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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
VOCABULARY LIMITED THEN

Who wrote the dictionary"
Il don't know, but 1 bet he couldn't
explain things to his wife when he got
home at a. m. any better than any
body else"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Every man has theories about raj
ing a family-before he marries.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

Many who used to smoke Toe cigars
now buy Lewis Single Binder straight &c.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
Important to Mothers,

EXd1nIHG cdTGIuIIy every DOICIe OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and-See that it
Bears the ~
Signature of &H2gsEI
In Use For Over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26
Pettit's Eye saIve 100 Years Old,

relieves tired eyes, quickly cures eye aches,
inhamed, sore, watery or liberated eyes.
All druggists or Howard Bros. Buffalo, NY.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

ly of the right brave thing to be done
is demanded of some one These
articles briefly tell the story of GER
tain heroes and heroines who saw
their chance and took it. In one case
the courage did not consist in saving
a life but simply in the exercise OF
great self-control in a tragic situa-
ton when the want of self-control
would have occasioned great distress
and perhaps a panic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

IFE is full of crises in
which not merely cour-
age but what the philos-
ephers have called the
wit of courage" - the
canacity tn think quick
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-26

became black He was singing song
at the time and the shock caused him
to stop for a moment The pause
brought back his presence of mind.
and with an effort he smiled on the
house and resumed the broken
melody.
At the close burst of applause
rewarded him for an effort the cost
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-08-28

The Columbia Telephone System is
the best in the world. This is not
only the opinion of Columbians, who
have a right to be proud of the plant,
but the opinion of more than one
hundred telephone experts who have
the plant was rebuilt last summer for
the sole purpose of inspecting the
work. The unanimous verdict Of all
the visitors is that no better plant
exists anywhere and in certain par
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-08-28

The girls are provided with large
and we'll ventilated rest room where
they may sit and talk or read and rest
when not working The room is aoso-
lutely private for the girls and they
have no fear of interruption.
The desk of the fire chief is fitted
with all the latest appliances for meas
uring electrical resistance and deter
mining where trouble on line is. The
instruments are so delicate that he
can in most cases tell to a span where
trouble is. If ii is ten miles from
Columbia he can tell between just
w at two poles the trouble lies.
Besides its town subscribers the
company has toll lines to about fifteen
of the small towns arc"Td Columbia.
1t has seven long distance copper cir
cults in and out of the city. Three
Of these go west and four go east.
The plant is now as perfect as
money and human ingenuity can make
it. II is the model plant of the world
and it is safe to say that it will remain
such 50 long as it is owned by Col. ].
A. Hudson
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-08-28

lying for you can hear the actual test
Tor yourself.
a special set of keys for company
lines was added tc the toll board be-
cause Nj hudson insisted on it. Sew
eral other devices too complicated
Tor explanation in this article will be
found on the Columbia board, that no
otaer system or only the ones in cities
like ST. Louis OF Kansas City have.
The system has in round numbers
sixteen hundred subscribers. 1t has
200 miles of copper wire strung on
its poles TO say nothing Of the cables
and the underground system which
covers the entire business portion OF
the city.
Sixteen operators are required to an
sWer the calls that come 10 the sys-
ten. There is room ut the board for
ten operators. Thsre is also chief
operator who makes out ghe time
sch dulaS Tor the girls. instruCts the
rev ones. answer kicking subscribers
and sees that the girls arc at al times
court Gus Il e"eryOLc.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-08-28

ing about the butt. Also a six inch {.
top is the one usually purchased. The
poles of the Columbia Telephone Sys
TEN are all seven and eight inch tops
and the butt specifications We're so
cXacting that only three firms would
bid on the order The poles are the
best that could be secured.
Wherever anchors or guys We're nee
essary Mr.. Hudson had solid iron rods
made instead OF the usual strand of
twisted telephone wires. These rods
are fastened to large iron band
clamped around the top OF the pole
and for an anchor in the ground the?
are boted to an iron wheel four or
five feet in diameter. This wheel is
imbedded in solid concrete sunk etgh;
Or ten feet in the ground. The pole
cannot give the sixteenth of an inch
and consequently there is no sagging
OF wires or cables. So far as is known
no other system in the world has gone
to the trouble and expense of eGuipQ-
ing an entire plant in this manner.
| When the cables wero purchased
they were all bought one-eighth OF al
inch in diameter! larger than the ergi-
neers had figured was sufficient to
stand the strain. Thus additional
strength and durability was secured at
an added expenditure Of several thoI-
sand dollars. The drop cords are a.!
wound around steel wire which is
stretched iaUt and fastened t the
hou.e. Thc usual method is to use
the drop cord alone. The soft copP""
in it soon stretches and the Jcrd is
sasgins. This cannot happen when
the steel u.:r5 IS used. The i!.sEia-
ton for outdoor work is a.!
tested tc ore hundred REGIMES.
This means perfect Insulation. Tn"
usual method IS tc purchase untcsted
material because i; is cheaper and az
swers the purpose fairly we'll. ""
Hudson however is satisfied only with
tho best.
The switchboard energy system i
the cry best the Western Electric
Company could build. IT, Western
Electric Company is probab,v the fore
most maker Of telephone supplies in
the country and their very best means
n coed as anyone in the world has.
II addit' or to this Mr.. Hudson has
added to the board several devices
he had worked out himself. For in
stance the electrical buzz test, the
buzz that you hear when you call s
number and the line is busy. Only
four or five exchanges in the state
hava this test. Il is the most modern
Improvement and very useful for it
saves central the trouble of saying
lines busy" and you know she is not
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
CALLS U. S. RESPONSIBLE.
Stevens Says II Should Avert Floods
from Waters Which It Controls.

Albany. March 10-The obligation on the
federal government 10 take measures to
avert foods from navigable waters over
which il exercises complete jurisdiction is
pointed out in a report submitted to the
LEGISLATURE to-day by Frederick g Stew
ems, State Superintendent OF Public Works,
on the measures recently taken 10 break
I'D the ioe gorge IN the Hudson The river
below the state dam at Troy ie under the
control OF the United States government,
which has not spent a dollar 70 prevent
foods. which have been Of almost annual
occurrence, or 70 relieve food conditions.
The report says that Il the federal gov
eminent could be brought 10 recognize its
responsibility for the recurrent conditions
IL would solve the problem II the state.
on the other hand, must be held responsi-
bic. provision should be made in advance
for. meeting emergencies.
Both Senate and Assembly passed reso-
luton offered BY Senator Allen. OF Troy.
calling on New. York representatives in
Congress 10 ask for an appropriation for
deeuenins the channel OF tie Hudson River
TO a depth equal 20 that Of the barge canal,
which il IL expected. Htil be completed
IN 1914
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
NO FALSE ARREST,
Real Estate Broker Loses SUIT
4 gainst Edison Com pdny.

A Jury in the Supreme Court dec'oeN
yesterday that l. Roberts Walton. real
estate broker. Of No so Fifth avenue. was
not entitled To recover A verdict from ths
New York Edison Company, which ne SUED
for s1d0 ooa damages for alleged false arrest
on April -. 1868 John II. Casey, William
n Van Raalte and John V. Bender en-
pIoves OF the Edison company went ''
Walton's place to remove two eiec'rlo
meters. The first two entered the base
u1ent. where the meters we're. and bende''
who superintended the Job. stayed benino-
When Casey and Van Realte had got into
The room Walton locked tne doors behind
them. refusing 10 let them out. They called
for the elevator. but Walton ordered tne
operator not 20 answer the call, Bender
threatened. but 20 no avail. Then he went
20 the 51st street police station and the
policemen who responded arrested Walton
on Reaa.r's complaint, charging him with
kidnapping.
While these proceedings we're gong on
Casey and Van Raalte were forgotten IN
their basement prison, and after a stay OF
three hours they bored their way through
a lot OF coal and reached the street through
the coal hole i'm the sidewalk.
Walton was discharged on the kidnapping
charge. and then brought suit.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
CELEBRATES 1OOTH BIRTHDAY,
Mrs. Mary D. Goddard of Freeport.
Me-, Gets 400 Postal Cards.

Freeport Me. March l0-Mrs. Mary
Douglas Goddard celebrated her l'"th
birthday at the home of her niece
Mrs. Jennie Douglas Cox. here to-day
More than -FOUR hundred postal cards kepr
coming in from all over the country All dav
and relatives and neighbors called on Mrs
Goddard and viewed her large birthday
cake. decorated with candles In the numer-
ais lsl0-19lo
Aunt Mary" as Mrs. Goddard is called,
IS one of the few oldtime Quakers left in
the state. and was at one time knovu for
the speeches she made At the yearly meet
ings OF the Friends in Portland, Ne, or
in Providence
A. the age of twenty she learned the
taiIor's trade. and for many Years after
1srd the severely plain clothes she made
for the Quaker men were much in demand
ali over New England She herself how
ever is proud of tho fact that she cut
loose from The conventional garo and wore
rufies and ribbons and even crimped her
hair.
Mrs Goddard was married twice, the first
time 10 Mark Knight. a. the age of forty
six and later 70 Robert Goddard. Since the
death Of her second husband, in 1870, she mas
lived with her nephevs and nieces in yart-
Gus parts Of the New England States.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
NELSON MYSTERY LIFTED.
Rochester Man Satisfies Judge That
Testator Is Brother.

Springfield Mass March 1O.-The nays-
terry surrOundina the Identity Of George d.
Nelson, who died recently leaving an es-
tate Valued at between 10000 and 10000
was lifted TO-DAY IN the Probate Court
when Andrew W Dunn. of Rochester.
proved 10 he satisfaction Of Judge Charles
L. lSong that the man known ss George ID.
Nelson was hts own brother, George Nelson
Dunn. The resemblance between the wit
ness and the late George D. Nelson was
so marked that the statement was made
that it would have been almost impossible
10 have told the two apart. As result Of
to-day's proceedings in the Probate Court
Judge Long allowed Nelson's will, in which
the bulk of the estate is bequeathed 20
nephew George .. Dunn, of Rochester
Andrew ". Dunn stated thst George "
Dunn vas born ar Greene, Chenaugo Coun-
", \. Y, and that ir 1877 he mad his name
changed TO George r. Nelson un account
of financial troubles
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
AGED WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
Marks on Her Body Will Lead to Cor
oner's Investigation.

Miss Lizzie McManus. seventy years old.
was found dead. with marks Of violence on
her body. in the rooms on the ground 1oor
IN the rear Of No As West 18th street,
which she had occupied for some months
For some time she had been sick, and dur
ing rhe last two weeks the tenants Of the
house had seen nothing of her. Last Mon
day John Hicks. Of No 55d Ninth avenue.
who was collecting the rents in the house.
knocked on The door and asked for the
rent She said she was sick and would De
unable to pay until she could earn some
money
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon Edward
/. Brown. a plumber, who was 10 make
some REPAIRS. knocked ar her door Receiv-
ing 10 answer. hs callsd the ian.tor Of The
building Mrs Annie Msismeyer. who sent
for 4 policeman. who broke down the door
\ woman for whom Miss McAIanus had
formerly worked said she believed tho old
woman "a have had considerable means. as
she had shown every evidence Of refinement
and had often spoken 70 her ~ the time
when she had been in better circumstances.
Coroner FeinherS will investigate
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
BILLS 1T ALBANY.
IraI7s Measure .1b0Iishes
Straight P0ting in Big Cities.
TBv telegram ~ The 7-t,u,.,

Albany. March 1o.-A bill which would
abolish straight voting in first class cities
was introduced to-day by Senator Travis
It provides for new form OF ballot on
which the names of the candidates are TO
be grouped under the title of each Office
in an order based on the number of votes
cast at the last election for Governor by
the parties nominating On the left os
the ballot are to appear the names of the
parties arranged in order according TO the
number Of votes cast, each party having
consecutive number. These numbers are
TO be used on the ballot TO indicate what
parties have nominated or indorsed each
candidate. r. there are not more than
eight parties their names and numbers are
- appear above the names of the candi-
dates and below the instructions to voters
instead Of the left side Of the ballot.
Senator Davenport and Assemblyman
Lee introduced a concurrent resolution
providing for the ratification of the pro-
posed income tax amendment 10 the Con-
stitution OF the United Safes
Other bills introduced today follow:
Senator Gledhill, providing pension fund
for the members of the clerical and uni
partment in New York City
Senator Agnew, striking the maximum
limit of $1,000 from the law authorizing
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
OF New York City to make annual appro-
priations 10 the New York Geological So
ciety for the support Of the Aquarium in
Battery Park
Senator Aguev. allowing the New York
Geological Society TO hold more real
tate than that which gives e net annual
income of S50U0
Senator stillwell. providing for the cleo
tion OF vice-president OF the Board Of
City Magistrates as well 4 president
bv the ma gistrates.
Assembvman A. J. Levy. providing for
the keeping of marriage records by the
health department in first class cities IN
stead of bv the county clerks.
Assemblynnan Coffey. providing that a
police officer or other person shall not be
permitted 70 use pistol or other irearm
in making an arrest for violation OF the
motor vehicle lazy
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
INSURANCE BILLS REPORTED.
Were introduced by Mr.. Allen, Chair
man of Assembly Committee.

Albany, March 10--The Assembly Insur-
ance Committee TO-DAY reported fve de-
partment bills introduced by the chairman
of the committee. A. F. Allen. One allows
fire insurance companies 70 insure against
loss or damage by water from the break
are or leakage OF sprinklers, pumps or
orher apparatus erected for extinsuishing
fires. Another permits the formation Of
companies 10 insure against loss or damage
by horses or vehicles drawn by animal
poUer. or against loss TO automobiles, or
caused by the maintenance or use Of auto
mobiles.
Another bill would prohibit the further
formation Of corporations to insure the
lives Of domestic animals on the co-opera-
tive or assessment plan of insurance. The
ether two bills amend the insurance Law in
relation TO insurance companies known as
Tloyds. and 10 cooperative fire insurance
companies.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
HOTEL GOTHAM MAID BURNED.
Serious Injuries Follow Upsetting of
Alcohol Stove in Her Room.

BESSIE Carve. chamhermaid IN the
Hotel Gotham. va 50 severely burned that
she j. not expected 70 live, as the result
o. overturrinG au alcohol stove in her
room YESTERDAY afternoon.
Her sister Mamie Garvey. also I cham
hermaid and Annie Williams the head
chambermaid We're also slightly burned
In trying To heat out the flames. None
Of tho guests of the hotel knew anything
of Tho occurrence until the girl was taken
down ,,airs and sent to Flower Hospital.
RAssie Ciarvey's dress caught fire when
tho stove upset and With her clothes blaz-
ing he ran out of the room and up and
down the hall until Annie Williams got
\ blanket and wrapped i, around her. Other
m sds theu helped her smother the flames.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
u ALL FALLS: 3 DIE.
Seren Seriously Hurt When
TIcCntU ire Buried.

Pittshurg. March 1o.-Three men are dead
and seven were seriously injured in the
collapse to-daX of fifty-foot brick wall
LEFT standing after fire which destroyed
the bolt works of NJ Lanz & Sons on
I'll. South Side early Tuesday morning.
Twenty workmen were buried in the
debris: most Of them were foreigners
Without warning the wall. which was
over one hundred feet long huckled and
crashed 10 the ground. Five vorkmen
caught or temporary scaffolding on the
third floor iumpeG to fety with slight
injury. Two others were rescued badly
bruised. from perilous position astride
another swaying wall by the police
An hour after the accident two workmen
were foInd alive. out crushed In a crevice
between timbers and brick piles Directing
the efforts of the -cscue party one of the
buried nen askei for chew Of tobacco.
which was handed To bin between crack
in he piled up timbsrs. Not one Of the
score OF wor1men escaped injgry
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
BOSTON LAWYER ACCUSED.

Ostman +. Ratemau. ffty-eisht years Old.
lawyer, was arraigned In the Tomhs
court yesterday and held without bail 70
await extraditiou papers from Boston.
where. il is said he is wanted for lar
ceny. Inspector Waite. OF the Boston po-
lice. said that Rateman had been indicted
for taking advantages OF a Massachusetts
'aU which gave 10 the state all savings
bank deposits left IN the banks after
twenty years without claimants and had
appropriated the money
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
RUM AND WHALE YARNS.
Maybe the Cargo Had an Effect on the
Imagination.

- Somewhere to the eastward OF Diamond
Shoals Lightship an eighty-foot whale
glded before the bow of the United Fruit
Company's steamship Santa Marta which
got in yesterday from the West Indies.
The whale was cut In two. The fruiter,
which had stopped long enough AZ Port
Antonio to take on a few cases of Jamaica
rum. had four passengers who had par
taken freely Of this West Indian refresh
ment, and they told the press agent an
awful story on arrival yesterday.
The four men who had wrestled with
the rum from Jamaica TO Scotland Light
ship told the story out the strange feat
ure of tho accident vas the fact that the
halves came together again after the ship
had passed through them, and the whale
in it's entirety was towed to port The
skipper could not produce II yesterday one
OF the four imbibers declared that the
warm waters of the Gulf Stream had
melted the monster completely.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
MEAT PLEAS POSTPONED.

The entering of pleas ny the indicted
meat packins corporations IN Jersey City
was laid over yesterday until to-day by
Prosecutor Carven At the request Of Will
lam r. Edwards. of counse. for the de-
fendau. corpora tons who had another en-
gaGement
Prosecutor 'isrv'u saidVesterday he had
not vet received from Justice Swayze his
decision on tho tUIc 70 show cause why the
minutes of rhe annual meetings Of the IN
dicted beef packing corpora tions should not
lie produced nefore the Hudson County
Grand Judy The matter was argued at
Trenton on Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
OLD PAUPERs LEFT HOMELESS.
One Killed in Fire That DESTROYED
Hampstead Almshouse.

Hampstead. Long Island, March 10 (spe-
ciaH.-A dozen old women. white haired
and needing crutchsS some of them stood
around the ruins Of the Hampstead Town
Poorhouse. which was destroyed by fire
last night and bemoaned the fact that
they had no home Some or the women
had known no other refuge for twenty
years. only the fact that a number Of
volunteer iremer We're playing cards I'm
the building with the keepers son pre-
vented many fatalities at the fire. One
life was lost As 1t was
The fire started in the cellar at midnight.
and spread with great rapidity. Inside
twenty minutes the building was a roar
ing furnace. 1he fremen quickly began
70 get the old people out All escaped save
old Nick" Homan, who broke from his
rescuers when he saw they would take him
through the flames, and vas burned in the
building
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
STATE HOSPITALS AFFECTED.
Reef Milk and Eggs to Replace Smoked
Meats.

Albany March I0.--The high price Of pro-
visions is having an effect on the state
bospitals for the insane. The State Com
-.7iesion IN T.unacy reports that bids just
opened for provisions for the six months
beginning April show startling changes
smoked meats smoked FISH, hams and
shoulders were found TO have advanced
about - per cent, while the price of fresh
MEET has advanced considerably but not in
a. great proportion
IN consequence the commission has de-
s,dAd 20 reduce the amount Of hams and
.,noked meats 10 about half the usual
Quantity for this period ANA substitute
hc.f. milk and eggs ia sUcl: proportion a.
10 furnish an eqvivaient amount % npur-
isnmcnt.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
ROOSEVELT PBNsIoNER DEAD.
Negro. at 102, Had Served Ex-Presi-
dent S Family Fifty Years.

Oyster Bay. March lo.-Alfred Davis. f02
years old negro pensioner OF Colonel
Roosevelt. died to-day. He will be buried
on sunday from the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church.
Davis entered the employ of Colonel
Roosevelt's father about fifty years ago
and remained with Colonel Roosevelt as
long as he vas able 10 work For years
his faculties had been falling, and he had
been cared for through the pension paid
by Colonel Roosevelt.
Davis was one of the founders Of the
church where his funeral will be held. hav-
ing aided in its inception soon after he
came here.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
TO SAVE STATE $4,000 A DAY.
Assembly Sends Hills Stock Transfer
Bill 20 Governor.
~ Telegraph - The TrIDunr

Albany, March lo--Declarins that the
state lost 30 Oo for every day that Senator
Hi!rs bill relative TO stock transfers re-
NAMED unpassed. Assemblyman Jesse >.
Phillips to-day moved that the committee
ne discharged from It's further coasidera-
ton and that tae bill he placed On the
order Of second reading. The Assembly
adonted the motion and then passed TIE
am ~, unanimous consent. II was then
sent 20 tie Governor.
The bill provides thst instead - a ,aN ~
every -har. of 600 the taS or "n every
roo ~ face ,aitse OF stocN transferred.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
AoTcHkIss MAY ACT NOW.

Justice Amend vacated Yesterday an
order staying William II. Hotchkiss. Super
intendent Of the State Insurance Depart
meut from taking possession Of the New
York and New England Underwriters At
IIoyds. Limited. The company has been
IN maze Of litigation over unpaid claims
or policies. The Insurance Department will
now take possession Of the company 70
wind IN its affairs.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
SLOWER PLANS BUG MUSEUM

The Swedish Cottage, m Central Park. a
relic of the Philadelphia Centennial. will
IN the near future be turned into an
chronological museum Commissioner Sto-
,-r wants TO have specimens of all the de-
e,ructive and other kinds ~ bugs In Cen
tra Park on exhibition there Al present
many specim"us are being kept al the
Arsenal awaiting tn. opening OF the new
museum The Swedish Cottage was pre-
sented To New York City by the Swedish
e-cve-Dmeut
New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
HUDSON
RI I'VE r
TUBES
(MeADoO TUNNELS

connect with four of
the great railroads,
reaching every cor
ner OF New Jersey
within committing
distance.
Live on the Pennsyl-
vania, Lehigh Val
ley, Erie, or Lacka-
wanna Road. Tube
Trains make COM
muting easy, save
time and trouble and
land you in the heart
f New York quicker
than YOU can get
from Harlem or the
Bronx.