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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17
When Brown
Found Out
BY J. A. FLYNN
>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
(Copyright.)

There was only one drawback to
Lady Lydia, society said-her own ex-
elusive society. The drawback was
her husband.
His name was Brown, and he was
the only son of Bill Brown, the million
aire. 1t was not merely that he had
missed the civilizing influences of a
public school and a university. He
had actually taken part in his fathers
business for four years. He had even
been known to allude to the fact. So
he was clearly an outsider.
Otherwise there was nothing objec.
honable about him. He was we'll edu-
Gated, though he lacked Latin and
Greek, very well-mannered, and pass.
ably well-dressed; fair good looking
giant, so awkwardly big that he al
ways seemed a trifle clumsy. Lady
Lydia, who said very hard things in a
very soft voice, called him her dane
ing bear. The name stuck to him.
Men, as rule, applied it without
Ill nature. Browns bit of an ass,
and a rank outsider" Lord Carthwaite
sometimes apologized-he was Lady
Lydia's brother, and wild even for the
heir to an earldom. "But he's a we'll
meaning ass, and a gentlemanly out
sider." That was the general male
opinion, tinged with considerable re-
spect for his physique and skill at
games.
He was densely stupid at the great
social game Of Irritation. His wife
was 'all the women" so far as he was
concerned, and he saw nothing wrong
in anything that she did; not even in
her flirtations. To be strictly correct,
he did not perceive that she firted.
Lady Lydia did not parade her
genius for Irritation, and a cleverer
man than her husband might have
overlooked it. It was generally sup.
posed that her wardrobe lacked a
heart-till Capt. Graham came along.
His filtration with Lady Lydia was
different from the others; a case of
Greek and Greek.
Some of the men used hard words
about Brown. They thought he ought
to punch Graham's head, being the
only man there who could do it. In
stead of that, he beat him at billiards
and tennis. He liked Graham.
'He's a good sport" he told Lady
Lydia, "and he doesn't look on me as
an outsider, like the rest Of Them
Next day Lady Lydia and Capt.
Graham went off in the motor. They
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17

drove in turn-40 miles an hour
shaving corners and nearly running
into quarry, and laughing careless
ly at their narrow escapes.
"You and I and Carthwaite have all
the pluck here" she said, as they
went headlong down Breakneck Hill.
NO." Graham protested. There's
your husband
"My husband?" She looked at him
quickly, and shrugged her shoulders.
zones husband never counts
"Not with his wife, apparently; but
hang it all, Lydia, he's man! You
may be surprised to hear that l, like
him; but do. I'm going away"
Lady Lydia curled her lip scorn-
fully.
"Of course" she said, "if you're
afraid Of him-perhaps you'd better"
Graham flushed dark red.
"Now I shall stay" he said; and he
stayed.
The flirting grew more pronounced
after that. It seemed almost as if Ora
udM W1sAeu DiO"u " uOIlce IL. AL
last he did. He spoke to his wife at
once. If he had an unpleasant thing
to do he always did it promptly.
Look here. LYDIA" he remarked;
II don't interfere with you much,
but Well, it's no use beating about
the bush. I have no doubt of you,
of course; and Graham's q nice fellow,
and I don't wonder that you like to
talk to each other; but there's too
much Of it, and people are beginning
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17

asking for second helpingJ what
brand is IT,"
Mr.. Lowden didn't know. He asked
the butler. The answer was that it
was sole.
Sure enough it u.s." said Mr.. Low
den. II had forgotten that it was the
season for sole. And dare say you
caught them right out of the little
lake this afternoon. didn't you, but
ler?"
And what was a poor butler to do?
Washington Star.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17
interesting perSOn-


age. LEnfant came to America with
Lafayette, entered the American army
and shortly became a captain of en-
gineers, reaching, before the conclu-
sion OF the war, the rank of major. To
him is given the credit of devising
the magnificent plan of the city of
Washington. The plan, it has been
said, was suggested by that of the
ancient city of Annapolis, which is
dominated by the state house, as that
OF washington is by the capitol. The
original plan of the capitol was de-
signed by DIR. Thornton, and although
1t was pronounced by Mr.. Latrobe to
be one of the first designs of modern
times, 1t proved so faulty and imprac-
tlcable in detail that a committee of
congress called upon Mr. Benjamin H.
Latrobe to help to straighten things
out. Mr.. Latrobe had been appointed
surveyor of the public buildings in
washington and experienced such diff
nculty In dealing with DR.. Thornton
that he resigned. But the president
would not accept his resignation, and
ne received authority to complete the
capitol. About this time, namely, in
1906, Latrobe wrote in his journal as
follows:
Daily through the city stalks the
picture of famine, L'Enfant and his
dog. The plan of the city is probably
his, though others claim it. This sin.
gular man, of whom 1t is not known
whether he was ever educated to his
profession or not, has the courage to
undertake any public work that might
be offered to him. He has not sue
ceeded in any, but was always honest
and Is now miserably poor. He is too
proud to receive any assistance, and
1t Is very doubtful in what manner he
subsists."
Before this time L'Enfant had been
employed by Robert Morris to design
and supervise the erection of a dwell
Ing In Philadelphia. The design of
this house was monstrosity, and the
attempt to build it ruined both Nor
ris and the architect. The house was
l20 feet long by 60 deep and Latrobe
spoke Of it as complicated and I'm.
Ineligible mass"
After Latrobe saw L'Enfant in
Washington looking like a picture of
famine, L'Enfant was offered the place
OF professor of engineering at West
Point Military academy, but declined
1t. He was frequent visitor at Chill
lum Manor, in Prince George county,
and there he was cared for in his
last illness. He was buried there in
the family graveyard.
Latrobe seemed to have no doubt
that the plan of the city of Washing
ton was made by L'Enfant, and in this
day it is accepted as historical fact.
That plan establishes the genius of
L'Enfant. It seems beyond belief that
in the very infancy of the republic a
man could have looked forward with
prophetic eye and designed a city
which can be suitable only as the
capital of great and opulent coun-
try. It was designed for just such a
city as 1t has grown to be, namely, a
city of residences and public build
ings. For business or commercial
city the streets are too wide and the
design unsuitable. But as capital
city, and residence city with the re-
sources of the whole country to help
Observation-Disclosures.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17

for the removal of
the remains of
Maj. Pierre Charles
LEnfant to Wash
ington and the
erection of a suit
a b lie memorial
over his grave re-
calls the career of
an eccentric and
intorocfipo rorcop
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17
Princeton's Staff Of Professors.

With the accession of Professors
Capps and Abbott, the classical de,
partment of Princeton university will
enroll "a professors, preceptors and in.
structors, being probably the largest
and strongest classical faculty in
America.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17
CITY HIS MONUMENT
BONES OF L'ENFANT SHOULD
REST IN WASHINGTON.
Appropriate Move to Honor the Man
Who Designed and Laid Out the
Magnificent Capital Of the
United States.

The item of $1,000 in the sundry
civil bill reported to congress to pay
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-07-17

One of the electrical plants in Ger
many employs 5000 workers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
AFTER SLEEPING
CAR MONOPOLY
ALABAMA COMMISSION WANTS
TO KNOW WHY RATES SHOULD
NOT BE REVISED.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 22.-As
an evidence that it is better to see
the Railroad Commission before rates
are made by any transportation com
pany, the Pullman Company has been
cited to show cause why it should not
revise it's rates in the State. The ci-
tation grows out of new schedule
presented a few weeks ago without
consulting the Commission and which
is said to be in the main an increase
over the old list.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis is also called upon to show why
1t does not give better service between
Atlanta and Guntersville; why it does
not improve accommodations for pas
senger and freight traffic handling at
and give better service
at BoaZ. 1t is desired that trains run
so that passengers may leave Gunters-
vile in the morning, catch the Ala
bama Great Southern at Alfalfa, get
to Birmingham, transact business and
get back in time to get train at night
from Alfalfa back to Guntersviiie.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
THIS ENGINE IS
SURELY ILL-FATED
SOUTHERN LOCOMOTIVE 500
ADDS TWO TO ITS LIST OF
VICTIMS.

TUSCUMBIA, Ala, Nov. 22-AlDert
Sshmuck, fireman, aged %, and Geo.
Roberts, fiagman, aged o. were bur-
led under engine 306, one mile east of
Leighton, on the Memphis division
of the Southern Railway, ten miles
east of Tuscumbia, this afternoon at
Ais o'clock, both being dead when
found.
The men were employees of the
Southern. Schmuck leaves a family
in Memphis, but Roberts was unmar-
ried.
The engine in charge of engineer
Robert Demunbrum and fiagman Rob-
erts left Tuscumbia this afternoon,
running light to relieve a disabled en-
CINE on train No. a. at Hillsboro.
When within a mile of Leighton it
turned over without warning. Engi-
neer Demunbrum was thrown out of
his cab window and escaped with
painful bruises.
A special train with the company's
physicians, Drs. Palmer and Greer,
left Tuscumbia for the seen eof the
wreck at $50 o'clock to render medi-
cal assistance to the wounded engi-
neer,
The dead fiagman resided at Wood
Vile, and was to have been married
shortly to young lady of Stevenson.
The dead men will be brought to Tus-
cumbia and their bodies sent from
his city to their respective homes.
Engine 300 seems to be an Inflated
locomotive, it being siad that five men
lave met their deaths in accidents In
which it has figured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
EXERCISE FOR
NAVAL OFFICERS

WASHINGTON, Nov 23.-The re-
port on the question of prescribing an
annual physical test for officers of the
navy has been cbompleted by Acting
Secretary of the Navy Newberry and
it will be sent to President Roosevelt
in few days. AS soon as it has been
approved by the President and gen.
eral order prescribing the details twill
be adopted. Although no statement
on the subject can be obtained, 1t is
said a working test similar to those
of artillery officers will be ordered.
The Presidents letter inquiring
or not an annual test was
desirable will be referred to Surgeon
General Rixey, Of the navy, who warm
Iy endorsed the plan. The order will
be issued within few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
EX-GOV. cox HAS
JOINED THE ENEMY
GONE RAcK TO HIS OLD COM
PANY, THE LIQUOR INTER-
ESTS OF THE STATE.

BRISTOL, Tenn, Nov 19.-ExGov.
John |. Cox today gave The Tennes-
sean correspondent a signed inter-
view in reply to an editorial in The
Tennessean Wednesday,, demanding
his position on the temperance ques-
ton as between statewide prohibition
and local option, he having been an
ardent advocate of Carmacks candi-
dacy on the statewide prohibition
platform. He says:
In answer to The Tennessean edi-
torial of the 18th l call your attention
to the appended al ticle, published in
the Sullivan County Developer of Sept.
10, 1908, defining my position in the
recent campaign.
Il wrote every word of this article
and meant every word of it. l have
not since changed my mind in any
particular Before | was nominated
for the senate | declared in a speech
before the Bryan club at Bluff City
that I stood squarely on the state plat
form.
In all of my speeches before the
election I stated that | was for the
state platform and local option for the
next two years.
"Mr. W. R. Hamilton, head of the
Anti Saloon League in Tennessee, op-
Dosed me in my election because l was
FOR the state platform on the temper
nice question. l was not nominated
or the senate until Oct. 3, 1908. Be !
'ore l was nominated l gave out an
1terview that was published through
,ut the state, saying that l would sup
,ort the state platform. The Sullivan
county mass convention that Endorsed
ne for the senate declared for local
option. Yours truly
JOHN I. COX" !
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27

mpnarehs 20 grant a fun representa-
Tive government. but they must srst
command a majority in the Reiehstae
and that. seemingly. As only possible
azn rcionged and OverwheIm.
ing agitation for a re-arrangenent .,
eieetorsl districts so that the artisans
IN the industrial centers shall have
equal ballot rights with the protected
-7od-growing interests. which are on
osed % a change.
There has been no change in the
boundaries Of the Reichstag eonstit.
ienc-es since the Empire was formed
l1f'1e the Interval OF thirty-seven
Years the populations have increased
from 100000 to 63.OOO.OOO. The
reiehr Of The population has shifted
or the country to the town districts.
hence il Is possible for "a per cent
( the population TO choose 50 per
cent OF the Parliament The Consery-
'fiyes elect member with an average
II IS 232 votes. and the Socialists with
p average Of 1871 votes. SO that the
political free thinker, living in the
rading and manufacturing centers.
us 2 ballot co-eficient one-fourth that
4 the loyal peasant monarchists. /
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27

road the night OF the IRE. and YOU
never stood in that graveyard
"Lamphere told me that he had
been on the McLung road. and the
reason he had not hurried to the scene
Of the FIRE. was because he though il
wasn't his business II folks did burn
10 death.
Until then Lamphere also told me
that he had spent the night OF jan
uary II in Michigan City. had slept
there all night This. / later found
cut to be an untruth, as / learned that
RAJ had come to LaPorte early that
evening on the street car with George
Wright. Ray got OF at the power
house. | then went to Lamphere at
the suggestion that he would have
saved himself a lot OF trouble. This
is supposed to have been the night OF
Oct. IA. | asked Ray if he denied he
had caught Mrs. Guinness trying to kill
Helgelein. He did not deny. but said
/ would not be fair to his lawyers to
ak about it"
Sheriff Amistiss will be recalled to |
he stand tomorrow. 1t is believed |
he confession which Lamphere is said
0 have made will be introduced.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
ELECT
HAS BUSY SUNDAY
VISITORS TO Mr.. TAFT ARE NU-
NERVOUS AND MANY CUES
TIoNS DISCUSSED.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, Nov 22.-More
numerous, with more diversion as to
purpose, were the callers received by
President-elect Taft today than on any
day since he took up his residence
here in the coy bungalow among the
chestnut trees. Secretary Of War
Wright discussed the Philippine tariff
and army matters connected with the
Philippines.
Gen. Demetro Castillo, Judge Diaz
Alum and DR.. Arthuro Foutz, all of
| Havana, Cuba, extended congratula-
to the President-elect, and urged upon
him visit to Cuba when the change
of administration takes place next
January No discision has been
reached by Mr.. Taft
Denito Legatida, member of the
Philippine Commission; Pablo Ocam-
pc, delegate to Congress from the Is
lands, anud Fernando Calderon, Of
Manila called to talk over Philippine
matters.
Representative Lowering, of Massa.
chusetts, called to urge the exertiop
Of the Taft influence to have the tariff
hearings continued throughout the
coming short session of Congress.
Director Barrett, of the Bureau Of
American Republics. who was a din.
ner guest at the Taft cottage, said
the Central and South American re-
publics were much interested in what
was to be the attitude of Judge Taft
regarding the Roosevelt-Root policies
OF developing closer friendly and com.
mercial relations with that part OF the
world.
Il shall go back to Washington with
assurances OF the President-elect,"
said Mr. Barrett, that he not only
approves OF what has been done by
he last administration in this respect,
,ut shall make the continuance of this :
work one Of the features Of his own I
administration"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
RICE INDUSTRY
AND PROTECTION
VAST IMPORTANCE OF PRoDUc-
TON is SHOWN TO COMMIT.
TEE OF CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-When
the hearing before the House Ways
and Means Committee on the tariff
schedule for agricultural products and
provisions was resumed today Tulio
Larrinaga resident Commissioner
from Porto Rico, represented the in
terests of that island before the COM
mittee. eHspoke principally with re-
gard to coffee.
The Louisiana rice industry was
well represented. The paragraph the
present tariff law imposing a duty of
one-fourth Of cent per pound upon
rice -four, meal or broken, which will
pass through what is known CONNER
cially as mo. IL wire sieve" having
caused some contention because 1t is
claimed that sieve of varying sizes are
known as mo. H." 1t Is proposed to
amend the present law SO that the
sieve will be prescribed by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
Rice culture was begun in this coun-
try over 200 years ago in South Caro-
lima. In Louisiana, prior to the Civil
War, the annual rice output averaged
l 100000 pounds. From 1895 to 1900
the. States annual production was
over 1OO,00O,OO0 pounds. In 1907 there
were seyenty-four establishments,
with an invested capital or over s8;sl
900 900, engaged in the cleaning and
polishing of rice, of which forty-three
were in Louisian. The expectation in
the same year amounted to 2,44300S |
pounds, and the importations amount
ed to nearly 20O,OOO,OOO pounds, most
of which came from Japan and the
Chinese Empire.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
CARNEGIE ASKED
TO SHED LIGHT
WILL APPEAR BEFORE COMMIT.
TEE or CONGRESS TO TALK
ON IRON & STEEL TARIFF.

| WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.-As a re-
suit of the declaration Of Andrew Car.
negie in an article in the forthcoming
number Of the Century Magazine that
the tariff schedules on iron and steel
should be reduced. the Ways and
Means Committee of the House to-
night formally invited Mr.. Carnegie
10 appear before it this week to tell
what he knows about the steel indus
try and the possibility of the reduc-
ton of the tariff on iron and steel
products.
No reply had been received from
Mr.. Carnegie by the committee at IL
o'clock tonight, but as the telegram
of invitation was not sent until late,
no reply was expected until tomorrow.
The members of the committee were
unit in refusing to discuss Mr.. Car
negies article, although all of them
admitted having read it as published
this morning.
Jerome Jones, of Boston, represent
ing the wholesale dealers In crockery
and glassware, was the first witness
today at the hearing on earths, earth
enware and glassware.
I'VE believe that the domestic man
ufacturer is entitled to protection" he
said, but not beyond the point which
he himself, during the past twelve
years, has demonstrated as sufficient.
We believe that the difference in the
cost of production of American and
foreign ware is nearer 80 or 35 per
cent than 55 per cent on white and
so per cent on decorated ware, which
are the protective duties imposed by
he present law. This difference Of
about 20 per cent represents excess
Mr. Jones declared that
on the poorer grade of toilet
ware is unnecessary and is excessive
IN the better grade.
Geo. W. Kinney, of Cleveland, o.,
llso spoke for reduction of 25 per
.ent in the tariff
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
CAMPAIGN FUND
LIST PUBLISHED
DEMOCRATS SPENT OVER $500. 900
IN THE RECENT NATIONAL
ELECTION.

NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-Chairman
Mack and the other executive officers
Of the democratic party have sent 70
the committee a report on the cam
paign fund. They say that these lists
filed at Albany contain more than
$4,000 names, representing more than
100000 contributions They give this
summary:
Total amount received, 1905, $780,
634.77; total amount disbursed, $685.
410.06; balance on hand, S1,234.7l.
Distribution Of disbursements Audi
tors Office, SS66.5O; secretary's ONCE,
S410S.51; treasurer's office, $5.073.21;
commercial travellers, 1853; club or
ganization bureau, s5,O2O.76; labor
bureau, S37.407.36; advisory commit
tee, s3,020.95; organization of states,
s129,S53.62; purchasing agent depart
ment,$ 81 ,340.73; finance committee,
s26, 586.54; congressional committee,
$685.; publicity bureau. $SS,899.43;
7X-treasurer's account miscellaneous
sight draft on Oklahoma bank, $4,.
)10S5; sergeant-at-arms, $4,046.37;
documents, S142, 43735; chairman and
7ice-chairman, s6,4SO; reproduction
bureau, $5,115; speakers bureau, $685. !
'S6.95; general fund, $38,111.S0; rent
If quarters, 13,746.72; kilograms, 3d.
81; telephones, $2,199.SO; express
charges, $1S,O61.17; postage, $37,.
52.54; total, 1913, 41O.O6.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
HAD INTENDED
TO ADMIT ARSON
LAmPHERE ON CHARGE FOR MUIR.
DER OF MRS. GUINNESS,
so STATED.
TESTIMONY OF The SHERIFF
Story Of Alleged Murderer's Comics
sion is Told on Witness
Stand.

LAPoRTE, Ind, Nov. 1s.-'I intend
ed to plead guilty to arson, but on
account of my mother, decided not to
do it"
These words were spoken by Ray
Lamphere, on trial for the murder OF
Belle Guinness and her three children.
They were addressed to VIM. Amis-
4 tiss, sheriff-elect of LaPorte county,
shortly after Lampheres arrest. This
is the feature of the testimony of
Amistiss, which was brought today at
the end of the afternoon session.
Amistiss stated that he heard the
remark several weeks ago in the pres
ence of several witnesses. Il thought
all along Lamphere was guilty until
short time ago, when learned some
thing and then l didn't know what to
think. l am positive he caught Mrs.
Guinness killing Helgelein, bur l am
not sure about his setting the house
afire."
Asked for explanation by the de-
PENDANTS counsel, Amistiss replied in
vague terms that he referred to some
poison as the cause of Helgelein's
death.
Amistiss related an interview which |
he had with Lamphere in the Jail cell |
the night of the arrest. Lamphere |
said:
Il went to Niger Lies house about
10 o'clock on the night before the fire.
l carried few bottles of beer and
couple of pounds of meat to the wo-
man. She cooked the meal and then
both of us drank the beer. l set the
alarm for 3 o'clock and awoke at that
time the next morning. 1t was very
dark and raining fine drizzle. Feel
ing rather sleepy, lay down again for
a few minutes and got up about 1925,
when | drank bottle of beer and
started on my way to the Wheatbrook
farm. AS I came to the Lake Shore
tracks on Park street | saw a man
and woman pushing a baby in go
cart coming along. l hid behind the
tower until they got past me. could
not recognize them. When | came to
he Lake Erie crossing, near the I
/ saw fire in the distance
and saw smoke coming out the win
low and the roof / could not see it
very well from the tracks, so l walked ]
Town into the graveyard, where
watched it,"
Amistiss said that after Lamphere |
lad told him this story, he made an {
investigation and that Lamphere had {
'een lying.
why don't you stop lying to me,
lay. Now, you were on the McLung