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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23
GOES MAD WHILE ON
HIS WEDDING. TRIP
iHr 8AsnocIated A Press.

I8F4 " a3 " H3y AshocIhtttI 1,reBkl -. 71
AVl.A(TA GAr Oct. PA. =, Ben-.
nett, OF Concord, ~, IT.. said to be a
prominent politician and q close friend Of
President Roosevelt, is undcr arrest hero
On an a charge Of insanity, Bennett was
married about three weeks ago ana cams
South en- his wedding trip. AT Savannah
he teean to act strangely and dlsap-
ipeared,3
5leols out for him, and he was found in
the Piedmont Hotel Ae was sitting 4, 2, I, 9
chair at the barber shop, calling wildly
for Turkish bath. The BARRIERS and
customers, the latter half shaved, and
witt, towels around their rnecks, fled from
tho place, frightened,
Il 3sVIcn arrested he talked wildly about
POLITICS, declaring that he knew President
Roosevelt and admired him, but would
Yote fer Parker, At the police station he
took the money he had from his pocket
and tore UP two tWenty,do dollag5 bills, Peo-
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ole in the city who know Bennett say
he brooded over the political situation SO
much hat his mind became unbalanced
and this Is given as another cause:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23
ALLEGED BLACKMAlLER
\ CAUGHT B Y DEC0Y5 PACKAGE
fs - ..s.s-sr y. u! * ~ ltasi5i gs5
Z (By Asso ciated Pross.)

(By Associated Pross.)
r CHICAGO, October 2a.-Rogers McDon-
aid, TWENTY-FIVE years old, Is under ar
rest on the charge OF attempting to black.
mail H. N Higinbotham and Milton W.
Kirk, wealthy Chicago business men. Nc G
Donald Is charged with having Written a
letter to Mr., Higinbothnm, demanding
s., 900 and a similar one to Mr.. Kirk. de-
mandlng $500. The letter to Mr.. Hisin-
botham INSTRUCTED that he money be de-
posted IN IA he ole4 In AN 3unfreudented spor--
ton of the citye 8.
Detectives went ito !: the. Epot indicated,
placed a d decoy& pa sc %in4the hole and
arrested Mcdonald when lie appeared. .5t
Tho man threa tened to- blow up The
home Of Mr.. I1iganbotham II the money
was not paid. 34
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rganised. ono at fredericksburg and

organized, ono at Fredericksburg ana
the other at Evansville.
Tho loss or withdrawal OF forty-two
young women from the work Is ascribed
to marriage. In proportion to their mum.
bcr, young men. who are also admitted
to the organization. have not been SO
fortunate. or they have continued active
after marriage. FOR there was only q
loss Of four males during the year.
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HURTS
TEMPERANCE WORK
Especial to Tho Tmes-D -Dlspatch)

Special to Tho T!mcs-Dlspatch
ANDERSON, IND, October 22.-Mntri-
mony, is playing havoc with the active
membership OF the Young Women's
Christian Temperance Union in Indiana,
according to an official report to be made
by state Secretary Clara NJ, Sears at tho
Columbus annual meeting.
She complains that during tho last year
four "Y" unions dsbanded. Two were
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Defeat the Cadets by Score Of
PLAYING a STRONGER GAME.
FO0T.B SCORES.

s VI ID E4 Y. &
Artillery SO, Richmond College 0.
University Of Vlrdlnla8 II, v. NJ. j. o.
". r.. Il. 80, William and Mary O. Il
nor,h Carolina ~, ]. Norfolk o.. b
West Point II, Yale 8. s35 +
Harvard 512. Carlisle o. s, & 4 n
Pennsylvania 10, Columbia o.
Cornell &c., Franklin Marshall -.
Amherst s, Brown Q. (. 81 u
Princeton so, Lehtuh 0.
University Of Vermont 8, Tufts 8.
PHILIPPE Exeter "a, Harvard Second o.
New York Unlverolty 8, (: Trinity col-s
lego o..
philips Andoyer %, Harvard FRESH
men 0. IS
vVllIaIn,s q, Hamilton 0.
Michigan a13, West u Virginia Q.
chlacuo SO, Northwestern Q.
Wlsconsl In ! 81, Drake Q. b. $
MINI es ota 14e, 0rlnnell Q.
| Illinois 20, Purdue 9.
sWashlngton and Jefferson o, PennsyI-f
vnnla State 12. ssa y. si.s
aeorg getown AZ, Washington and Leo o.
University Of Florida 9, Florida State
College o. l5 ~ Z.
Navy o., Dickinson 0. y
Lafayette q, swartmore Q.
Clemson College 10, University Of
Georgia {. VI 5T3 IF &
William and Mary So, Hampton Q.
Augusta Academy IS, staunton Q.
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Under the rules the amendment lays
on the table for one week.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23

Inconceivable as the anachronism
may seem to the western mind. the
agrarian system Of Hungary has not vet
issued from the feudal form. The Hun
garian farmer of to-day is virtually q
serf, bound to his master, the heredi-
tary owner Of the soil which the peasa Mt
tills, by the tangible tie of personal liza
bility. The Hungarian feudal lord Of
the notwithstanding is entitled to
so days labor for each male adult who
dwells on his land. The seignior Il At
liberty to demand this feudal contribu-
tion at whatever time may seem best
to him, with the frequent result that
the tenant farmer is employed in gath
ering his masters harvests while his
own crops are rotting after rainfall.
orare being consumed by an early frost.
or suffer damage from one or more of
the many possible causes which render
destructive the slightest delay on the
part of the harvester in gathering tho
fruits Of years labor.-S. Ivan Ton
joroff. in Arena.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
A MAGNATE's CONFESSION.

Down by the livery stable, on a sultry sum.
mer day,
Cy Jones got out the checker board and
challenged me to play.
l thought / stood a chance for I had
watched the game bit;
But ne started for my king row. l was
vanquished when he lit
And everybody laughed and said had my
self to blame
For thinking that Cy Jones would let me
beat him at the game.
That's my earliest disappointment II en-
bittered my career.
l went and got book and settled down to
work severe.
l beat some other players, and then as
time went by,
l thought that maybe was strong enough
to tackle Cy.
But my well-laid calculations seemed to
falter and go lame.
Cy let me take a man and then jumped
three and won the game.
AS years went by I had some luck and
prospered more or less
And yet there's just one little thing that
spols my whole success
l know that I am envied as a most saga
cious man,
Likewise admired or hated for the way
that l can plan.
Cy hasn't made much nloney-but know
that just the same
II ever we play checkers. he will beat Ine
at the game
Washington Star
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23

The faults Of American speech oriRi.
nate in the primary school. There The
child Is not taught the melodic value
OF his phrase, but is made to emphar
size each individual word, creating q
new pitch, or level Of sound, for each.
instead Of the uniform pitch, or level
which should control and harmoniza
them all. He is allowed to use the
throat instead of the tongue in enunci-
ating his consonants. and the flow Of
his speech becomes thereby haltinr.
disconnected and cultural. Educate
your alphabet and you will find your
language as mellow as any Of the FAM
lily of Latium. Yolif rs are throaty.
your ms are too labial, your d's and
t's are too hard, your SIS are too hiss
ing, your c's ara not soft enough. When
you can train your scholars to emit
these and the other consonants within
the pitch, using the tongue instead Of
the throat for their emission, then vou
viii see that for rhythm and sorority
your English language may be COM
pared with the Tuscan. the Roman.
the Spanish and the Provencal.-Wer.
ner's Magazine.
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stations in life without either wealth a,
influence; had overcome great difficult.
ties to achieve success, l. felt very H..
ferior. But l was indolent. MY fathe,
had wealth enough for us all, and thers
was no need for me to do aught but ell.
joy life in my own way.
Then one day there came an awak-
ening. found myself a mere puppet,
subject TO the will of my family. Fof
the first time in my life acted upon
my own judgment. My father threat.
ened to disinherit me unless | married
girl they had chosen for. my wife.
She had more wealth than l would eve.
have, and she was willing. With your
image in my heart, could not conscien.
tiously comply"
Martha listened shyly, and once on
twice while he was speaking she looked
up into his face.
Il will not go into detail--it is enough
to say | left home, and unaided. l aI
proud to say. not only achieved success
but have made my family proud to own
me. lam again in their favor, and, bet
ter still, independent to do as choose.
thanks to your influence"
"And you hadn't forgotten me all this
timer"
Forgotten you? No, never, darling:
you have been my one thought that has
urged me on to a nobler, better life.
My education had not been neglected.
and but needed something TO spur mo
on, and found that in you. need YOU
all the time. Now do you understand
why | am going to marry you, and why
nothing can change my mind? Now.
will you yield gracefully, of your own
accord, or shall l compel your"
"And Lem?" questioned Martha. with
concern.
"Oh, Lem be hanged! IIe can take
care of himself; besides, it won't take
much to console him; his pigs and cows
can do that" and Mortimer strained her
to his heart while their lips met in long,
lingering kiss.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
WoMEN ''BUcK THE TIcER.- :
How the Dealers in a Montana Gam-
bling Resort Get the Work
ing Girls Wages.

| In Butte, Mont, there is a gambling
house where the patronage of ladies
is the special feature of the manage
ment, and where all kinds Of women
play the good old game of faro, perfectly
at home and without fear OF interrupt
tion. The entrance is from an alley near
broadway, and the house is IuxurfousIy
furnished. Carpets are laid on the
floors. softened lights shine over tho
players, courteous attendants deal and
shuttle the cards and pay bets or take
winnings without the slightest sugges-
ton of the incongruity of the situation.
says the Denver Republican.
Here many fashipnably gowned wom-
en- Of Butte's elite come in parties or in
pairs with escorts, to quietly venture sill
yer or goldpieces coined from copper by
their husbands, who busy themselves in
Butte's continuous political war.
Women of the business world keen
track OF the game, and both dealer and
player usually maintain a rigid silence.
Money is passed out for chips with the
simple word, five" or ''ten, ,''and con-
versation is economized to a minimum.
And there are schemes to lnveigle the
unsuspecting that only the initiated un-
derstand. Many women of the middle
classes are among the most regular pa
irons OF The place. A waiter girl was re-
Gently observed playing her weeks
wages with phenomenal luck. With SIS
she had won $50 and had casbed in her
chips with charming GOODNESS prepared
to go home winner" The dealer paid
her without comment He counted out
the money-two twenty-dollar bills. one
ten, one five. four dollars in silver. two
half-dollars. She picked up the money.
put the bills in her purse and laid a
half dollar on the ace 1t lost. She laid
down a dollar. 1t won. Another few
moments and she had lost the silver. Re-
luctantly she drew out fiye-dollar note
and began to play again. In few deals
she was playing heavily again. In half
an hour she was broke. 1t was simple
trick which has won the bank many mil.
lions Of dollars after the player cashed
in-the manner of payment. One is re.
luctant to break a bill, but silver is con-
yenient to lay down on card, and most
gamblers viii do it. Before they know It
they are again drawn in to the game.
They sometimes win, it Is true, for the
games are on the square. but one cannot
win always, and the chance on a second
round is in favor of the tiger"
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
BEAcoNs LINE THE COAST.
Earines Near the American Shore
Are Seldom Out of Sight Of
a Warning Light.

That the United States government
has been mindful of the welfare of peo-
pie who go down to the sea in ships
is shown by the fact that there are 5000
burning lights and signals stretched
along the American coast, forming q
perfect link. SO that the navigator never
need be beyond sight of one of the bea-
cons. One thousand of these are TO-
Gated on the Atlantic coast, 1900 are
scattered along the rivers and inland
waterways, 500 on the great lakes, and
2S0 on the Pacific coast. OF the grand
total, including lighthouses of different
classes. buoys, beacons and danger sig
mails, 5000 are lighted, giving forth
their warnings at night time OF these
a score or more throw a beam of 100,-
600 candle power.
To maintain the Lighthouse service q
corps of over 1000 men is constantly
employed and a fleet of more than so
vessels. No service in the world ex-
ceeds our own in completeness and effi-
cheney. A modern American lighthouse
OF the first class costs between 500 900
and $500, 900, and of this about one-third
is spent for the electric light apparatus
alone. Beside one of them Egyptian
Canopus or Rhodes perfect idol" with
"profulgent brows." "whoserays streamed
down the purple streams of Mizraim,
would shine as tapers in the Mediter-
ranean night. with no place among the
seven wonders Of the world. and hardly
worth noticing.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
THE WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AT ST. LOUIS
They to Be Found in the Great Palaces and Along
"The Pike"

st. Louis.-Early yisi.S:s to the Louis
lana Purchase exposition have found
at st. Louis an exposition go nearly COM
plete that they have in no way missed
the few minor details that were unfin-
ished on the opening day. and which
have since been completed. In fact in
an exposition of such proportions as
this it would be impossible to discover
thousand little details that might lack
completion.
Weather conditions were against the
exposition management for few days
preceding the opening. Now every
thing is favorable, and the great fair
is entirely complete, a completeness, we
must repeat, that is so enormous that
it is all but impossible to comprehend
what 1t has meant to the builders. The
last vestige of scaffolding that for q
Few days surrounded some of the less i'm
portant buildings has been torn away;
the last wagon load of refuse hauled
from the grounds; every flower and
shrub the landscape gardeners included
in their scheme of decoration growing
under the benign influence of a spring
sun, and the exposition stands forth
completed giant, beautiful in concep-
tion, wonderful in execution, stupendous
in size, by far the masterpiece of the
worlds expositions.
Stupendous size does not half express
it. This worlds fair has many sur
prises for the visitor, but its immense
size is the greatest astonisher of all.
Amazement at the extent of the fair is
heard from every visitor.
1t has been interesting to watch the
visitors these first days of the fair. In
teresting to see what would appeal 10
then strongest. but after one has studied
the mass of humanity In their quest for
the wonders it Is hard to select any one
feature that could be designated as q
general favorite with all. OF course all
visitors areenthusiastic over the general
picture, the grand en- semble, which has
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23

been created, and for the first hour OF
more of their stay inside the grounds
but few get further than the point from
which they catch their first view of this
grand picture.
1T almost takes my breath away
exclaimed one woman near whom was
standing as she caught her first glimpse
of the beauty Of the cascades and the
magnifcence of the grand exposition
palaces. Such is the general verdict.
For beauty, for magnificence, for extent,
st. Louis has beat tie world.
There Is another feature, or rather
collection of features, which seemingly
appeals to every visitor, and with good
reason, and that Is The Pike The
fair management do not wish to appeal
to the public with side-show. They
built an exposition which should stand
forth to the world on its merits as an
educator, as a monument to the worlds
progress, but realizing that an amuse-
ment feature was necessary they set to
work to provide the biggest and best in
this line that has yer been known That
they have succeeded in this is evident
to every visitor who travels THE Pike"
Nor Is this great amusement feature
lacking in educational interest. Here
one may study tho architectural fancies
Of the world; here he may study the
nations Of the world, their methods of
life, their surroundings. their customs.
He sees realistic pictures of the Esqui-
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23

( Exhibition; Glass Weaving, Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
Haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in
the Ozarks; Infant Incubators; Indian
Congress and Wild West: Irish Village;
japanese Village; Jerusalem; Jim Key
| Educated Horse); Lincoln's Log Cabin;
Moorish Palace; Model Playground; !;
Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool:
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Ex-
hibition; Old Plantation; Old St. Louis.
NO.; Old Cahokia Court House; Old
! Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel; PalaIs Du Costume; Pottery:
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail-
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole; Trained and Wild Animals; Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views; Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg-
raphy.
What runs in all; what supplies the
power that makes the countless wheels
go round? The majority of visitors are
intensely interested in the mechanical
motive force of this greatest of exposi-
tions, and well they may be. One of
the most striking features is the power
plant. Never before at an exposition
has there been even half as much
power developed as supplied from the
various prime movers in the Palace of
Machinery. In large boiler house
standing west Of the Machinery build
ing, filed with the latest and best pro-
ductions of skilled boiler manufactures,
steam is generated to supply 10000
horsepower to the various engines in
the Machinery building. In addition
to this about 10000 horsepower is re-
ceiyed by electric cable from power sta
tions in the city of st. Louis. But the
greatest interest is in the engines them
selves rather than in the large capacity
of the exhibit, for among them is a
giant turbine or rotary engine develop
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
Perils Of Aself-Doctorine.,, ;,

Large numbers of people in prosper
Gus circumstances die as sexagenarians
from maladies which are evidences of
degeneration and of premature senil-
ity, while many who pass this period
go on to enter upon an eighth or ninth
decade OF life. The former class COM
prise those who have lived without re-
straint of their appetites and who have
sought to allay some of the conse-
quences by Standardization, while the
latteF-class comprise those who have
lived reasonably. and who. II. annoyed
by imperfect digestion. have sought re-
lief by abandoning the errors from
which 1t sprang.-London Lancet.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23

Il know what you would say. but I've
made up my mind and nothing can
change it." Mortimer laughed an odd
constrained little laugh.
1t had grown quite dark, but the room
was flooded with a mellow light from
the wide, oid-fashioned chimney. Nor
timer stirred the embers and replenished
the fire. mo, we want no other light" !"
as Martha was in the act of striking a
light. I'VE will sit here" drawing up
an old-fashioned settle. For this have
waited all these long months, even
years. After all you are only woman.
Martha, and"
Unreliable. why don't you say it? I
know you want to-"
Perhaps that is the right word. Yet
| intended to marry you" Mortimer
had slipped his arm around her waist
and held her close, although she strug-
gled to free herself
"Mr. Craig have you forgotten my
troth is pIighted to another?"
Il remember only that you have been
a very foolish little girl to try to give
your hand to one man when you love
another. No, you needn't try to deny
it. Your eyes, your voice, your manner
all betray you. Before we 60 any fur
Lher, let me explain. own that in the
] did a wrong in teaching you
TO love me. When I left Seaview will
admit, ! never expected to see you again,
although loved you-you were SO diff
'erent from the girls I had known all
my life. / recognized the social gulf
between us. | also knew my family
would not receive you as a daughter.
was dependent upon my father for every
farthing. Often when you talked of
he great and noble deeds of self-made
nen-men who had risen from humble
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
Froe. Hlbernate An Holes.

According to Simon Henry Sage, the
frog does not hibernate in leaves or the
trunks of trees, but in a dry hole in the
ground not likely TO freeze. He
scratches the hole with his hind feet
and enters backward, Once insidethere
is apparently no trace of the fact out
side. Frogs found under frozen leaves
are still able to lnove about. Mr.. Sage
has found alternating frogs with their
extremities and skin frozen, but their
vital organs were still intact, and they
recovered their activity on being lib
erated.--Chicago Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
HAS TRIED BOTH.


A man who was sent to Europe for
his health and finally found cure in q
little change in his diet says:
Il was troubled with dyspepsia for
five years and two doctors here In Ke-
nosha that treated me for over . year
both told me there was no help for
me. Then l had an expert from Chi
cago. but stiIl received NO relief: then
followed another expert from Chicago
who came to our house two times =
month for four months. He gave me
up like all the others and told me to
take trip across the ocean, which
did in the year 1899 and came home
about as bad as when l started. The
doctors told me my stomach lining was
full of sores. Then l began to study
my own case and learned of the diet
recommended by the Postum Cereal
CO.. SO gave up coftee, pork and all
greasy foods and began using Postum
Food Coffee Gradually got better and
better until am well now AZ ever
was insmy younger days. have no trou-
Bile and eat anything at to eat
Sometimes away from home am
persuaded to drink coffee, but only
take sip Of it, for 1t tastes bitter and
d,sagreeabIe to me. but the longer / uss
Postum the better / like 1t and the
better ! feel. could say . great deal
more Of my experience with Postum,
hut think this win give everyone
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23
TO CROSS IN IRON EGG.


A Norwegian sailor named Brude in
tends to travel from Norway to St. Louis.
for the exposition. in curious boat
of his own design. 1t is made of iron,
and egg shaped, being entirely with
out an aperture. except that there Il;
small turret raising from 1t, with
four windows. to enable the craft to hs
steered.
The vessel is being made At the Aalss-
und mechanical works. II win have 4
sort of center board keel. capable Of BE-.
ing raised and lowered. It will be
rigged with mast and lateen sail.
Brude Is looking out for three other
Norsemen to go with him. He expects
the Journey will take two and hhIf
lnonthA
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-23

She was demure little woman with
baby. As the car was crowded she
did not put the little one, who was old
enough to sit up. on the seat beside
her. She carried it on her lap. and
made room for q fierce looking, big
man with newspaper.
The child kicked its tiny feet in de-
light at the strange things 1t saw while
riding along. and its shoes rubbed
against the big mans trousers.
Perhaps, madam, he exclaimed.
you imagine that this conveyance II
your private carriage:"
"Oh, no DON'T" was the prompt re-
ply. III it were you wouldn't be riding
in it."-Tit- bits.