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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
BANDITS ROB TRAIN.
Five Men Said to Have Secured 500,
600 From Express Car.

For two hours six masked men held
st. Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern passenger train No. 104 at stand
still on the prairie, about six miles
south of Cotfeyville, Kan, while they
blew open a safe in the express car.
They escaped in two automobiles, car
rying with them money and valuables
which, it is believed, will amount to
$4,000.
The train left Little Rock bound for
Kansas City 1t reached Lenapah,
Okla, half an hour late.
Just after the train left Lenapah,
Engineer Lynch heard a sharp cry:
Hands up"
Turning, he saw masked man sit
ting on the tender, pointing a revol-
yer at him.
"I'm going to ride little way with
you," said the man; drive on"
The engineer obeyed. About four
miles out Lenapah, the robber COM
PEELED the engineer to stop the train
near a clump Of trees. Five more
masked men came out of the woods,
and taking position on each side of
the train, began shooting in the air
and along the side of the train. Then,
while two bandits stood guard to pre-,
vent any passengers from leaving, the
four marched the engineer and fire
man to the day coach and locked them
in.
They then proceeded to rob the
train in true bandit style, after terror
izing the passengers in the day
coaches and sleepers.
The place was lonely one where
the bandits stopped the train, and they
proceeded leisurely with the work
Railroad officials deny that the rob
bers secured as much as $4,000 from
the express car.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
I40 PERSONS. PERISH
in A NEW YORK FIRE
Victims Caught Like Rats In a
Trap.
SCORES LEApED TO DEATH.
New York Experiences One OF Most
Disastrous Fires, SO Far as Loss OF
Life is Concerned, Since General
SIocum Disaster.

One hundred and forty-eight persons
-nine-tenths of them girls from the
East Side-were crushed to death on
the pavements, smothered in smoke or
shriveled crisp in a factory fire, the
worst disaster New York has known
since the steamship General slocum
was burned to the waters edge, of
North Brothers Island, in 1904.
One hundred and forty-one bodies
were removed from the ruins, and
seven of the forty injured died in hos
pitfalls. This, it is believed, completes
the list of dead, most of whom are I'M
identified. Grief-crazed relatives be-
sieged the morgue as the bodies were
laid out.
Nearly all, If not ALL of the victims
were employed by the Triangle Waist
company, on the eighth, ninth and
tenth floors of ten-story loft building
at No. 20 Washington Place, on the
western fringe of the downtown whole
sale clothing, fur and millinery dis
trict.
The partners of the firm, Isaac Har-
ris and Max Blanck, escaped I'M
scathed from the office on the tenth
floor, carrying with them over an adj
joining roof Blanck's two young
daughters and a governess. There
was not an outside fire escape ON the
building.
How the fire started will, perhaps
never be known. A corner on the
eighth floor was its point of origin,
and the three upper floors only were
swept.
On the ninth floor fifty bodies were
found; sixty-three or more persons
were crushed to death by jumping,
and more than thirty clogged the ele.
vator shafts.
The loss to property will not exceed
$4,000.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
BUCKETSHOP LAW.
Said to Have Been Declared Uncon'
stitutional.

The anti-bucketshop law was de-
clared unconstitutional in a decision
rendered by the supreme court of the
District of Columbia at Washington.
The decision was handed down by
Justice Wright and was sweeping in
character, holding that it was uncon-
stitutional because of ambiguity in its
provisions.
Justice Wright ordered the dismis-
sal Of indictments against thirteen
alleged bucketshop promoters of
Washington, Baltimore, St. Louis and
Chicago.
Three men were arrested last May
by agents of the department of justice
in raids conducted simultaneously in
the various cities. Unless the higher
courts overrule the decision of the dis
trict court, the governments cam
paign against bucketshops has been
effectually stopped,
The department of justice will carry
the case to the supreme court of the
United States.
It was said at the department of
justice that the cases will be imme-
diately carried up.
The decision of Justice Wright APP
plies only to indictments in the Dis
trict of Columbia, according to the de-
partment of justice.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
SURVEY OF EVERGLADES.
Party Organizer to Begin Work Imme-
diately.

A Tallahassee dispatch says: The
trustees of the Internal Improvement
Fund passed a resolution recently
authorizing j. o. Wright, the chief
drainage engineer, to proceed with the
survey of the Everglades lands.
A party has been organized to COM
mence work Immediately on the sur
vey of lands just south of Lake Okee-
chobee, and a second party is just
commencing a survey of lands in the
vicinity of Miami and st. Lauderdale.
Colonel Wright, chief drainage en-
gineer, has just made report to the
trustees and to the directors of the
canal company on the Florida east
coast canal.
Mr.. Wright left Tallahassee on a
trip of inspection of the drainage
canals on the east coast, and will also
visit the Okechobee end of the work.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
rs LIVES LOST.
Little Steamer is Swallowed Up OFF
Beecher Head, Vancouver.

The British Columbia Shipping COM
pany's little wooden steamer Sechelt,
built for passenger service on an in
land lake, turned turtle in a furious
gale off Beecher Head, Vancouver ISL
and, and went down with all on board
twenty-five passengers and the crew of
four men. Thirteen passengers had
landed at William Head just before
the steamer went out to destruction.
Most of the passengers were railroad
laborers, bound for a Canadian north
ern construction camp, but a few were
residents of Sooke.
Indian Saw Vessel Sink.
Henry Charles, an Indian, of Rocky
Point, was gathering wood on Beecher
bay, and saw the Sachelt was three
miles off Beecher Head; the gale
struck her and she leaned over and
swung around as though she intended
to run across the strait at Port Cres-
cent, on the American side. The tiny
craft had partly turned broadside to
the wind, when she righted, then went
over and lay on her side.
The Indian watched the steamer ten
minutes, and at the end of that time
the vessel was swallowed up by the
sea, leaving not a trace on the sur
face.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
HELD FOR LARCENY
OF over 100000
Prominent Nashville Capitalist
Is Indicated.
RESULT OF TRUST WRECK.
Convicted Robin, a Witness Before
Grand Jury That Indicted cummins
ALLEGED That cummins Took Car
negie Trust Money to Protect Stock.

Out of the tangle of financial tran
sactions which were first made known
by the collapse of Joseph G. Robins
chain of banks, ruined by skyrocket
financiering, the grand jury in New
York drew the indictment of William
J. Cummins, directing head of the
Carnegie Trust company, for the
alleged larceny of $835,0O0 from the
institution a year ago.
Arraigned in court, Cummins plead
ed not guilty, with leave to withdraw
the plea Bail was fixed at $4,000,
and furnished promptly.
Cummins a Nashville Financier.
Cummins is a Tennessee man, who
came to New York only few years
ago from Nashville highly recon-
mended as a successful promoter. He
gained control of the Carnegie Trust
company and through his solicitation.
1t is alleged, large city deposits were
obtained for the institution shortly
after the date Of his alleged larcenies.
He is charged in three indictments
with larceny in the first degree of
these sums $4,000, $4,000 and
$14O, 900, OF April 81, % and %, 1910,
respectively.
It is alleged that these sums were
borrowed by the Carnegie Trust COM
pany in note transaction from two
other banks and appropriated to Cum.
Minis personal use.
Robin was a witness before the
grand jury that returned the indict-
ments. District Attorney Whitman ex-
poets other indictments to follow.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
ACCIDENT at paytona.

Elmer Pellet, son of Daytona
resident, while sweeping and cleaning
up the Sitting bakery, where he is
employed, heard loud report and
felt something strike his back, just
after he had thrown a pan of sweep
ings into the furnace Finding his
hand had blood on it after he had felt
of the place, he went to g surgeon
nearby and it was finally discovered
that cartridge had been thrown on
the fire, and when 1t exploded the
bullet struck young Pellet and buried
itself in the muscles of his back, for
tunately one side of the spine,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
MACON HOMES BURNED.
Wind.Driven Flames Play Havoc in
Fashionable Section.

The homes of Oscar w. Hays,
George Wing, Jr., and ]. B. White
head, on Appleton avenue, Macon,
Ga, each beautiful two-story resi-
dence, were destroyed by fire, and the
home of Eugene Anderson was dam
aged. The total loss is nearly 100000.
Capt. ]. R. Bragg of Company No.
4, was buried beneath the front porch
of the Hays home, and was rescued
from the midst of the blazing timbers
and debris only after he had sustained
severe injuries.
Eighty school boys formed a bucket
brigade and assisted the firemen in
fighting the flames, which were famed
by the worst wind of the winter
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
HAVE you TRIED PAXTINE

You don't have to pay soc or s1.OO a
pint for historian antiseptics or per-
oxide. You can make 16 pints of a more
cleansing, germicidal, healing and deodor-
izing antiseptic solution with one Csc
box Of Paxtine,-a soluble antiseptic
powder, obtainable at any drug store.
Paxtine destroys germs that cause
disease. decay and odors,-that is why it
is the best mouth wash and gargle, and
why 1t purifies the breath, cleanses and
preserves the teeth better than ordinary
dentifrices, and in sponge bathing it COM
pletely eradicates perspiration and other
disagreeable body odors. Every dainty
woman appreciates this and its many
other toilet and hygienic uses.
Paxtine is splendid for sore throat.
intiamed eyes and to purify mouth and
breath after smoking. You can get Pax
tine Toilet Antiseptic at any drug store,
price Csc and soc, or by mail postpaid
rom The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass, who will send you free sample
+ you would like to try 1t before buying,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
8 PERSONS KILLED
IN RAILROAD WRECK
Worst Disaster In Years Occurs
on Atlantic Coast Line.
TRESTLE FALLS WITH TRAIN.
Going at High Speed, "Dlxie Flyer"
Plunges Into the Waters of the Ala
paha River Near the Town of Tiff.
ton, Ga

In one of the worst railroad disas-
tiers ever known in the south Atlantic
states, eight persons were killed and
more than dozen injured when train
No. So, known as the Dixie Flyer" ON
the Atlantic Coast Line, and running
between Chicago and Jacksonville,
Fla, went through a trestle over the
Alapaha river eighteen miles east of
Triton, Ga.
The cars plunged into the river
without moments warning to the
sleeping passengers, when an axle On
the engine suddenly snapped when
midway Of the trestle. The locomo.
tive never left the track, but the ten
der was derailed and the tank tum-
bled to the bank of the stream.
The trestle is about a half mile
long, but the river was low, and at the
point of the accident was not more
than fifty yards across. The express
and baggage cars, two day coaches
and one Pullman were piled In an in
describable mass in the center of the
stream, but, fortunately, few of the
passengers were carried beneath the
water.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
Killed Beneath Auto.

]. A. Sellers, a prominent citizen
of DeLand, Fla, was dragged from
beneath the automobile of Charles H.
Campbell, Jr, with four of his ribs bro
ken, one of which penetrated his
lungs. He died a few hours later.
Mr.. Sellers stepped from behind car
riage directly in front of the machine,
which was going at about 10 miles an
hour Sneed
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
SWEPT OUT BY FIRE.
Fayette, Ala, Said to Have Suffered
Heavy Loss.

1t is reported that Fayette, Ala,
forty-fve miles east of Columbus, Ga,
on the line of the Southern railway,
between Columbus and Birmingham,
has been swept out by fire.
The handsome new court house, Jail,
new bank and every business house
in the place is Quilted. Fayette is
called the natural gas town of Ala
bama, for the recent discoveries of gas
there have aroused much interest.
The gas wells are about mile from
the town. How the confagration
started has not been learned.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
Eormer Iamnian snlclded

]. J. Carson, formerly of Tampa,
and who was we'll known there. COM
mitted suicide at Terna Celia by blow
ing out his brains He left an estate
worth $4,000, which he ordered di.
vided among his relatives, naming ].
A. Griffin cashier of the Exchange
National Bank. Of Tampa, as his exec
utor. Pessimism is attributed as the
cause of his act,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
Notice!

Splendid opportunity for man or wo-
man in each locality to sell combina-
tion Sick, Accident & Life Insurance
policy. Cash distribution or paid up
policy in 10 years. Premiums payable
monthly. No examination Experience
unnecessary. Address
H. A. WALLACE, District, Mgr.
2-17-13t Rodman, ria
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
RUSSIA FORTIFYING.
Despite Denials of War, WarIike
Moves Are Made.

Moves Are Made.
Despite diplomatic denials of pros
poets of war between Russia and Chi
ma, Russia is Strengthening all her
military posts in Manchuria. The
commissary department is purchasing
heavily. Reports from Vladivostok
and Hardin say that passports have
been withdrawn from all the army re-
serves to prevent their escaping serv-
ice. Chinese are being driven out of
Southern Russia
The Russian press, it is said, spreads
stories of Chinese military activity
as a whole apparently favors a con-
flict between the two countries.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07
OLD ST. 10.
Town Wiped Out so Years Ago Re-
stored to Map.

Port st. 10, Fla, town that was
wiped out over half a century ago
through a combination of yellow fever
and economic conditions, has been re-
stored to the map, and If the efforts
of a land company and a railroad COM
pany that are now behind 1t are sue
cessful, the place will be one of the
leading gulf ports.
There is a live Columbus, Ga, end
to the present resurrection of the st.
10, for, along with the revival of the
port, the railroad company interested,
the Apalachicola and Northern, pro-
poses to handle Columbus freight in
wholesale quantities to the new"
port, having made proposition to the
Chattahoochee steamboat lines as to
transfer of freight that Is said to be
agreeable.
The old port of st. 10 has history
interesting, and even romantic. 1t was
settled nearly a century ago, and
quite town sprang up. One of the
first five railroads in the United
States was built from st. 10 to a point
on the Apalachicola river. The rail-
road tariff was almost as crude as the
road itself, for five cents was the
charge for hauling bale of cotton the
entire length of the line. That such
an enterprise failed was not so
strange, and when it did so it was the
death blow to the old town of st. 10.
Then the yellow fever came, being
brought by a ship that was driven in
by a storm, and the few people left in
the place departed hurriedly. 1t is
said that some of the material used
in building the railroad was afterward
employed in building the old Georgia
railroad, and certain 1t is that the
stringers were taken up and shipped
away to some point.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-04-07

Easy money.
81 am working my way through col
lege."
Brave girl! How do you earn mon
cyl"
"Well, father gives me $40 for every
singing lesson don't take."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-07-06
Exchange

We have one of the best quarter
sections of land in Sully county,
South Dakota to exchange for an so
or 100 here. Every acre of this land
is perfect, fenced and cross fenced,
about one-half under cultivation,
light improvements, small grove,
some fruit trees, 215 miles to town,
8 miles to County Seat. This is as
fine quarter as there ia in the state
and will make an ideal home. Will
take Iowa land at its value and are
willing to take what this land is ac-
tually worth namely S47 so per acre.
This land will stand the very clos
est inspection. If this suits you, act
quickly. Audubon County Journal
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-07-06
Oakfield and Brayton

Mrs VIM. Clemensen was shopping
in Atlantic Thursday.
George Arnold had business calling
him to Atlantic Monday.
James Larsen was calling on friends
at Atlantic Friday night.
Martin Esbeck, of Kimballton, had
business in Bravton Friday.
Frank Lambert, of Atlantic, was
in Bfayton one night last week.
Mrs Elmer Green and Nora Larsen
were Atlantic shoppers Saturday.
Sens Larsn, of Elk Horn, is visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mis-
Larsen.
Charles Cannon, of Cumberland, is
visiting his brother Arthur Cannon
and wife.
John Hansen, of Lincoln, Neb was
wishing her sister, Mrs. Chris Jessen,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs John Gray, of Casey,
were guests at the L. p. Hallock
home Thursday.
Kathleen Freeman was visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. j. j. Lewis, in
Extra laat week.
Frances and Lille Petersen, Of Au-
dubon, spent Tuesday night with
Brayton friends.
Mrs. G. G. Thompson was All over
Sunday visitor at the home of her son
Arthur at Elk Horn.
Peter Doner returned to his home
at Summit, S. d., Thursday, after an
extended stay in this vicinity.
Y George Hard wick and James Can
non came home from Gray Saturday
to visit until after the Fourth.
Mesdames George and Floyd Free
man were visitors at the Will Wood.
ward home in Atlantic Thursday.
Brayton and Wiota played game
of ball at Wiota Sunday. The score
standing 9 to 10 in favor OF Wiota.
The game OF ball between Bray ton
and Extra the Fourth resulted in a
victory for Brayton Score % to 81.
Myrtle Mcvey, a trained nurse at
Atlantic, was the guest OF Mrs. Ar
thur Cannon Sunday and Monday.
Miss McVey is just recovering from
an operation for appendicitis.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-07-06
Profit Besides.

On the home farm where from
eight to twelve horses are kept it is
our practice to keep but one team of
mature geldings These are used for
winter chores and for such emergen-
cies as require supreme effort at
times when a mare heavy in foal
would be injured by hard pulls The
rest of the work animals are brood
mares and colts not yet mature
enough for market. 1t is our rule to
keep at least six regularly breeding
mares. In the last five years we have
averaged four live colts per year at
weaving time from the six mares. AT
three or four years of age these colts
sell for around $500 span.
These mares are not particularly
valuable Two of them have wire
blemishes and one is blind from an
attack of pink eye" However, they
weigh from 1850 to LOO each and
are all of the roomy, ng-barrelled
type that when bred to a good draft
throw colts that If properly fed. grow
to draft size.
We like to breed for as early cots
as possible. A March colt is better
than an April one. and an April toal
beats one dropped in May or June.
Not only does the mare work easier
with the colt in the barn than when
carrying it, but the youngste. himself
does better. He is grown to big
lusty fellow before the flies are bad.
At the same time he gets the aIsan-
tage Of the first bites of grass.
Our mares run out during the win
ter days. They have access to some
clover hay, all the oat straw they will
eat, and usually they have the run CT
the stalk fields. They are stabbed at
night and fed a grain ration of oats
and couple of ears of corn night
and morning With this they get
more clover hay. The amount of grain
ton of the mare. After spring work
commences the mares are fed largely
on oats and mixed hay with OCCASION
ally a little bran and oil meal.
If the mares have not foaled before
the seasons work begins and the
foaling date is not within a week,
they also are put to slow and gentle
work. They are worked up to the
time the wax shows on the teats and
sometimes even later than this We
find that the mares udder is kept re-
duced in better shape. and the foal
comes stronger from the mare that is
worked than from one that is idle
After the colts are foaled they are
started to eating as soon as possible.
Each colt has feed box beside his
mothers, but out of her reach Here
he receives all the bran and oats he
will clean up three times day
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-07-06

breeds and varieties, in accordance
with the American Standard of Per-
lection. The more proficient students
are sent out from time to time to
judge country fairs or small winter
shows. This course also includes in
struction in show room management.
6. Anatomy and Physiology of
Poultry takes up study of form and
functions of the various organs of the
fowls body with reference to feed
ing and digestion, egg production and
caponizing as well as disease
z. Marketing of Poultry Products
includes the study of the market
classification of poultry, eggs and
feathers, methods of dressing, pack
ing. shipping, and selling. require
ments OF different markets, poultry
and egg boards, cold storage of poul-
try and eggs. In connection with these
subjects work may be taken in fruit
growing, stock judging and grain judg-
ing.
The aim in mapping out this course
has been to fit men for going into
poultry farming for themselves For
men who who have had experience
along poultry lines and who also have
the advantage of year of college
work there are excellent openings as
superintendent and managers of
poultry farms. Further information
may be secured from the Poultry De-
partment. Ames. Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-07-06

Charles Freeman came fr"u, Des
Moines and spent the Fourth i,h
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fra. k
Freeman.
Harry Miller has given up his po-
sition at Elk Horn on account of i'll
health and is at the home of bis par
ents in Brayton.
The friends of Mrs. Perry Lowers
gathered at her home in Oakfeld on
Thursday afternoon TO help cele bra e
her birthday. She was the recipient
of several nice presents.
Mr.. and Mas. John Curry aud
daughter Mary and Misses Winnie
Cornell and Irma Fudge, of Atlantic,
were over Sunday visitors at the | p.
Hallock home. Mr.. and Mrs. Curry
and children will leave July 9Th for
a trip to Colorado.