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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Prison for THEFT of shroud.

For the alleged theft of a shroud from
a dead man and burying him in the
scanty white undershirt furnished by the
county hospital, despite the fact that the
relatives had paid for the shroud, w. B.
Jackson. an undertaken of Little Rock,
Ark, was fined $3.50 and sentenced to six
months in iail
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
seeks Death Four Ways.

Howard W. Sexton, general manager
of the Admission. Ala, Electric and Gas
Company, committed suicide by cutting
an artery in his left arm, shooting him.
self in the head with pistol, then jump
ing into a bath tub and turning on the
gas, He leaves wife and child.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
FOUR ARE INJURED IN TORNADO
Storm Sweeps Nebraska Comnunity
and One Will Die.

A small tornado swept the country
near Aida, in Knox county, Nebraska,
Sunday night, injuring four persons, one
fatally, and destroying several buildings.
The home of Eli Olsen was wrecked
Olsen's mother was fatally injured. His
wife had several ribs broken and was in
jured internally, and a 6-year-old daugh-
ter received serious injuries. The Lu-
theran church IN Columbia township was
wrecked and a score of small buildings
blown down. Crops were seriously dam
aged by hail
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
New Town Wrecked

Polk, Neb., founded only last Septem-
Der, was badly wrecked by combined
wind and hail storm. The best business
buildings in the town were demolished or
damaged and crops over a considerable
distance ruined.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Pours Gasoline on Boy Ahre.

George Hobart, 8 years old, met death
in a horrible manner at his home in De
Graf, Ohio. His clothing caught fire
and his brother, thinking to put out the
flames poured upon the little boy the
contents of bucket of gasoline.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
SCHMlTZ GETS FIVE YEARS.
San FranciscO's Grating Mayor
Sentenced to Penitentiary.

Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz of San Fran
cisco must spend five years in the peni-
Tertiary. Passing of sentence in Judge
DUNES court in the Golden Gate City
was accompanied by a scene of widest
tumult. Convicted of graft sentenced
and disgraced. Schmitz hurled defiance
at the judge, while the crowd that jam
med the court room set up tremendous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Slays Girl and Her Admfrar

Peter Forrestel, well-known saloon
keeper. and Marie Smith. 30 years old.
waitress in his alo0n-restaurant. were
murdered in Buffalo, \. Y. George Hold
son. a painter, is accused of the crime.
He was discarded suitor of the woman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Sir Conan DOYLE to Marr,s

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the novelist,
who created the character of Sherlock
Holmes" is to be married N September
to Miss Jean Leckie. Miss Leckie is not
known in society. She lives with her
parents at Blackheath.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Mayor Sehmftz Is Sentenced

Mayor Sehmitz of San Francisco was
sentenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary for extortion amid a wild scene in
court, the Mayor assailing the judge,
while a throng cheered the action of the
court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Chinaman Robbed and Beaten.

In Omaha robbers fatally beat Han
PAX. a Chinese restaurant keeper, and
robbed his Strongbox of $500 in cash. An
iceman found PAX lying in a pool of
blood in his kitchen at noon and notified
the police. He was removed TO a hos
pital. where he died two hours later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
CUPID MAKES TEACHER FAMINE.
Kansas Short 1000 Because So
Many Have Lately Married.

The sly wiles of Cupid threaten to dis
rupt the public schools of Kansas, accord
ing to State Superintendent Fairchild,
who says Kansas is threatened with a
shortage of school teachers which will be
as disastrous as the shortage of men to
save the wheat crop. He has heard from
thirty-eight of the 105 counties and, bas-
ing future returns on these, there will be
a shortage of more than a thousand teach
ers. Mr.. Fairchild says more women
teachers have married this year than ever
before. Twelve thousand teachers are re-
quired to conduct the Kansas schools.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
AmberE, Mimi, Man Murdered

Sheriff Seibel of Marinette, Wis. was
notified of the finding of the body of
James Lang of Amberg on road near
Addison spur. with evidence of having
been murdered. The coroner's jury found
a verdict of murder by unknown means.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Ore Trims Crash; Man Killed.

Two ore trains on the Great Northern
came together, head-on, about twelve
miles west of Brookston, Wis. with the
result that one man was killed and five
arc injured, one of them so seriously that
he is not expected to live.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Car Combine Held sIouoporx

Judge George c. Holt, in the United
States Circuit Court in New York stamp
ed the Ryan-Belmont traction merger
monopoly in violation of the corporation
law of New York, and paved the way for
the dissolution of the combine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Of 5000 officers of the regular army,
Lieut.. Joseph I'll. Pellet, Missouri boy,
is the youngest. He was born June J.,
1885, at Blackburn, Mo-, and entered
West Point in 1902. He is Lieutenant of
the artillery corps, and is serving in the
Philippines with the Eighth battery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Under Life Sentence; Operated On

Emmett Dalton, under life sentence for
murder, was operated on in Topeka,
Kan. for a wound in his left arm The
operation will save the arm. which was
injured fifteen years ago, when Dalton
was arrested after his gang had robbed
a bank and killed several citizens in
CNoffevyille
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

The Frisco Car and Engine Company
has been incorporated with a capital of
100000 This is said to be the initial
step toward the building of a machine
plant at Springfield, Mo-, to cost about
100000 and give employment to 1000,
men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Many towns in the Kansas Indian
Territory oil field have better rates on
oil shipped to Texas as the outcome of
complaint filed with the interstate COM
merce commission, which caused defend
ant railroad companies to grant coEces-
sions asked.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
so POISON IN HANCOCK DEATH.
Wife of Former Chicago Citrate Dies
from Natural Causes.

A jury in the Kensington coroner's
court in London rendered a verdict of
death from natural causes" in the case
of Mrs. Hancock, wife of Walter Swim
burne Hancock, formerly an Episcopal
clergyman of Chicago, who died March
% last, the cause of death being certified
as appendicitis. Owing to the suspicious
of the woman's son, who is a lawyer, the
body was exhumed and he testified at the
inquest that he thought Hancock poi
soned his wife in order to obtain her
property. The analysis of the contents
of the stomach made at the instance of
the home office showed no trace of poi
SON.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18


much light on the
motives of the gov
eminent in the
movement.
1T is a pity we
have not ships
enough to keep pow
erful fleets in both
oceans. but since we
have not it seems
that in the interests
of peace it is best
at this time that our
fleet should be in
the Pacific" said
the admiral.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

In outlining the glaps for the next ses-
sion of the Australian Parliament, Pre-
mier Carruthers proposed the enactment
of pensions for invalids, subventions to
aid friendly societies to enable the poor
est persons to purchase annuities. He
argues that this policy tends ito uplift
the community, increase the inducements
to thrift and aid in the battle against
improvidence"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

In accordance with the terms of an
imperial edict, the opium dens in the ma
tive quarters of Shanghai, China, were
closed. In spite of the edict opium is still
sold. There were no disturbances. The
foreign volunteers were held in readiness
In case of eunargeucv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Believing himself mistreated because
his mother asked him to work, Charles
Mckinney, aged II, committed suicide in
Galena, Kan, by laying a shotgun against
his breast and pushing The trigger with a
stick. The charge took effect in his head
and face, killing him almost instantly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Cancer Drives Man to Suicide.

After suffering for some time from
cancer Eric Johnson committed suicide
by shooting in Lafayette park. st. Louis.
He left a note IN which he said he had
been driven to self-destruction by his
affliction
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Syept Over Dam to Death

Six persons We're drowned near Rus
sell, Pa. They were members of a party
who had taken a gasoline launch on the
Conewango river, which was high, owing
to rains. The boat was swept over a
dam
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Joseph Brawley, a farmer living near
McCloud, Ohio, who last Saturday at
tempted to kill the entire family of T. R.
Tonia. was captured near the place where
E waylaid his victims He had been
badly wounded by pursuers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Banana skin Causes death.

Robert Kindred stepped on a banana
peeling on the sidewalk in First street,
Kansas City. He was thrown off his
feet and his head struck the pavement.
breaking his neck. He lied in : few
minutes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

An attempt on the life of President
Fallieres was made in Paris by a naval
reservist, who. during the celebration of
the national anniversary, fired two shots
at the executive, whose escape was re-
markable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

The correspondent at Seoul. Korea. of
the Jill Shimpo (Tokio) telegraphs say
ing he believes the Emperor of Korea has
abdicated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Locates Heaven ON a Star.

Rev. Zed Hertzel Copp of Washington
has announced that after fourteen years
investigation he has discovered that
heaven is in the star Alcyone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Nan Poisoned. Wife Is Held

The coroner in Lima, Ohio. has been
advised that arsenic was found in large
quantities in the stomach of David Speer,
whose wife is held for his murder. The
Independent Order OF Foresters is taking
I'D her defense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

John Kloehr, who killed three of the
Dalton gang and was awarded a gold
medal by the Chicago Bankers Associa-
ton, has been appointed chief of police
at Coffeyville, Kan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
TRIBUTE TO GARIBALDI.
lew York Italians FittingIy Honor

New York Italians FittingIy Honor
His Memory.
On July 4, at Clifton, Staten Island.
the Italian colony of New York City ded-
icated the Pantheon they are building to
inclose the little frame cottage in which
Garibaldi, the Italian hero, lived between
the years 1851 and 1858. The celebra-
ton was memorable one among the
Italians. The date marked the centenary
of the birth of Garibaldi. who first saw
the light of day in Nice on July 4, 1907.
1t is FIVE years since the movement be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Milton Stambaugh and John Bekanoff
were killed at Youngstown, Ohio, when a
train under which they had taken refuge
from storm was moved by the wind
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

A rigid censorship of the Portuguese
press prevented the prompt report of full
details Of the recent rioting at Lisbon and
other towns. 1t now appears that gen.
eral revolutionary uprising was barely
averted by the oppressive measures
adopted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
DEWEY FOR FLEET IN PACIFIC
Thinks Tt Bees

Thinks 1t Best to Have Ships There
| in Interests of Peace.
An interview with Admiral Dewey in
regard to the transfer of the battleship
] feet to the Pacific ocean has thrown
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

Admiral Yamamoto, formerly japanese
minister of marine, took luncheon with
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, and
both decry talk of war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

The New York Transportation Com
operated electric cabs in New York City,
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16
OUR ARMY'S NEW WIRELESS.
Great Time Saver-'Three Mules Can
Cart II From Place to Place.

Great Time Saver-'rhree Mules Can
Cart It From Place TO Place.
The army has new wireless telc-
graph apparatus that gives much prom
ise of being Il great help in the bust
hess of reyolutionizing the art of war,
writes Il Washington correspondent Of
the New York Globe. The apparatus
does not require multitude of ami
mails ard a long string of wagons for
its transportation. AL it needs are
three mules, two or three men To man
ngp them and Il wireless operator.
Probably i'll Il pinch, i'll the stress OF =
campaign and the heat OF conflict the
wireless expert himself might manage
the mules and handle the whole outfit
himself
The wireless outfit is contained and
carried in two chests each about the
size of Il steamer trunk. Poles for the
wireless outfit are of light wood.
complete pole consisting of five soc
tons. each twelve feet in length.
When it is desired to use the appara-
tus, the trunks are unloadcd from the
mules. the lids thrown back. the pole
quickly hOiSted, connections made. aul
the operator sets to work. Practically
an entire teIegrarhing outfit is con
taincd in one of the trunks, and as
soon as the connections are made he
| tween the apparatus and the pole the
trunk lid is thrown back and the mes
sage can he started
The apparatus Will send message
| twenty miles. one is now in operation
| between Key West and Cuba. This is,
! Il longer distance then the apparatus
| is intended to he practical for, but it
appears to operate successfully despite
| the distance. The United States army
| ID I H1d /" uNInS Ii, ana. according Il
information here. it is found to worb
| well
The new wireless system is the III
| vcutiOu of signal corps officers. iii,
signal corps now has in general use .
field telegraph system. which is used
with wires strung along the ground
OF course there are elaborate wirc
less systems in USc in the armies of al
countries. Generally they require wa
ons and trains OF considerable propor
tions for their transportation Th,
practiCahility of the new system is
obvious when it is considered that one
of the greatest needs Of modern war
fare is some method of prompt com
| mUnicatiOn with the front or the flank,
of Il line of battle from headquarters
The first line of attack OF great army
may be miles in front of heaGguar
ters. If it has three mules and ;
wireless outfit with it ana an cXpe"
To handle the Instruments and thcr,
is 4 wireless outfit back at headquar
ters, the orders of the commandns
! officer can he sent TO it almost inSt%u
taneouSly
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16
Henry Hudson.

Beyond the fact that Henry Hudson
was English nothing is known OF his
birth. In 1901 Hudson sailed from
London i'll tiny veSScl-the crow con
sisted of ten men and Il Boy-to discov-
or the Northwest passage. ON this voy-
age the navigator passed the cighticth
degree of latitude. Two years later
Hudson sailed for North America and
discovered the Hudson river. up which
he sailed $50 miles. In 1910 Hudson
sailed i'll an English ship named the
Discovery and discovered Hudson
strait and Hudson bay. where he win
tered. The crew mutinied and set IIud-
son. his son John and seven in1irm sail
ors adrift in boat. Nothing has ever
since been heard of the great sailor
who gave his name TO New York 5
river
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.


All games postponed
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago Washington. rain.
st. Louis, >: Philadelphia, s.
Detroit-New York. wet grounds.
Cleveland-BostO rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia, ,: Chicago, T.
New York, 1; Cincinnati, ;
Boston, =; Pittsurg, l 60 innings)
Brooklyn. >: St. Louis, 4.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Minneapolis. ); indianapolis, 1.
Kansas City. 10; Toledo, 9.
Milwaukee-CO Columbus, wet grounds
St. Paul-Louisville. wet grounds.
IOWA LEAGUE.
Waterloo, -: Ottumwa, o.
Quincy. 9; Keokuk, ).
Observation-Disclosures, rain.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Grand Rapids Canton, rain.
South Bcnd-Wheeling, cold.
Springfield. ): Terre Haute, ..
Dayton. . Evansville. l.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Pueblo. 6; Omaha. ..
Denver. 3; Des Moines. 0.
Sioux City-Lincoln. cold.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16
LOSE THE WINTER SERIES
;omus Bowling Club Ertertains La
dies and Enjoys Banquet.

The Comus Bowling club celebrated
he last of the series of winter games
asst evening on the Hotel Harms al
eys. by entertaining the ladies at
bowling and later enjoying a banquet.
Mrs. Newman rolled the high score for
he ladies with 122 pins down. Miss
rhoms second with 109 pins and Mrs
!. Moeller third with 80 pins. The
Ugh score for the men, of ia pins was
oiled by Edward Schoede.
TRY Another Home Game,
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16
1t is Serious.
Some Rock Island People Fail to Real
ize the Seriousness.

ize the Seriousness.
The constant aching OF bad back,
The wcariness. the tired feeling,
The pains and aches of kidney ills
Are serious-if neglected.
Dangerous urinary troubles follow.
A Rock Island citizen shows You how
TO avoid them.
Lawrence Graham of Eleventh
street, Rock Island, H.. says when
| returned from the army. was com
plete wreck and my system was so
badly run down that | was afraid | had
come home to die. The worst fe4-
lures were a very weak back and sharp
pains across my loins. My wife nursed
me and took care of me. as | was Ut
| able to do anything for myself Tho
whole trouble was from my kidney
which We're very much disordeTed on
account of the hardships had endured
while in the army. The secretions
from my kidneys were far too frequent
| in passage, giving me much annoyanc1
particularly at night, and the sccrc
lions contained white sediment.
tried many remedies and doctors. but
without success. Finally | was advis
| ed by a friend to try Doan's Kidney
/ Pills. | got a box at the Harper House
| drug store and took them according t.
directions. After | had taken the frs,
box the pains began to leave me, my
secretions became normal and after
continued taking them for a feN
weeks, | was completely cured ana
| felt as well as ever. Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me completely
For sale by all dealers Price soc.
! lFoster-Milburn company. Buffalo, New
York. sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doan's - and
take no other.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16
FROM THE DOPE BOX.

Dubuque has released Pitcher Dill
geman.
Tomorrow the teams make switch
Rock Island going to Springfield.
DOnnelly has farmcd Moran. the on.
fielder, to jacksonville in the Iowa lee
sue.
Kane, Long, Eastman and Roach arr
said to be slated to do all Of Peoria :
pitching.
Cedar Rapids has traded Pitcher
Boeckcwitz to Dubuque for Barlow
whose regular place is at first.
The Northern Copper Country lea
que in which W. f. Weisler of thi
city is to oficiate as umpire, openc1
its season today.
No game in the Three Eye again yes
terday. This is two days in suCccssi1u
in which not wheel turned. Thc
Throe-Eye is the only league so af
tliCted yesterday.
Clyde Horne formerly OF this ciN
and now of Peoria. has been chosei
manager of the Canton indepcnden
ban team. He is considered one g.
the best amateur managers in tn,
state.
Bill Ludwig Eas been bcnchcd =
Springfield for Indifferent playing II
has the goods hut il is believed want
to go to another league and is not d
liyering his best. The Springfield man
agcmcnt is undecided what to do wit
him.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16

i''t t''''' -'i''l'''-7 - VI 'bDulbt 1 Itsllll.
Stark's management the team has won
but single game and the Dubuque
fans are beside themselves. Geuius
was expected to report today. If he
does not. President Mathcs states the
team Will be turned over temporarily
to First BasCnan Bossc
Besides cutting OFF , the manager.
President Mathcs promised 10 make
other changes. He took with him Joha
Hanna, who is To replace Parms as
change catcher. Pitcher Easton is to
be given his travelling papers, and a
place in the outiield is to be made for
Ross Thornton, who is expected TO
join the team today.
Victim OF Misfortune.
To the outsider it would appear that
Dubuque has been the victim of mis-
fortune, rather than poor management,
though the latter may also he a con-
.tributing cause. Since the training
trip south the team has been badly
crippled. Il number of players being
either out of the game altogether 0l
not in condition to give a good account
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16

of themselves. Under these circum-
stances it is not wonderful that poor
showing has been made
Pitcher Harry Swain seems to be
the consideration for the release of
Thornton to Dubuque by Springfield
The latter place and Decatur nave both
been after the spitball artist. 1t is
said he will play with either, but not
with Dubuque.
Rock Island Argus., 1907-05-16
HEIR To FORTUNE
Wilbur RutIedge Receives Word
of Act of Gratitude by COL
orado Cow Puncher.
LEFT $4,000 PROPERTY
Man He Befricnded Once in Kansas
Provided for Rock island Man,
According to Message.

Word was received today from Dot
Sierra, Col, by Wilbur l.. Rutledge. Il
paper hanger and decorator of this
city, that he had fallen heir to Ian
valued between 100000 and $4,000 To-
Gated near that city. The message was
sent by an old acquaintance of Mr..
Rutledge by the name of Otto Smith, 4
Colorado cOW-puncher. In 1890 Mr.. Rut-
ledge and family were coming across
he plains in western Kansas and on
their way met Mr.. Smith and a COW
boy friend. H. Paul. The two cowboys
were in bad way financially, and Mr.
and Mrs Rutledge took them in and
cared for them about two weeks. When
he two cOw-puncherS We're ready tu
leave. they told Mir and Mrs. Rutledg,
hat their act of kindness would never
be forgotten and that some day they
would be rewarded. \ number OF
years after this, Mr. Rutledge received
I handsome gold medal from the tw,
men, with his and his wife's name en-
graved on it. Along the latter part OF
November last Year Mr.. Paul died. ant
Mr.. Rutledge is OF the opinion that thi.
is another Gift from the same men, Mr
Paul leaving his affairs in charge D
Mr. Smith.