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sNoREo AND WAS ELECTED.
H~oteIkeeper Enforees House Rule
Against Guest.

Springfield. Mass.-Joe Abs was
elected from his boarding place at 26
Liberty street because he snored and
said things In his sleep. Stephen
Hello, the landlord. was the man who
created considerable diversion for the
neighbors by throwing the star board
err and his effects into the street.
Abs slept on a cot in the kitchen,
and before daylight in the morning he
began to play a symphony on his nasal
organ. He raj the scale so loud that
he aroused all the sleepers In the
house and they entered a protest.
Hello made up his mind that the best
way to stop the snorer was to throw
him out, so an attempt was made to
oust Abs.
In the process tables were over.
turned and chairs hurled across the
room. Finally Hello and Abs clinched
In the street in front of the house, and
the former exhibited red marks on his
throat where he said the elected board
er clutched him. Things Quieted down
before IL o'clock, when Abs sought
another boarding place.
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WANTS HIS WIFE tanned.
Long-sufferlng Husband Appeals for
Federal Aid.

Washington.-In an imposing docu.
ment. covering AZ solid typewritten
pages and teeming with reports of
fistic encounters and contact with
stove lids and other domestic weapons,
a South Boston nan appealed to the
department Of Justice for assistance
In triumphing owe the temper and
strength of an amazonian wife.
The harassed one. whose name Is
not divulged, depicts all the vicissi-
tudes OF an unusually strenuous mar
ried life. including four arrests ION
trumped-up charges" conviction of
perjury, heart-throbbing pen picture of
his period In jail, stories Of flying fiat
irons, a disobedient son who assaults
him and a pleasure-loving daughter.
The correspondent declares that, al
though the Boston police have slight
ingly declared him insane, two alien
lists have examined him and swear 1t
isn't so. However. he says. he really
ought to be "after such a - Of a lilo
with such --- OF q wife,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
SUDDEN BATH DANCE FEATURE
Master of Ceremonies Hurled Into Pool
by Alfred G. Vanderbilt.

New York.-Ever since Alfred G.
Vanderbilt's dance at Oakland Farms,
Newport, those society people who
were not present have been learning
from their more fortunate friends
what they missed. 1t was only the
other day, however. that the secret got
out.
II fashion follows the lead set by
Mr.. Vanderbilt at his first dance fol
lowing his divorce, it will hereafter
insist that the master of ceremonies
be chucked into a swimming pool,
evening clothes and all. and made to
swim for his life.
That was what happened to Worth.
ington Whitehouse, who led the cotil.
Ion at the Vanderbilt dance, and the
host was the n that put him there.
No, there wasn't any hard feeling
about 1t. That is to say, there wasn't
any as far as is known. While Mr..
Whitehouse struck out boldly for the
shore in his new evening garments
the other guests, men and women, to
the number Of nearly a hundred.
cheered uproariOusly.
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tiary he appealed his ease to the court
OF appeals. While that appeal was
pending he broke jail at Danville, saw.
ing the bars In two and getting away.
The man who escaped with him was
captured, but Rousey seemed to have
been swallowed up. He was a mem
Der of the Railway Trainmen's union
and carried a card which would pass
him on any railroad in the country.
In this way he was enabled to make
quick jumps about the country.
Walter Fitzgerald was TALLER OF
Boyle county. and he and Tom Helm,
then chief of police, went after
Rousey. Months passed and the peo-
pie had forgotten that such a man as
Rousey existed. More than a year
after Rousey's escape he was arrested
In a small town In southern California.
He was brought back and when the
court of appeals affirmed his ease he
was brought TO the ~penitentiary here.
During the year that passed after
his escape, Helm was on the trail of
Rousey aud twice was within two
hours of him, reaching a town only
that length of time after Rousey had
gone. The chase was from Illinois to
southern Arkansas and back four
times and then across Texas and New
Mexico into California.
During this time Rousey never had
positive information that anybody was
after him. He received warnings in
some mysterious way. He says some.
thing told him Tom Helm was after
him and would come to the town in
which he happened to be at that time.
AS soon as this feeling came upon
him, without questioning 1t, Rousey
would leave. On the day before he
was arrested, Rousey said, he was sit.
ting by the railroad track in the yards
where he was employed. He said the
old feeling which said to him plainly:
Tom Helm is coming here after YOU"
came I'VE him. He said he went at
once TO the foreman of the yard and
asked for his pay and also for a pass
to Canada. This was on Thursday.
The foreman persuaded Rousey to
wait until Saturday and work the
week out. The failure to obey the
warning caused Rousey to be caught
just at the edge of what would have
been safety, and he went to the peni.
Tertiary, where he has made a good
record.
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Mrs. Aston Scores Members of Society

give entertainments to foreigners, Mrs.
Astor says: Their sole object Is
n%otoriety, n thing that no lady ever
seeks, but rather shrinks from"
She says that women of this stamp
are few here, but they are appallingly
active. They have done untold harm
to the good name of American society
In the minds OF foreigners.
When a distinguished man arrives
from the other side he Is seized upon
relentlessly, although possibly a
stranger to his hostess, and plunged
into a mad whirl of extraordinary fes.
tiyities. He enters upon them with
much the same spirit that we would
have as spectators of an Indian war
dance, and thus he forms his opinion
of us.
THE best women In New York so
ciety, those Of the greatest influence
and those who give It its true tone.
are almost unknown outside of their
own circle. Society newspaper noto.
riety is interesting 10 them, as it IL
to me. as a study, a very amusing one,
too, sometimes, as one gains so much
information about certain women s,x,-
posed to belong to us. but whom we
never see and do not know ever by
sight"
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r a traveller from Trieste or any
! other across-the.sea city were to be
led blindfolded into Wall street at
present, II the blindfold were to be
then removed and he were to be
asked quickly what he Judged from
appearances, the attitude of the street
was toward the coming presidential
election, his natural reply, translated.
might be, "Oh, you joker"
Although the election Is only n short
time off, 1t is true that there are few
indications in Wall street of it's prox.
unity. A round of a score of broker.
age offices does not bring to the ear
much political conversation. The Afri-
can hunting trip OF Mr.. Roosevelt Is
exciting a 'great deal more conjecture
than the Tuesday after the first Mon
day affair.
In the thoroughfares a struggling
vendor of campaign buttons nay be
noticed humming away the time and
pausinE once In a long while to bar.
gain with a messenger boy. The lat
ter, In fact. Is about the only one
whose lapel is adorned with a button
bearing II of the Bill's likeness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
WAGES AND LIVING COST GROW.
Report Showing Changes in Welfare OF
Workingmen in Year.

Washington.-The average wages
per hour in the industries of the coun-
try were 81 per cent. higher in 1907
than in 1906. while retail prices of
food were AZ per cent. higher, accord,
ing to the July report Of the bureau of
labor. The regular hours of labor per
week were four-tenths of one per cent.
lower. and the number OF employees in.
creased one per cent.
The purchasing power OF an hours
wage, rs measured by food. was less
In 1907 than in 1906, the decrease be.
ing one-half of n per cent.
The report shows that, as compared
with the average for the ten.year
period of 1890 to 1899, the average
wage per hour in 1907 was 28.S per
cent. higher, the number Of employees
4i.4 per cent. greater, with a decrease
OF five per cent. In the average hours
OF labor per week. The retail price of
principal articles Of food was 20.6 per
cent. higher. Compared with the av.
erage for the same ten-year period,
the food-purchasing power OF an hours
wage in 1907 was 6.S per cent. greater.
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Many Gastronomic Records Established

no one has yet disputed.
Following this came in rapid orde,
the feats of "Lamby' Smith. who con.
sumed rs lamb chops at one meal. and
the achievement of the watermelon
champion OF consuming II Juicy speci,
OF his favorite fruit in one day.
Another man ate SO hard.boiled eggs
In an hour. as a result OF which nd
died. while the champion green-corn
eater has raised his record by ON,
Stunning at n sitting such a number
OF ears OF corn that the length of the
cobs laid end to end aggregated 81
feet seven inches.
The latest feat In this line was &C.
complished a few days ago when Lit.
tie Neck Silas' Of Staten island, after
eating 600 clans a day for three sue.
cessive days, choked on the Ave hun
dred and ninety-eighth clam on the
fourth day, just falling to establish
the record Of 2,400 In four days which
he was seeking.
In view of these records New York
may reasonably lay claim to having
the biggest eaters In the world.
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Man Tries to steal 1t, But Old Time
piece Raises Objection.

New York.-An antique clock, worth
but having a value of perhaps $50
from an antiquarian's point of view,
stood silent on the mantelpiece of the
drawing-room on the first floor OF No.
; West Twenty-sixth street. The old
clock had stood there many years
with its hands always pointing at
2:2S o'clock. 1t stopped at that hour
about 25 years ago. and had declined
to go eve since.
About 2:15 o'clock in the afternoon
Frank Williams, aged 28. found the
door Of No. z West Twenty-sixth
street ajar. Prompted by a curiosity.
possibly, he walked In and tiptoed into
the drawing.room. There was no one
there. Williams espied the ancient
clock on the mantel. 1t looked pawn
able. and he gently lifted 1t off the
mantelpiece aud started out with 1t.
He got as far as the hall when the
clock suddenly awoke from its Rip
Van Wrinkle sleep and with a rattle
and buzz and bang and changing OF
bells screamed for help In its horo-
logical way. 1t was a French clock,
and 1t screamed In the musical ac-
cents of France. Williams quickened
his pace, but had not more than
reached the front door when William
Ling, the caretaker of the house,
came bounding up the stairs from the
basement to see what had broken
loose.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
SENSE WARNS.

Ing of one Mastin. The killing was
a neighborhood feud and both men
were using revolvers when the fatal
shot was fired. Rousey comes OF a
noted family. His grandfather had
sever sons. or the seven only one
met a natural death, the others being
sent into eternity by bullet or knife
wounds. All of the seven are dead,
he last, Micajah Rousey. having been
killed at Junction City by the marshal
Will Rousey is a nephew of Micajah
Rousey. He has another cousin I'm the
prison here who was convicted of kill.
ing an old man named Kiser In the
courthouse at Danville.
After VIII Rousey had been con.
victed and sentenced to the peniten.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
WILLIAM AsTOR. who

MRS. WILLIAM ASTOR. who for
AVA many years was recognized as the
leader OF New York society, has shown
her disapproval Of the methods OF
some members of society in an inter.
view, and declares that many women
have given entertainments that belong
nnder the circus tent rather than In a
gentlewoman's home.'
Mrs. Aston. who recently, owing to
her age. has been obliged to %relinquish
her position as leader. says: II am
not vain enough TO think New York
will not be able to get along very well
without me. Many women will rise
up to take my place. But | hope my
influence will be felt In one thing, and
that Is in MISUNDERSTANDING the undig.
nilied methods employed by certain
New York women to attract a follow.
ing."
Speaking OF the class of women who
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02

They say that fewer campaign souye-
Mrs are being sold than at any other
period within the scope of recollection.
Earlier In the week several men went
down into the financial district to offer
for sale small flags having prints OF
the rival candidates pictures. They
remained a day. and then di%sconsolate,
betook themselves to other regions
regions where the spirit of politics
was more In evidence.
In former years pictures of the par.
ticular office choice for the presidency
We're wont TO be hung conspicuously
over the stock boards or tickers. This
election year there are not more than
three or four Offices In all the street
where a photograph of Mr.. Taft or Mr..
Bryan Is to be seen. On one of the
bulletins OH the floor OF the produce
exchange pictures of the two candi.
dates were pasted some time ago and
a notice was pinned Hereunder re.
questing the members to inscribe their
choice on appended slips of paper. ST
little interest was evidenced In the
vote that the attempt to get at the DO.
litical sentiment OF the exchange was
abandoned.
One OF the brokers on the stock ex.
change said recently: Take a look
around the lobby and you won't see
any OF the readers with their eyes on
the political news. When they're not
reading the financial page they're
reading the baseball news" That
broker was about right, too.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02

r HE gastronomic feats performed in
i New York during the last three
months of hot weather. otherwise
known as the SILLY season." seem al,
most Incredible. Nearly every record
for the consumption of various kinds
of food has been broken.
Early In the summer "Beefsteak
Pete" a Bowery character, consumed
II pounds OF the meat from which he
takes his oognomen at n sitting, and
five days later he raised this figure to
"a pounds, thus making a total of Al
pounds of meat consumed In two days.
A little later the champion pie eater of
Brooklyn, who also claims the pie
championship of the world, consumed
81 pies in 81 minutes. a record which
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
TALK OF NEW YORK
Gossip of People and Events Told
in Interesting Manner.
To Reveal Mrs. Gould's Extravagance

that he send II to Mr.. Gould"
Mr.. Gould. however, would have
none of II. Hence the suit. Mrs.
Gould says that the process server,
whose name she did not know, want.
only. mal'ciously. and cruelty" insult.
ed her. She says In her complaint.
now on file In the supreme court, that
he seized her by the throat, choked
her, and applied insulting epithets.
And the complaint goes on to say that
by reason of the assault the plaintiff
has been rendered sick, sore and lame;
has sustained q severe shock and nerv-
GUS Injury. and has been mortified,
Inundated and chagrined, all to her
damage in the sum of $50, 900"
While the bill of $24S remains I'm.
paid. The marital differences between
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould are yet to be ad-
justed by the courts. As the separa.
ton case o stands, Clarence J..
Shearn, counsel for Mrs. Gould. Is OBJ.
jecting to a jury trial, while Mr..
Gould's lawyers have asked the court
that the merits OF the case be sub
mitted to a jury.
Mrs. Gould and her sister, Mrs. Sun
Yue, wife Of a San Francisco China
man. received one dollar each by the
will of their father. Solomon p. Glen.
mons, who died h%earbroken over the
escapades of bis daughters.
Dustin Farnum, the actor, and Col.
w. +. Cody c"Buffalo Bilr') have been
accused by Howard Gould in his suit
against his wife.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
More Microbe Scare.

Now we hear that the sand OF the
seashore has microbes, and the dar.
lings of the squeamish mothers will
no longer be allowed to play there,
which may be good news for the other
children. One would think the tide
plight make it pure enough, but no
ooubt there is a difference of opinion
on the subject.
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The Preachers Advice,

my friends" said the itinerant
preacher, the S%criptural rule for Civ.
ing was one-tenth of what a man
possessed. IL you feel that you can't af.
ford so much, just give a sixth or a
fourth. according to you means. We
will dispense with the next hymn. and
take up the collection ."-Lippincott's.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
No Art In Fortune-TeIIinu.

A fortune.teller is a clever observer.
Every n Of us Is born to a certain
type, and any experienced person can
detect IL W. are imaginative, dull,
nervous or sluggish and make a fair
story Of our future. 1t is guess work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
STRANGE INTUITION HELPED Flu.
GlTlvE EvADE LAW.
Escaped Convict Successfully EIuded
Detective Twice, But Failed to
Heed Third "Huneh" and Was
Captured.

Frankfort, Ky.-The man with the
sixth sense. who knows from intuition
that he is being chased is to be re-
leased from the ~penitentiary on pa
role. His name is William Rousey
and he is serving a sentence Of 81
years having been convicted In Boyle
county of manslaughter for the shoot.
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Quite Out Of the Ordinary.

An Atchison woman is so deeply in
love with her husband the neighbors
run whom they see her coming. They
explain that hearing constantly of the
virtues Of a husband is more tiresome
than hearing OF the smartness of q
baby or dog.-Atchison Globe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
A Dafnty Breakfast Dish.

Toast your bread light brown, butter
and salt. Beat the white Of egg stiff
and pile on the toast, scooping out a
little round center, into this drop the
whole yolk. Set In the oven and
brown again. Put bits of butter and
salt and pepper on the egg and serve
OF individual plates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
A RUMPUS IS MADE BY CLOCK

Down the front steps went Williams,
hugging the frightened old clock un+
der his Goa and sprinted toward
Broadway. At the corner Ling caught
him and turned him over to a police.
man.
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Problem Seeks Solution.

Since there is a father in most fam.
lies. so-called man hatred" on the
part OF some women seems foolish.
But. on the other hand. what shall
be done with the good brother who be-
lieves that all really good and SEN
sible women died before he was born?
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
What Does Comfort Mean7

What does comfort mean, or de-
fance, unrest or expectation? What is
this and all the rest which we must
lose little by little, compared with the
only thing that is indispensable, and
that alone is happiness-peace?-Ed.
ward Soderberg.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
Wiping Out an Army.

The entire standing army Of the
Tonga islands has been ~disbanded, IL
having been decided that an army is
of no further use In the kingdom. The
army consisted of six officers and 30
men.-London Standard.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
Orqan Built to Last.

Organ makers Of old built to good
purpose, as the n in All Hallows'
church, Barking. England. shows, it
having been installed in 1877, and Is
now undergoing only it's second rem.
ovation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02

A man who is rough and awkward at
everything else will show a delicacy
and skill greater than any woman's
when he has to patch a ten.dollar
bill.-Atchison Globe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
A Coward.

A coward boasting Of his courage
may deceiIe strangers. but he is a
laughing-stock of those who know him.
--Pbaedrus.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02

Mirrors Merely Polished Plates.
Mirrors mentioned in the old tesla
ment were of highly polished plates Of
copper, in or lead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
Learn This TO-DAY.

"Some men who turn over a new
leaf find it's just the same on the
other side.'-Boston Post.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
Not the Same Thinu.

The man who takes up a lot OF
room In a street car may not occupy
any space at all in the hall of fame.
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Especially II She Is His Wife.
Fortunate is she who cooks for a
man with a good appetite.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-10-02
Wise Advice

Learn to unlearn what you have
learned amiss Italian proverb.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-29
GAME TO HAVE TWO OFFICIALS.
Collegiate Basket Ball Rules Commit
tee Makes Changes.

New York, June 2S-The collegiate
basket ball rules committee held its
annual meeting at the Hotel Impartial
annual meeting al the Hotel Imperial
changes in the playing rules for next
season. With the design of eliminat-
ing rough play two officials referee
and an umpire. were determined upon.
Heretofore a single official, the ref
cree was in control of the play.
The dribble was defined as a con-
tinuous passage of the ball, and it
was decided that the ball must not
remain motionless in the hands of a
player after he has started his drib-
BILE. 1t was further decided that a
player can shoot for a basket after a
dribble This IS a sweeping change
and one calculated t. make the game
more popular Further, as a penalty
for rough playing a rule was passed
disqualifying any player having five
fouls called upon him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-29
WHAT Ais THE s0X?

What's the matter with the White
Sox?" was question oft repeated last
week while the ex-champs were on
the road losing six straight. The an
swer was found yesterday when they
came home and lost the seventh
straight to Detroit by the score of 10
to 5. They are playing very bad base
ball. That covers everything. But
special stress should be laid on, when
speaking of their fielding and pitch
ing. Not only are the mechanical err
rors most inopportune and damaging.
but the stupid plays. which can't be
called errors. are running into a colos-
sal total
Beating Detroit would have been the
simplest thing in the world with a 1T
tie bit Of wise playing. For the Tigers
presented two pitchers in Mullin and
Summers, who We're basted for four
teen hits. 1t ought to be soft TO win
on that swatting, but horrible defense
tossed the game away.
Lee Tannehill alone gave the Tigers
eight runs on his three errors. How
can you beat that? If those errors
are not of the rich and priceless de-
scription where do you find them?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-29
NELSON WANTS TO SHOW
THAT HE IS IN SHAPE.
BattIer Intends to Prove that He Is
Really in Good Physical Con-
ditiOn for Bout.

San Francisco, Cal, June 2s.-Talk
of the bout between Battling Nelson
and Joe Cans being only for the gate"
has led to a protest from Nelson. who
asserts that he is sincere in his be-
lief that he will win, and as a proof
he has given several exhibitions to
visitors. That he is in perfect physi-
cal trim is the general opinion ex-
pressed after these displayers. The
Batter is also willing to let any ply
stefan who may be DESTROYS to eX
anime him do so.
Cans is in his usual good form, but
his entire abandonment of boxing has
caused much comment. In tho last two
days he did not even give his usual
sparring exhibitions. His listlessness
in this respect is attributed by some
to the fact that he may be overcCnfi-
dent. while others think that he be-
lieves the attendance at the bout yill
be small and he is disinclined to 'lork
hard enough to make a quick ending
of the go. His superior clevarness.
they figure, would enable him to stall"
along and outpoint Nelson, even if he
is not in the best of shape.