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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-26
D0WIE A SICK MAN

Chicago, May 26.-John Alexander Dowie
Is believed 10 be seriously III in his apart
ments In the Virginia hotel A hurried
call for oxygen has been sent out today
and 1t was admitted by his followers that
he is a very sick man.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-26
The COTTON MARKET.

Reported for The News Democrat over
the private wire of EDWARD L. SHELL
DON & CO. Bankers and Brokers. Room
23i Banigan building.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-26
MARKET
REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported for The News-Democrat ove
the private wire OF EDWARD Il. SHEL.
DON az CO. Bankers and Brokers, Room
23i, Banigan building.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-26

The following union will hold ses-
sions tonight:
Bartenders. Labor Temple.
Typographical union, Labor Temple.
General Teamsters. Labor Temple.
n = n ENnnpGL rnNrD AC,1,
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
The Utilization Of Leisure.

Sir Oliver Lodge says: The idea
of social institutes for recreation and
utilization of leisure ranks among the
most hopeful methods of attacking the
forlorn gambling and excessive drink.
ing habits of this country. 1t is an
Indirect method of attack, and there.
ore, wise. Compulsory closing Of
doors is nj remedy, so long as an
open longing to enter them remains.
e is the will and the habits that must
le amended; it is the leisure hours
that must be otherwise provided for.
The way to expel a bad spirit perma-
nently is to occupy his place WORTH
"; and until homes are more home
ike and rational family life more pos
ible, social institutes and clubs, not
100 narrowly or over'governed, must
supply the deficiency"
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
GUIDE ROCK
From the News Letter.)

(From the News Lottery
Mrs. George Fairfield is sick with
tonsilitis.
Jerome Vance is reported very sick
with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Robt. Garrison has been quite
sick several days this week.
Frank Taylor this week bought forty
acres of land adjoining his farm of
Mrs. j. +. Lane.
Chris Columbia brought in a carload
OF young mules this week from the
western part of the state.
Edison Miner is gaining a little on
the use of his leg and is now able to
get around with the aid of only one
erutch.
Trenmor Cone, formerly of this place
but now of Wahoo, was elected repre-,
sentative to the state legislature 10y
the ~fusionists of Saunders county al
the recent election.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
BLADEN

ID. p. Kimmel left Wednesday for
Kansas.
Herman Feis drove to Red Cloud
Monday.
Tom McTigh visited his sister, Mrs.
Duffey, Sunday.
j. w. Mccoy returned from Red
Cloud Wednesday.
l.. Il. Warner, returned from a
months visit in Michigan.
Mrs. Kile is visiting her sister, Mrs.
John Frazier, north of town.
l.. b. Thorne of Michigan is visiting
his brother, VIM. Thorne, of this piece.
Mrs. A. Reed and daughter Grace
visited at the home of Fred Reed Sun
day.
j. w Wratten, j. X. Kerr and l.. B.
Thorne went out west Tuesday to look
at land.
The Ladies' Aid society of Campbell
met at the home of Mrs. Herman Feis
of this city Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r c. Chevalier drove
over to Macon Saturday and visited
over Sunday with friends.
j. w. Mccoy and family and Herbert
Mccoy and wife visited relatives near
Cowles Saturday, returning Sunday.
Wash Reed drove to Hastings Sun.
day and took the evening train to
Omaha, where he went to purchase new
goods. He returned home Tuesday,
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
Germs Proved Of Value.

DR.. A. Charrin, a French ~savant, fed
two groups of guinea pigs on carrots.
One group took the vegetable after 1t
had been sterilized by boiling and all
germs thus destroyed; the other after
1t had been sprinkled over with dust
OF with the soil in which the carrots
had been grown. or seventeen sub
jects in the first group twelve died
before those in the second and the In.
vestigation showed that the total abb
sence of germs in the sterilized food
impaired the digestion and lowered
the asslmilative power of the animals.
Only five altogether were lost of the
group fed on the germ-containing
food.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
One Thinq Needfui,

In tears she knelt at the confessional,
An! she was young and fair!
1 thlnk my virtues have less grace than
The faults she owned to there.
head,
shriven,
said, ~
Ere 1 can be forgiven?
"Lo! I have tasted all these many days,
And prayed through all the night,
Asking that heaven, by these darkened
ways,
Should lead me to the light"
"One thing there is thou lackest," said
the priest,
Though bravely thou has s~triven,
Vhere bldes one thing that thou must do,
at least,
Ere thou canst be forgiven"
Then low, she answered: Tell me what
need
To merit pardon. and I shall not err"
indeed,
AS soft. as he answered her:
"Oh. daughter. let them strive with
God who fall!
In thy pure heart what guile has en-
tered in?
Before / may absolve thee, first of all,
My daughter-thou must sin?"
Cleveland Leader.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
CAM PBELL
(From the Citizen.)

lrIoin tHe tlllLen.D
Frank Musil is building IA handsome
feed house for his fancy Chester
Whites.
Eric Bergman, Andrew Erickson and
Jack Farquharson left for Canada,
Tuesday.
H. Chilly. who recently purchased
the opera house, expects to have the
building moved onto his lots north of
the track.
Mrs. Will Burr returned Sunday
morning from visiting her parents in
Indianola, leaving her father much
improved.
A new German Lutheran church is
soon to be erected in the country south
Of Upland.
Ed Reichstein went to Omaha this
morning to meet his wife, who is COM
ing in from Iowa to make her home in
Campbell.
A. l.. Clark, of Hastings, who owns
the farm occupied by M. Hollister, is
building a fine big double granary to
hold the seasons harvest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
English Tax on Newspapers.

On June Is, 1855, England's news
paper stamp duty was abolished and
the reign of the cheap daily began.
This tax on knowledge" was first i'm
posed in 1712 and was made most Sc
we're by the act of 1920, which fixed 1t
at 4 pence 6 cents) a sheet, with 8
shillings 6 pence (S7 cents) duty on
each advertisement. The wings re-
duced the duty to a penny in 1886, but
when the Crimean war broke out and
everyone wanted the news even a
penny duty vas found to be intoler.
able. It's repeal is called the Magma
Charta of the British press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
Prev of Flames.

Regina, Man.. Nov. 20.-The Hotel
WinusSpr, the largest in this city, was
destroyed by fire and five people were
burned TO death. There were sixty
five guests in the hotel at the time
of the fire.
The dead: w. Muster, manager of
the Regina Milling company; l.. Muss-
ter. assistant manager; Donald Walk
err, Robert Johnson, Harry Jones. Sew
eral others were burned, some OF
them seriously. The loss is 500, 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
Neusy Notes From Rei9htJring Touns
GATHERED FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Mrs. M. r. Sears and daughter Mrs.
Mabel Worley were called to Lincoln
Monday Of last week to attend the fun
eral of the formers brother WILDER.
Peter Riber is the latest arrival
from Russia, reaching here Wednesday.
His wife stopped in Hastings fora few
days. Peter Riber is IA brother of
Henry Riber.
On Monday at 0 o'clock a. m. Rev.
Father Tastevin, of The catholic church
united in holy wedlock Mr.. Harvey La
porte and Miss Arcelia Charter, both
of Campbell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
SMITH CENTER
(From the Messenger.)

(From the Messenger.)
A new republican paper at Lebanon
with Frank Hamaker at the helm. '
Ora Jones, an old soldier and early
settler of this county, passed away at
his home in this city Tuesday.
Forrest Maulsby has finally located
up in White Rock township, having
purchased the F M. Hamaker farm of
loo acres for $4,000.
At the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Graham, north
eastsof town, last evening, occurred the
wedding Of G. V. Bowman and Bertha
M. Graham.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
SUPERIOR
From the Expressly

Iva Soper, an old resident of Muck
oils Co., died at his home two miles
west of Hardy last night.
Mrs. Frank Warrior received a cable.
gram yesterday from her sister, Miss
Grace Coppock, at Shanghai, China,
that she arrived there safely.
The Superior Cattle Co. shipped four
cars of cattle to Kansas City yesterday,
a. G. Woodland shipped one car of
cattle to st. Joe and the Shipping AS
sociation shipped two cars of hogs to
st. Joe.
The hearing in the ease against
Bridge Contractor Sparks was held in
the Gage county court Saturday.
Sparks waived examination and vas
bound over to the district court in the
sum of $4,000, for which he gave bond.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23
LEBANON.
Urom the Times.)

Scott Barcus of the Crystal Plains
lost his residence and part of his house
hold furniture by fire Saturday.
Jas. Brady, who was formerly a resi-
dent of this city, died at his home in
Enid, Okla, Sunday, Nov. A, and was
buried the following Tuesday.
Tuesday, while driving from Mr
Stockbridge's near Alton, to Gaylord,
Mrs. j. Il. BrodmarRle and Miss Daisy
Mclntire were the victims of a very
serious smash-up.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23

1t is a well known medical fact that
pine resin is most effective in the
treatment of diseases of the bladder
and kidneys. Sufferers from back
ache and other troubles due to faulty
action of the kidneys find relief in the
use of Pine-ules. 81 buys 30 days
treatment. Sold at Henry Cook IS
drug store.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23

Bees Laxative Honey and Tar the
original laxative cough syrup acts as a
cathartic on the bowels. 1t is made
from the tar gathered from the pine
trees of own country, therefore is
the best for children. 1t is good for
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough,
etc. Try II free offer. Sold at
Henry Cooks drug store.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-23

Take Laxative Bromo quinine tab
let's. Druggists refund money il 1t
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on each box. 25 cents.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13
REGENERATION OF RUBBER
Process by Which Residence and
Body Are Restored to Old
Material

A European process for regenerating
old rubber has for its principle the sep.
aration of the caoutchouc proper con-
tanned in vulcanized rubber from the
mineral and other matters which have
been incorporated into it, such as sui.
phur, etc. The first operation. says
the Scientific American, consists in
dissolving the vulcanized rubber in
one Of the usual solvents, using Pc
troleum preferably either alone OF
with henzine added to it. After treat
ing for certain time the insoluble
matter is separated by filtering under
pressure, or by centrifugal machine
The solution when separated from the
insoluble matter is evaporated to the
consistence of syrup under reduced
pressure and is then taken up by ace
tone. The liquid which is thus OBJ.
tanned is first boiled and then decant-
ed off and the rubber is again taken
up by an alcoholic soda solution. At
ter boiling and pouring off a second
time, the rubber is treated with boil
ing alcohol. After the alcohol is
taken off. the rubber is washed with
water and then dried by superheated
steam, which removes the last trace Of
alcohol and water it may contain.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13
PILES BURST INTO FLAME.
Friction Produced by Driving
Through Sand Sets Them
Afire,

A remarkable case of spontaneous
Ignition that recently occurred in erect
ing the walls of the new Rotterdam
quay is related by the Technische
Rundschau.
Rams had been used there for some
time, which by 1870 or 200 strokes per
minute caused a steady advance of the
piles. The foundation was such that
The pillars had to be driven through
the anicksand down to the solid
ground.
On withdrawing some piles, the
points of the latter were found, owing
to the enormous friction, to have been
charred entirely and heated to such a
point as to begin burning spontaneous
iy on coming in contact with the air;
nor could iron shoes prevent this spon-
taneous ignition.
When leaving the piles in the ground
this ignition would not result in any
damage, the charming remaining con-
aned to the surface, and the heat rap
Idly carried away in the moist sur
roundings.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13
BY MEAD PUBLISHING co
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
LAST CARGO OF SLAVES.
Were Landed on the Coast of Geor-
gia Some Ihirty-Five
Years Ago.

1.-THE very last vessel to bring car
go of African slaves into this country
landed on the coast of Georgia in 1867
said Col William Youngblood, of At
lanta, according to the Washington
Post.
1.-THE vessel. whose name do not re-
call, was operated by two southern
men, Corrie and Lamar. / think Cor
RE was from Charleston and his part
ner was from Savannah, and member
of the celebrated Lamar family. They
brought over between 500 and 500 ne
groes from the shores of Africa, and
proceeded up the Savannah river to
Augusta before attempting to get rid
of the slaves. There was lively bidding
for the blacks by the planters of Geor-
gia and South Carolina, and they sold
like hot cakes at prices ranging from
$500 to $500. Gen. bearing, a promi-
nent citizen of Edgefield county, South
Carolina, bought 20 Of them.
"At that time was going to school
in South Carolina, and happened to
pay visit to the home of Mrs. Till
man, the mother of the present United
States senator from that state, who
also lived in Edgefeld county. 1t seems
that Mrs. Tillman had been purchas-
er at the sale of Corrie and Lamar, and
l have distinct recollection of being
shown one of the young Senegambians
that she had bought of them. He was
black as midnight and when spoken
to could only grin and gesticulate He
had not learned word of English"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13


ager of the -Four Hundred show de-
cided to Danish the baboon. and ollr
show sent pa to Newport TO buy ths,
baboon and bring him to our show at
New York.
We had the darndest time get
ting him away from Newport. Ia
couldn't do anything with him, but
he took to me. cause he thought l was
his long-lost brother, and l could do
anything with him. We got him In
our stateroom on the boat, and took
his clothes away from him, cause he
only wears his clothes when he is
being dined and wined, and we chained
him in the upper berth. He just
raised the very deuce on the way
down to New York. After pa and
got to sleep that baboon got my
clothes, and put them on, slipped the
chain over his head, jumped through
the transom, and went into every
berth where the transom was opsn
and chatted with the people who oc-
cupied the berths. There was an old
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13
MASSACHUSETTS MAYORS.
All Sorts Of Occupations Represented
4 by the Rulers of Her
Cities,

Massachusetts, elects it's mayors on
the second Tuesday in December. and
elects them largely on issues not con-
nected with national politics, says the
New York Sun. Each mayor OF Massa-
chusetts is expected to be engaged in
"some gainful occupation"
Thus, the new mayor of Gloucester
is q telegrapher; the mayor of Wo.
burn, heel manufacturer; the mayor
Of Springfield, an undertaken; the
mayor Of Chelsea, agent for the sale
OF wall paper; the mayor Of Haverhill
auctioneer; the mayor of Worcester q
physician; the mayor of Maiden, q
manufacturer of spring mattresses:
the mayor of Medford, plumber; the
mayor Of Lowell, a bookkeeper; the
mayor Of Brockton, a foreman in q
shoe factory, and the mayor of Salem
q tin roofer.
The mayor-elect Of Marlborough is q
native Of New York city-an unusua.
thing In q Massachusetts, mayor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13

and wound his tail around pas neck,
and laid his head on pas shirt bosom,
and was seasicll.
Pa said: We'll this beats every
thing. What did you Go to him."
told pa had only been teaching
the monk manly tricks. and "a said:
We'll you have overdone it" Ard
then the Humane society had pa ar
rested for cruelty to animals. But
the monk got over it, and now he
tries to be masher. and winks at
women, and flirts with them just as
the men do at Newport.
We thought we were smart when
we held up the railroad for damages
back in Pennsylvania, after the wreck
but we are getting dose of our own
medicine. At Poughkeepsie there
came up wind and rainstorm that
blew the tent down right in the
midst of the evening performance, and
scared everybody half to death. Sew
eral people were hit by tent poles and
hurt some, and it was the widest
scene l ever saw, and people who got
out alive ran away in the dark and
somebody said the animals had all
got loose, and some of the people
never stopped running till daylight the
n ext morning.
Some run into the river, and the an.
balances carried the injured to hos
pitfalls. Pa stampeded with the e-e.
plants, never showed up till noon
the next day. By that time at least
- , D led claims fer
damages, and all the lawyers, from AL
bany to New York, were on our trail.
The managers appointed pa to set
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13
THREW AWAY RICHES
STEELE SPENT 100000 I,
SEVEN MONTHS.
After Wasting Fortune He Was in
Poverty for Forty Years-Known
as "Coal Oil Johnny" in Oil
Fields of the World.

Franklin, Pa.-John A. Steele, ia.
nous In every oil field of the world as
Goal Oil Johnny" leaves as legacy
to his wife the memory of man who
acquired the reputation in seven brief
months of being the most remarkable
spendthrift In history. In 1862 and
1853 he gambled, spent and gave away
100000.
At the end of the latter year, when
he was % years old, he had not a cent.
He couldn't get work and he had no
credit.
Hundreds of friends he thought he
had during the days he spent his for
tune disappeared the day he found his
funds were exhausted. Then he
looked for credit. Men he had made
turned their backs upon him.
He left the Pennsylvania oil fields
with broken heart and an empty
pocket. For 40 years he has been a
wanderer in the west His one ambi.
ton was to avoid oil men and forget
the existence that averaged cost Of
$4,000 day.
There are thousands of stories de.
scribing the many ways Steele parted
with his money. His picturesque ap-
pearance the days he roamed the
streets Of Petroleum Center, Pa, are
described by natives who recall him
parading the main street with clothes
plastered with paper money from chin
to knees.
This currency was distributed before
he touched the pillow that night. How
he bought enough champagne to fill a
bathtub and how he bathed in the
costly liquid is often told by old com.
panions.
While In New York Steele engaged a
cab and finally purchased it, and made
1t q gift to the driver. He bought a
hotel and gave 1t to clerk He never
paid less than five dollars for a shoe
shine. He always tipped his barber
ten dollars.
He had likes and dislikes. For his
likes he paid fabulous prices. His
fondness extended to men and women
He literally burned up his $4,000, 0OO
in seven months. A great bulk of that
tremendous fortune was gambled by
friends, whom he staked.
The morning he went broke he did
not even have credit in hotel thai
he had bought for the owner That
day he counted up the time and the
fun he had had.
One year and seven months had
elapsed from the time his foster
mother. living in log cabin at the
outskirts of Oil City, threw coal oil
in the stove and was consumed by
flames
Her death gave Steele the nickname
Goal Oil Johnnie" He made the
name historical.
1t was his mothers property that
made him wealthy. Her farm GOV,
cred an ocean of oil, and royalties re
ceived by her had amounted to $500,
600 before death. They increased that
much again before Johnnie" became
of age.
His reckless doings occurred the six
months after he was 81 When he
was % or older he was en- route west
working where he could get job as
laborer.
He worked on railroad in South
Dakota. He lived for time in the
state of Washington. At last he set
tied in Kansas and worked as q
cooper.
His wife helped him back to Penn
sylvania.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13

man and woman from New Hamp-
shire in one berth, and when the monk
got in their berth and began to talk
the Newport language, the old man
thought it was me, and he said: Now,
pub, you go away to your pa.
The monk went out, and got into an
other berth, and crawled under the
bunk, and when the woman came i'll
to go to bed, she looked under it TO
see il any man was there. When she
saw our baboon she yelled fire" AMI
the officers of the boat pulled him OUT
by the hind leg, and tore my pant
leg off. Pa and | had to sit UP this
rest of the night with him, and whep
we landed him with the show at
Madison Square Garden we felt re-
lieved.
One woman on the boat has fol,
lowed us ever since to collect dam
ages from pa, cause his Oldest SOB,
the monk proposed TO her. Gee, it
seems to me woman ought to know
the difference between a baboon aud
man, but some women will marry
anything that wears clothes.
The monk took to me so, pa said
I must teach HIN everything | could
that men do, SO thought II would DO
no harm to teach him to chew to
bacco, cause he could already smoke
cigarettes, SO borrowed chew from
he boss canvasman, a great big
chew of black plug tobacco, and the
monk grabbed 1t, and chewed it awhile,
just before the afternoon performance,
and swallowed It, knew that SET
tied the monk. and when the audience
came along by his cage. and pa was
trying to get him to perform, as
he did at Newport, eating dinner like
man, the monk turned pale, and his
stomach ached. and he stood on his
head, and held his stomach in both
hands, and kicked the table over.
Then be hit pa swat with his foot
4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-13
IDENTIFIED AFTER so YEARS
At the Age of Six Carried OFF by an
organ-Grinder and Lost for
Half Century.

Albuquerque, N. M.-Lost when six
years old and not finding living rela-
tive until half century later was the
experience of Mrs. Hester Ann Alex
ander Smith, resident of Silver City
and Albuquerque for the past 20
years.
Just 80 years ago, when six years
old, she was attracted by monkey
owned by wandering Italian organ
grinder and followed its owner off.
The Italian took the child with him,
and despite every effort on the part
of her family she was never found
The organ-grinder came west,
bringing the little girl with him.
Reaching an age of independent
thought and action she finally drifted
to California, where later she was
married.
Twenty years ago she and her hus-
band and their four children moved
to Silver City, N. NJ, where all except
herself died. Mrs. Smith forgot the
name of her parents, but always had
a clear recollection of the scenes OF
her childhood For years she adver-
tised in eastern papers, telling of her
early impressions.
The result was a letter from Thorn
as G. Paddock, of Vernon, N. j., her
cousin, and another from her brother,
James Paddock, Of Warwick, N. Y,
who is still living at the old home
stead. Correspondence began at once,
and Mrs. Smith is soon to go to the
home of her childhood. She learned
that her parents have been dead for
rs years, and that of her brothers and
sisters but one is living.