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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-12-09
So They Told.

Editor-How did you find out so
much about the proceedings of that
woman's club?
Reporter-It was secret meeting
they held-Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-12-09

newspaper, like other industrial un
dertakings, is not carried on for the
health. Papers are published for
revenue only. When paper finds
something sensational to print it
has reached the zenith of its fell
city; and it proceeds to erect a su-
perstructure of head lines that
would brighten the ghost of Sioux
Indian into hysteria. When the
newsboy sees what the paper con-
tains he starts out with nostrils
distended, his eyes afame, and with
a voice that would shame a caliope
into silence he screams and bellows
until his papers are sold. The big
ger the sensation the bigger the
sale; the bigger the sale the bigger
the receipts. In the face of all this
the chances are that all this hub
bub was one part truth and ninety
nine parts the imagination of the in
genious reporter, and the whole
thing will be denied in the next is
sue.
One of the first things young
reporter learns, and learns with a
sorrow proportionate to his con-
science, is that if he is careful to
verify or authenticate all the sensa-
tional news he turns in, so that it
may be reliable, he will turn in so
little that he may be charged with
insufficient scent, and his tenure is
thereby endangered. But if he can
turn in something sensational, some
''hot stuff. " that will bring out the
scare heads, steam up the young
caliopes and insure heavy sale of
papers, even though the structure
has not one substan tional thing to
stand upon, that report is for the
nonce the mightiest lion in the re-
portOrial den.
Papers which run to the sensa-
tional, regardless of reliableness,
are called yellow papers, and I am
glad to say that not all papers are of
the yellow variety. There are papers
in the twin cities which publish
nothing which they do not at least
believe to be facts. But to unduly |
enlarge upon revolving details of
certain kinds of crime is charac-
teristic of nearly all daily newspa-
pers. 1t is hopeful sign of the
times to know that certain club of
Minneapolis which subscribes for
all the leading periodicals of the
country has discarded the New
York World because it is too ''yel-
low" to be admitted to a respecta-
BILE reading table. But not with
standing these structures upon pa
pers, they publish much that is
good, wholesome and instructive, as
much as is furnished by any book,
and more than is found in most of
them. There is nothing better than
some of the reading found in news
papers and magzines.
It is no fault of book or paper
to be humorous or witty. Sparkling
wit and humor are the salt and pep
per of conversation; and who does
not appreciate them is entitled to
as much sympathy as though he
had lost one of his senses. An &C.
casional sally of pungent wit is re-
freshing to mind and body. 1t taps
the tickle vein of exuberance and |
thus acts as antidote for ment;
WEAKNESS and depression. ovid
ow Bedott' and Josiah Allen s
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-12-09

For RENT-A good 8-roomed house
with barn, on Chestnut street. Apply
to Robinson & Co. 15-2t
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22
KENTON.

Wires For Electric Lights Have Been Strung
and the Town Will Soon be Lighted
With Electricity-Local and Personal.
SPECIAL Correspondence to the ZINES
KENToN, April 21.-Mr. GamalieI
Garrison represented our Sunday
school at the convention held in Lewes
last week. We are expecting a glow
ing report of it next Sunday. Mr..
Garrison is an earnest worker in the
Sunday School, and makes an ex-
cellent superintendent.
The wires are up for the electric
lights and in short time the current
will be turned on. The town people
are hoping they will be more salts
factory than the old oil lamps.
Personal. Miss Katherine McFaul is
suffering with tonsilitis.-Mr. N. H.
Griffin's condition is unimproved. -
Mr.. Wilbur Wilds remains about the
same.-Mrs. Laura Bailey of Whining
ton is visiting her parents, Mr.. and,
Mrs. David Wilds. Mr.. Thomas e.
Bailey is convalescent. t.-Doctors Cor.
ley and Clifton were visitors in town
Sunday. ay.-Misses Katherine and Edith
Downs D. Messrs. Leon Clark and
John - ~>cE were guests of Migs
Lula Of Woodside Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22
Confessions of a Priest.

Rev. JnO. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark.
writes, "For 12 years 1 suffered from
Yellow Jaundice, l consulted a number
of physicians and tried all sorts of
medicines, but got no relief. Then I
began the use of Electric Bitters and
feel that am now cured of a disease
that had me in it's grasp for twelve
years" If you want reliable med
icine for Liver and Kidney trouble.
stomach disorder or. general debility.
get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed
by Benton N. Weldon, Smyrna. On
ly SOC.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and Haryland.

Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and naryIand.
Cadets of Delaware College hereafter
will wear khaki uniforms instead of
the regulation gray.
George W. Wlllin, aged 70 years, a
former sheriff of Sussex county, died
here Thursday afternoon. He had
been an invalid for 90 years. His wife
and four children survive him.
John Ralph Wilson, son of the Rev.
John A. B. Wilson, and Miss Emily
Duryea Mason, were married in Ala
media, California. on Wednesday.
Milford will have a special election
on April q to determine whether the
town shall expend $4,000 for street
improvements.
S. M. Donnell has been reelected
president of the Newark Town COun-
Gil, and the trolley party" won the
town election.
j. Purnell Steward, a Union Repub-
lican, has been appointed postmaster
of Milford. His appointment was made
on the recommendation of Senator
Alice.
Albert Harrington, of Frederica, has
been chosen as the principal orator to
represent Washington College at the
annual contest of the Oratorial Society
of Maryland Colleges.
Lewis D. Green, the murderer of
Carrie Price, and who is to be hanged
at Easton next Friday, has transferred
his tract of land at Bellevue, where he
lived, to Mary E Wilson, for $345.
1t is expected that work on the new
Dover Opera House will be commenced
within few days, all of the necessary
funds having been raised except $500,
which will be secured within a few
days.
Miss Sue Fountain, who formerly
resided at Dover and now has a good
position in New York City, has just
accepted a more lucrative one with a
London concern and Will sail for Eng
land as soon as she can close her affairs
in New York.
Because of the disastrous storm
which ragged along the bay shore dur
ing the week some of the rural mail
carriers were unable to make their reg
ular trips, and some were obliged to
return the mail to the Dover Post Of
flee.
The Dover Democratic Club will OBJ
serve Jefferson day by appropriate ex-
ercises in its honor. John G. GRAY.
of Wilmington; ex- Senator Richard r.
Kenney and William Penn Shockley.
OF Dover, will make addresses.
Barton & Rock, proprieters of the
Hotel Henlopen, at Rehoboth, have
been granted license to sell LIQUOR.
This is the first time a hotel has been
granted license to sell liquor on Reho-
both Beach. Owing to mistake in
the application of Jefferson & Lohand.
of the Douglas House, the
count has refused them a liquor license.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Smith have
issued invitations to the wedding of |
their daughter, M. Helen Smith, and
Albert L. Massey, which will take
place on Thursday afternoon, April 80,
at one O'Clock, in Bethesda NJ. E.
Church in Middletown. The couple
will reside in Dover, where Mr.. Massey
holds the position of secretary to the
State treasurer.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22
CLAYTON DEPAR TMEAT,

Mr.. T. L. Mason is our authorized agent
at Clayton, Del, and will receive new sub
criptions and receives monies on old. AL
news items left with him will receive proper
attention. Subscribe now; only $1.00 a
year in advance.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Miss Marian Smith, of Clayton, has
accepted position as trimmer in
millinery store in Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Mrs. George Denney and daughter
have returned from Elkton, Nd, where
they visited friends.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Mrs. Ruth Carlisle and Mrs. Tumlin
of Milford, are guests of Mrs. George
Tumlin.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

The P. B. & W. Railroad Company's
storehouse for tools, telegraph wire
and other implements, situated at the
foot of Secor d street, Wilmington, was
broken into on Saturday night and
property valued at more than $500
stolen. There is no watchman at the
storehouse, and the theft was not dis
covered until this morning when the
company's lineman went to the house
for his tools. One of the door locks
had been pried off with jimmy which
was found near the building. The
thieves left no other clue. The rail-
road officials say that more than one
man committed the burglary and that
they evidently came by boat and de-
parted same way as they could not
have carried all the booty without a
wagon or a boat. A quantity of the
rope stolen was found this morning in
pile of rubbish behind the company's
round house.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22
CLAYTON.

Items Of Interest Cleaned From the Doing
Ia and About Town:
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Brown, of Will
mington, were recent visitors here.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Mrs. Margaret Benson, of Whining
ton, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey F. Smith during the past
week.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Bayard Jones, a young man living
near Townsend met with a severe and
painful accident on Saturday evening.
Accompanied by Earl Davis and two
young women, he was returning from
an evening party, when on reaching
Sassafras the horse becoming frighten-
ed, gave sudden turn, upsetting the
carriage and throwing the occupants
out. Mr.. Jones had his right arm
fractured and was otherwise seriously
injured. The other members of the
party escaped uniniured.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22
THE MARKETS.

nn knvAko Protect your ideas Consultation
KHIHlIIN free. Fee depennent on success
utO1lLU Est 1864 MILO b. STEVENS 4 %
es4-l4th st., Washington.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22
Do You Know

What kind ofa suit you are
going to get this Spring?
We have all the new kind,
Mixed Cheviots, Worsteds,
Homespuns, Black Thibets
and DiagOnalt, in all the
new cuts and makes; come
in and see them; it will help
you select. Prices are not
high andyou know thekind
of clothing we sell. Spe-
cial styles and makes in
Boys and Little Boys
Suits, 1atestpatterns of the
best New York makes.
We handle them on ac-
count of style and general
get-up. Not how low
priced but how good for
the money, is what we are
after. Don't forget our
Hat, Shoe and Furnishing
Departments, all for men
and boys.
JAS. T. MULLIN & SONS,
9th and Market, Wilmington
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Charles LeCompte has purchased a
rubber-tire runabout buggy and with
his trotter now has one of the incest
teams in Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Last week the fc flowing vestry was
elected at Trinity Church: Senior
Warden, Fl. +. Smith; Junior Warden,
James Burchenal; vestrymen, DR.. C.
G. Harmonson, G. G. Mahoney, J. R.
Donovan, J. R. Clements, James A.
Legates, Robt. H. Darrah. Rev.
Weeden who resigned as rector of
Trinity Church, left for New York
Thursday and " i'll take a.year's rest as
he is in poor health. For the present
ReY. Croft, of Clay ton, will oficiate at
Trinity.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Rev. Clarence D. 'Weeden, who re-
signed as rector of Trinity P. E.
Church, left on Thursday for New
York. As yet, the vestry has not Sc
cured a successor to Mr.. Weeden, and
until one is chosen, Rev. William H.
Croft will have charge of the services.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Clark Guessford, residing at Pear
sons Corner, lost a valuable horse
last Thursday afternoon from a pecul-
lar cause. While Mr.. Guessford and
Enoch Melvin were driving slowly
through Clayton on that day they no.
ticed the horse go lame. DIR. Ryan, of
Smyrna, was sent for and found that
the femur bone of the left leg had
snapped in two, caused by the bone
drying up and deoaying. The animal
had to be killed.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

John L. Graham has sold his house
to John Morris. The former will
build another dwelling opposite the
home of Abel Sevil.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Superintendent Holiday of the Del
aware Railroad, has issued orders to
all uniformed employees of the COM
pany to wear their summer caps after
Monday, May 4th.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Mrs. VIM. P. Wright, one of Clay
toms oldest citizens, has left Clayton
and will reside in New York city with
her daughter, Mrs. J. A. E. Keagy.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Frank Strickland, a dispatcher on
the Delaware railroad, is on a trip to
different points in Europe. He will be
gone month.
Smyrna times., 1903-04-22

Mrs. Sarah Peoples, of Chester, Pa,
who has been the guest of Ms. Joseph
Stevenson for some time, has returned
to her home.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27

The murder OF her children was re-
lated by Mrs. Iverson to Sheriff Mes
blt today. She related that during
the night she had walked about the
house. lying down for a short time
on the floor She said she realized
now that She had done wrong, but be-
Il"ved that She was doing right at
the time she committed the deed. She
persisted, however, in stating that
the children We're not dead. The boy
who escaped Went to his home in Sa-
mas and reported TO his father that
tn" eldest girl was i'll and had been
lying on the bed. but said nothing Of
his mothers attack on him. The
father telephoned to a Pacific Grove
physi, ian. asking him to call at the
house and see the child The doctor
did 50 and was met at the door by
Mrs. lverson. who said there was no
one sick in the house and that some
mistake had been made
Early this morning Mr.. Tverson
drove to Pacific Grove. He knocked
at the front door of the cottage.
where his family had been living, and
was told to go around to the back
door. He did so and entering the
house was about to kiss his wife,
when Sfe said:
Don't touch me. Don't put your
hands on me. Go and look at your
children"
With that he opened the door of
the adjoining room, where lay the
bodies of the three children. the boy
on one bed and the two girls on an
other. The house was in disorder
and indications We're plentiful that
the two older children had struggled
hard against thni" death. Mrs. Iver-
son had been i'll for several months
and had showed signs of mental de-
rangement. her mania being of re-
liSiOuS nature.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27
JUDGE CLANCY
STAYS At HOME
Fearing Public Sentiment He Decides
Not to Go
BACK, BACK TO THE WOODS
Will Remain in Butte to Attend to
Such Appeals as May Be Presented
by the AmaIgamated-Poiiee Force
Doubled in Butte byOrder Of the
Mayor.

Butte, Oct. 25.-The most impcr-
tant developments in the copper war
situation was the fact that Judge
William Clancy decided to forego his
intention Of shooting elk while thous-
and of idle miners are looking to him
for whatever relief is possible. Judge
leave the city, and will do all he can
to expedite an appeal from his de-
cision to the supreme court.
A local committee of the Miners
union called ON the Judge this after
noon and had long consultation
with him on the subject of postpon-
ing his hunting trip. The fact that a
number of armed men were around
the depot last night. when it was re-
ported that the judge intended leav-
ing the city, caused the mayor to
take extra precautions looking to the
personal protection of Judge Clancy.
Every corner in the city is being
guarded closely and number of spe-
cial policemen have been Immediate
ly pressed into service.
All Saturday night four policemen
guarded the home of Judge Clancy
and the home of Judge Harvey
Mayor Mullins said today that he
would employ 500 special policemen
if he found that the situation war
ranted it. While there have been no
unusual demonstrations, the mayor
says he will take every precaution
to prevent anything that might inciro
riot or disorder. Smoke is still issu-
ing from the Colorado and the
Washoe smelters. but it is stated that
the fires probably will be Withdrawn
in both plants tonight or tomorrow.
Engineers and pumpmen at all
properties of the Amalgamated COM
pany are still being employed in
keeping the mines drained of water.
The city tonight is quiet, though
thronged with idle crowds. The an
nouncement of Judge Clancy's aban-
donment OF his hunting trip has ap-
parently had soothing influence.
Indignation is still rife over the de-
parture from the city of John Mac
GinnisS.
1t was learned today that Judge
Clancy had already informed Mayor
Mullins that he had decided to give
up his trip. The mayor told the
Judge that if it was his intention to
leave the city it would be better for
him to leave in the broad, open light
OF the day. rather than take any
chances at the dead hour OF night
The mayor informed the Judge that
the city would furnish him all the
protection possible. but his advice
would be to go in the daytime il
he intended going at all.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27
HUNG IN EEfIGY.

Great Falls. Oct. 25-Judge Clan
cy's judicial dignity would be great
ly shocked this morning if he We're
in Great Falls, for at the intersection
of Central avenue and Second street
he would find himself suspended in
efIigy from a street railway guy wire
80 feet in the air.
The figure is we'll made up and de-
picts the HeinZe court even to his
flowing whiskers and unpublished
boots. Across the front is placard
on which is printed Clancy"
No one was seen to raise the figure
to its prominent position, and it is
not known who is responsible for it.
but whoever did the work is being
hilariously congratulated, and the
effigy is being viewed by thousands.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27
On the Montana Central Railroad on
Account of Suspensions
Twenty Engines Are Idle and There
Will Also Be a Reduction in the
Force of Shops and Offices--Over
One Hundred and Fifty Men Are
Laid OF.

Great Falls, Oct. 26.-Because of
the suspension OF operations at the
Amalgamated mines in Butte the
Montana Central has thus far laid
on II train crews. numbering about
bo men. An official of the company
stated Yesterday that it was not ex-
pected that there would be any fur
ther reduction in the number of en-
ployes in the operating department,
though adjustment to the new condi-
tions has MOT been fully made
The clerical force in the local Of
fees will probably be somewhat re-
duced, and it is probable that some
OF the small stations may be closed.
About 20 engines are idle in the
local round house.
The company yesterday laid off
about go men employed in the shops
on the west side, because of the
company's order to
close its plants. and the consequent
effect of reducing the numbe. of
trains on the Montana Central.
There has thus far been a reduc-
ton of the working force on the
Montana Central of about $50 men.
This includes 60 men in the west
side shops, GO trainmen. engineers
and firemen. and about 25 yardmen
employed in the five yards on the
division.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27

not practicable. provision should be
made by the federal government in
Indian schools. The Indians should
be encouraged in industrial arts, both
in the preservation of their own and
in the acquisition of ours. The ends
always should be their industrial and
moral development.
The work of the government,
whether national. state or territorial,
in providing fen secular education,
does not lessen the responsibility of
the churches for the religious ednca-
tion of the Indian. We regard with
interest and hope the recent action
of the secretary of the interior open
ing the way for religious work of the
churches in consection with the gov
"rnment schools, and urge the
churches to cooperate with each 9th
er and with the government in this
work.
Resolutions were also passed com
mendng the president the secretary
of the interior and the attorney gen
eral for instituting a thorough and
impartial investigation of the charges
against United States officials in the
Indian Territory. and the secretary
of the interior for the plan which it
is said he matured for the tempo
rary relieving of the starving Pima
Indians. who have been deprived of
their annual water rights in Gila and
Salt rivers. With the conviction that
justice demands that these rights
should be restored to these Indians.
the conference asks that the govern
ment. either by construction of the
San Carlos dam or by some other ad-
equate method, furnish the water to
give permanent relief"
1t is also asked that. whatever To-
cation be decided upon the irrigation
plan be so extended as to supply
water to the Sacatine reservation.
The following standing committee
was appointed to watch the legisla-
ton on the subject at Washington
and guard the interests of the Pl-
mas: John d. Long, chairman; Geo.
l.. Spinning. Edward Gates. James
Wood and Charles Howard.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27
Isaac GravelIe Who Was a Convict
Is the Active Worker.
LIFE PRISONERS IMPLICATED
GraveIIe Was to Get $4,000 and Use
the Rest to Procure a Pardon for
His Pais-All Are Safe Behind the
Bars, However, So People Can Feel
Safe to Travel on the N. P.

Helena, Oct. 24.-Isaac Gravelle
was arraigned today in the district
court before Judge H. c. Smith upon
charge of assault in the first de-
gree. His plea will be entered Mon
day. The information charges Gra-
velle with having assaulted one John
Doe on August II last. His bond
was fixed at $4,000 and he was sent
back to Jail.
Gravelle is the man accused of be-
ing the leader of the gang of outlaws
who have been dynamiting the North
ern Pacific. 1t is now claimed that
this plot originated in the state pen
itentiary at Deer Lodge, the discov-
cry having been made several days
since. through the interception OF let
ters from a convict in the peniten-
tiary to woman at Bozeman. The
letters tell of the entire plot and how
it was carried out
The sensational portion of the
story is contained in the confession
OF Harvey Whitton, prisoner at the
penitentiary in Deer Lodge under life
sentence, Of the whole plot to black
mail the Northern Pacific Railway
company for the sum of $4,000. Be-
sides himself. Whitton duplicates
Gravefle and James E. Morgan. also
a life prisoner at Deer Lodge. Be-
fore gaining his release Gravelle was
the cellmate of Whitton and there
the scheme was hatched. zWhitton
said that he wrote the firs+ 'etter to
Superintendent Boyle, demanding
$4,000.
The second letter, in which $50,.
900 was the least sum for which the
blackmailers would be satisfied to
cease efforts to dynamite the North
ern Pacific moving stock, was writ
ten in Butte by Gravelle, according
10 the statement and the stationery
on which it was written was pur-
chased at the Postoffice news stand.
t.rayelle was the active agent in the
plot. being the only one of the trio
free to harrass the railway company
with the giant explosive. He was to
receive 100000 of the reward. while
the remaining $4,000 was to be used
to secure pardons from the governor