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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10
Tickle Weather

The hckleness Of March weather was
illustrated last Thursday by the blizzard
and Saturday by the snow storm.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10

wantsd--old fleece, rsils. Apply
20 Iasxlssssn Bakery. Hsnsg H. :
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10

/ Ladies' $500 Shoes, Cut Price,
laa,Yo, 0Faham b Ce,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10

wanted-Old fence rails. Apply
tn t.exirgton Bakery, Henry st.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10

Wanted-Old fence rails. AprY
to Lexington Bakery, Henry St.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10
Health Officer Makes Report to
Town Council

Health Officer Makes Report 10
Town Council
DR.. Robert Glasgow, health Of
ficer for Lexington, submitted his
annual report TO the Town Coun-
Gil last Thursday night on vital
statistics for the year ending
March /, 1909. The report 's
con tined strictly to the corporate
limits of Lexington and assumes
the population to be 3,SOO-2,ooo
whites and 1900 colored.
There were 40 deaths during the
year. OF these "a were white, III
males and IA females; % colored,
Q males and 16 females. Three
deaths (white) were non-resldents'
The average death rate was 80 81
S3 for one THOUSAND Of population;
For whites, l01 for one thousand
and for colored, 10 3-l3 for one
thousand.
There were 81 births during the
year. The whites mum Der 2l-i2
males and II females, 3 male
and 2 females) etill born. Ire
colored numbered PAL males
and IL females. 2 l male and
not reported) stillborn.
| There were Is Infectious dis
eases reported during the year
as follows: Typhoid fever .
one death. Dipbtheria, 5;no deaths
Scarlet fever, / no deaths.
AS compared with other town
the death rate of Lexington u
small.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10
MANY Wome a Praise This Remedy

II you have pains in the back, Url,
nary Bladder or Kidney trouble, ana
want a certain, pleasant herb cure ior
woman's Ills, try Mother Gray's Aus
tralian- Leaf. 1t is safe ana never
failing regulator. At Druggists OF oy
mail so cts. sample package FREE; Ao-
dress. The Mother Gray Co., Leroy
n. Y.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
Aliens Foot-Ease. powder IL
cures painful, swollen, smaftng' net.
ycus feet aud Instantly takes 'ne SUNG
ont of corns ard bunions ana makes
waking easy. try it today, ooid
everywhere. sample FREK: Address,
.lltn s. Olinsttu, Leroy, n. Y.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-10

q am the Largest dealer in STRA"
MATTINGS in this section
sInow have in stock and on the way
for pring over 225 rolls
sIam direct shipper from both
China and Japan. Besides showing a
larger assortment can save my custo'
mers money on their purchases The
quantity | buy enables ME to do this
q Always carry a nice stock of RUGS
and other floor coverings
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
CORPORATION TAKES ESTIMATED
Thirty.Nine Concerns Would contri
butte s5,o0o,oo0 Revenue.

New York, June 25.-Based on re-
cent reports of their earnings, thirty.
nine leading industrial corporations Of
the country would contribute approxi-
mately s5,00o,000 to government rev.
enues under the proposed plan of levy
ing per cent tax on net incomes.
These thirty-nine corporations would
of course, contribute a comparatively
small amount of the money which
would be obtained by the government
through this source, most of which
would come from the great railroad
corporations.
of the Industrial concerns. the
Standard Oil Company would be the
largest contributor, paying $1,200,000,
according to calculations based on
the largest report Of earnings avail.
able. The United States Steel con
poratton would come next, with 1884,
s57, and the American Tobacco Com
pany third, with s385,433. The Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany would pay in $362,434, and,
aside from the companies mentioned,
the annual tax in every other case
would be under 100000. Half dozen
concerns would have to pay between
100000 and 100000, and the tax on
the remainder would be less than
100000 each. ....
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
STREET CAR STRIKE OFF.
Expensive Tie-up at Pittsburs Ended
after Two DAYS.


Pittsburg, Pa, June 2S.-At 1890
O'Clock tonight, the street railway
strike, which has cost the city of
Pittsburg over 100000 in two days.
was officially declared to be at an
end. In the private offices of Mayor
William A Magee articles were signed
by the officials of the Pittsburg Rail-
way company and an executive COM
mittee from the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Street and Electric Railway
employees, which will for years to
come prevent another tie up of the
400 miles of street railway tracks in
and about Greater Pittsburg and Allie
gheny county.
The strike, it developed tonight,
was the outcome of sbut two points Of
difference between the car company
and the motormen and the conductors,
one being the alleged neglect upon
the part of the car company to short
en- the long Swing runs and the
other of the refusal of these railway
officials to reinstate discharged men
without proper hearing.
With slight notifications an agree
ment, allowing the discharged men a
proper hearing before the superind-
ents and the assurance Of the car
company that the secretary will short
en- Swing runs" fifty per cent, was
drawn up and signed. g..
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
sALL'NeER TO STUDY WEST.
Will Look Over Government Projects
and Report to Taft.

Chicago, June 26.-Secret9ry of the
Interior Richard A. Ballinger is on
his way to the west, where he will
spend the summer in study of gov
eminent irrigation projects and other
works of the department. Mr. Bal
linger was entertained here by F. w.
Upham and w. D. Hayward, secretary
of the Republican national committee.
"The president has sent me into the
west that might become more fully
acquainted with the processes Of the
reclamation SERVICE" Mr.. Ba1linger
said, land that might be able to
make such notifications in it's admin
istration as may be necessary to pro.
gress Of the work and keep it within
the legitimate scope Of the law and
also the report the facts to him.
There already is approximately
$50, 100000 invested in this govern
ment enterprise and many millions
more will be invested ont of the re.
cefpts from the disposal of public
lands. want to study at first hand
the necessity for further extensions
as well as the undertaking OF new
projects"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
Bishop cotter Dead.

Winona, Mimi, June 2s.-Right Rev.
Joseph B. Cotter. aged IS, head of the
Catholic diocese of Winona, Mimi,
which is comprised of the entire south
ern half of the state, died at his home
here at / o'clock this morning, of a
complication of heart trouble and
Bright's disease.
In the early sos he was for several
years president of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America. In 1887
he was temperance lecturer, visiting
practically every state east of the Mis-
sissippi. AS a result of his Abors he
secured about 10000 pledges for total
abstinence.
Bishop Cotter was one of the lead
ing Catholic workers in the Northwest
and was figure in the councils of the
Roman Catholics throughout the union.
Hundreds of priests will attend che
funeral.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
Jurors Engage in Scrap Among
Them,elve, Before Return
|. Made
EASTMAN HAD GREAT DREAD Of Pen
Little Maryland Hamlet Sinks Back
to Old Level After Nine Days
Wonder.

st. Mlchaels, Md, June 28.-With
the compromise verdict of the cor
oners' jury that Robert e. Eastman
either killed or was an accessory to
the murder of Edith May Woodill,
and the declaration of States Attor-
ney Taylor that he was through with
the case, the strange tragedy which
has for nearly week focused the
eyes OF the entire country upon this
little out-of-tke-way hamlet of Mary
lands famous eastern shore, became
a closed incident today.
Four of the twelve jurors, who list
ened to the testimony at the reopen
ed inquest, refused to sign the YER
dict unless the words cor accessory
TO- were added to the draft which
was opposed by the majority. None
of the four dissenting Jurors would
say that any other person than East
man was responsible for the girls
death. They merely wished to pro-
test, they said, against the manner
In which the inquiry was conducted,
declaring that much available evil
dence was not adduced.
The final theory Of the authorities
Is this: That Eastman was in need.
OF money; that he probably had been
getting money from Mrs. Woodill for
some time; that he undoubtedly
knew something of her past life and
that he had been blackmailing her;
that he attempted to continue this
practice and that the woman rebelled.
in'timating that she too, had found
out certain things about Eastman
and that if driven to it would expose
him.
Eastman's dread of serving term
in the penitentiary is we'll known.
His wife has said that he told her
that he would rather commit suicide
than be confined in prison. The
pawning of the jewelry, the authori-
ties set DOWN to the desire of East
man to get away.
When cornered the man decided
that his race had been run and that
he had better make an end of it all.
AS to why Mrs. Woodill went to
the bungalow there was no evidence.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
STARR BREAKS LOOSE AGAIN.
Chicago University Professor Make,
His Periodical Bid for Notoriety.

Chicago. June 25.-'Womea are bar.
barians and savages."
This is the estimate placed on the
fair sex by Professor Frederick Starr,
of the University of Chicago, in an ar
ticle in the July number of the Red
Book.
Can anyone, anywhere, actually
point out a single frst-class achieve.
ment in literature, in art, in science,
by woman?" he asks.
woman lives in an old, old world.
She thinks the old thoughts, feels the
old impulses. dresses in the old gee
gaw; she is thrilled by the old
worlds hopes and fears. The child,
Of course, is the oldest of human be.
ings; the woman is next nearest to the
childhood. and the priest comes third.
She will continue to be better
picture of the savage than man.s
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
PERSONAL.

Johann Salvador, son of Leopold IL
and cousin of the emperor of Austria,
was found working for SIS week in
a factory at gainesville, o.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Day
ton, O.. aviators, returned from
Europe.
Former Vice-President Fairbanks
sailed from Honolulu for Japan.
Charles A. Willard of Minneapolis
was appointed by President Taft to
the place on the federal bench made
vacant by the resignation of Judge
Purdy.
John Fleming, 72 years old, who dis.
sipated fortune in dress, was made
an inmate of the county poor farm at
Eaton, o. He gained fame by substi-
tuting gold coins for buttons.
Count" Louis Hamon, better known
as "Cheiro, the palmist," has been
sentenced to l3 months Imprisonment
in Paris and has been ordered to make
restitution to Count Festetics of Hun
gary of nearly 100000, the proceeds
of an alleged swindle. Gheiro. who is
supposed to be in London, some years
ago was palmist in Chicago.
G. w. Caldwell, an attorney Of Co.
lumbus, hid. sought to GUST Secretary
Of State Knox by quo warranto pro.
ceedings.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
MRS. HOWARD GOULD FREE.
One More Scandal in High Life Wiped
OF the Docket.

New York, June 26.-Justice BOWL.
ing granted Mrs. Howard Gould a
separation from her husband and ALI
mony Of $4,000 a year.
Justice bowling, in his decision, said
that all the evidence was in favor Of
Mrs. Could, and that the conduct Of
Mrs. Gould when she was alleged to
have been intoxicated might have
caused by excitement.
The justice disposed of the allega-
lions concerning Mrs. Gould's meet
hgs with Dustin Farnum by saying
that they all occurred since Mr.. and
Mrs. Gould separated. and that Mr..
Gould had never objected to them. A
stay Of thirty days in execution of the
judgment vas GRANTED.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
k'ulMBtRlosE lUNBIRH
FINANCE COMMITTEES FIGURES
AeoPTEo ~ ovERwHELM.
ING VOTE.
Mecumbse Makes Unsuccessful Fiahe
to Rsducs outy-Iittls Hope
Of Conference Making Any
Further Reduction.

Washington, June 24.-Middle west.
ern agitation for q reduction in the
lumber tariff made final feeble
splash in the senate yesterday and
then gave up the ghost when the fin
ance committees schedule on lumber
was adopted by vote of/50 to %.
The first vote today was on an
amendments by Senator McCumber
proposing a rate of 81 per 1000 on
sawed lumber instead of the rate de-
ccided upon by the finance committee,
which was $3.50 per 1000. The COM
mittee was sustained-44 to "a.
OF the affirmative votes, ten only
were cast by Democrats-Bankhead,
Clay, Davis, Gore, Hughes. Johnston.
McLaurin, Overman, Paynter and Till
man. Republicans who voted in
support of the amendment we're Bever-
idge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Burton,
Carter. Clapp, Crawford, Cummings
Curtis, Gamble, La Toilette. McCumber
and Nelson. The Democrats voting
against the amendment were Bacon,
Bailey, Chamberlain, Fletcher, Foster.
Martin, Money, Simmons, Smith, of
Maryland. Taliaferro and Taylor.
Finished Lumber Also.
Senator McCumber followed his dc.
feat on the rough lumber matter by
offering an amendment, the effect of
which was to lower the duty on the
various grades of finished lumber.
He said he was trying in his
amendment to make the differentials
bear as near a relation to the finished
product as possible. The differentials
proposed in his amendment, he said,
would still be So per cent higher than
the actual cost, and therefore would
provide ample protection. at the same
time affording some relief to the con.
sumers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
LAW ENFORCEMENT PARADE.
100000 Foes Of Liquor wilt Fall Into
Line at Chicago.

Chicago, June 24.-Foes Of liquor
trafac hope to have 100000 persons in
line in the temperance and law en-
feroement parade on September 25.
The general committee is making
strenuous efforts to obtain the coop
Grafton of every evangelical church,
young peoples societies, temperance
and law enforcement organizations,
Sunday schools, colleges and the uni.
vefsities. The intention. If possible,
is to make it the biggest parade in the
interest of any reform that the world
ever has seen.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
BRIEF news NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
most IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THEWoRLD
Complete Review of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts Of
the GIobe-Latest Home and For.
eian Items.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Senator Aldrich ordered the senate
finance committee to reduce the duty
on window glass.
The health department Of the Dis
trict of Columbia has issued an order
barring ROSTERS from Washington.
Representative Cooper of Wiscon.
sin, who was one of the leaders OF the
insurgent movement in congress, will
not, it is said, be reappointed chair
man of the insular affairs committee.
President Taft sent a message to
congress urging an amendment OF the
law under which Porto Rico Is gov
erned.
Frank B. Kellogg, the trust buster"
denied the report that he had told the
president he intended to quit the gov
eminent service.
President Taft declared himself In
favor of Fairgrounds for children IN
all cities.
The bureau of statistics issued a
report at Washington showing that IN
the value of imports and export trnde
conditions of the world would show
decline compared with last year. This
Is attributed to the reduction in prices
in many places.
Representative Moore Of Pennsyl
vania has introduced bill In con-
gress to make October IL. the an
niversary of the discovery OF America
by Columbus, legal public holiday
The first vote on the tariff bill IN
the senate was on the lead schedules
which were adopted.
Senator Cummins of Iowa said the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill it passed
would cause political contest for an
other revision.
Mr.. Murphy of Missouri, following
speech in the house, renewing MS
charges against Judges Philips and
Mcpherson of the federal bench, SAD
he would file impeachment proceed
ings against the jurists.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
HARTMAN Is OPTIMISTIC.
Says He Will Live Longer Than Most
Of His Enemios.

New York. June 24.-E. H. Harri.
man Is quoted in q special cable from
Vienna az saying:
II know there are many persons in
New York, who would be glad to learn
that I was dead. but intend to live
longer than most Of them. I. have
onlya slight attack OF rheumatism and
! know shall be ali right after fsw
weeks q the semmering baths"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
IS CAUGHT N NINE EXPLOSION
THREE DEAD, elk DYING u LET
OF VICTIMS ACCOUNTED ron
THUS FAR.
Imprisoned Miners May Meet Death
In Flames-PoIsoneus Fumes Of
After Gas Drive Back Squad
Of Rescuers.

Wehrum. Pa. June 24.-Sixty.five
men are entimbed in a mine of the
Lackawanna Coal & Coke Company,
where an explosion occurred and it
is now feared that they may be burned
to death.
Three miners are dead. five or six of
the workers are fatally burned and
twenty-five are badly injured.
Shortly after noon word was sent to
the Cambria Steel Company at Johns.
town to forward with all dispatch to
the mine at Wehrum all the oxygen
tanks the company might have in its
possession.
Black damp has been increased to
such an extent in the mine that the
work of the rescuers is being seriously
hampered.
Fires are Raging.
The company was also asked to send
assistance for the purpose of fighting
the flames, which has been asserted as
raging shortly after noon in the vari-
Gus parts of the mine.
The explosion occurred in what is
known as the first lift" of the main
heading.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
GENERAL News

Capt. Peter G. Hams was found
guilty Of manslaughter in the first de-
gree following his trial for staying
William e. Annis.
Twenty men were reported drowned
wien launch sank in the Ohio river
near Pittsburg.
Two Chicago women drove hacks
in funeral professions. taking the
places Of striking carriage drivers.
Six thousand postal employees OF
Paris went out on strike when the
chamber of deputies delayed action on
their demands.
]. e. White was arrested at Vim.
cennes. Ind, charged with attempting
to kidnap Willie Hamilton, son of q
contractor.
William H. Schantz of Hastings,
member Of the Michigan legislature.
was attacked by an assassin who
slashed his throat with a razor.
The destroyers Barry, cambridge,
Decatur and Dale, conveyed by the
auxiliary cruiser Rainbow, will depart
from Manila for China Saturday en-
route to, join the Third division of the
Pacific squadron
In default Of payment Of hotel bill
IN Paris, France. the trunks and cloth
ing Of Princess Louise of Belgium
which have been seized. will be sold
On accordance with q court order.
President Taft got something in his
eye" and called IN an occulist who
forced him to wear q shield.
State conventions Of the Knights o,
Columbus were held IN Appleton, Wis.
and Chicago. III.
John Bradley was found guilty O
murder IN the nrst degree In Kenosha
Wis, Tor killing Clifford L. Smith,
Libdtysilis en-, contractor. On Jun'
Il - .,,.....s....
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
NEW TOWN ON 500 LINE.
Elevator Already Erected on Site Sc.
iected in Walsh County.

Grafton, N. D., June 2s.-Karl J..
Karup, Of Park River. has surveyed
the site for new town ia Medtord
township, on the 500 railroad in the
soath central part of this county. An
elevator has been erected by the At.
lantic Elevator Company.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
BOMB THROWN; TWO MEN HURT.
Saloon Is Wrecked and Damage Of
$4,000 Is Done by Explosion.

Chicago, June 26.-Another bomb,
dhe thirtieth of a mysterious series
during the last two years, wrecked the
saloon of Manning & Bowers at 321
State street, causing a loss Of $685.
0O0 Windows in a department store
and restaurant were shattered by
the explosion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
mANKATO has :.
LATEST MURDER
REMAINS OF II. j. LEADeEATER
FOUND ON FARM NEAR MAN.
kATo, MINI.
BURIED FOR TWO MONTHS
Hired Man, Party to Crime, ls Forced
to Witness the Discovery, Then
confesses, Declaring Wife Of
Victim Did The Killing.

Mankato, MIMI, June 28.-While
Frank Smith, hired man, protested
that the body of his former employee,
would not be found, posse, search
ing for H. ]. Leadbeater, farmer
who disappeared from his home three
miles out Of this city two months ago
found the mutilated form of the miss
ing farmer buried three feet deep in
a potato patch, not ten feet from the
identical spot on which Smith stood.
Smith, according to the authorities
has confessed, duplicating Mrs. H. J.
Leadbeater, wife of the murdered
man, claiming she killed her husband
while he was asleep, and Charles
Swandt, brother-in-law of the victim
who is said to have helped the hired
man dispose of the body. Smith, Mrs
Leadbeater and Mrs. Charles Swandt,
sister of Mrs. Leadbeater, are under
arrest. While Swandt is not in the
vicinity, a warrant is out for his ar.
rest. which is expected to take place
this morning in Minnesota. The ex-
act place was not revealed.
Love for Another Man.
Love for another man is the motive
forwarded by Smith as the motive of
the murder by the wife. Deputy Sher-
if Gates Phillips, who has charge of
Smith, says that the latter confessed
to him that Mrs. Leadbeater MUIR
dered her husband on the night of
May 4. between 10 and II o'clock.
He claims the woman was in love
with another man from whom she had
received an engagement ring before
marrying Leadbeater.
To fulfill her promise to this man,
Smith says, the woman, who is 80
years old (the husband was $50 de-
cided to get Leadheater out of the
way, Smith. Swandt and Mrs. Swandt
are said to have taken sides with Mrs
Leadbeater and to have assisted in
every possible way to cover up the
details of the crime.
Another motive is that there had
been a family quarrel, resulting from
the sale by Swandt of stock of
goods which he had traded for farm
owned by Leadbeater in Iowa. He
squandered the proceeds and failed
to make an accounting to Leadbeater.
1t is possible, the authorities be-
lieve, that Swandt killed the man to
settle this debt, and that Mrs. Lead
beaten, Mrs. Swandt and Smith helped
to conceal the murder.
Still another motive put forth by
Smith, is a promised marriage to
Smith If the husband was gone. The
prisoner claims the woman had tried
to poison her husband two or three
times before, promising that she
would marry him.
She was confronted by Smith late
yesterday afternoon, but she refused
to talk.
Following the disappearance of
Leadbeater, who was a prominent
farmer, the enkre country became
aroused and suspicion at onoe pointed
toward Smith. Nothing was done in
the matter, however. until Richard
Leadbeater, a brother, of Hayward,
Wis, came to Mankato several days
ago and started systematic search
for his brother.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02
wRIeHTs POSTPONE FIRST TRIP
Though Senate Had Adjourned to Wit
ness Flight.

Washington, D. c.. June 2S.-Ow-
ing to strong wind prevailing this
afternoon the Wright Brothers failed
to make their expected initial aero
plane flight OF the year at Fort Myer.
Although the senate had set aside
the tariff bill to allow its members
to witness a fight of the aeroplane,
and together with some several thous-
and others sizzled in the hot sun on
the Fort Myer drill ground the Wright
Brothers decided that the wind was
too strong and too uncertain for a
fight with new, untried machine.