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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
BUTT HEADS To
EN[|GHTEN JUDGE
Brothers Give Practical Illus
tratiOn i'm Court of How to
Settle Difference.
POLICEMEN INTERFERE
TO SEPARATE BELLIGERENTS
Took Occasion in Courtroom to
Repay Old Scores in
Family.

Giving practical illustration of
settled in Scotland, two brothers
butted their heads together for the
edifcation of Magistrate Whitman in
the Yorkville court, New York. They
were Thomas Toye of No. S26 East
Eighth street and Edward Toye of No.
302 East Eighty second street. and it
was with difficulty they were prled
apart after the demonstration.
Thomas caused the arrest of Ed
ward because he alleged. Edward had
butted him SO hard that the complain
ant had a black eye. The magis-
tratc inquired into the cause of the
quarrel, and was told by Edward that
he had paid the expenses Of Thomas S
trip from the land of heather TO this
country several months ago. When
Thomas had been here three weeks Ed
ward was injured in a fall when laying
brick, and was unable to work there
after. Thomas. however. had oh.
tanned employment, and was earning,
so his brother thought, enough to re
pay some of the passage money.
Thomas told the court he did repay
Sll of the amount, but that his brother
demanded more. Wednesday night
they met and argued the question I'M
Ill, they said, they agreed to fight it
out
"We fought the way they do in
Scotland, your Worship said Ed
ward. with the broadest sort of accent.
How's 5 tbat?' asked Magistrate
Whitman.
"Like this said the brothers as
one man,
They straightwav seized each other
by the lapels of their coats and be-
gan TO butt heads Ike two billy goats.
THAT II dol said the magistrate
The brothers seemed to think, how
ever, it was good opportunity to re-
pay old scores under sanction of the
court, and kept up the butting until
several court policemen separated
them. Then the magistrate told them
to go home and behave themselves.
Edward said Thomas did not like this
country. and that il would be best for
him to return to Scotland in the next
steamship.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
PRIZES GO TO AGED WOMAN.
Octogenarian Leads Contests at Catho-
lie Woman's League Exhibit.

The annual domestic science exhibit
of the Catholic Woman S league. Chi
cago, was held Saturday afternoon in
the Masonic temple in that city. Prizes
for the best exhibits in cooking, sew
ing and fancy work were awarded. Mrs
+. klasson, II member of the league,
more than so years old, led ali com
pctitors in the number Of prizes won. a
silver loving cup was presented 10 Mrs.
James L.. Eagle, retiring president OF
the league, IN celebration Of her seven
tyninth birthday, One side of the cup
bore the emblem Of the league. with the
dates lS93-lo0I, while on the other
was engraved tribute to the president.
The presentation was made by Mrs.
Fred j. Lamb. Mrs Eagle was also pre-.
scnted with a large bunch of roses con
tanning seventy.ninc separate flowers.
The bunch was divided in three colors-
white, pink and red, The first symbol.
lied infancy, the second youth. and the
last womanhood. y large birthday cake
was also rendered the retiring president.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
M|STOOK A POISON
FOR PU[VERIZED SUGAR
He Ate the Stuff, and Boy
Loses Power of
Speech.

While playing on the lawn in front
'f the home of Henry Willard, in Mil
ford, Mass, Harry Bernard, six years
bid, found a package containing a white
powder. Thinking it was sugar he put
Iome Of it in his mouth
The powder burned Harry's mouth.
tongue and lips, and he ran home His
parents called in DR.. Halbert l.. Keith,
who treated him and believes him now
INT of danger. The boy. however. has
ost the power of speech, and DIR, Keith
.annot account for it.
Mr.. Willard says he spread the pow
Ter over the grass TO kill ants. He
doesn't know what the poison is, say
ng he asked in store for something to
Kill ants and got the powder
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
Snakes, Animals, Turtles and Fowl in Story

Thomas Dagg, rural mail-carrier,
had an exciting encounter with a big
black snake near Washington, Pa.
Dagg's two-wheeled cart ran over the
snake s tail. and, becoming entangled IN
the wheel, the snake landed in the bot.
tom of the cart Dagg released mis- hold
on the lines and. tumbling over back
ward, fell in the road. The horse be-
came frightened and ran away, spilling
two mail sacks. When the horse was
caught the black snake was found
curled upon a mail sack in the cart
and looped several times through the
lines. 1t measured over six feet.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
is 103 YEARS OLD
Mrs. Ruth Allen Smith Of Putney, VT,
Comes Of Revolutionary Stock.

Comes Of Revolutionary Stock.
Mrs Ruth Allen Smith of Putuey,
Vt, will be 103 years old tomorrow.
She is in good health, not having been
Ill day since she turned the century
mark. Until recently she has been
able to read. but it is with some diff
Guilty that she hears what is said to
her.
She rises for breakfast with the
other members Of the family, and does
not lie down until her bedtime, which
is clock, She enjoys company, and
will take pleasure in the visits of her
friends and neighbors tomorrow. Her
birthday anniversary will not be OBJ
served in a formal way.
Mrs, Smith s grandfather, Jonas
Allen. was Lieutenant, and one Of
the heroes of Bunker Hill Y She re-
members him with much pride and re
calls the stories about the war which
she heard from his lips. Two of her
fathers brothers enlisted in the war
Of 1912, and she remembers seeing
them leave Royalston for Boston with
muskets on their shoulders.
She is n native Of Royalston, but has
been "A resident of this town since she
was % wears old. She has lived with
her daughter. Mrs. Albert w. Alb
bott, more than forty years. Her
father. Benjamin Allen, was deacon
in the Baptist church, and her hus-
band, George S. Smith, was farmer,
She has one sister, Mrs. Lucy s. Jack
son of Putney. wh6>will be 50 years
old in August
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
IOWA WOMAN
DECLARES SHE HAS
VISITED HEAVEN

= AT last, In language which
r only her mother can compre
= hend, Miss Prudence Van Gil.
+ der of Perry, Iowa. who has
= been IN trance for twenty-one
:. days and who is the talk of
= Central Iowa, has opened her
= lips and described the land of
= dreams in which she has been
= living. She is unable to talk
! perfectly, but uses the deaf and
= dumb alphabet to assist her, and
= tells of a strange "'visit TO
= heaven.
= 4 have been to heaven"
Il said the girl, "and Christ is
= coming. My first vision was a
= row of rugged crosses marked
= with my new name. The crosses
X looked heavy, but when I
:. started to lift one an angel
r came to my assistance and the
X cross was light.
!. 81 saw throngs of riders on
= white horses. with golden ban
'!- ners, coming over tho hills of
= heaven as far as ! could see. I
i. saw twelve kinds Of trees, with
:. twelve kinds Of strange beauti-
i. full fruit. hanging in great pink
:. and purple clusters. ate some
+ of 1t from an apple tree and
p was given the understanding of
!. the Bible such as / never before
:. knew.
= ''Thon ] began TO teach the
X Bible TO groups of savages
= dressed in smelly. gaudy rags.
IL And | know that when God lets
:. me recover [ shall be prepared
i. to teach the gospel to the Afri-
= cans. have crossed the river
:. of life and ! cannot die F"
i. i. = = = !. = = e Il = :; = !. =
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
CAPTAIN YOUNG ST
HIS MOTHER
Old Girl Was Too r
Sea-Going Man Di
Stunt.

James Henry Young, sea
tain of New York. has the
edy for US, ''too much moth
evil so-called.
Young returned from sea 70
his wife at the home of his 7
Immediately did stunts on
path.
He reached forth. seized
and not too gently, and ialo
fully across bis knees, tnel
tered n sound spanking TO az
While Young was giving
method of subduing motnel
practical test, two OF Mrs. Y,
fcll to the floor.
Young says be finds tns
process has better effect =
chewing.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
FORCED TO EAT NEEDLES
frenchman Compels Sister to Swallow
Queer THINGS

Forcing his sister TO swallow needles
Is the. queer charge brought against n
man llVlng mt Iassin. in the department
OF the Rhonc, France.
The sister, who is twenty-five wears
old. declares that he made her swallow
needles which he stuck in pears and
oranges. because he wanted to get rid
OF her IN order to add her share of
their fortune TO his own
When she was taken to the hospital,
not fewer than seventv-two needles
were extracted from the girl S body,
and more were taken from her after
ward, Although she has suffered fear
ful agony, her life is not in danger.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
woo AND WE'D ON WHEELS
Meet on Roller Skates; Spark in Auto,
Wed by Minister on Motorcycle.

Cupid s annals up TO date do not
contain a record Of more modern
courtship and elopement than that Of
Pearl Frances Indig and Albert j.
King. who met on roller skates in
Philadelphia. eloped in an automobile.
and were married by a clergyman VINO
rode n motorcycle.
The whole affair took place on
wheels. fttingly enough for Mrs.
King is am expert roller skater. and
her husband one Of the most progress
sivc young automobile statesmen in
town
The young couple met at at skating
rink last March, and since then they
have skated and motored together con
stantly. On Memorial day the two
took a run to Atlantic City in an tue.
mobile, and on their way back to
town decided suddenly to get married.
A minister appeared ON the scene He
was riding a motorcycle, but obligingly
dismounted, put his machine in the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

Following its usual spring custom, a
cat owned by George Smith of Watch
ung avenue, West Orange, n. J., is
foster mother of several chicks which
she abducted from setting hen. The
cat lost three kittens nine years ago.
and three chicks unwillingly took their
places in her heart. Since then the
cat has cared for three chicks every
spring. At first the mother hen OBJ
lected to the abduction of the chicks,
but the cat walked away with the trio
and placed them in box by the kitchen
range, where she constantly looks after
them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

John Parker Hayward, a farm hand.
while building fence in a swamp near
Great Darlington. Mass. on the farm
of l.. Fl. Burget, the other day, had a
fierce encounter with two black snakes.
They were over five feet long and as
large round as n man s wrist. They
went for Hayward together, and the
force of their attack knocked him
down. 1t was fully fifteen minutes be
fore he could fight them off and get to
where he had dropped his AK. The
smaller snake proved an easy victim,
the man cutting his head off. The other
reptile gave up the battle and disap-
peared in the brush.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
HIS WIFE IN HARNESS
California Man Makes Spouse Help
Horse Draw Water.

The Humane society of Fresno, Cal,
is hunting for farmer named Jackson,
living near there, who. it is alleged,
has practiced extreme cruelty upon his
wife and twelve year-old daughter, by
making them pull wagon containing
household goods.
Thomas Morgan saw Jackson making
his wife and child assist an emaciated
horse in its work of pulling the wagon
by fastening straps about them and
forcing them to walk on either side of
the animal TO help draw the load.
When Morgan tried TO intercede in
behalf Of the suffering woman and child,
he was told by Jackson to mind his own
business.
The case was reported to the Humane
society, and an officer has been sent out
TO hunt the cruel husband and father
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
WOMAN YAWNS AND
D|SL0CATES HER JAW
Something Cracks When She
Opens Mouth, and Ambu-
lance Is Called.

Mrs. Hilda Anderson, twenty-five
years old. pretty young Auburn, Mass,
matron. made a quick change at the
city hospital there from a visitor TO
patient by dislocating her Jaw while
yawning.
Mrs, Anderson was sittin" AT the he'd
SIDE of a friend gazing out of the win
dow on gray rain-sodden day and
Yawned.
Just when her mouth was open the
widest and she WAS enjoying the yawn
to its fullest extent, something inside
jaws,
Suffering intense pain, Mrs. Ander-
sons friend brought hospital attend,
ants to her side on the run and they
found they had new patient and had
to work long time TO reduce the dislo,
cation
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
HERE ARE SOME ODD STORIES
Queer, Quaint and Peculi,
Affairs Which viii In
eereSt You
= j. Il i i. = = + = + !
CAT RAISING FAMILY
OF SIX YOUNG RATS

Brown Clark other railroad
and who make the daily the
Lexington vuch for the truth of the
whc
Ashland, family Of which She carefully
flaney had
in
r.
tossed the
containing her kittens. The
kittens their hereditary they cawled her for
tion nd
os
kittens rapidly and
about
disposition
disposition them The
fam
abroad by the tranmn who
IIauey' place (which is The alroady rd
: : -.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

AS John Patterson, huckster, was
driving into Beaver Falls, Pa, from
Darlington, Tuesday morning, he came
upon drove of fifteen to twenty snap
ping turtles crossing the road Thinking
few of them would meet with ready
sale, he attempted TO catch them. where
upon the turtles showed fight and, hiss
ing angrily, made for him with out
stretched heads and swapping Jaws. Pat
terson hastily got back into his wagon,
turned his horse and beat retreat
He says most of the turtles were as
large as washtub He drove into town
by another route.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
UNCONSCIOUS 90 DAYS
Hypnotist Who Tried Experiment on
Himself Dies as Result,

Andrew f.. Simpson. who had lain un-
conscious three weeks with a trouble
which physicians say they are unable
TO diagnose. is dead at South Bridge,
Mass, Mr.. Simpson, after reading and
commenting upon book in which the
hero is represented AS hypnotizing him
self, he lapsed into condition of coma.
Efforts to rouse him were vian during
the last twenty days. Since his throat
had been paralyzed only a few davs.
preventing physicians and specialists
from forcing even liquid nourishment
into his system. they say he cannot
have died of starvation
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
CHICKS HATCH EN- ROUTE
Kept Warm, They Peep Out After a
Fifty-Mile Journey.

W. L. Langshaw performed a feat
which, it is believed, has never been
equaIed. Having to move from Rose
mont, Pa, to Vineand, \. J., he decided
to try to save twenty-siX imported eggs
in his incubator by bringing them along
He lined basket with paper and. plac,
ing the eggs carefully between warmed
woolen blankets, started for his new
nome, over hfty miles away. On ac-
count of the slow trolevs in PhiIaJeI-
phla, Langshaw was forced TO Law over
four and one-half hours in Camden for
train. Arriving here, he opened the
basket 10 find twenty-five lively little
chicks, which are now as spry as any
that were ever hatched.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
BACK TO THE OLD LOVE
Elderly Pair, Divorced "a Years Ago,
Renew Their Marital Pledge.

When an elderly pair, in whose coun-
:enances the stamp of pleased expect
,ncy was plainly visible, appeared in
he Office of Clerk of Courts Miller at
Erie, Pa, that official instinctivcly
nto certainty when the woman in the
.ase gave her name as Mary +. Starks
lfter her companion in search of a mar
iage license had given his as Lewis E.
starks. The blushing bridegroom gave
lis age as 62 years, as did the bride-to-
,e. Clerk Miller inquiry elected the
act that they had formerly been mar
led to one another, but had been di-
!orced in the local courts on April %,
1888, twenty-four years ago. Recently
NJ. Starks renewed his acquaintance
With his former wife and wooed and
Von her all over again.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
REFUSES TAINTED MONEY
Temperance Man Who Gives State
of West Virginia Trouble.

Assistant Tax Commissioner Darst
of Parkersburg, W. Va, has gone to
Randolph county on n peculiar mission.
Sheriff Helmick of Randolph county is
a strict prohibitionist, He has abso
lutely refused to receive any money
for the State for liquor licenses, say
ing that neither privately nor officially
will he be party to any transaction
which eountenances the liquor bust
ness. The saloonkeepcrs there are
much worked up, and the assistant
commissioner does not know just how
to proceed to compel the Sheriff to
collect the money
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
Ant IN THR0Al
IS F|SHED
Honey the Bait Used 1.
geon to Angle "a
WriggIer.
ATHLETE HAS A CL0SI
CALL FOR R]
Insect Slides Down and
Itself on Delicate 1
brane of Throat.

Sounds funny, perhaps, ID
ant, one lone ant, almost
strapping chap % years old.
was the experience of Edgar
Shrewsbury, Mass. Smith /,
pert with the gloves, and hit
is such that in a friendly b
regarded as a slugger. Thu
monition, SEQ to the ant.
gard, - wasn't necessary in
for the ant went TO the
1T went so heartily that it I
staying with him, and whe1
Smith got rid of his too "a
tache he SAID he was the han
in seven counties. For the an,
agonizing hours, was in his (
Smith took his usual stroll
day after breakfast, aud.
might not have 10 return 4
carried a light luncheon. BE
in the shade of an old ample
ly after noon, and whistIi1
Til the Sun Shines. Nell
pared TO feast on a fine asst
sandwiches and cake. The
must have been as melodio
piping of Pan, for II it aid
the birds out of the air and
from the fields, it at least
a lean, shiny black ant 0
tree Little Mr.. Ant fell
the edge of the first sandwicl
took his first bite. That wa
bite Smith took; the ant tod
The ant wriggled. So d
The ant. reaching ont wildly
and mandibles, at last got
hold halfway down Smith
Smith coughed, sneezed, gaq
tered, spluttered, whistled,
and shouted, All in vain.
nipped the delicate membra
man S throat with its pow
and hung on for dear life.
stunt for Little Mr.. Ant. n
Smith, in despair, tried n
bury physicians. Neither
lodge the ant. The insect to
hold every few minutes. Su|
fortunes of tickling as wcl
from the bites, Smith ma
trip TO Worcester, Mass, an
to DR., Richard j. Shannah
surgeon. Shannahan smearc(
the end of a bit of waxed
worked ii down Smith s th'
point where it touched the al
was more appetizing even
brane, IL seemed FOR the d
gler loosed his hold and "a
Jaws in the string, where
surgeon trIumphantly pulled
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
Jersey Cow Feeds Masters ZIG

How his fine Jersey Suddenly ceased giving ner ay
= OF milk and how his fat when they 2p'e
= nothing mystery solved by well known iahe "a
= Dover N II The farmer studied the questions ana '" "
: hm that he would better keep watch and see
i lay Going the barnyard early morning he 81" NJ,
dustrlously sucking his He watched them uhtl
l. She evidence of animal ahecton Il"
pointed wards How pigs learned the source OF
" trick of getting only angle of the mystery W
!: been explained =
+ - : : X - - = .
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
DOG LIKES HIGHBALLS
Canine Swallows Too Much Scotch With
Dire Results

Locked mp like any common drunk,
" Sandy an Ayrshire terrier, is filed
with remorse at Montclair, n. j.
Shipped from Scotland to Rufus Adams
of the Outlook Poultry Farm, the dog
got away here, and entering barroom
was offered several Scotch highballs by
drank with apparent relish. A patrol
man found him later trying to climb
q telegraph pole and exhibiting signs of
drunkenness. He was arrested and Mr.
Adams notified.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
Iowa Man Could Be Bishop Here

James w Main, who has
attracted Main
suit of 81 of uninterrupted
old
would shave years reached
waist, and concealed them
knees and he had button his
he unfuris the growth picture Father Time
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
LIVED FIFTY YEARS IN CAR
Death Of Woman Who Spurned Modern
Comfort

Comfort.
AT 7S, Mrs. Amanda Caroline Allen
died at Seaford, Del. after living fifty
years in the first freight car ever run
over the Delaware railroad, To her
husband, who died fourteen years ago,
this car was given in 1886. He started
a grocery in one end and amassed
fortune. He was distrustful of banks
and stored his money in chests in the
car. At his death the seven children,
all of whom were reared in this car,
begged their mother TO build 3 modern
home and live comfortably. hut she re-
fused, saying the old car was good
enough for her, as 1T was near and dear
to her. Rarely was she seen out Of the
car, and although offered many times
the value of the car, refused to part
with II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09
MOUSE STOPS PLAl
Wild Scene in Church VINE
Makes Appearance

A mouse broke up the midwe
meeting at the First S9ns
church chapel in Pittsfeld, :
the service ended in an upi
First Congregational Is ..s ths !.
aristocratic church OF rlt.sns1' s1
The women had gone some OF y y
men organized a broom prlgs'
The mouse, which escaped.
were asked to loan their cas'
him.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

As the Miss Helen
young bet herself oil
if G.,
Bellevue H. july she will become the wife of Frank Grimes
of the animal The
Miss
being Immediately
could When the latter
Miss quickly replied, IN
before avail the novelty
The rapidly writing and witnessed
public and ratified by kiss Miss us confident
be called the bet but declares
comes she Will stick her bargain
=. = : = g: = :. :. =
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

Church Barkley Of Harrodsburg. Ky.
had terrible battle with q monster
snake a few days ago. He heard noise
upstairs and went to investigate, and
found snake coiled on the bed. He
fred at it with his shotgun and cut
it in two. The part with the head. about
three feet long, made battle and tried
10 bite and coil around Barkley's s legs.
He had to fight it ont with part of the
snake, and he says he never did faster
kicking, but finally dispatched that part
of the reptile. The entire snake meas
ured nine feet nine inches in length, and
had horn, or some hard substance,
three inches long on the end Of its tail.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

tonneau of the car and returned with
the young people to Hammonton, n.
j. Here they procured a license and
were married at the Hotel Royal.