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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-24
SMALLPOX KILLS.

Annoy, China. Jan. s3.-Native re
ports intimate that 1000 deaths from
smallpox have occurred at Chang
Chow. one of the largest cities in
China. in the last week. principally
among Chinese. The bubonic plague
also is reported to have broken out
again AT that place.
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INSTRUMENT SHOWS
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
Potsdam Seismograph Records Shock
OF Unusual Force and Disturbance
Is Felt in isiards.

Potsdam. Jan. a3.-fn. ~ .smorra nj,
here on Saturday registered an earth
quake of phenomenal violence. the
disturbance occurring apparently in
the Caucasus region or In Asia Minor.
The movement OF the instrument oe-
cupied II minutes. when the apparatus
broke. owing To d heavy concussion
Professor Mecker says that it was
one of the most severe earthquakes
ever registered.
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In Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. a3.-Up 10 the present
no widespread plan has been adopted
toward inducing the Chicago public
To abstain from eating meas. The
Chicago Federation of Labcr has
special committee at work II insesiI-
gate the subject and make a report,
but it was not stated today whether
an anti meat eating crusade will be
decided upon in Chicago.
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DEAD IN eEo.

ST. Louis. Jan. a3.-James l.. Will
liams of Bonneville. Mo. former judge
in Alaska. in the Cleveland adminis-
tration. was found dead in bed at the
American hotel today. Heart disease
in given as the cause. Mr. Williams
WAS 30 years old.
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At KINGSTON.

Kingston, st. Vincent. Ii. W. l.. Jan
.3.-T.o sharp earthquake shocks
were felt throughout the island at >: 30
o'clock this afternoon. In Kingston
the protractad shocks caused a panic,
but no damage was done
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SuFFRAGETTE FREED.

Liverpool. Jan .s.-Lady Constance
I.stton. sister of Lord Lytton. Mho has
served a week on two weeks SEN
tence in the Walton Jail for smashing
the jail windows. Mas liberated today,
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At Fort De France,

Fort De France, Martinique. Jan -
Earth shocks were felt here this
afternoon few minutes before }
O'Clock. The movement Was undula-
tory and lasted one minute. So far as
known there was no damage
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BROWNS IN TUB.

81. Louis. Jan. a3.-Mrs. Samuel T.
Aliender. D. years old. wife of the
chief special agent of the Frisco sys-
tenn. was drowned in a bath tub to-
day, Physicians say death followed an
attack Of vertigo.
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BODIES RECOVERED
FROM SPANISH
RIVER
iCEBOuND STREAM BEGINS TO
GIVE UP ITS VICTIMS
COACH IS RAISED.

Sairn, ont. Jan. 25.-Thc kebound
Spanish river today began to give up
its dead. The first-class car. one of
the four of the Canadian Pacific
passenger train that took the plunge
down the embankment Friday after
noon. was raised above the surface of
the river this afternoon. Workmen
crept into the wrecked interior and
brought out several bodies. The for
ward part of the coach was badly de-
molished. and 1t Is not improbable that
some bodies floated away.
Montana Man Dies.
Fourteen bodies We're recovered to-
day. making IA list of dead whose
names are known of -. in addition to
six unidentified women and children
whose bodies were taken from the
first-class coach today. Besides thes.
81. 1t Is supposed that Il score will be
found in the tourist car, and an un-
known number We're burned to ashes
with the second-ciass car. In the re-
vised list of dead appears uie name
of T. II. Watt of Renfrew. Mont.
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TO MEET IN BOSTON.

wiaona. Mimi. Jan. .3.-The exaeu-
tive committee of the National Educa-
tional association announced that the
18th annual convention viii be held in
Boston on July to !, 1910.
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Shon Nen Strike.

Minneapolis. Jan. 23.-The first or
ganized stand in Minneapolis against
the high price of meat was taken yes
terday when more than 500 men en-
ployed i'm the Chicago. Milwaukee L.
ST Paul shops joined the boycott.
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EZRA KENDALL DIES
At INDIANA
RESORT
FAMOUS COMEDIAN SUCCUMBS
TO APoPlExY AT SAM.
TARiUM-Hls CAREER.

Cleveland. Jan. 23.-EZra Kendall
comedian. died of apoplcxy TODAY in a
sanitarium at Martinsvi,ie, Ind The
first news of his death received by
friends outside the immediate family
was when the body was b~oush, to
Cleveland tonight. Kendall closnl his
season i'm THE Vinegar Ruyer" a.
Seattle three weeks ago. because of
i'll health. 1t completed his 2stn sea-
son on the stage. He was born in
Allegheny county. PENNSYLVANIA. 40
years ago. At the age of 70 he went
on transforming tour. Later he
made success in we. Us L. Co.. at
the Fifth avenue theater. New York
For years he was Il monologist of re-
nown. He is survived by wife and
six children.
Ezra Kendall is well known and we'll
liked in Missouia. He was at the
Harnois theater on November II of
last year and his stage work showed
no evidence of the health that was
falling.
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To Eat No Meat.

Morgantown. W. Va. Jan. "a. two
thousand employees of four glass fac
tories and of the American Sheet 4
Tin Plate company today signed
pledge To abstain from eating meat fof
So days.
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Wait for Drop.

Psughkeepsie, y. Y. Jan -s---Aetn-
bers of the glass blowers usinn last
night voted to abstain from using
meat after February 1. until the price
has been considerably decreased.
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More Names.


iSault Ste Marie. Mich. Jan. 2s.-
Word was received today from the
Canadian Pacific wreck AT Spanish
river that the wrecked dining car has
been entirely removed from the river
and the first-class coach was half out
of the water. Bodies of IA victims
We're recovered. Graphing operations
We're instituted today To recover more
bodies from the river.
The following additional names nf
dead were given out today:
PATRICK kINAHAN. Bruce Mines.
Ont.
Il. \. BOOTH, Toronto.
Four-year-ola girl. named Pees.
Bruce Mines.
THOMAS AES>ANf. Blind River
W. ]. ROBERTSON. Auditor of the
Canadian Pacific railroad
REV. DIR. CHiLDERHOESE, North
Bay. ont.
+. g. BEN MELLS. Lisbon. y ID.
HIRAM JOHNSON. Montreal.
JOSEPH KELLY, Leavenwarth.
Wash.
An elderly WOMAN.
Two middie-aged women.
4 young woman.
A 10-year-old boy and 1.-year old
boy are yet unidentified.
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Family Hears.

IL was grief stricken family that
received the news of the death OF the
son and brother last evening" T. s.
Paxson. the father of the young man,
received his first information at s. 30
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. when a
telephone message stated that Harry
had been seriously injured and for the
family to come to Butte at once. II
was not until late last night that lie
was acquainted with the particulars of
the fatal accident by a representative
of The Missoulian. IL vas fearful
shock to his parents and brother and
sister To hear that the idol of the
family had come to such a tragic end
especially so as they had but the day
before received Il letter from him
wherein he told of how well he Vas
getting along and Of his bright pros
poets for the future. His widow Is
confined tn her bed in Butte. suffer
Ing from IA broken ankle. received
Christmas morning. and he had planned
to bring her TO Ruby. where he had
rented "A home. He had just been
rendered fine position in Seattle.
His Career.
Harry NJ. Paxson was - years of
age. Montana boy born and bred. the
son Of L. 5. Paxson. scout. plainsman
and artist. He received his eduea-
tion in the Treasure state and had
graduated from the Butte high school
Ii was as Il soldier that he was best
known. Throughout the insurgent
movement in the Philippines. he served
al Iut. sIz.tf a. ft..,I
in Major Crooks battalion in the First
Montana volunteers He vas a mem
ber of Company =. of which his father
Was first lieutenant. For conspicuous
bravery in action he MAS awarded
special medal by congress. H. vas a
member of the Spanish American War
Veterans. He had left Butte. his for
!ner home. tn become assistant elec-
trieal engineer in charge Of the dreuges
at Ruby.
Harry Paxson leaves to mourn his
loss, his father and mother. two broth
erS and sister. Loren paxsan, the
eldest son of the family. is we'll
known druggists. connected with the
Paxson d Rockefeller Drug company
i'll Butte. Robert -. his younger
brother. and Leila. a younger sister.
reside with their parents in Missoula.
\ good boy. devoted To his parents and
possessing IA Christian spirit. Harry
Paxsan stands for all that is good and
noble. He viii he missed by his snr-
rowing parents and hundreds ~ sym
pathizing friends. Those OF the fam
lily who reside in Missoula will prob
ably leave on this mornings train for
Butte to attend the funeral.
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Ministers Talk.

Baltimore. Jan. 23.-Discussing the
high price of meat. Rev. Francis H.
Scott of the Calhoun Street Christian
church. In Il sermon today. said:
To Jail with the oppressors of the
poor. There is no civilized country in
the globe that Is SO enslaved and that
has Its vitality sapped to such n de-
gree as has the United States by the
trusts"
Rev. DIR. Henry NJ. Wharton of
Brantiin Baptist church. referring to
the meat boycott. said:
If such IA great movement does not
alarm the trusts and wake up our
congress. then something else will hap
pen. 1t is the first muttering of the
distant thunder. God save us from
the storm"
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MOVE TO CUT DOWN PRICE OF
NECESSITY 6v STRIKING
GROWS RAPIDLY.
IS SUCCESSFUL IN WEST
Ministers Talk Against "Oppressors Of
the Poor and Labor Unions Vote to
Do Without Tabooed Steak and For.
b'ddcn Chop-Stand Is Taken by Mil.
~aukee Shopmen.

RESOLUTIONS have been started hv
less than the American people are
suffering now says Senator Joseph l.,
Bristos of Kansas. Meat f,,ts II,
10 a quarter of the average household
expenses and 1t ought to be cheaper
today instead of dearer than IL was .,
years ago. because of the greater
economy in its preparation and sale.
when l was boy. 25 per cent of the
carcass went to waste. Now nothing
goes to waste-not even the blood"
Senator Bristow's words crystalline
the sentiment of protest i'm all parts
OF the country against the higher cost
OF living. The movement has met
with the most success in the west The
east has been slower to follow, influ-
enced. perhaps. by a widespread feel
ing among small dealers. and i'm the
labor unions. that a universal boycott
though effective as a protest. would
actually play into the hands of the
packers. who with their control of
cold storage houses and refrigerator
lines. could carry their product
through prolonged boycott. though .
3o-day cessation of trade would pu;
the small independents out of bust.
ness.
Cheaper Cuts.
Against public clamor. packers repl,
that high prices for meats are at
tributabie to high prices of corn. and
advocate that ehe poor be educated to
eat cheaper cuts.
These cuts are just as good and
more wholesome If properly cooked"
says Harold Swift of Swift & Co.
prices are high but there Is every
indication that they will go higher"
Actual consumption of meat is re-
ported by retail dealers everywhere to
have dropped sharply.
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THE WEATHER

Toda y-Rain.
ToInorrow-Rain. colder.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07
WINS $4,000 PRIZE

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 20. Aviator
Walter Brookins alighted gracefully
with his aeroplane in the State Fair
Grounds at :27 p. m. to-day. seven
honrs and four minutes out from Chi
eago, after having sailed his Wright
biplane the ISL miles with two stops.
He descended at Gilman, Ill. seventy
five miles soath OF his starting point.
in Washingt N Park, Chicago, at ii :5o
a. H., and at Mount Pulaski, ILL.,, 1913
miles from Chicago, at $3.50 p. m.
The first stop was for water, oil and
gasoline, the second for supplies and
because his pump had broken and
the engine become hot.
The railroad distance from the
start in Chicago to Springfield is 49,
miles. His official starting time wa
9:15 a. NJ. The longest sustained
fight was from Gilman, ILL.,, tt
Mount Pulaski, lightweight miles.
Brooklns thus broke Charles 4
Hamilton's record for sustained eros
country flight Of gsighty six mile
from New York to Philadelphia. H
also made the longest cross countr.
continued fight in America, and Their
by won the $1,000 prize offered b
the Chicago Record Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07
MT. SOlON NEWS

Mt. Scion, Va, Sept. 29.-Sunday
evening a splendid rain fell which
brought all end to the long drought.
The Sangerville neighborhood was
visited Tuesday by one OF the most
severe hail storms ever known in this
section. Considerable damage was
done to crops and fruit that were out
Plenty of hail could be gathered up
yesterday until dinner.
The Sangerville school began the
term of 1901 Monday with -four
teachers and an enrolment OF 70.
lsC.S. Doyel and family have return
ed from a three weeks visit to his
parents in Indiana. MIR. Dovel Is
native of Indiana.
Addison CIummett. street Ca
conductor of Washington has returned
to his workSi that city after spend
ing some time with his father. S. @
Crummett, near here.
Frank Crummett OF Doe Hill, Va.
visited his brothers, S. G. and VIM
Crummett, near town last week.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07
Middlebrook Items

Mi:ldlebrook. Va, Sept. 8.--The
Sunday shool of Lutheran Trinity
church enjoyed picnic last Saturday
in MIR. Carwell's woods near here.
Miss Mamie Greaver OF SwooDe
neighborhood is visiting at Mrs. >.
M. Benson's.
Z MIR. N. F. Gross has as his guest his
Brother, from Fair fax County.
A Mr.. and Mrs Add Rosen spent Sun
day with the family of Mr.. Hartman
Ros IN.
Little Miss Mamie Marcus is still
sick with typhoid fever. DR.. Hyde
is attending her.
Mrs. Alma Kerr with her son is 81
Deerfield visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Altfarher OF Bethe
manse, were paying farewell calls tt
their friends in Middlebrook yester
day who regret exceedingly to Civ
them up. Mr.. Altfather leaves will
his family for their new home q
Wetumpka Alabama. about the 10th 0
18th of October.
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AT INTERSTATE FAlR

Lynchburg, Va, Sept. So.-Awards
In the horse show classes made yes
terday at the Interstate Fair are as
follows:
Glass Is. roadsters Il, T. G. Otter
dipger; Chas. Macleod Is, Lee BIOS
Glass 10 Lynchburg Hunt Club hun
ter Il, r. 0. Horton, =, Jas. + Ed
munds; 3, P.B. Winf1ee.
Glass %, pairs Of hunters james
E. Edmunds and mate; 2, }. M
Delaney; 8, JIM. Is. Lewis.
Glass "a, green saddle horses
wears and under; horse owned Il
Lynchburg or Amherst, Eedford, AT
pomattox Nelson or Campbell com
ties that have never won in saddl
class before. Conformation Az pc
cent. /: manners and performance,
ner cent, Jas. E. Edmunds; 2, III
bert Garfield; 3, R. v. Martindale.
Glass %, green hunters-For hors'
that have never won "a feot"juml
ing class. Jumps not to exceed fee
Horses to be owned in Amherst, Be-
ford, Appomattox. Campbell or Ne
I son counties. Conformation, AZ p
cent. performance, 60 per cent.
!. r. v. Martindale; Q. Herms
Schultz; 8, Jas. Edmunds.
Glass 26, carriage pair-No. q
carriage pail shown to vehicle
y Mrs. John w. Carroll; 2, r. V. Ma
Il tindale; 8, John G. Gannaway.
q Glass 81, ponies-No. GO, ponies u
: der saddle Herman L. Page;
. Lucy Howard; 8, Herman L. Page.
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From Sangereille


sangersville, Va, Sept. 2s.-The
long continued drouth was. well brok-
Ell here this afternoon at three thirty.
The heaviest storm and rain for the
wear and accompanied by considerable
hail of no small size. One pane OF
glass was broken at the school house.
Greeks and branches were high.
Miss Blanche Cupp and Master Jos
Ruff have t0nsilitis.
Mr.. Clint Michael's boy has som
throat trouble but not dangerous.
Mrs. Addie Howdyshell has fever.
Mr.. Oscar Ryan has very sol
hand.
Mrs. Annie Miller has sore inge'
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07
In the Circuit Court

In the circuit court yesterday indict'
ments were found in the cases OF b. X.
Daniel, misdemeanor; Mamie Jackson
bigamy; and in the case OF Mary FOL
liver, charged with completely in the
murder of Vim. McCutoheon. not a
true bill. Hattie McCutcheon. Clyde
Weaver, Ben Pendleton and Chas.
McCamey were arraigned and plead
not guilty, the trial of Hattie McCut-
cheon being set for October IL, and
the cases of the others set TOT
October 9th.
The court appointed Duncan Curry
and A. Stuart Robertson to defend
Chas. McCamey and John Cochran
and John D. White to defepd Ben Pen
dleton. The grand jury was dis
charged for this term.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07

the Singer Building, and dense smoke
was pouring from the windows OF
the Broadway side of the structure
when the firemen arrived. Two OF
the elevators were requisitioned by
the fighters, who after their aerial
venture, had difficulty in forcing
their way through the smoke hlle'
maze of offices to the blazing rooms
Once in, they made short work OF the
fire, which was only potentially seri-
Gus, and did comparatively litt1e dam
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07
Additional Personals

Judge Henry W. Holt OF the Hastings
Court OF this city, is on Visit TO nus
old home in Sorry county
Mr.. GrauvilIs Curry, now at the
University of Virginia spent yester-
lay in the city.
Mrs. C. Newbern of Harrisonburg
spent yesterday in Stanton visiting
friends.
Mr.. John Burner has returned to his
home in McGaheysville.
Mrs. Morris Cohen has returned
from a visit to her parents in Harri-
sonDurg.
Miss Corinne Crawford Condor, has
returned to Woman's College. Rich
mond Va, which school she attend.
ed the two previous sessions.
Mrs. J. T. Harris and Mrs. M. z.
Cook. left yesterday for Charlottes-.
VILE to visit their sister Mrs. J. r.
Hidy.
/ Miss Evangeline Burgh OF Rock Is
land. Ill. who has been visiting Mrs.
Thos. J. Hartman at slngieside "Thorn-
rose Ave. left yesterday morning for
Richmond.
) Mr.. Frank Smith. Familiarity kno M
as Gypsy Smith," who was 1or
Icing time a resident of stanton. bat
who now resides at Boiar Springs IL
, Bath county, AMI who spent several
days in Staunton this week. returned
9 to his home yesterday.
b Mrs. Columbus Halle AMI daughter
t Miss Elise Halle returned to st Louis
r last night
Mrs. Frank c. Hanger has gone e
Richmond where she will visit Mrs
John Marlborough.
Chief of Police Bosserman OF ran
'e mont, w. Va. has been in the GU
(. for several days called here by the 81
Y. trena illness Of his father near Mic
10 dlebrook.
70 Miss Louise Ha, ey, who vlslte
u Mrs. Laura Taylor Mccoy this sun
C. mer at "Sycamore, is again i'll Il
:. city. as her guest.
Mr.. Clarence Benjamin OF Gafne
no Sc, is visiting relatives in the cltl
Mr.. Lewis Porterfield Bell, OF 3
mingham, Ala, who was called hol
ore nv the death of his mother. will spe
sou,e DAYS here before returning
or. Mr.. Herman H. Wefel, Jr., OF \
bile, Ala, has brought son here
entered him at the Staunt0n Milit
.rds Academy.
ues. He has for this season also place
as daughter at Ogantz school near r
adelphia. Mr.. Wefel is large de-
ter. in Southern lands. He has an OF
ros. in Chicago. After spending da.
nm. so in Staunton he has returned to
Ed home in Mobile.
Messrs. Scott Funkhouser and 1
mes Collins left Monterey yesterday al
Nj. / O'Clock in Mr.. Funkhouser's a
mobile. and reached Staunton abe
's-4 in the evening.
| in They visited the horse show ant
APP port the stock assembled remark
oun- fine. Some riding horses, which
Iddle Collins thought, ranked with any
} per had seen in a long time, and
60 knowledge of horses makes such
Ro. ion valuable.
lie. Mrs. DR.. NJ. G. Holt, VINO has
orses visiting at the home OF Judge Il
ump- W. Holt, left yesterday for hlchr
feet. on receipt OF telegram that her
Bed ter's husband, DR.. Daes, physlc1'
Mel charge of the Confederate Sold
per Home, had met with a serious
III. dent at the court house III hichn
rman which. on acc ouat of his advanced
caused much apprehension among
", friends.
le-1,
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WoWAN

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Meanwhile read the following letters WHICH we
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severIy injured by Corn Gutter

Harrisonburg, Sept. S0.-Mr. Daniel
Cram had both Of his legs badly cut
by a corn cutter yesterday, which ne
was operating on his farm near Burke
town. Several bad cuts were lnfiict-
Ell, but he expects to be at work again
in short time. -
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07
Woods Late
Seed Potatoes

are selected seed potatoes
carried in cold storage. so
as to supply them unsprout-
ed and in the best condition
(. for summer planting.
The best time to plant
Late Potatoes is in une or
early in July, to make the
largest yielding crops tor
/ winter use or market.
y Write for woods Crop
Special giving prices and
| seasonable information a,
bout Late Potatoes and
other Seeds, for Summer
Planting.
7. w. Wood 8 Sons
ns-A.N ,.A Va
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when her hand slipped off the crank
and she was struck a terrific blow
in the forehead with the handle, her
| skull being fractured. She fell uncon-
scious to the ground eight feet dis
lance, and her condition is hopeless.
Charlottesville. Va, Sept. ~
James s. Harris, wealthy resident
of the southside of the county, has
offered a reward of 500 for the cap
ture of the person who entered his
Mace OF Green Mountain and stole
valuable horse. new gold Masonic
pin. a suit of clothes, Winchester
rifle, four pistols, pair of shoes and
what loose money he found in the
house. The meanest act the robbel
committed, however, was to take q
vial of carbolic acid he found upon
the mantel in the room occupied by
Mr.. Harris and empty its contents IN
to a jug of cider that he came across
in his search for booty. Fortunately,
Mr.. Harris discovered his attempt
to poison by observing the empty
vial and smelling the carbolic acid II
the cider before he drank any OF 1t
The thief took his old shoes OF ant
left them in the house and wore away
the new pair. He left note writer
in ink in these words 'Black Hant
bovs of the West. Look out. T"
New York, Sept. 20. -Firemen toaa.
had the somewhat novel experience
of fighting fire in a skyscraper
twenty six floors Dove the street lev
ell. The flames broke ont in the omcle
of a financial concern in the tower Q