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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11

The Sothern-Mnrlowc Special Train.
The travelling equipment of the
Sothcrn- Marlowc company sizes UP in
the neighhorhood OF one of the big
circuSes. The outfit consists OF ten
siNty-foot baggage cars, two coaches,
II Pullman sleeper. and the private
car of MIR. and Mrs. Sothern (Julia
Marlowe). The equipment Is always
moved as q special train, and II carries
sixty people. The privat, car, really
the travelling home of Mr. and Mrs.
Sothern, is the plymouth Rock" prob
ably the finest Pullman ever built. and
which was specially constructed for
exhibition at the St. Louis Worlds
Fair, at Il cost of $4,000. The en-
tire woodwork Is beautifully inlaid, the
draperies exquisite in design and coll
oring, with furniture in harmony. while
tn, Installation and lighting are per-
feet. II has bathroom, spacious
drawing room and dining-room. Each
sleeping room has sitting room adj
Joining. In addition to Mr.. and Mrs.
SOthern. the car carries maid, valet,
chef waiter and porter.
Sothern and Marlowe Will present
Hamlet at the Academy on Monday,
February 10.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
More Comedy stnrs Mt Empire.

-uore comedy sfnrs Mt Empire.
There Is warm spot in the CORNER
OF the hearts vi Richmond theatre
sosrs which seems easiest REACHED bv
the comedy performers who have been
attracted to the Empire and the new
weeks bill to open tomorrow IS fulF
OF comedy offerings.
One distinct feature will be offorco
by Eddie liedway ana Ellie Lawrence
Redway has long been star IN
musical comedy, one of his most re-
cent successes being in the SUCCESS
ful The Ginger Bread Man" Mis-,
Lawrence, OF equal ACCOMPLISHMENTS
completes one Of the most successfui
vaudeville teams, and their talking and
singing comedy Will stanu out strong
on the new weeks bill.
Again feature OF highest character
VIII be the farcical sketch win in.
Gas Route" As offered by Frances
Nordstrom and darry Gibbs. Mts;
Nordstrom was last seen In Richmond
ut inc mead OF the Citizen stock Com
pany. presenting Leah Iilcschna"
Pehtomime, the funniest KIND pt
fun combined with feats of Juggling
excellence, will provide tho surest
Laughing results through the efforts
ol ...ujor and Roy.
Limbs. lungs and lingerie a mos,
deXterCus exhibition Will be offered ny
tn" three PendIeton sisters. Io,n
features with The Girl From Rec
| tors In sensational whirlwind and
acrobatic dancing number.
Another OF the Empire girl stars
will be Helen Dickson In a dainty
singing and talking comedy Offering,
~ new collection of the newest or
the new motion picture plays M
! modern orig II, approved by the Ma
tional Board of Censorship Will com
plete II very high-class bill, thr,,,
performances OF which will be given
| each day, ,ae matinee starting al Z
o'clock. and the night performances at
1880 and respectively.
! italian Duke Mt Lubin.
J In arranging this weeks bill. the
! management of the Lubin Theatre has
secured some very extraordinary
features, one Of them being the on
gagement OF an Italian Duke, Raoul
Bonanza. Duke de Mtsllmeri, Italy,
/ and q descendant OF ono of tho Oldest
/ families OF Europe. who Will make his
/ first appearance in vaudeville. The
Duke. though q young man, has had a
very Adventurous career He was sent
Ito Milan. tho musical heart OF Europe,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11

purposes. BERTHE has no sentiment In
the matter. re grabs the silver token
and eXclaims glcetully. II know where
| can get $40 for this" l..en ne dnrts
from the house and goes as RAPIDLY u's
he can TO pawnshop. The expectation
aroused at the end OF this act as 10
what VIII happen in the next has
never been eNceiled in any play yet
produced on the American stage
The same cast that played the
Academy last season will appear nj
the Bijou this week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11

ries of Carrara: daring italian horse
manship. and hunting b: aeropianc are
but q few OF the many other scenes or
vital interest showing the very latest
achievements of human endeavor.
'yhc Girl In the Taxi"
One Of tho clcvercst and most original
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11

posed to be very sick nan. appears
In full evening attire. He :los@a his
door cautiously, locks il, sky; over
and listens ut the other doors aud inen
with a laugh. leaves the house to keep
a midnight appointment with the Girl
in the Taxi at Cafe Churchill! He
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11

The symptoms Mr.. Beam describes his Catarrh
Familiar to everyone who suffers with this disease For FIVE he
had endured discomfort and suffering and greatly discouraged
treatment after another failed him When last he
realized that Catarrh blood disease the
treatments had been wrong and only blood purifier like S. S. S.
could produce permanent good results
Caarr comes from impurities accommodating circulation,
and the blood goes TO portion of the body the catarrhal
ter tates and names the different surfaces and
causing unhealthy and namnaor discharge and producing
other well known symptoms Of the trouble.
cures Catarr by cleansing the blood Of all impure
arra matter and at the time building up the system BY
equaled tonic effects down into the circulation and
impury In other words S. S. Caa by purifying
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
HOW E EIE. CURED
Fills G. = I = 7 ? ! ]

had all the symptoms which accompany Catah
mucous dropping back into the throat
hawk and spit feeling of dryness in the throat scabs
IN the sometimes causing it to bleed and
ing with headache. had thus years all
the time trying different local inaations snus
douches, ETC., with real good effect OF great
y discouraged AS heard of s. S. S. commenced its
advised and after using short while
change for the better continued it
trouble in the blood S. finally made permanent
for
JUDsON A. BELLAM.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-12

that fellow Boissier till / come back.
If he tries any nonsense clap the hand,
cuffs on him. -
"I1l look after him, sir, laughed
the professor.
Germaine was sitting in an easy
chair, with her eyes closed the while
Xavier walked about excitedly.
sWbat does il all
Hush!D - | interrupted him. . on
viii hear the truth now
Suddenly Germaine went on her
knees before Xavier and selzing one
of his hands, exclaimed:
''I have deceived YOU! Forgive
MEL
Reckoning Xavier to remain silent,
| raised the girl from the floor, and
said:
Whom is he to forgive' Is it Ger
maine, Or
"No,' she shrieked in a paroxysm
OF grief. 'Don { speak, | will tell ev-
erything!"
And in broken sentences. mingled
with sobs, she poured out her story:
My name is Lily Bradley, and ! am
the daughter of the farmers who took
charge of Germaine when her parents
died. My father and mother were
very good to her, but Germaine was
sickly, and the doctor said she could
not live long. Then came the letter
of NJ. E in Toulouse, proposing to
adopt his niece; and my parents, be
ing poor, decided to let me take her
place ! begged them not to do TINS;
but | was only IS, and they pressed
ME so hard that ! consented. Two
years later Germaine died, and
.'Your parents committed second
fraud by burying her under your
name,n said.
GLOW on earth Goron, do you
keep quiet, Xavier. Please 20 on,
Miss Lily
"Some time after that my parents
died, TOO, when one day received
visit from that man, Boissler. Ny
father knew him, and | remember his
saving the fellow was scoundrel,
Somehow, Boissier had got hold OF the
secret. and he threatened to denounce
me unless | consented to asslst him IN
plot.
20 He had become intimate with NJ.
Xavier: and the plan was that | should
marry NJ. Xavier, and afterward pay
Boissier large sum of money. He
is rich, he said, 'and | want some OF
his money IL NJ. Xavier had not gone
in for spiritualism, this conspiracy
would never have been started, Sew
eral times / have felt tempted to write
him. an anonymous letter warning him
toc plOls l'iiVi
lied me, and ] dared not risk it.
have also
She stopped and an expression Of in
tense pain came over her face.
! saw she was really i'll; and as, for
several reasons / did not want her to
60 back to where she was staying.
sent for cab and asked the house
keeper to take my card, and convey
the girl to a home managed by one OF
my friends, who would look after her,
Boissier was sitting motionless in the
dining room by the side of the "pro-
fessor' who was reading morning
paper.
Take him TO the prefecture. lie.
roy, j said. 81 viii see him tonight
or tomorrow morning.
Yes. sir. Come along, my boy, you
and | will look at few more ghosts -
And he led away Boissier. who sbiv.
cred with fright, and had not the
strength to utter syllable.
Well, Xavier,p 7 exclaimed, when
we were alone, "What do YOU think |
not?'
'Gorou, l am too much ashamed of |
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-12

down in one corner of the room, and
Boissier and me in the opposite one,
You will,' he began, "witness
some extraordinary manifestations
Some of the phenomena may even be
of startling nature, for / am the first
man who has succeeded in making
persons communicate direct with de-
parted spirits without passing through
the hands Of medium. The e1perl.
ment is difficult one, and its success
depends on the relations that have
existed between the questioner and
the spirit evoked.
Addressing me, he continued:
Monsieur. | shall begin with You.
Please think of a departed person
with whom you wish to speak.
81 have thought Of one,' / replied.
The professor laid one hand on my
right shoulder, and, raising the other
weird sounding tongue. We waited a
minute, but no response came.
The same experiment was tried with
Xavier and Boissier, but with no bet
ter results.
''I do not know how to account for
this said tho professor, in vexed
tone. 81 have never yet seen the
spirits so hostile, ] shall now ask
mademoisele to recall some one with
whom she would like to converse"
81 have done so,' said Germaine
The professor then laid his band on
her shoulder; but the moment he
lifted the other, a noise burst upon us
as if all Bedlam had been let loose. 1t
lasted only few seconds, but il made
our very bones leap.
Good heavens! what was tbatf'
asked Xavier.
81 don't know" said the professor;
this is quite new to me- We shall
soon see.
He again touched Germaiue, and
once more the deafening din arose,
worse than before.
Aavier and Germalne, looking very
scared, rose from their seats, when
the professor stopped them.
"Sit down he shouted. CLARK.
the spirits are there; I can hear them. -
After 3 silence that secmd oppres-
sive, we heard low moan in the dis.
tance, which grew louder as it came
room, 1t stopped. There was another
minute of suspense, and then a voice,
very far off. called out: "Lily! Lily!''
Germaine started. She was deathIy
pale. -.
Again the voice was heard, but much
nearer.
"LiIy! Lily! Why have you done
this'"
Germaine was shaking so I thought
she would drop Then she cried;
- Forgive me. Forgive NE. Ger.
maine! I promise to atonel'
Boissier jumped up to go toward her,
seized his wrist, and whispered in
his ear:
''I am not Martin; my name is Cor.
on. If you make a move or utter a
sound, you are LOST
The seance broke up in state Of
excitement, Xavier conducted the half.
faintlng Germaine to the drawing
room. and delivered her into the care
of the old houseleeeper, who opened
her dress and sprinkled her with water
After hysterical fit of crying she
felt better.
| went TO her and said:
" Msdemoiselle, [ suppose you would
like to speak TO US nowe'
"Yes,' she replied; "csll your
friend Xavier; but not Boissier.' -
She shuddered as she mentioned the
name.
returned to the dining room,
professor, / snid. keep close to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-12

tend to waste your valuable time; nor
can | afford to lose mine. | suppose
you can trust me7''
CAN right" he sighed, "'Ill wait
for you.
| then drove 10 the Rue Bleue, and
caught Boissier just as he was leaving
the house. When he saw me he held
out both hands.
'What cheer, Martn2''
81 am glad | caught you. Professor
Leroy, the well-known spiritualist
from Brussels, is here. He has invited
me to private seance, and allows me
to bring few friends. Xavier is com
ing, and ! want you to give us the
pleasure OF your company.
Leroy; Leroy he replied; 81
never heard that name. But if Xavier
comes ] will join your party"
81 am sure you will enjoy it. Here
is the address, Three O'Clock, sharp.
At the Avenue Kleber, Mile Ger
maine told me she had bad cold, but
would wrap up we'll and assist at the
seance.
AS L left her house. heard my name
called. and carriage stopped a, few
wards from me. | recognized Nine.
4, Xavier's sister,
"'My dear Goron,' she cried, In an
4
heard from youl Have you forgotten
your promise2'
81 have forgotten nothing. In order
to help your brother ! have even en-
barked on a strange adventure. Hitb-
erto l have had to do with living men ;
now l am fighting ghosts
"MY dear friend, please don't mako
fun OF me. You do not know how wor-
ried 1 am about Xavier,
"I give you my word | am speaking
the truth. Ghosts have been blutiing
your brother, and they tried the same
experiment on me, giving me news,
from the other world, of man who
never died, because he was never born,
There are, apparently, two kinds OF
spirits: those who come to the aid OF
criminals; and others, of more re-
spectacle class, who side with the de"
tectives, / have already been intro
duced to the former, and tomorrow ]
hope TO meet some friendly ghosts who
will stand by me like colleagues,
Don't stare al me, madame. 1t all
nothing. If all goes well, | invite my
self to dine with YOU tomorrow night,
and YOU may then hear queer story.
Au revolr
The next dav | found Xavier more
peevish than usual. ] pretended not to
notice this. and when his brougham
drove us to the Place Valois, / said:
"Xavier. l have invited YOU to an
odd performance. Promise me to keep
your nerves under control, and not to
utter word during the seance until
give you leave. On my part, | prom
ise you that, in all probability, you
will sleep better tonight than you have
for the last three months. is is under
stood ~
He nodded assent, and l knew /
could trust him.
When we reached the Place Valois,
Professor Leroy was arranging the din
ing room where the seance was to be
held
We waited in the drawing room for
Germaine and Boissier, who arrived
within five minutes Of each other; we
then followed the professor to the din
ing room. The blinds had been drawn:
the curtains closed: and only small
light behind a green glass on the man.
tclpiece shoue through the semi-dark-
ness.
Leroy bade Xavier and Gcrmaine sit
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-12
T IGHTING THE GHOSTS

(Editor's Note made NJ Gorons ac-
ausintance some years ago, and MAS at
once struck pith his eXtraordinsry pow
ers Of onservs ton, his keen wittedness,
and his derourfrE energy in tho dis :
charge Of bis difficult duties. FOR II
must re remembered that the chief or
the Paris detective police wiclds enor-
nous power and is allowed certain
discretion except of course, when a
crime has heen committed-to save in-
noceut persons the disgrace Of public
scendsl.
4 few months ago ] was smoking a
pipe in hts study. room hung with
rophies--s museum of crime. saw
rim take M thick. lesther-bound vol
unle, the pages. covered With writing,
With here and there portraits and curl
GUS looking drawings. This Is my
diary he began, but suddenly stopped
when he saw me start.
Yes. II Is my diary" he repeated.
"but--phst's the trouble?'
Your disry2 And you never thought
of publishing it?'
NO" he retorted with smile: the
fact Is. here are all OF my Impressions.
and certain fscts--"
did not even know the end Of the
sentence: took up the book and began
reading At once; and the more | read the
more I marreled. The next morning we
commenced work. and this series Is the
Tespt.-A k,)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-12

lNeXt Week. The soiras st =
de Prony,'9 -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
WINTER WORK FOR NAVY.
Admiral Asterhaus and Admiral Bad
ger Plan Work for U. S. Navy.

Washington, Dec. 24.-While the
Atlantic fleet is scattered along the
North Atlantic coast in the various
navy yards and the crews are max
ing merry in the Christmas season,
Admiral Badger. who assumes com
mand on New Years day, is busily
engaged with Admiral Osterhaus. the
retiring commander, in planning the
winter work of the fleet.
The general features of the winter
program have been completed and il
Is announced that the fleet will sail.
Jan. 8, for Guantanamo, Cuba. U.s.
ing this naval station as base. the
shlps Will go through all sorts of
drills and engage in target practice.
me marines will be given practice
ashore and much torpedo work will
De undertaken. One by one. the va
flous squadrons will make short trims
10 Colon, in redemption of the de-
partments promise, to give the man
an opportunity to visit and insneet
the Panama canal before the water is
turned on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Shipping News.

Boothbay Harbor. Me-, Dec. 24.-Ar-
rived Schooners Winchester, New
York for Boothbay Harbor; Centennial,
do for Lubec.
astrort Me-. Dee. 24.-Sailed: Sch.
Harold Qrom st. john, Philadelphia.
Boston. Dec. 24.-Arrived: Schooners
Kenwood. Cabo Rojo, F. r.; Henry K.
TiIton, Windsor, n. s, for New York.
lin tow: W. r. Perkins, Millbridge;
Lillian. Machias.
Sailed: steamers Lancastrian fBp,
London.
Portland. Me-, Dec. 24-Arrived. str.
NeElwain (Brl, Bridgewater n. -
sehooners. Annie Lord. coastWlse;
Mary f. Morse, bound west; Nerna s.
Roberts. Windsor \. s.. for Boston;
7. c. coiweIl 81. John. \. B., FOR DO
William Keene Cutler; Childe Harold
Calais for New York; Ann j. Trainer
Bangor for do.
sailed: Steamer Lingan (Br), Sydney
c. r.. Schooner Wyoming, Sewell $
New york. Dec. 24.-Arrived: Str.
Martha Washington, Naples.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
CAPITAL JoTTlNGS.

One of the last of the prizes cap
tured. during the Spanish war, and
annexed To the United States navy is
now offered for sale. The craft IS the
Urgana, a small gunboat picked up
in the Philippines after the battle of
Manila. One Spanish prize boat, the
Don Juan De Austria, is still used as
naval militia boat ON the Great
Lakes
Officials of the state department
and the Spanish legation at WASH
ington learned, today, that man
signing himself Antonio Fares De
Zuniga and writing from Guayaquil
Ecuador is sending to this country re-
quests for subscriptions for the Re-
publican Spanish party" whose de-
clared purpose is to overthrow the
monarchy. He announces that the
script which he asks his correspond
ents to buy will be made good when
Spain becomes a republic. He says
he is authorized by a central commit
tee to raise $100.000,000 pesos. He
requests that the money be sent him
through the Spanish consuls, because
the agents and spies of the Spanish
monarch protected by the diplomats"
are likely to Intercept it if sent by
mail or telegram.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
SMOKED ONLY ONCE.
Wilson Confesses, When Gold Mount
ed Meerschaum Arrives.

Trenton, n. j., Dec. 24.-The arriv-
al of a gold mounted amber stemmed
Meerschaum pipe at the State House,
today, from one of Governor Wilson's
Princeton friends in Vicksburg, Miss,
brought from the President elect the
confession that once in his life and
only once did he smoke.
TT was this way" he said. My
father was a smoker of some attain
ments and had got to the stage where
he liked a fat, black cigar In his
leisure hours. my mother took adj
vantage of his habit and employed
him to blow the pungent smoke over
her rose bushes to kill insects. One
day, when he was not at home. she
suggested that ] try it on one of her
favorite plants and / obliged her.
somewhat proudly. For five minutes
steamed away like a furnace and
then 1t hit me with disastrous effect.
never tried ii after that"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25

New York. No witnesses appeared here
for Webb ard he did not take the
stand. i would have given him SOME
thing to explain if he hand"
Mr.. Miller commented upon the fail
ure OF Philip A. Cooley of New Orleans
to testify III his own behalf
Cooley did not take the stand be-
cause he saw what a poor showing
John T. Butler vice president of the
union, made" said Mr.. Miller. Butler,
after leaving the stand, was accused
by the court of having committed per-
jury and his bond of $4,000 was in
creased TO $4,000, in default Of which
he still is confined in Jail
New light on the trial here, show
ing, as the government charged. that
ii grew out of attempts TO obstruct
the removal of evidence from Indian
apolis To Los Angeles, was given by
Mr.. Miller. He said the reason the
federal Investigation began here was
because Leo NJ Rappaport, attorney
for the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
of which j. j. Mcnamara was secre-
tary, destroyed evidence on instrnc-
tions from Mcnamara while the lat
ter was in Jail, and because Frank p.
Baker, prosecuting attorney of Mar
ion county, Ind, Joined in the OBJ
struction against the removal of evil
dence to capt. j, ID. Fredericks, dis
trict attorney of Los Angeles couh-
~"
THE federal government Was APP
pealed 10 and il stepped in to procure
the letters and papers in the Iron
Workers headquarters, with the rev
elation that the federal laws had been
Violated" said Mr.. Miller. Again, ]
say. if ! were prosecuting attorney of
Los Angeles county | would have this
man Rappaport indicted as an Access
sorry after The fact for murder"
Referring to the denial To the jury
of a Cleveland lawyer that a Reign
of terror" ever existed in Cleveland,
Mr.. Miller said: at has been shown
that not only was there n reign of
terror in Cleveland. but that the pros
ecuting attorney there WAS the same
kind of a spineless Individual aSsthe
prosecutor of Marion county, that the
police courts failed to do their duty
and that q dive existed under the
very eyes of the City hall
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
Garment Workers
Discuss a Strike.

New York, Dec. 24.-Representatives
of 100000 garment workers in New
York City met behind locked doors, to-
day, with national officers of the
United Garment Workers Unions to
determine when general strike should
be called in New York City. A COM
mittee of five men was appointed to
fix the date. The strike was author
lied, last night, by vite of 1916 to
1922
The unsuccessful demands made up
on the operators include 20 per cent
increase in pay. an S-hour working day
with a guaranty of pay fer overtime,
total abolition of tenement house
work and child labor, and clean and
SANITARY workshops. The meeting, to-
day, was attended by many out-of-
town members of the organization.
1t is believed the strike will be call
ed within a few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-25
98th Anniversary of Peace
Between u. S. and England.

Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 24.--The cele-
bration of the 9Sth anniversary of
peace between the United States and
the British Empire was made the oc-
casion, today. for expressions of APP
probation by many of the leading
public men in Great Britain, the Unit
ed States and Canada, through the
medium of the Belfast Telegraph.
Early Grey, former governor gen
eral of Canada, wrote;
THE hundred years peace has
been of untold benefit to the political
and social development alike of Great
Britain, the United States and the
Canadian dominion. We hope to have
q worthy celebration of the event,
two years hence.
Secretary Of state Philander c.
Knox:
This anniversary serves to remind
us not of the termination of n great
struggle, but of the subsequent pass
ing of almost century of peace and
good will. In this long era of unbrok
en- friendship we English speaking
countries have realized and benefited
from our kinshihp. Neighborly inter-
course and trace have developed ana
grown to colossal proportions"
G. w. Wickersham. the United