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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08

don't know whether she viii have
me or not"
"You pumpkinseed! I have simply
been courteous to the 'girl-nothing
more. So this is what has been
ailing you. is it?"
Jim took from his pocket memo
randum book, and by the fading light
of evening he read:
Amelia was in futter about his
coming.
"She frizzed her hair for the first
time in six months.
Had on her Sunday dress.
Had on a breastpin.
"Talked with him about New YORK,
Boston and Chicago, though she
never saw these places.
said yes, sir, and no, sir, to him.
Scrambled his eggs for breakfast.
asked him to have third cup Of
coffee.
Been dressed up every day since.
Been talking about Shakespeare and
Byron.
"Talss mostly to him when we sit
on the veranda.
"Hain't the same girl she was.
won't let her mother cook any
more billed dinners. Says they are
plebeian and vulgar.
q am desperate man
"you must have been suffering all
this time" said the student when the
hired man. was finished X.
: E"suffer!7 I'll show you howl have
suffered. Listen to this. And be took
the lantern down off its nail and
lighted the stub Of candle and sol
etdn & =: /: ;z & rs
amelia struck on the college chap,
and he on her. Didn't settto sleep
It'll an hoar after riidhlgpt!ss5 tS-
Z 5"ColIege chap eats with a. fork. !
sneered at him, and Amelia gave: me
a nasty 1ooll- - $50.
college chap combs, his hair three
times a day. Tried. 10 joke with
Amelia about it. but she wouldn't
joke.
College chap says thanks when
his plate or cup is handed him. !
told Amelia he might be a horse thief
for all that, but she said Id better
mend my own manners.
"The two were talking about a
poem or something named Evangel'
me- on the veranda last evening.
broke in to talk about hogs, and later
on Amelia said it would be awFully
hard to be tied to a man like me.
Laid awake and tossed all over
the bed till I heard the roosters
crow. That college chap had best be-
ware. My loving heart is not the
only one that has been driven to des'
peration.
amelia still frizzing and saying
sir College chan can MAY the organ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08

and sing. 1 said he'd better be split.
ting rails instead, and Amelia
wouldn't speak to me for the rest CT
the evening. False girl, beware!
college chap is too big for me TO
lick. but / know where l can borrow
shotgun. 1t can go off by acct
dent. tried to press Amelia's hand
last night, but she wouldn't be
pressed. Never slept a wink all
night.
Amelia has told me that I snora
in my sleep, and that the college
chap don't. She says that snoring
is vulgar. More desperation!
"This bool. will be- found on my
person. Let it be my excuse for
what I am about to do. Amelia, let
thy conscience be thy punishment"
With the en- ling Of the record Jim
blew out the candle. hung up the
lantern and sat down on a bag OF
feed and was silent.
Tim, cid you mean to shoot me?"
asked Mr.. Davis.
Eyes, meant to blow you all to
bits!"
Gust wait here till I come back
from the house.
lie went to his chamber, packed
his things, wrote a short note TO the
farmer as to where to send the wages
due him and get hack to the barn
without being seen. Jim hadn't
! II Esd- off the bag ~ 81:
/ = fGs6fhg ,asGay?9& he asked, as TIE
other entered.
YES"
did you bid Amelia goodbye"
'Didn't give her hand one long,
last squeeze; :;
/; TT di9na even see: hsar; iask-IN;
! g ID you wont come Back OF
write?Y 50. u Il !, :.
! .Neiiheti': s!il:.t:z; : :::3;i
'@Then-then-" said Jim as he
rose and advanced. them;
i And !jte Kissed the college chap :dn
the check and the other. felt, as nd
headed away in the darkness. that
the hired mans eyes were wet; with
tears.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08

II intend to give my son an allow
ance of $4,000 year. Is that suit
able?
President Eliot Immediately said he
did not care to have any Harvard
man with an allowance OF over $4,000
a year. The count Immediately cut
three-quarters off the sum- Col. John
Jacob Astor. the richest man IN Amer
tca. gives his son the Eliot limit, but
60 more.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08
CRITIC DEFINES WHIsTLiNG
r. H. Schaufser, Musical Critic, De
clares the srt Should Be
Encouraged.

The whistler is generally regarded
as a nuisance, and is suppressed if
possible. but p. II. Schauffler. the
distinguished musical critic, thinks
the art ought to be encouraged. Mr..
Schaufner confcsses in his recent
book that he himself whistles Brahms
themes whenever he is alone. The
Office Window man hae :,c-=- 49,.
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''t.It =. '.4' 5r!f 49, ~
Young Crow rs ID licaeT

Topeka, kan KAN s. aee the rnehory of
imansT iinneh moi = the soitEats it has
been the popiibarj dea thsshesh of the
cf 81 = va. was ;;iunft 3or food except in
cases of the:AoF dire necessity or in
sthe payment ,osfan election bet. But
It is notxso5.gfof L. L. Dyuche. state
fsh and game warden, says that crow
is good. stHSeaB He has tried it.
I, ,.s@:s..Ih e. ssfeslF of,$asgenng crow is as
good as a, guinea hen,% said. 1T is
d little dark but it, hasa good favor
,and d fine fextura.s7<
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08

TWO evenings later as Mr.. Davis
entered the barn 10 feed the. horses,
there was a fash and n roar and a
handful of birdsh0t whiZzed around
him. jim had fired second too
soon and the old tanning mill, in
stead OF live man. had received the
leaden pellets. The would-be was
taken by the neck and shaken.
"Now then, you blamed idiots sit
down here and tell me what's the
matter! What DO you want TO make
a lead mine Of me for?''
"Ameiia," almost sob6ed jim.
"And what about Amelia?"
"YoU have cut me out with her!
She has gone back on NE! we loved
81 you came. Now she saws she
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08
"a-c= :: 80 lsat giving ner

"s 20. 80 lsa~r giving ner a
thought" -
But jim could see filtration, love,
marriage and all that in every little
action, and one evening, as the two
men were milking the cows, he
boiled over. The knowledge had
come to him that the lemon pie on
the supper table had been made and
served on account of his rival. That
pie broke the camers back. He an
nounced Mfact to the student and
pitched in. He was gathered up and
t.E..--o-a over the renee, az: go =
planned a Jrageu!.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08
No: woman, 81 ~ dissatlsned
|. WitEtStam should shpspt a perfectly
gobashlisbaRd while the divorce courts
ale ranningI' H. ;.j;;i i

If the tray cling n1snEOf this coun-
try unitedly sesolyesto abolish the tip
ping nuisance its. enitaph may as we'll
be written. IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08

Z Winter. hats, .weoa told, will. be
smaller, but the price will. be as steep
as usual, only more SO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08

Those photographers VINO are trying
to locate the perfect wife" would do
we'll to read six .best-seller.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08
An Exclamation.

"Tour nephew is college graduate,
isn't he?"
Yes" confessed honest Farmer
Hornbank; but in justice to the col
lege I'll own that he had no sense be-
forehand. "-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
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fcopyright, 1911, by Associated Literary
II :. PresS.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08

he os.a~oGa grade well aeaaoocc
old nel5,o>, 1o.:nae5steer @1a5c5e- { I2e5n2o1t
o., wts;cI2 The Goo1reata. &c . 2Izgit.i, 'gI1c7
piece Of the sa1n5stoce salecles. forstoooti
ness, pliability and toagIlaess, LIS as sGor
as the outsole in most mems $500 shoe.
Craddock heels are SOLID all through
The top lift costs as much alone as til
whole heel in some Shoes Of equal price
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-08


Of your quality with 5and So shoes Ii
Is there any Caddocy Co. and insist that there
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
Finding OF Naval Officials Conform
With First Report OF
Disaster
BELIEVE NINE WAS CAUSE
Report Only Deepens Mystery As
Immense Quantity OF
Powder Was Necessary

Washington, Dec S.-The United
States battIeship Maine which sank
underneath the water of Havana
harbor In February, 1898. rs the
result of an explosion, was blown
up from the outside This was an
nounced today by the naval board
which has been examining the
wreck The finding confirms the re-
port Of the original Investigators
who made an examination OF the
wreck shortly after the disaster.
The declaration that a" low form
Of explosives was used In the out
side explosion indicates belief that
mine was the instrument of d.
struction.
This cnly deepens the mystery Of
the destruction of the Maine. A
mine charged with sufficient gun
powder to blow in the bottom of the
ship must have weighed several
hundred pounds TO plant such a
mine and lay the electric connec-
tions necessary for it's discharge.
would have required the services OF
a number of men.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
Timely Action Of Chicago Officials
Holds Murderers From
Freedom
ARE UNDER DEATH SENTENCE
Leader OF Plot Is Chinaman Con-
victed OF Murder Of
Merchant

Chicago Dec. What is believed
t) have been a plot for the delivery
of five ml'rderersl all under SEN
tence Of death from the Cook coun-
ty Jail, was thwarted by officials to-
day when four large knives, heavy
pair of scissors and coil of wire
were found in different cells
IN the event of the failure OF
their plans to gain liberty, the five
men, 1t is said, had entered into an
agreement to commit suicide.
Choo Foo Horn, the Chinaman
who Is to be hanged for the murder
OF Lee Yit Wing. a merchant, Is be-
lteved to have been instrumental in
having the weapons smuggled into
the iail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09

Teheran, Persia. Dec. S--Wil-
liam Morgan shuster, treasurer gem
eral Of Persia, is the real object OF
Russias warfare on Persia, and it
is to dislodge him that the car has
landed troops on Persian soil. Per-
sia has backed down, but Shuster
stands by his guns and st. Peters
burg newspapers have printed dis
patches from this place saying that
Mr.. Shuster "has no intention of re-
ceding from his position" Mr.
Shuster came here to straighten out
Persia's tangled financial affairs. He
was recommended by President Taft
and Secretary OF state Knox at the
request of the Persian government
He brought four young Americans
with him to help in the difficult
problem, and their progress has been
such that it looked as II Russia and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
MAKE GOOD Showing
Total Deposits in Cairo Banks Arc
Nearly Four Million Dol
lars at Present.

The cairo banks continue to make
good exhibits of deposits. In an
swer to the call for reports by the
Comptroller of the Currency the
banks reported up to Dec. s the fol.
lowing deposits; First Bank and
Trust Go. St,a74.O0S.T5 Alexander
County Savings Bank $1,006, $50
%, Alexander County National
Hank s9i2,905.6l; Cairo National
Bank S52S.3647G. The total de-
posits in Cairo banks amount to $3,.
952, 1909.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09

England were to be disappointed in
their long cherished hopes of par
titloning Persia. Then Russia made
certain demands, and the Persian
prime minister ordered Shuster to
recedc, but he refused, and those
who know him have no doubt that
he viii leave his post rather than
yield single point. Shuster went
to Cuba during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, stayed there during the
days of Intervention and then went
to the Philippines as collector of
customs at Manila. He then be-
came secretary of public instruction
in the Philippines and stayed there
until 800, when he retrrged 10
Washington, stltied 6taw and was
admitted to the bar He was prac-
ticing law wheiBPersia asked Presi-
dent Taft to IeGommend man for
the post of treasurer general
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
DICKENS TELLS
OF V|RTURES OF
PRESENT CAIRO
Tells Kansas City Audience The
Change Time Has Brought
About Here
TS A MAGNIFICENT CITY"
Thinks Wrong Was Done To Father
And Cairo In American
Notes
TT A MAGNIFICENT CITY"

Alfred Tennyson Dickens son OF
Charles Dickens, who lectured here,
is now praisng Cairo as a mag
niflcent city and extollins the vir-
tues of this place wherever he lee
tures.
Mrs. Walter G. Long of Cairo,
who is visiting relatives in Kansa )
city attended the lecture of MI.
Dickens there andShas sent Tho Bull
lstn portions of the newspaper ac-
counH of his visit.
The Kansas City Star has the fol-
lowing:
Forty odd years moro have pass
ed, and now comes another Dickens,
And this Dickens said this morning
that one OF the warmest receptions
he had had anywhere in America,
was at Cairo, ILL.,, the other day.
And Cairo, ILL.,, it will be remem-
bered, was very nearly the site of
Eden where Martin Chuzzlewit
bought those corner lots and learned
something about the American char
acter.
Changes of Time, 81
'sit all shows, Mr.. Dickens said
this morninr, the changes time has
brought Cairo is magnificent
city. As for American Notes and
Chu1zlewit, why, Americans have
come to know that wrong
was wrong to my father, whether
lie found it in America or England.
suppose there was a class of Eng-
lishmen who were just as incensed
about his disclosures about the Cir
cumloeution Cfice as a certain class
If Americans was about the things
he wrote concerning this country.
Ny father was an Englishman, to
| be sure, but cant and humbug IL
| England reused him as much as
cant and humbug anywhere, and he
never spared it there.
The Kansas City Post says IN
part;
"you know just last week ! had
most unusual and ] may say,
gratifying. experience II was in
| Cairo, III. A small city it is, and
expected an audience Of perhaps
four hundred. Imagine my surprise
when twelve hundred persons at
tended. And the queerest part was
that many OF the women were in
evening costume aud the men in full
dress Quite extraordinary | in
tend writing of it for an English
magazine
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
keep Hope Alive,

Never abandon hope. Remember
that no earnest effort Is ever lost. Get
away from the habit OF looking on the
dark sldo. Nothing will 50 complete
iy paralyze the creative power Of the
mind as dark. gloomy, discouraged
r,ental attitude. II keeps multitudes
OF people from obtaining the very
things they most desire.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
TELLS
Quaint STORY
TO COMMITTEE
Thinks Deneen Would Have Taken
Senatorship But For the
Newspapers.
BITTERLY ASSAILS GOVERNOR
Swears He Was For Lorimer Until
it Was Advantageous
Change.

Washington, Dea S.-Frederick
Lundin. of Chicago, former repre-
sentative in congress of the sixth
district of Illinois, furnished an in
teresting half hour today before the
senate committee Investigating the
election of Lorimer, when he related
some of the workings of Illinois
pglitics>
The witness then told the story of
the fight on Senator Hopkins.
"The object was to get several
men voting for Hopkins to vote for
somebody else" he said "Deneen at
that time saw no hope for Hopkins.
He wanted to make the deadlock Sc
cure because he Thought the Repub-
licans in general had not voted for
Hopkins, who had tried to carry
water on both shoulders. Mean
while Deneen wanted the senator
ship himself, but did not quite dare
to take it because his masters would
not let him
"Who were his masters?" asked
Senator Lea,
Newspapers His Masters.
THE newspapers in Chicago" re-
piled Lundin.
do you think Deneen was work
ing for Lorimer?" asked Lea.
y think that he. was, because It
served his best purpose at that time.
] heard him indicate It indirectly.
Deneen was for Lorimer until there
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09

INVESTIGATION
OF DYNAM|TERS
MOVES SLOWLY
Scope Of Probes at Los Angeles
and indianapolis Not Sharp
ly Defined.
M'MANIGAL RELATES STORY
Clarence Darrow Receives Bulk o,
Money Raised For Defense
Of Labor Chiefs.
M'MANIGAL RELATES STORY

Los Angeles, Calf, Dec. S.-Thc
scope of the investigation taken by
the federal grand jury here and the
one In Indianapolis, Ind, so far as
could be learned tonight, has not
been sharply defined. Government
officials, 1t is thought, will be able
to determine only after the testi-
nony of witnesses has proceeded
flrther, whether to return 'ndict-
monts here or in Indiana, against
those persons alleged 70 have been
Implicated in conspiracy to trans
port explosives from one state to
another.
Beth McNamaras remained Ia
their cells today, reiterating that
they would tell nothing, even II
called before the grand jury. Oscar
Lawler, the governments, special
prosecutor, saw them, but obtained
little satisfaction.
McManigal Talks.
Ortie McManigaI. confessed dyna-
ritter, continued to tell the grand
jury his career as a dynamiter. and
he was followed by ]. w. Kiser. q.
M1ncie, Ind, a nitro-glycerina
manufacturer. who says he sold ex-
plosives TO J. B. and j. j. Me-
Namara as well as TO MeManigal
The later corroborates kisers story.
The federal code states that VINO.
ever shall violate or cause TO be vio-
lated sections relating to the un.
lawful transportation OF high ey-
Concluded on Eighth page.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
Sensation Follows Sensation in Her
Testimony Told in Own
Defense.
BRANDS STOKES A MURDERER
Declares Millionaire Hotel Man
Forced Her to Write Self
Defamatory Letters.

New York, Dec. S,-An almost
constant flow Of tears accompanied
thc recital which Lillian Graham
gave today of the sordid romance
which led up to the shooting of Viii
linn L. d. Stokes millionaire hotel
proprietor on the night of June Z.
The hearing was punctuated with
sensations. One came from the
Young woman when she was asked
ii her sister, Mrs. Singleton, had
c"cr talked to her about Stokes.
Makes Murder Charge.
"She told me that / should be
very, very careful and not see him
any more than I had to- replied
the witness. Because he was
very dangerous man and not to trust
him. She told me, too, not to en-
rage him, because she had good rea-
sons to believe he had murdered Al
Adams.
ION the night that Mr.. Adams
WIS murdered, she saw Stokes come
out of back entrance of the An
sonia between IL and II o'clock
She said that Stokes had said next
morning he had been in bed at s
O'Clock, the night before, She sad
when she opened the door she saw
Mr.. Stokes rushing down stairs NUT
tering something"
Al Adams, the policy king" die
n the Ansonia Oct. /, 1907, and
thc death was reported as suicide.
Sobs While Testifying.
Prompted py her counsel, the
young woman sobbed her reply to
questions which covered her child
/. hood in California and came gradu-
ally to relations with Stokes. The 10
made up story of her having been
lr"ed to Stokes stock farm and Of
+ having been detained there for
two nights and forced to sign self
defamatory letters releasing him
from responsibility, in order to b,
allowed to so away in peace.
She declared the letters were writ.
ten in Lexington before she left and
that Stokes made her write them
under threats to write her brother
in-law and tell him that shc han
heen there and forced herself upon
him.
The statements in the letters wer3
not true, she said
Tells Story of Shooting.
The girl told a story of the shoot
ing in rapid phrases, denying posi-
lively that she had invited Stokes to
her apartments. Ethel Conrad
opened the door and once she heard
them talking shp rushed out and de-
nanded to know what business he
had there.
He grabbed me by the throat
and tried\ to choke me-" she said
He forced me back into my room
wv" "S"'ho' 'hc ouItdu' Ilt CuIbtu
mo and called me terrible names. J.
Thought he was going to kill me, II
opened the drawer where the re-
volver was. He seized the weapon
and struggled with me for it. AT last
! got my finger on the trigger and
II went OF. When he got the gun
away from me | ran into the front
room. Miss Conrad cried to him
Drop that gun or | VIII shoot ana
then she shot. The next thing
can remember ran out into the hall
crying for help"
Came After Letters.
Miss Graham, when asked what
Stokes had said, replied:
"IIe said, j came here after my
letters and | am not going to leave.
without them.
"Did he say anything more than
y u have told us?" continued her at
tcrney.
when he took me by the throat,
he said, You won't have to commit
suicide when | get through with
you,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09

Diner--l suppose you are accus
toned to getting very large tips. Wait.
er-Yes. the patrons here are very
generous. Diner--Then you can cas-
ily overlook the trit!ing one am com
PEELED to give you.-- Philadelphia Eve.
ming Telegraph.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
To ur,crew !, Fountain Pen.

when trying to unscrew a fountain
pen for refilling, great deal Of time
and patience may be saved BY winding
. rubber band Just above the pen
point The fingers can obtain firm
grip on tbis band. and the pen can be
unscrewed without difficulty. Sub
urban Life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09

charges made by the Merritt Bros.
that he aided the oil magnate in
squeezing the Merits out OF rail-
road property worth more than SOS
100000. Mr.. Rockefeller has Issued
a statement denying. the charges,
but Mr. Gates has so far remained
silent
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
Making Up Her Mind.

Making Up Her Mind.
''Do you love anotherr' he asked
sadly after she had refused TO marry
him" I'm not quite sure" she an.
swered with bored politeness. TIA
ther hasn't got his commercial rat
Ing yet"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09
Youths Confined Nearby.

Adjoining the narrow cage occI-
pied by the Chinaman are the cells
CT Phillip Sommerling, Thomas
Schultz and Ewald and Frank
Shidlawake, the youths sentenced to
hang on Dec. 30, for the murder Of
Fred w Euevlow, truck farmer
The scissors and wire were found
In the cell OF another Chinaman,
Charles Moy, sentenced to twenty
FIVE years imprisonment for murder.
The plot was revealed to the jailer
by. another prisoner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09

Braggs-It is positively absurd to
talk aboat a money power" In this
country. There is no such thing.
Waggs-rd just like to discuss that
with you. Have you got minute to
spare? Braggs-Not a minute. Eve
got note due at the bank. and
they're botbering me TO death about
it.--Life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-09

Washington, Dec. S,-The Rev.
Frederick r. Gates, for long time.
ir charge of the charitable work Of
John y, Rockefeller, will be sub
poonaed to appear before the Stan
Icy committee that is conducting
the inquiry into the steel trust he
will be questioned concerning the