Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-18

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parks
Secretary of State Philander C.
Knox and his young son. p C. Knox
Jr.. who early in March eloped with
Miss May Boiler of Providence, r. L.,
whom he married In Burlington. Vt.
on March last, have become recon-
ciled.
An egg with tail an inch long was
laid in Kansas City by a Plymouth
Rock hen belonging to George David
son. The tail is of about the same
diameter as a lead pencil and is com
posed of the same material as the
she'll
Veterans of the civil war, both those
who wore the blue and those who
wore the gray at the battle of Gettys-
burg, will meet again on that famous
battlefield this year. il the movement
started by Lieut.. Col j. A. Watrous,
L. S. A. is carried ont. Much interest
ing historical data in regard to the
conflict. it is believed. would be
brought to light by this meeting.
The assembly has passed the so
called Audubon bill. .forbidding the sale
the plumage of birds protected by the
stale laws, whether the birds were kill
cd in this state or not The main
purpose of the measure is TO prevent;
the sale of aigrettes, the plumes OF
The white heron and American egret.
At the hearings The bill was hotly op,
posed by the millinery and feather in
terests.
Struggling with a big bulldog that
had gone mad and attacked his fam
lily. Howard Mccullough of Florence.
n j.. saved from injury and posi-.
Bile death six persons. The dog was
bitten by a rabid cur several days ago.
but was thought to have recovered
M. McCullough's son took the animal
TO the house Tuesday morning and the
dog dashed into the dining room, snap
ping at the children and leaping for
Mccullough throat when he failed to
brain the animal with chair Mr.. Nc.
.Cullough dropped the chair and seized
the dog by the throat Man and dog
rolled to The floor and for nearly Ave
minutes there was a desperate strug-
gle. Finally Mr.. McCulloughs power
ful grip cholted the animal to death.
The majority OF $3.50 voters OF Lin.
coin at the special referendum elec.
lion Monday declared for contipu-
ance of the present dry policy in force
forN n year Last year the dry Ila-
iorily was only 2G2. The question was
put TO the people in the simplest pos
sible form, whether the license system
should be re-enacted or the saloons
banished for another year The total
vote cast, approximately 10000, is al
most a record for the city. being ex-
ceeded only ON one occasion. a presi-
dental year. and interest and excite
ment at the polls equaled that of any
presidential canvass. Clarence Darrow
of Chicago former Senator Charles A
Towne and Mayor Rose of Milwaukee
were unabel to overcome the anti-Ii.
cense sentiment.
Not since the days when Theodore
Roosevelt was commissioner of police
has New York been so dry on Sunday
as it was last Sunday. Drinks were
to be had. of course, but the drought
was, nevertheless, evident nearly all
over the city. The police, beginning
last Sunday, are obeying TO the let.
ter Mayor Gaynor's order of hands off
no excise arrests" but with slips pre-
pared by the district attorneys office
they started in looking for evidence
of liquor law violations, in conjunction
with officers. of the state excise de
partment. This, together with the gen
eral uncertainty of things, made The sa
loon men cautious. As was the case
the previous Sunday. the police made
no excise arrests, but confined theil
efforts to getting evidence to be placed
in affidavit form.
| p'iili'idHb,
those known as progressives, are a
sea over the speeches of Presiden
Taft who said he was not readin,
Republicans out of the party, Will,
o. the other hand Attorney Genera
Wickersham at the same time was tell
ing Republicans who could not worl
with Cannon and the party majorit,
TO get out ''Mr Wickersham ma
have made many mistakes in his life
he probably has" says Senator Gun
Minis of Iowa, but he never made
greater one than his Saturday night
performance. The blunder was ma
ural one, however, for until he TOO
position as n cabinet officer he ha
little to do with the Republican part
and was ignorant of its makeup, ii
spirit or its purpose. He never Tough
its battles. sat in its councils or d,
Tended its doctrines"
Saloons in all of Mahnominen coui
ty and in sections of Beltrami, Cas-.
Clay, Grow Wing. Otter Tail and w,
dena counties in Minnesota. have bee
notified by William T. Johnson. chic
special officer in the government Ii