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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-12-18
Che Best Christmas Gift Of ELL is
a banosome piece Of 1ewelrp.


ALL Christmas Gifts. Its lasting quality
added value to the sentiment the
gift the present Holiday have bought largely,
extremely favorable prices and offer pleasing selection jewel
all kinds guaranteed ggradc and offered surprisingly
figures. These suggestions showing what the stock
tans:
Dollar 75cGood ones Many other kinds
watch fully guaranteed
pleasing designs wide prices, and
on II reliable time keeper.
Gold splendid
o of all kinds Specially bought for Christmas
gifts expensive to magnificent settings
passed anywhere
Gaining in popularity especially for gifts nice
stock, all kinds, latest styles, low prices.
NelacesA pleasing variety of these goods,
any price you want to pay.
Brooches New and and attractive numbers reasonably
priced Always nm acceptable gift.
for both ladies' and All kinds
high grade charming Christmas
entf or either
Pins sand Knc
Knacks of them
find of suggestions Christmas giving
thingi forth that-and a prices
siverware-N Nothing appropriate
Wedding presents, and will find here choice line artistic
enough suit taste reasonable enough suit
any purse handsome enough to please the most critical
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-12-18
BOX GOODS FOR
PRESENTS

Put up in different
size boxes, fancy pack
ages which make adj
mirable Christmas pres
ents. Sometimes you
can give Ccndy when
anything else would not
be in good taste. Prices
run from SOC to $500.
The evening world., 1908-03-18
LAST CAP CLOSED
IN new YOHK'S
NEWEST BRIDGE
Little Tim" Sullivan, Acting
Mayor, Smashes a Bottle of
Champagne Over 1t.
ITS a fine bridget"

IT'S a fine bridget
The wind picked up Little Tim Sui
lvans words and whipped them back
to the rain soaked party that stood be-
hini him tn s afternoon on "A two-foot
steel grdsr splicing together the Man
haitian and Brooklyn ends Of the spans
of the new Blackwells Island Bridge
l5O feet above the East River.
Then the acting Mayor smashed a
bottle of champagne on the railing of
the twenty-ton beam on win ch the party
stood. and the new bridge was opened,
while souds Of rain and gusts of wind
made the openers grab their hats and,
in the case OF the solitary woman Wis
itor, her skirts.
The big glrder was swung into place
n few minutes before the arrival of the
party which was to take part in the
ceremonies. Big Tim Flynn bossed the
jJy as his men drove the rivets in a
hurry. A railing had already been
fixed on either side.
The connecting link is seventy five
feet long, 80 that pretty nearly all of
the inaugurators We're able TO get their
feet on it In the party We're Bridge
commissioner Stevenson, Deputy Bridge
Commissioner lugersoll and e. c. Eel
ton. President of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, the contractors. Behind them
stood group OF engineers and con-
struction sharps, The Stars and Stripes
in a wet wad crawled up an improvised
hagstaff as Little Tim" smashed the
wine bottle, but the wind soon broke 1t
out in bright dash OF color.
..4.H. elton s daug ..te. tae only
, man present. threw Il bunch OF roses
toward the centre of the bridge rs
Little Tim" pronounced his eulogE
md they We're caught and shared by tHa
wo.b,nen below.
After the ceremonies Al luncheon was
sclved in the contractors quarters, Mt
..e foot OF East SiNueth stree,
Tae buildin, of the bridse ws started
~ 1901. II is expected TO be ready for
- by oct. /. The extreme length in
.udiug approaches Is h@Sl feet The
.,St fnutS UP S2O.uNNN
The evening world., 1908-03-18
Mile Workout To-day in
1.45 As Shows He Has Lit
tie Chance With Meelick.
COME ON SAM A WINNER.
Louisiana Stakes, Cards Fea-
ture, Tests Championship
Qualities of Youngsters.
Especial to The Evening w~rld) }

NEW ORLEANS. La. March 49,
the City Park Derby of next Saturday
Chaputepec was given noticeable
mile work to-day. The Burlew and
O'Nei.l colt haj to be kicked out" TO
cover a NILE in 1.i3 40, which was one
of the sloWest works of the morning.
The watchers put the erstwhile cham
pion three year-colt Of the local racing
season as a has been of the finest va
riety. 1t is almost a certain thing now
that Meelick will be as short a pr ce
for the coming Derby as was the Bur
lew colt for the other ones. and there
are few who believe any of the others
have any chance of beating him An
other Derby possibility was given an
out ng in the fifth race.
This was the Weinberg filly Masque-
rade Trainer McCaf,erty thought a
week or so ago that the filly might
have a chance with the others. and
now in view OF the poor show wing Of
napultepec he may decide to send her
after the next one. The feature to-
day was the Louisiana Stakes. four
v
to the post the very bes of the
Juveniles of the season and was the
tirst real test OF me championship
quality of the youngsters. Summary:
FIRST RACE-Purse SiVO; for two
year-uIds and up; selling. six furlongs-
Come On sam, lO5 CG. swain, l3 to ),
even and / TO 2 first, Fox Hail l06
tMulcaheyJ, % to l, II to !. to /.
cond. Ben Strong, lU6 ,F Lee, l. TO .,
even and 10 ., third. Time-l.3 20.
SECOND RACE-Purse, 500; steeple-
chase; -year-Olds and upward,
short Course.-kenp RidSely, 40 ,He.d-
err even, TO and to 1, won by two
lengths, Dr. Logan. l5l (SobelD, to :,
I to > and 10 >, =, Gold Circle, lS
(ArchlDaldJ, S to l. 3 to l and out, 3.
Time. 80 20 Lindale and Woodsids
also ran. Dario lost rider. John Dill
ion fell
THIRD RACE-Purse. 500; three
year-olds and upward; selling six fur
longs.-Robin Hood. los (Notter), II to
8. to and to 3, won by lengt
MERCK 1l2 (NicoD, 8 to ., to and
out. second; Miss Delaney, S Delaby).
Is to /. s to l and I to >, third. Time
1885. Platoon. Dandy Dancer, Bea-
trice X, Handzarra also ran.
The evening world., 1908-03-18
SHOT HERSELF IN
TELEPHONE BOOTH

An unidentified woman shot and killed
herself this afternoon in telephone
buoth in Edwin j. Woelsle's drug store.
No ls5 Reid avenue, Brooklyn.
Only Harry Johnson, clerk and
negro porter were in the store when
the woman entered. She was tall, with
regular features, light hair and was
well dres, led, and Johnson noticed that
she seemed somewhat excited. but paid
little attention 10 the fact, especially
after she asked him In fairy calm
manner ii she might use the telephone.
''l nraru utr vu.,U rSiseu a l.,l- ' e
the usu,u zones people use IN te.ephon-
ing" said Juuns1n, but dld't thlhk
much of that un,l We heard a dun sort
Of report. Even that didn't alarm me,
as / thought a pistol shot in q booth
yycnt over and upeacd the door We found
che had shot herself and her body fell
cut on the floor"
The evening world., 1908-03-18
in ths lazarette of the ship.


Al the time OF the collision. the ~
arst and second cabin passengers "ei
at breakfast The steerage passehse
had been up for two hours anu .''o
majority o. them were on deck i"e
IJoyd liner had cleared Quarantine at
IA and started up the bay oI 'i'e
ror,hern end OF Staten Island, the mist
became so thick that Capt, Nief'en
ordered the anchor down
Passengers on the Kronprlnz say tha'
for ten minutes before the crash 'he
siren whistle had ceased Its shriil warn
nincs. Nor was there any warning OF
the approach of the Crown OF Castle'
which had cleared Quarantine twenty
,,;,ut.s LATER Than the German Lloyd
liner. A.
Rammed in the Fog
Passengers and members OF the crew
on the deck saw a great botch OF oiacK
suddenly loom from tle fog, htty teel
away and rush in, without note oi
warning. driving sharp stee' pro"
fairly into the middle of the kronprinz
long stern overhanS.
The impact sent tremor tnroush
every beam and timber OF the snip
tumblIng and smashing dishes on the
tables in the dining saloon, Then ioI-
lowed a kissing of steam. Blowing OF
whistles and babel of shouts and
commands from the officers of the col
liding ships that filled the passengers
with CONSERVATION.
Women screamed and ch!ldre; howIeo
IN fright, and the dining salons were
asserted in peil-mell rush to me
decks But by the time the panic
stricken passengers had mounted the
s,airways the Crown OF CASTLE hau
backed away and vanished n the fos'
Twenty Near the Gap.
Only the fact that the Prov of the
Crown of CASTLE had struck sauarely
In the centre of the Lloyd liners long
overhanc prevented more disastrous
accident AS 1t was the quarters OF
the stewards and musicians are crampeo
IN the overhang. and twenty men were
In the narrow compartments when the
crash came that stove the steel plates
twelve feet into the stern. whipping
them in so that they formed wv
hange.
The musicians and stewards We're
ahowered with debris and rushed from
CONTINUED on Second Page)
The evening world., 1908-03-18

HANKS DENTIST NEVER CLOSED.
9Th ay,. 5, W. cor. lAth St. New York ..s
The evening world., 1908-03-18
COST HIM $500
TO LEARN NEW
RACING GAME
Did Photographer Bell Want
TO Back a "Sleeper?"
Sure!

Follows the plain, unvarnished tale
OF how Curtis Bell. the Fifth avenue
photographer, lost 500 on a new varia-
ton Of a dear old game,
Behold Mr.. Bell in his studios, at No.
jSS Fifth avenue. The time is last
Saturday afternoon. Enters a small.
dapper party, with diamond horse
shoe the size OF meat pie N his
craVat. Dapper party announces that
ne Is Jack Martin, the famous Jock
ey MI. Curtis Bell has heard Of Jockey
Martin and Is pleased to meet him.
Jockey Martin" states that he is go
ng to spend 81, 600 for a large number
Of life-size photographs of self, same
to be distributed among friends ana
well-wishers. Mr.. Bell pleased some
more.
Jockey Martin" says valet is COM
ing in cab with the riding togs which
his master will wear while posing be-
fore the camera.
Just Like Finding II.
Conversation appropriate to the time
and place. Mr.. Ben allows Its lovely
weather for developing. Mr.. Martin"
SAYS ne cannot consistently vote for
Hughes again after the way Hughes
has acted about the grea, outdoor sport
of racing. Telephone rings. Mr.. Bell
answers the ring. Party at other end
OF the line says he is Mr.. Martins"
betting commissioner and would like to
come up MIR. Bell says. Come right
up"
The evening world., 1908-03-18
PICKED UP IN
FOG ON RAFT RAPIDLY
DRIFTING OUT TO SEA
Oysterman in Desperate Plight All
Night Saved Alter Long Search
by Tug Captain Who
Hears His Cries.

big one, for her wash nearly Knocked
me overheard. l shouted. Whether
they heard me or not | don't know
they Kept right on. Other boats went
by but none of 'em paid any attention.
think II you hadn't happened along
and heard mo Id have finished the
thing up and gone overheard for keeps"
The Moran landed the castaway at
the foot of Hamilton avenue. Brooklyn.
and he hurried home to tell his wife
what had kept him out late.
The evening world., 1908-03-18
SEA RACER RAMMED
BY SHIP IN DENSE
FOG ON UPPER BAY
Kronprinz Wilhelm Run Into From
Behind While at Anchor After
Leaving Quarantine by the
Steamer Crown Of CASTLE.

While anchor the fog off ST. George, Staten Island at 72S
O'Clock to-day the Kronpnz Wilhelm giant of the
North German n anned in the stern by the Crown OF
CASTLE of the Continental n from Hamburg and Rotterdam
gaping hole, twelve the top and narrowing in the V
shared cash lust above n the stern of the
Kronprnz Wilhelm and steward was crushed in his bunk by steel
Mate that was driven in His and naned but is
No, though, the injuries will prove mortal No one else hurt al
though there were twenty stewards and musicians in the
The evening world., 1908-03-18

The rays Of the searchlight carried
nv tho tug Eugene Moran saved lone
voyager on a frail raft of two worm
eaten pianks from being carried out TO
sea in the thick smother mist that over
hung the lower bay to-day.
The Moran was bound in from
northern tow and was feeling her way
along in the neighborhood OF tioft
mann's Island. when there sounded Out
of the mist loud cry o. distress. Ihefe
WAS another and another. with long
pauses between as II the callers wer'
waiting for an answering signal
AT nrst the Morans skipper thought
he was being hailed from another tug
and blew several blasts on his whistl"
The cries however, grew fainter anC
fainter and there was no answrnE
whistle.
Some damn fool lost his oars and be-
ing carried out to SEA sure as gun
said the skipper TO the man at the
wheel
Found Him at Last
captain went out on the little orids
in front of the pilot-house and hall.
through the fog on his megaphone, I"
cries answered him, but In the fog ~
was a hard job to locate them. The
Moran carries a big searchiight. in
stalled for finding tows that have
habit OF snapping their hawsers In bad
weather, an dher skipper switched this
on.
The powerful rays cut through tie
fog in a long cleaning path. and after
half an hours chasing around they fell
in a bright circle on picture that made
the skipper sit up. He saw n weird
looking figure clinging to a raft. over
which the seas were washing inces-
sanity.
stand by. there Bill" he hailed,
and we'll pick you up
Fine for you" or ed the figure. who,
a few minutes later, was tripping In
front of the gallery stove of the Moran.
Got mirror" was the rescued
mans first question. Il want to see If
my hairs white. I've been through a
hell of n ght, all right. I've been
adrift since o'clock last night and had
bout given up the game when | heard
you coming along.
The dsre.ict said he was John Ket-
neck. an oysternan Of Coney Island
avenue and Avenue C, Brooklyn.
IT was getting oysters in Jamaica
Bay last night" he said after ne had
rot outside a cup OF coffee and a dose
..o,,, tho conk's bottle when the ra ~
broke loose ] had her tied TO wharf
hy a piece of rope that chafed through
lust as | got ready 70 quit. Before I
could tudn around | found myself away
out beinE whipped along by the tide
like the Empire State Express. The
r,ft twisted round and round in the
c,,rrent Ike an empty bottle and II
made me dizzy don't know how to
,uiu. and wouldn't have had the nerve
10 lump overheard in tae dark II did
Heard Many Ships Pass.
"onre in awhile I'd try to make out
where / was, osy It was no use; 1t was
TOO dark could tell N..s 81 ,.'r
.hough. and knew my course must be
down Rockaway Inlet ! realized | was
due TO land up in mid-Atlantic If some
thing didn't happen pretty quick and
wasn't on board any ocean liner at
that. | yelled and yelled till I Thought
my pipes would crack. but never an
answer did I get.
after uiiuisut some time heard
steamer going BY. She must have been
The evening world., 1908-03-18
RUSSIAN NOTABLES CROWD TO
SEE BITTER SCORE SETTLED.
Military Authorities Sanction Duel, the Out.
come of Clash of Stoessel's Men at Port
Arthur, and Cowardice Charges
That Followed.

ST. PETERSBURG March 1S-1ut-Gen Fock and Lieut. Cen
Srrnof officers until recently high the Cars favor to-day fought
savage duel that will record of the sensational
well remarkable meetings on the field of honor.
Smrnof fell probably fatally wounded and Fock retired without
Scratch ready for another meeting his next coatan being Gen. Cor
batotfSky, with whom Fock has bitter settle.
Women of title, military officers OF the highest rank and other per-
prominent the official and social life of ST. Petersburg to-day
spectators riding school the Cheval Guard Regiment
watched with intense interest," Gems Fock and Smrno, who had
fame on the battlefield and helped make history the siege of Port
Arthur faced each other at twenty pistol fight which
agreed to be to the death
LIKE SCENE IN ANCIENT ROME.
all like in the in ancient Rome principals
aayed fe-anddeah struggle while upon tier in the riding
school mphteare crowded. the aoccy and notables
all eager for the fight and the
The duel concerned principals their friends
but the entire army fact might he said all of Russia, the meet
to wipe out the bitter scores dating from the siege and fall of
Port Arthur and which the army has been divided
So all details peimnar
care devoted court ball All present there by invitation
in the meeting.
The riding school placed the disposition
the Cheaer Guard Regiment and the duel occd with
the full knowledge military authorities
snrnor appd At .
riding school Without
seconds For Gen smnoh the
Pushkevich member of the ma and navy
while Gen Fock Capt sdo soese Lieut.
in this capacity
BULLET STRIKES SMIR OFF,
twenty PAGES and bs
instructed and continue
o
The word fire given time Kireien Russian au
duelng the
the third
magnanmousy at defeneess omo
the fourth final
abdomen the ed in
Military waiting minister TO the voned
oneln n
AS fell
a of evident
present were 100 well bred evnce men,
much used to be as
though Fok departed with
hit friends the
There the doctors aer rutess attempt locate
arrangements to use The oehsn rays in the hope
memoir
= rt t-uf,n
commander iH"
front rk
IS honor and
20
bul III n.ei 70 aec nl Snlrnon
pSut o
Port
The evening world., 1908-03-18

afar off. Jockey Martin regrets Il,
report that New Orleans sleeper W.,
unavoldnbly detained In the home
stretch and failed to come home with
the m ney. But II Mr.. Bell has an
other $40 to spaN?-- Mr.. Bell will
be delighted
Half an nour later Jockey Martin"
enters, attlred as before. Business OF
naming Sleeper H.. CLARK and Han!gan
lllIn-clothes persons from Police Head
quarters. slep out from behind screen
l}usiness Of surprise by Jockey Mar
,in." Sound o.. patrol wagon heard in
ne distance. Ding dong Giddap,
Tuesday Omitted tor lack o! sIace
To o-day-"Jo MArtln arra!gnei In
West side Court Admits real name l..
Charles Morton, but declines to give
address or present whereabouts of la 4,
betting commissioner. Remanded to
Grand Jury ON charge of impersonating
another and obtaining money Cs2OW bv
false pretenses.
Moral-Write your own tickets.
The evening world., 1908-03-18

Keeler popped to Mor.urIty. sta.
made his third hit, 7iIGsle 20 left he
was p.ckr,l or iirst nN N.nn'nS @ pro"
u ~,rikes. NO RUNS,
sweeney out, Couroy - chase. Niles
srm ed Manning's Grounder Ball
canned. Rel out Fiberfela to Chase
so RUNS.
Came called
The evening world., 1908-03-18
CARS CRASH AT
PARK PLAZA AND
VICTIMS ARE HID

Through confusion OF signals a north
bound + ghth avenue car and a Column
bus avenue car going west on Fifty
ninth street smashed together at the
afternoon.
The cross-towner hit the other car in
the middle and butted It over on the
downtown tracks.
Both cars We're full of passengers
and there was a twin stampede that
ad led 10 the excitement.
A man and woman in the Eighth
avenue car were slightly Gu, oy flying
glass from smashed window. EN-
ployees OF the railway smuggled them
away in cabs, There We're no arrests.
The evening world., 1908-03-18
BARNES TALKS NEW YORK
POLITICS WITH ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON. March william
Barnes. jr., az Albany. y, V, was %
guest OF President Roosevelt at lunch
con to-day. II came here at the Pres
dents Invitation 20 discuss politica! con
ditions In New York
The evening world., 1908-03-18
READING DIVIDEND.

PHILADELPHIA. March lS.-The d.
.ertors OF the Reading Company to-day
declared the regular Semi-annual divi-
dend OF per cent on the second ers-
ierred stock.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
MUSICAL SANDS.
Peculiar Notes Produced When They
Are Pressed.

Singing sands are a product OF New
South Wales. The popularity of these
sands is that when dried and placed in
Jar the sudden pressure in their midst
Of a pestle or other blunt instrument
produced what may be described as
musical note. though It is a note Of a
discordant kind. and very like a squeak.
The difficulty of explaining the true cause
Of this musical note has led to a corre-
spondence in Nature. and no quite salts
factory answer to the question has vet
been furnished. The chief peculiarities of
the sands appear to be the hardness OF
their angular grains and their freedom
from very small grains. IL has been sug-
gested that the absence OF very small
grains may be the pTedsposing cause.
But it IS not easy always to distinguish
the presence of very small grains, and
curious instance Of this disability was
suggested to the writer of these notes
Why is it that china cup will usually
slip on it's saucer. whereas the presence
Of liquid in the saucer prevents the slip
ping2 The unexpected answer is that
when cup slides or slips on a saucer il
is sliding on the microscopic grains of
glaze which friction produces. These
grains are quite imperceptible. but there
Is reason to believe that they serve
as kind OF roller bearings. When liquid
is in the saucer their formation is pre-
vented and the cup does not slip.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
SKIPPED ONE BIRTHDAY.
George Washington at No Time Was
Twenty Years Old.

Yesterday, February -, was celebrated
throughout the country as the l76th an
niversary of the birth OF George Wash
ington, yet il has really been only I75
years since the Father OF Our Country
first saw the light Of day. although he
was born in February 1872. apparently
176 years ago.
Washington did not even dream when
he reached the age of nineteen that he
would never see his twentieth birthday.
He arrived at the age OF twenty-one with
remarkable rapidity; 10 be exact, only
eleven months and nineteen days elapsed
from his nineteenth birthday until he
attained his majority
This was caused by the fact that the
year 1752 was minus the months OF jan
uary and February and the greater part
of March; in fact, 1852 was shy ninety
five days. leaving a total Of 2u DAYS.
making this the shortest year on record.
New Year was ushered in on the 18th OF
March Gold style). and the following Sep
tember England and her colonies adopted
the new style Of reckoning time. supplant-
ing the old style OF Julian Calendar: BY
this act September became the 18th.
and the following New Year began on The
1st qf January instead OF the 18th Of
MaTeh; thus il happened that January.
February, and the first twenty-four davs
OF March Of that year belonged to the
year 1913. while the corresponding period
or the previous year formed the latter
part OF the year I751 Accordingly Wash
ington skipped his twentieth birthday.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
ORIGIN OF TERM BUCKBoARD.
Name Taken from Doctor Once I'm
Washington

There are few persons who know how
the name Of blackboard" came TO be ap-
piled TO a vehicle. II was back in the
eos. when the transportation Of goods
wares. and merchandise was almost en-
tirely by wagon. A Dr. Buck. who. for
many years afterward was the military
storekeeper at Washington. was then in
charge of military stores en- route to
army posts in the Southwest
In East Tennessee much difficulty was
experienced by reason of the rough roads,
and there were frequent mishaps. most
" from the wagons overturning Dr.
Buck Overhauled the outfit, and. aban-
dOning the wagon bodies. long boards
were set directly on the axles. or hung
below. and the stores were loaded in
such a manner that there were no fur
ther delays from breakdOwns, and the
stores safely reached their destinations
In special emergency. too the load could
be shifted or taken of in hurry.
The idea was probably not new. but Dr.
Bucks example was followed. especially
when roads were rough, and soon much
hauling was done by the use Of wheels.
axles and boards only Now we have the
blackboard, both in carriage and automo-
bile forms. conforming closely to the
original idea. though few suspect the
source OF il.