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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14
WORLDS OF THE UNIVERSE.
All Might Be Annihilated and Not At.
feet the Solar Systems.

feet the Solar Systems.
am asked. Are distant stars which
shine by their own light visible only.
or are worlds like our earth visible by
reflected light?'
Go out to Neptune. our own last 10.
cal world in our modest solar system:
you must have large telescope to see
the earth. Only the sun of all bodies
In our solar system is visible from
space deeps. And 1t looks like the
point of the finest sewing needle from
stellar distances.
Thus from space depths only suns at
terrific heat are visible in any tele-
scope. even the largest that can be
made. Then all worlds are Invisible
and unknown. The earth and man
are both totally unknown to people on
worlds revolving around any OF the
hundreds OF millions OF other suns. IL
there are such worlds and Inhabitants.
Imagine that there are 1000. GOO. 600
suns. each surrounded by eight worlds
like those revolving now around our
sun. Then If an accident suddenly an
uinhateu tHS c,OOOsoOo,ooo "oi3uS, PSo-
pie and all. the accident could not
even be noticed. The suns would all
move on with velocities In between
four and eighty miles per second pre-
cisely az If there had been no accident.
Thus IL there are iHtelligences In the
depths OF the sidereal universe they
have not heard Of man For his infini-
tesimai world-the earth.-Edgar Luz
Glen Larkin In New York American
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14
ORIGIN OF THE cuRFEw.
The Cover Fire Bell Was Runs Way
Back In King Alfred's Time.

he Cover Fire Bell Was Hund Way
Back In King Alfred's Time.
What is the curfew? Its etymoIogy
carries its history with it The word
comes from the French couvre-feu
Cover fire.. bell tolled at evening as
a signal TO the inhabitants to cover
fires. extinguish lights and retire to
rest 1t is enormously said to have
been instituted in England by VIII
liam the Conqueror as an arbitrary
bit OF tyranny. and the nursery his
torian has waxed sentimental over the
wrongs of the conquered Saxon. and
conjured up pictures that must be
balm to the downtrodden Celt Even
Thomson tells rs:
The shivering wretches at the curfew
sound
Detected sunk into their sordid beds
But the couvre-feu was known be-
fore Williams time. both In England
and On the continent. He did. indeed,
issue an edict on the subject, and al
though this edict may incidentally
have helped to- put down the Saxon
beer clubs, which were hotbeds OF
political conspiracies. its primary aim
was as a precaution against IRE That
danger was an ever present one In
those days OF chimneyless wooden
houses.
The ancient city ordinances OF Lon
don abound in stringent fire regula-
TONS None OF them, however. was
more effective than the cover fire.
bell, which as far back as the time
of King Alfred was rung I'm certain
places in England Williams edict
rendered compulsory an ancient Gus
tom But Ii was a wise legislative
act and not bit of arbitrary tyranny.
We find plenty OF early traces of the
custom or It's equivalent. as. for in
stance, the blowing of a horn at the
market place in continental Europe.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14

Mrs. Florin had new maid. and one
morning as she entered the library she
was somewhat surprised to find the
girl seated in one Of the chairs with
ner hands folded.
What" cried the mistress. Here
you are sitting down! Why. you were
sent in here TO dust the roomr'
"Yes. ma'am." was the girls reply.
"but I've lost the buster. and so l am
sitting on each or the chairs In turn
Harper's Magazine
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14
vietimized by CHANGING Times.

Now. then. Cousin Emma. let me
give you a bit of the breast"
Yes. please. I should ike to taste
that for in my young days they al
ways gave II 10 the grownups- and
now they keep 1t for the children. so
I've always missed it-"-London Punch
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14

lis your husband a confirmed party
man asked the smiling candidate
Laws. no. Hes quiz dancin and
don, even attend his lodge reg lar" an
>weTeo Airs AaylElck Dallas News
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14

ts+npu- sr.aIil->> L. nlarked ~ sim
> is-tsN observation-disclosures self forget
$780, = n.-s interest IN others. d
t.--siI.. %, ~, L. psrsi wIrh the human
'ansIls nHus,Ins
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14

The kindergarten and primary
school, conducted by Misses Rowley
and Gates the past two years. viii
reopen Monday, September 2Sth,
1914. s-4-2ot
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14

Six copies of sheet music for 15c.
at Lansfore's- s-22-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14

Flower pots and jardiniers in all
sizes at Ocala Seed Store. s-1s-sE
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-14
LADIES' SHOES

LADIES' SHOES
We have full assortment of shoes
and low cuts that cannot be beat
and have always sold for $500.
While they last, Retiring 10
Sale price. .i... IL
Ladies Black Enamel or Russian
Calf and Wei kid. Hbest known
Retiring Sale price. 81 .lS
LADIES' WHITE GOODS
Corset Covers, either lace or en-
broidered, silk ribbon, latest style,
p pSs, value. Retiring Sale 16c
Drawers, umbrella fiounce and latest
designs. best of cambria, TO-
soc value, sale price. loo
Gowns with needlework and latest
e em6r11deF gs,a a ., TIC value BIC
Here we have beautiful embroider-
ed petticoat, double founce, s1.00
value, to go in the Retir- On
ing Sale att s OOC
full size and width as long as
they last. They have always sold
for 90 cents. Retiring Sale o.
price. ..,.. -
TOWELS
Good Face Towels Retir- -
ing Sale Price. $3.50. OC
Large IBleached Face Towels, such as
have always sold for 15c. -
Retiring Sale Price. lC
Turkish Towels, bleached and un-
bleached, regular 15c. val .
ne. Retiring Sale Price. OC
Here we shout the loudest-all our
35c. Linen Towels, full size and red
or blue borders. During ~
Sale for. -. nc
BEDSPREADS AND BLANKETS
Full Bleached Marseilles patterns,
extra large, hemmed, ready for
use, ST value. Retiring &C
sale price. -. OOO
SHEETING BY THE YARD
1O-4 unbleached sheeting, our regu-
lar Acc quality. Retiring o.
Sale price. .,... ZxC
lO-4 bleached sheeting, our regular
45c quality. Retiring Sale o.
OVERALLS
Your choice of any 75c overall dur
ing this public sale. Retir- 90
ing Sale price. ..... OOO
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
$50 BEER BOTTLES
IN JURORS ROOMS
Hotel Clerk T'stifies al Cooper
Jury Bribe Hearing.

Grand Forks, N. D., April 3.-More
than $50 empty beer bottles were re-
moved from the quarters in local
hotel occupied by the jurymen that
sat in the trial of McLain Cooper for
murder William Miller, clerk of the
hotel, witness at the preliminary hear
ing of Tracy Bangs and ]. c. Mahon,
alleged jury bribers. so testified.
Eighteen to twenty dozen bottles,
Miller said, had been thrown into the
attic, while twelve dozen were found
in a special room that had been en-
gagged by Bailiff ]. A. Sullivan during
the progress of the trial and in which
room Sullivan says the liquor supply
was maintained.
Miller also testified that during
early proceedings in the trial he fire.
quently had ordered liquor at Sulli-
vans instance and it was delivered to
Sulliyan's room in the jurors quar-
ters
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
ON LIQUOR SELLING CHARGE
officers of Fashionable Denver Clubs
Under Arrest

Denver. April 3.-All officers, about
two dozen, of most of the fashionable
and exclusive clubs of Denver have
been arrested on warrants based on
direct information filed against them
by the district attorneys office
charging them with the criminal of,
fense of serving intoxicating liquors
without a license. All were released
on $500 bond. excepting the officers OF
the Denver Country club, whose
bonds were fixed at $1,000 This dis.
elimination was maze because the
Denver Country club is located in a
district of the city in which the sale
of liquor is totally prohibited.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
CHURCH DISPLAYS AT FRISCO
Catholics and Protestants to Install
Extensive Features.

San Francisco, April 3.-Two huge
religious displays, feature without
precedent on like scale in world ex-
position activities, will be exhibited
at the Panama-Pacifc exposition In
1915.
Plans for one of these, a reproduc.
ton of St Peters church at Rome,
to be installed by the Roman Catho-
lie church at a cost of $250,000, al.
ready are well advanced The other
exhibit, perhaps on a still more Law
ish scale, will be made in the depart.
ment of social economy by Protestant
denominations of the world, under
the auspices of the Federal Council
of Churches.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
GAMBLING HOUSE HELD UP
Masked Men Secure $1,000 In New
York City.

New York, April 3.-Five armed
and masked robbers, who raided the
Merchants club, private poker place.
are credited with having made the
biggest haul of any stickup party in
New York in many years.
Five men were playing in Beans"
Rosenfield's place. The robbers enter
ed quietly, tied and gagged the door
tender, stood the gamblers along the
wall, and then, all with guns promi-
nently displayed. robbed the keeper of
the bank roll" and $500 ring.
Then every player was searched
and loot estimated at another $4,000
was secured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03

Probable Cause of Murder and Suicide
at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, April 3.-Hearing four
revolver shots in quick succession a
policeman and a night watchman
broke into a house in West Philadel.
phia and found Alexander Glaser,
thirty years old, and his wife, Julia,
twenty eight, dead from bullet wounds.
In the house they also found crying
the couples two sons, six and eight,
unharmed. Neighbors said the hus.
band feared he was going blind and
the police believe that this disar-
ranged his mind and led him to kill
his wife and himself.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
PET BEAR ATTACKS TWO
Cub Runs Amuck, lnjurlng School
Girl and Her Rescuer.

Duluth, April 3.-An eight-year-old
girl and her rescuef were injured Sc
riously by vicious attacks and scores
narrowly escaped injury when bear
broke his chain in a shed at the rear
of Mrs. Mary Nonnemacher's home
and ran amuck. Lottie Sanders is at
a hospital as the result of scalp
wounds inflicted by the animal and
John Bergmans hands and face were
lacerated Both will recover.
The bear, a cub, had been the pet
of Mrs. Nonnemecher. The bear was
shot by a policeman.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
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COURT DENIES INJUNCTION
Decision in Suit Against the Union
Pacific.

New York, April 3.-Supreme Court
Justicee Greenbaum denied the petit
tion of the Equitable Life Assurance
society for an Injunction to restrain
the Union Pacific Railroad company
from distributing as special dividend
to holders of common stocks $50.
900 In cash and stock of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad
The Equitable sued to restrain the
railroad company on the ground that
the holders ofpreferred stock In the
Union Pacific were entitled to share
in the dividend or else have the $780,
0O0 900 regarded as an asset and held
by the road.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
TRAIN BANDIT is ROUTED
Express Messenger Resists Attempt
to Hold Him Up.

Athens, Ca, April 3.-An attempt
by bandit to rob Seaboard Air Line
passenger train No. IL, southbound.
near Conner, Ga, fifteen miles north
east of here, was frustrated by Ex-
press Messenger r. c. Fletcher. After
a pistol duel with Fletcher the hold
up man jumped from the train a short
distance from Conner and escaped.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
MISS TYLER LOSES POSITION

Granddaughter of Former President
Is Ousted.
Washington, April 3.-The sixty.
year-old postmistress, Matte Tyler
granddaughter of the tenth president
of the United States, was dropped
from the rolls of the postoffice de-
partment.
Officials declare Miss Tyler's fight
for reappointment was futile and the
matter was a closed incident.
President Wilson, it was stated,
will not interfere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
TROOPS GO TO TORRE0N
Message to Washington Says Rein.
forcements Have Reached City.

Washington, April 3.-Federal rein
forcements from Saltillo have reached
Torreon, according to a telegram to
the Mexican embassy here from the
Mexican consul at El Paso
The message adds that there seem
ed to be little danger of the city being
taken by Villa. The number - fea-
eral troops was not given.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
Steamer Newfoundland Sunk
Near Cape Race.
MANY OF THE CREW LOST
Fifty Bodies Have Been Picked Up
and the Fate of More Than One
Hundred Others on Board Is Un.
l<nown-liI Fated Vessel Carried
Rich Cargo of SeaIskins.

Curling, N. F., April 3.-Reports
received here state the steamer New.
foundland was lost off Cape Race and
the greater part of her crew Of 170
men perished.
Moo word has been received of the
sealer Southern Cross, reported in
trouble in the same vicinity. Res
cue ships have picked up fifty bodies
of the crew of the Newfoundland.
Those who survived were able in
their weakened condition to tell but
little of the wreck and the probable
fate of their fellows. Ships at once
were dispatched in the hope of find.
more bodies.
The suffering of those who died on
the Newfoundland were horrible. For
forty-eight hours they were adrift on
ice foes, while icy winds and spray
swept over them.
The Newfoundland had completed
an unusually large catch in the Gulf
of st. Lawrence. Her holds were
filled with sealskins and her decks
were piled high with trophies of the
cruise.
Load Adds TO PERIL
The steamer also carried a crew
greater by one-third than she had
signed for her former trips, as the
sealing was reported to be unusually
good and a large bonus had been Of
fered by the owners. The unusua,
load added to the difficulty when the
vessel encountered the storm and
ice.
The Newfoundland was reported of
the southern coast on Sunday and
should have reached there last Tues.
day.
AS near as can be learned she was
rounding Cape Race when she ran
into an immense field OF drift ice
from the Labrador coast and about
the same time a blizzard enveloped
the ship, cutting off observation.
Shortly afterward the sealer was
caught between two ice foes which
crushed her plates like cardboard
The crew had just time to tumble
over the side onto the slippery ice
cakes when the steamer disappeared
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
Girl Performer Killed.

New York, April 3.-Because she
disdained to use a life net, Ella
Hackett, nineteen years old, fell TO
death while practicing at Barnum Il
Bailey's circus in Madison Square
Garden
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
NO TRACE OF CREW FOUND
French Vessel Reported Sunk in Eng.
Iish Channel.

Dover, Eng, April 3.-The Spanish
steamer Jose de Armbura collided
with a French vessel during heavy
fog off the Goodwin Sands.
Waterlogged and listing badly the
Jose de Armbura arrived of Dover.
Tugs hurried to the scene, picked up
boxes and other articles from the miss
ing ships cargo. The ship is believed
to have gone down. Portions of the
wreckage picked up identified the ves-
sci as the steamship Maine, bound
from London to France. No trace was
found OF the crew.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
CONDEMNED MAN ESCAPES
FROM ILLINOIS JAIL.

Cairo. H., April Six pris-
oners escaped from the coun-
ty jail here, among them w. NJ.
Wilson, sentenced to be hanged
on April "a for the murder of
Thomas c. Logan, a special Of
ficer of the Mobile and Ohio
railroad.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
ONLY ONE MINE IN
OHIO IN OPERATION
Idle Men Will Receive Aid From
Union Organization.

Columbus, o., April Information
received by Ohio coal operators in
this city was TO the effect that only
one mine is being operated in this
state.
The operators estimated that so,
900 men, including miners, dock men
and others, are idle as a result oil
the suspension incident to the fail
ure of men and operators to agree
upon terms.
Ii was said at the headquarters OF
the miners organization in this city
that the idle miners will receive
financial support from the mine work
ers International organization. prac
tically upon the same basis as If q
strike was in progress.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
GREAT GARDENS FOR UNI
VERSITY CAMPUS.

Chicago, April 3.-The larg-
est botanical gardens main
tanned by any institution in the
United States will be establish
ed in the near future in con-
nection with the University of
Chicago campus. Accommoda-
tions for tFa1splanting rare
flora will be maintained. The
gardens will contain hidden
grottoes, dells and sloping ter
races.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
TWENTY NATIVES ARE KILLED
Fifty Others Injured In Railroad Dis
aster In Java.

Batavia, Java, April 3.-Twenty ma
tives were killed and fifty others in
jured by the derailment of a train
while 1t was crossing a bridge near
Tanjong Prick, six miles from this
city. The accident was caused by a
herd of buffalo into which the loco
motive ran.
A number OF Europeans travelling
on the train escaped injury.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPEs
Schooner Damaged In Collision With
Steamer.

Norfolk, Va, April ga wireless
message says the steamer Robert M.
Thompson and the schooner Angus
tus Snow collided during the fog north
of the Virginia capes and the schoon-l
er Gas been badly damaged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03

Juarez, Mex, April 3.-That Tor.
reon is already virtually in the pos.
session of General Francisco Villas
Constitutionalist forces, but that Villa
will not officially announce his vic
tory until he is in absolutely undis-
puted control, was the statement
made here by a high official of the
Constitutional government.
He declares all but two small rem
nants of the federal garrison of Gen.
eral Jose Refugio Velasco, once num-
bering more than 5000, has been dis
persed He intimated that Villa was
Withholding the news to carry out a
coup which would result in the cap
ture of federal reinforcements rush
ing toward Torreon, and possibly in
the capture of Monterey and Saltillo.
General Venustiano CarranZa and
his cabinet had two-hOur talk with
General Villa by wire. Later Carran.
za's chief of staff declared Villa had
unofficially reported that a remnant
of the federal army was offering un-
expected defense. Two separate
fights were raging, the report said,
one in fortified adobe structure on
the southeastern edge of Tcrreon
and the other in the Canyon de Hur-
ache. the outermost of the original
defenses OF the city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03

Leeds, Eng, April 3.-All coal
miners in Yorkshire, numbering no..
900, had left the pits when the last
of the notices to quit work expired
The men demanded the introduction
of a minimum wage scale.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
PLAN STATE CELEBRATION
South Dakota's Twenty.fifth Birthday
VIII Be Observed.

Sioux Falls, s. D., April 3.-Progress
is being made In the preliminary work
for the jubilee celebration to be held
here In June in commemoration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary OF the admis.
sion of South Dakota as state. The
week assigned to the celebration also
will be Homecoming week, and all for.
msr residents OF South Dakota will
- tnvited 70 return tor the OCCASION
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
VACATION FOR JOHN LIND

President Wilson's Envoy to Return
to United States for Rest
Washington, April 3.-President
his personal representative in Mex.
leo, would sail for the United States
from Vera Cruz at once on a vaca-
ton, but would return later after he
had a rest
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03

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J. Juarez. Mex, April 3.-Out i
+ of the maze of reports concern !
/. ing the activities of General !
+ Francisco Villa at Torreon the :.
1. assumption was drawn that !
+ fighting continued. This was :.
+ based on a telegram from Villa ::
!. to General CarranZa. !
: Interest here also centered :.
!. on the reported movements of :.
: reinforcements for the federal :.
!. troops at Torreon. :.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
MESSAGES MAKE
ONE POINT CLEAR
News From TOrreon Is That
Fighting Continues.
BELIEVE VICTORY NEAR

Rebel Officers at Chihuahua Say Villa
Has Captured Most of the Strategic
Points, but Strong Resistance is Be.
ing Made by Defenders.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1914-09-18
RUSSIANS AT RAWA-RuskA
Austrians Defeated After Four Days
Battie-Clears Road to Berlin.
Many Thousands Killed.

Petrograd.-A final appalling defeat
was administered the Austrian army
by the Russians at Rawa-Ruska, 32
miles northwest of Lemberg, with the
result that the last obstacles to the
Russian advance toward Berlin, now
that Przysmsl and Jaroslow are COM
pletely invested, has been removed.
What Is probably most important Is
the decentralization Of the Austrian
army, which is now In a desperate
situation. Disheartened by constant
defeats and suffering from detection
Of the various nationalities of which it
is composed, mutiny now has added
It's destructive influence and the deser-
lions are many. Pestilence is spread
ing through the ranks and numerous
deaths from diseases are reported.
In the big battles at Lembeig.
Halicz and Rawa-Ruska the Austrians
have lost countless thousands ii dead
and wounded and more than 10000
prisoners, besides suffering the loss
of major portion of their artillery
and equipment.
Russia is now concentrating $780,
900 men for the invasion of German
Poland and East Prussia, and the car
has given orders that Berlin must be
taken at all costs.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1914-09-18
FIRST DEGREE MURDER Is THE
CHARGE AGAINST UNION
CITY CITIZEN.
GEORGE WEHMAN VICTIM
Prominent Influences at Work, II 10
Said, In Accusations and Defense.
Body of Murdered Man Found
In an Old Well.

Union City.-Among other indict.
ments the grand jury in session here
for the September term of circuit court
returned an indictment against Frank
Dietzel for murder In the first degree.
1t is expected by many that the case
will be tried at this term of court. At
torney-General Caldwell and his assist
ant, Give Lannom, have been trying
to bring the case before the court by
Monday, the 14th, but the defense,
Price and Fry and Whipple, have given
no statement In regard to the case for
publication, and it has not been set.
Harry Jones, SON Of Judge Joseph
Jones, is acting in place of Attorney
General Caldwell during the latter's
Illness. Two kinsmen of Mr.. Dietzel
were said to have been on the grand
jury at first and then discharged. The
case will attract much interest, owing
to the prominence of the family of
young Dietzel.
Dietzell is accused Of the murder of
George Wehman, a peddler, whose
body was found In an unused well
late in July.