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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
Collapse Hastens
His Execution.

Richeson's mental and physical col
lapse last night has FASTENED his exc
cuton. It has been decided to cleo
trocute the murderer Of Avis Linnell
Monday morning.
Executions usually have been held
before daylight Tuesday
Or. Joseph !. Mclaughlin. physician
at the Charlestown- state prison, paid
an early visit to the cell today. as re-
suit of the hysterical attack which the
murderer suffered last night
DIR. Mclaughlin found Richeson in a
semi-stupor The first violence of the
attack had passed. however. and Richie
son is physically we'll 1t was only his
mind and horrors which his imagination
has oonjured UP during the short days
in the gloomy death cell that drove him
to his outburst.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
Citizens Enraged at
Generals obstinacy.

The citizens of the section are en-
ragged at his obstinacy in the face Of
the imminent danger, and the CONNER
cial organizations of the vicinity which
have made the plea to Taft for help
have the signed petition of hundreds of
victims declaring that six parishes are
already inundated by this one collapsed
levee Efforts are being made to use
the telegraph in order to get the gov
eminent aid in time to save the section
from complete ruin.
At AIsatia the bvak is now more
than 1000 feet in extent, and the in
habitants are, fleeing in all directions,
abandoning their homes. cattle and
household goods in their frantic eff
forts to save themselves and their chill
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
R|CHESON To
DIE MONDAY;
HAUNTED
IN CELL
"Save Me From Them!" Con-
demned Pastor Cries Out,
Raving in Terror.

BOSTON. May 1s.-Two ministers
are holding the death watch upon Clar-
ence V. T. Richeson today. The Rev.
Herbert S. Johnson and Chaplain Steb-
bins of the prison divide the time, and
one or the other will be at the cell con-
stantly until the moment when Richie
son is led out to be executed on Mon
day morning.
The watch by the ministers 10 at
Richeson's plea When told of the gov
ernorS decision, his first request was:
Or. Johnson won't you stay with
me till them"
DR. Johnson agreed, but the strain
upon one man would be too great. The
two ministers accordingly planned to
share the IA SIX
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18

AZ Hymelia the water whirls over
the land without the slightest effort
being made to check it. The engineers.
out Of funds. have ceased all work
waiting for General Bixby to give them
the word to so ahead and fight the
growing thrush of the river.
Dispatches from Hickman, KY, today
declare that the Mississippi is about to
change its course by cutting across the
neck at Slough Landing. The river will
thus shorten its route more than As
miles. and the change viii make New
Madrid, Mo, an inland town instead Of
a river village.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18

THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Atlanta ard Georgia:
=air Saturday and Sunday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
Ban Johnson Adopts
Mailed Fist Attitude.

Ban Johnson adopted the mailed
fist attitude, according to dis
patches from Cincinnati, declaring
that the prestige of power must be
maintained On the other hand. the
players have adopted the most
stubborn attitude ever witnessed in
baseball and assurances from mem
bers of other teams that they are
right Is strengthening them in their
determination to fight TO finish
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
Detroit Men Threaten to Walk
Out in War Over Ty Cobb,
the Georgia Peach.
JENNINGS SAYS HE'LL
HIRE STRIKEBREAKERS
Athletics May Act in Sympathy,
and Labor" Organization
of Stars ImpendS
PHILADELPHIA. PA. Nav ia.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May is
"Unionized baseball" may re-
suit from the strike of the
players on the Detroit American
league team. who have thrown
down the gauntlet of battle to the
powers that be because of the sus-
pension of Ty Cobb for trouncing
an insolent fan in New York on
Wednesday. After sending an ulti-
matum to President Ban johnson,
of the American league. the Tigers
sent out appeals to every club in
the American league to stand by
them. Some are urging q sympa
thetic strike A meeting Of the
Detroit players and members of the
Athletics has been called for to-
morrow to form protective assoc
citation
Organized baseball today faced
the most serious situation since its
inception and the magnates of the
American league we're using every
means in their power to prevent the
disaffection from spreading farther
1t was believed that the Tigers
would take the field this afternoon
against the Athletics, but only long
enough to allow the first Philadel-
phia player to bat. This would
save the clubs franchise, but would
mean fine of $1,000 The strike
has hit hard at the financial side of
the sport and comparatively few
tickets had been sold for today's
game up to the time when the seat
sale rush is usually at its heaviest
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
USED INNOCENT CHILD
TO HELP HER SH0PLIFT

NEW YORK. May 1S.-Mrs. Mary
Mover, of Brooklyn, has been arrested
on the charge of shop-lifting and using
her infant for that purpose The baby
was wrapped in a coat, two shirtwaists,
two belts. three dresses, two pairs of
stockings and 40 yards of towelng.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
CADET DIES WHILE ON
A 64-YEAR FURL0UGH

GUTHRIE. OKLA, May 1S.-Thomas
p Hewitt, 81 years old. who was fur
Laughed from West Point Military acad-
envy by General George b. Mcclellan Ga
years ago, but who never returned and
who was technically still student at
the academy, was buried here today
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
PEEVISH PRISONERS IN
A GAS SUICIDE PACT

OMAHA, NEBRs May 49, Eleven
prisoners in the county jail here en-
tered into suicide pact this morning
and tried 10 Kill themselves by turning
on the gas in their room
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
TITANIC DISASTER HURTS
WHITE STARS TRAFFIC

LONDON. May 1S- When the White
star line steamship Olympic left
Southampton for New York there we're
only So saloon passengers on board.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

A horse WIS standing along Chestnut
street the other day anchored by an
Iron weight. The horse. not knowing
what else TO do to pass away the time.
was industriously chewing the strap.
A newsboy happened along. and after
watching the animal for awhile he
grinncd cluster Of grins and turned
to a man who was standing near.
Don't say word" he aleefully re-
marked. "Old Umpire here Is going to
have the surprise OF his life in few
minutes"
what is the matter with him?" ask
ed the man, glancing first at the kid
and then at the horse.
.'N0thin' Is the matter with him.
was the happy rejoindcr of the news
boy. HE may eat the strap all right.
but when he gets down to that weight
he Will think he has struck boardin'
house. Philadelphia Telegraph.
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"Yes" IN n simple word spelled with
three letters.
1t has caused more happiness md
more unlinppiness than any other word
In the language.
1t has lost moro money for easy lend
ers than all the holes In an the pock-
cts In the world.
1t has started more dipsomanfacs on
their careers than all the strong liquor
on earth.
1t has caused more nghts than all the
you're liars that ever were sseten.
II has procured kisses ard provoked
blows.
1t has defeated candidates sna sisct.
ed scoundrsap. ..aSAs - sssssSss 7, z
! It has been ussd 10 inors H. thas
any other expression.
1t Is not meant half the time II h
said.
VIII it continue to make such .
record?
Yes.-Iife.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02
Tn, M.rb,, and III, Pencil.

The marble trick is as old as the days
Of Aristotle. Cross the middle and
fore fingers and roll marble between
them. The marble will feet like two.
because 1t il being felt In an unaccus-
toned way. IL a pencil. b drawn be-
tween the crossed fingers the one pen
Gil Will feel like parallel bars. The
same Illusion may he worked by plac-
Ing the pencil between the lips and
then moving the under lin to one side.
causing the pencil to feel like two.
More curious than any of these ID the
one where the forefinger is crossed
over the little finger behind the other
two and then applied to the end Of the
nose. Not only can YOU feel two noses,
but one Of them seems to lie about an
inch longer than the other. This last
sensation IL caused by the fact that
we do not ordinarily feel the edge Of
any object with these two fingers at
the same time unless the part felt with
the little finger projects beyond the
part felt by the foreHnger.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02
An Eys on tIAs Fstvfs.

A man with swollen nngsr that
had q deep abrasion under the ring
called at tewslry stors to get the
ring cut on. Before the operation was
begun he said:
Can this ring be mended 70 Spawn
broker will give mo the usual amount
on It?'
ut cnn be mended." said ths jsEeler.
but doubt II you can svef persuade
q pawnbroker to accept It aftsrward."
'Then l guess I'll take chaeces on
my finger getting well with the ring
on" said the young man and left the
store.
"IncIdents like. that" said the Jewell
er. SHOW what a surprisingly large
number Of Phuadelphians live with
the pawnshop looming mp just ahead
Of them MS an unavoidable evil. OF NIL
the people who need their rings cut OF
two-thIrds of them ask that very ques'
tion. and large percentage Of them
take chances on blood poisoning rather
than destroy the rings value as n
pa wnable asset" -PhiladeiphiA Ledger.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02
Mad. the Mos. Of \.

A typographical change. which was
not exuctly IN error, recently cost ar
Indianapolis printer IS when he had
expected to send only 10 cents. The
printer in question WAS busy few
days ago. when he WINS called on. By
an itinerant member Of the craft. VIII.
asked for 10 cents with which to buy
some liquid refreShmcnt. Not havins
10 cents In change, the printer hastily
wrote an order on downtown saloon
as follows:
please let bearer have one good
drink and charge same to -"
When later he went to pay the bill
1t was s., and he at once raised objec-
lions. The original order was pro
duced. when 1t was found that the
itincrant had changed the .'i'' in the
word drink" to ''u." making the pa
per good for lone good drunk" II
had taken fifty glasses Of booze to
satisfy the altered conditions of the
vrder to the satisfaction of the bearer
indianapolis News.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

1--WE keep learning things all the
Time" said an infrequent theater goer.
l"r stopped In front Of theater the
other day to buy a ticket Of specu-
lator. and asked him II he had = good
single near the front.
"'Here's one In o. he said. 'thir.
teepth row, third seat from the aisle
..Now. you know, don't carry the
relative positions Of the letters Of the
alphabet In my mind all the time. l
have to work for a living and have
other things to think Of. But It struck
mo that o must be farther down tbs
line than thirteen. and 70 just connt.
ed mp the letters on my finger tips. and
made o come fifteenth. and ! said %
to the ticket man, but that didn't wor-
~ him any.
There's no A In this theater,' be
said, and there's no In any orches-
tra In town.
And. having my finger tip figuring
thus handily knocked out, bought the
Washington Post.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02
Suction.

People often speak Of chimneys
"draw wing" We also speak Of the sue
ton Of pump. There Is not 80 much
harm In these expressions. except that
they arc liable to lead us away FROM
the true state affairs. But In truth
there t. no such thing as suction. Sue
tlon IN merely partial or entire absence
of pressure In one place which enables
the greater pressure of air or 1uid IN
another place to rush In. In the case
Of the chimney the heated air In II
does not weigh SO much as an equni
volume Of cold air. and If the mir In
the chimney. the air In the room and
the outside air were NIL the same tenn
perature there would he no tendency
to amy motion. But when the air In
the chimney Is hot 1t does not press
downword 70 much ~ the colder sur
rounding air presses upward. Conse-
Quently an upward current Is started
and will continue II the air In the
chimney Il Kept hot.-A. 8. 8. Alderman
In London Express.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

~ have never quite made out" says
a writer In Near East" "why the
plain Of SlIvnitsa has come to he re
gartled as the scene Of one OF the great
decisive battles Of the worlds his.
tory. 1t did not even decide the Servo
Bulgarian war In 1885. That was de-
cided by Austria Intervention. The
battle Of Slivnitsa 10 really only re-
markable for the comical fact that
both sides thought they were defeated
and while Milan Of servia was hurry
ing home In confusion Alexander Of
Bulgaria galloped NIL the way back to
his capital before he learned that the
tide had turned. Nowadays the VII.
Iage looks sleepy enough. poor and
dirty. like most Bulgarian villages. but
almost gay when the sun shines upon
Its red roofs"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02
The
Scrap Book
Mlsjudssd.

Mtsiud0eo.
A young woman rushed mp to .
young man on Superior avenue the
ether day and shook hands with him
cordially. II have confession to
make to you," she gurgied. "You
won't believe 1t. but always thought
you drank"
Tho young man fingered for a Glove
and tried not to blush.
"And now" she pursued. II ind that
you are actually temperance worker.
Now rec you are trying to be mod
est and deny 1t. but you can never
fool mo again. overhead my brother
saying. In his slangy way. that you
were a great booze fighter! oh. he
was in earnest. Why, he said that you
had punished more Of the stun than
any other ten men in Cleveland. I'm
proud to know you. VIII you ever
pardon me for misjudging your
She was gone before he got through
choklns.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02
Nov ID. For Wle..kerrev.s.

Mrs. leila NutrAl. the Archaeological.
was making some excavations in Mex
leo. The Indians were removing the
earth some distance from the point Of
excavation in the customary manner
that Is, on a piece Of coarse cloth tied
between two poles, stretcher fashion,
carried by two Indiana This method
seemed rather laborious to Mrs. Nut
tail. 80 she ordered several iron wheel
barrows from the city. When they
arrived she turned them over to the
foreman after explaining to him what
they were for and how to use them.
Next day when she visited the work
the Indians had discarded their print
tive parihuelas and were using thc
bright new wheelbarrows. As each
barrow was filled with earth 1t was
picked mp by two Indians. one using
the handles and the other the wheel,
and carried to the place where the
earth was 10 be deposited. All efforts
to get the Indians to use the wheel
barrows properly failed. and they kept
on carrying them until the work was
flushed.
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sh. said 30 Anyway.

The young man who was endeavor-
ing to win the favor OF Bobby's pretty
sister met the boy on the street one
morning and greeted him with much
cordiaiity.
EDO you think your sister was
pleased 10 know I had called the other
dayT' he was at last forced to ask.
bluntly. after several efforts to guide
Bobby's conversation In that direction.
Sure" said Bobby, with gratifying
promptness. II know she was.
heard her say so.
When she came home mother said,
MIR. Brown called while you were ont
and she said: lie did? Well. I'm glad
OF THAR youths Companion.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

He was born In Dublin and lived IN
Ireland until about two months ago.
when he came to Cleveland. Then he
began to look around for job. The
manager OF furniture house prom
ised to give him trial.
Come around in the morning aud go
to work." he said, "and IL you cam de-
liver the goods we'll probably keep
you permanently"
The Dublin native went over to tell
his cousin about 1t. He conHded to
him that he didn't believe he'd go back
to take the job. after all.
They want me to deliver the
goods he said. Think Of going
around delivering big. heavy furniture.
Thnt's what horses and wagons are
for In my, cOuntry."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
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ARTISTIC TASTE
In rhis the French Ars FrsA sad ~
Irish Conn NAxt.

In rhis the French Ars Fksa end ~
Irish Cons ksxt-
Artistic taste " due to temperament.
and where this exists the simplest ma
tsrtais lend thenAelves to artistic com
bina lions aud beautiful effects.
The Preach excel In dainty. graceful
desigus because Of their volatile. mlrth
loving temperaments. The Germans
san never reach these heights because
their temperaments are Just the re-
verse. while It has been proved In .sev-
cral workrooms that. next to the
French. the Irish temperament is the
most artistic.
The more artistic the general train
ing Of q person the more ready are
they to appreciate and profit by the
fine productions Of others: hence We
are glad to see and grateful for the
privilege Of studying the models
brought from Paris each season by the
enterprlsing Importers.
Twenty five years ago In Paris and
London tile houses That entered to
America and the colonies put aside for
this trade any designs TINT were too
extreme or screaming for the fastid-
Ious home buyers. says the Millinery
Trade Review. But times have changed,
and the American woman is now con-
sidered the best dressed In the world.
and the leaders Of American society
are the women who dictate quite ~
much AZ the elite of France.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

And tie other Rshiug days when you
got M before dawn and stole down.
stairs to the dim Kitchen drink Of
milk, doughnut and u triangle Of pic.
then you stole out quietly TO the l,Arn
and got the spading fork: then the
search, armed with fork. and tomato
can, under the broad leaves OF the rhu-
barb led, back Of the henhouse and
down by tho COW barn until you had
enough worms for the days sport.
Then Of course you left the fork stick
Ing In the ground-you never would
learn 10 put things nway-and started
OF; through the garden and orchard
stopping iong enough for handful Of
currants and = pocketfui OF sopsa vines
over the pasture bars. eating a hand.
full of huckleberries or low bush black.
berries here and there; into the wood
road-very dark and still 10 the dawn
-where you slapped along very quietly
20 ~ not to disturb the bears (you
knew perfectly well there were nc
beam. but you rather enjoyed the
creepy sensation,: then out through
the deep wet meadow grass to the riv.
er, where the sun was now beginning
to burn away the wisps OF mist and
the red winged blackbirds were max
ing tremendous fuss over their house.
keeping. You reached the river bank
at the pout hole or the big rock or the
old willow TOT course you know the ex-
act place.. and then you started fish
lng.-Atlantic. -
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

For ink spots on leather chairs wash
the spots with milk. renewing the milk
till 1t Is rio longer stained and the
spot on the leather has disappeared.
Then wash the leather with warm wa
ter. and VIXEN dry polish 1t with very
little linseed oil and vinegar mixed 10
equal parts. Tho Ink stain should be
removed us quickly us possible. for II
allowed to dry md harden 1t is doubt
full whether YOU will ever be able to
entirely remove It.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

4 Some people find 1t difiicult to deter
mine Just what constitutes mans In
|eome for tho purpose Of taxation. but
ID Justice of the peace in New Jersey
Village was intent upon there being no
|Bnistaks In his case.
I. He made his return to the tax u.s.
bessor n the words: "For the last two
tears my income has been little I'M
Ter 5000 n year, but In the future 1t
IwilI be more precarious, as the man
from whom I borrowed that money
gmv father-in-law) is now dead
Brooklyn Life.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-03-02

Harvard university derives Its name
from Rev. John Harvard. Its earliest
bepefactor. who In 1888 beIueatlsed
one-half Of his estate. amounting to
$500. for the endowment Of the college.
Harvard hail was built In 1865. Hob
worthy hall Of brick In 1912 and Hollis
hall. also Of brick. In l764. stoughton
hall. being Of the same dimensions and
material us Hollis, was built In 1904.
and writer Of 1917 states that "its
appearance Is somewhat in the modern
STYLE s
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4 well THAT ENDED WELL


Aard Luck, Hswsvsrs by lsaps Proved.
ID the Discovery.
swhsn I was a boy" said the story
teller. II lived In the Pennsylvania oil
country and my grandfather owned
biz farm down there. They had never
fOund oil within five or six miles OF
srandfathers place. but they were
gradually edglng along in his direction.
and We all expected that sooner or
later someb, dy would uncover a gush-
er there. That would mean fortune
for grandfather. and MS was his only
heir I naturally took considerable In
terest In the matter. Well, one day
rsch oil man came along and made an
offer for grnndfather's farm. They
had struck good well near by, ard
everybody had come to the conclusion
TINT grnndfather's farm was In the
middls Of the oil belt. Our friends adj
vised against the acceptance Of the
frSt otter. which would have been
twenty times as much AZ the farm
would have been worth II no oil had
been there. hut It was certain that II
oil were discovered on the farm We
could get $4,000 and perhaps 100000
more than the price mentioned by the
nrst bidder.
"Seeing that grandfather wouldn't
sell, the man leased a couple of acres
from him and started to put down q
test we'll 1t was expected that they
would have to drill about n thousand
feet to reach the sand in which the oil
WINS located, and when they got down
that fur not q sign Of oil had been
found. so they decided to torpedo the
thing.
.The scheme was to put n lot Of
nitroglycerin into the wen and blow
1t mp. That often made gushers Of
what at first seemed TO be dry holes.
They brought large quantity Of the
explosive stun to the farm ard stored
1T In little shed. expecting to blow
up the well the next day. Here's whore
the hard luck comes in.
AT happened that hid goat. and
this g,at got into the shed where the
explosive was stored. Boy ike. rushed
in to ret the goat ont. and grandfather
and a crowd Of tie well drillers saw
me. They were horror stricken. For
moment nobody could move or even
SEX. Then grandfather offered his
farm to any one who would rescue me
( One Of the Tiers accepted the offer
and entered the shed, where he sue
fceeded In getting the goat BY the horns
just before he had butted Into the can
u nitroglycerin.
HE Hung the goat out through the
open door Of the shed. and then. catch
ing me 10 his arms, carried mo out in
safety to grandfather. The old gentle
man insisted ON deciding the place over
to him then and there. The next day
! they attempted to torpedo the well
1 and then 1t was discovered that the
iean which was supposed to be full Of
SpitroElycerin contained nothing but
lard. and the goat died Of the shock
nj had sustained when It was thrown
{4fom the shed. Eventually the well
tpsrnsd out TO b. = gusher. Chicago
Mscord- Herald. 4,