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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Otto, the mad monarch of Bavaria was born lsixty-five years ago and has been the nominal ruler for over a quarter of a century Inmured in a castle in the forests of Furstenreid the unhappy king knows nothing of what takes place beyond the walls of his prison. The formal announce ment of the death Of the regent and the succession of another, which was read Tn his presence, meant nothing to him. Otto became king of Bavaria In 1886. following the suicide of his insane brother, but even then his mind was sWarming with insane fan cles, and he was unfit to rule Some sixteen years before that he had gfv- en indications of having inherited the family ma1ady. Otto's first place of confinement was the Castle of the Nymphs, mean Munich. At that time his fits of insanity were only occa- s1onal, and in his sane periods he beg ged p1tifu1ly to passing peasants to rescue him, declaring that he was the victim of persecution. So powerful was his appeal that a plot was actl1- ally framed to storm the castle and free the imprisoned monarch The de- tails of the plan reached the ears of the authorities, who removed Otto to the distant castle of F'urstenried Once he managed to escape, but was soon found, and since then he has been con- stantlys under observation The mad monarch believes that he is in com munfon with spirits, and for hours at a time converses with his ina aginarv celestial visitors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
Electric Cable Co.'s
 Dance Is Novelty Of Seasons Social Events

The reception and dance which the Electric Cable Co. rendered their em- pIoyes was held in their new factory building on Bunnell street, Saturday evening. The walls of the hugs room on the middle floor were covered. with American flags, while across one end was the sign '@The Bridgeport Board of Trade Brought This Factory Here" !" Japenese lanterns covered the electric lights and a bank of palms surround ed the orchestra. The whole effect was so pretty that it was hard to be- lieve that 1t was only a factory room.
 Some seven hundred invitations had been given out and, judging from the number present nearly all were accept ed Edwin w. Moore, the president of the concern, made a brief address saying that they wanted all to enjoy themselves and that they hoped that next year, when the entertainment was repeated, everyone present would De with them again. He declared that they felt sure that no factory in the country had better or more loyal ern- ployes than the Electric Cable Co.
 The dance programs were in yellow and white with the trade mark of the company on the cover. There were sixteen numbers, Bentley's Metropol- itan Orchestra furnishing the music Refreshments were served aurlns Lne intermission. Everything showed that the Electric Cable Go. had spared nothing to give their help a good time.
 Miss Mabel Hoey, the girl chosen by her shopmates as the prettiest of their number, looked very dainty and charming as she led the grand march with MT Moore. She was gowned in figured rnarquisette over yellow mes saline with black velvet trimmingG- She wore a corsage bouquet of roseo given her by the girls of the factory. "A large bunch of American Beauty roses was presented her by MT. Moore as she took her place for the grand march. Following them in line were Mrs J. Nelson Shreve and Mayor Wilson.
 As Edwin w Moore and J. Nelson Shreve, officers of the company, are New York people, a large number were present from that city, among whom were officers of the Western Electric Co. the New York Edison, the New York Central, the New York, New FIa- ven & Hartford, the Interborough Rapid Transit, the Brooklyn Transit, the U. s. Army, also the vice president of the Hudson Manhattan.
 Such an intermfngling of working people and rniIlionaires is somehfag quite new for Bridgeport, but the good time which everyone had showed that all. enjoyed it. There is no doubt that the loyalty of which MT. Moore spoke SO proudly will be more firm than ever after Saturday nights entertain ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

From Bootblack to Millionaire Sen ator" might be the title of an Aleer story, based on the real career of Will liam Lorimer, except that MT. Lori mers virtuous colleagues in the Un1- ted States had to spoil the happy ending by busting the Illinois states man. The blonde boss" of the Windy City was born in Manchester. England, fifty-two years ago, and came to America at the age of five. At ten a bootblack and newsboy, earn ing pittance to help support his widowed mothers and five brothers and sisters; then a sign painters ap- prentice, a packing house workman laborer wheeling coal; a street car conductor and a contractor-such were the successive steps by which Loriner gained a fortune, and became a bank president, Congressman and a Sena- tor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Four years ago Abdul Halnid was dethroned and Mehmed V. succeeded him as Sultan of Turkey. In begin ming his fifth year of rulership, the unhappy monarch of the Ottonans has no reason for self. graduation. No other reign of so brief a. period in modern times has been so disastrous as that of the weak-spined Mehmed. Yet, in his defense, it may be said that he is only reaping the whirlwind, the seeds of which were sown by the evil Abdul.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
A CARD

This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to refund your money if FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound fails to cure your cough or cold. John Bernet, Tell Wis. states: 'I used FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound for five years, and 1t always gives the best of satisfaction and always cures a cough or cold" Refuse substitutes. F. B. Brill, Stratford avenue and Sixth street. ~l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

meaning and dignity of the occasion.
 The walk will be shortened this year by at least three-quarters of mile. The prospect is that fully as many as participated in the march last year will do so again this year.
 Nearly every member of the commit tee was present last Friday evening at the regular weekly meeting of the committee. The committee will meet again next Friday at 7:3o p. n1., at the Y. M. c. A.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Today is the anniversary of one of the most important of the festivals Of ancient Rome, that of F'Iora1ia, which was celebrated each year on the twen- ty-eighth of April, It. was instituted in the year 24o B. C., on account of a poor harvest, and was dedicated to Flora, the fertilizing goddess, whose worship was supposed to insure good crops. Floral decorations, gay cos tunes and dances even more indecent than the midnight cabaret affairs and tea tangos of modern Gotham, were features of the Floralia festival.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Gen. James Grant Wilson, who won his military title as the commander of negro cavalry in the sos, and later won international fame as biographer and author, was born in New York eighty-one years ago today. He was a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, their acquaintance beginning when Honest Abe' was struggling law yer in Illinois. At recent meeting of the New York Genealogical and Biographical society, of which Gen. Wilson was long the president, he told of his first meeting with Lin- coin.
 we found Lincoln occupying a shabby little uncarpeted office over a grocery etore,'' said Gen. Wilson. Something was said about his first ancestor. He said, Well, my young friend, the first ancester that I know anything about was one Tom Lin coin, who came over from England in 1884 and settled at a, place called Hingham.' g
 At the time of this first interview with Lincoln in 1858, Gen. Wilson was the editor of the Chicago Record, "a journal Of arts and literature, which he had founded the previous year. When the war broke out the youthful editor laid down his pen and went to the front, and was soon appointed CO., lonel of the Fourth United States col ored cavalry. At the close of the war he was retired with the rank of briga- dier-generaI and resumed his liter ary work. Many honors were shower ed upon him during the following for ty years, and he was knighted by the Queen Regent of Spain in 1894.
 Gen. Wilson was the close friend and afterWard the literary executor of Fitz-Greene Halleck, the poet, the editor of Halleck's collected works, and erected a bronze statue to the poets memory. From Hal1eck the General received a cherished posses sion, a pair of sleeve links which Washington gave to Benedict Arnold as a recognition of his ga1lantry at Saratoga. After Arnold had turned traitor he presented the links to his only friend among the English offi- cers, Col. Tarleton. At the end of the war Col. Tarleton gave them to his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

There Is no case on record of a cough, cold or 1agrippe developing in to bronchitis, pneumonia or consump- tion after Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has been taken. The genu- inc is in yellow package. Refuse substitutes. F. B. Brill. Stratford ave- nue and Sixth street ~1 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Chief Wilkie, who has been called Americas greatest detective. got his early training as a reporter on the Chicago newspapers. He made a spe- cialty of criminal Investigations and his work in that line resulted in many
 scoops MT. Wilkie was long the star reporter, and later the city editor of the Chicago Tribune. He became chief of Uncle Sam's sIeuths in 1898
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

Thomas Beecham, the eminent Eng fish composer and operatic impresario of Covent Garden, is still a young man. tomorrow being the thirty-fourth anniversary of his birth. His musical genius manifested itself early in life, and he became a leading figure in the operatic world soon after graduating from Oxford. He married Utica Welles, of New York, about ten years ago. Under his direction the operatic seasons at Covent Garden have been more brilliant andSuccessfuI than ever before. MT. Beecham is an enfhusias- tic sportsman. and finds recreation from his labors in cricket and tennis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

EIgin, H., was the birthplace fifty three years ago of John Ebert Wilkie long the chief of the United States Secret Service, and now supervising special agent of the customs service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
he D. ". Read Go.
 EskA5Iksb>d 1857
Diningroom Furniture

D1n1ngrOOm Furniture Golden or Tuned Oak, Weeks Special Prices. These pieces, of refined and dignified design cellent construction and finish offered prices Buffet $29OO Extension Table S1R.5OE China Cabinet $225O Serving Table $9.OO
 Chairs, set of six, $2O.OO The above prices hold good until Saturday, May third Fourth floor. Clearance of Fine F1andkerchiefs Once is offered a f1owery picking from a superb stock, stock that contains of fnv embroidered Handkerchiefs from France Armenia and Madeira. Because things looked little dull day person with black pencil went gathering certain beautiful novelties and treating them marks and result finds
 Exquisite Embroidered FIandkerchiefs that were $2. 50 and $3oo
 at $198 Embroidered Handkerctiefs, value ST 25 and Sr.so
 value sr.oo and $ra5. @ cts.
 value Z5 50 cts. Very acceptable for wedding and commencement gifts. On sale immediately. Priestley's Mohair for Motoring Wear "Mens Wear Mol1air' because it is of very sturdy weave, considerably heavier regular grades ments, perfect dust-shedder and belongs also in the cravenetted class, unaffected by moisture. In navy blue, black, jasper, and gray and blue mixture.
 56 inches wide, $r.5o and $2.oo yard
 Perfect for tailoring
 Goods Vases of Crystal practical shapes and very attract faring bowls and tall slender glasses. de1cately etched, ideal for springA blossoms,
 25, 50 and ST
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

American. Since it's foundation over 1000 women have been educated at Vassar college
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS

of dlece by yourp ATLANTIC PHARMACY, to Davis Havey
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

The first institution for imparting full collegiate education to women in the worlds history was founded at Poughkeepsie, N. r., in 1861 by Mat thew Vassar, a brewer, who was born at Tuddenham, Eng, 121 years ago today. Vaesar college was built with the profits derived from the sale of vasear ale, once famous for its quail ity. vassar came to America, with his father, also a brewer. at the age of four. and was only twenty when he embarked in the ale brewing indus '-ry kt Poughkeepsie. In this and oth- CT enterprises he was highly success full, and accumulated a large fortune. Being child1ess, he contemplated the establishment of some institution for the benefit of mankind. and, at the suggestion of his niece, Miss Booth, a successful teacher of girls, he de- cided to found the worlds pioneer col lege for the higher education of the fair sex. His first gift was $40s. 900. and with this sum a spacious building was erected. and Vassar college was opened with over 300 students Other gifts and bequests in his will i'm creased the amount to $s00,0o0 Vas sar now has a faculty of no and over a thousand students, and ranks first among the institutions of its kind In
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28

New York, April 2s-when President Wilson at Washington opened the taI1est office building gin the world in this city by pressing a button which turned on the lights the king of sky ecrapers, as the Woolworth building is known, blazed forth in a great flood of light. This immense structure is hfty-seven stories high. 792 feet from sidewalk to spire. It cost SIS, ,000, GOO. It has SO,0OO lights. Twenty-four thou sand tons of steel was used in it's con struction. Eighty-seven miles of wire are strung through the great shaft of floors The cellars extend 13O feet be- low the sidewalk. Forty-three miles of plumbing were laid in the building. When fully occupied it will have 10,- 900 tenants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-28
EDITORIAL NOTES

The first step toward a protective tariff in the United States, for the protection of infant industries, was taken nfnety-seven years ago today
 when a new schedule was adopted
 The first tariff act of the republic
 passed in 17s9, was designed principal ly to raise national revenue, and was only nominally protective. The re- strictive actions of France and Great Britain. followed by the war of 1872 made the United States more depend- ent on itself for manufactures, and on April 27, 1916, a new tariff was adopt ed. in which the influence of the manufa curing interests was shown in the increased duties, which in the case of cotton reached 25 per cent. By 1924, when another act was passed the movement towards protection was clear and the -avera ge. rate was 37 per cent A few years later protection became Whig doctrine, and follow ing a gradual reduction in the pre- ceding decade. high protection was re- vived in 1S42, when the duties averaged B per cent. In 1S46 the Dem ocrats passed the low Walker tariff act, and from that year until 1861 there was an approach to a revenue tariff The tariff pendulum went up and down until the Cleveland administratio
 when protection became the issue of the Republican party. Since then the tariff has been one of the greatest of partisan issues in the United States
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financial circles, of the Middle West.
In 1901 Mr.. Gates went to New York
and entered the fields of financial ac-
tivity made famous by his father. He
paid $4,000 for seat on the New
York Stock Exchange and started the
firm OF Charles q. Gates & Co. For
seven years he played prominent
role on the exchange, and his firm
was soon considered as one of the
greatest producers OF business in
Wall street.
The marriage of Gates to Miss Flor
'ence Hopwood, daughter Of F. p. Hop
wood of Minneapolis, on Sept. %,
1911, was brilliant social affair. They
We're married at the home of Miss
Hopwood's brother in Uniontown, Pa.
Many Minneapolis people went to
Unionsown in a special car for the
affair.
The eccentricity and free spending
proclivities OF Gates gave him the dis
tinction Of being the most generous
man in the world. Walters through
out the United States and Europe
knew him as the man who always
gave the biggest tips.
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intelligently for its advancement;
those who are in state of apathy
and Indifference; those who take
delight in discouraging every move
ment for the public good, who deny
the good that has been done and
oppose everything that does not
originate with them. The first class
are public-spirited helpers; the sec
ond class are of no account anyway,
and the third class are a positive
hindrance to all wholesome progress.
The sum of all prosperity is to ac-
complish in spite of the incubus of
the second class and the opposition
of the third Fertile Journal.
Minnesota this year has at
tracted thousands of homeseekers
from the states of Iowa, Indiana and
Illinois. Men with families and mod
crate means find it almost impos-
sible to get start in those states
with land ranging from 500 to
$3.50 per acre, but in Minnesota,
with her fertile soil and low-priced
land, these men are able. to get a
start with small capital and in few
years they become independent. Min
nesota is the poor mans paradise.
With cheap land and crop failures
unknown this state is attracting the
homeseekers from all parts of the
country. Many of those who passed
through Minnesota to Canada and
western parts are also coming now to
Minnesota, where, even with their
diminished resources. they find that
they are able to get new start.
News:
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Chicago board OF trade and wanted to
leave It all in Cody. He had almost
accomplished his purpose when death
came.
KNOWN IN WALL STREET
Charles 6. Gates Made Rapid Rise In
Business World.

Z I III q b
Charles Gilbert Gates was born on
May 81, 1876, in Turner Junction, now
West Chicago, III. He did not wait
long to begin to mold his business
career, for when only seventeen old
he entered the Consolidated Steel and
Wire company in Chicago as a bill
clerk in one of the departments. He
remained in that capacity for only
two years, when he was made secre-
tary to President William Edenborn,
In which position he learned the de-
tails Of management of the company
thoroughly.
When only twenty-one years of age
Mr.. Gates became junior member of
the stock and grain brokerage firm of
Baldwin, Quincy 4 Co., of Chicago,
which was dissolved in 1899, and
Gates went abroad. When he re-
turned he was made secretary and
treasurer of the Davenport, Rock Is
land and Northwestern railroad, hav-
ing won this position through the. in.
fuence. of his father
From that time on young Gates rose
gradually in the business world, fol-
lowing closely in the footsteps of his
father. His father was at all times
his adviser and the younger Gates
benefited materially thereby He held
In rapid succession offices with the
Omaha and st. Louis railroad, the
Omaha, Kansas City and Eastern rail
road and the Kansas City and North
ern connecting lines. When less than
thirty years of age he was recognized
as power in railroad. as we'll as
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-30

Wisconsin has a new State Life
dollars is the limit until the state
has 1000 policy holders: Then they
will take a chance with mans life
for $4,000. Policies can be issued
only to residents of Wisconsin and
the way both men and women are
taking to the water" are indica-
@tions that there will be no room for
outsiders
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< EDITORIAL EXPLOSIONS
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Some of the young fellows in Bau-
dette who are trying to drink all the
beer in sight may be discouraged to
learn that one brewery alone in Du-
luth bottles it at the rate of han
dred minute.-Baudette Region.
A woman in Wisconsin the othe
day saved train from being wreck
ed by tagging it with her petticoat
which goes to show that there is at
least one woman in the U. S. who
does not care rap for the la,sst
fashions.-Baudett Region.
The unidentified body of the dead
bandit believed to ahve been a mem
Der of the gang that robbed the 500
depot in Thief River Falls, couple
of weeks ago, was sent to the State
Medical school for dissection, and
his skeleton will probably be bought
by physician. Some men are worth
more to the world dead than alive.
LaPort News.
A farmer who walked into 1tasca
county in 1898, his capital composed
OF ambition and energy, has just
died leaving an estate valued at
$22,8OO. AS there are many thou
sands of acres of farm land in Itas-
ca county to be secured at low prices
a man with ambition and energy
scan build up like fortune in few
years. -Nashwauk Herald:
Every growing town is composed
>ot three classes Of men. Those WIG
work patriotically. sononsly and
-
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AS result of his resignation
from the ways and means committee
and his opposition to the Underwood
bill, congressman Sidney Anderson
from the First district will have as
stumbling block for reelection H.
H. Dunn of Albert Lea, formerly
speaker of the House. ''Sid' should
have easy picking with Dunn alone
but there will be others.
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Advertising results, but the adver-
tiser must back up the advertise
ment with the goods. Can it be the
"Militana Emma" has been grand
standing?
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Explosion on Battleship.

Newport News, Va, Oct 3O.Hem-
med in. by flames in the foundry room
of the battleship New Jersey when
a gasoline tank exploded one man
received burns that probably will
result in his death, while two others
were badly burned. The names of
the burned men were not obtainable.
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HEART DISEASE
CAUSE OF DEATH
Charles G. Gates Had Com
planned Of Feeling Ill.
BODY ON THE WAY EAST

Remains OF Eccentric Young Million.
airc Placed on Board Special Train
for New York: City. Where the Fu.
nara: vii; Sc Held.
Co4;;, ETyo, Oct ;O:--The body OF
Cherries Il; Gates, the eccentric young
millionaire, has started, for New York
city. "
Upon te;egraphed orders from
Gates mother special locomotive
was chartered to take the Gates pri-
vate car to the East The funeral
will be held in New York.
Coroner Louis Howe declared he
would not hold an inquest over the
body of Gates, who died suddenly in
his private car here
Physicians who were with the mil
nonaire when he died says there is no
doubt that heart failure was the
cause. He had been complaining of
feeling poorly for several days, but
it was believed to be nothing serious
until he was seized with commissions
while sitting in his car waiting to
start to his home in Minneapolis.
Death Follows Big Game Hunt.
Gates death. followed a big game
hunt lasting thirty.three days, which
he and a party of friends had conduct
ed in the mountains near here.
Just before his death Gates had ex-
pressed his satisfaction over the trip,
saying Northwestern Wyoming was
the finest big game country In the
world and promising to return for
months shooting next year. He and
his party had just made the biggest
killing Of elk, deer, bear and other
big game in the history of this sec
ton.
Several days ago Gates returned
from his trip and ediately spent
$1,000 buying fur coats for his friends.
He also handed Ned Frost his guide
during the trip, q Tip" of $40. 900. and
save Ms chAdne eur 81 600 in cash. He
'said 10 had iust made $4,000 on the.
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George Author, the governors
brilliant secretary is believer in
advertising, and the governor is to
be congratulated upon securing the
along the same channels.
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The Menahga Journal says that
Mr.. VERSIONS platform is but a sub
stitute for the real thing. When Sam
and Adolph get to- scrapping with
the self same plank in real earnest,
watch. the slivers fly.