DEWEY COUNTY ADVOCATE
THE ADVOCATE MINTING CO.
TIMBER LAKE SOUTH DAKOTA.
EPITOME OF EVENTS
PARAGRAPHS
THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY SUBJECTS.
IRE SNORT BUT INTERESTING
Brief Mention of What l« Transpiring
Ip Various Section* of Our Own
and Foreign Countries.
CONGRESS.
Progressive Representative Victor
Murdock of Kansas was unanimously
elected by the progresive caucus as
Its candidate for speaker of the house.
The democratic party, in full pos
session of the executive and legisla
tive branches of the national govern
ment, are turning the wheels of leg
islation toward a revision of the tar
iff.
Setting aside precedents of more
than a century, President Wilson ap
peared in the halls of congress to de
liver his first executive message in
person. He had announced to demo
cratic congressional leaders that he
would go to the floor of the house
when it convened and there give that
body his views on the tariff.
Bills and resolutions to reform the
cation's currency system, to prevent
floods in the Mississippi river, to
provide for relief of flood sufferers,
to build government railroads in
Alaska, and a host of other public
purposes were adopted in both houses
of congress at the opening session.
The measures represented weeks of
work on the part of senators and rep
resentatives in the preparation of
legislative drafts to be urged for im
mediate action.
GENERAL.
Woman suffrage was defeated in a
recent election in Michigan.
While hunting near Carter, Neb.,
James Crover, 11 years old, was shot
and killed.
Six strike rioters were shot by the
police in Auburn, N. ,T., during an at
tack which a mob of i!00 made on the
plant of the Columbian Hope company.
Two of the six are fatally injured.
Five former members of the fam
ous Mabray gang of swindlers were
arrested at Winnipeg, Manitoba, fol
lowing complaints by several citizens
that they had been swindled out of
hundreds of dollars by the men.
The home office, London, denied
the report that Mrs. Emmeline Pank
hurst, the suffragette leader now in
jail undergoing three years' penal
servitude, had been forcibly fed and
is consequently in a state of collapse.
Failure has overtaken the German
Arctic expedition under Lieutenant
Schroeder-Stranz. Most of the mem
bers are believel to have died on the
ice from the exposure and scurvy,
and the comtaander-in-chief is miss
ing.
The sentence in London of three
years' penal servitude imposed on Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of
the militant suffragfttes, for inciting
her followers to destroy property has
aroused the militant suffragettes to
fury and they threaten strong repris
als.
The average condition of winter
wheat on April 1 was 91.6 per cent
of a normal, compared with 80.G last
year, 83.3 in 1911 and 8G.3 the ten
year average. There was a decline of
1.6 points from December to April
I, compared with an average decline
of 3.6 in the past ten years.
Mrs Catherine Waugli McCullach of
Evanston, 111., told the Mississippi
Valley Suffrage conference which be
gan a three days' session in St. Louis,
that women who march in suffrage
parades should not trust too implicit
ly in the chivalry of American men.
It is well, she said, for girl marchers
to have a chaperone.
After having hung in an Isolated
colonial mansion of Maryland for
more than a century, a portrait of
George Washington, painted in 1794
or 1795, by Gilbert Stuart, has been
sold to a wealthy New York collec
tor. The price paid is said to have
been between $15,000 and $20,000.
Labor unions the country over
have focused their attention and ef
forts on Sioux City, la., to make it a
closed shop town, asserts C. R. ttott,
•ecretary of the Sioux City Indus
trial association, an organization ol
business men having for its purpose
the opposition of this movement.
Declaring that the consumers pay
too much for farm products and that
the farmer does not receive a com
pensation commensurate with the
service which he renders the public,
the first national conference on mar
keting and farm products was held
In Chicago Wednesday and Thursday.
The Canadian Pacific railway has
announced that it will soon begin con
struction of the longest tunnel in
America. The tunnel will be built
through Kicking Horse pass in the
Rock mountains and will be sixteen
miles long, costing $14,000,000.
Hundreds of corporations will be
relieved from paying the federal cor
poration tax by a decision of the su
preme court to the effect that corpo
rations leae'ner all their propen.
and no income except thf.t
yl'
fV"
lease, are not "doing
therefore in att aub-
A heavy snowstorm is raging in
Minnesota.
Several persons have been killed by
I tornado in Missouri recently.
Mrs. iloke mith, wife of the sena
tor from Georgia, is seriously ill at her
home in Washington, D. C.
Just before inspection drill, Lieuten
int Bahagdin, N. Y. N. G., had his
quartermaster sergeant sworn in as
1 deputy sheriff.
By blowing his own breath into the
lungs of a baby for forty minutes, Dr.
Benedict Williams of Bellevue hos
pital, New York, saved the young
ster's life.
The railway strike is becoming
general throughout the whole of
Australia and has assumed serious
proportions. Passenger service is
seriously curtailed.
Mistaken for a burglar, Charles Pen
nington, a commercial traveler whose
home is believed to have been in
Cleveland, was shot and killed in Chi
cago by Harry Farrell, a friend.
Antone George, the 8-year-old son
of Val Sitzmann, living south of Le
Mars, la., hanged himself while play
ing in the barn. His body, with a
rope tied around his neck, was found
by an elder brother.
Hundreds of Turkish soldiers who
survived the siege of Adrianople are
dying of exhaustion, dysentery and
cholera in the concentration camp In
that city, according to the corre
spondent of the London Daily Tele
graph.
Four firemen were injured, two of
them probably fatally, in fighting a
fire which destroyed beef house No.
2 of Armour & Co. in the Union
Stock Yards, Chicago. The loss on
the building and its contents is esti
mated at $500,000.
Great Britain has no intention of
following the lead of Washington in
recognizing the Republic of China,
the house of commons was informed
by Francis Dykke Acland, parlia
mentary under secretary of foreign
affairs, speaking on behalf of the for
eign office.
The supreme court has directed
that its decree in the "hard coal case"
be amended to give the federal dis
trict court in eastern Pennsylvania
time to decide whether four certain
'65 per cent contracts" should be ex
cepted from the recent decision that
3uch contracts were void.
The German military dirigible air
ship, Zeppelin IV. made a landing in
the military parade at Luneville,
France, and was seized by the French
authorities. The incident has caused
tremendous excitement notwithstand
ing the fact that the German officers
iboard the airship explained that
they had been lost in the clouds and
did not know they had crossed the
French frontier.
The little kingdom of Montenegro
has thrown down the gauntlet to the
six great powers. She declines to
yield to the demand of the powers to
abandon her attempts to gain pos
session of Scutari, and has officially
announced that "there will be no de
parture from an attitude which con
forms to the necessities of the state
•f war existing between the allies
and Turkey."
In the future it will be unlawful in
the state of New Jersey to wear hat
pins unless their points are guarded.
Governor Fielder signed a bill which
becomes effective immediately mak
ing it. an act of disorderly conduct,
punishable by a fine of from $5 to $20,
for any person "To wear in a public
place any device capable of lacerating
the flesh of another person, unless the
point is sufficiently guarded."
Upon complaints filed by members
of the Ohio National guard, A. H. Os
man, Columbus undertaker, whose
place of business is near the flood
district, was arrested on a charge of
larceny. Two guardsmen told Chief of
Police Carter that Osman had offered
them $25 for every body that they
might recover from the debris if they
would turn them over to the Osman
undertaking establishment.
Direct election of United States
senators by the people was author
ized and made compulsory when the
Connecticut legislature ratified the
constitutional amendment submitted
by congress less than a year ago.
The situation that results throughout
the country, where many legislatures
have adjurned until 1915 is such as
to leave confusion in the minds of
members of the senate as to how the
early steps toward direct election of
senators will be carried out. Connec
ticut was the thirty-sixth state to
take action in the matter.
8PORT.
Official announcement has been giv
en out that the fourth annual national
clay court tennis tournament will be
held at Omaha week of July 21.
Batting two Kansas City pitchers
hard and taking advantage of two er
rors, the Pittsburg National league
baseball club administered a 14 to 1
defeat to Kansas City players.
The county commissioners of Lan
caster county, Neb., by unanimous
vote, adopted a resolution granting
the Lincoln team of the Western
league permission to play baseball on
Sunday at any place in the county
outside the incorporated cities and
villages.
Ebbetts Field, the new $750,000
home of the Brooklyn National league
team, has been formally opened.
The Chicago Nationals opened their
local season by beating the Indianapo
lis American association team by a
score of 5 to 2.
The New York Nationals easily de
feated the Baltimore Internationals
12 to 3.
The Chinese base ball team from
Honolulu defeated the Stanford uni
versity, 7 to 3. The Chinese proved
to be fast in the field and on bases,*
Sut lights hitters. Stanford made
seven errors.
FIRE AT SPRINGFIELD
FIRE COMPANY, AIDED BY HEAVY
RAIN, SUCCEEDS IN CHECK
ING THE FLAMES.
HAPPENINGS OVER THESTAtE
What Is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read^
era Throughout South Da
kota and Vicinity.
Springfield.—Fire which toeke Out
here at 12:45 o'clock in the morning
threatened the entire business district
and caused a loss of from $60,00 to
$70,000, a part of which is covered by
insurance. The flames destroyed the
general merchandise 'store of J. L.
Turner & Co., which has been estab
lished since 1870, one of the pioneer
concerns of South Dakota. It is
thought the fire was started by the ex
plosion of a gasoline stove in a res
taurant. The Crockett restaurant
also was damaged to the ex
tent of $1,000 to $1,200.
A well equipped fire company, aid
ed by a heavy rain which started fall
ing shortly after the flames were dis
covered. saved the property of the
Fullerton Lumber company, whose
offices and yards are directly across
the street from the Turner store, and
and prevented a further spread of the
fire.
Within a short time the flames,
fanned by a strong east wind, had
spread to the Holland Hardware com
pany's store, which was practically
destroyed, entailing a loss estimated
at from $18,000 to $20,000, partly in
sured.
PASSENGERS LUCKY*
Mystery How They Escaped Death In
Dakota Wreck.
Arlington.—How it happened that
no lives were lost in the Northwest
ern railroad wreck between Arlington
and Volga is a puzzling problem to
the hundreds of people in this section
who have visited the scene. Only two
v.ere injured and these not seriously.
Engineer McKaig of Huron suffered
a broken shoulder and a scalded leg,
and Baggageman Martin of Arlington
was bruised. The wrecked passenger
train was going The cause of
the trouble was a. loose shoe on the
drive wheel of the engine. The entire
(rain left the track excepting the rear
coach, this being the only car that was
not ditched. The front of the engine,
was buried in the bank down about
ten feet to the left of the track. The
baggage car landed up against th~
cab of the engine, the cab being push
ed over on top of the bailer. The ter.
tler was thrown ten feet further or..
The mail car was thrown into th
ditch on the other side of the tracic.
The smpking car landed near the
baggage car. Superintendent Dickin
son of Huron found the track in per
fect shape where the engine left it.
A Peculiar Accident.
Mobridge.—Louis Mahouri. a Rou
manian. has been discharged from the
hospital here after ten days' treat
ment for the consequences of a pecul
iar accident. At the Milwaukee round
house here there is an acid vat that
the machinists dip the injectors into,
so as to let the acid eat off the greasf
After taking the injectors out of tho
vat, they place them on a bench to
dry. Mahouri came along and sat
down on a bench full of the injectors.
The acid ate the seat out of his over
alls and trousers, and inflicted pain
ful burns which Squired hospital
treatment.
May Get County Fair.
Selby.—A movement is on foot in
this (Walworth) county to establish
a county fair here this fall. Wal
worth county is just emerging from
a wheat county to diversified farming,
nnd farmers are now going heavily in
to stock raising, alfalfa and other di
versified farming, and the promoters
of the county fair idea believe it will
aid materially in increasing interest
In the new fanning movement.
Sunday Schol Rally.
Parker.—A union Sunday school ral
ly of the Sunday schools of Turner
-:ounty was held in Parker, two meet
ings being addressed by Mrs. Mary
Sryner of Chicago, who is the secre
tary of the Intermediate division of
t.he International Sunday School as
sociation, and is in South Dakota for
the state convention, which will be
held in Sioux Falls this week.
Singular Coincidence.
Yankton.—F. J. Fejfar, for many
jears a business men of Yankton, now
of Utica, this county, buried his eld
est son, Frank, aged 40 years. On
'•lis return to Yankton from the ceme
tery he was notified of the death of a
son, William, who had been ill in a
hospital here.
Poison Proves Fatal.
Elk Point.—Charles Tucker, aged
49, died at his home four miles south
of Elk Point from the effects of
drinking alcohol and paris green,
which he took with suicidal intent. He
is survived by a wife and threo chil
dren. Deceased was formerly super
intendent of the poor farm of Union
county and his father, the late John
Tucker, was a prominent citizen of
this community, having been a mem
ber of the legislature and county com
missioner of this count/ lor several
rears.
WAGNER MAKES STATEMENT
Former U. S. District Attorney Adds
Another Chapter to Hyde Case.
MitchelL—When Attorney General
WlckorshaVn published the statement
last week disclosing the foundation
upon which he asked President Taft
to issue a pardon for Charles L.
Hyde, who had been sentenced to a
term in Fort Leavenworth prison, it
was expected that E. E. Wagner, for
mer United States district attorney,
would make reply. It was through the
efforts of Mr. Wagner that Hyde was
convicted of the charge of using the
mails to defraud purchasers of land
in the vicinity of Pierre. Efforts
were made by the attorney general
to secure from Mr. Wagner staements
that would serve the purpose of the
pardon of Hyde, but Mr. Wagner
steadfastly refused to have anything
to do with the situation, and resigned
his position rather than be associated
with the release of Hyde's sentence.
Wickersham's version of the evi
dence and that of Mr. Wagner are
quite at variance, the attorney gener
al's conclusion being drawn from a
source which permitted him a wide
liberality in making it possible to urge
the granting of the pardon. The rath
er sensational statement made by
Wickersham that Judge Elliott had
said he was obliged to send Hyde to
prison to vindicate himself, it having
been the charge before his appoint
ment that he was a corporation man
and likely to favor a rich man in his
court. It is asserted by Wickersham
that Elliott was quoted by foiir men
as saying beforehand that he would
not send Hyde to prison, that he
changed his mind afterward because
of the charges against him.
Attorney Wagner declared that be
fore Wickersham wrote those state
ments into his report, he was inform
ed both by telegram and letter by him
self and Judge Elliott that this report
was entirely false and that Elliott
had never said anything of the kind.
It is believed from this that Wicker
sham garbled the evidence in order
to make his report satisfactory so that
a pardon could be granted to Hyde.
Flour Industry Hit.
Brookings.—One of the former big
industries of this state which has suf
fered materially in the past five years
is the flouring mill business. Without
much notice these mills have been
gradually closing until there are but
few left. This is emphasized by the
announced retirement of George P.
Srxauer & Son of Brookings, who
have been recognized as one of the
leading flour mill firms in the state.
O-Q May 1 they will cease grinding
fiour. and will hereafter engage in the
r'-ed business. Mr. Sexauer declares
taat there is no money in flour grind
ing. and that the small mills of the
state ha^e been crowded out by the
big mills of the northwest, which are
able to get the better milling wheat
at a less cost in transportation
charges than can the small mills. At
one time the flour grinding business
of the state was one of the big indus
tries. Five years ago, Mr. Sexauer
said, there were 132 flouring mills in
the state. This number has been grad
ually reduced until now there are less
than twenty-five.
Surgical Operation with Razor.
Cottonwood.—By acting as an ama
teur surgeon and giving first aid to
the injured, Michael Huffman, a resi
dent of this place, played a part in
saving the life of Amos Slack, a young
boy, after the latter had been acci
dentally shot by his brother Joe. The
bullet lodged in the boy's left shoul
der, entering the muscles, inflicting a
very painful wound. The only physi
cian who makes hie home here
chanced to be making a call in the
country, and in this emergency Huff
man volunteered his services. With
no better surgical instrument than a
razor he set to work to find the bullet,
which he finally succeeded in cutting
out and removing, treating the wound
with carbolic acid to prevent blood
poisoning. The boy stood the crude
sugical operation without a murmer,
but his mother was over come and
fainted.
Death of Wealthy Yankton" Pioneer.
Yankton.—Word has reached Yank
ton of the death in Chicago of James
A. Danforth, the heaviest holder of
Yankton real estate. The deceased,
who was a brother of President F. C.
Danforth, of the Dakota National
bank, was single and very wealthy.
He had great faith in Yankton and
was constantly adding to his realty
holdings here. He was 65 years of
age. The funeral took place at the
old home at Charles City, Iowa.
Dairymen Get Together.
Newell.—Temporary organization
of the dairymen of this section was
effected at a well attended meeting
held here and plans laid%or a perma
nent organization, which will market
the products of all the dairymen in
this vicinity. J. R. Beresford was
chosen temporary president and W. C.
Staiger temporary secretary. The
newly formed association will next
meet in NiBland and complete its or
ganization.
War Holds Up Contract.
Aberdeen.—The war in the Balkan
states is holding up the completion of
the Aberdeen National bank's new
$75,000 building here. A large portion
of the marble used in the interior is
from the quarries on the island of Ski
ros, Greece. The men on the isSe are
busy fighting Turks:
Held for Killing Husband.
Aberdeen. At Leola Mrs. George
Giffin waived examination and was
held for trial
tot
band.
murdering her bus
POPE IS IMED
ACTION OF PONTIFF'S HEART
SUCH AS TO REQUIRE CON
STANT ATTENTION.
LONDON REPORT STARTLING
Assert* That Physician. Does Not Ex.
pect Pius to Last Out the Pres
ent Month—End May Come
Suddenly.
Rome, April 11.—All official reports
regarding the condition of Pope Pius
agree that his case is not grave
and that there is no immediate dan
ger. Anxiety, however, continues on
account of the weakness of the pon
tiff and the action of his heart which
is in need of constant attention.
Find Improvement.
Physicians found that the condition
of the pope had improved during the
night and this improvement was main
tained throughout the day, although
the afternoon temperature rose slight
ly, but the difference from that of
the afternoon was hardly perceptible.
The patient's weakness is being
treated by the Regular administration
of eggs beaten up in milk, but the
lack of nourishment contributes to
the depression from which the pope
suffers.
The relapse is following the same
course as with original attack of in
fluenza, a cough being present, with
irritation of the bronchial tubes and
difficulty in respiration, which had led
to the report, in some cases, that the
pope is afflicted with asthma. This,
however, is erroneous. The condition
of albuminuria, which usually accom
panies influenza, is also present, in
dicating an inflammation of the kid
neys of greater or lesser degree, but
it is hoped that this is of a transi
tory character.
Visitors at Bedside.
Prof. Marchiafava visited the pope
only twice during the day, and ex
pressed satisfaction at the course the
illness is taking. The pope's sisters
and niece spent much time at his bed
side, and when not there they were
kept constantly informed by telephone
as to the progress of events.
It was reported that Cardinal
Katschthaler, archbihsop of Salzburg,
had postponed his departure, as he
wished to be in Rome in case of
eventualities, but this proved not to
be true as he left here for his home
and this is considered another evi
dence that the pontiff has really im
proved, or at least that the danger is
not imminent.
Indignant at Reports.
Prof. Marchiafava. in a statement
to the Associated Press expressed
himself as highly indignant at the ex
aggerated reports that had been cir
culated. He gave solemn assurances
that the pope's illness was running a
perfectly normal course, and said that
if no complications arose he would
guarantee that the pontiff would be
convalescent within a week. Dr.
Marchafava spoke with the greatest
apparent sincerity.
Perfect calm prevails at the
Vat
ican and the normal routine seeming
ly has been resumed.
Little Hope Held Out.
London.—A Rome dispatch to the
Chronicle says that one of the pope's
physicians has expressed the opinion
that his holiness will rally for a time,
but that his general condition ren
ders it unlikely that he will last out
the present month, .and that the end
may come suddenly from heart fail
ure.
Milwaukee Bonds Placed.
New York, April 11.—The Milwau
kee railroad has sold to a syndicate,
headed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the
National City bank, $30,000,000 of its
general mortgage gold 4% per cent
bonds due in 1989. The previous iSBue
of these bonds have born interest at
3 Yz and 4 per cent. Proceeds from the
sale will be used for general purposes.
The open winter permitted a large
amount of double tracking and other
improvements and about $14,000,000
was needed.
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Twin City Market*.
Minneapolis, April 10.—Wheat,
May,
S7%c July, 89V£c No. 1 northern,
88%c No. 2 northern, 86%c No. 1
durum. 91c No. 3 corn, f2Vfec No. 3
white oats, 32c barley, malting:, 57c:
No. 2 rye, 58c No. 1 llax. $1.27*5.
Duluth, April 10. Wheat. May,
88%c July, 9014c No. 1 northern,
87%c No. 1 durum, 94c.
South St. Paul. April 10.—Cattle
Steers, $6.75f« 8.25 cows, $4.26tfx5.50
calves, $5.50ifr7.50: hogs, [email protected]
Sheep and lamb?, [email protected].
Chicago l*lve Stock.
Chicago, April 10.—Hogs—Receipts,
20.000 strong to shade higher bulk
of sales. [email protected] light, [email protected]
mixed, $8.806 9.25 heavy, [email protected]
rough. $S.60(u 8.80 pigs. $6.90^9.20.
Cattle—Receipts. 15.000 slow, gen
erally steady beeves, [email protected] Texas
steers, $6.6507.85 westorn steers. $6.85
&18.IO .stackers and feeders, $6.10o
S.10: cows and heifers, [email protected]
calves. $6.00 8.60.
Sheep—Receipts, 23,000 steady to
10c lower native, [email protected] western,
$6.35 7.40 yearlings, $7.30 8.50
lambs, native, [email protected]: western.
$7.2509.10.
Body to Lie in State.
New York, April 10.—The body
at
3. P. Morgan will lie in state from the
time of its arrival on the liner Prance
on Friday until Monday in the red
room of his Madison avenue home,
where the financier met his directors
and transacted the greater part of
bis business in recent years. The
room, which is on the Thirty-sixth
street side of the house, opposite the
library, is 35x40 feet and is built of
white stone with red Turkish carpets
and hangings. The casket will be
placed on (iwil bier.
OYSTERS AT ARCACHON B^&IM
Writer Tells of Trip Through the Bedq
—Enjoyed Eating Them Fresh
From the Sea.
Arcachon, France.—In the Bassioi
4'Arcachon there are about fifteen hun-,
dred acres of oysterbeds. Getting)
across to the beds is short work, either
by skiff-sailing or motorboat, and a*
good-hearted boatman will, If you dot
not want to wade, carry you through,
the shallows in no time. There, yoni
can handle the limed tiles and examine
the tiny oysters, sometimes as manyj
as two or three hundred on one tile, at)
your pleasure, says a writer in CoutH
try Life. When the little bivalves are
a year old they are carefully scraped
from these tiles for commerce and ex
portation, many of them being brought
to Whitstable, there to be fattened and
Carting the Oysters to Market.
cold as "natives." It is reckoned that
56 per cent, of the embryo oysters
never mature. On the beds, both men
rod women work, but chiefly women,
raking in their treasure and making
pretty pictures, too, with their vivid
scarlet culottes and blue aprons, while
standing, often knee deep, in the shal
lows. Sorting seems to be done, for
the most part, by the elder women,
who, sitting outside their cabines, sejx
arate with dexterous hands the mature
from those too small still for use, the
former being packed for sale and the
latter put aside in nets in some shady
corner, and ultimately thrown back
on to the beds for further develop
ment. In Arcachon, the hotel propri
etors may well be profligate in their
supply of oysters, for they are a cheap
luxury but for real enjoyment, give
me half-a-dozen fresh from their beds,
scooped from their pearly fluted sheila
by deft hands with a pocket-blade as I
ride across the water in Miohel's swift
boat. These are oysters to re
member! The whiff of the sea, blow
ing right across from Biscay's bay,
glancing emerald waves lapping
against the prow, blue skies above
blue seas around.
MOTHER SAVES JEWEL THIEF
How a Kansas City Woman Reemft
ered Gems Worth Over $2,000
From Wayward Son.-
Kansas City, Mo.—An honest moth
er's Influence over her wayward saa
was responsible for the return to the
owner of more than $2,000 worth of
Jewelry that was stolen recently from
the home of Mrs. Edwin Godron of
this city. A young man called at
Mrs. Godron's home and told her she
could recover the jewels if she would
agree not to prosecute him, would
pay him the reward of $100 she had
offered, and would follow his direc
tions. Five minutes later she was
valking along Benton boulevard, near
Iter home, as the young man had di
rected. Suddenly she was accosted by
a well dressed woman, who said:
Don't ask any questions," as she
handed Mrs. Godron a box containing
the jewelry.
"Here's your diamonds," the woman
added, "all but two rings. I could
not get them. My brother is not &
thief. We are not people who wear
diamonds. Brother came home drunk
one morning wearing a diamond stud.
Mother went through his clothes and
o u n e e s o e i n s I a
most broke her heart She's a gooft
church member."
Mrs. Godron then handed the wom
an the reward. The two missing dia
monds were valued at $160. The
value of the Jewelry was $2,300.
NAPOLEON KIN IS A LABOREft
Grandmother Matron of Hospital at
St Helena When "Little Co*
poral Arrived.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Search by the
Crittenden Memorial society of Sa*
Francisco for a reputed grandson ol
Napoleon Bonaparte epded in a Los
Angeles lumber ya*C William Gor
don, a workingman, the person
sought.
William Gordon is a son of the late
Jofcn Gordon, a San Francisco jeweler,
Who, according to the Crittenden soci
ety was unquestionably a son of the
"Little Corporal." The remains of John
Gotfon rest in a cemetery near the
9vlden Gate.
William Gordon is sixty-three years
of age. He says his father was not
born on the island of St. Helena, as:
has been asserted, but near Edin
burgh, Scotland, November 11, 1818.
John Gordon's mother was a Scotch
woman—matron of the hospital at 8t?
Helena when Napoleon arrived them
an the Bellerophon—and he was gives
'its mother's name.
John Gordon married Amelia Jones,
a Welsh woman, in London In 1M&
and they came to America, settling tm
New London, Conn., where Williaa
*M bora In 1MI.