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The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
MINE TIMBERs.
They Add Eight Cents to the Cost Of
Each Ton Of Anthracite.

They Add Eight Cents to the Cost Of
Each Ton Of Anthracite.
The cost of every ton of anthracite 10
increased 8 cents by the expense Of the
mine timbers. To supply these tim
beers. says the Vegetarian Magazine.
requires each year the product of ap-
proximately 10000 acres of forest.
Timber Is used for cross ties for
tram roads In the main haulage ways.
as wooden rollers and as props. A set
of gangway timber consists of two
legs. commonly nine or ten feet long
and about thirteen inches In diameter.
and a collar six or seven feet long.
These sets are placed on an average at
Intervals of Ave feet. One gangway
frequently contains 1000 sets. and ten
gangways to a colliery is not an un-
usual number.
The average life of the timber 10
hardly above two years. Forty-ave per
cent of the timbers are destroyed by
decay, while brcakage. wear and in
sects destroy the remainder. By peel
ing the timbers and properly seasoning
them and especially by giving them
a treatment in oils or chemical salts
their length OF service 10 materially In
creased
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til. M.rbI. and III. Pencil.

The marble trick is AZ old as the days
Of Aristotle. Cross the middle and
fore fingers and roll a marble between
them. The marble will feel like two.
because it is being felt in an unaccus-
toned way. II a pencil II drawn be-
tween the crossed fingers the one PEN
Gil will feel like parallel bars. The
same illusion may be worked BY plac-
ing the pencil between the lips and
then moving the under lip to one side.
causing the pencil to feel like two.
More curious than any Of these u the
one where the forehnger Il crossed
over the little finger behind the other
two and then applied to the end Of the
nose. Not only can you feel two noses.
but one of them seems to be about an
inch longer than the other. This last
sensation is caused by the fact that
we do not ordinarily feel the edge Of
any object with these two fingers at
the same time unless the part felt with
the little finger projects beyond the
part felt by the forennger.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
ARTISTIC TASTE.
In This the French Are First end ~
Irish Come Next.

In This the French Are First end ~
Irish Come Nsat.
Artistic taste il due to temperament,
and where this exists the simplest ma
terials lend themselves to artistic COM
binations and beautiful effects.
The French excel in dainty. graceful
designs because Of their volatile. mirth
loving temperaments. The Germans
san never reach these heights because
their temperaments are just the re-
verse, while 1t has been proved In sev-
eral workrooms that next to tho
French, the Irish temperament ID the
most artistic.
The more artistic the general train
ing Of a person the more ready are
they to appreciate and profit by the
fine productions Of others; hence we
are glad to see and grateful for the
privilege Of studying the models"
brought from Paris each season by the
enterprising importers.
Twenty-Five years ago In Paris and
London the houses that catered to
America and the colonies put aside for
this trade any designs that were too
extreme or screaming for the fastfd-
ious home buyers, says the Millinery
Trade Review. But times have changed.
and the American woman Ii now con-
sidered the best dressed In the world.
and the leaders Of American society
are the women who dictate quite a.
much as the elite Of France. .
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NEEDED THE Brush.
TN Pl~Isssia0 Tsssh - tH vwh,tssy-s
e0eteN Ola.

TN PjsIshsss Tsssh - ~ Whst~sy-s
csttsN Ola.
N whit.sy, who % ioas vsxsd H.
seul over his Afst and misAtieet invea-
ton, tie cotton On. was aidsa In bis
success b. ths quek Wit and insight q
. woman. In ''Oid Paths and Lsgsnds
Of ths New England Bssdse" Ms
Katherine ". Abbott gives ths story.
. told BY . granddauehtsf Of General
Nathanisl Greene, of he eonsumma-
ton Of whit1ay's sxperimsnt at TIE
beautiful and hospitAbls DunSsnsss,
ON Cumberland island. eanopisd with
live oaks and olive Trees.
Mrs. Greene had become interested
In Mr.. whitnsy's snterpfiss and invtt-
ed him to spend tAs wintsr 1t Duuss-
mess, 'whsfs an abundance Of cotton
and Quist wsrs assured"
Ono morning 10 descended headIoug
into the drawing room from his work
shop in the 9Th STORY and sxeitsdly
exclaimed. '-Ths victory 10 minor In
deep sympathy guests and hostess went
with him to 80 tie model In motion
By which whitney was to change tbs
industrial history Of the world.
For q few moments tie miniature
x. W rsvolvsd without hindrance. and
the separation Of The ssed from tbs
cotton wool was sucesssfully accom-
plished. but aftsr Q little the saws
clogrsd with lint. ths whssl stopped.
and poor whitney was In despair.
"Hers's what you nssdr' exclaimed
Mrs. Greene. She ssissd clothes
brush and held It firmly 70 tie tssth
Of the saws
Madam" said whitney. Overcome
with emotion and speaking with the
exaggsratiou Of gratitude. 700 have
perfected my invention"
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

The young map who was endeavor-
ing to win the favor Of Bobby's pretty
sister met the boy on the street one
morning and greeted him with much
cordially.
"Er-do you think your sister was
pleased to know had called the other
day?" he was at last forced to ask.
bluntly, after several efforts to guide
Bobby's conversation In that direction.
"Surer' said Bobby, with gratifying
promptness. II know she was. l
heard her say SO.
when she came home mother said,
Mr.. Brown called while you were out:
and she said: He did? Well, I'm glad
of THAR YOUTHS Companion.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

For ink spots on leather chairs wash
the spots with milk, renewing the milk
till 1t is no longer stained and the
spot on the leather has disappeared.
Then wash the leather with warm wa
ter. and when dry polish 1t with very
little linseed oil and vinegar mixed In
equal parts. The ink stain should be
removed us quickly as possible. for II
allowed to dry and harden 1t is doubt
full whether you will ever be able to
entirely remove II.
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SPIRIT LAND MESSAGES.
y Tssv An Really cssms Frs~ Minds
~ ~ ltvsaaf

y T,ssv An Really csms Frs~ Mssds
- ~ lissaof
PRAAps an ~ - called nsssa0ss
frsa IT, 6saA oesns frso living nindA
I man ~ n11ds e tAsss absst -.
De. 1seA, q fRssaA e 0ias. once Ar
ranged to - VIM . patient 10 have
tsee sat&ing WITH q vszy celebrated
psyehsc whs csainsA 10 b abs TO read
ssajsA jsetss1 Just bseers TIE ap-
Pointed Aay Reds patisat died sud
dsnly q hart Aissass. leaving . scaled
lst4se % hi AeGk.
TAs Asesss. fsily aftvs b The sin.
guar spSsetsalty. Dst ~ Isttsr In bis
pscast and hasesasd 10 the medium.
n magician tesk 4 n lii hand and
po06sgUA AZ lase b sid: This was
W1ittsa b. Z nan NV IN Tie spirit
wos3A. I ea1As< rad Il Thsrs ISN'T
. medium h H. VOID wAe can reed
Il bot X yeu WIN ssad II b any psr
soo a1ywhsse q IL planet and have
II rsea and rsssaisd I will tall you
WAT = IA It. eaAnet ~ de words
uAjsss se0s Mid n ~ earth place
hes abossbsA them"
That wsuA ess0 b Deovs . sort OF
u1avsssai mind rsesevoar. wouldn't NJ
Int Tat . staGUssaAg hypsthssisf-
Ha0Nn oas1aaA u Dvssytody's Aaga.
asDA.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

The trouble with buying residence
property by the front foot is that It
requires considerably more than three
feet to make presentabls Yard
Kansas City Star.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
WHITE HOUSE COURTESY.
The Way President Pslk Thrss Down
the DarrSsee.

TIM Way President pslk Thrss Down
the 0arrSses.
II any prssidsnt Of modern times
were to exhibit the odlcial indscsncy
that John Adams exhibited whsn JET
ferson became president b would BE-
denounced BY every reputable nswspa-
per and Intelligent cittssn Of the land.
1t was then. a. 1t y now. the accsptsd
duty Of the retiring president to ~
ceive the incoming preeidsat at the
White House and accompany him to
the Inauguration ceremonies, but tie
last Official act Of Adams - president
was the nomination Of q msmber Of
what were called midnight judges"
the night before the Inauguration Of
Jefferson. and during the night be
and bis family withdrsw from the
White House. leaving Aons bot the
servants to receive the incoming presi-
dent, writes Alexander X. AeCiurs In
the Circle.
II was President Polk who arst had
the courage to disrsgard the political
passions Of the times By inviting Hen
y Clay. who had bssn bis competitor.
to dine with him and Mn. Peik in he
White HOUSE. II was near The close
Of the PoIk adninist1attoo, during
which Clay had bssn ssoatse most
Of the time, ard II shocked ~ Dsno-
CRITIC sentiment Of tie tlms when II
was announced that Clay bad dinsd
with President Polk, not On stats oc-
CASTOR. but had besn welcomed Ut ths
family AinuAp A n frSADd C1Ay Waa
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A Better Authority,

Young Husband-My dear Jemima, I
must say that this pudding tastes very
bad. Wife-All your Imagination, dear.
The cookery book says that 1t tastes
excellent!-London Telegraph.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
Catching Deer BY Hand.


This red deer" said the keeper.
was caught BY hand"
But 4 rod desr 4 the nsstest Of the
deet."
Right you are. but this fellow was
caught by hand all the same. It 10 .
feat that II often done In tie winter In
the still woods choksd with snow.
You sec q deer and chase It. Getting
confused. It soon deserts the arm deer
paths OF runnings. and then It IL help
less. 1t noundsrs terribly. up to III
neck In snow.
You hurry toward IT. Harder and
harder It struggles: more and more
tired It becomes. In q very little while
It il 20 exhausted that you can 90 and
tnke It up as though It were = baby.
The swift. strong. healthy creature u
as weak and helpless ~ babs."-Nsw
Orleans Times-Democrat
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saIf Satisfied.

look at the self satisfied dub! Now
sessY'
We'll. that Of being easily pleased"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

If money didn't talk, some psspaG
would never be heard of.-Philadel1I
Telegraph.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

stayiats a p. m.>-Do you really ~
leve that absence makes the Aease
grow fondsrf Mis- Cutting (stEa1S4119
. yawn)-T'm sure dat know. ~
It's up to you to Give me q chance -
ind out-Chicaso News
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01
Enaland's Day.

April q II a memorable day in Eng
lish history To begin with. It II the
day dedicated to TIE patron saint Of
England. st. George. It WAS through
the crusaders that St 0eorss was
thus selected. He was born In Capps-
docio. and later his beavssy against
the Romans became q military tradi-
ton; hence the regard for him on the
part Of the English wanisrs who en-
xagsd In the cFusades. On this day
also Shakespeare = reported 10 have
been born and died Later, In 1851.
Charles II. was crowned king On April
q. Lastly. Wordsworth died % this
momentous day.-Loodoa Standard
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axMlAaAll.x,

Ysung Aetoe-Ny Faust" ooe0D -
b q failure. Poor 0osthsiyUa0so0D
Blattsf.
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One osNe.
s'Hs gave his wife toy terrier, didn't
hef'
''Yss, and she gave him an DuSiish
bulldog"
'So each Of them has dog n0wT
sNo-he has ons."-6t Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Meeker herald., 1908-08-01

ossssssv y - ssss sAss.iah.sss q
l1ao61olu-C11ea0D Assssa-fssalA.
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ssss.ssi.sss Ws-sa.

0sasse3@ss WsesA
A ysang 10y was necessity visiting
N s1t1se1Al o0cs a1A being shown
sssunA n ~ s1ttsr. Appeeachins Q
eass e DRIVES xDsa oos Of which
was ~ Absl "N10.." ~ said, ''Now.
NV wsall you pesaos1es tAatr'
"oA." sail ~ sd,ese. '.semeeimss We
Deoos0Des 4 mnas and sometimes
0aaGs@IkpeAcstkas kanss1s.
A csatredisejs~.
That ysung dostse b . qosse CO.
tsnA1ce1s0.''
IN WHIST Wayr
Ne has ~ s1sssdansiy soed tso-
~. snA ysk - = laeking n patisnts."
-Dalel0oeo Anssiean.
Csasessy b - anse sauEiiahnsss q
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tcs,yrssAt. I'M ~ :. c. Meo.Fs.l

zane lar. WEN Q000p00e0 " t0o
mother be gave many correct answers,
and two Of ths four employees oe ths
farm were ready to declare that -
was the real Albert Richter when IL
fellows nerve failed him, and he Dis
appeared before he could b arrested.
II was plan enough to tie people that
the three impostors had seen aaA talked
with Richter. In fact they must have
bsen chums Of his to and out what
they had.
Six months after the disappsarance
Of the third impostor the real Richter
returned, but It was to b looked upea
- . rascal. His mother had BECOME
% frightened that she dared not say
whether b. was the real son or not
All said that h. locked the same -
when b. went away, but be did not act
quite the same He was more silent
and morose. The government o@cialo
Questioned him; they had the othsss,
but he could not Be trapped. He stated
that h had gone away because Of his
wretchsdnsss and had at last brought
up IN SoutA Africa. It was thsrs that
he had met the other msn and, sitting
aruund campnres. had told them oe
his hsms. One Of them had bsso he
com1ade for fourtssn nooths.
The mother and the nsighboEs WaEU
satis9ed that the man before thsm W.
~ tue Albert Richter. but tAs ~!
ssnment wasn't He had to 500 ~
South Africa for psoots. and - I'D u
ssnd 10 America aud bsinS EAA1nDl
A~.~~ asHA an - At - 49, 49, -
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of soldiers that came
to the dead letter office during the
Civil war The. collection has for
many years been on exhibition at
the dead letter museum in Wash
ington, and only once in while is
one recognized.
A little woman in black dress
and poke bonnet stood in front of
the collection the other day an
entire afternoon, going over each
face with minute. scrutiny.
I'm looking for a picture of my
brother Joe" she explained to
Curator Slack. He went off to
the war and we never heard what
happened to him. thought maybe
he might have sent us a picture
and it got lost in the mails. He
was a manly boy, Joe was. He had
blue eyes and brown curly hair.
You haven't noticed face like that
among the pictures, have your"
The government will always
guard the photographs just be-
cause each one is somebody's hero
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ANOTHER
EXPERT

Animated discussion is heard
among city officials relative to the
work on the Washington st. bridge
under City Engineer Ralston. OPP
erations have reached the point
where particular care must be
used. 1t is admitted that the new
engineer has little knowledge of
the construction of concrete
bridges. He will need someone to
supervise it, and just who this
man will be is the subject of dis
cussiOn. Foreman World, who
worked under S. H. Knight, has
quit, leaving Mr.. Ralston ''up in the
air. SO to speak, and not in a po-
sition-to engage a competent man
at the old salary of Sc day, which
World was receiving
Mayor Moore this morning said
that Ralston should be provided
with man of understanding in
concrete bridge work. But he adj
mitted that such man, and en-
gineer of practical and technical
experience, could not be secured at
the wages paid to World. 1t be
gins to look as though knights
elimination at a time when the
bridge building had reached the
point where the utmost care is re-
quired, is not going to pan out so
profitably as expected, even if he
cost $3.50 per day.
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ants answer the bill.
The bill declares that at various
times since Jan. /, 1901, the de-
PENDANTS have obtained for them
selves and others the management
and control Of these various roads,
and have operated them in restraint
Of trade and commerce.
1t asks that all these defendants
and their stockholders be perpetu-
ally enjoined from doing anything
in furtherance of this alleged con-
spiracy, and the petition for in
junction asks that they be re-
strained, enjoined and prohibited
from carrying out any contract or
doing anything which will restrain
or monopOlize trade.
1t is the first gun in one of the
most gigantic battles ever under.
taken by government in behalf
of its people.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-10
SUICIDE EPIDEMIC
INFECTS BANKERS

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. TO-
The suicide of c. A. Beasley, presi.
dent Of the American Bank &
Trust Co, of Houston, started an
epidemic of self destruction yes.
terday. Beasley shot himself as
the result of i'll health following an
operation.
l.. c. Hutchins, second vice presi-
dent of the Fort Worth National
bank, killed himself in the same
manner from anxiety and despon
dency. His act melted Eric Z
Gambrell to commit suicide a few
hours later. Gambrell did not
know Hutchins, but went to hotel
and killed himself after discussing
the matter with a friend. He was
an attorney and former newspaper
man.
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of Port Arthur if given to taxpay-
ers alone This franchise is valued
at 100000.
The Fort William municipal
theater and dance hall are both in
the city hall. The latter interested
me particularly. I'VE thought it
would be better, my merchant
guide explained, ito have a good
moral place for our sons and
daughters than to have them run
ming around to indiscriminate
dances"
The theater strikingly illustrates
the possibilities of municipal own
ership. 1t is rented at figure
which pays the city per cent upon
the investment. The management
is enabled thereby to make better
terms with visiting show compan-
les than most managers in the
Northwest. The people get better
and cheaper shows. Every per
Torrance is censored, and decency
is not sacrifived to business
eXigencies.
Just now Fort William is ex-
pending S350,000 in developing a
new gravity system of water sup
ply which in less than a year will
furnish water from Loeb Lomond,
on Mckay mountain and give the
city one of the cheapest and best
water systems in America.
From the net earnings Of its
public utilities in the last four
years Port Arthur has had approxi-
mately 100000. This has pro-
duced a reduction in the tax rate
of mills on the dollar.
Better than all this. though. NH.
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MRS. SIDNEY JONES.
HE WANTS TO HANG NOW
THAT HE HAS KILLED;
SWEETHEART WHO MAR
RlED ANOTHER.

Special Correspondence to The Press
CAMBRIA, Va, Feb. 10.-Be-
cause pretty Ada Blankenship mar
ried another man, Frank CauthOrn,
20, went to her house when she
was alone, deliberately drew PTS
tol and killed her. He surrender
ed, and is more insistent even than
the prosecutor that the death pen
atty be enforced in his own case.
He refuses to express the least
remorse for his act.
Il have been expecting to do this
for over year." he said calmly. Il
would rather kill her than see her
married to another man. No, | am
not sorry. would do 1t all over
again. have committed a crime.
The punishment is death. Go ahead
and hang me. / don't want any
lawyer"
The young mans stony self-pos-
session has amazed the whole
countryside.
Before the girl married Sidney
Jones, Sauthorn regarded her as
his sweetheart She was one of
the prettiest and most vivacious
girls in the little town of Cambria
When she married another eau
thorn said quietly and without heat
that he would kill her as soon as
he got the chance.
The chance came a few days ago.
when he discovered that she was
alone at her home. He tried to
persuade her to elope with him, and
when she refused he fired twice
and left her dead The officers re-
moved him to Roanoke, as there
was free talk of mob law and sum-
mary vengeance.
Several ministers have called at
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are to travel, there is a Hartman
railroad. Wherever freight is to
be carried, there are Hartman
lines and Hartman cars and Har-
riman locomotives.
The government is of the opin-
ion that this is too much of a good
thing, and that because of the enor-
nous power of Hartman and his
confederates the public welfare is
suffering.
Acting in behalf of Attorney
General Bonaparte, U. S. Attorney
Hiram f. Booth has filed a bill in
equity in the circuit court in this
city, asking that this railroad sys-
tenn be dissolved, and also asking
an injunction which will prevent
the sale of stock or the distribu-
ton of dividends.
On account of legal restrictions,
1T may be April before the defend
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PROVE SUCCESS OF
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

FORT WILLIAM, Ont, Feb. 10
Is municipal ownership practical?
Will it pay in dollars and cents?
Will it not result in the upbuild-
ing of political machine where
the reckless payment of party
debts will spell quick ruin for the
system?
Can a municipality obtain from
the ranks of politics the compe-
tent sort of men necessary to
manage successfully the various
public abilities which, under mu-
nicipal ownership, must be forced
one and all under city control?
These are the questions uni
versally asked in the United
States when the question of NUM-
cipal ownership is raised. They
are questions the twin cities on
Thunder BAY, Port Arthur and
Fort William, are answering.
Away up here on the border of
the great northern wilderness
these two cities, destined to be-
come the gateways of Greater
Canada, are thrashing out the
problem. In their own minds the
people here have settled the ques-
ton.
The time is coming a serious
faced business man said to me,
when we will no longer have to
go to the treasurer's office to pay
taxes. Instead, once a year we
will call to receive our dividends
from the municipality
During the last three years,
under municipal ownership. the
growth of the two cities has been
phenomenal. Both have jumped in
population from 5000 to $1,000.
Fort William owns the electric
light and telephone systems, the
water works, a municipal theater
and a municipal dance hall. Port
Arthur owns the street railway
systems of both towns, electric
light and telephone system, water
works and 1900 acres of valuable
lakefront land, held in reserve for
the future encouragement of indus
trial development.
There is but one franchise not
owned by the cities, that of the
Bell Telephone Co., which has now
only one telephone out of every
eight in both cities. A proposed
ordinance to compel all wires to
be placed under ground probably
will force the company out of the
fed permanently.
Both cities generate their cleo
tricity by water power. The NUM-
cipal streetcars are operated by po-
licemen. The road is nine miles
long and in 1907 it cleared s32 900
The net profit in four years under
municipal ownership is $90,S9S.3S,
or one-fifth of the entire cost of the
road.
Were this profit to be dis
tributed in dividends it would
mean So each for every man.
woman and child in both cities, or
about $50 each for the taxpayers
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QUARREL OVER WINE
FATAL FOR WOMAN

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-After a
night of Summing in Chinatown
with four others, young woman
was fatally shot in a Second av.
car at Eighth st. early today. Ac-
cording to two girls of the party, a
woman known as "Queenie" car
ried a bottle of champagne over
which she quarreled with a man.
A moment later a shot was heard.
The bullet entered the left breast
and the victim died shortly after
reaching Bellevue. The shooting is
still enveloped in mystery.
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nicipal ownership has killed parti.
san municipal politics, and doing
so has wiped out municipal dishon-
esty and graft Party lines have
been obliterated Any taxpayer
may run for office. All that is re-
CURED in the way of nomination
is that he appear on a certain date
to announce his candidacy sup
ported by one other voter.
Much of the spirit of moral uplift
in municipal politics is due to the
newspapers Of both cities, also mu-
nicipally owned, They are ardent
opponents of integrity and honest
ambition to the rising generation.
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STREET CAR HOLDUPS
KEEP BUSY

The police are combing the town
for three unmasked young men, be-
lieved to be the same trio that held
up a Boone av. car few nights
ago, who at midnight Saturday
held up Hillyard car at Hamilton
and Ermina and took s25 and an
Ingersoll watch from Conductor S.
H. Wardell. The men stood beside
the track and boarded the car when
Motorman A. Johnson stopped it
for them. Conductor Wardell gave
the police a good description.