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The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
SCORES OF LIVES SHIPPED AT
BOILER MisHAP IN SHAW
NEE, OKLA, SHOPS.
employees CAUGHT At NOON
Women Are Kept From Ruins by
Force as 1000 Rescuers Dig for
Victims-Portions of Bodies
Hurled Two Blocks.

Shawnee, Okla-One thousand men
are working frantically at the mass OF
ruins, all that remains of the Rock
Island railroad shops here, to recover
the bodies Of Is men still buried in
the debris, killed with hve others
when the boiler of a locomotive ex-
ploded.
The terrific blast came three hours
before the men were to quit work for
Christmas holiday Many of the men
were talking of this when the ex-
plosion occurred.
The five men known to be dead
were identified by fragments of their
bodies, picked up, in some cases, hun
dreds of yards from the scene. There
is no doubt that the other fifteen men
still in the wreckage are dead.
The dead are: John Johns fireman;
Bob Kerr, machinist; John Coofl, fire.
man; Dunbar, and an unidentified
boy, IA years old.
Two hundred and fifty men were in
the big building when the explosion
occurred. The others escaped, with
the mass of debris falling about them
in sitting, burning cloud Of steam
of smoke. Twenty of those who es-
capped the ruins were seriously injured,
but are expected to recover.
The explosion shook the entire town
and shattered windows in house for
many blocks around. The massive
boiler of the engine was partly de-
stroyed by the explosion. The re-
mainder of it, weighing at least 20
tons, was hurled 600 yards.
The local state militia has been
called out to keep back the vast crowd
that has formed to watch the work Of
rescue. The wives, mothers and sis
ters of the men still in the ruins are
historical and their groans and cries
may be heard for blocks as they wait
for the finding Of the portion Of
bodies by which the identifications
must be made.
The body Of John Johns was identi-
fed by his wife from portion of his
head which had been blown to pieces.
The body Of one man was identified
by portion of his body that was
found two blocks from the scene Of
the explosion.
The engine that exploded had been
taken to the shop for repairs. 1t had
been thoroughly overhauled and the
men were getting up steam in 1t pre-
partory to taking 1t out.
About fifty Of the men employed in
the building had gone to dinner. A
group of the men were working about
the engine and many others were sit
ting about, as they ate their luncheon.
discussing the coming Christmas fes-
tivities.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
ASKS T. R. TO VISIT WEST
"Come Homo by Way of Pacific
Coast" Invitation Of ST. Louis
and Other Cities.

Denver, Colorado. - A movement
was started in Denver which will in
clude all cities from Chicago to the
Pacific Coast and as far south as St.
Louis to send an invitation to former
President Roosevelt to return to
America when he concludes his hunt
ing trip in Africa.
Public-spirited men in Denver are
so enthusiastic over the proposition
that they have already offered to sub
scribe sum of money sufficient to
send a message or committee Of
citizens from the western cities to
Khartoum to meet. Mr.. Roosevelt on
his arrival there, and formally invite
him to return to America by way Of
the Pacific coast.
There is every reason to believe
that Mr.. Roosevelt will accept If the
invitation comes from all sections Of
the west.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
COMMITTEE DECLARES EVIDENCE
FAILS TO SHOW HE REACHED
MT. M'kINLEY SUMMIT.
IS BRANDED UNTRUsTWORTHY
Report Says Guide Barrill's Affidavit
Was Not Considered In Inquiry
Cook Was Given Chance to Ap.
With Proofs.

New York City. - The Explorers
poster and declared his claim to hav-
ing climbed to the summit of Mount
Mckinley is not borne out by the
evidence.
In arriving at this conclusion the
committee which has been investigat-
ing the matter states specifically that
1t did not take into consideration In
reaching it's decision any of the af-
fidavits filed by Guide Barrill.
1t states that 1t gave DR.. Cook the
opportunity of appearing in person be-
fore the club in support of his con-
tentions. He came to the club and pro-
missed to submit all Of the proof need
ed, but the committee declares he
failed to do so.
The committee finds that Cook Is
"untrustworthy in every respect" The
committee ends by recommending that
Cooks name be forwith dropped from
the membership list of the club. The
close Of the meeting that Dr. Cook had
been dropped from the club.
In part the report of the committee
as approved by the Explorers club Is
as follows:
"The committee of the board of gov
ernors Of the Explorers club has found
no evidence that DR.. Cook ever reach
ed the summit of Mount Mckinley.
The committee in reaching it's con-
clusions has disregarded all of the
matter in the affidavit of Guide Bar
rill, which was submitted.
"On Oct. II DR.. Cook appeared in
person before the club, and after re-
iterating his claim that he had been
to the summit of Mount Mckinley he
agreed to appear in person before the
club within one month and to supply
convincing evidence in substantiation
of his claim. He has failed utterly to
do this orto supply the committee with
the promised data, or, in fact, any
other data.
"He ignored the committees further
requests for data made six weeks
later"
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
RETURNS TO HER FATHER
Archdeacon's Daughter Unable Longer
to Bear Treatment OF
Nipponest.

San Francisco. Cal. = An appeal
for permission to return to the home
and protection of her father, Archdea-
con Emery, has been made by Mrs.
Gunjiro Acki. This was announced.
Friday by friends who stood by the
Episcopalian clergyman when his
household at Corte MADEIRA was divid-
ed over the announced intention of his
daughter, Helen, to marry the Jap
anese houseboy.
Unable to longer endure the treat
ment of her Nipponese husband, the
young woman has written from the
little cottage on the shore Of Lake
Washington asking forgiveness and
asking to return to her place at his
side with her 8-months-old child.
This was the reason for the Arch
deacon's hurried departure for Seattle
few days ago. and 1t is understood
that he will bring his daughter and
her infant back with him.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
STONES TRAVEL IN CYCLES
Some Notable Revlvals OF Famous An
ecdstes as Revealed In
History.

One story In its time serves many
uses. The fine old characterization Of
Texas that all II needed to be de-
lightful were water and good society,
thereby intimating similitude to the
internal regions. was revived during
President Taft's journey in that state,
and Is chronicled, without the simili-
tude, as an apt illustration of local
wit. To those who saw "A Texas
Steer" the Taft inciden. brings up
rosy and golden memories of audi
ences laughing over this very Joke,
which was not new then. Stories have
their period of rest and recreation,
after which, with new properties and
accessories, they return to the stage.
The famous story of Joe Blackburn
and Proctor Knott sampling the
Mayor of Louisville's whisky which q
jokesmith adapted from Don Quixote..
to illustrate his process, is seriously
accepted by many Almost 800 years
before these eminent Kentuckians
were depicted 9s detecting, one
flavor of iron, and the other hint of
leather, Spaniards laughed at the So
luton of similar puzzle In the dis
covery In the wine receptacle of a.
door key, attached to a leathern
thong
A popular Lincoln anecdote Is trace
able to Queen Annes time, and was,
then told as proof that Harley, her
prime minister, solemn as he ap-
peared, was capable of wit and hu-
NOR. Harley, pestered by an appli-
cant for the Z Spanish mission, told
him to learn the language, of which,
he was ignorant, and come back to-
see him in three months. At the end
of that time the applicant returned
and gleefully announced that he had
mastered the Castilian, whereupon
Harley said: Il congratulate you.
You can now read Don Quixote in
the original" simultaneously the re-
pudiated Lincoln story, about issuing
to all the other generals a hogshead
Of whisky IL the brand Grant pre-.
ferred could be ascertained, is clearly
a paraphrase of the saying attributed
to George II. concerning Wolfe. The
king being told that Wolfe was mad.
is reported to have said that he,
wished then that he would bite all
the other generals. And who Is sure
that this Georgian anecdote is not the.
paraphrase of earlier wit?
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
N. Y. BREAD LINE GROWS
Coming of Cold Season Draws Homo
less Men to Shelter at the
Bowery Mission.

New York City.-With the severe
cold weather the Bowery bread line
begins to grow and already more than
thousand homeless, hungry men
gathered at the Bowery mission to
take advantage at the midnight bread
line, which is one of the features OF
that remarkable institution.
AS the winter progresses the num-
Der increases, and there are at times
not less than $500 men awaiting the
only food they are able to get
The Christian Herald has main
tanned the Bowery mission, known as
1.-The place where God makes crooked
men straight" which besides giving
the gospel message to over 100000
souls annually, has established this
remarkable midnight bread line. Its
free labor bureau has provided work
for thousands of the worthy poor.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
SNEAD SUSPECTS AREHELD
Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Snead Again Ar
raigned on Fugitive Charge In the
Tombs Police Court.

New York City.-Mrs. Caroline B.
Martin and Mrs. Mary w. Snead,
mother and mother-in-law respectively
of Mrs. Ocey Snead, the East Orange,
N. j., bathtub victim, were again called
up for arraignment in the Tombs
police court to answer the charge Of
being fugitives from justice.
The women were h..d for thirty
days. pending extradition papers.
The continuance of the case for
thirty days was given upon a new af-
fidavit made out by Detective Hargan
of New Jersey. The law permits the
helding thirty days under indictment
while extradition papers are pro-
cured.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Life Savers Rescue 27.

Atlantic City, New Jersey. A
wireless message received here re-
ports that the steamship Thurman
went ashore early Sunday near Toms
River, N. j. The crew of ~ men were
taken off by life savers. The wireless
message says that barge, with five
men aboard, which the steamer had
In tow, was lost.
BY means of the breeches buoy the
crew OF the Thurman was rescued at
me height of the storm.
The vessel was on her way from .
v.rgigia port to New Haven.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
MESSINA is AGAIN SHAKEN
When Earthquake Rocks
the Town.

Messina.-A violent earthquake
threw the population into a panic.
Every house in the city was deserted
and thousands of the inhabitants re-
fused to return, camping in the streets
and squares and fieing to the country.
Many walls were hurled down by
the shocks. The first tremblor lasted
five seconds and was followed by
lesser shocks.
The quake which destroyed the city
occurred December 28, 1908.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The United States is not the only
country in the world where the cost
OF living has advanced in recent years.
The complaint is SO great in Austria
that demand is being made that the
government take over. through an ag-
rarian bank, the cattle and meat bust.
ness. 1t is also proposed that q cen.
tral agency be established with
branches in foreign countries SO as
10 facilitate importation and dealing
in cattle and meat products.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Short Life of Modern Steamship.

Modern steamships have a very
brief life as compared width the old
sailing vessels. The Princess Mary,
which conveyed King William III. to-
England from Holland in 1858 and waS
then over 70 years old, lasted until
1927 This vessel was retained as a.
royal yacht until the reign of George
l., by whose orders she was sold AS
the Betsy Cairns she sailed to the
West Indies and back for over so
years and then, after another change
lier until February II, 1927. when she
struck a rock and was totally wrecked.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Snow Man Makers Find Woman.

Trenton, New Jersey.-Mrs. VIII
liam German. Trenton woman, was
saved from death early Monday morn
ing by two messenger boys, Samuel
Becker and Robert O'Loughlin, who
found her buried under two feet Of
snow. The youngsters were on their
way nome about o'clock, wnen one
suggested they make a snow man.
While engaged in this pastime
O'Louglin was Mortified to find hui
man form. 1t was learned later the
woman wss knocked down by the
wind and lost consciousness
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Shops Closed Ten DAYS.

st. Louis, Mo.-The Missouri Pacific
railroad has ordered that all the loco
motive shops of the system shall be
closed and remain SO until January g..
This is the company's Christmas gift
to its employees in this department.
About eighty men were affected by
the order.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Policeman Ends Life.

Princeton, Ind. = Policeman Lutte
Hill, agegd 40, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
with his revolver in the wood shed at
his home. He had been acting strange
ly for several days, and was despond-
ent. A widow and four children sur
vive.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Victim Of Nearoe's Bullet Dies.

Waco, Tex.-Constable Edgar Will
liams, who was shot by Louis Mills,
negro. at Roseburg Monday night
while trying to arrest the negro, died
here Wednesday night. Mills was cap
tured by mob and lynched.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

A minister in Chicago wants COM
pulsory marriage by the state just as
It enforces compulsory education. He
also advocates women's proposing
when the men hesitate. This is rad
ical age. but not so radical as to turn
tconoclastic concerning things toe
deeply ingrained in the best impulses
of human nature ever to go out Of
fashion.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Negro Attacks Priest.

Lexington, Ky.-Entering the chapel
Of st. Joseph's church where he was
to officiate at early mass, Rev. Father
Edward Wiesner, rector of the church,
was attacked by negro$with whom
he was compelled to battle. The
priest was painfully, but not seriously
injured. The negro escaped.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

A New York widow who possessed
many millions and might have mar
Tied some foreigner with a title has
become the wife of an American who
isn't even colonel ON any governors
staff. Aren't some women strange
creatures?
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The czar is having all aviators
closely watched to prevent the possi-
bility OF bombs being dropped on the
palace from airships. Every step for
ward In civilization seems to present
new perplexities for the head Of the
r"ssias goyer1mspt
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

terrible mine disaster is report
ed from Japan. 1t would be a great
blessing to mankind if necessary heat
and power could be obtained from
something else than coal.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Bible is Barred From schooIs.

Olympia, Washington,R Reading the
Bible in the public schools or
opening school, with prayer is pro-
hibited by the state lew Of Washing
ton. according to an opinion by At
torney-General Bell
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

New York is threatened with a
shirt-waist famine, but that does not
necessarily suggest a season of beau
ty unadorned. for sealskin weather is
due
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

When aviation becomes general the
repair shops needed will have to be as
spacious as a one-story cotton mill.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Extremely stout ladies should be ap-
preached with caution when they are
to be invited to attend fat stock
shows.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Unless they are prepared to prove
themselves justified, Central Ameri-
can republics should execute Ameri-
can citizens only by the thought-wave
process.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
Muskoaee sheriff Resigns.

Muskogee, Okla.--Governor Haskell
has the resignation OF Sheriff Ram
sey OF Muskogee county pending
Investigation Of charges against him.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The Kansas baby crop numbers
1000 less than last year. but as Kan
sas generally has bumper corn crop
she can't expect to lead in every
household necessity.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The man who wears one weight Of
underwear the year round should not
brag about it.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

When a man dies his expenses stop,
but whether or not his experiences
stop is another question.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

In order to get the most satisfactory
thrill out of a series of football vic
tories it is best to ignore the fatali-
ties altogether
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The crying need of the times is the
invention of an appliance which will
cause an automobile to stop automat-
ically before 1t hits q telegraph pole.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The taxi-balloon is due to arrive and
aviate next season. The rate will,
however, be higher than in the things
that cannot fly.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

A man of experience would say that
It depends on the barber whether he
Is an artist or not.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

King Rameses, the 5000 year ole
mummy, ought to create a furore ir
Philadelphia society.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Because his baby disturbed him, a
collee.a professor committed suicide
What selfish, narrow-minded individ.
ual he must have been.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
THE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK.

NATIONAL STOCK YARDS, ILL.
and Seitess, rs s,sSSs;So @ @ stosksrs ,,s .s;,d ana
ers, 226@4S0; calves 5.50@s 90. Hogs
Mixed and butchers 7.95QsSj;. good heavy
s.20@s.s5; rough, 7aasO@So5s light 1900
slS pss SSSSsSo ambs Matye snsaP ana
Native steers. 5.oo@z5o; southern steers,
4.0006.25; southern cows, 2;l5g4g6;
ers and feeders. 3.20@520; bulls, 2.00Q
475; calves 3.75@S.25; western steers, 400
Q6.26; western cows. 2.16Q4.IS; H9gs-
$50. Sheep-Mutons. 45O@5T5; lambs.
ssS@soo fed wethers. and ysarlings.
500@6.9O western ewes, 4.26@S25.
4.bO@5.90; western 4.5O@6.25; stockers
and feeders. S.O0@6.25; cows and heifers,.
2.O0Q5,b0; calves, 7.25Q7.s0. Hogs-Light
s9O;S 500 rough. S4O6s5O; yorikers, siO@s20;
pigs, 7.000780 Sheep-Natiyes. 3b0@
500; western 3.75D5.60; lambs. 5.75@S25;
western 5.75@S.20
ST LOUIS. MO.-Wheat--No. 2 red
s7SiSs @lss No. S9 Sasa e issi5iH iia&l No No. IL
ia; No. 4. l.0o@1.1o. Corn--No. 2. 6SMY
say; No. 8, 62@62A; No. 2 yellow. ssN
%eSH; Nc, ess g s2@s2N; no. Whit white Na ss@ !
45; No. white. 46h Q46h; standard, 10
CHICAGO. -wheat--No ? red,
is%iiis iis%is No rs g. iio@4g5N S S MO- No. spSss h
1100pl 15M Corkn--No. 8. 81: No. 8 yelr.
low 81; No. 3, white. 61. Oats--No 3, a;
No 3 white 44@4t%; No. 4 4sAWf4;
KANSAS CRY. wheat,-No. red.
1.2Odl1.28; No. 3 red. I.16Ql.24; No. red,
l.Q5@l;;la Eo. herd los@i'ls @ ds y no; 20 Z, 3
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Aeroplane height flying contests are
all right providing the contestants
come down-of their own accord.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The boy who hanged himself be.
cause he couldn't attend football
game probably will be listed as an
other victim of the brutal sport"
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Are we to have the crook-worm dis
ease again this winter?
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

A load of tobacco slipped off wag.
on and killed two men in Virginia. A
fatal weed.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

All the history of the past and all
the conditions of the present are elo-
qucnt with the argument that a poet
should always have some other occu-
patton on the side.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

The high cost of living is not re-
duced much probably, by the unpre-
cedented sales of automobiles.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Says a Chicago minister-"They
don't raise big men in flats" Mild
statement-they're not allowed even
to raise little babies there, nowadays.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31
NEW ENGLAND COAST SWEPT bY
WORST STORM IN MORE THAN
HALF CENTURY.
ESQ HOMES ARE ENGULFED
Wlnd-Dr,ven Waves Break Chelsea
Sea Wall and submerge Sum-
mer cottages-shore strewn
With Wreckase.

Boston, Mass. Another tidal
wave struck Chelsea Monday morn
ing and 1900 persons who had re-
turned to their homes, were driven
out by the floods. Refugees fill the
armory and churches.
The schooner David Palmer is be-
lieved to have been lost in the gale.
With a crew of twenty men she was
bringing a cargo from Newport News,
leaves addressed to the schooner was
washed ashore. Three dead, 81 miss
ing and $500 homeless is the sum-
mary of the havoc wrought by the
breaking of dyke in Chelsea by the
tide during Sunday storm. The prop
erty loss is estimated at 100000.
The homeless are being cared for in
public buildings and Governor Draper
has ordered the state militia to as
sist.
Cornelius Hawkins and his wife
were drowned when the tide broke
through the dyke. Hawkins might
have been s.ved, but stayed by the
Boston, Mass. Twelve hundred
persons are homeless, three lives were
lost and more than ESQ homes en-
quilted at Chelsea when the most Sc
we're storm in more than half a CEN
tury swept the North Atlantic sea-
board. The shore to the north and
south of Boston is strewn with wreck
age, and reports from points hundreds
of miles up and down the coast testify
to the sweeping extent of the gale.
Accompanying the northeast gale of
60 miles velocity was a 3-foot wave,
which was responsible for the heavy
damage at Chelsea and vicinity, where
may summer cottages were entirely
swept away.
Since Minots Ledge lighthouse was
swept away, in 1851, no tide like that
of Sunday has been known. Gov Dra-
per ordered the state armory in Chel-
sea thrown open for refugees. and
mattresses and blankets were rushed
there from the state armories in cities
near by.
Policeman Saves Many Lives.
Water reached to the second sto-
ries of many of the houses, and the
fact that the loss of lives was not
greater was due in large part to Po
liceman James E. Dolan, who saw the
wave come over the dixie and sounded
warning, which sent people scurry-
ing to the upper floors of their houses.
Relief committees have been ap-
pointed to care for the sufferers in
Chelsea's stricken section, which COW
ers an area of three-quarters of mile
square.
Chelseas sea dixie, which extends
1,200 feet, was built by the Winisim-
met Land company 65 years ago and
was partially destroyed by the great
storm of 1851.
April 12, 1908, Chelsea was almost
consumed by confiagration which
was stopped only by the ocean on the
east. The property loss exceeded
$5,000,000, and at least 16 lives were
sacrificed.
The steamship Boston, from Var
mouth for Boston, is said to be in dis
tress in the lower harbor, and the rev.
enue cutter Gresham has gone to her
assistance.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Many football players are now
emerging from the arnica stage.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

In arranging uniform divorce laws
the whispering variety should be cut
out.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

November broke record, but wait
until we get the official returns from
December.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

In looking into the political future
the blind man is under no handicap.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

Kindly note the few fatalities
among the billiardists this season.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-31

IS s." the new wireless call for
help may mean Send five simoleons."
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-03-23
THE MANLINESS OF DUNCAN
IRVING.

Norman Hackett's part of Duncan
Irving In CLASSMATES" Jules MUrry's
productio, OF which will be at the
Elks' thoatcr Tuesday. March %. has
been termed "one % the most manly
parts i'm modern drama" With rare
and beautiful chivalry. Irving woos
and wins the girl of his choice, Sylvia
Randolph. played, by the way, by one
of the most beautiful Young women on
the stage, Miss Doris Mitchell In no
minCing manner does he conquer his
enemy. Bert Stafford, and turn his well
laid plans to naught, and with the
heroism Of a martyr, and turning his
back upon all hope Of advancement in
his chosen calling. he pledges his life
to find his rival i'm the jungle OF South
America and bring him back to his
Grvings) sweetheart. 1t is a relief to
turn from the nauseating wouldbe he
roes of the modern European problem
play 10 this giant among men. this
manly fellow who fears neither life nor
death. who is one of the high concep-
tons" of the genius of a playwright, a