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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
MAY RECOVER
Miss Elkins' Suicide Attempt May be
q Failure.

Kansas City, Feb. 17.-AIiss Agnes
Elkins. niece of United States Sena-
tor Elkins of West Virginia. who shot
herself at local hotel yesterday,
was much improved today. Her ply.
Sician believed that she will recover,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
TWO MILLION
ACRES RESTORED
More Than Fifty-Six Thousand
Acres Were Opened for
Settlement

Washington, Feb. 17.-An extensive
temporary withdrawal of lands from
the public domain was made by Sec
retary Ballinger today, involving
2,O6S,492 acres reserved from coal en-.
try and 1904 acres Withdrawals
from all forms of disposition. Fifty
six thousand, four hundred and thir.
ty-one acres were restored to settle.
ment
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
BRAVERY REWARDED
Man Who Saved Shipwrecked Sailor
Was Remembered.

Philadelphia, Feb. 17.-In recogni.
tion Of the bravery of Capt. NJ. An
derson of the steamer L. G.. Hanna
who rescued six men from the steam
T.. Clarion. which was destroyed by
fire near South Shoal. Lake Erie
December s last, the directors of the
Erie G Western Transportation COM
pany (the Anchor line), which is con-
trolled by the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, today sent to the skipper a
solid bronze ships clock.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
Nine Inches of Snow. in In.
diana And Two Inches in
Texas
COLORADO AAO THIRTY BELOW
ANO VINO Of 81 NILES VELOCITY
Thermometer Dropped Sixty Three
Degrees in Wyoming in THIRTY. Six
Hours-Roads Blocked In Montana
With Twenty Foot Snow Drifts.

Kansas City, Feb. 1.-THE coolest
weather of the winter prevailed in
western Kansas. Colorado and parts
Of Wyoming today. The cold was al
SO very severe in Oklahoma, Texas
and other portions of the southwest.
The Kansas temperatures ranged
from ten degrees above to four be-
low. In Colorado some of the noun
tain districts report as much as thir-
ty degrees below zero. Colorado
Springs had the coolest weather in
ten years, the mercury being ten be-
low zero. At Corona, a little hamlet
on the summit of the divide, it was
thirty below with a wind having a
velocity Of fifty-two miles an hour. In
Oklahoma, southern Kansas and the
Texas pan handle nearly two inches
Of snow fell.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
Twenty Foot Drifts.

Seattle, Feb. 17.-Northern Pacific
trains due here today are bulletined
from seven to fourteen hours late be-
cause Of snow drifts in Montana,
where in some places the track is
buried twenty feet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
Wyoming Swept.

!. Cheyeen, Wyo., Feb. 17.-Snow and
high winds that have swept Wyoming
for the last thirty-six hours .lave
brought with them a drop in te..... -
ture, at some points as much as six
ty-three degrees. 1t was four below
zero at Cheyenne today and eight be-
low at Lander.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 17.-From
5 o'clock yesterday morning until
o'clock last night nine inches of snow
fell in Indianapolis and it, is still
showing. The city is experiencing
one of the worst blockades to traffic
in its history. .
The storm seems to be as severe
throughout the state as it is here
Interurban electric cars and steam
trains are rr.ning late.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
$1,000 county. and there are fifty
seven counties in the state," said Rep

$1,000 a county. and there are fifty
seven counties in the state," said Rep
rcsentative Mckinley, a close person
nj friend of the vanishing senator.
California will suffer g. great loss
when Flint leaves, for there is no
telling who will succeed him. Ev-
erything Is up in the air out In our
state, and we won't know where we
stand until the new law ia. tried out"
The fact that there are many mil
ltonaires in the senate and that those
of more than ordinary wealth outnum-
ber the poor men in the chamber five
to one, is. to large extent, living,
breathing proof Of what Mr.. Flint
says. It ca.not be denied, either, that
there are number. of very poor men
on the roll. men who, IL they were to
die today, would leave scarcely
enough behind them to pay for their
coffins. But like the exceptions that
prove certain rules, these men of no
visible means except their salaries
are so few and far between in the
?nate that they stand out like Mas
lachusetts and Florida on our eastern
coast line.
Here is list of the multimillion-
aires in the senate and their probable
wealth, the same being more likely
to be under than over estimated:
Guggenheim of Colorado $4,000, 900
Ellxins Of West Virginia :. 25,000,000
Stephenson of Wisconsin 10000, 200
Warren Of Wyoming ....... 100000
Nixon of Nevada ......... $4,000, 900
Olivor of Pennsylvania 20. rs, 100000
Crane of Massachusetts :. 10000, 900
Aldrich of Rhode Island >. 100000
Wetmore of Rhode Island 100000
DUPONT of Delaware ...... S,0O0,O0O
Depew of New York ...... 5000, 900
Hughes Of Colorado '...... 100000
Kean of New Jersey ...... 100000
Newlands of Nevada ...... 100000
Lodge of Massachusetts 90. 100000
Scott Of West Virginia .... 100000
Bourne of Oregon 100000. 100000
Smoot of Utah ........... 100000
Hale of Maine ............ 100000
Root Of New York ........ 100000
Brandegee Of Connecticut 100000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17
Forty Degrees Fall.

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 17.-The worst
blizzard of the winter, is interfering
with traffic and causing much suffer-
ing in this city and throughout Mis-
souri, and southern! Illinois. The
temperature here dropped from sixty
five degrees yesterday >, afternoon te
Observation-Disclosures aaro and fif.
teen inches of snow promised by the
weather bureau before morning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17

~ So
THE WEATHER.
North DakOta--Partly cloudy
tonight and Friday. Rising tenn.
: pcraturc In west portion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-17

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
ANLlENT BRIDGES.

Seme Built Before tho Christian Era
 Still Standing In China.
 Suspension bridges which were built in the time of the Han dynasty (2o2 B. c. to 220 A. D. are still standing, striking examples of oriental engineer ing skill. According to historical and geographical writers of China, it was Shang Lieng. Kaen Tsus chief of con- mand, who undertook to construct the first public roads in the Flowery en- pire
 At that time it was almost impos- sible for the province of Shense to communicate with the capital. Lieng took an army of 10000 workmen and cut great gerges through the noun tains, filling up the canyons and val. leys with the debris from his excava- tons. At places where deep gorges were traversed by large and rapidly flowing streams he actually carried out his plan of throwing suspension bridges. stretching from one slope to the other.
 These crossings, appropriately styled flying bridges" by early Chinese writ CTS, are high and dangerous looking in the extreme. At the present day. a bridge may still be seen in the Shense which is 400 feet long and is stretched over a chasm more than 1000 feet deep. How those early engineers erected such structure with the tools and appliances at their command is 8 mystery which will probably never be explained.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
GAS VICTIMS BODY
 SENT TO NEW LONDON Wealthy Brother Makes Ar engagements for Funeral of Windsor's Ill Fated Guest

The body Of Jacob l.. Bragaw, aged 50. unmarried, who died from asphyx- iation in the Windsor hotel early yes- terday morning was shipped this af- ternoon to New London, arrangements for his funeral having been made by his brother.
 Bragaw's death was a shock to widespread acquaintance. For 35 years he had been in the employ of the Adams Express Co.,, for 20 years as messenger on the trains, ana lat terly as local manager of the Bethel, Conn. office.
 Bragaw retired late Saturday night, a night watchman of the hotel escort ing him to his room. He had been drinking. When attaches of the hotel passed through the corridors at 3 o'clock they saw lights cleaning through the transom. At gas was detected and the door was forced open. Bragaw was dead before Dr. Mo Queeney of the ambulance corps reached him.
 He came here from Bethel Satur- day expecting to spend the week end in Bridgeport and New Haven. He is survived by two brothers, and sister, one brother in the grain business in New London. He had $60, two dia- mond rings, and gold watch.
 It is believed he turned the electric lights out, and in so doing turned on the gas, both lights being on the same fixture. There was no reason for his suicide.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
UtAIh EUUN
 BICKFORD AT WORK
Carpenter Dies Within Few Minutes from Attack of
 Indigestion

George Bickford, a carpenter en- ployed by Warehouse Bros, dropped dead this morning while at work upon a place owned by Ralph Sherwood, in the Putney district. Stratford.
 Bickford about 10 o'clock sat down on the porch and complained of terri ble pains in his chest. He told his foreman, Henry F. Greene that he guessed that he was going to croak." Greene looking at Bickford saw a ghastly pallor come over his face and telephoned for a doctor
 Dr. W. B. Cogswell responded. but his services were only needed in his official capacity as medical examiner of Stratford. He found death was due to acute indigestion.
 Bickford was "a robust looking man of about AS years. He resided with his wife and family in Huntington Road. He was a member of the In- dependent Order Of Odd Fellows, and came to this city several months ago from Vermont.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
A Paper Restaurant.

Hamburg. Germany, has an eating house made of paper. It's walls are composed of double layer of paper stretched on frames and impregnated with a fire and water proof solution. A thin wooden partition affords fur ther protection from the inclemency of the weather Roofs and walls are fas- tened together by means of bolts and hinges so that the entire structure may be taken apart and put together again. The dining room itself measures 80 by 6 meters and is capable of accommo- dating 150 peop.e. There are twenty two windows and four skylights. and the heating is done by two isolated stoves. A side erection contains the managers office. kitchen. larder and dwelling room. The total cost was S350.-Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
Birds and Insect Life.

Men of science are generally agreed that birds are natures great check on the excess of insects and that they maintain the balance between plant and insect life. Ten thousand cater pillars, it has been estimated, could destroy every blade of grass on an area of cultivated land. The insect population of a single cherry tree in- fested with aphides has been estimat- ed by a prominent entomologist at no less than 12,OO0,OO0. The bird popula- tion of cultivated country districts has been estimated at from TOO to 1000 per square mile. This is small compared with the number of insects, yet as each bird consumes hundreds of in- sects every day the latter are prevent ed from becoming fhe scourge they would be but for their .feathered ene- mies.-Harper's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
JUDGE PULLMAN ANU ROBERT CLARK TO
 DO COMET STUNTS
Brooklawn Club to Hold Comet Feed Fest Wednes- day Evening When There'll Be Something Doing.

There is to be Comet dinner Wed nesday night at the Brooklawn Coun- try club and in addition to the fame of the renowned MT. Haley, all indi- cations point to John s. Pullman and Robert w. Clark taking their place among the celestial constellations of the future. For while the guests are gormandizing the good things that Steward Kelleher is to provide Judge Pullman and MT. Clark will alternate as entertainers. First the judge will read Oliver Wendall Holmes poem, ''The Comet" and MT. Clark will rem der that rollicking solo, With a Stein o nthe Table" the chorus to comprise all sympathizers. MT. Clark will then in response to the scheduled encore give 'The Comet Cuss", no particular one suspected. There will be calls at this juncture for Pullman who will explain that he came co eat not to waste time in idle chatter and then dissertation on Some Comets I Have Known." and Ca few more). It is then programmed that the company will be ready for dashing slashing lay of song and MT. Clark with out the ac- coutrements will hurl as he only can that stirring ballad from Carmen which tells of toreador not mata- dor. Of course this will get a hand for it has been arranged that it shall and then as finis the same singer will regale the company with some thing that is going to be well worth while namely "The Speed Boy of the Skies' without apology to A. McNeil, IT,, or Greg Bryan. Any member of the club who thinks well of this dish is hereby notified that the steward will be glad to hear from him in time to make him one of the chorus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
NO RACE, BUT
 ALMOST ACCIDENT
How Good Judgment of Driver Prevented Forci-
 ble Meeting of Mooney's Car and Chemical Engine

Chief Edward Mooney said this morning of a statement published to the effect that his car and the chem ical engine were racing, Saturday night in Fairfield avenue "1t is ridi- culous to think that there was race between a 20 horsepower car and the 50 horsepower car. My car was in the lead from the time we left fire head quarters. The chemical /. engine, be- cause of the great power, was over taking us in Fairfield avenue. Be- cause of the great speed of the big car there was danger for all concerned if both cars had taken the corner at Fairfield avenue and Courtland street at the same time.
 ''Lieut. Holden who was driving the sma car knew there was danger and used good judgment in sackening the speed his car The chemical engine passed on without making the turn at Courtand street Holden was not in fault for what was a close shave.
 The chief issued an order today to the chemical engine drivers to the eff feet that at no time are they to pass his car in answering alarms. He did not think such an order necessary to his driver, because of the low horse power of his machine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
A skirt to order--$5.

Made from handsome woolens that selling at $1 yard.
 Or made from skrt-lengths of woolen that worth $1. yard
 Made in any of number of stylish sensible pat terms. Made by tailors who know how to make skirt that ts Made with and skill Finished with all the that one would put upon garment that made at home And guaranteed by the store to fit and be sats factory.
 Fabric, making, findings; all complete for $5. Fancy fabrics well as plain, rich colors and black. It is notable opportunity and many many have al- ready grasped it.
 rear
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
Wide embroiideriies
 at narrow. prices.

There is much and pleasing difference between the width and value and the price of these pretty embroider s One is great the other is small And the smalness of the makes the greatness of the other all the att tractive.
 Flouncing embroideries that are, ideal for women and for chdrens dresses Patterns suited for either because variety of both large and small is great Nice and fine of quality 27 inches wide There is inspiration them for the young girl planning special dress for graduation other occasion
 Values 75c to $1 yd,- soc
 Cambric enbroideries in 1S-nch houncng patterns, attractive and good dof latest designs This width is used than anyother this for skirts Iris much used also for dresses Regular 45c quality 35c
 front
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
OLD TIME SNOWMAN
 IS SENT TO JAIL

Walter Baldwin, quarter of a cen tury ago a famous bareback rider with the Barnum & Bailey circus, went to jail today to work out a fine of $5 and costs He was found ap- parently unconscious lying in a lot at Fifth street and Stratford avenue Saturday night and was thought to have been injured. Dr. Krause diagnosed his case as intoxication and turned him over to the police when the ambulance reached the Police & Charities building. Baldwin is now GA years old. He says he has prop erty in Worcester, where he was working his way when he began to drink.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
Saloonkeeper Held On
 Prisoners Statement
 Is Found Not Guilty

On the strength of a story told in city court last Monday by Charles Scheline, a cobbler of Howard aveAde, who was convicted of selling whiskey from bottle to men loitering about the docks, Anthony Fennell, proprie- tor of saloon at Lafayette street and Railroad avenue, was araigned in the city court today.
 Scheline testified he. had bought the whiskey from a man named Reilly, whose saloon he described as being located where Fennells place stands. The bartender for Finnell is named Reilly.
 Scheline was brought down from the jail where he is serving a short sen- tence to tsetify this morning against Fennell. He was rather vague in his description of the place, and his in- identification of Reilly, and Judge Fos- ter found Fennell not guilty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
FOOTBALL GUARD TRIPP LANDS UNEXPECTEDLY
 WITH BALLOON PARTY

snaDon. May lS:-Contrary ,tr Wi winds to land Roswell c. Tripp, of New York, the old Yale football guard, and the balloon party of which he was host, in this town, forty-one miles from Pittsfeld, Mass, early yesterday, instead of in Canada, to which point the aeronauts had expressed their in- tentions of sailing.
 The balloon Springfield was sent up from Pittsfield at half-past four o'clock in the morning with William Van Sleet, of that town, as pilot, and carrying as passengers MT. Tripp and Fairman Dick. of New York, and Edward c, Ely, of Norwich, Conn.,.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
CITY'S AUDITORS ~ ANNUAL REPORT City Expended Almost $2,- 100000 In Last Fiscal
 Year

City Auditor Bernard Heating will make his annual report to the Common Council, this evening. The report will show that the total indebtedness of the city, April 1, 1910, to be $1, 578, 791.- 23, decrease in twelve months of $110,62837. The available cash in the treasury on April 1, was $40,659.33 for the First district and $42,0O4.S5 for the Second district. The total receipts of the Second district were $1, ,14S, ,364. .62 and the total expenditure was S1 1,O16, 649.S3. The total receipts in the First district amounted to $S21.578.69 and the expenditures were S765 1S5.71
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
LOCKED IN SALOON;
 HELD AS BURGLAR

Locked in Water street saloon, near tne foot of Thomas street, yes- terday, John Donahue was arrested under suspicion of being burglar. Patrclmen Halpin and Gregory took Donahue into custody.
 Dof.ahue told what the police tfnnrht was a fishy story. about being in the saloon late Saturday night. and heinz locked in. But when the pro- prfetor came to his aid with a verifi- cation of his story he was turned loose
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
Young Elopers Return
 With Shattered Air
 Castles and Only 1.03

Returning with shattered romance and $1.03, Charles Ross, aged 15. of 56S Fairfield avenue. and Leonore Bulkley, aged IT, of 2608 North ave- nue, were taken to their homes in this city last evening, rescued from police headquarters in Weehawken by their parents.
 Ross sold his bicycle for $5 i, and started on his honeymoon trip with the proceeds as his only asset They expected to get married. The girl is a student at the Union Business Col lege
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
SWINDLER,
 JAILED IN MASS.

Special from United Press.)
 Fitchburg, Mass, May Exchanged with swindling the Worcester North Savings Bank of this city of $1,700 by a substitution trick, Corbett J. Nc Lane of Worcester, Mass, was today held to the Gand Jury in $2,500 bail. He is now out on bail for implication in a similar 0eal in Bridgeport, Conn.
 Mclean in the Superior court of this county was found guilty of conspiracy to rob Mrs. G. A. Benwell out of her property on Gilbert street and was given a years sentence in jail from which he appealed to the Supreme Court of Errors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
DIED.

REID.-In this city. May IA. 1910, Anna. wife of the late Alexander Reid, aged S8 years. 3 months. days. sss.--z.---- .-.ss-s.s..s
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at her late residence. No. 3I Prospect street, on Tuesday. May IF, at 2:30 D. m.
 Kindly omit flowers.
 -Interment at Mountain Grove cemetery. a*p RYAN-In this city, May IA, 1910, Margaret, widow of Patrick Ryan, aged S2 years, months.
 Friends Are invited to attend the funeral at her late residence No. 521 State street on Tuesday, May 17th, at 9:15 a. m., and from Sacred Heart church at e:45 a. m.
 Please omit flowers.
 Interment at Westport, Conn. a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
Jail Breaker Must 7 Answer to Superior
 Court for His Escape

Frank Haas, who broke jail dis suised in suit he obtained from a wardrobe used by the quarrymen near the North avenue institution last Friday, was brought before Judge Foster in city court this morning, and ordered held for the Superior court for trial for jail breaking.
 He will be forced to finish the bal ance of his present sentence for as sault and then the additional sent ence the Superior court may impose on him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
COOKS BROTHER SAYS
 "NOT IN NEW YORK"
Special from United Press,

New York, May 16.-"My brother, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, is not in New York and he has not been here re- gently. He is not within many, many miles of this city; in fact, you can state positively from me that he is not even in America. I know where cation with him nearly all the time. I do not know when he plans to re- turn"
 This statement was made today by William L. Cook of Brooklyn, broth CT of the claimant to the North Pole, who, it was rumored today, has re- turned to New York. According to the rumor pr. Cook has been stopping at an uptown hotel for several days with his wife. registered under the name of Adams
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
His Alternative.

Even at the tender age of four little Benny was considering lis future oc- cupation. "Mamnia." he said. when Tn a man I'm going to have wagon and drive around collecting ashes"
 "Why, Benny" exclaimed his mother in horror, mamma doesn't want her little boy to be an ash man."
 "Well. then" replied Benpy with a very self sacrificing air, II suppose l could collect swill. l.''-Delineator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
MAN KILLED AT RAILROAD
 CROSSING IN WALLINGFORD

Wallingford, May 16.-Another grade crossing fatality was added Saturday to the many which have oc- cured in WallingfOrd. Timothy Roach, we'll known man of the borough, residing on South Colony street, was the victim.
 The victim, who was 3S years old, leaves a wife and five young children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16
ON COSTLY CLIPPED BUILDING
 CODE EXPECTED

The proposed report on building code will come into the Common Council, tonight. The code has been in making for about two years. It is almost en- tirely a compilation of the code of the City of Cleveland and of the un- derwriters code, so called. The board of apportionment has appropriated s3,- 491 to pay for the work. It is under stood that bills to be put in by the committee will practically absorb this amount.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-16

George Krosly, a carpenter. of 146 Thompson street. who tried to commit suicide by hanging from a suspender strap in police headquarters, Satur- day right, is believed to be insane. tor Redden in the city court today Judge Foster appointed Dr. C.. L. Banks to examine Krosky and report as to his mentality on Thursday. Meanwhile he will be held at Lake view Home.
 Krosky was arrested in the garret of his home on complaint of his wife, whom he has brutally beaten many times