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For Sale-Yost typewriter No. A,
cheap. Inquire Tribune office If
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To Rent-A nicely furnished room
with bath and electric lights, 50
per month, 126 West Front. 6Otf
The daily tribune., 1907-12-06

To Rent-A twelve room furnished
house at corner of Pixies Peak and
Front streets. Apply at-Tom Ore.
chio's wholesale liquor house. l2tf
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Wanted Barney Ginsberg wants to
buy all kinds Of hides and will pay
the highest market price for then.
The daily tribune., 1907-12-06

Wanted-To buy a fiat top desk.
Phone East 1913. 79-stx
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FLORENCE, COLO

The Florence and Cripple Greek
irnilroHd will run excursions TO Drip
pie Greek every Sunday during De-
osmbsr. Rate el.50 for round trip
77ft
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JOTTINQS ABOUT TOWN
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LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
eodtf

Sterling silver thimbles, all sizes,
25 cents each. L. @. Honeyman.
andtf
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WILL MOVE JAN. DIR. v. A

"A'' O 80 "hA>' DA' " ~
Hutton who sold his home and prac.
ticc to DR.. E. A. Darby or Boston
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Special sale on all trimmed
hats tomorrow. Saturday, at
the Hadley Nero. Co.
The daily tribune., 1907-12-06

railroad deal on in this neck of the
woods at the present time.
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Classified Advertisements
WANT Ed

Wanted-A furnished house of five or
six rooms. Inquire Fl. l.. Rice,
Fremont hotel. SO-85
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Outhier 6 McGee.
Phone Florence ll5.

n. d. THATCHER. Prss
J. A. AcCANDLE88. vics-Prss.
II. B. 10y, Cashier.
W. L. MITCHELL. Assistant Caactos
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WATERED THE STOCK
PRESIDENT FRANKLY
ADMITS THAT HE DID TT.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, February 13.-Sensa-
ton after sensation followed each other
yesterday in the railroad investigation by
the Minnesota legislature when President
A. b. Stickney of the Chicago Great West
ern railroad admitted without hesitancy
that he sold considerable watered stock
President Stickney claimed that frenzied
finance built his road. and the attorney for
the state gasped for breath when the rail-
road president declared the deal would be
repeated.
A part of the cross-examination was as
follows: DO you mean to say" asked At
torney Manahan, that you sold $500, 600
worth Of stocks and bonds for 81. 500. O0o?
Eyes, nominal value stocks and nominal
value bonds" was the answer.
''Ther.. III I understand you correctly"
said the attorney, you practically disposed
of 81. sOO.GC0 in watered stock?''
THAT'S what did, said Mr.. Stiekney.
land furthermore. I'm going to put whole
lot more on the market"
do you think it is fair to the rate pay
ers? Do you think shippers ought to pay
such high rates that It Will insure interest
on this watered stock?"
II think that railroads and owners of rail-
roads are entitled to all the interest and
dividends they can get, provided reason
able rates are charged by the passenger
and freight departments" said Mr.. Stick
ney-
A long wrangle then followed about rates
and classtfieations. In which Mr.. Stickney
d. I'll because / can't answer all
your questions. but I'm not. It's the hard
est thing In the world to figure rates on
the most equitable basis. and l have no
hesitancy in saying that mileage tariff
would produce the same results as you
complain Of"
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etc, Gen. Harries said that when any one
outside o. street railway corporation
could control its schedules this outside
party had entire control It would take
Gen. Harrfes SAID.
Representative Pou suggested that no hui
man being could tell at present what the
result of three-cent fares would be unth
the experiment was tried.
But the poor dog might die" said Gen.
Harrieg. That's also like testing mush.
rooms. II they happen to be mushrooms
you live. but IL they are toadstoois you die.
Representative Babcock wanted to know
IL II wouldn't be q good thing to have the
street railways controlled by board
something like the board of education
he suggested.
Gen. Harries threw up both hands ana
appeared stricken with horror at the idea
"The Commissioners bili," said the gen
eral, stands for municipal control. Let us
not hide that" U.s.
Gen. Harries' Proposition. 81.
The general Interested the, committee by
stating that With three changes he was
willing to accept the Commissioners bill.
These CONDITIONS were, Hrst. that on and
after the passage OF tie act an'rtshts priv
ilages, etc.; of the stockholders and direct
ors should be transferred TO the Commis-
sioners: "a; for and in ccnssderation on .n, ms
transfer the government should guarantee
the payment OF the principal and interest OF
the bonds. and, third, that the Commission
ers should be relieved Of all their other
duties so that they might give their entire
time and attention to the regulation and
control Of the street railways. CGreat
laughter)
Under that arrangement" suggested Mr..
Sims, street railway stock would 80 down
to about 8 share
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WOMEN IN A RIOT
HUFFRAGISTS MAKE ATTACK ON
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LONDON. February 13.-Folowing a con-
ference of the Women's Special and Politi-
cal Union today hundreds of women suf-
fragists made a determined attack on the
house of commons with the object Of forcing
their way into the building. Tha police had
been forewarned Of the attempt and a
large force in uniform, in plain clothes and
mounted was on duty about the building.
The doors of the house were shut in the
faces of the women, and the police at
tempted to drive them back. In SO doing
the mounted men galloped among the
women, who struggled flercely. Many OF
the women were thrown down into the mud
and badly hurt. The demonstrators, how
ever. were kept out of the house proper
although the fight with the police outside
continued for q long time.
Several women journalists, who were
roughly handled by mistake. tainted. Over
twenty of the so-called ''suffragiSts' were
arrested and taken to the nearest police
station. .,. .r, <...t. ..-.r
During the confusion following the first
onslaught OF the women six suffragtsts sue
ceeded In obtaining access to the public
lobby and attempted to rush through the
corridor reading into the house, but they
were seized by policemen and elected.
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DRIFTED TWELVE HOURS.
Survivor Tells Of How He Escaped
From Sinking Steamer.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Dpeclai dispatch 10 Inc star.
BLOCK ISLAND. r. l., February 49,
While some of the survivors who reached
here from the wreck of the Larchmont
are in a critical condition. some have re-
covered sufficiently to tell their stories
Richard Hall, who lives at 3ss North Main
street, Providence. was the saloon watch
man on the Larchmont, and the terrible
suffering by sixteen persons on a large
fragment OF the quarterback is told by
him in few words. He was on watch in
the saloon at the time of the collision with
the Knowlton. He asked Steward Harri-
son what the matter was. Harrison said
that he guessed everything was all right.
Then" continued Hall, the steam be-
gan to fill the ship. / put on a life pre-
on a number of the other passengers.
Whether they were men or women don't
remember. They were In their night
wear, for the most part. Then I noticed
that the throbbing of the ships engines
had stopped and there was a sensation as
II the ship were sinking. 1 went up on
the hurricane deck aft and found sixteen
men and women standing together close
ly. made the seventeenth in the group.
The ship settled lower and lower I'M
ill finally wave which swept across the
platform. then only foot or so above
the surface. so II seemed. swept three of
the party-two men and a woman-into
the water. They gave one despairing
cry; that was all.
But We were not left any time to think
about their death. The ship gave its last
plunge and then sank. and the hurricane
deck broken into pieces. The after
portion of the deck was almost intact. how
ever, and II was there We found. at least a
part OF us. return to life after We had
almost given up hope. We fioated from IL
o'clock that night through the blackness
and the cold. chill wind which blew over the
water. together with the spray which broke
over US and the long rollers which sent the
water. frequently several inches deep,
across the platform-like raft, soon had us
half frozen. particularly our hands. feet
and ears.
This kept up until o'clock yesterday
morning when we noated past Sandy Point
We had distress signals hoisted. but no one
saw them. Our case seemed hopeless. and
we drifted along for four hours more, when
we were picked up by schooner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13

NEW YORK, February 13-Juror Bolton
returned to his place In the Thaw Jury
panel this afternoon. and at 2:t0 pm. the
trial before Justice Fitzgerald was resumed.
DR.. Britton d. Evans. superintendent of
the State Hospital for the Insane at Morris
Plains. N. j.. Who occupied the stand all
day yesterday. was Immediately called to
continue his direct examination.
The continuance Of the trial was agreed
upon after Mr.. Delmas had informed the
court that he would require only about
twenty minutes to complete the direct ex-
animation Of DR. Evans
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wrote thirteen letters to her husband, all
Of which represent her as being with her
cousin, with no intimation in any OF them
that she had been elsewhere. She returned
10 washington about the first Of August.
and from September 10. 1904, to October -.
ieO4. lived at the Varnum Hotel While
there the correspondent continued to WISH
her frequently, sometimes in the morning,
Sometimes In the afternoon. sometimes In
the evening. They frequently went out
toxether and, as stated by the clerk OF the
hotel. Hunt was very attentive to her
During the period of her husbands an.
pence In the summer and fail of 1904 and
after she had on the 18th day Of May OF that
year. decided not to live with him again,
she wrote to him more than seventy-hve
letters, which are part of the record.
These letters uniformly begin, MY dearest
husband and are signed Your dear wife:
with all love, your dear wife, or In simi-
tsrs as would be expected by An absent
husband from a loving wife.
Concealed Her Whereabouts.
From the time Mrs. Bassett was IN
little Rock fabout the first two We 3 OF
November. tsoa) until July 4. 1905. when
she was found at Atlantic City, N. j., she
concealed her whereabouts. not only from
her husband, but from her relatives and
closest friends excepting only the CORE
spondent Hunt. The only clues her nus
band had as to the place where a COM
munication might reach her vas her in-
struction to him that letter from him ad.
dressed General Delivery. Baltimore, Md,
would reach her; and notice from the
Western Union Telegraph Company, dateo
November q 1904, that dispatch from
him. dated that date, to Mrs. Bassett, care
the Varnum, Washington. was undelivered,
the reason being that she was not there
and that her address was General Delivery
Baltimore, Md
Mrs. Bassett's testimony is significant
She was asked upon croSs-exam1nation II
she did not expect to marry the core
spondent after she was freed from the
sibly answer because 1 would not know
what I was going to do in the future 1t
Is quite entirely in the future. DR.. Hunt
has not yet asked me to be his WIFE,
Whether he will or not. know not When
asked as to whether she loves the core
spondent, her answer is: L respect Dr.
Hunt immensely; he is a most perfect gen.
tleman When asked why she did not IN
form her husband of the birth of the child
Lawrence. her answer was: Because 1t
was none of his business. He had for
feited all right to know"
Several circumstances in this case, JUS
tice Gould concluded stand forth with
great clearneSs and ave important
bearing upon the conclusion reached.
Payment Of Costs Of 9uit.
Justice Gould deferred until tomorrow
the signing of the formal decree of divorce.
The decree II is understood will assess the
costs of the suit, which approximate $3.50,
against Mr. Hunt, and will contain no ref
erence to the Bassett children, as they are
beyond the courts Jurisdiction, being with
their mother in Omaha.
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New Pennsylvania Director.

PHILADELPHIA. February 13.-George
L. Peck general manager Of the Pennsylva-
MIA lines west of Pittsburg and Erie. was
today elected director Of the Pennsylvania
company and the Pan Handle road. to sue
coed Charles e. Pugh. seer nd vice president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Mr.. Pugh resigned his directorship In order
70 have another western man on the board.
as Mr.. Pugh was not always able TO attend
the meetings because Of his duties In the
east.
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DIES WHILE AT MASS.
Brother Benedict Of st. Johns Col
lege Passes Away.

faculty of St. Johns College. Vermont ave-
nue. near N street. died suddenly about $50
tines Catholic Church. 18th street near NJ
street.
Brother Benedict. who was fifty-two years
of age. had gone to the church to early
mass and had Just received the blessing OF
the ashes and returned to his seat. when he
was stricken. Father Griffith of st. Au-
gustine's Church was summoned, but the
brother was dead before he arrived. The
funeral arrangements were being made this
afternoon.
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All Trains Will Stop.

NORFOLK. Va. February 13.-As a mark
of respect for the memory of Alfred Walter.
late president OF the Seaboard Air Line
railway, It was today directed in an ofiicial
order issued by w. A. Garrett. first vice
president and general manager of the Sea-
board system, that all trains on the lines
Of the Seaboard come to . full stop.
wherever they may be. at the funeral hour
nj New York tomorrow, at pm. and re-
main standing for a period OF Ave niinutes
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rectors OF Ursinus College have decided to
consolidate the Ursinus school Of theology,
located in this city, with the Heidelberg
theological seminary. In Thin. Ohio. Artf-
cles Of consolidation VIII De presented az a
meeting OF the Ohio synod of the Reformed
Church on February %. The compact pro-
vides for the organization Of large the
illogical seminary to be located In an Ohio
city yet to be selected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13

CHICAGO. February l3.-At the thirty
ninth annual convention OF the National
American Woman Suffrage Association.
which will begin here tomorrow. the dele
gates from all parts of the United States
viii Ts:~-' - glowing resume of the work
f"'-' : the org ;niz1tion during the
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Fire at Syracuse University.

SYRACUSE. N. Y. February 13.-The
Psi Upsiion Fraternity house at Syracuse
University was discovered On fire after 2
o'clock this afternoon Twenty men were
in the house. but all escaped. Students
aided the nremen tn fighting the flames
The building is valued at $4,000.
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Jury Completed.

George E. Cre8well and Harvey Eiker
who were seated as members of the jury
yesterday. were challenged by the defense
this morning. thus making three vacant
seats In the box. Only eleven jurors had
been selected when the regular panel was
exhausted at yesterdays session Of the
court. Three new men were chosen from
the special panel. which was summoned at
Justice Staffords order. and the jury as
completed and sworn included the follow
ing:
Charles r. Schultz II. Clyde Grimes,
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pany now paid annual taxes Of $168. 7S3. or
pany.
Representative Sims wanted to know II
the witness considered that the amount
paid by the company for crossing police
men In the light of tax.
Gen. Harrfes replied In the amrmattve,
and Mr. Sims suggested that the crossing
policemen were worth something to the
company.
mot SO cents year." said Gen. Harries.
Why" he said. "they are not worth any
more than Mr. Harper's opinion. and that
is worth considerably less than 80 cents"
Chairman Babcock wanted to know how
1t would do to reduce the fare merely on
the Capital Traction Company. which
earned q great deal more per mile than
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, anu Gen. Harries said 1t would
not do at all. He suggested that If Con-
gress reduced the fare on the Capital Trac-
ton Company, then the people Of Wash
ington would stop riding on all the lines
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company which para1lefed or approNmated
the former concern. He was sure that If
in the days of the old street railway COM
panies would compare conditions then and
now they would realize just what had
been done.
Discussing improvements, Gen. Harries
said his company had expended halt q
million for cars In the past i've years,
was spending q million or more for
new house use ana wo s rs aa ~ th 70
new union station. And that was merely
to do what the company had been doing.
1t had built its lines to 60 to the two
existing railroad stations and he wanted
to know II the committee thought that
his road would carry more passengers to
one station than it had to two:
The new union station VIII not ac-
eelerate the growth Of Washington az
much an one little factory of 100 hands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13

Thought More Cars Needed.
J. II. Harper Of this city, who said he was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13

TOXIC. February ia-DscYite the APP
parent hitch In the JAPANESE negotiations
between President Roosevelt and the San
Francisco school board authorities. conf
tence continues in the Presidents final sue
cess Reports from abroad received here
from q creditabIe source agree In attr1but-
Ing the talk of war with America to an
ant. japanese agitation. the work OF ennis
saries of q power hostile to Japan. ever
watching to victimizs her and disparase
her power.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
New York Medical Societies.

There are 52 medical societies in New York city.
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Here Is a Great Truth.

London's lord mayor gave the mem- bers of the Savage club, at their an nual dinner not long ago, sentence which, he informed them, he proposes to inscribe in letters of gold over the entrance to the Guildhan and in the Egyptian hall of the Mansion House. It ran: Nobody likes long speeches except those who make them.''
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Beard Must Be a Nuisance.

A Tunbridge Wells (EnglanO man named Latter claims to have the long est beard in Europe. It is 16 feet long, and is wound round his body like a thick rope. He is " years old.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Mounted House on Wheels.

Gypsy Smith has written his auto biography. Among the stories told is one of his father, who married a woman not a gypsy, and feeling com pelled to provide house for her in- stead of tent, had it mounted upon wheels, so that the family could still move about.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Rats enawed Through Beer Pipe.

Finding it impossible to draw beer from barrel barman in Birming ham, England, restaurant went into the cellar and discovered that a hole had been eaten in the pipe by rodents. The floor was covered with beer, in which 20 rats were either lying ln- sensible or crawling clumsily about.
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German Land Mellow.

Tt is to be remembered" writes Consul Harris, from Mannheim, that German lands. having been worked for centuries and made as mellow as gardens, are generally plowed shallow, and do not require so perfect a blow"
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
New York Pawnprokers.

New York city pawnbrokers pay an annual license of $500 and make large profits at that, being allowed to charge three per cent. a month for the first six months on amounts not exceeding S100
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Volume of Imminration.

If the immigrants landing in New York city during the last year had rome at the same time it would have required a fleet of 1,121 vessels, each Dne carrying 1000 passengers.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Scenery and the Play.

It seems to us that managers, audi ences and critics attach rather too much importance to the matter of mounting We never knew a really poor piece to be saved by the scenery Stage.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Editor in Difficulties.

With our foreman at home shot three times, printer in the Blount- vile jail half-shot, another in the office hot worth shooting, the Comet is ls- Bued under great difficulties this week. Johnson City (Tenn) Comet
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
A Give Away.

"In her application for divorce a Pittsburg woman made use of 42,000 words" Very suggestive that of what was the family trouble.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Appendicitis an Ancient III.

Examinations of ancient mummies reveals the fact that people in the earliest times suffered from appendi- eitis.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Weiqht of Elephant.

A full-grown elephant weighs on an Werage 6OOO pounds, or as much as iX horses.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29
Ready for Aeroplanes.

"Aeroplanes built to order" reads | sign outside a London motor fac 1ory.
Holbrook argus., 1907-10-29


 from the ceiling and then slit the car rot up into strips well up to the large end This will give the hens chance to catch hold and snip out bits.
 An eastern orchardist writes that a year a~o last fall he wrapped the trees of his orchard which had been badly injured by m.oe the year before with tar ra-er, a.d that not a tree was touched, and the paper seemed as good as ever for tree protection this winter.
 The agricultural department has found a new type of red clover in Rus sia. which in a test with the native cIovers of the United States gave a better yield than any of them, was more upright. branched more freely, and was free from the hairs which characterize most of our strains.
 Poultry raising is especially adapt ed to women, and the women of the farm have it in their power to make as great a success of poultry raising as their husbands make of raising horses, cattle, sheep or hogs. Clean liness and faithfGluess are two es- sentials iii successful poultry raising, and here is where women excel. | A farmer was overheard the other 1 day to remark that he had a seed | drill that he had used for 30 years I and that it would not have lasted ten years if he had not kept it in the shed. That is, tha careless farmer would have had to bear the expense If two more machines. It is not hard to figure how the careful farmer makes farming pay.
 Farming is authority for the state. ment that a taint of tuberculosis con- tained in a herd
 in Missouri has b. .--
 cated by crossing jE-4-i ..-.-
 man wild boar. Elf rts are nOT
 made to breed back this cross as l.. meat producing qualities of the AmeTi can hogs were impaired, in breeding the new type.
 One of the veXatious things about farm machinery is the tendency of the bolts to work loose and get lost This can be prevented by occasionally examining the nuts and tightening them if they need it. The winter time gives good opportunity for overhaul ing all the farm machinery and be ing sure that it is in good condition for next seasons work. Don't put il off. Spring work will be upon you almost before you realize it.
 It's a happy, contented hen which is kept busy. Feed small grain ir the morning in the litter so that the hens will be kept busy until time tc feed the mash. Then about an houl before roasting time in the afternoon give a feeding of cracked corn fol them to go to bed on. Be sure the hens have fresh water, grits, char coal, and keep the hen house free from droppings and you will have healthy chickens, and will get egg: in the winter time.
 Even in North Dakota they art raising alfalfa. Seed sown on the eX , pertinent station farm in 1901 anC 1902 passed through the winters il good condition, and is stil making viz
 orous growths. On June 27 of thi! year the first crop of Turkestan al falfa was 36 inches high, and yielded