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ROCK ISLAND, IXiI., TUESDAY, JTJL.Y 7, 1903
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Militia Kills Six in
Evansville
Riots.
AND WOUNDS 25
Additional Troops Being
Hurried to the
Scene.
Evansville, I ml.. July 7. Six shot
dead ami 25 injured, four fatally, is
the result f last night's battle be
tween the militia and the mob bent
on securing 16 negro prisoners con
fined in the county jail. Most of the
victims are members of prominent
families. There is much criticism of
the militia, but. the soldiers probably
acted within their rights as laid down
by the law. The negroes are leaving
the city in large numbers, and oflv
cials believe there will be no further
outbceak. although there is a great
tension.
The utmost vigilance will be main
tained. Troops at. New Albany. Ter
re Haute and Indianapolis are in readi
ness at a moment's notice. The gov
ernor is considering the advisability
of declaring martial law.
Indianapolis. July 7. Gen. McKee.
commander of the National Guard,
Quartermaster General Perry, four
companies and one battery of artil
lery left for Kvansville at 2 this after
noon. OUTLOOK WAS OMINOUS.
CUt In a State or Nfrroui Ksrlteuient All
Iny Yesterday.
Evansville, Intl., July 7. Following
the race riots of Sunday night and
yesterday morning the situation here is
still menacing, and outbreaks are lia
ble to occur at any minute. The day
was one of nervous dread. Early In
the afternoon the Evansville company
of militia quietly assembled around
the jail and wanted there under arms.
I flacks nnd whites pass each other
with dark looks; there was tiring
heard In various parts of the city dur
ing the afternoon, but no serious re
sults followed, and the thing was. it
Is thought, the work of a few unruly
characters who wanted to foment ex
citement. The last work of the mob
before It dispersed was to destroy the
"Itlue Goose" saloon, a negro resort
In Raptlsttown.-
Mayor Covert Take Action.
In jthe shooting of Sunday night.
It is reported to officers, Henry Arms,
a young white man, was shot In the
thigh. He will recover. The grand
jury met and indicted Lee Brown, the
negro who killed Patrolman Massey,
of murder in the first degree. Mayor
Covert had all the saloons closed for
the night, and issued a proclamation
declaring that "The condition of anar
chy and lawlessness that prevailed in
this community last night was a dis
grace to civilized people and a repeti
tion of its scandalous proceedings will
not be tolerated." He then ordered all
the saloons closed, prohibits crowds
on the streets, orders that all persons
currying any kind of weapon le ar
rested, as well as those talking loudly
or lKisterously.
KcgroM Take to the Open.
Baptisttown is being deiopulated.
Negro families by the dozens are leav
ing, some of them taking refuge in the
open country. Newburg road leading
to the east is lined with negroes in
wagons and camped by the roadside.
Nearly all are armed. The firearms
nnd ammunition taken from the stores
broken Into iSunuay are still in the
hands of those who eoniiosed the mob.
Patrolman Massey was buried by the
Knight Templars. There wa"s a very
large attendance, the cortege being
headed by a platoon of police officers.
NEGRO BROWN IS DOOMED
Wounds He Received from the KvaiiSTllle
Officer Are Proving Tatal.
Vincennes, Ind., July 7. Rumors
that an Evansville mob might come
here to lynch Lee Brown, the negro
who killed Fatrolman Massey, have
caused great excitement, though the
cooler heads say there is no possibility
of this.. The Knox county jail where
Brown is confined. Is a new structure
of stone, and fifty deputies could safe
ly defend it from any mob. Colonel
McCoy; of the Fourth regiment of
militia, . who has been authorized by
the so vendor to o:der out tha A'iu-
IOWA LAND VALUES
ARE MUCH INCREASED
Appraisement of This Year
Compared "With That of
1002.
as
Des Moines, la?, July 7. Abstracts
of appraisement from ninety-one of
the ninety-nine counties show ap
praisement on Iowa farmlands for 1903
to be over $190,000,000 higher than in
1902. The average per county exceeds
$2,000,000 and the increase will be
over $200,000,000 for the state.
There is a great discrepancy in the
valuations of lands. In counties that
adjoin in some instances the appraised
actual vaule per acre in one Is nearly
twice what it is in another. The state
board of review when it meets this
month is expected to correct these differences-
The increased farm land appraise
ment points to a heavy increase fn the
railroad appraisement. It will have to
be at least' $10,000,000 to keep pace
with the increase on lands.
cennos company whenever he thinks
necessary, has the men ready to march
out at a moment's warning. Sheriff
Summit has sworn in a large number
of deputies.
Brown is pronounced to be dying by
Drs. Breck. Nesham. McDowell and
Smadel. The prisoner is so weak from
loss of blood from the bullet wound in
his left lung that he cannot stand, and
death will come within a few horn's
say the doctors. Rev. Kelly, of the A.
M. E. church, gave Brown spiritual
consolation. Brown denied that he had
been sentenced to hang for murdering
a miner in Colorado.
ANOTHER MOll ON HAND.
Brute It Anger Waa Directed Against I
Too Mean to Live In Any
Country. . Sioux City, la.. July 7. Because his
wife bore him twins, Valentine Voting,
a drunken packing house employe,
threatened death to both the womn
and babes and,. in turn, narrowly es
caped "dea"Tu fit the bands of an ailgiy
mob. Ycang returned home after a
spree, and, finding the little ones
awaiting him, cursed, threatened, and
started to leat the mother. NelghlMUS
and policemen Interfered. Y-.uing made
a. light and Patrolman Weston and n.
mob chased him out of the house. Sev
eral shots were fired before Young w.i9
driven back into the house, threaten
ing to kill wife and babes.
A gun In the officer's hands was dis
charged in the room where the mother
and children lay, and the woman
leaped from her ted. Young was final
ly locked up. The woman Is in a pre
carious condition. She was almost
starved to death, there tclng absolute
ly no food in the house for herself and
eight children. The greatest effort was
necessary to rescue Young from a mob
that threatened lynching.
Another Outbreak of the Mob Spirit.
Mendota, 111., July 7. Albert Kane,
white, of Meriden, five miles east of
this city, was seriously stabbed by An
drew Gilford, colored, of Princeton,
111., as the result of a quarrel with an
other colored man named Bennett.
Gilford and Bennett were placed in
Jail. Kane Is popular and Immediate
ly crowds of men congregated and
inarched around the town talking of
lynching. Mayor Brown immediately
swore in a number of special police
and a mob around the Jail was dis
persed and the jail heavily guarded.
Mob Waa ln'ClosePorsuIt
Vincennes. Ind., July 7. William,
"Catfish" Lanham, a painter, assaulted
Patrolman Hughes, who tried to arrest
him for beating a woman, escaped to
the Wabash river ami tried to swim
to the Illinois shore while a mob was
In close pursuit. In the middle of the
stream his trousers entangled his feet.
Helpless and exhausted he cried for
help. Captain of Police Kruz and a
crew pulled Lanham to shore after he
had gone under twice. Physicians re
suscitated the- captive and he is in
JalL
Saved TTielr Wheat on Sunday.
Topeka, Kan., July 7. Twenty-five
thousand men labored early morning
till late night Sunday in the Kansas
wheat belt. In twenty counties where
the harvest is ready thousands of reap
ers were in action. Church services
In many rural districts were wholly
abandoned. The farmers do not think
they are violating one of the com
mandments by utilizing Sunday in sav
ing their wheat. Many women helped
the men.
Killed by Some Unknown Person.
Tittsburg, July 7. While Mrs. Cath
arine Sohn was sitting on her front
steps In Allegheny talking to friends
she suddenly fell over in what her
companions supposed was a faint, bnt
when they picked her up she was dead.
A physician who was called discov
ered a twenty-two-caliber rifle bullet
hole in her forehead, the bullet having
penetrated the brain. Where the shot
came f torn is not known.
Historic Building Horned.
Winchester, 111., July 7. A disas
trous conflagration which started early
In the morning burned out seven mer
cantile houses, causing a total loss of
over $50,000. One of the burned build
ing was a historlal landwark of Illi
nois, Stephen A. Douglas having taught
school there and Peter Cartwright bar
ing preached in the structure.
CHICAGO CITIZEN DIES
OF BROKEN HEART
Expires in Two Months From the
Time of His Wire's
Demise.
Chicago. July 7. Fulfilling the
promise made to his dying wife that
he would follow her to the grave with
in two months, Mathlas Luecker, an
old resident of the Fifth ward, was
found dead in bed at his home. After
his wife's death, which occurred May
4, Luecker seemed lost in grief. He
began to lose flesh and at the time of
his death was a mere shadow of his
former self.
He did not again mention his predic
tion of his own death, and it was for
gotten by his family until, as he sat in
his saloon at Twenty-ninth and South
Canal street, his wife's name was
mentioned. He said: "Tonight ends my
two mouths of waiting. I shall soon
see my dear wife." As he aparently
was in his usual health little attention
was paid to his words. He went home
In the afternoon and at 9 o'clock his
son, Mathlas," Jr., came home and
found his father dead In bed.
MISCHIEVOUS KITTEN
CAUSES BOY'S DEATH
Palls the Trigger of an "Unloaded
Gun the Boy was Looking
Into.
Fort Wayne. Ind.. July 7. While
cleaning a ritle which he supposed was
not loaded. Oliver Falls. IS years old.
of Huntertown, near here, placed the
stock on the ground, cocked the gun.
and was about to look into the muzzle
when a playful kitten jumped up and
caught the trigger. discharging the gun
aud sending a bullet into the left side
of his abdomen.
When, a physician was called he
found the lad suffering from peritonitis
nnd made a hurried run to the hos
pital with the boy in his automobile.
An operation was performed, but Falls
is rapidly sinking and cannot recover.
TWO MEN NEARLY DROWNED
ArtiQclal Leg; a Factor In an Incident
That Came Near Being
a Tragedy.
St. Joseph, Mich.. July 7. Paw raw
lake, eighteen miles north of this city,
was the Kcene of a narrow escape
from a double drowning. A. Nichol
son, 99 Le Moyne street, Chicago, and
Edward Dohl. also of Chicago, were
sailing when the boat capsized.
Dohl became exhausted from cling
ing to the side of the upturned boat,
and was just in the act of sinking
when rescued by Nicholson, who swam
to the. aid of his drowning compan
ion, heavily weighted down with an
artificial leg. Nicholson was fast tir
ing from the death struggle with Dohl
when both men were rescued by per
sons who rowed out from the shore.
Hta Cane la Murder mow.
Detroit, July 7. James Moore, a
soloist in the Fort Street Presbyterian
church, is dead from the result of a
gunshot wound he received nearly a
week ago while engaged in a dispute
with his brother-in-law, George W.
Parker. Jr. The young man who did
the shooting is the son of a wealthy
and prominent resident. Parker is un
der arrest and the charge of murder
will be preferred against him Monday.
Is the Power Canal m Failure?
Detroit, July 7. A story is in cir
culation to the effect that the new
power canal at Sault Ste. Marie is an
utter failure because of quicksands
beneath the piles upon which the
stone foundations are laid. It is said
the entire structure may be torn down
and rebuilt. The plant was completed
five months ago, and a preliminary
test was made, but it was brought to
an abrupt end.
Injured by a Giant Cracker.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis., July 7. Ethel,
daughter of Representative Miner, was
seriously burned by the explosion in
her face of a giant firecracker, and
may be permanently disfigured. Police
are searching for the boy who threw
the firecracker.
We Are Buying; Kails Abroad. "
Berlin, July 7. The Cologne Tolkt
Zeitung says that orders from tha
United States for 50.000 tons of steel
rails, ingots, billets, etc., have Just
been placed in Westphalian estab
ments. KUTed Bis Wife and Shot Himself.
Atlantic', la., July 7. Pat. Maher,
a railroad man out of work, returned
home from celebrating the Fourth
bout 10:30 at night, and through the
window shot his wife, who was asleep
in bed. He then turned the weapon
on himself- Mrs. Maher Is dead, but
the man Is still alive, though in a pre
carious condition. It is thought his
mind was unbalanced.
Two Lose Eyes by Cannon Explosion.
'Valparaiso, . Ind., July 7. Harry
Brush and Frank Metzner, young men
of Charleston, this county, were disfig
ture bombs and firearms, Nicholas Noe
charge of a cannon. Their eyes were
blown out and faces disfigured.
(MIFF I
TILL ALIVE
Pope's Physicians Mak
ing Brave Fight for
Great Patient
DESPITE HIS AGE
And the Generally Dis
couraging Symp
toms. Home, July 7. The pope this morn
ing expressed a desire to again take
communion, notwithstanding the fact
he received the last communion Sun
day and extreme unction yesterday
evening. Monsignore Marolini there
fore performed both ceremonies.
The pope showed great serenity, by
relating that he felt quite prepared
to leave the world. In spite of this,
DB. O. UAZZOXI.
he now and then expressed the hope
that he might yet recover.
The pontiff continues greatly inter
ested in what, the press says about
him and' shows satisfaction on leani
ng throughout the world general re
gret at . his condition is manifested
without distinction of creed or poli
tics, After last night's collapse, as
though aware for the fii-t time of his
danger, the pope literally forced him
self to take a greater quantity of
nourishment. Todav the authorities
inaugurated more stringent, regula
tions for the preservation of order
and quiet at the Vatican.
rasxes Restless Night.
Itome. July 7. The official bulletin
sued at 0:20 this morning states
that the jxpe passed a restless night
without sleep. Nourishment, how
ever, was more freely taken and the
general condition of the patient is a
little more reassuring. The pneumo
nia from which the pontiff has been
suffering is now complicated with
pleurisy and the pope has paralysis
of the fingers.
An operation for puncturing the
pleura will be ierformed on the pope
at 11 with a travaz syringe.
Koine. Julv 7. 2:30 p. m. The none
has been operated upon, land his gen
eral condition, isi better.
Uome, J im7. lir. Maxoni in an in
terview t li is afternoon admitted that
lie had given up all hope of saving
the pope's life.
After the oeration Dr. Mazoni
said the danger remained imminent,
but the illness from which the pope
is suffering is full of surprises. His
holiness might, live even three dajs
longer.
There has been no 'change in the
ope's condition S4nc 2. There is
still a chanee that Hie -worst may oc
cur at any moment, notwithstanding
the alleviation following the opera
tion. :
Pathetic Scene.
Rome, July 7, 3:3.1 m. Another
morning has broken ott the pathetic
scene within the simple chamber of
the Vatican where ;Poj)e Leo lies dy
ing. As the light of dawn penetrated
Into the room the pontiff whispered
to his devoted physician that he de
sired the shutters of tle windows to
bo opened, saying: ;"?, wish to see
nee more, perhaps 'f&r !the last time,
the rays of the sun." .
His Sleep Was Deathlike.
It is just a short while that the pope
came back to consciousness from a
sleep which Dr. Lnppon had induced
by a strong dose of chloral. Ills sleep
was so deathlike that artificial respira
tion was continued, and Dr. LapponI
every few minutes leaned anxiously
ever the couch to observe the illus
trious patient and listen to his hardly
perceptible breathing.
Will Frobably Lira Today.
Tope Leo awoke wet with perspira
tion, feeble to the extreme and his
voice hardly audible. The fits of cough
ing bad brought pains. In his chest and
shoulders, and thinking Jiis end was
DR. LArrosL
VERY NARROW ESCAPE
. FROM CYCLONE FURY
House is Blown Into Splinters Over
Head of Michigan Wo
man. Rattle Creek, Mich., July 7. A ey
clono demolished Charles Bowers'
frame house, just west of this city,
leaving nothing but the first floor. Mrs.
Bowers and her! three children were in
the house, but they did not receive a
scratch. The baby was rolled up in a
mattress by the wind, but was not
hurt, though timbers were whirling all
about it.
The supper table, all set in prepara
tion for Bowers' home-comiugwas left
standing on the floor with the dishes
hardly disturbed. The house stood
near the bank of the Kalamazoo river,
and the cyclone seems to have come
up the stream, leaving the valley only
at Bowers' home. No other house was
damaged, though trees and fences worn
blown down.
now Hear he said to Dr. Lapioni: "Tell
mo when the time really comes." The
doctor assured his holiness that he be
lieved the danger of his Immediate
passing was averted for the night anil
for today.
TOLD BY THE BULLETINS
Progress of the Fontlflr to That Bourne
'Whence No Traveler E'er Returns.
Rome, July 0, 10:30 p. m. The
change for the worse in Pope Leo'e
condition is augmenting rapidly. At t
o'clock his holiness was unmistakably
sinking, so that Dr. Iapponi, alarmed,
consulted with the ix-pe's relatives,
Cardinal Rampolla and other eccles
iastics, who decided that extreme unc
tion should be given and it was ad
ministered by Mgr. Pifferi, Pope Leo's
confessor.
London, July 7. An agency dispatch
from Rome, dated 1:25 this morning,
pays that for the last three hours the
pope has remained motionless. He has
refused all nourishment and is sinking
rapidly. The body is assuming the
stiffness of death. All present in the
chamber are praying.
Rome, July 7, 1:30 a. m. Dr. Lap
ponI lias just expressed the opinion
that the pope will live until the morn
ing. His holiness is still conscious.
Rome. July 7. 1:43 a. m. Repeated
dosesi of chloral have enabled the pon
tiff to sleep, but contrary to previous
nights artificial respiration Is con
tinued, a ind Dr. LapponI goes every
five minutes to the bedside to observe
the patient and listen to his breath
ins. Rome, July 7, 3:.ir a. m. The pope
awoke from his sleep which was in
duced by doses of chloral very feeble
and in pain, but with his mind quite
clear.
INTERVIEW WITH DR. LAPl'ONI
Explains the Situation, and Shows the
Pope's Indefatigable Energy.
Rome, Jnly 7. The correspondent of
the Associated Press Interviewed Dr.
LapponI during his brief absence from
the Vatican, it was easy to read in
the pale face the signs of anxious days
and nights spent watching his august
patient, while his words proved un
mistakably how deep an affection he
bears for Pope I.h. Unfortunately,"
said Dr. LapponI, "I cannot give you
any really condoling news. I cannot
share the optimism which is spreading
todas, which is not owing to a definite
change for the better but to the spir
it of the pope, who Is giving further
proof that his indefatigable energy
continues.
"The truth is that the pontiff's con
dition Is stationary which means that
it is very grave. I will go so far as
to say that although he may live for
several days It would be cherishing an
Illusion to think he may recover, un
less some unforeseen crisis occurred.
His pulse has become, to use a medi
cal term, evanescent, which means
almost imperceptible. The pope, except
during short "periods of uneasiness,
when his cough is troublesome, is gen
erally bright and In good spirit, and
displays great force of character.
"This morning, again, at his cwn
wish, he left his bed and seated him
self in his arm chair, as he finds a
sitting posture more comfortable than
being recumbenL What surprises all
who approach him is that there has
been no change in the lucidity of his
intellect, which disease has not af
fected. For instance, not a single de
tail of the ceremony of the last com
munion escaped the pope's observation.
He spoke of it with great interest, re
calling each personage who partici
pated. "The worst symptom, apart from
the feebleness of the pontiff's pulse, is
his low temperature, which is station
ary at 31 centigrade. He continues
to take nourishment at short intervals,
but not in such quantities as his weak
ness requires or his docto:s wish. Noth
ing medical science can suggest and
his organism can stand has been left
untried; for Instance, oxygen, cutan
eous revulsives, digitalis and caffeine,
which have also been Injected to pro
duce more rapid effect. The disease
is senile pneumonia in n torpid form,
which Is now at its maximum intense
ty, but which may have begun unob
served before the pope complained, of
any feeling of Illness."
THE ALASKAN CASE
Papers Have Been Exchanged and
Arguments Will Be Formu
lated on Both Sides.
JOHN BULL SOMEWHAT SURPRISED
At Some Maps We Have Dug Up In
the Matter Von Sternburg'a
Promotion.
Washington July 7. The cur"r
cases in the Alaskan boundary matter
have been exchanged within the time
limit. The counter case of the Unit
ed States last Friday was delivered
to the British charge of embassy at
Newport, and at almost the same mo
ment in London the British counter
case was handed to the United States
embassy, so that each side is now
ready for the next step, namely, the
preparation -and submission of the ar
guments which are to be laid before
the commission in London on Sept. 3.
Wants to Look at the Slaps,
The British government after a care
ful inspection of the United States
case submitted two months ago ham
expressed a desire to see the originals
of the many charts and maps which
are tho main reliance of the United
States agent. These include maps that
never before have been mentioned in
connection with the case, and which
the state department has spent much
time and money in securing from tha
most out-of-the-way places. The de
partment has acceded to the British
retiuest. Otis T. Cartwright. of Ne
braska, who already has been con
nected with the United States side,
has been named as assistant agent to
assume care of the original maps.
Von Bteiubiarg Hears of His Promotion.
Washington. July 7. Official infor
mation has reached Baron Sieck von
Sternburg at his summer home at The
Weirs. New Hampshire, of his eleva
tion to the rank of ambassador, to
succeed Herr von Holleben who for
mally retired from the German diplo
matic service July 1. Itwas known
at the time Baron Sternburg came
here last January as minister pleni
Iotentiary on 4 siecial mission to set
tle the Venezuelan tioubles that event
ually he would be made ambassador.
The ambassador will remain at The
Weirs until October, returning thence
to Washington to open the embassy
here.
STREET RAILWAY STATISTICS
Ctow Traction Lines Were Distributed
Whon the Census Was Taken.
Washington, July 7. A final census
report on street and electric railways
shows that the North Atlantic states
contain nearly one-half of the total
single track mileage of the United
States, and that the mads located
there operate over half the passenger
cars in service, carried more than half
of the total fare passengers, and gave
employment to more than half the
employes reported by all roads. Not
only are the street railway Intcicsts
largely concentrated in the North At
lantic states, but the greatest amount
of increase i shown for those states.
The report shows that the average
street and electric railway in operation
in ltx2 was more than twice as large
as the average in IS'.Hi. The aggre
gate surplus for the 403 companies
reporting a surplus amounted to $ol.
DOl.ir.O, and the aggregate deficit for
the 223 companies reporting a deficit
amounted to $ll.L,S.".l47. leaving a net
surplus for all companies in the Unit
ed States of $40,700,112.
Graceful Act of Condolence.
Washington, July 7. On learning
from the newspapers of the sailor
aboard the British warship at Colombo
who lost his life while filing a salute
ou Independence Day in honor of the
Cincinnati and the Albany, which are
now there, the states department, at
the request of the navy department,
oflicially expressed the sympathy of
the department to the London authori
ties. Killed by the Rnral Route.
Russiaville, Ind., July 7. The Avery
postoftice, six miles from here, has
been discontinued. since a rural deliv
ery route passes through the village.
W. H. Bird has been postmaster at
Avery for eighteen years. Although he
is a Prohibitionist, politics has had
nothing to do with Lis apioiutnient
from term to term. He has probably
lierved as postmaster longer than any
other Prohibitionist in the state.
Germany to Present No Claims. '
Berlin, July 7. The German foreign
office says the report that Germany
intends presenting to the Cuban gov
ernment claims for an indemnity for
losses sustained by Germans during
the recent war is untrue.
II all Works Great DestrucUon.
Crookston, Minn., July 7. Two hall
storms passed through this vlcinUy.
Reports indicate that thousands of dol
lars worth of standing grain was de
stroyed. . .
At the R(reeptlo.
"I think Daisy is going to announce
her engagement to Dick tonight."
"Did she tell you she was?"
"No. But see how uncomfortable
Dick looks." Harper's Bazar.
DOING MO
To
the Representatives
of Two Foreign
Nations.
THE AMERICAN FLEET
And President Loubet
of the French
Republic.
Portsmouth. July 7. The boom of
the cannon of the British fleet on be
half of King Edward today welcomed
the United States European squadron
to Great Britain".- naval headquarters.
National salutes were fired by ftAeh
squadron and there were the usual
exchanges of visits between the offi
cers. Mayor Dupree. of Portsmouth.
boarded the Kearsarge and extended
a hearty welt nine to the souadron. a
did Admiral Milne, who welcomed the
Americans in behalf of the king,
'n Loabet'i Honor.
London, July 7. Among the func
tions tendered to President Loubet to
day was a reception by the city gov
ernment at Guild hall, where a most
brilliant assemblage was present, in
cluding the prince and princess of
Wales, the duke and duchess of Con
naught, and other members of the
royal family, cabinet ministers, mem
bers of parliament, and others. Ev
erywhere the president is greeted
witli great cordiality. ,
HOW A CHINAMAN
KEPT THE FOURTH
Has Ills Own Celebration of the
Glorious Day and Has Good
Time.
Eajrle Grove, la., July 7. The first
Fourth of July celebration ever held
by the Chinese in Iowa was at Eaglii
Grove. Sin I'oo. a laundryman here,
invited WmI Lee and Ah Sin, of Fort
Dodge: Lee Hoo. of Sioux City, nnd
other countrymen from Mason City.
Webster Cit.-, Sioux Falls. Des Moires,
Cedar Rapids and Ottuluwa for the
occasion.
We havee light glood tlime," de
clared the host as he was receiving his
guests. There were Itetween fifteen
and twenty Celestials in the company,
being most of the well-to-do Chinese in
the state. They had a feast at 3 p.
m., concerning which wlerd rumors of
birds' nests, rats aud other Oriental
delicacies could neither be confirmed
nor disproved. Fireworks in the even
ing completed the affair.
LAWYER RUNS A RESTAURANT
Does It .Inst to Accommodate a Client
and Keep the Hash Factory Going
In an Kmergency.
Logansport. lml., July 7. Tosslnff
flapjacks and wattles, broiling beef
steaks and drawing coffee, James A.
West, member of the Cass County liar
association, a practicing attorney and
one of the Republican leaders in the
Eleventh district politics, has just put
in twenty-four hours to oblige a col
ored client, Harry Russell, who runs
an all night restaurant. Russell waa
called away by the death of a relative.
He could find to one he was wining
trust with his business until he hunteis
up West, who had been his attorney
After explaining the situation Westf
volunteered. He had learned bow to
make coffee in the army and other ex
perience had bc-Mi gained on camp
trips. As cashier, waiter, cook andi
dishwasher ho worked all Saturday
night and early Sunday morning wa:
at his post. The restaurant adjolna
the court house and is patronized byi
the eountyofncials. As the news spread!
his fellow lawyers descended upon
West and kept him busy all day. n
provided an elaborate Sunday dinner,
and did not resign until Sunday even
ing ou the return of the proprietor
Flattered. '
"Young man," said her father kindly,
"you look a little bit nervous. How do
you feel?"
"I feel flattered." replied the girl's
lover, who had asked for the interview.
T was afraid I looked scared to death."
Exchange.
In the Kindergarten.
Teacher What comes after "t,"
Ruth?
Ruth The fellow what's going to
marry my sister Jane. Puck.
Men must help one another, or you
may rest certain they will hurt one an
other. Schoolmaster.