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THE DOVER NEWS.
'The PaptT W ithout /\ Muzzle
VOL. 13
doveu, kin(;l-1s111:i; county, oklahoma, Thursday, makcii w nn:t
NO. 1
& DYNAMITE SHIP BLOWN UP
WAS LOADING THF. EXPLOSIVE
IN BALTIMORE HARBOR.
At Least 50 Men Are Dead and as
Many More Injured—Damage
In City.
Baltimore, Mil.—Three hundred and
forty tons of dynamite exploded in
lower lialtimore Harbor, killing about
fifty men and wounding as many
more, many of them fatally.
The explosive was being trans-
ferred from a barge to the British
steamer Alum Chine, when it went off
from a cause as yet unknown. The
men killed were members of the
crews of the steamer and the barge
and vessels moored nearby.
The dynamite was being loaded for
shipment to the Panama Canal. A
foreman of stevedores tried to raise
a box of the stuff with his balehook
when it exploded, tearing him to
pieces and shaking the steamer and
scow. Everybody on board started
to run, but a second explosion fol- ,
lower detonating most of the dyna-
mite, and tearing the steamer, vtig
and barge nearly to pieces.
Thirty-nine bodies have been re-
covered. Tugs hurriedlv rushed from |
this city are reported to have picked
up twenty-five men, negro laborers,
all injured. The captain and crews
of both steamer and tug are reported
among the large number still missing.
Because of Uu> nature of the explo-
sion, it Is doubtful whether the exact
number of dead will ever be known.
In many eases it is believed the dead
were blown to fragments. The cause
of the accident Is unknown. The dy-
namite was being loaded on the
Etearaer and its hold waa nearly filled
with the explosive.
The collier .fcson was so badly
shaken that its cargo thified and it
was in danger of capsizing. Tho Ja-
son, only recently launched, was
about to start on i13 trial trip.
MADE ILL BY THEIR PARADE
A Thousand Suffragettes Are Suffer-
ing From Effects of Exposure
in Washington.
Washington, D. C.—Scores of wom-
en, many of them widely known, are
reported to be dangerously ill as a
result of the exposure to the chill
wind in the suffragist parade Monday.
Many of those who took part in the
tableaux, which was a feature of the
demonstration, and who danced in
their bare feet, are reported to be
dangerously ill. Miss Noyes and Miss
Mary Anderson are said to be threat-
ened with pneumonia. It is esti-
mated that of the 5,000 women who
participated in the celebration fully
one-fifth of them are more or less
"under the weather."
CHAMP CLARK SPEAKER AGAIN
Democratic Caucus Selects Missourian
to Preside Over House of
Representative.
Washington, D. C.—Champ Clark of
of Missouri was renominated as
speaker, Representative Underwood
again chosen chairman of the ways
and means committee, the entire Dem-
ocratic personnel of that tariff mak-
ing body named, and all the house of-
ficials renominated at a harmonious 6-
hour caucus of the Democrats of the
house of the Sixty-third congress. The
caucus was in the house chamber and
270 of the 290 house Democrats were
present.
ASK FFDERAL AID FOR ROADS
That Is Keynote of Good Roads Con-
gress Which Is in Session in
Washington.
Washington, D. C.—A plea for fed-
eral aid in improving national high-
ways was the keynote of the first ses-
sion of tFie second annual convention
of the Federal Aid Good Roads con-
gress, which convened here under the
auspices of the American Automobile
association. Delegates to the conven-
tion from all parts of the United
States stated that only through the
aid of the federal government could
the roads of the nation be brought
to a high degree of efficiency.
ARE WILLING TO OBEY THE LAW
Kansas City Saloon Men Pledge Them-
selves to Strict Observance of
Liquor Statutes.
Kansas City, Mo.—With their right
hands uplifted, two hundred Kansas
City saloon men pledged themselves
to obey the liquor laws to the letter.
Further than thpt, they pledged them-
selves to urge state, county and city
officials to enforce all the liquor
laws. They will appeal at once to the
governor, the prosecuting attorney,
the county court and the police com-
missioners.
TEtlCENTENfinY OF THE ROMANOFFS
IS?
The celebration of the tercentenary of the accession of the Romanoff
famTiy to the throne of Russia began today. One of the events is the un-
veiling of a monument to Susanin, a peas-ant who saved Michael, tlrst czar
of the family, from death. This monument, a photograph of which in here
given, bhowa Knssia supporting the aged pennant. The inset is a portrait
of Michael.
1 GERMAN NAVAL DISASTER
TORPEDO DOAT CUT IN HALVES
BY A CRUISER.
Sixty-Six Members of the Crew Go
Down With Their Vessel in
the North Sea.
Helgoland, Germany.—Sixty-six of
the crew of the German torpedo boat
"8-178" were drowned when the little
vessel was rammed by the cruiser
Yorck in the North Sea. Among the
dead are the commander of the tor-
pedo boat, Lieutenant Koch, and his
first officer.
The surgeon and engineer and 15
men of the crew were saved. The tor-
pedo boat sunk immediately.
Torpedo boat destroyer "S-178" was
one of the newest destroyers in the
German fleet. It displaced 636 tons
and carried a complement of 84 of-
ficers and men.
It was returned at night from ma-
neuvers in which it had participated
with the German battle ship fleet, the
cruiser squadron and 04 other tor-
pedo boat destroyers.
The destroyers attempted to pass
through the intervals in the column
of warships while the latter were
steaming ahead at full speed. The
commander of the "S-178" calculated
the distance incorrectly and his boat
was cut in halves.
The Yorck signaled the accident to
the other vessels of the fleet, which
slowed down and cruised round in
the vicinity, flashing their search-
lights in all directions. Small boats
wert lowered from all the vessels.
THE MADER0 POLICIES $62,000
Insurance in United States Compa-
nies Carried by the Former Pres-
ident of Mexico.
City of Mexico.—The money to re-
deem the life insurance policies car-
ried by Ex-President Madero and Ex-
Vice President Suarez is ready to be
paid over to the beneficiaries as soon
as proof of their death is established.
In each case the widow is the sole
beneficiary.
President Madero carried $62,000
gold insurance and Senor Suarez $10,-
000 gold.
Policies to the value of $37,000 on
Madero's life are carried in New York
companies and $25,000 in a Mexican
company. One-half of the total of
Suarez's policies was written in New-
York and the other half in this coun-
try.
MUTILATED MEMORIAL STATUES
An Unidentified Vandal Ruins Granite
Monuments on Historic
Gettysburg Field.
Gettysburg, Pa.—The authorities
and residents of this historic town
were aroused against the unidentified
vandal who mutilated eight granite
memorial statues and columns on the
Battlefield of Gettysburg.
The monuments which suffered in-
cluded one to Grant's volunteer
brigade, near Big Round Top, one of
the most distinctive on the field. The
lion surmounting the pedestal was
battered with a hammer until its low-
er jaw was knocked off and the tail
smashed. The noses of the soldier
figures on the memorials of the Xine-
ty-sixth Pennsylvania and Fortieth
New York were knocked oft, feet
smashed and guns broken. The me-
morials of the Forty-ninth Pennsyl-
vania, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts,
Sixth Maine, Fifth Wisconsin and the
Fifth Corps similarly were battered,
so that entire reconstruction will bo
necessary.
SENSATION IN THE HYDE TRIAL
Money Alleged to Have Been Offered
Deputy Marshal Who Has
Charge of Jury.
Kansas City.—For two nights Floyd
Jacobs, prosecuting attorney, with a
stenographer and witness has b 'en
hidden in the house of Thomas Hollo-
wa>, a deputy marshal in charge of
the Hyde jury, waiting for the ap-
pearance of a man who offered Hollo-
way $1,000 to hang the jury or $1,500
for an acquittal. The man who of- t
fered the bribes, Holloway rej ortcd
to Judge Poterfleld, was a juryman
in the second Hyde trial.
Holloway said the man had called
him up last week and made an ap-
pointment with him. When he met
him the ex-Juror said: "Tom, 1 want
to talk turkey to you. There's $1,000 j
in it for you if the Hyde jury hangs.
There's $l,r 0t) in it for an acquittal."
Acting on Judge Porterfleld's ad-
vice, Holloway sent for the briber to
come to his house 3425 Cherry street.
The furnace pipes were removed and
a stenographer was hidden. The mun
did not appear. A second appoint-
ment was made and Holloway and
witness waited until aft. r midnight*
but the man aga'n failed them.
Judge Portcrllold fces icsucd a war-
rant for his aircst.
TESTED THE FRIEDMANN CUHE
Germr.n Scientist T.cr.t:c Patier.ta for
Government Officials to
Observe.
N'ew Ycrl:, N. V.—In a 3Pmlnut3
clinic, 1 r. Pried rich R Frieumana's
vaccine, which he claims is a cure for
tuberculosis, was given a test in tin
presence of government officiate. Tiio
sevfti cases treated are to remain un-
der government inspection and upon
their [development will depend the of-
ficial report. It was announced that
Doctor Friedmann hail furnished the
federal representatives with speci-
mens of his bacilli culture and that
clinical observations would he mado
by them.
Gathered at Mount Sinai hospital,
where the test took place, was a patty
of thirty or more physicians and Hie
i federal officials. These last were Sur-
geon F. F. Anderson, chairman of the
board authorized by Surgeon G. iser.il
Blue of the federal public health ser-
vice, and Fast Assistant Surgeon A.
M. Stim^on. The government physi-
cians, acting under orders, they
stated, declined 'to discuss the test.
The inoculation followed an hour's
consultation and study of the history
of the patients.
Farmers' Educational
IT1 and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters j'' Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist
tho
DR. FRIEDMANN BREAKS DOWN
The Collapse of the German Scientist
Caused by Hostility of New
York Physicians.
New York.—The nerves of Dr.
Frederich Friedmann, German physi-
cian, who says he has discovered an
absolute cure for tuberculosis, save
way under the strain of humiliation
and obstruction which has been placed
in his way. Importuned by thousands
to save their lives, unable to get suit-
able quarters for an office because of
the fear of realty men that such offices
would be made the mecca of tubercu-
lar persons and thus drive away other
tenants, asked by the management of
the Waldorf hotel to vacate his quar-
ters, the visiting savant went into
strict retirement. He left the Waldorf
with all of his cultures and his per-
sonal baggage and went to the Hotel
McAlplne, where a suite had l*een
reserved for him in the name of his
brother. Arthur C. Friedmann of Colo-
rado Springs.
MOTHER SAVED ALL BUT TWO
BANK ROBBERS PLEAD GUILTY
Two Men at Washington, Kan., Con-
fessed When They Saw the
Witnesses.
Washington, Kan.—When Frank
Miller and George Hates, charged
with robbing the State Bank at Han-
over, Kan., two years ago, were
brought into the district court here
and saw the array of witnesses for
the Btate, they pleaded guilty. Judge
Hogan sentenced Miller to from ten
to fifteen years in the penitentiary
and Bates to from five to ten years.
Thirty witnesses had been sub-
poenaed.
A Minnesota Woman Was Severely
Burned in Efforts to Rescue
Her Family.
Hinckley, Minn.—Two boys, 9 and
10 years old, sons of Michael Rur-
bahn, lost their lives when their farm
home, nine miles east of here, burned.
Mrs. Burbahn made a desperate effort
to save the children and succeeded
in rescuing six of her eight. She was
badly burned and may not recover.
Burbahn was away from home. The
six children rescued by their moth-
er were severely burned, but it is
believed all will recover.
SEIZE LIQUOR UNDER WEBB LAW
Shipments From Kansas City and Oth-
er Points Confiscated at
Lawton, Ok.
Lawton, Ok.—Invoking the author-
ity of the Webb law, prohibiting
wholesale liquor shipments into "dry '
states, Comanche county enforce-
ment offlrers confiscated forty-three
cases of whisky and sixteen casks of
beer, which had been shipped from
Fort Worth, St. Joseph and Kansas
City wholesale houses to local "deal-
ers."
The bunch consignment was found
j at a depot on search warrant issued
from the office of County Judge H. N.
Whalen. The entire lot was trans-
ferred to the Comanche county jail.
LIKE A MOVING PICTURE DRAMA
A Chicago Watchman Watched Dyna-
mite Fuse Burn While Bound
and Gagged.
Chicago. Til.—Three safeblowers
oound and gagged Peter Hochgurtei,
watchman for a coal company, car-
ried him into the office, placed him
in a chair nnar the safe, prepare^ i
charge ■« nitroglycerin, lit the fuse
and ran out.
Hochgurtei watched the fuse short-
en, convinced that his last moment
had arrived. Suddenly it sputtered
and went out. The robbers waited
until they were convinced that some-
thing had gone wrong and then start-
ed back. They fbtind the sprlnglock
of the door had snapped and they
weie unable to enter, having left 'he
watchman's keys inside. They lied.
Tribute to Cleveland.
Caldwell, N. J.—Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, in a letter received by
Judge William A. Day, vice-president
of the Grover Cleveland Birthplace
Memorial Association, indorses the
move to establish the birthplace of
Cleveland as a memorial.
A KANSAN KILLED IN VIRGINIA
Motor Car of Richmond Fire Chief
Struck Thomas Fittz of
Mankato.
Richmond, Va.—Thomas H. Fittz of
Mankato, Kan., who holds a respon-
sible position with a publishing com-
pany in Topeka, was notified of tho
death of his father, John E. Fittz of
this city, who died of injurjes suf-
fered when he was struck by a motor
car in which Fire Chief Wise was
speeding to a blaze which did $10
damage to a fence on the outskirts
of the city.
A bore wears out his welcome
minute he arrives.
Whether a miss is as good as a mile
depends altogether upon tho miss.
A lazy man runs for office in order
that he may have a place to sit down.
There is 110 modern tannery that
can tan hides the way father used to
do it.
It takes good ground and sood farm-
ing to raise a mortgage, but it can be
done.
The man with tho hoe is now the
most distinguished gentleman in the
world.
The grocer gets customers for farm
produce by advertising it; why
shouldn't the farmer do the same?
Tho money you savo by knowing
how to do things right tho first time
counts in tho profits at tho end of the
year
Putting the best on top of tho bar-
rel may sell one barrel, but how about | looked, namely, that indorsing is in
BEGIN WITH CASH PAYMENTS
Farmers Should Commence Right Nov*
to Buy and Sell for Actual
Money—Avoid Notes.
Commence the year by resolving to
buy for cash and pay cash for what
you need. Unless on account of sick-
neBB, do not buy anything you can-
not pay for at the time, says a writer
in the Baltimore American. Kconomize
very closely for a few months if nec-
essary until you have a little money
ahead, then get into the habit of pi**'*
ing cash as you go along.
Tho man that pays cash has the ad*
vantage on every purchase ho makes.
He can buy cheaper, fully 20 per cent,
cheaper. The spring sales will soon
commence. These sales are nearly
always managed to draw a crowd by
giving a free lunch, and often some-
thing to drink may be had. Moat
sales of farm stock are made easy for
the would-be buyer by notes running
six, eight or ten months, with interest
from date of sale. These notes aro
secured by an indorser known to be
good for the amount purchased. Don't
risk your hard earned home by in-
dorsing for any one. No man should
indorse for another without the knowl-
edge and consent of his wife. She
phould be considered first in all trans-
actions. Just lay this down as an
axiom: Honest men do not need an
indorser, and dishonest men do not
deserve one. There is, too, another
view of the matter, generally over-
tho next barrel you want to sell that
man ?
The farmer who economizes too
much on help may save money, but he
will do it at the expense of the health
of himself and his family.
It may be necessary to ask credit,
but it's a poor plan to usk it every-
largo number of cases an injury to
tho men you indorso for. 1 have had
good opportunities for the past thirty
years to study the conditions of suc-
cess. and no one fact has impressed
me more than that it is the men who
begin on a small scale, avoid debt and
allow their business to grow slowly
where Owe few people even if you and naturally who are the substantial
have to owe much to those few. men of the day. There is one infalli-
\V hi eli farmer Icoks prosperous to | ble remedy for this evil. When asked
ycu—the one whose wagons and liar j by any one to Indorse a note, say
nesB are always dingy und muddy or "No!" The man who has not tho
the one whose rigs always look spick courage to do this ought not to walk,
and span? but should creep like a baby and bo
given a nursing bottle. The world is
_. 1111,nrn -r/N rtA ioiuirno I fu'l of discouruged. broken down buat-
SELL HAMPER TO CONSUMERS i ne88 men farmers and tradesmen who
were lured to ruin by the mistaken
Each Basket Carefully Packed and idea (hat thpy wero doing a Kind jleed
Paper Lining Serves to Keep
All Vegetables Fresh.
Tho hamper is a light carrier meas-
by helping out a friend. As a rule, a
man had better attend to his farm in-
stead of wasting his time attending
sales. If you need an extra horse or
urthK lit Inches long, 14 Inches wide, j f.tnn Implement you should go to your
10 inches deep, and weighs about 35
pounds. They contain six baskets
holding about one half peck each and
filled with from 7 to 12 varieties of
vegetables, berries and fruit, accord-
town bank and state the case plainly
to the president of the bank, who will
gladly give you the accommodation
you need, with your wife's indorse-
ment. Make it a rule to borrow only
ing to their respective seasons Each ! what you nee(| for farm betterment,
basket Ib carefully packed and lined j and i,e sure to pay the note before it
with green wax paper, which not only
adds much to the appearance of the
package, but also serves to keep the
vegetables in fresh condition. The
hamper 1b packed in the morning.
shipped at 7 o'clock and delivered In
Greater New York about noon, a
writer in the American Cultivator.
Our charges aro ?1.50 delivered to
the consumer's door, within delivery
zone of Long Island express. To du-
plicate contents on the open market
would cost never less than the price
we charge and often more than $2;
therefore, the consumer always gets
the market does not offer at all—
Burn the Family Incubator. 1
When less than GO per cent, of thi
fertile eggs in an incubator hatch
there'b something wrong. Either the
breeders are "off" or the feeding is
at fault, or tho range exercise and
fresh air are not enough. These can
easily be remedied. Hut when they
are all right the trouble must be with
tho machine. If an incubator doesn't
give more than a 60 per cent, hatch of
tho fertile eggs, better burn it. A
new one will cost less than a coa-
fresh, crisp, palatable table delicacies. gtant |o88 Qf 4Q
per cent, of high-
The average family uses two hamp- ] prlced egga
ers a week, hence we have established
Tuesdays and Fridays as regular ship-
ping days Many of our customers
Bend in their checks to cover ship-
ments for one or two months In ad
vance, some for even more, for all de-
liveries are paid for in advance in
lieu of maintaining open accounts.
New Treatment for Lice.
Two hens, badly Infested, wer#
dipped In a bath of boiled elder flow-
ers, twigs and leaves, the elder con-
coction being mixed with some soft
The home hamper has been shipped «°ap. bo,h Instances all the lice
were killed and the plumage In no
wise damaged.
to Michigan, Chicago, into the wuth-
eni states and to France. Reports
of these distant shipments have Invar-
iably come back: "Hamper received; Coal CindGTS.
contents in perfect condition."
To deal with satisfied customers is ] Hens will eat a great quantity of
a pleasure; to realize a Just and fair j coal cinders and they are very good
profit is business; to pass along a I for them. Try putting a load In the
"good thing" is our custom. chicken yard and watch the result.
Choosing Brood Sows.
Hit or miss selection of pigs for fu-
ture brood sows is poor business.
Many farmers could increase the size
of litters by giving more attention to
this point. It is folly to save gilts
that are undersized or the dumpling
sort. The type of sow that is most
profitable one year with another is
long and deep and has at least twelve
teats and is from a sow that is a good
milker. There is as much difference
in the dairy capacity of bows as cows.
You want a sow that will not go dry
before time for weaning her pigs.
Choose the future brood sow from ma-
ture stock when possible and then
give her every chance to mature Into
a large, strong bow. Put all her sis-
ters that are unfit for breeding pur-
poses in the lot with the barrows.
Composition of Butter.
The average composition of a large
number of samples of butter analyzed
at the Minnesota Experiment station
was; Water, 12 per cent; fat, 85;
ash and salt, 2%; casein and mUk
sugar, three-fourths per cent.
Getting Rid of Stumps.
The most troublesome problem In
clearing land is the removal of
stumps. Ulasting has been employed
successfully Giant or Judson pow-
ders are the most practical explosives.
Paris Green for Potatoes.
In some Arkansas experiments It [
was demonstrated that by applying I
two dollars' worth of parls green pef
acre there was an Increase of 11
bushels in yield, or 13 Vi per c«aL i
Annual Apple Crops.
During the past seventeen years
one of the orchards of J. O. Wells of
Ontario county, N. Y., has borne fif-
teen crops. The two failures were
due to frost at blossoming time.
When it Is stated that the leading
variety In this orchard Is Baldwin,
the Importance of thinning needs no
further comment Mr. Wella (bins ta
six Inches or more.
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