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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-07

signed by l.. B. Houck and c. M. Sci.
lers. The codicil provides that the
daughter. Mary Bell, have sum equal
to one-half Of the equal share OF
either of the other children. Lewis
B. Houck Is named as the executor in
the codicil.
Deputy 10 Sick
Mr.. o. G. Taylor, deputy clerk OF
courts, is quite Ill at his home on
Oak street.
Referee Hearing Case
The case of Francis, receiver, vs..
Penn was heard before William A.
Hosack. referee, in the circuit court
of Knox county on Monday. The mat.
ter was heard in the common pleas
court room. A number of attorneys
from out of the city were present In
the court room being interested in
the case.
.FrH % ts
The Ferguson Will
The last will and testament of Mary
Jane Ferguson, late Of Mt. Vernon
has been filed In probate. The tes
tatrix gives to her daughter, Mary
Bertha Ferguson, all her estate, both
real and personal, upon condition that
she provide suitable home for her
father, Benjamin M. Ferguson. The
daughter is named as executrix of the
will which was signed October q
1905. In the presence of Frank Moore
and Eleanor Crumley.
To Sell Real Estate
Park b. Blair has made application
in the probate court of Knox county
to sell real estate in the estate o.
William B. Magill to pay debts.
Englehart Estate
Ebenezer C. Englehart and Alber
Richert have been appointed execu
tors OF George Englehart. No bond
The appraisers are WILDER Blue. ]. T
Durbin and J. M. Berry.
Second Partial
w. E. Seton, guardian of Alber
A. Marsh, has filed a second partia
account in probate, showing the fol
lowing: Received $1,522.06, paid ou
$715.36, balance $806.7O.
First and Final
James A. Beach, administrator o
Harriet Beach. has filed first ant
final account in probate, showing tn,
following: Received $3.50, paid on
the same sum.
First and Final
r. l.. Jones. executor of Angelin
Morrison, has fled in probate a frs
and final account, showing the TO
lowing: Received $410.sS. paid ou
the same amount.
Building Commission To Meet
| The commission having in charg
the building of the new county ja
will meet at the court house all da
Tuesday to consider plans for tn
new Jail building.
Deeds Filed
I w. w. Boyd to J. F. Auten ct al, Z
acres in Berlin, $4,970.
! Frederick Merrin to Chas. C. Ia!
lor, parcel in Mt. Vernon. $50.
w. b. Burgess to Lille F. Weave
1857 acres In Milford, $1,400.
Robert w. Burnett to Lizzie Keyel
lot 2S, Frederickt0wn, 81.
p. j. Parker, sheriff, to Sadie .
Spangler. parcel in Clinton, SITS.
Ben Ames to w. G. Rockwell, lot
1927. Elmwood Place, 81.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-07

The Philadelphia Record consider
ately asks It's readers not to stick
stamps on eggs and drop them into
mail boxes Particularly important Is
this caution II the eggs are Of the
storage variety and the drop V long,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-07

OF course, you, wouldn't get 20 a.
CRY talking politics II the other fellow ,
had any sense or reason.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-07
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Gay street N. z.
The January meeting of the w. r.
M. 8. Of the Gay Street M. e. Church
was one Of especial interest and help.
fulness. Mrs. Emma Tibbetts, the
hostess, was assisted in serving BY
Mesdanies J. M. wilker. 8. A. Will.
yerd, Mary Sapp, u. J. Magers. M. T.
BANTER and John Hasaman. The de-
votional service, in charge Of Mrs
Name Condit, was based on prayer
with the promise "The Lord is Nigh
unto all that call upon Him in truth. >
Mrs. Chas. 8. Sapp, az leader, pre-
sented the following program on the
theme I'm the Secret Of His Pres
ence". 81
"By-Products OF Missions" a review
Mrs. r. ID. Barnett.
Duet, "In Christ Abide Mesdames
Branyan and Blair.
Reading, "intercesspry Prayer
Mrs. sapp. Nv
Solo. I'm Heavenly Love Abiding
Mrs. F. H. Huntsberger.
Reading, my Refuge" Psa. 31.20-
Mrs. VIM. Bricker.
The society was favored by having
as Its guest, Mrs. Sarah Walker Eddy
who spoke from her own wide expert
ence on the mission field Of the Pow
er Of Intercessory Prayer"
Familiar hymns and earnest prayer
contributed toward an I. afternoon o
unusual profit.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-07

weeks ago by the same plaintiffs
against the Mt. Vernon Banner and
Its owners. and Mr.. Rawlinss-Colum-
but Dispatch.
o.
The Metznar Will
The last will and testament OF Ra-
chel Metzgar. late OF Monroe town
ship. with a codicil. has been filed in
probate. The win was signed Octo-
bar. 9. 1898. and was Witnessed by
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-07
oiNSessww.

Pleasantly
Entertained
Miss Verna and Mr.. Robert Sails
bury of West Sugar street pleasant-
ly entertained number of their
friends on Friday evening.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-01-07
EXPLANATION
Of Method Of Changing Cit.
Form Of Government !

Hon. j. B. Wight will explain to
the Citizens Association Wednesday
evening the steps necessary to be TAX
en- by municipality to change from
the present form to the commission
form of government for which provi-
sion has been made by the recently
adopted constitutional amendments.
The subject will be one of great inter-
est and the explanation will perhaps
bring out many points that can be
taken advantage of in the future. A
large attendance at the meeting is
expected Wednesday evening. DR. F.
c. Larimore will also made an address.
His subject will be THE Building Of
a City With a Concrete Basis" - :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
CENTRALIA man
may DIE FROM
AUTO SMASH

Thrown under mass of wreck
age when his automobile crashed
into telephone pole beside the
South Tacoma boulevard Sunday
afternoon. G. M. Hubbard, assist
ant treasurer of the Union Loan
& Trust company of Centralia, re-
ceived injuries from which he may
die. At the st. Josephs hospital
today 1t was reported that his
condition had slightly improved
since yesterday, but that he was
still in a precarious condition.
The accident occurred when
Hubbard's steering gear refused
to WORK. He was returning to his
home after a visit in Tacoma. He
was driving at a moderate rate
when the steering mechanism be-
came unmanageable and the car
swerved directly into the pole.
The machine was smashed to bits.
Hubbard was alone in the car,
and was cared for after the &C.
cident by two women who had
seen the smash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
BEHEADS BOSS
WITH RATCHET

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Aug. 4.
While STOPPING over arranging
come levels, Thomas Hutchins,
foreman of a gang of laborers
laying water pipe, was decapita-
ted today by one of the workmen
foreigner, in Plymouth town
ship, near here. following a quar-
rel.
The man knocked Hutchirs un.
conscious with a shovel and then
cut off his head with a hatchet.
The laborer fled to the board
ing house and returned to the
scene of the murder in his best
clothes, and was arrested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
COHEN IS BACK
FROM PRISON

After serving three months Of
his sentence of from two to ten
years Tor appropriating $500
from the local order Of Moose.
Meyer Cohen, moving picture
man, is back in Tacoma by vir-
tue of a pardon on petition cir
culated by his friends.
Cohen Is at resent staying
with the family of ID. p. Lea, 4536
Sixth avenue. He arrived yes
terday morning at S:45. His wife
met him at the train.
While in prison Cohen was
given charge OF the commlssary
department. He praises highly
the work of Warden Henry Drum
in the conduct of the prison.
Drum is a former Tacoma man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
BY Frank Parker stockbridge.

Some people laughed and every
body wondered when Howard
Benham married Florence Tout.
Howard was perhaps the most
popular, as he was reputedly one
of the most prosperous, young
men of Batavia, N. Y. He was his
fathers partner in a village bank
ing and real estate business, and
certainly one of Genesee' CO. s ris-
ing young men. A big, bull-neck-
ed, broad-shouldered chap
dressed up to the latest fashions
of the Rochester tailors-a favor
lite with the girls.
One girl, in particular. No one
had ever thought of Howard Ben
ham marrying anyone else-and
here he was, married to Florence
Tout!
Poor little Florence-the home
Hest girl in the county!
None of the boys had ever
looked at her a second time, till
Howard Benham came along and
married her.
She was 10th, and an orphan.
Also, she was heiress to an
estate of $4,000.
What more natural, after her
marriage, than that M. G. Ben
ham, Towards father, should be
appointed her. guardian? Her
estate must be accounted for in
the surrogate's court when she
should become 81.
Being married makes a differ
ence In some men-it didn't seem
to make any in Howard Benham.
He was just as much the village
beau as ever-out with the boys
or the girls-every night Cos
sips began to talk about the
"other girl" Perhaps Florence
never heard the gossip. She was
home-body, anyway, and never
Jared much for society.
At first there was the baby, but
It died, and Florence was always
''ailing" after that. A big,
healthy man doesn't always know
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

Rev. A. r. Glover and a bunch
Iof typical COW punchers at De
Beque, Colo.
marshal were annoyed, but the
marshal didn't feel equal to the
sob of rounding up the bunch.
Then a brilliant idea struck
him. He just swore in the Rev.
Mr.. Glover as a deputy marshal.
And the Rev. Mr.. Cover, aged
20, quietly rode down the street
with the big six-shooter that
hangs at his bed post nights. The
yelling, shooting cavalcade DASH
ed towards him, then stopped. He
had the drop on them.
Hands up, boys!" said the
Rev. Mr.. Glover, just as II he
were saying, Let us pray"
This sort of thing may be all
right out on the range" he add
ed, "but when you come to town
you've got to behave yourselves.
Gun-hand up! To the jail! For
ward!"
They. paid their fines and de-
termined to get even.
On the Fourth of July all the
COW punchers flock into town to
celebrate. The disgruntled ones
decided to organize a party and
tar and feather Glover. He had
planned to spend the Fourth In
Grand Junction. but he got wind
of the plot and decided to stick
around, with his gun handy. The
party didn't come off.
The s'soreheads" would have
had trouble getting recruits, any,
how. For most of the COW punch.
ers like and admire Glover. He
knows their life as he knows the
life of the miners and railroad
men. and joins In the roundup
as cheerfully as he rides 40 miles
over rocky mesas to make a cleri-
lcal call.
"The cowboys are good
hearted lot.p says Glover. And
on the whole they're pretty de-
cent. It isn't like the old days
i when they'd swarm into the
church on Sundays and kick over
Z the aeatn and shoot out the lights
and break up the meet1ns-
III I have any succesa IT, be-
cause 4 ignore the EASTERN tradf-
lions at the way q minister
should act and adapt myself to
the life OF the people / serve.
Social service Is the eamo.
whether 81 De HeQuf. New +
or Mozambique. and we've &<f e
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
CAT Hikes 1870
MILES In 9 DAYS

WINSTON. Conn.,, Aug. A
maltese cat, half wild and starved
nearly to the point of death, APP
peared at the door of R. T. Far
mum, druggist of Canaan, who
recognized it as the one he had
given to DR.. H. L. Ross of Sanaan
IL days previously to take to the
Lake Chatlemac club in. the
Adirondacks.
Correspondence today estab-
lished that the cat had taken just
nine days to hike 1870 miles
through Albany, Cohoes, Saratoga
and about SO small towns and
hamlets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
DROP INTO LAP
MAY KILL MAN

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Kelly,
48 years oiu, of 104 Varian ST.,
Stapleton, s. L., went to the
stoop of his home last night to
get breath of cool air. While
sitting there conyersing with his
wife man fell or jumped from
the roof of the two-story building
and landed in Kelly's lap. Kelly
suffered fracture of the right
hip and other injuries that prob
ably will cause his death.
The intruder shouted Good
night" and flew. Mrs. Kelly said
she recognized him as Garry Nc
ENERGY, grocer's clerk living in
Stapleton. The police are search
ing for him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
Howard Elliott, New Ravens new houseclean.
er, the Western railroad man who now has the Job
of his life in the east

When the late Mr.. Greeley OF
New York commanded young men
to go west and grow up with the
country he forgot to hold out the
promise that some day they could
all come back and teach the east
how to grow. Which was an over
sight that can hardly be pardoned,
for there wasn't any particular at
traction in the west for young
men at that time, except that the
growing was exceptionally good!
All of this being Introductory
to the statement that Howard Ell
lott, having attained his growth
a la Greeley, is now about to sit
himself firmly In the chair lately
vacated by Charles s. Mellen. as
president of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad. Ell
lott 1t Is who has been given the
job to houseclean that much be-
rated railroad system. And 1t is
said that Howard Willis Elliott,
late OF st. Paul, st. Louis, Kan
sas City, st. Joseph, Burlington
and a few scattered camps along
the lines of the c., B. & O., is one
of the niftiest little housecleaners
they've seen in the west.
Coming west in 1881, with the
handicaps of being New Yorker
by birth t.nd a college man, he
went to work for the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy as a rodman.
Then he became a clerk here and
higher clerk there. He grew
and grew until 1903, when they
made him president of the North
ern Pacific.
Elliott married st. Louis girl
in 1892 and has two daughters
and son.
Elliott is to be made chairman
of the board of New Haven and Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
PEOPLE SHOULD GUARD
AGAINST APPENDICITIS

Tacoma people who have stom-
ach and bowel trouble should
guard against appendicitis by TAX
ing simple buckthorn bark, gly-
cerine, etc., as compounded In
Adler-i-ka, the German Remedy
which became famous by curing
appendicitis. JUST ONE DOSE
relieves sour stomach, gas on the
stomach and constipation IN
STANTLY because this simple
mixture draws off such a sur
prising amount of old foul matter
from the body. French Drug Co.,
1855 Pacific av.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

DE BEQUE. Colo, Aug. A
preacher In the cattle country
Isn't waited to the skies on flow
cry beds of ease. Nevertheless,
Rev. A. r. Glover, the sky pilot
OF De Beque and its rugged VI
cinity, manages to worry along.
He hasn't must use for beds OF
ease, anyhow. He prefers bIan-
ket on the. ground or a saddled
bronco. And when 1t comes to
dealing with the sinners OF the
cattle ranxe-well!
hot fbnG ago a bunch of COW
punchers from the Nuckels out
ut aarged into fhIs metropolis
(pop. 20o) from the Rhone can
yon. and began acting up. The
Town. Ike the range. It dry /"
but they'd conneeted with lot
Of bad whisky So Il seemed APP
proprlate 70 ride up and down
the main street yelling and
shooting.
Mayor walker end the tdNn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

Heart Failure" the doctor said.
Indiana that he had married
again. "a wealthy widow" re-
port said. "The other girl" the
gossips said. And six months
later news came to Batavia that
he was dead.
That's ADJUST sordid little
village tragedy, such as often
happens when men and women
and money and lust and greed in
termingle.
That's all.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

the difference between q sick wife
and one who Is merely cross. At
any rate, they quarreled often
and loudly. But when Florence
began to be i'll she made a will
and it was ENTIRELY NAT
URAL that she left everything to
her husband!
Then, in January, 1897. she
died.
Heart failure" the doctor
said-he had been attending her
and knew she was very i'll, though
he wasn't quite sure what the
trouble was. All the "best people"
of Batavia attended the funeral.
Then Howard filed his wife's will
with the surrogate. She had died
just before her 21st birthday, and
now 1t was to him that his father
had to account for the estate.
A few days after the fn-
neral the village druggist
wondered if Howard had
killed that dog yet.
"What dOg?' asked q by
stander.
"Why, the one I sold him
the prussic acid for"
The district attorney heard
about the dog and the poison.
He called in the coroner and
they dug up Florence's body
and had a post-mOrtem ex-
animation made. They found
enough to warrant the grand
jury in indicting Howard
Benham for the murder of
his wife with prussic acid.
The trial was a long-drawn out
battle of experts and lawyers. The
prosecution couldn't question the
elder Benham about the condition
of Florence's estate-to establish
a possible motive-for after How
ards Indictment and before the
trial the father had been adjudged
insane. Nor did Howard Benham
take the witness stand in his own
defense. His experts-the most
famous Psychologists that money
could hire-said that under the
circumstances as related prussia
acid could not have been the
cause of death.
The jury didn't believe them
and convicted, Howard Benham of
murder in the first degree. He
was sentenced to die in the cleo
trio chair-but he had money, and
there was appeal after appeal. In
the death-house at Auburn prison
he lived two years and wrote a
book. Then a great lawyer got
the highest court to grant him a
new trial on the ground of newly
discovered evidence.
On the second trial Benham adj
mitted-what his experts had de-
MED on the first trial-that his
wife had died of prussic acid pol
soning. He had administered it
to her-extrernally-to cure her
of a loathsome disease with
which he himself had infected
her!
His new witness was travel
ing man who had told him Of the
efficacy of prussic acid in such
cases, and there was some medi-
cal testimony-contradicted by
the states witnesses-to the eff
feet that it might be a remedy in
some cases. At any rate, time
had gone by, public clamor had
died down, and Howard Benham
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
Ministers Agree
To Attend Circus

OREGON CITY, Aug. 4.-Gov-
ernor West prevented the Oklaho-
ma Wild West show from show
ing Sunday, and after a confer
ence with the local ministers and
Manager Burlock of the show,
Burlock agreed to attend church
Sunday and the preachers to go
to the circus today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
CHAINED TO STOVE

CHICAGO. Aug. abraham
Salabosky played truant. 80 his
father Jacob chained him by the
ankle to the kitchen stove and
kept him there five days on one
meal day until neighbors dis
covered 1t and the father was ar
rested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
Stepped On Corns
Gets Five Shots

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.--"Look
where you are going" calculated
Joseph M. Marley to stranger
who stepped on hi scorns in a
crowded street car, wliereupon
the stranger whipped out d gun
md poured five bullets into
Marley, then escaped
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
Millionaire Killed

LONG BEACH. N v. Ar~
AN electric train hit the auto
mile of S. Osgood Pell, New York
millionaire real estate broker,
killing him and his chauffeur and
fatally injuring William. --,...-
beer and wife.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

altos have been cheaper at store for this
to be had in this city. We cannot do it by paying
store worth. That's certain.
This Does Not Mean Retirement From Business.
Several options on good locations have already
been secured where present tenants would have to
be notified and given ample time to vacate, but we
shall not close deal on new store room until we
get just what we want and at price that is right
to us, to the public and fair to the owner of the
property as well. In the meantime we shall
cate this building just as we can close out
our present stock of pianos, and propose to make
prices low enough to accomplish this in short or
der.
Who Would Not Buy Piano on the Following
eAgS Basis7
During this sale our books will be open for the
inspection of the purchaser if he wishes to know
Just what these pianos cost at wholesale To this
cost we shall add $25 for transcontnental freight
from the factory, then 109o That's less than the
Selling expense ordinarily. It cost us $31 to sell
piano last year. Take piano, for instance, which
costs us at the factory $3.50. Add $25 that makes
1875. Add $3.50, making total cost to you Of
$2O3.50 That's cheap enough, isn't it, Bear in
mind this same piano would ordinarily cost you
1926 at extensively operated stores. On this same
basis the prices Of our magnificent high grade Hal
saNtt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

PUT-IN-BAY, o., Aug. A.
National encampment of the
Woodmen of the World ended
with a great prize drill, in which
Webb City, Mo-, carried off the
first honors in class A.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
MINERS ENTOMBED

GLASGOW, Aug. 4.-Twenty-
three miners are hopelessly en-
tombed in the Davis Valley mine
~ miles from here in which fire
Is raging.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

to have full swing of It's affairs.
He's going to have the Job of his
life bringing the terribly abused
property back into a state of
health. He is SO now and IL he
has succeeded at So. he'll know
he has done SOME work In this
world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

was acquitted.
1.-The other girl" had gone to
Canada when the first accusation
was made. Benham disappeared
from Batavia after his final &C
Quittal. Soon a report came from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
SAILORS RETURN

Tacoma naval militiamen re-
turned after a fine cruise on the
Vicksburg on the sound Sunday
afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04
when we re-

When we re-
open in our
zleW location,
CiHtoi est Fn m
| nounceu1tut 10
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04

In our Sales Rooms will be closed
out this month to make room for
the fall stock. Some samples
(slsghtly damaged) will be sold
for less than ONE-HALF.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-04


to worth certan