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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
LEGH0RN PULLET R00STS
ON THE JUDGES DESK

in Utica, New York, one white leg
horn pullet spent last Friday night in
the desk of Police Justice f. A, Gray.
Frank Cassell, claiming TO have lost
several fowls within few days, swore
out a warrant for Anthony Bard, n
neighbor, charging him with purloining
the birds. Bard S chickens were brought
into ceurt and Cassell picked out n
white Leghorn pullet as his, Thereupon
Justice Gray adjourned the case. The
question of where the pullet should
be kept Saturday night was a perplcx.
ing one. Neither CasseIl nor Bard was
willing that either should take it home
So the court locked il up in his roll
top desk for the night
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

A solemn-faced man stroled into the
psychopathic ward at Bellevue hospital
in New York, ''I am tired and full
OF booze - he said. "Put me to
sleep" They laid him in cot, and
he closed his eyes. Just then the
barking of a dog sounded through the
ward. The nurses ran around looking
for the barker. and some peered under
the cots, There was no sign of dog
anywhere. Then came an unearthy
meouw, and all the hundred and twenty
and the nurses again secured around,
but there was no cat,
''Have a drink with me-" said a
voice near the ceiling.
Again the hundred and twenty pa
tients sat up. This time they grinned; /;
but every one denied extending the in
vitation. Policeman Hatmaker was sum-
moned, but could not locate the scource
of the disappointment. Next there was
a blood -curdling cry from the other end
of the room.
"Help, they re numbering metz yell.
ed somebody.
Hatmaker rushed the whole length
of the ward, followed by the nurses
but no assassin at work did they see.
'fThere IS divvil i'll here, sure.' eX-
claimed the policeman,
For half an hour all kinds of strange
noises filed the ward, and the nurses
and physicians were distracted, Fin
ally. one Of the nurses caught the
solemn-faced new arrival chuckling. He
admitted he was ventriloqulst, He
said he was Richard Neuman, an cleo
trician, of No. 2431 First avenue. The
doctor gave him "hypodermic and
he troubled them no more.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
WAS MAH-HATER
UNTIL SHE DIED
Wyoming Girl Did Not Address
Male Sex During p
Years.
FORBADE MEN FROM
ATTENDING HER FUNERAL
She Had Been Tilted: From That
Time Had No Use for
Sterner Sex.

Miss Jennie E. Carroll, who died a
few days ago at the house Of her sister,
near Southpass City, Wyo., had not, so
far as was known to those familiar with
her life, spoken TO man for twenty
seven years.
She was forty odd years of age at
the time of her death. and ever since
she came TO Wyoming eighteen years
ago bad made her .home with her sister,
Mrs. Ella Cobber. She went there
with the understanding that she was
not TO be required to speak TO Mr.. Cob
bier and did not do SO, though he
lived two years after her arrival.
The story is that twenty.seven years
ago, Miss Carroll was engaged TO be
married TO y young man in the East.
Guests had assembled for the cere-
mony nj the home Of her mother, but
when the hour came. the Young man
did not appear. Miss Carroll never saw
or heard from him afterword.
She took VOW that night, the story
runs, never again 10 speak TO man,
and kept 1t religiously TO the day OF
her death. .- ..- .....
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
pecially, If You Are Riding
Upon a Pass Belonging
TO Another.
LORAD0 WOMAN GETS
INTO PECK OF TROUBLE
to Pay Fare Because She
Kissed Her Hubby
Goodbye.

,}de On somebody clse's trip ticket
g'u VIII. but don t let your husband
you good-by at the depot, Saws
colorado Springs Gazette.
eiis is what Mrs. r. c. Smith Of
'pie Creek will tell you at any rate.
she ought to know as she had an
a yrience last week which made her
up and take notice" Mrs. Smith
eed to take trip to Colorado
rngs and naturally wanted TO do so
nc least possible expense to her
and' MT. Smith happened 10 have
' 'od TREND named Ayres who held
>Np ticket on the Short line. which
latter readily consented TO loan
fTs, Smith. as the ticket was issued
MT. Ayres and Wife,
osssTythlng looked like clear sailing
igedr. Smith accompanied his wife to
n aepot and put her on the train
ah afectionate farewell that did
:. ncape the notice of Conductor Rob.
= 1t so happened that the manage.
n had Just Issued notice to the
pctors to scrutinizo carefully all
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
KICKED ON TIN WHISTLE
Husband Alleges Crime and Inhuman
Treatment By Wife.

In the divorce suit Of Mrs Henry D.
Archer against her husband in the
Supreme Court in Westchester county,
New York, the husband alleges cruel
and inhuman treatment on the part of
"The plaintiff has continually an
noyed the defendant by taking a tin
whistle to bed with her and blowing
it when the defendant wanted to go
to sleep, giving as au excuse that the
defendant had been snoring. and that
this was her remedy TO wake him up
and break him Of the habit. -
In the papers originally fled. Mrs
Archer charges her husband with turn
ing her mother s picture to the wall in
their house.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
I HIS COFFIN,
BUT NOT DEAD
)rpse Receivers Consciousness,
I Climbs Out of Casket and
Gets Drunk.

Henry Cowgirl, of Sheridan, Wyo,
sFeral days after he was announced
Cad, suddenly regained consciousness
nd found himself laid out in coffin
ready 10 be buried, from the noun.
ins, according to advices received
\ 18th of here last week.
Cowgirl slowly climbed out of. the
=isffin and, finding nobody but himself
y the cabin III which what was sup
ssed to be his dead body had been
g.ked up, set out on rather unsteady
VS. for Twin Bridges, the nearest
r-gn. Cowgill's two mining partners
b5mly believing him TO be dead, had
sssed his body in his best suit of
4 ttthes and laid him in the coffin that
( trning, locked the door of the cabin,
1 set out for town to make prepara.
s.n for the funeral. They had not sum-
.Aned physician to make sure that
/ cir friend and partner was dead, but
ney could discover no signs Of life
This body and were sure that they
ew dead man when they saw one.
lhen the two men returned TO the
bin at night. they found the door
Ben and on entering the supposed
' ypth-chamber, were startled to find
- coffin empty. They searched the
. Nsmises but, Of course in vain. The
= 1t morning, the mystery was solved
afCowgiIl himself, who, when his part
s-rs were at breakfast, staggered in
n the cabin with drawn face, blood,
u9t eyes aud very thick tongue,
sl1 threw himself on his bunk and went
- sleep. In two hours he was sober
Itpugh to tell his story and to explain
y Vt he had celebrated his return to
y by big drunk,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
AVERAGE 75 YEARS
Six Brothers Whose Ages Aggregate
Az Centuries Are United.

Probably one of the most unique
reunions ever held in Windsor, Conn,
was the one which took place last even
ing at the home of William C. Donald
son. Dougall avenue. Six brothers were
united after n separation of upward of
fifty years. In those years some of the
members Of the family met, but not
since the first one left the rooftree at
Hartland, Mich, have all the boys been
together.
The oldest is now over so years old
and the youngest is Go. The combined
ages of the six is Ai9 years and the
average is 10.
Charles w. Donaldson, Of Pigeon,
Mich, is so years old.
George w. Donaldson lives at Du-
mth. and is 70. Philip B., II years old
comes from Fremont, Neb.; John A.,
%. from Calumet. Mich; Thomas, aged
I3 years, from Detroit, and William c.,
of Windsor, the baby of the family, is
65.
Last evening a banquet was served
at the home of Mr.. Donaldson in honor
of the reunion
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

trip tickets and the conductor had this
in mind when he came to examine the
card which Mrs. Smith handed him.
Are. you Mrs. Ayres7' he asked
pointedly.
Why, yes certainly l am,n was the
answer.
presume YOU are an honorable
woman. Mrs. Ayres,n was the next re.
mark
"Why, sir, what do YOU mean7 [ shall
report YOU, both. to the company and
TO my hushand,' was the Indignant
reply
THAT is all right. Mrs. Ayres," said
the conductor, 81 II stand for Il call.
down, but | was only wondering why
you let that fellow Smith kiss You so
affectionately before you left OF
course do not doubt your word at
all but was just wondering ] am
sure Mrs. Smith and Mr.. Ayres will be
delighted to hear the story
This proved too much for the equa-
nimity of the indignant lady who finally
acknowledged the corn" and dug
down into her little pocketbook for the
fare. r.-.... '-....s...,.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
FISHES WITH FORK

Twelve-P Pound Pickerel Is Landed by
Small Boy.
Francis Hanifn, a siz-year.old boy,
captured twelve-pound pickerel with
pitchfork in a brook running through
his fathers farm near Madela, Minn.
The little chap noticed the big fish
hounderIng about in the shallow water,
and running to the house he donued his
rubber boots. seized pitchforll and
started out to capture the fiuny mon
stcr. lie waded into the brook and by
clevS.iy manipulating the pitchfork
managed to get the fish ashore after
hard struggle The fish was almost
as long as the boy was tall.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
SLEEP WALK FEAT AT S3
Woman Jumps From High Window
Without Waking

Stella A Wheeler. SO, while walking
in her sleep, climbed out OF window
in her night clothing, at Taunton, Mass,
and travelled long distance from her
home before she was discovered
She tried to get into house, appar-
entity under the impression that it was
her home, and the occupants notified the
police.
When the police located the aged
woman she was suffering severely from
exposure. She was clothed in an off
Ger s coat and taken back to her home.
The doors were found to he all fas-
tened and the officers were obliged to
enter through the high window through
which she had performed the seemingly
impossible feat of dropping to the
ground without awakening,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
OF FRIDAY, ut ALWAYS WAS A JONAH DAY"

Saying that she couldn t stand the
smoky atmosphere Of Pittsburg, Pa.
Mrs Margaret Meyers. eighteen wears
old, a bride of only a few months, com
m1tted suicide Friday by drinking car
bollc acid. With her husband she went
to Pittsburg from Cleveland recently.
and begged him TO take her away again.
he had good position and refused TO
give 1t up for what he considered o.
whim of his wife, She then told him
that life in Pittsburg with its smoke
was not worth living.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
SPANKING BEATS CURFEW
Ohio Mayor Would Apply Old Fashioned
Remedy to Girls Who Stay Out.

Mayor Kcmpel of Akron, Ohio, be
lieves in spanking instead of the cur
few law to keep boys and girls of the
streets All night.
"The mothers could save their
daughters if they would give them
few good spanklugs, he says. FThcy
need it, and they should he spanked
good and hard in the regular old
fashioned way
The mayor says he would draw the
age limit as the actions Of the girls
warrant.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

Last Friday Albert Barr of Pitts
burg, Pa, aged 81 years, while sleep
ing beside an open window in Wither-
spoon hall. fell from the third floor to
gravel walk, distance of forty feet.
The only injuries he sustained We're a
deep cash in the right hand aud the
dislocation of all the fingers of the
hand, a surgeon who examined the
young man said his hurts will not be
permanent.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

In Elizabeth, n. j., while despondent
over the approaching separation from
her sixteen pet cats, Catherine Dowd,
60. committed suicide Friday by throw
ing herself under the wheels of a troll
ley car. The body was wedged in tho
wheels and could not be removed until
the car had been raised by jacks. Death
was almost instanteous. She had for
years given shelter 10 all the stray
cats that came along.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
Some Old People Who
Always Are On Deck

her &issing another man. That settled
1T: [ went out and got drunk and that S
why ! am mess instead of married
man. -
What s your name7" inquired the
patrolman.
Graham, just plain Graham; that s
"Aud what did YOU say the woman s
name VAST queried the policeman.
~ didn't say replied Graham,
"aud / don t intend TO, either and
he went on his way.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

Roasted to death on hot stove was
the fate OF John Schnelbach, aged C5
years, an employee of the Macbeth
Evans Glass Works, at Charleroi, Pa,
on Friday. He was found in the pot
house at the works lying face down
ward on the heated iron. He was sub
iect to fits and it is believed that while
alone he WIS suddenly seized and fell
upon the stove and roasted TO death
His head and the upper part of his
body were burned almost to a crisp.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

While playing with party of young
friends in her fathers hayloft Friday,
Esther, the fourteen-year-old daughter
of Adam Wehner of Swormsvillc, seven
miles south of Lockport, \. y, was at
tackled by mad dog of tho collie
breed The animal bit the girl s nose
completely off, The girl was brought
to this city. and Drs. Bailcr and Crosby
worked over her for several hours
grating strips OF skin taken from her
body 10 her nose
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
Two Happenings Out of the Ordinary
GIRL LOSES LEGS
lbs Are Severed While She Talks to
Surgeons.

abs Are Severed While She Talks to
Surgeons.
Minnie Gottschalk, aged is, fac
y girl, lay on the operating table at
lrity hospital, Cleveland, O., and
tched DR.. Alex Bunts and assistant
putate her legs. She was conscious
ing the entire operation, and con-
sed all the while with the surgeons
I nurses. She fell Ill six weeks ago,
shortly after gangrene set in in her
J. Too weak TO take an ancsthetic,
/ doctors decided to inject cocaine
D her spinal cord, thus deadening
lower part of the body. She has
n the sole support of big family
/ when she RECEIVERS will sew TO earn
wing for the family. Meanwhile her
;her will take her place at the fac
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

iarroll Wiley, son Of a former Mayor
Ballard, Wash, fell across a knee
ter machine Friday afternoon and
saws cut his right arm off below the
ow. Young Wiley pulled the sleeve
his shirt over the stump, picked up
7 severed hand and ran unattended TO
ONCE of DR., c, S. ENERGY. He fell
m exhaustion after the stump had
a dressed by the physician.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

Eugene Pilon, employed at the sub
station of the Winnipeg, Manitoba,
street railway received a shock of Co.
600 volts and is still alive. The acci,
dent occurred on Friday, A pencil in
the man S pocket came in contact with
the transmission wire which brings in
the power from tho Lac Du Bonnet
plant. The shock knocked the soles OFF
his boots, burned the imprint of his
feet INFO the floor and roasted mis- flesh
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
HIS GIRL KISSED ANOTHER
Septuagenarian Would Stand No Fool
ishness From His To-Be Bride.

lSnnCSS FROM his Jo~be bTlue.
The wedding Of two septuagenarians
was nipped in the bud at New Bedford,
Mass, when the prospective bridegroom,
aged - years, caught tho 70-year-old
woman of his choice kissing another
man. The engagement was broken
right there and then and the would he
bridegroom went out and got drunk. In
the course of his spree the old gentle
man S face was unbecominglv altered.
Patrolman Oahouev came across an old
and badly battered man in Grinnell
street
The battle-scarrcd relic beamed good
naturedIy through the eye that was not
out Of commission and said TO the po-
liceman: ~ guess You think l am a
mess, don 4 you!'
II should say so, - was the reply.
"Well." " continued the lame-and halt
specimen, 81 ought 10 be mess. To
day was TO have been my wedding day.
| M - and the woman is 20. But last
night what do you supposed | caught
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
GIRL CADETS
Only Company Of Kind in World At
Wyoming University.

Only Company Of Kind in World At
Wyoming University.
May 10 has been decided upon as
the date of the annual inspection of
the military department Of the Univer.
sity of Wyoming, but the name of the
inspecting officer has not been furnish
ed to Captain Heavey, the military
commandant. He Will be detailed by the
war department and sent from some
post. Among his duties viii be the in
spection Of the two companies of girl
cadets at Laramie, the only companies
of girl cadets connected with univer-
sity in the United States. The girls wear
"A neat uniform of blue cloth trimmed
with white braid, have their own com
missioned and on-commissioned oili-
GERS, and carry wooden guns. They are
quite well drilled and familiar with
nearly al the duties of q soldier.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
BURIED IN DRESS SUIT
Baronet Desires to Be Laid Away
Evening Dress

Baronet Desires to Be Laid Away in
Evening Dress.
In full evening dress the body of
Sir James Colquhoun, pronounced Co
hoon, has been buried at Luss, Dunn
bartonshire, Scotland 1t was in ac-
cordance with the baronet s will that he
was laid so rest in such unconventional
grave clothes, the document stating
that he wished TO be buried in even
ing dress IN plain oak coffin $50 that
those who cared for me during life
might see me for the last time Sir
James was chief of the clan Colou-
honn, and the twelfth holder of baro-
netcy created in 1925. He was a
Scottish laird of the old type and his
pet aversion were the tourists who
swarmed over his beautiful estate in
the holiday season. He literally drove
the Sunday ''trippers' Off his land
when they invaded it from steamers
on the loch
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
Four Real True Stories
FARMER 64 TAKES BRIDE IL
Schoolgirl Married to Wealthy Retired
Farmer in Pennsylvania.

Thomas Chadwick, with beard frosted
by many winters, 81 years old, retired
farmer of Leipsic, Pa, with comforta-
BILE home and money in the bank, was
married last evening. His bride was
Elsie May Bennett, schoolgirl of Leip-
sic, II years old, whose widowed
S. Stephens performed the ceremony,
and Professor John L. Section, the
girl s teacher, was one of the guests.
Questioned by the minister, Miss Ben
nett said 1t was a case of genuine love.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
COOKIES THAT ARE GOOD
Mother Saves Some Baked Thirty
Six Years Ago.

Mrs. George Plank of Cook Hollow,
Pa, has some cookies that are thirty.
six years old. AT that time one of her
sons was injured in threshing machine
and neighbor baked the cookies and
sent them TO the lad. He died, and
all these years his mother has treasured
them as keepsakes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
AZ YEARS A PRISONER
Man Sentenced to Be Guillotined in
1865 Just Released.

A man named Ventura, forty-two
years in captivity, has just been re-
leased in Italy. In 1865 he was SEN
fenced TO death by the Government OF
the Bourbons. He was to be Nillotined,
but at the moment when the knife was
TO fall the spring did not act The
crowd then requested that the death
sentence should be respited Ventura
was sent to penal servitude for life.
Only recently King Victor Emmanuel
signed decree of pardon in his ia
yOr
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
CAKE II YEARS OLD
It Is Eaten on Ninety-Eighth Ami
versitY of Its Owner.

Colonel Luther Raymond, the oldest
resident Of Clarksburg, Nd, recently
celebrated the ninety-eighth anniver-
sary of his birth. A feature of the
birthday celebration was the exhibi-
ton of a heart-shaPed sweetcake, pre-
sented to him Christmas eve, 1899
more than seventy-seven years ago
by Phoebe Robinson at a ball at The
Bartlett hotel, Clarksburg, with writ
ten request that he keep il forever.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
HERE'S A HEN STORY
Biddy, Prisoner for Twenty-four Days,
Lays Two Eggs.

steele McCracken. farmer of Belle
fontaine, o., removed n load of fodder
and released hen that had been buried
twentyfour days III space too small
for her TO turn around. She had laid
two eggs and, although without food
or drink. had not touched the eggs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
Calf Kills Woman,

Mrs. +. C. Kirk of Ashland. Ky,
while feeding q sucking cafe three
weeks ago from bucket, was butted
in the stomach by the animal Peri
tonitis set in from the effects of the
blow and she died today.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
Fell Two Feet; Broke Neck.

Fell Two Feet; Broke Neck.
James j. Maehl Of 2T52 Curtis
street, Denver, travelling sales.
man for the Neef Bros. Brew
ing company of that city,
walked of stone wall at Red
chfre. Cal, and fell Ia the street,
, two feet below, breaking his
neck, The body was not found
until early morning, Maehl
had evidently been visiting the
house IN front OF which he was
killed and perhaps had been
drinking. When he came out of
the place he probably became
confused in the darkness and
walked off the wall.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
Died While Praying.
Joseph Bray of Lcadvillc, Q

Joseph Bray of Lcadvillc, Colo,
aged So, was found dead on his
knees at the SIDE Of his bed i'm
the attitude of prayer, Early
IN the evening Bray complained
of not feeling well and spoke of
the possibility of his passing
away very soon.
Z" My sister he said, "died
on bended knee. | would like
10 die in tho same manner.
Bray came here ten years ago
and had been living with son,
who is engaged in mining,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
TAUGHT School in Agony.

With a bone in one leg broken
near tho ankle and the other
ankle sprained, Miss Agnes Reed
taught school IN Mount Wash
ington, in the Berkshires, for
two hours. Before the morning
session began she went coast
ing with her pupils. All were
thrown from the sled and tho
teacher was hurt. The pupils
took her on q sled TO the school
house. carrying her into the
building on Il chair, where sho
heard her classes until il
O clock. when she was obliged to
gave up.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-01
BROWNS VALLEY IRRIGATION
DISTRICT PAYS OFF BONDS
Fffty-Two Thousand Dollars Is Raised
by Assessment on Assessed yalua-
tiOn of the Lands

MARYSVILLE, Dec. 81. - Attorney
Fallace Dinsmore and w. G. Halstead.
representing the Browns Valley irriga-
tien district went to San Francisco to-
day to pay the bondholders of the dis
trict $4,000 and have all bonds held
by foreign persons cancelled This
means that nearly the entire debt will
be paid. Property owners in the dis
trict raised 100000 by assessment last
week Tor this purpose. the tax amount
ing to S21.6l on each 500 assessed
Valuation. Ten thousand dollars more
would clear the district of debt A
great celebration is planned when the
last bond will have been cancelled.