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The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16

The Senator and his fellow Judges
had read stories in the great Golfers
short story contest of last year until
their eyes were almost blind, their
brains almost too weary for consecu-
tive thought and their ideas almost
too chaotic from the long continued
strain to allow an unbiased decision.
when the distinguished statesman
scholar took from the table the last of
the many thousands of manuscripts
sent in, lighted a fresh Havana, and
settled himself wearily in the depths
Of his big arm chair.
The sigh of satisfaction was still
more pronounced, when, as he tore
open the envelope. he found but a few
pages of typewriter matter, scarcely
q thousand words in all, and his
Thank Heaven!" was re-eoched by his
companions as they also realized that
3 short half hour would complete their
weeks of self-imposed labor.
There had been silence in the room
for several minutes, while the others
we're thinking of the tumble of ideas
that would for months occupy their
minds where love and war, humor and
pathos had created a heterogeneous
mass.
Many of the stories submitted had
been Of very high order of merit
zome of the very hiEhest-and final
decision would, they realized, tax to
the utmost their ability to select
Some had been witty and brilliant,
Bome able but verbose, but many. very
many, had proven tedious and trashy,
and they each and aR' agreed they
would never again care to read even
the headlines of any "Short Story"
"God!" exclaimed the Senator, half
reverently, half profanely, "and so this
was the tragic end of our dear chum
of old II, one of the best and bravest
fellows who ever lived"
"For the honor of old Harvard, gen.
tlemen," bowling grayely to his asso-
ciates, "let me read aloud this last of
our short stories"
He sauntered into Station II of the
Fire Department, late one stormy af-
ternoon in December, a small, gray
haired, rather weakened specimen of
humanity, looking as though he had
not made the acquaintance of square
meal for many days. A close observer,
however, would have noticed that his
eyes were very brigh and keen, his
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tempted to ascend only to be driven
back with scorched hair and blistered
hands.
A cry from the crowd to the right
attracted the attention of firemen and
spectators, and all held their breath,
as little old man was seen. climbing,
with the agility of a cat, the galYan-
lied waterspout on the corner OF the
building. Reaching the top and grasp
ing the cornice, he rapidly worked
himself along until he was directly
over the open window. He must have
had a wonderfully correct eye, for as
he seemed to expect, his left foot
reached just 10 the top of the scaling
ladder below him. Placing his foot
firmly upon the slight support, he re-
leased first one hand and then the
other, sliding them along the rough
brick side OF the building, as if
grasping an imaginary rope. eau
tiously lowering himself to STOPPING
position, he suddenly threw himself
inside the open window. as the ladder,
burned near the middle, fell to the
ground with a crash. With scarce a
moments loss of time he reappeared
and piled several thick books upon the
window Sill. Then with the child
strapped tightly upon his back, he bal
anced carefully upon these, reached
up and again grasped the cornice. The
firemen at once realized what a des-
peTate plan he was about to attempt
and quickly placed another ladder just
around the corner of the building, not
yet reached by the flames. Slowly and
carefully the old man, with his pre-
cious burden clinging to his shoulders
worked his way along the insecure
gutter. his progress at times painfully
I .t. s-Aa 4
great. Would he beat the flames in
the race? Would he be able to hold
out, encumbered as he was? The great
crowd below held its breath. Finally
he clutched the projection at the cor
ner and swung his feet upon the
rounds of the ladder. Long tongues
of fire leaped from the room he had SO
lately occupied and seemed to be strik-
ing at the rescuer and the rescued, In
vicious though impotent fury. bnt
strong and willing hands met and re
lieved the old man Of his burden and
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16
Briefs from Everywhere.

Marconi wheat is becoming a staple
product of the lryest parts of Colorado,
The only "newsboys" in Spain are
women.
Friction matches are only half a
century old.
In parts of Honduras. mahogany is
cheaper than pine lumber.
There are 5000 women students at
universities in Switzerland.
The farm products imported into
Great Britain aggregate $500. 900 a
year.
One million dollars is sent out of
this country annually to Norway by
Norge-AmeriCans.
There are forty-four counties in Kan
sas without a pauper, and thirty-seven
without an inmate of the jail.
Sir Harry Johnston, the African ex.
plorer, says there is more misery in
London than in Africa
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muscles well knit, his gait springy,
and would. perhaps, have decided that
his physique did not require very
large amount OF 5ustenance and that
he was ignorant Of the pangs of dys-
pepsia
kpeaking to no one in particular, he
remarked with peculiar drawl:
81 sometimes think l would enjoy a
job of this sort myself. 1t looks com
Portable here"
Seventeen" was known as the crack
company of the force. Its members
were all athletes and it had to its
credit an unparalleled record of bril-
liant and impossible rescues.
At these words of the old man, grim
smiles broke over the faces of the half
dozen men present. A young fireman,
one of the most powerful and athletic
of the entire department, replied:
"Why Erandpap. we have to DO
things here when the bell rings. Chill
dren aren't allowed on the force
Il know they are not, sonny, but
after all, Judge that age isn't the
only thing that counts in this game
"I'll tell you, Frandnap," the young
fellow added with a wink to his COM
panions. of you can follow me in
fcN little exercises we have here morn
ing and night, I'll resign and recon-
mend you for my place"
GO ahead, sonny. your friends can
act as Judge and umpire"
The fireman walked over to the
other side of the room, took up the oak
handle Of a stone breaker, grasped 1t
firmly in both hands, and with sud
den wrench, broke it squarely through
the middle Throwing the two pieces
on the floor, he remarked laconically,
but in rather conceited tone,
There's another handle in the corner
where / got this one, but reckon you
won't care for It"
mo, perhaps this one will answer
said the old man. taking up the two
short pieces and looking them over
raRer curiously. With quick jerk
hebroke one of the halves and then
the other, and throwing all the pieces
on the floor drawled out:
Should call that more OF trtcl
than trial Of muscle"
A murmur of establishment raI
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aided his evidently failing strength
down the steep incline.
But the pitcher had been to the "Sl
once too often and even While .ne
cheers and words of encouragefnen'
were sounding in his ears, the liIe
blood gushed from his mouth, anu
sinking heavily to the ground mur
INJURED, Hold tight, little one. anu
the brave old heart suddenly ceaSeu
its busy work. ,r
Hes dead, the dear old fellow, sav.
ing a young life of which he had never
heard" whispered one to the otnel,
and a young minister, who, from 'he
first, had watched the scene with an
intense interest, bent over the body'
and detaching Greek letter page
from the vest. read to the sympathiz,,, :,
ing crowd, -. r. H., Harvard, u,
adding revently as he removed his tail
hat:
"Greater love hath no man than
this"
To their credit. there were real tears
in the eyes of these big, strong men OF
the world, as in silence they touched
glasses with the Senator to the mem
ory of that classmate, whose soul was
still marching on, and whose herois
death had added another star to oiu
Harvard's glory.
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1t is said that Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford of the British navy was the
first European to see the face of the
IiEado of Japan. That was in 1865.
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to have more stringent bill pNt
through MIR. Jesup betrayed his eN-
penses tc Washington and Senator
Buckingham, of Connecticut. intro
duced the measure in the Senate and
Clinton L. Merriam in the House. In
tense opposition was met from pow
erful lobby of publishers, but the bill
got through by small margin, and
with the aid of Speaker James G.
Blaine, was among the last taken up
and passed on the night of the final
day of the session of 1873.
lie Refused the Salary.
After the law went into effect Sena-
tor buckingham asked Mr.. ComsLock
to take a position as postoffice inspect
or u see that it was enforced. He ac-
cepted the position, but declined the
salary. on the ground that he might be
placed Unler Obligations to politicians,
and on March 9th, 1873, was made Il
special agent of the department. which
commission has been renewed each
year since then.
So severe was the blow dealt the pub
fishers of the profitable Sub rosa lit
erature that desperate efforts were made
to have the law repealed, and in 1887
a petition containing 10000 names and
headed by Robert G.. Ingersoll, backed
by unlimited money and the most
adroit lobbyists. was presented to Con-
gress asking that the restrictions be
removed. Mr.. Comstock appeared
alone before the House committee
which had the repeating measure and
the face of severe and brutal con-
lemnation was successful in prevent
.ng favorable action. AS part of tho
ampaign against him book entitled
Tine Life and Grimes of Anthony Com,
stock" was published. and seventeen
-housand copies distributed. 1t was
lated that he himself was dealer
IN the very things against which he
waged war, and that he had been ar
rested by five district attorneys, but
he kept on his way, and never once let
up in the struggle with evil.
Mr.. Comstock is still postoflice
agent without pay. He is allowed five
cents per mile mileage and $50 per
day witness fees while attending courts
as a witness, but these payments he
turns into the treasury of the society
for which he is agent. In this way re
has turned over more than $2l,oOo
which he might have kept.
The work which Anthony Comstock
has accomplished and is doing to-day
is of incalculable benefit to the moral
fibre of the maturing citizenship OF the
Republic. The man is one OF GODS
appointed.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16
He Found a Good Angel.

He had started to buy home and
had paid $500 down on it, but giving
a mortgage for the rest, he used all
he could save from his salary to carry
on his crusade. He was a firm believer
in prayer and he believed that 1t was
in answer to his applications that
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16

Greatest premium You ever asv.i
B0.ut tul flli Juiutsd imported bnll
lngaI "a complete wardrobe uf pretty
C'Dtho1 that eau he taken OF AMI put
on nr-aln. Most Cf the Dolls will go
t3 HIegp,. A lue hand painted China
Ten Sot goes with this premium.
lle entire outfit given for s,lAug
81 HGndEuschlefr at only lUv, each.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

The third international automobile
road race for the Vanderbilt cup on
Long Island was won by France, no
homemade machine getting a place,
and the race cost two dead, three IA
tally injured and five less seriously
hurt.
The Echo de Paris says that a num-
Der of cases of leprosy have been dis
covered in the vicinity of Corunna,
Spain.
Charles F. Dolls furniture store at
Buffalo, n. Y. was entirely destroyed
by fire. Loss, estimated, S25O,0OO.
The loss by fire in the United States
and Canada during September aggre-
gates S1O,s52,55O.
Fire in the warehouse of the May
field wooden mills at Louisville, Ky,
did damage estimated at $35O,000. 1t
is covered by insurance.
Twenty-four dwellings were de
stroyed and twenty-seven families rem
dered practically homeless with loss
of about S125,ooO by fire at Rensselaer,.
y. Y.
Three convicts - Charles Lucas,
Harry Caudill and Hiram Callahan
escaped from the county jail atWhites-
burg. Ky.
John Alexander Dowie has had a
vision, as the result Of which he has
abandoned the Mexican project and
will start at Chicago a campaign to
regain possession OF Zion City.
Governor Cummins, of Iowa. at Mil
waukee was the principal speaker at
the opening of the Wisconsin Republic
IN campaign.
William ]. Bryan has completed his
three days tour of Nebraska and left
for Kansas.
Fire. which originated in cottage,
destroyed $4,000 worth of property at
Cape May Point, tile New Jersey sum-
MGR resort.
Complications arising from advanced
years resulted in the death at st.
Louis of Daniel Tarbox Jewett. 90
yearS old. eX-United States senator
from Missouri.
W. X. Vanderbilts Maintenon won
t1V AAA Au NAtSclA MulllClpdt 1T
Iangehamps Paris, worth $4,000 TO
the winner
Druggists from practically all Of the
large cities Of the United States and
Canada are at Washington TO attend
the convention or the National Whole
sale Druggists association.
At a Panhandle grade crossing. nj
Stenhenyille. O.. Mrs. Lester Clarke
was instantly killed. and William Con.
ley. ! Waterman. fatally injured.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
THIRTY-FIvE ARE DEAD
Total of the Victims of the West Vir.
ginia Coliiery Observation-Disclosures
of All of Them.

Roanoke, Va. Oct. S.-The Associ-
ated Press has received the following
telegram from the Pocahontas Col
lieries company, dated Pocahontas:
I'VE will be glad TO have you an
nounce that we have now recovered
the bodies of all the employees lost in
the west mine disaster of Oct. Bird, the
total being thirty-hve. Twenty men
VINO were at first believed to have been
lost have since reported in person. The
property loss is found to be much less
than was at first anticipated"
The correct list of dead is as fol-
lows: white-W. c. Kelley. Hall Rich
ards, Sanford Foster, Walter Davis,
Samuel r. Cook, William Brown,
Cleveland Foster. John Oldham, H.
Green. John Osborne, George Raden-
ford, Major Brown, Maurice Brown.
Colored-Jerry Palmer, Dudley Wat
son. Ben Perry, Jordan Lewis, VIII
Davis, William Norman, James Will
liams, Lightburn Woody, Edward
Ward, Trutord Shannon. Hungarians
One unknown. Frank Kishee, Paul
Valsko, BERTHE Estony, Steve Nosvod,
John Hovart, Shandor Borsos. George
Boisa, Mike Fefer, Joe Ellash, John
Tomory, Blank Budnor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
Length of History.

A professor Of the University of Chi
cago who has been digging into the
ruins Of Egypt with his useful spade
has uncovered 1000 more years of
ancient history than we used to have
to struggle with in our text books when
we went to school.
However, as all he discovered can be
put into a dish much smaller than a
pint measure it win not add much to
the sum total of the woe Of the patient
schoolchild who is earnestly striving tc
get a useful education.
When we stop TO think that LOCO
years in ancient history is often dis
missed with a paragraph, we some
times wonder what the books will have
to say about the United States ten or
twelve thousand years from now.
Doubtless something like this: "A
republic rose and fourished for a few
thousand years in the central part Of
North America" The very names OF
some of our greatest presidents will
have been forgotten. Isn't it sad?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
BOUND TO HAVE CHOP sUEY
Chinese Eiremen on Steamship
Make Desperate Fight TO
Desert the Vessel.

Pensacola, Fla, Oct S.-Ten China
men composing the fire-room crew Of
the British steamer E. o. Saltmarsh,
anchored at Terragona wharf, revolted
and made desperate dash for liberty,
fighting like fields with the officers
who stopped them as they were
swarming over the sides Of the vessel.
They were finally dubbed into submits
sion. but soon made another dash, this
Tins fighting even more desperately.
They We're armed with knives,
pieces of iron pipe and brass knuckles.
With the assistance Of workmen on
the wharf they were again overpow-
cred and placed in irons. The men
mutinied because the cook had failed
TO provide them with chop suey.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
IN CLOSE CONFERENCE
President, Sherman of New York
and Penrose of Pennsyiva-
MIA Take Council.
POLITICS THE THEME DEBATED
Again Announced That Roosevelt Is
Not Going on the Stump-A
Harrison Precedent De-
veloped.

Washington, Oct Representative
James S. Sherman. of New York, chair
man of the Republican congressional
committee, and Senator Primrose, Of
Pennsylvania. had long conference
with the president on the political
situation. Sherman was n guest of the
president at dinner, and discussed with
the president in detail the congression-
al campaign throughout the country,
especially the situation in New York.
Later the president. sherman and Pen
rose conferred on the situation in
Pennsylvania. particularly in the close
districts.
Bookbinders Put on the Screws?
Sherman reported to the president
on the important phases of the cam
paign and of the situation in the close
districts in various states. The subject
OF the bookbinders at the government
printing Office. which was brought to
the attention of Sherman in New York
recently by President Feeny. Of the
Bookbinders' union, was considered
among other matters, but it was stated
that no conclusions were reached in
that connection.
President, Again, Is Not 10 Steak.
There has been no suggestion in
any responsible quarter that the presi-
dent will make speeches in the New
York campaign" said Sherman. ut
would be unprecedented. No one in au-
thority has even thought of asking the
president to speak" In discussing the
situation In New York state and else
where with Sherman, the president is
following out the wishes of the party
leaders that they be given the benefit
of his advice in the conduct of their
electioneering work.
Not Exactly unprecedented"
But the belief which is generally en-
tertained that it would be contrary to
all precedent for the president of the
| United States during his term in office
to go on a speech-making trip to
help some party candidate, is not en-
tirely sound. When Benjamin Harrison
was president and a candidate for re-
election on the Republican ticket with
Whitelaw Reid in 1892 he made ar
engagements to stump New York state.
Switched Or by the Cholera.
He was holding n conference with
| party leaders when news was received
/ that the steamship Normandie, with
/ cholera on board, had arrived at Staten
| Island quarantine There was great
/ alarm throughout the country. and
Gen. Harrison postponed his trip to de-
/ wise means for preventing the plague
/ from getting into the United States. 1t
was arranged that tho stump-speaking
tour should take place later. and that
was only given up because of Mrs. Har-
rison's dangerous illness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
BOY DEFENnS HIS FATHER
In Doing So He Rids the Country of
Thug-Attenpted Jail
Delivery.

Macon, Mo-, Oct. SIN a desperate
effort to break Jail here WnI. O'Brien.
accused of highway robbery, was shot
and killed by the sheriff's 13-year-old
son. Milford Graves. w. T. Tate, alias
Leonard Knox, also charged with high
way robbery, was in the plot and es-
capped AS Sheriff Graves entered the
Jail directly after supper he was at
tackled by Tate and O'Brien, and felled
to the floor with their weapons.
O'Brien used a club and Tate piece
of heavy lead pipe. When the sheriff 8
young son saw the prediciment of his
father he grabbed a Winchester and
shot O'Brien through the heart Tate
is wanted in Iowa for burglary and in
Kansas for parole breaking. He is a
native of the East Indies.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
ADMITS A LAW VIOLATION
Makes a Lower Rate for Longer
Than shorter Haul to Meet
River Competition,

indianapolis, Oct Sin filing its an
swer with the state railroad commits
sion denying charges of discrimination
against it the National oil company's
suit the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road company admits a practice which
IS said In itself to be a fragrant and
open violation of the same law. This
company was one of a large number
Of Indiana railroad companies which
were made respondents in a suit OF
several smaller oil companies which de-
clared that the railroads were making
rates for the Standard OIL company,
and was therefore guilty Of discrimina-
ton.
The answer filed denies the charges
OF discrimination. but admits making
lower rate from Evansville. Ind, TO
Mount Vernon than it does to inter
mediate points. The Louisville and
Nashville explains this by the fact that
Mount Vernon IS located on the Ohio
river. and the active competition OF
boats on the Ohio river renders the
exception reasonable and necessary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
Mystery of a Murder.

Shelbyville Ind. Oct S.-Mystery
surrounds the death Of Mrs. Laura
Ayres. 80 years old. a well-known and
active church worker Of this place,
who was found dead in bed with bull
let in her brain. Charles ]. Ayres. the
husband of the woman, says he be-
leves his wife shot herself during the
night. Ayres says he heard no shots
during the night although he was sleep
ing in an adjoining room with the door
ajar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
THEY ARE VERY SORE AT PALMA
Criticism of the Ex-President Devel.
oping Into Denunciation.

Criticism OF the EX-Prestdent DeveI.
oping Into Denunciation.
Criticism of ex-President Palma on
account of his invitation TO the Unit
ed States TO Intervene is now develop
ing into denunciation. Editorials on
this subject printed in the newspapers
vary from guardedly expressed sus-
picions by organs hitherto most friend
" TO Palma to violent excavations by
opposition journals. These latter pa
pers do not hesitate 10 characterize the
conduct of Palma and ex-Secretary OF
State O'Farrill as traitorous.
La Discussion, formerly a govern
ment organ. in a two-column editorial.
demands that the matter be probed
until its true history is developed. Re
ferring TO the appearances that Palma
played double in blaming President
RooSevelt'S commissioners for the in
tervention for which he himself pre-
viously asked the paper sums up the
case by pointing out the alternatives
that either Secretary of State Root or
Consul General Steinhardt equivocated
or were mistaken. or that Palma had
been driving his countrymen.
As none OF the Moderate leaders
was consulted the Moderates are much
nettled and disgruntled. Senior O'Far-
rili continues to refuse 10 give an ex-
PLANTATION Of the situation. He has
sailed for New York. No Information
on the subject from President Palma
can b. had. Steinhardt says he acted
strictly as a medium OF communication.
He enened 40 suggestion or advice
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08

and did not participate in the confer
ences. He says he showed Senor Palma
every cablegram and letter he dis
patched.
The fact that Intervention was SO
universally desired by the more
thoughtful element. while it mitigatcs
TO some degree the feeling over what
is alleged to be Palmas duplicity does
not deter general expression of the
opinion that Palma despite his pre-
vious good record. will no longer re-
tain prestige among the Cuban people.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-08
Humor Gao Philosophy
THE DRAWBACK.
By DUNCAN n. SMITH

To mount the dizzy auto
And chase Il down the line
And over dogs and apple carts
Is doubtless very fine.
But l opine
1t isn't quite SO pleasant
To lie upon your back
And gaze aloft and wonder where
The works are out CT whack.
To amble up the boulevard
A minute 10 the mile
And make the neighbors Jealous
Is swell and lovely style.
But il must rile
A temper. though by nature sweet.
To be obliged 10 step
Before a large and laughing crowd
That heard the puneture pop.
To throw the speed gauge open
And cut the startled air
Is very lovely business.
A banisher Of care.
But it's to swear
When Just around the corner
A few rods down the line
The village constable appears
And calls you for fine.
To jog along TO business
At slow and steady gait
is fine when you are certain
You viii not get down late,
But. oh, hard fate
To have the wheels quit buzzing
And after some delay
To get q team of horses
To haul the thing away!