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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10
NEWS OF The WEEK
Most Important Happenings c: sce
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From. cij
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space ;or the Benz
eft Of Our Readers.
Congressional.

Sou0reseionaI.
A bill to create a bureau of harbors
and waterways under the department
of commerce and labor has been intro
duced in the house.
The president has sent to the sen.
ate all the correspondence with Vene.
zuela regarding the five American
claims which have been in dispute for
several years. Among the papers is
the report of Solicitor of the State
Department Calhoun, who was sent
to Venezuela by the president to in
vestigate.
Bills for public buildings at Mus
kogee, Ok. and Kansas City, Kan.
have been reported favorably to the
senate.
A bill providing for the placing on
the free list all goods which are sold
in foreign countries cheaper than in
the United States has been introduced
in the house.
The house committee on banking
and currency has agreed to give hear
ings on the A!drich currency bill.
The name of DIR. David Jayne Hill
as ambassador to Germany has been
sent to the senate by President Roose-
velt.
bill providing for finance COM
mission to be composed of seven men,
bers appointed by the president with
out regard to their political affiliations,
has been introduced in the senate.
Senator Overman of North Carolina
has introduced joint resolution in the
senate placing wood pulp and printing
paper on the free list
The senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation Of Grant Victor to be United
States marshal for the eastern district
of Oklahoma.
The agricultural appropriation bill
carrying $11.50S,SOG has been passed
by the house after u debate lasting
several days.
The senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation of David Jayne Hill as Amer
ican ambassador to Germany.
Speaker Cannon has introduced reso-
lutions in the house calling for all the
papers bearing on the investigation in
to the affairs of the print paper trust.
Senator Warner of Missouri has
been made chairman of the senate
committee on the Mississippi river and
its tributaries.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

Several Vassar college girls are act
Ing as probation officers for the city
court OF Poughkeepsie They are
studying the truancy problem in this
practical way. and hope to learn why
boys are naughty. A special course in
this subject might profitably be intro
duced in all the women's colleges. II
the young women pursued it thorough.
iy there might be fewer truants in the
next generation OF boys.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

1t has been discovered by maya
zine writer that an ambitious child
may secure university education and
board at Valparaiso, Ind. for about 23
cents day. The northern Indiana
university has placed education on the
bargain counter. The poor boy can 60
there and learn from the same books
used in the institutions where 23 cents
day wouldn't be a start on spending
money. or course. says the Chicago
Daily News, it should be understood
by the ambitious that only plain table
board and unadorned knowledge 20
for that sum. No young man need ex-
pect to be able to break a rib as a
baseball hero for any amount like that
and neither can young woman bios
som out as society queen with few
studies as incidentals. As there is
nothing doing but education it will
never be popular with the frivolous
rich
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

The treasurer of the Association
for Improving the Condition of the
Poor of New York recently received
two dollars from two small girls, with
note saying that the authors had
saved the money from slang words. "
Every time they used bit of slang
they fined themselves, and every time
they heard others use any they re-
quested forfeit or a contribution.
This plan would make some young
people realize that silence is indeed
golden.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10
Miscellaneous.

Out of 1,O53,692 pieces of mail mat
ter received in the dead letter office
during the month of March, over 60O,-
900 were returned to the senders,
breaking all records for this division.
| The corporation commissioner of
Oklahoma has issued an order requir-
| ing all public utility corporations to
file detailed statement of all reve-
nues at the close of business on June
20.
The reichstag has passed bill max
ing the German language compulsory
in all public meetings throughout the
empire. This law affects $500, 900 nom
German inhabitants.
| A verdict against the government
was recently rendered at Portland.
Me-. in suit for $4,000 for the loss
of a brigantine which was sunk by a
United States gunboat off the Nova
Scotia coast AZ years ago.
Andrew Carnegie has added $1,000
900 to his foundation fund in order to
provide pensions for eligible profess
ors of state universities.
Dispatches from Paso Robes, Hot
Springs, Cal, state that the baths are
tion of Admiral Evans
The Southwestern Volunteer Fire
mems association will hold the annual
tournament Of the organization in Jop-
lin, Mo-, June 90. "a and %.
The proposition to build new sub
way under Broadway and Lexington
avenue from the Battery to the Bronx
has been approved by the New York
board of estimates. The work will
cost $50, 100000
The American car in the New York
to Paris race has been shipped from
Seattle to Valdez, Alaska.
Five passengers were injured by a
collision of trolley cars at Omaha,
Neb.. caused by a dense fog.
Admiral Evans flagship. the Connec-
ticut, has rejoned the fleet at Mag
dalena bay.
Two hundred and fifty thousand BIZ
luminous coal miners throughout the
country have quit work until a wage
| settlement has been reached and
scale adopted.
Fire recently destroyed the Corning
company's distillery at Peoria. ILL.,,
causing loss of upward of $1.OO0,00O.
Senator Jefferson Davis was recently
fined $25 in the police court at Little
Rock. Ark. for flourishing revolver.
President Lewis OF the miners
makes the positive statement that an
other joint convention of miners and
operators will be held in Indianapolis
during the latter part of April
Marie Lehman. 2G years old. took
her own life in st. Louis in order that
her invalid sister might have the
81. 900 insurance on her life.
Seventy members of the Nebraska
Democratic Editorial association were
entertained recently by w. J. Bryan
at banquet at Lincoln.
The trial of the four land fraud
cases transferred from California to
Washington has begun. Two hundred
witnesses from IA states are present.
y. the $50 delegates to the Repub-
lican state convention elected at the
Massachusetts primaries, 901 are for
Taft for president.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10
Shut In.

Shut In.
A maiden aunt who had lost her
money was provided with a home in .
welltodo family. At once she identi.
fed herself with its interests, and be.
ing a housekeeper born. was able to
serve them in many ways. AS occa-
sion arose. she played the parts OF
cook, maid. nurse. seamstress. laun-
dress. gardener. social secretary and
night watchman. So faithful was she
to such duties that she never left
town, when others took vacations, and
for weeks at a time did not stir be-
yond the gate. The family gave her
home as they and she said. Actu.
ally she earned her living three times
over. In return for board. lodging
and clothing. she accomplished tasks
and bore responsibilities that few do
mestics would have been willing to
undertake at any price. Unlike the
domestics. she had no Thursday and
Sunday afternoons. and her social life
was limited to the everyday associa-
ton with self-absorbed and Indifferent
relatives. The ''shut-ins" who are
confined by illness have society
through which they are ministered to
by many gracious influences. says the
Youths Companion. The shut-ins who
are too poor to maintain homes, and
whose kinsfolk are too proud to let
them seek the shelter OF an institu-
tiOn, are unorganized and attract no
notice: but in many cases they are
equally deserving of sympathy. True
there is seldom intentional unkindness
behind the process by which de-
pendent is turned into drudge. If
the relatives had been unfeeling they
would have sent the old aunt or uncle
to the pOorhouse. When we give
home we do a fine thing But before
We plume ourselves unduly, it is we'll
to glance at the other side Of the ac-
count, and see how much money is
saved and how many wearsome little
tasks are spared us by the old woman
who is able to help round" or the old
man who Just does the chores"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

There has grown up in the last few
wears in the United States a criticism di-
rected against the entire fabric of the So
cial and political order which we have in
herited from our fathers. The criticism is
not aimed at the defects of society or at the
abuse Of government, but at the founda-
ton upon which the entire platform of
our social and political order has been COM
fortablv resting for uncounted generations ::
and that school of criticism. it seems to
me. is undertaken for the purpose of propa-
eating its theories, to overstatc. TO exac-
geratc the defects and infirmitics Of onr
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

That the preservation of the value
OF railroad investments Is a matter of
widespread interest is illustrated by
the recent report of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad company, showing that there
are more than $4,000 shareholders in
the parent company and those con-
trolied by 1t, and that there has been
an increase of more than $4,000 stock.
holders in the past year.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10
Lure of
Pole
Vast Unknown
Area at North Pole
aChallenfe to- Man
BY EXPLORER ROBERT E. rEARY. U. S. N.

So long as the 100000 square miles of unknown
at the north pole and the 5000, 900 square miles
at the south pole unvisted by civilized men they
are challenge and reproach to manhood.
In next expedition the general plans of the
last expedition will be followed with some important
variations based experiences then. Sailing
from New York in the Roosevelt in June or not later
than the first of July, should reach Greenland be-
tween August 25 and September Is.
Thence the way lies along the west coast of Green
land, through Balin Bay, Smith Sound and Kane
Basin, with EIlesmere land to the westward Ihs
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

new species of hazing has started.
college student in St. Louis was
taken to train by party of fellow
stduents and sent home, with a warn
ing not to come back His offense
was being mollycoddle. which shows
how the young idea has been I'M
pressed by the strenuous life.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

Enlistment in the peaceful army Of
postal clerks has heretofore been de-
MED to applicants under five feet four
and weighing less than 125 pounds.
The authorities have recently dropped
the rule from the list Of regulations. A
physical giant is not needed to sort
mail with speed and accuracy.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-04-10

London suffragettes are flying kites
with banners attached bearing the
motto, Votes for Women" Is the
glorious cause of woman suffrage in
London up in the air?
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
WORLD OVERTRADING.
SAYS RIDGELY

washington, Jan w b. Ridrelv
comptroller OF the currency. gave ont n
statement dealing largely with financial
conditions during the year 1907. In which
ne says that "the conditions which made
tnis crisis possible are the accumulated
composite results of many years of bust
ness. The whole world has been over
trading and expanding and nowhere has
II peeh more rampant than i'm the United
states. Tho reaction was inevitable and
though II might not have taken the form
OF bank panic had we been better pre-
pared with a banking and currency sys-
tenn as we should have. the time has
come when some or all must paw for our
overindulgence.
1t is the duty OF tho banks" saws the
comptroller, TO restore business 70 nor
NAL conditions by resuming their func-
tions as promptly and as fully as possI-
BILE. Fortunately there is not ONLY tho
strongest desire and disposition on the
part OF the banks to do this. but copdi-
tions arc such as to make II compara
lively easy, and TO lead us TO expect a
much more prompt recovery than has
followed other similar financial crisis.
In the subdivision by states, tho Pa
cific states show the largest legal reserve
OF 22% per cent, while the Western
states. show the largest cash means. 30 II
per cent The most important signih-
canoe OF these figures is that the read
justment Of bank reserves has taken
place with so few bank failures"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
TRENTON 10 REMAIN
IN TR|-sIAIE LEAGUE

Harrisburg. Jan. l.--"You can just bet
all you want to that Trenton Will be i'm
the Tri-State league next season and
that the circuit will remain intact said
Manager George w. lieckert. of the
Harrisburg team, who was here yester-
day on his way TO New York
The Tri-State representatives will
never vote TO give up the Trenton terri
tory. and all this talk OF the NATIONAL
commission taking a hand In having the
Montreal franchise sent TO Trenton is
without the least foundation There are
no baseball laws which Will allow the
national commission to take up the case
until the club owners OF the Tri-Statc
sanction such "A MOVE"
Manager Heckert is enthusiastic over
the outlook for the Tri-State during the
1905 season and says he viii have "A great
team in this city. lie favors raising the
salary limit to $3.50 and $4,000 instead OF
the figures recently set. Heckert says
that SUCH a cut was too radical and that
the players will not stand for the large
slices taken off their salaries in order
TO keep down to the $500 limit.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
So, 100000 Endowment Wanted

Boston. Jan. 1.-The prudential COM
mittee of the American board of commits
sioners for foreign missions decided yes
terday after a discussion extending over
two weeks to inaugurate at once a plan
to obtain for the 20 colleges and Is theo-
logical training schools in the far east
and other foreign quarters connected with
the board. permanent endowment fund
of 100000.
IL is known that several persons of
wealth are considering the importance of
the schools. which arc located in Spain.
Bulgaria. Asia Minor. Armenia. Syria
India. Ceylon. China, Japan. Mexico, Az
rica and the Pacific islands.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
REAL ESTATE AS
AN INVESTMENT

Oakland Beach real estate is the safest
and fastest money making investment at
the present day.
Mr.. Bennett at Oakland Beach can
show you over 20 cottages that are bring
ing their owners 20 per cent on their in
vestment. The owner OF one cottage now
I'm process OF erection tells the writer
that he has had 16 applications TO rent
II the coming season. Ten days ago he
came here with the idea OF building one
cottage for his own use. now he is to
build three.
What makes Oakland Beach real estate
valuable: First--Transportation to and
from Providence; olectrics every 20 min
utes during the summer; half-hcurly in
winter. Second-The finest bathing beach
on Narragansett Bay. Third-Land all
high and dry; no malaria.
When you put your money In Oakland
Beach lots it's safe. IL can't run away.
II can't be lost. IL can't be destroyed
Don't put your money In mimi & or oil
stocks that God only knows the value OF
but invest IL i'm real estate where there
is steady Increase in value.
William Jennings Bryan says: Real
estate is the best investment for small
savings. More money is made from the
rise In real estate values than all other
causes combined. To speculate In stocks
~ rlSky, anu even udnRciouS. nut Wnen
you buy real estate you are buying an in
heritsnce."
Andrew Carnegie says: 'The wise
young man or wage Garner Of today III
vests his money in real estate"
President Roosevelt says: Every per.
son who invests In well-selected real es-
tate in growing section OF n prosperous
community adopts the surest and sa fest
method OF becoming Independent. for real
estate is tho basis OF all wealth"
Oakland Beach lots are large, none
smaller than f0xSo. and they are sold for
cash or on small monthly payments-SlO
will start you as a property owner No
taxes until final payment Is made; no i'm
tercst for the first year and In case OF
sickness wo will carry your payments
along.
Mr.. Bennett the local representative, IA
on the grounds every day In the year 60
out and talk II over with him. IL does
not need brass band. or the gift of
pianos. automobiles and diamonds to sell
lots at Oakland Beach--the lots sell
themselves. II will be the safest. surest
investment you ever made.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
SPORTING NOTES

IL is rumored that Joe Harris, who did
such good work for the Grays last sea-
son. Will be turned over to Hughey Jen-
nings OF the Detroit Tigers by the Boston
Americans.
That Eddie Mcfarland will never again
don a White Sox uniform is the ultima
tum OF President Comiskey: hence Mac
IS on the market. Here's a great catcher
FOR any manager who thinks he can han
die him.
Jimmy McAleer will remain manager of
the St Louis Browns despite the rumors
OF his removal. President Hedges IL well
pleased with McAleers work. particular
ly the Judgment he has displayed In max
ing the various deals.
Manager McAleer is confronted by a
problem i'm arranging his infeld to the
best advantage He has the following
men 10 pick from for the four positions
Wallace. Ferris. Williams. Yeager,
Brown and i. Jones.
Harry Howell OF the Browns and
Lefty Leifeld OF Pittsburg have been
playing indoor baseball with a St Louis
team. They have, been too foxy. how
ever. TO do any pitching with the big ball
used in the indoor game.
The Washington club has decided upon
Galveston. Texas, as the spring training
place. Manager Cantillon has practically
closed all OF his dates for the spring ex-
hibition tour. Two games are 10 be play
ed with the New York Giants i'm Dallas.
Fred Tenney says the best slider head
first the game ever had was Gammons
who played baseball and football at
Brown. Another Brown baseball and
football product. Dave Fnltz. knew more
about sliding than anybody now In the
game.
Arthur Brown. the young first bascman.
who was sold by Detroit TO ST. Louis, is
Pennsylvania boy Just like Tom Jones
the man he displaces. Brown has seen
service with the Wilkesbarre team, and
II Is believed that he will make good in
the fast set
Manager Clark Griffith will arrive in
New York from his Montana ranch early
In January. Griff has kept in touch with
his men and ought to be brimful of news
when he arrives He is the only one who
knows what Hal Chase intends to do next
summer.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
PASADENA WINS
FEATURE EVENT

New Orleans, Jan. 1,-Fasadena, Sec
ond cl oice, won the feature event. the
handicak at one mile and a sixteenth, yes
terday. in which all four starters were
we'll played Alma Dufour closed TO
s favorite. hut though Notter was in the
saddle the favorite could only get second
place.
Jacobitc carried 122 pounds TO victory
in the fifth race. at six fTlongs. conced-
ing weight to a number of good sprint
ers. Summary:
First race. 6 furlongs--J. j. Jr.. lc7 tV.
Powers, 20 to l, won; Prince IIohenloe
10 CNotter) TO .. second: Royal Rend
iO7 tLee), 25 TO /, third. Time 1:i5 3-5
Constantia, Fire Opal, Idalo, Durable
Tom McAfee. Deshanno. Jim Hill, Ben
Logan May Rowe and Lady Franklin
also ran,
(Archibald). s TO /, won; Pete Vinegar.
li6 (NNelton), to 5, second: Full of Fun.
1i6 (McCleare). IS TO 1. third. Time
1906 1-5. Coal Black. Lady ONYX. Ralph
Rees and Merrymaker also ran.
Third race. 5i5 furlongs-Alsation, ia
CMcDanieD, TO /. won: Melauge. 100 IS.
FLYNN. 40 to ]. second; Bitter Sir, 100 (V.
Powers). . 10 |, third Time :0S 2-5. Lor-
rimer. Dick Rose. Orlando, Bayou Lark.
Third Rail- Ethel Carr, Bella, Esther
Brown, Bulk Head and Petulant also ran.
Fourth race. I lie miles-Pasadena, lis
" Powers), 16 TO >. won Alma Dufour.
10i CNotter). TO ). second; Old Honesty.
1l2 CT. Jee), . TO ,. third. Time ii6 3-5.
Plant Land also ran.
Fifth race. furlongs-JacoJite. 122
(Notter), : 10 ;. won; Coloqut. l06 "a.
Mnder), Is 10 ). second: First Premium.
III CMcDanieD 10 to I, third Time 1:l3 2-5.
Lens. Prince Ahmed, Coincidence and
Vohoomo also ran.
Sixth race. lfh miles-Anna Day. lO5
(Notter). IL 90 ~, won; Adesso. 10S CA.
Pickens), L. tn 1. second: Louise MacFar-
Ian. 105 "a. Minder), Q 10 5, third Time
l:54 4-5. Jack Witt. Lady Oakland. Re-
bounder, Belle the Cat. Athena and Ter
nus also ran
Order The Ncws-Democrat left at
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
jim JEFFR|ES NEVER
70 FIGHT AGAIN

Columbus. o.. Jan. Jim will never
fight again. lie has promised me and
he'll keep his word" with these words.
spoken here while she was visiting a
niece. Mrs. Lex Jeffries. mother OF the
undefeatcd heavyweight. explained why
Jim Jeffres will not re-enter the rored
arena though so many alluring offers
have reached him.
Mrs. Jeffries though 70 years old. Is
active and says she Is in the best OF
health. II was just before she left Mrs.
Jeonards home with her daughter. who
accompanied her from her Los Angeles
home, that Mrs. Jeffries talked OF her
son.
Il have been against prize fighting and
didn't want Jim 10 go into the business, 7"
she said. But | guess i am like every
other mother 1t Is pretty hard for me
10 conceal the pride in a son who is the
best man in the world. But Jim never
will fight again. He has promised me
that and will keep his word"
Mrs. Jeffries told OF her home near
Los Angeles. and said she had just sold 20
acres of the place on the outskirts to "a
real estate agency for 100000 and need
not fear want. even IL her son should be
unable 10 care for her.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-01
SIGN AGREEMENT;
CALL 1T WEDDING

Chicago, Jan. l.--Declaring that he be-
lieves in a higher form of marriage than
is prescribed by law. Robert Glray, IS
years old. who for l. years was a Chicago
attorney. yesterday produced In Judge
Newcomers court the strangest matri
monial document ever officially noticed in
this city
II was simply a marriage agreement
signed by Adelaide Lawton, Of Boise City,
Idaho, and Gilray. drawn in legal style
and Witnessed by "A notary I'm which each
accepted the other in wedlock. Through
the document ran phrases such as 'the
blending of two perfect, harmonious lives
i'm one.
BY virtue OF this document. signed
Nov. 20. 1903. I'm Idaho, Miss Lawton, who
in addition to being 35 years old. is q
palmist and astrologer, became Mrs. Rob
ert Gilray. She had Gilray arrested last
Sunday because she says he threatened
to kill her at their home, No. 296l Grove
land avenue.
Apropos Of nothing in particular. Gilray
introduced the document I'm his defence.
The woman asserted that she had consid
cred IL legal. In placing Gilray under $500
bonds TO keep the peace. Judge Newcomer
said:
This is indeed a wedding anniversary
celebrated in court