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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-15

served before; he was still incred
ulous and fought against his
senses. f-
How now!" said Scrooge, caus
tic and cold as ever.
tic and cold asever. What do yot
want with me?"
"Muchn'-Mariey's voice, nc
doubt about it.
who are you?"
| "Ask me who I was"
"Who were you, them" said
Scrooge, raising his voice. "You're
particular. TO ra shade" He was
going to say t GA shade" but sub
stituted this, as more appropriate
"In life 1 was your partner, jacob
Marley" 49,
"Can you-can you sit DOWN.
asked Scrooge, looking doubtfully
at him.
81 can"
DO it, then"
Scrooge asked the question, be.
cause he didn't know whether a
ghost SO transparent might find
himself in condition to take, a
chair; and felt that in the event OF
its being impossible. 1t might in.
volye the necessity of arisembgr.
raising explanation. But the ghost
sat down on the opposite side OF
the fireplace, as if he were quite
used to ii. &
"You don't believe in me- OBJ
served the ghost.
81 don't" said Scrooge.
what evidence would you have
of my reality beyond that of your
own senses?"
II don't know" said Scrooge. z
why do you doubt your
senses?"
Because" said Scrooge, "a little
thing affects them. A slight dis
order Of the stomach makes them
cheats. You may be an undigested
bit of beef, blot of mustard, a
crumb of cheese, fragment of an
underdone potato There's more of
gravy than of grave about you,
whatever you are!"
Scrooge was not much in the
habit of cracking jokes, nor did he
feel In his heart by any means
waggish then. The truth is, that
he tried to be smart, as a means
of distracting his own attention,
and keeping. down his terror; for
the specter's voice disturbed the
very marrow in his bones.
To sit, staring at those fixed
glazed eyes, in silence for mo-
ment. would play, Scrooge felt, the
very deuce with him. There was
something very awful, too, in the
specter's being provided with an
Internal atmosphere of his own.
Scrooge could not feel it himself,
but this was clearly the case; for
though the ghost sat perfectly mo-
tionless. it's hair and skirts and tas-
sells wer estill agitated as by the
hot vapor from an oven.
You see this toothpick?" said
Scrooge, returning quickly to the
charge, for the reason just a$
signed. and wishing, though If werk
only for second, to divert the vi5
ions gaze from himself.
II do" replied the ghost.
You are not looking at It," saiA
Scrooge. |
But see it, said the ghost
notwithstanding"
WELL" returned Scrooge, 4
have but to swallow this, and BIZ
for the rest of my days prosecuted
by legion of COLLINS, all of my
own creation. Humbug. tell YOU;
humbug!"
AT this the spirit raised a fright
ful cry, and shook it's chain: nth
such a dismal and. appalilngnPi
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CORRESPONDENCE,
BY RATA

WASHINGTON ID. c., Nov. go
Dear Dad: The insurgents In tho
house are surely Matching trouble
for Uncle. Joe. Lam reliably in
forGcd that there are AZ members,
alb republicans, pledged against
Cannon and his rules. Now there
Is dynamite In that.
When going down the Mississippi
OH the big waterway iunket, Speak
err Cannon said: This talk about
my being car Is all buncombe. The
house is ruled by the majority, and
II the rules OF the speaker are not
satisfactory, majority can change
them"
Which challenge has been ac-
cepted. Victor Murdoch has sent
word to the speaker: "Give us rec.
ognition and we will show you the
majority"
That is the only difficulty now
The only way in which Cannon can
protect himself in his abuse Of
power will be to refuse recognition
to the insurgent members.
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The insurgent movement in the
house of representatives Is much
more vigorous than it was four
months ago. Contact with constit
uents has made some representa-.
tives strongly anti-Cannon. They
are willing to accept Cannonlsm as
as issue to save their skins. but
the danger from these new adher-
ents is the substitution of some
equally reactionary member in the
place of Cannon. Already there Is
talk of Walter |, Smith of Iowa
for the place, and some have gone
so far as to talk OF Jim Tawney of
Minnesota. OF course ii Is the sys
TEN more than II Is the man that
is responsible, and the substitution
of Tawney for a Cannon would
do no good ut all. --s.
A large amount Of conversation
will mark the coming session OF
congress. Its results, as | see Il
now, viii be nil President Tafts
program will be elaborate. But
like some ether programs, IL will
be largely ornamental, Sincerely,
RATH.
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which precipitated the war with
Spain. He had investigated con
ditions in Cuba for the president
who wanted the truth
Three years ago Calhoun went
to Venezuela as envoy extraordi
nary for President Roosevelt. This
was when the slightest undiplo.
matte step might have involved the
United States with European pow.
ers. Calhoun's report prevented
conflict.
1t is curious that although Cal
houn as a lawyer represented in
terests Roosevelt fought continu-
ally, he was the man deemed fit
when the, strenuous one wanted an
unbiased report. .s., .....
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WATSON SEASICK, SAYS HE'LL FIGHT
u. S. POET WITH TEA, NOT WITH GLOVES

NEW YORK, Dec 15-A sick looking lot Of passengers
landed from the Lusitania today Giant rocked
her all the way Sunday night "rea comber"
broke deck, breaking the chart room window and
carrying away everything movable. % n,., ,s.,r.r
. VIM. Watson, the English poet whose poem, "The
Woman With the Serpent's Tongue" has created
saton, was passenger. When Watson told his
poem had "strred up" the wrath of Richard lie Gaienne
who has vowed he will challenge the British poet he
laughed loud and long, ,rs
THAT is obviously comic" he declared "No, will not
put the gloves with your poet will ask him to my
hotel, guarantee him good of tea and then take
him for 30-mle walk to settle the controversy"
Promoters who looking for good fight say may
be Watson will feel pugnacious after recovering
from the effects of his seasickress.
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MINISTER TO CHINA
Is CLEVER DIPLOMAT

Appointed Minister to China.
J Although he has never held of
flee, VIM. j. Calhoun of Chicago
appointed minister to China, has
rendered signal service to the
government as a diplomat. He Is
credited with having caused one
war and with preventing another
Few lawyers have achieved the
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that Scrooge held on tight to his
chair, to save himself from falling
in a swoon. But how much greater
was his horror, when the phantom
taking off the bandage round his
head, as IL 1t were too warm to
wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped
down upon its breast!
Scrooge fell upon his knees, and
clasped his hands before his face
"Mercy!" he said. Dreadful ap.
partition, why do you trouble me?
(To be continued)
Jeff Davis says there are some
rotten DOtatOeS in the senate The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-15

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Charles p.
Wilmington, inventor of the first
automatic grain binder and known
as the father of the grain binding
industry" died last evening at bis
residence in GAINESVILLE. Wis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-15
w. ]. CALHOUN,

w. j. CALHOUN,
reputation that Is Calhoun's. Upon
two occasions he has been called
upon in great crises, and in each
his decision was considered final
by a president of the United
States.
IT. was aCalhoun's dispassionate
report to President Mckinley
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
C. ALVORD JR., SOON BE FREE

He came back without requisition,
smilingly admitted his guilt and was
shortly afterward sent to prison.
At Sing Sing he had a clerical
position in the warden's office and
has not had to mix with the other
prisoners. His wife, it is said, has
visited him often, regardless of the
rules that restrict visitors to other
prisoners. lie has even had special
meals cooked for him by another
prisoner assigned to the task, to
whom he is said to have paid SO a
week.
Upon his release AIvord is expect
ed to return to his old home in the
village of stockport to live. Mrs. AL
word has recently had built a coy
home in the hills near Stockport.
The villagers hint that Alvord was
wise enough to plant a considera-
BILE part of his defalcation, but this
is denied by the wife and other rela-
tives of the man who is now soon to
regain his freedom after nearly ten
years spent behind prison walls.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
FRIENDSHIPS IN THE CONVICT
CAMPS BETWEEN BOSSES
AND BONDMEN.

ATLANTA.-Although they are
cOnvicts and many have been so for
years many close friendships be-
tween prisoners and keepers were
shown in the different lease camps
of the state last night and this
morning when the old penitentiary
system was broken up and a new
one inaugurated
Close associations of years were
broken up, and there was a touch
of good human sadness in many Of
the partings.
More than 200 men were taken
from the plant of the Chattahoochee
Brick Company near this city, and
were distributed in squads of five
to 40 among the different counties
of this section. This camp figured
conspicuously in the legislative in
vestigatiOn of last summer, and was
denounced as about the worst of the
lot. It's warden, J. T. Casey, also
figured in the investigation as about
the hardest of the bosses.
But that there was a tender side
to the life at even this camp was evil
dent to every one present when
breaking up time arrived. Between
Casey and many of the prisoners
some of whom had worked for near
ly a score of years-strong friend
ships existed, and when the boss "
babe them goodbye it was often diff
cult for him to suppress tear. He
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
ROOSEVELT TOTES A PISTOL
FOR YEARS THE EX-PRESTDENT
HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT A
GUN IN HIS POCKET.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The Wash
ington Post says Nothing beyond
the London reports from the Azores
Islands was known in official circles
IN Washington last night of any at
tempt to kill ex-President Roose-
welt on the steamship Hamburg, on
which he is bound for Naples.
The ex-president always totes a
gum" and is quick on the trigger.
Taking up the government reins
dropped by man who had been re-
moved by an assassin bullet Mr..
Roosevelt was determined to at least
make it interesting for any person
who might seek his life. Entering
the white house when every one was
specializing as to whether he would
meet fate similar to that of his
predecessor President Roosevelt
thought out the possibilities and for
tilted himself against them.
Throughout his seven and a half
years in Washington Mr.. Roosevelt
was constantly followed by two
armed secret service men and two
bicycle policemen carrying revoIvers.
He purchased two revolvers. In the
drawer of his desk at the white
house Mr.. Roosevelt kept one ready.
On all of his rides and walks Mr..
Roosevelt had his pistols with him,
ever ready for quick use.
Not even when he went to church
did Mr.. Roosevelt leave his revolvers
at home, even if he left them "be-
hind him"
At Oyster Bay one Sunday, when
Mr.. Roosevelt knelt down in rever-
ent prayer, it was seen that his left
coat tail was caught on the butt of
an ominOus six-shooter, and the right
coat tail was entwined around the
knob of another. In Cheyenne,
/ Wyo., Mr. Roosevelt was dressing
for church one Sunday morning.
After pulling on his coat he put
neat little thing in firearms into his
hip pocket and remarked, NOW I'm
ready" The president never re-
garded his toilet complete without
pistol.
While making his famous western
tour Mr.. Roosevelt stopped of at
Minneapolis to make a speech. He
removed his coat Gov. Van Zant.
in hurriedly leaving the place, picked
up an overcoat which he thought his
own. When he thrust his hands into
the pockets of the topeoat his fingers
touched something hard, smooth, and
cold. Drawing these articles out into
the light he saw they were revolvers.
loaded. 1t was Mr.. Roosevelt's coat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
VICTIM OF STORM sPLTNTERs.
Mule That Helped Haul Debris in
Cuthbert Is Dead.

NuthDCIG IS Oeaus
To aid the storm-stricken Mr.. c.
D. Peak, living three or four miles
from Cuthbert, just after the tornado
sent his team to town, and without
charge helped to haul off wreckage.
While treading it's way among the
debris one of his mules stuck a
splinter in it's food and died a few
days later from lOckjaw. 1t was a
young and valuable animal.
1t seems peculiarly unfortunate
hard in fact that a kind act should
have terminated so disastrously for
the generous donor.
We are glad to know that the re-
lief committee will turn over to Mr..
Peak $50 as part compensation for
his loss. 1t seems to us that the
citizens ought to pass around a sub
scriptiOn list and supplement this
Cuthbert Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
SHREWDEST BANK DEFAULTER
NEW YORK EVER KNEW HAS
FINISHED SENTENCE.

NEW YORK-Within the next
ten days or two weeks-the exact
date has not been made known
the great doors of Sing Sing prison
will swing open for the release OF
Cornelius L. AIvord, Jr., the
shrewdest bank defaulter New York
has ever known" AlvOrd stole
three-quarters of a million dollars
from the First National Bank of this
city. In 1900 he was sentenced to
ten years Imprisonment, which the
regular time allowance for good be-
havior has reduced.
The Alvord defalcatiOn was in
many respects the most sensational
that Wall street has ever known.
When the old First National Bank,
noted for it's conservativeness, came
out with a formal acknowledgment
that it had been robbed of 100000
by an humble and little considered
note teller New York financiers could
hardly believe the report. But 1t
proved to be true. AlvOrd-the
the bank-was found to have been
living a dual life. For months and
even years, as the evidence at the
trial showed, he had been gambling
at Saratoga so rashly as to attract
the attention and admiration OF the
Old-timers at that resort. He had
maintained in a trainers name
string of race horses of his own.
He had owned motor boats and au-
tomobiles and had lived, in short, at
an average rate of about 5000 a
day on a salary of $4,000 a year.
To do this he had consistently ana
Systematically robbed the bank for
a period of about six years.
The exact way in which he stole
was never thoroughly revealed by the
bank officials. His populations, they
said, were skillfully concealed by
clever manipulation of his balance
books" That was as near as they
came to telling. The bank had a
surplus from which to make good
the losses, and the defalcation caused
no embarrassment to the Dig lnsUl-
tuition
1t was on Oct. %, 1900, when
bank examiners appeared suddenly a.
the First National and introduced
themselves to Alvord, the note teller
who had enjoyed most unusual con-
fidence and privileges at the Dank'
Mr. Alvord smilingly greeter them'
then excused himself and left the
bank. He was seen no more until
arrested in Boston six days later by
detectives of Capt. McCluskys STAN
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

lleYed that the world would end by
the crust of the earth eventually Civ
ing away beneath the colossal weight
above 1t; and Alice Dupin, one of
the greatest scientists Of France. be-
lieves that doomsday will begin with
war that will enYelOp the great
est nations in Europe, this being fol-
lowed by a plague the like of which
has never been known, eliminating
with an earthquake that will practi-
cally shake the world to pieces.
H. G. Wells, whose scientific
prophecies are well known, is how
ever, of a different opinion. The
world will end, he declares, by it's
becoming entirely frozen over. 1t is
a well-knOwn fact that every year
more ice accumulates around the
poles; in short many millions of tons
OF ice in excess of that of the year
previous settle abount the earth's ex-
tremities each year, and in Mr.. Wells
opinion this will gradually extend I'M
til the whole world is frozen over
and every living thing is thus de-
stroyed.
Seeeral scientists are of the opin-
ion that we shall perish by fire and
this old world of ours with us. Nj
kola Tesla is convinced that the at
mosphere of the world being so fully
charged with electricity, the result
will be gigantic explosion by spon-
taneous combustion, when the world
will be entirely encircled with
flames which in the space of a few
seconds will destroy all life.
Two of the worlds greatest SCENT
lists firmly aver that the end of the
world will be brought about by as
chronological conditions. Take Prof.
Marlenberg, the noted Austrian stu
dent. In his opinion the earth will
fly from it's orbit and come in con-
tact with one of the other planets
that may chance to be in direct line.
The earth being comparatively small
will, of course, get the worst of it,
and split into fragments at the coll
lision. But, of course, directly the
world swerved from the orbit all
living things would die and such an
earthquake take place as would COM
pletely put the Italian catastrophe
in the shade.
Just as interesting is the prognos-
tication of M. Camille Flammarion,
one of the greatest living scientists.
After many years of study he has
arrived at the conclusion that the
world will in the 25th century come
across the path Of the comet Bella
which crossed our line a few years
ago. On this occasion, however, a
collision will take place and Bella
being infinitely greater than the
earth shock may be expected which
he calculates will be S65 times great
er than the shock caused by the col.
lision between two trains each travel
ing at 65 miles an hour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
WHEN WORLD COMES TO END
SCIENTISTS SAY THE CATASTRO-
Pile IN ITALY is ONLY A
FORECAST OF DISASTER.

How will the world end is an eter-
nal problem, which in the opinoin
of many, is matter for scientific in
vestigatiOn. The terrible catastro-
phe in Italy is only a forecast on a
small scale of what many eminent
scientists believe will be the end of
the world. That the earth will open
up and fly to pieces in a most gigantic
earthquake that will wipe all life
from the globe before the actual de-
struction of the earth is complete is
the opinion of many, says Cassells
Saturday Journal.
The late Grant Allen firmly be-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
MANY PARTINGS WERE SAD

was the most disconsolate man in
Atlanta today and declared that he
was parting from some of the truest
friends of his life.
Casey is the typical convict boss.
Practically all of his mature life has
been spent as a warden He is
rough and exacting, but that he was
respected, even loved, by most of
the men with whom he had been
dealing was evident when time came
for them to part.
Convicts Saved Money.
One circumstance developed at
this camp is that nearly every con-
vict had a small amount of money,
earned by working after hours or on
Sundays. The care each took to pre-
serve his hOardings was only equaled
by that to keep all his trinkets. The
possession of money given as rewards
for good work or in payment for ex-
ira labor is said to have been COM
mon with the prisoners in the lease
camps, and is a feature that will not
be a characteristic of the new sys-
tenn.
Excepting the break in the monot-
ony of prison life the change afford
ed many, perhaps a majority of the
negro prisoners were loath to give
up their old places for road work.
Those who had been on the roads
much preferred the lease camps.
They do not look upon the change
as one likely to better their condi-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07
SENSATIONAL ALBANY SCRAP.
Prof. Perdue and William LOckett
Punched Each Other.

Punched Each Other.
A highly sensational personal en-
counter between William Lockett, SUI
perintendent of municipal electric
light and water works department,
and Prof. E. R. Perdue, of the COM
mercial department of the Albany
high school, occurred just before
school opened a recent morning.
The origin of the trouble was an in
discreet remark alleged to have been
made by Prof. Perdue to a member
of Mr.. LOcketts family.
Perdue admits making the remark,
but saws he merely repeated what
another person had said. He de-
clares he did not realize it was i'm
proper until too late to recall it. He
says he made every amend of which
he was capable, but Lockett de-
clareI it was a matter for which no
apology could be accepted.
Lockett called upon Perdue in the
latter's room in the high school and
the encounter between them was fast
and furious. 1t is said the two men
fought to a standstill. Both pear
marks of the difficulty
Perdue's face is badly bruised and
tooth is missing. Lockett is also
bruised about the face and there is
a deep cut on the bridge of his nose,
sustained in falling against desk.
The fight followed an encounter
between Perdue and two of Lockett' S
young sons, William and Ben, who
took Perdue to task for the alleged
remarks, but the combatants were
separated by bystanders before any
damage was done.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

Educators are specializing as to
why the colleges do not turn out
more men with mental grip.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

King Edwards health is broken.
Wore himself out having a good time.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-03-25

The basket ball team of the Sauk
Centre High school went to Melrose
last FRIDAY evening and tried conc1u-
sions with the High school team OF
that town in the evening. In the first
Sauk Centre scored points and Mel
rose IL. In the second half the visi-
tors braced up and ran up seven points,
holding Melrose down to l point.
This gave the game to Melrose by
total score of Il to IL. The Sauk
Centre boys made a fine showing, con-
sidering that they were out of practice,
this being the first game they have
played, while the Melrose players
have been in several games. Sauk
Centres lineup was: Brecount and
Rien, guards; Hatch, e.; Hendry and
Manderscheid, forwards. Hendry was
captain. The players returned on the
late train after the game.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-03-25
INTO THE BEYOND
Frank f. Barnum Passes Away at
BOneSteel, S. D.
FUNERAL OCCURS THERE
Former Editor of the Sauk Centre
Avalanche Dies at the Age of
F0rty-Seyen

Frank E. Barnum died at Bonesteel,
S. d., on Friday, March 10.
The news of Mr.. Barnum's death
was received here in the form of let
ter to Lucas Kells from the dead
mans mother Mrs. E. p. Barnum,
who is ill in St. Paul hospital, en-
closing a telegram from Mrs. F. E.
Barnum announcing the death of her
husband. No details have since heen
learned here.
Frank E. Barnum was about a
years of age at the time of his death,
having been born at Ft. Abercrombie
July7, 1862. He was the son of the
late E. P. Barnum. The family lived
in Sauk Centre for many years and
were prominent in the county and the
state. E. p. Barnum was at one time
clerk of the district court of Stearns
county. He bought The Avalanche
and his son Frank conducted it fol
some ten years or more. The Ava
lanche was founded in 1887 and a year
or two later it passed into the hands
of the Barnums. ~
Frank Barnum was good newspa-
per man and published bright, new
sy paper. He was a rustler for news
and but little of it escaped him. He
was brilliant writer. After leaving
The Avalanche Frank went west and
there engaged in the newspaper busi-
ness. At the time of his death he
was publishing weekly newspaper.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-03-25
BUSINESS CHANGE
Mark II. DOOIittle Buys Out
H.F. Alden
HE'S NOW IN CHARGE
Jeweler Who Has Been In Business
Here Twenty-One Years
RetireS From Field

Mark Fl. Doolittle has bought the
jewelry and optical business of Horace
f. Alden. The deal was closed last
week Saturday, and that evening Mr..
Doolittle moved his stock into the
Alden store, and on Monday morning
was in charge.
Mr.. Doolittle came here two years
ago and opened jewelers. store in
the Peart Furniture store where he
did good business. Previous to that
time he had been in business in Brod-
head, Wis, having had in all some ten
years experience i'm the business. In
addition to the jewellery trade Mr..
Doolittle handles optical work. He