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Williams news., 1909-05-29
LETTER DENOUNCEDASFALSE

Sheriff John w. Francis, while in the city last Sunday, was seen by representative of THE NEWS regarding the letter of ex-Lieuten- ant Old. attacking him, published in this paper last week.
 Sheriff Francis said that he de- nounces the letter of Will Old, pub lished, attacking him, as a denial of the statements Old had actually made to Thomas Pulliam, his chief deputy in the sheriff's office.
 Deputy Pulliam is willing to make affidavit that Old endeavored to get my office to induce governor to offer reward for the murderer of Swartz," said Sheriff Francis, "and 1 will reiterate every word that he has uttered in connection with this tragedy"
 Sheriff Francis also stated that he thought that the suspects Neill and Wood are in safety from the officers in Mexico. although a re- ward has been offered for their capture by the governor. Even if they were located in Mexico, Mir. Francis thinks that warrant for their arrest issued by a justice of the piece, would not be sufficient document for their return here. There is no evidence of the district court record nor grand jury in- dictments against them and con- sequently they are in safety as long as they stay away from the United States. To find an indictment against Neill and Wood a special grand jury would have to be called to act in the case, and this would be unnecessary expense, as at the present time there is not enough evidence in sight to find true bill | against them. The principal wit ness would be Will Old, and no pipers could be served on him as he also is in a foreign country.
Williams news., 1909-05-29
French Ambassador In Williams

Monseur Jusserand, French ann bassador to the United Slater, and Mme. Jusserand were in Willia ms between trains yesterday enroute to California points and exposition in Seattle. They are travelling in the private car of George T. Nicholson of the Santa Fe. The party are at Grand Canyon today and tomorrow will return and leave for Los Ange'es.
Williams news., 1909-05-29
ROLL OF HONOR
John Nellis John Tabor Albert Hoyle Harry Rollins John Farnsworth

The above is the list of Nations honored soldiers who are buried in Williams. The list may be incom- plete, but there being no records of them to be found it was hard task even to get up this list. This paper is desiIous to secure a complete record of the old soldiers dead. If any person fnows of any others besides the list above published they will confer favor by bring. ing it to THE NEWS
Williams news., 1909-05-29
Mpntnrtal Nntirr

All members of Fraternal orders and Veterans of tie Civil and Spanish A merican Wars are requested to attend the Memorial Services at the Williams Opera House to- morrow morning at 1O:3O.
Williams news., 1909-05-29

Hon. Eli s. Perkins. of Congress Junction. passed through here on Sunday evening on his way east on mining business. Perkins is an old ex newspaper man, and after accu- mulating fortune sold out and investei his wealth in the mining industry. We are pleased to hear that he is making good.
Williams news., 1909-05-29
MEMORIAL PROGRAM


 The following is the program to be given at the opera house on Memorial Day, 10:30 o'clock a. DO: Music. .............. Drum Corps
 Chorus.
 Vocal Selection. Address =. Rev. David Roberts.
 Vocal Selection.
 Chorus. Music. Drum Corps After which the lodges will as- eemble and together with the veterans of the Civil and Spanish American wars, school children and citizens will march to the cemetery where the decoration of the graves will take place.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
Carrie in the GRAVEYARD.

When Representative Birdsall Of
Iowa was serving his first term in
the house, he was called, with the
other Iowa representatives, into con-
ference with the late Senator Alli-
son On Iowa matters, says the Satur-
day Evening Post.
Shortly before the conference Car.
RE Nation had been hustled out of a
senate gallery for making a row. Be-
fore the conference began Birdsall
said to Senator Allison, very grave
and dignified and stickler for the
dignity of the senate and it's tradi-
tons and power: Had quite a lit
tie excitement over in the senate this
afternoon"
What was that?" said Allison, who
had been out of the chamber when
Carrie was eliminated.
Why, they arrested Carrie Nation
and took her out of one of the gal
leries."
All" commented Allison, for dis.
turbing the peace, presume?"
NO" Birdsall replied, for disturb.
ing the dead"
And Birdsall always wondered aft
er that why he didn't get along with
Allison.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
MUSTN'T PLAY FOR KEEPS"
Washington Boys Playing Marbles
Are Arrested for Gambling and
Well ScoIded.

Neutrality-suspicious. who play mar
bles for keeps" are gamblers and are
liable to punishment for violation of
the law, according to the dictum hand
ed out by Judge Kimball in one of the
most unusual cases ever brought be-
fore the police court in Washington.
Three small boys were brought be-
fore the magistrate charged with par
ticipation in game of chance. The
charge, lodged by the policeman max
ing the arrest, was sustained by the
magistrate, who delivered in forceful
fashion a few ideas on what consti-
tutes gambling.
"The playing of marbles for keeps
is a violation Of the law" he said
gravely, land as long as | am on the
bench propose to break it up"
The judge held that no matter what
the game may be, the element of
chance constitutes gambling. The
youngsters before the court were read
a severe lecture and sentence was sus-
pended during their good behavior. :.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

making him an elevator conductor
in the new $4,000,000 senate office
building.
To those who read the news stories
of the contest in the Kentucky legis-
lature which finally elected Governor
Bradley to the senate the name of
Henry H. Dedham will have familiar
cadence. Mr.. Dedham represented the
counties of Rome and Metcalf in the
legislature. While the senatorial
struggle was on he used to be carried
on a stretcher in the state capitol to
vote for Bradley and even with this
handicap washable to recover from a
severe attack of pneumonia.
Elevator Conductor Dedham knows
how to do some other things besides
run an elevator, which duty is not
very much to his liking, although his
clients are in the councils of the ma.
ton. There were some warm inter
changes prior to the election of Sena-
tor Bradley and of one of them Ded-
ham is the hero. The Kentucky leg
1slature knew the value of pairs and
being paired was a familiar situation.
One Captain Longmeyer was SER
geant-at-arms at the Kentucky CAPT.
to1. In the heat of controversy one
day he drew his revolver. With a
rapidly with which he will get sadly
out Of practice in Washington Ded-
ham presented the muzzle of his own
gun to the sergeant-at-arms and re.
marked: when it comes to shooting,
Longmeyer, want to be paired with
you"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
AGED MEN PUT ON SHELF
Weather Bureau Officers Over so
Years Old Making Way for
Younger Workers.

Washington.-Old men, make way
for younger blood!
This, in effect, is the 'intimation"
which has been sent along the line OF
the United States weather bureau
field service by Chief Willis L. Moore.
1t means in plain English that the
day of men over three score years of
age occupying high positions in that
service is past
Young men of vigor and snap are
being pushed to the front to fill the
places once occupied by gray-haired
veterans of the service.
Men who have reached the age
above indicated will not be let out
of the service, but will take less i'm.
portant stations.
Striking illustrations of the fact
that this is to become the settled pol
icy of the weather bureau are given
by changes which have just been
made in the stations at Philadelphia,
Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Nash
vile. All these posts have been filled
by men whose ages are between 60
and 20 years, but from now on are to
be occupied by younger men.
Among the transfers are: E. H. EN-
cry, forecaster at New York city, to
r. l., to be succeeded by
James H. Scarf of Pennsylvania, and
Bowie, formerly in charge of
the st. Louis station, to be forecaster
in this city. He will be succeeded by
J. Warren Smith of the Columbus,
Ohio, station.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
Low coLoNlsT FARES TO THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST.

Union Pacific Passenger Depart
ment announces that Colonist Fares
will be in effect from Sept Is to Oct
Is, 1909, to all points in the West and
Northwest.
This year the West looks more
promising than ever. Now is the time
to secure land at low prices, and, at
the same time, to visit the many inter
esting points in the West and North
west, at which liberal stopover ar
rangements may be made.
A better estimate of raw lands can
be made now than formerly, because
these lands are in proximity to new
farms that are producing wonderful
crops.
For descriptive literature, write
to e. L. Lomax, G. P. A., u. p. r. R.,
Omaha, Neb.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
GERTRUDE'S LOVERS
BY CHARLES L. DOYLE
Copyright, by w. C. Chapman1

Gertrude Desborough, daughter of
old Merton Desborough, the coal-oil
millionaire, was attractive in more
ways than one. To begin with, she
possessed an enviable share of good
looks and generous supply of COM
mon sense. Naturally there were not
lacking suitors who cast longing eyes
On the heiress of the Desborough mil
lions, and of these Lionel Wayne and
Hugh Winslow were the most favored
Gertrude showing perhaps a slight
Partially for the former.
Wayne was ready talker, always
entertaining and handsome in what
some people considered a rather eff
Terminate way, while Winslow was re-
served, self-possessed and built on
sterner lines than his rival. Both
moved in the best social circles, but
neither was overburdened with money.
The question that troubled Gertrude
was whether it was her wealth or her
self which formed the principal at
traction for her admirers. She cared
nothing for the fact that neither of
the young men in question was rich
in this worlds goods, but she cared
great deal to know whether their af-
lection was sincere or assumed.
In hef heart she felt that Wayne
had made deeper impression on her
than Winslow; he was more out
spoken and dashing in manner than
his reserved rival, whose attitude to-
ward Gertrude was almost reveren-
tial. Still she hesitated, for one of
Ter most intimate friends had dropped |
a hint in her hearing to the effect that |
Wayne was an unscruplous, calculat- |
ing fortune hunter. She did not be- |
lieve the assertion, but it troubled her
nevertheless and left her in a doubt
ing frame of mind. She had no moth
er to consult in the emergency, for !
Mrs. Desborough had died when Ger
trude was in her infancy and she
shrank from asking her fathers ad-
vice in the matter.
But an event was scheduled to oc-
cur which Gertrude had never counted
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

One of the fireplaces is built of g
magnificent marble altar taken intact
from an old Italian church. Hel
boudoir contains a luxurious couch
and the walls are lined with mirrors
These are the doors of her dressing
cabinets. Mrs. Barney has wide
knowledge of architecture and is q
sculptor of some skill. She has
planned the interior decorations and
furnishings of some of the handsom.
est and most unique homes in Wash
ington.
Another woman who has come to
the front through sheer force of am
bition and ability to back it up is
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnson, the
pioneer woman photographer in Wash
ington. Miss Johnson was for years
practically the only photographer who
had sole patronage at the White
House and in exclusive homes here.
She has picturesque studio in V
street, Northwest, which she remod-
eled from stable into an ideal studio
The lower rooms are her office rooms.
while upstaire are her workroom and
living room. The latter is exceeding
ly quaint and is decorated in real liv-
ing-room style.
DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE, daugh-
ter of the late Prof. Simon Newcomb,
the noted astronomer whose death &C.
Cured weeks ago, has won distinction
in the medical field and is the only
woman to whom the government ever
gave commission in the army. DR..
MCGEE took party of nurses to
Japan while the Russo-Japanese war
was on and won signal recognition for
her work in connection with the Red
Cross at that time. She is a writer of
note and in his will Prof Newcomb.
who was retired admiral of the navy.
left all his papers and notes to DR..
MCGEE, who will prepare his memoirs.
Prominent girls in society have
found that the social sphere at the
capital is not entirely satisfying and
many of them have gone in for more
material diversion. IT, Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, daughter of former Pres
ident Roosevelt, ever felt called upon
to make her own way in the world she
could easily do so in making and
trimming hats. Mrs. Longworth has
fashioned many hat which only her
friends knew about.
Mrs. Paul Pearsa1l, formerly the
beautiful and noted Martha Hichborn.
IS an expert designer of gowns, which |
accounts for the success of her own
wardrobe. Miss Isabel May, Washing
.on's most celebrated brunette beauty, |
makes all her own hats. Mrs. James |
Cecil Hooe, daughter of the late Rem
Nelson Dingley of Maine. |
lathGr of the Dingley tariff bill, is an
excellent accountant. Mrs. Hooe
zones by her ready grasp of facts and
igures quite naturally, and none of
heir intricacies is too great for her
o handle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

upon. To all outer appearances her
father had long ago ceased to par
ticipate actively in the strife of the
business world and was supposed to
be living life of luxurious ease, re-
CARELESS of the fluctuations of the
stock market; so great was the girls
surprise and CONSERVATION one night
when Merton Desborough gravely in
formed her that a series of unluckv
speculations had resulted in the loss
OF his large fortune, and that they
would be obliged to retire from the
world of society wherein she had so
long reigned as an acknowledged belle
and heiress. Yet when the first shock
OF the announcement had passed awav
Gertrude's pride and courage came to
the rescue and she threw her arms
around her fathers neck and kissed
him tenderly.
Never mind me, papa" she said,
bravely; "as long as we have each
other it doesn't matter. We will he
just as comfortable in a quiet little
home as in this big house with all its
grand furnishings, and can 20 to
Work-the same as lots of other girls
do-and help you"
Il don't think that will be neces.
sary, Gertie; We'll probably have
enough left to live on" said her ia.
Their, but a look of intense gratifca-
ton shone in his eyes as he spoke,
Gertrude was true to the estimate he
had formed of her character; it was
evident that the unlocked for termina-
ton of her butterfly existence did not
daunt the girl, and Merton Desborough
mad never felt prouder Of his daughter
than at that moment.
Gertrude did not abandon her reso-
luton OF Joining the humble ranks of
the wage earners. No sooner were
they settled in the narrow confines Of
the little fiat which her father Sc
lected as their future residence than
she started out in search of work, and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
DolefuI Wall from Man Whose Mis-
sion 1t Was to Make His Hear
ers Laugh.

In some instances a man takes de-
light in his profession or line of work
and Zealously follows it to the end.
reaping honors as he goes along and
deriving satisfaction in his attempts
to do his Guty. Another realizes that
he is working below his capacity and
is doing hiaself no real benefit more
than earning his living, and being
also conscious that he is not a
necessity to the life of the world. One
of the latter class is thus described
by travelling correspondent, who
tells of having struck the saddest-look-
ing man of two hemispheres. He
writes:
1t was on a ship sailing from Java
to Singapore. A man who was the
very personifcation of gloom figured
among our passengers. He was with
an Australian circus. We sailed down
through the straits, past many inter
asting scenes, and saw the cargoes of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

| built one of the oldest houses in
Washington, blocks away from mil
ltonaires' colony" about Dupont Circle,
when everybody else was building
down there. Since that time society
has crept up to Mrs. Barney's neigh
borhood and the vicinity of the white
marble mansions of the Letters, the
Pattersons of Chicago and the palaces
OF Mrs. Richard Townsend, Mrs. Her
bert Wadsworth, the Boardmans and
others have ceased to be quite the
greatest in Washington.
Mrs. Barney is never idle She is
an artist of note, having exhibited in
the Paris Salon recently and brought
to her feet the praise of one of the
most eminent art critics of the Old
World. She writes classic verse and
fantastic plays with ease and stages
her own plays like a veteran stage
manager. Mrs. Barney wrote a play
for society to perform in last spring,
and when everybody thought her
versatility had about expended Itself
she caused the smart world and the
public generally to stand aghast when
she tripped out on the stage the first
night and did an ancient and fantastic
oriental dance.
Mrs. Barney has designed the in
terror as well as exterior of her home,
known as Studio House." She is a
great student of Persian lore and the
religious beliefs of the Persian people.
There are no beds in the Barney
mansion, couches alone being used.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
Notices of a Queen.

Her majesty, the queen of Portugal
pins her faith, it is said. to the follow
ing notices:
Keep out of doors all you can.
Breathe outdoor air, live in it, reVel
in it. Don't shut yourself up. Build
your houses so that the air supply
is good. Throw away your portieres
and bric-a-brac. Don't have useless
trifles about you.
Have a favorite form Of exercise
and make the most of it. Ride on
horseback if you can; cycle if you can
not get horse; do anything to get
out in the open air.
Don't overeat Drink little and let
that little be pure. Don't try to
dress too much, yet dress as well as
you are able. Wear everything you
can to make yourself lovely.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
FELT HIS LIFE A FAILURE

tea and Chinese taken on board None
OF these things concerned my fellow,
passenger and out of genuine pitv fo,
one who seemed so desolate 7 on,
gagged him in conversation. His words
were the essence of dolefulness u1hat
ever subject I preached. What mart
have you in the circus?" I finally
asked him. "The Clown said he
with almost fearful emphasis ~
thought it jolly when l began but
that was so years ago. Now I DOM
know how to do anything else and :
snail have to be clown till die, -
Clinton Courant.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

Curiosity is not confined to any ona
nation. The phlegmattc English an.
pear to have their full share. The
daughters of the car landed at
Cowes and went on foot for shop.
ping expedition, but the crowd which
gathered about to gaze at them be-.
came so much Of a mob that the DO.
lice came to the rescue and induced
the little grand duchesses to take car
riages in order to avoid the annoy
ance.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
IFS Everywhere

The huts of the poor, the halls OF The
rich,
Are neither exempt from some form op
itch.
Perhaps distinction may be made in
the name,
But the rich and the poor must scratch
just the same.
Oh, why should the children of Adam
endure
An affection so dreadful, when Hunts
Cure does cure?
All forms Of itching. Price soc.
Guaranteed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

A girl in Pennsylvania who aimed
at rat with a rife shot her mother.
1t Is time that feminine sharpshooters
should learn something by experience.
II the girl in question had aimed at
her mother, she would have stood
better chance of shooting the rat.
Women ought to know by this time
that they go by contraries.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

The unpopularity of the Moorish
war in Spaia and the demand that the
people whsSse money and blood ara
spent in the contest should have a
voice in deciding their own fate shows
the march of republican ideas in the
world. No longer will the mass of anv
nation submit to be looked on merely
as tools or food for powder by few
constituting the government. The cor.
stitutional monarchy, in which there
is a popular voice in the government
is the only one which can weather the
socialisttc storm in Europe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
ANYTHING But That,

Little John is the youngest of a
family of five boys, says the Define
ator. One day his mother said to
him: 20, John, isn't it too bad I have
mt one little girl? I could curl her
hair and make such pretty little
dresses for her Don't you wish you
were little girl?"
why, mother" he said, I'D rather
be most any other kind of animal you
could mention than a girl"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
Not ouaIlffed for the JOB.

rather (impressiVely)-"My son,
want you to be very attentive to your
new teacher, who is a man of wide
and general information. He can
teach you everything you need to
know" Small Boy (derisivelyl-"He?
He don't know nothin'! Why, he
can't even tell who's pitchin' in the
league teams"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

The Turks have started to fight the
Greeks with the boycott-that blood
less weapon Of modern warfare which
causes more devastation and brings
speedier results than all others in the
array of improved ornaments, and
whose victories are caused by the un-
endurable agony it inflicts upon that
most sensitive of all organisms, the
pocket nerve.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

Aeroplanes having shown capacity
for going swiftly and for long dis.
tances, the problem next to be at.
tackled is how to make them fly high.
1t is obvious that an airship to be of
generally practical use must be capa
bic of ascending to considerable dis.
lance. One of the inventors says
good motors and nerve" will meet
the difficulty. And who can doubt
that these requisites will be forth.
coming?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

A man in New York brought his
wife into court because she had such
a mania for hard work that he could
not restrain her from doing it all the
time. This one remarkable case is
enough to balance the many which
women bring against their husbands
because the latter compel them to do
hard work all the time.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02

great wealth ana
social position
which are hers.
She is the most
unique hostess in
the smart world
at Washington,and
nothing she does
In an artistic
sense is any long
er regarded with
surprise by her
friends in exclu-
sive circles here
or abroad. She
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
They Should

"My honest conviction, based upon
my own experience and that Of my
friends, is that Hunts Cure viii cure
a larger per cent of skin troubles, espe-
cially of an itching variety, than any
other remedy. Certainly those aflict-
ed with any form of itch should try it."
10. Moore,
soc per box. Atchison, Kas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-10-02
SINGULAR and Plural.

Whenever she gets to thinking how
much they're in debt. it affects her
nerves" Huh! the way it affects
her husband is singular" How sin
gular?" "Just singular, it affects his
nerve He tried to borrow a hundred
from me to-day."-Catholic Standard
and Times.