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The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
POISON IS FOUND
IN STOMACH
CONFIRMATION OF REPORT REL.
Arive TO swoPE MYSTERY
is RECEIVED.

Kansas .ts. Jan. Decentralization
OF the rumor that poison had been
found in the stomach of Chrismau
Swone and that this led To the au-
topsy on the body of his millionaire
uncle. Colonel Thomas Il. Swope, was
given tonight by Attorney John IL. At
wood. one of the attorneys for the
Swope estate. and who has taken a
prominent part in Investigating the
mystery So firmly convinced are the
investigators that the poison WAS ad-
ministarrd To chrisman Swape by
someone with criminal intent that an
arrest may be made i'm the case to-
morrow, Mr.. Atwood said.
The poison found i'm chrisman
Swone's stomach may have been
strsehnine. although we cannot state
this positively"
DIR. l. Hrl;toen, who made the report
Of the finding of the poison has not
been able 10 say just what il Is. At
tornay Atwood and others prominent
in the inquiry knew that Chrisman
Swope's stomach contained poison be-
fore the body Of Colonel Swope was
eNhumed last "Wednesday. The facts
were kept secret until tonight. how
ever.
chrisman Swope died on December
&. DIR, II. C. Hyde. who is the husband
of niece OF Colonel Swope. sienetNthe
death certificate. The cause Of death
WAS given as typhoid fever.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
THE FlATHEAD VALLEY.

in inducing their former neighbors to
join the colony.
The weather during December has
been very unfavorable for construction
work. Very cold weather has prevailed
during the greater part of the month.
the minimum temperature having been
zero or below for Is days prior to the
date of this report.
Grading operations have been sus-
pended for the winter. The greater
part of the eash contracts were COM
pleted before tie suspension of oper-
ations, and with one exception all cash
contracts can be completed in a short
time after operations are resumed in
the spring
At Dodson dam forms have been
erected for to1s concrete piers. hut
the continued cold weather has pre-
vented the placing of any concrete.
Since last report and prior to Decem-
her 1. the backfilling of the headworks
structure and the construction of that
part of the headworks dixie between
stations. No. 0 and No. ,. being con-
structed by force account. was COM
pleted TOR the upstream end of the
headworks and the backfllling on the
downstream end was about one-half
completed.
At lower Peoples creek dixie several
days of mild weather during the lat
ter part of November permitted the
removal of frozen material from the
creek bed and made possible the be-
ginning of construction of that part of
the dixie. However, it was again neces-
sary to suspend operations on Deccm-
ber .. since which work has not been
resumed.
The paving at the outlet of the con-
crete-Hned canal At Point Of Rocks and
the cutoff wall below the lining have
been completed. All work at this
point has now been finished except
the erection of steel highway bridge
and the placing of about 4HA cubic
yards of riprap stone in the river
reretment. the delivery of this rock
being now In progress
Camp buildings are being erected on
the south side of Milk river NJ 4 point
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
WATER RIGHTS.

Spokane. Jan. l5.-H. y. Savage.
chief engineer of the United States
reclamation service. has filed water
rights for more than $1,000 acres of
land on the Flathead reservation in
western Montana, which will be
opened to settlement next spring The
water is taken mainly from the Pend
dOrielle river. the filing calling for
100000 cubic feet a second, which will
reclaim $4,000 ncres. The rest is from
Mud creek. a, small stream in the Mis-
sion mountains. To obtain the water
of the Pend d'Orielle river it will be
necessary to drive several tunnels, and
the water will be raised several hun
dred feet by turbines to get it to the
arabic land. The rights reserved by
the government is that the water is to
be used for power and irrigation pur-
poses. Adgices from Kalispell are that
practically all the claims drawn at
Uncle Sans lottery last August will
he taken up by actual settlers during
the present year.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
SUSPECT ! RELEASED L: A
FROM JAIL
WOMAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
AS RESULT OF lAMPhERe
CONFESSION FREED.

LaPorte. Ind, Jan. 15.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith, arrested as the result of Il
confession of Ray l.amphere to Rev.
T.. A. Schell. now president of the Iowa
Wesleyan university. was released to-
day on $500 bond. The grand jury will
be in session next week, when, IL L.
expected, there will be IA resumption Of
the investigation into tine Guinness
case. The Truelson confession may
yet play an important part in the case.
This confession was made In May.
1908. by julius Trueison OF New York,
now serving a term for forgery i'm the
Texas state prison. and il vas fully
investigated by Albert r. Smutzer
then sheriff of LaPorte county. Truel-
son claimed to have visited the Gun
ness farm before the fire and he did
much in the case. For time the Off
GERS We're inclined To believe he was
an accomplice. but later il was con-
cluded that he was a romancer and
told the story in order to be taken
from Texas to Laparte. Ii Is pos Ssible
that Truclson may be brought here.
because there are features of his con-
fession which bear striking resem-
hlance 1" the l.amphere confession.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Free Sample
e|p Weak
Women

So many of the ills of women are
due to constipation that too much
warning cannot be given them to keep
the bowels well open. They have !
modesty and timidity about this that
is positively dangerous to their health.
II Is a function that Is as necessary as
air and food and should not be avoided.
But It Is important to know the remedy
best suited to woman's needs. Cathartic
pills and tablets are too powerful and
salts and purgatiye waters are both pow
erful and nauseating. What Is wanted n
something milder and better tasting, but
which at the same time Is promptly ef-
fective. Or. Caldwells Syrup Pcpsin fills
these requirements and Is being taken by
thousands OF intelligent American women.
They not only use il themselves. but hav.
Ing found II effective in their own case,
they keep II In the house for other mem.
bers OF the family. for we are all called
upon at some time or other to use such
a remedy.
1t Is a safe and reliable laxative tonic
and can be conveniently obtained OF any
druggist at nifty cents and one dollar q
bottle. Before buying q bottle OF your
arnssist ,ss, a the doctor invites you to make :
are satisfied 1t Is what you want you can
buy 1t In the regular way. just as thou
sands are doing. 30. II you win send
he will send You sample bottle free Of
charge
Thousands OF people owe the present
good health OF their families to applying
for free sample bottle. for In this way
they learned of an effective and mex
pensive cure for constipation. Indigestion.
liver trouble. sick headache. sour stomach
and troubles of that kind that come from
The family Of Harry T. Recker. ccs w,
Monroe street. Chicago, are among the
lesions who highly praise this grand laxa-
tive and are glad to publicly say SO.
DIR. Caldwell personally viii be plea sed
TO give YOU any medical advice you may
desire for yourself or family pertaining 70
tho stomach. liver or bowels absolutely
letter and ne will reply to you in detail.
For the free sample simply send your
name and address on . postal card or
For either request the doctors
address Il DR.. w. b. Caldwell. R.5lT Cald.
well building. Montiee!lo. IL
For Sale by Geo. Freisheimer.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

Warrington. Ian. l5.-Negatiations
for peace are said to he on again be-
tween the Nicara guam revolutinnists
and President MadriZ. The tragic
drowning of Fornss Diaz. Estrada's :
peace envoy, Nho fell into the sea
when ne was about to land for a
meeting with the commissioner Of
Madrlz. halted the negotiations few
days ago, According In correspond
ence between Madriz and the lnsur-
gent chief new commissioner will
be appointed to meet the Madriz rep
resentatiye in Greytown and discuss
the terms IF a permanent peace.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
COLO IN NEW ENGLAND.

Washington, Jan. ll.-A strip of cold
wave that marks zero in southern
New York and 10 below at Greenville.
Maine. in the extreme northern end of
New England. scores today the lowest
record in the country.
The snowstorm that swept over this
section two days aga Is passing To sea
on the New England coast and in its
wake, all along from the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys 10 New England
the weather is clear or clearing with
warmer days in sight
What the weather sharps call a
depression" disturbance that has
meandered over from the Pacific coast.
is marking time in the northwest to-
day and causing speculation as To
whether ii Will develop into storm
and travel eastward.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Hamilton Welcomed.

President J. NJ. Hamilton Of the
state agricultural college was visitor
at the state university during the
week. while en- route from the fruit
growers school to Bazeman. He was
greeted by many of the older MEM
bers Of the faculty, with whom he
wns associated when professor Of phi
losophy and education mt the local
school. President Hamilton, i'm addi-
tion to his being member of the
faculty of the university. was active
In the development of the institution
during ifs earlier years.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
CHARLES R. LEONARD WILL DELIVER
! CHARTER-DAy ADDRESS AT UNIVERSITY
Member Of Board Of Education Will be Speaker Birthday
Celebraton-Fomer Teacher is Welcomed---
News Of College Life in Missoula

The state university faculty is look
ing forward TO making the annual
birthday celebration of the institution
a highly enjoyable one. The occasion,
Charter day, the anniversary Of the
signing of the bin creating the Uni
versity OF Montana, will he observed
this year on Friday, February Is The
principal speaker Of the day Will be
Charles r. Leonard NJ Butte. "A mem
ber of the state board of education
and man who has always been par
ticnrarly interested in the educational
welfare Of the state His subject will
be What the state has the right u
expect of its educational institutions"
4 faculty committee has in prepara-
tion program lasting tho entire day.
which will be announced in short
time. \ general invitation viii he ex-
tended IN .he cuhlic.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16

lasted until /: 80 o'clock. Those present
We're: The Misses Lucille Stephens,
Adelaine Schilling. Hazel Good, Helen
Shull. Florence Thompson, Nellie
ostley. Lizzie Beard. Kathryn Mills,
Jeneatte Willis. Alice Rarkell and
Alma Perrior and Messrs Raymond
Small. Joe Shinnick, Asa Mills, Tom
Mcdonald. Robert Mills. Edward
Stowe. Ralph Elliott. Roy Slower. Allen
Trntford. Leslie Mills and Paul
BaruCn.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16

their work by next June. In antiei-
patton of part of the commencement
exercises the following committee has
been appointed to take charge Of the
class day exercises: Robert c. Line,
Florence Catlin. Edna Rosean. Hazel
Rutzerin. Edna Fox, Arthur bishop
and Renee Henderson. 4 committea
consisting IF Mamie Burke, W. j. WIN
ninghoff and May Graham has been
appointed to procure caps and gowns
for the members of the class These
viii he donnca at an carly date dur
ing fhe first semester
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Books Received.

The state university library has been
receiving large numbers Of new books
during the last few weeks. Many
reference books on the drama have
been added to those already on the
English shelves. Substantial additions
IN French and German books, and
fine arts have been made, which win
prove OF special value to students in
these departments. Many new books
on history and economies, including
several very recent works. have been
provided. Besides these additions to
the library. other shipments Of hooks
viii soon he received
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Good Time?

Last night-eating big dinner il often
the maker Of BAD TODAY. Why not'
Over-eating means extra work for the
stomach and bowels. You've got to
suffer if You don't help nature unload
with cAScARETS. "ZA<y aork uAile
yoS skeft"-you're O. K. in the A. y.
Touight's the night to take care oe to-
morTow. g.
cAScARETS-Ioe box-veek,s 3 treat
me1t. All druggists. Biggest seller
u Ihe Wor.0 Nlllio0 hoses moalA
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
ADDITIONAL SOCIETY
Surprise Party.

Surprise Party.
A delightful surprise party was given
AT the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hubert
in honor of the seventeenth birthday
of their daughter Emma. Whist and
other games were played until a late
hour. when refreshments We're served
Prizes we're awarded Mrs. Charles
Heckler. Miss Freda Mohr. Miss
Matilda Shreck and George Shrek.
Those present We're the Misses Freda
and Selma Mohr, Freda Heckler. Clara
Giuyas, Clara DePlaze. Matilda Shrek.
Laura Johnson. May Swanson. Rose
Lerch and Emma Aiehele, and Messrs.
George Shrek. Walter Mohr and
Ernest Hubert.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
College Annual.

The editors Of the college annual. the
sentinel. are hard at work on this
years book. Ii is planned 10 make
the production larger and better than
preceding editions. and judging from
the progress already made in getting
material together. the editors will not
be disappointed. The junior class is
responsible for the success of the un-
dertakine.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Provisional Schedule.

\ meeting of the university faculty
was held Friday afternoon To decide
on the schedule of classes and lectures
for the second semester. A provisional
schedule was made up containing sew
eral new courses To he given by mem
bcrs of .hn faculty
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Y. N. c. A. "at Home I"

The Young Mems Christian associa-
tion of the state university has is
sued invitations In all the men of the
institution for an at home..' The
affair viii he held Friday evening at
the Sigma Nh house on University
avenue
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
MCGOWAN is Editor.

The board Of directors of the Univer-
sity Press club. the organization. or
more properly. the corporation. which
controls the Weekly Kaimin. re- elect
ed Charles $. MCGOWAN as editor of
the paper for the remainder of the
college year. Arbie f.. I.eech was
chosen u head the business end or the
publication.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
4, PAPER REPEATED SOLD.

Baltimore. Md. Jan. l5.-Reports
were circulated here today that Charles
Il. Grasty. formerly managing editor
of the Baltimore News and later con-
nected with the st. Paul Dispatch. had
purchased the Baltimore Sun from the
A. 5. Abel estate. Mr.. Grasty refused
to discuss the report and the Sun Of
flee the report was denied.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Science Association.

The science association Of the uni
versity will hold a meeting wednes-
day evening with the subject of for
estry as the topic of discussion The
following program liz announced. For
estry." by Supervisor Weigle of Wal
lace. Idaho; The Work of the For
est Service" by A. +. Bishop; Forest
Trees Of Montana" by Jocelyn Whlta-
ker.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Back from Helena.

Professor g. F. Reynolds returned
from Helena yesterday afternoon after
delivering a university extension lee
ture Friday evening. He reports
most prosperous condition of the ex-
tension work in Helena with u largely
increased enrolment
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Engineers Club.

steam Turbines" by Cecil +. Dod-
son: Gas Engines by Harry -.
Maclay. and an address by Robert
Sibley are the features of a program
to he given bv the Engineers club
on Wednesday evening
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
For Class oay.

The seniors are beginnins To look
forward TO the finishing of their coll
lege course. Some Of those who viii
obtain their degrees in June will have
nearly completed by the end of the
present semester the number of credits
required for graduation. Likewise,
other prospective graduates are put
ting forth every effort 10 complete
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
INDIGESTION QUICKLY RELIEVED


hchng
ailments
tn
appetite
win
fitted during IN. 81
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Asa Mill, Surprised.

Asa Mills Surprised.
Asa Mills was pleasantly surprised
by number of his friends at his home
on Friday. The first part OF the even
ing was spent in playing games.
Lunch was served al IL O'Clock. after
which all joined in a dance which
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16

Make it want -ad. task-for you
couldn't find the p,opie who want to
buy your property IL you searched for
. year.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16
Merrymakers Entertain.

The members of the Merrymakers'
Whist club gave a pleasant surprise
to Miss Mamie Lewis at her home on
the north side Wednesday evening
After an enjoyable evening spent in
playing whist. lunch was served.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16

opposite Wagner. This camp will be
the center of operations tor the con-
struction of minor structures on lateral
canals and distributaries, and will
eventually be used as one of the op-
Grating camps.
The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-16

For Sale by Geo. Freisheimer.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-08

notice that beginning with March 16
license for all public entertainments
( must be procured in advance, as re-
CURED by law, and that after that date
violators of the law would be prose-
| cuted.
I, Lewis Stanton, health officer. made
request that a committee of the town
! council be appointed to act with him
| in a matter pertaining to the public
/ health and Messrs. Burdick and Gull
/ ley were selected as the committee.
! 1t IS understood that it is contrary
| to law to keep swine within the COM
pact part of the town, and that the
law is fagrantly violated in Little
] Italy where diphtheria prevails at
/ present. Before taking heroic action in
| this matter, the health officer desires
| the cooperation of the town council
| During the past month there have
been eight cases of diphtheria, one fa-
| tai; one case of scarlet fever, one of
typhoid fever and several cases of
measles. Monday morning a new case
of diphtheria was reported in fam
lily in Pleasant street where there are
four other children in the family. The
strictest quarantine is kept on the in
fected premises.
fire wardens for the preservation of
i the forests from fires was deferred I'M
til the next meeting.
Westerly coast artiIIerymen have OPP
portunity to compete for promotion, as
Colonel Tillinghast of the First Artil-
lery district is to give the enlisted men
of his command a chance to become
staff. He is to have a competitive ex-
animation held for the purpose of de-
ternrining the men who are qualified
to fill the positions.
Fifth company, Westerly Coast Ar
tillery corps, will be officially inspected
by regular army officer this Clues
day. evening.
=
gen traffic on the Ashaway and West
erIy trolley road, the freight business
is quite an important item Nearly
all the freighting for the Pawcatuck
Guiding the carrying of coal, is done
over this route. Within week six
large coal laden cars have been trans
ferred from the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford road to the trolley
line and delivered in the mill yard.
AS Potter Hill and Ashaway are far
removed. from the steam road and ma
terial used in these plants and pro-
to and from Westerly. the change is
beneficial to the manufacturers as well
as to the trolley company.
Westerly is corralIinq some of it's
best baseball players for the home
team in the Rhode Island-Connecticut
league for the coming season. Frank
Foley and Rad" Rhodes. both West
erly boys. who caught and pitched on
1.-THE Stonington team last season, have
been secured to play on the home
team last season, and will do likewise
has no SUPERIOR of his age with che
big NIT behind the bat. He captained
the champion Westerly High school
team last season. and i'll do likeise
again, as there is no conflict in the
school league schedule and that of the
ESTATE league.
Prentice Chase, catcher for Wester-
ly the past two seasons, and a cracker
jack behind the bat, has gone to Fall
River and will be given a tryout on
the team of that city in the New Eng
land league.
Local Iaconics
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-08
Housing Diplomats Abroad.

Friends of the proposition that the
government house its diplomatic rep
resentativeS where they are accredited
We're in the minority in the house on
Wednesday 1t was not a good time
for it's presentation The popular cry
hauled to the wind. Even with the
new tariff bill behaving we'll and
promising to do better all appropria-
tons are being carefully scanned Not
at this time is Uncle Sam considered
rich enough to give all house. Some
other night.
That the government should be rep
resented abroad by men of high intel
IecJual class needs no argument. That
in the main, it has been, and is now
so represented. cannot be denied But
equally true is it that they have al
ways been. and are now being. under
paid. Their salaries are small and
they receive nothing but their salaries
from the government. If they live
well and support suitably the ob1iga-
lions imposed upon them, it is at their
own expense. Some of them are out
of pocket considerably, though making
no complaint
Those who hive interested them
selves in the subject solely from the
observers standpoint would be glad
to see not ONLY houses built but SAL
aries raised, for American ambassa-
doris and ministers. That they think
would do justice to the men appointed
to such posts, and silence the asser-
ton that only millionaires can afford
such service Such laborers as we'll
Let the government pay adequately
for what it needs in one of the most
important branches of it's scheme
Washington Star
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-08
Uncle Joe Is Waking Up.

Anyway. Mr.. Cannon is beginning to
have suspicious that he is not the
whole hn,Ise.-Indianzpolis News,
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-08
Local Laconics.

Local Laconics.
Mrs. John Mcdonald is critically i'll
at her home in Moss street.
Mrs. George w. Mansfield returned
Monday from a visit or several weeks
in Erie, Pa
The first flock of geese has been
seen and heard flying northward, and
robins are reported in Westerly.
There is much local interest in the
championship basketball game be-
tween New London and Mystic teams.
to be played in Westerly Thursday
evening.
Ten chambers are to be added TO the
kiln of the Ashaway Clay company.
and the capacity of the plant will be
increased 100000 bushels at each
charge, nearly doubling the present
capacity.
Clark B. Saunders, a former Vest
erly resident. died Sunday in Burling-
ton, VT. where he has been boss fin
Usher of the American Wooden COM
pany. He was the son of Nathan H.
Saunders.
There is probability that Orvi1le
G. Barber and. w. Hoxie, who own
buildings on leased land that has been
sold to the Watch Hill fire district, for
the Improvement of that resort, will
test the legality of the removal of their
shacks.