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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-10

The Wright County Monitor believes
that the politician of Hardin county
mus, of necessity lead a strenuous life
these days"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
KILLED All the Sardines.

Preparations for killing men have
killed the sardines on the French
coast, so the fishers are threatened
with starvation. The destruction Of
these valuable food fish is attributed
to the submarine explosions during
the French naval maneuvers last Sep
TENDER. These explosions were on an
extensive scale, and it is well known
that shock comparatively slight will
rupture the air bladder of fish and
destroy them. In all probability the
submarine engines will never be used
to kill men. But the killing of fish
has been sufficiently costly to warn
all governments to have a care. If
care is not observed the waters of
the globe may become fishless, espe-
cially on the coasts of highly-civilized
nations-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

full as house dog, and seemingly as
contented.
In our first engagement Senah,
hearing that mess number foh' was
in a tight place, caught up musket
and started for the extreme front,
where our company was hard
pressed. The colonel, seeing a colored
man with musket in his hands, an
incendiary proceeding in those days,
ordered Senah to drop the gun and
go to the rear, swearing he would
have any darby shot who was caught
with a gun in his hands. Senah
dropped the gun, but went on toward
the front. =
''An hour later the colonel came
face TO face with the Senegambian
again, but he didn't swear. The big
negro was carrying two of our mess,
who had been severely wounded, to
the rear. He would carry Joe, who
bad been struck in the leg, pickaback
for so yards, and then putting him in
a comfortable position, would go
back and take Charlie, who had been
shot through the body, up in his
arms and carry him to where he had
left Joe. The woods were full of
confederates, and the wounded had
been left where they fell when our
line retreated. The Senegambian had
seen the last scramble and had gone
forward to the rescue.
''He had just got Joe and Charlie
into the zone of safety when the
colonel spied him and rode toward
him with intent to spank the. negro
with his sword, but when he saw
what Senah had been doing he said,
quietly: Didn't I order you to go to
the rear?' The Senegambian, with
Joe on his back, said: You did,
massa, for a fact; but land of Goshen,
I was turned round like and couldn't
find de reah. I kept gropin' around
until I found mess number fob, and
den I knows what I has to do. I
has to get mess number fob out of
trouble, makes no diff unce who tells
me not to. [ wouldn't mind Jeff
Davis hisself, if he tell me not to. /
just tote 'em out if I be shot the
next mint. OATS dc kind of a Sene-
gambian I is. shoh.' This speech
won the colonel over, and, reported
by Joe to the company, it made the
Senegambian very popular Later he
carried rifle in a colored regiment,
and after the. war went into the reg
ular cavalry. [ saw him at Fort Mis-
soula as late as 1880 and he was a
fine-looking soldier, tall, straight,
muscular, and with liking for the
'front.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

and looked at the column, and then
he sent two men back to the picket
post. By this time the column was
in plain view, of him. I saw him rise
up in his stirrups and fire his car
bine, turn his horse slowly and ride
back far enough to reload his car
bine. Then he turned and fired
again. [ glanced back at the column
of confederates. The firing had had
no effect, but to cause them to
change from route to column step.
1t was the most beautiful sight I
ever saw, as they changed step, with
the bright sunlight on their guns,
and / was wondering if we could
ever stop them, when I was aroused
by. Capt. Cheney's sharp words say
ing: Sergeant, take your men and
report to Col. Sackett that there is
a large column of confederates COM
ing down the road. l will try and
hold them in check with my pickets.
until relieved or reinforced"
AS we rode to the rear we heard
our pickets firing their carbines.
You know the peculiar sound of
Sharp's carbines, as of two boards
slapped together. That is the way
[ saw and heard the first gun fired
at Gettysburg,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
COULDN'T FIND THE REAR.
Story of a Sou egambian Who Made
Himself Very Busy at the
Front.

''That reminds me-" said the major,
in the Chicago Inter Ocean, ''of Sc
nah, the first cook Of our mess in the
old company. Senah was short for
Senegambian, name the boys
gave our cook the day they hired
him. This was in the first year of
the war, when the status of the col
ored brother had not been deter
mined, and when the question of har-
boring a slave was one to be lodged.
The boys didn't know whether the
Senegambian was a runaway slave or
not, and they asked no questions.
They hired him to cook, and, as they
put it, treated him like a white man.
Senah could cook, and he was good
forager. He was as loyal and faith
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
topic which seemed OF special inter.
est to them.

topic which seemed OF special inter.
est to them.
Sidney Hammond was a college
mate Of Walter Hestor. He was the
stroke oar in the famous crew which
humbled the pride Of the rival uni
versity. Unlike many of the athletic
heroes Of the institutions Of learn.
ing, Hammond combined the frame of
a muscular Apollo with the brain of
the scholar. He was even more hero
with the professors than on the cam
pus. The text and reference books
prescribed in the curriculum served
but to stimulate his thirst for re-
search. Though abundantly able.
through the generosity of his father,
TO enter into all of the pleasures Of
the gilded class, he performed the
rare feat of remaining studious re-
cluse and retaining his popularity.
During the years spent in college
he was an intellectual and physical
machine, seemingly incapable of men
tai or bodily fatigue. The few
friends who enjoyed the privilege of
his apartments found him the best
OF hosts, with well-appointed side
board and the choicest of cigars. Ex
cept on rare occasions Hammond did
not permit these social relaxatons to
intrude on his time, and his friends
grew to know just how long Sidney
would tolerate their company in
preference to his books.
Hestor slipped glass of wine;
knocked the ashes from his cigar,
and extended an enameled cigar case
to Hammond.
How long does our famous cor
respondent intend to remain in New
York?'' asked Sidney Hammond. cit
must seem dull here after what you
have been through"
ut seems good to be here" replied
Hestor. Il am going to quit roaming
around and stay in this country for
awhile. I believe there is more big
news on the tapis here than anywhere
in the world. I believe there is some
it could be obtained and properly
handled"
They are getting big enough and
bold enough to attract attention."
said Hammond. There will be plen-
ty of news about them some day"
"How do you like the Records
leading editorial to-day?" he asked.
''The one about the big steel conf
bine, do you mean?"
eyes"
"Candidly, cannot say 1 liked it,"
said Hammond, after moments
pause, II suppose Williams wrote it.
1t sounded like his stuff. Williams is
good writer, and there is no better
man on local issues, but I am afraid
the trust problem is beyond his
depth. He denounces trusts. He
might as well denounce the Galveston
disaster. He has treated The Record
readers to an entertaining but not
novel bit of trust invective. I pre-
sumo it is what they want, but what
good does it do? He proposes no
remedy"
ITO Be Continued
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
CLAY PIPES AS CHARMS.
They Used to BE offered to the
Fairies by the Country
Folk Of England.

In nearly all local museums In
England the visitor may see very
tiny clay pipes, generally broken of
at the stem, that he is. told, after
inquiry, are fairy pipes,"' says Stray
Stories.
Often enough, gardeners and peo-
pie excavating for house foundations
turn these pigmy pipes up and keep
them as curiosities without knowing
what they are. Most of these people
say: "Our ancestors must have
smoked very tiny pipes-pipes that
hold only a mere Whit"
In reality these pipes were never
meant to be smoked. All the early
tobacconists in this country sold
them to satisfy a demand of the SUI
perstitious. In country places in par
ticular the friends of any dead man
who had been a smoker would fill the
small bowl of one of these pipes with
tobacco and put it on the coffin as
the latter was lowered into the grave,
or they would simply throw the pipe
on to the grave.
Again, wherever so-called fairy
ring appeared on the turf in the
country place, the simple folks, to
appease the fairies and pigmies who
had made the ring during their
revels, and to soothe the impish lit
tie people, would place fairy pipes
full of tobacco on the spot.
The pipes were made small partly
because they were intended for pig
mics, and partly because in those
days the merest pinch Of tobacco was
luxury of price to the poor farm
labOrer or small farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
OPENING THE BATTLE.
How the First Shot Was Fired at
Gettysburg Described by an
Old Soldier.

Gen. Burford's First Cavalry divi-
sion, Second brigade, reached Gettys-
burg at noon, June 80, 1868. The
Ninth New York cavalry was en-
camped in field west of the town.
[, with some five others, was de-
tailed to stand picket on the CASH
town road, relates a writer in the
American Tribune. l went on picket
at four o'clock the morning of July
1. There was a slight fog that morn
ing. 1 was stationed by the side of
the road, under cherry tree. When
it grew light and the Jog &st-ed, I
could see about a mile or mfie and
half down the road. From whe-e
[ stood it was a gentle descent abous
half way to a brook, then raised
gradually tc the top of a hill, where
[ could see a house and barn oppo-
site each other. Soon after daylight
[ saw a stir at the house and barn
Shortly after an old man and a boy
came riding down the road to the
picket post. He told me that his
daughter had field glass and that
from her chamber window she saw
about mile or more away column
of confederate infantry and the
filed the road from side to side and
reached back as far as she could see,
and were coming this way.
He wanted to know if [ thoug>-9
there would be a fight, and what he
had better do. I told him that there
would be a skirmish, and that he
had better take himself and family
into some secure place.
The general impression among US
was that the main battle was to be
fought on other ground.
Then I moved out into the middle
of the road, where I could have a.
clear view of the top of the hill and
house and barn.
About the time I thought the head
of the column would come over the
hill, Capt. Cheney, Ninth New York
cavalry, came to relieve the pickets
of company I, same regiment, who
were ordered to report to Gen.
Sickles' headquarters.
I reported to the captain what the
lie
in his quick, short way, said: "Cor-
poral Hodge, take two men and ride
as far as the top of the hill. If you
see anything suspicious, send one of
the men back, and you go on and see
if you can see anything of the col
umn of confederates'
Corporal Hodge galloped down the
road, and while the captain was talk
ing to the sergeant I was seated in
my saddle, watching the top of the
hill, wishing that the column would
appear, as the boys were poking fun
at me, as they did not believe there
were any confederates near.
just then I saw the flash of their
guns in the morning sun. They were
marching route step, and completely
filled the road.
[ said: There they comet" and
glancing down the road, saw Corporal
Hodge and men, who had nearly
reached the brook. They stopped
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
FATHER AND CHILD.

You are so helpless and so strong,
Dh but the way Is so lone, so long!
Would I might fare with you thus Away,
Down to the dusk of your latest day;
Wee little wanderer out of the dawn,
Would l might walk with you on and on,
Even as now, in the days decline,
Holding your frail little hand in mine,
Guiding your steps DER each rugged mile,
Greeting with kisses your childish smile,
kissing the tears from your dimpled
cheek
4 am so strong and you are so weak!
You are so helpless-am I so strong?
iOh, but the way is SO lone, so long
Mould you might fare with me thus al
way,
Down to the dusk Of my latest day;
Brave little waif Of the vanished dawn,
Would you might walk with me on and
on,
Even as now, in the days decline,
Still with your warm little hand In mine,
Guiding my steps DER each rugged mile,
Soothing my fears with your trustful
smile,
kissing the tears from my with'ring
cheek
You are so strong and I am so weak!
e. O. Laughlin, in Youths Companion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
Dewet's Audacity.

A lady of Cape Town, on meeting
Dewet for the first time, cried:
ooh! general, am SO pleased to meet
you-or should t. she added naively,
address you as ex-general, as the
English have it?' ''Ex-general will do,
madam. You see, [ am Britisher
now, and as the English are so fond
of prefixes and affiXes to their names,
[ must be one of them. I am ex-
general to-day. Who knows, some
day l may be excellency!" and De-
wet is said to have laughed at his
own audacity.-San Francisco Argo-
naut
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
COLLEGE JOurnaIism.

There are IA colleges in the United
States which publish a newspaper
every week day. Three of these pa
pers have become dailies. The Har-
ward Echo, which was started in 1879,
was the first college newspaper to be
published daily. The Princetonian
says that college journalism is pecul-
lar to America, as in no other coun-
try in the world is such work under
taken. buffalo Evening News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

Excitement ON Wall Street.
Palmer J. Morton, r. J. Kent Andrus
Carmody and Simon Pence have mys-
teriously disappeared. They did not ap-
pear at their Offices this morning. In
4uiry by telephone at their houses dis
closes the astounding fact that though
exu ected they did not come home last
MI ut. Various rumorS are in circulation,
but at this writing nothing is known,
except that these. four great capitalists
nave completely disappeared. Their COM
bined wealth is estimated at $3.50, 900, OO0.'
The street crowds received the
news calmly, They did not believe
t. But they bought the papers.
The news came by the way of Wall
street. Strange run1ors had been in
circulation all the morning. A
sense of impending trouble perme-
ated the crowd of brokers which
clustered around the standards on
the floor of the Stock Exchange
The curb brokers on Broad street
were uneasy, as they waited for the
hour of ten. The market opened
strong and then sagged. It was a
few minutes past eleven o'clock
when the tickers in a thousand Of
fees stopped in their task of record
ing quotations.
There was a splitter of dashes on
the tape. Customers gathered
around the pedestals. There was
news coming. They anticipated the
announcement Of an important fail
uTe. It had been rumored that a
Consolidated Exchange house was in
trouble. The following message
spread itself along the tape:
'11:07 a. m.-Palmer j. Morton,
r. j. Kent, Andrus Carmody and
Simon Pence have not appeared at
their Offices. They did not return
to their residences last night. Rela-
tires are alarmed and have notified
the police. They were last seen at
. conference held at the office OF
Palmer j. Morton at four o'clock
yesterday afternoon. No trace since
Foul play is feared
The murmur of the Stock Elk
change swelled into roar which re-
verberated above the rumble OF
sraffic and the unrest on the streets.
This was the morning of the third
or May, memorable in the records
OF Wall street.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
Hsstor had returned TO New York

I40StOL HUI TCCuTucU TO new OK
after cruise in Philippine waters.
He was interviewed by all the news
papers, and his portrait flashed
from hundreds of prints in all parts
Of the country. He was proud and
happy of his success. His mind was
ever alert for some scheme which
would emphasize his fame. He re-
garded his foreign triumphs as but
stepping stones to some great coup
which would immortalize his name.
Hestor was disappointed when he
learned that Mr.. Van Horne had de-
parted recently on q secret mission
to Europe. At first he thought Of
joining him, but finally decided to re-
main in New York for time and de-
vote his energies to matters Of local
interest. Hestor was greeted warm
ly at the clubs, and found himself a
popular hero. He was welcomed at
the theaters and some of his news
paper exploits were made the subject
of topical song and rendered with
great success at leading vaudeville
hall. For some time he had led life
free from care in company with con-
genial spirits, who were glad to shine
in his reflected fame.
At the Office of The Record Mr..
Hestor had a luxurious private room,
as beftted his rank as the special
envoy of the paper. One afternoon
he received message from his old
friend Sidney Hammond, stating that
he would be in the city for two DAYS
at the end of which time he would be
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
Antiquity of Marine Insurance.

Marine insurance is very old. The
earnest voyagers, the Phoenicians,
practice a kind of insurance. The
master, before sending his small bark
to the edge of the earth, mortgaged
her against her return. If she came
back he returned the loan, with a
heavy premium.-Detroit Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
Such a Brave Boy.

Il say, didn't [ see you running
down the street yesterday, with Bill
Bounce after your"
yes"
"What did yoI- run away for?"
Il was only running SO as 70
get him away from his home, so as
his mother couldn't see him fghtin',
but by the time he was out of sight
of his house we got in sight Of our
house, and then, as my mothe,
"-:uld see me if [ stopped to hit him.
l went in so as to be cut Of temp
tation. STRAY StorieA
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
CHAPTER I.
| KIDNAPPED.

q KIDNAPPED.
Gall about the Kidnapped Million
aires!! Record Extra! All about
the Great Mystery!! Record Extra!"
Hundreds of newsboys poured from
an alley and dashed into the human
currents which surge at the conf1u-
ence of Nassau street and Park Row.
In moment the air was afame with
the red headlines of the Record Ex-
ira" 1t was not necessary to buy
q paper. The type was SO large that
it told the news to the passerby.
For a week the Wall street boom
had been the sensation of New York
and Of the country. The perpetual
excitement which reigns within the
ahadow OF Trinity church had per-
meated Office and counting room. It
was the whispered topic of converse
ton among clerks, and the noisy sub
ject Of debate in hotel lobby and
corridor. The jargon of the Stock
Exchange was incorporated into met
ropolitan English. The tales of for
tunes made to the clicking music of
the ticker, aroused the cupidity of
thousands, who saw in the whirl of
speculative frenzy the prospect OF
wealth without work. Newspapers
<ed the flame and We'd in displaying
and narrating the golden exploits of
nagnate and operator.
On this Tuesday morning headlines
and text covered the front page of
the New York Record and proclaimed
the following story:
KIDNAPPED!!!
-Four Multimillionaires Mysteriously
Missing!!!
Palmer j. Morton, Andrus Carmody,
Simon Pence and r. J. Kent
cannot be found!!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
Accomplished

Ethel-Isn't Judy newsy?
Mayme-Isn't she, though? She
tells so much [ don't see how she gets
time to hear ything.-Detroit FREQ
Press, ---
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
CHATTER II.

TWO NAPOLEONS OF JOURNALISM.
robert Van Horne was the owner
ana ed!tor ct the New York Record.
He was a leading light in much
srisAased school of journalism. Ha
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
Excitement on Wall Street.

Fears that They have been Kidnapped, or
have met with Foul Play.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

Copyright. 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

Palmer ]. Morton, Andrus Carmody,
Simon Pence and r. J. Kent
cannot be found!i
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

his genius as an 1nltIatOr and TO his
skill as writer.
Mr.. Van Horne was delighted to
accept the volunteer services of the
brilliant but erratic Walter B. Hes
tor. AT the time this story begins,
Hestor was about 80 years old. He
was a member of New York fam
lily which traced it's wealth and an
cestry to the sixteenth century. His
fortune was an independent one;
and, though his tastes were expen-
sive, he did not live up to his income.
It would take volume to recount
the journalistic exploits Of Walter
P, Hestor. He built the splendid
steam yacht the SHARK" and en-
ployed it in his worldwide search for
sengers from a sinking liner, and
was decorated by four governments
for bravery. In every war the
SHARK" was in the foreground. 1t
was the Hestor yacht that ran the
batteries at Havana and escaped
from the harbor with valuable news
ard information. At every signal Of
trouble Hestor and the SHARK"
were sure to be on hand long before
the representatives of other papers
were aware that news was brewing.
At his own expense he established a
system Of espionage on all the courts
OF Europe. Hestor was known in
every palace of royalty, and in few
years became recognized as the most
brilliant newspaper correspondent Il
the world.
at the tilaa this story opeas MIR,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

-Four Multimillionaires Mysteriously
Missing!!!
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-11-24
EA GAN LEAVES
THE CENTRAL.
Has Been Granted Leave Of Absence by Executive Committee
Differences With Major Hanson Understood to be the
Cause Of Leaving Mason His Successor

President John M. Egan Of the
Central of Georgia has severed
his connection with the road,
though no statement to that eff
feet has yet been made, either
by Mr.. Egan or Mai. J.F. Han
son chairmen of the board of
directors.
Mr.. Egan will leave to-day for
New York, and expect to be gone
some weeks. When asked last
night about the rumor that he
had left the Central he neither
affirmed nor denied it, but sim
ply said that he had applied for
and had been granted leave of
absence, and that he would leave
for New York this morning and
remain away from Savannah
for possibly two weeks, though
just where he will spend the
time he had not determined.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-11-24

From other sources it is learn
ed that the action on Mr.. Egan's
part sereving his Connection with
the Central was taken Friday,
and he is supposed to have reach
ed the determination to do so af-
ter conference with Maj. Han
son, who stopped here on his way
to Macon from a meeting of the
Executive Committee of the di-
rectors, held in New York. Col.
A. r. Lawton, member of the
Executive Committee, attended
the meeting.
HANSON TO BE PRESIDENT.
1t is believed that after Mr..
Egan's retirement from the road
an arrangement will be made
similar to that how governing
the Ocean Steamship Company:
that Maj Hanson will become
thea president of the road.