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k It, 1 mmtx JPBIOE TWO GENTS MT. VERNON, 0., TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1911 No. 9 ESTABLISHED 1836 wtmtxttli m TiT r QUICKLY AVENGE BRUTAL CRIME Loulsi ill's Mob Sher flang Him To Limb 01 Tree-Complete Self-Imposed Task By Riddling Body With Bullets-Victim Had Betray ed Trust Imposed In Him By Family That Befriend ed Him In Youth And Makes Afroclous Assault On i Eight-Year-Old Oaughter While Parents Are Away Now Orleans, Jan. 30. Ono or tho most atrocious crimes over commit ted In this state was avenged when tho body or a negro, riddled with bullets, was left swinging rrom atrco in tho woods of St. Tammany parish. Ono or the many homeless little negro boys to be found In every vil lage In tho south, he was taken Into tho home of Honry Miller, n promi nent sawmill man, and tor the er rands ho was able to do, was given food and lodgings. When bo grew to young manhood he remained with tho family, and ono of his duties was to help amuse tho baby girl. Thus trusted, "Wash" was allowed to come and go at will, and no ono ever thought or rearing him. Yeatordny Mr. Miller went to his sawmill and Mrs. Miller wont to visit neighbors, leaving tho little clrl. now Wheeling: 7. Va., 'Jan. 30. Mrs. Laura Fnrnsworth Schcnk, wire or John O, Bchouk, whom she was charged with attempting to poison, was released on her own recogniz ance by Judge Jordan, the ball be ing left nt $10,000. A few minutes before sbo was served with papers In a divorce suit tiled by her hus band. It was stated in the divorce papers that application would bo made Feb. 4 for on Injunction to restrain hor from communicating with or harass ing her husband or from Interfering In any way with her children. Vir TO DEATH CleyefandT 'Jan'.' SO. "Trapped in fcer burning resldenco, Mrs. Mary Gibbons, 70, a widow, was so badly burned that she died within a few moments after flremon had succeed ed In carrying her from tho building. A daughter, Miss Hannah Qlbbons, cscapod, although nearly overcome by imoke. Mrs. Qlbbons was sleep ing in a rear room on the second floor when tho tiro broke out, sup posedly from a defcctlvo chimney Her daughter was awakened by thr moko 'and was so badly overcome that she was unable to assist her mother. Earthquake In Philippines. Manila, Jan. SO. Earthquake chocks wrecked tho Island or Luzon, doing heavy damage, but causing no loss of lire. The physical disturb ance was accompanied by an erup tion of tho volcano Taal, the first ttmp since 1S73. Lake Batagnas has fallen thrco Inches slnco tho shock began, and It Is believed that the bottom of the lake has settled. Na tives are fleeing by the hundreds. More than 100 shocks havo been ro-cordnd. MRS. SCH IS RELEASED ALSO SUED FOR DIVORCE BURNED Takes Negro From Deputies eight years old, In chargo of the negro. When Mrs. Miller returned. "Wash," who had no other name save "Miller's negro," was gone and the Ilttlo girl was In physical agony. News of the outrage spread like wildfire. "Wash" was found. Doputy sheriffs came from Covington and started to take the negro to Jail. In the woods they were forced to sur render their prisoner to the crowd. Tho Adoration of tho Wig. Wigs were never so popnlnr as In the reign of Charles II. The author of "The Beaux ami the Dandles" tolls us Unit "U'liun dirtier played Sir trip ling Flutter his wig was so much nd mired that lie had It can-led to the footlights every evening In a sedan chair, from which It was banded tu him that ho might put it on his bend." ginia and Robert ScUsnfc, or from entering their house, A counter suit for dlvorco is being prepared by Mrs. Schenk's counsel and the papers, It is said, will be served soon. Mutineers KIM Dredge Captain. Colonial Beach, Va., Jan. 30. Mu tinous sailors of the dredge Irene Ruth of Fairmont, Md., ran amuck aboard that vessel, murdered Cap tain Allen Dorsey and crushed tho skull or First Mate John Adams. Oi:a sailor escaped tho mutineers by Jumping and swimming ashore. Mil !!M!I Kill GETS JO Columbus, O., jjn. 20, ffit. Treasurer D. S. Creamer nppolnto George L. Colllnberry or Cleveland ti succeed Frank A. McKenn as book keeper In tho stato treasury depart ment. Mr. McKean will leave thu department soon to become acquaint ed with his new duties as clerk Ir tho supremo court. Mr. Co'llnbcrrj Is now in tho real estate business. Coroner Calls It Murder. New York, Jan. 30. Tho body C a woman was found In a ro--m on the second floor of tho Bryant hotel Thero were blue marks on tho fac and neck. A handkerchlet had bco:i crowded Into her mouth and wel' back Into her throat. Coroner Ha! lensteln said it looked to him like a case or murder ry strangulation. To Arouse 8uffragettes. Columbus, O., Jan. 30. Miss Byl via Pnnkhurst, one or England's most noted militant suffragettes, will speak hero ucxt Saturday arternoon under tr-o auspices of.'tho Women's Suffrage association and tho College loag'te. She will tell of her export-et-ces In English Jalla. Red Headed Okapi, Related to The Giraffe, Coming to America &i!3r fflgg'' s.Wm lfMB VsilkKn'5;.5 ' ilJKt 'f ,. .-. iv." t - " ? . ' :'' wm . r ss & ixr-iPAaFXBau ' -: 'i '-z& f&f2'hi?smM VISITORS to the Museum of Natural History in New York will soon have an opportunity of looking nt specimens of the okapi, nn animal so rare that hunters who have visited its native haunts In the Kongo region have not seen It. Even Henry M. Stanley, whp first heard of the strange beast, was unable to get sight of one, though ho spent years in tho African jungle. The natives told him about the "red headed horse" that had a body (Ike a giraffe's and tho legs of n zebra. When Stnnlcy returned to civilization be published these stories and caused considerable excitement among scientists and naturalists. Sir Harry Johnston went to Africa In 1001 for the London Zoological society and spent many months In tho Kongo region, no was unable to get sight of tho okapi. but ho bought a portion of a skin and two skulls from natives. He later made another trip to Africa and saw ono of the animals alive, though he was unable to kill or capture It He made such an nccurate description of it, however, tbnt he gave his name to tho animal. Two years ago the New York Museum of Natural History sent an expedition to the Kongo, and n cablegram has Just been received saying that specimens or the male, the female and the calf okapi have been killed and the skins and skeletons shipped to New York. Trees and shrubs have also been shipped, and the animals will be mounted In a lifelike manner and will be shown as they appear In their native Jungle. ' pq piipi a ! H It ft BffflTl HTWSk FOR THE Washington, Jan. 30. A plan for bringing the Olympian games to the United States In 1010 has been un folded in the house through a bill In troduced by Representative l'aul Rowland of Cloveland, O. Tho bill authorizes an appropriation of 5250, 000 to be expended In prizes and to meet the expense of holding the games at Cleveland. It is expected that the municipality or Cloveland will raise another $250,000 to bo de voted to tho same purpose. If the bill la passed tho money will bo disbursed by a Joint commis BIG A P. i . 1 Y TO GUARD RIO GRANDE BORDER Smuggling of Arms to Rebels Will Be Stopped. Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Jan. 30. The largest concentration of Ameri can troops on the Rio Grando rron tier that has taken place for 20 year3 will be In effect within tho next week or 10 days. Not only will the six remaining troops of tho Third cavalry at Fort Sam Houston bo dis tributed along the frontier, but two troops ot the same cavalry will be sent to the bcrdor rrom Fort Win gate, N. M. Detachments or troops rrom Fort Clark and Fort Bliss have a! no been ordered Into tho Held pa trol duty. There are already tour troops ot cavalry on the border. Stanley W. Finch, chief exnmlner of the department of justice, arrived In San Antonio today rrom Washing ton and took personal chargo or a largo force 'Of secret men which will bo distributed along tho border to prevent tho smuggling of arms and ammunition Into Mexico. It Is reported that this sudden ac tivity of tho war department was caused by positive representations made by tho Mexican government that tho revolutionists are obtilnlns their supplies or arms and ammuni tion from this aide or the bonier through well oipai.Izcd gangs or smugglers and ncentu. TpjuMs In Ihn A'r, nuslmml-Vnu don't, .y.n mmntilus with Mr.'. Nearby any mtnvV Vlf- No. The hrl ti to wi v.ent she win. I ed a remn'iiit Hint I wanted Jwlp km yij 'dtmm. "immm ' 111 10v$mmiim 'Ij'll OLYMP sion, composed of the Cleveland Olympic games commission and a federal commission to bo appointed by President Taft. The international committee to select tho next location of the Olympiad will meet in Buda pest on tho May HO next. The Idea or bringing the games to the United States for 1910 originated at tho meeting ot tho Amateur Ath letic union of tho United States In New York on Nov. 21 Inst. At that time It was decided that Cleveland should bo the location If the plan succeeded. Columbus, O., Jan. 30. Represen tative Robert M. Billlngsloa ot Butler county was reported to be danger ously ill of pneumonia, at his homo In Bethany. He was taken HI 10 days ago whilo on a visit home, but his condition became alarming only last Saturday. BlltlugalPi is serving his second term as member or tho houso. He presided over tho Demo cratic senatorial caucus which nomi nated Atlee Pomcrcno. AS YOU LIKE IT A George Junior republic. Is to be formed in England sorao tlmo this spring. Edward M. McLean or Washington has bought the famous Hope blue diamond, paying $300,000 Tor it. Fire Commissioner Waldo has no tified managers or Now York thea ters to abolish standing room privi leges. Mrs. Marina Hammerstcln, wiro or Oscar Hammersteln, has sued ror di vorce, naming a rainous opera singer as co-respondent. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, au thoress and lecturer, Is doad nt her hone In Newton Center, Mass. She wni 17 years ot ago. , Thic Killed In Wreck. Richmond, ind., Jan. ,30. Thr?o trr.:no'n are reported killed 'In a col lision l.ftwan two freight' trrlns on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad noar Blountfivllli), Ind. C GAMES CONDITION SERIOUS ARREST Of Man For (living Away Tobacco To A Minor Tiie" Hearing To (Incur On Thursday Afternoon OHlvor Pugh was arrested on Mon day morning by Constable Milton Slmpklns or Squlro Harter's court on a warrant sworn out by Charle3 Tay lor charging Pjgh with unlawfully giv ing away tobacco to minors. Taylor alleges that Tugh gave tobacco to Raymond Fcrenbaugh, who Is a minor scarcely over ten years of age. The hearing was set for Thursday after noon at ono o'clock before Justice of tho Peaco Harter and Pugh was re leased on his own recognizance. TO STRAIGHTEN OUT PACING TANGLE Now York, Jan. 30 Whether there shall bo peace or war on tho trotting turf next season Is believed to depend upon tho outcome of the special meet ing begun in tbl3 city today by the stewards of the grand circuit. The meeting 1b the direct result of the Co lumbus Driving Association In with drawing from the Grand Circuit on ac count of dissatisfaction over the allot ted dates and the steps taken to form tho "Great Central" circuit. It Is be lieved every effort will bo made to patch up a truce, as tho formation of a rival circuit under conditions as they exist at present would, accord ing to the- opinion of nearly all of those well Informed as to the situ ation, prove disastrous, especially to tho Eastern tracks of the Grand Cir cuit. .j. FOR HUDBELL FAMILY MURDER Mnrypvllle, Mo., Jan. 30 Intense public interest Is manirested In the case cf Hezeklah Roscoe, the alleged murderer of tho Hubbell family, which camo up for trial today. The members of tho Hubbell family, consisting of tho husband, wife and two children, were murdered in their home on their farm near here on the night of November 20th last. The mur derer afterwards attempted to burn tho houso to conceal tho crime. Ros coe was arrested a few days after the murders nnd has since been kept in the Ja'l at St. Joseph, owing to threats of lynching. He Is said to have a quar rel with Hubbell over a card game a short time before tho murders. SENATOR BAILEY SELLS HIS HORSES Now York, Jan. 30 Th annual mid winter horso sale of tho Faslg-Tipton Company began at Madison Square Garden today, with a total of nearly 1000 horses of various breeds to be dis posed of, Including a number of trot ters and pacers of high repute nnd low records. Tho star offering Is a consignment of about fifty horses from tho Kentucky stock farm of Sen ator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, who Is president or tho American Associa tion of Trootlng Horse Breeders. Sen ator Bailey Is retiring from tho ranks of trotting horso brooders and all of his horses will go under the hammer at the present three days' sale. 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BANNER WANT AU8 PAV ' YIELDS AGAINST Champ Clark Refuses To Enact Rote Oi Czar Speakcr-To-lie Of Next House Of Representatives Believes Presiding Officer Should Name Committees, But De clares Popular Sentiment As Expressed At Polls Is Opposed To Cannonism And, Therefore, Insists That Committee Make Assignments Washington, Jan. 30. Speal:er-to-Be Champ Clark, although commits ted to the proposition that the speak er must be .shorn of his power to appoint committees, does not believe in the reform. He Is most emphatic, however, In the declara tion that the plan of having the ways and means Democrats apportion the committee places among the mem bers cf their own party must bo tried. It Is his idea that the Demo cratic party, having made an issue of Cannonism, which, reduced to Its elements means simply the exercise ot power by thespeaker. must keep its Implied promfse'ot reform and go tho limit. It was for this reason that Mr. Clark, Immediately after bis selec tion a3 speaker by the recent Demo cratic caucus, made a plea for the committee on committees Idea. The caucus was ready and willing to leave the power to appoint commit tees In his hands. The leading Dem ocrats In the body In fact a great part of the rank and file consider the removal or power from the speaker as prtremely unwise. Mr. Pittsburg, Jan. 30. The eight-day fast ot Margaret Shipley, the Mc ICcosrort blind girl, begun last Sun day to restore her sight, will end to night. The watchers, who spent the day at the bed of the trancelike hleeper, told visitors that her soul, which had left her body and had been absent In heaven all day, re turned to her body last night. Shortly afterward the girl raised her hands and said: "Jesus Christ was tho savior or the Jews; I will bo tho savior or the Gentiles." It was the only time she spoke all day. Margaret has promised that after Columbus, 0 Jan. 30. August Kuehncr, 81, died in a hospital a tew hours after he was knocked down by an automobile In which Nicholas Schlce, a lifelong friend, was riding. Mr. Kuehner was crossing High street and got in the way or a rapidly moving streetcar. A pedestrian, see ing the aged man's danger, burled him from in front of tho car to the pavement, where he was struck by the automobile. Mr. Schleo is con lined to his homo by nervous prostra tion as a result of the accident. Killed Under Coal Cars. Nclscnvlllo, O., Jan. 30. James Craig, 51, while dropping cars at MIno 207 ot tho Sunday Creek Coal company, roll under Iho wheels and received injuries which rcsultct lit talr. SAYS SHE WILL SEE AT El OF EIGHT DAYS FATALLY INJURED OWN MINT Clark Is Inclined to agree with them,, but although be is no parliamen tarian, the Mlssourlan is a practical man and he lnslstccr berore the cau cus that the effect upon tho country of tho creation or a Democratic czar In the house atter all the bellowing against Cannon during the past few years would be deplorable. And the caucus, listening to his voice, worked hla will. FIVE HURT IN WRECK Two Actresses May Die From In juries Following Joy Ride, ronghkeepsle, N. Y., Jan. 30. Ro turlng from ajby"rlde in the coun try, Anna Marks, 22, or Providence; Gloria Clayton, 20, of Boston, and Edith Edwards, 19, membersof the Phil Ott company; George Snyder a chauffeur of Mlddletown, N. Y., and. Arthur Kethara, chauffeur of Was salc, N. Y-, were seriously injured when their touring car crashed into a streetcar. Miss Marks and Miss Clayton are so badly hurt that' they may die. ner 30UI tases its trip to heaven to day and returns to her body, she will wake with her sight at 6 o'clock this evening, although she was born blind. Flourlns Mill Burns. Hamilton, O., Jan. 30. A lire ot unknown origin caused a loss of J160.000 to the Carr Milling com pany's plant Fire Captain John Mayer Hoefer and George A. Belzer were seriously Injured by falling walls, the former perhaps fatally.. Thirty-five hundred barrels of flour' stored in tho warehouse were coxar pletely destroyed. LEGALITY Columbus, ' TJ., Jan. ""30. SanJtrei Patterson, former state senator from Piko county, it Is said, will tile a petition today in the supreme court to test the legality of the disfran chisement of Adams county voter who either have pleaded or have been found guilty of selling or buy ing votes. Won't Prosecute Girl. Chicago, Jan. 30. Myrtle Fortune, who was ai rested hero charged with stealing ?Cl0 from her omrloyer in Canton, O., will not be prosecuted, according tu Chief of Police Smith of Canton, who will take her back home. Miss Fortune Is young and pretty. She asserted when she was arrested that she had stolen the money to feed and clothe two young er girls, to piovent thom being driv en to a life ot shame. DOUBTS 'J 'fi