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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-18
AID TO WHEELER
DIES FORGOTTEN
Body of Col. Pointer, Heroic
Confederate, Found in
BoWery Hotel.
HAD LIVED LIKE RECLUSE
LETTERS AND NEWSPAPER CLIP.
PING TELL OF HIS vALoR IN
BATTLE AND OF GREAT GENER-
AIS FRIENDSHIP.

New York, July Observing with
distinction throughout the civil war
on Fighting Joe' Wheeler's staff,
Colonll Marcellus Pointer, who was
about seventy years old and in appear
ance and manner the TYPICAL Southern
Gentleman of the old school, was found
dead in his room in the Atlantic hotel
an inexpensive lodging place at No.
SO, New Bowery, where he had resided
since last October. Death resulted
from apoplexy. The police sent the
body to the morgue
Prominent Friends.
Among Colonel Pointers effects
were letters from General Wheeler,
the late Senator Morgan of Alabama,
and David S. Francis, former governor
of Missouri. During his residence at
the hotel he had held aloof from the
other dodgers. Little is known Of his
life in the city other than that he had
been selling stocks and bonds. He al
ways paid is room rent promptly and
seemed to be supplied with money.
One OF the letters found in a trunk
showed that Pointer had served on
the staff of General Wheeler, and that
the Southern cavalry leader had re-
commended his friend to President
Mckinley for appointment as a briga-
der general during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. "A better cavalry officer
could not be found in this country"
General Wheeler wrote. Others who
had signed Colonel Pointers petition
were United States Senator Charles A.
Culberson of Texas, and e. H. r.
Green chairman of the republican state
committee of Texas.
A Yellow Clipping.
A clipping from a newspaper, which
was yellow with age, told how General
Wheeler and Colonel Pointer were sur
prised by the Union cavalry and how
Colonel Pointer had managed to fight
his way through the lines, protecting
the General, and the two managed TO
escape. Other papers showed thar
General Wheeler had written to
Pointers father, DR.. David PPointer,
OF Holly Springs. Miss, informing him
that his son had been wounded at Ma.
rysville. General Wheeler commended
him for bravery.
A letter from his daughter. Miss
Sadie Pointer, of Ardmore. Okla, was
the only communication found from
any member OF his family. Clarence
Hatton, Of No. 40 West 18th street,
who is adjutant general Of New York
Camp Of Confederate Veterans was
notified of General Pointers death,
and although the latter was not a
member of the New York camp, he
will be buried in the Confederate plot
at Mount Holly cemetery unless his
body is claimed by relatives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-18
The Hose.

PEARL hear that Freddy Van Pickle
resigned from the volunteer f3re com
pany In his home town. Ruby-Yes.
indeed There was m argument about
the hose. Peari-The hose? Ruby
Yes, Freddie wanted to wear drop
stitch Isle when he went to . fre, and
the captain said drop stitch and high
boots didn't so. SO the dear boy resign
ed.-Chicagn News
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-18

client-Well. did make good Wit
ness?
Lawyer-Yes: between you and that
stupid jury ron took some pounds out
cfmy pocket.
Client-Why. / won. didn't I?
Lawyer-I wanted 4 chance to m
peal--Ls0aca Ttt-UalG
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-18
Eighth District.

Eighth District.
In the Eighth district the Lord only
knows who will be nominated by the
republicans to run against Congress
man Adair. Miles Furnass, represen-
tative from Randolph county is about
to become a candidate for the nomina'
ton, and it Is understood that State
Senator Newton B. Hawkins, OF Union
City. also will go after it again. He
ran against Adair last fall.
The Ninth presents a peculiar stu
alton. The democrats of course will
renominate Congressman Morrison.
The republicans have no avowed can
didate at this time, and SO far as can
be learned the only one who is think
ing seriously of coming out for it is
Everett e. Neal Of Noblesville, and he
is not working actively on the job at
present. A. large crop Of candidates
may appear before the time comes to
make the nomination, but they are
keeping quiet now. Ordinarily the
Ninth is q strong republican district.
Tenth District.
It is not believed to be possible for
any republican to take the nomination
away from Congressman Crumpackcr
in the Tenth. State Senator Will r
Wood of Lafayette, has been men
toned as a likely candidate, and 1t
is admitted that he would be about the
most formidable candidate who could
come out against Crumpacker. But
Crumpacker has an organization in his
district that any man could be proud
Of. He is one of the only two republic
can congressman from Indiana, and
this has given him strong prestige
with the administration that has re-
suited in strengthening his fences in
his own district There is now no rea-
son to doubt that Crumpacker will be
renominatcd to succeed himself and
that he will be elected by the usual
big majority.
Twelfth District.
Congressman Cline will be nominal
ed again in the Twelfth by the demo
Gratis, unless all signs fail. He Is serv.
ing his first term, and is said to be
doing no better nor nor worse than
any other. first termer. 1t seems to
be generally accepted that former Con.
gresham Gilhams will be out for the
republican nomination and up to this
time no other aspirant has shown up.
Thirteenth District.
John w. Norman Of Knox, will be
a candidate for the republican nomina-
ton in the Thirteenth, and so will j,
L. Frazier, of Warsaw. a young lawyer
Norman wanted the nomination last
year, but didn't get 1t. and it Is said
that his friends will make things hum
when the time comes to select the
candidate next year. Congressman
Barnhart, Of Rochester, who is serv-
Ing his first term, will be renominated
by the democrats OF the Thirteenth.
There may be others in the state
who have the congressional bee in
their bonnets. but they are not known
now, and the list appears to be about
the lineup for the next years nomi-
nations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-18

and his Is the only name mentioned
thus far.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29
The August American Magazine.

William j Locke tells a charming
romantic story Of a rejuvenated love.
entitled "a Moonlight Effect in tho
August number Of the American Maya
zine. IN addition. Jack London re
counts the tragic case OF The Sheriff
Of "Kona." stewart Edward White
writes about n mystery and a MUIR
der in The Hole in the cap" Har-
vey ]. O'Hisgins tells a ste OF touch-
ing pathos and Irish humor IN Ills
Mother" and Lincol.' Coicord contri-
butes his best work in AMER a tale
of the fortunes of q man who finds out
his love for a mn ms day too late
The issue also contains a delightful
satire by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow ontit-
Ted The Fantastic Feminine" Illus
with photographs of gowns, cor
sets, hats ana hair actually worn in
America today. Hugh :. Fullerton
writes again about baseball ana tells
of the wonderful system of signals
used by the various bah teams. GEO.
Fitch Is the author of "A highly anus
ing sketch which he calls "A Plea
for the Conservation Of Another Great
National Resource" Illustrated with
cartoons by John r. McCutchoon.
William Allen White contributes an
other article to his widely discussed
THE Old order Chanecth."
'M|argarita's Soul" appears in an in
'crcsting installmcnt, and "The Letters
IF r.. O." come to "a delightful con
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29
Strobel Airship Will Be
Abuquerque's Big Show
Performances of Aerial Craft at Territorial Carnival Will Be
Watched With Interest by Whole Country; Sky Photographs
will Be Taken of City and Vicinity.

of prize-winnings than any other in
existence and the n which has shown
itself to be the safest and most prac-
ticable.
The people Of New Mexico have
never had an opportunity to witness
anything like the spectacle which viii
be furnished by the daily and nightly
ascents of this immense air craft dur
ing the fair. The ascents of tho bal
loon in this high altitude inc rarefied
atmosphere will be watched l think
with considerable interest by aviatOrs
the country over"
In ease any high-flying stunts are
attempted by the Strobcl %aeronauts
here it is likely that some worlds rec
ords for altitude will be broken. The
aviator here has the advantage Of a
5000 foot start yer his fellows in the
east.
An interesting feature of the as
tensions will be the taking of photo
graphs Of the city ana surrounding
country from a lofty altitude, which
it Is needless to say will be in great
demand.
The accompanying photographs
a side view and an end view of
the great Strobel dirigible balloon as
it appeared when winning first and
second prizes at the International
races at st. Louis.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

The StrObel airship will he by far
The biggest attraction ever brought to
New Mexico for a territorial fair or
anything else" said President w. q.
Tight, of the fair. yesterday.
Or. Tight has recently returned
from an extended trip through Cali
fornia. during which he opened ncgo-
tiations with Roy K~nabenshue and a
number of other well known aViators.
with the object of securing an en-
gagement for the twenty-ninth terri
torial celebration next october, in
this city. Prof. Tight was about to
close with one of the California men
when r.. f. Lester, travelling repre-
sentative of Charles j.. Stfobel. arrived
in Albuquerque, and Secretary Nc
Manus embraced the golden oppor-
tunity and after communicating with
the president, closed at once with Les
ter. By so doing he secured n of
the most celebrated airships of the
present day ana m whose every per-
Torrance is watched with great inter-
est by the ae|ronautic world.
Coming just at this time. when the
world interest in the science of avia-
ton is intense" said President Tight,
I'VE believe we are particularly for
in securing an engagement with
the Strobel craft. 1t is the airship
which has to its credit a longer list
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

at affords me pleasure to state
that 7 consider the preparation known
az Chamberlain's Cole. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy the best and sur
est or good results of any ! have eve
use6 In my family SAYS =. T.. Her
rington. Of Mount Aerial. Ky. This
is the universal verdict OF All who
use this remedy. Its cures are 50
prompt and cffrctual that people take
pleasure IN recommending II. For
sale hy all druggists.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29
Nature =. She !. Faxed

when is a goose not II goose? And
is brooklyn the real home OF the Ma
ture Fakirs9 These and some other
questions equally interesting are being
answered by Tom Morrin. city sanitary
inspector. Tom stands pat that 4
goose is a goose because he says he's
seen en- in Brooklyn,
\ well known painter and paper
hanger notified the sanitary Inspector
.tlat a neighbours poultry-which by
the way were Pekin uelts- were prov
ing a nuisance by reason of their stri-
dent and discordant quacking and 9TH
err Objectionable actions. y local cof-
fee purvcyor also lodged a similar
complaint with the Inspector. The lat
ter who is nothing if not accommodate
ing and always on the job, Immediately
mounted his steod and rode ~ to in
vestigatc.
Next day he reported to the deeora-
tor:
Those geese will be attended to.
They won't bother you any more he
said.
"Geeae?" exploded the complainant
whats the matter with YOU. They're
ducks, man--Pekin ducks
well, I don't are if they do peek
in" said Mr.. Morrin. They're geese.
| was raised in Brooklyn, where they
have lots of them, Don't tell me.
And Tom sticks to it. Don't thy to
tell him anything about ducks.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

arc cheap. Wool paper Is desirable
ana being sought by the loan institu-
lions, This easy condition Of the mo-
ney market cannot continue very murh
longer, in n opinion. as the new
crops are soon to be moved, spccula-
tion and investment IN the regular So
curity markets are more pronounced.
ana within six weeks there promises
to be a change in the money mmke
that will make the carrying of wool
much moro costly than at the present
tfmp
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

what appears to have been an at
tempt to hold up william Gammill
saloon. in Prescott. was made Monday
night at about IL O'Clock. il "a
nippcd i'm the bud by William Bar
clay. on the night SHIFT. who
thwartcd the would-be highwayman
before he could reach the interior Of
the building. Barclay tired two shots
at the man.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29
Doing in
the Territories

Surveyors are IT work running lines
into Bisbce II it Is certain that they
are employed by the Southern Paci-
fic. II is believed the southern Paci-
fc intends TO build into Douglas and
Bishee and in that event people cx-
pcCt the southwestern to extend from
Benson To the Pacific coast and wage
n merry fight with the Hartman line,
The Dona Ana county normal in
stitute viii convene at Las Cruces ON
August ., lasting two weeks, closing
on the 2lst, Professor Wagner, Of
Attica, Ind. win be in charge OF the
institute. and Mrs. l.. c. Woodson, of
Las Cruces, win assist. Arrange
mcnts are being made to have special
lectures by prominent educators.
Suffering from severe burns in
flicted by the explosion Of a boiler at
the camp of the Jack Rabbit Mining
company, Jack PcItlleton, AN
ployc of the Jack Rabbit company,
lies In st. Mary's hospital, in Tucson.
in a serious but not necessarily Il dan
gerous condition.
In answer to the oft repeated in
1uiry Of "wherc In the world do all
the flies come from 20 the following
lnswer may he OF some service to the
anxious mind. The topper makes the
fly. the stern father makes
he cad fly, the blacksmith makes the
ire fly. the oklahoma cyclone makes
he house fly. Clovis single drivers
make the horse fly. grocerymen at
'ortales make the sand fly and the
Doardcrs at the Commercial hotel
makes the buttorGy-Clovis Post.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

The Mcsilla Valley Produce ex-
change is unable to ill the demand
for cantaloupes although making
large shipments daily. II would re
ouirr about 200 crates daily to fiji all
orders.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

News from london Is praCticNIIN y
repetition of last weeks reports. Choice
woods suitable for America are in good
demand ut fairly firm prices, and, 50
far, the American buyers have not lost
their heads ana started the ~unreason-
competition that made fictitious
values at the May sales, but which lh-
ter became fixed normal values here
and abroad. 1t is a result Of the reck-
less bidding in London hat gives the
local market its present high range OF
prices, and the manufacturing trade
i'm general Is paying well FOR the rcck-
less buying and price fixing of q few
American buyers, who. to say the least,
not show the best of Judgment AT
LOndon ~ May.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29
Territory ;.XooIs sell Wen.

The best general interest centers In
the territory woods. and as in rcccnl
past weeks, the buying is either IN a
few large blocks or in a few SINAI
blocks. the latter purchases being more
in the nature of sampling lots or for
filling in than for immediate needs.
The market is very strong. with IN"
west fairly Wcll sold out. Amnns sales
were 500. 900 Idaho in original hag~'
costing 25c. or about 15c clean; lou
GOO original wyoming at 26 l-2c; L.
100000 wyoming. Utah and Idaho in
original bags; 500, 1000 oregon at 20
n PC. to cost 75m zee clean; 40O,0oO
original Idaho at 25c; 10000 3-S-Nyo-
ming: 200. 900 mixed territory in orig
NAL bags, 10000 Utah 100000 -
wyoming and numerous small
lots that will aggregate 100000 lbs
bringing the weeks sales around D.
00O. 000 pounds.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

You cannot afford to miss those
9x12 Administer rugs being offered at
$2I.50 by The Futrelle Furniture co.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29

The suggestion that a merchant
should, at times, discharge all
his saIeSpeople and endeavor to
run his business with no one
to make sales, or tell proSpec-
tive buyers about the stores
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-29
False
Economy rn
In Business

goods and service, would be met with positive refusal, and the
man making such a proposition would be considered entirely
lacking in business judgment.
While no merchant n all this city would entertain the thought
of so unbuSineSs-ik action as dispensing with his selling
force, there are S~torekeepers who do what experience teaches
is equally bad pcHcy-SuSpend all their advertising.
When it is considered that a merchants newspaper advertising
is the only way many purchasers have of knowing what is Of
fer them, stopping advertising becomes actual extravaganza
under the false guse of economy
The logic that would influence a merchant to cease adverts-
ing because the returns were not always the same would de-
termine him to discharge his ~saIespeople because their sales
were not always up to the highest point
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-05

are accomplished by others they
should yet play the star engagements
and score the record triumphs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-05
WONDER RosEBUsH.
Horticultural Wizard Working on One
to Bear Hundred Varieties.

Horticultural Wizard Working on One
to Bear a Hundred Varieties.
One bush containing a hundred vari-
cites of roses! That is the ambition Of
George Shima, better known as the
California potato king" one of the
wealthiest Japanese in the state.
And Shima's dream may come true
With infinite care Hugo Lilienthal,
Berkeley (Cal) horticulturist and land
scape gardener, founder of the Juve-
nile Horticultural society, is pruning.
trimming and grating in an effort to
produce the wonder bush. Lilienthal
has promised Shima that he will pro-
duce a rosebush that will grow 100
varieties in red. yellow and snowy
white.
Shima recently built a magnificent
home in College avenue, Berkeley. He
commemorated the event by writing
a check for $500 for the University Of
California to furnish a students room
in the university sanitarium.
When he began the planting of a
garden Lilienthal was employed. Now
Shima's garden is rapidly becoming
talked of throughout Berkeley, though
the college town has always been the
home of magnificent flowers. But the
wealthy Japanese was not sa -fsfed.
He wanted something different from
his fellows. So he conceived the idea
of a rose bush bearing 100 varieties.
cit can be done,' said Lilienthal.
go ahead and produce it, then, .
said Shima.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-05
Flying Age and Air Conquerors
Plucky French Aviator Who Is Known
as a Daredevil Of the Air Achieve.
ments Of the Wright Brothers and
Other Aeronauts. :; :: :: ::

bert Latham, plunged into the sea in
trying to make the same crossing. So
take it all in all the first flight across
the English channel is sufficiently
notable despite the previous triumphs
of the flying Wrights, Farman, Santos
Dumont and all the rest.
Ten Years From Marconi to Bleriot,
Returning to the initial comparison
with Marconi in sending his first wire.
less across the channel, the query nat.
urally suggests itself: Will aerial nav
igation go forward by the same leaps
and bounds in the next ten years that
aerial telegraphy has experienced in
the ten years that have passed since
the first message was flashed from
England to the continent? And by the
way, it is not without interest that it
was exactly a decade which passed be-
tween the two triumphs, Marconi scor.
ing his success in 1899 and Bleriot in
1909. Was ever any age in the history
OF the world so packed with marvels?
Either of these deeds in former time
would have been sufficient alone to
have made whole age illustrious, yet
in this day, when the drivers of the car
of Progress could be arrested any time
for overspeeding, we jam both of them
into ten years Of time and prepare our
selves for the next wonder that our
inventors may perform!
Only few days after the channel
passage Orville Wright in America
broke all records for a two man flight
by remaining in the air over one hour
and twenty minutes in his govern.
ment trials at Fort Myer. Our Ameri.
can pioneers of the aeroplane are not
yet outclassed. They it was who first
made flight in heavier than air ma.
chine practical success, they it was
who have been copied by the French
and other inventors, and so it is but
poetic justice that whatever triumphs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-05
Significant Features and Effect Of
Louis Bleriot's Flight from Calais TO
Dover. Across the English Channel,
n a Monoplane. :: :: :: :: ::
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.

n the nineteenth century earned
III ~ tne name OF the age of steam
and electricity, so the twentieth
promises to win the title of the
nylng age. Already a man has flown
across the English channel, which may
De as much of milepost in it's way
as Marconi's achievement of sending
wireless message across the same
turbulent neck of water a few years
ago. Marconi's feat was the first
marked success that called the worlds
attention to the fact that telegraph
Ing without wires was an accomplish
ed fact, a triumph that was speedily
followed by the greater victory of
Hashlng the messages of the air across
the Atlantic. It was but yesterday
that these things happened, yet so
swiftly do we move in this era of sci
ent1tlc enchantment that today wire
less telegraphy is in commercial use
in all parts of the earth
Louis Bleriots feat Of flying across
the English channel is an even greater
accomplishment than that of Marconi,
yet it is not so startling, since the
Wright brothers and others had al
ready conducted longer flights. For
example, only a few days before the
crossing of the channel, Henry Far
man, an Englishman, had flown from
Chalons to Suippes, France distance
OF forty miles, thus breaking Bleriot's
own previous record Of twenty-five
miles from FtamDpS tn Orleans tho
longest cross country flight of an aero
plane up to that time. The Wrights
and most other aviators have never at
tempted cross country hikes, but have
confined themselves to prescribed
courses, returning to the place of start
ing.
The flight across the channel is a
striking and dramatic thing in itself,
even if longer flights above land had