Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, July 08, 1910, Image 1

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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., F1UDAY, JULY 8. 1910.
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19 KILLED, 29 HURT
CINCINNATI SECTION OF TWEN.
TIETH CENTURY' LIMITED
CRASHES INTO FREIGHT.
MISTAKE IN ORPERS CAUSE
Cart Are Telescoped and Hardly a
Person on Train Escapes Injury
Coach Filled With Women and Chll
dren Crushed by Engine.
Mldri'.etown, O. Nineteen persons
cere killed outright and a score In
jured, 14 fatally, whin tho New York
bound Bis Four passenger train No.
21, tho Cincinnati section of the Twen
tieth Century Limited, collided head
on with a Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton freight train near here Mon
day afternoon.
The engines are a maps of ruins, the
rrasenger conches were telescoped,
"' two part'y fe'esooped. while the smo
, ker went over the basgage car and
' landed In a cornfield.
The Big Four people had asked the
rifiht oT way over the Cincinnati. Hamilton-
& Dayton trac:k3 because of a
freight wreck at Sharon, O. ,and the
train was bowling along at approxi
mately fifty miles an hour. It is said
that the engineers of two trains did
not see each other's engine until too
close for the accident. Orders had
' been given it was said for "clear track
'for the Big Four train," which left
Dayton ten minutes behind time about
'pne o'clock and which was trying to
make up the lost time.
The two engines crashed with ter
rific Impact. - The massive engines
fooi-lniT nn IIVp Hvln; thinsrs then
crashed into and through the cars of
' both trains. As soon as news of the
collision was received In Cincinnati
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
officials sent a train to the scene with
Cincinnati -fhyslclana and nurses.
Railroad officials of both roads also
went to the scene. At the same time
Middleton and Dayton rushed as
sistance and the people of Middletown
turned out almost en masse to ren
der what assistance they could.
When the engines crashed one of
the steel monsters crushed through
the combination baggage and smoking
car and day coach which was large
ly filled with women and. children. It
was some minutes before a move at
rescue work could be started, as the
crews as well as passengers -were
tossed about. When those too able
reached the upturned cars they found
dead and Injured persons lying near
, or pinned under the heavy wreckage.
Within a few minutes 11 bodies had'
been . removed. Some of them were
females, for the coach was what is
known as the ladies' ar reserved es
pecially for the women and children.
While the dead were being removed
willing hands were working with
might and under distressing clrcum
' stances. The shrieks of irjuredj some
01 wnom were oyiug, me uiu nuu
shouting , the noise of escaping steam
as -it hissed from battered engines,
made the affc.lr most distressing.'
1 UO UUUIVS Ul LUO UCQU vuu-
veyed to ih station at Hamilton and
' here the scenes were heartreudlng.
Crowds of men and women thronged
'around the building, many In search
of relatives or friends they knew were
on the train.
The Twentieth Century train was
In charge of Conductor Weaver. The
freiarht in charee of Pilot Wald. had
orders to meet the flyer at 1:07 at
Coast Town. In advance of the, regular
engine of the flyer was a Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton pilot engine in
charge of engineer,- fireman and Con-
v ductor Lange. The Big Four train
was. in charge of Conductor Thomas
Maloney. It is thought the fact that
the Twentieth Century Limited was
late was the main cause of the acci
dent with having left Dayton ten min
utes late the effort was being made to
regain that lost time. The freight
was on the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
for a clear track at 1:07 p. m. When
that time arrived she pulled out on
,the main line but was scarcely under
headway when the flyer flashed into
view and crashed into It. There was
. practically no chance for either en
gineer to reverse levers before the
crash came.
The dead: A. S. Garrlgun. Colum
bus; Thomas Dunlevy and Wlldman
Dunlevy, brothers, ' Dayton; Richard
Van Horn, Dayton; Charles W. Molten,
Dayton: J. Smith Kirk, Dayton: H.
A. Smith, Dapton; George Fohley,
Dayton; H. P. Baker, Cincinnati; Roy
T. Snyder, London; Frank Golden,
brakeman, Delaware; Kieng Yen Ling,
, Chinaman. Columbus; C. P. Grant,
Springfield: John W. Cooley, Mc
Cutahenville; Fay A. Don Feniner,
Pleasar.tvtlle; Jesse J. Body, Patriot,
ind; three unidentified men.
Seriously Injured: William Wcls
3er, pilot; W. M. Lamb, fireman; Rob
ert Wall, pilot; William A. Schuliheis,
Cincinnati; A. II. Menke, Columbus;
Jchn Rankin. Will Rankin. Thomas
McGee. Gary Ferguson, Carrie FergM
ton, William Haller, all of Dayton.
Fire In Czar's Palace.
Paris. A wing of the historic
Peterhof palace of St. Peternburg, con
taining treasures of untold value, was
distrcyed by fire, according to a dis
patch received hore, and the loss is
at least $2,000,000.
Kidnaping to Erlng Death.
Eaton Rouge, La. Kidnaping is to
be made a capital offenre In Louisiana
for both principals and accomplices.
A measure to tb!s ciTect was passed
almost unanimously In ite house he-re
Satiwdav.
MRS. PHEDUM'S GUESTS DISCUSS THE GOOD OLD SUMMER
TIME
ROOSEVELT AKD TAFT MEET
FORMER EXECUTIVE CALLS ON
PRESIDENT AT BEVERLY.
Maintain Secrecy Concerning What
Passed Between Them In Con
ferenceMarked With
Cordiality.
Beverly, Mass. A smile spread over
the face of President Taft Thursday
afternoon as he hurriedly left his work
In the library of the Burgess Point
cottage and rushed to the veranda
when the Lodge llmouBlne drove up,
the "honk honk" of which was an
nouncing the arrival of former Presi
dent Roosevelt,
They met Just outside the door and
simultaneously Taft clapped a hand on
the Roosevelt shoulder as Roosevelt
seized the president's band in a strong
grip.
"Mr. President," exclalmrd the one;
and "Theodore," cried the other.
"By George," continued Roosevelt,
"this is fine. 1 am mighty glad to see
you, Mr. President."
Thus, after a separation of sixteen
months, Taft and Roosevelt met again,
atthe Taft cottage here In Bevrly,
with only Senator Lodge and Secre
tary Norton present, all tho rest of
the world being barred out.
Those who witnessed the meeting
say it was characterized by all the
old-time cordiality of relations be
tween the two that there was the
best of feeling displayed and that
the hearty bursts of laughter that pro
ceeded first from tho president and
then ffOm Roosevelt as they 6at on
the veranda and chatted for two hours
and a half, was strongly reminiscent
of tho old White House days.
In a long Interview with Chairman
Martin A. Knapp of the commission
Friday President Taft went exhaustive
ly Into the provisions of the new law
and later, In conversation with callers,
he earnestly pointed out that there
need be no apprehension that the com
mission will run amuck or that the
new law will be used to club Indiscrim
inately all railroads that propose an
advance in rates.
The law, the president pointed out,
was not passed for the purpose of
lowering rates, or even of holding all
rates where they are at the time of
the passage of the law, but rather for
the purpose of equalizing rates.
RAIL RATES ARE LOWERED
Interstate Commerce Commission
Takes Action In Cases Affect
ing the Entire Country.
Washington. Reductions In class
and commodities on all shipments
west from Chicago to the Pacific
coast were ordered Wednesday by the
Interstate commerce commission.
The commission decided that the cap
ital Invested In railroad property and
betterments did not justify the ad
vance In rates to the point marked In
the new schedules filed by the rail
roads. The decisions are in what are
known popularly as the Pacific coast
cases. These cases were beard last
autumn by the commission on Us six
weeks' trip to the Pacific coast and
intermountaln territory and bad been
under consideration ever since then.
In every instance reductions In the
existing rates were made.
Loses Eye Making Fireworks.
Bloomfleld, N. J. Frank Chris
tian, 30 years old, tried to manu
facture home-made fireworks in a shed
In the rear of bis home here. In an
explosion which resulted, both his
eyes were blown out and he was oth
erwise terribly burned. He will die.
Six Children Disappear.
Terre Haute. Six children disap
peared Sunday from the children's
home at Hadley. The officials of the
institution say a wandering violinist
had been In the neighborhood and of
fered to take the children to Terre
Haute.
Four Drown In Cloudburst.
Lexington, Ky. One man and three
children were drowned at Winchester,
Ky., Monday, when a cloudburst caused
f50,030 damage. Many buildings were
wept away.
CLEAN SWEEP FOR HARVARD
Crews Defeat Yale Boats In Thret
Shell Races on Thames
River.
New London. Ha -yard's d.ay of vic
tory on the Thames Thursday culmi
nated with success in the varsity
eight.
With her stroke oar all but col
lapsed, Yale crossed the lino at thu
New London bridge four lengths be
hind the Cambridge crew.
For three and a half mllos tho shells
sped down the river almost abreast,
first one and then another forging
slightly ahead. Harvard was nearly a
length ahead at the two-mile point
and her bow showed In front for the
greater part of the way, but time and
again a gallant spurt brought the New
Haven shell on even terms. Not until
the boats entered the final quarter
mile stretch did the Crimson look like
a winner.
Harvard's victories were the most
decisive that ever marked the open
ing of her annual rowing regatta with
Yale. The Crimson freshman eight
oared crew beat tho youngsters from
New Haven by throe lengths, and the
Haptard.. 'varsity four bettered this
performance a little later by rowing
away from Yale In the last eighth
mile of a surprising race and finish
ing four lengths in the lead.
TREASURY HAS A SURPLUS
Year Ends With Government Aheao
$3,402,000, Against Deficit of $53,
734,000 Last June.
Washington. A Burplus of $9,402,000
In the ordinary receipts and expendi
tures, against a deficit last year of
$58,734,000 wa3 announced by the
treasury department Friday.
Tho total deficit over all, which in
cludes -'anama canal expenditures
and the public debt, is $25,881,000,
against $118,705,000 last year.
The total oruinary treasury receipts
were $13,300,000; total for month, $76,
271,000, and for the fiscal year Just
closed, $ti69,064,000. The corporation
tax receipts, which are Included in
the last named figures, aggregated
$17,362,000.
Thu total ordinary receipts for the
past year stand against $C08,589,000
for last year. The customs receipts
during the past fiscal year reached
$332,785,000, against $300,711,000 last
year; the Internal revenue $267,
S23.000, against $246,212,000 last year,
and miscellaneous, $51,093,000, against
$56,664,000 last year.
The aggregate expenditures for the
past fiscal year reached $659,662,000,
against $662,324,000 last year. Among
the ordinary expenditures were grants
from the treasury of $8,495,000 on ac
count of postal deficiency, against sim
ilar grants last year of $19,501,000.
Diver Finds Man's Body.
La Crosse, Wis. John Murray, t.
diver, located the body of the man sup
posed to bo John Plein of Waupun In
the hull of tho steamer "J. S.," which
burned to the water's edge Saturday
night. The body was wedged tightly
between one of the boilers and wreck
age and cannot be extricated until an
other diver arrives. It Is located
close to where the chip's prison was
Eltuated.
Curtlss May F!y Across Lake.
Chicago. Glenn H. Curtiss, fa
mous aviator and Inventor of aero
planes, while In Chicago said he
might be one of the contestants for
the Walter Darlington prize of $5,000
for the first successful flight across
Lake Michigan from Chicago during
the aviation meet July 2, 3 and 4.
Masked Bandit Robs Stage.
Montrose, Col. A masked bandit
early Friday held up the mail and ex
press stage which runs between Pla
cervllle and Norwood In San Miguel
county. Several passengers were
lined up along the road and com
pelled to surrender their valuables.
Mlzpah, Minn., Wrecked by Fire.
International Falls, Minn. Fire Fri
day practically wiped out the town of
Mizpah, 40 miles south of here. Many
business houses and residences were
burned. Loss, $60,000.
HEW YORX raiHARY LW LSOT
SENATE FOLLOWS ACTION TAKEN
BY ASSEMBLY.
Republicans Join With Democrats In
Defeating Dill Indorsed by
Roosevelt.
Albany. Swiftly and emphatically
the senate fell in line with the assem
bly Friday and FentMho Cobb direct
nomlna.'on bill down to defeat.
Tho final vote was 25 ayes to 19
noes, seven Republic pus combining
with tho Democrat r.galnst tho bill.
Twenty-six votes were necessary to
pass the bill.
The measure was killed after the
amendmeu proposed by Lloyd C.
Grlscom, chHlrman of tho New York
corporation committee, and indorsed
by ThcodorD Roosevelt, luid been in
corporated in the mefiure by a vote
of 24 to 21.
The progressive? Inheritance as
amended and passed by the assembly
was enacted by a vcte of 38 to 4 and
tho bill providing Ur au appropriation
of $25,000 for the e.;v:::;es of tho ex
traordinary session v.r.a passed in
both housp3.
The result or the f!:.t In the senate
was even a more rrtltive refusal to
accept Theodore IUxxv velt's leader
ship in the matter th.m that of the
assembly.
The direct tax bill failed of enact
lent.
MANY DIE IN CLOUDBURST
Three Kentucky Counties Are Swept
by Storm and Flood Deaths
May Reach Forty.
Saylersville. Ky. Fiftt-en people
are known to bo dead, fifteen addition
al are reported aa having died and
fully forty are inlnsing as tho result
of a cloudburst In .Vr.gofTln, Floyd
and Knott counties, Ky., late Tuesday.
Twelve bodies of the known dead
have been secured by the workmen In
Saylor6vill9" and the towns affected by
the terrible cloudburst. When late
reports came in from sections lying
near Saylersville, it was estimated
by the people hero that, fully forty
have been killed in the floods and that
forty are missing from their homes.
Saylersvillo Is the county seat of
Magoffin county which la In eastern
Kentucky. There are no railroads
running to the town and little else
than farming Is done in this vicinity.
Floyd and Knott counties Ho adjacent
to this county and have several small
towns lying directly on the Licking
river and large creeks which were af
fected greatly by the downpour. It
has been raining In this section for
three dayu and the rivers and streams
were all full of watyr when the down
pour from the cloudburst broke over
this section. Instantly mnny houses
In this section were carried from their
foundations and were swept Into the
streams.
Many of the people In these thre6
counties are homeless. The property
damage is estimated to bo fully $100,.
000 and the losses In stocks and grains
will go to even higher figures.
RAILROADS GAIN A VICTORY
Commerce Commission Grant Permis
sion to Advance Grain Rates East
of Buffalo.
Washington. Announcement was
made by the interstate commerce com
mission Thursday that it will not sus
pend official classification 36, Involving
more than 6,000 items, which was filed
to become effective July 1. This Is
regarded as a victory for the , rail
roads. Permission was granted by the com
mission to railroads operating out of
Buffalo to advance rates on Hour and
other wheat products ono cent a hun
dred pounds to eastern destinations.
For nearly a month the commission
has been overwhelmed with protests
against the proposed new classifica
tion, many shippers seemed to believe
that the rearrangement of freight clas
siilcatication would result in largely
increased rates. Tho subject was con
sidered carefully by the commission,
a thorough and comprehensive check
bejng prepared on the entire classifi
cation. In the items and ratings in
volved there are only fifty-eight
changes, of which twenty-eight are re
ductions and thirty advances, the lat
ter Including twelve increases in car
load weights.
FOREST FIRES PERIL TOWNS
Terrible Hrvoc Is Wrought In Rainy
River District, Manitoba Loss
Is Heavy.
Wir.nirer;. Manitoba. Forest flret
have during the past few days
wrought terrible havoc in the Rainy
Kiv:r c'iFtrlet. destroying timber and
rroj-crty variously estimated at froir.
tlir e to hIk million dollars. The town
)f Kr'o In seriously threatened and is
i-actifily cut o3 from (ommunlca
' .up ul li il.e oi.tsite with the excep
'ion of a ffr.fl? tehgrarh wire. Fort
,;,r:ire'is ir surrounded by fires and no
a or-' can be -ot I rem the stricken
;v. n.
Caltlc In Gets In Port.
New York. The White Star liner
llnltie, which was in a collision with
the steamer Standard Thursday, ar
rived enfely al quarantine Monday and
proce-dfd up the bay to her dock.
She showed no effects of the collision,
hough reported seriously damaged.
Ncted Attrcnomer Expires.
Milan. Professor Schlaparello, the
former chief asiionouu-r and director
of the Milan observatory, wno discov
ered ti e eanal-lil:e n.arkings on the
planet Mars in 1877, died Monday.
MELVILLE WESTON FULLER
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GIF JUSTICE FULLER B
Aged Jurist Passes Away Suddenly
at Sorrento, Maine.
Bar Harbor, Me. Chief Justice Mel
ville W. Fuller of the United States
Supreme court died from heart failure
at his summer home In Sorrento at
six o'clock Monday mornfng.
The death of the chief magistrate
was unexpected, as he had been In
fairly good health lately, and there
had been no premonitory symptoms of
any kind of trouble. Sunday he at
tended ,-fhurch as usual, and when he
retired at night he was to all appear
ances In his customary health.
Death came about six o'clock Mon
day morning. His daughter, Mrs. Na
thaniel Francis, and , Rev. James E.
Freeman, who was a feuest of Justice
Fuller's at his Sorrento cottage,
"Main Stay," were with the Jurist
when he died.
The funeral services will be held at
Sorrento and he Interment will be at
Chicago.
For many years the chief Justice
had spent his summers at Sorrento, a
summer colony located on French
man's bay. "five miles from Bar Har
bor. A Great American.
To Chief Justice Fuller fell the
honor of third rank for length of serv
ice as presiding Justice in the highest
tribunal of the American government.
For 22 years he was chief Justice
of the Supreme court of the United
States. Chief Justice Marshall pre
sided over tho court for 34 years and
Chief Justice Taney for 28 years.
With the future rests the determina
tion of his rank among the eight
chief justices or history for ability and
accomplishments.
Before Grover Cleveland sent his
name to the senate on April 30, 1888,
for confirmation as chief Juatlce, he
was practically unknown except to
members of the legal profession. In
Maine, where he was born on Febru
ary 11, 1833, he had been known as
a well-behaved, rather scholarly lad.
He had gone to Bowdoln college, and,
Incidentally, there won most of the
prizes for elocution. He had gone
down to Harvard law school for one
year.
His Great Argument.
From 1856 to 1888 he lived In. Chi
cago, but attracted little attention out
lide his Immediate circle of friends
and associates at the bar until he
undertook the defense of Bishop
Cheney on a charge of heresy. His
knowledge of ecclesiastical history
and procedure astonished those who
conducted the case, and his argument
of the cause of the bishop before the
supreme court of Illinois Is referred to
still as a forensic effort seldom If ever
surpassed In that court.
He was a delegate to the national
conventlona of the Democratic party
In 1804, 1872, 1870 and 1880.
The nomination of Mr. Fuller, then
fifty-five years of age, was followed by j
a memorable contest In the senate.
Inducing a Sneeze.
Probably everybody has exp ri
triced the displeasure, If not actual
pain, which comes from missing a
sneeze. There is an easy way out of
this if one happens to be out of doors
at the time an dthe weather Is clear.
Just glance at the sun. There is some
thing about the brightness of It that
supplies the missing Irritation, or
whatever it Is that is needed, and nine
times out of ten If tho sneeze has not
got too far a ay It will come back.
New York Sun.
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The Judiciary committee, with Its
Republican majority, to which the
nomination was sent April 30, held
up the appointment until July 20.
Then the committee reported It to the
senate "without recommendation."
For three hours that body debated
In executive session whether to con
firm or reject the nomination. The
attack on Mr. Fuller was led by Sena
tors Edmunds, Evarts and Stewart.
Senators Cullom and Farwell defend
ed him.
The reports that ho had been a
"copperhead" during the Civil war
and that be did not possess the re
quisite ability aa a lawyer were gone
over.
His Great Victory.
Finally, by a vote of 41 to 20, his
nomination was confirmed.
Since that day the entire court, as
it then existed has passed away with
the single exception of Justice Har
lan. Of those prominent In the fight
over his confirmation only Senator
Cullom remains, and President Cleve
land, who thus honored the Illlnohi
lawyer, has thus gone to his grave.
Throughout his service Chief Jus
tice Fuller was noted for the dignity
with which he filled the position. He
preserved that manner on tho bench
or oft
Although small of stature, not more
than five feet seven Inches, hU wealth
of silvery hair and classic features
made him a commanding figure wher
ever he appeared.
Chief Justice Fuller leaves an in-
dellblo stamp on the laws of the coun
try. Among his most famous opinions
are. the following:
His Famous Decisions. ;
Tho Income tax decision, in which
the income tax law was held to bo un
constitutional. The Danbury hat case, by which la
bor unions were held to be amenable
to the Sherman anti-trust law.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany versus the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in which the state was
denied the right to tax telegraph mes
sages, except when Interstate,
The Bank of Washington versus
Hume, in which the insurable Interest
of the wife and children In the life
of the husband and father was recog
nized as distinguished from the claims
of creditors.
Inman versus South Carolina Rail-
wny company, in which the railroad
was denied the power to exempt it
self from liability for its negligence
in the shipment of goods.
Moore versus Crawford, In which
married women were made to bear lia
bilities, such as those growing out of
the fraudulent salo of land, as well as
the legal rights.
Leisy versus Haddin, in which the
state wns denied rights over original
packages of liquor In Interstate com
merce, an opinion which led to the
passage of tho Wilson liquor law.
Climatic Differences.
On the coast of southeastern Alaska
the average annual precipitation is
about ninety inches and trees grow
to a large size; in the central plateau,
tho precipitation is less than fifteen
inches, including the melted snow
and the average size of timber la
small; while on the arctic slope, north
of Rocky mountains, climatic condi
tions make forest growht altoge-her
impossible, and those vast tundras are
covered chiefly with moss, sedres and
a few small shrub.
JEFFRIES PUT OUT
COLORED MAN PROVE3 HIM3ELF
SUPERIOR FIUHTER.
AGE OUTMATCHED EY YOUTH
Former Champion Proves Unable t
Exchange Blows With tiio Husky
Colored Man, Now King of
the PrL-e Rirjj.
By W. H. M'LAUGHLIN.
Reno, Nev. Jack Johnson showed
that he Is clearly entitled to he called
the greatest heavy we'ht fig'iter In
the history of the prize ring when he
knocked James J. JolTrics cut in the
fifteen round of their encounter In
the nrena here. A most remarkable
knockout it wns. Near tho close of
the round Johnson put In a Ml to
Jeff's Jaw and followed it with a right.
This wns right near Jeff's own corner.
The former champion staggered to the
floor of the ring and ns he rolled over
the bell sounded. This, if noticed by
the ring ofTlcials, would have given
Jeff a chance to rest for the minute
interval between rounds, but appar
ently everybody, princitais, referee,
timekeepers, seconds and advisers had
lost their heads and the bout went on.
Johnsen, setting himself r.a Jeff arose.
pounced on htm again and pounded
him across tho ring. Again and aain
he sent Jelf to tho floor and through
the ropes In almost the same sj:ot. Jim
Corbett, Abe Attell, Roper Cornell and
lion Armstrong boosted the Eemi-con-sclous
Jeff to his feet, but Johnson
wns there once more and smr.shed him
a right to the Jaw that sent him down
for keeps.
Jeff did not lose consciousness. Ho
had an awfully tired and Bheepish look
as they half led, half carried hlrn to
hla corner, a brokenhearted, disap
pointed man on whom the agony of
defeat was written In lines more
"Jack" Johnson.
strongly than pen can portray.
As soon as it was seen that the most
sensational contest of prize ring his
tory was over there was a scramble
for the ring. From every side the
crowd surged forward and climbing
over seats and benches they swarmed
within the ropes. Jef :, bleeding from
a score of cuts and bruises, sat in his
corner trying to understand what hia
seconds and other friends were telling'
him.
"What's that?" was the burden of
his conversation, as he gazed about.
"Cheer up, Jim." said Corbett, "you
did tho best you could."
"Not a lot was it?" said Jeff a few
minutes later.
Jeff rested a few mlnuteB before he
was able to steady himself enough to
make his way out of the ring and to
the room where his handlers took hold
of him and brough him back to condi
tion; ;
In the mcnntlme, tho police, the
deputy sheriffs and the special con-
stables were having a hard time of it
trying to clear the ring. Chief Burke;
of the Reno force hustled men off thej
platform right and left. The deputies!
and constables helped and soon the.
platform was quite clear. About a'
dozen men, with big wild west re-,
volvers, formed a guard around John
son aa he left tho ring to go to his
quarters. There was not a sign of hos
tility toward the black as he worked
his way along one of the runways lead- .
lng from the ring, In fact it was ap
parent that his victory was neither a
surprise nor a disappointment to a big
crowd who watched the fight. As a
whole the fight was a very sorry
spectacle. Jeff never showed from the
start enough speed or skill. He did
not attempt to box with the negro.
Aged Gold Hunter Dies.
Anna, 111., July 4. Llndor D Bliss,
ntnety years old, died here. He took
the first gold raining machinery used
in the California gold fields across the
Rocky mountains and was a noted
hunter.
Whits House Open to Public.
Washington. July 4. All the rooms
of the White House will be accessible
to the public during the coming sum
mer for the first time in many years.
Before leaving here President Taft
gave instructions that the buildings
should be thrown wide open.
Congressman Brownlow Low.
Knoxvllle, Tenn., July 4. Congress
man W, P. Brownlow of the First con
gressional district of Tennessee is re
ported dying at bis home in Johnson
City.