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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-03


trustworthy and long in service-had
been cautioned not to talk to anyone
about the afternoons events. The
doctors aides and nurses, of course,
had been silent. This is part Of their
business. How, then, had the papers
obtained the news so quickly?
could think of but one possible way.
More than likely some telephone girl
who had heard Louise calling Doctor
Wilcox had given it to the press. Even
in the half-darkness of the middle of
the block where l stood / could read
the word SUICIDE" stretched
across the page in letters of red. l
FASTENED to the corner where the dou-
BILE globes shed down brilliant light,
anxious yet dreading to read what the
paper said. At the first glance
breathed q sigh Of relief. The article
was not about Katharine Parrish. l
had not thought of the possibility of
there having been another suicide that
day, but there it was:
Mystery in SeIf-Murder of Aged Law
yer.
Ordinarily / pay little attention to
stories of crime. But the afternoon
had given me new and bitter appre
citation OF the meaning Of suicide.
Standing there under the light of a
Fifth avenue corner read the hastily
written article word by word.
Andrew Elser, the article explained,
had lived for many years in a West
ont VII ird CTR in -hnTI
Little was known about him there ex-
cept that he was a lawyer. Several
years ago he had given up his down
town office. Most of his income was
derived from his fees as custodian Of
an orphan boys estate. About four
o'clock in the afternoon the landlady
had heard noise in his room like that
Of body falling. On entering she
had found him lifeiess on the floor.
She had called a policeman, who sent
for an ambulance. The ambulance
doctor found that Mr.. Elser had taken
poison.
1t struck me as a peculiar coinci-
dence that two persons so far apart in
the social scale as Katharine Parrish
and Andrew Elser should have chosen
the same hour of the same day to seek
death. Was there something in as
trology after all? Had the stars de-
creed that both should die? Had
some conjunction Of the planets, some
evil aspect in the Zodiac driven both
of them-the young heiress, in the
bloom of joyous youth, and the aged
lawyer, in his decrepit poverty-re-
lentlessly, helplessly, to self-destruc-
ton?
So deep was the impression made on
me by the coincidence that l took the
paper with me and read the account Of
Elser's suicide to Louise. Even as
read it aloud, this inexplicable thought
came to me with startling force:
Suppose that these two suicides at
the same hour were more than mere
coincidence. Was it possible that the
same shadow had fallen on both these
lives? Had the same mystery driven
them to death-pact?
It seemed absurd. It was unlikely
that Katharine Parrish had ever heard
of Andrew Elser. If the family had
known him Louise would have men,
toned it. And yet-why had these
two persons sought to die on the same
hour of the same day? The question
would not let me sleep that night.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-03
Where Better EmpIoyed7

Store Proprietor (hiring a new
clerk)-"You know how to work
cash register" Eyes, sir; was one
of the first to get on to it. can
work anything from a taxicab to a
gum slot, but they watch you closer
nowadays" Satire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-03

IS because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-lleart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
Observation-Disclosures
the poison
ed blood will at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-03
This Story Commenced Last Week
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Harding Kent calls on
Louise Parrish to propose marriage and
finds the house in great excitement over
the attempted suicide of her sister Kath-
airline. Kent starts an investigation and
finds that Hugh CrandaII, sutton for
Katharine who had been forbidden the
house by General Parrish, had talked with
Katharine over the telephone just before
she shot herself. A torn piece of yellow
paper is found, at sight of which Cen
eral Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
CHAPTER II-Kent discovers that
Crandall has left town hurriedly An
drew Elser, an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life.
Giles gone away" the man ex-
planned a little more respectfully.
"Gone!" l exclaimed. Here was 9
new mystery, or perhaps the explana-
ton of the first one. 1t may have been
his departure that had depressed Kath-
arine so.
where has he gone? When did he
go? How long will he be away?" I
volleyed.
Exasperatfngly he delayed his reply.
At last it seemed to occur to him that
l was not making these inquiries pure
more politely than at first, he an
swered: "Only an hour or two ago
about three o'clock it was-he came
rushing down into my room with his
keys in his hand. Nike says he, I'm
going away tonight. I may be gone a
week and l may be gone month. l
don't know how long. Here are my
keys and don't let nobody into my
rooms while I'm away, on any pretext
whatever And wild that he was into
taxicab and off before I could be
saying my thanks for the bill he left
in my hand"
Crandall suddenly gone, Katharine
dying by her own hand, General Far
IRISH stricken, all within two hours. I
knew now there must be some con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-03
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths,

There is a disease prevailing i'll this
country most dangerous because so decep-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

work arrangement, and when the box
is returned to the weather station a
glance at the sooty covering will give
the atmospheric pressure, the humid
ity. and the wind velocity at any
height traversed by the balloon.
I ne strand of hair used in the In
strument for determining The humid
ily is chemically dried before 1t is
placed in position. Thereafter. upon
passing through moist stratum, the
hair absorbs portion OF the moisture,
the hair lengthens and the stylus
point records the change ON the cyl
inder. II the next stratum is dry
some Of the moisture in the hair IL
evaporated. the hair becomes shorter,
and the cylinder makes the record
accordingly.
The air pressure is determined, or
recorded by the aid OF small cyl
inder, from which most OF the air has
been drawn. A small plunger. to
which is attached stylus point.
makes the necessary scratches on the
soot-covered cylinder.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
FIND RUINS OF OLD CITIES
Excsv ations In Guatemala Bare Hero
elyphlcs That None Of Searchers
Has Been Able to Read.

New York-Edgar L. Hewitt, direc-
tor of the School OF American Arch
aelogy, has just returned to New
York from Quirigua. Guatemala, with
a glowing report of the American re-
searches there. The diggings at both
Quirigua and Copan, he says, have laid
bare ancient cities of SURPRISING SPLEEN
dor, which fiourished long before the
Christian era.
The American archaeologists are In
complete possession Of the ruins at
Quirigua. There they have found
sculpture as beautiful as any that
Egypt or Assyria ever boosted, and
hieroglyphics even more interesting,
but these can scarcely be read. Only
the system of reckoning time has been
deciphered, and the real history is
carved on blocks which no man has
yet been able to translate.
Close study of the masterpieces of
antique genius thus far unealthed
seems to show a close cultural re
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

current travelling at a rate of more
than 100 miles an hour.
The instruments used are so deli
cate that one of them-that for meas
uring the humidity-depends for its
record upon the distance that human
hair will lengthen on passing through
a stratum of air which contains slight
ly more moisture than did the stratum
Immediately below 1t.
The records are made upon a SCOT
covered cylinder by stylus point. OPP
Grated by a level, which In turn Is
controlled by the instruments. This
cylinder is slowly turned by clock
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Drapery on Poster Women.

New Iork.-There was JOY in ia
maica, especially among the members
of the citizens committee, over the re-
ceipt of letter from a bill posting
company which has to do with the
Immoral posters" which have deco
rated the fences for some time.
The letter was sent by F. l. Ham
of Brooklyn and was to the effect that q
great reform will be worked in the
matter of the displaying of burlesque
house posters. Mr.. Ham informs the
committee that hereafter when bur
lesque poster shows woman In
tights, something will be placed over
these tights hiding from view any OF
the woman's bare limbs"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

house where he was born was taken
down many years ago and a more
modern one erected on the site, which
was in the main street of the viii
lage.
Notwithstanding that MIR. Fessen-
den's entire public life was spent in
Maine the patriotic citizens of Bos-
cawen set up a huge granite bowlder
near the place of the old house In
memory of the great statesman. On
one of the sides of this big bowlder
is bronze tablet which makes known
that William Pitt Fessenden was born
October g. 1906; that he WIGS United
States senator from Maine for IL
years and secretary of the United
States treasury from 1864 to 1865.
William Pitt Fessenden was gradu-
ated from Bowdoin college in 1928.
He was admitted to the bar in 1927.
and was member of the Maine legis-
lature two terms. He was elected to
congress in 1S41, and from 1854 un-
til the time of his death, September
s, 1869, he was United States senator,
except when secretary of the treas
ury, 1S64-1S65. He was one of the
founders of the Republican party in
1856 and throughout the Civil war
he did eminent service as chairman OF
the finance committee of the senate.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
EXPLORING THE AIR
Six Nations Interested in Series
of Investigations.
Mass Of Information Concerning Con-
ditions in High Attitudes Is Be-
Ing Obtslned-Weathe Bal
looms Used for Tests.

Omaha.-SiI nations are interested
In a series of Investigations now be-
ing carried on in Omaha by the United
States government and elaborated in
by the governments OF England, Ger
many, France, Italy and Belgium.
These Investigations have for their OBJ
ject the thorough exploration of the
atmosphere at height of more than
ten miles above the earth's surface,
and so successfully are they being car
ried out that mass OF information
concerning conditions existing as high
as eighteen miles up in the air has
been secured. Similar explorations
are being conducted in the countries
named above and when these are
completed all information gathered
by each country is to be exchanged
with all other countries engaged in
the Investigations.
The research Is being prosecuted
with the assistance of weather bal
looms" which are sent aloft bearing In
attached baskets a number of delicate
contrivances for measuring whatever
conditions are met on the trip from
earth through the clouds and back
again to earth. The experiments con-
tinue for two weeks, a weather bal
loon being sent up each afternoon
during that period by each Of the six
governments. When the information
thus gained is properly arranged the
meteorological bureaus in each of the
countries taking part will receive tab
ulated copies.
The little balloons, which are six
feet in diameter, are so arranged that
that they will explode somewhere far
above the ten-mile level, the explosive
force being the hydrogen with which
the bag is filled.
One of these balloons recently
reached a height OF IS miles before
bursting and at that altitude the tenn
perature was only 35 degrees below
zero, although at point between nine
and ten miles high the records showed
that temperature OF "a degrees be
low zero had been gone through. OF
this particular date the temperature
at Omaha, the starting point of the
balloon. was AZ degrees above zero.
Another balloon registered an al
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
N. w. Schedule Summary.
Mothers Congress to St. Louis.

Philadelphia.-Mrs. Friedrich Schoff,
president of the National Congress of
Mothers, says that the executive COM
mittee of the organization has selected
st. Louis as the place for holding the
next congress. The meeting will open
on March 20 and close March &c.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
EIGHT Of Them With DELE
GATES FROM 28 STATES
HOLD CONFERENCE.
Form Permanent Committee to Push
Candidacy of Theodore for President
Want People in Each State to Elk
press Choice by Direct Vote.

CnlcaSo.-ElSnJ governors anu ueie-
gates from 20 states met here and in
an informal conference organized per-
manent committee to push the candi-
dacy of Theodore Roosevelt for presi-
dent The governors, Walter r. Stubs
of Kansas, Charles S. Osborne of Michi-
gan, Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri,
Chester Aldrch of Nebraska, Robert H.
Bass of New Hampshire, w. E. Glass
cock of West Virginia, R. E. Vesey of
South Dakota and j. M. Carey of Wy
oming, after an executive conference
by themselves, addressed a letter to
Colonel Roosevelt asking that he let it
become known that a demand from the
people that he accept the nomination
would not be unheeded.
The permanent organization of the
committee which will carry the Roose-
welt fight to the convention is as fol
lows Chairman, Alexander II. Revell;
vice chairman, Edward j. Brundage;
secretary, Edwin w. Sims; treasurer,
Dwight Lawrence.
All Agreed on Roosevelt.
The meeting was without disagree
ment and the resolutions adopted de-
clared call are agreed Theodore Roose-
welt is the one man who can, at this
time, unite all elements of the party
and attract large number of indie
pendent voters.'
The resolutions further favored "an
expression of the peoples choice for
president by direct vote for candidate
in each state.
They conclude with a protest
"against the use of organized political
machinery, based on patronage, to de-
prive the people of any voice as to
their real choice"
In statement signed by the eight
governors the following was set forth:
Momentous questions are pressing
for solution. What the country is seek
ing is justice between man and man.
1t wants equality of justice, safe
guarded by adequate law.
Real Leader Wanted.
I" A principle is of no avail without
a man; cause is lost without a leader
In Theodore Roosevelt we believe the
people have the man, the cause, the
leader. 1t is our opinion that this is
the sentiment of the people in the states
we represent.
1T is nothing to us that Theodore
Roosevelt is not a candidate for the
republican nomination. We believe the
people have decided to make him theii
candidate. 1t is for the people to de
termine who shall be their leader, ire
spective of the wishes of the either
selected.
Knowing the high sense of public
duty with which Colonel Roosevelt il
imbued, we are satisfied that he vii
not refuse to heed the call of the PEG
pie; that he will, if nominated accep
the nomination, and if elected will dis
charge the duties of the chief magis
trate with the same faithfulness ant
consideration of the interests of all tn
people and display the same rugged
courage and will apply his well-knowl
doctrine of the square deal that his pas
record indicates
The conference was executive, as wa
the meeting of the governors, who de
clined to give out copy of the lette
they sent to Colonel Roosevelt.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
WHERE FESSENDEN WAS BORN
Patriotic Citizens Set Up Huge Bowl
der in Memory of Great
Statesman.

Boscawen, N. H.-Boscawen. an In
teresting little post village in Merri-
mac county, N. H., and on the Merri-
mac, is the birthplace of William Pitt
Fessenden who, early In life, engaged
in the political affairs of Maine. The
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Distribution of Fish.

ngton.-Distribut of fish to
public and private waters involved rail
road travel approximating 1oo,915 miles
by the bureau IS ears, and 319,s1O miles
by detached messengers in 1911, accord
ing to statistics.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
A Fly Killer.

To destroy the pest of flies in the
summer kitchen. simmer together ono
pint of milk. pound of raw or brown
sugar and two ounces Of pepper. Place
saucers containing the mixture around
the house 1t means almost instant
death to the flies and the stun is harm
less.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
REAL SPORTING NEWS

Champion Johnson was secretly mar
ried to his white wife a year ago in
Pittsburg.
The date for the sailing of the Amer
lean Olympic team is tentatively an
nounced as June Is.
The Vancouver Athletic club took
A. G. athletes in the recent contest at
Spokane.
f. Klaus of Pittsburg, middleweight
champion, and Freddie Welsh, the
Welshman who seeks the lightweight
title, are in San Francisco seeking
bouts.
San Francisco.--In a contest at the
Y. M. C. A. pool, George Nixon of
San Francisco equaled the American
swimming record for 25 yards of IL As
seconds, held by Charles Daniels.
A new motorcycle champion sprang
into fame at Los Angeles on the new
onethird mile stadium saucer track,
when w. L. Hasha of Dallas, Tex, de-
cisively defeated Jake De Roster, of In
dianapolis and established what were
said to be four new world IS records
made in competition. The new marks
set were given out as follows: One
mile, 80 3-5; two miles, 1:19 2-5; three
miles, 2:O1 3-5; four miles, 2:4O As.
Rossland, B. C.-The second game of
the British Columbia hockey champion
ship between Greenwood and Phoenix
ended in dispute, Phoenix declining to
accept the decision of the referee and
Greenwood then running down the
puck to an unopposed winning score
4-3. Saturdays carnival of sports
commenced with the ski jump for the
amateur championship of Canada. Soft
weather made it bad for jumpers, and
poor distances were made. 1t was won
by E. Engen, 70 feet 10 inches, with
Hansen second, &C feet 3 inches.
Spokane's Team Away.
Vancouver-May 6, 7, s, 9, 10, IL
Tacoma-May ~.
Seattle-(Spokane VS.. Tacoma) May
10, IA, Is.
Tacoma-May 16, II, IS, 10.
Portland-May 20, 21, %, 30, "a, 25
&c.
Victoria-June 3, 4, 5.
Seattle-(Spokane VS.. Victoria) June
6, Z, 8, 9.
Seattle-June II, IS, 10, 20, 21, %
30.
Seattle-(Spokane VS.. Tacoma) Jun,
"a, 25, &c.
Tacoma-June 81, 2s, 20, 80.
Vancouver-July IL.
Vancouver-July %, %, "a, 25, 20
seattle-August 5, 6, :, s, O. 10, IL.
Victoria-August &c, 81, 2s.
Seattle-(Spokane VS.. Victoria
August 80, 80, 81.
Portland-september ., 10, Il, Il
{ 13, IA, Is.
q. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 23, "a, 25, &c
e 27, 2S.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

New York.-The cold snap in the
eastern section of the country, which
send the mercury in many places to
lower figures than have prevailed for
years, was measurably broken today
when the mercury rose to somewhere
near normal winter average.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

semblance between this civilization
and that of the races farther north.
but there is not enough resemblance
to prove that there ever was any &C
tual connection between North and
South America before the fall of Rome.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Lemon Rate Order Stands.

Washington.-The commerce court
denies the application of the transcon-
tinental railroads for an injunction to
restrain the interstate commerce com
mission from putting into effect its
order fixing a rate Of 81 per 100 pounds
on California lemons destined to points
in the east.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Baptist College For Russia.

New York.-Dr. Robert S. Macarthur,
president of the Baptists World ALI
ance says that he had obtained permits
sion of the Russian emperor to build
the proposed Baptist college in st. Pet
ersburg.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

A young Canadian came to Washing
ton last winter and was making a call
upon very pretty young woman whom
he met for the first time.
edo you have reindeer in Canada7"
asked the young lady.
Ono, darling" he answered; cat
this season it always SHOWS"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
LEPER LIVES NEAR TACOMA.
John R. Earle and Family Will Be
Fenced in on own Ground.

Tacoma, Wash-Shunted about from
place to place as the result of the long
government investigation to determine
whether he was a leper or not, John R.
Earle, formerly of Washington, D. c.,
has been located at Summit, near here,
and will be fenced in on an acre of
land which he purchased on the install
ment plan. His wife and three chill
dren are with him.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Ellis Cromwell Dead at Manila.

Manila-Ellis Cromwell, collector of
internal revenue, died here from heart
failure.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

Jones-Can you imagine anything
worse than to bite into an apple and
see a wormq
Smith-Yes, to bite into an apple and
see half a worm.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Small girl: Why doesn't baby talk,

Father: He can't talk yet, dear.
Young babies never do.
Small girl: Oh, yes, they do. Job
did. Nurse read to me out of the Bible
how Job cursed the day he was born
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

If a blacksmith forged horseshoe,
what did Valley Forge.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

Where steel Pens Come From.
Ninety-five per cent. OF the steel
pens manufactured in the United
States are made at Cambridge. N. j.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-30
HOW TO CURE CRAMPS.
Effective Treatment For Ailment That
Often Causes Drowninq.


Cramp! Who hasn't had a pleasant
swim in glorious weather spoiled at
one time or another by this most per-
nicious of sudden seizures? But how
cheering to know that it is not a proof
Of ones incompetence and that it at
tacks both good and Indifferent swim
mers alike.
Never battle soon after a meal, as
indigestion in many cases causes
''cramp." And do not exhaust your
self in a vain endeavor to outrival
some opponent, as the overexertion of
muscles that have been little used will
prove just as dangerous.
This horrible punching OF the mus
cles is generally felt in the calf Of the
leg, just below the knee. So curious
Is the sensation of the "knotteF' cords
that the sufferer seems to lose all rea-
son for the time being and is over
powered with mingled pain and terror.
To effect a remedy turn over on the
back at once, kick out the afflicted leg
in the air, disregarding the pain if
possible. Rub the spot smartly with
one hand, while employing the other
in padding to keep afloat. To finish
off the cure draw the toes forcibly up
ward toward the knee. These instruc-
lions are for the passably good swim
mer. AS to the beginner-well, he
will probably be near the shore and
can be hauled out.