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Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
FOUR GREAT HEROES.
Their Fall From the Giddy Heights Of
Ambition and Power.

History rpcuruS that Alexander the
Great. VINO wnS the pupil OF Aristotle
at fourteen and VINO reigned over the
MacedunianS at sixteen. while bis
father WIS absent ana who succeeded
Philip when NJ was nineteen. after
climbing the heights of his ambition.
fell from MS iofty eminence. Alex
ander, with mis- temples bound in chap
lets dipped in the blood Of countless
natiuns. lOonrd down upon a conquered
world ana w"pt that there was not
nnuther one tor MIN 10 conquer. then
set city un hre and died amid scenes
Of dehauah
Hannihll one OF the greatest soldiers
who even lived after having passed the
alps, 10 the amazement OF Rome. and
having successfully fought and con
quprrd The armies Of the mistress Of
the world. stripping three bushels of
gold rings from the fingers of her
slaughtered warriors. hed from his
country he died boy poison admin
l;tprpd br his own nand. uulameuted.
tD q foreign land
CaeSat considered as general.
statesman and ruler. has had few
equals and prubahly no superiors. ATT
CT conluprins 500 cities and dye
ing his hands in the blood OF mil
lions Of his enemies after having pur.
sued to death the only rival be nad.
was asSnsslnated by those whom he
considered TO be his best friends
Bonaparte. the greatest general Of /
modern times. after having filed the
earth with the terror Of his name del I
uged 1t with tears and blood and |
clothed the world. as it were. in sack.
cloth. ended bis days in Punishment !
upon a lonely island In the South At
lantic
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Pensions Show Fallinn OF.

Uncle Sam paid out a total Of st72.
1885 in pensions in the fiscal year
ended June 80 last, according to Com
missioner of Pensions Saltzgaber, il
his annual report made public.
This compares with S174,17l $50 in
1913, which was the largest amount
ever paid out. The commissioner, how
ever, points out that the summit in
expenditures has been reached and a
decrease in the amount may be e0-
pected to continue The grand total Of
expenditures for pensions from 1865
up to and including 1914 was s4,6Ss,.
sI1, 1926.
The total number OF pensioners of
al classes on the rolls was 7s5, ,2S9.
against s2O,272 in 1913. The number
Of Civil War pensioners was 72s,12s,
compared with 762, ,4S9 in 1913. The
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR auiet:
winter clear, S4.60q4S5; city mills,
fancy, sea $50.
RYE FLOUR quiet; per barrel, s.
65.50.
WHEAT firm; No. red, S1.O61k a
1.0915.
CORN steady; No. yellow. SIC
OATS quiet; No. . white. 51G
Size; lower grades, soc.
663c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 146
15c.; old roOsters, 11d12c. Dresse /
firm; choice fowls, 21c.; old roosters,
1870.
BUTTER quiet; fancy creamery,
33c. per ID.
EGGS steady; selected, S5 q &C.;
nearby, Bic; western. 91c.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
off Traln.rop to Death.

Paterson, n. j., Oct. 1O-In a fgbs
between railroad detectives and
party Of five unidentified men atop a
fast freight train travelling forty miles
an hour, two Of the latter were swept
to death against overhead bridges
near here. The others escaped.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern fast freight from Hoboken to
Pennsylvania cities, carrying a rich
collection OF valuable silks, has been
robbed repeatedly of late, and detec-
tives were recently placed aboard It
each night. While searching the train
the detectives found five men hidden
in cars. The fight ensued.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Fire sweeps w. Va. Town.

The entire business district of the
town Of Spencer. W. Va, was de-
stroyed by fire, with q loss of approx
imately 100000. The fire started
in fruit store and spread rapidly be-
cause there was no water with which
to fight the flames. Little rain has
fallen throughout this section in the
past two months.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
STRANGE Works to Him.

The hostess asked the solid man OF
her guest list to take a takative young
woman in to dinner. The girl did her
best to keep up the conversation. rang.
ing from Wall street TO the crops and
back. Only once did the solid man de
sert the unfaiing affirmative, and that
was when she asked. DO you like Rec
thOven's works." Never visited them. %
be replied. What does he mauufar
ture - Argunaut.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Illinois Official a Suicide.

The body of Secretary Of State
Harry Woods was found in the garage
in the rear Of his residence in Spring
field, H., Monday. He had evidently
shot himself. The body had apparently
been there since Saturday night. The
defeat of Woods for the United States
senatorship in September is believed
to have been the cause Of his suicide.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Another WAY TO GET Even.

- want to sue Dr. Blank for heavy
damages.' said the angry citizen en-.
tering the lawyers office.
What has he dOneT' asked the at
tOrney.
when ne operated on me he left a
pair OF surgical scissors in me. How
much can ! sue him for?"
"Oh. don't sue MIN at ALL" cOunseled
the lawyer; Just send him a bill for
storage. ladies Home journal
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
T. 3. Rnvs Burial plo4

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has
purchased a burial plot in Young's
Memorial cemetery at oyster Bay.
Deed to the plot was filed in the office
of the county clerk at Mineola, L. I.
The plot adioins the burial place Of
Samuel L. Fleet and is is by 20 feet.
The consideration is given as 81.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
AIbanIane IN chrIstlans.

Mohammedans are plundering and
killing Christians in Albania, accord
ing to a. dispatch from Janina. This
says that many villages about Barat
have been burned and that refugees
declare that at least 200 men. women
and children have been massacred.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Live Stock Prices.

sales, $7.2067S5: light, S765GS.50:
mixed, S7.20GS.10; heavy, S6.906S;
rough, 5000 710; pigs, S4.70G775.
CATTLE easy; beeves, S6.50610.50;
steers, S6.l0d 9.10; stockers and feed
ers, $3.300S.15; cows and heifers,
$3;40M9; calves, $7.50Q11.25.
SHEEP. weak: sheep, S4S066;
yearlings, $500 GAS; lambs. s6GLSj.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Where He orew ths Line.

Suburban Resident It's simply hne
to wake up in the morning and hear
the leaves whispering outside your
window City Man-lt's all right t.
hear the leaves whisper. but never
could stand hearing the grass moWu.-
london Tit Bits
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Why Not7

Mother" asked rommy. is 1t cor
rect to say that you water morse
when be is thirsty
"Yes, my dear" said his mother
We'll, then" said Tommy. picking
up saucer. I'm going TO milk the
sat"-Ladies' Home .Iunrnal.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Dies After EootbalI cam.

Milwaukee's first football fatality
for the 1914 season occurred when
Carroll Olson, aged twenty, died in
hospital of concussion Of the brain,
the result Of injuries received in a
game on Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Japs Seize Second Pacific Island.

According to a dispatch from a Ger.
man news agency Japanese forces
have occupied the Island of Yap, the
most important island in the Caro-
line group, or New Philippines, in the
Pacific ocean.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
Steel TONNAGE Shows peor.as..

The untitled tonnage Of the United
States Steel corporation on Sept. 80
totalled 3,7S7,667 tons, a decrease Of
425,663 tons from Aug. 30.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16

German Aviator Drops Bombs on Paris
A score Of bombs. launched on dif-
ferent quarters Of Paris by two Ger.
man aviators, killed three civilians
and injured fourteen others. The dam
age TO property was slight.
The airmen appeared soon after
noon on Sunday. One began the at.
tack by dropping a bomb near the
Northern railway terminal, another in
the Rue st. Lazare and a third at the
rear Of the Cathedral OF Notre Dame.
Three more bombs were hurled by the
same airmen in the vicinity Of the
Bourse.
A house was set on fire, but the
loss was not great. One of these mis-.
siles struck within 100 yards of an
Office occupied by American newspa-
per men.
The second aeroplane also few over
the cathedral, dropping four bombs.
one Of which fell on the roof, but fail
ed to explode. A second fell in the
square where the bishops residence is
situated. A third struck the parapet
Of the Quai de Bourbon and glanced
on into the Seine. The fourth dropped
into the Seine near the bridge of
Notre Dame.
The second Taube appeared to aim
at the cathedral, while the other ma
chine attempted to hit the Northern
and st. Lazare stations. Altogether
twenty bombs fell.
The Germans flew at a low altitude. I
After they had apparently exhausted .
their supply Of missiles, French aero
planes ascended and pursued them to-
ward the east.
Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
RUMANIA MAY
Get into WAR
Death Of King viii Cause a
Change in Policy.
PEOPLE OPPOSED GERMANY
Dead Monarch Planned a Coup d'Etat,
to Aid Kaiser, But General Refused
TO Join Him.

Beao monarch Planned a Coup q Etat
to Aid Kaiser, But General Refused
70 Join Him.
That the death of King Charles Of
Rumania will cause a change in the
policy Of that country in regard to the
present war and probably result in
her entrance into the conflict is the
gist Of several dispatches received in
London from Rome.
Italy is watching developments In
Rumania. The announcement that
Kir~ Charles was dead caused a sen
SAL in Rome, and on every side 1t
was freely predicted that the dead
monarch's strict policy of neutrality
would be overruled by the desire Of
the populace to aid in the fight against
the kaiser and Austro-Hungary.
King Charles, who died on Satur-
day, was a member of the house Of
Hohenzollern, and at the beginning Of
the war was reported to be ready to
cast his lot with these countries. but
such a course encountered strong OPP
position in Rumania, and particularly
in the legislature.
Recent dispatches have said that the
king, because of a promise he had
made to the kaiser, desired to mObil- /
ize the Rumanian army to assist Ger I
many in the war.
II has been said on many occasions
in the last few weeks that Germany
counted on the Intervention Of Ru-
mania. story published in Paris the
latter part Of September related that
when King Charles asked the cabinet
TO order a mobilization of the army,
one of the ministers replied: we
are quite willing if it is against Aus
tria."
King Charles turned to them and
said: 81 gave my word to Emperor
William, and a Hohenzollern keeps
his word"
The president of the countil here In
terpOsed, saying: The country knows
no Hohenzollern. It knows only the
king of Rumania, who does not have
to give his word to anyone whatsO-
ever"
AAAuH AAdA AEo AlAtn QcEAuEu u NuAl q
council of the crown, with the former
ministers in attendance, but only one
sided with him in favor of Germany.
Il was reported that the king then
tried to persuade General Averesco to
attempt a coup d'etat and arrest the
but General Averesco re-
used, SAYING: "Sire, you would be the
irst victim Of such an attempt"
II also was said that a number OF
uperior officers of the Rumanian
.rmy declared that they would desert
nj join the Russian army rather than
ight for Austria
Recent dispatches described King
'harles as being seriously in, but
rom other quarters his indispositi0n 7
vas declared to be entirely political
t had been predicted lately that he l
vas preparing TO abdicate. o
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23

where. Here they were tame. The water
was their home and refuge. They usually
went ashore to feed on the grass, and made
well-beaten trails in the marsh Immediately
around the water; but they must have trav
eled these at night, for we never saw them
more than few feet away from the water in
the day time. Even at midday we often
came on them standing beside bayou or
pond. The dogs would rush wildly at such
a standing beast which would wait until
they were only few yards off and then
dash into and under the water. The dogs
would also run full-tilt into the water, and
it was then really funny to see their surprise
and disappointment at the sudden and COM
plete disappearance Of their quarry.
Often capybara would stand or sit on its
launches in the water with only its blunt,
short-eared head above the surface, quite
needless Of Our presence. But if alarmed,
it would dive, for capybaras swim with
equal facility on or below the surface; and
if they wish to hide they rise gently among
the rushes or water-lily leaves with only
their nostrils exposed.
In these waters the capybaras and small
caymans paid no attention to one another,
swimming and resting in close proximity.
They both had the same enemy, the jaguar.
The capybara is game animal only in the
sense that hare or rabbit is. The flesh is
good to eat, and its amphibious habits and
queer nature and surroundings make it in
teresting In some of the ponds the water
had about gone, and the capybaras had be-
come for the time being beasts of the marsh
and the mud; although they could always
find little Shiny pools, under mass of water
lilies, in which to lie and hide.
The First Armadillos.
Our whole stay on this ranch was delight
full. On the long rides we always saw some
entirely new to us.
Early one morning we came across two
armadillos-the big, nine-banded armadillo.
We were riding with the pack, through a
dry, sandy pasture country, dotted with
clumps of palms, round the trunks of which
grew dense jungle of thorns and Spanish
bayonets. The armadillos were feeding in
an open space between two of these jungle
clumps which were about a hundred yards
apart One was on all tours the other was
in squattng position, with its fore legs off
the ground. Their long ears were very
prominent. The dogs raced at them.
| had always supposed that armadilos
merely shuffled along, and curled up for
protection when menaced and was almost
as surprised as if had seen turtle gallon
when these two armadillos bounded off at q
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23
AT THE LAS PALMEIRA AS RANCH.

Published by special arrangement with Scribner's
Magazine through the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Copyright, 1914 by Charles Scrihners Sons, New
York U. S. A. All rights reserved Including that or
translation into foreign languages, including the
Scandinavian
Special Notice-These articles are fully protected
the copyright law. which imposes severe pen
atty for infringement
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23

edge to dip UP some water,
and something growled or beloved at me
only few feet away 1t was q jacare-tinga
or small cayman about five feet long.
paid no heed to it at the moment. But
shortly afterward when our horses went
down to drink it threatened them and
frightened them; and then Colonel Rondon
and Kermit called me to watchit. 1t lay on
the surface of the water only a few feet dis
tant from us and threatened us; we threw
cakes of mud at it, whereupon it clashed its
jaws and made short rushes at US, and when
we threw sticks it seized them and crunched
them. We could not drive it away. Why
it should have shown such turbulence and
heedlessness | cannot imagine unless per-
haps, it was female, with eggs near by. In
another little pond jacare-tinga showed no
less anger when another of my companions
approached. 1t beloved opened its jaws,
and dashed its tail. Yet these pond jacares
never actually molested even our dogs in
the ponds, far less us on our horses.
This same day others of our party had an
interesting experience with the creatures in
another pond. One of them was Comman-
der Da Cunha (of the Brazilian navy,
capital sportsman and delightful companion
They found deepish pond hundred yards
or SO long and 80 or 40 across. 1t was ten
anted by the small caymans and by capy-
baras-the largest known rod ent, hugh
aquatic guinea pig, the size of small sheep.
Ii also swarmed with piranhas, the ravenous
fish OF which l have so often spoken. I'm
doubtedlv the caymans were subsisting
largely on these piranhas
But the tables were readily turned if any
caymans were injured When capybara
was shot and sank in the water the piranhas
at once attacked it, and had eaten half the
carcass ten minutes later But much more
extraordinary was the fact that when cay
man about five feet long was wounded the
piranhas attacked and tore it, and actually
drove it out on the bank to face its human
foes The fish first attack the wound; then,
as the blood maddened them, they attacked
all the soft parts, their terrible teeth cutting
out chunks of tough hide and flesh. Evil
IDENTIFY they did not modest either cayman
of capybara while it was unwounded; but
blood excited them to frenzy.
Their habits are in some ways inexplica-
Bile We saw men frequently bathing un-
molested but there are places where this is
never safe, and in any place if a school of the
fish appear swimmers are in deadly peril
and wounded man or beast is also in grave
danger if piranhas are in the neighborhood
Ordinarily, it appears that an unwoundet
man is attacked only by accident-such &C
cdents are rare but they happen with suff
cent frequency to justify much caution il
entering water where piranhas abound
Strange Water Rodents.
We frequently came across ponds tenant
ed by numbers of capybaras. The huge
D;o l;lya roden+c are ea;d +o Ne el,r Gle
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23

N interesting / accident occur
red on the day we killed our
first jaguar. We took our
lunch beside small but
deep and obvI ously permar
nent pond. ] went to the
edge to dip up some water,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16
Damage Suit Filed.

Suit has been filed in the district
court by II T. Adair best friend OF
Claude Adair. aged = years, against
the Phoenix Construction company
and the Texas Light and Power
company for damages aggregatins
several thousand dollars, The lad 5
hand vas blown partly off in an ex-
plosion caused by setting fire TO a
dynamite cap. which he had picked
up near where a steel tower was
being erected, thinking it was q
fire cracker, it is said
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16

Committees having in charge The
collection of the money subscribed
toward The purchase Of stock in tbs
Waxahaehio club OF the Contra
Texas Trolley Leaeue are meet
Ing with prompt payments
according 10 their report
Thursday morning There Is littlc
doubt but what the money will be
ohtnlned within a few days. All
the money necessary has been sub
scrihed bat the actual cash was not
paid ia AT the time when it was sub
scrihed
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16

pIaParIs on Postal.

"Go-to-Chureh Sunday placard
we're distributed throughout the
business Adjustments Of Waya-
haehie Thursday Every show win
dos IN the town has one Of these
placards In il and the committee do
la the actual work Of inducing peo-
pie 60 To church believe that III that
IS needed is the invitation given &c
everyone.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16
Real Estate Transfers.

J NJ. Cook and wife to Milton
Cook, "A acres; $500.
A p Hickman and wife to J. c.
CASTILLO, lot in Ennis; $3.50.
Davis Mariotte To J d Shegog, lot
IN Ennis $3.50,
Mason White TO T. b. Creeeh,
lot in Ennis SIS and other CON
siderations.
f II Creech 10 L. l.. Latimar,
lot in Ennis IS and other consider
atieHs.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16

Every member OF the City Christ
ian union is hereby requested to
make personal solicitation to
ttIeir friends and acGuaintances to
attend services at one OF the
churches in the city on next sun
aa5 April Is
ThLMAGE NEWTON. President.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16

Miss Jennie Cunningham, who
went 10 Rochester, Minnesota a few
da}s ago, has submitted 20 an oEer-
alton and is getting along nicely
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16

II. W. Blakeslee. Texas manager
for the Associated Press at Dallas.
visited the Daily Light office in
HaEahachie yesterday afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-16

Special sale on something eF-
-ry day al rho 0Iigtna1 Ca5h Market
on Jackson street, Come and sec,
We will save you money Geo. j..
Paris. Fuaehef al high priees.-Ady.
II
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-12

Billy (Kid) Gastreich has been
matched with Young Fitzgerald for
a private bout May II. The boys will
weigh in at 11S pounds at O'Clock
and a side bet will go to the winner.
Fitzgerald is a former Pittsburgh
mittman, and has some reputation in
his home town, but the South Side
lad is confident.
Gastreich is still willing to fight
Dutch Kasper, but will not agree to
weigh in at 122 pounds. He claims
he would be giving away four pounds
in the battle and cannot be blamed
for holding off.
Bob Moha and Frank MantelI
fought, ten punk rounds in Milwaukee
last night Mantell was considerably
worse than Mona, so the cave man
got the verdict. ManteIl landed on
Moha in the seventh with what
should have been a knockout, but
there was no steam in the punch.
Willie Richie will reach Chicago
the latter part of this week, probably
Friday, for his fight with Charlie
White. The champion claims. to be in
fine condition and says he only needs
week of training. He has wired
ahead for sparTing parners.
-O-O-
The new sports coats have broad,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-12
Rumor Crop BIooms-Cobb To Be
Fed-o'Day To Get Hook-Perhaps

Just as April showers bring May
flowers, so do May showers bring
forth a luxuriant crop of baseball
Pumors.
There being no games in our midst
yesterday, the pipes burned freely
and two strong dreams were de-
veloped, as follows:
Hank oDay is to be deposed as
manager of the Cubs, to be replaced
by either Roger Bresnahan or Tom
my Leach.
Ty Cobb, who is now believed to
get $4,000 with the Detroit Tigers,
win sign with the local Feds next
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-12
BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL SORTS BOXING
RESULTS YESTERDAY

NII5TICdTI league
Boston, 2; New York, 6.
Washington, 4; Philadelphia, s.
National League.
st. Louis, 5; Chicago, 5 (13 inning
called. darkness)
New York, 8; Boston, 6.
Philadelphia, 2; Brooklyn, 1.
Federal League.
Chicago-St. Louis, rain.
Indianapolis, 4; Kansas City, 3.
Brooklyn, 0; Pittsburgh, 2.
Buffalo, 3; Baltimore 4.
American Association.
Kansas City, O.; Louisville, Is.
No other games, rain.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-01-27

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 ueaEa. bawo2
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-01-27
FIRE DESTROYS CABIN.

Fire destroyed a cabin belonging to James Hogan and situated on the side hill near the beach and between the court house and Hogan's flats, at 9:S0 this morning. A prompt response by the fire department prevented further spread of the flames and the blaze was soon under control, but the flimsy na- ture of the structure and the headway gained before the alarm was turned in, made 1t impossible to save the build ing. It was occupied by man employ ed aboard the steamer Georgia and an other man. It is presumed that an over-heated stove was responsible for the loss.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-01-27
COLONEL'S 'NATURE
 FAKIR" LIKES YAKS

Ernest Thompson seton-who was Ernest Seton Thompson until he dis covered that he liked his mothers peo- pie better than he like his fathers and whom The Colonel once upon q time designated a nature fakir," thinks yaks, for the introduction of which into Alaska Representative Will liam L. LaFonette, of Washington, re- gently introduced bill in Congress, approprlating $1OO,OOO, would become a valuable asset in this country. In this conclusion a University of Wash ilgton natural history professor agrees. The yak is the cold weather live stock of the high altitude and cold zones of Central Asia, and 1t is believed by Seton that they, or a cross between them and some one of the American domestic breeds of cattle, would prove just the thing to furnish food for the colder sections of Alaska.