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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-31
Criminal,

Criminal.
~ doctor of Appleton, Wis, is accused
Of deliberately exposing hundreds of
citizens to smallpox.
Charles F. w. Nicely, who is charged
with embezzling the funds of the Cuban
postoffice, will sail for Havana to stand
trial for his alleged crimes.
Luther "A. Porter, recently cashier of
the Warren Deposit Bank of Bowling
Green, KY, is said by the bank officials
to he short in his accounts to the
amount of $4,000 80.
The Ohio state board of pardons has
refused to interfere in the case of Ross
lyn II. Terrell, sentenced to be electro
eu-ed March l for the murder of Ex-
press Messenger Lane.
George Alexander came to his death
by having been burned by party or
parties unknown was the substance
Of a verdict rendered by the coroner's
jury which investigated the lynching
at Leavenworth, Kan, Tuesday even
ing.
FI&rvey, popularity known as "Kid,'
'Whitton, of Rushville. Ind, was NOR
tally wounded by an unknown assassin
at the home of his fiancee, Miss Neff,
daughter of Mrs. Henry Neff, promi-
nant Glenwood citizen. A rival sutton
lis. suspected.
.B. G. Lake, who at one time was one
of the most prominent solicitors in
Great Britain, and who was accused OF
Disappointing trust funds to the
amount of $S65,Q0O,. was found guilty
and sentenced to twelve years penal
servitude. 49,
Because Ellsworth T. Weir, a promi-
hent. attorney and society man of La
porte, Ind, refused to sign statement
that he had been intimate with Mrs.
JOSEPH. w. Brill of Cleveland, Ohio, the
husband of the woman shot and proba-
bly, fatally wounded Weir Mrs. Brill
had consulted Weir regarding divorce
proceedings.
At Vernon, p c., Lee English, TWEEN
ty years old, Shot Thomas Carson, his
brother in-law, three times through the
body killing him instantly, and also
fatally wounded William Carson, who
was III Thomas company. The fight
took place on the street, and was the
outcome of charges of ill-treatment Of
Mrs. Carson, IIngishs sister, by her
husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16
GOLF BALLS INVENTOR,
When Gutta Percha Was Substituted
for Leather-Incased Feathers.

When Gutta Percha Was Substituted
for Leather-Incased Feathers.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
We have received the following interest
ing communication from Mr.. w. Dalrym-
pie Fernlea, Leven, Fife:
There is a slight error in a little para
graph in your issue Of the 14th, which
you may or may not consider worth cor
rection, because it is really of interest to
golfers almost entirely. You mention that
a retired Musselburgh matchmaker, aged
eighty-seven, claims to have been one of
the inventors of the ''gutta'' ball, and to
have made and played with one over Mus
selburgh links In 1917. This claim to in
vention is believed to be ill-founded
Among Scottish golfers, at all events, it
has, seemingly, been agreed to admit that
the invention was shrouded in mystery,
but that publication to the golfing world
was made by either Campbell of Saddell or
Mr.. Tom Peter in 1913.
1t was not, in fact till November Of last
year that the true inventor was known
the Rev. Principal Paterson of the Bing-
hamton Ladies' College, New York state.
1t was. while schoolboy at st. Andrews,
Scotland, in 1915, that he first rolled lot
of gutta-percha clippings, which were used
in his fathers business, into ball, painted
it and used it on the links. The ball inva-
riably lost color and cracked, and was SUBJ
sequently improved by his brother in Edin-
burgh who sent several dozens over to St.
Andrews stamped "Paterson's Composite
Golf Ball." Some of these lay for sale in
the local booksellers windows till busted
out, when they were brought to the notice
of Stewart, custodian of the Union Par
Enthusiastically developed into what is
now known as the Royal and Ancient Golf
Club-and to Allan Robertson and old Tom
Morris. still in Allans employment as a
suffer of feather balls.
Recent correspondence between the prin-
cipal and old Tom tells that the die was
cast then and there, and the old feather"
doomed. 1t was. as a matter Of fact, over
the new ball that Allan and old Tom sew
cred business ties; though, as old Tom
prettily puts it, I'VE never quarreled, but
were aye the best O. friends to the very
last" This was on the eve of young Pat
ersons departure for the states and he
never heard much about his venture till
the golf craze struck America, forty
years later. 1t would seem that priority
properly falls to the st. Andrews man.
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HEADS IN OUTLINE
Showing the Cranial Development Of
Many Famous Men
OF INTEREST TO PSYCHOLOGISTS
Facts Cleaned From the CoIlec-
ton of a Local Halter.
p R E SID E n TS' HEADGEAR

Written for The Evening Star.
A certain hat dealer in this city has fur
nished the headgear for statesmen and
famous men for thirty-five years, and in
that time has covered the craniums of
most men of note in Washington. He has a
"cOnfOrmer'' which takes the outline of
the head and permits the shaping of the
Chapeau according to the bumps of genius
or other bumps. The conformer registers
the lines of Cranial development in minia-
ture on a card which Is fled away in
book and from which future shapings can
be made. The dealer has preserved hun
dreds of these outlines and some of them
make interesting subjects for the student
of phrenOlogy.
Abraham Lincoln's outline is the one
most valued by the hat dealer. The great
war President had head which was won
derfully well formed 1t was an almost
perfect oval, leaving out of consideration
a slight waviness of outline due to the
bumps" which are found accumulated to
n greater or less degree every head.
From the shape of LincOln's head phre
nolOgist would infer firmness. caution and
the family virtues. with reasoning power
predominant. His hat size was rs. STAN
ton. Lincoln's great Secretary of War, had
a long head, but it was neither as broad
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nor as symmetrical as Lincoln's, though
the hat he wore was one-eighth of a size
larger. On the left side of his cranial dia-
gram there is perceptible flattening, and
on the right side at the rear a curious de-
preston Prenologically considered, the
most striking characteristic is firmness.
Grants head was Singularly shapely, even,
and unusually large, calling for a 73s hat.
Its contour denotes firmness and reason
The lines of President Hayes head are
symmetrical, but the forehead line is I'M
usually fiat. His hat size was Lie.
Cranial Contours.
1t took a very big hat to fit Garfield, rs
being his size. The head is long and broad,
but uneven, one side being much flatter
than the other. The splendid frontal width
is a noticeable characteristic. One might
expect of Guiteau Garffelds assassin, that
his cranial contour should show some
marked eccentricity, but this is not the
case. But for a fiattening on one side,
which does not attain an abnormal de-
gree, the head would be uncommonly well
shaped. The size is lie.
President Arthur had a splendid head,
and it's contour seems consistent with the
character of the even-tempered, polished
man of the world, with cultivated mind,
that he was. He wore a IA hat. Firm
ness, approaching obstinacy, and agrees
SveneSS are obvious in the chronological
design of President Clevelands head. 1t
is a very long head, fairly broad and the
most evenly modelled of any in the collec-
ton. The hat size is ~. There is strik-
ing similarity in the diagrams of the heads
of President Cleveland and President Har-
rison, the more striking in that no person
who has seen the two men would judge
their heads to be at all of the same shape
The hat size is the same in both cases, and
the heads are similar in the rear half
that If one diagram is placed over the
other, the lines nearly coincide, up to a
point above the middle of the ears. For
ward from this point Harrison's head
shows a decided depression that is not ap-
parent in Cleveland's, and again, there is
a slight bullying at the temples of the
publican which is absent in the democratic
Uranium.
Many Famous Men.
President McKinley's cranial outline does
him scant justice, for the breadth of his
forehead is below the line of his rs hat.
His diagram makes the front of the head
look narrow and pinched. Benevolence,
reason and caution are his chief phreno-
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The Pope Outlives a Prophecy.


Rome has nine-days' wonder in q storv
tnat comes from Perugia AS ia well
known, Leo XIII, at the time of the occu-
pation OF umbria by the Italian troops. was
archbishop Of Perugia, the chief town in
that region Then the name of Verdi was
III every mouth, 1t being used as a watch
word for the liberals, as the anti-clericals
Were, and are, called, and was seen every.
Where, on buildings and hoardings OF an
KINDS. Monsignor Pecci, out of patienc.
with what he suspected had double mea n
ing, decided that his diocese, at Isa';t
should be free from the obnoxious name
50 measures OF repression were taken. One
oay an Old woman, venerated as a kind Of
Wtch, screamed as he passed in the street
rake care, monsignor; you want TO sup
press Verdi but remember that yonr lite
Is dependent upon his. You win die inst
thirty days later than he, and will be Tor
gotten when his name still lives!" This
created great local sensation, as the wo-
man had really made predictions which
mad been verified. The pontif himself re-
called the incident, saying, tranouillv
Chi sa? My predecessor died Just a mont,
before Victor Emmanuel II. Who Knows
that my destiny is not to accomnanv
verdi?" The predicted day would be the
26th Of February. 'i'
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logical characteristics. There Is a salient
difference between the heads of James q.
Blaine and Thomas B. Reed. Blaine's is
long and even; Reeds broad and bullet, >
with plenty of brain space in the rear and
decided sharpening toward the forehead.
Blaine wore the larger hat-13s to Reed s
IA. The biggest official head in Washing
ton is that of John D. Long, Secretary OF
the Navy, and nothing smaller than IA
hat will suitably cover it. 1t is broad
throughout and bulges remarkably near the
back. Rear Admiral Schleys diagram fur
nishes a contrast to 1t as marked as that
between the characters and mental pro-
cesses of the two men. His outline calls
for a Z hat, and one of very even, oval
shape.
Another very even outline, but length
ened out larger than that of Admiral
Schley, is John Sherman's rs diagram
That of his brother, Gen. W. T. Sherman
is of the same size, but is considerably
broader back of the temples. Two clerical
cranial outlines are those of T. De Witt
Talmage and Bishop Newman, each rs in
SIZE and each decidedly sharpened toward
the front the slope of Talmages head be-
ing more abrupt. Greatest of all the heads
in the collection except Secretary Longs,
and broader even than that, is that Of
Carl SchurZ, who wears TX hat so alb
normally broad behind the ears that each
new one has to be stretched to the verge
of disruption in shaping it. On the other
hand the smallest head design of a grown
man known to the dealer is that of H. As
Sano, who wears a 612 hat. Mr.. ASSano
is a Japanese, who has been in the diplo-
matte service, and whatever else his hat
size may imply it does not imply CORE
spending smallness of brain, as he is one
of the keenest and ablest of the many
keen and able Orientals who have borne
their part in Washington's official life.
AS marked as the differences in the hat
shapes of the various men is the difference
in their way of selecting their headgear.
Lincoln, it is said. was careless and pre-
W
full was also Hayes. Garfield was par
ticular and once complained that his hats
looked too big. Arthur was also very par
ticular about the appearance of his hat,
but was easy to suit because Of the regu-
larty of his head. Cleveland insisted on
having his headgear comfortable, and was
not readily soothed by the stock assertion
that it would shape itself after a little
wear" Harrison, though scrupuously
neat in his attire at all points, wouldn't
spend much time over his selections
President Mckinley is deliberate, patient
and courteous in his hat dealing.
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BEGGARS OF MEXICO.
Mendicants to BE Found In That
Country at Every Turn.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
All over the country beggars abound, for
the Mexican people are the most carelessly
good-natured and charitable on earth They
seemingly never refuse. and l have seen
, smartly dressed young men on passing a
beggar turn back repentantly and hand him
money. Everybody gives, hence unlimited
beggary.
Some time ago In Pueblo surgeon cured
the deformity of a beggar cripple and, as
his usefulness as money getter was over
his relatives sued the surgeon, alleging
that he had deprived them of their means
OF support. 1t appeared on trial that the
lame man had been good for 45O a dav
on the average" The Judge threw the
plaintiffs out Of court after listening to
their curious exposition of callousness and
greed.
A friend of mine here, a genuine Snanisb
count and most charitable man. fills his
pockets with pennies every morning before
leaVlng his house. and to every one who
many pensioners, and he even economies
IN legltlmate personal expenses to helm
deserving people, widows and orphans.
IN the suburban towns every comfortably
OH family has its train of beggars who are
given money or food.
your beggars fairly adopt you and ask
anectionately on meeting you for the
health OF every member of your family.
crutches and wears on chilly mornings an
old RED blanket greets me as his patron -
and bestows blessings on me to last q
month for every aims s'
Ihe intimate relations Of beggars and
their patrons are amusing; wealthy men
ana handsomely dressed women ston in tho
street for bit of talk with some favored
peggar and never seem ashamed to show
a kindly interest in the humble friends If
the public thoroughfares
one OLD beggar has for years besoneht
me for aid In the name of the "naiIad
hands OF Christ" and another asks in the
name Of the sacred hands of the Redeem
err! they seem as grateful for a nennv &c
1or dime, and their affectionate wavs,nJ
good nature are most touching.
besgars come to ones dining room win
COWS look In interestedly and 90 away sat
1 1Shed with a small coin or a bit of bread
Ihey ask aims In the name of God. or "nor
Dlos, hence the odd Spanish word nor
dloseros,' or forced s-sakers," ann,ied 70
peggars: 1t Is part of the strangely bu,
name NE or these southern lands. MaX-
lean firmly believes that everybody has q
rlght to live, and to help in time Of
need. Ihere Is immense charity and most
~ quite unorganized, although there arc
asylums But, for the most part. the beg.
gars are out and about and not housed M.
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England's Elderly King.
the London Chronicle.

with one exception. never since Egbert-
the first King of England-came to the
throne has successor assembled it who
exceeded, or even approached, the present
king in years. The Saxon and Danish SOW
ereigns had short reigns, and for the most
part died young. Even Alfred the Great
who made England and ruled for thirty
years. was only fifty-two at his Death.
The very first of our monarchs to attain
the age of three-score and ten was our
first great queen. Elizabeth, and she was
twenty-six when she came to the throne
All the house of Hanover. of whom the
present king is the seventh, have been
long-liyed, George I, who died at sixty
seven, being the youngest. William w did
not succeed his brother until he was sixty
five, and he was older than the king by
six years. George w was trifie younger
when he came to the throne.
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An Old Law Gone Wrong.
From the Philadelphia Press.

FrOm the Fn1IHutIphld Press.
Dash ding it,'' exclaimed the bachelor
The main buttonhole in the neckband OF
his only dress shirt had ripped out. he
had just ten minutes to catch the train
that was to take him to the suburban
dance.
I'D just like to have my hands on that
fellow"
What fellow2" inquired the man in the
next room.
THE fellow who invented the saying, It's
never too late to mend
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Posterity Deserves It.

From the Chicago Tribune.
But who Is to pay the bill for all these
mighty improvements you suggest % asked
the cautious Senator Lotsmun.
The people Of the next generation, darn
their lazy hides!" exclaimed the politician
with the glittering schemes. They'll gel
all the money we've worked ourselves to
death to accumulated
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unleigsl Bhenshine believe ne has DIN a
adnandassisten fading and assistingl the
wild caters in their vilations of the gov
eminent Laws,
The Comishner of the Phenshion we
think - is a Drawing of an unlei-
gai Phenshion he sed that he wood helm
the Wild Caters out OF Their vilastion N IL
Costed him all he Had and all he Could
ger ana We wish to Let you know that
he said this Is true 4 Can Proove This and
when we Came to the test We can Proove
mole than that
Yours trula
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Quite Prevalent.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
Ascum-"What is this writer's cramp'
that you newspaper fellows have so Of
/ tent"
Spacerite-''Why. it's being cramped for
money. I've got it now. Lend me sv,'
win your
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- is getting to mulch pension
he is fully a well man he can walk and
run for three or six miles and carry a load
on his back. he knows about the time when
youens would come examine him then when
he sees youns coming he junt in to bed and
squealed like a hog and got his oman to
fan him the while youns was there to see
him, as soon as youns went away he junt
out of bed and went to his work and ae is
a well man up to this day"
1t is fortunate that the man who In
scribed the two following complaints, both
referring to the same pensioner leans to-
ward brevity in his style, for the effort re-
quired to decipher such an amazing combi-
nation of bad spelling with poor penman-
ship and supreme disregard. of punctua-
ton and capital letters is a sufficient trial
to the most experienced clerk:
1.-The Comishner at Washington to the
Penshin Dep
IT think is q Drawing of
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Knows His NeiEhbOr's Affairs.

Here is a remarkable specimen of the
same kind, manifesting a surprisingly init
mate acquaintance with his neighbor's af-
fairs on the part Of its author:
"Sir Jantlemans 1 will let you know that
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another worthy citizen. resigned but
cheerrui In the consciousness of faithfully
performing duty. gives abundant evil
dence that certain lawless characters I'm
ms vicinity are receiving pensions for dis
aoiiities not contracted ia the military ser
Vice. He
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-14
THE NJ KEN I \ zI|El | CASE
Enemies Of Judge Noyes in Washing
ton Speculate on Action Of the q
Attorney General. I.
They Believe He Will Now Act on
the Strength Of the San Fran
cisco Decision. /. 4
He Says He Will Do Nothing Until
After He Has Read the
Decision. s.s34s .
Thus Far He Has Refused to Pay
Any Attention to Mere News n:
paper Rumors.

Washington, Feb. 13.---"I shall wait
until have read the opinion of the San
Franc cisco court" said Attorney General
Griggs, when asked whether that opin-
ion in the Mckenzie contempt case
would result in change of program in
the department of Justice. The attorney
general continued: Il understand that
certified copy of the decision is now on
the way here, and after have had an
opportunity to look it over carefully [
shall know what I shall do." Thus far
the department has insisted that before
proceedings are begun against Judge
Noyes to cause his removal formal
charges in writing must be fled. In
other words the attorney general is un-
willing to assume the initiative against
Judge Noyes on mere newspaper rumors.
Whether the action of the San Francisco
court will change the attorney generals
attitude cannot be learned definitely.
At the same time it is known that the
anti-Noyes people in Washington are
telling one another that the attorney
general will be compelled to proceed
against Judge Noyes on the strength Of
the San Francisco decision in the Nc
Kenzie case.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-14
BILLS INTRODUCED.

Senate bill 1856, Wolbert by request,
prescribing maximum coal rates. Mini
mum Of 40 cents ton and maximum of
S1.80 a ton for distance Of 500 miles.
Gar load rates only Referred to com
mittee on railroads. ..<s .s,@ = :
& Senate bill 157, Miner, state deposit
tories may give surety company bonds.
Judiciary. ,S$ 81 sss s@j.' s'.. !
u Senate bill 1853, jacobson, for the in.
spection OF coal mines. Mines and min
ing. ~. ...~..~ -
+ Senate bill 159, Lewis, to provide
against discrimination on long and short
hauls on shipments over connecting lines
of railroads. Railroads. g. ...-:
Senate bill 100, Cox, amends libel law
Libels in newspapers against candidates
for office must be made editorially and
in case of daily paper at least three
days before election and of weekly pa
per at least ten days before election
Judiciary.
Senate bill l6l, Simpson, Legalizes
taxes in territory which has been held ir
civil and criminal jurisdiction by organ
lied counties in the state for the past
four years. Ways and means.
/ Senate bill 1852, Lewis, makes appro
priation OF $4,000 for maintenance O
agricultural college for year 1901. Ap
preparations.
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reception was rendered them by Cover
nor and Mrs. White at the executive
mansion. A large number visited the
state penitentiary and the twine plant.
The meeting of the association has been
a successful one throughout.
The executive committee has settled
on the date for the annual meeting at
Devils Lake, July 9 and 10.
A large number of the members of
the association returned to their homes
last night, being called home by press of
business. Some of the members will re-
main over until tonight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-14
SETTLERS COMING
Fifteen Hundred Settlers Leave St.
Paul in One Day for North
west Points.
These Are the Forerunners Of Thous
ands 70 Follow Later on in
the Season.

st. Paul, Feb. 13.-Over 1900 settlers
bound for North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Washington and Oregon points
left the city over the Northern Pacific,
Great Northern and 500 lines today.
The class of people availing themselves
of the settlers one way rate is unusually
high, Judging from the amount of per-
sonal property carried. 1t is evident
that great percentage of people have
already decided upon location. Those
who will not return are from Iowa, Wis.
consin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio.
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.E-.rti i-:
House bill 1O5, .Hjelmstad. extending
time for filing farm laborer's lien. ..
House bill %, Heath, regarding ex-
'emptions in probate court.
House bill s6, Keeler, security bonds
for school treasur ers.~
House bill So, Mlchels, procedure for
foreclosure of state loans on real estate.
Chacey feared this bill might work a
hardship on the farmer in poor crop
years and voted against it.
House bill l25, Palmer's irrigation
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Senate bill 49, LaMoure, removes in
sanity as cause of divorce.
Senate bill 81, Little, temporary state
deficiency warrants.
Senate bill SO, Ames, sale of real estate
by executors.
Adjourned to 2 p. m. today.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-14
South Dakota Legislature.

Pierre, Feb. 13.-The house refused
to pass the senate bill giving the govern
or power to remove state officials, but
made it special order for next week.
The punging of the record on the wolf
bounty bill promised big scrap in the
house, but the approval of the journal
made it special order for Wednesday,
until which time the legislature will ad-
journ tomorrow.