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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
SUDDEN WEALTH HAS
ITS DRAWBACKS,
Accustomed to a Humble Life, a
Fortune Brings This Woman a
Peck of Trouble.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Mckeesport, Pa, Aug. 25.-Peop1e who are
always wishing that by some turn Of for
tune they will become rich can hardly cred
it that any ones peace of mind could be
endangered by too much money, but Mrs.
Susan Austin of Reynoldtown, q suburb Of
this city. has learned by experience that
suddenly acquired wealth has its objection
able features. A few days ago she was
poor. To-day she Is worth 100000. Her for
tune was left to her by the will Of her IA
Their. John Mccartney. Of Chicago. who de-
serted her and her sisters in infancy.
Speaking of her experience. she said:
IT'S all right to get money after years Of
hard work, but there are a lot Of things
that one misses. 1 nave no longer any
peace OF mind. Once my only visitors were
my neighbOrs. Now my neighbors won't
call on me. and l have all kinds Of visitors
coming on all sorts of errands. Hundreds
of beggars have been here since / got my
fortune. If l listened to them all and TO
their schemes I would soon be a begsar my
self. There are church beggars. hungry
beggars and money beggars. There are men
who have patents without money. and
schemers who want stock fioated. They
make my head go round I'm getting tons
of advice. Every mail brings me letters
asking for donations or giving me advice on
how to invest my fortune. Some of the let
tiers are written by people who never had
a spare dollar, and others by people who
have lost fortunes.
My old %neighbors act queerly. They
don't want to borrow anything, but no per-
son comes into the street but what they
watch him.. II I get anything from the
store II is all over the neighborhood in a
minute. If a wagon stops at the door there
is a rush to the windows to see what I
bought. When a stranger stops at the
house a iine-fence convention Is called. and
the delegates discuss my caller"
Mrs. Austin takes her good fortune mod
estly. She still lives in u twO-story frame
house. which Is worth about $3.50. I'm
not going TO move" she said. This house
Is good enough for me. I've had to work
for my living. I'm not used to being rich
and I'm too old to change my ways. If I
took a big house and tried to live like the
rich I'd only make a fool of myself. i'd
be like a fish out OF water. Money is not
education or refinement. I'll stay where 1
am. If my neighbOrs would leave me alone
I'd be all right. Just now I'm like a mu-
scum freak. That will soon wear off, and
I'll settle back into my old way Of living
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
BRIDE WOULDN'T STAY BOUGHT.
And Now Alexander Shesham,
Syrian Merchant, Mourns His
Lost Purchase.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Chicago. Aug. &.-Having secured a wife
at a cost of S2.05O, Alexander Shesham, q
former resident of Syria, mourns greatly
over her disappearance. and he hired law
yers and detectives to aid in the search for
his bride of two months. This Is the way
Shesham figures his losses:
To Gaeta Halwey, father of the bride. ST.
500.
Money to bring brides brother from Da-
| mascus, $3.50.
To Mamma Halwey, S1Gl.
For presents to bride. including five rings,
gold watch and chain. two pairs of earrings
and necklace, $50.
Expended for clothing, 5000.
Shesham. who keeps a store at No. 81 Ca
nal street. In the Syrian quarter. knew Cal
abria Halwey. the girls father. in Beirut.
Father Halwey was keeper OF n mosaic
and art store in San Francisco. There was
a mortgage on his store at the beginning of
this year. and he desired much to exhibit
his stock at the Paris Exposition. He came
70 Chicago and consulted his old friend
Sheshanr. After his arrival he sent for his
daughter. and in a short time the engage
ment was announced and Father Halwey
started for Paris with his exhibits and sew
eral hundred dollars.
The wedding was a gala affair In Syrian
town. a reception was given at the Shes
ham home after the mn in the
church. and there was u distribution Of
wine and cake and beads.
One morning four weeks later Shesham
awoke to find his wife gone. She had taken
with her all the jewelry and bright ribbons
and gewgaws and silently stolen away,
where, Shesham has not been able to dis
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
FARM HANDS STRANGE LEGACY.
Twice Defended a Spinster From
Robbery and Is Willed Estate.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Altoona. Pa, Aug. 25.-Sabina Beers. who
died last Saturday. was known to nave
money secreted in her shanty of a home ten
miles west of Greensburg. The PREMISE
have been turned upside down by searchers
since the funeral. but nothing was found
until last evening, when a son of Judge A.
d.. Mcconnell found an old trunk In a vault
built in the cellar wall. The trunk. which
fell to pieces when handled. contained gold
and bank notes amounting to SIS. O0O. The
old trunk also contained the will of Miss
Beers. The document was a surprise. The
relatives of Miss Beers are each beuueatbed
81 and the greater part OF the balance of the
treasure. as we'll as the farm of al acres. is
left to James Kelly. a farm hand of the
neighborhood, who had twice defended Miss
Beers from robbers who had entered her
home and demanded that she show them
where her money was hidden. This strange
will is likely to result in a bitter contest at
law.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Syracuse. n. Y, Aug. 25-Miss Charlotte
NJ. Kinney of this city is a pioneer in open
ing up a new field Of action for her sex. A
woman householder Is a novelty, even in
this day. when Josh Billings's saying.
"wimen is everywhere Is pretty nearly
realized.
Miss Kinney is making her living that
way. and a very good living 1t Is, too. All
the horsemen Of the State from New York
to Buffalo know her. They treat her well
and are always ready to do her a good turn
when the opportunity offers.
In spite of the business In which she !s
engaged, she is not in the least a new
woman" Her fair hair and blue eyes and
feminine ways quite astonish people when
they get their first glimpse OF that oman
who sells horses. you know"
1t was really through q previous trend Of
events that this young woman first drifted
into selling horses. Her girlhood was spent
on her fathers farm at GAINESVILLE. seven
miles out of Syracuse. Here as she grew
up she learned to know and love good
horses. though at the time she never
dreamed of turning that knowledge to any
commercial account. There were many
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
PET DOG SAVES FOUR LIVES.
ArOuses His Mistress and She
Gives the Alarm.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Aug. 24.-Early yesterday
morning Mrs. John Morriso of Westches-
ter was aroused by an unusual commoti0n
made by her pet terrier. Tiny had entered
his mistress's room and was barking
fiercely. When the dog observed that his
owner was awake he bounded out Of the
room toward a window facing an adjacent
building.
He was compelled to repeat the demon
s%tration several times before the woman
understood that he was trying to draw her
attention to something that was happen
ing outside. Then she followed him into the
other room. and saw that the newspaper
establishment opposite of Mr.. James
Lane WAS in flames. Hurriedly dress
ing. the woman ran to the building.
She found the hall door open. and rushing
to the second floor. began beating on the
doors and calling Fire. Mr.. Lane was
awake in an instant and found his bedroom
filled with smoke. The fumes were also
dense in the Railways, and the flames were
breaking out from all sides.
Without waiting TO dress the editor
rushed to the third floor, where his wife
and children were asleep. He found then,
nearly suffocated. and was obliged to drag
them from their rooms in their night
clothes in order to save their lives.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
MAN AND WIFE
WEDGED IN A WELL.
In Trying to Extricate His Fat
Spouse, Both Became Bottled
Up.
REPURI6C

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New Haven. Conn.,. Aug. 25.-N1rs. Peter
Quinn, who weighs nearly $50 pounds. went
to the well early one morning last week
not far from Essex before her family was
up. The well is covered with wooden plank
ing. It gave way with her and she fell
into the water. She managed to brace her
self In the descent, however. by extending
her feet end hands so that she kept her
head out of the water.
She shouted Justify for help. Her husband,
a small man. got excited and in trying to
reach his wife fell in and wedged her so
tightly that she nearly died from suffocation
before being rescued.
The Quinn children obtained the help of
neighbors, who let down a ladder to the
bottled-up couple. The plight of a man and
wife. fifteen feet below them, so amused
the rescuers. who regarded the matter as
a joke. that 1t was thirty minutes before
the poor woman was hauled out. She was
found to be bruised badly and injured in
%ternally,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

cover. One day he received a letter from
the Illinois Humane Society telling him
that his wife had called at the society's Of
flee and sought protection from him. He
was invited to call II he had anything to
say for himself.
Shesham visited the office and, with tears
IN his eyes. pleaded to learn his wife's
present address. and asserted that he had
always treated her as though she were q
Princess. But he could not learn her where
abouts, as a promise had been given the
young woman that this information would
not be divulged. The society's officers de-
cided 1t was not a case for them to inves-
tigate and have not concerned themselves
further about it.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
FAITH DOCTOR ARRESTED.
An Apostle of Dowie, She Died
Without Medical Attendance.
SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Scranton. Pa, Aug. 81 The Reverend
Charles F. Newell. Mrs. C. S. Boyd and
Mrs. Louise Ellhart were arrested TODAY
on information furnished by Coroner ]. J.
Roberts, who charged them with involun-
tary manslaughter in causing the death of
Mrs. Lydia Newell of Throop. The Reverend
Mr.. Newell was the dead woman's husband.
Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Eilhart are believers in
the Dowie faith. the doctrines of which ara
antagonistic to medical treatment. Mrs.
Newell died last April after childbirth. She
was a follower of Dowie and refused to
have a physicians aid. Mrs. Boyd and Mrs.
Eilhart were with her at the time, The
Ccroner's jury accused the husband and the
two women of neglect. The defendants en-.
tered ball In the sum Of 800 each Tor trial,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
TRAIN RUN BY CRAZY MAN.
Holds 1t Until Disabled by a Shot.
gun.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

SPECIAL
s. C., Aug. H.-The engineer On
d Southern passenger train bound for
charleston got down at Reidville to exam
Inc the machinery. When he attempted to
get on the engine again he found the fire.
man crazed, it is supposed from heat, with
a big hammer in his hand. with which he
tried to smash the engineers skull.
The whole crew was quickly summoned
and for th~ree-quarters of an hour they en-
deavored to disable the man with bricks
and stones. and at the same time keen him
from starting the train.
Tn express messenger finally got his
shotgun and crawled up on the rear of the
tender just as the lunatic got. one hand on
the lever and started the engine. The Are
man was disabled in the legs, while the
engineer, who had got on the tender. helped
to overpower i'm. Some of the passengers
who heard that a crazy man CONTROLLED az
engine jumped Oh the train.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26

other. a dry cave that extends a mile fur
Their back into the limestone formation. This
second cave is also very interesting to the
sightSeer.
The new proprietors OF PENIS Cave ex-
pect to spend 500. 600 in remodeling and en-
iarging the Cave Hotel. and Illuminating
the cave throughout with electricity. The
purchase includes several acres of ground
around the cave, which will be made into
a park for the guests who stop at the ho-
tel, and spend a portion of the summer
there. The distance to the nearest railroad
miles. and 1t Is the purpose of the new pro-
prietors to operate q street car line between
the two places.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
The famous set Of chess men consists
Of French and Egyptian figures.

as though the figures were three feet in
stead of three inches in height. while the
busts of Napoleon and Josephine are strik-
Ing in their resemblance to the many por-
traits extant of those celebrities.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
CHARLES DUNHAM MARRIED
IN SHIRT WAIST.
Hot-Weather Nuptial Garb Adopt
ed by Bridegroom Meets With
Brides Approval.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Cincinnati. O., Aug. 25-The shirt-waisted
man in the role of a bridegroom was in all
probability first impersonated yesterday
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
THOMAS ARMSTRONG, JR.

The nomination of Thomas Arm
 strong, Jr., for the assembly was one of the happiest events of the county con- vention. Mir Armstrong is a lawyer of repute and successful experience. After having been prominent educa- tor in Illinois he went into the law, which he practiced there with great profit. He came to Phoenix about seven years ago and since then has ac- quired a practice second to none in the city. Though always an ardent repub- lican, MT. Armstrong gave out some years ago that he had no time to devote to politics In this ca SC he has been i'm pressed by his party into political ser vice. He reluctantly consented to be a candidate for office. It was represented to him that in the coming legislature men with legal knowledge and business habits were especially desired for the service not of the party but for the whole territory. So at great personal sacrifice he has entered the contest and the same as he would do if it were legal contest, or a business affair. The honor or dishonOr of a seat in the legis- lature, and most of the seats in the Arizona legislature for several years have been dishonOIable, is not taken into consideration. If MT. Armstrong and other men like him are elected next November the standard of Arizona legislatures will be considerably raised.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
THE FIRST TROUSERS.

The first pantaloons or trousers were made in Assyria. In the reign of King Asshurizirpa (SS3-S5S B. O. horses Were introduced in the army as caval ". Here, now, was problem; the cavalryman had to have some sort of a uniform, and it was impossible for him to wear a skirt and sit astride horse. The tailors to his majesty's ar mics wagged their heads a long time over this problem, and finally decided that the only way out of the difficulty was to cut the cavalryman's skirt from hem to waistband in both front and rear. letting each part fall on it's res pectiVe side of the horse. As can readi- ly be imagined. this split skirt made an exceedingly poor article of clothnis The law of heredity. however. is full of surprises; this humble apology for a garment was destined to be the father of the original pantaloons.-SL Nichclas.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
LITERARY PRE- SCRIPTIONS.

For clearness read Macauley. For logic read Burke and Bacon. For action read Homer and Scott. For conciseness read Bacon and Pope. For sublimity of conception read Milton.
 For vivacity read Stevenson and Kip ling.
 For imagination read Shakespeare and Job.
 For elegance read Virgil, Milton and Arnold.
 For common sense read Benjamin Franklin.
 For simplicity read Burns, Whittier Bunyan. For smoothness read Addison and Hawthorne.
 For interest in common things read Jane Austen.
 For humor read Chaucer, Cervantes and Mark Twain.
 For choice of individual words read Keats, Tennyson, Emerson.
 For the study of human nature read Shakespeare and George Eliot.
 For loving and patient observation of nature read Thoreau and Walton Kansas City Star.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP9

A cheap remedy for coughs and colds Is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more sa- were and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular eli mate? Yes, if possible; if not possi- ble for you, then in either case take the only remedy that has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe throat and lung troubles. "Boschee's German Syrup" It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy eXpectora- tion, gives a good nights rest, and cures the patient. Try one bottle. Rec commended many years by aT drug gists in the world. For sale by dealers in all civilized countries.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
OUR LEGISLATIVE TICKET

Jerry Millay, candidate of the republi cans of this county for the territorial council needs but little introduction to the voters of the county, having been resident of Phoenix since 1882, and hav- ing stumped the county time and again both in his own behalf and in the in terest of the party candidates. He was born in Maine in 1851 and is therefore. by narrow margin, on the sunny side of life, but possesses a disposition that will cause the sun to shine for years to come, even through the lengthening shadows. As he is wont to say he is "of Irish extraction and from poor but honest parents" He entered Bowdoin college in 1872 and after his school life drifted west. where he roughed it for a number of years up and down the Mississippi valley. Returning to Bath, Maine, he was admitted to the bar in 1877, was married in 1878 and came to Phoenix in 1882. In 1883 he began the practice of law here and was appointed assistant United States district attorney under Gen. Zabriskie in 1884, serving for two years. He was the first judge ad- vocate general of the territory, being appointed to that office on the staff of Governor Irwin and served through his administration and that of his success sor. Governor N. O. Murphy. He was elected to the office of district attorney of this county. serving in 1895 and 1896, since which time he has been engaged in his private law practice. Politically he has been a republican from the be- ginning and while he lived in the states was privileged to vote for Grant, Hayes and Garfield. He came to Arizona In a day when republicans were scarce and las stood for his principles whatever the result. As a campaigner he has ever met with favor. being a clear speaker and sugar-coating his sound logic with fund of good humor. His style is vigorous and aggressive, but not offensive. As a member of the next council he will command the re- spect and confidence of his cOnstitu- ency. and being well versed in the law there can be no question of his com- potency.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
A. P. SREWMAN.

In the apportiontrent of the represen- tation of the different sections of the county in the territorial legislature 1t is but fair that two should come from the
 south side of the river. Recognizing this fact the republicans have placed before the people MT. A. P. Snowman of Mesa City and no better selection of a standard bearer could have been made. MT. Snowman is an experienced law yer, a successful business man, a soci- able and agreeable gentleman and a man against whose record, either pub lie or private, nothing can be said. He has served the territory faithfully and well as superintendent of public in struction, and his services have always been given in the line of progress and the development of the resources of the territory. He is an old resident and fully alive to the necessities, not only of this county, but of every county m Arizona. He is energetic in his under taRings, thoroughly reliable and fully aware of the responsibilities of the trust sought to be reposed in him. A vote for him will be to good purpose.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
BLOOD

We live by our blood, and on it. We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor.
 There is nothing else to live on or by.
 When strength is full and spirits high, we are being re- freshed, bone muscle and brain, in body and mind, with con- tinual flow of rich blood. This is health.
 When weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved; our blood is poor; there is little nutri- ment in it.
 Back of the blood, is food, to keep the blood rich. When it fails, take Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil. It sets the whole body going again-man woman and child.
 We'll send you little to try, if you like. SCOTT & BOVINE, 4o9 Pearl s'reet, New York.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
E. A. FOWLER.

MT. E. A. Fowler republican candi- date for the legislative assembly. came here from Chicago about two years ago and bought one of the best ranches in the vicinity of Glendale. MT. Fowler has been connected with a prominent business house in Chicago for years. He was on his way to California to seek rural horne when he heard references to tke Sa?- River valley on the train and concluded to run down here from Ash Fork and see if the reports of the desirability of this region were correct. He rode about the valley and finally concluded that he could not do better than locate here. Inside of a week he bought the ranch in Glendale and took immediate possession. The advantages of this region have grown upon him and he has done much to spread knowledge of the valley in the east Mir. Fowler is chairman of the water storage committee and to his efforts is due much of the interest displayed in the water storage question. He is not politician in the accepted sense of the term, but he believes that it is the duty of a citi- zen to take an interest in public mat ters and for that reason he accepted the nomination conferred upon him by the republican convention. It goes without saying that if MT. Fowler is elected, and We have no doubt that he will be, he will bring to his duties ripe business experience and a determination to work for the best interests of Arizona and the Salt River valley. MT Fowler will be a leader in the assembly and Maricopa county will have reason to congratulate itself on his presence there.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04

can citizens and one who has always been held in the highest esteem. He Is not a professional speech-maker but he is fully competent to talk when he has something to say and he is a man of deeds rather than words. When there is a scheme" on hand Sam Browns help is not solicited, as it is a foregone conclusion that he is aligned on the o.rler side. With his previous eXperi- ence he is better fitted than ever to per form the duties that in all probability will Gevolve upon him after election Cay
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
SAMUEL BROWN.

The nomination by the republicans of Samuel Brown of Tempe to succeed himself as member of the territorial assembly Is a fitting compliment to d deserving man. Mir Brown was locke l upon as one of the working members of the last legislature. Though seldom on his feet, when he did rise to address the speaker he was given respectful at tention, for he spoke not idly but to the point. MT. Brown is a thoroughly ConSoentious man and one whose pub Hc service is a private business slcri- flee. He is capable representative of the working classes, being himself a sturdy blacksmith. He is also an able representative of the Spanish -Ameri-
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
HER sUsPICIoNs AROUSED.

q wish you would read this article" he said.
 Whats it about?" sine asked.
 Its about the danger of getting angry and it was written by physi- cian,' he replied.
 She looked at him sharply for a minute.
 What have you been doing now?" she asked. What kind of a confession are you about to make? e?"-Chicago Post.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
SAW HIM FIRST.

Did you see Jones? He was looking for you.'
 Yes; I saw him, but I managed things SO he didn't see me.'-Chicago Record.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-04
INDUSTRY VERSUS GENIUS.

Uncle Hiram. how have your boys turned out?"
 Well, Sylvester is a poor coOt of a bookbinder, but Gregory is a book maker and rich. Tribune.