The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-11-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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In two big trunks left unclaimed On
! Q Hoboken steamship pier recently
customs inspector has found so0
pounds Of Sumatra wrapper.
william Ryan, a fake cripple. ar.
] rested In New York. was weighted
down with twenty pounds Of snsU
coin secured under his bandages.
The HImAlayan peak Of Trisul. the
summit Of which Il 23,406 feet aboge
sea level, has been assembled by D.
Longstan. The cold on top was quite
arctic.
The Haitian government Is going to
export the silver coin In the treasury
and sell II as bullion. It's worth much
more disposed Of that way than used
a. currency.
After q double wedding In Memphis
the bridegrooms put their wives on
steamer to take q trip to Cincinnati,
and the men went to work, they said.
to get suf1cient money to furnish their
homes.
Twice a. many women as men ride
In the cabs Of New York city. A lone
woman or two women are far more
frequently seen than one or two men,
and as q rule Q man n accompanied by
q woman
A work car Of the Western Ohio
railroad painted red maddened q bull
near Wapakoneta, and he charged at
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thrown OF the track and the road
blocked for two hours.
Fishermen along the Hudson river
from Albany to PiermoDt are marvel
ing at the mysterious return to those
waters IN great numbers Of crabs.
which have been growing scarcer each
year for the last two decades.
The Savannah Press looks forward
to the time when express agents IN
"dry towns" win be sending out no
ices ike this: Dear Sir-Your pack
age Of books has arrived, and you
should call for them at once, as they
are leaking"
Secretary Wilson Of the agricultural
department gave the visiting biologists
from abroad an increased idea Of our
public works when he told them that
congress annually appropriates $1,000
900 for the three geological bureaus Of
bis department.
In the old days when Robson and
Crane played The Henrietta" a check
for $4,000 that was passed on the
stage was maryeled at for its size. In
a play now running a similar check
transaction involving 100000 at
tracts less attention.
The waterworks OF Hongkong are to
be increased by a reservoir holding
!, 200, 100000 gallons. It win involve
the construction OF a dam sixty feet
high across the shallow head Of Ty-
lam bay. The government as-Adver-
Used for tenders for the building OF
his dam
William G.. McAdoo, who Is at the
head OF the company that Is digging
tunnels under the river to aid In New
FORKS transportation system, does not
wish to have his name used In connec-
ion with the work. he thinks "Hud-
Jon tunnels" Is sufficient and more ap-
)ropriate.
Boswell G. Pearce Of Flemming, KY,
las been the victim OF one OF the most
novel thefts ever recorded. About
800 pounds Of tobacco which he had
n a barn located about a quarter OF
nile from his house was stolen In some
mysterious manner, and the thieves
eft not a single trace.
The municipal debts Of the country
Ire approximately $1,000, 100000, a
um larger than Is owed by the fed
raj government and all the state gov
,rnments. OF the total 1t Is worth
While to note New York contributes,
when all sinking fund deductions are
made, about one-fourth.
Vladivostok Is now said to have the
The higher wages paid In Siberia and
q the Amur provinces are attracting
he Chinese. As far inland as Irkutsk
hey are busy as truck and fruit farm
rs, coming to the railway stations to
dispose Of their produce to passengers.
OOASCAS NOAAsg - hlluOuI DOLCE OF
re protection, but there are thirty
even telephone subscribers In the
own, and they have hit upon the
cheme Of using the phone as q IRE
nd burglar alarm. Eight sharp rings
I'll henceforth bring at least thirty
even persons to the assistance Of q
ubscriber.
Ell Taylor Of Fairfax, VT, accosted
mos Rugg. who was pushing a wheel
arrow, and asked him what he would
barge to wheel him home, three miles
istant Mr.. Rugg thought s. would
e fair price, and the ofrer was tax
d Mr.. Rugg stopped only once, then
D take on his coat, and covered the
istance In about an hour.
To elderly people London Is no longer
pleasant place Of residence. The
reets have become a labyrinth OF
orror and difficulty, a region Of hide
rs sounds and foul smells. With mo-
u buses topping over on the side
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