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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
300 WRtAK
VENGEANCE
ON Fi[ND
BIG MOB LYNCHEs NEGRO
WHO CHOKED LITTLE 15-
YEAR-OLD GIRL.
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(By United Press Leased Wire
PINE BLUFF, Ark, May 25.-
Levitt Davis. a negro, 25 years
old, was lynched today by a mob
of 800 white men. The negro con-
fessed to having choked Amy
Holmes, 15-year-old white girl,
who discovered him robbing her
parents home last Friday. He
said he feared that she would
make an outcry and have him ar
rested.
When news of the negro's con-
fession got abroad today, a mob
was quickly formed, took the ne
gro from the authorities and
quickly lynched him.
Sheriff Philpot and his deputies
tried to prevent the mob from
harming the negro, but their
pieading was in vain. The prison
er was taken from the Jail and
hanged to telegraph pole in the
business section of the town.
There was no shooting and the
mob did it's work so quietly that
the rest of the population knew
nothing of the affair until they
saw the body hanging from the
pole this morning.
No arrests have been made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
US. RAISES PRICE OF
COAL LANDS

passing out of the governments
possession.
Secretary Ballinger is decidedly
not in favor of any plan of con-
servation that includes the indefin-
ite postponement OF development
In the west by reserving of lands.
The Prices.
The maximum price for coal
lands has been raised from 800
to $500 per acre and 1t is proyid-
ed that the maximum does not
hold In districts which contain
large coal mines where the char
acter and extent of the coal de-
posits are well known to the pur-
chaser" Antharcite and coking
bitumfnous Goals are valued at 3
and cents ton. High grade
non-coking bituminous Goals are
valued at one to two cents a ton.
High grade sub-bituminous Goals
are valued at half to one cent a
ton. Lignite GOALS are valued at
the lowest price fixed by law, $40
to- $40 an acre depending on the
distance OF the fields from an ex-
isting railroad. The tonnage in
an cases is conservatively estimat-
ed and actual recovery should ex-
ceed the tonnage upon which the
new valuations are placed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
WANTED--A Man Who Is Willing
to Buy a Handsome Wife

me-" she said today. my future
husband need not be a society lion
or a man of talent and reputation.
The money is the only material
point"
In pursuance of her avowed In
tention OF nnearthing a help meet
possessed with an abundance of
worldly goods, Miss Weeden today
inserted the following advertise
ment In local daily papers,
"Wanted--A man who is wlls-
ing to buy q handsome wife. the
price being one quarter Of = mill
lion doliars; no trinexs."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
RETURNS As
FROM TIE
TOMB
MAN WHO WAS DRUGGED,
ROBBED, BOUND HAND AND
FOOT AND LEFT TO DIE IN
BOX CAR, REAPPEARS FOUR
MONTHS LATER.

PORTLAND, Ore, May 25.-
Drugged in Portland in the middle
of January, recovering his senses
in a Sacramento hospital two and
a half months later, where he was
told he had been found badly cut
up and beaten, in a box car, tied
hand and foot and robbed of $3.50
is the strange story surrounding
the disappearance of F. d. Cd
bert, a Tualatin farmer, who has
just returned from Sacramento to
his family, and whose disappear
ance here last January was one
of the mysteries which his family
and the police had left unsolved.
Remarkable Experience.
Mr.. Odbert tells of a remark
able chain of circumstances which
prevented him from communicat-
ing with his family until now. II
was in the middle of January that
the Taulatin man came to Port
land to sell fine team of work
horses, and when he left he told
his wife he would return the fol-
lowing evening at the latest,
whether he sold his team or not.
That was the last ever heard of
him until just before his return.
II sold my team all right, and
received $3.50 for It," says Mr..
Odbert. "Then / went into a
restaurant and ordered a meal.
Two men came in and sat at my
table, and we began talking. One
of the men ordered a bottle OF
wine and took one drink. Just
then I felt dizzy-not bad, but
just trifle oppress-so I went
to the door for a breath of air
That is the last I remember.
when / awoke / found myself
in a strange bed in a hospital
When they would talk to me the
nurse told me / was In Sacramen-
to, Cal. She told me I had been
found bound and gagged in a box
car, badly cut up and beaten. This
was in January. She told me that
/ regained consciousness apparent
ly few days later, but was soon
taken with typhoid fever, and
that for weeks I hung on the
verge of death, and did not again
recover consciousness until the
first of April. / do not remem-
ber being conscious the first time.
In fact, everything is an utter
blank until I awoke In the hospi-
tai the second time"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
In
Building
Permits

All records for building per-
mis- were broken in Tacoma this
afternoon when the Chicago, Mil
waukee & Puget Sound railway
was granted permission by Build
ing Inspector Hebblethwaite to
construct its ocean terminal ware
houses and docks on the tideflats
at the mouth of the Puyallup
river. The cost of the structures
will be $376.000.
The structures to be built are
as follows:
Two one-story dock-buiIldings
and 8-story elevator attachments,
each 500 feet by ITS and 1872 feet
high, to cost $4,000 each.
Two one-story warehouses 500
by ITS by 40 feet, to cost $685.
900 each.
Two lumber docks, $50 feet
long by 10 feet wide, to cost
$4,000 each.
Two ferry landings 800 by rs
feet, to cost $4,000 each.
The construction work is to be
done by the company's force of
men working under the direction
of James Wilson, division mana
ger, who applied for the permits.
The fees to the city for the
buildings amount to SCI.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
$4,000 MISSING
CASH BAIL DEPOSITED IN
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUDDEN
LY DISAPPEARS.

(By United Press Leased Wire.
BUTTE, Mont, May 26.--Any-
body with information that will
cast the slightest light On the dis
appearance Of $4,000 In bail se-
curity from the vault in the Office
of the sheriff will be welcomed
with open arms by that Official.
The bonds were not missed until
yesterday when the cases against
nineteen gamblers were called In
court. Only three of that NUM-
ber appeared. When the sheriff'B
vault was searched no trace OF
the cash bonds could be found.
The cases against the defendants
have been dropped and q search
for the money is now being made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25

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MEMO PARK, CAL, May 25.--
Pretty Miss Eliza Weeden, Of this
city, wants q husband and frankly
has set about fipding one that Will
measure up to the standard she
has set. Masculine beauty, age,
pedigree, however. are not num-
bered as requirements. One con-
dition only must be met by the
cxn didate. Ne must show bona
tide bank roll that will peel down
to q quarter Of q million dollars.
Appearance and ase and those
thinae q not eQpot one bit with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
RACE TRAIN
BANDITS TO
CHICAGO

WASHINGTON. d. c., May 25.
The bandits who held up and
robbed the Overland limited near
Omaha Saturday night are now In
Chicago, according 70 information
secured by the postoffice depart
ment today. Detectives refuse to
discuss the case, but 1t Is expected
that arrests will be made without
delay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
HOW 1T FEELS TO FALL 400
FEET TO CERTAIN DEATH;
SCIENTIST TELLS

How does II fall through space
Herman Warren is nm
death Metropolitan
New York. the highest business in the world
Warren's
been endeavoring to his emoon he had such
In his terrible
One of these is Dr. H. Clark clinical
has following
Herman probably
70 pavement
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
SUIT TO LOWER
Tacoma Shippers Will Demand Re-
adjustment of Switching Charges
Join With Other Cities to Cut Rates
to Interior Points

Ine Tacoma Traffic association,
organized last week out of the
old Pacific Northwest Traffic as
lsociation, in cooperation with the
commercial bodies of Seattle,
Portland and San Francisco ex-
poets to start action against the
railways entering here for a re-
duction of rates.
Suit will be started before the
interstate commerce commission
by the coast cities for reduction
of rates from the east to interior
points in Idaho, Montana and 9TH
er interior sections. Tacoma and
Seattle will cooperate and begin
proceedings before the Washing
ton state railway commission for
a reduction OF rates to points in
the state, and Tacoma will fight
for a readjustment of switching
charges in the city on basis the
same as that given Seattle.
Those Behind the Move.
The executive committee of the
Tacoma Traffic association con-
sists of s. A. Nourse, chairman;
J. Il. Belcher, secretary, and e. r.
Messenger, F. s. Harmon, A. v.
Love, H. l.. White, T. e. Ripley
and a meeting will be held tomor-
row afternoon to take definite ac-
ton relative to the beginning OF
action.
/ Action will be brought against
the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern In this state, and
the o. r. N. and Southern Pa
lcific lines in Oregon and Carifor-
mia.
Spokane Case, the. Cause
The recent Spokane rate deci-
ision has demoralized the whole
coast and given Spokane and In
terior points great as
points of distribution. Unless the
Icoast can get some concession to
Ioffset this decision, business men
on the coast will ultimately be
put at great disadvantage.
j. Il. Belcher has figured up
the rates, and 1t shows Spokane
will have an advantage over Taco
ma on shipping goods to the vari-
Gus points heretofore served by
both cities of from 22.18 per cent
to 2S.40 per cent.
On the local switching rate Ia
coma has been given the worst of
1t for years by the Northern Pa
|cific.
Recent hearing i'm federal court
here before representative of
the interstate commerce commits
sion showed that concessions had
been granted right along to the
Standard Oil company amounting
to a dollar a car.
The Standard Oil company was
given cars by the N. P. for $3.50
each and the Carstens Packing
company right alongside was
charged $3.50. This the company
has now modified. and new card
has been issued with peculiar
commodity" clause which will
let Carstens in. on the ground
floor, but 1t will still leave the
way open for juggling things SO
other shippers will get the worst
of 1t.
On general switching Tacoma
is Disseminated against In a bold
and defiant manner. Switching
charges for Tacoma run from SO
to 81 car. For Seattle they are
only from $1.25 to So. The low
est rate in Tacoma is the high
est in Seattle.
The shippers are beginning to
get their eyes open to the dnjus-
tice being done them, and they
will resist being robbed in the
future.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
500, 900 in Gold Taken
From Mine in is Hours

NEVADA CITY Cal. May 25-More than 100000 in
gold has taken the Eldovado Allegheny
wildly excited.
believed history
1 district.
the chute struck last neht and its wonderful
values show signs OF diminishing
The Edorado ia In the vicinity OF the sixteen
70 One
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
MEETING OF WOMEN's
LEAGUE CALLED

The Woman's Trade Union
league will meet tomorrow night
at Central Labor hall. to plan for
q reception to be given to the gar
ment workers and the Central La
bor union.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
OREN
BURN To
DEATH
Little Tots are Fatally
Injured in Fire and
Panic at Opera
House.

CENTRAL CITY, KY, May
25.-Nellle Geary, aged s
years, died early today and
four other children will not
survive their injuries sus-
tanned in a fire and panic at
the Gesh Opera house last
night during commencement
exercises of Mrs. Boyds class
of girls.
Little tots, dressed in gauze
and tinsel, carrying lighted wands
We're executing pretty fairy
drill when the sparkler carried by
Dorothy Clay ignited her gown.
The flimsy material famed up in
stantly and the child became a
human ball of fire. Panic str.ck-
en-, she dashed into the midst of
her companions and in an instant
half a dozen little dresses were
blazing.
Terrifying Scene
Screaming with pain and terror,
the burning children jumped over
the footlights into the auditorium
and rushed to their parents. Seen
cry caught fire and the audience
was thrown into widest confus-
ion. The house was crowded to
its utmost capacity and the stam-
pede which followed was terrible.
Women and children were
trampled under foot, fires started
in a dozen places and but for the
adequate provision of fire escapes
and exits the death list would
probably have been enormous.
Examination of the injuries sus-
tanned by the children in the drill
revealed the fact that at least five
of them had little chance for re-
covery. Little Nellie Geary made
hard fight for life throughout
the night, but succumbed shortly
after dawn this morning. Four OF
her companions have been given
up by physicians and 1t Is feared
that others may not be saved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
5000 MINERS
ON STRIKE

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May
25.-Eight thousand miners in
the Kanawah coal district struck
today. The strike was the result
Of differences over q wage agree
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
Baby Cremated.

Baby Cremated.
GENOA, Wis, May 25-A baby
was burned to death and five per-
sons were injured, probably fa-
tally, when a section house was
destroyed by fire today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
Fire Kills Four

OSKALOOSA. Ia, May 25.-
James Carter and his three grand
children, Lille, Hazel and Lynn
Shaw, were burned to death by a
fire which destroyed the Shaw
home at Eldon, Iowa, early to-
day. Foul play by robbers is sus-
pected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
BALLINGER ADOPTS POLICY
WHICH WILL BRING IN BET
TER REVENUE AND OPEN
UP MORE MINES IN WEST.
BY SAMUEL M. EVANS
Member United Press Staff at
WashinQtOn.l

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 25.
"Details of revised plan for the
classification of about 90,000,000
acres of valuable coal lands on
the public domain ofthe United
States, which have been put in ef-
feet by Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger with a view of securing
for the government the most re-
turn from the sale of the lands
and at the same time looking to-
ward the NEST development of the
West, were announced today by
the geological survey.
Bigger Revenue.
Secretary Ballinger has extend
ed even further than did Secre-
tary Garfield, the principle of
classification of coal lands. I'M
der the revised ruling of the inter-
ior department, 1t is said. the gov
ernment will secure from the tale
of these lands more than twice
what 1t would have received under
the Garfield plan of classification
and. more than ten times what 1t
would have received under the
old scheme where no classiflca-
tion was attempted and the land
was sold for the minimum price
provided by law.
Will End Dispute.
The present ruling, 1t is thought
here, will end the dispute that was
started by the withdrawal under
Roosevelt of 68, 100000 acres OF
coal lands In the Northwest and
the subsequent fight In the public
lands committees of both houses
OF congress last session because D.
these Withdrawals and becauee Of
the efforts of some OF the enthus-
lasts for the conservation theory
to have the government conserve
these lands and allow them to be
mined under q eystem Of paying
royalties to uhe government. With
but the tite of The lands o4of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-25
BANK OLEARINGs

Clearings ........ ....$sS3,954
Balances .... ..... $500
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
w. o. w. PICNIC
July Bird, 1909.

Salem Camp No. $40 Woodmen
of the World will have their third
annual picnic on Saturday July
ord 1909, at Coles Mill. Every
body invited to come and bring
we'll filled baskets, Sovereigns
of neighborigg camps cordially
invited to be present. There will
be Woodmen March at ll:3O A.
NJ. Good music and refresh
ment stand under the auspices of
the Salem camp. Everybody
come and enjoy the day together.
d. l.. Glover, s, A. Bonds,
Clerk. Consul Commander.
Short, Miss, 6-l-l9O9.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
Supervisor L. P. Bonds.

Mr.. l.. P. Bonds, Supervisor of
the 1st District and one of the
best known men in this section,
died at his home Z miles north of
Iuka on Saturday, June 9th, aged
over SO years. The genial,
Christian gentleman, whose kind
ly face and friendly smile greeted
all he met has passed to rest after
a long and useful life In life he
had many friends because he was
gentle, true and loyal. In death
he is mourned by many because
they realize that his death has left
a vacuum that will be hard to fill,
in church and neighborhood.
The VIDETTE tenders sympathy
to the bereaved family and friends.
His son. James, from Gibson co.,
Tenn, reached home few hours
after his father had passed away
The burial took place Sunday aft
ternoon at the family buryifsg
ground, near home of deceased,
under the auspices of the masonic
fraternity. the funeral sermon be-
ing preached by Rev. J r. James.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
Graduation Exercises.

The commencement exercises
of 1uka Normal and Business Col
lege took place Friday in the Min
eral Springs. Hotel auditorium
The speeches were we'll delivered,
rejecting credit upon their teach
er. Miss Annie Donaldson was
salutatorian and her essay was
fine. Miss Marguerite Ada Peal,
the valedictorian, delivered her
address with grace and dignity
The music was given by some of
luka S best musicians. Prof.
Neuhardt presented the diplomas
with an appropriate talk. He al
so made plea for higher educa-
ton in Iuka. The house was
crowded. The graduates were,
John Andrew Haynie, Ayles-
worth, Okla, bachelor of science;
Marguerite Ada Peal bachelor of
didactics; Annie Donaldson, mas
ter Of accounts. Prof. Neuhardt,
the president is to be congratulate
ed on having such a successful
close of the year.
The Editor visited the Reunion
and spent Tuesday in Memphis.
The biggest crowd ever seen at a
reunion was there. The whole
city was fairly bulging out with
the immensity of the throng. The
heat was something terrific. Ov-
er 1000 men slept Tuesday night
on the grass in court square and
custom house grounds. The
meeting adjourns today.
The Corinth Herald has adopt
ed the cash-in advance custom.
1t is the only business way to run
q newspaper.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
From The Far West.

Shawnee, Okla. .l19;N, Okla. ST.
ED NIDETTE:l. .,li.s ,Ae
left Ihka With my family on
May 31st and got to- Shawnee,
Okla, June lst about day break,
so you see that ate breakfast one.
morning in Mississippi and. the
next morning in Shawnee, Okla. /,
You can send my, paper to
Shawnee, Okla. .ll9 N Okla St. l
don't know how l3ng | will remain
here. Like the country very well
so far but Shawnee is a little too
large for me. Town property is
high. and | will start out next week
looking over the country for me a
location. | have rented a house
here for one month, S room hou Sc
close in for sis per month; fur.
ther out for less money. z
The people say here that they
have the best crop they have had
in ten years. SO the prospect out
here is bright for next year and
business is already getting better
so the merchants say.
Yours truly,
c. c. Johnson.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
North Of Burnsville.
News scarce.

6-4-'O9.

From what Blacksnake said in
his last letter it seemed to think
that c. w Walker was the only
one that was trying to farm. |
will tell your readers that our
friend Blacksnake is trying to
farm and | should think that it is
also very wet weather for him by
this time, The farmers are all
badly behind with their work on
account of SO much rain, the cot
ton at least 25pct dead, caused
by the cool damp weather and the
prospects are gloomy for cotton.
Mr.. } +. F, Lambert attended the
Reunion at Pittsburg and report
nice time. There was a baseball,
game in Burhsville last Saturday
between Burnsville and Indian
Springs the game stood II to II
in favor of Burnsville.
Mr.. J. r. Mann, CO. Lecturer
of the Farmers Union addressed
the people at Burnsville at the
Burnsville school house last Sat
urday night on Unionism and Co
operation There was a good at
tendance.
Mr., Pink Honeycutt, not long
since killed a fine ground hog, al
so W. NJ Walker.
Some one few nights since
burned the cross fence between
Bud Honeycutt and Dan Lambert
and burned a plow stock for Bud
Honeycutt.
Mr.. ]. w. Walters is having
chills and has been for some time.
Mr.. w. l.. Kay leaves today fer
a long visit to Texas. We hope
he will have a good time while he
is absent. Mr.. Kay will be gone
about months.
Mr.. NJ G. Boyle was in our
part a few days ago selling fruit
trees with good success.
Yours,
Wingo.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
Could Not Be Better.

No one has ever made a salve,
ointment, lotion or balm to COM
pare with Bucklen S Arnica Salve
Its the one perfect healer of cuts,
corns, burns, bruises, sores, scalds,
boils, ulcers, eczema, salt rheum.
For sore eyes, cold sores, chapped
hands its supreme. Infallible for
piles. 25cat ] c tourdan drug.
gist.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
Corinth has a building boom.
ii, ,.. tE20&ia~Si NJnt;ea o.
Memphis, Tenn. +, 6s5'09.

MSillplli9, lcllli,, " j W.
VIDBTTE
Iuka. Miss.
Gentlemen:
In response to we'll defined
call from the people of Memphis
and the line of the Southern Ry.
and tributary territory; tile2 man :
agement of the Southern Ry. have
decided to inaugurate a new train
the Memphis-Tuscumbi accom-
odation, approximate schedule
of which will be to leave Memphis
4.:30 p. m. arriving Tuscumbia
1000 p m. and leaving Tuscum-
bia 500 a. m. and reaching Mem
phis 1880 a. m. daily except Sun
day. Initial trip of this train will
be on Monday, June Z This, as
you will note, will give. every one
along the line Of the road from
Tuscumbia west and from many
points on connecting lines, an op-
portunity of visiting Memphis in
the morning, with sufficient time
in the city, and leaving in time to
reach home by bed time. Our
management feels that in under
taking this expense, it can rely
upon the good will and co-opera-
ton of our friends along the line
to make it a distinguished success,
as it will undoubtedly be. if sup
ported according to its merits.
For the sake of all concerned, will
you kindly do all that 'you can to
spread this news among your peo-
pie, as it fills long felt want by
them. Yours truly,
c. A. DeSaussure,
d. P. A.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10

Last year Mr.. Wilfred Harwell
had stand of bees; TO starvef out.
The old stand was left in the gal
lery of the old residence, from
which the family moved last fall.
This spring swarm of bees oc
cupied this old stand and are
working and doing we'll.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-06-10
A Vital Point.

The most delicate part of ba-
by is it's bowels. Every ailment
that it suffers with attacks the
bowels also endangering in most
cases the life of the infant. Nc
Gee S Baby Elixir cures diarrhoea,
dysentery and all arrangements
Of the stomach or bowels. For sale
by c Iourdan.