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The daily sentinel., 1909-11-01

Saturday evening party of young
people very pleasantly surprised Miss
Emma Jones, at her home at 303
West Grand avenue, in honor of her
18th birthday. She received many
presents. Many games We're played
and light refreshments were served.
The young people departed at a late
hour and report an enjoyable time.
Roll Call Day was observed by the
Presbyterian Sunday school yester-
day morning. An appropriate pro-
gram had been arranged and was
carried out successfully in every de-
tail. Each teacher and class respond
ed with brief history of the growth
of the class Elaborate floral dec
orations adorned the pulpit and choir
gallery. At the close of the exercises
II vote of thanks was returned to the
decorating committee and Mr. l. ~
Bunting of The Sentinel. who kindly
loaned large number of choice
crysanthemum exhibits from the
prize show
One of the prettiest Halloween
parties of the season was given at the
home of Miss 10 Nicholas on North
Twelfth street to IA few friends. The
decorations We're unusually beautiful
having been sent from Missouri for
this special occasion. The punch
taLle was covered with moss, the
punch bowl a huge pumpkin; there
were great vases of golden rod and
sumach, bitter sweet berries were
clustered everywhere while pictures
and doorways were overhung with
the lovely fall leaves of the east.
Lots of games were INDUCED in. A
delicious lunch was served at late
hour. The guests will long remem-
her this jolly evening.
All Halloween was celebrated at
the Sawyer home on Saturday even
ing in the form of a whist party, Civ
en- by Misses Lillian and Winifred
Sawyer. The spacious rooms were
beautifully and artistically decorated
with iack-o-lanterns made of pump
kins, with autumn foliage and pro-
fusion of flowers. There We're about
thirty guests present. The first prize
Gan exquisite cut glass dish) was won
by Miss Gertrude Rupp; the second
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-01

Lap robes and horse blankets
Fred Mantey
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-01

New house on Teller avenue not
quite completed at bargain. Easy
terms. Jaynes, $50 Maip-st.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-01

The ladies OF the Congregational
church will serve dinner and supper
Election day in the basement of the
church. 25 cents the meal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-16
Old Age Pension Graft
The Rule In Gay Old France

had incomes OF $50 to sac, and their
children were doing wen
II seems indeed that the children
of many parents looked upon the old
age pensions law as q convenient OBJ
Iortunity OF Sinking their hlial re
probabilities. ia a department of the
Pyrenees one old man has a son vino
is an officer another a doctor. In the
Dordogne recipient has a son who Us
earning 500 month and possesses "a
house worth 5000. I'M the Basses-
Pyrenecs, again. a woman IN receipt
of the pension has four children Well
to-do; one the steward OF an estate.
another. "a Wct-nurse. who was able
10 build "a house with her savings.
HIGH FINANCE"
But the ingenuity OF these candidates
for 'unearnsd Increment does not
stop there. 40 is inexhaustiblc Parents
have been known TO divide their
worldly goods among their children
SO that they might pose az INDECENT
before the state. ono g0od-heartaI
widow lady presented her nephew
with $4,000 I'm scrip and real estate
and the nephew capped this by get
ting himself received into an aims
house.
In the Pyrcnccs Orientales a Thought
fui parent caused hls invalid SON To
Doc registered iu three commuucs. i'm
each of which DE possessed "a house
Thus the son was Boa receipt Of "a
triple pension. Then again "a willy Did
man was housed and fed bN his chill
drcn, but who perhaps not satls-
fed with his poctct-moncy. rented a.
room (unlmoWn 10 his children Zoo "a
distant part of the town lon which he
lived By this means he made good
his claims % pension, AS having
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-16
CUNNING sMrGGLERs.
Russian Authorities Bafncd by Law
breakers.

nAfNhilHt
Smuggling across tho thousand miics
on fO of frontier lime that divides Rus
STA from Germany and AuHiriu-huu-
gary has grown to sucn au oNtUnt chat
the Russian authorities are at their
wits end 90 cope with the HUbrcHkcrs
hoN obey propose Co try cutting %
deep and wide trench right along The
border. rhis adaptation of tine ChInese
wall idea will it is hoped put stop
90 smuggling by iho CARLOAD. which i8
nov going Ou with mpunliy
The great difference iu price Ol ware
ious articles. such us silk and tea, be-
tween the neighboring countries makes
successful smuggling "a most profitable
business Horses, cattle and sheep are
also driven continually ACROSS tine
frontier at lonely spots without pay
ing duty. True. there are the straz-
niks the Russian frontier guards, who
are supposed to be very severe on
amuEglerH. bat ah the popular saying
along the border goes. "a paper plaster
over tine guard eyes works wonders
Enormous quantities of hrearms and
printed matter have been 0f late cone
kcycd across Oftcn the smugglcrs
on their way close" bale or $50 of
printed pamphlets which are found
ana e1Eerly read hy tho soldiers. After
ward they are TUNED into cigarette
papefn. iof paper h dear n Russia,
New York sun.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-16
SPECIAL Correspondence

| fFlNNlaI correspond
Y )NDON. oct English society
from the top 20 the bottom at
1.-THE present moment is AN agog
with curiosity a. To who VIII b.
the great ladies' selected 10 mn the va
cancles created in Queen Alexandra's
household by the impending resigna-
tions Of the Marchionesses OF Lans-
donue and Salisbury from their posts
AS ladies of the Dedchamber Dld they
know what 1 am able 90 state for tho
FIRST time-that the Duchess Of Buc-
cleuch has finally decided TO resign the
great post of mistress of the robes TO
the queen. they would be still more eX-
cited and still more anxious 10 know
who would succeed her
am able 10 announce that the APP
.pointheuts of. ladies OF the bedchamDer
have. been offered 10 The boWagcf
Countessee Of Dudley and Leicester,
and probao ly will Doe accepted by them,
and chat the post OF mistress OF The
rol,es viii be- filed either by the
Duchess OF M0ntrose on the Duchess Of
Portland and / may state incidentally
that the choice Of dOWugers Tor the
two minor posts indicates that the
mulch harassod court officials have
achieved "a notable victory over queen
Alexandra.
II lis now no secret in English society
that the two great ladies who are re-
signing thcir posts as ladies of the bed
chamber are doing so only because of
the queens growing INDIGESTION, which
makes the duties of her personal ate
PENDANTS very difficult and haras-ius.
Tile queen simply can't make Mp her
mind as t0 her future movements until
a. day cor two'or often an hour or TWO
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Shake-Up IN Royal Household
Sets London Gossips Talking

| ding or the coronation the mistress OF
! the robes must be in attendance and is
| held responsible Tor an the lesser ladies'
| and the women I'm Attendance ol her
majesty. II ia q rule OF the court that
ON an such occasions the mistress OF
the robes must be- soWncd iu black
satin.
EXCLUSIVE HOSTESS.
The Duchess Of Buccleuch who IS re-.
signing this most honorable OF all posts
i'm England Is "a great lady of the old
regime. SnJ rs one of the most cXclu-
sive hostesses lon London and il is her
boast that not one Of the cosmopolitan
hn3ucier class. who nov go nearly
everywhere, nor OF the title hunting
Americans who flock % London In such
numbers has ever crossed her threshold.
She IFS "a daughter of the first Duke of
Abcrcorn. Who by the way is said 90
Doe the prototype of the hero of Elinor
Glyu's novel Three Weeks" and she
was married iu 1859. Her husband pos
sessos the rare distinction of having the
right 10 wear both the garter. tho
premier English order OF knighthood.
and tho thistle which is the premier
Scottish order. She possesses the FIN
est emeralds Zoo London and she rcioiccs
boo the nickname of "Tuy." which WIS
probably given 20 her because she Is a
woman of moro than the ordinary stat
urc and commanding presence.
DUCHESS THE FAvORITE.
Cmiously enough. tho Duchess ~
Moutrosc, who is the fayorite
for the appointment as her sue
ces-or is al-o "a Scottish peer
e-s she Is sthl one az tine most boautI-
ful women in English society. and ,his
Be- accounted for hy Tho fact that she rs
one OF tle GHhams of Nctncrhy. e. Dor
der family whose women have always
been famed for their beauty Tho girl
who WIS carried Off by Young Lochiu-
Ear was "a Graham of Nothcrhy. Tho
duchess was married in 1851 She is a
keen golfer n capital public speaker.
ANA Is said 90 be the most popular
woman Boo Scotland Although she is
sim one of the youngest looking ma-
irons Boo tho court get. she is tho mother
off three SONS ana two daughters who
have been ont Tor several seasons. and
fne vito of her eldest son. the Marquis
of Graham. made her "a grandmuthcr "a
couple of years ugo.
Tbo Duchess of Portland who is also
Iu tho. running for the post of mistress
ur tho robes ls the wife of ono NJ tho
greatest territorial magHtCs lu Ems
land whose title to DIS vast estates nv
tnr tlaN NEs assaulted recently hy fNt
urupe claimant This mans assertion
tnlt hIs grandfather Dru.f. 20 london
rnuukrDurr was really the duke
grandfather, who ne alleged lod doun-
To- Ifs was knocked 0n tuo head hv
the elimination of Dru.o aui tnD .Icu-
NG.ltou OF the body hy number ~
persons who had known pucH In life.
WINNINGS GO no CHARITY
Tho durhosa Ras married boz 1852 aud
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them az stations. talking with railway
CLERKS. As time went on the band
grew rich and motor cars were bought.
10 allow the various accomplices 10 get
about quicker.
The strongest feature OF this organi.
cation was the department OF suios.
some 200 in number. who were familiar
WIN every large shipping house iu
southern Russia and SO well Organized
that not one large consignment len
MascoW for the caucasus but thcv
knew of and reported 10. Not only did
they frequent business houses. but thew
did great deal pf their work in
restaurants where They talked 10 uer-
chants clerks, invited them 90 supper
ana Embossed their tongues 90 taUS
about their employers business.
THIEVES FoREWARNED.
one strange story is told of ono or
the women spies She had scraped
acquaintance with "a Young manager
"i a forwarding house in Moscow and
used 10 meet him 40 cafes, restaurants
and places uf amusement one dlv ne
went Co "a public telephone and as he
was about 10 Doe connected voice said.
us that the police statl1n"' ives"
answered the youth. half Boa fun 10
his surprise tch answer was taken s.
rlously and the voice al the other end
p or 'nc wire gave orders that tho police
slonin search 90 certain Gag .n the next
.'i.'' INC HaiH' ana address giNou
neon rrior,I,, ,,',,i, '..r l"'l'n illo
she was of the thieves band ho inns
mediatcIy went Ca. toll her what he
had heard ana, thinking that she had
been dabblng in poltics. advised her
tp burn am compromising papers before
the police discovered their mistake
ANA came 60 search When ho CALLED
again later in the DAY ho found tho
bird had flown. warned hy him The
police had been suspicious uf her and
he had helped hor tD rob his own firm
aud get on scot free
Another case occurred Iu which
man bought his own stolen goods. A
large consignment of laccs had been
ordered hy "a TInis firm and stolen Tho
band sent the things back to their
MOSCOW repositories Tho Moscow mcr-
chant. 600 hearing that h.s nrst oou-
sIenwcut had been stolen ana wanting
to send some moro 20 thc TIns GUS
tOmHr could not nul amy u h.s own
warehouse Somebody suggested Doe
should gu t0 I'd new firm boz thc town.
which had often large choice. Hc aid
-o Iud found just what Was wanted.
paid cash for b. and sent b. of to
rinis. NJ uaH NOT until tnH capture of
thD Eaug that Do" found uIt. from the
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Special COrosp ondence.)
nARls, oct 1T is now four
- years since the French parlla-
ment passed the law fSr COM
pasory relief Of the aged, in
trn and incurable but Il was not until
Jan. J. 1907 that IL entered into force.
The administration OF the law is
Vested in the general council of each
apartment each council having full
i.hoflir 20 arrange the machinery bv
tlel u is io be- carried out. This be-
Ag 'he case it Us obvious that there
llsl be great diversity both as 10
stAols and results and according as
s oisahlzauuu is good or bad. so the
pas received iis full force from the
h Gay or els. has operated defec-
utl END therefore enthusiastically.
Nallalous abuses have already come
.st which win need drastic COR
euh An official report ON tho work
~ me act has Just appeared. II
ls1ies mat Ir many commuues the
'9h IS being paid 10 the aged
w nave not yet attained the three
wv years and ten fixed by tho Psalm
Nv nv NV. inc FRENCH legislators; 90 able
a Inhrm'" and ~ INDECENT" who
" 70 comfortable circumstance
FIGURES TELL THE TALE.
On July q 1909. three months after
a. MAY Doe taken 10 have been In
~. iofce Che number of persons I'm
aslp' N The pension was aUl20 In
~ i'lh' The total was lt2.SiO. ON
s,s ~, S q, l., '5e .a'oe sear was 53i.oG6
3 1000 '''' ''','' year
,.'. Pc annual pensions budget was or
f6@ S' u, estimated .at rather less than
I, c.o. ~. u, N stands already. however
u $500, ','Vlo.g'l end next year II wiz
a.. a, for ne amount Of the pe6ei9n ,bo
s s,,s fixed f. at That sum Der
w, .n~ which .s necessary. but sum
o ,,i.r , 70 Keep "a person deprived of nh
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The thieves had special telrgriuHic
code. which was changed twice year,
and when the guous were found In thr
prtprshurg NlrnluuHos, invoices und
bins of mdug exactly initiating tho
regulation forms issued hy the railways
MORO found. Another important branch
Nas tho fn-calrd railway depart
ment. " which. needless 400 Say. included
shipping clerks at thc chief HilWAF
stations Tho dispatch M goods ls Nel}
blow u Russia. Before all The formal
ties aro over and "a freight train D. al
liberty io take tho stun. several dayr,
and even weeks, must clapsc. THO
goods. packed ana labelled, are placed
n railway warehouses to which Che
shipping clerks have entrance. Thcy
worked as follows
A wholesale dealer sent crate or
two ~ valuable goods from 81 Peters
burg 40 Moscow. The spies at Peters
hurg gave notice OF this 40 the band
chief Office, which WAS at Ristoif-onr
Don, Swing. o. near as possible, the
date of dispatch. Then the kosion-on-.
Don thieves wired on the Information
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WY WARSAW. oct 4.-Now await
ny ing their trial in Moscow
Wv prisons are the two leaders
and $50 members OF the
biggest band of railway thieves Eu-
rome has ever seen They worked
chiefly IN the south Of Russia and
had no less than 400 aCcomplices Of
whom the larger half We're we'll dressed
plausible women Their aim was, not
10 rob. passengers. but freight trains
and luggage vans. and so successful
were they that since the foundation OF
the gang four years ago, they have
been spiriting away goods TO the an
nual value OF over S3.0o0000
n IL were not for the. letter one or
them wrote % newspaper ana the
policeman. Dotoleuko. who watched the
writer OF the letter until be caught him
making up imitation cousienmcnts.
they might have been going on nov.
Several policemen we've in their pay,
but Dotolcnko refused TO Doe bribed and.
hy his honesty and perseverance ala
much 10 run the thieves 90 earth. Thcir
impotence and GOODNESS were the chief
reasons for the success they so long enc
joyed
PERFECTLY ORGANIZED.
Their organization was wou man-
aged 10 consisted OF the two leaders
Sokolow and Pietrenko, who. being cm-
ul0yed as track engineers know the ms
and outs of the railroad business. Under
their guidance the band organized q
number of departments ~ which the
chief was the intelligence department,
which Informed them whom and where
goods Of value were being sent The
chief workers here were Well dressed
women. who used TO go into the big
ahups and warehouses, and, under pre-
text of having some triilcs they had
bought there sent We'll packed. would
ask questions which lcd 90 their get
ting all the Information they wanted.
These women worked chiefly 10 81.
potcrsburg Warsaw MOSCOW ANA
Odcssu When they heard that some
valuable goods were just going 90 Do
sent from Odessa 90 the Caucasus. for
instance. they would telegraph to the
nearest agent at Tinis. who. 10 noC-
csslry would ride to the station on a
motorcycle In order 90 get the tnIng-
iu Time Very often the same goods
were sent back 10 Odessa. here tine
band had large warehouses, under thc
name of SOME fictitious hru. So quickly
were the goods stolen and sent tp tur
various warehouses in 400 the big citir-.
that even such things as fancy goods.
which fade and go out oi fashion
quickly. wore sold. us thtir books show.
fpr aa good prices un were uriEinuIf
..EaI IU the makers.
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mo Ba.se. 4 lnan This. a woman In
allhoueb 4. FIenoeH was On No MAJ
brourb, uNnad Land uhini
has e,r ,',l IN 2 modest income shn
Am fam ani IN her employ and nv
nropert@ ABOUT 20 acres III M 49,,
no Arlsslin o mountain commi,ne ei an
" 90 ~ one man had an Moon"
cattle ots fn.sessed eighty hcaa af
V''''' 10 The same commune
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RUSSIAN RAILWAY THIEVES W

Gang Organization Ship
Clerks in Its Pay Who Diverted Congmen of Valuable Goods
Its Where They WereSo to Honest Merchan
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Iconunu9d On pase f0wleen)
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wv WARSAW, oct. 4-Now await
NY ing their trial in Moscow
Wv prisons are the two leaders
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10

springs last summer she made tho tour ~ tho
course with Mr.. Taft every dav. a strenuous
Walk as every one knows who has climbed the
n,iis and descended the dales of the golf in
closure at that resort.
MIS- tart mas brains. and uses them, with
gu. oe,ne IN any sense aggressive or pedantic.
one talks wen, and looks well when she is talk
ing. Her smile has the charm ~ ;nte,ppepce.
tnat quick Hash of recognition. distinct from
the frozen, automatic smile peculiar to many
women In Official life, on whom social duties
make many demands, even to that of contin-
uously looking pleasant" She has a generous
mouth and handsome teeth, a straight nose,
well proportioned to her other features. a
broad forehead. above which her brown hair il
arranged in a soft pompadour
In her knowledge Of languages Mrs Taft has
an advantage over many Of her predecessors.
During their last winter az members of the
cabinet circle, Mr.. and Mrs. Taft were in
mourning for Mr.. Taft's mother and they took
no part in formal social occasions They have
many friends in many lands. Mrs. Taft. how
ever, like many women who have grown up
in large family of girls among whom the tie
of kinship is strong, has few intimate friends.
She plays a scientific game Of whist. and has
gravitated here toward the women who take
the game seriously. OF these Miss Cannon.
daughter of the speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives, is one who is frequently with Mrs.
Taft. They drive together. one of Mrs Tafts
favorite diversions. and are often together at
concerts. Mrs. Halle Erminie Rives Wheeler.
wife of the secretary of the American embassy
at Tokyo. is another of Mrs. Tafts friends. She
spent several months recently in this country,
and during part of the time was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Taft Their friendship goes
back to days of travel in the east, when they
saw many things together and discovered .
sympathy in the point of view.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10
vnlT / FORMER OREeol
FARMER THINKS Of VEST
ERn CANADA.

Albert Nelson left Benton Co., ORE
gon. in Sept, 1904. for the grese
Canadian prairies. To QSote from HI
letter: Il was greatly surprised T.
find such an immense stretch Of rich
virgin prairie still almost unoccupied
in the very heart Of North America.
The splendid crops of oats, wheat. bar.
ley. potatoes and hay beheld In the
settlements made me very eager for .
piece Of this rich soil, and l soon 10
Gated in the Goose Lake country. We
have here great stretch of the rich.
deep clay loan of the Saskatchewan
q soil heavy and hard to break. but
particularly well adapted for the re-
tention of moisture and production of
the bright No. hard wheat, and
great crops of oats, barley. fax and po-
tatoes. / had so bushels of oats,
weighing AL lb. to the bushel. pnr
acre. Some Of my neighbors had st:ll
greater yields. Wheat yielded from 10
to 30 bushels per acre. We have al
done well here. and l could name
many Americans who came here with
means to go ahead. who have done
big already. For homesteads one hsu
to go further west, but the best prst-
RE can be bought here for from $l2O0
to $500 per acre. The climate -
dry and healthy. This is the regular
Saskatchewan fall weather = frost. :
nights, and bright, sunny days-ideat
for threshing and hauling out Of
wheat. The trails are dusty, as thou
sands Of wheat teams are moving
towards the elevators.
THE sight Of It makes one stop and
wonder what It win be in few years
when the immense prairies get under
cultivation. Heavy snowfall Is the
exception here. Snow generally falls
in December and goes on in March.
It sometimes gets very cold, but the
Saskatchewan farmer does not fear
the cold. Winter is his season of
rest. The first or second crop he
builds a comfortable house for him.
self, and warm stables for his horses.
He need not. like some. be poking
about in the mud all winter attending
few beasts for livelihood"
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army circle at washington, are All prominens
figures at the White House. mrs. harrington
and Miss Darlington were members OF Inc
little party who heard the result OF TUG n I'LL
mating convention at chicago las. 'une WIZ
Mrs. Taft in the ONCE of the secretary OF war
In addition to the sons and daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Taft. there are plenty Of young people
at the white House from time to time, repre-
senting various branches of the family. The
country became familiar with the names OF
Mr.. Taft's nieces and nephews at the time OF
the convention in June, when they were on
hand to cheer for Uncle WILL" OF Mrs
Taft's I'VE sisters four ere married, as are also
her two brothers, and all have families
Mrs. Tafts sisters are Mrs. Parsons Of Co
lumbus, O.; Mrs. Charles Anderson Of Cincin-
natl, who has three charming daughters who
are graduates Of Bryn Mawr, where Miss Helen
Taft il now q student: Mrs. Louis Moore of
Cincinnati, who has one little son. and Mrs.
Thomas Laughlin of Pittsburg. who has two
small children Her brothers. William Her.
rom who married Miss Janey Esby Of Cincin-
natl, and John Heron, who married Miss
George Aldrich, both have young children.
Much of the domestic machinery Of the
White House goes ON automatically. with little
variation from one administration to another.
Mrs. Taft il good housekeeper. In the home
maintained until last June she had four serv-
ants, one a Filipino boy brought from the
islands The house was tastefulIy furnished.
many souvenirs of travels giving 1t an interest
ing background. Mr. Taft's room was decor
ated in blue, her favorite color. In matters of
dress Mrs. Taft has quiet tastes. She does
much Of her own choosing and shopping. and
patronizes local shops. For evening she wears
white frequently, though pink is perhaps the
color for which she has greater partially. At
. reception at the White House one afternoon
last May. the last formal function she attend