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A, |. BARBER IS DEAD.
Head of So-Called Asphalt Trust Fig
ured Prominently in Trouble with
Venezuela.

NEW YORK, April 19.-Amzi l..
Barber, famous as the head of the Bar
her Asphalt company, and pioneer au-
tomobile manufacturer of America, died
at his home. Ardsley Towers, Ardsley on
the Hudson, Saturday night, of pneu-
monia.
Mr.. Barber leaves a widow, Julia
Langdon Barber, formerly of Washing
ton; two daughters, Mrs. S. L. Davis,
Jr.. of bridgeport Conn, whose husband
is president of the Locomobile company,
and Mrs Charles Vance of Washing,
ton. a widow. His estate is estimated
1T $5,00O,O00. ,
MIR. Barber was 60 years old. In 1901,
when the United States sent warshlps
70 Venezuela, the fundamental cause OF
ascension was q controversy between
President Castro and the Barber Asphalt
Company. 1t was alleged at that time
that the funds of the revolution were
was the head of the asphalt trust in
America.
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REJECTS CENSUS BILL
SENATE THROWS OUT REPORT
FROM LA TOILETTE.
Refuses Conferees' Recommendations Be-
cause of Failure to Include Nc
Cumber Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 20
By an aye and noe vote the Senate re-
jected the conference report on the CEN
sus bill because of the failure to include
the McCumber amendment requiring ap-
plicants for civil service employment to
reside in the states claimed by them as
their homes.
That the census office has in its employ
in one bureau the wife of a representa-
tive. the wives of two officials of the
war department and the wife of a prom
inent official in the treasury department
was the charge made today by Senator
McCumber in criticising the report.
Promotion" he said. seems to be al
most wholly for women who have bus
bands liz the departments. This is get
ting to be city of official families hold
ing position under the government"
"'Ninety per cent" said Mr.. McCum-
Der, ''of officials in the departments in
the city Of Washington are residents
Of this city, and the other 10 per cent.
may be said to be residents of the other
portions of the country. If we We're
to apply the rules Of apportionment to
the civil service the city of Washing
ton would have per cent. and the re
naming officials would be from the
states"
Mr.. McCumber urged the necessity Of
his amendment requiring actual resi-
dence by the applicant from state,
which was stricken out by the conferees.
Senators GaIlinger, Garter and Lodge
supported Mr.. McCumbers amendment.
Defending the conference report which
he had brought in, Senator La Toilette
declared that onethird Of the civil
service employees in this city had been
covered in by executive order and were
not subject to the law Of apportion-
ment
Mr.. La Toilette expressed the opinion
that the inequality of apportionment Of
civil service employees was exaggerated
and said that whatever the fault might
be Congress was to blame.
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OKLAHOMA MOB
LYNCHES FOUR
ALLEGED MURDERERS OF WEALTHY
CATTLEMAN TAKEN FROM JAIL
AND HANGED.
EXECUTION is WELL PLANNED.
Town Plunged Into Inky Darkness by
Cutting Wires Before Visiting
County Jail.
FEW OF THE MEN WEAR MASKS.

ADA, Ok, April 19.-At o'clock this
morning Il mob of 200 men stormed the
county Jail here and after overpoWerlng
the sheriff lynched four white men. The
lynched men are ]. B. Miller OF Fort
Worth Tex, charged with the murder or
A. A. BObbitt a wealthy cattleman OF
this section, and Z. E. Brown, Jesse
West and Joe Allen, alleged acOmphces-
The men who carried out the lynchlng
plot worked so carefully IN overpoWer-
ing the guard at the jail that the bodies
were not discovered until after daylight.
Allen and West are said to have been
wealthy ranch owners.
Miller, according to reports, was dis
closed as the murderer of BObbitt by
nephew who turned states evidence at
preliminary hearing Saturday. Inns
man said that his uncle shot Bobbltt
from ambush. Miller was arrested two
weeks ago IL Texas.
Miller, one of the victims, leaves a
wife in Fort Worth. He had killed SIX
men in his time and was a companion
OT the late Pat Gerrett. the famous man
hunter and slayer of Billy, the hid,
and was with Garrett when the latter
was killed at Las Cruces. The mob was
composed of many of the prominent clt-
uens Of the city and only few wore
masks.
The victims were taken to a barn
within Il short distance of the jail:
Bring a rope" the leader shouted and
one by one the men were brought out and
hanged.
Walter Peeler, aged II years, nephew
Of Miller, confined in the Jail for com
Ulicity i'll the murder, was not mOleSted
10y the lynchers. He turned states evil
dence a week ago and was being held as
a witness. The electric wires were cut
by the mob prior to the hanging and the
city was thrown into complete darkness.
Bobbitt was killed in February, 1909.
Near dusk he was driving in a wagon, a
few miles out. The shot which killed
him was fired from ambush. The assas~
sin mounted his horse and rode away.
The authorities allege that Allen and
West who were wealthy cattlemen of
Canadian, Tex, hired Miller to kill Bob
bitt, Burrell paying Miller the money.
Allen and West and Bobbitt were neigh
hors as ranchmen in Seminole county and
the trouble is alleged to have been due
to an old disagreement.
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TILLMAN MAKES
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 90
Senator Tillman of South Carolina
paid his first visit to the white house
today in about seven years and received
a cordial greeting from President Taft.
In his long official capacity, the senator
never before had called upon a Presi-
dent and his appearance today in the
executive offices created a sensation.
The senator walked to the white
house unaccompanied, but left with Sen
ator Beveridge of Indiana, riding to the
capitol with the latter in his automobile.
Booker r. Washington was waiting to
see the President when Senator Tillman
arrived The South Carolinian was
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CHRISTIAN DEAD 5000.

ONSTANTINOPLE, April 2O.-No
less than 5000 persons lost their lives in
the massacres that have been going on
in the vlayet of Adana during the past
eight days as a result of the outbreak of
Moslem fanaticism. Of this total 1000
were killed in the city of Adana, more
than 200 of the victims being Mosems.
This information was received in Con-
stantinople this morning through consul
lar channels.
Adana at present is quiet, but there
have been renewed attacks OH Christians
at Marash, in the vilayet of Aleppo,
about eighty miles northeast of AleXan-
dretta. The consular advices describe
the situation as extremely precarious.
The excitement at the port of AleXan-
dretta is intense, although the presence
of the British cruiser Diana at that port
is expected to have a tranquilizlng effect.
Disturbances are reported from II adj
jim, in the northern extremity of the
Adana vilayet, where large Armenian
community is counted upon to defend it
self vigorously.
BEIRUT, April 20. - Moslem fanati-
cism has broken out in the immediate
vicinity Of Alexandretta, and great ex-
element prevails in that district.
Houses in flames can be seen from the
streets of Alexandretta.
NEW YORK, April 2O.-American
missionaries at Mersina are safe, ac-
cording to cable dispatch received early
today by w. I. Miller, treasurer of the
board of foreign missions of the Re
formed Presbyterian church. The dis.
patch was from Latakia, Syria, and read
merely, "Mersina SAFE but this is re-
garded as satisfactory by Mr.. Miller
KENOSHA, Wis, April 20.-Grave
fears are felt here for the safety Of
Rev. Lucius O. Lee, Kenosha county
missionary, who is now at Marash in
Asiatic Turkey. DR.. Lee is the presi-
dent of the Presbyterian Theological
seminary at Marash and has been in the
missionary field for many years. He was
formerly at Adana but went to Marash
several years ago.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 20
An American named Baskerville, a
teacher in the Presbyterian boys school
at Tabriz, who had been accused of COM
plicity in revolutionary movements, was
killed in battle today, according to a dis
patch from Consul Doty at Tabritz. The
Presbyterian mission disavowed the acts
of Baskerville and he resigned from the
mission.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, April 19.-The
American vice consul at Mersina, John
Debbas, reports that the disorders at
Adana are quoting down.
The two American missionaries, d. NJ.
Rogers and Mr.. Maurer, were killed
Thursday afternoon, while attempting to
extinguish fire in the house of an aged
Turkish woman. They were shot dead.
The missions at Adana and Tarsus are
now receiving adequate protection. Mer-
sina is anxiously awaiting relief. The
killed at Adana are estimated at more
than 1000, but no particulars of the mas
sacre vet are available.
Disturbances have occurred also at
Marash. a city of about $4,000 people in
the vilayet of Aleppo and about 80 miles
northeast of AleXandretta. 1t is re-
ported that twenty persons were killed or
wounded there The authorities at
Marash behaved we'll and the disorders
soon were put down.
1000 Killed in Persia.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 19.-Ad-
vices to the Russ from Teheran report
a massacre of 1000 persons, including
women and children, by Turcoman
tribesmen at Astrabad. There is no
confirmation here of the massacre, but
the Russian government is sending a
detachment of troops to that place.
The city of Astrabad, in Russian Per
STA. recently was captured by reyolu-
tionsts. who. later, were routed by Tur-
CONAN tribeSmen.
Consulate a Refuge.
Inhabitants of the town and surround
ing villages took refuge in the Russian
consulate, but panic prevailed and a
massacre was feared. The population of
the city is 10000.
Reports of April Is stated that three
Russian gunboats had arrived at Astra-
bad bay.
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WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Shortly after the Senate met on the aS sT
1t agreed to a resolution of the HOUSE t asn
Ing that the tariff bill be returned 10 , Lna,
body so it might be amended to place oI npo o.
the free list the products Of, as Wen "a, o.
crude and refined petroleum The ,t Phii T wa:
soon returned to the Senate WIN e Cnl
amendment. The Presidents message to tb .
revision of the Philippine tariff so Ina ~
principle of protection might be appneu ~ ~
the industries of those islands and nd at trs ede
same time, in view of practical free toaus
with the United States. sufficient reVSGdn'
might be provided, was laid before the %" ~
ate and referred to the committee on tn nv
Philippines. Senator Bailey introduceff az az
amendment placing tax of 3 per GEM
incomes of over $4,000 annually, Wnlcnes eco ~
said, would provide revenue OF troIn %V ~,
100000 to $SO,OOO,OOO annually. SenatoG,
Aldrich announced that he would SPINE The
Senate at ITO O'Clock p. 10. ADJOURNED uN
til that time.
House.
The House was in session but ten MN
utes on the 18th. The principal business
transacted was the reception and reference
to committee of a message from the pres 81
dent transmitting the proposed tar.H re
vision law of the Philippine Islands. a. A.
1910 p. m. adjournment was taken un'n
Monday
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Immediately shown into Mr.. Taft's pri-
waite Office. The call was purely Of a
social nature, it was declared:
Il came" said Senator Tillman, ''to
see if the office-seekers had fried my fat
off the President, but they have not
fried a pound"
Asked why he had never visited the
white house in the past, Senator Tillman
replied:
mere"
It's not necessary to make a nine
dent Taft" said Mr.. Tillman after his
return to the capitol. 1--WE have always
been good friends and l have frequently
gone to see him as secretary of war.
Whether he has inherited his Office from
Roosevelt or been elected by the people
there is no reason for anyone to suppose
that he has inherited Roosevelt's mean
ness.
Mr.. Tillman said that he merely went
to the white house to say good morning
to the President and to express his
''gratifcation upon having a gentleman
there
Il have no favors to ask of the Presi-
dent and no advice to offer" said Mr..
Tillman. Il would have gone to see him
sooner had it not been for the fact that
| have been out of the city. l have TAX
en- the first convenient opportunity to
call on him."
While at the white house, Senator
Tillman saw Booker T. Washington for
the first time.
Il was very curious to see him. said
Mr.. Tillman, because it enabled me to
draw by own conclusions as to percent
age of white blood there is in him. 1t
is over one-half.''
Asked what impression he formed On
Washington, Mr.. Iillman replied:
Booker Washington is considered a
great negro and he has great intellectual
powers He has a jesuitical face. II
he had not been engaged with lot of
people about him, l should have gone
up to him and chatted with him. /
would like to discuss the race question
with Booker Washington. | would like
to ask him lot of questions.
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SEVEN KILLED IN MINE,
Gas Explosion Occurs IN Coal SHAFT at
Warnock, O.-Victims Were
Foreigners.

WHEELING. w. Va, April 10
Seven men are reported killed by gas
explosion in a coal mine in Warnock.
O.. twelve miles from here. The mine
had not been worked since Saturday
and the gas which had accumulated in
one of the rooms ignited just as the
men were starting to work at o'clock
this morning Another report says no
one was killed. but seven were injured,
several seriously. Nearly all We're for
rignCrS,
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BAKERY CLOSES DOWN,
Columbus CO., Plant Suspends Opera
tons Until the Price of Flour
Has Been Reduced.

COLUMBUS, O.. April 19-The Co.
lumbus Biscuit company today an
nounced that it had determined to close
down its bread department indefinitely
because of the price of flour. The COM
pany employs forty men in its plant and
has large trade with bakeries here and
in towns adjacent TO Columbus. The de-
partment will remain closed until the
price of flour comes down.
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tan railroad station, a man rushed up
to a little boy and stutteringly inquired
if he knew which train went to Pitts
burg. The boy looked at him a minute
and deliberately turned away without re-
plying and the man went on.
A by-stander walked over to the ooy
and asked him what had prompted him
to be so discourteous.
'I-I-I-I didn't w-wa-want him tu-tu-to-
lic-lick m-mm-m-m answered the
wise lad
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FIEND HANGS HIMSELF.
Mexican Who Killed Bride and Traced
Inscriptions on Body in Her
Blood a Suicide.

MONTEREY, Mexico, April 49,
Francisco Pardo of Galeana, who killed
his young bride and then covered her
body with vile inscriptions traced by his
finger in her own blood, committed sui
eide in prison yesterday by hanging
himself When Pardo married Miss
Romano Rodriguez, a terrific thunder
storm interrupted the ceremony and
superstitious friends predicted an unhap
py ending of the honeymoon.
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PASTOR ENDS HIS LIFE,
Razor While Preparing to Con-
duct Services

BOLCKOW, Mo, April 19.-Rev. ].
H. McCampbell, aged 60 years, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church here,
while preparing to conduct the morning
services Sunday, slashed his throat with
the razor. When found by his wife he
could not talk, but wrote a letter, saying
he feared he would have to quit the min-
istry on account of i'll health. He died
three hours later.
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DEAD IN ARMENIA
MASSACRE 1000
DISORDERS ARE NOW QUIETING
DOWN, VICE CONSUL AT MER-
SINA REPORTS.
COMPLETE DETAILS LACKING.
Missionaries from United States Are
Killed While Distinguishing Blazing
Home of Aged Woman.
TROUBLE STARTS AT MARAsH.
American Missionary Sends
Tragic Appeal for Aid.

BOSTON, Mass, April ia br1ef
cable dispatch, in effect cry for help
from the scene of the massacre at
Adana, Asia Minor, where D. NJ. Rog-
ers and Mr.. Maurer persisted, has been
received by the American board or
commissioners for foreign missions
here The message, tragic in It's brief
ness, is as follows:
Help, Adana.
CHAMBERS"
This was from Rev. William Cham
bers, the resident missionary OF the
board at Adana. Convinced that the
help requested must be prompt, Secre-
tary Barton notified the officials Of the
state department at Washington Of the
appeal.
1t is thought that there were upwards
Of fifteen missionaries connected with the
American board, gathered at Adana last
week for the annual conference OF the
Central Turkey mission.
The identity of the particular dele
gates is not known to the American
boards officers in this city, but among
the entire number of missionaries in
Central Turkey of whom some are
likely to have been in Adana, are the
following:
Miss Kate E. Ainslee of Ohio, Miss
Alice C. Brewer of Washington, niece
of Justice Brewer of the United States
supreme court; Miss Isabella NJ. Blake
) &C Vermont, Miss Ellen M. Blakely of
Winchendon, Mass; DR.. Thomas D.
, Christie of Hartford, . Conn, and his
wife; William n. Chambers of Canada
} and his wife, Cornelia P. Chambers of
Philadelphia, Fred F. Goodsell and his
wife. Lulu K S. Goodsell of San Fran
cisco, DR.. Lucius o. Lee of Owasso,
, Mich: Frederick W. McCullum and
Mrs. McCullum of Toronto, Canada;
Mrs. Margaret r. Trowbridge of
Brooklyn, and Miss Clara L. Peck of
} Chicago.
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Travel Anecdote.

A branch train Of a Kansas railroad
carried an old woman passenger the 9th
err day. who was very fidgety and nerv-
Gus and was continually Fostering the
conductor with questions.
(Which door do | go out?" she asked
of the conductor. as the train pulled into
the station where she wanted to get off,
$50 either way, madam replied the
ticket puncher Both ends of the car
stop.'-Kansas City Journal.
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Occasional Stammers.

He had appealed to the doctor for aid,
"Do you stammer all the time" asked
the man Of science.
'N-n-n-n-no,' he sputtered, 81 only ST
st-st-st-st-st-tammer when l t-t-t-t-talk.
Circle Magazine.
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mindedness have occasionally led him
into absurd mistakes. One day during
his last campaign, as he stepped from
the train at the station of his home town
after a month of stumping and glad
handing" his little daughter rushed up
to him and kissed him. The congress
man beamed upon her with proud and
tender parental eye.
'sWell, WELL" he exclaimed mechanical
", And how is your dear old father!
Bohemian Magazine.
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DELAY RATE DECISION.

WASHINGTON. D. c., April 49,
The cases brought by the government
against the coal carrying railways, in
volvinS the constitutionality of the COM
modities clause of the Hepburn railroad
rate law were not decided today by the
supreme court OF the United States The
decision has been expected for some
weeks
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Mastery.

Year after year an old farmer had lis
tened in grim silence to the trains thun-
dering by his land. Finally, one day,
his patience at an end. he dropped his
pillow and shook his fist at the passing
express.
'.Ye can puff and blow all We like, goi
durn ye,'' he cried, ''but I'm gong IL
ride We Saturday !'-Everyb Maya
zine
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Advertise in this paper, aid make you.
wants known to our home people, and
stImulste enterprise IN our vicinity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-23

The great Lick telescope will pick
out a star so small that it would require
10000 of them put together to be visible
the naked eye.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-23

The Organ Grinder-How's business!
The Scissors Grinder-Fine! I've never
seen it so dull-Cleveland Leader.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-23

Less than i per cent. of the world S
coal comes from south of the equator.
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Force of Habit,

A certain western congreSsman's
boundiess affability. and habitGal absent
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-23
Cause Of His Silence.

A few days ago, in a large metropoli-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-07
OBITUARY.
Joseph G. DavoII.

Joseph G. Davol, aged rs, died at
his home at Chestnut Hill. Friday
morning. He had been in failing
health for upwards of two years, but
had been confined to the house for
few months only. Valvular disease
of the heart is given as the cause of
death. He was born in Portsmouth,
r. l., October IL, 1888. While young
man he learned the trade of black
smith and had followed that and
farming all his life. In 1861 he NOV
ed to Chestnut Hill and built himself
a home and cleared the land for cul-
tivation. During the civil war he en-
listed in the Eighteenth Connecticut
regiment and served for some time.
Mr.. Davoll was member of Francis
S. Long post, No. 80. G. A. R.. of this
city.
Something over half century ago
he joined the Methodist Episcopal
church of this city and had been
prominently identified with many of
the church activities, holding various
offices.
There survive a widow, who. was his
fourth wife, and eight children, five
sons, Joseph G. DaVoll of New Bed
ford, Mass, Milo Davoll of Hartford,
Wilbert P. Davoll of North Windham,
Frederick p. Davoll of Willimantic,
and Frank "A. Dayon of New Britain,
and three daughters, Mrs. Willard E.
Fuller of Andover, Mrs. Horatio Cod
dard of Manchester and Mrs. Ella
Harper of Kingston Springs, Tenn.