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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
CURRENCY LEGISLATION
LIKELY TO BE HURRIED
idea of Annoying Opposition From Chairman Fowler of
House Banking and Currency Committee.

for quick action, particularly for crop
movements in the south and west
c. 4. Ladson. attorney OF the Farmers
union. and II. Il. Duckworth it's state
president, who returned from Washington
today. where they had conference with
Mr. Roosevelt, said he told them that he
had favored the plan of government
guarantee or national bank deposits. but
saw now that this would work a great
hardship on state banks not so guaran-
teed.
State guarantees OF private banks could
also be made but the president saw the
impossibility of getting the various logis-
latures together for quick and concerted
action. The president also lntimated that
he was not committed TO the credit cur
rency plan OF the Bankers association.
except as II might provide for "A truly
elastic currency.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
IN THE FIELD
OF LABOR
this should be addressed
Labor Nc~s-D

and standing room was at a premium
The minstrel performance is scheduled 10
last about two hours and dancing will be
enjoyed during the latter part OF the
evening. Business Agent Johnson re-
ported today that the men OF the union
have taken hold in great shape. a very
large number OF tickets already having
been sold. The proceeds OF the affair are
TO go toward fund for the support of
the machinists who are out on strike ut
the present time.
TRANSFERS.
Lawrence T. Grace. the local general
organizer OF the American Federation Of
Labor. is doing effective work IN the for
nation OF teamsters' locals in this city
and Pawtucket. Mainly through his ef-
forts cab and carriage drivers local
OF Pawtucket has already procured
charter from the American Federation of
Labor. Another new local Is the Pack
ing House Teamsters. No. 99 OF this city.
This organization although in existence
but four weeks already has I'm the neigh
borhood OF so members, and bids well TO
become one OF the strong labor bodies OF
the city.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
Ricardo Castro Dead

Ctty of Mexico. Nov. 2--9,carto Cas-
tro. Mexieo's foremost musician. died
here yesterday OF pneumonia. Death came
suddenly and was a surprise TO his most
intimate friends
Signor Castro was not Vet 20 wears old.
but had achieved international fame as n
pianist and composer At tho time " his
death he was directcr general Of the Ma.
tional Conservatory Of Muse
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
WOMAN HURT BY
FALL DOWN STAIRS

Mary +. Paris. 30 years old. as she
was going upstairs at her home. ll2 Plain
street. early this morning fell TO the
landing below.
The injured woman refused to go TO the
Rhode Island hospital In the ambulance
summoned by Patrolman Doyle of sta
ton 5. although the surgeon accompany
ing the ambulance found that she had a
severe wound on the head
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
Won BUEL0W DEFENDS
ARMY, KAISER AND SELF

Ing TO bring the quality OF the ships OF
the navy TO the same level as those of
other countries.
Nothing goes 10 show" the speaker
said In conclusion, that the rate of i'm
provement I'm naval construction will in
the future be retarded and we arc con-
vinced that the ships built today will. in
20 years. be as anuquated as our exist
ing vessels, which were built In the sos -
DR.. SPAIN greeted the emperor's visit
10 England as sign OF better relations
between the two nations and n step to-
ward the maintenance OF the world =
peace and the development OF commerce.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
KINGS COUSIN
WAS KIDNAPPED

Naples. Nov. &.-The kidnapping Of
Marquis Giuseppe Cito a cousin and aide
Of King Victor Emmanuel, who. after
being tortured and forced 20 give UP 500.
was released by his kidnappers. has
caused great astonishment through the
discovery that tho organizer OF the plot
Is in reality a policeman.
on being arrested he confessed. The
British Embassy is interested In the case
as Marduie Cito Is a trusted antigua rian
for several sovercigns. Including King
Edward.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
THIEF HAD
GROCERIES COLLECTED

About ~ o'clock last night Henry
Quigg discovered colored man I'm his
fathers gro:sSs store. l6s TbuSbsr's ave-
nue.. i;e fed when Quigg shouted At
him and ran toward the river. Lieut.
Doe OF station investigated and found
bags Of -four. hams. bread and other
groceries piled In the yard in tho rear
Of the store. ready TO be carried away.
The police say that two white mon were
standing In front of the store at the
time.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-29
PRESIDENT PROMISES
TO PROD CONGRESS

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 29-Presdent Roose-
Welt has promised 10 use all his influence
TO get remedial legislation for the money
situation through congress by Christmas
and he keeniy appreciates the necessity
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-04

who was pillorled in Cheapside and
sentenced to six months Imprisonment
had been married to no fewer than
three members of her own sex, whom,
in turn, she robbed and deserted and
at the same time two women we're
keeping a public house at Poplar as
man and wife, and it was only on her
deathbed that the wife" revealed the
secret which had been successfully kept
for thlrty-six years.
About ten years ago DR.. Mary Spen-
Ger was married at Meath to her elev-
enth husband, her first appearance at
the altar being at the age Of 15 and
her latest at A. A Mexican woman,
Sonora Rey Castillo, buried seven hus-
bands between 1880 and 1895, each Of
them dying violent death. A man of
Bordeaux only yielded up the ghost
in 1772 after he had welded his six
teenth bride. Jerome tells Of widow
who had buried twenty-one husbands
before she was united to man who
had already survived twenty wives, and
Evelyn beats this amazing record with
the case Of a woman who when he saw
her was remarked to her twenty-ffth
| husband.
To return, however, to remarkable
cases Of mesalliance, 1t is not long
since one of the best known kings Of
Europe made morganatic wife Of the
daughter Of caretaker Of Louvain,
whom he had already created a baron
ess. Archduke John of Austria mar
ried the pretty daughter Of a small
country postmaster who in boys clothes
had acted as his position. Archduke
John Salvador sacrificed his royal rank
to become the husband of ballet dan
Ger, the daughter of obscure parents,
and Archduke Ernest took to wife a
woman OF still humber position ana
not long ago the son Of this union was
head walter in Budapest cafe, while
Princess Josephine of Spain, great
aunt Of King Alfonso, eloped with a
Havana journalist.
Peter the Great made a wife and en-
press Of girl who had been a servant
In the house of Lutheran minister at
Marienburg. Sir Henry Parkes, Will
liam Corbett and Thomas Coutts, the
millionaire banker all chose maids Of
all work for their life partners, and
Sir Gervaise Clifton, the historian Of
Jamaica, had no fewer than seven
wives, each Of whom had been in his
own service.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-04
JACK ALOFT.
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0NNNONN~N~~O~0~N
The sailor, mast-high and swinging
at ease with the roll Of the Ship is "a
| sight too common to excite wonder.
Yet that very familiaity with lofty
places, that sure head and steady poise,
often include In their history of de-
velopment times Of great stess and mis-
cry Mr.. Bullen, in his Log of Sea
Waif," gives description of his SEN
sations when the masthead was still a
point Of dread. The author was then
cabln-boy on ship bound for Bonn
bay, when, one rough day, he heard his
name called, and, running aft, was met
by the second mate.
He put coil of rope in my hands
| and told me to reeve the signal-hal-
yards in the mizzen truck. We carried
extra long royal poles or bare extern
sions of masts above the highest point
of rigging. Ours were sixteen feet long,
and the top was not much bigger than
mans wrist They were crowned
with fiat pieces Of wood the size Of
the sheave for signal-halyards.
l started aloft boldly enough, but
when | reached the base of the pole
and saw to what height Its baroness
lowered above, l faltered My heart
failed as the staggering ship lurched
and the sea roared one hundred and
twenty feet below me. My head swan,
and all strength left me. / sat some
time with my legs clutched about the
pole, just clinglng, without power to
move. A voice from the deck called
up.
Hurry up, there, with the hal
yards I"
Although l felt that was going to
certain death, yet my fear Of the mate
was so potent made another attempt.
Pulling myself up, shut my eyes and
said prayer. Trembling, but fighting
against the benumbing weakness, ac-
tually struggled to the top. Even now,
when l think Of it, cold sweat starts
out all over me. Opening my eyes, l
thrust at the opening Of the sheave
with the end Of the line. 1t was knot
ted, and would not go through.
l had tried and failed and with last
flash Of energy, grasped the pole vii
both arms and slid down to the eyes of
the royal rigging There clung for
few moments, violently Ill then, feel
Ing the bitterness of death past, l de-
scended, walked up to the mate, and
said:
1--WE tried, and l can't do 1t, sir not
II you kill me-"
The mate stared at me a moment,
then turned away and gave the order to
some one else.
The incident may seem trivial, but
though have faced death many times,
never felt such terror.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-04
CHAPTER II.

The Rev. Cyrus Dane had been many
years rector of Little Whitton at his
death, Mr.. Baumgarten was appointed.
Mrs. Dane was left with very slender
provision, derived from an annuity. Her
husband had been quite unable to save
money. The needs of his parish, the
education Of his two daughters, and the
expenses of living had utterly absorbed
his stipend, and kept him sadly poor.
SO poor that the necessary repairs of
the rectory from year to year had never
been attended to, and when he died it
was in a woeful state of dilapidation.
The eldest of his daughters, Charlotte,
had married George Brice, nephew of
Brice the surgeon; he was the junior
partner In shipping house and lived in
London.
When Mr.. Baumgarten arrived to take
possession of his new living, he found
the rectory perfectly uninhabitable. Mrs.
Dane had moved out of it to Whitton
Cottage, and it was arranged that he
should take up his residence with her,
paying certain sum for his board. 1t
was a comfortable arrangement for the
young clergyman, and it was a help to
Mrs. Dane. He had not the means to
put the rectory into repair, and was
told that he must go upon the late rec
tors widow to do it; that she was liable,
as In fact she was. But Mr.. Baumgar-
ten could not and would not do that.
She had not the means to restore 1t any
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-04
SOME AMAZING MARRIAGES.
Unions of Youth and Age-Strange
Choices of Kings.

Choices of Kings.
That the days Of romantic marriages
are by no means at an end Is proved by
the fact that within few days recently
the lady superior Of Budapest con-
vent, who had for twenty years worn
the veil of nun, became the wife of
stonemason young enough to be her
son. wealthy widow Of Washington
gave her hand and heart to blind
street singer, German count of long
descent led a washerwoman's daughter
to the altar and Russian countess
eloped with her footman.
But Cupid has played pranks far
stranger than any Of these. At Wor-
cester blacksmith of 80 was once
mated to a child of IS; in Berkshire a
blind woman of 90 was welded to her
'plowman, youth Of 20, and little
later girl of 16 became the bride
Of a man who was nearly so when she
was Graded. Almost more remarkable
still was a Berkshire wedding of many
years ago, in which bridegroom and
bride numbered 16S years between
them-he was 50 and she was two
years younger; the two bridesmaids had
celebrated their 10th birthday and the
path to the altar was strewn with
flowers by six Of the bridegroom's
granddaughters.
In the eighteenth century woman
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-04

The average country woman looks at
a restaurant bill of fare as If she was
trying to pick out something to eat that
wouldn't poison her.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-01-04

A needle passes through eighty opera
tions before 1t IL perfectly made.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
BUYING VOTES
WITH PARDONS FOR CONNICTS
IN THE PENITENTIARN.
That j. the Charge Made Against
Auditor Hagcr by Eastern
kcntuckians.

Lexington. Ky, Sept. When
Auditor Hager made his trip through
southeastern Kentucky" said gen.
tleman in a position to know what
he is talking about here today, che
had with him a clerk from the audi
tors Office. whose home is at John
son county, and whose mission on the
trip was a mystery.
This clerk was a very busy man
at many points on the route. and in
many cases he was seen talking Ia
earnest conversation with the Fela-
tives Of certain convicts now in the
penitentiary. This fact led some to
whisper it about that he was Hager's
missionary making promises to the
relatives of men in the penitentiary
"Hager was accused of having a
pardon-missionary along, but he de-
MED the allegation. The auditor
clerk made frequent inquiries for
relatives of convicts, and he found
plenty of them"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
FOURTH GLASS
pOSTNIASTERS ARE WORRYING
THE DEPARTMENT..
Kentuckians DO Not Appear To Han
kcr After Government Position
at the SALARY Paid.

Washington. Sept. 24.-The post
Office department is having difficulty
in inducing kentuckians to act as
postmasters Of fourth class postof-
fees in the state. This reluctance on
the part Of The patriotic residents of
the Bluegrass state to serve their
country is SAID to be due to variety
of reasons. one is that just now all
postmasters of every class in the
country have 10 weigh the mails and
segregate them into different classes,
so that they can report to the depart
ment the exact number of pounds of
letters. merchandise. newspapers and
other mail matter which pass through
their offices This is troublesome
work. and requires more time and
attention than many postmasters in
small communities care to devote to
the postal business.
Another reason is that the force
of postohice Inspectors have been es-
pec.ally active of late in examining
into the conduct OF postmasters of
The fourth class, particularly. The in
spectors are said TO be applying the
postal regulations rigidly in all cases
where those regulations are being de-
parted from. several arrests of post
masters have been made for alleged
technical violation of the depart
ment's rules. which occurred through
the ignorance of the postmasters con-
cerned. Many Of the officials in small
postofflces. it Is said, have little OPP
portunlty to familiarize themselves
with the departments regulations,
and even those who do so. have a
hard time keeping up with the al
most daily changes in those regula-
lions promugated by the postmaster
general.
The lot Of a fourth class postmaster,
so far as his relations with the fed
eral government are concerned, is not
very enviable. His is an ungrateful
task at best The amount he receives
for looking after Uncle Sans mails
Is mere plttance and he is obliged to
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
In METROPOLIS


Mrs. Literal. of Marion, is visit
ing Mrs. Dye.
DR.. Fisher visited in Brookport
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Heidecker Wis
Iited in Brookport Sunday.
Mrs. Herman Windhorst is visiting
in Kentucky.
Mrs. Herbert Lassiter in visiting
her parents in Brookport.
Mrs. Eugene Lassiter is visiting
her parents at Hickman. Ky.
Policeman Hurley and wife, of Pa
ducah, visited Mrs. Hurley's sister
Mrs. John O'Brion, Sunday.
Mr.. Utterback, of Paduoah, visited
the circus in Metropolis Saturday. He
remained over Sunday with William
Walker and family.
VIII McClusky, of Marion, H., Is
attending to business here.
Police Court.
G.. W. Meyers, drunk, So and costs:
John Keith, Jr., drunk, IS and costs
Richard Roe, drunk, SO and costs
John Doe. drunk, IS and costs: T. W
Wentzell. assault and battery, IS and
costs; Ernest Alsman, drunk, So and
costs; Oscar Finney, drunk. s. and
costs; l.. ID. Roach, drunk, 50 and
costs.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
BOILER BLOWS UP
FOUR ARE KILLED
Terrible Accident on Pcnnsy
at Alliance, Ohio.
IIcad-on Collision. on NJ, X. a. T
Causes Death of Two Railroad
Men Instantly.
MISTAKE IN THEIR ORDERS

Alliance, o., Sept. "a While a
west bound Pennsylvania freight
train IN charge of Conductor George
Rockhill and Fagman c. Il. Crum, OF
this city. Engineer f. II. Bray, OF
Beaver Falls, Penn, and Fireman
Rifle, of Wooster, was taking a sid
ing at Burton City yesterday, the
boiler of the engine exploded without
warning. Rockhill and Crum were
killed outright, while Bray and Rifle
were frightfully scalded and cannot
possibly recover. The force of the ex-
plosion lifted the locomotive from its
trucks. sent It into the air for 100
feet and dropped It on end in a field
adjoining. where 1t tore a great hole
IN the ground. The train continued
moving until the brakes were app.i-
ed aud brought 1t to stop.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
WOMAN IN CASE
e.
YOUNG OPERATOR SHOT BY MAR.
RIED MAN AT CONVICTION.
Physicians Say II. Il. Reeves VIII
Recover From Pistol Wounds
Works in Fulton.

Fulton, KY, Sept. "a II. b.
Reeves. very pleasant and popular
young gentleman. employed as teie-
grapher. in the Illinois Central relay
Office here, went to Covington yester-
day to visit his parents. AS he step
ped from the train at that place, he
was approached by Sidney Curry. a
married man. and resident of Coying-
ton, and shot through the left breast
The cause of the sad tragedy is I'M
known, but II is reported there is a
woman in the case. Young Reeves
was originally from Henning, Tenn,
moving from there to Coyington,
Tenn. where he accepted position
with the Illinois Central railroad com.
pany. He remained at Covington fot
about three years. until recently he
accepted a promotion ana came to
Fulton where he has been quite a
favorite among his associates here.
Physicians who attended youn5
Reeves say he will probably recover.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
Hcad-on Collision.

Moberly, Mo, Sept. 24.-Two en-
glneers. fireman and brakeman
were killed at o'clock this morning
in a head-on collision between freight
trains on the VI. X. q T. railroad a
mile and a half east of here at a
point known as Plckledish.
The wreck. it is said, was due to a
misunderstanding of orders by the
operators at Paris. No. All of the
men Killed lived at Hannibal. The
dead are Engineers Bleds9e and Win
igar of Hannibal, Mo; Charles VII
Schroeder. of New Franklin, Mo.
Conductor Curran and Brakeman
Gibson. of New Franklin, were seri-
ously hurt
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24

exc out a living in some private or
personal business. Yet the govern
ment demands that he devote much
of his time and labor to looking after
its interests. and failure to comply
with all of the departments require
ments means serious trouble for the
luckless and often unwilling offend
err
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
BACK TO COUNTY JAIL
GOES ELIZA SWEENEY

After a period of sobriety lasting
several weeks, Mrs. Eliza Sweeney.
who has the record for long jail
terms, was caught mapping again yes
terday afternoon late at Fifth and
Trimble streets, and given berth in
the city lookup until this morning
when her name was entered on po-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
lice court docket. "Fi.

lice court docket. FIFTY days ir
county jail" pronounced Judge
Cross. "and you need not get out the
patrol wagon. | will just send Mrs.
Sweeney to Jail with her conscience
as her escort" and ne did. Mrs.
Sweeney pinned her bonnet little
tighter, gathered her skirts, ana
started for the jail, route she coulc
follow with her eyes shut.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24

The state railroad commission Is
something of a revenue producer
when il can find ten million dollars
worth of property unassessed that II
can attend to. Only two and a half
million OF this, it is said, comes OF the
under the localized"
plan. And the back tax assessors
may have a whack at IL yet.-Knox-
Vile Journal and Tribune.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24
Notice.

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Langstaff-Orme Manu-
featuring company will be held at
their Office in Paducah, Ky, on the
9th day of October, 1907.
II. W. RANKIN, Sec'y and Treas.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24

The tariff "standpatters" appear TO
have succeeded in roping and brand
ing the bucking broncho of the white
house. -Baltimore Sun.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24

Strangely enough truthful mar
can keep his word and still keep 1t.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-24

II doesn't do a fellow much good to
Inherit money unless he inherits
brains with 1t.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-21
WRIGHT TELLS
OF MARKENS'
OUSTING
FreehOIderS' Clerk Reads
Minutes Of Meeting TO
Referee.

Alderman Joseph A. Wright who is
also clerk of the Board of Chosen Free
holders. gave testimony before Walter
j. Knight, referee, in his latter eapaci-
ty, in the Court ouse today, at the con-
tinuatlon of the hearing in the proceed
ings brought bS DR.. Edward w.
Markens to secure the position of intern
at the County Hospital for the Insane.
from which he claimed to have been
unjustly ousted by the committee on
county hospitals. Alderman Wright's
testimony was confined to the produc-
tion and reading of the minutes of the
board covering the transaction.
The hearing in the final one held in
the case, and when the notes have been
transcribed by the stenosrapher, the
testimony will be presented to Chief
Justice Gummere in the Supreme Court
Circuit, who allowed the rule to show
cause DR.. Markens bases his fight on
the chief ground that he is a Spanish
American War veteran.
County Counsel Elvin w. Crane APP
peared for the board and Duane e.
Minard for the physician.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-21
DR.. KRAEMER's TROUBLES.
Automobile Broke Down Saturday Night.
Didn't Get Home Until Yes
terday Morning.

Dr. Charles f. I1raerner, the Democratic
candidate for County Clerk. had an ex-
citing time last Saturday night in try
ing to make q tour that had been prear-
ranged He was in the Caldweils and the
nearby territory, ard was scheduled
make a tour in Vallsburg. While he was
In Verona mis- automobile broke down. He
telephoned to the Jeffersonian Club to
have carriage in waiting for him at
clock, but it was . o'clock when he
arrived.
He ut once got out TO Vailsburg, where
he met Frank w. Snyder and Joseph
Wehrle, the leaders of the first and second
districts together with AssGmb lyman John
c. Groel. John b. Diefenthaler aud
Rudolph Molters. in order to axe up
for lost time Mr.. Groel got his automohile
out and the party went from place to
place. In the early morning yesterday
the party wounu up at Mr.. Snyder's
house, where tho prospects were gone
over. The Democrats seemed to think that
things looked very favorable. About
o clock Mr.. Groel took DR.. Kraemer
home
Mr.. Groe has been working like a
beaver for the ticket.