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The Lower oast Gazette.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE LOWER COAST: AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FISHERIES AND COMMERCE.
VOLUME I. PI'OINTE-A-L"A-HACIIE, LA., SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1909. NUMBER 27.
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N[WS Of LOUISIANA
Louisiana Items of State Interest
From Ali Over Our Common
wealth.
Summer Normal School Accident.
Ruston.- Last Thursday about
2:30 o'clok, as the Ie:the'rs of thi
Snllumnler Normal Schlool were taking
their plaice, upon a tier of seats that
had le,-n ,rectd againut the west
'nd of hi. main Iuitling for the puir
pose of hatving their pi.t irs taken,
solme of the :,ltpiOats gavi way and
ablou t wo hmi r plllllwlol, l e wereI I pre
cipitatied to ! i earth from a niaxi
mlun heightli of aotll. 17 foot. Those
narer the grorndll did noilt fare so bad
ly. 'l'Twenty or Ihirty wert injured,
somnl quitt, .lerinslty, and that more
were not hurit is de ilii tho the fact that
nearly all werre on their feet at the
time, the r crash earn'. }Every doctor
In the city was soon upon the scene,
and the'y, assisted by tll,, faculty and
many other willing onIe, ,tquickly ren
dt(red all noecded heilp. That there
were no fatalities is conlsider-ed mar
velous, and is ai cause of profound
gratit udrl. Those oIn(i:t badly hurt
are as follows: .\rs. Nina M1eMlich
ael, (rand ('ane, conipou:nd fracture
of leg; T'lrry(i Lowe, Rocky Mlount,
conipoutiiid fractulre of leg; Willie
Walters, Riuston, fractured thigh;
Ruth M dyevr I, Logansport, frac
tured leg; BIlancho Phillips, Glen
more, fractured lIg; Maanii, Vaughan,
Ruston, fractured leg; Maald Nixon,
Melder, fractured clavicle; Ella
Price, Natchiez, Miss., bruised back
and hip; Mrs. Richardson, Monroe,
sprained ankle; Mlila Franklin, Rus
ton, badly sprained leg; Lewis Vaugh
an, Waskom, Tex., splrained leg; Ma
mie Leo Lane, Ruston, sprained an
kle; Atlanta Meadows, Ruston,
crushed foot. Mrs. Mlc.Michael and
Miss Lowe are in the Ruston sanita
rium, whero they are doing well.
Nearly all,thoe others are in the dorm
itory, andl they also are doing well.
The deplorable accident did not stop
the operation of the school, though
the afternoon classes were very de
pleted.
Was Quiet, Hard Working Man.
Opelousas.-Gilbert Wilson, a well
known negro man, who has resided
near town for years, recently began
a career of crime, which ended in
his own death. After criminally as
saulting a negro woman, he shot a
negro man in the shoulder, inflicting
a serious wound. Returning to his
home on the outskirts of town, he
threatened his wife, who sued out 0.
peace bond against him. He tried
to kill his wife with a shotgun, but
she escaped, and he then shot their
daughter, a young woman, killing her
almost instantly. Hardly had the fa
tal shot been fired when he took off
his shoe, and, placing the muzzle
of his gun under his chin, pulled the
trigger with one of his toes, and
blew his own head off. The first per
son to reach the house where the
tragedy was enacted found the wo
man breathing her last and the man
acad. The. coroner's jury returned a
verdict In ,ccordance with the above
facts. No way of accounting for the
terrible acts of Wilson can be sug
gested, except that he ust have be
come insane, and never stopped un
til his own life had been taken. Pre
vious to tis he nad been a quiet,
hard-working man,
Accused of Wrecking Train.
Mansflield.--The preliminary inves
tigation in the case of John Moseley,
a negro charged with wrecking a train
at Gloster, ill which two men were
killed and one seriously hurt, has
been held in the district court. The
defendant was represented by J. W.
Parsons, ex-district attorney, and H.
T. Liverman appeared for the state
as district attorney pro tem. The
accused was section foreman on the
Gloster section of the Texas and Pa
cific railroad for a number of years,
but was removed to the Grand Cane
station some time since, and shortly
afterward the train was wrecked at
Gloster, with serious results as to life I
and property. The case was hotly i
contested, the theory of the prosecu
tion being that the accused had
wrecked the train in order to secure I
his old job by bringing his successor i
into disrepute. A strong circumstan
tlal case was made out and Judge r
Correlli remanded the accused to jail l
without bond. The defense did not
fully develop its side of the case,t
and the preliminary trial was prob- I
ably insisted upon in order to make e
to, state disclose its evidence. a
Rice Mill is Started.
Estherwood.-The Eurek& Rice
Mill started up recently and run
through 3,000 bags. of clean rice, f
which they have sold and will ship t
out thtd week, There is more inquiry g
for cleau rice and ltocks are shorten- d
ing up in this section, and expect to p
be relieved of most all of the old rices
on hand by the time the new comes t
on the market. The Crowley Oil and
Mineral Company struck oil Saturday
in a new well 2,200 feet deep.
Dlseaee of Stock Being Checked.
Lake Charles.-After spending sev
eral days investigating the charbon
epidemic here, Dr. C. E. Maudia of h
the Bureau of Animal Industry has
gone to Cameron parish, where a sim- tl
liar outbreak is reported. Over 200
cases have occurred in the vicinity 1
of Lake Charles, and probably one
fourth of the animals have died, but 7
local veternlaarians believe that the
3pread of the disease has been check. a
ed by the vigorous measures suggest
ed by the goverament expert
Public Buildings For Monroe.
Monroe.--Mayor A. A. Forsythe, it
accordance with instructions from the
city council, has advertised for bldg
ton the new $100,000 city hall, to be
built on the site now occupied by
the old city hall, city and parish
jails, and several other smaller brick
buildings. The new city hall will
also have additions for the jail and
for tlh fire department. Superintend
t ent T. O. Brown is having plans and
specifications made for the new
school house at Calhoun. the tax for
t whih will be voted at the election
which is to be held in July. The
new house will be of brick and will
contain ten large, airy school romrns.
Two of these rooms will he arranged
so that they can be thrown into one
large auditorium. The ('alhoun high
school will be made one of the ten
t agricultural high schools of the state.
e
r Pension Board is Adjourned.
Baton Rouge.-The state board of
d pension examiners completed its la
1- hors and have taken final adjourn
'e ment. With the exception of a small
r- amount of routine business, nothing
d of importance was transacted and
-t no definite action was taken on the
i- 1,500 applications for pensions that
e have accumulated during the last two
t, years. The pension board has no
e funds by which these pensions could
be paid, and it was therefore decid
ed not to pass finally upon them until
(. the money to take care of the pen
i, sions after they were approved was
t, on hand. The state board, as it now
a stands, has an appropriation of $150,
k 000 a year, but this is used up every
year in the pensions that have been
approved. The appropriation can be
t- increased by the next legislature to
t- $210,000.
Will Vote on Tax.
d Edgard.-The police jury of St.
John parish held a special session
last week, with all the members
present, and upon a long signed pe
tition from every ward in the parish,
ordered that a special 2-mill school
tax election be held throughout the
entire parish August 3. The school
board created the entire parish into
school district No. 1 and the tax is
to run for ten years, through the en
tire district, and is to be for building
adequate school houses, with two high
schools, and for other school purpos
es. With this tax realized, the school
board and the superintendent will
be able, and it is the intention, to put
adequate schools in every school dis.
trict.
Monroe In Good Shape.
Monroe.-The city council held an
interesting session last week, the
chief feature being the annual report
of Secretary-Treasurer D. W. Faulk.
The report shows receipts for the
fiscal year ending June 1 of $386,214.
09, which include a balance from
last year of $84,061.57. The report
shows the city finances to be in ex
cellent condition, a cash balance of
$124,076.40 being on hand at the
close of business. The council re
ceived a commission from the police
jury relative to the drainage district.
The matter was referred to the drain
age committee. Applications for two
saloon licenses were granted,
Accident Tow of Barges.
Plaquemine.-The steamboat Jeo
Birg, with three barges of sand and
gravel, met' with an accident recently.
One of the barges struck a snag in
front of the locks, damaging it to such
an extent that it had to be beached
on the batture, where It sunk. The
other barges were taken through the
locks, and the steamboat Jennie Bar
bour, which came to the assistance
of the Joe Blrg, started down Bayou
Plaquemine. When a ,short distance
below the saw mill of the Schwing
Lumber and Shingle Company one
of these two barges hit a sinker, or
some obstruction, and sank in about
12 feet of water.
Arrangements Por the Model. Road.
MIonroe.-Assistant State Engineer
Hoffman has completed the survey
for the model road from Monroe to
Calhoun, following most of the way
the old Claiborne road. The convicts
from the state penitentfary are ex
pected here .this week, when the port.
able prison houss are expected to be
ready. The national government has
named Mr. Cooley as the expert who
will supervise the construction of
the road. He has just completed the
model road from Pinevllle to the state
encampment grounds. Mr. Cooley will
also have charge of the model road
work in De Soto parish.
Providing Water Supply.
Alexandria.-The laying of 10,000
feet of two an da half inch pipe from
the Pineville Insane Asylum to the
state encampment grounds is being
done this week. This is to furnish
water from the splendid water works
system of the asylum for the use of
the soldiers during the state encamp.
ment at Camp Stafford. The grounds
will be in readiness fully 12 days be
fore the encampment is held.
Assessment Rolls Reviewed.
Franklinton.-The police jury re
viewed the assessment rolls of Wash
lngton parish last week, as prepared
by Assesor Magee, and as completed,
they show the total assessment of the
parish to be f5,126,735 as follows.
White residents, $1,824,425; colored
residents. $101,860; nonresidents, $3,
733,440. This assessment is an in
crease of $298,680 over that of 1908,
and it is likely that it will be raised
still higher by the state board of
equnalization
BOLD BANK ROBBERY
MOST SENSATIONAL HOLD-UP
AT FORT WORTH, TEX.
k Bandit Takes $8,100 From Cashier
1 at the Point of a Pistol and
Makes His Escape.
Fort Worth, Tex.-Walking into the
Waggoner Bank and Trust Company, a
r well-dressed stranger compelled Cashier
1 Walter E. King, at the point of a six
shooter, to turn over the $S,100 which
was piled in front of him, and made
good his escape.
The hold-up was the most sensational
robbery pulled off in Fort Worth in a
quarter of a century. There was no one
in the bank at the time, with the ex
ception of the cashier, who was busy
working on the cash balance, and had
the bills in a roll, ready to take them
f to the company's central bank, at the
corner of Ilouston and Eighth streets.
Cashier King was the only man in the
1 branch institution at the time, and paid
little attention to the stranger when
I he walked in. lie looked up from his
3 work to stare into the muzzle of a six
t shooter.
"Make a move or a noise of any kind
rand I'll kill you," said the stranger, in
I r low tone. "Now, push that pile of
I money to the window here."
With the alternative of death if he
did not comply, the cashier obeyed, and,
after stuffing the $8,100 into his pocket,
the stranger backed out of the door,
still pointing the gun at the cashier's
head and threatening to kill him if he
made an attempt to follow him.
GETS VERDICT FOR $15,000
Cora Sinclair Winner in Breach of
Promise Suit.
New York.--Cora Sinclair, the "sand
snipe girl," was awarded a verdict ot
$15,000 against Samuel S. Laird, Jr.,
son of a wealthy Philadelphia manu
facturrc, whom she sued for breach of
promise to marry.
Laird met Miss Sinclair, whose real
name is d'Allo, in 1890. Their acquaint
ance ended in his renting a flat for her
in New York City, where they lived from
1900 to 1908. Laird, she alleged, prom
ised that if she did this he would marry
her when his father died.
During the trial over a hundred love
letters written to Cora by Laird, all
assuring her of his affection for her,
were introduced in evidence.
Throughout the trial, Laird's wife, for.
merly Mrs. Lillian 0. Hayes, of Philae
delphia, sat beside her husband and aid
ed his defense by notes she made. She
also testified in his behalf.
HAD ONE LONE DOLLAR.
John J. Richards of Columbus, Miss.,
Gives His Money Away.
N( w York.--A man who said he is
John J. Richards, of Columbus, Miss., a
traveling salesman, is in the observation
ward in Bellevue Hospital, where he was
taken after being arrested.
A crowd on First avenue attracted the
attention of a policeman. When he
reached the center he found Richards
grinning and perspiring, handing out $10
and $20 bills, saying: "Buy a pint, pal.
Here, little boy, get some ice cream."
At the hospital it was found that he
was suffering from heat and drink. He
was incapable of estimating how much
he had given to the crowd. He had just
.ne lone dollar eIft.
SAYS IMMORALITY IS TAUGHT
Serious Charges Brought Against
University of Chicago.
Chicago-Charges of teaching atheism
and spreading ideas of immorality among
students were brought against the Uni
versity of Chicago today by Rev. John.
ston Myers, pastor of Immanuel Bap.
tist Church and trustee of the divinity
department of the university. "The Uni
versity of Chicago stands charged with
teaching atheism afd spreading imnmoral
ideas among its students," declared Dr.
Myers, "and I can mention samples to
back up my statements. You know that
Parker Sercomb left the university fac
ulty to establish a free love colony. Prof.
Behan left there and became an anar
chist, having expounded the anarchistic
propaganda even while there. Prof.
Zueblin attracted much attention by de
fending Maxim Gorky, when the latter
traveled through America with the Rus
sian actress, and Oscar Trigg's affairs
are still fresh in the public mind."
House Stuffed With Cash.
Sperry, Ia.-The administrators of the
wealthy estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Far
rier, of this place, have finally solved
the mystery of the disappearance of the
money of the deceased, by taking up
the carpet in the parlor and finding the
floor under it fairly peppered with bank
notes. Nearly $1,000 were thus discov
ered. Other sum were revealed about
the house in an old organ, in the walls
and other out-of-the-way places. In
fact, the house was fairly lined anhd
stuffed with cash, and the administra
tors are still finding money.
Jumps With Child to Death.
New York.-With her arms tightly
clasped around her 8-year-old daughter,
Lillian, Mrs. Hannah Munthe jumped
from the roof of a five-story apartment
house. Both were driven insane through
grieving over the death of another child.
Thirty-four Prostrated.
New York.-The fourth day of un
abated heat that has afflicted this city
at a late hour has recorded thirty-four
cases of prostration and three suicides.
The mercury went to 92 offecially at 3
'doelok Thursday afte nnt .
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MRS, GOULD WINS SUIT
I GRANTED SEPARATION AND
$36,000 PER YEAR.
Sued for $250,000 Alimony-Scores
Vindication on Charge of
Drunkenness.
New York.-After a trial of nearly
three weeks' duration, Katherine Clem
moons Gould obtained a legal separation
from her husband, Hloward Gould, third
son of the late Jay Gould, by a decisio,
of Justice Dowling in the supreme court.
With the exception of alimony, her vic
tory was complete, but in this phase of
the case the court decided that $36,000 a
year was sufficient, although in her suit
Mrs. Gould asked for $250,000. She has
been receiving $25,000 a year from Mr.
Gould.
It was in the vindication of charges
of intoxication and her alleged relations
with Dustin Farnum, the actor, that Mrs.
Gould scored most strongly, for notwith
standing the long array of witnesses for
Mr. Gould who gave such testimony as
to make Mrs. Gould appear at times as
defendant rather than plaintiff, the court
held that the alleged "intoxication"
might have been due to excitement. As
to Dustin Farnum, it was held that her
association with him came after Mr. and
Mrs. Gould separated and that the hus
band apparently made no objection.
MURDERER SLAYS HIMSELF
Rows Two Nights and Days With
out Food.
St. Michaels, Md.-The last tragic
chapter in a story of crime unparalleled
in this section of the country was writ
ten in the half-light of a summer dawn
when the man accused of the heartless
murder of pretty little May Edith
Thompson Woodill stood for a momcnt
facing the men who had cornered himz on
the waters of a narrow creek, then fired
a bullet into his heart and fell a lifeless
lump into the bottom of the boat which
he.,hoped would carry him to a place
where flight might be possible.
Taking his fate into his own hands
and blotting out untold the story of the
death of a girl who had moved in the
highest social circles of Baltimore,
Washington and Los Angeles-a beauti
ful, talented girl who had been a protege
of L. J. Gage-the man known here as
Emmett E. Roberts, but who in reality
was Robert Emmett Eastman, a failed
broker of the Consolidated Stock Ex
change of New York, passed beyond the
reach of the law, and with his going
there vanished the hope of clearing up
the motive and the baffling details of
this tragedy.
TEMPERATURE 10S.
Eastern Section of United States Over
spread With Heat Wave.
Washington.-The heat wave now
overspreading the entire eastern part of
the country reached its crest Friday,
and the temperatures generally were the
highest recorded this year.
Weather bureau forecasters stated
that rains would cause a slight diminu
tion of the heat during the next two
or three days. These reins will be gen
eral throughout the Middle Atlantic
states.
The mercury reached 102 degrees at
the weather bureau Kiosk on Pennsyl
vania avenue at 2 o'clock Friday after
noon.
Three cases of prostration were re
ported during the day.
Blinded by the Heat.
Montgomery, Ala.-Will O'Connell, a
fireman on the Mobile and Ohio railway,
was rendered temporarily blind from
heat prostration Friday. He will likely
die.
Two-cent Pare Hit Again.
Philadelphia, Pa.-The 2-cent fare law
passed by the Pennsylvania legislature
in 1907 received another blow today
when Judge Wilson, in common pleas
court here, declared the law unconstitu
tional. The decision was in the case of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Company to restrain the county of Phila
delphia from enforcing the law. Judge
Wilson holds that the law is contrary
to the constitution of the United States,
and the county is perpetually enjoined
from enforcing the act apainqt the
Heading company.
COTTON CROP IS SHORT
REPORTS OF STATE REPRESENT
ATIVES IN CONVENTION.
The Progress of Present Crop and
How Best to Market It Dis
cussed by Farmers.
Atlanta, (;a.-The progress of the
present cotton crop and how best to
market it was discussed today by more
than fifty State representatives of the
Farmers' National Union, who gathered
here for a week's session in response to
a call issued by President Barrett of the
union. Several speakers said this year's
crop is smaller than last year, but that
diversified farming had made up for the
smaller cotton acreage by giving the
farmer a larger supply of food products
to market. D. J. Neill, State president
of the Texas branch of the union, said
there is danger that the cotton crop of
the coast region of Texas will be totally
destroyed by the boll weevil. G. E. Lee,
Georgia State president, said that this
year's Georgia cotton crop is the smallest
ever known. C. II. Casson of wirming
ham reported that farmers in Alabama
are rapidly diversifying their crops. II
.. Mobley of Arkansas said that torren
tial rains had done serious damage to
cotton in his State. Among the sub
jects which will be discussed are: Meth
ods of amalgamating warehouses, estab
lishment of cotton grading schools, the
regulation of produce exchanges, what
special legislation farmers need, packing
houses, fertilizing and other topics of
particular interest not only to cotton
farmers, but to all agriculturists.
SIGEL GIRL'S LETTERS READ
Told Both Ling and Gain That She
Loved Them.
New York.-The first actual evidence
of the strange, triangular romance which
resulted in the tragic death of Elsie Sigel
because of her friendship for two young
Chinamen was given out at police head
quarters. A letter to Chu Gain, signed
"Elsie," constitutes a confession from
the granddaughter of the late Gen. Franz
Sigel that she loved the Mongolian res
tauranteur with as much ardor as though
he was a man of her own race and color.
Another letter signed by the young girl
and addressed to Leon Ling, the "Chris
tianized" young Chinaman who straugled
her and placed the body in a trunk June
9 last, tells of an earlier love affair with
the latter Oriental. This letter also re
veals the coquetry brought into play by
the pretty high school graduate to hold
tht affections of both of her Chinese
sweethearts. From the reading of the
letters the willingness of an American
mother for her daughter to make an alli
ance with a Chinaman is shown with such
clearness as to leave no doubt about the
social basis upon which Orientals were
received and entertained in this strange
household.
MOON WAS CAPTURED.
Astronomer See Refutes Old Theory of
Earth's Origin.
Berkeley, Cal.-That he had mathe
matically proved a discovery that the
moon, was a planet captured by the
earth from space, and not a detached
portion of our globe, was the announce
ment made by Prof. T. J. J. See, as
tronomer in charge of the naval observa
tory at Mare Island, in a report to the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Hle
rejects entirely the lng accepted theo
ry of Laplace and Sir George Darwin,
aseribing earthly origin to the moon, and
declares this discovery is supported by
rigorous mathematical proof, based on
the methods of Hill, Poincare and Dar
WANTS BLACK HAND LAW.
Representative Kennedy Would Give Of
fenders Life Imprisonment.
Washington.-Imprisonment for life is
the penalty which Representative Ken
nedy of Ohio proposes shall be inflicted
on all agents of the black hand and kid
napers who use the mails for their
nefarious purposes. He introduceda bill
providing such punishment. The bill
provides that recipients of such mail
who fail to turn it back to the postoffice
offacials for investigation shall be liable
to $100 SAe,
COTTUlON CROP FLOODED
WORK IMPEDED IN MISSISSIPPI,
ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.
Elsewhere the Crop Shows Slight
Improvement -- Some 'elds
Abandoned.
.lemphis, Tlenn.-- '.h conit ion of the
cottoul clrop at the los-e ti, tiuc w u'k wa
wose in Ji i4i'.ilTi. .Aii hna and about
two-thirds of t( -,rg i than at tihe c -it.
of the urcetdinllg wtietk. Cilloiunlti railn
stolpl'td ' culti atioll al l the, gl r o mC lly
such hia,:d aya that a gr,'atir pl'ricntag t
of the fi'ld 111ut .t be abandlunl. SoNw
crops bhae reccit ed ni cultilvatlin at all.
The i-.t of cather in te tltu lie can
nlit repair the lo. ah radty rls talii't.
The plant in then Statie, e''n \t here
partially cultilatcd, i.' mall and glow-
ing sliml. It i, far b,,hind last cea-,f .
El-ewhere tlt crrop ha, iim prrved. The
'imprvc ent ini North Carolina, :oulth
Caroli;na, T'I' nciissee and A1rA, iiia a1 ;as
not great, being ratllr Jhs than ziornal,
because rainsc delaHel work an id pre
vented the farmnrs lpuling fields in a
good state of colltivatiln. It is still
possible, however, in ,ties- iitricts, to
regain untch of the loss.
In (klahounla, 'Texas antd l.,uidiana
cotton !liatde no'rllial lrongl.-..,, and is
now in the best c)litltln iii tlthe easn.
iTennllesee-llThl e cottoi lo kp ill ITeltl'c -
bee is gr;issy and inoit well cul tivatt'd.
Some imlnprovilent rcieltad tluring tihe
week, as rains were not so heavy as
elsewhere cast of the river.
Mississippi--Manvy rains fell during
the week and little cultivatvation was done.
The plant is small and badly in grass.
The abandonment of acreage because of
the impossibility of cultivation will be
considerable. The best weather hence
forth will not repair all tlhe loss.
Alabama--Little progress was made
in cultivatio0, ias rainfall was general
and in maniy sections daily. The crop
is very grassy and some lahinds in the
bottoms will be abandoned. The plant
is very small and the outlook is regarded
everywhere as gloomy. Good weather
can not repair the loss that has been
suffered.
Louisiana-With a few local excep
tions the rainfall of the week was bene
ficial. The crop improved greatly in
condition and growth. It is regarded
now as promising in the south and west.
Boll weevils, however, are numerous.
Arkansas--Culti vation is behind a nor
mal, and some of the crops are very
grassy. Rainfall during the week not
general, and in the drier districts con
siderable progress was made in cultiva
tion. Soeie reports are good. The boll
weevil is becoming increasingly numer
Texas-IRains were local and, except
on the coast, where they were excessive,
benefitted cotton. A few sections had
no rain, but have not suflered. Temper
atures were high and checked the boll
weevil, which are growing more numer
ous. Cultivation made progress and the
plant is growing well.
CALIFORNIA GIRL PERFECT.
Eleven-Year-Old Margaret Edwards Has
Wonderful Development.
San Francisco, ('al.--'1iss Margaret
Edwards of Oakland is claimed to be the
most perfectly physically developed girl
under 12 years of age in all the worl.
The child's mother is a teacher of physi
cal culture. Miss Margaret is 11 years
and 9 months old, is 5 feet 5 1-8 inches
tail and weighs 106 pounds. 1er
physical measurements are as follows:
Neck, 11 1-2 inches; arm, 9 inches; fore
arm, 8 3-4 inches; wrist, § inches; el
bow, 8 3-4 incres; chest, normal, 31
inches; contracted, 27 inches; expanded,
32 1-2 inches; bust, 33 inches, waist, 23
inches; hips, 34 inches; thigh, 19 inches;
calf, 13 inches, and ankle, 8 inches.
Senate Passes Census Bill.
Washington.-W'ithin five minutes the
census alpropriation bill was passed by
the Senate in the form in which it was
passed by the Hlouse. It applropriates
$10,000,000 for taking the thirteenth
census, and autlhorizes the director of
the census to designate three commis
sioners to represent the United States
in the international commission for the
revision of the classification of diseases
and called by the government of France
to meet in I'aris in July, 1909.
Harriman Takes Many Cures.
Semmering, A iustria.--Mr. Harriman's
physicians have prescribed various cures,
including the col water treatment, elec
trical massage and the carbonic acid
bath. Mr. Hiarriman devotes a consid
erable portion of the time to walking
and driving. \While the attending physi
cians do not think that his health will
be entirely restored, they expect great
improvement in his condition.
Wife's Sin May Prove Fatal.
Atlanta, Ga.--Caughlt y her husband
in a room with another man, Mrs. Nellie
Jobson, a pretty brunette of 22, mar
ried just six years ago, was lowered
fromnt a window by a roiie of sheets, held
by Harry Wolford, the ripe parting wlien
she was half way down, precipitating
her two stories, breaking her back inll the
fall.
Lynch Negro in Oklahoma.
Wilburton, Okla.-A mob of fifty
masked men took Sylvester Stennien, a
negro, from the jail here and lynched
him. The negro had shot andl killed
Albert Turner, a deputy constable, who
had attempted to arrest him.
Killed in Church.
Chico, Tex.-J. E. Moser, 47 years
old, was shot to death while on his knees
praying in a church near here by his
son-in-law, Roy Burnham, 19 years of
age. Burnham's wife, who had recently
left him, was sitting beaiqe her father
st the tiate(
JOKE NOT ALL ON THE COP.
Owner of Sign Loaned to College Boys
Was Also a Regretter of the
Event.
Stealthily the Gotham policeman
stole out from behind the side door of
the saloon and quickly pounced on
some ('olumbia college boys who wero
carrying a long board sign that had
hung over some tobacconist's shop.
The youths protested against the of
fleer's interference, but he told them
that they would find it a hard job to
turn little old New York into a col
lege town, and off to the lockup they
went, college boys. sign and all.
"W\\'hat's the charges?" asked the
sergeant as he looked out at the aggre
gation of the coming great men of
learning.
"Stealing a sign," answered the cop,
as some of the boys humped it into the
station house, where it reposed against
the wall.
"We did not steal it," spoke up one
of tho youths, "we only borrowed it."
The sergeant turned to the cop and
told hint to call up the owner and find
out what the true state of the case
was. The policeman read the sign
slowly and then turned to the tele
phone book to look up the owner.
"ll'llo! l)id you lose a sign?" and
the a nswer madethe policeman scratch
his head.
"\\'hat did he say?" asked the wait
ing sergeant. The reserves were be
ginning to grin and the policeman
looked very uncomfortable.
"It is all right," he said, scowling
at the youths. "The owner says they
rented the sign for the night and
are to return it tomorrow morning
when he is ready to do business
again."
A shout went up from the youths
as they were ordered out of the sta
tion, and they took up their triumphal
march and sought out some other un
suspec'ting cop to dupe, and far down
the street came back their triumphal
yell:
"C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a!"
The cop laughed to himself as he
started out again on his beat, and a
friend at his side asked him the cause
of his merriment.
"The owner of the sign was mad all
the way through and wanted me to
hold the sign. He had rented it all
right, but he said that was the third
time he had been called out of bed
tonight, for the boys had been pulled
in in three other preioncts, but as
long as I was a goat for him I thought
I would let the rah-rah boys have
some more fun with some other cop,
and sent them on their way. It Is
my day off tomorrow anyhow, and I
didn't want to have to stay around
here."
SLIPPED HIS MEMORY.
Magistrate-Have you ever been
sentenced to punishment before?
Prisoner-Yes, I had to pay $10
once for striking a man.
Magistrate-Was there any other
time?
Prisoner-No--yet stay. It comes
to my mind now that I was once in
jail for 15 years,
Myrtle and George.
"O, forgive me, Myrtle! I forgot all
about this being the night your beau
is due."
"Don't speak of him, Mabel. Here
it is 8:15. If he doesn't think enough
of me to call on time he may stay
away altogether."
"Gracious! 1--"
"0, 1 mean it. You shall stay with
me all the evening, and If he comes,
remember, I am not at home."
"Really!"
"Elight-thirty! The idea! I shall
close the storm door and lower the
blinds. I wouldn't so much as look out
if he rang all night, and-"
"0, there's the bell--"
"The bell! O, it's he! Mabel, you
silp out by the back way and call
some other evening. O, how grand!
To think it is really George. Poor fel
low! Maybe he was delayed and ran
all the way. I shall not even ask him
vhy he was late."
Accounting for the Death Rate.
"I understand there were 17 more
deaths in this town last year than
there were the year before. How do
you account for it?" inquired an in
,!uitive stranger of the health com
missioner, whom he chanced to meet.
"T'here were 17 more automobiles,"
was the quick reply, as he looked out
of the window in time to see another
victim added to the list.-Judge.
Not Athletic.
Mrs. Podge-That's what comes of
sending girls to college! They learn
'em to be as cruel as boys there. I
should think Mrs. Smith would be
ashamed to tell about her daughter
what she told me yesterday.
Mrs. Dadge-What was that?
Mrs. Podge-She said Emily was
the best in her class at skinning the
cat.