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,jft Robt Sfessamin, Who Accuses
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COMMITTING CRIME.
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A Very Remarkable Situation?The
Brutal Killing o fCarl Miller in
May Three Yearn A^o?The Unique
Feature in the Cane That Hat*
Attracted Wide Attention, Not Only
in Missouri Hut Kine where.
Charging that hia former^ sweetheart,
Anna Bentley, committed the
murder of which he is himself ac
cused by the girl, Robert Sassamann
will present the most novel defense
in the criminal history of Missouri
when he is placed on tria1 Monday,
at Warrensburg, Mo.
The case was called in June, but
the venire of sixty men was exhausted
without securing a jury, and a
continuance granted to the 12th of
August. Owing to the great popular
interest in the crime, it will probably
be exceedingly difficult to find
twelve men who have not formed decided
opinions,
tor;. The case against Sassaman rests
^ upon the assertion of Anna Bentley
that the accused man, who was once
her lover, killed Carl Miller for purIr
poses of robbery. Against this charge
Sassaman will declare that Miss Bentley
committed the deed and informed
the authorities that he did it,
through anger at his marriage to
another woman. It is only the old
story of a woman scorned, if Sassaman
is to be believed?a woman who
did not stop at murder and perjury
to obtain revenge. Sassaman is of a
wealthy family and some of the best
attorneys of his section have been
employed to defend him.
Cal l Miller, sixty years of age, was
killed May 30, 1904, two and onehalf
miles west of Holden, and his
body thrown into an abandoned well.
Nearly ffve month had passed before
anv inkling of the crime became
public, when Anna Bentley made the
startling accusation against Sassaman.
Officials went with Miss Bentley
to the scene of the crime, and in
the slimy water of the abandoned
well the decomposed body of the
old man was found. On the evidence
of the girl the coroner's jury rendered
a verdict that the victim had come
to his death at the hands of Sassaman.
According to the story told the officers
by the woman, she and Sassaman
made the acquaintance of Miller
at Holden and persuaded him to accompany
tbem on a camping trip to
Kansas. They were delayed by a
swollen stream and on the night of
May 30, at the camp fire, Sassaman
sll'W thn nld man unrl V.:^
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skull with an ax. The alleged motive
was the possession of Miller's team
and wagon. A heavy stone was fastened
to the body, and it was thrown
into the old well. Sassaman and the
woman proceeded to Kansay, going
to Topeka. In September, Sassaman.
according to Miss Bcntley, deserted
her to go to North Dakota with the
intention of killing a tweetheart of
hers of whom he was jealou.. She
immediately returned to Missouri
and informed on him.
Sassaman's story of the crime puts
the crime on the woman. The night
of the murder, as the old man leaned
over the fire to light his pipe, the
woman, according to Sassaman's
story, hit him on the head with an
ax, killing him instantly. She then
said to Sassaman: "From now on,
Bobby, you do what I say or you'll
get a dose of the same medicine, I
am a woman, and if you should tell
that I killed Miller, nobody will believe
you. If I say you did it, they'll
believe me and hang you. If you
marry that girl in St. Louis or have
nnuikm#* ^~ 1?? T,n *
wjwiuiB luuic iaj uu wnil ner 1 u lay
this murder on you the day you get
married.
After several nuarrels with Miss
Bentley in Topeaa, Sassaman left
her and went to St. Louis, where he
married the girl of whom the Bentley
woman had been jealous. The
couple were married in Kansas City,
and notice of the issue of the license
was published in the Kansas City pa
pjrs. Miss Bentley read it and immediately
made good her alleged
threat to accuse Sassaman of the
murder.
Owing te its unique features, the
case has attracted wide attention,
and popular opinion is about equally
divided as to the guilt of the man or
the woman, while many believe that
both had a hand in the murderous
affair and are now attempting to
shift all the blame on their partner
in guilt.
FIRED ON FOSSE
And a Negro Fell Dead Kiddled With
Bullets.
At Tlfton, On., Jim Hall was shot
and killed by a posse late Thursday
night. Hall and another negro, Torn
Uateman, had a dispute about a negro
woman Hall uk..i i?..? "
^ . ?.. ixtu'lllilll llirtil!
times and fled. A number of men
were sworn In hs a posse and followed
Hall. When they came up with
the negro. Hall appeared to he hall
erased and opened Are on the posse
This was returned and the negro fell
dead. Bateman was not seriously
FATAL KIN A WAY.
A Roy Thrown Out of a Wagon and
While returning -out prayer meeting
Wednesday night near Longview,
Texas. a team drive by K. Gibson became
frightened and scattered thj occupants
alopg the roadway. Olde
Gibson, a hoy. asleep In the wagon,
was Lurown out and killed. Rev. J.
M Splvcy, a Baptist preacher, was
injured Internally and thref others
ware badly hurt
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But Kakw Does Not Keep Pace With h
is
the Advance in the Gust of Liv- ()
It is believed that the year 1907 ?
will make a new record for the num- 1
ber and extent of increase in wages w
and salaries granted by all kinds of v
employers in this country. Reports ,,
which come to the bureau of labor, i<
together with those received by the &
American Federation of Labor at its p
headquarters here, justify this be- tl
lief. ?
Wages, speaking broadly, are 11
higher than they ever were before ^
in the history of almost all governments.
This is said to be true of a a
great mass of railroad employes, of h
building trade workers, and of near- t<
ly all organized trades from which c
approximately accurate reports are 11
obtainable. More than this, the in- v
creases which have been secured *
during the year 1907 have- generally
come without strikes or other se- t(
rious difficulty. The best of the pres- t]
ent day business conditions is to be v
found in these reports of wage and ii
labor conditions. w
There has been much suggestion o
since the March stock market panic
of a danger of slackening of business "
pace, but it is pointed out by the au- J1
thorities on these subjects that ab- a
solutely nothiuj aside from Wall s
Street pessimism justified such fears.
Certainly the reports of the raiiroads
and of big industrial corporations, b
showing in the majority of cases an p
increase in both gross and net earn- v
ings and in volume of business, indicate
that business instead of shrink J J
ing is growing as fast as ever. t]
Moreover, the outlook is considered
to be growing brighter every day.
The spring weather had a depressing
effect, and there is general concession >
that if weather conditions had been
normal and the market panic not
taken place, 1907 would have l>een a
season of phenomenal business devel- d
opinent as never has been paraded, s
Even as it is, with the upward turn N
in weather, crop conditions, there is ?
a strong impression in treasury and M
other quarters closely in touch with
business, that the year is going to "
make many new records. ((
About a year ago Secretary Wilson |t
declared in a remarkable review that r
this country had seen the last of c
what could be called crop failures, n
The secretary never lost confidence, 81
even during the most discouraging t]
period of the spring. He insisted
that cotton would come out better ?
than ever before from like conditions p
because cotton was better handled \\
now; that wheat would surprise tl
OVOruKA.'JtF ??? ?1 1
v.>.ijuuuj ucvauoc Llie IIUW WI lL'tlL f
intended for cultivation in semi-arid tl
regions, would produce an immense i"1
yield, and largely compensate for
short yields of the older grains; that 11
better testing of seed corn and im- '
proved varieties would make the loss h
in that crop far less than would have c
been experienced if like conditions b
had supervened in the years prior to d
the improvement of farming met.h- c
ods. In short, the Secretary rigidly
insisted that there was going to be no
crop failure, and declined to be panicky.
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His judgment is being vindicated
every day, as reports come from all
the cropping regions of the country.
The crops are not going to be what e
they were a year ago, but they are *
going to be so much better than was ^
supposed two months ago that there f
is strong disposition to start a new \
boom on the strength of them. t
No better sign has appeared than I
the reports which railroad men bring l
of the betterment of their faeiiltipn t
in anticipation of the fall and winter
business. There will be no repetition .
this year of the disastrous traffic congestion
of the winter of 1906-7.
JohnT. Marchand, assistant to the
president of the Rock Island system, .
who has been in the city this week,
has explained what the Wester and ?
Southwestern roads are doing to
1 bring their facilities up to the de- .
mands of the times. Mr. Marchand
! was for many years with the inter- ^
state commerce commission, until a
? big railroad tempted him away with
an increase of 100 per cent, in salary. ^
! "If the railroads could only get
the labor, the investment of money .
in betterments this year would exceed
anything ever reported," he
! said. "The trouble is that the labor
can't be had at any price. We are do- *
ing everything possible, for instance,
on the Rock Island lines to establish ?
a strictly first class candition. It has
been only by the greatest exertion I
that we have been able to get tires,
1 for instance, of which we had hun- *
dreds of thousands bought, delivered
to us. No labor. The new lines in ?
the southwest have needed an immense
amount of work and they have '
received it. But all the other roads
are making the same determined ef- *
fort to bring physical conditions and
facilities up to the new standard
which increased business demands, *
and it means that the labor market
has been drained.
But it can be set down as certain
' that next fall and winter will not see
' a repetition of the troubles of last n
luinirn. TW? II J- ' o
wfinvci. xiic laiiroaus nave tneir; ?
tracks in condition, have more cars,
more power, more of everything, and **
have put it all into the best postible ~
state of efficiency. Tonnage is so '
big that the prospect of a small re- "
duction which seemed to be promis- n
ed during the spring, was really ra- a
ther gratifying to the operating de- ^
partments, for it gave them a chance ^
to catch up with business. But the
reduction evidently isn't going to v
take place, for crop condition are j ^
vastly better than anybody dreamed j
was possible at that time. I _
Meadwhile the cost of living
amounts upward along with every- j '
thing. The next report of the bu-! I
reau of labor on the comparative ad- ' e
vances in wages and prices is awaited t
with deep interest. The bureau man-! ?
aged in its last annual report tojp
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SUCCESSFUL DETECTIVE.
I.'F. Wheeler, a Cripple, Arrests Mas
In AnfaU.
The following story we clip from
le Auguata Chronicle of last Sanay:
Paralysed from his waist down,
nd seated in an Invalid's rol>r
chair which he operates with his
ands and arms, G. F. Wheeler, specilly
commissioned as deputy sheriff
y the officials of Orangeburg, 8. C.,
lime to Augusta yesterday morning
nd arrested T. F. Bell, a middleged
white man, big and strong, who
i wanted for larceny after trust.
Bell is alleged to have missed $110
hich had been entrusted to him by
/heeler. When the money was detanded
of him. Bell was unable to
roduce it, and Bhortly afterwards
jft -Orangeburg. Determined to pros
liuir uiin uuu ruoiver nis money, u
osslhle, Wheeler applied himself to
tie task of tracking Bell. The sucess
of his "sleuthing" is shown by
tie fact that he learned, after much
(fort and dilligeut inquiry, that Bell
'as in Augusta.
Wheeler presented his case to the
uthorities of Orangeburg, who were,
owever, unwilling to send an officer
> Augusta, because they were not
ertain that Bell could be so easily
pprehended. or was in this city,
l/heeler then requested that he be
ested with police authority, promlsig
that he would capture the man.
Yesterday morning Wheeler came
3 Augusta and wheeled himself to
he barracks. Detectives Howard and
Williams came to his assistance and
i a short while arrested Bell, who
'as found at work in one of the mills
f the city.
Wheeler remained at the barracks
ntil late yesterday afternoon, when
e and Bftll left for Orangeburg. The
itter promised not to make an effort
t escape, and the crippled deputy
heriff obligingly kept his handcuffs
:i his pocket.
When prisoner and captor left the
arracks. Bell was acting in the caacity
of an attendant, assisting
Vheeler to operate his roller chair
nd lifting it over the curb stones and
nugh places. No one would have
hought that one was a sheriff and
lie other was a prisoner.
BABY OIKIi IN BUNDLK.
lercliant Took Unusual Present
Home to Invalid Wife.
When Chas B. Cryer saw a couple
raw up to the door of his crockery
tore of f.8 4 Michigan avenue, Detrlot
iich., on Wednesday and a woman
light bearing a large box neatly tied,
rhieh she requests him to take uome
3 his wife, o took the package with'
ut a thought that the contents would
e other than flowers or some other
r?ken of resrard for Mrs Crvor. who
j not strong and is often made the
ecipient of kind remembrances. He
arried it to his home and waited a
loment to see what friend had been
o genorous in remembering his wife
his time.
Standing by his wife's side he wathed
her untie the cords and lift the
over of the box, and there lay a baby
irl about a month old asleep. The
ittle stranger was neatly dressed,
nd the thonghtfnl donor had even
emembered to put the nursing botle
by her side and the nipple in her
osebud month. ,
Attached to the clothing was a note
sklng Mr. and Mrs. Cryer to keep
he baby, if possible, for the writer
new that they would give it a gooa
ome and be kind to it. Mr. and Mrs
!ryer have no intimation of the
aby's parentage or history, but have
ecided to keep her, as they aro
hildest.
POUKTRKN KILLED.
ly A Passenger Train Crashing Into
Wild Car.
Fourteen persons were killed and
ighteen wounded in a wreck on the
3onemaugh, Butialo and Alegheny
livision of the Pennsylvania railroad
Vednesday between Kelly station and
'ort City. The wreck was caused
>y a freight car from a northbound
rain getting loose on to the south>ound
tracks and the train smashed
nto 11 neiore me engineer was anie
o stop.
Memories,
love to think of the days g >n by
when I barefooted, free,
Vould wander wherever I wanted to
go, lazy and aimlessly,
love to think of the path that led
thro' woodlands cool and sweet,
'o the dear old stream where I used
to go to free myself from heat,
tnd I love to dream of that river
bank and placid swimming place,
Vhere the willows swayed by the
breezes kissed the water's breast
with grace.
Jut I hate to think of the day when
all my dreams were put to rout,
Vhen mother discovered my hair
was wet and my shirt was inside
out.
t's a long way back to the dear old
days of long ago,
Vhen I was a kid with freckels and
a head of tousied tow.
don't suppose I would recognize
the scenes that then were mine,
'he swimming hole, the meadows,
and the pathway for the kine.
love to dream of my dreams of
then, as onward creep the years,
Jut there's one thing steals in them
that 61 ops it y flow of tears.
L 1 a. 1 A.f- 1.1 iL Li S il 1
\nu mat s tne tnougnt 01 tne aay
when I was flogged with a paddle
stout,
Vhen mother discovered my hair
was wet and my shirt was inside
out.
The Augusta Chronicle thinks the
nan who committed suicide at the
ge of eighty two need not have
>ecn in such a hurry, A little wait
ind nature would have brought him
0 the destination without any tron>le.
nake the increase in wages look just
. trifle better than that in prices, but
here was an unholy skepticism about
he accuracy of its conclusions, and
ny housewife who would agree
/ould have been a godsend to the
ureau.
The increase in wages has affected
wide range of employment, but it
1 recogrized that there is^still a big I
rooortion of p iople who' have not I
enefited. Prices however, affect j
verybody. and tj^*die^^iat even j
he bureau ,'
riW this
ANOTHER RAILROAD
From Kings port, Ky, to Gaffnoy,
Columbia and Charleston.
Will Paw Through Orangeburg County
Between the City ot Orangeburg
and the- Santee liver.
A letter from Qaffney to The State
says the citizens generally and the
business element very especially of
that progressive city are on the alert
and and judiciously doing all in their power
to accomplish their share of
work in an undertaking which holds
much for Gaffney and for South Carolina.
This is the building of the
oouin & western railroad, with Its
western terminal at Klngsport, Ky.,
on the Ohio river, with Charleston,
S, C., on the Atlantic coast, via Gaffney
and Columbia, as the objective
point for a coal distributing terminal
at this end. Mr. J. E. Norment, who
wrote the letter to The State, says he
is not at liberty to divulge his sources
of information, but the facts given
are abslontely reliable and can be
vouched for.
Mr. Norment says that the road
will soon be completed seems to admit
of little or no doubt. It is intended
to distribute coal all over the
route traveled and the surveys include
such a route as will develop
valuable territory. Charleston has
been selected as the southern terminal
because of the unrivaled port
facilities first and also because of the
efTect the completion of the Panama
canal will have there.
It is also argued, in making Charleston
the objective point at this end,
that this will make that city the natural
outlet of the coal fields of Virginia
and Kentucky, a logical sequence,
one could judge, from the
route as has been determined upon.
It is claimed here that the iron and
mineral deposits of Cherokee county
will be speedily and fully developed
because the new road can deliver coal
at greatly reduced prices. It can be
authoritatively stated that this is oue
of the purposes of the promoters.
Hefore going further into the details
of the undertaking and the territory
through which the road will
run it may be best to give some
equally Important farts. Work ljns
I teen going on for quite a while, even
in this section, and this is the manner
in which information concerning the
work came to the business men of
Gaffney. The second consideration I
is of peculiar significance. I'
A railroad la actually being built
!>0 miles from Spruce Pine, N. C.t toward
the western terminal, now being
completed and in operation?and
no bonds nor subscriptions are asked
for. On the contrary, the offlclui-i
are refusing offers for cash and 'Kinds
from town adjacent to their ii<ad.
saying they have plenty of cash and
that they intend building the road
throught the best route and the best
territory, regardless of other Inducements.
Another strange thing in connection
with the work is that the
officials are avoiding publicity, but
are quietly working like beavers.
It can be authoritively stated that
the Seaboard and the Baltimore and
Ohio roads are behind the scheme
and both have direct connection.} with
the new road. To sum up '.uc ,
some of the road Is finished and cars
are running; the work is being rapidly
pushed in other sections; no moil
ey, bonds or subscriptions are asked
for; the route decided upon opens a
splendid territory,!) eyond question,
and the body of business men, sent
out officially to represent this business
community, did not go upon any
idle nor uncertain mission. The further
fact that the Seaboard Ailr Line
and the Baltimore & Ohio roads n-e
interested, logically confirms all details
involved, especially the magnitude
of the scheme, the consequent
business interests Involved and is,
perhaps, an explanation of the remarkable
fact that no bonds, 311bscrlptions
nor cash are asked for.
Klngsport, Ky., on the Ohio river,
will be the western terminal, with
Charleston, via Columbia, as ai objective
point at this end of the line.
The proposed route, after several surveys,
has practically been decided upon
uo fAllntnc V iocro VT \t
the western terminal, where connection
is made with the Baltimore &
Ohio road, the South and Western
starts by following Clinch rive?\ going
over the Tennessee mountains by
Cinch river gap; then on to Job 11 sor.
City, Tenn., going thence to Spruce
Bine, N. C.; then on across the Alleghantes
to Hostlck, N. C., 16 miles
from Geffney, north.
The contract has been awarded andcalls
for the completion of that part
of the road between Bostick and
Kingsport by the tirst of December.
Ninety miles of the road, from Spruce
Pine on to the western terminal, have
already been finished and this is now
in operation. Work is rapidly progressing
in grading tue roadbed and
laying the track on unfinished portions
of the route surveyed.
At Bostick. N. C., connection is
made with the Seaboard Air- Line,
thus putting the coal fields of the
West in direct connection with the
Piedmont section.
An important detail of the plan is
said to be that connection will be
made by a branch road with Spartanburg
from Bostick as soon as
work is completed as far as this point
The main ..110, as surveyed, goes on
direct by GafTney .0 lxickhart Suoals,
thence down Broad river to Prides
station, on the Seaboard ..ir Line,
near Carlisle, connecting again with
the Seaboard. Union will be includ
on aiso, or course, rne mirraio &
Glenn Springs road from Carlisle being
used for this valuable connection.
The distance from . ostick to Spartanburg
is 30 miles and it has been
determined that a branch road between'these
points will be used for
making this most important connection.
The next important move will be
from Prides, on the Seaboard Air
Line, straight on to Columbia, and
then on to Charleston. The route
determined upon from Columbia to
Charleston wnl be an equal division
of the territory between ^rangeburg
and Sumter, In as direct a line as possible.
This route was adopted among
other considerations because it Includes
little or no grading- It also
makes and equal division of the valuable
territory lying between Charlotte.
Asheville and Spartanburg on
the south and Columbia and Charleston
on the north of t^e new line.
It will not be the policy of the
South & Western to parallel any othroad
when this can be avoided. The
purpose will t>e to develop new territory
as much as possible, It is believed
to put this mildly?that the
moving spirit in the new road are in
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FAIR NOTICE TO ALL.
Mont Have Report on the Sale of
Dynamite.
Mr. James Henry Rice, representing
the Audubon society in South
Carolina, requests that it be stated
that he intends to prosecute any and
ail dealers who sell dynamite without
written orders from the purchasers,
and who wail to make a sworn
report of their sales to the county
auditor every ninety days. The penalty
for disobedience of this law of
the state is $100 line of thirty days'
imprisonment, either or both in the
discretion of the court.
There are too many fish being killed
in all parts of the State by the unlawful
use of dynamite. Reports
come in from different sections telling
of the wanton destruction of fish
by dynamite explosion and Mr. Rice
is determined that it shall be stopped.
He is armed with full power to
act and if the law as to the sale of
dynamite is not kept he will know
the reason why and have all dealers
prosecuted who fail to live up to
it.
No Little Ones.
You're glad you have no girls and
boys
To fill your homu with romp and
noise?
Well, maybe what you say is true,
Yet friends, somehow, I pity you.
No shoes to shine, no strings to find.
No bumps to bathe and gently bind;
No little dress nor shirt to mend.
No piles of darning to attend.
No muddy tracks across the floor.
No tiny handprints on the-door;
No one to beg for tarts and pies.
To fondly tease with "whats" and
"whys,"
No one to hurry off to school
With tender chide to heed each rule;
No little willing, wayward feet
To gladly run on errands fleet.
dear;
Your quiet keep?I want the noise,
I want my merry girls and hoys.
Eve beautiful seems most to me.
With Cain and Abel at her knee;
And Mary, virgin purest, best.
With Christ, her baby, on her breast.
?Kathleen Kavanaugh.
Ovcr-Cupit ailizut ion.
Henry Clews, a New York banker,
in an address before the Chautauqua
assembly, declared that over-capitalization
is a crime on par with rebates,
railroad discrimination and other
corporate abuses. Indeed, he went
so far as to intimate that it is a worse
crime because it takes from.the business
and industrial forces of the
country, moneys for dividends which
were not really earned, especially
when over-capitalization includes
watered stock. Mr. Clews' address
produced a profound sensation and
is now occupying attention throughout
the country.
Mr. Clews believes that there is no
excuse whatever for over-capitalization.
So complete is information regarding
the cost of almost any product,
so systematized are all the details
of their business conduct, so exact
are calculations of maintenance
and income, that no financier or body
of financiers is warranted in overcapitalizing
any enterprise whatever.
Especially is this true, if the greatest
profit in the long run is sought,
because burden-some tariffs, exorbitant
charges, extravagant expenditures
being made at the expense of
the public, most exhaust the resources
oi the public; while economic management
contemplating the public
as well as the stockholders, tends to
subserve the interests of all enabling
the public to produce more largely,
and therefore expend more considerably
in what corporations have to
dispose oi. Mr. Clews said that true
economy has yet to be applied to the
conduct of all our great enterprises
dependent upon public support.
In a large measure, Mr. Clews'
deas are directly opposed to those
obtaining in Wall street and other
financial centers of this country.
They look not merely to the profit of
capital, but to the profit of labor;
for if honest capitalization require
only honest return on investment,
there is a larger surplus from production
to be divided with labor. Mr,
Clews did not hesitate to point out
this fact, and so emphatically that
his address is regarded by economists
as much a plea for labor as a denunciation
of over-capitalization.
Gen. KarakozofF, Ex-Governor
General of Odessa was assasinated
Monday in the center of the town.
His assassin escaped.
close touch with Ryan of the Seaboard
Air Line and with Held of the
Baltimore & Ohio, representing thus
strong combined Interests which will
be affected materially by the South
& Western.
Among the practical advantages
(.w.l ..,I ,1 ? J- - e At n *t
not; IUVIIIUCU i in- ginut1 HI mi' kicni I 11
& Western Is said to be the best of
any road crossing the Alleghanies. As
an illnstration of this it is noticed
that 25 tons can be pulled here with
exactly the same power now used by
other roads in transporting 10 tons
The cost of the road will be something
large, an illustration of this
being the fact that within a distanco
of five miles in crossing the Alleghanies
there will be 10 tunnels.
These five miles are estimated to cost
$193,000 per mile und yet the men
at the head of the scheme are issuing
no bonds, are soiling no stock
aud are asking help from no individuals
or towns. Several towns of
some importance are within a fewmiles
of the route projected and
though offers have been made they
have refused to deflect from what
they consider the best route. A direct
line and an easy grade are 'he
first considerations and these are
steadily adhered to.
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BOUGHT LIBERTY.
Girl Won Heart of Guard With Old
Folk Tune.
K.xlle Who IVvotwl Talent to Kuminn
(evolutionary Cnuse la Now Beeonie
Hoof Garden Artist.
From a cell in a St. Petersburg
prison to the roof of the New York
theatre is the modest jump just
achieved by Mile. Maria Ossipouna
o ? ?- ? ^ ??
viivivi | o liuooiau pi lllia UUlltt, WIIU?
from being a political prisoner in
her native land, will shortly disclose
herself as an aspiring singer in the
land of her adoption.
Being twenty-three years old
though to do her no injustic, she
looks quite twenty four), prison
walls were powerless to hold her.
After enduring the horrors of a Russian
prison for four months, she got
out and Is now breathing the air of
the home of the brave and the land
of the free.
Mile. Mieler is a native of Findland,
and became interested in the
revolutionists. To them she dedicated
her gift of song, and became
noted for the concerts she organized
and took part in for the benefit of the
revolutionary party in Russia.
Only the initiated knew that the
proceeds were to go to the revolutionists,
and apparently the affair
passed off smoothly. But one morning,
when Mile. Mieler was asleep at
her hotel, she was rudely awaken by
nine members of the St. Petersburg
police force who forthwith arrested
her and carried her off to prison.
Here she lay for days with no news
from the outside world, compelled to
listen to the cries of other prisoners,
who were being tortured, in agonized
uncertainty as to her own fate.
A little Finnish folk song was one
of the melodies of happier days which
was continually on her lips. As it
happened, one of the guards who
passed her cell knew the song. It
touched his heart.
This guard befriended Mile,
Mieler, and used to bring her hot
water, the nearest approach to luxury
that the prison alForded, and a
real luxury in that damp and hitter
cold. He also took letters from her
to her friends beyond the prison
I walls, who thus lpnrnoH u/hnm
was concealed, and began hatching
out plots to set her free.
Finally, on January 15th, when
Mile. Mieder had been imprisoned
four months, a member of the or-!
ganization called up the prison by
telephone, and, using the password,
and representing himself as the secretary
of the St. Petersburg chief of
police, informed the warden that
Mile. Mieller had been imprisoned by
mistake, and ordered her immediate
release. This was done.
Skoui., the capital of Corea, is red
with the blood of the Koreans. The
Augusta Chronicle says ."thus does
Jai>an extend its benefient sway
there and it professedly sought to
protect from Russian aggrandizement.
Onk pawn broker firm in Charleston
has paid a license of $1,000 and
the fine of $250 to engage in the
money lending business. Money lending
in Charleston must be a profitable
business. Why not raise the license
to $5,000?
It is all nonsense to try to punish
the Standard Oil by fining it. A
raise in the price of oil will make
the consumers pay the fine. If some
of the big men in the corporation
were sent to jail a few month for violating
the law some good might be
done.
"Judge Landis," says The Atlant a
Constitution, "has placed the country
under obligations." To which
the Charleston Post ads: "Well, pretty
nearly the whole country. He has
placed the consumers of petroleum
products under obligations of twenty-nine
million dollars."
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Penalty on Standard Oil
ClilraKu Fwlrrnl Judgr Finds Hocke*
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Krimtex.
At Chicago Judge Kenesaw M. Landis.
Saturday in the United States
District Court lined the Standard Oil
Company, of Indiana. $29,240,000
for violations of the law against accepting
rebates from railroads. The
fine is the largest ever assessed any
individuals or any corporation in
the history of American criminal jurisdiction.
and is slightly more than
131 times as great as the atnouut
received by the company through its
rebating operations. The case will be
carried to the higher courts by the
defendant company.
The penalty imposed upon the company
is the maximum permitted under
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the end of a long op.nion in which
the methods and practices of the
Standard Oil Company were merciless
scored. The Judge, in fact, declared
iu his opinion that the officers
of the Standard Oil Company, who
were responsible for the practices of
which the corporation was found
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and thieves, uis exact language
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My the Collision of Two Trains in
North Carolina.
In a collision of an eastbound local
passenger train and a westbound
frieght, one mile east of Auburn,
C., Wednesday night the engineef and
fireman of the freight and the lireman
of the passenger engines were
killed. A number of the passengers
were shaken up by tne .inpact. none
of them sustained serious injury. The
accident was caused by the passenger
crew overlooking orders.
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State participated.
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vote if he has a proper conception of
his duty to his state and to the nation.
Under the last named provision
every white man in Georgia will
register, and once registered he will
have a life certificate and will then
have only to pay his taxes to enjoy
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