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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05

IL is estimated tina, the loss to the
state from forest fires ip Massachu-
S'''s in 1909 amounts % $23G.tT>.
fh'r" were l.531 different fires, and
'hc number OF acres burned over was
'2.>'>. Analy2iu~ these figures, the
state forester .irds that the careless
smoker who persists iu th. habit when
i'm woodlands "r p1--iu~ ,roueh the
country during r'c dry ,imc is the
rre'tost mcn'cc To- future forestry n
Nlssuchuos. It's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05

1t was a. IN. and Bilikins crept
softly into the house and removed his
shoes, but as he tiptoed up the stairs
one OF the treads gave loud crack.
rs that YOU, John?" demanded Mrs.
Ri!ikins from above. "No, my love-
replied Bilillins; "its the stairs. IL
luStrated Bits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
The Literary FabricatOr.

How did that story that George
Washington couldn't tell a lie get
Started?' asked the inquisitive youth.
Il don't know" replied the irreyer-
ent person; unless he had a press
agent that could. "-Washington Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05

Mrs. Im'u Rice, oc Lon2mout. COL.
recently received a c,rtinc.,o cuabl,n.,
ucr t. practice cmhdlniue Sho was
u." only Woman among the soycn
candidates who took the required cN-
animation and the only person who
a"t 20 certificate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05

%Chambcrlains stomach and Liver
Tablets invariably bring rclict t. Wo-
mon suffering from chronic const;pa-
ton, headache, biliousnoss. dizziness,
saIloWncss of the ski. and dyspepsia.
sold ly w. w. Sibelt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05

EN-rrcsidcut Zclaya threatens to
write q book to defend his admins
rotion. We can think Of no one who
would read it except possibly Sccre-
tary KnoX.-Ncw York sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
THE SPANISH SWINDLE.
"1tELATINE IN SPAIN" STILL.
DRAWS MONEY FROM THIS
COUNTRY.
Several Crooks Have Been ApprchCnd-
eel and Tried but 50 Far Have Not
Been Brought to Justice.

ington. has received report from
the American Consul-GCncral at Par
celona, Spain in regard To the band
of swindlers operating In various
towns and cities in Spain who make
n practice Of writing to persons i'm
the United states respecting the i'm
prlsonmeut of relative and the
guardianship of child.
The Consul General states that the
alleged prisoner generally describes
himself rs q political prisoner from
Cuba; he Is at the point of death
and has but one friend-the prison
priest-through whose good offices
he Is enabled to smugg,o an occa-
sional letter out Of the prison fort.
The prisoner is rich. Jle has
fortune i'm cash on deposit i'm the
United states. but the certificate of
deposit Is concealed i'm secret recep-
tacle OF his valise; tn, valise itself
has been taken possession Of by the
court at Carthagena, which tried and
condemed him, and will be held un-
tll the prisoner or his representa-
tive has satisfied the costs Of the
trial The prisoner has an only
daughter; dying I'm his prison. his
sole thought is Of this beloved off,
spring. lie has no friend or relative
In Spain 70 whose care he can COM
nit her. I'm this emergency his
thoughts turn 10 the distant relative
In the United States whom he has
never seen and of whom ne knows
only through hearsay or the family
tree. VIII the distant relative as
sumo the guardianship of the darling
daughter. and the darling daughters
fortune of about $4,000? II the dis
tant relative accepts the trust one
fourth of the prisoners entire for
tune will be the material reward.
The good priest will so at once to the
United States and take the darling
daughter with him. There is but
one condition: the ready money
which the prisoner brought with him
to Spain has been exhausted; the dis
tant relative is therefore requested to
send enough 10 liberate the valise con-
tanning the secret receptacle and the
certificate OF deposit. This money is
60 be sent TO the good priest at an
address indicated. and. having re-
-.
secure the valise and start for Amer
ica, the "land OF the free and the
home OF the brave" with the darling
daughter.
The above Is generally the first let
ter OF the series. 1t IL quickly fol-
lowed by another in which the pris-
oner pathetlcally states that his
strength is rapidly failing and the
end is near. He beseeches his dear
distant relative to assume the trust
and be a loving father TO the darling
daughter The third letter is from
the good priest himself, who I'm brief.
touching terms. and hopelessly bad
English, announces the death of the
unhappy prisoner; the good priest
adds that the darling daughter is
under his care. lie is ready to put
his promise into execution and start
for the United Stutos as soon as ne
shall have received the necessary
funds from the distant relative. The
good priest frequently lncloscs with
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-05
Simply a Matter OF Taste

If YOU want eye glasses that will be-
come you, as well as prove beneficial,
come to US. You will find our prices
are no higher than elsewhere, yet
We give YOU better service. Gradu-
ate Optician in charge of our opti-
cal parlors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
RAIL COLLISION KILLS FIVE
Fatal Crash on the Grand Rapids 6
Indiana Road-Accldent Due
to the Fog.

Portland. Ind.-Five laborers were
instantly killed and more than a score
were injured, several seriously, when
a north-bound extra freight train on
the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad
crashed head-on into a work train,
seven and half miles south of here
Friday.
All were caught between fat cars
on which they were riding and pulled
under the wreckage of the engine,
where their bodies were terribly mu-
tilated. The head Of Milutin Tome
was torn completely off, while Homie
Mandie was completely disemboweled
and his right leg cut off,
A special train run to the wreck
carried physicians. Who dressed tenn
porarily the wounds of the injured
and brought a dozen of the worst hurt
to the hospital here.
The two trains met in stretch OF
straight track N the fog, the engine
men being unable to see one another
until the trains were within fifty feet
OF each other. All jumped and es-
capped injury. The track where the
wreck occurred was being repaired by
the men killed and both trains were
running but ten miles per hour.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
SENATOR D0LLIVER DEAD
While a Phys clan Is Testing Heart
With Stethoscope the States
man Collapses.

Fort Dodge.-Jonathan Prentiss
Dolliver, senior United States sena-
tor from Iowa, one of the leaders Of
the insurgent wing of the republican
party, and lately a presidential can
didate possibility, died at his home
here.
Senator Dolliver passed away while
one of his attending physicians, Dr..
e. NJ. Van Patten, was examining the
distinguished statesman's heart with
a stethoscope.
His death followed an attack Of
acute stomach trouble which affected
his heart. His physicians announced
that his death was directly due to
dilation of the heart.
Senator Dolliver had so far re-
covered his strength as TO be able
to walk about his lawn. He had been
up all day, and at night entered his
sitting room for the daily consulta-
ton with his physicians.
The senator informed DR.. Van Pat
ten that he was feeling much I'M
proved and that he believed he had
about recovered his normal strength.
DR.. Van Patten cautioned him about
becoming too anxious to again re-
sumo his work and then began the
examination of the heart.
The senator was sitting in large
Morris chair when the physician be-
gan the examination. While making
the examination the physician Kept
I'D a conversation with Senator Dol
liver. and asked him how he was
feeling.
II am really feeling better than
at any time since my recent SICK
ness" he said.
The physician continued the ex-
animation and suddenly noticed that
the heart beats had ceased. He shook
his stethoscope, believing that II was
defective in some way. Again apply
ing his instrument he discovered that
the heart had ceased beating entire
ly. ...u,o
face he found that death had over
taken him. He died without a strug-
gle and without pain.
No one, with the exception or the
nhysician. was in the room at the
time of his death. Mrs. Dolhyer hav-
ing stepped out just before the phy'
sician began his examination.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
History Of Bed Cross Seal.

Charity stamps" first used in
Boston in 1862 for the soldiers relief
funds during the Civil war, were the
original forerunners of the Red Cross
Christmas seal. which will be used
this year to bring happiness and cheer
to millions The Delaware Anti-Tu-
berculosis society in 1907 for the first
time in America made use Of a stamp
for the purpose Of getting revenue to
fight consumption. In a hastily or
ganized campaign OF only three weeks
they realized $4,000. The next year.
1908. the American Red Cross con
Quoted the first national tuberculosis
stamp campaign. From this sale $685.
900 was realized for the anti-tubercu-
losls movement. In 1909, under many
adverse conditions, $250,000 was rea-
lized from these stamps. This year
the slogan OF the tuberculosis fighters
and the Red Cross is "A Million for
Tuberculosis From Red Cross SeseJ
In 1910"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
Popularity OF That's.

Every other young actress is call-
ing herself That's" said Henry h. Dix
ey at a dinner at Mauquins. That's
McGinnis, That's Endicott. That's
Schmidt-the thing is universal
Universal and ridiculous; for they
who have read Anatole Frances story
of That's know that she was very
naughty little girl, indeed am quite
sure that no real reader Of That's
would ever, under any circumstances,
consent to be called such a name.
1T makes me think of a mRn who,
taking his infant daughter TO be bay
tised, told the clergyman to call her
Venus.
But | refuse TO call her Venus
said the clergyman, Indignantly. We
nus is the name OF pagan goddess
Well, Low about your own girl,
Diana?' said the man"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
TERRIFIC GALE SWEEPS CUBA
Island Is Hit by Furious Storm
Havana Inundated and Thou
sands Made Homeless.

Havana-The island of Cuba has
probably sustained the greatest ma
terial disaster in all her history in
the practically continuous cyclone
which began with light rains on
Thursday morning, developing into
torrential floods and devastating hur-
ricanes. The western half of the
island suffered more severely than the
east.
1t is impossible to estimate even
roughly the amount of the damage,
which doubtless will aggregate many
millions of dollars. In addition to the
great destruction to sugar and tobac-
co plantations many thousands of
peasants in the three western prov
inces have been rendered homeless
and destitute, losing their homes and
the food crops, especially plantains
and corn. 1t now seems probable
that the republic may be compelled to
request international aid for the re-
lief of these sufferers whose condition
is most deplorable.
While all communication with the
interior has been cut off there is rea
son to hope that Oriente, Camaguey
and Santa Clara have escaped the
greatest fury of the storm.
In the city of Havana the losses
probably will exceed $1,000,0O0, main
ly due to the destruction of the GUS
toms house sheds, which were filled
with perishable goods, the sinking of
scores of lighters, many of them con-
tanning valuable cargoes which had
been unloaded from steamers, and the
submerging of about one square mile
of the residential section of the city,
facing the sea.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
RockefeIIer Gift $3.50. 900.

Cleveland.-John D. Rockefeller
has just given s250,0OO to the medi-
cal department of the Western Re
serve university on condition that an
additional $750,000 is secured by
Dec. 1. 1911. To make this gift GER
tain, H. NJ. Hanna. brother of the
late Senator NJ A. Hanna, has given
an amount equal to the oil king
gift and it is understood several
cleveland men viii add a large
amount
This is the largest gift Rockefeller
has made to Cleveland since he gave
$1,000. 900 to keep Rockefeller park
in shape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
EDUCATION AND VOCATION,

The Boston school board has estab-
ished a vocation bureau" the pur-
pose of which is to ascertain the con-
dition, the needs. the natural tastes.
the hopes and plans, of the boys and
girls in the grades, in an effort to as
sist them toward a life work with the
least waste of time and effort, says
st. Paul Pioneer Press Records are
TO be kept of pupils for two or three
years before they leave school, show
png to what extent their vocational
desires change and shift, and to what
effect they are likely to make a wise
choice of their life work. This is
but first step in movement that is
growing all over the country for the
purpose Of bringing education into di-
rect alliance with livelihood. If it
were absolutely known just what fu-
sure employment pupil was best suit
ed for and most cared for, it would
be possible to so direct his education
- "AoeCB OCtt ~ liz PNPA
and to the school, In England the
educational boards are cooperating
with labor exchanges and boards of
trade in an effort to keep track of
pupils after they leave school, and to
save them from falling into lines of
employment in which the money ex-
pended for their education by the
state will not be justified.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
ALLEGED BIG CUSTOMS FRAUD
MEMBERS OF NEW YORK ART
FIRM HELD FOR sWINDLlNG.
Government Declared to Have Been
Systematically Cheated Out of
Millions by Importing
Concern.

New York.-Charged with systemat-
ically swindling the United States out
of millions of dollars of customs du-
ties, Benjamin ]. Duveen, one of the
resident managers of Duveen Broth
ers, No. 302 Fifth avenue, the great
est art dealers and importers in the
United States, was arrested Thurs
day on a bench warrant by federal
officers. Other members of the firm
are also involved.
Erenry Duveen, his uncle, was ar
rested upon his arrival in New York
on the Cunarder Lusitania. Duveen
was released on bail of $4,000 tor cx-
animation before United States Com
missioner Shields. United States Dis
trict Attorney Wise and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Wemple asked that the
prisoners bail be fixed a 100000,
declaring that the frauds OF which
the wealth art deaIer is accused
had been Systematically practised for
a long period of years and that the
results of their operations in cheat
ing the government were appalling.
Duveen Brothers for many years
have numbered among their custom
ers nearly all the millionaire art col
lectors in the United States. The
firm was established in New York 81
years ago. The parent houses are in
London and Paris Joel ]. Duveen,
who established the house In New
York, died only two years ago white
visiting Paris. Scarcely a big man.
sion in Fifth avenue is without some
work of art brought to the United
States by the New York house. Among
their largest and best-known custom
ers are ]. Pierpont Morgan, Otto H.
Kahn, and Mrs. Coils Huntington
Other members of the firm whose
names were included in the warrant
of arrest are Joel J. Jr., Joseph A.
and Louis ].
The arrest of Benjamin Duveen
was made after a sensational raid OF
the famous store by six United States
officers. Hundreds of thousands OF
dollars worth of art works were
seized and carted off TO the custom
house, where they will be kept until
the case is finally disposed of.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
ROCKEFELLER ADDS TO GIFT
GIVES s3,e2o,ooo TO INSTITUTE
OF MEDICAL RESEARCH.
ton Bearing His Name Up
to $s,24o,ooo.

New York-John D. Rockefeller
gave an additional s3,S20,000 to
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
gifts to this institution $S,240,000 and
also increasing his known contribu-
tons to philanthropy, education and
science to s125,004, 662.
This total includes the estimated
value Of the buildings and land of
the institute. The income bearing en-
dowment, with the latest gift added,
is $6,240,000.
Announcement of Mr.. Rockefeller's
latest gift to the institution which
bears his name was made at tire open
ing of the institutes new hospital at
the foot of East Sixty-sixth street.
The opening of the new hospital was
also chosen as the day for the COM
ing into being of the new board Of
trustees of the institute.
They will take over the Rockefeller
gift of millions from the Rockefeller
general education board. which has
administered the gift in the past. The
new pOard OF trustees is made mp OF
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; Frederick T..
Gates, William H. WEIGH, Starr j..
Murphy and DIR. Simon Flexner, med
zeal head of the institute
The initial gift of the institute was
made by Mr.. Rockefeller in 1901 when
he donated foundation fund of $780,
600. In 1902 the donor added $1,000
600 to cover the erection Of 4abora-
tory and to provide running expenses
for few years. From the start the
institute was a success and its work
in discovering a new method of COM
batting infantile paralysis, dysentery
| and spinal meningitis attracted the at
tention of scientific investigators all
over the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
BENDER BEATS CUBS
PITCHER TOO MUCH FOR
CHICAGO IN FIRST CHAM
PIONSHiP GAME.
PHILADELPHIA WINS a TO ]
Only 80 Men Face Athletic Slabman
in Nine Innings, But Three Hits
Made Off His Delivery-Attend-
ance 27,oo0.

deiphia.-Through the master
ly pitching of Chief Bender the
Philadelphia American baseball team
defeated the Chicago Nationals by a
score of to 1 in the initial game OF
the worlds championship series. The
game was witnessed by 26,9S1 per-
sons.
The game was wonder in its way,
and Chief Bender, who pitched Tor
the Athletics, had the Chicagoans at
his mercy up to the ninth inning,
when he let down a bit and the Cubs
got their single tally. 1t was not
earned at that, as Tinker, who scored
the run, was only enabled to make
single because Tho. as had previously
muffed foul from his bat.
Only thirty men faced the Ath-
letics' pitcher in the nine innings,
and but three hits were made off his
delivery, two of them coming in the
ninth. The Athletics secured seven
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25

/ 1t is demonstrate that the fair sex
pay the heaviest toll, though by proxy,
TO the sugar refneries. The bon-bon
and chocolate. girl, and her name is
legion, causes confectionery establish
ments to outcrop in every block. While
candy is one of the chief forms of
sugar consumption, all kinds of con-
fections enter into the total and alto
gether the whirl of sugar as it takes
ON crested and curious forms in the
intricacies of candy manufacture is
the heraldic device of the sweetest
Teature that ever the sun shone on
the America. girl.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25
70 PER CENT
LAW SUSTAINED
FAIR TEST FOR PARTY NOMINA.
TON. RULES The STATE
SUPREME COURT.
TWO JUSTICES DISSENTING
Democrats in Many Counties Having
Failed of the Required Vote
Must Now Fun as lnde-
pendent Candidates.

Madison.-The supreme court In
decision upheld the 20 per cent re-
qulrement Of the primary election
law. The decision was rendered in
the cast of the State ex rel. l.. C.
McGreal, ct al. vs.. Frank Philips ct
al. Justices Winslow and Timlin
dissented.
In this case i was sought TO COM
pei the board of canvassers of Mil
waukee county to certify IT, names
OF the petitioners as thosN of the
regular nominees of the Democratic
party in that county, entitled to have
their names placed on the official
ballot as such for the general cleo
ton of 1910.
The petition. by appropriate allie
cations, showed that at the last pri-
mary election each petitioner re-
ceived the greatest number of votes
cast thereat for any one to be the
Democratic party candidate for the
particular county Office for which
he was candidate at such primary,
but that the aggregate vote of all
candidates for such office was not 20
per cent of the vote of such county
for the Democratic candidate for
governor at the general election in
1908, and by reason thereof the
board of canyassers will not. unless
judicially coerced thereto, certify his
name for o place on the official bal
lot as the candidate of his party for
such Office at the next general cleo
ton. The petition further showed
that the Democratic party is a polit-
zeal organization which has existed
for many years and without eXcep-
ton, on all occasions therefor pre-
scented candidates for public offices
and proclaimed party principles to
be represented by such candidate.
The defendants, as members of the
board of county canvassers of Mil
waukee county, demurred to the COM
plant for insufficiency and further
for want of jurisdiction of the court
over the subject of the action.
In a second case, that of the state,
ex rel, r. L. Hanan VS.. James A.
Frear, ct al, seeking to compel the
secretary of state to certify to the
various county clerks the name of
Hanan as Democratic candidate for
state senator in the Twenty-frst dis
trict to be placed on the official bal
lot, the same questions were raised,
and the court says that the cause is
ruled by the decision in the McGreal-
Phelps case. Following that deci-
sion the demurrer for insufficiency
must be sustained, the court says,
and the action dismissed. The court
so orders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25

hits, six of which were secured off
Overall, who was replaced by MsIn-
tire in the fourth inning.
McIntire proved to be effective at
once. The Athletics were retired in
one, two, three order for the first
time during the game.
The Athletics fielding was without
a flaw until the final inning, when
Thomas dropped til ker's foul pop
and Strunk later fumbled the same
players grounder to center. The Chi
cago team also fielded well.
Bender was pitching the game of
his life when the ninth inning opened
In the eight innings which had been
played only twenty-four of the Cubs
had faced his curves, and of these
Schultz was the only man who could
get to first. lie did the trick twice
once with a single and once on four
wide ones
The Athletics scored two runs in
the second inning and the enormous
crowd went wild with enthusiasm.
The Cubs had gone out one, two,
three in their half. Baker, the first
man up for the home team, damned
the very first ball Overall pitched
irto the crowd in left field for two Eases
The Athletics increased their lead
in the third inning. when they scored
tally, Making the score 3 to 0 in
their favor. The Cubs had gone out
one, two, three. Then thu home play
ers began to find Overall Lord led
of with a two-bagger, took third on
Collins sacrifice and scored on Ba-
ker's single.
In the first half of the fourth in
ming the Cubs managed to get a man
to first base. This was Schultz. who
got a pass from Chief Bender. He
got no further, however, as he was
caught stealing for the third out.
In the last of the eight Baker got
HIS second t o-baggC into the crowd
after Collins had walked and taken
third on McIntire's wild throw to
catch him mapping. Collins scored.
making the total to 0 in favor of
the Athletics.