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New-York tribune., 1909-06-06

who comes out of Fifth avenue club intoxicated
is bundled into cab by his friends and sent home.
In the poorer districts the drunken man is liable
10 five days on the island. I let many drunks go
because they have already been locked up for a
day or night. and the officers simply took them In
for safekeeping. 1t is a hard problem how to deal
with pushcart men. who nuisance but who
are trying to live, and with husbands who deserve
imprisonment but who cannot support their fam
lies If they are sent away. don't believe in the
severity of the cumulative sentence law The larger
discretion allowed the magistrates the better, de-
spite the natural divergence in judgment. Friy-
olous arrests made and proper evidence is
presented in many The need Of discretion
by magistrates was shown in the case of two
who brought into court for fighting alone IN
a room next day alleged eyewitnesses
turned up. The Court of Special Sessions COM
plains that send too many cases to 1t
for trial I agree with Magistrate Butts that
vioators OF corporation ordinances should not be
arrested like regular criminals, but should be
merely served with a paper by the policeman re-
quiring them to appear IN court at certain time.
do not share, however, Magistrate Butts's view
that the summons is Illegal atrocty and instru-
ment of oppression No doubt 1t may be abused,
the warrant. I have sent out one hun
dred and fifty summonses in a day, but perhaps
did issue three warrants out of the lot The
summons is useful in settling neighborhood quar-
rels and domestic skirmishes by a paternal ad-
monition from the bench"
In the Court Of Special Sessions the extremely
irregular results in excise are due less to
judicial temperament than to the device of trans
fer and the congestion OF the calendar. The dras-
tic penalty for conviction is forfeiture Of the
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
FOR EPfCURES,

The flesh of the camel, which some time ago
Introduced into Paris has not, to vulgarism,
taken on" as IL was found to be somewhat tough
and the importation has come to sudden stand
Now the Parsians promised another nov
eity In the form of kangaroo imported from New
Zealand in a preserved state. Another delcacy is
the bI1non of the zebu These meats we learn from
a Paris contemporary, are prepared with SALT pep
per spice and capsicums. 1t is said that these con-
serves are not only pleasing TO the palate but are
easy of digestion.
II is also a question, learn of introducing into
the Paris restaurants grasshoppers in dried form
and In paste Do not exciaim (sGys our eontsm-
porary) Dc not love oysters, musses, peri
wrinkles and snas? After the grasshoppers a means
will be found prepare those pretty 'demoiselles
xvhi live insects and by destroying crops
Moreover great ants feast to some foreign
ers which proves, after all, food IS only matter
of convention and habit.-London Globe
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06

liquor license which means the loss OF 800 a month
for the unexpired period Of the annual license.
When a conviction impends, the liquor dealer has
his transferred to General Sessions. hoping
the grand jury will fail TO indct the trial
jury fail TO convict. In any event 800 month
viii be saved by delay, and perhaps the entire
perIod of the license will run out before an ad-
verse verdict is made Forfeiture oQly affects that
particular license; another may be taken out IN
the name of wife, bootback bartender There
21S transfers out of 1.203 excise cases last
year More benefcent still TO the excise violator
was the congestion Of the calendar. which caused
two thirds OF the annual certificates 10 die a
natural death in the pigeonhole. OF the clerks OF
fee and the rest to have their lives shortened 10
few months. Besides forfeiture OF the certiilcate
there is a regular misdemeanor penalty Of hne
up to 500 and Imprisonment up 10 SIX months
But no excise volator has ever been imprisoned
and the ordinary fine imposed Is SO The cal
endar OF the court is eight thousand cases behihc
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
SAMPLE VARIETY OF PUNISHMENT.

eOine striking figures showing the variety of
:, uie9t accorded to deiinquents' were given In
s isst report OF tie Board Of Magistrates. The
- concerned were OF wom-n charged with dis
~, .,esly conduct. keeping disorderly houses and
tosstons OF The tenement house law. Records
-s -. made OF four courts within period Of eight
,< -i4s The average of fines imposed varied from
-, 70 tse2 The magistrates variously held for
=. ). " convicted anywhere from 30 to So per cent
!. me attendants aFraigned. There were groups
g.. aiaefifstes hayiag similar percentages the ma
s heio or convicted being between 50 and 50
~. cent cent On convictions one magistrate sent 30
- eeAt to the workhouse and another per cent
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
RODE ALONG EDGE OF CANYON.

when had my cabin furnished and had boil
stored up the trail by which it reached.
again returned to Calgary and found my wife pre-
pared to start. Having purchased few sup
plies, we started for destination July 4. 1896
My wife was delighted with the cabin. and more
than anxious and determined to visit the
claims. which, l have said two and hale
miles by almost inaccessible trail further up
the mountain side One day she was 50 persistent
that promised take her. and started our
mules after daybreak July IL. making our
way slowly and with extreme caution. We made
poor progress, We had to ride on the extreme
edge of Albert Canyon.
MY wife picking her way some ten yards
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06

One magistrate fined all defendants while an
other fined only p per cent of them. Probation
vas meted to "a per cent by one Judge and to
per cent by another. Good behavior bonds were re-
quired in PR cent of the cases by one calph and
In Ss per cent by another. total OF 1851 cases
were handled in this varying fashion.
All tribunals vary testified Magistrate Barlow
BEFORE the Page legislative commission.
There is uniform method of treating the
women who brought before the magistrate of
the night court?" asked
Ne compulsory way" -.----.--.---..---
so there may be ffty-seven varieties?r asked
Commissioner Francis.
IF there many punish nencs.'
1T amounts to each magistrate treating the mat
ter in the way that
Seems best to him." replied the witness who
further admitted that attempt had been made TO
arrive at uniform system.
Magistrate Corrigan agreed that absolute intus-
tice was the result when under the cumulative
sentence law and the fancy OF the magistrate, one
woman, convicted times, but never sent to the
workhouse, could be imprisoned only five days on
the eleventh conviction, while a woman con-
victed and sent TO the worhhouse for five days
the first offence might be imprisoned for twenty
DAYS on the second offence.
When certain judges on the bench the streets
clear, and when they not they are not
clear?" was asked.
There is question of that yes. sir" was the
reply
Isn't it fairly to be inferred that when Judge
known to be severe is the bench, perhaps it Is
best in directions not to make arrests?"
II think that is probably true"
And when lenent judges are on the bench that
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
ALMOST WENT MAD IN SEARCH.

..NSanv times during my search was fearful that
7 would 90 mad from grief hunger tntrst ana my
terrible exertions My clothes and heSh were torn %
the sbsrn rocks over which I had crawled- My
IT, ,os Mustered by the almost uncomfortable heat
a,d my eves smarted horribly from the strain OF
nv dsy and night search 1 was so exhausted thaO
when about to fling myself down for Driet sleep
and rest / realized the danger OF such proceeuins
and determined to continue my search craving 'N
hands and knees, About noon 1 came across
huddled broken shapeIess mass some fifty yards
away from the carcass OF the mule, and dragging
myself up to the spot l found my unconscious "he
AT the sight tainted and did not regain Conscious
ness for over an hour. Then made an examha-
ton She was breathing family. but UNCONSCIOUS
and 7 thanked God II was so, for had II been otn-
erwise her sufferings would have been unspeakaoe-
Her arms and legs broken Various other
bones in her body were also broken ana theFe WIS
a great cash in her forehead
There was nothing for 1t but mercifuly to put
her TO death and drawing my revolver 1 placed
the muzzle near her heart and fired. Then covered
her body with grass, leaves. twiss and ROCKS 10
keep off the carrion and wolves and, bowed down
with grief and complete exhaustion for want OF
food and water, 1 threw myself down near her
funeral pile and slept for several hours
Then l started for Calgary but was so feeble
that the journey took me ten days. Upon my ar
rival I informed sherir James Hamilton OF the
tragedy and he sent with me a deputy TO invests
gate my statements The deputy and removed
the rocks and brush from my wife's body. and he
made a note of her injuries and described the re-
yolyer shot through her heart, and then we dug
grave and buried poor Fannie. placing rude
wooden slab at her head for want Of better grave
stone Twelve days later got back to Calgary,
and beth the officer and testified before the coro
ner whose Jury not only held elaneless for
shooting my insensibie wife but extended their
sympathy to me at my less
ITO this day the trail is known ss Calamity Trail
After the tragedy could not bear the memory of
L or to continue to live in that country sold
my claims and went to California"
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
NO ONE TO RUN 1T.

The agent had dwet eloquentiy and at some
length upon the superior merits OF the heater he
was trying introduce into the homes of Say
month but the at the door had looked
thoughtfuIly into the distance away from his COM
pelling eyes. she listened .
why said the agent, at last, "a child could
run that heater
I'VE have no children, said the woman coneii-
stvaIv as she shut the door and locked t.-Yeuth s
Conssanion-
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
EVERY CASE ON OWN BOTTOM.

One magistrate assured the writer that his con-
soiapUA was a sufficient guide IN assessing di-
yerse penalties. He ever mindful of justice
10 the poor, not only on abstract principles but
to avoid the unpleasant experience oi seeing "ller
.t, a. night the repFoachful vIsage OF some
con1icted wretch lowering above the footboard OF
his h.d The magistrate admitted that he saw
facas more often than he liked
..F7,,erv case stands its own bottom, said
,,,.t.,s herman You must take into account
the speciai circumstances. whether the prisoner
-. tsen already punished by being locked up for
several hours, whether he is foreigner who
doesn't understand the language and Is ignorant OF
tr.st. ,,,es er corporation ordinances. a man
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
AMERICAN cAvIARE.

Persons with epcurean tastes viii be interested
to know that the production Of real ''Russian''
caviare likely to be resumed at Philadelphia Md
other points along the Delaware River. II may
come as sheek TO some of them to learn that the
caviare sandwiches for which they have paid
swollen prices in American restaurants originated
as their central ingredient in streams and lakes
In this country whsra sturgeon do most abound
The fact Is not unknown. however. Nor could II
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
ITALY AND SOUTH OF FRANCE.
GENOA, PsIvATE IS HEAHIEIua pAak
"EDEN PALACE"

be- when u Is recalled that the Industry has bean
rather extensive in this country.
In several Of the Western states a business "a
made OF catching the sturgeon, extracting ths roa
and shipping IL 70 Russia, WHARF IL is treated and
imported to the United States ready FOR the table
For many years this industry thrfyed al Sza-
dusky, Ohio the Lake Erie sturgeon having been
supplied in thousands for the purpose Uu to ls9o
the Delaware River furnished large quantities OF
sturgeon for expectation. But the Fishermen
virtually extermlnated this species or fish IN their
greed. and Delaware River sturgeon eight or ten
feet in length = said to be from 500 10
500. However, a means has been found to restock
that river. and the industry will probably be re-
vfved.
The question arises why the American people
should be imposed By a so-caIied imported
article Of diet at double cost American skill and
enterprise ought TO be equal 10 purveying caviars
which will surpass that which comes from Russia
Doubtless this would be accepted a fact were ir
not for the person Of faded appetite who labors
under the curious and perverted notion that bis
special dishes must be prepared BY foreign masters
OF the art culinary.-Pttsburg Post
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
LURT0N FOR SUPREME BENCH
Tart dominates Tennessee Jurist to
Be Associate Justice-Judge Car.
penter to Succeed Bethea.

Washington -President Taft nom.
mated Horace II. Lurton of Tennessee
to be an associate justice of the SUI
preme court of the United States
Judge Lurton is Tennessee man
and was appointed judge of the Sixth
circuit by President Cleveland March
II, 1898. He was a Democrat in poll
tics at that time.
President Taft appointed Judge
George A. Carpenter of Chicago for
United States district court of north.
ern Illinois, to succeed the late Judge
Bethea. Judge Carpenter has sat on
the bench of the Cook county circuit
court for number of years and is re.
garded as one of the foremost jurists
in that state
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
TAKE 7 BODIES FROM MINE
Rescuers Find Miners Entombed In
Kentucky Shaft All Dead from
Black Damp.

Madisonville. Ky.-A rescuing party
headed by State Mine Inspector
Norwood of Lexington found the
bodies of the seven miners en-
tombed in the Baker mine of the West
Kentucky Coal Company near Wheat
croft
The miners had evidently died from
black damp a few hours after the ex.
plosion.
vised morgue awaiting the inquest
The seven miners, all negroes, had
been entombed since Saturday after
noon when the explosion occurred.
presumably from windy shot
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
KING LEOPOLD PASSES AWAY
AGED MONARCH UNABLE TO
LONGER STAND STRAIN,
After Restful Day, Alarming Symp.
toms Appeared, Physicians Unable
to ProIons His Life.

brussels.-king Leopold of Belgium
died at 2;35 O'Clock Friday morning,
MS aged and wasted body being un.
able to stand the strain put upon 1t.
The collapse occurred suddenly and
at moment when the doctors seem
lngly had had the greatest hopes for
his recovery.
Apparently the drainage of the
wound was perfect, as no fever was
present and during the day the king
mad been able to take nourishment.
The public at large was satisfied
that the king was on the road to re-
covery. but within the pavilion. where
the king lay, there was a feeling of
anxiety, chiefly because of Leopold s
great age.
After u restful day the patient was
able to sleep for a brief period early
IN the evening and the night passed
quietly. But towards two o'clock
alarming symptoms appeared
Suddenly the king turned and called
to Dr. Thiriar:
Il am suffering"
DR.. De Page was summoned and the
two physicians did everything posi-
Die to prolong life, but without avail.
The end came quickly and, after a
spell of weakness. peacefully.
Prince Albert arrived at the death
bed about twenty-five minutes later.
The young man who will ascend
the Belgian throne, the pride of his
nation and one of the best educated uf
royalty, a lover of outdoor sports aud
1alr play, wept as he stood beside t..c
remains of the uncle whose dec Ia
had made him king and across the
watching city there swept the cry:
The king is dead; long live the
king"
Leopold H.. king of the Belgians,
was born April 8, 1885. His father was
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, an
uncle of the late Queen Victoria. His
mother was a daughter of Louis Phil
lppe of France
Leopold's father was elected king
or the Belgians in 1881 when they es-
capped from Dutch rule, and Leopold
ii. succeeded to the throne in 1868. At
the age of IS he was married to Marie
Henrietta. daughter of the Archduke
Joseph of Austria. On his majority he
entered the Belgian senate During
the following five years he travelled in
Spain. Morocco, Algiers, Egypt, Pales.
tine, India and China. earning the dis.
junction of being the most travelled
monarch in Europe when he became
ruler of Belgium. Leopold often ex.
pressed desire to visit the United
States In later years. but the coming
OF old age, his cares md perhaps, to
a certain extent, his pleasures pre-
vented.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
II DEAD; rs HURT IN WRECK
Passenger Train-Cars Fall Down
Thirty-Foot Embankment.

Greensboro, N. C.-LOcal passenger
train on the Southern railway, known
as the Richmond and Atlanta train,
was wrecked Wednesday at Reedy
Fork trestle, ten miles north of here,
and ~ dead bodies have been re.
moved from the wreckage. 1t is re-
ported ID are dead twenty-five in.
jured are at St. Leo's hospital.
George J. Gould, who with his son
Jay, was in one of the Pullmans when
the train jumped the track and who
was reported dead, escaped uninjured.
The derailment was caused by
broken rail about 200 feet from the
trestle that spans the small stream
The engine and baggage, mail and
express cars passed over in safety
while the day coaches and Pullmans
were thrown from the trestle into the
creek 80 feet below.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
RESIGNS
ZElAYA TENDERS HIS RESIGNA.
TON TO NiCARAGUAN MA.
TIoNAL CONGRESS.
LOOKED UPON AS FORMALLY
Rulers Action Is Acclaimed by People
with Shouts for United States
and estrada-sends Message to
Assembly.

Managua, Nicaragua - President
Zelaya has resigned. He sent his
resignation as chief executive to the
national congress of the Nicaraguan
republic on Thursday
Five deputies were appointed i'm
mediately upon the receipt of the
resignation to draft bill looking to
its acceptance, which is now consid.
cred mere Formally
Accompanying his resignation Re,
laya sent the following message to
congress:
The painful circumstances into
which the country is plunged call for
acts Of abnegation and patriotism on
the part of good citizens, who are the
witnesses of the oppression of the
republic by the heavy hand of fate.
The country is staggering under a
! shameless revolution which threatens
the nations sovereignty and a foreign
nation, unjustly intervenes in our af.
fairs, publicly providing the rebels
with arms, which has only resulted
in their being defeated everywhere
through the heroism of our troops.
ITO avoid further bloodshed and for
the reason that the revolutionists have
| declared that they would put down
their arms when surrendered the eX-
ecutive power, | hereby place in the
hands of the national assembly the
abandonment of the remainder of my
term of office, which is to be filled by
substitute of their choosing. with
the hope that this will result in good
to Nicaragua, the re-establishment OF
peace and particularly the suspension
of the hostility of the United States,
text for intervention.
News of the presidents action
spread throughout the city, and soon
great crowds moved through the
streets, shouting for the United States,
Estrada and the revolution.
Apparently there was no other
course for Zelaya to take. The people
were aroused The guns of the revolu-
tionists threatened The WarshipS OF
the United States lay in Ncaraguan
ports.
Managua has been seething for days.
The spirit of revolt has spread even
to the gates of the palace. Zelaya sur.
rounded himself with an armed guard.
Unchecked, the people have marched
through the streets, crying for the end
of the old, proclaiming the new regime.
Who will take up the reins no one
knows nor cares. There is no doubt
that congress will act quickly on his
resignation,
DR.. Jose Madriz, Judge of the Central
American court of justice at Carriage
who has been close to Zelaya and is
now his choice for president, is on his
way here.
Madriz has his following strong and
influential, even among the revolution
lists, but Gen. Estrada. under whose
command the great body of fighting
insurgents now face VasqueZ's troops
at Rama, will have none of him.
Estrada's word will bear weight in
the choice of president.
Zeaya has known, too that Madriz
is not acceptable to the United States
and he has sought to learn who would
be looked upon with favor by that
government as his successor but the
American government. SO far as can
be learned, has named no man and the
choice probably will lie with those
who have gained the upper hand.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
SOUNDS like A FAIRY TALE
THE FARMERS OF CENTRAL CAN.
ADA REAP WHEAT AND
RICHES.

Up in the Provinces Of Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta, the prov.
inces that compose Central Canada
have such quantity of land suitable
for the growth Of small grains, which
grow SO abundantly, and yield SO hand.
somely that no fear need be feared
Of wheat famine on this Continent.
The story reproduced below is only
one Of the hundreds OF proofs that
could be produced to show the results
that may be obtained from cultiva.
ton Of the lands in these provinces.
Almost any section of the country will
do as WELL
With the country recently opened by
the Grand Trunk Pacific, the latest OF
the great transcontinental lines to en-
ter the field of the development of the
Canadian West, there is afforded added
ample opportunity to do as was done
in the case cited below:
TO buy a section Of land, break II
up and crop it, make $17,550 out OF
the yield and $10,SS0 out of the increase
of value all within the short period
of two years, was the record estab.
lished by James Bailey, a we'll known
farmer within a few miles of Regina.
Mr.. Bailey bought the $40 acres OF
land near Grand Coulee two years ago.
He Immediately prepared the whole
section for crop and this year has 600
acres of wheat and 40 acres of oats.
the oats yielded ALSO bushels. The
whole of the grain has been market.
ed and Mr.. Bailey is now worth ST $50
from the grain alone. He bought the
land at SIS an acre, and the other
day refused an offer of $50 an acre.
Just ST advance for the time of his
purchase. The land cost 1880 in
the first instance. Here are the fig.
ures of the case.-Land cost, GAO
acres, at $1S, s11,320. Wheat yielded
1885 bushels. at "a cents a bushel,
$16,695. Oats yielded 4,750 bushels
at % cents bushel, $S55. Offered
for land, $40 acres at s35 an acre,
$22,40O. Increase value of land, $1O,SS0.
Total earnings of crop. s17,55O, togeth.
er with increase in value of land to-
tai of $2S,540.
1t is interesting to note the figures
of the yield per acre. The wheat
yielded 33h bushels to the acre. and
oats 1857 bushels to the acre. The fig
ures are fair indication of the aver.
age throughout the district.
Agents of the Canadian Government
in the different cities will be pleased
to give you information as to rates, etc.