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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
TOWN TOPICS
Account Settled.

The civil case instituted in the JUS
tice court before Judge Mckinney
yesterday afternoon by Loney & Sher-
man of this city against A. j. Milhorn
for judgments for purchases made by
Milhorn and amounting to $3.50 and
costs. was settled this morning when
the account
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
First Train on New Road.

SHREVEPORT. La, Dec. Silt is
expected that the Louisiana & Arkan-
sas will run it's first train into Shreve-
port tomorrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
council meeting.


Members of the council, with few
exceptions, have felt that the pur-
chase of the land would be saddling
big expense upon the municipality,
with doubts as to the returns from
the sale Of lots but it is pointed out
in defense of action taken, that the
city cemetery as it now stands will
soon be inadequate to accommodate
those WHO may desire to secure lots.
The land in question, was offered to
the city for $500 an acre. which is the
average quotation in that locality, and
the purchase will entail an expendi-
ture Of approximately $4,000, divided
into equal payments with a moderate
rate OF interest. At the meeting of
the city fathers last Tuesday night
the report of the committee of the
whole was presented, the same recon-
mending the purchase of the tract
and the necessary steps be taken to
complete the transaction. The re-
recommendations embodied in the re-
port were approved by the adoption
of the report, and it has been expect
ed the initial steps to make the trans
regular meeting.
Some Objections.
One of the main objections entered
by interested people against the pro-
posed purchase is the lack Of water
with which to keep the enlarged tract
in good condition. 1t is said the sup
ply is frequently taxed in the heated
months to keep the original cemetery
green and verdant, and with no more
water available without the construc-
ton of a storage reservoir, it is held
an addition OF So acres to the tract
would be anything but a wise move.
Councilman c. H. Whiteman, in
speaking of the purchase yesterday,
said it had not appeared to him as
the wisest solution of the problem
now confronting the city, but that he
had been in the minority in entering
objections That the sale of lots
would not bring in revenue sufficient
to meet the annual payments, Mr..
Wh:teman believed would prove the
case. but admitted that an enlarged
cemetery is d necessity.
1t was the desire of Mayor Tau
sick and members of the council that
the public take an interest in the
cemetery question and assist in eli
minating the embarrassing position in
which the city now finds itself. As
but feeble objections came in from the
taxpayers, it was assumed that the
purchase of the Stone tract met with
the consent of property owners and
taxpayers and the committee OF the
whole after making a thorough can
YES of the situation. entered recon-
mendations that the purchase be
made.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31

bonds for appearance in police court
at o'clock this afternoon. Officers
Buck and Rolf made the arrest
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16

are negroes. They could tell the po-
lice nothing to throw any light on the
mystery.
The coroner and police found the
children all In tears and they appear
ed to be grief-stricken in the ex-
IRENE. In the face of all these facts
disclosed by the police they still
affect to believe their mother COM
mitted suicide.
Neighbors say the children were
very affectionate towards their
mother.
In support of the suicide theory the
children turned over to the coroner
a two-ounce bottle Of Iodine, half
empty, which they said their mother
bught Thursday. The bottle bears
the imprint of W. C. McMillan's drug
store.
When hshed out of the we'll the
women was clad In two night gowns,
and the small amount Of blood on
them gave rise to the suspicion that
the body was thus dressed after the
murder.
Eula Thompson stoutly maintains
to the ron that she Is a good
girl. She went so far as to offer
to undergo any sort Of examination
at the hands of a physician which
would satisfy the coroner that she
had always been a good woman.
She says she is willing TO do this
or most anything else to throw any
light on the mystery of her mothers
murder or suicide, whichever 1t IS.
The dead woman suffered from
cancer of the stomach, the children
say, and they believe she took her
own life on this account. because she
had been saying lately that II she
could find a good way to Kill her.
self she would do 1t.
A theory of the police Is that Med
lin committed the murder IN a Mt OF
Jealous rage, having caught Mrs
Griffin in company with another man.
The children admit that Medlin slept
in the same room with their mother
when he was boarding there. but they
deny there had been any quarrel be.
tween the two, SO far as they are In
formed. Medlin has been to the
house frequently up to within a week
of the murder, it is said.
Mrs. Gritin's son Walter. who says
he slept in the same bed with hi:
mother, although he is fourteen
years old. says his mother had
habit Of going out to the back step:
several times a night Oh hot night!
and dipping snuff. She went on
last night. He does not recall he,
returning after she had gone gu
the third time. She was wearint
: dark clothes then.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
GIVEN AN OVATION
GEN. f.. D. GRANT CLASP HANDS
WITH CoNFED. VETS.
They Cheer, Shake Hands and Weep
With tho Son Of the Man to Whom
Lee Surrendered.

ltS OuIICA0SkCAs
A frenzied demonstration Of vel.
come by the men in grey for the son
Of the nan who conquered them
marked the final scene Of the nine
teenth Reunion Of the United Con-
federate Veterans Thursday. 1t took
place during the parade. In the re.
viewing stand stood Gen. Frederick
Dent Grant, Of the United States
army.
The first few divisions In line pass
ed with only a limited number rec
ognizing the son of the man who &C
cepted the surrender of Lee. But
finally a cavalry division approached,
and it's commanding officer, Gen.
Tyler, Of Hickman, KY, old and
grizzled, peered steadily at Gen.
Grant q moment. Then he turned
In his saddle and yelled:
Come on, you kids. here's Gen.
Grant come to life again in his son"
With one Of the old-time rebel
yells, the division, remnants Of For
rests Cavalry, charged upon the
stand and jostled n another for an
opportunity to shake the hand OF
the son Of their old-time enemy.
From that moment every grey-clsd
Veteran who could reach the stand
rushed up to shake hands with Gen.
Grant. The stocky army officers
gray eyes filled with tears and tis
shoulders shook with emotion as he
murmured: God bless YOU ell,
boys, God bless YOU" giving each
a cordial hand-grasp.
B%attle-torn banners were grouped
at his feet and waved over his head
in salute. One old officer rode up to
the stand, seized Gen. Grants hand
and kissed him on the cheek. ex-
claiming: "Gcd blcls you, boy, l
fought your father, Of whom you are
the image, but he "a a gallant,
magDaI!mous fos. aud I loI3 his
SON."
More than one Veteran va in
tears as be saw the famous Fedora!
chieftaln's son so touched BY tao re
ception. Il Is doubtful IL any other
Northern man, even a President.
ever received such an ovation as that
which was 50 generously given 10
Gen. Grant by the Confederate Vet
Grams Thursday.
The parade over, the Reunion
practically ended and Veterans spec
ial trains began to leave Memphis
at 2 p. ~.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
BLACK HAND D0lNGS
CNEARTHED AND SEVERAL
RINGLEADER ARE CAUGHT.
Noted Italian Society Said to Have
Practiced Extortion and Murder in
Various Cities.

Revelations in the extortion, plot
ting and murder by the BLACK
Hand" as uncovered by the postofice
| inspectors from the Cincinnati Of
| fee, show conclusively that the gang
In Columbus, Marion, Dennison and
Bellefontaine and other Ohio towns
was organized along the same lines
as the old Malta, but with a better
| system for c%oncealing their mov
ments.
1t is now known that the Ohio
Black Hand, or the Society Of the
Banana, as it's members style them
selves, had a branch in Pittsburg
and one in Chicago, and a line that
extended to South Dakota. Regular
meetings were held and the money
obtained BY extortion was distribut-
ed to various divisions in this DUN
try and sent to relatives in Italy
for safe-keeping.
We have found what / believe
to be certain proof that the Black
Hand outrages were committed by
a we'll organized society," said Chief
P~ostoflce Inspector Holmes to an
Associated Press representative.
1T has taken Inspector Oldfeld
and four other men under me six
months to run down the leaders.
we have no evidence so far that
American Black Hand in the West
is connected with the foreign or
%ganization that killed Lieut.. Petro-
sino IN Sicily"
Nine arrests have been made thus
far in Columbus, Marion. Dennison
and Bellefontaine, and Government
officers in Chicago and Cincinnati
are looking for Antonio Lima, who
was arrested in Marion. Antonio
Lima IS held to be one of the chief
~ring-leaders.
An effort will be made to have
the prisoners indicted by a Federal
grand jury at Cleveland on the
charge of conspiracy to commit en-
tortion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
l. L on A TRAIN.
Shot Man Who He Accused OF Steal
ING His Wife.

C. M. Murphy. q wealthy contrac-
tor and planter, shot Patton Carver
Murphy's oyerseer. at his farm at
Burtinton, while the latter sat In a
coach of a passenger train as 1t stop
ped at Branford, Fla, Thursday.
Carver was carried from the train
to the depot platform, where he
died twenty minutes later. Sherin
Rickerson, of Live Oak, Fla.' who
was on the train, arrested Murphy.
According to; Murphy's story Car
YER and Mrs. Murphy eloped from the
Burtinton farm Wednesday. The
husband learned Of this, be said'
and learned that Carver was return
ing to Burton to get some of his be-
longings, which the hurry of the
elopment caused him to leave there.
Murphy met the train and Killed
Carver. Both men are we'll known
in that part of Florida and have rel
atiyes there. Carver was unmarried.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy have several
children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16

tering votes. AS soon as it became
apparent that Mobile had won, there
vas a scramble to get into the band
wagon, and the choice was made
unanimous.
Gen. Evans reelection likewise
was made unanimous. and the con-
vention, forgetting its disagreements
of an hour before, adjourned to the
tune of Dixie" the delegates cheer
ing, landing, laughing, crying and
even hugging one another.
Clad in the rough gray homespun
which they wore dressed in the six.
ties an carrying ancient rifles, TO-
600 United Confederate Veterans
marched in what was probably the
last big parade in which they viii
ever participate Thursday.
Some of them ear struggling
boards as gray as their uniforms ant
here were many empty sleeves. The
heat was intense. At the suggestion
Of the parade committee the line O
march was cut down.
The commanders of divisions am
brigades directed that the old aDt
! feehler members of their command
| drop out, but the officers reported
| that they could find no men oil
| enough or feeble enough to take ad
vantage of the indulgence.
Bands from all over the South
twenty or them. were i~ntersperse
here and there through parade. an
when steps Jagged or aged limb
trembled. the stirring notes of DIN
is or MY Msrylsnd' we're suticten
20 r~einvigorste the mschers. Ever,
where we're flags with the stars an
hare IF +he lost Calls,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
KILLS FARMER AND MULE.
Man Struck ny Lightning While
P%louGhing.

Samuel Boggs. a well-known and
farmer, was killed by
lightning late Tuesday. while plough
ing in a field at his home near Cen
trail. north Of Anderson. The mule
be was working was also struck by
the holt and instantly killed. Mr..
Boggs was about rs years old and
is survived by his wife and four
children. The funeral was held at
Sharon church Wednesday afternoon
and was largely attended. This Is
the second man killed in Anderson
county by lightning in the last ten
| days.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
SELLS BAD MEAT
GOVERNMENT AGENT SAYS IN.
sPECTORS FARCE.
He Makes Grave Charges In o Letter
to Secretary Of Agriculture James
Wilson.

After eighteen months service as
a United States meat inspector In
East st. Louis packing house, J. F.
Harms has resigned. he says. writing
a letter to Secretary Of Agriculture
James Wilson, demanding an inves-
tigation Of the meat inspection sys-
tenn In the national stock yards.
Mr.. Harms asserts that he resign
ed because he could not tolerate
conditions, and that inspectors IN
charge Of the bureau Of animal in
dustry were too lenient with the
packers. Harms In his letter says.
THE inspection at the National
stock yards, Illinois, Is costing the
people approximately 100000 a
year, and 1t Ia not actually worth
81 to them. For when the word Is
passed from the inspector In charge
to the inspectors actually doing the
work on the floors that they are get.
ting too many condemned aniamls.
and to change the grading. 1t means
that the WHOLE thing IS a farce.
Mr. Secretary. the packers are get
ting today from 70 to 80 per cent
of meat that ought to be condemned
and destroyed.
II have seen from 1900 to $500
pounds Of lard spill and I'll into an
open sewer in the floor, the sewer
outlet quickly blocked, aRd said lard
taken up from the aoor and out OF
the sewer, both OF which were. un-
clean and unsanitary; and your doc
tors passed same to the packers on
over the protest Of the inspectors
on that floor, and 1t went to the pub
lie market U. S. Inspected and pass
ed
Some Of the flthiest things imagi-
nable are practiced in the sausage
departments. such as using bladders
for casing without thorough washing
or cleaning, the use of filth tripe in
sausage, the use of Shiny hog stom-
aches Tor casing or containers, the
useing of meats that have fallen
on the floor shd are taken up and
used without any p~retease Of clean
ing.
These are all permitted By those
In charge. If an inspector calls their
attention to any Of the wrongs, he
IL told az ] was. that the people who
eat such stuff are too lazy to pre-
pare anything for themselves and
ought to have such stuff.
II will give you another instance
that happened elsewhere. The meat
inspector in the department held
some 5000 or 1000 pounds Of cured
meats for being sour, and, mind you,
four or FIVE other inspectors we're
called in and they ell pronounced the
meat sour. Your DR.. headors re-
leased 1t to the packer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
SIX HORSES BURNED.
Lightning Fires Stable Of a Physic.
ian in Greenville County.

The stable Of DR.. J. 3. Bruce, liv-
ing at Sandy Flat, in the upper part
of Greenville county, was struck by
lightning Wednesday afternoon. dur
ing an electrical storm, and was
burned to the ground. Five Of
Bruce's horses were burned to death,
and the feed stuff IN the barn was
destroyed. A horse of Charlie w.
Mitchell. Of O'Neal, was burned to
death also in the barn. Mitchell
vas going home from Greenville,
when the storm met him near DR..
Bruce's residence. He stopped and
sheltered the animal, and when the
crash of lightning came and the
building was burned to ashes his
horse was burned to death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
MONUMENT TO CONFEDERATEs
Will BE Erected In Finnis Point
Cemetery.

A monument Of marble or granite
70 cost about $500 is to be erect
ed by the United States government,
in the Confederate section of Fin
mis- Point, national cemetery at Sa-
lem, \. j., to mark the resting place
Of 2,246 officers and men of the
Confederate army and navy who
died as prisoners of way at Fort
Delaware between 1862 and 1865.
The adoption of a monument for
the purpose IS due to the fact that it
has been found impossible. because
Of imperfect records. to place dis
tinctive headstones at each individu-
II grave, as contemplated by the act
Of Congress.
Commissioner Oats has arranged
also to place wrought iron fences
around Camp Chase Confederate GEM
etery, near Columbus, Ohio, and
around the Confederate cemetery at
North Alton, III.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Rabies In LaurenS.

Mr.. Fred ". Green Of Laurens
left early Tuesday morning for At
lanta to take the Pasteur treatment
for a dog bite received last Tuesday.
Saturday the head of the dog was
sent to Atlanta % be analysed and
a telegram received yesterday stat
cI that the doI mad rabies. Hence
Mir. Green left III onca for treatment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
MARRIED BY WHOLESALE.
Five Couples United By One Single
Ceremony.

Rev. Alfred w. Burroughs, OF
Bristol, Tenn, Wednesday, with a
single ceremony, Joined in marriage
five young couples who eloped to
Bristol from points III Virginia. The
FIVE brides, each attired in white
left their respective homes, osten'
sibly to attend commencement at
Emory and Henry Colleges at Bris-
toll. All the couples arrived on the
same train. This ceremony brings
Rev. Mr.. Burroughs record up to
nearly 5000 couples. and he claims
the worlds record for marriage GER
emonies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
DOUBLE LYNCHING
RIDDLED WITH SHOT.
They We're Charged With the Muir
der Of MIR. Smoak and We're Taken
From Officers of the Law.

From Officers of the Law.
A dispatch from BranchYille tc
The News and Courier says at a late
hour Friday night a crowd Of about
one hundred farmers and other citi'
zcns of Colleton county. took two
negroes away from the officers of the
law, hung them to a tree, lear the
railroad track, and fired round after
round into thier swinging bodies,
The negroes, who were killed were
Frank Samuels and Quillie Simmons,
and the crime for which death was
melted out to them was the murder
on May % of young Mr.. Benjamin
Smoak, a member of a prominent
Colleton family, and a merchant of
the town, which bears his name.
The dispatch says early Friday
| night word was received at Branch
vile from Smoak's stating that Con-
stable n. NJ. Maxey had arrested four
negroes who, it was alleged, wers
concerned in the murder of Mr..
Smoak. These four were Frank
Samuels, Quillie Simmons, Connie
Stokes and another whose name has
not been learned. It vii be remem-
bered that when Mr.. Smoak was
killed. just as he was closing his
store for the night, the assassin, or
assassins, secured about $95 in cash
and checks. 1t was these checks
which led to the arrest Of the four
negroes, two Of whom met death
Friday night at the hands of the
mob. r
Young Ben Minus stepped up be-
hind the stables of Samuels, who
had a farm about a miles and a half
from the town of Smoak's and saw
him dividing the stolen money with
the other negroes. Minus immedi-
ately returned, told what he had seen
and heard, and described the hiding
place of the missing checks. A
prompt search led to the discovery
Of the checks. and Constable Maxey
at once arrested Samuels. Sub-se-
quently the other negroes were also
arrested. and the constable and his
assistants started with his prisoners
for WATERFORD.
Meanwhile the mob had been gath
ering rapidly and silently, and before
long nearly a hundred determined
men had started in pursuit. The Of
ficers were overtaken nea the rail-
road line and, being greatly out
numbered, they were unable to Of
fer effective resistance. The terri
fed negroes were seized, and the
leaders of the mob questioned them
briefly as to their connection with the
killing of Mr.. Smoak. Two Of them
apparently managed to clear them
selves and were set free. Samuels
and Simmons were then marched
to the railroad track, hanged to a
tree and their bodies riddled with
bullets.
At present everything is quiet. 1t
is not known whether Samuels and
Simmons confessed their guilt, after
falling into the hands Of the aveng-
ers. since the mob, as soon as 1t
completed its work, scattered, and
those who took part in the ~lynching
returned to their homes. 1t Is
known. however, that the town ne
groes had previously admitted that
they knew something about the erie.
though they swore that they did not
do the actual shooting . Samuels
stated that he generally used No. S
shot in his gun, and shot Of that size
were found in Mr.. Smoak's body.
Both negroes bore evil regulations. i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Automobiles Not Allowed.

The little town of Seney, Ca, has
declared war on automobiles. At a
meeting of the town council recently.
after a spirited discussion. an ordi-
nance was adopted prohibiting the
use of automobiles within the city
limits. and the town marshal was
authorized TO arrest any one pass
Ing through Seney with such EN-
gines of destruction"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
f Up BEER GLASS
On a Wager and Dies After Suf.
ferins Agony.

A freak wager in New York thai
ended fatally was brought to light
when James Shea, a laborer, thirty.
eight years old, died at his home in
Brooklyn as the result of eating :.
beer glass on February 10. since
hut time be suffered int lsely as
ne broken glass penetrated H.: sy,.
EN- and came ont in different parts
If his body. Doctors wanted TO Oh
rate upon him. They said he could
lot live otherwise, but Shea wouI!
lot allow them to do so and the cad
,ame q few days ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Devastated by Earthquake,

The town Of Korinchi. In Sumatra.
was devastated by an earthquake on
the night Of June 5. Two hundred
and thirty were killed and many 9th
ers injured,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Crushed in Elevator.

On her first visit to New York and
on her first ride in an elevator. Miss
Lena Schoonmaker. was crushed to
dc ath Monday afternoon.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-14

Of WAGES

The wage reductions which are be-
ing made at steel works and pIast
furnaces are to be deplored. D., thoy
are necessary. Some hopes had boon
entertained that wage redaS. .ons
might be postponed untll the en-
ployers were in position to ode. con-
siderabiy steadier employment to the
men, while employees were disposed
TO couple wages with the cost Of
living, and TO hold that wages In the
iron and steel industry should not
be reduced until the cost OF living
had decided. 1t is better. of course
that establishments should occur IN
an orderly and harmonious manner.
but the details are not all subject 20
dictation: some changes occur thru
influences which are beyond control
and to wait on their accom- olishmenL
might be simply to delay tn, whole
matter and work an injury in the
long run.
The wage reductions. being made
are very small In comparison With
the declines which have occurred IN
prices. While the total wage cost
OF a piece of finished steel L. high,
large part Of that wage cost lies In
wages which are dependent upon Tho
payment of freights, In wages paid
directly by the railroads and wages
paid by those who supply materials
10 the railroads. AS to this portion
OF the wage cost. the industry finds
no relief. The wage reductions be-
ms made at blast furnaces comprise
but n very small part OF the cost
OF making pig iron, and even IL 10
these reductions there were added
reductions in the ore and coke r.s-
gions, the total amount would not
begin to make up for the decline
which has occurred in pig iron.
There is no immediate prospect of
the wage reduction influencing fur
Their declines IN the selling prices
have come first and the wage reduc-
tions are merely the shifting OF a
portion, and a rather small portion
upon the shoulders OF labor.---Iron
Trade Review.