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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-07-22
AT the Intelligence omce.

Henry Peck-I want to get cook
kor my wife.
MaAager-Ask the girl on the end.
She might marry you.-N. x. Sun.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

main therein fact. the building would
be found insufficient to hold them all.
Many are uncovered by the Sultan and
given In marriage to officers and high
dignitaries. In spite Of the firman
abolishing slavery STEAMBOAT has sew
eral slave markets still, though secret
and well hidden and inaccessible 10
Europeans.
The sick man draws salary OF
$4,000 Turkish daily. This is equal 20
about $4,000 IN American money. Every
day the wagon with the official de-
tails to "call in" this money may be
seen on It's rounds, first making It's
way 10 the Custom House, then 10
the treasury. and It never returns
empty. For whatever happens the Em-
peror's salary must be duly paid. The
Sultan IA said 10 be a man Of great
intelligence. Since the beginning OF
his reign, IN fact since the day he
assembled the throne. he has made him
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

within n half hour or 50 that woman
will walk into the dining room, bright
eyed and cheerful. but with a man
well, it's different.
"A man may leave n call for
O'Clock In the morning, with the warm
ing that he must be up at that hour.
A few minutes before seven you detail
boy for the purpose and tell him
not TO stop pounding until the man
awakes. The room may be on the
top floor, but you can hear the thump
thump, thump on the door way down
In the Office Does the man wake with
faint yes and scramble out OF bed3
Not he. The boy knocks until his
knuckles are sore. and then suddenly
a stentorlan voice roars from the ROOM
Yes yes, what IN blazes Il the mat
ter with your DO you think I'm deodT
The boy retires, turns In his report
at the Office and goes 10 ease his hand
In cold water.
Three hours later a swollen-eyed
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

flights of chambers, through small gar
dens and paved courtyards into the
harem. Passing through one OF the
great ante-chambers, he was assailed
Nv a monstrously large dog, which
rushed upon him with eyes blazing and
flaws wide open. But at word from
the attendant the huge beast became
quiet and crouched on the noor' thousn
yever taking his eyes off the strange
intruder. Suddenly a window was
opened above, and deep-toned voice,
which our Mussulman recognized as
that OF the Sultan, said a few WORDS
10 the guide. Soon after this the car
net-cleaner. having given his opinion
AZ TO the possibility Of repairing the
damage. was led away.
Enormous sums are swallowed py
the needs Of the Sultan's household.
Tw,ce daily 900 tables are set and 5000
persons are toasted After everybody
In the palace has dined the gates are
thrown open and hundreds OF dogs AL
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
WHAT GOES IN THE
SULTANS HOME.

"sicIS Man" Draws HIS Daily Pay of
Little Family of 5000 Twice a
Day.
A. Won Moor in New York World.
When on the occasion OF visit to
Constantinople l expressed the modest
wish Of seeing the Yildiz kiosk. be it
only from the outside, l was laughed
SIT for my pains. My friends asked me
whether I wishe6 to see impenetrable
walls, high as bastions, in the vicinity
OF which one dare not even come. For
such is the aspect of this famous resi-
oence OF the Sultan, round which so
many tales weird and romantic cluster.
In spite Of this guarded seclusion, in
terrupted only by the short drive on
Fridays to the mosque, 1t il rumored
mat the Sultan. not feeling safe even
N the kiosk, is having a new place
Tor hiding" built in Brussa-Brussa in
Asia, the cradle of Ottoman glory and
power. Long before the conquest of
Constantlnople was effected, this city
was the capital of the Turkish EN-
pirs.
The people of Constantinople speak
Out rarely, and then only with great
caution. Of the Padisha. and yet some
interesting little story OF his private
lie finds its way now and then to the
public. So, for instance, II is whis-
pered that in one of the ante cham
bers Leading to the inner apartments
life-sized figure of the Emperor,
closely resembling him in appearance,
even to the most insignificant min
utae of dress, has been placed for the
purpose OF misleading and holding
pack assassins so that the guard might
seize them before they would have won
me time to carry out their murderous
intents.
The truth OF the following occur
renee, proving his fear Of assassina-
ION, is vouched for: The Sultan hav-
ing formed a great attachment to one
OF his daughters, the little Princess, a
beautiful and very clever child, was
permitted to be with him almost con-
htantly. The child. playing, quite In
Hocently caught hold Of a small re-
Volver belonging to the Sultan, who, at
once imagining that the little girl was
CHOSEN by the conspirators to be his
Ilurderess, banished her Immediately
ana Tor all time from his presence.
An employe of the palace told me
OF a visit he had once paid to the
outer part of the harem. II was 70 see
9Dout the cleaning Of q costly carpet.
ulsnBured by stains and spots, that he
vas sent for Clothed in long, black
Halklng coat and the inevitable STAN
Dulln,' high collared and buttoned up
lp the very chin-after being strictly
enjolned 10 Ak his gaze continually
On the floor and 70 raise Il on no ac-
count whatever--he was led by eu-
"ueh through long galleries and many
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

ready awaiting this summons, rush in
to devour the rest OF the meal. have
heard that some economical reductions
are being made in the imperial house.
hold by which among others a few
rather antiquated harem ladies are
said to be affected. The Sultan owns,
besides his four legitimate wives, by
whom he has five grown sons and sew
eral daughters, an infinite number OF
favorites and slaves. Not enough with
these, he is presented on every great
fete day with the most beautiful girls
70 be found as additions to his harem.
Before these novitiates are brought to
the Padisha they are taken I'm hand
by women specially trained for the
purpose, and are then for a period Of
two months instructed, dressed ana
prepared. On reaching his thirteenth
year each one Of the princes In given
his own harem. All the women becom-
Ing members OF the harem do not re-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

self of his own free will the prisoner
Of his palace, leaving II only on Fri
days to drive through double rows OF
soldiers for the purpose Of making his
selamlik In the mosque close by.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
WOMEN EASY TO WAKE.

hotei Wen nave NFehter ifoupie IN
RousinE Men from sIumber.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
ut Is UNNECESSARILY harder to awak-
en- men IN the morning than It is wom-
en-" a hotel proprietor informs me.
"A tap or two at a womans door I'm
the morning IL sufficient. No matter
how late she may have retired no
matter how exhausted she may have
been, no matter how faint the yes
that comes from the bed IN answer 10
the knock. you can bank on II that
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

individual. with wrinkles IN his brow.
walks up TO the desk. I thought
left a call here for o'clock IN the
morning You did, and the bellboy
woke you promptly at T.. That's a
little too strong is the answer, and
after you've argued with him for half
an hour you haven't convinced him
that he was actually awakened as ne
had ordered. So Il goes day after day.
The women get up promptly in re-
Spouse TO a call. while the men invar-
ably turn over TO have another nap"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

Weeds grow 80 rankly along ths
Guayaquil and Quito Railway at the
foot Of the Andes. In sixty-two miles
Of Jungle. that watering tanks filled
with a strong solution OF arsenic and
nitre have to be sent along the track
every ten days In the rainy season to 4.
spray and 70 kill the vegetation on
each side Of the track.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
Especial Dispatch to s. F. Examiner

Reno, Nevada, May 10.-This town is
In She throes of a scandal which threat
ems to implicate a number of the lead
ing officials of Reno. Thus far the Po-
lice Department. is the only branch of
the municipal government involved so
far as can be learned but those on the
inside hint at developments that presage
sensational results.
Alter an executive session of the City
Council tonight, the suspension OF Pa
trolman Berry for twenty days on the
ground of being guilty of conduct I'M
becoming an officer, was announced.
Beating a prisoner is the excuse gwen
for the temporary dropping of Berry
from the Police Department, but the
Council absolutely refuses 10 make
public the identity of Berry's alleged
victim.
When the fate of Berry was announced
the town rang with m of further
changes scheduled for the Police De-
partment. The actual nature of the re-
arrangement of the force is still i'll the
stage of conjecture.
To-night's meeting of the Council was
the most secret gathering of municipal
officials ever held in Reno. Newspaper
representatives were completely shu~
out and the City Clerk barred from the
meeting during the discussion of police
matters and other branches of the muni-
cipality.
At the expiration of the meeting
Mayor Turrittin and members of the
Council were interviewed relative to the
natur of the proceedings so secretly
discussed, but they absolutely refused
to divulge the subject of their confer
ence. They admit, however, that the
Police Department was talked about in
a general way and hat a charge was
brought against Patrolman Berry which
occupied their attention. Further than
this, they announced, there was moth
ing for publication.
The disposition of stolen goods is said
to be the basis of the threatened expose.
The manager of the Grey, Reid & Wright
Company's department store
the recovery of a number of expensive
knives and valuable tableware stolen
from that establishment. The people
from whom the stolen goods were re-
covered claim they purchased them
from men in the employ of the city, but
just who these men are none of those
involved will say. On the contrary,
every effort is being made to cover the
whole thing up.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
Branded as a Lie.

The affidavit, purporting to tell of the
contents of a letter received by H. T.
Brown from an officer in Fresno, l
brand as a lie of the blacklist type. l
defy Mr.. Brown or any other man to
produce a letter or a copy of a letter
written by an officer of Fresno contain
ing the statements to which Mr.. Brown
makes oath. Let Mr.. Brown ever men,
ton the name of the officer in Fresno
who made those charges. If he can do
so, / will let the word of that officer de-
eide whether or not he wrote such a
letter. j. +. HALEY.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
ANOTHER RENO SENSATION.
CITY Council Held a Star Chamber Meeting--Some-
body Talked and Very Startling Disclosures
Are Made in the S. F. Examiner.

BOScCocADh VI ~ TX n AO"
ward Marshal Brown showed me a let
ter from Mr.. McGettrick of Fresno.
stating that his room had been entered
and a coat stolen. He also told of par
ties having seen me leaving Fresno
wearing a coat, giving a description of
it. The description almost tailed with
the coat l was then wearing. 1 told
Mr.. Brown of the conditions under
which 1 had received the garment, and
then proceeded to return it to Fresno,
not to Mr.. McGettrick, but to City Mar
shall Morgan. AT the same time l wrote
to Mr.. McGettrick, telling him where 1
had sent the coat and the conditions I'M :
der which l had received it. These are
the facts of the case"
Mr.. Haley in conclusion declares he
stands ready at all times to go ON trial
on II charge that may be brought
against him, Clearing no man or set OF
men,"
The Manor Admits He Insiauated.
Following Mr.. Haley's conmunica-
ton, the Journal says "On being
questioned with regard to the %utterances
he was alleged to have made yesterday
May l2) in the presence of numerous
witnesses, Mayor Turrittin denied a
ing a specific charge against Mr.. Haley,
but in substantiation of the insinuations
he admitted having made, submitted the
following affidavit with a request that
it be published"
The Mayors affidavit was made by
H. p. Brown, acting Chief of Police OF
Reno for some months in 1902 and 1908.
and is to the effect that in the Spring OF
1902 he received a letter from an officer
of Fresno, informing him that j. f.
Haley, a printer. had without the con-
sent of the owner taken an overcoat be-
longing to the man with whom he had
been rooming, and departed from said
town of Fresno; that Haley was believed
to be in Reno, and Brown vas requested
to locate him, and if he refused to sur
render the overcoat to arrest him; that
with the assistance of Constable Leeper,
Haley was located, and a demand made
for the overcoat; that Haley admitted
to affiant that ne had taken the overcoat
and that he was then wearing the same
upon his person, further informing this
affiant that he would Immediately re-
urn said overcoat to the person claim
ing to be the owner of the same, and at
the same time requesting affiant to say
nothing about the matter, and to keep
the matter quiet"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21

A second special dispatch was sent
which fills more than two columns of
| Sundays issue Of that paper. The sub
ject matter Of this later dispatch as set
forth in the Examiners headlines is
"Oficials on the anxious seat rumors
of radical changes aud a reform move
meut in Reno cause a stir in the Police
Department there; Policeman Berry's
Nevada record how the law is upheld
in Reno; something about the Mayor
and Police Department in Nevada Me-
tropolis, where gambling is wide open."
1.-THE element of uncertainty is strong
in this town now," says the dispatch.
There are rumors of wars internecine
and of radical changes about to descend
upon Reno that has fame because gam
bling run unchecked here night and
day. The general uncertainty is attri-
buted to more han one cause. In the
first place, the disclosures made by the
Examiner during the past week show
that all is not well within the Police
Department secondly, there is a W
ment on foot among citizens of in1u-
ence to improve the hitherto f~arcical IL
o'clock closing law and to put an end to
wide-open gambling. There are many
who believe that drastic measures are in
contemplation, despite the fact that the
Mayor. City Councilmen, District At
torney and City Attorney positively de-
clare hat such is not the case"
Leeper Vas Not Wanted.
The dispatch says that "when Chief
of Police Charles Leeper received his
present appointment from the Mayor
and City Council, it was against the pro-
test of a number of citizens. Leeper
had run for Sheriff aud had been badly
beaten, and some said he did not enjoy
the public confidence.
Reno's Mayor.
George f. Turrittin has been the
city's chief executive just a year. He
is said to be a man who gets an idea
into his head and keeps it there, regard
less Of what others think and say. He
certainly rides roughshod owe obsta-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21

Giles, as witness his action in the case of
the Woods brothers, arrested for looting
the store of Grey, Reid 6 Wright"
The Mayor is charged in the dispatch
with having conceived the notion of
licensing the fallen women of Reno,
where a weekly fine of 50 is collected
from each. He is also accused of threat
ening to enforce the IL o'clock closing
law against a certain gambling house
because its proprietor went on a bond
di~spleasing to the Mayor.
wa Enforce Lac No,c.
"Now, however, Mayor Turrittin de-
clares he will take steps to enforce the
IL o'clock closing law and to close the
gambling houses as WE'LL" is set forth
in the dispatch. "Mayor Turrittin was
found to-day in his office in the Bank of
Nevada, of which he is President. He
said /:
81 am truly sorry this affair about
Berry has occurred, truly sorry. And l
am sorry for what L said about Haley,
that l accused him of sending the stories
to the Examiner, but you see, l under
stood Haley was about to defy me, as l
considered he had one of my policemen
and l wasn't going to stand for it. L
am glad now it turned out to be a mis-
take. But l want to say this-neither
1 nor the members of the City Council
are behind Policeman Berry. If he has
done wrong he must take the conse-
quences."
The Grey, Reid &C Wright Robbery Case.
In the case of the Woods boys the
Mayor explained: "'Their father was
an old friend of mine, a chum in Win
nemucca, when 1 teaching school there,
so when the lads got into trouble l did
what l could for them. l didn't want
them to go States prison, and wear the
stripes, so l tried to have the charge re-
duced to petty larceny, and succeeded;
but when the lads were sent to Jail l
refused to ask the Governor to pardon
them. 1 said: No, sir, let them serve
their time
"'Do you think you acted as Mayor
should in aiding boys who have robbed
a store in your city?'
"sI don't care whether / did or not
returned the Mayor. There father was
my friend, and I did it for him and
I'd do it again under similar circum-
stances.
"'What did you mean by saying to
United States Attorney Summerfield
when he refused to do what you asked /:
I'll expose the whole thing, let it hit
whom it will?'
i referred to the case of four college
boys who were arrested for the same
robbery and whose parents satisfied
Grey, Reid & Wright with cash pay
ments, the firm undertaking not to pros
eoute criminally, provided the boys
would turn States evidence and help
convict the others implicated
THE Mayor went oil to say that, in
his Judgment, the whole trouble against
the Police Department has been started
nv the gamblers.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
Ee- Officer Berry Arrested.

Ex-Oficer Berry was arrested in Reno
Thursday of last week for making
threats against a reporter of the Reno
Journal. Meeting the reporter on the
street Berry accused him of being re-
sponsible for the Examiner dispatch.
and made the threats that caused his ar
rest. Berry was released ON bonds fixed
at $3.50.
Journal Denies Relationship.
The Journal of May 10 says: "a dis
patch which was emf from Reno ap-
peared in the San Francisco Examiner
of last Wednesday morning. 1t was a
grossly sensational and exaggerated pro.
duction relative to the proceedings of
the City Council on the preceding night.
Many of the statements and comments
were entirely unwarranted by the facts,
and altogether the dispatch was discred-
liable to its author. whether or not he
is a citizen of the town, the moral con-
dition of which he so grossly misrepre-
sents. No one connected with the pub
LEGATION of this paper had anything to
do, directly or indirectly, with writing
or sending the Examiner dispatch"
Yesterday morning Mayor Turrittin
appeared at the Journal Office and
charged G. E. Bingham, Il of the pub.
fishers, with the authorship of the tele-
graphic matter appearing in the Ex-
aminer.
Mayor Turrittin's Admission.
when assured by Mr.. Bingham to
the contrary, he declared thatit was i'm
possible for any one else to have pos.
sessed the information contained there
in, as he vas the only newspaper man
present at the meeting of the Board.
Thus virtually admitting what the Jour
nal does not admit. the general truth
fulness of the matter e by the cor
respondent of the Examiner"
Haley Refates Mayors Charge.
In the Reno Journal of May ID, J. +.
Haley, a reporter for that paper, pub
fishes over his signature a column ar
ticle, accusing Mayor G.. Il. Turrlttin of
blacknail and SANDER, in having said
that Haley stole an overcoat from q man
in Fresno, California. a year or more
ago. Haley makes an emphatic denial
of the charge. and says the overcoat was
given him by an acquaintance as "a token
of appreciation for what Haley had done
for him.
81 wore the overcoat that night in
company with Mr.. McGettrick." says
MI. Haley, land mex morning l started
on my return trip to Reno. / was rather
proud Of the overcoat and attempted to
let my friends know l had it rather than
hide it, which l presume would not have
been the case had the coat been in the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
Where Prostitution Is Licensed.

"One more question was asked: DO
you consider you are acting legally in
having your Police Judge collect So a
week apiece from fallen women?'
"'Certainly.' replied the Mayor. PTS
not a license, it's a fine, isn't it? And
that is the best way. in my Judgment,
to deal with the social evil
"The Mayors words regarding the
Police Department were echoed by the
City Councilmen, all of whom declared
positively that no investigation of the
department is in contemplation"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
To the Public.

The undersigned has received a new Singer
Universal Feed Arm Machine for particular
use in repairing Boots and Shoes, Slipper
binding, School Bags, Back Straps in Shoes.
inserting Elastic Cores, ETC., etc. All
which can be easily and cheaply done by said
machine by the undersigned at his shop on
South Main street, Eureka, Nevada.
THOMAS RossRLLI.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
Is Your Life Injured.

II not. protect yo1r family by taking out a
policy in the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. b. L. SMITH. Agent.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
MINING TAX.

Notice is hereby given that the taxes on the
proceeds of the mines of Eureka county for
the quarter ending March 81, 1904. are
now due and payable to me at my Office in Eu-
reka and the law in regard to the same will be
strictly enforced. w. j. HOOPER,
Assesscr of Eureka County Sa"sda.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
President Stubs Speaks.

The Reno correspondent sent the Ex-
aminer another special dispatch on May
10. dwelling upon the awakening of the
people Of Reno by the disclosures made
recently in the Examiner. The cores
pondent says that many of the citizens
do not like to talk about Reno's munich.
pal situation, fearing the consequence
to their business. He declares, how.
ever, that there are men in Reno strong
enough to say what they think. among
them being President Stubs OF the Ne
yada University. In an interview Mr..
Stubs said in parti
"tI heartily commend the course
taken by the San Francisco Examiner
in undertaking this inquiry into munich.
pal conditions here. I think it is a great
work and is already beginning to nave
its results. For the citizens are being
reused and will shortly demand a better
order Of things. Reno has come to have
a bad name. and it is high time she
showed the world that she is a peaceful,
law-abiding community. Speaking from
a University standpoint, a wide-open
town does not suit our people. The
town is given over too much to the evils
of gambling and drinking. In a town
of less than 10. 900 inhabitants we have
no less than eighty-six saloons.
".Now I do wish to advocate prohibi-
ton, but I really think half that mum
Der would suffice and the reduction
would enable the police to give the pro-
per supervision they don't give at pre-
sent, aud we might put our forty sa-
looms under some sense of responsibility.
By increasing the licenses we might
make up the loss of revenue to the city.
Now / believe our Mayor and our City
Council to be honest and capable men.
But it would appear to me that they
have been very easy going. We have a
IL o'clock closing law that is a law of
the State, but is never observed. If the
authorities were TO enforce that we
should have little trouble"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-05-21
south African Manager Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Assn. Cured OF
a Severe Cold by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.

"During my trip in the Transvaal 1 con.
tracted a heavy cold. | am pleased to state
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gave me
for a few days was entirely rid Of the dis
tressing indisposition," says Mr.. Albert E.
Stiasny, manager of Anheuser-B Busch Brew
ing Association, Cape Town, Africa. This
remedy has a worldwide reputation for its
cures Of colds and can always be depended
upon. For sale by Mrs. II. NJ. schneider
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