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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31
Panama Special Cruise of the
U. D. c. Under the AuspiCies
Of the New Orleans

0nOptIIs
The following program has been
planned for the convention:
Tuesday, November IL, 3 p. m.
Boat Ride on the Mississippi.
Wednesday, November II, p. m.
Promenade Concert and Ball.
Friday, November IA, 2p. m.
Automobile Ride.
Friday, November IA, 2 p. m.
Ceremony of Laying of the Corner.
stone of Beaureca~d Monument.
Friday, November IA, 4:so p. m.
Visit to County Club.
Friday, November IA. 5 D. m.
!. Informal Ia0sstion at Soldiers
LEome.
Sunday, November 16, rf>G.-m.
Trip to Panama and Central America
10 addition to the formal program CT
entertainment there are innumerable
attractions, historic and otherwise. to
be seen in and about New Orleans.
Every arrangement has been made
for the comfort and convenience O,
those taking the trip from New Orleans
to Panama.
The cost of the Panama trip will be
SAT. SO.
Reservations should be made i'm
mediately. Apply to Travel Service
Bureau Grunewald Hotel, New
Orleans, La.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31
Horse Blankets and Robes.

Horse Blankets and Robes are now
sold at very low prices. If you want
one, call at once, as they are bar
gains. j. A Dysart & Co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31
Marriage Iicenses.

VIM. Eugene Reedy to Emily Burk-
holder.
COLORED.
Arthur w. Magruder to Virginia
Brown.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31
The make You Feel Good.

The Make You Feel Good.
The pleasant purgative effect pro
duced by Chamberlain's Tablets and
The healthy condition of body and
mind which they create make one fee
Joyful. For sale by All Dealers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31

If you watch that Stint in the hobble
skirt,
And view it cool and calmly,
You won't wait long till you can
locate
The Skeleton in the family"
Vance, in Staunton Leader.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31

Good new watches for 81. 90 I'M.
Gusranteed. Tho VIM. Kline Co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31

held Woodstock August
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-31

Oct al mo pd B. F. Rodeffer
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
J. G. GREEN IN HOSPITAL WITH
SLIM CHANCES TO RECOVER
3. F. MAXWELL IN JAIL.
WOUNDED MANS SKULL CRUSHED
Green Is Reported to Have Shot Max
wells Mule Last Night and Difficulty,
This Morning FoIIowed-Accused
Makes Statement.

Unconscious and with large crush
ed place in the back of his head, ]. G..
Green, a carpenter, lies at the South
Mississippi Infirmary at the point Of
death from a terrific blow with spade
handle, inflicted by his neighbor, B. f.
Maxwell, a transfer man, in an alter
cation between the two this morning
between 1880 and o'clock over the
shooting of one of MaXwells mules
last night about 9 o'clock while in
Green's yard.
The difficulty occurred on the street
before vacant lot between the homes
of the two men and onyl a short dis
tance from Maxwell's residence at the
corner of Miller and Broad streets.
Immediately after striking Green,
Maxwell returned to his home and was
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
(Bu Assoctated Press.l
lCINNATI is THREATENED.

CINCINNATI is THREATENED.
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 27.-con-
tinued rains the last twenty-four hours
has completely changed the complex
ion of the river situation in this city
and according to experienced riVermen
Cincinnati is threatened with one OF
the worst floods in her history.
With the MuskIngum, scloto and the
two Miamis pouring their millions of
gallons of water into the Ohio and
the Licking on the Kentucky side do
ing likewise, the river during the night
rose at a rate of two inches an hour.
Some predict that 7o-foot stage Is
not improbable. The Central Union
Station was abandoned last night, and
all trains leaving or entering the city
are being detoured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

Columbus, Ohio, March 81
Ohio rivers and streams subsit
day, the state is emerging fr
greatest flood it has ever know
loss of life has been heavy, sc
that the full extent will not be
until the waters have receded
When a full account is mac
believed the total death list
state viii run well over two tn,
and that the property damat
amount to 100 million dollars.
Dayton is worst afflicted {
many cities swept by floods. N
has the death loss from dr.
there been extremely heavy, b
which ragged with unchecked sw
morning, threatened to destr
business section.
George F. Burba, private Sc
to Governor Cox, reported frol
ton last night that the proper
there would amount to so MILL
lars, and that the deaths apprc
one thousand. 1t was believI
morning that the Lewiston rel
near Dayton, which has been th
ing to break, will hold.
Resumption of rail traffic
made today If possible. Bridi
washed out everywhere, and
of many of the principal railroi
still flooded, with numerous wa
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Estimate of FiUe Thousand Dead at
Dayton Considered Nearly Correct

DAYTON O, MARCH 2-MANY BODIES ARE BEING REMOVED
FROM THE RIVER AT ARE BEING STACKED
THREE DEEP ALONG ACCORDING TO WORD JUST RE
cENED AT WESTERN UNION HEADQUARTERS.
( 1T STARTED SHOWING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AN EsT|
MATE OF THE DEAD FIVE THOUSAND APPARENTLY NEARLY
CORRECT.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD WILL NEVER BE KNOWN AND
AyroN BREADS THE DAY WHEN REcEDINe Will LAY
BARE a FULL EXTENT THE DISASTER
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Herculean Effort to
Close Beulah Break

water that is coming down the Ohio
from the floods in Illinois, Ohio and
Indiana.
According to reports received at the
Governors office from levee board Of
fFials, the approaching flood will ex-
ceed the early high water Of last year,
and be even greater than the princi-
pal flood of the previous year.
Barring the Beulah crevasse, all
of the levees on the Mississippi side
are in splendid condition. Rigid in
spections were recently made, and ad
ditional inspections will be at once
made for the purpose of seeing IL any
weak points have developed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Little Comfort For suffer.

Little Comfort For Suffered
indianapolis, March 27.--NigI
upon flood-swept Indiana with |
tie comfort for it's many thousal
flood sufferers. but the most cor
tive reports from throughout thi
estimate the loss of life at mott
than 125 drowned, while per;
statements from various points
cate that more than that numbe
perished in the high waters. Tt
none to attempt even a guess
property damage and the small
of relief workers throughout the
are with ut the aid of any publi'
ices in most of the cities.
Communication established
Connersville, from where Go
Ralston received frantic appea
CONTINUED on Page Five.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Biz Celina Reservoir
Is Reported Broken

Ohio ond Northeast Indiana will
be in danger Of flood, and scores
of towns might be wiped out, if
the report is true. Such condition
also would make impossible fur
ther rescue work at Peru, Ind.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Lewiston Faces Worse Than Dayton

Dayton, Ohio, March 27.-Reports
from the vicinity of Lewiston were that
the huge reservoir there is expected
to break at any minute. A high wind
is blowing over the reservoir banks,
the dams are weakening rapidly a,
Lewiston people are fleeing from theif
Continued on Page Eight
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Secretary BRYAN Is Safe.

= Washington, March 27.-Secre-
= tary of State Bryan, who had been
= out of communication with the
. state department for the last
= twenty-four hours in the Ohio
= flooded district, and for whom
= grave fears were felt, was heard
. from today, on his way eastward
. from Akron.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
500 Dead at Plque.

= Columbus, Ohio, March 81
= Five hundred lives were lost at
. Piqua, according to information
= received here at 1890 o'clock by
= Senator Kiser of Pique.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

st. Clair on the east, third street on
the south and Boulevard on the west
If true, the information means that a
territory nine blocks long and two
blocks wide has been burned.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

grave flood situation. Sahron and
New Castle report fifteen feet of
water.
Relief measures are being perfected
in many cities. Carloads of provis-
ions, clothing and other supplies are
ready for transportation as fast as
trains can be moved
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Blizzard Adds to Misery.

Lima, Ohio, March PA blizzard
is raging throughout the flood district
this morning, ,hampering the work of
relief to flood sufferers While the
cold lessened the flood, it has added
greatly to the misery of the victims.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Reservoir Gives Way.

. Lima, Ohio, March 27-A tele-
= phone report reached here that
. the reservoir between st. Marys
= and Collins has given way and
= the water is reported rushing
= north.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

Q Blue Takes Personal Charge. 4
= Washington, March 27.-Sur-
. geon General Blue of the United I
. States public health service, left I
= today for the flood district to take Z
y personal charge of Federal medi-
= cal officers rendering assistance
= to distressed people in Indiana
= and Ohio.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

Special to The Net1S.
Jackson, Miss. March 27.-Word
reached the governors office today that
a herculean effort is being made by
the Y. & M. v. engineers to fill the
gap at the Beulah crevasse. and set
the work in such shape before 4he
close of the Wort that i fresh break
and second oserfloW VIII bs impossi-
BILE.
The workjak forces Of the two levee
board are a1ao nsing all the available
forces Il points where new work is in
progress to Strengthen the levee lines
in ar 1tIcioatioh of the big volume OF
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
HIGHEST EVER KNOWN

MiIlersburg, o., March 1
Floods are four feet higher
than ever known before. A.
graph operator named Work
and his wife were killed at Bss
Pass, when bridge swept .
and demolished his house.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
WHEELING FEARS woRs,

Wheeling, w. ", March 2ti
Ohio river had reached the
mark at II o'clock this mornIr-
was rising rapidly. Wheelins~.
ready inundated and the wors
in its history Is feared.
Fifteen thousand people ar
rooned In their homes at Brio
opposite here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
(By Associated Press.)

The menace of fire continues this
morning in the flooded district OF
Ohio.
Dayton is still burning and appeals
have been sent out for dynamite to
blow up buildings in the path of the
flames,
A blizzard is reported from parts OF
the inundated area.
AT GAINESVILLE flood conditions are
~ingI worse every minute. No fire
4 tN~~anorted from that city.
vlvania is facing a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
FLAMES FOLLOW FLOOD
WITH RELENTLESS FURY
. . . - 4, = . = %%~>%%
. BULLETINS.
(Bg Associated PresS.)

= Hotel ColIapses-Many Killed.
= Hamilton, Ohio, March 81
. The Lakeview Hotel, in the resi-
= dence part Of town, has just col
= lapsed. It is said fifty people
. were taking refuge there earlier
= in the day.
= Ten bodies were removed
= from the ruins in the first hours
= search. Ii is believed $50 per-
. sons are dead here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

REcoRD-BREAKINc FLOOD.
Helena, Ark, March 27.-Planters In
the IowIands are making preparations
to move their livestock and other
movable property to higher ground,
anticipating record-breaking flood.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
(By Associated PreSs.)

VDy A00UUEUIOU TOOO'T
Southbend Ind, March 27.-The
Celina reservoir, the largest in the
world, is reported broken and thou
sands of people are said to be in
peril. The whole of northwest
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

PASSES FLOOD STAGE AT CAIRO.
Cairo, Ill.,, March 27.-The Ohio rIv-
er here has passed the flood stage of
forty-flve feet and is now creeping
over many acres of IowIands.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
&. B. Bridge Goes Down.

= indianapolis, March 27.-The
= Vandalia railroad bridge over the
. White river went down this morn
= ing with a crash, carrying with it I
. ten cars put there to hold it in I
= place.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

FLEEING TO MOUNTAINS.
Lexington, KY, March 27.-The Ken
lucky river is rising rapidly and many
people living along Its course are
fleeing to hills and mountains, driving
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
PRESIDENT WILSON
IS READY TOLEAVE
FOR FLOOD DISTRICT
by Associated PreSS.)


WASHINGTON MARCH 27-PRESIDENT
MINED TO GO TO THE OHIO FLOOD DISTRICT HIS
THERE CAN DO ANY GOOD. ANNOUNCED AT THE WHITE
HOUSE TODAY THAT THE PRESIDENT AWAIT WORD
FROM SECRETARY OF WAR GARRISON WHO
FOR THE FLOOD DISTRICT AND DECIDE IF
WILL JOIN THE AID
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
WARNINGS AT EVANSVILLE.

Evansville, March 27.-The Ohio riV-
er here is rising at the rate Of six
inches an hour. Flood warnings have
been sent out.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Lewiston Reservoir Bursts.

. Washington, March PA dis =
. paCch TO the war department .
= from the relief committee at =
= Hamilton, Ohio, makes the posi- =
. tive statement that the Lewiston =
. reservoir has burst, with "enor- Z
. nous loss of life and property"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
1s Blocks Burned at DAYTON.

Sidney Ohio, Barch PA message
received here from Dayton via Tippe-
canoe today says fire has destroyed
that portio.. OF the city bounded by
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
} %<A~@sA . H%<<<%>%%< 4
} THE WEATHER. 4

. MisAissippi-Fair tonight and
. friday. freezing temperature or
. killing frost tonight; colder south
> portion tonight, rising tempera-
> fufe Friday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

livestock ahead of them. Thae
reservoir at Richmond, Kys lsa,
ened.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
COLUMBUS DEAD AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND.
FIRE SWEEPING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT

Dayton, 27-Fre sweeping the entire
Flames eapng hundreds of feet
in the air. blocks the the
have destroyed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Cincinnati, Evansville, c.
and Others Threatened with Worst
Y
Flood in History of America.
ENORMOUS VOLUME OF WATER IS MOVING
down The Ohio into THE MISSISSIPPI R.

UNION STATION AT CINCINNATI ABANpoNEp-7oFoor sTAein
IMPROBABLE IN THAT cTY-PART OF WHEELING INuNpo
FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED AT EVANsVILLE-PEoPLE In
FRANCIS BASIN MOVING PROPERTY u
TIcIPATIoN OF FLOOD i
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Martial Law at Logansport.

= Martial Law at Logansport.
= Lafayette, Ind, March PA
= thousand homes have been aban-
= doned at Logansport. Martial law
y has been declared there.
. %%%%%% . = = . = . . . o . .
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
ROSE 30 FEET IN t2 HOURS.

Nashville, Tenn, March 27.-The
Cumberland river at Glnesboro, near
the Kentucky line, rose thirty feet in
twelve hours.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
GOVERNOR COX PRocLAIMs KOLLDA Y.

COLUMBUS, O, MARCH EX-GOVERNOR cox TO-DAY ISSUED
A PROCLAMATION DECLARING A HOLIDAY IN FLOOD
TRcTs IN OHIO FOR THE NEXT TEN DONE
TO PROTECT THAT MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO
PROTEST.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

preparing to go to the court house to
give himself up when the officers
arrived. He accompanied them to the
sheriff's office without resistance.
The wounded man was carried by
neighbor's to his home, where he was
attended by several physicians and
later carried to the infirmary. His
chances for recovery are said to be
very slim, two of the skull bones be-
ing crushed, necessitating the removal
of a piece of bone fully three inches
long. He is between As and so years
of age.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

Dayton 27H the death list is only one thousand will
If is ten thousand will not
this contained in telegraph from George b1Fta
pvse secretary Cox, to the Governor today
sad "te real suffering will for
Refugees being fed
from hand supplies ahead
Probably there will be bodies of thousands OF
decomposne and will be impossible
10 for bodies of humans"
payton March 27ia MIamDThe fearful fire that destroyed
last night with large loss of life is raging
today
Hundreds of persons driven the
floor Oft the by floods.
in streets twenty feet deep.
II is impossible live
swift currents.
COLUMBUS LEAST ONE THOUSAND,
Columbus oho March and 1000
their Side of Columbus according to
sentatves gotten into
office from the previously Isolated
section Of the city.
the stricken popuace, they
According those who invaded the stricken dis
crowded with refugees
his partner this morning
that thousand
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
WEST INDIANAPOLIS UNDER MARTIAL Law

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, MARCH 27-eoV RALsToN AT NOON
DECLARED WEST INDIANAPOLIS. UNDER MARTIAL VAN
DALs STARTED TO ROB AND PLLAeE AND TROOPS WE'RE
RUSHED INTO THE DISTRICT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Maxwell Makes Statement.

Il am sorry about what happened,
but l feel that was Justified in do
ing what I did under the circum-
stances" was the way Maxwell, who
is a strong, we'll developed man of
about 40, expressed himself to a re-
porter this morning.
"How is Mr.. Green getting along?'
were Maxwells first words, when ask.
ed for statement regarding the diff
ficuIty. Continuing he spoke freely
of what he had done and although re-
GREETING the serious outcome of it, he
did not think he had done anything
Continued on Page Eighty
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27
Dayton's Business Section Swept By Fire
and Helpless People Can Do Nothing
to Check Continued Devastation
DISCOVERlES MADE IN ISOL .ATED SECTION
OF ORIOS CAPITAL CITY ARE APPALLING

Ie RESERVOIR REPORTED BREAKING MANY POINTS, ENDAN
GERNe erHoUsANDs-eLIzzARD RAGING IN FLOOD SWEPT SEC
-
ZION ADDS MISERY FLOOD sUFFERERs-DEAD IN WEST CO.
LuMBus ESTIMATED HUNDRED TO ONE THOUSAND.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-27

"a DAILY NEWS. Established 1907 consolidated
DAILY PROGRESS established 1896. April 6. 1903.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-04

Notice Of Assessment for Improvements
Of Saginaw Street From the North
Line Of Lincoln Street to the North
Line Of Meyers Street.
Notice is hereby given that the COM
mon council Of the city of Salem, Ore
gon, viii at or about 1880 'clock p. m,
ON the Sth day of December, 1918, or at
the same hour at any subsequent regu-
lar council meeting thereafter, at the
common council chambers in the city Of
Salem, Oregon, proceed to assess upon
each lot or part thereof or parcel of
land liable therefor, its proportionate
share OF the total cost of improving
Saginaw street from the north line of
Lincoln street to the north line of Ny
ers street.
All persons interested in said assess
ment are hereby notified to appear at
said time before the said common coun-
Gil and present their objections, If any
they have, to said assessment and apply
to said common council on or before the
said sth day Of December, 1913, to
equalize their proportionate share Of
the total cost of improving said Sag
inaw street, and their said assessment.
CHAS. F. ELGIN, City Recorder.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-04

Have You visited the big clearance
sale of house furnishings at Buren, &
Hamilton 81
Our new stock of Libby cut glass
has just arrived. Yokohama Tea &
Crockery Co.
Before you decide the Christmas din.
ner ware question, see the line Of open
stock patterns. Yokohama Crockery &
Tea Co.
Don't buy furnishings until you have
attended our clearance sale. Buren, &
Hamilton.
The druggists Of Salem held a meet
ing last night for the purpose Of dis
cussing the requirements of the liquor
law, as IL stands, following the two
elections. The drug store proprietors
desire to abide by the law, but are at
a loss to know just how It affects them
City Attorney Page will be called upon
to make out written explanation Of
the new amendments in order that the
druggists may be informed properly.
The blanket sale Of damaged and de.
fective blankets is on at the Woolen
Mill Store. It is good merchandise at
less than half price, Salem Woolen
Mil store.
Two big loads Of fir trees arrived in
the city today to be used in the big
Moose show, "The Girl of the North, I"
which is TO be given at the Grand on
next Tuesday and Wednesday. The
scenes Of the play are laid up in tho
wilds Of Northern Canada, and this is
only one of the ways McNaughton
Bros, the producers, have Of making
the scenes the more realistic. And
with all the lighting scenic effects ar
ranged, the show promises to be one
Of the most beautiful scenic produc-
tions ever staged in this city.
MI ana Mrs. hoy Mum lett this
morning for their home in Billings,
Mont, after spending the holidays with
their son, Clifford, at 9932 South Lib.
crty street. The elder Mr.. Mum is in
the sheep business near Billings and al.
though he stated today that ho would
like to spend the winter in Salem, his
stock needed his attention at this time
Of the year and he would have to return
to what he called "a darned cold eli.
mate, y
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-04
WOMEN ARE BAD LOSERS.
That is Why, II Is said, Stock Brokers
FIGHT Shy Of Them.

Nobody loves n stock broker, least
Of all his customers This affords a
touching. II somewhat subtle, reason
why he does not want any women
spectators on his books.
There is another reason. hate to
mention 1t. but you wiring It from me.
Women are not good losers. At times,
under stress Of great speculative losses,
! am told they become lachrymose.
The one stock broker of my acquaint-
ance who catered to women specula-
tors is now In madhouse They were
all long Of Steel at so the time 1t broke
to 8, and all the water squeezed out of
It in that decline was wept back into
It by these women. 1t was an eco
nomic disaster.
Stock brokers carry home with them
all the troubles Of their customers, and
this poor fellow was no exception. He
used to lie awake nil night picking at
the counterpane and grieving over
beauty In distress Finally he went
crazy They have given him set of
stock brokers' books up there in the
asylum, and 1t would break your heart
to see him. Jeanne dare and Harriet
Beecher Stowe are long of Copper;
Catherine de Medici and Mrs, Brown.
Ing are short Of Rubber; Mnria The
resa and George Eliot are Dyrnmiding
in Steel Every now and then some
body is stopped out. and then there are
dreadful times. Charlotte Corday's,
Cleopatra's, Nine. de stael's and the
mother Of the Gracchi's margins are
exhausted He calls to them for more.
They weep, cannot 80 on, Women
have much to answer William
Van Antwerp In New York Post