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The Colorado statesman., 1910-06-04
WASHINGTON.

President Taft spent Memorial Day
in New York City.
The United States Supreme Court
Tuesday denied the application OF
Oberlin NJ. Carter, former captain OF
the United States army, for rehear-
ing in the suit in which 100000 was
taken from him and turned over to
the government as a result of the Sa-
vannah, Ca, harbor Improvement
scandal.
The authority of the interstate COM
merce commission in issuing the order
directing reduction of the through
freight rates from Chicago and from
ST. Louis to Denver, and the validity
of that order was Tuesday upheld by
the Supreme Court of the United
States, three of the seven judges dis
senting.
Statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico in the senate is rapidly COM
ing down to the local point of taking
the house bill, already passed, or moth
ing. AS usual, the Republicans are di~
vided. President Taft is represented
as ready to sign any reasonable bill
which gives the two southwestern ter
ritories a chance to come under the
flag as states.
Alarmed over the decision of the
supreme court of the United States
in the Jandt case, general attorneys
from a score of big railroads probably
will ask the court to reconsider its
conclusion. In the Jandt case, which
was decided April /, the court held
that certain freight cars engaged in
interstate commerce were liable to
attachment proceedings in states 9th
er than that in which the common
carrier was incorporated.
Some of the supporters of the
measure that passed the Senate pro-
viding for an issue of certificates Of
Indebtedness to the amount of $30,000,-
600 for the completion of reclamation
projects, are preparing to place this
measure as rider" upon the admin
istration land withdrawal bill. This
course Is designed to compel the
House committee on ways and means
to take action upon the Senate meas
ure, but it is said to have the support
of President Taft.
Representative Pray of Montana Sc
cured the adoption of an amendment
to the sundry civil bill in the house
Tuesday adding 100000 to the appro-
priation for creating bureau of
mines, so that coal mine rescue sta
tions may be established at various
places in the country contiguous to
large mining operations. If the amount
is retained in the bill, it will provide
for ten additional mine rescue sta
tions of which Colorado, Wyoming
and Montana, it is expected, will each
receive one or more.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-06-04
FOREIGN.

The deposed shah OF Persia, who is
living at Odessa in villa placed at
his disposal by the Russian govern
ment, has taken up the study of medi-
cine.
Gen. Zeldon OF the insurgent army
in Nicaragua has assumed formld-
able position in the rear OF Bluefields
bluff and will make an effort to re-
take the custom house situated there
according to a dispatch.
VIM. Brown, who started from New
foundland, December 25, 1906, with
team of four dogs on trip around
the world for purse of $4,000 reached
San Jose, Cal, it noon Tuesday, on me
last leg of his trip. He has Travelled
25. 900 miles, is ahead Of time and mas
three OF the four dogs with which no
started.
Quite unexpectedly, Tuesday, Theo-
dore Roosevelt delivered what is con-
sidered by Englishmen as severe ar
raignment of the nation in its attitude
toward Egypt. He called attention 10
the fact that England's object in tax
ing hold in Egypt was the establish
ment of order. Either you have or
you have not the right to remain in
Egypt and establish and keep order.
If you have not the right and have not
the desire to keep order, then, by all
means, get out. But If, as hope, you
feel that your duty to civilized man
kind and your fealty to your own great
nation alike bid you stay, then make
the fact and the name agree and show
that you are ready to meet in very
deed the responsibility that is yours.
When a people treats assassination as
the cornerstone of self-government, 1t
forfeits all rights to be treated as wor-
thy of self-government. Some nation
must govern Egypt and hope and be-
Iieve that the English nation will de-
eide that the duty is theirs"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
The caddY,s Certificate.

The certificate If character that
wins a boy position on the golf links
very often serves a double purpose.
When the life Of a caddy pals that
same certificate is found useful in Sc
curing an Office position. Some EN-
ployers do not know what 70 make OF
that unusual recommendation
What's this?" said one man suspi.
ciousiy TO the boy who had applied for
a situation. TT doesn't say a word
about your writing or spelling or In
dustry; II Just states that you can be
relied upon as a faiths;:l caddy. What
has that got to DO With holding a
steady job"
"A whole lot" said the boy. My
teacher signed that Most Of the
chaps up at the links have certif-
Gates Of character from their teach.
ers. # a fellow can be depended upon
IN there, why cant be be depended
upon down hereT
That was an argument that fetch.
ed that particular employer. and # has
fetched many another man to whom
similar references have been pre-
sented-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28

NEW YORK.-That the New York
Az city government has, in some ways
at least, kept pace with the city's
growth as shown in the census re
turns is manifest from a budget study
compiled by the city statisticians. The
census returns show an increase in
the population of 1877 per cent. In the
same ten-year period the city budget
has grown from s90,77S,972 to S163.-
O3O,270-an increase of over "A per
cent. The figures estimated for the
expenditure of the actual city, as
apart from the county. were for 1900
$7S,201, 1913, and for 1910 S15S,775145,
or "a per cent increase.
The increased cost in the city gov
eminent is partly accounted for, ac-
ccrding to the budget officials, by the
widened scope of municipal enterprise.
For example, ten years ago the domes-
tic relations courts in Manhattan and
Brooklyn. the special schools for de-
fective children or tuberculosis pa
tients and the establishment of play
grounds were entirely outside the gen
eral conception of what the city gov
eminent should do
The expense of maintaining the
city's police force has increased more
than third in the decade. The board
of education now requires twice as
much as in 190O-$2S. 100000, instead
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
Souvenir Postal Saves Heir $4,000

compensate Cornelius for the loss OF
his freedom, so when he was old
enough 20 care for himself-13 years
old, to De exact-Cornelius ran away
and started out to see the world Aftel
several years of wandering, Charley en-
listed in the United States marine
corps. he served for six years. and in
that time visited every port you ever
heard Of and more besides Early
in 1906 Carney was in China and wrote
home that he was sailing soon for
San Francisco. That was the last his
relatives heard of him in years.
In 1908 Mrs. Anna F. Baker. who
was Mrs. Carney's sister. died in Chi
cago, leaving an estate of 100000
of which a considerable part went tc
the Carney children, who had grown
up and prospered in Troy. To set.
tie up the estate it was necessary tc
find Cornelius alive or prove him
dead. and one was about as hard a
task as the other. Finally the courts
decided Cornelius was dead-althougb
he was married and living in Okla.
homa.
Within a short time Cornelius share
in his aunt's estate would have gone
to Cook county. but just In the nick
of time Cornelius sent a souvenir post
card to his sister Mrs. Lizzie Pratt of
Troy, who at once wrote him that he
was an heir to his aunts estate. In
court Carney proved his heirship and
will get the $4,000 before long.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
Miss Zoe Boyle Explains Workings Of
Her Nomenclature System
Not Fortune Telling

New York.--What's in name?
Nearly everything from a sore throat
to a steady job. in the opinion of Miss
Zoe ]. Boyle of this city, who calls
herself "a name analysist" She main.
tains that when ono writes ones self
ED Y-T-HE." instead of EDITH. -
one actually makes ones self wholly
different person. For. she says, as
"Edythe' one may be more unlucky
than when It's spelled with an 81"
1T isn't fortune telling" said Miss
Boyle. ut is the working of natural.
ordinary law. II means lot Of accu-
rate. careful work Every letter Of
the child's two or three names--Chris-
tian. middle and surname--stands for
something. Then each letter Is equiva.
lent TO number in several nathe-
NAUTICAL tables which use The sim.
plest is like this" and she showed the
following diagram:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
IN THE SCRAP HEAP

-
yor and a desire to enrich his coun-
trymen as well as to add luster to his
own name and reputation. II was too
expensive transaction. however. and
after the French government with
drew its patronage and the French
people declined longer to contribute.
there came scandals without number
that shocked the world and De Les.
seps withdrew to France to die OF a
broken heart
In the abandonment the French com
pany left on the ground all of It's ma
chlnery, some of which had never been
In use, consisting of locomotives. steel
cars, huge steel scoops and dredges,
valuable tools OF iron and steel, bridges
that had been made in France and
were ready TO put together, huge
cranes, levers and costly casting ma.
terial
This costly outfit lay IL the path OF
the American engineers when they
came to dig the new ditch which Uncle
Sam has in course Of construction.
Some of 1t was covered with mud a
foot deep; some Of It gathered rust an
inch deep iii the forests OF the tropics;
locomotives that cost thousands In
France lay upturned. the resting places
OF the swamp birds, and monkeys
swung from one bridge piece to the
other as had done their ancestors
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28

THICAGO.-An unusual story of a
~ lost neir to a 100000 estate
whose chance mailing of a souvenir
post card will bring him $4,000
was revealed in the probate court
the other day. The man is Corne-
Illus Carney. now a resident of Okla.
bona City. who was thought to have
persisted in the San Francisco earth.
quake and fire in April, 1906.
The story he told in court ran
like this: He was born 80 years ago
in Troy, N. Y, member of a large
family whose head, John Carney, was
for more noted for his convivial hab-
Its than for his thrift and industry
Consequently the little Carneys found
life in Williams street alley a strug.
gle in which dirt and want were daily
factors. After being very bad for a
long time the condition of the Carney
family became worse, and Cornelius
was sent to a children's asylum.
There wasn't much in life in Will
lams street alley but liberty-there
was plenty of that-and the compare
tive comfort of the asylum couldn't
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
Aemnant Of French Panama
Canal Goes to Melting Pots.
Costly Machinery Brought over by
5aekers Of Ferdinand de Lesseps
Being Sent to Furnaces to
Be Made Over.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The ghost OF old
Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French en-
gineer, would stand aghast we're It to
visit the yards Of the Harrisburg Iron
and Steel company and see what is be-
ing done with the costly machinery
and equipment which he shipped from
France to the lsthmus OF Panama in
the '7Os, to aid in the construction Of
the big ditch that was to be dug solely
by French labor, conducted by French
skill and paid for by French cash from
the strong box of the banker and the
humble wooden sock of the French
peasant
As all the world knows, after De Les
seps had made such a great success in
building the Suez canal, he was urged
to greater efforts to build a canal
across the Isthmus of Panama to con-
meet the Atlantic and Pacific oceans;
and he set about the task with fer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28

ne was startled by Cry for Help
he must be emphatically repulsed-
e-m-p-h-a-t-i-c-a-l-l-y repulsed. Miss Liv.
ingston. l trust that you understand
me?"
"Yes'm"
The next day Mr.. Flemming went
fishing down the river. He had hiLh.
erto fshed up the stream He knew
nothing whatever of the jaunt to the
grove on the part of the young ladies,
but the voice of Fate called to him.
he had been in the grove for couple
Of hours, and he had almost had two
bites on his hook, when the grove
was invaded. He heard song and
laughter, and he soon reasoned out
who his callers were
1t vas very proper of Mr. Elem.
ming to sit there and fish and fish and
not go spying. BY skulking through
the brush a hundred feet or SO he
could have come upon the happy band
in a dell, but he didn't skulk. He sat
there and bobbed his line up and
down and watched the bubbles and
the froth.
More than an hour had gone by
when Mr.. Flemming heard the rum
BILE of thunder. and looked up to see
the sky dsrkening There was going
to be a thunderstorm. He hecrd ex-
carnations and calculations from the
young ladies and knew they were pre-
pairing to take shelter in a farmhouse
a quarter of a mile away He didn't
propose to get wet, but he had noted
a great sycamore tree with a hollow
trunk that would give him shelter.
The voices of a dozen running,
harum-scarum girls had died away
In the distance. and Mr.. F7emming
had laid down his fishpole, when he
was startled by cry for help. II was
near at hand. 1t was the voice Of a
woman The fisherman made a rush
of fifty feet to confront a young wom-
an whose foot had been caught in
root as she started to fee with the
others. She was hanging to the limb
Of a tree and twisting her foot. but
the heel was jammed fast
1t was Miss Livingston There she
was, held prisoner by her foot. a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
HYPNOTIC AID is REFUSED
New York Magistrate Rejects offer
Of Services Of professor of
HypnotIsm."

New York.-A simple and easy
means of solving all marital troubles
by hypnotism has Just been refused
consideration by Magistrate Cornell.
presiding officer Of Now York's court
of domestic relations.
A tall. dark man of impressive ap-
pearance called upon Magistrate Cor
nell the other day and introduced him
self as a professor Of hypnotism." He
informed the magistrate he was ready
to place himself temporarily at the
service Of the court.
Il can be OF vast assistance" he
said. Il am needed here. Nothing
can stand against my powers. Let a
couple who are at war come to me. |
look In their eyes. ! stroke their
heads. say softly. Go, my children.
and be at peace They walk out turtle
doves"
Magistrate Cornell said be would
take the name OF the professor and
send for him II he was needed. but
that he would try to worry on unaided
for a while.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
Ants Are Driving Kansans From Home

now in evidence. Kiowa and other
towns in Harper county tell of the
visits of the ants.
Almost the entire residence portion
of Kiowa, a town of more than one
thousand inhabitants, is in the grasL
of untold millions of ants. At first the
earth seemed literally to be alive
with them. There were big ants, lit
tie ants, red ants, blond ants and
brunette ants. They all seemed to be
hungry and they got into the houses.
Not content with the food in the pan
tries. they infested carpets, beds,
chewed clothing to pieces and caused
a great deal of havoc.
Openwork stockings and porous un-
derwear had to be abandoned for
close-knit clothing by the residents, be-
cause the ants didn't remain on the
floor or in the beds, but swarmed over
human beings.
In certain sections of the town fam.
lilies actually moved out to get away
from the ants, thinking it was cheaper
to move than to lose their household
goods. Others are devoting their time
to fighting the pests by fumigating the
houses and inundating the floors.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
Cats stlII Have Nine Lives.

Walled up for three weeks above the
ceiling of the remodeled Guichon
hotel. f!eattle, tabby cat was lib
Grated recently by workmen who
heard a faint meowing and made an
opening to release the imprisoned
feline. As the ceiling was plastered
three weeks ago. the cat must have
crept into it's prison when the work
men vere finishing their task How
the cat managed to live three weeks
without food is a mystery. Even It's
natural prey. mice. would be scarce
In what is practically a new building
When released puss crawled to
the ground and laid down. apparently
about 10 give up the ghost 4 dog
happened around and volunteered to
assist the cat 70 the better lands. In
a moment there was a flying mass
Of fur. splitting and a scratching.
then two animals rushing away ia
opposite directions. The cat has not
been seen sirce-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
ENGLISH TELL FREAK TALES
One Village Reports Cow MIXED by
snake-Frogs "cried Like
Rabbits"

London .--WInsted. L!schheid coun-
~. Connecticut. seat Of so many mar
yels. Will do well to keep an eye on its
laurels. British emulators are enter
ing the field The little Glouchester-
shire village Of Coddington made the
first bid by promulgatiHg the report
that the cows of the countryside were
being MIXED by snakes. This report
flourished so b. travelling that yards
Of articles published IN rural news
papers related how a farm laborer had
had a desperate struggle with a boa
constructor which he caught In the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28

WICHITA, Kan.-G opp e rs,
w chinch bugs and Hessian flies,
and few other such pests, have visit
ed Kansas in bygone days, eaten the
crops, trimmed the leaves off the trees
and driven more or less hardy pio-
neers back to their wives folks in the
East, but never until this year have
ants in sufficient numbers been no
ticed to cause people to desire to leave
their once happy homes in the Sun
flower State.
From several towns come reports of
ants in such numbers as to cause ac-
tual worry by the inhabitants. The
people are not unaccustomed to the
little black ant and the red ant which
visit the sugar bowl occasionally, but
they can't account for the swarms of
all sorts and breeds of ants which are
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
Gator In Hens Nest.

New York.-A pet alligator owned
by the family of Jesse Irving Taylor.
249 Broad street. Bloomfield. N. j..
disappeared and had been given up as
lost.
Miss Jeanette Taylor, while gather
ing eggs from the nests IN the chicken
coop was startled to see the head of
the alligator sticking from under the
wing of an old black hen sitting in
one OF the nests. The gator. Ted. was
removed from It's comfortable quar-
ters and placed In an aquarium. The
alligator had grown considerably. and
Judging from the number of shells
found. had been subsisting on fresh
eggs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
Hog Raising a Social Eccentricity

bridge or to smoke cigarettes within
the charmed walls Of the farmhouse.
But there is nothing to prevent a
countess from sneaking away to en-.
joy Whit IN the COW shed.
Titled farm hands may also dis.
port themselves among the poultry.
and carry feed to hungry hogs. Elk
perts are on the premises to teach bee
keeping, bread making, how to run
poultry farm and how to spin. II
isn't compulsory for countesses to kill
fowls fer the market, though way
ward fancy may lead them to en-.
liven their week-ends by waiting on
the pigs
Spinning is included In the cate
CORY of interests, because spinning is
held to be such restful and poetic
occupation. Spinning wheels have
been imported from Scotland and les
sons are given at $3.50 by a prof
cient instrucIess. The role of shep-
herdess at the farm is popular. but
the most amused people on the prem
Uses are the rustics who do the real
work.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
OOOOOooooooooooooooOoOO
mo Exceptions"
By LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY
1910. D. Associated Literary Press

Mr.. Guy F1emming. civil engineer,
was passing a couple of weeks at the
village of Colville. THAT meant that
he was fishing That didn't mean
that be WAS catching any fish, be-
cause the month was August, and a
fish that will bite in August is not
worth the carrying home.
A mile outside the village was the
Prim school for young ladies-Miss
Janet Prim principal. proprietor and
all that.
As the school buildings were sit
uated on the banks of the same river
in which Mr.. Flemming was vainly
fishing for fish, suspicious person
like Miss Prim must see through his
duplicity sooner or later. He was
gradually approaching the school
grounds as he fished, and the day
would come when he would venture
to climb the wall and address one of
the dozen damsels remaining there
through the summer vacation. Miss
Prim did see, and she called up Miss
Fanny Livingston, one of her assist.
ants. and solemnly said:
Miss Livingston, there's a man
around. That is, there is a strange
man gradually approaching this place
along the river bank. He has come
a little nearer every day for the past
week"
rs the constable to be notified,
ma'am?" was asked
only as a last resort Under your
care the young ladies are to visit
Maple grove tomorrow. The grove is
cn the river. Should that man be
fishing in the vicinity and dare to
approach you and the young ladies'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28

4 ONDON.-Women of title, jaded by
IL the fatigues of the season, are be-
ing offered unique opportunities for
calming their overweight nerves.
Lady Wolseley, head of the Ladies'
Park club. has conceived the happy
idea of enabling the blue-blooded mem
bers to live as farm hands. The re-
treat that has been provided for them
is far from the madding crowd, in an
antique country house in Middlesex
county.
Duchesses tired Of the social whirl
go there to commune with nature and
TO enjoy the delightful luxury of plain
fare. Life on the farm win be almost
severe, for the spoiled darlings of So
ciety. They are not allowed to play
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28

when De Lesseps and his merry men
began to dig the ditch that failed.
There was only one thing to do with
this old stun. and that was to gather
It, ship It north and sell Il for Junk,
to be remelted in the Yankee smelling
pot, TO make useful things. Tons upon
tons of ii were sent to New York and
sold, and among those who got a share
was the Harrisburg Iron and Steel
company. Thus far Harrisburg has
handled 1900 tons of this scrap. AS
none Of II can be used for its original
purpose, as fast as 1t is received here
It is cleaned of the rust of years and
the mud of Panama and sent to fur.
naces. for there is always demand
for 1t. because Of its quality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-28
President of Wabash Railroad, Daugh
ter and Companions Forced to
Sleep in Open.

Chicago.-LoBt in the pine woods Of
northern Michigan ana forced 70 sleep
in the open, with only the towering
mines above them, was the experience
Of Frederic A. Delano, president Of
the wabash railroad. who was accom-
uanled BY his daughter, Miss Gather
inc Delano; Fra1k II. Scott and the
latter's daughter.
One night was spent this way, and
late on the afternoon Of the second
day. when the little party had recon
ciled themselves 10 the situation and
were preparing TO make more perma-
pent camp, they were found by
searching party and escorted 70 the
Headquarters Of the Huron Mountain
Hunting and Fishing club, from which
they had strayed.
The little party had wandered of
into the forest. and when night began
to fall realized that they had lost
their way. Shouting brought no re-