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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-22

Twenty-three little oil trusts all
in a row, where there only use to be
one a short time ago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-22

COUNTY SEAT NEWS TOLD
IN BREEZY PARAGRAPHS
X X X X y Y X X X \. X 4! 4! X X y y X X X X x 4 y y
Christmas next Monday.

\; Y Y X X Y X X X \! \! X x x =:
Christmas next Monday.
Also important. Do your Christ
mas smiling early.
Mrs. f. S. Chase is the guest Of
her sister, Miss Meylert.
Mrs. Winnie Ripple is visiting
her parents, G.. S. Eddy and wife.
w. b. Ritter, wife and daughter
Adda spent Sunday at New Col
umbla.
Mrs. James Moran returned
Monday from week ; visit at
Muncy Valley,
Twentythree little oil trusts all
in row, where there only use to be
one a short time ago.
Frank Hileman, the young Du-
shore plumber, was doing some
work in town this week.
st. Johns Church Episcopal
Christmas Day, Holy Communion
1870 Il. IN.
Mrs. G. A. Murray of Mildred
spent Tuesday and Wednesday as
the guest of Miss Frances Moran.
Mrs. Louise Borrows left last
week for Norristown where she
will spend part of the winter with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. FAIRIES, who have
occupied Crocker cottage for over
a year left last week for Milton to
spend the winter.
The Christmas festival at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Church, Nord-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
TRAMP ATTACKS
GIRL CYCLISJ

BRISTOL VA, Special.-WIth a
Identified by Nora. the sixteen-year-
old daughter OF Joseph Goad. q West
chester county farmer, a. the man
who attacked her as she was BIZ
cycling along the New State Road.
Just outside OF the Hamlet OF COL
den's Bridge. Antonio Rosa was held
under heavy guard In cell here.
here.
Rosa had a marrow escape fron be-
ing iynched. news OF his capture and
IRE throughout the little hamlet
While an armed posse was beating the
undSEbrush In . search for him, I'm
der Sheriff Doyle and his deputies
FOUND the man hiding in the bushes
They put him ia an automobile and
rushed Aim to Niss Goad's homo. hop
Ing TO reach there before the angry
posse learned OF his capture.
The girl was in bed, suffering from
hysteria, when Rosa was led into the
room. She was asked to look at him.
and raising her eyes until they rested
on the mans face she suddenly be-
came terror-stricken and screamed.
That's the man. oh, take him away.
sheriff clutching him by each arm. Rosa
was Lalrly rushed out of the room He
was being hurried to the Jail when Mr.
Goad returned He had heard OF the
mans capture. Armed with a heavy
clup' ne made a rush at the prisoner
him. ALI
1t was with great difnculty that the
Irenzied father was overpowered and
1lsarmeo- Then Rosa was lifted into
full power.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12

rect the indifference and neglect in
which these experiences have their
origin The observance Of the ami
versary which means so much to
Chicago will not be confined to that
city. 1t is considered a fitting occa-
sion to impress upon other communi-
ties a sense of their own response
bilities. We have already called at
tention to the action OF the COVER
norS Of Illinois and Indiana proclaim
ing October 9Th as Fire Prevention"
day. calling upon the citizens TO put
their premises in order, clean up the
rubbish and waste, weed out the dan
ger spots and see that in as many in
.dfvidual instances as possible there is
general and thorough cooperation for
the safety and wellbeing of the whole.
Indirectly the health OF a community
will be advanced as we'll as it's proper
ty better protected by a movement Of
this kind.
II IL gratifying, therefore. to see
that it is spreading. The Mayor of
Rochester. N. Y, has issued a procla-
nation, similar in terms to those of
the western governors, and urging
also that the children in the schools
be given specific instruction with re-
gard to fire prevention methods. The
chief of the Portland. Me-, fire de-
partment has asked the city govern
ment for like action. The suggestion
might be acted upon with ADVANTAGE
In every city of the country. Many
would OF course disregard the cali
but enough might heed it to start an
impulse toward better individual con-
ditions. Very likely the committee of
the Chamber Of Commerce would have
Included IL in their recommendations
had Chicago's fOrtieth anniversary oc-
CURED during their deliberations
Boston Transcript.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
The Power of the Policeman.

Two men were walking on the grass
In the Capitol Grounds at Washington.
A policeman. tall. stalwart, grim.
approached them on the run.
Get on the grass!" he shouted, no
hint OF uncertainty in his tones
The two trespassers paced on, un-
needing unnoved by the warning
voice.
Get OF this grass," shouted the
policeman to the smaller OF the Of
Tending couple It's against the law
for you to be here. and I'll arrest
you"
Still the two walked on. bruising the
grass, ignoring the minion OF the
law. A heavy hand fell on the small
mans shoulder. The policeman was
in deadly earnest. Already the sta
ton house yawned wide for the stub
born men.
Who appointed you to your placer"
asked the ANAL man.
Mr.. Stokes Jackson, an official of
the House OF Representatives" an
sWered the policeman, with dignity. =.
We'll, said the Questioner CALMLY
you tell Mr.: Stokes Jackson that YOU
twice warned Representative Garner.
OF Texas, and Representative Lee, OF
Georgia. to get of the grass, and that
they didn't pay a BANKED bit OF at
tention TO you-"-The Twice-a- Month
Popular Magazine
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
TIE OIdest Indian.

Oldest OF all Indians in the United
States. Sitting Elk, former chief OF the
Ogallalla Sioux, Is visiting in Denver.
guest OF the white men. against whom
he always refused TO make war.
For almost a century he has been a
leader among his people, but wiser
than other chiefs, he early realized that
the red man was doomed. and at every
opportunity he counselled peace with
tbs palefaces.
1Is could well AFFORD to do so, for his
people knew he was no coward.
II have never killed white man."
he proudly boasts, but have fought
many battles. and / have done many
brave deeds In my long life OF ninety
six years. / was but seventeen when
Wayleid and killed my first enemy.
That was a very brave deed. Since
then I have killed many. many
Sitting Elk is total abstainer. He
smokes cigarettes, but insists he has
none of the other bad habits OF the
white man. He IS childless, the last of
his line, but he expects to live for many
years more-to be hale and hearty
long after he has passed the century
mark.
Sitting Elk moves tall and stately
With q complacency unruffied by
thoughts OF any immediate journey to
the happy hunting grounds.
Bright OF eye, keen Of mind, the old
warrior dons paint and feathers for his
appearance with the younger members
OF his tribe in the headlong dashes
across the amphitheater at the stock
which defies the spectator to single him
from the reckless redskins who have
but one-fourth his years to their credit
Denver Post
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12

Beulah Binford. like unannounced
comets. has. ia Seriptural language.
passed into the blackness OF dark
ness forever" and some OF her tx
seem 10 be tagging superfiuous on the
stage. IL was announced yesterday
that Mrs. Suydam and her affinity .
Fred Noble. will go on the stage and
engage In song and dance vaudeville
performances for the elevation OF the
stage" 1t was also stated that Gaby
Deslys. who played such an Important
part in the deposition OF PortuRaPs
young and thcughtless King, and who
has invaded the United States on a
money-gathering errand. has proven
disappointing. Her personal appear
ance, 1t seems. has been overrated.
while her histrionic ability Is on a
par with the ordinary dance hall art
istes. After Grace Darling had
achieved worldwide fame for her he
roism in saving the lives of ship
wrecked sailors. she was offered one
hundred dollars a night to sit in a
BOAT on the stage OF the Adeiphi The
ater In London. She declined the
0ner, refusing to leave her post at the
The Maid OF Northumbria' "a q
historic figure whose memory viii he
venerated, long after the butterfly ex-
lSeence OF such as those mentioned
ABOVE shall have been brought to n
c1ose.-Alexandria Gazette.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12

A stranger blew into a town in New
Mexico, and, when he recovered con
seriousness, found himself in a poker
game. where he gazed into the milf
tant race or the dealer.
In this town." the dealer was say
play a flush"
us that the rule all over town.
queried the stranger.
II Is, said the dealer.
Inc game progressed without specfal
incioeQf dntl seven o'clock in the
morning, at which time the stranger
round himself holding four aces. IL
developed later that one Of his oppoS
nents had gathered together four kings
elry. and all the clothing thew had.
This hand OF mine" the stranger
nnally said, looks good to me. VIM
you follows give me two hours to
raise more money!" ~
They said they would.
me stranger went to the ONLY hank
IN the town. and roasted on the stems
until the president went in. The presi-
dent had sat in the game for a short
want to borrow twenty thousand
collars" the stranger explained to the
bank president N
What collateral have your" asked
the money man.
For reply. the stranger showed him
the tour aces, which he had Concealed
In MS breast pocket. The PRESIDENCY
comment was equally brief. He handed
the stranger the twenty thousand.
good to be true, but a politician from
the southwest told it-and poIitIciana
never lie.-The Twice month PonT-
lar Magazine. O'u
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
Post-Mortem IAtcrnrx Actir1tx.

Nothing could be more remarkable
than the post-mortem activity OF Da-
vid Graham Phillips. He was killed
and taken to an untimely grave seve-
raj months ago. but he didn't allow a
small thing ike that to interfere with
his literary labors. In fact, hts death
seems to have acted like a atimulant
and he Is producing stories faster now
than he did when he went through
the hollow form Of living. Two long
novels and about a hundred short
stories have been dug up since the
last sad rites were performed. II was
about the same IN the case Of O.
Henry. It's curious business when
you come to think of II. These two
writer's were immensely popular and
couldn't begin to supply the demand
of the publishers o. Henry, bless his
heart. was improvident TO the limit
He was always up against 1t finan-
cially, and he marketed everything
he wrote before the ink was dry Yet
after his death a good many short
story manuscripts were discovered in
his effects. A man of a suspicious
temperament might come to the con-
clusion that there is a colored gen
tleman in somebody's woodpile.-
Walt Mason, In Kansas City Star.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
Her Faith.

One merit Of this story is that Il IS
true. At least it is guaranteed by a
Well-known Providence society woman,
MaJorie Elizabeth, a niece from Mich
igan, was visiting her, and accompanied
the elders to the Episcopal church OF
which her aunt is a member. Various
features OF the interior interested -l4ar-
torte greatly, and she asked about them
in a stage whisper. The baptismal font,
she was told, was where children were
baptized and became Christians.
Aren't you a Christian, Marjorie %
she was asked.
We'll" observed the diminutive wor-
shipper, still in the stage whisper, while
I'm here l suppose I might as well be
a Christian, but when I get home I
think I'll keep right on being a Presby-
torian. Journal.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12

The handwriting OF Joaquin Miller.
the Poet OF the Sierras." is said TO be
the worst In America since the days Of
Horace Greeley. He was recently in
vited to take part in a club. His an
swer covered four pages, but no one
could decipher a word OF 1t The sec
rotary wrote again TO Mr.. Miller, stat
ing the difficulty, and adding: IF you
Will be present on the date mentioned,
will you kindly make a cross on the
bottom OF the letter; IL il will be i'm
possible for you to appear, will you
kindly draw a circle?" BY return OF
post came a letter with a sign append
ed. But It was impossible to determine
whether that sign was intended for a
cross or a circle.-London Chronicle.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
PORTUGUESE WAR
ENDS IN FIASCO
Madrid Hears That RoyaIist
Forces Are in Precipi-
tate Flight.

AADRID, Special.-Oficial dis
patches received here, which have
nave been confirmed by advices from
private sources, are that the Monar-
Shlst uprising in Northern Portugal
mas ended in a f1asco. However. the
portuguese government has not re-
faxed the stern measures II adoDted
10 preserve order. Captain Couceiro
and the main body of Royalist troops
are reported to be in flight.
Monarchist supporters refuse to be-
lieve reports OF failure of their up
rising and declare that mountafneers
and peasants have Joined the Royalist
army until force Of 1000 Is now
operating around Chaves and Bra
ganza on the Spanish frontier.
Advices from Lisbon state that the
republican government continues to
reinforce its Northern garrisons.
meanwhile keeping an alert watch for
hlibusters.
Portugal has addressed a vigorous
note OF protest to Spain because Por-
tuguese Royalists are allowed to rem
devious on Spanish soil and eouip
themselves before crossing the Dor
der TO take up arms against the gov
eminent.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
TRIAL DISCL0SES
BRUTAL MURDER
TRIAL OF JOHN AND IEONORA
CASEY Is IN PROGRESS IN
NORTH CAROLINA.

RALEIGH. N. C.. Special.-The trial
OF John Casey and his wife, Leonora.
which Is In progress in Craven County
Superior Court this week. reveals ono
or the most ld-biooded OF muoEsra.
Casey q year ago became the p&fa-
mour OF Mrs. Joe Whitley. wife OF q
weli-to-do farmer OF Craven county.
Whitley died" and was buried and
three weeks thereafter the widow
married the man now on trial for his
life. and she Is the co-defendant.
So far the evidence shows the wo-
man to be the guiltier one OF the
After Whitley's death and the sud-
den marriage OF his widow. the family
OF the deceased, consisting OF a broth
er and other near relatives, employed
detective and started an investiga-
ton, with the result that the pris-
oners at the bar were arrested and
jailed without bail.
over fifty witnesses were subpoe-
naed in the case, and nearly half OF
them were examined Saturday and
today. The jury will hardly get the
case before about Thursday.
some OF the testimony already ad-
ouced Is most extraordinary and sen
sational. Some OF the important
points covered are. in part, as fol-
Clifton Avery. who resides near tho
nome OF the Caseys. swore that Mrs
Whltley (the present Mrs. Casey) at
tempted to bride and hire him to kill
her husband, or otherwise get him
out or the way" That II he would do
II she would handsomely reward him,
financially and otherwise. That some
time after that she tried to induce
witness to elope with her and leave
the State.
Mollie Rodgers, also a neighbor of
the Whitleys, and Of the Caseys later.
swears that while going to Kinston
"a neighboring town. she was with
Mrs. Whitley much of the day. on
the train en- route and in Kinston.
Declared She Would KiU Him Herself
That on that occasion Mrs. Whit
ley stated TO witness that her errand
was principally to purchase a pis-
tol to Kill Joe Whitley" her husband
with.
That she said she had made up her
mind to do the job herself, leaving
the inference that she had unavRil-
ingly attempted to secure others to
kill her husband.
That later she visited Mrs. Whit
ley at her home and there saw tho
can of Paris green.
Criminal intimacy between Casey
and Mrs. Whitley has been estab-
lished by many witnesses.
The physician who exhumed the
body swore that IL contained traces
not only of Paris green, but of other
poisons.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
WITNESS NEARLY
BLED TO DEATH
RIG HMO ND. VA

r H N o N D, VA Special
While Addison Bright. a negro, was
on the witness stand in the Hastings
Court yesterday afternoon the bandages
slipped from a knife wound which he
received in his side several days ago.
ana but for the prompt assistance Of
Ambulance Surgeon Watts the man
would probably have bled to death.
six months for hghtinE. Yesterday
morning be was taken to court to
testify against Willis Smith also col
ored, who was charged with malicious
assault.
In showing how Smith had attack ed
man. Bright In some manner wrench
ed the bandaga from his side. The
wound, which had just begun 70 heaL
opened and food OF blood stained his
clothes. The man screamed with pain
and fright and fell Writhiag to the
moor. DR.. Watts. who happened to be
within call, hurried to the scene. and
court was adjourned long enough for
him to dress and rebaRdaGe the neEros
wound.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
FROM CANADA
TO THE GULF
LINK CANADA, PACIFIC AND GULF
WITH HAMPTON ROADS-IOWA
CENTRAL CHAIN.

NEW YORK, SpeciaI.-What II be-
lieved to be the first step in a merger
OF the Gould lines with the HawIey
lines. thus forming a Canadian line
to the Gulf and a line from the At
lantic to the Pacific. was taken Thurs
day when the directors of the Min
neapolis and st. Louis Railroad Com
pany appointed committee, consist
ing OF Edwin Hawley, Newman Erb
and s. H. Davis. to confer with a
committee, consisting Of I. p. Shonts
Frank Trumbull and Joseph ]. Slo-
cum, appointed by the Iowa Central
Railway Company, to agree upon the
terms of a lease of the latter COM
pany TO the Minneapolis and st. Louis.
Under the laws of one OF the States
in which the Iowa Central has part
OF its line, this step is considered ne
cessary before any merger by CONSOLE
dation or sale is authorized. The COM
! mittees will also consider and agree
upon the terms Of subsequent merger
or sale.
The shareholders will be asked TO
authorize an increase of 100000
preferred stock and 100000 com
non stock, but it is not intended TO
issue this amount Of stock under the
plans in contemplation.
The shareholders also are asked to
authorize a new bond issue OF S75.-
provide for the new construction con-
templated, and to meet the require
ments Of the property for a term of
years additional equipment and it's
proper development.
Newman Erb left here Thursday
night to consult with the engineers
with respect to an extension OF the
Minneapolis and st. Louis to the Can
adam border and OF the Iowa Central
from Centerville, Ia, to st. Louis. Mr..
Erb expects to be gone about ten
days.
The plan OF extending the Mime
apolis and st. Louis to tap the rich
grain freight of Southern Canada is
expected to entail the building of $50
miles OF road from terminal points
In South Dakota connecting with the
Canadian Northern and the Grand
Trunk Pacific. A link between MIN
neapolis and Chicago. which In be-
lieved to be In prospect in the ar
engagements OF the HaWley interests
would give their system Of common
carriers a continuous line from Can
ada to the Atlantic Seaboard. The
Chesapeake and Ohio and it's con-
trolled roads would furnish the unit
joining Chicago with the Eastern
Coast Champion Roads) and at St.
Louis in connection with the Gould
lines for the Gulf or the Pacific.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
HOTEL MONTICELLO
HAS new OWNERS
SYNDICATE OF NORFOLK BUSI-
NESS MEN ACQUIRES HOSTEL
RH-WORTH A MILLION,

NORFOLK, VA, Special.-Tho Mon
ucelio, one of the largest and best
equipped hotels in Virginia, was sold
Thursday to a syndicate composed of
norfolk business men, who acquired
the stock Of the Monticello Realty
Company. which owns the building
and site valued at over $1,000 200, ac-
cording to estimates Of conservative
real estate experts. The considera-
ton was not made public.
Immediately after the successful
conclusion of the negotiations which
have been in progress for a month,
the new owners held a meeting and
elected the following officers:
Charles II. Consolvo, president and
manager; Charles r. Capps, first vice
president; Perry w. Ruth, second vice
president; Wellington Hardy. treas
urer; w. B. Baldwin, secretary; Wal
ter II. Taylor. general counsel.
Colonel Consolvo, a former lessee.
who is president OF the purchasing
syndicate, took charge Of the Month
cello Immediately after the adjourn
ment Of the meeting, relieving Mana
ger B. ]. Lowsnberg, who has the
past four years directed the Tairs
of the hotel.
As yet no papers have been filed in
connection with the transfer OF the
stock company owning the building
site. but IL IL said that q MORTGAGE
covering the purchase price, or 10
much Thereon as necessary. has been
financed satisfactorily, all OF the mi
nor details in this connection having
been concluded several days ago.
All Of the fourteen members OF the
purchasing syndicate are wen known
local business men, but Il lie said on
good authority that the loan was
fiOated in Boston.
The Monticello, largest of Norfolk's
new hotels, was completed in the fall
OF 1898 and formally opened by Syi-
vanus Stokes. OF Baltimore. who re-
tired when his lease expired in 1903.
ing him as lessee. Colonel Consolvo'
remained in charge OF the big hostelry
until 1908, when the owning corpora
ton, the Monticello Realty Company.
took charge, and has since operated
the house with Bernard J. LoweAberg
as manager.
Occupying one OF the busiest cor
ners in NORFOLK. the Monticello IS
probaly the most valuable realty
holding in Tidewater Virginia The
big structure, which Is seven stories
high, contains. $50 rooms. and fronts
15O feet on CRANKY Street and 220
feet on City Hall Avenue. According
to those in close touch with real es-
tate values the property on CRANKY
Street is worth $4,000 a front foot,
while that on City Hall Avenue has
a market value OF 81 800 a front foot.
Including the building, site, fur
nishings, numerous concessions, and
five large stores on the ground floor,
the property which changed owner
ship yesterday is worth over $1,000
600, those interested say.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
German Alliance Is Opposed to
Treating" and to Bar
Drinking.

Washington, d. C., Special
That anti-treating, not prohibl.
uons Is the proper step to take in
the direction OF temperance As
the texs OF a resolution unaui-
mously endorsed In the National
German-American Alliance Con-
Vention today.
Philip Rapport, OF the Indiana
delegation, presented the resoIu-
ton and called upon ali members
Oh the alliance to pledge them
serves not to accept or to give
treats and not to drink over a
bar.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12

"A Southern physician of recognized
skill and eminence urges that all out
ward symbols OF mourning should be
abandoned. For many years he has
expressed his views. He has won
over q large number OF people vino see
no reason why the heart should ad-
vertise it's sorrow by the conspicuous
insignia OF gloom.
There are. or have been, peoples
wiser In their generation. The Ro-
mans Of the days Of the republic wore
blue as a sign OF mourning. It IL the
proper thing In Asia Minor now. The
Turk mourns IN violet, and the Per-
sian In pale brown. URtil French
queen set the present fashion in the
latter half OF the fifteenth century
white was the color OF grief in Europe,
as il is now in China-"-Akunseys Mag
aZine
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
MEXICAN NAVY is
AFTER REVOLUTONISTS

MEXICO CITY, Specialize Mexi-
can government is resorting to the
use OF its navy to put down the anti
Maderist revolt, which is daily becom-
ing a more serious menace TO the CEN
trail government. A dispatch today
states that a Mexican gunboat in pa
trailing the coast for filibusters fired
upon the steamer Drake, which sail
ed from New Orleans and which was
reported to have a cargo of arms and
ammunition for the insurrectos.