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The Loop City Northwesters S. W BCKLE3GH. Publisher LOUP CITY, - • NEBRASKA rpITOilF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECTS. ME SHORT BUT INTERESTING Brief Meet ten of What is Transpiring la Various Sections of Our Own and Fore 9" Countries. Congress. Tbe boose passed Par.-tra cucal COieraBJeo! bill, I« to <1. Tbe senate pensions comm.r re re ported annual appropr.-iitti. biil car ry ms SlSASMt.bWt. Tbe bo us i Judiciary i.mauti** continued its intestication Into • targ t» anainst Judce Arrbba.d W P Boland t« - lifted left:« tbe boose Judiciary ronnitlc :tieic.;ca: iN riarsH aaainst Judce Arcsfanld. Senator Cranford spe te favor.&p a eaastttaUonal amenctaetit te fix terms lor superior court judge* to tec ;enra. In the senate Senator Bose, b spot, ertti' »ed tbe metbe-c* of tbe aepubima presidential nomination aspirants Senator Smith acnounrec re woaid file Titanic taveeticatiBC totem.nee* teport next Tuesday when he uojid i peak sa the » object. Senator Cranford introd-red a pro posed osasritatMmai imcotust to mit terms of federal judge* of t.ten or courts to tea years Charyes of eftrnl miarcsdnet by E Q Valentine. Indian ctMBxt:«M« her. were renewed before tbe interior department expenditure* committee. la tbe boon*, by n vote d 117 tc IN tbe pm tsioa in Panama bill re fursy an tolls be rhsry'd roast m-<se senseis pansinc through cant! *as re •atharued- Senator Snort to report adverse-ly the boose noci tariff revi sion toll aad announce that a sabsai tafe arum- invld be framed. Report* of the majority aad xiaor fty of the Larimer tavostigatiag ccro m tte was subasit'ed; majcr:*y up holding Sma'or Ijoriater* fight to re tain tie mat; minority coed etna lag fete la the bouse Representative Aiken Introduced muilntioa d:rec*ic-n Sec retary Wilson to report tire xno-tine as under shirk his mm »a* a**»*•->.tied to pasatfoa siti a Colorado irrigation mmpsay. An an rto* at for a vote os the meant tariff toil next Monday *a* car maty f exd in the senate a* tbe re sult af object*** by Senat; r Hey: ora af Idaho, folios nr a lively tariff fit Genera!. hndes.1 Taft is confident cf U *ose vei: * defeat Roosevelt and Harmon are pro nounced high m*a in Ohio. There is no adjourstnent ye: in a-gfit for '-eagres* The *et.ate is tied ap lor a long time. George W. Parkins suggests that all letters an prosecution ci the tar totcr trust be made public Champaign >o selected tor the seventeenth annual meetine of the Il'inou Congregational conference. The proposed amendment to the eaastitutwa pr»< iding for direct elec ta* af senator* has bees mailed to the governors af the states by Secre tary Knox Ecprrimen* tag to find ways to make a aane Fourth of July in New York attractive. Mayor Gay nor* cox mittee arranged a sample electrical display on Riverside drive. A fight is on in the Chicago board af edaeaiioa to retire school teachers and principals of advanced years. They Mark the education of thou sands of teacher*, is one contention. Francis i McConnell, president of lie Pas* university. Greencastle. Ind. is the fifth bishop to be elected at The present session of the general conference of the Methodist Episco pal charch Ofhdaln of the Scbeniey iPm.1 Distillery rxsptt;. two of wboee warehoaaes mere h«roj<d in one of the moot tptcunhr Sres ever seen td the Allegheny volley, mid the loss would approximate ShMU.fthO. At Bon Francisco. John Martin, ■tilhownlr* clubman, wax* made de fendant >a a anit for $;<*•*•<«. dam age* died by Ed* in V. Smith, a wealthy business man. who alleged Shat Mania ' at ole hi* wife. Word *a» received at Halifax by the White Star oWciala that the •tea mer Mutrtmagsy bad been unable to ted aay more boo.es from the Ti tanic disaster and that she win rt tsrtict is Halifax. Warren * Stone of Cleveland, grand chief of the brotherhood of lo comotive engineer* since 1MJ. was re-elerted far six ysert Bat one bal lot «as tahea. and Stone had mi many of the T»1 votea east that the eiet tkoe on* made imaaimoo*. Two thward members of the grand lodge aad Rehalmh assembly of (he I. O O F met at Be Lcsit for their acnaai convention. James A. fWersor. of Minneapolis •aanani i i his eaadidac-y tar the failed Stales sens'# to socreed Sena tion Nelson at the September pri Anrrx* • demand for the luxuries cf life ha* not d miaished with the ever mounting com of necessities. Ar ticles listed as "luxuries" imported Sato this ceaatry daring the Bocal year coding Jaae 3* wtil exceed n value tS»>.MBJBB. The Episcopal church of Iowa will Jain the inter-church fed* ration, which will iarinde seven denomina thcr ia the state Lawremee L O Briea was sentenced at Mexico Ctty to suffer lb- death penalty for the murder a year aao of Hr. Hal f. Clack, a date tat, by atari Manager Dixon said the result in Ohio made certain the nomination of Roosevelt. The senate committee on commerce reported favorably the bill to permit the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Council Bluffs. The British bouse of commons ad journed to June 4. > Houston. Tex., had million dollai fire in business seection. The Ohio contest will be fought over at the coming state conventions. The Presbyterian general assembly took a strong stand against the liquor traffic. There will be an early report by •he senate committee on the Titanic j disaster. President D. B. Perry of Doane Neb > ccliege, died while traveling .n the east. Secretary Hayward is making up the rc!' cs.il of the republican nation , al convention. The bouse voted against levying of to Is on American-owned coast wise steamers. Koos-etelt said there would be no on.i remise at the republican nation al contention. Senator Root of New- York will be "eiuj^ rary chairman of the republican national convention. Francis J. McConnell, president of Depaw university, was elected a Methodist bishop Senator Oliver said the pending metal revision bill was to the liking of the steel corporation. President Taft sent to the senate the com.nation as rear admiral ot Capta.n Frank E. Beattie. Prediciticn of Roosevelt domination and a reign of mob law was made in ■he house by Dies of Texas. At Santiago. Cal.. C. H. Tolliver and w.fe were murdered Saturday. Tolli j ver was a well known airship inven tor and builder. Robbers entered the bank of Car | re;. Oti and escaped w<th booty amrunt.ng to about $15,000. secured < by the blasting of the safe In Paris. 506 Midinettes. as the mil j liner apprentices are called, have formed a union for better pay, short er tours and more regular work. John Wesley Hoyt, former terri torial governor of Wyoming and for •he last twenty years chairman of the national university committee, died. Miners of district 13. comprising j low* and the north tier of counties in | Mi--c .iri. will vc.:e May 23 on the ten •at e agreement reached at Des ! Mottles Dr T. F Henderson of Brooklyn ant. W O. She parti of Chicago are the r.e-. bishops of the Methodist ‘Episco ,-ai -onf. recce elected on the elev | cBth ballot i i:r .rut: duu:i ui miiuiua v«uiwuv ; so .eties of Illinois elected as presi- I dent Lit J A. Bauer of Germantown a no ‘elected Decatur as the next con vention city. The supreme court cf Missouri con tinued the application of the Stand ard O:! company for a modification of the judgment against it until the ; October term. ilr. Roosevelt's comment on the se lection of Senator Root as temporary 1 chairman of the republican conven- j j tics contains a significant reference I to the convention of IS84. The German reichstag passed to the th.rd reading of the bills increas- j t g 'he German army and navy. The navy bill provides for an extra battle- ! *• .p squadron, with three additional lattloshii*s and two cruisers. The inexplicable fact that many holders of I'nited States bonds fail to present their interest checks for payment within any reasonable per .od. caused Secretary MacVeagh to ; place a limit upon the time in which these drafts can be cashed without encountering delay. Heavy losses by Japanese troops in ! Formosa occurred April 2?. according to mail advices brought by the Awe 1 Maru. Working toward a native camp, the Japanese forces were am bushed and the commander and manv men killed. Another detachment sent to Hak Ku also was ambushed. Resolutions protesting against the Itassage by congress of the Dilling ham Immigration bill were adopted at a mas* meeting in Chicago attended by college professors, clerymen and laymen. It was declared that if the bill became a law. no political refugee from Russia would be safe from de portation. The members of the subcommittee on arrangements for the republican national convention adjourned in Chi cago without naming a temporary chairman for the convention. After adjournment Secretary Hayward an nounced that the committee had de etded to leave the selection of a tem porarv chairman to Harry S. New chairman of the subcommittee. Personal. President Taft will succeed himseli ! as elective member of the Yale cor j poratien. Married 56 years ago. Joshua Jones and his wife died of pneumonia on ! the same day at Pittsburg. Enemies of Judge Archbald are accused of plotting to discredit him. James M. Lynch has been re-elect ed president of the International Typographical union. Champ Clark has a solid delegation from Iowa. Wyoming republicans declared for Taft and democrats for Champ Clark. John Stevenson, a protege of Car negie. told how be sold steel proper ties at a profit Madame Coretta Found, who claim ed to be the smallest midget in the show world, was killed in a runaway accident at Kankakee, 111. Representative Underwood, demo cratic leader, announced that the pro gram for the adjournment. June 15, mast be carried out as far as the bouse was concerned. Chairman Fitzgerald of the house appropriation committee charged that members were guilty of petty graft ing. Leo Blakeman. a freshman student in Iowa university, was drowned while swimming in Iowa river. Mr*. Frank J. Mackey, wife of the j famous polo player, horseman and millionaire broker, died recently in i London. The name of Major Archibald W. j Butt President Taft's aide, who went i down with the Titanic, has been for mally dropped from the United States . krmy parrel’. YOUNG m A HERO ACCIDENTALLY KIBLED BY HIS TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BROTHER. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What it Going on Her* and Ther* That is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Broken Bow—Through the heroism of a 9-year-old boy, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Harbaugh of this city, was saved from drowning. Three little boys, one of them being the son of A. L. Ford, went to the Swope ice pond in the afternoon to fish. Becom ing tired of the sport, the 3-year-old Harbaugh boy climbed to the top of the ice chute and. losing his balance, slid down the incline into deep water. Without hesitation the Ford boy jumped into the water and with great difficulty succeeded in getting his little companion to shore. Killed in Auto AccidenL Arlington—Joseph Bruening of St. James, a well-to-do Nebraska farmer, was killed Sunday afternoon in an automobile accident. The machine he was driving turned over while going down a hill in the vicinity of his home. He was thrown some distance and his neck was broken. Mr. Breun ing was an old resident of Cedar county and leaves a wife and ten children. Boy Shot by Brother. Falls City—Sherman Wiltse. the six-year-old son of Clarence Wiltse. Thursday morning was shot by a 12 yeax-old brother with a .22 rifle. The bullet entered the left temple. He died about noon. The brother was shooting English sparrows and Sherman unex pectedly ran in front of the gun and received the bullet. Physicians were called, but w ere unable to do anything. To Build Line of Their Own. Bethany—Dissatisfied with the re sults of their fight made against the Omaha. Lincoln & Beatrice interurban street railway, citizens of Bethany have organized a corporation to be known as the Bethany Traction com pany and will build a street car line from that suburb to connect with the state farm line of the lancoln Trac tion company. Hastings Juniors Disciplined. Hastings—The junior class of Hast ings high school attended classes all day Saturday, the first occasion of its kind on record here. It was by the order of Principal Mitchell and a di rect result of the junior '•sneak" of last Tuesday when the third class, in imitation of the seniors, took a class holiday. Knights of Columbus Banquet. Hastings—Over 300 Knights of Co lumbus attended the initiations and banquet of Hastings council. No. 1133. Thirty-eight candidates were initiated in the morning and afternoon, and at night their admission to the order was celebrated with a banquet at Fraterni ty hall. _ STATE BASE BALL NEWS Beatrice lost to Humboldt Satur day. 9 to 5. Parrott and Balderson have been released by Superior. Catcher Wacob of Wichita will play with Superior this season. "Ducky" Holmes' bunch in the Mink league is playing good ball. Saturday games at York will be called at 3 o'clock hereafter. Not a Kearney hitter reached sec ond in the game at Hastings Saturday. Beatrice Mink league players claim to be in fine trim and are looking for scalps. Manager Bennett of the Fremont Pathfinders says York has the best ball park in the circuit. In an exciting game at Falls City. Monday, the first of the series. Beat rice was shut out by a score of 4 to 0. Beatrice has added an additional catcher, who will also play first, and the team is otherwise being strength ened. The Hastings-Grand Island game scheduled for Hastings Sunday was transferred to Grand Island, and the local team was defeated 10 to 5. The Hastings management has made a special admission fee of 10 cents to the boys of the city. Pierce expects to open the baseball season about June 1. Last year when the club disbanded it had won the greatest percentage of games over all the teams in northeastern Nebraska. George Harms, the hard-hitting right fielder, broke up Monday's Hast ings game in the last half of the eighth inning by sending the ball over the left field fence after two runs had been scored and one man on third. Although Columbus got thirteen hits ofT Wright in Monday's battle at York, the visitors were only able to win by a score of 2 to 1. Manager Dorsch of Superior has lined up his men in better shape, and with the two new men. Hasier and Kerr, he has a much stronger team than at any time since he has been training his recruits. Superior lost to Grand Island Mon day by a score of 7 to 4. Good work in the outfield by Stuaft and Krusa of Superior and the hitting of Hodges, getting four successive hits in five times up. were the features. Badura sprained his shoulder in the York game Saturday. He slipped and fell when making a dash for a fly. The Fairburv and Hebron baseball teams played a warmly contested game at the Fairbury city park dia mond Monday, and a large crowd of fans w$re on hand to witness the first game of the season. Each team worked hard to win. but it was a one sided affair in favor of the Fairbury players. The work of Galen Sitler, pitcher for Fairbury. was responsible in a large measure for its success. The score was 15 to 0 in favor of Fairbury. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA The Nebraska Press association will meet at Lincoln. June 3, 4 and 5. The Nebraska dental' association will meet at Lincoln the last of the week. Twenty-one students will graduate from the Tekamah high school this week. The Seward Cold Storage and Ice company started making ice with its new plant. Rev. A. A. Brooks of Hastings will deliver the memorial address for the G. A. R.'s at that place. A move has been started for macad amizing the road leading from Fre mont to the Platte river bridge. At a meeting of Broken Bow citizens it was decided to celebrate the Fourth of July this year on a large scale. Mrs. Conrad Schlatee. eighty years of age. of Plattsmouth, is in a critical condition from a stroke of paralysis. The public school at North Bend i has been closed by order of the board of education because of a case of scarlet fever. The Central City school district is sued $55,000 in bonds to provide funds for tbe building of a new high school and a new ward school. The village council of Peru has been reorganized with R. \Y. Kellev chairman. Frank Martin clerk and Earie Fioher. treasurer. William Groteka. residing near North Bend, is critically ill with blood poisoning, which developed where his rubber boot rubbed his heel. Charlie McCarthy and sister. Kate, of Hebron were passengers on the ill fated Titanic. Only the sister's name appears on the list of the saved. The Fremont Commercial club is taking the initiative in repairing the Morehouse grade, the principal road between Arlington and Fremont. Nebraska eggs are in demand at Vancouver. British Columbia. Deal ers all over the state are sending large quantities to that Canadian mar ket. The motion for £ new trial for Wil liam Flege. found guilty of man slaughter was overruled in the dis ! trict court at Pender Saturday after noon. Members of the German classes at the Fremont high school gave a Ger man entertainment at the public li brary auditorium which is highly spoken of. Rev. Joseph Toms of Omaha, who was recently elected to fill the vaean i cy in the pastorate of the First Con gregational church at Ashland, has as sumed charge. i ne coacn oi mo state tuoercuiosjs hospital at Kearney, containing P. Fol som. Miss Risser. J. E. Kennard and Patti Garber, was struck by an automo bile and badly wrecked. C. H. Challis. editor of the Ulysses | Dispatch, is dead as the result of a brief illness with erysipelas. Mr. Challis was well known among the J newspaper men of the state. Orchards in Podge and adjacent counties are showing the effects of the freak weather of the past year and are damaged even more than some of the nurserymen will admit. Mrs. J. A. Goudie of Beaver City is dead from injuries received in a run ■ away at Stamford, and her grand . daughter. Miss Ethel Goudie. is still suffering from serious injuries. Work has been begun at Franklin on the new Congregational church to be erected, a number of the members donating their services for excavating the basement and other kinds of work. The Nebraska Association of Com mercial clubs is in favor of 1-cent let ter postage, according to communica tions received by members of con gress from R. D. McFadden of Hast-' ings. secretary of the association. The fourth assistant postmaster general has informed business men of the state that carriers may deliver packages weighing over four pounds for hire, upon request of their patrons. The village of College View has voted to issue bonds to the amount of $25,000 for the purpose of installing its own water system. The proposi tion was carried by a vote of 243 to 70. Policeman W. J. O'Brien of Norfolk was shot in the leg by V. St. Clair Mitchell, a traveling salesman, who mistook the officer for a burglar. Both were pursuing the thugs in the dark. What is probably a fine specimen of mammoth tooth, with a portion of the jaw bone attached, has been found near Geona. Neb. The discovery was made by some boys who were fishing in Beaver Creek. The tooth weighs seven pounds and measures in excess of seven inches across the top one way and three inches the other and is seven inches long. John Mcl^aughiin. son of the late William McLaughlin, has paid to Lan caster County Clerk Somraerlad $2. 297.75, in settlement of the shortage in the treasurer's office during the period when Mr. McLaughlin was treasurer. During a recent violent rain storm the residence of John Hargens at Uehling was struck by lightning and Mrs. Hargens the only occupant | of the place at the time, suffered from the effects of the bolt, though she | was not seriously injured. Mr Scofield, who was so badly in- ( j jured by a fall from the roof of the ce- j i ment works at Auburn three weeks ago. is still alive, but unconscious. The St. Cecilia society, an organiza tion composed of ladies musically in clined. held its second annual musi cal festival with houses crowded to . the doors of the Bartenbach theater | at Grand Island. Ex-Senator Luce and wife, of Re- j I publican City, had a narrow escape | from death when the team they were i driving jumped from a bridge into ! | the creek, wrecking the buggy and j ! bruising them up considerably. F. E. Pratt, proprietor of the Gold- j I en Rod dairy at Fremont, realized $10.- : 149 from the sale of 100 head of cattle j when he closed out his heard of milch j I cows and calves. He was forced to do j { so because the river flood left his pas- 1 i cures under three inches of sand. Phillip Keller, a young farmer of | Pierce, Neb., marketed a load of i steers at South Omaha Tuesday I morning, which sold for $8.65 per 100 > pounds, the highest price ever paid in j that market for cattle. The twenty head averaged 1,433 pounds, making the total of the draft $2,479.09, or an average of $123.95 per head. CANNOT HOLD PLACE SENATOR LORIMER IT APPEARS MUST STEP OUT. REQUIRED VOTES IRE LICKING —i i ■ ■ Son of Senator Says His Father Will Not Give Up Seat Without a Struggle. ■Washington.—Senator Lorimer of Illinois will receive word direct from his friends in the senate that they cannot hope to save him in his fight for the retention of his seat. While it is not admitted that Lorimer will be urged to resign, it was said he might decide on that course. Vice President Sherman left Wash ington Sunday night for Chicago. It w-as said his mission was private bus iness. but it was rumored that he would see Senator Lorimer and com municate to him the result of a poll of the senate that has just been con cluded. That poll shows: Certain for Lorimer. 40; certain to jppose him. ;i9; doubtful, 16. There Is one vacancy. The attitude of the senators whose votes are classed as doubtful has given the friends of Senator Lorimer much concern. Although nearly a week has gone by since the poll was made the Lori mer supporters have not been able to add one name to their list. Those classed as doubtful have refused to give the Lorimer men any indication of their intentions. Lorimer men were forced to the conclusion that the list of doubtful votes was too large to give them any chance to win if the case were brought to vote. It was decided, therefore, to submit the exact situa tion to Senator Lorimer. There was no one of the Lorimer supporters authorized to speak for the junior Illinois senator, but it was argued that he should resign and not further uselessly embarrass his friends in what they felt would be a futile battle. It was argued further that Senator Lorimer should be con tent to rest cn his former victory and the fact that a majority of the com mittee which investigated the charges the second time had reported in his favor. finally u was agrees mat me only thing that could be done would be to present the situation to the senator himself. His health has been im paired throughout most of the present session and he has been unable to remain here to look after his own in terests. It was thought that he might be influenced to abandon the fight on that account. Chicago.—William Lorimer. jr.. son of United States Senator Lorimer. said his father would not give up his seat in the senate without a struggle. Denial of a rumor that Senator Lor irner's resignation had been taken back to Washington by Vice Presi dent Sherman also was made by Mr. Lorimer. jr. “It is no. likely that the vice presi dent cf the United States would make a messenger boy of himself," the son said. Clapp Will Oppose Root. St. Paul.—Following a conference by Ormsby McHarg of New York, one of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's man agers and contest expert, Gifford Pin chot. former chief forester and lead er of the Roosevelt movement in Min nesota. Hugh T. Halbert of St. Paul, announced that United States Sen ator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota will probably be a candidate for tempora ry chairman of the republican nation al convention at Chicago next mouth in place of Senator Elihu Root. Eulogy cf Latta. Washington.—The late Congress man James Latta of Nebraska was eulogized in a special memorial ser vice held by the house of representa tives. The speakers were Repre sentatives Stephens. Norris, Kinkaid and Maguire, all of Nebraska. In Serious Condition. London.—Dowager Queen Louise of Denmark, is in a serious condition, says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Mail. She has been removed to Fruens Bcge. suffering from nervous shock. Exports for Aprii. Washington.—The monthly state ment of the Department of Commerce and Labor shows the total v^lue of exports for April to have been $176.- . IrtO.OOO as against $15000.000 for the j same month last year. A Kind Judge. Xew York.—When Daniel Walsh, arrested for stealing a ride on a i freight train, told Magistrate Kerno chan he was trying to get to work, j the magistrate gave him fare. Declared Net Guilty. Cleveland. O.—A verdict of not guilty was returned in federal court ; for the eight wall paper manufactur- t ers and jobbers who were tried for alleged violation of the Sherman law in conspiring in restraint of trade in the conduct of their business. New Order for Police. Chicago. 111.—The mounted police men in Chicago public parks must walk or learn to ride a motorcycle. 1 The commissioners have decided that ! he has become merely an ornament. I Succeeds Titanic Victim. London.—The announcement was made that Edson Joseph Chamber lain. vice president of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, has been ap pointed to succeed Charles M. Hayes, who lost his life in the Titanic disas ter, as president. Battleship Nebraska Aground. Xew Orleans.—The battleship Xe braska ran aground Saturday in Southwest Pass, at the mouth of the Mississippi river, while bound from Xew Orleans to Hampton Roads. NEW JERSEY YOUTH A CHAMPION EATER j Frederick Binks Establishes World's Record in Art of Consuming Cream Puffs. Paterson, N. J.—Emulating “the young man with the cream tarts," from Robert Louis Stevenson's “Mod ern Arabian Xights.” Frederick Binks, sixteen years old, of 80 Ellison street, has established a world's record. He ate 42 cream puffs on a bet, hereby being the champion light weight cream puff eater of the world. As a grand finale and at the same time to prove there was no ill feeling, Binks. with great satisfaction, ate three cocoanut pies. The entire per formance took twenty minutes. Binks now stands ready to meet all comers j in the cream puff line. Louis Geng. a farmer of Wanaque. 1 and a close friend of Binks, came to ‘ visit the latter. During a conversa 1 The Contest Was On. tion about his fondness for cream puffs, Binks declared he could eat a dozen of them. Geng. who has a keen sense of humor, made a wager that Binks could not eat fifteen. Before accepting the bet Binks asked to be excused for a few min utes. He left the room and came back in ten minutes smiling. He an nounced that he would take the bet and the money, $10. was placed in the hands of Ernest Steinheibler of SO Ellison street, who was made referee by mutual agreement. Then the contest was on. When the fifteenth puff had been eaten Binks never stopped, but kept right on un til he had eaten all the puffs on the pan, 27 in all. There was nothing left to eat but three cocoanut pies. Binks finished these and smacked his lips. “Tell me." asked Geng after the bet had been paid, “why you left the room before you would 6ay that you would take the bet." “Well. I wanted to see if-I really could do it.” he replied. He had gone outside and eaten fifteen to make sure of things. LEGS BURNED AND FROZEN Section Hand. Camping Near Village. Has Fit and Falls Into a Bonfire. Norwalk, O.—Suffering from burns on his right leg, extending from the hip to the ankle, and with his left leg badly frozen. Joe Moyrock. aged thirty one years, a Polish railroad section hand, was brought to the county in firmary in this city recently from Greenwich. Moyrock started to walk along the railroad track from Shelby to Green- i wich. and when darkness overtook him he built a bonfire alongside the track just outside the village. He reclined beside the fire to spend the night. During the night he was seized with I—_-1 Was Seized With s Fit. an epileptic fit. and while in that con dition his right leg fell among the embers of his fire. When he regained consciousness. Moyrock says, he was unable to walk or to drag himself to : where he could receive assistance. He was not found for two days. Dur ing that time his left leg and right foot and ankle were froxen. Both legs were amputated. Talked in His Sleep. Detroit.—Because he talked In hi* sleep Greene McAdoo betrayed to his associates in a local boarding house that he was wanted in Greensboro X. C., for wife murder. He was ar rested. Required Two Graves. Xew York.—It took two graves to hold the body of Frank Larson. He weighed 465 pounds when he died ol fatty degeneration of the heart. The coffin was three feet four inches deep. STORMS TO PREDICT SELVES Wireless Stations tc Be Used to Make Tempests Send Their Own Warning Ahead. Storm centers move usually in an easterly or northeasterly direction. Hence the prediction of storms on the Atlantic coast is possible, since most of them come from the Mississippi valley. Some come up the coast from tea Caribbean sea, but even in this ease we have no warning. But western Europe is less fortu nate. Its tempests come from the At lantic, and with little warning. Euro pean weather men have made as much as possible a study of the paths of American storms across the Atlantic and are sometimes accurate in pre dicting the time of their arrival; the same has been done with storms com ing up from the South Atlantic. But It often happens that storms vary either their route or the rate of move ment, so that predicting cyclones on the coast of western Europe is more or less guesswork. As a possible help in this respect Director Andre of the Lyons observa tory is making a deep study of the galvanometer records of various wire less telegraph stations. He has found that the antennae are sensitiv to any stray electric currents as well as to messages, and he hopes to discover a way to make the storms telegraph their own warnings ahead of their arrival. Every storm is accompanied by elec trical disturbances, and already M. Andre has accumulated a mass of evi dence to show that each storm in this way gives warning. Just how to read this evidence is the problem to which he is devoting himse'.f. Simplest Way of All. The following story the Saturday Evening Post says is told of Col. George W. Goethals. who at the time it took place was an instructor in en gineering at West Point. One day. in a recitation he gave out this question to a class of cadets: "The post flagpole, sixty feet high, has fallen down. You are ordered by your commanding officer to put it up again. You have under your command a sergeant and ten privates of the en gineer corps. How would you get the pole back into place?” Each cadet, after long consideration and much figuring over the derricks, blocks, tackle and so on, evolved a different method. “No.” said Goethals. "you are all wrong. You would simply say: ‘Ser geant, put up that flagpole!’” Best Business Creator. As a business creator, what is there better than advertising? Have you ever asked that question of yourself? The millions that advertising has made for merchants are uncountable, yet there are business men who even now don't believe in advertising, just as there are people who still think it is safer and more convenient to travel in a prairie schooner behind a pair of slow oxen than in a Pullman palace car. Yet this type of business man is seldom rated in commercial rating books.—Exchange. On the Train. "Mercy. Laura, what do you mean by beginning to write just as soon as the train pulls out?" "Oh, I'm just writing a post card to my husband, telling him we arrived safely. • Judged by the Wires. 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