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The Detroit times., 1910-04-19

bestirs himself out of his southern in
dolence he will make his fortune. A
strong attachment exists between the
two and he takes Aline's advice.
Meanwhile Ferguson has been max
Ing love to little Barbara Byrd, who
had been Dawes sweetheart previous
to Ferguson appearance. Later II
develops that Ferguson has tricked
the girl into marriage. He takes her
north and when she is sent 10 a hos
pital. she is supposed 10 have lost
her life with that of her baby Dave
is led to believe that Brent is respon-
sible for Barbara's downfall and dis
appearance and he goes to New York
with a gun in his pocket looking for
Brent who Is in Wall-st. himself In
an effort 10 beat Ferguson at his own
game. In a 'ten-twenty-thirt thriller
OF a scene the three men meet. Dave
in his blind agony OF mind over Bar
bara's fate, attempts TO shoot Brent,
but Brent knocks the gun from his
hand. swears TO Dave he Knows moth
ing about Barbara and offers the gun
back TO Dave 70 shoot IL the latter
doubts his word. or course, Dave be
lieves Brent. and the last act shows
both Dave and Brent on the trail OF
Ferguson Ferguson $ unmasking as
a double-dyed william is accomplished
by Brent and his exit is made from a
darkened stage 10 save himself from
Dawes bullets Barbara Is not dead
after all and returns TO make Dave
! happy. Aline promises To marry Brent,
and through Brent the others get their
money back from Ferguson and every
thing ends happily.
In drawing his characters. the only
| two decent people in the drama enact
ed by eight persons. are Dave and
! Brent Mrs Anderson is weak and
unprincipled; the clergyman ditto. but
also amusing; Aline wishy washy
girl not half good enough for Brent;
| Ferguson. despicable rogue, and
Pansy. while not bad at heart. keen
only on having plenty OF money at any
cost Mr. Gibson puts lots OF dta-
tribes against society. It's shams and
it's meannesses into the mouths OF his
tirar4a44s- peFseltae- ANAl4a- there ara
many good dramatic points about the
play. there are also several glaring
dramatic defects and as remarked
before. there would be little 20 recon-
mend II without Miss Filkins' clever
work as PansN
Cuyler Hastings as Ferguson, was
a finished and effective villain. Ed
ward See admirable in his character
study OF Or Smoker. Amelia Mayborr
excellent as Mrs Anderson, Berenic'
Golden. a sweet and pretty Barbara
Edna Archer Crawford appears a'
Aline. Charles GoUhold as Brent, anC
James Kirkwood as Dave, are bOtl
good actors In manly. straightforward
parts The engagement is for th'
week. with Wednesday and SATURDAY
matinee.
ELLA NAE HAWTHORNE.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19

One OF the most worthy OF national
charities is the Actors Fund. 10 swell
the treasury Of which a benefit per
Torrance will be given Thursday al
ternoon. in the Detroit Opera house.
The fund is used 10 help sick, unfor-
tunate and aged members OF the
theatrical profession, and to maintain
the Actors Home on Staten Island,
where aged and incapacitated mem
bers Of the profession are guests
for the remainder OF their days
The fund does a far-reaching work
OF philanthropy and through IL many
man and woman OF the stage has
Deen aaved from despair and deatt
when seasons have been bad and en-
gagements few. On Thursday after
noon every city In the country VIII!
give benefit performance similar to
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19
Warrington Belle To Wed.

NEW YORK. hprii Formal an
Touncemcnt of the engagement OF Miss
Mathilde r. Townsend only daughte-
ct Mrs Richard Townsend. Of Wash
mgton. 90 Peter Goelet Gerry. younger
son Of Eldridge +. Gerry. Of New York.
published today. confirmed the rumors
current hat the beautiful Washing.
ton heiress had accepted the man OF
her choice and refHsed to wed a for
elgn nobleman While no date has
been set COR the Wedding. il will proba
bly, take place IA Washington. about
June 1
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19

that in the Detroit Opera house. and
II is hoped that the financial result
will be splendid sum for the needs
OF the Actors Fund The seats for
the performance have been placed at
81 for any part OF the house and are
or sale at all Of the theater box Of
fees. and principal downtown news
stands and cigar stores The bill Will
be made no of acts from every thea
ter IN town. including J. +. Dodson
and his company in the first act from
The House Next Door: the second
act from The Turning Point at the
Garrick; the leading acts from the
Temple: Vaughan Chaser and Miss
Ray Courtenay from the Lyceum, and
leading acts from the Avenue. tho
Gayety and the Family. The per
Torrance will commence at 2 o'clock
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19
GARRICk.

win such an amusing and dashing
young widow as Pansy Parr in the
story, one Is inclined TO forgive Pres
ton Gibson for some OF the things he
perpetrates In his capacity OF play-
wright with The Turning Point"
which came TO the Garrick theater
Monday evening for weeks STAY.
Mr.. Gibson has certain interest for
Detroiters inasmuch as ne recently
married Miss Grace Mcmillan Jarvis
OF this city, a granddaughter of the
late Senator James Mcmillan. Mr..
Gibson is millionaire OF Washing.
tons club and social life, and has tried
his hand at play making several times
In the present instance he is his own
producer and manager. Fortunately
whatever the fate OF the play. he is
rich enough to play angel" to himself
without any subsequent catastrophe
Without Pansy Parr. ii would be nm
kind to say what might happen 10
The Turning Point" Ii might han.
pen anyway II Pansy was in the hands
OF anyone else but Grace Filkins. She
gives an extremely clever impersona.
ton of the role. Pansy is a hand
home. rich and audacious young widow
of New York. who is quite able tc
take care OF Pansy She is a cyhicaI
young person. albeit good.natured
hard as nails. but with a sense OF
humor, flippant tongue and an alert
brain. Pansy rs never caught manning
and she says some smart and witty
things anent marriage. men. and so
ciety. Her epigrams are pat her
frocks classy and her selfassurancc
supreme.
The play Is highly melodramati,
with a grist OF unpleasant. hypocriti
cal, dishonorable persons. II is the
old story OF the betrayed girl" the
scheming "villyun" and the honest
nut poor, Young lover OF the betrayed
one and his equally honest and stall
wart friend. The story opens In Vir
ginia, where the ancestral home OF The
brecEenrldges has been purchased bl
a New York Wall-st. plunger, b,
name. Frederick Ferguson. The lat
ter has acquired the estate hecaus,
OF rich coal deposits, but lacks Ger
tain small strip which young Breck
enfidge and his friend and playmate
Dave Denny, own Jointly Unless Fer
guson secures this land he will hav,
no way OF getting HIS coal 10 the rail
road. Staying with Ferguson i'm tn,
old Breckenridge home is a Mrs. An
derson and her daughter. Aline. am,
Mrs. Pansy Parr: also fashionabl,
clergyman named Dr. Smoker. AL
have considerable money in Fergu
son's coal project. Mrs. Anderson hay
fng used her daughters money. which
she held I'm trust. unknown 90 Aline
Ferguson tries 10 get the land from
Brent Breckenridge. who agrees (,
sell n to him, until AIine warns hin
not 20 do IL and tells him he ha
reached the turning point In his life
where. II he hangs onto his land. So
cures capital TO get out the coal anC
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19

rattle OF a kes in the street door Act
ing on the impulse OF the moment,
BraybIooke made his way downstairs
ana turned up the Ugh, an the hall.
He was just in time To prevent Thorn
as from going up the stats The lat
ter regarded him with sneer on his
gnarled face.
who are YOU" he asked. Get
out OF my way. tell you. Get out"
II am John Stern" was the quiet re
ply "Yod may have heard OF me,
perhaps,
"Oh, OH" Thomas laughed. so that
Is what you cah yourself at present.
Ask Miss Ailsa who stands there az
the top OF the stairs. Ask her who
the man is who comes here. and tells
us that he Is John Stern. AS II you
-eeHla deceive me-"
The rest OF the sentence was never
finished. for Braybrooke caught the
old man by the throat. and bore him
heavily TO the ground
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19

stance called "Wanted-A Sister.
sent the Monday afternoon Temple
theater audience into spasms OF laugh
ter. as it was presented by James
| Young & Co. Its improbaDilitles and
ridiculous incidents but serve 10
make the fun wax faster and the
laughter louder II was concocted by
Rida Johnson Young, that successful
young woman maker OF dramas and
comedies. farces and musical librettos,
for her husband. James Young.
Robert Strauss as the sister" bears
the brunt OF the boisterous comedy,
and Miss Clara Kimball is pretty and
clever as Evelyn, Toms sweetheart,
Tom being Mr.. Young The story
hinges on the fact that Tom has taken
gay. peroxide chorus lady To supper,
and is seen by Evelyn who demands
an explanation. To get out Of his pre-
dicament Tom persuades Bud An
drews TO impersonate his lister and
square things with Evelyn. The audi
ence seemed 10 thoroughly enjoy the
succeeding situations.
An elaborate ventrilOquist act IS
offered by Ed. F. Reynard, who ar
riyes I'm an automobile with his mani.
kins and encounters the village
chief arrester" with the result that
he Is threatened with the viilag 2
lookup for exceeding the speed limit.
There Is a lot OF numor in the mani
kin sketch.
An amusing foreign act called The
Nightingale's Courtship' Is oleverly
done by the Permane Brothers,
clowns. The act is essentially foreign
and quite out of the ordinary. Nat
Wills with his parodies on popular
songs. his jokes about Hortense and
his tramp makeup. seems 10 be able
20 make an audience laugh no matter
how many times he comes along with
the same time-worn, vulgar witticisms.
Maisie lee and the Quinn boys do a
bright little dancing act; Lena Pant
ger Is an aerial wire performer OF skill
and good looks: the Five AVOIDS play
the xylophones until the .aiters ring
and the Microscope shows a half
/ hours worth Of pictures IN that part
of Africa made famous by Theodore
1 Roosevelt's travels
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
/ me Iemple VIII have IN addition 10
/ Valerie Bergere for its program OF
vaudeville next week. Andy Rice and
/ Griffith Mr. Rice is a clever Hebrew
character comedian and parodist, and
Griffith is lightning calculator who
does amazing sums In a flash Miss
Beieere will be the headliner OF the
bill and viii be seen in The Lion
Tanner new play by Edward Welt
gel, Of Detroit Miss Bcrgere has been
lcreatiug something Of sensation
With this piece. II Is more Dreten-
ticus than the ordinary one.act play.
fur IL requires 10 people for the cast.
The atmosphere OF the circus is sue
tocssiuily conveyed and there Is com.
edy as we'll as dramatic value in the
piece The scene Is laid In tho dress.
ing room OF hippodrome. and the
/ characters are such as people The big
Itop shows.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19
Hoods Sarsaparilla

Accept no substitute. but insist on
having Hoods
Get IL today in usual liquid form or
chocOiated tablets known 80 Sarsatabs.
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19
Purify Your Blood

The cause qf pimples bolts and 9TH
er eruptions as we'll az Of that tired
feeling and poor appetite. which are SO
commons in the spring. Is impure and
Impoverished blood
The best way 20 purify and enrich
the blood. as thousands OF people know
by experience is 20 take
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19
,To He Continned.)

A new Italian steamship line has
reduced the schedule time between
Italy and AfgentIna 10 II - tays,
The Detroit times., 1910-04-19
ELLA NAE HAWTHORNE
TEMPLE

4 tabloid college farce on the order
OF "CharIey's Aunt but in this in.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids Will be received by the board
of education Of the city of Minot up
to eight o'clock, May 18th, 1910, for
the furnishing of heating and plumb
ing for one four room addition to the
Mckinley school in the city OF Mlnot,
according to the plans and specif1ca-
lions now on file in the office OF
woodruff & McGulpin, architects, and
in the Minot, Minneapolis and st.
Paul Building Exchanges. Bids to
be accompanied by certified check
in the amount of five per cent of the
bid to insure the successful bidder
entering into contract. The board
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
BY order of the board.
W. H. sibbah,
Secretary Of the Minot Board OF Edu-
A, cation. Apr 2O-274 II
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that the
board of county commissioners Of
Ward county will receive sealed bids
up to two O'Clock p. M May 18th.
1910. for the following grades and
bridges.
Bridge across Des Laos river, be-
tween sections and 16, twp 157, rye
IS. ridge and grade across coulee
between sections IA and %, twp. f53,
range 81.
All work to be according to plans
and specifications now on file in the
office of the countyasurveyor. Bids to
be accompanied by certified check
or bond in the sum of $50 as q guar
antee to enter into contract. Success
full bidders to furnish necessary bonds.
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids. &
Given under my hand and by order
of the board of county commissioners
this 10th day of April, 1910.
r. "" Louis A. Larson,
(SeaD County Auditor
.
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Notice to Contractors.

The school board of district No.
16, at Sawyer, N. d., will receive
bids up until 2 p. m. on the 18th
day of May. 1910, for the erection OF
a four-room and full basement school
house, to be erected at Sawyer, N. D.
A certified check of 5 per cent of the
contract is to accompany each bid, to
insure the execution of the contract.
Plans will be on file at the ex-
changes in Minneapolis and Minot,
also at the clerks office and the
architects office. The building is to
be completed by the first day of Sep
TENDER, 1910. The board reserves
the right to accept any or to reject
any or all proposals presented.
Signed
E. D. SKINNER, Clerk.
H. M. BRASSET, Pres.
4 IA IL
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that that
certain mortgage, executed and de-
1ivered by Ida Rustic bake, unmarried,
mort agor, to The United States Land
and Investment company (which said
corporation thareafter changed Its
name in the maner provided by law,
To The Savings Loan and Trust Co., a
corporation), MORTGAGE, dated the
24th day Of Febrlary,sA D. 1908, and
fled for record In the Office Of the re-
gister Of deeds in and flor. the county
Of Ward and state Of North Dakota,
ON the 18th day Of February, A. D.
1908. at $40 o'clock p. m. and was
duty recorded IN book 70 Of mortgages
on page ATS, Will be foreclosed by
q sale of the premises In such mort
gage, and hereinafter described, at
the front door of the court house, In
the county OF Ward and State Of North
Dakota, at the hour of two O'Clock p.
M, ON the 21st day Of May, A. D.
1910, to satisfy the amount due upon
such mortgage ON the day of sale.
The premises described in such
mortgage, and which will be sold to
satisfy the same are described as fol-
lows, to-wit: =" -.
The Northwest quarter CT the north
west quarter (NW IA NV 1-4) of Sec
ton twenty-five (22), the north half
of the northeast quarter N IL NE 1-4)
and the northeast quarter Of the
northwest quarter (NE IA NV ~ Of
section twenty-one (21), in township
One Hundred Fifty-two (152 north, of
range eighty:three (S3) west Of the
fifth P. M. ~.:.-' r.. ~ ..,.-~
It is provided by the terms Of sail
mortgage, that If default be made in
the payment of any Of the install
ments at the time when the same
shall become payable, then all of the
unpaid fnstallments shall, at the cleo
ton OF the holder, become at once
due and payable. Default existing in
the payment of the second install
ment due on this mortgage, the hold.
er thereof does hereby elect and de-
clare the whole sum due and payable.
There will be due on said mortgage
at the date of sale the sum OF One
Hundred .Twenty-Six and Forty-six
One hundredths Dollars (s126.46), to-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

Farmers are already anxious about
getting some hail insurance on their
crops of grain that's just coming
through the ground. Because it can
just as we'll be done now as anytime
later. There is no interest and no
poNay fee and it can be written now
and be ready when the storm period
gets here. B. F. Warren, the Insur-
ance Man. 4-21tf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28
The Greatest Snap You Ever Heard

II you want this farm at this price
you will have to get busy Immediately
l will sell the Sc IA of section ~,
twp. LOT, range 81, for $4,000 If sold
soon. rs acres broken, 40 acres in
pasture with living water. Tame and
wild fruit on place, God ghouses, barn
and granary. This Is known as the
Gabriel Olson farm, and lies in the
valley southeast of Minot. Inquire Of
Miss S. C. Hecker, Logan, N. D.
4-21 t5chg
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

The Independent is in receipt Of
a very beautifully printed booklet,
richly illustrated and showing the
wonderful possibilities Of the Cald-
we'll, idaho country. The book was
sent by E. F. Tompkfns, formerly Of
Minot, who is now engaged in the
real estate business at Caldwell. At
ter looking over the book carefully,
we have concluded that the climate
at Caldwell must be an ideal one, for
the pictures Of the members Of the
Caldwell's Forward Women's club
show evidences of great longevity.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

C. E.. Colcord writes from Chad
wick, ILL.,, that his wife has recovered
sufficiently from her operation to be
removed from the Clinton, Iowa, hos
pital to that. place. She expects to
accompany him back to Glenburn in
short time. He states that a ter
rifle snow storm visited that section
of the country last week, and no
doubt killed most of the fruit.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

The Aneta line was blocked several
days last week, with snow, the heav1'
est snow of the season being report
ed from there Friday and Saturday.
Snow plows from Minot were sent
out to clear the tracks.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

Bollistev's Rocky Mountain Tea
never fails to tone the stomach, puri-
~ the blood, regulate the Kidneys
liver and bowels. The greatest
spring tonic, makes and keeps you
weM IS cents, Tea or Tablets. F. P.
TAYLOR and Co ......@
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

gether with attorneys fees and the
costs of this foreclosure.
8& s. A. SOrenson; $50 "-s 4.
Sheriff Of Ward County, North Dakota.
lLeSueurr& Bradford; ;,a5
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Mtnot, North Dakota.
1 &31 IS
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

Prompt relief in all cases Of throat
and lung trouble if you u"e Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy Pleasant. to
take, soothing and healing In effect.
Sold by all dealers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

FOR SALE-A nice gentle driving
mare, a perfect driver for a woman;
trial if desired. Will sell horse and
harness for S125. Frank j. Lyman,
Minot.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28
Your tongue lis coated.
Your breath is foul.

Headaches come and go.
These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the first thing, and
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will do that. Easy to take
and most effective. Sold by all
dealers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28
FARMERS

Best accommodations in the
city will be found at the City
Market and Fe, d Barn, 112 N.
Belyea ave. We are ready to fur
nish the public with first-class
barn room.
PUBLIC; WATERING TROUGH AND
WAGON SSALRS.
+ BBD6 ANR MEAhS3.e EACH At
TORONTO HOTEL
Your patronage soliuit' d.
GIVE ~ A DR'IAh.
"a NEIL McCOgGALE
JAMES HERNDON
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-28

Masury's has a paint record Of %
years. IS
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-15

. OSTON.-Bent and marked with
ID prison palor, Jesse H. Pomeroy,
serving life sentence in Charlestown,
Mass, has written his own story of his
crime and his efforts to better his con-
dltions shut away from the freedom of
the world. He is now so years Of age
and was convicted Of double murder
when he was only fourteen years Of
age. All these years have been spent
In solitary confinement and the prls-
oner declares he has never felt. a
touch of human sympathy or kindness
and no effort has ever been made to
better his condition. Il have no
friends" he writes. IT cannot get a
hearing from the governor. l have
bean left to my own devices in my cell
all these years."
Poueroy killed two children, a'boy
and q girl. after treating them with
barbaryc cruelty. He inveigled other
small children into isolated sections,
stripped them Of their clothing, tied
them to trees or upon boards and then
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-15
Chicago's Clubs for Working Girls

girls pay FIVE cents an hour. This does
away with washing in the rooms and
may save, II the girl is clever with
shirtwaists, whatever her laundry bill
would amount to. minus the nominal
laundry fee to the house.
There is no dormitory system, al.
though in a few large rooms there
may be three or even four single beds.
Most Of the rooms, however, are for
two, and there are q number Of single
rooms in every club. Maids do the
chamber work and the general clean
ing, for the Homework there Is no
cooperation, some girls must be at
their desks or their shops or their
counters early. There is also a sew.
ing machine in every club for the free
use Of the girls.
In these Eleanor clubs the young
women have much Of the freedom Of
home, perhaps all that would be pos
sible in so large q family. They have
the parlors and verandas for receiving
their friends and. so far as possible,
the clubs are ruleless. The household
bills are posted every month in each
club, for, as the girls own money pay
them, 1t is only fair that they shall
see where and how the money goes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-15
This Murderer SO Years in One Cell

beat them until they were unconscious,
stuck pins into their tender flesh and
stabbed and jabbed them with knives.
When this boy with the demon heart
was finally run down and forced to
confess he barely escaped lynching.
Only his youth saved him from the
hangman's moose.
Pomeroy's letter to the public in
general and to the governor Of Massa-
chusetts in particular is a lengthy
document. He cites many reasons why
he believes he should not have been
convicted of murder and concludes
with an appeal to the governor.
In his plea he says: II respectfully
suggest that this prisoner may have
some encouragement in doing well. He
is no worse than his neighbors. Kind.
ness is never lost on anyone, and this
prisoner has all his life shown him
self responsive to kind treatment.
Public feeling against me is respons.
ible for the deeply rooted and persist
ent newspaper misrepresentation all
these years, and that public feeling
was due to newspaper exaggeration
and notoriety In 1874. OF course It
cannot be denied that the crime was
dreadful and that public justice re-
CURED satisfaction; but the truth is,
no effort has been made from that
day to this to better this prisoners
condition"