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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30

went to Philadelphia to Zeisse Hotel,
where Miss Yorke was staying. Find
ing the number of her room he found
his way into it. Miss Yorke and an
other woman member of the company
were together there. A furious quar-
rel ensued. For all of Gentry's &C
cusatiOns, Miss Yorke had a quick k
reply and at the end it was Gentry
who weakened and asked her to kiss
him.
She refused and the act was her
death warrant. Gentry drew a pistol.
fired at her point blank and death
came to her SO quickly that she was
never able to make any paragraph
The escape of Gentry was dramatic
he dashed to the point where it stop
ped at the second floor, twenty feet
above the brick pavement Without
hesitating he leaped, breaking his leg
and sustaining a slight concussion of
the brain. In some manner he made
his way to Fairmount Park and es-
capped capture for several days, but
llAolly pdfI VI HIS WOuHuS ana the
need of food forced him back to the
city again and they found him in a
stupor on the steps of store
The trial which followed was a
memorable duel between Charles w.
Brooke and George s. Graham. This
was Brooke's last great criminal trial
as he died not long after.
Gentry was convicted in the first
degree and sentenced to be hanged
Then came the first rally to his aid
OF the powerful friends who fought
increasingly to save him from the gal
lows, and this accomplished to win
him his eventual freedom
Gentry was Mason, he was popu-
lar in his profession and the pathos
of his hopeless passion for Miss Yorke
won him the sympathy of many prom
inent persons.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
In the Scandinavian North
Gleanin8s Of Important News Of Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, with Occasional Comments.
BY MARTIN w. oDLAND.

I The city of Stockholm has recently
completed the sale of bonds In the
sum of $S,300,000. The money IL
mostly for public Improvements made
during the present year.
A census of the churches Of Sweden
taken couple of months ago, show
the total number Of ministers in Swo-
den to be 2,767. This is falling or
of about 100 from the figures Of 1900.
The settlement of Swedish fisher.
men in the Shetland Islands Is soon
to be provided with small church.
Subscriptions have been taken in
Sweden to help in the erection of the
building
A large glass factory is to be erect
ed at Hernosand by a company headed
by G. Grundell. The factory will have
two smelters and will turn out about
100000 square feet of window glass
annually at the start.
King Gustaf is soon to entertain
the Grand Duke of Baden at the Roy.
al Palace in Stockholm In the fall
Archduchess Elizabeth Fedorovna, Of
st. Petersburg, will be one Of the
distinguished visitors at the Swedish
court.
Since the dissolution of the union
with Norway, the Swedish population
OF Christiania has fallen from 1000
to about 300. A reading club has re-
Gently been organized to help keep
up the acquaintance with the litera.
ture Of the mother country.
Swedish spelling is to be reformed
again. In 1905 the spelling was 20
thoroughly reformed that old timers
found little to recognize in many Of
the words. The Academy by vote
of 8 to has decided to reform the
reforms and long-suffering public 10
wondering where spelling reform will
end.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
DEN MARK.

OcN"AnNs
It is announced that the creditors
Of Alberti will realize one per cent
Of their dues. The total Indebtedness
Of the celebrated defaulter Ia 100000
900 crowns; his assets only 100000
crowns.
The we'll known pleasure yacht,
"Virma," which has been used by
many of the princes of Denmark, has
been sold to Russian company,
which will use it for transporting pas
sengers to America.
A monument to the memory Of Pro
lessor Ostergaard, of Aalberg, head
Of the Teachers Association OF Den
mark, was recently unveiled. The
deceased rendered notable service in
the development of the public schools
Of Denmark.
A report from Copenhagen indicates
that there may be trouble on account
Of the impending visit to the Danish
capital of the czar of Russia. The
revolutionary socialists are up in arms
and are appealing to the people to
show their contempt for the czar by
keeping off the streets and by dress.
ing in mourning.
A dispatch from Christiania says
that the third Scandinavian Hunts
mems Congress met at Copenhagen,
July 4. The convention opened with
a banquet at the Radius, at which
toasts and speeches Of welcome were
made. Monday morning the delegates
gathered in Tivoli's concert hall to
listen to a lecture on Features OF
Hunting History in Denmark" by
Prof Sophus Banditz. The first de-
bate was led by Bothen. 1t concerned
swimming game" The next debates
were led by Alexander Nansen and
Ferd, Won Wright. In the afternoon
the delegates were treated to an ex-
curslon to Helsingor, where lunch
was served. Wednesday the delegates
visited various guards to inspect Dan
Ish housekeeping. Thursday they
again assembled in TivolIs concert
hall where Bothen gave an address.
In the evening farewell reception
was given the visitors.
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vhole life was centered in Madge
While she welcomed the attention of
ther admirers.
For time they played in the same
Dmpany and it was generally under
TODD that they were engaged to wed.
Then their theatrical paths diversed
Madge probably welcomed the new
ondition but to Gentry the loss of
he chance to see his sweetheart con-
family was a terrible deprivation and
e exerted all the ingenuity of a man
love to find chances to get to her.
One of these rendezvous, a meeting
Ot consummated, was the death SEN
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30

Three times the date was set for
his hanging but in every case stays
Of execution were obtained and finally
Gentry had his sentence commuted to
life imprisonment
For the first part Of his stay in
prison Gentry lived like a man dazed
He took no interest in anything and
the feebleness of his health was only
matched by the weakness Of his men.
tai condition. Then some kindly war.
den conceived good idea of putting
him in charge of the flower beds OF
the Eastern Penitentiary. This work
kept him in the open from 10 o'clock
in the morning till in the afternoon
This contact with nature gradually
restored the shattered mind and weak.
ened body.
Then Gentry began to read. He
had access to more than ten thousand
books in the prison library and these
developed his thoughts far beyond the
confines of his cell.
Lifted out of his idleless and de.
spair he began writing for the stage
parts of plays, sketches and songs
Actors who were endeavoring to OBJ
tain his freedom welcomed the chance
to give him work.
Many of the wittiest sayings that
made the Great White Way" one OF
| the biggest successes of the year were
the work of Jim Gentry. Some OF
his best work was done for Nat Wills
w of Sc
famous from coast to coast. Hap
Ward is another actor who drew upon
the brain of the life prisoner for some
of his most successful sayings.
Geo. M. Cohen, one of the most
prolific playwrights and song writer's
that the stage has ever known. more
that once commissioned Gentry to
turn out portions of plays.
1t is marvel how Gentry was able
to furnish this up-to-date material, for
during his stay in prison he had vir
tually passed out of the current of
life. He had never seen an automo
bile, was stranger to the marvels OF
the moving pictures, and had yet to
hear the strains from a talking ma
chine.
Yet he was able 10 amuse thousands
OF people in daily touch with every.
thing that is modern. During all this
time the fight to free Gentry had been
going on with notable pertinacity and
Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger, Nixon
and Zimmerman, the Schuberts, Bel.
asco and other prominent persons
theatrically. were liberal contributors
to fund and Attorney VIM. Stake
never ceased his efforts.
When the Board of Pardons was
persuaded to act favorably Governor
Stuart of Pennsylvania was only too
glad to atflX his signature to the order
for Gentry's discharge.
Friends of the actor have arranged
to send him to a farm for few
months SO that he can win back
health after which he will devote him
self to writing for the stage.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
THE ROMANCE OF
JAMES B. GENTRY
In Solitude Of Prison Cell Gentry Wrote Songs
Which Made the World Laugh.

From the solitude of the prison cell
where he spent fourteen years requit-
ing the murder of Madge Yorke,
James B. Gentry, just freed, sent
comedies and songs that made the
country laugh.
With amazing ability to forget the
lespair of his own fortunes the i'm
prisoned actor write skits and songs
Tor many prominent producers and is
credited with some of the biggest sue
:esses of the last five or six years.
This fact only became public since
the recent pardon of Gentry.
This pardon was the elimination of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30

time, when man, to this deponent
unknown, holding in his hands a mus
ket or blunderbuss. loaded with balls
or slugs as this deponent has since
heard and verify believes. appeared at
one of the upper windows of the said
house. and presenting said musket or
blunderbuss at this deponent, threat
ened that II said deponent did not in
stantly retire, he would send his (the
deponent's) soul to HE'LL which this
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
He Had Reason to Flee

This affidavit was filed in court of
common pleas in Dublin in 1922: And
this deponent further saith, that on
arriving at the home of the said de-
fendant for the purpose of personally
serving him with the said writ. he. the
said deponent, knocked three several
times at the outer, commonly called
the hall door. but could not obtain
admittance: whefeupon this deponent
Vas proceeding to knock fourth
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30

tence for the woman and fourteen
years Imprisonment for her lover.
Gentry was playing in Providence,
Miss Yorke, then a member of the
Baggage Check" company was play
ing in Philadelphia. Gentry arranged
meeting in New York City, half
way point. All afternoon he waited
anxiously for Miss Yorke. Whether
she Willingly failed to keep the tryst
or misunderstood the arrangement is
secret she carried to her grave.
Gentry, maddened with jealousy
added to the stress of his mind with
heavy drinking. In this condition he
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
A Fact. But Indefinite,

While out walking with her papa
and mamma one day. Florence, aged
four, ran some little distance ahead.
AS she got near a mule hitched to q
farmers wagon. the animal began to
bray. She wheeled instantly, and run
ming to her mother as fast as she
could go, said In round-eyed astonish-
ment: "Oh, mamma, sumfin said sum.
fn."-The Delineator.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
SWEDEN.

A recent change In the postal regu-
lations permits the sending Of live
bees by mail if carriers approved by
the department are used.
Reports recently published show
that almost 1000 people emigrated
from Sweden between January LIST
and June 1st of this year. This is
over SO per cent moro than during
the same period last year.
Over 100 poor children are enjoy.
ing the fresh air and open country
this summer at the expense Of the
various charitable societies. Many
are accommodated around Lake Mala.
rem while others are in the rugged
Jemtland district.
At Arvika the temperance element
recently conducted a great demonstra-
tion in the interest of their cause.
About 5000 people were present and
rousing addresses were made by
member of the Riksdag. M. Mattson
and manufacturer X. Holmsten. A
resolution was passed demanding the
right of local option.
Owing to the prevalence of cholera
in Russia. particularly In the vicinity
of St. Petersburg, the Russian visitors
to the Stockholm exposition are put
through a careful examination before
they can mingle with the public. A
strict watch is kept all along the Dor.
der and officials are doing their best
to stamp out the plague.
Embezzler Lindberg. of Uddevalla,
who was recently Jailed for forgeries
he had committed, has succeeded in
breaking out of his cell and Is again
at large. A reward of 1000 crowns
has been offered for his capture, and
the country Is being thoroughly
searched. It was one of the neatest
planned escapes from jail Of recent
times.
Stockholm suffered great loss re-
Gently when the Soderby sanatorium
for consumptives was totally destroy.
ed by fire. The building was erected
six years ago and has been doing ex.
cellent work, being one of the best
in the country. The loss will amount
to considerably more than 100000
crowns. The city of Stockholm main
tained the hospital. At this writing
it is not known whether or not the
sanitarium will be rebuilt.
OF the thousands of Swedish-Ameri.
cans who have toured Sweden this
summer, and been bombarded with lit
erature encouraging them to become
residents of Sweden again, but very
insignificant few have been won over
to even consider the matter. Condi
tions are too cramped and opportuni
ties too few to encourage one to sever
his relations with America with it's
greater personal liberty and wealth of
opportunities. Verify, the work of the
anti-emigration society Is of small
profit.
The crops are beginning to mature
and harvest will be on the early part
of August. The outlook is good,
though in sections the rainfall this
year has been little scant. Berries
are reported numerous, and have add
ed quite little to the income OF poor
people besides giving them a chance
to stock up with little fruit them.
selves.
The state railroads this year show
fine increase In business over the
same period last year. The earnings
for April were recently reported ct
6,6S4. .038 crowns.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
Boys Fight Fatal Duel.

Auguste and Marcel Malo, cousins,
aged respectively 12 and 13 years.
fought duel with pistols at Ludres,
France, recently, and the younger boy
was killed. "My cousin called my
mother theft" Marcel said, land
said she had stolen money from
our grandmother and l avenged her
honor, but I am sorry now for what
has happened"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
Doctor Thrown From Automobile.

Aberdeen.-Dr. Charles Holmes
OF Hecla, was SO badly injured
in an automobile accident there
that his recovery IS in doubt
The doctor and party of friends
were returning from Oakes, N. D. AS
they entered town, driving at a high
rate of speed, the machine struck a
high crossing and DR.. Holmes, who
was on a back seat, was thrown from
the car. He struck his head and
shoulders, and for a time it was
feared his skull was fractured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
Meets a Strange Death.

Aberdeen. - A strange death oc.
Cured to a settler near Lennon,
when the wife of homesteader died
OF fright. The roof of the shanty
in which the family lived was in
need OF repairs and the husband
climbed on the roof to fix it while his
wife was still in bed. The roof fell
in. the timbers crashing down over the
woman. When her husband removed
them he found his wife was dead. al.
though she was not injured. A ply.
sician examined her and stated that
death was due to heart disease.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
His Thoughts Were Of the Bath.

When Robert was only three, he
found discarded calendar, and on it
the bust picture of a woman with only
a drapery thrown across her shoul-
ders. He was looking at it very in
tently, and then said: Keep your
towel around you, goil! Your mamma
will come pretty soon wifi you clothes. )"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
M arriaQe,

1t certainly cannot be the proper vo-
cation of all women to bring up chill
dren, SO many of them are dead fail.
ures at 1t, and don't see why all
girls should be thought failures who
do not marry.-The late Sarah Orne
Jewett, whose "Deephaven" is the only
drst-rank novel without love story in
it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30
Beetle Hunting in Quee nsIand.

reward OF Is. Sd. a pound was re-
Gently offered by the Queensland
sugar planters. writes Brisbane
(Australia) correspondent, for beetles
OF the destructive sugar cane grub.
Hundreds Of men and boys have now
taken up. beetle hunting as q prcfas-
sion. One man earns s6 week
throughout the beetle season." and
the boys make from E1 Q week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-30

deponent verify believes he would
have done. had not this deponent pre-,
cipitately escaped"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05

state, county and city school organi-
zation.
ANY musician or artist who wishes
to live in Los Angeles can be engaged
for these concerts or entertainments,
and in asking that such a policy be
pursued by the board, l am simply
asking for justice in the name of the
music and art teachers of this city who
are doing as much as any other class
of citizens for the upbuilding of their
municipality.
"Education never has been a matter
of competition in our public school sys-
TEN, and it seems very unWise for the
board of education to take the ground
that it is and to throw themselves
open to a liability of having to indorse
any number of artistic programs that
may be presented to such boards.
VIII Lose Educational Value
"Furthermore, if these concerts are
taken out from the supervision of the
supervisor of music, they will lose their
educational value and simply degener-
ate into a scramble for recognition by
the board of education of all sorts of
concerts and entertainments of whose
artistic merit the board will have to
pass on and recommend to the schools.
Every organization in Los Angeles
strives TO furtner Ine puSlHeSS lilIeleS
of this community, and the business in
terest of the local artists should be rec
ognized first, and they should be given
opportunity to demonstrate their fit
ness by having sufficient time in which
to work out an absolutely new plan.
The policy that was pursued last year
has never been tried to my knowledge
in any city in America, and in order
to prove its efficiency or inefficiency,
an opportunity should be given to thor
oughly test it out before it is thrown
open to public competition. The con-
certs were managed last year on the
basis of ten per cent of the gross re-
ceipts as remuneration for the manager,
and it seems only fitting that any per-
son who wishes to undertake this work
FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY
should be willing to take it on that
basis alone"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
NEW LIGHTING DISTRICTS
HAVE CHANCE, SAYS SHAW
Supervisors Advised That Expense of
Installation May Be Paid by
Fund from New Tax Levy

An opinion on the question whether
or not lights may be installed in newly
established lighting districts where the
expense has not been provided for in
a previous tax levy, was given to the
board of supervisors by it's legal ad-
wiser, Hartley Shaw, yesterday.
Mr.. Shaw holds that the law provid-
ing for a tax levy before improvements
can be had does not apply in the case
of lighting districts, and advised the
board that any contract for the install
lation of lights would be valid, and that
the expense could be paid by future
levy. The question arose over the in
stallation of lights in the recently
formed Arlington Heights lighting dis
trict
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
CHARLES FARWELL EDISON
ATTACK OF HICCOUGHS
PUTS MAN NEAR DEATH

eral hours, the first rest he had had
in days. Early yesterday morning,
however, he was again seized with an
attack and since then has been hic-
coughing intermittently. The ice cream
seems to have lost its efficacy to a
large extent.
Opiates have been given from time
to time in order to put the patient to
sleep. While under the influence of a
sleeping potion, Blair was seized with
an attack and almost succumbed be-
cause of his helpless condition.
Nearly every violent attack of hic-
coughing is accompanied by vomiting,
making it impossible for the sick man
to retain any food upon his stomach.
His chest, throat and abdomen are ter
ribly swollen. He has lost twenty
pounds in the eight days of his illness.
Blair originally lived in Salt Lake
City, Utah, but has been residing here
for a year or more
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
SCHOOL BOND ACTION is
PRAISED BY TEACHERS
Great Gathering at Polytechnic High
School Thanks Citizens Who Made
Chance for Children Possible

The local school teachers of the high
schools and grammar schools yesterz
day afternoon assembled at the Poly
technic high school to rejoice over the
recent bond issue which resulted in a
decisive victory for the schools.
A great gatherieng crowded the large
auditorium and listened to the talks
of Professor Housh of Los Angeles
High school and Principal ]. H. Fran
els of Polytechnic, who praised the pa
triotic business men of Los Angeles
for their response to the appeal of the
school children. A committee was ap-
pointed which will draw up resolutions
praising the action taken by the school
board and the citizens who assisted in
the passing of the bonds,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05

7 YING at the point of death as the
result of a violent spell of hic-
ID coughing, which cannot be STOP
ped, is the plight of James Blair,
machinery salesman, living with his
wife at the Mission apartments in
North Broadway. Medical aid seems
powerless to relieve the afflicted man,
and practically no hope of his recov-
cry is held out.
Blair's peculiar malady began week
ago Sunday and has continued almost
constantly since. DR.. j. r. French,
one of three physicians in attendance,
says ne believes the hiccoughing start
ed from some peculiar affection of the
stomach. whatever the cause is, moth
ing seems to relieve the stricken man.
Sunday night last, Mrs. Blair was ad-
vised to give her husband ice cream
in small doses. This eXpedient re-
lieVed him for a time and he slept sew
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
FOUR BANQUETS ARE HELD
AT H0LLENBECK AT ONCE
Several Varieties of Clubs and Busi-
ness Men Hold Gala Festivals
and Hear Speeches

Hotel Hollenbeck was the scene OF
four .banquets last night. In one room
We're the office employees of the Los
Angeles Investment company banquet
ing their president, Charles A. Elder
who returned from the east Saturday
In the rear of the same hall the Los
Angeles Society of Organists discussed
fugues, registers and consoles. Around
the corner, in a space screened off for
them, a dozen members of the alumni
OF Rutgers college held reunion and
organized a club, and nearby the
Boosters club, a dinner organization
listened to informal speeches and talked
over business matters.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
BUSINESS MAN WELCOMED
AT "PRODIGAL SON" FEAST
Officers and Employees of Los Angeles
Investment Company Give
Banquet to C. A. Elder

A "Prodigal Son" dinner was given
Charles A. Elder, president of the Los
Angeles Investment company, by It's
officers and office emloyes last night
at Hotel Hollenbeck in honor of his re-
turn Saturday from an eastern trip
covering a period of a month and TAX
ing him, among other places, to the
bankers convention in Chicago the
early part of September.
Charles Cassatt Davis, vice president
of the company, acted as toastmaster,
and after the dinner was concluded
called for several brief speeches. Sec
retary w. D. Deeble told How We
Got Along Without Him. sam l.
Glover answered to the toast 1.-THE Los
Angeles Investment Company and G.
A. Elder to Los Angeles Assets ana
humorous talks on personal topics were
made by C. L. Bagley and A. B. Mar
shall, employees. w. f. Gates sang a
solo between two of the speeches