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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
ARNOLD SEARCH COST $4,000
Detectives, Police and Reporters Still
Seeking New York Girl Missing
Since December.

New Yorkshire the disappear
ance of Charley Ross no case OF a
missing person has had so much atten-
ton as that of Dorothy Arnold OF this
city. And in the history of no miss
ing person was ever so great an ef'
fort made in all directions to discover
what her fate has been; nor was
money ever in any similar case so Law
ishly spent. The search that so far
has been futile has cost $4,000 il
it cost penny. 1t Is still going on
and money is still being lavishly ex-
pended and although as yet there IS
no definite prospect that the hunt Will
prove other than futile.
When Dorothy Arnold left her home
in New York she left no word to
explain her disappearance and no clew
TO her whereabouts Her photographs
were published broadcast and police,
detectives and newspaper reporters all
over the world sought the missing girl
Not one word has been heard nor any
clew obtained since she left her home
though thousands Of dollars have been
| .nent in the search and are still be-
ing expended.
The search is proving the most ex'
oenssye on record, save perhaps those
FIR the Greeley expedition into the
ar north and the Stanley expedition III
1uest of Livingston.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
HOME Of A S|CNER
Old Taylor House Will Be Made
a Museum.
One Of the Two Remaining Abodes Of
Those Who Put Their Names
to the Declaration of
independence.

Easton, Pa.-One by one the nation
has permitted the homes OF the sign.
ers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence to be sold into uncaring hands,
or altered or torn down. Today, it is
said, there remain only two OF these
homes as they appeared in ITS. These
are the former home Of George Taylor
in this place, and Charles Carrollton
of Baltimore. The Carrollton man
sion, rich as it is in memories, has
been tenement house, inhabited
principally by foreigners. The lower
floor of the Taylor house was last
used as a butcher shop.
II is quite probable that there is
more interest attached to this Taylor
house than to the home OF any other
signer Of the famous document. 1t is
for this reason that the Easton chap
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution are making such efforts tc
preserve this once famous building
This society has purchased the home
and will convert it into museum. AS
nucleus for the proposed collection
they already have some relics OF Tay
lor and Revolutionary days. These
consist principally Of suits OF clothes
the sword, books and the inkstanC
used by the signer, as we'll as mum
Der of shot cast at Taylor's furnace al
Durham.
This house was built in 1857 as
home for William Parsons, the found
er of the city of Easton. Shortly be
fore Parsons died, George Taylo
came to America with a man nance
Savage, who established furnace a
Durham. near Easton. Savage pail
for Taylor's passage to America, an
the latter then worked seven year
for Savage. to reimburse him. The
Savage died, and Taylor married hi
widow, and came into possession 9
the furnace. Taylor now found hin
self on the road to fame and fortune
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07

music, and as between whom it was
hard to judge
The contest began with chorus of
Turkey in the Straw" and Dixie"
They played pieces of their own selec-
ton, such as "Arkansaw Traveller"
Leather Brooches and "Fisherman's
Hornpipe." The judges put them
through severe Money Musk" "Dev.
lis Dream" and "The Soldiers JOY
were called for and played.
W. M. Day of Cassville, Mo-, shown
at the right In the picture, was de-
clared winner of the first prize and
was crowned king fiddler of the
Ozarks. The crown is shown in the
picture. He Is GO years old. a
carpenter by trade, was born on a
farm in Tennessee, lived IL years In
Arkansas and has played since thir
teen years old and won many prizes
Norman Ingersol of Monte Ne wa:
selected as the second best fiddler
He is farmer, and is shown on thu
left in the picture. Jim Mains o
Hickory Creek, a lad of fourteen, wa
declared prince regent of fiddlers
and winner of the boys fiddling con
test, which was also part of the BIZ
show.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
New News of Yesterday
c-zE=zz@=zz~.~J By F. j. EDWARDS L--

:. aood az his word Before al.e'
a. ~ en- tho mortgage had been sat'sneu
and aud had given a release Then "nl.e
tharLed Mr. Dillon, Mr. Rutter con,
sassed that he could not understand
why Mr.. Dillon had been ~liins ~ w
him service
.ru tell you why. Jimmy" Mr.. w.
i'm ren,ied you remember "hen
Won were with the Erie railroad IN
their offices at the Pavonla le'.'
houseq | had done some heavy con.
tr.cting work for the Erie railroad.
fonnd It impossible to get my money
ond needed it badly. would 60 ~
the office day after day to see MT
Gould or Jim Fisk. and would wait pa.
.ientlv q long time and be obliged to
% away without seeing them wen
Ono dav YOU saw me standing there
You brought me chair. You gave
me a newspaper to while away 'nt
time And you did that second ane
third time. 1t was a simple nttie
COURTESY but / never forgot 1t. al
WAYS knew the time would come
when | could make you some repay
mont have been glad to pay OF
TODAY q debt of gratitude.
downright. 1911, by E. J. Edwards Al
| Rights Reserved)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Talk. 70 cats.

says that she was an alley cat. Just
a typical alley cat. Not the kind that
is fortunate enough to be taken into
home and sheltered behind a warm
stove in the winter. fondled by
kind mistress, and the subject for
friendly comment by well-meaning
visitors Never that.
For hers was that wild and noma-
die alley cats life which is spent in
the out-of-way places, gathering food
to sustain life wherever it may be
found.
"Oh, the horror of that life! Shall
l ever forget it," Mrs. Freeman was
speaking to reporter. and as she
half asked the question shiver rent
her. Then, without waiting for an an
swer, she related that the existence
she had to endure in her former life
has made her especially solicitous Of
cats In this life.
There you have the explanation of
the twenty-seveL cats which make
their home with Mrs Freeman. All
her life she has been a cat lover.
| If any one will take the trouble to
60 to the rear of this woman's home
he will not only find food there for the
stray cats, but he will see also a
shelter made especially for the pur.
pose.
1T is terrible, terrible to lead the
life of an alley cat" continued the
woman. mo soul can have drawer
or more sordid trial. The wild re.
treats which must be made in the
face of pursuing dogs, clubs, the kicks
and the abuse from human hands.
might have thought myself the most
ill.treated soul in the world had not
met other cats worse of than l.
well do remember one dusk in my
cat world when l had put in most
miserable day 1t seemed as though
| couldn't endure the torture, until
finally l came onto another alley cat
whose leg had been broken that day
by some heartless boys. Then it was
that she and pledged that II ever
we got to be human beings We would
treat all the cats kindly.
!. "Would you believe me?" Mrs. Free
man spoke with manifestation Of
much interest. Zone day went to a
theosophist meeting in Detroit and
there met the woman who had been
the alley cat with the broken leg. The
recognizance was mutual. She was
keeping her promise and goodness
knows am not being kind to the
cats solely because OF that promise
but for the reason that enjoy car
ing for them.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
James n. Rutter's Simple Kindness
to Sidney Dillon Repaid In Way
That Relieved Him From
Financial Stress.

When William H. Vanderbilt, son
Of the Commodore. resigned the pres
idency of the New York Central rail-
road in order to become chairman OF
the board of directors. he was sue
ceeded as president by James II. hut'
ter. Mr.. Rutter began his career as
a railroad employe as station anu
freight agent at little town upon the
Erie railroad. He was promoted rap
idly and at last became an assistant
freight traffic manager in the main OIL
fees of the Erie at Pavonia, near Jer'
sey City. A few years later Mr.. Rut'
ter became general freight manager
under Commodore Vanderbilt and
gained a national reputation as rail-
way mana reputation, in fact. as one
Of the most successful railway man
ayers of his day. His ability always to
mind his own business, and not TO
. interfere with anybody else's business,
he once said had helped greatly 10
win him success. But there was an
other reason for his success. and that
was his kindness of heart, his ana
bility and consideration for others,
even for the humbest of his employees.
And 1t was this trait which brought
to Mr.. Rutter unexpected and mucn
needed assistance In a financial crisis
Of his career
When Commodore Vanderbilt tempt
ed Mr. Rutter away from his service
with the Erie railroad and made him
freight traffic manager of the New
York Central, Mr.. Rutter thought ne
could afford to buy house In New
York city, and he did purchase MOD.
est dwelling within convenient reach OF
The Grand Central station, paying some
cash and giving purchase money
mortgage for the balance OF the pur'
chase price
After he had owned the house about
three years there came hard times. Mr.
Rutter was pressed for the payment
of the mortgage. He did not have the
money, nor did he know where to turn
to procure 1t. He was in despair. since
he had been informed that foreclos-
ure proceedings would be begun upon
certain day.
On the morning Of that day Mr.. Rut-
ter happened to meet while on his
way from his house to his office a
railway magnate of much influence
and large wealth. the late Sidney Dill
lon, who was director OF the Union
Pacific when the government was In
terested In that property.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
cRIppEN lAsE COST $685.
Total Expen3 lures Of Celebrated Case
Publishs IRE Trivial Compared
to A3rican Expenses.

London bm the annual report
Of the direch Of public prosecutions
1t is learned Hat the conviction OF Dr..
Hawley HanE Crippen for the MUIR
der Of his He known on the stage
as Belle Etore." cost the govern
ment 36,3S5SlThis includes expenses
OF officers VII beat the fleeing wife
murderer inl race across the Allan
TIC and the ut Of taking the prisoner
and his typi Miss Leneve, back to
England.
The SIMPLIFY Of the Crippen indict.
ment and th2 shortness Of the trial
have both hdn much commented on
in America contrasts to common
procedure ~ lat country. The small
expense mus also be in strong con
trast With y enormous expense ID
CURED ID ii chaw case and in othel
celebrated sinai cases tried In thu
United atat
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
A MISSOURI WOMAN
CAN TALK TO CATS
Mrs. Hattie NJ. Freeman Says Fe-
line Pets Can Understand
Her Just Like a Man.
SIZE ONCE WASATABBY
Declares She Formerly Lived In an
Alley and Roamed Over Back
Fences-Her Existence Then Has
Made Her SoIicitous fos Cats Now.

Kansas City, Mo.-1f the family cat
purrs gently at your side. If it meows
appealingly, If it sits upon the chair
and casts a sympathetic eye in your
direction while you argue with the
iceman or if it gets upon the piano
keys, don't pass the incidents indlt'
ferently from your mind as unimpor-
tant and merely the antics Of cat.
There is meaning, real significance,
in every action and look of the cat;
at least to one woman in the world.
Mrs. Hattie Mellus Freeman, of this
city.
This woman is thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with cats. She can understand
their every whim; she can talk to
them; they can talk to her. In court,
they are her companions. and she
would much rather be in tine company
of cats than be forced to participate
in some idle and garruious chatter.
For Mrs. Freeman is a firm believer
in the TRANSPORTATION Of the soul.
In her previous mystic condition
before she took human form. she
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Pretty Well Down in the World. but
He Retained Love Of Good
Literature.

"Tramps that have met have
asked me to buy nearly everything
for them from a drink to a ticket to
Europe" said the gray-headed man,
"but not until this morning was
asked to buy a book. The literary
beggar stood at my elbow outside a
Fulton street secondhand book store.
He was pretty ragged and pretty
dirty, but he had q mind about dirt
and rags, On the table before US
lay the Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
in French.
..Oh. Anatole France said my
tramp With a kind Of gasp. Buy Il
| for me, mister. won't your
4 was not in mood for conferrint
favors. shook my head My traml
picked up the book They were
good match. one as ragged and soilet
fas the other He read passage
! sob, The dear old innocent. b
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Rubbing II In.

The girl was telling the man an
anecdote and queer look passed
over his face. The girl stopped. EN-.
barrassed. Il am afraid | have told
you this story before" she STAN
mered
"Yes. you have" the man admitted
frankly. but don't worry 1t ISM
half so bad as what happened to me
yesterday A man told me story tina
had originally told him Worse yet
he got all mixed on 1t. lost the poin
entirely and then expected me /,
laugh at It"
And you couldn't"
~Oh. yes. could. but not the VA.
he thought"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
so,on Robinson, While travelling
Through Country Acquired HABIT
Of Observation That Made
Him a Writer Of Romance.

We hear a great deal about tne so'
called best sellers" in these Gays
novels that have sold many eolt'ons
and that have brought wealth ID
greater or less degree to their writers
But this Is no new experience. Fifty
years ago there were number OF oes'
sellers and prodigious as was the sale
Of Harriet Beecher Stoves Uncle
Toms Cabin" there were at the time
several other stories that were seli'ng
by the thousands. even the hundreo
thousands.
In Florida in the spring Of 1883
was seated with a company OF gentle
men some Of whom were familiar
with Florida life, upon the deck OF g
steamboat bound from JacksonVilie
Fla to Sanford. town which is sit
mated at the head of navigation OF
St Iohn's river. One Of the party
pointed to all orange grove a little
distance south of the village OF Pai
atka.
Just beyond that orange grove II
the Florida home of Harriet Beechel
Stowe" he said. "She has invested
good deal of the money she has re
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Rerlin's Wealth.

Berlin with its surroundings repre-.
sents about per cent of the popu.
lation of the kingdom Of Prussia. but
it pays in taxes one.fourth of the to.
tai amount collected on incomes The
total amount assessed in Prussia was
294 ,OO0.0 marks at the end of 1910
Berlin itself contributed 42OOO.OOO
but when the suburbs are included the
sum amounts to 72.5000O0 The Ger
man metropolis pays l0,OOOOOO more
than the whole Rhenish province and
the six eastern provinces furnish tc
the treasury l0,500.OO0 marks less
than does Berlin
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Act of Courtesy That Paid

Mr.. Dillon stopped Mr.. Rutter' ap
parently observing that the younger
man was in some distress.
Don't you feel well?" asked MT D'''
Ion. you look anxious"
"Oh, yes. ! am perfectly wen pnS'
sically.' Mr.. Rutter replied.
Put there Is something the matter
with you; you have something on your
mind" persisted Mr.. Dillon. what Is
it?"
well, I'll tell you, Mr.. Dillon was
the reply. II suppose that today lore
closure proceedings will be brought
to satisfy a purchase money mortgages
which l gave when l bought NY
house" a., NJ,
cant you raise the money!" Mr.
Dillon asked.
mo; l can't offer any security anu
can't find aryone who will assume Tue
mortgage for me-" ~,
How much is it?" Mr.. Dillon ask
ed and he was told that tho amount
was $4,000.
I'm let you have the money
Jimmy" MIR. Dillon said. And ne was
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Pedler Wrote BEST Seller"

ceived from her novels IN tarse Ut
ange grove, and she is not the only
writer who has put earnings from
story-writing into Florida land. Scion
Robinson put considerable part OF
his earnings from his very popular NC
ton into Florida lands, coming 10 tne
state only four or FIVE years after tne
close of the Civil war"
Scion Robinson! had not neara
that name for so long a time that !
had almost forgotten that he was az
one time deemed very successful
writer of romances. one of his BOOKS
having a sale In excess of one hundred
thousand copies and standing good
second for some years to Uncle
Toms Cabin" in point of popularity.
Scion Robinson was born on
scraggy farm in eastern Connecticut
and learned the carpenters traoe
when boy. He gave that up when
he was a young man and became
pedler. That shift strange as 1t
may seem, was the turning point OF
his career, and how this was the case
| Scion Robinson, in the latter years OF
his life, used frequently to tell his
friends in these words:
If have had any success as a
writer, it was due to the opportunities
. which my early care- as pedler
throughout Connecticut gave me AS
a pedler used to take great interest
in quaint, original characters whom
met, and learned in that way the
habit of observatioE-and OF discrimi
mating observation. learned. too. =
greatvdeal about tanning, and 1 began
to write something for the newspaper,
descriptive of farming life. In thai
way became acquainted with Horace
Greeley and ne offered me a place
upon the New York Tribune.
well, the same habit of observa
ton that had fallen into when wal
pedler | adopted when accepted
Greeley's offer and became newspa
per writer in New York saw man,
things-quaint. humorous and pathe
tic-in New York life just as ha
seen many things Of like natur
while was pedling my ware
throughout the country towns OF Coz
, necticut Then. one day. | wrote
sketch based upon something whic
! saw It was printed the next da!
1t seemed to touch popular CHOIR
|, and was asked to expand the setc
= and did SO In that way my boo
. Hot Corn was written and sold
excess of a hundred thousand cOpit
= within a year.
- ut was nothing but a little skett
Of New York life as saw 1t. and
never should have written that stor
), or, in fact. done any other writing. b
;, for the happy necessity which col
PEELED me to give up my trade as
,. carpenter-for that was injuring n
- health-and adopt the vocation Of
~ pedler. where learned to use T
eyes discriminatory"
-, copyright, 1911. by E. j. Edwards.
~ Rights Reserved.)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Nv. p. F.r

Senator Frye. when a student at
Bowdoin college roomed at Bath
street. Brunswick. and some time dur
Ing his college course cut with dia-
mond on window pane his initials.
aW p. F." He graduated In 1850. but
the Initials are still there. Writing
to Senator Frye to thank him for a
package Of seeds. E T. Getchell OF
brunswick called his attention to the
memento Of his student days at old
Rowdoin. In reply Senator Frye ex.
messed the hope that the window
would be preserved. because. he said
ut is the only memorial window FOL
me In the whole country. -sBath
Times.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Suburban Sobriouets.

Everybody else had lived in the
summer colony long enough to name
his home for whatever tree or shrub
grew most abundantly in the front or
back yard. Up and down the road
were cottages labeled the Elms, the
Wistaria, the Lilacs, and so on through
the horticultural guide book. The
newcomer had no name for her house,
but after studying the tactics for
week she took survey of the prem
ises and thenceforward dated her cor
espondence the Rhubarbs.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Story Of Aboitionist Days

that / wouldn't have been reappointed
marshal by Buchanan If it hadn't been
for William II. Seward That's funny.
isn't It? Seward, you know. was the
great leader Of the anti-slavery party
In the north, and yet he told me to
say to President Buchanan that II my
name was sent to the senate tor re-
appointment as United States mar
shall, he would rise in executive ses'
sion Of the senate and say that ne
gave the nomination his cordial ap-
prevail because he thought Marshal
Rhynders was the best representa-
tive of the Democratic party In New
York.
"Or course, there was joke behind
that: Seward was very fond OF joking.
But the message that carried from
him to Buchanan induced the latter
to send in my reappointment to the
senate, and there, in executive ses
sion. Seward did exactly what he
promised he would do. and because
he did that my appointment was con
firmed.
1 Nov how could ! show my graft
tude towards an anti.slavery Reput
lican? That was a question which
tried to answer for several weeks at
er my reappointment was confirmed
, At last said to myself:
:. "'Senator Seward is down on tn
. fugitive slave law He doesn't war
}. to see any fugitive slave arrested.
will see to 1t that there won't be an
\ arrested while am marshal. and
= will do 1t in this way: II ! get
J. warrant for the arrest Of fugiti,
y slave, will cause that FACT to
widely circulated. will let the
:, gitive slaves friends have a tip Tit
they can get him out Of the way.
/. II pledged myself to do this. al
: did do 1t. And 1t is true. as "
= have heard. that not one fugitive sla
:. was arrested In New York betwe
y 1857 and 1851. That was the way
paid Senator Seward for the kindne
- =, he did me.
~ downright 1911. by r. J. Edwards.
~ Rights ReServed)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
Heroic Treatment.

The physician turned to the Office
natient in the canvas coat and leggins,
.You must follow my directions I'M
n,,citly.' he said. handing him q small
vial Of LIQUID You are to take three
drons in water every Jour hours"
.Three drops In water every four
hours!" calculated the patient In 9
bewiIdered manner And I'm an ava
tor!"-Lippincotts
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
How Marshal Rhynders, Violent Pro.
Slavery Democrat, Quit Catching
Fugitive Slaves to Show His
Gratitude to Mr.. Seward.

Recently told Of the chance that
made two old-time enemies friends
Williams Lloyd Garrison and Isaiah
Rhynders, whose name, though now
forgotten, was almost as well known
in ante.bellum days as that OF the
great abolitionist leader. During the
period Of abolition agitation Rhynders
personihed to large part OF the north
the pro.slavery Democracy OF that
section Of the country. He was, in
fact. one OF the most radical pro-slav-
cry Democrats in all the north, and
as United States marshal for the
southern district Of New York. to
which Office he was first appointed oy
President Pierce, he earned the un.
mitigated hatred Of all abolitionists
and a great many other persons by
the yigor he displayed from 1853 te
1857 in apprehending fugitive slave:
and returning them to their owners
But. 10 and behold when Marshal Rhyn
ders was reappointed by Presiden
Buchanan, from that time on until
he quit the post Of marshal at Tn
end of Buchanan's term never pul
sued or tried to arrest a fugitiV
slave, and great was the wonder there
at among the abolitionists.
Fifteen years after Rhynders ma
quit Office met him and asked NIL
to tell me bow 1t happened that. al
err his reappointment. he had left Q
pursuing and arresting fugitive slave
TO the utter bewilderment OF his o
po1ents
This man who had been branded
ante. bellum days as demon In huma
form smiled gently upon me. and VINE
he spoke his voice was sort al
gentle as his smile.
That's story haven't told
many persons" he said. But W
tell 1t to you. and first OF I'll Il
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-07
BEST FIDDLERs IN ozARKs
Carpenter sixty-Three Years Of Age
Wins First Prize in Arkansas
Fiddiing Contest.

Little Rock, Ark.-Probably more
than 100 fiddlers were on the ground
for the annual Ozark contest at Monte
Ne, Ark, the other night, but only
about 40 were on the stage to Join IN
the general concert of fiddlers. ana
from that number just IA had enough
nerve to enter the final contest. The
contestants were fiddlers of great repu-
tation and against whom the others
had no show; men who could play the
fiddle to perfection, wonderful fiddle