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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-24

King Gustave Adolphus occupies at
Stockholm. The !.dlace Itself is only
about 200 years old. no less than three
of its predecessors occupying the same
site having been destroyed by fire or
razed TO the ground. But the subter.
ranean portion of the palace remains
unchanged and untouched since the
day when It was originally built, as
part and parcel Of the so-called Berger
Jarl castle in the year 1851.
There are nearly thousand of these
subterranean chambers. some of them
of enormous size, and in several tiers,
and II has been found so dangerous to
venture far In this immense subter.
ranean labyrinth that chains and cords
have been stretched along the walls
to guide the attendants. while there
are some vaults that have never yet
been explored, at any rate during the
last hundred years. Yet It Is prob.
able that ere long they will be sub.
iected to searching investigation.
For, according to popular belief the
greater part of the enormous treasure
amassod by the present kings great
grandfather, Charles XIV. is concealed
in the wall of one of these vaulted
chambers beneath the palace.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-24

makes a total Of $4,000 that has been
paid on them since they We're taken
out II years ago. When Messrs. Troy,
White, Gibbons and Brown first movsd
out OF the Parish they gave to Father
Kilahy, who was pastor of s.
Stephens at the time the policies
were issued. their new addresses. For
a time the records Of the church
showed whore they could be found,
but for the last seven years all trace
of them has been lost
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-24
First Floor Plan

Generally such houses are boxed in
with some kind of a wooden fence
that shows signs OF weather wear and
the dilapidated breakage caused by
children at play.
A neat design like this costs very
little more, but what difference in
appearance. The shape of the roof
and the corresponding roof over the
front porch, with the proper placing
OF windows, makes the difference in
the outside appearance. The colors
used in painting. of course, have a
good deal to do with the final finish.
A good combination of light shade OF
paint for the body with darker trim
mings carefully chosen to properly
match show " great advantage in the
finish OF one Of these houses.
1t costs little more when building
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-24

a porch roof to give Il so much pro.
lection. but you have got to do some
thing out of the ordinary or when the
house is done you are not satisfied
with it.
Every house should be built with
modern improvements, whether the
house Is large or small. More atten
ton is being paid TO bathrooms with
hot and cold water connection than
ever before. The time will soon come
when n house won't rent or sell unless
1t has what are generally termed
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-24
ODD CORNERS WHERE UNCLE
SANS WoRkMEN LABOR.
Working Homes OF Department Of
Agriculture Employees Scattered
Over Capital, Pending Com.
pletion of New Building.

Scattered all over Washington in
the most unlikely places and the most
unpretenlious buildings are to be
found workshops where Uncle Sans
workers are busy in performing the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-24
Hello for Woman suftrane

Mrs. Russell Sage and other women
OF large means have pledged 100000
to the cause of woman suffrage in the
United States. The money is 10 be
paid in sums of $4,000 year for The
next five years. The annual receipts
OF the American Woman Suffras as
ISOLATION have grown from s2.54i in
1892 to 5,6c2 for 1907.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-12-24

modern improvements. have known
small houses to rent for eight or ten
dollars n month, and / have known
houses that cost very little more to
rent for double that amount simply
because they were built attractivel ,
and contained modern means of heat.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-07-16
WITH THE DEMOCRACY
- AT DENVER CONVENTION
L.. r.
Enthusiastic Scenes Mark the
Sessions of the Gathering.
Hilarious, Howine Mob of Delegates and Visitors
from Week End to Week End--The Interesting
Incidents and Sidelghts That Were Gath
cred During the Big Meeting.

Kern to show which way the Demo-
cratic wind was blowing, and then as
one after another of the men sug-
gested for the place withdrew it was
all over but the shouting, and that
will continue to ring IN Denvers ears
for many long day.
Such was the convention SO far as
the nominations were concerned. AS
to the platform, it is thing made be-
hind closed doors, and is of interest
only as it affects the ultimate result of
the campaign, but the real interest,
the thing that draws the crowd, the
thing that makes convention memoir
able in the minds of the individuals
who attend, and the things they talk
about in the years to come, are the
little stories and side lights, and it is
these things that l have been commits
stoned to write.
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he has tit is in him, and he can't
help it. This is how know:
When the big chairman of the big
convention stepped off the train, direct
from Indiana, and his eyes caught a
glimpse of the snow-capped mountain
peak that Zebulon Pike brought here
from the Louisiana French grant and
planted near the great Manitou, he
the big chairman from Indiana
opened wide his mouth and spake:
20 mighty, towering mountain peak,
With crest of snowy white,
would that I might win thy heart
And take thee home tonight;
Yes, to my Indiana home,
Where flows the Wabash still
Where sweat and dust and heat are rife,
And f1eas bite fit to kill.
think I'd like to plunge into
Thy snowy crest and lie
In frigid raptures, till / heard:
Come, Tom, it's. time to de- ~.
This "frigid raptures" is new one
out west, but to those who had occa-
sion to watch the chairman in his
strenuous efforts to be everywhere and
see every body at the same and one
time, better realize what a "hot time"
he had from the time of landing until
the gavel dropped in convention hall.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-07-16

Denver.-The Democratic conven.
ton at this place will go down in his.
tory as one of the most wildly exciting
political gatherings held for practical
ly half century. From the time the
first delegates began arriving in the
city to the time when Chairman Clay.
tons gavel raped out the sine die
adjournment, and even throughout
all of Friday night and Friday morn
ing while every train leaving the city
was being damned with the conven-
ton crowds homeward bound, there
was one continuous round of action
and enthusiasm.
From the first there seemed to be
no doubt ON the part of any one as
to the presidential nominee. 1t was
Bryan gathering through and
through. Gov. Johnson's followers
were true blue, though, and gave
many an evidence of strong lung pow.
.er, especially so when his name was
placed before the convention as Min.
-nesota's favorite son. 1t seemed for q
time as though the entire state had
been turned loose in the big hall, 80
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Free Smoke Won by Trick,

Free Smoke Won by Trick.
"Ain't it awful, awful, Mabel?" sad
ly asked Harry E. Insley, commission
er of supplies, of a group of politicians
seated in the mayors Office before the
convention met.
Il am ruined man." he continued,
as he opened little black pocketbook
"See this list of 500 lieutenants-good
workers, too-and only $50 tickets to
60 around. I wish I were out in the
woods somewhere"
This was the general trend of con-
versation when stranger happened
In and Col. John st. John Irby, the
mayors private secretary, began see-
ing that the stranger was formally
introduced all around. The gallant
colonel purposely passed up Col. D. A.
Barton, fire commissioner, until last,
when he said: :.
"And this is COL Barton, who holds
the place of fire commissioner on the
side know his maiA proposition
Is the cigar business"
% you, colonel I suspected
you were going to work your cid
trick" answered the official as he emp
lied every pocket to treat the crowd,
Ind the stranger said, THAT'S nice
free smoke" 4- g.
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Thirtv-Six Feet of Bows.

Former Gov. Francis and Augustus
Thomas, the playwright, met in the
Savoy hotel lobby, and addressed each
other like two characters out of the
comic supplement.
Hello, Dave" said Mr.. Thomas.
''Why, hello, Gus" replied Mr.. Fran
els 49, ....
You're looking mighty fine, Dave -
said Mr.. Thomas. I'm glad to see it
al your age" 7 i
well, Gus, ought to look fine, re-
piled Mr.. Francis, Il don't do a
thing"
Mr.. Thomas then asked about the
Francis family and the former govern
or said: ''Do you know, I've got SO
feet of Francis. boys in my family?
There are six boys and every one of
them is six feet tall"
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In the convention were pulled off by
the kangaroo court" If the subject
under consideration finally gave in he
was at once promoted to a seat on the
bench and permitted to cross-examipe
other recalcitrants. On the other hand,
IT he downed the court in the argu-
msq1ts the jury, which usually consist
ed Of 200 or more struggling delegates,
would rend the air with loud shouts
for Bryan, Johnson or some other
wholly innocent party.
New York and Minnesota delegates
were the especial prey of the court,
the sessions of which ran as long as
two hours at a time.
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Indian Chief Attends Convention.
Moty Tiger, "a full blood Indian from
Oklahoma. chief Of the Creek nation,
which has 1900 people, was one of
the curiosities at the convention. He
is IS years old, worth 500, 900. and
this was the first time the delegates
from his state knew that he was a
Democrat. Tate' Brady Of Tulsa,
one Of the political lights Of Oklahoma,
took him to the aud torium in q motor
car. This was the first time the chief
ever had attended a convention and he
was viewed with considerable inter
est. He didn't make many comments
upon It. Ugh, heap talk. Much
snoisa? e was about All he'd say II Eng
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GETTING Money From Home.

es-ssE. SsAHS "OuSy TTOH t1ONNSs
Ihere We're loud cheers when Mar
TN W. Littleton, in his brief speech
before the convention, referred to the
thrift and enterprise of Denver in it's
treatment of delegates. Denverites
cheered the utterance Nas compli-
ment, but others cheered it as melan-
choly tribute to the emptiness of their
pocketbooks. -ae. = =.
Denver paid 100000 to get the con-
ventlon, and while the municipality of
Denver was generous to the point of
prodlgality, the subscribers to, the
100000 did not lose sight of the fact
that they were entitled to a rich re-
turn on the investment, and they
got it.
Some of the prices would strain the
financial backbone of Pittsburg mil
lionaire. A man with good husky
appetite found that every day tore a
big hole in his bank roll. The walters
of the hotels and large restaurants
entered the get-rich-quick conspiracy.
They managed to arrange it every
time so that, a quarter was the small
est coin in the change, and it naturally
went as tip.
Denver had a special committee to
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The "kanuaroo Court"

The kangaroo court was one Of
the features of the convention. It is
an organization established by "Alfal.
ia Bill' Murray Of Oklahoma and held
forth in the lobby Of the Brown Pal,
ace hotel, with the backs Of the seats
in the rotunda for the bench of the
honorable court Everybody had to
subscribe to Bryan and Bryan Democ,
racy. The prisoners were rushed to
the foot of the bench and were then in,
.terrogated by the court as to their
fitness to be a delegate in the conven-
ton. Usually five judges shouted at
the prisoner at one and the same time.
Some Of the hottest arguments held
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In the Boxes.

= 2 .
The hundreds of women who attend.
ed the long session which ended in the
nomination of William ]. Bryan for
the presidency plainly showed
the effect Of. the prolonged strain and
excitement.
All night hundreds Of women
watched the progress Of the nominat-
ing speeches, the cheering and the
balloting. Brilliant with gown and
gem, fevered with emotion, bright
eyed with excitement, they historical.
" waved flags, wells, handkerchiefs,
hands, hats, standards and cushions,
when Ignatius j. Dunn, the homely
Omaha lawyer, brought before the
convention the name Of our candi.
date
Mrs. Dunn, herself a guest In the
/ box OF Mrs. Bird Coler, exchanged con
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Didn't Want to See Auditorium,


Didn't Want to See Auditorium.
On the day before the convention
opened, in the lobby of the Albany ho-
tel was girl behind counter selling
tickets to the concert with which the
auditorium, where the convention was
held, was formally opened. A man
stepped in front of the counter to wait
for a friend who was downstairs get
ting a shine.
Buy ticket to the opening OF the
auditorium" asked the girl.
Guess not" replied the man.
Don't you want to see the interior
of Denver's fine new, big building?"
mo"
do you live in Denver?"
"Yes'
WELL" said the girl, sternly, "you
don't seem to show much interest in
the town. Aren't you fooling? Don't
you really want to see the inside of
the auditorium
mo, 1 DON'T" said the man. 1--WE
been working in that building for the
past six months. I know almost every
brick in it.
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went WHO.
great was the cheering. The same
was true when Judge Gray's name
was placed before the convention, but
both of these demonstrations paled
beside the one big show when At
torney Dunn named the man from Lin
coin. Old stagers at the political
game told me they had turned back
the pages of memory for many q
year and could discover nothing thAt
eaualed the scene then enacted.
Enthusiasm marked the naming Of
Kern as the running mate, wild, hilari-
GUS enthusiasm. Up to that last ses-
sionNof the convention the vice-presi-
dental nomination was all q matter
OF pure guesswork. When at one
o'clock on Friday, Chairman Clayton
called the gathering to order no one
could safely prophesy who would be
named for second place. But It took
enly the hrst mention Of the name q
49,
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Eagle Bell Brought His Drinks with
Him.

grape with him. He said he had heard
this altitude is so high that the foam
wouldn't rise on beer and he didn't
want any of his friends to suffer. ""And
.besides,' said Bell, ''this is the juice
that invigorates, stimulates and per
colates but never inebriates have
another.
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Clayton Nearly Lost Flowers.


Permanent Chairman Henry D. Clay.
ton came near not getting any roses
when he took his seat on the speak
er's platform on the day the perman.
ent organization was effected.
It appears there are a dozen or fif.
teen former residents of Alabama in
Denver and the day before they had
expended $50 on a great bunch of
American beauty roses as a token of
their friendship and regard for the
distinguished southerner
They took the flowers down to the
auditorium, but Congressman Clay
ton wasn't made permanent chairman
that day. In the wild cheering that
followed the mention of Mr.. Bryan's
name the Alabama man to whom the
roses had been intrusted pulled them
to pieces in his excitement, and the
ribbon, which had cost IS, resembled
dish rag when it came down to earth.
But the sons Of Alabama were on
hand at the opening of the conven-
ton on the third day with another
bunch of American beauties and at
the proper time gave them to Con-
gresham Clayton.
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Bell and His Winerv.


Congressman Theodore Bell of CALI
fornia was the early bird booked for
temporary chairman of the convention.
He sailed in from Lincoln on a hand
car and the swishing wings of the
Fraternal Order Of Eagles, and
brought several casks of the infer
mented grape juice Of the California
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Nuggets.

mix me up a little whisky, absinthe
and Worcestershire sauce" said the
thirsty delegate to the bartender In
ordinary times this would have caused
a riot, but the gentlemanly bartend-
ers became used to strange, con-
coctions.
The delegate ,smaeked his lips and.
walked out.
S q wonder what that is good for 8
said the bartender.
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When Dunn Named Bryan the Noise
Was Too Big to illustrate.

keep prices down and prevent exor-
bitant charges, but the dispensers of
meals were evidently immune
AS result the telegraph companies
did a big business handling urgent
messages, sent by delegates, alter
mates and visitors, to their homes beg
ging for more money.
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How sulzer Missed Biz Fortune.

How sulzer Missed Big Fortune.
Congressman William Sulzer Of
New York, who attended the Demo
cratic convention, might have been a
multimillionaire had he been a little
bit more observing one time when he
was Fl years old. It was in the sum-
mer Of 1884. Congressman Sulzer had
just graduated from the law depart
ment of Columbia. He heard that a
United States army expedition was to
do some exploring in Alaska and he
secured permission to accompany the
soldiers. Under the command of Lieut..
Schwatka the expedition explored and
made maps all the way from what is
now St. Michaels up the Yukon to a
point So miles above the present site
of Dawson. For some time the party
scamped ataDawson's present site. They
weren't thinking of gold and therefore
didn't find any.
Had only 1naN1 that Ne lxi1a
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Tom Tauuart a Poet,

No one would have suspected that
Tom Taggart-big, openfaced, yet reso-
lutte Tom of Indiana-had a streak
of sentiment in his makeup that would
burst and bloom into a sunny sonnet,
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lish He talked through an interpreter
almost altogether. "The chief says
he,s impressed and that it looks as
though Bryan would be elected" said
fhe , .', "He d*es1'f nnder-
stand what the platform is for and 1
cant make him. He says it is all heap
foolish and wants to know how Bryan
feels about the Indian question"
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around loose up there, z said Congress
man Sulzer, 81 might have made my
self iabulously wealthy In after years
solce OF the richest placer gold de-
pusitS q u! !,.;;s.u;;:11 we're fsS:n1 within
q stones throw of the place where
we camped. Yes, sir. might now be
playing golf with John D. Rockefeller"
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slant glances with her husband The
err she snatched her flag from her
chair, leaned far over the box and furf-
ously waved the banner. her face
beaming with smiles and her eyes
fearful from excitement
Near by Ruth Bryan Leavitt, her
eyes filled with tears Of emotion, laid
one hand in that of her brother, Will
liam Bryan, Jr., and with the other
tried weakly to keep her small flag
waving, while the guests in her box,
drifting into the mob spirit, were car
ried away by it's enthusiasm.
Across the aisle of the section that
came to be known as the convention
holy of holies,' because of the social
prominence and exclusiveness of its
occupants, Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
occupying the Roger Sullivan box,
wearing stunning dinner gown of
| white lace and some magnificent
jewels, looked on rather disdainfully
at what, according to her expression,
must have been "wild-eyed" proceed
ing, and chatted amusedly with her
guests, including Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick, Miss Corinne Robinson and Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Letter.
Mr. and Mrs. Longworth had as good
time as any Democrat at the conven-
ton. They attended the sessions and
were deeply interested. All efforts
to draw from either anything like a
comparison between the Denver and
Chicago convention was futile. They
would not talk politics.
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Couldn't Get In.


One of the most picturesque figures
of the convention couldn't get into
convention hall at the Tuesday morn
ing session.
They call him "Old Kaintuck," and
he came to Denver with the St. Joseph.
Mo-, marching club. He walked 600
miles behind a wheelbarrow once on
an election bet.
He's an old man, nearly 80, with q
gray beard reaching half way down to
his waist, wears battered silk hat,
and had on his convention clothes
made entirely of bunting, cut after the
fashion of the Uncle Sam caricatures.
Some wag had written upon card
the directions to an entrance that did
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Gray's Followers Were in Evidence.
not exist. The marching club was
absent. By the time the old man had
found friend the morning session
had adjourned.
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How campau Rested His Leqs.


Denver's altitude, and likewise it's
"attitute," were hard on the dele
gates legs. Seats in the hotel Hobbies
were at premium, and there were
usually long waiting lists on every
seat, each prospective occupant keep
ing an eagle eye on the corners with
view to inserting his legs into them
as soon as the occupant moved an
inch. D. J. Campau of Michigan hit
upon scheme that brought him a
seat every time he tried it. He would
walk up to an onlooker, who would
be fattered by the attention, and
inquire: "Who is that up there in the
balcony?" The party addressed gener-
ally jumped to his feet, stepped out a,
yard or SO, and squared off for a look,
when Campau would composedly drop
into the chair, having lost all interest
in his inquiry. The bystanders laughed
SO loudly at the trick that the loser
had to give up gracefully. IT
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Col. J. Ham. Dodaed Speech Calls.

Col. J. Ham. Dodged Speech Calls.
COL James Hamilton Lewis of Chi.
cago is a wise colonel The conven-
ton had habit, during moments when
there was nothing else to do, of call
ing upon different notables to speak.
That honor was accorded Lewis during
the wait for the platform committees
report. At the same time there were
cries for other men to speak. That
was the coloneps tip. He didn't want
to go on the platform to speak and get
Hobsonized-not kissed by the ladies',
far be it from this-but Hobsonized in
a different way-the way the crowd
handled Capt. Richmond Pearson Hob
son of Merrimac fame and the much
kissed seaman when he tried to tell
them of the war with Japan. They
hooted and Kissed, but Hobson dis
played sample of that same nerve
that served him at Santiago and fin
ished his speech. Nothing like that
for J. Ham.