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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
HOW DIR. PEARSON
PAYS HIS DEBTS.

Chicago, April 17.-Dr. D. X
Pearson, the Hinsdale philanthrop.
| list, celebrated his ninety-first birth
day today by giving away about
100000 to the American Board OF
Foreign Missions and number OF
small colleges or, as he called it,
paying his debts" DR.. Pearson
called these gifts debts" because
in most cases the same are fulfill
ments of his pledges to the institu-
tions concerned. Today's gifts were
as follows: American Board of For
eign Missions, 100000; Berea col
lege, Kentucky, 100000; Doane col
lege, Nebraska, $4,000; Northland
college, Wisconsin. $4,000; High
land college. Kansas, $4,000; Nc
kendree college, Illinois, $4,000;
other small gifts, $4,000.
Todays gifts bring the total of
DR.. Pearson's donations, mostly to
smaller colleges, during the last 25
years to about s5,000,OOO. In prac-
tically every case the venerable
philanthropist made the recipients of
his bounty earn his gifts. They had
to raise, by their own efforts, three
dollars for every dollar which Dr.
Pearson contributed and the whole
became an endowment fund, only the
income from which to be used.
In many cases DR.. Pearson pledg-
ed himself years ago to contribute
certain sums to the endowment OF
various small colleges and he con-
sidered these pledges his debts"
which he worked off as one after an
other of the institutions complied
with the conditions upon which his
gifts depended. Today's list of dom
ations cleans up the slate Of DR..
Pearsons "debts," and, as he ex-
pressed it, he will be able tonight
to lie down to sleep peacefully, free
of debt for the first time in many
years.
The list of the colleges and other
institutions which have benefited by
DR.. Pearson's philanthropy, includes
the following: Beloit college, Chi
cago Theological seminary, Whitman
college, Colorado college, Berea COL
lege, Mount Holyoke college, Lake
Forest college, Knox college, Drury
college, Yankton college, S. D., Garlic
ton college, Fargo college, Pomona
college, Fairmont college, Wichita,
kas., Mccormick Theological semin-
airy, Pacific university, Forest Grove,
Ore, Illinois college, Jacksonville,
ILL.,; Olivet college, Michigan; Mar
eta college, Sheridan college, Wyo-
ming; McKendree college, Cali
fornia; Anatolia college, Turkey;
Northwestern university, Evanston,
ILL.,; Montpelier seminary, Vermont;
Guilford college, Greensboro, N. c.;
Piedmont college, Washington col
lege, Tennessee; Grand university,
West Virginia semin-
airy, Morgantown; Parkville college,
Mo-, and others.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
| DAUGHTER MAY FIGHT
MOTHER IN COURT

Greeley, Colo, April 17.-What
may prove to be sensational battle
between mother and daughter for
the possession of 100 acres of land in
Weld county, estimated at $4,000
value, began here today when Mrs.
Nellie B. Self Of Fort Collins made
a search of the records of the dis
trict court for the name Of her grand
mother on her mothers side, an es-
sential point by which she hopes to
prove claim to her title.
Although she did not obtain the
information, she is confident she will
be successful. Her fathers name
was Charles Du Bots, if her claims
are true, and her mother is now Mrs.
George H. Lawrence Of Denver.
She told Clerk Frank Madden
that her mother has refused to give
her the necessary information, al
though Mrs. Lawrence has admitted
that Charles Du Bots left an estate.
the property Is in the heart of the
irrigated district.
Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Sells moth
er, was formerly Mrs. Mary Jane Du
Bots, and the records show that as
Mrs. Du Bots she secured divorce
from Charles Du Bots at the June
term OF the district court before
Judge E. T. Wells in 1873.
Mrs. Self says that until recently
she believed she was a Lawrence,
but that an accident revealed the
fact that she is daughter Of Charles
made of child in the divorce pro-
ceedings.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
ALASKANS ARE AROUSED
OVER GREAT DOG RACE

Nome, Alaska, April 14.-With
the round OF the turn at Candle and
the dogs we'll on their way back to
Nome, there has come big change
of the positions of the teams enter
ed in the all-Alaska sweepstake. the
great dog race which has been on
since early Saturday morning, and
which will not end until the leaders
have completed the course OF 412
miles and drive into Nome. E. Coke
Hill, associate prosecuting attorney,
driving his own team was leading
while mile EOS was finished, his
time for the distance being As
hours and so minutes. The other
teams completed mile 26S in the fol-
lowing order:
John Johnson, driving Colonel Sir
James Ramsey's Siberian wolves, sec
ond; Charles Johnson, driving Fox
Ramsey's Ciberians, third; Eastaugh,
driving the team of Malamutes en-
tered by Mrs. Mark Crimmins of
New York, fourth; A. A. (Scotty)
Allen, driving the team entered by
Mrs. G. E. Darling of Berkeley. Calf,
fifth; Delzene, sixth.
The race is the most exciting ever
held in the north, and interest in
Nome is intense. John johnson is
the favorite in the betting.
~
The change in the position Of the
teams came after Candle was left be-
hind. The Crimmins' team, which
was ahead when mile 100 was pass
ed. yesterday drove into Candle we'll
In the lead. Eastaugh having made
the 206 miles from Nome in 80
hours. and the forty-six miles from
Last Chance to Candle In 6 hours
;. and 3 minutes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
JOHNSON IS TO
GET $1,000 A YEAR

Washington, D. G.. April IL
Walter Johnson. the Washington
American league teams star pitch
er, who left the team while at At
lanta, in training. refusing to sign
for salary less than $1,000, has
come to terms with the club and
signed a contract for three years at
salary said to be $21, 900 fol. the
term. johnson has resumed train
ing and will be pitched either to-
morrow or Saturday.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
RIDDLE OF SPINX
is SOLVED AT LAST

Boston, April 17.-Ths mysterp
OF the great sphinx which has puy.
oled scholars for ages has been solv-
ed at last by Harvard man. Pro-
lessor George A. Reisner. It il o
scalptured portrait Of Cleophron, .
Pharaoh of Egypt of the fourth DIV.
nasty, who ruled In the year 285a
B. c.
The announcement of the so,ut,on
was made for the FIRST time today az
the opening of the exhibition of tho
collection of the Harvard-Egyptian
expedition at the Boston Museum OF
fine Arts.
The discovery wac made dur1pa
the recent archaeological expedition
sent into Egypt by Harvard and tho
Boston Museum of Fine Arts. in
charge of Professor Reisner.
The proof which settles conclu-
sively the identity of tho great mys.
ferrous monument was uaearthed in
recent excavations in Egypt.
Inc mystery OF the sphinx han
been cleared up at last" Professor
Reisner says. "The anal proof tina,
the sphinx temple was the tomb %
Chephron has been delivered.
Exactly those characteristics
found in the sphinx were found in
the statues of Myceriaus which w
dug up.
The sphinx is nothing but tho
body OF the lion with the head of
the king reigning at the time it was
built. The great sphinx is the guar
dian OF the sacred precincts of the
second pyramid.
The head Is tho portrait Oh
.Chephron, the king who built the
second pyramid, and whose artists
carved the guardian sphinx out of q
knob Of natural rock"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
NO COLOR LINE AT CORNELL

ithaca. N. T., April 17.-Pre.i-
dent Jacob G.. Schurman of Cornell
university, brought to an end the
controversy over admitting negro
women students to Sage college DOR
mitory. YE
In a statement issued by Mrs. G..
s. Martin of the women's advisory
council, he says all negro women
students are to be admitted to the
privileges of the women's dormintor-
les II thsy request admission.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
FINE PRIVATE LIBRARY

Boston, April 17.-Book collectors
and dealers from various parts of the
country were an hand for the OPEN
ing of the sale of the private library
of the late Eugene Engley of Colo
RADIO. The sale is one of the most
notable that has taken place in Bos-
ton in several years.
Mr.. Engley, who was at one time
attorney general of Colorado, devot-
ed many years of his life to the col
lection of valuable library tina,
included many editions de luxe and
Americana and genealogy. Among
the lots are rare Boston newspapers
Of the early colonial period and
works on Indian history, including
the rare Cherokee laws.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
00GCOLN ASSASSINATED
FORTY.SIX YEARS AGO.

Washington, D. c., April lit
0ae of the notable anniversaries of
11portant events with the history
the Civil war period in this coun-
~, 10 the forty-sixth anniversary of
% assassination of President Abra-
aAm Lincoln, who was shot and mort
Oily wounded at Ford's theatre by
4Qhn Wilkes Booth, an actor, while
Blending performance of sour
1xnerican Cousin" on the evening of
l1ril II, 1865. In commemoration
the day the flags on all public
eaildings were at halm-mast all day
Cd commemorative services were
lid by many of the patriotic socie-
-.
Tho bloody sectional struggle be-
eeen the north and the south had
9 1T been ended by the surrender of
Q6n. Lee and the country was re-
Efcing over the conclusion of the
QsSil war which had cost 80 many
ekpcious lives and enormous sacri-
des of money. President Lincoln
ia been busy all day. In the morn
" he had long conference with
u son, Capt. Lincoln, in the course
81 which he dissuaded him from
sfntinuing military career. Later
1.-THE forenoon the president attend
q the last meeting with his cabi-
sa. All the members Of the cabinet
dc present on that occasion, except
~ Mr.. Seward, the secretary OF
stlte, who had broken his jaw by a
oil from his horse. His seat was
eieupied by Gen. Grant. The terms
Of Lees surrender were discussed
AiM approved and President Lincoln
s(Fongly expressed himself against
- harsh measures in the south.
IDuring the afternoon the president
sSsived rsany visitors and when the
bning came. he was tired and
s1uid have liked to rest, but he
4 n not wish to disappoint the crowds
" the theatre and, accompanied BY
r. members Of his family occupied
e stage box. especially decorated
q the occasion. It was after the
\ e OF the hrst act that Booth Ar
the fatal shot and escaped dur.
~ The indescribable excitement fol
~ ing his deed. Lincoln was car
n tailor shop opposite II,
ssheafre and there died sA-ly the FOL
1swihg mornilg.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
WOODROW WILSON TO
VISIT LINCOLN

Lincoln, Neb., April 17.-Wood-
row Wilson, governor of New Jer-
sey, will speak before the Lincoln
Commercial club here May 26.
Secretary Written, of the club, re-
ceived word from Senator Bever>
idge's secretary that the former SEN
ator of Indiana would be unable to
attend the annual banquet of the
club.
Governor Wilson's engagement for
the dinner will make the event the
biggest affair in the history of the
Commercial club.
The significance which may attach
to visit to the home of w. ].
Bryan by the New Jersey governor,
a leading candidate for the demo-
cratic presidential nomination, has
not been overlooked by Lincoln men,
who have been active in obtaining his
presence at the banquet.
Governor Wilson is almost an
avowed candidate for the presidency,
close personal friends having al
ready undertaken his campaign with
out objection on his part. He is
held in many quarters to be the pre-
ferred candidate of Mr.. Bryan, and
eastern papers made much Of the
latter's recent visit to Wilson.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
4 :. + !. 49,: !. ): !: :. ). :. ). ). ::
WORLD OF SPORTS.
+*.s.s+ .s.. $50 !: :: .

''Tuck" Turner, Of the Cleveland
team, says that he would quit tn,
same II he were fixed financially tt
0vo in comfort. "Tuck" has beer
uOubled with a lame arm for sever
q seasons.
Baltimore fight fans were surprls
q ut the class shown by Johnny
HeGovern, of Washington, in his
ssut with Jem Roach recently. Nc.
Govern fought six clever rounds to q
Asaw with Jem Roach, of Boston.
Edgar E. Frank. representing the
Aultnomah A. c., of Portland, Ore,
= in the east endeavoring to stir up
interest in the national amateur
wrestling championships, which will
"a held at his club on May Is and
10
Jesse Tannehill will try his fling
arm with Cincinnati this year. Jesse
~as with Joe Cantillon at Minneapo-
~ during the early weeks of the A.
a. last year. Finally he decided that
ae wasn't earning his pay and left.
The power boat committee of the
taserlake Yachting association an
ssunced that prizes aggregating ST.
see will be offered for three power
ssat races at the Interlake meet, to
- held at Put-in-Bay in Lake Erie,
July Is and 10.
Tho Washington stands, burned a
0snth ago, are nearly completed.
eAo baseball magnate always pro-
ssdss the patron a place to sit, al
shough he may be somewhat lax in
sreviding competent pastiming to
catch.
silvie Ferretti, Hugo Kelly's man
eyer, recently practically completed
engagements for a bout with Jimmy
Gardner In New Orleans on May %.
Kelly will seek match with the
sinner OF the Mahoney-Caponi fight,
- be held in New Orleans.
Manager Jimmy McAleer, Of the
Warrington team, says he has the
usatest bunch of catchers in the
@orld. After you take a slant at
0abby" Street, Eddie Ainsmith and
bohn Henry you will understand why
Nn 10 30 chesty.
Greatly improved in health, John
e Brush, owner Of the New York
National league club, is back in New
York from San Antonio, Tex. He is
optimistic about the team and be-
asves the Giants have a good chance
& winning the pennant.
Alfred Shrubb, the English cham
son professional, will attempt on
April Is to show New York enthusi-
sDts that he has recovered all his old
0ms speed and endurance as a run
cor. He has arranged to compete
against strong two-man relay team
"a ten-mile race at the Twelfth
regiment armory. Each of his OPP
Soaents will run, five miles.
asAll the Olympia champions will
sompete in the international amateur
eoxing championship matches which
viii be held in Madison Square Gar
lea May 5 and 6. There is already a
AYNA antrv list 0f foroipn asnirants
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21

Now that Denver team that has
had the Western league flag tucked
away so securely, is having trouble
all its own. Fort Worth, Texas,
took two games straight. Whereup-
on Messrs, McGill and Hendricks
at once wired their generous big
league friends for aid. New faces
will be seen with the Denver club
soon.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21

Donald Gustafson. county auditor,
will start for home sometime this
week. He was called to California
to attend the funeral Of his father
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21

French dessmakers that all womanknd will
tousersskrt
with
made
the with dull silver
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-15
FAST IN
MUDDY DITCH
Jumps Embankment at Mat
avian Bridgs--No One Hurt.

Keyport, April 15:-A laSt six
passenger touring car, bearing the
number "1318" and containing two
men, narrowly escaped being entirely
demolished and the occupants fatally
injured yesterday afternoon about 5
o'clock when as the car was crossing
the d~rawbridge over the Matawan
creek it became unmanagable and
ran into a ditch. 1t took the COM
bined efforts of twelve men to haul
the car out of the mud in which it
had imbedded itself.
The men refused to give their
names but said they left Newark yes
terday morning for the seashore and
after crossing the drawbridge here
the car became unmanagable and
started to plunge over the embank-
ment. The rear wheels, however,
caught in the planking and saved
the machine.
In falling the car demolished the
boardwalk of 7. V. Cottrell leading
to his dock. After the car was
placed back on the road the damage
done to the walk was paid for and
all the men who helped were COM
pensated before the men started on
their journey,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-15
REBELS CUT OFF TRAFFIC.
Railroad at Laredo Only One Now En-
tsring Mexico.

San Antonio, Tex, April 15.-News
of the most important developments
affecting the outside world that has
occurred In the Mexican revolutionary
situation for a month came from Eagle
Pass in the report that the line of the
National Railways of Mexico, operat-
ing through Cuidad Porflrio Dlaz to
Eagle Pass and the American railroad
system, had been cut by insurrectos at
six places below the border. This
leaves but one railroad exit from all of
Mexico, that at Laredo.
The rebels struck at this hitherto IN
molested line suddenly and without
warning. The first intimation of their
purpose was given when a band of in
surrectos appeared at Pocatoche, on
the railroad south of Monclova, and
after blowing up the watering tank
pump house with dynamite, set fire to
the wooden approach to a long iron
bridge and later attacked the iron
structure with dynamite. There were
no troops to oppose them. When they
had finished their work the rebels rode
through the village of Pocatoche,
shooting up the town from the backs
Of their horses. One woman was killed
and three men, all noncombatants,
were wounded.
The first of the rebel activities re-
corded today was the cutting off of
the water supply of the town Of Mon
clova, one of the largest railroad points
on the lines that pass through D1az.
The CasknO water works plant outside
of Monclova and a steel railroad bridge
at Caskno, north of the town, were
attacked at the same time. There was
no force of federal troops present to
oppose the insurrectos, and the water
plant and bridge went out at the same
time. Later In the day insurrectos
blew up four other bridges and cul.
verts in the vicinity of Monclove, thus
effectually blocking the railroad.
This branch of the Mexican National
railway, which run down from the
border to Monterey, Torreon and Du
range, connecting at Torreon with the
road to the City of Mexico, taps the
extensive coal fields In the northern
portion of the state of Coahuila. With
the closing of this road the only coal
supply left open to the railroads OF
Mexico and the smelters of the Gug
genheim interests has been cut off.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-15
MISSING WORD
WAS CANDIES"
Merchants Derive Much
Benefit from News Contest.

With interest increasing each week,
the EVENING NEWS missing word
contest continues. 1t was surprising to
note the concern manifested by many
of the EVENING NEWS readers the
past week. Hundreds Of enthusiastic
workers over the missing word problem
found pleasure in scanning the NEWS
advertisements and as a result the
merchants derived much benefit. The
missing word was "candies" omitted
dItUI Un0 rvrt e~~-tL
line of the Barnekov & Petz advertise
ment. Although this was a more diff
cult word to find than those in pre-
vious issues, there were a number of
correct answers.
The firms mentioned in this week IS
nswer were. Barnekov & Pets, w. A.
Eppinger, Perth Amboy Garage Com
pany, Henry L%eyensen, J. Alfred John
son, The Princess and Joseph Bartek.
The number of contestants increases
with each week and the coming week
will no doubt show record gains, as the
contest is continually becoming more
interesting. Advertisers should change
their advertisements every two or three
weeks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-15
COURSE.
FOR new MAIN
West Of County Bridge
City Engineers Plans.

In all probability the new twenty
four inch main contemplated by the
Board of Water Commissioners will run
across the Raritan river to the west
of the Amboy bridge instead of to the
east, as originally contemplated. Ne
gotiations are now being made with
the c.. Pardee Works, west of the Am
boy bridge on the Raritan river, for a
landing in this city.
The Original Course.
AS originally planned the new main
was to make a direct cut across on
the east side of the bridge entering
this city near the Chesebrough Vase
line Works. To do this it would be
necessary to make a detour with the
main passing under some of the piers
of the Amboy bridge. Under these con-
ditions the main would be 1900 feet
long, 1000 feet of which would be
beneath the bed of the river, the re-
mainder comprising the approaches on
either side.
Plans of Engineer.
Crossing to the west of the bridge
away course could be taken from this
city to South Amboy. By this means
only about 1000 feet Of the main would
be beneath the river bed, which is an
advantage in case of possible breaks
or other interference in water service
through the main. City Engineer Sam
uel Mason is now working ON plans for
the new main along these lines for sub
mission at the next meeting Of the
Board of Water Commissioners.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-15
WILL INSTALL
ALARM CLOCK
Fire Bell Will Sound Cor
rect Time Next Week.

Arrangements have nov been
made for installing the Western
Union Telegraph Company's stand
ard time circuit in connection with
the city fire alarm system, Superin-
tendent Chamberlain of the Public
Service having gone W. the ground
Thursday with a representative Of
the Telegraph company preparatory
to it's installation here. 1t Is plan
ned to give the city standard time
once a day through the Eight
o'clock taps" at night. For this in
novation the Board of Aldermen
made a contract with the Self Wind
ing Clock Company some time ago.
Upon suggestion of Superinten-
dent Chamberlain, the clock used to
sound the apparatus will be placed
in police headquarters In plain view
on the wall where the present clock
Of the police department Is located.
The clock is fixed In a fine cherry
box and is fitted with a second hand.
Accurate time will thus be on view
all day long in police headquarters.
as well as being sounded at 8
o'clock at night. The clock will be-
installed next week, T.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-15
GEORGE ODER To.
PLAY At BIJOU.
Present rip Van WinkIs''
Famous Play Hare.

OF more than ordinary interest to
the theatre goers Of Perth Amboy
and vicinity is the announcement
that Mr.. George Ober, who is known
to most all who are conversant with
theatrical affairs, to be n of the
hest characters in the country. He
will present his famous play of RIP
Van WinkIe,' at the Bijou theatre
all next week, commencing with a
special Easter Monday matinee
with matinees Wednesday, Thursday
and Saturday afternoons, and every
evening with the exception of Thurs
day evening, when the local Knights
of Columbus will have an entertain
ment.
rip is the part that made Jo-
seph Jefferson famous, but, many
consier that Mr.. ODER gives even a
better Characterization OF this unique
character. 1t is only by chance that
Messrs. Feiber e Shea were able to
induce Mr.. Ober to come here, but
they were anxious TO secure some
thing extra good for Easter week
for their patrons, and they certain
ly have secured a sterling attrac-
ton. Mr.. Ober brings his own spe-
cial scenery, and an excellent sup
porting company, and has correct
costumes of the time. This charm
ing idyl of the CatskiIl Mountain
fable has a charm which no one can
withstand.