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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-05-19

Town Hall /
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3rd . Central Hose House |
18th 4" Cumberland House office |
9Th " Nelson Hose House |
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18th " Garfield g . L
Sth /" Thompson Boarding
House Building l
Town of Bell School House |
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g Iron River . Z" 4
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6 I" Drummond, !" " /
. " Gable, Modern Wood
man Hall l
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House at Engoe l
I" " Eileen, School House
at Ashland Junction l
Z" +" Pratt, Town Hall 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Population of New York.

The estims te recently made of the pop ulation of New York and its suburbs fixes the number of persons residing in what may be called the ten Metropolitan counties of New York and New Jersey at 322 inhabitants. In making this estimate an inner and outer suburban belt has been compared, the former com prising all taat territory lying more than twenty and less than thirty miles from the city hall; the latter the territory be- tween thirty and fifty miles. The in- her suburban belt contains sucuh impor- tant centres of population as Greenwich, Ct, Tarrytown, White Plains New York, Morrlstown, and New Brunswick, New Jersey. while the outer belt ex- tends as far as Bridgeport and Stam- ford, Ct; Peeskill Goshen and Cornwall, New Yoork and Princeton and Lakewood, New Jersey A surprising feature of the comparison in the population of these two districts is that the outer suburban belt has a population almosot twice las big as that included in the inner belt, due possibly to the independent growth of manufacturing centers, and to the n- complete arrangements for rapid transit connections with the inner belt and the greater city. The increase in the com muting population is still within twenty miles of the greater city but it is be- lieved by persons who are keeping up with the changes that there will be a ma- terial change in these figures by the time another census is taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Life of Great Fortunes.

| From the Era Magazine.
 According to an old fashioned saw,
 there are only three generations between shirt sleeves and shirt sleeves. Brought
 up to date the adage gives five genera
 tions which Is the limit set by soclologi-
 cal experts for the petering out of some
 of the best known and biggest quickly
 made American fortunes, a few of which
 are said to have already fallen off at least one-fourth under the strain put up
 on them by the third generation. It Is pointed out that water invariably runs down hill great deal faster than it can be coaXed to run up hill. and that the same rule applies to fortunes. If this Is true. 1t needs no very profound mathe- matical calculations to prove that in all probability. once a partially-depleted for tune gets into the hands of fourth generation of sons bent on following the gilt-edged path travelled by their immen- fate paternal progenitors the shrinking process will be hastened to an extent which will suggest an eminent shirt sleeve denouement. And just now some theorists are asking whether, after all, this denouement would be the worst that could happen to the decendants of some of the present assortmen of sons of the rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
SOCIETY EXCITED BY WINE ROOM RAID Washington Gos8ips About the
 Chevy Chase Club MRS. JORDAN IS FAITHFUL Georgia Belle Will Wed Nlcarasuan Minister in Spite of Rumor That
 He Has Negro Blood in
 His Veins.
MRS. JORDAN IS FAITHFUL
BY W, r. MANNING.

Washington, November 12.-Offcial and social circles in Washington have been somewhat s.irred up and somewhat in- dignant over a raid made by the Mary land authorities in the wine room of the Chevy Chase Club, which Is one of the most exclusive social organizations in the district. though located in Montgom- cry county, Maryland, just outside the district line. Among the members of the club are many high government officials, members of the supreme court and of tcials of the diplomatic corps. The club has fine golf links and among it's de- voices are Justice Harlan and other members of. the supreme court. and the club has been frequented by number of Washington's best known clergmen who play self. The club also has fox hunting as one of it's attractions and in the spring of each year it's horse show is feature of the social life of the capi- tal It is presumed that the raid was made at the instance of the Anti-Saloon League at Montgomery county, Mary land, in which the club is located is prohibition county. The sheriff acting on order from the county attorney, en- tered the cellars and carried away from the club all the intoxicating liquors in sight. Up to the present no court ac- tion has been taken against any of the members of the club, and 1t is probable that if any in taken some employe of the club will DC proceeded against. Mem bers of the House Committee of the club have refused to discuss the matter while others are inclined to be indignant over the whole proceedings cohtending that the laws mas not been violated in that the membe.s own the liquors personally and not for sale, and the steward in serv- ing them merely acted as agent for the owners. In the meantime 1t is under stood that things are very dry at the club pending some settlement of the mat ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
THE COTTON PIckERs.
Negroes Who Are Best Workers Are
 Best Singers.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 "The champion negro cotton picker of Texas, who can pull bale of cotton from the. bolls in two days, must be a good singer" said a man who spent his early life on the farm, "else he could not pick that much cotton in so short a time.
 "A report from the Waxahachie dis frict says his best days work this year was S44 pounds. That's pretty good cot ton picking. I dare say he sung a few lines while he was reaching for this rec ord. No negro can pick cotton without singing. Whenever you see negro pull ing his sack up and down cotton rows in silence you can bet he is not doing much picking. He may get out of the field with 175 or maybe 200 pounds, but he will not set the world on fire a picker of the staple.
 Singing is a part of the game. and when you find a negro who begins to sing and holler as soon as he bends over the row you may know thereby that you have a good hand. The negro, as a rule, works by music. In no other line of ac- tivity is the fact so noticeable as in the cotton patch. Here is where the negro must sing If he would meet with any sat isfactory measure of success. It is no loud. discordant bowling either. It is music, the like of which you cannot hear at any other place or under any other cir cumstances, a low, soft hum, delicately intoned, rythmic mellow, soothing, and all the while the negro's body swings to and fro over the cotton row as with his nimble fingers he pulls the long white locks from the boil.
 l have known a great many cotton planters who would not hire negro cot
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ward Not a sail crossed the horizon. We were reduced to bread and water the crew sleeping on deck. Then came six days of calm. The sails did not stretch an inch. The last mouthful of bread was eaten. We had only water left. Tobacco had gone long before. Soon but little wa ter was left. That was last Friday week. We were face to face with star vation, on boat whose crew grumbled and regarded us as ill-omened.
 But on Friday afternoon a sudden trade wind came, the sails filled and then everybody cheered. The next day we were in Ponce.
 The Geisha Girls Curse.
 q aint saying the Kelvin was a Jonah. But she was cursed at Kobe said one of the crew mysteriousy.
 "A sailor that was one of the crew then, he deserted since, got a geisha girl in love with him and she tried to make him desert He wouldn't and she put a curse on the ship for taking him away. Ii worried him a lot and he finally drop ned his dunnage bag over the side one night in New York-and went after 1t. That's why the Kelvin foundered'
 The lost steamer had been only year m the sea and had not returned to Eng land since starting on her first trip around the world for cargo. She went first to Japan. From there she came to New York Here she was chartered by Busk e Jevon to carry agricultural imple- ments to Brazil She was of steel 152 feet over all. and one of the best steam CTS owned in Glasgow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Blow to Diploma Factories.

A very severe blow has been adminis- tered at the diploma-faetory scheme, which is a familiar one, by the District Court of Appeals, which has ordered the case against Prof. William Farr to Ten ressee for trial on the charge of using the mails to defraud in connection with the Nashville College of Law. Prof. Farr was at the head of several con- cerns that were suspected of using the mails for fraudulent purposes in connec- tion with the issuance of diplomas. Among the institutions were the Wash ington Law College and the George Washington College, and he attempted at one time to prevent the Columbian Uni versity from changing its name to George Washington University claiming priority of name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13

as he came up from below. The sea was washing over half the deck. The bow was below the surface. There was wild scramble for dunnage. biscuits and water at the word. The sea was like mill pond. The engines were stopped the last thing, and with her dynamo lighting the ship she rode on alone.
 Dawn came with an angry sky. Rally to the ship came from the captains boat as we rowed to the Kelvin, now awash The captain went aboard with the crew and we dropped over sixteen mail bags consigned to Montevideo and Buenos Ayres We were no sooner back in the boats than the storm whiroe1 across the sea and We thought we were lost.
 T was sweeping the horizon with glass, and away off, five miles or more caught sight of sail. I shouted to my men and they let out cheer.
 Sighted Sail.
 q had sighted the Cordelia Hayes, Cap tain Ross, one week out of Philadelphia for Bermuda, with ten in crew, and pro- visions for two months. Her chief off cer had sighted us. We thought our troubles were over. They were only be- ginning.
 'oThe storm broke over us as we made for the Hayes. It filled our boats and pounded their sides, but we got aboard with only one mail sack lost.
 "The storm began to toss the little schooner. Fifty-one men on schooner provisoned for ten, and running before a gale, out of the track of navigation, call ed for starvation rations.
 For ten days we rode in the wind east
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Will Wed corea.

Washington society is still discussing the newspaper accounts of the complica- tions which have arisen oet of the en- gagement Of MT. Corea the Nicaraguan Minister and Mrs. Ilah Dunlop Jordan. Mir Corea had the reputation of being the handsonest man in the diplomatic corps and has always been popular in Washington. Mrs. Jordan is one of the favorites in Southern society, and her home at Macon, Ga, has been noted for its hospitali.y. The carges that were made in letters written to prominent cit izens of Macon, to the effect that MT. Co., req had negro blood in his veins, were intended to be peculiarly effective in in- nuencng the Southern mind Fortu- nately for all parties the charges seem unfouonded in every respect, and all Washington has joined in testifying to the personal work and the high official standing of the gentleman in question. Mrs. Jordan has announced her utter dis belief of all the charges and her pro- posal to stand by her tiance at any cost. This Is not the first case in which the public and private lives of diplomats have been assaied by would-be black mailers. and in the present instance gra- tuitous and solely for the purpose of eX- tortng money from the interested par tfes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Engineers Scarce.

Admiral hae of the Navy is somewhat alarmed over the problem in the Navy caused by the scarcity of engineering off, ficers and officers qualified to perform that class of duty in the service, and in his report recently filed with the Navy Department has urged that some spec ial legislation be presented at the ap- proachinig session of Congress that will provide against the emergency. In this report he declares that the present en- gineering condition of the navy is the cause of grave anxiety to all conversant with the subject. He also urges that each new commissioned vessel be given an engineer force at least one-half of whom are experienced men. The ques- tion is not new one in the navy and received a full share of discussion at the time the personnel bill, which is now in effect in the navy was passed by Con- gress, and Admiral Rae's report justihes the contention of those who favored the retention of the engineering corps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Mortons Are at Home.

Secretary and Mrs. Paul Morton are now at home in their new residence on K street, and Mrs. Morton has already commenced her series of entertainments for the season, which will place their home in prominent place in the list of Cabinet houses. Mrs. Morton Is fond of society and entirely familiar with the duties of a hostess, but has never enter taned on as lavish a scale as may be expected from her during the coming season, as she has spent a portion of each winter in California. Miss Pau line Morton who is one of the youngest of the coming debutantes, is not quite eighteen, but will be formally presented to society at an afternoon tea early in December The eldest daughter of the family. Mrs William Chapman Potter. is at present in Mexico, where MT Pot ter is engaged as a mining engineer. and it Is not probable that she will spend a great deal of the season here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Fighting the Policemen.

Speeding automobilists who are fond of violating the law and resent the inter ference of the police, have discovered a new and effective weapon with which they are using when the bicycle police men approach too close to their speed ing machines. It is nothing more or less than the deadly ammonia gun which was originally intended for the use of bi- cyclists who were annoyed by vicious dogs. The results are most unpleasant for the policeman and the automobilists are enabled to escape without capture. It has been unfortunate that the officers who have been the victims of the am- monia gun have in each reported in- stance failed to get the number of the machine before approaching within range of the gun, and consequently the perpe- trators of ihe outrage escaped without detection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
STEAMER KELVIN
 CURSED ID DOOM Spell of GeiSha Girl Sends Her
 to the Bottom SEA WAS LIKE MILL POND Without Warning the Handsome Graft Begins to List and Crew Escapes
 In Boats After Many Hard
 ships-Salor's Story.
SEA WAS LIKE MILL POND

From the New York American.
 Uncanny as he tale of the Ancient Mariner is, the story of how the new steel steamer Kelvin on her first voyage was in a calm sea sucked down to the bottom of the Gulf stream at midnight on October T. while 100 miles off Hatteras, and strange is the tale of her crew re- dueing their reseuers to starvation.
 Through both stories runs tale of the curse of a geisha girl at Kobe, Japan, who had evoked the gods of the depths to wreak revenge for her on the vessel that brought her sadness
 The crew of the ill-starred steamer forty-one in all, arrived yesterday on the Ponce from San Juan, Porto Rico. Des- titute of clothing and not yet recovered from their terrible experience, they were taken to the Sailors home, at No. 52 Market street.
 ",rhe laundering of the Kelvin is anoth- CT mystery of the sea," said Chief Mate Hunter "It will remain so. She simply listed to port and went down gradually, all in a night. The pumps could not re- lieve her of the water she made We drove on for ten hours through a calm sea and the boat kept listing over and going down by the bow all the time.
 Worth Million and Half
 We left this port on October ,, with about 100000 worth of general cargo on a ship valued at $500, 900. A first rate boat she was, new and staunch. Yet in forty hours by the log she was started on her way to the bottom in perfectly calm sea.
 ''It was about o'clock that she was recorded as listing to port. That was the evening of October 6, There had been no seas the cargo was packed tight and the coal had not shifted. An hour later the log noted she was over to port five degrees By o'clock she was oven ten degrees.
 At 9:15 came the call to quarters. The deck was like the side of a tent fully % degrees over. The port rail was flush with the water, and the ship was driving ahead, bow down and stern up. The pumps were started, and every minute we feared we would turn turtle.
 ''The captains wife and boy came on deck, and two sailors were detailed to them, and the captain and the carpenter went below The rest of the crew was put to jettisoning the deck cargo, 300 bar rels of naptha. In twenty minutes the deck was cleared But the ship only stuck her nose further into the sea. The pumps showed seven feet of water below.
 Clear the boatsi" the captain ordered.
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ton picker unless he was satisfied that the negro sang as he worked. It is a curious thing that pckers of this type have more time for the humorous bantering and 1awing so common among this class than the men who work in silence. The sing ing negro does not work as hard, as a matter of fact, as the silent negro. This is because he works more rapidly. The song he sings seems to make the ma chnery run more smoothly, and so he ac- complishes more in the end than the quiet fellow and has some time for the foolish talk of the cotton patch besides"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Preposterous Claim.
he Chicarn Journal.

From the Chicago Journal
 Office Boy-That Christian Science doc tor is out here, and he says it pains him very much that you haven't settled this bill.
 The Boss-Go back and tell him that there's no such thing as pain; that it ex- ists only in the imagination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Motive in Ade's Methods
From the Des Moines News.

Chicago is much provoked because George Ade intends to spend the winter in New York. They shouldn't blame Ade, though. The Chicago newspapers re- gently printed articles saying Ade was making s5O00 q week, and, of course, af- ter that he doesn't dare go back to Chi cagO,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
A yYoman's Dog.

From the Houston Post.
 What makes you think the dog used to belong to a woman?
 Tt appears to want to be carried and kissed all the time."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
Good to Hav. and Bad to Lose.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 "A man, like razor, must have some temper to be any good at all"
 Yes. temper is a good thing to have, but very bad thing to lose.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13

DEAR SrRs :-I didn't find out that l had contracted Contagious Blood Poison until it had made considerable headway, and fortunately for me the friend that first consulted had had some experience with the disease, and advised me to take .. f.<< doctors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-13
BLOOD POISON

was afflicted with terrible blood dis ease, which was in spots at first, but af- rewards spread all over my body. These soon broke out into sores, and it is easy to imagine the suffering I endured. Be-
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but began at once the use your medicine taking as d ected My friend told stick to it. and that was was @ covery rapid only about dozen bottles and am well as When began S S > my race was so full erupons that could not shave and now there is not a botch or pimple my body.
 oo. Oakley St Fvansville Ind WALTER WEBER.
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could do good had spent hundred dollars, which really thrown away. When had finished first bottle of S. S. S. greatly improved and delighted with the result The large red ploches my chest began to grow paler and smaller and before long disappeared entirely re gained my lost weight became stronger and appetite greatly improved entirely well and my skin as clear piece of glass.
 5S Clinton St. Newark, N J. Fl. l. MEYERS.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-04
SET PORT Arthur ON FIRE
JAPANESE SHELLS SET FIRE TO
POWDER MAGAZINE.
Portions Of Town Caught Fire-Fire
Continued All pay-Japanese Cap
tured Russian Trenches on Slope Of
RihIung ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Con.
slider Progress Of Siege Satisfactory.

Chefoo, Nov. 1.-The third general
attack on Port Arthur began October
"a, according to unimpeachable au-
thority. On October 26 Japanese
shells set fire to the onl smokeless
powder magazine in Port Arthur. Por-
lions of the town caught fire, the fire
continuing the whole day. On October
26 the Japanese captured the Russian
trenches on the slope Of Rihlung noun
tain. also fortified position protecting
that fortress. The Japanese consider
the progress of the siege to be highly
satisfactory.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-04

San Francisco, Nov. 1. - Jimmy
Britt of California lost the lightweight
championship of the world Monday
night when he fouled Joe Cans. He
had sent Cans to his knees in the fifth
round and then, losing his head, gave
him a vicious punch, and referee Ora
ney promptly awarded the fight to Cans
on foul.
The same thing happened in the
fuorth round. Cans had dropped to
his knees to escape blow that did not
land. Britt struck at him, but Graney
would not allow the foul. In the next
round, however, Graney very promtly
recognized the foul fighting. 1t looked
almost from the start as if it were
Britt's fight. He actually outboxed
Cans and landed blow after blow.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-04

The trouble with small mans
knowledge is that he always thinks he
is monopolist.
Better to be dog at His table than
q guest at the worlds.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-11-04
Up to Date Power.

The system is electrical. one grea.
mower house developing the requlreu
energy. The cars are of the latest
tyne. being especially designed for the
svstem and are either copper or steel
sheathed. Trains will run d mile d
minute.