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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
To Vote On City Ownership.

Detroit Especially Petitions bear
ing the signatures of 1879 voters,
were submitted to the Common
Council calling for popular vote on
the question of municipal ownership,
of the street railway system. Under
the law 1920 names were necessary
to require the Council to submit the
question to a vote
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01


David Josiah Brewer, associate JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States. died Monday at 1920
o'clock p. NJ. as the result OF a
stroke of apoplexy. His death fol-
lowed within a minute or two. be-
fore he could be carried to his bed.
Mrs. Brewer was with him when the
end. came. Justice Brewer was %
years old.
The end came altogether unexpect-
edly. Although he had not been feel
ing we'll for the past few days the aged
jurist was up and out Monday APP
parently in the best of health and
spirits. He was in equally good spir-
its at dinner and spent the evening IN
reading.
Shortly after 10 o'clock he retired
TO his room, and within few mo-
ments Mrs. Brewer heard a heavy fail
and went to Investigate the cause.
She found her husband prone upon
the floor of the bathroom. He did
not regain consciousness and died
before physician, hastily summoned,
could reach the house.
Second Oldest Member.
Justice Brewer came to the Su-
preme Court of the Uuited States
from the Federal Court in Kansas.
He was the second oldest member of
the court, Justice Harlan only being
his senior. He was regarded as the
most democratic of all the members
OF the court, most affable, approach
able and accommodating. He was
the one man on the bench who had
proof copies Of his opinions prepared
for the newspaper, and this he did
consistently.
4 Another characteristic of the jur-
list was that he never took any Of the
time of the court or the public in
announcing his opinions. He reached
the conclusion probably many years
ago that the audience in the court
room was so extremely limited that
1t was pure waste of time to read
long opinions there. He would give
only in few words his conclusions
and then hand down the proof sheets
Of his opinion. always completely ar
ranged.
Dealt With Corporations.
Justice Brewer essentially was a
Western man and his sympathies
were always with the West. He
dealt largely with railroad corpora
tions and indeed with corporations
generally, and he will be missed i'm
mensely, in the opinions of the court,
on the momentous questions concern
ing the Standard Oil and Tobacco
cases now under consideration.
Justice Brewers death raises a SER
1ous question as to the action of
the court regarding the Standard Oil
and American Tobacco Company suits
and it is not improbable that the
cases will have to be retired, since
there now remain but seven justices
TO pass upon them, Justice Moody
not having participated in the trials
by reason of continued illness.
In Demand As Lecturer.
Justice Brewer was the one mem
Der Of the Supreme Court who was
In almost constant demand as lee
turer and after dinner speaker. He
was an orator of unusual ability.
With picturesque person, a rich,
rOtund voice, and a command of
strong and powerful English, he al
ways held his audience until the last
word of his oratory had died away.
he expressed his opinions forcibly
ana clearly on any subject, unless
Tor some reason it might affect a
pending decision of the Supreme
Court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
PREVIOUS GREAT ERUPTIoNs.

1169-Catania and $4,000 inhab-
itants destroyed.
1527-Two villages destroyed.
1669-Catania and 10000 in
habitants destroyed.
1693-Large number of people
killed.
1852-Great damage done to the
surrounding country.
1879 and 1886-Great damage
to property.
1S92-Eruption lasted six
months. Little dam
age done, ashes falling
within the crater.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01

Benzine Explosion Spreads Flames
Through Fish Furniture Co. Fac
tory, In Chicago, Trapping EN-
ployes On Upper Floors-Rescuers
Unable To Ascend The Stairways
- lettering Walls Halt The
Search For The Lost-Find Dead
Clasped In Each Others Arm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
4 GREAT JJRlSI
DROPS DEAD
David j. Brewer of the U. s.
Supreme Court.
WAS FOUND IN HIS BATHROOM.
Death Came Before a Physician
Could Reach His Side.
SUDDENLY STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY

Associate Justice Was Apparently In
The Best OF Health And Spirits
And Was Up And About During
The Day Retired Shortly After 10
O'Clock And Within A Few Minutes
Mrs. Brewer Heard A Heavy Fall
And. Upon Investigation, Found
Her Husband Unconscious - His
Career.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
MATCH APPLIED
TO GIRLS CORPSE
Soaked With Oil and Stood Up
in Open Fireplace.
HER BODY BURNDED LIKE A TORCH.
Young Stenographer Slain By
o Stranger.

Ruth Wheeler Went To Accept Of
fer OF Employment And Never
Returned Charred Torso In Gum
ny Sack On Fire-Escape Leads To
Discovery OF Crime Albert Wal
ter, Who Lured Girls To His
Apartments, Under Arrest New
Paint Hides Crime.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-16

manure and the dairy herd not only
makes this possible, but dairying is
also more remunerative than other
branches Of farming when properly
carried on.
Dairying has made wonderful
progress since the advent Of the
modern creamery and the consumer
of butter has not only been benefit
ed by being furnished d more whole
Tome and p~alatable article Of food,
but the wife in the farm home has
been relieved Of the drudgery Incl
tlent 10 making butter 81 The farm.
Where formerly the cream was ripen-
sd and churned into butter under
conditions not conducive To fine
in the finished product
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-16
THE GREAT SOUTH AS
VIEWED BY CONGRESS-
Man RAESDELL
Tells Of the Wonderful Re-
sources of Dixie Land In
Speech to Congress.

The speech Of Hon. Joseph E.
Ransdell Of Louisiana, entitled "0n
to Dixie" delivered before congress
last month, is now being put in
pamphlet form for genral distribution,
says the Donaldsonville Chief.
The reason for it's preparation is
the activity of the Canadian govern
ment in tempting American citizens
to try their fortunes in the far north
west, where the short growing sea-
son prevents more than one crop a
year. Mr.. Ransdell, as president
of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, has been accustomed to
consider national questions and his
explanation of the national %opportu-
nifty that rests in the south is au-
thoritatiVe.
The speech. as delivered. is supple
mented with a number of valuable APP
pezdiees, from various sources, to
sustain the urgent plea for Mr.. Rams
dell that our people who are I'm
settled in their conditions should first
Investigate the great southern states
before turning to regions of less
natural resource. An appendix pre-
pared by Richard H. Edmonds show,
in a statistical table. the progress of
the south in fifty years. Another
appendix that brings out many re-
markable evidences Of southern
growth is that prepared by the
Southern Commercial Congress.
Petroleum production, as shown in
this appendix, is the most start
ling of all increases. In 1876 the
south produced 10000 barrels; in
1908, "A, l06;548.
Lumber production in the southern
states in 1908 is shown, by this APP
pendix, to have exceeded, for the
first time in history, the lumber pro.
duetion Of all the other states in the
Union put together.
School expenditures, as analysed
by the Southern Commercial Con-
gress, are shown to have increased
$10,000,000 between the years 1907
ard 1908. The total educational
expense in the southern states for
the last mentioned year was S62, 945,
359.
The southwark swing Of commerce
is shown by the fact that between
1899 and 1909 Mexiean border ports
increased 249 per cent. Gulf and
South Atlantic ports together 217
per cent: Pacific ports 81 per cent,
North Atlantic ports So per cent.
Export gains Of the same period
per cent; Gulf and South Atlantic
ports together 81 per cent, Pacific
ports "A per cent, North Atlantic
ports IT per cent.
The speech and its appendices
should be considered by every man
in the United States who is interested
in understanding the relation of The
south to national strength.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-16

and in the majority Of cases
by unskilled hands, now the most
Of the milk or cream is deliver
ed to a modern creamery where CON
ditions are suited to the purpose Of
making butter, and the result has
been a wonderful improvement in the
quality Of our dairy products. As
the quality has improved consump-
ton has increased and the progress
of dairYing has been remarkable dur
ing the past decade.
The ~perpetuity Of the country's
greatness depends upon increasing
the production of farm products
from year to year, a result which
not only furnishes our people with
food but maintains the prosperity Of
our farming communities. Increase
in production can only come through
improved methods Of agriculture and
soil Improvement. When it is con-
sidered that the dairy cow is the
foundation for soil improvement and
farming prosperity, her impor-
lance is best understood, and inter-
est in her should not be confined to
her owner. She is an important
factor in the development and pros
perity Of our country.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-16
The Dairy Industry Of the
United States.

According to the last year book Of
the Department Of Agriculture, there
are q, 100000 mich cows in the
United States, and these are worth
S7o2, 945, 100000. The magnitude Of
the industry can perhaps best be an
derstood when it is considered that
these cows produce yearly about
$4,000 10000 worth Of dairy
products.
There no other branch Of diver
sided agriculture ST. important to tht
progress of q community The fer
d the soil can BEST be main
tAA { likeral ase If barnyafd
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-16
Why does Great Britain buy
its oatmeal Of us?

Certainly it seems like carrying
Goals TO Newcastle to speak of export
ing oatmeal to Scotland and yet, every
year the Quaker Oats Company sends
hundreds of thousands of cases of
Quaker Scotch Oats to Great Britain
and Europe.
The reason is simple; while the
English and Scotch have for centuries
eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a
regularity that has made them the
most rugged physically, and active
mentally Of all people, the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
the time to Improve the methods of
manufacture so that he might get that
desirable foreign trade.
How well he has succeeded would
be seen at a glance at the export re-
ports on Quaker Scotch Oats. This
brand is without a rival; is packed in
regular packages, and in Theoretically
sealed tins for hot climates. 81
Wanted to exchange corn for hogi
no matter if poor. I VII sell corr
from crib at go cents pei
and Wilpay 6 CENTS for hog
N foot, Or cash he july 2 3
SANn0T
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-07-16

An edition surprising that Of any other paper ever
published in this section Of the State. The history Of
ST. Landry parish, her people, her farmers, her public
men, her business and professional men, her business
and banking institutions, her educational and public in
s%titutions, her irrigation undertakings, her real estate
and brokerage business, her farms and timber lands.
her manufacturing enterprises, her rice, truck and stock
farms, her sugar and cotton plantations, her railroad
facilities, her homes, her churches, her social and bust
ness life, her newspaper and literary men, her advant-
ages and opportunities that are awaiting those who will
but grasp them. All these and many NOR. subjects of
interest, written by men prominently identified with the
affairs Of the State and parish. Each and every article
a story in itself, written IN an interesting and entertain
ing manner and all handsomely illustrated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Patricia Holbrook and Miss Helen
iiolhT"ok. her niece. were entrusted TO
~~uTnueTing near Port Annandale, Miss
Patricia confded to Donovan that she
feared her brother Henry, who. ruined by
a bank failure. had constantly threatened
her for money from his fathers Will, of
which Miss Patricia was guardian Ihey
came 10 Port A~nnandAle to escape Henry
Donovan syInpathized with the two
women. He learned Of Miss Helen's an
uoyInE sutton. Donovan discovered and
captured an intruder. who proved to be
l:cg.uaid Gillespie. sutton for the hand Of
Miss Helen HoIbrook. Gillespie disap-
su lcr appeared and was ordered away.
.Dor.za1 saw Miss Holbrook and her ia
Thor meet on friendly terms. Donovan
fought an Italian assassin. He met the
man He supposed was IfolbrOOk. but who
said i" was HartridGe. Il canOe-maker.
Nf!"T n short discussion Donovan left
|5UTliIy. Gillespie was discovered by Don
$1,000. Gillespie admitted ne knew Of Hol-
nTOok : presence. Miss Pat acknowledged
To Donovan that Miss Helen had been
missing for a few hours. While riding
IN = launch, the Italian sailor attempted
10 modest the trio, but failed. Miss Pat
announced her intention of fighting Henry
IToihrO0h and not seeking another hiding
place Donovan met Helen in garden at
light. Duplicity Of Helen was confessed
nv the young lady. She admitted cOnniving
with her father despite her aunts
precautions. in a night meeting with Don
s1van. The three went for a long ride the
following day. That night, disguised as a
nun Helen stole from the house. She met
GilIys pie was confronted by Donovan.
Bclcn's lover escaped. At the town post
office Helen. unseen except by Donovan,
Slipped a draft into the hand of the ItaI-
ian sailor. She also signalcd her father.
Mis- Pat and Donovan took in" the
rauoc carnival. A young lady resembling
Miss Helen HolbrOOk was observed alone
IN u canoe. when Helen was thought to
have been at home. Donovan met Gill
fcspic. The latter cOnfded giving Helen
so. 0O0 for her father. who had then left
10 spend il. Gillespie told of the queer
state of the HolbrOok affairs. Miss Helen
and Donovan met in the night. She told
him Gillespie was nothing to her. He
confessed his love for her. Donovan found
Gillespie gagged and bound in a cabin, in
rabit"d by the villainOus Italian and Hoi-
brook.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Bad Breath

''For months I had great trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicines.
My tongue has been actually as green as
grass, my breath having a bad odOr. Two
weeksago a friend recommended CascaretS
and after using them I al willingly and
cheerfully say that they lave entirely
cured me. I therefore let you know that I
shall recommend them to any one suffer-
ing from such troubles. "-Chas. II. Hal
perm, ia E. 9TH ST., New York, N. Y.
CUT THIS OUT, mail it with your ad-
dress to Sterling Remedy Company, Chi
caSo, Illinois, and receive a handsome
souvenir gold Bon Bon FREE. g2S
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
Remark Not So Intended Really
Amounted to as Much.

Aaron Bancroft, the father Of the
historian, was a Massachusetts clergy
man who reVOlted against the Calvin
ism of the day. The young minister
found himself held at arms length by
the surrounding clergy. In The
Life and Letters of George Bancroft"
Mr.. NJ. A. Dew. Howe quotes the fol-
lowing item from the dc minister's
Memoranda"
AN honest but very intelligent
farmer of my parish, some ten years
ago, ]accosted me in this manner
We'll, Mr.. Bancroft, what do you
think the people of the old parish
say of me now?'
4 answered, I hope something
good
They say, IF we find fault with
him he does not mind it at all; and
if We praise him he does not mind it,
but keeps steadily on his own way;
we therefore have concluded tha it is
best to let him alone"
The farmer mentioned the fact as
a subject of laughter, but l thought,
and still think that, taking the declar-
alton in its bearings, it was the pref
test compliment l have received
through my whole life."-Youth's
Companion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
whiSkerS.

A Roman poet told of the pride one
of the late Caesars took in his great
whiskers. On some of the wildwood
Hill Billies l have seen boards some
feet long, a switch of the loose ends
hanging cut from under the waistcoat.
Others braided the growth and tied it
around the neck, while still others
braided 1t around the waist. tying it
behind like apron strings. One told
me he combed and plated his every
night, and put it away into a long
linen bag or n~ightgown. so as to keep
it from getting all tangled up with his
wife and his feet.-New York Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28

the bearing down. 1 recommended 1t
to some friends and two Of them have
been greatly benefited by it."-Mrs.
MAE MCKNIGHT, OrOnOgO, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman
st. Louis, MOI was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. l began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound regularly and used the Sanative
Wash and now 1 have no more troubles
that way."-Mrs. AL. HERZOG, 5722
Prescott Ave, st. Louis, Mo.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as In
flammatiOn, liberation, displaCements.
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-dOwn
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vOus prOstration. 1t costs but a trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mill
lions to many suffering women.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28

found the sailors pail and went to
fetch water. He found some towels
in the hut and between his droll chaff-
ing and his deft ministrations l 500
felt fit again.
well, what shall we do with the
dago?" he asked, rubbing his arms and
legs briskly.
I'VE ought to give him to the village
constable"
That's the law of it, but not the
common sense. The lords Of justice
would demand to know all the why
and wherefores, and the Italian consul
at Chicago would come down and make
a fuss, and the man behind the dago
would lay low and no good would
come"
when will Holbrook be back
that's the question:"
We'll, the market has been very
feverish and my guess is that he won't
last many days. He had a weakness
for Industrials, as l remember, and
they've been very groggy. What he
wants is his million from Miss Pat,
and he has own chivalrous notions of
collecting it."
We decided finally to leave the man
free, but to take away his boat. Giles
pie was disposed to make light of
the whole affair, now that we had got
off with our lives. We searched the
hut for weapons and ammunition, and
having collected several knives and
a belt and revolver from the trunk, we
poured water on the Italian, carried
him into the open and loOsened the
ropes with which Gillespie had tied
him.
The man glared at us ~fierce1y and
muttered incoherently for a few min
utes, but after Gillespie had dashed
another pail of water on him he stood
up and IA tame enough.
Tell him." said Gillespie, that we
shall not kill him to-day. Tell him
that this being Tuesday we shall
spare his Iife-that we never kill any
one on Tuesday, but that we shall
come back tomorrow and make shark
meat of him. Assure him that we are
terrible villains and man-hunters-"
when will your employer return?'
l asked the sailor.
He shook his head and declared that
he did not know.
How long did he hire you for?"
For all summer" He pointed to
the sloop, and I got it out of him that
he had been hired in New York to
come to the lake and sail it.
In the creek up yonder," l said,
pointing toward the ~Tippecanoe, you
tried to kill me. There was another
man with you. Who was hep"
That was my boss" he replied. re-
l%uctantly, though hts English was clear
enough.
What is your employers name?" I
demanded.
"Holbrook. I sail his boat, the Stillet-
to. over there" he replied.
But it was lot he who was with
you on the houseboat in the creek. Mr..
HOlbrook was not there. Do not lie
to me. Who was the other man that
wanted you to Kill Holbrook?"
He appeared mystified, and Giles
pie, to whom l had told nothing of my
encounter at the boat-maker's, looked
from one to the other of US with a
puzzled expression on his face.
All he knows is that les hired to
sail a boat and, incidentally, stick peo-
pie with his knife said Gillespie in
disgust. I'VE can do nothing till Hol-
brook ONE back; let's be going
We finally gathered up the Italians
oars, and, carrying the captured arms,
went to the east shore, where We put
off in Gillespie's rowboat, trailing the
Italians boat astern. The sailor fol-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-28
CHAPTER XIV.-Continued.

"Tou ugly dago. you internal pi-
cate" he baWled.
There was no mistaking that voice.
and now saw two legs clothed in
white duck that belonged, | was sure,
to Gillespie. My head and shoulders
filled the window and so darkened the
roo that the prisoner thought his
iailer had come back to torment him.
Shut up. Gillespie" | muttered.
This is Donovan. That fellow will
be back in a minute. What can | do
for yOu?"
What can you do for me-" he splut-
tered. oh. nothing, thanks! l
wouldn't have you put yourself out
for anything in the world. It's nice in
here, and if that fellow kills me III
miss q great zeal of the poverty and
hardship of this sinful world. But take
your time. freshman. Being tied by
the legs like a calf is bully when you
got used to it,"
In turning over. the better to level
his ironies at me, he had stirred up
the dust in the straw so that he
Sneezed and cOughed in a ridiculous
fashion. As did not move he added:
~ ~ II h1IS oIu u 11Co0
strings and I'll tell you something nice
some day"
! ran round to the front door, kicked
It open and passed through a square
room that contained a fireplace. a
camp bed, a trunk, and a table Uttered
with Do newspapers INC a few books.
! found Gillespie in the adjoining
room, cut his thongs and helped him
to his feet.
where is you bOat?' he demanded.
"On the west side"
Then we're in for a scrap. That
begcar goes down there for water; and
he'll see that there's another man on
the island. | had d gun when I came"
ne added mOurnfully.
He stamped his feet and threshed
himself with his arms to restore circu-
latiOn. then we went into the larger
room. where he dug his own revolver
from the trunk and pointed to the shot
gun in the corner.
You'd better get that. This fellow
has only a knife in his clothes. He'll
he ack on The run when he sees your
canoe" And we heard on the instant
a man running toward the hut. l
~ ~ 'AAN ANNN " Nll1 oIlolSl1 W
t whether it was loaded.
Well, how do YOU want to handle
the s~ituation?" | asked.
Ale had his eye on the window and
threw up his revolver and let so.
Your pistol makes a bowling noise,
Gillespie. Please don't do that again.
The smoke is disagreeable.'
You are quite right; and shooting
Trough glass is always unfortunate,
acres bound to be a certain deflec-
sion before the bullet strikes. You see
II were not a fool | should be a
philosopher"
1t isn't nice here; we'd better bolt"
I'm as hungry as a s~ea-serpent," he
said. watching the window. And l
am quite desperate when miss my
tea
| stood before the open door and he
watched the window. We were both
talking TO cover our serious delibera-
lions. Our plight vas not so much a
matter for testing as we wished to
make it appear TO each other. l had
experienced one struggle with the
italian at the h~OuSeboat on the Tippe-
canoe and was not anxious to get
within reach OF his knife again. | did
not know how he had captured GILES
pie. or what mischief that amiable per
son had been engaged in, but inquiries
touching his matter must wait.
Are YOU ready? We don't want to