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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13

tage was undeniably suitable for an
alliance with the chief heir of one Of
the wealthiest men of the day. Per-
sonally she was the embodiment of a
beautiful. gracious, vivacious, we'll
bred and mentally lowered American
girl.
Ideal is hackneyed and greatly
abused word, but it is the only one
that aptly and satisfactorily describes
the life and companionship of the
Goulds in the two decades that have
elapsed since they stood at the altar.
Mrs. Gould is prominently a domes-
tic woman. Her home and her stall
wart boys and handsome, sprightly
girls are her first consideration, in
common with her husband.
Regardless of their great wealth,
the Goulds live their lives simply. Mrs.
Gould has artistic tastes developed and
cultivated along rational lines, and
these she INDUCES to the top of her
bent. Mr.. Gould is in fullest sympa-
thy with her inclinations in this d.
rection and shares them with her.
Probably there are nowhere persons of
their means who are less in the public
prints than the Goulds. Mrs. Gould
cares little for society, as most per-
sons accept the term, but is found OF
entertaining the congenial men and
women who compose their set.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
TEE INCUBATOR BABY.
Story of How Two Women Struggled
for Its Possession.

The tiny little infant who reposed
in the incubator at the st. Louis Fair
has, since the close of that exposition,
attracted more attention than it did
during the entire time that it was the
object of interest of the sightseers.
At the close of the Exposition, two
women sought possession of the child,
each claiming it to be her own. Each
secured writ giving her the custody
of the child through DEGREES of differ
ent courts, but Mrs. Bleakley, who had
at first been awarded the care of the
infant through the ruling of the law
at Moline, Illinois, took the law into
her own hands when the court at Law
renee, Kansas, decided against her.
According to his own story. Senator
Fred d. Smith. of Kinsley, played an
important role in the case when the
mother of the incubator baby" re-
Gently disappeared suddenly with the
baby from Lawrence.
"When Mrs. Bleakley left the court
room at Lawrence after the decision
against her. he stated, land returned
to her mothers house she was nearly
frantic. In mere desperation she
fed from the back door and sought
refuge in a college fraternity house
nearby and begged the boys to HELP
hers II was then nearly 6 o'clock, and
the parents of one of the boys, red
headed frat. youngster, were expect
ed to be on Santa Fe train No. en-
route to Kansas City, and this DO,
had hack in readiness to drive him
to the train The boys promptly raised
a purse Of SEA to get some clothes FOL
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13

Mrs. Bleakeley and the baby, bundled
her into the hack, and took her to the
Santa Fe train. They were compelled
to wait a few minutes, and while they
sat in the hack Judge Smart, who had
awarded the baby to the other woman,
passed it on his way to the Ottawa
train.
when the train came in Mrs. Bleake-
ley was placed on the Pullman with
out attracting any attention and put in
charge of the frat boys parents.
The parents were simply ordered to
see Mrs. Bleakeley through Kansas City
safely, and, like good modern parents,
they obeyed.
THE difficulty lay in the Union depot
at Kansas City. where it was expected
detention telegram would be await
ing them. The Sheriff Of one of the
largest counties in Illinois. ]. H. Ray,
Wills county, was On the train, a man
as big in proportion as his own county,
big of body and big of heart He made
the acquaintance of the father of the
frat. boy, and in his dilemma the lat
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13

yards from the Agency They take
position in the form of a crescent, and
sit with loaded carbines unslung,
waiting.
At the top of the long steep hill in
their front, silhouetted against the
flaming sky, sit the two slender braves
on their ponies. Cody they lash them
selves to their saddles. Raising their
rifles high above their heads, they
shake them at the troops and begin a
shrill song of defiance Suddenly they
fire at the Agency. Their signal!
Into the Jaws of Death.
A bugle blows. In an instant they
launch their ponies, straight as arrow
from the bow, at the center of the cres-
cent of soldiers. Down the hill they
come, full charge, shouting the savage
Cheyenne war-cry and firing as they
ride.
A bugle blast! and a whitening volley
blazes forth from five hundred guns
Still the ringing war yell. On through
the smoke they come, apparently un-
scathed, working their rifles like mad.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13

shall be pro-rated among the land
benefited and paid back by the settlers
into the fund" to be used over again
for additional reclamation work.
Would Create Thousands of Honest
This plan of developing the internai
resources of the country and making
homes of waste places, is splendid in
its scope, and appears to be entirely
practicable and profitable. Take for
instance, the single example of the
swamp lands of the Kankakee River
basin in Indiana and Illinois. Here
are some 400 thousand acres of the
very richest of bottom lands, but sub
ject TO overflow. They are worthless
except where they have been reclaimd
through expensive private drainage
works. when they have become worth
500. and $3.50. an acre. Yet it is es-
timated by the government surveyors
and engineers that the entire system
could be effectively drained at cost
in the neighborhood of $40. an acre.
The same can be said of the lands of
the Red River Valley in Minnesota
These include the finest grain and
farm lands in the northwest except
that they are frequently overf1owed. 1t
would be worth millions of dollars to
the farmers and settlers, who would
occupy these lands in small tracts, to
have perfect system of drainage pro-
vided. These extensive systems, how
ever, especially where they are inter-
state, seem to be feasible for handling
only by the general government.
The Stevenson bill places the en-
tire management of the work in the
Reclamation Service and the plan of
operation follows very closely the ir-
rigation work now being done by that
branch of the Interior Department.
Government lands, coded Indian lands
and private lands may be included in
any drainage project, but in each case
the cost of the drainage improvement
is to be borne by the owner of the
land and no settler can have drainage
provided for more than 100 acres, thus
insuring the division of the tracts into
small farms which must be actually
settled upon and titled.
Drainage Work Already in Progress.
This work the Reclamation Service
is qualified to do at this very moment.
While primarily an engineering bureau
it has, in all it's great irrigation pro-
jects, to deal directly with the farmer.
1t must outline a comprehensive drain
age system for each irrigation project,
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
EARLE Quill for Statehood Bill.

President Roosevelt will sign the
Statehood bill with pen made from
quill plucked from an Oklahoma eagles
wing.
When Charles Hunter, the newly ap-
pointed clerk of the district court at
Oklahoma, was in Washington some
days ago, the President promised to
give him the pen which he would use
in signing the Statehood bill Mr..
Hunter went home and had a pen made
from an eagles quill.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
A new GOULD BABY.
NO RACE Suicide IN F4MILY OF
GREAT FINANCIER AND RAIL-
ROAD MAGNATE.

Married Life of Son OF Jay Gould and
Wife Described as Ideally Happy
Regardless of Great Wealth. They
Live Very Simple.
The Gsulds have been married 20
years. Il was in 1886 when the cid
est son Of Jay Gould, then almost as IN
known and indeterminate factor in
finance as either of his two brothers,
Howard cad Frank. is at present, pro-
vided the town with a momentary SEN
satien ~ wedding Miss Edith King
don, whs was a member of Augustin
Days theatrical company. The match
was regarded as ideal in all respects.
Miss Kingdon's position socially and
professionally was assured. Her heri-
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
THE EVERGLADES
Courtesy ForsstsSerrice

A very comprehensive bill has been
introduced in the House of Representa-
tives by Congressman Stevenson of
Minnesota, who, if he can push his
measure to enactment into law, will
be deserving of the praise of not only
this but future generations. His bill
is a practical extension of the old
homestead idea, or rather, perhaps, an
application, to the vast areas of our
swamp lands, of the idea embodied in
the national irrigation law.
There are in the neighborhood Of
100 million acres of swamp lands in
the United States, some 10 million of
which have been surveyed, the great
bulk of which would make splendid
farms, if the excess of water were
drained off.
The Stevenson bill provides for the
beginning of the work of reclamation
of these huge areas. The measure is
framed after the irrigation law; it pro-
vides that the receipts from the sales
of public lands in the non-irrigation
states shall constitute a drainage
fund" to be expended by the Govern
ment in great drainage works, and
further, that the cost of such drainage
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13

The canals which form network
throughout a greater part OF China
abound in fish. The rice-helds. which
are supplied with water from these
canals, make ideal Matching places for
the eggs and for the young fry dur
ing their early existence.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13

The largest of telescopes is the ss
inch equatorial called the Universe
Discoverer, at the Lick Observatory on
Mount Hamilton. 40o0foot peak OF
the Monte Diablo range in California
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
FARMING THE SWAMPS.
PLAN TO DRAIN MILLIONS OF
ACRES OF WORTHLESSMARSH
FOR NE " FARMS.

Representative STEVENSON Has Bill
to Provide a Government Fund to
Reclaim Hundred Million Acres of
Wet Lands.
The great swamp areas are destin-
ed to come in soon for their share
at the hands of the government. The
irrigation of desert lands has been
provided for; but no definite move has
been made as yet to convert the enor-
nous areas of government swamp
land into productive farm homes. The
other day bill was introduced to pro-
vide for the drainage of the great Dis
NAL Swamp of Virginia, which Gener-
al Washington, a century ago, pro-
claimed would one day be converted
into farms.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
A Great Hunter.

His brand new gun was 'hammerless, ;"
His powder. too. was what
Is known as ''smokelessH, and we guess
That he had "hitless" shot.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13
RODE TO THEIR DEATH.
HEROIC CHARGE OF TWO CHEY=
ENNE INDIANS AGAINST FIVE
TROOPS OF CAVALRY.

A Tragic Romance of the Tepee-
Repetition of the Days of ChivaIry-
Flesh and Blood Against a Hail of
eaden Bullets.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-04-13

Representative Halver Stevenson Of Minnesota
10 do this the Service has its own farm
and soil experts. Some of the irriga-
ton projects have distinctively drain
age features, in fact are almost as
lCnuIinusd on next maze n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26
A SERMON TO BOYS.

Long years ago son was born
to parents living in quiet little
village of Ohio. These parents
made a comfortable living and they
were very happy. They named
their first born William Walter,
after his two grandfathers, and to
the proud parents lie was a con-
slant JOY. He was also a constant
care. Night and day through all
the years of his helpless infancy
the father and mother We'd with
each other in attention to their
offspring Many a sleepless night
did they spend i'll keeping watch
over the babe, contending with the
multitude Of ills that afflict child
ren, but it all was to them a labor
Of love.
William grew and grew, learned
to creep, then to walk, got into
mischief. pinched his fingers,
burned his hands, fell and cut an
ugly cash i'll his head and encoun-
tered numberless other mishaps
which befall children; but patient,
devoted mother and father brought
him safely through all his troubles,
At 6 William started to school.
Morning, noon and night, fire.
quently between times, his face
had to be washed, his hair combed
and his clothes brushed, but the
patient mother did it willingly and
lovingly because he was of her own
flesh and blood,
He grew to vigorous, intelligent
boyhood and his parents were Just
ly proud of him. He learned
rapidly and gave promise OF be-
coming a good scholar and a Use
full man. His every boyish want
was met. He had sleds, skates,
balls, bats, games, books, maya
zines, knives, fireworks, every
thing that the moderate income OF
indulgent parents could provide.
He had music, upright compan-
ions, correct counsel and all the
advantages and moral surround
ings that the village afforded,
Everybody said he was a good
boy. Hewas honest, industrious,
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An hour later the father went
among the people of the village to
make inquiry about his son. He
soon learned that Walter Davis, a
boy a year older than William, had
also left the village. Further in
vestigatiOn disclosed the fact that
Walter and William had taken a
west-bound train at midnight.
Walter had left no note and his
widowed mother was driven al
most to distraction,
Williams father took the next
train, traced the boys to Chicago.
but there they disappeared as COM
pletely as if they had been swal-
lowed by a bottomless cavern of
the earth. He father notified the
police, employed detectives, ad-
vertised in the newspapers and af-
ter unsuccessfully using all these
agencies for a week, returned to
his home
The parents reasoned, doubtless
because they Wound comfort in doing
so, that their son would conceal
his whereabouts until they had be
come i'll some degree reconciled to
his absence and then would come
long letter filled with expires
sions of consolation that would be
balm to their bleeding hearts.
Weeks and months dragged
YEARLY by, but no message came
from the runaway boy. For two
years the father was kept busy run
ming down sclcws. He was once
in Texas, twice in California, up
i'll Michigan and over in New
York, but each time his search
came to naught. These trips were
costly and soon an irretrivable
debt was fastened upon the home.
Eben West became constantly ser
ious. The face of his good wife
lost its freshness, her voice lost it's
musical sweetness and she went
from place to place as if She was
dazed. The good women Of the
village called often in an effort to
divert her mind from a grief that
was slowly sapping her life, but
without avail. Her sorrow was
an incurable one. She could talk
of nothing but William. He must
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be dead else he surely would have
written O if she on y knew, If
alive he might be in distress. But
why did he go? There was some
awful mystery about it, Thus
would go on the pitiful lamenta-
tons of dear, devoted Mrs. West
until her sorrows undermined her
health aud she went into de
cline.
One beautiful summer evening
Mrs, West was take suddenly
worse. The family doctor said She
could live but a few hours. a
half a dozen faithful friends sat by
her bedside through the night.
Her mind wandered. She talked
of William. He was again in
school and at home The CHASTITY
face smiled family as she Whisper
ed "You look 50 pale, William,
Must lie down and rest. Let les
sons-go-t till nom
And just as the birds were be
ginning to chirp their first musical
notes at break Of day, the spirit of
the patient sufferer winged its
flight into another world.
She was dead Dear devoted
Mrs. West had been cut down in
the very prime Of life, the victim
of a broken heart.
Mr.. West remained but short
time in the village. Broken in
spirit, those who were dearest to
him dead or gone, his home ruin
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ed, he disposed of all his belong
ings and went to live with a broth
er in a foreign land
a year later-the very day he
was FL, a handsome young man
stepped from the 10 O'Clock even
ing train. 1t was William Walter
West. He had come from ChiCa-
go and had brought with him a
thousand dollars he had earned
with his own hands, and many
beautiful presents for his mother
and father. He had come to give
his parents a glad surprise and
make them both ever so happy by
assuring them that he was going
to remain in the old home as long
as they should live.
As he walked from the station
toward the old home, a companion
Of his childhood broke to him as
gently as possible the awful truth.
The light heart became instantly
as heavy as lead, tears filled his
eyes, the effect of his thoughtless,
reckless conduct was full upon
him, his whole frame shook with
emotion, and i'll all Undesirable
agony Of mind he shrieked: "
have killed my mother" And it
was even 50.
William went with his compan-
ion to the village cemetery, threw
himself upon the little mound
above his mothers precious dust
and there for half hour he suffer
ed the agonizing emotions of a
thoroughly repentant heart. He
lived years in that brief spell, but
he could not cal | to life the Crumb-
ling form below.
Feeling that he could not face
his old-time friends of the village,
after the terrible work he had
wrought, William West took the
same train that had borne him
away three years before, and the
scenes of his boyhood home will
never see him more.
This true story is but an exam
pie of the numerous cruel things
done by thoughtless sons. If they
do not sneak away, they often
times leave i'll anger, and their
poor mother and father live a life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26

Iclean. He did not possess a single
vice. His parents were complete
ly wrapped up in him and they
were unspeakably delighted with
his promising future.
One summer morning when the
father rose and went down stairs
to start the kitchen fire, he found
on the dining room table the fol
lowing note:
Dear Parents; | am leaving
tonight for parts to you unknown,
l am going out to try to win my
way in the world. Don't think
hard. You have both been ever
good and kind. Please do not
worry.
Your loving son,
William
Like a dagger thrust went this
note to the heart of the devoted
father. What could it mean? No,
no; it could not be. 1t was onfS
thoughtless joke.
Hurrying up stairs the father
hastily opened Williams chamber
door and looked in. His son was
gone, as were also his clothes and
suit case. He faced as awful
truth. He was dazed by the dire
full revelation, and returning to
the dining room he buried his face
i'll his hands and wept as he had
never wept before.
\ few moments later the wife
entering the dining room, and
bending over her husband, SYM
patheticaily inquired the cause of
his grief. He made no reply ex-
cept to nod significantly toward
the fateful note still lying on the
table.
Before she had finished reading
it, tears streamed down the cheeks
of the grief-stricken mother, and
between sobs she exclaimed: II
knew it. l knew something awful
had happened After midnight
could not sleep. I was nervous
and I had such forebodings ofevil.
opened Williams bedroom door
and saw that his bed had not been
occupied. He is gonc-gone per-
haps forever. Merciful God.
What have we done that we should
be 50 cruelty chastened.'
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of unbroken heartbreaks. And
little less is the accountability of
the son who kisses his weeping
mother goodbye, receives her bles-
sing, goes far away, writes occa-
sionally at first, less frequently as
the months SO by, and finally does
not write at all
Oh how cruel. How the poor
mother does long for a letter,
some word Of remembrance from
her darling boy Uneasy rests her
head upon the pillow. She can
not sleep. Thoughts of her boy
weigh upon her mind, put wrin-
kles in her face and gray hairs
upon her head.
Boys. Write to mother and ia
Their Tell them where you are
and what you are doing, Assure
them, because tits so, that you are
leading industrious, upright liyes,
Write often. Write, il possible,
every Sunday and sanctify your
efforts by breathing into every line
an expression Of thoughtful con
Germ for mother and father. 1t
will do you good, and your poor,
dear mother more good than pen
can portray. BOYS! Write to
mother and father
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-04-26

EWANTED; Young men and women
etween the ages of 81 and SO as appli-
cants for the training school for the
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital,
Towson, Md. 51-4t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-06

Stallings had made. Jack Powell, a young white man, swore that he saw Radford Buckhalts in the buggy on the street before the shooting and heard him say, "the d.. I'll kill him" Tom Coker and Jim Keith denied that they heard Dan Stallings say where John Dickson could hear him, "I'll kin Radford Buckhalts if it takes me twen- ty years" On the occasion MT. Dickson named in his testimony they said they were present and did not hear the re- mark. Powell Owen. and Fred Owen declared that they were at the Stallings home when the news was broken to Dan, that his sister Nannie had run away and married Radford Buckhalts, and they declared he did not say "If I had known 1t there would have been a burial scrape," as had been testihed by B. II. Req and Herbert Newton.
 Frank Mack on the stand described the position of Buekhalts's mule and buggy in front of the witness's bar Der shop on the night of the shoot ing.
 Mrs. Ella Owens. sister of Dan Stall lings. was called to the stand to tell of a threat made by Radford Buckhalts to his wife about Dan Staliings, and repeated by Mrs. Buckhalts to the wit ness. but the State objected, alleging that the proper predicate had not been previously laid and Mrs. Owens was excused, until tomorrow.
 John G. Smith, Q Greenville merchant, testified that about ten days before the shooting, Radford Buckhaits was In his store with a pistol. Tn answer to question, BuclShalts said, T suppose
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-06
lUon1ef1 and Society.
WHITE HOUSE ASSOCIATION
BY MRS. ,. M. DeCoTfEs.

WHITE HOUSE ASSOCIATION
 MEETING.
 The regular meeting of the White House Association was called a week earlier, that the. members might have the pleasure of greeting Mrs. Chapel Cory, one of the most earnest out-of- town members.
 Mrs. Bethea. Acting Regent, opened the meeting with the Lords prayer, af- ter which the minutes of the last meet Ing were read and approved.
 The report of the Treasurer, Mrs. c. A. Lanier, was encouraging. She stated that the result of the lunch dur ing the Street Fair. and the interest on the State Bonds, was deposited in bank to the general fund. Mrs. Camp bell. chairman of Wood Committee, gave an encouraging report. The fol- lowing message from Mrs. Jefferson Da- wis was read:
 Give my love to the ladies and tell them ! think their ideas of a replica of the Waite House. in case 1t should DC destroyed, is fine one, and that they should have an architect to at once make an exact drawing of the house inside and out" This express sion from Mrs. Davis endorsed the idea suggested at a previous meeting, when a committee was formed to interview an architect towards securing plans for replica. This committee was enlarged and further instructed. The following members form the committee: Mrs. Lamar, Mrs. Warren Jones. Mrs. ]. D. Cody. Mrs. Chappell Cory. Mrs. ". L. Durr. After transaction of all business, Mrs. Cory lead in brief Iit- erary program, with a delightful mag azine article telling of the trials, dis appointments, delays and final success nf the Mount Vernon Ladies Associa-