The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, October 03, 1907, Image 2

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    The News
Domestic.
of the lawsuits growing out of the
contest between Mayor Johnson, of
Cleveland, and the old Street Rail-
way Company, of that city, over
street car fares was argued,
Richard Walton, the negro arrested
in Springfield, I11., for the murder of
Mrs. Lillian W. Grant, has told the
police that another negro, Marcus
H. Lemoyne, is her actual slayer.
In a wreck on the Southern Pacific
work train, which collided with a
freight near the entrance of Tunnel
17, two miles west of Tehachapi, Cal.,
eight Greeks were killed and 20 in-
jured.
Indictments for the violation of
the Interstate Commerce Law were
found in San Francisco against the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company and
the Southern Pacific Railway.
The ninth explosion of a myster-
fous series of violent occurrences
credited to feuds between factions of
Chicago gamblers occurred in the
Morrison Building.
Officers at the New York navy yard
have been requested by letter from
the commandant's office there to
write to the senators and represen-
tatives of the states from which they
have been appointed asking their fa-
vorable consideration of the Army
and Navy Pay Bill
The report of the currency com-
mission of the American Bankers’
Association recommends a measure
introduced in the last session of Con-
gress, known as the credit currency
bill.
Forces of the Guggenheim Ralil-
road, the Copper River and North-
western, shot and wounded six sur-
veyors and workmen employed by
the Alaska-Nome Railway, at Key-
stone Canyon.
L. B. Williamson charged in
is
A SCORE ARE HURT
Every One in the Smoker Either
Killed or Injured.
FAST EXPRESS STRUCK FREIGHT.
Engineer of Freight Train Cooked Alive
By Escaping Steam-—Accident Hap-
pens On a Curve—Express Three
Hours Late and Running Fast— Not
Even Time For Crews To Jump.
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killed and a
four of whom will
Eight persons
score injured,
die,
The Chicago express, known as
No. 14, being three hours behind
time and running fast, crashed
into a freight train which had
just taken the siding.
Both engines were reduced to
junk and the smoker was tele-
scoped by the baggage car.
Every person in the smoker
was either killed or injured.
The collision happened
curve at Bellaire, Ohio.
According to one report, an
operator failed to throw a switch;
according to another, the accident
was due to a misunderstanding of
orders,
on a
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special) —Right
men were killed, four fatally injured
and seventeen more or less seriously
hurt when the Chicago and Wheel
ing express train No. 14 on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad was wrecked
a juror in the case of the State of
Ohio against Standard Oil Company.
Cyrus Baldwin, 85 years old, took
a fatal dose of paris green at his
home, in Elgin, IIl., after
confessed that he murdered his wife,
Richard Walter, colored, wanted
for the murder of Mrs. Lillian White
Grant, a school teacher, of
was arrested in Springfield,
John Hoffman
sewer while making
carried by the swift curs
into the Harlem River.
John Franklyn, a Northwestern en-
gineer, has received a check for $10 .-
000 for saving the life of a woman
at Devil's Lake.
The Chicago
decided to admit
eign and American born,
high schools.
Eight persons were
fire which damaged seve
in Louisville to the extent
000.
Wilbur Glenn Voliva has announec-
ed his intention of giving up
fight in Zion City.
Acting upon the government's
promise of immunity to the
and Alton, It Landis,
ordered the ry
prosecution o
All the | of McKin-
ley's staff when was governor of
Ohio expect to be present at the dedi-
cation of the m fal
According te the
Picayune the i
President Roos
East Carroll Pari
Several persons
result of a on
caused by a collision
electric trains.
“Abe” Brokaw, who numbered
among his friends nearly every living
general officer of the Army, died in
New York.
John W. Fort, president and treas-
urer of the Monarch Cotton Mills, at
Union, 8. C., was found dead in bed.
A gasoline launch exploded on the
Ohio River near Gallipolis with
men on board and 4 were drowned,
Street car strikers cut the trolley
wires and attacked a car, putting the
crew to flight, at Latrobe, Pa.
Il.
into
and was
of water
dropped
JAlrs
nt
Board of Education
both
Chicago
ad nite ’
adults, ior-
to
in a
al buildings
of $50.-
ured
the
1idge
grand ju
against th
members
in Chicago,
to drop the
company
iving
he
emor at Canto
New
’
roposed bear
velt
sh
Will
re Ware
I Were
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Brook
between two
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curred in the southern part of the
Province of Kiangsi, China, an Ital-
fan priest and a number of converts
having been murdered,
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net decided to continue the allowance
to the former Crown Princess, now
Mme. Toselli.
Reports concerning various pro-
posals connected with warfare at sea
were disposed of by the Peace Con-
ference at The Hague.
mund Taxis slipped and fell and
died of a fractured skull at Potsdam.
French statesmen think the Anglo-
Russian agreement will strengthen
France's international position.
Emma Levin,
whose dismembered body was found
in the baggage of the Goolds at Mar-
seilles,
A train carrying passengers book-
ed en route from Paris to Cherbourg
and several of them were injured,
but none seriously.
The United States Treasury com-
miseion has begyn its investigation
in Paris of complants against meth-
ods of administering American cus-
toms laws,
Great Britain's proposition at the
Peace Conference for the abolition of
contraband was rejected.
The Countess Montignoso, former
Crown Princess of Saxony, and Sig-
nor Toselll, the music-master, were
married at a registry office In Lon-
don.
The Russian admiralty closely
guards its plans and arrangements
for rebuilding its navy. There will
be several squadrons, consisting of
four battleships, eight cruisers and a
requisite number of torpedo boats.
The reappointment of Wu Ting-
fang to his former post as minister
of China at Washington was gazetted
. at Peking.
A freight train had just taken
siding for the express. The
ger train, however, failed to
over the switch and crashed
the freight.
Switch Operator Blamed.
The wreck was due, according
one report, to the failure of an
to throw a switch. One official
statement says a misunderstanding of
a
DET.
oper
had
passenger
freight received orders to meet
the at the western limits
of the Bellaire yard and was moving
slowly along the siding. At the point
where the wreck occurred there fs a
of eastbound trains
seeing more than a few feet ahead.
The passenger train swung around
the curve rapidly,
hours late, and uld
ot
_Y on i main
vers being three
have gone
line The
however, had
the shot
e freight
apply the
engineers
in saf
switch the
been turned, and
into th
» 10
* the
{to
not train
on to the
There was s
brakes and n
to jump
The two were reduced
, but the worst
to the
ed 80" completaly
that
out of the
zines
smoker
every
coach 4
was either
killed or The pas-
sengers ir he other da coach a
the two bled
f »
irom their
the smoker
injured
nd
tun
gsortously
Horrible Death.
Hr
or
Engineer's
Galbrait}
escaping
taken
and Be
Engineer Was
aieam
10
the Gles
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hospitals
Fitzgerald,
an
Super
Wheeling,
erintended the rescue
difficulty was experi-
the injured pas-
e¢ wrecked smoker
Work was slow because every move.
of the debris caused someone
shriek with pain, as the victims
were entangled in a mass of timbers
and twisted iron.
Opera Director Hurt,
Among passengers on the
wrecked train were the members of
Richard. Carle's “Spring Chicken”
Opera Company, which was to have
played at Wheeling at night All
the members of the company escaped
serious injury except Alfred Dolby,
the musical director. It was found
necessary to amputate his right arm.
ending his career in his pro-
fession. He was riding in the smok-
who
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mila
sil oh 3 3 1
1eighborhood on 0
and General
Loree, of
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tendent
personally
work
enced
Bu p
Great
removing
th
in
sengers from
ment
to
the
Cut Off Leg To Relieve Him.
Engineer H. A.
passenger train,
Lipscomb, on the
underwent, one of
the most herole surgleal operations
in modern times. Caught beneath
his engine, it wag found impossible
body on account of the way in which
one of his legs was entangled.
putated the leg as he lay there con-
Despite the burning steam
of the operation, he
ever, that the man will die.
Wireless Power ‘Now.
Lyons, Paris (By Cable).—The
here announced that a
local inventor was discovered a meth.
od of transmitting electrical energy
long distances by wireless telegraphy.
Much interest is exerted by the re-
port,
Washout Causes Wreck,
Atlanta, Ga. (8pecial).—Four per-
sons were killed in a collision be-
tween a freight train and a work
train on the Seaboard Alr Line Rail-
road near Alamo, Ga. The dead are
Engineer Charles Hines, of Americus:
the negro fireman and negro brake-
man, and an unknown white man,
supposed to be a tramp. The con-
ductor escaped Injury as the caboose
was not derafled. The wreck was
caused by a washout,
TAFT MND TERAUGH
Two War Ministers Discuss a Probable
Entente.
Tokio (By Cable). ~-Preliminary to
three days of social and diplomatic
activity, Secretary of War Taft and
hig party spent a quiet Sunday rest-
ing In the Palace of Shiba, an ancient
and picturesque residence belonging
to the imperial family. During the
day numerous Japanese dignitaries
and officials called upon the Secre-
tary, many of them accompanied by
thelr wives.
Charlie Taft organized a baseball
game on the famous lawn of the
castle with a number of Japanese
Youths, It was intended to play the
game Bunday, but hig father ob-
Jected and caused a postponement
until Monday.
Among the most important of the
callers on the Secretary was Lieu-
tenant General ierauchi, the imper-
fal minister of war, who had a
lengthy conference with Mr. Taft.
Some importance is being attached
to the fact that there have been two
conferences between the two war
ministers, and on account of the my-
tual admiration and the influence of
Lieutenant General Terauchi, it is
belleved in certain quarters that the
ground work ig being lald for an
entente concerning immigration,
which, it is conceded, is the
point on which there is difference of
opinjon between the two countries.
It is intimated that if the oppor-
tunity arises during his conference
with the Emperor Mr. Taft may
broach this subject to him and leave
fts future arrangement to Mr.
O'Brien, the American ambassador.
Diplomatic circles, however, do not
credit this rumor, it being
there that Mr. Taft {s not on a direct
mission. The probability of such an
occurrence, however, is freely dis-
cussed among the Japanese,
Another of Mr. Taft's callers was
Leveus E Wiifley, representing
American commercial in
Shanghai, who {8 anxious
interests
and who came here
Mr Taft make a
concerning this on
ment of China,
to requ that
+ statement
dinner to be
American
It
the
sociation {ig under-
stood that
that
formed
no
in
Secretary make
the
a
statement on
600 JAPANESE PERISH.
A River Suddenly Rises More Than
Fifty Feet.
BRC ‘ 9
terrible disas
Victoria
of a
floods prevailing
received The
Otonashigawa
of PF
ti
town
caused
in
50 feet
The
‘ E
the
river
barracks of the 1
ve been l¢
General Kurok!
Omori, of Kyotofue, we in
the in
¢ the troops are sald
ing (
narrowly drowning
the cits
inspect
to
former being
CUT OFF HEADS.
Moorish Rebels Carry Them Off As
Trophies,
{By Cable).-
numbering
defeated a force of
imperial in battle which
iasted a day and a half The rebels
cut off the heads of 28 of the Sul-
tan's soldiers as trophlea of their
victory and drove 209 prisoners
the direction of Zeulan.
Casablanca (By Cable) The hose
tages of the three Moorish tribes
which have accepted the peace terms
of General Drude, the French com-
Melilla, Morocco
Moorish
2.000
rebels, about
men, have
troops a
consulate, Four other tribes sent
delegates to she French
der to treat for peace.
After two hours’ discussion the
delegates accepted the peace terms
in behalf of the tribes they represent.
General Drude has sent an expedi-
ruote and enable traders to reach
Casablanca.
President And Telegraphers,
Washington (Special). President
Roosevelt anounced that he had con-
sented to receive some documentary
statements from the striking tele-
graph operators, and that when these
are in his hands he would undoubt-
edly call into consultation Commis.
sioner of Labor Neill. Further than
this he said that no arrangements
had been made for conference re-
garding the strike.
Cashier Missing.
Baton Rogue, La. (Special)-—Ogear
Kondert, formerly cashier of the
First National Bank here, Is missing,
while United States officers are
searching for him with a warrant
charging him with a defaleation of
$60,000. It is alleged that the
shortage was discovered over a month
ago, but Kondert and his friends
made good the greater partof the loss.
The bank officials, It is sald, declared
themselves satisfied, but the federal
officers decided to prosecute the case.
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CHAS. W. FAIRBANKS
“15 TUMED DOWN
Methodists Refuse to Make Vice-
President a Delegate.
appre
THAT COCKTAIL INCIDENT DID IT.
Members of the Church Resent His
Position of the Temperance Question,
as He Is Alleged to Have Had Liquor
on His Table —The Vote for Him
Drops on Each Ballot Taken
Columbus, Ind. (Special)—Charles
W. Fairbanks, vice president of the
United States, was defeated for dele-
gate to the Quadrennial Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
which will b2 held in Baltimore next
May, after one of the most bitter
contests that was ever waged in a
religious assembly. The temperance
laymen, many of them long associ-
ated with Mr. Fairbanks in the
church, refused to condone what they
regard as an offense against temper-
ance and the distinguished candi-
having served cocktails and
kinds of wine at
at the Fairbanks home
Up to the meeting of the laymen’s
convention it was supposed that Mr.
Fairbanks would be a sure winner.
His friends had been very busy with
delegates during the conference, and
to select him
quadrennial delegates,
18 candidates for the
and it was given out
President would
by being selected
cence in the desire
of the
There were
seven places,
that the Vice
the delegation
acclamation,
Early, however, the scene began to
Temperance laymen asserted
be a shame to turn
jong and consistent
that it would
down men of
standing in the
to the honor,
banks or anyone
acclamation; that
that the ballot
all candidates,
his own merits
In the meantime
discussed
One oblectio
toxicants at
and
of the
the
Roos
manifested
when
Fair-
by
and give it to
else over
it was but
should be taken
and let each stand
before
them
on
on
the delegates
$4
1e8tiIOnNns
two qt
been nong the deleg
the serving
Fairbanks’
the effort o
sident’s
1
was
was i
Pre
responsibil
Cons
over
ice >
il
evelt
both inciden
assembled
Mr. Fu
anged to a
his g through even
of
of
3
wy
sim
margin
The first fight
refused by a
permit the selection of
acclamation All
then put in nom! tion
87 votes to elect, and
candidates
Fairbanks received but
the two
candidates were and the
the
came when the dele.
io
Fi
decided
Fairbanks
the candidates were
na It required
on first
wera Ose
79 votes,
other
Fair-
tht
third
gates vote
the
ballot two ct
LL
i:
On second ballot
chosen
vote fell 65
he
to On
received but 46 votes on
otes and on the fifth
13
falling
ie
184
nf
votes onstant
the Vice » d
aged hi 4 d 5 $ x in
aged his friend ad Wi hie
of the fifth ballot was
wpe withdrawn
the sta
angounts
a friend
tem that the
had not Leen
Lae
would be an
ent
esident A Car
Any sense
nh
him and the
as a delegats
of
it
church
the Quadrennial
friand
. ieTNON
to to send
to
ference
FORTUNE FOR RESCUER.
Chicago Engineer To Get $20,000
For Saving Millionaire Neice.
Chicago, 111 81 For sav-
‘hicago society
girl, Miss Mary Jenkins, John Frank-
and Northwestern
Rallroad ergineer, recolved a check
for $10,000 from William Peterson
the millionaire uncle
That the hero business has other
attractions than romance, and the
real desire to help humankind, wil
be further demonstrated to Engineer
Franklin, for he is to receive another
check for $10,000 from Miss Jenkins.
The rescue was made at Devil's
Lake, Wis, near Baraboo. Miss
Jenkins was out in a small sailing
canoe, when the tiny craft was over-
lin, a Chicago
Her Neck Broken By Bell.
Bellefontaine, ©. (Special).
James Lawrence met death
Mrs
at
usual manner.
where the bell hung to ring the call
was ringing the bell broke loose from
and killed her instantly,
Will Make rash For Pole,
Halifax, Nova Scotia (By Cable).
~The yacht which left here in July
with Dr. Cook, John R. Beardley,
Capt. Thomas Bartlett, and crew,
on an exploring trip to Greenland is
expected back in a few days. The
yacht left Dr. Cook and the Nor-
weglan steward at Etah with plenty
of provisions. They will take Eski-
mos and dogs and make a dash for
the pole.
AAA A AM AHA
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD,
The earnings of the Philadelphia
& Western are sald to show a regu-
lar increase,
Chicago Is drawing on New York
for currency.
The new Farmers’ and Citizens’
National Bank, of Montgomery, Pa.,
hag elected Lewis 1.. Schock cashier.
By a system inaugurated by the
American Savings Bank, of New
York, interest is declared at the end
of every three months, and the bank
has raised its rate to 4 per cent.
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Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Becretary Wilson will ask Congress
for authority to inquire into the in-
terstate commerce of dairy products
and provide for regulations to pre-
vent the spread of tuberculosis and
typhoid germs.
Major W, H. Arthur and Major F.
Winter have been appointed to
the physical examinations of
fleld officers who are required to
take the 15-mile test ride on
"tober 8.
Patriot
agaiust
Augustus
head of a pretty
new gold coins.
Fifty days more will be required
than at first contemplated to put the
| battleships of Admiral Evang’ fleet
in perfect shape for the Pacific cruise
The President has accepted the
resignation of Judge James Wicker-
A.
make
societies
the
©
bt
are
selection of the late
Irish for the
girl
eham, of the United Btates Circuit
i Court of Alaska
The American Federation of Labo
{ will continue to publish its boycott
| list until prohibited by court
| President Roosevelt annou
| that he assumed there would
| objection to the appointment of
Ting-fang as minister from China
The General Board of the
adjourned without completing
| recommendations for the naval
need
be no
Nua
Navy
the
pro-
gram to be presented to Congress
The death rate in the Army,
| cording to Surgeon General O'Reilly's
report, was smaller than any
{since 1588
It was stated at the White House
that the President had no idea of
parting with Attorney General Bona-
parte
The it
has again
moving into the new
President
that would ap;
constitution
The
the
ad
Year
Ohio Rallroad
the date for
Union Station
imore
and
postponed
ja
loosevell announced
he rove the Oklahoma
Att
prosecu
land and ot}
ing the Sa
After ar
half months
dent Re
Bay
President
tion
Secretary
orney has ordered
estlern
for
General
]
1 of the W Mary-
ilroads violat-
Hance Law
hree and one-
Pre
ington,
fr Oyster
oseveit from
Fe
attack
of the
Labor
,™,
ter of in!
George W
Of
Penitentiary
At the request
ment Chief
Agricultural
§
nize
of the War Depart-
Chemist Wiley, of the
Department, wil
drink”
difference of
{f the general
of
reference
TRA
a "soft squad
{
opinion
board
to the
There a
among members
the Navy with
program
for furni
fleet on
Were
are
of
naval
Bids
2. *
battieship
Pacific
tig vt or r
partment
a} for the
the
coal 2
t
trip
the Navy
ing
ils
at
to
opened Ie.
LOongressman
¥ y Tes ov
nm looking
a float
The governn
corded a sn
glderable
Lee
strain
ing of certain wirele
The Cen Bureau
F £ ne cotton
iblic
distante Washington
De Forrest HE
Benjamin
patents
report for
Yea industry
made pt
NEW YORK DISSAPPOINTED.
Monster Battleship Will Be Called
The North Dakota.
Washington North
kota will the name of battleship
No. 23, one of the new 20.000-ton
vessels, contracts for which were re.
cently awarded by the Navy Depart-
ment The other vessel, as hereto-
fore announced, will be called the
Delaware. President Roosevelt has
decided that as so many naval ves-
sels bear the names of New York
cities, it would be unfair to carry
out the original plan of naming No
23 the New York and of changing
{ Special) Da-
be
toga. Utah now is the only one of
no war vessel
named
Fatal Dash For Freedom.
Dayton, O. (Special) In a des-
perate attempt for freedom Wm. BE
Burch, of Giendale, 0. "a federal
prisoner en route to Cincinnati
custody of Deputy United States Mar-
thal Banderson. plunged headfore-
most from a fast flying Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton train near
here. His neck was broken and
death was instantaneous.
Japan To Entertain Taft,
Tokyo (By Cable) .—Pending the
arival of the Minnesota, which is ex-
pected next Friday. a tentative pro-
amme for the entertainment of Mr.
aft and party has been prepared.
Four days’ entertalument are pro-
vided for. The assumption is that
the Secretary of War will proceed by
rail from Tokyo, joining the Minne-
sota again at Kobe.
Life Term For Beckham.
New London, Conn., (Special).
James I. Beckham, of Norfolk, Va..
who came here on the evening of
September 1 and kHled his brother-
in-law, William M. Petty, by shoot-
ing, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree and immediately
given a life sentence by Judge Rora-
ack. Beckham contended that Petty
had induced his wife and daughter
to come here to live In an Immoral
way, and this was the defense set up.
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REVOLUTIONARY PLOT
HATCHED IN NEW YORK
Three Generals Arrested on Charge
of Conspiracy in Cuba.
AGAINST AMERICANS ON ISLAND.
General Jiminez, ex-President of San
Domingo, Has Recently Been at
Bantiago de Cuba, But It Is Not
Known Whether He Was Connected
With the Conspiracy.
{i Washington, D. C. (8Bp«
| ficlal word of the arrests
tors in Havana reached
partment
| addressed bs
Ac ting Becretar y
following
Governor
in the
Oliver
more
heretofore
Parra
about
Information
certain than
secured that
t fallure br
i threatened to 4d
ing in Havana
The joecal
two of
rece
Maso ADE
to an upris
SOME
then es
ing
ynamite
and
arrested
A
i 4.4
poi «©
i BEALE
i and Ducasse, and
| jall.”
Havana
his nar
they anr«
{ Bpecial)
i police arrested Gen. Mass
a little later into «
Juan Duecassi and Ger
{charged with conspiring
order
General
of a conspirecs
lution against the
Cuba, with the use
from or through some fir
way, New York It
simultaneously ith
Parra in Havana
mingans, well! known
their previous
also
slated
similar
took
180
1 iC
the
{to
Parra
Americs
of funds;
reached
Eastern
knowledge
Jiminez,
Domingo
tiago de (
connected
yet known
” 4
Crush any mos
it Is started
MOTHER STRANGLES CHILORER
Would Grow
Like
for
Feared They Up Crazy
Her,
Buffalo ]
Bertha Mund
gled her th res
aged X
Freda
VERTS
aged
and ther
§
3
The
This
the
girl
child
parior
clothesline
neck twice
Mrs. Mund »
around the 14
and after strangling
child she carried the bods
bedroom and put
covered it with
Freda, the baby, her next vie-
tim She was asleep in a baby car-
riage in the kitchen Without taking
the child from the carriage. the moth-
er tied a plece }
the baby's neck once and
in two knots The appearance
the body indicated that the little
lived only a moment or two
the fatal cord was tightened
ite neck
When Mrs
ghe said
“Fred,” 1 have mad«
the three children: come
{ see.’
Mund burried
the
into the
3
+ a
i and
€ bed
a
qt ’
ay Wh
fastened it
of
one
after
about
of clothesline
Mund met her husband
with
and
aWaY
home
home, taking his
| wife with him When they reached
the house Mrs. Mund sat down at a
| table and began to cry
: Mund telephoned to the police
officer arrested the woman, who
{doubtless be went to an insane
{ asylum
i Superintendent Regan said
| made a statement to him in which
| ghe said:
i “1 killed the children because |
did not want them to grow up and
be crazy like me”
Prisoner Leaps To Death.
Dayton, O. (Special). In a des.
perate attempt for freedom. William
E. Burch, of Glendale, O.. a Federal
prisoner on the way to Cincinnati, in
custody of Deputy United States Mar.
shal Banderson, plunged headfore-
most from a fast-fiving train near
here. His neck was broken and
death was instantaneous,
Nine Made In By fee Cream.
Savannah, Ga. (Special). —A specs
fal to the Savannah Press from
Statesboro, Ga., says: Cone Hagan,
a farmer, living near there and eight
children are unconscious ae the re.
sult of eating fce cream. in which
condensed milk had been used. A
physician found all of them. uncon.
scious from ptomalne poisoning. It
is feared that none of them will sur-
vive, Hagan is a widowes
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