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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04
HIS FOOT HAD To
Be AMPUTATEO
BURGLAR DISCOVERED IN HIS
ROOM AT EARLY HOUR YES
TERDAY MORNING.
While Fighting for Possession of a
Shotgun, With Which Dr.. Howell
Tried to Shoot Burglar, it Was
Discharged, and He Was Shot.

AS the result of a desperate stru.,-
gle with bold burglar yesterday
morning about 5 o'clock at his home
9l9 Ellis street, DR.. G. G. Howell is
| lying in the city hospital suffering
| from a gunshot wound, and, while his
condition is quite critical, and while
he has suffered intense pain he will
recover
, AS is well known, Brunswick has
teen infested during the past sever
al nights with land of thieves, who
houses nightly. Whether the robber-
les have been committed by one bur
glar or whether two or three of them
have been operating is not known.
| Sunday night an attempt was male
to enter residence in Dir. Howelis
neighborhood and in retiring Monday
night DIR. Howell loaded a double-
barrelled shotgun and placed it near
his bed, little thinking that he wound
be sIlot by it Before morning.
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning
he awakened and was startled by
man in his room, only few feet
from the bed. The man, it appeared,
was in the act of searching the
clothes of the dentist DR.. Howell
at once jumped from his bed and
reached for the shotgun. The burglar,
seeing his movements, rushed to-
wards him, and, before the dentist
/ could turn around in order to shoot,
bn inf itt1 4.
most 8 death L.- struggle followed; One
/ barrell of the gun was disGfargedI
but did no dafnage. Stfls'the two
men struggled for the possession Of
! the weapon, and in the scramble the
Second baFreI was discharged Al
most the entire load entered the left
foot of DIR. Howell, the memher be-
ing torn almost to pieces, the gun
barrel, it appears, being only few
inches from the foot when it was dis
charged
Other members of the house were
awakened by tle noise and at once
called for assistance. In the mean.
time the burglar made his escape.
Dr.. II. NJ Branham was the first 20
an..o I'd he found DR.. Howell mid
| way t,e hall, crawling towards an
! other room
EverytliIg possible was done to
relieved his intense suffering and as
soon as rcssille he was carried to
lie city hospital A consultation be-
! tween the physicians was held lat
cr and il W2s decided that amput u
| ton was necessary The foot was
torn almost into splinters. During
t1e day the member was amputated
just above tire ankle, and last night
the injured man was reported to be
resting as easy as could be expected
The burglar entered the residence
from the rear door. He used an axe
TO pry open the door and it was left
only a few feet from the steps.
Dr.. Howell was able to discuss the
affair yesterday but he did not know
UheG,er the burglar was a negro or
a white man The room was in to-
tai darkness and the struggle was so
9nevpccted and such desperate one
that DR.. IlOWc'l never had an oppor-
tonity TO get look at t1o man IT.
is generally thought, however. t'at it
WGs a negro.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04
UTAH IS Scene
OF BOLD H0LD-UP
TWO DARING BANDITS TAKE
MONEY AND VAUABLES FROM
A HUNDRED PASSENGERS.

Ogden, Utah. Jan 3 Southern Pa
cific train No /, tle Overland Limit
ed. east4 ound, was held up by two
masked bandits early this morning at
Reese, nine miles west Of Ogden.
William Davis, a negro porter, was
shot and instantly killed
A. w, Taylor, another porter, was
fnortally wounded and one passenger
was slightly wounded
One hundred passengers were le-
lieyed of their yaluables.
The robbers did not attempt to en-
ter the express car. deyoting their On
tire attention to the Pullmans, where
they made a rich haul among Califor-
nia-bound passengers, holding the
.1gin for over an hour
The train proceeded westward aft
er the robbers secured all tae booty
tAey wanted.
No passenger escaped the robbers
Trainmen also lost their money and
yaluables.
Conductor Cunningham this morn
ing notified the intsndents office
here Of the hold-Ga,
Posses in
Posses left for q n auro,
mobiles and a specif
Bandits stopped bH lit
lie watering station :. ing 4
ITed light on the sgnak toward
the approaching train. = it came
to standstill the bandiA covered
the engineer and firemen with re-
volyers, holding them until the con-
ductor ran up to investigate. Tnen
ne was placed under q rd
Porter Is XII
One of the robbers train
men at pistols point, her
started through the tf :
ter, disregarding the command, y
81 ot down and killed. The shot aH
ed the occupants of the cars
When the bandit appeared w''h
an open sack and menacins pistol,
the passengers contributed hastily
The bandit went through the en-
tire train, stopping at every bert'
and making a deliberate search. After
completing tjeir work, the robbers
drove away in a vehicle. Five shor-
IFS posses are now in the field.
Posses of officers, heavily armed,
tracked the two bandits who held
up the train 10 a point four miles
beyond the scene of the holdHp
They are believed to be headed 49,
ward this city.
TIE money loss among the passeh-
gers was. from $4,000 TO S25Go
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04
SUPREME COURT GIVES
ROADS A SOLAR PLEHOS
Carmack Amendment to Hepburn
Law Is Constitutional.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The so-calleu
"Carmack amendment" to the Hep
burn rate law, making the initial car
rier liable for the loss of interstate
shipments during transportation nor
only on its lines, but also on those
of connecting carriers, was today de-
clared constitutional by the UniteI
States supreme court.
A stubborn fight was made against
the amendment as radical depar
ture In rate legislation
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04

the scene.
The situation became so serious
that the space, half mile from the
house was celared.
Soldiers kept up the fusilade diA
rected at windows. and the assassins
replied vigorously.
The authorities started straw fires
around the budding, hoping to smoke
out the murderers. The fire depa :
ment divided their energies between
extinguishing the blaze and flooding
the outlaws by streams of water
thrown into the windows.
Fight Against Odds.
Despite the terrific odds, the trap
ped men continued desperate resist
ance. and frequently appeared at the
windows emptying guns ito the
crowds.
AS the afternoon progressed Ihe
battle waged more fercely An ad-
ditional company of Scots Guards
was ordered out and took up posi-
tion in the front SO determined
was the criminals resistance tlds
machine guns were called for. These
men were placed under orders t.
lombard the east end of tae fortress
should other measures fail 10 dis
lodge the defenders.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04
Sixteen Injured
IN Trolley Crash

New York, jan. 3-Sixteen persons
were injured, two fatally, in a COLI
sion Of two Brooklyn trolley cars
this morning.
one car ran away on long incline
leading from tdo elevated line to the
surface TRACKS. crashing into the 9TH
er in the denge fog and ble trakes
refused to work properly.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04
GEORGIA COTTON SCHOOL.

Athens, Ca, Jan. 3.-The fourth
annual session of the Cotton School
and Stockmen's Short Course open
ed today at the State College of Ag-
riculture and will continue until
Jan. 12. The number of farmers WHO
have registered for the course this
year is larger than ever before.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04
BULLET IN BRAIN; STILL LIVES

BULLET IN BRAIN; SILL LTVES'
Evansville, Ind, Jan. 3.-Semi-con-
scious and with bullet embedded
deep in his brain, Leroy Hackner,
y years of age, negro, is furnish
ing a. remarkable example of vital
ity and reversal Of the accepted
rules of medicine to physicians of
this city.
The boy was shot by hjs~~"usin
Heir ert Hackner, who 4, .dentally
discharged rife, Christmas gift
last Sunday. Or. Thomas Macer
SAYS tie boy has an even chance TO-
recovery. One side Of his body If
partially paralyzed.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-01-04
LITTLE RocK FIRE-sTRlcKEN.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 3.-Fite
originating in the Hollenberg Mucis-
al Co s. building last night destroyed
an entire block Of business houses st
a loss of SlO00,O00. Gov. Donaghy
sustained considerat lie loss. No fatal
ilies were reported.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20

at a loss to explain Meyers motive. A
man giving the name of John Trask
bought an empty box, which had con-
tained a talking machine. Later in the
day he hired an expressman to haul
the box to the American Express Of
fee, where he had made arrangements
to have it shipped to Galveston. Mel
ther the expressman nor the company
employer noticed anything particular
about the box. which was securely
nailed and weighed more than 3Oo
pounds. Whether Meyers and Trask
are the same. is moi known here. but
the police believed Trask had himself
nailed in the box by confederates
after making arrangements for thd
shipment.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20

serving notice on the wife that no at
tentiou would be paid TO any attempt
to her part to secure clemency.
The beating had been administered
because OF the failure of the wife to
supply her husband with money 1t
was with considerable interest, there
fore, that the guards. from a dis
tance, noted that in bidding her inn
prisoned husband goodby, the woman,
with tears in her eyes, pressed into
his hands fat roll of bills, apparent
ly attempting thereby TO make up for
her .unkindness going home practi-
cally penniless herself as a result, az
II afterwards developed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20

gain admission yet standing still and listening
for the result of the ballot that was to show we
knew how ito help weak sister republic to her
financial feet"
The house clock hands were at the exact hour
of 4 The vote of the representatives of great
and sovereign people had been taken. The repub-
lie was true TO its trust. The solemnity OF the
feeling OF duty well done still hung upon the
great chamber Each OF the thousands were Dusy
with his thoughts.
The voice of a member from Ohio broke the
stiffness. 81 have resolution of privilege to Of
fer" It said.
ut must be a question of high privilege, sir, to
receive consideration at such an hour" said
Speaker Cannon in solemnly subdued tones Let
the resolution be read"
Resolved That this house of representatives
OF the United States OF America authorize the hir
ing OF another rubber for the capitol Turkishbath
rooms"
When the Appalachian Mountain Forest Re
serve bill was under consideration member OF
congress who was in favor of saving sLe trees
told striking story about the saving of great
tree in far off Australia. It was long way to go
for a tree story, but perhaps the moral was worth
the Journey.
In 1868 John Boyle oReilly, the Irish poet was
a political convict in Australia, sentenced to hard
labor for life With gang of fellow convicts un-
der the charge OF British officer and squad OF
soldiers he breaking road through tropi
cal forest They came TO tree and the men
were about to lay the ak at It's roots when tell-
ly made them stop, dropping his own ak the
while The British officer ordered the men to
work OReilly put his hand to his cap saluted
and said 81 should like to speak TO you"
The officer was amazed at this convict's impu-
denoe but perhaps it was the very boldness OF
the thing that wrought the purpose intended.
This tree is too beautiful to fell; please let II
stand" said the convict.
The British soldier looked dumfounded. Come
over here" said OReilly "and look at 1t from this
point Of view"
The convict was now the commanding officer
The Englishmen followed the Irishman for hun
dred yards and then, turning his horse looked up
on the tree, and his eye kindled He looked dowi
mon OReily and said: "The orders for th'
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20
CRIMINALS GAIN SYMPATHY
MANS lnhumanlty to Man" Doesnr
Apply to Women and Criminals
II Seems.

st. Louis, Mo.-"Man's inhumanity
to man" seems in the way of being on
set in st. Louis and other southwest
ern cities by the treatment some wom-
en- accord him--if he be criminal
Everyone is familiar with the occa'
sional outburst which results in flow
ers and other delicacies being sent By
women to men convicted OF crimes.
even when all they knew OF the prison
er ia what they have read Ia the
newspapers.
In st. Louis recently another phase
OF this hysteria, as many term 1t, has
developed to an unusual degree. A
number OF women, having gotten their
husbands into court on one charge or
another, have refused to prosecute. In
one case the husband was returned
several different times, and in each
instance the wife relented at the last
moment. Finally he appeared charged
| with wife-beating, and the court arbi-
trarily ordered the offender to prison.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20

Then the secretary with all the discriminate,
OF a trained city editor, gave his facts and they
we're all new facts and worth the puDhshlhs'
When a newspaper man goes to see the secretary
in Washington he knows that II he gets one worn
bevond the ordinary interchange OF pleasant
day" courtesies he is going to get something
worth publishing Mr. Wilson having been In OF
fce for several years and being keen student,
has discovered that certain things are pubhshed
and certain things are not pubhshed. lie mas
learned how to save himself time and words IN
the parlance of the press Mr. Wilson is good
copy"
Congress appropriated some money TO erect
new building for the department OF agriculture
Every congress wishes to make record lot
economy So II was that the amount appropriated
was not sufficient to put up structure tnae
would meet the future demands Of rapidly grow
ing branch of the government. The secretary Oh
agriculture knew IT, and so. with certain shrewd-
ness that was all for the good OF the country anu
the service he saw to 1t that the money was put
into two comparatively small structures. Inc Two
taken together will be big enough for present
uses but in order that they shall form coltplete
and artistic whole It will be necessary one day
to join them and the connecting link VIII be
big building in itself The argument for more room
is apparent and convincing, The agricultural De
partment will get more building money from CON
gress and get II soon, and the anger that was
aroused at first by the secretary's shrewdness
will be turned to laughter and to something much
like admiration The Iowa farmers successors in
office will have to thank him for removing a
mountain of trouble from their paths
AS government departments rank the one de-
voted to the promotion of agriculture stands next
to the foot Of the list. This is on paper only It's
importance to the country Is so great that men
say its proper place is near the head OF things
governmental. The passage of the packing-house
inspection and the pure food laws have increased
the working duties Of Mr. Wilson's department
immensely.
Secretary Wilson sheds trouble. He Is good
deal of an optimist, and when difficulties arose
over cotton crop matters, and there seemed imml
nent danger that a scandal would result, there
was no signs of worry the secretary's part
President Roosevelt felt implicit confidence In tht
cabinet official who had come TO him as heri
tage from the Mckinley administration, and there
is no doubt whatever that he expressed his con
idence personally.
In one respect the secretary OF agriculture
holds himself to be particularly fortunate Pos
sibly he doesn't consider II to be really matte
of good fortune except at such times as he see
the trouble Of his fellow cabinet officials who ar
more than suspected of having presidential ambl
tons Presidential politics personally do no
worry James Wilson. The constitution OF th
United States keeps such worry from him. TO
the secretary was born the slopes OF tn
Ayrshire Hills in Bonnie Scotland, and on man fror
over the water sit in the chief chair OF tn
nation.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20

London. All il wants is value received
for its money, and everybody knows
1t has the money.
SO what was simpler, when a little
art was required, than to send to
New York for It? All the agent in
New York had to do was to rush
along the best art obtainable, en-
phasis being laid upon the classical
and antique statuary. and the rest
was easy.
And that was r II happened
that one day several cumbersome
packing cases were dumped off a
train at Weatherford, consigned to
the Southwestern Normal The pack
ing cases were sent out to the school
building, and a janitor was instructed
to open them.
A little while later the janitor ap-
peared apologetlcally in the office OF
one of the faculty members.
Boss" he said, 'Tm afraid some
body's done busted de arms offen
one of dem stachutesl"
The faculty man inspected the cast
which was a copy of famous Venus
and told the janitor not to worry
about that. A little while afterwards
the same janitor reappeared with
even a. deeper look Of trouble
Boss" he said this time. "del
amt nobody busted dis one, but some
bodys sho' forgot to send along dc
pants!"
It was too true! Apollo didn't have
on so much as a Highlander's kits
Hercules and Mercury stood brazenly
forth in the same state of attire.
And this was what New York hal
sent to occupy prominent places
around the college grounds ard build
ing of a perfectly respectable institu
ton for young ladies' and gentlemen
There was hurried call OF the fac
ulty. To drape or not TO drape-tha
was the question. And then some
body brought chisels into use and tn
statues were made to conform to tn
local ideas Of decency.
And that was how Apollo, Hei
cules and Mercury, not to mentio
some lesser heroes and deities, II
NAMED in obscurity In cellar unde
, the normal school building until tn
state board of edu cation made its r,
cent visit.
Then the mutilated statues ian
} this story, as welD were dragge
shamefacedly into the garish, ope
light OF the day.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20
CH|SELS MAKE THE
STATUES DECENT
pIsRoBEp HERCULES AND UN-
GLAD MERCURY TOO BRAzEN
FOR oKLAHoMANs.
HIGH ART IS NOT WANTED
According to the Dietum Of the South.
western censcrs, Hereafter An.
Client Deitles Must Wear Trousers
or Else Stay Right at Home.

weatherford. Okla. 49, Hereafter
when an ancient god visits an Okla
homa institution of learning, he will
have to wear what is called-in the
vernacular OF the southwest-pants.
When Il comes to real art, nobody
has anything on the students and
faculty of the Southwestern Normal
school at this place. But their art Is
of distinctly proper sort, which be-
lieves in pants where pants ought to
be. And that's where Apollo, Her
cules. Mercury ct al. got into trouble'
The new normal school building is
really an imposing one, and everybody
hereabouts is proud Of II. But some
one who had once been to the state
university discovered that It was In
complete. 1t had modern steam radia
tors and ventilation shaft and every
thing OF that kind, but it was shy
something Then somebody else
awoke to the burning need of little
statuary. something antique anc
classical, that could be scattered
around in convenient places tina
weren't already occupied.
/ When Oklahoma wants new auto
/ mobile, a new steel binder, a cream
separator or perambulator, II con
suits the nearest merchant II h
hasn't the thing in stock, Oklahom
wires or writes to the nearest market
whether it's st. Louis New York o
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20

UBA has reciprocity In trade with
the United States. The bill giving
the Island the benefits of the trade
agreement was considered at an
extra session OF congress called by
President Roosevelt. There was a
good deal Of sentiment in the Gu
ban matter, more than there has
been in connection with the Cana
dian reciprocity measure. The bill
went through the house and was
sanctioned by the senate taking all
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20
MAN AS MERCHANDISE
SHIPPED BY EXPnESS
MAKES LONG JOURNEY NAILED
UP IN A COMMON WOODEN
BOX.

Lawrence. Kan.-Shipped from here
as merchandise in a common wooden
box, a man giving the name of Banks
A. Meyers, succeeded in reaching Fort
Worth. Texas, before he was discov-
cred by officials of the American Ex-
press company at that place. Meyers
presence in the box was learned only
when. almost overcome from suffoca-
ton. he was forced to make II known.
Employees Of tho express company are
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20
somerset COWS Turn lEm.

Somerset, Pa. - Somersaults were
turned by cows of Somerset in a cy-
clone that struck this place, tore of
trees, wrecked buildings and did much
other damage, 1t was the nearest ap-
proach to. COW jumping over the
moon ever seen in this country, and
when the storm was over cattle that
had been carried through the air for
100 feet were huddled for mutual pro
lection.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20
0ored BY q Cow.

Glasgow, Ky.--In attempting to cut
a cows horns at his home near here
Jasper Berry, a wealthy farmer, was
gored and Is In a critical condition.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20

told only three weeks in its passage
The members of congress debated and talked
twenty percentum reductions, sugar trusts and
the like for four days and then the tense hour
approached when the vote was to be taken The
time was tense notwithstanding the fact that 1t
was known that the bill was to carry by great
majority. The galleries packed with people
and in the halls without we're hundreds unable to
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-02-09

Representative McKinlay. of Califor-
mia, has had as his guest his brother,
C. L. McKinlay, big ranch owner of
California. Somebody in his presence
was commenting on the fact that nearly
all the pictures of Western life depicted
the cowboy of the plains as wearing red
bandanna, loosely tied about his neck,
with the free corner part hanging down
over his breast instead of the handker-
chief being tied about his neck to pro-
tect it, Mr.. Mckinlay explained what
every Western man and woman knows,
that Frederick Remington, the great
painter of the cowboy and Indian life,
and his followers had known just exact
ly what they were doing when they
depicted this. when a cowboy starts
on a long ride over the plains" he said,
zone of his principal annoyanees is hav-
ing to wipe dust from, his eyes. His
heavy sauntlets make it impossible to
use his hands, and he ties his handker-
chief loosely around his neck. and when
occasion requires uses it to clear his
eyes. 1t is the most convenient place to
carry the handkerchief while riding a
horse"