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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-25

outstanding the increasing familiar;tv
OF the acquaintanceship. Marior;o
knew no more of his personal affairs
at the end of nine months than she
ala during the first week.
There was one other subiect -,
winch he was equally reticent and
that was the discussion regarding The
rhyme for Rachel" The remarkable
oHer IN connection with this mattar
was subject of intending CURIOSITY
and discussion in literary circles. but
carter Dillington pointedly avoided
every allusion to it, To Marjorie on
the contrary. it was one of allurinp in
terest. III
one hesltated a long time before
Venturing to speak to Mr.. DiJl;ng+o,,
ABOUT 1t. His peculiar aversion n the
wnole matter embarrassed her Tbo
mere mention of the name "RacboI,
disturbed him, and her occasional ef-
forts to lead the conversation aroma
to the subject were promptly firms.
trated. lug
Finally, however, she decided 70 on
peal 10 him for help. Only one moro
week remained. and she bebeld ber
ireams OF wealth fading into the dpII
reality of drudgery. So as be MO-
loout TO take his departure after a
mort call on Christmas eve. she said
IF person were to find
nyme for Rachel it would make him
amous. wouldn't it?" '
I suppose it would" he answered.
ryly. oieu
AND 1t would make him rich?p
On yes Then In the same breath
e abruptly changed the conversation
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MI. benjamin f. Morton. He was a
Urine eccentric, and one of his hobbies
was "ritlng poetry. He took a great
FANCY to nephew of his and spared
no money to have the boy well edu-
Gated. The old gentleman himself had
very limited education. and he was
determined that his nephew should
not De handicapped as he had been
vel just about the time the boy got
through college the old gentleman
Struck snag in this poem of his
ABOUT Fedora Lillian Hildegarde ct al
ana ne called upon his nephew to helm
MN out with rhyme fer Rachel,
Inc young man informed him that
there was no such rhyme. but his
uncle refused to believe it. He insist
Gu that as the lad had had a college
euucation he could find rhyme If he
ohose. Wen, the upshot of il was that
the Old gentleman took II into his
mead that his nephew was obstinate
ana ungrateful, and he cast him off A
snor, time before he died, however, he
nnaliy concluded that perhaps there
really was no rhyme for Rachel and
ne uecided to reinstate his nephew in
MS VIII; but with this proviso: That |
d rhyme should first be advertised for
ana that should any person produce
such rhyme within year, then the
money should go to such person. in
stead of the nephew.
AS the executors. we, of course. fol.
lowed the provisions of the will, but
We were definitely satisfied there was
40 such rhyme. And yet you say Won
nave found one. / am free to saw II
seems Incredible. incredible. Still. at
ne same time the offer is q bopa Ado
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NopyHght' by Shortstory Pub. Col
Seated in a street car, Miss Marjorie
Hollis was absorbed in the latest issue
OF the Literary Post. 1t contained this
week most unusual announcement
and 1t was this which now occupied
her attention to the exclusion of all
else. The announcement read as fol-
lows:
We. the undersigned, executors under
tne viii OF person whose name we
withhold for the present desire to an
Inounce that, In accordance with the terms
iof said will, the sum of s25O,OOO will be
PAID TO the first person who will submit
10 US rhyme for the name Rachel. This
tequest Is based on the following condi-
lions. viz: l. The rhyme must be a le-
sitimate one. Dialect. foreign or invented
words will not be considered. q This Of
Ter Is limited to one year, dating from
December 81, 19o-. -
In explanation of the foregoing offer
II is deemed proper to state the following
facts: Among the effects of the testator
ABOVE referred to is an unfinished poem
aadressed to lady whose full Christian
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mate one. 1t will certainly prove a
most astonishing revelation to us and
to the nephew. Carter Dillington."
Marjorie felt that she was about to
faint.
May / have just a moment to
think?" she asked family.
Certainly. certainly! did not
mean to hurry you. OF course. / un-
derstand, you feel a trifle agitated:
but take your time, and you'll recall
the rhyme in minute or two"
Several moments passed in silence
Then Marjorie arose. She faced the
two lawyers, and with a tremor in her
voice that she struggled bravely to
subdue. she said slowly: 81 have not
forgotten the rhyme; but-but I have
decided not to submit it,"
1t was New Years day when Mar
jorie again saw Carter Dillington. He
called late in the afternoon. Why had
he come? she asked herself. Was il
to torment her? To cause her wound
ed heart to bleed afresh? He appeared |
not to heed her constrained manner
nor the quick fiushes that Redeemed |
her cheeks.
Marjorie" he said suddenly. with /
an fmpulsiveness and a familiarity he
had never before manifested; won
have wished me happy New Year.
Do you know that it is you alone who
can make the year happy for me-
supremacy happy? ! did not dare ex-
press my. feelings before was abso-
lutely sure that could offer you the
comforts and the pleasures you de-
serve. Now. l am indenendent-
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wealthy; and you, Marjorie, will yoo
share my fortune with me?"

wealthy; and you, Marjorie. will Won
share my fortune with me?"
1t was late ere the lovers were ready
to part. rs it any wonder" he was
saying, as he lingeringly prepared tn
leave, that | avoided the subiect of
my uncle's oatlandish offer? Sunnos.
ing that by some possibility there
had been rhyme for Rachel sun.
posing some one had succeeded in
finding it. But thank fortune. dear
there is nonei"
Yes. but there is rhyme for IA.
chel,' she answered softly. casting
down her eyes to hide her Sudden
emotion. Would you like to hear n,
Let us sit down here7-on the sofa,
and ] will tell it to you"
She waited moment after tb.v
were seated, and then in a half traur-
lous whisper she recited the followin.
lines:
A fitting rhyme has long. been fo,,na
For each and all of these
Fedora, Lillian. Grace, Iorafn
And Hldegarde. Louise;
And in these names themselves ua a..
The hidden rhyme for Rachel.
For 10. the letters of these names
Are II. L., G. L.. III. L."
Then in the quiet glow of the mid
night hreilght she told him her little
story.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-12-25

Many persons find themselves affected
with persistent cough after an attack
OF influenza. AS this cough can be
promptly cufed by the use OF Cham er-
iain's Congh Remedy. it should not be
allowed to run on until it becomes
Troublesome. Sold 10y all druggists. is,...
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name was Fedora Lillian Trace Iora,r
hlioegarde Louise Rachel The said
poem was written by the testator for the
Pui pose OF bringing into rhyme each one
% sne names aforementioned. He sue
ceeueu IN writing six stanzas in which
the first six names were respectively in
uoouced in accordance with his afore
said purpose; but he was unable 70 COM
piete the poem because of his failure tn
nnd rhyme for the last name-RacheI
for certain personal reasons he provi,ed
IN ms Will that an attempt be made. in
.ne manner above set forth, to discover
such rhyme.
AS fuil conditions and ali necessary in
formation are contained in the foreso,rg
announcement. the undersigned must de.
clne TO consider any inquiries for further
explanation.
DUNDURY & BoRDEAU.
Attorneys-at-Law Washington. ID. G.
Circumstances compelled Marjorie
Hollis to earn her living, and against
tnese circumstances her aristocratic
ana artistic soul waged constant re-
peiilon. Her family and her acquaint-
ances generally regarded her as a
spoiled child. troubled with extraya.
CANT tastes and a lack of practical
sense On her side, she felt that she
was not understood nor properly ap-
preciated-until she met Carter Dill
lington.
Like herself, Mr.. ellington was Door
ana mad literary aspirations, and Mar
lorle felt that in him she had at last
found sympathetic fellow-mortal.
He accepted special invitations to
ne house, but rarely called of his own
accord, appearing content to ride
home with her in the evening. He
&c excessively reserved-that was
me Of bis eneru'ia rities-so ina, 80
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perhaps, Miss Hollis. IL NAV intar
est you to know that | expect IN ar
next week or two to come into posses
sion OF small fortune, and 7 hone
then to be married." and hok,ing ont
his hand he babe Marjorie good niebt
GOOD night" she responded mo
chanically; and as the door closad che
staggered INTO the parlor. and. throw.
ing herself upon the sofa. burst into
torrent of passionate tears.
Suddenly her sobbings ceased Oh.
sat up. bewildered. startled In az
midst OF the turmoil of her troubIad
spirit there had burst upon ber
without warning. without thought
rhyme for Rachel"
Two days later Marjorie Hollis w.s
In Washington; and on the morpi,o 80
december "a she walked into the of.
nee OF Dunbury & Bordeau and ouiat,v
announced to those two gentleuan
that she had come to claim the sa5o
600 for rhyme for Rachel"
For moment the two men staraa
at her without uttering a sound
Mr.. Dunbdry was the first 70 find
his voice. Impossible" he eiacn
lated. Then noticing the sudden f,ush
upon the girls face he checked him
self Pardon me. my dear von.a
lady. ! aid nor mean to doubt your
word; but you have astonished us be-
ycnd measure Lei me explain" and
ne placed his chair beside hers.
The extraordinary offer to which
'ou have responded was made in COM
,liance with the will of our late client.
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Away he. gone up the chimney fuel
SO our little maid
An our little man
Is hyin to be jest ez goods they can.
but ct yer good an hey yer pa
An don I never cry an vex yer ma
he u I'LL yer stockins with games an TOW,
AN nuts an sweets an all sorts o lows.
So our little maid
An our little man
Wants Ssn;y to come jes' as quick : he can.
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Tick fock. rick fact.
Wont nurse be cross tvhsn
she comes bockY"

one and VIII be carried out to the iec-'
ter If your rhyme proves to be a legiti-
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THERE'S little old man with saverv /
An long white beard at flies in The ,
With t~inkiin' black eyes an a rosy, :
AN 'nct year he comes to our place,
An our little maid
An our little man
e anxious to see i'm soon's they can.
Dut you better take keer. fer some folks say
Atn yer naughty heI fy away,
An quicker n you kin whisile-phew-
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Tick fock. tick took.
Three mfnufeS 10 eis6f By fbe
nursery clock.
Tick fact. fick fock.
"D'you ffnk IT, nearly fsyelye
o'ciock?"
Tick fact. flick fack.
SupposfnS he's -forsof us.
JocSg"
Arizona republican., 1909-08-29

LICENSED TO WED-A marriage license was issued yesterday to Juan Maxim and Martha Anton
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
SCRAPP|NG
Defense in the Hams Trial
Charges States Evidence
Vas Manufactured

Flushing, N. Y, Jan. l2.-Chargine
that the testimony of the members Of
the Bayside Yacht club was manufactur-
ed and that witnesses were withdrawn
from the stand because their evidence
was not sufficiently rehearsed, were
made by Attorney Mcintyre today in
summing up the defense i'll the trial of
Thornton Jenkins Hains. Mcintyre had
not finished his clasing address when
adjournment was taken until tomorrow.
Counsels spent over FIVE hours today
in reviewing the evidence in the case
pointing out discrepancies which, the
lawyer asserted, showed that much of
the testimony had been rehearsed in an
school,
Mr.. Mcintyre declared that much OF
the testimony of Mrs. Annis, whose
husband was shot and killed by Captain
Hams, was "nanifestly false, and that
she had been taken from the witness
stand when it was seen that her story
had not been sufficiently rel1earsed.'
During the defense's closing Mr..
Mcintyre and Prosecutor Darrin fire.
quently had verbal clashes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
failed | L
Spencer, Moore ( Co., Old
AID Well Known Duluth
e 81. ~
J. Grain Firm, Fails for
Large Am!o|u|Int..'Say They
VIII Pay 10 Full

7 Duluth, Minn., Jan. 12.-Spencer,
Moore & Co., one of the oldest and
best known grain firms at the head
Of the lakes, became insolvent today
after a desperate attempt to cover
q long line of outside trading.
{ It is not known how much the fail
ire involves, but it is said to be a
large amount. The affairs of the COM
pany are now in charge Of E. A. For
syta, who has been named as as
signee.
: The company announces that the
creditors will be paid in full and that
the, affairs of the firm will be set
tied up Immediately.
George Spencer of the insolvent
drm, is president Of the Consolidated
Nevator company, which is not con-
nected in any way with the fail
ure.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
s;s%,<
: TENNESSEE
Senate Passes Partial Pro.
:. hibition Bill Amid Great
Excitement After Bitter
Debate. ..bouSe Said to Be
Certain to Follow Suit

Nashvill, Tenn, ain. 12.-At 5:O2
this afternoon senate bill No. 1 provii
ing for the prohibition of the sale of
liquor within four miles OF any school
house in Tennessee, passed third and
final reading in the senate. The vote
was 20 to 13. It is expected the
house will pass the bill tomorrow.
Immediately after the vote in the
senate was announced, the widest
disorder prevailed and as soon as a
motion to- adjourn could be put and
carried, a frantic crowd surrounded
Messrs. Holiday and Mansfield, the
floor leaders of the prohibition forces
and the celebration took on the form
of love feast.
The debate preceding the passage
of the measure was replete with
sensational incidents, one of which
was Ex-Governor John l. Cox's speech
in defense of his past record and his
present attitude toward temperance
Another was the charges made by
Senator Dancy Fort of Montgomery
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13

frowned ominously over the fortifca-
stions: and columns of black smoke es-
capped from her smokestacks. Her
American Jack was not displayed, ow-
ing to the fact that General Poole was
unable to obtain access to the fla de-
partment earlier in the evening In
stead she Aoated piratical black flag,
bearing the skull and cross-bones, and
stood ready to run down any vessel
that might appear on the horizon J.
- Early in the morning, when it was
discovered that the cruiser Poole had
slipped into the harbor and compelled
the surrender of the fort, the big guns
from Fort Burke: began to boom and
great columns of water were thrown
up from the sea by succession of thir-
teen-inch shells. General Poole was
laid low at the first broadside with an
order of arrest and was carried into his
cabin badly wounded, the thirteen-inch
shell having passed clear through him.
America expects every man to do his
duty" breathed General Poole family
as he was carried into the cockpit for
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13

b . - = f-s,f
ss1 While the forces of Col. Peake were
busily engaged in mining the harbor
with torpedoes and putting out float
ing mines to blow up. any craft that
might approach, the armored cruiser
Poole darted into the harbor at 2
o'clock Tuesday morning, carefully
avoided the mines and torpedoes,
trained its guns on: the fort and COM
PEELED its surrender without the firing
Of a shot. The flag, Of the Peake
forces was hauled down and the Poole
ensin went up to- the top of the mast
with a ringing cheer in which General
Poole joined heartily. General Poole
Immediately bivouacked on the site of
Camp Peake and remained there until
the morning, and when reveiIle sounded
the Poole forces were in entire posses
sion of Fort Peake.. - -, -..
+ The cruiser Poole went into the har-
bar III the full glare of the searchlights
from the fort, dropped her anchor right
beside the stairs on the first floor, and
was swinging at anchor when business
began in the morning. Her big guns
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
Between so and 100 Miners
Totally Annihilated by
Blast and Gas
Debris Is Blown Two or
More Miles Through
the Mine

Bluefeld, West Va, Jan. 12-Again
the earth trenbled today and that un-
known substance in which there is
more deadly energy and destruction to
the atom than in tons of dynamite, let
go its awful engines of disaster in the
mines of the Lick Branch colliery and
snuffed out between sixty and eighty
lives.
1t was in these same mines where two
weeks ago to a day fifty miners were
killed by similar explosion.
In the quiet of the early morning
there came like the sound of thunder
a mighty rumbling in the bowels Of the
earth winch reverberated through the
miles of corridors and air passages
crowded with those who work there.
Tons of earth and stone lay between
the workings and the mountains crown
of giant trees quivered from the force
of the convulsion and the mine mouth
rbelched forth cload of fame dust and
debris, heavy timbers, broken mine cars
and even a massive motor used to haul
the heavy laden cars from the depths.
Scarcely had the detonation died away
before throng of terrorized women and
children, sped by anxiety and fear,
rushed to the mine mouth and in1plor-
ed those there to allow them to aid
in the effort to save some of their loved
ones who might still be alive within
Mine Foreman Bowers, who was near
the entrance, was blown from his feet,
but managed to crawl out safely, as did
also Robert Smith, a miner.
With the foreman was miner named
Holiday, and he, too, was blown over
A rescue party, organized on the mo-
ment, rushed into the jaws of the srnok-
ing mine and tried to rescue him. They
were driven back by the deadly flames
of the after gases and were compelled
to leave him to his fate
y train was rushed to the scene Of
the disaster, some 25 miles away, carry
ing bratticing and other material to be
used in the work of exploration and
rescue.
CONTINUED on page ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
S'||O|;R||I)|D !. [ gain. |, I.
S Said to Have Been Cat.
nlichaeI's Reason for
Numbering Carpenter IN
Michigan Church Hoped
to Gain Insurance Money

Burlington, Ia, Jan. 12.--When the
body Of Rev. John Haviland Carmich.
ael of Adair,. Mich, the confessed
slayer Of Gideon Brewing, at Adair,
Mich, passed through Burlington to
night on the way to Port 7 Huron,
Mich, from Carthage, ILL.,, where the
preacher committed suicide yestAr-
day. Deputy Sheriff Moore of Port
Huron. Save IT a. his opinion that
Carmtchael wasa entirely prompted
to the murder Of Browning by mer-
cenary motives, and that the purpose
in the murder was to give the i'm
spression that himself was the victim,
20 that his wife might receive insur-
ance money.
Detectives who made careful ex-
animation of the body discovered. it
is said, on one of the legs number
of hypodernic syringe wounds and
later found the syringe. This sug-
gested to some that Carmichael was
a victim Of the drug.
In the dead mans pocket was dis
covered the watch of Browning. It
was also ascertained that the pocket
knife with which Carmichael COM
mitted suicide was the property of
Browning. ~
The letter left by the suicide to
Mrs. Carmichael was made public to-
day. In it the parson further accuses
himself of cowardice for not staying
to face the consequences of his act.
He shows friendship for his wife and
children, but there seems to be a
coldness in the language used.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
G0V, BURKE HOLDS fort ON CAPITOL
HILL NlIIILARGE BODY STATE TROOPS

the attention of the ships surgeon, re-
calling Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. As
the surgeons probed for the; thirtieen-
inch shell General Poole smiled. IF
you can't find it., leave it stay. he said
with stoicism. : .........>.
In the meantime serious casualties
were reported from the opposing army
and navy. Col. Peake was laid low BY
an induction issued out of the district
court, which passed through both lungs,
perforated the liver and lodged in the
military nerve. The Colonel was borne
off the field on stretcher, raurrnuring,
"They run, they run. - l.
'Who rum" asked the, orderly, who
G..s, Continued On page ~ II
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
SHAKEN BY
AWFUL Mine EXPLOSION.

county. of intimidation against Rev.
DR.. E. Folk, whom he termed the
high mogul' of the anti-saloon
league. Senator Fort charged that
DR.. Folk had threatened to ruin him
religiously as well as politically, If he
voted against prohibition, and further
charged that Folk was attempting to
carry out his threat by publishing in
his paper an insinuation to The effect
that Fort was an infdel.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
IN THE HOUSE

Washington, D. c., JAM 12-Work-
ing with only small quorum of men,
bers, the house of representatives to-
day devoted its entire time to consid-
ering the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Mann of Illinois,
furnished little diversion for an 9TH
erwise dull day by defending the house
rules, and this led him into several
sharp brushes with Mr. Gardner of
Massa chusetts, one of the so-called
insurgents.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-13
Daring Molday Night Gen. Poole Storms Fort Pedke 1t
Point Of Sword Supported BY Heavy Pocket Artillery
HIS ConnksaIiai Being I 0lganled Ne Effects Masery
ltlleai Will lis Rear We'll 6aarded by Rapid flefs
Ne Is Placed Under CsssIructire la and Strong Body
ofHoOpsx xllhuld disputed lllllg ylggsilst tlavasion
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capitol building eeleek
morning possession Of the tes fror
mitia the
Col psake served with order the dlstr sof
interfering With Pools II the diseharoe s de
sensrash COX Psake stated that he would obey
the oct hinrself Into contempt o. court
gov
vested with ts
and would continue to commander in chief
suad his
with the aid d the military secretary. sz
Burke Issued order piacins General Poole under
lnsubordnaton ton Of the articles
Captain murphy and Company dsta'ed take possession Of
adtant generals
the military and the members
taken Immediately afsr and the military forces
SIN n poassssior last night S#sz ..~
Open oohlct auhoEiy the civil military
with tho military hsdns ths fort >=ss| %z.-='
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-25
BOWLED OVER.
Hammerstein in Fight With Reporters
Is Knocked Down.

New York, Jan. 25.-Physical en-
counters between two newspaper re-
porterS and Oscar Hammerstein began
in the lobby of the Knickerbocker
hotel were continued on the pavement
In front of the Jefferson market po-
lice court and in the court room itself
whittier the two reporters had been
summoned for a hearing on Mr.. Ham
merstein's complaint. The hearing
was postponed for a week and the
representatives of both factions were
arraigned for the fighting in and about
the court room. All were discharged
on this complaint as the magistrate
said no damage had been done
Events subsequent to Mr.. Ham
merstein's sharp reference to report
erS in a letter to the manager of the
paper following criticism of the Mary
Garden episode attracted a consider
able crowd to the arraignment of
Frederick w. Hill and James J. Doyle,
the reporters charged with assault
Following spirited remarks back and
forth general hand to hand encounters
ensued. Policemen interfered and the
party adjourned to the court room.
There an even more strenuous scuffle
took place and Hammerstein was
bowled over the back of a bench
which broke under his weight. His
sons picked him UP apparently unin-
jured