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Loup City Northwestern
VUI L MK XXIX._LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , APRIL 20, 1911. NUMBER 24.
EPITOME
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WEEK'S NEWS
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*w» a» Ztesiacrwri; part? Tran ai.
para of EM- country
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"V sa'ui&a. bouse OT -repreaeiua
Ttan* py a vote oT f»t to 3* paoeec
tie- 1. Li a*-- reooiuuuc prn;-.Mtfxi£ a cos
mttuntrnmm. amamOmetn Tor tb* direr'
ioa of T lifted StaM» senators
T't» mm*» and mean*- comminee re
portec favorably or tie- reciprocity
aitd free Us*, tariff tollia
e • e
is line wtti. lb* IwtnucraUi caucus
•rtra* of tb* t.ationa. bone* Chairman
l iL-o otid oT tbe commit'** os ways
one rc-nxi* introduced a bill to carry
tot< effort tb* Canal lax, reciprocity
ac-eccics* and am>rbe: to place os tbt
?'** lit- iirw :«•> ar'lcW no* duti
*b*»- under tb* Payne Aldrich law
These Include farm implements. meat*
and -xtwr foodstuff * ruu*r: ’umber aud
boots and sbu**
• • •
Domestic
Ut command at Presidin' Taft the**
order* »er* sen: \o *b* officer* in com
Wtaix* at ttm Amen-an -'oops on th*
XtL -an border * inform officers o!
tb# Mexican federal* and revolution
tot* tbnx :bar* mmt not b* * recur
r*-ne* of »ut happ*a««f at Lryugias
An* If iberv 1* *be fnited State*
will do every'fcfax to protest it* rid
net* and Interest* eves to tb* *x
te** ad same lor - * “ A note of the
aanse pfpon va* *en- to President
lea* at Mean^o and tc rranci*co I. u*
dec* Jr. wade' at tbe Teruiut-acist*
I*** Jam* H1U at Rwtar-er. X
T sui# rs-tignrd In* place as astaas
•x- or at Tk® failed St*-e* to Ger
aary The r**igr~at aoa >u accept-d
pr.*prjr ®T P-e*vee*c Tif bar :m
th® hnal latter* fives am there it
h* mn—ilhna of the reasons tor Mr
KilTs withdrawal
• • •
Three aaea »r» planed tmo a pool
at *t»d and dm*wned wfaec the aa»®
r e ta which thee w®-e ractait
•fc-wac* Mefoar Park IB, skidded
sad pitched hr® s d"c±
• • •
The PM® Cfano* the Xew Tort
Xa- oasi* tract. ;ftree boo*—the big
foot *w*|i hi" areas ta the country—
•■■•pi t« fti>
th* fe*-ea was rained except the left
head hiea-nerw and the dab house
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Adrtaa C Jaas. better tacwt ia the
feao-haB world aa Addle ' weii-knoer®
pstcher at the Cle-reUac Americas
has-ha^ tease died at his heme ia
7 oeho. O . at -Bharcaiar Baectsfitis
• • •
Th**- persons is S' Loals and och
r** is ad went -owns lost the’- Bee*
ia a stare. Mate that one atiiba®
bushels of emir stared ta the Berlin*
to* •-eeator wa* hows an® the
*t*er
• • •
Esh-in R Vat Vsiketter* taetnber
at the :*?» iwwrtac crew of HiiMBala
Mich. th-s f oar oared rtampioa, of
the world, shot him*-!' oa the step*
at a Ocweiand church »h<> hi* wife
was inside prayt®*
• • •
K**4f*T» i* the nation*! forests win
te s.ppUed with portable telephone
•res with a Special flexible wire which
ra* t* easily »td qulrkJy rua *lnn*
tbe around to isolated places ia the
forests
Tmf- mad' a fmi'ies* a*
••ap' •• sere th«- Bt« at a small ae
k*' try and hi* mochar who threw
»hr chfid into the tidal insin of the
Pi*attar and Jumped la after him
M'dher ahd boy were drowned
• • •
At ttlnersat window cleaner whose
«tW*lag opasatlnm ta the last few
weeds hare ram a score of well to do
New Tother* many thousands of do!
larw * be nc aowgf by -be police as
•or of the moot cu'-cessful sad danger
saw Bowse robber* ic 'ha' city.
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Pa£if-r.rtr-k*B wht s their tfa‘p. the
f*tawa struck a ree? near Algoms.
Wla. la a heary fog. C*pt Clans We
bers and hire members at his crew
look to *het- gasoline laoacb and
»-r» drown* d «h*t the boat capsized
te the hit* sea
• • •
The C Sited States boundary com
mas ran. wtu fc Is to rwestabUsb the
boundary line bet ween Texas and New
bell'*. Will Ware Monahan Tex on
Aprs li lor the southeast comer at
Pew Mexico, whara it will »**?a ft,
work
Tk^zx * tattj* wfctei resulted !*
'-S* t*ft=r* «T tbe rf j of Ag _» Prteta
M«xio. try tbe -eaeU under command
«BM» *ff etnSaes worth ef property
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c#ssr» «cm aar SJOmm »a» fc&*4
3 -a* «w*r am* a tftrrswlbnu 5*
a *ri» *f K «r «
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*ldw*rt TiO*c. jnsiwu X rb*
reap** Swtvr* a*' &**»» cvtnsttSMir at
f—^<S~-cL St. whn.-fc V J'l*. ipattiac
SUt Doran*- mutant w« amt *sr*o»
»"BB> ntiyeawf V t3*e Srre&arant Xf
tat ;<rrr»OT*u bKntxng •rwoor'a, He
**s ne-wet mast a atUpeeaa toe
*n.-a tan crmat nays sc *<eigt
bf nacie
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Tbe ran* *T Betiamrr C fcarw« as
aissaii maxiacp- o; tbe Dubuque la.
olfi re tf. a ratsi register company le nt
—ial before a jury in tbe circuit poor:
a* anderson lag Wise Oemi Hit.
eke accused bin off Trying to enter
ber ?*u liman bertb Tailed to identity
him
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More baseball for tbe boys and more
dan "tug for tbe girls are -ecommeiidec
anc dis'-ussed in tbe firs- annua’ re
por* of tbe bureau of recreation of tbe
Nea ork city department off parks
• • •
S:i men and one boy escaped from
tbf Macon county jail a- Decatur. HU
by oxerpowering tbe turnkey and ta
king from bim bis keys.
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Lea* than two per cent, of the com
plaints of crime reported to the New
York police under the p-esent admin
istration of the department result In
arres-s according to statistics com
! :>d bv the district attorney's office
under instructions from the grand
Jury.
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V heavy wind storm, attaining the
velocity of a tornado in some sections
and a. ompanied by rain, hail and
'tghtning. swept over -Western Mis
-ouri Kansas and Oklahoma killing
li persons, practically destroying
Whiting. Kan, and i5i^_ Heart
Ofcia injuring aimos* a hundred per
-on* wrecking scores of blendings and
putting almost ever} telephone and
eieg-aph wire in the territory out of
rommision
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President Taf* announced the ap
point ment of Curtis Guild. Jr . former
govern ,r of Massacbuset's as ambas
- 'dor to Russia to succeed Ambassador
V. u Rockhill. who goes to Con
etastmopie as ambassador.
• • •
Fire hundred miles of carpet was
-tipped by a New Y'ork firm to Sian
Fran see on a special freight train
cars. The shipment weighs
pounds and U worth S' *H)0
JOG
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Get Frederick I) Grant has de
■ ued not to attend the coronation as
he Military representative at this
government. MaJ Get: A W Greeley,
-e ired has been selected in General
Iran’s place and will attend
• • •
An involuntary petition tn hank
ruptcy was tied In New York city
igams- William J Cummins president
5- 'he fail'd Carnegie Trust company
and now under indictment The liahil
l:« *-*» rver as S' flflO.000 and the
assets as worth Parser
Merr:: was appointed receiver with
a head of $!00.M«
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Foreign
King Alfonso and Queen Ena
washed and kissed the feet of ten
poor men and women as a pan of the
Maundy Thursday celebration in the
'oya! palace at Madrid
• • •
It Is reported in London that gold
bars rained at S30.OdG.flOO. a per* of
the wealth of tbe late dowager em
press of China, have beer, sent secret
!▼ 10 England
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Personal
Denman Thompson, the actor who
uade The O'td Homestead" famous.
!ied at his country estate in West
■Jwanzey X H Mr Thompson had
oeen ill with heart disease and
for atrera] we®ks.
9 9 9
Washing-on society is stirred over
an assignment filed by Mrs Albert
'"iifford Barney, a wealthy Washing
jn widow, whose engagement to
Oirtstiaa Hemmick. son of Ronald
Hetnn; k. formt r consul at Geneva,
■ecently was announced. In the assign
Oi-ct Mrs Harney transfers all her
property to her two daughters.
• • •
The Xat’onai Association of Cotton
Manufac- urers held a notable conven
ion in Boston
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More high life la said to be in store
'or Hetty Green The little flat in
'ioboken will be closed May 1 and
Mrs Green, it is understood, will re
side with her son. Col Edward H.
3reen. at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel
n New York city
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Dr Svente Arrhenius, president of
the famous Nobel Institute of Stock
holm. Sweden, and one of the best
known European scientists, is in New
York city for a aeries of public ad
dresses at Columbia university.
MET DEATH BY HUE
F.ve-Year-C'd Chud Killed by Flames
I* Cornfield.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
**K to Go»ng on Here and ThM
era Tnrougnout *mrd»l
aad y.c«i^.
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•“ * vm V *o*er fssrtB r»*/ 4i*ti
d*w>V*f rr lie- vrtftw*«s ui ’Vuuns.
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uv Vu wVrw VC Wc «Hii Haws
worn. V we Ve <W warn*
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lifUKr r Bleat V- sta V- <bi«a*
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«B» -usPef V V' ttit bttfc Mjferce :*t
Ttoii«<> *<e?i evtaipiW.' sV w*s
bin-net so -a ebtogt TV sparmfts were
bfCi severely boruei: ft TfytBt id help
* -4ifc uart 'er
•Living m School Tiouae baric.
Seamce—fcesjfleni* oT V vtotaity
tif Olat/mia it tin ncrthwes: pbt: o!
(Jape comity, are eitcirec ever rV dip
eovery rha: met have beet livinf it
tV aTTir- of a sc-boo. bouse it rha;
vicinity, and are of the opii ior: That
tV mysterious stranpers were two or
more of the convicts who recently es
caped from the per. ”er.nary a; Lin
coln.
Ostrich Farm at Sidney.
Sidney—Parue* from Southern Cali
fornia have been here the pas; week
negotiating for lers acres of land one
mile from Sidney for an ostrich farm.
They say the climate of v estern Ne
braska is better adapted for these
birds than that of Arizona and Cali
fornia. There is mum .merest in the
project'here.
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Bad Fire at Elkhom.
Elkhom—Fire which threatened to
wipe out the town destroyed H. A.
Nolte's grain elevator at a loss of
J4.00b partially covered by insurance.
Tbe Grove hotel, directly across the
6treet from the eievator. was on fire
three times before the flames were
under control.
Automobile Fatality.
Lexington—After skidding viciously,
an automobile driven by Bob Reed
turned turtle and Reed was instantly
killed Mrs. R. N. Me:zger. who was
in the car with him. was seriously in
jured.
Hastings Man Drops Dead.
Has-ings—Fritz Itannenberg. an at
tendant at lngieside hospital dropped
dead o? heart failure. He had com
plained about 5 o’clock in tfc“ evening
of no: feeling well, but there were no
ind-ca iocs of mtthing serious.
Dropped Dead in Depot.
Hastings—A traveling man by the
name of Moore of Milwaukee fell dead
in .the depot here as he was buying a
ticket to leave tarn.
A movement i* on foot to oil the
etreels *: Wes: Point.
Columbus [vsiofliuf will close os
Sundays hereafter.
Bob Sheack. an old resident of Hear
cey. dropped dead of apoplexy
The official cog catcher at luncols
has cap:nred and killed over ra
n.oes
At the Hyannis election bonds for
the water works failed to tarry. The
1*5 27 for and 14 ajoains*.
Rev. D B. Lake at Auburn :» suffer
ing from locomoter ataxia and has
been unable to leave his room for sev
eral weeks.
Alma Is presenting claims as the
logical location for the new agncul-1
tural school to be located in southeast
Nebraska.
l ne Lincoln navr recruiting station
has received a letter from the navy
department at Washington requesting
the local officers to put forth every
effort to secure recruits without low
ering the standard required by the
navy,
Harry Palmer, who shot and killed
his W ife at Hastings and then attempt
ed suicide, has about recovered.
Thursday marked the close of th«
hunting season in Nebraska on ducks,
geese and all breeds of water fowl.
There will be no more lawful hunting
*or these birds until September 15, the
opening of the winter season.
While at work at the water works
et Holdrege. Dick Madison was caught
In a belt and one of his feet was en
tireiy pulied off. and the bones in the
other leg broken in several places
Doctors think he has a good chance to
recover.
The North Platte Valley JTteachers
association closed a three days' ses
sion at Bridgeport with a banquet, at
which nearly 100 teachers were pres
ent. Bridgeport was selected as the
meeting place fo'r 1912. for the fifth
consecutive time.
Jacob C. March is one or the really
old men of Lincoln. If he lives till
July 16. he will be ninety-four years
old He enjoy* the distinction of be
ing a veteran of the Seminole Indian
war. which occurred more than three
quarter* of a century ago. It is be
lieved that there are only two aur
fivors of that conflict now living.
Shields cafe was destroyed by fire
at Falis City.
Work of laying mams between Wy
H*ore and Blue Springs has begun
Franklin voted against any poo!
haiia. bowling alleys, or box ball al
leys.
Georg# Wright, a six-year-old Te
cumseh lad. jumped out of a buggy
and broke a leg
Ray Sluyter. a nine-year-old Clay
Center boy. was -on over by an auto
and pretty badly bruised up.
There wer# thney-low autos on the
streets of Fairoury one day last wees
and moat of them belonged to tar mors
A eoUeetton of h»e alligators in j
Hurl bur's greenhuuae is an interest
mg attraction tor the people of Fau
bury.
WUftam Xoel. an Ouaha eieetnetan
was killed when be .-ante at uonog.-.
with a btga voltage wire at the top of
a pole
vlw t.'ymgjsawt. ughieeo veers of
age kRottHHtttty w«,- hitaaeft m the
W)t orea.'Pi t-.tft* lig iSk’tfsSt
aaopf- -wo m-ios —opj \,1p«».-wa>wi
Aotr've operatctlrtiB. bj*ee twep ovnr
ai'rtt'rei' m The Sowahwe wA-'-werk
systwr, whmh s -v aAe -he i.ace of
tie ptiQaena e iicd; iisr- Site
-www! ongswr
Tb* V<:iMll}:~ •' ei* S'- ' tog W
erw; * tns** eftm-rffc iittUSUsf. u mp
fron. ®SJWW tp #•< an# rtr The Sd>e rtf Tb*
old building which <*esr~-i-eg h>
•fire last A urns:
Work bus begirr mi the conStriK
riot o' the new $30:000 Oarbolit
church building a: Osmond This wfi;
he on*- of the fines- edifices it north
eastern Nebraska
Alex Holland a ranchman near A
■iance died snddeciy Saturday Hr
was aione at the time of his dea;h. his
wife being at Alliance. where the chfl
dren were attending school.
Arnold is much interested in a new
railroad project and the wom*>E o!
that place have raised $f»0© from en
tertainments and srppe-s tna- will be
applied to the fund for its promotion.
The $80,000 high school voted by
the j>eople of Nebraska City last May
has just been started Excavation is
now under way and the actual work
of construction will begin in a few
days.
The practice of Sunday closing at
the Fremont postoffice will be inau
gurated soon by Postmaster Reynolds.
Only important mail will lie distrib
uted and only box patrons will be able
to get it.
The ITica board of Trustees has ap
proved the plans for the new Metho
dist ehurch. Work will probably be
commenced in a month The new
church will be built of brick and will
cost about $5,000.
Confirmation services in the Ger
man Lutheran churches at Deshler
drew large audiences Sunday. The
churches were beautifully decorated
with Sowers and a number of con
firmations were made.
Excitement is a: fever heat in West
Point anent the proposed branch of
the electric inlet-urban railway project
to run from Omaha to Sioux City, a
branch of which is proposed to he rue
from Oakland to West Point.
The Axtel: fi-e department was
called to Wiicox last week to help ex- ;
tinguisk the fire That swept awav a
half doses build mgs las: Friday morn
ing. The hose cars was hitched be
hind an automobile and the run of
perhaps eight miles was covered in
eighteen minutes
In one of the most elaborate events 1
of the season Chief Clerk Henry C. 1
Richmond of the house Monday night
ended the leg-.siative doings with a
sumptuous feed given at the l-iaccdB.
Some half carer, newspaper men. fonr
teen Clerks in their chief" s and the
senate office and several friends of
the genial Omaha man were guests at
tha affair.
Bills in Effect July 6.
Because the journal shows That the
legislature ceased work on April <!. all
laws which do not carry the emery
eacy clause will go into effect July 6 j
The emergency measures are effective !
as soon as the governor signs them '
or within five days after being deliv- 1
ered to him. unless he specifically
vetoes Them.
Lancaster to Sue State.
A resolution introduced by Selieck i
of I Lancaster, which was adopted,
gives permission once more for the
county of Lancaster to sue the state
to recover a mixture of state and
county funds lost in the Capital Na
tional bank of Lincoln in the year
1903. The amount alleged to be due
the county is $5 000. The Selieck !
resolution recites that the legislature j
once before gave permission for the '
bringing of the suit, but that the suit i
was dismissed in court without the I
knowledge of the county officers.
Medical College For Omaha.
The senate recommended for pas
sage H. R. 538, appropriating $100,000
for a new building on the campus of
the university medical college at Om
aha. It is understood that the passage
of the hill by the legislature means
the removal of the entire university
medical college to Oniaha.
One hundred and forty leading citi
zens, Including many women, were
appointed by Mayor Gainor as a com
mission to arrange for a safe, «»~f
and patriotic celebration on July 4
TROUBLEJS COMING
BREAKERS AHEAD FOR DEMO
CRATIC HOUSE MAPORITY.
LE6ISUTI0N IS TOO HASTY,
—™
Is Expecteo to Most me to Chock, Be
cause Minority Intenos to Fight
Tariff Reform.
Wash <ns.‘ }tt. —iar us the ex-woe
(t’ttary of csRsnese it aa» be*
pik-a ssilms «w taw *»K ursaaiawd
ifemwcnait,- at*uwi“ty us taw ijwuso of
rwirrwwweea-.-vww. bus us xw* h£ *.
Strong: ustjuirty -Jjwr» xre }re<t*-ttr
aibeui
Smbhromsm esuwrs retfr esisr ac-m*
» saw bfQie •«*»«! Hi? WhUB SS» bit
utr rbe tuituite.- HtettSHk Hi: Tbbet
bwastors Ht>t »» mntttbifa.
twhlvUT' bit It 5%w taSSOsme dsye
-Wjc brJarioc before saw bouse sb*
C-saadia. rectpnvHy nptreumesr; xv«fc
sspttsmkw- of b* mta&oMSfMi by -st
-r«er»-be)mtnp juniority by iiw middle
H> ibis xsww*
To sU Tbejw features -of ibe lensls
Tive -propriut tbere bus- beer, little bp
position The wriDder o? in. to the e*
r-erienced observer, xvus the demnn
srrsTion oT the -smoothly running de
ni ocTStic machine
Bti: by what is to follow the free
list bill, approved by the democratic
caucus and favorably reported by the
new committee on ways and means, j
the rapid pace of legislative progress
is expected to receive a check.
Reciprocity discussion, begun Satur
day furnished an opportunity for the
minority leaders to intimate their in
tentions and to make it clear That the
bill placing on the free list manufac- ;
tured articles in demand by the farm- '
ers will be fought as stubbornly as
any proposed democratic tariff meas- :
ures ever were opposed in congress. !
The majority leaders realize the bill
cannot be rushed through, and they j
are preparing to meet the assault up
on it in a prolonged debate.
Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee intends to sub
mit to the house the committee's re
port on the free list bill on the con
cluding day of the reciprocity debate,
so that it will be over and be called
up the following day.
The tariff debate, it is expected,
will begin at once, and it is the hope
of the democrats that the bill can be
put upon its passage within two
week. The determination of the mi
nority leaders to assail it from every
angle doubtless will result in keeping
the measure before the house for a
much longer time.
The minority members of the ways
and means committee, in considering
the proposed free list, voted solidly
against it. maintaining it was a hast
ily framed measure, ill advised and
no: sufficiently backed up with in
formation relating to the revenues
concerned. Furthermore, it was point
ed out that the tari board had not
been consulted
PEACE TALK IN THE AIR.
Hade-o'* Army Reported in Force
Near Juarez.
Washington—Anxiety over develop
ments in Mexico endangering the lives
and property of Americans near the
boundary line was plainly evident in
official circles here Sunday night.
President Taft, until nearly midnight,
received bulletins nt the White House
from the war department regarding
the advance of the federal s upon the
insurgent forces at Agua Prieta. hut
retire confident that an attack would
not he made before Monday. All
peace talk is in the air.
FORTY REBELS KILLED.
Heavy Life Loss in Battle North of
Chihuahua.
Chihuahua. Mex.—Forty or more in
sarrectos were killed and more than
l’*0 were wounded in a battle fought
between Sana and Santa Clara can
yon. about fifty miles north of here,
according to federal couriers They
brought orders to have hospital cots
ready for federal wounded. The fed
eral? report five killed, but later de
velopments may change the figures.
Several women and children are be
lieved to be among the killed.
Constitution for Portugal.
Lisbon.—The cabinet has begun the
discussion of the project for a consti
tution to be submitted to a constitu
tional assembly. The scheme provides
for a body which will consist of 235
members.
_
Says Prelates Are Lukewarm.
London.—W. T. Stead, in a universal
peace meeting here Sunday, com
plained strongly of the apathy of the
archbishop of Canterbury and the Ang
lican church toward the peace move
ment.
A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
_
Head of Mexican Republic Wants Men
to Serve for Six Months.
Mexico City. Mex.—A general call
for volunteer soldiers to serve for six
months was posted here Sunday. The
call is made to all citizens between
18 and 45 years who desire to lend
their services to the country. The
pay is one peso (50 cents) a day. be
sides clothing and equipment T£e
customary inducement of advance
ment in rank and pay to those who
prove worthy is Included.
WIFE BEATER GIVEN
TASTE OF THE LASH
Flv» Cuts on Bare Back Bring Groans
From L>p« of Baltimore
Man.
Baltimore, M<L—Frank MeCauiee,
convicted wife-beater, suffered punish
ment. lor his crime despite the p.ead
lugs of his victim and helpmeet, when
Sheriff Jack Hanson laid the lash
across his bared back ffve times.
The test blow made him wince At
the second, when Sheriff Hanson s
arm grew pliant, a sligh' groan rame
from the ncta# & lips At the third
hn» effort at control became mors
den- and his hoarse snoama: ion rose
higher m the stillness «* the jap s.
•he -our-h stroke sf -he '.ash tears
Sheriff Lashed Wife Beater.
were streaming down McCauley's face,
but his nerve held.
With an angry hiss the cat-o'-nine
talls swept through the air for the
final stroke. It made the last of the
series of staring red welts upon the
white flesh. This time there was no
groan. Every muscle of the rigid
body collapsed and McCauley hung for
a moment, held only by the cords
which bound his wrists to the cross.
In a second he revived and walked
quietly back to the jail.
The jail physician declared after ex
amination that he had suffered no
serious shock.
FROG THAT CATCHES BIRDS
Shares Fame With Mark Twain’s
Jumping Frog of Callaveras
County.
St. Louis. Mo.—Mark Twain’s Jump
ing Frog of Callaveras county may
be called upon to share his fame w ith
a sparrow--catching frog of St Louis.
This frog, which is the property of
Oscar Berghaus of Cote Brilliants
avenue, has now gone into winter
quarters in his owner’s basement, but
is expected to renew his activities
next spring He was captured near
Alton by a St. Louis fisherman. The
frog, an enormous fellow, was sun
ning himself on a tog The fisherman
pushed him off into the water with
his pole, but the frog Immediately re
turned This was repeated three
times, then the fisherman caught his
hook in the frog, dragged him ashore,
brought him to St. Louis and present
ed him to Mr Berghaus Berghaus
dug a small pool ta his backyard, built
a low fence around it of mesh wire,
sowed some grass seed to make it
took like a swamp and turned the
frog loose there Attracted by tha
grass seed some English sparrows he
Sparrow Catching Frog.
gan to haunt the place, and what was
Berghaus' surprise, upon coming home
one evening, to have his wife tell him
that the frog had been catching the
sparrows. He watched them himself
and found this to be the case, the
frog grabbing a sparrow by the leg
whenever one came near him and
making a brave fight for an addition
to his menu. The sparrows finally be
came frightened and quit haunting the
frog’s enclosure, whereupon he settled
down to a quiet life interrupted only
when he was transferred to hi^win
ter quarters.
Pound of Cheese Kills Him.
Newburgh, N. T.—William Thomas,
i farm hand, taking Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson’s advice to eat lots of
cheese, came to Newburgh, bought a
pound of cheese, and. returning to
Jie farm, made a meal of it with
crackers. Then came an attack of
icute indigestion, and in an hour
Thomas was dead.
Bee Stings Man's Tongue.
Jeffersonville. Ind.—How it came
tbout he does not explain, but Clur
?nce Scott, living in Carr township,
get a bee in his mouth, and his tongue
swelled so badly from the sting as to
threaten him seriously with suffoca
tion. but the swelling subsided in time
to his great relief.
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man* people It ordinary walks Of life
but also Of business met Of wealth
promrnen: It public life and The
bes: financia: standing No: a few
of these well known met of Boeto*
and Massachusetts, with two or three
of It emanona. reputation, are said
to have beet among bis victims
Davie had a fine suit of offices in
Boston an attractive apartment at
Brookline. Mass., and a partly finished
summer place at Weston. In the sec
tion known as -millionaires hill " His
career had been meteoric, and like the
famous rocket, he ' came down like a
stick ' Starting as a moderately-paid
clerk in a broker's office he quickly
branched out in the brokerage busi
ness for himself and is said to hav«
made money at a rate almost beyond
belief. One of his claims, when suc
cess began to be his. was that he was
closely allied with J. P. Morgan & Co.
and as most of his customers and
friends placed implicit confidence in
his ability and honest motives, no one
thought of questioning this assertion.
When the Inquiries were made it took
almost no time to prove that J, P.
Morgan h- Co never before hail heard
of Davie, the Boston broker.
One of Davie's strongest points was
his apparent—almost too apparent, on
second thought—profession of relig
t
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ious feeling He discussed the pro51b
ets of the Bible with almost as mud
ftuencv as be did the profits of his
brokerage investments and with equal
ly telling effect upon hts ministers*'
and other religiously inclined friends
Among Davie's friends in the reiig
tous field was the Rev Wilbur R
Chapman. D. IX the evangelist
fttvie's deceptions and unfair deal
tags are said to have had a much
wider scope than the stock market
especially during the tatter part of his
stay' in Boston and when he is be
lieved to have been hard pressed fot
money. On this latter point, however
opinions differ, some claiming that
he lost about all that he had obtained
and others alleging that he left with a
large amount of cash
A short time before he disappeared
Davie hired an automobile of a Bos
ton garage and paid $125 in advance
for a week's rental before taking ii
to New Tcrk. where it disappeared
L»ater it was recovered.
At the New York horse show it
Madison Square garden. New York
city, Davie showed a fine string ol
horses and even entered a coach
against the Vanderbilts. Later it de
veloped that a blooded horse which
he exhibited—one which was greatly
admired in the show—had been bor
rowed from a Boston friend. This ani
mal was sold for several thousand dol
iars and the owner was not notified ol
the transaction.
Davie had gone to the Massachu
setts state prison and preached to the
inmates as one manifestation of his
religious fervor after the Chapman
Alexander revivals two years ago.
After Davie left it became knowr
that he had been going with a Welles
ley college senior and that they were
engaged, the young woman believing
that he was a young man of exem
plary character. It was a severe shock
to the girl when she learned after his
disappearance that Davie was married
and that his wife, finding it impossible
to get along with him after a few
months' experience, had returned to
the home of her parents in Hyde Park,
in which town Davie formerly lived.