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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
BILLY
SUNDAY HORSEWH|PPED|
The Evangelist Attacked BY a
Religious Fanatic.

Springfield, Ill. Especially - Rev..
William A. Sunday, better known as
Billy Sunday, former baseball
player, who is now an evangelist,
was horsewhipped by religious fa~
matte at the Sunday Tabernacle,
where in the presence of 5000 per-
sons he was conducting the opening
meeting of religious revival meet
ing.
The evangelist, after making his
opening remarks was leaning against
the pulpit on an elevated platform
while hymn was sung by Fisher
and Butler, his choir leaders, and
Miss Edith Anderson, soprano, of
Springfield when a powerful man,
who later said his name was Sher-
man Potts, sprang forward with a
buggy whip and struck Mr.. Sunday
several terrific blows.
Sunday leaped from the platform
and dashed his assailant to the floor
in the centre aisle. The audience
was on the verge of a panic, with
women weeping and children scream
ing, while Potts and Sunday rolled
and tumbled in the aisle.
Mr.. Fischer directed the choir and
the audience to sing, and in few
moments the entire audience was
claimed, few leaving their seats.
Several men soon seized Potts and
they held him until policemen came
and took him to JAIL
Mr.. Sunday said he suffered sew
eral painful bruises from the buggy
whip. The prisoner said that his
home was near Lovington, Ill.
According to the horsewhipper's
statement at the Jail, he was once
declared insane and committed to
the Jacksonville asylum, whence af-
ter a brief confinement he was re-
leased as cured He said he came
to Springfield from Decatur to horse
whip Sunday; that he purchased
whip in Springfield and went to the
tabernacle early.
He made the attack, he said, in
defense of the virtue of women.
which he declared had been criticised
by the evangelist. The police say
that Potts is religious fanatic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
ALL IN HOUSE KILLED.
Mother And Four Children Die In
Fire-Murder Is Likely.

Mother And Four Children Die In
Fire-Murder Is Likely.
Bakersfield, CAL Especially Mrs.
Minnie Beekman, widow of w. M.
Beekman, who was prominent resi-
dent of Kern County. and her four
children were burned to death in
their home, four miles south of Bak-
ersfield. The police say they were
murdered and that the house was
fired.
The children were Verna, Ray
mond, Annie and Arthur, and were
from to Ia years OF, age. Their
charred bodies were found in bed.
The half-consumed mattress on
which Mrs. Beekman had slept was
covered with what appears to be
bloodstains. 1t was sent to a chem
list for analysis.
Mrs Beekman's husband died a
year ago. Ne had two children by
former wife. To these he left
500 each and bequeathed the re-
mainder of his $4,000 estate to
his widow and her four children.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
GRANDMOTHER Died often.

Racine, Wis. Especially. - Henry
Ellefson, student at the Racine High
School, has the state record for writ
ing bogus excuses. In four years he
has presented to teachers "A excuses,
all written by himself. Every con-
ceivable reason has been given for
absence. In four years he lost II
grandmothers, and about 40 times
he was supposed to be ILL., When dis
covery was made the student was
called on by Principal Blackhurst
and admitted his guilt. He has been
suspended for "A days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
TO investigate Secret Service.

Washington. D. C. Especially -
Claiming that other measures for
protecting the person of the Presi-
dent should be provided. if the state
ments regarding the Secret Service
of the Treasury Department made on
the floor of the House are true. Rep
resentative Bennett, New York, in a
resolution introduced seeks to have
a special committee of five appoint
ed to investigate the personnel OF
the Secret Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
WASHINGTON
By TELEGRAPH

Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the
Dominion of Canada, will be Great
Britain's representative in The Hague
Court that will arbitrate the New
foundland fisheries dispute.
The statehood fight for the admis-
sion of the territory and of New
Mexico and Arizona was practically
abandoned in the Senate.
The House passed the Brownsville
Bill giving the members of the Twen-
ty-fifth Regiment an opportunity to
prove their innocence.
Speaker Cannon had to use the
mace before Representative Gaines.
of Tennessee, would. come to order.
Senior Don Francisco de la Barra.
the new Mexican ambassador, was
presented to the President.
The Military Academy Appropria-
ton Bill was reported to the Sem
ate. 1t carries $2,541,421.
The General Deficiency Appropria-
ton Bill was passed by the House.
1t carries $17,000.000.
The House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors decided to report fav-
orally the resolution extending the
time for the operation of the Bur-
ton act regulating the waters of the
Niagara River.
The Columbus Memorial Commits
sion has awarded the contract for
making a statue of Columbus, to be
erected in the plaza of the Union
Station, Washington, to dorado Taft.
Differences have arisen between
members of the House Committee on
Postoffices and Post Roads over the
reorganization bill and the measure
is probably doomed.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson and Clifford Pin
chot have just been admitted ION
sight to membership in the Nation
IL Farmers Union.
The House Committee on POST
offices and Post Roads agreed to re-
port favorably to the Housewife Sem
ate bill for an ocean mail Subsidy.
The second conference report ON
the Naval Appropriation Bill, made
to both houses, definitely puts the
marines back on the warships.
Senior Francisco de La Barra, New
Mexican ambassador to the United
States, was presented to Secretary
of State Bacon.
Don Gonzalo De Quesada, Cuban
minister left Washington for Hava-
ma for conference with President
Gomez. of Cuba.
The President submitted to Con-
gress the report of the commission
he appointed to consider the needs
of the Navy.
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith
submitted the second instalment or
his report on the tobacco industry.
The House agreed to the confer
ence report on the Postoffice Appro-
priation bill, which carries 1884,
$4,000.
The secret service limitation in
the Sundry Civil Bill was discussed
with some heat in the House.
The Senate agreed to the confer
ence report on the Indian Appropria-
tion Bill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
LilIuokalani Sued.

Washington, D. C. Especially .-Ex-
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. other
wise Mrs. Lydia Dominis. was sued
in the District Supreme Court by DR..
Charles H. English to recover SILL
500 alleged to be due on account of
a medical bill The plaintiff alleges
that he accompanied the ex-Queen
to the Hawaiian Islands as private
physician under a contract to receive
$500 a month and expenses and a
bonus and that the defendant broke
the contract.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
PRESIDENT may
RECEIVE $4,000 SALARY
House Slashss Bill Passed BY the
Senate

Washington, D. G. (Special) -
In lively debate in the House on
the conference report on the Legis-
lative, Executive and Judicial APP
propiation Bill Messrs. Underwood,
of Alabama, and Clark, of Missouri,
criticized the Senate increases in APP
preparations, especially in reference
to salaries. Messrs Bingham, of
Pennsylvania; Gillett, Of Massachu-
sets, and Livingston, of Georgia,
the House coHferees, strenuously de-
Tended their report, which in so far
ss there was no disagreement, was
adopted.
When the discussion turned on
the increase in the salaries of the
president, vice president, speaker of
the House and judges, about which
the conferees could not agree, Mr..
Clark renewed his criticisms, declar-
ing that, instead of $4,000, the
president actually receives 1921, 900
per annum.
The vote on each increase was TAX
en- separately By SIT to 102 the
House refused to accept the Senate
amendment increasing the speakers
salary.
A vote on the presidents salary
increase resulted: Yeas, al; nays,
168, which had the effect of reject
ing the Senate amendment. Before
the announcement was made Speak
er Cannon directed that his name be
recorded in the affirmative.
An unusual scene followed. Mem
bers were on their feet in general
scramble for recognition for motions
of one sort or another The Speaker,
unruff1ed by his beseigers, held that
a motion by Mr.. Watson, of Indiana,
to recede from the amendment and
amend it so as to make the salary
$4,000 was preferential Mr.. Wat
son sought to shut off debate by
moving the previous question, and on
that proposition the roll again was
called.
The previous question was order
ed, and on the vote being taken on
the adoption of the amendment it
was carried, 165 to 149, amid Re-
publican applause The amendment
will make the presidents salary
equivalent to the present salary. plus
the $25, 900 appropriation heretofore
allowed him for travelling expenses,
the latter appropriation being strick-
en- out.
A long debate was percipitated by
Mr.. Bingham offering an amend
ment to the amendment of the Sem
ate designating the proposed new
official of the State Department as
"vice" secretary instead of under"
secretary, and reducing the salary
from $4,000 to $500.
Strenuous objection and ridicule
even came from all sides to both the
titles. Mr.. Fitzgerald, of New York,
in defining the word under" said
it meant, among other things, the
under dog or goat, and in inter-
national usage the nation that had
been defeated in an international set
Element.
The charge having been made in
several quarters that the United
States was trying to "ape" foreign
powers, Mr.. DENLY, of Michigan, dis
claimed such suggestion. The
idea, he said, was to make the State
Department conform to the diplomat
ic usage of all the world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
IN THE WORLD Of FINANCE

Belmont's shaft is to be put down
1900 feet, making it the deepest one
in the Tonopah district.
A tunnel three miles long will be
driven at Georgetown, Col, to drain
a number of mining properties there.
Samuel Bell has been elected a
director of Tonopah.
February output of the various
Goldfield mills will approximate
S85O,000. The tonnage treated now
ranges from 5000 to 5000 tons a
week..
The price of lead was marked
down 10 points and it Is now an
even cents pound.
George Westinghouse has gone to
Europe.
The Ophir mine, of the Comstock
group, is now producing ore that
averages $31 a ton. It's weekly out
put is about $4,000, which is not
SO bad for an old timer with half a
century of history.
According to the Mining World.
the beginning of 1909 witnessed a
marked improvement in the earnings
of American mines and works, for 33
of these declared dividends in jan
uary of $7,596.667 as against % in
the same period of 1908, paying out
a total of $4,797, 403. These 50
companies paying dividends during
the past month have a total issued
Capitalization of $2S7.549, 043, and
have to their dividend credit since
organization, $215.26S,564, making
a return SO far this year equivalent
to approximately per cent, and
since organization. rs per cent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
TAFT CABINET COMPLETE.

The Taft Cabinet. as now COM
pleted:
Secretary of tate-Philander G.
Knox, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury
Franklin MacVeigh, of Illi-
nois.
Secretary of War Jacob NJ.
Dickinson. of Tennessee.
Attorney General - George w
Wickersham, of New York.
Postmaster General ~ Frank H.
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts,.
Secretary of the Navy-George
Won L. Meyer. of Massachu-
sets.
Secretary of the Interior Rich
ard A. Ballinger. Of Washing
ton.
Secretary of Agriculture-James
Wilson, of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce and La.
bor-Charles Nagel. of Mis-
souri,.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
FELL 100 FEET INTO HAY.
.'steeple Jack" Billings Has A Re-
markable Escape.

Trenton. N. j. Especially Al
though he dropped distance of 100
feet from church steeple, Walter
Billings, "steeple jack" still lives.
Physicians say he may recover, al
though he will never be able to as
cend another steeple. What prob
ably saved his life was that he land
ed in quantity of hay in the rear
of st. Peters Church.
Billings has been steeplejack
for 15 years and this is the first ac-
cident to befall him. He became dir
zy at the great height and lost his
grip on the flimsy scaffolding that
was supporting him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
CANCER NOW YIELDS
TO RADIO THOR CURE
Chicago Physicians Make a Remark
able Discovery.
APPEARS LIKE FUSED METAL.
The New Substance Found In Large
Quantities And Is Comparatively
Cheap - Produces Violet Rays
And Affects Only Diseased Tissue
Basis OF 1t Is Pitch Blende-
Cures Nervous Disease.

Chicago Especially AT the session
of the Southern Homeopathic Medi-
cal Association, at New Orleans, DIR.
E. Stillman Bailey, of this city, went
into details in explaining his dis
covery of substance which he calls
radio thor"
Bailey said he was recently re-
quested by the Chicago Board OF
Trade to make an analysis of pitch
blend obtained in Colorado. He said
he found that this blend contained
an element possessing many of the
qualities of radium and that when
this element was applied to the backs
of patients suffering from locomotor
ataxia and similar diseases it effected
quick cures. He said he was not
alone in his experiments, for chem
ist attached to the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington had analysed
the pitch blend and found that it
contained 10 or IL more or less rare
elements.
He then distributed among the
members of the association some of
pearance. of partially fused metal and
gave out phosphorous-like glow.
DR.. F. H. Blackmar, of Hahneman
Medical College, told further details
of the discovery of radio thor" DR..
Blackmar was associated with DR..
Bailey in making experiments.
Zone of our most curious expert
ments with the new substance" said
DR.. Blackmar, was the taking of a
photograph through stove lid on
which some radio thor had been
spread. The powerful rays of this
element enabled the light to pass
through the iron plate, thus permit
ting a photograph of number of
pennies and other articles on the
other side.
Its basis is pitch blend, but with
this element are mingled others
whose names l do not care to dis
close at this time. Some of them
are so rare that we keep them in a
safety deposit vault. The new ele-
ment, while far from being mex
spensive, will be within the reach
of everybody who needs it for treat
ment. It's action is quite as eficaci-
GUS as that of radium. There is not
enough radium in the whole world
to treat all the people who need its
curative properties.
'The therapeutic value of our
radio-thor or tho-radio-x, has been
established beyond question in the
IA months that we have been using
it for the treatment of disease. 1t
has never failed to give relief and
in many cases it has cured. Some of
the diseases on which It acts sue
cessfully are cancer, tuberculosis OF
the skin, ulcers, birthmarks and
nervous affections. It's rays are as
effective as those of radium, although
it does not act 80 quickly. Its mod
crate action keeps it from being
harmfully caustic, as radium is like
ly to be when in the hands of I'M
skilled persons. 1t has the same
selective power as radium-that is,
it seems to. act only on tissues which
are diseased, having no effect on
healthy tissue. This power, which
has been we'll described by Sir Fred
erick Treves in recent article, no
body is able to explain
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
Pitch Blend In Abundance.

Denver, Col. Especially. = Pitch
blend, from which radio-thor is
made, is found in several sections
of Colorado in considerable quanti-
ties. 1t is an ore that is mined the
same as other minerals. Boulder
County, in the northeastern portion
of the State, and Montezuma County,
in the southwestern part, have mines
producing pitch blend that have been
working for several years. The min
eral is a yellowish substance that
greatly resembles sulphur in appear
ance when ground up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
Burglars Shot By Watchman.

Cincinnati. Ohio Especially Two
burglars discovered rifling the safe
of the John Mueller Licorice Com
pany were shot by Night WatcEman
John Dusser. One of the robbers
died on the way to the hospital
and the other is not expected to sur
vive. The dead man was later iden-
titled as Louis Rodamer. His moth
or lives in this city. At one time
he served as a soldier in the Philip
pines. The other man gave his name
as John Feyn, of this city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
Big Loss In Internal Revenue.

Washington, D. c. Especially -
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue show the
total receipts for January were $751;
399,561, which is loss. as compar-
ed with January, 1908, of $1,342,-
353. For the seven months of the
present fiscal year the receipts were
$147,37S,894, a decrease from 1908
of $7,516.474. BY far the heaviest
decrease is in spirits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
MURDERED FOR THEIR PAY.
Two Men Supposed To Be- Miners
Found Dead.

Pittsburg Especially The bodies
of two men were found at Gratztown,
Westmoreland County, near here,
apparently both Murdered and rob-
bed.
Two empty pay envelopes were
found beside the bodies. The men
were believed to have been employ
ed at, one of the mines in the vi
cinity and it is thought were attack
ed while going home.
At noon a deputy coroner cOmplet-
ed his investiation and stated that
it was case of double murder. He
also said that young man of Gratz-
town had been arrested in connec-
ton with the case and will be held
pending an inquest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
Ex-Governor uses His Fists.

Oakland, Cal. Especially .-Stung
by the epithet 'liar" applied to him
by B. B. Jones. of this city, during
meeting of the Merchants Ex-
change ex-Gov. George C. Pardee
floored the former with blow which
landed flush on his chin. Before
hostilities could be resumed Jones
was taken away by a patrolman. The
meeting was called to discuss the
proposed amendments to the city
charter, and the memorandum agree
ment with the Southern Pacific Com
pany. After Pardee had finished a
speech, he and Jones INDUCED in a
discussion which terminated in
blows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
BRYAN TO BUILD IN TEXAS.
He Plans To Retire For A Year
And Write A Novel And A Play.

Mission, Texas Especially William
Jennings Bryan. who recently pur-
chased a tract of land near here, is
arranging to build "a magnificent
home thereon. He has written to
John j. Conway, of Mission, from
whom he bought the land, that he
will retire from the lecture platform
for a year and spend that period
upon his farm here writing a novel.
He will also dramatic the novel and
put it on the stage.
Mr.. Bryan, he says, will probably
be in the cast of the proposed play.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
Taft Cannot BE A Farmer.

Fort Worth, Texas Especially -
Following the announcement that
President-elect Taft would be elected
a member Eat sight of the National
Farmers Union. Secretary Smith, of
the state organization, here denounc-
ed the plan and stated that Presi-
dent Harriet is forbidden by the laws
of the association to permit such a
procedure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05

Los Angeles, Cal. Especially. - f.
P. (Lucky) Baldwin died at his home
at Arcadia, on Baldwin's Ranch.
Monday, after an illness of several
weeks. He was 81 years of age.
No man identified with horse
breeding and the racing of thorough
breds was more widely known
throughout the country than e. 2.
Lucky" Baldwin. Even the weight
of his 81 years did not suffice to
diminish his interest in turf matters,
and while horses bred by his trainers
were winning races on distant tracks,
the owner of the vast estate near
Los Angeles lived the luxurious life
of an old Spanish don, with an army
of employees and retainers on his
great ranch, which has become one
of the show places of Southern Cali
fornia. -
Baldwin was born in Butler Coun
ty, Ohio, April 3, 1928. In 1850
he started across the plains for Cali
fornia. His first bonanza was the
Ophir mine, one of the Comstock
lode. He cleaned more than $3,0OO,-
600 out of that deal.
He specialized in other mining
properties, took contracts, dealt in
real estate and built the famous
Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco.
Then he bought ranch in the fertile
San Gabriel Valley, in Southern Cali
fornia, near Los Angeles. He be-
came interested in the breeding of
fast trotting and running horses, and
from his Santa Anita ranch came the
winners of many classic races in
this country.
The new Los Angeles racetrack is
built on a part of the Baldwin
ranch, and the possibility that racing
may be stopped in this State is
thought to have aggravated the con-
dition of the old horseman.
Lucky Baldwin won four Amer
lean Derbys over Washington Park
track, Chicago, this Derby being the
only one at the correct distance and
worthy the name in this country. In
1885 Volante, with Isaac Murphy up,
beat Flavor and Troubadour; in
1886 Silver Cloud beat Blue Wing
and Sir Joseph; in 1888 the great
Emperor of Norfolk won from Fall
con and Les Angeles, and six years
later Rey Ell Santa Anita defeated
Senator Grady and Despot.
The West was Baldwin's stamping
ground of late years, though former
z y his colors were familiar at Sara
toga and all the famous Eastern
courses.
AS Lucky Baldwin he has been
known since the days of '49, when
he came to the California gold fields
and struck it rich.
His health had been feeble for the
last half dozen years, but he always
took great interest in thoroughbred
racing and breeding, and until his
recent severe illness was constant
visitor at the race-course.
The tide turned against Baldwin
in 1898. The Baldwin Hotel burned
down and he had very little insur-
ance. He was entangled in other
ways, and at rs years of age, Bald
win went to Alaska to make an
other fortune. The fight was too
hard for a man of his years, and he
had to return to the States.
He sold the site of the Baldwin
Hotel, and was able to clear the
mortgage which he had placed on his
ranch. There he settled down for
his old age.
Once many times millionaire, he
died a comparatively poor man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
DRUNKARDs MAY NOT WED.
And Proposed Law Rules That
Twice A Year Proves Habit.

And Proposed Law Rules That
Twice A Year Proves Habit.
Springfield, Ill. Especially Young
men who frequent saloons will not
be permitted to enter into matrimon-
ial relations in Illinois if bill in
troduced in the House be enacted
into law, and it probably will pass.
The bill was Introduced by Rep
resentative Groves and amends the
marriage laws of the State by declar-
ing an habitual drunkard incapable
of contracting marriage and defining
an "habitual drunkard" to be a per-
son who becomes intoxicated twice
in year. The bill provides also that
applicants for marriage licenses shah
make affidavit that they have not
been intoxicated twice in the pre-
ceding year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
MANY KILLED BY TORNADO.
Property Damage OF Thousands OF
Dollars In Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark. Especially -
Thirteen persons were killed, sew
eral seriously injured and property
valued at many thousands of dol
lars was destroyed by tornado
which, originating in Lonoke Coun-
ty. in Eastern Arkansas, moved
northeast through Lonoke, Prairie,
Woodruff and Poinsette Counties.
At Fisher, town of 400 inhabi-
tants, only two buildings remain
standing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-05
Possum Prices Boom.

Atlanta, Ga. Especially From so
cents each to $40 is the remarkable
rise in the possum market within
the past month. as result of the
featuring of this marsupial in the
recent Taft banquet here. Atlanta
dealers are literally swamped with
orders from the North and East, one
dealer announcing that he had orders
for 800 at $40 each.