davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
DYNAMITE FOX RIVER BRIDGES
MANUFACTURERS FEAR EuRrh.
Err DAMAGE 2Y ICE.
COMMUNICATIONS
Meeting at Appleton, Wis, to Review
Situation--3O Industries
Frozen Up.

Appleton. Wis. Jan. 15.-The com.
ditions caused by the Fox river are
extremely critical. A large section
of the middle dam. carried out by
the ice, dyDatnitcd at the railroad
bridges. is now forming a jam at the
Lake street bridge. which it is feared
will collapse. A meeting of mannfac-
turcrs aud watcrpower owners is call.
ed in Appleton to discuss the situa.
ton.
1t may be necessary to dynamite
several dams and bridges in order to
save the manufacturing plants. Thir.
ty mill and factories are flooded and
frozen up. There is IL feet ot solid
ice in the fumes or the Potter PAPER
Co. plant.
Ice is piling Is to Is feet high on
the second level and is being carried
through the open dam by the strong
current. This is over 10 feet above
normal and six feet above high wa.
ter. +,
Two hundred men have been work.
ing In relays on the river, dynamlt-
ing ice since Sunday. Water is now
backing up from the third dam. Con
ditions are growing worse hourly.
The island in Kaukauna, seven
miles below here, on which was 10.
Gated the municipal water works plant,
lumber yard, paper mills and many
residences, is under IL inches OF Wa.
ter.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
SHOOTS FATHER Of
W|FE's BETRAYER
J. 3. SNEAD KILLS A. G. BRYCE, SR.,
WHILE LATTER is SITTING IN ~
TEXAS HOTEL.
u
Homicide Comes Week After Reconcil.
Iation With the Erring Woman
Murderer Gives Self Up to
Police.

Fort Worth, Jan. 16.-The sensation
al elopment of Mrs. Lena e. Snead,
wife of a rich banker of Amarillo, with
A. G. Boyce, Jr., Millionaire ranchman,
had a sensational development when
J. B. Snead, the husband shot and
killed A. G. Boyce, ST.. aged father
of the man who had eloped with his
wife. The shooting was done in the
lobby of the Metropolitan hotel,
crowded with people at the time.
Snead fired five shots at Boyce. four
taking effect. He used a ~32-caliber
automatic and the bullets lodged In
the abdomen.
Snead fled by a side entrance and
ran to the Central police station, where
he surrendered. He refused to make
a statement to either newspaper re.
porters or police. On his death bed,
Boyce made a statement declaring that
he had een Snead once before in the
lobby of the hotel and had avoided
him. The shooting came as a big sur
prise to persons who had been follow
ing the case since the sensational
flight of Mrs. Snead and young Boyce
from Fort Worth on Nov. II. Mrs.
Snead disappeared from a s%anitarium
here. Snead and his wife, little NOR
than a week ago, effected a reconcil-
alton and returned to Texas from Win
nipeg, where she and young Boyce had
been caught. Yesterday afternoon the
elder BOyce had just succeeded in get
ting all indictments against his son
dismissed by the county attorney. This
it was thought, would end the case.
The elopement of Mrs. Snead and
young Boyce attracted attention
throughout the country, the search
for the missing couple extending from
here to St. Louis, thence to Chicago,
Atlantic City, New York, Minneapolis,
and, finally, to Winnipeg, Man, where
they were arrested.
AS soon as the couple were arrested
Snead's attorneys had indictments
returned against Boyce charging alb.
duction, rape and theft. A requisition
vas applied for, but this Governor
Colquitt refused to grant as it was
based solely on the question of wheth.
er Mrs. Snead was insane at the time
she ran away with Boyce. Canadian
alienists found her sane and refused
to hold her after the arrival of hel
husband.
Young Boyce was allowed to go fret
and announced that he would go tc
Alberta, Western Canada, and go into
the cattle business. When he left
Fort Worth, he carried exchange tc
the amount of $4,000 or $4,000 In cash
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
GUST I
Americans Told They Must Abandon
Persian Office or be Punished.

Americans Told They Must Abandon
Persian Office or be Punished.
Teheran, Jan. 15.-The treasury cri-
sis has taken an extraordinary turn.
Acting under the instructions of the
cabinet, NJ. Mornard, the Belgian ex-
director Of Persian customs, summar-
lily took possession Of the treasury Of
fees, refusing to recognize the status
OF F. E. Cairns. the American who
was left in charge by w. Morgan
Shuster, the deposed treasurer gen.
eral, when the latter left Teheran for
the United States.
M. Mornard, in a%cquainting Mr..
Cairns and the other American off.
Gals with the contents of the cabinets
message, told them that if there was
a further delay in turning over the
treasury, not only would they DE dis
missed from their positions, but pun.
ished.
This procedure is all the more mex
plicable, as Mr.. Cairns has shown no
disposition to retard the work of trans.
ferring the office to the commission
appointed to take over the duties of
the treasury ge%neralship.
1t is stated that M. Mornard asked
the Americans whether they were will.
ing to serve under him as treasurer
general and that they declined TO do
so. The appointment of the Belgian
as treasurer general appears to have
removed all hope of preserving the
financial organization formed by Mr.,
Shuster.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
Militia to Sparta AGAIN.

Washington. Jan. l5.-Plans for ma
neuvers this year by the Minnesota
and other militia organization of the
northwest with troops Of the regular
army. have been completed at the val
department. At Sparta, Wis, the
militia OF Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Mich.
igan will be assembled for joint ma.
neuvers with regular troops from
Forts Smelling and Sheridan. At Fort
Russell the militia Of North and South
Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and Kan.
sas will participate.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
five DROWNED
WHEN UT0OR0Ps
ZERO WEATHER TRAPPiNGs PRE-,
VENT ESCAPE OR PARTY FROM
SUBMERGED MACHINE.
HOODS v ESCAPE
Speeding Care Plunees Through Ice IN
. Canai-Driver Alone Reaches
Shore. Three Girls and Two
Men Losing. Lives.

Trenton, N. j.. Ian. Is. - Three
young women and WI young men
were drowned when a big automobile
III which they were returning from a
visit to a roadhouse. ran off the high.
way in the darkness and plunged into
the w%aterpower canal at B%rookville,
three miles from here.
The dead:
Donald Reed. son Of former Supreme
Court Justice Alfred Reed OF Reeds
Manor. nea here.
Chester Van Clees. Trenton.
Miss Margaret TindaIl. .
Miss Annie Hazel.
Miss Helen Mulvey. 17'ycars old.
A sixth member OF the party. Fred
erick NJ. Foster. the owner and driver
OF the car and member of a we'll
known Trenton family. escaped death
in an almost miraculous manner
Closed Automobile a Trap.
With the thermometer below zero
the me met the young women in this
city last night and went to the road.
house. several miles north of here.
After remaining at the roadhouse sew
eral hours, they started home. The
weather being bitter cold. the top of
the automobile was up and the side
and front curtains buttoncd. The MEM
bers of the party bundled up in fllrs
and covered with rugs, had no chance
of escape when the machine. blowing
homeward at a Fast pace. suddenly left
a short turn in the road and plunged
onto the ice covering the millrace at
R%rookville.
Foster owes his escape from death
to the fact that he was driving the
car. He went down under the waters
surface with the others, but managed
to d~isentangle himself from the car
and struggle ashore.
Young Foster. apparently recovered
from his shock. was brought from the
r%oadhouse To his fathers hone shortly
before noon. lie declined to make
any statement. "
Former Justice Reed. father Of one
of, the victims of the tragedy. is A
heartbrokcn member OF the party that
is hunting IN the icHcOvcrcd waters OF
the canal for the three bodies not yet
recovered. Despite his years he aided
and directed the efforts of the search.
ers.
Three Bodies Recovered.
The body of Donald Reed was re-
covered from the water this afternoon.
The body was found about fifteen feet
from the automobile. where it had
foated under the ice. This leaves two
bodies yet to be recovered.
A condolences in connection with
the tradegdy is the fact that thirty
years ago. Justice Reeds brother was
drowned nea this spot through a car
;riage accident. \ thunderstorm
frightened tile horses which plunged
into the water and Reed and one wo-
man mel thtlr death. Other occu-
pants of the carriage were rescued.
Foster figured in an automobile &C.
cident a year ago. whrn lie and his
brother and several other men we're
badly hurt and onc man was killed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A wife suing for twenty-eight years
alimony, places her claim at SIP q
week. Her recreant spouse now finds
that harmony in the home at nothing
a year would have been far less ex,
pensive.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A medical Journal say: that women
are Justified in using paint and pow.
der. Very graceful Of the medical
journal, In view of the fact that they
will continue to use them whether
they are justified or not.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A divorced woman in Missouri has
a right to be kissed, for a Judge says
so from the bench. This we should
regard as one Of the %inalienable rights
of any unmarried woman, no matter
by what method unmarried.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
Boy Tramps Freeze to eoath.

Atlanta, Jan. l6.-Three boy tramps,
all under IA years OF age. were found
frozen to death when freight car han.
dlers unlocked the door TO a hoxcar
received from Chicago. There were
20 clues to the identity of the boys.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A New Jersey boarder who showed
fight to his landlady and was dubbed
into submission with a chicken was
sent to Jail. He deserved his fate fol-
causing such a tragic hiatus in thu
menu.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
Robbers Blow Safes In California.

Newport Beach, Cal, Jan. 15.-Bur-
glars blew open a safe of the state
bank Of Newport Beach and obtained
several thousand dollars. They also
blew open the postoff1ce safe. The
robbers escaped after a running re.
vOlYer fight.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Meningitis Epidemic May Soon End.
Dallas, Jan. 16.-Three deaths and
three new cases within the last "a
hours summarizes the meningitis sit
uation in Dallas and physicians de.
clare the outlook bright for am early
suppression of the epidemic.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Certain scientists advocate the use
Of the surgeons knife to reform bad
boys, but a good old fashioned session
In the woodshed is worth more than a
seance on the operating table.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Mr.. Edison says that soon the new.
ly-weds need not pay out $3.50 on the
!nstallment plan for furniture, but car
get their concrete outfit for 5000. Still
on the installment plan?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Signs of an ancient race have been
discovered on an island in the mid.
Pacific, a skeleton with a necklace OF
human teeth being one of the finds. II
was doubtless that of a prehistoric
dentist.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

We see by the papers that a New
York bride is spending her honey.
moon learning how to run a dairy
farm. The damsel's heart is full Of
the milk of human kindness.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
Boy Tramps Freeze to Death,

Pipestone. Mimi, Jan. 16.-While
playing with a loaded shot gun a
young son Of James Jensen. a farm
er living near White. shot his baby
brother through the head, killing him
instantly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

The navy is evidently in earnest in
its determination not to hava unde.
sirable men in it's service. It has just
issued an order putting the ban on
chewing gum.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

German women are seriously recon.
mending compulsory military service
fc the sex Sometimes it does seem
az If war was hardly worth while.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A Chicago University professor says
there is more romance in marriages
at seventy than at twenty. The Os.
lerian theory has been fiercely at,
tackled, but 1t is hardly necessary ia
20 to the other extreme and make gay
Lotharios and ardent Romeos OF sep
tuagenariens.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
Twenty.seven Skaters Drown.

Emden, Jan. l6.-Twenty-seven per-
sons are known to have been drowned
as the result of the ice on Ems river
breaking, while several hundred were
skating.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

why do beautiful women marry
Ugly mem" asks a contemporary. Pos.
sibly because they believe that hand.
zone is as handsome does.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

You don't hear tobacco dealers join.
ing in the laugh at the expense Of
those large hearted women who buy
Christmas cigars for their husbands.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
Steamers In .Ftoes.

Chicago, Jan. l5.-Efforts are being
made by tugs to rescue the passenger
steamers Indiana and Kansas which
were caught in. Ice docs i've miles out
OF Chicago harbor.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Mr.. Edison is producing all kinds OF
concreted furniture except mattresses.
Thus far concrete mattresses have not
been well received.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A Washington telephone girl re-
Gently married a London banker. With
her it was a rapid transit from ring
off" to ring on"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Santa Fe. Jan. 15.-~AlI over New
Mexico'today is being observed a holi.
day. to mark New Mexic0's entrance
into the sisterhood of states. OF
course the central event was the in.
a%ngmration of Governor Mcdonald. ard
this was carried out with due cere.
mony, the oath being administered by
Chief Justice W. II. Pope. w. j. Mills.
the retiring territorial governor. heart.
lily congratulated the new executive.
Santa Fe and other cities and towns
in the state are decorated with flags
and bunting and the rejoicing is gen.
eral.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

London is to have a new hotel con.
tanning 1000 rooms, and it is promised
that no tipping will be permitted. Re
serve your rooms early.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Maryland has revived the old Gus,
tom of whipping wife heaters. A lit.
tie whipping now and then will often
cure the worst Of men.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Down in Georgia a judge has decid.
ed that it is a crime to kill a baseball
umpire. It seems a rather decent
thing to decide. ri
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Kipling gets one dollar a word for
every word he writes. He should
write at least ten words before break
fast. &c., 49,. -sll
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A scientist tells us that turkey will
be extinct within the next ten years.
From the looks Of things in Europe, SO
will Turkey.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A flying lifeboat for aviators is now
planned. Completely to defy the ele.
ments, 1t should be made flreproof.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

New York asks every citizen to be
enough of a sport to clean five and
'ne-third inches of snow of his side.
walk.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Having discovered that 1t is posi-
Die to live without butter, some indig.
nant persons are doing it.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

An American miner killed seventeen
Mexican bandits single-handed. He
could hire out to almost any nation.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18
Head Of Republic CAPTURED.

M lHeau OF HePuUVc captured.
Buenos Aires, Jan. 16.-The Para.
guayan revolutionaries have captured
President Liberato Rojas and have
forced him to resign.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

If there were no wars in the world,
what would the newspaper paragraph,
-srs do for material?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

The son Of the Gaekwar of Baroda
says he has no inclination to marry an
American girl. Congratulations, girls.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

A Philadelphia man has been arrest.
ed for talking back" to his wife. He
ought to be tried for lunacy.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-18

Men are increasing faster than won.
en- in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27
Personal to River Men,

Capt Philander George, mate of the
steamer City of Milford, has resigned
and returned to his home. in Westmore-
land county. Va, to take up farming.
He has been succeeded by George Jones
Of this city.
Capt. b. T. McHorney OF Norfolk. a
well known Chesapeake bay steamboat
man, Is TO have command. it is stated, of
the steamer st. Johns on the Colonial
Beach excursion route In the coming
summer.
John Rollins. quartermaster on the
steamer Wakefield. who has been on
leave on account of illness. has recovered
and has returned to duty temporarily
on the steamer Capital City.
Capt. S. II. Larmor. master of the
schooner Grace G. Bennett. who has been
at his home. at Tyaskin, Md, while his
vessel was unloading here. has returned
to this city and sailed for Norfolk yes
terday.
Capt. Willard Massey has been appoint.
ed master OF the Chesapeake bay barge
Duke of Baltimore. Capt. Massey is
from Bethel. Del. and is a well known
vessel master.
Capt. John Meekins, master OF the
schooner May and Annie Beswick has
returned from q short visit to his family
at Wingate. Nd. and has sailed for the
Rappahannock river to load lumber for
this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27


Low and muddy water in the upper
river during the past week made fishing
conditions anything but attractive. Some
of the faithful We're on hand however,
but no big catches were made Probably
one hundred or more anglers were on the
river between the Aqueduct and Chain
bridges Sunday, but not many of them
were able to take home evidence of their
mission.
The water was high and muddy. In
some places it was practically impossible
to anchor boats, and many of those who
tried their luck We're satisfied to remain
in shoal water near the shore. Monday
nights high wind from the northwest
had the effect Of Kidding the river of the
exceptionally high water that has pre-
vailed during the early perch season.
1T was so low Tuesday," said Louis
Perron, that it keemed possible to walk
across the rived at some points. / saw
rocks in the river l had never seen be-
fore, and l made a chart showing their
locations. In the future when on the
river l will know just where the rocks
are
During the early part of the week the
water was SO muddy that anglers feared
the first run of perch would get away
before they would have another Oppor-
tunity to give them a trial, but the high
winds and tide cleared the water earlier
than they had anticipated. The latter
part of the week the water was In good
condition. and Thursday and Friday
some good catches were made
Anglers who were on the river Sunday
were fortunate in the matter of bait. 1t
is admitted by perch fishermen that soft
crabs make the most successful bait. but
early in the season they are usually too
expensive for the average angler, and 1t
is necessary to resort to the use of angle
worms. Occasionally the worms prove
enticinS to a few big perch, but usually
they are good only for the smaller ones.
Early in the season soft crabs sold as
high as 81 a dozen, and a crab will
make only six or eight small pieces OF
bait. Last week they sold at % cents
and 81 a dozen. Baltimore anglers
brought supply OF crabs over with
pitality by selling them at 80 cents a
dozen, about what they cost. and local
anglers appreciated their thoughtfulness.
Lake Smith,. few miles below Nor
folk is a place that attracts many WASH
ngtoniana Early in the season Wash
ingtonians landed many fine bass-a few
small-mouth and many plymouth fish.
The lake is also well stocked with blue
mouth perch. ring perch. speckled perch,
jacks and flyers.
The bass season on the lake is closed.
1t will open May Is, two weekly before
the season will open in this vicinity. and
scores of local anglers will take advan-
tage OF the early opening.
There is one thing about fishing at
Lake Smith," DR.. Charles s. White re-
marked, land that is the fish always are
there and it is an easy matter to catch
them
Norfolk officials have a regulation APP
plying to Lake Smith which prohibits the
taking of more than twenty-five bass
from the lake in one day, but anglers
who have fshed in the lake say no angler
wants more than that number. The lat
ter part of May last year an angler
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27
POST TO BE SENTENCED.
Confessed Swindler, Whose Pal Is
Still Free. Will Soon Hear Fate.

NEW YORK. April 21.-George W.
Post, alias william A. Carter. will be SEN
fenced here next week on his plea OF
guilty to four indictments charging him
with use of the mails for fraudulent pui-
poses. Post is notorious confidence
man, according to criminal records. and in
conjunction with E. A. Starlleff re oper-
ated the dead miner swindle many
years ago by which hundreds Of Euro
peans were defrauded.
He and Starkleff were pursued the
world over and finally captured, but on
the eve of their trial last June the
prisoners fled in forfeit of $4,000 bail.
Post was later found in Chicago, but his
mate Is still missing.
Posts admission of guilty was upon
agreement that federal indictments stand
ing against the men in Chicago and Phil
adelphis and a state indictment in Bos-
ton would be quashed