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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
-FOUR MEN HOLD UP TRAIN.
Get Possession OF Car Said To Con-
tain Thousands.

tain Thousands.
st. Louis Especially A Missouri
Pacific train from Kansas City was
held up by four masked men be-
tween Glencoe and Eureka.
The four men mounted the cab
and, after binding the engineer and
fireman, detached the mail and ex-
press cars
The four masked men tagged the
train one mile east of Eureka and 80
miles from st. Louis with a red Ian
tern. AS the train stopped the men
showed revolvers into faces of the en-
gineer and fireman. The baggage
and the mail express cars were de-
tached from the train. and. with the
robbers in the cab, the engineer was
compelled to run with them toward
st. Louis. The passengers were not
molested
The baggage and express cars and
the locomotive have not been found.
Deputy sheriffs and railroad detec-
tives are securing the line for them.
1t is believed that the express safe
was blown in some desolate place
and the robbers fed. leaving the cars
on branch line.
The place in which the hold-up
occurred is sparsely settled and the
news of the robbery did not reach
St. Louis until after the train was
due here.
Conductor E. H. Butts got off the
train when it stopped and the rob-
bers fired at him.
After the locomotive disappeared
Butts walked back to a farmers
house near Eureka and telephoned
to st. Louis for help.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
KILLING of WOMAN
BY MOTHERS GRAVE
Navy Deserter Says He Clicked
Anna Schumacher.
THE CEMETERY MYSTERY is SOLVED.
Hall Could Not Sleep After Arrest
For Desertion And Is Glad To
Relieve NIind-Navy Holds On To
Prisoner - Wants Assurance He
VIII Be Returned II Not Convicted.

Portsmouth. ". H. (Special).-
James e. Hall. sailor in the United
States Navy. who has confessed to
the murder of Anna Schumacher,
strangled and assaulted in the Holy
Eepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, N.
", Is still held prisoner on the
United States prison ship Southery,
although the Rochester police have
insistently demanded that he be turn
cd over TO them for trial by the
civil authorities 1t is said the pris-
oner will be held here until the
Rochester police give satisfactory
guarantee that Hall will be returned
TO the prison ship in the event of the
Rochester courts falling to convict
him of murder.
Halls crime, according to his story,
was atroeious In that he admitted
that he had buried the girl without
even knowing that she was dead.
Hall enlisted in the Navy at Co
lumbus, O., but soon deserted. He
was arrested and sent to the prison
skip. He could not sleep and finally
was driven to confess Hall, in his
confession. says die got of an Erie
freight train at the Rochester Gene
terry, hoping to find place to sleep.
He saw Miss Schumacher at her
mothers grave and insulted her.
She screamed, and to drown her
cries he choked her. Hall declares
he did not intend to kill the girl,
but THAT his grip was too tight and
her windpipe broke. Then. without
ascertaining il she had died, he
buried her in a shallow sand grave
and fed, escaping from town on an
other freight train.
To Sheriff Gillette, of Monroe
County, New York, who is here, Hall
made an amplified confession and
signed it. He made no effort to hide
the details of his crime and said he
was glad he had at last gotten it off
his mind. VA.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
WASHINGTON.
BY TELEGRAPH

Senator Bradley, of Kentucky, de-
clared in speech in the Senate that
the Tobacco Trust, and not the night
riders, is responsible for the law
lessness in Kentucky. .
The government suit for the dis
solution of the merger of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific Rail-
roads will not be dropped.
A thirty-million dollar River and
Harbor Bill is to be reported to en-
able Army engineers to carry on i'm
oortant projects.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion decided that the freight rates on
asparagus were excessive.
The State Department issued a re-
view of our trade relations with
The six countries that the President
said should have the minimum tariff
rates extended to.
Howard Thompson, Paris CORE
spondent of the Associated Press,
mas been given the cross of the
Legion of Honor by the French gov
eminent.
The State Department is informed
that grave fears are entertained
over the boundary dispute between
Peru and Ecuador.
The fossil head of a prehistoric
bird has been found in Culebra Cut,
Panama Canal Zone.
President Taft issued a proclama-
ton declaring that Great Britain,
italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and
Switzerland are entitled to the mini
mum rates imposed by the new tariff
law.
The President and Mrs. Taft gave
reception at the White House in
honor Of the Judges of the Supreme
Court.
Secretary of War Dickinson decided
not to revoke his order detailing Lieu
tenant Colonel Craighill as engineer
secretary of the Lighthouse Board.
Colonel Casey was ordered to Balti-
more.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Price on Shoes no Go un.

Boston Especially The price Of
shoes is going up. Official announce
ment to this effect was made by the
National Shoe Wholesalers Associa-
ton. The association says that the
existing high prices of leather and
materials make the increase neces-
sary, but that the new prices will be
so adjusted as Ito permit the ad-
dition to each grade of such value as
will compensate the wearer for In
creased cost" The associations ap-
proval Of the repeal of the duty on
hides was unanimously voiced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
AGED WIDOW MURDERED.
Found With Throat Cut And Stom-
ach Terribly Gashed.

Rockford. Ill Especially. - Mrs.
Mary E. Mcintosh. an aged widow,
who lived as recluse, was found
murdered in her home here. Her
throat had been cut and her stom-
ach horribly gashed. The crime does
not appear to have been committed
for robbery, She was poor and lived
in a squalid home.
The murder is almost a counter
part of that of Mrs Margaret Grip
pen, a woman of about thess same age,
who was killed at her home in Win
nebago. eight miles west of here,
last spring. The perpetrator of that
crime was never discovered.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Thirty Miners Entomhed.

Richmond, Mo. Especially. - Two
miners were killed and several 9th
ers injured, none fatally, when 80
men were imprisoned in Mine No. 6,
owned by Pence & Calenan and situ-
ated one mile from here. the result
of an explosion. The other miners
were rescued after being imprisoned
three hours. With one or two ex-
ceptions they escaped with slight in
juries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Han WIN Be Released.

Washington, D. C. (Special) ~
James Hall, the sailor now in prison
at Portsmouth Navy Yard for frau
dulent enlistment in the navy who
is alleged to have made confession
In connection with the murder of
Anna Schumacher, of Rochester, N.
VI, will be discharged by the naval
authorities so that he may be ar
rested by the civil authorities.
The Navy Department issued or
ders to this effort.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
THE WAR ON HIGH
|. PRICES SPREADING
BOycotts Are On in Many States,
East and West.
100000 PERSONS ARE IN THE FIGHT.
-Four PrincipaF Cities OF Ohio TAX
ing Part In Protest And Citizens
Agree To Stop Eating Meat
Bricklayers. OF Kansas City, To
Abstain For Thirty Days-S. 900
Union Laborers OF Omaha Take
The Pledge ~ Pittsburg Falling
Into Line.

New York Especially The boycott
on high food prices started in Cleve-
land one week ago is growing rap
idly. Missouri. Wisconsin, Iowa, Ne
braska, Illinois and Michigan are
now included in the ranks of the
crusaders in the West, while in the
East Maryland, Pennsylvania, Con-
necticut and IL Delaware are lifting
their voices in feebler protests.
Ohio, however, is still the strong
hold of the movement. The Cleve-
land boycott has extended to Can
ton, where the Central Labor Union
has adopted a no-meat resolution,
and petitions are being circulated
with surprising results-to Column
bus, where strong boycott has been
organized; TO Toledo, Akron and
other cities of the State. The cru
SADIE in Ohio has found encourage
ment in the publicly expressed be-
lief of Governor Hartman that a
food trust is gobbling excessive pro
fits somewhere between the produc-
er and the consumer. He has called
on the legislature to hunt the trust
out of the woods and exhibit it to
the people.
It is estimated that more than
100000 persons have in a brief
week become actively isterested in
the boycott. Dispatches from Chica-
go said that boycott soon will be
started in that city by the Chicago
Federation of Labor
"The idea of depriving ourselves
of meat simply to get the prices does
not appeal to federation people"
said Secretary Charles Nockels, 'but
we propose to adopt the idea as a
temporary expedient in order to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
KANSAS sr,e Meat Packers.

Kansas City Especially Attorney
General Jackson, of KaISsas. began
suit In the District Court of Kansas
City against the Armour and Swift
packing companies. He charged tina.
they are members of combination
Illegally to raise prices; that they
belong to the Kansas City Produce
Exchange and are. therefore. liable
under the Kansas law providing a
penalty Of 500 day for such men,
bership.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Earthquake causes Panic.

Kingston Especially Two sharp
earthquake shocks were felt through
out the island at $50 o'clock. In
Kingstown the protracted tremor
caused a panic, but NO damage was
done.
Especially Earth shocks were felt
here a few minutes before o'clock.
The movement was undulatory and
lasted one. minute. So far as ia
known there was no damage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
TO TEST TAX on
THE CORPORATIONS
Its Constitutionality Before the
Supreme Court.
If No Decision Is Rendered Before
March 1, The Nations Solons
May Be Asked To Extend The
Date For The Law Becoming
Operative-Solicito General Bow
ers Files Brief.

Washington, D. G. Especially In
event of the failure of the attempt
to obtain a decision from the SUI
preme Court of the United States as
to the constitutionality of the cor
poration tax provisions of the Payne
tariff act before March /, the date
by which the return on the income
Of corporations must be filed, Con-
gress may be asked to extend the date
for the law becoming operative.
The suit in which the point
arises, that of Stella P. Flint, as gem
eral guardian of the property of
Samuel N. Stone, Jr., minor, against
the Stone-Tracy Company, of Wind
sOr, VT, was decided in the lower
court last Thursday.
Solicitor General Bowers asked
the Supreme Court for permission for
the government to submit oral argu-
ments and briefs in the Vermont
case. At the same time Mr.. Bowers
asked. in his brief submitted to the
court, that the case be advanced for
an early hearing. This sugges-
ton was made in connection with
a similar request by Maxwell Evarts.
for Stella P. Flint, in a brief sub
mitted to the court Saturday.
The deep interest OF both the gov
eminent and of citizens affected by
the tax throughout the country in a
determination of this court concern
ing the constitutionality of the tax
ing act before the close of the period
for payment of the tax, June 80
next, :" said Mr.. Bowers, is appar-
ent"
Mr.. Bowers said in his brief that
among. the specific questions of high
est Importance which are involved in
the general inquiry concerning the
constitutionality of the taxing law are
these:
Whether the tax is direct in the
constitutional sense and is void be-
cause not apportioned among the
states in proportion to their popula-
ton.
Whether the tax improperly inter-
feres with the general taxing power
of the state to create corporations.
Whether the tax is invalid in so
far as the net income of corpora
ton may be attributable to state or
municipal bonds held by the corpora
ton as part of its business capital.
Whether the tax is invalid in the
case of public service corporations
chartered by state.
Whether the taxing act makes an
improper distinction between ccrpor-
ations on the one hand and partner
ships and individuals on the other
hand, engaged in the same business.
Whether the exemptions enum-
Grated in the statute are sustaina-
ble"
In open court Mr.. Evarts asked
that the case be advanced When
Mr.. Bowers formally submitted his
motion for the government to be per-
mitted to submit arguments and
briefs and that the case be advanced,
Chief Justice Fuller inquired if the
tax could not be refunded if later it
was declared invalid. The solicitor
replied that such course might be
great burden on the parties con-
cerned. The court took the matter
under Amusement
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Explosion Injuries Seven Miners.

Uniontown. Pa. Especially Seven
men. all foreigners. were seriously
burned and internally injured when
carhonite, which they were thawing
on a stove, exploded. demolishing
their house. The men were miners
and employees of the Pittsburg Coal
and Coke Company.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28


Managua, Nicaragua Especially
President Madriz announced that
General Estrada's reply had served to
end abruptly the peace negotiations
and that reinforcements had been
ordered to the front with the purpose
OF striking decisive blow at the
tnsurgent army.
General Estrada's reply was to the
PRESIDENTS message inviting the in
surgent leader TO send peace com
missioners to meet representatives of
The government at Greytown. The
communication, which was signed by
Estrada and General Chamorro, stat
ed that they would accept GreytowD
as meeting place for peace com
missioners provided Madriz would
recognize the revolutionlsts as con-
shutting provisional government
President Madriz declared that the
insurgent terms were preposterons
and their acceptance by him would
be tantamount to illegitimiziug his
own government. He added:
This means an open break in the
negotiations for peace and the re-
sumption of military activity. i re-
greet deeply that this is so, as am
sincerely DESTROYS of effecting a rec
onciliation of all factions. Apparent
ly this is impossible without further
blodshed, and orders have been is
sued to send more troops TO the
front
"AIl of our energies will be directed
now to administering swift and de-
cisive blow. 1t will be better to have
one severe battle than an endless
season of inconclusive skirmishss.
The government troops are in fine
mettle and not apprehensive of the
result of the conflict
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Especial IS Solomon Selva, who ap-
peared as prosecuting attorney be-
fore the court-martial that sentenced
Groce and Cannon, the Americans
who allied themselves with the insur-
gent cause, and General Medina, who
was charged by President Zelaya,
with the execution of the sentences,
were arraigned in court accused of
having convicted the prisoners IL
legally.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Japan's Note To China.

Picking Especially Japan has no.
tilted China informally through the
Japanese Legation here that Japan
and Russia with concerted action
will decline the proposals of the Uni
ted States for the naturalization of
the Manchurian railways. Japan
charges China with having been
responsible for the proposal, and
thus of having committed an act I'M
friendly to the former.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Dreadnoughts For argentina.

Buenos Ayres, Argentina (Spec-
iaD THE Argentine Naval Commits
sion advised the Government to au-
thorize the construction of two
Dreadnought battleships of $4,000
tons each. The proposed vessels
are to have a speed of % knots an
hour and will carry IL twelve-inch
guns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
.s4.2177 $6.SO33 $7.2617

IUIdI s.pF.AII 9U.oUoO @I.AOII
In other words, the man who
would buy a pound leach of the COM
modities embraced in this list would
have paid $4.2177 on July 1, 1896;
$6.S03S on March 1. 1907. the form
er high record date and $72617 on
January 1 of the present year.
Declines in general prices as be-
tween the high of 1907 and that
of January last have occurred in
the item of fruits which is more or
less of luxury, chemicals and drugs,
building materials and naval stores.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Pastor In Bad Health A Suicide.

Pittsburg Especially Rev. Paul
Axtell, aged % years and single, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church
Of Sewickley, killed himself by firing
a revolver bullet through his heart
at his fathers home, near Home
stead. Ill health is assigned as the
cause of the act.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28

The y6 cOmmOdlties included IN
the tabulation are divided into IS
general groups as follows: Bread.
stuffs, livestock, provisions. fruits,
hides and leather, textiles, metals
coal and coke. oils. naval stores.
building materials. chemicals and
drugs and miscellaneous.
Necessities or Life Gone Up.
While all of these enter into the
cost of living to greater or less
extent, the higher cost Is more pro-
nounced when the groups are select
ed that enter more directly into per-
sonal consumption. Take these sew
en- groups, embracing SO commodi-
ties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
MINISTER'S KILL THEMSELVES.
One Takes Poison For Love: Other,
In Poor Health, Uses Pistol.

Greenville, III. Especially Leay-
ing note in which he declared his
love for young woman. Rev. Har-
ry Koence swallowed poison and died
In the arms of her father.
The minister took the poison at
the gate of the girls home, thrust
the note in at the door, which had
been opened at his summons, and fell
dead
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
THE COST or LIVING
IS AT IT'S HIGHEST
Some Cold Figures as Submit
ted BY BFadstreet's.
NECESSITIES HAVE GONE Way Up.
Recent Upward Advances In Prices
OF Ninety-Six Commodities That
Enter Into Daily Consumption
Have Made The Wholesale Cost
On January Higher Than In
The Flush Days Before The 1907
Panic-Figures Submitted.

New York Especially .-B radstreet's
has compiled a record of prices on
SO commodities that enter into daily
and direct consumption by the peo-
pie, and the result shows that the
cost of living has now reached an
absolutely high record, exceeding
even that of March !, 1907. when
prices went soaring in an anticipa-
ton of the panic which came in the
fall of that year. The figures for
December l last were below the
previous high record of 1907. but
the continuous skyward movement
of prices in the last month of 1909
had established a new high-water
mark by January /.
4 The figures compiled by Brad
streets are known as Index Num-
bers." They are based on actual
wholesale quotations per pound for
the commodities in question, which,
to make them comprehensive, are
averaged over q wide area of mark
cts. When it is said that the in
dex number for January /, 1910.
was $9231O, it means that man
buying at wholesale one pound each
of the 96 commodities on that date
would have to pay that sum as
total. No attempt is made to COM
pute retail prices because of the
wide fluctuations.
The new number" surpasses the
previous high record of March /,
1907, $9.1293 by IL per cent. This
ratio also measures the advance that
was made on the 96 commodities in
the month Of December last. At the
same time the present index number
reflects gain of 1T over January
/, 1909, which means that the prices
of the 90 articles rose approximate
ly 81 cents within years time.
The lowest point for commodity
prices for which Bradstreet's have
any record was touched ON July /,
1896, when the index number was
$5.7O19. The latest figure shows
gain of more than 81 per cent. over
that for every dollar you spend then
$1.61 cents now.
A Comparative Table.
The new index number mirrors an
increase of 1875 per cent over the
comparative low point reached on
June /, 1908, but it is only 3.5 pei
cent. over January 1. 1907, also
time of ascending prices as forerun
ners of the panic. The gain over
January /, 1908, is 1913 per cent
while the rise over the same date
in 1905 is 14.2 per cent, and in
crease of January, 1904, is 1875 pei
cent.
Here is a table showing the i'm. 4
portant swings in the index number
on the 90 commodities since Janu-
airy /. 1892:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
.EsTRADA's TERMS
ARE REJECTED
Madriz Will Not Recognize
Formers Government.

Successor OF Zelaya In Nicaragua
Declares Revolutionists' Terms
Preposterous, As Their Accept
anee Would IIlegitimize His Cow
ernment-Madriz Puts Up A Bluff
And Talk About Rushing More
Troops Into The Field.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28

July /, Mar. I, Jan. I,
1896. 1907 1910.
Breadstuffs. $0.0524 $0.0817 $0.1050
Livestock 0.1S55 0.3315 0.4010
Provisions 1863 2.1049 2.3577
Hides nd
leather 0.S250 1875 1850
Textiles :. 1879 2.7369 2.7333
Coal n d
coke -. O.oo4s o.ooso o.ooss
Oils $3.50. o.2oS2 O.S42S O.S72s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28
Walsh Goes TO Prison.

Chicago (Speeial). - John r.
Walsh, 70 years old. after winning
his way from the newsboy rank to
the control of millions of dollars in
banks. railroads, newspapers and
coal fields, left here for the Federal
prison at Leavenworth. Kan, to be-
gin a five years sentence for mis-
applying the funds of the Chicago
National Bank, of which he was pres
fdent at the time of it's failure three
years ago. The start for prison fol-
lowed the denial by the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals Of
his petition for a new trial, on the
ground of alleged misconduct by the
jurors who found Walsh guilty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-01-28

Active operations in railroad build
ing are going on in the provinces of
Pinar del Rio. Santa Clara, Cana
guey and Oriente, Cuba, and many
thousand men are employed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-09-15
lrIrst publication Aug. Ig. 1900
CTATE OF WISCONSIN-In Circuit Court fc
- Pierce County.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN-In Circuit Court for
- Pierce County.
oscar A. Paulson, plaintiff. VS., Alpha r. Stout,
and - stout, the unknown wife of Alpha f.
stout John f. Cooke. and Cooke. the I'M
known wife Of John f. Cooke, John l.. Dale,
and Dale, the unknown wife of john l..
Dale. George Schazer G. B Cox. G.. II. McCOrn-
lex T.. J. Mccormick q. G. Saunders, G. e.
Davis Peoples Savings Bank, corporation,
and all the unknown surviving widows. personal
representatives, heirs and legateeS of each or
either of said defendants. who is deceased at
the present time if there be any such defend
ants and all other persons unknown claiming
any estate right, title or interest in or lein or
incumbrance upon the property described in
the complaint in this action and their unknown
heirs, defendants.
The State of Wisconsin,: To the said defend
ants and each of them:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days af ter service Of this summons, eX-
elusive of the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the Court aforesaid;
and in case Or your failure so to 90 Judgment
will be rendered against you according to the
demand Of the complaint. Of which copy is
herewith served upon you
w. p. KNOWLES,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
p o. Address, River Falls, Pierce County,
Wisconsin.
Notice is hereby given that the above en-
titled action is brought for the purpose of
quieting the title of the above named plaintiff
in and to part of the following described real
estate, situated in the County of Pierce and
State of Wisconsin, to wit:-The Southwest
Quarter Of the Southwest Quarter Is. w. ID OF
S. w ~, of Section One %, The West One
Half of the Northwest Quarter CIV. % of N. w.
N, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
Quarter Is. +. a of N. w. ~ the Northeast
Quarter Of the South west Quarter, IN. e. d OF
S. w. ~ of Section Twelve G2), all in Town
ship Twenty-Seven (27), north of Range Eight
cen (6), West. W. p KNOWLES,
Plaintiffs Attorney