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The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
USES AK ON WHITE MAN.
'POssum Hunt in Bedford Ends In
Serious Quarrel.
Special 10 The Washington Herald.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Lynchburg. Va. oct. 30-Charles w.
NOEL. aged twenty-one a farmer. living
near Colfax, Bedford County, fifteen miles
from Lynchburg. was assaulted last night
about midnight by Thurman Spinner.
colored. and he was probably MORALLY
wounded with an AK II IS not thought
NOEL can survive the night.
The men IN company with others had
been 'possum hunting and were returning
home. when the negro struck NOEL IN
the head. The negro was captured and is
now In the county jail at Bedford city.
The men had had a slight misunder-
standing during the hunt but no reason
can be assigned for the assault
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Marathon Winner Killed.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Cumberland. Md. Oct 3O.-Harry Ian
dis, a well-known young man, OF near
lockwood, was accidentally killed yester-
day while hunting with his uncle, Elmer
Campbell. He tripped and fell and some
thing caught the trigger OF his gun.
which was discharged, the contents en-
tering Lands face below the right eve.
Death was instantaneous. Lands was
an athlete and the winner OF the Mara
thon races run here on July 1 and Labor
Day,
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Cumberland, Nd. oct. So-Henry Eng
land. the Oldest resident OF Barbour
County. w. Va. is dead near Vanneys
Mil. aged ninety-nine years, five months.
and nine days Until a few years ago he
was able TO work about the farm. and
was very fond Of horseback riding. and
thought nothing OF a Journey Of forty or
fifty miles
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Municipal Ownership Of Telephone.

Special " The Washington Herald.
Norfolk, Va. oct. 30-AgitatIon over
telephone rates and service. with two
companies in the field, has given rise TO
a proposition for municipal ownership Of
phone system. Lawrence Waring,
clerk OF the city Circuit Court, nrst ad-
vanced the idea. Mayor Riddick thinks
the proposition worth investigating. while
City Attorney James +. Duncan states
that he VIII ask Representative Merritt
r. Cooke 20 Introduce a bill in the next
legislature providing for a change In the
city charter which VIII give the city
the right TO own its telephone system.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Lnstice Moody Imnro,r,.

HaverhHI. Mass, oct. 3O-Associate
Justice William II. Moody, Of the United
States Supreme Court. who has been
cOnvalescing az his home in this city
from a rheumatic attack, Will enter a
hospital I'm Boston for ten days treat
ment His Improvement has been gradual
and his condition Is such that he will
make the trap by auto.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Naval Orders

Lieut.. Commander W. NJ Crosse. detached Frank
lin. navy yard Norfolk. 20 duty fitting out DeIa
ware, and on beard as executive officer.
Lieut.. W. H. ALLEN. detached North Carolina. 20
charge nav recruiting station Pittsburg.
Lieut. W $. ANDERSON. detached Nebraska- 10
naval torpedo station Newport
Lieut. l. NJ ONEBSTREET. detached Vermont
20 hitting ont Delaware. and on board when
placed In commission "a ordnance officer.
Lieut.. NJ. H. sIMONS, 70 laval station. Guam
tansmo. and duty in connection with the small
arm rifle range
Lieut. l. A GOTTEN. detached Naval War Col
lege. NewPcrt 20 duty Virginia.
Lieut.. G. CHASE. detached charge navy recruiting
station, Pittsburg; 10 Vermont as ordnance oil
cur.
Ensign J. s. BARLEON. detached Minnesota. 20
NanktIu.
Midshipmpu L. G. DAVIS. detached Ohio: to tenn
pcrary duty Independence. connection New Or
leans. and on board when commissioned
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
slsyscraper for Huntington.

Special 90 Tho Washington Herald
Huntington. W. Va. Oct. 3O.-Work has
been begun on Huntington's first sky
scraper. II is being erected by Prichard
& Robinson. Of Charleston. II will be
ten stories in height, and cost between
$4,000 and $4,000. II will be of con-
crete and steel, and Will be an office
building with storerooms on the first
floor.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

Rome, Oct SO.-Foreign Minister Tit
toni had long interview with the Greek
to Italy to-day. and gave his
formal assurances that the four powers
protecting the island OF Crete were de-
termined 10 maintain the status QUO.
They would prevent foreign Intervention
In the affairs OF the island, and also
prevent the election Of Cretan deputies
TO the Creek Chamber.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
sailor Ends Life in Norfolk.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Norfolk, Va. oct Sol r. Tight. a
sailor of the battle ship Virginia, was
to-day found dead in q bed at James
Daley's boarding house. on CampbelTs
wharf A bottle which had contained
carbOllc acid was found by his bed.
Tight had evidently drank the contents
Of the bottle with suicidal intent The
motive for the suicide has not been de-
termined
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Falls from Sixth Floor, 1,r..

winston-salem. n. c., Oct SO.-Thomas
Durham. negro, fell from the sixth
story of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco
factory TO the ground yesterday. Though
badly shaken up, it is thought ne will
recover.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
REV. EPHRAIM PHILLIPS DEAD.
Judge HendersOn's BFOther-in-Iaw
Died I'm Jamaica.

Cumberland. Nd. oct So-Judge Rob
ert r. Henderson has received word that
his brother-in-law. Rev Ephralm Phil
lips. formerly pastor or the Reformed
Episcopal Church, Cumberland. had died
IN Jamaica on Thursday Rev. Mr. Phil
lips. after leaving Cumberland. was or
daineu 10 the ministry OF the Episcopal
Church. and for time was I'm charge
OF a parish In the State OF Texas His
health failing he went 10 Europe, where
be spent The last two or three years, and
on October 9 he and Mrs Phillips. who
accompanied him on his travels. landed
in Jamaica. where he died
The remains VIII be brought 10 this
country FOR interment but as the fu-
neral party Will not arrive for several
days no funeral arrangements have as
yet been made. Rev. Mr.. Phillips married
Miss Mary Henderson. sister OF Judge
Henderson. and during his pastor
ate here he made many friends In Cum
bcrland and vicinity
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
burned by scalding Gren.e.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Winchester. Va, oct SO-As the result
OF a kettle OF scalding grease overturn-
ing upon her, Mrs. Sidney Dix. wife of
Sidney DIX. OF Green Spring. lies in a
serious condition. Her face, neck. and
shoulders are terribly burned. and she
will be disfgured for life.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Mine Inspector King Resigns.

Special % The Washington Herald.
Charleston. w. va. Oct. s0-Chiei
LANG. OF the department OF mines. an
nounced to-day the resignation OF A J
King his chief assistant. who will &C.
cept a position as general manager Of the
coal operations along the Norfolk anc
Western Railway Of Isaac T. Mann.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Lack of Order.

From the A,niel.
II is astonishing how all of us are
generally numbered up with the thousand
and one hind ances and duties which are
not such. but which. nevertheless. wind
us about with their spider threads and
fetter the movement Of our wings. 1t Is
the lack OF order which makes US slaves;
the confusion OF to-day discounts the
freedom Of tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

Special 90 The Washington Herald
Winchester Va, Oct. 30-James r.
Tharp well-known resident OF Fred
erick County. died at the Memorial Hos
pital here to-day. aged seventy-one years.
Mr.. Tharp served with credit I'm the Con-
federate army during the civil war. He
was tho father Of eighteen children.
twelve OF whom. nine sons and three
daughters. survive
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
R. q o. Condnctor KIned

Special 70 The washir,Son Herald.
Cumberland, Md, oct S0-James f.
Rohrbaugh, Baltimore and Ohio freight
conductor. in charge Of the night ward
crew. was instantly killed by a freight
engine in the Clarksburg yards
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
Amendment Only Live Issue.

with both sides claiming victory. the
campaign in which the amendment is
the principal issue. practically ends to-
day Although there viii be some ward
and precinct meetings IN the city on
Monday night. and others I'm the rural
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
AMENDMENT LOST
ARE INDICATIONS
Poll of Maryland Points to
Defeat of Measure.
Observation-Disclosures
Forecasts Submitted by Repub-
lican and Democratic Leaders.

Former Sees 81, 597 Majority Against
Amendment, While Democrats De
clare Majority for IL VIII he $3.50.
Fight over the Suffrage Measure
OvershadOws Candidates and All
Other Issues I'm Maryland.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
CABELL DENIES REPORT.
Says He Il Not Trying TO Gust Chair
man SIemp.

Royal r. Cabell. the Internal Revenue
Commissioner denies absolutely the pub
lshed statement that he or his friends
are seeking TO Gust Chairman Slemp. OF
the Virginia Republican State committee
or that the latter has been too optimistic
ia predicting Republican gains in that
State
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

districts. where a last convincing argu-
ment win be made by speakers OF both
parties. yet the oratory and the actual
work will end tonight.
The campaign this year has not been
as lively as those Of former years, ex-
cept along one line. The amendment has
been practically the sole topic OF all the
speakers. the candidates for office at
many meetings being hardly mentioned.
Such has been the case in the city. at
least while in the counties more atten-
ton has been paid to the candidates. In
some OF the counties IL has been felt by
the Democratic leaders that the amend
ment is "a sure loser. so they have turned
their attention 10 the candidates. taking
the stand that their election is of more
importance TO that particular community
than the ratification of the amendment.
But n has been a campaign of work.
Those who have been actually engaged
I'm compiling figures and making up lists
OF voters. as well as sending out volumes
OF campaign literature I'm half a dozen
different languages. realize what an
arduous task IL has been. In connection
with that. here are the statements OF the
two men-one from each party-upOn
whose shoulders the greater part OF this
task has fallen:
Real Hard Work.
James +. Goodwin, treasurer Of the
Republican city committee:
I'VE have done more real hard work
this campaign than any other 1 have
ever been in. Persons who are in no way
connected with the management cannot
appreciate what It has meant to us. II
has been a campaign OF work, and one
where only work would bring results"
Frank H. Phillips, treasurer Of the
Democratic city and advisory committee:
"This campaign has meant more work
for us than any i have ever know or
We have been working a large force OF
men here az headquarters day and night
FOR weeks We have sent out thousands
Of letters 70 every voter IA the city and
state in addition 10 a volume of other
work"
The two great parties have left nothing
undone 20 win a victory. and to-day both
claim the defeat OF the other. Many Re
publicaus declare that the Democrats
themselves do not expect 10 carry the
amendment. and that they only hope TO
draw the fire Of the Republicans from
the candidates. But the chairmeu OF the
various Republican committees have re-
peatedly declared that they viii not be
caught mapping and allow their candi-
dates 20 suffer because Of the efforts 10
defeat the amendment
Predictions OF Party Managers.
Regarding the result, Republican Chair
man Hanna says.
I'VE are absolutely confident OF success
all along the line IN the State. outside
of the city rs well as In the city. be-
heve the amendment viii be defeated by
"a large majority, and TIE outlook is
keeuly bright for us 70 control the Iegls-
lature.'
Democratic Chairman Vandiver says:
"WM make a clean sweep Of the entire
State. for both the ticket and the amend
ment'
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

Charleston, W Va, oct. sO.-The
Charleston all-collegian football eleven
this afternoon defeated the Ieuisburg
team by score Of II TO O
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18
HOW DEADLY FIRE DAMP WORKS
Gathers, Without Odor, About Roof
of Mine, Ready to Ignite.

Fire damp or coal gas is the most
insidious danger that the coal miner
faces. 1t is an exceedingly light, col
orless and odorless gas, generated by
the decay of vegetable matter. 1t
burns with a mountainous flame, and
is only dangerous as an explosive
when mixed with five times its volume
of air.
Coal gas. escaping into mine shaft
from cracks in the coal vein, finds its
way silently into the upper chambers
of the mine. its small specific gravity
carrying it up over the heavier air
in the corridors. Having reached a
point from which it can ascend no
farther. the gas begins to gather along
the roof of the corridor Miners work
ing beneath this cloud of gas may re-
main for hours without knowing the
danger just above them.
After a while the gas begins to mix
with the air, and to sag down toward
the mine floor. Then a lighted match
or an unprotected miners lamp will
suddenly ignite it, causing an explo-
sion that runs all over the mine wher-
ever the gas is located
The explosions are usually followed
by heavy falls from the roofs of the
corridors, the blocking of passageways
'and the imprisoning of those in the
explosion area. With escape cut off
the works take fire and the deadly
after-damp, gas caused by the explo-
sion, settles down to smother to death
everything living within its reach.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18
VILLAGE OF CHERRY.
Small Town Populated by Miners
and Their Families.

Cherry, the scene of the disaster, is
a small town in Bureau County on
spur track of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST, Paul, three miles north of
Laid, twelve miles northwest of La
Sale and nine miles north of Spring
Valley. Until the railroad built an ex-
tension south about fifty miles from
Davis Junction Cherry was nothing
but a cross roads hamlet of ten or
twelve families.
After the building of the railroad,
however. extensive coal deposits were
uncovered there and the mine where
the men were killed is the property of
the ST. Paul Coal Company, a subsid-
larry organization of the st. Paul Rail-
road 1t was opened about five years
ago and employed nearly 500 miners.
The families of these miners, with a
few townspeople who own the stores
and few business enterprises, consti-
tute the entire population of Cherry.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18
WHITE MAN AND NEGRO.
| LYNCHEO BY CAIRO MOB
Negro Confesses Attacking and Kill
ing Miss Policy and Is Shot
and Burned.
WHITE UYORCIDE IS HANGED
Illinois City in Hands of Frenzied
Throng-Women Are Promi-
nent in Rioting.

The city of Cairo, H.. all Thursday
night was in the hands of a blood
maddened mob. Ten thousand per-
sons, a large number of whom were
women, after lynching a negro and
burning his body, broke into the local
Jail and dragged forth a white man,
whom they hanged almost before he
had had time to pray.
The men roaming the streets all
night had access to many saloons,
which remained open all night. Mayor
Parsons and the chief of police were
unable to close the saloons because
they were shut up at home by the
mob
James, THE Frog" after having
been trailed by bloodhounds, was ar
rested for attacking and numbering
Miss Anna Pelley. On Wednesday.
after being spirited out of the Cairo
jail by Sheriff Davis. and after hav-
ing remained hidden in the custody of
that officer in the woods near DON
COLA, James was found by members of
the mob which during two days had
been securing the whole southern part
of the State. and brought to the city
on a freight train Communicated for
that purpose.
Surrounded by great crowd. he
was marched to the public arch of the
town. Here he confessed. There, after
all tbo o1aotr;o l;ob+ hod hoao +urna5
on, he was hanged. The rope broke
and the mob shot him to death. The
body was then dragged to the spot
where he murdered Miss Pelley and
burned to cinders on a pyre built by
his slayers. Women helped pull the
body up to the arch and women set
fire to the pyre.
The white man, Henry Salzner, a
photographer. was killed after the
negros body had been burned. A Sec
jail and battered it's way into the steel
cage where Salzner was confined on a
charge of having murdered his wife
The prisoner. almost speechless with
terror, was dragged into the street,
given a minute in which to compose
his soul for eternity, and then hanged
to a telegraph pole.
Before he died Salzner made a full
confession of his crime. He said that
his sister was responsible for his muir
dering his wife. He cried and begged
piteously for his life. out the mob
only hooted and beat him.
Company X, Fourth Regiment, was
sent out in squads to guard the homes
OF Mayor Parsons and Chief of Police
Egan against possible attack. Tele-
phone calls to both of these residences
failed to bring any response and the
whereabouts of these two officials
could not be learned.
Governor Deneen, who was in Chi
cago, Immediately upon being inform
ed of the foregoing occurrences, or
dered several outside companies of
militia to the scene and placed the
city under martial law Five outside
companies arrived before Friday noon
and quiet was restored.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18
NEW YORK.

Continued mild weather is helpful
to building and outdoor construction
work and facilitates fall blowing and
winter wheat growth. but at the same
time is source of considerable corr
plant as to its effect on retail trade
on heavy dry goods. clothing and
heavy wearing apparel. In other
wholesale lines. however, reports are
still to high degree favorable, hol-
iday demand is especially active and
spring business is being booked in
good volume. except where, as in cot
ton goods, high prices and uncertain
ty as to future prices of raw mate
rial check selling operations. The
general tone Of affairs commercial is
buoyant In industry generally the
report is still one of well filled order
books and of full time run.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Nov IL
were 221, against PIP last week, 267
the last week of 1908. 259 in 1907, 222
in 1906, and 19S in 1905.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number "a. which compares with
"a last week and % in the last week
in 1908.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18
GNXMERCAL
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CHICAGO.

The weekly review of Chicago trade
by r. G. Dun & Co. says:
While trading defaults show de-
crease in numbers the liabilities IN
volved have an increased average and
reflect pressure in November settle
ments. Solvent payments through the
banks, however, continue at a high
level, and the general demand for
money testifies 10 wider activities in
both production and distribution.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 80, against 81 last week,
% in 1908 and &c in 1907 Those
with liabilities over $4,000 number
II, against 10 last week, 10 in 1908
and in 1907.
Weather conditions have favored an
expanding distribution of store needs
ard retail trade here and at the in
terror makes gratifying progress.
stocks of seasonable merchandise IN
dergoing rapid depletion. The de-
mand for holiday goods and heavy
weight clothing is well maintained.
Wholesale houses make large for
wardings in Christmas wares, dry
goods, mems furnishings and boots
and shoes.
Bank clearings, s276,103,17. exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1908 by 60 per cent, and compare with
S196, ,459 in 1907.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18
EDGAR S. COOKE MAKES DENIAL.
Returns to His Home After Avoid
ing Reporters for Several Days.

Edgar S. Cooke has returned to his
home in the Leasing Annex, Chicago,
from the place where he had been
avoiding reporters for a week, and one
of the first things he did after his re-
appearance was to deny he is a black
mailer.
Il don't believe Charles L. Warmer
will even insinuate that l ever got a
dishonest dollar from him." declared
Cooke when asked to what he attrib-
utes the action of the big Four's" for
mer treasurer in dragging Cookies
name into the scandal surrounding ac-
knowledged thefts said to aggregate
s643, 900. Cooke went on to de-
scribe how he was occupying the posi-
ton of chief clerk in the treasurer's
Office of the big Four" Railroad at
Cincinnati several years ago. when he
met Mrs. Jeanette Timmins Ford.
who had obtained a divorce from her
husband.
"She became infatuated with me and
was around the railroad Office so much
that I was discharged in September,
1901" said Cooke Il came TO Chica-
go and she followed. Soon there were
stories afloat that 1 was s23, 900 short
in my accounts. l went back ready
to face the charges. but it was ex-
planned that the whole thing was a
mistake. want to deny emphatically
a report in one of the dispatches that
Mr. and Mrs. Warmer met me In a
certain hotel and paid me $4,000 to
cease my alleged Matchmaking opera
TONS" Cooke said he would go to Gin
cinnati voluntarily with counsel when
WARMERS case goes before the grand
jury there.
Charles L. Warmer, charged with
a shortage of SS43,000 in his accounts
with the Big -Four Railroad, is a phys
ical wreck, according to statements of
friends of the family 1t is denied by
members of the family, however, that
WARMERS condition is serious.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18
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At F'ollstone, England, the Moderate
2-year-oid Plate of 100 sovereigns. dis
lance five furlongs, was won by j. r.
Keene's Coronal. Twelve horses ran.
Incidents during the recent Latonla
meet were plentiful, the main one de-
veloping with the running of the ham
dicap, when Woolwinder and Old Hon
esty scored a dead heat
race for motor boats from Phila-
delphia to Havana, Cuba, the longest
ever held for this type of water craft,
has been arranged by Thomas Fleming
Day. the yachting editor. with the
yachtsmen's club of Philadelphia and
the Havana Yacht Club. The race will
take place in the spring.
James ]. Jeffries will not accept any
theatrical engagements between now
and the time that he fights Jack John
son, but will retire to the mountains
of California and devote the entire
period 60 active and systematic train
ing for the championship battle. ac-
cording to Sam Berger, his manager.
With more than 1900 entries, 300 in
excess of last year. the national horse
show will open in Madison Square
Garden in the near future. Two hun
dred and forty exhibitors have made
nominations in 15S classes, against the
former record of 125 classes
Wisconsin's base ball team has re-
turned from its recent tour in the
Orient. In nine games which the Badg-
ers played with different japanese uni
versities, they were victorious. The
games were witnessed by from 10000
to % COO spectators. THE Japs plav
base ball and play it well. They are
fast. cutting players says a member
of the Wisconsin nine.
A s<eeple chase for about two miles
featured the card at the Windsor
tracks. Detroit. John Dillon won.
Reginald. the favorite, failed to take
the hurdles and was out of the run
ming early in the race.
Although there has been no racing
i'm Mexico City for some time. never
theless the local turf folk have plenty
to keep them interested. First and
most important of all is the fact that
Col. Robert c. Pate, Of st. Louis. was
a short time ago granted a govern
ment concession to conduct race
track within the federal district as
well as to maintain a restaurant and
club house on the same site.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-18

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