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The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-02
!HE CHcF!Au Is DETERMINED

To keep pushing to the front and lah
ing necessarily for the best interests Of the n
gressive town of Holly and of PrOwers COZ
ty. 1t will give all the news all the time q
cerning this the richest agricultural district
the West. We want to send The Cf1IEFTAQ
into every home in Prowers county eyel
week. To do this we will give you the chot3
of any of the following low clubbing rates:
Twice-a-Week St Louis Republic, 81 OO|
Twice-a-We eek Globe Democrat 2}0O1
Twice-a-W eek Detroit Free Press, 2 90
Thrice-a- Week New York World, H.
Thrice-a- w eek New York Tribune, 2 l5'
Kansas City Weekly Journal. 90
Kansas City Weekly STAR ! G6.
Commoner Bryan's paper) 2 25s
Western Poultry News, so
Denver Field and Farm 2 90
The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-02

CH So EJYERs' UNION ~.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-02


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The Holly chieftain., 1901-08-02
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

The experiment Of tobacco growing
In Ireland Is now meeting with sue
cess,
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
SUSPECT WIDOW
Of MANY CRIMES
Police Believe She Is
Guilty Of Fourteen
Murders.
Four Husbands, Five Children
and a Sister Among
the Victims.

DAYTON, O., Oct. Mrs. ]. A Wit
mer, a widow residing in this city, has
been arrested By the police at the insti-
cation OF the Coroner, and is held a pris-
oner at the central station pending an in
Vestigation inJe very serious charges.
Mrs. Wilmer, the ponce say, is suspected
CT fourteen murders, the list including
four husbands, i've children, one sister
anG four members CT different families In
which Size was employed as housekeeper.
ine last supposed Victim was her sister,
G4rs- anna Aougn, VINO uied a week ago
GIlU~r mysterious circumstances. An
tcDSy leI IOrlneU at the REQUEST OF Mrs.
N,.t4leIs nlU,ner, Mi.O came mere from
LetiOIL, a sald 10 have disclosed the pres
eI-ce OF alscalc aIlu cOPperas'In the seom-
acb.
Glowing closely upon the death of her
hlst husband, hred ocnMeger, came, ac-
cOTGing 10 Police department uata, the
death Of TWO cnIIGreII. ne second hus-
Lana cleo SUduenly several years after
TIE weo0Ing, ana three children of TINS
marriage uIcQ Ia rapId succession. Her
I2St husband, A J. Wilmer, dled last
April IN each instance Geatn was some
what sudden, arc aiI were strangely alike.
4 1Ie prisoner Is q years of age, and Iorm-
crIy IVed III MludIeuOWn, this State. She
has TWO sons n the PhlIIpplneS and a Sis
leS, II IS stated, IN New YORK asylum:
NO coDceiNapie motive tor the suspected
crimes has been disclosed. Drugs which
were round in the house occupied by Mrs.
WitIEer are in possession OF the police
Ihe IEird husband of Mrs. Wilmer was
Mllnam Stowe, who died at Middletown
unGer symptoms, il IS stated, OF arsenical
poisoning. Stoves death at that time
created sensation ana was the subject
OF an investigation by the Coroner. 1t
was shortly after stoves death that Mrs.
1 Wilmer came to Dayton. She afterward
assumed the duties Of housekeeper for
CHARLES K. Keller, WldOwer. Keller died
! suddenly ana the information since gained
by the Coroner concerning Keller's death
IS that his ailuent was similar TO that Of
acted as houselEeeper for John A. Wenz,
an East End druggist. Wenz died in Sep
te-nber, one year ago. The doctors at
tributed his death to blood poisoning, but
row tell the Coroner that they were dis
satisfied with their diagnosis at the time
Two months before Wenz's death his f.
year-old son died suddenly. Mrs. Stowe
next resided with Mr.. and Mrs. Gabler
on Best street. Riverdale. These two per-
/ sons died suddenly and the Coroner now
! says that their sickness was of the na-
/ tCre of/arsenical poisoning.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
BAIL IS DENIED
THE k|DNAPER
Their Victim Identifies
Them and They All
Confess.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 7-Charged
with abducting and robbing Mabel Good
rich, the proprietress of a disreputable
establishment, Howard K. Sloan, Henry
E. Wallace, d. K. Knight F'inlay and Os
car S. Dunlap we're to-day taken before a
Magistrate and committed without bail
until further hearing next Monday. Sloan
is an unemployed newspaper repor ter;
Wallace was also a city reporter for the
Press; Finlay was employed in the bust
ness department Of the North American
as a stenographer, and Dunlap is bar
Der. The quartet were arrested Satur-
day on warrants sworn out by Mrs. Good
rich. The woman was the first witness
against the prisoners and identified each
OF them. Size then told the remarkable
story OF her abduction, confinement and
robbery.
Detective Donaghy related the story of
the arrest Of the prisoners, and stated
told him that his purpose was to assist
Sloan in placing Mrs. Goodrich~ in the
Eanos of the Law and Order Society. He
had rot been told of the intention to ron
the woman.
Wallace was the only prisoner to testi-
fly. He said Sloan had suggested to him
the plan by which Mrs. Goodrich was to
be abducted in the interest of the Law
and Order Society, which organization
would reward them for their services
Later, Wallace said, Sloan made the
proposition TO rob the woman. Wallace
he declared. and said further that he did
not see Sloan from that time ur:il .ae
day of his arrest.
Counsel for Mrs. Goodrich asked tha.
| the prisoners be held on charges of con-
spiracy, highway robbery. assault and
battery and kidnapping. This was done
| excepting in the case Of Wallace, who was
| held for conspiracy and kidnapping, the
| penalty for which counsel announced is
/ life Imprisonment.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
ELDRED SWINDLED BY
"FAKE" MINING AGENT
Induced to Deposit Eoney as Security
for the Position of
Timekeeper.

R. 7. Eldred. 81 Minna street. secured
a warrant from Judge Cabaniss yesterday
for the arrest Of R J. Robson on a charge
Of felony embszZlement. Robson had an
o1lice at 81 Montgomery street and lived
at the New Western Hotel, but he has
disappeared from both places.
ElGred had been employed in the Union
Iron Works and had saved about $3.50,
which he had deposited in the Hibernia
Bank About two months ago he saw an
advertisement for q tinekeeper at a mine
at Pilot Hill, El Dorado County, and an
swered it. He called at Robson's office
and got the position" but was told that
drew $2n0 from the bank and signed an
agreement fer S25 to be taken from his
monthly salary Of $75 till the remaining
500 was made uD.
EaGred went TO the mine. and after
working there for some weeks and not
being paid any money. came TO the con-
clusiOa he had been sHindled- He called
81 Robson's Cfice and found il closed, SO
he placed the matter in the hands OF the
Police Department. and Captain Seymour
detailed Detective Dillon on the case.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
CLAIMS DOROTHY
For HIS BRIDE
Denver Actor Says That
Miss Studebaker Is
to Marry Him.
Laughs at the Story of Her
Coming Remarriage to
Sec tt McKeown.

DENVER, Oct. 7.-If Dorothy Stu6s-
baker, the celebrated San Francisco
beauty, society girl and actress, IS going
to marry Scott McKcovn her former hus-
band, there is man in Denver who would
like to know 1t. It cannot be true, he
Gays, fer he Is engaged to marry Miss
Studebaker, and adds that the ceremony
will occur some time before Christmas.
The man n question is Harry Tost, an
actor, who IS filing an engagement at the
Empire Theater. Yost was asked to-day
regarding q telegram sent out from San
Francisco last week stating that Dorothy
Studebaker would abandon the vaudeville
stage for good and ren9arry her former
There is nothing to it, he said with a
breezy laugh. I'm the chap that's going
10 marry Dorothy Studebaker, and we're
going into the theatrical business to-
for US. ard when we start over the cir
cult re will make all these other acts
look like trash. McKeown don't cut IN
at all any more. Dot has passed him up
and he is trying to get little notoriety
by that story about second marriage.
"If you think l amt in the right. let
me tell ycu that I've got that s200G0 dia-
mond necklace Mckeown gave her on her
wedding. morning. She gave 1t to me to
keep until we ere married"
Harry Vest and Dorothy Studebaker
net last June. going from st. Louis to
Chicago. According IA ost 1t was case
of love at first sight on both sides. she
had Just finished an engagement at Forest
Park. Highlands, ard he had closed at the
Columbia Theater. After reaching Chi
cago Yost became Miss Studebakers man
ager and looked after her affairs until
her mothers death called her back to
in Cincinnati. His parents own beaud-
full home there or Walnut Hill.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Miss Marion Cunningham, the Popular
Young Treasurer Of the Young Woman's
Club of Emporia, Kans., has This to Say of
Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound

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of womb trouble great
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have intense pain the small of my back ard binding headaches and
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ABOVE NOT
When troubled with irregular, suppressed painful
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exciahity irritabih NERVOUSNESS sleplee melancholy, ~a
gone and feeIns, bnc znd hopebssn
they shouh remember there tried and cy Lydia T.
Eceh troubles
buy ether medicine, you need the
Mrs aGvi
hasg
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
ART OF INDIA AND JAPAN
SUBJECT OF HIS LECTURES
Professor Fenollosa Has Been En-
gagged to Deliver Course Before
Charming Auxiliary.

Professor Ernest F. Fenoilosa, who ar
rived on the steamer Coptic on Sunday
will deliver series Of lectures before the
Claiming Auxiliary, commencing Tues
day afternoon, October Is. The subject
Of his opening lecture will be the early
Art OF India, China and Japan" k'or
twenty-three years Professor Fenoilosa
of those countries and has had charge OF
the Government schools in Toxic during
a large portion of that period
The lectures will be delivered in the
reading-room of the First Unitarian
Church at Franklin and Geary streets
Professor Fcnollosa has had a wide e>l.
perience in the countries about which he
proposes to speak, having been for eigh1
years professor Of philosophy in the Uni
versity of Toxic. For five years lie was
director OF fine arts in the same museum
and organized a school of art. From 189I
to 1885 he was connected with the Fine
Arts School of Boston, and returned t
Japan in 1895, where he has since re-
maiped.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Shoots HereeIf il the Breast.

Rendered dependent by "a Icns period
of severe Illness, MIle. Pauline LImous.H
wife OF Cyprien Limousin. a promirenI
glove merchant, attempted TO commit sui
eide at 10 o'clock yesterday morning BY
shooting herself while a friends hOIiEs
On jackson street. The bullet entered thC
left breast and narrowly missing the
heart lodged near the spine. Mrs. Li-.lOu-
sin was ImTnsd sdiately< removed TO the Re
ceiving Hospital where she is still resi-
ing in a very critical condition. She ha:
always lived happily with her husband
ard sen at 1906 Polk street. and although
it was known that her protracted illnes'
had caused her great suffering. il was no.
supposed that she contemplated suicide.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
ASSAULT
ON PATRICK BANNoN
Positively Refuses to Disclose to the
Police the Name of His
Assaila7f

Patrick BannOn vas stabbed seven times
IN the back early yesterday morning at
Clay and Kearny streets, and was taken
to the Receiving Hospital and later to
the City and County Hospital. One OF
the thrusts penetrated the left lung, but
il IS not expected that he will die.
Lefty Bannon, his brother. told the
som streets, was the man who used the
knife, and Detectives Dinan and Wren
placed Carroll under arrest They took
him to the City and County Hospital. but
BannOn declared he was not the man, and
said il was q sailor from Alaska and he
would not give his name. 1t was decided
to hold Carroll pending further investiga-
tiCT. and he was locked up in The
raTllys -
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
SECRETARY soUIERs SAYS
HE BROUGHT NO CURIoS
Eas Been Making a Collection TO,
Years, but Lsft It at
T1ienfSiT1

Secretary II. G. Squiers of the United
States Legation at Peking is indignant at
the reports that he has returned to this
country loaded down with costly bric-a-
brac ana oriental wares. He stated last
evening that he only has one case in
bond and that is filed with some dress
goods that his wife bought in China and
which she intends having made into
gowns IL Paris.
Squiers says that he has a very fine
collection of curios which ne gathered
after many years hard work in China,
but that he never tried to bring them to
this coAltry. They are at present stored
a. TienfSin.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Dunphv,s Examination.

The preliminary examination Of J. w.
Dunphy on the charge Of murder for
shooting and killing Edward Stanton at
Minna and Mary streets was commenced
before Judge Conlan yesterday morning
He was represented by Attorney John j.
Barrett The only witness examined was
Policeman r. n. Silver, who testified to
arresting Dunphy and finding two re-
voIvers on him. Dunphy said that he had
shot Stanton because he had wronged his
sister. The hearing will be resumed this
1s7orTinp
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Special Rates

For SIDE rides to points on the Santa Fe.
open 10 holders of Episcopal Church Con-
Ventio1 t.ckecs, friends accompanying
ard holders OF nine months excursion
lic<eIs. Dates of sale, September z3 20
November 10 inclusive. Limit ~ days.
FOR tine tables. descriptive literature and
full information call at Santa Fc offices.
ca Market St. ard ferry depot.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
KIDNAPER SLOAN KNOWN
IN THE GARDEN CITY
Serves a Six Months Sentence in the
County Jail for Petty
Jarcenv.

SAN JOSE, Oct. Howard K. Sloan,
one of the men implicated in the kidnap-
ing of Mrs. Mabel Goodrich at Phi1adel-
phia, Is we'll known in this city, where for
a time he was employed on one Of the
daily papers. Sloan was arrested here in
October, $780, and sentenced to the County
Jai! for six months for petty larceny. A
number of charitable ladies became inte
ested in him, ana when his term expired
they secured nlrn a position to learn re-
porting. Sloan kept straight for some
time, but later became involved in several
questionable transactions. From here he
went to Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Coast Region of Alaska.

Dr.. C. Hart Merriam, Chief Of tine Divi-
sion Biological Survey of the Department
of Agriculture, delivered an INSTRUCTIVE {
lecture last night at the Academy of Sci
ences on THE Coast Region Of Alaska. -
The lecture was illustrated by views of
the glaciers. icesergs, forests and birds
Of the Far North.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE DOCTORS AGREE.
Two Physicians Both Agree on the
New Scientific Dandruff Treatment.

DR.. ]. NJ. Powell of Spokane, Wash,
says: "Herpicide has given good salts
faction in my family for dandruff''
DR.. w. G. Aiban Of Walla Wa,la
Wash, says: Il find Herpicide all .hat
is claimed for it as a dandruff cure. !
shall prescribe it," Dandruff is a germ
disease and you can't cure it unless you
Kill the dandruff germ; and you can't
do that unless you use Newbro's Herpi-
eide, the only preparation in the world
that destroys the parasites. A delight
ful hair dressing; aIlays itching instantly
makes hair glossy and soft as silk. II Is
a sure dandruff destroyer.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
CALIFORNIAN WHO HAS BEEN
SELECTED TO PROPAGATE SAL
MON IN FRASER RIVER.

now carry more salmon than any other
river on the Pacific Coast. This is the
work Mr.. Babcock has been asked to un-
dertake. The desire is to propagat as
many fish as possible. The extent of the
canning industry Is indicated by the pres
ence Of forty-e:ght estabiishne ITS on the
river
Mr.. Babcock first entered the service
of the Board of Fish Commissioners i'll
April, 1891, as a patrolpan. In the ensu-
ing year his work had made such an i'm
preston on the officers OF the board that
he made chief Of the PatrolDen. He
was still further advanced IN the follow
ing year to the Office OF chief deputy,
which position he has hetO up to the pres
ent time. During the ten years he has
has changed 2eyen times. During the
same period three Governors have had
jurisdiction over the beard Mr.. Bab-
cock, although Republican in politics,
was not disturbed when Governor Budd
q Democrat vas elected
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Mckinley Monument Fund

Following IS the status to date cf tte
Mckinley monument fund. the subscTip-
tions given having been received yester-
day:
Blake Mcrft & CO.. $5a: waterhouse 6. Les
ter. s25: b KatzchinslI. So: T. G. Denniston.
SO; Epperi 6 Co. $40; Madison, Bruce * Sell
ers, $40 Total, s120
Previously reported ...................sl5.7i 40 rs
Total to date ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50 76
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Finds Home for Destitute Bow.

Willis Soules, a little boy whom Secre-
tary White Of the Society for the Preven-
ton Of Cruelty to Children found wander
ing on the streets last Saturday COM
planning that he had no home has been
placed with the Mission of the Good Sa-
maritan.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Granted a Nine-Hour Dav.

SAN JOSE. Oct. 1.-The carriage work
ers of San Jose have been granted a nine
hour day at ten hours pay.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
LIABILITIES.
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E.csses s53-ste6 aud rnnaid- d-..........
Losses .n process O. Adjustment o. IN
suspense ----.-.---.---.--..-.
LoSSes resisted. Including expenses.
Cross premiums On Fire Risks run
E.ES che yesr or lesS. sl.Si9. IC3 Is.
reinsurance 60 per celr...............
Cross premiums On Fire Risks run
ming mere than ore year. s. 9eS-
80 GO; reinsurance p-o rata.........
Cross premiums On Marine and IN
land Navigation R.s,ss, So. lSl as.
reiEsU-7lce 80 per cenE----------..
Cross premiums On Marine Tina
EissSs 50, ,Is3 =: reinsurance % Der
cent .-----------
Amount reclaiEable by the insured
On perpetual Fire Insurance Eycl.cgzs
Al cthsr lias.1lcess ................
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Recognized as an Authority.

The chief deputy of the board IS it's ex-
eoutiye officer. On him devolves the work
OF carrying out the orders of the mem
beTs. who are usually chosen because Of
their fondness for fishing shooting and
other sports of the field
Mr- BabcOck is Il recognized authority
on the propagation of salmon and trout.
He planned the hatcheries at Olema
Marin County; Wawona. Yosemite Val
ley; Eel River. HUMBOLDT Co Inty. and
the immense salmon station at Battle
Creek, TehaMa County. This is the
largest salmon station In the world In
1893. its third season, while still under the
direction of Mr.. Babcock. IS. 500 coo salmon
eggs were hatched- This is the greatest
number ever taken in cne season at one
station. 1t was more than all the other
hatcheries on the coast combined pre-
duced. Since Mr.. Babcock assumed
hatched under the Jurisdiction of the
board 105, Isl, 200 salmon and 81, ,425 0o0 trout.
These have ali been distributed in the
sport and food for its people.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
Framed Protective Law.

Mr.. Baocock framed and defended at
Sacramento the present law fer the pro-
lection of salmon. Under lis benefcent
workings the hatcheries are run to their
creased steadily. The Sacramento is the
great salmon river of California 1t Is
also a profitable field for the fishermen
as their catch is marketed at once at good
prices, and not canned, as is the practice
elsewhere.
Mr. Babcocks headquarters will be at
Victoria. For the next year or more he
expects TO spend the jor portion of his
time on the fraser River. studying the
habits of the salmon and determining the
best locations for hatcheries.
The Fish Commissioners will meet to-
day to select a successor to Mr.. Babcock.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08
UNITED STATES BEANcE.
ST. AT E:NEENT
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
Commercial Union
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c-car ending ca that cay as made r. TIE IN
s11s1ce Co-.-raEss.cRer OF fhe State OF Caiifor-
.-S. IyEai-2.st % the provisions OF sections 60
<nc ~ o. t2e Political Code. condensed as pe-
c-a--- cGf1:sAed by tie Commissions.
ASSETS
7;e2i Estate owned by Corap2.y...... sgSS1ss 50
@--8ns on Bonds ard &Crc2ag ges...... 80 $40 e
tase 2l,-Iis. Falce oe ali stocks and
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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-08

Fire Risl1s.I Premiums.
The courier., 1901-03-16
THB COURIER

quietly gowned. She has apparently
escaped the present craze OF jewels. II
the Duchess OF Manchester does not
care for jewels, the same can not be
said Of another American woman who
has married an Englishmon.
Mrs. Psget has become famous this
winter for her jewels and the beauty Of
thei, setting. Her diamond chain 10
quite the smsrtest thing that has been
seen this season. Formed ii diamonds
Of smallest size. at intervals Of every
two or three inches or so their brillisncy
is punctured by stones OF considerable
size. The vogue OF wearing several
chains together, Of which spoke some
weeks ago. is on the increase. Chains
Of pearls and diamonds are now worn
together. as we'll as chains OF lprecious
stones Of contrasting colors. These
chains are seen in the daytime at the
fashionable restaurants. 1t is not long
ago that ii was considered bad taste to
wear jewels by daylight, and especially
outside the sanctum Of ones own home.
Mrs. Joseph Stickney wears with Der
luncheon gown some very stunning
chains OF diamonds and turquoises.
Women who have adopted the fad Of
wearing these contrasting chains in the
daytime wear them with simple black or
white bodices, which, being upobstru-
sive, form a stunning background for
the vari-colored stones, Highly colored
gowns such as some women have been
wearing this season, spoils the modish
effect Of the chains. In fact, they
verge on the vulgar and should be es.
chewed by women Of the' Modish clan.
The pretty fashion ot.weariLg afruffi Of
tulle with ones dinner gown, when dir.
ing in public places. introduced this
winter by Mrs. Clarence Macksy. is gain.
ing ground. 1t has been adopted by
Mrs. Cooper Hewitt and other lsmar,
women, and is very becoming. 1t gives
a very decidedly picturesque touch to a
conventional ensemble.-Lady Modish,
in Town Topics.