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The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Odd New Orchid.

A peculiar orchid. named the Angu-
lea clamosti. or cradle of Venus. was
shown at an exhibition Of flowers in
Boston recently. 1t 10 shaped like the
old-fashioned cradle. with the same
old style covering at the head of the
cradle and the boat-shaped body. In
stead Of the form Of baby inside, the
throat Of the orchid was a perfect rep
resentation Of little bird, some going
go far ~ to say 1t was that Of a robin.
The bird and the cradle are both of q
pale yellow. The eyes of the bird are
q dark brown.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
A MOTHERS LOVE-.
Prompts Aged Lady to Assist in
Novel Escape Of Son
from Prison.

Bristol, Va, Sept. 14.-Wiley Gibson, a
youth being held in the Lee county Jail
at Jonesville, Va, to await conveyance
to the pentitentiary at Richmond to
serve five years sentence for robbery.
made good his escape Monday by de-
parting from the prison clad in the dress
and bonnet of his aged mother who called
to say good bye. Gibson's escape was
discovered when a fellow prisoner found
the aged lady sitting in the cell dressed
in the clothes her son had discarded,
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE.
Fred strube, Murderer Of His Sweet.
heart at Havana, ILL.,,
Pleads Guilty,

Bloomington, ILL.,, Sept. ia special
to the Bulletin says that Fred Strube.
who killed his sweetheart, Alice Hem
ninger, at Havana last winter because
she refused to marry him, waived trial
by jury and was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment. The trial commenced Mon
day morning and the day was spent in
an effort of the lawyers for the defense
in trying for a continuance. The last
move by Strubes lawyers created a SEN
sation, as it was thought the case would
be a long and stubbornly fought one.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
UNABLE TO TURN THE TIDE
RUSSIANS GIVE UP HOPE OF
PRESENT VICTORY.
Must Wait Till Next Year-Cam-
pain in Northern Manchuria
Ended-General War News.

st. Petersburg, Sept, 1.-THE war
Office is reluctantly disposed to admit
that, with the defeat of the Russians
at Liaoyang, all hope practically de-
parted of turning the tide Of the war
this year. Patiently and doggedly, in
spite of successive reverses by land and
sea, Gen. Kuropatkin's friends had
pinned their faith in his assurances
that when he accepted battle victory
would crown Russian arms, but, failing
in his attempt to turn the scale, they
face another indefinite period of wait
ing. Kuropatkin must retire, await re-
Inducements and prepare for a new
campaign next year. But, disappointed
as they are and discouraging as the sit
uation is, no word is heard in favor of
making peace.
Both Armies Resting.
According to the best information
from the front both armies are now
tired and resting after the exhausting
days of fighting and marching The
general opinion is that the Japanese
will again push on as soon as the rains
cease and the roads are dry. Meanwhile
Gen. Kuropatkin is enjoying the adj
vantage Of the railroad. He has sent
north his baggage and the wounded,
and doubtless a portion of his troops.
The prevailing idea is that Gen. Kuro-
patkin will not make stand at Muk-
den, if the Japanese come on again in
earnest, but that he will retire at least
to Tie pass. Once through the pass the
general impression in military circles
is that the Japanese will not attempt
further pursuit.
Northern Campaign Ended.
The northern campaign seems to be
at an end, so far as the Russian army
is concerned. There seems to be little
left for Kuropatkin, except to push
north to his winter base at Hardin and
prepare for spring campaign. The
Russians are beginning to admit this,
but the Japanese have not said whether
they intend to allow this quiet con-
clusion of the terrible action at Lao
yang or will again attack the retreat
ing forces
Kuropa1Ein Falling Back.
London, Sept. 13-St. Petersburg
now practically comedies that Gen. Ku-
ropatEin is falling back to Tie Pass and
no serious stand is expected at Muk-
den. This movement is confirmed by
the dispatches from Mukden, which in
dictate that the Russian movement is
being effected slowly, but in an orderly
manner. The two armies are merely
keeping in touch with each other, no
fighting Of consequence being reported.
Rain continues to fall at the theater of
war and the roads are said to be al
most impossible. Official figures from
Toxic, which place the Japanese losses
during all the engagements which con-
stituted the battle of Liaoyang at H.
500, make necessary a big reduction
of the reported casualties of the great
battle. According to military experts,
the Russian losses should not exceed
those of the japanese; in fact, as Rus
STA was on the defensive, they should
not be so great The Toxic figures,
therefore, would indicate that the total
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
A Killing Frost.

st. Paul, Mimi. Sept. 12.-specials
from Minnesota and North Dakota
points report the first killing frost of the
season. Late fax and corn suffered, and
garden truck was cut down, but most of
the grain is so far advanced that little
harm was done.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Lion Tanner Injured.

Paris, Sept. 13-During the fetes at
St. Cloud Sunday evening Louise Drois-
ner, popular woman lion tanner, was
horribly and probably fatally bitten
and torn by lion named Negus, which
lately belonged to an American show
man. A crowd of woman and children
witnessed the horrible spectacle.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Town Wined Out

Ell Paso, Tex, Sept. A.-Further par
ticulars received from Preside del
Norte state that the flood of the Rio
Grande river Saturday and Sunday
completely wiped away the town, with
the exception of one house and that ID
expected to go momentarily. The wa
ter is four feet deep in the town.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Convention Called Off.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 14.-The commit
tee in charge of the boiling primary re-
form republican convention, which waa
to have been held To-day at Grand
Rapids, has called the convention of.
Most of the leaders of the movement
are throwing influence to w. N. Ferris,
of Big Rapids, the democratic candidate
for governor.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Visited Liucoln's Tomb.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 12.-One hun
dred and fifty electrical engineers from
Europe came to Springfield Sunday to
visit the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. At
the tomb they were met by Gov. Yates,
who delivered an appropriate address.
The party was en- route to st. Louis to at
tend the exposition.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Official Commits Suicide

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE dead body
of David P. Leibhardt, the superintend-
ent of the dead letter Office of the post
Office department, was found Sunday
night by one of the watchmen who was
making his rounds just after midnight,
Evidently it was case of suicide. There
was bullet hole in the right temple,
while pistol with one or more barrels
discharged lay on the floor beside him.
No reason is known for the deed. MI.
Leibhardt apparently was about 60 years
of age. He was native of Indiana from
which state he was appointed to the post
Office department.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Football Player Killed.

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 12.-Blaine
Hoffman, aged 10 years. received such
serious internal injuries in game Of
football at Lykens, near here, Saturday
when the opposing players piled upon
him, that death resulted Sunday.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Killed bv an officer.

Detroit, Sept 13.-Gus A. Henkleman,
alias Sid Hall, aged about Is, was shot
and killed Monday night while trying to
escape from Detective John Buhr, of the
city detective bureau. Henkelman was
wanted in connection with the breaking
open OF q railroad car at Utica, Mich.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Murder or Suicide.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-Married less than
a week, and with plans completed for
a wedding trip to St. Louis, John M.
Biegler. an attorney, was found dead
in his Office. 1908 Title and Trust build
ing, at eight o'clock Monday night, with
bullet in his brain. A new revolver
lay close to the body, and, while the
brothers, widow and law partner of the
dead man declare he had no reason to
commit suicide, the police maintain
that self-destruction is the only plausi-
BILE theory for his death.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Bank Robbed.

Marmora, Ont, Sept. 14.-The private
bank of A. w. Cascallen, M. p. was vis-
tied by burglars, the vault and safe
blown to pieces and $500 in cash taken,
besides several thousand dollars worth
Of certificates and 800 nugget.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Cold Storage Plant Burned

New York, Sept. 14.-Fire has de.
stroyed the Manasquan, N. j., block ice
and cold storage plant, entailing loss
of $150,00O. Fish to the amount of
100000 pounds, stored against the
winter demand, was destroyed. The
plant was partially insured.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Foundry Dynamited.

Troy, N. Y, Sept 1.-THE West Side
foundry, at Watervliet, has been dyna-
mited. Considerable damage was done
and man who rushed to the scene was
shot in the right foot by Waterman.
The explosion was heard for miles.
Employees of the foundry have been on
strike for some time.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Costly Forest Fires.

San Francisco, Sept. 1O.-Forest
fires are doing great damage in several
sections of California. In Alameda and
Contra Costa counties thousands of
acres of land have been swept by
flames, and many houses have been
destroyed, the loss reaching 100000.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Wealthy Distiller Dead.

Cincinnati, o., Sept. 15.-Col. Thomas
w. Paxton, wealthy distiller and prin-
cipal owner of the summer resort known
as Coney Island, died suddenly Wednes-
day. He had been suffering with q
carbuncle.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Shoots Grandfather and Self.

New York. Sept. 13.-Enraged because
he had been censured for keeping late
hours, Edward Dennis. II years old, ID
reported to have shot his grandfather.
F. H. Mesier, with whom no lived 1t Nov
Springfield, Staten Island.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Kansas Wreck Kills Three

st. John. Kan, Sept 13.-In a rear-end
collision between two freight trains on
the Hutchinson branch of the Santa
Fe railroad near here three trainmen
were killed and one injured.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Minister Slain,

Liberty, KY, Sept. 15.-Rev. H. W.
Halter, merchant and postmaster of
Poplar Hill, this county. was shot and
instantly killed Tuesday by Johnson
Elliott, neighboring farmer. The
two men quarreled over a road site.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Pioneer Jurist Dead,

Topeka, Kan, Sept 1O.-Judge S. A.
Kingman, first chief justice of Kansas,
died here Friday night. He was one
of the most prominent Kansas pio-
ners, and was native of Massachus-
ats.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Killed hv Lioh4p;no

Marshall. ILL.,. Sept. 12.-Leo and
Hammond Burkholder were killed by
lightning, which struck barn in which
they had taken shelter from a storm,
Sunday afternoon. FW
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Fatal Collision.

Danville, ILL.,, Sept 13.-An extra
Chicago & Eastern Illinois freight train
ran into gravel train near here Mon
day night killing one man.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Many Buildings Burned

Bloomington. ILL.,, Sept 14.-T1rs
caused $4,000 damage in ths village Of
Stanford, ten miles west Of here, many
buildings. including post o@es. were d.
stroyed.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Four Killed.

Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 14.-Four men
were killed in cave-in of gravel pit
nine miles southeast of Memphis Tues
day.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
Goes!
Owner Of Hat-Why. you ill-man-
nered hoodlum! What do you meant
Bad Health ENJOYABLE,

Notwithstanding, doctor. Are
you enjoying good health this morn.
ing?
Doctor-Well-er-th about the
only kind of health man can enjoy, isn't
It? You never knew anyone to enjoy
bad health. did you?
Wagstaff-Oh, yes: I've known some
doctors to enjoy bad health.-Stray
Stories.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17

First Piece Of Machinery.
The first piece of genuine mechanism
the modern world saw, a clock, was the
invention of Moor.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-17

If we saw oursel, es az others sec IN
We might refuse to Relieve our own eyea.
Judge
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22
OF \ MILITARY PEOPLE.

eve are not military people, bent
on conquest, or engaged in extending
our domains in foreign lands, or de-
sirous of securing natural advantages,
however great, by force; but people
loving peace, not only for ourselves,
but for all the nations of the earth.
1.-THE display of great military arma-
ments may please the eye and, for the
moment, excite the pride of the citizen,
but it cannot bring the country the
brains, Drawn and muscle of single
immigrant, nor induce the investment
here of a dollar of capital. OF course,
such armament as may be necessary
for the security of the country and the
protection of the rights of its citizens,
at home or abroad, must be main
tanned. Any other course would bo
not only false economy, but pusillani-
nous. l protest, however, against the
feeling, now far too prevalent, that
by reason of the commanding position
we have assumed In the world, We
must take part in the disputes and
broils of foreign countries; and that
because we have grown great we
should intervene In any important
question that arises in other parts of
the world. also protest against the
erection of any such military establish
ment as would be required to maintain
the country in that attitude. We
should conflns our international activi-
ties solely to matters in which the
rights OF the country or of our citi-
Eens are directly involved. That is
not situation OF isolation. but of In
dependence" [From Judge Parkers,
speech OF aceeptance.l
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22
THE BURLIGTON'S ATTRAC--
TIVE SUMMER TOURS,

To Colorado, Utah and the Black Hills,
Only one fare plus 81 cents round !.
trip to Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, Salt Lake City and the Black
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limits.
To California.
From August Is to Septem
the round trip for SAT- SO FIR
Louis; S45 from the Missouri River.
from 9th er points rGlt riionarate
Only $11 more returning viaPuge
Sound
The Worlds Fair.
The most magnificent creation by i
the hand OF man. Greatly reduced
excursion rates daily throughout the
Exposition perion. Consult nearest .
ticket agent for exact rates, also for,
information relative to hotels and
stopping places. "A
To Minnesota, Yellowstone Park, Etc y
Greatly reduced rates to these at
tractive summer regions. 4
Stop Overs in st. Louis. 6
Stop-overs for the Exposition sal.
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over the Burlington. Consult initial
agent or write the undersigned for
rates, routes, bertbs, specific. infor-~-
nation and publications.
VIM Fitzgerald, ga Lw wakely, aPA.
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22
CHAPTER III.

BARRELS GAME AT HAwKBILL's.
Properly equipped with a stony dis
regard for human greed and fraflty,
any observer could have lofteTed in
Hawkbill's on and after ten p. m and
been certain of exciting entertainment.
have seen more than enough to point
a moral and adorn q tale and perhaps
have retreated with a discouraged
sense of mans inhumanity to man
Darrell could be Indifferent and hard,
or sympathetic and yielding. Deep In
his heart was ever a feeling that
stirred at anotheT's misfortune and his
moods varied with the characters Of the
players as well as with the play.
He stood close to a table, facing the
door and dividing his attention be-
tween the fall of the cards and the
men who entered. An old, old game
Familiarity known as two pluck one
was in progress, wherein a pair of
merciless campaigners we're taking
money from beardless and rash youth
who sat between them.
Cheating, on the part of the gam
blers, was constant and fragrant But
the boy had eyes for only his own
cards and was playing with absorbed
and tremulOus intensity.
They'll have headlines on me in
the eastern papers," he recklessly
averred. unless | make big winning
tonight"
pnfr mn fol r.fI,Nw
IL turn" answered one of the gam
blers insinuatingly, shifting a cut"
with lightning quickness. Its all
chance, you know. Up to now I've
won, but from this out it may be your
turn"
The youth clenched his teeth and
whitened, for he had a losers grudge
against a winners assumed superior
ity. He wagered the last of his money
"a dozen crisp bills marked with a
&c" in one corner.
He lost Rising from the table with
the quiet remark, I'm done, gentle
men," he walked steadily out into the
far beyond the glare OF the
red lamps.
1t was the old story of the moth and
the fame. Darrell knew it well, but
not so we'll that familiarity bred any
thing but deeper and more consuming
pity.
He was at the youths back in time
to snatch a six-shooter from his con-
vulsive hand.
Come, come" he said, as the boy
gave startled cry and turned on him.
where is your manhood, young fell
Eow2''
Manhood" was the bitter response,
TASK the red. white and blue chips at
Hawkbill's. Give me that, or by"
With plunge he sought to catch the
weapon and tear it from barrels grasp
"Softly!" warned the other, clutching
his hand. 'If | get your money back
for you will you promise never to touch
another card so long as you live?"
"Who are you?" gasped the youth.
my money is gone and am ruined.
How can you get it back for me?"
Follow me and you will find out.
AS to who l am, that is beside the
question. Have l your promise?"
eyes; but should like"
Here's your revolver. I'd throw it
away, II / were you"
Darrell pushed the weapon into the
young mans hand, turned sharply and
retraced his steps to Hawkbill's. The
two gamblers were still at table.
What Darrell purposed doing called
for skill and courage. Both qualities
were his and he sought the issue with
that airy confidence to which others
had often attributed his success
1t was by meddling in a somewhat
similar way that he had earned the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22
ON A WAR FOOTING.
President Roosevelt's Strenuous
Peace Policy Suspicious.


The question: Is the United States
being prepared for war; may well be
asked. Joseph Pulitzer in his open let.
ter to President Roosevelt, says:
I'VE are spending more money now
on our navy than any other country
in the world, except England; a third
more on our army than Austria Hun
gary, with nearly 400, 900 men under
arms, and twice as much as Japan in
time OF peace, and more on army, navy
and pensions than is spent for the
same purposes by any of the over
loaded military lowers of continental
Europe without exception. Our navy
IS costing us s9s,OOO.OO0 this year.
France, hitherto the second naval
power In the world, is spending $751;
100000 on hers, and Germany, under
your illustrious counterpart, the EN-
peror, $50, 100000. On it's face, our ae-
tivity looks as il we were preparing for
certain war.
1--WE are building thirteen battle
ships to England's ten, Germany's sew
en- and Frances six, and thirteen great
armored cruisers, practically battle
ships, to England's sixteen, Frances
six and Germany's two. We are just
finishing half a dozen smaller cruisers.
We have more first-class battleships
already built than any other country
in the world except England, and the
English editor of Brassey's Naval An
nuaI says that in ten years at the pres
ent rate we shall displace Great Brit
ain as the first naval power of the
globe. Yet you keep prodding US on.
How much do you want? Fifty years
ago our navy consisted of few wood
en- frigates, and our peaceful merchant
fleets covered the seas. To-day we have
over 10000 tons OF steel battleships
and cruisers, and our merchant marine
in the foreign trade has shrunk until
it is hardly larger than the navy that
is supposed to protect 1t"
81 am not speaking to Democrats
this Is not a party matter. Your
Your boosted Americanism is really
Europeanism. 1t ia the very antithesis
Of the true American spirit. You are
proposing to Europeanize our institu-
tions. Not content with the extraor-
binary increase in the powers and pat
ronage of the President Of the United
States, you propose to become prac-
tically the President Of the whole West
ern Hemisphere. The accidental head
Of one republic, you would make your
self the head of twenty-one. In the
name of James Monroe, the strict con-
structionist of the Constitution, and
under hypocritical pretense Of duty,
you assume prerogatives that would
turn Hamilton pale and that would
make Monroe rise in his grave. l de-
fly any of your eulogists, from the brill
liant and distinguished Whitelaw Reid
downward, to show one line in the
writings of any previous President OF
any party justifying your proposed
suzerainty over the Western Henri
sphere. But if you fail to find any
warrant for your policy in the Consti-
tuition of the United States or the
practice of your predecessors, you may
find it abundantly in the quarter from
which you borrowed the policy ITSELF
in Europe" [Jos. Pulitzer in New
York World.]
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22
A Daily Thouaht.

"Aim for success. Do not select a
calling that is beyond you. 1t is bet
ter to be good housekeeper than a
poor teacher; an expert stenographer
than an inferior lawyer; an efficient
nurse than an inefficient doctor. The
more ambitious calling may bring
much notoriety in the beginning, but
failure is word that carries with 1t
a nervousness that is nerve destroying,
and strength of purpose and stick-to-
itiveness should be we'll determined
before one sets out upon a career"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22

NOW THEN. MY BUCK" CRIED A
VOICE WITH PASSION, WELL
SETTLE OUR DIFFERENCES MAN
TO MAN"
hatred OF Murgatroyd. Yet that had
not cured him of the dangerous habit.
He had observed the gamblers care
fully. One was past middle age and
had iron gray hair and beard; the
other was but little older than the
man they had victimized.
well, Sturgis." the younger man
was sayingNa s Darrell came un ~ wa
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22

YES" said Darrell. With pleasant
good afternoon" he left the office and
turned his steps in the direction OF one
of the two hotels which the town
boasted.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-03-12
CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
OF THE PLANTERS
GINNERY.

Be it known that Lie. Hays, William
McCleary, F. q. Russell, D. F. Russell,
aud c. E. Spivey, OF Washington
County. Mississippi and 7. w. Holland
of Madison County, Mississippi, and
such other as may be associated with
them, are hereby created corporation
to he known as "The Planters
Ginpery, u for the purpose OF ginning
cotton aud baling the same, and doing
such other acts las may be incidental
and necessary thereto.
The capital stock OF said corpora
ton shall be $4,000, divided into
shares of 800 each, but said corpora
ton nav begin business whenever
$4,000 Of said stock shall be subscribed
t6r and paid for:
= The officers of said corporation shall
be such as may be provided for it'I
by-laws.
Said corporation shall exist for
period not exceeding fifty years.
The domicile of said corporation
shall be ct Hollandale, Mississippi.
The first meeting Of persons in inter
est, for the purpose of Organization
NAV be had upon FIVE days notice il
writing of the time and place OF sucf
meeting. given by two or more person
interest to the others in interest, ant
notice by publication shall not D.
necessary. :,
Said cOrporat iou shall have all tn
powers conferred upon corporations
like character under Section % OF thu
Annotated Code of Mississippi.