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NEBRASKA
AFTER BUTTER MEN
GOVERNMENT FILES SUIT FOR
THEIR DISSOLUTION.
LEAGUE WILL BROADEN OUT
War on High Prices In Philadelphia
to Continue Sanford Bill
May Cause Trouble
With Japan.
Chicago. Tlio Elgin bonrd of trade,
popularly known as tho "butter truHt,"
and tho American AsHoclntlpn of
Creamery nutter Manufacturers wcro
attacked by tho federal government in
a civil anti-trust suit filed hero for
the dissolution of both concerns.
Sweeping chargps of a conspiracy to
Sx arbitrarily tho prlco of butter In
fie Interests of big manufacturers and
cold storage concerns and to tho det
riment of tho farmer, other small pro
ducers and to tho consuming public,
aro tnadn by Attornoy General Wlsk
ersham against tho so-called trust,
which ho would destroy as a violation
of tho Sherman law.
Will Introduce Allen Land Bill.
San Francisco. When Woodrow
Wilson assumes tho reins of govern
ment March 4, next, ho probably will
be confronted by the bugaboo of war
with Japan, precipitated by the an
nounced Intention of Stato Senator
Sanford of Mendocino county to again
Introduce In the legislature his alien
land bill, an nntl-Japaneso measure
which almost resulted In International
aquabbles In 1907 and 19(59. Sanford
asserts he will Introduce his bill Im
mediately after the legislature meets
In January. The bill provides laws
excluding Japancso from owning
American realty.
LEAGUE MAY BROADEN OUT.
War on Philadelphia Grocer' Com
bine to Go Right On.
Philadelphia. With success attend
ing their campaign to reduce the cost
of living through tho sale of "select
ed" storage eggs at a prlco from 6 to
20 conts a dozen cheaper than has
heretofore prevailed, ofllcers of tho
housekeepers' league have announced
their Intention of broadening the Bcope
of their activities. The offers from
farmers in Pennsylvania, Dclawakc,
Maryland and Virginia to supply the
leaguo with other products nt price
which would cnablo their distribution
at a much less cost than now charged
by the retailers were readily accepted.
Start Rough House In Capitol.
Lincoln. Attempting to break away
from Sheriff Judd of Provo, Utah, Into
whoso custody Warden Mellck of tho
iNobraska penitentiary had Just de
livered him, Convict C. D. Romero
started to walk out of tho governor's
offlco Saturday forenoon and was
topped by Governor Aldrlch. Tho
convict engaged In a strugglo with
Sheriff Judd, Marden Mellck and
Turnkey Schroeder of tho penitentiary.
He was overpowered, hustled out to a
waiting carrlago and removed to tho
county Jail until tho Utah offlccr was
ready to leave with him.
Little Tote Seeking Homes.
New York. Sixty llttlo travelers,
bound for farniB In Minnesota, Nebras
ka, and 'North Dakota, left the New
York foundling hospital Wednesday.
tAH were smiling and a few shouted,
their delight. It was the semi-annual
Immigration of orphans and found
lings from the New York Institution
to the new world of tho western plains.
Some o. the children were not over
three years old.
Waa Delighted with Vacation.
Hamilton, Bermuda. President-elect
"Woodrow Wilson sailed Saturday for
iNw York on the steamer Bermudlan.
A large club of residents and Amerl-
En visitors gathered on the quay and
eered MT. Wilson as tho steamer
Heft Before going on board he de
clared that he was delighted with hla
vacation.
Lake Park, la. The town of Supe
rior, Dickinson county, was ncarlv de.
stroyed by fire Wednesday. The flro
originated In the lumber yard and
turned every business houso east to:
the brick bank. The town has no fire
protection and this is the third time
It has been destroyed by fire in the
put twenty-eight years.
Waterloo, la. Flro In William Gal
loway's model horse and dairy build
Inga did) 18,000 damage, Tho 95,000
ow recently presented to President
elect Wilson waa saved.
Get 100 Years for Killing.
Butte, MonL Albert Halk, convicted
last week of the murder of Thomai
Clonskl, waa sentenced to 100 year
la the penitentiary. A quarrel between
the man's wives led to tho killing.
Hen Sells for 1800.
Springfield, Mo. "Lady show You,'
a hen that won the egg-laying comes1
at the state poultry station at Moun
tain Grove, Mo., this year, waa sole
here for 1800 by J. A. Blckerdlte o'
Mlnersvllle, 111. The hen has a recori
at laying 281 full weight eggs thla year
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ARE NONPRODUCERS
MANY NEBRASKA COWS DO NOT
PAY FOR KEEP.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Bulletin 129, Issued by tho NebraB
ka experiment Htatlon, Indicates that
not Icbb than 200,000 Nebraska cows
ato touting on their Job and do not
product) enough butter fnt to pay for
tholr keep. This bulletin umbodleu
tho report of tho Douglas County
Cow Testing association, for tho past
year, during which the farmers of
this county lime been keeping tab on
Bossy under tho direction of the ex
periment station. One herd of ten
cows shows a net prollt of $l,032.8ts,
while an adjacent herd of ton shown
only $57.82 piollt. Professor Fraud
sen of tho department of dairy hus
bandry nt Lincoln says that if Ne
braska farmers will bull these 200,000
"Btar boarders" to the butcher and
put the .'100,000 other dairy cows of
the stato under sclciitlllu methods of
feeding and care tho butter produc
tion of tho Btnto will bo easily
doubled. The pioductlon of creamery
butter alono In Nebraska Is now over
thirty million pounds annually
Organized Agriculture at Lincoln.
Detailed plans aro being rapidly con
cluded for tho twelfth annual conven
tion of organized agrculturu which
meets at Lincoln, January 20-24, 1913.
This Is the representative gathering of
all tho allied branches or agriculture,
composed of soma twenty-llvo stato
associations and oer 200 farmers' In
stitutes and farmers' clubs. An at
tendance of 5,000 or more is expected,
based on previous ntendance. The
legislature will be In session and the
farmers will havo a good opportunity
to see how their representatives are
looking after their interests. Tho
Stato Horticultural society and tho
Corn Improvers' association will put
on a monster corn nnd npplo show at
tho Lincoln auditorium and the girls
of tho domestic science department of
tho stato university will serve appleB
and corn products In over 200 different
ways.
Work for Ooming Legislature.
Several bills relative to tho conduct
of elections aro to bo introduced at
tho coming session of tho stato legis
lature. Thoso will provide in the
mnln for radical changes over the
present election laws and will sot out
various reforms which have been
agitated at considerable length since
tho last session of tho legislature.
Among tho number contemplated, ac
cording to legislators-elect who have
mado inquiries along this line, are
bills providing for:
A means whereby voters absent
from their precincts on election day
may still cxerclso tho right of frau-
ClllBC.
The abolishment of tho party circle.
A menus wheroby primary candi
dates may bo voted upon with regard
to second choico as well as first
cholco.
Tho separation of the presidential
and state primaries so that tho latter
will not bo held nt tho same tlmo as
tho former, In presidential years.
A woman suffrage constitutional
amendment.
Tho elimination of tho educational
and Judicial offices from the field of
partisan politics.
8ues to Recover Shortage.
Deputy Attorney General George
W. Ayres will go to Beatrice, Decem
ber 16, to appear for the state in the
district court In tho case of the state
against Dr. Roe, formerly superin
tendent of tho institute for feeble
minded. The stato has sued to re
cover a shortage of $1,378.27, alleged
to have occurred during Dr. Roe's ad
ministration. A bonding company has
filed a demurrer and Dr. Roe has filed
a motion to require the state to make
its petition mere definite. After the
court rules on these points the state
will know what Is expocted of it. It
Is not likely that the suit can be tried
on its merits before January or Feb
ruary. Labor Union In Nebraska.
There are 10,015 union men in tht
state, according to a report made .to
Governor Aldrlch by Labor Commis
sioner Guyo. The report, which con
tains considerable information on an
industrial survey of Nebraska, also
sets out that thcro are forty-two In
ternational unions In tho Btato and
1C8 local unions. Tho average num
ber of hours worked dally by those
men Is nlno, wbllo tho average
monthly wages totals $84.24, or nearly
$25 raoro thnn tho general avorago of
all classes of workmen in tho state.
Organized Agriculture at Lincoln.
Tho annual meetings of organized
agrlculturo will bo hold at Lincoln,
January 20-24, 1912. This mid-winter
congress of farmers Is the big annual
fcaturo In agricultural circles.
Twenty stato societies, representing
diversified branches of agrlculturo,
will unite with tho state agriculture
college and experiment stations and
tho two hundred and twonty-fivo farm
ers' institutes of the state in five
lays of agricultural study and uplift
't 1b expected that not less than 5,000
will be In attendance.
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SHOULD TROUSERS
mcaqo tw tuna.
DEMAND FOR LOWER PRICES
BALKANS AND TURKS TRUST TO
REACH THAT END.
Pennsylvania Women Wage War- on
High Prices Brlggs Acquitted
of Killing of Roy
Blunt.
IxHidon. All tho plenipotentiaries
to bo present at tho conference for
the purposo of ending tho war In
.southeastern Europe aro now as
sembled in London. Unless the con
.tlnuanco of hostilities between the
Turks and GrcekB should provo a
hindrance, there seems nothing In
sight to prevent tho conferenco get
'ting Immediately down to business.
With regard to a report from Constan
tinople that tho Turks would refuse
to meet tho Greek plenipotentiaries in
'London unless Greece signed the ar
mlstlco tho other Balkan states have
subscribed to, tho counsellor of tho
Turkish embassy hero said he knew
nothing of such Instructions.
Find Brlggs Not Guilty.
Wahoo, Neb. Chief of Police Brlggs
of South Omaha, charged with tho
.killing of Roy Blunt In Sarpy county
last March, was acquitted by a Jury
In district court here. Tho Jury re
turned to tho court room after being
.out but twenty minutes. It Is under
stood that but ono ballot was tnkon.
Tho sentiment expressed around tho
court house nnd wherever tho matter
was discussed In Wahoo was that the
case against Sheriff Hyers of Lancas
ter, charged with tho same offense,
will be dropped.
DEMAND FOR LOWER PRICES.
Women of Philadelphia Waging Suc
cessful Warfare.
Philadelphia Tho campaign against
tho alleged corner in eggs began by
tho housekeepers' league has been re
newed with increased vigor. Every
candlo that could be found was kept
burning inspecting eggs to supply the
demand from all sections of tho coun
try. Additional stations were opened
nnd forty-three wore In operation at
ono time. Auto trucks furnished by
public spirited owners to aid the
women in their campaign against tho
high cost of living wero kept busy
taking eggs to the sales stations.
Head of Shrlnera at Lincoln.
Lincoln. Imperial Potentate of
North America Jack Cunningham was
received in Lincoln by four hundred
nobles of tho Mystic Shrine from all
parts of Nebraska. He was the guest
of honor at the banquet and at tho
initiatory ceremonies which followed.
Firty-ono candidates, chief among
whom was Governor-elect Jblm H.
uMorehead, were given the degree with
solemnities which lasted well Into the
morning. -
Omaha. Charles Wadum will be
freed from custody and a charge of
murder if County Attorney English
acts favorably on the recommendation
'of the coronor's Jury, which investi
gated the death of William M, How
ard, the former Lincoln man who was
shot and killed by Wadum In the lat
ter's home Tuesday night The Jury
found that Wadum shot In self-do-tense.
New York. One hundred men, each
of whom has girdled tho globe at least
once, swapped stories across the an
nual banquet bonrd of the Circumnavi
gators' club hero Monday night Tho
toastntaster wielded a gavel made of
a whalo's tooth, presented to tho club
by "CIrcumbryan," as William Bryan
Unknown In tho club, Just as Presi
dent Taft Is "Clrcumtaft"
An authentic estlmato puts tho Bul
garian casualties In .tho Balkan war
ns high as 70,000. Of these 15,000
were killed outright
Wahoo, Nob. Charles Morley, tho
pnly surviving one of tho thrco con
victs who escaped from tho peniten
tiary last March, was tho first wit
ness of tho stato Wednesday at the
Brlggs trial. Ho was not manacled,
but guards wero stationed at each
exit of the court room. His testimony
was a detailed report of his participa
tion In tho man hunt last March after
tho escape from tho penitentiary,
which terminated in tho death of Con
victs shorty Gray and Dowd and tho
accidental killing of the young farmer,
Roy Blunt
BECOME GENERAL?
ENVOYS OF BALKAN 8TATE3 AR
RIVE AT LONDON.
Colonel Roosevelt Says Republicans,
Must Adopt Progressive Plat,
form Without Res
ervation. London. Tho Greek, Servian and
Montenegrin peace commissions havo
arrid In London from Paris. Thoy
wero greeted nt the Charing Cross
station by a cosmopolitan crowd,
which included the Greek archiman
drite and members of tho various lega
tions. Tho Greek premier, M. Venl
zolos, nnd other delegates expressed
appreciation of their indebtedness to
the British government's courtesy nnd
earnest hope for the speedy and suc
cessful conclusion of their mission. M.
Venlzolos said they were determined
to do their utmost to secure a lasting
peace and desired hereafter to be the
best of friends wjth the Turks.
Would Remodel Marriage Laws.
Lincoln. Neb. Governor Aldrlch
will recommend in his message a plan
for tho prevention of the marriage of
the physically or mentally unsound.
Ho has not made public his plan, but
It will bo similar to the laws In some
other states where registration Is re
quired, and If tho person Is not con
sidered eligible from a physical stand
point a license Is refused tho appli
cant Tho governor believes a great
deal of insanity can bo prevented bj
proper marriage laws.
MUST PURGE THE PARTY.
Roosevelt Writes to Yelser About Re
joining Republicans.
Omaha, Neb. Theodore Roosevelt,
in a letter received by John O. Yelser,
says ho is ready to consider a "get
together" movement of tho two fac
tions of tho party whenever the Taft
republicans adopt the progressive plat
form, without reservation. In part
Mr. Roosovolt says: "When tho repub
licans adopt In its entirety tho pro
gressUa platform and when thoy
purgo tho rolls of tho bosses, when
they rescind the action by which
they bound the .party hand and foot
into the power or Barnes and the rest
of the national committee, then I will
bo pleased to- consider whether there
can be a got-together movement of the
kind you describe."
Dr. Rustln Not a Suicide.
Louisville, Ky. A legal verdict that
Dr. Frederick Rustln of Omaha was
murdered by sonio person unidenti
fied, and did not commit suicide, was
rendered in the Kentucky court of ap
peals when It held that accident In
surance companies In which Rustln
had policies must pay. The Insur
ance, with interest, now amounts to
about $33,000. Dr. Rustln was found
dying on the porch of his home in
Omaha tho night of September 2,
1908.
Burned by Molten Slag.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Molten slag
poured upon William Bruce, a laborer,
as he lay asleep, resulted In his death.
After a vain search for work at Gar
Hold, Utah, and having no money to
hire a bod, Bruce lay down among
tho warm slag at tho foot of the
American smelter dump, Toward
morning ten tons of the liquid fire
rolled down the dump and splashed
over the sleeper.
Philadelphia, Pa. Ono hundred ano
fifty thousand dozen eggs woro sold at
stations in various sections of the city
by members of the housekeepers'
league In tho first day of their cam
paign to break the corner which they
claim has been maintained by retail
dealers hero. Eggs that have been
selling for from 27 cents to 49 cents
a dozen wero sold by the women at
24 cents.
Train Robbers Get Big Loot.
Bakersfleld, Cal. Twenty thousand
dollars In gold was the haul of two
robbers who held up tho express car
of tho Sunset Western train bound
from Bakersfleld to Taft, Cal. The
money was consigned to the First Na
tional bank or Taft by the First Na
tional bank of Bakersfleld. It was not
placed in tho express safo.
Cheche Campus, one of the princi
pal rebel leaders, waa defeated Satur
day at Sombrereto, In tho state f
Zacatecas, Mexico
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HlfcF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Bertrand will hold a five days'
chautauqua next season.
Friend Is considering means for to
curing a Carnegie library.
Kearney's baseball fair was a suc
cess, rocelpts averaging oyer $400 a
night
Tho Exeter Poultry association will
hold Its annual exhibition January 2,
3 and 4.
Twenty-one horses were burned to
death In a fire In a livery barn at
Petersburg.
Sheriffs of Nebraska will hold their
annual convention at Fremont, De
cember 17 and 18.
Mrs. Kato Bright of Johnson fell
from a porch and broke her right arm
and dislocated her wrist.
Tho Gcrman-AmerlcanB of York
have organized a society for the pro
motion of social functions.
Robert Raines of Auburn was found
dead near his wagon where he had
been unloading some heay wood.
The Citizens company of McCook Is
a now company that has bought out
the old gas company of that town.
John Meter was caught in tho fly
wheel of a gasollno engine near
Grand Island and badly bruised up.
Tho Infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Sydney Itutledgo of Pender was
found dead In bed, tho result of suf
focation. . '
Frank Donnelly, a Lincoln fireman,
wus found lying on the floor near his
bed, unconscious from a stroke ol
paralysis.
With u large exhibit of birds, the
annual show of the Dodgo County
Poultry association opened Tuesday
at Fremont.
Fremont grain men Bay that little
grain Is moving. The farmers have
stowed It away In their cribs waiting
for better prices.
The annual meeting of the State
Historical society and Territorial
Pioneers will be held January 14, 15
und 16 in Lincoln.
The Deshler Light and Power com
pnny expects to have the system of
boulevard lights in operation by the
middle of the week.
An acetyleno gas plant In the store
of J. W. Modesitt of Alda exploded,
completely wrecking the basement in
which tt was stored.
Fifty young Greeks, employes oi
tho South Omaha packing houses
havo ,gone to Greece, occupying a
special car to Chicago.
The water supply system for the
city of DeWItt is now' complete. The
pressure 1b obtained from a tank on
a steel tower 100 feet high. .
The mid-winter exhibit conducted
by tho Nebraska Art association
opened Saturday night at the univer
sity art gallery in Lincoln.
St. Peter's Lutheran church at
Deshler celebrated its twenty-fifth an
niversary Sunday with special song
services and a mission fest
Former students of tho stato univer
sity have organized a club at Seward
for the development of good fellowship
and loyalty to their alma mater.
The Elkhorn Construction company
of Fremont is nctivcly engaged in
prosecuting tho work on the new
sowerago system at West Point.
Littio Marjorle Carr, aged three
years, was seriously Injured by a
runaway horso which struck her as
sho was crossing a street at Lincoln.
Edgar Van Winkle, tho Tecumseh
young man who suffered a fractured
skull when a ball bat slipped from
tho hands of a playmate, will recover.
Tho high school leaders' confer
ence opened in Beatrice, Saturday,
with delegates from nearly all repre
sentative high schools south of the
Platte.
Judge B. F. Good of Lincoln has
received word that his son, Paul P.
Good, a senior of Amherst, bos pissed
an examination for the Rhodes schol
arship at Oxford.
Tho city commissioners have Issued
an order to abolish the punch boards
and other gambling devices which are
being conducted In cigar stores and
pool halls of Beatrice.
Johnson is agitating an electric
lighting system.
The Beatrice Electric company has
asked the council of Blue Springs for
a franchise extending twenty-five
years.
Shortage In the corn crop com
pelled the Kearney Co-operative Grain
and Llvo Stock association to cease
its business at that place until next
fall..
At his second trial at Benkelman,
James Jones, Jr., was acquitted of the
murder of Joseph Rowley In Chase
county, In 1909. He plead self-de
fense. !
Bennett Duett, after an absence of
seventeen years, has returned to Hum
boldt, where he will begin suit for a
share in the estate of an uncle who
died there recently.
Mrs. Herbert Shearon, who was
seriously injured in a runaway, Is in
a precarious condition at her home
llear Falrbury. Mrs. Shearon has
beon unconscious since the accident
A valuable diamond, lost for sev
eral days, was recovered by Its own
er, J. P. Knowlton, a city fireman at
Lincoln, when be attempted to put
on an old pair of shoes which had
been In his locker for months.
Six boys, aged from nine to fifteen,
were rounded up by Special Agent
Wllllnm Gorman of the Union Pacific
at Beatrice for stealing coal from tho
company's yards.
Casncr Barnes, a farmer eight miles
north of Stella, Is arranging to drill
another test hole on his farm In an
attempt to reach gold-bearing quartz
of paying quantity.
Colonel E. Pratt a pioneer charac
ter around Omaha, aged ninety-five
years, was found dead in a little
shack on Spauldlng street Death
was due to old age and disease Inci
dent thereto.
DOINGSATWASHINGTON
ACTS OF THE NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS. Event of Importance as They Trans
pire In Both Branches
of Congress.
Saturday.
Tho Senate Agreed to meet Mon- (
day to consider tho Shopard-Kcnyon.
"dry stato" bill.
Resumed consideration of omnibus
claims bill.
Iloiuo members closed their case to
trial of Judgo Arcbbold before court
of impeachment.
Agricultural commltteo ordered fa
vorablo report on Lover agricultural
education extension bill.
Adjourned at 4:34 p. m.
The House Considered rule for tak
ing up tho Burnett immigration bill
opposing an Illiteracy clause.
Present Mott-Shopard amendments
to the newspuper publicity law, virtu
ally repealing It
Agreed to meet at 11 a. m. Monday
to consider Shcpard-Kenyon "dry
stato" bill.
Began consideration of Burnett Im
migration bill.
Representative Sulzer presented his
resignation as a member, ' effective
December 31.
Friday.
The Senate Resumed consideration,
of omnibus clause bill.
Court of Impeachment resumed trial
of Judgo Archbald at 1:30 p. m.
Adopted resolutions for holiday re
cess from December 19 to January 2.
Adopted resolution approving plan
of Lincoln memorial commission for
$2,000,000 memorial here.
Adjourned at 6:10 p. m.
The House Considered private pen
sion legislation.
Representative Kindred Introduced
resolution calling for report of la
vestlgation Into Peruvian district
Representative Kahn urged public
buildings, committee to provide $600,
000 for marine hospital at San Fran
cisco. Adjournment of patent fee system
proposed In bill introduced by Repre
sentative Oldfield.
Resumed consideration of Indian ap
propriation bill.
"Money trust" Investigating com
mittee continued its hearings.
Railroad men were heard by post
office committee in plea for adequate
compensation for carrying mall.
Merchant raarlno committee set
January 7 for beginning hearings la
Investigation of steamship pools.
Adjourned at 5:48 p. m.
Thursday. '
In the Senate Omnibus clause bill
taken up.
Archbald Impeachment committee
mot at 1:30 p. im
Democratic senators in caucus ap
pointed a committee to plan action,
concerning President Taft's federal
nominations.
Senator Swanson introduced a bill
to appoint a commltteo to attend un
veiling of Jefferson memorial at St
Louis next year.
Adjourned at 5:50 p. m.
In the House Money thust Investl-
In the House Money trust Invest!
testimony relating to' tbo New York,
stock exchange.
Former Governor Herrlck of Ohio
appeared before banking and currency
committee advocating system of rural
credits.
Representative Levy Introduced a
bill for currency system reform.
After a stormy debate resolution de
claring vacant seat of Representative
C. C. Bowman, Eleventh Pennsylvania
district, adopted, 163 to 118, and a
resolution to seat G. P. McLean, dem
ocratic opponent, rejected, 181 to 88.
Representative Bartholdt Introduced
a bill to limit presidents of the
United States to two terms of four
years each.
Consideration of Indian bureau ap
propriation bill begun.
Adjourned at 6:50 p. m,
Nebraska Man In Line.
Washington. Positive assurance
has been given at the White house
jthat an appointment would be made
.for the vacant place of Indian commis
sioner soon. Fred A. Abbott of Ne
braska, assistant commissioner, has
Ibeen performing the duties of the of
,flce since the resignation of Mr. Val-:
,entine, and friends here hope to sea
him get the place.
Has Lived a Century.
Howard, Kaa. Descendants of,
George Munslnger gathered at tha
Odd Fellows hall here Wednesday to
celebrate the one hundredth annlver-i
sary of his birth. Mr. Munslnger has'
,144 descendants living, out of a total',
of 149, Blxty-flve of whom were pres-'
ent Among them were seven sons
and two daughters, three sons and
one daughter being unable to be pres
jent. Two great great grandchildren
attended. Mr. Munslnger was born
-In Germany, coming to thla country
ta his youth.
Have Narrow Escape from Fire.
Chicago. More than 150 girls nar
rowly escaped death in a flro which
awept through a five-story brick build
ing at North Fifth avenue and West
Lake Btreet, occupied by several man
ufacturing concerns. The girls woro
at work In all parts of tho building
when the flro broke out, filling tho
structure' with smoke. A panic rosult-;
ed when worVers made a ruah for the
doora and windows in an offort to es
cape. Many of the girls fainted or
were overcome by smoke and were
rescued with difficulty.
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