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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-13

An Old Scotch farmer was lying on
what be thought WIS bis dealhbed Ha
began 20 give orglers 70 hla wife about
Mis- funeral and che people 70 be invlt.
ed. Ills wife, knowing that No was not
dying paid but little attention 70 bis
requests and thls 40 enraged the farm.
er that be roae on his elbow aud cried
out,
~what need I upeakf There'll be
nacthing dune RIGHT unless I'm there
myself
Hla Wife pattlng him on the shout.
Der. replied "roota. nan. nauldyl
Keep yer min easy. Ven be thu prin.
eipal man there, "--Glasgow Tlmes
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-13
MAp0LEON's HABITS.
The Great Warrior Was Fond Of Per-
fume and Clean Linen,

fuulo and Clean Linen
II Is pleasant to learn II one has Ma
poleon I. on the hero list that he had
very dainty habits IN personal mat
tiers; that bio was fastldlousiy clean IN
his person. according 70 an article Ia a
French contemporary, and poured eau
de cologne into the water he wished
IN. then sponged bis head with per.
fume and finally poured the remainder
Of the contents OF The nagk over his
neck and shoulders He was also ex-
travagantIy fond OF clean linen and
during his campaigns had relays OF II
sent TO different places. In those days
Il did not cost farm 10 have starched
things Numbered, FOR, In account with
famous Iaundrcas IN Paris, the en-
peror's linen for one wash amounted TO
ESQ pieces and cost only a tribe over
eco.
This strikes an American az very
reasonable, but his majesty never wore
any article but ouco. ana, az be always
undressed himself without cid from
his valet. bis garments were literally
cast TO the four corners OF tho room.
Napoieon's bill Tor eau a. cologne.
however exceeded tho whsherwoman'a
by large majority. II "a a relief 10
learn that the Little Corporal was 20
much dude, Some Of his predecessors
Ia the Tuileries were not blessed with
such excellent habits II history Is 10 DO
relied upon.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-13

OF tho late fAnglon Smith. the bril-
liant journalist and author 81 New
York. Denver reporter narrated anec.
doscs the other DAY,
Il remember." 10 said. ''rny tlrst vlsit
q Washington. Smith. hlg and hand
como and vivacious. showed mo about.
From an emlnence a great pale dome
roae up against the blua SKY. ths do9e
ee tho capitol
~swhat d thatr said I.
THAR said smith tOh that's the
national gas worka'"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-13

cifH from me hand are silver and
Roid. bui aha heart gives that which
nalgher SILVER nor Eoia can huy.-
BsesAeE
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-13

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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-13

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
CHAMP CLARK CHOSEN LEADER
Democratic Members of the House Or
ganize for Opening of the Short
Session.

Washington, Dec. 8.-Congressman
Champ Clark Of Missouri vas chosen
leader Of the minority in the house
at a caucus Of the Democratic mem,
bers held Saturday night.
Congressman II. D. Clayton of Ala
bama presided and read the resigna.
ton of John Sharp Williams, who re-
tired from the leadership because of
his election to the senate. Congress.
man Stanley of Kentucky moved the
acceptance of the resignation. The
name of MIR. Clark was then present
ed by Representative Williams Of Mis-,
sissippi, and second speeches were
made by Henry Of Texas, Sulzer of
New York. Macon of Arkansas, James
of Kentucky, Cox of Indiana and Sims
of Tennessee.
On a motion of Gambler of Missis.
sippie, Clark was elected unanimous.
ly.
A committee comprising Lloyd of
Mississippi, Bartlett of Georgia and
Russell Of Texas, escorted the new
leader to the caucus. Clark expressed
his appreciation of the honor bestow'
ed upon him and invoked the cordial
cooperation Of his colleagues in the
work Of the session..
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
D. M. Clemson, With Crew OF
Twenty-four, Given Up for
Lost by Duluth Owners.
ATLANTIC TAKES TOLL OF 50
Scores of Lives Are Lost Off the Coast
of Nova Scotia in a Series Of
Disasters.

Duluth, Dec. S.-One week has pass
ed since the steamer B. NJ. Clemson,
owned by A. B. Wolvin Of Duluth.
passed the 500, bound up from Lorain.
Ohio, on her last trip of the year.
Her wners say that in all probability
she foundered in the terrific storm
that ragged at the lower end Of Lake
Superior early in the week, or is
stranded somewhere on the north
shore. In either event her entire crew
of twenty-four men, including the Off.
GERS, must have persisted.
No news of the big boat has been
received since she passed the locks
at the 500. A vessel sighted Friday
in shelter behind Grand Island was
believed to be the Clemson, but it
proved to be the d. O. Mills, which
arrived in port here Saturday after
o The crew of the Mills brought
no news of the missing vessel.
Tugs Sent Out to Search.
Fearing that the Clemson was
wrecked or in serious trouble some
where out of reach of help on the
bleak north shore of Lake Superior,
the Wolvin Steamship company has
started out tugs and small steam yes
sells on a thorough patrol of the en-
tire north shore from Port Arthur to
the 500 and from the Soc to Isle Roy
ale. Every passing vessel at the 500
is being questioned for traces of the
lost boat, and the search will be con-
tined until the Clemson or her wreck
age is found.
Atlantic Takes Fifty.
Halifax, Dec. More than half a
hundred seamen have lost their lives
on the upper north Atlantic coast dur
ing the last few days as the result Of
a storm of unprecedented severity.
TIE reckoning, itemized as accu-
rately as the meager reports will al
.ow, is as follows:
Dec. 9, seventeen members of the
crews Of the fishing schooners drown
ed off the Newfoundland coast.
Dec. 4, twenty-eight members of the
crew of the steamer 500 City, which
is believed to have sunk in the Gulf OF
st. Lawrence.
Dec. 5, seven members of the crew
of Barge No. 101, which wen down
Off the coast of Nova Scotia.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
PAT GROVE AN EVANGELIST
Kidnapper of Eddie Cudahy Accepts
Christianity and Will Become
a Preacher.

Chicago, Dec. 9. - Pat Grove, VINO
was charged with kidnapping Eddle
Cudahy and one of the most plctur-
esuue characters with whom the po-
lice of the country have had to deal
In the last ten years, has forsaken
the old life and accepted Christianity
AS soon as he can complete his plans
ne will 60 forth as an evangelist,
preaching the gospel and the philoso-
ply of life in an effort to lead young
men from the primrose path that he
has travelled.
There was no happier man In all
Chicago yesterday than Grove, who a
g. few years ago was sought by the po~
lice of the civilized world for u kid
mapping which shocked the country.
He vas found at work on the manu-
script of a
I'm all through with the old game
for good and ALL" said Grove. II
have cut out the drinking and have
become a Christian. Now l an going
out regularly to put the young folks
On the right track and warn them
from the paths and temptations that
no n knows better than | do. | am
not going to be a temperance lecturer.
| am going into a broader field
Grove is married and has a son,
Pat Grove, Jr., one year Of age. This
boy is a bright child, the pride of his
father and the beacon that is expect
ed always to keep the convert in the
STRAIGHT nath
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
BIlLEk is AGAIN REPRiEVED.
Acting Governor of Illinois Gives Him
New Lease Of Life Until Jan. 10.

NEW Lease OF LIE OHtiI Jan. -.
Springfield, H., Dec. 9. - After a
brief hearing of the Herman Billek
murder case yesterday, Acting Gov
ernor l.. Y. Sherman granted the con-
demned nan a new lease of life by
giving him further reprieve until Jan.
set for the execution Of the defendant.
who has been in jail for more than
two years. :
Present at the private hearing were
Lieut.. Gov. Sherman, f. A. Snively of
he state board of pardons, and Fran
els E. kinckley Of Chicago, attorney
for Rillek, who filed a brief petition
defining the case. The evidence was
reviewed briefly. Counsel set out in
their petition hat certain new and
vital matters in the case had come to
the attention of the petitioner since
The presentation of his application to
the governor last April.
Hinckley declares that the new evil
dence found will vindicate and free
the defendant.
Chicago, Dec. g.. - Herman Billek
received the news that he had been
reprieved with great surprise, for he
had given up all hope and had re-
peatedly expressed the opinion that he
would die on the gallows Dec. II. The
crime for which the prisoner was con-
victed was the murder of Mary Vrzal.
Billek's case has been in every court
which had jurisdiction in Illinois. and
also the supreme court of the United
States. Death was first imposed on
the "necromancer" July Is, 1907.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
RICH CHURCH ROBES SEIZED.
Hidden Relics Found in Chicago May
Be Part Of Treasure Of French
Monasterjes.

Be Part Of Treasure Of French
Monasteries.
Chicago, Dec. s. Church robes,
tapestries and ecclesiastical antiques
which may prove to be treasures
scattered when the monks were drjv-
en- from their seclusion in France,
have been discovered in the ware
house Of a customs broker in Chicago.
The goods are said to have entered
this country from France some
months & addressed to one IF. f.
Robinson" in care of the warehouse
OF Wakum & Mclaughlin. Their list
ed valuation was $4,000, but recently
they were appraised at $4,000. Their
value, however, may be much great
er. Robinson, to whom the goods were
consigned, is said not to be Known
here, and is believed at present to be
in Europe. The government did not
seize the consignment, but merely
ordered it held for appraisement.
News Of this action did not become
public property until yesterday.
While the government agents desire
to have an explanation OF the appar-
ent discrepancy between the listed
and the appraised valuation of the
property, no charge of any kind has
been made against any one.
The case is regarded as a mystery,
largely because Of the character Of
the consignment and the fact that it
-..- rN~k k~ %Li~ -y%y -,ho~p = I~-
not been called fer, and where the
ostensitle consignee mas, SO far as
can be learned, no residence.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Accidental Happenings.

Fire at Pueblo, Colo, destroyed the
building and stock of the Hyde Paper
company. One fireman was severely
injured. Loss. $50, 900.
Fire at Berlin, Ont, destroyed two
wings OF st. Jerome's Catholic church,
entaiiing a loss OF $40,0 900. Several
OF the students had narrow escapes
and all cot out In their night clothes.
An abutment Of the recently COM
p1eted Wheeling & Lake Erie lift
bridge, located in the flats at Cleve-
land, was badly damaged by a dyna-
mite explosion. Traffic over the struc-
ture has been stopped pending an ex-
animation. The bridge was construct
u by n%on-union labor, 1t is said.
One hundred miners in the coal
mine OF the Central Coal and Iron
company, near Central City, KY, es1
capped from the working, which had
been filled by smoke on a dynamo,
shortly before S O'Clock last evening.
The miners. frightened by the smoke,
hurried to the ground through an air
shaft.
Frank Melville, engineer, and e. F.
Wilt. fireman. were instantly killed
when the engine Of = Missouri, Kan
sas 4 Texas train BILE wup at Par
sons, Kan. The engine was just turn
"a out Of thu shops after q thorough
overhauling.
Robert Hunt = rancher, died at his
home at Great Fails. Mont, from the
elfects Of poison accidentally admins
tered. Hunt. through = mistake. OBJ
teined 4 bottle of carbolic acid which
rs took III p1ace II medicine. and be-.
lore ! physician could be secured he
sccumbed to the deadly drug.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
OIL RUST SHOWS LARGE PROFITS
Indiana Company In Seven Years
Earns SIS, 100000 on $1,OOO,ooO.

Earns ~$oS,UUU,UUU on y ,UOU,uuu.
New York, Dec. 9.-Figures showing
some of the profits of the Standard
Oil company became part of the court
record in the federal suit to dissolve
the STANDARD company yesterday
when John d. Archbold resumed the
stand for a brief examination, and
Henry Tilford, president of the Stand
ard Oil Company or California, testi-
fed at some length as a witness for
the defense. The government inquisi-
tor, on figures submitted, showed that
the Continental Oil company, a Stand
ard subsidiary in the Middle West,
made profits of 115 per cent on it's
capitalization of 100000, and that the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana, on
a capitalization of 81, 900, 900 earned
about $55,00O,000 between 1899 and
1906. Counsel for the company de-
clared that the actual assets of the
company were greater thar the CAPT
talization, as the companies had turn
ed back into the property large sums
from earnings.
Ratecutting Wars.
Through Mr.. Tilford the counsel for
the government sought to bring out
that in California and other states Of
the Far West the Standard had made
contracts with the competitors where
by the Standard obtained all the
crude oil supply and thereby enjoyed
the refining field by itself. Mr.. Til
ford said he had little knowledge of
these contracts. Referring to oil
trade rate-cutting wars in Colorado
and in the Far West, Mr.. Tilford said
that the Standard never cut prices to
undersell it's competitors, but simply
lowered rates to meet the reductions
of its rivals.
Mr.. Tilford's examination will like
ly be concluded to-day and either Will
liam Rockefeller or Frank S. Moffett,
president of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, will be called to tes-
tify,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Chicago Grand Jury Finds
Fraud Rampant to an Ex.
tent Hitherto Unknown.
81 INDICTMENTS ARE FOUND
InquisitOrs Declare It Doubtful If Honest
Election Has Been Held in
City in Years.

Chicago, Dec. 6. The ballots of
men long residents of other cities. the
ballots of temporary ~absentees, the
ballots of the insane and even of the
dead were cast in the primary cleo
ton of last August in Chicago. Re
peaters" voted in %platoons, with the
c%onnivance of willfully unseeing
judges and clerks of election, and
fraud was rampant to an extent hith-
erto unknown in a city never famous
for the purity Of it's political atmos-
phere.
These and other startling allega.
tons were made yesterday in the
report of the special grand jury
which, after several weeks of delving
into the charges growing out of Chi
Cages first primaries and returning
eightv-One indictments against two
score or more of politicians and 9TH
ers, adjourned.
Disgrace to the City.
The investigation, owing to physi-
cal limitations, merely scratched the
surface of the situation, according to
the report, and doubt is expressed
that there has been an honest city or
general election in Chicago for years.
The findings Of the inquisitorial body
characterize the primary election as
a disgrace to the city. Voting ma
chimes are urgently advised as a step
in a remedial direction and a wider
application of civil service. 1t is
stated that while the jury cannot af-
firm hat 10 frauds were perpetrated
by civil service employees, it is signii-
ant that the inquisitors found none
such. On the other hand, the report
remarks the fact that although the
police were in the vicinity of every
polling booth, the investigators re-
ceived no aid from them in seeking to
fasten responsibility for the condi-
tions which prevailed.
Works Without Pay.
Referring to the fact that Frank j.
LOesch, the special states attorney
appointed to conduct the investiga-
ton, had been compelled by iniunc-
liou " pei Ill iiS punt uulS WIFI
out compensation, even drawing on
his own purse for necessary expenses
in one Instance, the report says:
1--WE %denounce the men who have
thrust upon the county the shame OF
forcing Mr.. Loesch to perform his
public duty without the compensation
to which he is entitled, and which
thus far he has ably and conscien-
tiously earned, and We denounce the
measures by which these men have
achieved this ignoble end, and we es-
pecially condemn the recent disgrace
full conduct of the superintendent Of
public service which deprived Mr..
Loesch of reimbursement of funds for
emergency and other expenses to the
amount of s511, which, with generos-
ity and a high sense Of duty, he ad-
vanced from his private purse"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
FIFTY FAMILIES NEEDY.
Forest Fire Victims Who Are in Want
Are Listed.

Duluth, Dec. 9.-Mayor w. A. Ha-
ven of this city, chairman of the re-
lief committee appointed by Gov.
Johnson to succor the unfortunate
in this section who suffered by the
forest fires this year, has a list Of
fifty North Shore families deserving
of assistance. At first it was estimat-
ed that not more than fifteen families
would need assistance, but ~investiga-
ton has increased the original esti-
mate. Many of the settlers need lum-
Der to rebuild their houses, and it is
planned to hurry the necessary build
ing material north as sooon as posi-
BILE. N. J. Miller is making a our Of
the north shore, investigating meri-
torious cases, and upon his return
definite advices as to actual needs Of
the fire sufferers will be available.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Minina Men Kills Self.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 8. -
James Kindred, who came here two
months ago from Wells, New. was
found dead in his room Friday. He
had taken strychnine. His wife, son
and parents live in Davenport. Iowa
Kindred was a mining man. Finan.
cial losses are thought to have
prompted his suicide.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Police Killed bv Strikers.

Iquiuue, Chile. Dec. S.-A strike has
occurred in the Collahuaso mines
near this city. Police we're sent out
to restore order and were compelled
to retire, several of them being killed
or wounded. Troops have been dis
patched to their relief.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
FOUR KILLED WITH Ak.
Gruesome Tragedy Is Discovered in
Colorado.

W. w.
Trinidad, Colo, Dec. 8. - Their
heads spit open with an ak, four mem
bers of the Casino Garcia family were
found dead in their beds in THEN
home on Corriso creek, eighty-fre
miles east Of Trinidad, Saturday by
Nicholas Fernandez.
The condition of the bodies indi
Gated they had been dead for at least
two days. Maggie Garcia, eighteen
years old, is missing, and it is believ
ed that she also was murdered, if she
was not kidnapped.
Francisco Martinez, thirty years
old. who has been paying court tC
Maggie Garcia several weeks and who
was ordered by her parents to keeI
away from their place. has also disap
peared and search is being made for
him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Two Burned in EXPLOSION,

Elk Point, S. D., Dec. S.-Hanson &
Maher of Beresford opened here Sat
urday a moving picture show in the
Flannery building. The machine did
not work we'll so the audience was
dismissed and a moment later the
machine exploded. Henry Bronson,
the operator. and Billy Reynolds, his
assistant, were badly burned about
the face and hands
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Feud Ends in Murder.

Trague, Tenn, Dec. S.-A feud OF
years standing is believed to have
been responsible for the killing yes,
terday of DR.. Cullen M. Collangen, a
physician of this place, who was
found MORALLY wounded lying on the
railroad tracks near his home. Sam,
Gus and Jeff Moody, brothers, are I'M
der arrest charged with the killing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Two Drowned,

Washington, Dec. 8. = Joseph H.
Painter, a botanist in the national mu.
scum. and Robert Wallace. both OF
this city, we're drowned yesterday
while trying to shoot the rapids in a
canoe at Stubblefield Falls, in the Pc
tomac river.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Smothers in Bed With Parents

Faribault, Mimi, Dec. 8.-A young
child of five months belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Lewis, was smoth,
cred during the night while sleeping
in the bed occupied by it's parents.
Life had been extinct for some time
before the accident was discovered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
ACCUSED THIEF SHOT DEAD.
Son-in-Iaw Killed by Brother-ir-Iaw fo
$50 Change.

kCkOmO. Ind, Dec. S.-FCr the al
legged theft of q 500 bill from his
mOther-in-laW, Halbers Halberstadt
Saturday ni@ht paid the penalty with
his life. Burt II. Hunt, HalherstGdts
hrotherin-law, learning of his moth
er's loss. entered Ha,berstadt's room
and shot him dead. Hunt was arrest
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Gasoline Kills Missionary,

Lapeer, Mich, Dec. 8.-Rev. r. H,
Sidbotham, aged %thirty-four years, a
missionary recently returned from
Korea, died here from burns received
in a gasoline explosion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Two Killed in Collision.

Amarillo, Tex, Dec. 8. - Two per.
sons were killed, two others were Sc,
riously injured and a number were
less seriously hurt when north and
south bound passenger trains of tho
Santa Fee railroad collided near here
yesterday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Man and Woman Asphyxiated.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. S.-The bod.
les of Victor Wentz, aged thirty-three,
cashier of the First National Bank of
Canal Dover, Ohio, and Miss Alice
Holliger,. a st%enographer of this city.
were found in the Bellwood Inn, a ru.
raj resort, yesterday afternoon. Death
was undoubtedly due to asphyxiation.
caused by escaping gas from an open
gas stove.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Iakota Man Commits Suicide.

GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Dec. 8.-James
Williams, sixty-five years old, at one
time a prosperous citizen of Lakota,
N. D., committed suicide in the Great
Northern depot at Moorhead by TAX
ing a dose of strychnine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Want No Women EmpIoved.

Havana, Dec. 8. - A committee of
prominent women OF Havana are cir.
culating a petition to Gov. Magoon,
suggesting that he issue a decree for
bidding the employment OF women In
the government omces.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Diamond Robbers CAUGHT,

Winnipeg, Dec. 8. Four men and
one woman, alleged diamond rob.
bers from Chicago, are under arrest
here. They were captured last night
while trying to rob Porte & Markle,
jewellers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Fast Train Is Wrecked.

St. Johns, N. B., Dec. 5.-The Ca
madam Pacific fast train from Hall
fax for Montreal and Boston, was
wrecked at a switch one mile east Of
the. union station here last night. The
passengers were severely shakan up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-11
Mrs. Carter DISCHARGED.

New York, Dec. "a discharge in
bankruptcy was granted yesterday to
Mrs. Caroline Leslie Carter Payne.
the actress. According to her SEIZED.
ules Mrs. Payne's liabilities amounted
to $1a4,418 and her assets to s57. 926.