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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
POISON SQUAD
ATE SAMPLES
Candy Sent City Chemist for
Analysis Eaten by Office
Squad

Kansas City, July "A fancy box
of high grade candy lay on the desk
used by DR.. Walter NJ. Cross. city
chemist, at the city hall yesterday.
The words with compliments of the
season and good wishes" were in-
scribed on the package. but there was
nothing to say where it came from.
It was assumed to have been sent by
young woman friend OF one Of the
assistants in the city laboratory
whose birthday anniversary was CO.
incident with the receipt of the bon
bons. Every one connected with the
pure food department partook Of the
candy and it was all gone in few
minutes.
A little later DR.. Cross picked up
letter addressed to himself that had
been lying under the box of candy.
The letter was from business man
who said that the accompanying
package contained candy that had
been sent to him by a woman friend
under circumstances which caused
the recipient to believe that 1t was
poisoned. The city chemist was re-
quested to analyze It,
Today Dr.. Cross made his report to
the anxious business man. eve have
tested your candy" he replied
Nothing wrong with 1t. In fact 1t is
tho finest we have eaten in a long
time. regret to say that the process
OF analyzing It has made 1t impossible
to return any OF It,"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
PETITIONS TO
CONGRESS TO
PASS TAFT BILL
Sent Large Memorial
Favoring Action as Request
ed by President
TOBACCO AND SNUFF
COUPONS ARE ELIMINATED
Senate Expresses Hope That Vote May
BE Secured on Corporation Tax
Measure at an Early Date, Possibly
This Evening or Tomorrow.

Washington, July 2-From the way
school got down to business this
morning, it was evident that the
teachers had returned. In other
words, Senator Aldrich, chairman of
the finance committee, was in his
seat when the senate convened, and
there was full quorum to proceed
with business from the time that the
vice presidents gavel fell
While Senator Aldrich did not re-
veal the secret of his whereabouts
during his two days absence from
the senate, his complexion was so
much ruddier than ordinarily that it
was evident that he had put in most
Of his time in the open air. His re-
turn caused much gossip as to the
possibility of getting vote on the in
come tax proposition. Most of the
senators believe that the end is near
The fact that only Bulkeley's objec-
tion yesterday stood in the way of
fixing vote for next Tuesday and
that the debate on the proposition
then seemed almost exhausted, led to
quite a general conclusion that the
vote would be reached by that time
If not much earlier. Many predicted
a vote tomorrow. and some were even
inclined to think that it might take
place before adjournment today
The Republican members of the
finance committee of the senate have
agreed upon a general advance in the
tobacco schedule of the administration
part of the tariff bill. The increase
in the tax on cut and plug tobacco
and cigars and cigarettes amounts to
about twenty per cent over the house
rates.
The finance committees sub-com-
mittee on tobacco today decided to
prohibit coupons in tobacco and snuff
packages.
Senator Hepburn lost no time in
taking the floor today to present a
technical objection to the bill. Tha
business began with the presentation
of petitions relating to the corpora
tion tax. From Spokane. Wash, 106
merchants appealed to the senate for
the support of the tax as proposed by
the president. They said the tax
"safeguarded the private information
of business institutions
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
Horrible Brutality of Mother
and Her Husband Toward
Five Year Old Boy
CA|lO MURDERED AFTER
IkHUhAN TREATMENT
Suspicion Aroused in Community and
Body Was Exhumed and Autopsy
Disclosed Many Bruises-Narrow
Escape From Lynching.

Cumberland Cap, Tenn, July O.
Charged with compelling his five
year-old stepson to bring the lumber
TO make the coffin in which the child
after being murdered. was buried,
David Moore, the step-father and al
legged slayer, is i'm the Jonesville, Va.
jail. He and his wife were taken
there last night to escape probable
mob violence at Erwin. Va. The hoy,
Harry Lee Nutshell died last Sunday.
Moore is said to have stated that the
step-son died of fever No physician
having attended the boy. however,
suspicion was aroused and the body
was eXhumed yesterday. The corpse
was found to be terribly bruised, and
the boys mother made a confession
in which it is said she charged that
Moore had caused the boys death,
after compelling the child to carry
lumber from a saw mill. 1t was this
lumber with which the boys coffin
was made
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
STEEL WORKERS J
STRIKE GROWING
May Include the Tin Plate
Workers and Affect $4,000
Men

Pittsburg. July 2.-The strike of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers in practically
all of the union plants of the United
States steel corporations subsidiary.
the American Sheet and Tin Plate
company. will be extended materially.
1t is said. by the strike of the Tin
Plate Workers International Protec-
tive association. The wage scale of
the latter organization expires July
Is, and at New Castle three thousand
additional men, It is said. propose to
quit work. Whether a second strike
against the American Sheet and Tin
Plate company will affect the mills
throughout Pennsylvania. Ohio, West
Virginia and Indiana. IL not known
as yet. In the event that the strike
is general the number Of mon affected
will total nearly 25.0Oo
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
BANKERS CAUGHT
IN EMbEzzLEMENT
Looted the Bank Of 100000
But Must Now Stand
Trial

Ironwood, Mich.. July 2.-President
H. F. Japn. Cashier y. T. Larson and
Assistant Cashier George H. Meadow
Of the First National bank ct thia
city have all been bound over to the
federal grand jury which meets q:
Marquette, September Z. The charges
against them are the outgrowth OF tho
failure of the bank which was closed
last week by the federal authoritiek
Meadow is in jail at Bessemer In de-
fault Of $4,000 bail. whilo Japn
furnished $4,000 and Larson 10000
bail bonds. The bank had about
100000 In deposits and the receiver
has now in his hands about 500 600
in quick assets. 1t Is not known
what amount can be realized on tha
other assets. Tho loss to tho de-
positors will probably be heavy. az II
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02

rear of the car and leaned against the
cage on the trip up. Livingston says
that neither of the boys said anything
and that no stops were made on the
trip up. Neither of tho boys had in
dicated the floor wanted. The boys
were not scuffling, Livingston said.
AS l passed the tenth floor" Liv-
ingstcn said, 81 noticed that was
ahead Of my schedule. threw the
lever which reduces the speed of the
car. The car was going at the usual
speed when did this. The hoy who
was in the front part o + the cage
lurched forward and fell head down
ward. tried TO catch him but he
was gone. l stopped the car at tho
twelfth floor landing"
Deliberate, the Agent IMtinates.
In the report OF tho accident made
by Hughes Bryant, agent for the
building, it is stated that the boy
either tainted or willfully threw
himself against the incloSure"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
the wharf at the foot of Hickory street
to witness his spectacular dive from
the top of seventy-foot ladder into
the Nechea river

the wharf at the foot of Hickory street
to witness his spectacular dive from
the top Of a seventy-foot ladder into
the Neches river.
Harris was known here, having per-
formed his daring feat year ago, and
the announcement that he was to dive
from the top of the ladder into seeth-
ing mass of flames caused by gasoline
being ignited on the surface of the
water, caused a large crowd to as
semble to witness the spectacle.
Great Crowd Saw Acrobat
At 8 o'clock all the arrangements
I'd been completed and Harris mount
:. the top of the ladded and dived
20 b.. .,the same time the oil on
t!1> Nsko ociaS ignited. In the lrid
flames waited for the diver
to emerge" id not appear on
the surface. at it was thought
that he had swan to another part of
the stream and that his disappearance
was part Of the show. but his contin-
ued nonappearance corrected this i'm
preston and soon it dawned on the
Mortified thlong that the man had met
with an accident.
Willing hands were soon on the
river In boats and the search for the
body began, but it was only when the
river was dragged that the body was
brought to the surface. 1t was TAX
en- to the wharf and every means of
resnscitation employed, but in vain.
A physician was summoned and it was
soon ascertained that the neck of the
unfortunate man was broken and life
already extinct. No marks or contu-
sions were found on the head and the
impact of the body with the water as
1t descended head foremost must have
been at such an angle that the force
was sufficient to break the neck. The
body was removed to an undertaking
establishment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
HALF MILLION FIRE
Cobalt, Ontario, is in the Grin Of the
Fire Eiend.

Cobalt. Ont. July "A fire which
broke out today In the restaurant Of
Joe Lee. a Chinaman on the Haitey-
bury road, caused 100000 loss. Three
thousand people have been rendered
homeless and the business section
north of the square has been de-
stroyed. One man was killed while
blowing up houses to stop the spread
of the flames. Another man Is report
ed dead. Two children are missing
and six persons were injured. The
flames are still raging through the
north and nothing but the lack Of fuel
can stop the devastation. There ID Z
strong feeling against the Chinese IA
whose section the fire started.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
HINDU MURDERER
Was REMANDEO
Charged With Wilful Murder
But Asserts He Acted in
Self Defense

London, July 2.-Madar Lelof, the
Shanghai Indian student who last
night shot and killed Lieut.. Col. Sir
William Hutt Curzon Wylie and DR..
Canvas Lalaca of Shanghai at the con-
clusion of public gathering at the
imperial institute. was arraigned in
the Westminster police court this
morning and relnanded for one week.
wilful murder. Lelof declares he will
prove he fired in self defense. In
the dock the prisoner appeared quite
unconcerned. He stood with his head
hands in his pockets and shook his
negatively when asked If he wished
to say anything. The Hindu prisoner
was removed to the Jail under .
strong guard
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
CH|NK CORPSE
IS IDENTIFIED
Reporter Says Body Taken
From River Is That of
Leon Ling

New York, July 2.-That the body
of the Chinaman found in the Hudson
river last night is that Leon Ling, the
alleged murderer of Miss Elsie Sigel,
is affirmed by a reporter who viewed
the body today in the Fordham
morgue. In the effort to establish
fully the identification of the corpse,
several other persons who knew Leon
Ling we'll were taken to the morgue
today. If necessary the members of
the Sigel family will be asked to aid
the police in this respect. The alb
sence of the clothing on the drowned
man, except the silk undershirt, is
one of the battling features of the
case.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
HARMS CHARGED,
WERE uhFOuNDEO
Story of Rotten Inspection by
Government officials Denied
by Committee

Washington, July 2.-The commit
tee appointed by Secretary Wilson,
composed Of DR.. A. d. Melvin Of the
bureau OF animal industry, and George
P. McCabe, solicitor of the depart
melt. which investigated the charges
of j. F. Harms that the federal meat
inspection services at East st. Louis,
ILL.,, was rotten and farce" report
ed today that the inspectors there
were honest men and were performing
their duties efficiently and that no
meat had been passed which was unfit
for human food.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
WOMAN SAVED
MANY LIVES
Flagged Two onrushing Trains
So That Engineers Could
Reduce Speed


man was killed and nine other per-
sons severely injured when a west
bound Excelsior Springs passenger
train and an eastbound freight collid-
ed on the Wabash railroad near Mis-
souri, City at o'clock last night. Sew
enty-five passengers owe their safety
If not their lives to the presence of
mind of Mrs. c. ]. Luellen, wife of a
miner, who tagged both trains in time
to give the engineers an opportunity
to reverse power and lessen the i'm
pact when the locomotives came to-
gether.
Three hundred yards west of the
Wabash station at Missouri City the
railroad operates coal mine and
A frame chute extends over the tracks
at this point.
The passenger train had left the
station and was approaching the coal
chutes. Mrs. Luellen from a knoll a
hundred feet away observed the pas
senger train and also the freight COM
Ing in the opposite direction. Before
either engineer was aware of the dan
ger the woman ran with great speed
to the tracks and waived a warning.
Both engineers acted instantly, but
too late to prevent the collision.
Killed When He Looked Out.
David Parrish, Wabash engineer
who lives in Excelsior Springs, was
riding In the baggage car. When the
power was reversed Parrish went to
the side door of the car and peered
out. AS he did this the engines came
together, the jolt throwing the door
shut and striking the engineer in the
neck. He was killed almost instantly.
Elmer Moss, the baggageman, was
bruised about the head and may be in
ternally injured, and Miss Edith Lar
kins of Kansas City was struck on the
head and rendered unconscious. She
partly recovered consciousness later,
however.
A misunderstanding of train orders
is said to have been the cause of the
wreck, although, at the Wabash offices
in the West Bottoms last night, it was
said that this had not been determined
definitely.
A Reliefless Relief Train.
Barney Hunter, conductor, and Har-
yey Turner, engineer. both of Excel
sior Springs, had charge of the pas
senger. John Malone was conductor
and Charles Maddox engineer Of the
freight train. Both engines remained
upright, but were badly damaged.
Three box cars loaded with potatoes
and one car loaded with hides were
overturned. Three other loaded cars
were damaged.
When word was dispatched to Kan
sas City that the wreck had occurred,
arrangements were Immediately be-
gun to send Q relief train to Missouri
City. It was fully an hour before this
train was made up and when finally
q locomotive and thzee cars were In
readiness, the train LETT without the
physicians. who had been called to at
tend the injured. At this time the
extent of the damage was not known,
but it afterward was learned that the
physicians in Missouri City were able
to handle the case.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
ATTACKED BANK GUARANTY.

ATTACkED BANK GUARANTY,
Lincoln, Neb., July 2-Before Judge
Willis De Vandevanter of the Eigh-
tieth circuit court and Federal Judge
7. G. Munger. J. L. Webster today be-
gan an attack upon the hank guaranty
act passed by the last legislature.
Webster alleges that the act is un-
constitutional because it drives out
private banks and forces their owners
II they wish to continue to incorpor-
ate. He further urges that the act
takes property. through legislation,
for the payment Of private debts.
The state banks are named as COM
plainants against the act.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
BOY FELL DOWN
THIRTEEN STORIES
Tumbled From Elevator Car
and Fell to Bottom of
Shaft

Kansas City. July 2-While Leo
Reed, IA years old Of Eighth street
and Armstrong avenue, Kansas City.
Kas., was riding in No. 4 elevator In
the Long building at noon today, the
operator, John Livingston. who was
Ghead Of his schedule. threw tho
speed-reducing lever as the car pass
cd the tenth floor. This caused the
car to lurch suddenly, and Leo, who
was standing in the front part of the
car, was thrown forward. Before
Livingston could catch him, the boy
fell between the floor of the car and
the eleventh floor inclosure, and shot
down to the basement thirteen floors
below. Tho body was found lyins
across a water pipe at the bottom Of
tho elevator shaft. Death was In.
stantaneous.
Leo left his home in Kansas City.
Kas.. early this morning in search OF
work. He was trying to obtain a
the general offices of both the West
ern Union Telegraph company and
the Postal Telegraph company, but
was unsuccessful. He then went to
the telegraph office In the lobby of
the Keith & Perry building. where he
was formerly employed and where he
knew a messenger, OtilO Nelson of Fiji
tieth street aud Brooklyn avenue.
While he was thero a call for a mes
senger came from 1909 Long build
ing. and Ohio Nelson was sent to
answer the call. Leo accompanied
him.
The Operators Version Of IL.
According to Livingston. the op-
orator. the boys boarded his car at
the basement, A stop was made at
the hrst floor, but no passengers
bearded the Car. Livingston says the
messenger boy. Nelson. was in the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
SHOT In THE BACK.

Newton, Kas.. July 2-The body Of
G. D. Guist Of Wichita was found four
and one-half miles northeast of Bur-
ton yesterday forenoon, the dead
man having been shot In the back ol
tho head with shotgun. The body
was then thrown into a slough and
when found was partly concealed in
small culvert.
Guist arrived at Burton from
Wichita Monday evening and started
to walk to his farm northeast OF
town. He was not seen alive there
after.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
Order Restored.

Messina, Sicily, July 2-The peo-
pie Of Messina, although still alarmed
as the result Of the earthquake
shocks of yesterday morning, are be-
ginning to return from the country.
The local authorities have adopted
stringent measures to prevent any.
body occupying the houses that are
not considered safe. The shocks con-
tinue today. but they are less fre-
Quent and Of diminishing severity.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
SPAIN HAS AN
EARTHQUAKE
Walls of Houses Cracked and
Other Damage Sustained
Messina Improved

Alicanthe. Spain, July 2-Three
earthquake shocks were felt here yes
terday afternoon. At Terrevija and
the surrounding towns the walls of
many houses were cracked and other
damage was sustained. The fear
stricken occupants rushed to tho
streets, but so far as known there
were no casualties.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY.

is alleged that Larson has in the mast
two years embezzled to the extent of
100000 Of the banks funds. The
president is charged with aiding and
abetting the cashier in falsifying the
books. The assistant cashier faces a
similar charge and also one of en-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
FIRE F|ENO'S
AWFUL WORK
Destroyed Hotel at Summer
Resort California Grain
Fields Burned Over

Lake Placid. N. Y. July 2.-The
Hotel Ruisseaumont, one of the larg-
est hotels in Lake Placid. was burned
last night. Fifty guests were recued
with great difficulty. One man was
fatally burned.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
ABDUL HAM|O
TO Be TRIED
Ex.Sultan Committed to High
Court of Justice BY Court
Martial

Paris. July "A Constantlnople
dispatch states that the court martial
inquiring into the revolt of April 10,
has decided to commit the ex-sultan,
Abdul Hamid, for trial before the high
court of justice,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
OWED TO DEATH

Charles A. Harris Killed in Exhibition
Of High Dive
Beaumont, Texas, July 2-Charles
A. Harris, aged 80 year, a profession
ll high diver, met his death last ev-
ening at 8 o'clock in the presence of
/ large number of people assembled at
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
HUNDRED MEN
BURIED ALIVE
Landslide at Dock Cause Of
the Wholesale Burial of
Employees

New Port. Monmouthshire. England,
July "A landslide occurred hero
this afternoon at tho work connected
with the new dock and It ID reported
that a. result, nearly ono hundred
men are buried alive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
Barley and Wheat Burned.

Los Angeles, July 2.-Fire swept
six thousand acres of barley and
wheat near San Fernando. The loss
is said to be $125,OOO.
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at cost of about the same figures.
All the oil produced by the Mexican
Petroleum Development company was
produced from sixteen flowing wells
averaging from 100 barrels day as a
minimum to 5000 barrels. These same
wells, some of which are nearly six
years old, are producing at the present
time over 500 barrels each per day.
One of these wells, known as gusher
No. l, has been flowing for sixty-seven
months, producing an average rate or
1400 barrels a day. The town of Ebano
has been located here, and an enor-
nous refinery for the making of as
phaltum has been established, besides
a railroad passing through here. This
field has been under the able manage
ment of Mr. Wylie for the past seven
years.
At the present time the Mexican Pc
troleum company is thinking very Sc
riously Of engaging in the general ag-
riculture business on very large
scale. They have on their property
thousands of head of cattle, horses
and mules. A large part of their hold
ings is a jungle infested by wild cat
tie and horses of unknown quantity,
besides wild animals which kill many
of their calves and colts.
over qu~rter of a million acres
situated in the country known as HUI
stic-Veracruzana, in the state of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, 100 miles south of
Ebano, is the most extensive and val
liable oil fields of the world. Messrs.
Doheny and Garfield, by associating
with e. p. Ripley, president of the
Santa Fe railway, and DR.. Norman
Bridge, acquired this most valuable
property. The Huasteca Petroleum
company of which Mr.. Wylie is man
ager, was organized for the purpose
of developing this property. This
promises to be the most profitable of
all the oil enterprises that have en-
gagged the energies of these men.
Wells are drilled and being drilled,
many thousands of barrels already
being secured as a daily output. The
prediction that Mexico will be inde-
pendent from the outside world, both
for fuel and petroleum, is about to be
verified, and the Mexican Petroleum
Company, Limited of Delaware, which
controls both the Mexican of California
and Huasteca. will become a source
of large monthly revenue to its mary
stockholders, many of whom are resi-
dents of Southern California.
A few years ago the Republic of
Mexico granted to Messrs. Doheny,
Garfield and Bridge a privilege to es-