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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11

citizen on penalty of complaints to
the Government at washington.
So Smithers and Mr.. Williams per-
sonally go to the gloomy fortress and
bring Jack out OF his hole.
AS soon as he is released, Jacks
first thought is of his wife. for he has
grave fears lest Senior Roblado spirit
her away in order to carry out his
schemes. All Sin has had his duty
cut out for him, and knows how to do
it. A message from the heather Chi
nee brings Jack and Smithers to the
landing, and they are carried out to
a steamer just about ready to sail for
New York.
On board tj.ey find those they seek.
The two men are stunned by Jack $
appearance, and make no move when
Jessie runs to the shelter Of his arms,
for she has passed a wretched night
in suspense as to his fate
Jack has won. Roblado filings up
the game and asks for terms. but they
will not treat with him save upon un-
conditional surrender. In the end he
gets off better than he deserves. Even
Juanita deserts him, resolving 10
cling to the stepsister she loves; and
the two plotters sail with the steam
er, for Roblado has learned he is a
marked man among the revolution
lists.
And Lola Montez? Jack and his
wife seek her when permitted to do
SO. She will live, though never again
to actively participate in the work OF
freeing Cuba, but her wealth and in
fuence must all be spent in that way.
All Sin, still Squire Johns most
faithful henchman, and quite invalu-
able in carrying out the many philan-
thropic designs in which the young
mine owner and his sweet wife en-
gage, with the idea of bettering the
condition of the tenants upon their
vast English estate.
THE END.
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escort. as he intends leaving for the
hotel.
1t is the supreme test.
Jessie's face fiusbes crimson: she
feels that her position is strange
one, but Jack presses her hand con-
fidingly with his arm. and the contact
gives her courage
So she deliberately informs the
senor that she has decided to place
her future in the hands of her hus-
band, whom she has learned not only
to respect. but love.
"And," adds Jack, significantly.
who is both able and willing to de-
fend her."
The senor makes signal. and in a
trice they are surrounded by Spanish
guards. Jack is hurried away. His
manner puzzles the Spaniard, it
seems so confident
One night, or, rather, part of 1t,
Jack spends in dungeon under Nor
ro Castle, and 1t is quite enough for
him.
BY noon on the following day the
American Consul had been to see the
Captain-General, before whom he
places the facts. and demands the
immediate release Of an American
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11
rank the givers of millions, reads:
MOST NOTABLE BOXING EVENTS.
Two New Champions Have Fought
Their Way to the Top.

Perhaps the three most notable box
ing events of the past year were the
retirement of James ]. Jeffries, the
succession Of Battling Nelson to the
lightweight title of the world through
his victory over James Edward Britt,
and the final defeat of Robert Fitz-
simmons by Philadelphia Jack"
O'Brien. Each of these events added
to the interest in the sport. as they
brought new names and new faces be-
fore the public. In a general way the
bouts of the year were remarkably
free from scandal, and there was no
taint attached to any of the bigger
ones or even to one which commanded
a large sectional interest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11

creasing money wealth to create new
and abundant credit on which to build
new enterprises. there was no reason
why all doubts of the future should
not be cast aside.
During 1904 demand loans of stock
market collateral in New York
usually the best test of money sur
plus or scarcity in the country-went
as low as one-half of / per cent. and
even in the usually tight month OF
December did not get above per
cent Time loans in the same market
had been placed as low as Ia per
cent and not above 5 per cent. And
ell the time the increased gold produc-
tion in the Transvaal, Australia, Alas
ka and the United States proper add
ed abundantly to the stores of money
wealth of the world.
In November of 1904 much stress
had been laid on the fact that the to-
tai deposits of the national banks Of
the country had reached the pinnacle
of $500 ,639 ,949. Each recurring re-
port of the comptroller of the cur
rency, however, showed this record
surpassed. until that one published
last month showed total national bank
deposits at s5,554, ,S45,194.
OF the total deposits at the close of
1904 New York held s1.224. .206,600, or
little less than one-fifth, and Of the
total loans of the country New York
had accommodations to the extent of
| Las ,9S9 200. or more than one-third.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11
STRENGTH IN MONEY cENTERs.
Greatest Fear of All on the Stock
Exchanges.

Considered from almost any and
every point of view, but gauged par
ticularly by New York stock exchange
standards, 1905 has been the great
est year of ALL Whereas 1903 brought
the stock market deluge for the sins
of excessive trust promotion, CONNER
cial over-expansion and speculative
debauches of Immediately previous
years, and 1904 brought the moderate
afterclap of the upheaval of the ex-
changes in moderate commercial re-
preston, the year now closed has
been tuned to one dominant note-op-
timistic progress.
The signs are many. but few stand
out so strongly as proof Of develop
ment that to cite them is conclusive.
Briefly. these may be summarized as
follows:
Never has the farm wealth Of the
country equaled that of 1905.
Commercial failure liabilities, in
spite of exceptional banking disturb
ances of sporadic character. have
beer less actually and relatively than
in any period since the panic days of
1898, with the exception of 1899.
Total deposits of the national banks
of the country are greatest in history,
and aggregate loans of the banks like
wise at the highest level indicate that
money is being closely employed.
Using pig iron production as one of
the tests of general industry, an esti-
mated increase of about 371e per cent
in both production and consumption
indicates unparalleled activity.
Railway earnings of the roads of
the country roughly exceed all pre-
vious records by 7k per cent.
Both imports and exports Of mer-
chandise in the foreign trade of the
country once more have attained new
high records.
Prices of leading securities, both
railway and industrial, used to ascer-
tain the mean level of stock market
values, during the last month of the
year have eclipsed all previous high
marks.
Speculation of the country, as meas
ured by the sales of stocks on the
New York stock exchange, has sur
passed even the enormous totals of
1901, when trust financing was at its
height.
Finally, seats on the New York
stock exchange have sold at the phe-
nomenally high price of $4,000. sug-
gesting what the Wall street forecast
ers think speculation barometer of
trade" will indicate from prosperity's
signals in 1906.
When the year opened. progress. de-
layed enough for a season in the year
previous to show temporarily de-
creased railway traffic. steel and iron
depression, dormant speculation and
glutted money markets, had been re-
sumed. The success of the crops of
1904. and the very plentifulness of
money supplies the world over were
the basis on which this resumption
started.
Given good harvests progress al
ways is more or less certain, but the
factor of cheap money just year ago
and the knowledge that in 1903 liqui-
dation had cleaned out most of the
weakest spots in business brought up
one pertinent argument before mer-
chant, manufacturer. banker and spec
ulator. That was that. with ever-in-
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11
ENORMOUS SUMS GIVEN AWAY.
More Than $e5,ooo 900 Distributed by
Generous PhiIanthropists.

The contributions to charitable and
educational institutions during the
year just past have exceeded those of
1904 by large sum. The total amount
of gifts reach the immense figure of
s65, ,104,432. or s137 a minute.
The records upon which these fig.
ures are based are necessarily incom-
plete. as the amounts published from
day to day in the papers are taken to
compile the estimate. and $1,000 has
been the minimum considered. 1t is
probable that the multiplicity of small
donations would raise the total by
s10,000,000 at least. Individual givers,
too, are here accounted for only,
which fact prevents the list from en-
rolling the big contributions to the
Russian Jews.
More than one-third of the contribu-
tions has gone to educational institu-
tions. Eighty-two colleges and schools
are named in that part of the annual
report, though, even so. the gifts to
this cause would not have stood in
such overwhelming proportion to the
benefactions of the whole twelve
month had not the three largest dona-
tons of all fallen under this head In
April Mr.. Carnegie set by $4,000. 900
as fund for aged educators. followed
a month later by Mr.. Rockefeller
with another s1O,0o0,o00 for the cause
of general education. while the tragic
death of Mrs. Leland Stanford threw
into this same scale s4,S75.000 more.
The dozen most "iucky" universities
rank then as follows:
Leland Stanford Observation-Disclosures 81 s75. 900
Harvard ...... ....................... 1,500, 900
Yale l, ,405. 900
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Following education the benefac-
tions of 1905 rank as follows: To gal-
leries. museums and societies of kin
dred aims went s7,024 900; to
homes" hospitals and asylums, $5,-
Ss1,5o0. with s4.7O0.175 to m:scellane-
GUS charities. Church works of vari-
GUS sorts followed close with S4424,-
757. and s1,993.000 for library build
ings. Add to these totals s2,43b.0oO
which came in gifts other than of
cash. though valued Officially" and
this country is found to have received
in all ss4,0s9 .432-s2,O15, 900 was sent
to dc its work in foreign fields.
The roll of honor" where one may
rank the givers of millions, reads:
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11
RAILROADS HAVE MADE MONEY.
Earnings of Lines Go over Two Bill
lion Dollars.


For the first time the steam rail-
roads of the United States have earn
ed more than $4,000, 100000 in one
year, the high water mark being
reached in 1905. Not only were the
gross earnings heavier than in any
previous year. but the net earnings
were also larger, despite the fact that
more money was spent for physical
improvements, locomotives. freight
and passenger cars than in any for
mer year.
The number of freight cars built in
1905 was 165, ,455, an increase of 5000
over any former year, while the num-
ber of passenger cars built was 1851.
an increase of over 400. There were
5,491 locomotives built in 1905, an in
crease of 1000 over the previous year
and of 45O over 1903, the next largest
year.
There were 1879 miles of new rail
road built last year, 700 miles more
than in 1904, the total mileage Of the
end of 1905 being 217,32S miles. The
greatest activity in railway construc-
tion was in the Southwestern and
Northwestern states, in these two sec
tions more than half the year a mile
age being built The coming year
will see great amount of new road
built in the Northwest. as the st.
Paul, Burlington, and Gould lines are
trying to rush extensions to the Pa
cific coast, and the Northwestern is
also developing its system.
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rhe Head of the pIstrle,.

Ruel Durkee held the politics OF
Sullivan county. N. H., and especially
of Croydon, in the hollow of his hand,
and woe to the aspirant for Office who
did not first consult him.
A man who wanted to be speaker OF
the House, and who had been looking
the ground over for the anticipated
harvest, cornered Ruel one day and
enlarged upon his qualifications at
great length.
Nov. Ruel," he said at last, can't
you help me to be speaker"
"Ye amt chose yit, Levi" said
Ruel. And when the March elections
came Levi want chose"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11
DEATH LIST is A LONG ONE.
Many Prominent Men in All Lines
Called During 1905.

Among the persons of world wide
reputation, leaders in their various
departments of the worlds activities,
who died during the year 1905 are:
Jan. 4. Theodore Thomas. the pioneer
of orchestral music and lifelong advo-
cate of the higher music in America;
Jan. 8, Louise Michel. the French So
cialistic agitator; Jan. 16, Robert Lo-
raine Clifford one of the best of the
old school American landscape paint
ers; Jan. IS, George H. Boughton. the
English landscape painter, whose
works are well known in this coun-
try; Feb. 8, Adolph Wilhelm Menzel,
the greatest of modern German paint
ers; Feb. 15, Lew Wallace, the SOL
der and novelist; Feb. 16, Jay Cooke,
the successful financier of the civil
war; Feb. II. Grand Duke Sergius of
Russia; March 23, Jules Vernes, the
brilliant French novelist; Feb. 25, Pie
tro Tacchina, the Italian astronomer;
April 23. Joseph Jefferson, the beloved
and popular actor; May 26. Baron AL
phonse de Rothschild, governor of the
Bank of France; June 13, Baron Ma
thaniel de Rotchschild, the Austrian
June 13, Archduke Joseph of Austria;
June IT, Maxine Gomez, the Cuban
patriot; July l, John Hay, secretary
of state, whose successful diplomacy
helped to make the United States a
world power; July 4, Jacques Elisee
Recius, the French geographer; July
%, Jean Jacques Henner, the modern
Titan among artists; Aug. 20, Ad-
olphe William Bouguereau, the we'll
known French figure painter: Aug.
21, Mary Mafer Dodge, the editor of
st. Nicholas; Aug. 81. francesca Ia
magno. the Italian operate singer;
Sept. IS, George Macdonald. the Eng
lish novelist; Sept. %, Nine. CALI
Marie. the French prima donna; Sept
81. DR.. Thomas John Barnardo, the
London philanthropist and father OF
the waits; Oct. ~. Sir Henry Irving,
the English actor; Oct. %, Florent
Willems, at the head of the Belgian
landscape school; and Nov. 6, Sir
George Williams, founder of the
Young Mems Christian association.
In politics the leading names of the
dead are those of Secretary Hay, SEN
ators Hawley and Platt of Connect
cut, George S. Boutwell, of Massachu-
sets, John H. Reagan of Texas and
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
Conspicuous in the religious list are
the names of Bishops Merrill and
Joyce of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Bishop McLaren of the Prot
estant Episcopal church and Arch
bishop Chapelle of the Roman Cath
olic church.
Deaths during December were as
follows: John Bartlett, compiler of
''Bartlett's Familiar Quotations." at
Cambridge. Mass, aged rs; United
States Senator John H. Mitchell of
Oregon, at Portland, aged 10: Louisa
Eldredge (Aunt Louisa), well-known
actress, in New York city, aged rs;
Edward Atkinson, social and political
economist. in Boston, aged rs; Sir
Richard Claverhouse Jebb, noted
Greek scholar, in London, aged GA;
William Sharp. Scotch poet and nov
elist, author of novels published un-
der the pseudonym of Miss Fiona Mac
leod. in Sicily, aged so; Judge Muir
ray F. Tuley, Nestor of the Chicago
bench, well known as jurist through
out the United States.
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that raises the revolver is as steady
as rock, for well he knows, this
man of the plains, how much depends
upon his nerve at this juncture.
AS a cattleman, Jack is very ia
miliar with animals. and this is hard
ly the first adventure in which he has
figured with raging bull as his op-
ponent.
This knowledge of anatomy. as ap-
piled to the long horns of Texas. is
very apt to prove of advantage to him
under the conditions with which he
is now confronted; for it means
something to know just where to
place a leaden bullet in order to IN
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-11
FARM URGES SLIGHTLY LOWER.
Inevitable When the Enormous Crops
Are Considered.

With enormous crops of grain over
the West 1t is natural that farm prices
should average lower, but declines as
compared with the high average of
1904 were small as compared with
years prior to 1904, with the exception
Of corn. oats, and barley. which are
lower. Farm prices Dec. l for the
past six years as reported by the De-
partment of Agriculture compare as
folIomc.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30

friends laugh at me when | say TINT
nearly all my Christmas presents
have been wrapped ~ and marked
and land away in trunk now for
weeks Those that 60 by mail can
he made ready in a few moments
The rush and the worry take away
all the sweetness of the Christmas
spirit, and he average house
mother makes life burden for
herself and all around her. If you
take IA little memorandum book
and plan out little work each day
for the Christmas preparations, it
will simplify matters SO. The
mlnce meat, the fruit cake, the
house decorations, may eacn have
a date, so that when December 25th
Is reached the page may read Get
up bright aud happy and enjoy
Christmas Day This is the
preaching of my practice aud | pass
1t along rs good thing.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30
SOUTHEAST NEWS.

The chrysanthemum show at Jack
son last week Melted the ladies in
charge of it $3.50.
Roadmaster C. II. Flint of DcSoto
was recently awarded the prize OF
5000 for the line aud surface track.
DR.. VIM. Elders of DeSolo has pre-
scented the public school of that place
with a full size skeleton, perfectly ar
tiCulatcd.
The Wilson block in Charlottesville
was destroyed by fire on the 18th,
with loss Of about $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Chris Fink of jefferson county went
out to Kill a hog on the 10th, when it
made dash at him and he used his
gun as club. 1t was discharged and
he was instantly killed.
A prepaid express package was re.
ceived last week at the Iron Mountain
office in Poplar Bluff which contained
an old lantern and handsaw. They
had been sent by man who had
formerly worked on the road there,
and when he left he carried away the
saw and lantern. He has since joined
the church and decided that his cob
science would not permit him to keep
the things.
Chip Franklin, the four year-old
son of the Sheriff OF Pemiscot county,
picked up gun which the porter was
cleaning, and it it was discharged.
Some OF the shot struck 3 little girl
and boy OF the Sheriff, the two colored
servants, white prisoner and the
family dog. None were seriously
hurt, but the excitement was intense
Tor q short time.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30
"WAGES LOW-MISERABLY Low, '

Such is the refrain that runs
through a contribution, apparently
written by a wage Garner, which
appears in the Lead Belt Banner
of last week. The writer says
there is not a mining district in
the United States where labor is as
poorly paid as in the lead belt, y
and that there is not a mining
district in the United States where
the mine. owners realize as large
dividends as in this lead belt
The writer further says:
The unions in this district for some
dime have realized that steps must sooner
or later be taken to increase the price OF
labor to something near reasonable
scale. The FIVE, ten and fifteen cent adj
vances are too near akin to the crambS
that Lazarus "enjoyed" to satisfy the
sto:nachs OF the husky miners, so last
week the several unions in the district
sent notices to the superintendent that
in future they would expect their checks
to read fifty cents more per day, an
amount that would seem very conserva-
tive and moderate and which the com
panies are amply able to meet and
which they should cheerfully and
promptly accede to- for wages here in
deed are low-miscrably low.
During the recent political cam.
paign The TINES was taken to task
by a writer in the News under the
soubriquet of "Desloge Miner, !"
for saying, in criticizing Secretary
Shaw speech, that wages had not
increased in proportion to the cost
of living. He made the assertion
that wages had increased i'll the
lead belt one hundred per cent in
the past ten or twelve years, and
that we were eadeavoring to de.
ceive the miners. We said in re-
ply to this charge that we had no
intention to deceive them, and
ould not in this matter If we
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30

The executive committee Of the
State Assessors Association held n
meeting at jefferson City last Mon
dap and drafted n bill to b" pre-
scented to the Legislature looking
to a uniformity Of assessing stocks
and securities.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30
Over Five Hundred Unite With Chris,
ian Church in ST. Louis.

/ In the year 1887 there were only
seven person, IN st. Louis known 90,
Christians only. During that year
these seven disciples organized and
met every Lords Day, to remember
their Lord in the breaking Of bread
and for worship, meeting first in their
homes, then with the Bnptists, then in
a public school house, then in u public
hall, until their first house of Worship
was built on the corner Of Fifth and
Franklin Streets. The present property
OF the first church is worth $4,000,
the auditorium will seat l,0OQ, their
membership is over zoe. From seven
the disciples have grown TO ten strong
congregations. Simultaneous meetings
have been held by these congregations
during the month of November, re.
sulting in an addition of SOP, when
the meetings closed last Lords day.
Some Of the eysngelist-preacbers who
assisted 10 this great meeting are
Herbert Yeuell, w. L. Harlow, c. II.
Chiffon, W. +. Turner, C. C. Carl
CUES, +. A. Gilliland, +. n. Richmond
and +. I. Mcfarland. This is the
commencement of a part OF the cen.
tcnnial aims Of the brotherhood. + o.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30

The steamship subsidy ism
dead. 1t has just been II nld'nld'
nodding. 1t is to come up again
at the approaching session or 'on-
grcss, and it is reported that Presl-
dent Roosevelt will lend his rush
ing qualities to get it through. It
is proposed to Subsldze steamships
PLYING between the United States
and our Southern ncIghborS mt the
rate of r. 600, OOO II year ~ an
effort to induce trade from that
quarter, and to try to IntuSc some
life into American ship building.
Secretary Root is credited with the
statement that our tariff laws IN
teriere with our South American
trade, which suggests that little
more reciprocity and less subsidies
to big steamship companies ought
to be tried. But the policy that
the people must be taxed TO build |
up aud feed great commercial cor
poratious will stay with Us as long
as the Republican party guides the
ship of state.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30

THE TINES is day late this
week on account of all hands oh
serving Thanksgiving YESTERDAY