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The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28
AS TO MECHANICS
Given often For Absurd Reasons,
and Generally They stick.

ana Generally They Stick.
wonderful how names stick to
person. said the observant man.
''There were two nice little women in
our village who came on us one even
ing, and we offered them popcorn
which the children had Just brought
in from the kitchen. They refused.
but not so emphatically as to keep us
from giving them two heaping plates
Of the corn. We kept refilling the
plates and they kept crunching all the
evening. There was something so funny
about it that called them The Pop
corn Ladies' and the name has stuck
to then so that the whole village knows
them by ii.
II once knew man who talked in
cessantly in a high pitched voice, and
bright girl dubbed him The Chirper.'
The name was quickly passed around
among the young people, and now the
greater part of his friends know him
by thai name. A dignified young wom-
an Of my acquaintance goes by the
name of 'Whont' to this day because
when she was little girl she used to
Vail hNAstli NllS. w uUHl WDeH SIZE
played grownup ladies, and the family
picked it up. She simply can't shake
the absurd name.
More than one red haired man is
known by the name of Pink and phil
| osOphically accepts the title. l have an
acquaintance who holds responsible
position who is known by the name Of
'Dotty.' 1t seems that one day mis-
chievous girl discovered that he had
three prominent dimples. She promptly
dubbed him 'Dotty Dimple,' and now
he is known to all his associates as
'Dotty.' Another man of my acQuaint-
ance is always called 'Bluebeard' be-
cause he has such white and thin
skin that if he does not shave daily his
beard shows blue through it. That
name, too, came through a woman's
quick wit.
"In certain household very fem
mime little woman is still called The
Boy because when she was a young
girl she went through serious illness
which made it necessary to cut her hair
short. Her younger sister said she was
the boy of the family, and the dainty
lady is still called by that absurd
name.
IAN effeminate man was once called
Viola by one of the boys in the office,
1 anG norv we know him by nothing else.
! Another one of the boys in the office is
always called 'Chesty.' and. though he
! got angry at first he has cheerfully ac-
| ceptcd the new name now.
"our bookkeeper is always putting in
| his oar when il is not at all necessary,
and | think now he will be known un-
| til the end of time as General Butts
| A friend of mine who Is always called
| Cheerful does not know whether he Is
| called that because his friends believe
| he has a cheerful disposition or because
| they consider him cheerful idiot. But.
| at any rate, he can't shake the name"
| Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28
Beacon.fteld,. "Don't...

An inquiring and aspiring person once
asked Beaconstield to tell him the secret
of social success. Never discuss the
authorship of the Letters of Junius.'
was the reply.
Bcaconsticd's biographer. Mr.. Wilfrid
Meynel. adds something positive to this
witty negative rule for getting on in the
world. A distinguished member Of par
lament begged the Victorian statesman
TO tell his young son something to re-
member, something that would help
to make him an agreeable and popular
member of society.
Beaconstield hedged. Model yourself
after your father" he said to the lad.
This was not altogether satisfactory
and the NJ F. insisted upon definite
rule of conduct.
We'll, my boy" said Beaconsfield.
"he amusing. Never tell unkind stories.
Above all. never tell long ones"
The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28
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Tickets will be sold April "a to
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Free side trip to Salt Lake City.
You can 80 or return through
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Write for our special folder
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For full information call on or
address,
E. R. GRIFFIN,
Gen. Agent U. p. K. r.,
94l Seventeenth street, Denver.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28
Progress Club.

The Progress club held its last
meeting of the year last Wednesday,
Honorary membership was granted
to Mesdames Kate Hanna and Charles
Brockway, and Mrs. Bertha Robie
was transferred from the honorary
membership to the active member
ship of the club.
The paper OF the afternoon was by
Mrs. Elliott, president of the club,
on Character Sketch of the Noted
Dead of the Year" She was as
sisted by Mesdames Clark. Wright,
Preston and Brockway. Amcng the
names mentioned were those of Pope
XIII, Munson, Licky, Hanna and
Leo Herbert Spencer.
The annual report of the work of
the club was read and found to be
most satisfactory. The Progress club
was organized in 1894 and the mem
hers are as enthusiastic now as then
The books which the club will pur-
chase next year in connection with
the club study, will be presented at
the close OF the year to the public
library.
At the conclusion of the program
Mrs. Elliott, the outgoing president,
made a few happy remarks and well
coined the new officers.
The club will adjourn until the
first Wednesday IN October.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28
A Large Fish.

An Englishman visiting Lake Tahoe
asked a native if there was any good
fishing in the lake.
"Oh, yes. stranger"
What kind of fish do you catch
here?"
.Oh, all kinds, stranger"
What is the weight of the largest
fish you ever caught%
"Waal. stranger, we don't take
Weighing machines when we goes fish
ing. and | am an honest man and
wouldn't like to say how much that
last trout l caught would weigh. But
| tell you, stranger, that when l pulled
that fish out of the water the lake
went down foot" = Birmingham
Post
The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28
Severely Practical.

Don't you sometimes wish you could
write your name on the scroll of fame
I'm not worrying about that" an
gwered Senator Sorghum. The scroll
Of fame isn't the book that the bank
cashier turns to when you want Il
check certified. d.''-WAshington Star.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28
pc..imisttc View.

Sentimental Wife reading from
novel; And. clasping the beautiful
girl to his heart. the hero pressed ms
burning lips to her snowy brow
Practical Husband-Ies, and III bet
a dollar to a doughnut he'll be down
with pneumonia in the next chapter
cincinnati Enquirer.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-04-28

pr. and Mrs J. X. Miller lett iaS'
Tuesday for California, where they
will spend several weeks. 1t was
their intention at first to 20 east lor
a vacation trip for the doctor nu'
tho poor health of Mrs. Miller mace
it. advisable that they seek the faci"o
coast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
OLDEST ACTRESS DEAD.
Mrs. Gilbert Stricken by ApopIexy In
Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. Mrs. George
Henry Gilbert. the oldest actress on
the American stage, died at her rooms
in the Sherman house today shortly
apoplexy. The apoplectic stroke came
while Mrs. Gilbert was alone with her
maid. The maid first sought to lift her
onto couch, but realizing that Mrs.
Gilbert's attack was a grave one, the
maid left her where she had fallen
and summoned the house physician
who responded Immediately to the
call. He pronounced the condition of
Mrs. Gilbert critical.
Mrs. Gilbert's Chicago engagement
in Clyde Fitch's play Granny began
at Powers theater last Monday and
until today the venerable actress had
appeared in her usual health.
Mrs. Gilbert died of cerebral apoplexy
she lived but an hour and a half after
being stricken. The attack is said by
the attending physician to have been
due directly to the shock of a cold wa
ter bath.
Play Was Written for Her.
New York, Dec. 2.-Mrs. Gilbert was
the star of the play, Granny written
for her by Clyde Fitch. The company
was organized by Charles Frohman and
was put before the public as a tribute
to Mrs. Gilbert's long career on the
stage. Mrs Gilbert played Granny
for three weeks in this city and when
she started to tour the country it was
the intention to present the play in ev-
cry city, where she had played during
her career and at the conclusion of the
long trip she was to retire from the
stage.
The ovation to Mrs. Gilbert upon her
appearance in New York at the first
night of the play was remarkable and
pathetic one and the old lady was ov-
ercome by the warmth of her greeting.
Fears were entertained at that time
that Mrs. Gilbert was not strong
enough for the long tour, but she as
sured the management of her good
health and the trip was started.
Mrs. Gilbert was born in England So
years ago and came to this country
with her husband, who was a. dancer,
in 1S49. She was a member of Angus
tin Days company from 1869 until Mr..
Daly'S death. Since then she has ap-
peared under the management of Chas.
F'rohman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
BELL WANTS TO FIGHT.
Colorado Adjutant General Challenges
Hatch to a Duel.

Denver, Dec. 2.-Adjutant General
Bell has challenged Willard Hatch to
fight a duel. Hatch, who is an expert
swordsman, has chosen swords. Bell
says these weapons are not the proper
ones for an officer and a gentleman
except in Europe. Bell will fight,
however, with swords if Hatch insists.
Friends are confident of being able to
arbitrate.
The general says Hatch agreed to
write him up in book form, telling
all about his strenuous experiences in
the wild and woolly west Bell paid
Hatch 500 on account, he says, and
now is aroused because, he asserts,
Hatch won't finish the job. He calls
Hatch a buffer and lots Of other
things.
But General Bell has no monopoly
on strong language and Hatch now
comes back at him with statements
which are highly significant Bell is
said to have asserted, among other
things, that the real reason he ac-
cepted the office of adjutant general
February 21, 1903, was that he might
show to the world that it was possible
to "exterminate the dynamiting, as
sassinating and murderous element
controlling the Western Federation OF
Miners" Hatch said today concerning
General Bell: ''He is the most igno-
rant man I ever knew"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
LYNCHED THE NEGROES.
Webster Sutherland, Rock Island Man
First Killed by Them.

It is not generally known that Web
ster Sutherland, son of R. R. Suther-
land, division superintendent of the
Dalhart division of the Rock Island
railway, was shot and killed by some
negroes working under him in a piece
of railway construction on the Choc-
taw railroad in the Indian Territory
The particulars of the sad accident
lie. Young Sutherland was shot, how
ever, about two weeks ago, and he
died shortly afterwards.
Sutherland was the timekeeper for
the gang of workmen. One night sew
eral of the negroes became intoxicated
and started on a rampage. They had
a quarrel with one of the white fore
men on the work and they decided to
hunt him up and do him bodily injury.
His friends took him to a place of
safety. The negroes began a thorough
search for him in all the boarding
cars which stood in a row along the
Sidetrack-
young Sutherland was staying, he re-
monstrated with the drunken men He
told them the foreman was not in the
car and he would not permit them to
search the car. AS they were about
to leave. one of the men saw a Win
chester rifle on the floor and an
nounced that he would take it along
as it might come in useful. Suther-
land refused to permit it and a, scuff1e
ensued. During the Scuff1e the gun
was accidentally discharged and the
bullet pierced Sutherlands body. He
died shortly after from the wound
The three negroes who were impli-
Gated in the affair were lynched the
same night by the white men in the
construction gang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
DEAD BABY IN HER ARMS.
A Mother Is Arrested for Not Having
Permit.

New York, Dec. 2.-Under a technical
charge of transporting a dead body
without permit, Mrs. Florence Wieland.
wife of an Albany, N. Y, business man
has been arrested in a crematory on
Long Island while holding in her arms
the body of her dead child, which she
had taken there for incineration. She
left Albany late at night, hoping to
reach a specialist in New York, and
her child, suffering with pneumonia
died on the train. She arrived at the
crematory half dazed from grief and,
being without a permit which the sup
erintendent demanded before he would
accept the body for incineration, the
police were notified
Upon their arrival, Mrs. Wieland be-
came hystericaI but clung to the body
of her child which she had carried in
her arms nearly all day, and was taken
to the Newton station house. Here the
dead child was kept and the mother
was taken to better quarters at Long
Island City pending investigation.
The husband, when seen in Albany,
stated that Mrs. Wieland had tele-
graphed to him her fruitless effort to
reach a specialist and of the child's
death
A necessary certificate which he had
dispatched by mail would, it was ex-
pected, end the tragic incident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
DRIVEN TO COVER.
Guards at Ziegler Pumping Station Are
Forced to Retire.

Duquoin, Ill, Dec. 2.-Guards at the
Dyle block house, half way between the
town of Ziegler and the pumping sta
tion which are over two miles apart,
were driven to cover shortly after mid
night by an attack from the woods in
which about so shots were fired. An
attack was also made on the pumping
station which was arrested promptly
by the guards and deputy marshals
guarding the plant.
The attacking parties seemed to have
centered their forces directly on the
pumping station. 1t is from this plant
that all the power which operates the
ZiegIer mines is obtained and if the at
tackers should succeed in destroying
this it would shut the mines down COM
pletely.
Springfield, Ill, Dec. 2.-Governor
Yates made a statement to the Associ-
ated Press today that he has not the
slightest intention of declaring martial
law at Ziegler and that an interview
credited to him intimating such an in
tentiOn is false.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
Patterson Must Answer for Niclxum
Murder December II.

~ Edgar Monroe Patterson, suspected
of the murder of Mrs. Mary A. Nickum.
was arrested at IL o'clock this forenoon
on a charge of murder, and held with
out bond He will have a preliminary
hearing before Judge McCabe of the
court of Topeka, December II, ten days
from the date of his arrest.
]. E. Cunningham, Of Ottawa, son of
the murdered woman, was made prose-
cutting witness on the. complaint which
was drawn by County Attorney Otis
Hungate this morning.
Patterson is the man who was picked
up in Kansas City Wednesday on the
strength of a sensational story told by
E. E. Sparr, a "scab' Observation-Disclosures
at the Santa F'e shops, who swore to a
statement in which he charged Patter-
son with telling him (Sparr) that he
Patterson) intended to rob some
hotels, among them the Nickum house,
the place where Mrs. Niclkum was muir
dered on the early morning of Novem-
Der 20.
There are few developments in the
case, but Sheriff Lucas said this morn
ing: 1--WE think we are safe in bringing
Patterson to a preliminary hearing. We
have found no new evidence since he
was picked up, and do not believe it
is worth while to delay the hearing. He
is either guilty or not guilty, and if not,
the sooner we know it and get to work
on some other lead, the better
while in Kansas City with Spar,
this man who told the story and i'm
plicated Patterson, I gave him all the
chance in the world to make an overt
move. When went to Moberly, L in
structed the detective who had charge
of SparF to give him a chance to run.
When came back the detective said:
L was scared badly today about that
man Sparr. We were wandering
around together, and some way he got
lost from me. I supposed that he had
"ducked,' and it worried me consider
ably. When I came back to central
station 1 found him sitting in the office
waiting for me. You bet I felt re-
lieved.'
when / talked to Sparr he COM
planned that the detective had lodged
away from him, and he had to come
back to the station alone. do not
know just how to take him. He faced
Patterson with his story all right, and
swore to it. Taking it altogether, L
think we are safe in going to a prelim-
mary"
County Attorney Hungate seems to be
satisfied with Sparrs story, and has
ceased to look further for evidence. A
number of witnesses will be called in
to the preliminary hearing, but they
are not expected to bring any more evil
dence than they gave in the coroner'S
inquest.
Spar is still locked up at the county
Jail, and will be kept until after the
preliminary hearing of Patterson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
FIRST SNOW.
It Is Falling in Nebraska and Iowa
Today.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. "A cold wave
swept over Nebraska today, the tenn
perature at some point going as low as
10 degrees above zero. Snow fell in the
north and western portions of the state
and a brisk wind prevailed generally.
In eastern Nebraska the minimum tenn
perature was Is degrees above zero, the
coolest of the season.
Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 2.-Snow began
falling here this morning at o'clock
and continued intermittently during the
greater portion of the day. The ther-
mometer registered 81 above. 1t was
the first fall of snow for the season.
Chicago, Dec. 2.-Coincident today
with the first snowfall of the season
the weather bureau here reported that
a cold wave in the Northwest is in
creasing in intensity, zero temperature
prevailing in North Dakota and Mon
tana Snow is general throughout the
northern tier of states.
ST. Paul, Dec. I'm North Dakoto
the temperature today is 2 below zero.
Extremely cold weather prevails in
northern Canada, where the tempera-
ture is rs below zero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02

S. H. Kelsey, Atchison; H. c. Harman,
Greenleaf; S. J. Churchill, Lawrence;
Milton D. Snodgrass, Manhattan; John
L. King, Minneapolis; W. H. Mitchell,
Beloit.
State text book commission-Helen T.
Butterield, Topeka; NJ. D. Welther.
Lewis, Kan.
State accountant-E. B. Mcclure, Ga
lena; J. A Beck, Kansas City; Judge
Theodore S Spielman, Alma
Live stock sanitary board-Dr. o. w.
Baird, Marquette; NJ. Z. Campbell,
Wichita; Q. H. Lewis, Matfelds Green;
A. Shearer, Columbus; G. f. Little.
Manhattan; F. H. Chamberlain, Sedan.
Clerks and stenographers-E. B. Bur
nett, Topeka; A. H. Sayre, Emporia;
E.. A. NJ Smith, Topeka; Emma Nc
Farland, Topeka; George ]. Hamaker,
Topeka; Minerva Townsend, Wichita.
Regents State university-R. r. Price,
Hutchinson; Charles N. Converse, Bur-
lington.
Fish commissionerss--James A: Ray
Wichita; Alexander Miner, Peabody.
Executive elerks-Carl F,.White, Kan
sas City, Kan; E. G. Owen, Olathe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
TEN DEGREE WEATHER
That Is What Weather Man Expect.
in Kansas.

A cold wave with the probability that
the temperature will drop to ten de-
grees is forecasted for Kansas.
The cooler weather predicted by the
government forecaster for Kansas ar
rived and last night and early this
morning the temperature fell steadily
until the minimum, 2S degrees, was
reached at 9 o'clock.
Now the forecaster thinks that the
cold wave which started eastward from
Arizona will be felt in Kansas with full
force tonight accompanied by flurries OF
snow. The forecast for Kansas is:
Snow flurries and cold wave tonight;
Saturday fair and continued cold.' The
cold wave is gaining and developing as
it moves eastward and is already being
felt in Kansas. Weather Director Jen-
nings said today: rs is probable that
the temperature will fall to ten de-
grees above zero by Saturday morning.
The chances are favorable for snow in
Kansas
The following record of weather con-
ditions for the December of the past
II years give a good idea of the aver
age weather for the month:
Temperature-Mean or normal tenn
perature, 1874 degrees; the warmest
month was that of 1889, with an aver
age of 45.1 degrees; the coldest month
was that of 1892, with an average of
26.4 degrees; the highest temperature
was "A degrees on 18th. 1889; the lowest
temperature was 10 below on 26th, 1892.
Precipitation (rain or melted snoW)-
erage number of days with .01 of an
inch or more, on days; the greatest
monthly precipitation was 192 inches
in 1892; the least monthly precipitation
was .005 inches in 1889; the greatest
amount of precipitation recorded in any
"a consecutive hours was 0.92 inches on
z4-25 of 1895; the greatest amount of
snowfall recorded in any "a consecutive
hours (record extending to winter of
1SS4-S5 only) was inches on 26th, 1888.
Clouds and weather-Average num-
ber of clear days, 11:partly cloudy days,
IL; cloudy days, 9.
The cold wave means an end of the
unusually pleasant weather during No
Vember. The mean temperature during
November was Al, which was six de-
grees higher than the average normal
for the month. The highest
temperature was 72 on the 1st. The low
est was 10 on the 30th. The highest
record for any November
was SO on November g. 1891. The low
est record is five degrees below zero
27, 1897 The precipitation
last month was II hundredths of an
inch while the normal is LOS inches.
One-tenth of an inch of snow fell which
is unusual as the previous snow falls
for the month were three snow f1urries
in November, 1888, and two traces of
snow in November 1895.
The wind at noon was northwest
blowing Il miles an hour. The hourly
recorded by the govern
7oxr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
DIAZ LIKES STILWELL.
President of Republic of Mexico Gives
Reception to American Capitalists.

City of Mexico, Dec. 2.-Shortly
after his inauguration Thursday Pres
ident Diaz rendered a reception to A.
E. Stilwe1ls party which consists of
fifty-five men prominent in the pro-
fessional and business life of the
United States who are interested in
building the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient railroad. In response to the
speech of Judge Werner of the New
York court of appeals, President Diaz
paid a tribute to the ability of Mr..
Stilwell referred at length to the dis
tinguished career of General Joseph
Wheeler, who was one of the party,
and concluded by expressing his best
wishes for the enterprise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
BRENT GOES TO WASHINGTON.
Gets a Place Under Senator Long at
$40 a Month.

Harry w. Brent, who has been ste
nographer and executive clerk in the
governors office during both the lat
ter Stanley administration and the
Bailey administration, will move to
Washington January 1 to take a place
under Senator Long. His work will be
largely stenographic. The place is an
appointment under Senator Longs
committee and pays a salary of $120 a
month.
Mr.. Brent is recognized as one of the
most capable office men in the state
house. Both Governor Stanley and
Governor Bailey have depended greatly
on him to look after the detail work of
the governors office. He served with
the Twentieth Kansas through the
troubles in the Philippines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-02
LARGEST ON RECORD.
Output of the U. S. Mints for the Past
Year.

Washington, Dec. 2.-The director
of the mint in his annual report shows
that the output of the coinage mints
at Philadelphia, San Francisco and
New Orleans, which were in operation
throughout the fiscal year. was the
largest on record. 1t estimates the
gold stock of the world in use as
money on December 81, 1903, at ap-
proximately s5,6OO,000, of which about
one-half is visible in banks and pub
lie treasures. The estimate for the
stock of the United States at that time
is $1,3O0,000, of which $S59,000, 900
was in the treasury and national
banks.