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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-06-03

amounts to $4,000, 900 rubles ($2s,145,-
0Oo) annually. It is transported In
refrigerator cars furnished by the rail-
way company to large firms in Dem
mark and Germany
Lord Wolseley, who used to Nbe
known in England as "our greatest
General" is in straitened circum-
stances and has given zip his resi-
dence, the Farmhouse, Glynde, Sus-
sex, owing to the expiration of his
lease, and the furniture and contents
of the modest little mansion have been
disposed OF by auction.
Oliver Goldsmith was an underpaid
man from start to finish. Fifty pounds
(s250) for "The Vicar Of Wakefield"
was bad enough, yet for "The Travel
er" he got but $40 ($1O0) and e5
($25) for his English grammar. For
"The Deserted Village" however, his
publisher sent him 100 guineas ($5OO)
This he at once returned, with the
message: at is too much; 1t is near
shillings a couplet, which Is more
than any bookseller can afford or, in
deed, any modern poetry is worth"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-06-03
NAB DIME NOVEL RUFF|ANS
Chicago Police Capture Youths Who Confess to
Blood and Thunder Doinps

Chicago, May 31.-The blood-and-
thunder doings of two youths was dis
closed today by the arrest of Ernest
Halvorson, % years old, and Peter
Dupont, 10 years old.
The young ruffians confessed to
wounding policeman and committing
two robberies last night, three rob-
berries on May 29, and Halvorson con-
fessed that he had arranged to shoot
Detective O'Keefe, who had arrested
him twice before.
According to Dupont's written con-
fession, the dime novel robbers, while
driving on the Northside last night,
held up two men with revolvers and
robbed them. The second man start
ed to run and Halvorson fired at him.
Halvorson jumped back into the We
hicle and they drove on until po-
liceman tried to stop them. Halvor-
son fired four shots at him and the
wounded policeman returned the fire.
Further on another policeman tried to
stop them ,and Halvorson lashed MIN
with a whip.
Then they saw an automobile loa,1
of policeman coming after them and
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CAUSES PANIC
WOMEN SHREK WHEN THEY
SEE MAN GROUND TO DEATH
BENEATH THE CARS.

Youngstown, o., May 31.-George
Brunton, 40 years old, for more than
II years employed as brakeman on
the Erie railroad, fell under the wheels
of a baggage car that wa being
Kicked" at the Wick avenue rossing
and was so badly injured that he died
on the way TO the City hospital.
Men, women and girls who were
waiting for the gates to go up were
witnesses Of the accident.
A small panic followed Women
screamed and became hysterical when
they saw the man go down under the
wheels Many of the persons were on
the way to take trolley cars for the
parks while others were returning
home from church services. The news
of the accident spread rapidly and
soon the street was blocked by large
.throngs
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-06-03
TORNADO CAUSES DEATH Of MORE
THAN TWENTY IN TEXAS

Brownwood, Tex, May 91.-Twenty
persons are reported killed and at
least 40 injured in a tornado which
hit the town of Zephyr, fifteen miles
east of Browuwood in Brown county,
Saturday midnight. Nearly every
building in the town was wrecked.
Fire broke out in the ruins. and
the survivors, with relief inadequate,
are in terror.
Until communication is restored it
will be impossible to determine the
exact extent of the disaster.
A railroad man who reached
Brownwood Sunday on a hand car
reports that the tornado was preced-
ed by a severe storm, the wind follow
ing a luli in the hail.
1t came with a roar that caused
sleeping citizens to wake with a start.
They scrambled out Of bed only to
be caught between the tOJtering walls
of their homes.
Women and children in scanty at
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THE CURSE OF $4,000.
What it Did to Family Of Six Out in Lincoln, Neb-
raska-Dsaster Followed Division
of Fortuna
Of a Fortune.

Surprise ii was a statement from
Mrs Shevalier that the $4,000 SEEM
ed to be a myth. Bank books, proper
ty, jewels, she could find no trace of
any assets at all. No clew was found
in the will.
Then the two sisters of Mrs. Horn
appeared in Denver-Mrs. j. w. Fo-
ley of Council Bluffs, Ia, and Mrs.
Geo. M. Nichols of Denver, Col They
charged foul play. The dead woman's
stomach was examined for poison.
None was found They attacked the
will; the court held it valid.
Surprise III came when Mrs. Shev-
alters daughter-in-law, Mrs Nina She
valier began to wear most expensive
gowns and furs and jewelry. The
poison of the gold was beginning to
infect
Surprise " was the dying state
ment of Marcus Cobb, young man
who had witnessed the will, that Mrs.
Shevalier had given him $1,000 to an
tedate the will several days. Also
that Mrs. Horn was all but deadAwhen
she signed it, and that Mrs. Shevalier
had guided the palsied fingers.
al Had to Tell"
81 had to tell" the dying man NUT
tered Il couldn't go away with this
on my soul. It's been driving me
mad"
Surprise V was the arrest and con-
viction of Mrs. Shevalier and her SEN
tence to the penitentiary for two
years. Some $4,000 in bills and jew
els were found sewed inside her
clothes and $4,000 more in personal
property discovered at her house. She
confessed
Enter Mccarthy into this web of
lies, a brilliant and religious young
lawyer. He was engaged as admin
istrator at the request of Mrs. Horns
sisters He wanted time to hunt up
hidden assets. Almost at once the
virus of the money poison got into
his blood.
He engaged on a startling course of
extravagant expenditure. Wine, Choir
us girls, automobiles, racing, suppers
he changed over night to be the
leader of Lincoln's fast set In a short
time Mrs. Foley and Mrs. Nichols
grew nervous. They asked an ac-
counting. So did the court McCar-
thy fed. He had spent $1,000 in as
many weeks, it is estimated.
The curse had fallen again
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tire rushed about the ruins, seeking
relatives from whom they had been
separated, or looking for places of
shelter from the storm. Lack of food
and medical attention has increased
the distress.
After the first shock of the disaster
bad passed, men, women and chill
dren who had escaped turned their at
tention toward rescuing the dead and
dying. The ruins had become ignited
and were burning fiercely, This work,
hampered by darkness and the limited
number of able-bodied men, was slow,
and it is feared some who escaped
the winds fury met worse fate in
the fire.
Relief trains were hurried to the
scene, and several automobiles, car
rying physicians, provisions and med
ical supplies, left Brownwood Sunday.
A report from Temple says it is
feared much damage has been done to
the surrounding country, and confirms
the estimate of twenty dead.
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T0RTUREW0
BURGLARS TRY TO TEAR OUT
HER TONGUE TO MAKE HER
REVEAL MONEY,
WAS UNCONSCIOUS

Wilkesbarre, May 31.-Mrs. Mary
McDade, an aged woman of Kingston,
was brutally tortured by burglars,
who believed she had a large sum of
money hidden and who tried TO make
her tell where it was.
Mrs. McDade told them all the mon
ey she had was 55 cents, and this she
gave them. Then the torture began
and lasted almost an hour.
They twisted her fingers and
thumbs, breaking one of the latter;
they pulled her tongue and tore it
partly off; pulled her hair; kicked
and struck and pinched her and fin-
ally left her unconscious. Neighbors
found her still unconscious this morn
ing. and her condition is now pre-
carious.
The state constabulary is search
ing for the burglars.
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Curious Combinations.

SuTlOuS SOnuCnSdIlOnSs
The Maoris of New Zealand number
$4,000.
Some of the moons mountains are
1000 feet high.
Turkey exports goods to the value
of about s1OO,OOO,OOO a year.
New York City has an average of
one and one-half million visitors each
week.
New York, despite it's more rigorous
climate. is 900 miles nearer the equator
than is the British capital.
Trial marriages" were discussed at
the recent congress Of Russian women
at st. Petersburg.
1t Is only within the last 10 years
that tropical fruits like bananas and
pineapples have had large sale in
Germany.
The foreign commerce of this coun-
uy fell off about $500 100000 last year.
The greatest decline was noticed at
the Atlantic ports.
Taxieabs have become so popular in
London that the demand for them
exceeds the supply. A capital of
$40. 900 900 is already invested in them.
What are declared by experts to be
practically inexhaustible layers of as
phalt have been discovered in Syria,
25 miles from the port of Iatakia, on
the read leading toward Aleppo
Siberia is destined to the butter
la r.F .4Y he n a..
butter shipped from omsll alone
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BACK HOME
BRYAN WILL NOW DEVOTE MUCH
TIME TO RENEWING PoLIT.
IcAL AcoUAINTANcEs
A VERY BUSY MAN

Lincoln Neb, May a.-Willam ].
Bryan is back in Lincoln for the longest
stay at home since last November's cleo
ton.
He is in such demand as a platform
speaker and lecturer and that calling is
so much to his liking and withal so
profitable that Nebraska and Lincoln see
less of their distinguished citizen each
year
The statement is made however, that
he will devote more attention to cultivat-
ing acquaintance with home people for
some time and this is taken as confrmaS
tion that Bryan will not be put aside the
coming senatorial vacancy If it is proffer-
ed him, but, on the contrary will make
a good stiff fight for 1t If necessary.
Bryan is supposed to have made good
deal of money in his lecture engagements
and can afford to take a rest. He is in
demand as a commencement orator in his
home state and will fill a number of
dates, but his services for functions of
this sort are, OF course, gratuitous.
1t will give him an opportunity at the
same time to do some mending of poll
teal fences, which are in reality rather
badly in need of repair, especially in
state university circles and where the
prohibition sentiment is strong
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-06-03
GIVES Up
LEAGUE WORKER
SAYS THERE is NO HOPE
FOR DRYS IN MAHoNING
SALOONS WANTED

Springfield O., May 31.-"The vets
have the politicians and the brains
behind them and l expect them TO
win in the Mahoning county local op-
tion election" said Rev. L. l. Mercer
tonight after his return from Youngs-
town where he has been in the Anti
Saloon league work the past week.
He added that the campaign of the
"drys" was being managed by men
who are willing and have ability but
lack the experience to cope with the
men planning the wet work.
He says there is no hope for carry
ing Youngstown, but that the county
vote may help swell the dry total,
though he has no idea that 1t will be
heavy enough to overbalance the
wet" majority he expects the city to
pile up.
Much interest is felt here in sew
eral of Mercer's remarks, as he was
an interested worker in the Ross
county campaign and gave up that
fight the Saturday night before the
election was held.
He says the sentiment in Mahoning
is as strong for the retention of the
saloons as it was in Ross county, and
he believes the result will be the
same.
He remarked concerning the clean
ness of the campaign being conducted
by the "wets," stating that in this
respect it was far above that of Ross
county.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-06-03

NOTED fot It's carp. and in that king
dom the Problem of conveying the
living fish for long distances to re-
mote markets has assumed consid-
cradle Importance. For several
years past fresh water fish have
been imported in casks Of water from
various points to the cities, at some
considerable expense The living
fish can be purchased, daily in the
markets Of Dresden, Chemnitz and
other cities, and are naturally pre-
ferred to fish transported in ice. Liv-
ing sea fish are also transported to
a less extent in salt water tanks.
They are to be found thus far only
in few of the larger cities.
The desirability of providing cheap
er means of transporting Saxon carp
to distant points reached by fiuvial
routes has led to the introduction of
ingeniously devised river craft for
the purpose. They consist of scows
65 feet long and 16 feet wide. The
interior is divided by partitions into
30 compartments In the bottom
and sides of a scow, as well as in the
inner partitions, cracks are left open
so that when floating in river there
is a continual circulation of fresh
water. The city of Hamburg de-
mands very large quantities of carp,
especially in the autumn, and this
economical method of bringing the
living fish from the remote breeding
places does much to increase the de-
mand.
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Lincoln, Neb., May 31.-"The fatal
$5OOOO"
Good people in Lincoln shudder
when they speak of the money that
Mrs. Helen Horn could not take with
her when she died.
There is a curse in that mass of
gold, they say.
Mrs. Horn has been dead a little
more than a year. Yet already that
fatal fifty thousand has
Laid it's curse on a good woman,
middle-aged, a mother, respectable
and made her a convicted thief and
perjurer and sent her, broken-hearted
to the penitentiary.
It has laid its hand on young
man, Marcus Cobb, made him bear
er of false witness, then racked and
troubled him till, on his deathbed, he
had to confess.
1t transformed another young man,
]. H Mccarthy, from a devout Sunday
school teacher and brilliant lawyer, to
a reckless spendthrift and fugitive
from justice.
And it never gave Mrs. Horn any
comfort in life. She lived and died
meanly, all but alone.
And now, two women, sisters, are
fighting in the courts to get it.
And Mccarthy, his life ruined, has
been brought back from Seattle in
manacles to face trial for embezzle-
ment of some $1,000 of that fatal fifty.
And he comes with the threat, NUT
tered to the detectives through his
set teeth, that there are others-men
and women-mixed up in this-as
guilty as land l will drag them all
down with me-make them suffer as
l have"
Mrs Horn was 70, widow, living
alone, supposedly in poor circumstan.
ces. She had two sisters, she said,
whom ,yshe had not heard from in
years.
Next door to her lived Mrs. Alpha
NJ Shevalier, middle-aged, we'll to do,
the wife of a trusted Missouri Pacific
employe
Neighborliness and common decency
urged that Mrs. Shevalier should take
the friendless old woman in. She did.
Two weeks later Mrs Horn died.
The Surprising Will.
Then came surprise I. A will was
probated, giving Mrs Shevalier $50 900
all the estate of Mrs. Horn.
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HOLDS CITY
RAVINe MANIAC "sHooTs UP
TOWN" FROM AUTO DRIVEN
THROUGH STREETS.
HIS WILD CAREER

Los Angeles, May S.-Clayton White is
a raving maniac In the insane ward of
the county jail today after his distinctly
modern shooting up the town" late yes
terday.
White, who is a garage foreman, drove
an automobile wildly through the streets,
brandishing two 45-calibre reYolverS and
shrleking at the top of his voice.
He fired bullets through windows and
doors, drove the machine up onto the
sidewalk and crashed through sign
boasds
Within three minutes after he started
on his wild career the streets through
which he was speeding were deserted
Deputy Sherins Rico and Sepulyeda
started in pursuit Of the wild man. but
they were driven of by rapid fusillade
sOf revolver shots
After terrorizing the town for two
hours, the automobil. ran out Of gaso-
line and White was forced to drive to q
garage for a supply AS he entered the
garage a squad Of police jumped on him
and, after struggle. overpowered him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-06-03

DR.. Briggs, a graduate of Univer-
sity CT Alabama, was for years a
pastor in Galveston, where he con-
Quoted revival services that eleotri.
fed all Texas.
In 1885 he went to New Orleans
where he had parish and became
editor of the Southern Christian Ad
vocate, the organ of Methodism IN
the south.
He was finally forced to retire from
the ministry and took to the lecture
platform, but drugs broke him down
He was arrested April 20 on a larceny
charge. but released on the interces
sion CT friend
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the thugs jumped out and ran home,
where they were arrested today. The
Youths exhibited the bravado of ire
sponsibility when examined today.
The wounded policeman will recover.
The death of Joseph Menard, VINO
was shot and killed by Policeman
Hartman early this morning, may be
directly attributed to Halvorson's and
Dupont's escapade.
After the escape of Halverson and
Dupont, all policemen were instructed
TO stop and question every occupant
of buggy that they saw.
hartman saw Menard driving on
the North Side and shouted to him
to stop, but Menard whipped up his
horse and tried to escape.
Hartman fired several shots, one of
which struck Menard in the back of
the head. He died soon after being
taken to a hospital.
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DRUG VICTIM.
NOTED MINISTER FALLS FROM
GRACE AND STEALS
Aims Box
r Ell ATIVES NEAR

New York, May 31-Relatives and
friends of Rev. Geo. WaverIy Briggs,
30 years ago, admittedly the great
est reviyalist the south ever produced,
rallied to his aid, when he was ar
raigned in the Harlem police court
ON a charge Of larceny.
They started proceedings to have
him sent to a sanitarium where he
can have the care made necessary by
failing mentality.
He presented a pitiable picture be-
fore the magistrate, showing that he
was in no way responsible for his in
discretions.
He was weeping and failed fully to
recognize relatives who were present.
He is only 81 years old, but was
stopped like a man of 80.
His face was deeply lined, indicat.
ing the use of drugs. He was order
cd detained until his case can be in.
yestigated.
Stole Aims Box.
Briggs has been living with a broth.
er-in-law in the Bronx He was ar.
rested Friday, charged with carrying
away a contribution box of the Sun
shine society from an uptown drug
store.
The box was found on him, and nc
admitted the theft. A search Of his
clothing Revealed 40 pawn tickets
ranging from 20 cents to sac.
He pleaded with the police to bt
let go. explaining that he had beoom,
addicted TO drugs when i'll and broker
down In Memphis, Tenn, some years
ago. His relatives coTroborated tn,
statement and declared that thCy haS
tried TO ksep kim out Of trouble.
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That a cayalryman unhorsed Is The
most easily cowed?
That the papers often refer 10 a
mans double life as a singular ca
Feer ?-Suceess Magazine.
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How eermans eet carp.

There Is one table delioaey the
German epicure must have. and that
is carp, and the carp, to be eaten in
perfection, must he killed immedi-
ately before cooking. saEony is
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The Young Reunion.

The Young Reunion.
The 21st annual reunion of the
Young relatives will be held in the
Lichtenwalter grove, one-half mile
East of Battlesburg, on Saturday,
June 12
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-27
Why the Editor is Sore.

The editor of the Alkali Eye doea
not believe there are heavenly
angels on the police force OF far.
framed Houston. He says: 'They
have imported lot O. plain clothes
men for the carnival thet air beneath
tn notice O. any sef-respectin' south
ern gentleman, an until they depart
we shall hereafter remain In our own
sanctum sanitarium and daily with the
sizzers and paste. We air free TEL
say thet we have nothin' in common
with no officer tibet uses his club In
tn brcakaway an gouges in a rough
an tumble as we tl,oughtfully an
abstractedly put one OF cur eyes baca
into its socket this mornin' an tied
a barrel stave to our back ter KEEP
our broken spine from wobblin', we
decided ter visit Houston city as soon
as tn crowd goes an have some
understanding: fai'in' in gettin' mat
tiers arranged on a live and let Iva
basis we shall seek recreation in some
other town whose officers do not bitr
gouge, spike, kick, butt, pile on o.
otherwise try ter dis6gure tn casua
visitor. atlanta Constitution.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-27

and misery. I advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. - Mrs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
1or the largest number of actual cures
OF female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at LINN
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, Inflammation nj
ceratlon, displacements, fibroid tunors
irregularities, periodic rains, backache
indigestion and nervous prostration
Every such suffering woman owes II to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkbam,s
vegetable Compound trial.
II you would like special adv;ca
ABOUT your case write a confiden.
tlai letter to Mrs. Pinkbam Of
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free
snd always helpful.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-27

Miss Ninette Porter, Braintree, Yer,
mont, writes: IL have been cured by
Peruna.
= had several hemorrhages of the lungs.
The doctors did not help me much and
would never have cured me-
Il saw testimonial in Peruna almanac
of a case similar to mine, and commenced
using it. ! wrote to DR. Hartman for adj
vice. He kindly gave me free advice.
= was not able 10 wait on myself when
II began using it gained very slowly al
first. but | could see that il was help
III hsd l.iille con-
naenced 70 raise MP 4 strings. sticky, sub
stance from my lungs. This grew less and
less IN quantity as ! continued the treat
ment
Il grew more fieshy than j had been
for q long time. and now call myself
well.
A Bad Cough.
Mrs. Emma Martin, Odessa, Mo-. writes:
Il cannot thank you enough for curing me.
AFor two years doctored my cough,
which cost me many dollars, but stiff I
seemed to, get worse. My cough was SO
bad ! could not sleep.
Finally purchased bottle of Peruna.
After the use of six bottles ! feel that |
am cured"
People who object to liquid medicines
can now secure Peruna tablets
For free illustrated booklet entitled
the Truth About Peruna," address The
Peruna Co., Columbus, Ohio. Mailed post.
paid.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-02-27
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
An epitaph is generally epi-tafty.


An epitaph Is generally epi-taffy.
Some men do their best. even their
best friends.
A heavy sermon maketE q light COZ
lection plate.
Even the richest millionaire may be
poor apology tor nan.
A man cannot add to his stature by
treading on other peoples toes.
Platonic affection is seldom prac.
ticed on a girl il she has money.
Faith may move mountains, but it
won't always do away with a bluff.
A woman's heart strings are almost
as easily broken as her shoe laces.
The man who wants the most for
his money should buy experience.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread, but angels can use their wings.
A fellow may think Of a girl every
minute, but really second thoughts are
best.
It's the fellow with. the vaulting
ambition who should look before he
leaps.
Some men belong to church and 9th
ers imagine that the church belongs
to them.
Somehow or other most men who
marry brunettes prefer blondes. and
vice versa.
a man should never marry until he
is thoroughly equipped to fight the bat
ties Of HE.
The fellow who spends all Its time
looking for four-leaYed clover won't
have much luck.
Occasionally you hear Of a young
man who is able to make living in
spite of a college education.
The fellow who is satisfied to wait
for something to turn up will let it
pass him and then wait for it to come
back again.-From Musings of the
Greenwood Lake Philosopher" In the
New York Times.