ONE KILLED
And Two Wounded, One
Fatally, in an
ELECTION EIGHT.
♦A Memphis, Tenn., Saloonkeeper is
Riddled With Buckshot By a
Judge of Elections.
Memphis, Tenn.—J. G. Welling
ton, a saloonkeeper, was killed, W. !
•J. Cooke, a judge of elections, is fa- i
ttaliy wounded and a third man less
iseriously injured in a tight at a polling I
•place a few minutes after the closing
•of the polls'for the election of county
'officers Thursday.
• 15. E. Conn, the third man wounded,
Vas another judge of elections. He
,v ;is not seriously hurt.
The trouble arose over the county
••lection, which was held Thursday.
.Wellington insisted on being present
«t the count of the ballots and in an
argument, Wellington is said to have
'-drawn a revolver and began shooting.
According to the story told to the po
lice, Conn rushed out of the polling
■place, secured a shotgun and began
tiring. The first shot fairly riddled
[Wellington with buckshot.
"Wellington kept on firing until he
Viropped, and when the smoke of the !
liable cleared away, Cooke was found '
on the floor desperately wounded, a
bullet from Wellington's revolver i
having pierced his side.
PIG IRON.
.Production for the Year 1906 Will Ex- )
ceed 25.000,000 Tons.
Philadelphia, Pa. —The American
Irm and Steel association has re
ceived from tho manufacturers com- !
plete statistics of the production of
pig iron in the United States and Can- j
ada in the first half of 1900. The pro
duction of pig iron in the United
'States for the period named was 12,- !
602,901 gross tons, against 11,829,205
tons in the last half of 1905 and 11,- i
10:1,175 tons in the first half of 1905.
The production in the first half of
190G was the largest in any half year
in the history of the trade and larger
than that, of any whole year prior to
1899. It is now reasonably certain
that tiie production of pig iron in 1900
"will exceed 25,000,000 tons.
The production in Canada in the
first half of 1900 amounted to 282,010 i
tons, against 257,79" tons in the last
half of 1905 and 210,200 tons in the j
first half of that year. The production j
in the first six months of 1900 was the j
greatest half year in the history of the I
Dominion, it.was also greater than
the production of any whole year |
to 1902.
fEUD EIGHT
In Kentucky Results in the Killing of
Four Men.
Louisville, Ky.—A dispatch from 1
Sand Lick, Knott county, says
four men were killed there Wednes- \
day night In a fight between the Mar-1
tin and Hall feud factions. The fac-'
tions have been at war for some time i
«nd the authorities have been trying!
unsuccessfully to end the trouble. j
The Martin faction is said to be led '
•by VV. Yates Martin and his two sons, j
Silas and Alexander. They are now I
entrenched at the home of Martin, on j
Beaver creek. Sheriff Hayes and j
posse are in the neighborhood, but it j
is not believed any arrests will be
made.
Every effort is being made to get a
•truce arranged and to persuade Mar
tin and his sons to surrender to the j
authorities.
Unless the Martins surrended with-'
in a short time Gov. Beckham will be
asked to send troops.
Must Pay Back Taxes.
Cincinnati, O. —Back taxes to the j
•amount of $152,728 must be paid
•by the Union Central Life Insurance
Co if the state supreme court sus
tains the decision announced Thurs
day by Judge Hoffheimer, of the su
perior court. The county treasurer
.brought suit, claiming between two
and three million dollars in back |
taxes. The amount of judgment was j
for taxes on money on deposit against |
which checks had been written and j
afterwards cancelled, not having been |
-used.
» Condemned the Aikin Law.
Columbus, O.—ln state convention
on Thursday the prohibitionists
divorced their party from other tem
perance organizations, condemned the
Aikin SI,OOO saloon tax law as vicious
■in principle and powerless as a rem
edy, and adopted a platform declaring
for direct legislation, woman suffrage, l
International arbitration, election of
United States senators by direct vote
and a more rigid bank Inspection. Al
fred F. Hughes, of Delaware county,
:*'as nominated for secretary of state.
Price of Oil Drops.
• Toledo, O. —Because of the great
amount of oil being sent to the j
Standard Oil Co.'s numerous plants,
another cut of throe cents east and
two cents west was posted by the
[■western management Thursday. This
makes a cut of six cents east and four
cents west this week.
Billings Buys Another Fast One.
Decatnr, 111. —W. H. Stubblefield,
of Oran, Mo., on Wednesday sold
the 7-year-old stallion Blacklock
(2:0~V*) to C. K. Q. Billings, of Chi
cago, for SIO,OOO.
THE ACCESSORIES OF THE
WELLMAN POLAR EXPEDITION
Some of the Wondets of Science That Are to Be Used
in the Attempt to Reach the Pole.
What may L»e called the accessories
of the equipment of the Wellmau
polar expedition are by no means
least in point of interest in the novel
undertaking to reach the north pole
in an airship. The way in which the
explorer has utilized the latest sci
entific discoveries and inventions in
his coming battle with the elements
of the north form one of the most
interesting chapters in the story of
preparation. With the exception of
the airship itself the wireless tele
graph and th 9 motor sledge, or, as
Mr. Wellinan calls it,"the mechanical
dog," stand out as of peculiar interest.
Should Mr. Wellman and his com
panions be successful in reaching the
pole the wireless telegraph instrument
is expected to inform the world of
the act of placing the American flag
on that important point of the world's
surface within a few minutes after it
has occurred. Should anything hap
pen to the airship the "mechanical
ONE OF THE "MECHANICAL DOGS."
Drawings Made from a Photograph taken in France, where the Machines
Were Tested.
dogs" offer the possibility of motor
ing over the ice and snow to safety.
The "Mechanical Dog."
While it is unnecessary to point out
that, without the utmost confidence in
the efficiency and "staying" powers of
the airship, the promoters of this
epoch-making expedition would not
undertake it, yet this confidence has
not been of the blind sort that has
caused them to hurl caution to the
winds. Two supplemental provisions
have been made for insuring the suc
cess of the expedition and the lives
of the explorers. The most important
of these is the motor sledge which
i 3 to be carried in the car of the air
ship and which, it is confidently be
lieved, will prove of the utmost value
in the event of accident to the airship
at any stage of the voyage. There are
two of these sledges, propelled by gas
oline motors. They have six-horse
power each. The motor is mounted on
runners, like those of the ordinary
sled, and the power Is transmitted by
chain to a large front wheel which
has breadth enough to serve the pur
pose of a snowshoe and the periphery
of which is studded with projecting
spikes to furnish the gripping power.
These "mechanical dogs" weigh 225
pounds each and can be carried by
two men. They are so constructed
that they can be knocked down and
assembled quickly and when such ob
stacles are met as they cannot over
come they can be taken apart and
hauled by the explorers over the hard
places.
In all previous explorations the
Eskimo dog has been the traction
mainstay of the explorers. While the
canine of the north has proved of the
MR. WELLMAN AND COMPANIONS
IN AIRSHIP CAR.
Made from a Photograph Taken in
France at the Testing of the
Machine.
greatest assistance in reaching high
altitudes he has many drawbacks; but
from his mechanical successor Mr.
Wellman expects, if compelled to for
sake liiri ship, to derive all the ad
vantages of the real dog and none
of the disadvantages. The motors used
in these novel sledges are air cooled,
of the ordinary motor-cycle type.
The Wireless Telegraph.
Heretofore arctic explorers, after
leaving their base of supplies, have
been cut off from all communication
with the more southerly world. Hun
dreds of them have perished in places
not so remote but that they might
have been succored had they been
able to communicate with their base.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1906
| In this respect, as In all otlier ways,
| the Wellman expedition will differ
| from all others, for direct communica
tion, not only with the base on Dane's
Island, but with the commercial ca
bles of the world, is expected to be
I maintained through the Do Forest
j wireless telegraph apparatus that
j forms an important part of the im-
I pedimenta of the expedition. The
j wireless telegraph service, like the air
ship, while not having been brought
I to the highest stage of perfection or
( certainty of successful operation,
nevertheless has become commercially
j practicable and reasonably reliable.
! Recent tests at sea have lengthened
! the possible communication distance
: to more than 1,000 miles without re
' lay. A complete wireless outfit forms
a part of the expedition's apparatus,
! and one of the five men who will
I make the trip in the airship is an
1 expert wireless telegraph operator and
i mechanician.
At Ilammerfest, Norway, a point in
touch with the Atlantic cable, the first
wireless station has been established.
Station No. 2 will be at the base of
the expedition on Dane's island, and
wireless station No. 3 will be in the
airship. The "aerial," which on land
and on sea-going ships is a mast, in
this case will be a wire suspended
from the airship, and which can be
coiled up out of the way when not
in use. The experts in wireless teleg
raphy have gone over the situation
in the light of conditions as they are
likely to find them in the arctic re
gion, and have given it as their opin
ion that there is nothing in these con
ditions to prevent the maintenance of
virtually constant communication be
tween the airship and the Dane island
MAP OF THE POLAR REGIONS.
Showing Route of the Wellman Ex
pedition and the Location of the
Wireless Telegraph Stations.
A —Hamnierfest wireless station No. 1,
where connection is made with
cable line.
B —Dane's Island wireless station and
base of expedition.
station. In its present use at sea
there are often atmospheric disturb
ances which temporarily destroy the
usefulness of the wireless apparatus,
but these periods have been brit 112. It
is believed thoroughly by the experts
in wireless telegraphy that nothing
short of a catastrophe which wrecks
the ship and renders all apparatus
useless will prevent the publishing
daily of dispatches from the explor
ers sailing poleward in the monster
airship. As the magnetic pole of the
earth has been found 1,200 miles from
the mathematical pole, on the coast
of North America, it is reasonably
certain that at the mathematical pole
there will be encountered no magnetic
disturbances which will destroy the
usefuness of the wireless apparatus.
Moving Pictures Provided.
The importance of the expedition
is reflected significantly in the fact
that a London firm has sent cinemato
graph operators to Spitsbergen for the
purpose of catching on moving films
all the trial work done before the
serious flight is undertaken. Already
these operators have been in Norway
photographing the trials of the "me
chanical df.gs" and these films have
been shown in London with.sreat suc
cess. Spitzbergcn is as far as the
moving picture men will be able to
follow the expedition, but ample pro
vision lias been made tir the secur
ing of still pictures after the airship
leaves Dam's island for the polo.
The experiments with the "mechanical
dogs" were made in Norway, and the
results, as shown by the moving pic
tures shown in London, were eminent
ly satisfactory.
LIKE EDCE OF THE WORLD
Unalaska, in the Alaskan Islands, a
Desolate Spot—Where VVhiU
Men May Not Land.
Unalaska resembles other northern
stations, having warehouses, docks,
the inevitable Greek church and a
score of wooden cabins. Whalers leave
here for the Arctic regions.
Dutch Harbor is a station for our
revenue fleet. There is much coming
and going of ships of all nations;
there are quite a formidable fleet, and
only two ships out of twelve carry
colors of the same country.
Just before entering the harbor one
notices a detached rock high against
the side of the cliff. It bears a strik
ing resemblance to a Russian prie.J
in full robes. Touched by the sunset
light, lie seemed to stand blessing the
harbor.
Sailing north out Into Behring sea,
one looks back at the desolate, silent,
treeless Islands, which seem to wall
the edge of the world. Hundreds of
miles west they run toward Vladi
vostok.
Two hundred and forty miles north
of Unalaska are the Pribilof islands;
not large, but the greatest seal islands
In the world. There are many fur
seals around the shores of Behring
sea and the Aleutian islands, but the
great mass of them are bred on the
Pribilof group. No white man is per
mitted to land on these breeding
grounds without a permit, signed by
the secretary of the treasury of the
United States. Outdoor Life.
FOUR YEARS OF AGONY.
Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh
—End to U>e Clutches—"Cuti
cura Remedies the Best on
Earth."
"In the year 1899 the side of my
right foot was cut off from the little
toe down to the heed, and the physi
cian who had charge of me was try
ing to sew up the side of my foot, but
with no success. At last my whole
foot and way up above my calf was
nothing but proud flesh. I suffered un
told agonies for four years, and tried
different physicians and all kinds of
ointments. I could walk only with
crutches. In two weeks afterwards I
saw a change in my limb. Then I be
gan using Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment often during the day, and kept
it up for seven months, when my
limb was healed up just the same as
if I never had trouble. It is eight
months now since I stopped using
Cuticura Remedies, the best on God's
earth. lam working at the present
day after five years of suffering The
cost of Cuticura Ointment and Soap
was only SG, but the doctors' bills
were more like SOOO. John M. Lloyd,
71S S. Arch Ave., Alliance, Ohio, June
27, 1905."
lodine a Cure for Snake Bite.
For a sure cure for snake bite, take
about seven drops of iodine, scarify
and bathe the wound also with iodine.
This remedy was first used by a med
ical officer in British service in In
dia. It has cured both man and a
number of animals; it never fails;
it is really wonderful in Its effects.
One instance I will relate. A young
man working for me In the harvest
field was bitten by a very large rat
tlesnake on one of his large toes. I
gave him about seven drops of tincture
of iodine on a little sugar, and to
make doubly sure repeated the dose
an hour later. His foot swelled, but
next morning he was all right. I have
had animals whose bodies have swelled
considerably, but all have recovered
from the bite.—Topeka Capital.
"Cruising for Salvage."
One man in New York says hfl
makes a good living by what he calls
cruising for salvage. He goes about
in an automobile and follows novices
trying to operate recently purchased
machines. If the machines break
down or stop he comes up lu time to
offer his services as a tug or to offer
about half the value of the machine
if the owner is so disgusted that ho
wishes to sell.
There is a time in every man's life
when he realizes what a chump he
once was.
~ 5 —Positively care'T by
f* A BTT p O thcse kittle Pills.
WMf\B£> S\ O They also relievo D:>
B tress from Dyspepsia, In-
X, digestion and Too Hearty
■ Eating 1 . A perfect rem
■ cdy tor Dizziness, Nausea,
■S. I Drowsiness, Bad Taste
In tlio Mouth, Coated
Tongue, Pain tn the side,
_l TORPID LIVKIt. TUey
regulato the Bowela. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
PADTPd'q] Genuino Must Bear
TT LE Fac-Simile Sicnaturo
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jflbaffi REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
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