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The Washington times., 1907-01-27
Since the Civil War a New Kind of Rich
Man Has Appeared in the United States.

IE1uact from Great Riches" by Charles
W Eliot. president OF Harvard University
Published by Thomas y, Cr0Weu A Col
- NICE the Civil War a new kind
Of rich man has come into tx
isteuce in the United States.
lie is very much richer than
anybody ever was before, and his
riches are. ia the main, of a new kind.
They are not great areas OF land, or
numerous palaces. or hOcks and herds.
OF thousands OF slaves, or masses OF
chatteIs. They are in part city rents.
but chiefly stocks ana bonds Of cor
paraJiuu5 and bonds OF States, cOun-
Ties, cities. and towns. These riches
carry with them of necessity no visit
BILE or tangible responsibility, and
bring upon their p0ssesscr no public
or semi-pGblc functions.
The rich men are neither soldiers
or sailors they are not magistrates,
or Legislators, OF church dignitaries.
They are not land Lords in the old
sense and they never lead their ten
ants into battle as did the feudal
chiefs. They hsve no rublic func-
tians of an Importance commensu-
rate with their riches. Such occupa-
IONS as they have. iu addition TO the
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man of moderate means can only enjoy
in brief seasons OF at long intervals.
Il may be doubted. however, whether
the very rich man gets any more
pleasure from his palate and his or
gans of smell in the course of the year
than the man who is compelled TO fol-
low the changes of the season IN the
selection of his foods and drinks.
There are however. luXuries OF a
rarer sort which the very rich man
can secure for himself and his family
while the poor man. or the man OF
moderate means, cannot procure them
at all. Such a luxury is the owner
ship of beautiful artistic obiects-of
The Washington times., 1907-01-27
Body Found In Lot

bona Gilman. young and pretty.
Nas killed on The night OF Tuesday
November 30. Her body was discON-
cred by her brother Collins. on Thurs
day morning within less than "a hun
bred feet of the Gilman home. Was
the body lying ou this vacant lot dur
ing this entire time. or was IL carried
there some time after the murder
That is the question upon whose All
swer the grand jury viii largely base
It's decision. A hundred or more Wit
nesses Will be called upon TO state
what they know Of the affair, abou,
which there is SO much mystery.
About o'clock ON Tuesday
evening bona Gilman left the
Dindery department of the National
cash Register Works. where
she was employed. her sister. Fayne,
usually accompanied her home, but on
this evening she remained 20 help take
care OF one of the women who had
been hurt. Bright and cheerful. DOna
boarded a street car with a crowd OF
her young friends and went with them
10 the point where she transferred for
her home on Arlington Heights. She
got on another car and reached a
point within a short distance OF her
home. Al first it was believed that she
was murdered while going over this
dark stretch of road
only the night before she had writ
ten letter Co her sweetheart a young
fellow los the name of Stanley Auder-
son, who lived at sharon, Ohio, and
WHO had been 20 Dayton Co see her
un sunday evening
IF hated 90 see YOU 20 down that
uEIy dark walk last night but
couldn't help it / hope you didn't
have % walk 10 the city"
In another part Of the same letter
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n 7 o murder in a long time
has had more mysterious,
perpleXing and pathetic
features than that Of
Dona Gilman, which the
authorities OF Dayton,
Ohio. are trying hard 10 solve
The question which may soon have
TO be decided BY the Ohio grand jury,
Is whether Miss Gilman. who was a
beautiful young girl Of twenty. was
killed by her mother, aided and
abetted by her son and daughter.
There are cases In which many mo-
tives for the crime can be brought
forth. No reason is known why Mrs.
Leah c.. Gilman and her two children,
Fayne, an elder sister OF Dona, and
Collins, the son. should have muir
dered Dona Gilman. But afhdavits
have been sworn 20 by Constable
Henner charging the mother with the
murder OF the daughter. All three
were arrested. Mrs. Gilman being
charged with the murder and Collins
and Payne with being accessories
The preliminary hearing before Mag
istrate Wagner resulted IN the mother
and son being bound over 10 the grand
jury and the discharge OF Fayne
subsequently mother and son were
given freedom under bonds OF 5000
each.
In case Dons Gilman was killed By
members Of her own family, was il
due 10 a sudden III Of passion over
some trihing affair2 Were the love
affairs OF the young woman responsi-
Bile for her death? Was il over money
msttersc Are some OF the members
OF the family mentally irresponsible
for their actions VIII insanity play
an important part in this invesuga-
lion as it has IN so many others in
recent years. II the grand jury.
which is now Investigating the case.
holds Mrs. Gilman and her son ana
daughter Collins and Fayne, for
trial. these questions VIII be- an
~NeTeg
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body Of bis sister. for she feared that
possibly she had met with foul play
collins seems to have chung tenaci-
ously 10 the eiopement idea. for he
old not MAKE a very careful search.
1T was not my intuition" he said
that led me finally 70 the spot where
Donna body was lying. / went there
IA accordance with the wish OF my
iiother. who must have had a pro
phete belief that my sisters BODY
vas lying ia the weeds / know OF no
one Who would deliberately plot 70
take her life. She had no enemies as
far as ] know
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replied ia the negative. but he fol-
lowed her. and when she had almost
reached home he sprang upon her and
fastened his fingers in her throat He
described minutely his further actions,
saying he had carried the girl across
the street and into the commons
Here he found upon releasing his
grasp upon the girls throat that she
was dead, and according TO his con
fessiOn he fell uDon his knees beside
the body and cried, saying Poor little
girl. I've killed YOU
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QuarreIs in the Family.

IL IS said that there were frequent
qusrrels In The Gilman family A
ciIuu OF Dona who works at the Ma
tional Cash Register works says that
Dona had complained 10 her of the
cuelJies OF h=r mother. DOna had
said to her on the day of the murder
Il am afraid TO 30 Tome tonight
because ! told my mother tins morn
ing that ] must have a new dress. She
tried 10 lock me in a closet, but 1
got away. Just as 1 left the house
she said. All right, my girl I'll get you
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Some of the Advantages Disadvantages of Great Riches

only great riches can procure them
For instance, the unObstructed and
impregnable possession OF a fine nat
ural landscape is great pleasure
which the very rich man can secure
for himself by his private means:
whereas the poor man. or the man
Of moderate means. can enjoy such
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this evening when you come home "
Mrs. Gilman is alleged 10 have be-
come angry on one occasion with a
rent collector. and 10 have thrown
him on the sofa by grabbing him by
the throat Mr.. Reyes. the ueighbor.
who SAYS he heard struggle on Tues
day. wanted 10 90 over % see what
was the matter. but his wife was
afraid 10 be iefr alone with the baby.
and said that II was one Of the fire.
uuent family quauels. Another neigh
bor said that the little sister, Bessie.
had one time come running over 20
her house with her hand cut The lit
lie girl said that her sister. Fayue.
had cut hes with a butcher knife. and
that she was afraid 10 go home again.
80 investigation Of these family Tits
is known 10 have been made. but Il
iS claimed that the authorities were
asked 10 investigate. 81 is asserted
that a girl friend cslled 20 see D0na
one evening and found her penned in
the cellar. the rest OF the family hay
ing gone out
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FEATURES OF THE MURDER MYSTERY

Gilman % 10 her home in Dayton
% he h showing 5 unasy
OnWedf ndm body On being tina burglar
ed"O giving eEoesd
| was large the oil @Hsaus he sue larn
; with the
and arrested charged whhIe
Gilman IA ma strange Ona
uy las pepIi o settle
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The confession was made al about 4
o clock m the morning and as soon as
day had broken he was taken in a cab
u the scene Here he went over the
ground carefully and # was his ac-
ruTat- description OF the surround
.uss on the night OF the crime that
~treugthened belief in his guilt. Dave
10 is claimed by the officers. told
where lights were burning in the
houses along the street. ana asserted
that he had seen a woman with a
baby IN her arms standing in a win
dow in a certain house. Investigation
later suDsJantiated all these facts it
Is claimed, and the authorities We're
positive they had the right man.
Later he denied the whole story,
saying DE had been frightened into il
On the detectives threats. Then he
was released. the police explaining
that ne was such a liar"
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.LzX9 OHM
TzE HZISlESzz2
'-.' Gl&Z-

90 have had a vision. wherein size saw
strange man murder her daughter
outside her own window. This j. a
fragment OF ner hystericaI assertion.
The monster who was after Dona
Nas running on his toes now. His
sleeves were rolled Up and his felt hat
pulled over his eyes. DOna was hum
ming and did not hear the footsteps.
As she entered the square Of grass.
lighted from the window, she stopped
and looked behind
Two great hands reached out Of the
dark and strangled my poor little
daughter so that her feet seemed
scarcely 10 touch the ground as she
struggled 10 get breath TO cry for
help that was 50 near
The monster himself stood outside
The ligh.. but ] remember the white
CLEAN or his eve as lac stood silently
waiting FOR hey struggles 10 end. At
last she hung limp and quiet Then
the black figure CARRIED her on through
the bushes OF the common.
Il awOke In such a condition that Il
was long time before / could con
tral myself"
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she says: NOW if sou go hunting be
careful not 10 shoot yourself. ! hope
YOU Landed in Sharon all O. *"
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~Baby Dawes" Confession.

The other man who claimed that he
murdered Dora Gilman was Baby
Dave" Curtis, an eccentric newspaper
vender
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Hands in the Dark.
Mrs. Gilman. since her arrest claims
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January 81, 1907
The new age., 1907-03-09

But bedtime came very soon, and TIT
mending was not done.
The afternoon Of the fair came, ant
Molly fitted about like a happy spar
row. Her father gave her bright fifty
cent piece. The admission was only ter
cents, and she would have money fol
ice cream.
Her friend Ethel called early, anG
they joined other girls near the hall
and as they went up to buy the tickets
Molly reached in her pocket. She fell
about nervously. "Why, l surely toos
my money, didn't II" she cried; but
Ethel could give her little hope when
turning up her friends dress, she saw
one pink finger sticking through the
hole in the pocket.
"Oh, l forgot to mend my pocket y
she cried, in dismay. "And now there
isn't time to go back-and I'd be
ashamed to ask papa again. What
shall l do?"
What she did do was to sit down on
bench and hide her face in her little
red jacket for she was not very big
girl. and the tears would come Just
then her teacher came along, and see
ing the trouble, said, Never mind,
Molly. l will take you along, and you
can tell papa all about 1t when you get
home"
Molly did not like this way very
much, but there seemed to be no other
way; but the afternoon had grown sud
denly out of tune. She was still dis
appointed. although Ethel generously
shared her ice cream money
The day which had begun so we'll
seemed to go upside down, and Molly
was glad when the time came to go
home She had thought of a great
many things-of how her mother
mended and worked for herself and
the boys, and how seldom she had been
asked to help in any way. She deter
mined to do the right thing always af-
ter this.
When she came home her father and
mother were eager to hear about the
fair, but Molly passed them with her
head hung down, and went directly to
her room, and found needle and thread
and sewed the rip in her pocket Then
she came down to show her mother.
Her father laughed, but mother put
her arms round Molly. ut was too
bad, little girl; it spoiled your day, and
l hope you will learn by this lesson.
But you did not lose the money out of
the hole; you left it at home on the
mantel. Nevertheless still think "A
stitch In time saves nine don't your"
Youths Companion.
The new age., 1907-03-09

ana they would bend upward. They
were called ''snake heads" and when
one was approached the train would
De stopped, and 1t was the duty of the
baggage-master to nail +he track down
again. The speed never exceeded twelve
miles an hour, which was considered
very fast running. The engineer was
the aristocrat of the system and never
condescended to perform so menial a
task as to nail down SNAKE head"
When stop was made he employed all
his time In wiping the mud off his en-
gine, which, with such track, was al
ways kept covered with dirt in bad
weather, and in oiling parts.
"In that day." says Mr.. Hughes. "tbe
engineer who would have thought of
running his engine backward would
have been discharged at once. 1t was
believed that the way to ruin an engine
was to run backward. People thought
they were making a fine speed at twelve
miles an hour, and everything exceed.
ing that would have been perilous In
the extreme. One can appreciate the
changes time has wrought when he
fancies a vestibule express stopping to
allow baggage-master to go ahead and
spike down the track.
The new age., 1907-03-09
A Smart Dor

There is an old lady in Rochester
n. Y, says the Herald of that city
who lives with family which keeps q
big dog of which she is at the same
time very fond and somewhat afraid
The house contains an armchair. which
both lady and dog particularly like to
occupy.
When the dog gets to it first the old
lady, fearing to order him out lest he
bite her, tries subterfuge. She opens
the window, puts her head out, and ex-
claims "Cats!" in a loud voice. The
dog at once leaps to the window to see.
and the old lady gets the chair.
One evening, however, the dog came
In and found the old lady In the chair
ahead of him. He wandered round
uneasily for a time, eying her and the
window. At last he seemed to come
to determination, for he suddenly
rushed to the window, his hair all
bristling up on his back, and began to
bark and growl frightfully.
II ever dog cried Burglars !" ha
did so then. The old lady, much sur
prised, rushed to see what was WORRY
Ing him. She saw nothing-untfl she
turned round Then she saw the smart
dog peacefully enthroned in the con-
tested chair.
Ihe old lady Is not sure, but she ia
almost convinced that he closed one
eye solemnly at her in a veritable wink.
Two had played at the same game.
The new age., 1907-03-09
An Alphabet of sports.

A is for archery, sport with the bow,
B is for balls, of rubber or snow;
G is for cat's-cradle, coasting and chess !;
d is for dominoes, played with success.
e is for euchre, an old German game,
F is for fishing, a sport of great fame.
G is for golf, popular play
With ladies and gentlemen, merry and
gay.
H is for hare and hounds-see the hounds
run.
is for Indian-boys think them fun.
J is for Jackstraws and jackstones, too,
X is for kites, far up in the blue.
L is for leap-frog. jump over his back
NJ is for marbles, blue, yellow and black.
n is for ninepins, roll the ball straight !
Down go the ninepins, five, seven,
eight
o is for observation keen;
Try to remember the things that you've
seen.
P is for polo, played in the park.
Q is for quoits, pitched at a mark.
r is for rowing, by river and sea,
S is for skating, for both you and me.
T is for tennis. a game to allure,
The hand and the eye that are skillful
and sure.
Z is for umpire, quarrels he'll quell;
V is for vaulting, jump high and jump
well
" is for wheeling, for man and for maid,
X is for Xystus, where Greek games
were played.
Y is for yachting. from port to port,
Y is for zigzag. the very last sport.
Chicago Daily News.
The new age., 1907-03-09

Few people know that the hymn
From Greenland's Icy Mountains" one
OF the best known in the English Ian
guage, was written in a few minutes.
DR.. Shipley, Dean of st. Asaph and
Vicar of Wrexham, on Whitsunday of
the year 1919, preached sermon on
the propagation of the Gospel. On the
Saturday preceding the delivery of the
sermon, the doctor asked Heber, who
was his son-in-law, and then on a visit
to him, to write something ''for them to
sing in the morning" Heber sat down,
and, without leaving the room, wrote
the hymn that is now famous all over
the world. He was then in his thirty
sixth year, and was rector Of Hodnet.
The new age., 1907-03-09

GA stitch In time saves nine,'" said
mother, leaning over Molly and show
ing her where the tiny rip had begun
In the pocket Of her plaid dress. 1T
is just a little place now, and you
know how to backstitch it just as well
as I, and so l am going to leave that
for you to do. That is the dress you
will wear to the fair
Molly sighed Il will do it by and
BY" she promised herself. She did
not intend to leave it for her mother.
She knew with three brothers there
we're a great many stitches to take.
The new age., 1907-03-09
OId-Time RailrOadinx.

Railroading to-day is Lot what 1t
used to be, says an old engineer, who
ran over the indianapolis, Madison and
La Fayette Road, in Indiana, the first
line built in that State. The rails of
that day were of wood, with an iron
sheet spiked over the surface. The Jar
of a train would loosen these coverings
The new age., 1907-03-09
BALLAD OF LITTLE HATS.

A cap for winter, a cap for ball,
All hanging on pegs in the upstairs han.
But the cap love-I'm a sleepy head
Is the little white night-cap over the bed.
The new age., 1907-03-09

say here" instead of "in this place" I;
then" for sat that time; "thus' for
in that manner" A great many ad-
verbs are formed by adding TO adjec-
tlves the termination "ly,' which means
like" but the principle of abbrevia-
ton still holds good; as in the case Of
"foolishly," for 'in a foolish manner" !;
hastily" for ''in a hasty manner" /;
and wisely for like a wise man."
The new age., 1907-03-09
GOIdbeater's Skin.

The skin used by goldbeaters is made
undergoes a number of processes to
free the outer membrane from grease
and other impurities, and is then cut
Into pieces about four inches square.
So great Is its tenacity and power Of
that it will stand the contin-
uous blows of a twelve-pound hammer
for many months.
The new age., 1907-03-09
About Adxerba.

Perhaps the editor may give the boys
and girls better understanding of the
nature Of adverbs than they now have
by saying that they are always conven-
lent forms of abbreviation, enabling us
to use word where otherwise a
phrase would ba necessary. Thus we
The new age., 1907-03-09

The trouble with having fair opin-
lon of yourself Is that you are liable
to make yourself despised by being
seif-satisfied.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-06-15
ENGLISH CREEK

The Children's Day services in Asbu-y
Church were well attended lsst Sunday
evening The Motion Song" by Little
SunbeHms and an essay by Miss Leone
English were particularly pl asing.
If you enjoy a good "Pot Pie" supper
90 to "Asbury Grows" on Tu sday
June Is.
B. F. JosIin has filled au order for
Laurel and other wood for q rustic
tancier.
Joseph Fl Hickman has grown SOM
dae straw berries; they are medium early
and known as the Abundance" aud
are rightly named.
Somers Lee and family have return d
from Utica, Ohio, where Mr.. Lee and bis
two sons, Frank and Harry, have all
been employed in q glass house.
The party at Charlie Style. home
saturday evening last was pleasant
affair.
Capt. Daniel Lees daughter, Rhode
Of Florence. N. j., is spending few days
with her father.
Mrs. Rejoice Lee has been confined to
her bed during the past two weeks. Sne
nas been ill almost all the winter a q
spring.
Mr.. Jesse English has "new toy
in the shape OF Farm Bell, and b.
aroused the whole neighborhood Oh
Friday evening last while testing if.
Somers English has a fine new horse
Walter English marketed young chick
ems last week at 30 cents per pound livt
weight.
Mussels are very scarce in the Bay aut
the farmers have been cb'iged to pur
chase guano for their field corn.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-06-15

Contractor Easign G.. Miller, of Attain
tic City, has comm need tbs erection of
two new cottages 24x24 each, for Mr..
Martin Scull, on the cite of the old Brad
dock estate.
Among the fine residences along the
Shore Road, Judge e. A. Higbee's might
be prominently mentioned; 1T elbows TO
advantage with the surrounding fiae
iron fence and arbors all newly painted.
Surveyors have been at work at Mr.
l.. kuehnle's plot near Launch Haven
laying out streets; Mr.. Kushnie inrt nds
dividing it into building lot (.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Widdit Fl I'D havs
opened their cottage. A new porch and
new iron fence greatly improve the ap-
pearance Of the place.
Mr.. Grace and Mr.. James Still, Of
Philadelphia, were entertained by Mr..
Daniel Frey laet week.
Mrs. John W. Woodburn, of Philadel-
phia. was here last week making plans
for the erection of cottage at Second
and Rhode Island Avenus
Mr.. G lmpbslI aud Mr.. Cushing sold IA
lots to seven Philadelpuians last Snn-
day, all of whom contemplate improve
mtn nts.
M Richard s Thompson, Jr, WAS a
visitor at the Thompson Vile at Sun
day.
Contractor Somers Steelman has COM
pleset the cellar walls for the handsome
residence of Mr.. W. 3. Wright, Of Phila-
delphia, at New York and Fourth Ave-
nues. The house will cost about $4,000.
Mr.. J. Officer has moved into Mr.. nj.
Scull's cottage.
Mr.. J.B. Quirk and family have opened
up their New Jersey Avenue cottage.
City Clerk Scull showed his knowing
how and where, when on Monday last
he brought in a lot of the largest CLAIMS
ever caught at the Point.
Mr.. b.. F. Ford is moving into bis
newly acquired property, formerly owned
by Joe GIberson; he will now begin farm
ing in earnest. Mr.. Giberson has moved
across the Bay to Beasley's Point, where
he bought 120-acre farm.
Mrs. Jacob Address entertained over
Sunday in her Groveland Avenue cottage,
Mrs. AL Forster and Mrs. Harry Hayee,
of Philadelphia.
NJ. and Mrs. Andrew Freeborn, OF
Philadelphia, we're Sunday visitors witt
Mrs. William Thompson.
The local lodge Knights of the Golden
Eagle will attend services at the Somers
Point NJ E. Church, when the Pastor
will preach an appropriate sermon. Chill
dren's day exercises has been poe tponed
uatil June %. The church will give
Strawberry Fes ival on Saturing ever-
;pr lima TX of GlorE,S III oil
Mr.. and Mrs. John Arbuckle, OF Phile-
delphia, have opened their Gotta % for
th3 season.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-06-15
Deadly Serpent Bites

are as common in India as are stomach
and nver disor lers with us. For the lat
ter how yer there is sure remedy; E &C.
trio Bitter the great restorative medi-
cine, of which s A. Brown, of Benefits
vile, S. G., says:. ."They restored my wife
to perfect health, after years of suffer
ing W th dyspepsia end q chronically
torpid liver" Electric Bitters cure chills
a fever. malaria, biliousneFs lame
pack, ki6ne troubles and bladder dis
orders. Sold on guarantee by Thomas
Crawford, druggist. Price soc.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-06-15
SOMERS POINT

JOHN f. HILL, CORRESPONDENT
who will receive subscriptions and
advertisements for The PRESS.