Messrs. Broussard. Estopinal
Pujo and Wickliffe. voted for it. An
attempt by Champ Clark. the minority
leader. to recommit the bill with in
structiOns. signally failed.
One of the principal changes effect
ed in the bill since its Introduction
was the placing Of petroleum upon the
free list. This involved a more seri
ously contested fight than any of the
other amendments Speaker Cannon,
during debate on the amendment to
reduce the duty. took the floor in de.
fense of the higher rate of duty AL,
though an amendment to place oil on
the free list was lost Thursday a simi-
lar amendment offered by Chairman
Payne was carried
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Here and There.

All the hotels will be open this year at
Bowers
Wheat Is looking fine in Lewes and
Rehoboth Hundred.
Rehoboth City has a building boon a
large casino will soon be completed.
1t is a pleasure to drive over the gravel
road iron Coospring to Georgetown.
Miss Lizzie Fowler, Of near George
town, Is visiting friends in Baltimore.
The catch Of herring in Herring Creek
Sussex County, has been large this year.
James Nea is building a large and up-
to-dste barn On his farm near Browns
vile, Kent County.
A woods caught fire last week between
Georgetown and Milton from a spark
caused by the limbs Of trees rubbing
against electric wires. I
a carrier pigeon stopped at @. R. FodG
ler's home, between Georgetown and
Milton, April Bird, very tired and hungry.
On its leg it has a band with the number
1914 inscribed
John W. Davidson, a farmer living
near Nassau, Sussex County, seventy
seven years old, has eight children,
thirty-three grandchildren, and six
great grandchildren. ROVER.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16

cured the present generation of such re-
diculous delusions. It has been demon
strated with certainty, however. that there
are hidden treasures within six inches Of
the surface, in many places in Milford
Neck, that may readily be obtained by per-
sistant syste matte cultivation OF the soil.
Situated on land Of William G. Herring,
Esq, in Milford Neck, there is another
relic Of the olden time, which may be in
teresting to the reader Il is known as
the "Tory's Cave" and is located in a
dense swamp, and even at this day it is
almost unapproachable. Its dimensions
are about eight feet in width and about
twelve feet long, with an arched roof suf-
ticiently high for a man six feet in statue
to stand erect. Both ends are open,
whether by design or otherwise, cannot
be determined, as many years have passed
since its construction Evidently it must
have been erected for the purpose tradi-
tiOn ascribes to it-a place for conceal.
ment for the Tories, to escape the wrath
of the patriots. Few men nov living
known of this cave, but it still exists, a
mute mOnument-sombre and grim-to
the times that tried mems souls-the
American Revolution. Such is the story,
briefly told, of the "Tory's Cave" nor is
it an idle vaporing Of an imaginative brain.
ISAAC r. JESTER.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
six Persons Rurned 70 peath.

Six people lost their lives. three
others We're badly burned and a prop
erty loss Of between 5000, 900 and $780,
600 was caused by a fire in the heart
Of the business section of LenOx,
Mass Four business blocks. two
dwellings and two other structures
were destroyed in a section bounded
by Franklin. Main HousatOnic and
Church streets. The fire is believed
to have started in the Clifford building
from spontaneous combustion.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
CHARGED with Killing His Mother

Delmar J. Young was arrested in
Erie, Pa. upon a warrant sworn out
by County Detective Frank H. Wat
son, charging him with the murder of
his mother, Mrs. Winnie NJ Young.
whose dead body was found in her
cellar last week, horribly mutilated
and hidden beneath a pile of old car
pet He entered a plea of not guilty
and was committed to Jail without
bail for a hearing.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
sussex County Court.

The bribery cases were taken up on
Thursday of last week The first was that
Of William f. Cordrey, of Laurel, held
for attempting to purchase the vote of
George Oscar Taylor at the last election.
The first witness called was Taylor and
the examination lasted until about 2 80
o'clock that afternoon. Attorney Gray
asked him if he received any money for
his vote and he promptly replied that be
did not.
"I'll ask you, said the Attorney Gen
eral, whether or not you did not state
in the presence of ex-Deputy Attorney
General C. S. Richards that you received
the sum of $40" The answer was no.
"Did you not receive two S. bills from
Cordrey for your vote ?" Again the
answer was no. Taylor was examined
shortly after the election and his state
ments were recorded. He said that he
had been scared by Detective Vonleer in
to making the statement by threat of
being put in jail. These statements we're
produced in court and the questions
again propounded 10 him but he did not
remember anything that he had said at
that time.
Attorney Gray then arose and stated to
the court that he would enter an nolle
prosequi. Hardly had Taylor gotten from
the stand before he was arrested and taken
before Justice of the Peace William A.
Warrington, upon a charge Of perjury at
the requested of the Attorney-G General,
He was held in bail for $500, which he
secured.
The State then took up the case of John
Barr, of Georgetown, who was charged
by Benjamin Morris and John Hall, of
the same town, for Offering to pay them
$40 piece to vote the Republican ticket
at the last general election Hall and
Morris were put upon the stand and
swore that Barr offered them 500 piece
to vote the ticket, to be paid after the
polls closed" Witnesses for the defense
were put upon the stand to prove that
the two men went to Barr and offered to
vote the Republican ticket for a certain
sum, but Barr told them the Republicans
had no money and they would have togo
elsewhere. Several witnesses testified to
the bad character of the complainants.
The State also proved the good character
Of tine men by several prominent men of
the town. The defendants attorneys
moved to dismiss the information on the
ground that there was variance between
The allegation in the information and the
proof of the case.
After hearing the arguments of the at
orneys, the case was submitted to the
Judges at l O'Clock Friday afternoon for
heir dicision, and they returned a YER
iict Of guilty. An appeal was made to
he Supreme Court and his bond was
ixed at $1,000,
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
OPERATORS DELAY
WAGE REDUCTION
They Appoint a Committee to
Formulate a Policy.
TO REPORT ON APRIL p

Fifty Anthracite Mine Owners Attend
ed Meeting and Approved Action o.
Committee In Dealing With Work
ers-will Not Suspend Work at
Present.
After a meeting Of the anthracite
coal operators in New York city it
was announced that no action had
been taken looking toward a reduction
In the wages of the miners A com
mittee Of eleven men was appointed
70 formulate a policy of dealing with
the miners and report at a meeting Of
coal operators to be held April %.
The committee was composed of the
following: w. A. Lathrop Lehigh Coal
& Navigation company; w J Rich
ards, Philadelphia & Reading Coal
company; S. D. Warmer. Lehigh Val
icy Coal company; R. A. Phillips, Del
aware, Lackawanna & Western; Rob
ert Quinn, Susquehanna Coal com
pany; C. c. Rose. Delaware & Hudson;
w A. May Pennsylvania Coal com
pany and the following individual op-
orators w. L. Connell. Frank Borden,
T NJ Richter and John R. Dryden.
One of the questions which was said
to have been under discussion at the
meeting was that Of a suspension of
operations. but it was stated after the
meeting that it was not decided to do
so at present
The following official statement was
issued when the meeting adjourned:
"A conference of anthracite coal op-
orators was held in the offices of the
Trunk Line association to discuss the
labor situation in the anthracite re-
gion. There were about fifty at the
meeting. There was an unusually large
attendance Of individual operators. |
The action of the operators committee
Of seven in the conference with the |
mine workers representatives was /.
unanimously approved. It was not .
decided to reduce the wages of the /
mine workers at the present time. A .
committee of eleven was appointed .
and instructed to formulate a policy Z
10 be followed by the operators. This .
committee will report at another meet
ing on April %"
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Rlt Rabv 70 Torture VIC.

James S'rube has been sentenced
to confinement in the Atlanta, Ca.
wOrkhOuse for two weeks on a charge
Of biting and pinching his ten-months-
old baby. The child was brought into
court by the mother With its left
cheek badly bruised. Strube admitted
that he bit the baby, and said he did
it to torture his wife, who. he said,
had become Indifferent to repeated
beatings at his hands
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
New Militia Inspection.

Arrangements are being made at the
War Department for additional inspec
tion of the National Guard under the
militia act. Now the militia is inspected
to determine whether it is sufficiently
armed, uniformed and equipped for ac-
tive field uuty, but there will be a second
series of inspections on the organization,
armament aud discipline instruction of
the citizen soldiers Officials believe
that the reports Of officers making such
inspec' ions will tend to increase the gen
eral efficiency of the State forces.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
coaI Men Ars peadIocked.

After conferences in the city of Phil
adelphia. extending since Wednesday
the anthracite coal operators and the
officials of the United Mine Workers
of America, representing the miners
at which the question of a wage agree
ment was discussed to replace that
brought abcTt by the anthracite strike
commission the operators rejected the
modified demands Of the miners and
the conference adjourned dead-locked.
There wiz be no strike inaugura. cd
by the mine workers however and thu
only danger OF a suspension of mining
in the near future. according to the
mine workers officials. arises from tn q
possibility Of the refusal OF the op-
orators to permit the miners TO work
without an agreement.
The modified demands Of the miners
requested that the mine workers be
recognized as Anthracite Workers"
and that certain conditions regarding
new work by the miners in which
wages were involved and which would
give increased pay to the miners
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Peaeh Cor KiIIed.

Five of the most extensive fruit grow
ers Of Sussex county claim that the peach
crop will be total failure. Thursday
night there was a heavy frost. Friday
night ice nearly half inch thick formed
in addition to a heavy frost. The grow
ers Of fruits who have been in town say
that the buds on the peach trees are ali
black and killed. E. B. Brown, one Of
the largest growers of strawberries on
the Peninsula. said that for over a week
his strawberry patches looked like a
flower bed but Friday morning every
berry on his farm which was in blossom
was killed. The same is true OF plums,
cherries and pears.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
ESCAPES DEATH CHAIR
Murderer of Rev. Prickett Suffering
From AIcohoIic Paranoia.

Murderer Of Rev. Prickett Suffering
From Alcoholic Paranoia.
New Brunswick. N. j.. April IA
Sentence of electrocution for the muir
der of Rev Samuel B. D. Prickett,
editor of the Metuchen Recorder, will
not be executed upon Archibald Her
ron. under a decision given by Justice
Bergen, of the New Jersey state su-
preme court. Seven physicians testified
that Heron was suffering from alco-
holic paranoia and two keepers from
the state prison testified that Heron
acted queerly and imagined that he
was wealthy The justice decided that
the sentence of death should not be
put into effect
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
strlkes Rlom a On rrust.

Wednesday was a bad day for the
Republican organization Of the ma
tional house Of representatives. By a
coalition between Republican "insur-
gents" and the Democrats. the ways
and means committee was bowled over
and the advocates Of free crude oil
and its products won a signal victory.
when an amendment by Mr.. Norris, Of
Nebraska, placing tha insignificant
duty Of per eentum ad valorem on
those articles was adopted by sub
stantial majority.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
MAY Shank Girl Of Il.

In the police court at Detroit. Mich,
Justice Jenries gave a decision uphold.
fng the right Of father 70 administer
Ehe old fashioned spanking to his sew
enteen-year-oid daughter even if her
dignity suffered. Margaret Granzin.
oged seventeen. had her father arrest
cd for disturbing the peace after a
lspanking Granzin told the Judge that
ighe punishment was part Of an effort
20 keep his daughter away from cheap
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
WILL INSPECT CANAL

Secretary Dickinson and Party to
Leave For Panama on Sunday.
Washington. April IA. ~ Secretary
Dickinson. accompanied by Mrs Dick.
inson and Major General }. Franklin
Bell. chief of staff. will leave here on
Sunday evening for Charleston, S. c..
where they viii embark next Tuesday
afternoon on the Mayfiower for a
cruise to Colon to personally inspect
the Panama canal.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
BIG BLAZE AT
ROCHESTER, n. Y.
Fifty Dwellings, SeVGraIGhurCheS
and Factories Burned,
100 FAMILIES ARE HOMELESS


brews Thought 1t Was the Second
Coming of the Messiah and Tore
Their Hair and Prayer In the Street
Loss Estimated at s50O,0oo.
Rochester. n. Y. April 14-Swept
along in the face of a twenty-five mile
gale. fire destroyed several sections Of
the city and did damage estimated at
! $500000 For a time it was thought
! that a great portion of the city would
( be swept, and aid was summoned from
Buffalo and Syracuse. Generously and
promptly the out of town fremen re-
spOnded with apparatus but ere they
reached the scene the heroic work Of
the local department and OF volunteers
had gotten the flames under check and
their assistance was not required. One
hundred families are homeless and
militiamen are in the affected zones
guarding what little the people saved
of their household effects.
The Palmer building. a four-stOry
brick structure devoted to manufac-
turing interests, at Main and Gibbs
streets. was the starting point of the
conhagratiOn. which spread over a
wide area. and then jumped nearly a
mile and started a second series of
fires of such proportions that aid was
summoned from Buffalo and Syra-
cuse.
Buildings which we're destroyed. In
addition to about fifty residences. were
the Palmer building. Temple Berth
Kodesh, First Reformed Church of
America the Ward apartments and /.
the First German Lutheran Zion /.
church. The St. Peters Presbyterian /
church, the Palmer lumber yards and |
several small firms on Main street /
were damaged.
The many scenes of panic among .
the residents can only be imagined |
Apparently all reason was lost and .
there was but one thought-the city
was doomed. Some of the women
threw from the windows or houses not
yet burning beds, bureaus. tables and
all sorts of articles of furniture and
personal belongings. In this way con
siderable property was needlessly de-
AAlOAl1MEus
The fires broke out so frequently in
the northeastern part OF the city tkat
could not be dispatched to
all of them but volunteer brigades
helped in keeping down the fire loss.
The Chatham, Nassau and Kelly
street section is in the Jewish district
Of the city Tuesday was the last day
of the Feast of the Passover, and many
of the Polish Hebrews. seeing the pail
Of smoke and the fire falling on all
sides, interpreted the situation as the {
visible sign of the second
coming of the Messiah. Men. women
and children tore their hair and knelt
In the streets to pray. Their shouts
were terrifying. Still others seized
armfuls of goods from their houses
and rushed with them into the street
Dr into other houses, whore the ad-
vancing fire later ate them up One {
woman, Mary Kirschnamsky. went vio- ]
emily insane {
Rochester is terror stricken. The !
was the elimination of
an uninterrupted series of fires for +.
weeks. many of which have been
charged to incendiarism.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Killed In Fiaht over schoolqirI.

Walter Gillespie is dead from a stab
wound, and Jester Gray was exOner-
ated by a coroners jury at Milford,
Del. and was discharges from Gus
tody. as the result of a fight over Miss
Frances Bennett. a pretty eighteen
year-old high school girl.
The fatal wound was inflicted with
a common pocket knife. the blade Of
which is less than three inches long.
The tiny blade reached Gillespie's
heart. however. at a single stroke and
he died almost instantly. Gillespie was
the aggressOr.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
The Chester Wins Speed Contest.

] he Chester WINS Speed Contest.
New York. April IA. ~ The scout
cruiser squadron. consisting of the
Chester. Salem and Birmingham, an
chored off Tompkinsville, Staten Isl
and. the two former ships having COM
pleted a twenty-four hour full speed
test. in which the Chester came out
the victor. The Birmingham was fore
ed to drop out of the race because of
a arrangement Of machinery. The ac-
cident was a bio VITO the adherents Of
the reciprocating style Of engine,
while the fact that the Chester and
Salem coripleted the race is looked
upon as al signal victory for the advo
Gates OF turbines.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Got r. bies From Dead poo.

Thomas Cassidy died in great agony
at the local Pasteur Institute in Pitts
burg, hydrOphObia being the cause Of
his death. The strange feature Of the
case is that Cassidy was tnoculated
with the poison from a dog which yas
dead but whose body had not yet be,
cnma cnld
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Three chs KilIed bY Train.

An Illinois Central railroad passen.
ger train at Dubuque, Ia, struck and
killed Anna. Mabel and Ruby Fol
dorf the young daughters of Fred Fol.
dOrf The girls were walking on the
track toward the approaching train,
but on account Of high wind they
had their heads down and did not see
the train
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Negro snatches $4,000 and Escapes

Employees Of the Southern Railway
company at Augusta, Ga. report that
at Denmark, S. c., a negro seized a
grip containing $4,000 in currency. the
property Of n. G Evans. of Edgeheld.
S c.. leaped from a moving train and
escaped into the woods Mr. Evans
was riding in the day coach and the
grip was by his side when the thief
snatched IT,
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Gave Emnloves s22 500.

William H. Luden. manufacturing
confectionC and a well known philan-
thropist. o, Reading, Pa. celebrated
his fiftieth birthday and the thirtieth
anniversar- Of his entrance into busi-
ness by distributing s22.5OO among his
employees
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16
Found 5000 an on coLIeetIon PIats

The insertion Of an advertisement
in a Washington, Pa. paper to the
effect that there had been found in
the collection plate Of the Roscoe
Methodist Episcopal church near
here. after the services last Sunday
night a $1,000 bill, developed the fact
that the church officers think the
donor made mistake The yearly
collections Of the church do not aver
age much more than this amount, and
the officials in the advertisement state
that they will return the money to the
owner if he wants it back and can
prove he inadvertently dropped it into
the plate
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16

theaters. and the justice decided that
spanking young ladies Of seventeen
was admissible In moderation.
Milford chronicle., 1909-04-16

r. G.z5.5:. D.astord Dead.
F. Marion Crawford the novelist.
died at Sorrento. Italy. He was corn
In 1854
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-16
REPORT ON CANAL
WILL BE PRESENTED

CINCINNATI, Feb. 15-President-elect
Taft left here for Washington at noon
today His trip is primarily for the pur-
pose Of receiving and transmitting to Pres
ident Roosevelt the report of the board or
civil engineers which accompanied him
to Panama He will take advantage or
the visit to consult regarding his In
augural address, his speech of acceptance
and other matters.
Before leaving today, Mr.. Taft was Wis
tied by a committee from Kilwinning
lodge of Masons, of which he is to be
made a member lat sight" Thursday
night Mr.. Tafts father was a promi-
nent member of this lodge. The ceremony
is a most unusual proceeding and will be
performed by State Grand Master Hask-
inson. 1t is sanctioned by the constitution
of the grand lodge on the ground or
''honors achieved"
The president-elect was also invited TO
attend the opening in June of the Alaska
Yukon exposition at Seattle by Secretary
Josiah Collins, who came here for that
purpose.
Mr.. Taft will return here Thursday to
remain three days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-16
KENTUCKY TO HAVE
FIGHT ON LIQUOR
Will Be Battlefield for Declaration
of County Option or Total Prohi-
characterization Tuesday.
CBy Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 5.-Kentucky,
second producing liquor state in the
union and up to this time unscathed by
a statewide prohibition fight will be the
battlefield for the declaration OF uniform
county option embracing cities of the first
and second classes or for total prohibition
from Tuesday forward. Tomorrow the
Anti-Saloon league and kindred temper
ance forces viii meet in Louisville and the
upshot OF the meeting means the pass
ing of the saloons, calling on Governor
Eustace Wilson to summon the legisla-
ture in extra session for the consideration
of a statewide bill. Wilson has hereto
fore declared that ne would not call the
legislature extraordinarily unless a crisis
impended, and 1t is not believed that he
will yield to the demand of the temper
ance people at this time.
The chief interest point of the con-
vention beginning Tuesday is a speech
to be delivered by Justice E. G. O'Rear,
the retiring chief justice of the Kentucky
court of appeals. who has previously de-
clared in favor Of total prohibition for the
state and nation, even to the abrogation
OF consumption, purchase and manufac-
ture of whisky.
ORear is prominent Republican, and
Wilson was elected under the standard OF
that party. But four counties in the state
are entirely wet at present.