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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
Towing Whale to Station.

misinterpreted and we plowed ahead.
hitting the leviathan midships and rid
ing up on his back and sinking him
some, of course. When we looked
around the head of the whale was seen
on one side of the ship, his tail on the
other, with his body under our keel.
While the captain rushed to the har-
poon gun took picture which plain
ly shows the whales eyes.
''The worst of my experience was
with fog. With two men l was COM
ing 100 miles down the coast from
Juneau, Alaska, in a 16-foot boat Sud
denly we found ourselves enveloped in
a fog, so dense that we couldn't see 20
feet ahead. We drifted for 4S hours
with no food and with very little
water.
Added to this an icy north wind be-
gan to blow. We did not freeze to
death because we managed to keep
one another awake. We did not know
but what we had drifted to sea, so
when the fog did rise you may imagine
our joy at seeing land only a mile
away.
81 am more than gratified over the
results of my labors. All the data at
hand will be used this winter to de-
termine the exact relation between the
Atlantic and Pacific whale. 1 expect
to publish a scientific monograph on
the subject.
'Dr. Bumpus, director of the mu-
scum, was anxious for the investiga-
ton to be made at this time. We be-
lieve that the time is not far distant
when the whale, as species, will be
practically extinct, taking their place
with the mastodon. Like the American
buffalo, they are fast disappearing be-
fore the demands of commerce. Oc-
casionally a spermaceti whale is
caught 1t is from this whale that the
valuable spermaceti oil and ambergris
is taken. The oil sells at about $500
a pound, the ambergris at $50
pound"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
Wants New. Fire REGULATION.

Chief Belt of the Washington fire
department is working for a new regu-
lation to prohibit the stabling of horses
on any but ground floors of buildings
in the District of Columbia. I'm all of
the numerous stable fires that have
occurred in the District of Columbia
during the last 40 years." says the
chief, Il have never known Of a horse
being rescued when 1t was stabbed
above or below the ground floor and
the fire originated on the first floor.
Disregarding the danger to which
horses are exposed when stabbed
above or below the ground floor of
any building, it should also be borne
In mind. that the rescuing of horses
from burning stable is one of the
most hazardous duties devolving upon
the members of the fire department.
These, animals become panic-stricken,
cannot be led, and the firemen are con-
stantly exposed to the danger of being
knocked down and trampled upon
This Is true in the case of horses
stabbed on the first floor, and when
they are. kept on any floor above or
below the first floor the danger Incl
dent to their rescue is corresponding
ly increased"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
Gulick Plunged Headfirst Into tn
Machine.

the machine and calling for /, ,rS
sheaves of the wheat NNy
Hurry up, boys! Let's get thu n y
done. / am beating you to itit
laughingly shouted as Mcdonald
two helpers renewed efforts to ot
whelm him with the bound grain.
Gulick turned to look at Mcdonald,
took step forward and tripped Some
say a rope caught his foot At all
events, he plunged head foremost into
the machine
He screamed as he fell. The horror
stricken men working with him stood
helplessly by.
Gulick threw out his arm as he de-
scended. This was first caught by the
grinding burrs. Slowly he was drawn
into the machinery, screaming. ?.
Each succeeding revolution Of the
wheels brought him closer and closer
to his death, and with each inch of ap-
proach to the awful opening /Nis
screams grew more frantic. N
His arm was crushed to the WI {.
the elbow, the shoulder, and then the
head was drawn in and his face and
scalp torn and mutilated beyond recog-
nitfon 1850 - ,
Overcoming the paralysis of terror,
Newfoundland his helpers shut OF the
engine and stopped the thresher and
set to work to release Gulick, now I'M
conscious. So tightly was he wedged
in between the disks that it required
half an hours work to dislodge his
mangled body. -
He was still breathing when taken
out and was hurried to a hospital, but
all hope Of saving his life was aban-
doned by the surgeons as soon as they
saw his condition. He died soon after
reaching the hospital
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
voucHED FOR THE BARkEEpER.
Washington Temperance Official Was
Put in Tight Place.

There comes over a certain official
in this city a feeling of sadness that
his soul cannot resist when he consid-
ers the misfortune attending him who
seeks to aid his brother man, writes a
Washington correspondent.
Last week an individual from Ire
land. verdant as the grass of his EN-
erald Isle, drifted into Washington
and besought aid of friends that he
might land position lightly tossing
mixtures across the festive bar.
He met friend, also Irish, and to this
friend he confessed his ambition to be-
come a first-class mixologist in the
capital of the nation. The friend re-
membered the official, who is a proper
prohibitionist, and called him up over
the phone.
I've friend just arrived from Ire
land" said he, "and l want you as
personal favor to write him a neat
little letter explaining that you regard
him as an ideal concoctor of mixed
bug juice. Take it from me he is.
He mixed me a cocktail once that
foated me for week. l know what
I'm talking about"
So the dear, kind official who never
drinks-never, never drinks, mind you
agreed to write for the ardent mix
ologist a letter of effusiveness that
would touch the heart of any barkeep
In town.
Toward business office, where the
official and numerous co-workers and
the man who hires him were gath
cred, the man with the ambition
wendell his weary way.
The official was seated In a calm
state delivering an eloquent address
on the beauties of lemonade to an ap-
preciative audience, when from with
out the door came a booming voice,
inquiring whether Mr. was around.
The official looked up on hearing his
name called and inquired who desired
the pleasure of his company and con-
verSatiOn
In walked the man with the ambi-
ton to mix them for Washington citi-
zens, his genial face aglow with sun
burn and Precipitation.
"O'm lukin' for a man by the name
of Misther -" reiterated the man
with the ambition, ARE you him?"
II am he," replied the official, i'm
pressively and dramatically.
"Oi'm the bahr-thinder thot's lukin'
fer letter of testimonial" an
nounced the man from the Emerald
Isle.
Somebody snickered.
The official let out a noise like the
snort Of wounded walrus.
MY man." he protested, q"
"Yis, / know" remarked the son of
Erin, "but yez see they told me thot
if Oh could git thot litter of recon-
mindashun from We, Oh could git a job
at any place in town."
The official-the official who never
drinks-gazed at the apoplectic faces
of his dear friends, and at the look
Of mild, sad how could you do it"
reproach on the face OF the man who
hires him, and he turned toward the
fatuously happy searcher for a posi-
ton as dispenser of drinkables.
Come, with me, my man; come
with me-" he said, in a slightly choked
voice, taking the seeker after a posi-
ton by the arm
Together they walked away to lit
tie office, where the official, sat down
and wrote the letter. And since that
time he has been debating whether he
would do best to kill the searcher for
a position or the man who got him to
write the letter, or both.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
Special Quarters for President.

President Roosevelt, returning to
Washington from Oyster Bay to re-
sumo his final seasons work as pres
ident, informally dedicated the Pres
idential Station" During the absence
of the chief magistrate from the cap
ital the finishing touches were put
upon the great railway terminal which
has been nicknamed the Presidents
station by reason of the fact that for
the first time there has been provided
in an edifice of this kind special apart
ments for the use of the president of
the United States when setting out
upon or returning from a railroad
journey.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH
IN THRESHING MACHINE
FARMER TRIPS OVER ROPE AND
BODY is GROUND BY
WHIRLING DISKS.

New Brunswick, N. 1.-THE brain
of Poe could hardly conceive death
more horrible than that suffered here
by Abraham Gulick.
Tripping over some obstruction, Gu
lick plunged head foremost into the
mechanism of threshing machine and
was killed.
Gulick was a prosperous farmer re-
siding on the Raritan River road with
his wife and one child. He had vol
unteered to aid his neighbor, John Nc
Donald, to thresh crop of wheat, u.s.
ing powerful threshing machine.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
BEATEN BY TERRIFIC
SEA FOR SIX DAYS
CAPTAIN AND CREW HAVE
THRILLING EXPERIENCES
IN A HURRICANE.

San Juan, Porto Rico.-After a thrill
ling experience in a hurricane, Capt.
j. B. Morris and five seamen of the
schooner Mary B. Judge, from Mobile
for San Juan, were rescued by the
steamer Julia Luckenbach. The Luck
enbach, under command of Capt w.
j. Cornell, arrived here from New
York, bringing the rescued men.
The Mary B. Judge left Mobile for
San Juan with cargo of lumber. She
was due here in the early part of Sep
TENDER, but during considerable part
OF the voyage Gains prevailed. She
ran into gale on September 10, and
on the following day it had developed
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17


tne nationai library In one capacity or
another. but for the greater part of
the time as Its head; for 46 years,
having been appointed to a place in
the library by President Lincoln in
1861.
He will be missed by good many
olnerent classes Of people, but chiefly
py the legislators. More than a gen.
GRAFTON Of representatives In congress.
and particularly the new fellows. were
In the habit Of leaning upon the
prusque-mannered. book-absorbed
Spofford. Yet during all the period,
nearly half century, which the IL
Drarian spent in Washington, nobody
ever succeeded In finding out what his
politics were.
1t Is doubtful IL he leaned toward
any party. He was a student and a
keen critic OF the game, but he never
dipped into 1t to the extent of reveal
ing even symptom Of craftsmanship.
The difficulties underlying such neu-
trality may better be understood when
1t is stated that Republicans and Dem
ocrats alike in congress lent ear to his
wisdom when they found themselves
In tight pinches. He never gave un-
solicited advice, but when he was ap-
preached by a man DESTROYS of profit
ing by his experience and counsel he
never considered the party end of the
proposition, but told what he thought
OF the situation in a straight from the
shoulder, take it or leave it. manner
that could admit of no doubt as to his
meaning.
Nor did 1t make the slightest differ
ence to him whether his advice was
followed or not. Probably Spofford
did not know, in one case out of a
hundred, whether or no his counsel
had been adopted He was that un-
usual combination, a book submerged
man who was yet always in close
touch with the doings of the world.
but he considered the affair at an end
when public man asked him what
he thought of certain situation in
politics, got the answer and went his
way.
He was well beloved for his sound
sense and his humor and a certain
quaintness Of temperament and dispo-
sition by line of public men extend
ing from Thad Stevens to Theodore
Roosevelt. He was considered one of
the most learned men in the world.
He was the court of last resort in
washington as to knotty points of
parliamentary procedure. He wrote
a standard book on that subject. and
1t was no unusual thing for speakers
OF the house like Blaine and Keifer
and Crisp and Henderson and Can
non to ask Spofford to help them to
unravel knotty parliamentary kinks
that came up.
Perhaps he will be remembered
longer for his amazing memory than
Tor any other reason. He could not
as was said of Macaulay, remember
the happenings on the day when he
was born, nor did he perform such
Macaulay feats as committing the
whole OF Milton or Homer or the
Bible to memory. Nevertheless. 1t
was said of Spofford by scholars both
In this country and of Europe that
probably he possessed the most phe-
nomenal memory of any man that
ever lived.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
New pianitary at the Capital.

The Guatemalan minister attended
a reception in Washington recently
AS he was leaving he said to the
negro who called the carriages: Call
the carriage of the Guatemalan min
ister-you understand; the Guate-
malan minister" Eyes, sir, under
stand perfectly, sir" he replied, and
then shouted at the top of his lungs:
THE carriage for the watermelon
minister"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
Good Work Of SALVATION ARMY

In a little over two months over
$11, 900 was expended by the Salvation
Army at Toronto in relieving poverty
this amount being turned over by the
city and the officers of the army gave
their whole time without expense to
the distribution of the money, over
600 families receiving aid.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
WHEREWOMENRULE.
NO EQUALITY OF THE. SEXES
AMONG THE HOPI. =,
There the Female Is the Absolute
Head of the Household and the.
Male Little More Than
Slave.

If the suffragettes of England and
the equal rights advocates of America
could organize their sex as success
fully as did the leaders of the Hopi
women they could accomplish their
ends in short order. Once upon time
(and this is not fairy tale either),
the Hopi squaws grew tired of the
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
A Hint to Girls.

Girls before Is should never wear
precious stones. unless It be one hand
some ring. When school days are
over and long skirts are adopted they
may wear what jewels they see fit, pro-
viding they do not deck themselves In
conspicuous way.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
Length.

Rivers-No; I've no time to go and
play golf. Can't you see I'm up to
my ears in work?
Brooks-Yes, but that leaves a con-
siderable margin unoccupied. Better
come, old man.-Chicago Tribune.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
Suitable to the Occasion.

Capitalists this polar expedition
a hot-air proposition?
Practical Explorer-Not if we can
get the cold cash.-Baltimore Ameri-
can
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
THEIR MENTOR LOST
WILL MISS AIMS
WORTH r. SPcFFORD.
Head ''of National Library, Recently
ssDeeeased, Credited with Most
81 Phenomenal Memory of Any
Man That Ever Lived.

A man who will
be missed is Aims
worth R. Spofford,
librarian Of con-
gress between
the years of 1854
and 1897, and
from 1897 until
his death in New
Hampshire t h e
other day, Chief
Assistant Libra
rian of congress.
All told, he had
been attached IN
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
obiectino to ACTING as Valet.

One of the grievances Of Mrs. Clark
Black of Chicago, who sued for d.
vorce, was that she was compelled
early every morning to curl her hus-
bands long. silky mustache.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17
'OrioinaIity.

what original characters Scribbler
rdrawsi"
Entirely so. There was never
anybody in real life anything like
them.'-Cleveland Leader.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-17

The IA public libraries of Chicago
contain 1,432,931 volumes, not includ-
ing pamphlets and maps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
Marry First. Then Get License by Phone;
Groom Had One He Could Not Make Use of

Friends of a certain couple who
were recently married here are won
dering if the ceremony that united
them was really legal and binding.
The facts have been slow IN coming
out and there is no evidence that the
principals in the affair have been par
ticularly active in promoting publicity
for obvious reasons.
The groom. whose home is in a city
not a thousand miles away. came here
for the wedding, which was duly per
formed in the presence of a large
company" and all that When it was
over and the officiating clergyman
took up the license he was thunder
struck to find that it had been issued
in the city from whence the groom
had come The latter had thoughtfully
provided it in advance. OF course to
make a ceremony lawful it must be
performed in the county in which the
papers are taken out, or vice versa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
HEALTHY GROWTH
M. w. A. Starts 1908 with a
Membership, including All
Glasses, of $4,000.
ILLINOIS LEADS in GAIN
November and December Were I'm
usually Active Months for Society
Increase by States.

Head Clerk c. w. Halves of the Mod
'ern Woodmcn has prepared statistics
of the work of 1907 with the society.
showing a total beneficial membership
Dec 81 of SS0.0G4. carrying 81 ,430.GSS,-
GOO. There were 1909 camps in good
standing Dec. 81. there having been
159 local camps chartered during No
vember and December. The net gain
in beneficial membership during No
vember and December was 13,104, the
net gain in insurance involved being
$16,93G. 500.
The issue of benefit certificates dur
ing November and December number
ed 27,761, and of this number 2,605 was
for new camps and 25,l5G for old
camps. During the two months there
were 1850 adoptions, representing
$25, 79G,50G in insurance.
The Woodmen has nearly a million
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC
DIOCESE IS CREATED
Carved Out of the Archdiocese of
Chicago with Bishop at
Rockford.

Chicago, Jan. 10.-A new Roman
Catholic diocese was created in the
state of Illinois Wednesday, 1t was
carved out of the archdiocese of Chi
cago, and will be known as the bishop
ric of Rockford. 4 new bishop will
soon be provided for it. He will have
his cathedral in Rockford and his res.
idence will also be in that city.
The new diocese will comprise Il
counties in the northwestern section
of the state, and have at the start a
Catholic population of 100000 1t was
at a meeting in Archbishop James L
Quigley's residence, this, city. that the
new diocese was made. Those present
at the meeting were Archbishop Quig
ley and the three suffragan bishops OF
the state. Rt. Reys. ]. L. Spalding
Peoria; James Ryan, Alton, and J.
Jansen, Belleville.
The meeting was called by Arch
bishop Quigley, Who had decided that
the time had come to form new do
cese out of the mississippi river
portion of the archdiocese of Chicago
The bishop of the new diocese will
be a suffragan to the Chicago arch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
BEATS ARKANSAS.
Mercer County Service of the
Rock Island Takes Edge Off
of Jokesmith' Tales.
FIVE MILES IN FIVE HOURS
Travelling Men Take Up the Complaint
Dropped by Residents Because of
Its FHtility.

Train service on the Mercer county
branch of the Rock Island has been a
poor substitute for walking for so long
that the average patron of the line has
Jon" since ceased to seriously COM
plain. Yesterday, however, even the
patent and long suffering travelling
men murmured when after getting out
of the hay at $50 a. m. to catch the
early train out, they found themselves
still at 1890 at Milan. five miles from
the starting point. The early train
was late in starting, getting away
about 7:15. The second train should
have left at $3.50, but did not do 50
TIL after 10, and when it reached Mi
Ian, 10, and behold, the first train had
not left that village.
Thought the Last Would BE First.
Half a dozen travelling men whose
patience was becoming more or less
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10

Here was poser. The couple had
little enough time in which to make
their train and it was out of the
question to procure a license and per-
form the ceremony over again. After a
hasty consultation Deputy County Clerk
John Rinck was gotten on the phone and
when acquainted with the situation
very readily agreed to make out
license and be waiting with il at the
railroad station, which he did
Of course there is not the slightest
disposition to question the guDd faith
of all concerned in the episode. and
Iof course. also, there will never be
any occasion in this particular in
stance to put the legality of the pro-
ceedings to a test. but the question
the friends of the young couple are
asking is. what might a good tech
nical lawyer be led to do to a mar
riage contract of that kind under GER
tain conditions?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10

frayed about the edges, got off the
first train and boarded the second one,
in the belief that the latter would be
given the right of way. To their cha
grin, however. the early train pulled
out ahead and the second accommoda-
ton waited a quarter Of an hour for
it to get a good start.
second Catches Up Again.
Finally the second train also got I'M
der way, and when it reached the steep
est grade two miles this side of Tay-
lor Ridge, the first train was encoun-
tered. stuck hard and fast. The engine
of the second train was taken off and
the passengers left standing half an
hour in the wilderness while the first
train was boosted along to the top of
the hill. That is fair sample of the
sort of service that is given quite Of
ten. AS a general rule it is not much
better.
4 Good, Long While. Anyway.
In view of this fact, a story that a
passenger told on Conductor Joe Ste
vens of the accommodation train was
much appreciated. A stranger going
over the line for the first time was
much struck by the gradual progress
that was being made, and finally fell
into conversation with the conductor
in the course of which he asked:
How long have you been running on
this line?"
twenty-five years." was the reply
twenty-five years." unused the 9th
er. 'Um-ah-is this your second
trip"
But everybody agrees that it ISM
JOe's fault
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
Stockholders Meeting,

The annual meeting of the stock
bank of Rock Island, ILL.,, will be held
at their banking house on Tuesday,
Jan. IA, 1908, at $3.50 o'clock p. m, for
the election of directors and the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come before them.
H. E. CASTEEL, President.
H. b. Simmon, Cashier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
Illinois in Lead.s

The new camp record of the states
shows Texas in the lead. with 81 new
camps; Virginia and Kentucky second
with II each, Oklahoma with Is. Mis-
souri, IL, North Dakota 10, and Ten
nessee and New York each. The
only states not chartering new camps
during the two months were Arizona.
Utah. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey. Delaware, Maryland. Wyoming
Minnesota, and the District of Column
bia.
In all, the growth of the society and
the spread of its jurisdiction, as shown
by the records of the head clerk, are
very gratifying to the members, and
something of a revelation to Rock Is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10

H. B. Simmon, Cashier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10
Old Bureau Pair Wed.

Sterling. H., Jan. 10.-William f.
Evans. aged G7. and Martha Miller,
aged IS. of Gold township Bureau
county, were married yesterday. 1t
was the brides fifth marriage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10

land people, who do not perhaps, fully
appreciate the great territory in which
the NJ. w. y. is represented, and the
remarkable membership of the society
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-10

diocese, making four suffragan bishops
in the state where now there are only
three