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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

other behind the castle of st. Angelo
and the Vatican. But these are al
ready crowded. No place can be rent
ed in e--Ier district. The crowding OF
the city is due in part to the rapidly
growing foreign colony-chief1y Eng
Ii h and American-which has chosen
Fore as permanent abiding place
~ as winter resort. The number OF
trapsients too. steadily increases.
Fne hotels that lave been erected
in the Ludovisi quarter are con-
constantly full and boarding houses
are immune rable. There are whole
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

streets Of them, and all seem to do
rushing business. Besides these,
hundreds Of what the Romans des
cribe as neutrality-suspicious. have been
built and all are constantly occupied
by the weather. settlers. These
cluster mainly about the palace of
Queen Margherita between the Porta
Pinciana and the Porta Pia. Besides
this influx of foreign settlers, OF
course the fi9cks of pilgrims and
tourists increase every year. The
Italian parliament and the govern
saent business add TO the throng. and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

Andrew Carnegie; Rouget de Llse, au-
thor of the Marseillalse, was an engineerE
Francis Scott Key was lawyer ana
Samuel Francis Smith preacher. These
are the men-not the GOethes, HugoS,
Tennysons and Poes-who have produced
the national songs OF their peoples
There Is profound significance In this
fact 1t shows that the song writer, to
reach the peoples heart, must be OF the
people, not dwelling on the heights Of
Parnassus 1t reminds one OF what hap
pened In old Greece, 900 years h. c.
Sparta, hard pressed during the second
Messenan war. consulted the oracle OF
Delphi and was told to send to Athens
for leader Athens unwilling to help
the rival city, sent n poor lame school
master But that little schoOmaster was
Tyrtseus the poet, and he composed such
stirring battle songs that the Spartans
were heartened and won the victory.
Truly, there was deep wisdom In the sen
tIment recorded by old Andrew Fletcher
of Saltoun, that If man were permitted
to make all the ballads. be need not care
who should make the laws Of nation"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

stretched tight b tween the uprights
propelled by electricity supplied by
accumulators. In appearance the We
hicle was not unlike miniature
motor car devoid of the customary
wheels-not, of course, that this
strange little carriage was without
wheels. But the wheels-small steel
ones set in line along the center OF
the car-were beneath the vehicle
and almost invisible. Thus, to the
of the spectators, az
the car ran backward and forward, it
achieved the task of balancing itself
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
MONEY FOR GREATER ROME.

Five Million Dollars To Be Spent in
Developing the City.
New York Sun.-An arrangement
has just been made between the Ital-
ian ministry and the municipal author
tiles IF Rome for the passage by the
CHAMBER of a Ei1 au+ho~v'ng the ma
tional treasury to advance TO the city
about $4,000 900 for the Development
and Identification of the city. In
case the bill passes nearly a million
will be expenden in the erection OF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

young Philadelphia lawyer, to a tune
known as the presidents March," first
played when Washington was on his way
to New York to be inaugurated. War
was in the air, and business In the the
aters was poor. a young actor and singer
who was to have benefit performance
asked Hopkinson to write him a song
that would turn the political unrest into
a drawing -card. Hall Columbia" was
the result. 1t Is not very exalted poetry
few patriotic hymns are-but 1t is the
oldest of our national airs in good stand
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
QUEER BIT OF ENGLISH LAW
MAKING.

Queen Alexandra's curious legal posi-
ton In the country over which she aids
King Edward to rule has often caused
amused comment by prominent English
lawyers. SO far as her private business
affairs are concerned she Is In the eyes
of the law not married woman. That
Is to say every other woman In Englnnd
has as Il married woman the privilege
of making debts for which her husband
is legally responsible. But King Edward
cannot be held responsible for his wife's
debts and there are many other technical
points where Queen Alexandra's legal
responsibility differs from that Of any
other woman in England. For instance
the King cannot be sued for debt either
Of his own or his wifes making but tina
Queen can be sued for debt and sum
moned into court to answer such pro
ceedings The Idea involved In this bit
of law making 10 that the king Ia 30
busy with his royal duties that be can
not be expected to keep an eye on ths
private business concerns Of the queen.
This status of England's queen was de-
cided years ago and has not been before
an English court since the time OF George
w
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

QUEEREST CONVICT PRISON IN THE
WORLD.
The French penal settlement at Nou,
mea. New Caledonia, prides Itself on pos
sessing the queerest convict prison In the
world The prison corridors are all open
he air, but for all that no convict
ever been known to escape. In CON
nection with this 1t Is interesting to nos
that the agitation is now on foot In
Paris TO release Berezowski, the senior
convict In New Caledonia, who attempted
to assassinate Car Alexander ii. when
the latter visited Paris In June, 1883.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

naturally the population which caters
to all these elements and lies on
them has increased enormously.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
The Train That Walks a Tight Rope.

A car running on tight rope was
novelty indeed. But on this track
Nj. RTanan's mono-railway-train &C
complished all the feats he claimed
for it without the slightest hitch The
six-foot model Carriage was actually
raised from the ground to the level
of the track. about seven feet over
head. on a section 4. wire rope
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

more steadily than did Blondin when
crossing on his rope over niagara
Falls.
The apparently magical equilibra,
tion of the running car was produced
nv the antagonistic motions OF two
large horoscopes. In the special man
ner in which he has discovered how
to fit and adjust these horoscopes
is the inventors secret.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

MANY a crime deemed innocent on
earth
Is registered in heaven.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

on decA ing IN steamer chair. for
it was a pretty calm sea. All of .
sudden she gave = sort OF horrible.
gasping cry and sat bolt upright IN
the chair as IL she'd seen q ghost. I
ran to her and asked what the matter
was. First She wouldn't tell me. and
then she said., she'd. had horrible
dream. She said shed seen a lot OF
men who were helping at a hanging.
and that the man they were hanging
was her father And she'd seen an
other fellow ride up on black horse
and cut him down. but he was dead.
After that we tried to cheer her
up, but It wasn't any use She kind Of
dropped from then on. said she'd never
see her father again; that she wanted
to go where he was. and al that sort
of talk. 1t was mighty hard on the
mother and they were both pretty sick
looking when we got into San Fran
CISCO bay about month later than
we'd expected. Little May revived
some when we took her ashore, but
shs kept pointing over to the Berkeley
hilis-of course. it wasn't called ,Berke-
ley then-and saying that it all hap
pensd there. Next day we took her
ever IN . rowboat just to show her
Nat she was wrong. and landed at
Saososon's wharf. at Ocean View as q:
Was then called. Now It's known as
MAst Berkeley. From there we walked
. lsng way till finally we came to a
hag nvsoak. and. a. live. the child
srsed eut: That's the one, That's the
onss There's where they killed my
fathsrr
= We took her back to the ship. stiII
moaning and crying. and that night
she died. Before she died she asked
US to bury her in the Berkeley hills,
near where her fathers body was
lying. So we took her poor, little
frail remains over in boat. and laid
her down under a laurel in the pret
test. spot we could. find. We cut her
name. Little May her age, the date
and the Lords prayer. but not her
family name, which her mother didn't
want mentioned. she. went back to
Spain soon afterward. and we newer
heard of her again.
- ''As for the truth Of the girls dream.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
The Truth After SO Years

over in another part Of Berkeley
stands an oak tree known as the
.'vigiIantes, Oak" because spaniard
suspected Of. horse stealing, who gave
only the name OF Jesus soldado. was
hanged upon IT in early days. That
the victim was really Spanish noble
man named Dc Reinzi. that the Little
May" Of the college campus was his
daughter come from Spain to. find him,
and that the death of one at the hands
Of mob meant also the death of the
other-these are things which classic
Berkeley will here learn SO wears after,
for the first time.
From Jason White, one time mate of
the English whaIer Bolivar, the facts
concerning this half-century-ol trag-
edy have just been learned. White. a
sea wanderer. is now in this city and
IT was quite by chance the romantic
and singular story was obtained. Told
IN his own fashion, it runs as follows:
sIn 1850 in the fall Of the year the
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
'ggEo'ITON OF
tTREE UNDER
WHn11s MAY
DERENZI WAS
BUBIED SLOWING \
INSCRIPTION NOW ]
! ALMOsE QDIIgERA ATEI

to bring water and help carry him TO
bed We felt pretty sheepish, for the
man wasn't hurt much, only played the
sympathy racket just for the stranss-
ness of it, guess, and little May
watched over him as il he was a sick
baby ill he got 50 he could go aloft
again. After that there wasn't any.
more cussing or hitting the men. and,
by the Lord, there wasn't any need for
it. because that child seemed like a
good angel to all of us and if we
cared much about anything guess it
was to please her.
She. used to talk about her father
and what a great man he was. He was
of noble birth. She said that he used
to be. in the spanish army. but there
was plot against him, and he had ito.
get away quick. leaving all his money
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
Dead
Aged ls year.


Below this is rough hewn cross,
small anchor on each side and a large
circle. Enclosing almost fllegib1e bits Of
the Lords prayer.
So. in the midst of all the fun and
laughter, student work and pleasures.
has lain the forsafen, unnoticed grave
OF a young girl, doubtless once as merry
and light hearted as they who has
slept for so years at the foot of the
laurel tree in an alien land. The earth
which covers her has been trodden hard
by hundreds Of restless feet; year after
year the Laurel tree has showered its
green remembrances upon the nattened
mound; joys. sorrows, comedies, trag-
edies have gone on beneath its boughs
and through it all the little maid has
lain, silent unresistfng, calm, her lone
" grave the sole testimony of the
tragedy--mysterious and fnexprcable-
which wrecked three lives
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

whaleboat Bolivar, of which ! was
second mate. left Liverpool for San
Francisco with a full crew. We had
two passengers, which was unusual in
those days. The passengers were a
woman OF about. 40 and a girl who
looked about 10 or u, but who was
really 1e years old. The woman was
beauty, and both of them were high
bred folk, as you could easily see
They had begged the captain to take
them to San Francisco. where the girls
father was, because she was afflicted
with sort of spine disease which ac-
counted for her small size, and was
fretting for her father, of whom she
was very fond. He'd come to Amer
lea six months before to work in the
mines, though he was a born gentle
man and had never done that kind of
work before, the woman told us. and
the child was so fond of him and
longed for him so that they thought she
might die If she didn't see him soon.
The captain told them of the hardships
they'd have to face on that terrible
trip around the Horn, but both of them
were game and. the captain finally
agreed to- take them. aboard He let
them sleep in his own cabin and he
bunked with me-
We had a pretty fair trip till just
off the Horn. when if turned so cold
that we lost. two men,. blown from the
rigging, because their fingers were too
stiff to hold on. We came near los
ing the mainmast, but we finally pulled
out and got under way once more,
All this time little May-that was her
name-kept pretty well. and used 70
hobble about the. deck whenever the
weather would let her. we had
mighty tough crew, as whaler always
has. and one day the first mate knocked
down Portuguese with Delaying
pin, cussing him like blazes for letting
a sheet slip. The child saw him, AMI.
instead of fainting, like you'd think
she'd do. she turned on the mate and
beat him with her crutch, calling him
a brute and other things even less
agreeable. Then she knelt down be-
side the sailor and wiped the blood
of his head with her little handker-..
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

OSH1n0s-tf I1lS ~ - - kSWeeSA 1x4n on
all rixht-De Resnsi- though he had
inst and married his wifs in England. J.
so that's where he went eaak to work
heard about the gold that was being
found in California. and he got pos
sessed Of the idea that he'd only have to
come out here to make fortune and
the little one could have great doc
tor to cure her back. Every day she'd
ask how many miles nearer we were to,
San Francisco, and figure out how long.
itwould <bestifi she could see her father.
She counted 50 much on that meeting,
;thAtiwe were all sort Of scared oflwhat
mi eht ;hapuen II De sReinzi: wasn't there,
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

I guess 1t was as straight as ships
compass. At FIRST I thought she must
be wrong. when I found that the
horsethiers name was supposed to be
Jesus Soldado; but I knew that Sol
dado' meant soldier in Spanish. and
from the description OF the dead man
knew he wasn't . 'Ereaser.' Also
one OF the ranchers that pulled on
the rope showed mo knife ths BAL
low had on him. and saw Soma tni-
ffsls on the hilt. They were C d
r. with great crest OF some kind
on them-and then I was sure.
That's all 1 know about the case.
add this Is the first time I've been
back here since soon after we buried
the girl. was In my twsnties then.
even though I was second mata. and
I'm going on 80 now: so I'm not IKE
ly to make many. more trips
Despite his great age. whfts is a.
hale and hearty as a man many pears
younger. and has signed as cook OF
q vessel which is soon TO leave for
the Yukon country.
Lynching Of De Reinzi
Ola timers IN Berkeley vouch for the
truth OF the story Of Jesus Scldadc's
death on the vigflantss oak. which still
stands, its fatefM limb swinging over
dent OF Berkeley. the man was cap
tured at Peralta park-or what Is now
known as such-fn possession OF .
stolen horse which he claimed to have
bought. He was a man OF distin-
guished presence. and. but for the
violent temper OF the people. tired of
being victimized by thefts OF horses he
might have had trial. Sheriff Harry
Morse was In Livermore when the pris-
oner was brought TO the settlement.
which now is Berkeley, and the excited
people, not willing to wait his return.
executed summary Justice. as they be-
lieved. on the supposed cuIprit Morse
rode into town just after Soldado had
been strung up and Immediately cut the
rope, but too late TO save his life. He
thereupon called an inquest. which was
one Of the powers Of the sheriff under
certain circumstances in those days.
and completed the travesty by proving.
by coroner's jury composed of Sol
daldo's executioners that he had "ccms
TO his death by hanging at the hands
of persons unknown"
Some boys We're paid $40 to inter the
body. but did. their work so badly that
the corpse was soon exposed by y9rains
and another burial on the banks OF
Strawberry creek was found necessary.
The tree bearing AIaysdc Reinzi's epi-
taph is best known in Berkeley to
Charles E. Mills, a real estate dealer.
who states that the Inscription IN the
bark of the tree was first noticed by
him when as a barefoot boy he played
along the creek bed 90 years ago. At
that time. says Mr.. Mills the words
We're palmer than now, but evidently
quite old. According to him, there was
a date. supposedly that of the burial.
but he has forgotten what it was ex-
cept that it was many years before.
This is now quite obliterated. as is also
the Lords prayer, printed in a circle.
which Mr. MTIs says was then quite
legible.
So the little Spanish girl sleeps near
her father. and the mother may lie in
spain And the campus lies radiant in
the sunlight. it's quivering tree shad-
ows as exquisite as of yore And
youths and rnaidsns pass unhssdins the
quiet grave.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

that, wnfuA vlssnse stAsss
days.
Well. that was how things stood
when the child took sick. rhe terrible
cold was too much for her. and We were
Just past the Horn when she began to
lie in her bed most OF the time She
made us promise we'd be good to each
other when she. wasn't on deck. and we
kept the promises, too. Funny. whatsa
hold a child like that can get over a
crew offrough men.
And then the strange thing hap
psned. I'VE been thinking It over alI'
these years and can't figure it out
yet. One day she was bstter.. and up
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02


der the spreading trees, laugh
Ing. chattering. chatting. making love
as light hearted youths ana maidens
have done in the haunts OF learning
ever since the world began. has dis
covered a thorn IN its garden of roses.
TIE shadow of bygone tragedy hover
ing over its green shades. Though the
shadow be OF day long past, It has
existed unknown to the college people
until now.
On the edge OF the little creek which
winds its sinuous way through the
campus of the University OF California.
just back OF the famous LIE conte oak.
stands fork footed laurel tree. Cut
deep snto the bark, now almost oblfter-
ated BY the 50 years that have passed
since the keen knife BIT into the wood.
are the words:
LITTLE MAY.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-11
CASTAWAYS RESCUED.
Sixteen Men Picked Up on a Barren
Island in the Pacific.

Sixteen castaways from the long
missing British Dundonald, wrecked
in the Pacific ocean nine months ago,
were rescued last week by the New
Zealand government steamer Hine-
moa and taken to Bluff Harbor, \.
Il. The men were il a distressing
state of emaciation. They had spent
nine months on an uninhabited island
with little water. scant vegetation
and no animals. Several Of the mem
bers succumbed from the privations.
The Dundonald shipped on last
February. for Falmouth from New
South Whales. Capt. Tho-burh COM
manding. All seems TO have gone
we'll until they reached the Auckland
islands when the ship experienced a
series of gales. She was finally driv-
en- ashore on an unnamed island and
wrecked. Many members of the
crew were washed away with the
wreckage.
AS months passed and there was
no sign of rescuers the crew gradual
ly dwindled until only Is OF the
sturdiest survived. The JOY and
surprise of the coming of the good
shin Hinemoa can be told only IN
heart rending stories. All the men
were in need Of medical assistance
before they could be brought to the
shore. The long expected relief caus-
ed a relapse after the party was ia
ken aboard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-11
NEW KIND OF SWINDLE.
Columbia Police Warns Merchants
Against This Fellow.

The State says that Chief of Po-
lice Carthcart desires to warn the
merchants of this State against a
crook whose operations are entirely
new in this section. The man sue
cessfully worked his game the other
day and the police authorities ex-
pect him to attempt it again on some
unsuspecting merchant. His identity
is so far an unknown quantity and
the police will have to depend upon
the merchants to help effect his cap
ture.
The modus operandi of this my
sterious knight of the swindler's art
is as follows: He will call a merchant
over the phone and give an order
for certain articles of merchandise
directing that they be sent to a Ger.
tain number. This is accompanied
by a request that the bill be Sent
along with the goods; also the nee:
essary change for FIVE or ten dol
lar bill. For instance, he Will oroei
So worth of merchandise and ash
that SO be sent along as change, ex'
pIaining that he has nothing less
than five dollar bill. The goods
and the required change are SEM
out and the mysterious stranger Is
on hand at the number Indicated he
gets the goods and the change, hands
a note to the messenger, supposeol!
containing the SIS bill, and the mes
senger goes back to the store &c
find that he has been worked to the
tune of IS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-11
BATTLE BETWEEN ANIMALS.
Tiger Kills Polar Bear at Circus
Performance.

A dispatch from Timmonsville to
the State says duringt he progress of
the performance presented there
Thursday afternoon at the wild ami
NAL show which is being offered by
the Johnny Jones Exposition shows
one of the most sensational battles
to death known to animal history
took place. While one of the acts
was taking place, in which Herr Won
Waldo, the noted German trainer,
offers four African lions, two Bengal
tigers and two Polar bears, all per-
forming together, Romeo, one of the
big tigers, became angered and
pounced upon one of the Polar bears.
After a terrible battle the tiger sue
ceeded in sinking its fangs into the
Jugular vein of the Polar bear,
which died almost instantly. The
other animals became enraged by the
scent of blood and Won Waldo show
ed great bravery at the risk of his.
own life in subduing them. The Polar
bear was valued at $4,000, being one
Of the largest and best trained in
captivity. The fight was witnessed
bv hundreds Of spectators.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-11
THREE MEN KILLED.
While Stealing Ride on Freight
Train.

AS. the result Of a deraLment on
trest1e over a small creek just oe-
low the station of Blairs, t"elss
cars of freight train No. % 5umpso pso
the track and six cars crasneo " 80 .n
creek below tearing down the tFes'ie
and killing three men.
1 The accident occurred about 1our
o,1'ool , wednesday morning, the train
,,eine bound for Columbia, and IN
ebarse Of Engineer Bird and Con
ductor Summers AS none OF the
crew was injured it was understood
and reported that no one was nutt'
However, when the wrecklng 1ra1n
arrived and the derrick lifted some
of the wrecked cars, beneath the
debris were found the bodies OF tnree
white men. Two of them were loen-
titled, as the Queen brothers OF IN
ion and the other as Gray, whose
narents reside in Augusta, Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-11
BIG BANK FAILURE.
National Bank of Commerce OF Kan
sas City Goes Under.

The National Bank Of Commerce
Of Kansas City failed to open its
doors and is now in the hands of a
national bank examiner. The bank
is one of the oldest there, and is the
largest financial institution in the
city.
The notice on the door says the
bank was closed by order OF the
board Of directors.
The directors and stockholders in
clude some of the most prominent
men in the city. The head of the
clearing house association expressed
the belief that the failure would not
involve any of the other Kansas City
banks.
When the statement of the Nation
al Bank of Commerce under the last
call appeared, it showed that since
the statement of August p deposits
had been reduced from close to
thirty-five million dollars to s16,-
e52.96S. The statement showed al
so that the items of loans and dis
counts had been cut down four mil
lion dollars.
Two small branches of the Nation
al Bank of Commerce, the Stock
Yards Bank of Commerce and the
Union Avenue Bank Of Commerce
also closed their doors.