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Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
Words of ConSoIatIon

one day a sympathetic old German gem
tleman was leisurely strolling past one
Of the city firehouses, when he was
moved by the tears of the captain, Stop
ping to offer consolation. he said.
Say. for what you grief?'
Oh replied the captain with a fresh
gush Of tears, 'my poor father Is dead.
II he had lived Just one more day he
would have been chief Of the whole fire
department, just think"
do not so bad feel" said the friendly
old German. patting the captain on the
shoulder, maybe he is fire chief now
Minneapolis Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
straits Settlements.

The advance made at the Straits Set
Elements themselves is surprising. These
little British possessions. consisting of the
two islands Of Singapore and Penang and
q small strip Of the mainland, now rank
Nmong the richest parts OF the world.
Penang is not much bigger than the Dis
trlct Of Columbia, and Singapore a little
more than double as large. Nevertheless,
the two have a revenue OF more than
100000 gold, and a foreign trade greater
than that Of many a nation of Europe.
IT was almost $4OO.OOO 900 last year, and
Its imports now amount to $500, 900, 900 per
annum, The total tonnage Of the colony,
including the various ports, surpasses
that OF any one port Of the world, and
Singapore itself ranks fifth among the
trade ports. Here in the east It Is only
surpassed by Hongkong, something like
aWN or 10000 vessels coming I'm and going
out of its harbor every year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
At the End Of the Continent.

Away down here at the south end Of
Asia the western invasion has been going
on for some years. 1t began In Singapore
and Penang, the two chief cities OF the
Straits Settlements, belonging to England.
Founded more than a generation before
the birth OF Chicago, they were for a long
time trade outposts only. They are now
going forward at telegraphic speed. and the
Malay peninsula is moving with them.
That country, which, beginning with Burma
and Siam, extends southwark to Singapore,
was until lately in a state Of savage in
nocuous desuetude. Then the English took
hold, consolidated the tribes, and took the
Mstlay states under their protection. Since
then roads have been cut through the
jungles, and the peninsula has thousands
OF miles OF highways better than those Of
the Philippines, and equal to the best roads
Of Java. You can ride for days in an auto
mobile through these federated Malay
states and not have enough bumps to stir
up your liver. Within the last year or so
railroads have been projected, and the
chief centers are now connected by rail
with the ports. About 400 miles of track
have already been laid, and there are $500
miles Of telegraph in operation.
Instead of the barbarous rule OF the
Malay ~sultans, the people now have the
British to administer their laws. Crime
is decreasingi there are courts Of all
kinds, and a first-class police force. The
government has established hospitals
throughout the peninsula, and it is de-
veloplng all sorts of industries.
In Perak irrigation works have been
dug and rubber plantations are now
growing in the several states. The trees
are planted at 200 to the acre, and there
are already about 10000 900 in bearing. The
tin and gold deposits are being exploited
: and the output is now worth more thar
SO,o0c,O 900 per year. All this is the work
OF less than a generation, and the in.
crease OF today is more rapid than ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

BACK 10 var Ilnlcb.
According to Mark Twain, Huntsman
was a denizen of Pore Valley" East
Tennessee, a neutral during the civil war
and on one occasion was roughly used by
a party of guerillas who stretched him
up three times in an effort to make him
tell the whereabouts of a party of the
enemy. Like most people who ave grad
uated the events of their lives with re-
gard to Importance, relates the Louisville
Times, Huntsman was accustomed to date
other happenings by the more important.
This one he was accustomed TO say hap
pened just after he was hung"
It had to do with the captivity CT Gov
ernor lsham q. Harris and Senator Bate
of Tennessee, in the penitentiary at Nash
vile as prisoners of war, After an accus-
toned period of abstinence somewhat
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
MiIIinnnIren In Mn.

The tail of the Asiatio continent Is tin
plated. 1t has the richest tin mines Of the
world, upon~the peninsula and in the is
lands. which belong to the Dutch. between
here and Java. The product of the British
settlements is now selling for $40, 100000 or
10000, 900 per year. and the greater part OF
II rs is dug out by Chinese. Much OF the
output is controlled by the Straits Trading
company, which has immense shelters on
an island close TO Singapore, the tin bullion
being shipped away to New York n Eu-
rope. We take about 30 per cent of this
tin or something like $50. 1000 900 worth every
year. 1t is scattered all over the United
States and It coats our dish pans, tin cups
and wash basins. Some of the dear girls
who read this letter will see their fair
faces shining back at them when they next
scour the pie pans, apd l urge them 70
remember that the reflection is flashed
from away out here on the Strait of Ma
laCca.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

a. az SHS IL GlltSDuTB . ilISI WIlIeI
of popular fiction. When she was only
10 years old, she wrote a few of the even
ing short stories for Plttsburg newspapers.
But she cannot be said to have really be-
bun her literary career until four years
ago. 1t was while Mrs. Rlnehart was re-
covering from diphtheria that her trained
nurse called her attention to an advertise
men In one of the popular magazines ask
ing for poems of a certain type. She wrote
three and all were accepted. N. b. The
poems were fumigated before they were
sent. and that's no reflection on the poems.
A few months later her first magazine
story appeared in Scribner's. Since then
her name has made a frequent appearance
in the tables OF contents of Success, Scrib-
ner's, The Delineator, Munsey's, Lippin-
colts, The American, etc. Mrs. Rlnehart
has also done dramatic work, producing a
play in New York two years ago, and clos
ing the theater by Injunction when the star
began to multilate the piece. A new play
from her pen. It is reported, has just been
accepted for production by Wagenhals g.
Kemper.
Mary Roberts Rinehart had never writ
ten a detective story, or a long story Of
any sort, until an editor friend sent her a
picture OF Anna Katherine Green, asked
her TO hang II over her desk and under the
inspiration OF the author OF "The Filigree
Bali to produce a detective yarn. Mrs.
Rinehart was eager enough 10 be inspired,
but somehow the divine afflatus was slow
10 arrive. Then she went to Washington
for a visit and ON the way home happened
to occupy the lower birth number 10. She
couldn't sleep, and as she lay there awake,
the possibilities OF a Pullman for crime and
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
scenes mt. the wharve..

But come with me for a walk along the
wharves. and see how the freight is man
aged in one OF the biggest ports of the
orient. The laborers are of every shade
of black, yellow and brown. There are
hundreds Of Chinese whose cream-colore
skins nave been turned to old gold by
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
Mule Driver tG.Ambnssndor.

Truly time works wonderful changes,
and one OF the most wonderful in Amer
lea, this land of magical changes, Is the
appointment of Richard c. Kerens of st.
Louis to be ambassador to Austria, re-
lates the L~eavenworth Labor Review.
Tn original location of the Kerens fam
lily in the United States was in Iowa, from
where they moved to Doniphan county,
Kansas, where they resided for some
years. and then the family, consisting of
father and mother, two brothers and one
sister, removed to Leavenworth, where
they mad their home for several years.
While they lived on Ottawa street, the
father and the mother died, and today
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
Gossip and Stories About People of Prominence

work gained a slight advance in position,
is today quoted as being worth between
$50, OOO, 900 and $40, OOO, 900. and is am
bassador to the oldest and most aristo-
cratic monarchy in Christendom.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

OF them still children. Among those he
prizes most highly are two from two little
chaps in the coal mining field whom
Bailey, with the aid Of contributors to
his fund, two or three years ago, clad in
warm shoes, mittens and overcoats on
morning. Their expressions of
regard came in the form of two Christ
mas cards.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

mystery gradually broke upon her. THE
Man in the Lower Ten was the result.
When she was a y%oungster Mary Roberts
spent her ummers on a farm.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
Game Had Been Called.

JDGE M'CREDIE OF Washington
who owns two base ball teams
IN the Pacific coast, speaks the
language of the fan" and was
elected to congress to succeed
The late Francis w. Cushman,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

left trails Of smoke behind them, and as
we advanced the storm broke and a peal
of thunder gave us a royal salute. Then the
air cleared and we could see Singapore
rising almost straight up from the water.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

the god Mammon rules, and, yoked to great
carts, they drag the bales Of cotton, bricks
Of tin and bundles Of rattan over the roads.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

ARY ROBERTS RINEHART,
author of THE Man in Lower
Ten and the Circular Staircase"
was born in Plttsburg, on the
north side, not so very many
years ago. The fact is note
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
Copyright, 1910. by FIR

Copyright, 1910. by Frank G.. Carpenter)
--INGAPORE, 1910. - Especial Cor
q r~espondence of The Bee.)-I
write today of the awakening
- of Malaysia 1 have already
~ described how this whole
- Asiutic continent is throbbing
with the invasion Of our new civilization.
The movement extends from the SHOWS Of
the north, where over the Translberian
railroad the Russians are pouring in i'm
migrants at the rate of 10000 per day,
down to this very tip OF the Malay PENN
sula within eighty miles of the equator,
where new roads are making, railroads
building and cities are rising into being, 1
have told you how the Chinese are pre-
pairing for a constitutional government and
how the Japanese have overthrow the old
courts and corruption Of Korea and are
there i%nstituting schools and civilized ways.
I Mar that similar work has begun in the
French Chinese possessions; and also in
Siam, where Bangkok, the capital, is now a
live, up-to-date city with electric lights,
street railroads, telephones, newspapers and
schools.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

,ony. Hongkcng 10 practically q Chinese
city, n the same will be the case with
Manila If we allow them to come.
The Chinese of these far-away islands
are different from our laundrymen of the
United States. They nave rich men among
them. who spend money like water. Many
have magnificent homes, and their wives
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
LAUGHS FOR TWELVE
HOURS CONTINUOUSLY
HORSE TRADER ONLY STOPS
WHEN ELECTRIC CURRENT 10
CONNECTED.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. Nov. A.
Trading q mule for a shaved tail''
horse appealed to the humor OF s.
II. Schrap, OF this city. and he began
laughing. He laughed ten minutes,
an hour, with the tears rolling down
his cheeks. and still he didn't stop.
His friends, becoming alarmed,sum-
moned a physician, but the physician
couldnt stop the hearty "hal hal"
When six hours had passed and Sch
rapp was still convulsed with laugh
ter smother physician was called and
still tie horse traders merriment
ruled
Schrspp vas proclaimed the champ
ion Marathon laughe-. but that didn't
stop him and an electric battery was
brought into play. Just as the merry
laugh had rounded out twelve hours
the trader was given q heavy electric
STA X the "ha! hasl" ceased and Sch
rapp fell over exhausted. 1t was
thought for a time that the man
would die, but to-day he shows no
Ill effects from the long laugh.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
SEEKING RELEASE
OF C. CARPENTER
Young MAN WAS SENT TO pRML
TERTIARY FOR THREE VEARo
FROM HERE.

Dr.. Haverly, OF South Gibson, p,
Iis tn Columbia in the interest O.
Charles Carpenter, young man VIA
was convicted and sentenced to the
penitentiary in December, 1eoe, a. /.
result Of . charge Of entering or ~
tempting to enter and burglarixo the
house Of Cloyd Whitaker, In Glendale
The young man wac shot in the
shoulder bat managed to get to the
barn where he was captured, and his
trial followed and he was sentenced
to three years In the penitentiary.
His home 10 in South Gibson, PennGyl.
vania 1t SENS the young man had
borne q good reputation prior to the
unfortcnats occurrence mentioned
above, and Or. Haverly's efforts in hip
behalf are prompted by philanthrOpla
notives He has already served quite
portion Of his sentence, and the do
.or hopes to secure his release. ana no
working to that emo
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
ASSN.
FORMED HERE
LOCAL MINISTERS UNITE IN Or
GANIzATloN TO HELP THE
CHURCHES.

The Pastors Association OF Colum
bia was formed Monday morning al
the pastors study OF the First Metho
dist church, by electing Rev. T. II.
Athsy chairman and Rev. P. %. Free
man secretary Of the organization.
Meetings will be held at this place on
the first Monday in each month, and
the pastors of the city and surround
ing country are cordially invited to
meet with the association.
The meeting was called to order by
DR.. Athey as temporary chairman, the
following members being present:
Rev. T. H. Athey, Rev. J. G. Molloy,
Rev. w. T. Haggard. Rev. w. L.
Spears and Rev. p D. Freeman.
At the next meeting Rev. T. H. Ath-
ey will lead in the discussion, taking
for his subject, Religious Conditions
In Columbia As l See Them" The
meeting win be held at eleven o'clock
N the morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
Y ONE NAVY
YARD FOR GULF
SECRETARY MEYER THINKS
THERE ARE TOO MANY ON
THE COAST.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 0.-BAck from
an inspection tour that extended over
1883 miles, Secretary Of the Navy
Meyer reach Washington today, con
ferred with President Taft and eft
IN the afternoon Tor Massachusetts,
where he win vote Tuesday. Mean
time be announced that there were
too many navy yards on the Atlantic
and gulf coasts and he expected to
make some changes in the work OF the
Mare Island navy yard He declined
to discuss the Pacific Island Sprds
until after he had consulted experts
In the service.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
TO BE- APPLIED
TO BOOK CAUSE
LARGE NUMBER OF BUTTONS TO
81 SOLD FOR SCHOOL IMPROVE
MENT ASSOCIATION.

County Superintendent Nohn p
Graham has received $500 attractive
little buttons which are to be cold "a
assist In defraying the expenses Of
Miss Virginia p. Moore, State Organ
lzer of the School Improvement Asso-
citation, az about half Of the amount
heretofore allowed her for the work in
which she 10 engaged, has been cut
Oh.
The buttons have been placed with
teachers and will be sold by scholars
at ten cents each, one half Of which
will be devoted to the fund for the
payment of Miss Moore's expenses,
and one half to the school improve
ment association.
The button contains the motto,
Health, Comfort and Beauty for our
Schools"
County Superintendent Graham still
has quite q number Of buttons at his
Office. The purchase Of the buttons
will serve q good cause, and almost
anyone can AFFORD to invest ten cents
to be used for the advancement Of the
cause Of education
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
SECOND CROP
WILL BE LARGE
DRY WEATHER WAS uNFAVoRA.
BILE TO GROWTH or 20.
TAToEs.

The second crop of potatoes is being
ne, and according to reports the crop
is not very prolific one, due to the
fact that It was injured by the dry
weather. The acreage was not large
al many people did not plant because
OF the failure Of the iirst crop. which
suered because of the cold backward
spring. The second crop 10 kept prin-
ripally for seed 30 1t does not play =
very important part in the matter Of
prices at this time. Potatoes Lave
fallen somewhat in price recently. but
it is thought they viii 20 higher In the
near future.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
MURDER MYSTERY
STILL UN> OLVED
WHO KILLED MRS. MARY HACK.
NEY IN CINCINNATI MAY
NEVER az TOLD.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 6.--After hav-
ing run down more than 100 clues IN
efforts to discover the murderer OF
Mrs. Mary Hackney, whose body was
found In her home Oct. Is with her
throat cut and skull crushed, the po-
lice today ordered the canal drained
at point near the scene Of the traE.
edy.
This move was decided upon NJ
last resort, the hope being held out
that the weapons used In the murder
and perhaps other evidence might be
found which would aid in the detec-
tion Of the murderer. Nothing in the
nature Of clue resulted from thu sep
taken today ana tho case nov aasTns
closed
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
THEY SOLD SOME
OVERRIPE EGGS
PHILADELPHIA MEN ARE SENT
TO PRISON FOR THREE
MONTHS AND FINED.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.-The Arst
prison sentence imposed under q 70.
cent act of the legislature for salltne
eggs unit for food was passed BY
Judge Barrett In the quarter sessions
court here today, when he sentenced
George y. Ellis, Water street com
mission merchant to three months il
the cornty prison Thomas d. Ellth
was fined $500 and the costs a The
prosecution. Abraham Staples, an
other egg dealer. was Also sentenced
to three months In the county prison
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
CREDITORS BILL
AGAINST JEWELRY
PROPERTY or 1. MURRY HAIR
AND J. A. PiFER AT MT. PLEAS.
ANT 10 ATTACHED.

A general creditors bin was filed
In the Chancery Court today By Fishel
Messler q Co, of New York, against
I. Murray Hair and J. A. Pifer who
recently aIctioned OF the stock OF the
bankrupt firm Of James Bros. Jewel
~ Company. The remains OF the
stock of this firm which were carried
to Mt. Pleasant was attached and
the bank account of the owners gar
nishesd. The blu was fled by w. C.
Salmon attorney.
The claim o fthe complainant Ii
1880 OF which s1y0S7 " past dpA
However the bin 10 fled for and
on behalf OF all the creditors Of which
has any knowledge and
all OF the assets OF the defendants are
attached and the bill pays that the
same be sold for pro rata for the ben
eft Of ali the creditors. The debts
are alleged to be about $4,000 and the
assets some $4,000 or $500. The
debts are said to have been made by
The defendants In South Csrolina just
before they came here and just after
hey reached Columbia A Baltimore
creditor has already served an attach
nent on the stock Of goods. but the
present bill prays that the stock be
old for pro rata among all creditors.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
Both Speedy and Ensotix.

This indicates the action OF Foley
Kidney Pills as s. Parsons, Battle
Creek, Mich. illustrates: II have
been afflicted with a severe case OF
kidney and bladder trouble for which
] found no relief until / used Foley
Kidney Pills. These cured me en-
tirely of all my ailments. was
troubled with backaches and severe
shooting pains with annoying urinary
Irregularities The steady use OF
Foley Kidney Pills rid me entirely
Of all my former troubles. They
have my highest recommendation" -
BROOKS-LATHAM DRUG co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11

& Alderman J. N. Dedman introduced
. resolution In the meeting Of the city
council Thursday night for the pur
pose Ct preventing crooked work m
auction sales. The resolution whSch
was introduced, Is AZ follows:
Section BE It ordained By the
City Of Columbia, that q privilege tax
OF $1,000 be imposed on all persons,
firms or corporations who shah bring
into the city limits Of Columbia, any
stock Of goods or merchandise for the
purpose Of auctioning the same; and
that this privilege tax be put In lieu
OF any advalorem tax on such stock
of goods. Any person, frm or corror.
alton found guilty Of the violation or
this ordinance. upon conviction WIN
be nned not less that $40 nor more
than fifty dollars, and for each ana
every said person, firm OF corporation
shall continue to auction them on,
transfer or sell, without paying said
privilcg tax.
Section 3-Be It further ordained
that this ordinance take effect from
and after its passage, the public vel
fare requiring 1t"
The ordinance was passed on its
HFst reading by q unanimous vote.
The usual number of accounts were
allowed by the council, and the vari-
GUS committees submitted their re-
ports
The City Marshal reported "a ar
rests for the month Of October, and
16 Of these resulted in convictions;
the city has collected the amount OF
&4,1S0 during the past month.
A representative Of the Southern I
Combined Show Company appeared
before the city council and asked for
the privilege of putting on q street
fair during four days Of next week. q
He made proposition that IL the city @
would FURNISH him with lights, water, !
etc, necessary to hi sshow, that he .
would give them 20 per cent OF all the
moneys collected. The matter was re- a
erred to the street committee, with q
he power to act
The matter Of certain citizens who u
vant to get outside the corporate b
limits, was passed up until the 1ext b
Meeting, this being matter for the d
legislature to act upon.
Aldermen Dedman. McAlister and h
'herry were appointed q committee to
make an estimat eof the cost Of q new is
ngine house, and to report to the Il
ouncil at :ts next meeting.
The city barn which was DESTROYED @
y IRE, with its contents was estimat.
d at loss Of $1,000, with $3.50 in d
uraRce. The city has purchased m
ome mules for $3.50. and 10 figuring nj
d thousand feet Of new hose. til
The council adjourned after n sen- W.
Ion LASTING about forty-nve minutes. az
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
COLORED- SCHOOL
HAD GOOD PARADE

The colored teachers and pupils had
a sort OF rally day demonstration this
afternoon. and . large number 40
ssmbled ct the court house and march
ed to the "colleger where the sxsr-
discs were AslA. Most Of them car
ned aagA
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
TRADE TAYLOR
In WASHINGTON
WHISKY CANDIDATE GETS VOTES
or HOOPER MEN m Ex-
CHANGE 10 SCHEME.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. IA
special from Johnson City says the
mask was torn on Of Bob Taylor here
today when his advocates In Wash
inxton county bega INTO offer votes for
Hooper In exchange for votes or Roy.
ton, whisky candidate for the Iegisla-
tura A bis fund has been received
here TO aid Royton's cause.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
CAUGHT FINE LOT
OF RIVER TROUT

John T. Wooten and George 7.
Hughes, Jr.. returned late Thursday
afternoon from two days fishing trip
up the river. bringing with them
splendid string Of sixteen trout which
averaged nound and half each.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
CHANCERY COURT
ADJOURNED UNTIL 80 TIL

Judge Bearden arrived from Shelby
VILE at 4:30 Friday and held court
q while, and convened court again
this morning when adjournment was
taken until Nov. 20 a. there are 9
number Of cases in which the lawyers
are not ready for trial due to the fact
that Circuit Court convened 20 soon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11

For . mild easy action Of the bow
IL. . sinxle dose of Doan's ReElets II
Treatment cures habitual
Csc q box. AK your
iruggist for them.