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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED DEAD
Many Times That Number Injured in
italian Hurricane.

Milan, July 26.-Rescuers are still
taking victims from the wreckage
caused by last Saturdays hurricane
that swept Northern Italy.
1t is now estimated that 100 per
sons persisted and that more than 500
received serious injuries. A number
of smaller cities and villages were al
most obliterated. The survivors are
begging for food and clothing. Hun
dreds are homeless. The government
is preparing to render aid.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Two Young Girls Drowned.

The Red Lake river has claimed
two more victims near the village
of Fisher. Pauline Vented, twelve
years old, daughter of julius Went
eel, Sr., of Crookston, and Clara
Ross, eleven years old, daughter
Of Ferdinand Ross, a farmer residing
near Fisher, while wading in the river
stepped into a hole and before assist
ance arrived were drowned.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
officer Kills Five Neoroes.

Elliott, Miss, July 23.-Five negroes
were killed and two others we're NOR
tally wounded by Deputy Sheriff Sid
Cauley of this county, when the ne
groes, whom he was trying to place
under arrest, advanced on him with
pitchforks and other weapons.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
AUTO is STRUCK BY TRAIN
Three of the Occupants Meet Instant
Death.

Grand Junction, Colo, July 81
While racing with westbound Den
yer and Rio Grande passenger train in
an automobile Walter Hodgins Of
Grand Junction, Miss Leona Adams Of
San Francisco and Miss Gladys Carlyle
of Chicago were instantly killed. c.
H. Carman of Grand Junction and
Chauffeur Themes Rock Of Denver
were seriously injured.
The automobile passed the train
and Rock attempted to cross in front
of the locomotive. The locomotive
struck the rear of the automobile,
throwing Hodgins and the two women
under the wheels of the train.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
CHICAGO to Bar EIGHT Films.

Chicago, July 26.-Chief OF Police
Steward announced in effect that the
Johnson-J effries fight pictures will not
be allowed to be exhibited in Chicago
He said he would issue an order pro-
hibiting the exhibition of any pictures
of any act illegal in Illinois. AS prize
fighting is not permitted in this state
the Reno films are said to come under
the ban.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Drowned While Bathing.

Fred Welkins, aged eighteen, en-
pIoyed in the Northwestern railroad
shops at Winona, was drowned in the
Mississippi river. He was unable to
swim, and dived off pier into the
river at a point where the water was
twenty feet deep. His body was re-
covered.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Cut to Pieces Under Engine.

Jack Scott, a negro porter en-
ployed on the 500 line, was run over
by Northern Pacific engine in the
Union depot yards at st. Paul. The
body was dragged fifty feet and man
gled beyond recognition.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
MAYOR KILLED BY A BOMB
Executive of Little Virginia Town AS
sassinated.

Ridgeway, Va, July 26.-Mayor A.
H Bousman was assassinated by a
dynamite bomb, which was thrown
from the street under hammock in
which he was lying. He died an hour
after the explosion. No clue to the
identity of the murderer or the cause
of the crime has been found.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Doctor Held on Serious Charge.

Lizzie Kohen, twenty-five years
old, a Minneapolis girl, is dead at the
st. Paul city hospital. A criminal
operation had been performed on her.
DIR. S. w Rob1llard of st. Paul is un-
der arrest in connection with the case
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Inherited,

They were jollying the man about
his enormous appetite, but he kept
putting away" undisturbed by the
taunts. Finally be said in defense:
well, you see, take after both my
father and my mother. One ate a long
while, and the other ate great deal
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Euqene V. Debs Seriously Ill.

Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist leader
and several times candidate for pres
ident of the United States, is in
Rochester, this state, seeking medical
treatment. 1t is reported that his
condition is serious, although the
cause of his trouble cannot be learned
and no one is allowed to see him.
Mrs. Debs is with her husband.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Will Be State Fair Guest.

When former President Theodore
Roosevelt comes to St. Paul Sept. 6
to deliver an address before the Ma
tional Conservation congress he also
will be a guest at the state fair, which
then will be in full blast. It is equally
certain that he will make a speech at
the fair grounds and that his topic
will not be conservation.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Farmer Killed by Bolt.

Lightning struck T. B. Gram, a
farmer who resided near Wheaton,
while he was driving and killed him
instantly. His wife was riding with
him and was not hurt
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Not a Characteristic.

'That was your wife with you at
the railway station, wasn't it?".
What makes you think she was my
wife,,
well. she gave you such short an
swer."
THAT wasn't my wife,"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
FAvORS BALLOT FOR WOMEN
Governor Eberhart of Minnesota Goes
on Record.

Governor EbelAart has declared that
he is heartily in favor Of woman's
suffrage. He believes in its principle
and it's application to the residents
of Minnesota.
The governors statement was is
sued following the report that the Wo-
men are soon to wage an active cam
paign in this state. The governor
said:
"While l do not believe in forcing
suffrage upon the women of the state,
1 do sincerely believe that they should
be given the right to vote the instant
they desire it,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
TWENTY-FIVE ARE DROWNED
Perish in Flood Following CIoudburst
in Hungary.

Budapest, July 27.-Twenty-five per-
sons persisted in a flood that followed
a cloudburst at the town of Dees. The
damage to property and crops was
heavy.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Frost Free.

The southern tip of Florida is the
only spot in the United States which
has never known freeze.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
Tea Plants.

Seven-year-old tea plants yield four
ounces of leaves apiece, or 700 pounds
of tea to the acre.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
He Had Reformed.

y !cUnS ln:I WHO was an enthusi-
astic lover of nature went to the sea-
side for Il holiday and, approaching a
typical fisherman, said:
"Ah. my friend, how well you must
know the face Of nature and know it
in its many moods! Have you ever
seen the sun sinking in such glare of
glory that it swallows up the horizon
with fire? Have you not seen the mist
gliding down the shrinking hillside
like specterT'
And, very excited and throwing out
his arms. he continues:
Have you never seen, my man, the
moon struggling to shake off the rag
ged, rugged storm cloud?"
The fisherman replied. mo, sir;
have not since | signed the Pledge
Pearson's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
A Little Ambiuuous.

The Ingrahams were entertaining
two friends at dinner After Mr.. In
graham had helped them to roast beef
he happened to glance at the other end
of the table, where his wife sat, and
observed, to his horror, that the sugar
bowl was the old one, with both ham
dies broken off, that usually graced the
dining table on wash days.
In vain he endeavored by mysterious
mods and winks to direct Mrs. Ingra-
hams attention to it. She either did
not see or would not see the mutilated
piece of queensware, and his patience
gave way at last.
"Cornelia," he said, weh some sharp
ness, "do you think we ought to use a
sugar bowl when we. have company
without ears on?"-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
GATHERING PRUNES.
The Fruit Is Never Picked, but Is Al
lowed to Fall to the Ground.

A popularity of prunes Is that they
are never picked from the trees, but
are allowed to fall to the ground. The
reason is that a prune must be dead
ripe, with all its sugar developed, or it
will not cure properly. Therefore the
ground under the trees is carefully pre-
pared and leveled to make n soft,
smooth bed for the falling fruit Gath.
ering the fallen prunes is a staple in
dustry in August and September. Boys
and girls and often entire families are
employed in it, camping in the or
chards.
Being gathered, the prunes are rolled
down troughs full of tiny needles that
prick their skins. They are then dip
ped in a hot solution containing lye,
which cleanses them, and rinsed in
cold water. Next they are put in
broad, shallow wooden trays and laid
in the sun for two or three weeks.
This sun drying practically converts
them into the staple prunes Of com
merce and of boarding house jokes
At the packing house they are assort-
ed as to size by machine which
shakes them over huge sieve. The
farther the prune travels over the
sieve the larger the holes, and when
it comes to a hole little bigger than
itself 1t drops through into the proper
bin. 1t is then run through vat con
tanning hot water and finally rolls
down chute into wooden packing
box-the same box that you see at the
grocer's. When the prunes pour from
the chute, however there is a remova-
BILE frame about three inches high on
top Of the box. Box and frame go un-
der a press, which promptly stamps
down the contents so that they are no
higher than the top Of the box. The
frame is lifted off, the cover is nailed
on the box, and the prunes are ready
to ship.-Will Payne I'm Saturday Even
ing Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
THE PEANUT.
It Starts Growing In the Open, but
Finishes Under Ground.

Finishes OHucT STounu'
Most people of the north suppose
that peanuts grow, like potatoes, on the
roots of the vine. Others with equal
confidence state that they hang from
the branches like pea pods. Both are
right, and both are wrong. The peanut
starts in the air and sunlight above
ground in the shape Of flower grow
ing at the end Of long tube. After
the fall of blossoms this tube, or pc
duncle, elongates and bends down
ward, pushing itself inches into the
ground. If for any reason it cannot
do this it dies in a few hours. But
If it succeeds in burying itself to its
own satisfaction the ovary at the base
of the peduncle slowly enlarges and
forms the familiar pod, which Is there
fore dug out of the ground.
Scattered over the roots Of the plant,
however, are numerous warts or tu-
bercles, in which, by the aid Of a good
microscope, can be seen myriads of
minute organisms. These bacteria-like
bodies, though they get their living
from the plant, contribute materially
to its supporting by collecting nitrogen
from the air and holding it in storage,
so to speak, supplying it to the plant
as need requires. These wonderful
little storehouses often contain, by
analysis, greater supply Of this in
despensable fertilizer than the sur
rounding soil.
The native country of the peanut has
long been a matter Of dispute, but the
department of agriculture states that
the weight of evidence seems to be in
favor Of Brazil, Thus the peanut is
added to the four other plants Of great
Importance that America has given to
the world-namely, cotton, Indian corn,
tobacco and the potato,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
Knocked Into a Cooked Hat.

The expression knocked into a cock
ed hat is familiar to every one, but
perhaps its origin is not so generally
known. Cooked hat was variety Of
the game Of bowls in which only three
pins were used, set up at the angles Of
a triangle. When in bowling tenpins
all were knocked down except the
three at the corners the set was said
to be knocked into a cooked hat"
whence the popular expression for de-
priving anything Of its main body,
character or purpose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
The Literary Squire.

Travelling Inspector (cross question
ing the terrified class)-And now, boys,
who wrote "HamletT
Timid Boy-P-p-please, sir, it wasn't
me.
Travelling Inspector the same even
ing to his host, the squire Of the vii
lage)-Most amusing thing happened
today. was questioning the class
and asked boy, "Who wrote Ham
letF and he answered tearfully,
"P-p-please, sir, it wnsn't me-"
Squire (after loud and prolonged
laughter)-Ha, ha! That's good, and
I suppose the little devil had done it
all the time.-London Answers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
TwAIN's FIRST LECTURE.
Bret Harte Headed the cIaque, but the
Audience Swamped Them.


Audience swamped Them.
Mr.. Clemens prepared a lecture for
his San Francisco audience, giving a
most extravagant account of what he
had seen among the south sea islands.
When Bret Harte and some other of
his friends were told of his platform
intention they agreed to go in body
to the old Mechanics hall, where
Twain was to deliver himself, and
form big claque that would insure
the success of the affair.
Mark wrote his own handbills, which
set the town agog with anticipation.
One particularly inviting phrase print
ed at the bottom of the announcement
was, "The trouble will begin at 8 p. M"
The hall was crowded, and the claque
was uproarious when Clemens appear
ed upon the platform. The lecture was
delivered with manifest effort in a
slow, deliberate, drawing manner, and
the lecturer paid no heed whatever to
the inconsiderate demands of "Faster,
faster! We can't stay here all night'
and other urgent calls.
Although Harte tried to steer the
claquers, they insisted upon applaud
ing and laughing in the wrong places,
which may or may not have been in
tended as joke on Twain, but at last
the audience, which began to catch on
to the unique style of the man and to
appreciate his quantity whimsical ut
terances, overwhelmed the claque and
had things itS own way.
An old timer who attended the lec-
ture says of the effect of Twain upon
his first audience: "His slow drawl,
the anxious and perturbed expression
Of his visage, the apparently painful
effort with which he framed his SEN
tences and, above all, the surprise that
spread over his face when the audi
ence roared with delight or rapturous-
ly applauded the finer passages were
unlike anything of the kind they had
ever known. The lecture was a great
success" = Bailey Millard in Hamp-
toms Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
ATTACKED BY SHARKS.
A Swimmers Plucky Encounter With
Two Bia Man Eaters.

A Swimmers Plucky Encounter with
Two Big Man Eaters.
John 4. Clark, a well known swim
mer, in 1882 had narrow escape
from serving as meal for two hun
CRY sharks while giving an exhibition
at Pensacola, Fla. He had agreed to
be sewed up in a big sack, heavily
weighted with sand, and be thrown
into the bay near the navy yard, from
which bag he was to escape by cutting
his way out with a knife and swim
ming ashore.
At an appointed time flatboat took
him out some distance from shore, and
after being tied up in the sack he was
thrown overheard. He had hardly got
more than thirty feet below the sur.
face when something bumped against
the sack, and almost instantly the idea
flashed through his mind that it was
shark. Before he could do anything
there was bump from the other side
of the bag. In moment or two he
had cut his way out and was rising to
the surface, still clutching the knife in
his hand. Once something cold grazed
his leg as he was rising.
On reaching the surface he was
greeted with cheers, but noted with
dismay that there were no boats near.
He started to swim toward the near
est one when the water parted few
feet to one side and he could make
out the long black fin Of shark. The
monster headed at once for him, and
as he was about to dive to escape its
clutch another shark dashed in.
As the first shark turned over on Its
side in order to bite Clark dived be-
low the surface, then up under the
shark, and drove the knife time after
time into its vitals, and it sank to the
bottom. AS he came to the surface
gasping for breath yawlboat manned
by excited sailors from the navy yard
ran alongside, and he was pulled
aboard just in time to escape the sec
ond shark.-Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
THE THIRD DEGREE"
Ethics Of the Process as Defined by
INSPECTOR Byrnes.

Inspector Byrnes.
"The third degree" said Inspector
Byrnes, the former chief of detectives,
physical process. 1t is not remorse
brought about by continual thought
upon the Nervousness of his crime that
drives a guilty man to confession. 1t
is the nervous strain involved in a long
effort to maintain his pretense of in
nOcence, while he Is in constant fear
that the police are in possession of evil
dence that may prove his guilt. Some
thing like a parallel case would be
that of prizefighter who should sur
mise that his antagonist was playing
with him in the ring while capable of
sending in a knockout blow at any
time he felt so inclined. Apprehension
that he was dealing with conditions of
would eventually weaken the man in
that case. Tell a suspected man who
is guilty that you have evidence of his
guilt and that he will get nothing TO
eat or will not be permitted to sleep
until he confesses, and unless he is
a particularly stupid fellow he will
know that you have no proof against
him and are only trying to get it. For
instance, show him ostentatiously the
weapon with which he may have killed
a man and tell him that you know all
about the crime and he would better
confess it. He will say to himself,
They haven't got sufficient evidence
to convict me and are trying to make
me furnish it, for If they had the evi-
dence they wouldn't care whether I
confessed or not and thus he will be
encouraged to hold out. Also, if he
does confess under duress, he makes
false confession, which he knows 1t
will be impossible to corroborate.
Now, a guilty man in ninety-nine
cases out of hundred is not sure that
he has covered every trace of his crime,
and he may readily be put into the
state of mind of the man in Poe's
story Of The Telltale Heart wherein
he can't help believing that proof of
his guilt has been discovered and that
his cross examiners are mocking him
by pretending not to be aware Of it.
Let the guilty man catch sight Of an
implement with which his crime Is as
sociated in the possession Of the po-
lice, which he believes has been un-
Intentionally left where he sees it, and
it throws him into Il panic, because he
does not know how they came by the
weapon nor what else they may have
discovered demonstrating his guilt in
getting hold of it. Perhaps he has con-
cOcted story in his mind which the
discovery of this weapon renders i'm
plausible, and he mentally puts to-
getfer and rejects one sequence of lies
after another, wondering whether it
is safe to take chances on this bit OF
information or that being not In the
possession Of the police. Then he is
overwhelmed every few moments by
the thought that everything is known
and all his efforts are useless. The
guilty man in this condition is no long
er normal, and his collapse is only
matter of time" Frank Marshall
White in 1IaIperS Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
More Serious.

"Mathilde Browne was very rude to
an overdressed old woman she met on
the street car the other day."
81 know the story. The old woman
turned out to be Mathildes very rich
aunt, and now she's going to give all
her money to a hospital for decrepit
dogs"
Nothing of the sort. In fact, it's
worse. The old woman was the
Brownies new cook, and now they
haven't any."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
Suspicious

LET me show you bve Letters of
Wise Men," said the t4erk in the book
emporium.
"Are they signed?' asked the eau
tious bookworm.
"Yes, indeed, every one Of them"
'9Then they must be foryeries. Wise
men never sign their names to love let
ters. Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
Mecca of the Buddhists.

Tibet lies between the latitude of
Rome and Cairo, yet, owing to the
fact that it is nearly all one series of
lofty tablelands, its climate is purely
arctic. There is hardly any rain, and
biting dry winds send dust or dry
snowstorms forever raging across its
inhospitable uplands.
Lassa, its capital, is the Mecca of
the Buddhist world, and pious Bud
dhists gain much merit by making the
pilgrimage.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
The DISTINGUISHING Mark.

"How do you distinguish the walters
from the guests in this cafe? Both
wear full dress"
''Yes, but the walters keep sober
Cleveland Leader.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
AM unweIoome pisoovery.

Post-I discovered today that Parker
and / have common ancestor. Mrs.
Post "a Colonial Dame)-Bor goodness
sake don't tell any oneL-Brooklyn
Life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
The Hiuh Water Max.

Mrs. Robinson-And were you up the
Rhine? Mrs. De Jones Gust returned
from a continental trip)-I should
think SO, right to the very top. What
d splendid view there is from the sum
mit!-New York World
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
Perfect Happiness.

"Do you really believe there is such
thing in this world as perfect happi-
nessr"
"Of course, but some other fellow al
ways has t."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
The Jokes on the Men.

Mrs. Ado you ever read the jokes
In the newspapers? Mrs. B.-Only the
jokes on the men-the marriage no.
tees, you know.-Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
Expurgating It.

"Elfeda, what did your father say
when he heard that / had been here
calling on your
"He said you were numskull, a
mollycoddle and jolterhead."
"Is that all"
'sThat's all, Guy-except the adjec-
tives. ."--Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
To Live lonq.

If you wish to be Methuselah you
will have to quit doing all the things
that make 1t worth while not to bf one.
st. Louts Post-Dispafch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07
He Countered.

'The position is yours, sir, if you
will deposit $1,000 as security"
81 accept your offer, sir, IL you will
deposit $1,000 as security for my Sc
curity."- Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07

In the hands of many wealth is like
q harp in the hoofs of - ass.-Martin
Luther.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07

Method is like packing things In a
hox A good packer will get in half
as much again as bad one.-Cecil.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-09-07

The only wealth which will not de.
cay is knowledge. -Langford.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-03-18
County Commissioners.

At the regular session of the County
Commissioners last week the resignation
Of George Milliken, constable of the First
district, was received and accepted.
Thomas Walmsley was appointed I. con-
stable in the First district, vice George
Milliken, resigned.
The following local assessors were APP
pointed: First District William Brown
Second District, Geo. w. Kibler; Third
District. Allan Price; Fourth District, c.
r. Ford, Jr.; Fifth District, w. A. Black;
well; Sixth District, S. M. Brickleyi
Seventh Dist, Stuart Smith; Eighth Dis
trict, E. R. Hill; Ninth District, R. T.
Howard.
The contract for the mason work al
Parks Rolling Mill bridge, was awarded
to Brown & Devlin at their bid of S.. Sc
per cubic yard.
The contract for the mason work al
Ricketts, bridge, Third district, was
awarded to T. J. Willis, Eat his bid o.
$3.50 per cubic yard, which includes the
iilling in.