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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Coolest on Record in Gloucester.

Especial to the Daily Press.)
RICHMOND. VA. Feb. 3.-For the
first time in the history of Gloucester
the thermometer registered zero there
last night.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Cotton Growers Petition,
tHy Associated Press

WASHINGTON Feb, Sin the
Senate today Mr.. Clay presented a PEI
tition from the National Cotton Grow.
ers' Association for the. appropriation
Of a few million dollars for the exten-
sion OF the market for cotton goods:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Practice versus Preaching.

"You kin help de cause Of honesty a
heap" said Uncle Eben, ''by preachin'
about it. but you kin help 1t heap
mo- by not danglin' roas' chicken under
a hungry mans nose."---W ashington
Star. M l
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04

A man is not going to get crown Of
righteousness just because he gives
some poor fellow his old straw hat
along about November.-Chicago Trib-
me.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Salvation Army. !"

Specia! services we're held at the
Salvation Army headquarters last night
to welcome Lieut.. Alice Durham, who
vas recently assigned to duty here
with Captain Bennett.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Hangman's Day in GEORGIA.

SWA1NSBORO, GA, Feb. Bud
Hilburn, negro gambler ana despera-
4 who killed Abe Burden. a white Of
nicer, near Adrain, Jan. Z, last year, was
hanged here today.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Mr.. Murre!, Reanoojntnd

MIR. Benjamin Murrell has been IL.
formed by the civil service commits
sion OF his reappointmcnt as substi.
tute carrier Tor the Hampton post
Office
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04

Little Johnny-Papa says that hon
esty is the best policy.
Mamma--Well, What Of it, dear?
Little Johnny-Papa's a politician,
isn't he?
Mamma-Yes.
Little Johnny-Then how does he
know?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
Entertained at Euchre

The Euchre Club was delightfully."-
entertained last evening by Mr.. and
Mrs. f. I. a. Mason. in their home
across Hampton bridge. .s
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04

Some men find it easier to get drunk
than sober.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09

would have been easy of accomplish
ment.
He came out on the next street, di-
rectly opposite a station of the ele-
waited. Without reason, but follow
ing the instinct that had so often led
him to his quarry, he climbed the
stairs, passing on tip-toe the ticket
chopper doing in his warm booth. A
stylishly-dressed young man paced the
platform, waiting for train south.
Cold as it was, he carried his over
coat on his arm, swinging it carelessly.
Jim stood directly in the mans path,
at the head of the stairs, and waited
until the coat brushed against him.
Then giving it a quick twist with both
hands he tossed it lightly over the
rail.
The man gave q cry of astOnish-
ment, but of what avail? There were
none to hear He was alone on the
brilliantly-lighted platform. For In
one bound Jim was down the first
fight of stairs, and in another was on
the street Ten minutes later, after a
mile of quick and devious travelling,
he descended into foul-smelling
basement and handed the coat over to
"Mother Isaacs" for inspection. 1t
was a beautiful broadcloth, silk lined,
worth ten dollars, at least. But the
Jewess sneered in his face, and he
was glad to take the six silver dollars
she flung upon the counter. 1t was
little enough, but it would help. Three
dollars must go for rent, and two
more for coal and oil. He was deter
mined that Alice should he comfort
able. That left a dollar-hardly
enough for a chicken, much less tur-
key. And the trimmings? He thought
about it for some time There was
only one thing to do-swipe the tur-
key from a store.
Like all criminals Jim was supersti-
tious, and in the past few weeks he
had encountered many bad omens.
Caution was q part of his very fibre.
But he could not disappoint the little
girl. For Alice he must run the risk.
After an hours tramp he found the
place-a market store with a row of
hooks outside, on which hung n doz-
en- turkeys He came boldly up the
street, selected the last bird in the
row, and without n break in his gait
passed into the darkness, the bulky
burden thrust under his coat.
1t was n raw winters night.
The moon shone at intervals through
scurrying clouds. Enough snow had
fallen to whiten the streets. Jim
limped toward home, chuckling with
delight. In an alley he stopped to
wrap the bird in a sheet of paper,
begged for that purpose. II would di-
vert suspicion, for he had still to get
the trimmings; and these he pur-
chased at q small store close to the
house. Thus weighted, and with a
light heart, he climbed the stairs and
entered the dark room. Alice was
asleep, but when he had made light
he Weakened her. and with tugging
heart strings watched her shining
eyes as she inspected the supplies. at
Is a fine bird" he said glibly. al Sc
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09

on the West Side, in the very heart OF
the Polish quarter. During her ten
years of life Alice had never wavered
in absolute alteration Of her father,
and Jim returned her affection TO the
limit of his nature.
They say that criminals are born
not made. 1t is true saying, In Jim
case, at least. AS a boy he was in no
way abnormal, adhering in all re-
spects to the proud traditions OF his
stiff necked father, who owned broad
acres in Mississippi and ruled his hun
dreds of well-kept slaves with hrm
generosity. There was no mother. she
died during Jim's infancy. But at fif-
teen came a sudden passion for money.
His monthly allowance was too slen-
der for his expensive tastes. He must
have more. He thought about 1t night
and day. And then cropped out
strain Of low cunning that had shown
at intervals in his paternal ancestry
for generations uncounted. He formed
his plans deliberately, and one night
during his fathers absence he entered
the library. broke open the little iron
safe, and decamped with upwards OF
a thousand dollars in cash.
Ten years later Jim returned to the
plantation. Here he found strangers,
from the North, to whom his father
had sold the family home. To his
credit be it said that he wept over the
old mans grave, and again when the
County Judge turned over TO him. In
securities and cash, all his father s
property, for there was no will and
Jim was the only heir. He had left
home q boy; he returned man, eX-
perienced in the ways of the sea ana
In the paths of crime. But his SUD
denly-acquired wealth, his recollec-
tons of his father, and contact with
Old and forgiving friends, seemed to
wipe out the past He threw aside his
degenerate habits. He became q gen.
tleman, and took up his abode in the
city of New York.
It is a far cry from the plantation
TO Chicago, and the little room in the
Polish quarter. Thirty years lay be-
dalton. Very bitter were Jim's recol-
lections this December night, rs he
limped along State street beneath the
glare of the electric lights cycling
sharply every carriage waiting by the
curb. A raw wind blew in from the
lake. His hands were numb. His
whole body ached with the cold. His
game leg, which had been doctored
during his term in Sing Sing, was be-
ginning to bother him again. 1t had
a way of stiffening in the hip joint,
so that his toe dragged a little at
every step.
And as though the situation were
not sad enough already, fate threw
another burden on his shoulders. He
had made a promise to little Alice,
and 1t must be kept, regardless of
consequences or effort. She had slip
ped into his bed early that morning
tomorrow win beT
mot Sunday, surely" he replied.
He could attach no special Importance
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
MaSSachuse It's MiVinersWarnet

The crusade against the killing OF
song birds for millinery purposes has
been waged for years, yet the vanity
OF women In this matter Of personal
adornment has proven invulnera bic
against diatribes Of reformers, ridicule
Of men, and the pleadings of the hui
manitarian. Each fall the hats Of the
feminine sex have been adorned by
the plumage Of some of our most
beautiful songsters. In Massachu-
sets. moral suasion having failed.
the legislature has enacted a law pro-
viding penalty for "the use Of plum
age Of song or insectivorous birds in
the making of picture hats or other
head adornments Of women" Notice
has been sent to the milliners Of Bos-
ton and throughout the common
wealth by the State Game Commits
sion. 1t Is announced that the State
laws covering possession or wearing
for purpose of dress or Establishment
the body, skin, feathers, or parts
thereof Of insectivorous and wild
birds whether taken in this common
wealth or elsewhere, will be vigorous
ly enforced. Persons having prohibit
ed birds and feathers I'm their possess
sion, whether wearers or dealers, are
liable to arrest"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
NOLAN rs IdOII1Y. BAD.

1t was not Jim Wilson's fault that
he was born with a game leg. But
1t was Jim's fault that the game leg
proved his undoing. Reared in all the
luxury OF southern affluence before
the war, he had squandered first his in
heritance, then competence earned
by shrewd speculation, and, finally, a
snug ten thousand dollars wrdng
from it's rightful owners by a series
of tricks that form in themselves a
story of human perversity, but are
without Importance in this account.
These tricks were the third degree in
his career, however, for they landed
him behind the bars; and when "Lim-
py" Wilson returned to his old haunts
he fell to the lowest plane. He de-
yeloped into a first-class sneak thief,
expert in 'lifting" costly wraps anu
furs from unoccupied carriage from
theatre boxes and hotel parlOrs. How
he accomplished these slick abstrac-
tons was more than the average in
dividual could understand. 1t was his
beautiful assurance, his unobtrusive
approach and departure, his suavity
and grace that made him for a time
the foremost exponent of his art. But
he went down hill steadily, and when
New York became too hot, Chicago,
wealthy and wide open, welcomed him
TO the ranks of the pickpocket and
the purse snatcher.
Jim had two passions: first, his IN
controllable mania for theft; second.
and dominating much of his life, 1T
lie Alice, daughter by his second w f.
who kept for him the tiny aparim nj
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09

to any day in the week but Sunday,
the Lake Shore.
"Why no, Papa, it's the 9th day of
December-my birthday. Don't you
remember
She wanted turkey dinner, and be-
fore he left the house she had planned
n royal spread, with cranberries, and
celery. mashed potatoes and gravy,
and pie for dessert. Old MRS. Jams
chowski. the Polish widow, of whom
they rented their two little rooms, had
offered to prepare the dinn1r on her
big stove. All jim had To do was to
bring home the turkey and the t inn
mings. He promised soil mnly
though he had not cent in his peck
cts. And Alice had Rugged him in de-
est bestest papa"
Jim stopped at corner and looked
up and down the street wondering
how he might raise the price Of that
turkey. a soft-footed policeman ap-
preached. An oaken night stick prod
ded him in the back. "Alove on. Get
to cover" said gruff voice. He
started in sudden fear and slouched
into the darkness of a nearby alley. 1t
was the same old story. For weeks
luck had been against him. 1t seemed
as though the whole police force of
that great city had suddenly opened
its eyes to his existence. Wherever
he went there appeared the brass but
tons, the badge the club. 1t was get
ting on his nerves, and he feared to
attempt schemes that a few years ago
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
The National Anthem.

Army regulations have been amend
ed so as to prescribe honor for the
United States colors as follows:
whenever 'The Star Spangled
Banner" is played by the band on a
formal occasion at military station,
or at any place where persons belong
Ing to the military service are present
in their official capacity, all officers
and enlisted men present will stand
at attention, and If not in ranks will
render the prescribed salute, the posi-
ton of the salute being con-
tinued until the last note of The Star
Spangled Banner The same respect
will be OBSERVED toward the national
air Of any other country when it Is
played as a compliment to official rep
resentatives of such country. When
ever The Star Spangled Banner is
played as contemplated by this para
graph, the air will be played through
once without the repetition of any
part, except such repetition as is
called for by the musical score.
Sat every military post or station
the flag will be hoisted at the sound
ing Of the first note of the reveille, or
of the first note of the march, If a
march be played before the reveille.
The flag Will be lowered at the sound
ing of the last note of the retreat, and
while the flag is being lowered the
band will play The Star Spangled
Banner or, if there be no band pres
ent, the field music will sound TO
the Color When TO the Color is
sounded by the field music while the
flag is being lowered the same respect
will be observed as when The Star
Spangled Banner is played by the
band. The national flag shall be dis
played at a sea coast or lake fort at the
commencement Of an action and dur
ing a battle in which the fort may be
engaged, whether by day or at night"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
A medical note states that a negro II

A medical note states that a negro In
hospital, on the promise Of free
treatment and attendance, readily sub
mitted to the application Of a new
anaesthetic which a local physician
had discovered. The negro died in
about minute before the operation
began, which was then discontinued.
After consultation, the physicians in
attendance unanimously agreed that
the patient would have died under the
influence Of any other anaesthetic,
to say nothing Of the cutting up; all Of
which would doubtless be comfort to
the victim IL the news could be con-
veyed to him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
We Are The Greatest Letter
Write re.

The United States sent out in 1904,
four thousand one hundred and nine
million letters. about as many as all
from Great Britain and Germany com.
bined. France sent S44 million and
no other country reached 500 million.
The Germans lead in postal cards
1,161 millions against ITO millions for
the United States.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09

Mrs. Samuel Smartwood who died
In Pennsylvania recently, at the age
Of AZ, was the mother of twenty-five
children. She married at IA. and her
first child was born soon after she
was Is. There were but two sets Of
twins.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09

Hirobumi Ito is called the Grand
Old Man Of Japan. He is described as
being to Japan what Peter the Great
was to Russia. In the diplomatic his
tory of Japan he is what Richelieu was
to the France of Louis XIII.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
WOMAN IN POLITICS.
RECENT FIGHT AGAINST BOSSES
DEVELOPS HER As A
STRONG FACTOR.
Campaign of Good Government Calls
Out Enthusiastic Aid of Feminine
Sex


Out Enthusiastic Aid of Feminine
Sex.
"The man can do it but will not;
the woman would do it but may not
We are bound hand and foot, but for
tunately our tongues are not ted"
said Mrs. q. A. Knollenberg, of Rich
mond, Indiana. A bitter fight was on
for the election of Mayor of that city.
The present incumbent, whose private
and public life is obnoxious to the
better element Of the town, was up for
reelection. For eight years the poll
teal machine had backed the Mayor,
a mere tool in the hands of unscrupu-
lOus leaders. The forces of good gov
eminent seemed on the very verge of
defeat, when the women arose in their
might, twelve hundred strong, demand
ing that their little city be controlled
by men of clean character-that good
instead Of evil, honesty instead of
graft, decency instead of indecency,
be the watchwords.
They held a great mass meeting and
made stirring speeches. 1t was not
question Of politics; it was the moral
sentiment Of the community speaking
through its wives and mothers. And
it was effective. The Mayor went
down to defeat. Said leading paper:
"The women of Richmond made the
result possible. The tide began to
turn when the women met and in be-
half of womanhood and the sanctty
of the home protested against the con-
tinuance of the present regime. 1t
was not until then that the real i'm
port Of the fight was felt"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
In Craft-Rldden Philadelphia.

But the women Of Philadelphia were
equally active. Their aid was solicit
ed by the city party in the great work
of reform, to secure for the citizens
an honest, decent administration, and
a physically clean city. And right
well they did their work. In nearly
every one of the forty-two wards
they assembled in enthusiastic crowds,
and listened to addresses from promi-
nent women speakers, including Mrs.
Rudolf Blankenburg, Mrs. Owen Wis
ter (wife of the author of "The Vir-
ginian"o, and Miss Jennings, sister in
law Of Mayor Weaver. In the Toledo
Morning Times appeared the following
trenchant comment on this feature
of the Quaker City campaigns:
In quiet, staid, precedent-loving Philadel-
phia, the women are in politics up to their
elbows.
They are so aroused in the battle against
are willing to stand shoulder to shoulder
with the men and fight.
Precedent may go hang!
come out of their moss-grown Sheltered
life, and put their shoulders to the wheel
In In 90, aiding the ace9mplishment of the
been made apparent In their city
1t required nerve for the first woman to
act. Formerly people didn't admire nerve
The old manner Of sitting back and wait.
| Ing to be protected is gradually disap-
| pearing-possibly because there were not
enough protectors to go around; possibly
| because they didn't want the job.
In every city halt has been called on
| the ancient way wherein the woman's mead
| grew frantic over its dull routine, her brain
rusted from disuse, and her mentality
| shrunk from the compression of the "shel-
tered life
Now, she breathes comparatively un
| trammeled. the atmosphere of the whole
world, and rejoices in the use of all that
leaped the barrier, and She is, first OF ali
human, with humanity's interests at
| heart.
The women may prove q power for good
| In graft-ridden Philadelphia
Whether or not this activity of wo-
man in municipal affairs Is welcomed
| the practical efficiency of her efforts
in the recent fight against the bosses
cannot be denied.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09

Prentice said the poetry which a
handsome girl appreciates best Is writ
ten with a moustache on her lips
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-12-09
Hot Stuff in New York.

Not only in this Indiana town, but
in larger centers, the women were ac-
tive in the campaigns. In New York
their earnest work on behalf Of Je-
rome, reform candidate for reelection
as District Attorney, has called out
the admiration Of even that opponent
of woman's activity in municipal af-
fairs, the Boston Herald, which says
editorially:
Bless the women! How they are work.
ing, for Jerome and against the bosses,
with their automobiles following up pub
lie meetings and street parades distribut-
ing bushels of Jerome literature their
armies of picked newsboys dealing out
hot stuff at the subway and elevated sta
tfons during the rush hours their night
professions of autos with. stereopticons
throwing upon big sheets the split ticket
to teach the masses how to use 1t; their
volunteer bands of watchers upon lodging
houses and tenements to prevent the col
onization. of fioaters! Bless the women
municipal leaguers and clubbers and sweet
Rainy Daisies! They are givin~ the men
folks very practical lessons in election
cering, and demonstrating their capacity
and genius for systematic and effective
political work which must rejoice Justice
Brewer and confound Grover Cleveland.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-12
UNITED CHURCHES
BAR UNITARlANS
National Federation Declines to
Admit Hale, Long and Ell
.:gz5i- 4#s
.-"+ lot, Delegates.
Journal Special Service.


New York, Oct. 12.-The National
Federation Of Churches, which is plan
ming to hold series Of meetings next
month. ran afoul of the Unitarian de-
nomination. About six hundred official
delegates and alternates are expected,
representing about eighteen thousand
church members. Among the delegates
elected were the Rev. DR.. Edward Ev.
erett Hale, chaplain Of the United
States senate; John D. Long, ex-secre--
tary Of the navy, and Rev. DR.. Samuel
A. Eliot, president of the American
Unitarian association and the son Of
President Eliot of Harvard.
The committee in charge. of the state
ment declined to- admit these three del
egates, and this brought the difference
Ito an acute stage, and set the Unitarian
leaders TO SAYING things to relieve. their
minds. Rev. DIR. Thomas Slicer Of All
Souls church, spoke for the Unitarians.
He said: :, =,
"We do not take exception to. what
has been done, but it comes out in sin
gular contrast to tho action of the New
York state conference on religion
which admits to it's platform Jew as
we'll as Gentle, which is representative
of a real federation. It seems hardly
worth while to federate and have the
attempt take on the aspect OF a fake.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-12
BOILER ACCIDENT
ON NAVAL VESSEL
Two Men Seriously Scalded in
Fire Room Of Torpedo-boat
Stockton.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 12.-Michael Mar
ra,s chief watertender, and Patrick
Saulsberry, second-class fireman on the
United States torpedoboat Stockton,
are, at the Norfolk naval hospital, Sc
riously scalded as the result Of an acci-
dent on the Stockton while that vessel
was out on a. fve-days' cruise.
The two men were in the freroom
when tube blew out and a draft from
the dry steam which enveloped them,
and burned by the fire from the boiler,
which was forced out from below Mar.
ra's condition is the most serious, and
there are fears that he cannot survive
The Stockton was but little injured
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-12
BEEF TRUST FACES
CONSPIRACY TRIALS

! Chicago, Oct. 12.-Judge Humphrey,
in the beef-trust case, has reserved de-
cision on arguments made yesterday.
Judge Humphrey foreshadowed his de-
cision by intimating that the counts
charging conspiracy will stand, but that
possibly the one charging monopoly
may not be sustained.
+ The court said that the counts meant
the same thing, the monopoly counts
being superfuous.
The odd-numbered indictments, which
may be considered sufficient by the
court, charge conspiracy among the de-
IN ennts c6arga
oily. The first count in the Indictment
is not to be considered in the decision
of Judge Humphrey. To this count the
packers are to plead not guilty and GO
TO trial immediately. = = =