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Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14

added, turning to surly-looking mate
who was pacing the quarterback, ''the
breeze is fresh'nin', better give hel
more sail. An we've had enough o
southin', better set our course for the
BASTARD until we get well up the chan
mel. You're safe, miss. There ain't
no small boat in England that car
overhaul jeremiah Tuggles an the
Flying Star, an there amt many
ships can do it, either"
Are you sure, captain?"
''Sartin,' said the captain.
Ellen did strange thing. She ra1
across the deck to the gangway, leaned
far over it, lifted her hat and waved il
three or four times at the boats vainly
pursuing Then not waiting for re
turn of her salute, she rejoined the
captain.
IF you please, captain she said
wed like to have something to ea1
and place to sleep. We've had moth
ing but hard tack and water since
yesterday morning, and what sleeI
we got we had to take in the cutter
"You shall have everything the ship
Affords said Capt. Tuggles, q
worthy seaman, there's only one
thing within reason that I can't sup
ply"
"And what is that?"
Female toggery." answered the cap
tain.
Il don't need that. like these
clothes" returned the girl, boldly.
The captain himself took the two
below. He called his cabin boy and
set before them prodigious quan
tity of substantial fare. They were
both hungry enough to have eaten
ruder provision with hearty zest
When their appetite was stayed, the
captain showed them to cabin with
two berths in it. Both women were
so tired that recriminations which
trembled in the air were deferred un
til they had taken needed rest
Dressed as they were, each crawled
into her respective berth and soon was
sound asleep.
It was dark before either awoke
What disturbed her, Ellen could mol
tell, but she suddenly found herself
sitting up in her berth listening to .
faint hail that came down the wind
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14

and wait for one of them other boats. -
What is your name?" asked Ellen.
''Tuggles," said the captain, Capt.
Jeremiah Tuggles, at your service
Capt. Tuggles," said Ellen, "did
you ever hear Of Capt. William Penn
Slocum of Philadelphia"
'That have, MISS"
He was my father"
"Oho!" said the captain. "Are yor,
the Pennsylvania girl that married the
English lord?"
Il am"
"And is the English lord in one of
them boats out yonder?"
'He is.''
can you're tryin' to git away from
him."
Indeed, I am. He has used me
cruelty
WELL said the captain, nodding
thoughtfully as if he understood it all,
'for the honor of America I'll do all
can to help you. An you, miss ?"
turning to Debbie.
I'm not trying to get away from
any English lord" answered Debbie,
"but there's a gentleman"
She stopped.
"Well, I'm very sorry for you,
MISS said Capt. Tuggles, but the
best I can do is to take you with your
friend. You can get off at Bordeaux
and go where you please, meanwhile
the ship is yours
'Will those boats catch us, cap
tain?' queried Ellen, stepping slowly
| across the deck to the landward side.
"Not if I don't want 'em to-" said
Tuggles, grimly. "Mr. Manthy," he
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14
Making a Hit luith the Boys

being diplomatic sort of teacher, he
didn't scold them and tell them how
sinful it is for little boys to 60 to the
theater, and especially to sit in the
gallery where only naughty little boys
go.
No, the teacher made an appoint
ment with every boy in the class to
meet him the following Saturday af-
ternoon, each boy to wear his Sunday
clothes and be equipped with . bag
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14
Sunday School Teacher Finds New
Way to Keep Up Class interest.

A Sunday school teacher on the up
per west side has class of boys who
are all at the age when to sit in the
upper gallery at burlesque theater
is the most delightful sensation in the
world except going to the circus. It
didn't take the teacher long to dis
cover the inclinations Of his boys, and
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14

garding legal requirements. Nearly every up
to-date American possesses insurance upon his
life. If it is not $1,000 it may be $500 or 500,
but among the richest citizens of the country
there are seven men who carry $1,000,000 or
more upon their lives. Rodman Wanamaker of
Philadelphia merchant prince, is insured to
the amount of $4,000,000. He is the most
heavily insured man in the world, for there is
not person, even among the monarchs of
the old hemisphere, who can lay claim to in
surance equivalent to one-half that amount
Two men in the United States carry $780,
600 upon their lives and there are four whose
death would net their families $1,000. 900,
enough to support several generations of fam
lilies.
Among New Workers Financier James B.
Colgate carries more insurance than any of
his neighbors in Gotham, his policies which
number nearly score, aggregating $1,500,000.
However, that sleepy old Quaker city
Philadelphia-shOWs the world thing or two
in providing for it's kin after the death of the
wage Garner The millionaires and multi-mil
1ionaires of that city in proportion to their
number have acquired far more life insurance
than those of any other city in America and
probably in the world
The Insurance Press, an organ which has
devoted itself this year to the gathering of
a great volume q. statistics on the subject,
has presented mass of information on the
subject. They all TEEN with the dollar sign
and show just how much money there is in
the Golfers of the country's rich. The statis-
tics touch only the high spots in a general re.
sumo, but they show the relations between
Americas great cities and give line on the
general rainy-day provisions which are taken
by men of nationwide fame.
A synopsis of the report follows:
'One hundred and eighty four residents of
Philadelphia are insured for $33,000,000, while
New York, with four times as many million
aires, has 491 residents insured for $57 900 00O
Chicago has 1856 millionaires insured for $24,-
100000.
"There are $3.50 men in the United States
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14
kept Secret MANY Years.

After keeping his secret for 26
years. David Henry has informed
W. B. Bancroft of Altoona, Pa, that
there is gold on the latter's farm on
Brush mountain. Henry found the
gold a quarter Of a century ago when
he was putting down a we'll, and de-
termined to buy it, but he was unable
to raise the money. Bancroft VIII b
gin prospecting at onco
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14

Problem in Social Economy.
Starvation story from Lapland 10 to
the effect that the natives are eating
cats to keep alive. Now, the questiol
is, what keeps the cats alive?
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14

day school class developed a healthy
growth out of the Christmas. Easter or
picnic seasOn.-New York Sun.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14

~ E""AoS,
That is a rather broad statement
There is just one exception in the list OF
things insurable. That is the directoire gown.
But there are so many insurable things
that the French creation is hardly missed.
Here's few of the things on whose destruc-
ton or safety you may wager, at long odds,
with insurance companies:
Lives, homes, births, deaths, marriage, do
nestle animals, livestock, barns, crops, circuses,
the success Of business, vessels, any sort of
conveyance, against injuries, beauty, suit OF
clothes, any wearing apparel, jewelry, false
hair teeth, health, athletic prowess, theatrical
productions, ideas of all kinds, airships, bank
accounts, stocks, bonds, success in the forma-
tion of social organizations, elections of all
kinds, fluctuations of the stock market, race
courses, important messages, exploring expe
ditions, mining enterprises rain, snow, heat,
cold, eyesight, bodily strength sanity, etc.,
etc, etc.
could keep up that string of things in
surable all day long, for in Lloyds' great insur-
ance directory in England there are dozens
of gigantic ledgers which list the articles and
human beings upon which that company and
other concerns are wont to bet in relation to
their destruction safety.
And out Of these insurance propositions grow
dozen side lines to each plan. For instance,
taking crops as example: You can insure
your wheat, corn, oats, barley, fax beet sugar.
butter, eggs cheese against destruction by
fire. by cyclones, by excessive heat, excessive
cold, by robbers or by accident The same
with your life. You may provide yourself with
insurance against injury on trains; if you are
a sailor, against drowning; if you are rail-
road fireman, against wrecks; if miner,
against being entombed, and so forth, until the
entire list has been exhausted.
But the sheath-directoire gown won't insure
The why and wherefore of this is because
insurance cliques believe that this article Of
wear is destined to become decidedly unpop-
ular in the United States. In Paris this might
be given consideration but in America the
populace is given credit for large stock of
feminine mOdesty.
Only recently this test was made in New
York Lloyds received an application for a
$4,000 policy on consignment of sheath
gowns from Paris, which were bought by big
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-14

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to give voice
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
INTERESTING FACTS.

Statistics show that. though fair
haired people are as a rule less strong
than those who have dark hair, yet the
former live longer than the latter.
The volume of freight sent by water
from New York can better be realized
when one considers the fact that 1850
tens are loaded on ships every hour.
GeIatine dvnamites are more difficult
to explode than the ordinary brands,
and require Quintuple force caps or
double strength fuses to develop the
full force
It is stated that Chinese officials are
to be sent to India to see how the salt
trade is handled in that country. with
the idea of adopting similar regulations
for China.
Students who have graduated IN Ger
many are being engaged for the Han
yang (China) iron works and arsenal
to improve the quality of the arms be-
Ing turned out there.
Wood blocks laid alongside rails are
preferred on asphalt-paved streets in
Frankfort, Germany, to any other sys-
ZEN OF connecting the street tracks and
The paving.-Houston Post
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
CONGRESSMAN WON
BY TRAINED NURSE
Representative Weems of
Ohio Will Wed Miss Nc
Nash, of Wheeling.

A happy romance is soon TO eliminate
In the marriage of Representative
Capel l. Veems of Ohio and Miss Min
ME McNasb. pretty trained nurse OF
Wheeling, w. Va, according to an
nouncement made IN that city today.
Representative Weems represents the
Sixteenth Ohio district, residing at st.
ClaiTsville, and a few months ago, on
account of Illness, acquired the services
Of a trained nurse Miss McNRsh came
to the Wecms home in her professional
capacity. so the story goes, AID within
a short time Cupid had put IN his work
IL being almost = case OF love at nrst
sight" When Mr.. Weems recovered
he decided that he would like 10 have
the nurse, who had so tenderly cared
for him in his illness, about him all
the time. and now the announcement
OF an approaching marriage Indicates
that so IL Is 70 be-
Representative WCems was married
once before. and has several children.
His wife died in 1904. he is forty-eight
years of age, while the prospective
bride Is considerably younger.
Mr. Weems left Washington for his
home ten Gays ago, and il vas said at
the Capitol this morning he would not
return for the reuIalnder OF the session.
q is said the marriage gil take place
in June.
Representative Weems, who enjoys a
lucrative law practice back home. has
recently decliI ed 10 run for Congress
| foTtably on tbs salary paid, so he eN-
planned. He has served three terms
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
AMERICAN CAR Off
FROM yLADNOSTOGK
Other Autos in Round-the-
World Race Probably
Left Behind.

ST. PETERSBURG. May 2s.-Except
that the Thomas car in the New York
TO Paris automobile race has left
Vladivostock. with sufficient quantity
Of gasolene TO carry it to the next sup
ply point. nothing is definitely known
con corning the progress the tourists are
making
The messages received here do not in
dicate whether the Zust and PrOtos cars
left with the Thomas. II is known there
was an agreement that none should start
until all were supplied with fuel. and
that the trio then should depart to-
gether.
The absence Of any reference 10 the
German and Italian autos suggests a
change IN plan, however, the Americans
evidently having provided themselves
with gasOlene. aud perhaps decided to
wait no longer Cor their rivals.
Though military commanders IN the
country through which the cars must
pass have orders 70 keep an eye on the
racers, news OF almost impossible roads
and the prevalence Of brigaudage give
ground for much uneasiness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
ELECTRIC CURRENT
FOR ANESTHESIA

Anesthesia by the use OF electricity
with no nausea, no sickness and no
evil effect on the heart, just a sound
sleep in which no pain can be felt by
the patient, is the remarkable disCOV-
cry an Omaha physician, DR.. Frederick
Millener, has just made public Dr..
AIiuener has experimental along the
lines of electrical anesthesia for sew
eral years and has just announced be-
fore the Douglas County Medical So
ciety, of which he is a member. the
successful result of his research.
The process OF producing anesthesia
is simplicity itself Briefly, the electric
current is sent through the human
brain. AS long as this current is pass
ing through the brain the nerves OF
sensation are paralyZed and the patient
feels nothing, knows nothing. The mo-
ment the current ceases TO pass through
the brain the patient RECEIVERS con-
seriousness.
The instruments necessary for the
work are: The power or current, rheos'
tat. switch to reverse the current,
Wheatstone bridge, miliiamperemeter,
volunteer.
IN applying the current the negative
pole is saturated in a saline substt-
tIte and placed on the forehead. The
positive pole IS placed on the spinal
cord. The terminals may be reversed,
but the results are not so good.
Total anesJhesia comes after about
two minutes OF current. When the
current is first applied respiration is
increased, but ~ thy anesthesia pro-
ceeds, becomes more normal. unless
the voltage is increased. A ten-vol.
current is utiliZea in the work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
BADGE Of PRESS
DEMANDS RESPECT
Major Sylvester Gives In
struction to Police, After
Incident at Fire.

That the press badge, when worn by
an authorized individual. must be rec
ognized by the men OF his department,
is. in effect, a statement made today
by Major Sylvester to the Commission
ers.
The value Of the press badge" says
the major, when worn by an author
lied representative of the press, VAS
questioned recently in a case where IL
was plainly the duty of the police TO
be present at a fire to protect the tire
men in their work, and the lives and
property Of the owners and occupants
of premises
The use OF the badge Is not author
ICED on occasions of this kind only, but
at times when crime is committed. &C
cidents occur or other emergencies.
The members of the press have a
duty to perform on such occasions, and
it becomes encumbent on those who are
authorized to regulate, protect and pre-
serve. to cooperate and extend TO them
every facility under the laws 10 pre-
serve their calling
In the instance in question, the Of
ficer's defense is that the badge was
not displayed. While the WeaTer and
those with him positively assert that
II was plainly exposed on the lapel oil
the coat.
THE confusion and darkness leaves
room for doubt as to its having been
observed. but that the representative
Of the press had IL and wore IL, there
seems to b.. 10 question.
This badge commends itself TO the
members Of the force on such occasions
as have been mentioned. not TO the eX-
tent that the ends OF Justice might h
I interfered with or labor Of firemeu OBJ
structed.
Circumstances must largely govern
| IT. such cases, but In all instances every
court asy and Information for the pub
! lie must be extended. including thC
| crossing OF fire lines, and IL IS the Of
/ hcers' duty 70 see that the badge is IN
! evidence
Compliance with this will be strictly
/ insisted upon"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
ROBERT HARPER.
Robert Harper Suddenly Succumbs
After Brief esS-FuneTal
Services Monday.

Robert Harper, eighty-three years old,
was found dead in bed this morning at
his home 1913 Kenyon street northwest.
Mr.. Harper returned yesterday from a
visit 20 Culpeper, Va, and just before
retiring complained that he did not feel
well.
Funeral services win be held Monday
and the interment viii be H. Union
Cemetery. Loesburg. Va.
Mr.. Harper was widely known IN
Washington, although he had lived here
only since 1901. He was q native OF
Alexandria, Va, where he was born.
July L. 1925. He spent his early life in
ShepherdstOwn, W Va, and later moved
dry goods business A short time before
the civil war he moved to LOudoun
county. Va. where no was connected
with the dry goods firm of Hough, Gray
& Co. and where he also conducted a
farm.
Mr. Harper was married twice. His
first wife was Mary Amelia Newton, by
whom there were seven children, six OF
whom are no wliVing-Mrs Maurice J.
Harper, Of Washington; Mrs. Rosslyn
n Nass. Of Culpeper. Va. Wells A.
Harper, of Leesburg, Va. and DR..
Charles z. Harper, Of DanvilIe, Va. His
second wine was Miss Roberta ". Par
TOtJ. or Alexandria Va BY this union
there were seven children, all OF whom
are now living They are Mrs. II. S.
Belts, Mrs. w. E Clarke. DR.. Bernard
+. Harper, r. Harper. and the Misses
Elizabeth +. and Roberta ". Harper
and Randolph Newton Harper, all OF
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
RIOTING STOPPED
BY CAR STRIKERS
Cleveland Authorities Trying
TO Agree on Arbitrator TO
Settle Trouble.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. May g Heroic
measures BY the police have stopped
rioting and dynamiting by the street
car strikers and their sympathizers, and
today more cars are running than at
any time ia the seven days Of the
strike. All night policemen patroled
the car tracks where schedules were
maintained Detectives were detailed
and followed the union leaders al
night long, even watching their hotels,
after the union men retired
Today leaders Of both sides are IN
session TRYING TO agree on q third ar
bltrator 10 take the place OF G. L
Shurtlen, secretary OF the local Y.
N. c. A, who declined to serve. The
strikers are also voting today on the
question OF returning 10 work with the
men now employed holding their runs
until the arbltratOTs decide the senior
ity question: The strikers are appar-
emily beaten.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
BURLESON SAVES
NATION 100000
Finds Clerical Error in the Bill on
Appropriations for the
District.

Representative BuTlesOn's eagle eye
saved the Government So. zoo today and
incidentally kept that amount from
going to public school teachers in the
District
Mr.. Burleson discovered that through
a clerical error and a displacement Of
the word hereafter in the District
appropriation bill the total appropria-
lions would be made 10000 too high.
The way the bill read when he disCov-
cred II was as follows
That hereafter teachers employed IN
normal, high and manual training
schools may be employed in group A.
class 6. and receive their longevity in
crease according 70 their number OF
years Of experience. IN teaching in ac-
credited normal. high or manual trsin-
ing schools
Mr.. Burleson put in a resolution and
had Il adopted that the hereafter
should be placed between the words
teachers and employed, instead of be-
fore teachers.
This made the bill correct
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
PHYSICIAN is HELD
BY THE GRAND JURY
Indictment Charging Housebreak-
ing Is Returned Against DR..
Robert L. Anderson.

DR.. Robert l. Anderson. who was
charged with break ng into the home OF
Alexander Weir. IS 81 street northwest
on May 3, and was committed TO Jail by
Judge Kimbau, in default OF 5000 bail
was indicted by the grand jury yester-
day.
The indictment charges him specih-
caIly with housebreaking and attempted
housebreaking. DR.. Anderson was the
physician OF the Wsir family. It is said
that when he pried open the door OF
the house the noise aroused Alexander
Weir. who. after a struggle. OYerpOw-
cred him IN the hallway.
Thirteen indictments were returned ir
ell. George l. Mowen, thirty-five. OF
Baltimore, who belongs 20 a prominent
Maryland family OF that name. was in
dicted on a charge Of forgery, 1t being
alleged that he passed a worthless
check on a Washington furniture deal
q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
MINISTER A SUICIDE
FOR CHILD ON STAGE
Could Not Endure Grief When
Daugher Left Home 10 Be a
Burlesque Actress.

WILKESBARRE. Pa. May %
Pretty seventeen-Sear-old Ruth FIetch-
or. a chorus girl OF the TOTeadOT Bur
lesque Company. playing at the Luz
zerne Theater OF this city. received
wOEd this morning that her father, the
Rev Rufus Fletcher. a Methodist min
lister Of St. Joseph, No. had committed
suicide last night because she went on
the stage
She was broken-hearted. and Il was
same time before she recovered sufhci-
entity 10 spAak. She said she left home
a year ago TO get on the stage despite
her fathers disapproval
She said her brother and she always
were infatuated with stage life, and
that when he made a success with
towards Minstrels, she decided also 10
60 on the stage She left at ora for
the West, but expects TO return o he1
company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
CHINESE IN MEXICO.

There are about 1900 Chinese living
IN the various towns Of the republic
Of Mexico. and nowhere IN the world
are Cinnamon better treated than in
the country OF President DiaZ." said
Sing Ii FOOn, a prominent merchant
Of Juarez, Mexico. Mexico knows no
racial prejudice. and every man. no
maIer what his nativity. is given a fair
show. AS q consequence. the Chinese
In Mexico are happy and prosperous
I do not complain q the exclusion law
Of the United States, but l. certainly IS
a hardship. In coming TO Baltimore
this time 1 had to get special permit
from washington 10 pass me through
FL Psso, Tex, beca use the regulations
are that q Chinaman must 60 from
Mexico 10 the United States either b.
way OF New Orleans or New York. To
do this meant loss Of time ard money
on my part, and besides was personal
injustice As I am merchant we'll
known throughout Mexico, and my sole
business IN this country was 20 pur-
chanse a heavy stock OF goods
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-23
TEMPERANCE I'M ENGLAND

A century ago drunkenness was
prevalent vice among all classes IN
England SO little was thought OF II
that William Pitt could apear IN the
house of commons in a state Of beast
" intoxicati0n while prime minister
without prov oking any unfaverable re-
mark. To-day our upper and middle
classes are as sober as any people In
the world How has this change been
brought about? Certainly not by acts
of parliament or compulsory restric-
tons Of any kind upon the consump-
ton Of liquor 1 suppose il is due 10
the progress of education and refine
ment, a better understanding OF the
poisonous effects Of alcohol. and the
formation of a more wholesome public
opinion in consequence As matter
of fact, the same influences have been
working with good and increasing eff
feet in the lower strata Of society for
twenty years or more past-London
Truth