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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-15
Saturday., Feb. 10.

Dispatches to Dun's Review Indicate
q generally improved tone in the bust
ness world.
Snow to the depth Of eight inches
fell Thursday night throughout the
Schuylkill valley in Pennsylvania.
William Hooten, a Chicago grain
broker, has filed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy. He scheduled liabili-
ties amounting to s53,6OO and assets
Of $40.
judge Lewis H. Pike. a member of
the Toledo CO., bar for hall a cen
fury, an eN-common pleas Judge and
one of the best known Masons in
Ohio, is dead. He was eighty years
old.
0. C. Ellison, one of the founders of
the National Irrigation onere and
California commissioner to the Chi
cago worlds fair. is dead at Guyamas,
Mex. He vas the husband of Edith
NJ. Nicholl Rowyer, the novelist.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-15
Monday, Feb. IL.

A Russian line of steamers is to be
operated between San Francisco aud
Siberia.
Twelve persons We're injured. four
seriously, in a series of explosions of
sewer and Illuminating gases in New
York city.
Thaddeus C. Field, president OF
Field. Schhck & Co, st. Paul dry
goods merchants, died suddenly, aged
sixty-eight years.
One hundred years will probably
see the exhaustion of the worlds pres
ent iron ore sources, according to Dr..
G. Kenneth Leith. professor of geology
in the University of Wisconsin.
Judge Thomas n. Mcclellan. chief
justice of the supreme court of Ala.
bama, died in a private car as the
Louisville and Nashville train from
montgomery. Ala, was entering New
Orleans.
Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Fire Of unknown origin DESTROYED
$4,000 worth of property at Mason
City, Ia.
Fire at TeNarkana, Ark. DESTROYED
half a city block Monday. entailinc a
loss of about $3.50
James Sheehan. who in the early
S0s was n OF the greatest first base.
men in the West, is dead at Raloit
Wis.
Orders have been issued at Inc wa-
department assigning General BALDWIN
10 the command OF the department Of
Dakota.
The formal opening OF tho James
town 'Nal expedition has bon SGT
Tor April %. 1907. instead of VIA, T.?
1901 as o.ieinall planned
Geol.eC Mca1I!an. ugo ia,rt tho.
Ia Crosse t#l>.1 Gas aId Es.e.i,
aoto,"'H ING i~au.,.t ,e,lo.. raa.in
,Aal c't>' anl 2, u.lau .ol, g..f wealth.
. dead oi ul,csajg ni a.4.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-02-15
LONG A DOOMED MAN
ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF VICE AID
MlRAL cHoUKNlN THE WORK
OF TERRORlSTS.

Commander Of the Russian Black Sea
Fleet Shot Four Times and Badly
Wounded, but May Reeover-His AS
salIant, an Unidentified Woman. In
stantIy Killed by One Of the Ad-
miral's OrderIies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
TAB ON CENTRAL OFFICE MEN.
Gen. Bingham Orders Detectives TO Report
10 Hin Daily In Writing.

Police Commissioners Bingham has ISSUED
general order No. 100, which took effect
yesterday. in which he makes it plain that
hereafter he will be the head Of the $50
detectives attached to the Central Office,
and il there il any soldering going on he
intends TO know about il.
The order directs every detective to ma il
a card every day 10 Police Headquarters
in envelopes provided for the purpose,
telling exactlv what work he has done
each day. these will be tabu lated and
made the basis Of the record OF work of
each man.
An assign ment 10 the Detective Bureau
has always been rega rded as bne Of the best
snaps in the department, and Commiss ione r
Bingham has found this to be true. or
the $50 men now in the bureau the Com
missioner believes that about twenty-five
Of them are real detectives and capable
Of doing good work. They get 81 1000 a
year. Gen. Bingham has found that scores
Of detectives in the bureau rarely do any
work. For the most part they have rowing
commissions. They report at Police Head
quarters at 8 O'Clock in the morning, look
over the crooks who have been rounded
up the night before, and then sally forth
to while away the time a. best suits them.
Once ina while they arrest a crook on sus-
piciOn and take him to court in the morn
ing. In nine cases out of ten the suspect
is discharged. The detective telephones
the OlspOslJlOn Oh Jne case 10 Tie OuTeau,
and then he continues killing time.
Commissioner Bingham wasn't long in
the department before he learned of the
workings of the Detective Bureau. When
Capt. Steve O'Brien was in charge OF the
bureau he wen TO Albany and told the
members of the Committee on Cities that
a lot OF the detective sergeants we're graft
ers and in league with crooks. He adj
vocated the passage Of a measure giving
the Police Commissioner power to appoint
detectives irrespective Of the civil service.
The headquarters men raised a good sized
fund and the bill died in committee.
IL is probable that Commissioner Bing-
ham will try to have a bill passed at the
coming Legislature abolishing the rank of
detective ergeant and giving him power
to appoint men to the bureau who are
real sleuths. The daily report system
will enable him to n what is going on,
he thinks.
Inspector Billy Mclaughlin, who is in
command Of the bureau, Is a good detective,
the Commissioner says, but he believes
that the men play OF him. Heretofore
the Commissioner was not informed what
any Of the detectives were doing, and IL
was only by personal investigation that
he found out about the Wholesale loafing
ON the lob.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
MISS GOULDS SOLDIERs' XMAS.
Enlisted Men at Governors Island Give
Her a Vote OF Thanks.

The enlisted men of Companies L, +, G
and Fl made merry last night at a concert
given at the request Of Miss Helen Gould
in the rooms of the Army Y. NJ. c. A., al
Fort Jay, on Governors ISLAND
The committee on decorations, Privates
Chapman, Dempsey and Flynn, got very
busy yesterday and gave the reading room
a real Christmas appearance. FeEtoons OF
green hung from walls and ceiling and a
large banner wishing all "A Merry Christ
mas" stretched the width OF the room abov We
the platform. On the front wall, in the
post, the initials of Miss Gould, H. NJ. c.,
were fashioned out of holly and ground
pine.
The soldiers came to have a good time,
and they had it. They %applauded everything
from Mendelssohn's Concerto No. "a and
Wieniawskis Russian airs, played by the
Beasey sisters, TO a coon son z called Let
II Alone" by the melancholy Malcolm
Shackleford, who was introduced by Sec
rotary Sanford as the man who raised a
horse pistol from a colt. That made a hit
with the soldiers.
But the selection that tickled them most
was a recitation written by an army officer,
called The Gentle Filipino" The Twelfth
returned from the Philippines last June
and the remembrance of our little brown
brothers is still fresh in their minds.
Win his timid little manner
ana his sweet and gentle smile
AOu MS easy way OF swearing
That he loves you all the while,
With a white nag on his shs nty,
hanging out 20 catch the eye.
But a little rifle ready
For TO plug you by and bye.
For To plug you by and bye. Dad. NEWKWU
Tor to plug you bye and bye.
Tor 10 shoot you through the hack
And 10 skip away as quickly
Asa Splinter on the track.
To come round when they plant YOU
just 20 shed a little tear
For the ge mile PHILIPPINE
Is a tender heartedAdear.
During the concert the telephones in
the room were left open so that the Signal
Corps men and the officers could enjoy
the performance.
Secretary Sanford at the close of the
concert advised the men to use the club
house to write home and wish the old
folks a Merry Christmas.
The entertainment closed with three
cheers for Miss Helen Gould and n standing
vote 10 send her the soldiers thanks for
her kindness.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
FLIHFLAM IN THE Waldorf.
Wan who Tried 10 Trick a Cafe Cashier
Arrested after a Fight.

After a rough and tumble fight in the
crowded corridors of the Waldorf Astoria
early last evening a man who gave his
name as William Smith Of 23i West Thirty
eighth steet, but who, the police say, il a
well known fimlam man. was arrested.
II took the combined efforts of Policeman
Xorn of the West Thirtieth street station,
William Smith, the house detective, and
W. H.. Mathews. the cafe cashier, to over
power Smith.
Smith is of large build and wears ex-
pensive clothes. He wake into the cafe
shortly after : O'Clock, after having lounged
about the main corridor and the reception
parlor for a time. The place was filed
with patrons and Smith walked up to
Mathews, who was behind the cashiers
desk. He pulled out a large roll Of notes,
and whisking one carelessly of asked the
cashier TO change it for him. The money
offered was in the form OF a $40 gold Ger
t~iicate. Mathews laid down a $40 note,
and was reaching into the drawer for the
rest, when, he says, Smith grabbed up
both the notes and started for the door.
Mathews let out a cry OF warning and
vaulted over the counter after him. The
two mixed il in a h rand to hand struggle
at the entrance to the main corridor. de-
tective Smith saw the commotion and
came 10 Mathews's assistance. There was
n scramble of patrons TO give the fighters
a wide berth.
Policeman Iorn, on post outside the
Thirty fourth street entrance, was sum
moned and by the time he arrived Smith,
singlehanded, had nearly beaten of the
other two men. The melee had resolved it
self into a promiscious affair in which
several outsiders began hurting. things at
Smith. Chairs, rugs and artificial palms
few through the air. The policeman drew
his uightstiCk and waded in.
Smith was finally landed in Thirty-fourth
street after a running fight nearly the lergth
Of the main corridor. The path Of the
sCrimmaRe was strewn with wreckage.
Once in the street Smith gave up.
When searched at theTenderloin station
house among the things found hid away
in the lining OF his heavy padded coat was
a roll of money to the amount of SO. 900.
made up of 500 certificates, all OF which
the police say are bogus. The money
over which the fight took place was also
found. Resides this IN expensive cut glass
vase was found tucked away in the coat.
IL was said AZ the Thirtv-eiehth street
address that Smith was not Known there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
CHRTSTNAS EVE OPERAS.
Fedora" and Lucia" the Lyric Attrac-
lions OF the Night.

Giordano's Fedora" was observed with
placid demeanor by a considerable assem-
blage at the Metropolitan Opera House
last evening. The temperature of the night
was frigid within and without. In vain did
Nine. Cavalieri disseminate temperament
In vain did Caruso pour out LIQUID tones.
In vain did Scott look as handsome as he
could. There was no thaw. Fedora" woke
not a responsive chord in the hearts OF the
Monday night subscribers, who sat stolildy
through it's unhappy story n its almost
equally unhappy music.
The performance was quite az good as
the preceding ones of the same opera, but
the work does not improve on a~couaint-
ance. Neither does Nine. Cavalier. She
has a certain amount of dramatic instinct
and she looks well. But her voice IL MALE
and hollow in the medium and shrill in the
upper % mes.
At the Manhattan Opera House the opera
was Lucia iii Lammermoor." The audi
ence which attended the Torture obseouiea
Of the unhappy Arturo was also small hut
il was bent IN having a good time. IL gave
many demonstrations Of great joy, and the
principal singers were bid TO parade them
selves after every scene. Nine. Pinkert IA
Lucia and Mr.. Bonci az Edgdrdo repeated
impersonations which have already been
Al efficiently described.
IL wa officially announced at the Metro
politan last night that Giacomo P,locini
composer of La Boheme" ard -Tosca =
would sail for this country on January o
20 see the production of his "Manon Lea
caut," n that IL Africaine' would be-
the next important production.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25

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1T was impossible for me 10 get
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body were covered with It. The
eczema first appeared on the top of
my head, and it had worked all the
way around down the back of my neck
and around to my throat, down my
body and around the hips. It itched
90 l would DO obliged to scratch Il,
n the flesh was raw.
Il would first wash the affected
parts with warm water and Cuticura
Soap, and then apply Cuticura ONT
ment and let it remain on 81 night, and
IN the morning 1 would Use Cuticurs
soap. L am now all well, which all
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remedies to any and all persons who
wlsn a speedy and permanent cure Of
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200 Prospect Street,
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SrSH.. Sss1essing eases vben al else fshA. Pouer Drug
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
JAPANESE CHRISTMAS STORY.
m Illustrated History Of a Circulating
BIRD.

A holy day was coming around in Japan
one winter. A man had sent his presents
to the houses of his friends. A day before
the holy day. he was reminded of one Of his
@ to whom he forgot 10 send anv
present Then he remembered he had a
game which he shot a few DAYS before that
day, " hich he had kept in his house. He
TOOK IL OUT or the cellar, n examined il
IL was in such a condition that unless il was
soon used it could not be used at all. YET
II was not altogether decayed. He thought
ne would not use it for himself. But Ris
TREND might not know the di~fferencel so.
he sent the bird to his friend.
This friend Of the man suspected there
was something wrong about the him
although he % not tell what IL was. 40
ne, too. sent It away TO one OF his friends
VINO. Tor the same reason, turned il over 70
hls friend. In this manner. the bird ira yelled
around half a dozen houses, and finally was
returned 10 III very man who first sent 4 ont
Inc man suspected that the bird was the
very Identical one he sent out. hut was not
sure OF it: Anyhow, he could not use the
oird; SO he threw it away in a garbage can
a club where all the men who had the bird
passed around were gathered.
Ihat was a fine bird you gave me = said
the man who first received the Tiff 10 the
original sender. 1T tasted very nice,
indeed" '
BY the way" said the second r.caivsr
TO the first, the one you gave me was ex-
~cellent,"
Every n repeated the expression ~
thanks in the same strain. When n came
TO the turn Of the original sender who was
also the last receiver, Of the bird TO sav
something. But he could not fall in linz
with the rest Only he blushed 10 diacover
that there was no mistake about his own
bird having been passed around.
The next morning a daily newsnaner
printed a cartoon in which all the men VIZ
received the bird were represented. with he
bird being passed around and finaIIv 70, -
ing to the original sender.
JIHFI HAsuTnucu,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
GENEROUS long ISLANDERS.


wEsrBBBY, u T., Dec. 24.-St. Giles in
the Fields. the home for crippled children
at Garden CITY was made happy to-day
by the presentation of a check for nearly
$500 by tho joint efforts. Of Mrs. James
l.. Kernochan and Mrs. J. Il. Smith-Had-
den, who Learned o. the straitened cir
cumstanccs OF the organization, which il
supported chiefly by voluntary cOntribu-
tione.
through tho generosity Of Mrs. Kerno-
chan inmates Of the town poor farm re-
ceived fruit AMI vegetables and clothing.
Tobacco and pipes were presented TO the
men and 70 the women sewing materials
and candy, President Roosevelt did not
forget the children of the Cove School, at
Oyster Bay, where his own children re-
ceived their preliminary education. A
check was sent TO principal OF the school,
who made suitable gifts to the children.
The teachers also were remembered.
PostnasteT-General George B. Cortel-
you salse remembered many people at
Hampstead. his former home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence II. Msckay, Harry Payne
Whitney, Payne Whitney, r. d. Morgan,
Gen. Lloyd Bryce and others distributed
turkeys and dinners to the poor Of their
neighborhood.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
OBITI AIRY.

Capt. Alfred Bruce Canag8, 1. =. y, head
OF the steam engineering department ~ the
Boston Navy ! ard, dropped dead while OH
his way from the steam engineering building
TO his nome in the yard yesterday afternoon.
,. 1850, and entered he NayaI Academy as
a cadet engineer October !, 1872. He was
graduate N 1874 and his FIRST sea duty Was
on the flagship MOrCest er OF the home station,
whore he served from June. 1874, to April. 1878
In the Spanish war he WIS in the bureau
Of steam. engineering Of the Navy Depart
naval station. he leaves a son who is "A
mIdshIpman in the navy.
Silas Is. lDderhill died suddenly in the
ofice OF the Brooklyn Union Gas Company
In Remsen street. BTooklyn. yesterday morn
ing, while he ives waiting TO pay a gas bill.
He was o. years Of age and was born in Glen
Cove. l.. /. His parents we're Quakers. lie
had praCtised law for many years, and in
1900 was appointed from the civil service
list as an attendant in the Supreme Court
a few months ago he was made an assistant
clerk. tie was a veteran Of the civil war and
U member Of |. y. Grant Post, No. 1927, G. A.
dren.
Henry {. Southwick died in Albany yes
terday. lie was the father Of Representa- i've
George W. Southwick. an ntimate friend Of
Thurlow Weed and secretary, TO Samuel j,
Tilden in the Constitutional Convention Of
on June ,. 1927. lie was the eldest son OF
Henry Comins and Mary Parkinson South
wick and was . grandson Of Henry G South
wick. who published the old Albany Register,
at that time the organ OF the Jefersonian or
Republican party.
Mrs, Rachel Brookhpld Day, who was
buried at New Providence. N. j., yester-
day and who was g6 years Of age. was a
daughter OF job BroOkneld. who took part
in the battle Of Springfield. Mrs. Day was
present at a reception given 70 Gen. Lafayette
on the green at Morristown in 1925. She was
one Of the founders OF the Morristown Meiho-
dist Church, Her father was a minuteman
at Springfield and later was a Captain under
Gen. Washington.
Silas W. Albertson. one OF the oldest and
best known residents Of Long Island, died
yesterday at the home OF his son at Roslyn,
l.. !. lie was n prohibitionist and for years
ran one OF the best diaries on the island. at
his farm az East Williston, which had been in
his fathers family since ITO. He leaves one
son and three daughters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
FOREMAN SULLIVAN SHIFTED.
shot In struggle With woman. Fireman Is
Sent TO CiJy's Hardest Sob.

Fire Commissioner Lantry ordered yes
terday that Foreman James Sullivan, who
was shot in the cheek a week ago while
trying to take a revolver from the hand
of Mrs. Irene Braiser, be transferred from
Engine rs, which has quarters on East
Fourteenth street near First avenue. to
Engine II, at " Orchard street.
The mon OF Engine II are said 10 be the
hardest worked Of any company in the
city. There are more lire alarms in that
part of the city than in any other. sullivan
Is to be placed on trial for being absent
from quarters without leave at the time
that Mrs. Braiser did the shooting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25

OF dollars trying
20 cure, and l went
TO the hospital,
but they failed to
cure me and 10
was getting o
all the time. Five
weeks ago my wife
bought q box OF
Cuticura ONT
N emit and one
cake Of Cuticura
S0An and I am
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25

n S o,p,
and Antreptie Spe-
eiskies are guaranteed
under the Food and
Drug. Act. June 30.
1906. not to be adul.
lerstsd or misbrsnded
within the meaning Of
said Act. This guar
anty Is filed with the
Secretary Of Asieul-
ture under Serial No.
3o3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
ELWIRA FOR LAWSON WITNESS.
Judge Aspinal Says Leo HaImOwttZ IL the
Most Contemplate o. Prisoners"

Leo Haimowitz. who was indicted for
perjury because OF his testimony at the trial
lawson against Lem Lawrence Lawson,
wasarraigned for sentence yesterday before
Judge Asphalt in the County Court, Brook
Ign.
Il ave sentenced thousands OF prison.
ers, said Judge Aspinall, but l think you
before me. You are a rank perjurer. Be-
cause Of your youth / will send you to
Elmira.'
HaimowitE testified in favor Of the plain
til. he was the only witness who testified
to having seen any OF the acts complained
Of by the plaintiff.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-25
DIR. COwIes TO Receive a. O a Year
From the Carnegie Fund.

ELMIRA, Dec. "a. -Dr. A. W. Cowles,
president emeritus and first president OF
Elmira College, has been made a life pen
sioner under the terms Of the Carnegie
fund for educators who have spent their
lives in m~eritorious service.
He will receive 81 200 a year. Elmira
College was the first to grant a degree tn
women equal to that given at the same time
by other colleges TO men.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-12
Thew Had Escaped That.

A young disciple Of Blackstone,
who had worked his way through col
lege and taken a full course In the
study of law besides, was making a
trip through the Southwest in search
Of an eligible location for the prac'
tice OF his profession. A. thrifty
young city, with considerable BODY
of water on one side Of it and forest
on the other, attracted his attention.
and he decided to make few DAY S
stay and investigate.
Putting up" at what seemed 10
be the best hotel, he ate his dlnnef'
then strolled into the Office, and pro-
ceeded in. a careless way to interro'
gate the clerk.
There is a good deal OF business
done in this town, isn't there?" ne
asked.
Eyes. sir" answered the young man
I'm one way and another there's !
good jag OF business going on mere.
Healthy place, isn't it,"
"Middling." ~,
SIS there much litigation here?'
"Ne. I haven't heard OF any cases
of that, but there's a lot OF chllls an
fever, and occasionally bad case O
the grip"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-12

Massage is invaluable for removing
the bagginess under the eyes, and
brushing the eyebrow with a soft
brush does a world of good, especially
if on the brush a little tonic is en-
ployed.
The last clever notion Of the beauty
culturist is to massage the eyelids so
that they look full and white.
Wells when constantly worn are in
jurious to the eyesight.
Cleanliness and pure air are all i'm
portant and it is an admirable plan to
bathe the eyes in cool water daily, es-
peciaIly if they are much exposed to
dust
1t is hurtful to rub the eyes whel
waking.
The natural decay of sight begint
after the middle years Of ones life,
and if the first warning of any strain
is neglected, the sufferer lays up a
store of trouble.
With normal and proper care OF
mind and body a persons eyesight
should be of the best and the eyes
themselves bright and attractive.-NeV
York Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-12

There are cases where an operation
isthe only resource, but when one con-
sinders the great number of cases OF
menacing female troubles cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. finkham,
LYNN, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley, Of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
"Loes Of strength, extreme nervousness,
shooting pains through the pelvic organs
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination, said hid female
trouble and liberation and advised an opera.
ton. To this strongly objected end decided
to try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com,
pound. The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and am
once more strong, vigorous and well"
Female troubles are steadily on the
increase among women. If tae month
ly periods are very painful, Or too fire.
quent and excessive-if you have pain
or swelling low down in the left side,
bearing-down pains, don't neglect your
self: try Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound.