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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

1t is a most dangerous practice for
a boy or any other person to stand i'm
mediately behind a horse that is haul
ing up the hay fork loaded with a big
load of hay. Should anything give way,
as a breaking of a singletree, before
the load has reached the carrier, there
is liable to be an accident.
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to transport cattle, sheep. or swine in carload lots for more than thirty-six hours without stopping for ten hours rest.
 Virginia has found fl necessary te pass law declaring that for all legaH pur- poses the worlds "rallroad' and rail way are to be considered synonymous.
 In Massachusetts the illegal sale of street railway transfers is made punish able by a fine not exceeding $50 or inn prisonment for not more than thirty days.
 The legislature of Washington at It's latest session passed q law making the maximum railroad fare for adults cents d mile and for children 1A cents.
 A trolley company in Vermont whose cars fail to come to q full stop and dis play a signal at a grade railroad crossing Is subject to q fine of s25 for each oms- sion.
 By the terms of new statute in Michi- gan in a suit by or against il railroad company the books of the company are subject to the inspection of the attorney general of the state.
 The state of Mississippi has effected an increase of about Sl2.O00.0O0 in the amount of taxable property in the state by re- cent readjustment in the assessment of railroads.
 In Minnesota railway. telegraph and express stations must bear the local name of the community. unless it is likely to be confused with the names of other sta tions on the same line. California rejoices in a law making the circulation of fraudulent reports regard ing the value of the stock of a corpora
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-28
PLAYWRIGHTS COMPARED
Recent Work of Pinero and Henry
 Arthur Jones.

'While Pinero appeals most strongly to the intellect in all his later plays, Henry Arthur Jones aims at the emotions, says "The Players in Everybody's for No- vember. "rhe action of the latter's plays never rises above the heart, although he makes concessions to the brain by writing clear, inesive, polished dialogue. He is one of the masters of melodrama; he proved that years ago when he made The Silver King into the best of all English plays of that kind. The idea of The Silver King was born in the mind of man who couldn't work 1t out successfully. Jones made 1t what it is, and the original au- thor has lived contentedly ever since on his share of the royalties.
 "The able MT. Jones doesn't strain after an extraordinary story. He takes a sim pie, straightforward plot involving fa- miliar conditions, and makes the telling of it absorbing1y interesting. His work is very like his name. If he called himself Henry A. Jones' or II. Arthur Jones, it would be commonplace, but the triplicate Henry Arthur Jones has real distinction although 1t would be difficult to explain Why"
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WHAT IS SAND" ?
The Quality That Makes for Athletic
 Victories.

"Of the many thousands of vigorous Americans who compete each year in the shorts of track, field and river. there sur viye A few, almost to be counted on one S fingers. that are called champions in their several orbits of athletic endeavor," says Ralph D. Paine in The Athletic champions of the Year" in the Novem- Der Everybody's. '"rhey come in all sizes and shapes of human packages, these he roes of the cinder path, the tennis court, the golf course, the prize ring or the oar Physically they have nothing at all Tn common by which the observer may nope to generalize regarding the essentials or A champion. Even in one field of sport, such as running, you will find six-foot- CTS of a toothpick architecture, spidery midgets. well-museled young giants and pudgy, big-waisted men, all enrolled III the list of notable victors.
 ''There is one inner quality, however without which no athlete ever won and held championship of any consequence, and that is courage, better known as 'sanf or gameness. Not long ago James E. ivan, executive head of the Amer lean Amateur Athletic union, was guest Tt White House luncheon during which President Roosevelt said to him with em- phatic earnestness:
 's My boy Theodore, who played on the Harvard freshman eleven last year, will never be a great football man. He hasn't the weight to measure up to the demands of the university teams of today He played pretty fair game against Yale, but what I liked was that after his col- iarbone was broken. f1e kept right on playing. That showed he was game. Yes | liked that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-28
ODDITIES IN RAILROAD NEWS.
Some Requirements Which Are Pc
 culiar to Cetain States.

From the New York Sun.
 Montana requires it's railroads to main tain a station at plotted town sites or 100 inhabitants or more.
 Thirty states have state railroad coni- missions. twenty of which have power to fix rates on purely state traffic.
 Intoxication while on duty Is misde- meanor for a railroad employe in Cali fornia, and if death results, q felony.
 California makes the wrecking of a train or an engine felony punishable by death or life Imprisonment. at the op- tion of the jury
 Railroads running within three miles of a county seat in Oklahoma must build a line through the county seat and estab- fish a station.
 In South Carolina it is a misdemeanor for the conductor of d trolley ear to re- fuse to separate negroes and white pco- pie.
 California has made 1t a misdemeanor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-28
Then and Now in Opera Bouffe.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall GaZelle.
 Stage benefits are great institution; they put the younger generation in it's place. Those of us who were playgoers in the early '70s know, for our part, that there Is no actress in the musical come dies of today who can compare with Elm ily Soldene. The type hhs changed. It is just possible that nature broke the mold, for in her own day Soldene was easily nueen of opera bouffe. In an interview given to the Daily Chronicle this morning, apropos of her benefit on November 13, she puts the difference modestly if racily: "rhe old style of beauty was plump. 'Physique' was the great thing. Now they like them slender and petite and mincing and chirpy. Socially, too. they are much higher class" But Soldene could sing, and she had the fire and womanliness of Ellen Terry with fine artistry. She drew the fa ashonable town to the old Philharmonic at Islington in great days when q song was sometimes encored seventeen and eiphteen times Can a matinee revive that enthusiasm? We shall see. Her voice, sine says, is not gone, and she will sing in the famous old duet. Lady. Look Down Below" wearing that very pastry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-28
Centenarian Missionary.
From Leslie's Weekly.

From Leslie'S Weekly.
 Mrs. Mary F.. Parker of Honolulu, a Congregational foreign missionary when Hawaii was foreign territory. celebrated, some time ago, the centennial of her birth She has been seventy-two years on mission ground a continuous mission ary career without parallel. Mrs. Par her and her husband Rev. Benjamin w. Parker, went to the Sandwich Islands as missionaries in 1882. Mother Parker as she has long been called, was born at Brandford, Conn.,, December 9, 1895. The large company of friends who greeted her on this centennial day found her with eyesight somewhat impaired, but other wise in the possession of her faculties Letters and messages by cable reached her not only from the islands. but from the states, overflowing with congratula- tions and words of highest esteem. On the following day Sunday both morn ing and evening services were held in two churches in special commemoration of this anniversary.
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$500
 DOWN
 $l.5O MONTHLY

tlpn formed in the state a felony pun- lshable by two years Imprisonment or s5to0 fine or both.
 Down in Georgia the supreme court has concluded that tn engineer Is not Justified in acting on the presumption that a cnfd of tender years on q rail road track will appreciate it's danger and pse the discretion of an adult in getting out or the way of an approaching train.
 According to recent act of the legis- lature of that state, FloriGn railroads failing to pay claim for loss or dam- ages within ninety days must pay 25 per cent on the judgment obtained by the claimant in excess of the amount offered by the railroad in settlement of the claim.
 The mere fact that great many people have been in inc habit of using a rail- road trestle as fOotbridge and that the railroad company had made no complaint, says the court of appeals of Kentucky. does not give the people any special rights on the bridge or compel the rail- road company to exercise a special de- gree of care for their safety.
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cooks dress in which she first played Drogan, fin "Genevieve de Brabant." Ev- cry age has it's own tastes. but sometimes one is rather of Miss Soldene's mind about latter-day musical plays: "On the whole there is little too much boudoir and palm-tree about thenl-and also little too much Of the Carlton iced lemon- adp
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NOTES FOR LAWYERS.

A count in a declaration charging inju- ry through the frightening of horse by an object near a highway is held. in Nor folk x w. R. Co. vs. Gee (Ya.) 3 l.. R. A. CN. S.) III, to be demurrable, unless it charges that the object was in it's nature calculated to frighten horses of ordinary gentleness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-28
Sin to Use a Pin.

From the NeW ' Ork IflDune,
 There is no market for pins in China. consignment of them recently sent there found no purchasers. Pins" says a member of the Chinese legation at Washington cause untidy habits We have no pins in China. The right way to fasten things Is with buttons and but tonholes. or with loops and frogs To fasten things with pins Is to make uss of an untidy nakeshift. To employ pins is to becmoe lazy and slovenly."
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"A. D. property without due process of law.
 For the purposes of garnshment, a debt is held, in Baltimore X Ohio R. F.. Co. Ys. Allen (W. Va.) 3 l.. R. A. (N. S.) sos, to be annexed to the person of the debtor, and subject to garnishment wherever he is found, unless expressly made payable elsewhere.
 A city charter provision making it the duty of owners or occupants of premises in front of which sidewalks are located to keep such walks in repair or pay the expenses incurred by the city in doing so is held, in Hay vs. Baraboo CWis.) 3 L. R. A. (N. S) S4, not impliedy to make such owners or occupants liable to travellers for injuries occasioned by the walks be- ing out of repair.
 Poles and wires strung along a city street to facilitate communication be- tween inha bitants of the city by telephone are held, in Frazier vs. East Tennessee Telephone company (Tenn.) l.. R. A. (N S) S2S, not to constitute additional bur den on the fee, for which compensation must be made to the owners.
 A homestead occupied by the husband and children while the wife is insane and confined in an asylum is held, in Withers vs Love (I<an) 3 l.. R. A. (N. S.) 514, not to be abandoned by the husbands sen tence and confinement for term of years in the penitentiary, and the removal of the minor children from the homestead.
 Knowledge on the part of one on trial for homicide that decedent was a quarrel some and dangerous man, is held. in State vs. Feeley (Mo) l.. R. A. CN. S) 351, not to be necessary to admit evidence of that fact in support of his claim that he shot in self-defense. The other cases on char acter and reputation of the deceased as affecting homicide are collated in a note to this case.
 In a homicide case testimony of ante cedent threats or acts of violence by the deceased against the defendants is held in State vs. Tolla (N. J. Err. & App) 3 L. R. A. CN. S) 523, not to be admissible when 1t appears that at the time of the homicide there was no threat or act by the deceased which, even in the light of any previous threats or acts, could justify the homicidal act
 That one accused of murder believed that it was necessary to take the life of his adversary to protect himself is held in State vs. BecEner CMo.) 3 L. R. A. tN. S.) 5S5, not to absolve him from liability, unless he had reasonable cause to appre- bend danger. which fact must appear from the evidence The standpoint of de- termination as to danger and necessity to kill in self-defense is the subject of note to this case.
 The giving of a note by a husband in settlement of an account for family ex- penses is held, in Mccartney & Sons Co. vs. Carter Qowa) 8 l.. R. A. CN. SD 145. not to be conclusive on the wife, under statute making husband and wife jointly liable for such expenses, either as to the existence of the debt or as to the amount thereof
 The right of a woman suing to annul her marriage on the ground of the inca pacity of the man because of insanity at the time of the marriage, to an allowance of alimony and counsel fees, is denied in Jones vs. Brinsmade (N. Y) 3 l.. R. A. (N. S) 192
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Forbdding possession within the state. during a close season, of game birds ta- ken in foreign countries, is held. in People ex rel. Hill vs. Hesterberg CN. Y.) 8 l.. R. A. (N. S.) 16S. not to deprive one of his property without due process of law.
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For the purposes of garnshment. a debt is held, in Baltimore X Ohio R. F.. Co. vs. Allen (W. Va.) 3 l.. R. A. (N. S.) sos, to be annexed to the person of the debtor, and subject to garnishment wherever he is found, unless expressly made payable elsewhere.
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Map Fairly LeqibIe.

in the secret was killed. so that none of
 the tribe could locate the missing treas
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Poles and wires strung along a city street to facilitate communication be- tween Inhabitants of the city by telephone are held, in Frazier vs. East Tennessee Telephone company (Tenn.) l.. R. A. (N S) S2S, not to constitute an additional bur- den on the fee, for which compensation must be made to the owners.
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A homestead occupied by the husband and children while the wife is insane and confined in an asylum is held, in Withers vs Love G<an) l.. R. A. (N. S.) 514, not to be abandoned by the husbands sen- tence and confinement for term of years in the penitentiary, and the removal of the minor children from the homestead.
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The right of woman suing to annul her marriage on the ground of the inca pacity of the man because of insanity at the time of the marriage, to an allowance of alimony and counsel fees, is denied in Jones vs. Brinsmade (N. Y.) L. R. A. (N. S.) 192
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-06
Given Acid to Throw.
STORIES VARY BUT LITTLE
More Witnesses Testify Against
Richards and Comstock in
Land Fraud Cases.

Omaha. Dec. Sat the trial today of
Richards & COmstock and their employees.
charged with various offenses, including
conspiracy to defraud the government by
means of illegal land entries, Frank
johnson. a stenographer, at present en-
ployed in Omaha. but whose home is in
Cherry county. where much of the land
involved in this action is located, was
one of the witnesses. He said:
Il know Fred Hoyt, Tom NJ. Hunting
ton and Will g. ComStOck. On or about
June q. 1904. | was asked by Hoyt TO do
some work for him. He wanted me TO go
to Valentine. l did so. Mr.. Comstock
and Mr.. Huntington went with me to
near the Valentine land office. [ was en-
ployed TO fiji out application and home
stead entry blanks. Mr.. Comstock die
tated them to me. Huntington was in the
office at the time. Mr.. Comstock fur
nshed the description of the land to be
put in the papers. Mr. COmstock paid me
for the work at the rate of "a a day and
expenses. l worked five days for them
at this work.
The other witnesses of the day were
old soldiers who filed on land under the
kinkaid act at the solicitation of Irving
D. Hull.
The usual story of the declaratory
statements being taken at their homes.
designating Huntington agent, the
visit to Gordon and then to the lands,
the filing at Valentine. second visit aft
er six months, the execution of the lease
at $50 per year for grazing, payable in
semi-annual installments, was gone over,
and the usual admissions made of no in
tent to go onto the land or max ng a
home of it. and the proposed selling of
the land for $500 after final proof, were
reheard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-06
Notice of a Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Castro
Crecian Minino Companv.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
special meeting of the stockholders of
the Castro Grecian Mining Company. of
Salt Lake City, Utah, will be held at the
office Of said Company. 30 Tribune Build
ing, No. 40 South Main Street Salt Lake
city Utah, on Wednesday, the 18th day of
December. A. D. 1906. at ten O'Clock
m. of said day.
Said meeting is called for the purposes
following:
First: For the election of y
beard of directors of said Company in
that the annual meeting for the election Of
said officers tor the year 1906 was NOT
called and held as provided for by the ar
ticles of Incorporation of said companv
Second: For the purpose of authorizin1
and empowering the board of directors NJ
ed to mortgage the company's mininp
properties in Bingham, Salt Lake County
Utah, known as the Castro Group. unon
such terms and conditions as said board
Of directors shall in their wisdom deem
proper for sum of money sufficient TO
pay and fully satisfy all the existing oh
legations of the company and to provide
further means for future DEVELOPMENT
and to do all things necessary and Incl.
dent in the premises.
Third: For the purpose of tranSactino
such other business may properly come
before said meeting.
Dated: Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 18th
1906
L. c. MOORE.
Secretary
Castro Grecian Mining Company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-06
SHOT DOWN BY THE SHERIFF
Party of Mountain Home, Ida, Men
Caught While Helping Them
selves to Coal.
Especial to The Herald)

= Especial to The HeraId) y
Mountain Home, Dec. 5.-Dan Har- y
= us, VINO drives the Bruneau stage. y
= was shot in the back last night and y
= seriously wounded by Sheriff Ross \
= Last night about 8 o'clock several \
men with sacks were making a raid l.
+ on the railroad company's coal. j.
y when Sheriff Ross appeared on the l.
\ scene. He called to the men To :
= surrender. with the apparent inten- \
= ton of making arrests. They all ran i
y out of range except Harris The l.
! sheriff fired and Harris was hit in \
the back.
The wounded man fell to the /
= ground and was carried to his home. J.
y At first il was feared the wound l.
= would prove fatal. but Harris is re- /
= ported better this afternoon. The /
! sheriff has not been arrested
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-06
MUST ENCAhP FOR TEN DAYS
War Department Officials Notify
Governor Cutler of Iron
clad Rule.

There has been received at the office Of
Governor Cutler, a notice from the secre-
tary OF military affairs, in the war de-
partment, that regiments of organized
state militia must be obliged to devote
ten days to their tours of duty at sum-
mer encampments, as it is impossible to
impart satisfactory instruction in a
shorter period.
No regiments are to be authorized to
participate in such camps unless they
have qualified themselves to a reason
able extent in the annual state encamp-
ments and shall have been recommended
for such duty by officers of the regular
army who may be detailed as inspectors
at such camps. The attention of congress
will be called to the militia organizations
of the country during the present session
Governor Cutler in reply has suggested
that there is but one regiment of militia
in Utah, and that selection be made by
companies instead of by regiments
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-06
BISHOP GETTING READY.
Mormon Leader Has Burlington
Grading Contract,

Word comes from Wyoming that Bishop
Crosby. the Mormon leader who secured
a Burlington building contract in Wyom
ing is preparing to commence work as
quickly as possible. Bishop Crosby Sc
cured the contract to build the grade
on thirty-mile extension of the Burling-
tons Frannie-W orland lone.
The proposed extension will run from
the latter point to the southeast This
extension of the Worland branch will
take the line to the mouth of Owl creek
and into the Gebo coal region, where good
mines have been opened. These mines
are the objective point of the new branch
as it is known the mines along the Bur-
lington In Wyoming cannot supply the de-
mand for operating fuel. When the line
has reached the mines. it is said, they will
be operated upon big scale
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-06
NUMBER OF DEAD
AS YET UNKNOWN
Disaster at Clifton, Ariz.,
Caused by Breaking of Dam
Above the Town.
WATER RECEDING RAPIDLY
MEXICAN GHOULS SHOT BY Of
FicERS.

Ell Paso, Tex. Dec. "a special TO the
Herald from Clifton. Ariz., the first au-
thentic news out of that city since the
Hood Frustrated all the wires, says:
The river is receding rapidly and the
weather has cleared, hence no further
damage is apprehended.
Two bodies were recovered from the
wreckage along Chase creek, but the
number of deaths cannot be told. Joe
Throm, who was rescued from the flood
and whose wife was lost, was taken 10
the hospital in a critical condition from
bruises received but will probably re-
cover. Three Mexicans caught in the act
or looting, who refused TO surrender to
Officers, were shot and fatally wounded.
Dam Gave Way.
The flood in Chase creek was caused
by the breaking of the dam of the De-
troit Copper company. impounding a vast
amount of tailings which came down upon
the town with a seven-foot breast.
Only one business house on Chase creek
escaped damage and many were entirely
destroyed.
The loss is appalling. North Clifton
was badly wrecked Nearly all of the
residences in that section were destroyed
or damaged.
The Becker Franz Mercantile company
in that section was damaged to the ex-
tent of $1,000
The Coronado railroad suffered damage
ali the way from Clifton to Metcalf and
II VIII ne several weeks before trains can
pass over its lines.
GiIa River Rising.
The first train out of Clifton since the
flood started today. II is doubtful if
1t can get far as Duncan. as the ella
river is almost as high as it was in the
notwithstanding January rise, and is still
rising.
So many restaurants and hotels have
been destroyed that it is almost impos-
slble to find place to eat or sleep in
the town. but there will be no shortage
OF provisions, as many stores have es-
capped the floods.
There is a report in circulation that the
Arizona Copper company will remove it's
plant to some other suitable loca ton. but
no announcement to that effect has been
made by the company. Several directors
and the president are now here.
All Trains Held.
All trains on the A. & n. NJ are held
east of the river.
The railroad bridges are so badly dam
aged that it will be impossible to use
them for some time
The Herald office and building was
swept away ana the Era has been put out
of business for a couple of weeks. The
Era building was flooded to a depth of
six feet and the plant was greatly dam
aged.