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haven Of perpetual and all went there would organize
strike in two weeks and have the conditions changed. <>
We know to-day that there such thing eevable
by the knowledge and have rebuild what
soyed Had food like that which swept Galveston devas
aed the time of Marus Sula there no
Augusan had Athens been RACED by earthquake suc
struck San Fancisco the time of the battle there
would have been age Of Peicles. s. #
Life genuine strong and vital only proportion
ability sacrifice those things which in the present to
obtain those things the future which
than the things have sacrificed This principle dangerous
far have the choice what worth the sacrifice
decision such and destiny.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30

ther-in-law and went straight to his
heart.
You must stay here with us, my
DEAR said the millionaire, "and be
my daughter, too. I know Will would
have wished it so.''
Old Mans Daughter Dead.
So the girl stayed along with. the
old man, and year after year made
herself better loved by him. Then
came another blow-his only living
child, his daughter Nellie, died in
Italy.
Il am afraid my poor old heart will
break" said the old man, bowed un-
der this added weight. of woe.
There was no one to turn to save his
daughter-in-law now. He called her to
him one day soon after the funeral,
and said:
Stay here with me, for I am left
alone. Be the head of my household,
and when I die you will be the same
in my will as if you were my own
daughter. And why not? Are you
not the wife of my dead son, my only
boy?"
But the girl did not need this prom
Use. She loved the old man as the
father of her boy husband. Her Sis
ter came to live with them and she
took her place at the head of the
Brown household. The servants were
instructed to obey her in everything.
and wherever she went she was in
PRODUCED by the millionaire as my
daughter Grace, my sons widow, dear
to ME as my own
Everywhere it was understood that
the young widow was to be his heir
ess. Folks were told that Mr.. Browns
life was insured for 100000 in her
favor
Martha Lewis Appears.
Mrs. Browns sister married and
she went back to Kentucky with her
for visit. That was the beginning
Of the end. When she returned she
found that Miss Lewis had been asked
to live at the Browns.
Grace" said the old millionaire, by
way Of making clear how things stood,
"just take Marty and buy her some
things, and show her how to wear
them"
Marty was what Mr.. Brown elect
ed to call the pretty girl he had in
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30
YOUNG WIDOW WILL 81.
FIGHT FOR MILLIONS r. !:
OF HER FATHER-IN-LAW
Disposition of Estate of Samuel S. Brown, Pittsburg
Magnate, Reveals Scandal.
LEFT MUCH MONEY TO HIS LATEST PET
Girl at the Last SuppIaned Wife OF the Old
Mans Affections Was Made He
Lay n His Death Bed.

Better an old mans darling than
a young mans slave" runs the old
song.
Probably Martha E. Lewis will con-
cur, but Mrs. Grace McGoodwin
Brown, daughter-in-law of the late
Samuel S. Brown, Smoky City mag
nate and multi-millionaire, can hard
]y be expected to.
1dolzed and petted by her father
in-law for Is years, taught to con-
slider herself his heiress, and intro
duced everywhere as his daughter, she
finds herself left a paltry 100000,
while her supplanter, Martha E.
ing $250,000.
And a contest in the courts which
will enrich lawyers and furnish sensa-
tons to satisfy the most scandal
hungry dame is promised.
For Mrs. Brown and all the rela-
tives Of the dead millionaire assert
that his latest will, executed on his
death bed, was made under undue
influence and is unjust and unfair.
Worth Over $4,000, 900.
Samuel S. Brown died last Deem
Der. He left an estate scattered all
the way between Pittsburg, New. York
and New Orleans which is conserva-
lively estimated at $20,000,0O0. He
also left will which is the bone of
contention.
Mrs. Brown, young widow of the
dead magnate's only son, had been
told that she was to be his bene-
ficiary. A goodly portion Of the
estate was to have been hers. Yet,
when the will was read, she found
herself cut off with paltry batch of
brewery bonds, and these to go should
she remarry.
But Miss Lewis, bitter enemy of the
mi]lionaire's daughter-in-law, bene-
flied to the extent of a quarter of a
million and more. She had already
supplanted the beautiful Kentucky
belle as the head of the old mans
household before his death. That was
the last straw; then came the open
breach.
1t is strange story-how these two
young women came into the life of
the millionaire. There were son
and a daughter whom the old man
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30

was cute Teller, too, slicked me all
up with my val'yble services, an that
it'd be pleasure to help me out'en
my financial troubles if I'd stand
straight thru to-day. He never
fooled me a mite. You kin gene'ally
tell skunk if you git clost enough
to one. I s'pose he thought I was
considerin' the OFFER" said the old man
with fine scorn, but l was just
a-thinkin' what Allison told me, that
our principles wasn't so dif'runt after
all, an I was kinder openin' my eyes.
I says: Would you mind putin that
in writin'?' and he kinder hes'tated
at fust. CANT you trust me?' says
he. Yes says, I kin, but I'm not
goin' to, cause promises don't worry
some people much after they've got
what they want an he wrote it out
an signed his name.
1--WE got mortgages on my place."
went on the old man. "Put 'em there
to send my two boys way to school,
an I'm not ashamed of it. They're
fine boys, too, an both of 'em a-doin'
we'll, an they'll take care Of any
morgidges got.
Nov, I'll likely as not upset some
body's calculations by tn way I vote,
an hadn't tended to vote this way
till this mornin'. But I've kinder had
my eyes opened, an I've cum to tn
c'nclusion that if they's any din'runce
tween our crowd an Allison's its just
bout tn same, an that bein' so we
might jest as we'll let Minority rule
agin. Now, I don't want nobody
chargin' me with sellin' out, an I
don't want no newspapers sech as you
an I knows Of, to be a-jumpin' on me,
neither. I got most O my informa-
ton from them papers, an it seems
they lied. I didn't want to come to
this legislator, but two year from now,
if I'm alive, I'll want to be a candy
date agin, and I'm Inclined to think
III be 'lected too.
"Mr. Speaker, my vote is fer John
Allison. He may be rotten, but there's
others that's wuss.''
Amid the pandemonium broken
loose, Hall sat with sarcastic smile
on his face.
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TOO MANY L LANGUAGES.

The late Lieut.. John p Bradstreet,
of the Fiftieth Massachusetts, was for
many years a deputy sheriff and turn
key under High Sheriff Herrick at the
Lawrence house Of correction. All the
newcomers were by him assigned to
their proper quarters e II. 5. ..Ss 7:..
One day, upon the arrival OF q new.
squad of inmates, there was one who
seemed somewhat more tony than:
the rest, and, calling the lieutenant
aside, he claimed q little more consid-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30
Good Digestion.

Be careful of what you eat and how
you eat. Don't eat too fast. The di-
gestive organs are something like a
stove, which if choked up and out of
order burns slowly, and If you keep
piling in fuel grows more and more
choked. The wiser course is to let it
burn down and put in fuel only when
needed. 1t is a foolish notion that
food always keeps up the strength.
Only what we digest helps us; all be-
yond that is tax on the system and
exhausts the strength instead of in
creasing it. Use good palatable food,
not highly seasoned; vary in quantity
and quality. Avoid drinking tea or
coffee. Hot soft bread digests slowly,
and should not be eaten by anyone
who has not a good digestion. Guilt
waite happy thoughts. be out of doors
as much as possible, and I am conf
dent in very short time you will be
one of the admirable new women
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30
idolized. When they grew up moth
ing was too good for them.
E2H1tC &a|4Y <4lD AKHl;KT C01R7
70 GhACEA cGNIlk@HH Il NNEGAHSS
RELER4HZI Hlf2KED Mk1EX
Inception of Romance.


Fifteen years ago William Brown,
the millionaire's only son, was sent
to Kentucky to superintend the build
ing of railroad in which his father
was interested. There he met blue
grass belle-beautiful Grace Mcleod
win, barely turned Is.
The boys head was turned. It was
plainly love at first sight. There was
an ardent courtship, and the youthful
sutton won. That day there came to
the old man in Pittsburg this dis
patch:
S. S. Brown, Pittsburg, Pa:
girl in the world. WILL. :,
That same day this wire went back
to Kentucky:
William Brown, Princeton, KY:
Wait: am coming down that way
this week. S. S. BROWN.
For an answer this came back:
Can't wait. WILL.
And this was the reply:
All right. Go ahead God bless you
both. Bring her home. FATHER.
R:.t it was not so fated. Will
Brown, undisputed heir to the larger
share of his fathers millions, did not
bring his bride home. She brought
him home-in a coffin: Almost the
next day he fell i'll and was dead
within a week. The briGe-widow, al.
most i'll with her grief. met her ia
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30

GRAFTON than the others, owing to his
previous standing In society,". -. 49,
y never was in such a situation be-
fore said he, "and / trust you will
give me q little different quarters than
those other fellows. I am highly edu-
Gated, and can speak seven different
languages. s # IS. FL II 81
) ST. Seven 2" remarked the lieutenant
That's altogether too n any,
don't have but one language here, ana
id littleAo' that - Boston Herald By.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30
Blind Inventor.

A blind man named Noack, Of Wit
tenberg, has invented an automatic
disconnecter for electric currents
which can be made to break the con-
nection according to will at any time
from one to fifteen minutes and can
be fitted to any apparatus. The cost
of the invention is 60 cents Noack
is AZ and has been blind since the day
following his birth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30

So deeply is the hui
man impulse toward
action and growth,
rooted in our natures,
that we would find a
condition in W h i c l,
there was Y nothing to
do the sincerest hell
Why, if Heaven were
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30

were ordered to keep it secret and
meekly complied. The family lawyer
furnished an extract to the newspa-
pers, but all reference to either of the
young women in the case was careful
ly eliminated.
That's all we care to give out to
the newspapers" was the. lawyers
curt rejoinder when pressed for an ex-
PLANTATION.
But the New York Sunday Worlds
correspondent in Pittsburg made
things so interesting for all concerned
that finally the entire contents of the
will were made public as provided by
law.
Then the storm broke. The feud
became. public property. Promptly
there came a demand from the officers
of the Mary Brown church that Miss
LOWS resign her position in the Sun
day school.
Forced to Leave Sunday School.
The church had Mr.. Browns &c.,
900. They cared no longer. They had
bowed to his will in life,. and they
had installed his protege to posi-
ton of distinction in church affairs.
Now they would have no more of her.
At a public hearing she was asked
to resign, and she did.
Then she announced that she in
tended marrying and that was her
ostensible reason for retiring. She
and William Arthur Porter, race
track employe of old man Browns,
had long been in love. In fact, they
loved each other before he was taken
i'll.
Here were the provisions of the will
concerning the young women in the
case:
Bequests to Martha Lewis.
Second.-"I give and bequeath to the
Union Trust company of Pittsburg first
mortgage bonds Of the Pittsburg Brew
ing company to the aggregate value of
10000, in trust nevertheless, to pay the
| net interest and income therefrom to
| my daughter-in-law Grace M. Brown
for and during the term of her natural
| life, il she 80 long remain widow and
! from and after her marriage or death,
| in further trust to divide or distribute
! the principal of said trust fund to the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-30
PLAYING Sharp.

sandy-Can We play Within a Mile
of Marlborough Town?
b. Andy--How, mon; Eve even dared
to do it within city limits. Boston
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
DESCRIBES ORIENTAL MALADY
Consul General Miner Advises Educa-
ton Board Regarding Trachoma

While gathering facts relative to the
segregation Of the Japanese and white
schol children, Henry Miller, American
Consul General at Yokohama, gave the
local Board of Education much inform
alton relative to the dread eye disease.
trachoma, which generally ends In total
blindness. Miller said that so per cent
of the Japanese making application to
leave Japan as emigrants were afflicted
with the malady and that many slipped
by the immigration authorities unde-
tected when the symptoms of the dis
ease had not yet manifested themselves
This information has caused the
Board Of Education to issue orders to
all teachers to observe all Japanese
students carefully.
Trachoma is a highly contagious dis
ease. 1t makes its appearance first on
the upper eyelid in the form Of granu-
lation. 1t is likely to spread from chill
dren using the same towels or coming
into general contact. Heretofore school
children who have possibly been unac-
quainted with the symptoms and the
nature of the disease have not taken
careful note of the Japanese attending
the schools. Where glasses are worn
1t is very difficult to detect the disease
and afflicted children could remain In
school many months before their true
condition would be discovered.
The steps taken by President Alt
mann of the board and by the other
members is not in any way the result
of the recent agitation in school mat
ters, but is taken purely as precau-
tionary and health measure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08

taxation is q matter belonging to the respec-
tive States and any interference on the part
Of Federal authority with the management Of
such schools cannot be justified except in the
case Of clear and unmistakable disregard of
rights secured by the supreme law of the
land. -
This disposes Of both the first and second
aspects Of the question.
As 70 the third point. namely. the power to
alter this situation by treaty provisions. so far
as the rights OF the State under the constitution
are concerned. a treaty has no greater power to
affect them than an act OF Congress Both
treaties and Federal laws can be enacted only
in pursuance Of the constitution. The constitu-
ton says that laws made in pursuance Of the
constitution and treaties made under the author
ity OF the United States. which authority is
only derived from the constitution. the su-
preme law Of the land-thst is to say. only such
laws and treaties made under the author
ity OF the constitution TO the States.
II the fourteenth amendment does not author
lie Congress TO legislaIe over schools and other
matters reserved TO the States, does IT
authorize the tres making mower TO do So
Hence, II California is legally light IN providing
separate schools for different races, as uniform
judicial authority says IL is, then this legal
right cannot be taken from II. either by opening
the doors Of naturalization or by treaty stipula-
tions
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
Shows Right of State to Provide Separate
School for Japanese
Trying to Have the Japanese Question
Settled in State Supreme Court

Francisco, and with the exception OF
being of Japanese descent has the quail
itications provided by the laws Of the
public schools. That the above-named
guardian ad litem of said infant is his
father; that said father was born in
the empire of Japan, is not natural
lied subject of the United States and
is a subject of the empire of Japan, but
is a resident of the city and county of
San Francisco.
In conformity with the above
quoted resolution of the Board OF Edu-
cation OF the city and county of San
Francisco the above named plaintiff
and all other Japanese children, subs
jects of the empire of Japan and resi-
dents within the city and county of San
Francisco and between and FL years
of age, have been and now are refused
admission to any of the public schools
of the primary and grammar grade or
the city and county OF San Francisco ex-
cept the said Oriental School established
for children of Chinese and Monaghan
descent; and that Japanese subjects are
permitted to attend any and all the
public schools of the city and county
of San Francisco OF all the other
grades than that of the primary and
grammar grades.
S.-The defendants above named in
tend to enforce said resolution of the
Board of Education and intend to re-
fuse admission of the said plaintiff to
any of the public schools of the pri-
mary and grammar grades in the said
cept the said Oriental School.
The United States of America Joins
in this agreed statement of facts for
the purpose of enforcing, so far as it
has power to do, it's obligations to the
empire of Japan arising from said
treaty and of securing to the children
of Japanese descent the same educa-
tional advantages as are given to
children of English, German, French,
Italian and other European parentage,
and of preventing any discrimination
being exercised against the children of
Japanese descent, subjects of the en-
pire of Japan and resident within said
city and comfy of San Francisco.
The legal question presented for de-
termination is ID whether said ordi-
nance of the Board of Education of the
the statute on which 1T is based is or
are within itself or within themselves,
or In It's use or their operation, violat-
i've of the rights secured to the sub
jects of the empire of Japan by force
and virtue of the treaty herein above
referred to as existing between the
United States and the empire of Japan,
plaintiff has been deprived of the same
educational rights and privileges as the
children Of English, French, German,
Italian or other European parentage
citizens of those respective foreign gov
ernments and residents of the city and
county of San Francisco. and whether
said resolutions and statue above
quoted create any discrimination
against Chinese, japanese and Korean
above referred to- Cd Whether said
treaty. in so far as 1t relates to the
subject matter of this controversy IL
Ii does so relate, Is valid.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
Urges Students to
Oppose Yellow
Dominance

BERKELEY, Dec. Professor Sam
uel B. Christy, dean OF the college of
mining, startled the members of the
senior class at the university at their
annual banquet last night in Senior
Hall, during the course of speech by
him, when he advised the youths to re-
gard the State of California as a pre-
cious heritage, rightfully their own,
but in danger at some time in the fu-
ture of usurpation by the people of an
alien race. He told the listening univer-
sity men that it rests with them to de-
termine whether in the future this State
shall be dominated by their descend
ants, or by Orientals. He prophesied a
conflict for control here.
Professor Christy was a guest Of the
seniors last night, with a few other
prominent members of the faculty, in
Guiding President Wheeler. In his
speech to the collegians Professor
Christy described the glories of the
State Of California, and said:
1T will depend on the character of
the work you young men do whether
our civilization survives in the conflict
that is to come. 1t rests with you to
determine whether the people in con-
troll shall be your descendants or the
descendants of Orientals The civilza-
ton of the Orient has awakened to new
life. The people of that part of the
world look for new fields to conquer
and possess. They undoubtedly will
plant their feet here, and If you are to
hold domain you must prepare for a
conflict with them, and meet their COM
petition in every way. II is great task
for you, and one worthy of your best
powers"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
FRUIT MEN FAVOR
GOOD ROADS

HANFoRD, Dec. The thirty-sec-
ond annual convention OF the Fruit
Growers ended today. The programme
was carried out successfully, and the
session adopted resolutions indorsing
the parcels post. calling for an organiza-
ton OF prune growers and requiring
the appointment of a committee for
the purpose of favoring legislation for
good roads and the issuance of State
bonds to the amount of so per cent
Of the required expenditure for work
10 be done under supervision of the
State Highway Commission. This is
to be submitted in the form of a con-
stitutional amendment. A resolution
complimentary to President Elwood
Cooper and Secretary John Isaac Of
the State board was adopted. A reso-
luton Of thanks to the Southern Pa
ciic for agreeing to furnish plenty of
refrigerator cars for the transporta-
ton Of crops was carried. At a meet
ing Of the bee men today they organ
lied a California State Bee Keepers
Association and elected: President E.
A Fisher; vice president. J. E. Pleas
ant; Secretary, J. NJ Rankin, and treas
urer, II. G. Brown.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
JAPAN's AMBITION .
Consul General Miller Says 1t Is to
Attain Commercial Supremacy

BERKELEY, Dec. Japan was
characterized as a peace-loving race.
and not as a warlike nation, by Henry
B. Miller, American Consul General at
Yokahoma, in an address delivered TO
the university students and faculty
this morning at Harmon Hall Miller
Informed the university audience that
Japan's most notable characteristic is
not fighting tendency, but a strength
displayed in the industries and in art.
The Eastern nations purpose to de-
velop its manufactures, its shipping.
its commerce, was declared to be more
IN evidence than any indication of mar
tial spirit.
Japan proposes dominating the Pa
cifc, according to Mr.. Miller and is
well on the way to succeed, with a
merchant marine that promises TO serve
the purpose. The Japanese will sue
coed in this, said the speaker, unless
the United States makes extraordinary
progress in direction where scarcely
any start has as yet been made.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-08
CHICAGO POLICE To
FORM A UNION

CHICAGO, Dec 7.-Chicago's police
men are to be unionized- Organized on
lines similar to those OF all the labor
unions throughout the country and at
Inflated with the Federation of Labor.
the policemen will shortly take the
field. and, according TO the authority OF
high official OF the Chicago Federation
or Labor, who refuses to be quoted,
will become real organized labor by
January l.
The benevolent character OF the or
Sanization maintained for years by the
police force Is to be discarded.
What action the city authorities may
take has been thoroughly discussed by
the police promoting the movement. and
the hackers Of the plan express them
selves to be confident that nothing can
prevent the fulillment OF their project.
With the city hremen and school
teachers already organized and anil
ated with the central body. the police
unionists see no reason why their or
ganization should not receive the sane
ton OF the municipal powers as we'll as
all labor bodies IN the city.