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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
AMERICAN MINUTEMEN.
A Successor to the A. F. A. Wit
 Two Million Members

Successor to the A. F. A. With
 Two Million Members.
 NEW YORK, March 13.-Frank J. Batcheller of Boston, chairman of the national committee of the American Minutemen, has issued q call for n meeting of the national committee to be held in Boston Wednesday, May 21 The purpose is to perfect plans for a thorough organization and for an az gressive campaign in every state in the Union for the election of members of congress and other officials. MT. Batch eller says that the Am4Hcan Minute men is the successor to the A. F. A, which has passed out of existence.
 In statement the chairman tells of the causes which led to the disruption of the A. F. A, which, he says, was wrecked by politicians and others who used the movement. for their own ad- vantage. The American Minutemen was formed some months ago and has been growing quietly until now, it is stated, the membership has reached 100000, with adherents in every state.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
TwENTY.oNE DROWNED.
Mississippi Hfver Steamer Capsi1ed
 by storm.

by storm.
 V1CKSBURG, Miss, March 13.-The steamer Providence, plying between this port and Lake Palmyra, was over turned in the early morning by a sud- den squalI at lone Landing, and twen- ty-one of her passengers and crew were drowned.
 The dead: Captain William Cassidy of Vicksburg, master; Charles Roup of Vicksburg, chief engineer; Clyde Scott of Vicksburg, cottonseed buyer; Dr. N. A. Lancaster, q prominent physician and planter of the Palmyra neighbor- hood, and seventeen colored roust- abouts and deck hands, whose names have not been reported.
 The i'll fated boat left here at noon on her regular trip, carrying a large miscellaneous cargo of freight and 2 number of passengers. Just as the steamer was entering Lake Palmyra a sudden wind and rain storm of cyclonic proportions came out of the west. catching the Providence broadside on. The little vessels was lifted almost en- tirely out of the water, her upper works blown away and the hull turned bottom up i'll forty feet of water. Most of the crew and passengers were asleep at the time, and only nine of the boats company were saved. The property loss will amount to several thousand dollars.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
IA GRIPPE QUICKLY CURED.

s.In the winter of 1898 and 1899 I was taken down with severe attack of what is called Ia grippe" says r. l.. Hewett, prominent druggist of Win field, II. 'srhe only medicine I used was two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the cold and stopped the coughing like magic, and I have never since been troubled with grippe" Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold and ward off any threatened attack of pneumonia. It is pleasant to take, too, which makes it the most desirable and one of the most popular preparations in use for these ailments. For sale by all drug gists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13

Representative Richardson of Ten nessee has announced that owing to other work he has promised to do, it will be impossible for him to serve again as chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committeee. Because of the belief, growing in strength every day, that the democrats will elect q majority of the next house, there is much good natured rivalry for this position, although if properly filled it carries a lot of hard work with it
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
Gift For Kentucky College.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 13.--Dr. l.. H. Blanton, vice president of the Central university of Kentucky, has received word that Mrs. $. r. Lees, who died recently in New York, had bequeathed $20,O0O to go to the en- dowment fund of the University of Jackson. Mrs. Lees was born at Frank fort, but shortly after her marriage moved to Chicago. Later she moved to New York, where she resided until her death.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13

The countries which have officially accepted the invitation to participate in the St Louis exposition are as fol- lows: France, Japan, Venezuela, China, Greece. Nicaragua, Mexico, Costa Rica, Salvador. The invitation is receiving favorable consideration i'll many others, with fair promise that the representation win be complete. The exposition has been prominently
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
Wants Chnfn BrOken.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-The postoffice department has been appeal ed to by Miss Griffin of Australia to aid in breaking Daisy chain'' which had been started by her to collect can celed stamps. The "chain' has grown to large dimensions, and the postoffice at which she is located has complained of being oyercrowded by her mail.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
THURSDAY. MARCH 13, 1902.
No telling what a day may bring

No telling what day may bring forth, especially in the constitutional convention. Yesterday morning it looked as though the Holcomb resolu- ton might go through. Before it had time to get up full head of steam, however, it was sidetracked, and the one -to-a-town fellows again got hold of the throttle and run the whole out fit to their way of thinking.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
Hax and hood to Rest.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Secreta- " Hay and Secretary Root have left here on the presidents naval yacht Sylph for few days rest and recrea- ton. The Sylph will cruise in Chesa- peake bay and adjacent waters and probably will make a short stop at Fort Monroe. They expect to return by Mon- day at the latest.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13

There's advertising every day,
 And each on fancy lines; There's patent cures for all diseases Except the use of wines. We Know not if they tell the truth,
 But this we say to thee: For health and strength and merri-
 ment,
 Drink Fenton's Breakfast Tea. There are many imitators
 Of our business and our art, And there may be some pretenders Who may fancy they are smarts But we stand before the public l. As solid as can be, And the best produce from ChinA
 Is Fenton's Oolong Tea. We are not monopolistic
 Tn the race for mundane game; We'll treat you well wheneser you call At Jefferson and South Main. That is an old established house
 Where many things are free, And all our goods are up to date, Like Fentons Ceylon Tea.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
Lamp Explosion Causes Fatal Fire

ISHPEMING, Mich, March 13.-A lamp exploded at the home of Mrs. Ma rie Rankson in this city, and her daughter, aged thirty-eight years, was burned to death in the fire which fol lowed. Mrs. Rankson and her three sons were also badly burned, but they will recover.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
DANGER OF COLDS AND L.
 GRIPPE

The greatest danger from colds ana la grippe is their resulting in pneu monia. If reasonable care is used however, and Chamberlain's Cougl Remedy taken, all danger will be avoid ed. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for these dis eases, we have yet to learn of a single case having resulted i'll pneumonia which shows conclusively that it $ a certain preventive of that dangerous malady. It will cure a cold or an at tack of Ia grippe in less time than any other treatment It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all drug gists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-13
@ HIR IT S s. HIR T S @
 H1ER T S

We have just received 100 dozen, including two collar shirts madras and Bedford cords the patterns are such as will suit everyone, also the price, soc
 Our line of NECKWEAR is the largest and neatest that we have ever had, at 2SC ard soc.
 Our spring line of HATS is now complete, and we invite the public to visit in poray quarters 49 Center Street, and inspect brand new line of Furnishings and Hats
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

dark canyons and sleeps under the stars;
who delves at timberline and dreams above
the snow, has both. To him Mother Earth
Whispers her dearest secrets, to him the
mountains speak.
The Broadway naneur, the Mexican
ranchero; the Fifth avenue swell, the Ari-
iona mincr-what greater contrasts? The
one typiftes Overripe refinement. the veneer
OF civilizations; the other cmbodics the
primitive and strenuous emotion of cx,
istcnce.
On Broadway, Fifth avenue, Beacon street
or Chestnut street, one may behold most
elegant men, pink or purple-checked ire
proachably groomcd, dressed in the pcrfcc-
Ilon OF taste, one the replica of the other
gray trousers, fTOck coat, silk hat. white
waistcoat, colOred shirt, tan gloves, gardc-
MIA or chrysanthemum on lapel. These
are the flower of eastern society, the
very pick of the whole bunch-languid,
bored, cynical, overcivilized, unpicturesquc.
Compare with them the man who comes
flying over the range on his Mexican mus
tang. He is alert, nervous, cool, intrepid.
reckless, deyil-may-care, picturesque. His
chaps" glisten and jingle with silver:
a lurid handkerchief, loosely tied, reveals
the brown, shapely throat; the brim Of the
6''"' ihlo bbNh llbll the Ndllllfb
forehead and the bold, expressive eyes.
He sits his animal like n Centaur. In
every movement Of the 1.-THE body, every
pose Of the statuesquc head, there is cx,
pressed the joy Of life, the INVESTIGATION OF
existence.
The wcsterner is alive to his finger tips;
the fastener is blasc and tired of it all.
Possibly that explains why many Of these
same wcsterners threw of the frock coat
Of civilization and dOnncd the corduroy
jacket Of primitive conditions. For many
Of these same wcsterneTs come from the
east, sick and weary of the exotic en-
yironment they leave behind.
The very h~andsomest, the most graceful
and picturesque fellow | ever saw was a
stage driver in Hcsporus, colo. He came
into camp driving his four-in-hand from La
Plata. His figure was that Of an ancient
Greek, his face like an antique cameo His
checks were like peaches ana his eyes like
stars. He carried himself like a thorough
bred and his bizarre and fantastic aCCout-
rcmcnts formed an admirable setting for his
superb beauty. In a frock coat, silk hat
and gardenia ne would have looked like a
dozen others, but in his costume borrowed
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

1t was while the courts were located at
Newcastle, whore Andrew Gray was looked
upon as a man of anlucncc, that his son
George, several years after he LETT the
Harvard Jaw school, in 1868, attracted the
attention of the entire bar of Delaware
by his successful conduct of what every
wei known lawyer in the state had looked
upon as a hopeless case for the defense.
\ farmer had taken a load of his prod
ucts to Wilmington, and while there hc
got drunk. when ne returned home hv
was trcuzicd with liquor and while in this
state killed his wife. lie was caught red
handed. and no one dreamed that any de-
t,usc Tor the deed could or would bc put up.
But when the farmers trial was called
George Gray came forward as lawyer for
the defendant and placed witness after wi
ness on the stand to prove that his client
was bcastly drunk when he killed his Wife,
that no one had ever heard him make
threats against her and that, as far as
they knew, the couple had lived peacefully
together. Then MIR. Gray made a deduction
that startled the older lawyers. The de
PENDANT was crazy when he killed his wife,
and the drink had made him crazy. Be
cause he was crazy at the time he was
incapable of prcmcdilating the deed, which
was not and could not have been the re
suit of any ill-fccling between the couple,
because they had lived happily together.
Therefore the defendant had killed his wife
while not in the possession of his reason.
and, therefore, was not guilty of murder.
The jury held the young lawyers logic
TO be good law and acquitted the de
PENDANT.
After that trial Lawyer Gray did not
have to wait long between clients. and he
at once became "A leading member of the
Hen and Chicken state bar.
Until he moved to Wilmington. when the
courts were there in the early SOS, judge
Gray's Newcastle home was a %rallying
place for all the out-of-town lawyers while
the courts were in session. To quote one
who, like Judge Gray, followed Justice VIII
mington:
we used TO get together ON the judges
porch and relate experiences, and there
was always something refreshing for
everyone after "A hard days work. The
Judge was a genial host, a typical Della
warCan, sir
Former Senator Higgins often forcgath
cred on Mr.. Gray's porch. Mr.. Higgins and
the judge knew each other as boys. Both
went to the Harvard Law school and were
there. MI. Higgins went ahead
of Mr.. Gray, and when the latter reached
Boston Mr.. Higgins met him at the rail
road station and later introduced him in
the law school.
Years after Judge Gray returned the com
Plimcnt by introducing MIR. Higgins to the
senate of the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

each of you to pay half the bill
Then the judge got back on the bench
and was as dignitied as ever again"
Judge Gray likes to tell a story especially
if it has "A fact for foundation, and his ia
vorite has to do with the rule of railroad
companies that only children under e years
of age can ride free.
One day when he was going from his home
to Washington, while he was still a sen
atOr, Mr.. Gray overheard this conversation
between the conductor and the occupants of
the seat behind him:
Pretty big girl to be travelling free.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

average fastener looks upon the great W, ST
as merely the resort of murderOus Apaches
hoWllng wildcats and kissing rattlesnakes.
lie knows something of Chicago and ST.
LOUIS a very little of Denver, still less of
SAT- Lake city, and absolutely nothing of
the life of the plains and the mountains,
Ana the people who dwell there-their
hablts, manners, appearance, hopes. aims
amDltlons, loves and hates-are a sealed
DOCK to the New York or Boston cockney.
once In a while a man like Gates comes
out OF the west with a rush and a whirl.
bringing with him some of the breeziness
OF the Rockies, and stirs things up enough
IN the east to make the languid orientals
Oh the Atlantic coast open their eyes and
say: Who the deuce is this MANI"
But as a rule fasteners are very provin-
clal. They are prone to think that Boston.
New York and Philadelphia bounu the uni
verse They quite forget the wonderful
chain OF bustling, thriving. prosperous cities
IN the west. They quite forget the thou
sands of alert, keen, Q~Yick-witted. foresee-
ing intelligent men who are daily shaping
ana moulding the destiny of that marvel
Gus section of our country known to us
easlerners vaguely as the west"
me western business man is first. last
ana all the time, a hustler" He eats,
sleeps and lives business. Energetic and
aiert ana ever on the lookout for a good
ming he yet finds time for relaxation, for
entertaining and for a kindly interest in
us fellows. 1t is by no means so difficult
10 see a prominent business man in the
west as in the east. The westerner is not
80 closely hedged about by clerks and
Huhkl"s. He will see you and listen co rte
ouSly TO your project. But he expects YOU
TO De explicit and concise and then to clear
out. '"'
Inc western politician, as all the world
SHOWS, is the slickest on earth. He NAV
looA IKE a granger, but he can give Wall
street points. He may not dine in a
u'ess coat but he can sway the finances Of
a great nation.
me western editor is incisive. brilliant
auuaclous' 1t is his pen that stabs. He
usually writes with the business end of
d wasp but he is Just as clever. as eni-
~s'"mHa'lc' as administrative as powerfuI
as MS brethren of the eastern pres.
Inc great fnanciers Of the west are mon
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

timld where women
are concerned, and
thruSts no unwel-
come attentions on
any But on the
other hand, should
"A woman require as
sistance of any sort.
no one is moro
chivalrous in prof
f,ring it. With a
curious ~cOmmingling
Of brusqueness and
timidity the western
man flies to the aid
Of a woman in dis
tTess.
The writer was
once travelling on a
local eastern train
a poor woman pas
senger was 81 short
of her fare. She
would have been put
of the train at night
had II not been for
IanOtheT woman. Not
a man in the car
offered TO help her.
Had this incident oc-
CURED on a western
train, every man in
the car would have
flashed a roll Of bills
and told her 10 help
herself.
The eastern man
is often a magnif
cent creature, phy S.
ically. He has wit.
address, polish, acu-
men, intelligence.
cv n m, many
agreeable and fas-
cinating qualities
But he lacks imag
iuation and cmOti II
The man who lives
close to nature. who
for days ard months.
IcI hapS, may hear no
LI1IA luN-. h4Ee
who tolls in deep,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

OF his childrcn-Andrew. who bears his
Erahdfath"r's name, and George. ir. Both
are several years under 30 and both are
'hirusted more and more by their father
with the firms business.
Juds" Gray's father lived his DAYS at
N'WcastI'' that picturesque town where
they have a whipping post and a park given
TO IN" people by William Penn. and where
according to tn" late Levi Burd. one Of
D"Iaware's famous lawyers, they don't
DO anything except sit on barrels and
mix tobacco Juice with the waters Of the
Delaware
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

his attitude toward
woman? Is he as in
telligent, fascinating,
chivalrous and at
tractiVe as the every
day man of the east?
! know this is a
delicate topic, one
to be approached
with humility and
prayer. So, in the
first place, | wish TO
disclaim any preju-
dice against any
class of men. There
are good fellows in
every walk of life.
The western man,
as | have noted him,
is not so self salts
fed as the eastern
man. The eastern
man has remained
at home, where he
has been petted, ca
ressed, pampcTed by
the women of his
family and, inCiden-
tally, by the women
of other families.
The western man, as
a rule, broke away
from the east when
a boy, struck out for
himself, got plenty
of hard work and
hard knocks, no pet
ting to speak of, and
did not grow up
fanCying himself the
only man on earth.
He is more dcfeTen
tial and chivalTous
to
because he knows
her less.
In the widest,
toughest m n n z
camps of the far
west, a woman who
respects herself is
respected by every
man, however bad his
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

attendant, as a dignifed six
- footer walked through the door
ENXG and a moment later pulled a
- light overcoat off the shoulders
or a well-knit body of not less than 22O
pounds of avoirdupois.
Then, as Judge George Gray, chairman
of President Roosevelt's Anthracite Arbi-
tratiOn commission, disappeared into the
room in the government building in Phil
adelphia, where a part of the year he holds
United States circuit court, the attendant
= increased his legs and continued:
"Durndest man for work | ever ran
across. Here he is running down from
Wilmington between meetings of the coal
strike commission and causing me to hus-
tie around when | looked for a breathing
spell. Bet you he'll stay here till 10 or
II tonight-he generally does. And I'll have
to stay, too. | amt kicking, mind-just
telling you how he works"
a look of resignation fitted across the
attendants face.
Game hard at trst-working that way.
and having our nice little vacation plans
spoiled-but we're used to it now. why,
last summer l only got a few days rest,
and before that | used to have the whole
summer to rest up in. But the Judge came
III III HlOIuluS ABOUT the time all or us
were beginning to think of a two months
vacation and said:
Well, here it is pretty near July. the
usual time for adjourning court till fall.
but | don't feel that l ought to do it while
there's so much work to be done. I'm
sorry, but | guess well have to sit all
MINER
And, do you know, the Judge sat all
summer, and even when ii was hottest and
the rest of us and the lawyers and all
looked wilted, the judge was as cool as a
cake of ice. Lord, how he rushed through
those piled up cases! Never had so clean
a docket before in my recollection, and Eve
been here twenty years"
AT this j%uncture the attendants ewes
twinkled.
Let me tell you on" of the things the
Judge did last ummer, he laughed.
"A beer filter case was up before him
infringement of patent. Each side had
about a dozen filters in evidence, and the
lawyers talked about EN- and showed 'om
under the judges nose until around about
lunch time. Then the judge leaned over
the bench, lost his judicial dignity in
mat democratic smile of his, and said.
suppose we have some lunch. gentle
men, mere in the court room. and after
1t is over, go on with the case and finish
it today
Agreed roared each lawyer. as he
grabbed the filter he represented. and
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07
Personal Characteristics of Judge George Gray

we'll get some beer
and show your honor
how our filter
works
Then they all
gathered around a
table, and while
they ate, the judge
also watched the
hltcrS at work.
When the beer had
all run through
we'll, the case
wasn't begun again
until all the beer
Wis gone.
And that lunch
didn't cost the judge
a cent.
Let me pay for
this. said the com
plainant. when the
time came for set
Element.
No, I'll be
pleased to pay for
it, protested the
defendant, blufflng
every bit as much
as thu other fellow
in his desire to ap-
pear generous be
fore the judge.
THE judge let
them wrangle for
a while, hen spoke
up in his judicial
voice, but there was
a twinkle in his
eyes:
Guess you need
a referee, don't you?
Yes? Well, I'll de
eide the case as i'm
partially as | can.
AS you both seem
extremely anXious
to part with the
5000 that the bill
calls for, | and the
rest of us will keep
our hands on our
pOCketbOOkS n d
generously permit
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

Such an outrage is unknown in the toughest
western communities.
The wostcrnor does not lccr into the facos
q Women on the street. He is not waiting
on "A corner for a woman to come up. only
to follow and pass her and grin odiousIy
over his shoulder at her. As a matter NJ
fact, while the westerner is adorabIv an
dacious in many respects. he is somewhat
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

who have made their money. Perhaps it is
that very fact that makes them such
formidable competitors TO the eastern
money kings, most of whom have inherited
their vast wealth.
But what about the ordinary, everyday
western man? He is really the subject of
this study. What is he like? How does he
differ from his eastern brethren? What is
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

madam.
All, why-what-' haltingly as if the
mother objected seriously to sitting her
conscience at the supreme moment.
"Pretty big to be riding for nothing. |
said, madam. How old is She"
"WhO-oh-how old? WHY" swcctly,
why Julia is just and the mothers voice
died away to a murmur.
How old did you say, madam
Silence for a moment; then a shrill voice
pipcd up:
Il guess mammals forgot what papa said
to tell you. He said. For heavens sake.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

tell the conductor
the Childs only
four and a half. and
save me three dol
lars.
And papa was
saved the three
dollars. not by his
furiously blushinE
wife, but 10y his off
spring. whose naive
speech made the
conductor lean over
my seat the next
time he G. a IN e.
through the car and
remark
Wouldn't that
jar you? Never
laughed so much in
my life and | didn't
have the heart to
collect fare"
1t is in his law
office in Wilmington
and between clients
that the judge likes
to swap anecdotes
with old friends.
These Offices are
in an insignificant
looking old brick
building, and to get
into them a pros
p|CctiVc client must
climb up a dark
stairway to the sec
Ond floor. Once
through the outer
door of the Offices
the visitor will
find two grcat
rooms, dingy, smell
ing of row after row
of worn law books
hiding the walls, and
heated according to
the style of twenty
nv" years ago, with
a mantle fireplace
ana a stove.
Sharing these bust
ness quarters with
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07
Western Men as Seen Through the Eyes of an Eastern Woman

mt, 1902, by Edith Sessions Turner ,
AVERAGE Londoner believes
New York City to be inhabited by
herce, m%an-eating animals and
painted, whooping savages.
In much the same fashion tho
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

lFz, 10y Nlllldm Il. lIlSun.D
HATS the judge" said the court
attendant, as a dignifed six
footer walked through the door
and a moment later pulled a
light overcoat off the shoulders