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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30
Ef5y The Investigation
@uddenIy Ended

A1OT long ago rNpil of one of the
tN uptown public schools came
home In deep distress. She
didn't waGt to 30 to school any more,
the teacher made it too hard for her,
and there wasn't any use trying to
learn anything.
Her mother endeavorcd to quiet her.
What had the teacher done?
The teacher had mixed 'Pm all up.
She was trying to teach 'cn two
studies at once, and nobody could learn
anything when teachers tried to do
that.
And finally the mother said she
would go to the school herself and in
vcstigate the trouble and have it
Strengthened out.
So she went, and the complaining
witness went with her,
They met the principal. and the prn-
cipal took them to the offending teach
er.
"My daughter" the mother explain
ed. complains because you mixed her
up in her studies She says you tried
to teach her two things at once"
YES" put in the complaining wit
ness, when we were singing the other
day you stopped us and said, How
many potatoes are there in peck
and it mixed us all up"
The teacher looked surprised.
"That's very strange" she said. Are
you quite sure about itT'
"Yes'm.''
The teacher reflected.
'Ah, now | remember" she said. 81
did stop the class when they were sing
ing. But | didn't ask how many pO-
tatoes there are in peck. What 1
asked was. How many beats arr there
in a measureY"
Whercupon the investigation sudden
ly ended.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30

"What is the baby's name" asked
the graciously condescending young
woman.
Ills name IS FLYNN Machine Jack
SON." was the colored mothers reply.
"IIow did you come to give him such
an extraordinary name!"
"Well, you see, dat chile takes after
his father, an l wanted to give him
name dat were gwine to be appropriate.
An every time anybody mentions fly
in machine dey say It's sumpin dat
positively refuses to work. .'-Washing-
ton Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30
Not Far Away.

81 was once" said a celebrated
preacher, sin Cornish mine some hun
dreds Of feet down in the bowels Of the
earth. Crawling down n ladder and
feeling that the temperature was every
moment getting warmer, l said to a
miner who was accompanying me:
Its getting very hot down here.
How far is it, do you think, to the in
fernal regionsT
"I don't know exactly he replied,
but if you let go you will be there in
about two minutes'"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30

envy not the famous IIen
OF any time or land;
Horatius may have held the bridge;
I've held Myrtilla's hand.
Though Shakespeare may have written
plays
And Sonnets not few,
Yet TO Myrtilla l have penned
A joyous billet-doux.
Drake may have circled round the
globe,
And, though that pleased his taste,
Suffice for me to have my arm
Around Myrtilla's waist.
Though Sherman may have made
march
From Georgia to the sea,
A wedding march right up the aisle
Is good enough for me.
Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30
His Advice.

"You're neglecting your business"
the old man declared.
81 admit it." the young man replied
frankly. The fact is, I'm engaged,
and naturally the girl gets my time
and thoughts"
"For heavens sake, marry her" ad-
vised the old man. "Then you'll have
no trouble keeping away from her.
Chicago Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30
In the Xisitors, Gallery,

"Who's that standing over there"
asked the lady who was attending the
opening of congress.
'That is the celebrated English hui
morist who has come over here to
write up the proceedings"
"What funny looking little man he
is"
"Yes. Sort Of standing joke. isn't
heT-Chicago Record Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30

"Yes, sir" said the man with the
boast, my wife is dearer to me today
than she was ten years ago"
ITS good Of you to say it," said the
admiring bunch.
"Oh, l dunno! It's true, anyhow.
Every things so much higher"
more News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30
Thought He Was Baby.

Towne-Popley's baby is old enough
now to sit up and take table food.
Browne-Now do you know?
Towne-I sat next to him in the res
taurant today. and when he got his
plate of cold corned beef he absent
mndedly cut up some of 1t in small bits
and passed it over to ome.-Philadelphia
Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30

"Oid Bullion is the soul of old school
courtesy, isn't hep
"What makes you think so?'
"Why. he wouldn't play bridge with
his daughters husband for fear he
might win some of his own money
ba k"-Town Topics.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30
WHAT FATHER SAID.

And sternly said:
This football is
A brutal game.
Where men rejoice
To maui and MAIN.
I'd stop ii all
If I'd my way"
John smiled in his
Peculiar way:
"Comc and look ut
The game today"
John was his son:
He played left guard
And played the game
Extremely hard.
His father scowled
Until rush
Was made at John;
Then in the hush
That held the field
We hear him shout:
"Git up. there, Johnl
What you about?
Slug that big guy
And knock him outr
"Ah." father sighed
when John arose,
"I1e got one ear
And broke a nose
And pulled an arm
Clear out of place
And made his mark
On every face"
And that same night
His throat was raw
From yelling "Rahl
KaboOmbaShaw!
koeX! KoeX!
Wow! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!"
Chicago Tribune
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30

He-Life is simply one grand chase.
If you are not among the pursuers you
must be one of the pursued.
She-Will you run with the hounds
or fly with the deer?
Hc-I will fly with you, dear. II you
please.-Kansas City Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-01-30

Easy, Fido! 1t may not be quite
dead! Better wait till l give 1t the
coup de gracen San Francisco EX-
amiQer,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

IF there is any language which can
be more decisive, write it in"
What are your reasons for such a
statement he was asked
Il have been for almost thirty
years a member of the national house
of representatives. may say my life
work has been in connection with
legislation in the house. I have been
nominated by the Republicans of the
congressional district in which I reside
and have accepted the nomination.
have every reason to hope I shall be
reelected
IF the Republicans have a ma
jority in the next house of represen-
tatives, of which, in my judgment,
there is no reasonable doubt, I will
be candidate to succeed myself as
speaker. If, perchance, however, the
Republicans should not have a ma
jority in the next house, I Will take
my place on the floor and give the best
service in my power to give in the
minority. In my judgment 1 can do
better service in any capacity as a
member of the house of representa-
tives than I can do elsewhere"
Just at this point there was an in
teresting incident, illustrative of the
frequency with which vice presiden-
tial talk is kept ringing in the speak
er's ears The doors Of his room flew
open and Senator Burrows entered,
escorting two of his constituents, who
wanted, as Senator Burrows smilingly
said, in introducing them ito meet
the present speaker and the next vice
president
Mr.Cannon bowed courteously, ex-
pressed his pleasure at seeing the two
Michigan people and, turning to Mr.
Burrows, observed;
You will see me an archangel be-
fore [ am vice president
Il am glad you retain your senses, .
said the senator in seriousness.
Il nave no ambitions touching the
/ public service said Speaker Cannon
/ resuming the interview, as soon as the
door closed behind his visitors, "out-
/ side of and disconnected with the
house of representatives.
"One word more. There are many
/ men in the Republican party in the
middle west. and elsewhere, who are
/ better equipped for the office of vice
1 president than I am, and would add
more strength to the ticket than ]
would. so that the decision, as above
announced, and my duty as a either
and a Republican, run together in the
conclusion that 1 have come to, which
is final"
Have you taken into considera-
ton he was asked, chat it has beer
suggested that your candidacy on the
ticket as vice president is necessary tc
] carry Illinois ~
There is nothing in the sugges-
| ton" he replied. 1.-The Republican
party is as strong in Illinois as it ha.
been in a quarter of a century,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
LABOR DAY RIOT.
Three Killed and 100 Wounded at
Buenos Ayres.

New York, May 4.-Three persons were
killed and probably 100 wounded in the
riots last Sunday, says a Herald dispatch
from Buenos Ayres, Argentina. The trou-
bic grew out of an encounter between the
police and the federation workmen, who
were parading the streets in celebration
of Labor day. Some of the Workmen mo-
Tested women who were on their way to
tram car.
When the police interviewed one of the
Workmen fired a revolver at the police,
who shot in the air. A fight ensued. re-
sultfug in one policeman and two rioters
The municipal ambulance picked up %
of the latter, but it is known that there
were about 100 hit The parade, which
was conducted by the Socialist party, pro-
ceeded without interruption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
NfExIcAN cENTRAn ROW.
Big Financial Interests said to Have
He'd Disagreement.

New York, May 4.-Reports were
circulated in Wall street today that
there had been a hitch over the re-
organization of the Mexican Central
ton now exists between Speyer & Co
and Kuhn, Loeb & Co on the one side
and the so-called Pierce-Stow inter-
ests on the other. 1t was the gen
when James Speyer & Co. returned
from Mexico two weeks ago that an
almost immediate announcement
would be made of the Mexican Cen
trail reorganization plan.
Mr.. Speyer, in company with H
Clay Pierce of st. Louis, chairman
of the Mexican Central executive
board, made a thorough inspection of
the Mexican Central lines; therefore,
Wall street has been wondering late
ly why no announcement has been
made. According to the story told to-
day, the Pferce-Stow interests have
not been satisfied with the reorgani-
zation proposed by the Kuhn, Loeb
people (Which is understood to in
vOlve a SO assessment on the stock) i.
and have attempted to secure better
terms by applying to other large
financial interests. but without sue
cess up to the present time. A rep
resentative of Speyer-Kuhn, Loeb in
terests, who was asked about this
story today. replied: "Peddling of big
things does not, as a rule, come to
much. It should be confined to small
things"
H. Clay Pierce declined to talk to-
day about Mexican Central matters.
There was a report that a six months
loan for $4,OO0.O00 at per cent,
with a commission of one-fourth of 1
per cent. additional, making the basis
of the loan. u per cent, had been
obtained by the Mexican Central, but
in Speyer-K Kuhn, Loeb quarters it was
said that it merely represented the
extension of an old loan made abroad
in November
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

ped a hot grounder into the territory
of the shortstop, who threw a little
wild to the home plate as Grlggs ran
in safely. That made two, one TO the
good. Anderson simply couldn't help
making single when he came up
After Coldren flew out to center,
Pressey took the fever and lambasted
a clean one, getting Judge TO third
Mohler pushed a little one into the
second baseman's init, but he threw
wild to first and Anderson came in
Dodge missed three wide ones and the
scoring was done
Ottawa batted in the ninth. like a
lot of soldiers fighting a forlorn hope.
They didn't get a man to the nrSt bag
Then everybody went home, yawn1ng,
for the game was sleepy
1t is just up to about everybody to
say that Washburn has a crack anna
teur baseball team. The Blues are
probably better than any college team
in the valley not excepting the fact
that th1y have been licked three times
this year. Their three games with
the Topeka professionals and the one
which is being played this afternoon
has given them experience and train
ing with older heads. and it is showing
up right now If Topeka continues
professional ball, and Washburn mixes
with them early and often before the
regular season opens up DR.. PlaSS
Youngsters will be after gittin' " the
college pennant just about every year
They play without losing their heads,
/ IA king the game and It's incidents IN a
business like manner and play base
! ball every minute That is what wins
games and the college boys have
/ learned their lesson we'll
! Anderson's work at short yesterday
and Dadisman's in the center field was
of the star order. Anderson has an
arm on him that few professionals can
boast of. de picked UP some mean
| grounders way back Of his position
and winged the ball to the first bag
like a shot. In the center field the
big football captain puleld flies down
out Of the air just as though he had
them hypnotized- None of the spec
tators who saw the game yesterday
but noticed the ease and natural way
in which the coIlegians handled them
selves
/ pitched did fairly we'll considering the
/ fact that nobody tried to hit him He
l was the man who got the two-bagger
I off Coldren- He also hit Mehl twice
Flora, who played the left field. dis
tinguished himself by making a beau
tiful running catch of Mothers long
N fly Murphy also made a brilliant
running catch in left field
Score by innings r. =. 2
Washburn 800 80 o 3 IS 10
Ottawa .-.-.- .--=-.--o 0 o . 81
Summary: Earned Runs-Na shburn. 2
Ottawa, J. Struck out-By Coldren, 5. by
HarWood. 3. Hit by pitched ball-Mehi
2 Two-base hit-Harwood. Three-bas'
hit-Griggs. Umpire-Moore. Attendance
100.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
NEW RAILWAY COMPANY.
Surveys Being Made for a Line in
Short Grass Country.


The Anthony. Kan. Bulletin says:
here for the purpose of completing the
line of railroad connections from here
to Denver, Colorado, and the surveyors
are now at work on the line west of
Medicine Lodge. The line of the road
Is from Anthony to Denver by way
of Medicine Lodge, and Dodge City,
Kansas, and through the Big Sandy
Valley of Colorado.
The organization consists of the fol-
lowing directors: A. E. Verex, presi-
dent of the American International
Bank of Chicago, and president of the
Toledo & Northwestern railroad; Riley
Lake, J. NJ. Bickel, ]. A. McPhee, ].
D. Brown, T. L. Lindley, P. G. Walton,
A. ]. Harges, James Jenins, E. c.
Bickel, 7. A. Noftzger, H. w. Skinner
and T. B. Brooks. The executive com
mittee whose duty is to have charge
of the work. direct matters and secure
proposals consists of H. w. Skinner
Riley Lake and J. NJ. Bickel. The Off
GERS of the company are, J. NJ. Bicl1el.
president; John D. Brown. first vice
president; Riley Lake, second vice
president; z. c. Bickel, of Elkhart,
Indiana, secretary; T. l. Lindley, as
sistant secretary and treasurer.
The exact line from here to Medi-
cine Lodge has not yet been determin-
ed, and its location will, in a measure,
depend on the action of the people
along the line, in regard to right of
way and other incidentals. The work
is in the hands of good men, who win
turn every leaf necessary to complete
it at once, and Anthony may hope for
a valuable acquisition to her already
strong points as a shipping station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

men arrived this morning and We're
immediately put to work Several en-
gines are reported dead on the road
Best of order prevails, and not
single arrest has been made in con-
nection with the strike.
WinsIow, Ariz., May 4.-Twenty-six
n1achinists, the entire force of the
shops here, went out on strike upon
the arrival of s non-union men, The
boiIermakers are still working, but
waIkout is momentarily expected.
Strike Breakers BOycotted.
The Los Angeles Express says: 1t
is possible the Santa F'e may be COM
PEELED to establish its own stores and
laundries at several of its shop loca-
lions, where the new men, imported
to take the places of strikers, are be-
ing refused supplies. Such an in
stance occurred Yesterday at San
RernarRno. where girl operatives in a
union laundry walked out, rather than
do a bundle of linen, the property of
non-union machinistS- Santa Fe head
quarters in Los Angeles gave it out
today, if necessary, the company will
operate its own supply establishments
to protect the new men, and as fast as
it appears that supplies are not OBJ
tainable at any particular shop point,
made in neighboring cities and the
custom will be given to the new places
permanently.
Reports continue to reach Los An
geles Santa Fe headquarters of threats
being made to injure company prop
erty- The railway officials are not
charging the machinists with the pos
sibility of such conduct. but they de-
clare they are taking no chances and
every engine is examined before it is
attached to a train, and similar in
vestigation is made of all other equip
ment
VIII Not Re-empIoy Strikers.
Albuquerque, N. NJ, May 4.-There
is little development in the strike
situation in this city. The seventeen
men who arrived yesterday were as
signed to their duties in different por-
TOMS of the shops and everything
semes to be moving along as usual.
Yesterday four shop men left the en-
plOyment of the company and Joined
the strikers. The heavy travel of the
past few days has taxed the motive
power of the company quite severely
but now that the rush is over local
officials are breathing easier, and the
tension under which they have been
laborins for the previous forty-eight
hours has given way to rest.
The new track which was construct
ed at the shops was not for dead en-
gines, but for boarding cars for the
men, and some twenty of these cars
were run in onto the new track yes
terday.
New men were brought into the city
last night, and it is said that more
are expected. Officials of the company
lions of the United States have made
applications than the company has
room for.
Notice has been posted in the shops
that the company will not take back
any of the strikers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
wAsHBURN TOOK ANOTHER.
Defeated Ottawa on Baseball Field by
Score of 3 to I.

Without trying very hard. Wash
burn college defeated Ottawa univer-
sity at baseball Tuesday afternoon on
Washburn field by a score of 3 to 1.
Those figures do not begin to tell the
comparative merits of the two teams.
The denizenss of College Hill thought
vanquished the Ottawa aggregation
once before this season by a score of
IA to O. So they exerted themselves
just enough to win, and that was done
without apparent trouble. The wear
ers of the Blue batted as though they
were flirting with the ball and ran
bases with about the same alacrity
that a cherub washes his feet at night
during barefoot time"
To begin with, Coldren wanted a
Honslxa staying on the bench and
CSriggs going to second. Coldren
wouldn't draw $4,000 a season as a
rubber artist, but neither would the
ottawa people paralyze a salary limit
with their batting. As it was they
Dagger off a single which Pressey
fumbled. They made their run in the
third inning. Mcdonald got the
above mentioned two-base hit. Ellis
and Becker both singled and McDon-
aid came home. That was the only
time he came home, too, or any other
visitor. They only saw third base
twice after that
Washburn did not get down to bust
ness until the eighth inning and then
time to start something, SO he set the
ball in motion for a clean single over
the second baseman's head. Griggs
woke UP and swatted the ball against
the right field fence for three bases,
sending in "Pully." Dadisman whip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
RoCKEFELLER's SUNDAY SCHOOL
Members of His Glass Discuss the
Question of 'Tin.''

At the close of a talk by John d.
Rockefeller, jr., to his Sunday school
a motion was put to elect Me. Lyman
J. Gage an honorary member of the
class. It was unanimously carried.
In the course of the talk Mr.. Rookie
Teller asked:
How can we reconcile our belief in
just and loving God when so many
righteou men and women are suffer-
ing all about US. either through loss
of health, through loss of dear ones,
or through the failure of cherished
plans and ambitions? What does God
mean by sending to US trials and dis
appointments and illness, and suffer-
ing?"
Il think I can answer the question: -
said one young man, "by citing the
twenty-hfth verse of the chapter Of
the book of Isaiah, which says: I
will turn my hand upon thee and
purge away the dross and take away
He was about to sit down. but
quickly added:
1.-The trouble with most people is
that they have too much tin in them
There was a roar of laughter from
the class in which Mr.. Rockefeller
joined heartily.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
SHERMAN NEDILL LOST.
Fails in His Attempt to Break VIII
of His Sister.

Leavenworth, Kan, May 4.-Word has
been received here from Lawrence that
the demurrer on the part Of the defend
ant in the case of sherman Medill against
ly: Faery HollingsWorth, ct al. had been
sustained in the district court there. The
case has gained considerable repute as
it involves an estate of about S25. no.
which was left by the late Nina Medin
to her niece. Faery HollingsWorth, and in
case she dies without issue. the estate is
to go to the attorneys, John A Wood OF
this city. and ex-MayOr Reed of Kansa 8
City Sherman Medill. a brother of the
decea sed, tried to break the will and tho
case was taken to Douglas county on a
change of venue, as Judge fitzpatrick of
the district court here had once been an
attorney in the case. The litigation start
ed in 1000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

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