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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20

FINE GtSONI. FA., Dec. l5.-MlSS May,
daughter of well known Walter Hikes,
broke through the ice while skating here
and was rescued from drowning by COM
panions.
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. Dec. 19.-The
forty-first annual session of the Blair
County Teachers institute convened in
the court house. Superintendent T. 8.
Davis was elected president, l. G. Ellen
berger vice president and j. H. Hennen
secretary. DR.. o. r. Corson of Columbus,
Ohio. delivered an address on 'The School
Teacher and the Institute" The evening
lecture was by Henry Houck, secretary
of internal affairs of Pennsylvania.
ALTOoNA-Mrs. tLeona Seaman, a
prominent young society woman. who re-
Gently fell heir to a large fortune left by
deceased uncle, was attacked and beaten
into insensbility by a burglar at her
home. Part of a valuable collection of
diamonds was in the house at the time,
but the burglar was frightened away be-
fore he got more than diamond pin and
gold watch. He escaped.
CLIFTON HEIGHTS-while returning
at Campbell's bank near Clifton Heights,
Roy Buley, the 13-year-old son of Samuel
Buley was attacked by a negro, who
beat him into insensibility and left him
lying on the ground. The motive of the
attack is a mystery The youth is suf-
fering with painful bruises.
BANGOR-The Plainfield township and
the Washington township rural telephone
companies, the two most active farmers
telephone companies in Northampton
county, at a meeting held there decided
to combine
LANCASTER-Char Grote, aged 81
| years, Salunga, committed suicide at the
county hospital, where he was patient,
by cutting his throat with a razor, hav-
ing been Respondent because of his illness
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20
PENNSYLVANIA

PINE GROVE. Pa. Dec. 1s.-Miss May,
daughter of well known Walter Hikes,
broke through the ice while skating here
and was rescued from drowning by COM
panions.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20

OwINGSvILLE-Ja Gray, aged
Is, accidentally shot and almost in
stantly killed Eli Reeves, aged IA,
while out bird hunting near their
home, four miles north of this place.
The whole load of shot took effect in
the boys stomach, making frightful
wound.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20
MIR. MERCHANT.

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20

NORTH FREEDoM-Nothing has been
learned of the whereabouts of Frank E..
Maine, who left his home and newly
welded wife on November 10 and has not
been heard from since. Fears are enter
tained for his safety.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-20

HAGERSTOwN-Mrs D. H. Garhart,
aged "a years, died at her home at Big
Pool, this county, of paralysis. Her hus-
band and seven. children survive. The
latter include Mrs. William Martin.
and Mrs. John Goddard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
FILED. BY MR.. PIERCE
SUIT TO ENJOIN PAYMENT OF
$50, 1859 BY q. s. TREASURER.

The suit referred to in connection with
the hearing today before the House COM
mittee on ways and means on the resolu-
ton for the protection of fur seals on the
high seas, was filed by Herbert H. D.
PIERCE, then third assistant secretary Of
state. in the District Supreme Court March
20, 1903. Justice Gould granted temper
airy injunction restraining United States
Trea surer Roberts from paying to Charles
L. Patton and his assistant, James H.
Embry of San Francisco, assignees of the
the United States to indemnify the company
for the seizure of the sealing vessel c. H
White by Russia in 1892.
Mr.. PIERCE represented the claimants in
the presentation of the case before The
Hague tribunal of arbitration for which.
consideration. Both Patton and Embry
failed to agree as to what this should be,
it wss declared, and Mr.. PIERCE asked that
payment to them of their share in the
commission, which, he said, amounted to
s12.5u315.
Mr.. PIERCE the next day filed additional
similar actions to recover compensation fer
his services In appearing before the same
tribunal in connection with the Boring sea
seizure awards. One suit was against Law
renee. NJ. Furman, captain and master of
the vessel c. H. White, and others: and
the ether against Claus Lutzens of the YES
sci Kate and Anna. Justice Gould also
these cases. By the three suits Mr. PIERCE
claimed he was entitled to a total of about
s1S0W
The. case was referred to the auditor of
the Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia, who reported thereon, and the report
was affirmed. The cause was finally settled
by compromise. however, Mr.. PIERCE receiv-
ing shout $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
MAY COMPROMISE.
Possible That Strike Of $1,000 En-
gineers Can Be Averted,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. January IA settlement of
the difficulties of the locomotive engineers
on. all the railways running west of Chi
cago and to the Gulf of Mexico is looked
for today. Conferences between the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers and the
general managers of all the roads have
tentative propositions have been submit
ted by both sides.
Both engineers and general managers ex-
pressed themselves this morning as con-
fident that an agreement could be reached
and strike thus averted. Compromises
are said to have been made already by
each side to the controversy.
More than 1890 men employed on every
railroad in the west are involved The
popularity of the conference is that all
the roads have been obliged to confer with
the men at the same time on the same
questions. The territory included in the
difficulties is the largest in the history of
railroading.
1t was intimated today that an increase
engineers would in turn withdraw their
demand that the eyesght test be made
less rigid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
GRAVE CHARGES
AGAINST Mr.. PIERCE
Sensational Hearing Before
Ways and Means Committee.
ASSERTIONS BY ELLIOTT
Former State Department Official Ac-
cused.
THE QUESTION OF FEES
Head Of the North American Com
mercial Company Also Arraigned
by the Witness.

There was mighty lively hearing before
the House ways and means committee to-
DAY on the Southland joint resolution au-
thorlzlng the President to suppress ''the
continued shameful and cruel practice OF
k1ii1ng nursing mother fur SEALS" Prof
Henry w. Elliott of Cleveland Ohio, for
merly a confidential agent of the State De-
partment, appeared in advocacy of the res
olut1on, and former Senator Faulkner of
west Virginia appeared on behalf of the
North American Commercial Company of
San Francisco, against the officials of which
Mr. Elliott made charges of perjury and
other crimes.
Chairman Payne of the committee ap-
peared to consider the proceedings very
amusing. He laughed every time Mr. Elliott
made statement of more than ordinary
interest and made remarks in an undertone
about some of the witness gestures and ex-
presslons: Inc interest of some of the
democratic members of the committee in
Mr.. Elliott's statement, however was in
tense. John Sharp Williams the minority
leader, and Champ Clark of Missouri asked
numerous questions and as result former
Assistant Secretary of State PIERCE now
United States minister to Norway will be
undoubtedly called upon to answer Mr. Ell
Hotts charge that while PIERCE, as third
assistant secretary Of state, was engaged
In pressing the claim of the North America
Commercial Company against the Russian
government before an arbitrator at The
Hague he was also the paid attorney of
that company.
Other charges Of a sensa tional nature
were made by Mr.. Elliott who insinuated
that First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock had been removed fromathe De-
partment of Commerce and Labor and
sent over to New York with the republican
national committee. where he was of as
much use as plumb pudding dog under a
tallyho coach" as a direct result OF his
endeavor to enforce the regulations against
illegal sealing. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
CHICAGO EXPRESS WRECK.
One Man Killed and Another Badly
In ;l1rnd

PITTSBURG, Pa, January 14-Chicago
express No. u, eastbound, on the Pittsburg
and Western branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, was in collision at Allison
Park. Pa, at $40 o'clock today, with a
heavy shifting engine.
The passenger engine was wrecked, and
c. w. Myers. engineer, of Chicago juno
ton. killed. Fireman H. c. Lewis, also OF
Chicago Junction, was fatally hurt. Sew
eral passengers on the express were slight
ly cut by the broken glass, and all were
badly shaken up by the IMPACT, but none
was seriously injured.
The collision was due to freight wreck
Traffic on the main line was tied up for
several hours by the accident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Six or Seven More May Be Dead in
Indiana Mine,

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLINTON, Ind, January 14-Joseph
Wolfe, John Herman and Peter Lotivish
employees of mine No. of this city, are
known to have been killed in gas explo.
sion at $50 this morning Others may have
persisted. -=ai
The explosion occurred in either the tenth
or eleventh entry. 1t is supposed to have
been caused by the explosion of a keg OF
powder in Wolfes ROOM Wolfe's head
was blown off and his body burned almost
to crisp.
At this time there is no telling how many
more men are in the mine, but it is thought
six or seven more will be found dead.
SearcherS are unable to get into the re-
mote part of the mine on account Of the
intense heat.
Six injured, some seriously, have been
brought from the mine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
DISTRICT BILL
REPORTED TO HOUSE
Carries $211,427.53 Less
Than Current Appropriation.
NUMBER OF LIMITATIONS
Military Drill Compulsory on High
School Cadets.
REIMBURSING THE TREASURY
Provision Made for Repayine
Amounts Advanced by the
Government

The District of Columbia appro.
priation bill-carrying the sum of
$4,000 ,46S.63, or $I,777,434 less
than the Commissioners estimates
was reported to the House today
by Representative Gillett of Massa-
chusetts from the committee on ap-
preparations. The District bill for
the current year carried SIo.2Is.-
89o.I6, or $2II,427.53 more than is
recommended in the 1908 measure
reported today.
Among the Legislative limitations
iii the District bill is one making
service in the High School Cadets
compulsory upon all pupils who are
mot excused by the principal of
their school upon the certificate of
one of the medical inspectors Of
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
Record-Breaking Earthquake.

SAN FRANCISCO. January IA quak-
ing of the earth's crust more severe than
any one that has ever been recorded is
reported to have been felt at Apia Decem-
Der 81, according to report brought from
there by the Australian liner Vantura,
just asriyed here. Fer three hours the
seismograph CT the German scientists sta
toned at the South Pacific island recorded
a shock that for violence had never been
equaled. so far as has been registered. 1t
is estimated that the center of the dis
turbance was 800 miles south Of Apia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
SECRETARY'S REPORT
MR.. TAFT ANALYZES THE TESTI-
MoNY SUBMITTED.

Secretary Taft's report, to which refer
ence is made, is as follows:
War Department,
Washington. January II, 1907.
Ny Dear Mr.. President:
On the I'D day of December. 1906 you
directed me to send Maj. Blocksom to
Brownsville and neighboring places to pro-
cure sworn testimony, reduced to writing
and signed by the witnesses. with reference
to the persons who were the perpetrators
of the outrage committed at Brownsville
on the night of the 18th of August, and
ordered the assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral. Mr.. Purdy, to accompany Mai Block
som to assist him in the examination by
examining the witnesses. Accordingly, 1
wrote the following letters to Inspector
Continued on Eleventh Page.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
SUBSCRIBER
Said to Have Created Strife.
"CHAPGE TT

Il hereby further charge Francis L.
Cardozo, supervising principal, thirteenth
division of the public schools, with con-
duct unbecoming supervising principal
in violating rules %. %. 60, 81 and 6J of
the rules and bylaws of the board of
education of the District of Columbia
and consisting in this
SPECIFICATION:
TN that the said Francis L. Cardozo. to
the prejudice of the discipline of the pub
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
A Vigorous Protest.

On behalf of the Lake Carriers Associa-
ton Mr.. Goulder entered vigorous protest
against any character Of enterprise for in
creasing the use of the waters of the lakes,
and filed resolution passed by the associa-
ton at meeting held last week, in which a
similar feeling was expressed. Mr.. Goulder
TOOK issue with those favoring the project
on the proposition advanced by them that
no governmental permit was necessary. and
declared that 1t required united action be-
tween the states concerned and the general
government before there could be any diver
sion of nav:gable water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
TAFT HEARS ARGUMENT
PROPOSED DIVERSION OF THE
CALUMET RIVER WATERS.

Secretary Taft today gave a hearing to a
number of persons living in cities situated
on the great lakes in regard to the applica-
ton of the sanitary commissioners of Chi
cago for permission to divert the current
Of the Calumet river into the main drain
age canal of Chicago. Chicago was repre-
scented by delegation headed by r. r.
Mccormick, president Of the sanitary board,
while the American Civic Federation and
the Lake Carriers Association were on
hand with representatives to oppose any
proposition looking to diversion of the
waters of the river. Gen. Mackenzie, chief
of engineers, and Gen. Ernst Of the inter-
national waterways commission sat with
the Secretary of War.
Sanitary Considerations.
In support of its application the Chicago
representatives advanced the argument that
before the sanitary commission had under
taken the work of properly disposing Of
the sewage of that city it was the most
feverr.dden place in the country, but that
now great cnange had taken place, and
if the authority asked for in the present
application were granted it would be pos
sihle to complete the plan of sanitation
and make Chicago one of the healthiest
places in the country
Mr.. L.ndley, attorney for the sanitary
board, entered into an extended legal argu-
ment on the subject and said that Chicago
was entitled to the Cooperation of the Sec
rotary in the matter of the issuance of the
permit because of the blending of the police
powers of the state with those of the COM
merce powers of the federal government. In
fact, he maintained that there was no au-
thority of law for Withholding the permit.
He insisted that the city entitled to
10000 cubic feet of water per second but
he was willing that the secretary should
place in the permit limitation as to the
amount of water which could be used.
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Continued on Eleventh PaGe.l
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CONTINUED on Twelfth Page)
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20
Referred TO the Authorities.

To President Roosevelt and DR.. Long
this nature story is respectfully re-
ferred. The animal in question be-
longs to a gilded youth who has more
money than he knows what to do with.
and consequently spends it somewhat
boyishly. His retriever enjoys a scent
bath every morning, and is exceeding
ly particular as to where he dimes. He
is now growing fat and lazy, and, al
though fond OF sneaking out for q
morning stroll in Central park, OBJ
jects to walking home again. His plan
is to watch for a hansom. IL Coins In
his direction at a walk, and slip into
1t. When m attempt is made to dis
lodge him he simply displays two rows
OF magnificent teeth and wrinkles his
upper lip In a ~curiously suggestive
smile. Most of the park keepers know
him. and give the cabmen his address.
Cabmen in the vicinity OF the park
keep a lookout for him and leave their
doors invitingly open. When the dog
reaches home he remains in the cab
until the valet comes out TO pay his
fare. Then he descends in a leisurely
manner and eats his luncheon with
appetite.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20
Atchison Globe SIGHTS,

Everyone knows something he can
tell.
Bad weather is abused almost as
much as "a married man.
As a rule. the meaner a man Is the
more he thinks OF himself.
Drinking men seldom become great.
Neither do fishing and hunting men.
Many people would be more truth
full, were IL not for their uncomfortable
desire TO talk.
A man In sometimes so busy making
money that he neglects to take care OF
what he has already made.
Occasionally we meet a drunken man
who claims 10 be smart, but a sober
man soon gets over the notion.
The first a a child sees Is full of
Kindness. and the last to bend over
him when he liz DID and dying. Is full
OF plying tenderness. IL is the faces
he sees in between that cause him trou-
BILE.
The longer we live. the more we be-
come impressed wit.i the fact that
where you one person able 10 do
something fairly we'll. there are twenty
who frfvol. and believe their worthless
moss Is genius.
We have heard mt least min out OF
ten OF our friends say that they have
had enough trouble without that. no
doubt referring to the browning morrow
OF all. from which we are led To be-
lieve that no one Is exempt from great
worry and bother.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20
Seeks Central Health Bureau.
Rare Ice.

irving Brokaw. Americas champion
ngure skater, said of skating at n din
ner at the Knickerbocker club In New
York:
We are not good skaters in this
r OF the country because we don't
get enough Ice. Good ice Is as rare
with us as jewels. The way we prize
1t is almost laughable.
In my boyhood / knew a man.
Jeremy Corne by name, who used to
lease a skating pond each winter and
charge 20 cents admission to it.
one winter the weather was horribly
mild. With December we'll on, the pond
mad not once frozen over. Jeremy
Corne was In Despair.
Then a cold day came and a light
scum formed on the water. There was
another cold day, and that scum turned
TO clear green fee. A crowd of young
people came with their skates and their
quarters, but Jeremy would not let
them on the pond.
we, ne laid. 'Ye'd spile everything.
and maybe get drowned into the bar
gam, II l let We on now. Call round
again tomorrow
"Ihe young people went away dis
appointed, but one venturesome youth.
when Jeremy's back was turned, slipped
on his skates n SKINNED out gaily
into the middle of the pond.
come back herei' yelled Jeremy.
Come back. consarn yer
The ice was very thin. 1t cracked
as the youth advanced. with a noise
like und His path was marked
with white cracks like the veins of
caves.
Back with YET yelled Jeremy.
But a louder cracking In,
the cold. still air. n the youth throw
ing UP his arms disappeared. He bobbed
up again Instantly, and began to Aop
about and struggle. clutching wildly at
the Ice that encircled him In the hole
ne had made. but the thin Ice only
proke under his weight. letting him
down suddenly into the black water
again.
Jeremy. beside himself to see hi,
the bank: ~
Come out o. that. or the water
won't freeze! But don't We break what
ice there Is left, do We hear? Crawl
underneath to where I am. and Iu
knock a hole for We TO get out byI,"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20

When corn was sold at 10 or Is cents
per bushel and q quarter of a dol
lar was a high price, the farmer could
afford to put a blanket OF fat around
his cattle or horses and allow them
considerable exposure to the weather.
Though 1t was probably never eco
nomical and certainly not humanitar-
ian, to winter stock with only barb
wire" shelter 1t certainly Is not In
these days. Feed Is high so is lunl-
Der, but the latter properly put into
buildings can be used many winters
while the former m assimilated by
the animal will never be available
again for the same purpose. There
fore provide shelter for your stock. 1t
need lot be expensive but enough to
keep off the storms and allow at least
a quiet, reasonably warm n dry
place at nights. Men are out all day
in this wind n cold, but they want
a warm place at night, so, too, it seems,
it would be profitable to prepare for
the stock. Horses not at work will
winter with little shelter, and If feed
is plentiful, will come out in the spring
in shape for a seasons work and be-
better han If kept In a close barn
and fed heavily with grain.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20

TREASURE TRovE

Ii seemed that my sudden abstrac-
ton had offended Ceclly more deeply
than ! Imagined. for when l knocked
at her door mex. evening. she told me
CURLY that she was not feeling well
and Intended going early to bed. So 4
went back TO my room. rather glad
OF the chance OF an evening TO my
self.
BESIDES. Ceciiy was a good deal like
a highly fiavore dish-to be fully en-
Joyed only at Intervals. And. too. there
was only IN point as yet unsettled
where she and Tremalne had been the
night Of the murder. That, | felt. could
be cleared up without much difficulty
the f1rst time shc received me. which
would probably be not later than to-
morrow. mad q premonlttcn that
that line OF inquiry. too. would lead
nowhere--that Ceeiiy would prove, by
D word. that neither she nor Tfemalne
mad been anywhere near h Marathon
IL the hour Of the crime. In any event
I had RI snty n Tins, and ! could spend
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20
FARM FACTS.

Some farmers make a nice thing by
constantly looking about for some new
crop of which the supply Is short. A
Missouri farmer had in twenty acres
OF pop corn this a n II has
turned him in about $500.
For green feed for poultry there Is
nothing quite so good as alfalfa or GLOW
er chopped up fine. steamed and hen
fed as a mash. Poultry will thrive on
II, Ind the Eggs will keep coming right
along through the winter.
Clover straw should be scattered back
'on the fields after threshing. Not much
of 1t will be eaten by stock. and 1t is
too valuable to let stand and rot down
in a stack. Spread this on the hin
IL helps matters next season.
In feeding animals of all sorts caro- is
needed not TO over-feed. Most feeders of
steers keep corn before them all the
time, hut we believe no man who has
tried feeding Mt regular intervals just
what the animal Will eat up in a short
time VIII claim hat the former method
will produce better results With the
same amount or feed. 1t may he the
only practical way in which some men
can feed 100 on 800 head owing to the
problem OF help or some other CONTROL
ing item. But is IL the best?
Frozen cream loses It's nice favor and
FIRST class butter cannot be made out
OF II. besides II In very hard to churR
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20
Useful Fat.

A reporter was congratuiating Mr..
Marconi at Sydney. N. s.. upon his sue
cess with transatlantic wireless teleg-
raphy.
But. SIR" said the reporter, they
tell me you are working so hard that
you only sleep four hours a night"
Yes. that Is true.' said the in
ventor.
NO wonder you are getting thin"
the reporter observed. You are
growing famous to be sure but at what
a price OF flesh"
Pam not like the italian admiral.
Lioertini. them" said Mr.. Marconi.
~iaughingly.
"Ldbertini." he went on, had won
many battles n great renown and at
a BAH given in his honor one lady said
to another:
But how frightfuliy fat our dear
adiiifai Is getting.
Yes said tho second lady. isn't
~ i~orsunateg Otherwise he wouldn't be
aoie TO wear all his medals"