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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
"THE MAN ON HORSEBACK"
Henry Wattcrson Makes a Fling at

Henry Wattcrson Makes a Fling at
Roosevelt in Banquet Speech.
In banquet speech at Washington
Monday night Henry Watterson made
the following fling at President Roose-
welt:
"Once again in the white house we
have the man on horseback. Affect
ing the simplicity of the cowboy, he
conccaIs beneath the confidence
and queer manners CT the broncho
buster the sentiment and emotions,
# not the talents, Of q Diaz.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
CHOLERA SCARE IN MANILA.
Troops Coming Home Will Be Hurried
of Ahead of Time.

Troops Coming Home VIII Be Hurr1eu
of Ahead of Time.
There have been four new case. Oh
cholera at Manila and more deaths
from the p'ague are reported. The
health authorities believe that their
rigid precautions have averted an cpl
demic. AS General Chaffee DID not
want the men of the Third Infantry to
rim the risk of cholera, as a result OF
contact with the city, that regiment
already has been taken aboard tne
limited States transport Grant. which
will sail for San Francisco one week
ahead of her schedule time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27

tareous contributions from every part
of South Carolina. There was no gen
cral contribution 20 the fund gotten up
by Colonel T:!lman because Of the sur
rounding circumstances.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
"HE" WAS OF EYES SEX.
Remarkable Instance Of Woman Mas
ouerading as Man.

40cf doT'7S &
After living for thirty five years as
a husband and head of family. the
death of George Green at Ettricks
Chesterfield county, Va: Friday morn
ing revealed the fact that the supposed
man was a woman. Had not strangers
prepared the body for the grave. the
strange secret would never hyae Deen
known.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
Palma off For Cuba.

Thomas Estrada Palma, president
elect of Cuba, who will assume office
April /. left Middletown, n. Y, Sat
urday. with his family for the islands.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
REFORM SCHOOL ON FIRE.

Na,rIv Three Hundred Children Ne.
naeed By Early Morning Blaze.
EarIy Thursday morning the Lex:ng'
ton. KY, fire department was noti'
fed that the state school OF reaoTm,
six titles frcm the city. and in which
PSI children are confined, was 10
flames. The inmates are thought 10
have al gotten out safely. A hfe en-
zine was scnt from the city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
DEMOCRATS ARE PRo-eoER.
House Members Declare Congress
Should Express Sympathy.

Should Express Sympathy.
A Washington special says: The
democratic members CT the caucus
held Wednesday night unanimously
adopted resolutions declaring that the
congress should express the sympathy
CT the American people for the strug-
Cling Boer republics, and pledging
themselves to use their utmost endeaV-
ors to force" the committees to report
resolutions expressive of such sympa-
thy in order that congress might have
an opportunity to act.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27

Puppet King Goes Hence.
Achilles I, known as tfe king OF
Patagonia and Araauchina," died In
Paris Wednesday Of pneumonia.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27

Russia has announced that, de
spite the Anglo Japanese agreement:
she will insist on completing the Man
churian railway to port free from
fee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
DUMONT Is COMING.

Wizard Aeronaut Promises to Take
in st. Louis Exposition.
A Paris special says: Santos Du-
mont has accepted An invitation from
the officials of the St. Louis exposi-
ton to go to St. Louis, there to assist
the authorities in the organization Of
the proposed balloon contests and Sc
lect q site oa which to erect a balloon
shed for himself. The aeronaut viii
sail for New York OF the steamer
Deutschland CT April 4. He Will not
take a balloon with him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
FRANCE A GOOD CUSTOMER.

W. Stand Second In List Of Nations
Trading With Her.
The: United States stood second on
the list Of nations from which France
purchased her supplies last year and
fourth in the list Of purchasers OF pro-;
duets of French origin. according 20 z,
report from United States Consul
Thaekara at Havre, dated February
81 and made public at the state de.
.artment Thursday,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
PREPARING FOR VETERANS.

rces on Elaborate Scale.
Dallas. Texas, is making the most
elaborate preparations for entertain
ing the Confederate veterans and
other visitors to the national ConfeG-
crate reunion to he held April %. 20,
q and 25. Arrangements for hous-
ing many thousands have been made.
PuiIdines at the state fair grounds are
il A state of forward preparation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
pEcAPlTATED BY ROPE.
Horrible Incident at Hanging OF Muir.
derer Will Lanier.

derer Will Lanier.
Will Lanier. murderer Of two broth.
ers. met death on the gallows at Aber'
deem, Miss, Wednesday. He was firm
to the last and made an address in
which he stated that the cause OF his
downfall was gambling and Illicit
whisky making.
When the rope stretched, the spec
tators were Mortified to see his head
leap from his body, severed as com:
pletely as though cut with an ak. A
large crowd witnessed the execution.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
SPECIAL TERM OF Coo6'.

Called to Try Slower and 'rkle, Al
leaed Murderers Of Mrs. Blake.
dispatch from Gainesville, Ca
eavs. Judge J. B. Estes has issued
an order for a special term of Hall
suner;or court on the first Monday in
April to try Harvey stover and Char
lev Pirkle for the crime of killing Mrs.
Christina Blake. whose tragic end oc-
cnrrea near Flowery Branch several
days ago.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
TWELVE YEARS CAPTIVE.

BuShnnen OF EUEIraII5 T7eIu T!ooNT5H
Man Long Prisoner.
After twelve years imprisonment
among the bushmen in Australia. Jo'
sept J. Gill, a son cf the late Thomas
Gill a well known Brooklyn IN 'lufac'
turer, has been heard from by his
family, who mourned him as dead.
Gill LETT home in 1856. and N 1879
MS wife. believing him dead, married
again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
BREAKER BOYS GET SMALL COIN
Judge and Bishop the Givers-Two Deep
Mines Visited.

The bottom of the shaft is 80 feet
below the surface-and during their
two hours stay in the workings the
commissioners went about Il mile and
a half from the shaft The whistle
blew the noon hour just as the party
came to the surface. At the breaker
near by the commissioners talked with
the boys. Judge Gray and Bishop
Spalding seemed the most interested
in the lads, and each gave some of
them small coin. From the Maple
Hill colliery the commissioners train
was run down through Mahanoy City
and Tamaqua to the Panther Greek
valley Then the arbitrators visited
the No. 6 coliiery of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company, of Coaldale.
The entrance to the mines was through
a drift. which is a horizontal opening
into the base of Il mountain.
About 100 feet inside the entrance
the party was lowered by means of
shaft to the bottom. which is $50 feet
down. The mine proved to be quite
wet, and every one in the party got
more or less damp. As the members
OF the commission passed along the
gangway on the mine cars drawn by
mules they went under wOrked-out
chutes from which water flowed in
streams While going under one chute
the mules stopped and the water fell
into one of the cars. thoroughly soak
ing all its occupants; which the com
miSsioners in the other cars took it as
q good joke on their colleagues.
The party went to the end of two
long gangways about Il half mile in
length and up into very steep chute,
where they found miners at work. In
order to get into the chute the COM
missioners had to climb ladder and
crawl over broken coal through a small
opening.
After leaving the mine number of
idle mine workers crowded around
Chairman Gray, of the commission,
and told him that they had been dis
criminated against by the company in
the matter of getting their old places
back. They said Superintendent Bell
ner would not take them back for
some reason unknown to them, and
that other men had been given their
positions. On the other hand the COM
pany officials said they had not enough
work now for all the men, on account
of repair work being done in the mines.
Judge Gray listened to them, but made
no comment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
ELECTION NIGHT HORROR
Whole Battery of Bombs Goes or into .
Dense Throng of People at
New York.

New York. Nov. 6.-With Il list of
twelve persons killed and seventy
four injured before him, Coroner Scho-
Ter has begun an Investigation of the
explosion of fireworks in Madison
square Tuesday night. Ten men have
been locked up, charged with criminal
neglect and the coroner has issued Il
warrant for the arrest of Jim Dimun-
dio. of Coney Island. who is alleged
to have been in charge of the fire
works. 1T is a case of absolutely
criminal neglect" said the coroner. ''One
of the mortarS was set off and it was
pointed ut row of other mortarS in
line. There was defect in the bot
tom of the mortar and it leaned to-
ward the others, which were set off by
the fire ball thrown toward them
These are the killed by the negli-
gence of somebody: Policeman Dennis
Shea. William X. Narcle % years old,
Nathaniel Dingley Q3), Harold Roblee,
O2), Joseph Heber unidentified man
GO years olD. Albert Kaemetif, Jr.,
William Feeney ~ years Old, w. S.
M'Avery 40, Camille Gussanti (26),
George Landau, Joseph Weiner Q5).
Seven legs of victims of the fireworks
explosion were ampptated at Bellevue
hospital yesterday.
1t is estimated that $4,000 persons
were in the square at the time. Proba-
bly, 10000 of these were masSed
around the point where the explosion
occurred. and while they were scram-
bling to reach places of safety. knock
ing down one another and falling over
park benches, 10000 others were cheer
from the opposite side of the park,
where they received the election re-
turns thrown upon screen before the
new skyscraper known as the Flat
Iron building. unaware of the tragedy
in another part of the square.
New York. Nov. 6.-The 18th victim
of the fireworks explosion Tuesday
night, William ID. Drake, bookkeep-
er, died this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
SOFT COAL DEAL
HAS COLLAPSED
Eastern Syndicate Surrenders Op-
tions on Illinois
Mines.

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 6.-The big
coal deal by which an eastern syndi-
cate was to purchase and operate the
\ 8 shipping mines of Sangamon,
Christian and Menard counties has
fallen through. Options amounting
to 100000 and expiring today had
been given by owners of the mines to
Newton jackson, of Philadelphia, who
was managing the deal. These OPP
tions were surrendered during yes
terday to the mine owners by Mr..
Jackson.
In letter to the owners Jackson
says that he hopes to be able to make
the deal after Jan. l, 1908. 1t is be-
lieved that he could not get the back
ing required for underwriting the $2,-
100000 worth of bonds which were to
be issued.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
BISHOP WHlPPLE MEMORIAL
Tower of the Cathedral at Faribault to
Which Many and Varied PeO-
pIe Subscribed.

Faribault. Mimi, Nov. G.-The dedi-
catory services of the Bishop Whipple
Memorial Tower of the Cathedral of
Our Merciful Savior were conducted
Tuesday afternoon by Bishop Samuel
Edsall and were attended by several
hundred visitors.
The fund for the tower was raised
by popular subscription, about 1000
giving. among them the archbishop of
Canterbury and York. bishop of Nor
wich, Lady Ashburton, President
Cleveland. Secretary Hay, Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. J. PierpOnt
Morgan and Rev. James McGregOr. ID.
D.. of Edinburgh, moderator of the
Church of Scotland.
The colored people of Eatonville,
Fla, and the Sioux and Chippewa In
dians were contributors. The chimes
were given by Mrs. Whipple as me-
mortal to her husband.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
The GeiSlla.

"Geisha.' the professional girl en-
tertainer OF Japan, is by no means to
be confounded with "geinin," says
Japan and America. The word geisha
really means actor, "gei'' meaning a
play or entertainment of any sort, and
''sha" means a person. For instance.
i-sha means physician, and so on. The
word really means what actor" does
in English, but it has come to mean
only those girls in Japan who are
trained to entertain by dancing and
singing to the shamisen and koto, the
usual musical instruments for light en-
tertainments, and they also are trained
TO converse agreeably on topics of the
day. "Geinin," on the other hand.
while it really means the same thing
as geisha, has now come to be applied
to artists, in higher sense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
NEW GOVERNOR FOR NEBRASKA
He IL a Ropublican-COnGress situa
tion-LegisIature Republican.

He IL n observation-disclosures Situa-
tion-LegisIature Republican.
Lincoln, Nov. 6.-Complete and part
IL complete returns from enough coun-
ties to accurately forecast the result
shows that Mickey Rep) has been
elected governor of Nebraska by not
less than 1900, and probably by 5000.
The rest of the Republican state ticket
is elected by an increased plurality.
The Republican state committee says
Mickey has G00O. Fusionists will not
concede this, but generally admit that
his chances are best.
For congress the Republicans carry
the First, Fourth and Sixth districts.
The Fusionists elect Hitchcock in the
Second. The Third and Fifth are in
doubt The Republican committee
claims both. Republicans will control
both branches of the legislature by
greatly Increased majority, having
probably twenty-eight of the thirty
three senators and seventy of the 100
house members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
All Republicans Can Do
to Show 0deII's EIec-
tion in New York.
CHARGES OF FRAUD
Admitted Majority Down
to 10000 and Revel-
ations Expected.

Albany, y. ", Nov. ct is believed
here that Senator Hill has some
trump card that is to be played in
connection with the returns. The
fact that New York City democratic
leader said that there was Juggling
with returns upstate and that for
this reason any majority given out
in New York City would be met by
upstate increases is regarded as evi-
dence that New York City returns
have been in some way withheld. As
soon as the positive upstate vote is
announced it is said that the demo-
cratic vote in New York City will be
found to have wiped out the rural
majorities.
New York, Nov. 6.-Reyised returns
from the state indicated that Odell's
plurality would be about 10000. These
figures were based on complete returns
from Il number of counties, with par
tial reports from others, missing dis
tricts being estimated. The Republic
an plurality above the Bronx, as in
dicated by the returns received, was
10000. against 10. 900 in the greater
New York for Coler. Figures from
the greater New York, with two cleo
ton districts missing, gave Color 1927
Oh plurality.
Two places on the state ticket con-
tinued in dOubt-the attorney general
ship and a justiceship of the court of
appeals-it appearing that the Demo-
cratic cOndidates for those offices had
run well above Odell. Cunneen, for
attorney general, because he was in
dorsed by the PrOhibitionists, and
Gray, for the court of appeals, on ac-
count of the fact that many Republic
ans supported him.
For congress nineteen Republicans
and seventeen Democrats were elected,
with one district in doubt. In the pres
ent congress are twenty-five Republic
ans and twelve Democrats. The esti-
mates are that the new state senate
would stand thirty Republicans and
twenty Democrats, and the assembly
eighty-nine Republicans and siXty-one
Democrats.
New York, Nov. 6.-The revised fig
ures for governor are as follows:
Odell, 1885: Coler, 123,03S; Odell's
plurality, 10,79S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
COOK COUNTY Is RATHER MIXED
But Illinois Is Sufficiently Emphatic as to
Her Choice.

Chicago, Nov. 6.-Illinois remains in
the Republican column, notwithstand-
ing the mixed result in Cook county.
Although the returns from the country
towns are not all in, it is apparent
that Fred Busse, Republican candidate
for state treasurer, carried Cook cOun-
ty by about 1900, which makes the
party plurality for the entire ticket
not far from 73,OO0. Busse ran ahead
of his ticket in Cook. Chris Manner
ran nearly 1900 votes behind his, as
John l.. Pickering, Democratic candi-
date for supreme court clerk, carried
the city by yearly 10000.
The legislature is Republican in both
branches, the party majority on joint
ballot being estimated ut thirty-twO,
which insureS the election of Repre-
sentative Hopinks aS United States
senator-unIess there is a fiare-up in
the caucus at Springfield next jan
uary.
The Republicans have elected six
teen of the twenty-five Representatives
in the state William Lorimer won
his battle for congress - Martin &.
Madden lost Lis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
origin of n Popular Myth.

People are expected to believe his
tory when such things as this happens
In 1892 a man living ON q small farm
east of Wichita ran out of coal one
evening. He was getting supper, and
he took an armful of corn and dumped
it in the stove. Corn was 10 cents a
bushel, and the Wichita reporter fired
the story out over the country that
Kansas farmers were burning corn.
The corn burning story has passed
into history as a fact. If julius Caesar
had no better foundation than the
corn story he never existed at all
Wichita Eagle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
Worth Trying Again.

The impecunious author passed over
the manuscript with Il faltering hand.
The aged but truthful editor started.
"Er-AIr. Wrightly," he said, with
the air of man who has just become
saddled with great thought, did you
ever hear that Walter Scott received
the suggestion of his first successful
novel while he was washing his hands?'
IL believe l read of it," stammered
the impecunious author, slipping his
hands into his pockets. y faraway
look came into the face of the aged
but truthful editor.
81 was merely throwing out the sug-
gestion," he said softly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
PepyS on Lent.

The scarcity of fish in old times in
England made it difficult for the poor
to keep Lent. Pepys remarks, The
talk of the towne now is whether Lent
shall be kept with the strictnesse of
the kings proclamation, which is
thought cannot be, becah-s of the poor
who cannot buy fish" He also says:
Notwithstanding my resolution, yet,
for want of other victualls, l did eat
flesh this Lent and again. Our din
ner was only sugar sopps and fish, the
only time we have had n Lenten din
ner all this Lent"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
OMAHA SUFFERS
HEAVY FIRE LOSS
American Press Newspaper Plant
Among the institutions
Destroyed.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 6.-Fire today in
the building occupied by the Fair
banks, Morse & company scales and
the American Press was badly dam
aged. Two firemen fell from a lad
der, receiving serious injuries. One
hundred and fifty country newspa-
pers are temporarily affected by the
burning of the American Press plant.
which was badly damaged.
Capt. Olsen, of the engine company.
fell from ladder and received prob
ably fatal injuries. Engineer John
Reed was also badly hurt. Ii is now
believed the losses will be greater
than AT first reported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
THE CONTROL OF CONGRESS.
Republicans Have 1t. But by Greatly Re
duced Figures.

Chicago, Nov. 6.-Dispatches to the
Associated Press up to IL this morn
ing show the republicans have elected
207 members of congress and the
democrats 17S. One California dis
trict is in doubt.
Washington, Nov. 6.-The latest re-
turns received up to this writing show
that the Republicans Gncluding in this
description the Fusionists elected from
the Pittsburg-AJlegheny districts in
PennsylvaniD will control the next
house by vote of 204 Republicans to
1I9 Democrats, with one district, the
Eighth Tennessee and two California
districts remaining so much in doubt
that the official returns will be need
ed to decide the result The figures
given below are as near correct as
they can be made at this time:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
Discovery of Asbestos.

Stevens Point, Wis, Nov. 6.-The re-
cent discovery of what appeared to be
an inexhaustible deposit of asbestos in
a tract of land in proximity to this
city will no doubt in the very near
future result III bringing Stevens Point
again into prominence as the market
center for another product. y company
is now being formed to secure control
of the land on which the mineral is To-
Gated, with the view of developing the
mine and placing the product on the
market
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
BLISS HAS PLURALITY OF ss,7e4
Governor Ran 1870 Behind Warner,
Candidate for Secretary of State.

Governor Ran 1870 Behind Warner,
Candidate for Secretary of State.
Detroit, Nov. 6.-The revised re-
turns that are being received show a
total vote for Bliss of 47,414 and for
Durand Democrab 14,65O, giving Gov
ernor Bliss a plurality of 30, 764. Gov
ernor Bliss ran 11,S70 behind Fred NJ.
Warner, Republican candidate for sec
retary of state, according TO the re-
turns which, when completed, will
lower Governor Bliss plurality trifie
more, it is expected. Durand made a
particularly strong run in Wayne coun-
ty. which he carried by nearly 10000.
The legislature will be made up as fol-
low: House %; Demo
Gratis. .: one district still in doubt.
In Detroit Mayor William c. May
bury Oemocrat) polled a total vote Of
"a. .5O7. DR.. J. III. Carstens, his Repub-
Iican opponent, getting 21,S12, plu-
raIity for Maybury of 2,695.
In the First congressional district
Alfred Lucking, the only Democratic
congressman elected from Michigan,
has a plurality of 1923. with eleven
precincts still to be heard from.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
.KEpuBL1cAN YEAR" SAYS ROSE
LaFoIlette's Plurality in Wisconsin Like
Iy to Figure Up $4,000.

Milwaukee, Nov. 6.-Belated returns
increased Governor LaFollettes plu-
raIity in the state. The latest estimate
brings it up to $4,000. As near as can
he gufired out the next legislature Will
be made pabout as follows: Assem-
bly,, 75 Republicans and % Democrats;
senate, 81 Republicans and 2 Demo
Gratis. The governor declined to make
any statement as to his views of the
result.
Mayor Rose, the defeated Democrat
ic candidate. resumed his official duties
at the city hall yesterday. As to the
result of the election he said: wis
consin was in line with the other
states. 1t is a Republican year. 1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
Love Generallv FINDS a way.

Mattoon, Ills, Nov. 6.-Miss May Nc
Reynolds, society girl of this city,
ran away from home Sunday and went
to Terre Haute, where she met Thos.
Vaughn, a manufacturer of Indianapo-
lis. The couple went to Chicago and
were married in that city. Vaughn
was formerly a resident of Mattoon,
and while here courted Miss McReyn-
olds. Her relatives refused him admit
tance to the house. and he then moved
his business TO Indianapolis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-06
To Clean Brass.

To clean brass and keep it always
bright rub it with a solution Of oxalic
acid, one ounce of acid to one pint OF
water, and alternate with a solution
composed of one-half pound of rotten
stone and one ounce of oxalic acid.
with as much water as will make it
into stiff paste. Apply the solutions
and polish with a piece of leather or
an old silk handkerchief. Both solu-
tions should be labeled Poison"