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Amador ledger., 1906-06-08
CHAPTER VIII.


|As I have stated, now the great naval
tile was over, my objective was Bethel,
hd my sweetheart Aimee. But it was NOT
sy to sail at an elevation of a thousand
lrds over strange country and pick out
pm hundred villages a particular one
hich has been visited but single time.
ethel, as remembered it, could be distin-
hished by its great monastery. Yet, even
lth striking landmark to go by, dark
fss came upon me and was still cruising
kout, using my glass In vain.
With morning / resumed my scrutiny of
be panorama below me, and late in the
.renoon discovered the monastery. l Sc
eted broad field close by, and slowly
Titled to earth.
Having passed several times over the vii
|ge was the object of much attention,
hd when landed the villagers and field
'orkers fiocked to see the ship. They were
trough, heavy-browed class, and at sight of
y German uniform there was much muir
|uring. l caught the word ''spy" several
mes. They hemmed me in, the crowd
'creasing in numbers. Some became much
kcited, gesticulating, and babbling in pro-
'ncial French. l was entirely unarmed, and
Puld have stood for a minute against
! hch a horde.
|Apprehensive of injury from the angry
'renchmen, who We're evidently not in
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

James Adams, graduate of West Point and
representative Of American manu-
french German war. He engages in a balloon
reconnaissance for the French, and narrowly
Chateau Lagunay in northern France He Is
fescued and nursed by Count Lagunay's daugh-
Esr, Aimee, with whom he falls in love. The
Fhe chateau. Adams fights German colonel
who has insulted Aimee, and is thrown to the
1oor by the Kaiser, with whom he is acquainted
DE is impressed into the German army, engages
~ an ambush Of French column, and later
|z1lls the German colonel, Griesman, who has
Escape Of French spy. After terrific fighting
against the French, Adams is picked up by q
French atr-ship and blown out to sea- where ne
observes the great naval battle in which both
1eets are annihilated by, strange and terrible
|mplements OF war. He then sets sail In his air.
bhip for Bethel, where Aimee has taken refuge
with cousins during the war.
Amador ledger., 1906-06-08

The increase in the number of
women engaged in the banking
business is very noticeable, espec-
tally in the middle West. and, so
far as known. not one woman
entrusted with a s'sponsible bank
position has failed or betrayed
the confidence reposed in her. One
of the most successful of these banker
women is Mrs. Jennie C. Taylor, prin-
cipal owner and manager of the Bank
of Melvin, Indian Territory. 1t is
said that Mrs. Taylor, who, by the
way, is a Cherokee Indian, holding
some stock in the bank and not salts
fled with the management, quietly
bought up a majority of the stock and
then took affairs in her own hands.
How we'll she has succeeded is proved
by the standing of the institution, not
only in the vicinity, but in the
territory.
Amador ledger., 1906-06-08

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point patent horn rest large horn latest design and the
springs and bearings very
pensve mach This machine is sold and licensed under
patents Of the American Phono ah Co. You do not have turn
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the start and the the speed accurately
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Amador ledger., 1906-06-08

A normal COW in full flow of milk
will drink about 1900 pounds of water
a month.
The South produced 3,219,637 long
tons of pig iron last year, an increase
OF 100000 tons over 1901.
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Where the Nicke1 Got It's Name.

The word came from the Swedish
and is connected with Old Nick, an
evil spirit. The reason it is applied to
the metal we know as nickel is be.
cause its ore, which is copper-colored,
deceived the miners, who expected to
obtain copper from it.
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OIL ROADS HERE.
Prof. Dickens Tells Of His Ex-
periments in Kansas.
Has Used Up the $4,000 State
Appropriation.
HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.
Requires Great Amount Whore
Soil Is Sandy.
Expense Ordinarily VIII Be
$1,000 Per Mile.

Road making with oil believe to be
a commercial success, which will IN
time be generally adopted in improving
the sandy roads of the state"
This is the opinion OF Prof. Albert
Dickens, of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college, the man who for the past
year has been assigned to the work of
expending the $500 appropriated by the
last legislature for the purpose of ex-
perimenting in oil road making.
The cost Of Ofling a sandy road said
Prof Dickens today, while here visit
ing F. D. Coburn, secretary of the
state board Of agriculture, will be
about 81. 200 a mile. Some roads will cost
more than Others This IS only about a
third the cost Of macadam roads, ard
where stone is not plentiful, is much
less than q third. We have constructed
oil roadWays in four different parts of
the state. Our most extensive expert
ment was near Garden City, where we
oiled a little over a mile of road The
sandy soil absorbed vast quantities Of
Oil. Four carloads were put into the
roadway with a sprinkling cart. At
Hutchinson we made nearly a mile Of
oil road. and we built short stretches
at Manhattan and Maple Hill.
Whether the oil in the roadways will
have to be renewed remains to be seen.
! course
the oil which are volatile, and Will pass
off into the air But we use for this oil
ing only the heavy residuum oil, left
after the kerosene and gasoline have
been extracted. This oil is thick and
heavy, and works better than thin oil.
s.Up at Manhattan, the people who
own fast horses were so well pieaSeu
with the oil road that they have oiled
the race track, and claim that il
makes their track one OF the best il
the state.
"Out at Garden City. where the sand
is probably as heavy as any place IT
the state the oil experiments are
watched with the greatest interest
/ The whole of western Kansas would
I be benefited greatly IL the oil road
comes into general use. There is ricf
farming country tributary to GardeT
/ City, which is at times almost cut of
( from the town because OF the heay5
sand in the roads The roads are 81
/ bad that a horse can not haul more
than 10 bushels of wheat at load
/ The farmers living near Garden City
and the merchants in the town are
/ talking of oiling the main roads lead
/ ing to this tributary country, so tha
+ the farmers can come into town re
! gardless of the sand.
I'VE have found that narrow tiret
wagons cut up the road badly after i
has been oiled, while the wide tireC
/ wagons tend to make it more solid an(
firm. This is of course true to a grea
extent of the effect of the tires on or
dinary roads"
It is likely that the next legislator,
viii be asked to continue the appro
priation for oil road experiments, il
! order that tests may be made in othe
portions of the state, and establisl
fully the practicability Of this methot
of gOOd-roads making
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GRAIN TRUST EXPOSED.
Chicago Board Of Trade Fixes Prices in
tho Country.

Chicago, Oct. Nv. H. Bartlett, a
prominent member of the board of
trade. was the first witness called be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion today when the hearing regarding
the grain trade was resumed. Mr.. Bart
lett declared that rule recently pass
ed by the board of trade fixing prices
to be bid on grain in the country is,
in his opinion, in restriction of COM
petition and of trade and not a good
business proposition for men dealing in
grain as he deals.
rs the rule good for any one ask
ed Commissioner Clark.
rOh, yes" replied the witness, 'it is
good for the commission men" It Is
also a good business proposition for a
burglar to get away with his booty
said the commissioner, with laugh.
Mr. Bartlett declared that the rule is
injurious to the man in the country,
who buys grain, because the rule fixes
a price which the dealers on the board
of trade may not OVerbid.
The rule was then read into the rec
ord of the proceedings. It provides that
no member of the board of trade shall
bid on corn and cats in the country,
differently than appears on a call post
ed each afternoon.
James Bradley, another member OF
the board Of trade, declared that he be-
lieVed the rule of the board described by
Mr. Bartlett was in restraint of trade
H. D. Wetmore. another operator on
the board, was in favor of the rule.
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hts WIFE
King of AMMAN Has HIS Spouse
Served for Dinner.
Compelled Palace Entourage to
Partake Of the Neal.

Marseilles, Franch, Oct. 1.-THE
mail advfces which reached here today
from Indo-China brought another and
more revolving story Of the doings Of
King Thanh-Thai of AMMAN, showing
that he went to the extent of cannibal-
ism. After killing one Of his wives he
caused the body to be cooked and
served for dinner. forcing his entour-
age to eat it under pain of death. Some
of the kings wives were bound and
burned with oil and subjected to other
cruelty while naked women were
thrown into the cages of wild beasts,
where they were devoured before the
eyes of the king. Finally the French
authorities stepped in and made a pris-
oner of Thanh-Thai, who has been
judged insane by Ilr. Dumas of the
French colonial staff.
The royal guard has been dis
banded, the palace has been placed
under the protection OF $50 native SOL
diers and the terror stricken inmates
of the palace have been rescued from
further suffering. The majority of the
latter were women who bore the marks
of revolving tortures. Some Of them
were terribly mutilated. their faces be-
ing slashed and tongues cut out while
others had been suspended by pinch
ers. attached to the ffeshy parts of
their legs, to increase their agonies.
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At the Triennial Convention Be-
ing Held in Boston.
AMERICAN PRESIDEs.
Lady Henry Somerset, the
President, Could Not Come.
The Session Is Opened With a
devotional Day."

Boston Oct. 1T-From faraway
Japan and Australia and from more
than so other countries in both the
eastern and western hemispheres,
thousands Of women interested In tenn
perance reform have come to this city
to participate in the triennial worlds
convention of the Women's Christian
Temperance union. which opened here
today. In addition to the business
sessions, many public meetings have
been arranged at which prominent
women temperance workers from this
country and abroad will deliver ad-
dresses.
In the absence Of the president Of
the worlds unions Lady Henry Somef-
set, the presiding officer at the business
sessions Will beaNrs. Lillian N. NJ. Stew
ems, president of the National W. G. 7.
T., and vice president at large of the
worlds body.
Among the foreign delegates who
will speak at the various sessions Will
be Miss Agnes z. Slack, honorary sec
retary OF the National British Wo-
mans Temperance union, Mrs. Kali
YAKIMA. president Of the japanese W
c. T. u, Lady Dorothy Howard of
England: Mrs. Julie KazoWiz OF Aus
tris-, Mrs. Annie LiIee Of London, Mrs
ALI Trygg Helenius of Finland Miss
Sevesti Callispert of Greece Miss Amy
Swan nkie-Cameron of London and the
Earl of Carlisle Of England
1t was arranged that today should
be observed as Devotional day
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BURNED THE TOWN
Negroes Take Revenge for De-
structiOn of Their College.
They Reduce the Village of
Seneca, s. G., to Ashes.
NO FIRE APPARATUS.
Citizens Forced to Use Dynamite
to Stop Flames.
The Loss Is Estimated at $780,
OOO--Ligbt Insurance.

Atlanta. Ca. Oct. IA special to
the Journal from Greenville. S. c.,
says:
"As result of race troubles. Sen
eca, S. c., is in ashes The work is al
legged to be that of incendiary negroes,
seeking revenge for the dynamiting Of
the negro college here last Friday
night The fire started early today
and burned rapidly, consuming the en-
tire business section of the town,
which has a population of about 1000.
No fire fighting apparatus was avail
able and citizens were powerless TO
stop the flames. AS a last resort dy-
Mantle was resorted to.
The superintendent of the Seneca
cotton mills. who was an eye witness,
brought the first news to Green
VILE. He says 1t is a matter of COM
mon belief that the fire was started
by negroes Among the buildings
burned are two hotels and a hardware
store. The hotel residents were all
saved Everything is quiet this morn
ing. although some feeling is still
shown by the negroes No arrests
have been made. The loss is estimated
at $3.50, 600 with insurance Of $4,000.
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SHE'S APLUCEY WOMAN
Mrs. Hattie Carson Tears Up Hat of
Man Who Annoys Her.

Scraps Of black felt and a hat band
lie in the waste basket at the city
prison. They tell the story of an en-
counter which Mrs. Hattie Carson had
with man who followed and annoyed
her as she was going to her home last
evening about eight o'clock
Mrs Carson, wife of D. L. Carson. a
postal clerk, was within a block Of her
residence. 207 Quincy street, last evening
when she was accosted by a man with
whom she was not acquainted. The
man spoke to her and claimed that he
had met her. Mrs. Carson tried to get
rid Of him but he continued to walk
with her and annoy her.
On reaching her own gate the woman
began to call for her husband to come
to her assistance. He did not hear her
Immediately and she ttacame more
frightened and exasperated at the feI-
low who refused to leave. Suddenly
the man. thinking help was coming to
the woman, started to run. Mrs. Car
son grabbed his hat as he started to
flee. Glad of even this small opportuni-
ty to get even with the wretch who had
frightened her, she tore up the mans
hat into a dozen pieces Then she tele-
phoned for the police.
The officers have so far been unable
to locate the fellow who made himself
so Objectionable in his methods of get
ting acquainted, but they think they
know who he is and hope to give him a
chance to explain himself and conduct
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LUTHERANS HERE.
Kansas synod Meeting at the Topeka
Church.

Sessions OF the thirty-ninth conven-
ton Of the Evangelical Lutheran synod
of Kansas are in progress at the First
Lutheran church and viii continue.
morning, afternoon and evening until
and including Friday. Business ses-
sions viii be held during the mornings
and afternoons and religious services
which will be interspersed with ad-
dresses on various phases OF the work
Of the church will occupy the even
ings.
The first session of the synod was
held last night at which the Rev
Robert B. Wolf of Kansas City, Ksn..
president of the convention, delivered
the sermon There was special mu-
sical programme for this service.
The programme for the remaining
evenings OF the week is as follows.
This evening, woman's missionary
anniversary, address by Rev. H L.
Yarger, D. D., of -AtchiSOn, field SeCre-
tary Of the board of church extension.
Thursday evening. address by Rev.
Charles E. Hay, D. D., Of Baltimore,
Nd, on the deaconness work; address
by Rev. L. P. Ludden. D. D., Lincoln,
Neb, field secretary Of the board Of
home missions subject, Home Mis-
sions." On Friday evening, Rev A. 3.
Shrader Of Kansas City. Mo-. VIII
preach the ordination sermon followed
by the ordination Of candidates for the
ministry. On Friday. Immediately
after the dinner hour. the synod win be
given a trolley ride over the city
The tWenty-sfxth convention OF the
Kansas Lutheran SynodicaI Missionary
society opened its session at the Swed-
ash Lutheran church, Fourth and
Tyler streets, at o'clock this morn
ing. After a devotional service led by
Mrs. l. B. Kelsey of Waterviile. the
convention was called to order by Mrs.
H A. OFT of Topeka, its president. Mrs.
H. W. McAfee gave the address Of well
come to which Mrs. RamsdeD Of ST.
Joseph, No, responded. This was fol-
lowed by greetings from denomination
al local societies and reports from
various committees. In the afternoon
Mrs. Holmes Dysinger Of Atchison read
a paper on Foreign Mission Medical
Work Mrs. A. @. Bond OF Salina-
and Mrs. J. P. Burtis Of Watervilie,
read papers on Missionary Response
bility.'
At the business session this morning
officers of synod for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: Rev. H A.
1 OFT, pastor Of the First Lutheran
church, this city, president; J. J.
Chambers, of Perth, secretary and A.
T. Olson of Lawrence, treasurer.
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BANKERS CONVENE.
sum of ~ Billion Dollars Represented
at st. Louis.

st. Louis. No. Oct. 1.-THE open
regular session of the annual conven-
ton Of the American Bankers associa-
ton was called to order today by
President John L. Hamilton of
Hoopeston, III. The many different
meetings of various branches of the
parent convention divided the attend
ance yesterday into groups but today
the full attendance Of delegates was
centralized in the general convention.
David r. Francis of St. Louis, Gov
ernor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri and
Mayor Rolla Wells Of St Louis, deliv-
cred welcoming addresses. President
John L. Hamilton replied and deliv-
cred his annual address.
The annual report of Secretary
James r. Branch of New York. shows
that during the fiscal year there have
been 179 arrests made for criminal
irregularities in banking circles, of
which rs have been. convicted and So
are awaiting trial.
During the fiscal year 337 members
were dropped from the association
through failure, liquidation, consoIida-
ton and withdrawal. The aggregate
capital, surplus and deposits Of the
mem bership is $12,514.846,572
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NEW JOBBING HOUSE.
One VIII Be Started in Topeka to
Handle TypewTiters.

The state charter board this morn
ing granted a charter to the L. e
Smith & Bros. typewriter company
which will within a short time open up
in Topeka typewriter jobbing house
for the purpose of supplying this sec
ton of the country with the new Wis
ible typewriting machines manufac-
tured at Syracuse. n. Y
H. G. Larimer. J. G. Wood and J. G.
Slonecker of Topeka are local directors
of the com pany, and each owns one
share of stock. The total capital is
$4,000, and the other shares are own
ed as follows. L. G. Smith, Syracuse,
100 shares. w. L. Smith, Syracuse,
100; NJ. c. Smith, Syracuse, 100; H. W.
Smith. Syracuse, 95; A. W. Britton,
East Orange, n. =. 1; J. Disbrow
Baker, Yonkers, N T., l..
J. G. SIonecker said this morning in
spea king of the new company:
1.-The Smith company, which for
merly manufactured the Smith Pre-
mier typewriter. is now engaged in
the manufacture of new visible
writing machine which it is claimed
Will be vastly superior to any machine
put on the market up to date. The de-
mand for the machine is so great that
the company has been unable to keep
up with its order thus far, and for
that reason the opening of the Tope-
ka supply house may be delayed for
some time until there is surety that the
supply of machines is up to the de-
mand. It Is not the purpose of the
company to manufacture typewriters
here, but as I understand it, the To-
peka branch will be a supply house, or
/ jobbing concern, for this section of the
west"
The Ingram Mining and Milling
company of Topeka was also incorpor-
rated this morning. The concern has a
capital of $4,000. and the directors
/ -
Sinner, E. ". Poindexter and T j
Ferguson. The company is organized
to develop mining properties.
Five banks with an aggregate capital OF
! $55,000 were authorized to do business
/ under the laws of the state today They
are the Farmers State bank of Ions
Island, capital $40, 900; Union STATE
bank, McLouth, $4,000; Grant County
State bank. Ulysses, $4,000: Hewin.
State bank. Hewins $40 600; Neoshs
Falls State bank. 5000 The Neosht
Falls State bank is a new concern which
was started for the purpose of taking
| the business Of the bank in that toWI
which recently got into financial trou
BILE.
A big smelling company with a CAPT
! tai Of $160000 was chartered from Il
Harpe. The company is to be known
as the LaHarpe Smelling company.
/ Other charters granted this morninj
were as follows:
Central Kansas Business college. Alb
ilene, $500.
Marquette Roller Mills company
Marquette. $4,000.
American Roofing company, salina
$75 600.
Kansas Kolera Kure company. Hutch
inson, S25, 600.
searles Bros. Windmill and Punl
company. Atchison. $25. 900.
Greenwood County Mutual Burial as
sociation, Eureka.
Winfield Cemetery associat ton, Win
field.
First Congregational church, Seneca.
Mission Creek United Brethrel
church. Eskridge.
Star II. E. church, Randall.
F'raternal Order of Eagles, Council
Grove.
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W. D. SHARP IS FINED.
Cost Him $50 to Carve a Fellow Elec-
tricaI workman.

phone construction employe, who
stabbed a man named E. 3. Carey,
also an employe of the Western Con-
struetion company, was fined $50 and
costs for assault in city court today,
and being. unable to raise the price,
is ianguishing in the county jail.
During a slight argument between
the two men, who were both engaged
in installing the new switchboard in
the Bell telephone office, Sharp stab
Der Carey with a dull pocket knife.
After his arrest Sharp secured bond,
but went out and got drunk. and
while busily engaged in Dragging
about his fight with Carey, was recap
tured on complaint of his bondsman,
who suspected him Of trying to leave
town.
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WEBB IS ARRESTED.
Man Who Says His Wife Shot Him
Held for Her Murder.

Smithville, Mo. oct. 17.-Jesse L
Webb, a young St. Joseph merchant,
WIS today arrested here charged with
killing his 19-year-old bride Of a week
at this place on October II.
At the time of the shooting Webb
asserted that he and his wife had en-
tered into a suicide pact, because he
was incurably i'll with tuberculosis
and that she first. at his suggestion,
shot him and then killed herself. The
young wife was shot four times. three
OF the bullets entering near the heart
and the fourth striking her in the
hand. The authorities doubt that she
was able to shoot herself so many
tinpes. At first it was believed that
Webb was mortally wounded, but now
it is said he viii recover.
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LOOKS LIKE SEoRE RAIN.
Showers Tonight ana Tomorrow, says
the Forecaster.

The wet weather still continues al
though today it was somewhat bright
at times and for awhile it looked as
though the sun would be out to stay
and dry up matters somewhat. How
ever, the sun has retired again and it
looks like more rain.
There will be showers tonight and
tomorrow and after that there is a
possibility that it VIII clear up. Moth
ing is known as yet concerning the ex-
tent of tonight's rain although it will
probably not be very heavy
There was only a. trace Of rainfall
during the last twenty-four hours.
The wind is blowing from the south at
the rate of six miles an hour The
temperatures for today are as fol-