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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
est. Louis Republican,,

Built upon the unmarked grave of
a murdered wooer. a little house
stands upon a lonely knoll near SAX
ron Station, seven miles east of st.
Joe, Mo-, a thing accursed and shun-
ned by those who know its history.
They fear the baleful influences which
are said to surround it.
During the twelve ears it mas been
standing eight lives have been blotten
out by violent means. illness and ill
fortune have followed the advent Of
Now tenants, the crops have failed,
While those on neighboring farms
prospered and q sequence of misfor-
tunes has dogged tho footsteps Of
those who have braved the place and
its curse.
Tho curse that hangs over the place
began before the house was built. 1t
had it's inception when two young
sEpsies, rivals for the hand of a
their love aairs n fought. The
vanquished one stole up behind his
sleeping rival hat night and plunged
a knife into his back. Then he went
to the king of the band and coriessed
what he had done.
Whatever the motive which inspired
the king-whether his hear was With
the murderer or whether he did not
want an investigation by the autl,orl-
ties-he ordered that the body of the
slain maj be taken to tn: knoll near
by and buried.
1t was years later that Christopher
S~t'roers. a young farmer. huiloing
the house to shelter the Wife whom
ne soon proposed to take, looked
to see standing at the foot NJ his
ladder an aged gypsy GRO le. She cx-
pressed & desire to tell nj; fortune.
The fates are unkihd," said the
gypsy tplefully, shaking her head.
You are soon to be marrici You
think to gather with your children
and grandchildren about this place.
trouble. Your dreams will not come
true. You will meet Il death by vio-
lence, ana Your widow will be left
to mourn alone"
Get out with your bad luck tales
said schroers and laughed again.
NJ read truly said the gypsy.
q house of i'll luck. Beneath n of
the trees that shades it there lies a
body-one of my W tribe--who was
buried there by the hands of him
who slew him and by the hands Of his
friends. His spirit cries out for VEN
geance and a peaceful. ~hallowed
grae. vtntil there is accomplished
there shall be no rest for those who
live here
Schroers returned to his work
whistling. If he ever thought of the
gypsy woman's prophecy he did not
mention 1t to the girl he soon mar
ried and took to live in the new
house. A few months later. return
ing from st. Joseph one night,
Schroers allowed his wagon to tarrv
A moment tor long on the railroad
crossing almost in front of his own
gate. They picked up his mangled
body a hundred feet away, and the
wreck OF his wager was scattered
along the right of way.
1t vas six months later that George
I-obbey. a telegraph operator. installed
his wife and 7-year-old daughter
Nellie, in the house. The little cross.
roads village OF saxton is half a mile
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

not realize the vast of bust
ness tina is carried on yer there, and
the money the islands are saving the
United States through the reduction of
the import duty on products sent to
the parent country.
Everything is on the move in the
islands just now. There is much ac-
tivity in the farming districts, and
there are more mines in operation
than at any time since the United
States obtained possession. The gov
has started to build large ir-
rigation bitches. These will make it
possible for the farmers to raise two
crops every year. The first will be
watered by irrigation and the second
crop grown during the rainy season.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
UNDULY ALARMED.

The oratory of canal legislation has
been ferN,d and intensely American,
full If human glow and fire that rises
from consc.uu lcSS of proud
a, hievcmcnt. Have we not attained a
height that makes ~pardonablc a tend
or, to look down upon the rest OF
,ha world?
That congress is about TO adopt
and the president approve q Panama
canal measure tending To conflict
with the rule of reason as regards the
meaning of the HaY-Fauncrf"te
rr.aty is not true. The assumption
that such an act Of pertidy is in con-
temptation affords a basis for the dis
uuietine cry that congress is going TO
involve us in q general tariff war. No
cn.. has the feeling of APP
p~rehension growing out of the passage
of the maximum clause in the Payne
Al,lrich tariff bill. yet the law was
carried ON without a snarl in the ne
EQUATIONS.
As "a tho contention that the canal
tolls clause d~iscriminates against for
eisn nations in favor Of American
shipping. is tina, not fatty d~isproVed
Ivy the fact ,hat more of our ships
Rre. denied free passage, or. indeel. the
use. of the canal on n terms. than
are exempted from paying their way
through? TIL" use of the canal is not
denied 10 any class of foreign vessels.
The only provision in the bill that
could be cited as discriminatory is
that which Gems TO put American
owned ~foreign-huilt ships on a foot
ing with American-huilt ships engag-
ed in our coastwise trade. N is more
thar likely. however. that this doubt
ful proviso will be eliminated In on-
ference. together with any other OBJ
iectionahle feature that calm Consid-
Grafton may disclose. These other
possible changes pertain not Ia treaty
rights, but to our domestic concerns.
leaving TIL. tolls question the sole
issue between the high contracting
PARTIES under the canal agreement.
Slorn. then. of misconstruction and
misstatement. il is seen that the
charge of discrimination covers not
more than on~a-tWcntieth of the esti-
mated tonnage all told, none of which,
il is held. comes in competition with
foreign Even should it be
"a t!l'tt stIS ItIt vi I'M RoiSt ise
traffic does compete with the for
cigner. there still is ample time 10
smooth out the kinks before great in
justice could result.
Nobody understands better than
congress tlrat legislation such as thu
alarmists would nav. Ms believe is on
the hooks would bring down upon us
an avalanche uf in~dignation and re
sentiment. conc"iEahlv To the extent
OF nonparticipatiou by foreign ma
ions in the San Francisco exposition.
if not also taking the form of a boy
cott of the canal. thus making that
stupendous enterprise q monumental
failure. But, as indicated llereinbe-
fore. that august body. the American
congress. is not pointed to making the
greatest hlund.r Of the AGES.
The Panama canal is safe in the
hands. of the men who had the
breadth of mind to set il or foot and
the genius TO put il through.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
THE PASSING OF THE popuLrsTs

The 1912 national convention of the
once Formidable peoples. or populist.
party, hold ~ 81. Louis by eight dele
gates. is eclipsod i'm paucitv of at
tendance only hr 'ha historic assem-
bly, of the three ~tailors Of Tooloy-
street. Yet twenty years ago General
James r. Weaver. I" tirSt nominee
of the party for h presidency. poll
ed l.o41."2S votes. What has be-
come of the other 1,o+1.o2oo
Weaver. who had been the green
back party's nominee in 1850. won
twenty-five electoral votes in 1892
under the populist banner--four from
Colorado, three from Idaho, ten from
Kansas. three from Nebraska and one
each from Oregon and North Dako-
IA. The only other third party that
ever gained more electors was the
movement of the Sell Everett consti-
tutional unionists in 1860. who won
thirty-nine electors in three states
and polled $780, 900 votes.
The coalition with the BRYAN forces
in 1896 robbed the populists of indi-
viduality as n party, and when it was
attempted to revive it in 1900 Whar-
ton Barker of Philadelphia. their can
didate. polled but $4,000 votes. In
1904 Thomas E. Watson Of Georgia
headed the populist ticket and re-
ceived 10000 votes. but in 1908 all
he had left of them a 10000.
Yet the populists left their impress
upon the country. They practically
captured the democracy and held 1t
for eight years. Even today there are
democrats who bewail the survival OF
populism in the party. and there are
ultra-conservative republicans who
deplore-in private at least-some
faint Of erstwhile populism in their
own party. But when the original
eight adjourned at St. Louis the pop.
ulists as a party passed into history
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
GYPSY'S CURSE @@@D0@g HOUSE
COTTAGE BUILT on GRAVE OF MURDERED WOOER BRINGS n . n
LUCK TO ALL WHO MAKE IT THEIR HOMI.

away. 1t was Nellie's daily task tc
go to the store Il order whatever
her mother wished for the table.
1t was on her way home from one
OF these trips that Nellie's little life
paid the second forfeit to the curse.
Rambling along the road on its
way to town with a load a wagon
belonsing to Sampson karnes, a
farmer. and drien bvv one of his
hired men. passed the little girl. See
ing a chance to ride to her home the
little girl tried to Chamber upon the
wagon.
Her arms encountered With parcels
she slipped and fell under the wheels
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Find Bandits Treasure.

Ten thousand dollars in gold. be-
lived to have been hidden by William
Anderson, a bandit who terrorized
Contra! Missouri Immediately after the
Civil VIZ has been found in the old
manor house on what vas the planta-
ton of William Burch in Howard
county. Mo, and which now is the
property of c. E. Yanccy of Liberty.
Employees of Mr.. Yancey are remodel
ing the old house.
Anderson was wounded in 1865 aft
er rohbins a Central Missouri bank
and stopped that night in the manor
house OF the Burch plantation. dying
several days later. 1t was in the
room in which the bandit slept that
the money was found.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Largest Lunatics Twins.

Two of the largest lunntics ever
known in Kentucky have just been
taken to the asylum for tho insane at
Lexington. They are Lilly and Louise
S~chatgman, twin sisters of Marysville.
ny. Both became insane NJ the same
tlme. The two We're examined as To
their sanity at the same time and or
dered taken TO the asylum together.
Their aggregate weight is nearly 1c0
pounds
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
..Afovics" Win Iano ,,;.,,,

After debating the subject for moro
than two years, the town council has
at last decided to grant a license for a
moving picture show in Montclair. y.
J. This applicant will spend 500, 600
on his building and plant. and will pay
a fec of $1,000 a ear. No vaudeville
performances will be allowed. For
W Years Monclair has been the only
city of its size in the country with no
moving pictures.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Record in Housckecpinn,.

The most economical Housewife
II who can pay all the necessary
household expenses on d little over
$50 a week.-Mrs. been brought to
light through an alimony suit in a
brooklyn court. Mrs. Irene Shredder
of Staten Island tells in her appeal to
the court how she ran her husbands
home successfully for t%hirty-tive weeks
on S55. That was hard enough TO do.
she adds. but it was harder still when
they parted TO have her husband fling
IL at her h a she was no wife for a
Dec man.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Round the World Climb

American tourists who have circlod
the globe are the only persons eligible
Tor a round the world association"
nov being organized in New York.
The first meeting is to be held in sep
tember. More than 1000 Americans
eirdle the globe every year, according
to officials of steamship companies
here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Filipinos Contest with T.. 8.

although the time may come when
the Filipinos will get an independent
government. they are we'll satisfied at
this time with the rule of the United
States" said Col. r.. NJ. Henry, Just
returned from the Philippines. "The
Filipinos are forging ahead, striving
to meet the prosperity that is coming.
Naturally: some of the Filipinos have
ent government-an idea they have
cherished ever since the war-but
these are few, and are neither restless
nor to be feared. I believe the Unit
ed States could take every soldier on
the islands away right now. and there
would be nothing to fear in so far as
an instruction Is concerned.
II fear that the people of this
country do not appreciate what the
Philippines mean to them. They dc
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Out Of the Ordinary
Living Not Worth Cos,o

D~espondent, according to his
friends. from worrying over the high
price of meat. James n. Slough, a
butcher. cut his throat with a razor,
dying soon after. He had been in
business at Springfield, Mo, for fifteen
years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington. u. q.

Having covered more than 1000
miles. an automobile party reached
Washington last night. coming from
southeastern Missouri and destined for
New York and other eastern cities.
The party was composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Smith of Bloomfield. and ].
@. Russell and -. a. Cloan of Charles
ton. Mo. ON the trip from Missouri
the party Travelled along numerous Va
rieties of roads.
oh" and Indiana have the best
roads We travelled over said Mr.. Rus
sell. The roads in Ohio, l think, are
as good as N I ever saw. They are
of excellent macadam. and ! do not
thing we struck a really bad highway
during our entire trip through the
buckeye state.
Indiana, too. has good roads, al
most the equal of those in Ohio. Mis-
soUri-southeastern Missouri-has the
worst roads / e saw. They are al
most impossible. Pennsylvania, where
We spent some time. has the best and
tn" worst roads. The keystone state
mas gone TO the extreme in both cases.
som" of the highways in PENNSYLVANIA
ar" not to be equaled anywhere in per-
lection, hut there are some THAI are
even worse than those Of southeastern
Missouri.
maryland and the District Of CO.
nmbla roads are nothing to boast of.
There is evidently an effort to I'M
prove the highways. hut it has Tot
gone forward apparently with any
great impetus"
Mr.. Russell and his party left Cape
Glrardo, Mo, ten days ago, and have
Travelled an average NJ 200 miles a day.
missouri democrats We're nluch dis
appointed that Speaker Clark was not
nominated at Baltimore after he had
shown that he was the choice of the
majority of the convention on so many
ballots" added Mr.. Rulless. and there
was considerable bitterness shown,
hut We have become reconciled to
Governor Wilson. a n ! think il safe
To say that Missouri will give a sub
stantia' democratic plurality in No
Nember.'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Smallest Baby Thriving.

Russell Daily, the smallest baby ever
born in Philadelphia, is making rapid
strides at the University hospital. Now
nearly two weeks old, he has attained
u weight of one pound eleven ounces.
and a length of SIS inches. The phy-
sicians say that his digestive apparatus
is normal and hat he should thrive,
barring unforeseen circumstances.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

The rowdy who stabbed Ty Cobb
forgot that the great ball player wa
used to being spiked by the other
team.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19
Roosevelt Draws From Democrats

hooScNtlt pEaNS FROM democrats
democrats who are counting so
confidently on CARRYING the election in
November may he forced to change
their opinions before election day
comes" said II. y. Neville. a stockman
of Wyomine.
1T might he a straw worth MOTTO
ins--t1e primary election in Kansas.
supporters of President Taft. ! am
told. since coming TO Washington. have
practically given up hope of carrying
Kansas this Year Ga condition. by the
way. that would have been believed
Impossible a few Years ago., all on
account of Col. Roosevelt S candidacy,
of course.
1T looks as if Roosevelt will carry
Kansas in the election. But the straw
| speak of is in the press reports that
he democratic Vote in the state was
Very light, indicating that Roosevelt
had received a great many democrats
votes. Not very long ago a progress
sire club was formed in Kansas City,
With a membership of 700. and 500 Of
these. am told We're democrats.
The democratic leaders assert with
confidence that the votes that will go
10 Roosevelt will be largely. if not al
together. taken from the republican
strength: Yet here at the very outset
OF thu campaign. h indications are
hat the democrats arc suffering equal
~ as NV :; ~ lot more from 'he Dull
80 'alla'l",H.
40 ne,le'e .na' h~ooseEeIt can
~, ~, 'l, , lux" n"aH roosevelt n
;. u " M TAKE 70 tne Wooos.
w. oouE ieai,Mes mat ana the three
ml,,''i,s .!ia' WI t!apse between now
~ eIr',ioh "ih eve ihe r~epuhIlcans
tl'he 10 Nm" up ioF Vhe reSular nom1-
ne, whereas IN" demoerats. n as
"1lu' IN l"aNS De reileo upon
- ,Lui'u.t' WI pI""tpls oS swept on
:, t's W NV r"p themselves Oh the
>"'o'I Una. nov IS IN S'sht.
i"'ni'f e"'o IL important.
Wi1n Nlr. .SeEliie was ,haries X.
ltopei,son - f,iiiinss' Mont VINO
1890 Win WI NeNlile mat the dem
Dcl'ts mac rose some OF the state they
"fG ,ouh'iiE upon WIN c~onhdence.
mere are some rcnnhl1can states
GUY ,ha' way 'hat VIII continue TO be
l"puo!lcah stare ot"lthstandln the
"Ss.r'i'hS AN" GAINS OF the demo
frals' sald Mr. Robertson. The
laFlE leaders VINO are K up
lhelF estimates ana 1isurlnc on results
rom q defnooFauo viewpoint, may
NAY" laltsa 20 reckon on the farmer
N"'e IN Ihe DIE asrlcultura states or
me
thlnk, is the largest
Sncep-raiSlng state in the union. with
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

There will not be enough million
aire contributors to the democratic
fund to half fill up the di-
plomatic corps.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

Chicago's educated burglar new
claims to he insane. That's what they
all claim after they are caught.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

Wit is Very satisfactory sauce but
unsatisfactory steak.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

Lots of women would be glad if
they could send their hair to the laun-
dry.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

There may be as big fish in the sea
as have been caught. but there are
none in Lake Bemidji as big as the
Grand Forks fishermen say they
caught.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

Harry Thaw has been given a
cIerkship at Matteawan. He's prob
ably opposed to the seven year term.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

AS a personal organ outside the H.
bel law the Congressional Record has
them all beaten.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

"As long as a corpse lies buried
under a tree on your place there will
be no rest here" said the gypsy.
Death will follow death until YOU
find that corpse and give it a decent
burial. 1t is restless"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

Backs Of chairs at soda fountains
have been equipped with shirt waists.
It's a wonder some enterprising pro-
prietor doesn't put open work stock
ings on their limbs.
Mexico blames America for the
overthrow Of the Diaz government,
and the situation may be further COM
plicated by the downfall of Madero if
he doesn't do better.
Congress should hurry up and adj
journ in order to go out and do it's
Christmas shopping early.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

AS an advance tip on the campaign.
We may say that both parties will
claim they are right N the tariff, and
the Bull Moose will bawl that both
are wrong.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-19

Sisnor Mascagni. who elored with q
chorus girl, has disappeared. and may
also blame that on his artistic tenn
permanent.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-10-02
Would Keep Girls From Stage.

Are great artists happy? Emma
Calve, one of the most talented, adj
mired, and in every way successful
artists the world has ever seen, has
for a number of years made special
ty of advising girls to get married and
try to make happy homes instead of
studying for the stage. Her latest
statement of her views, which she
says she has held ever since she was
twenty-five, was given to a journalist
in Los Angeles, 20, the girls" she
exclaimed, "the hundreds, the thous-
ands of poor girls. You will write
just what | say? Then write that but
one woman in hunderd thousand
who tries wins. There is in a million
one Geraldine Farrar, one Emma
Games, one Schumann-Heink. Do you
grasp what that means? l have seen
them-these girls that come to Paris
to study, to fight their way among
men. When the day comes that l
shall teach l shall teach no girl for
the stage. l will teach only the rich
girls who wish to sing for accomplish
ment, for home, for husband-that is
woman's place. IN. Y. Post.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-10-02

pueblo-San Jose (San Ho say where
l teach is strictly Mexican. We have
more than a hundred pupils with only
four American children. The schools
in this valley are not up to the stand
ard, being from one to two grades be-
hind the eastern schools. "The har-
vest is white and the laborers are
few" so good Iowa teachers are in
demand. Recent legislation has
brought rural schools to the front; not
one gets less than $1,000, thus max
ing the salaries from $50 to $120 per
month for eight months each year.
Second and third class rural schools
are those that average ten and twen-
ty-five pupils. Heretofore it has been
hard to get good teachers.
Most of the people coming here
drink of the ella waters, taste the
Elysian springs, learn Spanish, eat
pumpkins, Chilli (pepper) Frijoles
Gree o Las) and Okra, live here in
peace and comfort, smoking their
pipes sitting on the back porches
watching the alfalfa grow while the
fat cattle browse lazily by the road
side
Ponce De Leon was noted for his
attempt to find the Fountain of
YOUTH" even the crossing of the Has
ayampa river in Arizona effects man
kind so he cannot tell the truth. AS
yet l haven't crossed this famous
stream, 80 you may be sure this writ
ing is not exaggerated.
If this finds it's way into print,
may tell you later of the Salt River
valley and the Roosevelt dam.
Best wishes to all, am,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Helen Johnston.