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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-11

Speaking Of personal ties, It may
Interest You to know that Watson Is
personally fonder Of John T. McGraw
than he is fof Senator Chiffon. One
who knows tells me that Watson
would like to see 'McGraw made the
candidate for governor, and would
like to see the convention, meet and
tender 1t to the Grafton man, despite
the latters emphatic assertion that
he would not be candidate. But
Chiffon my informant says, is strong
~ opposed to any such thing. He
wants to keep McGraw down., now
that he is down, and build up a pow.
erful machine with himself at the
head, which will dominate the Demo.
cratic, fartXsln this 7states for many
years I'd come. He, figures that; III
~ - 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-11

Miss Lucy Page castor. founder
md president 81 the Antlclgarette
League; has been commissioners no;
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28

ty, 1 dashed to Miss Grayman's side
just In time to see the three men
clambering up the lower rocks. Hav-
ing them at a disadvantage, when the
difficult climbing prevented them from
handling their weapons, 1 leaped upon
the rim and fired point blank at the
nearest, who went down in a heap.
Then l sent a shot at each of the
others, but with what effect I could
not tell,
Both instantly disappeared, and
darted back again, fearing that Pay
ton had recovered his feet and was
advancing. But / could see no trace
Of him.
For a moment I debated whether,
after all, l might not have hit him,
But no; l had seen too clearly the
cause of his fall.
1 was tempted to u down to the
place where he had dropped, but was
restrained by uncertainty as to what
had become of the other two men,
When | returned to Miss Grayman she
said that she had not seen them.
Our peril was as great as ever, per
haps greater, for the enemy was hid.
den.
What was to happen next2 What
were they planning now?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28
THE SKY
PIRATE
II
BY GARRETT P. SERVISS
II
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey
Company
(Continued.1

1 now told Miss Grayman to renew
her watch, being extremely careful not
to expose the least part Of her person
and to give me warning If any me
tried to approach the rocks from her
side. l did not know at what moment
the rush might ONE
There were yet several hours of day
fight, and if l could stand Payton off
long enough 1 felt confident that our
friends on the Osprey would manage
to ground her If they could not re-
verse her course and would come to
u rescue. 1 counted a great deal on
the sagacity of Mr.. Grantham and the
experience and devotion of Ethan
Haight.
On the other hand, we were without
provisions and water. / felt the more
sure that Payton would make a rush
because he must understand that aid
would reach US before long, and l was
puzzled at his delay after the arrival
Of his two men from the Chameleon.
But presently 1 discovered the rea-
son and felt my face turn pale.
Out of the brush where the Chame-
leon lay a kite began to rise.
The wind was In such a direction as
to carry it directly over us. 1 knew
instantly what it meant, and it made
my heart sink. Without explaining
my motives, for they had not seen the
kite, 1 Immediately led the two girls
into a corner OF the rocks, where a
ledge projected so as to make a kind
of roof, while in front of the bears
den thus formed another ledge rose,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28
me.

me.
AS I dropped upon a stone in the
middle Of the Enclosure Miss Grayman
first noticed that l had been hurt. She
turned pale and again showed a con
Germ on my account that l could not
attribute solely e the fear that she
might be deprived of her only defend.
er. She insisted that I hh6dH5e4A
my shoe and stocking and, cafffnr
Susan, who had recovered from her
shock, aided me with the utmost ten
derness to bind up a deep cut made by
a fragment of the bomb or of rock.
When she had finished she said to.
me, with a pleading look: please
Lieutenant Allan, don't expose your
self as you have been doing. 1 was IN
agony when I saw you venturing down
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE TABLES TURNED AGAIN.

TOW this double disappearance
N began to trouble me. At last
lV I could endure the uncertain
ty no longer, and, clambering
down the northern face of the rocks,
I found the man I had shot there,
dead, hut no trace of the others. They
had evidently got clean away.
The fact that l was not disturbed
in this reconnaissance encouraged me
to try another on the southern side.
1 crept cautiously down to the spot
where Payton had fallen, found the
depression into which be had rolled and
saw that 1t was the dry bed Of a
brook, by following which he could
have crawled away to the brush IN
noticed.
Was he preparing a second bomb
or had he some other of which
I knew nothing?
! climbed painfully up the rocks
again, for now my ankle, the injury to
which 1 had forgotten in the excite
ment of the defense, began to trouble
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28
Ineuests In England.

Inquests have to be held on treasure
uove in England as We as on bodies
and London fires.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28
Dr.. Hine
dentist
gu Broad St., Wiss Bldg, Newark.
4th Floor-Take Elevator.

A dentist who executes dental
work pain lessly usually does finer
and more durable work than one
who cannot, because the patient is
perfectly still and does not impede
the progress of the dentist with con-
vulsive grasps at his hands.
We ask patronage not because We
have the finest and best equipped
Dental Offices in this State, but be-
cause we have the facilities, and the
skilled men to give the very best
dental service that can be given any
where, or at any prlce-and the fees
are always reasonable.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28

I shot him down as I would a mad
dog.
Cursing the mischance that had
made me miss Payton, but not daring
to wait longer for q second opportuni-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28

the rocks. What should We do-what
should l do-if you were seriously hurt
or killedT'
(To be continually Aa-5-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-28

Pays For Them.
Black-I buy all my wife's dresses,
Brown-So do l, but l never pick them
out.-St, Louis Star.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
.CHANLER BUYS OFF
LIMA CAv|L|ER|
For $4,000 the Singer Surren-
ders Her Ante-Nuptial
Contract

Special to the Daily Leader
New York, Dec, ll.--Llna Cavll.
lieri. the opera singer, has returned
10 Robert Winthrop Chandler, her
husband, all the property made over
to her prior to their marriage IN the
spring Of 1910, and received IN re-
turn lump sum for annulling theiI
ante-nuptial contract. This was es
tablished today by nagreement re
corded with the commissioner ol
deeds in this city.
Although no mention is made OF the
amount Cavilieri received from Chan
Ter the agreement merely stating thai
the real estate was returned for 81
and other valuable considerations,
.. is reported that the singer signed
the papers cn the promise of check
for $4,000.
The agreement states that in con
sideration Of another dollar the sing
er absolves all concerned from all Oh
legations through the provisions Of
the ante-nuptial contract.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
WHO'LL GET
NJ NAMARA
opap4 tnesf 5ol o5
4. !. REWA|RD.s'?. s
Tip for DyRaniters' Arrest Was
Given By Chicago Man,
'Tis Said
speeial 10 the pailN Leader

Special to the Daily Leader.
Los Angeles Cal, Dec. 1.-THE
question Of rewards in the McNam
ara case promises TO attract much at.
tention soon AS far as California is
concerned, the rewards total more
than sl0 600 Los Angeles county OIL
cred s25,000 and tne city of Los
Angeles, through Mayor Alexander
$4,000 more other rewards were
offered by the Times people and by
organizations When the county is.
sued the reward offer it put a price
of $4,000 each on Briee. Schmidt ana
Capian, $4,000 to be paid for any one
of them, and an additional $4,000 il
they were all caught.
The offer of reward contains the
following promise.
Tne person or persons furnishing
the information that Will cause the
arrest only. of any one of these men.
will receive the reward indicated
The informers' identity Will not
be revealed nor will they be called
into court or given any publicity.
Chief of Detectives Browne said:
you understand that al the time this
reward appeared no arrests had been
made. and | had obtained the eyi-
dence that would make a conviction
certain, so the reward was offered for
information that would bring about
the arrest. Ali We wanted was the
men This reward was offered in
January. 1911. months before the Me-
Namaras were arrested and District
Attorney Fredericks had the evidence
in his Office to convict even then.
"One OF these circulars was read
by Ortie McManigal in Chicago sa-
loon and he male a roar about Jun
Mcnamara He was overheard. The
man who overheard him went to Chief
d Detectives Wood, of Chicago and
said:
''You get Ortie McManigal, and you
will get Brice. and Brice is j. B. Nc
Namara.' Woods told Burns, and Nc
Manigal and Mcnamara were arrest
ed.
"Tne reward of s. 600 for Jim will
be paid to the man who overheard
Ortie McManigal and tipped it off TO
the chief OF detectives at Chicago. |
will not make his name public, and
the money wifi be paid in such a way
that his identity never will be known
The reward for the arrest OF Schmidt
and Caplan still stands and the con-
ditions as to the informant are the
same
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
OPPOSITION
TO LYNCH
. RUN OVER
Is Reelected President Of National
League Ticket Scandal
War Continues
(By Associated Press }

New York. Dec. 1.-THE Nationa
eague meeting Wednesday afternoon
gave no hint of developments in the
row between the organizations. Will
/ Brooklyn and philadelphia opposing
! President Lynch was reelected the
losing candidate being Robert w
Brown. a Louisville newspaperman
James + A. Gaffney, who remained
over night to buy the Boston club and
did so, sat in the council, which also
includes a woman for the first time in
its history--Mrs. Helen Hathaway
Britton owner of the st. Louis club
The baseball war. which exists on
paper between the National and Amer
lean leagues, went merrily ON We'd
nesday but indications were plentiful
that II was to be a war of words only.
The worlds series ticket scandal
continued to hold the spotlight Pres
ident Brush of the New York Giants,
VINO made public Tuesday his report
to the National commission. address
Ell a letter 10 Ban Johnson asking
him to explain few things alleged
TO have happened to the pasteboards
in Philadelphia.
why pick the GianJs for the
goat?" Mr.. Brush asked among 9TH
ers.
While dilating on the outrage
perpe trated upon New York through
misdrection and collusion with ticket
spectators, why do you not explain
how in Philadelphia ten persons abb
sorbed over 5000 tickets and sixty
others absorbed 3,000?'
incidentally Mr. Brush's letter saws
that there were no street ticket spec
ulators in New York during the
worlds series--"It being unlawful"
part it reads:
Having charged some official OF
the New York club with handing out
5000 or 1000 tickets to spectators
out Of $4,000 reserved seats. why is
it you are silent over the disposition
of the tickets in Philadelphia. where
S1S1 tickets out Of total Of the re
served seat capacity Of S,S3S We're Civ
en- to seventy-three people and there
was no public sale for the first two
games?
"Why is it that you do not explain
Philadelphia club appropriated 1900
tickets out of it's total Of S,83S?
"Inasmuch as there were no street
spectators in New York during the
worlds series-it being unlawful
why DO you not explain how it was in
Philadelphia they were openly plying
their trade, and tell how they obtain
ed them?'
The letter was made public two
hours after President Johnson had
left for Chicago. When club Off
cials attention was called to this fact.
he said Mr.. Johnsons movements had
not been taken into consideration in
issuing the letter. Before leaving
New York Mr. Johnson declined to
comment upon the resolution adopted
by the American league
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
TO RE-WRITE CHARTER BRIEF

Judge viii Chappell went 20 Okla
homa City this morning TO rewrite
the briefs in the Guthrie charter case
in which a rehearing has been applied
for in the supreme court. Judge Chap
pell says that it is unprecedented in
the courts OF tnis state 20 have to
write a second set cf briefs. The
cause OF this is that when the origin
al decision was handed down by the
supreme court al OF the cities affect
ed by it carried lasaty cppkF. 4 lbe
briefs filed anf 10 oneS Seems TO
know where the originals are.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14

hearty support and cooperation in all
public matters tending to the public
good. Very respectfully.
w A. MAURER,
County Judge
LEE r. PATTERSON.
County Treasurer
ROBT BRETZ.
County Clerk,
IRMA SMITH.
County Superintendent
.'.'....-..,-. ..........,
County Attorney
Members Of the County Excise Board,
of Canadian County Oklahoma
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
GOOD ROAD WORK.

Residents Of the West side are
greatly pleased with the work per-
formed by Street Commissioner Will
liams. The people living along West
Logan say this is the first work done
on that street in three years. The
street has just been completed and
is a dandy good job.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
THE DOUBT IN FAVOR OF THE
TAXPAYER?

You say. The time has come
when the public officials of Oklahoma
must stand forth and practice the
most rigid economy in the admins
tration OF government Our idea IS
that the time has not only come, but
comes when all public officials are in
Quoted into office, and the official who
fails to recognize that at the time
he takes his oath of Office, fails i'll the
proper conception of his duties as
a servant of the people. and we want
to assume you, governor. OF our
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14

he alphabet series to Aesop's Fables.
Nursery Land and Alphabet Series 1Oc. illus
trated profuSey with attractive colorcd pictures;
little books that will give the child greatest pleasure
kris kringc, ""'IaIes of the Jungle, "'rhe Old
Woman Who Lived in Shoe, etc.
Welcome Gift Series, 19c., with heavy paste
board covers Illuminated with bright colored favor
ite pictures; popular stories Mixed Pickles.
.'Playtime Pages, Happy Days" Holiday
Hours "Te Me a tSory' etc.
Golden Gift Series, Csc, attractive and popular
books that will make amy child welcome and pleas
ing gift: Favorite Fairy Tales" Little Sun
beams. Sunny Stories, '"Od Time Stories, etc;
decorated with beautiful pictures.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
cHRIsTMAs sALE

The Dorcus society viii have a
sale OF fancy articles in connection
VITA cooked food on Saturday, De-
eember Is. al Corner Drug store
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
Liverpool Cotton.

Liverpool Dec l3.-Closing cotton
spot in fair demand prices 2 points
higher; American middling fair, 556d
good middling, 5.iSd: middling. 494d
low middiing. 4.s0d: good ordinary,
f.64d; ordinary. 4.44d
Sales cf the day. 5000 bales. OF
which 1000 we're for speculation and
export and included 1900 American.
Receipts. 2ig00 bales, including -
600 American.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
New Orleans cottsn Products.
Galveston Cotton.

Galveston. Dec. l3.-Cotton steady
middling. 9 l-4c Net and gross re-
ceipts. 1924: sales. 66s: stock. 440.-
470.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
GREEK ROBBED OF s1,oes

Chickasha, Okla. Dec. 14-Andrew
mar 4 Greek laborer. was held
up and ro bed of $1,063 in the south
part of tbs city last night The hold
up Was committed by negro who
asked the Greek for match and
1heh held revolver on him. The
money represented the earnings OF
the Greek for three years.
Pancakes and Waffles like Mother
sed to make can be had If you use
THE ALTON GOODS Pancake Flour.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
WHEAT
CORN
New Orleans cotton n.

new Orleans, Dec. IA Spot cot
ton steady and unchanged; sales on
spot, / 400 bales; arrived. 1,500 bales
Low ordinary, 3-Sc nominal; ordin-
airy, 3-16 c; good ordinary. Z 5-Sc;
strict good ordinary. Sc; low middling
S5-16c; strict low middling, 11-16c;
middlng. 1.16c; strict middling, 9
5.16c; good middling. 9-16c; strict
good middling. Q 3-4c; middling, fair.
IL 1-i6c; middling fair to fair, 10 7-16c
fair 10 1876: nominal Receipts,
6.260 bales: stock, 277,52J Dales
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
lefsitqlass and apply d IS rals-
III ssrsllsSs8I. rlssI. i, DlIJ.l.pls

without an endless amount OF con
fusion. for the county excise board
TO reform its leyies as per your let
ter of December LIST. when, under the
law. the tax rolls must be made up
and in the hands of the treasurer on
October lst?
You complain that the county ex-
else boards have levied the maximum
amount provided by the Jaws of the
state. and in excess OF the legitimate
needs for governmental purposes. and.
while we can only speak for this
board we saould like for YOU TO point
out a method under the present excise
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
THE MARKETS
BY WIRE

CATTLE:
Kansas City. Mo. Dec IA.
Receipts, 1000.
Market, slow, steady.
Bulk of sales, s5.25@925.
Cows and heifers, s2.75G '.25.
HOGS:
Receipts. l1.000.
Market. five to ten lower.
Bulk OF sales, s5.70GG.15.
Top price, $500.
WHEAT.
Kansas City, Mo, Dec. IL
December, IS 1-2
May, 81 1-2.
July. 81 5.SM9i 81.
CORN.
December. 63 as
May, 63 5-Sd63 3i
July, SO 5.S.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14
Memphls Cotton and Produets.

memphis Dee. l.. Cotton spot
steady. unchanged. middling Lie.
Cotton seed products: Prime basis
eli. 424@427c: meal. S24.500 2475;
linters, / 3-443 lac
New Orleans Cotten Products.
New oriea'is Dee gfed
oil. prime rssne Z - AsneAg Der
pound 520c: choice meal. per cent
ammonia per long ton, $3.50; choice
sake, per cent ammonia, per long
ton. $27 so.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-14

Fascinating Story Books with pretty colored
The range of subjects cover the entire category from
Indestructble Linen Books &C., for little child
rem; favore chds stories with attractively colored
pictures: Little Boy Blue, Little Jack Holner,'
s'Robinson Crusoe," cold Mother Hubbard,
''Noah's Ark, !" etc.
Childrens Painting Books, 10c. Children's
Drawing and Painting Books; useful books OF
greatest attraction and assistance Tor juvenile
artists; simple little drawings of flowers animals,
birds, etc.
Painting Books with Paints, 19c. Father Iuck's
Painting Books for children complete with set OF
lored- paints drawings OF popular SUBJECTS all
,nad fo, the LITTLE artist to color 25c values at 19c
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Thousands of Chi1dren'c Holiday
BOOks-favOrite stOries-5c to SOC

4
II
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-23
SHERTFFS SALE.

No. I4I14-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, La;
Mrs. S. E. Hubbard Brown VS.. P
- P Hubbard, ct al 49, p.
BY virtue of a commission to sell, to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, in the above numbered and
entitled suit, | will offer for sale at pub
lie auction for cash and according to
law, at the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
during the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1911,
The south half Is I-2) of the southwest
quarter (sw IA of section twenty-four
.(24), township twenty-five (22), range
sixteen (I6), together with two acres,
more or less, located in the corner of the
northwest quarter INV I'D of north
west corner of section twenty-five (25),
township twenty-five (22), range sixteen
(I6), Caddo Parish, Louisiana, being
same land acquired by S. S. Hubbard
from J. C. and Lucille Chiles June II,
IeoI, as per act recorded in conveyance
book ~, page 572, of the conveyance re-
cords of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, less
one-half (I-2) acre. sold to S. NJ. Brown
as per act recorded in conveyance book
IS, page II, and less six acres sold to
CIV. Edwards, as per act. recorded in
perseverance book 81, page Cos, and less
two acres sold to J. H. Holbert as per
act recorded in conveyance book 81,
page 6o4, and less one acre sold to John
Oyler as per act recorded in conveyance
book 62, page 6oo, of the conveyances
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Said prop
erty to be sold as belonging to the par
ties litigant and for cash and according
TO law, for the purpose of effecting a
partition. J.P FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, February g, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-23
NOTICE For BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received by the Police Jury of Caddo
Parish for the purchase of franchise de-
seribed in the following resolution of
The Police Jury. All bids must be in cash
and the franchise will be sold to the bid
der offering the highest cash price there
for Bids must be on file in this office
by the 18th day of March 1911.
WILLIAM WINTER.
President Pro Tenn Police Jury Caddo
Parish, Louisiana.
A. l. DURINGER, Clerk
February ID, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-23
RESOLUTION OF THE POLICE
JURY.

By Mr.. Policeman
Whereas, petition has been made by
the majority in number and amount OF
the abutting property holders along the
following public road in this State and
parish, to-wit:
The public road leading from the in
tersection of Thornhill street in the City
of Shreveport with Stephenson street
in the said city, and running straight
out as an extension of Thornhill street
to Fairview avenue, which crosses the
said public road extending out from
Torrhill street at right angles, all being
in Waverly subdivision, adjoining the
City of Shreveport, as per map OF re-
cord in conveyance book so, page Ie, OF
recorders Office, Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, petitioning this jury to advertise
and sell a franchise to construct, main
tain and operate for a term ending May
5, 1e4I, a railroad utilizing electric or
other motive power than steam on said
road, and having canvassed the said pc
tition and finding that the majority OF
number and amount of the abutting
property holder on said road have signed
the petition;
Be it resolved by the Police Jury in
due session at a public meeting, that the
terms and specifications of said fran
chise on the said road Or such railway
be and is hereby fixed as follows:
The said railway proposed may con-
struct, maintain and operate for a term
ending May S, 1871, railway on the
said road utilizing electric or other mo-
tive power than steam therefor; on the
further condition that work on the said
road shall be completed within six (6)
months and the cars operated thereon
within six (6) months from the time
that the said franchise herein expressed
shall be sold to the bidder offering the
highest price therefor.
Be it further resolved, that bids be
and are hereby invited for the purchase
of said franchise and this resolution be
advertised for thirty days in the official
journal of the parish according to law,
and that after the bids are received and
adjudication takes place of this fran
chise that the highest bidder be formally
recognized as entitled to the same, with
all the rights and privileges thereto per
tanning, provided that the Traction Com
pany shall construct and maintain the
roadway under the supervision of the
good roads committee.
Said motion being seconded was
unanimously adopted.
WILLIAM WINTER,
President Pro Tenn
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
February Il, 1911.