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DIES IN ANOTHER'S COFFIN.
Strange. Fate BefaIls Man Who Goes
to Get Casket for Dead Neiahbor.

Chardon, O.-Arthur Carrier, who
was on his way home from Hearts
Grove with a coffin which was to be
used at the funeral of a neighbor,
was found dead inside the coffin when
his team drove into the yard at his
home. Some think he was murdered,
although no marks or evidences of his
having been injured were found about
his body.
Carrier started out the other night
to get the coffin. 1t is only a ten-mile
drive and he was expected back be-
fore midnight. When he did not re-
turn it was learned by telephone that
he had started on the trip back and
fearing he had met with harm some
of his neighbors started to search for
him.
While the searching party was out
early in the morning Carriers team
walked into the yard at his home and
headed for the barn. Carrier was not
on the seat An examination of the
rig disclosed Carriers body lying in
the coffin. He was cold in death.
1t is thought while seated in the
wagon he was seized with heart dis
ease and tumbled back into the coffin.
Some of his friends believe he was
murdered and the authorities are in
vestigating.
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gradually gagged the beast. Locked
in death grip the two sank to the
ground. The boys limp form lay over
the body of the animal
In this position they were found
1t was with difficulty that the muscle
gripped arm of the lad was pried
from about the neck of the animal
Small Johnnie, unconscious victor,
was carried into the house and a doc
tor hurriedly summoned. After a
while the child was revived.
"He will recover if he does not suf-
fer from the Madness the physician
told the lads parents, and then had
him hurried to the Pasteur institute
for treatment.
The boy regained consciousness for
a few minutes after the arrival of the
| physician. He told about the attack
as follows:
After the dog had bitten me the
first time I tried to choke him, but
that only made it worse and he came
after me again. l put my arm about
his neck as tightly as I could and
went to Sleep"
The dog was large black animal
weighing more than 70 pounds.
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fered, and went around a corner OF
the corridor, waving his hand in the
direction of the cashiers office, to in
dictate that Crump should conduct the
unwelcome visitor there.
The man was so big and strong that
he would have been a match for the
negro had it come to physical en-
counter, and probably both Mr.. Rush
ton and Crump unconsciously decided
that the best thing to do was to let
Mr.. McLear attend to him. The
Waterman had already taken the Wis.,
itor towards McLear's Office before
President Rushton's signal.
The cashier was sitting at his desk,
which was behind waist-high coun-
ter and separated from the main cor.
ridor of the bank only by a law rail-
ing. William McLear was a big,
hearty, jovial chap, who could handle
any sort of man without giving him
ofense, and could get rid of him with
out creating a scene.
He was a good fellow" with every
body, handsome, likable man. Every
bank has man of that type as a val
liable business asset, man who rep
resented the institution at conven-
lions, banquets and social affairs, who
by his personality secures and holds
the business of the smaller banks in
country towns. That was McLears
place here. He had been with the bank
nearly 20 years, had gained for it
much business, and had been pro-
NOTED upon his merits from one post
to another until not long ago he be-
came cashier when Vice President
shunbacker took his present place.
Just exactly what happened then
may never be known. A business
man who was not far away saw Nc
Lear rise to meet the stranger and a
moment later heard the latters voice,
high-pitched and angry. Only the
words five thousand dollars" could
be made out. The business man, not
interested in the talk, turned away.
Crash Heard Blocks Away.
Then came the ripping, grinding
decorating crash. The roar of it was
heard six blocks away. A great puff
of smoke swept upward with the de-
bris and drifted as high as the eighth
or top story Of the Bullitt building
Every pane of glass about the bank
was shattered in a twinkling, and
every piece of brass grill work was
bent and twisted and torn.
A score of desks within a radius of
ten yards seemed to leap straight in
the air, and then drop back and crash
upon the marble floor. There appeared
to be sheet of flame in the immedi-
ate vicinity Of the explosion, for some
of the desks were blackened and
some curtains and woodwork at the
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eastern end of the inclousre in which
McLear had his desk took fire.
Every person within the radius of
the nitroglycerin's force was hurled
nat upon the floor, many beneath
crashing, cutting showers of heavy
glass from the skylights and parti-
lions, some beneath the desks at
which they had been sitting a second
before.
Not only from the banks quarters,
but from all over the building came
cries of terror and shouts of warning.
Men and women raced out through
both Of the big doorways into Fourth
street, some fleeing for blocks in their
fright. Pedestrians stopped in amaze
ment as they heard the great boom"
and saw fugitives with bloody faces
and hands pouring from the building.
In the terrific explosion both Nc
Lear and the bomb-thrower were in
stantly killed. "A negro messenger
named William Crump, who was try
ing to eject the stranger had both his
eyes blown out and was fatally in
jured. A dozen or more employees and
patrons were severely hurt and the
entire first floor of the bank was
wrecked.
The cashiers body was torn limb
from limb. Both legs were blown OF,
one arm was blown from it's shoulder;
half the head was all that remained.
OF the bomb-thrower so little was
left that waste basket contained all
that was later taken to the morgue.
He was literally shattered to atoms.
The only thing that remained intact
about his body or his clothing was a
little brass name plate attached to a
bunch of keys, which was found near
strip of blue cloth that had been
part of his trousers. The words *R.
Steele, Garner, a." were inscribed
upon the plate. Through this clew it
was discovered that the man was Rob-
ert Steele, who had left the Iowa town
six years ago for the east, and had
presumably been living with wife
and three children somewhere in this
city then. His identity would probably
never have been known for the little
brass plate.
President Rushton, whom the
stranger had left only half minute
before throwing the bomb, escaped
serious injuries, but had several small
cuts on his face and hands. First Vice
President Edward F. Shanbacker,
though only a few feet away, was un-
scathed. Second Vice President B. M.
FAIRIES, whose desk is a mere step
from the cashiers, probably escaped
death only through having been ill
and having stayed at home.
The explosions force swept through
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FALLS UNCONSCIOUS cLUTcHING
THROAT OF DEAD BEAST AF-
TER DESPERATE STRUGGLE,
CRIES OF YOUTH UNHEEDED
Parents Think He Is Jokino Until
HIS Limp Form Is Found-Un-
conscious Victor Is Car
ried Home.

Evanston, 1ll.-Facing huge foam
shot, maddened dog acne in the dark
ness, Johnnie Bruchos, II years old,
fought the fight of child gladiator
the other night, and when his parents
found him hours afterward he was
lying torn and unconscious, upon the
body of the animal, which he had
strangled to death with his small
hands.
Inc child won the death battle with
the beast, but, it is feared, at the ex-
pense of his own life. The little fell
low was rushed on fest train to the
Pasteur institute in Chicago His
wounds were cauterized and every ef~
fort known to medical science was
exerted by the physicians to save him
from hydrophobia. The result will
not be known for several days.
The struggle of the boy and the mad
dog lasted for many minutes. His
screams were heard by those living
in the neighborhood. But those who
heard paid no attention. They thought
the boy was joking.
1t was literal repetition of the
old fable of the boy who cried
wolff" with a possible reversal of
the sequel. Even the members of
the Bruchos family heard the cries Of
their son, and members of the family
started up. But one of them said,
"Oh, no; Johnnie is only joking" So
they sat down again, while the child
carried on his grim death struggle in
the darkness.
The mad dog was amost as big and
heavy as the child. He is believed to
have entered the yard where Johnnie
was playing and. 20 have sunk his
teeth into the boys left arm.
Then it was that Johnnie screamed
for help. It was after six o'clock at
night and darkness had fallen. John.
ME could only feel his antagonist. He
fought with his freed small fist and
kicked with his feet as he called:
Papa! Mamma! Come come, come!
The beast loosened it's grip on the
child's wrist and buried it's fangs in
the forearm higher up, as the torn
flesh shows. Then it was that the in
stinct of self-preservation led the lad
to adopt the tactics so stirringly des
cribed in the stories of the old Roman
Coliseum and the battles Of man and
beast in Nero's arena.
With his free right hand the boy
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-23

Philadelphia.-It was just 11:4o
O'Clock, 20 minutes before closing time
at the Fourth National bank on the
morning Of January S, when a tall,
dark, unkempt stranger entered the
bank corridor from the north corridor
of the Bullitt building. Patrons of
the bank-nOt many in number, for
tunately-were passing in and out to
make deposits or drafts before noon.
The clerks and tellers were busy to-
falling up their sheets for the day. The
officers were hurrying to wind up their
business. Scarcely anyone noticed
the newcomer.
He had on dark blue suit of cloth
ing, those who saw him remember
ragged and shiny from age. He wore
a black SLOUGH hat He peered around,
hesitatingly, and then caught sight of
President Rushton standing near one
of the vaults, which were soon to be
closed. He must have known Mr.
Rushton, for he did not ask anyone for
the president but approached him and
spoke to him Immediately.
said, land l live in the suburbs Of
Philadelphia. I want to know if you
can let me have loan of $5,00O"
Mr.. Rushton saw that the man was
some sort of a crank, and to get rid Of
him, asked that he name his securi-
ties, which the president would con-
slider before making the loan. At the
same time, Mr.. Rushton signalled to
Crump, the Waterman, a splendidly
built big negro, who wore a gray uni.
form and to the banks patrons, was
one of the most familiar figures about
3 the place.
AS the Waterman responded, Mr..
Rushton whispered: Get rid of this
fellow, won't you, 'Bob,'" addressing
the colored man by the nickname
which the financial men of the dis
trict long ago applied to him. But the
intruder pressed up close to the presi-
dent again before Crump could reach
him.
Insurance Policy as Security.
my securities-why, I've got life
insurance policy that runs out in five
years." said the stranger. His manner
was hesitating and he stammered
slightly. 'I'll show you some pictures
th are worth lot of money, too"
An he drew from his pocket two
photographs, dirty and torn. One was
of woman, the other little girl. 1t
is supposed that they were pictures
of his wife and daughter. The banker
would not take them in his hand and
scarcely more than glanced at them
They could not be found later.
BY now Mr.. Rushton was sure that
the man had no legitimate business
with him, so he excused himself on a
plea of considering the security Of
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Should fail and miscarry-tis strange to
see
Times vista illumine the parts we
played!
How the roles have altered, the changes
made,
Quite other. from what we had hoped it
to be-
IT'S queer old, funny old world!
When hope has vanished and pleasure is
gone!
IT'S q dreary old world when the skies
- turn gray,
When the heartbeats are ticking the end
= of the day II 49,,
The summons that beckons from earth
E, life away, i
And world values perish. it's glories de-
II. 81 cay $tt .El2 T .SS#2G1" n: %3s@.;
Ills weary old, dreary old world!
Sarah Palmer Byrnes, in Boston Tran
ncript s S}5
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every department of the bank and
wrought havoc as it went. In the COL
lateral department, not far away from
where the bomb was thrown, $780,
worth of valuable securities were
blown from the desks and trays and
we're scattered in twisted, torn mass
Just outside the waiting room,
which is in the same section of the
bank, massive brick fireplace, sur
mounted by large marble clock, was
wiped out of existence, not trace re-
naming of either timepiece or bricks.
Bank Notes Swept Away.
From the desks of the paying teller
and receiving teller the conclusion
and consequent rush of air swept at
least $4,000 in bank notes. The clerks
and officials there, as well as those in
the collateral department., forgot their
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ly somebody, thinking him crazy. sent
in hurry call to the police station.
A patrol wagon dashed up and Dowd
was placed under arrest. At the sta
ton Dowd said:
Il am a great believer in this sort
of business. I don't know how to &C.
count for it, but ever since I can
remember I have done just this same
sort of thing. Here I've been out in
the cold weather and snow for over
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an hour, and I'm Just as warm as
you are 1t doesn't feaze me-
II served my time in the navy, and
frequently on wagers I have gone in
an open boat, with nothing on but a
pair of canvas trousers and pea
jacket and rowed for two hours, with
the waves dashing over me and the
thermometer near zero I never had
a cold in all my life, and 1 have
never been sick day."
Dowd is an iron worker, and a fine
specimen of physical perfection.
After short chat with the officers
he was allowed to go, and bareheaded
and barefooted, he returned to his
home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-23
THE BARRIERS OF WEALTH
BY VENI.TA SElBERT
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.'

lifted the bundle, and looked at it in
dismay.
You to carry such long way! Is
it possible, that all your wealth is
gone, and that you are sewing vests
for living?'
1T does not pay we'll, but it is hon
est work. said Fraulein Pauline, plain
lively.
Great heavens! 1t. is monstrous!
l could not have believed it possible!
Was there no one to look after you?
Forgive me for speaking so, but 1
have always been interested in your
welfare, and surely you will pardon
friend for his frankness.'
True sympathy is never out of
place. Herr Westcott Ach, strange
things are possible. But you must
know that my wealth was never the
greatest thing to me. Not that it is
very pleasant to be poor"
"Of that l am we'll aware, therefore
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BOY BATTLES WITH
MAD DOG IN DARK.

felt in the darkness for tho throat of
the dog.
Foam f1ecks on his coat sleeve tell
the mute story of how the lad care
fully sought the animals windpipe
Once found, Johnnie threw all the
strength of his small physique into
that throttling grasp.
The struggle that followed carried
boy and beast over the ground in a
wrestle of madness on one side, des-
peration on the other. How long it
lasted is not known. But it did come
to an end, as the grip of the child
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Reuerie.

'Tis merry old world when the heart is
young,
When happiness beckons and hope lures
on,
When the moonlight entices and songs
are sung;
Eyes shining with laughter, and every
tongue
Full of promise and faith in the things
to be-
It's merry old, jolly old world!
IT'S a busy old world when the seasons
tide
Is rushing us on in the high noon glow,
And strength and power and manhood's
pride --.
Stem the forces Of nature, and side by
side ..~.E
Goes the struggle of living, OF riches, and
IT'S hard old, busy. old world! ..*<2 ... .s
Ills 2 funny old world that the plsys We
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reception room where Norcross was
sitting. Just at that moment Laidlaw
and Mr.. James entered the reception
room and passed into the interior Of
Ace. Norcross approached the old
financier and handed him a neatly
folded note. Mr.. Sage opened it and
read:
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the surface and it's contents dumDed
into the pocket. The ore fell out first
and after the man, who % had been
thoroughly awakened and sobered by
this time. He followed the ore as it
descended into the pocket and through
a chute into another compartment of
the pocket, and then out through the
main chute into the railroad car.
The fellow had no sooner alighted
in the car than he sprang to his feet,
jumped off the car and ran to his
boarding house. Except for a few
slight bruises he was uninjured, and
went to work the next day.
Mexican Railroad Magnate.
A. A. Robinson, until recently pres.
ident of the Mexican Central railroad,
will be made manager of all the rail
roads controlled by the Mexican gov.
eminent. He was very close to Pres.
ident Diaz during the ten years he was
at the head of the Mexican Central.
Mr.. Robinson was raised on a farm
and from childhood until he reached
his majority he was engaged in farm
labor, except for one year, when he
was clerk in general store. fIis
work on, railroads began in 1864
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Mr.. Sage sent back word that he
had some important appointments,
but would see Mr.. Wilson later. Nor
cross instructed the clerk to tell Mr..
Sage he had letter to him from Mr..
Rockefeller and would take but a mo-
ment of his time. Upon receipt of this
information Mr.. Sage stepped into the
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"Ich Iiebe dich!" She Said, Simply.
deplore it for your sake; but for my
own sake
Here we are at the tailor shop"
interrupted Fraulein, in sudden fiut-
ter. You will wait without while 1
deliver the vests. l shall appear again
directly"
In very few moments they were
proceeding on their way, minus the
vests. Fraulein Pauline held in her
hand five-dollar bill "A weeks sal
ary!" she said, viewing it meditatively.
Suddenly hand closed over the bill
and the fingers that held it. pauline,
at last l may speak! l had no right to
before, but now you are poor, poor,
and 1 cannot feel sorry, because am
so glad. Pauline, dear one, do you
guess how 1 have loved you always
from the very first? Sometimes have
thought that you cared I dared not
let myself dwell Ions on that thought,
but now I must know. Pauline!"
She lifted her long lashes and let
him see what lay beneath There was
no coquetry in those clear depths
now.
''Ich liebe dich!" she said, simply
words that in any language need no
translation.
After long, long time, when they
had once more become conscious of
the pavements and the shops and the
earth, Fraulein Pauline said, Ernest,
my first care shall be to exterminate
the one fault which l find in thee.
Thou art too proud l was left lonely
and unhappy simply because had
more money than thou hadst, and thy
pride could not bear the thought.
Couldst thou not have loved me so
we'll that wealth would have meant
nothing to thee?"
1T was for your sake
For my sake! Then thou didst not
give me credit for equal depth of soul
with thyself. Ach!"
Pauline, treues hertz, forgive me!
I see my mistake"
1T is we'll, for l have confession
to make to thee. I have done my best
to please thee by being poor, but alas!
l am still rich. Ach, it is a dreadful
change of prospects, am sure, but
trust to thy honor as a gentleman
not to desert me under the sad cir
cumstances." Her eyes smiled at him
mischievously. 1T was only what you
Americans would call bird"
"A bird? Oh, see. A lark! You
were carrying the vests for somebody
else. But this plain gown"
Fraulein Pauline laughed merrily.
Thou art also a Bird" she said.
Thou art goose! 1t is Paris
gown. Dost thou think that vest-mak.
ers wear such a fit. But, Ernest, thou
has not said that l am forgiven for
still being rich.'
Herr Westcott drew her into an
empty entry, and kissed her. Dear
little lark he said, Il have learned
my lesson!"
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hin CAuW::

lit building was visited by the
crowds. At night the police were still
in charge of the bank. The officials
were there, too, going over accounts
to see that the money and securities
were intact. Outside of the two certi-
fled checks reported missing, it was
said, unofficially, that everything had
been fOund
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-23
MAN WALKS BAREFOOT
IN SNOW TO WIN DRINK

Toledo, O.-Without any covering
on his feet or head and clad only
in a pair of overalls and thin gauze
shirt, w. F. Dowd walked half a
mile through ice and snow to win
a wager of a glass of wine.
During his tramp hundreds of peo-
pie stopped to stare at him and final
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kentucky's Good Old Corn Bread.
Land of the luscious, indescribable

kentucky's Good Old Corn Bread.
Land of the luscious, indescribable
and ever conquering corn bread, Ken
lucky, we hail thee! Other states
have their own bread, but no corn
bread on earth ever reaches the right
spot in the hungry mans makeup
like that of old Kentucky. Corn bread is
the Kentucky housewives monument.
See the genuine corn bread anywhere,
or even the imitation, and the mind
must instinctively go back to I'D
Kentucky, with all it's treasures and
traditions of coin bread making.
This, verify, is "a land of corn and
wine; a land of bread and vineyards"
See the Kentucky household gath
cred about hospitable tables to realize
the truth of Victor Hugo: "Oh, the
love of a mother, love no one for
gets; miraculous bread which God
distributes and multiplies; board al.
ways spread by the paternal hearth.
whereat each has his portion, and
all have it entire" -IOuisville Her.
aid.
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Anqlicized French.

For two centuries we have been
crying "Encore!" at the end of song,
where a Frenchman never says it, his
own equivalent for it, strangely, being
the Latin "Bis!" And ION the tapis"
appears in English rar more often
than in French, and misunderstood at
that, since it does not mean ION tho
carpet" but on the table-cloth of the
council table for discussion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-23
Sets Comfort Before Fashion.

Dr. Hans Richter, the famous
musical conductor, is a thorough be.
lever In comfort in dress and not In.
frequently sets fashion Ut defiance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-12
AN OVERDOSE.

The Philadelphia Record, being 8 tariff reformer. and a conservative paper. holding to Democratic views of men like Samuel J. Tiiden. thinks there is too much Dingleyism and too much Rooseveltism. It says:
 Under the shelter nf government fav- oritism there has been built up in the United States a defiant domineertng combination of arrogant monopolies. The party responsible for the existence of these monopolies. while refusing to abandon the nurturing policies of ad- ministration that sustains them, seeks to punish their illegal extortions by resort to means destructive of all theo- ries of representative government. In repelling one source of danger, thore Is danger that an even greater danger may be encountered. The only appar- ent way out of the entanglement would seem to be to put the control of the government again in the hands Of statesmen who know how to rectify mis- takes and punish wrongdoing by the application of constitutional remedies. The country Is suffering from an over- dose of Dingleyism and Rooseveltism.