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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-26
PRAYED TOGETHER
FOR HER Death,
Minister and Wife Ask The Lord TO
Take Her Away.
HIS ILLICIT Love MAKING.

Elyria, O.. Jan. "a. The courts
are bringing forth some startling
disclosures in the Wannamaker
divorce proceedings.
Mrs. Wannamaker, wife of the
Rev. II. 5. Wannamaker. former
pastor of the Second Congrega-
tional church, in her testimony
before Judge WaShburn in con-
nection with her application for
divorce. and that she and her hus-
band had prayed together for
months that she might die.
She said that it was at her hus-
bands suggestion that together
they prayed for her death as a
means of ending her misery when
she discovered that her husband
loved Mrs. Fulton, organist in his
church.
She testified that she and her
husband had kept this up for sew
eral months, but that she finally
became weary of seeking her own
death through prayer and decided
to seek a divorce.
Mrs. Wannamaker declared that
her husband on Bonded knees had.
confessed to her his love for Mrs.
Fulton and that Mrs. Fulton had
admitted to her that she loved the
Mrs. Wannamaker stat.
ed her husband had been cruel to
her as well as untrue and that now
she desired a divorce as greatly as.
her husband wished freedom from
her.
Clara Wannamaker. one Of their
children testified she carried love
notes from her father to Mrs.
Fulton, VINO was her music teach
er, and she brought notes from
Mrs. Fulton to her father.
A daughter of Mrs. Fulton was
a witness against her mother.
The youngest child, Cleona, too
young toread. found a note in her
mothers room, all torn TO pieces.
An Older daughter pieced it to-
gether. 1t was introduced in court.
with her evidence. 1t began,
MY own darling Harry " and
concluded, Your own loving
Mamie. "
The notes was identified as be-.
ing written, since the separation
of Mr.. Wannamaker and his wife,
by Mrs. Fulton to Wannamaker.
Mrs. Wannamaker came here
Wednesday and is the guest of II.
NJ. Leyagood. She was the chief
witness at the divorce hearing to-
day, and her statements were cor
roborated by g members of her
family, her daughter, Clara, Civ
ing the most startling testimony.
Mrs. Wannamaker declared that
the newspaper reports of the
family's trials we're accurate.
Judge Washburn reserved his de-
cision in The case until Saturday
morning.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-26

The Finch Club met Tuesday
evening with the Misses In.
Mullin. where a most pleasant
evening and very delightful re-
freshments were enjoyed. The.
guests of the club were: Misses
Clara Buckland, Edith Rush.
Beulah Slentz, Daisy Allison and
Myrtle Shafer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-26

The local travelling mems as
ISOLATION. Of Salina, have pledged
themselves to raise $4,000 for the
building of a convention hall at
that city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-26
Card Of Thanks.

We desire to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
acts of sympathy and kindness in
our recent bereavement.
W. Fl. Van PeIt
and family.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-01-26

Washingtn. D. c., Jan. 25.-
Only seventeen members we're in
the house this morning at II
O'Clock when the proceedings CON-
menced.
Mr.. Lloyd made statement
explanatory Of the absence of thir-
teen democratic members yester-
day when the statehood bill was
voted upon. He vigorously denied
that any of them had been pull
ed off, or subjected to any cor
rupt influence.
The house then, as a committee
of the whole, resumed cOnsidera-
tion of the statehood bill, prepar-
tatory to a vote to be taken at
three O'Clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Kahn, q republican insurg-
ent, of California, spoke in op-
position to the admission of New
Mexico and ArizOn as one state.
Latest, SHOP. m.-The Hamil-
tonstathood bill passed the house
by a vote of 1914 to $50.
The vote was announced amid
applause. Three insurgents came
into the statwart camD-FulkersOn
of Missouri, Gronna of North
Dakota, and Stevenson of Pen
nsylyania. Three insurgents
Brooks Of Colorado, McLachIan
of California and Slemp of
Virginis-did not vote.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
GRANGE LEGISLATION.
National Grange Committee Inter-
views the President.

National Grange Committee Inter-
views the President.
The legislative committee Of the ma
tional grange consists Of Ex-Governor
N. +. Bachelor, master of the national
grange; Hon. e. B. Norris, master of
the New York state grange, and Aaron
Jones. master of the Indiana state
grange. The committee met some
weeks ago in Washington. President
Roosevelt gave them a private confer
ence on some matters of pending legis-
Iation He very emphatically express
cd his opinion as opposed to any modi-
ficatlon Of the present oleomargarine
law and believes parcels post system
will be established.
The committee also called on the in
terstate commerce commission and be-
fore them reaffirmed the position Of
the grange on what Is termed rate leg
islation and stated that the organiza-
ton, as body, stood ready to exert
its influence in favor of giving the
commission power to regulate trans
portation rates and prevent unjust dis
elimination in transportation charges
and rebates.
On Feb the grange was represent
ed at a hearing before the ways and
means committee upon the bill to re-
move the internal revenue tax upon
alcohol, rendered unfit for beverage,
for use In the industries National Mas
ter Bachelor presented an able argu-
ment for the proposition, as did
Michigan state grange representative
and others.
The committee interviewed the chair
man Of the committee on agriculture
and other influential members Of con-
gress upon pending legislation to pro-
vide national aid for highways. 1t
Informed the congressman that the
principles of the bill known as the Cur
rier good roads bill were Endorsed by
the grange, but the committee does not
anticipate the enactment Of this law at
the present session.
Postmaster General Cortelyou in
formed the grange committee that he
had under consideration the advisable
lty of the experimental adoption of the
parcels post system in certain sections
Of the country, a method pursued when
rural free mail delivery was establish
ed and the committee informed the
postmaster general that this would be
entirely satisfactory.
The committee on agriculture was al
SO interviewed relative to reducing the
tax on colored oleomargarine from 10
to 2 cents per pound. but there seems to
be but little probability that any such
legislation viii be passed during this
session of congress.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
WINTER KILLING.
Lack OF Moisture Believed to BE the
Cause In Peach Trees.


Cause In Peach Trees.
At the February ard March meetings
of our horticultural society we expect
to hear that b:nssled. peaches are more
or less. winter killed. but natural fruit
is all right We hear This report near
" every year The writer mas held for
years that winter killing is mainly
caused by winter drying and that
more moisture is dried out Of the tree
or plans tl.aii Is supplied by the roots.
1t is we'll known that evaporation is
going on ali through the winter, even
in the coolest weather. When green
brush is cut off and piled up early in
the winter it is dry by spring. Wood
seasons all winter. Corn in the crib
dries all winter. All trees and plants
would dry to death in the winter were
it not that the roots are taking up
moisture all the time. Whenever the
supply of moisture is cut off by any
means the tree begins to dry. With a
peach tree the fruit buds are more east
" killed than are the wood buds, and
they perish first. The life of the tree
or plant is Of more account than the
fruit buds, and nature provides that it
shall be the last to perish.
When a peach tree grows in the nat
ural way it sends down a strong tap
root to great depth. The taproot OF
q one year-old peach tree extends far
Their below the surface of the ground
than the branches do above. This en-
ables it to take up moisture from be-
low the frozen ground Budding the
tree has nothing to do with its hardi-
ness, but it is very different with the
transplanting The taproot-is cut of
perhaps eight inches below the surface
and is rarely reproduced. The lateral
roots extend in all directions, but never
to any great depth. A few days Of
very cold weather, when the ground
is bare, will freeze it to a greater depth
than the roots extend. In this case the
supply Of moisture is cut off while the
branches are drying up. First the
fruit buds will be killed. and if the
process is continued long enough the
tree will perish. NJ Crawford in Ohio
Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
Facts About Women Farmers.

If women never had succeeded In ag-
riculture, both general and special
likewise in stock raising on a large
scale, this would be mere writing to kill
time and fill space. But for dead
sure fact there is at least one woman
In New York state who gets a large an
nuaI income from her bees. Another
fact is that a girl who is college grad
uate established herself upon little
New England farm and is now becom-
ing well to do from raising choice pork,
apparently the last thing woman
would be apt to undertake. But it is
woman's capacity for detail that makes
her successful in enterprises requiring
close attention and careful manipula-
ton.
AT Glenview, twenty miles north OF
Chicago, woman, Miss Mabel Bah
cock, conducts 100 acre poultry farm.
Ten years ago Miss Babcock was a
clerk in Chicago wholesale house.
She lived at Kenilworth and had nat
ural fancy for the hen business. She
began with one coop Of chickens in the
back yard of her home. She gave the
fowls the best Of care, ard in three
years her enterprise had already grown
till the eoops and runs covered nine
acres.
When she took the 100 acre farm she
added the dairy business to the poul-
try scheme. the one fitting admirably
into the other. Her business interests
are now SO great that Miss Babcock
has opened store in Chicago for the
sale OF. her farm products.
CAROLINE ANDERSON.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
Bee and Poultry Keeping.

If a girl learns to raise something for
human food she is tolerably sure Of q
living, for man must eat
The successful honey producer can
get good returns for her labor, and one
of the advantages Of her line Of work Is
that it can be conducted at home by
the country girl in connection with 9TH
er trades, as, for instance, Homework.
But Bookkeeping must be conducted care
fully and thoroughly or it will fail.
There must be, to begin, fairly good
way of getting the product to market.
Then in early summer there must be
white clover fields and later buck
wheat field for the bees to forage In.
The native flowers of the land are no
longer enough for them Hives must
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
o. s. WOOD.
d. 4. PIECE

D. A. PECK. L. A, HEALEY.
libraries of twenty books each to be
circulated among the oranges Of the
state The proposition was accepted.
The grange has also interested itself
the past year In the State Agricultural
college and by its activity assisted in
securing an appropriation from the leg
islature for this institution. Thus the
Connecticut Patrons are assisting in
the work of education in their state
At the last meeting of the state grange
o. S. Wood was reelected master, p.
A. Peck overseer, Z. A. Healey lectur-
er, and their portraits are presented
herewith, Mr.. Woods being at the top
Of the picture, Mr.. Peck at the left and
Mr.. Healey at the right.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
EARNING Al LIVING.
Life ID Full Of Opportunity For the
Girl OF Grit.

Life Ii Full Of Opportunity For the
Girl OF Grit.
Miss Ella w Frederick, twenty four
years old, Is one of The up to date ag-
riculturists OF Pennsylvania Her farm
consists Of flfty-three acres Of fertile
land. She devotes 1t largely to pork,
poultry and dairying. OF Chickens
ducks and geese there are hundreds.
She has sixteen cows and twenty hogs.
Her farm stock includes also several
horses, and no farmer In Pennsy lyania
could manage and care for these ami
mails better than Miss Frederick does.
Much of Miss Frederick's income Is
derived from her milk route, which she
attends to in person. She rises at half
past in the morning winter and sum
mer harnesses her horses to the milk
wagon and starts on her delivery route.
Besides milk, she carries in her wagon
butter. cream and eggs. She has ready
sale at good prices for her wares, which
are excellent. When she starts out on
the dark road with her wagon this
strong and fearless girl farmer always
slips revolver into a side pocket,
where she can lay her hand on it in an
instant. Everything on her place is of
the best quality. Not long ago she paid
$500 for pair Of bay farm horses.
1t has been proved time and again
that with modern agricultural imple-
ments a woman of grit, common sense
and perseverance can run any kind OF
a farm successfully, from cattle ranch
to truck patch. The state agriculture
al schools have recognized this and adj
NIT women pupils on the same terms as
men. That women also know they can
be farmers is shown by the fact that
they are always among the agricultural
college students.
The Massachusetts State Agricultural
college at Amherst has girls In its
courses Of horticulture, bee and poultry
keeping, dairying and general agricul-
ture.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
MRooNoPsIs INTEGRIFo1IA.

way to the mountains of Tibet to OBJ
tain this plant and the collector, e
Fl. Wilson, who found and got it safe
ly home, are to be congratulated
The correspondent writes: From its
behavior under cultivation M. integrt
folia is biennial, as indeed are all
the meconopsis we grow, notwithstand.
ing the botanists' statement that they
are perennial. The plants are from
eighteen to twenty-four inches high
with a stout stem, surrounded by nu-
merous narrow, hairy leaves and bear
ing large, drumstick-like buds and open
flowers. which in size are as large as q
mans fist, their color being the softest
most pleasing yellow.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
IN THE CHICKEN RUNS.

be sheltered on the northwest in the
colder parts of the country. The mid
die south is a favorable region for the
beekeeper. The month of May is the
time to go into the bee business. Books
will give information to the amateur.
The American people eat more eggs
and less beef and pork than they did q
few years ago: consequently there is an
ever increasing demand for the scien-
tific hen woman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22

WORK Inv CONNECTICUT.

Btnte Grange Interesting Itself In
Grange Library Work.
a movement has been on foot for a
rear or more having for its object the
placing OF libraries In subordinate
oranges Or the state. A year ago Pro
lessor Charles S. Phelps of Salisbury
was rnade chairman Of special COM
mitfee on circulating libraries and at
the last meeting of the state grange
reported that tie state library commit
tee would at state expense furnish ten
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able 10
control the passage. it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting. depend upon 1t. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble. and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
SwaHp-Root is soon realized. II is sold
by druggists. in fifty Ek
cent and one dollar "a 1asIs:s -
sizes. You may have u ss
sample bottle by mail = - -
free. also pamphlet tell Home Of swaup-R
ing all about it, including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. N. r.. be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
she name, Swamp Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y. on every bottle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
Illinois Patrons.

Illinois state grange has gone on rec
ord as opposing railway passes and ia
voring two cent railroad rate
throughout the state. It also fayors
the consolidation of school districts
and the free transportation Of children
to and from the schools.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22

Already dozen new oranges have
been organized in New York state since
the secretary's last report. We antic-
ipate at least twenty-five new organ
izations before Oct. !, when the grange
year ends.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22

FLOWER NOVELTY,

uagnfilcent Hardy Plant From Moun-
tains of Tibet.
Horticulture is greatly enriched by
the Introduction OF this magnificent
poppywort, which, according to cor
respondent Of Gardening, is now estab-
lished in one Of the English nurseries,
and plants of it in flower have received
first class certificate Of the Royal
horticultural society and have been
acclaimed by experts far the most at
tractive of all the hardy plants Of re-
cent introduction, The enterprising
firm who dispatched collector all the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22

and checrfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that 1t is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. 1.-THE child urin-
ates too often. II the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessons ambition: beauty, vigor
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22

On mortgage. in amounts TO suit. Apply
ERNEST REDFTELD
8,0I.i Aug Woodbnrv IN. j
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-04-14
ALLEGED POWDER TRUST
II. s. WnddeII, President of a Peoria
Powder Concern, Wants King
Powder Co. Brought Into Court.

Washington d. C.-Senator DAN
iel, Monday, had put into the Congress
sional Record letter from R. s.
Waddell, president Of a Peoria tIll)
powder factory, in reply TO letter from
G. NJ. Peters, president of the King
Powder Co, which denied that the lat
ter concern is in trust Waddell
gave numerous incidents of powder
deals, which he alleged proved the ex-.
istence Of d trust and closed as fol-
lows:
u now urgently call upon the attor-
new generals Of the United States and
Of Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Wis
consin, Missouri and Kansas. where the
trust is operating mills, to afford these
parties an opportunity to appear before
the courts, and without mertal reserva-
tion or secret evasion of any kind, to
vlndicate themselves from the specific
charges ! made by disclosing the truth,
or pay the penalty for wilful infraction
Of the laws Of the states and nation. /
pledge myself to furnish al and more
proofs than are necessary to determine
the cases. ! agree to voluntarily at
tend and jog the memory Of Mr. Peters
and others of the above, and hundreds
Of other acts wherein they knowingly
and wiIfully have and are now levying
extortions on the people and govern
ment in defiance of law"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-04-14
BLAZE AT PORTLAND. ORE.
One Life Lost aud Several Persons
Rescued From Imminent Ieril
by Fircmen,

Portland, Ore.-Fierce flames, Fri
day, destroyed the eighth-the top
story-of the chamber of commerce
building and was the indirect cause
Of the death of Homer H. Hallock,
rightOf-Way agent of the Willamette
Traction Co. MIR. Hallock who was
one of the best-llnown railroad men in
the northwest, was in the Commercial
club when the fire. broke put. He
seems to have become suddenly mad
and despite the efforts of several
men, who strove to restrain him,
jumped down the light well onto the
roof of the Central court, eight sto-
ries below, and was instantly killed
The property loss is estimated at
100000, partly insured. The build.
ing was recently purchased by the
United Railways Co. for $750,000.
Unable to escape by the usual
means of egress, the elevator being
burned away about fifteen men and
women crept out through the win.
dows onto the wide cornices, where
they awaited rescue by the fremen
by means of extension ladders. Then
a mans head, peering far over the
edge Of the cornice Of the roof was
discovered, and the fremen once
more ascended. 1t was found that
the ladders were too short, and yet
another ladder was added before the
fremen could reach him, When they
finally did so he was in state of
collapse.
The subject of this spectacular res,
cue was Tom Richardson, manager
Of the Commercial clnh.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-04-14
IN ROOM OF CHICAGO HOTEL
SUICIDE OF MRS. EDITH COOPER
OF PHILADELPHIA.
She Had Registered Al the Palmer
House As the Wife of Emo Bar-
deIebcn, of New York.

Chicago. Mrs. Edith Coop
er, whose address is given as 1880 Ger
mantown avenue, Philadelphia, commit
ed suicide, in the Palmer house,
by shooting herself through the
head. The woman arrived at the Palm-
er house in company with a man about
GO years Of age, who registered as Emo
Bardeeben, of New York The wOm
an registered as Mrs Bardeleben, They
were assigned to a room, and almost
Immediately afterward Bardeleben left
the hotel He returned three hours
later and found the room locked, He
summoned assistance, the door was
forced open and the woman was found
dead on the floor with a revolver lying
on the carpet beside her Death had
apparently been instantaneous.
Bardeleben, after questioning by the
police, said the woman was Mrs. Edith
Cooper and that her residence was
2330 Germantown avenue Philadelphia,
81 met Mrs. Cooper first in Philadel-
phia about two years ago had seen
her but a few times since then until
l met her, five weeks ago, in Pitts
burg. She came with me to Chicago to
seek medical advice and to see about
getting a divorce from her husband, |
know of no reason why she should have
killed herself, unless she suddenly be-
came despondent over her illness, which
| Know she considered incurahle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-04-14

There! That's 0. K. little WON.
an" said Joe, standing off and view
ing the table; and indeed it was. All
their pretticst china, glass and silver
decorated the satin-like cloth. The
dishes were laden with salads, meats
preserves, cakes and dainties, and, like
a floral weave, were hyacinths ant
lilies.
Listen, Mollie! BY and by III slip
off, light the fire and put over the
kettle. When | come back, you va
moose and finish up" Mollie nodded
smiling delightedly.
The members of Trinity choir were
coming. Mollie and Joe met the happy
ten at the door and made them vel
come, All were merry and full of the
days events. Mollie kept talking and
avoided personalities; she dreaded be.
ing questioned about rusk. In due
time Joe Disappeared missed-for
some one was playing die Traumerei.'
lie was gone so long that Mollie trem
bled; but when he returned, flushec
and happy, Mollie slipped off like q
vision.
The kettles music greeted her the
kitchen was neat and scent of bak.
ing filled the air. Mollie wondered at
it, but was too busy to investigate.
When they assembled, all compli
mented them on the beauty and abun
dance Of the table.
"Yes," cried Joe, ecstatically, Mrs
Babcock is a notable housekeeperi
Mollie," he went on, avoiding hil
wifes rebuking glance, why, Mollie
YOU are forgetting the rusk."
He stepped to a side table, and, lift
ing two plates heaped high with gold
en- steaming rusk placed them with
the feast.
The blessing was a saving grace:
and Mollie could lower her radiant
overmoist eyes, for well she knew thai
the leaven of her good husbands low.
had saved her from the "old leavep
of malice and uncharltableness."