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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
MORE EFFECTIVE LAWS NEEDED.

While other trusts have been de-
tending themselves in court the sugar
trust appears to have put in all its
available time in merrily plundering
the government by cheating the Gus
toms. Now that an exposure has
been made and the trust charged
with stealing some $50, 900, 900, the
public might naturally exl eft severe
penalties to be imposed and adequate
restitution made. But it is limited
that the law of limitation will enable
the trust to escape. That and sew
eral other things go to show that
more effective antitrust laws are
needed.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
HORRIBLE SCENES AT
GULLOTHENRAN
BLOOD DRENEHES SPECTATORS, THROW
ING CROWD INTO FRENZY.

Montbrison, Department of Loire,
France, December No more hor-
rible scenes have been witnessed in
France since the days of the resOlu-
ton than today attended the guillo-
timing of Roublet. the bandit muir
derer," and as result the advocates
of private executions have new ar
gument in advocacy of their conten-
ton. Crowds began to gather in
the neighborhOod of the prison long
before midnight, all anxious to wit
ness the spectacle. A Gordon of
troops was placed about the ghastly
instrument and efforts made to drive
the crowd beyond the confines of the
square. Hand encounters occurred
and the troops failed in their inten-
tons with the result that when the
procession, headed by the prison
warden, two priests and the con-
demned man, made its appearance,
every inch about the guillotine was
jammed with an angry mob, altern-
ately Kissing and cheering.
When the heavy knife flashed down
the groove and severed the head of
the unfortunate victim a jet of blood
squirted over the front rank of the
crowd and drenched the two priests
standing several feet away. The
sight threw the crowd into frenzy
of excitement and there was mad
assault on the soldiers by spectators
who desired to dip their handker-
chiefs and bits of clothing in the
blood to carry away as souvenirs 1t
was some time before the troops
could control the situation and the
body could be removed.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
GETTING Back at Him.

A boy recently attacked another
who had been warned BY his parents
not to fight, when the following d.
alogue ensued:
Bad Boy getting in a hard blow)
There, take thatl
Good Boy folding his arms with
= meek. expression No, Tommy, ]
viii not hit you back. because I
promised never to strike, play
mate, but Clicking him on the
shins) how do you Ike that?-Lon-
don Pick MesUp.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
A BIT Of ADVICE
Fret Don't Delay. Second Don't
Experiment

Ifyou suffer from baelaehe; head
ache or dizzy spells If you rest poorly
and are languid in the morning; if
the kidney seeretions are irregular
and unnatural in appearance, do not
delay. The kidneys are calling for
help. Slight symptoms of kidney
trouble are but fore.runners of more
serious complaints. They should be
given attention before it is too late.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney
trouble. They are recommended by
thousands. Can Point Pleasant res
idents desire more convincing proof
than the statement of a Point Pleas
ant citizen who says that the cure
Doan's Kidney Pills effected years
ago has proven permanent
W. E. Church. one and One-half
miles north of Point Pleasant, W. Va,
says: '.Doan's Kidney Pills made a
complete and lasting cure in my case.
l was annoyed by a lameness across
my back for several years and often
/ found it hard to straighten from
STOPPING position. The kidney secre-
tons were highly colored and the
flow at times became scant. 1t only
required two boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured at HooFs drug store,
to rid me of these troubles. In
March 1908 l gave public testimon-
ial in favor of this remedy and as l
have had no return of kidney com
plant, l can now confirm that state
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milpurn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan 3
and take no other. IS
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
Request Granted.

There used to be an old gentle
man who lived up in one of the par
ishes of Louisiana who was noted
for his tremendous department and
punctuality. Arriving in New Or
leans for the first time, he accosted
young man about town who was
standing on the corner of the
street.
q wish, my young friend" said
he, taking out his watch, "to go TO
the st. Charles hotel"
"Well," said the gilded youth.
you may go, but don't stay but
half an hour"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
DON'T FLRT.

There is nothing more disgusting
to a true gentleman than to see a
girl flirting with every man or boy
she sees on the streets and other
public places in the town. Don't
do it, young lady, unless you wOuld
have low estimate placed on your
worth. You may be as pure as can
be, but your actions are likely to
cause you to be undervalued. There
is nothing more admired by n gentle
man than a nice, modest, well-be-
haved young lady, and nothing more
unpleasant than to see a young lady
act rude and fast. Remember that
honor is more priceless to girl than
gold, and when once down in the
public estimation it is very difficult
to rise again. A very triAing indis-
erection in word or act on the part of
a youg lady has caused her untold
mental anguish. Treat every one
you meet cordially, but don't firt
with anyone. You are far better off
without the notice or attention of
those attracted to you by such a
course.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
WEAVER'S VICTIMS
AT THE MIVNlCH HOME WILL RECOVER.
IT IS BELIEVED.

Greenville, Ohio, Nov. so.-Mrs.
Levi Minnich, who was shot yester-
day by CLYDE Weaver, who also shot
and killed his mother and Deputy
Sheriff Ferra, and then committed
suicide, is expected to recover. Her
husband, who was also shot by Weav-
er, is not seriously wounded.
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INN SHoWs0oMs.
They Were che Eorerunnsrs Of chs
Public Museums.


The genesis of the public mu-
scum was the "raree show attach
ed to an Inn. Such shows were
very common as early as the six
teenth century. From being the
resort of all classes the inn became
the natural receptacle for every
thing old world, ont of the way or
curious. ranging from flint imple-
ments and Roman coins turned up
by the pillow to stuffed freaks of the
animal kingdom. The public house
museum Is still with us. The Bell
and MackereI. in the Mile End road.
contains q fine museum of 10000
natural history specimens, original
y founded BY the East London
chronological soeigt The Eolc
In. the Hall. inr borough High.
street, possesses many strange
freaks. At the Spaniards. Jack
Straw's Castle and the Vale of
Health. all on or near Hampstead
Heath, are preserved relics of high
waymen and other local curios.
Only a few weeks ago the museum
of the Edinburgh Castle, near Re
gents park, containing valuable
relics of Oliver Cromwell. Nelson
and Stanley and three great auk's
eggs. was dispersed by auction.
The first persons scientifically to
exploit this taste were those bold
travellers and indefatigable collect
OTIS the Tradescants. father and
son. who between the years 1920
and 1862 ran the first public mu-
scum and botanic garden at their
residence in South Lambeth. Co
pious references to their wonderful
"closet of curiosites," also known
as the "Ark." are found in the
works of Izaak Walton. Evelyn.
etc. The catalogue prepared BY the
Elias Ashmole. in 1856
testifes to its containing a superb
collection of coins and warlike in
struments. Its great treasure. how
ever. was a stuffed dodo from the
Mauritius. bird extinct now over
200 years. Of course there was
some rubbish as well. The younger
Tradescant was shrewd enough to
exchange an alleged dragons egg
for that of rare bird from Turkey.
but he exhibited feather from the
phenix's wing, a piece of the stone
of Diana's tomb and blood that
rained in the Isle of Wight in 1177.
When John Tradescant, Jr., died in
1862 long and bitter litigation en-
sued between the deceased's widow
and Ashmole as to the right to In
herit the collection. Eventually the
court of chancery decided in Ash
mole's favor, and he carried off the
Tradescantian museum to form the
basis of the Ashmolean at Oxford.
while Mrs. Tradescant was so cha
grined at her defeat that she
drowned herself in the pond of the
botanic garden on April 8, 1875
London Globe.
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A Fairmont woman will not allow
her her husband to use bureau for
wardrobe. She fears he will into
bad habit.
A Point Pleasant girl viii not talk
love to her sweetheart while near a
corn field. because the corn has ears.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
Notice to the Public
Once more does the Single King
come before the public to supply the
needy ones with Roofing Material.
Five Cars of Shingles

Just received from the western
coast, Washington Red Cedar 6and
IS inch; michigan White Pine l6
inch. The best ever brought to this
village.
Also a full stock of Felt Roofing in
all Its kinds and quality. No. !
Poplar Lath.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

Gathering autumn leaves make a
young man feel silly, except when he
does it to please sweet girl.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

A South Carolina physician died
with the request that his death be
kept secret. Was he ashamed of
it:
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
A MODEST GIRL.

A clarksburg girl is 50 modest that
she will not go to bed while the
Christian Observer is in the same
room.
A Morgnntown girl will not walk
up a steep hill for fear her breath
viii come in short pants.
A Grafton woman will not battle
/, the same room with potatoes until
she has plucked out their eyes.
A Warrington maiden refused to
wear chatelain watch attached to
her person because the watch has
hands.
A shinnstOn girl locks herself in
her room every time she hears a brass
band approaching. She avows she
will never look at the drum major
who parades in his bear skin.
a MOnongah girl is to be sympa-
thetic. She cannot tolerate a fellow
feelinp.
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course.

The Parkersburg State Journal
suggests that h t. the West Virginia
Editorial association hold. meeting
in Parkersburg on the thir6eth of
December. Ne, too,
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
REMEMBER

that I manufacture a full line Of
Undertaking Supplies, such as Cas-
kets of all colors and shades, Innings
in all its kinds. Can make to Order
any kind of Casket upon le hours
notice. Z Funeral Cars, 5 black and
g white, 5 Hacks, 8 Covered Wagons,
and Good Horses and Good Helpyfor
Prompt Calls and attention. Both
Phones at the Office at Pomeroy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
WIFE OF LOS ANGELES AUTO
DEALER LAST SEEN ALIVE
WITH ROBERTS.
BY DENTAL WORK
Woman Was Murdered In Suspects
Bungalow Where Bloody and
Partly Burned Clothes Were
Found-Motive a Mystery.

st. Michaels, Md.-After searching
practically the eastern shore of Mary
land, Emmitt E., or John T. Roberts,
a friend Of the dead woman, was ar
rested in connection with the murder
of Mrs. Edith May Woodill, wife of
Gilbert Woodill, an automobile dealer
in Los Angeles, Cal, Mrs. Woodill's
nude body, the skull crushed in from
p blow apparently delivered from be-
hind, the face horribly disfigured, the
entire body swollen from the effects
of several days immersion and
weighted with an iron pot containing
half a dozen bricks, was discovered
by boys who were grabbing in Back
creek, a tributary of Choptank river,
not far from the home of Mrs. Wood
ills foster father, Capt. Charles H.
Thompson, a few miles from here,
Roberts was with Mrs. Woodill when
she was seen for the last known time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodill came here
early this month. the latter with the
intention of spending the summer
with her foster father. Her husband
remained only a few days, leaving, it
is understood, for Detroit, whence he
intended to return to Los Angeles.
From that time Mrs. Woodill and
Roberts are said to have seer much
of each other.
Last Saturday Mrs. Woodill went to
Easton to have some dental work done
and it had been arranged that Rob-
erts should meet her at Royal Oak
and return with her to her home. Rob
erts missed the train for Royal Oak
and drove there, met Mrs. Woodill and
drove with her back here to the land
ing, where his launch was moored.
They entered the launch and Mrs.
Woodill was not seen again alive SO
far as has been learned.
Investigation since made indicates
that when Roberts and Mrs. Woodill
left here they went in the launch to
a bungalow that is being built on
Roberts farm n1or that of Capt.
Thompson and that in this bungalow
the murder was committed. There
were found a bloody sheet and mat
tress and portions of the woman's
clothes, partly burned. These have
been identified as having belonged to
Mrs. Woodill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
SHERMAN D%ONSHOMESPUN
Vice-President's Hot Weather Suit Is
the Envy Of the Senate-lt
Looks Cool.

Washington, D. C.-Vice-President
Sherman's hot weather clothes we're
the envy of the senate.
Nothing like them was ever seen,
so far as tradition goes in the vice
presidents chair. This remarkable
looking suit is of blue material SINH
lar to that of which light overalls are
made. The suit is not beautiful, but it
looked cool. 1t is of cotton grown in
Muskogee county, Georgia, and ginned,
spun into thread, w into cloth,
dyed and tailored in the same county.
1t was presented through Representa-
tive Adams, Of Georgia.
In defense of wearing such a suit,
the vice-president explained that one
Just like it would be worn by Cover
nor-elect Brown, of Georgia, when he
is i~naugurated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
BOMB WRECKS BUILDINGS
TWO RESTAURANTS ARE BLOWN
INTO THE STREET.
Explosion is Supposed to Be One Of
Series Of Many That Have Mys-
titled Chicago Police.

Chicago.-An explosion, supposed
to have been caused by dynamite, did
great damage in the business district
here, injuring two or three persons
severely and wrecking stores and win
dows for a block near Clark and
Washington streets.
The exact nature of the explosion
remains a riddle, because of the great
amount of debris thrown around the
alley where it occurred. 1t is prob
ably another in the series of gamblers
war bombs that have mystified the
police of this city for two years.
Bomb No. 80 in the series wrecked a
saloon a few nights ago. The CEN
ter of the explosion was in alley in
the rear of the central telephone ex-
change. This exchange was unable to
do any more business during the
night. Two restaurants facing on
Clark street were blown practically
into the street, food and dishes being
scattered over the car tracks.
In this alley also was the real en-
trance to Powers & Gilbert's saloon,
a headquarters for Martin B. Madden
and his associates in the building
trades.
Madden and his men are figuring
largely in labor disputes at the pres
ent time and have been the subject
of grand jury indictment.
Another place opening into the al
ley which was damaged to an equal
degree with the saloon, was the cash
register store of Mont Tennis, who is
alleged to conduct several gambling
places. Tennis place has been raided
frequently by the police, and another
bomb was exploded there a year ago.
The police estimate Of the damage
is placed at 500. 600. One theory ad-
vanced is that fifty electric ~installers,
who have been On strike against the
Chicago Telephone Co., which suf-
fered the greatest damage, may have
been behind the deed. Another is that
SdulDlClp WIN nave oullSlC gu lOoo
through cooperation of the telephone
company with the police sought to re-
taliate.
twenty-five thousand telephones
were put out of service by the explo-
sion.
Thirteen girl operators were at
work. Many of them tainted and
others ran from the building.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
CHOKES WIFE FOR THIEF
P%ittsburger, Suddenly Awakened from
Dream, Grasps Spouse by
the Throat.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Charles Beatty, a
grocer of 421 independence ave-
nue., suddenly awakening from a
dream that he was attacked by a bur-
glar, early Saturday morning, prob
ably fatally strangled his wife, Mary,
while both were in bed.
Beatty rushed from the home and
attempted to tell a policeman what
had happened. He was placed under
arrest and detained pending an inyes-
tigation.
Mrs. Beatty, though in a serious
condition, was able to tell the story
to the police, partly confirming her
husbands statement.
The woman refused to prosecute,
and Beatty was released from custody
by direction Of a police magistrate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
CHUNG REACTS
s|GEL MURDER
TAKEN TO ROOM WHERE BODY
WAS FOUND, HE SHOWS HOW
GIRL WAS KILLED.
TELLS OF THE DEATH STRUGGLE
Prisoner Admits He Saw Crime Com
mitted Without Offering Rests
tance-Denies Taking Part
In Killing.

New York City.-In the dim, close
room of Leon Ling, with its grin
ming losses and it's picture of the
Madonna gazing down on the scene,
where the dead body Of Este Sigel
was found packed in a trunk last Fri
day, Chung Sin, roommate of Leon
Ling, Wednesday re-enacted the trag-
edy Of the girl, as he saw it through
the keyhole of his room adjoining.
Stolidly smoking a cigarette and &C.
casionally cracking his yellow visage
into a sardonic smile, he described
the strangling of the girl as she lay on
the bed In the shadow of the red can
opy, but declared he had nothing to
do with the killing or that he had any
knowledge of the whereabouts of his
missing countryman.
District Attorney jerome and the
police r confident, however. that
Chung has not told all he knows and
announce their intention to keep at
him with the third degree" until he
tells all.
After his partial confession to Dis
trict Attorney Jerome Tuesday,
Chung was kept under a cross fire Of
questions all through the night. Early
Wednesday, with Captain Carey of the
homicide bureau, half a dozen of his
detectives, and Assistant District At
torney Ward, the badgered Chinese
was led to the house in Eighth ave
nue..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
ST. JOSEPH MAN DECLARES HE
CAUSED DEATH or BROTH
Err AND SISTER.
Investigation TO Be MADE
seIf-confessed Slayer May Be Paroled
and Tried on Killing Charge
Wife Believes Part Of
story.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Half q dozen
convicts who came to the p~enitentiary
from st. Joseph were separately ques-
ton by the prison officials with the
view to ascertaining whether or not
any of them had knowledge of the
murders to which William Murphy, a
convict from that city, confessed, in
a letter to his wife, intercepted by the
officials. They gave no information
which would tend to establish Muir
phys guilt, though they said they
knew of the commission of the crimes.
None of them knew Murphy, though
one of them knew one of his alleged
victims.
Murphy wrote another letter to War
den Andrae, and in it he confesses to
other killings. He says he is willing
to make any other acknowledgment
which may be necessary to get the
hangman's moose. In this letter he
gives the penitentiaries in which he
claims to have "done time" and men
lions the specific years. Some Of these
have been verified.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
Horse Takes Corpse Home.

Des Moines, Iowa.-During a vio-
lent thunderstorm at Perry Thurs
day night, Fred X. Nell, former chief
of the fire department and wealthy
resident, was struck and killed by
lightning as he was riding to his home
in a buggy. His faithful family horse
carried the body to the ~postoffice
where Postmaster F. M. Hoey took
It in and made an examination. The
ron pronounced the man dead.
Lightning also struck the Christian
church, demolishing the tower.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
Says Jail is Unfit For Hog.

Columbia.-"I would not sentence
a hog to six months Imprisonment in
the Galloway county JAIL" said Judge
N. B. Thurmond in his charge to the
Boone county grand jury. The con-
dition Of our Galloway county jail is
most unsanitary and filthy, and II
your Jail is in such a plight it is your
duty to so report. You must inspect
the Jail at once and report. upon its
condition"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
Kicked Auto That Hit Him.

New York City. A. H. Flint, a
Wall street broker, was riding in his
automobile on May 5, when 1t
knocked down Gutman Rubin of the
East Side. Rubin got up and kicked
the machine in the side and then
brought suit against Flint. When the
case was called for trial Flint served
notice of a counter claim Of $3.50
against Rubin for scraping the, var
nish off the automobile when it
knocked him down, and the case was
postponed until September.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
Denies Being a Thief.

Murphy denies eve having stolen
IS worth of stuff in his life, or that
he ever killed anyone for the purpose
Of robbery.
Some portions of his story have al
ready been substantiated, but that ne
has committed all the crimes which
he voluntarily lays at his own door
is not fully believed. However, should
the investigation to be made by the
st. Joseph officials warrant such a
course, he may be given a parole COM
mutation from the rs years for an
attack upon his own daughter, to be
placed on trial for some n OF the
numerous murders. The two crimes
to which he confesses in his letter
to Warden Andrae are the killing OF
a baby sister and a brother. One Oh
the murders spoken of in his letter to
his wife is the killing of n of their
children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
eeorae HarrIa,s TrIaI Reaun.

Moberly-The circuit court Of Ran
dolph county is trying George Harris,
who was indicted in conenction with
young Irwin Carter, by the last grand
Jury, for the murder Of young Bagby
in June, 1908. Young Carter, the prin-
cipal in the Indictment, committed
suicide a short time ago in the pres
ence Of his mother and sister, Miss
Beulah Carter, the young lady who
was the prime cause Of the killing Of
young Bagby. There are over fifty
witnesses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
DUEL FOR BRIDES FAVOR
Louisiana Creole A~ristocrats Fight 1t
Out-One Stabbed in the
Heart.

Rayne, LA wedding ball in
honor Of the marriage Of Ber-
trand Seaux's daughter to Jean Mou-
toms son ended in a tragedy.
Anizeme Credeuer was stabbed
Thorough the heart and John Melacon
was arrested, but he denied killing
Credeuer, declaring one of his Jealous
friends knitted Credeuer in the back.
The young men quarreled over the
favor of the bride for a dance and
retired to a secluded spot to fight it
out.
All concerned are members of this
parish's old-time Creole aristocracy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01
WOMAN MAKES FATAL LEAP
Driven Insane by Heat, Brooklyn
Woman Jumps From Roof With
Little Daughter.

New York City.-Driven Temporal
rily insane by the excessive heat,
Mrs. Emma Monthly threw herself and
her eight-year-old daughter from the
roof of a five story apartment house
in Quincy street in an exclusive sec
ton of Brooklyn. Both were killed
instantly.
Mrs. Monthy's husband is superin-
tendent Of the building. Mother and
daughter went to the roof in search of
relief from the heat. They had been
there only a few moments when the
mother, picking up the child, leaped
to the asphalt below.