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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-04
GEN. LEES SWORD

NEWMAN. Ga. March Y, 1911.
Mrs. W Ii. FELTON,, Gainesville. Ga.
Dear Mrs. FELTON,: I have long been an
sdmirer OF your articles in The Semi
Weekly Journal. and have derived much
information as well as pleasure from read
ing them.
Your recollections OF the stirring times
in our country's history strikes me very
forcibiy
I heard an old gentleman say, a few
days ago. that Gen. Robert +. Lee did
not present his sword 10 General Grant
when he surrendered the remnant OF the
Confederate army at Appomattox.
Is this true2 l remember as school
boy that all OF the histories gave an ac-
count OF the manner in which General
Lee presented his sword 70 General
Grant. and this gentleman says that
General Grant tells Us in one Of his books
that nothing was said about General
Lees sword on that memorable 9Th OF
April. 1855.
Please answer through the columns OF
The Scmi-WeekIy Journal and oblige.
Yours friends and admirer.
RAIDER COLE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-04
CHAPTER XLIII.
THE GOLDEN CRUCIFIX.

The bishop went quickly through the
crowd to a gap under the great gables.
where the beams had been sawed
through and the rubbish shoveled to
one side, making a difficult way into
the interior. The enormous span of the
roof had sunk sidewise splitting its
supporting beams and bending the walls
outward, but it's great ridge had re-
manned Intact and it now stretched,
squat. ungainly lean-to. over what had
been the altar. The space was strewn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-04

Spanish cabinet resigns, too. They all
resign except our own.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-04

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mosr u,-to-dzfe d.
sirnT-znd are bzik 70
LAST a Lifeline. No
piano OF crEzn cruld
be hcrfrr no MATTER
v-hzf you nzy pay.
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fuI years free Is
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TO prove the al
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11

separate companies and he outlined 4
plan to retire part of the preferred
stock for second mortgage bonds and
obtain $4,000. 900 without cost in so
doing.
During the course of the eXamina-
ton of Mr.. Perkins Chairman Stanley
brought out that the steel corporation
usually has from $4,000, 900 to s75,.
OOO,O O0, much of it in the Morgan
banking house, On which Morgan pays
only 2.6 per cent interest.
The committee then went after the
political activities of the steel trust,
while Perkins, and i'll at
ease, suffered and failed to remem.
Der.
Chairman Stanley nailed him down
with the records of the steel trusts
play in politics. set down In black
and white in the books of the COM
pany.
Il read from the minutes of a meet
ing in April, 1906" he said. that the
company had referred to eminent
lawyers for an opinion as to a con-
tribution to the campaign fund of a
leading politician. Now who was that
leading Politician"
g" can't remember" declared Per,
kins.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
HEAT RErARDs RECOVERY
Pope's Pulse intermittent and Tenn.
perature Above Normal.

Rome, Aug. 9.-Dr. Petacci, his pri-
vate physician, and DR.. march, Afava,
consulting physician at the Vatican,
visited Pope Plus and made a thor
ough examination. Later they de-
scribed the condition of the pontiff as
relatively satisfactory.
His holiness has suffered a throat
affection, recovery from the weaken.
ing effects of which was retarded to a
certain extent by the recent extreme
heat. He suddenly exhibited unex-
pected weakness, necessitating perfect
rest.
The examination revealed a heart
fairly strong and respiration reason
ably good, considering the "shortness"
of breath common to stout persons
who are advanced in years.
The pulse was rather intermittent
and the temperature slightly abov
the normal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
STRANDED ON ALASKAN COAST
Two Half Starved Men Rescued From
a Barren Rock.

Valdez, Alaska, Aug. 9.-Attracted
by signals Of distress from Bardwell
island, a barren rock near the en-
trance to Resurrection bay, the steam
ship Bertha sent out a small boat and
look off two ragged and starving men,
Charles Alexander and Alvin Ander-
,son.
The men had been on the island for
two months and would have persisted
but for the coming of the Bertha.
The men sailed from Kadiak May
II in a dory, on a prospecting voyage.
About June l a storm upset their
craft Off Bardwell island and their pro-
visions and outfit were lost in the sea.
They managed to get ashore, but
with practically nothing but their
clothing. The men, who had a few
matches, lived for a month on mus
sells, clans, young gulls, seaweed and
wild herbs, which they cooked.
After their PATCHES gave out, about
July 1, they ate their food raw Two
vessels passed without noticing their
signals of distress.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
PERFECT HERoIsM.
Rare Courage Of Or. Franz Mueller In
His Tragic Death.

Rare Courage Of Or. Franz Mueller In
His Tragic Death.
Heroism has been defined as "the
brilliant triumph Of the soul over the
hesh"-that is to say, over fear-fear
Of suffering, of sickness, Of isolation
and Of death. An instance Of this
dazzling and glorious concentration of
courage is given in MI. Frederick Row
land Marvin's book. "The Excursions
Of a Book Lover"
DR.. Franz Mueller Of Vienna, who
fell a victim to the bubonic plague
when that disease was first under bac-
THEOLOGICAL investigation in that city
in 1897, contracted the malady from
bacilli in culture tubes. When he be-
came certain that he was infected, he
Immediately locked himself in an iso-
lated room and posted Il message on a
window pane:
81 am suffering from the plague.
Please do not send a doctor to me, as
in any event my end will come in
four or five days"
At once a number of his associates,
ali Of them young physicians, with
much to live for and with full knowl-
edge Of the chances to which they
would expose themselves, stepped for
ward and not only offered their serv-
ices. but in some cases begged to be
sent to DR.. Mueller. The patient re-
FUSED to permit it and died alone with
in the time predicted.
At the end he wrote a farewell let
ter to his parents and placed it against
the window 80 it could be copied from
the outside and then burned the orig
inal with his own hands. fearful that
it might be preserved and carry out
the mysterious and deadly germ.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
EXPECTS
GREAT BENEFITS
Discusses Purpose Of Maneu.
Vers in Texas.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The real pur-
pose of the recent great assemblage
Of troops in Texas, aside from inter-
national considerations, was the crea-
ton of one tremendous military unit,
and that was successfully accom
plished for the first time since the
Civil war, in the opinion of Major
General Carter, the commander-in-
chief of the maneuver division.
Five times the cost of this operation
would not measure the value to the
country of the experiment, declared
General Carter. 1t was the first OPP
p%ortunity that the modern army had
to get together all branches of the
service-the infantry, the cavalry, the
artillery, the transportation and sub
sistence departments, and to make a
thorough test of what had been purely
theoretical estimates of the proper
balance between them. AS might have>
been expected it was soon found that
there was need for considerable re-
adjustment of the relative numerical
strength of the various branches to
make one perfect whole. This problem
was worked out by the test of actual
practice and General Carter feels that
when he left Texas there had been
brought into being the perfect military
unit which had been 80 long desired
by army strategists.
Future plans of the department con-
template the creation of a number of
such units in the different military d.
visions which, in skeleton form, will
represent the entire mobile strength
of the United States army on a wal
footing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
VANILLA BEANS.
They Are Not Beans at All, out Pod.
Filled With Tiny Seed.

| They Are Not Beans at All, but Pods
Filled With Tiny Seed.
The vanilla plant is the only orchid
Of any Industrial value. AS orchids
go. the plant is not unattractive. for
the foliage is much greener and more
enduring than in the Isl Of most of
the species. It is a climber, and when
the leaves are fresh it brightens a
small Zee trunk wonderfully. The
Vanilla planifolia. to give it its full
name. is a terrestrial parasite. It
climbs from the ground, but once es-
tablished has feeding stations on the
bark all along the line. The leaves
long, very smooth and light green
are alternate, and at the axil Of each
is a sucker u few inches in length that
fastens itself securely to the tree, ~
ing fiat against the bark.
The blossoms are inconspicuous. 1t
is the resultant pods that are the va
nilla of the industrial world. They
are slim pods six to eight inches long
and when dried for the market are Of
a rich, deep reddish brown. These
are called vanilla beans, but without
warrant. They contain no bean; the
seed in them Is as fine as dust. These
seeds are the black specks that are
usually found In the finest grade OF
vanilla ice cream, the best chefs the
world over preferring to grind the
''bean" rather than use the extract.
Vanilla is found growing wild in the
Bahamas. West Indies and Central
America. In Madagascar and some OF
the neighboring islands 1t has been
introduced and now forms an impor-
tant article of export. But American
vanilla is the best.-Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
NO AGREEMENT
ON WOOL TARIFF
Underwood and La Toilette
Still Deadlocked.
FORMER WEARY OF DELAY

Threatens to Put Dispute Up to Full
Committee Unless Early Settlement
Is Reached-Cotton Men File Pro-
test Against Reduction Of Duties
Made in the House Bill.
Washington. Aug. 9.-Impatient re-
garding the deadlock on the wool tar
If revision bill, Representative Under
wood of the conference subcommittee
said that unless an agreement with
Senator La Toilette could be brought
lbout soon he would ask to have the
hull conference committee called to-.
gether, with the view of reporting a
disagreement.
A second conference between La
Toilette and Underwood has been
held. Mr.. Underwood said the situa-
ten was not particularly bright, but
hat as one could never tell about
such matters the conference might
produce results.
Complaining that the cotton inter-
ests had been given no time for pre-
sentation OF their case, Stewart Kra-
mer of Charlotte, N. c., representing
the tariff committee of the American
Cotton Manufacturers association,
told the enate finance committee that
ne could only file an emphatic pro-
test against the drastic revision pro-
posed in the Underwood bill"
This was at the first and only hear
ing on the cotton tariff revision bill.
The committee will report the bill to
the senate by Thursday.
Nc Oral Hearings Allowed.
Mr.. Kramer said the cotton manu-
facturers had been allowed no oral
hearings before the house ways and
means committee and had been told
that if they had any facts to lay be-
fore the committee they might give
them to Chairman Underwood.
Asked by Senator La Toilette as to
The effect OF high tariff on machinery
in the cotton industry, Mr.. Kramer de-
clared that if he We're given a cotton
mill under present conditions he could
not operate 1t at a profit.
j. l.. Irving Of Charlotte protested
against any reduction in the tariff on
mercerized goods. He said imports OF
this fabric had steadily increased un-
der the Payne-Aldrich law and that
even with the protection now given
half Of the mills in his line were idle.
Chairman Penrose of the committee
stated that he had been approached
by q representative of New England
cotton manufacturers, who protested
against the Underwood bill, and said
that in the short time given for hear
lngs he would be unable to present
the claims of his interests in full.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
WEALTH AND TITLE TO WE'D
Miss Mildred Sherman to Marry Lord
camoys Of England.

Newport, r. l., Aug. 9.-Formal an.
aouncement of the engagement of
Mildred Sherman, daughter of MI. and
Mrs. William Watts Sherman of New.
port, to Ralph Francis Julian Stonor,
Lord Camoys, of England, has been
made.
The couple first met a few months
ago at the wedding of Lord Decies and
Miss Gould in New York, at which
Lord Camoys was an usher. Miss
Sherman is a granddaughter of the
late Mrs. John Carter Brown, from
whom she inherited millions. Miss
Sherman. Is twenty-three and Lord
Camoys twenty-seven.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
Middies Returning Home.

Gibraltar, Aug. 9.-The American
%battleships Iowa, Massachusetts and
indiana, which have been cruising in
European waters since June 10 with
100 Annapolis midshipmen on board,
rave sailed for America. A leisure]y
,rip across the Atlantic will be made.
he squadron. being scheduled to reach
1olcmons Island. Nd, On Aug. -,
shsrs I'VE Gays will b speat before
10 AnAapsssss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
NO CAR SLOTS IN BRookLY YIN
Five-Minute Schedules Maintained
Without Trouble.

New York, Aug. because Of the
absence of rioting in the Brooklyn
street car strike the company an
nounced its intention of operating 1875
cars manned by nonunion crews.
In the hope that Mayor Gaynor
would terminate his vacation and APP
pear at the city hall the strike leaders
said they would call there again with
the expectation that he would inter-
cede with the company in their be-
half.
No disturbances occurred during the
forenoon, although cars were run on
the regular fve.minute schedules.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
ror uurzer.

Here is a test for butter SO simple
that any housewife can put 1t into
successful practice: A clean piece Of
white paper Is smeared with a little
Of the suspected butter. The paper is
then rolled up and set on fire. II the
butter is pure the smell Of the burnt
paper is rather pleasant. but the odor
Is distinctly tallowy Il the butter
is made up wholly or in part Of animal
fat.-Chicago News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
Tips 20 Travellers.

XXI Tips to TravsIoro.
Take a candle In your bag and q box
Of safety matches. When they are
wanted you will be glad they were
put In. The space required for them
81 small. A passenger on . steamer
that was wrecked had . small CANDLE
which enabled her to collect some Of
Mr. most valuable ~possessions when
the lights went ont after the collision
Garry . few pens IN your bas 4 you.
Do not ms . fountain pen. Ton will
6nd that e q worth while. % the
psns proyidsd % soms hotsls ana 9TH
g public places afe often . bad that
Il = mpossthie 70 ~ ths0 With my.
ntiSkactiea.-1an yfanciscoaO hrenicla
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
TO GO TO SENATE
Governor Aldrich OF Nebraska An.
Candidacy.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. Ex-Governor
Aldrich of Nebraska, in ar address de-
livered at the state assembly, declared
his willingness to go to the United
States senate whenever the people of
the state saw fit to send him. His
speech dealt with the progressive
movement.
In it he strongly urged that Senator
Lorimer be deprived of his seat.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11

s.eprenensibie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
why are you SO very angry with.
Malter?"
He proposed to me last night"
what Of that?" ~
"Nothing. Only | accepted him the
night before."-I4ondon Stray Stories
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
Saloon Drawn win Thrown Out.

Ansonia. Conn, Aug. 9.-The pro-
bate court here has refused to admit
the will OF the late James Brennan on
the ground that the instrument vas
drawn In a saloon. The will left the
greater part Of the estate to his wild
ow. who was his third wife, and was
contestd by the eight children of HE
first wife.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
For sale-cheap, one Champion
Hans Holtan.
The Ready R,nane..,
Clumsy OF YOU to falI OyerlY

"Clumsy Of you to fail overheard.
said tie critical friend.
= didn't fall overheard" replied the
man who never sc~onfesses to a, mistake.
@The biggest fsh ever saw swan
alongside. and I couldn't resist the
temptation to dive for him..-Wash.
ington Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
MILLIONS. MADE
IN STEEL DEAL
George ". Perkins Cues.
toned About Scheme.
OFFICIAL RECORDS READ

Minutes Of Meeting Of Executive Com
mittee Laid Before Investigators in
Which the Witness Outlined Plan TO
Raise s~5o,ooo,ooo Without Costing
the Giant Corporation a Cent.
Washington, Aug. George w.
Perkins, a director of the United
States Steel corporation, former chair.
man of it's finance committee and for
mer partner of j. Pierpont Morgan, ap.
peared before the house committee on
inquiry into the steel corporation and
confronted with a copy of min
utes of the United States Steel cor
executive committee, March
4, 1902, in which he proposed a plan
to raise s50,OOO,O 900 without costing
the corporation a cent.
The record of that meeting, read to
Mr.. Perkins, was that of a plan which
the finance committee of the corpora
ton had been talking over and was
going to submit that day to the board
of directors.
The record showed Mr.. Perkins ex-
to the directors that there
were outstanding contracts for i'm
provemehts a%ggregating s20,oo0,O00
and notes to John D. Rockefeller for
$1O,0 100000 given for the purchase of
oil properties. 1t was not lair, MIR.
Perkins said, to take the S%30,000,000
required out of the earnings of the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
FOR SALE

For Sale practically new DIV
er type writer; also nearly new lat
est model Smith. Premier type
writer. Frank E. Funk, First Nat
ional Bank, Wasbburn, N. D.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11
FOR RENT

For Rent--A few good warm houses
Enquire Frank E Funk, LIST Natl
Bank
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11

For Sale-J.I I. Case threshing mac.
hine and steam left plows and au-
tomobiles for sale by f. a. Gala
han, Washburn, N. D.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-11

For Sale-Cheap Rumley Ideal sep
orator IS by Sc inch cylinder.
S25 will put it in good runningsor-
der. Used two seasons. Enquire
OF J. " iese, Washburn, N. d.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1911-12-20
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE"
COMES BACK TO ARIZONA
(From Saturdays Dsily.)

Jacob IIentich, formerly n corporal
Of the Ninth 4. =. Infantry. station.
cd at Whipple Barracks, returned to
Prescott during the week from Pre-
toria, South Africa. after an absence
Of many years where he served in
the Boer cause in the war with Eng.
land. He reviews the past with much
interest, and states that he left the
Transvaal about five months ago. In
returning to the United States he in.
tends to close his career as a "soldier
of fortune" which has carried him
over the globe, facing many dangers,
as the loss Of an arm will testify.
lie says that like many Americans
who served in the Boer army. his
services were so highly appreciated
that he was given commission in
the Boer ranks as captain of cavalry,
and in the battle of Modder river.
lost his left arm. After recovering
" WV """""S, w re'cntefed tho
army, and served until the close
Later he was given position by his
colonel, on farm, but the death of
the latter terminated the employment.
He then concluded to return 20 the
land Of his adoption, Mr.. Heintieh
was discharged with honors from the
U. ;. army at whipple after serving
eighteen continuous years. After his
discharge he returned to Germany 10
visit with relatives, arriving there n
few months before the war broke ont
In Africa. lie Is en- route to Stafford
IN 'raham county, where he has a
brother engaged in farming.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1911-12-20
MONTANA sToCKMAN
MAY MAKE HOME HERE
(From Saturdays Daily

Edward T. Carson, "a Townsend,
Mont, rancher, who came to Prescott
with "A carload Of stock and outfit
last week, AS result of Chamber Of
Commerce publicity, Is looking the
country over carefully with view to
locating ON land close to this city.
lie says that II he Is suited, mum.
bor of his neighbors in the vicinity
Of Townsend will come 20 Yavapai
county also. The farmers In that rich
northern country are prosperous, hut
twenty below zero gets monotonous
and Mr. Carson believes there are ms
great or possibly greater opportuni-
ties here, without dscounting the
climatic factor in the equation.
Mr. Carson Is a breeder of thorough.
bred horses and has brought THREE
very fine examples of the equine
with him. Behind pair OF these, he
will drive over the agricultural areas
of the county, picking out ranches
for himself and his frost bitten
friends.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1911-12-20
LAST SESSION AS
A TRAVELLING
GRAND JURY

GLOBE, Ariz., Dee. 16.-Globe liz
not to have the last session of the
Federal grand jury in the territory.
The Federal grand jury will meet
at Tombstone December 18th for the
last session in the territory. II will
also be the last time that Federal
grand jury will sit at Tombstone, as
under statehood the Federal court
will sit at Phoenix. The trial Jury
will convene on December 81, and
from that date on until statehood il
proclaimed by President Taft the
mill Of justice will grind.
An effort will be made TO clear up
the dockets Of both the Federal and
territorial district court before the
state officials take the oath of office.
The docket for the Federal grand
jury is said to be very light at this
term and il will probably be dis
posed Of before the last Of the
month. The territorial court will
probabiy SIT continuously, with the
exception Of the Christmas holidays,
until the new superior court sue
cecrs IL.
The most important ease TO be in.
vestigated by the Federal grand jury
is that Of the United States W.
Henry Miller, Of Bisbee, charged with
violating tho white slave traffic act.
The Hilburn boys, Of Douglas, will
appear before the Federal grand jury
on the charge Of smuggling Silver
Belt.
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1911-12-20
SHERIFF SMITH
SEES ERNEST BURRELL
(From Saturdays Daily


Sheriff j. w. Smith returned Yes.
terday from an investigation Of the
condition Of Ernest Burrell, charged
with killing Victor Thylan, who is
lying wounded in the Mercy hospital
at Phoenix. The trip was taken to
ascertain when IL would be possible
for setting day for the preliminary
hearing Of Burrell, who is one of the
principals in the Castle Creek tragedy
Of last week, which IL to be held here.
Sheriff Smith states that the wound
ed man has "A good chance of recoy.
ering, his attending physician, Dr.
Wylie, advancing this opinion, al.
thought IL will be over two months
before Burrell will be able TO leave
the hospital. lie is suffering from
three wounds, one in the abdomen,
one in the side and one in the arm
All three bullets remain in his body,
but the copper jackets have been ex.
traeted. The wound i'm the abdomen
penetrated the intestines nc two diff
ferent places, this being determined
after surgical operation. That
death did not follow in q short time
after the wounds were inflicted, is
regarded as marvellous by all phys'
clans who have been called into con
sultation.
Burfell was found In a communieat.
i've mood, but refused to discuss the
trouble between himself and Thylan
His wife is attending him, and his
youth and vigor, he being only TWEEN
ty'three years Of age, IL one of the
factors in favor Of his recovery.