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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-07

The second prize is fine Sewing Machine, Wheeler &
Wilson The machine is the best model with all the lat
est attachments and picked large stock especially
fine machine The quality and style of sewing machine is as
important that of bicycle.
The cash price of the sewngmachine sos On exhibition
at the al Office OF Wheeler Wilson Co., opposite the Bay
State House
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-07

The funeral Of Harold. three year old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Waugh.
was yesterday afternoon from his par
ents' home. Al Laurel Street. Burial
was in st. Johns Cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-07

Totals
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03
80 Affair of Ffonor.

Count Boni de Casteilane has met
M. de Rodays on the field Of honor and
inflicted upon him a wound which will
give him some inconvenience and lay
him up for a week. This settles mat
ters very clearly; n. de Castellane is
innocent Of the charges which de Ro-
days brought against him. The pres
ence Of his bullet in his adversary's
body affords its own convincing proof
The wound Is sufficiently serious to
show this. and yet not grave enough
to give ground for the belief that b.
ao Rodays 10 his Misrepresentation
was guilty Of wilful falseh0od. II ne
had Intentionally misstated facts the
truth undoubtedly would have been
shown on the dueling field and N. de
Rodays would have been lucky to get
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03
THE ST. JOSEPH -
~ MYSTERY.

the Indictment Of Mrs. Addie Rich
afason ~ the grand jury On the
eaarse Of numbering her husband.
frank Richardson. has served 10 stir
anew interest ia this mysterious case.
fhe time Tor the trial is now not far
away and throughout the county the
probable verdict Of the jury is the
chief topic Of discussion. on this
point there is a divergence Of opinion.
me friends Of Mrs Richardson stout
y defending her from the charge made
AHainst her, Mrs Richardson herself
remains confident Of her acquittal. Il
welcome this opportunity to prove my
innocence." she said to a friend the
other day. Ever since the death Of
my husband ] have been compelled 70
listen 70 veiled illusions to my guilt.
and now chance is offered TO end
them forever. am innocent and !
have 20 fear that the jury win find
Otherwise"
in less than one hour after Rich
afason was known to be dead al his
home on Christian Ridge, the night
before Christmas. 1t was confidently
asserted that be had committed sui
eide. Mrs. Adls I. Richardson. the
widow OF the dead merchant. was the
hrsi 70 create the impression that he
had killed himself A search was
made for the revolver with which
Richardson was supposed TO have shot
himself and It was not found. Rich
ardson did not own a revolver The
death wound was In the back OF the /
neck.
There was no indication Of powder
hurus.
When they began the investigation +
at the case the grand jurors FIRST took /
lp the relations that had existed for
'ome time between Richardson ana bis
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

have been the cause OF the quarrel be-
tween husband and wife.
Stewart Fife has been suspected Of
the murder. Fife has been questioned
about his Whereabouts on the night
Of the murder and he said he went to
the rooms Of the Owl club early in the
evening and fell asleep there. He de-
clared that ne aWoke an hour after the
time the murder was committed. Fife
relied on the testimony Of Samuel Wal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

To the Farmers Review: Unless a
plant Is repotted and given fresh soil
at least once a year It viii need the
application Of some fertilizer 10 keep
It In healthy. vigorous growth. II
cannot do Itself justice when its roots
are In soil from which an nutriment
has been exhausted II Il keeps alive
that Is about all that can be expected
OF It. The use Of liquid fertilizers viii
soon produce a striking effect on such
a plant Fertilizers which have 10 be
dissolved by the soil do not produce
such immediate effect. but & viii be
OF more lasting character.
The most popular liquid fertilizer is
made by soaking COW manure in water
and using the infusion. which should
be about the color OF weak table tea
This Is popular because It Is easily
obtainable In the country. but il would
not be as extensively used as some
OF the commercial liquid fertilizer II
these were more easy 10 get There
are two or three kinds on the market
which seem 10 contain an the elements
necessary TO a strong. iuxuriant
growth and plante treated with them
become wonderfully wel developed
Most florists handle them. and their
descriptions. with price. can be found
IN nearly an catalogues. 7 would ad.
wise the use OF these in preference fo
the fertilizer made from barn-var8
soil, because they never breed worms
Liquid manure IS not as likely 10 in-
troduee WORMS as the soil Itself lint
I have often found them In pots where
none could De found until the infusion
from harnyard soil was used Bone
meal Is a good plant food. Il can
be dug into the soil about the roots
Of the plants. There &c soon begins 10
dissolve. and the plants take on
rich color and make a thrifty growth
Coarse bone meal does not nrofueo
such immediate effect az the finely
ground article. but It's effects are seen
'or a longer time Therefore applv tha
Inc meal - you want q prompt rs-
iponse from your plants. bul II vop
IRE not IN a hurry. use the other.
Never use fairgrounds and coffee
iregs. as some advise. They are eura
. breed worms. And never feed beef.
teak or castor on 70 your plants al
ONE tell you to. Plants do not need
nimai food. nor do they need physic
Hose Who advise them take mors
took in Whlms thar they do IN rood
enae. Eben y. Rsxford
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

only a few days when Richardson WAS
killed
The evidence against George b.
Crowley. as gathered by the officers at
work on the case and by a detective
employed to assist them. is held 70
show that he was a frequent visitor
al the Richardson house. going there
Crowley himself is worth about $500 .
900, the greater part Of il being repre-
sented By real estate.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

Ia 1893 China WIS our best customer
IN cotton cloths. We sent sl0,27S, ,4S7
worth Of cotton manufactures to China
in that year In 1900 our cotton ex-
ports to China fell on nearly one-half
This was the result OF the Boxer war
which brought our total exports OF
manufactures Of cotton in 1900 down
to $50. 0.722, ,759, a decline in value Of
S2.Sl4. 1856.
In 1899. when We exported cotton
manufactures to the value Of S23566-
9i4. England exported cotton manufac-
turas to the value of sS2s 1925 900; Ger
many. $50. .637 900; France. sS2 ,O8l 900;
Switzerland s25.747. .0C0; Japan, si6,-
zl5.600, and Italy, slO,747 900 The
reports show that the consumption Of
cotton. domestic and foreign. in the
United States is nearly twice as large
as ia 1890. We produce IS per cent of
all the cotton ia the world, but we
supply less than s per cent Of the cot
ton goods which other nations buy.
While the war in China has been to
our disadvantage in cotton manuiac-
iurea. the war in South Africa has
been to our advantage IN that it has
made England a larger purchaser Of
our food products. Of horses and mules
and has contributed to q great increase
Of our iron and steel trade in Africa
Great Britain bought Of MS 6O000 900
pounds more OF fresh beef i'm January.
1901. than in January. 1900; 100000
pounds more Of bacon, 100000 pounds
ruore Of ham, and 100000 pounds
more Of butter. IN the last year We
have also greatly increased our ex-
ports Of boots. shoes and other leather
products. OF wagons and all transport
materials, our total domestic exports
for the seven months ending January.
1901. reaching a value Of SSS7. 702 .0OO.
against s7S7. .39l 600 for the seven
months ending January. 1900
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

The Pacific Ocean has greater vol
ume OF water than its stormy sister
sea. There are 72.OO0 900 cubic miles
OF water in the Atlantic and lil 900 900
in the Pacific
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

A Challenge 70 Tbe NnfJerse.
From the Memphis CommerciaI-Ap-
peal: AS the mule center Of the solar
system. Memphis can bid defiance to
enyiOus rivals.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

den the negro ianitor at the rooms Of
the Owl club, to prove that he was
there az the time. Other Witnesses say
they saw him on the street at the time
he says he was asleep in the rooms Of
The Owl club.
Fife owned a revolver, and is said to
have ilourished it in the saloon OF 4. K.
Norris in St. Joseph remarking at the
same time that he intended to kin
Richardson. He showed letters to
woman in st. Joseph and said they had
been written to him by Mrs. Richard
son. The letters were sensational and
were signed by the name Of "Adie.
~->-o-o---~-~-~e~-0-~~-~e-
in a proper and unpreiudiced spirit.
but Boni's innocence has been demon
strated to the satisfaction OF such per-
sons as still believe that the duel Is
not merely a foolish and wicked sur
ViVal of an age OF harharigm
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

zone or the Witncsses)
wife There was evidence that their
domestic relations had been strained.
IN fact they had practically separated
a short time before the murder and
Mrs. Richardson went to the home Of
her parents at San Antonio, Tex. She
remained there several weeks. when
there vas a reconciliation and she re-
turned home. She had been at home
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

of with his life. AS it is. the result
affords proof Of both Bonrs innocence
and Of the unintentional character Of
De Roday's wrongdoing The shallow
ness OF the latter's claims is exposed in
the fact that he did not even hit his
adversary. Had he done so the YER
dict against Castellane would have
been overwhelming. n each had shot
the other it would have been known
also that while Boni was guilty as
charged his opponent was actuated By
malign motives in making the charges
Fortunately 1t Is unnecessary to spec
ulate upon this proposition NJ. de
Rodays who was first punched into
fighting and then shot for doing so
may not be ready to view the matter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-03

iaken In connection with the state
ment OF Bessie Phyllis. the servant
siri az Richardson's, who says Crow
icy was frequent visitor at the Rich
ardson house, the evidence against
frequently when Richardson was NOT
at home.
crowley lives mile from town on
q large farm, and has wife and one
child. He owns great deal of proper.
~ IN Savannah and in the country near
the town. His father is one of tho
wealthiest farmers in the state and
Crowley is regarded by many Of tbe
'oWnspeople as pointing him out 10
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08
A Small Investment.

Frank Kelly Of Woonsocket gives
the result of a years experience with
poultry and hogs in a small way,
which is interesting. He says: @sAs
the year 190Osis closed, I glance over
my account book to find a Few facts,
I commenced the year with 100
chickens valued at 1S25. They have
returned in eggs1sold s56.lo, increase
$3.50, besides at least $24 worth Of
fat poultyeand eggs for family use.
Thesoriginal 400 fowls are still on
hand:t This makes nearly hundred
dollarsfor care of the birds. In the
summer time they found large share
of their feed. Capital invested iu
hogs at the beginning of the year was
$35. From this stock was sold hogs
to the amount OF $7O60. Hogs butch
cred for home consumption, $40;
stock on hand at, the close of the
year, $6s. Thus the pigs have paid
sl23.6o for feed and care. For the
amount invested, the pigs and poul.
try have made better returns with
less labor than anything else on the
farm, and their number could be
more than doubled with very little
extra labor. do not publish this
record because l think it is extra
good, for it is not, but to emphasize
the fact that with good care, a small
capital invested ed in pigs and poultry
will make bigsreturns. =
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08
Pension system Explained.

A little pamphlet fully describing
the new pension system recently in
augerated by the Chicago & North
western road,A is being distributed
among the employees of that com
pany. The amount of pension is
much greater than was at first sup
posed and is based upon the number
Of years person has served the COM
pany and the amount of his average
salary for the ten years preceding his
retirement.
To illustrate; If it is found the
average monthly pay for the ten
years next preceding retirement to be
$50 and the years of service 3l5, the
monthly pension would be 31.5 per
cent of $50 or $3.50. In other words
the years of service fixes the rate of
percentage to be applied to the aver
age monthly salary determined as
above stated. Thirty years of service
is required before any man can be
pensioned. Allsemployees 70 years
of age and who have been thirty
years in the service shall be retired
except executive:otficers appointed by
the board of directors.
All employees 65 to SO years o. age
who have become incapacitated may
be retired and spensioned. Pension
allowances shall be paid monthly un
til the death of;the beneficiary. Th'
retired employe is not debarred iron
engaging in other business.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08
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Growthsof Freight Cars.

To-day the fleight car that has not
a capacity of i least 10000 pounds
is considered rather out Of date, and
cars for hana aling heavy freights,
such as ore ana coal, are constructed
with capacity of 100000 pounds
The size Of the locomotives and the
weight of the rail in the track has
been correspondingly increased
When the largescapacity cars began
10 come INTO use, switcLman on the
Union Pacific Read chanced to see
one Of tie old AND small Union Pac-
iGc cars between two OF the large and
modern type, ands he wrote on the
side of the car with chalk: ooh little
boxcar, don't you cry; you'll be a
freight.house by and by" Another
employe seeing one Of the modern
coal cars, with it5s unusually high
sides, wrote on it: Shop! No roof
The National Magazine for February
oetSSpring Suit.
New spring styles ASw reab4 The --latest
London novelties. Ne(ey prices.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08

praised the ease of travel at a parti
cular spot IN the track; the absence
of jarring and wretched shaking.
Yes said the president in reply, "it
feels easy to you and is easy, but the
engineer who Strengthened out the
kinks in that particular spot for me
was two years devising his plans and
SIX months more getting them into
effect. That smooth bit of track
cost this system 100000 before it
was transformed from one of the
worst in the country to one of the
BEST" y
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08
BURNING Of THE WHEEL.
Foley's Description Of the Burning of the Fa-
nous Roulette Wheel.

Foley S Desert ptton OF the Burning OF the ia.
nous Roulette Wheel.
Flame on, flame onj thou wheel of fate,
Flame on, thou table strong and great,
Our nickels, dimes,l most every bean,
And the fond back whose name is green,
Odrsmingled hopes, our smiles, our tears,
Cur summers wages, our sighs, our fears
Are all with thee; are all with thee!
Andgit came TO pass in the Steenth
year of the reign of Prohibition and
other things oI the slope of the Mis-
souri, and il th valleys thereof, that
the moon wa2dd dry, and multltudes
Of the population were also exceed
ingly dry, andI the dust that gathered
in the throats pf the sons of Belial
was something dark brown in color
and dismal to ic contemplate,
The trees withered and the song Of
the BudweiseH bird was not heard in
the land and men wondered in the
drought and Were sore afraid. The
music of the lcorkscrew was dumb
and tue shadoT Of the attorney gem
eral fell across! the paths Of the @un-
godly and filed them with great fear.
And there WAS much coughing and
splitting Of cotton in the streets and
in public places and the foam Oh the
barley brew was thin, A great ST.
lence fell on the land and wise men
pondered and were sore perplezed.
And Voice spake in the silence,
saying, "Offer ye up burnt offering
and it shall be good."
Then straightway sped the multi
tude to the house of the lawgivers
where fat sacrifice had been stored
away awaiting 8 the birth of the moon
again; and its was dragged forth into
the amphithe eater with great shouting
and iumult and cast upon the ground,
Then came stroug men and jumped
upon its neck with great fervor, and
came others who smote it with ham
mers of bright brass, and still others
who strewod spices and rich perfumes
upon it and anointed iG with oil for
which the Standard Oil company had
salted some noor jay to build uni
yersity.
The voices land the tumu]t grew
louder until the rush of the waters in
the Missouri we're silled in the dis
tance; and msn gathered about the
altar where the sacrifice was prepared
like sardinea imported from the
Maine coast and made remarks that
bore much wit, even as the White
House cook bpok.
And there Dame men with torches
who set the fame. And the sacrifice
was offered up for burnt offering,
And the gohly clapped their hands
and beat theft tom-toms in great glee
aud cried "aet Stuff But the un
auointed stooa apart and made 20
Sign, although some were exceedingly
wfoth. /.
And on thes day following which
was the steelnh day after the Warn
ing Voice had hidden the ungodly
depart from their wicked ways, the
drought was Broken and the waters
fell in torrents and other liquids were
o. tap which made men rejoice and
b, exceedingly glad.
And many slbows were crooked,
Toere was gurgling and wetting OF
whistles. And the<Budw 'iser bird
and the Blatz bird sang in chorus.
Aud after these things came to pass
came the reigdfof King Drought the
Thirst and t6isg continued with more
OR less interruption for period Of
Z
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08
How Britannia Rules the Sea.

Apropos tie subsidy question, in
teresting Information has been
brought to light. Great Britain has
paid in postal subsidies to British
ships the enormous amount of $24O,
100000 duripg the past sixty years.
During the year ls97-the last Off
cial record EGreat Britain paid Brit
ish ships $*bs54,7l5 for carrying her
mails abroad. which was $3,279,375
more than the British government re-
ceived for sea postage on those mails.
This dispoTes of the assertion, fire.
quently made, that Great Britain
does not subsidize her shipping, but
that her payments for mail carriage
was simply a matter of business.
Great Brit ain will not send her mails
abroad by foreign ships, unless the
writer's distinctly specify on the en-
velopes that they desire their mails
carried by other than British ships.
A contract was once lei to the North
German Floyd Steamship Company,
by the British government, for the
carriage Of British mails from South
ampton to New York, at rate about
one. half Of what Great Britain was
then paying to the Cunard and
White Star lines. But the opposition
to this policy was SO strong that the
British government was forced to
cancel the contract.-The National
Magazine for February.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08
"DoubIe Tracking Trans -Continen'
tai Railway.

OouUlC I0SNiAS d lIduS.SOnIASn1
/ tai Railway.
A Chicago &sNorthwestern railway
official gives some facts and figures
relative to. track-laying and railroad
ing in general which makes interest.
ing reading:
When Rloemfontein Spassed from
the possessions of the Orange Free
State into that of the English, Lord
Kitchener,E Ethe supply and engineer
ing he ead Of the English army found
the single track road from Bloenfon-
tein to johannes burg must be dou-
BILE track.
So great was the stock Of munitions
OF war at hand at Bloemfontein, SO
urgent the nee1 for them at Johan-
nesburg, that the old style single
track line could not be depended upon
to convey them.
They say-those who were in
Bloc mfontein at the time-that the
botter part Of nearly so miles ofedou-
be track was laid in forty eight hours
some of it5could not be laid at all,
owing to the mountainous character of
the country,EMy LordKitchener, hav
ing his rails and ties, with a few
spikes, and much good British mus
Gle in store, placed the ties uphill
aud downhill wherever they would
lay, laid His rails upon them, drove
his spikes, tamped little and bal
lasted much less, and showed in his
trains OF supplies. In one place the
rails were SO poorly held that human
age ncies wefe employed to keep them
in position while the cars passed
safely over However, Johannesburg
got the supplies it needed, and the
Kitchener rdouble- track" will pass
into history as the quickest laid
without survey or grading-in the
history of war railroad building.
But such Iparallelling of an already
established single line track with a
companion line would never do for an
American transcontinental railway,
having hundreds of thousands of hu-
man lives and tons Of products to
carry east and west every year. The
license of war permits double or
single track Ito be laid where engin-
GERS would fear to tread even in times
OF peace. Providence Or something
else carries Che train over to the enc
my's front OF incontinently dumps all
through the spreading OF rail or a
misplaced spike into the ditch, to be
later looted BY the enemy's foragers.
The license Of peace demands Of rail
way officials, Sfrom the humblest con-
struction laborer to the highest en-
gineer-the most important president
the severest fidelity to the laws OF
science in track building.
One is not apt to think SO as to tie
COLORADO Special or tie "Overland
Limited" for the Pacific Coast speeds
across the plains of Illinois and Iowa
One accepts this as matter Of
course; something which always has
been, provision for which laws O.
nature and only laws of nature are
responsible. Yet nothing is more un
true-nothing less matter of course
A friend riding one day with a rail
way magnate, over one Of his lines
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1901-02-08

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