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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
Accounted For.

Where are our poets of today"
Numbered the orator, looking over the
vast audience that had gathered in
the district schoolhouse, waiting a
breathless moment or two to let his
words sink into the minds of his
spellbound listeners.
WAL" replied Hiram Plunkett,
from the rear of the room, "our best
poet here is down to Bear Run cuttin'
timber fur steam sawmill comperny.
an Marthy Baker, our next author
ess in order, he'd to stay away tonight,
much to her vexation, becuE her pap's
cot the roomertiz.'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
Astounded GroUer Cleveland

Lamont, then secretary to the presi-
dent, or to other friends of Mr..
Brooks, who knew of his important
work during the campaign, President
Cleveland was persuaded that there
should be official recognition of what
Mr.. Brooks had done, especially as
he seemed fitted to become valuable
public servant. So, in due course,
Mr.. Brooks was offered the appoint
ment of consul to Triest
II appreciate the honor" said Mr..
Brooks, "but / cannot accept the ap-
pointment for reasons that are entire
ly personal"
But" he was told. the United
States is to have largely increased
commerce with Triest. the only Aus
trian seaport, and there will be fine
opportunities for good work there.
such as will surely lead to promotion
In our diplomatic service.
Still Mr.. Brooks declined, and when
President Cleveland was told that the
offer would not be accepted, he IN
ferred that 1t might be that Mr..
Brooks felt that the salary was In
sufficient
Il will appoint him consul-general
at st. Petersburg" the president said
So once more, the offer Of a place in
the diplomatic service. so important
as consulgeneral at the Russian CAPT.
tai. was made to Mr.. Brooks, yet he
felt compelled to decline for reasons
which seemed to him imperative.
In the president campaign of
1892. when Cleveland was again a
candidate. he appeared at a public
meeting in New York City. After the
great throng which had assembled to
hear the former president had de-
parted. and while Mr.. Cleveland was
waiting on the platform for his car
riage. Mr.. Brooks, who was present,
approached him.
MIR. President" he said. II am very
glad to see you again"
II recall your face very well, but
cannot recall your name" Mr.. Cleve-
land said. looking quizzingly. earnest
ly. at the man who had greeted him.
My name is Frank H. Brooks, and
you may remember me as one who
was associated in an humble way
with the presidential campaign Of
1884"
For an instant Mr.. Cleveland con-
tinued to look with intense inquiry
and question at Mr.. Brooks, and then
of a sudden recollection coming to
him, he seized both of Mr.. Brooks
hands with his own.
"Of course, recollect you now. ="
exclaimed Mr.. Cleveland. land l have
never forgotten the unprecedented
and unequalled and astounding ex-
perience l had with you after / be-
came president. Mr. Brooks, have
known many Democrats who have re-
| fused the offer of one office, but |
have not known. with the exception
/ of yourself. any Democrat who de-
clined an offer OF two important Of.
fees. l shall never forget that cir.
! cumstance as long as l live: I have
| had no other like 1t in all my ex-
/ perience. am very glad TO have met
| you, and want again to congratulate
you as the only Democrat, of whom !
have knowledge. who declined two
political offices. one after the other. "
Copyright. 1910 by f. ]. Edwards. AL
! Rights Reserved)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02

According to the little French clock
on the mantel midnight was only
twenty minutes away.
What queried the young man who
was holding down a rocker in the par.
Tor scene, was the longest day you
ever experienced?"
Tie fair maid on the sofa tried to
suppress a yawn. but failed
''Why-er-this one, l think" sNs
replied.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02

IIE RECENT Cuban hurricane
which swept across to the Flor
ida peninsula and, among other
i places in its path, greatly dam
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02

Hello, old chap eted the crowd
At the club. Back from your hunting
trip? Bag anything"
NO" responded Chappy Badshot.
YEARLY.
We'll, no wonder. You're a back
number. The idea of going hunting
with a tailless pointer"
"oh, don't blame poor Beppol He
had q tail when we started"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
His Opposite.

Men should fall In love with their
opposites."
Well. I'm in love with the girl
across the road"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS.

A taxicab in which were Mrs. Alice
Buckingham Morrison, widow Of Daniel
Wilson Morrison; Dorothy Morrison,
her daughter, and Miss Eva Bucking-
ham, Mrs. Morrison's sister, skidded
last night on the'wet pavement of the
incline at Seventy-eighth street and
Madison avenue, New York and was
run into by a southbound Madison
avenue car. Mrs. Morrison died four
hours later. The taxicab chauffeur,
Louis Albert, is dying in the Presby-
terrain Hospital of fractured skull.
Miss Morrison and Miss Buckingham
were bruised, but not so much hurt
In'the wreck Of an automobile, which
plunged into ditch when one OF its
tires burst while running at high speed
north of indianapolis yesterday. Lennie
Alberts, of Pttsburg, a chorus girl,
was instantly killed The car contain
ing five persons, turned over when it
struck the bottom of a ditch, and Miss
Alberts was crushed under it, Her
companions were only slightly bruised.
Attorney Alexander Mackel and three
Butte, Mont, women, Josie Mulhol-
land, Annie MulhoIIand and Mary
Holmes, were seriously injured in an
automobile accident near Anaconda
yesterday afternoon when the machine
turned turtle into a creek. Miss
Holmes was rescued from the water
with difficulty.
NJ. Helphen, banker, and NJ. Rou-
Inns, diamond merchant, while auto
MODELLING in the Bots de Bulogne in
Paris yesterday ran into an automobile
belonging to the Princess la Tour d Au-
vergne. NJ Helphen received injuries
which made trepanning necessary. The
others escaped with bruises.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
AVIATION FEAT.
Charles X. Hamilton Flies from New
York to Philadelphia at speed oil
Forty-eight Miles an Hour.

New York, June 13.-Starting on
what is declared by expert aviators TO
be one of the most ambitious aeroplane
trips ever attempted, Charles X. Ham
ilton, most daring OF American alrmen,
left Governors Island in New York
upper bay for Philadelphia and re-
turn at 1888 this morning. As he flew
across the upper bay and headed straight
over the New Jersey meadows when
separate New York and Elizabeth he
was flying about 800 feet in the air and
running very nearly mile a minute.
Philadelphia, Pa, June 13.ZTravel-
ing at a speed greater than that OF the
fastest express trains between the two
cities. Charles X. Hamilton, in q Cur
tiss bi-plane, completed the first half OF
his flight from New York TO Philadel-
phia and return at 9:2S today. He
covered the distance, SO miles, in an
airline, in one hour and fifty minutes,
about 48 miles an hour.
Hamilton appeared above the ava
llOn ltlui uuditci VI ihh' h'''
west Of Front street and Erie avenue,
at 900 O'Clock. He circled the big lot
three times, tearing to the earth on the
fourth circle, at point several squares
distant from where a crowd OF 10000
had expected him to descend 40
Drawing a packet from an inside
pocket, Hamilton gave Governor STUART
a letter from Governor Hughes OF New
York. He also carried greeting to the
Public Ledger from the New York
Times, under whose auspices the fight
was made
Philadelphia, Pa, June 19.-Hamil-
ton began return flight to New York
at 11:35.
Dispatches show that Hamilton was
compelled to alight in New Jersey to
adjust mis- engine, which was not work
ing properly He expected to resume
his flight TO New York at 3 O'Clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
MISSING HUSBAND.
Lake Como Murder still Mystery
Whereabout Of Porter Charlton
Unknown.

Como, Italy, June 13.-Convinced
that there can be little progress made
in unraveling the mystery Of the muir
der OF Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton
until the part alleged to have been
played in the crime by Porter Charl-
ton, the missing husband, is determined,
the police today began a second dredg-
ing OF Lake Como and started also to
dig up the ground around the villa
Legnazzi, near Moltrasio, which the
Charltons occupied.
The lake is being dragged in the
belief that il Charlton, too, was muir
dered, his body was probably thrown
into the lake, as was that OF his wife.
The Como chief OF police and U. S.
Consul Caughy at Milan are firm in
the belief that Charlton was murdered.
The chief OF police says that all stories
of Charlton having been seen after the
murder of his wife are either cases OF
mistaken identity or a deliberate plot
to mislead the authorities.
The police have not yet abandoned
the idea that there may be connec-
ton between the Charlton murder and
the murder of Miss Estelle Reid, the
New York girl whose body was washed
ashore at Naples several weeks ago,
So far as announced the only thing to
connect the two crimes is the slight
similarity in the disposition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
The Coming Fight.

San Francisco, Cal, June 1.-One
thing is apparent today to fight fans,
and that is that Jack Johnson and
James J. Jeffries are about as perfectly
trained men as ever entered the prize
ring.
Both the big fellows have worked
hard and both have reached degree
of physical perfection that will make
them able to stand frightful lot oil
punishment on July 4.
From Bowardennan comes word to-
day that Jeffries has decided TO do a
lot of boxing every day from now on.
The big fellow has decided that he is
physically eft" aud he wants to be
sure that his eye" is right. In other
words, Jeffries wants to know that
when he aims a blow, he has so timed
his movement that it will land on, the
spot Boxing alone will do that for
him. and while his early fighting has
shown that his eye is great, the former
champion intends to take no further
chances. Corbett, Armstrong and
Coynski will don the mitts with the
big fellow every day. 1t is expected
that Corbett will try continually to land
right uppercuts, which Jeffries will try
to block, for that is Johnson's favorlte
blow and Jeffries wants to be able to
counter them.
Road work will continue to keep an
edge on his wind, but most Of JeffrleS'
work now will be in the ring
Johnson is training harder than Ing
ever did His ring work is occupying
most of his time, and Johnson Is
Furnishing his training partners. Even
the enemies of the black champion are
forced to admit that he is physically
perfect and that he is making a splen-
did showing in his training. johnson
today took his last ride in his automo-
bile until after the fight, Tex Richard
having put down his foot that the
big fellow mus! take no CHARGES OF be-
ing injured.
At least 1000 persons will see the
big fight without contributing 10 Bick-
ard and Gleason. 1t was discovered
today that the builders will be unable
to obstruct the view from the roofs OF
nine tall buildings surrounding the
fighting arena, at Eighth and Market
streets The owners of these buildings
are already selling reservations on the
roofs and have erected stands to seat
5000 persons. Richard and Gleason
offered large sums TO the owners OF the
buildings to keep people off, but the
owners decided they could make more
money by selling seats at fancy prices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
Tickled Nurses Feet.

Philadelphia, June 13.-Chester folk,
who knew young Dr. J. c. McCracken
when he lived in that city are wonder
ing who the pretty trained nurse was
whose feet DR.. McCracken is alleged to
have tickled while she slept when he
the doctor, came home one evening.
DR.. McCracken was arraigned IN the
Montgomery county courts at NorrIss
town on Saturday morning, charged
with non-support by his young wife,
whom he married in NorristOwn just
before he went to Chester. The wife,
in presenting the complaint aPlnsst
her husband, said that one eNehing,
when he was recovering from a sick
spell he slipped from the home, de re-
turned later, she said, and the trained
nurse who had been in attendanceupon
him was sleeping. Then, the wife
charged. her husband tickled the bare
feet OF the nurse, and the nurse woke
I'D. screamed and aroused amost every
one in the house. Despite this, Mrs.
McCracken declared she still loved the
doctor-loved him very much. The
court decided that DIR. McCracken
should contribute 81 per week to his
wife's support
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL.

The Director of the University of
Virginia Summer School is assured
that the attendance for the session of
1910, which begins June 18th, will reg
lister the largest number Of students
ever enrolled in the summer school
Fully fifteen hundred persons are ex-
pected. From many schools of the
south and west the entire faculties have
engaged board and rooms. The faculty
includes many of the best educators in
the country, and their subjects embrace
all the necessary branches including
manual training. Besides the regular
instructors there will be quite mum
Der of distinguished lecturers. Such
celebrated speakers as Prof W. II.
Bailey, Of Cornell University; DIR. Z.
w. Stiles, United States Marine Hos
pital, Washington, d. c., and great
many others will be present
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13

London. June l3.-The government
today made its answer to former Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's guildhaIl speech, in
which he assailed England's policy in
Egypt, and, mferentially, attacked
the Egyptian administration Of Sir
Fldon Gorst. the British agent and
consul-general in Egypt by declaring
that Gorst enjoys the governments
fullest confidence. The reply was made
by Sir Edward Grey, secretary Of state
for foreign affairs, and was TO query
in the House Of Parliament today from
Sir Henry Dalzell, liberal member
of parliament. DaIziel declared last
week that he would ask Grey whether
the government had lost confidence
in Gorst and today's reply is the gov
ernment's prepared answer.
Grey said there was nothing in
Roosevelt's speech to justify such
questions as Dalziel raised. In view
Of the fact that Roosevelt's attack on
GOrst was responsible for today's
query and answer and that Sir Edward
Cry was the last 10 act as host Of
Roosevelt in England, today's reply is
Of Unusual interest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
The ROosevelts at sea.

On board the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria, via, wireless, London, June ID.
Bongo is better. The severe attack OF
"mal-de-mer" which overcome Miss
Ethel Roosevelt's canine pet presented
to the daughter OF the former presi-
dent just before she sailed, has given
way to the remedies administered by
Mr.. Roosevelt Mr. Roosevelt is the
idol OF the stecrage passengers. His
action in attending the Catholic ser
vices held on board yesterday and adj
dressing the future citizens Of the
United States was followed by an I'M
precedented demonstration when the
emigrants crowded about him and tried
to kiss his hands, In two brief ser
mons" Mr., Roosevelt welcomed the
emigrants 10 America and exhorted
them to be mindful Of the duty OF
citizenship in their new homes and to
protect their women folk.
The weather has been perfect so far
and the Roosevelt luck still holds good
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13

patriot, " (by Bttorney L. d. Brandeis),
or traitor and snake" (by Attor-
ney Vertrees); Clifford Pinchot, as the
Jealous advocate for good government
(qy Attorney Pepper, and an arch
conspirator" seeking to destroy the
good name Of cabinet officer (by At
torney Vertrees.)
The House committee on elections
today made unanimous reports in favor
of the sitting members in the cases OF
OF Calvin VS.. O'Connell in the 10th
Massachusetts, district, and Yarmouth
VS.. Estopnel, in the first district OF
Louisiana Representative O'Connell
and Estopnel are the successful mem
bers.
The president today by official pro-
clamation turned over TO the open
public domain 202, 635 acres more OF
Mr.. Pinchot forest lands.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
today accepted the resignation OF
Lawrence BaiIliere. collector OF GUS
tOIllS NJ AuudlollS, hN'
General decentralization Of the work
in progress in several Federal under
takings is threatened by the probable
recalling Of many army officers de-
tailed for these purposes and sending
them back TO their regiments. The
active officers will also be recalled from
the schools and colleges at which they
Superintend military instruction and
their places will be taken by retired
officers as far as possible.
A commission to investigate the mat
ter of employers liability and work
men 5 compensation is proposed in a
bill favorably reported by the Senate
judiciary committee today. The com
mittee is to consist of three senators
and three representatives and its report
is to be submitted to the president by
NOvembes |, 1911.
Authority TO the attorney general, act
ing through United States District AT
tornevs. TO hale into court on quo war
ranto proceedings national bank officials
who "shall usurp, intrude into or unlaw-
fully hold" their Office was recommen-
ded today for passage by the Sanate
judiciary committee. 1t has passed the
House.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
Receives Threatening Letter.

South Bend, Ind, June 13.-Charles
F. Niedbolski, member Of South Bend
board of public works, is threatened with
death il he does not resign from the
board within a week This was made
in black hand" letter, which was
delivered to his place OF business with
the regular mail. The communication,
is as follows:
Beware You have betrayed your
people and thrown them down. You
are being watched, and unless you get
off the board you will be killed. You
have one week to quit.
Niedbolski refuses to consider the
note in a serious light, but friends are
alarmed, and his family is frantic. The
police, too, refuse to treat the threat
lightly, and have started an inyestiga-
ton, which will be pushed vigorously.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 10.

In very complimentary notice
given the Gazette upon its recent en-
Iargement and new dress the Loudoun
Enterprise says:
We congratulate our valuable eX-
chonoa mon the increased advertising
patronage which has made the en-
laroement of its forms necessary. II
is certainly time the merchants ana
other business interests OF Alexandra
were waking up and using a little news
paper space From our observation
there is less advertising done in that
CITY than any other Of It's diversified
industries i'm this section OF the south,
and as a consequence, Virginia trade,
which should be her portion, is attract
ed bv the more shrewd, wide-awake
and liberal users Of printers INK, to
Washington. Steady, straight ana III,
telligent advertising always pays. Mai
order houses live and flourish on It
home merchants will become moss
grown and die without it.
=
Our cotemporary's observations are
correct, we regret to say, and are those
of many others. The merchants III
the small towns and cities of Virginia
advertise much more than those OF the
CITY Of Alexandria-and reap the bene-
fit The names of many Alexandra
business houses never appear in the ad-
vertising columns of the newspaper.
An Alexandrian who removed from
this to northern city few years ago
sent to this ofIice a newspaper contain
ING many advertisements OF business
houses &c. i'm his adopted home and
reouested us to see a number OF Alex
andria merchants (sending a list OF
their names and ask them to adver-
tise their business and this city. We
wrote back stating that many OF the
merchants he had mentioned IN ms
letter had not spent five dollars IN adj
vertising in so many years. HIS reply
was. No wonder Alexandra remains
rs She does.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13

LESLIE NJ. SHAW, former secretary of
the treasury, speaking before members
OF the Hawkeye Fellowship Club IN
Chicago on Saturday, stigmatized the
south as ignorant on political questions,
saying;
The south is the best place III the
world in which to make speech be
cause the people are 50 ignorant of po-
litical questions 1t is not their fault,
the burden Of the great struggle is still
upon them. But for all that nowhere
Is there greater ignorance nor greater
eagerness to know.
Well, it is certain that the southern
people will never go to Mr.. Shaw for
wisdom.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
PICKPOCKET WAS A ZEE.

A pickpOcket was discovered in the
woods near Riverhead, Long Island
Saturday, but was not arrested. 1t
was a twig. In December, 1908, L.
NJ. Raynor, Of Riverhead, was in the
woods and unknown to him at the time
a twig picked his pocket, neatly ex-
tracing his watch He did not know
of his loss until he reached home and
he did not know what had become ofthe
watch. Walking in the woods Satur-
day. Raynor saw his watch hanging
from a twig about the level OF his head
He believed he must have bent the
branch down while passing and that
his pocket was picked at that time.
The watch suffered no harm by its
wear and half exposure, but started
ticking when he wound it up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13
Pastor Disappears.

Schenectady, June 13.-Diligent
search for a week in a score Of cities has
failed to yield any trace of the Rev.
Clinton De Witt Sharpe, the Seventh
Day Adventist preacher, or Of Eunice
Julia Whitaker. the fourteen-year-old
girl, both of whom have been missing
for a week. She attended his church
and was converted by him. Both OF
them destroyed all the photographs OF
themselves they could find. The only
help Of this kind that could be furnish
ed to the authorities was the patched
pieces OF photograph that the girl had
torn and thrown into an ash barrel,
and negative of the minister taken by
an amateur in his flock when he was
holding outdoor meetings in tent last
year
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-13

President TAFT and the public are
to be pacitied with commission " to
look into the matter of regulating stock
and bond issues by railroad companies,
instead of getting any direct legislation
on the subject. This was agreed to at
conference held at the White House
Yesterday. When beaten, appoint
commission, " was the formula OF a
wise politician of the last generation,
which President Taft seems to have
adopted as his own. Informed by Sen
ators Aldrich and Elkins at the confer
ence on the railroad bill that he posi-
lively couldn't have provision regu-
lating stock and bond issues, the presl-
dent foIl back on the commission idea,
and the Senate bosses promised to let
him have one. The provision will be
put into the railroad bill by the con
ferees, and the commission VIII DE OF
dered to report to Congress next SEES
sion. The bill also will carry an ap-
preparation to cover the expenses OF
the commission. There is no need for
such a commission as the subject Is one
with which every man in public life,
who has studied railroads and finance,
Is thoroughly familiar, but it will serve
to please the president and some Of the
more sanguine hope it will serve to still
public clamOr." Meanwhile high Ii
nance will have year OF two more in
which to impose additional burdens of
taxation on unborn generations by
floating water stock on which dividends
must be forced by increasing railroad
charges.