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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11
GAME OF POKER
Saved Jim Daton's Life When He
Was Ready for Burial.

From the New York Press
II see" said Tom Quinn to a collection
of Tenderloiners in the Rossmore the 9TH
| err night. that the Town Council of Med'-
cine Hat has appropriated 5000 for a
statue of Jim Dalton. That's the prope"
thing to do, and there isn't a short-card
player from Boston to San Fran who
won't agree with me. Haven't you ever
heard of Jim Dalton? He was not one of
the famous outlaws, but Just clean. good
sporting man. He's the man who made
Medicine Hat famous, and the weather
bureau statistician has only added to the
reputation of the little Canadian town.
Jim Dalton put Medicine Hat on the
map by dying, and 1t is strange to me
that you sports didn't know about it. The
Grim Specter comes sooner or later to all
of us and he didn't turn the cold shoulder
on Jim Dalton. Right in the zenith of
/ his glory as successful card player thu
skinny fingers of the ever-busy skeleton
| beckoned TO him, and Jim kicked the
! bucket with as much agility as II he had
| been accustomed to the act He had
passed 30 years in building up Medicine
Hat, but 1t only took him just one second
1 to cash in. The town committee appoint
ed me one of the four watchers to pass
the night beside Jim Dalton's corpse.
| 1T was not customary in Medicine HAT
| in those days to throw any bouquets at
an active citizen. but when he has become
an extinct member of the community
every patriotic townsman contributed his
share TO honoring a distinguished citizen
like Jim. In more conventional towns
the recitation of flatterng obituaries Is
| generally mingled with tears and solem-
mites but in that mans town the various
exploits of departed citizen were gone
over. magnified and extolled
| Great man was Jim said Bill Quig-
| ley I'll never forget how neatly he shot
un that stranger who was dealing brace.
Yes said Jim Gillespie. and do you
remember what prominent part he took
in lynchng Canadian Charles?
with such "reminiscences we passed
good part of the night In a room ad1oin-
ing the death chamber. II only Jim Dali
ton could have heard how his deeds were
appreciated in Medicine Hat he would In
deed have felt that he had not lived In
vain Toward morning the tedium OF the
death watch began to show itself IN our
yawns and involuntary holdings. We
all knew what would most successfully
keep us awake. but each hesitated at be-
| ing the first to express what was the
unanimous wish At last Quiglev spoke;
Boys he said I don't believe wc
could honor Jim's memory in a way SO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11
Biz Head Ohioan.

Dayton Correspondence Columbus Dis
patch
When a local hat concern sent to New
York the special order for John Billions
hat the telegraph quickly clicked the re-
ply that its customer evidently had the
largest head of any man in the United
States. a hat, size $50 having been or
dered.
John Bullion is q years of age. His
mother has an unusually large head, but
lis fathers is of but normal size.
The largest hat carried in stock by any
halter is 241a inches in circumference,
and John could not haV@been accommo-
dated by any retailer I'm the United
States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11

He will tell you what
youcalEed for; anything
you Want to know; adj
vicesthat will do good.
Are you in trouble of
any kind?
Disseminated. unhappy or not sat
SIZED in life? Have you any domes-
tic or past troubles that annoy you?
But no matter what your troubles
h may be, you will be told of them
and receive the proper advice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11

ton should not be classed among them
1t was merely due to the ignorance of n
mining camp practitioner, who mistook a
trance for something more serious.
Jim is living yet. and seems good for
many years. If they don't go slow on that
5000 marble shaft | guess he will be one
of the few men who ever looked on his
own monument.
Boys, let us drink to Jim Dalton. May
he die thousand times before the under
taker gets him."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11
Now, Then.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Men who do not possess swallow-tail
coats will be relieved TO learn that all
the most exclusive hotels and restau-
rants of this city are open to them. and
so far as heard from there is only one
hotel in New York where it is insisted
that the price of a dinner shall come
out of the pocket of a low-cut vest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11
Poor eirdI
From the chicago News.

From the Chicago News. b
Archibald" said the young wife at
breakfast. there is a superstitution that
cuckoo clocks are unIuclxy. Do you think
the one hung up IN your office un-
lucky?"
Every nulucky, indeed" answered her
husband, with a PARKWAY smile.
But you haven't had any bad luck In
the last few days, have your
mo, but the cuckoo has. When he
started cuckooing while ] was talking
through the phone | just pulled out my
revolver and blew his head off,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11
Love, Courtship and
Marriage.

Gives truthful revelations In all
love affairs, troubles, marriages,
family difficulties and divorce. Set
ties lovers quarrels, gives name OF
the one you will marry and date OF
marriage, how to win the man or
woman you love, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11

bar, and as soon as one of those fellows
put his drink down Ludenstruth used to
pull out that axe handle and tell him to
go out peacefully If he didn't want to get
thrown out He used to go, too All
sorts he used to call the drink, and
that's what it was, all right"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11

A we'll built child's
rocker, large size. using
1t for a leader. Regular
price 1925. Only one to
a customer. None to
merchants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-11
How to Overcome All
Troubles

Your ,past, your present life and
your entire future, and everything.
can be told by consulting this, the
world-emnent clairvoyant and Spirit
Medium, who Is the greatest master
of occult science and psychic forces
the world has ever known. His pre-
dictions are always correct, and
never fail to come true. as thous-
ands of people will testify.
The Newark journal., 1906-11-23
A TRIP TO THE WESTERN SLOPE
Fred Hartsfieid Writes an Inter-
esting Account of His Re-
cent Trip to California
To The Newark Journal:

To The Newark Journal:
Point Richmond, Cali, Nov. 10.
As ] have been requested to
write a letter to one of the home
papers, | will endeavor to write
short letter to The Journal, as
more of my friends around Sui
phur Rock read The journal than
any of the other county papers.
| left Sulphur Rock on the morn
ing of the 23rd of September, 60
ing up the White River road by
way of Carthage and Kansas City,
and | wish to say here that ArlZan-
sas has some pretty scenery as
we'll as other states. In going
over the Ozark mountains, we
passed over some very deep gor-
ges. The highest trestle IS 140
feet. | believe the longest tun-
mel | passed through on my trip
was in Arkansas. 1t was 300
feet in length. arrived in Kan
sas City about 2 p. M, and had to
wait there until 10 a. m. for the
next train, SO | had plenty Of time
to see the sights. | took an ele-
waited car and went over part OF
the city. Kansas City is pretty
place and is almost as large as
San Francisco. In passing thru
Kansas there is not much to be
seen except rolling prairie land.
| went to sleep in Kansas and
when | awoke | was breathing the
sweet, pure air from the table
lands of Colorado. There is where
/ got my first glimpse Of the great
Rocky mountains. We had fine
view of the Rockies all the way
from Denver to Cheyenne. 1t
certainly is grand to see the great
rugged peaks reaching away up
into the clouds. The base of the
mountains is black but the tops
are all covered with snow and
glisten in the sunshine like silver.
The land through Wyoming, Utah
and Nevada is nearly all rolling
desert and foothills. After leav-
ing Ogden, Utah, we crossed over
the great Salt Lake. | wonder if
any of my Sulphur Rock friends
ever saw any saltcycles! There
are lots of them on the shores of
Salt Lake. They resemble an
icycle in form and color. The
spray of the waves alighting on
and dripping from the rocks, forms
cycles of pure salt, some of which
are 5 or s inches in length. After
crossing the lake, over what is
known as the Lucien Cutoff, which,
by the way, is quite feat of en-
gineering, we ran into the Salt
Lake desert. As far as the eye
can reach there is not a sprig of
The Newark journal., 1906-11-23
DILBECK GETS TWEaTY-0NE YEARS
Slayer of VIII Weatherford Com
victed of flansiaughter and
Gets Pen Sentence

Will Dilbeck, the young man
who shot and killed viii Weather
ford at Desna last Christmas, was
convicted of manslaughter in the
circuit court at Batesvile last Fri
day, the jury fixing the punish
ment at twenty one years in the
penitenfiary.
HISTORY OF THE CASE
Tie killing occurred the 10Th Of
Inst December at De-ha, six miles
from BatesvilI, aud tile following
is brief history Of the case, TAX
en- from the Batesviie Daily Guard
of Friday:
Will Neatherford and Mack
Lindsay were building a house for
Moore one mile south of Desha
Sam and Ed Lindsay, sons Of
Mack Lindsay were cutting wood
close by, but at the time of the
killing were at the house and eye
witnesses to what occurred.
There had been Christmas
dance the night before at the home
of Mr.. Estes, in the community
" rutherford and Dilbeck had
gone to the dance riding the same
mule. Dilbeck was drinking.
About 3 O'clock IN the morning
while Weatherford was playing
the fiddle the dance broke up in
the midst Of set. DiIbeck at the
time, was taking up a collection
for the fiddler, and did not like it
because the set ended so abruptly;
and when Weatherford assented
to it, swore at him and declared
he should not ride home behind
him.
After the dance. Dilbeek went
home with Walter House ard
spent the remainder of the night.
Next day about noon DlIbeck.
still under the influence of liquor,
borrowed n shot gun from Colbert
Sheriff., to go hunting, and told
others he was going TO kill the
biggest, latest squirrel he ever
saw. He told A. j. Ra2le that he
was going to whip Weathelford.
About 3 o clock in the after
noon Dilbeck appeared at the
house on which Weaterford and
Lindsay We're at work, with a gun.
w rutherford was at work on the
roof, and Dilbeck. addressing him,
said he understood that they were
going to have him (Dilbeck) ar
rested for something he had done
at the dance, and asked Weather
ford what he had done. adding
that he was drunk and did not re
member. Weatherford replied
You did nothing out of the
way"
.Dilbeck then took his seat on
a sawhorse, and Weatherford came
down off the house to saw rafter,
Dilbeck without saying another
The Newark journal., 1906-11-23

vegetation to be seen; nothing but
white sand.
The most beautiful and pictur-
esque scenery | found along the
whole route was in passing over
the Sierra Nevada mountains AL
though it was the month Of Sep
TENDER there was plenty of snow
on the tops of the mountains. As
the train crept around the sides of
the mountains one could look from
one side of the car and see great
high bluffs towering above, and
from the other side could look
down hundreds OF feet into rocky
gorges. On leaving the noun
tains we ran into the beautiful
valley lands of California. have
never seen any country that will
equal California in the way of
trees, flowers, fruits and sunshine.
| arrived in Oakland, Cali. Oh
the fifth day of my journey. |
met my brother. George, at the
depot and we took a trolley car
to Point Richmond, which is now
my home. Point Richmond is a
portion of the city of Richmond,
which has a population of 1000.
1t is situated on the Bay of San
Francisco, about seven miles from
that city.
Shortly after my arrival here |
took a trip to San Francisco to
view the ruins of that once grand
aud beautiful city. | shall not
take time and space to desert be
the awful result of the earthquake
and fire. but it is sight to almost
turn one sick.
| know my friends in Sulphur
Rock and Newark will be glad to
learn TINT | am enjoying good
health and am well pleased with
the country. am a member of
the carpenters union; am now
working at that trade and getting
$3.50 per day of eight hours. The
manners and customs of the PEG
pie out here are quite different to
what | am used to, but | think |
will soon master their peculiar
tiles. 1t is decidedly cosmopol
itan place.
/ will not tax the patience of
the readers or the editor further
for fear that this might find its
way to the waste basket.
Yours truly,
FRED HARrsFIELD.
The Newark journal., 1906-11-23
Famous Strike Breakers

The most famous strike break
ers in the land are DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. When liver and
bowels go on strike they quickly
settle the trouble, and the purify
ing goes light on. Best cure for
constipation, headache and dizzi-
ness. 25c ut Sturdiyant'
The Newark journal., 1906-11-23

Good new kodak, never been
used, for sale cheap. Apply at
The Journal office.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
HIs sECoNn WEEIk.

With plying glances in the street
The wondering people pass him by;
They note his slow and dragging feet.
his solemn face and yearning eyes
And some would fain him stop and cheer
With words of soiace kind and low;
But no. his countenance severe
Precluoes intrusion on his woe.
Detected Wanderer in the crowd
What means his look of dismal dole2
Way IS his mind oppressed and bowed
What awful secret weighs his soul?
Has she conferred the chilly shake,
Some heartless girl that he admired2
Are sleuths keen trailing in his wake?
Or has he by his boss been hred2
The last cigar store that he passed
hungry, tigerish feeling woke.
The craving has come round at last
ou see, the poor man wants to smoke,
Don't try to aid his aching need
Himself can buy; he is not broke
At New Years he fOrswore the weed,
And SO, you see, he cannot smokei
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

You Will notice that jokes about Alice
and Nick are becoming a drug on the
market, but they win break out again
next month.
up and tell Who Cot the Money.
The next time any resolutions of
thanks are passed we suggest that the
weather man be included.
Kansas people who stayed at home
this winter have a. good joke on those
who went to New Mexico to find a mild
climate: It has been below zero down
there
Bets are two to one that Kelly will
bluff out Governor Hoch and that the
governor Will apologize because the ac-
countant's report throws suspicion on
Kelly. But who got the money2
Tom Kelly says he is Satisfied with
the Morris report. A man who gets hit
with piledriver is usually satisfied
with it too.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
THE PUZZLE.

Clarence Matson is puzzled to know
VINO got the money Tt never struck US
as being much Of a puzzle.-Dodd Gas
ton.
What a wonderful insight Colonel
Castor must have; but does he reach
his deductions after calmly reasoning
from the premises in the case, or does
he rashly jump at conclusions?
We must confess that we are greatly
puzzled. For instance, there is the Gar
den City case The certificate of the
state superintendent to the state audi
tor shows that all the coupons were
on the bonds at the time of purchase.
The books of the auditor show that
they were on the bonds at the time of
registration. Then they went to the
treasurer's office. Six months later GER
tain coupons from these bonds were
sent to the fiscal agency in letter sign
ed by T. t. Kelly. asking that the
money be sent to him personally, which
was done by the fiscal agency.
Uncle Sam usually delivers ones per
sonal mail to the person to whom it is
addressed, so it is reasonable to sup
pose that the letter containing the draft
was received by Mr.. Kelly. The draft
is endorsed with his name. The ac-
countant says the signatures on both
the letter TO the fiscal agency and the
endorsement on the draft are in Kelly's
handwriting.
Now comes the puzzle: Kelly says
he did not sign these documents him
self, and of course he wouldn't lie
about a little thing like that, even
though he did commit embezzlement
in connection with the Comanche
county bond deal and although he
showed a disregard for law in connec-
ton with deposfting money in the
banks and various other matters. So
we are led to the deduction that some
one else signed Kelly's name in his
own handwriting to the letter asking
that the money be sent to him; also
that some one else endorsed Kelly's
name on the draft in Kelly's hand
writing after Kelly had received the
draft. Is not that a reasonable de-
duction?
When the shortage was first discov-
cred by Accountant Rowett Kelly ex-
planned that the money must have been
collected from the fiscal agency for
some broker who had the coupons.
But the question arose, how did the
broker know these coupons were
under investigation when no one out
side of the treasurer's office and the
accountants knew it? And why did
the broker hasten to send the money
back under the name of "A. R. Brown
unless the money had been stolen
from the state?
1t seems that Mr. Kelly did not
think about not writing his name in
his own handwriting on those docu-
ments until recently
Briefly stated the puzzle is this: The
accountants traced the money into
kelly's pocket, but Kelly says he didn't
get 1t. In solving it we must consider
Kelly's we'll known reputation for in
tegrity as exhibited in Miami county
and elsewhere. What is the solution
1t is suspected that Colonel Castor
thinks Kelly lied. If this is true Who
Got the Money?
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
FRANK NELSON'S REASON

In an interview in the State Journal
a few weeks ago Frank Nelson gave as
one of his reasons for wishing to go to
his part to associate with the men who
compose that body. In view of the rep
utation the United States senate, as a
whole. has acquired in recent years the
press of the state has been playing
horse" with Mr.. Nelson's expression.
1t must be admitted. of course. that
the United States senate is not entirely
bad. There are some good men in it
men who are eminent as statesmen and
honest and patriotic as citizens In de-
fense of Mr.. Nelson's idea the Lindsborg
News. his home paper, published the fol-
lowing:
in the United States senate today are
some of the ablest and most. successful
men of the country. It is enough to
mention the names of such men a. Al
lison and Dolliver of Iowa Beveridge
and Hemenway of Indiana. Frye and
Hale of Maine, Burdett of Nebraska
Burrows Of Michigan. Knox of Pennsyl-
vania. La Toilette of Wisconsin. Lodge
and Crane of Massachusetts Knut Mel
son of Minnesota, Warren of Missouri
and Long Of our own state. It certain
ly IS a laudable ambition for Frank Mel
son or anyone else to seek the associa-
tions Of men of this type and to aspire
to serve the nation as cOnscientfousIy
as they are serving It. Mr.. Nelson is
indeed fortunate in enjoying the &C
duaintauce not only of President RoOse-
welt but OF many of the strong men in
both the senate and house of repTesen-
tatlVes. He belongs to that class of
men who believe that the cause Of good
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
JANA WKER .J0Ty

The Concordia Blade is satisfied with
tracing its ancestors back to Adam and
Eve, and it refuses to investigate
further.
The new Coneyville Chautauqua al
ready has its eye on three governors,
Hoch of Kansas, Folk Of Missouri, and
Frantz of Oklahoma.
The Arkansas City Traveller has re-
duced its price to 4 5 cents a month, or
five dollars a year in advance. Hereto
fore it has been getting SO cents
month and seven dollars year.
Walter johnson asserts that the Mis-
souri, mule, for which Missouri is IA
nous, really comes from Kansas. But
the mule has some qualities we are
willing to let Missouri have credit for.
A teacher in Leavenworth asked for
a definition of the sea. No one
answered. You know don't you, Tom
my?" she said. Tell us what is the
sea ?" IT'S where McGinty went "
answered Tommy as he shifted his
gum to the other side.
Up at Concordia, where Conner
Davies and Seward Jones throw rocks
at one another whenever one goes by
the others office. Conner prints this:
up at Phillipsburg the newspapers
are scrapping each other as bad as they
are ia Jewell county. The boys should
quit 1t and live on good terms with
each other as is done in Concordia."
Haw! haw! haw
a practicing physician at Canton,
Mcpherson county, DR. Charles He'd
niger, is a native of Venice, Italy, but
he has had an extensive career as a
physician for the United States. He
came to New York from Italy many
years ago and after practicing there
for time he was attached to the navy
and crufsed about the world for cOu-
pie of years. Then he transferred to
the army and in 1855 was in the ex-
pedition sent against the Semin nofes' in
Florida. Later his regiment was sent
to Utah, marching across the plains,
to look after the MOrmons and thence
to Oregon to quell an Indian uprising.
returning east through California and
northern Mexico. where it fought the
Apaches. In the civil war DR.. He'd
niger served three years in the Second
Colorado cavalry. He is now 85 years
old but is still active.
John Curran, who went from To-
peka to St. Louis a few months ago to
look after the St Louis business of the
ing up to the Kansas habit of breaking
into print. The Missouri papers are
printing this from him: ''If southern
Missouri comes into her own she viii
simply have to get more people. The
present force is not large enough. What
the state needs In its undeveIoped parts
is men of German blood, Swedes, Swiss,
Danes, HOllanders, any people who
want work, who are thrifty and who
apply system and perseverance to what
IS a chance to get ahead at every cross
roads in the Ozarlzs. Could some
sch eme be devised to put a farmer on
even One-half these farms in the next
five years it would be worth hundreds
of millions to the state in land values
alone, not to mention the immense pro-
ductive increase" Doesn't that sound
like KanSaSeSe, MiSSOuTified ..
The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-18
QUAKER REFLECTIoNs.

tFFom the Philadelphia Record.1
IF at first you don't succeed there are
lots of people to say you never will
Until a fellow can kiss a girl with
out mussing her hair he is a mere anna
tcu;.
The enemy to race suicide believes an
ounce of posterity is worth ton Of
ancestors.
The trouble about taking things easy
is that you are apt to be taken for an
easy thing.
Blobbs-"Do you believe that every
politician has his price?" SIobbs-"Cer-
tainly; and most of them can be bought
at bargain rates"
The man who continues to pay his
wife compliments after they have been
married hve years is always suspected
OF not paying her bills.
Wigg-''You ought to join our club. It
offers all the comforts Of home" Wagg
THAT isn't the kind I'm looking for
I'm married, you know"
The Arizona Terror-"I hain't got an
enemy in the world" The Tenderfoot-
Is it possible2" The Arizona Terror
" Yes; I've killed 'em all"
Muggins-4Dfd you ever notice how
apprehensive a woman is when she
opens telegram ?''-Buggfns-''Y
just like a man when he opens a jack
pot
He's surely nice enough to eat"
The girls all said of Willie Snobster.
1t was not that he was so sweet,
But just because ne was a lobster.