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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
THIRTY DEAD
IN A TORNADO
IN ARKANSAS
TOWN OF BRINKLEY IS PARTIALLY
DESTROYED BY STORM DUR
ING NIGHT.
OPERATOR DESCRIBES HORROR
Railway Employe Is Driven from Struc-
ture Through Terrible Scenes
Of Devastation.
FIRE FOLLOWS WIND STORM.

WHEATLEY, Ark, March 9.-Resi-
dents of Brinkley, Ark, which was de-
yastated by tornado early last night,
are arriving here and tell of the catas-
trophe 1t is reported that thirty were
killed.
BrInkley is a town of over 1000 and
the refugees say that the entire business
section was demolished by the storm and
probably 50 per cent of the residences
RACED.
l.. NJ. Kimmell, a railroad operator at
Brlnkley, one of the first to reach a
point OF communication, graphically de-
scrlbes the scenes Immediately following
the passing of the storm. With several
companions kiInmell was in the Rock
Island depot when the storm struck. As
II 1t were Il toy, the structure was twist
ed and broken, the occupants being
caught among the timberS, bruised but
otherwise unhurt.
EXtricating themselves after half an
hours effort they found the town in
darkness, the streets filled with terror
stricken throng, their shrieks mingling
with the means of the injured. Inter
mlttent flashes of lightning revealed
wreckage everywhere, a portion of
building standing and again only a tan
gled mass of debris. AS Kimmell and
his companions made their way through
the streets, they identified two of the
dead and stumbled over others who We're
wounded.
AS the party started to leave Brink
ley intending to walk to Weakley, the
nearest town, the added horror of fire
appeared. When two miles from Brink
ley Kimmell and party We're forced to
retrace their steps because of the gale.
AS they returned the fire had gained
Roadway and, famed by the stiff wind,
was spreading, but the work of citizens
suppressed the confagration.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
PRESENT TARIFF
BILL MARCH 10
NEW MEASURE WILL SEE LIGHT
AFTER ORGANIZATION WORK
IS COMPLETED.
FIGHT ON OLD RULES SEEN.
Should Contest Over House Code Be Ex-
tended Special Order of Business
Will Be Delayed.
EXPECT MESSAGE FROM TAFT.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March TO-
The new tariff bill will probably see
the light for the first time next Tuesday.
The desire of the members of the House
committee on ways and means is to have
it introduced in the House on the
first day practicable. The probabilities
are there Will be so much to do in the
way of organizing the House and getting
ready for business that it will be impos-
sible to have it presented on the first
day.
Start Of New Congress.
There is much detail in getting a new
Congress started off. Ordinarily the cere-
mony which attracts the most attention
is the election of the speaker but this
time there is only one candidate How
ever, it is necessary to elect all the other
officers of the House. TO administer oaths
to all the members, to decide upon the
parliamentary rules, and, more tedious
and Understanding than any of these
proceedings, 1T is necessary to allot seats
TO all the members.
Fight or Old Rules
This year a fight on the adoption of
the old rules is threatened and there is
no telling now how long it will last.
1t is believed that these various cere-
monies, will consume the entire day
Monday and that the receipt of the
Presidents message and the introduction
of the tariff bill will necessarily be post
poned until Tuesday. If the rules should
be changed, there would be greater de-
lay.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
QUIET RETREAT URGED.

BY Rev. Ernst A. Tappert.
Rest In the Lord and wait patient
" for Him. Psalms XXxvii: Z.
We are hustling people. We are
always IN a hurry, for time is money
and to make time is the earnest en-
deavor III all our activities. These con-
ditions have brought our nation into a
state of restlessness and inquietude
which cannot be found so pronounced
in any other nation.
Man was not built to endure such
continuous strain, and the consequences
Of such unreasonable haste and excite
ment are manifest in breakdowns and
nervous collapse. To counterfeit these
evil effects of our business and social
life, those who have the means will
eventually go .Eto q retreat, in the alb
solute quietude of which they will seek
to regain their exhausted energies.
The annual exodus into the country
is nothing else but such a going into a
retreat. But what good is the most
quiet spot to a man, who, like Thales
of old, carries with him all his trou-
bles, cares, anxieties, and whose rest
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
NOTORIOUS MURDEREss IS DEAD.
"Mrs. Stafleback" Breathes Her Last in
Kansas Penitentiary.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, March 10.
Mrs. Nancy Wilson, generally known as
Mrs Sta fieback, the most notorious wOm-
an prisoner in the Kansas penitentiary,
died of pneumonia il, Il cell in the wom-
ems ward Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Stat
fileback was 70 years old. When she re-
allied her serious condition she asked
that her son, George Statfieback, a life
time convict, and Charles Wilson, her
second husband, another convict, be
brought to her bedside. They were TAX
en- over by the prison officials
Mrs Staffieback was brought to the
Kansas penitentiary IN May, 1897, to
serve a tWenty-one-year sentence for
murder in the second degree At the
same time two of her sons were brought
in under life sentences, a third son 20
serve seven Yeas, and Charles Wilson,
her husband, to serve twenty-five years.
One of the sons serving a life sentence
died four years ago.
The Staffiebacks lived near Galena,
Kan, and We're accused of numerous
and atrocious murders. They ran ho-
tel, ard it was alleged that they muir
dere6 guests who had money and threw
their bodies into deserted mine. The
family is generally ranged next to the
Tenders among notorious Kansas muir
derers, 4
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
JOHNSON AFTER hJEFF"
Negro Champions Attorney Extends In
vitation to Californian to Open
Negotiations for Fight.

NEW YORK. March 1O-Jaues J.
Jeffries today received an invitation
from Jack Johnson to meet him in the
office of Johnson's attorney III this city
to arrange fight.
The invitation was handed to Jeffries
by an attorney of Johnson, as Jeffries
appeared in magistrates court to an
swer a charge of violating the penal
code by sparring three exhibition rounds
with his partner in a theatrical perform
ance last night. The note read as fol-
lows:
MY client, John johnson, the worlds
heavy weight champion, desires me to
inform you that he will be glad to meet
you at my office to complete arrange
ments for a contest between the cham
pion and yourself"
Jeff would not comment on the note.
The charge of violating the penal code
which was made by the police was dis
missed. Jeffries' attorney contending that
the sparring was a part of the theatrical
sketch.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
TO VOTE ON LICENSE,
Prohibition Question to People
of State.

DIES MONIES, Ia, March 1O.-The
resolution calling for a vote Of the state
upon an amendment to the constitution
in favor of the prohibition of intoxi-
eating liquors passed the house this aft
ternoon by a vote Of So ayes, and of 6
nays. Should the resolution pass the
Senate, it cannot be submitted to a vote
until 1911.
ST. PAUL Mimi, March 1O.-Village
elections were generally held throughout
Minnesota. yesterday and returns re-
ceived today indicate that the question
of license or no license for saloons was
the only issue. In many places bitter
fight was waged, the result showing an
advantage for the anti-saloon movement.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12

less spirit is to him source Of con
slant irritation and excitement?
King David in our Psalm tells US Of
n better retreat, saying: Rest in the
Lord and wait patiently for Him" Why
was his soul so quiet and content? Be
cause he had sought his souls recon
Citation with God and had found it
''The wicked" says Isaiah, ARE like
the troubled sea when it cannot rest
And St Augustine, Judging from hi
own painful experience, says: "The hu
man soul is restless until it reposes II
God"
If we faithfully seek and find thi,
safe retreat in the grace of the recon
ciled God, then the cause Of all ouI
restIessness will be removed and it viii
be fulfilled what the Savior says
Come unto me, all We that labor ant
are heavy laden, and 1 viii give yor
rest"
Has not God Himself recognized thu
necessity Of such a retreat by setting
aside one day out of seven to give time
and occasion for seeking recreation fol
the body and rest for the soul? Ha,
not the church recognized it by fxins
the Lenten season, which is a retreat
into the holiest of holes, full of RES
and blessing TO the soul? And does moi
the state recognize it by eagerly watct,
ing over a quiet Sunday as essential
to the welfare Of the people? Let us
thank God that He has given us this
retreat, in which even the poorest car
partake. Let us rest in the Lord ant
wait patiently for Him.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
STEAMERS CRASH
IN r HEAVY FOG
HORATIO HALL RAMMED AND SUNK
BY THE H. F. DIMOCK OFF
CAPE COD.
ALL PASSENGERS RESCUED,
Everyone on Board Unfortunate Vessel
Is Transferred in Safety Before
Reaching Shore.
DETAILS OF ACCIDENT LACKING.

BOSTON, Mass, March 10-In a col
lision in Nantucket sound at about s a.
m, today the eastern steamship line
steamship Horatio Hall was rammed
and sunk by the Metropolitan line steam
ship IL. +. DimOck.
The Hall kept afoat long enough to
fash news of the accident by wireless to
shore points and to enable the Dimock
to take off all on board, including a few
passengers and crew numbering about
forty.
The Dimock which was bound from
New York for Boston, resumed her
course after the accident, but finding that
she was likely to sink, ran ashore at
2:15 o'clock this afternoon off Orleans on
the eastern shore of Cape Cod.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
OPERATE BY MISTAKE.
Hospital and Doctors Remove
the Appendix.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March TO-
Eight-year-old Rosie Cohen and her
brother Joseph, aged II years, were sent
to the Harrisburg hospital the other day
suffering from enlarged tonsils. The
girl was given ether and by mistake was
sent to the operating room with several
other patients and operated on for ap-
Dendicitis.
The surgeons say they found her ap-
pendix somewhat infamed and, there
fore, were not aware that a mistake had
been made until the parents called and
found that the operation had been per-
formed The operation was Successful
and the child is resting easily.
Strangely enough, the doctors say shs
would have developed appendicitis before
long and the operation would have been
necessary anyway.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
DUSTIN FARNUM TO WE'D.
Actor Takes Out License to Marry Miss
Conwell, His Leading Lady.

CHICAGO, H.. March 9.-Dustin
Farnum, the actor accused by Howard
Gould as being responsible for his final
separation from his wife, is soon to be
married to Miss NJ B. ConweIl, leading
lady with Farnum in 1.-The Squaw Man"
Farnum admitted at the Stratford hotel,
where he is stopping. that on last Thurs
day he took out a marriage license under
the name of DE Lancy Farnum," aged
81, and Mary B. Conwell. aged -. The
license number Is 5O3, 294. Just when
the marriage will take place is not
known. The actor said blushingly yes
terday that he really didn't know him
self when he would be married.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
NEW ADMINISTRATION
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
Secretary Meyer Doubts Constitutionality
of Congress Action in Assigning
Marines to Ships.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March TO-
Marines may not be re-assigned to duty
to battleships and armored cruisers de-
spite the recent provision of Congress
that money appropriations for the main
tenance of the marine corps must not be
used unless the marines are aboard the
warships. Secretary of the Navy Meyer
has asked the opinion of the attorney
general regarding the constitutionality of
the restoration provision.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
MISS CROKER CLAIMS PEARLS.
Thinks sos, 900 Necklace Recovered in
Omaha Belongs to Her.

OMAHA. Neb, March 10.-Another
claimant has arisen for the 100000
pearl necklace found in Omaha last
week and which was delivered to Otto
c. Heinze of New York as having been
lost by his wife. Tuesday request was
received by the local police department
to hold the necklace for Identification by
Miss Jennie Croker of San Francisco.
Miss Croker, who is a member of the
famous Croker family of that city, lost
a pearl necklace February % composed
of ffty-three pearls of the first water
and even of more value than NJ. Heinze
placed On the pearls which he identified.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
KING EDWARD NOT ILL,
Sir Arthur Davidson Absolutely Denies
That English Monarch Is
Indisp0Sed.

thur Davidson. equerry TO King Edward,
this evening authorized absolute denial
to the statement published in the United
States that his majesty was seriously i'll.
He said the King had taken long walk
this morning and had spent the afternoon
driving in motor car.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE.
Night Waterman at Sparta Greenhouse
Perishes While Telephoning in
Alarm

SPARTA, Wis, March 1O.-[SpeciaL ]
The S. K. Jewett company greenhouse
burned early this morning. Alfred Glenn
ems, night Waterman, was burned to
death. He evidently tried to telephone
an alarm as his body was found on the
furnace below where the telephone was
stationed, with the receiver in one hand
as though the wires had been broken
from the receiver as ne fell. The tele-
phone company recorded a cali from the
greenhouse at that hour but could get
no rpSnOnSP.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
ENGINEERS TAKE TRIP.
Small Body of University of Wisconsin
Juniors Will Visit Milwaukee =
Plants in April. I

MADISON, Wis, March 1O.-[Spe-
ciaL Junior engineering students at the
University of Wisconsin will leave April
on their annual eastern trip in charge
Of Profs. II. ]. 3. Thorkelson, w. d.
Pence ard II. A Parker. Over 100
students are planning to take the trip,
which will include Buffalo, Niagara
Falls, Pittsburg and Chicago. Large
manufacturing and power plants will be
inspected by the engineers. At the same
time, a smaller party will visit the Allis-
Chalmers plant at Milwaukee and vari-
Gus industries in Chicago. A larger pro-
portion of students than usual will take
the eastern trip this year.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12

Fewer people can sit down comfort
ably to a sumptuous dinner knowing
that just around the corner is want
and hunger. Not only so, but it is be
ginning to be felt that it is ignoble to
enjoy serenely the higher forms OF
pleasure, those of literature and music
ard art, while hundreds of ones fel.
low mortals suffer for the bare necessi,
ties of life.-Rev. Anna G. Spencer, In
dependent, Providence.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
ALFALFA EXPERT HOME
Prof. Niels Ebbesen Hansen Returns from
Trip of Investigation Into Arctic
Regions of Siberia

LA CROSSE, Wis, March 10.-[Spe-
cial with three new varieties of Siber-
ian alfalfa, a clover that grows north
of the Arctic circle, immense varieties of
grapes from Turkestan and some 300
other lots of seeds suitable to the semi
arid regions of the west, Prof. Niels Eo-
besen Hansen. chief plant explorer for
the department of agriculture, has just
returned from a nine months trip into
lands rarely seen By civilized man and
has now rejoined his family here. Prof.
Hansen was the first man ever sent out
by the United States government on
such work The trip just concluded was
his fourth to European Russia and his
third to Siberia.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
Ensign of All Nations.

Christ cannot be thought of as be-
longing either to the Orient or the Occi,
dent-He is the ensign of all nations.
ana the African leaves his fetish. the
Chinaman his idol. to turn to Him. All
arts are inspired by the Christ thought
and all minds attracted by it.-Rev.
Bishop Galloway, Methodist. Savannah.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
MINERS ARE ENTOMBED.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March
1O.-The rescue of George and Jerry
Peterson. who have been entombed in a
tunnel of the St. Patrick mine Tor the
past forty hours has not yet been effect
ed. The rescue party is encountering
slides, due to the looseness of the sur
rounding ground. Air and nourishment
are still furnished the imprisoned men
through the pinch iron pipe.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
SAYS OLD FIANCE BROKE FAITH.
Alice Shaw, the Whistler, Asks 5000
from David HowelPs Estate.

CINCINNATI, O., March 10.-Mrs.
Alice Shaw, the famous whistler, has
directed her attorney to file a suit
against the estate of David Howell for
$4,000. Howell died in Hamilton, O.,
in January, 1907, leaving an estate val
ued at $4,000. Mrs. Shaw alleges
that years ago she became engaged to
marry Howell; that later he asked that
the engagement be broken, for a reason
which is not disclosed, and in return
for her promise not to marry any other
man he promised to leave her sum suf-
ficient to maintain her in comfort for
the remainder of her life. When his will
was opened it was found the only pro-
vision made for her was for the payment
of S25 a month during her life
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
PRESENT BIG PETITION,

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 10.-Be-
tween 1000 and 5000 persons assembled
in front of the state capitol during the
noon hour today to witness the presen-
tation of monster petition to Speaker
A. J. Rockne of the house, bearing 3d.
600 signatures urging the passage of the
Rowe bill which prohibits the establish
ing of a meat packing plant within five
miles of the state university and the
state fair grounds. The petition was
rolled on spindle and was as large in
circumference as an ordinary washtub.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
WILL ARREST CASTRO.
Taken Into Custody Upon His Re-
turn to Native Land

CARACAS. Monday, March (via
Willemstad Curacao, March 1O)-The
French government has sent cable
message to Senior Lorena, the Brazilian
minister here, who is caring for French
interests. announcing the approaching
departure from France for Venezuela
Of former President Castro and asking
what action Venezuela would take in
case he attempted to land. Senior Lorena
replied that inasmuch as Castro had
been criminalIy indicted in Venezuela
on a charge of conspiring against the
life of President Gomez, he would be
arrested.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
H, R. HELPER A SUICIDE.
Former Consul at Buenos Ayres Is Heart
broken Because Railway Dream
Does Not Materialize,

WASHINGTON, D. c., March g.
Heart-broken because his dream of hay
ing an international railway open to
commerce the fertile valleys of Central
and South America had never ma
teralized, Hinton Rowan Helper, for
mer United States consul at Buenos
Ayres. committed suicide here today.
His wife and children live in Chicago.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
SENSATION A MILD ONE,
Resolution to Ask for Bids for Penn
sylvania Bonds Only Startling
Thing at Meeting

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March g.
At today's annual meeting of the Penn
sylvania railway stockholders a reso-
luton offered by Moorefeld Storey of
Boston, an attorney representing a syndi-
cate of stockholders, to the effect that a
proposed issue of $SO,O0O,OO0 of bonds
ding by responsible banking institutions,
was referred to the incoming board Of
directors for consideration. This ended
what had been widely advertised as a
sensation to be sprung at the meeting.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
Son of Badger Jurist Dead.

PROVIDENCETOWN. Mass, March
1O-The body of William Dixon, son of
the late Judge Dixon of the supreme
court of Wisconsin, who came from his
home at Portage, Wis, suffering from
melancholia and entered q sanitariuIa,
was found on the shore here Wedpes-
day. 1t is believed that he comml1ed
suicide.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
SIX JAMAICANS DROWN.

PORT LIMON, Costa Rica, March 10.
Six Jamaicans were drowned in the
Reventazon river when the cage in
which they were being transferred
across the stream broke loose from the
cable. The apparatus was constructed
for the transfer of fruit.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
EIGHT KILLED; TOWN IN RUINS.
Fire Adds to Tornado's Ravages in Ar
kansas Village.

MEMPHIS, March ct is reported
that eight persons were killed, several
others seriously injured and practically
the entire town of Brinkiey, Ark, de-
stroyed by a tornado and subsequent
fire last night ihe last advices were
that the confagration was lie. ond con-
troll. and that tie entire town would
probably be destroyed.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
Tanitor Commits Suicide.

WHITEW ATER, Wis, March 10
Especial LEWIS Carpenter. janitor at
the city hall, committed suicide in the
basement of the building this morning by
shooting himself. Carpenter was 6S
years old and was a veteran of the Civil
war. He is survived by a wife and
three grown children.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
MUST FURNISH BIG BOND.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. March 10.
An appeal bond of 100000 will be the
basis on which writ of error for an
appeal to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States will be granted to the Stand
ard Oil company Of Indiana and the Re-
public Oil company of Ohio, according to
action taken by the supreme court of
Missouri today.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
STORM DELAYS TRAINS,

ST. PAUL. Mimi, March 1O-An
trains from Chicago, Omaha and Kan
sas City due here during the early hours
of the morning were marked from two
to FIVE hours late. This condition is
due to the storm which ragged in Wis
consin. southern Minnesota, northern
Iowa and South Dakota yesterday.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
Get Right,

It is not that you must get right
with God, but you must get right with
yourself and then of necessity YOU
are right with God If you are wrong
with yourself you are wrong with all
the world.-Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey.
Nationalist, Rochester.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
RETAIN HANGING LAW,
Minnesota Representatives Postpone In
definitely Bill to Abolish Capital
Punishment.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March BY a
vote of 35 to 81 the House of Represen-
tatives decided to postpone indefinitely
the Bendixen bill providing that here
after there should be no more hangings
in Minnesota. There were many speeches
made against the bill.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-12
WOMAN MAY SUCCEED COOLEY.
Chicago Principals in Campaign to Elect
Ella A. Young Superintendent.

CHICAGO, H., March 9-Chicago
will have a woman superintendent of
schools if a campaign now under way
by the woman principals results in vic
tory. The principals have combined to
have Mrs. Ella A. Young, head of the
city normal school, elected superintend-
ent to succeed e. G. Cooley, resigned.