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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-27

At all party counsels today, har-
mony was urged upon the various fac
tions In a further effort To placata
the Bryan interests, there was prac-
ucaIly Il unanimous decision to make
Scnator-elcct Ollc James, OF Ken
tucIN. permanent chairman MT.
James is known as one of the closest
friends OF the NchrasNan
Some Of Governor Woodrow VIII
sons supporters were claiming tonight
that sentiment i'm the big New York
delegation was turning toward their
candidate.
II was everywhere agreed that the
nominee would be an out and out pro
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-27
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

COOK WANTED, A FIRST CLASS
colored woman cook. 702 s. Ell
wood.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-27

TWO FRONT ROOMS LIGHT
housekeeping. 706 S. Detroit.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-27

LOST: YELLOW HEAD PARROT.
Reward Phone 1896.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-27

corporatlon for the marketing of the
cotton crop on a fifteen cent basis.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-27

WANTED: BOY TO DRIVE FURNI-
ture wagon, 124 e. Second.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-27

FOR RENT: S-ROOM MODERN
house. Enquire 701 s. Egin. VIM.
Goodman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
NICARAGUA IS FOR PEACE
Country Appeals Through Secretary
Knox for Action by U. S. Senate
on Loan Convention.

Washington, March 18.-In response
to an appeal from the people Of Mica
ragua Secretary of State Knox cabled
President Taft to urge consideration
of the Nicaraguan loan convention
which has been buried in the senate
committee on foreign relations for
more than a year.
''The prompt action of the United
States senate on the Nicaraguan con-
vention is anxiously and prayerfully
hoped for by the government and the
people of Nicaragua cables Mr..
Knox. while | was in Nicaragua but
one request was made Of me and that
by all classes of people-'help us
maintain peace"
The secretary denies that there
were any any unpleasant incidents
during his visit to Nicaragua, and
pronounces his reception by the peo-
pie and the government most cor
dial"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
ALIENS IN ROANOKE.
OUTLAWS REMOVED FROM SCENE
OF SHOOTING AT HILLSVlLLE.
Feudists Still Evade Posse-Elide In
Stronghold Where Many Revenue
Men Have Been Killed.

Roanoke, Va, March 18.-F1oyd Al
len, the outlaw, his son, Victor and
BUD Marion, all of whom are held as
principals in the sensational shooting
at Hillsville, Va, are safely locked in
the jail here to await action by the
authorities.
The utmost secrecy surrounded the
removal Of the bandits from the cen
ter Of disturbance. Judge Staples,
who has been in charge of the Hills
vile court since the assassination of
Judge Massie, the sheriff and the
prosecutor last Thursday, not only
made out the papers permitting the
removal of the prisoners, but accom-
panied them personally from Hills
vile to this city The trip was made
by special train, Alien, who is danger
ously wounded, being carried to and
from the train in an ambulance.
The party accompanying the outlaws
stated that the Aliens have so far
evaded the force of 500 detectives,
deputy sheriffs and feudists who are
securing the mountains in an effort to
locate their hiding place. The gang
is believed, however, to be entrenched
in the mountain Businesses around
| Devils Den, a territory where over a
score of internal revenue officers have
met their deaths in the quest for moon
sinners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
NLBANE is GIVEN OVATION
Featherweight Champion Greeted by
100000 on His Arrival in CIeVe-
land, His Home.

Cleveland, o., March 1S.-Johnny
Kilbane, featherweight champion OF
the world, on his arrival home, re
ceived the biggest welcome ever &C
corded a notable in Cleveland, a crowd
estimated at between 10000 and 2OO,-
900 strong, greeting him at Union sta
ton when his train pulled in and lin
ing the streets over which the parade
passed.
Cleveland was solid mass Of green
from Public Square to the western linn
its Of the city.
The parade which traversed the
downtown streets was more than two
miles in length, and was reviewed at
the city hall by Mayor Baker and 9th
er officials, as well as a number Of
state officials from Columbus.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20

Congregational church, where a
service was held at 80 O. clock, Rev.
W. H. Hannaford, pastor Of the
Congregational church and Rev. } T
Morgans of the NJ. E. church oficiat-
ing. Following the services the body
was taken to Hillside cemetery when
she was laid to rest beside her
husband.
1t is hard to lose those we love and
still harder to understand Gods ways
But in our stumbling finite way we
know that Gcd is Love, and that all
is we'll with her in the Eternal Fields
of Paradise, where there is no more
sorrow and no pain.
Lead kindly light. amid the encircling
gloom.
Lead me Thou on:
The night is dark, and | am far from nome
Keep Thou my feet; 1 do not ask to see
The distant scene: one step is enough for
me.
30 long. Thy power has blessed me. sure
Ger moor and fen, DER crag and torrent.
till
The night is gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since, and lost
awhile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
FOURTH CLASS POST
MASTER EXAMINATION
To be Held in Lancaster on Saturday,
March 30, 1912, for Postmaster
at Beetown, Wis.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
date named above an examination
will be held at Lancaster, Wis, as a
result of which it is expected to make
certifcaticn to fill a contemplated
vacancy in the position Of fourth class
postmaster Of class B at Beetuwn,
Wis, and other vacancies as they may
occur at that office, unless it shall be
decided in the interests Of the service
to fill the vacancy by reinstatement.
The compensation of the postmaster at
this Office Was 1882 for the last fiscal
year
Age limit, 81 years or over on the
date Of the examination, with the ex
ception that in a state where women
are declared by statute to be of full
age for all purposes at Is years,
women Is years Of age on the date of
the examination will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post Office
for which the examination is an
nounced.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
can comply with the requirements,
Application forms and full
information concerning the require
ments of the examination can be
secured from the postmaster at
Beetown, Wis. or from the U. s.
Civil Service Commission. Washing
ton, D. G.
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the com
mission at Washington within days
before the date of the examination,
otherwise it may be impracticable to
examine the applicants.
u. s. CIVIL SERVICE COM.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
KILLED IN HISTORY FALL
Chicago Man Becomes III After Dental
Operation and PIunges Down
Elevator Shaft.

Chicago, March 18.-W. Tracy Glow,
connected with J. B. Glow e Sons,
plumbing manufacturers, was killed in
a tragic manner in the Masonic tenn
pie.
Temporary illness, following a den
tai operation, overcame Mr.. Glow
while he was riding in an elevator in
the building. He grew faint, lurched
forward, was caught between the
grille grating and the car, and plunged
down the shaft, eighteen floors, to his
death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
ObituarY-Mrs. VIM. F. McGOnigal.

Emma Baltic was bern in Boice
Prairie, Wis, on Feb. 10th, 1866 and
died at the home of her sister, Maria
Higley at Platteville, Wis, on March
1st 1919. Her early life was a very
happy one, and it was from the home
of her parents that she was united in
marriage on March goth, 1883 to VIM.
f. McGonIgal of this city.
Immediately after her marriage they
came to Lancaster to reside. There
was horn to them one son, Wilbur,
now young man of 20 years. Her
husband died in 1908 The great
shock of his death, and her grief so
Slapped her strength that she seemed
to no longer have the power to ward
off the dread disease which already
had taken its hold upon her. Up to
this time she had ever been an
exceedingly active woman. associated
largely with social affairs, mem Der
of several lodges and also of the First
Congregational church. She had a
sympathetic nature, which won for
her innumerable friends. Her home
was a gathering place for all-and
throughout all her years of pair and
sickness, she took the greatest interest
in the activities of her friends and
neighbors. and loved to have them
about her. Her suffering never made
her SO self conferred that she was care
less of the things that make life
pleasant
She sought relief in several different
sanitariums, but received no
permanent help from any of them,
and about four years ago she went to
Platteville to reside with her mother
Mrs. Sarah Bailie and her sister Mrs.
Maria Higley, and here she was
tenderly cared for until the time of
her death. While the years brought
such manifold smarts, yet they
brought, too. many days of quiet
happiness and compensation in the
love of friends and the unfailing
devotion of her brother VIM. j. Baltic
and her sister Mrs. Higley No
matter how great the storms of pain
and grief and trials, there was
always brother Will" to help and
comfort, never failing source of
strength, Always patient tender
and strong, giving freely and without
stint his time and devotion to further
her comfort and happiness.
Her mother preceded her Just four
monChs ago to the Great Beyond, and
her grief rather fastened the end.
She leaves to mourn her loss her son
Wilbur, in whom all her fondgst
hopes were conferred, two brothers,
VIM. J. Bailie, of Lancaster. Wis,
and RObt. Bailie of North Yakima,
WASH, and one sister. Mrs Maria
Higley, of Platteville, Wis.
Her cheerfulness. her hopefulness.
her bravery and her thoughtfulness Of
others, even in her suffering, endeared
her to all with whom she came in
contact, L. ITO be serene amid
losing tight, to meet with equal
courage dark or light. is to learn
4ife's lesson, then she surely learned
it and reached the height.
That she had many friends. was
shown by the profusion of beautiful
flowers, from both Platteville and
Lancaster, and the large company
gathered to pay their last respects to
this splendid woman. The services
were held at Platteville at the home
OF Mrs. Higley on March 3rd and on
Monday. March ss4th. the body was
Drought to Lancaster and taken to the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
italics.

Italics were first used about A. D.
1900 by Manutius, Venetian printer,
who dedicated them to the Italian
states. Hence the name The first
book set up in italics was an edition
o. Vergil printed at Venice by Aldus
in 1901. A copy of this rare book is
preserved in the British museum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
Claims Record on LARGE Eco,

Racine, Wis, March 18.-Mrs. R. M.
Boyd, a chicken fancier, has what is
said to be a record size egg produced
by a white Leghorn hen. The egg
measures 872 by 6A inches in circum-
ference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
DR.. MARY WALKER STRICKEN
Noted Suffragist Taken III on Train
and Is in Dangerous Condition
in New York,

New York, March 18.-A martyr to
the cause for which she has been SO
valiantly battling for years, DR.. Mary
E. Walker, famous throughout the
country as an exponent of the right
of women to suffrage, lies dangerous
ly ill in the Presbyterian hospital
here
Doctor Walker was taken i'll on an
Albany train on which she was return
ing to this city after having partici-
pated in the hearing held at the cap
itol last week on the suffrage bills.
She was alone at the time, but was at
tended by sympathetic travellers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
Indian School Head Quits.

Alturas, Cal, March 1S-Supt. M.
M. Griffith of the United States gov
eminent Indian school at Fort Bid
well, has resigned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends for
the beautiful flowers and the many
thoughtful kindnesses shown to my
dear mother and our sister through
her long illnesss.
Wilbur McGonigal,
VIM. J. Bailie.
Robt. E. Baltic.
Mrs. Maria Higley.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31
ASKS TAFT
NOT TO INTERVENE
AT SAME TIME THANKS U. S. FOR
SENDING CUNBOAT.
CLAIMS REVOLT IN CONTROL
Cuban Government Needs Only Sufficient
Time in Which to Crush the Racial
Revolt in Southern Part of
Island.
(Copyrighl)

Havana.-President Gomez sent q ca.
blegram to President Taft in which he
protests in friendly but firm terms
against intervention by the United
States.
1T is my duty to say that SO serious
. resolution alarms and hurts the feel
ings of a people who love and are jeal.
GUS of their independence" he says, after
reciting that he had received from United
States Minister Beaupre a note inform.
ing him that the Washington government
had ordered a gunboat to Nipe bay and a
strong naval concentration at Key West
in. anticipation of possible eventualities,
and also in event that the Cuban govern
ment was unable to protect American
property, it was the intention to land
forces for that purpose.
q" appeal to you," he continues. "as a
loyal friend of Cuba, respecting her
rights, that you will be convinced that
this government is capable and suffi.
GENTLY supported by the valor and patri-
otism of the Cuban people to deal prompt
ly with a few unfortunate ana misguided
persons without reason or flag"
The Cuban government has expressed
through Minister Beaupre its gratitude
to the United States for sending the Prai-
rie to Guantanamo. The thanks of the
island republic were conveyed in a reply
addressed to Minister Beaupre.
The note declares that "the Cuban
government at present needs only suff-
cient time in which to crush, as it will
surely crush, the unjustifiable racial re.
volt in the southern part of the island,
just as it has put down revolts breaking
out in other provinces where, although
only four days have elapsed, no armed
parties are at large, and confidence is re.
awakening and public tranquility is
growing"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31
HANSTONES BREAK
WOMAN'S arm
PAXTON PARSoN HAD FINGERS
FRACTURED BY THEM.
PEOPLE W UNDER BED
Some of Them Were Three Inches in
Diameter-Were All Sorts of
Shapes-Penetrated Roof and
Drove Family Under Bed.

Hopkinsville, Ky.-Heavy loss was
saused by a hail and wind storm which
passed over the northern section of this
county. The Warrington neighborhood
suffered the brunt of the damage.
S~torehouses and dwellings at Manning
ton were penetrated by the enormous
hailstones that fell there, measuring as
high as three inches in diameter and
nine inches long, and being all sorts of
shapes. In the home of John Long the
family crawled under the beds to Q
hailstones that came through the roof
and ceiling. Gigantic hailstones struck
Genie Childress on the right arm, break
ing the bone. payton Parson had some
of his fingers fractured in The same
manner. A number of calves and hogs
were killed by being struck on the head.
Crops and gardens were almost ruined.
A terrific wind accompanied the hail and
wrought much damage by unroofing
houses, blowing fences away and de.
stroying timber. Lightning added to the
loss by striking many trees.
The storms path was about half a
mile wide and possibly five miles long,
but the center of its destructive power
was at Warrington and immediate
vicinity.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31
v, A. PERCY DIES
OF BRICHT'S DISEASE
HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO RALLY
FROM ATTACK.
WAS OF A RACE OF LAWYERS
A Native Of Mississippi-was One Of
the Ablest Lawyers and Most
Attractive Citizens Of
Memphis.

Nashville, Tenn.-William A. Percy,
of Memphis, who had been desperately
i'll at the Maxwell House since the eve
of the Democratic state convention, died
Wednesday morning, surrounded by his
wife, children and two brothers.
The end had been feared since the
sudden attack with which he was seized
May a., AID had been expected for
several hours before it came.
His wife and children were sum
moned from Memphis, and his two
brothers, Senator Leroy Percy from
Washington and Walker Percy from
Birmingham.
Mr.. Percy came here in apparently as
good health as any man who came to
the state convention. None of those
who knew him or We're with him had
any intimation that he was in other
than perfect health. The attack is sup
posed to have been acute Bright's dis
ease.
Mr.. Percy is survived by two brothers,
Walker of Birmingham and Leroy,
United States senator from Mississippi.
He was born in Greenville, Miss, on
January "a, 1868, and received his early
education in the public schools. In 1879
he entered the University of the South
at Sewanee and was graduated with
distinction in 1882 with the degree OF
master Of arts.
He was of q race of lawyers, and
upon the completion of his academic
course he entered the University OF
Virginia law school. Students in those
days were privileged to enjoy the per.
sonal contact and direction of their
teachers and he was fortunate in
having as his instructor Prof. Minor,
a celebrated lawyer and a teacher Of
renOWn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31

In more hardy days than these snuff
was used as an eye liniment. THE
Complete Housewife, or Accomplished
Gentlewoman's Companion" which had
run into 16 editions by 1853. extols
Its virtues. says the London Chron-
icle. Accomplished gentlewomen who
md their sight failing with advancing
years are advised to rub the right
sort OF Portugal snuff into the eyes
night and morning, and take 1t also
through the nose" This treatment. It
Is asserted. cured Sir Edward Sey.
mour, Sir John Houblon. and Judge
Ayres, SO that they could read without
spectacles after they had Used them
many years" Some people would pre-
fer s%pectacles.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31

Stories of Dire Distress Come From
LaSalle Parish.

New Orleans, La-Stories of dire dis.
tress among 1,4oO food refugees in the
vicinity of jena, La, in LaSalle parish.
were received here by DR.. Oscar BOWL
ing, president of the Louisiana State
Board of Health, from DR.. Mayor New.
hauser, special inspector of the board,
who is in charge of the medical and
sanitary work among the refugees in
the Black river section.
DR.. Newhauser said he had just CON.
pleted a trip of twenty-five miles up
Black river, and that some 1,4O0 refu-
gees were clamoring for food and are
in need Of medicines.
DR.. Newhauser says that scattered
about in the swamps within a radius of
nine miles of Jena there were $50 ne
groes and $50 white people, among whop
100 tents had been distributed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31

From Copenhagen comes informa.
ton which will be received with inter-
est by all who are alert to electric
progress. Professor Hanover. presi-
dent OF the Polytechnic academy of
that capital, is asserted to have invent
ed an electrical accumulation that has
fve times the capacity of the accumu-
lators now in existence without any
increase over them in size and weight.
He uses porous lead alloy sheets, the
capacity Of which is increased by per-
forating them with millions Of mi.
croscopic holes. Professor Hannover's
accumulation. while it is likely to be
more expensive than those now in use,
Will be most valuable for aeroplanes
n submarine boats and in lighting
railroad trains.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31
CELEBRATE GETTYSBURG
John Sharp Williams Makes Stirring
Speech-Honors Blue and Gray.

John Sharp Williams Makes Stirring
Speech-Honors Blue and Gray.
Washington.-The feature of the
meeting of Union and Confederate dele
gates from all the states to formulate a
programme of the fftieth anniversary
of the battle Of Gettysburg was an i'm.
promptu address by Senator John Sharp
Williams. Senator Williams was i'm
pressive in his reference to the memoir
able charge of Pickett's Virginia, North
Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and
Mississippi gallant troops. Southern
chivalry and courage, he said, were
visited upon a Gibraltar as tempestuous
as ever stirred the Mediterranean.
In the national military parks he
wanted to see true Confederate history
of that memorable conflict taught in
monuments to Southern heroism. South
ern soldiers were just as true as Ameri-
can soldiers. Both sides, he said, were
actuated by patriotic intent, pure pur-
pose and heroic devotion to a con-
ceived duty. The women and children
on both sides were as brave and as true
as the men in arms.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31
DECLINE IN BEEF EXPORTS
Statement Of Department Commerce and
Labor Issued.

Washington.-The monthly statement
of the department of m and labor
shows the total value of exports for April
to have been $176. 100, 200, as against
$154 100000 for the same month last
year. The imports were valued at $780,
100000, as against $119, 800, 900 for April,
1911. For the ten months ending April
30, the total value of exports was 81, $685..
100000, as against 1 ,726, 500, 900 in 1911.
The imports from S., 274, 600 900 to ST.
366,sOO.
There is an appreciable falling of in
the receipts Of fresh beef, which last
month consisted of only 500, 900 pounds,
as against 100000 pounds in April,
1911. For the ten months the reduction
was from 34,5Oo.ooo pounds to $500, 900
pounds. Cattle also lost heavily for the
month.
The exports of cotton for last April
were 364, SOC, 900 pounds, while the pre-
vious April they were 1923, SOC, 900
pounds.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-31

A Chicago boy carried away a model
aeroplane prize with a machine which
had curved wings like a letter U. They
gave his model a stability which car
ried 1t beyond all rivals, and a profess
sional aviator who witnessed the ex-
hioition declared that the lad had dis
covered a principle which would un.
doubleday be adopted by the builders
OF aeroplanes. After the boys have
been experimenting a few more years
1t Is possible that we shall have o
really safe flying machine.