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16 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
JACOBSON LEADS
IN PLEDGED VOTES
lac Qui Parle Man Makes His Ex
pected Strong Showing in
County Conventions.
UNPLEDGED DELEGATES
WILL DECIDE RESTJLT
Cole and Block Stand Next in
Strength, but Many Refuse
to Give Preference.
Only one thing stands out as a cer
tainty in the returns from republican
county conventions held yesterday. The
republican nominee for governor will
be chosen at Duluth by uninstructed
and unpledged delegates. No great
popular clamor for any one man wassenate
developed.
Jacobson leads in the figures, as
everyone expected. He surprised the
politicians in some quarters and failed
to make good the claims in other
places. The Journal's returns by
counties give him a positive strength
of a little over 300, which will be his
first and last, it is expected. It will
be trading stock. He will probably
score 350 on the first ballot, by scat
tering votes from counties reported as
unpledged,'' and given in The
Journal table as ''unattached.''
Some additional strength is promised
him on the second ballot, which may
run his vote up to 400. This is without
counting votes secured by trading.' It
takes 545 to nominate, and Jacobson
is a long way from that figure. The
organization will be against him, and
the fight for him will be an uphill
one. The field is against him. His
friends are expressing the greatest con
fidence today, and say that the oppo
sition cannot unite. When it tries to
deliver delegates to any one man,
Jaoobson will draw from all the others,
they say, and will be nominated.
Cole Claims 245.
A. L. Cole made a good showing, and
will have votes from several counties
not credited to him in the table.
H. Warner, who is managing the cam
paign of the Walker man, claims half of
Becker, 13 out of the 17 from Blue
Earth, 10 in Dakota, 4 out of Fillmore,
4 in Isanti, the entire delegation from
Todd, and 3 from Wabasha. He says
ballot^, with"^htahy^eco^f" o^ bice vo
Cole defeated Jacol*son in Crow Wing
and Otter Tail, but both counties are
for Jacobson as second choice. Oole
seems to have gotten the best of it in
Todd, and unexpectedly broke into Isan
ti. Jacobson wen hollow victories in
Chisago, Anoka, Kanabec, Sherburne
and Benton, all of whioh were contest
ed, and broke into the ninth by taking
Clay, Norman and half of Wilkin.
Stephens has only six counties solid
Continued on 2d Page, 1st Column.
GRAFT A DISEASE,
SHIYELY DECLARES
Abuse of GrOivesrnimental Power
Scored by Chairman of Hoosier
Democrats,
Indianapolis, June 7.Democrats of
Indiana, in convention today, adopted
a platform strongly indorsing W. J.
Bryan for the presidency and selected
a state ticket for all' offices except
governor and reporter of the supreme
court.
Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend,
former congressman, was permanent
chairman. In his address he said in
part
"The use of governmental power for
private purposes is the beginning of
what is today called graft. The re
sult of this system of farming out the
powers of government has. been to
bring into the republic a confederacy
of special privilege that is tbday con
testing for supremacy with the Ameri
can _people.
"In exohange for the favors it has
received, and expects to receive, it has
for many years capitalized the repub
lican organization, financed its cam
paigns, secured the election of its can
didates and required them to stand pat
after they were elected.
Disease Suggests Remedy.
"The disease itself suggests the rem
edy. It began where public power
was first diverted from public purposes.
Withdraw privilege and the temptation
to the corruption which it engenders
disappears. Let all men, all interests,
all occupations stand equal under the
law, and all men will then have a com
mon interest in clean and just govern
ment.
Referring to William J. Bryan, he
said:
"That which is today eulogized and
approved as broad statesmanship and
enlightened patriotism in Theodore
Eoosevelt was only a few years ago
denounced as reactionary, revolutionary
and unpatriotic in William Jennings
Bryan. The aftersight of one is al
most equal to the foresight of the
other.''
AMERIGAN ENGAGED BY
CHINA AS A DIPLOMAT
Journal Special Servioo.
Washington, June 7.John W Foster,
formerly secretary of state, has been
designated by the Chinese government
to act as its representative at the sec
ond peace conference to be held at The
Hague, *This is the second time in its
history that the Chinese government
has selected a foreigner to represent it
in a diplomatic capacity. In 1865 Mr.
Burlingame, who was the United States
minister to China, resigned his post and
negotiated several treaties for China
with western powers
THEM
Evidence of Use of Chemicals
Held by Roosevelt, Pend
ing Action.
Sensational Sequel to Neill-Rey
nolds Report Threatens
the Packers.
By W. W. Jermane.
Washington, June T.There can be
no complaint bee ulse the house com
mittee on agriculture has arranged for
hearings on the meat inspection ques
tion.
The Beveridge amendment came up
in the senate without any hearings hav
ing been had and there was no discus
sion of its provisions on the floor. The'
in thts instance acted like the
house habitually does. It picked up
the Beveridge amendment and tacked
it to a great appropriation bill without
giving it the slightest consideration.
Mr. Proctor, chairman of the senate
committee on agriculture, said a few
days ago, in speaking of the senate's
action, that he did not oppose the bill
in the senate because it then seemed
too late to do so, but he permitted it
to go thru, so far as his vote was con
cerned, assuming that it would be taken
up in conference and there adjusted.
Will Be Drastic Laws.
The hearings before the house com
mittee present the first official word
congress* has had on the subject aside
from the message of the president and
its accompanying report. The testimony
thus far has been entirely ex parte, al
tho official and, in the interest of fair
{ng
lay the country will probably be wili
to have both sides heard before
legislation is enacted.
There will be legislation and it will
be drastic in character, In fact, how
there can be anything else the public
cannot see, Jtmt at the same time fair
play will consent that the hearing be
fore the house committee be had andLandis'
made a part of the records on congress.
Nobody will be harmed, and after the
law has been passed, the packers can
not say that they have not had a day
in court.
Cannon Not a Foe.
Obviously the purpose of these lead
ers of the house committee in ordering
the hearings was to make sentiment, if
possible, for the packers,, but this time
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EMBALMING OF MEAT
IS PRESIDENTS CLUB
,...-i,.-. the1
that Speaker Cannon isstartdnig^m the
way of prompt action, by the house or is
leaning toward the packers. I am au
thorized to say that the attitude of the
speaker is one of absolute neutrality
and impartiality. He has assured the
president that any report coming from
the Wadsworth committee on agricul
ture will receive the serious attention
of the house, regardless of its charac
ter, and that he wilLnot use the power
of his high office to influence the com
mittee or congress in either direction.
Whatever the house wants to do in the
meat inspection case he will consent to.
The inspiration that the speaker was
friendly to the packers no doubt grew
out of the fact that he has not taken off
his coat and gone to work in favor
of the Beveridge amendment.
Have Another Bomb.
Messrs. Neill and Reynolds, the presi
dent's special investigators, are hard
at work on another section of their re
port, which is to be sent to congress pro
vided there is a disposition on the part
of either house to depart from the spirit
of the Beveridge amendment. This
supplemental report has to do with the
use of chemicals, dyes, etc., in the pres
ervation and coloring of meats, and it
promises to be more sensational than
the first one, for it will deal with the
use of poisons and adulterations of va
rious kinds, and present the conclusion
that these have been used in such quan
tities as to be an actual menace to hu
man life.
The first report dealt exclusively
with the question of sanitary condi-
Continued on 5th Page, 8d Column.
COBDRN SHIES AT
'FATAL SUCCESSION'
Appointee Considers Long Before
Tempting Fate of Sen
ate Seat.
Journal Special Serrioe.
TopeHa, Kan., June Co-
seat
7.-^r.
burn^ "who has been offered the
in the United States senate made va
cant by the resignation of J. B. Bur
ton, is inclined to be very superstitious
and may not accept the appointment
because it is in the fatal-suecession''
line. Mr. Coburn has an office full
of horseshoes, which he has collected
on his trips to and from his work, and
these attest to his superstition.
''1 have no fear because of the
things that have happened to the men
who nave gone before me. The strange
fatality which has followed every sena
tor in the line in which James B..-Lane
was elected in 1861 is a matter of his
tory death and disaster, ruin and an
amazing variety and continuity of ca
lamities have been the portion of every
man who has occupied this seat."
REBELS VICTORIOUS IN
BATTLES, TOLEDO SATS
Mexico City, June 7.News from
General Toledo, in command of the
revolutionary party, says that he has,
in two engagements, badly routed Ca
brera's troops, and as hiai forces are
being reinforced by the arrival of large
bodies of -men, he has ao doubt of his
success and triumphant advance to Ghia
tamala City.
The revolutionists point to Guatama
la City telegrams as being evidently
inspired by the Cabrera government to
hide the "fact of the defeat at the
hands of General Toledo. ,r
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THUKSMY
TRAP FORADTOISTS
FATAL TO OSBORNE
Obstruction That Wrecked Car
May Result in Arrest of
Farmer.
Journal Special Service.
Cleveland, June 7.Tfie\ death
Morris Osborn, 18 years old, son
F. M. Osborn, former president of the
Pittsburg Coal companv, in an automo
bile aecident near WicklifPe, east of
.Cleveland, late yesterday afternoon may
result in the arrest of' a farmer on a
charge of manslaughter. The car driv
en by young Osborn and a friend struck
an obstruction in the road and
wasclosure.
hurled into a field. Young Osborn was
crashed to death and his companion was
badly hurt.
The elder Osborn went to the scene
of the accident and, meeting the farmer
who had built the obstruction, accused
him of killing his son. The farmer, ac
cording to Mr. Osborn, replied: I
know it.
Alleged Swindler Threatens
Wipe Out Family if
Convicted.
of
of
SWEARS TO KILL IF
HONOR IS STAINED
Journal Special Sexvto*.
Chicago, June 7.Rising to his feet
ana stepping before the jury in Judge
court, Louis A. Gourdain, who
has been on trial for several days on
a charge of promoting a fraudulent lofc
tery scheme, declared that if the jury
found him guilty of the charge he
would serve his sentence, forfeit his
fortune to the government and then
wipe himself and family out of exist
ence.
I regard my honor the dearest thing
in my life," said Gourdain in a voice
trembling with emotion. .^^M^hfirefiS
ight
siigntest ideaIn your lieids, Mr.'
uryme that I have defrauded any
man, woman or child, I have lost my
honor and I demand a verdict of guilty.
If that 'verdict is returned, I will de
mand the severest sentence under the
law. I will then go to Joliet and will
ingly serve my sentenoe.
Would Slay Family.
"When I step from the prison a free,
man, I will forfeit my fortune to the
United States, and then, by common
consent of all the Gourdain family,
will wipe itself from the face of the
earth. Gentlemen, I thank you."
For a moment not a word/was spoken
in the courtroom and the ifcry sat with
downcast eyes. Then Assistant District
Attorney Hanchett began his argument
and no further reference was made to
the remark.
The foUowlng fourth-class ywtaBnrtwa were
appointed today: Samuel B. white, Bathgate,
Pembina county, N. D., vice John Thompson,
resigned.
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SLEUTHS SURROUND
PRESIDENT'S ABODE
Extraordinary Precautions Taken
to Protect Nation's Chief
from Anarchists.
7
Report of Assassination Plot from
Oregon Causes Renewed
Care.
Journal Speoial Service^
Washington, Juzw 7^Extraordinary
precautions are beings taken in the
vicinity of the White. House to pro
tect the president front iany possibility
of danger. Plain-clothes, jmen from the
local detective force^ secret service
agents and a score of uniformed police
men guard every entrance and exit to
the executive mansion, and no one is
permitted to loiter about-the grounds or
gateway on the north side of the en-
All the gates at the east, south and
west entrances to the grounds are se
curely chained and padlocked, and porounds
licemen wait about, keeping a sharp
lookout for stragglers.
This action is considered significant,
coming after the report from Oregon,
where anarchists were arretted, that a
plot to assassinate the-president had
teen discovered and the. attempted as
sassination of King Alfonso of,.Spain.
Driveways Ctfeared|l&%
When the president starts
to
?or
WEDS MRON BOUGHTV
i: TOR HER BY MOTHER
lonrnal Speoial Serrioe. ts
Pittsburgh June! 7.Baron Francis
Eiedl von Redenau, seeretary of the
Austrian embassy iat Borne,.Italy, upon
wEom. Mrs. ChristopherI'Lyman Magee
was. forced to' make a marriage settle
ment of a'sum variousl-p estimated at
from
$100,000ttoMiss
last evening1
1906.
(fpr his
customary afternoon drive no 6ne is
permitted to linger about the:, drive
way or the two Pennsylvania avenue
entrances. As pedestrians approach
either of these places a sergeant of
police waves his club warningly, ac
ompanying the guesture with a request
the curiously inclined 0 keep
moving."
Nobody outside of the. guardians of
the White House knows when to expect
the president to come down the drive
way. A double team and open-seated
rig standing beneath the high covered
notch of the mansion is generally the
first intimation that the president is
getting ready for a drive. Nobody is
permitted within fifty feet on either
side of the two entrances.
As soon as the president leaves the
enclosure, plainrclbthes men mounted on
bicycles ride two abreast in front and
behind the vehicle in which the presi
dent is seated, and the procession thus
arranged proceeds to the^oiitskrrts of
the capital, ^heifflShe occupant of the
carriage leaveB^^* an^f^iomits a saddle
fhbrse which''W&?wmZ&4$Plt- him at
$250,00, was married
Margaret Louis
Magee, niece of. the late Senator C. L.
Magee.
New Hayen, Conn., Jane T.^fltoe Tal Tatrity
and freshnum rowing crews went to New Lon
don today. Their departure rwas made the
ocvere
casion for a great dttnonatratton br the under
graduates.
WHX) IS AN EMPLOYEE?
Congress has decidedto allow the railroads to issue passes to employees.
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Americans Said to Have Stripped
Vessel to Bombard Guate
malan City.
Journal Special Service.
Panama, June 7.Passengers and of
ficers of the City of Para, a Pacific mail
steamship, which reached this port yes
terday, say that while at Corinto the
American ship Empire, of 500 tons reg
ister, flying the American flag and with
American officers and crew aboard, was
taking on coal with the knowledge of
the Nicaraguan government and left
that port June 2 to bombard San Jose,
Guatemala.
There were 3,000 rifles and 1.500
of ammunition aboard and the
ship had machine guns mounted. The
revolutionists aboard were under the
command of General Castillo. The
bombardment was expected to take
place today.
CONFESSION COSTS
BOYEFS POSITION
Exposure of Coal Grafts Followed
by Penna's Dismissal of
Confessor.
Philadelphia, June 7.Joseph Boyer,
the Pennsylvania railroad employee Who
testified heforethe interstate commerce
commission to having received, large
sums of money and other gratuities
from producers' Of coal on the Pennsyl
vania railway lines, was today dis
missed from the service ot the company
by. order of President Cassatt.
Testifying before the interstate com
merce commission today, Joseph K.
Aiken, who has been chief clerk in the
superintendent's office of $he Monon
gahela division of the ^f^ennsylvania
railroad, revealed ahsapst as etartlip/^
evidence as that given by Boyer yes
terday.
On. a salary which, he said varied
from $80 to $1?6 a month Aiken had
secured stock in different coal com
panies amounting to nearly $75,000. He
admitted having received gifts of cash,
from coal operators on the Pennsyl
vania lines, and
nft also received $5
a month for several months from a
company store.
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QUAKES IH MANILA
DISASTER IN SAMAR?
Manila, June 7.Three slight earth-
Junee5shock6,
uak were felt in Manila on
and the last at 8:38 p.m. The
shocks axe 'be^jved to have been se
on, tn$: island of Samarv but no
details have been received.
pletely^ devastated.
PRICE "ONE CENT IN MINNEAPOIJS.
Three More Deaths Reported in
the Country **$& to..
Series y% Storms Strike
.aesota and West*
ii Wisconsin.
THE DEAD
Killed by the Storm.
Near Stoddard, Wis.-Halvor J.
Halvorson.
Near Caledonia, Minn. Mrs.
Peter Meyer and two children.
Near North Branch, Minn.Mr.
Engdahl, Sr.
Killed by Lightning.
Near North BranchAndrew H.
Olson.
The. storm took place late yes
terday afternoon in eastern Minne
sota and western Wisconsin. The
places reporting the most serious
damage are North Branch, Fish
Lake, Wyoming, Lindwood and
Sunrise in Minnesota, and Stod
dard, Leon and La Crosse in Wis
consin.
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La Crosse, Wis., June 7.Three more
deahts, are reported today from last
night's tornado which raged over a sec
tion of southern Minnesota and west
ern Wisconsin.
The wife and two children of Peter
Meyer, a farmer living between Cale
donia and Freeburg, Minn., were killed,
while Meyer himself was injured.
All the'farmers in the same vicinity
suffered seriously, their buildings being
destroyed and they' receiving injuries
in many cases. Every member of the
family of & T. Inglett was injured.
At St. Joseph Bidge, Wis., Charles
and WiHianf Banter, sons of William
Danter7 aged 13 and 15 years, were
badly injured.
Death List.
This brings the death list to four
and the -seriously injured to ten. All
the injured at the Lutheran. hospital
here are doing well "today^ and no
deaths are expected among them.
Communication with the tornado dis
trict is hot improved, wires still being
down. It.is known, however, 'that the
worst damage was done between Free-
jtorg-an4.JSal&donia^ Minn., and at St.:ure
Joseph "BidgC, and near Stoddard, Wis.
The--damage done by the storm, in?:,
eluding that to railway bridges, farm
houses, crops and. tobacco warehouses,
is estimated to be not less than $200,-
000.
Casualty.List Near Stoddard.
Halvor J. Halvorson was killed, four
other persons were seriously injured,
and ten buildings were leveled by a
tornado near Stoddard, Wis., last night.
The .storm, swept over La Crosse and
also did much damage at Leon, Wis.
The persons seriously injured are:
Mrs. Charles Scheck, hip broken.
Carl Schick, crushed by timber.
William Jones, concussion of brain.
Mrs. Louis Scheck and infant child,
mav die.
Julius GTahke, internal injuries.
Several others are more or less seri
ously hurt.
Storm's Center.
The- hurricane centered, a-pT)arently,
one and one-half miles east of Stod
dard, Vernon county. It passed up Coon
valley and Mormon coulee, striking
Stoddard and Brinkman most heavily.
Telephone communication is crippled
and telegraph wires are down toward
the south.
There was-some damage in La Crosse,
tho no one-was injured.
Washouts are reported on the rail
roads in this vicinity.
Many farms are reported to be com-
Crosse, Monroe and Vernon coun
ties in Wisconsin and Houston county in
Minnesota suffered most heavily and a
ivast amount of property was destroyed.
Continued on 2d Page, 5th Column.
CLOUDBURST GIVES
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
Sends Stony Creek to
Highest Point Since Mem
orable 1889.
FLEE I N NIGHT ROBES.
Latrobe, Pa., June 7vA storm assum
ing the proportions of a cloudburst,
swept Chestnut Bidge near Boggaley
early today. Clad in their night robes
the women and children were rescued on
improvised rafts. Torrents of water
from the mountain side threatened the
destruction of the Boggaley reservoir,
and the people are camping on the hills.
Johnstown, Pa., June 7.Hoovers-
ville, a town eighteen miles north of
here, was visited by a cloudburst early
today and Stony creek at this point
rose to-eighteen feet in a short time.
The lowlands-are inundated, but.no se
rious damage has resulted. No fatali
ties have been reported.
Today'B flood is said to have been the
worst since the disaster of May 31,an
1889. Th water in Johnstown is up
to the first floor in many houses and
business in the .vicinity of Franklin
bridge has been- suspended. Near this
point is a large tenement which housed
about twenty, families. The waters
made such inroads around it that the
people were ordered to vacate for fear
the building will be wrecked by the
flood.
Island Park", a pleasure resort, two
miles from Johnstown, has been prac
tically washed ~imt of existence. The
{ar was deserted at the time and so
lves were lost.
The crest 6* the flood- was reached
at noon, and reports from towns above
say that the waters are subsiding rap
idly. The damage along Stonv creek
is estimated at $250,T00 At Hoovers
ville an unoccupied frame schoolhouse
3 was swept away and a bridge was
washed from its foundation.
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BOY FUGITIVE IS
KILLED BY FRIGHT
Child Fleeing from Drunken
Tramps Falls Dying Near
^S'Ze-'.r^JBB Home.
NEIGHBORS IN POSSE
PURSUE THE TRAMPS
Diligent Search Fails to Uncove*
Hiding Place of the Boy's
Pursuers.
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Bacing to save his life and exert
ing every muscle to escape the clutehea
of the drunken tramps who chased him
and his two friends, Leonard Black, 9
years old, dropped dead last evening
near his home, 621 Harrison street NE.
The long race had taken his entire
strength, and lie fell headlong to tho
sidewalk before his friends knew what'.
had happened.
Leonard, in company with Clyd
Clough, 619 Harrison street NE, and.
Arthur Cammeron, 637 Harrison street,
was playing about the railroad tracks
near Spring and Polk streets. As they.
were walking along the tracks they met
two tramps who were staggering their
way toward the city limits.
Chased by Tramps.
"Hello," said one of the boys* half
frightened, but hoping to keep the
men in good humor.
"We"l get you," said one of the
drunken men as he started toward the 1
bovs. His companion also started in.
pursuit of the boys.
Thinking their lives were at stake,
the boys turned and fled toward home.
Their pursuers stopped, after running'
about a block, but the boys, fearing to
look back,'ran on.
Suddenly Leonard. Black stumbled,
ran on a few feet, and then dropped to
the sidewalk unconscious. His little
companions turned, and seeing that tho
tramps were following, they tried to
help the boy to his feet. Failing in
this, they sought help of pedestrians.
and a few minutes later the parents of'
the boy were notified.
The boy's father, A. H. Black, car
ried him to his home, where he died
a few minutes later.
Killed hy Fright.
Deputy Coroner Irvine was summoned
and pronounced death due to heart fail
brought about. by. fright and ex
haustion.. t9ab
As soon as the neighbors heard of the
tragic death, a^band organized to hunt
down the tramps. Aidea by the police,
the entire northeast section of the city
was thoroly scoured, but the men could
not be found. It is thought that thev
boarded an outgoing train and escaped
from the city. Some think they did not
even know of the death of the boy.
Both boys who accompanied Leonard
say they could positively identify the
tramps, and the police are keeping up
the search,
PRICETAGSPDT ONZ
THE BODIES OF MM
Economic Value of Human Work
ers Is Fixed by Maine
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Scientist,
Journal Special Servie*.
Boston, June 7."What is a man
worth in dollars and cents!"
"Can flesh and blood and brains be *y-^
reduced to figures with the dollar sign 1
before!" _'
These, questions were considered at
the meeting of (he section on optha
mology of the American Medical asso
ciation at Harvard medical school. The
topic was "Physical Economics," and
the paper was read by Dr. E. B. Eras
tus E. Holt of Portland, Me., who
showed tables which made it evident,
to the members of the section that a
man's value in money could be^actually
determined by taking into consideration,
his occupation and age.
Dr. Holt, moreover, reaffirmed tha
famous Dr. Osier theory, and showed
a table which explained that the^eco
nomic value of a laboring man began
to decrease after his twenty-fifth year*
that the economic value of a profes
sional man began to decrease after ni^
fortieth year.
Man of 80 a 1*088.
In Dr. Holt's table showing the rain*
of individuals of the American labor
ing class, h states* that at 10 years of
age, on a 3% per cent discount basis,
the boy is worth f2.601.52 at 16 yeara1.j
he is worth $4,263.66 at 25 he is worth \J,
$5,488.03, and from that time on his '_
value decreases, until at 70 years of i",:
age he is worth vbut $17. At 13 and'-*
at 80 years of age he is a drawback *%t
on the community to the extent of 7-4
$672.84. 7
A professional man at 25 years pi
age nas an economic value of $25,-"
898.94, and his highest value is at 40-
years of age, when he is worth $30,-^
344.68. The tables which Dr. Holt has
used in determining the value of a
man are taken from those of the fa-1^
mous Dr. Farr, but he has amplified, .QJ
these tables in such a way that he can "gg
determine the percentage of loss due
to a specific fact, sjich as the loss of,^
eye, a leg or an arm. 'j.
DIES BY FIRE SHE
HURLED AT SISTER
*n
Vancouver, Wash., June 7.As th
result of what is said to have been a
quarrel, Mrs. Alice Myers of Washuig--!4
ton, D. is dead, and her sister. Miss
Clara Laroie* is seriously burned.
As far as can be learned by tl
sheriff, Mrs. Myers became enraged at
her sister and threw a lighted lamp at
her. In so doing, Mrs. Myers spnnMed,?
herself with ignited oil, and altho ber
sister was hit by the lamp, the fire tt
caused on the latter was quickly ex
tinguished. Mrs. Myers, tho Jiot so
riously burned externally, inhaled the
flames and died today