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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
LOWERED Fl. SUMPTER FLAG
Veteran Of Famous Battle Celebrates
Anniversary Of Event by Play
Ing Billiards.

April 10 was the forty-ninth amir
versary Of the taking OF Fort Sumter
by the confederate forces. There has
always been some doubt as 10 the
Identity Of the man who fired the FIRST
shot In that famous fight; but there
has never been a question as to the
identity OF the man who, on that 18th
of April, 1860. lowered the American
flag from over the fort In the first de.
feat suffered by the Union army in
the Civil war. The man was Lieut..
Col. II. W. Hammer, now a resident
Of Los Angeles, and the old man, now
more than seventy years old. cele
brated the fall OF that famous fort by
playing billiards all afternoon with a
fellow soldier at his hotel.
Although having passed his three
score years and ten, the old soldier
is hale and hearty. and the hand that
held the billiard cue was as steady
and the eye as clear as they were 49
years ago, when he lowered the flag
II is his boast that he can outwork
many a man 20 years younger than
himself He neither drinks, smokes
nor chews, and he thinks nothing Of
starting out in the morning for a ten.
mile ramble over the hills.
Colonel Hammers memory IN re-
gard to the taking Of the fort "a yon,
derfully clear, and to hear him tel Of
he events which took place during
the battle, one would think they had
happened yesterday instead Of nearly
half a century ago.
Il was regimental quartermaster
sergeant, First artillery" said Colonel
Hammer. Il was assigned to Fort
Moutrie, but was transferred with
two companions Of artillery to Fort
Yards from Moultrie. The reason for
abandoning Fort Moultrie was that 1t
could be easily swept by a rife fire
rom the tops Of the nearby houses.
The confederate troops were sta
toned in front of Sumter, and when
hey saw us transferring all our forces
o that fort they began building bat
cries. The next day, the 18th of
April, they sent a demand to Major
Anderson, who was in command Of
Fort Sumter, to surrender. Anderson
'efused, and word was sent that un-
ess he surrendered within an hour
.hey would open fire.
Our supplies were low. He had
heard that lincoln was sending relief
but whether or not we could hold out
intil it reached US we did not know.
Dur ammunition was low, too
Anderson agreed that unless pro-
Visions reached US by the fifteenth we
would leave the fort, and meanwhile
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

tween But there was no need for In
tervention. Duxbury Farley had only
TO step aside, and Tom fell heavily,
clutching the air as he went down.
The dusty office which had once been
his mothers sittlng-room was cleared
OF all save his rather when Tom re-
covered consciousness and sat up with
Caleb's arm 10 help.
There, now, Buddy; you ortnt 20
tried to get up and come down hero, "
said the father soothingly. But Toms
blood was on fire
Tell met" he raved; shave they got
the foundry away from your"
Caleb nodded gravely But don't
you mind none about that, son. What
I'm sweatin' about now is the fix you're
In"
Tom struggled TO his feet, tottering
IN cut the heart out of these de-
mons that have robbed you. Give mo
the pistol from that drawer, and drive
me down to the station before their
train comes I'll do II, I'll do II nowl"
But when old Longfellow ilgglng
vertically between the buggy shafts,
picked his way out Of the furnace yard,
he was permitted 10 turn Of his own
accord In the homeward direction; and
an hour later the sick man was back
IN bed, with inslstent calls for Ardea.
And this time Miss Dabney did not
come.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
Mhnt Hnnpened to BiII.

Mrs. Dixon was putting Frank, aged
six, and Willie, aged four, to sleep
with a bedtime story when she was
suddenly compelled to answer the
doorbell. fastening away with the in
tention Of Immediately returning, Mrs
Dixon was detained by a caller. Ths
boys grew restless. Finally, running
to the top of the stairs. where he
knew his mother could get perfect
view Of him, Frank used nearly all his
small stock of diplomacy in trying to
attract his mothers attention without
disturbing the visitor After several
futile attempts at gesticulations he
called out in a loud whisper perfectly
audible to both ladies below, Mamma
you'd better come up" then in a most
awe inspiring tone adding, "'cause
Bills nose is comm unwiped!"-
Youths Companion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

he said he would make no hostile
movements This did not satisfy the
confederates, who were under General
Beauregard, end between two and
three o'clock on the morning of the
twelfth they opened fire. The first
shot came from a mortar on Johnson's
island. 1t was afterward said that the
first shot was fired by former Gov
ernor Ruffo of Virginia from the iron
clad battery on Morris island. but
this is not right.
$50 low was our ammunition that
we could not afford to waste a shot;
every shell had to tell, so we waited
until it was light enough for our gun
ners to take careful aim before reply
ing to the fire Of the confederates.
There is a popular idea that An
derson surrendered the fort. That is
not true. We did not surrender. and
never would have. We marched out
under Anderson's own terms, with our
flag flying and the band played yam.
kee Doodle, and we were allowed to
board the transport Isabella, which
was lying in the harbor."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
New THINGS in the South.

New to me-" said a traveller re.
Gently returned from his first trip in
the south, was the lunch table on
wheels that they push alongside the
trains there for the convenience OF
passengers in the cars. We saw one
Of these at a station in North Caro-
lima. Table, maybe four feet long by
two feet wide, built rather high ana
set upon wheels big enough so that
the table could be moved about on
them easily. Sort of a two-story table
this, the lower story being practicaIly
a long, broad shelf underneath. on
which they keep supplies from which
to replenish the things on sale
oranges, bananas, sandwiches and ga
on. At a station where there is M
dining room or where the train doesn't
stop long they roll this table along al
the side Of the cars; the table top IL
high enough for passengers to reach
the things on 1t from the car win.
lows.-New York Sun.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
Documents in Unknown Tongue.

Some documents from central Asia
have been acquired by the Asiatic so
ciety Of Bengal from a Montenegrin.
They consist of five leaves Of brown.
ish yellow paper, measuring eight
inches by 81 inches.
The significance of these five leaves,
the genuineness Of which cannot be
doubted, is that scholars are here con.
fronted with a number Of consecutive
passages in a language to which nc
clew has yet been found, and of which
hitherto only fragments have been
rescued from the sands of central
Asia.
It is possible that by means of these
five leaves an important literary Ian
guage of whose existence the world
had no suspicion may be rescued from
oblivion. The paging on the reverse
of each leaf shows that they once
formed part of an extensive work
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

pire. This period has a very bad
reputation; not only was it full of
disorder, civil war, scandalous law
suits, but nearly all Of its most illus
trious personages were VIGOROUSLY
vicious, beginning with the most IL.
lustrious of them all, julius Caesar.
All were deep in debt drunkards,
gluttons, spendthrifts; they were dis
solute, when not accused outright of
giving themselves up to the most de-
grading pollution. There is no in
fanny that has not been attributed to
them. Only a very few have es-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
TIhetnn Penal Code.

The Tibetan penal code is curious.
Murder is punished with fine, vary
ing according to the Importance of the
slain; theft by fine of seven to one
hundred times the value of the article
stolen. Here, again, the fine depends
on the social Importance Of the person
from whom the theft has been com
mitted. The harborer of a thief is
looked upon as a worse criminal than
the thief himself Ordeals by fire and
by boiling water are still used as
proofs of innocence or guilt, exactly as
was the custom in Europe in the mid
die ages. And if the lamas never in
flict death they are adopts at torture.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
Curious Baths in Penang

One Of the many curious things
that strike the tourist as curious at
Penang is the type of baths with
which the hotels are provided. Pc
nang is in the Straits Settlements,
British crown colony in the Malay
peninsula, deriving it's name from the
Straits Of Malacca, which forms the
great trade route between India and
China. From each of the flrst-class
rooms opens a dark, cement-paVed,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

capped from this universal oensure;
and, with the exception of Pompey
and Agrippa, those who did escape
were of minor Importance. The 9th.
ers were either odious in the extreme
or else depraved like Lucullus, Cras.
sus, Antony, Augustus, Maecenas, III.
berius, Nero-to say nothing of the
women of the Claudian line, who,
when they were not poisoners out
right, were women of evil life, about
whom historians tell every kind of
horror Guglielmo Ferrero In At.
laptir
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

damp-smelling little room which
serves as the bath. In It is an i'm
mense jar of porous brown earthen-
ware, about 5 feet high, nearly feet
in diameter in the middle, and but
IL feet in diameter at the top. 1t
stands huge and graceful of outline,
but dark and uninviting, and is full
to the brim with water, not, however,
to get into. Near it is supply of
soft soap and long-handled quart
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

dipper. The proper procedure is to
soap the body well, then throw sew
eral dippers of water over it, repeat
ing the process until satisfied. There
is water enough to keep it up for an
hour or so, and a huge crash towel
as large as a sheet, to wrap up IL
when the bath is over.-Unidentifed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
ROME'S INFAMOUS PERIOD
Time When the Ancient Clty's Illus
trous Personages Were Nearly
All NotorlousIy Vicious.

1t is well-known that there is in
Roman history period which, from
the reputation that it bears, may well
be called infamous. This extends
from the death of Sulla to the death
Of Nero, including the end Of the Re
public and the early years Of the EN-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
A Necessity.

"A balloonist can't be a timid man.
HE might be-"
"He couldn't. Even as a matter OF
ballast he has TO have the sand"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

URGEON GENERAL wy
MAN OF the public health
service has been buying
such quantities of live rab-
bits lately, for use In his
business. that, In response
to inquiry, he has felt
Obliged 10 explain that the
animals are wanted not for
,,IuInncfInn hnl fnr tho
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
CUDAHY ESTATE
WORTH ELEVEN
MILLION

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-Michael J.. Cud-
ahy, founder of the Cudahy firm of
meat packers, left an estate worth $1l,-
100000, according to the win which
was made public today. OF this SUM
100000 is in personal property aud
the remainder in real estate.
Under the terms of the will the wild
ow, Catherine Cudahy, will receive in
annuity of $4,000 to be paid from the
estate by the trustees, who are his
daughter, Miss Mary T. Cudahy, ami
his son, Joseph NJ. Cudahy, and Albert
f. B~orchendt.
The will was made in 1904. There
are indications that the decedent gave
much property to Mr.. Cudahy and the
children other han that named in the
will. The whole estate, real and per-
sonal, outside of certain personal eff
fects and some Pasadena, Cal, real es.
tate, is willed to the trustees, to be
held in trust for five years and man.
aged according to their judgment.
After Mrs. Cudaby's annuity is pail
it is directed that each of the children
shall be paid annually 10000 for five
years and to John Shaw of Chicago
$500 annually for the same period. The
children are Mrs. William p. Nelson,
Mart T. Cudahy, Clara A. Cudahy, Mrs.
John b. Casserly OF Can Mateo, Cal,
John F. Cudahy, Joseph M. Cudahy and
Edward L. Cudahy.
To Mrs. William Cudahy of Milwau-
kee, widow of the decedent s brothe-,
is given $4,000 a year for the trust per
iod, and at the end of that time she
is to be given $4,000.
The following gifts are to be made:
st. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Chicago,
S 5000; st. Vincent's Orphan Asylum,
Chicago, $4,000; st. Elizabeth's hospl-
tai, Chicago, $500; st. Joseph's hos
pital, Chicago, $4,000; Little Sisters of
the Poor, Chicago, $4,000; Sisters of the
Good Shepherd, Milwaukee, $4,000.
The remainder of the yearly income
is to be given to the trustees, also to
be held in trust, and when the estate
finally is distributed 100000 is to be
given to Mrs. Catherine Cudahy, the
widow, or her heirs.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
SEVEN TROUGHS DISTRICT 4
is ADVANCING RAPIDLY
Especial Correspondence.)

SEVEN TROUGhS, Dec. 10. l.. j.
Randall, a capitalist, returning recent
y from Seven Troughs, has this to say
of the merit of the district:
"The greatest gold district in the
United States, outside of Goldfeld, IS
that of Seven Troughs, Nevada, ana
this young district has scarcely begun
to explore it's immense minerallzei
area, although 1t has several rich pro-
ducing mines. There are four stamp
mills in the district, two running TO
their fullest capacity treating hlgh-
grade ore. The district is full OF act
i've miners, while many operators are
developing additional properties VITA
rare values already in sight.
"There are thousands of investors
IN this country CROPPING about trying
to find a mining district like Seven
Troughs, in the initial stages of pro-
d%uction, Offering their fairest holdings
at a fair price. They are ready II
glad to invest in properties of merit
like these at the low initial price OF
shares, when they know of them. Am
making this statement for the benefit
OF my personal friends who are ready
to enter this young gold district with
their money and invest it at the low
prevailing prices which usually yield
astounding profits to the early investor.
Seven Troughs is such a district, but
its activity, richness and production
Is not yet widely known. Ii its rare
merit were wider known, / presume the
present prices would be higher.
"This young gold district has a
number of producing mines, and is De
veloping more, with more high-grade
ore in sight than many experienced
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24

miners ever saw. This high-grade ore
prevails in many places in the district,
together with liberal deposits of mill
ing ore. There are many more men at
work in Seven Troughs now than ever
before, though the recent dull times
have impeded progress in many
camps.
'tThe operators in Seven Troughs are
not gouging out the ore as they come
to it. to flash a strained dividend, but
are making mines. Large bodies of ore,
showing the resources of the proper
ties, are stripped on different Levels,
while the product taken out during the
progress of development keeps the
mills busy and pays all expense. Much
of the ore is phenomenal in value,
running 5000 and upward per ton, re-
curing guards to protect 1T. One mime
has over 70 men at work with enough
ore blocked out to keep the mill busy
for three years. Other mines have as
many miners employed as they can
fit into the work, while several pros
poets are approaching the mine class.
ga marked feature representing the
companies operating in Seven Troughs
is that the capitalization is not strained
into the millions, nor does bonded IN
d~ebtedness exist, and the price o.
shares is accordingly more than fan.
Banking interests seem pleased TO re-
port a shipment of gold bullion mt
this country from abroad. Why not
encourage its fuller production from
our own rich ore bodies at homer Inc
expanding gold production of Seven
Trouobs will command the attention OF
the entire country before the END %
another year
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
Essen IS SUED
AS GUARANTOR

The Nevada-C California Power Com
pany has brought suit against A. G. Els
en- to recover the sun of $3,353.95, to-
gether with interest and attorney
fees. West and Potter are attorneys
for the plaintiff.
The complaint alleges three separate
causes of action, all growing out of
guarantees made by Eisen and w. A.
S~taunton, in relation to the operation
of mining companies who purchased
supplies from the power company. The
first cause of action is one accruing to
the company on the guarantee of Eisen
and Staunton to pay a judgment
against the Little Florence Mining
company, the amount due ON which is
$609.05.
For a second cause the complaint al
leges hat the defendant guaranteed
the payment of a judgment, obtained
upon a note of James f. Keelyn and
the Nevada Mine Owners Association,
amounting to $1,217.90. The last cause
of action is upon a similar transaction
of later date and involves the same
amount of money.
An order of publication for the serv-
ice of the and a writ of at
tachment have been issued in the case.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL WILL BE
n n THRO CONGRESS

(By Clyde II. Tavenner, Special
Washington Correspondent of the
News.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 81. =
The Humphrey ship subsidy bill, which
nroyides for an annual gift of $4,000,
600 from the treasury of the United
states to millionaire private ship OWL
ers, is to be jammed through this SEES
sion of ongres at the special request
OF President Taft.
Ship subsidies are about as unpop-
niar with the country generally as tar
if revision upward. Yet the Republi-
cans appear to be ~unafraid to place
this additional class legislation upon
the statute books.
The stand-pat Republicans who were
defeated for reelection have nothing
to lose through voting for ship subsidy.
The stand-pat Republicans who were
reelected will vote for ito be con-
sistent with past performances. Be
sides, the Republicans voting against
measures recommended by President
Taft lay themselves open to the charge
of traitor, for which changing is too
good for them,' and in addition there
to may have their patronage taken
AWAY from them.
The vote on the ship subsidy bill
will be close. Several progressive Re
publicans will refuse to support the
measure, the president recommends
ton and implied threat notwithstand-
ing.
The best that ian be said for a ship
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
100000 CLARK
MANSION FINISHED

NEW YORK, Dec. %. The seven
million dollar Fifth avenue home OF
Ex-senator William A. Clark of Mon
tana has been completed after eight
years of work and will be occupied
early in the new year. 1t is said to be
the costliest residence ever built IN
America. The taxes assessed on it by
New York City amount to more than
5000 a day.
The mansion contains 121 rooms, 81
baths and four picture galleries. No
building in the world, according to ex-
perts who have inspected the interior,
carries SO much bronze as has been
worked into this mansion.
The building contains one OF the
largest pipe organs in the world, which
was installed at a cost of $300,0Oo.
There are $4,000, 900 worth of pictures
and $500, 900 worth of rugs.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
VERDICT
in mining CASE

WILMINGTON, Del Dec. 2e.-wm.
Bullock Clark o baltimore, professor
In Johns Hopkins university, was
awarded a verdict of $72,966 in the
United States circuit court here today
against the Ely Central Copper com
pany.
He sued for $100,00O damages for
breakage of contract Two months ago
he secured judgment and the proceed
ings today were to enable the jury to
fix the damages.
Prof. CLARK, it is claimed, entered
into a contract with the company 10
inspect its mining property in Nevada
and make a report thereon. He sad
he was to have received his emolument
in stock. The contract was broken,
however. and he did not make the trip.
The verdict represents the value of the
shares at the time the contract was
broken in November, 1909.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
GOODRICH is
BROKEN in HEALTH

NEW YORK, Dec. %. Edna Good
rich, wife and co-star of Nat Goodwin
broken in health since her return IT,
New York after the sudden abandon
ment of their play, 1.-THE Captain,
and the departure of Goodwin for Can
ada, has left her apartments in the An
sonia with the statement that she is
going into seciusion in a Lakewood san
atorium.
1t is said Mrs. Goodwin's illness
really dates from about the time of the
government raid ON the Offices of toe
Scheftels Company, a concern in which
her husband was formerly a partner.
Goodwin attended several examine
tions by the United States attorney in
that matter and then left with his wife
on the tour which was suddenly terml-
mated in Indiana. His departure for
Canada followed. 1t is said Mrs
Goodwin worried greatly over the
Scheftels affair.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
WILL BE
MERRY ABROAD

' NEW YORK, Dec. %. - Good =
' times are in store this Christmas I.
' for many persons living abroad =
' who have relatives or friends in =
' this country, judging from the =
' amount of money and tae quantity =
= of other presents that have been =
y sent across the seas. +
= Figures furnished by Postmas- =
= ter Morgan show that from Dec. ! Z
= 1889 international money or 4
= ders representing a face value of +
= $7,S25,45s, were issued in New +
+ York City and sent to foreign :
+ countries. =
= While the greatest number of +
+ the orders were forwarded to +
+ Great Britain, the largest aggrc- +
+ gate amount of money went to +
= Italy. In the same period 27,194 =
+ sacks of mail, containing besides +
+ Christmas greetings, 3s3,319 regis +
+ tered articles and 46,020 packages, +
4 have gone forward. +
+ Of the money orders issued, ST. +
+ 657 ,406 went to Italy and $685. =
+ 9S5 to Great Britain. +
+ + + + + + + f. + 49, :!
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-12-24
IS BEGUN
ON MAIL ORDER
HOUSES

CHICAGO, Dec. 81. - The American
league of associations, n powerful COM
bination Of mercantile houses through
out the country, has started a vigor-
GUS campaign against the proposed es-
Enlistment of local rural post service,
and a big fund is available to fight tbs
bill nov before congress.
For more han a year the organize
ton has been in the process Of forms.-
ton, bat heretofore all its movements
have been marked with the utmost Sc
crecy. The members have been mee.-
ing in the basement at zoos Calumet
avenue, the residence of Attorney Geo.
H. Maxwell, organizer and general
counsel of the association, and the II
Chicago houses which are members have
obscured their identity by having cred
it men, clerks and others not filing Of
fetal positions represent them.
But everything is now in readiness
for attack, and the personnel of the
organization is disclosed. +
Edward II. Butler of Butler Brothers
is president of the association, George
A. Partridge vice president, and ID. Ii.
Forgan, president of the National City
Bank, is its treasurer.
On the board of directors from Sa1
Francisco are: Il. A. Brand Of Baker
& Hamilton, G. +. Ayers of Holbrook,
Merrill 4 Stetson; S. Dinkelspiel of l..
Dinkelspiel Company; w. N. Moore Of
Moore. Watson dry goods company.
The association has a total member
ship of about 800. Many of the local
members are members of the Chicago
association of commerce..
Members of the association do a
wholesale mail order business and are
aiming their fight against the retail
mail order houses. The apparent pur-
pose of the campaign, according to the
promoters, is to save the country mer-
chant from elimination.