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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-01-17
\wHo HAS LENcoLN's wATcH7
y Story of a Matchmaker Who Was

81 Story Of a Matchmaker Who Was
" Repairing II When the War Began.
81 Among the Jurors serving in the su.
preme court last week was one eighty
four years young. This man Is 10.
nathan Dillon OF 46 West One Hun
Bred and Seventeenth street He has
been engaged in the Matchmaking
Business for the best part OF seventy.
four years.
Nr. Dillon, who has remarkable
memory and an interesting fund Of
rer.iniscence, tells a new story which
Has to do with Abraham Lincoln.
III when the Civil war broke out"
laid Mr.. Dillon, Il was in the employ
0f NJ. w. Gait G. Co. on Pennsylvania
avenue, near Seventh street, in Wash
ington. I was the only union sympa
thizer working in the shop. .
8T was working upstairs when Mr..
lalt came up. He was very much ex.
Eited, and gasped:
"Dillon, war has begun; the first
3hot has been fred
n "At that moment had in my hand
abraham Llncoln's watch, which l had
Been repairing. 1t was a gold hunting
Hase, English lever watch. The late
John Hay told me afterward that 1t
Vas the first watch Mr.. Lincoln ever
owned.
T was in the act of screwing on the
HAL when Mr.. Gait announced the
news | unscrewed the dial, and with
i sharp instrument wrote on the metal
Beneath:
"The first gun is fred. Slavery is
dead. Thank God we have president
x.ho at least will try
Then / signed my name and the
- w So far as | know, no one but
ever saw the inscription, and
do not know into whose hands Mr.
Lincoln's watch fell at his death"
Nr Dillon was born in the city OF
Waterford, Ireland, where his ances
IN had been watchmakers for gener
# have newspapers" he said, ICON
aiming my fathers and grandfathert
advertisements back $50 years. was
lever out OF work for twenty-foul
uours at time until retired"
Woman's Importantly.
Meeting a colored man, a certain
b-uthern gentleman asked him hov
be was getting on.
The 5arky assumed a troubled loo|
md replied:
"Oh, sc far's physicality goes, Tn
hl right; but sure do have m
toubles wifi ma wife"
"Well, Sam, I'm sorry to hear that
What seems 10 be the matter?"
"She thinks money grows on trees
reckon. All de time she Keeps pes
erin' me foh a pinch o change. II
Int a dollah It's half or quartz
be wants"
What on earth does she do wit
be money!"
"I dunno. Amt nevah give her non
et"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-01-17
Thew Touch Him.

after ALL" said the talkative mai
"pcliteness never costs anything.
Think so, CHI" replied Markle,.
"I notice when I'm rash enough to be
polite to some people it encourages
them to make 1t cost me 'fver' oy
90"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-01-17

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FlId W eHos Mel.uE1sulom q eos Gls.sI
pA 'op I--IspIgoa TeoIqdosoUqd
:Iensq suIAoIs 81 pIIoM
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-01-17
About the Same Thino.

NuUut tHe oame THIHp.
Little Elmer (who has An inquiring
(fnd)-Papa. what Is meant by hon.
among thieves?"
Professor aroadhea6--Cn, jssi Ssout
. same as senatorial courtesy" my
l.SPuck.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Copper in Africa,

It is believed by some that the
greatest copper industry in the world
will be developed in the Tanganyika
region, where the properties are of
great potential value, and may prove
to be one of the greatest factors in
carrying civilization into the heart of
Africa. Much time is required for de-
velopments. Because of the heavy
speculation in the shares these may
suffer much before the properties be-
come dividend earning The Ben
gueles railway cannot well be com
pleted for five years or so. and even
the Rhodesia railways extensions are
now TO require a couple of years ere
they can reach the property. Robert
Williams is the pioneer and, in a
great measure. the organizer of this
vast undertaking, one of the most re-
markable Of modern times
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
BoYIsH MISCHIEF HAS A LIMIT.

oyish mischief
any other land in the world
coged The spirit
which
Park never
be thought Of much less
cline Only Of the offenders
lie IF "witha lecture
to tel should
administer the
that it is ruinous should
be confined o. the feeble ninde
The trouble would with the parents
There which
country to assume that children
nent grown people obtain
permissible and should be accepted
fact moreover that the children
that the youth of the
the
themselves If foreign time they landed
Only girls but when the
childish FRANKS reach time halt
- ~ 60
IT IS SAID that the weather easy to see
To- nion made
WITH THE UNIONS the weather and
the country in the grip the innocent m
get off ~ "
IT IS SAID that St Louis
must be the successor Of the handed out 50 freely
O ~ ICY
PURDUE GRADUATED
expert opinions as to the feasibility canal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
BOXING BOUTS At
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
Many Good Things on the
Bills and Big Crowd is
Expected to Attend.

South Chicago. June 13.-Chicago
Heights is TO have an old fashioned car
nival of boxing this evening and the
local fans are preparing TO attend in
large numbers. Entered in the various
classes are some of the best boys in
Chicago and the Calumet region. and
the going should be right smart all the
way The lads have been faithfully
training for several weeks and are
ready to go into the ring tit TO fight
until the referee shall say enough. The
bouts are to be held in Bonaths opera
house and already the sale of tickets
indicates that the theatre will scarcely
be large enough to hold all the fans.
In the 115 pound class Jimmy
Kelley will step six rounds to a
decision with Young Mccall and
both boys are aware that win means
higher honors and more contests and
will go out to win by the short route.
In the 125 pound class Kid Hogan and
Packy Bacon will clash and in the well
ter weight class Ed. Johnson and Con
OKeefe will come together. In the
final Young Sharkey and George Kirby,
two of the best boys of their weight,
154 pounds in this section Will enter
tain the spectators. Kirby has been
training with Tony Caponi and is in
excellent shape for the encounter as is
Sharkey. Twelve automobiles will leave
South Chicago for the bouts and an
other caravan will start from Ham
mond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
HE WOULDN'T ACCEPT OFFICE
signed at Once = WelI-Known
= Business Man Dead.

Brazil. Ind, June 13. - John II.
Lewis, for many years a well-known
business man, is dead at his home in
this city. He was 80 years old. Lew
is was born in Monmouthshire. Wales
accompanying his parents to the Unit
ed States while still a child. He came
to Brazil thirty-five years ago and en-
gagged in various business enterprises.
For many years he was secretary
treasurer of the Central Iron and Steel
company, of this city, retiring when
the plant was sold to the Republic
Iron and Steel company.
Since that time he speculated in coal
lands, amassing a comfortable fortune
While one of the most popular men IN
the city, he always refused political
preferment. Two years ago the Repub-
lican party elected him a councilman.
This was done over his protest, and
he resigned before taking his seat. He
was a member of the Masonic, Elks
and Red Men fraternities, and his body
Will be buried at his old home at War
ren, O.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
WITH THE EDITORS
The Women Workers.

The census returns as to the number
of women engaged in gainful occupa-
tions has formed a prolific topic of dis
oussion. or the unmarried widowed
and divorced women OF the country
nearly one-half are wholly or partly
disappearing.
The census bureau explains this as
the result of changed conditions of liv-
ing, which may mean almost anything
But it is probably most largely due to
the increased cost of living and the in
creased demand for the non essentials
of living.
Dollars are now spent for appearance
sake, for self-indulgence and self-im-
provement where dimes sufficed a gen
Grafton ago Men are not content with
the same wages. the same income or
the same percentage of profits. Every
one pays the penalty.
If a man and his wife want a home
the same size and quality of a dwell
ing will cost them nearly If not quite
twice as much as twenty years ago
Moreover, what they think they must
have In it as furnishings will cost as
much in proportion.
TO make it possible to possess a home
and at the same time live at the pace
false notion of appearances demand
is beyond the ability Of the wageearner
or salaried employee. The other mem
bers Of the family must help and the
girls must at least buy their own
clothes and gee aws.
The young man must remain single
or he and his bride must be renters, or
more often boarders Boarding re-
heves the wife Of all household cares
and she avoids the expense Of mother
hood to continue a wageearuer. which
in turn reduces the earning capacity of
her husband Yet all this forms a con-
dition that has come to stay, and even
panic would probably retire more
men from employment than women.
who work for a less remuneration
Duluth News Tribune
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
DICTIONARY OF THE DIAMOND

The game of baseball is a sport that
would be simply grand
But for its wealth of foolish terms so
few can understand.
II little pitchers have long ears, as
sages old have said,
Why do they cuss the umpire when
they ought to bray instead?
And, skillful at his catching flies, the
lizard on the wall
Why does he never get a job to do it
playing ball?
The shortstop seems a busy man, a
busy one. and not
AS we were taught in copy books, a
simple little dot;
And, funny as it may appear. they think
it no disgrace
To have a fellow play the game while
playing off his base!
They pick the fouls up off the line
when none alive today
Remembers having seen a fowl that
roasted in that way.
And why should men be lauded while
policemen clap and crow
Because they sneak about awhile and
steal a bag or so?
The game is hard to understand. And
queer proceedings that
To stand out in a field and pick the
hot flies off the bat
And why, aside from being there, where
flies should never go,
Should they be hot when everything is
twelve degrees below?
Dallas (Texas) News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
zelaya Looking for Trouble.
UNCLE SAM GROWS WEARY
Not Inclined to Bother with People
Who Violate Their Word.

Washington, June Is. There APP
pears to be little doubt that the latest
revolutionary outbreak In Salvador
will soon assume the form of actual
warfare between that republic and the
neighboring state of Nicaragua, al
though within a fortnight the govern
ments of both countries have solemnly
ratified the peace treaty Of Amapala,
thereby obligating themselves in the
strongest terms to preserve the peace.
Senior Mejia, the Salvadorean minister
here, has received a cablegram from
President Figueroa at San Salvador
nearly identical in terms to that adj
dressed by the Salvadorean president
to his minister at the City of Mexico,
reclting the attack on Acajutla by
armed officers of Nicaragua
The minister Immediately communi-
Gated this information to the state de-
partment, probably in the hope that
the Washington government would In
tervene and restrain the Nicaraguans.
There is little foundation for this hope
because discouraged at the failure OF
the various Central American leaders
to maintain in good faith the agree
ments they have made in the past. the
state department officials here, as well
as those in Mexico, have about reached
the conclusion to abstain for a time
at least from any Interference in Cen
trail American affairs where our home
interests are not directly affected.
To conserve these in the present in
stance the state department will re-
quest the navy department to return
some of the smaller cruisers and gun
boats to the scene of the disturbance
to look after foreign interests. Tho
Yorktown probably viii be among the
first to respond TO the call
To make sure Of the facts the state
| department addressed a cablegram to
| United States Minister Merry, at San
| Salvador, and has received this dis
patch: ~ Nicaraguan vessel from
/ their principalport undoubtedly mean
ing Corintol yesterday landed troops
at Acajutla for general revolutionary
| purposes"
/ Minister Mejfa has received a Sec
ond cablegram from President Figu-
eroa. announcing that the revolution
lists had ransacked Sonsonata before
they were driven from the village By
the government troops. The soldiers
| entered the custom houses, several gov
ornamental Offices, the branch offices %
the Occidental and Salvadorean banks
end many private residences. After
being routed they fed TO Acajutla.
where the governmental Offices and
banks We're also ransacked, and board,
ed a Nicaraguan steamer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Gets Venom From Bees

The bees were in a glass bottle.
buzzing fiercely. They rested on a
very fine wire netting and below the
netting was a transparent fluid. Ev-
cry little while the chemist stirred
them up with a toothpick and their
wrath redoubled L am extracting
their venom said the man. I am
making them sting everything in
sight. The venom drops down
through the netting into that liquid.
which is alcohol, and make medicine
OF it. These angry bees, in word.
are assisting me TO make medicine.
Bees venom-'apis,' as it is called
is very good remedy for gout, rheu-
matism, cancer and a dozen other all.
ments''
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Salvadorean Troops Drive the
Marauding Rebels and MIC
araguans from a PilIage.
LIVELY BATTLE AT soNsoNATA
Invaders Driven Back to Acaiutla-One
Leader Is Captured.
He Is Citizen of the United States
Lelaya's Implication in the
Trouble Seems Tn
questionable.

City Of Mexico. June 13.-Accord-
ing to a cablegram received in this
city from President Figueroa. of Sal
vador, the Salyadorean army has de-
feated the invading force which capt
ured the port of Acajutla, and has
driven them back 10 the coast. One
Of the leaders of the invading army
was John Moisant, a former resident
Of san Francisco. and a United States
citizen. He is reported TO have been
captured by the forces of President
tlgueroa. The cablegram followss
Revolutionary forces under Rivas de-
feated in an attack on Sonsonata to-
Gay and driven back to Acaiutla. Juan
Molsant reported among the captured.
Ready to Invade Salvador.
1t IS reported on good authority that
troops are ready TO invade Salvador
from three sides. According to this in
formation Generals Toledo and Alfara
are on the Honduran border ready to
strike and General Screa will enter the
country by way Of Amapala.
News Received at Washington.
Washington, June 13.-The Saliva.
dorean minister here Senior Mejia. has
received a cablegram from President
Figueroa, dated at San Salvador, june
/ II, as follows: Government troops
met the revoluuonists at Sonsonata, a
town forty miles from Acajutla, and
routed them, drivingthem back to AGA.
Julia, where they are now trying to
embark The gunboat Yorktown Is
expected to arrive at Acajutla tomor.
row. No other vessels have so far
been given orders to proceed to the
scene Of trouble.
Zelaya Looking for Trouble.
1t is positively known that President
Zelaya embarked troops and war NUM-
tons at Corinto, Nicaragua, on the war
vessel Momotobmo, under the orders
Of General Manuel Rivas and destined
to raise a revolution in Salvador.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13

Well, the old Sox certainly must have
been sore a. Washington and wanted to
get even for losing last Saturdays
game, and so they showed their nasty
disposition by trimming them unmerci-
fully 10 tune of Is to 1. Pattan, Dur
ham and Hughes We're used by the To-
Gals in their efforts to stop the hits
that were firing out the fielders and it
was not until the latter was put in did
the fun stop. The local infieIders had
twenty chances and would have
had more. but for the slippery condi-
ton of the field, which resulted in
scratch hits going for singles. The
Sox got eighteen hits, every man on the
team getting at least one, except Wei
day and Mcfarland. who were substi-
tuted after the game was Won Three
scratch hits were the only bingIes the
Nationals were able to get off Smith.
The Sox journey on to New York to-
day where they will try to get away
with a majority of the games and
should have a good chance as the
Highlanders' pitchers are on the Fritz
for keeps.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
WITH THE AUTHORS

Mrs. E. n SelIar's "RecolIections
and Impressions" date back to Burns
and include DR.. Brown OF .Rab and His
Friends" and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Mrs. Sellar heard much OF Stevenson's
youth from his mother. who told her
that when he was lad he would some
times go away for two DAYS at a limo
telling no one where he was going
When demonstrated with he would tell
his mother that she must pay the pen
atty Of having given birth ID a tramp.
Stevenson's mother also kept a scrap
book into which she pasted all the no
tees Of him or his works that she could
find. The motto of the book was:
Speak weel o nay love,
Speak III o my love.
But be aye speaking.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Governor Hughes Veto.

Apparently Governor Hughes Of New
York has no serious hope Of becoming
president BY vetoing the legislative
bin which fixed two cent passenger
rate in New York state he has shocked
the progressive west which has SUI
blime faith in the efficacy of legislation.
Governor Hughes has done the unpopu-
lar thing but he has done the right
thing by acting in accordance with his
convictions. In his message accom-
panying the veto Mr.. Hughes shows
that he displays a judicial tempera-
ment. He points out that the action OF
the legislature was not based on an
investigation; that the two cent bill
was passed hastily. simply for the pur-
pose OF satisfying popular demand
Governor Hughes believes that the
question should be thoroughly invests
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
A Convict Ship.

Readers of The Convict Ship" will
be Interested to know that until re-
Gently one of these craft was in ex-
istence. The ship few years ago
was moored in the Thames, between
Rlacbfriars and Westminster bridges.
1t had taken to Australia in its time
$4,000 poor wretches exiled from
England for various offenses. The
vessel sank in Sydney harbor, but was
later raised and sailed to England.
1t had II cells. q black hole and a
chapel. The ship began its voyages
to Australia in 1887 and sailed 81
years, in which time it carried to i'm
pTisoament and exile 1852 men and
2o,319 women.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Beware Of 0intments for CatarrI
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering il
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by f J. CHENEY
s. Co., Toledo. o.. contains no mercury
and is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. II is taken internally ana
made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. j. Chenav
& Co Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c nav
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
nation
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13

gated and the condition of the COM
panles ascertained before reducing the
fare by statute. He believes in rail-
road supervision but argues that the
lnJustices practiced by the roads do not
warrant the state in acting uniustly.
The stand taken by Governor Hughes
will be applauded by conservative men
who believe that not enough respect is
being shown property rights in these
progressive days. The average man
will continue to argue. however, that
all patrons of a railroad should be
treated alike. Before the two cent
fare laws went into effect all the roads
were charging what they pleased for
the general public and two cents a mile
for the owners of the books. If fur
nishing transportation at two cents a
mile is Improbable there is no Just
reason for making the general public
pay the loss.-Lafayette Journal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13

Governor Hughes veto of the two
cent fare bill passed by the legislature
OF New York comes as a distinctive
surprise TO the country Governor
Hughes has been foremost among the
prosecutors of corporations. but he in
sists that while he will punish them for
their sins he proposes to accord them
"a full measure of justice. He does not
regard the two cent fare law as lust.
and declares the policy sustaining it to
be mistaken and pregnant with disas-
ter. The railroads appear to have
found a friend in their severest chas-
tiser and critic, and the revelation no
doubt causes them to gasp in gratifed
amazement. The logical effect of Gov
ernor Hughes attitude BODIES no good
for the two cent fare laws passed by
various legislatures during the past few
months. Sustained by so eminent an
example as that Of Governor Hughes.
courts viii be much more inclined to
discern error in the new statutes and
70 proclaim them. Governor Hughes
action is the one ray of sunshine that
has broken through the clouds in the
railroad world for the past year.-Fort
Wayne News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Gruesome Exhibit at a TriaI.

Muncie, Ind, June ia gruesome
exhibit before a circuit court jury was
a complete human eyeball preserved
in alcohol, imbedded in which was
leaden bullet 1t was shown in the
trial of the suit of Forest Partaine, a
boy Of Z, against Floyd Crossley and
Nimrod Keesling, slightly older, who
are charged by Partaine with destroy
ing his sight by shooting the bullet
In ''f1ipjack." the missile striking his
eve
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13

Evansville, Ind. June 13.-Another
severe wind and electrical storm
passed over southern Indiana. doing
much damage. The rain in and around
this city was terrific and the streets
end cellars were flooded. Many shade
trees were blown down. The Ohio
river continues to rise here. Farmers
say their condition is worse than il
has been this time of the season in
many wears.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Army Worms and Green Bugs.

Washington. Ind, June 13.-Reports
from over Daviess county as 10 raw
ages Of the army worms are that wheat
IS too near maturity TO suffer much
damage, but the meadows and clover
fields are being cut to pieces. The
screen bug" TOO, is destroying oats
on many farms
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Heavr Theff of Jewelrr.

New York. June 13.-Jewels sn0
valuables, worth nearly $4,000, be-
longing 10 Mrs. Russell Hopkins, OF
Atlantic. Ca, arc said to have been
stolen from her husbands yacht, the
Adroit. A member Of the crew. who
IS said TO be missing, Is suspected OF
having decamDed with the valuablea.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
WHITAKER WINS MEDAL.

The monthly police shoot at the Lake
Front yesterday was attended by only
three police although there were sever
al persons present to witness the shoot.
Whitaker was successful in getting
the medal with a score of %. The fol-
lowing scores were made:
Shine ...........--...- IL
Lamme .---.'..... $3.50. U
Judge w. w. Mcmahon .............. 5
Dave Emery NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. q
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-13
Beginning OF Target Practice.

Vincennes, mo, June 49, - Begin
ming next Sunday and lasting over
Monday, there will be a First regl-
ment, /. y. G.. rife contest on Jack
sons hills, Lawrence county, Ill, one
mile north of this city, where company
4, First regiment, of this city. has