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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
FOUND POLE ONE YEAR AGO.
Peary's First Anniversary Brings
Congratulations.

New York Especially Gen. Thorn
as H. Hubbard, president Of the
Peary Arctic Club. in recognition OF
the first anniversary of the discov-
cry of the North Pole by Command
er Robert E. Peary on April 6. 1909,
sent the following telegram to the
president of the Chamber of Com
merce of Marion, Ind:
THE Peary Arctic Club congrat-
ulates the Marion Chamber of Com
merce on its opportunity to hold
first annual celebration attainment
North Pole. 1t lends you Peary
for this date only, and invites you
to join its later celebration of his
toric events.''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Victim o.. "A Maniac.
West Palm Beach, Fla. (sp

West Palm Beach, Fla. Especially
Louise Weybrecht, IL years old,
who. with her mother, Mrs. o. w.
Weybrecht, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by Frank v. Pierce
here Ia dead. Mrs. Weybrecht is
still alive, and it is said she has a
lighting chance to recover. The
body of Pierce, who committed sui
eide after wounding the woman and
her daughter, will be taken to st.
Adams. VT where his mother lives,
for burial. It is now believed he
was insane.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
A BATTLE WITH
BANK BURGLARS
Posse in Auto Chase Train Ban
dts Boarded.
Entire Population Aroused By Ex-
plosion In Bank OF Coal City,
Ill.-Highwaymen Leap On A
Freight Train With Plunder-
Pnrsuers Use Autos And Pitched
Battle Follows-Three Bandits
Wounded-Two Escape.


Chicago Especially Five masked
bandits, escaping with $4,000 stolen
from the Bank Of Coal City. at Coal
City ILL.,. exchanged shots with a
posse of citizens, three of the rob-
bers being wounded and captured.
Coal City is So miles southwest of
Chicago. The entire population was
aroused by the explosion in the bank
and the ensuing pursuit
The marauders entered the town
on freight train. and began OPP
eratlons by tying Barney Ghetto, the
night watchman, and Washington
Frye, the night engineer of the cleo
trio plant.
The robbers then blew up the
bank building and shattered the safe
with a great charge of nitro-glycerin,
and, after selling the contents of
the safe, leaped ON a Sante Fe
freight train with their plunder,
which was partly in stamps. Three
hours later three men, suffering from
wounds inflicted by small shot were
arrested at Morris, ILL.,
The wounds were received, it is
reported, when posse, formed along
the line of the Sante Fe, came up
with the fugitives AS the train
carrying the bandits pulled out of
the town, Ghetto succeeded in cut
ting his bonds and, rushing to the
telephone, notified Eugene Miller,
the night Waterman at Macon, sew
en- miles south of Coal City, who,
with DR.. e. D. Watts, was at the
station at the time, lay in wait for
the robbers. Watts was armed with
repeating shotgun and Miller car
ried revolver
At Macon the freight train stop
ped to switch cars. The bandits
leaped from the train and hid in
clump of shrubbery near the track.
Miller and the physician discov-
cred their hiding place and opened
fire, which was promptly returned,
about rs shots being exchanged.
When the train started the bandits
leaped aboard and again escaped.
Immediately the sheriff at Morris
was notified. A number of automo-
biles were pressed into service and
the pursuit began. the machines fol-
lowing the road along the Sante Fe
right of way. For a time the mo-
tor cars sped directly alongside the
train, members of the posse occa-
sionally firing at dark objects which
were thought to be the bandits.
When the train came to stop
at Verona, near Morris, the sheriff
and his men searched the cars.
Three of the fugitives were found
in an otherwise empty baggage car.
All were wounded. The other two
had fed. 1t is believed they leaped
off the moving train from the side
opposite the posse and escaped with
the booty secured from the bank.
The prisoners were taken to Morris,
where they refused to give their
names or discuss the robbery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Black Hand Bomb In chicago.

Chicago Especially Murder on a
large scale is believed to have been
the intention of alleged members of
the Black Hand, who threw bomb
in front of the home OF Leonardo
Digiocanno and then fired a success
sion of revolver shots through the
windows. Part of the house was
whecked, and the nine members of
the family sought safety by locking
themselves in rear room. Digio-
canno told the police he had received
many letters demanding money. The
bomb-throwers escaped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Robbers Hide In Caves.

Pittsburg Especially Two mem
bers of the band of four or more
robbers and murderers which held
up the Victor Bank in McKees
Rocks are believed to be in hiding
in the vicinity of Avella, mining
town near Washington, Pa. An of
ficer has reported the presence Of
the suspects, and says the two men
have been hiding in caves and prowl-
ing around for the last three nights.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
IA KILLED BY A BLAST.
Workmen Torn To Pieces On Santa
Fe Extension.

Novite, Texas Especially Fourteen
men were killed and one fatally in
jured by the premature explosion
Of dynamite at construction camp
ON the Texco extension of the Santa
Fe Railroad
Only three of the dead men have
been identified, owing to the fact
that the bodies were torn almost into
shreds.
Through mistake in signals a
heavy blasting charge was set off
while Is or 20 men were near. and
these were hurled skyward.
At least A men we're working in
the Immediate vicinity of the explo-
sion, and these were so mangled and
blackened that their bodies could
not be recognized.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
ENGINE CUTS GAR IN TWO.
A Dozen Persons Injured, Six Seri-
ously, In Chicago.

Chicago Especially A dozen or
more persons were injured, six of
them seriously, when an electric car
on the South Chicago and Calumet
Line was demolished by a switch
engine on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad in South Chicago. The
electric car was cut in half, the pas
sengers being scattered In all direc-
lions. None was fatally injured.
All the injured were residents Of
South Chicago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Jealous. Killed Husband

Pittsburg. Pa. Especially A quar-
rel which is said to have started
over a woman terminated in Mrs.
Walter Caldwell killing her husband.
According to Mrs Caldwell she saw
her husband on street with an
other woman. When he came home
she upbraided him. Mrs. Caldwell
surrendered. She will plead self
defense.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15


Passaic, ". j. Especially ~. Gilbert
Trehou died here from solar plex-
US blow received in boys prize
fight. With brief intermissions he
had been unconscious since he was
lifted out of the ring and carried
to hospital.
Frank Keller, who is named in a
warrant as the other principal, is
missing, and the police hear he has
fed to Canada Henry Knackstedt,
is also superintendent of a Presby-
rested and released in $500 BAIL
Trehou and Keller were both
nineteen years old, both pupils of
of good family. Reports of their
story pieced together by the police
tween them for sometime and that
ences with the gloves.
Word was passed about among
their friends and Tuesday night a
oudIl CIOWu LuSl III a VdCdAl 4Ot UO-
hind an oil tank and squared off
the ring. Lanterns were hung on
the ropes, seconds were chosen and
a timekeeper and referee named.
The hat was passed for a purse to
the winner and the collection given
to stakeholder.
The boys stripped ana went at It
hammer and tongs. According to
eye witnesses, in the seventh and ia
tai round. Keller caught Trehou
flush on the jaw with a heavy swing
Trehou staggered and before he got
his feet again Keller shot in body
punch just below the end Of the
sternum Trehou went down and
lay grooming. The referee counted
ten and still the boy lay fiat.
The crowd perceived that some
thing was wrong and began to melt
away into the darkness. One of
Trehou's seconds and the timekeep-
er stuck by him, and when they
could not revive him. carried him
to hospital
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Rob Treasury And KIN IL.

Tifis, Transcaucasia Especially -
Thirty robbers attacked the treasury
at Kizliar. town of Ciscaucasia. a
few days ago. The military guard
made brave defense and IL were
killed in the conflict, including five
soldiers, a noncommissioned officer,
the cashier and bookkeeper of the
institution and several natives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
THAw WAS woRTH s4oo. 600.
Mother A Witness In Suit BY Coun-
sci For Fees.

New York Especially Mrs. Mary
Copeley Thaw. mother of Harry
Thaw. was a witness in the suit
brought by Clifford w. Hartridge, a
lawyer, for alleged counsel fees in
Thaw's trial for the murder of Stan
ford White.
If her SON was independently
wealthy at the time he hired the
lawyer, she replied:
HE had some money of his own,
but not near SO much as the news
papers stated"
What was he WORTH"
81 should say about 100000"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Eulogies To Senator McLaurin

Washington. d. c. Especially In
honor of the late Senator McLaurin,
of Mississippi, eulogies were held in
the House of Representatives here
Sunday. Those who paid tribute to
him were Representatives Spight,
Collier, Gambler, Sisson and Bowers,
of Mississippi; Clark. of Missouri;
Calderhead. of Kansas; Rauch, of
Indiana; Gardner, of Michigan, and
Sherwood, of Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Famous scout Found Dead.

Boulder, Col. Especially = Joseph
Sturtevant. scout. famous through
out the Western country as Rocky
Mountain Joe," was found dead near
an interurban railroad track. It is
believed that his death was acciden-
fQl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
4 B|PLANE DROPS
ON AUTOMOBILE.
A Peculiar Accident at the Mem
phis Meet.
An AVIATOR'S AWFUL SWIFT PLUNGE.

Flyer, Escapes With A Wrenched
Canopy Top On The Tour
ing Car Protects The Women And
Children Occupants From seri-
GUS Injury-A Thrilling Close OF
The First Aviation Meet In The
Tennessee City.
Memphis, Tenn. Especially Los
ing control of a Curtiss biplane which
he was operating at height of rs
feet. ]. G. Mars plunged downward
with terrific speed into the infield
of the aviation course here, alight-
ing on top of seven passenger tour
ing car in which were seated three
women and two children.
The canopy top over the touring
car saved the lives of its occupants,
only one of whom was slightly in
jured. The biplane smashed into
bits and Mars was caught under the
wreckage, but escaped with no in
juries worse than severely bruised
and wrenched knee and a slight cut
on his chin
In the automobile when the aero
plane crashed into it were Mrs. Ed
ward Ritter, Miss Edna Ritter,
Louis Ritter and Mrs. Wilmer Smith
and child. Mrs. Ritter was the only
one to be injured. receiving a slight
cut in the shoulder. Mr. Ritter was
standing at the side of the car, hav-
ing just finished fastening up the
canopy top. He was knocked down
by one of the planes of the ma
chine.
( The accident brought to thrill
ing close Memphis first aviation
meet. Thousands of people followed
the aviator in his flight across the
mile course, saw his machine caught
in a sudden gust of wind, spin
around like top to an angle right
of the line of his original course
and then plunge downward.
Terrified screams from women
were heard on all sides as the BIZ
plane landed squarely on the auto
mobile. The occupants of the car
huddled on the floor of the tonneau
as the biplane struck the engine
hood of the automobile and then
toppled over the canopy top. Mars
had shut off his engine when the
aeroplane started downward
I'm few moments scores of spec
tators were dragging the wreckage
from the automobile. first taking
out Mars and then the occupants
of the touring car.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Frank Skala ASSaSsinated After
Sermon on MartyrdOm.
HIS COMPANION WAS ALSO SHOT.
Fearful Crime OF Half-witted Man
In Pittsburg Prominent Mission
Worker Is Shot Down just After
He Had Declared Himself Ready
To Die For Chrfst-John Gay, Who
Was With Him. Is Seriously
Wounded-No Apparent Motive
For The Crime.

Pittsburg Especially a sermon on
"Martyrdom,'' in which Frank Skala,
editor and prominent mission worker,
had declared himself willing to lay
down his life for the Christian cause,
was followed by his assassination in
highly sensational manner. and
the shooting down also of fellow
church leader, John Gay.
Arm in arm, the two missionaries
were leaving the little Congregational
Church in Woods Run, suburb, at
the head of more than hundred
foreigners A raggedly dressed and
collarless man poked his way through
the crowd as it reached the corner
OF Eckert Street and Mcclure Ave-
rue, and when he was but step
behind the leaders he pressed a re-
volver to Skala's head and fired
twice. The bullets took effect in the
jaw and temple, and in the midst
of his followers he fell dead.
Gay, who threw up his right hand
as if to ward off the weapon, was
struck, first, in the thumb, and then
second bullet was buried in his
lifeless body of his colleague.
For moment-for several mo-
ments-th assassin stood over his
prey in a crazed contemplation of
the deed, fiourishing his revolver,
while the panic-stricken crowd fled
to shelter behind posts and door
ways.
The mailman was Jan Radowvitch,
a character known to most of the
mission for his shiftless habits,
slovenly dress and radical opinions.
just From, Sunday School.
A moment before he had meekly
read from juvenile leaflets in the
Sunday School led by Scala: pre-
yiously he had sat in back pew of
the church during the regular SER
mon, and at the commencement of
the services Skala had shaken his
hand in greeting. In all this Rad
owvitch had given no warning of
his murderous intent.
There were no police in sight when
the murder was done, the church
people were too frightened to grasp
the assassin ard after the wild -four
ish of his weapon and stamping his
foot on the bodies. he made off down
the avenue to the Fort Wayne Rail-
road tracks and was soon lost to
view. a large armed posse of police.
detectives and church people was
soon in pursuit, but up to late hour
tonight they had found no trace of
him.
After the madman's disappearance
the mission crowd reassembled
about their fallen leaders and pas
sionately mourned their loss. Ska
las body was removed to an under
takers rooms and Gay was taken
to st. Johns Hospital. His wound
Is dangerous one. but it is believ-
ed at the hospital that he will re-
cover.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
Loving Cup For Chinese Navy.

Annoy Especially. - Preparations
are being made for the presentation
of loving cup from the second
squadron of the American Atlantic
fleet to the Chinese Navy in commem-
GRAFTON of the visit of the battieships
In 1908.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15

Consul p. e. Taylor notes from a
Norwegian newspaper the organiza-
ton OF corporation for raising hogs
on an extensive scale. A farm has
been purchased a few miles from
Stavanger and is being fitted for the
purpose. The company plans to,
make speciality of raising thorough
dred hogs and also to supply the To-
cal meat market.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15

In Sweden nearly 10000. 900
crowns worth Of alcoholic drinks
he consumed annually. whereby the
tionai treasury profits to the extent
IS 100000 crowns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15

10 hedcH abOACS--SEeamer DOuMu
For Portland, Me.
Dover, England Especially A ter
rife explosion occurred on the Brit
ish steamer Cairnrona, off Dungen-
ess. which wrecked the women's
quarters, killing one child and injur-
ing a number of women and chill
dren. The steamer caught fire and
panic ensued, in which men fought
for the possession of the boats and
had to be beaten back by the crew
to allow the women to be taken off
first.
A large number of the passengers
were landed here, many of them in
an exhausted condition. In all,
twenty were severely injured and
not less than SO were slightly in
jured by the explosion and in the
panic that followed it,
The Cairnrona sailed from London
for Portland, Me. She carried 900
passengers, for the most part emil
grants, and general cargo. BY
great good luck the steamers Up
land and Kanawha where close at
hand when the Cairnrona caught
fire. They stood by and took off
several hundred passengers and
landed them here:
Several of the first-class passen-
gers and American cattlemen gave
thrilling details of the accident A
number of women with children in
their arms were sitting on hatch
when suddenly violent explosion
hurled them to all parts of the deck.
Some of them were shockingly in
jured and one child was killed. The
hatch was blown to fragments.
A terrible panic ensued, the emf
grants, mostly Russians, running up
and down, screaming and wringing
their hands. Their terror was in
creased by the volumes of smoke
which poured from the burning hold.
The captain and officers made in
effectual efforts to calm them, and
then signals of distress were sent up.
In the meantime another explosion
occurred in the engine-room, injur-
ing several of the engineers.
The Kanawha and Upland steam
cd up quickly and the captain de-
cided to transfer all the passengers.
This was accomplished speedily, but
was accompanied by scandalous
SCGuGS. OCOT0S VI CHG mCH tII0u 10
rush the boats and many of them
fought with the women, tearing and
dragging them aside and even
trampling them under foot. The
crow battled vailantly against the
panic-stricken emigrants, using fists
and feet and any weapon they could
find.
Not few of the frantic mob of
men were felled to the deck before
the historical, fainting women and
children could be gotten into the
boats. In the stampede four persons
fell or were pushed into the sea and
were rescued with difficulty
The Kanawha and Upland reached
Dover with the rescued passengers
late in the afternoon and the scenes
at the landing were piteous. Ex-
hausted by cold, many of them half
famished and others suffering from
injuries, they were brought ashore
and supplied with food, clothing and
medical attendance. Admiral Prince
Louis of Battenburg and the Prin-
cess with the British naval officers,
lending assistance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15

Shipments of French velvet rib
bons from St. Etienne to the United
States, writes Consul William H.,
Hunt, advanced from $387,17a I'M
1908 to $9S7,14S in 1909.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
BOY KILLED IN PRIZEFlGHT
Solar lexus Blow Fatal to Gill
bert TrehOn.

Schoolboy Quarrel AT Passaic, N. J.
Has A Serious Termination Ire.
hon Is Dead, Frank Keiser. who
Struck The Blow. Has Fled, And
A Sunday School Superintendent,
Said To Have Been Referee, Ar.
rested, With 20 Others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-15
EXPLOSION AND
PANIC ON ship
Many Persons Injured on the
Steamer CairnrOna.
THE MEN FIGHT FOR THE BOATS.

Women With Babies In Arms Sit
ting On A Hatch When Explosion
Occurs-Hnrled To All Parts OF
The Deck And Some OF Them Ter
ribly Injured-Men Fight With
The Women In A Mad Scramble
To Reach Boats-Steamer Bound
For Portland, Me.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-03
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE. United States of America, Fourth Division, District of Alaska, ss:

Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias tor execution), dated September 9th, A. D., 1910, issued out of the Dis trict Court, of the United States for the Fourth Division, District of Alaska, on a judgment rendered in said Court, on the 9th day of Sep tember, A. D., 1910, in favor of Dome City Bank, a corporation, and against Ottie Little and Oliver Os- mundson, l have, on this Sth day of September, A. D. 1910, levied upon the following described real estate, situated in the Fairbanks Mining and Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, to-wit All of the above-named Defendants right, tile and interest in and to the following described real property, to-wit: An undivided one-third (hs) of placer mining claim Number one CD above Discovery Claim, on the right limit of Little Eldorado Creek, second tier of benches, and all of Placer Mining Claims Number two CD, First Tier of Benches, and Number two (2), Second tier of benches, above Dis covery Claim, on the right limit of Little Eldorado Creek, all in the Fairbanks Mining and Recording Precinct, Fourth Judicial Division, Territory of Alaska, and that 1 will, accordingly, offer said real estate for sale, at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, for cash, on the 10th day of October, A. D. 1910, at 200 o'clock P M., at the front door of the Federal Court House in the town of Fairbanks, Alaska.
 Dated, Fairbanks, Alaska, this 9th day of September, A. D. 1910.
 H. K. LOVE,
 U. S. Marshal. Fourth Division, District of Alaska
 By A. H. HANSEN,
 Deputy. JOHN F. DILLON,
 Plaintiffs Attorney First Publication, Sept 12, 1910. Last Publication, Oct 3, 1910.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-03
hORSERACING

BUFFALO. Aug 1S - Nearly five thousand people went to the Fort Erie track yesterday afternoon to see one of the most remarkable trot- ting performances ever witnessed on the Grand Circuit This wonderful speed exhibition took place late in the afternoon when, no doubt many had grown more or less weary of the tedium of the afternoons racing
 IL was announced after two heats of the 2:O7 trot that the Harvester would go against the Canadian stal- lion record. held by Bob Douglass. 2:064. Both the judges and the other drivers in the race agreed to waive the distance flag in order to witness the wonderful speed of the famous trotting son of Walnut Hall and NOtelet. This being agreed everybody understood that the liar vestef. driven by Pop Geers. would 20 very fast mile On the first score the horses were away. all four in line. The Harvester was leading the way at the quarter pole. which was reached in 30 seconds flat
 The great brown stud dashed on to the half, and the watches caught him in 1:O1 flat. Wilkes Heart was nearest him at this point in the heat, and the balance of the field was badly Strunk out in the terrific pace The three-quarter pole was reached in 1:31, and then MT. Geers and the wonderful horse owned by August Uihlein, the famous Milwau- kee brewer, started on his remark able flight for the wire He reach ed the judges stand in 2:O2 fiat, thus completing the most remarkable mile ever known in the history of harness racing. The crowd cheered both horse and driver Justify as the time was hung out in view of the crowd assembled to witness the race. It completed the race and no need to say the Harvester was the win ner of the long end of the purse of BIO 0,000. All previous race records for a stallion had been broken. in cluding the Canadian record of Bob Douglas, 2:06A. The mark made by the great trotter also displaced the record made by Cresceus at Memphis in 1903, which was 2:03A. It was the fastest third heat ever done in a race by a trOtter. as well as being a new mark for stallion.