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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
SECRETARY TAFT's sYLPH-L1KE FORM.

five months of dieting and strict physical exer-
else he he's reduced his weight Is pounds. and
to-day only weighs $50. He started In on a
course of training shortly before New Years.
with the fixed determination to acquire sylph-
like form that would not be over $50 pounds
Through all the season of feasting in Washing
ton, when his social duties compelled him to
attend big course dinnear nearly every night,
he heroically abstained from rich foods and ate
nothing but crackers and lean meat He now
INDUCES In good square meal once in awhile.
but keeps In mind the consequences of food that
is full Of starch and other fattening materials
Mr.. Taft took special course Of dieting.
exercising and massaging under the direction of
Senator Spooner. Mr.. Spooner is not heavy
elf In the finest physical condition all his life by
fall put himself under the care of an expert who
from his strict discipline. Mr.. Spooner's muscles
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
Pianos.

The first piano-forte was invented
by 9 German named Backers. about
1867. There Is still In existence the
name.board Of q piano inscribed:
Americas .Backers, Inventor, Jemyn
street, London, 1776. Sunday Maya.
zine. =szy IN IS BE- s. s:} ST.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06

duties ended ne WON
to the and not so
his n ana
travel be said that but FEW men
rapidly proven so
lamentabe failures of
of sano OUT a.
nOunce
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
KEEP AWAY DANGEROUS AND UNDESIRABLE.
Few ne0nle know

Few people know the responsibilities OF
secretary of the president. The public has no
idea Of the diplomacy that he has to practice
to keep dangerous and undesirable people away
from the chief executive In this feature OF his
police and the plain clothes secret service men
who are to be found in the te-chamber at the
White House Offices. 1t is very rare that any
scenes are enacted, but once in awhile people
denied admission to the president are inclined to
make fuss. Where one of these cases is noted
in the public press there are so that never get
publicity.
Not long ago United States senator VINO
has been disposed in times past to criticise the
manner in which strangers are scrutinized at the
White House sent woman there with letter
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
A SCHEME TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN RACE.

The agricultural department has done good
deal in the way of improving the breeds OF
horses and cattle, destroying the mosquitoes,
making two blades Of grass to grow where one
that are calculated to benefit the whole country
but now there is a, proposition on foot that
throws all the governmental experiments of the
past in the shade. Prof Willis NJ. Hayes, as
sistant secretary of tho department. has scheme
to improve the human race by the careful selec-
ton OF parents of future Americans The success
that has attended the breeding OF animals has
thinks can be usefully applied, of course In law
full, legitimate way in the development of man:
Just what plan Prof Hayes will evolve no
does not explain, but If society can be brought
to standard where fathers perfect physically.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06

900 of the
his
demands
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
SIS Hopeless Task .:.
- - What do you think 81 spell

* lcker---7W hat sd0 YOU think OF spell
ling reform?
81 Smyt q use s Va been trying for
so years and can T make folks. spell my
name --l
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06


soon eon the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-06-06
Two Points Of View

Optimis Every cloud has . silver
l!ning
Pessimis -lIve'ry silver timing has !
Be Sur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01

Every one is asking whether the recent
eruption OF yesuvius had anything to do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01
Army Orders.

First Lieut.. William G. Meade. recently
promoted. has been assigned to the 5th
Cavalry.
Sergeant of Ordnance John Ingram has
been placed on the retired list on his own
application.
Capt. Harry F. Jackson, Artillery Corps.
has been granted leave OF absence for one
month.
First Leuts- Carroll D. Buck and John II.
Allen. assistant surgeons. have been order
ed to examination for promotion.
Capt. Archibald Campbell Artillery Corps.
has been ordered to inspect certain un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01
Delegation to Red Cross Convention

Announcement is made at the State De-
partment that Mr.. William Cary Sanger of
New York. formerly assistant secretary OF
war; Brig Gen. George b. Davis. judge adj
vocate general of the army; Brig. Gen.
Robert NJ. O'Reily, surgeon general OF the
army, and Capt c. s. Sperry, N. 8. NJ
president of the Naval War College at
Newport. win comprise the United States
delegation to the Red Cross convention to
be held at Berne, Switzerland, in June next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01
seryiceable public property at Films Point
national cemetery, n. J.
Thieves Stole Church Corner Stone.

PASADENA, Cal. May Thieves last
night stole the corner stone of the North
Pasadena Methodist Church. The stone
weighs about 800 pounds and contained
coins and other small vaiuables worth prob
ably So The church was just completed
a few days ago and is a large and expen-
siye edifice The corner stone was pried
out of the building and removed entirely
from the premises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01

mission of It's waves or tremors. the pos
sible changes of level along the coast and
so ON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01


1t Is absurd to think that in state so
highly favored as is California as to climate.
soil and general situation. temporary
catastrophe can cause any permanent loss
of population or of prosperity. A city so
advantageously placed as San Francisco.
with a whole nation behind It and with the
Golden Gate opening before ii to the broad
Pacific, will be maintained as a city. even
though later generations occasionally have
to rebuilt ii. The earth is a fairly safe
sort of planet, though 1t does OCCASION
ally treat US rather rudely bur after sur
vving many troubles all through the ages
we are not going to give up just be-
cause a third-class earthquake comes
a.ong now and then. What is going to be
done is to build up San Francisco better
than 1t was built before, stronger and safer.
II Chicago and Boston and Baltimore can
go on and improve themselves after con-
fiagrations, San Francisco will be rebuilt
50 that even II 1t IS shaken again it shall
not burn.
Vesuvius Not in It.
Every one is asking whether the recent
eruption OF Vesuvius had anything to do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-01

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

beauty of the city, and many novel
schemes have been adopted to accom-
plish that end. Every piece of prop
erty under the control of the city gov
eminent offers an example for private
citizens to emulate. Even the slaugh-
ter houses are surrounded by grass
plots and made to look so inviting one
would have no idea as to the char
acter of the buildings unless he were
told. Shrubs are planted along the
curbs in front of municipal buildings,
aald much money is spent in creating
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

street if he holds this upright it signi-
fies that the run is to be straight
ahead. but if he turns it to one side or
the other it indicates that a turn is to
be made a that corner, and the police
man at the intersection clears the way
accordingly.
The city fathers of Berlin long ago
solved the billboard nuisance by de-
claring it unlawful to plaster gaudy
bills on dead walls or to erect boards
at private option. Instead of the I'M
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

slightly bilIboards common in American
cities, substitute is provided by
erecting neat little advertising columns
at each corner. where proper announce
ments may be posted for a reasonable
consideration. All revenue derived
from this source goes to replenish the
city treasury. The looks of the city
are further safeguarded by regulating
the number of signs a merchant or
manufacturer may put on his building.
Another measure intended to preserve
the appearance of Berlin is law re
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

stricting the height of buildings. One
may go in any direction for miles and
see the same broad, clean. well-paved
streets. lined with tall, massive houses
of a uniform height. Some claim that
this conformity is wearing; that such
a sameness produces monotonous eff
feet; but on the whole the result is I'M
doubtedly preferable to the ragged and
ungainly ensemble produced by the
random skyscrapers in American
cities.
Every effort is made to preserve the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22
RECTORY.

There is no city directory in Berlin,
but they have a plan which is believed
to better suit the purpose. In lieu Of
directory the names of all residents
must be registered at the police sta
(Conr,nued on Page 6,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
DYING AFTER ROW WITH JANITOR
FAN Of a Bottle Of Vinegar Down Fire Es-
cape Starts the Trouble.
John Killwather, "a years old, of AZ Do

John Killwather, "a years old, Of AZ Do wn-
ng street, is in st. Vincent's Hospital with
a bullet wound in his abdomen. The police
say the shooting was done by Michael
Ecpo, %janitor of the tenement in which
Killwather's family lives.
One of Killw9ther's two children was
playing on the Are escape of their fat on
the top 1oor OF the tenement early last
evening. In some way a bottle Of vinegar
was knocked off the fire escape. 1t fell
to the landing Of the first floor and the
bottle was smashed. The vinegar went
in all directions. The ~janitor and his wife
who were sitting outdoors on the side
walk in their Sunday fnery, got sprayed
with IL.
Ecpo rushed up the stairs and knocked
on the Killwathers' door, Killwather
answering the A wordy argu-
ment followed in which Expo is alleged to
nave used very bad language regarding
Killwather, his wife and his children. XIII
wather told the irate ~janitor to get out,
and upon the latter's refusal attempted to
put him out.
At this, it is asserted, Expo pulled a re-
volver from his pocket and fired one shot
at Killwather. The latter fell and the
%janitor escaped over the roof and down
through A next door. At st. Vincent's
Hospital it was said last night that Kill
wather had only a fighting chance.
The police are hunting Ecpo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
GIANT SHOULDERED Ashore.
Leaving O sudden lsoiiow Place In the Fills
IAlanli CnmmIsaarlAt.

Machnow, the Russian giant. got by the
Ellis Island ofioia IL yesterday, partly be-
cause Harry Bllfe, who runs the COM
missary department over there, told Com
missioner Watchorn that there we're others
TO be fed.
M~achnow's breakfast order was two
porterhouse steaks, ten soft boiled eggs,
two pots Of coffee, four loaves Of brown
bread, six apples, six bananas, eight oranges,
two cinteloupes.
Then Balfe interviewed the Commissioner
Pretty soon the special bolrd of inquiry
was sitting on Machnow's case and half an
hour later the Commissioners secretary
called Oscar Hammerstein on tn, tele-
phone.
Its all right about hat giant, said the
secretary; come over and get him as oon
as you can"
Mr.. Hammerstein with several of his staff
arrived at noon and Mlchuow was told to
pack his duds and come. Then he began to
balk.
"See here, Commish,' he said in Russian
II didn't come from Missouri, but il they
want me to do any stunts on a roof garden
it's me for a look at the long green"
But, " said MIR. Hammerstein, removing
his hands from behind his back and hold
ing them aloft, you are under contract"
Machnow gazed straight ahead four feet
over Hammerstein's h.t.
"You can't show the goods" he replied,
using Of course the Slivonic equivalent.
Mr.. Hammerstein mopped his forehead. -.
Il don't leave his island" continued
Machnow, until l see $500 deposited with
the Commissioner-do you follow?"
But here the Commissioner baked,
Don't leavethe money withme," said Mr..
Watchorn. Take it to The Russian Consul
Then in a stag whisper to Hammerstein
the Commissioner said: Take him away
from here, IL you can"
At last Machnow was persuaded that
$500 would be deposited with the Russian
Consul, and taking his five and a half foot
wife in his hand he started for the boat
which was awaiting him.
1t was explained by Mr.. Hammerstein's
agent that it wouldn't do to give Machnow
too much money at one time, because as
long as he had coin he would not work on
the Paradise Roof. Commissioner Wat
chorn had Machnow measured. He is
0 feet 81 inches tall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
BURSTS IN on SLEEPING FAMILY.
Negro, Fleeing From Visions, Enters Apart
ment Via and With the window,

A crashing of glass early yesterday morn
ing broke the sleep Of James Flager and his
family, who live on the second floor Of
e1s Ninth avenue. Flager sprang out OF
bed to confront a big West Indian negro,
who had plunged through the rear window
from the fire escape, carrying away the
sash.
The family united in screaming for help
and all the tenants in the house were soon
on the verge Of panic. The negro, mean
while. sat on the side Of a bed that had been
vacated in a hurry and INDUCED in a half
coherent soliloquy. He was still there
when Policeman Ahearn Of the West Forty
seventh street station came in and arrested
him. He made no resistance.
He gave his name as Vincent Williams,
% years old, of Pa West Sixty-fourth street.
He said that he had been awakened by
two men in brass helmets and shining steel
armor who had driven him from his home.
They pursued him In a wagon, overlook
him and then filled him full Of electricity
To get away from them he climbed the fire
escape. They followed him and he plunged
through the window. Sergt. Brady decided
that the psycnopathic ward of Bellevue
was a good place for Williams, and he was
sent there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
INSPECT LITTLE CONEY ISLAND.
Women Of the vigilance League see Girls
and Boys Drinking Beer.

Members Of the Vigilance League, founded
by Mrs. Caroline B. Alexander, a sister OF
Col. Z. A. Stevens of Castle Point, Hoboken,
and other women for the purpose Of COM
pelling the authorities to correct evil con-
ditions at Little Coney Island visited the
lively resort in North Bergen yesterday
to find out what kind Of an impression
Supreme Court Justice Forts charge to the
Hudson county Grand Jury on Saturday
had upon the proprietors Of the places
against which there have been so many
complaints.
The women who are taking the most active
part in the crusade to save young girls from
being debauched at the island" nave
secured evidence during the past few weeks
that the law has been persistently violated
there. Seven saloonkeepers and roadhouse
! keepers were indicted two months or more
ago { OF maintaining disorderlv houses,
but they haven't been brought to trial
and the local and county authorities haven't
succeed ed in abolishing the alleged dis
order w dives.
A committee representing the Vigilance
League had a talk with Justice Fort on
Saturday and old him something about
the conditions at North Bergen. They
made it clear that intoxicating liquors were
sold to young girls and boys and that the
resort was fast c%orrupting the morals OF
many who were attracted there by its
Coney Island shows.
The Justice in his charge to the Grand
Jury said among other things that II 1t
was proven that Intoxicating liquors were
sold at this resort on Sunday indictments
should be found.
Little Coney Island restrained itself a
little Yesterday. The bands played sacred
and operate music, but the arouse and
shooting galleries did a rushing business
and the walters at the r~oadhouses and
saloons we're kept busy serving drinks.
The proprietors, it is said, did not take
their men to sell intoxicating beverages
in violation of the Sunday excise law. Beer
was the ~favorite order and many girls under
the age Of ls were seen by the Vigilance
League visitors drinking 1t with their male
escorts,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
SISTERS SUFFER WITH GAS.
Father Awakened in Time 10 Rescue Them
Traces Of Burglars.

Traces Of Burglars.
Mra. Robert D. Bradner Of Ss) Clifton
avenue, Newark, was awakened ct 8 o'clock
Yesterday morning by a noise in the house,
| Sh, got up but concluded tbs noise was
! caused by the tapping Of a window shutter
in the wind. She returned to bad, but in
h1lf an hour was again awakened. This
time it was by a strong odor OF gas. She
/ aroused her husband, who proceeded to
investigat ate. He ascertained that the gas
! came from some other part OF the house.
He first went to the room OF his son, Robert,
Jr., on the same floor, but found everything
apparently in order there. He was on his
way to the bedroom adjoining that OF his
son, in which his two daughters, Ada, a
young woman, and a younger girl, slept,
when as he neared ths door he heard his
elder daughter feebly cllling him. He
found her cropping about the room. The
room was filed with gas, which was flowing
from two Jets under such heavy pressure
as to cause it to make a kissing sound.
Miss Bradner had been awakened by the
smell Of the gas and was trying to find the
door to summon aid when her father came
to the rescue. The younger girl was asleep,
and, as it proved, partially under the infu-
ence of the gas.
The family was mystiaed to determine
how the two jets came to be open, as 1t was
evide mt from all the circumstances that the
gas had not been flowing into the room very
long, else the two girls would not have been
conscious. The cause was believed to have
been found when it was discovered that the
house, so il was concluded, hld been broken
into by burglars. As Miss BrAdner was
p~ositive she hid only used one light before
retiring and also that she had carefully
turned that one out, Mr.. Bradner was forced
to the conclusion that burglars were. re-
sponsible for the opening of the valves OF the
two lets. Nobody yet, however, has been
able to suggest n reason for such action
by burglars, except possibly they may
hive Intended to light the jets but were
frightened away by the discovery that the
room was occupied.
The trousers worn by Mr.. Bradner's son,
who hld undressed in his room, were found
in a room on the lower floor with the pockets
riaed and rs cents in change missing. A
relr kitchen door was open. A pantry
window, also, in the rear of the house
had been opened.
Nothing save the coins taken from young
Bradner's pockets was missing, The two
girls quickly recovered from the effects
Of the gas they had inhaled.
The residence OF William 8. Cannon
directly across the street, was entered by a
burgl1r during the night. A rear first
floor window was the means Of entrance
In this case and the kitchen door was also
used to admit Of escape. All the burglars
got was 81 cents, which they took from a
room of q servant. The burglars in this
instance out the wires Of the house tele-
phone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
TRIED Suicide AT A PARTY.
wife OF a Man whose birthday WINS Being
Celebrated Shoots Herself.

PITTsBURG, JUNE 17.-While a hundred
of his friends were helping William Busser
of Mill street, Duquesne, to celebrate his
birthday late last night, Mrs. Annie Busser.
his wife, who had taken no part in the festivi-
ties, entered the room where the guests were
assembled. She drew a revolver from
her dress, and turning the muzzle toward
herself began to shoot. She fired three
shots before one tool effect. 1t entered her
abdomen. She sant to the floor, but as she
did so the weapon was discharged again, the
bullet grazing the head OF the woman's
husband, who had hurried to her side.
The guests made a wild dash for places Of
safety, When they realized that the danger
was over they returned to the woman's
side and found her unconscious in her hus-
bands arms. She was hurried to the
Mokeesport Hospital, where she is reported
dying tonight.
Mrs. Busser had urged her husband to
give the party and had provided a luncheon.
There was considerable drinking during the
evening, but Mrs. Busser did not object.
She mas not regained consciousness,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
COOKS VITA A UNION LABEL.
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yet,
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p'e,eu 'ne ,r""s1"'ma.lon =. .ne I'M 'n.o
q union SHOP course were AL enthu-
siastlo %unloniste, Not one 81 us wears q
| single thing that doesn't bcar the union
iahcl
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VIZ 'u Wv o'y '.'
merry ehopa In Grand and Hester streets.
That Ia. the trimmings are all union made
The wire frames are not, You can't get
any that are, you know. IL has caused us
great sorrow. We had n vote on the
question Of going without hats. But the
majority was against II. II was too bad.
But women must have hats, isn't 10 cor
More than that, we have made the res
taurants we work for union In every thing
they bought. Not only table ware, dish
rags and ~dishpans, but also the bread.
we insisted, must come from a union bakery,
the meat from a union butcher, the beer,
the ice cream, even the cut flowers, all
must bear the union label. And az all
our cooks are good ones we won.
when are we going to organize the pri-
vate domestic cooks? In about two weeks.
The organization lie making strides every
day.
we expect to get the other big East
Side restailrantR as we'll as uptown places