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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23
GIRLS SEE MAN JUMP
TWENTY-S|X STORIES
Bookkeeper, III and Out Of
Work, filings Himself From
Skyscraper.

NEW YORK, November 23.-The long
est suicidal leap on record was taken
yesterday in this city when John II.
tombstone. a bookkeeper, sick and out of
| work, cast himself from twenty-sixth-
story window of the City Investing build
ing on lower Broadway.
tombstone had intended to kill himself
with a razor. but apparently after max
ing d tiny cut in his throat he lost his
nerve for that kind of death and took
the plunge instead. He fell moro than
300 feet and landed on and broke the
roof of the Cortlandt street portico en-
trance.
Practically every bone in his body was
broken, and the razor, which he had put
back into his pocket, was smashed to
bits, but his spectacles remained on his
nose and were not even cracked.
Several women i'm offices past which
the body fell grew hyste. ical or tainted.
a great crowd gathered III Broadway
and Cortlandt street, and for time
blocked traffic.
Leaves a Family.
tombstone had a wife and three chill
dren. His home was at Ampere, a suburb
of East Orange, n. J. He had worked
since spring for the New York County
Lawyers Association, but Saturday was
discharged. He had been complaining of
stomach trouble and was nervous and
melancholy when Monday he helped his
successor learn the details of the work.
Several persons in the Offices facing
the court saw tombstone jump and
scream was raised which brought hun
dreds of people to the windows The
man stood an instant on the ledge and
then raised his arms and dived.
In the room from which the book
keeper had jumped the police found the
mans hat, overcoat, collar and cravat
In the pockets of the overcoat Johnstone
had placed The razor case, his watch
and other personal effects. Among them
was Sunday school pamphlet. God the
Creator of All Things in which was
this verse:
Little beam Of rosy light,
Who has made you shine so bright?
Little bird with golden wing,
Who has taught you how to cing?'
Other Long Leaps and Falls.
Other leaps and falls in this city in
clude-
From the thirteenth story of the Park
Row building, suicidal
From the thirty fourth STORY of the
Metropolitan Life building 600 feeO, ac-
cidental
From the Brooklyn bridge u35 feeD,
suicidal and accidental
From the twenty-eighth floor Of the
new Bankers Trust building, accidental
Doctors say that as rue a person
who falls from IL considerable height
loses consciousness before the end of
the plunge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23

relieve Capt. Robert II. Bertram of the
command of light vessel No. 10; Capt
Bertram will take command Of light yess-
sci No. 50. relieving Cart. George b. .Res-
Mods. who has been transferred to light
vessel No. 46, taking place of Capt Jo-
seph l. Bowling, resigned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23

Dean she pumped the water from the
hull of the sunken craft and brought her
to the surface. The Dutton has foIsse
eral years past been employed in brin :
ing wood and lumber from down-river
points to this city. She is one OF the
Oldest vessels on the river. having been
built in 1871 at Marcus Hook. Pa. The
Dutton is an unfortunate craft and has
sunk in the harbor here twice In the past
wear or two. She is a vessel of twenty
tons register and is. forty-five feet long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23
Changes in Lightship Officers.

Changes In the officers OF the ightship
feet on stations in the fifth lighthouse
district are announced by TIE lighthouse
authorities. as follows: Charles T. Swan
berg mate Of light vessel No. q, will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23
worthington. II. o. Thompson. John
Benton. John II. Baltz. Leroy Living
..an Il Eant Charles Fisher J. z.

ston, A. r. FAINT, Charles Fisher, J. r.
pfeiSer. William r. Nagel, s. NJ
Thrift, p. c. Geoghegan, Bernard W.
Bontz, +. B. Helan. J. II. Chapline and
Earl wilson from the ma n bank, 10th
street and Pennsylvania avenue north
west; ]. f., Troth, J. +. Mattern, J. L.
shirley, William X. Baum, Latrobe
owen, Arthur e. Birkle and II. w.
Gauss, from the 7th street branch; R.
e. Briggs, from the Goth street branch.
and the directors, r. +. Burks. J. Fen
dali Cain. A. d. Carpenter, Samuel d.
Cole, Anthony Gaegler, William A.
Gordon. George r. Linkins, Michael
G. Mccormick, r. J. Nee. Julius I.
Peyser. Lester p. Platt a. d. Prince,
B. J. Smith, jr: Emanuel SPEECH,
G. NJ woolf and o. B. Zantzinger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23
Lame Lion OF Lynchburg.'' has writ

ten to friend here:
1T is true that no stone has been reared
above it (Senator Danies gravel, but
flowers have been repeatedly placed upon
1t. and such attention has been given to
It as would be expected. l have recently
had some correspondence with a large
conce n with a view to erecting an APP
propriate stone or monument, and have
a promised appointment with a repre-
senta tive Of the concern to come to
Lynchburg within a short time. in order
that the family may get together and
select some monument that our combined
opinions may agree upon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-23

"A Daughter True" by Francis Rob-
ert LIE Roux, In our next Sunday Maya.
zine. Entered IN our Prize Story Com.
petition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13

brief period.
But the tickle public cannot long
remain true to one idol, especially
after it discovers that his feet are of
clay. Roosevelt was fetish and his
followers were legion. They were
blinded by their own devotion aud
this very devotion did much to turn
RooSeveIt's head and lead him to his
own downfall. In the zenith Of his
popularity he did not realize that pop
ularity worship must feed upon some
thing more than reckless utterances,
moral platitudes and political axioms.
No one can remain popular idol
for long unless he is man of great
achievement or genius Of the high
est order. The crowd soon grows
tired of cheering and acclaiming.
Theremust be something in return.
The idol must show that he is WORTHY
Of idolatry In other words. the idol
must deliver the goods" Colonel
Roosevelt seems to have exhausted
his spectacular resources. He set
himself 50. arduouS a pace that he
vas forced to lag and the idol that
lags is lost, especially if bis tagging
is preceded BY sound Walloping.
The quick eye Of the public is alert
to note the faltering step and the wav-
ering mind. The Colonel said agreat
thing when he observed that no man
should be a popular idol. In medi-
tatiOn upon his own experience he
observed that no man should be a
popular idol. In meditation upon
his own experience.he has evolved
this cogent truth. KANSAS City Jonr-
nal,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13
THF Big SALE AT BORN'S
Store.
The Greatest Bargain PROPOSE.
tiOn in Great Bend.
A 100000 Stock Sac
Pificed.

The S40,000.0G stock is being sac
rifced. Turned into cash. Because
the Born store has many changes in
view, TO make the coming spring one
OF the most successful in its career.
The first step towards this is to
close out all fall and winter goods,
to turn them into money regardless Of
profit. Think of buying $500
Sophomore suits at $l875 and mems
all wool suits at $1,000 in broken
lines and odd suits, but that makes
10 difference, if you find your size,
you will get a suit worth two times
the price you pay. ~
What do you think Of mems 500
Flosheim shoes at $500. Womens
Queen Quality shoes at $500. Then
there's an attractive line of house
slippers for men, women and children
all at saving of Y off.
In the hat department they are sci.
ling the 300 Longley hats at 2 so,
the 4 90 Stetsons at 8 $50. The mems
loo shirts you can buy for 8Oc, I.5O
shirts at 1.25. In there ready-to.
wear department fifty cents buys a
dollars worth. All their ladies, suits,
coats and dresses are being sold at
90 cents on the dollar. just half price.
LOO and 1.25 suitings at SOC, 100
silks at 8Oc. p
Never in the history Of the store
has there been such an inspiration to
buy and it makes little difference
whether you are invited to a fire sale,
or salvage sale, or a bankrupt sac,
or job lot sale, you will not find any
such quotations. as you find there, at
Born's store.
This stock is being slaughtered for
the purpose of an absolute Clearance.
If you have anything to buy, you can
buy there with the assurance of say.
ing 25 to so per cent on every dol
lar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13

Mrs. Fred Gallup of Hutchin-
son, formerly of this city, received
a serious injury from a fall which
resulted in breaking her wrist.
This is the second similar accident
Mrs. Gallup has had in the past
six months. Her Great Bend
friends hope she will soon recover.
Her daughter, Mrs. Edward Croc-
ker left for there Saturday even
ing.
Miss Grace Post has returned to
her home in Chanute after a visit
here with her brother, J. F. Post
and wife.
Spend a few days in the sunny
South. See Whitcombe & Wer-
hahn about their excursion to the
Gulf coast.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13
Millinery Sacrificed.

Weare compelled to sell our re-
naming stock of winter millinery to
make room for our swell line of
spring goods which are dueto arrive
very soon.
Prices have been reduced to actual
cost and in some instances to less
than Wholesale price. The stock is
not shopWorn unreasonable nor. in
any way unstable but must be moved
for reason above stated.
Mrs. H. H. Nicholson.
Cor. Main & Broadway.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13
, As ToiPopaIap Idols.

Again has Colonel Roosevelt brok-
en- the fulislOous silence Of Oyster
Bay long enough to present the orac-
ular obSeryati0n that no man should
: be made popular idol. 81 consid
'er it absolutely foolish to make q fet-
'sh Of any executive officer, congress.
man or Judge" he is quoted as saying
1t publishes dinner the other even
ing and added that he would contin-
.Ne to attack bad officials as in the
past
But the Colonel appears to have
overlooked or, ignored, the personal
application sof his aphorism.s No
man should besmade a popular idol
at least until 10 has done something
that merits popular adulation. In a
sense Washington was popular idol
aad 50 was Aincoln. For seven
years and more Roosevelt himself
bent everpepsssy to become popu-
lar idol and achieved q very Aattering
measure of success. For a time the
country seemed to be PROSTATE at his
feet, just as, for awhile, the Demo
cratic party was prostrate'at the feet
OF Bryan. Many times idols have
been raised up and great numbers Of
people have greeted them as demi-
gods. Perhaps no man who ever
lived on this continent. enjoyed a
greater measure of popularity in civil
life than did Colonel Roosevelt for a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13

Mrs. Luttrell, Of Oklahoma, is
here visiting her daughter, Mrs.
R. A. Charles. z
Andrew Boyd is enjoying a visit
from his brother, Jno. Boyd, of
Foraker, Oklahoma.
Jno. Lindas of Larned visited
Sunday with H. E. .Lindas and
family.
Mrs. Tom Carter has returned
from McP herson, where she visit
ed relatives the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Doyle are
the parents of a baby boy, born to
them January 9Th. =.
|: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mausolf
are visiting with relatives in Idaho.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13
Real Estate Transfers

for the week ending Jan. 7, 1911,
furnished by the Barton County
Abstract & Title Co., Great Bend,
Kansas.
G. A. WeStman to G.. F. Marley
and 0. H. Hall, q.c.d., lot 4, blk.
%, College Grove Add. Great
Bend, 81.
Eugenia Anderson to City of
Clahin, q.c.d., lots $40, blk. ID,
Clafin, $35.
Fred Dumkow to Paul Schmidt,
w.d., lot 10 and s. y II, blk. 11S,
Great Bend, $500.
H. C. Colegrove to Eleanor V.
Reamy, w.d., lots 11-12, blk. 10,
Wells Add, Great Bend, $3.50.
H, F. Jones to Phillip Schmidt,
,w,d., lot 6, blk. %, Town Co.'S LIST
Add. Hoisington, $500.
Geo. M. Whitcombe to F. l. E.
Monley, w.d., E. p of lot l, blk.
81, Great Bend, $500,
F. c. Seeber to Geo. M. Wet
rick, w.d, lot 5, blk. "a, A.V.T.
Cos Add. Great Bend, $3.50.
Hattie Briscoe to Knights and
Ladies Of Security, w.d., lot l, blk.
81, Great Bend, 500.
C. Samuels to began Mere. Co.,
w.d,, lot l, blk. "A, Hoisington,
$1,000.
Sam and Jacob Wedel to Fred
Drks, w.d., N. p lot 8 and all lot
4, blk. 1,Dundee, $3.50.
Barton Co. State Bank to First
National Bank of Hoisington, w.d.
lot 8, blk. 81, Hoisington, 81.
James McKeever to John P.
Corrigan, w.d., S.W. quarter Of
S4-17-14, $1,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13
Death of Gertrude Randall.

VI wi ~ wv ANoAAoolAs
Miss Randall, whose death no
tice is contained in the clipping be-
low from the Pawnee Rock Herald,
made her home with relatives in
this city for several weeks previous
to her departure for the hospital at
Hutchinson. She was employed a
portion of the time at the OF.
store. Her bright sheerful dispo-
sition made her a universal favor
lite among those who knew her and
her many friends were shocked and
grieved beyond measure to learn
of her sudden death.
"1t,wa a shock to her many
friends here when word was re-
ceived that Miss Gertrude Ran
dali had passed away at a hospital
in Hutchinson, Wednesday even
ing, January 4, at $50 o'clock, af-
ter having passed through the
third operation for abceSS. She
went to Hutchinson a week ago
Tuesday and was operated on last
Friday noon. She was feeling bet
ter right along until the fore part
of the week, when she began fail
ing very fast, and all was done that
medical skill and loving hands
could do, but to no avail. Six
years ago last July she came to
Pawnee Rock with her parents
from Quincy, ILL.,, and has made
this her home ever since, excepting
few visits back east. She was well
known to most of the people in this
vicinity, as she was employed by
the telephone company here for
some time as central girl, and all
who knew her always liked her. At
the time of her death she was 20
years and one month of age.
"Her father; George Randall,
Rev. Myrick and Earl Logan went
to Hutchinson yesterday morning
and returned last evening with the
remains.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday morning at II o'clock at
the Christian church, conducted
by Rev. Myrick and the remains
will be laid forest in the Pawnee
Rock cemetery"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13

Word has been received from
Mrs. S. H. Gwinn that her brother
George Kincaid, Of Colorado Spgs.
who has been very sick, is slowly
recovering.
Several of our Democrat sub
scribers have made the editor hap
Ply, but he would be still happier if
they would all come in and pay up.
Mrs. Will West and sister, Mrs.
Grace Lagergren, have returned
from a visit with relatives. at
Marion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-13

Mrs. J. M. Sloan and son Ches-
ter, went to Little River, Satur-
day, on account of sickness of a
relative. .
The E. R, Moses Mercantile Co.
has received a new funeral wagon.
1t is a wagon for taking caskets
and boxes to the cemetery, depot
or such place and for the carrying
OF bodies except in a funeral pro-
ceSSion. 1t is a handsome wagon
1t is a handsome wagon and makes
a valuable addition to the already
large funeral equipment of the
firm.
We want to talk with you re-
garding our excursion to Gulf coast
points. We can interest you.
Whitcombe & Werhahn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-09
Why RE Wanted References.

at a credit mems dinner one OF tina
veterans told this story: In the recon
struction days Il man from Missis-
sippi valley town came TO our western
house one day. We had sold him be
fore in a small way, and he always
paid. He had enlarged his business,
he told us, ana wanted a bigger line
than usual, but before making his Sc
lections he wanted us to give him ref
erences. We expressed surprise at
such an unheard of demand, but he
said, My two brothers-in-law have
gone in with me, and they're very par
ticular as to whom they do business
with So we sent him to our banks,
and he came back, said we were all
right, picked out a big line Of goods,
and In sixty days he busted We
couldn't collect dollar. Two years
later l met the man in Cincinnati and
told him we had become reconciled to
our loss. But will you please tell me,
asked, why did you want references
as to our credit? Well, you see, he
answered, I wanted to know If you
could stand it "-Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-09
No Laws Delay Hero.

In Perak, in the Malay peninsula,
lawyers find no business, for modi-
fed form of trial by ordeal decides all
disputes. In place of the legal practt-
toner the pleader Is a native boy who
Is assigned to one or the other Of the
sides and is given bamboo tube in
which is sealed the pleading Of the
person or party whom he represents.
When all is ready two stakes are
driven into the bed Of stream, and
by aid of bamboo pole the heads of
the two boys are submerged at the
same time BY grasping the stakes
they are enabled to remain under wa
ter for quite awhile after their natural
inclination would bring them to the
surface, but at last one Of them gives
in and, releasing his hold Of the stake,
comes to the air. He is Immediately
seized. and the tube he holds is cast
aside. The other lad is led ashore, his
tube opened. and the document con
tanned therein stands as the decision in
the case
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-09
Scott Relics at Abbotsford,

The present estate Of Abbotsford was
formed during the years 1911 to 1917
from various small farms. the first
one purchased bearing the "inharmo-
NOUS designation" CLARITY Hole. After
Sir Walter Scott's death in 1884 COM
mittee Of friends collected $4,000 to-
ward the redemption of the estate, and
Mr.. Cadet, the publisher, contributed
the rest on receiving the rights over
SCOTS works. The library and mu
scum had been given some years be,
fore by the creditors. AS his son,
Lieutenant Colonel w. Scott, died CD
his way home from India, the prop
erty descended to J. X. Lockhart. his
son-in-law, and thence to his daugh-
ter's husband, j. r. Hope-Scott. whose
daughter held the estate for some
years. Many Scott relics are preserv,
ed In the house. notably his chair and
writing table in the study and his hat
and gloves in the hall.-London Stand
ard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-09
Hard For tho Eskimos.

One Of the difficulties Of the Mora
Wan missionaries in Labrador is to
make the Old Testament, with its
wealth Of pastoral detail, Ineligible
to the Eskimos. not one Of whom has
ever seen a horse. "Sheep and cattle"
says Hesketh Pritchard in Hunting
Camps In Wood and Wilderness"
they cannot realize or conceive Of,
for there are no domesticated animals
save dogs in that portion Of the PENN
sula. They comprehend the story Of
Esau. the hunter, and that Of Samson
and the lion, which animal can De
translated as polar bear. but OF Abra-
ham in the land Of Mesopotamia they
can form no picture. The nearest ap
proach to these ideas Is drawn from
the harvest Of the sea, seals and fish
taking the place of aocks and herds"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-09
MistIetoe q Menace.

Few people who know mistletoe only
as u desirable feature of Christmas
decorations understand that the plant
is parasite dangerous to the life Of
trees in the regions in which 1t grows.
1t is only question of time after
mistletoe once begins to grow upon a
tree before the tree itself will be
killed. The parasite saps the life Of
the infected branches. Fortunately II
is of slow growth. taking years to de-
velop to large proportions. BUT when
neglected 1t Invariably ruins all trees
It reaches. The only method Of exter.
mination Is the cutting down Of dis.
eused trees.-Cxchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-09
q THRILLING Ride.
YAa Piano SAn q Frenc1nlan Gave 81
Locon1otive Engineer.

YAe fsiano Sun a Frencinclan Gave
Locomotive Engineer.
'T was lettering around the strct,ts
last night" said Jim Nelson, one OF tie
odd locomotive engineers running intG
New Orleans AS | had nothing %
DO | dropped into q concert ana heard
o sleek looking Frenchman play
piano in a way that made me feel an
over in spots As soon as he sat dos, IL
ON the stool l knew by the way he
handled himself that he understood
Che machine he was running. He
tapped the keys away up one end, just
rs If they We're gauges and he Waited
to see If he had water enough. Then
he looked up as If he wanted to know
how much steam he was carrying, anG
the next moment he pulled open the
throttle and sailed on to the main line
es II he was half an hour late. You
could hear her thunder over culverts
and bridges and getting faster and
faster, until the fellow rocked about
In his seat like a cradle. Somehow
thought IL was old So pulling d pas
senger train and getting out of the
way of special. The fellow worked
the keys ON the middle division like
lightning, and then he few along the
north end Of the line until the drivers
went around like buzz saw and | GO
excited. About the time l was fiXin&
10 tell him to cut her off a little Et
Kicked the hampers under the machine
wide open, pulled the throttle away
back In the tender. and how he d.
run! l couldn't stand 1t any longer
and yelled to him that he was pound
Ing In the left side, and II he wasn't
careful he'd drop his ash pan. But
he didn't hear. No one heard me.
Everything was flying and whizztng
Telegraph poles on the side Of t.lp
track looked like row Of cornstalks,
and trees appeared to be a mudbank.
and all the time the exhaust of the
old machine sounded like the hum of q
bumblebee. tried to yell out. but my
tongue wouldn't move lie wen;
around the curves like bullet, Slipped
an eccentric. blew out his soft plug
went down grades fifty feet to thu
.nile auu nnt 6 controlling brake ST;
.;1n wtn bv the iaeetir. point at 6
n;:'e an,' ii !,a;t - minute, and calling
tr ta'rr+ .@tts:iin. My hair stood W
Tral"il h",sp,i,'e knew the game WAS
~ ,,'r, ra"lgh. dead ahead of Us
Nas ine headlight of special. In {
.tnzs. hs.;il4 the crash as they struck
and SAN cars shivered into atoms
people smashed and usnngled ant
hlccdlng AID gasping for water.
heard another crash rs the Frenci
professor struck the deep keys ava,
down on the lower end Of the southern
division, and then came to my senses
There he was at a dead standstill
with the door Of the frebox Of tn,
machine open. wiping the perspiratiol
OF his face and bowling to the peopl'
before him. II live to be Z thousan.
| years old I'll never forget the rid
that Frenchman gave me OIL . piano.
! Life.