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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
"Tresaguetizins' French Roads.

An attempt is being made in
France to GUST one of the few verbal
lied surnames borrowed from the 9TH
er side Of the channel Mr.. Heude, a
weli-known civil engineer, asserts
that ''macadannizer," which has been
recognized French word for over so
years, Is misnomer Before Macadam
was born, we are told, the system of
roadmaking which bears his name was
employed in the neighborhood of
Moulins by an engineer named Tresa-
guet. In 1885 Tresaguet was taking
steps to have his system tried in
Paris, when his health broke down
completely, and within a few years
he died. During the revolutionary pc.
Rod the authorities had no time to
spare for roadmaking, and when
Macadam's system was introduced in
1920 it was regarded as a complete
novelty. Henceforth, it is to be
hoped, patriotic surveyors will no
longer "macadamizer," but "tresagu-
etizer." the roads under their charge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
The Modern pramatist.

The dramatist, as such, has mo use
for" knowledge. Not knowledge. but
art. is the dramatist's business. Are
we not always being reminded that
the greatest of them all had little Lat
in and less Greek? Today most of
his successors, just to be on the safe
side, are scrupulous about having no
Latin or Greek at all. Some of them
even carry their self-denying ordi-
nance so far as to restrict themselves
to the merest smattering of colloquial
English. An exhaustive knowledge of
anything is fatal to- your chance of
having original" ideas about it, and
our new" dramatists must at all costs
display originality. Not to know too
much is no doubt part Though by no
means, as some suppose, the whole)
of the dramatist's secret.-London
Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
Tinkerirn tie Tank.

From my kitchen window" said
she. looking az the man who man
ages the tank on the Roof across from
me- II seems to me that as far as
constant work and tinkeIin2 are con-
cerned, a tank on the top OF fiat
building is worse than an automobile.
] never look but he is working away
at i, purifying it, warming up irons
over little stove and poking them at
ii somewhere, sticking holes In 1t
apparently, though ! hardly think that
can be true if it is full of water.
That's what they are full Of isn't it?
Sometimes he crawls under the thing
and lies there fat on his back gazing
up at it, working at it. purifying it.
He'd drown if he suddenly punched a
hole in it under there with the poker
he takes such pains to heat Wouldn't
he? Oh. well, The Lords will be
done
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
Kittens as Reformers.

Captain Wallace of the Bath night
police force. has a couple of young
kittens which are very much at home
in the police wardroom in City hall.
When prisoners are brought in and
locked behind the gratings in the
strong room just beyond, the captain
allows the prisoners possession OF
these pets and the unfortunates be.
hind the bars in most cases seem very
much interested in watching the kit
tens play. Captain Wallace has a
theory that the antics of the innocent
pets will suggest to the minds of the
evildoers who are brought in. the in.
nocence of their boyhood and possibly
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
Antiquity of Gold Leaf,

The origin of gold leaf, like. the first
use of gold itself, is lost in the mists
of antiquity. 1t is found. for example,
in connection with the most ancient
known mummies, having been used
for covering teeth. tongue. skin. etc.
Sometimes it Is also found on the cof-
fins. Gold leaf was also used on the
tombs and monuments of ancient
Egypt. The process of making gold
leaf has thus been known since the
eighth century B. c. In the eleventh
century it seems to have attained as
high a degree of perfection as today.
The gold leaf on some ancient Grecian
pottery indeed is as thin as that now
used.-Magazine of Commerce.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
Anecdo,e of Francois co7Dee.


Francois Coppee. whose, statue has
Just been unveiled near the Invalides,
close to the street where he died. was
a graceful poet and TIE kindest of
men. An anecdote just recalled shows
his benevolence. He was the prey OF
interviewers. and was too good-heart-
ed ever to turn one avs Whenever
an evidently young reporter called
who seemed to be beg nner Coppee,
an old Journalist himself. would shake
him warmly by the hand and say:
Tell me, my young friend. are you on
salary or on space?" If he answered
the former, the poet would talk to him
for halt minute. and then dismiss
him cheerily with And now / am
busy and a handshake. If, however,
the young reporter replied ION space"
Coppee would say at once. "Sit down
there" showing him his own writing
table, land write" and he would die
tate him a column interview
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
Women Study Bird Life.

Large numbers of local women
roaming through all the city parks
and the suburb stretches of pretty
country sweeping the horizon with
opera glasses are the signs of a new
fad that has struck the city. The
women have taken to studying bird
life and nature in imitation of the
school children who have been doing
it for some time under orders from
their teachers. According to public
library attaches there has been a
greater call for books dealing with
bird life during the last week or two
than previously was made for months.
Numerous of the women's clubs have
taken up the study jointly, forming
automobile trips to the country spots
and the haunts of birds.-Omaha Bee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
LANTERNS The biggest bargain
yet LOO value for IS cents G. Hill
ierud e. Co.
Gift of Weather Prophecy.

There is a Georgia man who can
forecast the weather" so accurately
that the people of his county are said
to farm by him." 1t is said that the
government has tried to get him in
the weather bureau department. but
he says that "figgers" confuse him.
He is reported to have said: Il gifts
my weather knowledge from the Lord.
It comes free and it goes free.
wouldn't sell it to no man!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
swedenbora's Versatility.

Perhaps even the devout Swedenbor-
gian is not aware of the versatility OF
his hero and that he added to mysti-
cism an all-round scientific equipment.
When Charles XII, for instance. was
in difficulty as to the transport for a
siege in the dead of winter it was
long canal through mountains and
over valleys for the conveyance of
the necessary implements of war; it
was he who gave to Sweden a better
method of fixing the value of money;
it was he who, as assessor of mines.
studied the smelling works of Europe
and put his countrymen in the way
of eclipsing their methods.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
Old Grad cal,al of China.

In these days when every one is
marveling al the huge figures SEN out
from Panama people appear tc iave
forgotten the old grand cana of
China, which was dug way back IL the
dark ages and has never yet been
rivaled for length. 1t is $50 miles
long and is used constantly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
MANUAL TRAINING
Continued from page l

ing and domestic science have come
to STAY. The usual manual training
teacher gets from 5000. to $1,000 per
year and the supervisor or superin-
tendent of Manual training, who h; S
subordinate teachers to look after,
gets all the way from 81, 500 to $500.
The summer school continues for five
weeks. 1t goes without saying that
/ am making good use of my vacation
and working hard.
Yours truly,
+. III. OEHLER
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, :
LUCAS COIJNTY .


Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of
f. }. Cheney & Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo, County aud
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum.of ONEHUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of Dec
ember, A. ID. 1886,
A. W.GLEAsoN,
SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free,
+. J. CHENEY&Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18

What is it, 90 you suppose. that
keeps the neon in place and pre-
vents it from falling?" asked Aramita.
Il think it must be the beams" replied
Charlie softly. = Shelbourne Falls
Senger
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
The Minneapolis Bedding Company's exhibit of growing
will be of the unique and Interesting features
this years State Fair Same be Machinery
Building 3D..
Steel Aero plane.

An aeroplane in which seamless
steel tubing takes the place of wood
or bamboo in the frames and planes
has proved a success in Germany.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
BIG DINNER TO-
OBTAIN $4,000

secretary of the chamber of COM
MERGE, at once, SO arrangements
can be made for seating them. The
capacity of the hall is $50. Plates
will be 50 each"
Mr.. CulbertsOn announced that
the preliminary arrangements for
the banquet were completed at a
meeting Of the joint executive COM
mittee yesterday afternoon. Among
the speakers will be the heads of
the various organizations who will
report on the work that has been
done and outline what IT Is pur
posed to do during the next II
months in building up the country
and developing it's resources.
The speakers SO far decided upon
are Mr. Fassett for the chamber
of commerce; e. +. Cartier Van
Dissel, for the National Apple
Show; J. P. McGoldrick. for the
Publicity committee; David T. Ham,
for the Dry Farming Congress and
International exposition and c. Her
bert Moore, for the 100000 club.
Representatives of the banking,
railway, newspaper, mining and
other commercial and professional
interests will follow with five min
ute speeches
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
SPOKANE man CHALLENGES MANTELL
TO PROVE TRUTH OF PLAY, MACBETH"
Local Scotchman of Clan Fnlay Declares Shakespeare
Wellknown Tragedy Is Not Historical, but
Calumny on Scotland

James Finlay, lawyer in the
Lindelle block. is Scotchman and
proud of it. AS such he has chal-
lenged Robert Mantell, the well
known Shakespearean actor. who
plays at the Auditorium all the
week, to prove that the play Mac
beth" is historical and not a ter
rible calumny on the people of Scot
land. and particularly on the clan
Finlay.
The sturdy Spokane Scotchman
has addressed himself to Mantell
personally in letter, making plain
the position he takes and request
ing that Mantell announce for the
sake of truth that the tale of the
murder in Macbeth's castle was in
spired by James the First simply to
put in i'll repute the clan of the
Finlaecns. Finegals or Finlays, of
which the writer is a descendant.
The letter follows:
Hon. Robert Mantell. Tragedian.
Auditorium Theater, Spokane
Dear Sir: am sorry that | will
not be in town Monday to see you
playing the part of Macbeth.
would fain ask you to announce for
the sake of truth, as was not long
ago done in Minneapolis, that the
play of Macbeth is not at all histor-
ical; that no such person or family
as Banko was ever known at Loeb
aber. and consequently the ghost
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story is dream of the writer; that
King Duncan was killed by Mac
beth at Bethgowan in the battle of
that name, and the whole story of
murder in Macbeth's castle was in
spired by James the First. in order
to down the oldest highland royal
clan that. of the Finlaecns, which
we find descends from Druid times
under the names of Art Find, or
King Arthur and the Fingaels or
Finlays
The Irish people have had good
reason to be offended at certain
plays and have taken iniunctions to
have them stopped, and surely the
clans and people of Scotland have
the right to be protected from a
most terrible calumny which was
never thought of for 500 years after
the actors had died and been hon
ored with sacred memory.
Queen Macbeth reigned for two
years after Macduff killed her hus-
band. and instead of being a cruel
monster, seeking the blood of an
other. she was the victim of mas
sacre which transpired at her faith
er's castle when he was killed, and
she saved her life by fleeing to
the castle of Macbeth for safety.
You can find these facts in the Var,
orium edition of Shakespeare and
also in the Encyclopedia Britan,
MICA. James Finlay.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
SLASH IN SPRING
MILLINERY; AFFINITY
AND ANLRATE WIFE

There was sIashing in spring
millinery on First avenue, between
Washington and Bernard streets,
that for few moments attracted
more attention than any cut price
of any kind that has occurred in
recent weeks.
And it all came about because
one Brown had found an affinity,
and faithful wife had discovered
the misconduct of her husband
Brown and his affinity had just fin
ished eating meal in the Lorraine
cafe, $40 First avenue, at Z: so last
night and strolled out on the street.
Mrs. Brown had been acting as
her own detective. The walls of her
wrath were turned loose on the
woman The indignant wife reached
for the handsome hat worn by the
affinity with the left hand, while
with the right she landed one on
the Jaw that might have put her
down for the count had she not
been forced against the front of a
building by the shock.
The husband then rushed up and
pinioned the arms of his wife, at
the time calling out to his late COM
panion: Lou. make sneak" The
advice was taken and one minute
later she was in hiding in a room
in one of the nearby hotels, where
she remained until her assailant
had disappeared.
In the meantime the aggrieved
wife was not idle. AS soon as the
husband released her arms she
started out to do things to the hat
she had snatched from the head of
her rival. She succeeded so well
that lace. plumes and expensive
straw were soon scattered along the
sidewalk in pieces exceedingly
small.
In the meantime she had kept up
a running fire of conversation that
was not complimentary to either
the man whom she had once prom
ised to love. honor and obey or to
his late companion. She ended up
by turning toward her husband
with the remark:
Come home with me at once,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
CHARGED WITH NUMBERING SIX SHE GOES FREE
BECAUSE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE WAS WRONG
Remarkable Case of Mary
Kelleher, Who Was Held
in New England Prison
IS Months.

BOSTON,, April 16.-When Mrs
Mary kelleher was acquitted by
a jury in the superior court at East
Cambridge, of the frightful charge
of numbering her husanbd, her
three children, her sister and her
sister in law, the district attorney
and her own lawyer congratulated
her, and the case was written down
as a remarkable instance of cir
cumstances tending to make an in
nocent person appear guilty"
There was mighty little comfort
in this for Mary Kelleher. Six
members of her family died rather
suddenly within three years, it is
true, but there was no evidence
against Mary except a few circum-
stances which are now satisfactorily
explained. However, for a year and
a half the poor woman lay in Jail,
destitute and friendless, awaiting
the day in court when she would
prove herself innocent. For IS
months the police, prosecuting Of
ficers and the court held Mary Kel-
leher like common murderess,
though they now have to admit
that there was no grain of actual
proof against her
The circumstances leading to the
unfortunate woman's legal persecu-
ton are as follows: Mary kerle-
her, poor and obscure, worked as a
domestic in the home of Boston
family There were three of four
little, mysterious fires in the house,
and detectives investigating decid-
ed to lock up Mary. She didn't
know how the fires started and the
detectives failed to find any reason
why she should try to burn her EN-
ployer's house; besides, damage
was small
While the detectives were trying
to implicate Mary in an attempted
arson case they discovered that six
of her relatives had died within
three years, as follows: Bridget
Knowles, sister; Anne Kelleher,
sister in law; Stephen kelleher,
husband; Mary, daughter; William,
son; katherine, daughter.
Physicians had given certificates
of natural death in each case.
The body of Katherine was first
eXhumed, and less than one fifth of
a grain of arsenic was found. Then
the other bodies were dug up, and
arsenic was found in each, but in
small quantities.
SO the police made" the case,
and Mary Kalleher without tho
power of money to properly defend
herself or hasten her trial, grew
pale and sick at heart in prison.
Finally when the case came to
court the prosecution pressed the
charge relating to the death of
Katherine, this being called the
strongest evidence against the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17

| tod her in the presence of the
Salvation Army matrOn that she
would be a good one for the ladies
This was in the morning. During
the day one of the jailers came
to her and asked her how long
it would take her to get out of town
and when she promised to go at
once she was let out.
One girl. who was arrested for
unlawful Capitalization, was allowed
the run of the office and could go
and come as she pleased and could
take her meals with the man she
was arrested with.
| phoned to my employers in the
evening and they said they needed
me badly, SO asked for my release,
the SIS cash bond being in the
hands of the police. | was refused
that night and was not let out until
the next morning between 1000
and 11:00 a. IN. On being told that
only one day had been allowed
after | had been two nights and
one day. | Went to Sullivan and
asked him for the money that was
being held back. He first said |
should be thankful to be out at all.
And finally said when | insisted on
the money coming to me, What do
YOU take us for down here?" To
which | truthfully replied, Il know
YOU to be bunch of thieves down
here, but | didn't know you were so
cheap as to steal seventy five cents
from a working woman. This
aroused his anger and he took me
by the shoulder and pushed me
out of the door. afterward re-
covered my money from the clerk
of the police court.
From former experience with
Jaler Willis | believe him to be
untitled to be in care of women.
The food and sanitary conditions
are worse than bad in the Jail, and
there is no one to take any in
terest or care of the prisoners.
Further affiant saith not.
NORA FULLER
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 14th day of April, 1910.
FLORENCE ROOT
Notary public in and for the state
of Washington residing at Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17

woman. 1t was admitted that the
arsenic found in Katherines body
was less than one fifth of what is
required to kill. 1t was also brought
out that the child's body contained
ptomain poison, due to the ice
cream she had eaten at lawn
party just before she was taken Ill.
There was evidence that Mrs.
Kelleher had called physician,
had worked night and day to save
her child, and was grief stricken
when she died.
After the presentation of the
states case, poison experts en-
ployed in behalf of Mrs. Kelleher,
testified that they had examined
the contents of cheap hair mat
tress upon which all of the accused
woman's relatives had died, and
had found in the hair quantities of
arsenic.
The experts also testified that
arsenic had been contained in the
embalming fluid used in every
case, and also that trees in the
neighborhood had been sprayed
with preparation containing the
poison. ~
The state had claimed that the
only motive Mrs. Kelleher could
have had for the crimes would
have been to get her relatives in
surance. Yet Bridget's insurance
was not payable to Mrs. Kelleher;
Annes amounted to but $53;
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
EASTERN FIRM :.
IS FAVORED
HOME INDUSTRY IN CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE is FOR 9TH
ERS TO SWALLOW.

The committee of the chamber
of commerce that has the down
town illumination in hand is about
to award the contract for building
and erecting 800 electroliers in the
downtown district to Nlinneapo
lis concern for $ll5. per lamp,
when the. same has been offered to
the committee by Spokane con
Germ for STA.
II may be Wen to talk about
home industry in the newspapers,
but this IS a sample of the way
Spokane's chief commercial body,
that Is about to ask for donation
OF $4,000 for publicity, proposes
TO carry out its home industry cam,
palgn.
To build those 500 eiectroliers
in Spokane would give "a large
force of men employment for
months, but because of some wires
that must ue puiled the work viii
probably be sent east However
the people at large will be asked
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17

Mary's, $45; Williams, $107. The
woman used up all but $50 of
Katherine's $500 in doctors and
undertakers bills. The only in
surance of consequence was
Stephens $4,000. But the only
reason for believeing that the wife
had committed crime to get that
money was that she had commit
ted the crime in all cases. She
was arrested simply because the
deaths came close together.
Everybody testified to her good
and loving character.
But it took the great state of
Massachusetts year and half
to find out that they had no case
against the servant woman.
Wealthy people whom she
served testified to her excellent
character, but not one lifted a
finger, or dollar, to get her re-
leased on bond.
1t was not enough that death
should rob her of her dear ones.
She was thrown behind the bars
on charge of numbering them.
I. Now broken in spirit by the rough
arm of the law and clad in deep
black by the fingers of death, Mary
Kelleher, serving woman, has gone
forth from the court of justice to
take up the burden of life again.
The state gives her no balm and
the prosecutor merely congratulated
her.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
DEAL FAIRLY WITH
RAILWAY MEN

Editor The Press: An article
in another paper of April 10 sets
forth that A. l.. Winans and wife
are testifying fof the Great North.
ern railroad in the damage suit of
l.. J. Acuff against the company.
Acuff is suing for damages for be-
ing brushed off freight train, re-
sulting in paralysis of the limbs.
Mrs, Winans testified that she had
seen the plaintiff dance and move
about in spry manner, Winans
is TO my knowledge a Il, Il. r::'man
from another city and a, profess
sional at this business. viii the
judges be fair with these unfor-
tuhate railroad men? The coun-
try is fun. of cripples sitting about
the street corners, incapable of
work. There was one case where
a mans attorney had him exam
ined by six doctors. lie had a scar
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
JUDGE RULES
MAN IS NOT
HER HUSBAND

. NEW PHILADELPHIA, o., .
= April 16-"Yes, this Is my .
= husband" said Mrs. Joe Kelly. .
. I'm not" said Joe Kelly. .
. This isn't the man you mar =
. ried," said Deputy Sheriff .
. Charles j. Wagner. Kelly .
. Kelly was being tried before .
= Justice OF the Peace Joseph .
. Mitchell for nonsupport of .
= minor child. .
. Il rule he isn't your hus- .
= band" said Justice Mitchell .
q as he dismissed the case. .
. Kelly was nabbed as he came .
. out of the penitentiary at .
= Columbus. .
= Mrs. Kelly has seen her =
. husband only two or three .
. times. She knew his name .
= was Joe Kelly, but it hap .
= pened that there was another .
. Joe Kelly and that he strong .
. ly resembled Mrs. Kelly's hus- q
q band. .
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