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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
COW APPEAL Is DENIED
Circuit Court Refuses New Trial and
Formally Sentences Minister
to Prison.

Mexico, Missouri.-Clyde Cow,
the former minister held on the charge
of being implicated in the death of
Miss Elizabeth Gleason, in Elsberry,
Mo, a year ago, was formally SEN
fenced Monday afternoon to serve four
years in the penitentiary, the circuit
court having denied him a new trial.
Bond for appeal was filed and the case
will be taken to the supreme court.
Cow was released on a bond of $500
signed by H. l.. Pritchett, Luther Col.
lier, Edgar Laffoon and A. d. Cow, a
brother.
Cow did not have the buoyant spirit
of hopefulness that he had at the be-
ginning of the trial and his face Is
drawn and almost haggard. The wor-
ry and strain is beginning to tell on
him in a marked degree.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
OFFICERS BLOW A SAFE
High Sheriff to Face Burglary Charge
for Forcing Strong Box to
Secure Documents.

Honolulu, H. 1.-The latest devel-
opment of the complicated situation
which has grown out of the strike Of
Japanese plantation laborers and the
subsequent arrest of their leaders, is
a charge of burglary preferred by At
torney Joseph Lightfoot, who repre-
sents the accused men, against High
Sheriff William Henry and Attorneys
William A. Kinney and Mason Prosser,
counsel for the planters association.
The accusation grows out of the blow.
ing of the safe in the office of the Jill,
the radical Japanese newspaper, and
the seizure of books and papers belong
ing to Editor Sega and others, which
are alleged to have revealed a conspir-
acy among the leaders of the strike to
obtain control of the islands. The mat
ter is now being investigated by the
grand jury.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25

Residents of New York city are ask
ing why, in the face of the casualty
records of last year, and the growing
movement for a safe and sane Fourth
of July. the Gre commissioner of that
city has issued fifteen hundred permits
for the sale of fireworks. This is in
consistency worthy of note; although
even In cases where cities have rigid
ordinances against the use of fireworks
within their limits, dealers may be
permitted to sell fireworks to outsid.
ers who are not wise enough to heed
the lessons of experience. The way
to prevent the abuse of the privileges
is to limit the permit in these in.
stances to w~holesaling.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
MATS0N WINS AUTO RACE
DEFEATS SIXTEEN RIVALS IN
LIGHT CAR EVENT.
Boston Driver Maintains Average
Speed Of So Miles an Hour Over
232.74 Mile Course.

Crown Point, Ind.-The First honors
in the opening Western Wander
bilt" automobile races went to
Joseph Matson, who piloted a
Chalmers Detroit BLUE Bird" to a
brilliant victory over fifteen rivals.
The race was for light cars only for
232.47 miles and while Of great i'm
portance in itself, was generally con-
sidered as preliminary to the race of
the big cars for the Cobe cup over the
same course. Perfect weather and the
absence of any say the most trivial
injuries todrivers were fortunate cir
cumstances of the winning of the In
riana trophy by Matson.
The field numbered sixteen cars at
h start, the Ford and Reneault hav-
ing withdrawn. The leading trio fin
ished as follows:
Chalmers-Detroit (Matson) 4:31:21.
Locomobile (Robertson) 4:39:03.
Marion (Monsen) 4:42:O3.
The time of the other cars was not
taken as they were tagged off the
course after the first three had finish,
ed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
NAVAL DISASTER AVERTED
LINER CRASHES INTO BRITISH
NAVAL CRUISER.
Water Floods War Vessel, Extinguish.
ing Fires in the Boiler-Boat
Is Beached.

Dover. England.-A serious naval
disaster wa narrowly averted when in
a dense fog, the Wilson liner Sappho
collided with the British third-class
protected cruiser Sappho, off Dungeon
ness. The blow struck by the liner was
at an angle of the cruiser would pro-
badly have been cut in two. The liner
was unchanged and proceeded on her
voyage. The cruiser was seriously
damaged and has been beached here.
Gradually the water flooded the
cruiser, quenching the fires and ex-
tinguishing the electric lights. The
crew displayed remarkable discipline,
though the cruiser plunged badly in
the darkness until 2 o'clock in the
morning, when tugs arrived from
Dover. BY the aid of pumps and col
lision mats she was put in condition
to weather the trip to Dover, to which
port she was successfully towed and
beached in the naval harbor. None Of
the crew was injured.
Except for the fact that there was
no loss of life, the accident to the
war vessel bears marked resemblance
to the cutting down of the British
cruiser Gladiator by the American line
steamship st. Paul off the isle Of
Wight in April, 1908. On that occasion
the vessels were steaming through a
snow storm.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25

The speed test of the new scout.
cruisers Chester, Salem and Birming-
ham resulted in conspicuous victory
for the f~irst-named. which in a 24-hour
trip made IN average of 25.50 knots
per hour, her competitor, the Salem
reporting an average of 2454. The Of
fcers of the Chester assert she could
have done still better but for a slight
fault in one of her turbines, which
can be readily remedied, says the
Troy Times. The Birmingham dropped
out when the contest was half over,
some impairment to the machinery
rendering this necessary. But with
thorough tuning up" there seems to
be no doubt that the three vessels will
be valuable additions to ships of their
class, the function of which will be to
the sea and do it with alacrity.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25

The letting of the contract for con-
structing the railroad to run from
africa, Chile, to La Paz, Bolivia, is an
other striking indication of the prog
resi- made in uniting the three Ameri-
cas. The new line, to cost 5,000,.
900, will cross the Andes mountains at
a height of l 1000 feet above the level
of the sea and is to be part of the
longitudinal system which is to ira
verse practically the entire length of
Chile, 1900 miles or more. Aid it will
be an important link in hat enormous
ly greater system which in time will
make it possible to travel by rail from
the United States to the extreme of
South America. The late Hinton
Rowan Helper should have taken
heart of grace, seeing how rapidly his
idea was Undertaking..
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
TO AVENGE A PREACHER
PAsToR-JuDoE SLAIN TRYING TO
ARREST INTOXICATED MAN.
in Throat by Msrshal's Dog
Minister a Favorite.

Sumrall, Mississippi. - Rev. G.
McMellon, a Methodist preacher, is
dead, his slayer, Jack Bond, is in Jail
and Jerry Hall, son of a Baptist
preacher, whose escapade started the
trouble, occupies another cell, his
throat lacerated by a bull dog belong
ing to the town marshal.
The dog captured both prisoners
after a few hours of excitement in
which McMellon was killed, Bond en-
gagged in a pistol duel with Constable
A. G. Lott, and both Bond and Hall
were chased by Marshal G. T. Gates
and the dog.
Hall is alleged to have been intoxi.
Gated. McMellon met him on the
street and tried to arrest him. Bond,
a friend of Halls, tried to rescue him,
and when he found the minister-judge
was taking the prisoner away, is said
to have deliberately killed the parson.
Hall and Bond then tried to escape.
Constable Lott chased the pair.
Bond began firing at Lott and Lott re-
turned the fire, but neither was hit.
Marshal Gates and the los TOOK up
the chase. Bonds revolver was emp
ty. but he fought when the marshal
appeared and Hall joined with him.
The attack on Gates maddened the
dog and it sprang at the men.
Hall was knocked down and his
throat torn by the animal before the
marshal could call the beast off and
handcuff the prisoner. oBth seized
the opportunity for fight, but the dog
overlook and held him until Gates
could put handouts on him.
The town is aroused over the affair
and the jail is being guarded. Nc
Mellon was a great favorite here and
had been elected judge as a mark of
the esteem in which the people held
him.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
LEGAL STATUS OF The SCREAM.

In obtaining a legal determination
oil the value of q scream, Miss Grace
Reals of Chicago has performed a dis
tinguished service for her lex. Miss
Reals, who is an actress, sued a drug
gist for injury to her vocal chords, az
legged to have been caused through a
mistake in filling a prescription, and
has been awarded $4,000, says the
Pittsburg Gazette.Times. The jury
was told that in emotional roles,
when the villain became perniciously
active, Miss Reals had to engage an.
other woman to do the screaming for
her. The jury agreed that a cream.
less actress is sadly handicapped in
her art, but its verdict should afford
protection to women other than those
who follow the profession of the
stage. No woman can go safely and
happily through life without a scream.
From mice to burglars, there is a
broad variety of emergencies, each re-
curing its owns scream of peculiar
intensity. There are married men of
long experience who claim to be able
to tell from the one of a scream
whether there is a mouse in the re-
frigerator Or little Johnny has tumbled
into the well. The occupants of a
Kansas City fiat building were saved
from a horrible death by the scream
of a woman, which summoned the fire
department. Therefore, an impairment
of her vocal chords which interferes
with her natural screaming powers is
easily worth $4,000. In fact, the Chi
cago druggist who is to pay that sum
to Miss Reals may congratulate HIM
self on getting of so lightly.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Big funniest at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-Some 5000 Turn
ers from all parts of the country went
into camp here Saturday for the
annual funniest Of their national
organization, which will last ten days.
The Turner's must live and sleep in
tents while here and the people of
Cincinnati have erected a large tent
city that accords with the rules and
regulations Of the United States army.
1t includes so shower baths and am
pie kitchen accommodations.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
MONSTER HALL PLANNED
Chicago Structure to Have Seating
Capacity of $4,000 Including
Arena Space.

Chicago, Ils.-The largest conven-
ton hall in the country-three times
larger than Madison Square Garden
in New fork-has been planned for
this city, according to an announce
ment made by Harlow N. Higgin-
botham.
The building will be known as the
Ampitheatre and will have a seating
capacity, including the arena space, of
$4,000 persons.
1t will be elliptical in form and with
slight notifications will be a r~eproduc-
ton OF the Flavian ampitheatre in
Rome.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
BOTH PARTICIPANTS DEAL
Detective and switchman Engage in
a Pistol Duel--Both Were
Good Marksmen.

Louisville, Ky.-Frank Sliggers, a
railroad detective employed by the
Kentucky & Indiana Bridge and Rail-
road company, and w. T. Charles, a
switchman for the Illinois Central
Railroad company, engaged in a pis-
tol duel late Thursday afternoon,
which resulted in speedy death for
both. Earlier in the day, Charles had
engaged in a clash with an employee
of the Kentucky & Indiana company
when Charles and Sliggers met in a
saloon, they engaged in an alteration
which ended when they drew pistols
and shot each other to death.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Junior o. U. A. M. Change Ritual.

Detroit, Mich.-The National coun-
ell Junior Order of United American
Mechanics passed a resolution chang
ing the ritual of the order so that 1t
will contain three degrees. instead OF
one. A resolution was passed accept
ing the offer of the Tennessee state
council to donate grounds and build
ings for a home for old and INDECENT
members of the order. The institu-
ton is to be located in Tennessee and
its cost is estimated at $4,000.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
HAWAII STRIKERS DIVIDED
Japanese Union Resolve Not to Strike
But Present Statement Of Their
Demands to Planters.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS delegates from
the Japanese Union on the Island
of Hawaii, representing 5000 labor
ers, have just concluded a ses-
sion lasting four days and nights.
They resolved not to strike, nor help
the Oahu strikers, but to present a
statement of their demands and trust
to the fairness Of the planters. They
ask for a ten hour day at one dollar,
for time and a half for work over
time and on Sundays and for quarters
equal to those of the Spaniards and
Portuguese. These demands will be
presented to the planters %associa-
ton on Monday.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
NEGROE STAYS BRAKEME EN-
During an Alteration OF Freight
Train Brakemen Are Shot
Murderers Caught.

Des, Moines, Iowa.-An unknown
negro shot and killed Brakemen Lee
G. Warner and Alva c. Brechtell,
both of Boone, during an alteration
on a train at Vail.
Conductor Mccartney found the two
men, one dead and M dying, on an
oil car in the rear of the train.
A posse was formed and is searching
the country for the assailant. Ten
negroes have been taken and are be-
ing held at Westside and Boone for
identification.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
ENGLAND LIFTS BEEF BAN
Government Orders 100000 Pounds,
In Cans, From American
Packing Firm.

Chicago ,Illinois.-That the British
government has raised entirely it's m
barge on American beef was indicated
Tuesday by the announcement by Ar
other order for 1000, 900 pounds of
corned beef to be delivered to the
British government in October.
This is the second big order the
company has received since the beef
scandal" four years ago.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Standard Fight Cost Mo. ~s17,t7s.14.

Jefferson City.-The cost Of prose-
cutting the Standard OIL case in the
Missouri supreme court was $17,179.14,
and the clerk of the court will certify
that amount to the Waters-Pierce OH
Co. for payment. 1t has not appealed
from the judgment. and hence the
final Judgment has gone against it.
and It is liable for all the costs. The
Standard and the Republic companies,
have appealed to the supreme court
of the United Staten.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
LIQUOR CAUSED DOWNFALL
Oregon Murderer on Gallows Delivers
Temperance Address-"keep
Liquor Down."

Salem, Ore.-Adolf N. Nodstorm,
convicted of the murder Of John
Peterson. foreman of a railroad
construction gang last February, was
hanged here Friday. Nordstrom, on the
gallows, gave a temperance address,
saying:
Keep liquor down; people, If you
can am not the first nan to be hang.
ed on accoun of it. l I'm sorry for
what have done and wish God would
save my soul. God bless all Of you.
Good by"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
P FIRST AUTO RIDE
Plus Enjoys Whirl About Vatican
Grounds in Present Made by
Americans.

Rome, Italy.-The Pope enjoyed
his first automobile ride Tuesday. 1t
was taken in the vatican gardens in
a handsome touring car, presented to
his Holiness by the American Cath
olics.
The car arrived Tuesday morning
and shortly after the pope expressed
his desire to take a turn through the
garden in it.
After riding about the gardens Of
the vatican, the pope left the machine
and the chauffeur took it into the
streets, where the crowds gathered
and admired the car.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
MILlTlAMAN BEING TRIED
Stabbed 16-Year-oId Boy With Bay
onet While Trying to Board a
Special Train.

Paxton, Il.-Introduction of testi-
mony began in the trial of Joseph
B. Klein, Of Chicago, a private
in Company A, First regiment. H.
linois National guard. Klein is charged
with the murder of Earl Nelson, 16
years old, who was stabbed to death
at Kankakee on August Is, 1908, with
a boyonet, while trying to board a
special train in which troops were 60
ing from Chicago to Springfield to
quell the race riots.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Aales Bar Lock In Use.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-The great lock
and dam constructed at Hales Bar, II
miles from the city, which has been
in course of construction for three
years, and cost more than s $4,000, 900,
has been put into commission. The
construction OF this lock and dam
results in making the Tennessee river
navigable to Chattanooga the year
around. The plant develops $4,000
horse power.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
St. Joseph suburb Flooded.

st. Joseph.--A heavy rain flooded
Hyde park and Skeeterville, in South
st. Joseph. A creek 200 yards south
Of Browns branch, a large stream.
overlooked and, meeting the waters
OF the larger stream, swept through
the suburbs. flooding Easements Of
more than 100 homes, washing trees
away.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Eeudist surrsnders.

Meadowville, Miss.-Virgil Farr,
who, with w. L. Boyd, is alleged to
have first fired upon A. M. Newman In
last Mondays deadly street duel here.
came into Hamburg, this county, and
surrendered to the authorities.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
French Schooner Wrecked.

San Francisco, Cal.-News Of the
wreck of the French trading schooner
Tannari-Tahiti, IN a storm which
swept the south e a several weeks
ago was brought by the steamer
Maripose, arriving from Tahiti. The
eight members of her crew were re-
scued.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Runaway Boy Killed.

Sedalia, Missouri.--Ernest, the
~12-year-old son of Frank Robinson, a
Missouri Pacific employee, ran away
from home. a month ago. Nothing
was heard of him until a dispatch was
received by the father from Milan.
Mo, saying the boy was killed by be-
ing kicked by a horse.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Shoots Wife and Self.

New York City.-Richard Beffey,
a young Brooklyn steamfitter in
a fit Of jealousy shot his wife.
Margaret, Is years old. mortally
wounding her and then sent two bull.
let's from the same revolver into his
head and the other into his heart.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Hartman Goes to Mountains.

Vienna, Italy.-The condition Of
Il. H. Hartman is reported as good.
Accompanied by the members of his
family, he will leave Vienna in a mo-
tor car for the Semm ering, the noun
tain resort, about so miles frfom the
Austrian capital. The members of the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
chIoroform Caused Death.

Chicago.-Chloroform, administered
externally, caused the death of Mrs.
Nora Clemenson, wife of DR.. Haldane
Clemenson, of this city, May 81, ac-
cording to an official report made to
Coroner Hoffman.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25

Denison, Iowa-Two negroes, Henry
Clark and Chesley Hubbard, both of
Omaha, are in jail here. After a
sweating" each charged the other
with firing the shoN which killed
Brakeman Lee c. Warner at Vail.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
rrainlno ship'e L.ono Cruise.

Horta, Island Of Fayal, Azores
The United States training ship
Ranger has arrived here from Boston,
having sailed from that port on June
z. she carries about 100 boys and will
make a $4,000 mile cruise.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25

The Young Turks want the moral
support Of the United States. Turkey
is certainly progressing when the
country. or any part of it, comes to
recognize the value of moral support
and the inadequacy of periodical mas
sacre and summary executions to
bring about a and harmony with
popular support Of the government.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Blaze at centraIia, III.

Centralia, Illinois.-A business
block on South Locust was burned
early Tuesday morning. The total
loss is estimated at 100000 only par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Sultan to Tour Europe.

London. Eng.-Mehemed ", the
sultan of Turkey, will start on a tour
of the European courts in the autumn
according to the Standard. He will
arrive in England In December.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Train Runs Down indian.

Moston, Mass.-Chief Plenty Horse,
a Sioux Indian, 80 years old, connect
ed with a Wild West show, was killed
by a train at the South station. He
was from the Pine Ridge agceny and
married.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
70 search for Explorer's BODY.

Copenhagen. Denmark-The govern
ment expedition under Captain Elmar
Mikkelson, the Arctic explorer, sailed
aboard the Danish steamer Alabama
for Greeland. to search for the bodies
Of the Erickson party.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Ten Killed by LiohtnInu.

vienna.-Great los OF life and dam.
age to property have been caused in
the Sanok district by thunder storms.
Many houses have been struck by
lightning and the occupants killed.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Northcotte euys Coal Lands.

Winnipeg, Man. Lord North
cliffe of London has purchased
for s 2,00O,00 valuable coal lands 12c
miles southwest OF this city.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25
Gold BY the Ton.

Seattle. Wash.--Six and q half
tons of Virgin gold, valued at
SO, 200, 600, the largest single shipment
ever tent from Alaska, arrived on the
steamer Jefferson from juneau.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-06-25

The Japanese government, It is re
ported. has dropped the sugar scandal
for fear OF getting Into a sweet
mess.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-21
ASK SUSPENSION OF
 COURT MANDATE

Mobile, Ala, April :.'.-t.. l.. Sn1it5. attorney for the Louisville & Nash vile railroad, said of the next st 2:1s in Jhe rate case.
 'fhe Louisville & Nashville Ra l. road company, the South X North ar:i the Nashville, Chattanooga X St Louis railroads, and I presume all other railroads interested in the rate cases, will apply for a suspension oi the Issuance of the mandate of the circuit court of appeals, until tlsy can have an opportunity to apply t. the supreme court of the United State & for a certiorari to review the decision ei the circuit court of appeals in these cases