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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
SHAKING OF
I he EAR 7 H
Fear Is Expressed That
Isthmus OF Panama
Met Disaster

Washington. Jan. Weather bur
>eau officials are apprehensive lest the
earthquake recorded early today oc-
Cured on the Isthmus of Panama, Co.
lon is 2.1O0 miles from here and as
the wave was south-southwest and
calculated at about 1000 miles dis
tant, they believe there Is some
ground for their fears.
The force of the earthquake, as re-
corded by the weather bureau here,
closely approXimated the violence Of
the big quake at San Francisco. The
bureau figures that Its greatest force
was felt 1000 miles south and south
west OF Washington Tho first shock
was at Goa a. M. the second at 6:0S
and tho third at GIL The third shock
was so strong that 1t threw the deli
cate seismograph pen of the cylin-
der
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
SEATTLE's coLDEST DAY

Seattle. Wash. Jan. To-day was
the coldest New Years day ever on
cially recorded in Seattle, the tenn
perature having fallen from q above
zero this afternoon with likelihood
that 1t will be below 20 tonight. To
day broke the record oil 1901. which
was % degrees. A forty-mile gale
blew all day. tearing vessels from
their anchorage, wrecking summer
houses along the shore of the Sound
and destroying. with the aid Of high
tide, several hundred yards of trestle
in West Seattle
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
ACCIDENT I
IN CHICAGO
New Year Celebration
Resulted in a
Death

Chicago. Jan 1-Celebration of the
advent OF the now year resulted In the
death. through the accidental dis.
charge of a revolver. of Mrs. Fran.
ces Gardiner. the wife of Blake Gar
diner.
Gardiner. with his wife. who was
20 years old. had been spending the
evening at the residence OF her par.
ents. Mr and Mrs w. T. Nctwlg
At midnight. Netwig tried to fire a
revolver The first cartridge failed
to explode. and. when he wos exam
lining the weapon. It was accidentally
discharged
The bullet struck Mrs Gardiner.
lodging in the jugular vein. and in.
fllctlns wound from which she died.
Netwig was arrested
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
MrLITIAs SHARE EQUALLY.

Washington. Ian Satisfactory
conformity by Jan. 21 with the law, so
as TO enable all states and territories
to share in the amounts appropriated
by congress for the organized militia
is predicted by Lieut., Col. Weaver,
chief OF the division OF militia affairs,
in his annual report today to the sec
retary of war. Only Pennsylvania
and Delaware were represented as
not conforming. and he believes these
states Will be able TO meet the con-
ditions by Jan n.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
MRS. LoGAN'S DAUGHTER
TO MARRY a FOREIGNER

New York, Jan. 1.-Mrs. John A
Logan. Jr.. has announced the en-
gagement of her daughter, Miss Marie
Louise Logan, TO Henri de Sincay. OF
Brussels. Belgium
NJ. de Sincny is the son OF CASTOR de
Sincay of Brussels. who Is at the head
OF the zinc industry OF Belgium.
NJ. de Sincay came here last sum
mer with excellent letters OF introduc-
ton and was in Newport for the sea
son, where he gave a dance at Ber-
gers In return for many courtesies
received
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
FORGETS SPEECH,
KILLS HIMSELF
Kentucky Judge Disgraced by
Failing Memory Commits
Suicide.

Georgetown, Ky. Jan, because
he could not remember part OF the
address which he was to deliver at a
banquet tonight, Judge John c. vows,
80 years old, shot and killed himself.
Judge vows was we'll known as an
after-dinner speaker, he was TO speak
at New Years celebration When
ne arose to address the audience his
memory failed him, and after several
attempts to continue he abruptly left
the room.
Later the janitor OF the building
stumbled over the body Of the jurist
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
LOS ANGELES SUFFERS
FROM SEVERE STORM

Los Angeles. Jan. IA rainfall so
heavy as to amount TO cloudburst
marked the dawn of the New Year In
Los Angeles Car service in all parts
Of the city was demoralized. and in
the surrounding country much dam
nge was done to telephone and tele-
graph wires. Traffic on all railroads
entering Los Angeles was delayed.
Landslides in Caton Pass tied up
transcontinental trains on the Santa
F'e and Salt Lake lines,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
RUSSIAN SCIENTIST SENTENCED.

Maxim KovaleYesky. a member OF the
council of the empire for the universi-
ties and world famous sociologlst,
was today sentenced 10 two months
Imprisonment for an article on army
conditions published six months ago
In the now defunct newspaper St1ana.
OF which he was editor.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
GRAND ARMY VETERANS
OPPOSE HONORlNG LEE

Chicago. Jan. 1.-Resolutions denot-
ing the plan to place a statue OF Cen
eral r. E Lee in the Hall Of Fame,
in Washington. "as against the pub
lie policy, against the fundamental
principles. and against the honor and
integrity OF the veterans. who nobly
gave up llfe and home TO preserve the
Union. which Robert E Lee attempted
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
SHORTER WORKING HOURS.

Boston. Jan. l.-Several hundred
operatives in mills and factories in
Rhode Island and Massachusetts will
begin work Monday on 4 shorter
schedule OF working hours In conse-
qUence OF the new 56 hour law becom,
ing effective. The running time here.
tofore has been so hours.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
ZELAYA'S NEW YEAR.

Mexico City, Jan Jose Santos
Zelaya, former president of Nicara-
gua, spent New Years day in his
apartments here He held 10 his
rooms until afternoon. when he took
short drive 1t is said Zelaya will
make another call on President Diaz
early In the week
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
BIG FOUR LIMITED
WRECKED IN INDIANA

Muncie. Ind. Jan. 1.-The Big -Four
Knickerbockcr limited was wrecked
near Ansonia at 1145 o'clock tonight
according TO telephone report reach.
Ing here. The train struck a defect
I've switch, left the track and plunged
through n store. The engineer and
fireman We're said TO be badly injured
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02

Itching piles pr916Eo profanity, bur
profanity won't HSure them. Doan's
Ointment cureF itching, bleeding or
protruding pies after years OF sur.
fering At any drug store.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
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EARTHQUAKE RECORDED.

st Louis. Jan. 1.-The seis-
mograph OF the st Lonls uni
versity recorded an earthquake
which began at 8 06: 40 o'clock
this morning The shock con
tlnued 90 minutes and 30 sec
onds. the greatest oscillation
occurring AT $40, The princl-
pal motion was from east TO
west
Officials at the museum say
the disturbance may have oo-
Cured somewhere in Mexico.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02

to destroy" we're adopted at meet
ing of the Chicago g. A. r. today
The resolution will be sent to Presi.
dent Taft
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-01-02
9 Q 900 600 O c O G G o C C
MRS. HARaIMAN's GIFT.

Newburgh. n. Y. Jan l.
Mrs. Edward u Hartman has
offered to the State OF New
York for park purposes. 10000
of the 10000 acres included In
the famous Hartman estate In
Orange county.
Ono of the cherished inten-
tons of the late E Fl. HarTi-
man was to give this properly
TO the state 10 be used forever
as a great public park. free to
all the people,
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
SPRINGS HAMPER
FOUNDATION WORK
Post-Office Contractors Are Lay
ing Concrete Under
Difficulties.

About ten weeks Of work by large
force of men has resulted In apparently
slow progress on the government build
ing for Richmond. The contractor has
met with many difficulties not patent
to the layman. Nevertheless. he is
well satisfied with the progress made.
In the first place. this big. modern
100000 building is being constructed
OF the best material and in the mos.
substantial and up-to-date manner.
Nothing must go into 1t that is not &C.
cording TO the most exacting specifi-
cations prescribed by government ex-
perts.
Weeks have elapsed while the men
have been digging TO secure a solid
structure. Trouble has been encoun-
tered in this line. Innumerable little
springs have dubbed here and there
from the ground and hampered the
foundation layers. Pumps have been
operated FOR hours and days at time
to carry off the water.
Serious Cnye-In.
Several tons of earth on the north
side OF the building site, undermined
by springs which spouted from the
heart of Capitol Hill. caved in a short
time ago. No one was injured and
there was no permanent delay IN tho
work. However. 1T became necessary
to construct braces to prevent the en-
bankment from falling again. AT the
base of this embankment the contrac-
tors are now digging and tamping for
solid place to build the foundation
OF concrete. railroad iron and gravel
After days and perhaps weeks of pump.
ing and digging, the dry bed OF the
soil viii be reached. and then the cor
ner-stones will be laid
Hundreds of curious persons stop
and watch the workmen taking down
the old building stone by stone. Not
a particle of the old structure will be
destroyed If 1t can be utilized in the
new building, Yet there will be moth.
ing placed in the new walls except
first-class material. according to speci-
.icattons. The stone will be redressed
and made to conform to the general
scheme of construction. There will be
no unsightly Or, rough edges in the
building. Everything Will be of per-
iect architecture and will harmonize.
II all goes we'll, the finest public
building in the South will have been
completed and be ready for occupancy
by December, 1911. 1t is an eighteen
months job. The contractors are san
guine that Uncle Sans officials Will
move into their new quarters on. the
day appointed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
ret. and passed successfully into Mar
'agansett Bay.
GRAFT IN A STATE HOME
jersey state Auditor Brings Charges
Against Ex-senator Rue.

Jersey State Auditor Brings Charges
Against Ex-senator Rue.
Trenton. n. j.. July 31.--It got out
to-day that State Auditor Drake had
made charges to the trustees .of the
State Home for Girls that ex-senator
John D. Rue. superintendent of the
farm, had sold to the home through
third party tons of fertilizer from a
company in which he was financially
Interested, contrary to the State law
Another charge is that Senator Rue
manipulated things at the home SO
that he controlled the oftics OF the SUI
perintendent. Mrs. Manssn and the
trustees passed a resolution COMPEL
ing Rue to obey Mrs. Mansell by max
ing her rule supreme
1t is charged further that Rue sold
produce from the home farm and
turned the money into the State Con-
troiler. where it cannot be checked by
the auditors. and con trary to the rules
which prescribe that the moneys shall
go to the board of trustees. more
serious charge is that grocer has
been supplying goods to tho institu-
ton at a price by the crate as the
accepted BIDS call for, but charging by
the dozen. which figures much higher.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
SEES WAR QUICKLY ENDED
Assistant Secretary Wilson surprised by.
Operations In Moving picture show.

Assistant Secretary Wilson Surprised by.
Operations In Moving Picture Show.
Washington, D. c., July 5l.-Left
sitting "on the lid" at the State Depart
ment by Secretary Knox. Assistant Sec
rotary Huntington Wilson has had the
fortune to see the end of the warfare
IN Nicaragua, problem the accomplish
nent of which has been Worrying the
department. for months. He saw the
happy solution OF the troubles in a
moving picture show.
With the diplomatic corps off to the
seashore and officials in the govern
nent generally represented here only
oy their vacant seats. Mr.. Wilson has
mad TO hunt around right lively 10 find
some amusement. and has become a
o-cent theatre devotee.
one night last week he was amazed
to behold at one of these shows SCENES
OF battles he had read about in consul
lar reports from Nicaragua He saw
the kilograms telling of war and desc
latlon laid before the Secretary of the
Navy. He beheld gunboat of the
ohltea states rushing through the wa
ters' Inc next moment six marines.
without single gun, had landed, and
the war was over.
We're the pictures of yourself good?"
inquired friend OF Mr.. Wilson. to
whom the secretary related his expe-
rience
They left the State Department out
entirely, he replied.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
UNNAMED CRAFT CLAIMED

Freeport Man Tells How Don't Ran on
Far Rocknway Beach.
New York, July 81.-Charles C. At
kins, OF Freeport. Long Island. called
at the Far Rockaway Police Station
yesterday afternoon and laid claim to
the twenty five foot motor boat. which.
While running at high speed and minus
passengers dashed upon Reaches
Beach, in Far Rockaway. Friday night
while a large crowd looked on in
horror.
Atkins told Lieutenant Wheelwright
that he and James Kenny, of Brook
lyn. were taking the boat from Free
port to Brooklyn. and had the vessel
going at her best speed when. as they
were passing the town of Lawrence.
Long Island, the craft ran on sand
Tar.
The impact threw both men. Atkins
says. into the ocean. When they re-
covered themselves they saw the boat
some distance from them still going at
top speed When word spread around
that Atkins had claimed the launch
Steven StilIwagon. a life-saver. came
to the station house and said that he
had rescued the craft aSsd was holding
it for s25 salvage fees. Atkins said
he would raise the money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
TAR AND FEATHER GIRLS
one blamed for Youths suicide-,1c

one Blamed for Youths suicIde-,,oh
OF Men Acts.
Vandergrift, Pa, July 31.-Rlan,i,,e :,
, rmo Souns women of this town for the
r vo,,na. suicide slie Of youth, number Of
s ,1g men took the girls TO the our
s SKI OF the city and coated them with
TAR and Feathers, Both girls were than
orasred TO leave the town.
me young women are Miss Myrtle
Mooney and Miss Prayer. on lsavi nc. q
mousse IN lonely spot between his
town and Apollo, they were me, et h,.
Two young men, who induced thew, ~
accompany them down the ROAD Ae
soon as they appeared opposi1a a
clump or bushes a crowd Of vo,,ne
men and boys, all masked rushed nmt
and surrounded them The girls Wv
dragged. pleading for mercy mo the
woods. Where pot of tar Vas bea+aH
Inc clothes We're then torn from, ~ a
glrls and the tar was applied Than
although they We're half faintine +ha
girls We're rolled in a hean of fast, e,.s
ana a., driven from the woods, With a
warning es not TO return to vandergrift
some Time ago young man of this
town committed suicide. He had bsan
popular' and rigid investigation was
maze. One of the girls tarred and
i9athered was blamed for his death
me other young woman was aIWavs
this girls companion
The police are making an inveett,o
ton, put II Is said that so far ti7av
nave little knowledge as to the idsns,
THY OF the young men.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
FIGHT WITH A RATTLEsNAKE
Faithful DOG Killed and His Master
Killed the Snake.

Egg Harbor. NJ j.. July 31.--A three
sided fight between large rattle
snake. dog and man ended in the
death of the dog and snake. William
Bozarth, a I.eektown farmer, and his
entire family went huckleberry pick
ing IN the large sumac swamp, and
his faithful hound dog Jack trotted
along. They had penetrated deep into
the swamp when the dog howled. and
the elder Bozarth Fastening forward
found the dog and the rattlesnake in a
death struggle.
When Bozarth appeared the rather
dropped the dog in his death throes
and raised itself ready to strike at
him. Bozarth got long cedar pole.
and with one stroke broke the snakes
neck, and a well-directed blow with
an axe severed its head. Bozarth
brought the RATHER to this city. 1t
measured four feet. and had sixteen
rattles and button.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01

riously injured, is unconscious at 3
local hospital 1t is believed his skull
is fractured. His condition Is regard
ed as very critical.
He was crushed beneath the car when
1t was overturned. The others injured
are Police Captain Edward D. Bradley
and Mr.. F'anton. Their injuries con-
sist mainly of severe cuts and bruises.
Herbert Lake and John Violet, the
other occupants, were thrown clear Of
the car and were not hurt
The party was going to Redding,
where Captain Bradley was to notify
a witness to appear Monday az the in
vestigation of the coroner into the
death of Ginty. AT Starts Plain. Fan
ton, to avoid running over a small en-
pankment on the right, turned the ma
chine sharply to the left, but turned
too far. and the car ran up bank,
backed down and turned over
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
MAGE FIGHTS RAILWAYS
Revokes franchise in Pittsburg--oth-
ers May Follow.

HeVokes franchise in Pittsburg--Oth-
ers May Follow.
PlttsburG, July 31.-Mayor William
A. Magee has notified the Plttsburg
Railways Company that he had signed
the ordinance passed by Councils on
Wednesday revoking the franchise OF
the P1ttsburg and East Liberty Pass
enger Railway. Company.
The Mayor also ordered the Transit
Company to cease operating cars at
once on lines covered in the franchise.
including several downtown as well as
residence district routes.
The Mayors action follows charges
In the ordinance that the traction
company has failed to pay the city a
portion Of the net profts OF the com
pany, as provided for in the original
franchise. The car company officials
say this old franchise was nullifed by
subsequent ordinances
The proceedings are the outcome Of
long drawn out war between the
street railway company and the May
or. 1t Is asserted Mayor Magee Will
at once institute proceedings against
other franchises held by the Pittsburg
Railways Company.
Ex-Judge James Fl. Reed, president
Of the Philadelphia Company. the
holding company of the Pittsburg
Railways Company. said to-day: "The
company will contest the validity OF
the ordinances signed by Mayor Ma
gee. AS to the ordinance FORGETTING
the rights Of the Pittsburg and East
Liberty Passenger Railway Company,
there Is nothing In It, as that road
has been dead and buried over forty
years. The Pittsburg Oakland and
East Liberty Passenger Railway was
huff under an entirely different char
ter. and has nothing whatever to do
with the Fittsburg and East Liberty
Passenger Railway Company ordi-
nnnce,'
There was no indication that the
company intended to stop running Its
cars Oh the routes on which Its fran
ych!ses were gaYokea. y,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
DIsMEMBERED BODY FOUND
Torso of Seven-Year-Old Girl, Missing
Seven Weeks, Was Floating In Lake.

Torso OF seven-Year-old Girl, Missing
Seven Weeks, Was Floating In Lake.
Glens Falls, N. Y, July 31.--With
the head feet and hands missing, the
body of Beatrice Reneaud, the seven
year-old child Of Mrs. John Rencaud,
OF Whitehall, who disappeared about
seven weeks ago, was found floating
in the Lake Champlain harbor. about
200 feet south OF the place where the
houseboat, from which the child dis
appeared, was moored.
At the time the disappearance was
considered suspicious. and the finding
of the dismemhered body to-day is re-
garded as confirmation Of some of
the rumors in circulation at the time.
If the child was murdered, and the
theory is held by some persons that
she was the police will leave no stone
unturned to bring the girls murderer
to Justice.
The gruesome discovery was made
by Roger L. Rome. fisherman, who
saw the body floating in the water.
He brought it ashore and notified Cor
oner Belgrade.
An autopsy will be performed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
TREATS SELF WITH SERUM
Surgeon Thinks Bite of Horse May
Develop Hydrophobin.

Surgeon Thinks Bite of Horse May
Develop Hydrophobia.
New York, July 3l.--Dr. Robert A.
McAustin, a veterinary surgeon, of 397
Carlton Avenue. Brooklyn. has been
treating himself for hydrophobia for
the last two weeks. He was bitten
on the little finger of his left hand
by horse which later showed symp-
toms of the disease. The animal was
shot, and an analysis of its blood was
made by the health authorities.
The surgeon believed that he could
not give UP his work. because his
partner. --r. l.. Mclean. was out OF
town. and so continued at his office.
treating himself daily with serum Sc
cured from the Board of Health lab
oratory, in East Sixteenth Street, Man
haitian.
The treatment requires from egh-
teen to twenty-one days. The surgeon
is,contdent that he will come through
the ordeal. 1t is said to be unusual
for any one to get hydrophobia from
the bite Of a. horse, and even more un-
usual for a victim to treat himself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
WIN Have sneely Trial.

London, July 3l.--Scotland Yard Off
cials tonight did not have any exact
information as to whether Crippen
would be deported or extradited, but
they anticipate deportation, in which
case, it was stated. Crippen would be
placed on trial within three weeks.
Ethel Leneves relatives tonight
are relieved that their long suspense
is ended. They have been apprehen-
sive Of some untoward fate. They are
convinced that the woman can prove
her innocence. Her mother in an in
terview said she was certain Crippen
had hynotized her daughter: otherwise
she would never have donned boys
clothes. Her father equally believes
she was the dupe of Crippen.
London. eagerly waiting for the first
news of the identification and arrest
of Crippen and his companion, through
the Associated Press dispatches which
We're received here far ahead of scores
of other dispatches announcing the
dramatic event. These dripbled in
from various points from one half to
two hours later, and 1t was nearly
four hours before Scotland Yard re-
ceived an official message of confirma-
ton.
Special editions OF the Sunday pa
pers with the Associated Press dis
patch were issued by the thousands
and were eagerly brought up. 1t is a
long time since the newsboys had such
a harvest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-01
[a1a;Zi!lzlsl; 6. sEaz .III l!E[:|IlI!Ely
STATUE OF LEE
NOT TO Be MOVED.
Continued rom First page.


native State, he gave his services. but
also the most loyal and unmurmuring
In his acceptance of the complete
overthrow of that cause.
That the State of Virginia should
designate him as one iliustrious for
distinguished military service is there
fore natural: that his statue should be
clothed in the Confederate Uniform.
thus eloqune,ly testifying 10 the fact
that magnanimous country has COM
pletely forgotten an unsuccessful eff
fort TO destroy the Union, and that that
statue should be accepted in the "a
tional Statuary Hall as the symbol of
the acceptance. without misgiv!ngs. OF
a complete surrender and renewed
loyalty, should surely provoke no OPP
position But at all events, independ-
ent OF the question of taste the act
of Congress places no restriction upon
the designation By the States OF those
whom they may desire to honor in this
way. nor does 1t vest in any official
any censorship concerning the designa-
ton of the costume in which that
statue shall be depicted.
Therefore, under the existing law,
am of the opinion that no objection
can be lawfully made to the placing
In Statuary Hall of the National Capt.
toll of a statue of Robert E. Lee. cIsthed
in the Confederate uniform