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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-30

The immortal Shakespeare is said to
have worn earrings, and Charles l is
reputed to have been the owner of a
magnificent pair of pearl earrings,
which he bequeathed to his daughter
the day before he was executed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-30
Total ...4s Is II q 10 6

Summary Earned runs Denison f. Wood
hine 3. 2-bsse hits-Rudd. Kelly. Home runs
Baer 2, Branaka, Howarth. Bases on balls Off
Hester 0, off Howarth 2, off Halett 2. Struck
out-hy Hester 3, by Howorth, 2. Iine-1 hour
30 min, Umpire-Chambers.
Denison -. ........4 / 0 9 2 0 KS
Woodbine, a 0 o . 0 o.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19


exceeded once since 1891, when, in 1893, the
average reached 1s2o gallons. More gallons OF
cohec are consumed than any other drink or
stimuiaht' amounting in 1900 To l,.o..oso,2eo
eahohs, compared win l,22l, 5co,leO gallons ol
beer, the next most popular beverage. In looo
we also consumed s37,3lg,Gs worth OF tea and
So,WU'VVo VI Cocoa, bringing INC total LOT atco
nohc ana hoh'hicoho'.c drinks TO sl,sss,c'i'ozo'
ah "''e'ee over isV' OF sel,"b"S
:,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

incubation has lowered fatal cases in cholera
from 10 to per cent
OF tho l06500,0O0 Mohammedans in the world
only 100000 live in Turkey.
Notwithstanding Paris and Berlin, London is
the best treeshaded city in Europe
A race horse travelling full speed clears twenty
feet at a stride, an ostrich, thirty feet,
New Workers will invest in million,dollar
winter resort on the island OF Bermuda.
France pays for her paupers by means of a
tax Of 10 per cent. on all theater tickets sold
The value OF the French vintage OF 1000 would
cover hall the annual budget Of the German en-
pire,
Apricot pulp to the amount of twenty.eght
tons was recently ordered from California by Il
single London jam-making firm.
The number OF epileptics in Illinois is estimated
ut not less than 5000 The legislature is expected
10 arrange state colony, where they may be
kept at one place.
An ordinance is pending In Cincinnati tor the
establishment OF three floating public bath
houses along the river. The houses are 10 be
built and maintained by the city.
Denmark has 4 tax lor commercial travellers
It's rate is Sisss for the first firm and S2lii Tor
every addition one, where 4 man represents
more than one, good for one year.
There are no mllionaires in Iceland. The pco.
pie there are all poor, but there arc no de-
pendents and no paupers in the land All arc
self'supporting There is little or no crime in
that land.
A Minneapolis man bought from Russian in
Halifax i've years ago a curious rough stone
OF reddish hue. acting on recent hint he
sent the stone to nanSas City and cutters de.
veloped ten tine Siberian rubies worth so
karat.
4 large chestnut factory at Lyons. France,
employs $50 women and girls. The chestnuts
are peeled and boiled, and placed ior three
days in vanilla syrup; then they are. drained,
coated nicely with vanilla and prepared'ior ship.
ment.
bill which has the support OF Governor Nc.
Lean in Connecticut appoints tax commission.
cr with salary of 50, 500 year, who has power
TO go into any town and examine suspected tas
dodgers under oath. Inc same bill penalties
by Sl0o tine and % per cent addition to a tax
the refusal oi a taxpayer 10 hand in list
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

to be filled by false reports; he is only
a military martinez and not at all an
administrator. Nothing that Is Ia
right. Nothing will be right until
1--WE, the people"the simon-purc, Gu
ban patriot, e-uniform-and-go
braid peole, get hold of the offices and
likewise the emoluments.
SO runs the tenor of the gabblc
and gossip of the cafes. which is eager
ly snatched up by newspaper cores
pondents at Havana and cabled to the
United states for the delectation of
yellow journalism. Every few days
there is a big-headlined prediction of
Trouble based on mysterious hints Of
deeply-laid plots uncarthed by the en-
terprising reporter in the course of his
lynx-eyed researches; and when the
grist of hair-raising prophecies runs
low at Havana, the button Is pressed
for reinforcements by the way of
Washington. In this way those citi-
zens who are accustomed to derive
their hallucinations concerning public
affairs from the metropolitan jour
nails are kept in a steady ferment Of
misinformation and unsettled belief
and the broad fact escapes them that
never since Columbus first brought
civilization into touch with the gem
OF the Antilles has Cuba been so well
governed or SO fairly started on the
road to genuine and abiding prosperity
as she is today.
And as for General Wood, there can
be no better verdict than that passed
by Charles Il. Miller. editor of the New
York Times, who has just completed
personal tour of Cuba, which includ-
cd an intelligent investigation of its
conditions. Says he: Ninety per
cent. of all the men in Cuba who arc
worth more than 500 would view any
such step as Woods recall with grave
apprehension, unless they were assured
that an equally efficient military COVER
nor was to be sent to take his place.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

," HE ARGUMENT of Mr.. Il. j.
Foster that trolley line on
Il Wyoming avenue would by
it's noise disturb occupants
Of the lecture and study rooms to be
located in the fine new building soon
to be constructed by the Colliery En-
gineer company Is entitled to respect
full consideration by councils, for it is
not. to the interest of this city to put
obstacles unnecessarily in the pathway
of an institution SO beneficial to Scran-
ton as is the immense and growing es-
tablishment of which Mr. Foster is the
directing head.
It is possible that a well-conducted
trolley system equipped with modern
cars and tracks would be less objec-
tionable from Mr.. Fosters standpoint
than the detonating flat wheel cars and
rickety other apparatus of the Scran-
ton Railway company. While all troll
ley cars are more or less noisy, the
volume of sound with which Scrantoni-
ans are familiar should by no means
be regarded as necessary dimension.
II Is III tHe power OF Lne city autIlOr-
tiles at any time to put u soft pedal on
this diurnal din by declaring the fiat
wheel bone-shakers a nuisance and
ordering the company to remove them
from service forthwith.
In fact, without the hazard of grant
ing competitive franchise more likely
in the long run to aggravate than to
ameliorate the Objectionable features of
the existing trolley service. 1t is within
the power of the city to put such pres
sure to bear on the officials of the
Scranton Railway company that they
Will either meet reasonable public eX-
pectation, which they are not doing, or
make way for those who will. 1t is
mistaken notion that this public service
corporation has unrestricted license to
maltreat 100000 citizens. Let the re-
corder turn on more current
j. Pierpont Morgan appears to be
able to spend money as rapidly as he
can make it. He has already given
up one comfortable fortune for a paint
ing and another for d dog.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19
Exchanging School Ideas.

"HE PUBLIC school system
would become very much
Il more effective if provision
were made by which each
teacher should be both permitted and
required occasionally to visit other
school rooms and observe the methods
of other teachersSuch visits at reason
able intervals would be fruitful in
good suggestions, whether from seeing
good results or being warned by poor
ones. The observations thus made and
suggestions received would be of great
practical value To the inexperienced
teacher, and would save many of
greater experience from settling down
into ruts. In all cases the pupils
would receive ultimate, and often de-
cided, advantages.
Such Il plan regularly carried out
would have a more vitalizing effect on
school room work than has ever been
eXerted by institutes, although there
would be no call to dispense with these
AS an adjunct in stimulus and aid to
The teacher. There are places where
this interchange of ideas by visiting
and observation has been carried out.
IN successful private schools and SEMI
naries it has been long practised and
known to be of immense value. There
Is no reason but the forces OF indiffer-
exec and inertia why the public schools
should trail along in rear of the edu-
calional procession.
once more we remark that we are
ntteefltieising the teachers, This and
Nnrious other improvements would
cgmer to pass II it Were the teachers
who legisnted for the schools.
slsvation of the sponge saved the
ltYN bill knockout in the senate. It
Wll doubtless revive ere the gong
sM.nds.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19
SCRANTON, APRIL 10, 1901.

The remarks OF the, young woman
from Petersburg who did not know
that it was against the law to stone
people who worked during a strike
,uggest that it would not be a bad
Slea to include a study of ordinances
in the public school curriculum.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19
fiction and Fact About Cuba.

y THE affairs of government it
Is as true as in other walks of
life that "the shadows murmur
X while the deeps are dumb" The
Wuation in Cuba offers itself as a
timely exempliiication. On the sur-
ikce, the frothy, professional patriot
q kment is making itself conspicuous
~ effervescent fault-finding and gran
MloqueHt swagger. Nothing that Is
d9nc by the intervening government
suits it. 1t has no use for the Ameri-
cans, anyway. They are interlopers:
they do not understand the Latin on
his native heath; they may mean Well
Hht they hack TACT. they lack ~tinesse;
had they'gone differently at the things
which they have done, all would have
been.well. etc, etc. Their man Wood
ls 4ss9ed fellow, but he does not know
tha cuban people; he permits his ears
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19
GOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Irawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrollbc Cast: 2.3i a. ni. for Friday, April
ID, 1901.

\ child born on this day will note that pros
perity is destructive to the Cycsight Of some
people.
The bicycle hump is about to give way to the
automobile curve.
The leftover Easter egg will now go into cold
storage.
Indigestion sometimes has more influence upon
4 writer than the efforts OF actors in shading
dramatic criticism
Many people who throw bricks at random al
ways appear surprised when anyone is hit.
Ajacchus' Advice.
DO not feel too much clated when leading
citizen asks your opinion upon the political stu.
alton. He may intend 10 run for office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

In view Of the noise made by both
the prosperity and adversely parties Of
Porto Rico, it is rather difficult to dc.
termine the real conditions on the ISL
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

Colonel Abad. of Mainduque, has sur
rendered. He has no further desire ia
be bad man save in name.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

If assertions from some sources are tc
be believed, the great Chinese diplomat
could be more appropriately named
Prince Liar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

The Chicago Evening Post, which at
tempted to follow the Harmsworth
idea OF publishing newspapers in
magazine form, has given it up. 1t is
useless to attempt to do anything in Il
small way in the publishing business
in Chicago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

n brilliant Illinois legislator has i'm
troduced Il bill providing that 'voters
who are too drunk to mark their bal
lots may be assisted by two election
officers" We agree with the Chicago
Record Herald that the state and the
country can spare the ballots of such
voters. Even the women, minors.
idiots and criminals" whom the law of
most states excludes from voting could
do better than such voters as those
whom the Illinois lawmaker is so anX-
ious to have help decide elections.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

j. Pierpont Morgan appears to he
aple to spend money as rapidly as he
can make it. He has already given
lp one comfortable fortune for paint
Ing and another for a dog.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

ployes to become shareholders; and re-.
Gently the National Biscuit company
did the same, offering as an inducement
a system by which the men could pay
for the stock by easy instalment pay
ments."
Some OF the plans and results OF the
National Biscuit company's wise action
were but lately publicly related to IA
Scranton audience
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19

1t is noteworthy to read of the pres
cnt public exhibition in Philadelphia.
of interesting manuscripts by Ame'rl-
cans antedating the discovery by
Columbus Such manuscripts" of
course, are understood to be hero
slyphic and picture writing by the
various races now known to have in
habited this hemisphere in dim and
distant ages. races. some of whom had
left nought but hieroglyphs, monu-
ments or temples in ruin, at periods
antedating the arrival of the Indians
whom we call aborigines. The vast
field of research into the history Of the
human race "in this new world which
is the old" seems to be as yet scarcely
more than touched
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-19
Turn On More Current.

TH HE ARGUMENT of Mr.. II. j.
Foster that trolley line on
Il Wyoming avenue would by
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10

:
2 Nowhere IN. North america Will yeu
come on q more thrilling night scene
than the fresh water cargo tank I'M
loading at Buffalo, says Rollin Lynde
HART in The Atlantic. Here she lies
beneath the towering grain elevator,
which thrusts long pumping pipe
tealled the '1eg'o down through her
hatchway. Mount the gangplank,
lodging the spinning ropes that make
your head reel, stumble about on the
dark deck. look down, down, down
through the open hatch. and, POUNDS,
what sight! The hold CLOVIS with
electricity. It Is misty with blown
dust. 1t roars with mechanical activ-
ity.
An enormous steel Shovel" big as
the inside of house anu manipulated
by countless flying ropes, charges back
and forth through the whole length of
the ship, pitching the yellow grain be-
fore it and heaping it up where the leg
can get hold Of it to whisk it into the
bin that is somewhere up In the sky.
Beneath, in the hold, an army of blue
clad men with wooden scoops" barely
dodge the deadly shovel as they swing
the grain into its path.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
All Cheese IL Densely Populated.

All Cheese Il Densely Populated.
Professor Adametz, who devoted con-
siderable time to the study Of the fra
grant subject, said that the population
of an ordinary cheese when a few
weeks old is greater than the number
Of persons upon the earth.
Professor Adametz made some inter-
esting researches dealing with the mi
mute organisms found in cheese. From
q microscopic examination Of soft
variety Of Gruyere cheese he obtained
the following statistics: In fifteen
grains of cheese. when perfectly fresh.
from 10000 to 100000 microbes were
found, and when the cheese was sew
enty days old the population had in
creased to 100000 in each fifteen
grains. An examination Of a denser
cheese at twenty-five days old proved
it to contain 100000 in each gram
(about fifteen grains) and when forty
five days cid 100000 in the same
small particle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
PRESIDENT APPOINTS Ex-eov.
ERAoR JONES OF ALABAMA
AFEDERAL JUDGE.
WILL PLEASE The SOUTH
Representative Thompson Comments
on the Appointment and Expresses
Satisfaction at Roosevelts Action.
New Judge Well Known for His Ef.
forts to Elevate the Negro and as q
Supporter Of Booker Washington.

Washington, Oct. S.-Rresident
Roosevelt has appointed Ex-Governor
Thomas Goode Jones of Alabama to
be United States district attorney Of
the Middle and Northern districts Of
Alabama to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge John Bruce. Elk
Governor Jones always has been a
Democrat and was twice chief execu-
tive of his state. He was General
Gordon's adjutant general during the
Civil war. In 1896, as a gold Demo
crat, he supported Palmer and Buck
.QspM L Lsgood pasoddns 81 II lou
ington, the we'll known negro educa-
tor, was one OF Ex-Governor Jones'
supporters. The latter not only has
aided Washington in his efforts to
elevate the negro but he opposed the
negro suffrage amendment Incorporate
ed in the Alabama constitution. Rep
resentative Thompson of Alabama, a
Democrat, who learned Of Ex-Governor
Jones appointment from the president
himself, upon leaving the White
House, expressed satisfaction over the
presidents action.
Governor JONES'" he said, "is not
only one of the ablest lawyers i'm Ala
barna, but one Of the most prominent
and highly esteemed citizens of the
state. This act Of President Roosevelt
will place him in the same high es-
TEEN in the South in which the late
President Mckinley was held"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
. PLAN TO OBTAIN FUNDS.
kidnapping Of Miss Stone Political.
Religious Plot.

Kidnapping Of Miss Stone Political
Religious Plot.
Paris, Oct. "a letter received by
the Havas Agency from Salonica, dat
ed Oct. 4, says:
The American consul here has just
received orders to make arrangements
with the vail (governor) for the pay
ment Of the ransom of Miss Stone.
The United States will advance the
money, afterwards settling with Tur.
key.
The Turkish authorities have made
numerous arrests among the Bulgari-
an population, without distinction of
religion, and nearly all have been put
to torture In the hope Of extracting in
formation.
A prisoner named Divinity said an
understanding existed between the
Protestants and the Macedonian COM
mittee and that Miss Stone was even
acting in concert with them, with the
view of obtaining funds for POLITICAL.
religious propaganda.
These declarations wrung from d.
minity under torture are valueless.
What is certain is that the captain Of
the band designated for the payment
of the ransom place in proximity to
the Roumanian frontier. which proves
that he hopes to escape the Turkish
police and that the Bulgarian police
do not cause him anxiety.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
Observations by Mildred.

Scene: Tramcar. Dramatis persona:
Four-year-old girl, mother and several
passengers.
Child Gn high, shrill treble)-Mamma,
did you get, papa's birthday present?
eyes, dearest"
"What did you get, mamma?'
"Cigars, lovey."
''The cheap ones that Aunt Mile told
you about?"
Silence from mamma, but heighten-
ed flush on her face that was not entire
~ the reflection from dearest lovey's"
red velvet hat.
Mamma, that man over there has on
a dreadfully dirty necktie. You told
papa the other day that no gentleman
would wear a soiled necktie"
Man giares and pulls his coat about
his neck.
mildred, stop talking"
Mildred was silent for little while.
Mamma, that lady over there forgot
TO polish her shoes this morning.
London Spare Moments.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
DAYTON (o.) WOMAN JAILED ON
SUSPICION or, coMmtTTlha
MANY MuRDERs. - -"
DEATHS STRANGELY ALIKE
ALLEGED List Of Victims includes Four
Husbands, Five Children, One Sister
and Four Members Of Different Fam.
lilies Where She Had Been Employed
as Housekeeper-No Motive for the
Crimes Has Reen Disclosed
Crimes Has Boon Disclosed.

Dayton, O., Oct. S.-Mrs. A. J. Whit
wer, a widow residing in this city, has
been arrested by the police at the in
stigation of the coroner and Is held a
prisoner at Central station, pending
an investigation into very. serious
charges. Mrs. Whitwer, the police
say, is suspected of IA murders, the
list including four husbands, five chill
dren, one sister and four members of
different families in which she was
employed as housekeeper. The last
supposed victim was her sister, Mrs.
Anna Pugh, who did week ago under
mysterious circumstances. An autopsy
performed at the request of Mrs. Whit
wer's mother, who came here from
Detroit, is said to have disclosed the
presence of arsenic and copperas in
the stomach. Following closely upon
the death of her first husband, Fred
Schwelger, came, according to police
department data, the death of two chill
dren. The second husband died sud-
denly several years after the wedding
and the children of this marriage died
in rapid succession. Her last hus-
band, A. J. Whitwer, died last April.
In each instance death was somewhat
sudden and all were strangely alike.
The prisoner is Al years of age and
formerly lived in Middletown, this
state. She has two sons In the Phil
ippines and a sister, it is stated, in a
New York asylum. No motive for the
suspected crimes has been disclosed.
Drugs found in the rooms Of Mrs.
Whitwer are in possession of the po-
lice and will be examined.
The third husband of Mrs. WMtwer
was william Stowe, who died at Mid
dletowii 1ifider symptoms, it is said, Of
arsenic poisoning. Mr.. Stoves death
at that time created sensation and
was the subject OF an investigation bv
the coroner. It was shortly after Mr..
Stoves death that Mrs. Whitwer came
to Dayton. She assumed the duties of
housekeeper for Charles K. Keller, a
widower. Keller died shortly and the
information since gained by the cor
oner concerning Keller's death is that
his ailment was similar to that of a
person affected by poison. She next
dCI0Q dS uOuSShCSpoT 1Ot JO1Iu "a.
Wenz, an East End druggist. Wenz
died in September, one year ago. The
doctors attributed his death to blood
poisoning, but now tell the coroner
that they were dissatisfied with their
diagnosis at the time. Two months
before Mr.. Wenz' death his four-year-
old son died suddenly. Mrs. Whitwer
next resided with Mr. and Mrs. Gabe-
Ter, Irondale. These two persons died
suddenly and the coroner now says
their sickness was of the nature OF
arsenical poisoning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
HURTING THEIR CAUSE.
BuIgarians lncensed at the Kidnapping
of Miss Stone.

Bulgarians lncensed at the Kidnapping
of Miss Stone.
Philippopolis, Bulgaria, Oct. o.
Public interest in the fate of Miss FL
len M. Stone, the kidnapped American
missionary, intensifies here. There is
widespread condemnation Of the gov
eminent for allowing such freedom
to the Macedonian committee as to en-
able it to engineer the outrage. Miss
Stone resided here before she went to
Salonica and she is we'll known
throughout the country. The patriotic
Bulgarians are incensed, as they rec
ognize that Miss Stone and her col
leagues of the American mission in
Bulgaria and Macedonia have been
their fast friends throughout the
troubles. There is no lack of indica-
tons that Prince Ferdinand is i'm
periling his own position by permitting
such license to the committee IS to
blackmail prominent people in sup
port of the Macedonian cause.
Consul General Dickinson, when
here on his way to Sofia, from Con.
stantinople, thought it probable that
if the brigands understood from head
quarters that the ransom would not
be paid they would release Miss Stone
as the Macedonian cause would not
be helped by the murder of the wo-