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Relief at Osborne House.
sORROwING CROWDS.
The More Hopeful Bulletins Do Not
Lessen Apprehension.

London, 1919 p. m.-The more
hopeful bulletin, received at noon,
hardly lessened the universal appre-
hension. Everywhere that bulletins
are posted, sorrowing crowds have
gathered, awaiting the outcome of
her majesty's illness. Preparations
made in all official quarters for all
eventualitics indicate the expecta-
tions of those who might be sup
posed to be best informed
Preparations mt windsor Castle.
The royal apartments in Windsor
castle are being made ready for a
sudden return of the court, and all
state officials in any way concerned
in the issue are holding themselves in
readiness for prompt action. Another
of the queens physicians, Sir Thomas
Barlow, reached Osborne House Mon
day morning, n little before car
riages flashed up bearing EN-
peror William, the prince OF
Wales, the duke of York and the
duke of Connaught.
Sir Thomas Barlow is q celebrated
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hint proceeded the organization Of the

hint proceeded the organization Of the
so-called literary Syndicate" which
buys articles and sells them to editors
all over the country at a merely NOM
inal price. To-day there is not a metro
politan paper in the United States
which does not make copious use of this
Syndicate" stuff; and one Sunday pa
per. barring the local news, looks very
much like another, whether it be pub
lished in New York, Chicago or San
Francisco. Several years ago the
writer, while guest of the Lotus club
at New York, asked a well-known
American author why these manu-
script dealers called their enterprises
"syndicates." 81 suppose" he replied,
because the stuff usually offered to
the public by our financial syndicates
is no good. a mere case of imitation,
you see"
There is now in this country an Eng
lsh editor and publisher, Mr.. Alfred
Harmsworth, who is entitled to our re-
spect and admiration because he has had
the hardihood and good sense of intro
ducing American newspaper methods
in the management of the London
Mail. Mr.. IIarmsworth has declared
himself in favor of combination and
has suggested the formation of a mann
moth syndicate-a real syndicate
which is to control the publication Of
all the great newspapers Of the world.
lie would organize a stock company
with a vast paid-up capital for the pur-
pose of buying up all the profitable pa
pers in Europe and America and freez-
ing out the stragglers. The combina-
ton would collect its own news, build
its own telegraph and cable lines, man
ufacture its own paper and build its
own machinery. 1t would be, in short,
the most powerful and unique interna-
tional enterprise ever conceived.
Mr.. Harmsworth's colossal dream
probably is not destined to be realized
in our time, but it happens to remind
the writer of a most interesting inter-
national literary and business enter
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improved the standard of newspaper
reading matter, but proved to be Of
vast advantage to wage-earners in the
printing trades because, like the aux
iliary sheets. it led to the publication
of scores of newspapers in every part
of the country.
The large city papers were inclined
TO ridicule the patent inside" and
plate" business; and for years the
pompous editorial magnates instruct
ed their "funny men, to make game of
the enterprise. But eventually they,
too, were made the victims OF fierce
competition. Men from way out in the
west invaded the newspaper field in
New York and other eastern cities;
papers formerly sold at five cents a
copy had to be offered for two cents
or a penny, and some hitherto proud
and superciious publishers had great
difficulty in making the ghost walk
of Saturday afternoons" Expenses
had to be cut to avoid ruin. Instead of
collecting city news independently,
the publishers formed organizations
for Jointly obtaining routine informa-
ton OF every description. From this
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SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.
Fatal Quarrel Of Partners.

General Mcdowell, wrll-to-do
storekceper of Spring Creek, in Lee
Ark, was killed by DIR. Suiprs. his
friend and partner. The two men
quarrclcd over business settlements;
that they met i'm the road afterwards
and renewed their quarrel, and Snipcs
fired three times at Mcdowell, who
was trying TO escape on his horse.
The horse was struck twice before the
third bullet caught the fleeing man
in the back. DR. Snipes is the son of
n Jackson (Tcnn.) lawyer and ply
stefan of ability, but man of fiery
temper.
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lie Never Worked.

A man who may or may not have been
a tramp, but who was arraigned re.
Gently in n Minneapolis police court on
a charge of vagraucy, tried to disprove
the charge by proving by 1.-TWO com
petent witnesses" that he had taken a
path "at no very remote date" Some.
thing, possibly the suspiciously UNI
certain mo very remote date" made
the Judge persistent, and after refec
ton he decided that the defendant
would have to prove also that he hat
worked, ''whereupon, it is recorded
1.-THE defense collapsed"
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No Hope Held out.

Cowes, Jan. 81, ABS p. ma slight
Improvement is said to be visible in
The queens condition, but there is no
hope of anything hut fatal ending
The night is awaited with the great
est anxiety. Paralysis is spreading to
vital parts. Nourishment is being ar
tifcially administered. The palace is
packed. There is scarcely room for
the German emperor and his staff.
With the exception of newspaper cor
respondents, there are only Il few
people out side the gates. kilograms
continue to pour iu from all parts Of
the world.
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prise that came under his observation
Il few days ago, called the Mail Plate
Co. of Chicago. This concern, like the
stereotype plate houses, sends out
ready-set matter of a high character
to lis customers, most of whom are
doing busincssin out-of-thc-way places.
The stereotype plate is a heavy article
which is advantageously used by
American publishers, but to send it to
the orient or occident would entail, eN-
press charges quite beyond the reach
of the nominally-constituted antipode-
an or Arctic publisher. TO fiji the lat
ter's demands is the mission of the
mail plate. which is manufactured of
pyraiin and can be sent all around the
globe for few cents. The plate itself
is a thin sheet of celiuloid composition.
This is fastened to a metal base, which
the publishers keep in stock, and when
so united the plate prints as well as its
metal prototype. The cut explains the
moGus operandi in detail.
The extent of this mail plate bust.
ness is surprising, and cannot fail to be
gratifying to our national vanity. Its
purely American reading matter is
regularly placed before men and wom-
en- ofevery nationality. That this state.
ment is by no means an eXaggeration
was satisfactorily proved by visit to
the company's shipping room, where
Manager |. II. Whipple pointed out
packages ready for shipment to Nome
City, Skaguay, Juneau and Sitka, in
Alaska; Dawson City, in Yukon terri
tory; Mexico City, Monterey and Nue.
va CaSas Grandes, in Mexico; Havana
and Santiago, in Cuba; Belize, in Brit
ish Honduras; Kingston, in Jamaica,
w. l.; Moulmein, in East India; Ma.
Mia, in the Philippines; Bluefields, in
Nicaragua, and Auckland, in New
Zealand. On the day before plates had
been shipped to Cape Colony and the
country of the Boer in South Africa.
1t seems almost wonderful that the
publisher of a paper printed in the
English language in far-away Hong
Kong can, on the arrival OF the steamer
from San Francisco, stroll up to the
post office and secure dainty package
containing variety of articles, pro-
fusely illustrated and ably written, the
the whole thing ready for the press at
a cost which must seem tritling even
in those countries OF the orient where
labor can be had for shilling day.
Like the patent inside and the stere-
otype plate, the mail plate is triumph
of combination and cooperation, in
whose advantages every newspaper
reader has share. And it is also tri-
umph for American inventive genius
and American postal methods, which
assure safe and prompt delivery at a
trifling expense.
Trusts which control the output and
prices of the necessities of life unques-
tonably are meuace to society, but
healthy combinations having in view
the development Of general activity
and the creation of new business enter
prises are entitled to public respect
and commentator.
G. w. WEIPPIERT.
In German cities fresh oysters cost
from 60 to rs cents dozen.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
NEWSPAPER MAKING.
Publishers Have Faith in
the Combination Idea.
Thoughts Suggested by nm English
mans Talk About n Journal
istic Trust-wonders of the
Mail Plate system.
Especial Chicago letter.

ADMINISTRATIONS rule the day. 1t
4 may be true, as Senator Marcus
Aurelius Hanna, Ohio's world
famed president maker, said in the
heat of last years campaign, that there
are no "trusts;" but that the country
is full of all sorts of combinations not
even the astutest politician could deny
without making a spectacle of himself.
Reckless competition is the basis Of
combination and cooperation. When
ever competition assumes that form of
extravaganza which threatens to ruin
a certain line of business the men en-
gagged in it must either go into bank
ruptcy or save themselves by agreeing,
one with the other. that the goods pro-
duced in their factories shall not be
sold below a certain price. This is
legitimate combination, quite as fair
and equitable as any other business
proposition having in view the best in
terests of the community at large. On
this basis, also, our great trade unions
have been built up; and no American
citizen, be he employer or working
man, can deny that Legitimate organ
ization has done more for the cause
of labor in one generation than has
been accomplished in 10 centuries Of
competition between underpaid jour
ncymen and artisans.
TO the American country newspaper
Publisher belongs the credit of having
been the first TO arrive at a true UNDER
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Mhirled ON q Wheel.

Ralph Mechem, night engineer at
the Arkansas cotton oil mill, TT.
Smith, was caught by n large set
screw while attempting TO put belt
on moving wheel lie was whirled
around n number of times, finally be-
coming disengaged without assist
ance. as he was alone at the time.
His left arm was badly bruised and
!acerated. His escape from death was
little less than miraculous.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
CONDITION is HOPEFUL.
So Cnbled the Emperor to the Ger
man FOREIGN OfIicc.

Berlin. Jan. n, p. m.-Thc for
eign office has received information,
since Emperor Williams arrival at
Osborne house. that the condition of
the queen is hopeless.
The object of the empcror's visit
was to deliver special parting mes
ages on behalf ii himself and his
mother, but it is believed at the Brit
ish embassy here that the queen has
been unconscious since Wednesday
night The embassy officials have cam
cellcd all invitations and acccptarccs.
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Traffic ed.

The first train on the Alabama 4:
Nicksburg road since the washout
has reached Meridian. Railroad Off
cials report that the washuut at Ba-
ker's creek, between Bolton and Ed
wards, has been repaired, and they
anticipate no further delay of traffic
as result of the heavy rainfall.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Rescued by Life savers.

Atlantic City, N. j.: Jan. 2l.-The
two-masted schooner A. T. Coleman
was wrecked on the beach. Sunday,
within short distance of the shore.
The captain and crew were forced to
take to the rigging, whence they were
rescued by the Atlantic City life-sav-
ing crew, in the prcsnce of more than
1000 people.
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Suicide of a Soldier.

San Francisco, Jan. 20.-Edward M.
Baytel, convelescent soldier, com
mitted suicide at the Preside by
shooting himself through the head
with Krag-Jorgensen rifle. He was
a Russian, enlisted in Chicago and as
signed to company f, Thirty-seventh
infantry.
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Fraudulent Breach of Trust.

Frank Smith, assistant manager OF
The Memphis street railway, was con-
victcd in the criminal court of frau
dulent breach of trust, and given ono
year in the penitentiary. Motion for
IL new trial was entered. Smith was
charged with making unlawful use
of $500 bond intrustcd to him.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Deputy sheriff Killed.

Deputy Sheriff James Lucas Of
Friar's Point, Miss. was shot from
ambush and instantly killed by An
drew Caylor. The officer had a war
rant for Caylor's arrest for illicit
whisky selling, and was on his way
to serve it when waylaid. Caylor
was captured and a mob organized
to lynch him, but the officers hid him
and thus avcrted violence.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24

An Iron Mountain passenger train
was wrecked by broken rail between
TT. Smith and Van Buren,, Ark. The
train left the track and turned par
TALLY over. Although the coacheswere
fairly filled, none was injured, except
the postal clerk in the baggage car,
who was severely bruised.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
EormaIitics Dispensed with.
Tribute so womanIy Virtues.

Washington, Jan. 21.-At the open
ing of the session of the senate, the
chaplain, in his invocation, referred
with deep pathos to the condition of
Queen Victoria, paying tribute to her
virtues as a sovereign and IA woman,
and invoking divine tenderness and
family and to the people of her
realm.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
New Florida Trains.

The Chicago d ST. Augustine spccia!
drains, inaugurated by the various
northern lines in connection with The
Southern 81 Nashville, Chattanooga s;
ST. Louis railroads, arrived in Atlanta
on time. The average speed on these
trains is 4j miles per hour, and the
time between Atlanta and Chicago is
reduced to 81 hours.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Kentucky Bank Robbed.

The Peoples bank of Livingston,
Overton county, Ky, was entered by
burglars and robbed of $1,000. No
trace of the burglars has been dis
covered. Livingston is a remote town.
about fifteen miles from the nearest
railroad point.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Tennessee bank Robbed.

The safe of :he Peoples National
bank at Livingston, Oyerton county,
1enn., was blown open. When the
ale was closed for the night it con-
aimed $500, but it is not known
whether the burglars secured the
money, as only the outside doors to
the safe were blown oil. and The in
side doors were found closed.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
GIFT to Carson md Newman.

John ID. Rockefeller has agreed to
give $4,000 to Carson and Newman
college of Mosey Creek, Tenn, pro-
vided the trustees raise $4,000 addi-
tional by 1905. The college is Bap-
fist educational institution.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
EIoped and Married.

Frank Brownlow, nephew of Con-
gresham Brownlow, and Miss Annie
Mcpherson of Abingdon, Va, eloped
to Bristol, Tenn, and were married.
There was much opposition by tho
brides parents.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Negroes for Hawaii.

Three hundred negroes will leave
Nashville soon for the Hawaiian ISL
ands to work on the sugar planta-
tions. Others will soon follow them.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24

Washington. Jan. 2l.-1he British
embassy has received the following ca
blegram from Lord Lansdowne, Brit
ish minister OF foreign affairs:
"rbe queen has slightly rallied sine"
midnight"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Prominent Negroes Life Closed.

els, who died suddenly while attend
ing conference at Aberdeen, will be
sent TO Holly Springs for burial. Be-
sides the distinction of being the first
negro to sit in the United States SEN
ate, he was president of the Alcorn
a. and NJ. college for many years.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
FIrst Decree Murder.

The jury in the case of the state Of
Mississippi against Henry Blalock, coll
oJed, charged with murder, has re-
turned verdict of guilty. Blalock
murdered Ben Sparkman, another ne
gro, by striking him on the head with
an ak, in Meridian, about two years
nOO
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Residence burned.

The residence of Mrs. c. +. Bach.
elor of Opelika, Ala, was burned re-
Gently. The house ana contents were
a total loss, vaiRed at $500.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Shot In stomach.

j. p. Ward carpenter was acct.
dentally shot at Senatobia, Miss. The
wound is in the stomach and is seri-
Gus. He dropped n loaded revolver.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Seized an Attachments.

The store belonging to Joe Gentry,
Mt Saratoga, Miss. has been seized 10
SatiEfy an attachment of S247 BY Dun,
lpp ~ Co.. of Moiaile, Ala
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The Cabinet In Session.

London. Jan. 2l.-Thc inner circle
afternoon i'm connection with official
procedure IN the event of her ma jes-
TVS death.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
King of the BeIgians Sot Going.

London. Jan. 21.--A dispatch from
Osteud says the arrangements for the
departure of the king of the Bclgians
for England have been countermand-
ell
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4 slight ImprOycme nt.

The queens condition is slightly inn
proved.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24
Gone to a Higher Bar.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 20.-J. II. Bar
croft, leading member of the Des
Moines bar, is dead, aged n.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24

London. Jan. 2l.-Thc secretary of
Rtchie, who had temporarily left O'-
borne, had been summoned to return
there.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24

authority on cerebral affections and,
doubtless his diagnosis led to the in.
cluSion in the noon bulletin of the
explanation of references previously
made to symptoms the nature of
which were not specified.
FormaIitIcs Dispensed with.
On his arrival at Portsmouth En-
error William was met by Il gdard of
honor. The party, however, dispensed
with the usual formalities and inn
mediately went ON board the royal
yacht Alberta. As they started for
Cowes, the band on the flagship, the
Majestic, struck up the national an
them and Emperor William and his
royal relatives reverently barred their
heads.
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GRADUAL SINKING.
No Surprise VIII he Felt Now at the
Announcement of the End.

Cowcs, isle of Wight, Jan. 81, 1915
p. m.-The queens slight rally of this
morning was followed by gradual
sinking, which, if continued, will re-
suit in her speedy death. No surprise
will be felt here if her death is AN
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4 Painful Mistake.

a painful mistake was made early
in the afternoon. The flag over one
of the embassies was lowered and
people rushed off with the news that
the queen was dead. Without wait
ing for a verifcation other flags were
lowered, and some time elapsed be-
fore the error was rectifed.
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About the Mansion House.

The scenes about the Mansion house
eNcmplitied the intensity of the com
mon anxiety which has made all in
tcreSts here akin. Thousands gath
cred there as the day wore ON, and
nothing could he more impressive
than the profound silence with which
the announcements of the alternating
phases of the crisis were heard.
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Arrival of Emperor william.

Shortly before this announcement
was made Emperor William of Ger
many, the prince of Wales and their
party drove to Osborne house. a good
sized crowd met them as they disem-
parked at Cowes. Naturally, there
was no cheering, but the men present
took their hats of and the German
emperor cordially and frequently re-
sponded by bowling. They drove TO
Osborne House in open carriages. The
prince of Wales appeared to be half
daZed and the duke of York's eyes
were red, while the duchess of Con-
naught did not cease CRYING.
Relief at Osborne House.
There was intense Keller at Osborne
House upon the arrival of the i'm
peral and royal party, for several
times during the course of the morn
ing it was feared that the queen
would not live to hear of the prince of
Wales return.
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AMERICAN SYMPATHY.
Ii IL Doubly Appreciated From the
Manner of Its Expression.

London. Jan. 21.--While expressions
of sympathy and love are pouring ia
from every quarter of both henri
spheres, none are so appreciated as
those from the United States. The
Globe voices the general sentiment.
saying:
"From jther lands hopes come OF
the recovery and culogies passed on
the character of Queen Victoria.
"ln America. almost without cXcep-
ton, it is under the simple title OF
'rhe Queen that the illustrious pa
tiont is referred to and deep atrcc-
ton implied. The term can hardly
mo oyrrpstimotp1
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TIE END IS NOT FAR OFF.
The Life of Queen Victoria is Slow
ly But Surely Ebbing Away
at Osborne House.
ALL PREPARATIONS FOR THE END MADE.

There Was a. slight Reminding of
the vital spark Monday. hut the
Deadly Paralysis was surely
Making Its Way to the Seat of
Life.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24

Osborne House, Isle of Wight, ) p
m.-The following official bulletin has
been posted.
"The slight improvement of this
morning is maintained.
lSigned.
JAMES REID.
ar. DOUGLAS POWELL,
"THOMAS BARLOW"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-24

In German cities fresh oysters cost
from 60 to rs cents q dozen.