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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
w ,,;I55E LADY A[N s. 81
.r>:EE~6 THE IT, sx~J
LET I

1t all happened in the corridor of
the post Office. She purchased a two
cent stamp and carefully affixed it
upside down to the upper left-hand
corner of an envelope, where it would
excite the cancellation clerk to pro-
fan1ty. Because her correspondent
lived In Chicago she was about to slip
the envelope into a slot plainly desig-
mated New York City mail, when her
companion, a man, stopped her.
Seems to me-" he ventured to say,
that your letter looks bulky enough to
need more postage"
"Why, no. she said, smiling. II put
a two-cent stamp on it, don't you
see?"
Eyes; but I am certain it's too
heavy" and he took the sealed missiye
in his hand. 1t is too heavy" he
continued. II mail many letters a
day, and have acquired the knack Of
guessing what Uncle Sam will demand
for his services as a carrier. am
positive that this letter will require
four cents postage. Get the stamp
clerk to weigh it for you"
II am sure you are wrong" she
said good-naturedly; "but we will test
the matter for an ice cream Soda"
Done! If the letter goes with that
two-cent stamp, I will treat. If you
have to put another stamp on it, you
treat"
She went to the stamp window and
the letter was weighed
-Four cents" said the clerk.
What? You must have made
mistake!" she exclaimed. there's
not much in it. Weigh it again.
The clerk gasped, but as there was
no one else waiting to reach the win
dow, he weighed the letter again and
very carefully. One might have
thought he was weighing gold dust.
-Four cents, exactly" he announced.
She pouted. Then the pout was
succeeded by a smile sweet enough to
overcome any one but a seller of
stamps.
WELL" she said, cts all right, any,
how. I have a large correspondence,
and frequently send letters that are
not heavy enough for a two-cent
stamp, I always put that kind of a
stamp On them. So the government
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
Tiara Is a MASTERPIECE

The tiara which the executive COM
mlttee presiding over the festivities
commemorating the jubilee of the
pontlf1cate OF Leo XIII, presented to
the Holy Father, Feb. 20 last, as an
expression of exultant joy from the
Whole Catholic world, is the work of
a promising Bolognese artist, a Ger
lain Augusta Milani, an engraver who
both in the conception of the work as
well as in the execution of the same,
has shown himself to be an artifcer
OF the first rank. The tiara consists
of thin plates or leaflets of silver,
worked together after the manner of
fish scales; it's form is ovoid, slightly
pointed at the apex, the whole being
surmounted by q cross which rests
upon diminutive globe, representing
the world, which is perforated with
starlike holes so as to resemble a
zone of the armament.
The silver ovoid is divided into three
sections by three golden crowns placed
one above the other, and In the bands
which run between the crowns are
friezes displaying olive branches, lad.
en- with berries, bundles of leaves and
twigs, indiscrinately interviewer,
which cover the base WITH leaves and
fruit.
Now, in order to maintain the shape
of the tiara more nearly in conformity
with those already in existence, and at
the same time constructing it wholly
Of metal, instead of brocade as hereto
fore, Milani conceived the notion of
ornamenting it with a light and rich
bas-reief; consisting Of decorative car
touches interlaced with olive twigs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03

must owe me some money, and this
letter can go to help even up the &C.
count. That's business, isn't it,"
The clerk grasped the little ledge in
front of him to keep from falling.
But, madam
Yes. Only last week sent a
teeny-weeny little bit of tissue paper
pattern-lt was for a baby's cap-to
my cousin, the same one this letters
going to, and I put two-cent stamp
on the envelope. Why, if this letter
costs four cents, that one ought not to
have cost cent. This is ten times
heavier. And the week before last I
sent Martha a. dress goods sample,
and there was only a half sheet of
paper, with a few words of writing in
the envelope, and put a two-cent
stamp on it. 1t hardly weighed any
thing. I think it's real mean to over
charge me for lightweight letters and
then insist that pay full rates on all
others. may drop this in, may not?
The government will not lose any
thing, you see, because it carries so
many light letters for me-
Madam, if the other letters were
sealed, a two-cent stamp was neces-
sary on each, no matter how light it
was. The government does not run
ledger accounts of debts and credits
based on mail weight with it's postal
patrons.
my brother is a politician, and if
you let this letter go with one stamp,
maybe"
"The postage on this letter will be
four cents, madam"
And must I really put another
stamp on it,"
"You must, or the person receiving
it will have to pay the extra postage"
Dear me! Why didn't you say that
at first? I knew one stamp would
carry it" and she turned from the
window and pushed the letter into the
slot reserved for foreign mails. Then
she faced the man who was with her.
"You men think you know every
thing. Come and buy me that soda"
she said.
But you did not win it,
II did. My letter will go to Chi.
cago, and I did not have to put an
other stamp on t."-Philadelphia Led
ger.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03

growing at the base and developing
into full flower at the summit. Of the
medallions between the cartouches,
three represent the three Popes who
occupied the Papal chair for the long
est periods, viz. st. Peter, Plus TX,
and Leo XIII; two of the medallions
also contain the dates and dedications
while the third presents the figure of
an angel. All are of silver lattice or
grille work, and the same may be said
OF the medallions in the upper part
which present the figure of the Re-
deemer and the seal of the holy year
at the back of the tiara
The three crowns, arranged one
above the other, are executed in full
relief and maintain the heraldic char
acter of the tiara, being further orna-
mented with garlands of flowers and
foliage. In the respective bands are
engraved the following notices:
MAXIMUS INTERRIS DIVING INRE
SACERDOS.
NESCIVUS ERRANDI FIDEI MORV-
MQUE MAGSTER.
OMNE REGIS CHRISTI PASTORUM
PASTOR OVILE.
Between the uppermost crown and
the surmounting globes runs per-
forated zone rendered necessary in
order to tighten the weight of the
tiara, which turns the scale at exact
ly kilo. Milani could in no better
way have overcome the great difficult
ties which presented themselves, and
his work does great honor to Italian
art. The tiara is estimated to be
worth 4.000.-Jewelers' Circular.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
The Puget Sound Salmon

The man who has fished for brook
trout all his life is apt to think that
he knows at least a little bit about
fishing, but he has only been going
to kindergarten until he gets in the
game with big, lusty salmon in the
bright, new end of a September morn
ing on Puget sound. He needs four
ounce lancewood rod, 800 feet of linen
line and q large sized reel if he really
wants to find out what a big salmon
is good for. If he has. never hung on
to the business end Of a rod while
q salmon was doing ground and lofty
tumbling at the other end, or has
never been in the whale industry he
wants to multiply all his previous ex-
perience by whatever mum Der suits
him best, for his work IS cut out for
him the minute that salmon finds that
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03

the spoon he grabbed is loaded.
Anybody can get hold of a salmon
or any number Of them by going out
to the sound in a rowboat as the tide
comes in and any place in the bay is
a good place, SO no one can make a
mistake until he hooks his fish, then
well, good many men make lot
OF mistakes from that time on because
they cannot keep up with the antics
of the party of the second part. That
is the reason many folks want q It,
ounce rod out there and lot Of other
things they think are needed to beat
the game. u They miss half the fun,
though, for they do not let the fish
have a chance, and just fight him with
tackle that gives him no. show at ALL
and think they are having fun.-Field
and Stream Is: \ .~f5s} IA = Wilt H.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
Fitted for a Minister

The high-school boy was delighted
when the honors were announced and
he found himself valed1ctorian Of his
class. He knew nothing about writing
an essay, for rhetoric had not been
one Of his studies. He sat down with
plenty of paper and some nice new
pencils. He labored for two hours
and chewed his pencils savagely.
Then he announced that he had writ
ten his essay.
"First I said some general things
about life" he explained to his mother.
Then I took a quotation book and
looked under the word life Then
strung the quotations together in a
paragraph, like In the words of Mil
ton,' or TO. use a quotation familiar
to use ALL Then took the class motto
and preached a sermon with that as
text. wrote four pages on that. I
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03

said something about 1t and then l
said the same thing in different way
little further on. I studied all the
combinations of one expression and
used every one Of them. About every
six sentences would repeat the class
motto, so they would be sure to know
what I was talking about. The last
six pages devoted to farewells.
looked up quotations for these, too.
l raked up anecdotes of whole lot of
touching farewells. I addressed the
class in feeling words, every other
sentence, and l hope make 'em cry.
Now, ma, can you think Of anything
else I might writer"
mo, my son." replied the mother.
"You have solved a great problem for
me. l did not know what profession
you were most adapted to, but now
I shall ft you to be a minister
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03

cautiously approaching footsteps on
the stairs-they drew nearer and near
er; still she moved not-indeed she
scarcely breathed, so intense was her
anxiety.
There was pause of a moment in
which no sound was heard; then a
man with his face disguised stole
quietly into the room and confronted
the patient watcher at the bedside.
She saw her husbands danger-that
was all she thought of. This man was
burglar. Anticipating the design of
the daring intruder, she pointed to her
husband, and, pressing her finger upon
her lips to implore silence, held out to
the robber her purse and her keys.
The man, with revolver in his hand,
gazed upon her in silence. To her
great amazement he took neither purse
nor keys, but, placing his weapon In
his pocket, went noiselessly out of the
room. Whether he was terrified or
charmed by the courage displayed by
the devoted wife cannot be known. He
left even more silently than he had
come, departing without robbing a
house sanctified by such strength of
affection.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
Turkish Women Can Marry at Nine.

Turkish Women Can Marry at Nine.
The Turkish woman is marriageablo
at the age of years, and by Turkish
law, at that age, if married, she is
competent to manage her property and
dispose of one-third Of her fortune.
The law allows her to abandon her
husbands house for just cause, and
will protect her in so%doing: She can
not be compelled to labor for the sup
port of her husband, hill s..>$.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
Paradise, Indeed.

/ ~ Paradise, Indeed.
"Ah heah dat Sam Sparks am going
around tel1in' people dat he had Wis
ion Of paradise e. III @
cas-, sab, he dreampt dat he was
sleepin' in q watermelon patch a hun
dr-l miles one way en- fifty de other
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-03
Compliments Exchanged.

! Compliments Exchanged. y :
tYou are q peach said the callow
youth, "and goodf to eat" II s 81
4 ..You also are, good to eat respond.
ed the maid in blue. \ ii. u
4 Am l 4 peach, too2' s y nv s. y
! 81 tENo, & lobster $@s Is sr &. n ss%s> Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
TWO ARE KILLED
A Car of Powder ExplOdes
Near Beaumont.
Shock of the Explosion Felt for
for Miles Around.

EldorGdo, Kas., Sept. IA car load
of powder set on a Frisco siding near
Beaumont by a freight crew which did
not want to handle it while switching
got beyond control and ran several
miles on a branch line towards Win
field, coIliding with a train which had
left that station shortly before and ex-
ploded, killing two and injuring a two
more The dead are:
MILTON PENNEFOCK, fireman,
Enid, Okla.
J. N. HOLT, Enid, o. T.
The injured are:
A H. Merrill, Atlanta, Kansas, will
die.
Fred Orr, Atlanta, Kansas.
In addition the explosion tore up sew
eral rods of track and dismantled a
locomotive The shock of the explosion
shook the ground for miles around.
People in Eldorado ran from their
houses fearing that an earthquake had
come .and that buildings would col
lapse. Other towns in the vicinity were
also shaken up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
NAMES OF INDICTED
Are Given Out by L. s. District
Attorney Beach.

washfnston Sept. 11.-United States
District Attorney Beach today an
nounced that the six persons named IN
the seven indictments returned by the
grand Jury last Tuesday are: George
w. Beavers. formerly chief of the divi-
sion of salaries and allowances. post
office department.: August w Machen,
former general superintendent OF the
free delivery system, DoStothce depart
ment; James w. Erwin, former post
office inspector with headquarters in
San Francisco; George H. Huntington
and Isaac s Mcclellan, both of New
York city owners of the Columbia Sup
ply company of that city: and Eugene
D. Scheble, of Toledo, o., dentist. and
interested in the firm of Maybury &
Ellis of Detroit Mich, letter box man.
ufacturers. Beavers. Machen and
Erwin are named jointly in one lndlct-
ment for conspiracy to defraud the
United States Another Indictment is
against Mcclellan, Huntington and
Machen for conspiracy to defraud the
United States, and still another is
against the same three for conspiracy
to commit bribery. both under section
$40 of the revised statutes. Scheble
and Machen are indicted Jointly for
conspiracy against the United States,
and again for conspiracy to commit
bribery. Another Indictment is against
Mcclellan and Huntington for bribery
and the last is against Machen singly
for accepting bribes, under section 5501
of the revised statutes.
The complaint against Beavers charg-
es that. according to an Indictment re-
turned in August, A. w Machen, gen.
era1 superintendent of the free delivery
system, in company with George W.
Beavers and James w. Erwin. did con-
spire together with divers other per-
sons to defraud the United States by
giving to and obtaining for the Postal
Device and Improvement company,
corporation organized under the laws of
California, i'll a manner contrary to law
and the Dostal regulations. the exclu-
sive opportunity for and business of
furnishing to the free delivery service
ments, free from all competition. at un-
reasonable and exorbitant prices, far
above ordinary cost of manufacture.
The complaint charges that the articles
so secured We're of the indicated devices
and that Machen concealed from all
other persons desirous of furnishing
such supplies an opportunity to COM
pete in the sale of the same, and that
the exigency of the service did not de-
supplies mentioned. Machen further is
charged with securing the approval and
payment of all the bills of the Postal
Device and Improvement company
though he knew them to be exorbitant
and unreasona BILE and with misinfOrm-
ing and deceiving the postmaster gen
eral and the first assistant postmaster
general concerning these facts 1t is
charged that Beavers Erwin and Ma
chen eivided between themselves and
others the excesses of money and the
unlawful gain accruing from the Postal
Device and Improvement company in
consequence OF this conspiracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
THEY MUST OUTFIT.
Probate Judge Scored for Issu-
ing Blank Marriage Licenses.

Information was received al the at
torney generals office today that
some probate judges in Kansas have
been in the habit of delivering mar
rage licenses in blank. bearing their
signature and seal, to favored notaries
public and justices of the peace, and
that these officers, on application of
persons desiring to marry, fill out the
licenses and perform the marriage GER
emony.
In replying to an inquiry as to
whether this procedure is legal, Assist
ant Attorney General Close roundly
scores officials who do such things, as
it is illegal. He also calls attention to
the fact that rotaries public have no
authority to perform the marriage cere-
mony, but under a decision of the su-
preme court such marriages are held
as binding. Mr.. Chose says:
This proceeding is in every respect
reprehensible. 1t is in violation of the
statute, and contrary to every consid-
GRAFTON of upblic policy. The statute
confers upon the probate judge the
duty of issuing marriage licenses to
those entitled thereto. and under Sc
we're penalties prohibits his issuing
them to those not entitled. To send
blank marriage license to an unauthOr-
lied person to fill it out and deliver it
to whomever he sees fit, is not issuing
a license as contemplated by the sta
tute. Section 4013. general statute of
1901 provides that the probate judge
shall require the applicant to make an
affidavit as to the eligibility of the par
ties contemplating marriage. If he fails
to require this affid5syit he is liable to
a criminal prosecution. No othef--iser-
son than the probate Judge is outhor-
lied to inquire into the existence of the
facts set forth in the affidavit.
..The law wisely provides that GER
tain persons shall not enter into mar
riage relations with each other, and
the determination of the fact as to
whether any impediment to the inter
marriage of such persons exists, is
judiciary act. and the performance of
it cannot by the probate judge be dele
gated to any other person.
''Notaries public cannot legally per-
form a marriage ceremony. This au-
thority is only conferred on judges,
justices of the peace, and licensed
preachers of the gospel, and these per-
sons can only do so on marriage IL
cense legally issued. However. under
the decision of State VS.. Walker. 36
Kan. 297. persons who entered the mar
Iiage relation before a notary public
on ore of these invalid licenses are le-
gally married to each other. but that
does not exempt the probate judge
from his liability to prosecution"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
ALL TO HER SISTER.
Miss Clark Wrote Her Will Be-
fore Committing Suicide.

San Francisco, Sept. 11--Miss Isabella
Clark who committed suicide yesterday
at DR. McNutts hospital, where she had
been for ssome time undergoing treat
ment for nervous prostration, left a will
bequeathing practically all of her prop
erty to her sister. Mrs. Grace Strohne,
of Chicago. The will is an Geographic
one and appoints DR.. McNutt the execu-
tor of her estate, which is of great value.
Miss Isabella Clark was one of the
daughters of w. S. Clark, who came to
California before the discovery of gold,
acquiring much real estate in San Fran
cisco, Santa Clara county and other Sec
tions Mr. Clarke was one of CalifoT
MAS earliest miIlionaires.
Miss Clark's will was written during
Wednesday night. 1t has not been filed
for probate and its exact contents are
unknown except to DR.. McNutt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
TO BEAT LEAvENwORTH.
First Army Motor Car for Use of the
Government.

New York, Sept u.-Equ1pped with
horseshoers', saddlers', carpenters, and
blacksmiths' outfits complete for use in
the army. a motor car will leave this
city for the war department in WASH
ington in a few days. After inspection
by the department officials it will be
sent to Fort I4eavenworth, Kan, for test
in actual service. 1t is the first car Of
the kind ever Constructed and if it
comes up to the expectations of its de-
designers, any necessary repairs tN lie
equipment or arms of the artillerys e ~
airy or infantry branches of the sSrNfea
can be made on the spot, or even Na1Ile le
the forces are on the march. The cur il
not a model of beauty and is not caiea7
lated to break any time records TITS
simply a large box on wheels, with num-
erous cabinets containing all sorts of
tools and appliances from the black
smiths anvil TO artillery wheels. The
ear. stripped of it's equipment, weighs
$500 pounds. and the equipment will
bring it up to 514 tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
LOOK FOR SHOWERS.
Weather Bureau, However, Says
They'll Be Light.

The government forecast for Kansas
sent out today is Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday with possibly occasional
light showers. Slightly cooler tonight
Today's corn and wheat region bull
letin: Fair weather with rising tenn
pera ture prevails this morning over
Kansas and western Missouri. The tenn
pera ture is rising west of the Mississip-
pi river and has fallen east of it. Light
showers have occurred in all districts
except the Kansas City, Omaha and
Des Moines.'
The maximum and minimum tempera-
lures recorded over the state for the "a
hours ending this morning at o'clock
were as follows:
Baker, "A, so; Concordia, Y, Sc; Dodge
City, so, IS; Dresden, so, 5S; Fort Scott,
Is. so; Macksville. IS. 4S; Mcpherson, rs,
5S; Manhattan, so, 4S: Usage City, IA,
so; Sedan. rs. SO; Topeke, 73, 49; To-
ronto, so, so; Wichita. rs, 64.
The wind at noon today was south,
blowing 20 miles an hour. The hourly
temperatures recorded by the govern
ment thermometer today were as fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
He IS DEFIANT.
Murderer Hoffman Refuses to
Surrender Or Leave.

St Louis. Sept IA special to the
Dispatch from Waterloo. Ill, says
William Hoffman. murderer of his
father -in-law William Brandt at Macs
town. has refused the pleadings of his
ged grandmother. his mother and his
wife, as well as of other friends, to sur
render or to leave the country. He was
offered guarantee of protection from
lynching if he would surrender. or plenty
of money if he would leave the country.
but refused to entertain either PROPOSE
ton Sheriff Ruch declares that he will
make every effort to capture Hoffman
and today increased his posse from % to
so members. He has found it difficult
to secure men as Hoffman's reputation
as a desperate man and a sure shot is
thoroughly established.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
COPELAND SOLD.
Col. j. c. Gordon Turns Over
the Well Known Hotel.
James @ ChappeIIe Leases Build
ing and Buys Furnishings.
An OLD HOTEL MAN.
New Proprietor Comes From
Kansas City.
Col. Gordon Retires From
Hotel Busine S.
I OLD HOTEL MAN.

A big change is announced in Copeland
county today. The Copeland hotel,
which has been owned and operated
nearly quarter of a century by Colonel
J. c. Gordon, will on next Tuesday pass
into the management of James Chap
pelle, who comes here from Kansas City.
Mr.. Chappelle does not purchase the
hotel property itself. but he buys the
furnishings and leases the hotel for d
period of five years. While Mr. Chap
pelle did not state the consideration. it
is understood that it will be $40O a
month