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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-01-10
ONE DEAD AND
ONE BADLY HURT
Severe Storm Sweeps Over the
Eastern States.
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE
High Wind at Chicago Cause of One
Fatality and the Serious Injury of
One Man-Demolition of Electric
Signs Chief Cause of Property Loss.

Signs Chief Cause of Property Loss.
Chicago. Jan. 9.-One man was
killed, one fatally hurt and much dam
age done here by wind storm which
struck the city soon after noon At
o'clock a sixty-mile gale was blowing
from the west. At O'Clock it dropped
to forty miles an hour, which weather
bureau officials said would be main
tanned until morning. The wind was
accompanied by cold, the thermome-
ter falling from "a degrees to Is above
at nightfall
One man was killed by the fall of a
sign blown from a downtown build
ing, Another sustained probably fatal
injuries in the same accident.
The damage was caused principally
by the demolition of electric signs and
the blowing in of large windows The
storm on the lake was such that no
vessels put out. Two walls of a build
ing in course of construction at Evan
ston, a residence suburb, were blown
down and pedestrians were in injured
by flying bricks.
Hurt After Leaving Train.
Peter Golden, who arrived from
Pittsburg, was hurt just after leaving
his train, when the wind blew him
from the sidewalk in front of an au-
tomobile. The machine passed over
both legs.
Wind blew Allen McGriff, a brake
man for the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, from the top of a moving train.
He was painfully injured
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

Last fall a number Of petty thefts oc-
CURED in clearinghouse at Lynn.
Mass. The stolen articles consisted of
bottles of perfumery, lockets. combs,
brushes, silver buttop hooks. nail files,
Jars of cold cream. handkerchiefs. hat
pins, and watch fobs. Suspicion was
finally centered on a woman servant en-
ployed in the house, but each and every
trap that was laid for her failed. 1t was
concluded that the thief was working
from the outside and not the inside. as
had been at first suspected. The police,
upon being notified of the succession of
mysterious robberies. instituted a close
watch. and after two days the solution
Of the mystery was reached. 1t was dis
covered that. under cover Of darkness,
two monkeys, the property of a next
door neighbor. unnoticed by their owner,
escaped from the house, climbed up TO an
open window on the first floor of the
house. ascended the stairs, and began
their work of pilfering. Most of the
missing articles were found subsequently
IN a corner of a yard near by, where the
simian robbers had been in the habit OF
depositing them.
An examination of police-station rec
ords and other sources brings to light
numerous similar instances OF real anil
NAL detective ries, says Harper's s
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

Opinion is almost equally divided as to
the desirability Of making a change In
the present administration Of the estate
Of Mount Vernon. On the one hand are
to be found c-spirited citizens who
urge that the national shrine should be
made altogether national; that 1t should
be taken away from the hands Of the
board of regents and placed under Con-
gressional supervision; that the barriers
should be thrown 1own and that the old
home and the last resting place OF George
Washington should become the object OF
the care and maintenance of the general
government and that it should be free of
access to every American citizen.
On the other hand-and the opinions
against a change seem to come from
equally patriotic and reasonable people
is expressed the judgment that Il will be
wiser to let well enough alone. The
board of regents has done we'll by Mount
Vernon. they say. They have kept 1t free
from the ravages of unrestrained excur-
sionsts. The admission charge is too
small to be burdensome. and yet by its
existence the beautiful riverside home Of
the Father of His Country has been kept
as it should be kept. private. quiet. and
homeli6e, just as Gen Washington HIM
as to its conduct.
Nation Should he Owner.
The Washington Herald has been sound
ing opinions among the residents OF
Washington who are prominent in the
various patriotic o, Ganizations. One of
those favoring Congressional control and
the elimination of the entrance charge to
the grounds of the old estate is Solomon
f. FaInce, OF the District Society of the
Mayflower Descendants. who is strongly
of the opinion that Congress Is the prop
er custodian OF the tomb and former
home OF Washington. Without imputa-
ton of any misgovernment of Mount
Vernon by the board of regents. 1 must
say that the Federal government should
control and regulate this historic prop
erty, probably the most historic spot in
the country. he admission fee is neces-
sary now to the upkeep of the place, and
the property rs undoubtedly well looked
after. and as long as II is controlled by
such a body as now an admission fee Is
necessary. That. to my mind. is just the
reason why the Federal government
should manage it. While the fee may
keep out a rough element. that same end
can be effected by policing the property,
and u can be kept as free from objec-
tionable characters as are other parts of
ftha Federal property in Washington.
There is thing very Objectionable
in the thought that the tomb and home
OF Washington are in the hands of
rather irresponsible body which may
make such regulations as 1t pleases and
which is not. in any way that know of,
subject to the supervision of any one"
VI. I. Weller Same Opinion.
MIcheaI !. Weller. corresponding secre-
tary OF the Columbian Historical Society,
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
MEDICAL EXPERTS BRING
CRIMINALS TO SCAFFOLD

met his death one night under mys-
terious circumstances. Between II and
II o'clock that night the people in a
shrill cries Of a woman in distress. They
rushed out. Before them stood a woman
in white. 1t was their neighbor. Mrs.
Gibbons, in night attire, as II she had
been alarmed in her sleep.
MY husband has shot himself" she
exclaimed.
He was discovered lying on the floor
Of his bedroom. dead, and by his left
hand was a revolver. Had he committed
suicide? or had he been killed by that
apparently grief-racked, sobbing woman?
The medical experts called in were de-
cisive about the matter. The man had
died from the effects Of four bullets. Two
of those wounds, they declared. must
have resulted in almost instantaneous
death, and he could not possibly have
inflicted one and then had strength to
again fire the revolver. Moreover, to
have held the weapon In his left hand.
But he was a right-handed man. Again.
a man shooting himself could not hold
the revolver at a distance. and these
shots had certainly not been discharged
with the muzzle of the revolver close
to his body, for his clothes presented no
signs of discoloration. In the face of the
evidence. the jury could only return
verdict of guilty against the accused
woman. although there appeared an utter
absence of motive for the deed. She was
sentenced to death, but the punishment
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
Washingtonians Give Views as to Desira
bility Of Change in Management of
Historic Spot Now in Hands of
Board of Regents.

Is in favor Of the move. Mr.. Weller said:
Il think the time Is ripe for the Con-
gress of the United States to nationalize
Mount Vernon. 1 mean by that I think
the old Washington homestead should be
owned by the United States government.
Congress ought to buy the land from the
present board of regents and convert the
beautiful old estate into something more
than a show place to which an admission
fee is charged. The statement that to
throw Mount Vernon open to the public
with the admission charge eliminated
would make the place a resort for toughs
and careless sightseeing junketers is not
true. To begin with. the place is suffi-
ciently remote, and the fact that there Is
fare charged on the trains and boats
connecting 1t with Washington is suffi
sient to keep out the casual rough visitor.
The rough who would go there anyhow
could be easily taken care of by the
properly constituted guardians of the
place
Mrs. BallinEer Opposed.
Mrs. NJ. A. Ballinger, formerly regent
for the District of Columbia in the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
is opposed to any change in the control
OF Mount Vernon. She said:
1T would be a shame and a reproach
for the control of Mount Vernon to be
taken from the women of America. The
administration of Mount Nernon's affairs
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
ANIMALS AS CRIMINALS

Weekly. most Of which are quite as queer
and curious in their way as the more
Iabored chronicles of the detective fic-
tionis.s One of the most interesting Of
these actual stories is what might be en-
titled THE Adventure Of the Missing
Films About a year and a half ago the
officials OF the New York Museum OF
Natural History missed a set of priceless
films, the records of an African expedi-
ton. There was no clew to the thief. and
investigation as to the whereabouts of the
missing articles came to naught Two
days after the disappearance of the films
an attendant. upon making his first early
morning round of the museum halls, was
shocked to discover that two expensive
cameras standing in a corner of one OF
the corridors had been partly destroyed.
presumably, he reported, by some yandal
who had made his way into the building
in a manner unknown. The mystery OF
the missing films and destroyed cameras
might have remained unsolved TO this
day had not one of the staff of the iinsti-
tuition one morning a week later heard a
hiss emanate from a clothes closet near
which he was working. He listened close
ly and presently heard the sound repeat
ed He investigated. and in the closet
found a gopher in the act Of gnawing at
a pair OF rubber boots. The gopher In
question had been presented to the mu-
scum several months before. and had
been kept in the department of taxider-
my. where he had become general pet,
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
NARROW ESCAPE FROM JAWS
OF RAVENOUS TROPIC FISH

gentleman of Suffolk, set sail from the
headlands OF California for the channel
At break of day on June of the fol-
lowing year it fell in sight Of the Island
of St Helena: on July 3 It crossed the
line. and, after holding the brave trade
winds to the limit of 40 degrees north
latitude. recovered the long-wished-for
port of Plymouth on September :. 1885,
Not much better could be expected from
the ships and their equipment.
The sailing master Of the Desire thought
it worthy of record that running merrily
before the wind under all the sail II could
carry his vessel comras 140 miles be-
tween noon and noon. a boast which
would expose the modern shipmaster to
the derision OF his companions In every
ship chambers shop of the ports he fire.
quented
Among some extraordinary voyages
made by deep-sea sailing craft within
recent years there may be mentioned that
of the Beacon Rock. engaged on short
coastal trip between two Australian ports
After all hope of its safe arrival had been
abandoned, 1t turned up at Talcahuano.
Chile some 5000 miles from its intended
destination. Being in light trim and con-
sequently with no grip on the water. it
had been unable to make any progress
against a persistent head wind. and its
master had been compelled to square
yards and make a fair wind Of II across
the broad Pacific
Another large four-masted bark. the
Ruteshire. had the remarkable experience
last year of circling around the MINDLESS
Gulf of Panama like a circus horse until
it was obliged to put back, ninety days
out and short of provisions. to its port of
departure. 1t NAV. however. be an ex-
aggerlttnp th2- the lighthouse keepers in
the gulf fell into the haDIt or regulating
their calendars by its appearances.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

The other day the Italian ship Ninfa
sauntered into the English Channel with
a change of wind and signaled of Prawle
Point, 1876 days out from Astoria Bar,
without once having been reported. To
the nautical perception the sea is full of
such lonely craft battering their way
around the Horn through region of al
most perpetual gales. or idling in the
doldrums to the irritation Of their dis
pirited crews. who only find partial con-
collation. in the reflection that every flap
OF the mainsail means half a crown out
of the owners pocket and a correspond
ing addition to their own hard-earned
pay.
Within the experience of the deep-sea
sailor such passages are nothing unusual
particularly on the outward voyage to
the Pacific. when Cape Horn has to be
weathered and its prevailing westerly
winds won through. On March 2, 1910. the
four-masted bark Invernesshire sailed
from Hamburg bound for Santa Rosalia,
in the Gulf or California. During a pas
sage which included such incidents as its
temporary abandonment by its crew in
dread of its foundering. it was forced to
put into the Falklands to refit, and sailed
again on its interrupted voyage on Sep
tember q. From that time it was neither
seen nor heard of until it arrived safely
at its destination on February 2. 1911. SSs
days out from its original port of depart
ure.
The voyage of the Invernesshire almost
compares with the performances of the
cumbersome craft of earlier navigators.
except. no doubt, that it was a tedious
passage and not enlivened by encounter
with carracks laden with pepper from
owner, On November '1g Of ,Se SSea1 sire Sire
under command of Thomas Cavendish a
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21


cally. was our early practice Of electins
State officers in October. Naturally, the
eyes Of the whole country were on ONO
previous to the recurring Congressional
and Presidential elections in November.
The most notable and eloquent orators
in both parties stumped the cities and
larger towns every two years. Great
meetings were held out Of doors, and the
professions were sometimes five miles
long. and now and then were lost IN the
distance.
Women heard the arguments. and
boys, seeing the honors paid to oratory,
hoped to be lawyers and then public
men. Issues were tested in Ohio. New
parties made their appeals and passed
AWAY. Next year. with Williams II. Taft
as the Republican candidate and Judson
Harmon as the candidate of reunited
Democracy. the bloody angle OF another
great battle will bs locs1ed in Ohio. and
The rest Of the country - usual WIZ
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

Grants. Sherman's, and Sher;dan's. the
four great military figures Of the civil
war and all were Ohioans..
"Still 1t is true that the people Of my
State have always been active in politics
and deeply concerned In public questions.
The North was settled by emigrants from
New England. and the South by emil
grants from Virginia, Pennsylvania, and
Maryland. When the men had built log
cabins for their families and put out their
first crops. they began to think about
churches, schools, and colleges. It was
SO at both ends of the State. and like
wise in the region between the lake and
river. An educated people loving INTEL
lectual freedom attracts such people from
without. Thus the state grew and be-
came strong controversially. -inasmuch as
every Ohio man has convictions and IL
prepared to defend and explain them. So
We became . race Of ready debaters.
Contrtbutory 70 our eeucatioa politi.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
Records of English Courts Show Many
Murder Cases in Which Guilt of Pris-
oner Was Proved by Ex-
pert Testimony.
pert Testimony.

Sir Thomas Stevenson" Prof. Pep
per-
The calling of those names Of the Eng
lish home Office medical experts has
sounded as the knell of doom to many
wretched criminal in the dock. Stand
ing in the witness box. answering the
questions addressed TO them by coun-
sci. quietly. imperturbably, as If they
were merely narrating facts with which
life and death had nothing to do, the
celebrated experts have played a part
in placing the well-merited moose around
the necks Of many of the most cele-
brated criminals of our time.
The murderer works in secrecy. No
. eye sees his deed. But science, gentle
men, has a faculty of its own-a dis
, cernment which can as positively declare
: what has taken place in secrecy and
darkness as If 1t were committed in noon
day. 1t can say. This was what took
place in astounding fashion" declared
: Mr.. Choate, the great American advo-
cate, in a murder case
=. What Convicted Devcreux.
AFTER having been out for a few hours
returned home from a walk with my
little boy Stanley to find my wife and
IDENTIFY from poison taken or admins
tered said Devereux, the man accused
of the celebrated kensal Rise trunk
tragedy. His defense was that his wife
had murdered the children and COM
mitted suicide. She had, he declared
taken morphia and chloroform. There
had been no witness of that terrible
crime, and who could disprove his words?
/ Was Devereux himself the victim of a
: terrible tragedy-of awful false accusing
circumstances? Might he not have ar
rived home as he stated, found himself
faced with the bodies. and. Mortified by
the suspicion that might fall upon him,
have resolved to hide them in despera-
tion in the trunk in which they were
found? The evidence of Sir Thomas
Stevenson proved beyond doubt that the
prisoners story of what took place in
that room. into which no eye could pene-
trate. was n lie. There had been no
suicide The chloroform had been in
haled-not swallowed. Devereux's face
grew ghastly pale as he listened. That
medical evidence placed the moose
around his neck.
In case in England some time since
a woman was found dead in her room.
Her throat had been cut. and in her left
hand was the knife with which the fatal
wound had evidently been inflicted. a
considerable amount of evidence tended
to prove that It was a case of suicide
and the police were puzzled. The medi-
cal evidence conclusively proved that
murder had been committed. The knife
was in the victims left hand. whereas
ffihetI ffihaetI hqGtQrs were WsFe, positive that the. wound
The knife had been placed by the muir
derer in the woman's hand after death.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
TWO SIDES TO QUESTION
OF MT. VERNON CONTROL

by the women who constitute the board
of regents has been perfect. They took
the beautiful old place when II was sadly
run to seed. They have made 1t blossom
like the roses. 1 do not think that any
movement to make Mount Vernon free
show can be or will be successful. L
think the people who would try to wrest
it from TIE loving care of the women to
whom this nation owes a debt Of graft
tude will bring upon themselves only
criticism and distrust.'
Mrs. Willis supports Regents.
Mrs. s. A. Willis. Of the D. A. R.. felt
that the women who now control Mount
Vernon had done something when they
took the place over that no one else was
willing to undertake at the time and have
brought 1t up to its present high state or
beauty and interest. and she felt reluc-
tant to see the property taken out OF
their hands with the slightest suggestion
OF incompetency or of ingratitude for the
good work that they have done
Unfair to Children.
w. L. Marsh, another member Of the
Society. of Mayf1ower Descendants. has
given the subject much thought for a
long time and has much regretted the
exclusion Of the people by reason Of the
admission fee.
Teachers and school children should be
freely encouraged to visit Mount vernon
and all that i: holds so dear to the ma
tion's heart. This place should be as
open and as accessible as are Arlington,
Soldiers Home, and Rock Creek Park,
said Mr. Marsh. There Is no doubt that
many are kept away by the present regu-
lations who would otherwise go. The fare
to Mount Vernon from Washington Is OF
itself sufficient price for the general
public to pay without another fee greet
ing them on arrival
Mr.. Justice Henry B. Brown. of the Su-
preme Court Of the United States. retired,
does not think that a change in admins
tration at Mount Nerron would be bene-
III
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

Had 1t not been SO the weapon would
have been clutched tightly; but it was
loose and easily slipped from the fingers
into which it had been thrust The muir
derer was hunted down and brought to
the gallows.
The medical expert in crime has col
lected hundreds of photographs OF
wounds inflicted with the knife, and he
is able now to say in most cases. with
perfect certainty. whether a wound has
been inflicted by a left or right handed
person. There is not the slightest doubt
that whoever was the mysterious perpe-
TRAITOR of the series of East End murders
which Mortified London some years ago.
Jack the Ripper" was left-handed
man.
A terrible tragedy was that which oc-
CURED some years ago at UXbridge'
when a man named Gibbons, living with
his wife in little detached residence,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-28
DARR QUITS
AND SAVAGE
is ELECTED

Giving as his reason that he has
property interests IN the city which
demand his whole attention, J. A.
Darr, chief of the fire department,
resigned last evening, and on Oc-
tober 1, he will be succeeded by
Mark Savage.
Mr.. Darr, during his incumbency,
has given the people excellent SER
vice as a fire chief, and there are
many who regret his resignation.
Mr. Savage has occupied the posi-
tion before, and gave satisfaction.
William Ivan was nominate dagainst
him last evening by Councilman Mof-
fit, but Savage was chosen.
After all the councilmen, save
Moftt had signified their desire to
elect Savage, Mayor Lachmund
looked over at Mofiitt, and asked if
he desired TO have vote on his
candidate.
''Yes, sir" was the reply.
Alright" i" retorted the mayor, "it
will give you exercise, anyway"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-28
PUMPKIN PIE
A SORRY GIRL
AND A MAD MAN

The Portland Telegram OF Mon
day. is responsible for this:
And this Is the story Of a lowly
pie and the trouble 1t
caused in church yesterday.
"A young woman, concluding that
nice pumpkin pie would go well
with the dinner, went down town to
buy one. and having made the pur-
chase, found it was time to go to
church. Clutching the pie, which
was warm and soft, as it had just
been taken from the oven, to her
breast, she marched boldly to the
services and slipped into a pew at
the back Of the church. Suddenly
Looking down deyoutly, the girl
saw a yellow stream trickling in gem
tie cascades down the front of her
tailormade coat and forming in a
miniature pool in her lap. The pie,
on edge. the Juice was running out.
Horrihed, nustered and disguised,
the girl hurriedly placed the pie on
the seat beside her and began wiping
of the ochre stream. Some new
complications
"A, strange man, dressed in his
Sunday best, and with a far-away
look in his eyes, entered the pew and
without noticing, occupied the seat
beside the girl In about two min
utes, the man began to squirm un-
easily for the pie was warm and the
juice had melted the paper wrapper.
Realizing that there was something
wrong and that he was sitting in
something warm and moist, the man
| cautiously explored the seat of his
trousers, when-On Withdrawing his
hand, he saw It covered with yellow
soft pumpkin.
Further examination revealed that
he was squatting in the squashed pie
and that his clothes were covered
with the jaundlced, colore1 mess
Giving a look of hate, fury and dis
gust at the innocent girl, the man
lifted the wrecked pastry from the
seat, dropped it upon the floor and
gave It a kick which sent it spinning
hree pews ahead. As soon as the
congregation stood upon its collec-
i've feet, the girl sneaked up the
,is'e, rescued the ruined pie and
nklng it to the street hurled it from
her sight.
She has decided to atten some
ther church.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-28

Journal Want Ads" Brine Results.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-28
SPOKANE MERCHANTS
BEATING THE RAILROAD


Spokane, Sept. 2S.-In order that
the minimum amount of stock may
be on the shelves when the new re-
duced freight rates go into effect
November Is, Spokane jobbers are
nterchanging staples and supplies
and are purchasing as little outside
stock as possible
When it is necessary to ship in
goods, they are pooling their orders
and as a result, the railroads are
transporting the minimum into this
section.