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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
SHAW CALLS ON BANKS.

National Depositors Asked to Forward
Is Per Cent of Their Holdings.
Secretary Shaw has announced a
call upon national banks holding gov
ernment deposits to the amount OF
25 per cent Of their holdings, 10 per
cent to be paid on or before January
Is next and Is per cent on or before
March Is next This, the secretary
estimates, will bring into the treasury
about s25,O00,O00.
This will make a working balance
Of approximately s50,o00,ooO.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
GARNER SEEKS DIVORCE.

Erstwf,iIe Southern Railway Agent
Wants Marriage Vows AnnuIIed.
J. H. Garner, at one time Atlanta
freight agent of the Southern rail
road, who left the city on February
3rd, shortly after his marriage to Mrs.
Phillip Dodd, has entered suit for
divorce from his wife Of such short
duration.
Garner is located at Watertown,
South Dakota, a state famed for its
divorce mill, and the suit that he has
brought against his spouse Of less
than a year was filed in the circuit
court of the third judicial circuit,
Ccdington county, South Dakota. Wa
tertown is located in the county men
toned.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
ERRING AIM OF GOULD.

Shot at Birds and Hit His Attendant
BY Mistake.
While George Gould was shooting
birds near High Point, N. c., Wednes-
day, he accidentally shot Edward
Burns, an attendant. Several shot en-
tered Burns eye. A specialist OF
Greensboro saying there was small
chance of saving the eye, Mr.. Gould at
once sent the man to New York, where
eminent oculists were told to spare
nothing that science and skill can ef-
feet to save the mans sight
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
FOURTEEN SENT TO DEATH
Frightful Horror Results from Gas
Explosion in British Columbia
Coal Mine-Bodies Found.

A Fernie, B. c., dispatch to The St.
Paul Pioneer Press says fourteen min
ers were killed at the Carbonate
mines, near Morissey, Friday after
noon, as the result Of terrific ex'
plosion of coal gas.
The disaster occurred in No. 1
mine, 10 miles west Of Fernie. The
work of rescue was kept up all az
terncon and all the bodies have been
recovered.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
LEFT FOR PARTS UNKNOWN.

Two Athens Young Men are Alleged
to Be EmbeZZlers.
There is a shortage in the accounts
of the cashier and ticket seller at the
depot of the Georgia railroad in Ath-
ems, Ca, and the two young men who
held those ofices-J. Hammond Chill
ders and Joseph J. Hunter-have left
for parts unknown.
The amount of the shortage has not
yet been ascertained, and will not be
until the accounts nave been audited
thoroughly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
NAVAL ESTIMATES INcRE%sk.

Secretary Morton Asks for the sum
Of S114,530,338.
A Washington dispa5eh says: s
naval estimate for the 6seA year eAa'
ing June 80, 1906, aggregates $al y
520,ssS, an increase OF A1,sfS'4es
over the last appropriation. bhs es'
innate for the navy department proe'
er Is $7e8SH.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
NOTED OUTLAW GOES HENCE.

Taylor Delk, Slayer Of Sheriff Gwynn,
Drops Dead in Prison.
Taylor Delk, who, with his son Tom,
shot and killed Sheriff Gwynn, OF
Pike county, Ca, eight years ago,
dropped dead at the Georgia prison
farm at Lilledgeville, Thursday. He
was 62 years old. His death occurred
while the prison commission was in
session at the capitol in Atlanta en-.
gagged in hearing a petition for his
pardon.
Tom Delk was hanged, while the
old man was given a life sentence.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
FIFTY, MEMBERS THE LIMIT.
Orders Issued curtalins EnIistments
In Georgia State Militia.

III 0Sof9tA 0saSS Nsb's'os
Military companies in Georgia wiik
hereafter be limited to so men. NoS
company can have over that number
of enlisted men nor less than So. Ad-
jutant General Sampson W. Harris at
Atlanta has issued very important
companies which have recruited to 6e6
companies which have recruited to e0S
men or more will find it necessary to
confne themselves to the maximum
allowed as soon as the terms of en-
listment of. some of the men expire.
The idea Of the order is to make !,
more uniform all the companies in the.
state. Then the state has not suffi-
cient equipment to give companies, Z,
having more than so men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
NEGRO Hung in Connecticut.

Negro Hung in Connecticut.
Joseph Watson, the 1S-year-old COL
ored boy who murdered Henry Os.
born, of Hartford, Conn, last August,
paid the penalty for his crime We'd
nesday morning VIXEN he was put to
death by hanging on the gallows in
the state prison at Wethersfeld.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
DINNER WAS NOT READY

And ZeigIer Forthwith Proceeded to
Hang Himself.
Dissatisfied with his wife's house
keeping, and finally throwing himself
into a towering rage because dinner
YVES not ready the moment he arrived
horle, John P. Zeigler, a furrier OF
New York City, hanged himself at his
home in the Bronx.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24

the King Of Sazony, residing in Leip-
zig-Stotteritz, indicating that this
country is not the exclusive home of
the sneak thief. The device consists
of two arms. pivoted together after
the manner of scissors. forming two
sets Of hooks, an upper and lower
pair. The upper heoks are intended
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
SAFETY HOOK FOR HAT AND COAT.
Garments Security Locked When Hung
UrCn the Rack.

The Observation-Disclosures signs
which are IN inseparable feature of
l.inch rooms and public assembly
rooms in this country. indicate that the
petty theft cautioned against is often
practiced. Uncle Sam recently issued
q patent for hat and coat protect
ing hook, the invention Of subject of
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
MISSISSIPPI TOWN BURNED.

Flames Wipe Out the Business District
Of Dublin.
The entire business district OF the
town of Dublin, Miss. on the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley railroad, with
the exception of one building, was
wiped out by fire Wednesday, The
loss is estimated at $4,000, with par
tial insurance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
COLOMBIA SEEKS SETTLEMENT.

Wants Financial Affairs With Panama
Submitted to Arbitration.
A London special says: A movement
is On foot to get President Roosevelt
to arbitrate the difference between
Panama and the corporation Of foreign
bondholders in regard to the Colon
bian debt. A meeting with the Colon
bia committee of the corporation has
been summoned to consider the best
means of recovery from Panama OF
portion of the s1O,o0o.o0O paid by the
United States in connection with the
canal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
CHICAGO WANTS A SUBWAY.
Company With Authorized Capital o!
Fifty Millions Organized.

Tie subway company With an au-
thorized capital of s50,oo6, 900, all CON-
mon stock, was incorporated at Chi
cago Monday. The company is given
power to build and operate railroads
and it is understood that the purpose
of the company is 10 build a subway
IN Chicago.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-24
FIFTEEN SAILORS GO DOWN.

Spanish Bark Whelmed BY Storm
and Whole Crew Perish.
The British steamer Aros Castle,
Captain Day. ffty-seven days out from
Java. with a cargo OF sugar. arrived
At philadelphia Monday and reported
the probable foundering on Noven-
her Is of the Spanish bark TafaHa,
with her crew Of fifteen men, dNfns
the recent southern storm.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
HICKS IS THREATENING.
SAYS SEWERS STORMS WILL PRE-
VAIL DUaiNG JANUARY.
Predicts ALI sorts OF weather Dis.
furbances Dnring the First
Month Of the New Year.

Rev. Irl K. Hicks makes these pre-
dictioDs fer the month of January -
First storm period is central on the
4th and 5th. The Indications are that
the storm period reaching into Janu-
airy from December 1904. will cause
unsettled weather up to this period.
By the 4th changes to warmer will
be the order and rain and snow will
visit wide extremes about the 4th to
9th. A prompt change TO much colder
will set In behind the storm and pnsh
the west side of storms 70 the Allan
tic.
The second storm period includes
the 9th to 18th. being central on the
18th
Decided change to warmer will ap-
pear to the westward about the 10th.
Daring the 18th. 18th and 18th rains
will visit southern and central states,
turning to snow in the north and az
storms reach sections east OF the Miss.
issippi river. On the 18th, winter
Lightning and thunder are likely to-
ward the south. Blizzardons con-
tinous and very cold will appear with
the rising barometer.
Third storm period is central on the
18th, nth and 18th. and is almost
sure TO bring in a spell of threatening
stormy weather that will run into
the storm period following.
The fourth storm period is central
on the 22nd, extending from the Goth
to the 25th.
In all reasonable probability this
period will bring the worst storms
and weather of the month. 1t will
come in with rising temperature.
Generally, the rains will turn to de.
strnctive sleet over vast regions, and
the elimination OF the period will
bring dangerous billiards. out of the
northwest, attended by extreme cold
wave. This is one OF the times when
severe cold will penetrate far into
the south and east.
The fifth storm period, is central
on the 28th aud Goth.
Cloudy, stormy blizzardous condi-
tions will lead Up 60 this period /;
about the 28th, the general cold will
relax. the barometer fall and renewed
storms Of rain and snow return to
most parts. The month promises to
go cut with high barometer and clear
ing cold weather in most parts.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
SHAFT FOR BRIDGER.
MARKS THE RESTING PLACE OF
NOTED SCOUTS BONES.
Placed by General Dodge In Mount
Washington Cemetery, Kansas
City-Famous as Frontiers
man and Pathfinder.

Kansas City.-Ths bones Of Jim
Bridger, pioneer Of Westport, famous
scout, discoverer OF the Great Salt
lake, were brought to Kansas City for
burial. The first grave was In a
tangle Of brambles and weeds on the
farm OF Stubbin Watts, one mile north
Of the little town Of Daiiaa, In this
county. A broken headstone marked
the resting place OF probably the moot
picturesque character in western his
tory. From 1894 until late In the COS
he was the VESTS greatest mountain
eer. frontiersman, trader, guide
and fighter. He was the chief Of Ave
OF the most powerful Indian tribes, the
founder Of Fort Bridser, the discov-
ersr OF the South Pass, and he selected
the route for the first railway through
the Rocky mountains
Bndgers bones were given o final
resting place In Mount Washington
cemetery. A granite monument seven
feet high and three and half feet
thick has been placed over them
A life-siSe bust OF the frontiersman
and an inscription telling OF his great
est deeds is sculptured upon the shaft.
Mrs. Mary Leightlle, Bridger's grand
daughter, unveiled the monument
Col John B. Cotton, Of this city. a
lifelong friend of Bridger, was in
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds to be unequalled. A recent
expression from T. J. Mcfarland, Bent
orville, Va, serves as an example. He
writes: Il had bronchitis for three years
and doctored all the time without being
benefited. Then | began taking DIR.
Kings New Discovery, and a.few bottles
wholly cured me-" Equally effective in
curing all Lung and Throat troubles, Con-
cumption and GRIP. Guaranteed by E
c. Shepherd, druggist. Trial bottles free
regular size SOC. and s1.00 DIV
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
Bribery In Votes.

Now that the legislature shall soon
step should be tax sp that would for
ever put an end to the buving of
votes. The law on this subject now
in force does not meet this reqiuir-
ment Unless this pernicious crime
10 broken up the fair name of West
Virginia will soon become besmirched
with the worst form of bribery, If it
has not ALREADY reached this stage.
Intelliaent people no longer deny the
condition of affairs as they exist TO.
day. 1t would be useless to attempt a
denial. Men have become so bold in
purchasing a mans liberty that thev
have no hesitanoy in doing it in the
open in full view of the officers OF
the law.
It is a most pitiful spectable to be-
hold; to see men OF high standing in
the church engaged in this business
with apparently DO compunctions OF
conscieuce whatsoever. They .pur.
chase votes in the same way that they
purchase stock, -pay after the goods
are delivered. In order to stop this
traffic in votes some radical measure
should be passed at once.
If the correct number of purchase.
able votes were announced it would
sound like fiction, and few would
scarcely believe it. But the fioater"
can be found in nearly everv locality
waiting to cast his vote for the party
which pays him the highest price
for 1t. Strange to say among these
"'fioaters" can be found many well-to-
do people men who would be trusted
in everything except when he goes
TO the polls. There the line is drawn.
This condition Of affairs is certainly
10 be deplored, and no people can long
remain free if this heinous crime Is
not soon checked. Bad as it is: it il
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
National Longevity.

OF European nations the Norwegian
and Swedish are the longest lived, the
Spaniards the shortest. According to
a foreign statistical return recently Is
sued the average duration Of life is as
follows: Sweden and Norway, so years;
England. As years and months; Bel
GUM, Al years and II months; Swftzer-
land, A years and months: France.
43 years and 6 months; Austria, SO
years and months; Prussia and Italy.
80 years; Bavaria, SO years, and Spain,
80 years and months.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
Pirating Foley's Honey aud Tar

Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Hon
ey and Tar as throat and lung remedy,
and on account of the great merit and
popularity OF Foley's Honey and Tar
many limitations are offered for the genu-
inc, Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar
and refuse any substitute offered as no
other preparation will give the same salts
faction. 1t is mildly laxative. 1t con-
tains no opiates and is safest for children
and delicate persons. Sold by all dealers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31

red man lived In the forest and pad
died the lakes and streams unmolested.
Both the canoe and the tepee are
becoming rare, however, for the canvas
canoe of to-day Ia more durable than
the Indians birch bark craft, while
the tepee Is no longer used by the In
dian as a place OF habitation-
In the north woods the skill of the
Indian builder Is still expressed. how
ever, In tepees made for white cot
tagers and campers. Indeed, the white
guides can now make te2ee as skill
fully as an Indian, and not few Of
the tepees seen In the woods are built
by white men.
At Rangeley lake, a numDer of the
camps of summer residents have
tepees made of birch bark on their
grounds. The one pictured here is near
the camp of a well-known Portland
manufacturer. II represents the best
style of the Maine Indian in the con-
struction of this kind of dwelling.
Under almost any conditions OF
weather 1t would make habitation In
the woods by no means uncomfortable.
and a man might even spend north
ern wiEter in 1t without suffering.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
wosrt of All Experiences.

Can anything be worse than to feel
that every minute will be your last? Such
was the experience of Mrs. S. H. New
son. Decatur, Ala; For three years
she writes, 81 endured insufferable pain
from indigestion, stomach and bowel
trouble. Death seemed inevitable when
doctors and all remedies failed. AT
length was induced to try Electric Bit
ters and the result was miraculous.
improved at once and now I'm COM
pletely recovered. For liver, kidney
stomach and bowel troubles Electric
Bitters is the only medicine. Only soc
It's guaranteed by E. c. Shepherd, drug
gist. d W
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31

balls given in honor of the king and
queen of Italy when visiting the German
court The kaiser, few days ago. when
walking with the crown prince and his
nancee through Babelsberg park in
formed the crown prince that the castle,
after being put in order, viii be habit
able In 1905. Several engagements
have been found necessary. A new
wing with dining hall for $50 persons
and new stalls for about 80 horses ara
projected.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
Modern Plaques.

The English Church Missionary So
ciety calls attention to the fearful raw
ages OF pestilence in several countries
in which its agents are at work In
Uganda the sleeping sickness has DESC
lated Busoga and the northern shores
OF Victoria lake and is fast depopulat-
ing the Sese islands The plague in the
Punjab has been claiming as many as
10000 victims month, while cholera.
which has laid thousands low in Pales-
tine, Is now raging in Persia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31

constantly growing worse and there II
no telling where it viii lend If there
is no step taken TO stop its progress.
II cannot help but suck the very life
blood from any nation; leaving it IN
state Of absolute decay.
Therefore, at the approaching ses-
zion of the legislature. some measure,
calculated to purify elections. should
be enacted. People of every political
opinion would hail with delight any
legislation that would meet the end
for which it vas intended. Then the
name of West Virginia wonld not be
associated with bribery.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
me MAGIC Mirror Of Japan.

The magic mirror Of Japan 10 a
disk N bronze, usually from SIX to
eight inches in diameter. 1t is silvered
on the front, which is little convex,
and there is a raised pattern on the
back. which is rather concave The
polished pattern is generally land
scape, flowers, animals, or Chinese
characters. It is not visible in the
front Of the mirror, but when strong
sunlight is reflected from the front Of
the mirror to wall or screen the
pattern Of the back is visible on the
screen In bright lines on black
ground. Prof. w. e. Ayrton. r r. s.,
with Prof John Perry, r. r. g.. was
the first to give the true scientific ex-
PLANTATION of this magical effect It
seems that the design on the back al
ters the convexity OF the front, max
ting it fat. in fact along the lines Of
the pattern Consequently the light
rejected from the front Ia not dis
peysed ax these points Of the design.
and they appear brighter on tho
svwneuN
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
A Christmas Game.

christmas candles" is good old
time game. A lighted candle is placed
upon table. The player is blindfol6-
ed and stationed with his back to the
candle, about foot from it. He is then
told to take three steps forward, turn
around three times, then to walk four
steps toward the candle and blow it
out His attempt to do so will proba-
bly, be as amusing to- the audience as
disconcerting to himself.-Country
Life in America.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
Entered at the Post Once Of Martinsbug, W. Va
scobd class mail matter.
The Popular Vote.

Is in a matter of fact that the In.
grease In the popular vote over 1900
In not as much as might have been ex-
p0cted. In fact. the increase Is not
any more than might have been ac-
counted for by the increase of popula-
tion. President Roosevelt's plurality
10 about 1850. 600 according to recent
returns, which is more than half the
vote of the defeated candidate In
discussing the result of the great land
slide The New FORK World says
4sThe couDtrv has ALWAYS regarded
-Greely as a badly defeated candidate.
In comparison with Parker he made
verv creditable showing. and the
Judgments of history need revision.
The honor of being the orst-defeated
candidate ever nominated by the dem
ocrats for president belongs so clearly
to Judge Parker that Greelv is hard
ly n good second.
ssThere were fifteen states In each
OF which Roosevelt's pluality exceeds
Parker's vote. and there we're ten
states in which Roosevelt had plurali-
ties ranging from ll5. 900 Co sos. 900.
Moreover. il Parker had got the
votes that we're cast for Debs. Swal-
low. Watson. and Corregan, Roose-
velt's popular majority would still
have exceeded McKinley's combined
pluraIities in 1896 and 1900. And
with this side.show vote added to his
total, Parker. on the basis of percent.
age, would have been worse beaten
than Greedy was. Yet Roosevelt had
only 436. 600 more votes than McKin-
ley got in 1900 only $50, 600 more than
Mckinley had in 1885,
s'The democrats have been defeated
in great many elections, but it re-
manned for Judge Parker to lead his
party to political Sedan"
1t is equally true that the states
which gave Parker the electoral votes
gave him very small popular vote.
The Pittsburg Dispatch SAYS:
"The eleven states of the old
Southern Coufederav. which gave Par
ker their electoral votes, cast 900. 900
ballots for him. The two states of
New York and Pennsylvania, which
gave the most overwhelming majori-
ties against him, gave him more votes
than the Confederate states. Texas
gave him more votes than any state
of the solid south but three Northern
states with the strongest republican
majorities cast each over twice as
many votes for Parker as Texas did.
In the whole North, where Parker did
not get an electoral vote. he received
more than four times as many ballots
ms he did in the South. where the
vote was practically for him.
1t is not much wonder that the solid
South does not feel as il it had come
ont of the fray with especial credit.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
TEPEE OF BIRCH BARK
II Is Fast Disappearing from the
Northern Woods as a Place of
Indian Habitation.

Augusta, Me--Althougn the Indian
fs fast disappearing from this country.
which only few years since, as time
goes, he possessed In its entirety, re-
cent examples OF his handicraft are
still met With
New England has numerous Indians,
and in Maine their canoes, and occar
sionaily their tepees, can be seen,
mede In the same fashion as when the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31

charge of the removal of his bones.
and superintended the placing Of the
monument
The expense was borne by Gen.
Granville M. Dodge. He was the en-
gineer who selected the route for the
Union Pacific railway across the plains
When his surveyors reached the Rocky
mountains they could go no further.
The obstacles presented by "the back
bone of the country" were apparently
not surmountable. Dodge consulted
mountaineers, but they could offer no
suggestion that sSuld lead to solu-
ton of the engineering problem. Then
he sent for Bridger. Without a mo-
ment's hesitation "the original path
finder" told of the pass through which
the railway was afterwards built. Be
cause OF the assistance then rendered
by Bridger, Gen. Dodge decided to
honor his memory. His first task was
to find the grave Of Bridger. He con-
suited Mr.. Cotton. who was one of the
"Jayhawkers of 49," band Of 36
gold hunters who crossed Death val
ley in California and escaped death by
a miracle. After much search, Mr.. Col
ton found broken headstone bearing
this inscription:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-12-31
The Bookmaker Won.

A Londoner lent a street bookmaker
his watch so that the bookmaker might
be sure that he did not take bets on a
race that had already been won. The
bookmaker kept the watch and the lend
er sued for 1t. The court decided that as
II had been lent for an unlawful pur-
pose IL could not be recovered at law.