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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Arkansas Man Who Slew EmpIoye
10 Discharged by Jury In
ym ~ Short Order,

Pine Bluff, Arkansas.--With re-
r1arkable rapidity the jury In the case
of the state against e. P. Ladd OF
Little Rock, former treasurer of the
Arkansas Good Roads association. &C
quilted the defendant in the Jefferson
circuit court.
Ladd shot and killed John Scott, a
sawyer in his employ, at Ladd, Ark.
October "a, 1905.
Mrs. Scott, widow Of the man Ladd
killed, obtained a Judgment for s10.-
900 in the federal court against Laid
for the death Of her husband. The
Judgment was paid. Mrs. Scott now
lives in Arab, Colo, but came here
and testified against Ladd.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
POSTAL RECORD
Chicago Postoffice Handles Six Million
Pieces Of Stamped Mail
From One Firm.

Chicago, Illinois.-The Chicago post
office has broken the worlds record
for mail handled at n time from one
source, according to James N. Nc
Arthur, superintendent of the Cen
trail station, before members of the
Rotary club.
F., THE Chicago office has just handled
5000, 900 pieces Of stamped mail from
one Chicago firm," said Macarthur.
This represented ar expense. of $780,
900 to the firm in stamps alone. This
matter was handled under the new
,canceled stamp arrangement. by
mean of which a firm buys stamps
cancelled, so as to save that work be-
ing done at the postofice."
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
CAR is RAMMED; DEAD
Boom Of Paving Machine at Mem
phis Wrecks Car With
Deadly Result.

Memphis, Tennessee. - One man
was killed and five seriously injured
in a peculiar accident here Saturday,
when the projecting boom Of an as
phalt machine used in paving work
penetrated a street car of the East
End line.
Running at a speed said to have
been about forty miles an hour, in
bound East End a dashed into a
projecting boom from an asphalt ma
chine on Madison avenue, near the
Auditorium.
An immense hole was torn in the
side of the a and e. ]. Rawlings was
so seriously injured that he died when
the city hospital was reached.
The asphalt machine is owned by
H. p. Streichner & Co. Of Toledo. who
have the contract for paving Mad
ison Q n a distance of three miles.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
HAMS SENTENCED TO PEN
Must Serve Term of From Eight to
Sixteen Years for Killing
William e. Annis.

Flushing, New York. - Standing
apparently the most unconcerned man
In the court room, seeming by his APP
athletic attitude hardly to realize what
1t all meant, and after listening to one
of the most scathing arraignments of
the ~so-called unwritten law ever heard
in a court of Justice, Capt. Peter c.
Hams, Jr., U. S. A., heard himself con-
demned to hard labor in Sing Sing
prison for a term of not less than 8
nor more than 16 years for the killing
of William E. Annis at the Bayside
Yacht club last August.
The former dapper army officer, a
ghost of his former self, and seeming
ly troubled and weighed down by his
own personal sorrow, made no demon
stration at any time, and as soon as
sentence had been pronounced sank
heavily into a chair. His aged father,
Gen. Peter C. Hams, and his brother,
Maj. T, ]. Hams, who were in the
court room, also took the sentence
stoically.
It is expected that counsel for the
convicted captain will apply to the
courts at once for a writ Of reasonable
doubt and then carry the case to the
higher courts.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
BOY AT PLAY IS STOLEN
F~our-Year-oid Seth Hardesty, Son Of
Rich Parents, Kidnapped
In Dayton.

Dayton, Ohio.-Seth Hardesty,
four years old, has been stolen by a
kidnaper. The child's parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Hardesy, living
in the country near Piqua, o.
They are very wealthy, and the
mother and son arrived here a few
days ago on a visit to Mrs. Mary B.
Sheppard of q South Barney street.
The mother and Mrs. Sheppard
went into a neighbours house to call.
The child was playing on top Of q
fence, when an unidentified man in an
automobile stopped and asked some
other child his name.
When he was told, he ran over,
grabbed the child and whisked away
In the machine. The mar was see on
Main street with the child, who was
crying. The parents are at a loss to
account for the abduction. They say
they have no known enemies.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
LEADER IS AN AMERICAN
CRUISER ALBANY HAS ENGAGE.
MENT WITH FILieusTERs.
Party Were Attempting to Invade
Salvador from the Coast Of
Nicaragua.

San Francisco, California.-Unconp
frmed reports were received In ship
ping circles that the crew Of the
United States cruiser Albany has had
an engagement with a party of Omi.
gradoes, being led against the repub-
lie Of Salvador by John Moisant, an
American citizen, formerly owner of
several sugar plantations. More re-
Gently Moisant has been involved in
revolutionary movements In Mica
ragua and Salvador.
The reports are that Moisant or.
ganized an expedition in Nicaragua
and armed and equipped 1t at the
expense of President Zelaya of that
republic. The force was concentrated
at a northerly point in the coast OF
Nicaragua, the reports say, and at
tempted to cross the Gulf Of Fonseca
to Salvador by using the Nicaraguap
gunboat Montombo as a ferry.
The cruiser Albany is said to have
interfered with these operations, an
engagement resulting. The outcome
OF the fight is not known, but 1t 10
reported that Moisant will be arrested
and returned to the United States up
der the federal law making it treason.
able for any citizen to perform any act
in a country friendly to the United
States contrary to the declared policy
Of the United States.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
SIX HURT IN Il" CRASH
One Will Die as Result of a Triple
Collision on Chicago Ele-
waited Road.

Chicago, Illinois-Six persons were
injured. one fatally, and a dozen 9TH
ers sustained bruises and cuts In a
triple collision on the elevated rail.
road here.
Motorman Of one train, crushed,
will die; William G. Schroeder, cash
Ter Continental National bank, inter-
nal injuries, serious, Roy G. Hostel
ter, 20, scalp wounds, shoulder dislo-
Gated; G. w. Curnell, scalp wounds.
The others sustained minor injuries.
A local train was standing at a sta
ton when al express. south bound.
crashed into the real platform. badly
smashing 1t. Immediately after this
collision a third express train ap-
preached from the north and crashed
into the second train. No one ON the
third train Vas injured.
The victims were hurried to the
hospitals.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND II
OTHERS ExlLEp FROM RUS.
STA FOR LIFE.
LEADER BETRAYED HIMSELF
Educators Connection With Party
Was Myster to the Police for
a Number Of Years-Twenty
Are Imprisoned.

Moscow, Russia.-The trial Of the
members Of the local Social Democrat
ic organization came to an end here
Friday. Eighteen of the prisoners
were sentenced to perpetual exile in
Siberia and 20 others are to be i'm
prisoned in a fortress for terms vary
ing from n to three and a half years.
of the University of Moscow, whose
The exiles include Prof. Rochkoff
connection with the party for a num-
Der of years has been a mystery to
the police. The authorities were aware
that one of the most competent men,
bers of the geenral committee resided
permanently in Russia, but they never
identified this man with the noted uni
versity authority on Russian history.
When Prof. Rochkoff was betrayed
by his own carelessness he went to
st. Petersburg instead Of fleeing
abroad, and continued his activity un-
der a false passport for four years
before he was arrested in 1908. Dur
ing the year preceding his imprison-
ment he produced a valuable work
.on the economic condition Of Russia
in the sixteenth century.
The other men condemned include
Police Judge Sparksky and Instructor
Presin of the University of Moscow,
who will serve, respectively, terms
of two years and Is months imprison-
ment.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
JAIL FOR TWO TRUST MEN
THREE OTHER OFFICIALS STORES
GET FINES.
Spencer shotter Given Three Years.
Sentence and J. r. Cooper Myers
Three Months.

Savannah, Georgia. - Judge vii.
liam B. Sheppard sentenced the FIVE
men found guilty Of violating the
Sherman antitrust law.
Spencer p. Shotter, chairman of the
board OF directors of the American
National Stores Co. was sentenced to
serve three years in Jail and pay a
fine of $4,000.
Edmund N. Nash, president of the
company, was fined $4,000.
j. F. Cooper Myers, vice-president
of the American company and presi-
dent Of the National Transportation
and Terminal Co. was sentenced to
three months in jail and to pay a fine
Of $500.
George Mead Boardman Of New
York, treasurer of the American Naval
Stores Co. was fined 2 1000.
Carl Moller of Jacksonville, Fla,
agent of the American and general
manager of the National Transports
ton and Terminal Co. in Jacksonville,
was fined $4,000.
Mr.. Shotter and Mr.. Myers were
sentenced to terms in the Chatham
county Jail because they had been be-
fore the court two years ago, enter
ing pleas of guilty.
Mr.. Moller's sentence was made
heavy because of his connection with
the terminal yards in Jacksonville,
where regarding and ~regauging were
alleged to have taken place.
The case will be appealed to the
United States court of appeals. A
writ Of error citing fifty-three grounds
vas filed Immediately after sentence
was passed. Nearly everything the
court permitted to come before the
jury. to which the defense entered
protest, was attacked,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
SLAYER DIES UNDER TRAIN
Jealous ~Chicagoan's Body Mangied
After He Shoots Wife In
Their Home.

Chicago, Illinois. - Prompted by
jealousy, the police think, Joseph B,
HIM shot and killed his wife, Mary. In
their residence at 2115 West Twenty.
first street. and a little later threw
himself in the path of a Metropolitan
train, which mangled him almost be-
yond recognition. Nc n saw the
suicide, the motorman first noticing
the body on his return trip from the
terminal, near which HIM ended his
life.
The murder Of the wife was discov.
cred by the 10-year-old son of Mrs.
HIM when he returned from a neigh,
boring theater at 10 o'clock. The
woman had been shot three times
Jealousy is believed to have been the
cause of the murder and suicide.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21

set about his preparations to kill her
husband.
He me- Embrey Sunday morning.
started a quarrel, whipped out a re-
volver, and making the elder nan face
about, marched him half a mile to the
swamp, he declares. Then, while EN-
brey pleaded for his life, he killed
him. He robbed the body of money
and watch and turned thine over to
Mrs. Embrey, according to his confess
sion.
Mrs. Embrey, refusing to discuss
the death Of her husband, went will
ingly to Jail. She is fairly good look
ing, and apparently much in love with
Scott, whom she called pet names as
they rode h~andcuffed together.
Little is known of her antecedents,
but Embrey was a wealthy planter,
and Scott is we'll connected. Embrey
was shot four times, all Of the bullets
entering from the back. This fact
bears out Scott's story that he gave
Embrey no chance for his life.
The whole. countryside is aroused.
There has been some talk of personal
violence.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
CONSIDERATION OF TARIFF BILL
DEVELOPS GREATER OPPOSE.
TON THAN EXPECTED.
DEMOCRATS ARE REASONABLE
Senate Lengthens Its Sessions In Hope
Of Reaching Final Action and
Ending Discussions Of vari-
Gus Disputed Schedules.

Washington, d. C.-Beginning Mon
day the daily sittings OF the senate
will commence at 10 o'clock in the
morning. This has been advanced in
the hope Of expediting final action on
the tariff bill by more rapidly dispos-
ing of the long speeches as well as Of
the detailed discussion of the various
disputed schedules.
The consideration of the measure
has developed greater opposition on
the part of a dozen or so of Republi-
a senators than was expected and
the supporters of the bill feel that
every possible effort must be made to
exhaust their criticism and bring the
bill to a vote.
So far, however, they have receiv-
ed no encouragement from the lin
surgents," and the Republican leaders
are quite in the dark as to when the
end may be reached. Indeed, they
are finding less difficulty on that
point in dealing with the Democrats
than in dealing with the independent
Republicans and the opinion is freely
expressed that but for this antagonism
a day might soon be set which would
decide the fate Of the measure.
Depew on General Question.
The discussion this week will deal
with the various paragraphs which
have been passed over, but there will
be a few speeches on the general
tariff question, including one, by Sen
ator Depew, which probably will be
delivered during the day.
Senator Clay has prepared and will
deliver, probably on Tuesday an
elaborate speech criticising the sugar
schedule and undertaking to show that
it is in the interest of the sugar COM
bination. The razor schedule will re-
ceive first attention tomorrow and
Senator Simmons will continue his
efforts to have the rate lowered.
Senator Bailey will continue to
press his demand for a vote on the
income tax, as a feature of the tariff
bill; but 1t is an open secret around
the senate that he Is not now nearly
so confident of a successful result of
such a vote as he was in the begin.
ming of the agitation.
Indeed he has confided to some Of
his friends his conviction that some of
the advocates of a tax have been
picked off," by the enemy. The gen.
eral opinion among the supporters
of the income tax policy is that the
cause in the senate has been materi-
ally weakened by the decision Of the
president not TO press for the tax.
Vote Not Expected This Week.
At any event it is not probable that
a vote on the question will be reached
this week.
In the house, an attempt will be
made to pass the Philippine tariff bill
to-day and the Porto Rican bill on
Thursday. The latter measure was re-
ported Monday. Both bills will arouse
discussion, but it is not believed there
will be. any stubborn opposition to
either and the committees having
them in charge are confident of dis,
posing Of each after a day of debate.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
STOESSEL Is NEAR DEATH
A~popIectic Stroke Follows Czar's
Refusal to liberate General
From Prison.

st. Petersburg, Russia. Death will
soon give Gen. Stoessel the release
from prison the car recently denied,
Word from Fortress Peter and Paul.
where Stoessel is undergoing a life
sentence for his surrender Of Port
Arthur to the Japanese, is to the eff
feet that he is stricken with apoplexy
and can live but a few days.
The attack came when Stoessel
heard the result Of his wife's vain ap
peal to the gar in his behalf.
Il wish now that my death sentence
had not been committed" he remarked
when the news was broken to him.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
OHIO RIvERMEN DECLARE cAPA-
CITY OF LAUNCH CARRYING
30 WoRkMEN WAS BUT "a.
THREE BODIES RECOVERED
Police and Sailors Drag Waters for
Twenty-Five steeIworkers still
Mlssing-Engineer Res
cues Eight.

P%ittsburg, Penn.-Ohio rivermen
declare the capsizing OIL a 24-foot gaso-
line yawl, In which probably 30 work.
men lost their lives opposite McKee's
Rocks, was due to overlooking the
launch. Three bodies have been re-
covered and between 20 and rs are
still missing. Not until the river
has given up all its dead will the ex-
act number be known.
A large force of police and river
men are dragging the river.
The victims had been working over
time at the plant of the pressed steel
car works at McKee's Rocks. In their
eagerness to get to their homes, the
men rushed for the little yawl and
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
TRAVELLER KILLS SELF
Married Drummer Skelley of Chicago
Leaves "Sevenge" Note
to "Bess." +.

Coffeyville, Kansas. My Dear
pess-Your revenge is complete. Ycrrs
chap will have a grea, time IN the
future"
This was the note left by J.. F.
Shelley Of Chicago, a travelling sales
man, when he killed himself in the
billiard feem of the Mecca hotel.
The cause Of the suicide is not
known. Skelley's wife and child live
in Lawton, Okla.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Henry starr Is Captured.

Phoenix, Arizona - Henry Starr
well known In the Indian Ter.
ritory. was arrested at Bouse, a small
railroad town northwest of Phoenix.
where he had been since last Noyem-
Der. He had been playing poker as an
occupation. Starr consented to leave
the territory without extradition pa
pers and will go to Amity. Colo,
there to be tried for bank robbery.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
"Move on" sign for Tramps.

Nebraska City, Nebraska. Po-
lice have orders forbidding travelling
vagrant negroes. who won't work. and
white tramps, to stop here, and II they
do stop they are Jailed and put TO
work breaking rock on the streets
with chain and ball attached,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Missing Boy In River.

Newark, Ohio.-The body of
Johnny Altmyer, 8 years old, missing
since Friday and supposed to have
been stolen by gypsies, was found in
the Licking river. Preparations were
being made to search all of the gypsy
camps in this part of the state.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
b Chess Winner.

New York City. j. r Capa-
blanca. the Cuban chess champion.
scored his fifth victory against Frank
J.. Marshall of New York by winning
the eleventh game of the series to
date. The Cuban won after as w
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Casino Dance Hall Burns.

Tonipah, Arizona. The Casino
dance hall. the best-known resort OF
the kind in the west. formerly the
training quarters of Joe Cans. Marvin
Hart and other fighters. was burned
down. The Casino was the object
Of a recent big fight in the legislature
over a bill to abolish dance halls.
which was aimed directly at the Tom
opah resort. The bin was defeated.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21

convIcted BoodIer Dies.

New York City.-John H. San
derson OF Harrisburg, Pa, n of the
convicted men in the Pennsylvania
state capital scandal, died at Sherry's.
He was sentenced to two years in
prison and $500 fine. but appealed
and was out on $1,000 0 bail.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Famous Bandit Is CAUGHT.

Foggia, Italy.-Bands of Carabineers
at Beschici captured the famous ban.
dit Cordara and several of his fol.
lowers. who for months have been
.harassing the entire province with the
boldest robberies eve committed in
this part OF Italy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
New Philippine Governor.

London. Private advices from
Hongkong. China. say that A. p. Wilder
the American consul general, Ii to be
the next governor general or the Phil
ippines. to succeed Governor General
Smith.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21

Navy Doctor Dies Of Yellow Fever.
Guayaquil, Ecuador.-Doctor Will
liam Wightman of the American
marine hospital service, died here of
yellow fever after an illness of five
days.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
RattIesnske In Mail Bao.

South Norwa.k. Connecticut.
When John Q. Greenwood. postman.
put his hand In his mail bag he found
coiled up in the bottom 4 three-kQok
rattlesnake. Greenwood killed IA
reptile. which had ten rattlea.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
olidden Pathfinder at Ellis, kas

Ellis, Kansas.-The e. M. F.
Glidden tour Pathfinder arrived here
at II o'clock Monday from Oakley, a
distance of 7G miles, in 8 hours and
80 minutes. This is the fastest time
made since the car left Detroit. The
roads are in the best Of condition.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Nothing Else In Their Way.
Admiral Sigsbee
On Maine Disaster

Continuing Admiral Sigsbee said 1t
was important that he should know
that state of popular feeling in Havana
regarding the Maine and apparently
the best way to learn this vas to at
tend a bull fight.
1T has been declared that my ships
company were doomed because of the
attendance at the bull fight on Sunday,
yet none who went to the bull fight
were injured in the loss of the Maine.
General Ftzhugh Lee and several of
the Names officers went with me.
Later. Gen. Lee and / agreed that the
situation was tense. Armed soldiers
were in front of our box. Afterwards
when a ferryboat returning from the
bull fight passed the Maine a few pas
sengers jerred at u.s.
While he was returning to the ship
the widely published circular in which
reference was made to the American
pigs" and their, rotten squadron" was
handed to him.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Miss Harmed to Live In Nevada.

Reno. Nev.-Miss Virginia Harmed.
whose suit to divorce 4. H. Sothern
was recently thrown out of court on
the ground that she was not q resident
of Nevada, has rented a house here to
establish o residence.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Brokers Transfer Trades.

Chicago. Ill. The George H.
Daggett Co., a board of trade broker
age firm, posted an official notice an
nouncing the transfer Of its trades to
another house. The cause of the ac-
ton Is not stated.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Types Joe WORDS ! Mlnue.

Kansas City. Mtssouri.--A new speed
record for typewriting was made here
by Z. A. Trefxger Of New York. when
he wrote an average OF 100 words
from copy each minute for 15 min
utes.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Tennessee Pass Bore Caves In.

Denver, Colo.-Nearly 500 feet Of the
famous TUNED over Tennessee Pass on
the Denver & Rio Grande railway,
about Ave miles west Of Leadville.
caved in. There were no casualties.
but the tracks are blocked.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Hedge A. Haugen Is Dead.

Chicago. Illinois-Helge A. Haugen,
So, one of the most prominent bank
ers in the Middle West. died suddenly
Of heart disease at his home here.
Haugen was president of the State
Bank of Chicago and vice-president of
the Clearing Association.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
faft,a Son ls Operated ON.

Washington, D. C.-Charlie Taft,
son Of the President, Is undergoing
an operation for tonsilitis at the
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat hos
pital.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
pauahter Charged with Murder.

st. Paul, Minnesota. - Louis
Arbogast. daughter Of the butcher
who was found murdered In his home
here last Thursday, was arrested on
a charge Of murder in the first degree.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
three Reported Dead In wreck.

New Orleans. La. A special
from Denison, Tex. says that in o
wreck on the Missouri. Kansas q Tex
~ railroad ear there three people
were killed and ! score or more In
tured.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
mechanics Burn Compress.

Fort Smith, Arkansas. - Fire
here destroyed the Fort Smith COM
press and it's contents of 5000 bales
OF cotton. The loss is estimated at
5000, 900, and is covered by insurance.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Man shoots nefenaeIes. nox..

Chicago.--An unidentified man shot
down and perhaps fatally wounded two
I~defenseless boys In front Of the Brem.
ner Biscuit Co.'S factory, The man
has not been captured.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-05-21
Fali Kills Woman.

Murphysboro. m.--Mrs, Anthony
Betx. aged 66. was killed by
falling from her buggy. Her neck
lwas broken.