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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-04-26
Beforc as looneed the black huib Of an
ocean liner

Beforc as loonaed the black hatb Of an
ocean liner.
those dreadful noises of the storm, a
great shrill sound, and upon our port
bows loomed the black hulk of an
ocean liner making for the sea.
That was the impression Of one mo-
ment. The next she was upon US,
monstrous menace of death. Her cut
water struck the yawl amidships.
Even to this hour / have never been
able to discover the sequences of that
tragic moment. | saWsthe yawl part
and dissolve in a mist Of water, and
then my next recollection was Of bump.
ing and grinding in the boat against
tae iron shell Of the liner. Windows
full of lights passed before me, and
voices called, and then we were swung
out again like teetotum upon the
wilderness of brawling water.
The liner sheered off into the dark
ness. and there was nothing visible.
Sheppard kept the tiller hard, and we
rolled and tossed together. The wind,
as though it's dreadful mission were
fulfilled, dropped suddenly away, and
we were conscious of silence. Sud
denly Sercombe's voice broke on us,
startling me.
"Give me little brandy, Create
rex
/ handed him the flask, and he set
his lips to it. PUT your hand down
here,' he said, pointing to- his breast.
| did so. That's the place. / know
when I've got my dose. 1 was always
good at that" He was silent for a mo-
ment. sIm glad / saw the man die"
he said presently. 7 was right, after
all. / swore I'd see him out. But I'm
sorry about the boy.''
had nothing to say, and he sank IN
to silence again.
.sThere's that steamer coming back,
Greatorex," he said after a time.
/ looked and saw that he was right.
s.They'n pick you up" he continued.
Then: "See here, this things been bad
ly managed. It's been a stomachfui
for all of us, but there's no need to
make it worse than it is. But I'll tell
you what. This gunshot is not going
to be easy for you, not by long slice.
1t looks ugly, Greatorex,~ and that's a
fact. A yawl run there's no
harm in that-but when it comes to
letting blood, why, there's sure to be
questions
The lightss Of the liner cleaned a
hundred yards away, and Voice hail
ed US.
ssThat's gospel truth, . said Sercombe
thoughtfully. .sAnd the treasures at
the bottom Of the sea. along with one
good man at any rate" Once more he
was silent, audience more he resumed,
speaking with difficulty: give got my
cruel. See here, this is my affair. I'll
not play Jonah in the circumstances"
He ceased and, raising himself upon
an arm, looked toward the liner. Then
with a swift movement of his body he
pulled himself upon the gunwale and
rolled off into the water.
/ uttered a cry and rushed to the
edge of the heaving boat There was
no sign of body. alive or dead, in that
tumultuous waste of waters.
Sheppard sat trembling, with his
hand on the tiller. He Whimpered.
The boats head fell off and fell on,
and we rocked on the disordared face
of the sea.
went over and took the tiller from
his hand. and ! put her nose toward
the liner.
TIE END.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-04-26

them. The Frenchwomen are wonders.
They preserve the Illusion of exquisite
gentleness and politeness, and yet they
get everything they want"
Us that the ideal condition.
For a woman, yes. Diplomacy is
her best weapon. The brutality of alb
solute frankness is the privilege of
men. They can afford to have it,
And Mrs. Wisely futtered off to greet,
with sweet smile, her dearest enemy.
leaving Mrs. Commonplace to think
over the situation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-04-26
i1T|'ll1 |4 Fl me- ~ ID o. r.
A Horse
and a Half
in a
Handful

Would you like to
run your light machinery cheaper than
with coal, gas or electricity, yet start or
stop the power in ten seconds.
Our Little Air Cooled Engine
will do great deal more than that.
Put it in any corner, out OF the way,
and it will pay for itself over and over
again in time, trouble room and risk.
We haye Two and Half and Fiye-horse
power for heavier work; all guaranteed
in every way.
You don,t have to understand machin
cry to operate it, just follow printed
directions. You can't go wrong. There
are very few parts and no troublesome
water cooling apparatus in the coldest
as well as the hottest weather.
You can forget it entirely and run no
risks. Either for pumping or power
there is no engine manufactured so
economical, SO useful and so desirable
in every way.
The engine is equally valuable in city
or country for running printing presses,
sewing machines, lathes, ice cream
freezers, fans or churns. separators,
pumps, saws, grindstones, corn shelters,
corn grinders, stalk cutters and in
Vulnerable similar apparatus.
Safe as stove and fully guaranteed,
and the price won't scare anybody.
For Sale by
Charles 6. BIatchiey, Phila., or
IF. IredeII, MuIIica Hill
Feb. s-sm. Please Ask Questions.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-04-26
HE Point Of View.

''What is woman's greatest fauItY'
repeated the observing old gentleman
after me. MY dear madam. IL you
win transpose your question and make
it What Is the most unpleasant fault a
woman can have?' would answer I'M
hesitatingly "A lack Of sense Of hue
NOR. Z MAUD ROBINSON.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Local News Notes.

w. III. Williams and youngest son
arrived from Tracy Tuesday, for
visit. His friends here are grieved to
know that his wife, nee Miss Grenard,
whom he married in Pierre nearly
twenty years ago, died in Tracy on the
23rd inst, OF valvular heart trouble, and
her death was very sudden, her husband
and other relatives being away from
her bedside when the summons came.
She had been afflicted with this disease
for some time, but was thought to be
recovering at the time Of her death.
She was one OF the young ladies of
Pierre twenty years ago attended our
schools and many remember her. The
grief stricken husband, children and
other relatives have the utmost SYM
pathy Of everybody in Pierre,
IS. b.. Carson has returned to Chicago,
where he will arrange to move his fam.
lily to Pierre this fall. Exit" since his
coming back to the city has decided
that this is the best place to get ahead
in the world, and Pierre IS good enough
for anybody.
s The property owners On Pierre stree!
and Dakota avenue will have to hustle
from now until SNOW flies if they gel
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01

Accomplished daughter, Miss Elizabeth.
to Arthur w: Robertson. OF Rockford,
III. Thedatter IS spending a few days
in the city.
j. Byrd Jones has. decided to. remote.
with his, family TO Conconnully,, WASH.
In The near future. Mr.. .Ieies and fam:
lily are well.liked in Pierre and we,lose;
a good citizen and good family, =.
Binder & Borst are inreceipt of abig
red automobile of "a horsepower, built
on the touring car style. they expect
TO have several more sooner or litter,
and keep the machines for sale,
Mrs. w. r. Borst is very sick with
typhoid feyer,sand%her husband has1arI
rived from his cattle ranch on the
Cheyenne, to remain at her bedside.
t. W. Adams, Of Logan; Iowa, ar
rived Wednesday, to take up landHin
Stanley county, and start a good saieel
ranch. = - =
| Alva f. Taylor, one OF Governor
| CraWfhrd's law partnersy' Was III tht
t;city Tuesdsy, .pn supreme court husi
ness.*+%i.' t.. 4 '!"a
r. The stork visited the home OF Mr.
and Mrs W G. Notmeyer Sunda,
night, and left u boy baby.
1t is now decided that the new FEEDER
al building can be occupied by the frs
| of December.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
not CONCERNED
Colonel Goodner Had no Part
J. in the State Senatorial
Case
An Account Of How.th Action
Arose and Its Final
Decision.

To- 4 T.. .
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader, beng
advised of THE much advertised state
senator campaign in this district, points
the following truthful statement of
facts:
In a recent editorialiu his Newspaper, |
Colonel Bowen declared that Ivan w |
Goodner candidate for the senate in
the Pierre district, had begun, ali action
iii the courtsto prevent George W. Har |
ris from remaining on Tie ticket as an !
independent candidate for the state |
senate The verbose old colonel rang
the changes on this imaginary crime |
and his story is a good one until the
facts are told; then there isn't anything
-left OF it except the headlines.
The fact is that Mr., Harris, a life
long democrat, was induced 10y - Ohm
Sutherland and Two or three Others to
file a petition at Pierre as an .sndepend
ent party candidate" and in Hyde
county as citizens party candidate"
for the same office This petition was
full OF errors but was filed by the
county auditor Later on, the chain
imam and secretary of theHughes county
republican central committee filed a
protest against the name being placed
INupOlI fbttllcl u pun otN Oh dt SloulltS,
the principal one OF which was that
eleven of the twenty-four persons
| signing this petition had joined in max
| ing MI Goodner's nomination by taking
part in the republican primaries last
| spring, when the delegates to the county
and legisl4tiv district conventions were
chosen The county auditor referred
the whole matter to the states attorney
i for al opinion and that Official after
careful examination, adviEed the audi
tor that it was his duty not to place the
name OF Mr.. Harris upon the ballot, for
the reason that his petition was wholly
| insufficient i'll: law, both in form and in
substance, and also because it appeared
that fourteen OF the signers had taken
part III the republican primaries. The
auditor thereupon notified Mr.. Harris
and Sutherland that he would under
4 these circumstances. refuse to place the
I name on the ballot. Mr. sutherland, on
behalf Of Mr. Harris, then began the
proceedings in the supreme court, to
require the county auditor to PLACE the
name on the ballot.
1t will thus be seen that MI. Goodner
has not voluntarily gone into the court
at all; indeed, that he has not been
concerned in the matter. The fact is
that straight republicans in that dis
trict whether known as "stalwarts" OF
as ''jnsurgents" don't relish the idea oil
! letting a few politicians come in ant
nominate democrat under the title OF
, an "independeit" after they themselves
II have gone into the republican, primarie!
and been beaten hands down. so badly
5 indeed that they had only two delegate
III the county convention which III
u structed the delegates to use all honor
able means to secure MI. Goodner'
nominations.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Build uu Pierre.

The new grand opera house at Pierre
was opened to the public during the
present week under splendid auspices.
.TheEheatre is The finest as well as the
most modern one in the northwest, and
will prove a pleasing surprise to all
outsiders. ChaS. t. Hyde, the man who
engineered the enterprise stands in the
limellght OF progressiVeness which few
men of more leisure have ever attained,
and no man at present has the growth
and development of the capital city
more at heart than Mr. Hyde himself.
Midland Star.
The above is we'll. spoken and will be
approved by the most enterprising citi-
zens of Pierre, who registered their ap
prova! OF this opera house at the spring
election by q handsome majority, under.
the referendum.
If the newspapers of this city the
Free Press excepting itself from the
charge would show as great a loyalty
towards the upbuilding OF the State
capital us tie Midland paper, publisher
sixty miles west, evidences, such fine
buildings as the new grand opera
house which would be a credit TO any
city MANY times greater than Pierre
would be approved instead OF being
knocked" every day, i'll which process
| the two Ebrother in-law-dalies" have
| taken the lead.
| The Free Press regrets to say that a
few citizens very few in fact back,
ed by the two dailies, have shown an
| unaccountable opposition to the new
| opera house Mr.. Hyde has completed
|;Ths new theatre would be a credit to
| ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Sioux City or
| Sioux Falls 1t is undoubtedly the best
lin the state. But Notwithstanding all
this, the local daiies Will say nothing
| favorable to it, and will print items I'M
| favorable at:every opportunity. This
is not the right spirit to upbuild a good
( city such as Pierre is sure to become
Ii is a spirit that most good citizens OF
this city depse ate. There is nothing
to be gained by knocking" There is
every thing to be gained by standing
together and encouraging every gooc
| enterprise the new opera house in
cuded. Everybody in Pierre, as wei
as our local dailies are blind to-: thel
Flown welfare when they don't realize
this.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
a Decided Hit.

Frank q. ,Jr., the three year old baby
actor, is doubtless the most admired
member OF King Perkins company, who
will present "a homespun heart, at the
grand opera house on Saturday, Novem
her II. This wonderful little chap
appears in two acts OF the play, and
does his part with the natnralness of an
old timer The heart scene, on Christ
mas morning, between Andy and the
baby, When Andy is emptying baby's
stocking Of the toys he has made him
self, will live long i'll every mind,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Our Indian School.

A Pierre correspondent to the Sioux
City Journal sends the following inter
esting statement, after Il visit to the
school:
The attendance at the government
Indian school at this city, under the
management of Superintendent Leven
good, is up to the maximum, and even
little above-l53 pupils being enrolled.
A new building lis being erected, and
with that completed the capacity of the
school will he increased to 225. The
school was. badly run down when Mr..
Levengood took charge and since that
time it has been built up in every way
as to attendance and improvements to
the buildings and. grounds. For a
tendance 81. the school was from the
:sChippewa tribe in Minnesota, but at
!, present almost the ttotal attendance is
! Sioux.%from South and North, Dakota,
/ Montana, and few from Minnesota
reservations.
\. This year the Boys at the school as.
sisted in the care and management of
/ a garden OF forty acres, in which prac-
! tically all the vegetables used in the
4 school through the summer and for
:. winter storage were secured. Besides
/ the garden, The hay was secured from a
meadow of 100 acres In manual train
ing the boys are given instructions in
55.carpentering, blacksmithing aid
mechanical engineering, while the girls
assist at the cooking, laundry and other
domestic work of the school.
Superintendent Levengood says he
can4r see an !. appreciable difference in
the pupils who come to the school, as
compared with those of former years
especially so since the government be
gan to give work to the Indians and
4 paying them cash for their labor in.
stead of the ration system. Since that
Z, time they have begun toSlivein better
4 houses and appear to take pridein theil
progress and general appearance, ant
he thinks that was :sone of the bes
moves for the Indian which has eve
e been made by the government.
4 The. school is progressing in ever,
A way and is coming to the front as ont
! Of the desirable schools for. the Siou,
4 Indians.
4 ,AsSuperior Theatrical Attraction
"a homespun heart. delightful,
4 interspersed with Singing and dancin,
/! specialties Of a high order Of merit viii
be. presented blythe Well and favorabl
i known kiugg- Perk ms company at tn
. grand opera house on Saturday, N oven
Der II.
l.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-01
Going Backward.

The Pierre board of education, at its.
last meeting, passed the. following res.
olution:
Resolved, That it is the sense
and the declared policyo the board
that tire instructors in the pubic
schools of Pierre, including the
. high school, refrain from attending
dances. That any social gatherings
in Pierre which may have acquired
the reputation OF being Public
school, or "Itigh School, dances
have not become SO reputed by a:lN
authority or encouragement OF tins
board
The above statement is given author
ity by the signature of 81. E. Mallory,
president of the board.
The Free Press has no wish to take
issue with the members of the board OF
education, or a majority OF such
members, but it,believes such action is
far-fetched and really exceeds any
powers the board has over the private
lives of the instrucsors or students il
our public schools,
Going back several centuries ago
the Puritans believed in burning
witches" ahd along with such murder
ous inclinations they prohibited amuse
'merts of all. kinds, including the limo
cent pastime of dancing Even aper
son was not allowed to smile on Sun.
day. +
A majority of our present board o
education seems to be behind the time
several centuries. They have evidentl
Ebeen soaked with the theory Of strain
ing alta gnat and swallowing a camel.
The sooner such naEow-minded ipreju
dice is dispensed with: in any America
community the better it will be OF
The Free Press is free to express. it
] opinion in plain. terms, and knows til
=" sentiment OF Pierre will back it by
large majority.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-14
SECRETARY TITUS OF FL PASO Y. M. c. 4. RETURNS FROM
 HIS TCUR.

c. c. Titus, secretary of the local Y. M. c. A, has just returned from a pro trGcted visit to the central states, dur ing which time he collected some val uaUle ideas on the subject of Y. Nj. C. A. buildings, says the Times. He was accompanied on part of his trip by Architect Frost, who is now en- gagged in drawing up plans for the Fl paso Y. M. c. A. Now that he has re turned. he ard Mr. Frost will get busy Derfecting building plans and hope to have something tangible to present at an early date.
 MT. Titus visited Detroit, which has just accomplished the worlds record in the matter Of raising money by popular subscription for Y. NJ. c. A. purposes. In tWenty-three days a can T2s5inS committee raised S422, 900, the amount necessary for the erection of q new Y. M. c. A. building. This is the largest amount eyer raised On a short canvass.
 MT. Titus also reports that in HCus- ton recently the sum of $150,000 was raised in a period of twenty-two days by Y. NJ. c. A. committee.
 On May 31 Mr. Titus attended a conference Of employed officers of the Y. M. c. A. in Indianapolis and ro. ports a most successful and enjoyable meeting.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-14
WILL MEAN GREAT REDUCTION IN TIME FROM SANTA ROSA TO
 FL PASO.

To reduce the grade on the Fl Paso & Southwestern between Fl PaSo and Santa Rosa from one per cent to one half of one per cent is the aim of the engineering department of the South western, which now has a corps of men in the field locating the new line.
 The new grade will mean a great reduction in the time of trains be- tween Santa Rosa and Fl Paso, and will mean also that the time of the Rock Islands fastest train, the Gold en State, c4n be cut between a half hour and an hour between Chicago and Los Angeles.
 Locating Engineer c. g. fleming, with a large corps of men, has been locating the proposed new line for some time.
 About fifteen miles of the present line will be charged, this stretch of track lying in the mountains between Corona and Torrance. Many of the curves and steep grades of the present line will be eliminated. About fifteen miles of track will be relaid in order to make the reduction in the grade possible.
 Work on the construction of the line will be begun in a short time, and the Southwestern will spend thous- ands of dollars in order to make say ing of a few minutes of time on the eastern division
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-14
JACK GIBSON ESTABLISHES ACKNOWLEDGMENT PAPER
 TOUCHES FOR TRUTH.

Jack Gibson. who will enter the rop- ing contest in Douglas on the Fourth, has made a new roping record which will 90 down in Arizona history if the following from the Phoenix Gazette is the absolute truth:
 A-izora's cowboys have earned a reputation from one end of this great country to the other, as about the greatest thing of the kind that ever happened in that line, and they even have Q reputation for dash and daring that must be sustained across the wa ter: but it remained for a couple of these gentlemen down on the ranch of Jack Gibson to set . mark that will remain to be shot at for years by the rest of that fraternity.
 This feat is no less than the lasSo- ing of two black eagles which was ac- complished last week. One of the great birds died, but the other is at present at the Owl drug store and is indeed a big addition to the extensive zoo that MT. Winters is maintaining there.
 The bird is young, and for that req son could not fly so high but that the gentleman behind the rope was able to ring him. He is what is known as a black eagle, and if he lives in this hot latitude will attain to massive size.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-14
AEWsTRIKENEARP0RTALl
EPPtY BROTHERS STRIKE $50 COPPER IN LARGE QuANTI-
 TIES THIS WEEK.

Considerable excitement has been created in the Chiricahuas and among those in Douglas who have interests in the vicinity of Portal, by a rich strike of copper ore on the edge of that town Sunday. The property is owned by the Epply brothers, well known in Douglas, and judging from reports which arrived today, these men appear to have one of the best properties ever located in the Chiricahua dis trict. .....
 The strike was made just at the edge of the Portal townsite. At a depth of only ten feet, Epply Broth CTS have crosscut the lead for four teen feet and are still at it. It looks like an immense body of ore. Assays made in Douglas today show the ore to run 10-1 per cent copper which is $30 ore. Two shifts have been put to work taking out ore, which Y;n be shipped to Douglas.
 Ed Eppiy, one of the owners of the mine, arrived in the city today. Short ly after his arrival he was made an offer of $35,000, ten per cent down, for the mine, but refused it.
 This strike so near Portal will un- dOubtedly mean much to that town and district.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-14
Prominent Attorney of the Capital Is Run Down by
 Runaway Team,
FOUR HORSE TEAM
 BECAME FRIGHTENED.
Miraculous Escape From Death Under Feet of Prancing SteedS-Will Recover.

In an accident which occurred Sun day morning at the corner of First avenue and Washington street in Phoenix, Judge W. H. Stillwell suS- taired the dislocaion of his right shoulder, a sprained ankle and very severe bruises on his limbs and other parts of the body. Four horses httched to a taliy-ho bus becS-..., frightened and ran down Mr. Stillwell causing the accident. rie was at once taken to a nearby drug store and pr. Wylie summoned. Later Mr. Sillweli was removed to his home. where last even.g it was reported he was able to rest in a chair out of doors and had entirely recovered from the shock sustained.
 The bus was driven by one of a party of young men from '<E Ford no tel, who were en route to the country for a days picnic and shoot They had been about town gathering up differ ent members of the party and were aEout to turn the corner going to- wards the Ford hotel driving onto Washington street from First avenue. Mir. Stillwel was crossing to the north side of Washington street from the court house corner and noticing the team had stepped back several feet that they might have plenty of room to turn the corner and pass. At about the same time he stepped back, the corner was turned by the driver. A woman standing on the Phoenix Ma tional bank corner raised paraSol and the leaders of the outfit hitched to the tally-hO made . lTlrch to the south side of the street.
 h doing So they ran down Mir. Still wen and although they were stopped almost instantly, all four of the horses had trampled over him. Luckily none of the wheels of the wagor ran near him. As soon as possible several of the occupants of the tally-hO were on the ground and assisted in removing him from beneath the horses feet and carried him to the Wakelin drug store. It was the opinion of Dr. Wylie that the shoulder was dislocated by the fal! to the ground when he was knocked over by the leaders.
 1t was but a little while after the affair had occurred that MT. Stiltweli was removed to his home in a car riage and although 1t will be many days before the use Of the shoulder is possible the other injuries are such that Mir. StillWll can be at his offices today.