The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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Son Issues Cards
for Mother's
Wedding.
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QDQcMniTH
Mr. Thomas H. Grosamith requests
the honor of Mr. '8 presence at
t^ie marriage of his mother, Marie
Louise, to Mr. Cyrus Mettler, on the
evening of Thursday, the third day of
April, at half-past eight o'clock, at
No. 167 Summit avenue, Jersey City
Heights."
This Invitation, sent to many per-
sons in Jersey City, N. J., and New
York, caused surprise, because the son
of the bride-to-be issued them. This
Is in accordance with a promise made
■when Mrs. Grossmith's first husband
was on his death bed. She agreed that
HETTY GREFN'S HUSBAND IS DEAD.
Only Known mm Spouse of the KictiPMt
Woman in the World.
Edward H. Green, husband of Mrs.
Hetty Green, died at his home at Bel-
Current News
and Views
Persons. Places
and Things
FLORENCE BURNS S SET FREE. THE M KINLEV MEMORIAL CHURCH.
I Kvidont'* * Connect Her w 4h
Murder of W lfP
Florence Burns, who for live weeks
has bet'n under arrest, accused of th*
murder of Walter T. Brooks in the
Glen Island Hotel. New York City, on
the nigfit of February 14, was dis-
•haiged from custody by Justice Mayer,
i he Justice decided the prosecution
had not .made out a case against the
girl.
Tltero was a wild outburst of ap-
plause in the courtroom. Women
jumped up and waived their hands
A score of them rushed forward and
would have hugged the defendant had
not the court officers surrounded her
and forced them back. Meu showed
their approval of the decision by
shouting, clapping their hands, and
tossing their hats in the air. It was
with the utmost difficulty that order
was restored in the courtroom.
When Florence Burns heard Justice
Mayer say she was free she betrayed
no more emotion 4han she had at any
time during the examination. She
went right on fanning herself as if
nothing unusual had happened, but she
Plan for Mftgnlftoeat Structure I" He
Krorted in Waftltlogton.
Ilev. George Buckler of Washington
has a plan for a McKinley memorial
which he expects to be able to put into
effect. It is to be in the form of a
church and wiU he architecturally one
hi
lows Falls, Vt., recently. He ha.l
been confined to Ills bed for several
months with a complication of kid-
ney diseases, and for a week before
death had failed rapidly. For
two days he had lain in a stupor and
was unconscious to the end. Mr.
Green was born Feb. 6, 1821, in Bel-
lows Falls. When a young man ho
was a member of the firm of Dean &
Co.. Boston. The company failed, and
Mr. Green went to London, and later
to Manila, P. I„ where he remained
seventeen years, first as an employe
and later as a partner in the firm of
Russell Sturgis & Co. In 1867 he mar-
ried Hetty Howland Robinson. Two
children were born to them in Lon-
don—E. H. R. Green, now president of
the Texas Midland railroad, and Sylvia
A. H. Green. Mr. Green returned to
this country In 1875 and for a time
was president of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad.
Not So Had a Place.
A. noted crook who recently flnisLol
a sentence in the prison at Mounds-
THG6.K. GBOrttWlTH -THE <S0Tt
in the event of her marriage a sec-
ond time she would allow her son to
make the announcement.
Mrs. Grosamith is well known in Jer
sey City society. She is wealthy and
still conducts the large rose farms es-
tablished by her first husband in
j France. The roses are raised for th
manufacture of attar of roses, and the
perfume is shipped to New York
where Mrs. Grosstnith conducts a sue
cessful business. The wedding will
certainly be one f the largest as well
| as the most interesting ever seen in
Jersey City
ville, W. Va.. told a friend a few
nights ago that he need not dread be
ing sent there for a few years.
"Why not?" inquired his friend.
"Because it's not so much like
prison as most of the pens are," was
the response. "To start with, the pris-
on lockstep has been abandoned, and |
the men now go to their meals and
workshops in tiles of four, and it
just like marching in files of four of |
any other procession."
"And is that what makes you think
it's easy?" his friend interrupted.
"Of course not." said the man who
recently released. "To tell the truth
it's less like a prison than any peni-!
tentiary 1 know of. You have your
task and all over that is extra and you
can blow your money as you please."
He explained that the prisoners are
permitted to buy porterhouse steaks,
chickens, smoking material and what-
ever they may desire in the line of
confectionery
"Then," concluded the ex-convict'4:
friend, according to the Washington
Star, "the prison is not as bad as it';;
painted."
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CARRIAGES AND HARNESS.
1 carry a full line of the celebrated
Pcabody Carriages and Buggies,
Also the best
Hand Made Harness,
at the lowest possible price. Stop in and see
my goods. Yours,
East Side North Main St ED. GOULD.
smiled slightly at the outburst of ap-
plaitse.
of the finest edifices in the country.
He believes it possible to raise the
$100,000 necessary for its erection by
popular subscription, and will place
the nanus of the donors in the corner
stone. The building, plans for which
are already made, will be in the shape
of a cross, 120 feet long and 88 feet
wide, with a large dome over the
transept. It is to be undenomination-
al In character.
Old Fop of Tobacco.
The celebrated "Countei blaste to To-
bacco" written by King James I. of
England describes smoking as "a cus
tom loathsome to the eye, hatefull to
the nose, harmfull to the brain, dan-
gerous to the lungs, and In the black,
stinking fume thereof nearest resem-
bling the horrible Stygian smoke of
the pit that is bottomless." In 1G04
this monarch endeavored by means of
heavy imposts to abolish its use in
England, and in 1619 he commanded
that no planter in Virginia should cul-
tivate more than 100 pounds. It is
said that some persons spent as much
as 552,500 a year in the purchase of to-
bacco in those days.
JOSIE MANSFIELD LEAVES PARIS.
Heroine of Flak-Stoke* Tragedy fl ®
My*toriously Dl<a ppeared.
The mysterious disappearance from
Paris of Josie Mansfield has caused
rrasa
Transfer and Dray Line.
LAMB & TALLMAN. Proprietors.
Do n general dray lino and trantifor lmni-
tiess. Trunks hauled to and from tho depot or
any part of the city. Careful and paimstnkiiitf
workman. Pianos and fine furniture entrusted
to our care will receive the most particular at-
tention. (iive us your work.
'PhoQe 23. Office In Royal Restaurant.
FLY THROUGH SPACE
TRAIN ON MONO-RAILWAY TO MAKE
102 MILES AN HOUR.
Kugliuli Company l*li n *< Comtruet
l.ln0 UetWMii Liver-
pool on Which Conrejrauuaa Will
lSrvali All l'.ilitUtf Kecorili.
HECTOR & WHITE,
Physicians and Surgeons
Offiioe North side of East Oklaho
ma Ave., opp. Rhodes Hotel.
Hennessey, oklaliomn
reullenlUl Pillar.
k superstitious man, bmataro Na
gai, living at Akasaka-Ku. in Japan
lately built a stone pillar about twelve
feet high and six feet wide, costing
1,000 yen, In the premises of the
Sliounji temple, at Tokio, in memorj
of the rats which were recently hunted
and destroyed wholesale throughout
the city in order to prevent the spread
ing of the pest. He was said to have
been disturbed at night by horrible
nightmares, in which he was chased
and tortured by thousands of thes
rodents. He attributed these night
mares to the spirits of the rats. Hence
the penitential pillar.
Work of Klertrlo Plow.
At the electric congress just held In
Moscow an electric motor plow was
exhibited which turned a furrow 12
Inches deep.
The Title n«il l'amod.
At Beaumont lately the waiter who
served former Gov. Hogg of Texas was
one Oeorge. a sable-skinned gentleman
of numerous accomplishments. Georg1.'
is a model waiter. Each day at din-
ner George would receive from the
governor his tip, ?1 George reveled
in wealth. He was the envied of all
the other waiters. He was tho happy
possessor of a "good thing."
The other day when the governor
entered the dining room a strange
darkey stood behind his chair
Where's George?" asked the gover-
nor. brusquely. The new waiter bowed
low. "ise youh waitah now," The
governor looked up from his paper
sharply. He was somewhat mystified,
and with increasing emphasis de-
manded to know where George was,
anyhow.
'Well, you see. sah," began the new-
'omer, with some hesitation, "Gawge
and I was out las' night playin' craps.
Gawge went broke; I won his pile.
Then"—here his voice dropped lower
and Ills manner was condential—"he
put you up agin three dollars, and 1
won. So, Ise youah waitah."—Detroit
Journal.
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CHARLES NEELY FOUND GUILTY.
rrar* In Prison nd a Hear J Fine
Is the Sentence Imposed.
Charles F. W. Neeley, sentenced In
Havana to ten years in prison and
a fine of $56,701 for tho theft of Cuban
postal funds, was treasurer of the de-
House Once Occupied
by Stephen A. Douglas
Wivi/M%
-jftast
much comment, especially In the
American colony. She had been liv-
ing in that city from the time of the
Fisk-Stokes tragedy In New York city
until about throe months ago, when
suddenly she was missed. Her house
has been sold, together with its hand
some furnishings.
Nobody seems to know what has
become of her, but the prevailing be-
lief is that she has gone back to
America incognito, intending to make
her home there hereafter.
Vogue of llie Colonial*
The rage for the colonial, both In
furniture and architecture, still reigns
supreme. Our English cousins have
the same fad, only under another
name. They call it "the early Georg-
ian" over there. The private stateroom
of the king on his new yacht, the
Victoria Albert, has been decorated in
this style, white enamel, old-time
chimney piece with antique brass fend
er, poker, tongs, etc. Carpet and Bilk
hangings are of blue, with the chairs
eovored in blue morocco. The furni-
ture Is of mahogany, except the bed
wmeh is silver.
PRESIDENT IN WRESTLING BOUTS
chief Executive Taken IlMtructloiM f:
it Skilled l'roretjor.
Despite the rumors to the contrary
President Roosevelt is still enjoying
Ms wrestling bouts with Professor J.
U O'Brien, a physical instructor from
Boston, who, though skilled on the
mat, finds the president no unworthy
partmeut. He was the first to be ar-
rested, and the investigation of his em-
bezzlements led to the discovery of
| Director Rathbone's and Arthur
Reeves' connection with the crime.
According to the testimony at the trial,
] Rithbona, Neeley and Iteeves planned
to secure for themselves the offices of
I Civil Governor, Treasurer and Auditor
and make themselves wealthy by sys-
tematically robbing the island treas-
ury
On Thirty-fifth street. Chicago, at .
the rear of Douglas Monument Park, |
stands a small frame house that at- ;
tracts no attention except that tt j
seems rather out of place among the ;
fine residence- and large apartment
buildings. Few people except the
very old timers are aware that this j
unpretentious cottage was once the
home of the great Stephen A. Doug-
las and occupied by him in his palm-
iest days. Gossip tells us that Abra-
ham Uncoln had slept there, and the
great men of that day had been guests
under its lowly roof. At any rate, it
is o'r.e of the few historic places still
remaining of which Chicago can
boast.
Now style of Ilalloon.
A Parisian aeronaut is building a
baloon which is to carry botn a re-
frigerating and a heating apparatus.
By pressing a lever of ihe refrigerator
he will decrease the temperature of
the gas, condensing it and causing the
balk on to descend. By heating the
hydrogen gas it expands and the bal-
loon rises.
opponent. Mr. O'Brien to also giving
instructions in physical culture to the
hoys of the white house household, and
the lads take to the exercise with great
avidity.
A company has been organized in
England, and parliamentary powers
obtained, for the construction of a
high-speed mouo-railway between
Manchester and Liverpool. The dis-
tance is thirty-four miles and the mag-
nitude of the undertaking may be real-
ized from tile fact that the estimated
cost of the line, including works, land,
and buildings, is not far short of two
millions sterling. This line is iuteud
ed to be an express railway tn the
highest sense of the term for the thir-
ty-four ni'les between the two cities is
to be accomplished in twenty minutes,
an average speed of one hundred and
two miles an hour. This is about for-
ty miles an hour faster than the high
est speed attained by our fastest ex-
press trains drawn by steam locomo
lives.
Each train will consist of only one
vehicle carrying eighty passengers.
The electrical equipment consists of a
motor or motors with an equivalent ot
_,000 horse-power. This power Is ap-
plied by means of chain-gearing to two
or more of the eight double-flanged
wheels which rest on the mono-rail,
and by which the carriage is suspend-
ed. There will be no gradients of any
importantce on the line, and as none
of the curves, it is stated, will exceed
a radius of seven hundred and fifty
yards, it is expected that the trains
will easily negotiate the curves with-
out causing and discomfort to passen-
gers even at the high speed contem-
plated. As regards derailment, the
center of gravity will be kept so low
that it will be an absolute impossibil-
ity for the train to jump the track. At
one hundred miles per hour, however,
it will be readily understood that the
most perfect provision must be mad j
for checking and stopping, both as le-
gards signaling and braking-power
The trains will follow each other at
Intervals of only ten minutes, the dis-
tance separating them being thus
about seventeen miles. It is proposed
to subdivide the line into five sections
of about seven miles each, and the
danger signal at each point will re-
main on until the train has passed the
next, always giving the following
train seven miles in which to pull up
should anything have gone wrong with
the preceding train. As regards brake-
power, it is intended to use a combi-
nation of the Westinghouse and an
electric brake, which can bring the
train to a standstill from a speed of
one hundred miles per hour in a dis
tance of about five hundred yards. The
word can is used advisedly, as the ef-
fect of such sudden retardation could
hardly fail to be extremely disagreeable
to passengers; and although an emer-
gency brake is essential, the chance of
It being called Into requisition Is in
the highest degree remote. As regards
acceleration, it is claimed that full
speed can he attained in a distance of
one and three-quarter miles from
starting-point, as the railway will be
free from all switches, points, level-
crossings and intermediate stations
Koperntltlons of tiroat Men.
Napoleon was superstitious about the
way he put on his stockings. Freder-
ick the Great and the Great Peter ol
Russia were superstitious about dozens
of things. Marlborough, both as Jack
Churchill and the duke, was supersti-
tious as well as a thief and a traitor.
Nearly all the Stuarts were supersti-
tious and double dealers in religion
Henry of Navarre was superstitious,
but that never kept him from a thou-
sand infidelities and adulteries. All
the children of Catherine of Medici
were seared to death by their supersti
tions, but they could lie, cheat and
murder just as well.
D. B. MINEAR
Has opened up n blacksmith, cur
j riago and wilson shop, ul. the old
Franklin stand, witli lirsl-i'lasH
workman. All wo link is for you
to jjivo us a trial, and we minrsin-
teo to give NfltiHfai'lion.
<• \\. STKYKX8. I.OYAI. .1 MIM.KU
STEVENS & MILLER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ollileo Over fanners A Mmlmnt" Hunk
Hennessey .V Lawton, Oklahoma.
C. (). CiOSE, IN. I).,
Physician ami Surgeon,
Hennessey, Oklahoma.
rerofflce in thn l r MerudiLh building, F.est
Oklahoma Aw.
Rcsidcticp, Tliroe blocks south ami one block
MIMt of olllc*'.
A. B. CULLUM, M. I).,
Homeopathic Physician
AND SURliUON.
OFFIf'K:
Front, over bankrupt Store.
UKHIDKNCK
Three blocks north and two east
Rhodes hotel
G. W. BAKER,
LAWYER.
Special attention given to
all business entrusted in my rare.
Rooms over Bryan's Storo
Hennessey O. T.
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