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LATE EVENTS 8GILE0 DOWN
Rmcrii. Re'itJcal. Fere go and Other
pence • nte reel: r - to the
Central Reader.
Sfiitiui hstc*
Governor Marsaail pictured Kuo**
veil m a fas fcdttf
Bryta vjxAc u> a crowd of ala
thorn* md at Aberdeen, a. D.
G«* Kiwi fcp.--.ac U> T.edfi people
la the Aim. >u::«a *. (iwifea.
Cot—I Kowtelt began his Micbi
«caa campa-fu with a* addre** at lie
tmt
Former S -epubucan Secretary Dover
waa guvs'-maid cwarerniug campaign
rmm'ntnsUnfim
Govermir Wilaon accuse* repubib
caa* and ptograml*** o! niggling with
the trw*t question
Ckark* It < raae lev tilled be con
tnbau-d to both the Ka FoUetle aad
Wilson campaign tub4*
Colonel Hmai«lt. deploring the aa
•agonism v: La FolletTe. accused the
Mr Kwoviit say* it is difficult to
drwfc a die- action between the repute
*<st aad democratic partie*.
RepoMicaa t>fwgre»site quarrels in
« nay state* on the question of elec
L r» im.r been « le**ed away.
The three pulitirai parties are
donating their chicken* quite m ad
•aace at the batching **-«son
A ui*} 'l.tuug greeted Woodrow
TtiM at Chicago, with supporter*
aad «ppv-a;t>cie addins to the din
1* a mrewfdd* danial of charge*
aga.L»t Lit: Kooseieit *ald be never
Lshad a penny lor hi* < ampaigt-.
Governor Johnson a rued Wood
row W^aot. at having radically
changed hi* view* on union labor.
Taft s friend* claim that be i* now
Cashing ray- d gains a i slung the polit
ii iw t'r<*T*t*:t< * claim other
rn* *
GM.erwor Wilson spent a quiet day
f&uadayt a Limwdii attending church
and dmcoM.ag the eatzi.aaigu with \Y.
4 Brian at Fairview
Kuar.rlt called on Wilson to prove
nr fotrarf hi* «atem*»f that the steel
corporation is supporting the prog
ireuir party candidal*-*
fhimscrgt* of fbe state of Washing
ton win again nominate a candidate
for gutemor. it baling been decided
that ua former auun** is ineligible.
-Knoaov«tf is a man who is against
pen**, who love* a 'rgm and kill, and
who plays with fire." raid Warren
Haring, former Iwn'enant governor
of Ohm. la aa address in Omaha
la lartroit. one i Lousand women
will watch the poll* election day to
*** wha* tote# for the equal suffrage
•oastnational amende -nt are counted.
The Xew York women * branch of
the progress!!* pern finance com
mittee has complete! plan* to invade
seventeen middle wrsterw states and
net! null moose buttun* at IS cent*
per
Th* tepub'-.c** *♦ .-* committee of
Misuoun filed a petition in the countv
rtrrwif court to enjoin the secretary
of slate from prmtinc on the official
ballot the progressive party's presi
dent ui! elector*
General.
11m J. lit at. a political leader :a
I'i ilad' ptia Mlrdnl
7 tree Be-re ,\uier»<-»i:* were killed
by a 4tunc.ee Nicaraguan mob
Mruru tedrrsl (loops suffered a
e rwu reverse near Kacaioe.
Yield lag to the demands of conser
vaUsnkrts that coal laiida hereafter
he leased h} the gov er tltnej.1 to prt
rate uarmu Instead of allotted or
Mid the Bterior department Las an
bousi -d that the plan would be tried.
Idaadr JCabMie. tuE rag cite. was
•Jested from a polil.cai meeting in
t aruagte hall. New York, when she
Interrupted a speech by Hiram W.
Jcdaew progressive tics presidential
nominee
The state convention of the nation
di progressive part y of Michigan
named a tlrket from secretary of
male to Justice* of the supreme court.
The Fort liearbura massacre. Octo
ber ». 111!; Ferry a victory on lakr
Erie at the same dale and the <’hl
rag ftrr. which started October p,
lfil. wcere commemorated m Chicago
by pub.w ceremonies
The Lite, a hoe arts dub in New
York, has named a llrat aid committee
M divorce lor unhappy wives a
pool card sent lb us dub will fetch a
commute* lady to baisii. sympathize,
talk th iffi. over and advise
An esplosvoa fund was set aside by
(hs son-workers' anion according to
Ftaeevuir Mil-er at Indianapolis
limitary inspections of all trains
and ■ • aseis in ’nteratatr traffic is to
be L-gut. immediately by the public
bull h aerv t-c
A rsrcsrd price for baby beef was
atade at the iksili lnusha yards when
a earhaad weighing an average uf bad
pounds was sold fur f •.
The statement of Ike copper pro
dnrers aeass-ati n tor September
•hews an trurews* in stocks on hand
at Hi.3M.7l3 pounds • >tupared with
the pee* tons treat!
Visa Fay Shadboi? bought the hrst
“Teddy toque* pot on sale by women
parcel. r in < imago The hat i*
made of moose bandanna with a pic
tare of r'oiunei flooeeve>t on the side
Mica **s»fb.il* said she would wear it
to a theater
fc-uit! Seidel, former mayor of Mil
♦■n-skee and candidate for vice presi
dent am the socialist ti get. spoke re
cently hi Omaha
W ith military nenors due his rank.
Hear Admiral l.ucien Yourt. lulled
Mates navy, who died in New York
Wednesday. was barked is Arllngtoa
Xattsaal cemetery.
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Report of Illinois Central shows
3.000 less cars than last year.
Congressman Bartholdi replied
sharply to charges of Roosevelt.
Co Wilson broke his Sunday rule
and made a brief speech at Fairbury,
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President Taft says he Is satisfied
with the political ontloock.
On the Ctb the mercury In Chicago
reached M>
Roosevelt has started on another
[ speech-making tow through the mid
dle states.
• smen of Europe \iew with ap
preh nsion ihe uar declaration in tha
| Balkans.
Complaints of car shortage have
reached Washington and will start in
| vestimation.
r ranee w ill decline lo intervene
with Russia in behalf of French
Israelites
Prominent men were arrested in
connection with the Chicago anti-vice
crusade
The Cnited States this year will
probably harvest the greatest crop in
> its history.
Porte announces willingness to ex
tend greater measure of self-govern
ment to Macedonia
Express companies ciaim they will
lose many millions if proposed rates
are put into effect.
New York won from Boston in the
second game of the world's series by
a score of 2 to I.
Chief Wilke of the secret service
announced the discovery of a new $20
national bank note.
By a decision of the supreme court
progressive electors in Idaho cannot
appear on the ballot.
A verdict against the united hatters
for $Mt,ooo was rendered ill the cele
brated Danbury case.
Not regulation or control, but de
struction of trusts, is the proposal of
Governor Marshall.
The war fervor is so strong in Tur
key and Bulgaria that the peace move
j ia beset with difficulty.
Montenegro, single-handed, is mak
ing successful warfare on Turkey
while her allies hold back
Suit to test the constitutionality f
! of the newspaper publicity law has
been started at New York.
Levi was captured by American
n.ar t and the insurrection in Nica
ragua - believed to be broken.
President Taft has suggested to
state governors a plan he believes will
reduce the high cost of living.
The war cloud in the Balkans lias
curst with Montenegro leading in the
<!• via rat ion against Turkey.
Koo- velr cl ..n;s to have found a
weak spot ;n Wilson’s armor, and is
not backward in proclaiming it.
Russia lias suggested the advisabili
| ty of a Joint demand upon C’hitia for
paytr. nt of the boxer indemnity.
D« tructlon of the locks of the Pa
namm canal was one of the alleged
plots of the dynamite conspirators.
Diplomats of Europe have almost
reached the conclusion i is too late
to stop the war in the Balkan state
Eighty Greeks left Omaha on theit
w» . to fatherland to participate in the
i war which Ss expected at any moment.
Eight more warships steamed to an
orages in the Hudson river in the
gradual mobilization of 127 vessels of
the Atlantic fleet for presidential re
view.
Swine breeders of Nebraska ask
for a $7T.,otio building on the fair
grounds and the board is pledged for
a combined horticultural and agricul
tural building.
-Mexican rebels have given warning
that all American railroad men cap
tured while operating trains on the
Mexican Northwestern lines after Oc
tober 13 will be shot.
Millie-Christine. a twin freak ot
two human minds and heads, with one
body, uas died at the age of 61 years
ti Columbus county, N. C. The freak,
or freaks, was born in slavery.
The centennial anniversary of the
vrar of 1812 and the one hundred and
' twenty-fifth anniversary of the fram
ng of the constitution cf the United
•states were commemorated in a his
torical pageant in Philadelphia.
Sern.ons explaining why the equal
suffrage movement should carry in
Kansas. November 3. were preached
In nearl all the churches in that
; state "'he day was set two months
acu. suffragists obtaining pledges from
ministers to assist the cause.
The Iowa Equal Suffrage society
has adjourned, after electing Mary J.
-•afford president: Mrs. J. L. Wilson of
Cedar Rapids, vice president, and
Kubv Eckersc.n of lies Moines, corre
sponding secretary. The convention
adopted resolutions favoring a wid
i owe’ pension law.
William Dolan. 70 years old, once a
major in the l'ni‘“d States army, hob
! bled Into the police station at Denver
and asked for a place to sleep. He ex
plained that he drew a pension of $90
a month, but that he had given the
las’ of It away because “he could not
see anyone go hungry.”
The supreme court of the United
.Cates will begin its annual eight
months' term Monday, being the first
of the governmental machines to re.
sume activity this fall. There are
now 80' cases docketed, enough to
! consume the time of the court for two
• years If it did nothing else.
Boston won iu the fourth game of
the world series by 3 to 1.
’ The flower of the American navy is
assembled for review at New York.
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Personal.
The Astor estate paid J3.150.000 as
j an Inheritance tax.
Jack Johnson w ill again take to the
ring, lighting in Australia.
Secretary Fisher thinks Hawaii is
j entitled to more attention.
Count Gleichen has been ordered to
mobilize troops to cope with any out
' break in Ireland growing out of the
demonstrations in Clster.
Miners of Pennsylvania gave Gov
ernor Johnson an enthusiastic wel
i come.
Orti* McManigal, the dynamiter,
I was identified by hotel clerks and
• others in the Indianapolis court room.
Mr. Bryau in his speeches accuses
Colonel Roosevelt of ingratitude
toward Senator La Follette.
Woodrow Wilson, at Denver, said
the steel corporation was engaged in
a new kind of deal.
John D. Archbold reiterated his
statement that the Standard Oil com
pany contributed HOO.uOO to the 1904
Roosevelt campaign fund.
FORAGE FOR HORSES
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A REPORT FROM NORTH PLATTE 1
EXPERIMENTAL SUB STATION.
RESULTS ON GROWING COLTS
Come of the Animals Raised Entirely
On Alfalfa, While Others Were
Not Given That Feed.
Tlic Nebraska Agricultural Experi
ment Station has just issued Builetiu
ISO, entitled “Forage Rations for
Growing Horses." This is Builetiu
No. ll of the North Platte Substation
eeries.
The bulletin gives the resillts of
growing three lots of 10 colts each
front weaning time until January 14
of the winter after they became
three years old. on different pasture
and forage rations. ix>t 1 ate alfalfa
hay duriug the winter and grazed on
alfalfa pasture duriug the summer.
1-ot 2 ate alfalfa hay during the win- |
ter and grazed ou native grass pas
ture uiiring the summer. Lot 3 ate
prairie hay and cane hay during the
winjer and grazed ou native grass
pasture during the summer. Each
lot was fed grain during the first win- !
ter. Lot was fed graiu duriug the
second winter, also. During the third :
summer all lots were given the same
feed, and the colts were all worked
Some.
The gain on alfalfa pasture during
the first summer was more than twice
as much as on the native grass pas
ture, but duriug the second summer
the colts that did not have alfalfa at
any time (Lot :i) gained more on the |
native g:ass pasture than the colts
in I-ot I gained on the alfhlfa pas
ture.
During the first winter the gain of !
the clots fed alfalfa hay was about
HO per cent more than the gain of
those not fed alfalfa hay. After the ;
first year, the rate of gain depended i
largely on the condition of flesh of I
the colts at the beginning of the per- i
iod under consideration. The colts
fed prairie hay and cane hay in the 1
winter made a faster gain during the
rummer than those which had been
led alfalfa during the winter. Also !
the colts that grazed on native, grass
pasture in the summer made more ;
gain during the winter when fed al- j
ldlfa than the colts which grazed on j
alfalfa pasture in the summer and
were fed alfalfa in the winter. This
may he explained by the fact that an ■
animal thin in flesh gains faster !
when given good conditions than an
animal already in good flesh.
During the entire experiment the
relative gains of the three lots were:
Lot 1. 100; Lot 2, 90 - Lot 3. 80. The
colts in l-ot 1 gained’70 pounds more
per head than those in ix>t 2 and 140
pounds more per head than those in
Ijof 3. The cost of growing the colts
in Lot 1 was $65.30 per head, of those ,
in Lot 2. $52.48 per head, and of
those in Lot 3 $45.48 per head. The
profit per colt was $27.46 after pay.
ing for all feed eaten, interest on the
investment and loss. The labor of
caring for the colts is not considered.
The author concludes that it was
not profitable to pasture the alfalfa,
at least after the first summer, under
the conditions prevailing at North
I’laite. i'nder certain conditions it
may be profiatble to pasture alfalfa.
Feeding alfalfa hay during the win
ter was profitable.
This bulletin will be sent to resi
dents of the state on request to Di
rector E. A. Burnett, Lincoln, Ne
braska.
The stock judging team sent by the
university state farm to the American
royal cattle show at Kansas City, won
the first prize.
Dwyer Opposes Land Purchase.
D. O. Dwyer of Plattsmouth is op
posed to the purchase of the fifteen
acres of land adjoining the deaf and
dumb school at Omaha, which has
been under consideration of the board
of trustees, of which he is a member.
At least he does not believe it of suf
ficient importance to the welfare of
the school to pay.$14,500 or any sura
near it.
Wanted to Serve Out Sentence.
Charles D. Patterson, after being
converted through the efforts of the
city mission workers, iast week went
to the state penitentiary and offered
to serve six months’ sentence which
had been suspended when Patterson
was released six years ago on parole.
Patterson broke the parole and since
that time has been at liberty. He de
clares that his determination to
serve his time was the result of his
conversion. He met the pardon board
at the penitentiary and offered to
serve his time. The board, after
hearing his story, told him to go hack
to Lincoln and go to work.
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New State Building.
I^and Commissioner Cowles reports
completion of a new laundry building
at the asylum at Hastings. The
building cost $20,000. It is 126x142,
all one floor, of cement. An average
of 9,000 pieces go through the laun
dry every work day. The old laundry
building which has two stories will be
divided into small rooms for the use
of nurses and attendants who now oc
cupy rooms in the wards. This will
give room for forty additional patients
in the wards. At the Hastings asylum
100 cows are milked.
Tiniey Home Hearing.
There will be a hearing before the
State Board of Health, consisting of
Governor Aldrich, Attorney General
Martin and State Snuperintendnt Del
cell. soon on an application to have
the license of the Tiniey home at
Omaha revoked. This home has been
running under the supervision of a
woman known as. “Mother Lee” for
several years as a maternity hospital.
The home Is situated in a very de
sirable and popular residence district
of the city. Those owning property
there want it removed.
WORK OF IRRIGATION.
Matters Discussed in the Late Con
gress at Salt Lake.
Labor Commissioner Uuye and As
sistant State Engineer Roberts have
returned from the national irrigation
congress held at Salt Lake City last
week. The meeting was an important
one in that it took up some matters
that it is thought will be beneficial to
the country in the future. •
One of the important matters dis
cussed was the opening up of new
lands in the irrigation districts where
results have not beeu what they ought
to have been. Formerly contracts I
have been made with settlers to fur
nish them water at $35 per acre, pay
able in ten installments, with a pro
viso that two crops can be raised be
fore the payments begin, it has been
found necessary 10 change the time of
payments, as two years is not suf
ficient time to enable a settler with
little means to develop the land, and -
new contracts were made giving an ex- t
tension of time some time ago and ;
making the paymenis $15 per acre, it
is said that a new settler who under
stands little of the science of irriga
tion cannot hope to develop his land .
so that he con raise crops at a profit '
for nearly five years, because of the
long time it takes to get the land brok
en up. the making of laterals and
other necessary things to learn to
make irrigating farming a success.
Mr. Roberts says that it is recogniz
ed that for the time Nebraska has
been in the irrigation business the
state has made a greater success of
it than any otheV state.
To show- what irrigation has done
for Nebraska iu tae northwest portion
of the state, F. A Wright, an attorney
of Scottsbluff who attended the con
gress in Salt Lake City anti called ai
the state engineer's office, says:
•'Probably no section of Nebraska
has shown a greater percentage of
prosperous growth than has the sec
tion around Scottsbluff. This is due to
two causes—water and sugar beets.
The sugar beet factory at Scotts
bluff this year will pay to the
people within its territory over $1,00".
00". There are now being prepared
for market and already sent to the
Scottsbluff factory 135.000 acres of
sugar beets. The factory pays $5.50
per ton on the track, and the beets ;
will run about filteen tons to the acre,
in addition to this the tops, which are
cut and left on the ground, are sold |
to feeders at from $:’> to $4 an acre.
The operating expenses of the factory
for the run of 120 days, beginning
September 20. is about $250,000. A.l
this money passes through the banks
of Scottsbluff and you can imagine
what that means to a town of 2.500
people.
"We are counting a great deal on
the next session of the state irrigation
congress, which meets in Bridgeport
on October 22, 23. and 24, to do much .
toward bringing about a better condi
tion of things between the farmer and
the government.” continued Mr.
Wright. “While we are doing pretty
well ourselves, the new settlers need
a better chance to make good and we
hope that we can ineke the powers
that be see things in the same light
as we do who have ar. object lesson
before us every day."
A Wilson and Marshall club w as or
ganized by Fremont democrats at the |
close of an address at the court house
by Congressman Dan Stephens.
_ Wife Desertion.
In company of a sheriff. Forrest Joy
left Lincoln for Mount Pleasant. Ia.,
where he is charged with wife deser
tion. Joy was located anti arrested at
Fairbury.
•'Education in Other Countries.”
Hon. W. J. Bryan's topic of dis
course when he speaks before the Ne
braska Teachers' association in Oma
ha November 7, will be "Education in
Other Countries.” It will be his first
speech following the national election,
but he will not mention politics.
School for the Deaf.
To oppose the proposed purchase of
land for the state school for the deaf
in Omaha, D. O. Dwyer of Plattsmouth,
trustee of the school, visited the board
of public lands and buildings. That
the school board should be self-sup
porting or at least, partly so. Is the
opinion of Mr. Dwyer, who is in favor
of purchasing property in the country
so that the students may be taught the
methods of farming. By this means,
Mr. Dwyer says, the school will be !
largely self-supporting.
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Nebraskan to Have a Place.
A Milwaukee dispatch says that ;
Nebraska will have a notable place at <
the coming international dairy show, ,
for the prize herd of Smith & Roberts |
of Beatrice, Neb., will be given an im j
portant position among the exhibits. ■
The Nebraska farm is considered one :
of the leading Jersey establishments i
in America, but its entries in the ex- 1
hibition will be placed in contrast 1
with the best there are in the country,
including Ohio and particularly M&ssa- i
chusetts dairymen's herds.
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New Institution Incorporated.
The Western academy of science is j
the name of a new institution incor- i
porated by Charles A. Burdette, Mar- j
garet Burdette and Orlando S. Wood.
The institution is to be located in
Omaha.
Hog Cholera.
Reports from along the Oak creek
valley in this county show a consider- j
able loss from hog cholera to farmers. |
The epidemic has run on different
farms during tha past month and a
large number of animals have died.
Aa to Boarding Prisoners.
In the district court here the demur
rer of the state to the petition of j
Sheriff F. J. McShane of Douglas
county was sustained thus allowing
the plaintiff 19 cents per day for board
ing prisoners after conviction. This Is
the same amount allowed for their
board previous to conviction. In all of
the counties of the state the sheriffs
are allowed 50 cents a day for board
ing prisoners after conviction. Sheriff
McShane sought to bring his county on
a par with the balance of the state
and according to the 190? legislation
CONVICTS IN FIGHT
TWO OUTBREAKS IN WYOMING
PENITENTIARY.
ONEKILLED ANOTHER WOUNDED
Prisoners Get Free, Flee to the Hills
and There Engage in Desperate
Fight witn Officers.
Wawlins,4 Wyo.—A battle is raging
in the state penitentiary. Gockea in
side Rie walls with hundreds of mu
tinous prisoners a few guards are
fighting desperately to restore order
and prevent a wholesale jail delivery.
Camped outside the walls is a force
of citizens, heavily armed, ready to
drive back the convicts if they mur
der 'he remaining guards and make a
rush through the gates. Shouts and
occasional shots tell the story of des
perate fighting within the walls ar.d
it is rumored that several guards and
convicts have been killed.
Another battle is in progress in the
hills south of Rawlins, between a
posse oi citizens and from twenty to
forty escaped prisoners. Two men
have been killed in the streets of
Rawlins, one is desperately wounded
and two convicts have been recaptur
ed following the escape of from ten
to thirty prisoners Saturday after
noon. 1 he town is in a panic. Fran
tic telegrams have been sent to Gover
nor Carey, now at Sheridan, implor- I
ing him to send troops to protect the j
citizens. Townspeople are barricaded )
in their homes or. heavily armed, are J
patrolling the streets guarding their
own homes and the houses of those 1
engaged in the man hunt in the hills |
or in tl.e vigil before the prison walls, i
A mass meeting of terror stricki n
citizens held at nightfall sent a tele
gram to Governor Carey demanding j
the protection of the state militia.
The mutinous prisoners were sub- j
dued Sunday night and locked in their
cells. Early reports of the killing of ,
several men inside the penitentiary i
have not been confirmed.
At 11 o'clock Marshal Hayes re
turned to Rawlins from the man hunt
in the hills, bringing one cf the men
escap’d whom he had shot and
wounded. The man was placed in the
prison hospital. Two of the. twenty i
escaping Saturday were recaptured
reducing the number of original fugi
tives at liberty to nine.
The men who escaped were led by
Antoae Pazo. a life-term murderer,
who a few months ago, in the prison
dining room seized a knife and al
most disemboweled a fellow prisoner, j
Pazo stabbed a livery man after the
escape and was shot and kilied by an
officer.
Until the prisoners are mustered 1
for breakfast Monday morning it is
not believed the exact number who
escaped will be known.
The outbreak Sunday was the sec
ond within twenty-four hours. About j
3 p. in. Saturday twenty prisoners es i
caped and nine were recaptured be
fore 8 o’clock. At 2:30 Sunday afier
uoon a party of desperate life-terme-s
overnowered the cell house keeper,
took his keys and released their com
rades from their ceils. Every prisoner
willfng to risk a battle with the
guards made a rush for the gates.
Shot by His Son-in-Law.
Council Bluffs.—Charles Birwith,
for many years connected with the ho
tel business in Council Bluffs, was
shot and killed shortly before 5
o'clock Sunday night at the Tremont
House, corner of Broadway and Ninth
street. Council BlnfFs. The shooting
was done by Frank Owen, his son-in
law. and from the statements ot more
than a dozen witnesses, who saw all
of the incidents leading tip to the
tragedy, appears to have been wholly
in self-defense, and occurred after
Birwith had cornered Owen behind
the cigar case in the hotel office,
rushing upon him with a long knife.
Charge for Bread and Butter.
Chicago.—One of the newest and
most fashionable hotels on the lake
front here has announced that here
after bread and butter will be charged
for in all its dining rooms. Following
the example set by New York restau
rants, "bread and butter, 10 cents.”
will be the rule in all the leading ho
tels and restaurants here it is said.
Roosevelt Nursing Sore Throat.
Chicago.—Colonel Roosevelt on i
Sunday nursed an ailing throat which, j
according to his campaign managers,
will prevent his going to Springfield, j
11L. early this week to make several i
speeches.
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Darrow Trial Postponed.
Bos Angeles.—Attorneys for the ;
prosecution and defense agreed on the j
11th to postpone the beginning of the j
second trial of Claience S. Harrow un- ;
til October SB*
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Johnson Back in the Gama
Chicago.—Jack Johnson, champion |
heavyeight of the world, said he ex- j
pects to sign articles to fight Sam j
Langford and Sam McVey in Ans- |
tralia and Jim Flynn in Paris. About ;
$100,000 is involved in the bouts to
take place.
Inheritance Tax Is High.
Albany. N. Y.—A check for $.';,1.V>.- j
300 was received by State Comptroller !
Schmer in payment of the advanced j
inheritance tax on the estate of the
late Colonel John Jacob Astor.
Remains to Rest at Omaha.
Chicago.—The body of Jule^ J.um
bard. civil war singer, whose singing
of the battle hymn of the republic and
other patriotic songs induced thou
sands to enlist in the union army in :
1S61-2, was taken to Omaha for inter
ment.
Mrs. J. Talmage Dead.
Amoy, China.—Mrs. J. Talmage. sis- i
ter-in-law of the late- Her. T. Dewitt
Talmage. died here on the 11th. The
Interment took place In the mission
cemetery at Kulangsu.
DANISH WOMAN IN NEW ROLE
Daughter of Prime Minister Berntsen
Has Had Herself Apprenticed to
a Cabinet Maker.
Copenhagen.—Every now and then
Denmark sets class distinctions at
Qaught and achieves, for an old world
coutry, new records in democracy.
Peasants become cabinet ministers
nowadays without exciting much com
ment, but there was something of a
sensation when the daughter of Ole
Hansen, then minister ef agriculture,
went in for domestic service.
She. however, has now been out
done by Miss Annv Berntsen. daugh
ter of the present prime minister,
Mr. Klaus Berntsen, who has had her
self apprenticed to a cabinet maker
and is daily undertaking the ordinary
work of a male apprentice. True, the
cabinet maker is herself a woman.
Miss Katrine Horsbol, who in her
time served her apprenticeship in
works where she had only male work
men as companions. Since she began
business for h'-'-elf she has developed
/ III f
Miss Amy Berntsen.
a strong trade connection, and her es
tablishment now ranks among the
best in Copenhagen.
Premier Berntsen has proved an
able leader of the government, his
long experience in the lower house
proving of the utmost value. His
daughter is engaged to be married, but
he fully approves of her developing
her manual and mental capabilities to
the greatest extent so that she may
become as efficient a cabinet maker
as he is a cabinet minister.
MARBLE LIGHTS ARE BEST
German Inventors Patent New System
of Illumination That Is
Like Day.
Berlin.—Patents have just been
taken out for using marble instead of
glass in lamps, which has the effect of
making the illumination scarcely dis
tinguishable from daylight.
Innumerable experiments have been
made with tinted and patterned types
of glass with the idea of producing
this effect, but all have been failures.
As a last resource a sheet of white
marble was planed down until it wa3
semi-transparent and then different in
tensities of light were shown from be
hind. The result was exactly what so
mafiy hundreds of experiments had
failed to produce.
Developing this discovery, the pat
entees have fitted lights to the cornice
of a room with such success that it is
difficult to convince anyone that it is
artificially lighted.
STAKED HIS LIFE ON CARDS
A New York Waiter Kills Himself on
Losing in Solitaire
Game.
New York.—Robert Schweizer, a
waiter out of work, determined his
fate by playing solitaire in his lodg
ings and killed himself with gas. Be
side the bed on which his body lay
when it was discovered, he had pulled
up a table. On it lay cards laid out
so that they showed that he had been
"stuck' trying to carry through the
game of Canfield.
Reside the cards lay a penciled
tally on a sheet of paper. It indicated
that he had tried the game thirteen
times unsuccessfully before putting a
gas tube in his mouth and ending his i
life. Under the tally was scrawled:
"I lose* My time has come. R. S.” '
KISSING ROBBER IS ROUTED
Mrs. W. C. Laidey Lets Him Take Her
Money, but Fights His Efforts
to Hug.
Chicago.—A robber with a mania
for bugging his women victims ap
peared on the south side. He accost
ed Mrs. W. C. I-aidey of 949 East
§ixty-fifth street as she was crossing
Drexel avenue on a walk home from
a Cottage Grove avenue car. He grab
bed her mesh bag. which contained i
only a small sum. but was not content J
with the money. He demanded a few ,
kisses. Mrs. Laidey screamed and j
fought the footuad's advances and he
fled, but did not leave the handbag be
hind.
Gruesome Evidences of Crime.
Philadelphia.—Two badly decom
posed bodies have been found in out- ■
lying districts, evidences of long un
discovered crime. One was the mere
skeleton of a man. clothed in weather- ;
oeaten rags, w ith a rustv revolver at
his side. The other body was found
in a clump of bushes, with a bullet
wound in the temple.
Baby Kilts Older Sister.
Spartansburg. S. C.—Willie Lindsay,
a negro, three years old. shot and
killed his eight-year-old sister, Marian,
with a shotgun. He told his parents a
dog killed her.
New Beauty Recipe.
New York.—Mrs. Otto Weill has re
turned from Paris with this beauty
recipe: Eat sparingly. drink sparing
ly. walk considerably, dream never
and gossip not at all.
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IN THE BACK
Point to Hidden
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SHE COULD ANSWER FOR HIM
Little Comfort for Candidate in Rea
son Assigned by Wife for Her
Being Confident.
Mr. Williams, one of five candidates
for the office of sheriff in one of the
northern counties of Wisconsin, was
| making a house-to-house canvass o(
rural district, soliciting votes. Cotn
| ing to the house of Farmer Tompson.
he was met at the door by the good
i housewife, and the following dialogue
ensued:
"Is Mr. Tompson at home?”
"No; he has gone to town."
"I am very sorry, as I would have
liked to talk to him."
"Is there anything I can tell him
for you?”
“My name is Williams, candidate for
sheriff, and 1 wanted to exact a prom
ise from him to vote for me at the
I coming election."
"Oh. that will be all right. 1 know
he will promise, for he has already
promised four other candidates the
: same thing."—Norman E. Mack's Na
tional Monthly.
—
Mooted Question.
"How's Willie getting on at that
' free thought Sunday school you're
sending him to?”
"First rate, from last accounts. He
asked his pretty lady teacher who it
was that first bit the apple in the
Garden of Eden. Willie says she
looked him straight in the eye and
said nobody knew; that they’d been
trying to figure it cut for the last 6.0Ut>
years.”
Neglect and Cruelty.
“So you want a divorce?” said the
lawyer.
"Yes," replied the woman with
tear-stained cheeks. "He has been
guilty of neglect and cruelty.”
“In what respects?”
"He neglected to feed the bird while
I was away and says the crudest
things he can think of about Fido."
Official Scoring.
"Should Blucher get the credit for
winning Waterloo?"
“No; that victory is properly cred
ited to Wellington. Blucher didn't re
lieve him until about the eighth in
ning.”
A Woman's Way.
“What sort of woman is she?"
“Why she's the sort of woman that
finds delight in reading all the stuff
that’s printed about the new babies of
the idle rich "
No Such Aspersion.
"Do you get a stipend for your
weekly work?"
"Nothin' like that. 1 git reg'Iar
pay “
—I
Heredity.
“Miss Comoup is now in the swim"
“She ought to take naturally to it.
Her father was a milkman."
The pitcher that goes to the bo* too
often is knocked^ out
“OUOD STUFF.”
A Confirmed Coffee Drinker Takes to
Postum.
A housewife was recently surprised
when cook served Postum instead of
coffee. She says:
“For the last five or six years I have
been troubled with nervousness, in
digestion and heart trouble. I couldn't
get any benefit from the doctor's med
icine so finally he ordered me to stop
drinking coffee, which I did.
"I drank hot water while taking the
doctor's medicine, with some improve
ment, then went back to coffee with
the same old trouble as before.
“A new servant girl told me about
Postum—said her folks used It and
liked It in place of coffee. We got a
package but I told her 1 did not be
lieve my husband would like it, as I19
was a great coffee drinker.
“To my surprise he called for a
third cup. said it was ‘good stuff’ and
wanted to know what it was. Wo
have used Postum ever since and both
feel better than we have in years.
“My husband used to have bad
spells with his stomach and would be
sick three or four days, during tfhich
time he could not eat or drink any
thing. But since he gave up coffee
and took to Postum. he has had no
more trouble, and we now fully be
lieve it was all caused by coffee.
“I hare not had any return of my
former troubles since drinking Pos
tum. and feel better and can do more
work than tn the last ten years. We
tell everyone about it—some say they
tried it and did not like it. I tell them
It makes all the difference as to how
it’s made. It should be made accord
ing to directions—then it is delicious.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book, “The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs. “There's
a reason."
Ever read the above letter t A new
oae appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, aad full of human
interest. Adv.