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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
SuHocated by Own Invention.

Milton Y Kent, of Warren and
Orleans streets, Newark, n. j., went
to the house at No. asa Fourth ave.
nue. to exterminate reaches by pat.
ent gas and was suffocated by his own
preparation. He was dead when
found by his partner who went to
search for him when he did not re.
turu
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
KILLED BEFORE FIRST FLIGHT.
Louis Raynaud, AerOplane Inventor.
Struck by Passenger Train.

New Orleans, La.-Louis Raynaud,
the inventor of an airship, which
was to have it's initial flight here,
and a party Of three others, return
ing home in a wagon from a days
work on the aeroplane, were struck
by a New Orleans and Great North
ern passenger train at Gentilly ROAD
and Bruxelles street here. Raynaud
died shortly after being taken to the
Charity Hospital. Two of his COM
panions were slightly injured.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10

ton that ever penetrated northern
latitudes, could only get within one
hundred miles of the earth's arex,
cannot conceive how Cook has done
II on his nerve, so TO speak. How
could he persuade the natives to go
with him as carriers, for carriers he
must have had or starve? Food and
fuel .ufficient TO last for months must
have been taken along, and how and
where would he get the funds to buy
the food or the men and dogs to car
ry it?"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Other Efforts Made TO Reach the


Brussels, Belgium. observa-
tory here received the following tele-
gram, dated Lerwick, Shetland ISL
ands:
Reached North Pole April 21,
1908. Discovered land far north.
Return 10 Copenhagen by steamer
Hans Egede.
FREDERICK COOK"
The American officials at the OBJ
seryatory state the dispatch is surely
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
OratoriCal Tactics.

what does this cat mean by paw
ing me so?"
She's begging for a tidbit, and !
adopting the tactics Of orators VIII
make unanswerable arguments"
whats that?"
paws for a reply" - Ba'timot
American.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
DESTROYER'S GREAT RECORD.
Flusser Does Three Knots Faster
Than Any Ship i'm L. =. Navy.

Rockland, Me. - A record three
knots faster than that of any ship
in the United States Navy was scored
by the Bath built torpedo boat de-
stroyer Flusser in a Standardization
trial, the first of her official accept
ance trials on the Rockland mile
course. Her fastest mile was made
at the rate of 33.7 knots an hour,
while another was at the rate of 33.4
knots. The average of her five top.
speed runs was 32.7 knots.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Breach of Etiquette.

The two women stopped in front
OF a dentists showcase on fremont
street. There, mamma" said the
younger woman, pointing. II want Q
set Just like that"
Hush, my child" commanded her
mother, don't you know that itt
vulgar 10 pick your teeth on the
street. Boston Transcript.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Francis II. Leggett Dies Suddenly.

Francis II. Leggett, a prominent
Wholesale grocer OF New York City,
died suddenly in an ambulance while
being taken to the North Hudson
Hospital in Union Hill, n. j., from
the West Shore Railroad ferryhouse
at Weehawken. The cause Of his
death was presumed to be heart dis.
ease
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Lost His Two Right Eyes.

In an accident recently, Charles
Kearney, of Bloomingdale, n. Y, lost
his right eye and had glass one sub
stituted. Kearney's glass eye was
struck by a bullet and broken fired
from an air gun by some person
whose indentity was not learned.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Drew a Crowd.

'I once woke up"
And found yourself famous, eh?"
"No, but found that l had been at
tracing considerable public atten-
tion. l had been snoozing on hotel
veranda with my mouth wide OPEN
Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Human Nature.

1.-The vain man worries for fear the
boss may not be able to fill his place
while he's away on vacation. The
modest man worries for fear the boss
may fill it permanently"
whats the moral?"
"Oh, the moral is that we all wor-
ry."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Colorado CORPORATION Tax Valid.

At Denver, Col, Judge Lewis, in the
Federal Court, held the Colorado
State tax Of 50 year for every $1,000
OF capital stock of foreign corpora.
tions valid. The Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad complained
that the tax was an interference witt
interstate commerce.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Language of Eden.

He Cooking at the catalogue OF
women's styles )-"They still use the
language of the first fashion plate.
don't they?"
His Wife-"What do you mean?"
He-"Fig. /, Fig. 2, and so on
Judge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
True Greatness.

A mans true greatness lies In thu
of an honest purpose in
life, founded on a just estimate Of
himself and everything else, and a
steady obedience to the rule which
he knows to be rbght.-Long.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
His Little Joke.

"I-aw-wrestled foh an
hour with me scarf this morning"
Algernon-"Which won the VII
tory, deah boy-you or the scarf?"
Percy-"Neither. Cawn't you Sc
the match wesulted in a tie? Hay
Haw!"-Chicago Daily News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Killed Playing Soldier.

While playing soldier at his home
at Swedesboro, n. j.. Henry Freder-
icks, aged fifteen years, shot and
killed with a musket he thought un-
loaded his cousin. George Lang. four
teen years old. who was on a visit to
the home OF hs uncle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Man and Wife Killed by Auto.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Copper
smith were killed at Newton, Iowa,
when their motor car iOlled down a
thirty-foot embankment. Another oc-
cupant OF the car escaped uninjured.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
The Prisoner.

The Master Of the House-"Why,
Mary, what are you looking so glum
abouts"
The Maid Of the House-"Please,
sir, the mistress has Just told me ]
am TO leave at the end of the week"
The Master OF the House-"Mary.
congratulate you!"-cassell's SAT-
urday Journal
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Turkey to Raise Duties.

The Turkish Minister of Finance
announces that the Government will
begin negotiations with the Powers
relative 10 increasing the import du-
ties in Turkey from eleven to four
teen per cent.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
England Depends on Navy.

Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
told Canadians at Montreal "our peo-
pie in England have a weary look"
and that the continuance Of the Brit
ish Empire depends on its supremacy
on all seas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Had an Excuse.

"Why did you parade the Board
walk in mems clothes?"
Your Honor" sobbed the faii
prisoner, there's so much fun mad,
of women's fashions this year"
So the Court dismissed her with
nd.-Philadelphia Ledger
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Support FOr Banjo.

Musicians and other people who
are fond of music will be interested
in the device by which a New York
man has added much to the clarity Of
banjo tones. This device is very
simple, and its secret is that it OBJ
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
A Crusher.

Bet you amt got nuthin' like our
81 way" boasted the New Yorker.
In my section" retorted the visi-
tor from the cyclone belt, 1--WE have
individual subways." - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
This Sailor Saved s1IOO.

The Navy Department is proud of
the record FOR thrift of a second class
yeoman, who in four years has saved
S1400 on $3S a month.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
His Invention,

Wiggins-"I say, old man, havs
you seen my new invention? It's
destined to make a complete revole-
ton"
Higgins-"You don't say! Whist
Is it,"
Wiggins-"A one-piece wagon
wheel"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Steel Bars Up ST Ton.

The Cambria Steel Company an
nounced an advance Of 81 ton in
bars. an increase which brings the
price to s1.40 q hundredweight at
Pittsburg.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Baseball Fan Dies Cheering.

Cheering vigorously for a player
who had just knocked home run in
an amateur ball game Robert Myers.
sivty-five, dropped dead Of heart dis
ease at Chicago.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
The Main Thing.

While epigrams set plays ahame,
In life, l guess.
Most folks subordinate the same
To dress.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
More ParanOia.

Dad, she's going to sue me for
breach Of promise"
Then you must plead Temporary
insanity"
How could prove it,"
"By the love letters you wrote
eri"-London Opinion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Cool

Diner (disgustedly)-"See here,
everything on this table is stone
cold"
Waiter-"Try the pepper and ta-
basco, sir."-Boston Transcript
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
A Queer Fad.

what is the proper time to an
nounce the engagement"
Depends on how fashionable you
are. Some deny it right up to the all
tar. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Chief Engineer MelvilIe's Opinion

Chief Engineer Melville's Opinion.
Philadelphia, Pa. - IF DR.. Cook
has discovered the North Pole 1t is
nothing less than a miracle" said
ar-Admiral Melville, retired, him
self we'll posted on the difficulties of
exploration in northern latitudes.
without backing, money, outfit
and equipment. | uont see how Cook
could have ever reached the Pole,
let alone live through the return
Journey" said the Admiral. IF
Peary, with ,he best equipped evpedi-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Younger.

Don't you think this dress makes
me look younger, Eusebio?"
Yes, my dear, easily a hundred
years younger r."-Sourire.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
FeIlotNS'
As IL Happened.

Maud Muller, on a summers day,
Put up a bluff at raking hay.
But On the high road kept an eye
In case judge came riding by.
And, sure enough, the judge did pass
At forty miles an hour, alas
1t gives TO romance quite jar,
The modern honk-honk touring car.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10
Beauty in a Box.

He-"Does Miss Pinkleight get her
good looks from her father or her
mother?"
She-"From her uncle. He keeps
a drugstore. ."-Chicago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10

Take that thing away. | didn't
ask for any book. / want something
to eat"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-10

Fidell Hunt, who is now a resident of
Brooklyn.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29
HAREM SHRIEKED WHEN
TRAIN STARTED
(By United Press)

VIENNA, April 29.-Neue Freie
Press today prints an interesting
story Of the journey of the deposed
sultan from the palace at Constan-
tinople to his new prison at Salon
lea. He was conveyed in a special
train in utmost secrecy with IL
wives and attendants. AS he
stepped from the carriage he faced
rows of soldiers who did not move
a hand or lip in greeting.
The ex-sultan was attired in q
gray civilian coat, the only touch
of royalty being his fez. He raised
his hand in salute, which was re-
turned by officers present. He was
accompanied by his son. Abdul
Kadr. The women OF the harem
enjoyed their first trip outside the
walls. They shrieked with alarm
when the train started.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29
REPUBLICANS ARE
ON THE ALERT
ONO Most Anxious of All That Election Be
Strictly on the Square.

The attempt to make It appear
that such men as d. T. Ham, Il. F..
Waggoner, E. F. C. Van Dissell and
other well known business men Of
Spokane who are backing the re-
publican campaign to elect j. T.
ONO are prepared to countenance
illegal voting has fallen rather
fiat.
AS matter of fact, none is more
anxious to prevent anything SAVIOR
ing of ballot box stufiing than these
men. Try to imagine F. r. GILBERT
son as a crooked vote booster, for
instance. It is on such men as
these that the imputation of illegal
ity has been cast indirectly in the
recent upheaval concerning regis
tration, especially in the Second
ward.
Mr.. ONO himself has been one
of the most insistent that every
precaution be taken to insure per-
fectly spare election. No man is
more anxious to make good in ev-
cry particular than he who has
been subjected to long continued
abuse and Misrepresentation, and
probably no other man in the his
tory of the city has had to endure
more of this than has fallen to
Omo's lot. His character has been
assailed in every manner that
could possibly be resorted to with
out mourning legal penalty, which
does not cover insinuation and
whispered SANDER.
Omo's determination, il elected,
is to give the lie finally and COM
pletely to the attacks that have
been loaded upon ,iim by giving the
city the best administration it has
ever had-an ambition not likely to
be honestly deemed unworthy even
by his most bitter opponents. He
has far more incentive to this end
than has Pratt.
A meeting of the republican COM
mittee has been called at head.
quarters for Saturday night, when
especial instructions will be issued
to guard against any possibility of
illegal voting Tuesday. If such at.
tempts are made the managers of
the republican campaign will be
foremost in prosecuting them, just
as they had intended to do from
the beginning. But they had not
tried to make grandstand play of
this as a feature Of civic virtue for
vote batting purposes. They are
not conducting campaign on this
sort of basis and do not see the
necessity for hypocritical displays
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29
BATTLES THUGS
TILL KILLED
BODY OF BRACE WATCHMAN
FOUND WITH LANTERN HE
HAD USED AGAINST POWDER
AND LEAD.
lBY United Pressl

SAN FRANCISCO, April 90
Armed only with lantern, which
he used as weapon, Stephen
Tuedsinki, Waterman at the Eagle
tannery, San Bruno road, battled
with two safe crackers last night
until he was killed.
His body was found in the yard
this morning with bullet in his
breast and the lantern clutched in
his hand. It is supposed the watch
man interfered when the robbers
attempted to blow the safe.
Persons living in the vicinity
heard two shots at 10 O'Clock last
night. The Waterman usually car
ried a revolver, but had left 1t in
his room. His brother was Sleep
ing in the tannery at the time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29
PUCH AND PELLETIER
FACING HEAVY FIRE

decided victory when Post tried to
draw from Peletier the names of
the witnesses whose testimony he
had transcribed. Pugh contended
that the naming of such witnesses
would be a violation of the secrecy
Of the grand Jury, and Judge Hun
exc held with him. In the whole of
the testimony of Peletier nothing
was brought to light to show that
the testimony of any individual
witness in the Gordon case had
been Transcribed, although Mr.. Post
said he knew from his own ex-
perience that the evidence in the
Gordon case was taken in short
hand. Peletier admitted that the
things he had testified had been
done since Judge Huneke had en-.
tered his order on the question of
stenographic notes.
At this point Prosecutor Pugh
said that he was ready to admit
that under the showing made Pei
letter was in contempt of the court.
Post next called Pugh himself
to the stand and his examination
was concluded as the court ad-
journed for the noon recess. Pugh
said the prescriptions made at his
order were taken in an effort to
return an indictment for perjury
against some of your friends, Mr..
Post" 1t became necessary to
have the testimony in full, and he
had ordered Pelletier to make it.
The notes and transcriptions were
still in his possession and he did
not recognize the right of the court
to take it away from him. This
statement seemed to attract the at
tention of Judge Huneke in particu-
lar and he had Pugh repeat it.
Pugh held that the supreme court
gave superior judge no right to
give him orders or compel him to
surrender papers. Judge Huneke
then asked Pugh to continue on
the stand in order that he might
question more fully at the after
noon session.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29
LOVE TRAGEDY AT
COLLEGE
(By Unite d Press)

NORTHAMPTON. Mass April
29-Helena Marden, senior at
Smith college, Is dead from a
bullet wound inflicted by Porter
Smith. student of Dartmouth col
lege, who killed himself after at
lacking the girl.
The couple were engaged last
year At Christmas time the girl
broke the engagement. Smith
made several attempts to effect tt
reconciliation but failed. Those
who saw the couple talking on the
campus this morning thought they
had made up until Smith drew 4
revolver. He was son of the late
James Smith, of Chicago, connect
ed with the r. p. Smith Shoe Co.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29

CONTINUES
(6y United Press.)

LONDON, April 29.-Thousands
of widows and orphans, who es-
capped massacre, are swarming to-
ward the mission at Antioch, prov
ince of Aleppo. Many are starving.
Several fell dead in the road.
The massacres are still sweeping
east and north.
2 MERSINA, April 29.-The Chris
tian village of Badkah was COM
pletely destroyed today by Mo-
hammedan mob. Nearly all the in
habitants were murdered. 1t is
known that $4,000 were murdered
in the vilayet of Adana alone.
r Messages received today say the
situation in Hadjin is desperate. 1t
was not learned whether Miss Rose
Lambert and four other American
missionaries are safe.
No relief from the threatened
famine is in sight. Refugees from
Badkah say the only Christians to
escape were those who fled at the
first sign OF trouble. The Moham-
medan mob entered the city with
a rush, slaughtered men, women
and children and burned the bodies
in the homes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29
PRATT HEDGES
TOWARD THE
LIBERALS

N. S. Pratt departed from his
role of reform candidate for mayor
long enough last night at the meet
ing at the Spokane theater to
throw a little sop in the direction
of the liberal element and saloon
men. He shifted the blame for sa-
loon regulation onto the city coun-
Gil as much as to say:
Behold, the sting has been re-
moved from my hand; l am per-
fectly harmless and can do you do
damage. Such matters rest entire
ly with the city council"
He then consoled the extremists
on the liquor Questio nby remind
ing them that they now had rem
edy in the local option law by
which they can close Spokane tight
If they care to.
Mr.. Pratt has distinguished him
self throughout the campaign for
his ability to carry water on both
shoulders to catch the voters
"a-coming and a-going"
The Spokane theater meeting
was we'll attended but 1t was
noticeable that the crowd was
largely the same as seen before the
primaries at the gatherings held in
the interest of C. M. Fassett, the
Reviews candidate in the primar-
les. Workingmen were few in
numbers at the meeting, as there
seemed to be little element of SYM
pathy for them in the meeting
Among those present were nearly
all of the contractors who have at
different times fought union Ia
Dor. These men are supporting N.
s. Pratt to man.
Judge Nash called the meeting
to order and introduced c. s. Voor-
hees as the permanent chairman.
Among other conditions and things
eloquently portrayed by Voorhees,
as an argument for the support of
Pratt was the fake registration
story published in the Review and
already shown to be false.
Charles p. Lund denounced ONO,
lauded Pratt and said that he was
willing to accept the price of his
detection from the republican tick
ct. He trusted the young republi-
cans who had gone to Pratt with
him would take proper care OF him
should he ever come out for Office,
which he said he had no intention
of doing.
A spirit of resentment against
the democrats who are supporting
ONO was shown by Judge Nash
and Lund, who aligned a number
of prominent democrats opposed to
Pratt with the undesirable citi-
zen" class.
George s. Brooke, the banker,
delivered a sermon on the alleged
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-29
Prosecutor Admits Taking Notes Of Grand
Jury Evidence.
Tells Post It Was Done in Effort to lndict
One Of His Friends For
Perjury.

with a demurrer, which had been
held good in the former case, but
was overruled in the present hear
ing on the ground that the addi-
tional allegations as to self incrim-
ination constituted sufficient
ground to have the charge brought
to trial.
The state then filed a lengthy
answer, after which Pelletier was
called to the witness stand. The
examination of Pelletier on behalf
of the court was conducted by Mr..
Post, but almost every question
brought an objection by Pugh.
"These friends of the court"
said Pugh In one of these clashes,
appear her to protect the honor
of this court, but in reality are in
these proceedings as attorneys for
Judge M. j. Gordon, under indict-
ment by the grand jury in six
cases. BY the ancient method of
doing indirectly what you cannot
do directly they are tsriving to Sc
cure information as to the manner
of conducting the grand jury inves-
tigation with view of obtaining a
pretext on which to base an effort
to quash the indictments"
Judge Huneke demurred to this
presentation of the matter, stating
that Post was there in a proper
way, or words to that effect.
In his examination of Pelletier,
Attorney Post ELECTED the informa-
ton that the witness had taken
shorthand notes of the grand jury
proceedings under the order of the
foreman of the grand jury; that
with the exception of two instances
he had left such notes in the GUS
tody Of the clerk of the grand jury;
that In the two instances men,
toned he had taken the notes to
the prosecutors office through
haste in hurriedly leaving the
grand jury room. but had turned
over the notes to Pugh; that he
had partially transcribed the tes-
timony of three witnesses at the
request of Mr.. Pugh and had turned
the notes and transcription over to
Pugh.
At this point the state won q