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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12
COUNTY UNIT IS
CUTTING A FIGURE

While never discussed openly
from the platform. the county unit
of local option is cutting quite a
little figure in the legislative
fight. The public at large seems
contented with the present local
option law. which makes an incor-
porated city separate unit, but
the effort to have the county adopt
ed instead is being pushed by the
Anti-Saloon league.
The situation is mixed as the
Anti-Saloon league has endorsed as
county unit men, candidates known
to be opposed to any more restric-
tive legislation along this line. The
Royal Arch, the saloOnmen's organ
ization, processes to be taking no
part in the fight. but it ia known
that it has picked slate of candi-
dates for the legislature opposed TO
| the county unit.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12
HALF HOLIDAY
OCTOBER 3

oh. joy Spokane boys and girls
on whom school days already have
grown irksome are to have half
holiday on Monday, October 3. The
reason for this is that October is
the opening day of the seventeenth
annual Spokane interstate fair. The
other reason is that the board of
education, yielding to the request of
the fair management, has agreed to
close the schools on the day in Ques-
ton, so that the children may have
an opportunity of helping make
Spokane day the banner day of the
fair in point of attendance. AS there
are about 1900 school children in
Spokane it is believed that the
school boards act will add fully
half that number to the days total
attendance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12
HOBBLE SKIRT rs
CONVERTED INTO
A BURGLAR TRAP

NEW YORK, Sept. IA boy
who came on bicycle, went
through an apartment and when dis
covered tried to get away on a
bicycle in girls clothes, distracted
Buffalo avenue, Brooklyn.
The boy was first spied by Tom
Mccarthy. He had put on Nc
Carthy's sisters clothes and was
gathering up a few rings and stick
pins. Mccarthy chased the youth
to the street. The robber jumped
on bicycle and started up the
avenue.
The boy was impeded by the hob.
bling in Miss McCarthy's skirt. She
had recently hobbled it by series
of minute tucks just above the
third ruffle. He broke the hobbling,
but by that time the cop had ar
rived.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12

pan of stew in one hand, a dead
cat in the other.
Your honor" he cried to the
desk sergeant, Il offer in evidence
this stew and this cat. 1t is dead
cat, but, nevertheless. is both ma
terial and relevant. 1t ate from the
stew and died forthwith. Ergo, it
was poisoned. Ergo, someone poi
soned the stew. Your honor, have
| made out CASE"
The whiskered man insisted
there was some mistake somewhere,
but was held pending an investiga-
ton of the strange affair.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12

Done your Christmas shopping
yet?
One-fourth of all the Swedes In
the world are in America.
Yes, love will find way. but
sometimes the way leads to Reno.
Canada was coded to England by
the treaty of Paris, signed Febru-
airy 10, 1868.
The Kansas corn crop is said to
be in shocking condition.
N. B.-This joke is positively on
its last annual farewell to u.s.
Broom corn is becoming a valu-
able crop in Oklahoma. 1t is worth
from $50 to 5000 ton.
Did you see the big fight today?
mo, where was it?"
"Just outside of the ball park.
Where We're yOu?"
AT the ball game"
A busheI of barley yields IS gal
Ions of beer in Germany and rs in
England.
Did you know that
Kyrle Bellew, the matinee girls
favorite, has celebrated his sixty
fourth birthday II
A. A. Aids has headed the city
directory of st. Louis for the past
decade. Hill
Many a man will let his good
intentions grow rusty rather than
his corkscrew. III
1T doesn't always pay to strike
back" III
mo, it's better scheme to hit
the other fellow first"
The only safe bet is the one you
fail to make. Il.
Women are always Drawer than
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12

men when it comes to taking
chances with matrimony. 80
Did you know that
The name Theodore signifies
gilt of Cod? Look in the back of
your Websters dictionary.
The societ ygirl really starts in
by coming out
I'm the blankest fool in II
states
"Whats the matter?"
Il was trying to explain the ball
game to Miss KiddO this afternoon,
and without thinking l told her it
was as plain as the nose on her
face.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12
DEAD WHALE A GULLS' ISLAND

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The ~.
son liner Buffalo, which arrived
here from Hull rently. passed
dead whale 40 miles east of Fire
Island lightship The whale was
about 80 feet long. Hundreds of
gulls were feasting on the monster.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12

RENO, New, Sept. 12-Sheriff
Ferrel has presented to John l..
Sullivan the historic pistol the Com
stock stage driver used to protect
HOrce Greeley.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-12

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The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
BRYAN SENATE'S EDITOR
His Former Employer, in the State of Nebraska.

Lincoln Neb., July 17.-Richard L., Metcalfe, associate editor of Bryan's Commoner, filed with the secretary of state as a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for United States senator.
 It is understood that, at the re- quest of Mir Bryan, William B. Price withdrew from the race. Price has cast his strength for Metcalfe, and was one of the signers of his petition
 This leaves Congressman Hitchcock, owner of the Omaha World-Herald and former employer of MT. Metcalfe, as the latter's only opponent for the nomination.
 Mr. Metcalfes candidacy, it is ex- pected, will aid in uniting the two fac tions of the Democratic party which have divided over the county option question.
 Metcalfe has the support of many of the antioounty option leaders, as we'll as the county option supporters.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
BUSINESS MAKERS MEET
ing Clubs of America Begin Their Convention in Omaha.

Omaha, Neb., July 1S.-President $. .. Dobbs of Atlanta, Ga, arose in the convention hall of the Hotel Rome tnls morning and called to or der the sixth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, "a gathering of Americas business creators" as he styled it. After an invocation by Very Rev. George A Beecher, chaplain of the Omaha Ad. club, and a welcoming speech by President Ralph E. Sun- derland of the same organization, there were addresses by Governor Shallenberger, Mayor Dahlman and Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock of the local club. To these response was made for the south by A. l.. Lipscomb of Louis vile, for the east by Joe Mitchell Chappell of Boston, for the north ids, Mich, and for the west by Pet Clayton, of St Joseph, Mo Then ev- cry one partook of a fine luncheon given by the Omaha Daily Bee and the Twentieth Century Farmer.
 This afternoon the addresses were by Arthur Brisbane, editorial direc- tor of the Hearst newspapers; A. F. Frost, l. II. Scurlock of Kansas City and Lafayette Young, publisher of the Des Moines Capital. Tonight wis itols will be initiated into the Knights of AkSarBen.
 Former Vice-President Fairbanks, John U. Higginbotham and R. J. Gun hing are among the speakers for to- morrow's day sessions, and in the evening, after a dinner given by the Omaha Daily News, Governor Eber- hart of Minnesota and others will talk. The convention closes Wednesday after the election of officers.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19

tant evidence is being withheld from them.
 J. Rigdon, son of the suicide. as- serted the double tragedy was the climax of an attempt to blackmail his father. Mrs. Defeux, who is dying in a hospital, said she did not know Rigdon and had never seen him until the day of the shooting.
 While the police are trying to find the reason for the shooting, still an, other and greater mystery confronts them. Letters found in his pocket indicate Rigdon was entangled with woman known as Annie Young" She is believed to be a woman who was with Rigdon in Reno and whom he introduced as his wife.
 Meantime, however, an Annie Hig- don' of La Grange, la, has been heard from by long distance tele- phone and she asserts Rigdon was her husband. She says they were married in 1898 and subsequently, lived in Chicago
 Il thought MT. Rgdon was in Reno, Nev.," Mrs. Rigdon said She was reluctant to give details of their mar ital relations.
 One of the letters found in Rig don's office and signed "A. Young" hinted at blackmail, and told of Rig don's having given the writer $1O0 ito never see her again." The letter was addressed to Fetzer, but he denied every having received it. The letter told of relations the writer had with Rigdon and explained she had begged him to live with her.
 Fetzer fatly denies he knows either Miss Wilson or Mrs. Defeux, that he ever received the letter, that he knows anything of the affair, or has any exact idea of the shooting.
 Rigdon was 61 years old and had lived apart from his son since the death of his first wife some years ago. He dealt exclusively in mining stock.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
NEGRO KILLS 3
U l
Drug-Crazed Black Shoots Three Oth CTS and Commits Suicide at
 Protracted Meeting.

Tampa, Fla, July 17.-While crazed with drugs, Will Ellison, a negro, went on a rampage killed three per sons. badly wounded three others and then killed himself His outbreak started in church, where protract- ed meeting service was just ending.
 Entering with a shotgun over his arm, Ellison announced that he was going to send all sinners to their eter- nal homes.
 His first shot killed Rev Jesse w. Avery. who was conducting the serv- ices. Then Ellison shot and killed Celia Bryant, his motherin-law, and Henry Clark, the church organist.
 He ran from the church to his home near by and shot and wounded his wife and sister-inlaw, Mary Bryant. Policeman Hayman heard the firing and started in pursuit of Ellison, The negro opened fire on him, wounding him in the left breast. The police re- serves arrived and found Ellison lying on the ground unconscious. He was hurried to the station house, but he died on the way It was found that he had drunk the contents of whis- ky bottle in which he had placed strychnine.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
To Extend NJ. D. &G. Read

Murfreesboro, July 18.-Chief Engineer Cravens of the Mem phis, Dallas and Gulf railroad has gone into camp with a party of surveyors to make a locating sur vey for the extension of the road from Murfreesboro to Arkadel- phia Work on this extension will probably be started in the near future.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
Program

Program of the fifth Sunday meeting, Union Associaton to be held with Bodcaw church No. ?, Bodcaw Nevada county A., rk.
 The meeting will begin on Sat- urday before the fifth Sunday in July at 10:30 o'clock a. m. 1910. Introductory sermon by c. W. Dorman; Alternate J. T. Downs. Was the man with one talent a christian, if so are there any christians today who are hiding their talent" M. D. Armstrong and J. w. Erwin.
 What is the cause of the lethargy in our church and what is the remedy" E. B. Jones and c. D. Cox.
 What is Bible repentance. "- w. K. Story and P. M. Compton. Come one come all.
 P. H. Herring, Sec.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
REDUCED RATES

Grand Lodge of Arkansas, Rational order of Moasiac Tenn liars of America. For this oc- bsion the I. NJ. Ky. will sell |ound trip tickets to Texarkana br Sl.92, on sale August 5 and 8; food for returning until Au- lust l4tn.
 Biennial Encampment and con' ention of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. For this oc- asion the 1. NJ. By. will sell tckets to Milwaukee, Wis, and eturn for S29.15 tickets on sale
 uly 2S, 29, 30 and 31st, good for eturning until August 18th.
 Annual Convention, Knights of 'ythias (Colored) of Arkansas.
 Or this occasion the l. Nj. Ky. fill sell round trip tickets to
 elena, Ark, for $8.60, on sale | ply 24 and 25; good for re- lrning until July 31st.
 Annual meeting, Grand Lodge,
 nlted Bros. of Friendship and
 listers of the Mysterious Ten. orthls occasion the I. M. By.
 nil sell round trip tickets to me Bluff for S5.52, on sale July
 and %; good for returning ntil July 3lst.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
CAME
 WARDEN SHOT JOHN o'CoNNOR AssAssINATEp WHILE HOLDING BABE
 IN HIS ARMS.
WIFE ILL IN HOSPITAL
Oylng Man Pleads With Nurses to Keep News of the Tragedy From Her-Assassin
 Escapes.

Springfield, H., July 17.-John O'Connor, state game warden. is dead from a bullet wound inflicted by an assassin who fired through the win dow of the O'Connor home while he was feeding an eight-months-old child. The mother is in a hospital, where she underwent an operation for ap- pendicitis. Her condition is serious.
 OConnor had returned from the state game farm at Auburn. Miss Julia Leahy, sister of Mrs. O'Connor, who had been acting as his house. keeper since the Illness of his wife, told him that a strange A.n wearing long raincoat had been lettering about the place early in the evening"
 OConnor paid no attention to the woman's fears and asked her to pre- pare a meal for the children and he would feed them. While seated about three feet from the window with the infant on his lap, the assassin fired bullet through the open window. The missile entered O'Connor's side and glanced upward toward the heart,
 Not knowing the seriousness of his injury. OConnor gave chase and pur- sued his assailant for three blocks, when he was forced to give up, ow- ing to weakness from loss of blood He returned home and was at once taken to the hospital.
 On Cot Near Wife.
 Lying on a cot in an adjoining ward to that where his wife is near death as the result of an operation, the wounded man pleaded that she not be allowed to learn of his injury
 John Hughes, past whom the as- sailant fled while pursued by O'Con- in heavy rain coat and a turban, while Margaret Priestman, who was passing the residence at the time of tho shooting and saw the assassin emerge from the yard, asserts it was man.
 The police are inclined to the lat ter view and have arrested Frank Stout, a miner. In his dying state ment OConnor said he had but one enemy in the world that he was aware of and that he was Frank Stout, with whom he had quarreled recently, at which time Stout threatened to get even and said there will be another widow and orphans"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
4 Busiu eesss Prop0sitio.

Did you ever stop to think, Mir. Business
 Man, that the news of you business IS as much a pa.t of the local events as . wedding or 4 church fair : T he lad~s are just ss
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
An Arkansas Boost

From the handsome cOlorad cover'page portraying in a wreath the products of Arkan. sas, the spirit of the state pre-. vails in the September issue of the National Magazine. The edi- tor, Joe Mitchell Chapple, made an extensive tour of the state with his associates, mingled with the people and has written an ac. count of The Awakening of Ar kansas, which is geography and history up-to-date. Nearly every county and city in the state was visited, and the story will do much to bring the attention of the people of the nation to the remarkable resources of Arkansas now being develop ed.
 MT. Joe Mitchell Chapple writes a pictorial and personal story that glows with the hospit able courtesy which was extend ed to him in the various places visited. This magazine will be preserved in every home in Ar kansas, and will be sent broad cast by her people to friends in other parts of the country who may not have conception of the wonderful strides toward devel- opment being made in this state. Thousands of acres are being re- claimed and added to the fruitful farm lands, the great mineral re- sources are yielding untold wealth, while the homes, schools and general development in Ar kansas are unsurpassed by any state in the Union in proportion to it's population.
 "Arkansas-A Reverie," by Opie Reed, is a literary classic in it's way, and a fitting tribute from the former editor of the Arkansas Traveller" Mir. W.R. Lighton, who recently awoke en- thusiasm with his story, My Arkansas Farm, has written another article for this special number.
 Altogether, the Nationals story of Arkansas, rehecting her splendid progress and immense opportunities for futul develop ment, should stir the r"'tia and stimulate the interest o4 every one within the state.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
MURDER AND SUICIDE
 MYSTERY IN CH|CAG0
POLICE ARE PUZZLED BY TRAG-
 EDY IN BROKERS OFFICE.
Man and Woman Who Saw the Shooting, Fail to Tell Satis-
 factory Stories.

Chicago, July 17.-Mystery sur. rounds the shooting of Mrs. Emma Defeux by c. w. Rigdon, a prosperous broker. who later killed himself, in the offices of John c. Fetzer, a mill lionaire real estate broker.
 Fetzer and Miss Mary Wilson, who saw the shooting, have failed to sat isfactorily answer questions of the police. and the latter contend impor-
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
old Newsp paper Man Dies-

Kansas City, Mo, July 17.-Henry s. Millett, one of the oldest newspa- per men in the city and proprietor of tho H. @. Millett company is dead from pAomaine poisoning. He was one of the earliest city editors of the Kansas City Journal. being . mem Der of the. stan when Col. T. R. Van Horn founded the paper.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
consu,'s Wife Is Drowned.

Gulfport, Miss, July 19.-Mrs. Jo- seph Dellorens, 20 years old, wife Of the Spanish consul at Gulfport, was drowned and several other members of the yachting party of which she was one were barely rescued while surf bathing at Sharp Island. near here.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
FLYER KILLED IN CANADA
Eugene Ely's Overland Flight Near Winnipeg Has Fatal
 Ending.

Winnipeg. July 17.-Eugene Ely. an aviator, in his third attempt to dy between Winnipeg and Portage A Prairie. fell distance of several hun dred feet. He was picked up on the prairie and died soon after.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
VIII Buy, Sell or irale
5 ',s, s,a' Fs' SUPERIOR BATH ECUgE

Ee.as, En'ans, ARK. Next to Arlington Hotel. n sSaers,e;fty5auon. Wrie A. Johnson. MutaS ao,s u;Suuay ;n.y colored post card views of A3,
 ~ ,uus'fated guide and full information, Ire
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
near future

nuch interested n new fsbr'. you have ON the shelves as they a-~ 'n any home happening. Your sto news and announcements in the; columns will reach large circle ot eager buyers. This will enable VI 70 sell your goods while they new and fresh and you will n have to sacrifice later at femnu 7 counter prices Think it over
The Prescott daily news., 1910-07-19
h Indigestion
 Remedy Free

,,.,, oeople who are otherwise hy Msmy suffer from indigestion, or eaos;a esi'm When you consider that pstpomach and allied digestive or ps are the most important organs sn .hs hodv. it would seem that a dis li.r % there is to be taken very ser- busly. .o.,ot eot the thines tbev pysFpd Fpopd sours in the stomach; then kts,,ic ks constipation begins, or as is often ase nroas. YOU have been consti2 ted all e s.r r" and the stools are forces and regt'dib. p,t there is no use letting indigestion our ountii if becomes chronic and under E,,ss s, your health. It is good advice to Ess, Ie. .nd get a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's ls. su,n e Pepsin, the wonderful cure for ppch rup liver and bowel troubles. That ohot C Fowler of Carson City, Mich, ,"and "m~d he is well today. Others who did a a same and are cured are Ida A. For I,ue of Grand Junction, Tenn, B. F. %nmpson, of Shenandoah. la, who ac- 0,iv nTnpI considers that it saved his life. any 0n can obtain 50-cent or S1 bott.e of ou sruaeist. and. taken according to di- ae,,ons M ei if will probably be all you need.
 ,s A liouid. acts gently. never gripes. Ind besides the. laxative erect, contains rceptional tonic properties which tone Stomach. and that is what Is es- ac,oI,v needed in indigestion.
 sd' sT :ufferers from indigestion who have .nar Mn used pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin e sr obtain a free test bottle by writing ss doctor. It will be sent direct to your Icms without any charge. In this way .uowsands have proven to their own sat- faction faction Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is I'd very remedy they needed to cure in. S.stion. When once you use this grand smedy you will throw violent cathartics. SSlets. salts, etc., away.
 > If there is anything about
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18
MIR. MOREHEAD.s SPEECH.

every voter In the State shouId
read Chairman Morehead'e speech of
acceptance, which is printed on the
next page in this paper. 1t was an
able speech. concise, comprehensive.
ringing clear on every point. Such
a declaration means much toward
Republican success in~North Caro-
lima.
The selection of Mr.. Morehead as
chairman was wise one. In fact. no
Detter man could have been found
TO fill this responsible position.
Read Mr.. Morehead's speech of ac-
ceptanee; read the platform. and
then get down to work in earnest and
help Mr.. Morehead bring up a big
Republican majority at the polls this
fall.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18
ANOTHER POLITICAL LIE rs
NAILED.

The Raleigh News and Observer
is charging or intimating that Marion
Butler was an attorney for the whis-
Key trust and for the holders of the
repudiated Southern bonds, and that
he was receiving money from these
sources with which to conduct Mr..
Morehead's campaign for State
Chairman.
Ii there is any Democrat who has
the nerve to make this charge in the
presence of Mr.. Butler, he will. no
doubt, prove entirely capable of TAX
ing care of himself. All that The
Caucasian desires to say at present
in reply is that both charges are ab-
solutely false, and that those who
make them know they are false.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18

Gillian Grissom was a happy man
For Mr.. Grissom is Mr.. Moreheaa
right-hand man. and to this genue
man more than to any other probapn
belongs the credit OF Mr.. Moreheaus
nomination. During the campas
leading up to that nominatioa n
Grissom sent out more than 1oV'Vs.,
letters and another 100000 pieces =
literature. Mr.. Grissom is an HUI
fatigable worker, who makes pohasS
part of his religion and lives IL e's
days in the year. Grissom is nor
part Of the chairmanship.-Weps'e'
Weekly.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-18

The Democratic politicians are
shedding crocodile tears because they
see the "Solid South" is threatened
with a shaking up at any moment.
Don't take it so hard, gentlemen.
This is a progressive age, and the
South is just determined to follow
Republican progress and prosperity.