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Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29

sun worshippers' cult known as the
Mazdaznans.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay was an ar.
dent believer in the Mazdazan cult,
and had been advanced by the heads
of the sect to the post of ''Vahdah."
Before the boy was wrested from
the hands of the followers of the cult,
be had been traced by detectives en-
ployed by the uncle from New York
to Los Angeles, and eastward again
to Chicago.
The uncle has asked that the court
take charge of the boy. He alleged
that the lad had been kept for a time
on a diet of grapes and beer.
The boy is now with his mother.
She has been ordered not to return
him to the temple" Judge Pinckney
will hear the case on Jan. T.
When the father of the boy died, he
and his mother were made joint heirs,
aud the estate was left in trust, with
a trust company in Philadelphia. BY
provision of the will, It is understood.
the entire fortune of the former con
tractor was to have reverted to the
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay, in the
event of the boys death.
According to operatives Of the w. J.
Burns Detective agency, the mother
and the boy disappeared from New
York about six months ago.
Closely associated with her was
REV" D. Ottoman Zar-Adusht Hanish, !
the high priest, and it is said that he I
prevailed upon the mother to use her
son as a chosen instrument in the
cause of the religion.
He was to have been a subject OF .
special revelations. and it was during
his course Of preparation for this no
table purpose that he was put on the
grape and beer diet.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Reduce Wool DUTY, Saws raft.


Material revision downward at once
Of the tariff On wool and woolens is
urged by President Taft in a spec al
message sent 10 both houses of con
gress
The message transmits to congress
teh long-walIed report Of the tariff
board on schedule X" of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law.
The boards report shows, and the
presidents message emphasizes that
the existing duties on many classes
OF wool and wool manufactures, par
ticularly on lower grades and the un-
secured raw material, and on the high
er grades oi the finished product are
prohibitory and greatly in excess of
the difference in the cost Of produc-
ton here and abroad
The duties are so arranged. the mes
sage sets forth, as to keep out of the
United States entirely wools of fine
qualities which, if imported, might be
used to displace the cheap substitutes
now employed.
President Taft points out also that
the cost of wool growing, of manufac.
turing and d buildings plants is much
higher in this country than in the
chief competitor of the United States.
and that this is not Offset in this par
dcular industry by any superiority or
greater efficiency of the American Ia
Por. The cost of turning wool into
Yarn and yarn into cloth, the message
sfts forth, is nearly twice as great in
tie United States as abroad, and that.
with the higher wages of labor. forms !
2 handicap that has been overcome bv
the protective principle, resulting in !
the building up of great industry in
voiving the welfare of hundreds of
thousands of people.
The president points out that the
full duty is not added to the price in
the United States, and that much OF
The so-called Compensatory duty" is
greatly excessive, competition here
keeping the prices far below those in
1icated in the tariff schedules.
In recommending revision and
reduction" says the president, Il
therefore, urge that action be taken
With these facts in mind, to the end
hat an important and established in.
iustry may not be ieopardized."
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Persia Forced to Gust shuster.

Persia Forced to Gust shuster.
The Persian cabinet in Teheran
has given to the Russian min
ister S. Poklevski-Koziell, verbal
. assurances of its intention to comply
with the demands OF the Russian ulti-
matum. the principal demand OF which
is the dismissal OF w. Morgan Shuster,
the American treasurer-general OF Per-
sia
Official notices we're posted on the
walls OF the city in prominent places
ordering the people 10 abstain from
political meetings Of any kind with
out having previously obtained police
sanction. It is said that this order
was issued by command OF the cabinet
as the Russian ultimatum was being
discussed.
The fighting between the Russians
and Persians. reported from Tabriz,
lasted in the streets of the city
throughout the day. The old citadel
was bombarded The Russian consul
general sent to headquarters a request
for reinforcements, in view Of the dan
ger to Russian subjects and Russian
property in the city
The Russian Cossacks at Resht
drove the Persians out of their posi-
tion after considerable fighting II
was found that the Persians were arm
ed with Russian rifles
According to Russian reports, both
at Tabriz and Resht the fighting was
opened by an attack on the Russian |
forces from a Russian ambuscade.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR dull:
winter clear, $3.50 q 4.l0; city mills,
fancy, S5.85M625
RYE FLOUR firm, at S515 a $40
per barrel
WHEAT steady; No. 2 red, 91h0
y41@c.
CORN quiet No. 2 yellow, CSC.
OATS steady. No white, 53kc.:
lower grades, SIC
POULTRY: Live steady. hens. 116
l3c.' old rOOsters, &c turkeys, $50
16c. Dressed firm: choice fowls, 15c.:
old roosters, l012c.; turkeys, 19G 20c.
BUTTER steady extra creamery,
40c. per H.
EGGS firm. selected 34a3Sc.; near
by, 33c.; western. 33c
POTATOES firm bush, s1@LO5.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
"Ross0 KuehnIe Found Guilty.

Guilty, with a recommendation for
mercy" was the verdict returned
at Mays Landing. N. J., in the
case Of Commodore" Louis Kuehn-
le, head of the Atlantic City Re-
publican organization, indicted by the
edisor-drawn jury for awarding a con-
tract. as water commissioner, to F. S.
Lockwood, alleged dummy" for the
United Paving company. in which the
boss" is a stOckholder Kuehnle will
appeal the verdict.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Morqan BUYS Ivory crucifixion.

J. PierpOnt Morgan is the alleged
purchaser of an exqusitely modelled
figure of CNrist crucified in almost nat
ural size in ivory, long in the family
Of SignOr Mayner, Of Rous, near Bar
celona, Spain
It is pronounced by experts to be
the work of either Michael Angelo or
Leonardo da Vinci. having been exc
cuted with marvellous skill by a real
master hand. Recently $121,OOO was
offered Mayner for it on behalf of an
American millionaire
El Noticias, a Barcelona paper, ad-
vocates raising a national subscription
to prevent its leaving the country
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29

King Davis. colored. twenty-eight
years old, VINO last Saturday shot and
killed Frederick A. Schwab at Fair
field, Anne Arundel county, Md, was
taken from the Jail at Brookln, sub
urb of Baltimore, and shot to death by
a small party Of men
Davis, who was also known by the
name of Johnson, was dragged to a
spot about 200 yards from the station
and shot through the lungs four times.
His body was not discovered until sew
eral hours afterward by a passerby,
who notified the police.
No all-night guard is kept at the
station and the police had no knOwl-
edge of the affair until the finding of
the body was reported. Chief of PO-
lice Irwin at once started an investi-
cation. He said he had no clew to the
perpetrators of the deed.
The avenging band, thought to have
not exceeded eight or ten in number,
formed quietly. They effected an en-
trance into the lookup without attract
ing the attention of those living near
by, and went to Davis cell, where they
found him asleep. Hubert Chase, col
Ored, who was held in the station as a
witness in the Schwab case, was not
molested.
Chase said that Davis fought des-
perately and shrieked for mercy, but
his cries were silenced by a blow on
the head, which stretched him uncon-
sciOus. He was then dragged away to
his death.
No noise or oUtcries were heard by
the near neighbors except the sho s.
and no attention was paid to these, !
as they were thought to have been |
fred by Christmas merrymakers.
Between the station and the scene |
Of the lynching the grass was tram
pied down and there was a trail of |
blood, indicating that Davis was badly
beaten before he was taken out.
A jury OF inquest returned a YER
dict that Davis came to his dea by
bullet wounds inflicted by parties un
known to the jury
The trouble which caused the shoot
ing OF Schwab started in a saloon ar
Fairfield over a game of pool between
Frank Schwab, brother of the dead
man, and Davis. Schwab asserted
Davis called him vile names.
After the party left the saloon
Frederick Schwab took up his broth
er's quarrel with Davis, who drew his
pistol and sent a bullet through the
heart Of Schwab, killing him instantly.
Davis then fired two shots at Frank
Schwab, without effect, and fed, but
was arrested an hour. later He declar-
ed he shot in self-defense, asserting
that Frederick Schwab had struck him
first. '
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Finds Woman's Arm In Tree.

When Alfred Fowler, a Clifton
Heights, Pa, merchant. opened a
large Christmas tree he was hor-
riied to see the arm of a woln-
an fall to the sidewalk The tree
was one Of a consignment which was
shipped from Maine. The arm is well
preserved and apparently was ampu-
tated recently It was well concealed
in the thick branches, and even after
Fowler had cut the rope did not fall
out until he gave the evergreen a
shake
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Live Stock Mark.ts

PITTSBURG Union Stock Yards)-
prime, $720m 75O
SHEEP steady: prime wethers. SO 80
a 4; culls and common. S162: lambs
S6.500 $50; veal calves. SS.5Om9
HOGS active. prime heavies. sG 40.
mediums. $3.50: heavy Workers, $3.50:
D635; roughs, $5.5066.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Robbers Victim Makes "a by HOld.up

A colored bandit who held up
a Chinese restaurant in Chicago
lost 81 and a coat in the affair.
After hitting Quong Lo over the head
with a bottle the bandit robbed the
cash register of $3.50. Then the
Chinese regained consciousness and
graDpled with the robber, who slipped
out Of his coat and fled. Upon exam,
lining the pockets OF the coat Quong
found $16.5O in cash.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Operated on at Eiobtv.s.v.,

Mrs. Martha baldwin Morgan,
eighty-seven years old. a sister Of
Summerfeld Baldwin. leading fnan.
cier of Baltimore, was operated on BY
Dr. st. Clair SpruilI in Johns Hopkins
hospital. It is said she probably will
be able to leave the hospital early next
week
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Mathematical Wizard Found pe.d.

Arthur F. Griffith. of Milford. Ind. a
lightning calculator. who has bewil.
dwered vaudeville audiences through.
out the country fer number of years
by his mathematical wizardry, was
found dead Of apoplexy in his bed At
hotel in Springfield. Mass.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
swallows Poison for Cough Medicine.

Swallows Poison for Cough Medicine.
When Grause, Of Edwardsville, near
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, was seized with a
violent coughing spell he rushed
to a closet and seized what he
though was bottle of cough
syrup He placed the bottle to his
lips, and took mouthful of the con.
tents. swallowing it Immediately. He
fell to the floor a second later, and it
was learned that he had taken car.
bOlic acidin mistake. He cannot re-
cover
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29

Million Gallons Of Molassees Burned.
More than one million gallons of mo-
lasses was destroyed in a fire among
the wharves and buildings of the Bos-
ton molasses company, in Baston.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
New FInd starts AIaska eoId Rush

New Find Starts Alaska Gold Rush.
News Of a rich gold strike on Ham
mond river has been brought to Ruby,
Alaska, by Deputy Marshal Howell
The gold was found in a deep chan.
mel and runs 5000 at the bot
tom of the shaft. Pay dirt has been
found in this neighborhood before, but
this is the first time a channel has
been discovered rush to the new
diggings is In progress.
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
Save Heir From straI

Save Heir From Strange CUT.
George Lindsay, the twelve-year.old
heir to fortune in PHILADELPHIA Of
more than 100000, has been rescued
In Chicago from the Inner circle" of a
Milford chronicle., 1911-12-29
MAN LYNCHEO
NEAR BALTIMORE
COIOTed Slayer Taken From Jail
and Shot TO DEATH
KILLED MAN N ROW

Negro Fought lard For His Life, But
Was Beaten Unconscious and Car
ried Away to His Desth-No clew
to Perpetrators.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
HER TERRIBLE DREAM.

Her face is drawn, her eyes are
haggard and sunken, and her express
sion is that of a woman on the verge
Of nervous prostration.
"What in the world is wrong"
asks the astonished friend. 81 never
saw anyone look so terribly"
at is all because Of an awful
nightmare l had last night" explains
the sufferer. at simply shattered
my nerves, and, although l know it
was merely dream, still l cannot
rid myself Of its effects; 1 dreamed
/ was called upon unexpectedly to
plan a dinner for Or. Wiley, DR..
Woods Hutchinson and Upton Sim
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
SOME ODDITIES IN SIGNS
They Do Not Mean Just What They
Say, but Certainly Attract
Attention.

teeth extracted while you watt"
is the rather superfluous announce
ment of a dentist; while another ad-
vertiser appeals to ladies in this Sc
ductive manner: Ladies having old
feathers can be re-dyed and made
equal to new" Equally open to mis-
construction are the following no
tees: "All gloves in this window soc
per pair. These won't last long at
the price" "Dine here sonce, and
you'll never dine anywhere else;" and
"A competent person wanted to un-
dertake the sale of a new medicine
that will prove highly lucrative to the
undertaken"
But perhaps the best Of these am
biguous advertisements is that Of a
japanese laundry, which runs thus:
Contrary to our opposite company
we will most clearly and carefully
cheap prices as follows: Ladies, So
per 100; gentlemen. $50 per 100
After these one reads without a
shock such notices as the following:
Under a pair of hob-nailed boots
"Unwearable. 3d." in the window of a
small store in Portland-"New milk. T"
and ca :. card Immediately underneath
--"our own make"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
Manted-Cheap corks.

II any ingenious person can invent a
substitute for corks in champagne bot.
ties he may be sure of very com.
Portable fortune, for champagne corks
are expensive, really good cork cost
ing as high as ten cents.
The reason for this high cost is
principally the length OF time that
must elapse before a cork grower
can realize on his investment. Cham.
payne corks are made only from the
finest Catalonia corkwood. After the
tree is planted 30 years must elapse
before II is ready for the first strip
ping, but this bark is too coarse for
champagne corks, as is the second
bark. taken on eight years later. An.
other eight years must pass before a
champagne cork crop is gathered.
making in all 46 years that the grow.
er must wait before he can get any
material return from his trees.
Furthermore, champagne corks are
cut by hand and not by machinery. as
are less expensive corks, as they must
be perfect in size and shape, or else
the quality Of the wine will suffer-
Harper's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
SHE HUSHED KING EDWARD
How Alice Nielsen Reproved His Maj
esty for Speaking While She
Was Singing.

One evening the duchess of Man
chester entertained In honor of the
late King Edward. Miss Alice Mel
sen, the American opera singer, was
present and sang Among others
there was a request for Tostis
"Goodby to Summer then In the
first flush OF It's great popularity.
With the composer at the piano. the
first stanza went with no strange or
unusual occurrence, but while Tosti
was playing the soft interlude to the
second stanza, the king turned to one
of his party with some remark. and
his sonorous bass sounded out sharply
through the room against the soft
harp-like chords of the piano.
With exquisite daring. Miss Nielsen
looked straight at his majesty and be-
gan the line: "Hush-then an omi-
nous pause It's q voice." BY this
time the royal listener was all atten-
ton and hooking straight into a pair
Of eyes dancing with Unsurpassed
merriment. There was a moment Of
suspense, when the king saved the
joke by starting the laugh in which
the company joined. The royal guest
took his gentle reprimand with true
gallantry.-Joe Mitchell Chapple In
National Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
speneer and Free Libraries.

Ruskin's dislike for public libraries
was shared TO the full by Herbert
Spencer. When the trustees Of the
British Library of Political Science
asked Spencer to present his works to
the library, he replied: From time
to time / have had various applica-
tions akin to the one you make, and
have in all cases declined compliance.
I disapprove OF free libraries alto
gether, the~Pritish museum included,
believing mat in the long run they
re mischievous rather than benef-
cial; as we see clearly in the case of
local and municipal free libraries
which. instead OF being places for
study. have become places for reading
trashy novels. worthless papers and
learning the odds. no more approve
of free libraries than approve Of free
bakeries"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
Wild SIX Worms.

The world is indebted to the Chin
csc for the discovery of the virtues OF
the silk worm. Its product was un-
known In Rome until the time OF
Julius Caesar, and so costly was the
material that even the Emperor Au-
relian refused a dress of this lustrous
fabric to his empress. Now II is nur-
tured In almost every country, and it's
products are within the reach of all.
Besides the several domesticated
species there is a wild silk worm
found in Central America, which
weaves a baglike structure two feet
In depth, that hangs from the trees.
At a distance the nest resembles
huge matted cobweb. The insect
makes no cocoon, but weaves the silk
in layers and skeins around the in
side of the nest. From Tegucigalpa
there were sent TO England some
years ago six pounds of this silk.
There 1t was made into handkerchiefs
not easily detected from common silk
of equal strength and delicate texture
There is a eurioues silk-producing
spider in Central America. the arana
de soda, which may be seen hurrying
along with a load of fine silk on its
back, from which trail numerous del
icate hlaments.-Harper's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
A Charming Woman

is one who is lovely in face. form,
mind and temper. But it's hard for
a woman to be charming without
health. A weak. sickly woman will be
nervous and irritable. Constipation
and kidney poisons show in pimples,
blotches. skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion. But Electric
Bitters always prove a godsenG to
women who want health, beauty and
friends. They regulate Stomach.
Liver and X dneys, purify the blood;
give strong nerves, bright eyes, pure
breath. smooth. velvety skin, lovely
complexion and perfect health, Try
them. SOC at All Druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
Judges Severe Comment.

Sir Matthew Begbie, chief justice OF
British Columbia, once had before
him a man charged with having killed
another man with a sand-bag. The
evidence was conclusive, and the
Judge charged the jury accordingly,
but verdict of mot Guilty" was
promptly brought in. The Judge was
astonished. Gentlemen OF the jury"
he said, this is your verdict not
mine. On your conscience the dis
grace will rest. Many repetitions OF
such conduct as yours will make trial
by jury a horrible farce, and the city
of Victoria nest of crime. Col l
have nothing more to say to you"
And then, turning to the prisoner:
you are discharged. Go and sand
bag some of those jurymen; they de-
serve it,"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
Izaak Walton.

The customer had waited fifteen
minutes for the fish he had ordered.
He was very quiet as he sat there,
but internally there was seething.
At the end of the sixteenth minute
the waiter, who had been In total
eclipse for fifteen minutes and half,
hustled up.
THAT fish will be here, sir, in five
minutes"
Five minutes elapsed three times.
Then the waiter hustled up again.
The fish will be here, sir, in a
minute"
The customer turned to him.
Tell me-" he said quietly, but with
a certain emphasis, what bait are
you using?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
SHE WAS DESPERATE WOMAN
Indignation and Anger Allied With
Keen Dependency in Tragedy
Of Separation.

Her locks we're in wild disorder.
Her face was flushed, and her eyes
flashing. She clenched and unclench-
ed her fingers in an agony Of despair.
Unless her looks belied her, she was
a deeply-injured and desperate wom-
an. Her Indignation and anger were
allied with keen dependency.
Cruel one-oh, cruel one!" she
cried, in anguished tones. Il have
borne with you too long! You have
injured me; you have tortured me,
and yet I could not bear to givSsYou
up!
when first we met, how your ease
and polish attracted mel" she contin-
ued. When you became Iay very
own, how my friends envied ne, But
your understanding is too small for
my large soul! You have ruined my
standing in society? If we had never
met l might have walked in peace,
So now begone! We part forete n
There came a moments convuIsN6
breathing, gritting of teeth, and
sharp sigh. 1t was all over. The
tragedy was ended. BY an almost
superhuman effort she had pulled or
her new shoe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
GREAT ROW OVER BEAN SOUP
out on Menu Of Banquet to Visiting
President, u Was Denounced
a. piebeIan.

Denver has been stirred to its
depths by the disturbance over the
menu for the president at banquet
Seven hundred citizens have put up
their dollars and taken their dress
suits out of storage. AS incense rises
from mothballs and tar paper. the
clangor Of controversy flls the air.
As the banquet is TO be held at night.
the arbiter elegantiarum is not called
upon to decide whether full dress
suits shall be worn In the daytime.
Discussion RACES around the soup. The
rest. Of the menu ia settled, SO far
as we can learn, II includes celery,
cigarettes, olive oil, cigars, cake,
''mile-high" cocktails, oysters, ice
cream, lettuce salad, mashed potatoes.
vegetables, cheese, radishes, nuts,
broiled squad, beefsteak, crackers
and champagne. so far SO good. But
when the husky. hearty mountaineers
proposed to serve bean soup certain
mollycoddles who had crept into the
committee objected on the ground
that It was distinctly plebeian. That
10 considered terrible accusation in
Denver, where recherche is an insult
and creme de menthe crime. ''Bean
soup is good enough for any man."
spoke up the natives, "and no one
who turns up his nose at it is At to be
the president Of the plain people"
At first, we gather from the confused
accounts, the tenderroots insisted up
on consomme royale aux petit pois.
but at last agreed to. compromise on
cream of tomato.
Do they contend that the tomato Is
more aristocratic than the bean? It
is an insult to Boston, a blow at Bev-
erly. Look at Massachusetts-th
she stands, with a president on the
one hand and a pot Of beans on the
other. If this be plebeian, make the
most Of it!-Baltimore Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-12-28
Masterpiece Of Advertising.

A physician of Montpelier. France.
was in the habit OF employing a very
ingenious artifice. When he came to
a town where he was not known, he
pretended to have lost his dog, and
ordered the public crier to offer, with
beat of drum, reward of rs louis 10
whomsoever should bring it to him.
The crier took care to mention all the
titles and academic honors OF the doc
tor, as well as his place of residence.
He soon became the talk OF the town.
do you know" says one, that a IA
nous physician has come here. very
clever fellow? He must be very rich,
for he offers 20 louis for finding his
dog" The dog was not found, but pa
tients were.