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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-16
The bad Boy Goes to Belgium-Dad
Buys Fake Souvenirs at Waterloo
He Goes Swimming with King
Leopold and the bad Boy Ties Up
Their Clothes.


BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
(Ex-Governor OF Wisconsin. Former Ed
tor OF "Peck's Sum- Author Of "Peck's
Bad Boy" Etc)
Copyright 1906. by Joseph b. Bowies)
Brussels, Belgium.-Dear Old Skate:
what is the matter with our going to
Belgium" said dad to me, as we were
escaping from Germany.
well, what in thunder do we want
TO go to Belgium fort" said to dad.
II do not want to go to a country that
has no visible means Of support, except
raising Belgian hares. to sell to cranks
In America. couldn't eat rabbits with
out thinking | was chewing piece of
house cat, and rabbits is the chief food
of the people. l have eaten horse and
mule in Paris, and wormy figs in Turkey,
and embalmed beef fried in candle
grease In Russia. and sausage In Ger
many, imported from the Leutgard
sausage factory in Chicago, and stuff in,
Egypt with ground mummy for curry
powder, but draw the line on Belgian
hares, and strike right here, and shall
have the International Union of Anal
gamated Tourists declare boycott on
Belgium" said just like that, bristling
up to dad real spunky.
You are going to Belgium, all right, :"
said dad, as he took hold of my thumb
In jiu jitsu fashion. and twisted 1t
backward until fairly penuked. and
held It, while he said he should never
dare go home without visiting King
Leopold's. kingdom, and having talk
with an 80-year-old male hirt. who had
a thousand chorus girls on his staff and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-16

he had written the name and amount,
and In which he had placed the brown
paper. Later when calling for the
diamond case, he had hastily ex-
changed the envelope containing the
money for the fake envelope. when the
landlord turned to the safe.
American-like, these landlords pock-
cted their losses, and said nothing.
On my way north that summer | re-
lated this incident to all the hotel men
I met. including the proprietor of a
hotel at Ishpeming. Mich.
The next year. when on another
trip in that territory. the Ishpemins
landlord told me that young man,
answering my description. appeared
...- -. ( co.. --.c- left, AID laid
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-16

copyright. 1906. by joseph b. Bowlcs)
One day a very enterprising looking
young man registered at the hotel
where was staying In Muskegon.
Mich. He claimed to be a diamond
dealer and handed the clerk small
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-16

Bosh-I knew man once who had
never met With disappointment in hrs
life.
Josh--How was that?
He was never looking for anything
but trouble. detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-16
OF Some use.

( Ella--That fellows head isn't Of much
use to him.
Stella--Well, suppose he feels that
he's got to have something to hang ph
hat on.--Judgs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-16
Garden Hint.

The best way to treat chickens that
scratch up your garden IL to fricasse
;sc:a. Chicago Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-09-16
BUNcoING HoTELKEEPERs.

How a self-styled Dealer in Diamonds
"Played" the Country Landlords
A Pullman Car "Graft"-The Por-
ter and the Plugged Fifty-Cent
Piece.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
BIG GRO w b present Z
FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY
NINTH CONGRESS OPENS AT
% WASHINGTON.

~Ss !
Washington, Dec. S. The assemb-
ling Of the Fifty-ninth congress for
their first session was marked by no
unusual incidents, but it attracted to
the capitol crowds Of spectators who
took q alively interest In the proceed
ings. The day was perfect. The sun
shone brightly and the air was keen.
Society was out In force and filled the
reserved galleries, while visitors un-
able to ind seats roamed the corri-
doris to catch glimpses OF public men.
In the senate the proceedings were
9brtef, but most of the spectators
seemed to ind quite as much to In
itsrest them In observing the senators
who remained on the floor after ad-
5ournment as they could have ex.
psrienced had the session continued
longer.
The preliminary steps to organize
were taken by the house. Joseph q.
Cannon Aof Illinois was reelected
speaker, the members OF the house
took the oath of Office; the officers and
3doors employees ofs the body were re-
elected the rules OF the last congress
were adopted; and members went
through the formality OF drawing for
seats. all Of which was enliyened BY
the presence OF the crowds in the sal-
leries, the animation of the reunion Of
veteran members and the interest of
new ones.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION occurs
IN COAL MINE 10. 4 At aDlA-
s. MoNDvt vtLLE,s WYo 5s5|,
Every Miner at Work at the Time ot
the Disaster Meets Instant Death
and Had the Full SHIFT Been OF.
Duty the Loss Of Life Would Havs
Been Appalling Blow Shot the.
Cause Of the Accident. ssss
Cause Of the Accident.

30 Is a
Salt Lake City. Dec. An explo8
sion In mine No. at Diamondville
Wyo., caused the death of eighteen
men, all who were In the mine when
the explosion occurred. Nearly all Of
these were English miners who cam,,
to the Wyoming mines direct from
England. Had the full night shift been
ut work in the mine the loss of life.
probably would have been appalling
a blow shot was the cause Of the
/ disaster.
The small shift Of eighteen men
was working 1900 feet down In the
mine, knocking down coal to be taken
ont by the day shift Presumably the
men were close together In q bunch
when the blow. shot OF giant pow
der exploded. sj:
At the mine offices 1t Is said that
the workings are not materially dam:
aged and that the mine will be ship
ping its usual output within four OF
dve days.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
OIL TRUST TO BE PRoBED.5
Roosevelt Behind Plan 10 Investigate
Rockefeiier Monopoly. s

Z New York, Dec. formation to
the effect that movement Isl on foot
In Washing gton, backed by the presis
dent, to institute a federal inVestigas
ton Of the Standard on company and
Its allied interests has been received
by several prominent New York finan3
sciers.
Inquiries made BY interested New
York business men has confirmed the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
sT. Louis BANKER INDICTED
Fraudulent Use Of Malls and Consptrl
acy to Defraud Charues,.

- ~ = = - ~ 9g
st. Louis, Dec. NO indictments
have been returned BY the federal
grand jury against E. G Lewis, presis
dent OF the Peoples United States
bank and publisher of the w omanie
Magazine and Woman 8 Farm journal.
One Indictment lei charges q scheme
to defrand In using the mails to In
lduee persons to subscribe for stock
and deposit money In the bank. The
other charges conspiracy to defraud
the government out Of large sums of
money In postage on two pub licatioils
Of the Lewis ublishing company
Lewis, Miller and Cabot waived pres
'liminary hearing and each gave bond
of $4,000, Lewis giving an additional
bond for 81 900 because he alone was
Indicted on two counts.
Pleas Of mot guilty" were entered
In all OF the cases and the trial was
set for March 5, 4 906. Ss.E
OIL @ TRj1ST To RE pRnaE ~ 81
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
the only one to escape death In the
turbulent waters was Captain Pride
Of the Lunenberg, who clung to the
boat until rescued #s
REM Owed eY pREsipENlT.
Land Office officlal Accused Of Con
,ectlon With, Frauds.

Washing ngton. Dec. 5. President
Roosevelt has removed from office
James C Petit john, registrar of the;
land office at Valentine Neb., for par.
ttcipation in alleged land frauds in
that state and has demanded the i'm
mediate resignation Of the receiver,
Albert e. ToWle. The office for the
present will be in charge Of a special
agent Of the general land Office
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
OCCUPY ISLAND OF LEMNos..
Fsrces OF the International Fleet Land
ii, European Turkey.

London, Dec. The Vienna CORE:
sspondent Of the Daily Telegraph says:
erhe international feet has ocs;
cupied the Island Of sLemnos, ID Euro.
3pean Turkey. The Austrian foreign
office expects that the porte will Inn
mediately acquiesce in the demandssot
the powers.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
TO BE G ON E Sen TOR.
GOVERNOR LA 81 OIL LETTE OF WIS.
coNslN ANN oUNcEs that
He WILL RESIGN.

Madison, Wis., Dec Governor
Robert M. Ia Toilette, at the eoncl,,.
sion OF his message to the legislature.
which he read at joint session OF both
houses, announc ed in 4 statement that
during this special session, 81 at 1east
at Its close, he would resign as cav
;eraor and accept the commi ission us
United States senator m his state
sment Ito The legislature the governor
gave az his reason for reInaining I'd
Office as chief sxe xecutive was the at-
titude OF the railroads on the laws
enacted by the last legislature.
At the conc clusion Of the reading Of
the message and the governors ii an
nouncement of his intention To ceptI
the United States senatorship the
senate retired from the joint session
and the governor had an informal res
ception in the speakers rostr the
members and visitors filing before him
and shaking his hand.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
Ship BuffaIo q Is chIsaas. 4: Il
Indians 4 III Autofnobijea

lndIans lth AUtomobl bll0s.
wo rsdskins on the Rosebud rss.
servation are making Big money bys
taking andseeke over the ground
- their antoine Hes llich thsy pur.
chased recent III CHI IS.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08
IpEoPL oF 81. rE rETERssUAo Rl.
y PORTED 10 sBE AL,Nos u IN 81
sTAT PA $500 u!
oommunIeatI atIonS az sAilrs Y ilth outside
Norid tias Ceased and striks
Operators Nsay Spread q HalIrsad
& Employ lutlny q rrocpsS II ssl-s
"a Frovlnses Rsndsrs the sitaatlon


Intense alarn, prevails hsrs. Y
municati Ion Will the outer n
telegraph ceased Saturday I'D g Y
sFissn the Finnish operators
their Russian conrad
The exnbassie les, legat Ions ana ba
are hastily organi izing courier ssryic
70 beth the FEinnis Il ana dsrmsn from.
tiers.
The population = almost in 8 state
of panic, fearing that ths railroacs
viii stop running and that ths inhabis
tants therefore VA haye AZ mode ofIs
diEht "a the event sof the cat ataclysn
which they seem to fear 81 Imminent
Stories of tho spread of disatf fectios
8 the guard regime ents arel III every
bodyss mouth ma tho revo 1tionaries
continue to boast that tho kroppa Will
~ siongsr FIRE on the peopls
5 0atuyday morning newsboyn Wsre
opsnly aaKking Az sheets the
streets ntaining a account VI ri
lsked revolt at Tsarskos Sslo ana sry iglss
ing out the empsrors palace guard
has mutinied +,
Feunastton Il ths storlss. sss
According 81 TO liable inf formation
Tho onIy found tions lof these stor1ss
ls the arrest of the sold Herr IN thSs
guard at s'sarskce SSs rhIrsd1y Is;
Nsyerth elssss their excited state
ths people give ready sIencS t0
runners and ttlais Adds tos the enerall
The NJ a also flied with stcries 81
the alleged reyo1uti ion M the palaces|
friday - which Grand Duks Boris ie@
said 81 heys attsmp pteds the He Of tthesI
ennpsror rhese stories likewise aye
untrue, but they roYe that Tsyolu-s
ton In the pal 81 consi dared posi-
BE at any time.
8S This sitlation hal grestly inc creAseds
the SdanE gers ofs financial crash The
people even the commercials interests.
Are withdrawing their mon1ys from the
banks, converting ~ intc gold. hoard
Ing it or demand dina foreign 1xchanges
which thss state bank 4 iSsui ne upon
the foreig balances % tKe govern
lnent xchange % London FfidaY
Eo.seS tos 9. over Touble above thp:
normal
Associate PRESS hSs justE
harmed from q hill aut hort hat the.
situa tion IA thu pFoYipcA has
GroWnss sxceedi Eraye and that the
troops 81 ReyaI and nsi 4 hbfeorhood ares
atss open This he reaI;
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-08

II1 Profit On Potats Crop
rs farmer named smitl ltyinx near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
''APA ACHES" RULE PARIS
Desperate Thug Organization
in the Gay Capital.
TOO SPORTY FOR DAN
SHOOTING AND sTABBING ARE
CONGENIAL PASTIMES.
Principal Thoroughfares Unsafe After
Night and Murders Committed
in Broad Daylight.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS. September 8, 1905.
The Paris street tough has become a sin
lister and audacous street thug, and the
streets of Paris are less safe al night than
those of any western American town.
When I first came to the gay capital, fif-
teen years ago. the toughs' songs and mon
ologues of Arstides Bruant were SO new to
the Paris public that they made hit They
dealt with the then unknown under-life
70 the eccentric quarters the scarcely po-
Iced fortitications and the suburbs be-
yond them; and to the Paris!ans 1t was all
extraordinary and far off
Today the "vauriens have come to the
center of the capital. They are at home in
the heart of the old cite. beside the Ca
thedral of Notre Dame; not a day passes
without they distinguish themselves in the
Rue St Martin, the Faubourg Montmartre
and Newspaper Row The Boulevard
Sebastopol and the streets around the CEN
trail markets also witness their daily v.o-
lence; and only yesterday the Place de la
Bastille was the scene Of a veritabe pitched
battle between the ''rodeurs' and police
that surpasses anything heretofore dreamed
Of.
1t sounds like a tale from the Mexican
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as, for instance, in New York city milk
must be under 80 degrees Fahrenheit when
II enters. and If not. ii is now being dumped
INTO the gutter. AS perhaps, the creates,
harmless preservative of milk is cold lust
this one action has a great effect In pre-
venting deterioration OF the milk The
creameries and railroads are also being
regularly inspected Notwithstanding that
much Is being done il is still impossible 10
secure an absolutely pure milk supply for
the poor: and we have been compelled to
advise those not using certified milk to
purify it by heating or pasteurization
For the past four years large number Of
infants have been watched, one-half get
ting pure. unheated milk, and the other half
exactly similar milk heated. The result has
been very striking and greatly In favor Of
the heated milk. The children fed on heat
ed milk have fiourished. while among the
others, in spite of every care there have
been many deaths during the hot months.
1t is understood. of course that the
babies are not actually put raw milk
but simply certain proportion found taxi
Ing II are not changed from the raw milk
, TO the heated milk. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of the physicians looking after
these children that the care they received
was of as much Importance as the kind of
milk. This covers clean bottles, willingness
and ability to carry out directions as TO
methods of feeding, quantities furnished,
the stopping OF milk at the first signs of
serious diarrhea. the proper care of the
milk itself while in the house, and the
methods of steriliZlng; suitable clothing,
and cleanliness of the child, and as much
fresh air possible-most of the physicians
stating that, leaving out the worst store
milk, the good results were affected more
through the difference in the care OF the
child. During the cool weather the kind
of milk did not seem TO influence the NOR
tality to any great extent, but during the
hot weather when the resistance OF tho
child was lowered. the kind of milk taken:
whether raw or heated. did influence the
amount of illness, and the mortality. Those
who We're given condensed milk and store
milk did the worst. and those who received
breast milk. pure bottle milk, and pasteuf-
lied milk did the best. The effect of BAG
terial contamination was very marked,
when milk was taken without previous
heating, but unless the contamination was
very excessive, the heating sufficient
to make il fairly wholesome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16

through his pockets. He remembers clutch
ing at the handkerchief He remembers
that the rogue in front then pulled his
arms out straight with one hand; and then
he lost consciousness.
When he came to he was lying IN the
shadow of some bushes, with strained
neck. but not otherwise damaged. This
used to be considered the strong point OF
the coup de Pere Francois" It's original
inventor was mild and bookish person,
given to reading the Latin poets when not
working, in the days Of Louis Philippe He
is said to have had patriarchal white
beard and refined, gentle speech.
why risk the guiliotine?" he would
argue. why soil your consciences with
murder? No man can tell how he 10 going
TO feel with murder on his mind"
This argument would have no weight at
all with the impatient and bloodthirsty
young thugs of the presont-day Apache
from pure dlettanteism. The knife and
pistol are their ideal weapons. and they
really enjoy using them.
Parisians Remain Calm.
All this is new in France where there
were always criminals who would resort to
violence, II is true. but where ingenuity and
sickness were valued above brute direct
ness. That the Apaches are brutal trouble
hunters is seen by their interminabe fights
among themselves; while the Fats Divers
columns of the Paris daily papers testify
knife on passing citizens at night.
1t Is wonderful how the Parisians stand
1t. The police claim that the parquet-
public prosecutors office--sets the scamps
free as soon as they have been "rafed into
the central station by the drag-net methods
'on suspicion that might be the most ef-
fectfve If properly sustained: and the par
ouet answer on the side that the
prisons are full. and, on the other, that the
police bring them prisoners without evil
dence.
AS to the obtaining OF evidence Il Is rem
dered wonderfully difficult by the unfail-
Ing faithfulness of the Apaches for each
other-in the midst of their most desperate
battles and in spite of tempting money
bri5es. beef being the one objectionable
Apache crime. Furthermore, there is a
Matia-like "let the poor fellows alone sen
timent rife in all the under-populat'on of
the gay capital, A kind of proud-fesh-
growth of socialism which sets one class
against the other.
Men have been stabbed and robbed on
the Boulevard des Capucines in front OF
the Grand Opera; in the rue Royale be-
tween Maxims and the Madeline; and In
the Place de la Concorde, in the lights OF
the Automobile Club windows, II is not
this that sets Parisians talking about the
Apaches. What raises their interest is the
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Apaches' street. ghting-so much so that
there is not review (of Paris local hap
penings) In single cafe-chantant this
present summer that has not its Apache
street-battle in 1t for pcturesqueness,
Recently Montmartre celebrity called
ne PANTHER was released from the hos
pltal, only half cured of some ugly knife
wounds. concerning whose author he con-
slstently protested ignorance.
The "Panther's" lady-love-"Pale Berthe,
and sinister young scamp nicknamed
HIS Feet came for him In cab II is
the cabman who tells the story Shortly
after leaving the hospital they made His
Feet get out and took in his place one
Doumergue, surnamed The Viper" They
did not trust HIS Feet" Berthe testified
later-they feared lest he should direct
them to an ambush'-this In the big streets
of central Paris in broad daylight!
Whoever directed it, the cab continued
toward the invalids dwelling-place
"All at once" says the cabman. II saw
a man rush out from a doorway in the
avenue Gambetta. throw himself on the
cab step and plunge his arm three times
into the cab Each time saw a long and
bloody knife in his hand"
Then the unknown man fed 1t was done
so quickly that The Viper on the box be-
side the cabbie had time to draw and fire
on the retreating figure only when the dis
lance was too long to make the shot eff
fectlVe. STERLING HELLO.
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truly. 1t is lit up by the countless colored
lamps Of the open-air cafes-chantants; but
1t runs half its length through veritable
woods, and when the fairy lamps go out IT
is a lonesome spot.
My friend was walking home at j am
when two hard-looking citizens briskIy ap-
preached him.
One stopped and asked him: What time
Is tt?' while the other continued walking
on and so got behind the victim while the
questioner remained In front of him. The
Partisan backed and reached for his re-
volver: but at that moment a heavy silk
handkerchief was thrown over his head
from behind. The second thug had done it.
Immediately afterward he pivoted round
and bumped his back against the victim 5
Blackjack to back. Then, holding the two
ends of the handkerchief at the height OF
his two shoulders, the thug TRANQUILITY bent
himself forward
1t the coup de Pere Francois" The
handkerchief frightened on the Partisan s
neck and made his tongue stick out The
more the thug bent forward the more he
pulled my friend backwa rd-backwa on
the thugs back, sprawling there in a
BARRIERS chair, with his feet off the ground
and his arms tossing aimlessly-a quick
case of spinal curvature.
Reclining helplessly on the thugs back,
lifted bodily from the sidewalk, with all the
blood of his body throbbing in his Uranium.
he felt the other robber going calmly
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border. In the Rue de Ia Roquette some
twenty toughs were fighting together with
knives and pistols-two bands, one against
the other. Eight policemen. requisltioned
by the frightened shopkeepers, tried TO sep
arate them.
Then what always happens happened. The
thugs at once forgot their nternecine diff
ferences to make common cause against
the agents" and one explanation of their
insoIent daring is found in a really too hui
name police regulation While the toughs
use knives and pistols freely, the police may
draw their revovers and sword bayonets
only in the last extremity; and then they
often hesitate, fearing TO hear the next
morning of veritable howl set I'D in the
socialist newspapers and the extreme left
of the chamber of deDuties-enemies of all
authority.
So it happened that for a full hour the
Place de la Bastille, In central Paris. was
a bloody battle ground. on which the police
did the bleeding. From dozen tough bars
came reinforcements to the "Apaches," as
the toughs delight to call themselves, and
the name has stuck. They fight with
knuckle- busters, called american punches"
with black Jacks, loaded canes. sword canes
and revolvers. But their really favorite
weapon is the long, thin, sharp knife, called
the ''surn," which they hanole with rip
ping stroke.
Indeed, an American darkey stranded In
Paris, who saw the battle from the window