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\ ()U Mi: XXIX_LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , MARCH !>■ 1911. NUMBER IS.
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The senate • mmittss oe foremr
'--a- t«.f jrf-Ted a far---able report
a*. th- treaty a its Kemd-ra# reSatire
U, ta. »- emeat of The financial
*r ,.shi»-e .jf that repeblir and the pro
lBO<a of the Mo?*** Interest#
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*—» •*v Taft re*; U* the twin
. J-T.L , r.» Re* -c*e*tat V* Her.*-y S
Bowleil of II :nca# for the port of
-set- extrannitsa*? and minster
p.-h'prte*-!*- tr ?• — j»I it place
' H-try T ‘.as- • *r-d at account
af :_la-i»a.
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T- • " M- at -at'.' •*. prtt
eie.rs •• *■ »•* ' ■: c«S for the :firmer
t**— ■'*" * a* rat:' -c is. the house by
i r. .» rot- as; aii.;d cheer
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LMjttu stic
'-'>h*4*e it* 'he Standard
"tjni I.'1st u* **» fled I® the
f- • ri .a— a: eland by the
r t -ed e* r-wnoes' acain#t the
*e*ye-n t. - -rv company of New
1'k Eie—tric Lamp
romp*: f New J. •». • and 23 other
roe;. t .anted a# ss'E.ber# af 'he
e e<.m-s. TJ’ ant -arfed with re
«*r_ r* of tr*d» and tarrfal monopoly
U*» -'lot cd the aiiesrd -'ombine is
Mfbt
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The b -odif«:ns the ia* ■ which
w*.: -f.-c. : • the preside** c:r*ually
a . • •• e ■ i-tslt «<K.e| and !s
t> in »«rfc now performed by the
v _rt* t-jJtiti *ne dlrtnc* court
}-~x*' !»-». ring • he cl rcui’ court
*e* for • - more import***
• M-i upe* the ci.rr*H conn of ap
pea_*
V-* :a He* ? f-*rong the oatujrl.
*r of •• : * lUa» L Scott. the mil
Ife tut •» napmu of Erie. Pa.
a ! s r <-_r? • _s J. or# Ti’ed by
jut t :.•• 'at t**. fed a
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Msafeers of ter family
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tar •- ■! ■ w *-*:-• a’ He I’enn
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V a* act -JT;e*et enl by ffe*
St ’ »f 't..: :n». ber on*-third aro
•Oman
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Tb- antiT cd * tie M aaarm
(sly pa»md a MS1, aijowing damage*
am.-w-'tg to l .«•» for menial an
g- lor the fa.: m of *->gra*.b com
{*.-*• ’ telegram* prompt!?.
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1 * *«■ ... . .-—a as* fe did not re
■e-'* f. tte« *e a frtend 'luring
mt'T* T1*” *>•""!» -lay* Mr* Josephine
V, if • - Tib -.ears old a
SUtg -r ot ’ iib K Wi'k f'Tijjer
got err- r of i 4>«mdr commit led sot
dee at lata Angelas i fn haling g»*.
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Tb* ante WUcg of S!»at Rt
Mar? * cofkgr a large OatboHr :nsti
* on ’A a:-i.on* mo attain, near
PltanSrld X J, a as burned Tee
Samar- at* mere that f2ntt.0«0 Near
IT ~ • *•■ **aa and iat*n got out in
safety
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Eat at * meet of a women » college
at Sc* Ui-wk* Conn la ensured by
tU anaout remecp that an endowment
fticd of I * ft fear been raised b«
e-o. t tar? * '-ptler. Tb. la-r<wt
•*** * «•' • one of It' tm from m«i
(an E P«art
He-.ry T*. Meyers, judge of the dis
*' of Ravalli county, was
< - :-d I nl'.ed States senator from
■ ETit .. to succeed Thomas H Car
*er 1 — received every Democratic
' ’ r - iTal f votes, against 45
"ter i.d three scattering Repub
lican rotes.
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: - ; 7. G Robin the fallen New
Y •■inker pleaded guilty to an in
c t:. -i.t ...re : g him wi’h the lar
-n> ' 1-7 -em fr .m the Washington
:.a-- bank of which he was for
n • - ; J-nt Seven indictments
;-zu:v.*' !. ti remain He was remand
• • Tombs until March 27, when
he will t»e sentenced
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1- a family quarrel at Rockdale,
ir.c Kct war: Loos, aged fifty years,;
-a- - • na killed by his brother-in
law flam *5 i: waiL The latter de
Jcres h- shot in self-defense.
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1. c ••■ Dutrh farmers and their
an arr— d ;r. New York aboard
the liter Noordam on their way to
-a and V rth Dak' ta. the advance
F -.rd f seven or eight thousand
far:: • r- w:.' will leave Holland wlth
'h. n, - • ;ew weeks to take up land
:c the western I'nited States.
T • V;m o.a hous** has passed a
pr ling f - rh' abolishment of
:a_ punishment in that state.
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■ ■ " r »■■■:. en dr iik as much as
■ • •; re that English women, in
•■•• : >f Dr Tot.a D. Quacken
• Xew '• i-k wl. has made a
- * v * > i *.! • qi> sion
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- • • ;rg twenty-one years
* • ar.d killed his stepfather.
- ,. : •- r : • Davenport. Ia., after
- ■ - mot. r that Muell
er -ad abused her
Personal
W 1* K‘: n< has been appointed
t :.c c< : -a traffic manager of the
— at N.ir-h«m railway, to succeed W
\V i root r• : w'r has become vtce
-r’ f the P.'tsburg Coal com
t-an>
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Frank H Kaub Sr-t master mech&n
' It’ Pacific railroad and a
• eer ' ! ■ "t died there at the
ar of seventy-eight tears
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T • *• ..' •' trustee- of \KiIbrahaai
a a . rt - -e / the oldest New Eng
land prej«ara'or> schools at Spring
fie. Mass has voted to abolish co
d' af ric.-t of the present
-cbool tear
a a a
t
Jar... ‘ •' Napier of Tennessee was
named tay ?•-. sld«nt Taft to be regis
ter v ' i e treasury Napier Is a ne
gro
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1 r M* 'v- - Carr»"e. the New York
■ • • ' :: .red when a street car
- - .- k a tax ab in which he was rid
tr.r " v. . ek- ur" di"d a: fte Pres
• yteriac hospital it. that city.
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It •• c t v Pr-s'jer.t Taft to inspect
it* Panama canal, a party of 80 en
i '.eer- a. o' whom are members of
?:• Vmeri an Society of Civil Engi
ne- with their wives and daugh
t--<- c.t.l- r fr n New York for Pan
ic a in b ird 'he steamship Zacapa.
a a a
~ rc“« B .J|e*'d. probably Eouis
s v weaithies- citizen, is crit
ical ' * '"implication of diseases
at h:a home in that city.
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Promlnetr physicians and edu
at *rs me- :r Chicago at a conference
: 'he auspices of the American
association to discuss vital
;• ■: *n.- • :b- medical profession
a a a
Sporting
' Knockou ' Brown the tow headed
little New York lightweight, gained a
i ; '_- c< ' .-.on over Ad Wolgaat. the
. .lgh'welght champion, in a
«.im ng en -ound bou' at the Nation
Sporting Club of America at New
York The crowd of 3,'K'O which saw
t:.» ficbt vo-ed Brown a victory, al
•ii the law requires that no de
cision be rendered.
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Foreign
T*«-nty-one persons were trampled
*o dea’h at Sha-Yang. Haupeh prov
ince. w:.**n a horde of starving Chi
1,*!-*- fought for the food which mis
tionan*-t were attempting to distrib
ute A g'*-a‘ many others were in
jured.
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A to cable advices received
• N-o York from Costa Rica. Itr. Ru
th- :. Espinosa well known through
<• • Central America, and 45 others
•it* to lb shot by the Estrada govern
ment of Nicaragua The date of exe
cution is kept secret.
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Orde*f have been given by the .Tap- :
ati-o- admiralty to the Mitsulbishl :
.. |,.rv an.I the Kawasaki dock ^ards
for t«', battle ships of 22. 00 tons. !
• twi, c anies have rent four ex
- the Vickers Maxim yards In
I i-:a w • .-re a .Japanese warship :s
being built
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Austria and Italy are hurrying troops
and guns to the frontier that separate
them The military movement is be
ing executed quietly, but both govern- .
' ments are animated by a spirit which
bevies trouble. The irredentist agita
tion in Italy to regain possession of j
Trieste on the coast, and Trent, in ;
the Tyrol, from Austria, bas assumed i
sudden force and activity.
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London underwriters with whom j
Mrs Maldwin Drummond had insured |
her stolen pearls and rings for $100.
000 have offered a reward of $5,000. i
is IN JE CHI
YOUNG WOMAN EXPIRES UNEX
PECTEDLY AT EDGAR.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
Wnat is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicfnity.
Edgar—While sitting in a dentist's
chair in the office of Dr. J. R. Shive
ly. Miss Alice E. Forst. of Deweese,
died unexpectedly Saturday. The den
tist had just extracted a tooth and had
stepped into an adjoining room when
Miss Forst expired. When he returned
he thought she had fainted and tried
lo revive her. A nearby physician was
summoned, but the young woman was
dead before he arrived.
Destructive Fire at Ogallala.
Ogallala.—Fire broke out in the Os
born meat market Monday morning
and consumed the entire building, to
gether with the following: S. M. G.
ardware stoel, $3,000; J. R.
Eneas jewelry stock $3.00'': Keith
<'->unty News Printing company. $2.
•: Briscoe harness. $1,000; Kendall
restaurant. $M>>; I O. O. F iodge
par:-.: hernalia. $'00: Mrs. Adam Hull,
hut i'ngs M. Searle. building.
$' ■ : the real estate office of the
Kearney I^ar.d company and also E. M.
Starh & Son. totai loss.
Purchase Tract of Land.
Tecumseh.—The committee appoint
pd bv the Tecumseh Commercial club
to secure funds to build an auditorium
for the joi.pt u*e of the fair and ohau
qua associations, on the fair grounds,
has bought, a small tract of land ad
joining the fair grounds on the north.
Bible 400 Years Old.
Grand Island—H. P. Makeley of this
cry is the proud possessor of a Bible
containing the old and new testa
ments and the book of Pt-alms all un
der one cover and in perfect condi
tion. that was printed in Edinburg.
Scotland, in the sixteenth century.
Will Go to England.
Fairmont.—Lofts Cashburn and wife
are soon to leave for Ireland for an
extended visit They expect to locate
permanently iu London. England. Mr.
Cashburn recently gold his thirteen
Bcre farm northeast of Fairmont for
$2,500.
There is not a vacant house in Xe
ligh.
John Bayle won the old fiddlers'
contest a: Nebraska City.
A large class of the Knights of Co
lumbus was initiated at Grand Island
Sunday.
Platte Lodge. I. O. O. F„ at Platts
mouth recently celebrated its fiftieth
anniversary.
Nick Rastick. a T'nion Pacific rail
read employe at Columbus, was struck
by an engine and instantly killed.
The city council at Peru has noti
fied all business houses that they
must close up on Sundays hereafter.
A number of women took part in
the big wolf hunt at Bassett, which
covered a territory of 175 square
miles.
Rev. R c. Moodie, pastor of the
Congregational church at Wisner for
some time past, has accepted a cail
from the church at Blair.
James K. Robinson, engineer at the
State Journal plant, and for thirty
years a resident of Lincoln, died sud
denly at that place Friday.
Efforts to locate the relatives of
John Beck, the young man who was
accidentally shot to death at Fremont,
have proven unsuccessful.
The Falrbury Elks lodge moved into
their new home, and 150 of them with
their families celebrated the event
with an entertainment and banquet.
Patrick Waters, an aged an ' eccen
tric old man. was found dead at his
home near Xaponee Friday. He lived
alone on the farm he had owned for
over thirty years.
The Nebraska Speed association will
hold meets at Beatrice. June 13. 14.
15; Friend. June 20 21. 22; Fremont.
June 27. 28. 29; Tekamah. July 4, 5, 6;
West Point. July 11 12. 13.
H. F. Phelps, editor of the Orleans
Chronicle, while breaking kindling
stepped on a rusty nail w hich passed
through bis foot. Blood poisoning set
in and he has been in a critical condi
tion since.
The following dates have been made
for the South Centra' Nebraska fair
circuit: Geneva. September 12 to 15;
Nelson. September 20 to 22; Bladen.
September 27 to 29; Minden. October
4 to G; Campbell. October 11 to IS.
The Humboldt Commercial club has
been reorganized.
The general store of W. J. Burger
& Son. at Doniphan, was burglarized
Sundav night, presumably by two men.
Entrance w-as gained through a cellar
srindow.
The Woman’s club of Holdrege has
adopted a novel method of raising
money for the entertainment of the
state federation this year. The sec
ond week of March the ladies will
take charge of the Citizen newspaper
office and wili receive a percentage of
all business done in that office for
that week.
For a Hctel Commission.
The committee on miscellaneous
subjects of the house, at a meeting
Monday night, d.scussed the compro
mise hotel bill agreed upon by repre
sentatives of the Nebraska travelers'
association and the hotel keei>ers'
association, and it was reported after
the meeting that The report thereon
would be favorable to its passage. The
new measure embodies changes in
the law agreed upon at a conference
held by hotel men and travelers at
Omaha on January 3(».
The bill provides for the establish
ment of a hotel commission in this
state making the governor the hotel
commissioner and placing upon him
the duty of seeing that the law is en
forced. He is required to appoint a
deputy hotel commissioner, who shall
be paid Sl.SOO a year, and the deputy
may employ one stenographer at a
salary of J70 a month. The deputy
will hold office at the pleasure of the
governor.
The Governor's Staff.
The military committee of the house
has introduced H. R. 505. an act pro
viding that “colonels’' on the gover
nor's staff shall bi c hr sen from the ac
tive list of the Dinars o; the Nebras
ka national guard. TU staff officers
shall be detailed for staff duty for
such periods of service as the gover
nor ma> on orders designate The
officers so detailed are to be eiven the
rank of colonel by reason of such ap
pointment They shall be given no
greater rank than that to which they
are entitled by virtue of the:r commis
sions in the guard and while on duty
as aides-de-camp shall serve without
pay in times of peace. The same bill
provides that no one nnder eighteen
years shall be enlisted in the guard,
and in time of peace no one under
twenty-one years shall be enlisted
without the written consent of parents
or guardians.
On the Right Track.
That Governor Aldrich was misin
formed on the main points in the
charges of election frauds in Omaha;
that he was right in only one or two
minor instances; and that a new reg
istration law should __be enacted for
Ou.-i-a. are tf j luichs finding, .. ujs
house committee which investigated
the governor's charges of wholesale
frauds in Omaha at the last election.
The committee made its report to the
house late Tuesday afternoon.
To Increase Officers’ Salaries.
The senate has placed on third
reading Volpp's bill increasing the
salary of state officers and Tanner's
bill providing for a bipartisan publi
cation of constitutional amendments.
1 The Yolpp bill, as amended, provides
that the governor shall receive $7,500
a year, the auditor, treasurer and at
torney general. $4,500. and the other
state officers. $5,500 per annum.
Stock Yards Bill on General File.
In spite of an adverse report from
the committee on live stock and graz
ing. the house placed the stock yards
regulation bill on general file. The
committee has held several hearings
on the bill and sent a sub-committee
to South Omaha to investigate stock
yards conditions. It reported the bill
to be indefinitely postponed.
Senators May Smoke. .
By a standing vote, in which there
were only four negative votes, the
senate has suspended ruie 54. which
prohibited smoking except during com
mittee of the whole. Now senators
may smoke all the time if they wish.
Must Vote at Home.
The senate passed Senator Volpp’s
bill prohibiting students from voting
in the city to which they have come
for ah education if they arc supported
in whole cr in part by funds from the
parental home. The vote was IS to
“• _
One of the most important matters
undertaken by this session of the
legislature is embodied in a report
made to the house by a special com
mittee appointed to investigate the
i subject of the expenditure of state
money. The report of this committee
was accompanied by a set of bills, de
signed to put the financial affairs of
Nebraska upon something like a busi
ness basis.
The hills drafted by the committee
wiil be pushed to the front and are ex
pected to pass without any serious op
position. In the investigation it
made. In the preparation of its re
port and in the drafting of the bills
the committee has had the valuable
assistance of State Auditor Barton
many of the ideas included in the
bills being those which have been in
cubating in his head since he was first
elected two years ago.
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‘■Jim Crow” Bill Dead.
The “Jim Crow” bill introduced by
McKissiek of Gage is considered a
dead One before it even starts out of
a standing committee. The bill pro
: vides that negroes shall not ride on
street cars or trains or sit in places of
public entertainment. except in separ
ate compartments, the line of separa
I tion to be marked by a sign posted in
a conspicuous place.
“There was never any need of such
; a law In Nebraska,” said Governor Al
i drich. “and there is no danger of it
I Becoming & law."
THESE BABY TWINS
LIKE SIAMESE PAIR
BOYS ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY
LIGAMENT AT BASE OF
THE SPINE.
DOCTORS CANNOT PART THEM
Examination Convinced Medical Men
That Separation Would Mean
Death—Little Fellows Speak Sev
eral Languages..
New Orleans.—Lucio and Simplico
Godino are the most remarkable ba
bies in the world. They are twins, not
quite three years old. and are our lit
tle brown brothers of the Philippine
islands. Of course, there's nothing so
remarkable about that, but listen:
Nature has so joined the flesh of
these little fellows that even the great
est of human surgeons do not dare
to part them Back to back they will
have to go throughout their whole
lives. When one dies the other must
of necessity follow him into eternity.
Nature has so decreed.
A compact but somewhat elastic
mass of tissues joins them together
at the base of the spine. Just like
our "everyday" twins, the kind more
or less common throughout the whole
country. Lucio and Simplico pla>
with jumping-jacks, blow horns, hug
their dollies, and pound on toy drums.
They usually play sitting on the
floor, as under the circumstances they
cannot use chairs. Loosely fitting
dresses make them look much like one
big baby with two heads. But in
doors they discard most of their cloth
ing. and romp about with much of
their bodies exposed. And just like
ordinary twins, they quarrel, fight and
go after each other with little fists
and finger nails. They both speak
English as well as American children
of about their age. Besides that they
speak a little Spanish and German.
But of course they know Filipino best.
It is nothing unusual for Lucio to be
talking English while at the same time
Simplico-will be speaking in another
language.
At times when they are not both
wanting to play with the same toy at
the same time. Lucio and Simplico are
m
The Filipino Twins.
very fond of each other and are good
playmates. Of course, the one always
follows the other about. When Liqfio
wants to go anywhere he starts, and
Simplico is dragged along behind. The
feet of the one in the rear barely touch
the floor. The one who gets off first
is master of the situation They never
consult each other about walking.
Simplico is rather quiet and some
what reserved, while Lucio is erratic
and quick tempered. When Lucio be
gins to get ' het up" about a little dif
ference of opinion and shows a dispo
sition to start something. Simplico
just gets up and walks away; that
keeps Lucio busy trailing along be
hind and backwards. One of them had
the measles about four months ago
but the other escaped. Sometimes
while one is asleep the other is wide
awake, playing with his toes. Nat
urally they sleep on their sides. Both
were vaccinated. It "took" on one
only.
They were brought to America in
the vain hope that they might be cut
apart by skilled surgeons. A clinic
was held in this city with a number
of America’s best physicians in attend
anee. After a most thorough examine
tion it was the unanimous decision
that an operation which would sepa
rate the babies would be fatal to both.
The twins were born in Samar
island in the Philippine archipelago,
of native parents. They were found
by J. R. Louis and M. A. Clark,
wealthy Americans living in the^
islands. The American protectors of
the twins say they will take the boys
around the world in the interest of
science, that they will be exhibited
before medical clinics in the great
hospitals of America and Europe, and
that under no circumstancesxwill they
be exhibited in public.
The parents of the twins, who are
also in America now, were at first im
mensely proud of their curious twins,
and took great pleasure in showing
them to strangers who happened to
visit the little Filipino village. Later
on. as the parents became more civil
ized and Americanized, they looked
forward with great joy to the separa
tion of the children, but now that the
surgeons have rendered their verdict
against attempting an operation both
mother and father are once more
reconciled.
HUNGRY DOGS ATTACK
LITTLE CHINESE BOY
LAD IN DANGER OF BEING EAT
EN ALIVE BY STARVING
CURS.
Salinas, Cal.—Having wandered in
to an inciosure where a pack of starv
ing dogs were kept by an aged Chi
nese in the Oriental quarter, Dong
Quen Yun, a nine-year-oid lad. was in
danger of literally being eaten alive
when his screams called a number of
men to the rescue. He is in a serious
condition from lacerations on the
■hest and thighs. When the res. uers
beat the dogs from the boy his cloth
ing had been torn off. and the savage
brutes w ere tearing at his flesh. How
the dogs had been secreted and why
is a mystery. The chief of police or
Boy Attacked by Starving Dogs.
dered them all shot. When officers
went to the place they found no less
than 15 lean and snarling curs in the
Inclosure.
PAIR NOT POISONED BY GAS
Test Proves Nothing, and Elosser
Twigg Tragedy Is as Much a Mys
tery as Ever.
Cumberland, Md.—The effort to
prove that the dual killing of Charles
Twigg and Grace Elosser. on their
wedding eve. was an accident due to
carbon dioxide, caused by a gas stove
in a closed room, has caused a touch
of the ludicrous to enter into the
tragedy.
A test was made, with the sanction
of the prosecuting attorney, with a cat
and a rabbit- They were placed in the
room where Twigg and his fiancee
were found dead. Then the gas stove
was lighted and turned on full. In an
hour and a half the cat w as dead.
The rabbit was still alive. There was
no autopsy made on the cat. but the
physician who made the test said the
murder was solved.
The physicians who made the au
topsy on the bodies of Twigg and
Miss Elosser were indignant, and
announced the proceedings as assi
nine. One of them offered to remain
in the room one hour and a half with
the stove lighted. It is known that
the man and w oman were there only
30 minutes.
The doctors who performed the au
topsy and decided death was due to
cyanide poisoning are just as em
The Dead Couple.
phxtic now in their opinion that the
case was one of a double murder as
were after the autopsy. The eat in
cident has served to revive public in
terest and cause a demand for the
solution of the mystery by the au
thorities.
Boy Gathered Up His Severed Toes.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Carrying mangled
portions of his toes in his hand, thir
teen-year-old William Ramsey, whose
foot had been run over by a coal car,
calmly asked a policeman for an am
bulance and was taken to a hospital.
His foot was so badly crushed that
amputation wan necessary.
HE EXIRHSESSIDN
PRESIDENT SURPRISES MANY BY
ISSUING A CALL.
THOUGHT IT WQULD NOT COME
Though Chief Executive Threatened
an Extra Session Some Senators
Did Not Look For !t.
Washington.—Notwithstanding the
positiveness with which President
Taft had repeatedly said, in all but
direct and official language, that un
less congress should enact legislation
to put into operation the Canadian
reciprocity agreement, he would sum
mon an extra session to resume con
sideration of the subject, his fulfill
ment of that threat within two hour9
of adjournment was an actual sur
prise to many members of that body
It was especially so in the senate
As late as an hour before final ad
journment Saturday, leading sena
tors and others about the capitol made
bets there would be no extra session.
Pressure nothing less than tre
mendous had been brought to beai
upon members of congress to pre
vent the calling of the extra session
Until the last moment rumors were
incessant that a way would be found
io avoia 11.
One of the most persistent was that
there were in progress negotiations
between the president and the Cana
dian government looking to the with
drawal of the agreement by one par
ty or the other so as to give excuse
for withholding the special call.
Anothr rumor was that there was
an understanding between the presi
dent and the republican leaders in
congress that one or more of the ap
propriation bills, preferably the gen
eral deficiency bill, was to be “lost
in the shuffle." so that the special
session would be unavoidable.
Still another was that the leaders
had determined to hold up some ap
propriation in which the White
House was especially interested, and
at the last moment make its passage
conditional upon the abandonment
cf the extra session projects. The
blockade of the appropriation bills in
the filibusters in both houses yester
| day tended to give color to these
stories.
Some gut so far • as to say that if
j certain senators had believed the
president would actually make good
i his threat they would have made
strenuous efforts to pass the reci
i procity bill. Whatever may be the de
gree or absence of truth in any of
; these stories, there can be no doubt
j that the issue of the president’s
I extra session proclamation met scant
I welcome at the hands of thgse mem
bers of congress who after the stress
of the past session will barely have
j time to go home for a brief respite
I and to adjust their affairs for another
session, which many think will ex
i tend far into the summer. There are
those who believe it will be so long
as to leave only a “constructive re
cess." before the regular session be
gins in December.
CONGRESS AT AN END.
Sixty-First Adjourns Without Acting
on Big Measures.
Washington.—The Sixty-first con
gress. heedless of one of the most im
portant legislative tasks set before it,
came to an end shortly after noon
Saturday. Within the hour following
; President Taft had issued a proclama
tion calling the new congress to meet
in extraordinary session at noon on
Tuesday, April 4. He will then sub
mit for ratification to a house over
whelmingly democratic, the reciproci
ty agreement with Canada.
Big Fire at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis. Minn.—One of the
most disastrous fires this city has
ever known destroyed on Sunday the
Syndicate block on Nicollet avenue,
between Fifth and Sixth streets The
! total loss is estimated at $1,000,000.
Mrs. Schuyler Colfax Dead.
South Bend, Ind.—Mrs. Ellen Wade
Colfax. 73 years old, widow of Vice
President Colfax, died here Sunday
after an illness of several months.
She was a niece of Senator Ben Wade
of Ohio.
Extra Session Date.
Washington.—It was at the request
of the democrats of the house and
the senate that the president fixed
the date for the beginning of the
extra session at April 4.
Reign of Terror in Hayti.
Cape Havtien, Hayti.—This city is
experiencing a reign of terror ap
proaching that of 1908 when citizens
suspected of disloyalty to President
Alexis were taken from their homes
at night and shot.
Lorimer Welcomed Home.
Chicago.—Admirers of Senator Wil
liam Lorimer to the number of sev
eral thousand, greeted him here Sun
day upon his return from Washing
ton. Two hundred and fifty automo
biles, forming a parade with two
bands, escorted the senator from the
station to his residence, where an
enthusiastic reception followed. Sen
ator Lorimer was accompanied by for
mer Judge Hanea and five detectives
who met him at Fort Wayne, Ind. He
was given a noisy welcome by a great
crowd.