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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. O. B. Hoffman gave
an elaborate dinner party last evening
a. their home 10 Enterprise. The ap.
pointments we're artistic and the Oc.
casIon greatly enjoyed BY about aity
guests. An interesting feature was
the formAl announcement Of the en-
eagemsnt Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hofman's
only daughter, Daisy, snd Mr.. J. Ed
ward Johptz Of this city, two Of the
county's most popular young people,
The Abilene guests were; MsSsrs and
Mssdamss T. D. Parent, h. x. Humph'
reg, John Johniz, O. A. Case, All.
Roberts. P. B. Wilmer Misses Pearl
Johntz, Anna warasldi Msssrs. W.
N and o. A. stsFl.
Mr.. aad MIS-. Arthur Taylor Of
Great Bend who VIII visit here this
week we're also present.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
Iopal Markat..

torsin hsrketa corFsctet evsrs THURSDAY
nofnihE b. ". 3. enss, frlia ana coAli
Z Burfmnan -..l-.
GER; I. '1 re .sSs 80. 80. s SD 80
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
ABILENE WILL GET GAS.
Just d Matter Of Time When Pipes
WIN Run Up Kaw Valley. "


VIII Run Up Kaw Valley
"Abllene and the other cities Of the
Kaw and Smoky Hill valley will get
natural gas some day." said G. II.
Pattison who is here to attend the an
uual meenng Of the Abilene National
bank and visit for day or two. "It
will take time to complete the work
at the other end but II viii come.
There is no physical difficulty what
ever 10 piping it from the gas field
it il just q matter Of getting to IL.
Judging from theinterest taken the
project will meet with hearty en-
enlargement"
Mr.. Pattison has franchises for %
cities Of eastern and southeastern
Kansas and is agood deal Of q mag
nate in supplying gas to cities within
reach Of the Kansas field. A repre-
sentative Of his company 10 visiting
central Kansas towns looking up the
prospects.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
ABOUT PEOPLE

", 3. Nottori was In from Dillon,
D. D. Rock was 10 from Navarro. \
Q. 7. Estes left for Indian Terri.
tory on shunting trip.
NJ, D.. Beg and family are home
from visit at Illinois.
H. !. HAner Of Hope was transact.
log business in the city.
Root. Ryan. Milt Beeghly and r. l..
Woods were down from Industry.
Dave and Arthur lill we're down
from Saliha visiting their parents.
J.R Vuvoorst is up from Kansas
City lookiug after business interests.
.. A, Hodge vent to Kansas City &c
attend the Implement meme meeting.
Ralph Dyer spent Sunday 10 town
returning to Manhattan this morning.
Squire Lewis was down from Will
Iowdale on County high school bust
ness
Ed. Rice, Of Vine Greek, was the
guest Of his brother, A, W. Rice,
yesterday.
Geo. Standard left for Marceline,
Mo. where be joins Santa Fe SUR
veying party.
Misses Elsie Southworth and Wayne
Prendsrgast went to Kansas City for
few days visit.
Rev. DR.. Blayney returned from
Trio, Ohio, where he was called by
the death Of bis mother.
J. T. Prendergast, G, ". Minick
and H. s. Taylor went to Kansas City
to attend the implement convention.
Otis Lsndes and Simon Shockey leave
on the morning train.
M, W. Moir, head Of the firm Of tax
agents who is working on the books
Of the county to list up assessments
not reported, are here. Something
will drop one Of these days.
J. A. Flack, H. W. Jacobs, T. j.
Rexroat and b. A. Flack Of Eater
prise. went to Kansas City and will
assist Secretary H. !. Hodge In taxi
ing care Of the implement conventions.
Arthur Wilson who has been IN
Colorado the past summer for rheu-
matism Is here and is much improved.
He expects to leave In . few days
for PaOla where he may engage in
business.
M D. Betz and family stopped Of
today on their way from 6Alina TO
Illinois and several intermediate
points where he is going in the In
tsreSt Of the National Concrete Post
Co.. Mr.. Betz reports . splendid
business with growing prospects,. Re
will be accompanied on the entire
trip BY biz wife and youngest child,
the other two remaining here visiting
relatives.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
Kansas Big Poultry show.

The largest poultry show ever held
In the United States was brought to a
close Saturday night at Topeka, sur
passing BY quite margin the Madi-
son Square Garden at New York.
The quality Of poultry shown was Of
the highest and to get q 9th prize in
any class was an honor to be APpre-
Ciatsd. Abilene ianciers who won are;
VIM. Scott, 4th pen White Wysn-
dOttss, 9th cock, let Pullet Buzz P.
Rocks, let eOckerel, HOudans.
I'd BelknsP. sFd pen, srd pullet aud
eOcksrel, Buff orPingtOnS.
@. r. Baker. srd hen. srd pallet. s
pen Buii P. Rocks
Frank Myers, 9th pen Buh P. Rocks.
Mrs. ). r. Jones 4th eocksrsl, 4th
puIlst. 9Th pen White P. Rocks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
FIELD 4 GREAT MAN
], B Case Talks Of the Dead Chicago
Millionaire etrorg Character.

]. B Case Talks Of the Dead Chicago
MilliOnaire's strorg Character.
"Two weeks sgo when ID Chicago !
had . half hour visit with Marshall
Field, /" said J. B, Gaze this morning.
''When be died agreat man passed
away. Ihave long been acquainted
with him and have always been Inn
pressed BY his modsSty, kindllness
and courtesy. He had about him
nothing Of the 'grsnd lord style.
Though worth milliOus DO was conn
panionable and friendly.
"He talked Of bis sons recent death
and Of business matters and though
at the head Of ote the worlds great
est mercantile establishments gave
no slgn Of carrying heavy burden.
He was q great man and this country's
greatest merchant
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
A PLEASANT INSTALLATION.
Post and Corps Had Most Enjoyable
Occasion.

The G. A.. r. and W. r. G. had
Joint installation exercises Monday
evening in Workman hall, the mem,
bers and their families being present
Department Commander Coney in,
stalled the post officers and made an
address. An enjoyable time was ex-
perienced by all.
Mrs. Alice Seeds, past president
Installed the W. r. q. officers thus
Pres Marion B. Kirk: Sen. vice,
Sarah Z. Dyer; Jr. vice. Sarah Kuo.
BILE: SEQ. Owed Peters: treas. Emma
Bohsnnon; chap. Alice Newman; con.
Laura Shockey; asst. con. Cora Nor.
man: guard, Hannah HAYES; asst.
guard. Mary Korns; color bearers,
Melyina Quinn, Mary J. Shirk, Anna
Fiddock and Rosa Close; musician,
ELLA Towner; patriotic instructor,
Jane z. Rice.
The remainder Of the evening was
given over to social cheer. The wives
Of the members Of the Post, the he.
lief Corps with their husbands and
other members Of the families were
ROYALTY entertained BY the Post Of
supper. Then came q campfire with
stories and "reminiscences. The speech
OF Col. r. H. Consy followed. We
cannot transCribe the feeling tribute
to comrades but the words remain in
the hearts Of bis listeners. His
tribute to the Corps was appreciated.
Composed as 1t is Of loyal women it
will survive the Post long after 1t
has psen cisbsnded BY the Command
er above. Mrs. Alice Seeds past
department president Of Colorado and
wyoming. then ia a few well Oh ossn
words expressed her pleasure and
gratitude at mestine in her old
boms sr,aud. .nd comrades Of earlier
uAy''
A pleasant surprise was given 70
Mrs. Olive J. Psters the efficient
secretary Of the Corps who now has
o,,.,.d nnor her Jar tsem !. sscra.
49,.
AFy' mrs =. - M9O.s ~ P,s'ty
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
pistrict Court.
From Fridays Daily.l

The SANDER case Of Sinciair 70.
Dunlap growing out Of the burning Of
a.thrsshing machine near Hope was
thrown out Of court on demurrer to
the evidence.
The damage suit Of 0. L. Thisler
vs.. U. P. R. B. for some stock killed
BY q train Is on trial.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
(First published in Abilene Weekly Rsaector
jan. Is. 1851
Road Notice,


10 MuOm ~ may tuultfut
In pursuance Of 40 order made By The
Board u County commlssionea Of tho
County Of Dickinson, Ia the btate Of Kansas.
in regular session 90 the 9Th day OF January
A. d., 1904 uotice 4 hereby given thafT. NJ.
Wndlck 4. II. Watkins, henry smith, A, =.
Smith, tionry Kenney, John G. Adams, Peer
J. Erlckaon, Albert Olson, QiQf 1aderbor0, o.
B. Diohl, Z. O.. Anderson, W. n. blRg. hou1e-
holders Of said county, residing IN The vicin.
~ where n Il Proposed % relocate the road
below mentioned, have prolt1ftd q sad
board their certain petiiion. praying FOR ne
relocation Of q certain punlic road IN naid
county a. follows 10 rhcafo that portion
oil COUNTY r0ad No SIS running through To
southeast quarter Of aeciion No q toWqllip
No, "a souh Of range east OF TIE eth y. n.
1rd % relocate said ROAD on The ea1t line 81
sad southeast \ Of section !, lQNua1ir u.
nnr6 4 oast AZ near a. pfActicall nnd hat
ci1m hlrphy, John krFil and lrlsf love
ViewuTl duly appointed VII mefl A. t11Nlac1
al barlnninf Of said ruao ~ n O'Clock \. ~.
81 the "a dag q narch, a. D.. ifoa sd pro
cesd 2 yieu Said road, snd . give Az parties
WiinsS ny hand. aud tte fsal q IA
county, alrf1 A. NJ once j ed countT.
az nh day q 1annarl, A.p. -.
uuaEi 'cSsssI dsA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
BOND ELECTION EEBRUARY s.
Mayor Calls Vote ia School District
On Hieh sbhool.

Mayor HumPhrey tOdSg issued .
call for . special slsction ia tbs abb
lsns school diIlriet. No. s, 90 issuing
$4,000 bonds for . new high school
and nsw surd building. Women eau
yois AZ ihIs election.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
ssUENT REFLECTIONS,

l. Tvs " h'Si0k sniPPru vus "
hcgs &c Kansas City.
The Comus club was entertained
| BY Mr.. and Mrs, Z. O. Lifts last eve.
ming.
Born. to MIR. and Mrs. David
Campbell. living ten miles south,
twin girls.
-Etherington and Cooper shipped
two cars Of cattle and one Of hogs to
Kansas Guy.
p. B. Bert. a former Dickinson
boy, 10 COW auditor Of the o. g. & N.
Try. Co. Of Louisiana.
--Postmaster Warlng was able to
be down town today . few minutes,
the first time in over two months.
ALBERT Bowen, s lima, and Cora
Paris, Longford, were married BY
Probate Judge Rankin this moraing.
Sewing Machines at The Racket.
Cecil, infant daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Tilton OF Hope, was
iound.dead In bed Wednesday morn
ling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph White hate
issued invitations for q reception in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Parent,
Jan. 2S.
Rev. R. Mize has resigned % REQ
tor Of St. Johns Military school, Sa-
lima. A. E. Herd Of Hudson, N. T.,
succeeds him.
Marriage license: ThoS. Bene-
dict, Plainville, and Sybil Swift, abb
lenes The former Is 10 and the latter
10 years Of age.
j, J. Schneider purchased the
southeast quarter Of section 2, part Of
the old Buckingham land. lying north
Of the county farm.
Sherman Ellison has moved to
Chicago TO take up his work IS gener-
al agent Of the passenger department.
Of the GREAT Northern railway In that
city.
Marriage II enses. Theo. r.
Wsihe. Plainville, and Emma N. Yves.
trup. Harrington; 3. @. Walker. Her
ington, and Mary 3. Madden, Cole
gate, |. T.
| Manchester News; John BlatCh.
ford lie going into sheep raising, BE
recently bought thirty head Of extra
6ne ones and put them on his farm
east Of Longford.
'H-Mrs. Blue, living on West First
today received from the Belle Springs
test Of II per cent on milk delivered
during the week, the highest recorded
st the creamery.
A postal card addressed to The
Racket will place . New Improved
Singer Sewing Machine in your home
for trial.
The Sisters Of St. Joseph wish 10
thank people who sent dolls and
other gifts TO the pupils at the college
during the holidays. The presents
were appreciated.
The Abilene Ministerial nnion
has sgresd to hold services twice each
month ct Pennington school house
and Rev. Hagemsn preached there
yesterday to . good audience.
Married, ct the homo Of the
brides parents In Kansas City. No,
on Thursday. Jan. 4th, Miss Lena
feegsrdsn and Clarence W. stagg Of
oourtlsnd, formerly 81 Hope.
-H A. Cowan, now q prOspsrOus
dealer 10 produce at Bays City,
writes: please send the REFLECTOR
smother year. Imust have It or ny
vile says she viii surely move back
70 Abilene again"
Joel Hsrsh. who cold bis ans
farm sast Of tow for go 90 acre to
Wm. shssks. hes purchased The
dwelling wos, Of The WhIslsW house
on wet Third and VIII move to
town and enjoy life
-Mfs James y. Shane, . former
resident hsrs, died q her home IN |
LaWrsuos this week Miss Myrtls
shsss, teacher in tie AbIlsns hlEh
school last ysur, d Der dsughIer. ehs
4. s~.faIrv a tcrrs
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18
District Court.

Hall vs.. Mckenzie, repievin suit,
was on trial all day. Not yet fn-
ished.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18

county price IN centa less than New York
Sh cents less than Chicago.l R
KANsAs cIry-FAncy separator 90.
fancy 2Dc,
cHIoAOo Creamery IS q sc, dairy 70
o 40. 5fa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-18

An he lstsn IA ,hss, nulie Win
y fousd Il Ths Rsetst
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09
Greatest Natural Disasters of
History.

Pompeii and Herculaneum de-
stroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
A. d. 10; more than 10000 lives lost.
Earthquake in Constantinople, thou
sands killed; year 557.
Catania. Sicily, $4,000 persons killed
by earthquake; year 1877.
Syria, 10000 killed by earthquake;
Cilicia, 10000 killed by earthquake;
year 1868.
Palermo, earthquake. 5000 lost; year
1926.
Canton, China, 100000 lost by
earthquake; November 80, 1871.
Kuchan, North Persia, 10000 lost;
earthquake; year 1855.
Lisbon, city ruined by earthquake,
25, 600 killed; November, 1855.
Aleppo, destroyed by earthquake,
thousands killed; year 1922.
Canton, earthquake. 5000 lost; May
27, 1880.
Calabria, earthquake, 10000 lost;
year 1857.
Island Of Krakatoa volcanic erup-
ton 36,3S0 lives lost; May 27. 1888.
Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 70
killed. year 1880.
Isle of lschia, earthquake, 1000 lost;
year 1888
Charleston, S. c., earthquake, IL
lives lost; August 81, 1886.
Bandalsan, volcanic eruption, 1000
killed, July, 1888.
Island of Hondo, Japan, earthquake,
10000 killed; October. 1891.
Venezuela, earthquake. 5000 killed.;
April "a, 1894.
Guatemala, earthquake. great loss of
life; April, 1902.
st. Pierre Martinique, Mont Pelee.
May, 1902; loss of life, 10000.
Vesuvian towns destroyed by erup-
tion of volcano, April, 1906; 400 or
more killed.
San Francisco, April Is, 1906. earth
quake, followed by fire.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09
SUCCESSFUL SCULPTRESS.
Miss Evelyn LOneman of Chicago
Awarded Fifteen Thousand
Dollar Prize.
To Carve Bronze Doors at Annapolis
Naval IAcademy-fiasA Attained Fame
Through Her Figure of "Victory"
at st. Louis Fair.

When the new bronze entrance doors
of the Annapolis Naval Academy are
completed and hung in place there will
exist another monument to the skill
of American women. Colonel Robert
M. Thompson, who presented these
doors to the academy as a memorial
of the class of '6S, stipulated in making
the offer that the design selected for
the doors should be awarded by compe-
tition, the winner to receive a prize of
$4,000. There were~thirty-three COM
petitors for this prize, an unusually
large number, and the designs submit
ted are said to have been of a high
degree of excellence. The votes of all
five jurors were cast for the model pre-
sented by Miss Evelyn B. Dongman. of
Chicago.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09
THE SURGERY OF THE AN.
GENTS.

What is known to modern dentists
as bridge work was familiar to the
Etruscans, as extant specimens attest,
according to an interesting article in
the British Medical Journal. Plaster
ears, noses and lips were common
among the Indians. where the cutting
off of these features was punishment
much in use and Greek and Roman
veterans who had lost a leg or an arm
in war tried to make good the de-
ficiency by artificial substitutes. 1t is
stated further:
What is said to be the oldest artifi-
cial leg in existence is now in the mu-
scum of the Royal College of Surgeons
of England. 1t was found in a tomb
at Capua. Pliny speaks of a Roman
warrior who, a century and half be-
fore the birth of Christ, wore an arti-
manipulate a sword. In the Middle
Ages artificial limbs sometimes re-
paired the disablements of war. The
iron hand of Goetz Won Berlichingen
was an ingenious piece of mechanism
made for that famous knight in 1904
A century later an artificial hand was
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09

in the already hardened shell that sur
rounds the inner mass. That shell
must give way at some point. Aside
from the contractions of the earth's
surface, another cause is given that
might affect the changing of the sur
face of a given part of the world. This
cause is the accumulation of a vast
weight of sedimentary deposit brought
down by rivers. For example, the Mis-
sissippi River is entirely made up of
the deposits of the streams washing
down from higher lands The weight
of that deposit would be difficult to
calculate, and resting upon a portion
of the earth's shell. might occasion its
sinking. This theory is held by some
scientists in connection with the Cali
fornia disaster, for the Sacramento
River is the depositor of vast weights
of sediment in the Pacific waters near
San Francisco.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09
Work Progressing Rapidly.

Although the digging of the trenches
for the House Office building was be-
gun less than a year ago. the structure
is now up to the first floor line. To
hasten the work Elliott Woods, Super
intendent of the Capitol, directed that
construction begin before all the speci-
fcations and contracts were complete.
This was done through letting out the
stone contract first by authority of the
House Building Commission. It is cal
culated that both buildings will be
ready for the Sixtieth Congress.
In accordance with Masonic tradi-
tions, the ceremony was conducted in
the open air, in a simple, unostenta-
tious manner. In every detail it core
sponded as nearly as practicable with
the historic ceremony in which Presi-
dent Washington participated. The
articles placed in the cornerstone were
largely identical in character with
those deposited in the original Capt.
tol stone by Federal Lodge. and, as
both President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon are members Of the Masonic
order the occasion in every way har-
monized with the spirit Of the cere-
mOny directed by the Virginia jurisdic-
tion in laying the cornerstone Of the
Capitol.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09
ScuIptress Is Already Famous.

The best known work of Miss Long
man is the bronze figure of Victory" I"
which was carved for the Festival Hall
at the st. Louis Worlds Fair For
this she was awarded a silver medal.
At the close of the fair the original
was brought to the Chicago Art Insti-
tute. A. bronze reproduction has been
purchased by the Union League Club
and will adorn the entrance to the club
rooms.
Another one of Miss Longman's
works which has won commentator is
a bronze figure of Death" which she
recently completed, and which is to
be placed on the Story monument in
the cemetery at Lowell, Mass.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09

from the south wing of the Capitol,
with which it is to be connected by
an underground passageway through
which members of Congress may pass
back and forth from the legislative
hall to their offices. There are 410
Office rooms, providing a room for each
Representative in Congress and Dele
gate, and leaving vacant nineteen
rooms for a future growth in the men,
bership of the House through a reap
portiOnment of districts or the admis-
sion of new States. The House annex
and the Senate Office building, also
under construction at the opposite end
of the plaza, are being put up to pro-
vide for the members of the National
Legislature. quarters absolutely needed
for the efficient transaction of public
business. The great growth in size
of both branches Of Congress has
caused the Capitol building to be en-
larged. but this was only sufficient to
provide the necessary space for the
assembly halls of House and Senate
and the committee rooms. the latter
in many cases being small and badly
ventilated. Under present conditions
individual members (unless they hap
pen to be chairmen of committees)
have no Offices and a badly congested
condition exists. Realizing the need
of one great legislative centre where
Senators and Representatives may
concentrate their activities and be
comfortably quartered Congress three
years ago authorized the construction
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09

from the effect of the Capitol itself.
The exterior design for the buildings
is classic, suggesting in its general di-
vision of parts the Garde Meuble in the
Place de la Concorde. Paris, while the
pavilions are modelled on those of the
Colonnade de Louvre. Architecturally
the front is divided into two parts, the
lower corresponding to the first story
of the building constituting a 'rusti-
Gated" base. on which. extending
through the second and third stories,
is the colonnade. surmounted by its
entablature and balustrade. 1t is be-
lieved that the effect of the two flank
ing buildings will be to give unity to
the whole scheme and to emphasize
architecturally the great beauty Of the
Capitol, all of the lines leading up to
and centering in its dome.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09

of the House and Senate office
buildings.
Senate Ceremony Next Fall.
The House annex was started first
and is in a more advanced stage Of
construction than the Senate building,
though the cornerstone of the latter
may be ready to put in place next Fall.
1t is estimated that the two buildings
together will involve an outlay Of
about ten million dollars. In size and
design they are identical; they occupy
positions balanced in their relation to
the Capitol and are planned to fit into
general architectural scheme. The
height of the buildings has been re-
stricted that they may not overpower
the Capitol, and they have been kept
simple in design, without pediments,
domes or other accentuated points to
prevent their detracting in any way
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09

worn by Christian, Duke of Brunswick.
Ambrose Pare devised artificial limbs
with movable joints, which were made
for him by artificers, of whom Lor-
raine, a locksmith, was the most
famous. Pare devotes a special chap
ter to the means of repairing or sup
plying natural or accidental defects
in the human body. He describes ar
tifcial eyes and noses, an artificial
tongue and an artificial palate. At
later period Father Sebastian. Car
melite monk. made movable arms and
hands. In the earlier part of the sew
enteenth century Peter Lowe, in his
'Discourses on the Whole Art of
Chirurgery.' gives representations of
artificial legs. About the middle of
the same century Falcinelli, Floren-
tine surgeon. mentions the use Of ar
tificial eyes of silver, gold and crystal
painted in various colors.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09

are never caused by volcanoes, but by
faulting plains. This is particularly
true of both seaboards of the United
States. Mr.. Walcott and other scien-
lists of the Geological and Geodetic
Surveys agree that scientifically the
recent disturbances were caused by
conditions identical with those pertain
ing during the earthquake which de-
molished Charleston, S. c., on August
81, 1886. Volcanoes occasionally cause
shaking of the earth's crust, but the
disturbances occasioned by pent-up
gases seeking to escape are felt only
locally.
The cause generally attributed to
earthquakes is the gradual cooling OF
the earth, which is known to still be a
molten mass inside. When any object
cools 1t contracts, and so will the earth
as 1t grows colder. This contraction
would unavoidably cause disturbance
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-09
LAYING CORNERSTONE.
Impressive Ceremony Incident to
Construction of New Capt.
tOI Buildings.
President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon, Both Masons, Arc Princi-
pal Actors-$1O,OOO,OOO for Sem
ate and House.

When President Roosevelt. on April
18th, laid the cornerstone of the new
Office building for the House of Repre-
sentatives, it marked the beginning of
improvements on Capitol Hill which
will make that section of Washington
comparable with the ancient hills of
Rome and Greece crowned with mag
nificent buildings in which met the
solons Of ages past.
This new building occupies a square
and is about a-hundred yards distant