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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
EXPLOITS OF A FINE SETTER.
KEPT A FLOCK OF PARTRTDGES
TREED ALL NIGHT.
Next Pointed at Some Red Head Ducks
and Tackled Bellig erent Wild Gander
Wound Up by Discovering PlOyer At
Night-Big bag OF Two Sp0rtsmen.

LAcHINE, Canada, Oct. ga pair Of
eportsmen up in the north woods have re-
Gently had some remarkable experiences
OF the skill and intelligence of setter.
They had also surprising instances of the
stupidity OF game birds.
The provisions, canoe and camping ma
terial had been carted in on jumper some
twenty miles from travelled road, to a
delightful spot beside Yellow Beaver Lake.
The tent was pitched on bit of greensward
at the end OF the portage just as night
came on.
In order that his movements might not
disturb the game, Mac, the black and white
setter was leashed to a sapling until the
supper had been cooked and eaten. AS
usual, he accompanied his master to the
tent at bedtime. but astonished him by
setting up loud barking as soon as the
doorway had been laced for the night.
Such behavior on the part Of the dog
was inexplicable, and he was rebuked and
silenced by the hunters. About midnight
the men sat up to rearrange their blankets.
when Mac imm ediately took advantage Of
their wakefulness to get in another short At
OF barking.
At the first streak OF daylight he began
his noise again, springing up from the
ground in frenzy Of excitement. This
time he positively refused to be pacif1ed,
and it began to dawn upon his owner that
there might be method in his madness.
Slipping a couple of cartridges into a
gun, he cautiously unfastened the tent
door and peeped out He then saw what
he had not noticed the night before, that
huge birch tree extended mighty hori-
zontal limb right across the pathway over
the tent. Perched upon the branch and
covering without motion from fear Of the
barking dog were several full grown
cartridges.
The two sportsmen speedily realized
that the birds hadbeen kept in their trance
like freed position by the tactics of the dog,
though they have not yet decided by which
Of his senses he first discovered them. BY
careful mar ksmanship they brought down
two braces of partrdges, and while the day
was still young Mac found and they secured
eight more belonging to the same brood
Twelve partridges in less than half
Gay is pretty good sport, even in that
country, for these times. For the first day
out 1t was shooting to boast Of.
In the afternoon OF the same day the
whole party was padding slowly down
the lake, trolling for bass, which were
eagerly taking the spoon bait. As th@
were resting for a moment after taking
q good fish. one of the men drew his com
panions attention to a number Of white
or parti-colored stones on q point Of land
jutting into the lake.
A gentle whining from Mac attracted
their notice at the same instant. The dog
stood in the bow of the canoe, with rigid
body and uplifted forefoot, deliberately
pointing in the same direction.
Ben said the dogs owner, there's
game Of some sort there. Mac s doing
his best to tell us all about it"
what can Mac know about il, full mile
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16

Among the cats in the cattery are some
bearing such horsey names as Star Chimes,
and Lou Dillon. These were bestowed
upon them by their owner, whose early
education was extended largely by studying
the performances Of running and trotting
horses. He Is bookmaker and does not
pretend to know anything about cats be-
yond the fact that they come high.
III any Of them dies" as he expressed it
when referring to the financial side Of the
business. they'll never help the fiddle
string supply. There amt a cat in the bunch
note than high c.
1t is his wife who looks after the cats and
exhibits them. She also reserves the ex-
elusive privilege Of naming them, since it
became manifest that her husband meant
to apply to them the names of Directum.
Star Pointer, Nancy Hanks and others
associated with kings and queens OF the
turf
The batteries proper consist of two cot
tages fitted up with every convenience
for the feline aEistocrats. including benches
with soft cushions and plenty Of toilet ia
cilities. If these cats have the traditional
nine lives, the fact is not expressed in the
ioiih vi ieeuhuity'v WIN ca's vi hieh
degree as with Harvard graduates the rule
governing the propagation Of the species
seems to be 1.-THE higher, the fewer"
THE cats are so highly bred that two
kittens constitute the average litter ex-
cept in rare cases, when the number is four,
but in this event the offspring are apt to
live only few days But then, as the
cat fancier expresses it, "If they were more
robust and there were bigger litters, they
would be so many of 'em that they would
be good deal cheaper
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A Snake Hunting Dog.
From Forest and Stream

Lulu. who was my constant companion
for about six weeks. two years ago. u Florida
was cross between the fox terrier AMI
pug She would hunt for and find snake
much a. good setter would find quail. 50"
killed all she found till. much to the dtss"-t
OF my friends who owned chickens. t"'i
her she mustn't
have the skin Of 6-foot chicken snaRH
which she detained for mo MI | took Il "'h
forked stick. she one day. at nv comnthd.
held at bay. by barking. n foot Nl's
snake for about half an hour. TIL hat >'Hd''A
1t all ! wished and called her of Nu'u -
my regret. I learned that ehe was o"i'y
bitten by a rattler and died.
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STORIES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
Dogs Memory Of a Bee Sting.
From the Philadelphia Press.

Something must have stung your dog"
said resident OF this city to a suburbanite.
whom he was visiting a few days ago. as he
noticed the antics OF a large collie which.
after swapping frantlcally at flying insect.
lowerd his head and carefully licked his right
forepaw.
NO." replied the owner Of the dog that
is only a little delusion of his When he was
puppy bee stung him on that foot you see
him attending to, and ever since he has
cherished a standing Rrudge against flying
insects. Apparently the sight Of one not
only arouses his anger. but recalls most wildly
his first experience with one. for each time
after running after one. whether he catches
it or not. he stops and tenderly ticks the place
where he was stung two years ago. AS far
as know he has never been stung since then.
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go long time without water, and reckon
my pony persisted Of thirst, if il was rot
run to dea tn in that race which Was in
progress when l last saw it,
have been made. Mexican ranchman
who lives across the borGer in TIE State Of
Sonora managed to capture three Of them
in a strongly built corral. They were
very wild and all efforts to tame thcm
failed. After they bad been kept in cap
tvity several months and had crippled
dozen or mere cowboys who had attempted
to ride them they were turned loose.
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white
There is one in the cole ction which the
novice would pronounce black, but her
owner maintains that Katydd is a sample
OF very rare shade of gray and offers to
point out the distinctive fecks of white
silver in her fur. He calls this rare shade
London smoke. The name is tribute. to
the land whence the grandfather of Katy
did migrated to improve the blood and prices
OF the feline population of Gowanda.
katydid is remarkable character and
her fame has gone forth through all the
Cattauraugus hills She is mighty hunter.
and not even Emperor William Of Germany
is fonder of the smell of powder than she is
Whenever her owner goes abroad to shoot
birds or small game Katydid is sure to be
at his heels, or else dashing ahead after
he fires to retrieve whatever he shoots.
She has as much feather on her feet and
tail as setter, and performs the duties of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
Squirrels Have . Carnival.
From the Lewiston Journal.

TTo"F Wt LeHWr0n 5uuTHdT'
Squirrels have literally taken possession
Of the attic Of a Bowdoinham house. En-
tering the house by means Of the water cutters
these lively guests remain ovor night in
their cosy quarters. eating seed corn, and
playing tag for amusement. Disappearing
at daybreai, they return every evening. hold
ing carnival throughout the long night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16
hull That Chews Tobacco.
From. the London Netrs.

From the London Ners.
The donkey who was a connoisseur in to-
baoco must look to his laurels. in Alden, :"
says a correspondent Il once saw q young
Somali bull that not only ohewed lighted
cigarettes but also washed his meal down
with hall a pint Of neat rum. Tommy the
bulls nameJ was the property Of Capt. Craig.
the skipper OF the local steamer Falcon. He
was liked on board and was. despite his dissi-
ated habits, a great favorits with the native
crew"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16

It is such values as the following which max.
our store most interesting these early fall DAYS.
Read on.
Cit GLASS LUG Prism and chrysan,hcmum
cutting. one quart, Sc 90
TALL CUT GLASS C0MP0TE OR B0N.BON
Specially priced at $3.50
CUT GLASS VASE New shape entirely
new cutting, IL inch. ............ each. $500
DEcANTERs New shape, with rich, deep
cutting, heavy cut stopper, one quart size
Each, S5O
CLAhEI jug It is almost impossible for the
factory TO furnish these as fast as W, can sell
them. You will understand it when YOU see
them at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S6,75 each
CUT GLASS FRUIT, SALAD OR BERRY
BOWL 8 inch. ................ each. s275
PUNCH BOWL Magnificent, heavily Gu,
beautifully polished, footed punch bowl IA inch
GOLD We announce with pleasure tn arrival
cSsee of our first large consignment of rich
o-nSS Gold Glass, in fancy and staple articles
This is the shipment which many 0. onr Gus.
toners have been waiting for III line is
complete in such pieces as bon bons, ASSORTED
shapes and Sizes Compotcs, Fruit, Sa.d .r
Berry Bowls, Liquor Sets, Ice Cream Sets, &c,
prices ranging from 40 cents for footed salt
cellar to 10000 for a magnificent sectional
centre piece for flowers.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-15
FOR OVER A MILLION.
Topeka City Railway Gives Big
Mortgage.

The Topeka Railway company has exc
cuted a trust deed for S, ,250, 600 to the
American Trust and Savings bank of
Chicago.
A copy of the deed has been filed with
the register of deeds in Shawnee county
and it represents that the deed is given
to secure the payment of 1,250 bonds of
81 600 each, due January l, 1929. The deed
of trust covers all the property of the
Topeka Railway company and such
property as the company may ac-
quire. The bonds bear five per
cent interest, to be paid semi-annual-
ly. The deed is equivalent to making a
mortgage in trust to insure the holders of
the city railway bonds that they will be
paid when due.
The deed specifies that $3.50, 900 worth of
the bonds shall be delivered at once. and
that $500, 900 worth shall be delivered af-
ter July l. 1904, and that the $4,000 can
be used for so per cent of the cost of i'm
provements and that the other 20 per
cent in improvements must come from the
earnings of the company. The deed pro-
vides that $4,000 can be used in building
steel bridges and in re-equipping the pow
er plant of the company.
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WILL BUY THE cow.
Lawrence W. G. T. o. Bids $50 for
That offered by Miss Boise.

The following official report of the
meeting of the Lawrence w. c. T. U.
has been submitted to the State Jour
nal by Mrs. R. E. Rice, corresponding
secretary:
''At a meeting of the Lawrence w
C. I. u, held at their rooms in the
Watkins bank building. February II
1904, Mrs. Grace E. Smith, president OF
said union, called attention to the no
tice published in a recent issue of the
Topeka State Journal, that the B1anch
Boise COW was on sale to the highest
bidder, and said she hoped this COW
would yet be the property of some
local union; that the Kansas Hermit
in presenting the COW to the smasher,
was impelled by his well known strong
desire to encourage the spirit of as
sistance to oppression and sex denoTni-
nation to revive and keep alive the
crusade spirit, the fire of liberty in the
human soul, and she was in favor of
cooperating with the Hermit in this re-
gard.
"She moved that the union bid $50
for the COW. and notify the smasher
and the Hermit of the action of the
union.
1.-The following resolutions were then
moved and adopted:
" Whereas, 1t having come to our
knowledge that Miss Blanch Boise, a
member of the w. C. 1. u, has been
imprisoned by the powers that be, for
interfering with the illegal traffic in
liquors; therefore,
50 Resolved, That the members of this
oldest and most historic union in the
state, with the picture of Dusilla VIII
son looking down from the walls of our
room recalling the heroic and self
sacrificing labors of herself and other
women that helped secure the cons til
tutional amendment forbidding this
traffic and from the evidence at hand,
we firmly believe that there was no
cause of action against Miss Boise and
that her Imprisonment is without war
rant in law.
"'Resolved, That with the memory of
these heroic spirits and times stirring
within u.s. we deplore the fact that to
suit the interests of these law breakers
that thrive on this business, women are
hunted down when they interfere or
protest in any emphatic way.
=" 'Revolved, That we view with alarm
the great price set upon bit Of proper
ty used for evil purposes, by our judges
and courts, while trampling under foot
the faith of the people enacted into
laws for the protection of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, and we
view all this prosecution of Miss Boise
as a strained and biased construction
of law and intended to encourage and
screen the real law breakers.
" "tRevolved, That this union purchase
the COW given by the Kansas Hermit,
for the benefit of Miss Boise, and that
we publish this protest against the prac-
tice of fining victims instead of Grim
inals by our officials y
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QUITS
Colorado Congressman Doesn't
Wait to Be Unseated.
Senate Will Vote on Cana
Treaty February %.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Representative
Shafroth. from Denver, Colo, district,
voluntarily relinquished his seat in the
house at the convening of that body
today.
The house unanimously agreed to a
resolution declaring r. w. Bonynge en-
titled to the seat from the First Colo
rado district.
At 12:40 o'clock the house adjourned
The contest for the seat by Robert
w Bonynge and the examination of
precincts. If he was judge on the
bench he would have to find against
himself and he invited the elections
committee to present a resolution seat
ing Bonygne. The statement created a
sensation and at it's conclusion great
applause was heard on both sides of the
house. Chairman O1mstead of the cleo
tions committee, considering the case,
paid a high tribute to Mr.. Shafroth,
saying although the action was a sur
prise, the case showed that the frauds
in the elction were not chargeable in
any way to Mr.. Shafroth. -
The following prayer that Senator
Hanna's life might be spared was ut
tered in the house today by the chap
lain upon the convening of that body:
80. thou who are supremely wise and
good, life giving, life saving potenate
in whom all our longings, hopes and
aspirations are centered, be graciOuSly
near we beseech thee, to the states
man and patriot whose life now trem-
bles in the balance.
"Spare him, we beseech thee to his
family, his friends and his countrymen,
that yet little longer his genial pres
ence. his wise counsels and efficient
service may be theirs and ours.
Hear us, o Lord and answer us in
accordance with thy wisdom and good
pleasure"
IN THE SENATE.
Washington. Feb 15.-The senate in
executive session today Rzreed to vote
on the ratification ofesle Panama canal
treaty on February %. --4,s,
In his prayer today opening the sem
ate Chaplain Hale referred to both the
critical condition of Senator Hanna and
to the Orient as follows: s.fr
I'VE ask Thee" he said. ito copse-
crate US to this day the house of death
and consecrate to US the lessons of life. -
Immediately after the conclusion of
the prayer the senate, on motion of. Mr..
Cu1lom, went into executive session.
The doors were reopened at 1882 O'Clock
and legislative business proceeded with.
The bill to pay $150,000 to ex-Queen
Lilioukalani failed to pass the senate
TODAY The vote being 26 to g.
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under SO Feet of Snow.

Auburn, Cal, Feb. 15.-Three men
lost their lives in a landslide and a
cave-in of a portion of the railroad
eompany's snow sheds a few miles this
side of Truckee. A gang of 46 men
were working when they heard the
slide coming and all made a. run for
their lives. Several were buried waist
deep and were extricated by their COM
panions- One young man was taken
out completely suffocated and the 9TH
ers can not be found. Their bodies are
probably buried under thirty feet OF
snow The body recovered was identi-
fed as that of Daniel c. Olbrok of Der
by, Conn.
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and Kittridge and General Dick, who
were. among those to arrive during the
early morning hours remained at the
hotel throughout the day.
Mrs. Hanna, who had remained at
the bedside or in the room adjoining
the senator's since early morning, tenn
porarily withdrew at Has o'clock. She
had held up under the ordeal remarka-
bly, well. AT that hour Mr.. Dover an
nounced upon coming from the sena-
tors room that he was perceptibly
weaker. All was still in the sick room
save for the movements Of the doctors
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Editor Driven Out.

Portland, Ores Feb. ia special to
the Oregoniar from Long Creek, Ore,
says: c. A. Coe, whose newspaper Of
fee was partly wrecked about ten days
ago by dynamite. has received an
anonymous letter stating that should he
attempt to resume publication of his
paper. the Ranger he and his family
would be blown up. Coe says that he
cannot run the risk of having his family
killed and it is expected he will leave
here in a few days. Coe has incurred
the bitter hatred of large element in
the community whom he has antagon-
lied in the columns OF his paper.
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SENATOR MARCUS A. HANNA,
OF Ohio, from one of His Latest
Photographs.
and nurses and the coming and going
of members of the family. A few min
from his fathers room and announced
to those in the senator's office that
there had been no change. Although
nine hours had elapsed since the begin
ming of the last sinking spell, through
out the entire time the end had been
expected at any moment. Life was
hanging by but a thread, but the pulse
was scarcely perceptible. During the
latter part of this period oxygen had
been relied upon more than the stimu-
lants and hypodermics to keep the
last spark from being extinguished.
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To Abolish Death Penalty.

San Juan, P. r.. Feb. 15.-The house of
delegates. by vote of Is to II, has pass
ed a measure for the abolition of the
death penalty and the indications are
that it will pass the council by a major
to Gov Hunt Two persons are now SEN
fenced to be hanged under the new code.
The Americans are almost solidly in IA
vor of capital punishment which is op-
posed by the natives in general
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TO DECIDE TOMORROW
First Point in Burton Case to
Be Disposed OF.

St Louis, Mo-. Feb. 15.-Judge Ad-
ans in the United States district court
announced that he will tomorrow make
known his decision on the demurrer of
United States Senator ]. R. Burton of
Kansas to the indictment charging him
with accepting money from the Rialto
Grain and Securities company for using
his influence with the postoffice depart
ment to prevent the issuance ofa fraud
order against the Rialto Grain COM
n9nV
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MANY GO OVER.
Fifty Per Cent of Cases in District
Court Postponed.

Fifty per cent of the cases set for
trial in the district court this week
have been postponed.
Judge Hazen has been having more
trouble at this term of court trying to
get cases for the jury to work on than
he has had before for years. Eight
cases were set for trial this week. and
this morning four of them were post
poned on account of lawyers being abb
sent and clients being sick.
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NO NEW TRIAL.
Judge Hazen Refuses One in the
Thomas Case.

Judge Hazen will not grant a new
trial in the suit of Frank Thomas
against the Springfield Fire and Ma
rine Insurance company for 81, 900 dam
ages.
Judge Hazen said this morning that
he thought the jury decided the case
correctly in returning a verdict for the
defendants. 1T seems to me that if
anyone is entitled to damages it would
that Thomas, the agent for the com
pany, started an insurance rate war by
using another company"
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Temperatures OF Large Cities.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Temperatures at a.
M: New York, 26 Boston. p; Philadel-
phfa 80: Washington. 26; Chicago, 2 be-
low; Minneapolis, 16 below; Cincinnati, 16;
ST. Louis, IA.
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SPLIT IN WYANDOTTE.

AS expected, there were two conven-
tions in Wyandotte county Saturday.
but the McGrew convention seems to
have been the big affair, while the
very much in comparison. Speaking Of
the McGrew convention the Star says:
"a roll call of the convention showed
327 delegates elected In the primaries
on Thursday were present in person
or by proxy. The ten delegates absent
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WEATHER is STILL COLD.
Promise of Rising Temperature Held
Out.

Today and Sunday were uniformly chill
", the minimum temperature for both
days being IL degrees above zero.
The forecast for Kansas sent ut to-
day is: Partly cloudy tonight and Tues
day: slowly rising temperature. The
wind this morning was northeast, blow
ing u miles an hour. The hourly temper
atures recorded by the government ther-
mometer today were as follows:
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Forecast for Kansas:
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; slow
ly rising temperatures; variable winds
Shifting to southerly.
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Chefoo. Feb. IA reliable authority
says that three Russian torpedo boats
have been sunk by guns from the
forts. They were mistaken for Japa-
nese vessels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-15

New York, Feb. 15.-Martial law has
been proclaimed here, says World
dispatch from Vladivostock dispatch
by way of Shanghai. Russians having
provisions enough to last eight months
say