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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13

ably a stone. Kate Edwards, his
wife, her daughter Mary, aged four
teen years Samuel Greason and
three other negroes were arrested on
suspicion Of having murdered Ed
wards.
Kate Edwards was tried at. the
September session Of the Berks coun-
ty cort of Oyer and Terminer and
was found guilty OF murder in the
first degree. The death sentence
vas imposed in december and at the
same time Greason was tried and
likewise convicted and sentenced to
death. The other prisoners were dis
charged.
For Iour years, upon one allega-
ton or another, the case was kept
before the board of pardons, but the
board refused to commute the SEN
tence of the woman. The Superior
court and the Supreme court likewise
refused to interfere and in February
Of 1905 it seemed as if nothing could
save the ON and the negro. Gov
ernor Pennypacker signed a docu-
ment fixing February 16 for their ex-
ecution. A voluminous petition in be-
half of Mrs Edwards was presented
Ito the governor by a delegation of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13
Meets
OF IMPORTANCE
Railroad Commission Starts
Out Next Week by Several
Important Meetings

The North Dakota board Of railroad
commissioners will leave early next
| week for an extended trip over the
Milwaukee railroad to hold a number
Of important hearings. They will 90
from Mott TO the junction Of the
Mott branch with the mainline, in
South Dakota at Mclaughlin and will
| proceed from there TO the west line
Of the state. They will listen to Pc
titions and complaints relative to new
elevator sites, leading platforms, bet
ter service, agents at points where
there is no agent now, etc. There
will be a heavy weeks work.
The regular quarterly session which
was to have been held at Grand Forks
on Sept. Z, 8 and9 has been advanced
and will be held Sept. 20 and Oct. l
and 2. This change "a made in or
der to accommodate a number of pe0-
pie. This meeting will be one of the
most important W held in North
Dakota by the present Or any other
railroad commissioners. Next week
]. A. Little of Duluth, until recently
rate clerk of the express rate hearing
at Grand Forks Oct. 80. NThis is the
continuation Of a hearing commenced
at Farg0sa year. ago last August and
which wassadjourned until such time
as the Interstate Commerce should re-
port on the hearing to the express
companies which was then pending
before that body. The report of the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
out and Mr.. Little and Secretary
Cushing will compile the data which
will be placed before the North @Da-
kota shippers at Grand Forks on
Oct. l.. Notice of the hearing has
been generally advertised among the
shippers of the state and it probable
that there will be a large number
gathered at Grand Forks. If it de-
velOps that the rates as fixed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission are
not satisfactory to the shippers of
North Dakota, a thorough investiga-
ton will follow and the railroad com
mission will issue whatever orders
they may deem just and fair and fix
the rates so far as this state is con-
cerned.
Another important matter to come
before the commission at Grand Forks
is a. hearing relative to excess bag
gage. This hearing is at the request
Of the U. C. T.. The travelling men
of the state claim that the excess bag
gage rates N North Dakota r iii
excess of any other state in the
northwest-they contend that the
travelling fraternity in the state pay
fully 100000 more than they would
be compelled to pay on the same
amount of business in any other north
western state. This matter will be
given a thorough probing by the
members of the commission.
Another matter Of importance at the
Grand Forks meeting will be a on
ference between the various railroad
companies of the state and the mem-
bers of the commission relative to the
enforcement OF the letter Of the Kinky
caboose law. 1t will be ~reembered
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13
seek PARDON FOR
mrs. KATE EDWARDS
HAS BEEN IN PRISON FOR
TWELVE WEARS AND UNDER
SENTENCE OF1pEArH.

Reading, Pas Sept. 12.-Another
effort is to be made next week to
free Mrs. Kate Edwards, who has
been in the Berks county Jail for
twelve years under sentence OF death
for the murder of her husband, John
edwards. The case was quite unus-
ual and attracted considerable atten-
ton throughout the country at the
time. Everywhere a great deal of
sympathy was manifested for the
woman and numerous efforts have
been made in the past to bring about
the granting Of a pardon for her.
Four governors have failed to set a
day for her execution and as a re-
suit Mrs. Edwards has spent twelve
years in prison, probably longer
than any other woman w SEN
fenced to death in this country.
She was sentenced in 1901 during
the term of Governor Stone, who left
the Ease for Governor Pe~nnypacker,
who in turn left the fixing of the
date of the execution to Governor
Stuart. The latter passed it along
to Governor Tener who has never
made a move in the matter. The
case has been through all the state
courts and has several times come
up before the board of pardons with
out success. New lawyers have
drawn up a petition which will be
presented to the board OF pardons
when it next meets next Wednesday.
There are many remarkable fea-
lures to the case of Mrs. Edwards,
not the least remarkable being her
transformation from an uncivilized
almost british creature into a wo-
man of fair school education and
even a certain refinement and cul-
tire. She came to the prison vicious
to the last degree, a d%runkard, .un-
kempt, desperate and intractable, al
most like a wild beast. Good women,
patient ministers and humane prison
officials worked years to civilize and
reform her and accomplished won
ders. They have awakened her con-
science, taught her something Of re-
ligion and have change the whole
course of her life. She learned to
read and write and something Of
other branches of a common school
education and during the many years
under the shadow of the gallows she
acquired a knowledge of sewing, knit
ting, embroidering and other femi-
nine occupations and became a good
housekeeper.
The life history of Mrs. Edwards
does not make a cheerful reading.
Born in squallor and extreme power
ty, she became an orphan at the age
of seven years. At the age Of seven
teen she was married to John Ed
wards, a drunken and ignorant quar-.
ryman. She was absolutely without
education like her husband and soon
developed into, a drunkard like Ed
wards. Edwards used to beat and
choke her and made her his beast
Of burden. Five children were born
to them and the family lived like
animals in a small hut near the quar-.
ry where Edwards worked when he
was not too drunk. Their only asso
ciates in their drunken debauches
were negroes working in the quarry
for the white neighbors would have
nothing to do with them. One Of
their most intimate companions was
a negro named Samuel Greason.'
On the morning Of July 4, 1901
John Edwards was found dead in the
| vicinity of his home, with his skull
crushed by some blunt weapon prob
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13
ELK DIES IN
Dickinson

Dickinson, N. d., Sept, l2.-The
body of Christ e. Strahan, aged %,
who died in a hospital here this morn
ing after an operation for gall stones,
was taken east from here tonight to
his former home OF Sious Falls, S. D.
The members Of Dickinson Elks lodge,
of which deceased was a member, es.
cOrted the remains to the depot.
Strahan was a prominent farmer
at Sentinel Butte, and had been all
ing some time, but owing to his be-
ing . strong and powerful man, paid
but little attention to his ailment till
the operation was deemed necessary.
Immediately following his death the
body was taken to the Elk's home
here, where the remains were in state
during the da;'. AT 4 o'clock this aft
,rnoon Elk's services were held with
Chaplain Bragaw officiating.
Strahan has been a member of
Dickinson lodge since 1909 and his
death is deeply regretted among men,
5ers. His death was the seventh the
local has had. He was married and
leaves a family.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13

that Chapter 245 Of the 1911 session
laws, known as the Kinky Caboose
Law abOlishcs the short, f0ur.wheel
caboose and prescribes just the sort
OF caboose the railways in this state
shall use. The conference was in
vited by the Great Northern road
which has taken off all of their dinky
cabOoses and have put on such as
the law contemplated but they have
not made their journals OF the right
dimension. The Great Northern en-
gineers contend that their caboose
trucks are strong enough to serve
freight cars but that their journals are
are not as large as the North Daokta
law ~prescribes. Other companies
have other pecularities about their
cabooses which do not fit into the
North Dakota legislators idea of a
proper cab0ose. This law is to become
effective in July 1914 and 1t provides
that the board of railroad commits
sions may defer ii. for another year.
The roads will present their case and
try and persuade the commissioners
to lie their power and defer the en-.
Iorcemcnt of the law another year
which would take it by the 1915 es-
sion of the legislature at which time
they hope to have remcdied the alleg-
ed impractical specifications of a ca.
boose contained in the 1911 measure.
The people along the 500 and far
mers railroads in Towner county will
ask the commission at Grand Forks
to order in a Y at Olmstad. Also
those along the Great Northern and
the Northern Pacific in Griggs and
Barnes counties will ask for a Y at
Hannaford. +@,
Another important matter on which
Secretary Cushing and the members
of the commission have been at work
for sometime will be consumed when
the new blanks and blank books for
a uniform system of elevator book
keeping and accounting within the
mex ten days. Secretary Cushing is
of the opinion that the commission
will vastly simplify the bookkeeping
and accounting of elevator companies
when these new blanks and books are
installed. and understood. These
must be used by all elevators doing
business in the state and certain re-
ports which the commission perscribe
must be made by the business agent
Of the elevator owner, whether it be
private or cooperate ownership-such
reports to be certified to by the
board of directors in the case of
corporate ownership. Secretary Cush-
ing is Of the opinion that this is a
long stride the right direction.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13

Governor Pennypacker nor any one
of his successors ever fixed a day
Tor the execution Of the death sen
tence. The daughter to which Mrs.
Edwards gave birth a few months
after her imprisonment was taken
away from her shortly before the
original date set for her execution
and has been adopted by. some
wealthy woman.
Pianos to rent. Organs to rent, at
Peck's Music House.-(Adv)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13
Ohio club women, but the governor
rnfuco1 n intorforn "

refused to interfere. &
Two days before the day set for
her execution 4nrs. Edwards signed
a document in which she confessed
her guilt and completely exonerated
Greason. Both were granted a re-
spite and after a special law had
been passed by the legislature. Grea-
son was again tried and acquitted.
The woman's case remained as it
had been before. She remained I'M
der sentence of death, but neither
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13

Ohio State University has intro
luced an apprentice course in ami.
nal husbandry thai includes two years
study at the university and two
vears Of practical work on a stock
farm. The, student in this course
spends the first year at the univer-
si!y; the second on q stock farm;
he third lear at the university again;
and the fourth yea ron another stock
farm. The students are paid for their
work while on the farm. The plan
has interested a number of the lead
ing stock men of Ohio and other
states, and they are cooperating
with the university in carrying it
out. 4Mt8
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-13

You can get the good old Carney
oal at Nortz Lumber Co. Phone II.
-(AdV)
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25

VIZ ASHINGTON-Twe new
w animals have just arrived at the
National Geological park in Washing
ton from Gieza, Egypt, where they
were purchased by w. H. Black
bourne, from Captain Stanley Flower,
director of the Government Geological
park.
The shipment includes three Ara
bian camels, two elephants of the
form that occurs in the Sudan region,
three Hamadryas balloons, two chez
tabs, three lemurs, three Circassian
goats and three Arabian. one Korin
and one dorcas gazelles Nearly all
are representatives of species not be-
fore included in the Washington zoo
and the cheetahs will be the only ami.
mails of this sort in the park
There Is at present only one ele.
plant, a male from India, and as he
is some forty or fifty years old, the
two new members of this family
which are practically babies, will be
valuable accessions. One of the ele,
plants is about four years old and
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Panhand|ng De Luxe Newest RlW to Tradition

ID ITTSBURGH, Discriminating
i de Luxe is the title of a brochure
a certain ambitious young reporter is
seriously considering publishing. At
the same time, the student of soci
ology or the uplift-of-humanity enthu.
siast might have received terrible
wallop to some of his cherished illus
ions had he been strolling downtown
last night. Here's the way 1t hap
pened:
The reporter felt discreet touch
On the shoulder as he dashed madly
into downtown hotel at the entrance
with the wicker door, under which
peoples feet can be seen.
Say, DO, me and me pard just got
in on freight from Cleveland We
amt had bite tn eat and we're wait
in till the railroad yards open up tn
get us job
What the-say, whered you collect
that make-up?" demanded the aston
ished molder of public opinion.
You're no bum; you just stepped out
of that taxi and haven't wakened up
from the night before at the club
yet"
Now, say, bo," defended the youth.
"Yu see. we amt no dirty buns. We
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
INSECT ANAESTHETICs.
Wasps and Beetles Paraiyze Their
Victims Before Killing.

That the sting of the wasp. which
punctures the nerve centers Of a cap
tured caterpillar or spider, usually par
alyzes the creature into helplessness
rather than kills 1t is well known
The victim remains alive in the bur
row or cell In which the wasp store, II
as food for the larva which will
emerge from the egg laid In the same
cell. Therefore the newly hatched
grub finds ready for 1t Il provision Of
living meat instead Of decased car
rlOn.
That wizard" among entOmologists,
the venerable Fabre. has discovered d
similar yet even more extraordinary
fact in the history of the glowworm
beetle (lampyris- namely, that it an
aesthetics the prey upon which 1t
itself feeds. so that it may consume it
at leisure and predigested. This beetle.
whose brilliant phosphorescence at
tracts the eye in the dusk of the sum-
mer evenings. habitually hunts and
seizes upon certain small snail In or
der to eat 1t.
The curious thing is that the beetle
anaesthetizes the molusk at the first
attack, preventing it from escaping by
Withdrawing to safety deep within its
she'll. Upon finding the snail the
beetle dashes forward and, thrusting
out its sharp. curved mandibles. re-
peatedly stabs the side Of the body Of
it's prey. After few punctures the
snail becomes insensible and remains
in that deadened state for three or
four hours-a time more than sufficient
for the beetle to complete its meal
Independent.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
CAUGHT THE CAPTAIN.
He Was Not on the Early Morning
Job, but the Kaiser Was.

He Was Not on the Early Morning
Job, but the Kaiser Was.
Some time ago the kaiser heard that
a captain in one of the guards regi-
ments at Potsdam had fixed the regu-
lation hour of schooling for his men at
6 o'clock in the morning. The kaiser,
though doubling the fitness Of such an
early hour for the lesson and the abil-
ity of a popular young officer to keep
up to this rather exacting standard of
early rising, said nothing, but one day
walked into the barrack room at 6
O'Clock.
The captain was not there. but the
emperor showed neither annoyance nor
surprise. He asked where the lesson
was to be found in the books. and
without more ado. to the mingled anx-
iety and delight of the men, he took
the lesson in hand and explained the
passage in history which was the sub
ject of the day. 1t was nearly I o'clock
when the captain showed himself. The
kaiser returned his salute and made no
allusion to his crestfallen countenance.
but handed him the lesson book after
pointing out how far the class had got
and then left the room.
Nothing more was said or heard
about the incident until a few days
later, when the captain received a
handsome alarm clock. evidently from
the kaiser. What the officer wrote in
his letter of thanks for the gift is not
recorded. Own"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25

travel clean, see? Me ant me spar
ring pardner just come out o that
swell boardin factory there. get it?
| says to bell-hop, says. we got to
unwrap this package of SCOT. So he
leads us to the Mushroom, we strips
down to the belt and goes through
the motions just like them guys that's
playin' four bucks day for a brass
bed and hunting scene on the wall
See this here hair cut?" continued
the lecturer. He exhibited a nicely
trimmed dome, correctly moulded
about the ears I'VE gets that in the
free chairs in the College for BARRIERS
in Cleveland
Before the reporter was led out of
his third paroxysm he was gently told
that he had delivered up II cents, his
police badge, and two theater Passes.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25

Belgrade while visiting kindred Bucharest that
charge dafaires Of his at the Roumanian capital
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Queer Fable About Cotton.

When cotton first came to Europe
to make its principal center in Lam
cheshire it was the subject of the
quaint and wonderful fable of the
Vegetable Lamb The fluffy white
tibers of the bursting cotton pod SO
resembled sleeps wool that travellers
reported that in Tartary there grew a
shrub the fruit or boil of which con-
tanned "withinne lyttle Beaste in
Flesche, in Bone and Bloode, as
though it were a lyttle Lambe with
outer WOOL" After the lamb had been
eaten the wool was made into cloth,
continued this story, which is the
earliest European account of the man
ufacture of cotton.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
FAMOUS BEAUTY OF EUROPE

The capital will next winter pos.
sess among its foreign chatelaines
one of the famous beauties of Eu.
rope. Quite a furore was caused some
five or six years ago when it was ru.
mored that the kaiser, wishing to
bring his embassy to the front rank,
was about to designate the Prince of
Pless as Germanic ambassador solely
because of the wonderful beauty OF
his wife. This proved mere idle chat.
ter. In selecting M. Constantine Dunn.
ba to succeed Baron Won Hengelmul.
Ter, It may be asserted that he was
selected for his success in his chosen
career and that the marvellous beauty
and accomplishments of his wife have
played their part in the working of
destiny
Nine Dumba is nearly twenty
years the junior of her distinguished
husband, and she belongs to an illus
trious half Balkan, half Russian fam
lily, portions of which hold enviable
posts in st. Peter. ,Irg, in Bucharest
some kindred in Bucharest that the
". Constantin Dumba, who was acting
he Roumanian canital
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Method.

Willie asks great many remark
able questions" said the pensive ia
Their.
"Yes." replied the Observant mother.
whenever he wants to get out for the
afternoon he puts lot of queries up
to You SO that you will let him go out
and play while you consult the ency-
cIopedia." Washington Star.
One of the Queer Things.
There are many queer things in con
nection with human existence. says
the professor in the Fliegende Rlatter
"Thus | have discovered THAI 10y mul
tiplying the numerals which indicate
the date of my birth by my telephone
number and subtracting the age OF my
mother-in-law the final result will be
any house number
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Twenty-one New Animals for the Washington Zoo

stands five feet six inches, while the
other, the female, is six months
younger and is only about four and
one-half feet in height. 1t is est
mated that they weigh about 700 and
800 pounds respectively, and yet the
male even will look like pygmy be.
side the sole representative in the
park, which weighs in the neighbor-
hood of 1900 pounds African ele-
plants are usually priced by dealers
at from $500 to $4,000 each but
these cost considerably less, having
been bought from the government at
Gieza
Arrangements for the housing of
the new arrivals has been under way
for some time at the Geological Park.
Mr.. Blackbourne, head keeper of
for some time at the Geological park.
made special trip abroad for the
purchase of these animals, say ell
his charges are in good health, having
proved good sailors en- voyage.
From Boston the animals were
shipped. all of them boxed in strong
crates, except the camels, which were
forwarded loose. in stock cars, to
| Washington
The new additions will bring the
total number of animals or individ.
uals in the park to about 1900, a
] slight increase over the number at
this time last year, although the total
number varies annually through the
! death list of the inmates.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
Cat Only Living Thing on DereIIcr

Cat Only Living Thing on DerelIcr.
From derelict ship a cat was
rescued near Plymouth, England, &
few days ago. H. M. s. Donegal
had received orders to search for
and sink the derelict Norwegian
barque Denmark. The Glenmark had
been dismantled and abandoned more
than month ago. Her crew was res.
cued and taken to Liverpool by the
steamer Dunholme. The Donegal
picked up the ship 500 miles out, but
finding the hull sound determined to
save her. The only living thing on
board the derelict was a cat, which
had been driven mad by thirst and
which severely bit bluejacket who
stroked it.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-09-25
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