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The Gold
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Whsn Plots of Guilty Are
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N ew s
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L a T o lle tte ’s W e e k ly M a g a z in e
Both
A Tull
Lo. Angalea.— "The üaltod Btatea
government and California authorities
ara oo oparatlag to nacovsr one of tb .
m »it gigantic conspirada» ever con-
cslvsd In tb . history of this country.
T*>la was tb . declaration of Assistant
D l.trlc t Attorney W. Joseph Ford,
second la command to District Attor
n .y Fredericks. and tb . man wbo waa
arrested In Indlaaapolls for tb . al
Isgsd Illegal extradition of Joba J.
McNamara.
H . admitted that tb . proaecutloa
bad under survailtoBea In other p art,
of t b . sountry prominent labor leaders
alleged to b a r . beca Involved in the
Times explosion, but said tbat arresto
might first be made by the Federal
government In connection with Ito In­
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oatne to a senaatlonal end when James
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Haggerty in tb . d y n .m lt. explosion
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Seattle.— Holding tbat the stats bad
not produced sufficient evidence to
prove that Colonel Alden J. Hlethen.
editor of the Seattle Times, bad aided
and counseled Ludovlc Dauaglovana
and Charles Berryman In maintaining
the old Arcade dance hall as a nuis­
ance. Judge J. T. Ronald Instru .ted
the jury to bring In a verdict of ae
qulttal.
Battle In the Philippines.
Manila.;—In a battle between a bat
taUon of the Third Infantry and Moro
gnerillaa one American soldier and
30 natives were killed.
ROCKEFELLER QUITS JOB
John
0 . and O ther “ O ld-Tim ers” In
Standard Oil Company Resign.
New York.— John D. Rockefeller
has terminated hi» career as head of
the Standard Oil Company. W ith him
, allft retired ntv-n* of the conspicuous
) I tufds of the early days of the fo il
t r u s j."
W illiam
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I
TO fiKND W IT H CHRISTM A S
• IF T f i.
Calendars.
Station
Nanking.—Conditions is Nanking
now are a i most normal. T h . revalu
tlenarles h av, placed police patrols
throughout tbs city end tbsy bave re­
stored order. Osneral Chang, the Im­
perial commander, escaped across the
river to Pu-kow the night before the
revolutionary forces entered the city
II is believed, with the consent and
sonnivanos of lbs rsbsl oommandsrs.
Tbs foreign warsMps have retarned
to their anchorage opposite 8hal
Kwan Trains have begun to run Into
Nanking.
Reports from 3rscbuen province
are not reassuring. Many foreigners
ere unable to leave because the gov­
ernors find protection from bavlog tor
•lin e rs within the various towns,
which guarantees against attack.
A g e n ts W a n te d
Mack Blow ers, General A gent
Rester. Order and
Relie. Ratrele.
“Righting Osb* Iva n s’ tte ry af Mto
"Rrceento” to Feet Rlshee.
“On Christmas morning.'' said Bear
Admiral Evans. 0 g. N., retired. “I
thank God tbat be made three tim e,
as much water a> land. Ne true sailor
would exchange Christmas at ami for
one on shore.
“O f all tbe Christmases spent et sea
the one tbat rises before me most vlv.
idly Is that of If*» . wben the Federal
army and the gunboat fleet were try­
ing to capture Fort Fisher. Tbe only
presents wo received, sod they came
fast and furious, were solid shot and
shell from tbe guns of tbe enemy Dot
this didn't destroy our sense o f humor
The boys would write on each solid
shot or shell before piecing It In tbe
gun. 'Presented by.' and add rbe name
of the vessel from which It happened
to be tired Mighty few burled at tbe
fort that day lacked this Christmas
greeting. All tbe gunners caugbt tbe
spirit of tbe grim je s t for tbe fighting
line Is no place for serious faces.
"Despite the exeltsmeat of the fierce
combat ws managed to have tbe m ail
heads of alt tbe ships trimmed with
Christmas greens, even though the
sailors bad to risk their lives In going
ashore to get them, and you may be
assured tbe sentiment of the day was
not wasted."
No nation provides more plentifully
for tbe Christmas cheer of Its sailors
than does Uncle Sam. Each of the
battleship crews bss n dinner of roast
turkey, plum pudding, pumpkin pie
end all tbe trimmings tbat go with It.
The men are served in messes of tu rn
ty at 12 o'clock, and each man Is al­
lowed one snifter of grog ns un nptw-
flaer In celebration o f tbe occasion.
The o ffic e rs dine at ft o’clock and.
as Is the custom when spending tbe
holiday at sea. are guests of the com
mending officer.
M a y a ll th o days
T h ro u g h o u t th ia y e a r
"R e d to tte rs " be
To you. m y dear.
M a y a lt th e Jeweled beads
U pon T im e 's ro s ary
Ito gold w ith o u t allo y.
T h is la m y p ra y e r f o r th a n
H a n d k e r c h ie f s .
T w e lv e hits o f w h ite flu ff to m y
la d y ’s boudoir—
A s m a n y as m o n tlis In th s ysar.
H e re 's hoping t h a t never a m onth
n o r m o u c h o lr
W ilt hold f o r th a t la d y a te a r.
A Bex of Cigars.
’
M a n y a film o f f a ir y fa n c y
' •
Goes up In a m o k , each y e a r;
B u t. bein g a w o m a n , of course I
o a n 't see
. i
W h a t d re a m chrys a lid e s a re here.
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L a rd , to r th e lo nely h e a rt
I p r e y spar«
N e w fo r U s sen o f sorrow
W h o m this to m o rro w
BeJotoetb n o t, O Lo rd .
H e a r m y w e a k word.
f v e ry S a tu rd a y a t G o ld
Jackson C o u n ty , O r e g o n
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RtX M. LAMPMAN
F o r liv e s to o M tto r to bs
F o r tb o ts m p trd an d th e
F o r tbo p ris o n er la th s e
F o r tb o sham s lip d o th ■
F o r tb s h a g g a rd suicida.
Fanes, paseo. U
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S a fared s i (he U r ld H ill posroftles for transmis
«Ion (h ron «h th« UMtedl
mail«
** Affifoad eUM matter
Hsrtmnsr, D b c xm b ss 2, 1911
SI .SO Rar
B y tbo long sick. O O s d i
In t o ths pot le n t gloom
O f th a t »m en room
W h o re Has tb s c h ild et pa
O f a ll aaglostsd m ost, bs I
T s e a te r, h e a lin g s a d rem
ow a t th e f a ll o f d a y
bo w sad pray.
F a r these w b o c a a a o t etoi
A w a tc h I keep.
O h . tot th s s t a r r t a g b ra to
B s fad and fed egata.
A t th y hottest
T h e to rtu rs d aoroea Bad
r
1 see U s ra o a n t s h a lr.
F a t h e r o f souls, p ro p ers
M y poor th o u g h t's fosM o
T o plead this hour.
F o r tho e m p ty , a c h in g hom e,
W h o re tb s sltont footsteps asasav
W h e r e tho unsssn fo r a looks on.
W h e r e th o hand clasp to not fe lt.
W h o m th o dosrsot ayes a rc g s a a
W h e re th s p o rtr a it on th s w a ll
• U r s s ad stru ggles as to spook.
W h o re th s tig h t b re a th fro m U s hM I
C an s th e oolor to th s eksok.
W h e re th o voles b re ak s la th o h y m n
W h e n th o sunset b u ra a th dim .
W h a re th s la te la rg e te a r w ill s ta rt.
Fro s e n by th s broken h e a rt;
W h a r s th s lesson Is to le a rn
H e w to live , to grtove. to r o a m .
H o w to bo ar nod bow to bow.
O h . th e C h ris tm a s th a t to Itod.
L o r d o f liv in g an d o f dead.
C o m fo rt U o u !
—E lis a b e th S tu a r t
C h r is t m a s O n e s a Y e a r .
Th aa e C h ris tm a s bolls as sw oo tly ohti
As on tho d a y w hon firs t th e y ra n g
Bo m e rrily in olden tim e
A n d f a r an d w ide th e ir moot« I
■h a ltin g tho to ll g re y Ivied to w er
W I U a ll tb o lr deep, m elodious pi
T h e y s till p ro c la im to ov*ry oar,
“ O ld C h ris tm a s c o m m h u t ones a
T h e n b , cam « singing th ro u g h tho
A n d plucked th e hotly b rig h t a nd
F u lle d hara nnd th e re th e toy buds:
W a a so m etlm m hidden, eom ettm ea
H a l f bu rled 'n e a rh tb e a ik tle to s .
H ie lo ng beard hung w ith tla k e s e f snow.
And s till he ov e r c aroled c lear.
"O ld C h ris tm a s oomee but once s y e a rt"
W h a t tho ugh upon his h o a ry head
H a s fa lle n m an y a w in te r ’ s snow.
H is w re a th to s till ae green nod rad
A s 'tw a s a tho usan d yaara ago.
A g a in w e 're happ y a ll day long.
W a sm ile a nd 1 Iatan ts th e song.
It s burden s till re m o te o r n e a r.
“ O ld C h ris tm a s comes b u t onoe a
—Joaquin
Among the Wise Sayings
I t Christmas came more than ones
I a year. say four times, tbe sheriff
also would call around about that of-
tra. Yes?
CHINESE LEAVE COLLEGES
Mrs Frederic Thompson, known in
theatrical circles ns Mabel Taliaferro,
has suad her husband. Frederic
Thompson the well-known producer
of New York, for divorce.
V'ctor Berger, Socialist member of
Congress, says that tbs McNamara
confetslon waa “the greatest blow
tbat has ever come to tbo Gompera-
Mitchell school of unionism."
A Anal decree of divorce In favor
of Mrs. Elisabeth M Chester agalaat
her husband, George Randolph Cnea-
ter, author of the "Get-rleb-qulek
; Wallingford'’ stories, has been en -
■ fcred.
New York Is still laughing over J.
Pierpont Morgan's discomfiture to
church whsn he tripped and falling to
tbe floor spilled a collection plate piled
' high with money. Tbe banker waa
uninjured.
Jobn C. Stubbs of Chicago, director
of traffic of .lie Harrim an railroad
system, will go on the pension roll
af tbe Southern Pacific Company thia
week by tbe official act of tbe com­
pany's board of pension officers.
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Weather Predictions.
Nostradamus. French physician and
astronomer, born In 1533. was tbe first
to publish almanacs containing pre­
dictions of tbe weather.
Suffragists to W in Working Wa
New York.— Following the victory
of the East In the national conven­
tion of tbe woman suffragists, it is
announced that a campaign la to bs
inaugurated K»re tbat w ill have for Ito
chief purpose the spreading of ths
propaganda of tbe suffrage among the
wage-earning woman of thia part o f
the country. The campaign w ill place
emphasis upon the economic phase of
the Issue.
Candy?
Funds far Education, Supplied by
Manohus, Cut Off Owing to War.
San Francisco—One hundred and
fifty Chinese students whose means of
The President's W ife Herself Rut Up eduontional support w m recently cut
ofT by the Manchua, will give up their
Delioaeies For the 8iek.
Christmas at the W hite nouse with college careers In America and re­
Mrs. Hayes ns Its mlatreas waa a suc- turn to China on the liner Perala, No­
ilon of Christian charities nnd Joy­ vember 29. Forty of the students are
ful gatherings.
from California schools and the others
“ W illiam, I want you to buy forty
from eastern educational inatitutlons.
turkeys, besides our own. and vegeta­
bles. pickles and fru it to go with The collegians, It is reported, will
them," she said to the steward one take an active hand In the organize
tlon of the revolutionary government
Christmastide.
^
The steward has told with pride how
for four years he got the forty turkeys
nnd how the mndnm eatne to the store­
room. rolled up her sleeves and filled
lings with cranlierries. lemons, crack­
ers nnd small delicacies for the sick.
The Hayeses gave the home Christ­
Ever citiae
mas presents In an original way. All
raw -
• ltd th»* “hi
the gift» were taken to the fam ily
\ /
Cnlkp», be
mom. assorted for each person and
ST B B S B ours » will
laid on tables. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
R W a ! Arto, I ) i l l . - '
• .tr v Hl d 3
distributed them
At the tap of a
H E L P the F
liell some one wns railed, nnd. walking
In. he received all Ills gifts. Each In
il
K rii,
turn eatne the same way.
THE HAYESES’ CHRISTMAS.
S u re !
Ask any o f the
gH s
THE
BON TON
es
O. A . C. S
Kegin Jan. 3 «
a rc * 1
Th» -Tailest Holly Traos.
The American hnll.v appears* to a t­
tain Its grcntc'tt s'? » nud perfection In
southern A r b p ji’K nm! Tctn«. when»
it is to be Been ut times fr«jiu forty to
fifty feet In height, fn much ainnllcr
form It grewx nntnrolly, however,
along the south «here of Massachusetts
among tui>oloa, black oaks, red maples,
cedars, etc., but not much northward
of Hingham nnd Quincy.
The Little Boy Who Moved.
The fairies m isled l.Im wben they cam e
To play their evening gam e
They searched tho old red farm house
through.
They called aloud his name.
They even looked Inside the barn.
But vain their questing proved.
So they made up their ellln minds
The little boy hud moved.
K rlss K rlngle m issed him when he c a n e
Upon his reindeer ride.
He hunted fcr him high and low.
But not a trace ho spied.
But still he keeps a lookout sharp
To find him If he can—
The little boy who w ent one day
To live Inside a man.
—McLandburgh W lleon In Judges
Ilorsathosing.
Horseshoeing was Introduced In lOfle
by British King W illiam 1.
Low Lying Holland.
In Holland one travels by railway
through an agricultural country as
flat as a lake, w ith the land below the
level of the ocean and In some flections
lower than the rive n .
t
invited ,ul ’ h ’T t
F a r m o rn
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to At-
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