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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02
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PICKING UP OLD RIDDLES.

Great numbers of fine old violins a-1
vfolonceIlos that come into the hl5h
class market of London are prnCNlti
through the medium of advertisenen'
inserted in obscure country papers. ai.-
especially those of ancient cathedIL
cities.
Of course few of the flddles thus 9o~
tanned are veritable MASTERPIECES, "'.
a great many Of them are fine eXamP.e5
of early English and foreign Makes
and they are often bought for T!dIt~-
lousy small prices by group OF 60
perts, who have brought the buolAe@'
TO a lucrative system. Many stTl5-
Cling family of long descent IN Some
out of the way part of the country
happens to see in the one county news
paper of the week that good prices a-7
given for old fddles, and some iohs
forgotten instrument in lumber room
or nut away on a shelf suddenly comes
to mind.
Correspondence follows, the eea-e'
sends a deposit in order that some f:o-
die spoken of may be sent 10 him Af'l
examined. and he usually replies t'"'
the instrument sent is Gilapidated Az
almost worthless. but that he Is wi''ih@
40 give s. or $40 for it. In gree
lr,anv cases the offer is accepted c.
hand. and in this way most OF the : a.
oct 6ddIes extant of the seccna IS
iconoe into the hands Of dealers ~
dately a cello picked UP at SO W2@ fs' ,
isold fer $500. -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02
Chance Studies Human Nature.


Captain Frank Chance Of the Chicago
Nationals has an idea that some of his
ball players need to be insulted once in
awhile in order to make them play
their best. His theory is that many
men if they become angry will grit
their teeth and jump into the fray with
great results.
In recent game in Brooklyn Chance
was on first base. Steinfeldt was at
the bat. Chance started to steal sec
ond, and "Steiny" foul flied. Chance
had to go all the way back to first from
second. The day was piping hot. and
Chance was tired. Again he tried to
steal. Again did "Steiny" knock out
foul. Again did Chance go back to
first amid the jeers of the bleacherites.
His temper couldn't stand the strain,
and he called to he brawny, sun
burned third basenaan at the plate,
Say, you, Steinfeldt, you dub, If you
can't hit the ball, why don't you get
out of the gamer"
Chances sncering tones and words
got ON "-teiny's" nerves. Iie ht~sed
few things between his teeth and
stabbed savagely at the next ball pitch
ed. Square on the probes s he poked
it and the spheroid sizzled out into left
center for two b; ses.
AS Chance crossed the plate and
turned toward the ben>h he said:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

EHE Germans can, after all, 1t
must be acknowledged. give
the Americans, Englishmen
Frenchmen and Canadians
lessons in one branch of true sports
manship and international courtesy
The act of the German emperor in
causing to be sent to this country full
particulars as to the currents, winds
tides, etc, affecting the course at Kiel
over which the American yachts will
compete against the German craft in
the SOnderklaSSe was SO unusual that
the American racers were astounded
Actually here was a rival who wanted
every competitor to start on terms as
nearly equal as possible. Here was a
rival who was not content to take an
advantage that from time immemorial
had been considered perfectly legiti-
mate.
AS a rule, it is the habit of yachts
men who race to leave opponents who
come into their waters to their own de-
vices in gathering the much needed in
formation about local peculiarities Of
tide, wind, current, etc. The less the
visitors find out the better are the
home sharps pleased. for many and
many a race has been won through su-
perior knowledge of the waters over
which it was sailed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

periods in which scores of up to date
theaters do losing business each year
or remain dark give evidence of this.
The producing of high class English
plays here is in one way a benefit to
American authors in that it gives rise
to healthful competition Our native
dramatic author is compelled to do his
best work or else he will suffer severe
ly in comparison. Then, too. a good
English oP French drama is educating
to our public and authors just as a
meritorious American play teaches
foreigners something No, the import
ed play bOSy has no real terrors for
American authors, but undoubtedly it
has several imaginary ones.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02
Breezy Stage Talk English Plays Compared

CFrom Our New York Dramatic Core
spOnGentl
SWSHERE is one American man
ager anyway who believes
there is no necessity for going
to London to procure plays for
presentation over here. The Froh-
mans, Liebler & Co., Klaw & Erlanger.
Henry w. Savage and other leading
American managers each year make a
point of going abroad or of sending
representatives abroad TO look over the
foreign market for likely productions.
In other words. they so TO London,
Paris and elsewhere on shopping trips
They as eagerly patronize foreign play
bargain counters as women flock to the
department stores during marked
down CarniVaIS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02
A Great ADVANTAGE.

For instance, in almost every body
Of water the tide during certain stages
and conditions runs Swifter il some
parts than in others. The skipper who
knows just where the current or tide
runs SWiftest and puts his craft there
is the one who will probably win the
race At any rate, the advantage he
gains will be a big aid.
1 have in mind a race in Maine wa
ters in which the two leading craft
were becalmed within a couple of hum
dred yards of the finish line. One
skipper had kept his boat TO the north
ward, directly in the steamboat chan
mel, where the tide was running swift
ly. His boat drifted in with the tide.
her sails Tapping uSelessly, and foated
across the line a winner, leaving his
rival practically stationary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

almost everything else. On the other
hand, French and English authors in
general show a tendency to place ac-
ton secondary to conservative natural
ness Possibly the restless, impetuous,
action craving American temperament
is responsible for the difference.
Plainly there is good reason to be-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02
A Few Plans For Next Season.

kyrle Rellew will appear in Novem-
Der in a new play by Paul Armstrong.
FRITZ Scheff opens her next Ameri-
can tour in September at the Knicker-
booker theater. New York. Next spring
she will present a new comic opera by
Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert.
George AIDES new play is called
"Artie." 1t will be first seen at the
Studebaker theater, in Chicago
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02
What piIIinqham Saws.

The manager in question who be-
lieves that American plays are good
enough Tor him and perhaps better
than many of those of foreign make is
Charles Dillingham;. Mr.. Dillingham;
recently announced an outline of his
plans for next fall and said:
London is dead so far as furnishing
material for the American stage is
concerned. l can get what 1 want at
home as regards plays and, with one
or two exceptions, as regards players
zoo. ] did not go abroad at all this
year and do not expect to go over ever
again for the purpose of getting plays
or players"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

heve that many American managers
VIII to the end of time go to London
and Paris for plays. They do not
harm American authors by so doing
because, for one reason, the American
demand for good plays is far in ex-
cess of the supply. The long list of
failures each season and the long
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02
Old Crusade Against Foreign Plays.

Most Americans. especially players
and playwrights, are delighted with
Mr.. Dillingham's view. There has long
been n crusade in some respects
against the <avoring of foreign au-
thors and players by producing man
ayers of this country. Some people
say that American plays and players
are the best in the world. OF course
they don't know what they are talking
about when they express such senti-
nlents. American plays from a view
point of what constitutes good play
writing are not better than English
plays. AS a general rule, take two
plays of the same class, one American
and the other English. compare them
critically and the English play will be
found to rank above the other. OF
course there are exceptions. The liter
airy Workmanship Of English writers
for the stage is better than that of
most American stage authors. But, on
the other hand, American plays are in
variably better staged than those of
England and France. Also American
plays are more interesting than those
OF any European country because dra-
matte action is generally sought above
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

you have to shake up stubborn fs,.
low like Steinfeldt once in awhile .,
else he gets into a calm. peaceful fraroa
of mind that ruins a ball layer If h.
could be kept hopping mad all II,
time, he'd lead the league in batting"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

vice to real men, advice that never
reaches the ears of the real men in
question:; but, even so. he is the real
goods" when it comes to real sports
manship, and he deserves all the
thanks and applause that American
sportsmen can give him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

idol of the opera goers of Paris. No less
than twenty-five important parts are to
be filed, and the scenic effects of the
third act, depicting Paris by night on a
fete day. with it's grand professions and
fireworks, require most expensive and ar
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

the first time. The difficulty of its pro-
duction is greater than in any other opera
in prepare ton for my season. The char
acter of the role of Louise is portrayed
by our countrywoman. Mary Garden. the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

ably will have, how long they usually
last, how they usually vary and shift
They told of the courses pecuiiaritics
at high and low water and reproduced
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

charts showing the latest soundings.
All this material was sent to the
American crews. They thus became
before leaving America almost as
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

familiar with the kiel course as though
they had sailed over it all their lives.
The German kaiser may, it is true,
have peculiar ideas about doing some
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02

things connected with his own govern
ment that would be done far differently
by a large number of people who have
little else to do but give gratuitous adj
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02


went in
Gently has he decided himself entirely compositions
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-02


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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
Trainmen Go on Strike.

Denver, Colo, Aug. Sin conse.
quence Of the failure of the negotia-
tons for an adjustment of a difference
between striking Denver switchmen,
who demand an increase of two cents
an hour in their wages, and the Col
srado & Southern Railway company,
Grand Master P. H. Morrissey, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
called out all the trainmen or the road
who are members of the brotherhood
at noon Saturday. These include about
500 brakemen and a few conductors.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
he could to catch the fiend or lfiends,
and that he will return to the city in
case his presence is required.
Four Brothers Arrested.

and that he will return to the city in
case his presence is required.
Four Brothers Arrested.
-Four brothers, Thomas, Louis, Clio
vanni and James Esposito,, who keep
a fruit stand in front of the house on
First avenue where one child's body
was found, we're taken into custody
Saturday. The police found that they
used the cellar, where the body was
found, for the storage of waste cases
and push carts and that it is the habit
Of the brothers to make frequent Wis
it's to the cellar during the day. Their
fruit stand is open for business the
better part of "a hours, and the police
hope that the Espositos may develop
some clew through which the identity
Of the child's murderer may be re.
vealed. Coroner Hamburger examined
the opposite brothers after their ar
rest. The police are working on the
theory that the child must have known
the murderer, otherwise it would have
been difficult to have lured her into
the cellar. The theory is also held
that the slayer knew about the cellar
and knew all the habits of the people
in the neighborhood. In the streets of
the east side the appearance of a
stranger is quickly noted by the resi-
dents who know all their neighbors
and their habits.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
Maine Potato Crop in Peril.

Bangor, Me-, Aug. 5.-The great po'
tato crop Of Aroostook county, esti-
mated this season at $4,000, 900 bush
els, is seriously menaced by the con,
tinual wet weather. Although the
land planted this year 10 about 5000
acres larger than last year, it has
been estimated that the amount har.
vested will not equal last years rec
ord crop by almost $500, 900 bushels.
AS Aroostook county is the largest
potato growing district in the world,
the condition of the crop there is one
of the greatest factors in determin'
ing the market price.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
gotham Stranger
IS Still At WORK
ENTIRE CITY MYsTIFlED AND
HORROR-STRickEN OVER THE
MANY STRANGE MURDERS.
FIVE WOMEN THUS
FAR ASSASSINATED
Scores Have Been Attacked in the
Same Manner-East Side Girl As
saulted in Hallway of Her Own
Home-Women in State of Panic.

New York, Aug. 5.-The remarkable
series of crimes in this city, in which
ONE and children are the objects OF
attack, shows no sign of abating. Two
such attacks were reported to the po-
lice Friday, and Saturday n add
tional case was brought to public no.
tice, that of a young east side girl
who was attacked by a miscreant
while passing through the hallway OF
the house that held her own home.
The list of victims who have met
death in this wave Of crime has
reached five, three young girls n
two A score or more have
been attacked.
Can't Explain Fiendish Crimes.
Scarcely an arrest of Importance has
been made and the police confess
themselves as completely baflied. De.
tectives who have studied the differ
ent cases differ as to the probable per
petrators of the crimes. Some incline
to the belief that the assaults are the
work of one man, a stranger who has
the mad animal instinct of the London
and Berlin ripper"
Others combat this theory and poin,
to the widely separated points in
which the crimes occurred and the dit
ferent methods with which murder
was accomplished. No one can ex
plain, however, why there should be
such an epidemic of fiendish crime IL
+hic. oitv of this time
The alarm, especially among moth
ers, is widespread, and there has beer
a marked decrease in the number o
women and children on the streets a
night. Every little street incident il
magnified and a mob quickly assem-
bles. In several instances men hav'
been attacked by the crowds, and
whether rightly or wrongly, have beel
severely beaten by the people.
Want Vigilance Committee Rule.
The temper of the people is show
by letters which have been received
by the newspapers suggesting Wig
lance committees and protective as
sociations, but nothing has yet com
of this agitation. Adverse common
has been caused by the fact that Pc
lice Commissioner Bingham has gon'
away on a vacation at this time, bu
he has explained that he has done al
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
Fixes Blame for Salem Wreck.

Worthwhile, Mich, Aug. 5.-Follow.
ing an inquiry into the causes of the
wreck at Salem, Mich, which cost
80 lives. the coroner's jury has re.
turned a verdict blaming the crew Of
the freight train which collided with
the excursion train, the two operators
at Plymouth who copied and deliver
ed the order and the Pere Marquette
railrord for operating under defective
rules.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
Board Chances Name.

Springfield, Ill, Aug. 5.-The Evan
gelical Lutheran Church Extension and
Home Mission Board, with headquar-
tiers in Chicago, has filed with the sec
rotary of state a certificate of change
of name to The Evangelical Lutheran
Church Extension and Home Mission
Board of the Northern Illinois District
Of the German Evangelical Lutheran
church."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
Wins Worlds sculIing Championship.

Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 5.-Webb, the
New Zealand s~culler, defeated Charles
Towns, Australia, in a rowing race on
the Paramatta river championship
course, thereby winning the worlds
scullins championship.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
Analysis Not Vet Complete.

Another reason given why the trial
should be delayed was that the organs
from the body of Mrs. Pet Magill were
sent to the Chicago laboratories for
examination July II, and full and
complete report Of that examination
had not yet been received by the
state. The excitement o%ccasioned by
the wide publicity given the case both
by local and other papers would make
it difficult to secure a jury at this
time, the prosecutors added. The fact
that the state received information
July 81 from one Warren Holton of
Denver, Col, that he would be able
to show by letters received from Faye
Graham Magill that Fred Magill did
murder his wife, Pet Magill, and that
Faye Graham Magill was an accessory,
was also given as a Isl 1t asked
for time that it might secure this wit
ness. Attorney G. X. Ingham argued
for an immediate trial.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
Reasons for Delay.

Continuance vas asked first on the
ground that the state believed the So
called suicide letters are forgeries, but
has no means at this time of knowing,
the letters having been refused to the
grand jury. 1t commended it must
have time to ecure an expert after
having the letters in it's possession.
The last letter in which Mrs. Pet
Magill is said to have advised her
husband to leave the city and marry
Faye Graham Magill is not in the
hands of the state, it was declared.
The prosecutors believe it is forgery.
Magill and his bride both pleaded
not guilty to the charge of murder.
ing Mrs. Pet Magill.
The state declared it expected to show
Faye Graham and Fred Magill were to-
gether frequently prior to their mar.
riage, both in this city and at hotels
in other cities. They asked for time
to get witnesses to prove their alega.
lions.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-08-08
State ASKS DELAY
IN MAGlLL TRIAL
MANY REASONS FOR CONTINUE
ANCE ARE SET FORTH IN
LENGTHY DOCUMENT.
PROSECUTION is NOT
A AT PRESENT
Belief That So.CaIIed Suicide Letters
Are Forgeries Alleged to Necessi-
tate Further Time-New Witness
to Be Found May Give Testimony.

Clinton, ILL.,, Aug. 5.-When court
convened Saturday a surprise was
caused by Attorney Fred Ball getting
into the case for the defense of Faye
Graham Magill. The state had pre-
pared it's affidavits asking for a ON
tinuance of the case until the regu-
lar November term of court. It was
a long document and the defense
asked for a half hour in which to
make examination of it. 1t was read
in open court by Attorney R. A.
Lemon and he argued it paragraph by
paragraph as he read. It recited the
events from the discovery Of the dead
body of Mrs. Pet Magill until the day
of the arrest of her husband and his
second wife on the charge of MUIR
dor
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
LIABILITIES In Detail

Capital Stock;
Proved with General Ledger Account
Deposits;
Balances were footed in Individual Ledger.
Due to other Banks provenby checking their
Accounts Current and other items by cor
.respondence. Cashiers Cheque and Certif-
Gates of Deposits were verified by the res
pective items in their open record books.
Earnings
These were examined.
In Conclusion
Our Audit was exhaustive, and this showing
is but the sequel to the wise management OF
YOUR officers and Directors.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-06-20
RESOURCES In Detail

Loans and Discounts
Notes scrutinized and footed. Items proven.
Real Estate and Investments;
Conservatively valued.
Stock Bonds and Securities;
Saw securities or receipts for same.
Overdrafts;
Occurring in regular course of business and
of nature to be quickly realizabe.
Cash and Due from Banks;
Counted CASH Verified latter by checking
their Accounts Current and by taking up by
correspondence items and balances not re-
ported upon
The Pensacola journal., 1907-04-28
Dramatic Schools.

Like art students, the school of act
ing pupils form little world of their
own. Ali their days, of course, are
spent together. and in the evenings. as
tickets are often sent to the schools by
the managers when there is room,
they go to plays together. At the thea
ter they tell each other knowingly
what the actors on the stage ought to
have done. They live in the cbullient
atmosphere Of mutual criticism and
endless theoretical argument of young
people who are all trying to do the
same thing. Naturally they drift at
once into that easy familiarity of the
sexes characteristic of all art schools
where young men and women are
brought together on equal terms The
girls outnumber the men two to one
and even more, which, in casting the
plays, at least makes the men DO dou-
bic duty and get twice the opportunl-
ties Possibly the reason that fewer
men go to the schools than women is
largely economic, possibly 1t is because
more women are stage smltten, but
the plAint OF the schools is that Of the
summer resort-there are not enough
men to go acknowledgements Tassin in
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