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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-30
BOOK NOTES

Plato's Immortality" a dainty cloth
bound booklet containing the life OF
Plato and his argument on Immortality
is issued by Alden Brothers, New York
CITY, successors to John y. Alden, the
pioneer publisher Of high class books
at little cost. This is one issue In a
series intended to comprise a library
of universal literature, of all times and
languages, translated
Filson Young's "The Sands of Pleas.
use" is book of notable distinction.
standing as work of art high among
the years publications. The architect
hero, Richard Grey, who builds mag
nifcent lighthouse on the Cornish coast
completing what his father had begun,
has lived until 30 in an atmosphere of
INSTRUMENTATION. Then he visits
Paris with friend, who guides him
to Montmartre and to Fontaineblear.
where he drinks for brief while Of
the wine of specious delight that leaves
an acrid aftertaste of lees. The author
has proved himself master of his sub
ject. The descriptions of the light
house building are intensely interest
ing and the atmosphere of the sur
roundings is in perfect accord. 1t is
not a light book; there is no badinage
no cheapness Of thought or deed. 1t
sets one striving, unavailingly 1t is
true, to find the clue to certain
labyrinth. In the pictures of gay
Partisan life-the Bohemia of today,
which in fundamental matters has
changed little since Murger wrote-no
modern English author has been SO
successful. One is reminded now and
then of Daudet at his best, although
the vehicle used by Mr. Young is of
his own fashioning. "The Sands of
Pleasure" has very fine qualities: one
of these has particular charm. 1t is
the clear and elegant purity of the
authors style. The beginning of this
novel is altogether delightful The
theme takes hold of the reader; the
great building accretes soul; the ro-
nance of 1t grows with reality; there
is striving. science, danger, patience.
character, Imagination I'm the air, and
when the end is reached a strange ex-
hilaration communicates itself to the
reader.
The Sands of Pleasure. BY Filsor
Young. Boston; Dana, Estes & Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-30

not take kindly to this method of liv-
ing. Few of the completed buildings
were sold or rented. Most of them are
idle today.
Segal is 46 years old, about feet II
inches in height. Directness and frank
ness of manner, habit of going di-
rectly to the point of a proposition he
had to present to man, are said to
have been the means of his success. He
has made many friends and has spent
money lavishly.
Temporary Receiver
George P. Earle, jr., who has been ap-
pointed temporary receiver of the Real
Estate Trust company, is one of the
best known figures in the financial
world and has had experience in
Strengthening out the tangled affairs OF
a number of financial wrecks.
He is president of the Pennsylvania
Warehouse and Safe Deposit company,
the Finance Company of Pennsylvania
Market Street National bank and
Tradesmen's National bank.
Every banking house in Philadelphia
was prepared today to meet any de-
mand made upon it, Although no in
stitution other than the suspended
company requires assistance, offers of
aid were reconveyed from bank to bank
and large sums of money arrived here
today.
crowd of depositors gathered early
at the corner of Broad and Chestnut
streets, surrounding the handsome sky
scraper in which the distressed concern
is located. A squad of policemen sur
rounded the offices and kept the people
back. There was no attempt at DEM
onstration.
distressing feature of the disclos-
ures regarding President Nipple was
the crushing blow that fell upon #.
Wharton Nipple, son of the dead man.
Young Nipple is employed as a clerk by
the Real Estate Trust company and
all day yesterday while rumors were
flying, all rejecting upon his fathers S
name, he stuck manfully to his desk.
The local stock market showed some
recovery at the opening today follow
ing the drop which followed the an
nouncement of the banks failure yes
terday.
Inquiry today among prominent auth
critics of the Presbyterian church as TO
the amount of church money involved
In the failure shows that the sum will
not exceed $4,000 Trustees money
amounting to $936,S6 Is invested in
mortgages, bonds and other securities
and an examination of these show that
they are intact.
AT the offices of the board of minis
terial relief it was announced that the
benefioiaries of the board would not lose
cent nor would their payments be
delayed day. There are ample funds
on hand to meet all demands.
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety has an account of several thous-
and dollars with the trust company
The will of the late president, Frank
K. Nipple, was filed today. 1t gives his
property to his son, Frank Wharton
Nipple, he to give one-half to his aunt
sallie, If she is living. The son was
named as executor and has qualified.
The estate in valued as follows:
Personal property 100000 and up
ward; real estate $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-30
Free Ferns Today

The Mammoth Shoe House will give
away with shoe purchases elegant
growing potted ferns.
1t has been the usual custom OF the
Mammoth for many years to give away
beautiful ferns. These are given away
as a growing advertisement. They are
the most beautiful ones they ever had.
Every purchaser gets one absolutely
free today at The Mammoth Shoe
House. No. $40 South Broadway. be-
tween 5th and eth streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-30

Ter hated and feared by many means
little to his wife. Were his fortune only
100000 instead of G. billion dollars, she
would be no less happy, probably much
more so. She makes little point of
wealth, spends little, not because she is
mean, but because money means little
to her She refuses to accept the
dazzling social position that could not
be denied to the wife of the man who
possesses more than any of his fell
lows, of that which is the very basis
of society. In fact Mrs. Rockefeller is
better cut out for almost any other
position in life than the one fate, by
one Of it's strangest vagaries, has
adopted for her.
Mrs. Rockefeller was Laura Celestia
Spelman, daughter of a Cleveland mer-
chant, H. B. Spelman, whose deeply
religious habits of life are perpetuated
in the life of his daughter and her chill
dren.
Fifty years ago John d. Rockefeller,
long before he had conceived the pos
sibility of a Standard Oil company or
dreamed of the immense riches that
were to be his. and Miss Spelman were
classmates and sweethearts. Their
marriage was q romance, love af-
fair, and has remained the same ever
since.
One Redeeming Trait
It Is perhaps the one redeeming trait
of the oil kings life that the suggestion
of marital infidelity has never touched
II.
Many of his fellow millionaires have
found backing the stage career of pret-
ty footlight favorites a diversion, but
all his unpopularity has never I'M
earthed against Rockefeller a sugges-
tion of any deviations from the path
of right dealing In his home relations.
Mrs. Rockefeller's most marked trait
is her domesticity. Although she has
half dozen residences, she counts
Cleveland her home, and is never so
happy as when there. The climate of
Tarrytown, where is located the man
sion "Pocantico Hills" does not agree
with her, and she has been there so
seldom that no one in the vicinity
knows even what she looks like.
Before her marriage Mrs. Rockefeller
belonged to the Plymouth Congrega-
tional church, but in order to be of the
same denomination as her husband,
she Joined the Euclid Avenue Baptist
church in Cleveland.
The religious pretensions of John d.
Rockefeller have always been para
dox People somewhat acquainted with
his career have been unable to under
stand how he squared his professions
of faith with the things he did. But
while this be true Of the husbands re-
ligion, it cannot apply to the wife's
Among all who know her, either as a
friend, or through her many imprinted
acts of great generosity, Mrs. Rookie
feller is conceded to be the ideal type
of Christian woman.
Her Quiet Life
Mrs. Rockefeller's quiet life has
agreed with her. Her refusal to enter
the whirl of the world has been wise.
She is 65, but does not look her years.
She is short and aather plump. Her
hair is dark. and her brown eyes are
fan Of life and fire. She is very well
read, and among the sclose circle of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-30
MANY FIRMS WANT
TO FURNISH COOLIES
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O.-No appli-
cation has yet been made to the 18TH
mian canal commission for the specifi-
cations recently issued for the supply
OF Chinese coolie labor for canal con-
struction work on the isthmus.
OF the 150 or more firms in the busi-
ness of furnishing contract labor for
great construction enterprises. ii Is be-
lieved at the commission that between
twenty-five and fifty will bid for the
canal contract.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-30
Her Quiet Life

Mrs. Rockefeller's quiet life has
agreed with her. Her refusal to enter
the whirl of the world has been wise.
She is 65, but does not look her years.
She is short and aather plump. Her
hair is dark. and her brown eyes are
flll Of life and fire. She is very well
read, and among the sclose circle OF
relatives and friends who have come
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-30

Homeless children received and placed
IN homes for adoption. apply Rev. o.
v. Rice. Superintendent Children's .
Home society sst Bradbury butldiaE
Los Angeles
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30

representatives this week in Washing
ton. and submitted an interesting
statement regarding the camphor in
dustry, says the Tampa Times.
AT the present time he said,
Japan controls the camphor produc-
ton of the world Camphor is an i'm
pc rtant ingredient in the manufac-
Uure of smokeless powder. and in the
event of a war Japan would have a
tremendous advantage over any
other nation. But our experiments
have demonstrated that the camphor
tree can be grown successfully in
Florida and some of the other south
ern states, and also in California. We
have also discovered a way of extract
ing the camphor gum without de-
stroying the tree. This is accomplish
ed by distilling the twigs and
branches 1t has proved commercially
successful. Three thousand acres
have been acquired by the government
in Florida. which will be planted with
camphor trees at once"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30

their eyes on the society columns OF
newspapers and make notes of the
names and addresses OF persons who
are visiting out of town. When
woman returned home she was call
ed On by one of the grafters who said he
was a relative of an intimate friend
of the person whom she had been Wis
iting. He is generally received and
finds opportunity to conflde to his
hostess that he was short of travel
ing expenses and would return the
amount of a loan as soon as posi-
ble Those men who live on the
credulity of the people to make fat
living are a great menace as they
are we'll educated and dress in the
height of fashion. The second sys-
tenn has worked even better. Two
men with slightly foreign accent
have visited all the fashionable Ro-
man Catholic houses up town solicit
ing subscriptions for the feeding Of
the poor. They produced forged
authority from several high church
dienitaries and so successful were
their operatiens that the police esti-
mate they collected over $4,000 in
six- weeks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30

found 10 be armed with either pistol
or stiletto, and in some cases with
both. A large force is TO be or
ganized and all houses suspected OF
harboring the suspected Sicilians Will
be raided.
The heirs of an ancient Van Horn
have commenced proceedings against
the city to recover property estimated
to value 00,000.000. The claim eff
fects half the city in the Bronx direc-
ton and its revival by the descen-
dants Of Van Horn will give work to
lawyers innumerable. The family
Bible on which the Van Horn heirs
are pinning their faith is now in the
possession of DR.. S. W.. Lameroux, OF
Stroudsburg, Pa. who took IL for a
debt thirty years ago, having doctor
ed a Van Horn, and 1t was recently
discovered that the Bible was worth
half a million. as patents granted in
the year 1866 were found in it. The
patents show that the land was grant
ed to Abraham Van Horn, who died
in 100, by Richard Nicoils and Thos.
Dongan, governors OF the colony.
Prof. ]. G. Adami, scientist of this
city states that he will in short
time conclusively prove that man is
not dust but is made entirely of soap.
Prof Adami is indeed ernest There
are scattered throughout the human
body. he says. an unknown number
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30
REMARKABLE VOYAGE
OF A BOTTLE
IN WHICH WAS A MANUSCRIPT
TELLING OF THE SINKING OF
A VESSEL.

Berlin. Dec "a tragic tale of the
sea involving the loss of a British
ketch in the British Channel comes
in a curiously roundabout way from
Spierkeroog, one of the East Tristan
Islands off the northwestern coast Of
Germany.
A bottle washed ashore there and
picked up on the sands at low tide
contained the following message scrib-
bled roughly on a piece of paper APP
parently torn out of a ships log book:
1.-The ketch William and Mary of
Bridgewater is sinking sixteen miles
southwest of Hartlahd God help us,
tSigned) James Gampsons (Master)
William Fry first mate) Samuel vii
lisms (second mate) John Eiey (boyl
all of Bridgewater, October IS. 1909
The interesting part about the CT
tire incident is that the bottle was
thrown overheard at the mouth of the
Bristol Channel, carried around Lands
End. up the English Channel and
across the North Sea until it was fl.
nally deposited on the shore six
weeks after it was dropped in the
water and at "a point at least one
thousand miles distant
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30

of tiny globules called "myelins"
which are now believed to be the
primitive form of true soap. II is the
only pure type of soap on earth and
the scientist says 1t may be that man
was originally constructed on self
cleaning principle. Ihe soapy nature
Of human beings has been discovered
by means Of the pOlariZing micro,
scope. Prof. Adami gives a history
of the curious researches which led
up to the great find" Fifty years
ago Vichrow stumbled on the pres
ence of myelin globules in nearly
every tissue of the body. They we're
plentiful in the brain and dissolved in
hot alcohol but strong alkales caused
them to shrink II was not until 1898
it was discovered they possessed pc
culiar retroactive power. Finally Prof
Lohlin. of Carlsruhe, made an elabo-
rate study of the globules, and showed
under the plariZing microscope they
had queer cross marks and were in
reality liquid crystals" showing pre-
cisely the same markings as soap
globules. This was considered suffi-
cient to demonstrate their identity
with soap. The myelins, or soap
globules, seem to contain a remarka-
BILE substance indeterminate between
fluids and crystals.
Two new games of graft are being
worked in the city with great sue
cess. In one case the operators keep
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30
POLICE SUPERVISION
OF PRISONERS

Berlin, Dec. 29.-William Voight
has every prospect of having his
name handed down in history not
only as the brilliant raider of
Koepnick, but also as the pioneer of
new humane legislation abolishing
the present system o police super.
vision of.discharged prisoners.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30
TO GROW
CAMPHOR IN FLORIDA

Dr.. Galloway, chief of the bureau of
plant industry in the department of
agriculture, appeared before the COM
mittee on agriculture of the house Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30

Two new games of graft are being
worked in the city with great sue
cess. In one case the operators keep
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-30

Two explosions. a,othor r,,.aor
lave I at Iast OF bIaeamailing letters
uonnr pi roS, aroused Police Commits
rar bo Dln iS, who now announces
',ror Nv w, Will rout out The Rack Hand
EVER. very corner Of the civ The
/ n f ,..'I'h commenced win Tho arreSt
- ''ch suspects. all Of whom were
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
RECORD BREAKER
YEAR IS This.
Both Imports and Exports Larger
Than Ever Before.
two MONTHS Will tell.

Washington, June IA. That
this will be record breaking year
in both exports and imports is
indicated by the business so far
done.
The officials state that, if the
present monthly average is main
tained for two more months, the
current fiscal year will show i'm
ports into this country to the
total value Of twelve hundred and
twenty-five million dollars, and
exports to the value of seventeen
hundred and ninety.six million
dollars.
1t is not thought possible that
the next two months will show
any falling off, and both will be
recordbreakers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
THE Presidents
UNCLE DEAD.
Vas One Of the First TO Agltate Ex.
pose Of EmbdImed Beef.
HAD REACHED A RIPE age.

New York, June l4.-Robert
r. Roosevelt, aged seventy.seven
years, an uncle Of President
Roosevelt, died at his Long Island
home this morning. lie had been
in failing health since along last
winter.
Deceased was always a staunch
democrat. He was American
minister to the Netherlands in
1885, treasurer of the national
democratic committee during
Grover Cleveland's second cam
paign, and many times q pres,-
dental elector.
He started in life as a lawyer;
later embarked in merchandising,
and retired from business several
years ago. Mr.. Roosevelt was
one of the first men of prominence
to expose the embalmed beef
given the soldiers during the
Spanish-American war.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
EXPLOSION IN A STEAMER.
Five Men Killed on an American Liner
al Liverpool.

Liverpool, England, June IA
A severe explosion occurred on
board the American steamer
Haverford today. Five men
were killed outright, and forty
wounded.
The explosion came when the
hatchway was opened, just after
the steamer, which arrived yester.
day from Philadelphia, was
moved to the dock. A fire fol.
lowed the explosion, and firemen
with smoke helmets penetrated
the ship and extinguished the fire.
The cause of the explosion has
not so far been fixed
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
FRISCO. AFTER
TELEGRAPH cos.
dfand Jury Charges Both the
Western Union and Postal
With VIOLATING The LAW.

San Francisco, Calf, June IA.
The grand jury here has adopte d
a report of a subcommittee which
finds the Western Union and Pos
tai telegraph companies both
violated the law by accepting,
during the catastrophe, money for
messages for transmission by
wires which were sent by mail.
The committee estimates that a
million dollars we're collected for
such messages; and also points
out that neither of those COM
panies contributed a cent to the
relief funds.
The committee recommends
that indictments be drawn up;
and advises that the evidence be
sent to President Roosevelt and be
presented to the federal grand
jury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
Smith UNDER ARREST.
NegrOS Tell Wonderful Stories Of Be
ing Held In PeOnage.

Cape Girardeau, Mo-, June A.
Federal Marshal Mershey ar.
rived here today with James
Smith and five guards from
Smiths plantation, all charged
with peonage.
Charles Smith and son vol
UNFAIRLY surrendered. Forty
negroes were brought here as wit.
nesses. Fire arms, stockade locks
and horsewhips will be used il
evidence. District Attorney
Dyer is astouuded at the storie:
told by the negroes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
WAS PROBABLY LYNCHED.
Race Feeling High In a Texas Count,
Over Matter.

Autsin, Texas, June ia
Henry Young, a negro who had
been lodged in the Jail at Holland
on the charge of assulting a white
boy, has mysteriously disappear
ed. Broken locks at the Jail, and
pool of blood in the cellindiciate
that Young has been lynched.
The race feeling in Williamson
county is intense, and many
whites are sleeping on their arms
in expectation of an outbreak.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
STANDARD STANDS PAT.
viii Produce no Evidence In RebuitaI
Except AffidaVltS.

Cleveland. O., June 14.-The
Standard Oil attorneys have
notified the Commerce Commits
sion that the Standard would pro-
duce no evidence in rebuttal, but
offered affidavits. The Commits
sion refused them on the ground
that the Standard examined wit
nesses, and complainants must
have the same privilege.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Hooper, Misse:
Bessie and Irene and Master Jacob
returned Wednesday evening from
Wichita, where Miss Irene graduated
from Mt. Carmel academy. Wednes.
day, having finished thaee year
course at the school, considered one
Of the best in this part of the west,
Miss Hooper had one Of the import
ant parts in the class play given il
the auditorium Of the main building
OF the school. She was awarded a
gold medal in the first division Of the
music department, and was one Of tht
highest standing scholars in tht
academic department Of the school.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
SENATE ACTS ON STATEHOOD.
The Carter Compromise Accepted and
the Measure Passed.

Washington, June 14.-After a
number of explanations which the
senator's felt called upon to make,
the compromise measure on the
statehood matter was accepted and
passed without a dissenting vote
Yesterday afternoon. The lower
house, in which an agreement to
the compromise has also been
made, will likely vote on the bill
Friday, when the people who
have been knocking at the door of
the Union for seventeen n years
will be allowed to come in.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15
Send This Paper to Your Friends, It viii Please Them
BRIEF KANSAS NOTES.
Happenings OF Interest From All Over
the State.

Fort Scott. William Payne.
father OF Mrs. OTIS Barnard, con.
fessed to the killing of Hollit
Halstead. He said: | killed
Hollle Halstead. | shot him be-
cause he ruined my daughter.
give myself up because | can moi
sit back and see one of my neigh.
bors suffer for something of which
he is entirely innocent"
lola. Geo. E. Myers is city
engineer of lola. He is also 8
brother Clarence Myers who was
murdered by Aggie Myers and
hoffman,. He has written tC
Governor Folk of Missouri that
he thinks Aggie ought to be
hung, saying her hanging would,
in a measure tend to lessen crimes
by members of her sex. ~
Wichita. .-Chas. McCabe, an
engineer, was run over by a
switch engine, Tuesday, and his
legs cut off. He will likely re.
cover.
Wichita. Albert Ross, a II.
year old high school student,
was bound and gagged and hauled
into the country three miles, by
masked abducters, Monday even,
ing.
Fort Scott. R. H. Morley,
formerly of Fort Scott, was re.
Gently murdered by a companion,
a Frenchman, with whom he was
travelling in central China.
Wellington. II am old, out of
money, and wish to de- was the
note left by A. H. Barnard, a
former hotel man of this city
who took poison at Enid, Ok,
Sunday.
Topeka. Jennie Mitchell, a
negress, shot and probably fatally
wounded Laura Wisdom white
woman, in a joint on West Rail
road street. Tuesday night. The
Wisdom woman was unwise
enough to win the Mitchell wo.
mans lover away from her.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-15

TIE lovers Of good game of
billiards and pool will be pleased to
learn that Ben McMullen has opened
new billiard and pool hall in the
opera house building, where he will
be glad to see all of his old friends.
Ben has put in everything new, and
has some fine tables and fixtures.
He will open this evening for bust.
ness, and has very handsome place
in nice large room with plenty of
light and ventilation.