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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-12
Cremated Il Wreck.

Moundsville, w. Va, Dec. THE
second section of Baltimore and Ohio
freight train crashed into the first sec
ton here, instantly killing Conductor
l. c. Kelley, of Marietta. The debris
took fire, and the conductors head.
arms and legs were burned off. An
engine and tea cars were demolished.
More Than Fifty Eicctior Contests.
Baltimore Dec. 6.-ln addition to
the contest over the office Of comp
troller. notices have been served Of
more than so other contests. involving
members OF the Legislature and county
officials.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-12
Sheriff s Sale.

By virtue OF writ of Fier Facias
issued out of the Court OF Common Pleas
OF Sullivan County, and to me directed
and delivered, there will he exposed 10
public sale at the Court House in Laporte
Pa IN
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Oldest known Bank Note.

Among the many interesting
things TO be seen in the British muse
um is an old Chinese bank note q
the face value Of about four sa.l.
hngs, which was bought by Sir John
Pope Hennessy, the late governor oi
Hon8-Kong, at an auction about y
years ago. 1t was issued in the re'gn
OF Hung-Woo, the celebrated founder
OF the Ming dynasty, who died a0o-.
the year 1898, and is of great value
as it is believed 10 be the only one
IN existence belonging TO this peHeG.
Bank notes are said 10 have Deen
used in China before the ninth cen
tury, and were certainly issued ss'-
eraI hundreds of years before ihs
art of printing was known in Europe
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
LITTLE BITS FROM ABROAD.

Smallpox is on the increase in
France.
The forests of Great Britain are
valued at G2,OOO,OOO.
The house of peers is 81 by As feet;
the house of commons a trifle smaller.
May is the sunniest month of the
year on an average in the south of
England.
Germany's population has increased
Il, 800, 900 in the last 80 years, and
G,O65, 900 in the last five years.
A few weeks ago an apOthecary
shop managed entirely by women-the
6rst of its kind-was opened at st.
Petersburg, Russia.
The establishment of an American
bank in Berlin and London is contem-
plated. 1t is believed that this will
open the way for American industrial
undertakings and exports in the cOun-
tries of the old world.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

laElsssLeGs to feed a morbid hatred
and satisfy an inVincible sectional
revenge. The mUrdsrerof McKin-
ley was an ignorant irresponsible
proselyte to vicious doctrine, q
Weak-mindsd enthusiast without
will, withouteducation, without re-
hgious or moral training. What is
to be said of the brainiest editor in
the South and the impertinent half
educated bully Senator Of South
Carolina when we find them sowing
seeds Of sedition and advising mob
ism and murder and all Of the other
prOscriptiVe inventions which have
been designed to humiliats and de-
grade the colOred people, Since
they cannot be reached and punish
ed by the arm of the law, it is
hoped that public indignation may
be aroused to such al extent
that cur-like propeusities Of the
lower instinct of southern character
nay be given setback if Hot
quiatus. When men of the strip OF
WattersOn aud Tillmau advocate
murder littleis to be expected from
the sub-stratum who are only two
anxious and ready TO do the colOrep
people harm. Theact of President
Roosevelt will rebound TO his glory
and although it has fired the
southern heart to do murder, God
in his mercy and wisdom will re
ward the President and in due
time bring the advocates of law
lessness and repins and murder to
merited justice. God is just and
in the language of Thomas Jeffer-
son 'hiS justice Will not sleep
forever"
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

Yale and took advantage of an oppor-
tunity to study and to travel abroad.
He was rendered his present post in
the University of Chicago in 1892, and
has cOllabOrated with Prof. Small in
the production of text books, upon the
science of which he is a special stu
dent and an able teacher. He is not
Vet 40 years old, and hence may be
said to belong to the ever-gFowing
group of young men who are gradual
ly filling up the big places in Amer
lean institutions of higher education.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

Algeria has four zones in which Pc
troleum occurs. One of them is 125
miles long.
Africa now grows 100000 bushels
of wheat a year, thus beating Aus
tralia, which produces 35,OOO,OOO only.
There were II coal and 137 gold min
ing companies carrying on business in
the Transyaal before the war broke
out.
Africa contains Il, ,497 miles of rail-
ways, of which more than 5000 miles
are N British territory and protec-
tOrates, besides something over 1000
miles in Egypt, over 5000 miles are II
French dominiOns, 1900 in the Trans
vaal, 736 in Natal, and a little less than
600 in the Orange colony. Various
new enterprises are projectedin South
Africa.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

Goodwin and myself were running
the Walnut Street theater in Phila-
delphia, the stage carpenter. who was
working at FOrd's theater the night
of the assassination, put in an ap-
pearance at the Walnut Street the
ater. He informed Mr.. Goodwin (they
had been friends for many years. in
confidential manner that he had in
his possession something that had
caused him great anxiety. The car
penter, whose name l do not recall.
told Mr.. Goodwin in my presence that
he had the Derringer that Booth had
used to murder Lincoln.
The reason he had not said any
thing about it prior to that time. he
said, was because he was afraid of
being arrested. The carpenter said
he picked it up on the stage of Ford
theater after Booth had fed to Vir-
ginia. He pocketed the weapon and
kept it a secret. He drew up state
ment of the occurrence and signed it
in our presence. Then he gave the
Derringer to Mr.. Goodwin. When Mr..
Goodwin died his widow made me a
present of the weapon, together with
the stage carpenters signed state
ment."
Mr.. Plowman prizes the weapon
very highly, says the Philadelphia In
quirer, and no amount of money could
purchase it.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

able fuel to the blaze and a short while
after Calmer got his head inside the
chimney the smoke commenced L.
come up in volumes. Almost blinded
and sutfOcated. Calmer struggled to
free himself when the chimney fell
apart, allowing him TO roll down the
side Of the house.
Fortune smiled on Calmer for a mo
ment, for as he struck the iron gutter
his coat caught on a projection and
he hung suspended in the air. Bytwist-
ing himself around he managed to get
hold Of the gutter with his hands and
then it took him but a few moments
TO reach ladder.
With his eyes smarting and his face
begrimed with the smoke Calmer
slowly descended to the ground, where
the remains of the chimney lay scat
tered about. He went into the house,
determined that Nh P. H. Joyce, of
Brighton Park, the O. ner Of the build
ing, would have to replace the Chin
ney with one that would work properly.
When the latter was notified, however.
she declined to agree TO any such
proposition and declared that Calmer
would have to pay for his rather costly
experiment. The latter refused and
legal proceedings were commenced
against him.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

he said; zone was IN the West Chicago
station and one in the Eag.eaoyt q.
fee Are these your letters
The excited young woman far.y
swooped upon the outstreJaled eE7e.-
opes. Tears Of gratitude laI sulss
Of delight mingled on her pretty face
as she thanked Mr.. CahiI and tore gPl
the letters.
See? This is the one TO rHr mail
meant to marry. 1t say. no.. SIS
explained to the sympathetic clerks.
And here is the one 10 the man 70
whom l wished TO be only sister u
says: Yes"
"Oh, sir" she said, blush.lg r.0lflt-
ly, you don't know what q rrlgedy
you and your clerks have presenieG.
I'd have travelled a million miles 30
stop those letters. And just 20 link
they had already been sem out TO tLs
substations. Oh, IL was awiII.y good
OF you. III 60 all the way 20 Kansas
City before / write another letter.
Then I'll write my yes letter on sun
day and wait a week before ] write the
no letter. Oh, III never take chance
like that again"
If nobody else appreciates this story
except a man in Englewood and nlh
In West Chicago, and those who some
times put letters IN the wrong rl'e.'
opes, it's all right.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
HIS CHRISTIAN HUMILITY.
Kept Track of His FaIIings by Touch
Ing Up His Wife with His
ShiIIaIah

The following story from the EN-
erald isle is a good instance of the de-
lightful incOnsequence in an Irish
mans ideas: A certain priest was
a good deal astOnished to find that
a man who used to come and confess
to him regularly once every year al
ways began his list of offenses 'T
have beaten my wife" After Civ
ing him abselutiOn several times for
this misconduct, he thought at last
he ought to inquire the cause of this
cruelty.
"Ah! but, your reverence" ex-
planned the distressed Irishman. its
not croOlty that it is at all, at all.
It's just this way. Ye see. I'm cursed
with a most ontenacious mimorv, an
whin it comes TO the ind Of the wear
sOrra a one ov all my sins can [ re-
mimber."
Well" said the priest, "and what
has that TO do with it?'
why, thin, ye see, your riverence.
I just take me shillalah and give nv
wife the least taste in life of it across
her back, and she reels out all the
bad things iver I've done for the last
Il months. 'Tis not crooltv. vour
riverence, that makes me bate my
wife, but 'tis just pure Christian bn-
mility"
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
Requested to Take Charge of
the InstitutiOn.

Prof. George Edgar Vincent, who is
prominently mentioned as the pos
sibIe successor of Seth Low in the
presidency of Columbia university, is
one of the most capable educators in
America, and at present an associate
professor of sociology in the Univer-
sity of Chicago. He is a son of Bishop
Vincent, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and for more than a dozen
years he has been conspicuously asso-
ciated with the work of the Chau-
tauqua movement, the vast impor-
tanee and possibilities of which he
was one of the first to see. In 1885
Prof. Vincent was graduated from
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
CUPID PLAYS PRAYKS
Mixes a Young Woman's mv..,
and "NO" Letters.
{ discovers Mistake Aftes Missi,s..
Mailed and Then Frantfcauv
Seeks Aid OF Uncle sam ia
Head on the Letter.

The Chicago post Office has bs.s
bombarded with telegram. from :
young woman in Kansas Civ. L.
begging, impIoring that rAg .-.raea
which she had mailed 10 Cl.cag. ma.
be stopped. She explained tlsr =
whole future happiness and ,asr =
others depended upon stopping n.
letters.
Hold the letters. am Oh the Va,
to Chicago and Will identify Them
That was her last message. OtBs,.
contained the information thar u.
distracted young womal. having bss
two proposals Of marriage, had an.
swered both, but mad put the .eetersf,
the wrong envelopes. One said "yoa
of course, but the other poured fn-tB
the fullness of her maiden heart iua
love letter that finished with the aa
ceptance of a successful lover WooInv.
The young woman-too bad hss
name can't be given. but it's agaipu
the rules of the post Otice-arrlred A.
the lake front federal building n.
other morning. She rushed into .b,
presence of Superintendent Cahiu and
told him who she was.
Have you got them? she asked in
breathless suspense.
Mr.. Cahill pushed some electric 5ut
tons, and in two minutes there Wags
scurrying Of clerks from al parts O..
the building. They got their heads Ia.
gether in a RrovokingIy deliberate
way. but finally Mr.. CahiI held .nEs
hand two much-marked envelopes.
Here are two ietters that We
stopped in answer 20 your -a.-gran,a
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

but now he has been removed to a
large staterOOm, where he will sleep
alone, except tor tutor who occu-
pies a bed near by, but even this is
in an adjoining room, so that the lit
tie prince will lie down to sleep and
dream without human companion
ship. In accordance with ancient
Portuguese custom a tried and trust
ed valet will sleep across the door
sill upon the outside of the door
way, so that no one can enter with
out disturbing the faithful retainer.
The young prince is a very clever
child and full of mischief. He inner
its the brilliant talents and the
beauty of his lovely mother, Queen
Amelie, whose features are of a rare
type. The prince is well schooled
and speaks many languages. He has
not, however, been drilled in military
tactics and, contrary to his far-off
neighbors, the German princes, knows
little or nothing about firearms. This
knowledge will be included in his
new training and he will shortly ride
out with the marksmen to shoot at
mock game, then at real. He is an
excellent rider and performs many
feats of daring.
The kings of Portugal have all been
students and little Louis Philippe will
be encouraged to tread the path Of
learning, a road to which he has not
been thus far greatly inclined. His
new training starts in at once and
from this time on his royal highness
will be not a boy, but man.
Among the coming eligibles Portu-
gals future king must be counted in.
for he is Il very rich child through
his mothers dover right, which de-
scends to him and his brother. and
as ruler of Portugal he will receive
the largest income in proportion TO
the size of the kingdom and the nee
essary expenditures of any ruler in
Europe.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

to understand their conversation.
Miss Wright, who is now IS, has made
a study of bird sounds since she was
y years old. She began by talking to
her .feathered friends in their own
tongue, and was soon gratified by
noting her power of calling them "a,
gether and imposing silence upon
them while she trilled their songs
The birds not only listen. but answer
her, sometimes in chorus and again
one at a time. Miss Wright is now a
teacher of elOcution at Grafton hall.
IN Fond du Lac. She was born in Ne
oraska and came to Fond du Lac when
child of three. She has been a
student in the Ralston University of
Expression and Physical Culture al
Washington, where she worked under
the private direction of President
Edgerly. She was graduated last year
and then went home to teach.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
PISTOL USED BY BOOTH.
Shot Is i'm Possession of a Phil
adeIDhia Man.

The assassination of President Nc
Kinley recalled to George PlOwman,
a theatrical architect of Philadelphia,
the murder of President Lincoln by
John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theater,
Washington, d. c., on April Il, 1865.
Mr.. Plowman is the Possessor of the
Derringer, a small vest-pocket re-
volver, from which Booth fired the
fatal shot.
Several times it has been doubted
that the Derringer which I have is
the one with WHICH Lincoln was muir
dered," said Mr. Plowman, but there
is absolutely no doubt that it is the
same weapon. Three or four years
after the shooting, while George &.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

The governor of North Carolina
read the negroes a lecture the
other day.
The social equality bug bear
seems to have disturbed the demo
Gratis South.
Senator Hanna will not retire
from pO Olitics. Politics would lose
all fAVer if Mr.. Hanna were to
retire.
Senator Fairbanks will be found
among the the favoEites in 1904.
Gen. Dick claims Ohio by a
large majority.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Voice suddenly Restored.

Mrs. George Ferris, Of Harrisburg
Hollow, near Bath, y. Y, strained hJ
vocal cords about "a year a-, "1Ls
calling her farm hands TO dinner. go
entirely lost her voice. From taa'
time she became mute, and SD -aaih-
ued until a short time ago, wle1 1sf
dentist extracted two Of her -7riL'
The pain was so intense th4J. ls LlS
second tooth came out, II Ee-se'
"Oh, you mean mani Th5f She "eP'
with JOY when she reaLizy .l-. Is'
voice had been so strange restofsl'
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
BOY KING IN TRAINING.
Trouble Has Begun for Louis Phil
ipPe, Heir Presumpttve TO Por-
tugaFs Shnky Throne.

Though only little younger than
''Httle Alphonzo," Louis Philippe,
crown prince of Portugal, has led a
much more boyish life. Portugal i'm
poses no restrictions upon its future
rulers and pays them no homage be-
yond that of deep respect, and so the
little future king has up TO this time
led the life of boy. Now, however,
all is to be different and the child
must realize that ne is a man.
Louis Philippe has hitherto occu-
pied a bed chamber in connection
with his brother, little Prince Manuel,
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
SMOKY CHIMNEY.
Gets Moses Calmer Into a Series Of
Narrowing Difficulties.
While Investigating He Falls Head
First Into Offending Chimney,
Kicks 1t to Pieces and Is Ar
rested by Irate Landlord.

Arrest, after having become fastened
head down in a chimney, being almost
choked with smoke, having the chin
ney fall apart, rolling down the roof
of his house, and finally being saved
from a fall 10 the ground by his coat
catching on the gutter, allowing him
to dangIe over the edge, was too much
for Moses Calmer, of 294 Maxwell
street and he grew eloquent in his own
defense in Justice Dooley's court at
Chicago, the other day. His pleas
failed 10 move the justice, however,
and his case was continued to give him
time to replace the chimney or suffer
the consequences.
Calmer told Justice Dooley that the
chimney smoked so badly it not only
ruined his furniture, but actually
changed the color Of his whiskers. He
then went on to tell how a fire was
started in the kitchen stove at his
home and the house became so full of
smoke shortly afterward that he was
Obliged 10 let it out through the win
dows.
Becoming exasperated, he finally got
ladder, and, climbing to the roof Of
the house, tried TO find why the smoke
did not come out in the regular way.
There was very little smoke coming
out when he started TO make an exam
ination and he put his head inside to
see if any obstruction had been placed
there. As he did so he slipped and IN
moment his body was wedged be-
tween the four brick sides.
His son Isaac, whom he had left to
attend TO the fire, had added consider
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Biegest Tree in the worId

The largest tree in the world is TO
be seen at Mascal, near the foot of
Mount Etna. It's trunk is 3O4 feet in
circumference. The largest tree in
the United States is said to be the
gigantic tree near Bear creek, on the
north fork of the Tule river, in Cali
fornia. 1t me;aures 40 feet in cir
cumference. The famous giant red
wood tree in Nevada is 119 feet in cir
eumference
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Fishing for PINK Pearl.

One of the most important indus
tries of the ? hama islands is the
Of pink pearls. 1t is the
only place in the world where these
pearls are found. The pearls, when
perfect, bring very high prices, il is
said, ranging from $50 to 5000.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
ToId ofa gIean kInU-

A selfish young man in h.a ~
married a lame girl who l.- ..D-.2
along with q crutch. As
announcement 10 have c..
companion on a hoBeym.
started to enjoy il alone -' L.
diately after the cere moHy b.
train tor Buffalo 10 see the
the Ean-Amsri. an eXpo-i..a.-
writes loving Ie- ters 10 his Ti..s' ''
ing how he is e1ioying himself.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Automobiles for TourIs,s

A line of observation automobiles"
is TO be run in Washington. D. c., for
the benefit of visitors. Each vehicle
carries p passengers and viii be ac-
eomPanied by lecturer on points of
interest at the capital The fuel is
kerosene and the motive power steam.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
Europe's Military Rprd..

France has a soldier 10 every 90
inhabitants Germany one to everv
SO, Italy one to every l26. Russia one
to every 134, and Great Britain one
TO every 100.
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
LANGUAGE OF BIRDS.
Can Talk InteIligentIy with
Feathcred GOssips.

Reina V. Wright, a talented young
girl of Fond du Lac, Wis, has mas
tered the language of birds in
manner which enables her perfectly
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
The Largest Insect Ena

The largest insect known is the
elephant beetle OF Venezuela. One
was found that weighed ounces
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02

Employer-Td engage you for the
place at once. only I must have . mar
ried man.
Applcant-Keep the place open for
an hour, sir, I'll fix that! It's easier
to get married than to get a John
V World
The Washington bee., 1901-11-02
HATS WOMEN ARE WEARING.

Black and white and blue in hat
trimming is a very good combination
this year.
Low, fat hats, worn tilted forward
over the face and the brim covered
with long ostrich plumes, are all the
fashion at present.
Children never look pTettier than in
bright red hats, and these are always
good trimmed with field flowers.
Trimmed with black they are also styl.
ish.
"Floppy" soft hats are pretty with
the rim softly falling in it's natural
way and then trimmed with a wreath
of flowers with bow of black velvet in
the back.
A pretty little hat is of blue straw
trimmed with daisies. 1t must be worn
with a gown which it will suit. Dais-
les, the field flowers, are not good form
with elaborate or dress toilets
The Marshall republican., 1901-03-08

Miss Irene Long l.f, Friday for u
visit 10 relative, at Kan-a. City.
|" w. Scott -pen, several days this
week nj his farm south at Nelson.
j. -. Johnson. of Fairvill.. attend.
I'd "a business In Marshall saturday.
&, II. Fox aud " u. Cunningham.
of Miami. were IN IA" city Saturday.
W. b. Rag-dale, of C.ntralia. spent
sunday with &, NJ, Burkncr and fami.
DIR, II. NJ. Spots returned Friday
afternoon from u business trip to Sla-
ter.
For SALE CHEAP \ new folding
bed. For particular. apply at this
office. 5Itf,
Henry a. Black. of Lexington, came
down and -pen, SUNDAY with his pa.
rents.
&. W, Digs, Of Moberly, Wa in
the city Friday, u guest ut Ming'-
Hotel.
Mrs, &. -. shannon. Of Napton. was
the guest saturday Of Jacob Fink aud
The Marshall republican., 1901-03-08
LOCAL IN BRIEF

Il. Is. Wright. Of Mt. Leonard, was
IN Marshall Friday.
NJ. Il. Farmer returned Friday night
from u trip Ia Sedalia,
Joseph Miller wen, To Mexico sun.
day on u business "trip.
Mrs. W. 4. Pinkherd spent Satur.
day with Slater relatives.
John Coming Of this city, VIII" ha-
been quite sick. Is better.
\, NJ. tott. of Slater. spent Satur-
day with Marshall friends.
Father Hogan, of Shackelford, made
II "trip To- our city Monday,
+, ID. Stockman, of Blackburn.
spent Friday In Marshall.
Mrs. -. !. Hntchings l. recovering
from an attack Of bronchitis.
burton Dawes, Of Slater. was the
guest of ollie Turner SUNDAY.
Mrs, II, &, Mctord. assistant music
teacher at NJ, V, g.. Ia. Illness,