Loup City Northwestern
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VUi-LMLXXlX.LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1911. _NUMBER 27.
IMPORTANT NEWS |
NOTES OF K WEEK
U’tr riWlMHGS TH£ WORLD
CKER TOLD ITEM ZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Caadenaae -its a Few L •*! *o? t**«
Pna, of f* Bus* M*>v_
Lutast Parsanal Infar
Wasiiingtom
Itic: .iutvn of rta'-yus of srraft ts
rwti»* *i wist tie contract* for
t :... : «• - ir bj as.- t»n * a* be
jtv: - * * p the ttUl
tar- **a.- if tie national
bo*»*e of rep ___ ..__i Tt* IMjcirj
1* tt *r --rasa* abetter bide ate ape
rst iti t> i*»» tern to arranged u
ta sJbraw tbe ruCjeru tstt tte
• • •
Tte «**..?•*» of ate;- ate control
rf tb*1 (MBfral expense* of tte
ti'ed f'. r( s*o*.le ter.ied to report
be-* to tb* tbe I* Foiiette ne
obrnot. for tte reopening of tte Lori
«er see wttk a mamtmml that tte
MBCteBWf fate of tte senate .is- saf
t set.- t* Astra? tte expetee* of any
larr«w(tcMMt a* senate may -order.
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r *** **—• —*-■ taantrr Into 'tree big
- "tTpara* • an was assured by artloa
i tea ,s tte national bouse of re; rs
ser *-_«.» Tie .rporanons for
* tort : tmet regulation wt3 be
aaacbt xr* Tte ratted Stars Steel
corporation tte Assert *n Woolen
m;e«T of Beaton ate tte felted
•s» Ms* fc San cok patsy of Boston.
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Ofccer* off tte state depa—ssetst at
V xa: .nr-* ata pessimiseir oeer tte
lindsliii rest;' of par* negotiations
to be teid In norttera Mexico beta-oen
-epreamj'e'tses of tte Dial ad tn.nl*
tattox aad tbe Insurgent snty W'hat
ere* tte teens' xx* be. K is feared it
tab bate ao ed«— apuc. *be rerolutsoa
t o'ter parte of Mexico, ablet la
sprtwdbas mpiff'y.
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Domestic
Utm* representing
ft!: rlMiiai > of aueietjr and alt kind* o!
(rad** and pro'eeaiuit took part la a
parade and baH raer'tt* la New
York *t praotote thr > an** of equal
wignapt
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Tftj.it* th# m* of tb* American j
Pea» "di*Tr»i tb* national ]«*< * !
sot'er-nr* ■’ Baltimore. kid required
to paqpKapt* ttaatf. bec-**nin* ft per
e an**.: meet** every two
<*ar« 7t«* a«Uu*. wa* takes to meet
•t* seed tor ft oatnl r«|ir>Mtiub*t
Id' »hirh sift!! *er- - to co-ordinate
tie effort* of ai. the aortetsr* In
*nena drooled to tbr set-jensent of
Interna: i nal d»!-ut*» by met bode
-r inaa war
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A pwtttiaa to the Welleaiey cdlaft
t-aree* to resit i* John l* tiocke
leUer 'be Sl>.\bw# peesra-ed by n.m to
tb* coile#* fteter-ei years ajto for a
best** gifts' l* beta* circulated by
•todcata
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Presides* Taft opened tbe Third
Kaiioaal Peace Coa*reaa ;n Baft!
meet- a r~* at ext meat ciuieni of
this and other maatnaa »*:a* prea
Kt
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Govern—• '**t>ara at Ittcfclgaa has
•:*a*d ’it bill pratibfit* fratoriuuaa
la in* ti*t atboeda of tbe state,
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Start:** f<*ditiot» :B IfUsourl
and penal •nsututioaa de
a diagram to a *-ate K
are contained ts
t,' the state board of char
•uea and earreetlaa.
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Btej,he» Jftn.aer janitor of a New
Tort apartment bouse, re'anted home
las* a ntebt to had his wife Ann it
dead m to* baaemaat of (he baUdin*
Tbr woman, a bode uf thr** month*.
bad bee*, killed la a t—rifrc strtmz!*
* * *
' - - ..
>*t*jauttw ha* the
of ehicaeaa la Masaacau
btrord** to tn* ofiiclaift of tbe
aertemurra: department
• a a
Gwmsr I res r e* on recommend*
tian of x.« !:.•*«** sta-e board of par
dots taavrd a Pardee to former Police
U-l-ctar Edaard UrCmxm of Cbica«o
arrcs* * term » Joim pnsae oc a
****** of rraMcg
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Eiwit A Prow of tiesrer. lamed
aa tbe ~m!l..tc«aj'* tramp- btraua* of '
bte excwrseau is search of is forma
Hoc as to bom tbe other half lira*. U
11 **'* !«•* He aayr be u t trough
tbe acamr ui* of w«
from tbe
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The TWOCeSt pat,******* lAr, Uw
a*d tbe redared frrieh* rales made by
tbe brfcasaa* railroad cotcmiorioa
were declared raid abet J,,„Cf. Tri*.
ber ta tbe f.deraJ court at l
Bon* ma-ir permanent tb« icjuscttoa
nbraiti * i by tbe railroads
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Tbe opera " Visa' wbjcfc woe tb#
Si*- *** pn** oScred by tbe Vctrupoil
tba Opera eampasr, «u written by
Prof Horatio Parker of Yale ta a fisb
*M aback m a lamely aaetion near
Bloe Hi!: row, 12 miles from tha
" -- death hovering over her be<k
Mr> Laura C Martin, sixty years old.
of Pontiac. QL, married a third time
:a order that she might will her entire
fortune, estimated at $50,000, to het
husband. James A Barry, a twenty
Lare*- ear-old nephew of her second
husband.
• • •
J J McNamara, the Indianapolis
union official ami his brother, J. B.
MtNamara were arraigned at Los An
*e es. Cal on IV new indictments
barging n»-m with murder in connec
tion with the Los Angeies Times dis
aster No plea was entered, counsel
>r "fendnnts having s“cured a
; :ctPiii of the cn-- until June L
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Fire m the Hartford mine shaP at
Negacnee. Mich., caused by gas. re
st ■> 1 in the death of eight miners
a: ■ : ur injure Ah >ut two hundred
n»»*c were in the mine at the time of
"h* firt most of w hom made their es
'hr:-ugh a tunne) to the Cambria
mine.
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Pi-cartis urging the workers in the
; r.. e.yi r. rv yard to boycott the res
' —'-it which M. - - Anne Morgan
sL.at: er if J P Morgan, recen’ly es
tal -»-«d inert , appeared in the navy
mid.
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The fits) decision in the divorce
*t: t» rough" agains' Cap'.. Isaac Em
er*o: , * be bromo seltzer king, was
handed down at Baltimore. Mrs. Em
• t»on :* granted $25.•••«• annually and
attorneys re' e.ve $5nuO each for
filing the divorce bill.
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Fot.al s' aidc-mes at Itockford have
-f-ocu **d a resolution asking for the
forma-ion of a plan for the city to
take • r.arge of the saloons at the ex
p>iration of their licenses A munici
pal saloon is proposed.
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7t> t.-y-ocf new indictments were
v o'etj b? the grand jury at Los An
CaL. against the accused dyna
mic w.fp -aions. James B and John
J M N-mara and Ortie E McManigal.
The indictm-nts charge them with
murder m connection with the blow
t- li of tbe Los Angeles Times plant
: ■ ''her 1. and the consequent
deaths of 21 men.
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A d« - i.se of ' dollar diplomacy.” aB
• I ' > whub by creating prosperity.
it-'Li.- ui'itr.ai*-.- the ‘'substitution of
<- Lars fc r bullets” was made before
• ti.ird n: lonal pt-p e congress in
- -- >i -i .more. Mq.. by Hunting
• *n tViiaon. assistant secretary of
state.
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Pr* t c Cf *paft tr is understood, has
b—l sc:- a wired request to have
•- troops suppress coal rioters at
' ordova. Alaska Private cable ad
■— sa'- a mob boarded an Alas
ka steamship company's vessel that
ar-i^ed torre with a cargo of Cana
dian oa! and begun dumping it over
board
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Th» Supreme court of the United
S ate ' no- be the court of last
r-sorr i:. ma-’ rs pertaining strictly
'<> b' :.ess in the opinion of George
P-rkiii* Mr Perkins advocates
■£■ •. ratio:. f a <»urt composed
of ; roven leakers in the business
world.
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Ttf use o' abandoned farms owned
• y \'<>w York state as farm colonies
' >• tramps and vagrants will be urged
by Governor Dix
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A new trial has been granted
C • - :.er Columbus Wilson, presi
dert of •i.e United Wireless Tele
grapfc company in New York, on the
ground of prejudice on the part of
or • f tit jurors. He was charged
with misuse of the mails.
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Personal
Former United States Sena'or Al
‘-ed ;>*-rd Ki’i :edge of Sioux Falls, S.
f\ who served two terms in the sen
ate. 1 is service ending two years ago,
died at Hot Springs. Art.
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Robert A Taft, eldest son of the
president, and a student at the Har
vard law school, says the report he is
so..: to marry Miss Lila B. Gilbert of
New York is false.
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The mother heart of Mrs. George
Gould is being orn asunder by the ill
ness of her t wr eldest daughters. Mrs
Marjorie Drexel and Lady Defies
While Mrs. Gould is constantly in at
tendance upon Mrs Drexel at Lake
wood, word was received from London
of the sudden attack upon Lady De
"les. who was Miss Vivien Gould, of
appendicitis.
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N'els Poulscn. donator of a llPO.OOt
fur.d to promote closer relationship
among the Scandinavian people, died
Sc Brooklyn. N. Y„ as the Scandina
vian-American society in Baltimore
was applauding the announcement ol
the gift.
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Foreign
The resignation of Porfirio Diaz at
president of Mexico within a short
tl*u- is r -garUed ia Mexico City as a
certainty.
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At Christie’s London auction May
19 the famous ring which, according
to tradition. Queen Elizabeth gave to
the earl of Essex and the non-retum
of which resulted in the beheading of
the ear! and hastened Elizabeth's
death by grief, will be offered for sale.
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The international opium conference
which was to hsve been held at The
Hague July 1. has been postponed foi
one year, as Germany, Japan and Port
ugal were not prepared with the data
required.
CHOKED JO DEATH
LORENZO ANDERSON DIED AT.
TEMPTING TO SWALLOW
RAW MEAT.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What la Going on Hera and Thara
That ia of Intareat to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Seward. — Lorenzo Anderson met
death Sunday morning at the home of
his mother in Seward, from strangu
lation. While waiting for the morn
ing meal to be prepared, he attempt
ed to eat a pieoe of beef steak and
choked to death before relief could be
given him.
Marks Spot of “Lone Tree."
Central City.—A granite pillar with
its surface knotted and carved like
the trunk of a giant cottonwood tree,
now marks the spot where the “Lone
Tree" on the old Oregon trail stood
for years, the only tree up and down
the river for miles, and under the
branches of which many a tired band
of emigrants or California gold seek
ers used to rest under the protecting
■hade of its branches.
Yeggmen at Naponee.
Xaponee.—Cracksmen blew open the
6afe of the bank at Xaponee, a small
town in Franklin county, Saturday
morning and obtained 83,000.
Tbe building was practically
wrecked. Tbe noise of the explosion
awakened citizens of the town and
great excitement reigned.
Got a Late Start.
Fairbury.—Judge Boyle married a
couple recently, tbe groom being 71
and tbe bride SO. Tbe groom is F. F.
Wetmore. a veteran of tbe civil war,
wfco came to Fairbury about a year
ago The bride is Mrs. Wheeler. Mr.
and Mrs. Wetmore will make their
home in Fairbury.
Mrs. Doxey's Trial May 8.
Coiumbus. — St. Louis newspapers
announce that Monday, May 8, has
been set for the trial of Dora E. Doxey,
tbe former Columbus woman, who was
acquitted of a murder charge in St.
Louis a year ago. and is new held for
trial for bigamy.
I. O. O. F. Anniversary.
Broken Bow.—An impressive pro
gram was given Tuesday nigbt at I. O.
O. F. ball, the occasion being the cel
ebration of tbe ninety-second anniver
sary of the founding of the order of
Odd Fellows in America.
Arthur Roderick, a Fairbury painter,
fell from a scaffolding and was fatally
injured.
Keith county hud twenty-four hours’
; continuous rain last week, giving about
| three and one-half inches.
The town hall at Keshara was com
pletely destroyed by fire Saturday
morning. The fire originated mys
teriously.
The state fieh car planted several
thousand channel catfish and bull
heads in the Nemaha river at Tec mu
gen last week.
Saturday- evening at 8 o clock
marked the closing of the saloons at
Beatrice, and the town is now as dry'
as the proverbial bone.
The annua! reunion of the Christian
i church was held at Harvard Sunday.
! Notwithstanding the bad weather the
attendance was very good.
Charles S. Overton, who worked as
a house mover at Lincoln, stepped on
a rusty nail while at work. The nail
inflicted an ugly wound and Mr. Over
ten was unable to work after the acci
dent. Lockjaw developed and since
that time Mr. Overton endured tor
tures until his death Thursday.
Commencing May 7 the Fremont
i postoffice will inaugurate the Sunday
closed office plan.
The Citizens State bank of Gitlner
was robbed Tuesday morning, safe and
building being badly wrecked. The
robbers secured about $2,000.
At tne special election held at An
selmo Tuesday, the citizens voted a
$10,000 bond proposition, $7,500 for
water works system ‘and $2,500 for
. electric lights.
Paul Martin will head Creighton law
school at Omaha as dean with the
opening of the school next September.
He will be the youngest dean in the
i Lnited States. He is 28 years of age.
Fire, resulting from an automobile
explosion in which two cars were de
stroyed. gutted the large two-story.,
brick livery barn of Henry Ikmans in
est Point. All the horses and car- i
riages being safely taken out in time. 1
Circulating magazines, on the seven
day book plan, forms a new feature
at the Fremont public library.
Judge H. G. Leigh, of Nebraska
City, claims to have a dog that can
speak several words quite plain,
one being ‘ mamma,” “out,’ “thank
you” and “yip’ for yes. He is a cross
between a bull terrier and a pug.
H. M. Bushnell of Lincoln was re
elected president and F. S. Thompson
of Albion was re-elected secretary
treasurer at the closing session of the
state convention of commercial clubs
at Kearney. Hastings was selected for
the next meeting place.
J. SI. Rowley, an eld settler in York,
i died Tuesday morning aged 72 yearn.
Rev. Hugh Robinson of Brookings,
. S. D., has accepted a call to the pas*
torate of the Presbyterian church of
Pawnee City.
Under the new Nebraska game law,
every man who fishes in the state,
whether he is a resident or not. must
pay one dollar for a license.
While playing with a small colt on
his father’s farm, Riley Bates, am
eleven-year-old boy, living near Brok
en Bow, was attacked by a vicious
mare and nearly killed.
Dorothy, the younger daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Shallenberger at
Alma, fell from a horse which she
was riding and sustained a fracture
of the lower right arm.
The census report gives Deshler a
population of 609, a gain of 351 in ten
years, the greatest gain made by any
town in Thayer county and raising it
from seventh to second town in popu
lation in the county.
A snow storm unprecedented for
several years swept over the north
western part of the state Saturday
I night and Sunday. About ten to twelve
inches of snow fell, which drifted in
several places from ten to twenty
feet.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Niebaum and
children of Fontanelle bad a narrow
escape from death when their auto
mobile turned turtle and rolled over
twice. Though the occupants of the
car were severely bruised, none wai
badly hurt.
John Halik was killed at Pawnee
City when a three-horse team became
frightened, running through two sev
en-wire fences. He was thrown under
a lister, the corner of one of the
shares penetrating his brain. The
young man was 17 years of age and
was bom in Bohemia.
As Blanche Preston was coming out
of the school house at Hastings aftei
her day’s study she was holding a hat
pin point forward in her left hand
just ready to place it In her hat. when
someone ran against her elbow, forc
ing the pin into her eye, just missing
the pupil. She may lose the sight of
that eye.
A Lincoln street car on the peniten
tiary line was fired on two separate
times by an unknown man Thursday
evening. No one was struck. Three
bullets from a small sized gun. prob
ably a 22 calibre, entered the car. The
man did not show himself and not one
of the passengers of the car saw tim.
The shots were fired under cover of
darkness.
According to the report of State
Treasurer George, the Nebraska state
treasury, following the sale of $625.
000 worth of bonds, has the largesi
cash balance it has ever known. The
cash balance May 1 was $1,095,081.31
Exce;-.ing $26,084.94, the money is o*
deposit in state depositories.
Want to Raise Rates.
The application of the railroads foi
permission to increase the rate oi
sand to Omaha. South Omaha and Ida
coin from all pits within sixty or sev
enty miles from l1* cents per hundred
weight to 2 cents, had a hearing be
fore the 6tate railway commission.
Deputy State Treasurer E. C. Mickej
has reluctantly tendered his resigns
tion to State Treasurer George. Oi
account of the poor condition of hii
health. Mr. Mickey deems it necessary
to give up the very confining work ii
the state treasurer’s office.
The board of public lands and build
ings has bought a boiler for the stat«
penitentiary. The institution is no?
short of power and another boiler 1
deemed necessary.
Miss May me Graham of David Cit.
has been appointed stenographer foi
the state commission appointed to re
visa the statutes.
Lincoln.—Dates for the aviatioi
meet at the state fair have be«n fixed
as May 24, 25 and 26. Secretary Mel
lor of the state fair board has con
traded with the Curtiss aeroplane
people for the exhibitions.
Before beginning work on the re
vision of the Nebraska statutes, the
recodification commission will prob
ably visit Ohio. Iowa and Missouri
States which have recently revised
their statutes, and will find out how
the work was done. Probably oni
member of the commission will go u
each of these states.
Judge Post will be cha.rman of the
commission and J. H. Broady the nom
inal secretary. Among the first duties
of the beard will be election of an ac
tive secretary. A stenographer will
also be employed, a.
Edward Howard of Lincoln has been
retained by Chief Clerk Richmond of
the house to aid him in completing
and indexing the house Journal. How
ard was employed by the legislature
and is familiar with the work he will
have to do.
The federal land office has received
notice from 'Washington to compen
sate all those land owners in Frontlet
county who lost tracts of various
acreages there when a resurvey at a
section of that county v« made in
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WORK OF CONGRESS
A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS TO BE
TACKLED THIS WEEK.
INTEREST IN TARIFF MATTERS
1 After the Farmers Free List Bill ii
Passed House Debaters Will
Take a Respite.
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Washington.—Congress will be busy
this week with many subjects. TariS
tinkering will have a change ol
scene, the senate committee on finance
taking up the Canadian reciprocity
- bill and hearings expected to continue
I throughout the w eek.
After the farmers' free list bill is
passed Monday- tariff debaters in the
bouse will rest from the efforts while
members from the ways and mean;
| committee, behind closed doors, pre
pare for the next assault on the Payne
, Aldrich bill.
Their center of attack is to be the
wool schedule.
Among the important matters of the
senate program are the election of t
president pro tempore to succeed Sen
at or Frye who resigned, the pro
posed investigation of Senator Lori
mer’s right to retain his seat, and the
resolution providing for popular elec
tion of senators.
Some of the progressive senators
at a caucus Monday are expected tt
protest against the selection of Sena
tor Gallinger of New Hampshire as
Mr. Frye's successor. Senator Clark
of Minnesota is the candidate of the
progressives.
The general program in the house
I contemplates consideration of state
hood for Arizona and New Mexico;
passage of special resolutions provid
ing for various additional department
: al investigations and investigations
into the United States Steel corpora
tion. sugar refineries and the Ameri
| can Woolen company.
Contrary to persistent reports, it is
known that no bill has been prepared
j by the ways and means committee
j looking to a revision of the woo]
schedule. At the same time it is im
j probable efforts to persuade the demo
j cratic members of the committee to
postpone the woolen bill until nex:
. winter will be successful.
Representative Underwood. tfc*
j chairman, summed up the wool situ
ation, when he said:
j “After the house passes the free list
bill, the ways and means committee
| will begin immediately the considers
j tion of the wool schedule. It is true
j that there are differences in the party
i regarding wool, but I feel assured that
' we will be able to draft a bill accept
| able to the party as a whole and that
j it will be ready within a few weeks."
Postal Savings Banks.
: "Washington. — Postmaster Genera]
j Hitchcock has designated thirty-six
additional postoffices as postal sav
ings depositories, which including
those previously selected will make a
total of 129 established since Janu
ary 1.
DIAZ WILL RESIGN
But Jt Will Be When Peace Has
Been Restored.
Mexico City.—General Porfirio Dia*
issued a manifesto to the people of
Mexico declaring his intention to re
sign the presidency as soon as peace
is restored, in this manner the presi
dent has virtually acceded to the de
mands of Francisco I. Madero that
he make announcement of such inten
tion. As to when peace is actually
restored General Diaz reserves the
right to be the judge. In the words
of the manifesto it will be “when, ac
cording to the dictates of my con
science. I am sure that my resigna
tion will not be followed by an
archy.”
BRING IN NEARLY MILLION.
Sale of First Collection of Rare Books
of Hoe Library.
New York.—The Hoe library sale,
at which single treasures have sold
for a fortune, came to the end of its
first quarter with nearly a million dol
lars realized. Three thousand five
hundred books and manuscripts were
disposed of. and the grand total for
the ten days reached 1997.363.50. The
record-breaking price of all bookdom
—$50.000—was brought by the Guten
berg Bible, sold to Henry E. Hunting
ton of Los Angeles.
Charges Filed.
Seattle.—Charges were filed with
the Seattle Bar association against
Superior Judge Wilson R. Gay. ask
ing his disbarment on the ground that
frequently be had been intoxicated
while on the bench. The complainant
was Hiram C. Gill, former mayor of
Seattle, who was recalled for miscon
duct last February.
Reciprocity in Canada.
Ottowa. Ont—The adjournment of
parliament for two months while Sir
Wilfrid Laurier and the Canadian
parliamentary delegation are in Eng
land attenfling the coronation, will
mark the beginning of an educational
campaign for reciprocity throughout
Canada under the direction of the lib
eral members of the house. The op
ponents have planned a similar cam
paign against ratification. The gov
ernment is confident the result will
be the creation of a strong demand
tor ratification.
CHASED BY PACK
OF FIERCE WOLVES
COLORADO RANCHER HAS EXCIT
ING EXPERIENCE WITH
VICIOUS ANIMALS.
Tie Siding, Wyo.—Chased by a pack
| of hungry, vicious wolves down
-trough Cedar canyon, and saved by \
' .he presence of a homesteader with a
| good learn of horses, was the experi
ence of A1 Hinton, a rancher living j
; ius*. across the state line in Colorado, j
Hilton's arms, legs and body bear the
: marks of the animals’ fangs, and he is
' confined to his bed under the care cf
I a surgeon.
Hilton was out searching for a
t bunch of cattle which had strayed
j into the mountains. He carried a
■ double-b.'.rreled shotgun, but had only
one round of ammunition.
“Late in the afternoon,” he says. "I
gave up and turned back. I had gone
! but a short distance when I heard the |
; aowling of wolves. I hurried through
;_i
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The Wolves Soon Caught Up With
Us.”
-he underbrush, but the pack gained
on me. 1 turned and fired, when they j
came in sight, and killed the leader.
But this did not stop them, and after
a sprint of another 100 yards or so I j
fired again, killing two of the beasts.
"This stopped them for a few min- I
utes. I don’t know whether or not j
they ate the dead ones, but it was I
only a few- minutes until they were I
after me again.
"Once they got so close that I
brained one wolf with the club end of I
I
my gun.
"I was almost, exhausted when 1
reached the end of the canyon and
ran out into the prairie. And there,
a short distance away, was a man in
a buggy drawn by two horses. I yelled
He waited. I jumped in just as the i
wolf pack broke from the woods.
"We drove as rapidly as the horses
could travel, but the wolves soon
caught up with us. They were snapping
and biting at the horses. The home
steader had been to town and had a
quarter of beef in his buggy. We
threw this to the wolves and they
stopped to devour it- While they did
so we made good our escape.”
; The stock of Hilton's gun is bat
:ered and broken from the clubbing I
given the wolves in his fight to es
cape.
RUEF RUNS A BIBLE CLASS
Imprisoned San Francisco Boss Dis
plays Considerable Ability as
Bible Teacher.
San Quentin. Cal.—Every evening
after dinner finds Abe Ruef, former
' political dictator of San Francisco,
conducting a Bible class in San Quen
; tin prison, which continues until
‘lights out” time. The class has grown
l from his two cellmates until it now
numbers about 90.
Ruef Teaches Bible Class.
Ruers ability as a teacher of the
Bible has been heralded around the
prison with such rapidity that he has
received an invitation to deliver a se
ries of sermons in the prison chapel
May Teach Office Hygiene.
New York.—A school of ‘ office hy
giene" is a novel feature offered tc
business men by the New Union hos
pitaL It will undertake to direct busi
ness and professional men. educators
and ministers as to sanitary conditions
under which they should work and th«
length of time they and their em
ployes should work each day and each
year to make the moat of their time
abilities and health.
ROYAL FLUSH IS
Expires as She Wins Money
Enough to Offset Loan to
Sweetheart.
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GIVES FIRM’S FUtfDS TO MAN
Youth Disappears Soon After Borrow*
ing From Girl and She Tries to
Recoup Loss by Playing Cards
:'or Stakes—Draws Royal
Flush and Dies.
Chicago.—Just at the critical mo
ment, when there was enough money
in the pot to wipe out an indebted
ness, incurred for her sweetheart,
Miss Laura Cotton, as she was win
ning steadily in a poker game to re
trieve the loss of the loan, drew a
royal flush and dropped dead in her
chair
The other members of the poker
party, shocked at the sudden climax
of their evening s enjoyment, hurried
ly called a physician, but Miss Cot
ton died before he arrived.
Miss Cotton, together with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Cotton,
and J. Mann, a friend, had been play
lng cards all evening. In the early
stages of the game the stakes were
low and Miss Cotton held successful
hands every deal. Determined to win
enough money to repay her for a loss
she had incurred by loaning money
to her sweetheart, she raised the ante
and still continued to be successful.
At eleven o’clock she had won half
of the amount required. In the next
deal the jackpot increased until It
held more than enough to offset the
I06S of the loan. Miss Cotton was
feverish with excitement. With her
whole future seemingly staked on the
hand she was about to draw, the strain
proved too much and when a royal
flush loomed into view she dropped
over in a dead faint.
“Sometime ago my daughter was
employed by the Equity Finance and
Loan company,” said Mr. Cotton
‘During her employment there she be
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She Dropped Over in a Dead Faint
came acquainted with a young man
who paid her considerable attention.
He called here frequently and in a
short time a close friendship was
formed.
"One day he told her he was in a
very serious predicament, saying that
he needed a considerable amount of
money and didn’t know where to get
it. He asked her for a loan, saying
he would repay it soon. My daughter
did not have that much money, but
told him she could get it from the
firm.
"Knowing the young man so well
and believing him to be perfectly hon
est. she complied with his request by
taking some of the firm's money and
giving it to him, never suspecting but
that it would be returned soon.”
Soon after she made the loan the
man disappeared, leaving no message,
and Miss Cotton was obliged to bor
row the money to make good het
shortage.
me nrm never missed the money
and she was never questioned, but
from that time on. according to her
father, she began to worry She be
came nervous, her health failed and
she left her position. Finally she be
came subject to fainting spells that
resulted in her death.
Her father, who is employed by the
Deering Harvester company, attributes
the death of his daughter to the worry
and distraction over the loan incident
and the fainting spells which followed
Thief Steals Time.
Berlin.—Munich has just been vis
ited by a thief with a sense of humor.
Several days ago all the clocks in the
ministry of railways came to a stand
still.
The central or master clock, which
controls all the others, had been
stolen.
In its place was a sheet of papei
with the words: “Time was made for
slaves.”
Catches Coin in Mouth.
Dalton, Mass.—Charles Connors ot
Dalton wagered that he could catch in
his mouth 12 half dollars tossed from
a distance of ten feet.
He caught them all, but the twelfth
slid down his throat. It was recov
ered in the hospital, but Connors halt
to pay $25 for the operation.