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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
1000 HOMELESS m FIRE.
Blaze Sweeps Over More than 90
Blocks in Lake Charles. La.

Famed by high wind, fire III
Lake Charles swept over more than
twenty blocks of the city, destroying
several hundred buildings and result
ing in property loss estimated at
more than 100000. More than 1000
persons were made homeless. The may
or called out the local militia company
to preserve order. Many offers of finan-
cial aid have been received. Within a
shore time the wind had driven the
fire over space two miles in length,
leaving mass of ruins in its wake.
While many of the buildings destroyed
were merely frame cottages, scores of
handsome structures also fell prey to
the flames. The city hall, the hand
some Calcasieu parish courthouse, the
Clair hotel, churches, stores. and ware
houses were reduced to bare black
walls and heaps of ashes within two
hours after the fire started. The Cath
Ollie convent was destroyed. All the
sisters escaped.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

/ Members of the Afillers' Nationals
Federation in convention at Chicago
adopted resolutions urging federal;
courts which have the matter under
consideration to give an early decision,
on the question of bleaching flour, that
millers may determine the character
of their early output
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
HueHEs no sUpREME COURT.

New York Governor Notifies Taft Of
Acceptance of Position.
Governor Charles Evans Hughes Of
New York put aside his opportunities
for making from 100000 to $150,000 a
year In the private practice of his pro-
fession as lawyer and deliberately
abandoned his political career. which.
1T was believed by his friends. was
leading directly to the presidency, by
accepting for life the post of associate
justice of the: Supreme Court of the
United States at an annual salary Of
$4,000.
Governor Hughes virtually will serve
out his term in the Office to which he
was elected by the people OF New York.
At his special request President Taft
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

!. one of the unknown millionaires Of
New York City is planning algreat sys-
tematic, long-continuing philanthropy
similar to the Rockefeller general fund
and the Carnegie land Sage founda-
tions. The proposed organization is to
be called the Economic and General
Foundation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

Fire which started from some UNI
known cause in store in North Pow
nal, VT, destroyed three buildings.
causing loss of about $4,000. The
Congregational Church, in which Presi-
dent James A. Garfield taught school
while student at Williams College.
was destroyed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

had enticed to his room by a promise
of work, and thrust her while yet alive
in his fireplace, where, soaked with oil,
her crumpled body writhed and burn
ed. With the same waxen-faced indif-
ference that he had shown throughout
the trial, Wolter evinced no emotion
when the verdict was announced. HIS
fate will be the electric chair.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
BOY spEcuIAToR ENDS LIFE.

George Dnbo, Wall Street Plunger,
Fearing Insanity, shoots Self.
George Dabo, II years old, shot him
self in the head at his home at Ho--
boken, N. Y, and died few hours
later. Though only 16 when he gave
his first order. the boy had been unus-
ually successful in Wall street specula-
ton, it is said Restraint imposed up
on him recently BY physicians when he
broke down nervously from excitement
is said to have caused him to fear he
would lose his mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

has arranged that the Governor will
not succeed to the place made vacant
by the recent death of Justice. Brewer
until the beginning of the October
term of court Mr.. Hughes term Of
office as Governor expires with the
dawning of 1911. The arrangement
agreed upon will enable him to clean
up pretty thoroughly the tasks begun
by him as Governor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

Municipal elections were held
throughout Montana the other day. In,
Helena the Democrats elected four and
the Republicans three aldermen, with
f. ]. Edwards, Republican independ-
ent, leading by less than thirty votes
for. MAYOR. ~. II. -. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

Louis Rose, 10-year-old boy of Jer-
sey City. running yaliantly to catch a
foul tip in baseball game. fell head
foremost into shallow pond and stuck
in the mud bottom. He was dead from
suffocation when pulled out.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
EDDIE Fay. GIVEN Ten Yenr.

Pleading guilty to the robbery of
the Richmond, Va, postoffice on the
night Of March II, when $1,000 was
taken, Eddie Fay and Little Dick,
Harris were sentenced to ten years in
the Atlanta penitentiary and fined S..
600 each.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
Chrl.tinn science Leader suicide,

Miss Marion Stephens. for many
years leader in the Christian Science
Church in New York. committed sui
eide Monday by inhaling gas. She tes-
titled against Mrs. stetson when the
latter was deposed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
BOY killed by Ba.ebnII

seven-year-old Michael Keefe of Bos-
ton is dead as the RESULT of being hit
by baseball thrown by Joseph Burke,
IA years old. The ball struck Keefe
over the heart.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
CROPS RUINED IN MIDDLE WEST
Sudden Blizzard with Below Freez-
ing Temperatures Leaves De-
struction in It's Wake.
BOTH GRAIN AND FRUITS SUFFER
Continuance of Rain and Cold, with
Gradual Change, Regarded ms
Only Salvation.

Prematurely budding crops OF the
middle West have been swept away
IN the most disastrous and far-reach.
Ing storm experienced in genera
ton. The disturbance has wrought
more than S50,000,0O0 damage to fruits
and vegetables and has started an up
ward shoot in the price of fresh food
stuns that probably viii be felt during
Inc entire season. The Michigan fruit
oelt-the backbone of the fruit, district
lis described as almost wholly wiped
out for the season, while the freezing
temperature in Illinois and Iowa not
only has killed buds, flowers and fruits,
but threatens to ruin oats.
4 In and about Chicago truck garden.
ers have seen all hopes OF early vege-
tables blasted in single night. Veg
etables and flowers that had promised
huge profits and low prices because of
/ the early spring have been damaged be-
yond hope. All that can be done is to
replant, where this is possible, making
the season several weeks behind rather
than early. But in the end it will be
the housekeeper who will feel the effect
OF the storm. The expected early vege-
tables and low prices, promised because
Of the lamb-like March, have given
place to promises OF such high prices
for green foodstuffs as have not OBJ
tanned in years.
The story Of the storm Is told best in
the weather bureau reports that show
ed freezing temperature in practically
all of the points that have been touch
ed by the storm. Here are some Of the
Temperatures reported.
Chicago sa % above zero
Kansas City 80 above zero
Keokuk ............... % above zero
4 Indianapolis -. ;..-... 90 above zero
Des Moines. .....4. ....4 80 above zero
Davenpot .,,.:.4g s-s.;s rs above zero
lyn,h,,n.a Ill Ill - 80 20 apove zero
Isl + MS Ao"' 't.r'f' 90 vs 1elo
I1nfonviija Mo f;f % above .er,
Milwaukee % above zero
In the central and southern districts
4 Of Illinois the temperature fell to a
4 fraction below % degrees. with the re.
Isult that fruit growers announced that
|tney had little hone Of anv cronn at all
dthis season. q.
Paradoxically enough. the only milf.
CATION In the bad news was in the fact
that rain and low temperature-al.
though not freezing temperatures-pre.
vailed throughout the whole Middle
Western section. Had the snowstorm3
been followed by a bright. warm sun
nothing could have saved fruits and
berries now in blossom from complete
ruin. AS matters stand, while many
Of the buds will be killed. the cool
weather and rain of the next few DAYS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
1 Pat Grove Hold-Up Victim.

Pat Grove, the kidnaper of Eddie
Cudahy. was held up and robbed In
Mansfield, Ohio. the other night. Grove
filed complaint against John Burns, a
paroled Ohio reformatory prisoner. who
lis held in $4,000 bond.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
Mothers, Day II Proclaimed.

Mothers' Day IN Proclaimed.
Governor Harmon of Ohio has issued
a proclamation designating Sunday,
May 5. as Mothers day, and asking for
general observance. This is the first
proclamation Of the kind to be issued
in the State
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
KirIsman Quit. G. q n. v

Announcement is made of the reslg.
nation of Marshall NJ. Kinkman, vice
president of the Chicago and North
western Railroad and in charge Of the
accounts of the company Several 9TH
er changes are also announced.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

suspecting that certain bills are
"railroaded" through the New York
Legislature little band of ',insurg-s
ents." led by Lindon Bates, Jr.. who
has invented a mechanical device. are
keeRing count on the votes on the var
ious measures as they are taken.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
. Girl Ends Her Life,

Obtaining a key to a man friends.
room in Spokane. Wash, Rosie Baum
berger. "a years old. of Lind, Iowa, en-
tered the apartment and committed
suicide by shooting herself through the
head.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
three Dead i'm Hotel FIRE.

Three persons lost their lives in tho
fire which swept the Hotel Thoma in
Cincinnati The dead are Walter G.
Cameron; lawyer; Harry Lawrence,
proofreader, and Jacob Hefty, an EN-.
ploye Of the hotel
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS.
WESTERN LEAGUE.


The wife and two daughters, z and
9 years old, of Agent G., A. Kruger,
were burned to death in fire which
destroyed the 500 line depot in Edge.
land, N. D. Kruger is near death from
burns received. while trying to rescue
his family.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
Man Killed In Na.hyi,le Fire

MIN NIi1eu IN NuHHVIt1e FIG.
Lieutenant John Ambrose was kill
ed. his neck being broken. and three
other firemen injured in fire in
Nashville which damaged the Brad.
ford furniture plant to the extent Of
about $4,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

When the stork visited Mrs. Will.
lam Rife in Staunton, Va, it left four
children in the Rife home. but one of
the little visitors died almost on ar
rival. The other three are doing we'll.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

Three former Pittsburg councilmon
John Casserly, Isaac Libson and
John Hogue-confessed their guilt Of
taking brides.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

The seasons crop of small fruits
around Boise, Idaho. and in Fayette
Valley is reported to have been heay-
lily damaged by frost.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04

Fire Nearly Wipes Out Hamlet.
The hamlet of Orleans, N. Y, was
nearly wiped out by fire. twenty-five
buildings, including the church and
schoolhouse, were destroyed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
wo1TER FOUND GUILTY.

Youth Who Killed Fourteen-Year-
Old stenographer Must Die.
Albert wolter. a 1s-year.old youth.
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree by a jury in the Court Of Spe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

S,uien IN Eimira, n. Y
me government took steps to stop
gambling In cotton, which caused q
loss OF millions of dollars in trade.
s,,.,nlas Feezer' manufacturer a.
attaottna .' ~io.e la,t @. 49,
{ emf 5natan. 80 70. aouses unue, SA' 80
psr,s -. ony.
is bestowed ss' on hooseVeit her
paid At the Hots1 DO VILE
VIC p,as,ss. (, ..
ice PRESIDENT sherman, IN ST.
in law &c ! nrosnar;t,, aot
ms $50
tim - aI1a au 'u s Desan an lnses s
for the Cbicaso sra aanartn,an4 e.-''
-, ,'.,, Duniyer' assaiiins 'he ran
M Dtn ~ tne senate said the meas
oos4 ese' .n nusnes oa new nqrR ac'
t,a. go, sne supreme court oner, put,
lss ioiessioi'a, anu po oi
~ 1,1essI .es.ilylhe " lne triai
AZ - .. = nyue ~ hansas CITY, salu
smon ney y.aa .Snic tahen py Golonsl
ope was O0"sn' ny = MOSS Hun'oh'
Tuesday.
b!ornst1erne Bjornson, famous Nor
"eglan writer, died In Paris.
The dark, damp weather drew the
irost out OF the plants without killing
'nen.
A prince Of China was entertained
N Cnlcago on his trip around the
world. M
Former President Roosevelt inspect
ed flying machines at Paris and mar
veied at the progress OF invention.
Twenty-one American republics join
ed in the dedication Of the new Wash
ington home Of the bureau Of Ameri.
can republics.
w. >. Fielding, Canada's minister OF
nnahce' was given lund OF $ll6,VVO
.n recosnition 81 ms services Tor the
Aast tnirteen years.
7'ot Siapp ~ speech III Inc
senate replied to Wickershams Chi
cago address and defied the admins
~, ~ reau any SET OF men out OF
pa' -
Wednesday. H
Paulnan won $4,000 prize Tor an
aer'ai nlgnt from Lonaon 70 Mancnes-
ter.
( Oscar Hammerstein quilted the field
OF grand opera owing to the exactions
OIL sonsOlrds.
Senator, Dolliver said he will fight
for reform from inside the Republican
party, not as ally OF Democrats, as
Dotn Dig parties are ruled bysinterests.
The trial Judge in Kansas City re-
voked the 800, 600 bond Of Dr.: Hyde
snd ordered the alleged murderer re
moved 70, jail as evidence appeared to
iufA AGAINST Mn I;
Thursday.
Mark Twain died Of 4 broken heart.
smoking ii p,antomime Is end drew
near.
8E The Illinois Supreme Court sustain
ed the union of the Presbyterian and
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches.
The attorney general is conducting
an investigation into the Chicago board
Of trades methods Of making prices.
Friday. II
Forged bills Of lading ON cotton
causing millions loss were revealed
by an Alabama failure.
Albert wolter must die IN the cleo
trio chair for numbering q 15-year-old
New York stenographer.
Chinese rioters forced women and
children to flee from &Chang.Stia and
t tn an slore1sneesrs.
The Merriam commission heard that
the city of Chicago has lost $55,000 in
twenty months tn fire department coal
contracts
The nurse said that week after
Dr.. Hyde gave the Swope girl a box
OF candy the recipient developed ty.
pnold FEVER.
Saturday.
Storm and frost did great damage
to crops the country over.
More than 1000 we're made home.
Yt'o0o'ooo Aie IL Lake
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
G9AfXM d=R[2CAL
IGS AND s 81
'zFRNNCLAI-
CHICAGO.
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AO444SxA0Os u.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review Of
Chicago trade says:
While an excellent exhibit appears
In both aggregate payments through
the banks and trading defaults, the
business situation presents some ir-
regularity. mainly due to weather UNI
certainties and labor disputes. The
matter Of costs also suggests more Sc
rious thought as to future undertake
ings. Further weakening in prices of
raw supplies affects some interests
and large consumers apparently await
more favorable buying terms. Con-
tfnued low temperatures have adverse
ly affected leading retail lines and out,
door activity, but transportation has
suffered little hindrance and freight
movements have remained exception
ally heavy in factory outputs, general
merchandise, farm needs, lumber,
hides and grain.
Interior advices indicate that mer-
chants have done we'll thus far in sea-
sonable goods. Reduction Of light
weight apparel and fashionable wear
is in part delayed by the cold and
wet conditions, but local sales have
been of fair volume. The attendance
of buyers has been equal to expecta-
lions in the wholesale district and re-
ordering for broken lines and fall
needs have been the features For
wardings remain fairly large in tex
tiles, millinery. footwear, clothing,
suits and house needs. Dealings have
been seasonably active in food prod
ucts and sporting goods.
Bank clearings, s292,649.084, ex-
coed those of the corresponding week
in 1909 by Ill per cent, and compare
with 222,6S4,009 in 1908. Failures
reported in the Chicago district NUM-
Der only 10, as against 81 last week.
80 in 1909 and "a in 1908. Those with
liabilities over $1,000 number A, as
against 10 last week, s in 1909 and 10
in 1905"
NEW YORK.
Weather conditions and the unset
tied outlook for prices OF many COM
modities are the causes assigned for
the quieter tone of trade in many
lines. Retail business and. to GER
tain extent. recorder demand from job
bers, was affected by the return early
in the week of wintry weather. These
influences were. however, largely tenn
porary. and they were largely Offset
by the decided benefit to the crop out
look generally by the breaking of the
drought. Collections are about fair.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with April
81 were 1913, as against 207 last week,
BAT in the like week Of 1909, 254 in
1908. 1877 in 1907 and 1T in 1906.
Business failures IN Canada for the
week number-15. which compares with
q last week and SO in the correspond
ing week of 1908. -Bradstreets.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-04
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Progress of the Pennant Race In
Base Ball Leagues.

NATIONAL LEAGu
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
MARRIAGE NOT FOR
POETS, SAYS Wife
Mrs. Richard lie GalIienne De-
clares That Poetic Tenn
permanent Is Fickle
[Seecial Gable to The Call

PARIS, Sept. 29.-"Poets and artists
should not marry. Marriage is bene-
flcal to poets, but bad for their fami-
lies"
In this way Mrs. Richard le CALI
enne, who is suing in the New York.
courts~for divorce from her poetic hus-
band, explained today the philosophical
TO live with the poet. She is now
struggling to make living as a mil
liner in quiet quarter of Paris. Draw
ing together the curtains separating
the shop from the salon, she began:
Il have read the lives of the great
poets and find that practically all were
unable to attain domesticity 1 don't
know why, but it seems to be a work
ing law beyond human power Any
woman is foolish to marry poet, but
she will not discover the fact until
it is too late. Richard is charming
fellow. He never bored me FIVE min
utes. and that is lot to say of man.
Did lie Gallienne find that home
interfered with his poetry?" asked the
correspondent
"on the contrary was thereby, ''le
admits that he did his best work when
our homes were together. He did not
write FIVE lines without consulting me.
Since our separation he has merely
drifted and has performed no serious
work
Then why the separation?"
Poetic temperament, answered Mrs.
lie Gallienne, Struggling her shoulders.
seems to need frequent change No
poet can remain long married to the
same woman"
How about Browning?"
Browning had The bourgeois or
peasant character, and after all it is
the bourgeois folk who keep the world
steady. Superlative gifts are usually
somewhat unbalanced. And" added the
poets wife, after a reflective pause, Il
have a little daughter to care for"
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

CARSON CITY. New. Sept. 2s.-On
october 1, for the first time in so years,
the doors of the gambling houses in
this city will be closed by the law.
The recent action of the legislature of
Nevada makes tomorrow the last day
for gambling in this state. Despite
traditions, influence, argument and
politics, the law stands and the old
line gamblers have bowed before it.
Although another day of grace re-
mained for them, the wheels that have
spun since the days of the characters
of Bret Harte and Mark Twain remain
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
MERCHANT WANTED
A "SPORTY" wife
Mrs. Olena Eccles Says Hus=
band Took Her to Question
able Places; Gets Divorce
ISeeeial Diseoteh 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29.-The gay
life of San Francisco was not to her
liking, according TO Mrs. Olena Eccles.
who obtained a divorce today from
Christopher Eccles, of the firm of
Eccles & Smith, doing business in San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
When Mrs. Eccles turned down her
glass and refused champagne, her hus-
band told her she was no sport, Mrs.
Eccles told the judge. After repeated
Iy upbraiding her for refusing to enter
into the gayety of himself and his
friends. her husband removed his ward
robe piece by piece to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Eccles alleges, and took up his
quarters at the Jonathan club here.
Finally. Mrs. Eccles declares, she came
to Los Angeles and nursed her husband
through serious illness, only to be
called IAN old rip by him. That was
too much, she conciuueo, ana sne De-
gan suit for divorce.
Not only has her husband insisted
that she drink champagne, but he took
her to questionable places of amuse-
ment, she AYERS, and when she became
disguised he refused to accompany her
home. Later, she alleges, he. urged her
to get divorce, telling her that .he
would hound her until she did"
Judge Conley of MADEIRA county, who
heard the case. granted an interIocu-
fnr-,- dacrea
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
100000 WAS sGAMBLED AWAY BY
HUSBAND, SAYS MRS. H. S. BRlCKELL

sumo her maiden name, Gracibel
Walker.
While they were on their way to
Europe, Mrs. Brickell testified. her hus-
band failed to come to his stateroom
the first night. He could not be found
until 5 o'clock in the morning. when
he was discovered playing cards
Drinking to excess was another fault
of which she accused him.
She said that he frequently went to
sleep in the theater when he took her
there.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30

OAKLAND, Sept. 2s.-so strong was
the desire of Henry S. Brickell, once a
well known real estate man, to gamble.
according to the story his wife told,
that he gambled all night on the
steamer when they were going to
Europe; he gambled on the trains in
stead of travelling with his wife; he
gambleJ at hotels. and in all, Mrs.
Brickell says, he gambled away $780,
900. The wife, Mrs. Gracibel Brickell.
was granted an interlocutory decree
of divorce today and permitted to re-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
"China for Chinese"

BOSTON, Sept. 29.-No reports of un-
rest in China have been received re-
Gently at the headquarters in this city
of the board of commissioners for for
eign missions.
The unrest in China in the belief OF
board officials is the result of newly
awakened national feeling among the
Chinese people.
The slogan of an ever increasing ele.
ment China for the Chinese" has been
heard throughout the empire and
the anti-foreign feeling is not directed
against the missionaries as Christians
but rather because they are foreigners
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
China ON verge
OF AN UPRISING
AGAINST throne
Upheaval Similar to the Boxer
War Threatened Among
Interior Provinces
Feeling of Discomfort Lacks
Only a Leader to Put II
Into Action

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-China is
declared to be on the verge of another
upheaval similar to the Boxer uprising
and the lives of foreigners are in
Jeopardy. Recent advices from govern
ment officials in China express the be-
lief that an outbreak at any time will
not surprise them, The state depart
ment has instructed officials to main
tain close watch on the internal con-
ditions.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
STRINGENT NEVADA ANTI GAMBL ING
LAW GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW

still, the faro tables have been stored
where they will gather the dust. and
the big play" tomorrow will be at the
railroad ticket offices, with the dealers
bucking the bank. Gambling is dead,
and Carson City. where fortunes have
shifted on the turn of card, is
closed
A decision rendered by Attorney Cen
eral Stoddard today places whist. bridge
whist, five hundred, solo, frog and all
other card games played for money,
property or representative of value
under the ban Slot machines also are
banished.f