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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09
BIG FIRE AZ CHICAGO.
Several Large Buildings Destroyed,
loss 1925 ,ooo


Chicago, July 7.-Fire yesterday de-
stroyed the buildings at a05, S07 300
and S11-31S Wabash avenue, causing
losses aggregating over sS25,O0O. For
a time the fire threatened widespread
destruction, as 1t was only through
the utmost efforts Of the iremen that
the flames were prevented from
spreading to the department store of
Siegel, Cooper & Co, fronting on State
and separated from the burning build
ings only by narrow alley. Much
excitement was caused among the
guests of the Auditorium Hotel, d.
rectly across Wabash avenue from the
burning buildings, and at the Audito-
rum Annex. The guests were aroused
from their slumber sat o'clock in
the morning, when the fire had gained
such Roadway that it threatened other
buildings in all directions. On the
Wabash avenue side the flames belch-
ed out into the avenue so fiercely that
it was considered unsafe for trains on
the elevated loop to pass, and for over
two hours all traffic on the structure
was suspended.
The fire originated in Bosch & Co.'S
basement and had burned up to the
second floor before an alarm was
turned in. Explosion followed explo-
iron shutters were blown from their
sion in this building and many of the
fastenings and fell into the streets.
sion followed explosion in this build,
Following a severe explosion that
occurred at 9: 10 o'clock the side wall
of the building at SO7-3O9 Wabash av'
enue toppled over on the Kuntz-Remm-
Ter company building, crushing the
smaller structure.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09
race RIot Among Miners.

Connellsville. Pa, July IA race
riot between Slavs and Polish miners
and coke workers occurred Saturday
night at the Paul mines of the Rainey
company near Vanderbilt, three miles
from here.
Mike Zovetchin, Slav, was killed
INSTANTLY, and Victor Hennel, slav,
viii not live. Thirty slavs, men and
women, were all more or less injured
in the fight that took place. The par
Elephants were covered with blood af-
ter the fracas, but their injuries will
not prove fatal. Joseph Weilk and
Peter Panik, two Poles, are charged
with the murder of Zovetchin and the
wounding of Hennel. They were all
taken to Jail at Uniontown. The 9TH
ers were heavily fined. Some of these
will also be held for witnesses and per,
haps accomplices. Saturday night a
big christening was held at the home
of Frank Letkey, a Slavish moarding
boss. Beer and other drinks flowed
freely and at II o'clock the trouble
started.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09
Cupio believes in homeopathy--at

Cupid believes IN homeopathy-at
least he heals with another arrow the
wound made by one of his darts.
No man on earth can love his neigh
Dor as himself If he has a garden and
the aforesaid neighbor keeps chickens.
Many young man who leaves coll
lege with the intention of reforming
the world changes his mind and hunts
paying job.
Character is bounded on the north
by industry, on the east by integrity.
on the south by morality and on the
west by sobriety.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09
Kina GROWING STRONGER.

London, July liking Edwards pro.
gress last night continued good. 1t is
said that If his progress proceeds at
the present rate he will probably by
the end OF the month be well enough
to be transferred to the royal yacht
at Southampton waters. A bulletin
posted at o'clock yesterday morning
said: "The kings progress continues
to be in every way satisfactory"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09
Cattle War Feared.

Ardmore, /. r., July 7.-Grave trou.
BILE between cattlemen and Indians
in the Choctaw Nation is feared be.
cause of the killing during the past
week of nearly 400 cattle, supposedly
by Indians The trouble arises in the
violation by the cattlemen of the law
providing that non-citizens shall pos
sess no more than ten head Of cattle
a piece 1t is asserted that the cattle
raisers have violated the law with
IMMUNITY and aroused the hostility OF
the Indians.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09
unknown MAN killed.

Texarkana, Texas, July 1.-THE
body of an unknown man was found on
the track of the Kansas City Southern
railroad near Winthrop thirty miles
east of here yesterday. The clothes
bore the name of Montgomery" writ
ten with ink. The man is supposed to
have been struck by an engine.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-09

Clarksyille.-A large amount OF pas
ture fence has Recently been cut in
Red River county.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

lrduC bennett helrs.J
with the terms of the will, and l do
not want it broken. If it were broken,
| would have the use Of Mr.. Benefits
estate all my life, but when l die my
son would inherit nothing. / am
troubled with my heart, and realize
that / may be called to the next world
at most any time. l want the will to
stand, and should feel that / had lost
a great deal II it were broken.
MY only object in bringing legal pro-
ceedings was to establish my marriage
to Mr.. Bennett, my right to his name
and the legitimacy of the child, now
dead, that l bore after his death. My
CHIEF object in this was to save my boy
from the disgrace which might other
wise attach TO him if it were believed
that Mr.. Bennett and myself were not
man and wife. For my own sake, also,
wished my neighbors to know the
truth. ] realized that ! might stand
on the housetops and proclaim my mar
riage, but that no one would believe
me unless the facts were backed up by
legal proof
"And now let me tell you about my
marriage. ] had known Mr.. Bennett
for u years. He had come to see me
play and had tried TO make love TO me
many times, but he had wife living,
and / refused his advances. Two
months after his wife died he came TO
me and asked me to marry him. He
told me, what believe was the truth,
that he had fallen in love with me
when he first saw me, and that now
there was no bar TO our union. He
was a man Of many admirable qualities
mixed in with his faults, and after /
had considered the matter carefully |
agreed to marry MIN. We drove to JUS
tice Stanton's house, and he married
us.
81 should have greatly preferred to
have the marriage made public at that
time. but Mr.. Bennett was afraid that
It would cause a scandal and much
criticism. because his wife had been
dead so short a time. He made me
promise to keep the marriage secret.
81 was with Mr.. Bennett almost con-
tinuously for more than year before
his death. He would not have trained
nurse near him. He wanted me. IfId
doze off to sleep sitting in chair at his
bedside. he would call to me: Mamma,
wake up. ] can't sleep. and don't see
why you should He had house full
Of servants. and an excellent cook. but
he insisted on my cooking his meals
and bringing them up to him. ] have
seen him when one Of the servants
brought him food throw It, dishes and
all. to the floor, and then order me to
20 down and get him something"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12
CRlCHESTER'S ENGLISH
PENN NYR0YkL PILLS
d. DODGE TOMLINsON,S

Celebrated H. H. II. Medicine is not a
mere perfumed lubricating oil, the ap-
plication of which serves only to amuse
and occupy the patient, but is in reality
a scientific combination OF powerful
chemicals and potent drugs, which
have the marvellous property OF going
straight to the seat of the pain, where
they act upon the lymphatics In such
a manner, that the cause of the pain Is
absorbed and removed. 1t does not
matter much whether the pain be due
to an abnormal swelling, to spralns OF
the Joints or strains of the muscles OF
tendons, to rheumatism, iumbago,
neuralgia, sciatica, to toothache or
headache, all of these are quickly re-
lieved by the magic effect OF IL. ii. ii.
No other medicine or liniment seems
to equal it in the rapidity or certainty
fits action. Often single thorough
application causes the pain and dis
comfort to vanish, as if by magic.
The II. II. III. is used only externally
1t is put up in rs cent size and alo
larger bottles.
The signature and portrait Of the
inventor, DIR. ID. Dodge Tomlinson,
400 N orth Third St., Philadelphia, Pa.
is printed on the wrapper around each
bottle. Sold by druggists. A slightly
smaller sample vial will be delivered
by U. s. Mail on receipt OF 70 cents
In stamps,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

Baseball, Golf and Yachting
Gossip That is Timely

81 want tub know, do they find any
fun in playin' in hard rains?"
1t must be said for the ''gameness"
Of the women who played in the recent
national event, that veteran men golf
ers who trudge over the links in all
sorts Of weather would not have been
more courageous. followed Miss
Geneyieye Hecker. the national cham
pion, and Miss Bessie Anthony, the
western champion. when they played
in the mist and rain, until was thor
oughly drenched. Cold and teeth
chattering, l was glad to take the car
to the comfortable hotel in Boston.
But many Of the players, among them
Miss Hecker, seemed to care no more
for the pelting rain and the enyelop-
ing mists than If they were sprays Of
perfume from some great atomizer.
Small wonder that the grizzled old
salt who commanded the fishing
schooner and who had never seen a
golf club, could not understand how
them wimmen could stan the water
when it came down that way" He
forgot-if he ever knew-that the big
golf clubs have locker rooms that are
provided with hot and cold shower
baths, and that after a drench on the
course a woman may, with a shower
and change Of clothing, step into the
dining room, her face all aglow with
healthful circulation and her. appetite
ready for the most generous meal the
steward can set forth.
Small wonder, then, that Miss Heck
er, who intends to go TO Scotland
next spring to play in tournaments
that are never postponed by the pro-
verbal scotch mists," disdained
head covering and played three days
on the Brooklyn course with herhair
the only protection for her head and
in a thin shirt waist that was soaked
by the rain a few moments after the
first tee was left behind. She is a true
golfer in the eyes Of the strenuous
throng, because of her defiancs Of the
elements.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

Nearly 100000 people paid entrance
fees to ball games in the several cities
Of the major leagues this season. Is
a sport that draws we'll on the decline
Magnates of the National and Ameri-
can leagues claim they have made
money with the exception of a few
clubs that, by reason of clashes, ex-
orbitant salary lists and public senti-
ment, were denied the pleasure Of a
generous cash balance. In addition to
this large army of patrons of the big
leagues, there were at least 1000, 900
patrons of the leagues in the pros
porous cities that have no major
league towns.
Necessarily the figures on attend
ance for the season are not wholly re-
liable. The practice of Withholding
the official attendance in National
league cities has been firmly fixed by
custom, and he is indeed a fortunate
sporting writer who can come within
100 of the real attendance at the games
he reports. Guessing" is the general
method Of getting the attendance, be-
cause the National league club owners
maintain that the patronage is a
sOuce Of revenue to their clubs the
same as the sales of a commercial
house, and to a certain extent il is
none Of the public's business how
many pay admission. 1--WE cannot be
asked to show our books" said a club
president "any more than could the
public demand Of department store
its daily statement of receipts. The
people go where they find the best
baseball, pay for it, and we try to give
them a return for their money"
On the other hand, there are some
clubs in the American league that
make a practice Of announcing Off
cially to the press the exact attend
ance. One of the National league mag
mates, who has a clash in this citywith
the rival league, keeps a book in
which he has his own clubs attend
ance figures and the exact count Of all
paid admissions and "deadheads" of
the rival club. He minces no words
when he says the published accounts
Of the rival club are padded daily.
Taking the precarious data at hand
the daily reports-as a basis, the fig
ures show that the American league
in every city where there was a con-
fict with the older league, outdrew
the latter. Last year the figures for
the National leagues total attend
ance were 236,44 larger than those Of
the American league. This year the
statisticians have figured il that the
younger league outdrew the National
league by 525,245. New York, the Ma
tional league tailend team, leads the
league in drawing power with more
than 100000 admissions, while the
champion Athletics OF the American
league lead with more than 100000 ad-
missions. Here is a table based on
"guess reports" of the total attend
ance in both leagues this year:
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12
MISS LAURA BIGGAR.
Sticks to 1t That She Was Married
to H. M. Bennett.
Writes from Her Sec1usion to Deny
Any Conspiracy New Jersey
Authorities Unable TO LO-
cate Missing Actress.

Laura Biggar is still in hiding. The
authorities have searched increasingly
for the former actress, who is charged
with others with forming a gigantic
conspiracy TO obtain the late million
aire Henry NJ. Benefits millions. War
rants are out for her arrest in New
jersey, but for over a month she has
eluded all efforts of the officers TO ap-
prehend her. Ii is alleged that there
is bogus baby and a trumped-up mar
riage certificate, and the heirs Of the
late millionaire assert that sh0 was
never married to Bennett at all.
The woman sticks TO IL that she was
married and avows she is not money
mad, but fighting for a recognition OF
her marriage. She has sent a COM
munication out from her place Of hid
ing in which she tells her side Of the
story. She makes allegations of a
startling nature, and writes vigorously
in her own defense. She says:
Il am not hiding, and have no fear
of arrest have done nothing that
the whole world is not free to know.
am looking for nothing that am not
justly entitled TO.
81 am charged with conspiracy, but
the conspiracy is all on the other side.
IL is claimed that ! was not the wife
Of Mr. Bennett. and that Samuel STAN
ton, justice of the peace, swore false
ly that he had married us. 1t is also
claimed that Dr. c. c. Hendricks testi-
fed to a lie when he said that ! gave
birth TO a child after Mr.. BENEFITS
death, while l was In the sanitarium.
They claim. that these two gentlemen
and myself made up the story Of the
marriage, and the baby, in order to
render void Mr.. Benefits will. which
left me about 60 per cent. Of his es-
tate. They claim that ! was not salts
fed with this; that was money mad,
and wanted all.
''To begin with, lam not money mad.
l am not as young as l once was, and
all ] have to live for is my son, who is
Is years old. lam perfectly satisfied
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12
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The receipt of the Royal u
ster Yacht clubs challenge on be-
half Of Sir Thomas Upton for an
other race for the Americas cup is,
Of course, the principal feature Of the
yachting world. Sir Thomas means
to lift" that cup next year if money,
skill and brains will accomplish the
task. And it will astonish few critics
IL, before the yachting season opens
next year. public opinion veers to
Upton so strongly that the slogan
will be Let the cup go over the water
again" II was no surprise to learn
by cable that Sir Thomas had chal-
lenged again. The perfunctory work
Of the New York Yacht club after "di-
gesting" the mail from Ireland"
does not interest the general public
Neither does the reading public care
whether or not some member Of the
Royal Ulster club will share with Sir
Thomas the expense and worry Of
building Shamrock III. What the peo-
pie desire to know as quickly as posi-
bic is: VIII the New York people at
tempt to make the defense Of the cup
matter of their own close corpora
tion or will they permit a free field
for the trial races, the best yacht to
have the honor Of meeting the British
craft2
Capt. Lem" Miller, a salt Of years
Of experience, will be sailing master OF
the Columbia. The latter. during her
double defense Of the cup, was adroit-
ly piloted by that famous skipper
Capt. Charley" Barr Rumor has it
and the thick walls Of the New York
Yacht club cannot keep in all talk
that Skipper Barr will be the premier
on the deck Of the new Herreshoff
boat. Another sailor Of great repute
who is being talked Of for prominent
place in the cup trials, is Capt. William
S. Dennis, Of Greenport, /. ]. Capt.
Dennis. too. has a national and even
international name for skill in han
ding yachts. He is now the success
full sailing master Of the schooner
yacht Elmina. He has some ideas
about sailing that are being looked
over by the "Napoleons Of finance"
who will pay the bills necessary
TO the defense of the cup.
When IS years Of age, Mr.. Den
mis- commanded a fishing sloop. and
old-timers will recall when in the Gar
diners bay regattas he sailed the Min
ME Rogers and defeated some great
rivals. He has had charge Of yachts ga
lore in sailing seasons, and if he sue
ceeds in plotting trial boat first in
the proposed races to select defend
er, Capt. Dennis will have the cheers
Of a great people. With a crew that
he himself will select, he will endeayor
to show the British sportsman that
the task Of lifting the cup might as
well be abandoned.
T. @. WEsTLAKE.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12
VOL. XIII.
CITY DIRECTORY.

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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12
JoHNNY's pa.

My pa-he always went to school.
He says. an studied hard
Wy when he's just as old as me.
He knew things by the yard
Arithmetic? He knew II all,
From dividend TO sum;
But when he tells me how IL was
My grandma she says HUM
My pa-he always got the prize
For never bein late;
An when he studied joggerfy
lie knew bout every state.
he says he knew the rivers an
Knew all their outs an ins.
But when he tells me all o. that
My grandma she just grins
Ny pa-he never missed day
A-goin' to the school.
An never played no hockey nor
Forgot the teachers rule;
An every class he's ever in
The rest he always led
My grandma. when pa talks that way,
just laughs and shakes her head.
Ny grandma says at boys Is boys
The came as pas Is pas.
An when l asst her what she means
She says Il is because
She says at little boys is best
When they grows up TO men,
Because they know how good they were
An tell their children then.
Baltimore American.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

We would like TO ask, through the
columns of your paper, il there is any
person who has used Green's August
Flower for the cure of Indigestion, Dys-
pepsia and Liver Troubles that has not
been cured-and we also mean their
results, such as sour stomach, fermen-
tation Of food, habitual costiveness,
nervous dyspepsia, headaches, despon-
dent feelings, sleeplessness-in.fact, any
trouble connected with the stomach or
liver2 This medicine has been sold
Tor many years in ali civilized countries,
and we wish TO correspond with you
and send you one Of our books free Of
cost. II you never tried August
Flower, try Is cent bottle first.
We have never known Of its failing. II
80, something more serious is the mat
ter with yoI. The 25 cent size has just
been int. oduced this year. Regular
size 70 cents AT all druggists.
@. G.. GREEN, Woodbury., N. J.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12
A Good Cough Medicine.

From the Gazette. Toow0omba Australia.
/ find Chamberlain Cough Remedy
is an excellent medicine. | have been
suffering from a severe cough for the
last two months, and il has effected a
cure. Ihave great pleasure in recon-
mending it.-W. G. WoCKSER. This
is the opinion Of one Of our Oldest and
most respected residents, and has been
voluntarily given in good faith that
others may try the remedy and be bene-
fited as was Mr.. Wockner. This re-
medy is sold by The Winston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

"Huh, them wimmen'll be shippin'
fer fishin' on the Georges fust thing
we know" remarked the skipper Of
Goldfish schooner that was tied up at
Boston wharf when / had endeavored
10 explain to him how the contestants
in the women's national golf cham
pionship at the Country club, near
Boston, braved the Newfoundland
banks fog, mist and heavy downpour
Of rain to compete in the big event.
"Guess a few hours out in that
nasty weather on the banks with our
schooner would take all the sportiness
out Of them wimmen," he resumed.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

Al. Smell wanted to attend a party,
but was afraid to do so on account Of
pains is his stomach, which he feared
wou ID grow worse. He says, 81 was
telling my troubles to a lady friend,
who said: 'Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy will put
you in condition for the party l
bought a bottle and take pleasure in
stating that two doses cured me and
enabled me to have a good time at the
party Mr.. Smell is a resident OF
Summer Hill, n. Y. This remedy is
for sale by The Winston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

The o.d friends OF Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy will be pleased to know
that the manufacturers Of that prepara-
ton have gotten out a new remedy
called Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, and that it is meeting
with much success in the treatment OF
constipation, billiousness, sick head
ache, impaired digestion and like dis
orders. These tablets are easier to
take and more pleasant in effect than
pills, then they not only move the
bowels, but improve the appetite and
correct my disorders Of the stomach
and liver. For sale by The Winston
Drug Co
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-12

This il not a gentle woid-bdt when
you think how liable you are not to pur-
chase the only remedy universally
known and remedy that has had the
largest sale Of any medicine in the
world since 1858 for the cure and treat
ment Of Consumption and Throat and
Lung troubles without losing its great
popularity all these years, you will be
thankful we called your attention TO
Boschee's German Syrup. There are
so many ordinary cough remedies made
by druggists and Others that are good
and cheap for light colds perhaps, but
for severe Coughs, Bronchitis, Group
and especially for Consumption, where
there is difficult expectoration and
coughing during the nights and morn
ings, there is nothing like German
Syrup. The % cent size has Just been
Introduced this year. Regular size 75
cents. At all druggists.
To ont of a puplo toll oo,eo. H.. A..