The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-11

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while scores have been seriously IN
jured.
From many cher owns and VIII
lagos come stories of fallen homes,
death and suffering. Aa San Sole, in
the province of Potenza six persons
were killed and five injured. The con-
victs in the prison at Benvcneto be-
came panic stricken and tried to force
their way past the guards, but were
overpowered by troops.
Bluefields, Nicagarua.-"At the
first shot fired against the American
flag of an American vessel, L will
level the bluff"
This is the reply made by Commo-
dore Harold K. Sims, commanding
the American gunboat Dubuque, to
threat made by General Rivias of the
Madriz forces holding Bluefields bluff,
to stop any vessel entering the harbor'
New York-Surrogate Ketchem of
Brooklyn has ruled that a will put to-
gether with a pin is void. For this
reason he has refused probate for the
will of Warren 3. Field, manufac-
turer of chewing gum and student
of psychical research. Mr.. Field died
last March, leaving an estate valued
at nearly a million dollars. The prop
erty was to have been invested as a
trust fund, the income to go to the
American Society of Psychical Re
search, with the exception of $500
annuity for a sister, his sole surviving
relative.
Evansville, Ind.-John Hays, aged
26, living in Mount Vernon, ILL.,, tried
to enlist in the United States navy
here and was told he lacked just one
pound of the necessary weight. He
went outside and drank a gallon OF
water. Then he returned and proved
to the recruiting officer that he had
brought himself UP to the required
weight. He was accepted. Hays felt
no i'll effect from the large quantity
of water he drank
Pittsburg.-With his neck broken
and supporting his head with both
hands to keep it from falling limp
onto his shoulders, Elmer Grover, 70
years old, walked home with the as
sistance of two companions after he
had fallen from a street car. When
taken to a hospital later the physi-
clans said the man might live, al
though the spinal column was broken
near lIl6 DdSC OIL Tie SfNulI- All CECACA
ton will be performed to remove
pieces of broken bone
London.-Among the first legisla-
tive business to be transacted by par
lament will be the passing of regen-
! cy bill. The queen consort will, of
course be nominated regent in case of
! demise of the crown before her eld-
est son has attained the age of IS, and
A. a-1lyy
| ably be selected as her principal ad-
wiser.
Copenhagen.-Yery serious concern
! is felt for the health of King Gus
tavus of Sweden and while it is not
! considered that his ailment is likely
to prove fatal in the Immediate fu-
ture, on the other hand it would not
cause surprise if the next royal funeral
should be held in Stockholm.
Experimentation very interest
| ing figures have recently been printed
which show why Denmark has come
to be known as the model farm" of
Europe. The soil of Denmark is nat
urally arid as compared with the rich
meadoWlands of more favored coun-
tries. Moreover the climate is incon
stant, and the winters are by no means
short. But the Danes-they number
some 2,500,000-are Of an excellent
breed. and their education as farmers
is the best yet evolved in any country.
The total number of farms is 250,000.
with a cultivated area of over 10,000,-
600 acres. The land is thus divided:
No. of
Size of Farms Farms Acreage.
Less than IL acres. $4,000 25,000 |
From II to 13l acres. $4,000 45O,OOO
From 131 to 40 acres. 900 1,150,000 |
From 40 to $50 acres. 1000 100000 |
From $50 to $50 acres. 5000 100000 |
More than $50 acres. S22 1,15O,0OO |
Quite SO per cent of the cultivators
own their holdings, and these in con-
sequence control the state machine
with an outlook on life almost eXclu-
sively agricultural. The minister of |
agriculture was a roof thatcher, and |
four of the other ministers were small
farmers.
Until about 1880 each farmer toll
somely made his own butter, but then
a butter-makfng machine of great
utility was invented, and a number of
Danish farmers dubbed together and
bought a specimen. Today there are
1,OS7 cooperative dairies with 1885,
600 members, who ship to England
weekly butter worth 100000
Berlin.-The news that the Ameri-
can congress has decided to build two
more Dreadnoughts of $4,000 tons
each was received with interest here.
Germany, in fact, is intensely interest
ed in all news relating t. navy build
ing the world over. The position of
Germany and the United States from
the official Berlin viewpoint is precise
1y the same in the matter of a navy.
In neither case is the building of war
ships being carried forward for pur-
poses of aggression, but in each case
it is held that an efficient, powerful
navy is essential for protection against
aggression. Germany fears nothing
on land, and her sole aim in navy
building is to be impregnable against
attack by sea, and to be able to give
ample protection to her outlying pos
sessions.
Dublin--A rare and weIl-authenti-
Gated case of extreme old age in the
person of one Paddy Blake, was re-
Gently to be seen in the Corofin Union
hospital Paddy was a laborer, but
did not work regularly, spending most
of his time rowing about from one
house to another. He was born at
Ballygireen, parish of Kilnasoolagh.
County Clare, some 119 years ago, on