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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-19

Though willow grows in wet places
it is naturally one of the dryest
woods. 1t contains only 20 per cent
OF water. Oak contains 81 per cent.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-19

.Well-nige desperate is the sit
nation of the American life insur-
anCe companies in Austria Hungary
according to correspondent Of the
London Economist. The majority
OF the healthy persons insured are
Withdrawing and enecung insurance
with Austrian companies, and the re
suit is likely to be The retention by
the Nmoricau companies loing bust
ness there OF only The ulsound lives
which Will disastrously uiruucg the
mortality rate. This is nos a con?c-
queuce OF the recent exposures to be
mourned over excessively. If the re.
suit shall be To compel the Amcrl-
can companies to aban Ion the rut.
eign field entirely it val be just a5
well. a life insurance company
gains nothing except empty snow ana
added expense in spreading out to
mis- extent. Smaller companies and
a reasonably limited area OF opera
tions are better.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-19

Espt is the only country In the
world where there are more men than
women The males exceed the fc.
waI. by 100000.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-19
NOBLE INFLUENCE.

The tidal wave OF deeper souls
Into our utmost beings rolls
And lifts us unawares.
-Longfellow
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-06-19

For neat printing you should come
TO the Daily Leader. Price 20 suit.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29

Miss Lizzie Dickson has gone to
Huntington for a visit of two weeks.
The regular term of the Marshall
circuit court convened Monday after
noon
Coroner Carson of Valparaiso has
finished his investigation of the B.
& O. railroad wreck. Frank Galnauer
Mrs. Whitmore has returned to
South Bend after a visit OF ten days
with her daughters Mrs. B. d. South
worth and Mrs c. R. Leonard and
other relatives here
Mrs. Stoner and Mrs. Grant of
Fresno, California, who have been
visiting in Ohio, arrived to spend
Thanksgiving with Henry Hocken
smith and visit few days before re
turning to California.
lit is remarked that all of the early
days of this week we were looking
forward gladly to Thank giving, and
all of the latter days of the week we
shall be counting the days backward
and wondering how long it will take
to wear off the effects
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29
Oratorical Contest.

An lnterclass oratorical contes
was held at the High School assem-
bly, room Wednesday, Noy. 2s, tn.
exercises 10 began at 100 The con
testants were as follows:
Iva Glass, or, Educated Dwarfs.
Grace Bussard, 'Os, Luther and tn
Reformation
Harold Rosenberg, 'O7, "The Pow
CT of Purpose"
Earl Mclaughlin, OS. "The indie
pendent Voter"
Glen Seybold, 'Os, "The Polar Re
gions"
Orlow Leonhard, OF, The Rol
of Migration"
Eva Jeffirs. 'o9, Japan"
Ethel Zumbaugh and Frances VIII
lard, 1910; Arthur Thompson, 1908
Tariff Reform
Glen Fletcher, 10 "The Virtue 0
Continued Employment"
Thompson Myers, 10, 'The Fut
ure of Cuba"
Earl Wiltfong, 'O9, Mistakes of
Nation"
All the contestants acquitted them
selves well. AT the close of the con
test the schools adjourned until Mon
day on account of Thanksgiving an,
the County Teachers Association
which will be held Friday and Satur
day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29

Fur Opening Saturday, Dec. 1st
Our representation will show every
thing made of fur. Ball & CO. d.
Thanksgiving turkeys are very fine
this year. There are plenty of them
and prices are less than last year
Mrs. John Foreman OF Michigan
is visiting her uncle, J. B. Goodman
and other relatives in this county.
oseph Swindell and family went to
Kalamazoo, Mich, to spend Thanks
giving with Harry Swindell and fam
lily.
The gentlemen OF the Eastern Star
will give a public social at the chap
ter rooms this evening" All are invit-
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J. Sorg are spend
ing Thanksgiving with, relatives at
Fort Wayne, Ind, and Jackson,
Mich.
Leroy Evans went north Wednes-
day morning to spend the Thanks
giving holiday with relatives at South
Bend and Elkhart
All who will assist the choir at the
Thanksgiving services are requested
to meet at the Methodist church at
5 O'Clock this evening.
Mrs. Mary Jefirs, mother of Peter
ard Michael JsfE1s, who was critical
ly i'll Of hung fever for several days
now seems out.Yf danger.
Franklin Miles and wife, of Elk
hart, are in Washington for the open
ing OF congress. Mr.. Miles is prom
inent patent medicine man.
Rev. O. F. Lands went to Ham
let Wednesday to tie the nuptial knot
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29
Almost a Big Fire.

The residence of John B. Bowel
between the Methodist church and the
Ross house caught fire in the attic
from a defective fue Wednesday al
ternoon and blaze was coming
through the roof in several places
when the fremen got to work. 1t
was for time almost impossible to
reach the source of the fire and it was
half hour before it was under con
troll
Most of the household goods were
carried out before they were badly
damaged by water, but carpets and
thcs hilding. were badly damaged
by both fire and water. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the loss or give
particulars at the hour of going to
press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29
LOCAL NEWS



]. L. Gibson and ceE. Weavei
went to South Bend for a. Thanksgiv-
ing visit.
Mrs. w. w, Matthews IS spending
Thanks giving with relatives at Ak
ron, Ind.
c. B. Yeagley and wife have gone
to Racine. Wis, to visit until after
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. d. Hartman have
sold their farm near DoHaldsqr's and
moved to Chicago. ~
Ernest and Thomas Conklin are
visiting at Walnut, Tiosa, Rochester
and Akron this week.
Most of the Plymouth boys and
girls employed an other cities are
home for Thanksgiving; =
Mrs. A L. Brown is: visiting at
Englewood.
Misses Pearl and Ernla Winnings
who are employed at South Bend,
are home for Thanksgiving -. -
The Junior League of the Nj. Z
church will have taffy pulling at the
parsonage tomorrow evening.
De1bert Sills, who works for the
Santa Fe railroad in Colorado, is
home for a visit of a few days.
Mrs. Emanuel Goss has returned
to her home at Rochester after q
visit of a week with her son, +. J
Goss, three miles south of Plymouth
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29

uniting in marriage Mr. Edward
Weissert and Miss Bertha Zeiders
Miss Metric Birkhold returned
from the Epworth hospital at South
Bend Monday and it is hoped thai
her health viii now be fully restored
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alderman
Mrs H. w. Boggs, Mrs John Sey-
mour and Mrs. Shelton and son are
among those visiting at South Bend
+. NJ. McCrory has one set of In
ternational Cyclopeda, Is volumes
and Cyclopedia dictionary, morocco
bound, 4 volumes for sale at bedrock
General John Carroll of Maryland
with a great family tree but no mon
ely, forced proud relatives to come to
his aid by applying for job as bail
if.
Mrs. Theodore Haberkorn has re-
turned to Fort Wayne after a visit
OF few days with her mother, Mrs
John Hoham and other relatives
here.
The United States Circuit Court
has decided that tn. sugar trust mus;
pay fine of $4,000 Tor accepting re-
bates from the New York Central
railroad
ST. Louis business men want the
government to assist in cutting a
channel fourteen feet deep from Chi
cage to St. Louis and open up a
deep water way to the gulf
. Mrs b. w. Healy who has been
suffering from severe attack of lung
fever is still in a critical condition
on account of her heart being very
weak since the fever is broken.
About these, days is a seasonable
time to put away lawn and garden
tools where rust will not corrupt nor
moisture cause decay. 1t will save
both cash and care next spring.
Ralph B. Coons of South Bend and
Miss Gladys Hutchings OF this city,
will be married at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wagner Thanks
giving day at noon, by Rev. J. S.
Crowder.
San Francisco has a lot of money
left out of the funds that were sub
scribed for the relief of the earth
quake sufferers. Some of the graft
crs must have been suspicious OF one
another.
An evangelist in Indianapolis says
that not half the current literature is
fit to be read. We suppose he does
not offer this as news, however.
Most everybody has known that for a
long time.
The program for the union
Thanksgiving services at the Metho-
dist church, is one of the best ever
prepared for an occasion of this kind.
Rev w. l.. Switzer of Rochester will
preach the sermon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29
No Hunting on Sunday.

Says the indianapolis News: E. E.
Earle, deputy fish and game commits
sioner, is out after the Sunday hunt
ers. He sent out parties. of deputies
all over the state Sunday and so far
about half a dozen arrests have been
reported to him. There shall be nc
Sunday hunting if | can prevent it, -
said Mr.. Earle. Hunters might as
well make up their minds to hunt on
week days, for we will get them
sure"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29

Among those home for Thanksgiv-
ing are Miss Mary Hoham teacher OF
music at Lima, Clifford Burkett, who
attends school at Wabash College,
Charlottesville, Miss Lucretia Loring
from DePauw University and Frank
Leonard of Purdue.
Eighty per cent of the railroad
companies that have reported to the
Interstate commerce commission1 in
dictate that freight charges nqyigbe
reduced under operations of tiis~rate
bill, now in full force and effect. Do
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29
Marriage Licenses.

Grover limbaugh and Mayme A
Carter, Ralph P. Coons and Gladys
B. Hutchings, Frank Z. Barts and
Chloe M. Kaufman. Erwin Q Burg
ner and Bertha NJ Deiscfl, William
Miller and Melinda Watkins, Elmer
F Reed and Maud L. Bachtel, Ed
ward Canaan and Jennie A. Anders.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-29

ing away with free passes and rebates
makes freight reduction possible and
eminently proper
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
Washington Notes.

Harrison Torrell, who became well
known throughout the country during
the last years Of the life OF Gen.
Grant as his faithful attendant and
nurse, died in this city last week.
Adjt. Gen. Drain of the state of
Washington has been rendered and
has accepted the new post of United
States attorney for the United States
court in China and Korea, provided
for by the last session OF congress.
Bruce K. Leonard Of Michigan also
has been appointed marshal Of the
court, and Frank Z. Hinckley Of l.ew
York has been appointed clerk.
The policy recently adopted by the
treasury department In its conduct OF
the affairs of the public health and
marine hospital service, of discontinue
ing many of the large hospitals In
many sections of the country, results
in the making Of a large number OF
contracts by the government with 10
cal hospitals or practicing physicians
for the care and treatment OF seamen
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
CLERKS BY THOUSANDS.
Washington Departments Have a
Great Army, Including Non
o~genarians.

An oficiai register, commonly known
as the blue book. shows 25,4S1 people
as employed in various capacities In
the departments In Washington. The
aggregate compensation Of this army
Of clerks il a little in excess of $27.-
600. 600 a year. The treasury depart
ment leads the list with $500 employees
and the state department appears at
the foot with a little bunch of only
120. The figures vary slightly from
year to year, but the round total Of 25.-
00e may be said to represent Washing
tons army of department clerks.
There has beer considerable discus
sion during the present session about
the matter Of clerks of more than 65
some Of the departments were unduly
loaded up with ~patriarchs whose days
of usefulness lay In their past. An in
v~estigation was ordered and a partial
report has been submitted.
From this II appears that about six
per cent. Of the total are IS or more
years Of age. The procession is head
ed by a sprightly youth of 81, with
one of 80 as a close second. There are
three of sc years, foul of IS years, hve
of 81, six of SO, IL Of 50, IA OF 81, Is
of so. Is of 70, % of rs. % of II
and "A of rs. There are some 1,400
specimens Of young manhood and
womanhood between the ages OF IS
and rs.
Der OF those who are 65 years and over
are reported as doing excellent work;
nearly one-half arc quoted a doing
good" work and the remainder are
rated as average" fair" or poor"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
Casualties.

Fire completely destroyed the Ar
o elevator at Madrid, Iowa.
A large piece of rock fell on Joseph
Stefin, employed in the Quincy mine,
at Calumet, Mich, killing him instant
ly. He was twenty-six years old and
single.
Word has been received at Living
ston, Mont, that Judge Clifford, a well
known resident of Park county, has
been drowned in Emigrant creek. De,
tails Of the drowning are not at hand,
A slight fire in a moving picture ma
chine theater at Young's pier at At
lantic City, n. j., started a panic
among the several hundred persons
who were in the audience, and a num-
Der were injured in the rush for the
exits.
DR.. Paul Shekwana Of London, bac-
t~eriologist of the Iowa State board Of
health and the University of Iowa, was
knocked from the interurban bridge
over the Iowa river at Iowa City. He
struck the rocks thirty feet below.
Many OF his bones were broken and
he is now unconscious and his con-
dition Is critical.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
From Other Shores,

In addition to closing her frontiers
to al Servian cattle. Austria-Hungary
has prohibited the bringing IN Of tin
ned meats.
Natal troops completely surrounded
and defeated a rebel body in the I'm.
voti district. Five hundred and forty.
seven rebels were killed. There we're
nc white casualties.
A hail storm at Valencia. SPUN,
killed fifty persons. Hail stones as
big as oranges smashed The roofs of
houses. causing the inhabitants 70
take refuge In the cellars.
An unprecedented AMI Interesting
spectacle VA witnessed 1T Shanghai
recently. when 400 Chinese volun-
teers, who have b.,en drilling assidu.
ously for the last few months. psraded
through the 'iag-deckod streets of the
settlement. The men were dressed in
khaki. and presented II smart appear
ance. Only the officers wore swords,
After the parade the soldiers we're
entertained ~ the yanien Of the .aotai
The ~revolutionists in Matte Crosse
have occupied the capital, Cuyaba,
murdered the president Of the state
and seized the government.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
No FLESH POTS FOR HIM.
Washington Athlete Who Has Made
q Remarkable Record On Veg
etable Diet.

None of the flesh pots of Egypt, nor
of the Washington lunch rooms, for
Lewis Connor, a rising young athlete
of the Washington Cd. c. high school.
Plain grains, fruits and nuts, says
Good Health, are his selections when
preparing to reach for the laurel
wreath. Mr.. Connor's prowess on the
cinder path and in the jumping pit
have created a furore in Washington
athletic circles.
In summarizing the work of Common
1t will be found that out Of the Is or
more events in which he has entered
he has won eight finished second in
three, and run third In one, making
three the total number Of times he has
been unplaced In his entire career.
During all Of Connor's work in the
high school he attended school and
worked at the post office from three
IA the afternoon until IL at night. At
the end Of the second year. by permis-
sion OF Principal Wilson, he studied
during the summe OF 1904. and that
fall he took an examination which
uualifed him for the fourth class.
Last spring he was graduated among
the 6rst Of his class, and did II all on
yaGstabls foOo.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
Crimes.

a man who registered at Hunts
hotel in Chicago as f. w. Sanborn of
st. Paul. committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.
Sheriff Charles Wilson Of Clay coun-
ty, Florida, vas shot and instantly
killed on a train near Green Cove
Springs by O negro prisoner In his GUS
tody. Sheriff Wilson's deputy imm".
diately shot and killed the negro.
Frank Sweitzer was stabbed In the
eye at Sault Ste. Marie by Manuel
Salazer, a Mexican, with whom he
quarreled because the Mexican showed
him. He will Cow Salazer is in
the city prison awaiting an examina-
ton.
Lucy Page CASTOR of Chicago, the
anti-cigarette crusader, is at Logans-
port to urge ~Logansport aldermen to
prohibit the sale Of cigarettes. In an
address she revealed numerous cases
Of alleged bribery In the Indiana legis-
lature covering a period of four Yeas.
Dominick Faho, an Italian youth ."
eighteen, was arrested at Helen"
connection with the murder of He.
man Eberhardt at Wolf Creek last
Sunday Faho says Eberhardt attacked
him with an iron bar because he did
not want him In his employ longer.
An Infatuated mob of hundred ne
groes attacked a crew Of city dog
catchers at st. Louis with clubs and
knives. Andrew Betzold. a dog catch
er, was stabbed and slashed in the
back. Policemen, using clubs vigor.
ously, finally rescued the dog catchers
and arrested two negroes.
Jonah Williams, his wife, Minerva.
and their son Wesley, were sentenced
to prison for life at Evansville, Ind,
for the murder Of James Leigh at
Bonneville last spring. Andrew viii.
Jams another son, Is serving a Sen.
tence for a petty crime, and two
smaller children are in the reform
school.
Eight stories above the street In
New York on a flimsy flooring of
planks laid across Orders, nearly 500
union iron workers attacked three
special policemen. One Of the special
policemen, Michael Butler, was
thrown from the platform and fell two
stories to the sixth floor. He was
fatally injured.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
GOT coNGREssMAN'S PAY.
Woman Clerk In Washington Secures
Payment for Member After
"a Years.

Through the untiring efforts OF Miss
Miriam e. Benjamin, Of Boston, {
clerk in one of the departments a.
Washington, $l0,4S2 has been award
ed Samuel Lee, a negro, who was
elected TO congress rs years ago, bu'
never worn in.
Samuel Lee went 10 the Forty sew.
enth congress a contestant for the sea
of a white man named Richardson
from South Carolina. The fight was E
long and memorable one before thai
congress. On the last day OF the ses'
sion the committee on elections voteC
TO seat Lee.
Near the close OF the busy final SEES
sion on March 4 Lee appeared before
the speakers desk in the house OF rep
resentatives. Just as he raised his
hand to be sworn in the clock Over the
speakers chair pointed to the hour
OF II, and congress-, under the law,
vas dissolved.
This placed Lee in a peculiar posi-
ton. He had been declared legally en-
titled to his seat, but never was sworn
In, and mover was paid. For rs years
he has been unable to collect his sal
airy.
A few years ago Miss Benjamin went
to Washington to work as a clerk Aft
er she had been there awhile some one
told her Of Lees story. She sought
out Lee and found him III. From his
own lips she heard his story.
THE government should pay you,''
she SAID. IL don't believe 1t Will stand
for Richardson receiving the salary,
while you were legally elected and
entitled to the same. | will try to get
you the money"
Miss Benjamin wrote a letter TO her
brother, Edgar p. Benjamin, of this
city. Encouraged by a reply from
him, she Immediately took steps tor
the recovery NJ Lees salary. She car
ried her case to the chairman OF the
committee on appropriations, with the
result that a bill was framed, and
while reported favorably by nine on
crosses 1t always failed OF pas sage.
The Lee claim came up recently, and
after a long fight In the house the bill
granting him $10.4 2 for two years sal
airy and allowances was passed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-19
CAPT. DR[YfUS
IS INDICATED
ENTIRE INNOCENCE OF ACCUSED
OFFICER ESTABLISHED BY
COURT.
RESTORED TO FRENCH ARMY
JUSTICE TRiUMPHS AFTER YEHRS
OF DISGRACE AND PUNiSH.
MENT.

Paris, July 1.-THE supreme court
Yesterday announced its decision, an
nulling the condemnation OF Napl'
Dreyfus without a retrial.
The effect OF the decision Is a com
plete %vindication of Capt. Dreyins. en-
fitting him to restoration TO his ran"
I'm the army, as though he had mover
been accused.
The decision of the court was read
by the presiding judge, VI. BalIoi-Beau-
pre-, president of the court OF cassd'
ton.
Among those present were Matthew
Dreyfus, brother of Alfred Dreyfus;
Maitre Mornard. counsel for Capt.
Dreyfus; Joseph Reinach. the historian
Of the Dreyfus affair; Col. Plcqnart
Nine. lola and many othC,s who have
figured in various stages Of the cele-
brated case.
Dreyfus In SecIusion.
Capt. Dreyfus was not present. con
tinuing his habitual secrecy by re-
naming secluded in the garnet where
he has hitherto been cut off from the
outer world.
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus Of the artillery,
q member of a wealthy Hebrew family
Of Alsace, was on Oct. IA. 1894. arrest
ed on the charge of communicating
French military secrets to a foreign
power. Two months later DreyluS was
tried by court-martial and found guilty
and Jan. 5 he was publicly degraded
and deported to Devils Island, near
Cayenne, French Guiana, there appar-
emily to spend the remainder CT his
life.
1t was announced in the chamber of
deputies that Dreyfus will be restored
to the army with the rank of br!9adier
general.
VindicatIon Is TwofoId.
Dreyfus' vindicatiOn is twofold, the
supreme court first announcing a de-
cision establishing the entire inno-
cence of the accused man, and the
ministry later deciding to present an
urgent bill in parliament restoring
Dreyfus to the army with advanced
rank and otherwise giving reparation.
The decision of the court was a fore
gone conclusion. The exhaustive in
quiries had completely demolished the
accusation against Dreyfus. showing
that the real culprit was Maj. Count
Esterhazy. The decision therefore an
nulled the condemnation of the
Rennes ccurt-martial and ordered that
the ncquittal be posted and published
throughout France.
Thought II Would Never End.
This has been a long and terrible
ordeal" said Capt. Dreyfus. Il began
to feel it would end. 1t is clear
that the decision restores me TO my
old place in the army, but l am not
aware of the intention of the govern.
ment concerning my advancement in
rank
! have nothing to say against my
accusers. Being again an officer, | am
obliged to obey the army regulations
OF silence, and | am i~nexpressibly
thankful TO those who have assisted
in the maintenance of truth"