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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15

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 Jlms
case, at least AS boy he was in no
way abnormal, adhering in all re-
spects to the proud traditions of his
stiff-neelled father. who owned broad
acres in Mississippi and ruled his hum
dreds of well-kept slaves with firm
generosity. There was no mother. She
died during Jim's infancy. But at fif-
teen came sudden passion for money.
His monthly allowance was too slen-
der for his expensive tastes, He must
have more. He thought about it night
and day. And then cropped out a
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
Imitation. Here he found strangers,
Um the North, to whom his father
had sold the family home. To his
4credit be 1t said that he wept over the
bid mans grave, and again when the
County Judge turned over to him, In
securities and cash, all his father
property, for there was no will and
Jim was the only heir. He had left
home a boy; he returned a man, eX-
perienced in the ways Of the sea and
in the paths of crime. But his sud
denly-acquired wealth, his recollec-
tiOns of his father, and contact with
old and forgiving friends, seemed to
wipe out the past He threw aside his
degenerate habits. He became gen.
tleman, and took up his abode In the
city Of New York.
1t is q far cry from the plantation
to Chicago, and the little room in the
Polish quarter Thirty years lay be-
tween-three decades of steady degra.
dalton. Very bitter were Jim's recol-
lections this December night. as 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.
INNING to bother him again, 1t had
way of stiffening in the hip joint
that his toe dragged little at
Iery step.
md as though the situation were
sad enough already, fate threw
y,her burden on his shoulders. He
ID made promise to little Alice
"a it must be kept, regardless OF
consequences or effort. She had slip
ped into his bed early that morning
and cudded down beside him. spa
pa" she said, do you know what day
tomorrow win beT"
mot Sunday, surely" he replied
He could attach no special Importance
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to any day in the week but Sunday,
when they always went for a walk on
the Lake Shore.
"Why no, Papa, it's the 9th day of
December-my birthday. Don't you
remember
She wanted a turkey dinner, and be-
fore he left the house she had planned
royal spread, with cranberries, and
celery, mashed potatoes and gravy,
and a pie for dessert. Old Mrs. JAMS
chowski, the Polish widow, of whom
they rented their two little rooms, had
offered to prepare the dinner on her
big stove. All Jim had to do was to
bring home the turkey and the trim
mings. He promised solemnly,
though he had not cent in his pock-
cts. And Alice had Rugged him in de-
light, saying, "You are my very dear
est bestest papa"
Jim stopped at a 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. "Move on. Get
to cover" said gruff voice. He
started in sudden fear and slouched
into the darkness of a nearby alley. II
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
| it's 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 few years age
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15
A medical note states that a negro

a hospital on the promise of free
treatment and attendance, readily sub
mitted to the application of new
anaesthetic which a local physician
had discovered. The negro died In
about a minute before the operation
began, which was then discontinued.
After a 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 a comfort to
the victim If the news could be CON
yeyed to him.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15
We Arc the Greatest Letter
Writer'S.

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,
l,161 millions against ITO millions for
the United States.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15

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.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15

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.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15

Prentice said the poetry which a
handsome girl appreciates best is writ
ten with moustache on her lips.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15
WOMAN IN POLITICS.
RECENT NIGHT AGAINST BOSSES
DEVELOPS HER As
: STRONG FACTOR.
Campaign of Good Government Calls
Out Enthusiastic Aid of Feminine

Campaign of Good Government Calls
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 tied"
said Mrs. G.. 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 indeceney
be the watchwords.
They held great mass meeting and
made stirring speeches. 1t was not q
question of politics; it was the mora
sentiment of the community speaking
through its wives and mothers. And
1t was effective. The Mayor wen
down to defeat. Said a leading paper
"The women Of Richmond made the
result possible. The tide began Il
turn when the women met and in be
half of womanhood and the sanetity
of the home protested against the con
tinuance of the present regime. L
was not until then that the real i'm
port of the fight was felt"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-12-15
Hot Stuffin New York.

Not only in this Indiana town, but
in larger centers, the women were &C.
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
tions during the rush hours; their night
professions Of autos with stereoptieons
throwing upon big sheets the split ticket
to teach the masses how to use it.: their
volunteer bands of watchers upon lodging
houses and tenements to prevent the col
onizatlon Of floaters! Bless the women
municipal leaguers and clubbers and sweet
Rainy Daisies! They are giyin~ the men
folks very practical lessons in election.
cering, and demonstrating their capacity
and genius for systematic aud effective
political work which must rejoice Justice
Brewer and confound Grover Cleveland
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30

ers, attacking the face Of the entire indict-
ment as far as defects and insufficient allie
cations were concerned. The defendants
were ordered by the court to plead next
Thursday morning, the pleadings TO be
taken up in argument before Judge
Humphrey by the following Monday; in the
meantime the bill of exceptions will be pre-
pared by the defendants to the ruling made
by Judge Humphrey today. Exceptions
were taken by all Of the defendants to the
courts ruling on every count in the plea.
This was for the purposes of appeal after
the trial.
One of the points in the pleading which
attracted considerable attention and which
the court declared had given him some diff
iculty was in regard to the right of Judge
s. II. Bethea to receive the return of The
indictment. It was argued by the defense
that he was sitting in the eastern division
of the Northern district of Illinois and re
ceived an indictment voted i'm the north
ern division of the Northern district OF Hi
nois The district attorney declared that II
the law of March 3, 1905, which created :hs
position was construed with his contentious
there was no court and there was no judge
and there was no return of the indictment
The court surprised almost everyone In
court when he read from President Roose'
yelts message in the Congressional Record
Of last November, in which 1t is declared
that Judge Betht was appointed as sue
cessor to Judge c. c. Kohlsaat, promoted
from the district court to the circuit court.
This promotion gave Judge Bethea the right
10 accept the return of an indictment voted
In the old district.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
ORDERS PACKERS TO PLEAD
Chicago Judge 0vsrruleu Plea of Abate-
ment to Federal Indictments
PASSES ON QUESTION IN BRoADEsT SENSE
Surprises Lawyers by Quoting from
Message of President Roosevelt,
Showing Qualification of
a Federal Judge

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Federal Judge Otis
J.. Humphrey today sustained the de-
murrer filed by United States District At
torney Morrison to the plea in abatement
made by packers seeking to have indict-
ments for alleged restraint of trade de-
clared void.
Judge Humphrey said he made his de-
cision on broad grounds, without taking
into consideration technicalities which the
government advanced against the plea in
abatement.
After the decision had been given the de-
Tending attorneys tried to amend the fourth
plea by the insertion of the word for"
This met with resistance from the district
attorney, but the court promised that II the
law was clear on the point he would allow
It. The government is said to fear trick
in the insertion Of the one word. The dis
trict attorney moved that the defendants
that demurrer is to be filed by the pack
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30

1898 or the first part of 1894 His firm had
had dealings with the society for a quarter
of century prior to that time.
The question OF the propriety Of the firm
OF Kuhn, Loeb 6 Co., dealing with the
Equitable society occurred to him and he
took counsel on the matter and was ad-
vised that there was nothing to prevent
his firm from properly maintaining such
relations. He was a director OF the society
four or i've years before he became a
member OF any committee OF It. Then he
was made a member of the finance COM
mittee.
Mr.. Schiff stated that the position of
director in large corporations in New
York, and he presumed elsewhere, was a
neglible quantity. II any executive Of
fcer wished to conceal anything from the
directors he could easily do It and the
director under prevailing conditions is
powerless TO prevent any irregularity.
Mr.. Schiff testified that the Equitable was
In the hands OF the executive officers and
he had no way OF knowing more than
these executive officers chose to tell him.
Refused Place on Committee.
He refused an election to the executive
committee because OF the relations OF his
firm to the society. This the witness said
was because he thought It would be i'm
proper for him a member OF the exc
cutive committee to pass upon any deal
tngs his firm might have with the society.
Up to a recent time, Mr. Schiff was
qualified as a director by shares trans
ferrod by Mr.. Hyde. Mr.. sohiff received
no beneficial results from them. They were
retransferred to the trustees under the
Ryan purchase. Mr.. schiff said that prior
70 last February he was not a policy
holder in the Equitable. and was not In
any different position from many Other
directors and held his position at the
request OF Mr.. Hyde. He was asked e
become a member OF the finance committee
30 that he could give his judgment on tn,
securities the society purchased. The
question Of proprity did not occur 10 hin
on this point because the finance commit
tee does not decide the actual purchase
but merely advises the sale by purchase o.
securities. The value OF his advice IL
this regard, witness said. was the sam,
as a Judge OF a higher court because o.
his experience. His position was not on,
Of much Importance. he stated becaus,
he could not insist that his judgment b,
followed. He could not say 1t was
surprise to him to md that his position
as a member OF the finance committe,
was perfunctory.
Mr. schin said that there was PRACTICAL,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
WhnIen scnrce in Nnr,h

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ga report has
been received that the whaling bark Gay
head was in Boring sea on August l, with
two right whales and us barrels of sperm
OIL Whales were reported at that time
received from the Alice Knowles or the
other whalers following in the path of the
Gayheau "
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
DIED.

MADOERlN-Sophia, wife of John Ma
doerin, Thursday, September 2S 1905, aged
20 years, 10 months and q days.
,Funeral services Sunday afternoon at 2
O'Clock from residence, 35O6 Valley street
lnterment, Laurel Hill cemetery,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
FriEhtfuI Los. of Life

results from throat and lung diseases. DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption is
sure cure 5Oc and &1.O0. For sale by
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
University of PennsyIvania One

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29.-The college
year Of the University of Pennsylvania
opened today in all departments The reg
istration lists indicate that Pennsylvania
Will have the largest incoming class In
Its history, and that the enrolment will
number nearly 1000 students
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
director is 81, 100000 greater than the price

director is s1.6OO,OOO greater than the price
paid for them
In five years, he said, his firm had sold
$42 100000 worth Of securities to the Mutual
Life Insurance company and $3O,O0O,O0O to
the New York Life Insurance company: He
asked IL this looked like undue influence
with the Equitable. He added that he
had never asked any favors as director
of the Equitable, but had granted many.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-30
FORM POOL FOR LOBBYING
Equitable, New York Life and Mutual
Combine to Watch Liquidation.
JACOB H. ScHIFF CAUSES SENSATION
Banker Says Record of Equitable
Board IL False and that
Directors Are Mere
Figureheads.

Continued from First Page.)
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22
ALL ODD FELLOWS.

There must be a great lot of men,
bers of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows down in Forest Dale, if the
seal of the corporation is an ind'ca-
ton of the sentiment prevailing. W.
A. Carbis, who is a past grand master,
md county treasurer, received COM
munication from the town clerk
Thursday, and upon completing its
reading was astounded to find at the
bottom what at first looked to be the
seal of subordinate lodge, but on
close examination proved to be the
corporate seal. The design consists
Of the regulation three links, a pair
of hands elasped in a grip and the
celebrated "oak" so familiar to en-
campment members. Although no one
has suspected that the tenets of the
fraternity had taken very deep root
among the people down there, it is
manifest that the order has plenty of
friends in Forest Dale, and it is pre-
sumed that Grand Master Walker WI
look to the establishing of a lodge in
that vicinity at once.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22
r r IL T II.

Frank j. Cannon, editor of the Tri- |
bune.
At the time of the alleged offense,
he was brigadier general of the Titan
National Guard and had been adjutant
general of Utah. During the Spanish
American war he was lieutenant-colo-
mel of Torreys Rough Riders, and was
engaged for some time in fighting
MOSQUITOES at Jacksonville, the regi-
ment never getting into active SER
vice.
The offense which caused his arrest
was the alleged forgery of the name
of former Governor Heber M. Wells
to warrants issued by the st. Louis
exposition commission of Utah. Can
non being it's secretary. An investiga-
ton was held by the legislature last
winter and the crime exposed. Can
non fed the country.
The reasons why the item was sup
pressed are not numerous, but pow
erful. Ex-senator Frank j. Cannon
and State Senator Simon Bamberger
have been moving every influence at
their command since the arrest to
have the matter suppressed. Mr..
Bamberger attended to the Herald and
Furious J. to the Tribune and the
Telegram. The News kept the mat
ter quiet because Cannon had form
erly been editor of that paper and for
other reasons which will be apparent
Pressure has been brought to bear
upon the county attorneys office to
have the matter dropped, but the Off.
GERS charged with the duty of prose
cutting criminals have not yielded to
it.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Well well, well! 1t does beat all
how great minds will run in the same
channels. Thursday mornings Tri-
bune, on it's ninth page, had a lurid
story about "The Latest by Tele-
phone" Said story commenced as
follows:
"'Say, Central, we want to go in
next door and play bridge. or course,
we can't take Bill along; he's too lit
tie. So he's asleep in his go-cart un-
der the phone here. We've put the
receiver in the buggy so when he
wakes up and yells, as he will, just
call us, please This was the unusual
request made to hello girl at the In
dependent Telephone Exchange last
night"
We direct attention to the last
night" portion of that yarn.
The balance of this strange nara
tive is told in the following succinct
and pleasing fashion:
"Mr. and Mrs. u. wished to spend a
pleasant hour or two at bridge with
Mr.. and Mrs. X, next door, but they
did not wish to take Willie H., Jr.
with them. There is no question that
young H. would not have appreciated
bridge, he having not yet celebrated
his first birthday. So it was decided
to leave him at home.
asleep in his go-cart, Mrs. u
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22

wheeled the baby under the tele-
phone; then 'phoning to central, made
the request stated. And yet some
people think the central stunt is a
snap. Likewise, they wonder why
their children are bad when they grow
up"
Doubtless the city editor of the Tri-
bune thought the young man who
turned in that stuff had good story.
But let us see. Last night meant
Wednesday night to the Tribune con-
tanning the article. Now the fremont
Times is a weekly paper printed at
Tremonton, State of Utah, and pub
lished on Tuesday On page four OF
the fremont Times of Tuesday, July
10, may be found the following:
Hello, Central. Will you please
call me at No. S57697? / am going
over there for a short time, and / am
leaving the baby asleep here at home.
[ have wheeled the buggy up to just
under the telephone and I shall leave
the receiver eff the hook, and won't
you please listen, Central, and tell me
when the baby wakes?'
This was the latest request re.
ported as coming to the central office.
The poor, abused central OF whom
the request was made lacked the abil
ity to see the humor in the situation
and Indignantly called her superior tC
; 1sk If she must add to her other du
ties that of nurse girl. She was told
that she need not, and conveyed 6
! polite refusal to the patron, only to
learn that she was denounced as a dis
) ,bliging creature"
Now just to show the Tribune thai
we have no hard feelings against it
we will state that both it and the
fremont Times stole the story, al
| though the Times has the advantage
, IN having stolen it first. The origi
: nal first appeared in New York pa
| per; was afterward copied in a Chi
= cago journal and by that means go
S tut west, where the country edito
land the city fake writer discovered il
n Thus perisheth another Tribun
!. SCOOP"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22
JOHN @. CANNON ARRESTED.

John Q. Cannon has been arrested
in Canada, and, as soon as eXtradition
papers can be secured from the secre-
tary of state at Washington, the inten-
ton is that he will be brought back to
Utah for trial on the charge of forgery
and ENLIGHTENMENT. The complaint
upon which he was arrested was forg-
cry, which is an eXtraditable offense.
John Q. was arrested at Lethbridge,
a town in the Province of Alberta,
Canada, few miles north of the Mon
tana line. The arrest was made last
Monday, but the city papers have re-
Trained from giving publicity to the
story, although the Ogden State Jour
nal played the matter up with a scare
head, the press service of which it is
a member, having apparently scoop
ed the Associated on the story. John
Q. Cannon is a brother of ex-senator
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22

the regular ticket, and that everybody
in the good coal establishment did the
same. This Is very unkind, because
Johns burden Is already a heavy one
and almost all ne can carry.
Councilman Martin was seen going
home a few nights ago with bundle
of wire, and it wasn't insulated, either.
Look out for some political doings
down in the First precinct.
~ ~
If Frank Hines doesn't change the
hours for sprinkling so that the south
and west side fellows can have an
equal show with the denizens of Brig
ham street, there will be something
doing when his case comes up again.
~ ~
There is considerable talk among
the younger element of the Republi-
can party in favor of Lester Freed for
mayor. Lester would be daisy can
didate. He is young but not too
young, popular with all, and has very
winning way about him. If Lester
should be nominated the fellow op-
posing him would have to go some to
keep in sight, for with "Your Credit
is Good" as a slogan the boys behind
Lester would make some one hard to
catch.
~ ~
Carl Schmidt, the popular member
of the Greenewald Furniture company
is being spoken of freely as a candi
date for the city council. Carl is 6
bright young man, with a host O.
friends and would give any opponent:
Jacket busting.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22

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