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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
KLEIN IN DANGER
Wealthy Playwright's Launch Strikes
 Jagged Rock.

South Norwalk, Sept. 1-dharles Klein, the wealthy playwright,of Roy aton, who has an international rep utation, had a very narrow escape from a serious accident while in his speed launch Saturday. MT. Klein was out with party of friends and just as he was entering Five Mile river the launch struck jagged rock. The launch stuck fast on the rock and water began to come In in large quan- titles, coming through a. jagged hole near the bow of the craft.
 All hands were compelled to get out and help lift the launch off the rock and the best speed was made to the shore where the craft was beached none too soon to prevent her from sinking.
 The boat is now at John H. ober- landers shipyard, Darien, undergoing repairs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
LONG BALLOON TRIP

Springfield, Mass, Sept 1,-Oscar Handler, the German balloonist, and N. H. Arnold, a newspaper man of North Adams, landed in Colchester, Conn, at 2;2O this afternoon, after a 125 mile balloon trip from North Adams, Three and one half hours were consumed in making the distance in the Mars" which has a capacity of 22,5OO cubic feet. Although larger balloons have been used in this state this is the rec ord flight for Massachusetts start.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
SPANKING ExpLopEs DYNAMITE.

Cheboygan, Mich, Sept. Mrs. Fred Williams, living at Bear Point, on Crooked lake, near this city, was se- Vereiy injured, and her seven year old son was probably fatally hurt when a dynamite cap in the boys hip pocket exploded while the mother was spank ing him for minor offense.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
MURDER IN WATERBURY
One Italian Dies and Another Will Not
 Recover.

Recover.
 Waterbury, Sept. 1.-Shortly before 10 o'clock tonight Felix Carponelli walked into Chatfield avenue board ing house and fired several shots at Antona Geneva, one bullet passing through his stomach, from the effects of which he died within a few min utes. One bullet struck Pasquale Ca- pobianco and passed through his right shoulder, and a third passed through the right lung of Radius Bothcelli, while another ploughed a furrow in the side of his head and right shoul- der.
 Mrs. Mara Angelica Capobianco was next struck and received a slight scalp wound. The three men were quickly removed to the Waterbury hospital, Geneva expiring shortly aft CT reaching there. Bothcelh will probably not survive. Carponeli escaped and a general alarm has been sent throughout the state.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
SHOCKED TO DEATH,
Bodies of Boys Dangle from Steel
 Tower Covered With Flames.

Buffalo, N, Y, Sept, 1.-Two Polish lads, Tony Carola and Giuseppe zeppa both about IS years old, were shocked to death to-day on a steel tower, which carries high voltage from Mag ara Falls power houses to the Lacka- wanna steel plant There was great delay in communicating with the pow CT house to get the current shut off and for nearly three hours the bodies hung in mid air with blue flames playing about them in plain view of thousands of street car passengers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS
Meutenant-G Governor and Premier of
 Quebec Among the Mourners.

Quebec, Que, Sept lover twenty thousand visited the scene of the St. Lawrence bridge disaster to-day. It became necessary to establish a line of police to keep back the crowd.
 The funerals of four of the victims, natives of St. Romuald, in which the bridge is located, took place to-day The bodies were placed in four hearses and were followed to the cemetery by practically the entire population of the parish, decorated with mouring em- blems. Sir L. A. Jette, Lieut. Cover nor of the province and Premier Cou- in were among the mourners.
 No body was taken from the debris to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
GREAT SINGING FEST.

Clinton, Mass, Sept. 1.-The eighth of the great singing festivals which the New Englanders of German descent have held since 1892 was held here to. day. There was prize singing In The turn verein hall during tn afternoon in which there were singers from nll parts of New England 4 concert witli chorus of 300 voices was the evening feature. The festival will continue to, morrow
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
VETERAN SUICIDES
Edgar Burnham, of WilIimantic, Kills
 Himself at Summer Home.

New London, Conn, Sept. 1.-Des- pendent, it is believed, because of con tinued Ill health, Edgar Burnham, aged "A, of Willimantic, veteran of the Civil war, blew the top of his head off with a shot gun early to-day at his summer residence at leasure Beach. The discharge of the gun aroused the members of his family and they rush. ed to the kitchen to find him lying in his own blood.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
BRIDGE BLOWN UP
Policemen Flag Approaching Freight
 on B. & o. Road.

Philadelphia, Sept. "A new bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ov- CT Corey street, Darby suburb, was blown up about o'clock, this morning by unknown persons. The false work of the bridge was completely wrecked by dynamite. A southbound freight was approaching at the time, and was Tagged by two policemen.
 The police officials believe the explos- ion was the work of enemies of the company.
 A northbound express due in this city about o'clock from Baltimore and Washington would have reached the point where the explosion occurred in about an hour
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
SITUATION UNCHANGED
Telegraph Companies and Strikers
 Both Claim Slight Advantages.

011'1'Ea eaEIV 4ANIVttIlItlsC5s
 New York, Sept. 1.--fhere is little if any change in the telegraph strike sit- nation In this city. Both sides contin- ue firm and profess complete satisfac- tlon with the progress of the fight. The strikers claim a few accessions to their ranks from the -unionists, while the telegraph companies say small number of the old men have returned to work and that all the business offer. ed is being handled expediously. The contest seems to have settled down to one of endurance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
S1O.ooO IN FITLY.

Boston, Sept. 1.--The 2-year-oId fl- ly "The Leading Lady" whose record is 2:17, and which won the American horse breeders futurity for foals of 1905, has been sold, 1t was announced to-day, by Benjamin Pope of Concord to A. E. Coe of Paoli, Penn, for $10,000 The fil- ly has been shipped to Lakewood, N. J.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
REV. FATHER Epp nnAn

Pittsburg, Sept 1.-The Rev. Father Hyacinth Epp, for many years head of the Capuchin order in America, die5 yesterday at the Alphonsus monastery at Wheeling, ". Va. He was II years
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-02
suCcuMRs TO INLIrRIRs.

Meriden, Sept 1.-Arthur Minkwitz. the lineman who was badly injured Wednesday, afternoon by failing from telegraph pole, died this evening. h. asernal injuries caused his death.
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

ing himself 1ithely until kis fingers
clasped my throat The lantern fell
from my hand and one or the other
of us smashed it with our feet
A wrestling match in that dark hole
was not to my liking still held onto
the revolver, waiting for a chance to
use it, ana meanwhile he tried to
throw me. forcing me bask against
one side and then another of the cor
ridor.s
With quick rush he flung me
away, and in the same second fired
The roar of the shot in the narrow
corridor was deafening. i flung my
self ON the floor, expecting a return
shot, and quickly enough fash broke
upon the darkness dead ahead, and I
rose to my feet, fired again and leaped
to the opposite side of the corridor and
crouched there. We had adopted the
same tactics, firing and lodging to
avoid the target made by the flash of
our pistols, and watching and listen
ing after the roar of the explosions.
1t was very pretty game, but not
destined to last long. He was slowly
retreating toward the end of the pass
age where there was, remembered,
dead wall. His only chance was to
crawl through an area WINDOW knew
to be there, and this would, I felt
sure, give him into my hands.
After five shots apiece there was
truce The pungent smoke of the pow
der caused me to cough, and he
laughed
Have you swallowed a bullet, Mr..
Glenarm?" he called
l could hear his feet scraping on the
cement floor; he was moving away
from me, doubtless intending to fire
when he reached the area window and
escape before I could reach him. 1
crept warily after him, ready to fire
on the instant, but not wishing to
throw away my last cartridge.
He was now very near the end of
the corridor. 1 heard his feet strike
some boards that ] remembered lay
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

on the floor there, end 1 was nerved
for shot and a hand-to-hand strug-
gle, if it came to that
1 was sure that he sought the win
dow; heard his hands on the wall as
he felt for it. Then a breath of cold
air swept the passage, and 1 knew
that he must be drawing himself up
to the opening 1 fired and dropped
to the floor With the roar of the ex-
plosion 1 heard him yell, but the ex-
pected return shot did not follow
The pounding of my heart seemed
to mark the passing of hours.
feared my foe was playing some trick,
creeping toward me, perhaps, to fire
at close range, or to grapple with me
in the dark The cold air whistled
into the corridor, and 1 began to feel
the chill of it. Being fired upoa is
disagreeable enough, but waiting in
the dark for the shot is intolerable 1
rose and walked toward the end of
the passage
Then his revolver flashed and reared
directly ahead, the fame of it so near
that it blinded me and the wad of the
cartride burned and stung my cheek. 1
fell forward dazed and blinded, but
0~-Oo~
and got upon my feet The draft of
air no longer blew into the passage
Morgan had taken himself of through
the window and closed it after him
/ made sure of this by going to the
window and feeling 1t with my hands
l went back and CROPPED about for
my candle, which found without diff
Guilty and lighted 1 then returned to
the window to examine the catch To
my utter establishment it was fas-
tened with staples, driven deep into
the sash in such way that it could
not possibly have been opened with
out an expenditure of time and labor.
Ny eyes smarted from the smoke of
the last shot, and my cheek stung
where the wadding had struck nv
face 1 was alive, but in my vexation
and perplexity not, 1 fear, wholly
grateful for my safety 1t was, how
ever. some consolation to feel sure
had winged the enemy
CTO BE CONTINUED.l
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

icaIly to the hoor I leaned against
the wall where I stood and watched
the slow approach of the lantern The
small revolver with which had first
fired at his flying figure in the wood
was in my pocket 1t was just as
well to have it out with the fellow
now My chances were as good as
his, though 1 confess 1 did not relish
the thought of being found dead the
next morning in the cellar of my own
house 1t pleased my humor to let him
approach in this way, unconscious that
he was watched, until should thrust
my pistol into his face.
His arms grew tired when he was
about ten feet from me and he
dropped the lantern and hammer to
his side and swore under his breath
impatiently.
Then he began again with greater
zeal. AS he came nearer 1 studied his
face in the lanterns light with inter
est. His hat was thrust back, and 1
could see his jaw hard set under his
blond beard
He took a step nearer, ran his eyes
over the wall and resumed his tap
ping, beginning close to the ceiling
In settling himself for the new series
of strokes he swayed toward me
slightly and 1 could hear his hard
breathing l was celebrating how
best to throw myself upon him, but an
wavered he stepped back, swore at
his i'll luck and flung the hammer to
the ground.
Thanks" 1 shouted, leaping for
ward and snatching the lantern.
Stand just where you arei'
With the revolver in my right hand
and the lantern held high in my left,
1 enjoyed his utter CONSERVATION, as
my voiced roared in the corridor.
It's too bad we meet under such
strange circumstances, Morgan"
said. I'D begun to miss you; but /
suppose you've been sleeping in the
daytime to gather strength for your
night prowling."
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NIX e. b. FIZER. Mt Sterling, KY
lv1 writes:
ssF have suffered with kidney and
bladder trouble for fen years past.
Last March commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
have not used it since, nor have felt.
= pain
81 believe that am well and there
fore give my highest commentator to-
the curative qualities of Peruna.'
Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. 81. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
81 had not been well for about four
years. had kidney trouble, and, In
fact. felt badly nearly all the time.
This summer / got so very bad T.
thought would try Peruna, so wrote
toyou and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin.
81 took only two bottles of Peruna
and one of Manalin, and now / feel
better than have for some time.
81 feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made different woman of me
altogether. I bless the day picked up
the little book and read of your Peruna-"
1t is the business of the kidneys to.
remove from the blood all poisonous.
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need a little assistance.
Peruna is exactly this sort of rem
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at time when they were not able,
to bear their own burdens
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

You're a FOOL he growled. He
was recovering from his fright
knew it by the CLEAN of his teeth in
his yellow beard. His eyes, too, were
moving restlessly about. He undoubt-
edly knew the house better than / did,
and was considering the best means of
escape. 1 did not know what to do
with him now that I had him at the
point of a pistol; and in my ignorance
of his motives and my vague surmise
as to the agency back of him, 1 was
filed with uncertainty.
You needn't hold that thing quite
so near he said, staring at me coolly.
I'm glad it annoys you, Morgan 1
said Il want you to tell me how you
got in here
He laughed
Il came in by the kitchen window,
if you must know 1 got in before
your solemn jack-of-alI-trades locked
it up, and 1 walked down to the end
of the passage there '-he indicated
the direction with a slight jerk of his
head-"and slept until it was time to
go to work.
IF you can't lie better than that
you needn't try again. Face about,
now, and march,
1 put new energy into my tone, and
he turned and walked before me down
the corridor in the direction from
which he had come We were, dare
say, pretty pair-he tramping dog
gedly before me, following at his
heels with his lantern and my pistol
Not so fast admonished sharp
~.
Excuse me- he replied mockingly-
He was no common rogue; felt
the quality in him with a certain adj
miration for his scoundrelly talents
1 continued at his heels, poking the
muzzle of the revolver against his
back from time to time to keep him
assured of my presence device that
was to regret a second later
When we were, / should judge,
about ten yards from the end of the
corridor, at that moment 1 prodded
him with the point of the revolver,
he fell backward against me, threw
his arms over his head and grasped
me about the neck, meanwhile turn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
Jennison Relics to Topeka.

Two scrap books kept by the late
Col c. R. Jennison of Ueavenworth
an anti-slavery leader in border war
fare times, were sent to the State
Historical society by Col. Jennison's
widow. Mrs. C. r. Jennison of Leav-
enworth. The scrap books contain
many clippings telling of border
troubles, and letters and posters
which the pro-slavery and anti-slav-
cry men posted as warnings in various
parts of the state There are many
posters in the collection, which few
persons knew were in existence or
had ever been printed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

Starch, like everything else, is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market % years
ago are very different and inferior to-
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defance Starch-al1 in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never APP
preached by other brands.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
Some Vital Statistics.

The vital statistics for Kansas for
March, made public in the bulletin of
the state board of health, report 76
cases of tuberculosis and So deaths;
% cases of typhoid fever and 9
deaths; log cass of diphtneTia and ID
deaths; 81 cases of scarlet fever and
8 deaths; 273 cases of smallpox and
8 deaths; 1, $50 cases of measles and
deaths. The record is as a whole
about 25 per cent better than March
of last year.
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Danger In Signals.

Il was playing game Of cards fm
. mining camp in the Rockies said
the mild-mannered man, when sud-
denly my partner, by way of a gentle,
hint, held up two fingers to indicate,
that he had pair. Quick as a flash,
one of our opponents whipped out his.
dirk and slashed off the fingers.
Awful, Well, it was pretty bad.
but wasn't he in luck that he didn't
have full hand?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
Brick for paving Burned with Oil.

The first kiln of paving brick ever
burned in Allen county by the use OF
oil as fuel instead of natural gas was
turned out by the Union Brick Com
pany at their plant between lola and
Gas City. The results of the oil
burning experiments are exceedingly
gratifying to the brick company and
it is the intention to use oil for that
purpose in the future.
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Latest Kansas Events.
The Apple to Swear BY.


The Janet apple is the only one that
weathered the recent storm. The Janet
is really the best apple that grows,
says the Lawrence Journal. Men dis
cuss other varieties and say good
things of them, but when the Janet
is mentioned it closes the incident.
Men argue about the other varieties,
but they accept the best without ques-
Hon- When all apples were scrawny
and little admired the Janet was the
best to be had; after years of .devel
opment larger apples have been pro-
duced, prettier ones, but none that
taste SO good and the memory OF
none fingers so long as this. Not
only is the Janet an ever present
comfort when you are satisfing the
inner man, but it is memory gem,
recalling the good times down on the
farm when we were SO happy and
poor" The Janet recalls those times
and makes one feel that that it has a
mission two-foId. Other apples may
come and other apples may go, but
the Janet weathers all storms and
stays the constant friend and COM
panion of man.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
still Normandy's Heroine.

One of the favorite postal cards.
offered for sale to tourists by shop
keepers of Rouen, Normandy, shows.
. modern feminine compatriot of Joan.
of Arc dressed and posed to repre-
sent the great French heroine spin
ming in her matched rooted cottage
at Domremy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

Kansas City is trying to bring the
state board of railroad commissioners
Into its fight for union 1epot and
has requested the board TO hold a
meeting there and see what action
can be taken against the Kansas City
Terminal company to force it to es-
tablish union station on the Kansas
side when the new union depot for
Kansas City, Mo-, is built
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
whv II Failed to Grow.

1t is related of Sa1ina man that
some time ago he planted bed of
lettuce. He waited weeks for the let
tuce to come up, but 1T refused to
grow. He attributed this to the
cold weather and later planted an
other bed. Next day he went out to
see it and was surprised to notice the
lettuce seeds in motion and about the
garden Close scrutiny revealed the
fact that the seed was being carried
off by ants They cleaned this bed
in a short time and this explained the
fate of the other bed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
Emporia Is to Have chautauqua.

Emporia is to have Chautauqua
this year, commencing July H. The
Business Mems Association has en-
tered into contract to that effect.
the necessary funds being pledged
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
Searching for indian Books.


George w. Martin, secretary of the
Kansas Historical society is hunting
some books printed in the Indian Ian
guages. The books are Indian gram
mars, hymn books and extracts from
the Bible. The books we're printed in
the thirties and forties OF the last
century by the Rev. lothian Meeker,
a Baptist minister, who lived near
where Ottawa now stands, and some by
]. T. Pratt, who brought a printing
press to Kansas and settled in Wyan-
dotte county. There are about 80 of
the books which Mr.. Martin wants to
find, one copy in each of the tongues
spoken in Eastern Kansas at the time
of the translations, Mr.. Martin says
that fewer than 100 copies of each book
were printed. The society now has
nearly a dozen of the early day books
printed in Indian languages.
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Kills Herself With Rat Poison.

Arrested on an insanity warrant and
left with her family, pending a hear
ing, Mrs. Rachel Bliss, an aged wo-
man of Concordia killed herself with
a dose of rat poison
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

John Doyle, of Cherokee county.
has been paroled from the penitentiary
by Governor Hocn- The charge
against him was burglary, for which
a sentence of five years. was imposed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25
crimes Suit settled out Of Court.

Frank Grimes suit in the district
court at Topeka to recover Sits on
a note given him by Roy Richey in
the Abilene school fund shortage con-
troversy, while Grimes was state
treasurer. was settled out of court by
the men concerned
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They Tiqhtened Up.

They frightened Up.
IT presume that your failure showed
you that you had a great many closo-
friends?"
That's what it did The closest
bunch of friends any man ever had"
Fort Worth Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

No man is a thousand descents from
Adam.-Hooker.
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Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A,
q safe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and zee that 1t
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-25

The inducements to adopt Natures per-
feet Laxative, Garfield Tea, are manyi
1t is made wholly of simple Herbs and is
Drugs Law; 1t overcomes constipation,
regulates the liver and kidneys, purifes.
the blood and brings Good Health.