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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
WISE MEN FROM THE EAST.
VIII Come From China to Study Our
Form Of Government.

New York-According to cable ad-
vices received by A. w. Bash. who has
extensive business interests in China,
the two divisions OF imperial Chinese
commission appointed by the empress
idowager to study the governments of
Japan, Germany, Austria, France, Eng
land and the United States will arrive
in this country in February.
/ One of the divisions will journey
leisurely across the American conti-
nent from Seattle and take steamer
here for Europe. The other division
will make an extended stay in America,
expecting to spend at least tYo months
in Washington.
America to study the form of govern
ment here is headed by Tuang Fong.
governor of the province OF Human, and
will arrive about February 25th at San
Francisco.
The party bound for Europe will ar
rive at Seattle about the time the other
reaches San Francisco. 1t is headed by
Prince Tsai Chai, accompanied by
Grand Counsellor Hsu Kwon Chi This
party's trip east has been planned with
a view Of showing the commissioners
as much as possible of the country in
the brief time they will have before de-
parting for Europe.
Coming east the party will visit st.
Paul and Minneapolis and inspect the
great flour mills of Minneapolis. Sew
eral days will be spent in Chicago, dur
ing which study of municipal affairs
will be made. A stop will be made at
Niagara Falls and West Point will at
tract the Chinese visitors for day,
and then they will go to Washington to
spend few days and see Congress in
session.
Leaving Washington the commits
sioners will visit the ship yards at
Philadelphia, and after spending sew
eral days in the city will sail for Eu
rope TO carry out their Investigations
there.
When the commission first started
on tsjourney, coming by way of Japan,
it was rumored that the United States
would be avoided on account of its ex-
clusion OF Chinese laborers and the al
legged i'll treatment of students and
other Chinese travellers at several
American ports.
The plan of crossing the continent
through Canada was abandoned, how
ever, when 1t was realized that study
of American form OF government would
be one Of the most important features
Of the commissions labors. which, it is
declared, may form the basis for a con-
stitutional form of government in
China within the next twelve years
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Melting silver Dollars.

San Francisco.lThe continued high
prices of silver, between 65 and Go
cents per ounce. is causing heavy ship
,ments of Mexican dollars melted into
bullion through this port, Seattle and
Vancouver to the Orient. The ship
ments are being sent from Mexican
points under heavy guard in the ex-
lpress company's cars. 1t is said that
'during the past sixteen days $13.000.-
1000 in silver bullion has been brought
of Mexico for shipment to the far East
fro mthis coast
+, In financial circles predictions are
heard that silver is going to 20 cents
because the surplus production is linn
'ited, while demand is constantly grow
ing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
DoWiE ARDIcATEs.
Turns Over Control of Zion to Three
Trustees.

Chicago.-John Alexander Dowie,
head of the Christian Catholic church,
has given up his rule and will soon
leave for one of the islands of the Car
ibbean sea, there to remain until spring
in hopes of regaining his health. An
nouncement of this was made to-day.
Saturday Mr.. Dowie made it known
that he would transfer all authority
over the church unreservedly to tri-
umvirate and leave for the south as
soon as he could arrange his affairs,
and at to-day's meeting of his followers
formal announcement was made that
the control of the church had been
placed in the hands of Overseer
Speicher, Judge d. v. Barnes and Dea-
con Alex Granger, who, it is stated,
have been given full and unreserved
authority over the affairs of the
church.
"The finances of the Zion City insti-
tuition will be reorganized immedi-
ately," said Overseer Speicher to-day
at will work radical change in the
administration of the financial and in
dustrial institutions of Zion City. The
change will not affect the ecclesiasti-
cal, educational or political depart
ments, but there will be a complete
revolution in the industrial and finan-
cial methods"
These reorganizations will be placed
in the hands of G. ]. Barnard and will
involve a separation of the various in
stitutions which under the present
plan have had their earnings and ex-
penses pooled.
While on trip to Mexico a few
weeks ago President Dowie suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis and although
it was announced that he had COM
pletely recovered from this, yet in the
recent number of the church publica-
tion President Dowie stated that his
health was far from good and that 1t
was necessary for him to ''go apart
and rest awhile President Dowie's
definite destination was not given out
Mr.. Dowie, it is stated. expects to
resume his authority upon his return.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
plan to Import Brides.

Meeteetse, Wyo.-The Grey Bull
Club of this place has undertaken an
unique task, that of importing large
number of marriageable females from
the East to the small towns of the Big
Horn Basin. 1t is pointed out that
the state census, just completed, re-
veals only 11S unmarried females over
twenty-one years of age, to 1882 Sin
gle men of voting age.
The Grey Bull Club has issued call
for a special meeting of the executive
committee. at which ways and means
will be devised to bring large num-
Der of young women here. A fund will
be created and used to defray the ex-
pense of advertising in the eastern
daily papers. The advertisements will
call attention to the condition existing
here, the small number of marriage
able women. school teachers, domes-
tics and clerks, and the large number
iof bachelors. 1t is expected this
method will bring results.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
sLuEsEARp MUST HANG.
Decision of Illinois Supreme Court Re-
moves His Last Hope.

Chicago.-The Supreme Court of the
state has affirmed the verdict of the
lower court which condemned Johann
Hoch to death for the murder of his
wife, Mrs. Marie Welcker-Hoch, and
the date of his execution has been set
for February 23d.
Hoch is charged with having mar
ried more than thirty women, nearly
all of whom he is believed tc have muir
dered to get possession of their prop
erty.
A messenger was sent to Hoch with
the news of the courts action and
found him in the visitors cage in the
Jail talking with the last of his many
wives, Mrs. Fischer-Hoch, the sister
of the woman for whose murder he
was sentenced to death. When he re-
ceived the news Hoch became greatly
excited. and pressing his face against
the wire netting he shouted:
you are a liar. liar. 1t is not
true. l do not believe it."
He quickly became more composed
and asked for verification of the re
port. When the messenger came back
a second time Hoch took it very
quietly. He did not betray the slight
est emotion. and said in his ordinary
tone:
Il have nothing to say; nothing al
,all. If 1t must come, then 1t must
ihave nothing more to say"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Magic Mirrors.

Magic mirrors are the latest fash.
ionable curios. though they are by no
means novelty, having been known
for many years. The mirror is a
slightly concave disk of bronze, highly
polished and silvered. The mirror
shows no peculiarity until held SO that
the sunlight is reflected from it upon
the wall or other dark object, when
the design stamped upon the back
appears upon the wall in bright lines.
The design is not apparently upon
the surface of the mirror, but the
stamping slightly fattens the surface
OF the reflector, and when held in the
strong sunlight these fiat lines direc-
tly reflect their light upon the wall,
while that reflected from the concave
portions Is dispersed.
Arrangements are now being made
to have portraits and coats Of arms
stamped to order. and this, It is ex-
pected. will still further increase the
demand.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Have No Use For Farm Work.


In three years the removal commit
tee of the United Hebrew Charities
has succeeded in removing from the
city TO the country an average OF
4,250 persons per year, while as many
new immigrants have arrived in the
city in one week. The difficulty haf
not been matter of funds or places
for families, but unwilling1ess
on the part of the families to go. II
struggling, sometimes starving Jews
of New York refuse to go to the coun.
try. under the persuasion of their
own leaders, what good will 1t do to
endeavor to effect inducements by
railroad land settling advertisements
On the other hand, the Italian repre-
sents the farmer readymade, but al.
though nine-tenths of the Italians who
have come to the United States have
followed agricultural pursuits they are
ready to do anything else for any rate
of pay rather than continue farming
In Southern Italy, from which the mass
of immigrants come, there is no consid.
cradle industry except farming, and
men who are naturally gifted for Other
pursuits must work in the soil to live;
therefore. each overburdened peasant
has come to look on the soil as his
master and he as its slave.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Schools and Expense.

Some idea of the magnitude of the
work that the School Board has been
doing for New York may be gathered
from the casual announcement made
by an official of the Board Of Educa.
ton that during the past year. $12.-
3s0,237 has been appropriated for
school sites and bildings. This, OF
course. is but a fraction of what the
city of New York spends every year
upon public education. On the East
and West Sides, with their teeming
population, school houses dot nearly
every other block. Brooklyn, Queens,
Richmond and the Bronx have not
been overlooked. When we consider
that about 80 per cent of the child
rem leave school at the age of IA years,
the Importance of implanting in each
child the groundwork of a good educ
alton cannot be overestimated. This
Is spending the taxpayers money in a
good cause.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Getting to Morgan.

To get into the banking house of
]. P. Morgan is a great deal more diff
ficult than it looks. The two richest
thoroughfares in the world, Wall and
Broad streets. cross before the door
The corner has been nipped off the
building so as to form a narrow facade
facing northwesterly, and here
flight of steps leads invitingly up to
the open door. Nothing could seem
simpler than to enter, yet nothing is
harder than for a stranger to get past
that open door. For just beyond the
threshold a big man is lounging in
great comfort, his thick right arm
lying loosely along the counter, every
thing about him a picture of indolent
ease except his keen, good-natured
blue eyes. They begin to measure
you before your foot has neared the
top step. If you have no legitimate
business in the osfice you cannot pass
this man. He is James McDermott,
late policeman of the Broadway
squad. He was a tremendous fellow
even among that army of giants. Big
Jim they called him. He could throw
the 16-pound hammer and lifted the
50-pound weight farther than any
other man on the force up to the time
John Flanagan came over from Ire
land to break worlds records. For
twonty-six years McDermott wore the
uniform of the police.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Kansas state Senator Indicted.

Topeka. Kan.-The federal grand
jury which has been investigating
government land frauds in Kansas has
returned and indictment against State
Senator F. Dumont Smith, on the
charge of influencing federal officer
by the use of money to neglect his
duty. Five other indictments were
returned.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

SOOtuiDS eueClS VI
music in correct
ing the girl inmates
and thus encourage
discipline. Although
cruel and unusual
punishment is pro-
hibited New Jersey
calmly anticipates
the horrible spec
tacle of a wayward
girl being sentenc-
ed for an hour to
h ear "Hiawatha, "
"Tammany" or "In
the Shade of the
Old Apple Tree"
on a phonograph.
Persons living near
the home fear that
the shrieks of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
1~arp~-ar---~er.~sNr-~
NEW YORK LETTER
Bits of Information Gathered in Ramble Through Z
the Metropolis

1t Is the marvel of foreigners that
Americans visit the old country who
have never seen the wonders of their
own-the Mammoth Cave, the Natural
Bridge, the Yosemite Valley and other
places-but how many New Yorkers
really know New York? The little
trip Of forty miles around Manhattan
in a seeing New York" yacht is
liberal education. The man who
makes the talk through the meg :
phone can tell the natives lot about
his own city that he never dreamed of
as the truth. For example, New York
was bought by the Dutch from the In
dians for the sum of S24. paid in
beads and blankets. That was some
time ago. 1t has grown since. Ac-
cording to the megephone man, it is
at the present time worth about 3d.
900,000.000. all told. A square foot
therefore the size of pocket handker-
chief is worth $1,000, ii not more.
Full and sufficient reason this for
erecting buildings in the atmosphere,
which costs nothing. And as for the
b.gness and richness of New York,
Who would have known that one of
her steamships-the Baltic-is the
length of two gigantic slsyscrapers
torn up by the roots. laid fiat and
pasted together lengthwise, If it had
not been for the megaphone?
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

provided with the proper credentials
and they talk of millions as though
money in that bulk was the only
thing they handled. Many of their
scheme will fall through. but many
more will be launched. It is always
important for a western promoter to
Look his part, and therefore, the wide.
soft hat and untrimmed mustache
is part of the regular makeup.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

At the New York opera Mrs. Will
liam X. vanderbilt's gown was of
bright red silk veined with chiffon.
She wore diamond shoulder bars in
stead of shoulder straps, thus set
ting a fashion that will not be gem
orally followed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

A Trenton. N. j., man left his entire
fortune of 100000 to his twenty-fourth
child, and his other twenty-three chill
dren are now trying to break the Will
II each OF them has a lawyer there
may be as much as Is cents apiece
left when the matter is settled.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Nduu0NlliC = IL Z 5 =
days because they
have fine costumes.
The method of gain
ing favor among
managers is to dis
play a wardrobe and
then make a bluff
at singing or giving
a monologue. No
matter what the
genius of q young
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

the west, the south
and n e / g h b oring
countries on the
continent. They
are here mostly to
float stock in new
e n t erpr ises and
most Of them seem
to know how to do
1t. They are all
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

The statement of DIR. Hornaday Of
New York that Boston has the best
place In the country for a zoo has no
reference whatever to the council
chamber In the city hall.-Boston
Globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

A school teacher now in the Phil.
ippines grumbles that all he has to
eat there is "rice. fish. eggs. chicken.
mangoes. pineapples and bananas"
That's all.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

ers at present engag
ed on New York sky
scrapers and bridges
that during the past
two months they
have neither killed
any one through
carelessness nor ha.
one of their own
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Where Artists Are.

The old Fleischmann building at
Broadway and Tenth street, which
was sold to the Grace Church corpor-
alton the other day, has long been the
abode of artists and is to-day one of
the few studio buildings left from
former era. Horatio Walker. Jr.. once
had studio there. as did Daniel Dur
and and the elder Reinhart. Hapiess
Gus Dirks drew most of his bug pic
lures in Studio 3S, and it is said that
William NJ. Chase was once on the
rent rolls. But for illustrious names
one must go to the old Tenth street
studio building near Sixth avenue.
The artistic history of the Fleisch-
mann building is the history. of the
little known illustrator, the producer
of buckeyes" and pot-boilers for deal
ers, the artists who draw fashion
plates. advertising illustrations and
even decorate dinner cards.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

New York is Growing over the fact
that two lots of land, with the build
.ings on them, cost more than the
United States paid for Alaska. But
Uncle Sam is not offering to swap.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

number lost his own life. When IL
is considered that these men work at
dizzy heights and are constantly tal0
ing chances of slipping or stumbling
the fatalities among them are remark
ably few.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

The man who testified in the d.
vorce court that his wife threw hash
in his face didn't say whether the
hash was not good or whether he
merely objected to the way in which
1t was served.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

What long time It has been since
We have had any live news from Man
churia!
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

The profit of the United States mint
service for the year is $3.2s9.01s.
which represents considerable many
juleps.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

When the emperor Of Korea wants
TO do little ruling nowadays he has
to be content with ruling his temper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

smasher. Simultaneously with this
bit of news came paragraph from
London saying that John Cecil Rhodes,
a nephew and heir of the late South
African nabob. had donned overalls
and gone to work in the Kimberley
diamond mines. Other instances Of
millionairs wearing the habiliments
of toll have come to light in such num-
bers recently as to resemble an epi
demic of labor-a plague of overallitis
which is shifting scions OF wealth
world.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

A man who was arrested a few
weeks ago for stealing 100000 says it
il dificult to be honest on a salary of
$65 n month. Pshawl Not at all. II
he doesn't burn coal and refrains
from eating meat.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

II Prince Louis had ordered full
set of false teeth from that New York
dentist. he might have had to pawn
one of his warships in order to get
away.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

One trouble with the bluffs offered
by the Sultan of Turkey is that the
other fellows can always look into the
mirror behind him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

: The Shah of Persia has bought six
French automobiles. He must feel
that something is necessary to stop
the overcrowding in Persia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

A trust has begun to gobbIe up the
New York barber shops. This Is the
most unkindest cut OF all.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Here is fine sentence from The
Outlook: Happiness came to him
because he did not seek it-only tried
to become better and better"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Gen. Weyler has been sent from
Madrid to awe the Catalonians. If the
Catalonians deserve aweing the right
man has been picked for the job.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

So unsettled is Europe just now that
even old Father Tiber joins in the
general uprising
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Let us hope that Russian student.
will not construe liberty as license
and go to playing football.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

A Filipino schoolboy has stabbed
his teacher to death. The young idea
down that way. as it is taught to
shoot should be taught not to cut.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

10th birthday that he's never done a
days work in his life. He always was
joker. But we don't understand
why he settled in New York.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

There were 1000 desertions from
the British men-of-war during their
stay in American waters. Uncle Sam
is strong drawing card.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Mr.. Fitzsimmons calls Mr.. O'Brien
a Jumping jackrabbit" Well. il it's
jackrabbit VS.. kangaroo the latter
ought to win.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

A Cleveland preacher says pie is
worse than beer as a destroyer of
morality. Perhaps he means the Gus
tard pie that one sits on at Sunday
school picnic.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Though all the world may say that
identifying Is absurd. the sight of one
pretty woman will deny it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

And another great and needed re-
form could be achieved IL the moving
picture machines would show views of
women running.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

This thing of packing husbands in
trunks when starting on the honey
moon trip may be economical. but 1t
is undignified. No husband of proper
spirit will submit to ii,
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Korea is to have Japanese gov
ernor, but the natives of Korea will
be permitted to keep on doing the
heavy work.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Hetty Green may be the richest
woman In America, but most girls
would rather be Maxine Elliott.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

victims will disturb them. A neigh
Dor suggests change of name to the
New Jersey State Musical College.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Clothes Make the Woman.

There are a number of only fairly
bright young women doing well in
xro,xdoxriJIa ,,
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

woman she has no chance unless she
has a wardrobe. The cue is taken
from the success made by Lillian Rus
sell with her $4,000 wardrobe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
MiIIionaires in over.ils.

New York society experienced a
sensation when the announcement
came out of California that young
Charles Chauncey Stillman. son and
heir of President James Stillman, of
the National City Bank, who is one
of the leading ministers in the Stand
ARD 0I Cabinet, was earning . meager
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
Foul Deed of Reformers.

The New Jersey State Home foi
Girls has decided to try the farfames
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21

Iron Workers Show Skill.
1t speaks well for the sobriety and
skill of the 5000 structural iron work
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-21
HustIers FIoeklna In.

The big hotels of this city are
crowded these days with men from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04
The Best Health Culture.

No poor man can afford to bother
with any OF the experimental health
fads He is too busy making n liy-
ing for himself and family,
and when he is afflicted with bad
cough or cold, or developa catarrN as
the direct result of cold, he simply
takes a few doses of DR.. Boschee's
German Slrup. And II something
more serious say consumption, pros
trates him or any member of his fam
ily German Syrup can again be relied
on to effect cure. Trial bottle 25c.
Big bottle 75c. At all druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-04
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morning, when first arising, Of
ten find troublesome collection Of
phiegm which produces n cough and
Is very hard to dislodge; but a small
quantity OF Billiards. Horohound Syr.
Ip VIII at once dislodge II, and the
trouble is over. | know OF no mefi
rlne that is equal to 1t. and it IS
so GaSant to take cal most co..
dia'!y recommend It TO all persous
needing n medicine f"s Il roat or lurg
trouble For sale hy w II. Frame.