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The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Mingled With Social Circle

The sophomore and freshman
classes are scattered throughout
the little New England city, in
boarding houses-generally in board
ing houses recommended by the fac
ulty-and Deacon Livermores where
Gillie Wilson lived was one of these
From that vantage ground she min
gled freely with the students. Those
who observed her casually supposed
that she was regularly enrolled. She
was to be met everywhere where the
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

vited her friends for 4 drive. Not one
of her entertainments was extrava-
CANT They were just such affairs
as any college girl of moderate in
come might give. No one thought
anything of them at the time, though
since her arrest, looking back on
them, il seems as if there were a
good many of them, and taken alto
gether. they must have cost eonsid-
erablc.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

winter theft after theft was re-
ported from the students rooms
and 1t seemed evident that there
must be a Rmfies among the girls,
no one dreamed of suspecting Gil
lie Wilson. She was not a regu-
larly enrolled student. TO be sure,
but she lived out at Deacon Liver
more's where several of the stu
dents lived. Smith had endeavored
to maintain the cottage system in
housing its students rather than
the more usual dormitory system.
When it was first established on
what had been the old Dewey
place" at Northampton, the fine old
Dewey homestead had been retain
ed as the first of the cottages. 1t
sheltered the entire student body.
the first year, in charge of a re-
fined, sympathetic, well-bred lady. a
thorough woman of the world, quite
capable of maintaining for the girls
the sort of home the founder had
dreamed of and the president hoped
for for all his students. But Smith
grew too fast. There are now ten
or a dozen houses an the campus.
, Dewey House the smallest of them
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Displayed Unusual Nerve

One of her entertainments az
least showed an icy cold nerve
under the circumstances. About a
month ago she invited ten of her
friends, all of whom had been rob
bed, to theater party. The play
was -Raf1es, the Amateur Cracks
man." Miss Wilson had mourned
with them over their losses at the
hands of the mysterious college
thief. She guyingly told them that
she thought it might help them to
see how a society thief would set
10 work. After the theater she took
Continued on Page II. fhia Serfinnl
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- n AAA~A L VI Audl
saying of Checkers: Gee,
but it's hell to be poor,
and I made up my mind
thar there would be no
he'll for Gillie Wilson, but there
was just the same"
That is as near to an explsna-
ton Of her conduct as Miss Gill
more NJ. Wilson, who had been
unmasked as the girl Raffles of
Smith College, came, before leav-
Ing the scene of her exploits. To
avoid the hell of poverty she had
plunged into the hell OF disgrace, of
arrest, OF probable term in
prison, and of the cold shoulder
turned on her by her former frieds
and associates. It is a mistake
that thousands of business men
make every year, but that girls
through a greater timidity. through
, greater desire for the respect of
their fellows. through fear of the
day Of reckoning, or, perhaps,
through a greater conscientious
ness rarely make.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

all, and no girl hopes to find shelter
in one of them before her junior
or senior year. though she may
have put herself on the list several
years before entering college.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

Liyermore's, of the Northampton
Baptist Church, and settled down for
the winter.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08
Seemed Eminentiy Well Bred.

In fact, her entire course at Smith
seems TO have been marked by good
taste and an absence Of extrava-
gance. AS already noted, she was a
frequent and popular guest az stu
dent functions, and naturally she
from time TO time returned their
hOspitalities in one way or another.
She gave a great many teas in her
room. Occasionally she gave a mod
est supper 10 half a dozen Of the girls
at the Copper Kettle Inn or az Boy
den's- Once or twice during the win
ter she engaged big sleigh and in
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

,Tho came in contact with her at
Smith as eminently well bred. She
is described as having z plump.
graceful figure; a round face with a
healthy. rosy cOloring, and a ready
smile always puekering 1t into dim
pies; blue eyes that look one straight
IN the face as she talks, and an abun-
dance Of light brown hair brushed
back loosely from a broad. intelli-
gent forehead. She dresses tasteful
ly. but by no means extrayagantly.
The Washington times., 1906-04-08

Continued on Page Il. this section.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11
A STRANGE Story.

Dr. Loye tells the following strange
story, taken from the archives Of an
Austrian police officer, and relating to
an execution said to have' taken place
in Vienna in 1880: A well-known band
1t named Schavenburg was caught, to
gether with four of his associates, and
they were condemned to death. They
were already on their knees ready to
submit to their fate. when Schavenburg
addressed the judge, asking that his
four companions might be ranged In
single file in front of him at distance
of eight feet from each other.
If" he said, after l am beheaded,
/ get up and walk to the first OF my
comrades, will you pardon him?!
The judge thought he was pretty
safe in complying with the request.
But if l walk up to the second,
the third. and the fourth, will you par
don those alsO?"
The judge replied that he would OBJ
tain their pardon from the emperor.
The bandit was satisfied bent his head,
received the mortal blow, and his head
rolled down: but to the great surprise
of the judge and the spectators, the
body got up. walked alone, passed the
first. second, third and fourth Of the
condemned men, and fell down. The
occurrence was told to the emperor,
who, according to promise, pardoned
the four criminals-Philadelp Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11
humorous Department.

QUITE ENGLISH. A gentleman
quite prominent in Washington off,
cial life tells the following as Illus
trative of the inability of the average
Englishman to see a joke:
The gentleman in question recently
had to dinner a Briton but lately
arrived on this side. 1t appears that
the foreigner was much impressed
by the extremely dusky complexion
of the maid who waited upon them
The maid in question, an excellent
servant, was brought from the south
by the officials wife.
All through the dinner the hos
and hostess were greatly amused tC
note the look OF establishment thai
would now and then appear upon the
usually stolid countenance of the
Britisher.
"I say. you know!" exclaimed the
Briton, when the maid had departed
that's an uncommonly black young
person, don't you know"
.T'm inclined to agree with you,
said the host.
"Yes," remarked the hostess. "she
is certainly black" Then she added
smilingly, "And now what do you
suppose her name is?"
esUpon my SOUL" asserted the for
eigner, earnestly, II could never
guess, you know! What Is it?"
"Her name is Lily!"
'Lily!" murmured the Englishman
dazedly. Lilly! Fancy now! Why
should she be called Lily when she Is
SO blacSP I should think. you know
that Lily would be a more appropri-
ate name for a blonde!"-Woman's
Home Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

How SHE COMPROMISED. - This
somewhat grasping spirit" said Sen
ator Burrows, in the course of re-
cent argument, reminds me Of a
lady who dropped in the other day
at a certain bank.
"Going to the paying teller's win
dow she opened her pockebook, took
out a check and pushed 1t under the
brass grating.
Cash this please she said.
THE paying teller, after one glance
at the check, pushed 1t back to the
woman again.
There is my husbands signature,
said the woman excitedly.
"'Yes, 1 know, admitted the teller
but there is no amount
"'Oh never mind that, said the
woman impatiently. Give me what
there is.'" .' rig
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

A CoIoRED BULL" - Private
John Allen says that an old darky
preacher in Mississippi, was recently
approached by a deacon in the
church, who desired to gain the rev.
erend gentleman's consent to his
daughters marriage with him, the
deacon.
"I doan' know bout dis" said the
preacher dubiously. You amt sich
a young man, deacon. 1 amt shore
dat you kin support nah chile!"
The deacon bridled. "Dere won't
be no trouble bout dat, sah!" he as
serted, warmly. II kin support her
all right"
The minister reflected for a MO"
ment. HAS you eber seen my Chloe
eat?" he finally asked.
II has, sah!" came from the suitor
But, sah!" exclaimed the old
preacher, impressively, has you eber
seen her eat when nobody was
a-watchin' herr"
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NEVER KNEW HIS SLAYER.-"Abe"
Trott a well-known character Of Peaks
Island, Me-, was on his way to the
woods to cut down some trees, carrying
an ak on his shoulder, and a small ter
rier dog following at his heels. accord
ing to the Boston Herald. They espied
a woodchuck, to which the dog gave
chase, and drove him into stone wall,
where action commenced at once.
"Abe's" sympathies being with the dog,
he decided to take hand and help
him. So, putting himself in position,
with the ak above the dog, he waited
for the extraction of the chuck. Soon
an opportunity offered, and ABE"
struck, but at the same time the wood
chuck gathered himself up and pulled
the dog in far enough for him to re-
ceive the blow, and the dog was killed.
For years after, in relating the story,
ABE" would always add: And thet
dog don't know to this day but what
thet woodchuck killed him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

LoNoFE4Iow's LETTER--A some
what amusing II not a laughable in
cident might be related Of the school
boy days OF the poet Longfellow. /
Is told that on one occasion when a
grammar school the teacher gave
each pupil a subject on which to write
a letter. This was given as a home
exercise, and was to be presented II
the morning. for the teachers cor
rection.
Longfellow was told to write al
he knew on any subject he wished t.
choose. Next morning the teacher
was not little amused to receiv'
the following from him:
Mr.. Phinney had turnip and 4
grew behind the barn,
1t grew there and It grew there, and
the turnip did no harm.
1t grew there and it grew there I'll
II could grow no taller,
Mr.. Phinney pulled it up and put Il
in the cellar.
1t lay there and 1t lay there TIL Il
began to rot;
His daughter Sally took it up and pu
it. in the pot.
She boiled 1t and she boiled IL as Ions
afas she was able,
Her sister Peggy fished it out and
put it on the table,
Mr.. Phinney, his good wife and at
sat down to sup;
They ate and they ate It'll they at'
turnip up.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

SHE HAD DISCRIMINATION AND TACT
In a western Massachusetts, town
lived a young woman who is blessed
with both discrimination and tact.
The first of these admirable quail
ties she had displayed by her two
marriages. Her first husband was
minister-a most delightful man.
He died, and, after a lapse of five or
six years, she was united to his
brother, who was a successful lawyer
in New York.
On the library desk stands pic
rure of the first partner of her joys
and sorrows, and one day curious
caller asked whom the photograph
represented.
That" said the hostess, with ev-
ident emotion, sis a picture of my
husbands brother, who was very
dear to US BOTH"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

ST II think Grinder has begun saw
ing I'D to buy a touring car"
"The idea! What makes you think
that?"
"His wife bought an automobile
veil the other day."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

fB Mr.. Schirk," said his wife's moth
er sternly, Mary tells me that you
won't help her at all; that you won't
even hold the baby"
THAT amt SC" replied Schirk. why
held 1t for her quite long while last
evening"
Indeed? How long,"
why, long enough for her to &C
down cellar an git scuttle O. coal"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11
GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, September Z: Two
of Gastonia's popular young people
figured in a runaway affair Wed
nesday night The young people were
Mr.. Wesley Pethel of the CASTOR
Iron works and Miss Matte Bell, the
popular daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Bell. The couple went TO the
residence of Rev. w. H. Reddish
where the ceremony was performed
in the presence of a few witnesses.
They will make their home with the
groom's brother, Mr.. Pink Pethel...
Mr.. Erastus Spurlin, a white farmer
of Cleveland county, was found dead
on the railroad track near Grover
Wednesday night. Spurlin's head and
body were crushed by the train.
From the evidence of young white
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

|
Moca His wife, mother and sisters
seem to be first in his consideration,
and his eyes shone with love and
kindness as he spoke Of them.
There were no private soldiers
about, but there were dozens Of gen.
erals. When bedtime came the gen.
erals armed themselves with rifles
and arranged among themselves their
turns for doing sentry duty in pairs.
It seems that nothing less than a gen.
eral can be depended upon to do this
duty in Santo Domingo, for nothing
would convince a private soldier that
| nights were made for anything else
but sleep.
One of these generals was a poet
of no ordinary merit and he laughed
when he referred to the matter Of
his being a general. The late minis
ter Of war was a poet, too, and the
evening before the battle in which he
was killed, he occupied himself
writing verses He put out his sem
tries who were private soldiers, and
at dawn his camp was surprised, the
army defeated and he himself killed.
"All this wouldn't have happened"
said the other general, III he had
been a warrior instead Of a poet"
A few days later the writer saw
this same general lead a man up to
bit Of whitewashed wall, turn him
around to face a firing squad and,
stepping back, give the signal which
sent half a dozen bullets into the
mans breast and stomach. Thus
ore lives and dies in the Dominican
republic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-11

President Caceres Is a descendant
of an old family of landed proprie.
tors inhabiting the central part Of
the island Of Santo Domingo. Or
the walls and shelves of his house he
has guns of all makes, and sabres
too, but no books. and he never reads
In appearance he is a pure eau.
casian, without a drop Of negro blood
in his veins, but he never boasts OF
it. He very seldom talks about him.
self anyway, unless 1t be to relate
some hairbreadth escape or inglori.
Gus defeat in the past revolution
which would be blood curdline
enough II he did not make a funny
picture of it and laugh himself.
His father was a minister Of some
thing under the rule Of Luperon
about the time Ulysses Heureaux, an
ex-horsethief, boy soldier, and then
general, was rising to power. Ca
ceres the minister. was shot in cold
blood at the capital, Santo Domingo
city, while seated in his doorway in
the cool of the evening, caressing an
infant which had just been placed in
his arms on it's return from the bap-
tismal font.
Ramon was then a boy with his
mother and sisters at their country
home near Moca, and with the death
of his father their income was cut off.
He went to work to support his moth
er. He got together a train of
mules and started in the freight car
rying business.
His only education was obtained
while driving the mules. He learned
that he could get along with an OBJ
stinate mule by laughing a great
deal better than by swearing, and
that when a mule floundered into the
bog up to its belly there was no use
of losing his temper, but he must get
rail and pry it out.
He also learned to ride like GEN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-05
MORALES ACCOMPLICES.
Police Are on Track of Those Who
Aided the Murder.

Madrid. June 4.-The Spanish police
are on the track of the accomplices of
Manuel Morales, the wOuld-be assassin
of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria,
who committed suicide Saturday at
ToregOn De Argos. after shooting the
rural guard who arrested him. His
confederatcs. it is known. assisted Mo-
rales in escaping and gave him shelter
Thursday and Friday night. 1t is be-
lievcd the Anarchist used an auto in es-
Gaping from Madrid and a canvas Of
all The autos is going on. The move
mcnts of Morales in his flight have
been traced through the suburbs where
he exchanged clothes.
An autopsy on the body of the
anarchist dscloses that disease was
making him a mental degenerate. He
belonged to the Anarchist set known as
the anti Malthusian who uphold the
theory that the prevention of marriage
and births would gradually reduce the
population 50 that the rich would be
unable to procure servants.
The reward of $4,000 offered for the
apprehension of the woud-be regiCidc
will be distributed among the widow
and five children Of the guard who APP
pretended Morales. A popular sub
scription will also be raised for tho
widow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-05
FOURTH WEEK BEGINS,
Witnesses Continue to Give Evidence
at Trial of F. c. Borqes.

Boston. June Additional evidence
by the prosecution was offered in the
trial of Ferdinand c. Borges. charged
with conspiracy and larceny in con
nectinn with the Ubero Plantation Co
Today opened the fourth week of the
trial. Several investors in the Ubero
Co. testified. Warren B. Page stated
that under strength of dividend in
ducements offered by Gorges heb ad in
vested in four bonds of the Consolidated
tbero Cos. paying in $1,000 in cash. He
also stated that he had invested be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 in the Tropical
Securities Co., one of the consolidated
companies. II do not remember about
the different transactions. but do re-
member that ] invested about $4,000 in
the Borges Co. that never saw again.
said the witness
After a few more witnesses We're
h eard the governments case was closed
and the court adjourned until tomorrow
when the defence will be started.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-05
BOXING NOTES.

Terry McGovern has gone to the
Berkshire hills for a rest.
Jimmy Hanlon and Billy Ryan have
been matched to box in Fairfield, Me-,
June IL.
Honey Melody and his manager.
Johnny Mooney. have arrived in Spo-
kane. where Melody will meet Dick
Fitzpatrick this month.
Dick Cullen, the California night
weight who has been fighting in Aus
trala. South Africa and England. is in
Boston looking for a match.
Matty Baldwin was offered the
chance to meet Charley Neary in Chel-
sea June IA. but the weight that Neary
named was not right for him.
AS it looks so dubious for boxing in
New York and Essington. Penn. Britt.
Berger and Kaufman, the California
boxers are soint to return to San Fran
cisco. where it is expected boxing will,
soon start up.
Boston Globe: The New York papers
announce that Willie Lewis and Joe
Cans will meet in Chelsea if they can
not box in New York The match
maker of the Lincoln Club says he does
not intend to hand such packages to
the club members
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-05
NEW ENG. LEAGUE STANDING.
ToNlGHT's BOXING CONTEST.
Augusta Social and Athletic Associa
ton Offers Great Card to Patrons.

The Augusta Social and Athletl.
Association has a treat in store for its
patrons tonight at City hall. when
Rudolph UnhOlz meets Young kenney
in the feature event. Unholz recently
gave Kid Pantz Il decisive drubbing.
while Young Kenney put Arthur Cote
into dreamland in three rounds.
These lads met recently and the re-
suit was draw after Is rounds Of
some of the fastest boxing ever seen
in the East. Each is confident of VIM
ming tonight. and it is safe to say that
the one who gets the decision will
know that he has been to the races"
A fast scmi-fnal and three good
preliminaries will conclude the even
ing's entertainment. This will very
likely be the last show OF the season
and it is hoped that the efforts Of the
association will be rewarded by large
audience.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-05
MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, June 4.-There was some in
crease in the volume of dealings in to-
days stock market over last weeks daily
average. The dealings were more dStrib-
,lted amongst different stocks also. giving
the market an appearance of greater
breadth and variety. Prices ruled higher
than at the close Of last week. Yet the
movement did not serve to convince SEN
tim"nt. which remained uncertain or
skeptical. Commission houses COM
planned of an entire lack of orders and q
profound Indifference towards the mar
ket So far as the general public was con-
ccrn"d. Operations were declared to be
in the hands of professionals and the
greatest part of the activity to be con-
fined within narrow limits in the profess
sional field itself.
The strength which the market showed
WAS at no time compr. henSive The early
advanc" showed some conspicuous alb
Stcntions amongst prominent market
leaders. The strength of the Changers was
fairly comprehensive and was fOstered by
the confident feeling reported by railroad
traffic officials to exist amongst business
men in the grain regions as reflected in
the movement of merchandise for future
consumption in that region. The cotton
carriers made q narrower and less COM
prehenSiVc movement.
A revival Of the Reading movement be
came the feature of the market after a
season of heavineSS in that stock, and
proved a sustaining influence against the
realizing that developed at other points.
There was d decidedly easier tone in the
time money market and this extended to
some of the periods carrying over the
end of the year. although rates for those
periods were still relatively firmer than
for the earlier maturities. The closing
tone of the market was irregular with
only a part of the DAYS strength main
tanned at the top level
Bonds wore steady. Total sales par val
nc. S2.5S5OO0. United States bonds were
unchanged on call.