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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
SUICIDE USES REVOLVER
AFTER TAKING POISON
Razor and ChiseI Carried Into
Room of Saloon

Armed with a revolver, razoE a
chiseI and a box containing cyanide
of potassium. a man believed to be
Richard Daily entered the back room
of the saloon at 500 Kearny street
yesterday afternoon and ended his life
by shooting himself in the head. 1t is
of the poison before he discharged the
revolver and that it was his intention
to slash his throat
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
TREATY OF
WssHINGTON INEFFECTIVE

10 me autumn or the same year. 1907.
Nlcaraguan troops invaded Honduras
captured Tegucigalpa. drove President
bonila into exile and made DavflIa.
y no - controlled by Zelaya. president.
y ien secretary Root conceived the idea
of another compact Of COrfnfo ere
t-me under the direction OF the I-nited
states and Mexico Representatives NET
~ Washington IN 1905 and the confer
s1ee adopted the treaty Of Nashing.o,
which Mr. Root had drafted.
u was document worthy Of the
enLghtened legal mind OF our sec-s.s,,-
~ state, and the Central America =
court OF Justice, which Il esta blisbed
- Cartag0, ia Costa Rics. vas -
Vertised TO the world as the n,os- fo-
s-ard step in international arbftratio,
Yet taken The Hague applauded So
retary Root was relieved He had ~
piled salVe TO a sore which the a,7,l,,,
~ The right OF eminent domain,
must have known needed major on
erstion.
The Central American deleeatss -.
sEcedingly yirtuous. Hadn't +be,-
shown the way 10 the war LORDS ~
Europe2 Hadn't Zelaya sent WORD tbsf
Pc would resign from Office ana rats~a
4rom politics in order to assure 60
tral American Unityg But had -
delegates forgotten the republic -
1or oe Central America OF 1885. ore-a--
ized by Zelaya, with Nicaragua 9o--
ouras and Salvador as members -
Guiding Guatemala and Costa pfcs
which saw the hook under the bssf9
The new government was orea ,Fzas
rn paper with ceremony al An,s,sfs
Zelava's first decree was that ess5. .-ll
p4bic should come forward with raa-s,,
for arms and ammunition. bofb "a
Wllch he needed SaiVadorss srs,,,e-
was a revolution ar home. with ReeaI
ladp gaining the presidency. No one -
THE three members OF the republic ~
ior put Up a single cent. and i- Sfe,
without funeral honors.
Enrique CreeL then Mexican anb.~
SadOr 10 Washington. and William,
Buchanan. our handy man with Sns,-
5sh speaking peoples. lately sent 10
Venezuela, went TO Cartsgo for tbe
auspicious and impressive inaugurstfon
Or the court created by the treatv of
washington. What has happened
since2 BY the treaty these nations
agreed not 10 sbet revolutionary move
q Is against their neighbors. as well
~ ID submit al international differ
eIces 70 arbitration The court had
not begun its sittings when z revoll-
tion against Honduras. initiated in
Guatemala, was under way, and Zelaya
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20

SHOT IN ELF-DEFENsE-Herman Huerz
q brewer from Sacramento. attacked by
three in Capp street Thursday night and
knocked down. Huerzi fred shot at them
believing that they intended to injure him
Policeman Hobi took Huerzi to the Mission sta
over union matters
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20

can resident. They will talk for
hours. for weeks. for months, forever,
If they are paid, while they intrigue
for their position and pass time. And
what does it matter, when neither con-
stitution nor law is obeyed IN any
country except Costa Rica, and, meas
ureably Salvador. and the one supreme
law is the will of military despot ?''
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20

Mccullough designs and builds the
best apartments in town. 2023 Market
street near Dolores.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
McEnerney Title Free with Every Lot


ii egrst view IN nd aroundS Francisco If want
an d money for ryouow
an to sta
away irons Eon
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
Read About the improvements

Did the market where schools
dwh 5 p nj mail eIry elpho and
n o p n homes
compleeda
Is the o d c francis and Company
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
.u1lr1yside

the -
o of the is hes ofene
a lie is
provided an give
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
$5 Down Buys a Lot

on this one Sunday.
lots instead of one.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20

I'M to nc You who live ped il
hava o al he elnhe ioiou
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20

n OF a down
n property n beautiful beautiful suns
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
One Five Cent Fare From Anywhere

twenty-five minutes from the City Hall Take either
via Fourteenth and Guerrero streets, and off
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20
You Can Build at Once

You do not have to wait until this property paid f
ing The very hour that you complete your payment yo
if you wish to do
You not have have large amount OF none
you all the material needed your
days delay.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20

lily we expect ten dollars down.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-20

On Sunday ten dollars will get two
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02

TWELVE years ago, when Senator
1 elect William O'Connell Bradley of
Kentucky, was governor of that state,
a youth who at Is was carrying the
editorial burden of a weekly newspa-
per in country town in Illinois drift
ed into Frankfort on a bicycle trip.
There wasn't much to see in Frank
fort except the state capitol, so he
went up there.
1t was the young editors first in
spection of a state capitol, and his
eyes were open for everything.
Naturally the sign Governors Of
flee" interested him, and he quickly
decided to call on the governor. He
sent in his card and presently the
doorkeper returned and said; "The
governor will see you
Then did the visitor really wish
that his curiosity about the governors
Office hadn't got the better of him. II
would be manifestly improper to in
trude on the governors time with
out some motive, and still the young
editor couldn't think of any motive
On the way to the inner Office he de
cided to take the governor into his
confidence and confess that there
wasn't any cause for the visit, except
small matter of editorial courtesy
Prompted, no doubt, by that spirit
that has made him the head of his
party in the state and that enabled
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Pages in the Senate Mimic Big Men

be able to clarity the question. Ac-
cordingly he approached his seat and
called out: MIR. President"
The irrepressible BILLY" was not
taken back. THE chair will recognize
the senator from Wisconsin," he said,
as he brought down the gavel and nod
ded to Mr. Spooner.
The ease and poise of the youngster'
startled Senator Spooner, and it was
nearly minute before he could con-
troll his twinkling eyes.
''Is it not out of order" he asked,
ito permit so many senators to ad.
dress the chair at the same timer"
1T is decidedly out of order" said
the piping voice in the vice-president's
chair.
"The point made by the senator from
Wisconsin is well taken. The senate
will come to order"
In the house of representatives there
are % pages, and in the senate 16.
According to the regulations, no
page can be under II years or over
16 years of age.
The position of senate page pays
a salary of $75 month when con-
gress is in session, and, like all other
employees of congress, these young.
sters receive an extra months salary
every year.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02

1T is the custom for the senate pages
to hold two or three mock senate
sessions every winter. These sessions
are held on afternoons when the SEN
ate is not sitting, and are conducted
with all the solemnity and poise of
regular meeting.
One day the youngsters were con-
Quoting mock trial of the Swayne i'm
parchment case. BILLY" Amin was
presiding. Another youngster was pos
ing as Anthony Higgins, counsel for
Judge Swayne, and was interrogating
a witness. Senator Spooner of Wis
consin, came into the senate chamber
Unexpectedly, and, seeing what was
going on, took seat near the entrance
to the cloakroom
Presently an intricate parliamentary
question arose, and half a dozen pages
we're on their feet asking for recogni-
ton. Mr.. Spooner thought he might
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02

WASHINGTON housekeepers are In
wv clined to think that T. B. W1ther
spoon of st. Louis was romancing re-
Gently when he told of negro serv-
ant who has been in his employ for
Is years. 1t appears that the negro
was given ten days leave and money
to spend for trip down to New Or
leans, but in three days turned up
again, and here is the way Mr.. Wither-
spoon explains the negroes return,
quoting the servant:
"'You see, sub, it done get mighty
miserably cold night after | lef'
you, and l knows dat Miss Kate
(my wife) amt got no business tryin'
to work dat furnace, and | know you
amt gwine to bother with it. Nary one
of you got emmy business with a dirty
old furnace, least of all Miss Kate, who
amt got no right to soil her little
1ans. | couldn't sleep good thinkin'
about it, an dat's why l gifts back
Iuicker'n l 'spected.'
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
The Barriers Down.

John Ford, who, as the English hus
band of. Miss Cavendish-Bentinck, is
related to the ogden Millses, the Ma.
turin Livingstons and many other not
ed New York families, talked, at a
quiet dinner at The Plaza, about Eng
lish society.
New York society,"" said Mr.. Ford,
sis really more exclusive now than
that of London. In London last sea-
son an episode was narrated that illus,
trated we'll the breaking down of the
old barriers.
"'Society is going 70 the bow,
vows grumbled a young marquis at
a Piccadilly club.
whats the matter now?' friend
inquired.
'Moneylender's wife at reception
in Belgrave square this afternoon,
said the marquis, wearing all my
wife's emeralds.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02

A TRAMP got into President Taft's
"A private car recently, and very
surprised tramp he must have been,
for he was bounced upon by two of
the most muscular Pullman porters he
had ever seen and then arrested by
Secret Service Officer Sloan.
1t was on the Federal express, run
ming from Boston to Washington, on
the rear end of which the presidents
private car Mayfiower was coupled at
New Haven.
The tramp got on somewhere along
the line. There were two day coaches
ahead of the presidential car, and they
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
WIN I 4 zPzz1T
%lAf14zz 49, yk5% ~
He Doesn't Like to Be Written Up

him to win his fight for the senate
against apparently overwhelming odds,
Gov. Bradley talked to the boy jour
nalist for an hour, speaking most in
terestingly on subjects that could not
fail to interest even youth that didn't
have a news instinct
The governor described his early ex-
periences as a Republican in Demo
cratic hotbed, when to go to the polls
and vote the Republican ticket was
only one form of committing suicide.
He told how at one period of his po-
litical activity it became necessary for
all the Republicans of the town in
which he lived to fortify themselves
in house and defend themselves
against Democratic raiders who were
thirsting for blood.
There were so many of these stories
that the hour had passed before either
the governor or his visitor knew it,
and when the boy editor finally ex-
cused himself he carried away a pic
ture bearing the governors auto
graph
When Gov. Bradley won his success
full fight before the Kentucky legisla-
ture few weeks ago the editor, who
had been reduced by lapse of time to
just plain reporter, remembered these
stories of the early days, and wrote
the senator-elect asking the privilege
of telling them to the whole country.
Gov. Bradley's reply stamps him as
man who is going to make himself
disliked in Washington if he doesn't
| change his mind:
There is nothing that is more dis
tasteful to me than to talk about my
self, and you must excuse me from en-
tering into an account OF my past eX-
perience as politician. have never
written it up. and never expect to-"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02

Five members of family killed and
two fatally hurt when trolley car hits
an auto near Los Angeles.
The government faces important
problems relating to channels an6
terminals in proposed waterways i'm
provement.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter
have returned from Europe.
Customs frauds at New York are
not limited to the sugar cases.
The British liberal government is
sued an ultimatum to the peers.
What appears to have been an at
tempt upon the life of Baron Albert
Rothschild of Vienna is reported from
Schillersdorf, the Rothschild hunting
seat in upper Silesia.
Mariners are to be sent south with
Nicaragua the possible destination.
Oslerization of army officers to q
radical degree was recommended tC
the war department by General Leon
ard Wood. in command of the depart
ment of the East. He wants an eli
mination law enacted, so that officers
above the grade of captain will attain
grades on an average of at least ter
years younger than at present.
The Chilean government has agair
announced it's desire to subscribe tC
a protocol submitting the Alsop claim
to The Hague tribunal for arbitration
and has deposited in London $1,000,
600 to the order of The Hague per
manent court.
Lyman J. Gage, former secretary Of
the treasury, was married at San Di
ego to Mrs. Ada Ballou. Gage is 70
his wife So.
Power of revolutionists is gaining
strength in Nicaragua.
At this writing, November 81, Presi
dent Taft has not done anything on
his forthcoming message to congress-
1t may be many weeks before all
bodies are removed from the Illinois
mine, wherein they were killed by
black damp.
Morgan Chambers, a negro, was
and Deputy Joe Camp at Meehan
Miss, by a mob of 200 masked men
and his body riddled with bullets.
The comptroller of the currency is
sued certificate authorizing the First
National bank of Linton, N. D., to be-
gin business, with capital of $25,000
Civil service examinations will be
held December Is for rural carriers
at Friend, O'Neill, Steele City and
Winside, Neb.
Heavy loss of life is feared as the
result of an explosion in a coal mine
at Onoura, Eukoko province, Japan
Fifteen men are known to have per-
ished, while 228 miners are entombed
in the workings.
:, Announcement is made that Senator
Guggenheim has donated $4,000 for
a new building for the Colorado State
Normal school.
Serious rock and snowslides on the
Canadian Pacific railway in the Rocky
mountains have compelled the cancel
lation of all trains.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Washington.

The forthcoming report Of the spe-
cial naval board, of which Rear Ad-
miral Swift is chairman, it is de-
clared, will submit recommendations
to the secretary of the navy that will
revolutionize the operation of Ameri-
can navy yards. Officials refuse to
give any idea of what the report will
be, but experts are of the opinion that
concentration will be the burden of
the report.
Practically every small railroad in
the country carries the United States
mails at a dead loss, according to
Ralph Peters, president of the Long
Island Railroad company, who called
upon President Taft to pay his re-
spects. The appropriations made by
congress for carrying the mails, Mr..
Peters declared, are utterly made
quate and he stated that he would
take up the subject with that body
this winter.
IT shall cheerfully aid you in your
proposed temperance movement in the
army" promises General Frederick
Grant, in command of the Department
of the Great Lakes, in letter adj
dressed to the Rev. WILDER F. Crafts
of Washington, superintendent of the
International Reform Bureau.
A nobleman defied the guards at
the Cleveland mansion of John D.
Rockefeller and entered the house be-
fore he was elected.
President Taft said he enjoyed his
Thanksgiving dinner because ne
speechmaking had to follow.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
outlining work mapped out for Ger
tain bureaus of the Department of
Agriculture next year, said that soil
survey would be made Of the western
part of Nebraska and Kansas in the
development of a plan comprehending
the survey of the entire United
States.
Satisfactory progress in the con-
struction Of tie Panama canal is
shown in the annual report of the
Tsthmian canal commission for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1909, made
public by the secretary of war.
The Interior department has with
drawn from disposition, as containing
water power possibilities, about 1904
acres of land along the Smith river in
Montana. This tract will be held in
reserve pending action by congress,
which is expected to enact legislation,
governing the disposal of power sites
on the public domain. A portion of
the lands withdrawn are unsurveyed.
American federation of labor lead
ers declared tho mselves against the
saloon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
NEWS NOTES
(2()N[)E:N
A Boiling Down Of the More ImpOr'
tant Events Here and There
Foreign.

An Individual believed to be insane
and having an imaginary grievance
against the war department, shot and
seriously wounded General Verand II
Paris on the steps Of the Hotel Con-
tinentaI. It was later discovered that
he had made a mistake in his man.
It is nineteen days since the Her.
rera line steamer Maria Herrera left
Santiago, Cuba, with a cargo Of cattle,
bound for Ponce, Porto Rico, where
she was expected to arrive November
II. The steamer, however, has not
been heard from and it is believed
that she was foundered.
The invitation from the United
States for Great Britain to partici-
pate in an international conference
with a view to regulating the killing
of seals in the international waters
of North America has been referred
through the colonial office in Canada.
The London foreign Office learned
indirectly that Germany had informed
the state department Of the United
States that she had agreed to the
terms by which the British, French
and German groups OF financiers were
each to surrender a portion of their
shares in the Chinese railway loan in
order to enable the Americans to par
ticipate.
The more liberal section of the
French episcopate, headed by Archbish-
OPP Turinase of Hancy, are beginning to
question the wisdom of the militant
section which beseu the formation OF
a league of Catholic voters in the COM
ing elections Instead the former adj
vocate a broader union, which shall
include, with the Catholics, other con-
sentative forces.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Hobo in the Presidents Private Car

were so crowded that they couldn't
have looked healthy to the most op-
timistic of tramps. But there was a
Pullman, and it looked nice and dark.
and so the wanderer strolled in and
hid himself.
1t was Letcher, one Of the porters,
who found the visitor crouched in
dark corner of the tiny kitchen. He
made a dive for the man and got him
in a clinch Then he called his fei.
low porter, Anderson. The two of
them had the tramp so scared that he
could hardly see by the time the
secret service men came in and put
him under arrest.
At Bridgeport the tramp was turned
over to the police. He tried to say
that he was brakeman on the New
York, New Haven e Hartford road,
but the trainmen knew better. Mr..
Taft slept right through it, and never
knew thing about it until the next
morning.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
This Kind of Servant at a Premium

There is specimen act of an old.
time, true-hearted darby, whose first
thought is of the comfort of his EN-,
ployer." If Witherspoon could find
about a thousand like that servant,
the st. Louis man could make a good
commission by shipping them to Wash.
ington.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
MARKET REPORT.
Twin CITY Markets.

Minneapolis, Dec. Wheat, Dec,
$104%; May, $105%; No. 1 northern,
$1O65s; No. 2 northern, $1.O45a; dur
UNI, No. 1, S8%c. Corn-No. 3, STAG.
Oats-No. 8 white, $3.50. Rye-No.
2, 70Ac. Barley-62c Flax-No. 1,
$180A.
Duluth, Dec. mo. 1 northern,
$1.07; Dec, $1.O3; May, $1.O55s.
South St. Paul, Dec Cattle
Steers, $5.O0@$675; COWS, fair, 1925
0$4.25; salves, $3.5O@$5.50. Hogs,
.$780@S7.85; sheep, yearlings, $3.50
$5.75; lambs, $5.00@$6.60.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Governments Perquisite.

The French government takes Is
,er cent. of all the money staked at
he casinos of the seaside and other
ealth resorts on the little horses and
Their gambling devices. For the sea-
On of 10000 this percentage amount
to S943,393, the summer season ma
lrally contributing the greater part
over 100000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
On ManeuverS,

Army Service Corps N. G. o. i
charge of forage Ito officers grool
who has come for extra rations fl
a horse)-"Have you brought requis
tion?" Groom-"No. Amt got nor
with us, but I've brought bucket. y
Punch
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
lhsen,s eosthumous Works.

Henrik Ibsen's posthumous works
have just been published in Norway.
They consist of collection of verse,
biographical material and sketches of
the plots and morals of his plays, as
wall as the text of the plays as first
completed, the last showing the great
Importance Ibsen attributed to care
full planning of his plays in advance
and to thorough revision.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Horrible Contingency Averted.

A man in Park avenue deserted b
bride after four days because 81
called on him to button her shoes. v
;hudder to think what might have ha
pened had she asked him to butte
aer dress.-New York Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Personal.


Walter Wellman calls DR.. Cook g
fraud, and says his claim to the pole
discovery is bogus.
Cubans are becoming dissatisfi ed
with the administration of President
Gomez, and want him displaced.
|. DR.. Cook, of Arctic fame, is said to
be on the point of a nervous break
down.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
has made his annual report.
In a street duel with knives at AL
lea, Ark, Miss Nora Owens was fat
ally injured by Miss Stella Belk and
died within few minutes.
1t is thought that bodies of many
men in the Illinois mine will never
be recovered.
Six summary dismissals were made
at the New York customs house.
The general counsel of the Stand
ard Oil company sees the bright side
Of the court decision.
Castro is accused of trying to 70
nent trouble in Venezuela.
The Finnish diet has been dissolved
COR refusal to obey Russian orders.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Good for Something.

Subbubs-"What do you intend |
do with that lot you bought in Swan
hurst?" COMMITTEE am thinking
making fishing preserve of it.
Brooklyn Life.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
Contracts Made on Feast DAYS.

The fixed date for Easter is prof.
ably a matter of little concern in tn
United States, but of great impo1
lance in continental Europe, wher
rent and other contracts are write
on such feast days rather than at Ney
Years or the LIST of May.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
In the Potion Scene.

First Young Thing Cat the play
What do you think Juliet is Think
f now, as she lies there asleep FRI
be effects of the drug?" Seco
,oung Thing-"Hoping she does
sneeze."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02
In Rainy London.

London annually makes use of 4,000,-
5000 umbrellas, one-fourth OF which
imported.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-02

About forty tons of letters pass daily
through the London general post Of
flee.