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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
CATFISH GIVES FARM
HAND FIERCE BATTLE
When Line Breaks Fisherman
Jumps Into Water and Strug-
giles With Catch.

Chester Marcum, farm hand near
West Alton, M, is exhibiting many
scars and ifty-pound catfish to boil
ster up 4 story of fiece hand to hand
battle which he claims took place few
days ago in the shallow shore waters OF
the Missouri river According to Mar
cum S story, he was fishing in the Mis-
souri, with a seventy-fve foot throw
line, and when he had cast out into
the deep water for the seventh time
he felt mighty pull and began drawing
his catch in toward the bank
After he had drawn the fish to shall
low water near shore the line broke. He
promptly leapcd into the pool aud
grasped the fish s fms The seat
couldn & swim with case in that depth.
but it struggled and threw Marcum
down, submerged him He rose I'M
dauuted and renewed the battle with
bleeding hands. After fifteen minutes
of fierce struggling he was victor He
dragged the fish to the bank. rested half
an hour, and then took it to West Al
ton.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
BOSTON HUSBANDS
QUEER CREATURES
One Sleeps All the Time and
Stiles Baby to Keep
1t Quiet

''It was case with my husband of
Please go way and lei me sleep all
the time - said Ella Walker IN the Bos-
ton divorce court, where her petition
against Robert r. Walker was heard by
Judge Bishop.
''He never did much of anything but
sleep. He was usually under the bed
clothes snoring when company came.
''When ] asked him TO go to work he
SAID to me, What do you think [ mar
ried you for, anyway2''
Mrs. Walker secured a decree
Mrs. Ellen X. Sanborn, 17-year old
bride, had her 1S-year-qld husband in
court on charge of neglccting to sup
port herself and baby.
"AIl he has bought for me since we
were married was one par of shoes. -
she said.
When the baby cried at night nv
husband used TO try to stop the noise
by holding his hand over it's mouth. in
stead of taking it in his arms and trying
to soothe il.
The husband told the court that the
trouble was that his wife was too young
TO get married. The Judge ordered her
husband to pay his wife S3 n week.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23

If you had only ono day 10 live, how
would you spend it? This is the ques
tion that recently was put to nearly
hundred different persons, men and
women, by A 81. Louis newspaper. Most
of the people intcrrogatcd were called
up over the telephone, while they were
in the midst of business deals, tea par
ties and other occupations, and the
question was pumped right at them.
Most of them stood aghast, and only
stant answer, The way they fumbled
residents Of st. Louis had given any
thought TO the subject at ALL and most
of them were distinctly shocked by the
reminder that, after all. there is AN end
to existence here below. Many took
the question as a Joke and gave Hip
pant answers. Others pondered a mo-
ment and answered in all seriousness.
Judging by their answers, very few
of those questioned felt that they were
exactly in a condition that would make
transportation to another world desir-
able at the time, and most Of them
seemed to think that they would like to
have time To mend their ways and en-
gage in prayer.
The masculine and the feminine bias
were distinctly indicated. Gay bache-
lors and clubmen thought they would
get their friends together and have one
last good time. Serious married men
thought they would either spend the
dav in the bosom Of their families or
go on working as usual. Settled mar
ricd women either would remain with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23

their children or do some last philan-
tbropic deed Young women were sure
they would get married al once. TAX
ing them all together. there were cX-
cesdipgly few Of them who would say
that they would take up their daily
tasks as usual.
William II. Taft. Secretary of War,
said hs,would give himself up to re-
fection 'bnd call his family around him.
William Marion Reedy, writer and ed
itor gave the characteristic answer;
- Working,
Judge Daniel G. Taylor thought he
might 90 into the country, but il was
probable he would spend his last day at
work
Judge Moses n. Sale believed chat he
would spend has last day on his knees.
Judge Matt G. Reynolds thought the
best way to spend his last day would
be fishing. 50 a man could be fishing,
he said, having n good time, doing no
harm 10 his fellowmap, and 90 off into
eternity in the easiest possible man
nerH
A married man answered, after
pause; 'With my wife and children, -
and then added that be could not very
well give any other answer, as his wife
was beside him.
Miss EdwiDa Tutt gave the character
istically feminine answer that she would
spend the day on her knees, and then
changed her mind. concluding that a
theater, or maybe an automobile, or
possibly q yacht, would be more to her
taste.
Miss Virginia Clardy also changed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
Queer, Quaint and Peculi;
Affairs Which Will In
terest You

"There is no reason why ! shoulln t
he in the undertaking business. Wom
en- are entering almost every hne
Of trade as well As every profession.
People come 10 mc because they knew
MY father The undertaking business
is different from every other. In al
most every famil, where AN under
taker once o(licates. If he docs his
work we'll he is called when there is
another death. My father was IN
business so MANY wears and knew 50
do Perhaps if ] were I'm = strange
city ! Wouldn have anything 10 do.
7 realize that the secret of my success
is due to The fact that my father was
widely known.
"My husband wants me to give up
the business end come 10 Milwaukee,
but | ike it TOO well 10 give it up. lie
must come back to Cleveland
The present day expenditure for
funerals is greater than it has ever
been before. UnGertakcrs are selling
more of the expensive kinds Of burial
cssl5ets every day The most ex
pensive kind OF burial caske- now TO
be found in stock is one that sells
for T2250 II IS a mahogany coffin
elaboratelv carved and trimmed The
sale Or Gu"h a caskei IS rot conslpetcn
a remarkable incident in the trade.
There are now sold large numbers
Of caskets at 5000, $500 and S4Oo each
There are carved caskets Of oak or
MAHOGANY. Then there are various
sorts of caskets that are cloth covered,
silk covered or plush covered. these all
10 he found in different coiors or
shades Many Of these are costly, and
among these VarlnuS sorts of CaSketS.
The sale of n casket at $1,000 is not uu.
usual.
Few people nowadays are buried in
the old style coffin. II has been sup
planted by the modern burial casket.
The old time once universally used
coffin was the symbol of-death. The
burial casket, however. is as different
from the old time coffin in appearance
and shape rs ii is possible 70 make IT.
While no one cam forget IFS use. the
the cssket does rot inspire the old
time coffin s dread, and it may Of it
self he beautiful. II may not lessen,
but ii often softens sorrow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23

A few days after she had buried
charge of funeral. Mrs Crolcy hap
pened 10 he al home at the time, aud
she explained that hcr father was
dead and there WAS no one to take
care of the funeral. They begged
Mrs. Croley to take charge Of the
funeral, and, after protesting in vain,
she consented. She laid out the body
for burial and made all the arrange
ments for the funeral. which was held
al one of the large churches. There
was not the slightest hitch in the ar
rangements, and she received many
compliments for her work
Hardly had she finished with that
funeral when another call came Scr
her The family knew her father was
dead but insisted on having her, Her
husband rather opposed her taking
charge of Inc funeral, but as the family
were old friends she consented TO do
so.
After this funeral Mrs CroIov de
cided to sell of her father s funeral
equipment and 90 back IN Milwaukee
with her husband. a few of the
things were sold. but so many calls
came in that her husband decided TO
take mp the business aud remain here.
He was in the business for few
months, but the grewsomeness OF IT
preyed upon his mind and he became
III He tried TO persuade Mrs. Croley
TO go back to Milwaukee with him.
but she had become So interested in
the business that she refused 10 leave
it, Accordingly he returned to Mil
hay her 4 fn
duct the business
Her father had been established 80
many years and had conducted fu-
nerals in so many families that she did
not lack for business. I'm fact. many
times she had more than she could do.
In one week last January she. conducted
three funerals.
"T intend to make the undertaking
business my life work said Mrs. Gro
lev the other day "Of course | am
in the business to make money. but |
am also in it to do good ! believe
can do q great deal of good IN be
reaved families.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
New {ork Kid Causes S!''ra' -.
Among Number oql.s,.a oqlsa'! :
Mothers. an''
CHILD TAKES BLACKEN BOal'1
GIVEN MILK FOB ClIohla
Go-Carts Mixed in Excl Vas
Identification DemalbIp 6oS1
by the Police. ePace'

There was panic of motht .Ir.r cut
Harlem Market, Third ave asbu7,
l20th street. New York. Tuest y7lsriiies
a two-year-old daughter of s.sd III
street bcgan fo " crv -sF 81 - 10 = I'm, sutb
. box OF shoe polish. and 4, ptdorl'
other babies cried IN svmpa.s -. bad
70 70 and " "n1 "n tbo ,uS"ea r.n.o rom taa,rhip
and II took the police reserve dunna
order. tI, va
There is 2 boy who cbeckss., he s
rlages when the women are ia a
Eet. and who, as one. Of his d1nn.al
10 SEQ that his charges do M Orese Os,
caIT;ece tbero 10. 49, IS t'n l9l
and bsr babv v.orka5 ,ba i The
and hea.n ~ On, i Is rer
n ev;daptIv did ,ot t,s, .sr,1i Of
II Looked for tbe hah, ,sr. sol is
! sffer tbn 6rst wail MI tbe Eli 10 k
ioiped and ibe hnv ron NIL 4 prol
ke, screaming 'Poisoni'' Zeal e'
Every mother started for
she thought her baby was. an5 0pen,e,,
bies added 30 the excitement 20 elo
l6nder Ihsn ever, the Friedr ,nah' ,s :"
leading all others IN volume 5aSlttsee
Mrs. Friedman then found ~ win
had partallen of the shoa polilae Tae'
tainted, which did not help IsI 10 MI
After a telephone message z Bepuo
10 the police station and to ID, rs caus'
hospital. William Cummers. mssiR
the market, gave the baby 80, Resc
warm milk. which did some Cd. IN,
the surgeon from the hospita ,.n npo ~;
he treated the mother and w " -, ~
and they were able TO 90 to thts n ne sh H.
So mixed we're the baby carr 4 AZ, i
the police lined them M and M
mothers not only produce tbe c..';. u T.,
their children, but insisted M. ~.
also be identified, IL was IF 2 mani M
utes after the baby took the slA :. III;
meal before order was restore luIa
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
WILDCAT HIS FRIEND
Trapper Saved Her Kitten; Wild Ami
NAL Is Grateful


Horace Mann, trappcr Of McKecv-
er, y. Y. has struck up an odd friend
ship with an old female wildcat. or
more properly speaking, the cat has
struck up close friendship with him.
The companionshlr grew ont of a
chance acquaintance which seems to
show that even "A wildcat has streak
of gratitude buried way down In the
region next the heart
Mann was gathering some traps
about a fortnight ago when he was
at the base Of tree a little distance
ia front Of him. AS the feline didn It
run the trapper rightly concluded that
bcr Young were near, After a few
moments he caught sight Of one kitten
in the top of small popple sapling
where it balanced and mewcd because
it was afraid TO come down One foot
had been injured iu steel trap and
once having climbed the tree, it feared
Mann IS practieed eye told him that the
little animal had been perched in the
popplc for several days.
For the very good reason that the
old cats fur WASH I worth anything so
late III the spring he let il live. Be
cause he didn't like to see the kitten
suffer, he climbed up and got it. As 1t
was too far gone to- stand he took it
home and nursed it. Next morning the
mother cat sat on the stoop until Mann
came out. when she darted up n tree
For several days she hung around and
finally got TO paying visits to her off
spring III tho woodshed Since then
she has been exceedingly friendly and
the trapper says he win be able TO pet
her before long.
When the kitten has thoroughly re
covered it will he turned loose At
present it is docile. but Mann keeps a
few hens and he hasn t unlimited faith
in wildcats
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
EATING ICE CREAM
SAVES LIFE OF A
NEW YORK BABY

Eating 4 dish of ice cream
saved the life Of the three-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus
w. BogarJ Of Waverly, n. Y,
Thursday afternoon. While in
the central part OF The village
that afternoon the little boy
was given q dish of ice cream.
After eating the cream he dis
covered bottle of ammonia
and took one large swallow.
The liquid burned his mouth
and he dropped The hottie and
screamed. The attending physi-
clan says that if the ice cream
had not been in the child s
stomach it would have died.
The child is now on the road to
recovery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23

Surgery Saves 2. Booster.

DR.. Henry l.. MagilI OF Grafton. w.
Va, has performed Il difficult surgical
operation upon valuable rooster Of
the Rhode Island red variety. and has
thus saved its life After a thorough
examination of the fowl the proper
operation was determined upon. ri con
sisted of cutting into tho fowl s vitals,
dra wing from its craw n large piece OF
china plate and after administering an
tiseptics. sewing up the wound. The
piece OF china was almost an inch
square The rooster is now sS lively
and crows rs delianilN as ever.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
FIFTEEN OF HIS
SONS WORK FOR
MICHIGAN FARMER

John Methner has the largest
family i'll Midland county.
Mich, and probably the great
est number Of living children
of any man in Michigan. Thirty
children have been born TO him
by his two wives, the first hav-
ing six, and his present spouse
being the mother OF twenty
four. She is 45 years old. and
Methner is 63 years Of age.
With his 200-acre farm, Mr..
Methner is able to employ his
boys to advantage, fifteen Of
Them at present assisting him
with his farm work. Methner
travelled to Lansing on May 81,
10 tell President Roosevelt
about his. family. but the secret
service men looked upon him
with suspicion, and kept him
outside the lines.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
W0MEN'S TONGUES !
ARE LONGEST, SAl
EMINENT DOG

Or. Marae, the invent'
voice telepathy IN Paris,
discovered why husbands a
varIably worsted in arg
by their wives. He says
woman can talk four tim
long as q man with the
expenditure of energy.
merely a question OF the al
of air which escapes fror
lungs during phonation, q
q woman S larnyX is mai
than a man s and a c
than a woman s, IT is e.
why children can prattl'
hours at a time and why y
can maintain the fatigue Q
versation so much more
than A man. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
, Swallowed lier Teeth.

Mrs. Harry Henderson. wife OF a
hotckecper Of that name in Atlanta,
Ga, is suffering agouv from the eff
fects Of having swallowed a set Of
teeth on Sunday and has been taken
TO a sanitarium for an Nray cXamina-
tion.
1T is hoped 10 locate the teeth by
the X-ray. and when this is done they
will be taken out by an operation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
Thirsty Cattle Drank Oil.

A novel allegation is made in the
damage suit Of 7. j, Clegg vs.. the Gulf
Colorado and Santa F'e Railroad com
pany 1t is suit for damage TO cat
lie shipped from San Angelo. Tex,
TO Purcell. T. T. The petition asserts
that the cattle were on the road fifty
cight hours without water, and when
placed in the oil dip at Purcell they
drank freely of crude oil many of
them dying The claim is for ,275.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
Triplets on Anniversary.

Thursday. June IS, was the thirteenth
wedding anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wood of Jackson, Mich, Like.
wise IT. Will in the future be celebrated
as The hnthdav of triplcts-all boys
born to MI and Mrs. Wood. The mites
are i'm an incubator in the City hospital.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
II Years Married, Die Together.

Albert Stow Of Kenton, o., aged
ninety. seven, died Wednesday evening,
HIS Wife who is aged eighty-nine, died
the next day. They had been married
nearly seventy.one years.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-25
Model Ranch Purchase.

Canon City-Messrs. Turnhull an'
lindenberscr OF this city. associatec
with J. b Farrarer. John Morey
James G.. Duncan. OF the Morey Mer
camille Company Of Denver. and F. w
STANDARD OF Denver. have purchase
sixty acres Of alfalfa land on Crane
View avenue. east Of here, where the,
will establish model fruit and vege
table ranch. The entire tract will b,
planted to apple and cherry trees. an,
the space between the rows will b,
devoted to vegetables.
James Turnbull OF the same com
pany. has negotiated for large tract
OF land embracing nearly all OF tn,
ranches In Garden park. on Four Milt
creek. for about 100000 The rancho:
carry with them valuable water rights
and it is reported that large area will
be devoted to sugar beets. the erection
Of n sugar factory at this place being
part of the plan.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-25

city OF Kingston seemed to shrivel up
buildings crashed together and fell In
a crushed mass under the first shock.
The business streets at the time
were well filed with tourists and the
correspondent says no doubt many Of
them were caught in the falling brick
work and buried in the debris.
Should the reports of the subsistence
of Kingston harbor be confirmed. a
new peril will be added. and further
dispatches on this subject are awaited
with the greatest anxiety.
4 Kingston dispatch OF January
Eth says The city is In ruins and the
greater portion Is still smoldcring
ashes. The smell OF burnt flesh per.
vades the air.
The cable line from Kingston is
broken and the correspondent had to
go to Holland Bay. forty miles to the
east. TO file this message.
The earthquake came as sudden os.
cilation. not from any particular di-
rcct!un. but up and down.
Thousands OF persons were on the
streets OF Kingston at the time. and
great numbers OF them were crushed.
Many Americans In Kingston were
Killed and have been buried.
Rca.iZing the possibility OF famine.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-25
Prominent Enelishman Killed.

London.-Right Hon. Sir James Fer.
guson. reported killed at Kingston
was a man of much prominence. He
served In the Crimean campaign with
he Grenadier guards and was present
At the battles OF Alma and lnkermau,
where he was wounded. and the siege
of Sabastopol. He was several times
member of the House of Commons
He was under secretary of state for
india and the home department ir
Lord Derby's third and in Mr..
Disraelrs first administration. He
vas made governor Of South Aus.
.ralia In 1865, governor of New Zea.
and In 1878 and governor Of Bombay
u 1855.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-25
E,cGARVEY HANGED.
Pays Penalty for Murder Of Edward
Innes at Grand Junction.

tuncS dk anu SofSAio'.
Canon City. Colo.-John McGarvey
/. murderer OF Edward Innes at
Il and junction September 26th last,
a 1928 o'clock Saturday paid the
4 ath penalty by hanging at the state
nitentiary in this city. Sixteen wit
sses were in tho death chamber
i, len the thirteenth execution under
9 administration OF Warden Cles-
I'm took place.
At o'clock the witnesses met in the
\, arden's office. and at 1:20 they
arched in solemn procession through
0 prison yards to the death chamber
- the penitentiary. where in an ad-
ming cell was the condemned man
: Giving from Father Chrysostom. the
ltholic priest who has been his daily
igious adviser. the last words o:
mfort and consolation.
After hearing the death warrant
ad by Warden Cleghorn. the con-
Amned man walked with firm step
i;to the death chamber.
Warden Cleghorn asked the con-
hcmned man II he desired to make any
s. tatement, and the reply was that he
i'd not The execution then took
ace, and was devoid OF any features
rot common to all such events.
sixteen executions have taken place
In the Colorado penitentiary since the
.aw designating the prison as the
srene Of all legal hangings went into
eject.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-25
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack was Severe.

Chas. w. Bowman, 1st Lieut.. and
Adjt. 4th NJ. S. NJ. Cav. Vols. writes
from Lanham, Nd. as follows:
Though somewhat averse to pat
ent medicines, and still more averse
to becoming a professional affidavit
man. it seems only a plain duty in
the present instance to add my ex-
perience to the columns already writ
ten concerning the curative powers
of Peruna.
" have been particularly benefited
by frs use for colds In the head and
fhroat. Ihave been able 10 fully cure
myself of q mosf severe attack In
forfy-eighf hours by its use accoI7Tn4
to directions. iuse it as preveh uve
whenever threatened with an attack.
Members of my family also use
1t for like ailments. We are recon-
mending it to our friends"
-Chas. W. Bowman.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruns
Almanac for 1907.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-25
SLAVERY REVIVED.
Negro Sold In Mississippi to Pay
Debt.

Washington. - The department Of
justice Monday gave out Il statement
regarding peculiarly atrocious case
OF peonage alleged to have occurred in
Rankin county. Mississippi.
According to testimony before \
United States commissioner, Dan Jan.
uary. negro in debt to Levi D. Car
ter. white farmer. was seized. bound
and beaten into unconsciousness by
Carter and some companions.
Tho next day Carter threatened TO
hang January unless he consented &c
be sold with his entire family. and Pat.
rick. another white farmer. made the
purchase. paying Carter $1,000. Garter
and two accomplices were held for the
grand jury. but Patrick was dis
charged. rs he had not ''forcibly de
tained" January.
Attorney General Bonaparte declares
that communities which would tolerate
these cases are about 5000 years be
hind In civilization. and warns federal
officials against any lukewarmness In
aiding prosecutions of such cases.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-25
IN BEHALF OF CONGO.
Appel 70 President Roosevelt and
King Edward.

Ph..ade!pha,-At conference OF
the foreign mission boards OF the
Unite States and Canada here 1t has
been unanimously agreed to forward
to President Roosevelt. the United
State Senate. and King Edward. an
appeal on behalf Of the Congo Free
Stat The appeal follows:
9TH conference OF the foreign mis-,
sion boards of the United States and
the Dominion OF Canada. most respect
fully and earnestly brings to you an
appel On behalf of the stricken people
OF IT, Congo Free State. We DO this
in tie name OF forty missionary or
ganiza,:ons whose work is prosecuted
in all sections Of the world. and We are
persuaded tha, the petition interprets
faithfully the sentiment OF their con.
stitu, ncy OF upward of 2O,O00,00C
Chri<',an men and women. We are
not forgetful that recognition has been
give by both governments to interna
t.onsl duty in relation to this unhappy
3eople. A commission selected by
Ning Leopold himself has said OF them
nd Of the.r fellow missionaries in the
rongo. tha; they constitute for the ma
We the so.a representative Of equity
nd Justice OF their testimony. dread
nj as 1t has toen. the commission has
tyclared that hey found il we'll sup
?orted by witnesses and official re
;urts.
We would earnestly urge that nc
/ vice Of the ruler OF the Congo state,
vhether OF wholesale aspcrsion OF mo
We or of evasion OF accountability
trough promotion OF transfer OF terri
ry to a government of which he is
;nself the head. shall be allowed TO
,.Oud the issue Of international re-
sIonsibility for immediate ascertain
mt OF conditions and correction OF
ongs.