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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Seven Killed In Mine Explosion.

An explosion in the No. ) colliery
u the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal
company. at Wilkes-Barre, Pa, has
ended the lives of seven mine work
ws. There were no injured, every
man in the zone of the explosion meet
Ag death. Only two men OF the gang
Of nine escaped. They were James
Hayes and Martin Williams. who a
few minutes before the explosion had
zone for supplies. A few minutes az
Serward they heard the rOar Of the
explosion and felt the conclusion.
They rushed to try TO give aid to
fheir comrades. but were driven back,
weak and faint by the fredamp. They
6hen gave the alarm. The explosion
vas terrific and caused the roof for
some distance 10 fall in.
Six widows and twenty-four children
are mourning the victims. All but one
" the seven were married. The men
we're Owen Griffith. who leaves a wife
and one child; Hugh Price. a wife and
six children: Condy Gaffney. a wife
And three children; William jenkins,
d wife and two children: Evan vii.
rams. a wife and seven children; vii
Nam Jones. a wife and five children.
and John owen Jones, single.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Preacher Tries Suicide.

Rev. J.. o. Clippinger, pastor OF the
United Brethren church at Hagers
town. Md, slashed his throat and
both his wrists in a horrible manner
with a razor at his home in Rohrers
Vile. Before using the weapon upon
himself the aged minister broke the
mirror into pieces and kicked the fur
nlture about the room.
His wife gave the alarm. and neigh
bors went in and took the razor from
the minister. He tainted from loss o
blood. but later revived. He Is not ex
pected to recover.
Mr.. C%lippinger came to this sector
last October from York Haven. Pa
and is sixty-fve years old. He has beer
suffering from throat trouble. and salt
he feared he would lose his speech.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18

formally greet their visitor. They went
aboard and escorted Mr.. Roosevelt IN
70 the town.
within the palace the American re-
ceived all higher government officials,
after which tea was served. The stay
at the palace was brief, Colonel
Roosevelt hurrying away to the rail-
way station to meet Mrs. Roosevelt
and Miss Ethel.
He arrived at the station In time
70 meet his wife and daughter upon
their arrival. With a delicate appre-
citation city officials had so arranged
that this family reunion after a years
separation was in strict privacy.
After a few moments a very happy
appearing ssPilv emerged from IN
statIon ana proceeded 10 the paface'
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
CAPTURES Alblno Muskrat.

James Marsh, who was trapping In
a big swamp near Caldwell, N. j..
captured an albino muskrat. The
creature has pure white fur and pink
eyes. Old hunters and trappers. who
have killed many hundreds Of musk
rats every spring, say that they never
before have seen an albino muskrat.
The usual color of the rodent is brown,
sometimes shading almost to black.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Hanoed Herself With Silk Stockings.

Hanoed Herself With Silk Stockings.
With her silk stockings lightly knot
ted together. n end bound around
her fair neck and the other fastened
to a shower bath in the private bath
room Of her luxurious suite, the life
less body Of beautiful Selma Ruth
Kaufman. twenty-eight years OF age.
OF New York. was found in the fash.
ionable new Hotel White, Fifth ave
nue.. McKeesport. Pa.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Thuus Rob %PaYmaster.

Edward McGann. Of Pittsburg. pay
master for the Dexter Coal company.
and Robert Pommering were attacked
by thugs between Brilliant and the
Dexter Coal company's works, near
Brilliant. O.. beaten until unconscious
and robbed of $4,000 contained in a
satchel they carried. They were found
bleeding and s%enseless beside their
rig by farmers.
M~oundsville. ". Va. has been asked
10 send bloodhounds to help run down
the robbers.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
NOTICE!
INDISPENSABLE OF VALUABLE.REAL
ESTATE IN THE TOWN OF
FARMVILLE. VA.
AT HOME

BY virtue Of an order Of the United states Dis
trict Court for the Eastern District OF virginia
entered on the 18th Of February. 1910 m re; W
G. Venable. bankrupt. the undersigned trustee
will sell to the highest bidder for cash on the
2nd DAY OF APRIL. 1910.
AT 10 o'clock A.. NJ. Of said day. in front Of Tho
Courthouse in the town Of Farmville. Virginia
the following described real estate; Part OF lo
1871 in the town Of Farmville. fronting on Grac'
Street % feet and running backto y W. Pauiett
i;ne and adjoining the lots IF Eliza Reid. Saiai
Jackson. Laura Holme and William fpes.'
This lot has on il a valuable tenement hous'
which will be shown TO prospective purchaser
upon application to the trustee
j. TAYLOR THOMPSON.
Trustee in Bankruptcy. in re: W. G. Venable
Bankrupt. iep- ~ fN.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Trenton Carmen Win Strike.

The strike on the Trenton. n. J.
Street railway has been settled, al
agreement signed and the strikers art
back al work on the cars.
The company acceded to substan
TALLY all the demands of the men eX
cept the formal recognition Of the M
ion. which was virtually included II
a provision that the company shoul
treat with a committee OF the men a
Ia future differences which nigh
arise.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Roosevelt Meets wife In Eoypt.

Theodore Roosevelt and his party
received a most enthusiastic reception
when they arrived at Khartoum,
Egypt.
The steamer Dial. upon which the
party made the trip from Gondokoro,
was delayed by unusual turbulence of
Che White Nile waters. but was able
90 keep within an hour of the time
scheduled for its arrival here.
STAFF officers OF the sirdar. General
81 Francis Wingate. went mp the
river in a launch to met the Dal and
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Five Years For CRATER.

The court of appeals at San Fran
cisco. Cal. has upheld the conviction
of former Supervisor NJ. w. Coffey. in
connection with the graft disclosures
of the Ruef-Schmitz administration
Cofey was sentenced to FIVE years In
San Quentin.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
BOY KILLS
HIS SmTEpFATHER
Defends Mother When wife
Beater Attacks Her.
SHOT INSTANTLY FATAL

Conference.-The William Shepherd
Gets Revolver During Quarrel and
Shoots stepfather When He Springs
at Him-Held For Murder.
Jeremiah NJ. McMannus vas sho'
and almost instantly killed by MS step
son William Shepherd. aged fourteen
Years AT their home in Rockledge'
about two miles from J~enkintown' ia.
Tho lad said he armed himself with
reyolver-with the childish luea VI
frightening his step-parent-to stop a
Cuarrsl with his mother. Although ne
dId not intend to shoot. McMannus'
according to the boy and his mother
sprang at the child, who. packed IN a
ourner OF q room, fired full at the man
10 protect himself. .
The bullet penetrated McMannus
breast. lodging near his heart Inc
sman staggered into the out Kitchen
5where he died in a few minutes.
The lad, who shows a remarkable
fca,mness since the shooting and does
HOT seem TO realize what he has done
twas not arrested Immediately, but
4kept under surveillance at his home
4untf after Coroner King had removed
1.-The body. Then, with his mother ne
WAS taken before Squire John Camp
bell for a hearing.
After hearing the testimony OF Chief
Ieve and Mrs. McMannus, Squire
Campbell held William on the charge
Of murder to await the action OF the
grand jury. -,
Throughout the hearing the boy did
not CRY. but sat on a chair swinging
his feet u%nconcernedly. When he was
held ne tossed his black hair from his
forehead but turned almost imme
diately 10 comfort his mother, who
broke down and wept.
Mrs. McMannus did everything IN
her power to save her boy. "Wilhe
Did his best to defend me- she told
Squire Campbell, after her testimony
as TO the shooting. "He is blameless
The magistrate. however. did not holc
the child for the action of the coro
ner. but bound him over for the granC
jury.
The police say the quarrel which re
suited in the death of McMannus ne
can when he and his wife were il
this city. During the day McMannu'
had several drinks. and several per
sons who were on the train with tn
couple when they returned to Rock
ledge say they noticed that the mai
was under the influence Of liquor.
The police say he demanded NOR
money of Mrs. McMannus. William
was with his mother at the time
while the other FIVE children were still
IN bed. McMannus' demands for NOR
money started a fresh quarrel. II !
said that the man grew abusive, calle0
mis- wife names. and finally tried I
strike her. William. aroused by hi
fathers actions. says he left the rooT
and went upstairs TO his stepfather'
bedroom. where ne knew a 32-calibe
revolver was kept loaded in a burea
drawer. He found the weapon an
come down stairs. When McMannu
saw the pistol he roughly demande
that the child give it to him.
"Stop fighting with mother al
swered the boy. and he brandished tn
revolver.
His stepfather. who was still hol'
ng Mrs. McMannus. stopped and the
started for the boy. The lad backe
fato a corner and. raising the weapon
.uointed il full at the man and fired.
"Oh. Willie" was all the ma
fasped.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18

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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
Entire Family Cremated.

John Wagstaf, his wife and their
eight children, colored, were burned to
death in their home. seven miles
northwest of Roxboro, y. c., in a fire
which destroyed their home.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18

John D. Gives Georgia School $4,000.
It was announced that John D.. Rock
%efeller. who is spending the winter at
Augusta. Ga, has given $50 200 10 the
Georgia School Of Technology, located
In Atlanta.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18

conference.-the William ~shepnero
Gets Revolver During Quarrel n
Shoots stepfather When He Springs
NJ Him-Held For Murder.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-18
SECRETARY Of New MEXICO Dad.

James w. Reynolds secretary Of
New Mexico. and former acting gov
ernor of int territory. died suddenly
on a Rock Island train ct Tucson,
Ariz.. from hear 81 9se.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28


 From the New York Sun.
 After Norman Hapgood had spoken Judge Gary announced that at the re- quest of many good citizens, though risking great injustice to others, he would call upon George Ade. MT. Ade said that ever since the New theatre was organized he had hoped, with oth CTS, to get before the public by that means efforts of his that mere com mcrcial managers handt wanted. He had one still, which he had submitted in Sultan of Sulu" days to the man. ager on his left (Mr. Savage) in re- sponse to a demand for an animal duet. MT. Ade said he had found that the only animal not already pre-empted was the microbe, and had written accord ingly, but the singers had refused the lyric saying microbes were not anil mals, but clans. MT. Ade then recited this, which he said the New theatre could have if it wanted:
 THE MICROBES SERENADE. lovelorn microbe met by chance At a swagger bacteroida1 dance proud bacilian belle, and she Was first of the animalculae, Of organism saccharine,
 She was the protoplasmis queen, The miscroscopical pride and pet Of the biological smartest set, And so this infnitesimal swain Evolved a pleading low refrain:
 70 lovely metamorphfc germ,
 What futile scientific term
 Can well describe your many charms
 Come to these embryonic arms
 Then his away to my cellular home,
 And be my little diatomt' His epithelium burned with love, He swore by molecule above She'd be his own gregarious mate, Or else he would disintegrate This amorous mite of a parasite Pursued the germ both day and night And meath her window often played This Darwin Huxley serenade- He'd warble to her every day This rhisopodical roundelay:
 70 most promordial type of spore,
 I never met your like before, And though a microbe has no heart, From you, sweet germ, I'll never part,
 We'll sit beneath some fungus
 growth
 Till dissolution claims us both!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
River BargeS DlSpIacing SteamboatS

In all parts of the interior United States including even the Great Lakes, all other forms of navigation are giv- ing place to tugs and barges. The river barge fills the place once held by schooners on the lakes and by steam boats on the rivers. All experience shows that the barge is the more eco- romical form of vessel for use on our long and not overdeep rivers and the barges are of course pulled by tugs. The modern barge is built to carry from 500 tons up, in some cases, to 1000 tons. It is the barge that is render ing the Alabama river again useful and filling Selma and Montgomery with new plans of water transportation, all feasible. The Mississippi and Ohio will soon be filled with these handy and economical boats and the hope is that the Warrior will follow suit. It must in fact If the heavy products of this district are to complete with those of West Virginia, Kentucky and Illinois In the Gulf and at Panama
 But be this as it may the trend in all the rivers is away from the steam boat and toward tugs and barges. The river barge is the hope of this coun- try just as it long has been of Hol- land and of Germany and of all oth ei countries that have canals or navigable rivers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
THE AMERICAN FIREMEN

From the New York World.
 The bravery of American firemen is a hyword. But never in all their long record of heroism in the line of duty have they given so supreme an exhibition of the stuff of which they are made as at the two fires which cost the lives of nearly two score of these brave fellows. Fire chief, battalion chief, rank and file, they faced death with equal fortitude and share alike in the sympathetic pride their regrettabIe fate inspires.
 "Smoke-eaters' are brothers under the skin in bravery the country over whether in Chicago. Philadelphia or New York. They never finch in an occupation of peace more hazardous than war. The honors they receive have no martial gilt ter. They are public servants in a hum- blc calling. Yet they have borne witness this week to national possession which IS better asset of security than stand ing army. They have shown how effec- lively that ''undeveloped mine of Amer ican yalor, of which Washington mili- tarists make light, could be utilized in case of war. If American firemen are an example of the corroding effects of peace the country may well be satisfied with the conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
CIVIL WAR ROMANCE

From the Washington Post The following dispatch from Nash vile recalls a thrilling, sad, perhaps momentous episode of our great war of 1s61-1S65:
 True to the very end to the sweet heart of her girlhood, Miss Martha O'Bryan, member of a prominent Ten | nessee family and devoted church worker, is dead here, aged "A years Her hero was Capt. John Yates Beall a Virginian, hanged February "A. 1865, on Governors Island as a Confederate spy"
 Beall and this woman were betrothed and she was his virgin widow to the | end.
 Of all the heroes of our revolution of Hale? John Yates Beall was one of
 the two Nathan Hales of the south | the other the youth Sam Davis. | Bealrs enterprise was an inspira- tion worthy d'Artagnan. How nearly
 it came of success is matter of conjec-
 ture; but had it prospered there Is no doubt that every city on the lakes from Buffalo to Milwaukee would have been
 laid under tribute by this new Paul
 Jones, and thousands of Confederate
 prisoners, desperate, men, released, armed and mounted, would have car
 ried terror, mayhap fire and sword over the now middle west.
 That the scheme nearly succeeded I is uneuestionable; but the warship | Michigan was, as by miracle, saved
 from the clutch of Beall and his hardy
 crew. Beall went to the scaffold and
 died as did Hale and Andre and Sam
 Davis. the death of spy.
 There is a story that John Yates I Beall and John Wilkes Booth were
 bosom friends, that the actor "moved heaven and earth" to secure from the | President the pardon of his friend
 or the communication of his sentence, that it was without avail, and that then
 Booth determined on the most momen- tous crime of American history, which
 in his madness he consummated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
Income Tax Amendment

Eight staes have ratified the income lax amendment-Alabam South Car ,,,na Illinois. Maryland, Kentucky Mississippi, Oklahoma and Georgia Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska, friend of the amendment, thinks thai Tour of the five states that have neg iected to act on the amendment VII alien themselves with the states sup rorting the amendment. The five states are New York, Rhode Island, Massa- ehusetts, Virginia and Louisiana. New York will surely ratify the amendment because her legislature is democratic fin both branches and the state demo- cratic platform demands ratification. The other states will do likewise with 1he possible exception of Rhode Island which is scarcely an American state in the respect of suffrage.
 Thirty-one legislatures will meet next month and if out of that num- Der 2s ratify the amendment it will be- come part of the constitution. Any state that has voted against the amend ment can rescind its action and vote for it at subsequent date, but state which has approved It cannot withdraw that approval.
 In the light of the November election and the trend of events the legislatures are expected to respond freely when the proposition is submitted to them. Altogether the prospects of the &C., quirement by the government of a power to levy an income tax are bet ter than ever before. The power was held by the government 100 years un- til it was suddenly and mysteriously rnatched away by f1ve-by-four dect- sion of the United States supreme court Chief Justice White, then an associate Justice, wrote a dessenting opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28

years of age. At IS he conducted per formance of Faust at the Theatre de la Monnaie at Brussels and a year later was chosen as conductor at the Royal Opera at Antwerp. Then he went to Al giers in a similar capacity, and upon ms return to Belgium played before queen Henrietta at Ostend, who immediateiy took him as protege and paid Tor his education in Germany. where he became pupil of Leschetizky.
 'The wife of Leopold was very fond of music, but the royal husband ols- liked 1t and when through a ruse van oen Berg was brought to an exhibition at Antwerp, where he was expected to com pei a respectful hearing, the king was wrathy and left the building, storming maledictions on the heads of all pianists and piano builders. This did not change the Queens ideas, however, and up to her death she continued to be the pat roness of the young musician she had befriended. About this time he played piano duet with the great Anton Rub instein, made a tour with Calve, and be- came quite a favorite in music circles abroad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
Frauds In the Mails

The action of Postmaster General Hitch- cock in arresting a large number of per sens on the charge of using the mails with intent to defraud the public will certain ly prove highly salutary. MT. Hitchcock announces that he intends to proceed against all enterprises of doubtful char acter which use the mails and prosecute them relentlessly. This will cost the gov ernrnent a good round sum, but MT postoffice department to act in the inter- est of the American public.
 Pretty nearly all dubrous and fraudu- lent schemes do use the mails. and the task of putting an end to the commission of frauds of that nature is not a. light one. But the United States should not longer remain an unwitting partner ir such crimes and misdemeanors and MT Hitchcock deserves credit for his determ. ination to stop all work that smacks oi rascality He should not, however. con fine his efforts to one city or one locality for every state and almost every city hal set on foot get-rich-auick concerns, ev cry one of which should be thwarted ant broken up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
NeH Orleans and the Exposition

The exposition hearings before the com mittee on industrial arts and expositions in Congress will be held on January 10, II and 12, and San Francisco will be first heard. A New Orleans special will be dis patched January 2, carrying strong dele Sation to Washington.
 The hearings will be followed by a re- port submitted in time to admit of a discussion of the subject in the House on January F, when no doubt the question as to the location of the official exposition will be decided.
 <~The argument of distance will be made clcsr and convincing It will be shown that an exposition in San Francisco would bs agreeable to few while one at New orleans would be accessible to the many. The point will be urged that expositions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
This Year and Next Year In Alabama

The year that is going out may have been as bad as James J. Hill pictured ii elsewhere, but in this city and state it was distinctly a good year. It was first of all the year in which the home popula- ton was vindicated before the entire world. Birmingham ceased to be a city of 3S,O00 to become city in the 100000 class.
 It was, too, year of steady and re- markable development at Corey. The construction work on its great dam for q large utilization of Village creek, and the building of great plants, not to men, tion a new city and suburb, were carried on thmroughout the year, and the new plants will begin operation next year. The value of the developments of the sub sidiary companies of the Steel corporation in this district cannot well be overesti- mated.
 And then, a gain, in this year has been produced the maximum output of pig iron and the maximum output of coal and coke. Nearly 100000 tons of pig iron and over 100000 of coal stand to the credit of the Birmingham district this year.
 This is glory enough without resorting 10 bank clearings, car movements, build ing operations, postal receipts and the like. All those things follow in the wake Of coal and iron production.
 The coming year will have to be a very good one indeed to exceed the one nearly completed The state will, however, con- tinue to be prosperous. for our farmers seem determined to grow more corn in the aggregate and to the acre, and the growing of corn will lead to the produc- tion of more meat. This means that agri- cultural Alabama will be as prosperous next year as 1t has been this year, and if the mineral district will do as well as it has done this year Alabama will again have a prosperous year wholly re- gardless of conditions elsewhere. Once let Alabama produce her own corn and meats and her highest prosperity is as sured. Her prosperity will not be depend ent upon the supply of money in London or in Wall street, or on any outside con- dition.r The state Is headed toward self support for the first time since the war.