davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

! the order "drive around the park. >
Somewhere between the Casino and One
Hundred and Tenth street one of the
passengers had vanished. When the
cabbie stopped for further orders he
found the remaining fare insensble. On
driving to the Arsenal headquarters
of the Central Park police, for instruc
tlons, life had departed from the occu
pant. A verdict of ''death from apop
lexy' was returned
Again the authorities were puzzled
there was no apparent cause for deatl
save the increment Of years; the sus
picious circumstances were, first, that
as in the Liveridge case, the man 4
companion had disappeared; secondly
the apparent absence of motive, sup
posing something sinister had been q
factor in the case. Yet, to the initiate
this very lack of surface enmty was
really the crux of the whole situation
But the public mind, already eX
cited by two deaths of prominent citi
zens who in life had been closely al
he'd IN various enterprises vulgarly
known as "honest graft" was not al
lowed to rest, for less than a fortnigh,
later third taXicab tragedy occurred
This time the scene was shifted tc
Philadelphia. The victim was Orrir
*. Vandal, one OF those traction mag
mates concerned in the dual looting;
of the city of brotherly love and the
Empire city.
The circumstances were almost iden
teal with the tragic taking off of Zenas
Roker A public taxi had been hired
in front of the Midvale. Hartford hote
with instructions-again given by the
last man to enter the conveyance-tc
drive out to Fairmount park.
The cabman testified that he knew
Orrin K, Vandal very well by sight
as did thousands of other Philadel
phians; for some distance he coulG
hear his fares talking loudly; that he
was ordered to stop at the Hermitage
a roadhouse frequented by the elite
and lighter-got out. After waiting
for some time, the man who had
alighted failing to return. and all be
ing quiet within the cab, the driver got
down TO investigate,
Like his fellow Jehus in New York
he found dead man left on his hands
Orrin K. Vandal had engineered hi:
last crooked deal
If it had not been for the two sim
liar preceding occurrences in New York
it is doubtful if the police of the city
by the Schuylkill would have turned a
hair. Of course, the disappearance OF
what "fshy,' but there were no signs
of violence or of robbery. Apparently
the great Vandal had died "natura
death from causes unknown which
was the routine verdict rendered by 6
Pennsylvania coroner's jury.
But by this time the group of rich
men of which Liveridge, Roker ant
Vandal had been prominent member:
began to be alarmed. The dead fuan
ciers had beein engaged in so many
onable-though entirely legal
deals, in which they had ruthlessly
ruined innumerable 'Flambs' and Gin
nocent investors that their surviving
confreres, who were no less guilty, be
gan to be "afraid to 90 home In thu
dark
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

autocrats, he was we'll known to ,be
night life of the city and also to its
cabmen as the great Philo B. Live
ridge.
The second man was comparatively
insignificant, so much so that the
driver OF the taxi failed to notice him
particularly, and could afterward fur
nlsh no adequate description of his
physlcal characteristics, Yet it was this
smaller man who gave the order TO
drive TO the Chrome National bank.
When the taxi stopped at the curb
IN front of this famous financial insti-
tuition on lower Broadway, the smaller
man had disappeared: his companion.
the aforesaid moneyed autocrat, was
discovered to be dead 1t was thought
that the second man, finding that the
hnancler was beyond help, and fearing
trouble, had somewhere en- route. per.
haps during a temporary traffic block,
opened either of the cab doors and
quietly steDped out. Immediately van
lshing In the crowd.
When: where or how Liveridge had
breathed his last was puzzle to
friends and foes alike. AS has been
already intimated. Philo B. was a
gross liver, patron of the Tender.
loin s more or less shady night life,
and the friend or protector of certain
nCll hHoWu leullu1ne 0aDlCueS ClereOf,
albeit he was also one of America IS
money kings, suspected Of swaying pres
ldents and cabinets upon occasion.
Yet, because Of these notorious
facts, we'll known to the initiate, the
theory was generally and generously
adopted that Philo B. Liveridge had
suddenly come TO the end of his phys
lcal tether, seeing that he was we'll on
to the scriptural age limit of three
score years and TENN fact, cold
enough to know BETTER as one scribe.
more irreverent than his fellows,
chose to note In his obituary notice.
So they held a perfupctory inquest,
the illegal and illogical verdict Of
heart failure was returned, the re-
mains were inferred TO an intoned
service by fashionable rector, and
Philo B. Liveridge would have been
forgotten by all save those who were
squabbllng over his ill-gotten millions
bad 1T not been for q second occur
renee almost identical in scene and
setting.
Scarcely had Liveridge come to be
alluded to as Fthe late. and what was
left of him laid to rest IN Trinity Gem
etery, than another of the same idep-
tical financial group met his death in
O similar manner.
This time it was old Zenas Roker,
money king of 'EpuresJ ray serene. y
Again a taxicah had been hired by two
men from the Belsonia; again from the
one last to enter the vehicle had issued
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
FOUR HUNDRED WIVES
ON TURKEYS HANDS
Disposal of Harem of Former
Sultan Proves Problem
of Gravity.
pecial Gable to The Tribune,

Special Gable to The Tribune
CoNsTANTINOPLE. Sept 24.-Has
anyone any use for 400 wives? II so
the Turkish government would like to
get into communication with him. This
is the number OF ladies contained in The
harem Of the ex-sultan, and the problem
OF their disposal is becoming a serious
one. Most OF them are natives OF AL
bania and Arabia, and two distinct ef
forts have been n,ade 10 return them
10 their friends and relatives. but the
latter absolutely refuse TO receive the
women. having. apparently. no further
use for them.
Under these circums tanccs. the author
tiles at Constantinople are In something
of a Quandary, since the cost OF their
maintenance Is considerable Item: and
as many OF them are quite young girls
il would seem as though they will re-
main a burden on the state for many
ycars 10 come. unless someone can be
induced Ia take them over.
The situation is a distinctly humorous
one but II is not the form of humor
that appeals 20 the Turkish government.
and th. cold bloodcd suggestion has been
brought forward that they should be dis
posed OF summarily, There is small
chance OF this awful suggestion being
carried into effect however. owing TO
the firm attitude OF the foreign EN-
bassadors at Constnntinople. who insist
that the women shall be treated with
duo respect and consideration.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
When Merit Wins,

When the medicine you take cures
your disease, tones up your system and
makes you feel better, stronger and
more vigorous than before. That is
what Foley Kidney Pills do for you, in
all cases Of bnckache, headache, uerv.
BUSINESS, loss Of appetite, sleeplessness
and general weakness that is caused by
any disorder Of the kidneys OF bidder
Schramm. j ohnson. Drugs, Five stores
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

4, 1910, by ". G. Chapman,.)
IA n.,hs ~ fall and winter months
= at ~. date when Finney Valen'
ins' .ss department and became
.n' IN his own account, the
W. w. York, and indeed the
L.I,sS NsS states, were greatly ex
w" spouence OF more or less
ZINES which. because of
'uliar environment. became
4 % MESS and public as 1.-The
Murders. 4,o s,,;.s al,
nf the common, occasloned
y s,sn ~ nassine interest In the
y u@s @csniral. But when a Sec
si si,S i'a and a fourth repetition
emG nnder almost precisely the
.,;t;nns. Tt only the locality and
si;n of the victim being
i & ,ss police and the communi,,
Nd @ began to ''sit up and
~ ~ > as the talk of the day
~ y case "magnate'' or a
10 Of the financial or INDUS
.Si =; was the victim malefac-
wy sp.,t wealth death. sudden
,ssrious, overlook each and
"a. so, also, the interior OF
;So.e convenient vehicles, a
',sr;rsb, was the tiny theater
,Ines, and the companion of
I'm always managed to dis
'Tirhuut trace,
- Of criminal annals could ask
-glinp settings for a set OF ap--
4 ,nrxplicsble crimcs-wlthout
x;.6out profit, so far as could
For, after the second tragedy,
LAS Of opinion, legal and lay,
Ts ueat wrong had been COM
nj = master criminal actuated
IN Of fearful ingenuity. But
,sunsrate in regular order the
n October. on one or those
uappv autumn mornings for
y,W York is famous, two men
,Td entered a taXicab from a
aard outside the Astoria hotel.
/ HE men was elderly, corpu-
1wl, of face from gross living
nd,tory prowling; as a fire.
/ of New York s after-dark the
q lobster palaces, no less than
IN was one of Wall street s
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
The axiCab Murders

apoplectic habit. with hearts none too
strong, the result was as certain as if
n revolver had been fred at heart or
head, with neither noise nor powder
fumes. And as result the taxicab muir
ders had puzzled the coroners and the
police Of three cities until the fertile
mind of Finney Valentine led to the
true solution.
Next week: GA Society Buc-
caneer')
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
Piles f! Piles !

q Indian Pile Ointment will cure
'Sdlng and Itching Piles. 1t abb
l ianlors. allays Itching at once,
4 poul!!ce. gives instant relief
Indian Pile Ointment is pre-
piles and itching OF vhe private
Drrdsts, mail SOC and sl.m.
= by schramm johnson. Drugs,
4 Halliday Drug Co., Van Dyke
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
((.AIARRH
A SPECIFIC BLOOD IfdpURITY

Catarrh is a deep-seated blood dis
ease, one which no amount of local
treatment will ever permanently cure.
The beneficial effects Of washes,
sprays, inhalations, ETC., are only
temporary, and when left off the old
condition returns, because the blood
is infected with catarrhal matter and
impurities. This impure condition
Of the circulation irritates and in
flames the delicate mucous rnem-
branes and tissues and produces the
we'll known symptoms Of ringing
noises in the head and ears, mucus in
the throat, headaches, watery eyes,
partial deafness, sore throat, general
impairment of health, etc. This con-
dition will remain, growing worse as
long as the catarrhal matter is al
lowed to remain in the blood. Being
aspecihc blood impurity, there is only
one way to cure Catarrh, and that is
to purify the blood. Nothing equals
S. S. S. for this purpose. 1t attacks
the disease at its head-in the circu-
lation-and by thoroughly renovating
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

purifier, and the thousands of cases Of
Catarrh it has cured is proof that it is
the very medicine needed by those
who suffer with this trouble. Book on
Catarrrh and any medical advice free.
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, Ga,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
the Rose

unique nerso,
QRs Finney Valentine Like other the youthful
Nick ms
S @ college later svng Europe he pcKed
he Metropolitan force in New York grades
Valentine
OF in
e-shaped head topped with grayns wavy hair
conventional
thiefca
Ioe ms nd experiences. NN' N"e AN'se'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
Palmo Tablets

transform wenk, broken.down, nervous
wrecks into magnificent types Of physi-
cal perfection. They restore the nerves
md kidneys to their normal conditions
and make you look and feel years
younger. Guaranteed. 90 cents. Book
Free. The s. R, Fell Co., Cleveland, 0.
Schra nm johnson, Drugs, five stores.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

the blood and
cleansing it of all
| N p u r e matter,
makes a perma-
nent and lasting
cure of the dis
ease. For forty
years S. S. S. has
been recognized
as the best blood
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
Notice |!

~ reader OF this announcement
s's'nlly studying every claim I
a upon investigation does not
! am all that 1 claim for my
may have the best equipped
4 0di' Lake. will treat him FREE
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05

Colonial Heights means Opportu-
nifty. Its safe place to put your
money. Any investment in this adj
dition will bring satisfactory returns
to purchaser.
THIS is A CERTAINTY
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05
Il o the Sflrelvd Man

Opportunity comes now and again
to everyone. Some are wise and
bold and grasp it, That is why some
people are so much better off than
others i'm this world. The thought
less and the timid never win.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05

Sold Dr.. Howell property to Den
ham and Highland SIS, 600, some Of
which has been resold and will net
them profit of $4,000.
Sold Duncan -Lowndes Addition
fronting Mechanic and Lee Streets.
lots 4OX8O feet, each $500. Have
since resold, prices $2OOOand $2lOO.
ALI but two lots in this addition now
have attractive homes.
Our sevenyears experience would
fill a book of information Of this
character but space will not permit.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-05-05

One year ago we sold E. M. VIII
]iams lot corner of Pike and Factory
Streets, $780, Ae refused $500
cash a few days ago.
Three years ago sold Thos Han
ley lot on Kelley Hill, $500. The
same has since been sold at a profit
Of $4,000.
Sold Ralph Brown adjoining lot
$500. Resold same lot to H. F.
Burke $500. Resold to Or. Nutter
$4,000. Resold one-third Of lot $500.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
RAIL LINES ARE PROSPEROUS
Roads Are Placing Enormous Orders
for Equipment-DiVIdend Show
Big Increase.

New York-Continued evidences of
the great prosperity that is surging
all over the country are given in the
enormous orders placed within the
last few days by the large railroads
of the country for additional equip
ment.
No such tremendous sums of money
have ever been spent by the railroads,
1T is said, except in the initial con-
struction of road, or in a large ex-
tension. The Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road company alone has appropriated
$7O00,O00 for new equipment
Not merely in money spent for i'm
provements of facilities, but in the
declaring of dividends by the rail-
roads lies the proof that the good
times which returned a year or more
ago have in no way diminished.
Since January eighty-six railroads
and industrial corporations in this
country have increased their disburse-
ments or declared initial or resumed
dividends to the extent of $57, 625. 900
a year. Twenty-three of these cor
porations are railroads, their increase
alone representing $15,000,000. Up to
June l of this year the aggregate
dividend payments from the eighty
six corporations in question have
amounted to about $29S 900, 900, which
is an increase of about S46,230,000
over the first five months of last year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
FIGHT FIRE At SEA
ENGLISH TRAMP SHIP GAINS
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
AFTER ORDEAL.
CREW EXHAUSTED BY BATTLE
When 300 Miles From South Ameri-
can Coast Blaze Is Discovered
Continues for Six Days-Life Boats
Prepared for Emergency.

San Francisco.-The British steamer
st. Nicholas, which sailed from Ant
werp May with a general cargo, ar
rived here Monday with her sides
blackened and charred and decks
warped by six-days fire in the
hold
When 1900 miles off the South
American coast in latitude 14.51 south
longitude 1853 west, Capt George Ait
kin at daybreak, June %, discovered
smoke pouring from the ventilators.
When hatch No. was opened,
smoke and flames shot up and it was
discovered that the cargo in the shell
ter deck was seething mass of fire
which it seemed impossible to COM
bat.
Chief officer ]. w. Dickson, Second
Officer Arthur Marriott and Third Off
Ger Walter Chevner volunteered to go
below with the hose passed along by
the crew.
With mouths and nostriIs covered
by cloth, the volunteers were alter
nately lowered. Owing to the intense
heat and the suffocating smoke, each
man could remain below only few
moments.
All that day and the following
night the fight to save the ship con-
tinued. In despair the captain or
dered the lifeboats provisioned and
trailed astern.
Early on the morning of June "a the
fire in the shelter deck was seemingly
stamped out and the crew sank ex-
hausted on the decks for q brief rest.
Almost at once fire broke out in
lower hold No 2. Two hundred tons
of merchandise were thrown over
board before the blaze could be
reached. Then the steam pipes were
run below and after five days of fight
ing the flames were finally subdued
The total damage is estimated at
100000. mostly covered by insur-
ance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
TRAIN ROBBERS ARE Fooled
THREE YOUTHS HOLD UP THE
KATY" FLYER.
Crew Slips From Under MuzzIes of
Revolvers, Regains Cab and
Dash Away.

st. Louis. Clevarness on the
part of the engineer prevented
three youthful and apparently mex
perienced bandits from robbing the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Southwest
ern flyer, No. 3, near Larimore. about
fifteen miles from st. Louis.
Three young men were arrested as
suspects and are in jail pending inves-
tigation. The police do not believe
they are the men wanted and are
searching for three others.
The bandits compelled the engineer
and fireman, at the points of revolvers,
to descend from the cab and go with
them to the baggage car to assist
them in uncoupling 1t.
While tinkering about the coupling
the engineer and fireman in the dark
ness managed to glide away from the
bandits. The two started on a run
for the cab. The bandits soon became
aware that the crew was dashing for
the cab and opened fire.
The engineer and fireman sprang
into the cab, the engineer threw the
throttle wide open and dashed away
with the train.
Several shots were fired during the
attempted hold-up, and the passen-
gers, who filled five coaches, were
thrown into a panic. Conductor Walk
er, who also displayed great GOODNESS
in the crisis, devoted his time to calm
ing the passengers.
The train was in the hands of the
bandits 40 minutes. For half an hour
they tried of their own accord to I'M
couple the baggage car. 1t was not
until they found themselves unable
to do the work that they got the en-
gineer and fireman.
According to the railroad officials
here there were thousands of dollars
in the baggage car in addition to the
mail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
What's the Answer2

We're ready to quit! After sending
two perfectly rhymed, carefully scan
ned, pleasurably sentimental pieces OF
poetic junk to seventeen magazines
and having them returned seventeen
times, We turn to the current issue Of
new monthly and find a "pome"
modelled after Kipling's Vampire"
and in which home is supposed to
rhyme with alone, run on page eleven
with all the swell curlycues ordinarily
surrounding a piece of real art. II
poetizing is a gift we are convinced
that this poets must have been. AS
for us, we are on our way to the wood
shed to study the psychology of the
ak or any other old thing that hasn't
to do with selling poetry to maya
zines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
BADGER DEMOCRATS CONVENE
Gather in State Convention at MilWau-
kee-Michael x. Reilly Named
Temporary Chairman.

Milwaukee. - With demonstrative
enthusiasm for the success of the
cause at the November election, the
Democrats of Wisconsin assembled in
convention in the Alhambra theater
Tuesday.
Chairman Joseph E. Davies of the
state central committee called the
convention to order and introduced
Michael K. Reilly of Fond du Lac as
temporary chairman.
Mr.. Reilly read his speech, and his
remarks concerning alleged Repub-
lican inefficiency brought forth cheers.
The chairmans sallies at the at
tempted Republican tariff revision
downward, when in reality, he said,
it had been upward, with few eXcep-
tions. pleased delegates. He pointed
to fractional strife, which, he said
existed in the Republican party for
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of a few self-con-
stituted leaders.
Permanent organization was per-
fected at the conclusion of the tenn
porary chairman's aCuress. William
F. Wolfe of La Crosse was elected to
preside over the deliberation of the
convention.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
AVIATOR IS KILLED
CHARLES STEWART ROLLS, HERO
OF CHANNEL FLIGHT, KILLED
AT ROURNEMouTH.
MACHINE BUCKLES up IN AIF
Aeronaut PIunqes Downward One
Hundred Feet in Sight of
Many Friends In Grand
Stand.

Bournemouth, England.-The first
flying machine tournament of the wear
In England was brought to a tragic
close Tuesday by the dramatic death
OF the most daring and popular Brit
'ish aviator. Hon. Charles Stewart
Rolls, third son of Lord Llangattock
and who recently made a flight from
Dover to France and return.
In the presence of a great company
OF spectators, majority of whom
were women and children. and many
personal friends of the young aviator
the Wright biplane on which he was
flying fell suddenly with terrific speed
from height of 100 feet.
1t struck the ground close to the
crowded grand stand, smashed into a
tangled mass, and before the doctors
and their assistants could reach the
spot Rolls was dead.
The event in which Rolls was com.
peting was for prize for the aviator
alighting nearest a given mark. The
goal was directly in front of the grand
stand, where the spectators were
massed He had risen to a good
height, then shut off his motor and
was gliding in a broad circle toward
the mark
Without warning the tail piece o!
the biplane snapped off. The machine
gave a sudden lurch, and the frame
work crumpled up the air. When
1t struck the ground it was smashed
to splinters. The doctors found that
Rolls had sustained a fractured skull
Lord and Lady Llangattock, the par.
ents of Rolls, narrowly escaped wit
Messing the tragedy. They were
yachting along the coast and put in
at Poole, near Bournemouth, intending
to attend the aviation meeting, but
postponed going until later.
Rolls was thirty-three years old, and
was one of the most popular young
all-around sportsmen in England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
DOES NOT SUPPORT MADRIZ
Emperor William, Through Foreign
Office, Declares Germany Will Not
intervene in Nicaragua.

Berlin.-The foreign Office Tuesday
made public an authorized statement
respecting the letter of Emperor Will
liam to President MadriZ of Nicaragua.
Reports have reached Berlin that at
tempts were being made in America
to construe this letter as an indorse-
ment by the emperor of the Madriz
party.
The statement follows: ''Madriz
gave notice of his election upon
undertaking the presidency, to the en-
perior in the usual written form. The
customary formal reply was prepared
by the foreign office. It was not an
autograph letter, but was simply
signed by the emperor. The address,
great and good friend was in &C
cordance with official courtesy. Any
intervention by Germany in Nicara-
guam affairs neither followed nor is in
tended. Germany neither sought nor
designs to seek coaling station. Ru-
mors of Germany's intention toward
the Galapagos islands are equally
without foundation, as are all sugges-
lions that the German government
has in any wise modified the cultiva-
ton of friendly relations toward the
United States