Gunnison news-champion., 1910-09-30
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PresIdeni Taft had a thoroughly on
joyable time "Wednesday among ais
home folks of Cincinnati
7 AS q result Of eating toad stools in
mistake for mushrooms. two are aeaa
and two dying al Orange. n. D.
Gen. Charles " Brayton. the blind
leader Of the Rhode Island Republ
cans. died at Providence. X. L., FRIDAY
Indianapolis has been selected ss tn
next convention city by the sovereign
grand lodge, independent Order 81 Odd
Fellows.
Forty-two persons we're killed in an
interurban trolley wreck between
Button and Fort Wayne. Ind.
Wednesday.
The national encampment Of the G.
A. H., AT its final session. postponed
action OF placing statue of Robert 4.
Lee in statuary hall.
Telegraph operators on the MonOn
railroad we're notified of a per cent
raise in wages, effective September l.
The operators also obtained other con
cessions.
Packages of all American cigarettes
and tobaccos are being reduced in sise
by the manufacturers to make W f0s
the increased revenue taxes imposed
by the tariff.
Announcements was made here Fri
day by the Morris Packing Company
Of Chicago of the purchase in Men-
leo of 25o.ooo acres of land. which is
TO comprise one of the largest ranches
in the world
The lowest death rate on record for
the United States is reported by the
Census Bureau bulletin on mortality
statistics for 1909. The rate. which Is
given at fifteen per thousand of the
Professionally estimated population last
year was four-tenths per cent, less
than the estimate made in the year
1903 for the registration area An era
OF lower mortality is predicted from
now ON by the census officers
Representatives of Mrs. Mathilda NJ.
Chesbrough of Newton, Mass, have
paid over e3s.ooo to the custom author
tiles in settlement of a $1,000 fine i'm
posed on her Tor smuggling and in re-
demption of a pearl necklace seized
last year. The case has been long con
tested but Mrs. Chesbrough was con-
yinced that the only way for her to get
her necklace was by paying the fine
and the value of the goods seized.
The bond of sentiment that has
welded together the hearts of the
north and the south was never more
IN evidence than at the formal opening
OF the forty fourth national encamp-
ment Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. II is probable that there NAV
never be another encampment held by
the G. A. n. The movemen. to bring
together all the survivors of the civil
war has grown wonderfully Samuel
X. Nansant. one time governor of Min
nesota, declared himself m favor of the
idea. General Daniel II. Sickles also
favored the plan. Two great demon
strations of patriotism and love drew
together thousands of survivors.
Samples of the new Red Cross
Christmas seals 10 be used this wear
were Received Thursday BY the Ma
tlonal Association for the Study ana
Prevention of Tuberculosis. While
the sticker is perforated like those
used last year. il is intended for use
only as seal on the back of letters.
The seal is one inch square. with the
conventional red cross in the center.
and the words Merry Christmas. Han
py New Year. American Red Cross" In
a circle about il. The colors are red ana
green Twenty-Five millions of these
seals are being printed. and n is hoped
TO sell o.ooo. 900 before New Year.
Many national questions of import
ance are to be considered at the tvep-
ty-hrst annual session OF the Trsps-
Mississippi Commercial congress-. 10
be held At San Antonio, Tex. Novew-
ber 22.25. the can FOR which vas n
sued Sunday
At the G. A r. encampment at A.
lantic City, ~. j.. one thing noticed st
the various meetings was the definite
shape the movement for Increasing the
pensions Of veterans 10 takinG. n
cry 10 "A dollar Q aay for life n
| national encAnpDent b SruamNna -
take up tie nattss.