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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Firemen Make Run With % De-
grees Below Zero.
Small Fire at Jake Barker
House Early Morning.
WAS COLDER IN 1872.
j. I'll. FOUGHT Reports ThermOm-
eter Broke All Records.
Weather Like Today Then fer
Two Weeks.

Milton Pond, fireman at station No
1, about $3.50 o'clock this morning
struck a match and looked at the
thermometer. 1t registered p degrees
below zero At that moment an alarm
came in. In that terrific cold the men
from stations No. l and made a run
to the home of jake Barker, a cOlored
policeman at 9O7 North jackson street
The fire had started from SCOT on the
roof catching from sparks coming from
the chimney. The damage was trifiing,
but it was the coolest run made by
the dremen for several winters.
The present cold spell is similar to
the early part of January in 1872 when
the temperature ranged between IS
and % degrees below zero, according to
J. H. FOUGHT, an old resident of To-
peka. This morning he told of walk
ing mile through the cold, but being
young and we'll wrapped up, says he
didn't mind it,
First Snow New Years Day.
AT that time conditions were very
much the same as now,'' said Mr..
FOUGHT this afternoon. 1.-The first heavy
snow of the winter came New Years
day. 1t fell about a foot deep and did
not drift week later a storm, with
a whirling wind at about 40 miles an
hour struck US from the northwest. I
was teaching school at Granville at
the time. 1t began showing in the
morning and kept up showing and blow
AhS al Jay ionS- Dy !lSn1 d 1oot VI
snow had fallen on the other snow
and had drifted I was boarding at
the home of M. r. Dutton. who after
wards became my father-in-law, one
mile north of Granville. The first
evening of the snow when 1 started
home I decided to stay all night at the
home of A. J. Kleinhans, father Of John
Kleinhans, instead of going home. l
went to the gate of the school yard.
There the snow had drifted level with
the top of the fence. / thought / could
stand on the fence and jump across
the drift. but when I did so I landed
in the snow up to my neck. I plowed
my way out and stayed at the Klein
hnas home that night. However, for
the rest of the time, the two weeks
that the thermometer lowered between
10 and % degrees below zero, I walked
back and forth from the DuttOn home.
1 was young then, warmly dressed and
did not mind the cold"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12
A Resolution
for Thin-B.oOded
People


ana tendency fatigue suffering from thin blood
They need only the resolution take he right trea
and stick to cured The remedy that be relied
upon is DR.. Wilham' Pink Pills for Pale People With
very dose they blood and new blood means
health and strength They further of the dis
and their blood builder be plainly
after hort trial. The red cheeks, good appetite increas
from the symptoms, all declare the general improvement
in the health. It is pure blood that is travelling
everywhere through the body and the benefit goes
til health is restored.
A.
a
a
e
Igotth hem
in three
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are the bloods
greatesr aid in overcoming rheumatism anema chloross
headaches and after-effects of the grip and fevers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

Thin-biooded people do not
remain so from choice but
from Indifference, in some
cases from despair. People
who are pale, languid, with
slight paIpitation of the heart
some difficulty in breathing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-12

SIS. 90 Suits and Overcoats.
$40. Suits and Overcoats
$25. 90 Suits and Overcoats =.
$4,000 Suits and Overcoats =.
Nothing REESE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
THE FUGITIVE GALlEON.

Into the Bay of Tobermory there sailed
ono day a great galleon of Spain. belonging
to that mighty armada which had been
shattered and driven in frantic fight by
English seamen with hearts of oak under
Drake, Hawkins. Howard, Seymour and
Martin Frobisher, names to make the blood
beat faster even now. The year was 1855,
In the reign Of Elizabeth, long, long age,
This fugitive galleon. aforetime so stately
and ornate, was racked and leaking, her
painted sails in tatters, her Spanish sailors
sick, weary, starving. after escaping from
the English Channel and faring far north
ward around the stormy Orkncys. Many
Of her sister ships had crashed ashore on
the Irish coast while the surviving frag-
ment of this magnificent hotilla wallowed
fororny home. Seeking provisions, repairs.
respite from the terrors OF the inplacable
ocean, the galleon Florencia dropped anchor
In Tobermory Bay, and there she laid hel
bones.
with her. il is said. was lost a great
store of treasure in gold and plate, and ever
since l64l, for more than two and half
centuries, the search for these riches has
been carried on at intervals. More than
Mac rayne's steamers through the Sound
Of Null next summer, and delightful ex-
curslon IL IL, you would hnd an up-to-date
suction dredge and a corps OF divers, EN-
pioyed by the latest syndicate TO finance
the treasure hunt, ransacking the mud OF
Tobermory Bay in the hope OF finding the
Spanish gold Of the Florencia. Many thou
sands have been vainly spent In the quest
but the lure Of lost treasure has fascina-
ton Of It's own, and after all the failure OF
Scotch and English seekers. American Ell,
terprise and capital have now taken hoid
Of this romantic task.
swift and tragic as was the fate OF cap
tain Pareira and his ships company " was
perhaps more mereiful than that which De-
fell the great squadron OF salieons Of the
armada that were east on the coast OF ire
land, on the rocks Of Clare and Kerry, III
Galway Bay and along the shores OF o'iso
and Donegal. More than thirty ships pee,
shed IN this way and OF the eight Thousand
haif-drowned wretchos who struss'en
ashore no more than handful escapea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
CAPTAIN kpps CREW cARou SING AT OLD cALAeAR RIVER
pratss ognh

desertion OF his crew, his limping return,
cautiously anchoring IN Oyster Bay. now
adays sedulously avoided by rnslefsctors
OF great wealth; his seizure, and melan-
choly trial In London, unrepresented by
counsel, his French passes, vital 10 his de-
fence. stolen from him and their very ex-
istence denied lone Of them, incidentally,
unearthed by the author in the Public
Record once and photographed for the
present volumel, until, after u manly bear
ing against great odds, Captain William
was duly done 10 death BY the ponderous
legal machine he had no means TO combat
and hung In chains hard by Tilbury Fort.
A poor specimen OF pirate. indeed; IT,
haply, his soul consorts with the damned
souls Of sea rovers, these probably render
eternity wearisome to him by reminding
him that he did not even deserve hang
ingl Mr.. Paine dismisses Kidd In these
words:
Thus lived aud died q man who wnat-
ever may have been his faults. was I'M
fairly dealt with by his patrons, misused
by his rascally crew and slandered by
credulous posterlty."
After which II is a relief 10 turn TO tho
blithesome fortunes OF another William
the great Sir William Phips.
THE flaw in the business Of treasure
hunting, outside OF fiction. Is that the per-
sons equipped with the shoyels and DICKS
and the ancient charts SO seldom ind the
hidden gold, The energy, credulity ana
persistence OF these explorers are truly
admirable, but the results have been SIN
gularly shy OF dividends the world over
There is genuine satisfaction, therefore
In sounding the name and fame OF the man
who not only went rowing In search OF lost
treasure, but also found and fetched home
more of 1t than any other adyenturer
known to this kind Of Quest"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
Generally Such a Search Is About Prolific as
That for the Pot of Gold at the Rainbows End,
but You Will Find Recorded Here Some
Instances of the Discovery of Great
Wealth by Eager Adventures.

! dazzling treasure OF SamarCand? Where Is
the wealth OF Antioch, and where the
Jewels which Solomon gave the Queen OF
Sheba? During thousands of years of war
fare the treasures of the Old World could
be saved from the conqueror only by hid
ing them underground and in countless in
stances the sword must have slain those
who knew the secret. When Genghs Khan
swept across Russia with his hordes OF
savage Mongols towns and cities were blot
ted out as by fire, AMI doubtless those
Of the slaughtered population who had gold
and precious stones buried them and there
they still await the treasure seeker. What
was happening everywhere during the ruth
less ages OF conquest and spolauon is ln'
dictated by this bit OF narrative told by a
native banker of India TO w. FORBES
Mitchell. author OF "reminiscences OF the
Great Mutiny:
you know how anxious the late Maha-
rajah Scindia was to get back the fortress
of Gwalor, but very few knew the real
cause prompting him. That was a con-
cealed hoard of sixty crores Of rupees GEO.
100000 in certain vaults within the fort
ress. over which British sentinels had been
NalklHB III CHii'S E'oiS' "N'N' S'f -o
the wealth hidden beneath their feet Long
before the British government restored the
fortress TO the Maharaiah every one VINO
knew the entrance to the vaults was dead
except one man, and he was extremely old.
Although he was in good health, he might
have died any day. II this had happened
the treasure might have been lost to the
owner forever and to the world for ages
because there was only one method OF en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

trance, and II was iaost ounningly con-
cealed. on all sides. except for this series
Of blind passages, the vaults were surround
ed by solid rock The Mshrajah was In
such a situation that he must either get
back his fortress or divulge the secret Of
the treasure TO the British government and
risk losing II by confscatien. As soon as
possession was restored TO him, and even
before the British troops had left Gwalior
territory, masons were brought from BE-
mares, after being sworn to secrecy In the
Temple of the Holy Cow There they were
kept as prisoners until the hidden treasure
had been examined and verified, when the
hole was again sealed up and the workmen
were once more blindfolded and taken back
10 Benares in the custody Of an armed
escort"
OF Captain Kidd we are told
Doomed TO an Infamy undeserved, his
name Redeemed with crimes he never COM
mitted and made wildly romantic by tales
OF treasure which he did not bury. Captain
Kidd is fairly entitled to the sympathy OF
posterity and the apologies of all the ballad
makers and alleged historians who have
obscured the facts In a cloud OF fable. Fate
has played the strangest tricks imaginable
with the memory Of this seventeenth GEN.
fury sesfarer. who never cut throat Or
made victim walk the plank. who was no
more than third or fourth rate pirate In
an era when this interesting profession was
in its heyday, and who was hanged at
Execution Dock for the excessively unro-
mantle crime of cracking the skull Of his
gunner with a wooden bucket"
Yet the Kidd legend inspired three treas
ure stories OF SURPRISING merit-Stevenson
Treasure Island" Poes Gold Bug and
Washington Irving's "wolfert Webber--as
well az countless legends Of treasure which
Kidd certainly never possessed, much less
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

slaughter at the hands Of the Wild Irish.
who Knocked them on the head with bat
tie axes or stripped them naked and left
them to die OF the cold. Many were Span
ish gentlemen, richly clad. with gold chains
and rings, and the common sailors and SOL
diers had each a bag OF ducats dashed 10 his
wrist when he landed through the surf.
They were slain for their treasure, and on
one strip of Sligo an English officer counted
eleven hundred bodies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
BIG CHUNKS OF WEALTH.

In a small merchantmen, called the
James and Mary. Captain Phips set sail
from England IN 1856, having another YES
sci 10 serve as a tender. Arriving at Port
dc la Plata he hewed out large canoe
from a cottonwood tree, so large as TO
carry eight or ten oars, says Cotton Ma
Their, for the making OF which perisua Ia
they call ~ he did, with the same industry
that he did everything else, employ his own
hand and adze, and endure no little hard
ship, lying abroad in the woods many
nights together The canoe was used by
a gang Of native divers CHARTERED on board
the tender. For some time they worked
along the edge of a reef called the Boilers,
guided by the story OF that ancient Span
lard, but found nothing to reward their
eyertions. The crew was returning 10 r9-
port to Captain Phips, when one OF the men,
staring over the side into the wonderfully
clear water, spied q sea feather or marine
plant, of uncommon beauty. growing from
what appeared TO be n rock, An Indian
was sent down 10 fetch II as u souvenir of
the bootless quest, that they might, how
ever, carry home something with them.
This diver presently bobbed up with the
sea feather and therewithal II surprising
story that he perceived number OF great
guns in the watery world. where he had
found the feather; the report of which
great guns exceedingly astonished the
whole company, and at once TUNED theIr
dependencies for their i'll success Into as.
surances that they had now lit upon the
true spot of ground which they had been
looking for: and they were further con-
frmed In these assurances when, upon fur
Their diving, the Indian fetched up a SOW,
as they called 1t. or lump OF silver worth
perhaps two or three hundred pounds. Upon
this they prudently buoyed the place, that
they might readily find II again; and they
went back unto their captain, whom for
some while they distressed with nothing
but such bad news as they formerly thought
they must have carried him. Nevertheless,
they so slipped the SOW OF silver on one
side under the table (where they were now
sitting with the captain, and hearing him
express his resolutions to walt still pa
tiently upon the Providence OF God under
these disappointments) that when he should
look on one side he might see that odd
thing before him, At last he saw Il, and
cried out with some sgony
What 10 this? Whence comes this?
And then with changed countenancs they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

Born Of poor parents on the coast OF
Maine, one OF twenty.six children, Phips
was always convinced that he was destined
for great things. lie learned the shipbuild-
ing trade, and after a voyage 10 the West
Indies he betook himself 10 England to en-
list capital for treasure hunting. After
many dlsappointments he met with success;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

tod MN now ana Wnere tney Sol ". ihcH
said he, Thanks be 10 God We are
made" And so away they went, all hands.
to work; wherein they had this further
piece of remarkable prosperity, that.
whereas. II they had first fallen upon that
part OF the Spanish wreck where the pieces
OF eight had been stored they had seen
moro laborious and less enrlching times OF
It, Now. most happily. they first fell upon
that room IN the wreck where the bullion
had been stored up. and then so prospered
In this new fishery that In a little while
they had. without the loss OF any mans
life. brought up thrty-two tons Of silver.
for It was now come TO measuring silver
by tons"
while these jolly treasure seekers were
hauling up the silver hoard hand over fist
one Adderley, a seaman OF the New Provi-
dence In the Bahamas, was hired with his
vessel to help In the gorgeous salvage
operations. Alas, after Adderley had re-
covered six tons OF bullion the sight OF so
much treasure was too much for him. lie
took his share 10 the Bermudas, and led
such gay life with II that he went mad
and died after year or two. Hard
hearted William Phlps was man of an
other kind and he drove his crew OF divers
and wreckers, the sailors keeping busy on
deck at hammerins from the silver bars
crust OF limestone several inches thick,
from which they knocked out whole
bushels of pieces OF eight. which were
grown tberento. Besides that Incredible
treasure OF plato in various forms thus
fetched up from under seven or eight
fathoms OF water. there were vast riches
OF gold, and pearls, and jewels, which they
also lit upon; and, indeed. for more COM
prehenslve invoice | must but summarily
say, AN that a Spanish frigot was to be
enriched withal,'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
A BRAVE FIGHT.

So back to Boston came Phips. now 'sir
william" after his visit to London with
his treasure, and later to be the first royal
Governor. but not before he had proved MS
mettle against the French,
In Narrative of the Expedition
Against Quebec. written at the time IL
this passage:
whilst these things were doing on
shore. Sir VIM. Phips with his men OF war
came close up to so City lie did acdpit
himself with we greatest bravery. have
diligently enquired OF those that know 1t
who affirm there was nothing wanting In
his Part. either as to Conduct or Courage.
He ventured within Pistol shot of their
cannon, and soon beat them from thence,
and battered yet Town very much lie
was for some Hours warmly entertained
with their great Guns. The Vessel wherein
Sir William commanded had 100 men. IL
was shot through In hundred places with
shot OF twenty-four pound weight; yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

buried Among them there is no more
curious or we'll authenticated story than
that connected with Oak Island Nova
Scotia. From 1895 "a the present day a.
least $780, 900 has been spent I'm vain ef-
forts to drain the shaft, 1875 feet deep, sunk
beneath huge oak curiously notched'
Yet, although successive borings have en-
countered endless layers or plank cement
putty and even cocoa fibre and finally a
mass OF soft metal presumably gold or
silver) and although fragments OF gold
and parchment, with letters still legible
thereon. have been recovered. the sea water
invariably flows in faster than II can be
pumped out again. and the secret OF Cap
tain Kidd az you choose) Is still safe But
a visit 10 Oak Island will convince any one
that an ingenious and complicated hiding
place was constructed by some one prior
10 1875 at the cost OF labor second only TO
that expended by generations in the EFFORT
10 fnd out what lies At the bottom OF ths
we'll.
Never, one is compelled TO believe, was an
unfortunate man saddled with a more iurid
reputation than was poor William KIDD.
Living IN prosperity in New York, family
man and with an honorable record on the
high seas, he was induced against his VIII
10 engage In a campaign against pirates
under commission sealed with the Great
Seal OF England. and financed by coterie
OF the most powerful, II INSCRIPTIONS
men OF his time headed by the King him
self Not tho least interesting OF Mr.
Paines chapters deals with Kids disas-
trous voyage, his capture OF two vessels
sailing under French passes, and hence
legal, ~ not moral. prey. the rnutinv and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
A cuTTHRoAT's TEARS.

He settled himself on the 'aehss
a gun, which one Stephenson at inc H.',"
observing, and not pereeiylng him wouho
ed, swore at him and bid him staho ~
like man But when he found Ms H's
take. and that Captain Roberts was es'
tainly dead he gushed into tears az
wished the next shot 10 bs his lot 4nss
presently threw him overheard. WIN W.
arms and ornaments on. ACCORDING !" ~
repeated requests he had made W a'
life -
,orbere was no treasure for the stout
hearted scoundreis who we're. 0'p'"sS p
--- 3ov .
Continued ON seventh page lSs.5
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-30

lars. and send or take your gifts to those
children on Christmas eve. You spend
not cent more than you want to pay
every cent goes just where you want it
to go. Neither you nor / get anything
out of this except the feeling that you
have saved some child from sorrow on
Christmas morning. If that is not
enough for you, then you have wasted
time in reading this--it is not intended
for you, but for the good fellows Of
Chicago.
Perhaps a twenty-five cent doll or a
tencent tin toy wouldn't mean much
to the children you know, but to the
child who would find them in the other
wise empty stocking they mean much
the difference between utter disappoint-
ment and the joy that Santa Claus did
not forget them, Here is where you
and | come in The charitable organiza-
tions attend to the bread and meat, the
clothes, the necessaries. You and the
rest Of the god fellows furnished the
toys, the nuts, the candles, the child's
real Christmas.
Good Fellow"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-30
Good Fellows Everywhere.

In the December American Magazine
appears an account of campaign car
red on last Christmas i'll Chicago which
resulted in Christmas presents for TWEEN
ty thousand children who otherwise
would not have been remembered
Twelve thousand men We're in the street
with bundles December Oath and 25th in
response to the following letter which
was published on the front page of the
Chicago Tribune:
TO the Good Fellows of Chicago:
Last Christmas and New Years eve
YOU and went out for good time and
spent from ten to two hundred dollars.
Last Christmas morning over five thou
sand children awoke to an empty stock
ing--the bitter pain of disappointment
that Santa Claus had forgotten them.
Perhaps it wasn't our fault. We had
provided for our own; we had also re-
Elected in passing way on those less
fortunate than our own. but they SEEM
ed far off and we didn't know where to
find them. Perhaps in the hundred and
one things we had to do some of us
didn't think of that heart sorrow of the
child over the empty stocking.
"Now. old man, here's chance. ]
have tried it for the last five years. just
send your name and address to the
Tribune address Santa Claus--state
about how many children you ave will
ing to protect against grief over that
empty stocking, enclose two-cent
stamp. and you will be furnished with
the names, addresses, sex, and age of
that many children 1t is then up to
YOU You do the rest, Select your own
present, spend fifty cents or fifty dol
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-30
Chicken-pie Supper.

Chcken-pie supper in vestry Of the
church Tuesday, Dec. 8
from $50 to 1880. Everybody come.
The menu is as follows:
Chicken Pie. Riced Potato.
Cranberry Sauce. Picked Beets.
Hot Rolls.
Salad Cream Dressing.
Apple, Minee, Pumpkin Pies.
Tea. Coffee.
Supper, 25 cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-30
TALK OF THE TOWN

See Kings adv on page 4.
You will find some extra values at
Pcrry's on Saturday.
Black Cat hose and Munslng under
wear leadcrs at Abbott's.
Come here for winter hosiery and
underwear. Henry W. Knight,
Auction sale Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock at Pearl street auction rooms.
o. II. Hale, auctioneer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-30

. Special meeting Of fliawa-
Zr<Sc tina lodge. No. -. I. .. q. r.
Monday evening. Dee. ?. az
O'Clock; work, first degree. Per order