Centralia Fireside Guard from Centralia, Missouri • 1

3 VOLUME 41 CENTRALIA. BOONE COUNTY. MISSOURI. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER.

5. 1909 NUMBER 41 RUMORS OF RAILROADS. MRS. SALLIE JENNINGS. A VERY SENSATIONAL AFFAIR FOUND STRAK6E FORMATIONS MONTHLY MEETING OF BOARD THE OIL" WELL NEWS.

MANNY BERG OF CENTRALIA IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS. THE CITY DADS PAY THE BILLS AND TRANSACT BUSINESS. i The Burlington road has taken over its terminals at Francis, east of Mex-I ico, which has been leased to the Alton and it is rumored that the road will be extended on to Macon. It will be remembered this road surveyed a route through Centralia about two years ago, running a block north of I the Alton's line. night, so much that people iu the adjoining room could not sleep.

All three seemed well tanked up when they arrived here. Wednesday morning Berg got up aud went to Mottz saloon and had a check cashed for $25 on a Centralia hank, but liefoie cashing it. Leo Mottz called up Jouas Berg and wanted toknow if the check w.is all right. Mr. Berg said he would pay tlie check but it is said warned Mottz not let him have any more money.

Tlie three left here ou the 3:10 train over the Wabash for St Louis, and it Is rumored that Berg had threatened to kill the girl unless she married him, and it Is said she called for the conductor to protect her, and that Berg had leaped off the train between here and St Louis, though we could not trace this rumor to any reliable source. The auto In which the parties came, was sent back to Centralia or Mexico. The name of the young girl with the two men could not be learned. It seems that Berg Is a bad egg, although well connected In Centralia. Charley Day and Mr.

OCouno expert drillers, have drilled a hole 147 feet deep for water to be used in continuing the original well that was drilled to a depth of about 150 feet The hole for water purposes yields about 45 barrels of water every 24 hours. A curious geological phenomena is presented In the drilling of the two holes only 27 inches apart from center to center. Both water and rock was struck two feet lower In the second than in the first bole. This indicates a wavy formation "of the different strata, which is probably due to some early seismic disturbancees. In the first hole blue flint, impregnated with pyrites of Iron, has been struck, and owing to the extreme hardness of this flint the process of drilling is slow.

Thursday morning the drill was not in operation as there was some other work requiring attention. Just as we go to press it Is reported that there is no water in either of the wells drilled. It is supposed that a pocket of water was reached and had been drained by the boiler of the drilling plant. Mrs. Sallie Jennings died at the home of S.

A. Jennings, rear Union, of old age and general debility at the age of 82 yea re, three months and seven days on Saturday, October 30, 1909. Mrs. Jennings was born July 23rd, 1827. Her husband, W.

R. Jennings, preceded her to the grave Feb. 23, 1903 at the age of 83 years. She was the mother of ten children, all of whom are still living; eight sons and two daughters. Four sons and one daughter live In Boone county, three sons and one daughter live in Oklahoma, and one son in Texas.

The children are as follows: W. W. J. H. H.

D. R. S. and Frank Jennings, Mrs. Periina Brundege and Mrs.

S. A. Jennings. Funeral services were preached at Union church by Elder R. B.

Helser, which the remaius were laid to rest beside her husband In Union cemetery. three miles southwest of Centralia. Mrs. Jennings leaves 42 grand children, besides a host of friends who, with her children, mourn her loss. Mrs.

Jennings was a member of the Christian ccbnrch, and followed In the steps of the Master trustingly. A woman of many admirable qualities of heart and head she made many warm friends who attest to her worth as a friend and a neighbor. She will be sadly missed In the family circle where she was idolized as mother and counselor. The Guard editors extend sympathy to t(ie bereaved family in their great loss. The board of aldermen met with the mayor in regular monthly session Tuesday evening.

All the members were presents The police judge reported no fines or arrests for the month of October. The marshal reported no arrests for the month. The city treasurer reported an overdraft of $35.00 in October. There have been some collections since. Collector Elliott reported $156.85 in collections for the month.

The citizens of Poages addition asked the board to order a walk along blocks 5 and 8 of that addition. The board made the order. P. M. Zlnsers report of the special census was examined and accepted.

Mr. Zinser made oath before the board that the report was correct and that the city has 2070 people. A copy of the names was ordered sdnt to the proper officers in Jefferson City and In Columbia, as required by law. The city attorney was instructed to draw up several ordinances condemning sidewalks. Some of these walks are on the north side of Singleton street, going toward the school house.

Kansas and at Centralia, This is the new firm which will go into the building next to McDonalds grocery, An ordinance defining the ward lim. Its will also be drawn The new Jonas Berg, the father of Manny Berg told the Guard editor Tuesday this week that there was nothing to the newspaper story at all. We understand that young Berg also denies the truth 0f the statements published In three of the St. Louis papers and the Mexico papers. Mr.

Berg, the elder desired that the home papers ignore the story, but In view of the fact that it has been published in a distorted form aud also that there are several ugly rumors afloat in Centralia regarding the occurrence, we deem it but fair to all concerned to publish the statements of the reporters of the two alove papers as they were originally printed, and in doing so we neither vouch for the truth nor falsity of any statement above. TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS. Mr. C. M.

Sharp, dean of the Bible College of Columbia, will deliver an address here Nov. 11. This is one of the series of lectures following that of President Million, of this week. up. territory brought in will be added to the wards adjoining.

UNITED IN WEDLOCK. Vandalia voted on a proposition to bond the city for a waterworks sys tern Tuesday and the proposition was carried by a vote of 285 to 91. Beef and pork are soaring around the high mark again. In Chicago prime steers reached $9.10, which Is tlie highest price attained since 1882. and.

a price exceeded only once in the history of the Chicago yards. Hogs reached $7.92 1-2. Lambs sold at $7. Married at the home of the brides parents, Virgil Potts and wife, Friday Oct. 29, 1909, Walter F.

Hodge, of California, and Miss Cora Potts of this city. Rev. G. A. Shadwiek officiating.

The happy couple left on the noon train for Imperial, California, where they will make their future home." The Guard entends congratulations. John Halliburton, disappeared from the University at Columbia three weeks ago, and hU father Judge W. Halliburton, of Carthage is trying to get trace of him. From the Post-Dispatch. Miss Etta Henry, 17 years old held in the matron's room at Police Headquarters, says that she was abducted from the home of her brother iu Mexl ico, and forced by an ardent suitor to accompany him to St.

Louis. Only the watchfulness and prompt action of the crew of Wabash train No. 2, she says, released her from the clutches of Emanuel Berg, the wealthiest citizen of Centralia, Mo. Dispatches and long-distance telephone messages received by the Post Dispatch Thursday, do not bear out the girls story and her relatives at Mexico say that she was not abducted, but left there of her own accord. Miss Henry was turned over to the pellce at Union Station Wednesday night by Conductor Walsh of the train on which she and Emanuel Berg and another young man had ridden from Wellsville, Mo.

Her home is at Altus, Okla. She was sent to Mexico to enter Hardin college, a fashionable girl's school, seven weeks ago, and lived at the home of her Brother Lee Henry. According to her story she met Berg three weeks ago. He took her automobile riding almost every day and last Sunday night as they were returning from church, she says, he proposed marriage. She refused to become his wife, she says, telling him that she had a sweet heart in Kansas City.

Her story of the abduction was dramatic. In great detail she told bow Berg drove up to her home In his automobile Tuesday night and threaten, ed to kill her if she would not accom pany him. She got in the automobile. They drove to a garage and hired larger car in which they drove 25 miles to Wellsville. At Wellsville, she said, they remain ed in separate apartments at a hotel.

Wednesday, still under compulsion, she said they boarded tbe train with Berg. When he went in the smoking car. she told her story to the train crew. On her arrival at Union Station she was told by Conductor Walsh that Berg had left the train at Vandeventer avenue. The first Intimation that the girl was not truthful was given to the Post-Dispatch over the long-distance telephone yMrs.

Lee Henry, her sister-in-law. Mrs. Henry said that Etta was helping her in the kitchen when Berg's automobile drove up to the house Tuesday night She just dropped everything, went into her room and picked up her valise which was already packed, ran out and jumped into the automobile. Her brother tried to stop her, but she pulled away from him. There were no threats.

She ran away of her own accord. She has a brother in Vandalia, Mo. Maybe he'll send her. We dont want her to come back here, A dispatch from Wellsville says that Miss Henry and Berg arrived there in an automobile Tuesday night and went to the Ellsworth Hotel where tbe young woman registered for both: Mr C. Y.

Boyce and Husband. They remained at the hotel until Wednesday afternoon when Berg purchased a cloak, a skirt and a hat for the young woman and they boarded a train for St. Loui3. Emanuel Berg's father. a hide dealer.

is reputed to be the wealthiest man in Centralia. Tlie son returned to Centralia Thursday and made a statement to the Post-Dispatch over the Ion gdistance telephone. I did not force Miss Henry to accompany me, he said. She was not threatened and she ran away of her own accord. When we were near St.

Louis she asked me to leave the train at Vandeventer avenue. It was arranged that she would wait for me at Union Station. When I got there I could not find her and I came back home. The following bills were presented and allowed R. H.

Baldridge, lights $140.95 Rodemyre Brothers, printing, 4.75 "Virginia Palmore 12.00 R. H. Strother 40.00 H. Brown 40.00 J. D.

Gibson 38.25 Carl Patton 4.50 Musgrove 1.50 Joe Creasmire 9.00 J. H. Bagby 2.90 M. Zinser 21.20 Geo. Crump, coal 6.00 sprinkling 4.80 "Fisher Elliott 7.85 LaCrosse Lumber Co.

10.85 R. Diggs 4.00 The board then adjourned to meet Thursday Nov. 11th, to accept the new ordinances There Is a new record on the price of Broom corn, and it Is $227.50 a ton. This price was paid recently in Texa-homa, Oklahoma, by J. G.

fcox, of CIm maron county, to John Robertson, of near Texnhoma. The entire crop going at this figure. Gov. Hadley has appointed a com mlttee to select the Missouri State Song for which $1,000 was subscribed by visitors to the deep waterway convention on the steamer St. Paul, this week, while on Its way down the Mississippi In New York City, Judge William Gaynor was elected mayor by a majority of more than 70,000.

All the Tammany Hall nominees were defeated, Gaynor being the only Democrat elected. In Philadelphia Saml P. Rotan, a Republican was elected over D. Clarence Gibboney, the candidate of the Law and Order League and the reform element of the city. The State of Pensylvania went Republican by the usualmajority.

Maryland had up a constitution amendment to disfranchise the negroe but owing to the length of time it usually takes to foot up this vote it is not sure that It has carried. Merman Baher, a Republican defeated Tom Johnson for the of Cleveland, Ohio. In Indianapolis a Republican, Lewis Shank defeated C. A. Gauss, Democrat on a reform issue which Gauss rep resented.

Massachusetts elected a Republican Governor, but the usual majority was cut down greatly. Rhode Island also elected a Republican Governor. In Virginia Judge Mann was elected Governor by a good majority, and the returns up to this hour indicate that the entire ticket is safe. The returns do not seem ta indicate any material gains for the Democrats. Nor are there any very hopeful signs for the party In every state or city where there was any reform movement on foot the Republican machines and the Republican strength was thrown against it.

The Republican machine is in no sense favorable to any moral reform in any state, but the rank and file of the party often break away from the organization and vote for the moral side of the issue, Married Wednesday at the home of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs Jas. Chapman, of near Skinner, Mo. Chas. Weaver and Miss Minnie Chapman, Rev.

C. C. Long officiating. The happy couple will make their home on a farm cecently purchased by Mr. Weaver near Skinner.

The Guard entends congratulations. A suit for $5,000 has been filed ngainst Dr. C. L. Lavender of Montgomery City by Miss Tillle Wessell, of the same place.

Miss Wessell alleges In her suit that the doctor chloroformed and attacked her when called to her home on a professional visit. An attempt was made to wreck a Wabash train near Paris last Friday night At a point just east of that place some person had placed a large telegraph pole Engineer McCasky did not see it until too late to stop his engine. The pole was shattered but the train did not leave the track. LAST UNION GENERAL DEAD. Circuit court at Columbia adjourned Nov.

1, after being in continuous session for twenty-five days. Many Halloween pranks were by theyoung people, and some damage was done. The board General Oliver O. Howard, the last fo the Union Generals of the Civil war is dead at his home in Burlington at the age of 79 years. General Howard was probably in as many or more engagements than any ffficer in the army, including his services in the Indian wars.

He died at his home while sitting in a chair rest ing after a lecturewhich he delivered on Abraham Lincoln, at London. Vt. The value of Missouri live stock is $112,535,494, while the poultry products are valued at $44,960,973. Honey to the amount of 324,402 pounds were produced in the state. Maple sugar.

2.577 pounds and maple syrup 2.559 alions. Grain products aggregate in value Vegetables in valuation including $55,425 for mmushroonis. Dr. R. B.

Tilley of Columbia and Dr. E. H. Chinn, of Rocheport, each convicted of selling whisky in violation of the local option law and each fined $300 for same, have appealed their cases to the Court of 'Appeals, the trial court having refused to grant a new trial. A surveyor was here Thursday establishing ward lines for the new territory and also testing tlie fall for sewage and water-works, we BOUGHT INSURANCE BUSINESS.

Smith Dawson, aged about 54 years, died at his home near Cecil, Monroe county, Sunday afternoon at 5:00 oclock after an illness extending over a year. Funeral services and interment were had at Mt. Ara Church. Monday afternoon. He was the father of Miss Jewel Dawson, of this city.

The court of appeals of the District of Columbia this week affirmed the judgment of Justice Wright, of the District of Columbia supreme court in imposing sentences for one year on President Samuel Gompers; nine nonths for. Viee-Pres't Mitchell and six months for Secretary Morrison, all the American Federation of Labor. They were sentenced under the charge of contempt of court in violating an injunction in the Buck Stove case from St. Louis. C.

B. Meffert and brother, Chapman have bought the insurance business of Daniel Brothers. Monty Hall, the proprietor fa lio-tel in Seneca, was tried last week on a charge of running a gambling house and found guilty. He was given two years in the penitentiary. siilewalki along Mrs.

Barrett's place was thrown out in the street and badly damaged. In the southeast part of town on Jefferson Road there was a crossing in bad repair and the kids piled it up in the middle of the street iiml left it. Board crossings, culvert and anything movable was attacked by tbe youngsters. In the business section the wag was busy with a pot of whiting and water, ond painted a sign of some sort on almost every window along the street. These sign were calculated to show by the antithesis, the opinion or standing of the owner upon various matters, of morality, politics or business.

If a man was opposed to liquor the name and. advertisement of a saloonkeeper was painted upon his window, or the words Blind Tiger were painted in large, glaring letters on his shop window. Business rivals had their signs changed, and so on. In cases where there was no. direct insult implied, there was some real wit displayed In the signs.

We take it as a compliment to our known position on the liquor question that the words Saloon and fly-paper were painted on the Guards windows, although what the fly paper Implied we do not seem to know, unless it Is 'a new name for booze In local option towns, Tom Snells sidewalk was loaded on a wagon and taken to a pasture adjoining the town. He did not discover its whereabouts until some time this week. As long a8 the youngsters have a good time and do no damage to property they are welcome to their fun. OUR STOCK MARKET LETTER. The little tbree-year-olcT daughter of Kirt Botkin and wife died Wednes day afternoon after a several days illness of pneumonia and typhoid fe ver.

The parents have the sympathy of all good people in their great loss. In Tennessee the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-ows last week at Knoxville adopted a resolution denying membership in the order to dealers in the alcoholic substitutes for beer or near-beers. This order has never admitted saloon keepers or bar keepers, and the world over demands of its members a higher standard of citizenship. John D. Rockefeller will collect million dollars from the users of oil and present it to a commission for the eradication of the hookworm, It is not probable that the people who help John D.

will need the help of the commission. Special to the Guard. National Stock Yards, 111. -November 2, 1909. Cattle receipts today 5000; mostly all medium Native steers.

Market 10 cts. lower on all classes of steers, cows and heifers. Hog receipts today market 10 cts. lower on-good hogs; pigs fully 25c. lower.

Top today bulk $7.55 to $7.80. Sheep receipts 2500. Lambs generally 5c. higher; sheep steady. Good to choice lambs $6.75 to mutton sheep $4.15.

Prospects fair for the balance of the week. National Live Stock Com. Co. Here are a few rf the features of the new Walmsley game law, which Missouri hunters will do well to observe: Every hunter must have a license. These licenses are divided in three classes, non-resident county resident and state resident licenses.

The non-resident licenses may be procured from the State game and fish commissioners or deputies on the pay ment of $25. The county resident licenses may be procured for $1.00. They entitle the holder to. hunt in the county in which the license Is Issued or in any adjoining county. Every peace officer is- an ex-offlelo game warden and can enforce the law.

There Is a fine imposed upon the officer who dodh not do his duty, From the Wellsville Optic-News. Three people from Centralia arrived here In an auto last Tuesday night about ten oclock. There were In the crowd a young man named Minnie Berg, L. Jones and a young girl about 16 or 17 years old, and all registered at hotel Ellsworth, as Mrs. C.

Y. Boyce and husband, and L. Jones. Mrs. Boyce signed the register for herself and husband Berg and the girl occupied room 16 and fussed all Mrs.

Mary Butler and Lutitia Phelan, heirs of the late John Butler, the king of blackfoot. have filed an appeal from the judgment of the Boone county circuit court, giving Lizzie Vantine a sixth Interest in the estate, Mrs. Vantine Is a child of John Butler by his first wife. A Mrs. Turner, of Oklahoma, is suing to break the will so as to obtain a sixth of the estate, She had been given less than the oth-r heirs.

A petition signed by several hundred Boone county citizens was filed with County Clerk Jno. L. Henry on the first part of this week asking for a new jalL i I I.