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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-22

MRS GUINNESS AND THE RUINS OF THk
HOUSE WHERE HER CRIMES WE'RE CON-
MITrED-rHE ARROW INDICATES SITE.
materials for the construction Q! tn
strange story of her career. She /
supposed to have lured rich men to he
den by matrimonial advertisement
and then made away with them To-
their money and also TO have run !;
murder fence" for the benefit of he
partners in the awful trade of huma'
slaughter. the latter operating in CHI
cago aud sending the bodies of thei
victims to her for burial.
The burning of the house at L.
porc. in which Mrs Guinness live,
with her three little chi!drea "A Sho!
time ago. led to the remarkable revnia
tionS rs to her history.
The story of the IapOrte murdc
farm recalls the notorious dOincS
the Bender family in Montgomery
county. Kan. about forty years aga
and the famous case of Henry II
Holmes. who Swindled insurance com
panieS and was held responsible fo1
the murder of quite long list OF per
sons. He was hanged in Philadelphia
The RenderS husband aud wife anC
son and daughter were supposed t.
have murdered nine or ten persons
and buried the bodies in the vicinity
of their home robbery being their mo
tive The RrnderS mySteriOusiy diSap
peared. and their fate is unknown. al
though rumors were abroad at H. II nt
that indignant citizens put an end tt
their infamou careers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-22

THE LAPORTE MURDER FARM

Sre~some Finds Beneath the Burned
Home Of Mrs. Belle Guinness
Criminal records contain no parali,..
Of the grewSome story revealed in thr
hnding of the clearing house for muir
dcrs Kent - Mrs Belle Guinness al
Iaportc. Ind Just how many person,
mot their fate in connection with he
bloody bu-inrss carried on by tAiS
woman and her confcdrratcS Will per
hap> never j." known The Skclct ms
discovered beneath the collar of hcI
house and the fact that eXpressmcn
had many timrs delivered to her boNc.
and trunks now believed to have cou
tanned human bodies form the chic
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-22
Killing ON CATCHING.
Famous Ball Player Gives Some
Good Advice.
STUDY BATTER'S WEAKNESS
First Class Receivers Invaluable to
Pitchers and Infielders Alike-Cooi
Head and Memory Needed if You
Want to Catch EN- Mapping.

Good catcherS are mighty scarce
now, as the last two or three seasons
In major league baseball have shown
conclnsivcly, Johnny King Of the Chi
cago Nationals, Roger Brcsnahan Of
Tie New York Giants, Frank Bower
man of the Boston Doves Billy SUN.
van of the Chicago Americans and Lon
Criger of the Boston Americans proha=
bly, rank higher than any men in the
business Just now King is regarded
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-22
MISS JEAN REID.

Ambassadors Daughter, Who Is to
Marry ln England.
Miss Jcan Tcmpieton Reid. daughte"
Of Whitriaw Reid. American minister
to England has had many suitors. and
now that her engagement to the Hon
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-22

Catcher Snodsrass Has Strong Arm.
Snodgrass. the Giants young catcher
from the Pacific coast, has great
throwing arm.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

Washington. Dec. 21.-In point Of
attendance and interest and the work
accomplished. the National Rivers and
Harbors congress. through its fifth
annual convention, held during the
second week OF the current month.
marked an epoch IN the economic his
tory of the nation. And the resolu-
tlons. which were unanimously adopt
"a by the convention, fearlessly went
upon record for a bond issue OF five
hundred million dollars, TO improve
the rivers and harbors OF the United
States las shall be authorized by
congress, said bonds 10 be sold from
time TO time and In such quantities
as may be necessary. the provisions
for the issuance Of said bonds TO be
similar to those authorizing the
bonds for the construction Of the
Panama canal"
This action on the part Of the Ma
tional Rivers aud HarbOrs congress,
was the elimination OF the campaign
Of education begun several years
ago. the plece-meal appropriations on
the part OF the congress OF the
United states, by river and harbor
bills. In 20 sense outlining a fixed
and comprehensive policy OF water
way improvement. commensurate
with theeyer increasing demands Of
trade and commerce.
Notwithstanding the objection en-
tered by Speaker Cannon 20 the bond
issue feature OF the resolutions, the
committee on resolutions, represent
ing al sections OF the country. had
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21
Advantage Of Internal Waterway Bonds

no differences as to the need of fixed
annual appropriations for waterway
development and they believed the
time ripe for an explicit declaration
TO that end. The time for argument
had gone by with the $500 delegates
who were IN attendance upon the con-
ventlon, the time for action was at
hand.
Representative Ransdell, OF Louis
lana, president OF the National Rivers
and Harbors congress. who has for
many years been an active, earnest
worker for a comprehensive plan OF
waterway bet.erments. in explaining
the action OF the congress over which
he presides. said yesterday: Nobody
contemplates the issuance OF $780,
900 600 Of bonds at one time. All
we plan Is to have bonds issued from
time to time as needed. These bonds
are for permanent works, for work
Just as permanent and possibly more
so than the Panama canal, and des-
tined for the same commercial uses.
These works are not alone for our
selves. they are for posterity as well,
and should be paid for. at least In
part. by Il.
by tho authorization OF the issu-
ance OF $500 600, 900 OF bonds to
carry out a broad and comprehensive
policy OF waterman improvement we
are but Initiating the wise example
OF the railroads who make money by
borrowing money 10 be used for line
extensions. thereby increasing the
means OF handling traffic.
'1f Il should be found that sum
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

those who simply desire to cast upon
him their surplus burdens.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

Client money cannot be appropriated
from current revenues to carry on
the work OF completing water pro-
jects under way and the beginning
OF new ones approved by the board
OF army engineers, then there should
be sold sufficient waterway bonds
from time to time, so that each year
will find the work Of improving our
rivers, harbors and canals steadily
going on to final vompletion.
'In 1908 the congress of the Unit
ed States authorized the issuance of
s130, 900 900 of Panama bonds to
be sold as needed. With the $780,
900 900 issued the other day the to-
tai amount of the Panama bond issue
up to this time is $S4,G31 $50. ex-
tending over a period of nearly six
years.
"As a large deficit is in sight, to be
exact, SIS. 074 POI for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1908, for the next
fiscal year as per the estimate of the
secretary OF the treasury. $114y00O, =
900 and $4,000. 900 for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1910, II Is
clear that only by a bond issue can
the work Of waterway development
on a comprehensive plan proceed. 1t
will take but ten million dollars a
year-about the cost Of one battle
ship-to pay per cent on the pro-
posed s5OO.OOO,00O bond Issue. And
this sum wisely spent on our water
courses. our rivers and our harbors
will save the people more than half
billion dollars annually in reduced
frelght rates"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21
Pace That Kills.

There was a thin and nervous wo-
man who could not sleep. She Wis
tied her physician, and the man said:
do you eat anything just before go
ing to bed?"
"Oh, no, DOCTOR" the patient re-
piled.
We'll" said the physician, 'Just
keep pitcher of milk and some bis
cult beside you, and every night, the
last thing you do, make a light meal.
But, Doctor" cried the lady. "you
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

told me on no account to eat any
thing before retiring"
Pooh. poohl" said the doctor,
'that was three months ago. Science
has made enormous strides since
then. ''-Argonaut.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

Fair Soprano (havlng finished her
trlaO DO you think my voice VIII
fill the hall?
Grim Manager fear II would
have just the opposite effect.-Tit-
Bits.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21
just Look!

Jrst Look.
Ray Stannard Baker will contribute
to the magazine a series of papers on
''The Spiritual Unrest" the first
dealing with the Emmanuel Move
ment. under the title, "The Preach
ers Doing the Work OF the Doctors ="
The second article will relate to Dr.
Cabot and other doctors, who are
doing the work of the preachers"
The third, under the title "1n the
Wake Of Billy Sunday" Will be an
account OF Mr.. Sundays work as per-
sonally observed by Mr.. Baker, who
points out what nave been the results
OF Mr.. Sundays revivals several
months, or even years, after they
took place.
William Allen White. under the
title "The Old Order Changeth," will
contribute a series OF political arti-
lcles on present-day conditions in po-
litical, social and industrial life Mr.
White aims TO show that, through all
the corruption seen in political life,
the public really has been getting
what Il has aimed at Mr.. White Is
optimistic as TO the results which
have been achieved and those which
yet may be. believing that the public,
once wishing them. has always OBJ
tanned them and always will. Stew
art Edward White will contribute a
series OF stories for boys. and Miss
Tarbell a series entitled "The Activ-
tiles OF Women" the details OF which
are not yet ready for announcement.
Lincoln Steffens will continue to
contribute political articles. the first
by him being published in the Feb
ruary number. Prof. William James
Is also announced as one OF the nota-
Bile contributors 10 this magazine,
while samuel Hopkins Adams. Lind
say Denlson, VIII Erwin, DR.. Woods
Hutchinson. and PDf. w. I. Thomas
will contribute. Professor Thomas
is the author Of a notable book on
women. and will write of them In the
articles now on hand. Mr. Dunno
meanwhile will continue his Inter
prefers House" Another feature
will be by the author OF the we'll
known stories entitled Adventures
i'm Contentment." They have the ger
eral title "Some of My Neghbors.
but will deal specifically with typical
characters. the first being "The old
Maid" and the second "The Village
Drunkard."
The American Magazine has nc
equal at the price; in many partieu-
lars It has no equal at any price The
editors and contributors stand at the
very forefront among magazine writ
ers. The current number. on al
news-stands. is a fair sample. DOM
fail to buy this number. II has many
excellent articles, good stories ant
fine pictures.
The yearly subscription price Of
The American Magazine is only one
dollar. Twelve big books of the
worlds best literature for little
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All that you have to do is to write
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Send II at our risk. Address, The
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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

Flowers of happiness never bloom
long when We plant them in our own
gardens. 4
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

Use SCOT Destroyer, and elimi-
nate all dirt from your chimneys.
For sale at all groceries.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

A silly woman tries to drive a man;
wise one leads him.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

A day dreamer is sure TO attract
attention-when he snores.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21

Be a good thing" only for the
benefit OF your family.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-21
a RICH PROGRAM.
What the American Magazine Offers
Its Readers for Only 800.
4 Marvel Of Magazine Making.

The American Magazine has an i'm
mensely rich editorial program for
the year 1909. When you pay one
dollar for one years subscription to
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the best all-the-year value I'm maya
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States.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31
HAD QUIT WORK
READY To GIVE UP IN DESPAIR
Restored to Health By Vinol

II was sick, rundown and finally
had to give up work. After trying
a number of remedies and several ply
sicians, was just about ready to give
up In despair. saw Vinol adj
vertised and decided to try 1t,
and 1t has done more good for
me than all other means combined. 1t
has built me up and restored my
strength until | now feel twenty years
younger, and am able to attend to my
work again as usual" Job Jeavons,
1895 Lind street, Wheeling. w. Va
The reason Vinol is so successful In
such cases is because 1t contains tonic
iron and all of the strengthening
blood-making and bodybuilding ele-
ments Of cod liver oil, but no oil.
Vinol Is unexcelled as a strength
creator for old people, delicate children.
weak. rundown persons, and after
sickness-and Is the best known rem
sdy for coughs, colds and bronchitis.
We return your money II Vinol fails
70 give satisfaction.
FRANK T CLAY, Druggist
Butler, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31
COMMON SENSE

Leads most intelligent people to use only
medicines Of known composition. There
fore Il is that DIR. Pierce's medicines, the
makefstI which print every ingredient
entering hAo Them upon the bottle wrap
pers and attest its correctness under oath,
are daily grR\ing in favor. The COM
position Of DklPierce's medicines is open
to everybody,vDr. Pierce being DESTROYS
Of having the Search LIGHT Of inyestiga:
lon turned fully upon his formula, being
conhdent that the better the c0mpQSltion
ol [heSe medicines Is Known the moro
will lbelr Great clratiye morris be recog;
.niled Being wholly made OF the active
medicinal principles extracted from ma
tive forest roots, by exact processes
original with DR.. Pierce, and without the
use Of drop Of alcohol, triple-refned and
chemically pure glycerine being used in
stead in extracting and preserving the
curative virtues residing in the roots
employed, these medicines are entirely
free from the objection of doing harm
by creating an appetite for either al
coholic beverages or habit forming
'6rugs. Examine the formula on theiI
bottle wrappers-the same as sworn to by
DR.. Pierce, and you will find that his
rGolden Medical Discovery" the great
blood purifier, stomach tonic and bowel
regulator-the medicine which, while not
,, recommended to cure consumption In its
advanced stages (no medicine will do that
yet does cure all those catarrhal condi
tions of head and throat, weak stomach
torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak
! lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, II neg
| lected or badly treated lead up to anc
: finally terminate in consumption.
Take the rGolden Medical Discovery
In time and IL Is not likely to disappoini
you If only you give 1t a thorough ant
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won't do supernatural things. You mus
exercise your patience and persevere in 1t:
use for reasonable length of time to gel
its full benefits. The ingredients Of which
DIR. Pierce's medicines are composed have
the unqualified endorsement Of scores O
medical leaders-bctter than any amount
Of lay, or non-professional.i testimonials
They are not given away to be expert
mented with but are sold by all dealers II
medicines at reasonable prices.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31
Present Promoters Say it is
Certain-Pipe Line TO be
Laid al Once.

Rich hin Review.
Rich Hill viii have natural gas
sure, said II. NJ, Ruble 10 Review
reporter, land II she weather Should
continue ~ good 'or the next
month ~ il has been she past month
the town will likely be burning It by
the first OF February"
Mr. Ruble and ". ". Cheverton
returned this morning over the Fris.
co K. H., from Pleasar ton, kas.,
where they had been So negotiate
lor the necessary pipe line iurconvey-
ing the gas from she company's
wells to the city
I'VE nave purchased seven and
one half miles OF pipe, said MIR. Ru-
Die, land preparations have been
made for loading is as Uuce, and
some OF Is will arrive next week and
laying It will be begun as promptly
~ possible.
This amount Of pipe weighs close
50 40 tons and is quite proposi-
i0n within itself ~ hsndla lt
The company has five producing
wells. and expects tocontnle drilling
until at least % wells are develop
ed"
The present company, which Is
composed OF local people. has made
no hurrah nor big talk 81 any kind,
hu. has quietly aud systematically
u. work on the problem OF supplying
this town with natural gas They
have SAID littie but have CONSTANTLY
been saving wood. They are GER
tainly deserving OF great commenda-
ZION, whatever success their enter
prise may achieve, ana shey arr very
sanvuine OF attaining sher inllest
expectations. The day Datural gas
reaches this town every foot OF prop.
erty will enhance at least 10 per
cent in value, and some d whole iot
more. Let all get ready 80 celebrate
this event.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31
The YaIIer Dog Kind.

The Standard believes In Yaller
Dog Democracy who do
not scratch, but settle their prefer
ences In the primary. From a po-
litical standpoint, Republicans do
not like Yaller Dog Democrats, not.
withstanding every Republican in
Missouri is a Ysller Dog Republican
-yaller through and through. He
sticks to his ticket like sorghum to q
nigger's lips, and at the same time
walls long against Yaller Dogism
among Democrats. He advises in
dependence In voting, when It means
"Vote for Republicans. "-Excslsior
Springs Standard.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31
Bargains in Used Steinway NATURAL GAS FOR RICH HILL

II you know Of anyone who wishes
very good piano at IA moderate
cost, he will be interested In the fact
shat lst as the present time the we'll
known music house OF Lyon& Healy,
Chicago, have u large salesroom EN-
sirely filled with used Ssenway w..
rights These Steinways embrace a
wide variety Of styles All OF them,
OF course, are genuine Steinways,
and all OF them are in fine condition,
but there Is u great difference In the
cost.
Besides these instrument, Lyon X
Healy are also now Offering at n
great Rebuilding Clearing Sele, she
pianos formerly owned BY tha
Thompson Music Co, the llealy Mu-
sic Co, and the big Thearle Plano
Co, ~ we'll as their own stock.
You can secure "a fine Instrument AT
20 TO 40 per cent less than usual
prices.
These pianos will be sold either for
cash or upon very easy monthly pay
ments. Freight on al upright plano
Is only q few dollars All Of these
Instruments are fully guaranteed t.
he exactly ~ Represented. The op
pOrtun,5y To secure ono will M
douhtedy b. taken advantage Ct by
the shrewd buyers in shiS vicinity,
A letter 30 Lyon X Heaiy, 10
Adams street, Chicago, VIII bring !uil
par iculars,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31
INCONSISTENT.
Obituary.

Aaron NJ. Thomas died Of pneu-
monia Dee. 11th, 1908 The funeral
was held as the Willow Branch
church, Rev Q. Y Suter conducting
the services. He was laid to rest In
Fairview cemetery, followed by Il
large concourse OF relasives and
friends. Aaron NJ. Thomas was born
in Lone Oak township, Bates eoun.
~, Feb. 11th, 1912, and was mar
ried 80 Miss Ella Confeld, OF New
Lancaster, Kan, Feb. II, 1890. To
this union two children were born:
Robert and Ella. Aaron was con-
verified when u boy; Joined the NJ. f.
Church OF which he was a consistent
member. He enlisted In Co. d. oithe
Kan. rs private and was promoted
TO Corporal and then Sergeant and
mustered out as Second Lieutenant.
He was stationed at Butler, Mo,
then at Fort Smith, then at Little
Rock, then as Duval's Bluffs, Ark.
What splendid letters lie wrote his
mother who was widowed by the war,
how all home hearts turned towards
him. What a father TO the father
less and good son to his mother
all the remainder OF her life.
While he served number OF times
as Justice OF the Peace, be was al
ways pescemsker In his neighbor.
hood.
When asked by his brother II he
knew he could not get well, he said
be thought he could pull through,
but said he was not afraid to die
and said he had not made much
money, for he had given too much OF
his time to make Others happy and
told how he wanted his affairs set
tied.
He leaves a wife, two children, two
brothers and two sisters to mourn
their loss: David B. and Cyrus NJ
Thomas, OF Peru; Margaret c. Requa,
of Fl. Scott, and Mary E. Gerkin, Of
Peru, and a number Of nephews and
nieces. A FRIEND.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31
This, Man Has a New Trade.

From nt.Bits,
The trade OF the rat catcher Ia
sometimes u lucrative one, but that
OF the cockrosch catcher or beet.
ler." as he styles himself, is said to
be still more lucrative, IL somewhat
limited.
For the modest sum OF a hall u
crown the b,esler viii undertake to
clear she most infested kitchen OF
cockroaches in an hour or two. All
he r, qlires Is shat the kitchen be Civ
en- up TO him entire for a couple of
hours after dark, and he leaves
he guarantees that not a beetle
shall remain.
His method ia a simple one. He
mixes certain potent drua dear TO
the palate Of the cockroach and adds
a pint OF rum so the mixture; then he
pours the decoction into shallow
basins and deposits them in the dark
corners Of she room, He retires and
waits Tor ten minutes, and when he
revlslts she basins he Invariably finds
them iull Of struggling beetles In an
advanced state OF intoxication. The
strong smell Of the rum, combined,
with their fsvorite drug, penetrates
to the uttermost corners of the floor,
ing aud entices the erring vermin TO
their undoing. They FEAST on the
drugged spirits till they are unable
TO walk straight, and at intervals OF
ten minutes she catcher clears the
drunkards away aud waits for the
next batch Not q cockroach will re-
main at the end OF an hour.
The catcher takes the beetles away
In a sack, and when they have slep,
off the effect OF their debauch he sells
them at "A penny hundred to bird
shops, where the songsters thrive on
beetles rs long as they last.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-12-31

A party Of Charlottesville hunters
claim 80 have wounded a wolfe which
was chasing q deer, and took it to
camp and dressed she wound. When
the loot got well the wolfe was let
loose and took up with the dogs,
and proved TO be the best deer run
ner in the pack. Is will be kept in
captivity and will, no doubt, be one
OF the sights which Kennels thirsty
cltizsns will be shown when they
60 TO the wicked city on the river.