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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
Deplorabie Condition
- of Affairs In the
Tenderloin

throw from conspicuous churches.
cursing and vulgarity from the lips OF
Inmates Of low resorts pollute the air
and the green light of the police sta
ton lamp is in close promixity to the
red light OF the den Of vice. Negroes
of the lowest type approach respect
able passers-by and gambler and Grim
inal indulge in pleasant conversation
with the fixed" policeman. While on
the street much that is demoralizing
to the impressionable youth and the
older person as we'll is wrought, it is
in the gilded music halls that the great
harm is accomplished. There is man
ifest effort to make these resorts at
tractive, futile though it may be. In
them, women openly ply their de-
moralizing trade, gambling games are
conducted openly and callow youths
and old rakes drink and carouse with
wretches stepped in crime. Enticed
into one of the music halls, it is an
easy matter for the inexperienced to
fall victim to the doped gIass or
drugged cigarette and then he is
robbed and thrown into the street. Up
on recovering his senses, the dupe may
make complaint to the patroling po-
liceman, but his only answer is round
of abuse. If he insist on going to the
room he occupied when robbed. 1T will
be found that everything in it. has
been altered and it is impossible for
him to recognize it as the same place
While a vast majority of the cases are
unreported, an investigation made a
year ago by leading opponent Of po-
lice corruption revealed the fact that
in the Tenderloin precincts there were
nearly 300 complaints This is deplor-
ably high, as will be realized when it
is considered that many will stand the
loss of money rather Than invite pub
liclty, with its sequel Of complications.
1t can be seen, therefore, what an en-
ormous total the number of these cases
reaches. The women make cold-blood-
ed calculations, always seeking to
choose possibly married men, or those
Of some position, knowing that the
chances Of their stirring row in the
police station are slight.-Utica Globe
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
Cbe AUera6e american.

The average American is a man five
feet eight inches in height, with a
chest girth of thirty-six inches and a
weight Of $50 pounds. He is nearly an
inch taller than his English cousin
and more than an inch taller than his
distant cousin, the German. He prob
ably looks over the heads of all Euro
pean peoples. In weight, however, he
is exceeded by both Englishman and
German, being of simmer and lighter
buiid, although he is probably as heavy
as the average European. His family
consists Of one wife and three chill
dren, fourth child having died in
infancy. His age is 81 years, and he
expects to live thirty years longer. His
expectation Of life is greater by a
year or two than that Of the repre-
sentative of any other people, those
who most nearly approach him being
our kin, the English and Germans His
feet four inches in height and weighs
l26 pounds She will live to the age
of sixty-eight years, as her expectation
of life is slightly greater than that
of her husband. They were married
ten years ago. The two older children
are pursuing their studies in the pub
lie schools, which the youngest child
has not yet entered. Both he and his
wife received a common school educa-
tion. but did not continue their studies
into the high school. He is in meas
ure, a slave to tobacco. He consumes
twenty pounds of the narcotic weed a
year, or one ounce per day, and al
though he has used it freely since he
WAS ernwn as did his father and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
Sadness Explained.

In Liverpool recently a sentimental
young lady was on the Cunard steam
ship quay when she saw young girl
sitting on trunk in an attitude of
utter detection and despair Poor
thing" though the romantic lady, ''she
is probably alone and a stranger Her
pale cheeks and great sad eyes tell OF
broken heart and yearning for
sympathy. So she went over to the
traveller to win her confidence. Gross
ed in love" she asked sympathetic
cally. NO" replied the girl, with a
sigh, ''crossed in the Servia. and an
awful rough passage, too."-London
Tit-Bits. ..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

grandfather before him, it does not
appear that he has suffered any men
tai or physical deterioration in con-
sequence of such indulgence. Though
by no means an intemperate man,
neither is he an advocate Of total alb
stinence. Annually his family, which
means in the main himself, consumes
seven and one-half gallons of spirits
and wine, and not less than seventy
five gallons of beer. This last item il
lustrates characteristic acquired with
his German strain of blood. He uses
less spirits and more malt liquors than
did his immediate ancestors-Dr. Hen
ry Gannett in Everybodys Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

shown in the Illustration. The head
is of a pale color; the first joint be-
hind the head is reddish brown and
edged with black. The mature in.
sects differ still more widely. The:
true Colorado beetle carries ten dis.
tinct stripes on his back, the third and
fourth stripes counting from the out
side. being Joined behind. In iuneta,
the second and third are joi@ed and
in a large number of cases the two
stripes are united the er.re length
hy deep brown or black.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

his captivity. The Americans found
him to be a great deal more of man
than they thought he was. He seems
to have accepted American supremacy
as inevitable, and apparently is salts
lied with the way matters are being
conducted in the archipelago. He has
conducted himself with equanimity and
diplomacy since his capture, and by
his general conduct has stamped HIM
self as thorough man.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
TO-DAY.

TO-DAY,
You're going to start for the top OF the
hill ssS ;ss
And blazon your name to the world:
AL obstacles passed by the strength Of
your will, ss4
Your banner triumphant unfurled
the sky 3sss M
All never earth tainted you say; .s
lis noble and grand and delightful, hut
why
But why don't you do 1t to- -day?.
The good shat you think and the good
that you do s#s .@f
Are millions of long miles apart;
What good to the earth, if you're good
and you're true ~. s
But NEVER outside of your heart?
The generous deeds you intend to per-
- fern ..a.S
Are all very lovely; but say,
~ your soul is 50 high and your heart
is SO warm, - : E -s-e.fsss. 7.
Why don't you perform them to-day? +.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
cleaning Up Coronation coaches.

In view of the coronation next year,
all the state coaches are being over
hauled and put in repair, as many of
them were in sadly dilapidated condi-
ton through want of use. Lord Sails.
bury and the Duke Of Portland both
possess beautiful state coaches, and so
do the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke Of
Devonshire, the Duke of thorough,
and the Duke Of Buccleuch; while Lord
Londonderry's and Lord Cadogan's
are perhaps the best turned out The
various embassies also have splendid
coaches Lady's Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
Given Citizenship PAPERS.

In New York the other day Lee
Hong, Chinaman who had been in
this country twenty-six years, was
given his first citizenship papers. This
is thought to be a precedent of doubt
full legality. At any rate the federal
authorities in other cities have inyari-
ably refused similar requests by China
men. Of course Chinaman born in
this country becomes an American citi-
zen without the aid of the courts. and
in the west. particularly in San Fran
cisco, there are many such. Very few
of them, however, attempt to exercise
the right Of suffrage. The New York
Chinaman who took out his first na-
pers did SO in order that, should tbe
exclusion act ever be repealed he
might get his full citizenship papers
Immediately At least he gave that
reason. On the other hand the an
5thorlties here contend, says the Phila-
delphia Record, that the government
has entered into a contract which it
cannot consummate.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
The PennyriIe People.
by GEORGE BINGHAM.


Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The September air was richly scent
ed with pale blue smoke which, drifted
from the old log barns-the tobacco
crop was being cured. Most of the
hill fields in the Pennyrile end of
Kentucky have been cultivated to
death, and allowed to grow up in per-
>simmon, sassafras sprouts and wild
berry vines. But strips along the
eourse of Pilfer creek, which twists
around through this neighborhood,
produce heavy tobacco and tall, green
corn. X. H.,
Tony Lloyd lived by himself in a
dilapidated, tWo-story log house in a
clump of walnut trees, at the back of
an old field. He was a quiet, easy-go-
ing fellow when sober. but when he
took on too much of Drinks Delight"
"a brand Of whisky made on small
scale, not far away-he became hilari-
ously disposed, and rellshed trouble.
Itswas an odd event for Circuit court
to meet at Eddyville without Tony's
name on the docket for fighting Or rae
ing on public highway, or some other
breach of the peace. But, like other
men, he had a heart and loved a girl.
Her name was Lucy Holloway, who
was also loved by Les Tilley, a fellow
who had come to the settlement few
months before from Tennessee. Les
went with Lucy to a candidates
fur s orS
of this and after loading up on fight
ing whisky, got on his roam horse and
broke up the speaking. EEzr e..zae.; z
"A small circular bearing these de-
tidingsz.W vas tackled on gate
posts and barn doors one day:
r IL. There Will Be.
4 GRAND BARBECUE AND BRAN
DANCE
.yr -ON-
PILFER CREEK, SATURDAY.
SEPT. 20.
Come one! Come all! and have a
good time. Lots, of grub, and plenty
of refreshments. No intoxicants
allowed on the grounds.
This September day at last broke,
and, according to old man Odum,
Everybody an his dawg was there" F."
Wagons and buggies came loaded
down, and then they came afoot
through fields and woods. Lank, egg
sucking hounds, that had followed
their owners, sneaked near, and with
elevated noses shifted the delicious
odor coming from the pork and NUT
ton and beef smoking and browning
over long trenches.
The two Gddlers who had been i'm
ported from over in the Mt. Zion
country, and who in their long ride
mule-back, with fddles under their
arms, had caught dust on their eye
lashes and hair as well as on their
backs, marched to the fiddlers' stand
by the saW-dust arena with genuine
Importance. After a period of tuning
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

Tony was coming from work at a
neighbor's sorghum mill one evening
| when he met Lucy in the road. a. He
took the flat-iron she carried and walk
ed back with her.
Lucy, do you love me? Will you
marry me? Now, hold on. l know
I've been acting wrong, but you partly
caused it. [ couldn't help it; | loved
you So
Il was afraid you'd ask me, Tony.
love you, and hate to say, No. but
can't marry man who drinks and
carries on like you do. i. If you'll prom
lse not to drink any more, I'll marry
you. Won't you promise?',, -,~
No, Lucy, l won't promise, for I'd
hate to tell the women I love a lie.
| don't think could stop it soon. MY
grandad loved Ticker, my dad loved
llcker, and love ticker, and | can't
promise you I'll quit. Goodbye, Lucy.
It's nearer cut through here to
home''
3 * Il
One evening during the close of
october, heavy clouds settled over this
section and a drizzling rain COM
menced. The old people, who had
been watching the almanac, knew a
rainy season was developing, and saw
mill men up and down the creek fas-
tened their logs. Pilfer creek rose
last, being the destination of many
smaller streams Bridges were fas-
tened with log-chains, and the fatten-
Ing hogs in pens along the banks had
10 be moved to the ridge. People with
nothing else to do sat on the banks
ana watched logs, fences, bridges, and
occasionally dead animal, pass down
in the swift yellow current. By eight
o'clock that night the back-water was
where it had not been for several
years, and was still rising. Along to-
wards midnight, above tn, roar of the
murky creek, came the cry:
Come and get us!"
Tony Lloyd, who lay awake, heard
the cry, and was soon standing with
his lantern on a hill, waiting for the
second cry, which soon came. Tate
Olives family in the bottom, near the
creek, had been driven to the loft of
their house. Tony padded the fam
lily ashore in his skiff, and then went
down the strip of water and around a
bend. "-" II" .
D1nk Joiner went to Tony's house
the next day to see about some fence
rails, but the house was deserted.
That evening he inquired around the
neighborhood, but Tony had not been
seen since he rescued Olives family on
the night before. NelghDors began to
inquire, and at last search was ad-
vised, which followed, and was thor
ough, but availed nothing towards
finding i1ldi Tony Lloyd. Days passed, and
he was not heard from. and narties
went away down the creek in search
of his body, for it was very probable
that he had been drowned. Every pile
of drift wood was Investigated and the
banks and thickets closely watched
but the body could not Sbe found. AS
persistent search and inquiry brought
to light nothing, he was given up as
=lost-droWned and washed away. His
home, which had always borne a, lone
some look, because nosone occupied it.
but quiet, peculiar Tony Lloyd, now.
stood with a mysterious, lonesome air.
The doors We're fastened with chains.
and padlocks, and the windows nailed
down.
Lucy was not the same girl now.
She went to none of the social settle
ment gatherings, and often stood on
the back porch looking sadly at the old
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
Bogus Colorado Beetles.

This insect (Doryphora juncta) is
often mistaken for the genuine Colo
RADIO beetle; but it feeds on plants of
the wild solanum family. like the
horse-nettle. The most observable
differencea are these: In the true.
Colorado beetle the sides are orna-
mented with two rows of black dots
and the head is black; while in June
ta' there is but one row of dots, as
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16
" Come on, Les Tilley!"

their squeaking instruments, and ad-
justing bandana handkerchiefs be-
tween chin and violin, they whispered:
to each other and then started Mig
ger in the Woodpile.' Couples OF ali
ages and statures pranced out on the
saw-dust and swung corners
When Les Tilley came into the ring.
with Lucy Holloway, onlookers
glanced around and wondered If Tony.
Lloyd was present. &c he was on the.
ground, they feared trouble. But Tony
Lloyd was not to be seen. Dinner was
announced. and all hands lined up
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

Pleasure is often but a change of
pain. A man who has had the gout
feels firstrate when ge gets down to
ordinary rheumatism.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

house anil out towards the creek PHI.
fer creek winds around, and finally
empties into Cumberland river Sew.
eral weeks later, the half-wastsd body
of a man was found ON a sand bar q
few miles down the Cumberland. Bad
#ly decomposed, it was buried at once,
without being recognized, in little
graveyard aat nearby church. Lucy
went there, and ON that new grave
.tenderly strewed wild roses and plant
ed on it fragrant honey -suckle. :
.. Two years and more have gone since
the above story was written. The
church women in a small Arkansas
village are bustling around decorating
the village church, and preparing a
reception for their pastor, who will re-
turn from another state with a bride,
on the evening train. The pastor, |
will add, is Rev. Tony Lloyd, who came
into that village a year or two ago
Lucy is his bride. 49, =. 49,,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

There's always a slip betwixt the
sidewalk and the ship
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-16

Three million acres Of Montana land
are to be auctioned off at a minimum Of
$40 al acre
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-26
UNDER THE
All Railways Of Mexico Likely to Be
Under One MANAGEMENT.

Under One Management.
President Robinson has just made
1 trip with Mr.. Nickerson and Mr..
5tyner W the new lines recently
bought by the Mexican Central, and
il is said that plans have been drawn
Up. The directors of the Central re-
Gently bought the Monterey and Mex.
can Gulf road from the Belgian syn
licate and will add that road to the
Mexican Central, but the old name
will be retained. This will put the
Mexican Central into Monterey.
which completes its system into all
the important towns of the republic.
It is also said that the Central will con
meet the new Monterey road with the
northern branch of the Central by
building from Travina to Chihuahua,
Dr some other point. but Mr.. Nicker.
son would not discuss this matter.
There is also a rumor to the effect
that the Central combination IL about
to buy the Mexican international
from the Huntington interests and
add II to the Central system. but this
also Mr.. Nickerson denied. He said
that this was a matter for the consid
Grafton OF the directors in the future
and he had no authority to discuss
L. II Is said, however, by men that
are on the inside. that this will be
done In the near future and that the
Central will have a net work OF roads
in the republic. This will give the
Central a line into Eagle Pass. cut
ing the distance to the United States
over a hundred miles via Torreon in
stead of via I'll Paso.
The consolidation of railroads Of
Mexico is being brought about almost
rs fast as in the United States, and Il
is believed that in the near future al
the roads of consequence will practic
ally be under n management.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-26
A ROMANTIC STORY.
A Poor Girl and a Supposed Tomb.
stone millionaire.

| otOUc W~iiloHdtFc.
The following romantic story ap-
| pears In the Chicago News Of July II,
The only feature that mars the tale of
love Ii the fact that the millionaire
who is supposed TO be a resident of
Tombstone is in fact not known.
says the Tombstone Prospector. The
name does not appear on the great
register, nor do the tax rolls reveal
the taxable possessions supposed to be
owned by him. The story. however,
is not without its charm. and Is repre-.
duced at the risk OF inspiring a fancy
in each girls heart to invade the ham
sandwich business as an enticing net
to angle for millionaires:
Danville. ILL.,, July l7.-While pass
ing through Danville with a trainload
OF cattle. william Richmond. a mil.
lionaire ranch owner OF Tombstone,
Ariz.. who stopped at the junction res
taurant to buy a sandwich. saw n
fell in love with Lizzie Shultz. n Dan.
vile girl, who had charge Of the lunch
counter.
After jisposing of his cattle in In.
%dianapolis he returned and asked the
young lady for her hand. She accept
ed, and after the marriage, which will
take place at her home. they will go
to Australia to spend their honey
moon. Mr.. Richmond has mining in
terests thore. As an evidence of his
sincerity. Mr.. Richmond presented his
, fiancee a check for 81 900 with which
to purchase her wedding t%rousseau.
They will reside in Tombstone after
their return.
Miss Shultz is n poor girl. She
| uralnatnI fpnnn thn nanxilln HIGH
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-26
RATION.
r o the Reporter.

From the Reporter.
s. Wilkinson and wife, OF Trinidad
are visiting here with Mrs. A. J
Young.
j. A. Gise and wife will leave abou,
August LIST on a several weeks visit
TO Los Angeles. San Francisco and
Bakersfield, California.
Mrs. q. Bryan returned to her home
in Alamogordo, N. M, much to the re
greet OF her many friends in Ration
her old home.
Rev. Sam Magill returned from q
weeks m%eanderings in the vicinity OF
Pixies Peak. during which he went to
the summit of that mountain which is
$4,000 feet above sea level.
Mrs. Chas. Shook left for Leroy,
Kansas, in response to a telegram an.
%nouncing the serious illness OF her
husband. who left here the early part
get a slice Of land at the grand draw.
ing.
William Heitkemp returned from a
visit to Germany with relatives, IL be,
ing his first trip there since he came
to this country twenty-one years ago.
Mr.. Heitkemp enjoyed his trip to the
utmost, and expressed surprise at the
many changes that had been made at
his old home.
J. A. Rush and Geo. Il. Beringer
were arrested by City Marshal Kruger
on complaint of Il. N. Burch, street
commissioner. on the charge of hav.
ing neglected and refused to pay the
city road tax OF 81. They were taken
before Justice G. NJ. Bayne, who. az.
ter hearing the evidence of the prose.
c%ution, fined them SO and costs. The
defense did not offer any evidence,
but took an appeal to the district
court, %whereupon each one was placed
under $50 bond for said appearance,
city Attorney John Morrow appeared
for the prosecution and Dave Leahy
for the defense.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-26
Second Assistant Federal Attorney.

The Las vegas newspapers make
the following comments on the ap.
pointment Of Ed. l.. Medler. of this
city, to be assistant United States at
torney for New Mexico:
Il. l.. Medler, of Albuquerque. who
has held the position of clerk and
photographer to The United States at.
.orney for this district several years,
has been promoted to the Office of as.
,istant United States attorney for
New Mexico. Mr.. Medier IL a bright
md capable young man and a gradu.
tie of the Harvard university law
ichool. He was very favorably men.
toned for the Office OF district attor-
icy for the Second judicial district
asst winter after the death Of Dis
.rict Attorney Finical.-Record.
Il. l.. Medler. who has been appoint.
d To be what may be termed second
assistant 10 the United States attor-
iey. has been a clerk and steno-
;rapher in the Office OF Col w. u.
Ghilders In albuquerque for the past
two years. His promotion at an in
creas of salary clothes him with the
power to appear before grand juries
md United States commissioners In
government cases. and will tighten
The labors OF Capt. W. G. Reid Of this
city somewhat.-Optic.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-26
HEADQUARTERS

Is cheapest place to buy leather. cut
soles. iron stands and lasts. shoe nails,
rubber heels. Whittemore's shoe pol
ishes. shoe dressings, brushes, etc,
Harness, saddles, chains, collars
sweat pads, carriage spoages. chamois
skins, harness soap. curry combs
rawhide buggy, team, express whips
brushes, harness oil, axle oil. castor
oil axle grease, Harvester oil. Camp
bells horse foot remedy, horse medi'
cines. wagon sheets. Devices paints,
carriage gloss paints. iinseed oil. tur.
p%entine, paint brushes. etc Call and
be convinced. 40G Railroad avenue
THOS. Il. KELEHER.