Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 20, 1909, Page 5

“Iraversed the new-tunnel route of tha . OUT BY DUEL Louisianan Battles With Two Brothers. f WIFE AND CHILD KILLED Former Attempts to Interfere to Stop the Fight and, Getting in the Line of Fire, Meets Death With Young Daughter—Husband and Father Falls Mortally Wounded and Dies in a Few Hours. Ploneer, La., Nov. 19.—A whole fam- {ly is dead as the result of a three- cornered fight, the principals being Clarence Compton and Sylvester and Albert Owen. Compton, his wife and his little daughter were killed and Sylvester Owen was slightly wounded. After the killing the Owen brothers surren- dered to the sheriff. The Owens are young sons of a Methodist preacher. They rode to Compton's house and demanded an apology for an unkind remark about the preacher’s daughter. “You little boys run along,” scoffed Compton. “Why,” he challenged, “I'll take two guns, fight you both at the same time, and shoot your heads off.” The Owen boys jumped at the chal- lenge. Compton took two automatic revol- vers. Twenty paces were measured off between Compton and the Owen brothers, who stood five feet apart. The word was given and the three opened fire, Compton using ‘both his ‘weapons against the two brothers. Beveral shots were fired and Sylvester Owen fell, slightly wounded. Compton dodged back, fired into the air and told Albert Owen to stop shooting. Refuse to Say “Enough.” “Now, haven’t you two children- had enough of this?’ he asked. “I might Just as well have killed Sylvester as to have bled his arm.” Both brothers demanded that the fight proceed. Sylvester bound a handkerchief about his arm, reloaded his revolver and lined up with his brother for a renewal of the- fight. “You boys had better quit,” warned Compton. “This time Il shoot to kil The Owen boys refused and gave the word to fire again. Several shots had been exchanged and the Owen brothers had begun to fire rapidly when Compton’s wife and little daugh- ter dashed from the house. Fear increased the speed of the mother and child and before the Owen boys realized what was happening or before Compton could stop shooting Mrs. Compton had hurled herself into the line of fire and thrown her arms about her husband’s neck. Her cry. Stop, Clarence,” had hard- 1y sounded before she fell, mortally wounded, and her child dropped dead. Compton fell over his wife’s body with three bullet holes through his lungs. He lived only a few hours. NEW RULE FOR CORPORATIONS Must Maintain Offices in Oklahoma to Accept 8ervice. Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 19.—The cor- poration commission has. issued an order requiring all public service eor- porations, both foreign and domestle, | Including raflroads, to maintain gen- eral offices within Qklahoma. The order also requires every cor- poration to maintain an agent in the state, with the same powers as a gen- eral manager in accepting legal serv- ice or in conducting business with the commission. The order becomes ef- fective June 1, 1910. It is said the railroads will appeal to the courts. FINNISH DIET HAS BEEN DISSOLVED Beglnning of the End of Coun- try's Independence. Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 19.—The Finnish diet, the last legislative body of Finland preserved from the dom-: ination of Russia, has been dissolved. The dissolution is looked upon as the beginning of the end of Finnish inde- pendence. It will undoubtedly be met with violent opposition on the part of the Finns and may even pre- cipitate armed resistance to Russian aggressions. The dissolution of the dlet is the result of the refusal of that body to authorize a contribution of $4,000,000 from the Finnish treasury to the mili- tary fund of Russia. The demand was refused in a note to St. Petersburg. The diet refused it, formulating in its stead a demand that the request for the money be made in accordance with the Finnish constitution. Hugged Too Tight; Asks Damages. Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 19.—Miss | Marie Guerin has begun a $25,000 dam- ae suit against Dr. Theodore C. nds, alleging that he kissed and em- braced her so tight as to cause an ab- scess under her arm, requiring several operations. FIRST TRIP THROUGH TUNNEL Pennsylvania Train Passes Under Hud- son and East Rivers. New York, Nov. 19.—Burrowing be- neath the Hudson river, under Man- hattan island skyscrapers and on be- low the Hast river’s bed, a Pennsylva- hlg'h ‘officials an opportunity to inspect the work which has been progressing transportation line from New Jersey Pakl nll they may die nnd John: Chndwick and | wreek, kmm; Dnvfl Vanco, [ brab Perkins, who {s a rich Holyoke paper |- SR : manufacturer, was driving at a high A Mean Man. rate 0f speed when he tried to turn |. Medical Man—Jobson has done the out to avold another auto and smashed |meanest thing I ever heard of.. He into a tree, came to my house the other night, ate _ h big dinmer, got indigestion and them went to another doctor to be cured. ing in many ways in interest the opening of a transcontinental railroad route. It was taken by President Mc- Crea of the Pennsylvanla Railroad company and the members of the com- pany’s board of directors. No formalities attended the journey, the trip being undertaken solely .for the purpose of giving the company’s AUTOMOBILE SMASH FATAL One Dead and Two. More May Die at Springfield, Mass. Bpringfield, "Mass;, Nov.-19.—In an auto smashup shere, Otto. M,:-Dreikorn of Holyoke was killed, Willlam B. Reid and Arthur L. Liberte, also of Do as_he says. He knows. .5 47°58;: doctor’s medicine right at hand. Two Killed In Golfision. 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