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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-01
DREAM OF A POT OF COIN
Omaha Man Locates, in His Own Mind
Lost Army Money.
TRYING TO INTEREST OFFICERS
Has PermissiOn of Railroad Company
to Dig on Its Property, but is
Anxious as to Attitude
of Governments.
Treasure trove by the dream route.


A former employe of the Burlington, a
MT J. White, but now elsewhere employed
IN Omaha, has been seeking information
from the War department during the last
week relative to the possible robbery of a
paymaster of the regular army somewhere
In western Nebraska about forty years
ago.
lie tells strange story to the effect
that he had dream about fifteen years
ago to the effect that, while he was en-
ployed with the Burlington, he stopped at
a station to wait for a passing train and
picked up an old 3-cent silver coin that
was badly corroded. Scraping about the
ground he found also a similarly corroded
bO-cent silver coin. He paid no attention
to the dream at the moment, but two
years later he happened to stop at a sta
tion on the same line and there overheard
four old, gray-bearded men talking about
the robbery of an army paymaster in that
vicinity some twenty-five or thirty years
before by Indians, and that the robbers
had buried the money in that vicinity, the
sum amounting to about 100000.
lie then recalled the dream he had two
years before and located this same station
with al Its surroundings as the one he
had seen in his dream. The old men told
him that many efforts had been made to
lind the lost treasure, but that 1t had
never been recovered.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-01
mmencing TOmOnOw Tuosday) A. m.

forcefu straightfrom- the shoulder selling of all odd
lots short lines and broken sizes in Men Shoes and last
sons latest Oxfords. price upheaval high and low
Shoes in patent leather, gun metal TAM etc. the sefsae
worthy unbeatable 'Onimods'' you know so we'll ...
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
UNVIEL TABLET
To JACK J0UETT
DESCENDANT OF MAN WHO MADE
FAMOUS RIDE AMONG THOSE
PRESENT.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.-Special.
The bronze tablet given by the Vir-
ginia Antiquities Society to commem-
crate the heroic ride of Jack Jouett
from Louisa Courthouse to Charlottes-
Vile to warn Governor Jefferson and
the Virginia Assembly OF the approach
Of Tarleton. the raider. was unveiled
Thursday afternoon at Red Lands
Club. upon whose outer walls the tab
let was affixed
The tablet was presented by Pro
fessOr Richard Heath Dabney, Of the
University of Virginia. and accepted
for the club by Judge r. T. w. Duke
Jr Master Jefferson Randolph. son
of DR.. William NJ. Randolph. a de-
SCendant of Governor Jefferson. un-
yelled it. Among those present at tn,
exercises were Edward stockton Jou-
ett descendant of Jack Jouett. and
Mrs. j. Taylor EllysOn, of Richmond:
Monticello branch of the antiquities
society. and Albemarle Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton.
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gauge the pulse OF the people" said
A. A Wendell. OF Wallaceton. Va. at
the Arlington. says the Washing
ton Post Il am in the lumber bust
ness and at the gateway OF the North
and South. If L am TO Judge from
receipts and orders, there is every
reason to believe that the people of
the South are building their own
homes. sure sign of prosperity. The
remarkable feature Of the building is
that the large factories i'm course Of
erection are being constructed solely
of cement and iron. and | know this
for the reason that we are not selling
the lumber for that class of building
that we formerly did"
Norfolk and its suburbs constitute
an important part Of the country.
With harbOr and railroad facilities
you can readily understand the ad-
vantaSCS we have over other sections
Then, again, you know the Govern
ment has in contemplation the cree
ton of great waterways: Norfolk to
Elizabeth City. for instance. We have
two canals, and the Government is
undecided whether it shall take one
or both.
81 might add that there is no
ticeable decrease I'm the sale Of pine
lumber. Hard wood has the call
chiefly because ii is used for interior
decorations, and the failure Of de-
mand for pine can probably be at
tributed to the fact that outside CON
struction nowadays is Of stone and
cement"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
four GRADUATES
AT WESTMINSTER
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Oh,
THE SCHOOL HELD LAST
EVENING.

X c H Nj OND, Vas pecial.-
Four graduates, with first honors.
received their diplomas at the tenth
anhuai commencement exercises of
Westminster School in the chapel of
the First Presbyterian Church Fri
day Many friends and patrons of
the school were present. The gradu-
atcS were:
Miss Mary Tatum Friend, Chester.
Va: Miss Virginia Lee Miller, Bon Air.
Va; Miss Katherine Sabina Frauer-
man, Richmond; Miss Christine Won N.
ROSenegk, Richmond.
Inc Naledictory was delivered by
Miss Mary Friend and the salutatory
by Miss Miller. Miss Frauerman read
an essay on why We Go to College"
ana MISS Kosenegk a sketch on Joel
Chandler Harris.
Polk Miller made the address to the
graduates. mingling song and story,
IN his own style. Rev. Russell Cecil,
ID. d., pastor of the Second Presby-
terrain Church, presided and delivered
the diplomas to the graduates. The
principal, Miss Carrie Lee Campbell.
delivered the certificates to the honor
girls.
Those receiving honors in the soph-
omore class were Miss Sarah Taylor,
of North Carolina; Miss Natalie Nc
Faden, Miss Louise Kellogg, Miss Alice
Angel, Miss Helen Whitlock, Miss
Edith Bratton. Miss Mary Cole.
TeSnulan class - nrSt honor -
Misses Elizabeth Brockenbrough, Ida
Saunders and Bessie Straus.
Second hOnOr-MisSeS Mary Bugg
Annie Scott, Mary Kirsh. Marguerite
| Ward, Lucille jerks, Bette Perdue
and Emma Cooper.
Second honor in sixth grade-MisSes
Virginia Thomas. Mildred Williams
Elizabeth Buchanan. Louise Council
and Virginia Levy.
Third hOnOr-Mi sses May Mayo and
RhOda DIETRICH.
The following pupils i'm the lower
grades received honorS: Ernestine
Sachrach, Allene Rufiin, Mary Thorn
as Cox, Isabel Hester. Mamie Car
rinSton Campbell, Hamilton and Lou
Scherer, Alfred Jenkins, Dudley Jones
Eliza beth AkerS. Helen Perdue. Marie
Harnish. Cora Lynne Woods. Isabel
Chandler, Ellen Du Val, Frances Nc
Faden. Gladys Harrison, Freda Rose
neEk, Virginia Cox. Marian Lccky.
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panied by q process server. called at
the Pasadena later in the evening and
was Informed. he says. that MIR. and
Mrs. Hume were out The lawyer then
went TO the SiNty-eighth Street Sta
ton and asked that a policeman be
sent with him. When the lawyer and
the bluecOat returned to the apart
ment house they were met by Mr..
Hume in the hallway.
Later that night. when Lady Cook
learned what her sister had done, she
called a family consultation. Her
nephew, Willard +. Spar. went TO
his mothers home in Brooklyn and
prevailed upon her TO reconsider her
action. Wednesday Mrs. Spar and
her son communicated with Attorney
Wenl and directed that he withdraw
the writ
Lady Cook. at the home of the
HumeS. said:
1T is a very pathetic affair. My
sister is an old woman, ten years old
cr than 1. and the idea of her accuS-
ing me Of not being in possession OF
my faculties, I was the baby Of the
family, and she probably thinks of me
even now rs a little girl I wept when
I heard about what she had done.
Il live with the Humes. but I am n
perfectly free agent. Wednesday night,
for instance. I stayed with my nephew,
John J. Thompson. at 1877 West One
Hundred and Twenty-first Street.
Thursday night he came for me again.
That lOks as IL 1 were held a prison
er, doesn't it?
People have always been ACCUSING
others of coming after my money.
Some people have thought they could
in being generous. When I feel like
il. 1 draw a check. hut if anybody
thinks he can inVeivC it out of me
he's much mistaken.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
ALL WILL Be CRAZY
INSIDE 256 YEARS
KEEPS UP-CAUSED By THE
MANNER OF LIVING.

BOSTON, SS.=Special-"If the
increase in insanity keeps up at the
present rate. we shall all be insane
265 years from now" said DR.. J. II.
Kellogg, professor OF surgical path
ology and superintendent Of the Bat
tie Greek (Mich.) Sanatorium, ad-
dressing the graduating class of the
college of physicians and surgeons
Physical degeneracy and chronic
diseases are increasing" continued DR..
Kellogg Hearst disease has in
creased 1876 per cent. in the last thirty
years. Kidney disease has increased
in Massachusetts almost 167 per cent.
We are not making the advance that
we ought. Cancer is increasing. One
eighth Of the adult women who die
today die from cancer.
Insanity has increased 100 per cent.
i'm the last fifty years. Fifty years
ago there were 5000 insane people
to every million. Today there are
$4,000. There are $4,000 idiots and
lunatics to every million people in
the world. It is due largely to the
increased physical degeneracy origi-
mating from our manner Of living.
Women particularly are showing
the results of this degeneracy in the
decreased birth rate and the thriving
Of the concerns manufacturing in
fants' foods. Only three women out
of four nurse their infants, owing to
the physical degeneracy which makes
il impossible.
"Seventy-fiVe per cent. OF the bot
tle-fed children die before they are a
year old"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
BLUE kN0 GRAY
MEET TOGETHER
CROSSES OF HONOR BESTOWED
AT DAVIS CELEBRATION AT
II. f. LEE CAMP.

r c II NJ o n ID. VA.-Spe cial.-
The birthday anniversary of Jefferson
Davis was fittingly observed at the
r. f. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans
Friday night with number
Of members of the Eighth New York
Heavy Artillery present by special in
vitation. The Union veterans are in
the city to attend the dedication of "A
monument i'm the Federal Cemetery
To the memory of their late COM
mander.
Major j. c. Hemphm and Com
mander James Hudnutte, of a New
York @. a. II. post, were the speak
ers. a pleasing feature of the cele-
bration was the singing of old songs
OF the Confederacy 10y a chorus of
SeNenty-hVe school children.
Crosses of honor were presented to
members of the camp by Mrs. Chap
man; Mrs. L. G. Johnson, of Charles
ton, =. G., vice regent of the Confed-
crate Museum, and Mrs. b. A. Blen-
ner, registrar of the local chapter
Daughters of the COnfederacy.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
SLATE WORKER S
ARv0NIk ON STRIKE

ARVONIA, VA.-Special.-The en-
tire Arvonia slatefield from Ferncliffe
to Penlan is tied up in a strike.
which. according to conservative es-
Inmates. may last for months. The
members of the local Slatemakers'
Union. a strong organization, left off
work Wednesday, stating in a letter
TO the operators that they would not
return TO work until an agreement.
which they had formerly offered, was
signed by both sides. The operators
refused to sign and the strike fol-
lowed. Some of the strikers. mostly
Welshmen, thrifty and owning their
own homes, are preparing TO leave
the town.
The buckingham county slatefeId.
in which Arvonia is situated. is the
most important one south of Mason
and DiXOn'S line, and the quality of
its slate is unsurpassed anywhere in
the world
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
GEORGE THOMAS is
NOW IN THE TOLLS

ri { III VI ID y ID, VA.-Special.-
Deputy j. w. King reached
Richmond Saturday morning
with George Thomas, wanted here
for completely i'm various baggage
rObberies i'm different counties
and cities of the State.
Thomas will be confined i'm the
cell i'm HcnricO county Jail otcu-
pied by Eddie Fay and next to
that now occupied by his alleged
partner in crime, Martin ia
CobSky.
as a member of the Charlie Miller
gang OF baggage thieves. was called
in kinston, n. Y, Friday morning at ii
o'clock.
Martin jackson, whose real name is
Martin JacObosky, now i'm the county
pail suspected of completely in the
Miller operations. has not yet decid-
ed whether to fight the case or to
confess. JacoboSky is the brother of
a prominent merchant in Chicago, who
has plenty of money with which To-
detend his brother. In addition the
Miller gang has friends i'm all the
big cities of the country and money
is no object to them when one of
the gang is in trouble. In fact. Jaco-
boskN's wife. who is i'm the city.
brought with her from New York suf-
hcient funds with which to engage
legal advice. and she and her hus-
band have made a proposition to Mr..
WendenburS of a large sum of money
more than thousand dollars. il is
said-contingent upon Jacobosky's &C
qulttaL Jacobosky is waiting TO hear
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
WOMAN IS FOUND
AFTER TWO YEARS
BRIDE, WHO AROSE TO PREPARE
BREAKFAST, MAY BE A
SUICIDE.

CHARLESTON, w. VA-Special.-
Ginseng diggers In the mountains of
Fayette county found the body of Mrs.
Rachel Carter Martin. who disappear
d lille on visit to her brother in
1908. Identification was by a pc
culiar filling in the teeth.
Though the condition of Mrs. Mar
tins body was such that the man
ner in which she met death could
not be told, circumstances point to
suicide rather than murder. Upon
arising in the morning she told her
husband of one month, Charles Mar
tin. that she was going to assist in
preparing breakfast. He went to
sleep again, and upon awakening was
told that his wife had not been SEEN
diligent search. lasting several
weeks. failed TO reveal any trace of
her.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
SMITH SAID NONE OF
THEM WERE GUILTY
MURDERER, ON WAY TO DEATH
CHAIR, ACQUITS ALLEGED
ACCOMPIICES.

r l c II NOM ID, Vas ecial.-
Henry Smith, negro, was put to death
in the electric chair Friday morn
ing about Z O'Clock for the murder of
Walter Schultze. an artist of Chicago.
He went TO his death declaring his
firm conviction that he had been for
given all his sins and that his peace
had been. made.
Shortly before Smith went from his
cell 10 the death chamber he called
out to his alleged partners in crime
saying:
Goodbye. boys; keep on praying. -
n gentleman who was near at hand
and who wanted to give him last
chance to say a word before he en-
tered the death chamber. asked the
condemned man, Are these other
men guilty of the crime for which
you are being electrocuted ?"
NO. sir said Smith, without the
least hesitation. and 1 amt. either
the man added, after a moments hes
itation.
The murder for which Smith was
"lectrocuted took place in Alexandria,
a.. in March of last year. Walter
Schultze, the artist, was in a very
much intoxicated condition when he
alighted from a Washington car, and
Smith took him in charge, saying that
he had known the artist in Chicago
and would look after him. He was
seen to take Schultze off down the
street. and that was the last seen of
Schultze alive. The dead mans body
was found in q field day or two
later. When Smith was arrested he
implicated Richard Pines, Calvin
Johnson and Eugene Dorsey. and at
/ the time of the trial Smith was used
/ as witness against the others. the
/ trial resulting in the conviction of the
other men. and later Smith was tried
and convicted. all hands being SEN
fenced to die in the chair.
Several times the men have been
/ reSpited, and the other three have
/ been given a last respite to June 10th.
/ Counsel for the men has been active
/ in an effort to have Pines. Dorsey
and Johnson pardOned. and they
came near to proving an alibi
The electroCutiOn of Smith occurred
/ without the slightest hitch being
made in the arrangements. Major
. Wood allowed only the number re-
/ quired by law This list included the
jury. the physicians and the officers
/ Smiths spiritual advisers were on
F. hand and attended him to the very
last.
Men who have witnessed many
/ hangings and also attended electro
| CutiOns say that the latter means for
/ inflicting the death penalty may be
/ quicker than the moose, but il is not
one whit less painful There is no
/ question that electricity kills.
Thomas Noel Of Norfolk. who. il
was understood. would be electro
| "uted today. will not go to the chair
| for a week at which time. according
| TO schedule. the other three Alexan-
/ dria men will be put to death. pro-
! Ilded the Governor does not inter
| fere.
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from New York before deciding deA-
nitely upon the line OF action TO pur-
sue.
IL Thomas is extradited and is
brought to Virginia for trial II is
more than probable that the man will
confess He has already practically
admitted that he was at one time I'm
the room with the men who stole the
trunks and that he came to Virginia
with the checks for the stolen bag
gage. He asserts. however. that he
was innocent OF any wrongdoing.
Jacobosky has been sought for by
detectives ever since the conviction
OF Miller and Rogers. At one time
he was located i'm Chicago. but be-
fore he could be apprehended he had
skipped to New York, where he is
supposed TO have been shielded by
his friends. but was finally located by
Mr.. Scherer and his associates and
captured.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
NEWSPAPER MAN
FINDS LOST WOMAN
Mrs. DOnnini Says She Could Not
Stand Husbands Treatment, So
Left Him and Children.

RICHM OND, VA.-Special.-Th
mystery that has surrounded the dis
appearance of Mrs. Mary Donnini is a
mystery no more. She was found by
a newspaper reporter Friday af-
ternoOn at the home of her sister.
Mrs Peyton Johnston, 427 South
Harrison Street, and when interviewed
did not hesitate to explain the cause
of her absence from her home.
Il was badly treated" she said.
and l could stand the treatment of
my husband no longer"
The interview was necessarily brief.
and, before seeing Mrs. Donnini, the
reporter promised Mrs. Johnston that
IL would last for only a few minutes.
ut is plain enough" answered Mrs.
Donninni. that l am in a nervous
condition. but | do not think my al
legged arrangement extends further
than that l think l will. if left alone.
soon recover. We were told by our
physician last night that 1 was only
nervous"
Mrs. Johnston said that her sister
should have the rest and quiet she
needed.
"Wm YOU return to your husband?"
asked the reporter.
Il certainly will not"
Beyond that the young woman said
her position was fully explained in
the following written and signed state
ment:
The friends of Mrs. DOnnini
wish TO rcpel the statement pub
liShcd last evening regarding her
sudden disappearance. The cause
was not jealousy nor insanity. but
on account of the continuous ILL
treatment she had received from
her husband. Charles DOnnini.
for the past eight or nine years.
She il now safe i'm the hands of
friends, who will see that she is
taken care of i'm the future.
MRS. MARY DONNINI.
Mrs. Donnini and Mrs. Johnston
agreed that no further statement
would be necessary.
The husband, Charles Donnini.
when seen about ! o'clock, said he
had no idea of his wife's wherea-
bouts and had been told by relatives
that she was not with them. The
police knew nothing of her at noon
Mr.. Donnini said he feared she had
been injured and denied emphatically
that she had any reason to leave her
home.
Last Tuesday night. he said. sew
eral hours before her disappearance
she threatened to kill him. He says
that he told her she was mistaken
i'm her jealousy, that she had no rea-
son for il.
L never mistreated her" he said.
Il never had any such idea. ] don't
Nllilh size. Niu unllt Il lew OdNS ago.
when her mind seemed to be affected.
| want To find her, but / do not know
where to look"
Mr.. Donnini stood between his two
girl children, seven and eight years
old. The youngest said she wanted
to see her mother. and the oldest sim
ply shook her head. The boy was
not there.
Louis Marchetti. the employer Of
Donnini. said he had known the man
for years, and had found him capa-
BILE and Industrious. He said he had
never heard OF Mr.. Donnini treating
his family cruelty. and, gave him an
excellent reputation.
Mr.. DOnnini is about fOrty-seven
years old. and his wife. formerly Miss
Mary Lombardy, is thirty-five.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
G. S. ABEL BUYS THE
NORFOLK LANDMARK

NORFOLK, VA Special.-The Nor
folk Landmark announced this morn
ing that that paper has been pur-
chased by Charles S. Abel. until re-
Gently manager of the Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. Abel. as president of the Nor
folk Landmark Publishing Company
Will assume control Of the paper with
today's issue. s. s. Nottingham. for
merly editor and publisher of the pa
per. Will remain with il as secretary
and treasurer. as will X. Foster Muir
ray. as editorial writer
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
PARK ROW new
YORK IS SINKING
Lower End Of Manhattan Island Going
Down as Result of Huge NUM-
cipal Building.

NEW Y0RK.-Special.-
Row, at the point where pedes-
TRAN traffic Is heaviest in New
York, apparently Is sinking, as
the result of a tremendous cave
i'm in the foundation of the new
$S,OOO,OOO Municipal building, in
which five WOrkmen were buried
alive Friday. The other two could
not be located, and they were be-
lieVed TO be buried under thou
sands of tons of earth and rock.
Within half an hour of the cave
in Park Row began to sag from
the western side to the center.
The depression was fully four
inches and slowly deepened.
Pedestrians and vehicles were i'm.
mediately ordered OF the street trafi,
was stopped on the Third Avenue ele
brace the massive iron elevated struc
ture which began to sag. The acciden
occurred when the morning crowds
were pouring into the Row from
Brooklyn Bridge, the East Side anC
the Bronx. Thousands who heard tht
terrific rumble with which the eartf
tore away and partly filled the i'm.
mense excavation were thrown into 6
panic that taxed the resources Of the
police reserves that were hurriedlS
rushed to the scene. The sxcavatiofI
In which the cave-in occurrd covered
an irregular area OF 10000 nuare fee
In. the two blocks bounded by TYron
ROW and gsnter Street. Diane Street
Ths depth Is from thsrty-1.,z "a for.
~ feet. with precipitous SIDE ~