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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26

Judge stoddard, Attorney for the
Widow, Forces Mr.. Bryan To
Go Into Details About
That Bequest Of
$4,000.

New Haven. Conn, October 2i.-As
climax OF today's hearing on the appilca-
ton for the probating of the will OF the
late Philo S. Bennett. accompanying
which was a sealed letter. which William
J. Bryan today testified was request
that he accept $50, 900. Judge Stod-
dard, who represents Mrs Bennett. de-
cIared that if Mr. Bryan insisted upon
receiving the fund. she would contest the
will. Mr. Bryan In reply said that not
one cent of The money would he allow
either his wife or his children to receive
unless Mrs. Bennett were willing lie.
however did intend to asl, the court to
decide the validity of the Request, 50 that,
i'll case 1t was declared Legal. he could
distribute the money among educational
and charitable institutions.
During the hearing Mr.. Bryan intro
duced n mass of correspondent y between
himself and Nh Bennett from the year
$3.50 To 1900 He read d number of tbs
letters aloud IN order TO show that Mr..
Bennett repeatedly made oters of imam
ciaI assistance to him. On four occa-
sions, according TO The VIII, MT Bennett
sent him money to aid hIt the amount
In all aggresat!ng o3, 500. lie re ated mat
In May, 800 sir. i5cnnett came 10 In
coin, Nebr., 10 discuss the PROVISIONS OF
his will, ana told MT BrYan tnat he
wished him TIC accept be44est OF 500
600, believing that he would need ii later.
a SUGGESTION mace py MI. Bryan at tnat
time was to ms effect that il ~. bennett
SO desired, he cOaid emDOdy IL III re
quest to Mrs. benne1t III a letter to be
let with the VIII. he further sugEest-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
Bryan Sharply Questioned.

New Haven, Conn. October evil
liam j. Bryan has again occupied the
witness chair today whsn the hearing
on the application for prohaung the VIII
Of the late PHO S Bennett was re-
sumed
great deal Of the ground which was
covered yesterday was gone over again
during the cross-e$a Examination to which
Nir. Bryan was subjected by Judge Hen
~ Stoddard. counsel for Mrs. Bennett
the widow. Judge Stoddard spent consid-
cradle time IN asking MIR BRYAN why 1t
vas that in the letter which was lett
for Mrs Bennett by her husband di-
recting her to give Mr. Bryan 1000
for himself AID family. it was not stated
that a certain part Of the fund was to
be given to Mrs. Bryan and part to the
children
Mr.. Bryan replied that he did not know
but that it was understood between him
self and MI Bennett and that after Mr..
Benefits death he told Mrs. Bennett
about the arrangements
Judge Stoddard then asked Mr.. Bryan
il any one else was present besides him
self ana Alr Bennett when they discnss-
ed that letter in which the 5eQuest had
been made to Mrs. Bennett Witness
answered that he did not remember but
thought that MIS-. Bryan was not pres
ent. although he afterwards wrote the
two letters on a typewriter one to Mrs
Bennett and the other to himself. relating
to these points Judge Stoddard also
inquired why it was not stated in the
letter 10 Mrs. Bennett that Mrs. Bryan
knew the contents of this sealed letter
since that letter said that The writer pre-
ferred to have no one know il but Mrs
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
THE EXPREssMEN's STRIKE.
Pacific Express Company's Trouble
Is recnrlin u Sarinus

Is Becoming Serious.
Longview Tex. october io.-Two men
We're pulled from TIE express here
and compelled to stay off One OF them
tried to draw gun and they were
roughly handled by the crowd which had
gathered.
At the headquarters OF the Wells
Fargo company it is stated that there
is no disanection among tho men and
that no trouble is expected, and all mat
ter transferred by the Pacific company
viii be handled as il il originated from
an Individual
At Lufkin the threats made by strike
sympa thzers compelled the messenger 10
leave his car.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
Fx-Congressman Wilcox.

Honolulu October 24.-Robert Wilcox,
eX-coaeJessInan delegate from Hawaii,
died TODAY or tuberculosis
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26
Wanted.

Two statesmen in each ate $50 and ex-
penses; permanent postitl Penicks To-
bacc0 Works Company Penicks, Va.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-26

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

be checked in Minnesota. The ducks breed here and
if they were given half show would furnish food
and sport for generations to come But in most
districts they not given show and will be ex-
terminated in short time. It seems impossible to
successfully appeal to the patriotism sportsman
like qualities of Americans in support of the game
laws It is very hard to make them the question
from common sense point of view. The conse-
quence is that in most states where game should
abound it is rare while in few years more the only
shooting to be had in America will be in the private
preserves of rich men. However, the slaughter of
ducks for the Chicago market is not as wanton and
senseess as the slaughter of elk for their tusks At
least somebody eats the ducks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

WITHIN the memory of most men Minnesota
the greatest natural preserve for small game in
the country In some portions of the state game
birds still abound but they being decimated and
unless some means can be devised to put an end to
their wanton and indiscrminate slaughter they will
be scarce in short time Wholesale pot hunting is
said to be in parts of the state, and
the residents of those districts profit by it they
shortsghted enough to encourage the illegal traffic.
No one believes that the consignment of 1000 ducks
seized by the game wardens this month the first
to be shipped over the state line this season There
is now and there has been for years we'll organized
traffic in Minnesota game contrary to the laws of the
state.
It is more than pity that pot hunting cannot
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

In AN address before the Evangelical Alliance
held in Cincinnati last week. Rev. DIR, W. P. Thir-
kied said: SIN estimating criminality among the
black people should keep in mind that since APP
pomattox nearly every Southern ststehas maintained
schools of institutions for the train
ing of criminals This charge against the convict
lease system of the South. : y To the lessee the
body and soul of convicts are assigned. It is
crime turned into of revenue the Drawn and
blood of criminals bartered for gain. Grim
mails quartered in rude stockades without proper
sanitation, food clothing. The average life of
these convicts is less than ten years. Old and young
are promiscuously herded together. Even men and
women are in some camps not separated !.
Think of system that has no reformatory element,
no system to cure men of crime, but that educates
young criminals in crie by it's barbary brutalities
and dehumanizes mem and sends those that do not
die under the horrors of the system to debauch and
degrade society. What wonder if there have come
forth hundreds of monstersT7
There are two sides to every question. The
South is finding it difficult to keep crime down to
anything like normal; but if the charges made by
Dr. Thrkied are true it has itself to blane-at least
in measure-for existing conditions. And DR..
Thrkied only reterates the statements of others
garding Southern prisons, it would seem that he is
not exaggerating. The community that deliberately
maintains school for the making of criminals can
not expect to be free from CRIME. Even the most
loyal supporters of the doctrine of personal respon-
sbility will admit this. The convict camps of the
South disgrace to the whole country.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

Judge Connorton of Long Island City jumped into
rety recently by declaring that he'd like law compel
ling married to be at home by ten at night His honor
has made another jump comey brunette complained that
her husband conquesng with another brunette The
judge advised her to get good strong horsewh and apply
it to her gddy spouse That will teach him after
women. This is judicial wisdom, indeed The of Judge
Connorton shall thunder down through the ages His
Of the Immortal that born die!-St.
Louis Humorist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

DOVES Invasion" of New York is bold and
shrewd move. It is brilliant He is not favorably
known in the metropolis. What has been said and
written of him there has been to his discredit. His
religion has been ridiouled and he himself has been
advertised as an INSCRIPTIONS if somewhat pictur-
esque sharper, whose methods crude and whose
following consists of easily gulled persons He will
profit by the reaction. He purposes to show the
Gothamites the other side of the picture to tell them
his side of the story and let them decide it's merits
themselves. Had he made the attempt alone it would
have been a failure; but with army of earnest,
honest loyal, hard working men and women at his
command to corroborate his statements and to testify
as to his ability he will make many converts and
materially increase the wealth and population of Zion
The person who estimates cd" Dowie as merely
a clever and INSCRIPTIONS charlatan lacks sound
Judgment. His methods unique to be sure, but
they are successful and have stood test. He
has unusual business and executive ability and the
religion he breaches to satisfy the spiritual
craving of good many worthy people, There is
room is this world for every sort Of man and what
is meat for is poison for the other And because
we do not believe Dowie is the prophet Elijah is no
reason to assert that he is fraud At least it
not be gainsaid that he and his followers consistently
live their religion and are better men and women
than they before their conversion. There is
plenty of good work for him to do in New York
May he prosper there
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The North Minneapolis parson who began his reading
from text with "The wicked Aee little surprised at
the sudden marks of approval in the congegatonun he
remembered the efforts of Health Inspector Luxton
the wicked fea that certain up there said have
attempted introduce into society circles North Town
Minneapolis Telegram.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

A SCHEME is said to be on foot in Paris to con-
struct lines of railroad to the SUBMITS of Alpine
peaks for the benefit of the festive tourist and the
CONSERVATION of the honest and picturesque guide
It is not stated which peaks will be brded this time
but it would not be very surprising to hear that a
cog road is to be built to the summit of the Matter
horn.
This promiscuous construction of altitudinal
railroads is demoralizing We will be race of rank
egosts if it continues Mountains like the Matter
horn and Rainier are intended by Nature to remind
man Of his insignifcance, and it is scandalous to
treat them mere obstacles in the sordid road to
wealth How is it possible for to cherish for long
the wholesome and Christening realization that 'we
but pieces in the game He plays when there is
no peak too high and steep for US to ascend in a
Pullman sea too dangerous for us to nav
igate in pleasure YACHT How can we be expected
to remember that this business call life is merely
the sport of sardonc master when we are permitted
to do 80 much? It dosen't stand to reason. No
wonder Mr. Wallace has concluded that this earth is
the center of the universe. It takes occasional vol
canic eruptions and tidal waves to keep us within
bounds.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

An exchange suggests that the
doctors try to cure consumption |
by cutting out the lungs.
When there is a ringing sound
in ones ear how does the ear
know that some one is talking
about the person who owns the ear,
and how does the other fellow pro-
coed to cause the ringing?
The way the weekly papers cater
to the farmers it would seem that
they like the farmers money bet
ter than that of others, or else they
think people of the rural districts
are the only ones who can count
dots.
A writer in the Los Angeles
Times gives some good sound re-
minders that there is altogether
too much Indifference displayed
in the world respecting the treat
ment of boys. What We need in
the universities Of this country,
he says, is a department for the
study of boys. Not the boys who
wear Fauntleroy curls and have at
least one father and one mother,
but the poor little devils who have
no parents or if they have any
would be a bloomin' sight better
off if they had not. This writer
reminds the readers that there is
altogether too much inconsider-
ateness on the part Of grown peo-
pie for the feelings of the boys.
We are reminded that when par
ents send a boy to do a job that
they themselves would not under
take for a fve-dollar-bill and ex-
pect him to come back looking as
if he liked it, it is improper to
lyell at him and say, "Where in
the double-triggered blue ele-
plants have you been?"
i A boy should more frequently
be treated as if he would some day
be human being. When you
address him as if you were
yelling at a yellow dog that had
killed chicken it hurts him a
mile deep. A boys arms are only
! about so long and he cannot be ex-
pected, in reason, to lift more than
a ton without strain or fracture.
i He should not be expected to drive
horses, feed the hogs and sheep,
ride the chickens to water, feed the
baby from bottle, be a gasoline
engine, woodchopper, a side-hill-
gang pillow and a few other things
all at once without scraping some
of the varnish off the piano or
breaking q hole in the plate glass
window.
/ Mr.. Ernest Green Dodge, A. NJ,
has a lengthy and interesting ar
ticle in the October Munsey on the
possibility of men reaching the
moon. There are thoughts in Mr..
Ernest Green's article which make
it apparent that he is in earnest
and not as green as his middle
name indicate. A few hundred
years ago the possibility of cross
ing the Atlantic Ocean must have
seemed as absurd to the Indians
of this wild continent and even to
the whites of Europe as it would
have been to have dreamed of
travelling a hundred miles an hour
by means of steam or electricity
or to convey words thousands of
miles instantaneously through
wires on land or under seas.
! The moon proposition is a hard
one, however, but as Mr.. Dodge
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22
ODDS AND ENDS.
BY.
III. j.. B.

coil of a gun. A rifle with prop
erly constructed cartridges. would
both shoot and kick in vacuum;
and if only it recoiled hard enough,
frequently enough and in the right
direction the gum might kick its
way up through the heavens to
any desired goal. But why not
carry the proposition a little far
Their. If it should prove possible
to reach the moon in this way why
could not people shoot or kick
their way from there into heaven?
AS general thing kickers render
themselves obnoxious, and kicks
are not desirable things to have
around, but if this moon PROPOSE
ton should prove feasible, kickers
and kicks will become the most
popular things in this world and
in the next. The question is GER
tainly a very important one and
all mankind should feel interested
in it. Mr.. Carnegie and all cap
italists and scientists should be
prevailed upon to devote all their
energies to its accomplishment.
In the marriage Of Miss Ruth
Bryan of Lincoln, and Mr.. William
HI. Leavitt of Newport, there is a
marked exhibition of mental weak
ness in both, and it serves as an
other of the many illustrations
that however brainy men and
women may be, however great
degree of intellectually they may
possess, the vast majority have
some mental weakness or weakness
more or less marked, and to put it
in plain English most people are
either fools or foolish in one or
more respects. In this particular
case there can be no justification
in the old saying that love is blind
and that it will 60 where it is sent
Short courtships may be we'll
enough where people have been
acquainted for reasonable length
of time and have some reason to.
believe that they know their own
minds. But where two strangers.
are pleased with each other and
yet know that every element Of:
chance is against them, that be-.
hind the veil of pleasing transpar-
ency there exists every element OF,
inconsistency, incongruity and an
evanescent attachment, those who
are endowed with average sense
wisdom or mentality will exert q
little effort to put on the brakes.
and side track their foolish alb
surdity.
Mr.. Leavitt and his new Wife
had known each other but a few
weeks. He was a widower and
only ten years younger than Miss
Bryan's father and this IS-year-
old girl permitted the hypnotic in
fluence of the artist stranger to
ALLEVIATE her affections from her
best fellow and from indulgent
parents, an act which, in the aver
age young lady would seem very
indiscreet; but Miss Bryan's talents
make it apparent that she is in
possession of the same degree of
intellectually as is possessed by
her remarkable father and mother
and might we'll be ciassed far supe-
rior to the ordinary young women
of her age. Some girls who marry
at IL or Is and ON short acquaint-
ance develop into good wives, bat
they are few and far between and
man of Mr.. Leavitt's age ought
to know that it is a risky PROPOSE
ton; he ought to know that they
may make good warm lovers as
long as the other fellows keep
away, but that most of those who
m a 1,rxz IN cI1ah lan4e 4 q
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22
N 0 7 lie E..

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
edited
intellectual the prisoners acquant
disseminate pathological
dpeng prejudice which has been
mans The entirely
financial If time there
surplus would
library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-22

To FLIP coin to decide the fate of person on
trial for felony is placing the in the hands of
the blind goddess with a vengeance. This is what
jury in Lawrenceville ILL.,, did last week. Heads
came up, the prisoner was acquitted and the jury
was called down by the court. Why not? The plan
isn't bad as it at first sight But if it is to
be generally adopted it would be we'll to make the
fact known to both the prosecution and defense SO
they may save time and money
Alas the poor jurors! Of course the Judge re-
primanded them. Indeed a jurors lot is not happy
one. He can't be good fellow with both Sides Nc
matter what he does somebody is going to be hurt
and offended and he himself is going to be the loser
But does he mind? Is his cutice not impervious tc
the stings which af1ict other men? He is modern
hermit never reading the papers, taking interest
in what is going on about him, forming no opinions
and keeping haughtiy aloof from his fellows. Il
not such an one above feeling reprimand from the
bench? Can who is willing to deprive
human being Of his liberty the toss of coin feel
anything short of big club?
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
WILLIAMS HELD
 FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

Porter Williams, the negro who shot and killed Richard Blalock Tues day, has been bound over for man. slaughter by Justice L. B. Harris to await the action of the September grand jury and his bond fixed at 5000.
 At the inquest Wednesday, there was a difference of testimony among the witnesses as to whether Blalock had raised his gun to his shoulder, before Williams fired the fatal shot. The latter testified he had been hunt ing and thus happened to be carrying gun.
 The jury composed of George Bark CT, Scott Lindsey, J. M. Cherry, sLouis and Russell Thomas, Jasper Baker, Hugh Dunnington, Wm. Quinn, Green Lewis, T. M. Noble, Thos. Phillips and Vim. Provence found that Blalock came to his death by gunshot wound at the hands of Porter Williams.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
MAMMOTH SPRING ACCORDS
 WOOD AN OVATION

Mammoth Spring, Aug. 19.-The fourteenth annual reunion here ot the blue and the gray convened Tuesday with the largest attendance of it's history. Many prominent speakers were in attendance.
 Judge Carroll D. Wood, by invita- tion of the association, spoke this forenoon at 10 o'clock for about an hour and half. The speech was one fitted to the occasion and contained not one word about his candidacy for governor or about politics, but it con tained splendid patriotic sentiment which was warmly applauded by the immense crowd present.
 Judge Wood carried the people with him by his speech and at it's conclu sion beautiful boquet of flowers was presented to him, and many crowded around to shake hands with him. He made many warm friends here today. For a stranger to many of our people to make the impression that Judge Wood made today is wonderful. All the crowd was with him all the way through his speech and the comments since are all in his favor.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

Homer Buford was able to b. out for the first time Wednesday after a short sickness with fever.
 Mrs. W. s. Goodwin of Warren and Miss Sallie Lockhart of Batesville were guests at the Hazel Wednesday night.
 When you have pearls, slugs and baroques, send them to P. o. Heide, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin for top market prices. 5.f.t.f.
 The negro known as Klondike, who has been doing street work, escaped Thursday morning, proving himself a feet-footed rascal.
 c. L. Parrott, merchant of Wolf City, Texas, and al old resident of Bird township, was down Thursday with Roe Tims, his school boy friend. MT. Parrott stopped off on his return home from New York and though most of his old acquaintances have gone he enjoys his visits to his old home.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
FOR RENT.

For Rent-Five room cottage with bath room, hot and cold water. App ply to R. M. Johnson. 52dtf
 For Rent-Three rooms for light housekeeping, furnished or unfurn- ished. Inquire of Mrs. A. B. Smith. If
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
COUNTY INSTITUTE.
Contributed By secretary.l


 Twenty five teachers were present Wednesday morning at 9:30 when the Jackson County Teachers' Institute was called to order at the public school building by Prof. J. D. Neal.
 After the election of a secretary the chairman of the Institute appointed Mrs. Whitaker, MT. A. w. Jernigan and Mir. Wp sey M. Shaver to arrange work for the day. The following program was reported:
 Primary Reading-Mrs. Kimberlin. Number Work-Mrs. L. J. Hick- man.
 Primary Language-David Bowen.
 Primary Geography-Miss Eliza beth Pugh.
 Theory and Practice-J. R. Hodges. Each teacher on the program re- sponded to the work promptly and discussion at times became quite ani- mated. In addition to the above pro- gram much time was devoted to dis cussing the graded course of study adopted by the state superintendent under an act of the last legislature which requires each teacher to prop erly grade his school before he shall receive his last months salary. This is something new to Arkansas teach CTS, but promises to be very helpful, therefore should receive our careful attention. Prof. Neal led in this dis cussion and explained fully the re- quirements of the law.
 Prof. J. R. Hodges presented the subject of Theory and Practice in an eloquent manner and received close attention.
 Dr. Brough of the State University was present in the interest of that in- stitution and during the afternoon session paid a glowing tribute to the teaching profession.
 Miss Lizzie Pugh, Mrs. Dora AL bright and MT. Roscoe Jernigan were appointed critics. The institute ad- journed to meet at o'clock Thurs day morning.