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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02
MAN AND CAT ADRIFT
ALONE ON A BARGE
TOSSED ABOUT ON THE SEA FOR
THREE DAYS BEFORE ODD
CREW is RESCUED.

New York.-After being tossed
three days at sea the barge Manhat.
tan, with its crew, consisting of Carl
Narsen and a big tomcat, Henrik
lbsen, was picked up off Old Orchard
shoal by the tug Edmund Moran. of
the Moran Towing and Transportation
company and towed up the harbor.
The tug Colonel j. f. Gaynor, with
two empty barges in tow on its way
from Norfolk to New York, ran into
a fierce snowstorm. Before extra
hawsers could be passed to the barges
the Manhattan, with Narsen on board,
broke adrift. The Gaynor was hay
ing all 1t could do to make Roadway
without losing the remaining barge
and the captain continued on his way,
trusting to luck that the Manhattan
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02

damned to you" replied the burly
old royal prince, swinging on his heel
and ordering his aide-de-camp in wait
ing to show the colonel to the door.
A few days later 1t was announced
that Col Wellesley, who in his boy
hood had been a page Of honor OF
Queen Victoria, had been "graciously
permitted to resign his commission
in the army.
How an Emperor Avenged Blow.
In the same way that European Of
ficers are debarred from fighting
duels with people Of the working
classes, so are they precluded from
meeting royal personages and crowned
heads on the field Of honor. If a young
officer during a heated argument
with some comrade Of royal or i'm
perial rank receives a blow, he has no
alternative but to blow his own
brains out
On one memorable occasion En-
peror Francis Joseph interviewed in
person to prevent an act of self-de-
struction Of this kind The late Arch
duke Otto, his nephew, while en-
deavoring In a drunken freak to con-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02
SERVANT TAKES MASTERS CAR
OUT FOR JAUNT AND HAS Elk.
CITING ADVENTURE.
MACHINE BECOMES UNRULY
Throws Driver Through Negro Cafe
Window Into Ham and Eggs
Would-Be Chauffeur's Curios-
ity Causes Trouble.

New York.-Dr. Edgar Calvin Sci
bert of Orange, N. j., has a lively
sense of humor. When he viewed the
wreck of his fine new touring car the
other day he fairly doubled up with
mirth. Of course it wasn't hopeless
wreck. There was good deal of the
body and framework of the machine
left There was worse wreck stew
ing in ointments, bandages and lint
in wing of the physicians house.
Competent chauffeurs are scarce in
the Oranges. DR.. Seibert found this
out when he sought to hire one. He
employed several alleged drivers who
seemed very eager in the interests of
local funeral directors. Discouraged
he decided to drive his own car and
carry along a sort of footman to
crank up, clean the car, and do the
messy work. In time he imagined that
he might train the man to run the ma
chine. So he engaged Wilkes, a seri-
Gus young Englishman.
The other night the physician went
out to deliver a lecture. He went in
side, leaving Wilkes in charge of the
car. Wilkes had a long wait ahead
of him. and in his somber British way
began to take an interest in things.
He crawled under the car and studied
the machinery intently. He had heard
the doctor speak Of his fine engine,
and wanted to look it over. He saw
maze of little wheels and pipes that
puzzled him. He got mouthful of
dripping gasoline and crawled out sud
denly to the street.
He studied the house fronts and
snowsugared trees. This palled him.
Suddenly he realized that he had
some small spark of genius in him.
He could crank the car and knew
how to put in the spark plug. He
cranked viciously, and the engine
buried with vigorous. hoarse music.
He had seen the doctor throw over
the throttle and set the speeds He
didn't know the first from the third
speed but he knew there was a speed
lever
'Blarst it, III take a blooming haz.
ard he soliloquized aloud. He
sprang aboard, and simultaneously
jammed over the speed lever and
throttle. Then he grasped the wheel
and let her go The spark was work
ing fine and the engine was fairly
bursting with energy. The machine
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02

sion. extorted from him In q moment
of evaporation and when smarting
under sense Of injustice, resulted in
the ruin Of his political career and In
his being blacklisted by English So
ciety.
Perhaps the most mortal of all sins
in the eyes of unwritten law is unfair
play at cards, and there are few fami-
lies of birth and breeding on either
side of the Atlantic who would not in
flnitely prefer to have a murderer
among their relatives than man
who has been caught cheating at the
card table, For it inflicts stain upon
the family escutcheon which can
never be effaced and which is remem.
bered against the house concerned
from generation to generation. A
man caught in the act of unfair play
Is exempt from punishment by the
tribunals Of the land. But the penalty
imposed upon him by unwritten law
is immeasurably more severe than
anything that statute could devise.
For instead of being restricted to
himself, it extends to those who are
nearest and dearest to him, and he
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02
AUTO RIDE ENDS
in A RESTAURANT

sprang forward in half circle and
shot toward an elm tree.
Wilkes managed to yaw to lee
ward, scrape the bark of the tree, TAX
ing the sidewalk in splendid leap,
He had his foot on the clutch and
was working it as if it were the pedal
of bicycle, with picturesque results.
The mystery of the brakes was utter
Is beyond him, SO he let them alone.
He had gone about two blocks on
the sidewalk when he suddenly veered
and moved down a fence. He dash
ed safely through an arbor and demol-
ished a dog-house in which there was
a sleeping pet. The glass screen of
the machine was shattered and there
was much glass and splinters in
Wilkes features and hair when he
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02
Took Issue With Jack London.

II. G. Wells has written such pun
gent and advanced criticisms of pres.
ent day conditions that at times he
has been set down as an extreme
socialist Judging from an incident of
recent occurrence, this would seem 10
be Q mistake. While on his visit TO
this country not long ago he was a
guest Of a Boston club one evening
and found that he was to sign the
register Immediately beneath the sig.
nature of Jack London, who had
signed with flourish, Yours for the
revolution Whereupon Mr. Wells
wrote In his fine. small handwriting.
There amt a-going 10 be no revolu-
ton, and carefully signed his name
% the sentiment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02

would be picked up by some passing
tug
Without the tovline to steady il the
lost barge pitched and rolled. in con-
stant lan-cr Uf turning turtle Huge
seas broke over it. demolishiue the
window lights of the tiny cabin and
threatening to sweep it entirely of
the deck Henrik Ibsen. the cat.
which had seen five years before
the mast, spread his sea legs far apart
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02
"Unuvriitten LaQv";
Notable Instances
of IFS Application.

Its Application Bereaved the
Emperor of Austria. Who Took
No Revenge for the Killing of
His Son-Prince Baldwin of
Belgium. Hei, Apparent to the
Throne. Violated Its Pyovi-
SONS, and His Slayer. an Indie-
mani Husband Was Never
Troubled by the Authorities
II Has q Relation, Too. in Eu.
ropean Countries 10 the Duel.
TO Cheating and TO ,SnIcIde.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02
Those Eicka Autos

Stabb-I understand that Cogge-
called his new automobile The LOO.
ster because it was so red.
Penu-And is it still The Lobster
StHob-No, it ran away the othe-
day and turned turtle-Chicago DailJ
News
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02

man and race horse owner, in the
apartments of Mrs. Deacon on that
memorable night in the hotel at Nice,
| and shot him as he endeayOred to
conceal himself behind a sofa, he
acted strictly in accordance with the
| demands Of unwritten law, and 1t may
| safely be assumed that II he had been
Frenchman instead of a foreigner,
| and an American at that, he would
never have been sentenced TO even
the brief term Of imprisonment TO
which he was condemned.
| UnWritten Law and the Duelo.
| Duelling Is even more strictly Tor
hidden By law in England than on the
continent But If a member Of the
! English diplomatic service, or an Off
! Ger OF the English army or navy, re-
| ceives while abroad a challenge to
| fight or IS made the subject Of an in
! dignity calling for redress to fight, he
| IS forced to resign not only his COM
mission but also the membership Of
his clubs Not even all the immense
social influence OF colonel the Hon.
Frederick Wellesley, brother OF the
late Earl Cowley, and now husband
OF the widowed Duchess Of yelling
ton was able to save him from fate
such as this while acting as charge
daffalrcs OF Great Britain at Vienna
some II or 10 years ago. Col. Weltes-
ley. who was also A. ID. G.. to Queen
Victoria, became involved in the Aus
trian capital in quarrel about a wom-
an with an Austrian nobleman, Count
X. who resented to such an extent
his behavior, as well as his remarks,
that he struck him with his glove
across the face and challenged him TO
! fight Wellesley refused, however, to
accept the challenge on the ground
that by so doing he would render him
self liable to dismissal from the army,
owing to the fact that the English
articles of war prescribe the penalty
Of being cashiered for every officer
involved in "A duel either as a princi-
pal or as a second.
Sal'Np W dSN ~ ITO SS''S' o's
Wellesley was at once relieved Of
his office of charge d'affaires at the
suggestion of the Viennese court,
which did not relish the idea of being
compelled to accord diplomatic hon
ors to a man who had thus shown the
white feather, and shortly after his
return to London one Of his fellow
officers Of the Guards, Capt. John Del.
acour. who had witnessed the affair
at Vienna, brought the matter before
the notice OF the other members OF
the corps. In due course IL reached
the ears of the old duke of Cambridge.
cousin of Queen Victoria and general.
issimo of the British army. He sent
for Col Wellesley and asked him II
II We're true that he had taken shelter
behind the army regulations to avoid
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02

aimed for the porch of the Dodson
homestead. He toiled furiously at the
steering wheel, and only tore down
one angle of the veranda.
This caused him to carom out
onto the roadway again and he was
soon flying diagonally toward a busy
restaurant. In his emotion he had
one foot on the syren and it was
wailing horribly when he collided with
the outstanding bill of fare and rolled to
the window. The car hit the structure
fair and stopped. Wilkes went out
through the window and dived over
three tables, landing headlong on the
fourth at which five negroes were sit.
ting about platter of ham and eggs.
There was CONSERVATION amidst them
and the ham and eggs, but at this
iuncture Wilkes lost consciousness.
When they took him and the shat
tered car home his mind was on his
childhood days.
to maintain his balance and yowled
dismally.
Narsen retired to the cabin. Until
the storm cleared he went out only
to blow the foghorn. When night
came on he hung out his lights.
The tug AGONY put into South Am
boy with the report that she had
spoken the Colonel Gaynor and that
the Manhattan was adrift somewhere
off the Jersey coast. Two tugs were
sent out to look for the missing barge.
The Moran, nosing about the lower
bay, ran across the Manhattan. Mar
sen was in the cabin and Henrik Ibsen
on the roof. Narsen was blowing the
big horn as hard as his weakened CON
dition would permit. He had been
without food the greater part of three
days.
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duct bacchanalian party Of men and
women into the apartments OF his
wife, the Archduchess Marie Josepha
I'm order. as he explained, that they
might see what an arChduchess
locked like In bed-was stopped in the
corridor leading to her apartments by
his aide-de-camp. who drawing his
sabre threatened to run through the
body anyone excepting the archduke
who endeavored to pass him.
The crowd, sobered by the serious.
ness Of the situation, hesitated and
then withdrew. But the archduke was
so beside himself with rage at being
baked in his project that he struck
the young officer a blow in the face.
The matter was brought to the imme-
date notice of the commander of the
garrison, who communicated by tele-
graph with the emperor Francis
Joseph ordered that the young officer
be prevented from doing himself any
harm, at all costs fastened to the
scene from Vienna and, having as
Stllnltu All lut plluCipd4 pLA'tlS sum
moned both his nephew, Archduke
Otto and the young aidede-camp to
his presence.
Apostrophizing the latter in his
kindiest manner, he exclaimed: Il
have to express my gratitude to you,
sir. for having undertaken the de-
Tense OF my dear niece at a moment
when she was in urgent need of your
protection. In so doing YOU received
a blow for which you yourself cannot
obtain satisfaction and which YOU
could not return But | can redress
that indignity for YOU, and with that
he strobe up 70 Archduke Otto, and
before all present slapped his face,
thereupon ordering him under arrest
for period OF six months. ana de
priyed him OF his command. The
young officer was promoted and deco
rated Rut had it not been for the
emperor's Interference and for the
manner in which he avenged the at,
front imposed upon the young \. D,
G.. the latter would have been com.
PEELED by unwritten law TO hsye blown
out his brains
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02
In Relation to the Thaw Case.

With regard to the application OF
the unwritten law TO the case of
Harry Thaw, there are several CON
SideratiOns To be noted In endeayoring
10 bring II to bear upon the tragedy
of Madison Square roof garden. II
young Mrs Thaw had been without
any stormy anteCedents. and had been
subjected by Stanford White TO indig-
mites and insulting proposals since
her marriage, her husband would have
been justified. according to the terms
Of the unwritten law, as understood
abroad. in shooting him, though OF
course II would have been more chiv-
alrouS to have given him a chance OF
defending himself instead of taking
him AT disadvantage and unarmed
But unfortunately, young Mrs
Thaw is not without 4 past. that she
was educated at the cost or White
and had known him first a. a school
girl then az a model, and finally as q
chorus girl, for several years prior 70
her marriage cannot be denied Her
relations With White before becoming
Mrs Thaw. and also her career In
New YORK and Paris prior It's her mar.
riaEe We're az a nature t0 aeaar her
husband from shooting White unless
he had actually caughr hlm I'm the
Very act Of insulting her Tha, st
least IS the status Of the rhaN .Nht.a
drama from the point Of y.aa III ,.g.
Written aw-New YOr, tNa-t3
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-03-02

2 beDfeHiID tU"sH StaH-
ford White Was Actually
Caught in tho Act Of Insulting
Mrs Harry Tb1w. Her Hds-
hand Was Not Justified IN Kill
ing HIM Under the tnwritten
Las.
OF all the popular phrases OF the
English language there is none that
IL more mlsuscd and misunderstood
than that OF 'unwritten law" And
just at the present time 1t is on every
body's lips in connection with the
trial for murder OF Harry X. Thaw.
TO judge from popular comment,
one would imagine that its iurisdic'
ton was restricted exclusively TO one
or at the most two particular classes
OF homicide, But it covers far
larger ground and affects almost
every phase OF our life.
Among the several stories current
concerning the mysterious tragedy of
Mcycrling, which robbed the veneer
able emperor Of Austria of his only
son. the most generally accepted
version Is that he was slain by the
uncles Of Baroness Marie Vetsera or
else that he was sub ected by them
to such bodily injuries that he blew
his brains out, the men having learned
of the princes intention to cut adrift
from the girl, In compliance with his
pledge to his parents, instead OF
marrying her after securing "A di.
yorce from Crown Princess Stephanie.
Prince Baldwin Paid Penalty.
In Brussels, in the Avenue Louise,
foreign visitors are still shown a de.
serted house. where Prince Baldwin Of
Belgium, favorlto nephew OF King Leo
pold. and heir apparent to the throne,
was killed by an indignant husband
OF princely but not royal rank In
this instance. however. the tragedy
was followed by separation of the
noble couple involved Baldwin of
Belgium, in spite of his popularity.
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has no alternative but either to kill
himself or else to disappear and seek
his fortune in some remote foreign
country, where. disguised as to APP
pearance, silent as to his origin, and
under an assumed name, he passes
his time in fear and trembling lest he
should be recognized and be once
more driven forth like the wandering
Jew of old from his temporary refuge.
Construed Insults.
There are all sorts Of minor pro-
visions of the unwritten law which it
would take too much time and space
to enumerate here, but among which
may be mentioned the rule which con-
filing his neighbours glass slants tho
bottle backward instead of forward
More than one sanguinary duel has
been fought to the personal knowls
edge OF the writer in Austria for =
breach of etiquette of this kind. In
the same way in the orient, if in
showing the blade of a sword to an
acquaintance one happens to turn the
edge thereof toward him he will con-
slider his honor impugned, and if by
any chance he is a Japanese of rank
he is capable of going off and commit
ting suicide by ripping himself open.
leaving a document stating that hav-
ing been insulted honor demanded
that he should commit hara-kiri and
calling upon his nearest relatives to
ayenge him
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-13
A Characteristic Letter
Special to the News.

Special to the News.
 Little Rock, Dec, 13.-One of the letters so characteristic of Senator Davis Jeff, written to a friend in Little Rock, two days before he spoke on the trust bill, reached Little Rock this morning. It read as follows:
 T received your welcome let ter on the 9th inst. and was in deed glad to hear from you. In fact, l would like to see an Ar. kansas dogs tail wag this way. 1 have jumped head over heels into the chilly waters of senatorial dignity and custom, and the old members are looking rather crosseyed at me and I think they are framing up to give me the worst of it, but I will try to hold my own day after tomorrow. The newspapers here have been kind to me, especially of the North and East, the Hearst papers, the Baltimore Sun and the New York Herald. I have prepared a skeleton of my remarks and given it to the Associated Press with the 'pizen' left out. 1 shall inject that on the floor. 1 will make a regular Arkansas stump spnech and give the old members a touch of high life. Most of the Senators say 1 will have a pack ed gallery. If so, I will be pleased. Senator Tillman very seriously and confidently remind ed me that he hoped 1 would make good, but his tone indicat- ed that he was not sincere.
 1 will leave here on next Sat. urday and be home about Tues day. Gov. Clarke will leave, he tells me, about Tuesday week, forhome. We are doing absolutely nothing, and l see no reason to hang around the hotel when you are dying to see home folks"
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-13
Turns 10 proh ihiii0n

Hot Springs, Dec. 12.-George kilgore, the best known saloon man in Garland county, has sold his interest and announced his intention of voting the prohibition ticket hereafter. Kilgore said that he had long closed his eyes to the evil wrought by drink and like many of his class ascrib. ed the fault for excess to the individual and held the purveyor guiltless.
 Now he says, he views the mat ter in different light and with change of opinion came deter imitation to get out of the busi- ness. One cause that contributed indirectly to his resolution was the frequency with which friends from the country called upon him to bail them out of jail.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-13
Brice Cummins.
The Blind School Muddie

Special to the News
 Little Rock, Dec. 13. -Instead of the controversy between the school teachers for the superin- dency of the Arkansas school for the blind being settled it now ap. pears that it is just beginning. Late Thursday afternoon Gov ernor X. o. Pindall took another dig into the case, with the result that instead of being one mem bership in doubt, there are four, in fact, each member with the exception of the three who sup ported Prof. Thomas A. Futrall, are deposed by the governor and four other men are ap- pointed.
 This action of the governor came like a thunder bolt from a clear sky, the only intimation being the interview with Govern or Pindall publishnd in these col umns last Tuesday, in which he declared that the fight is not yet over by any means. After a consultation with large num- Der of advisers yesterday, Gov ernor Pindall at late hour yes
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-13

terday afternoon caused com missions to be issued to three new members of the board, de posing Trustees Cruce, Davis and Matlock. These new com missions were issued to A. 5. Hays, of Russellville; Aylmer Flenniken and Walter Bruce, of Ft. Smith. Governor Pindall at once wrote to Prof. $. D. Lucas advising him to proceed to the blind school and take charge of the institution, that he is, under the ruling of the supreme court, entitled to the-position. This was after considerable cOnferr- ing with friends and attorneys. That this is not the end of the fight none deny, and special meeting of the Board of Trus- tees of the State Charitable In stitutions is expected ill a short time, at which decisive action is expected.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-13

they can do. Prescott and Neva- da county have numerous resi- dents older than T years and has one resident H. Greeson, al most 90 years. Dr. Hinton him. self is IS years of age and re markedly well preserved, still having his natural teeth and in possess of vigor and strength not to be found in men fifteen and twenty years his junior.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-13
About Town.

The News has but few enc mics and they consist entirely of people we have failed to write up in About Town. However, they should not be so impatient. Probably tomorrow's paper will convert them.
 One of Prescott's prettiest young ladies came down town today with her hair floating in the breeze, as if she had dressed hurriedly.
 It was early, and we supposed that she had a reasonable excuse for her seemingly dowdy ap- pearance.
 Probably noting the fact that she was the censure of many criticising eyes, she remarked to About Town"
 T wish you would state in your paper that the latest style in hair dressing is to wear all you can well carry on your head and to make it appear in as tan. gled condition as possible. Of course 1 can't help the fact that people are not educated in the matter of what is expected of an up-to- date coiffeur.
 EDITOR ABOUT TOWN.
 Your column is certainly in teresting. How do you get on to so much. ANXIOUS
 Hush, Don't talk so loud, or there wont be anything to print for spell.
 Two local citizens, a democrat and a populist, were discussing Jeff Davis this morning, and the democrat said:
 Why Mr.-I thought you were Jeff Davis man.
 I never was-never voted for him in my life
 But" remarked the demo. crat, isn't there such a thing as a man forgetting"
 Yes, remarked the populist, and is there such a thing as a man never knowing.
 Dr. Hinton, the venerable phy sician and optician, read an ac count of the death of the oldest man in Benton coun- ty in a Little Rock paper yesterday, and considerable stress was laid upon the fact that deceased was n years of age. Benton county will have to go way back and sit down and hush all talk about belng a healthy commonwealth if that is the best