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The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
SPORT.
Western League standing.

The bill legalizing six round boxing
contests In Illinois. which passed the
Senate couple of weeks ago Is prac-
tically dead.
The coming summer already offers
not less than one million dollars in
prize money for competitive aviation
at the various meets.
The national amateur wrestling
tournament is being held in Portland,
Ore, under the auspices Of the Multi
nomah Amateur Athletic Club of that
city.
The first appearance Of the Chey-
enne (Wyo) Indians on the local dia-
mond this year will be May 2sth.
when they will open a three-game
series with the Denver Cottrells.
1t was announced in New York that
Billy Papke. the American middle
weight and Jim Sullivan. the English
champion. have signed articles in Lon
don for the 20-round match for the
worlds champion on June 9Th.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
MISTAKES OF FRENCH MISS
Shy Little Creature Has Gone and Re-
placed by Monkey With PigtaiI,
Says Noted Lecturer.

Paris.-Monsignor Bolo. the talented
lecturer, who possesses a fame in
Paris only comparable with that of
Father Bernard Vaughan in England,
has lately been devoting his attention
to the French young girl. In the
course of an article In the Matin ON
this subject he remarks:
1.-The little creature with a shy
laugh has disappeared from our nat
ural history: another species is at
tempting to replace 1t. one which
Schopenhauer would have called the
monkey with pigtail.' This young
girl OF today takes liberties like an
American. firts like an English girl.
reads like Norwegian. is omnivorous
and versatile as a Russian, uses her
eyes like Spaniard. and dresses like
a Turk"
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
sehriner Fall. to Hi. Death.

Denver. - Losing his balance
through making misstep, it is be-
lieved, George E. Fell pitched head
first over the baluster leading from
the fourth to the third floor of Ell
Jebel temple and fell about thirty-five
feet to the first floor below. His
skull was crushed and he lived but
few minutes. The Mobiles of the Mys-
tic Shrine, Of which Fell was mem
ber, had Just completed the initiation
of So candidates and were preparing
to leave the lodge room on the fifth
floor of the temple to go to the second
floor, where banquet had been set
to celebrate the advent of the strang-
ers into the order.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Hook-How was that?
Cookie took the cat.
Her qualifications.

Pat and his little brown mare were
familiar sights to the people of the
town of Garry. The mare was lean.
blind and lame. but by dint Of much
coaxing Pat kept her to the harness.
One day while leading her to water
he had to pass a corner where a
crowd OF would-be sports had congre-
gated. Thinking to have some amuse-
ment at Pats expense, one called out:
"Hullo. there, Pat. I'm looking for
the real goods. How much is that
mare of yours able to draw"
"Begorra." said Pat, II can't say
exactly. but she seems to be able to
drawn the attenshun of livery fool in
town."-The Housekeeper.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
BURIAL GROUND NOW A FARM
Ancient Cemetery In Oregon Once
Contained Bodies Of 1000 lndI-
ans-To Be Cultivated.

Gresham, Ore.-The area of the
Fitzgerald farm has been increased by
three acres, once the burial ground
of two Indian tribes formerly inhabit-
ing this portion of Oregon. The ceme-
terry is now being cleared of all its
trees. logs and brush.
The ground once contained 1000 or
more bodies, as the Willamettes and
Multnomahs were powerful tribes and
numerous 100 years ago. Today but
very few are left.
The workmen engaged In clearing
the land turned up the moldering
bones of many skeletons and found
numerous relics, such as arrow heads,
tomahawks, mortars and pestles, be-
sides other stone implements in use
before the coming Of the white man.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
TO STAY SINGLE TEN YEARS
Los Angeles eusIness Woman VIII
Win Fortune by Sticking to
Agreement.

Los Angeles.-Miss Leila M. Devine
of this city, auditor of big retail
business house. has agreed not to
marry for ten years. the considera-
ton being a large block Of the cor
poration stock Although the con-
tract was signed four years ago.
when Miss Devine was twenty-four
years old, news of the agreement was
not made public until now. II Miss
Devine Ia unmarried when she Is
thirty-four. the stock will be turned
over to her. Should she marry be-
fore the agreement expires the stock
reverts to the company. Miss De-
vine insists there is not the slightest
danger Of her losing the stock. A
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Error in Township Line.

Meeker-That the government 8
retracing of township lines has dis
closed the fact that many farms in at
least four counties of the state are
without the boundaries described in
the original claims upon which they
are held, was stated by Surveyor
General Timothy O'Connor. In some
cases the farms, which are situated in
Routt, Cheyenne and Mesa counties
and in the region around Pagosa
Springs, extend two or three miles
bryond their limitA.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Want Road Appropriation.

Gunnison. - The Arkansas, Rio
Grande, Gunnison and Grand River
Highway, Association. through its
president, Charles r. McLain, has
written a letter to Newman G. Hall.
vice president of the Colorado Good
Roads Conference Association. asking
that he bring all his influence to bear
that Governor Shafroth may be per
suaded from vetoing any bills for
roads passed by the last Legislature.
The bills mentioned are the ones
which come out Of the internal I'M
provement f. l.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Model Ditch Completed.

Greeley.-With the completion of
the enlargement of the North Side
lateral and the East Side extension
the No. 2 ditch, which is known as
the model ditch of Colorado, adds an
other asset to its holdings, which are
now rated at $1,5O0,000. This ditch,
which waters 10000 acres of land, is
entirely owned by the farmers under
it and has the lowet assessments Of
any ditch of its size in the state,
they being 81 a year for water for
eighty acres.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Grand Duke Of Hesse.

buy a suit and I will repay you out
Of my hrst wages. because I GER
tainly can get a Job"
The grand duke without replying
led the way towards the palace gates.
A gorgeously uniformed Official ap-
peared and asked: What are your
highness' commando"
The grand duke replied: Take this
young man to my tailors and see
that he gets a suit and have the
bill sent to the palace" Then he said
a hearty good by-by to the out-of-
work clerk.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
GEN z RAJ.

Fire destroyed the business section
of the village Of SCOTS. Micn. LOSS.
$4,000.
Three persons were drowned by the
overturning of a canoe in the city
reservoir on the outskirts of Hamil-
ton, Ohio.
Wells Fargo Express Company has
taken over the business Of the Pa
cific Express. which operates over
the Missouri Pacific.
Maj. Henry Mcfarland. treasurer OF
the Union Pacific railroad from 1877
to 1888. died in Concord. N. II. He
was born in Concord in 1881.
The Wisconsin house passed the
James woman suffrage bill. which con-
tains a clause calling for state refer
endum, before it goes into effect.
Miss Gertrude Gaynor. twenty-five.
daughter of Mayor Gaynor of New
York and William Seward Webb. Jr..
eloped at Wilmington. Del, and mar
ried.
Mrs. Williamina Patton Fleming, one
of the foremost astronomers of the
world and curator of astronomical
records in Harvard University, died in
Boston hospital.
Business sessions of the United
Confederate Veterans were brought
to a close in Little Rock. with the
selection of Macon. Ca, as the place
for the rext reunion.
The administration measure provid-
ing for a constitutional amendment
for the initiative and referendum
passed the Wisconsin Assembly 55 to
IL. 1t now goes to the Senate.
Six negroes were lynched at Lake
City, Fla, after party Of more than
dozen men, masquerading as off
GERS, appeared at the county Jail and
secured possession of the men.
Judge eager OF the Superior Court OF
New Haven, Conn, granted divorce
to Mrs. Henry Lord Wheeler. wife of
professor Henry Lord Wheeler. Yale
professor in organic law, and 100000
alimony.
All the way from the Rocky Noun
tains to the Atlantic coast hot wave
stretched throughout. with tempera-
lures almost breaking records in
various cities and causing twelve
deaths and numerous prostrations.
James Elliott, who recently made an
alleged confession in which he
charyed that officers of the National
Erectors' Association and w. ]. Burns
and detectives employed by it, were
implicated in the wrecking of build
ings throughout the country construct
ed by non-union labor, has been found
to be mentally deranged and was sent
to cI asylum.
Fifty-three babies under l year old,
most of them only few weeks old,
died during the four days of extreme
heat, from May 18th to May 18th in
elusive, in Chicago. The mortuary
records showed that the babies died
almost as rapidly as they came into
the world.
A resolution, advocating uniform
marriage laws throughout the United
States and requiring physical exami-
nation of both parties to marriage
contract before marriage, was adopted
by the Western Unitarian conference
at Indianapolis.
Senator Edgar T. Crawford of Car
roll county and Representative A.
Clark Lowry OF Lawrence county, Re-
publicans. and Representative Owen ].
Evans of Stalk county, Democrat. have
been Indicted by the grand Jury for
br!be solicitation at Columbus, Ohio.
Four thousand men are fighting for
est fires that are raging between Ridg-
way and Williamsport, Pa. Near
Remove, in Clinton county. where the
fires have been burning for several
days, 500 men have been battling
and more than 10000 acres have been
burned over.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
WASHINGTON.

Henry L. Stimson, who will be Sec
fetary of War, has arrived in Wash
IL gton. He will assume his new du-
ties May Goth.
Democratic members of the Ways
and Means committee Of the House
have taken up the task of drafting a
bill revising the wool schedule.
President Taft In an address to the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. at
Harrisburg, Pa. declared his opposi-
tion to the proposed formation Of a
railway mail clerks union affiliated
with the American Federation OF
Labor. He says they have enough
privileges now.
Five daughters of Harve Roach. OF
Utica, Kan, ranging in age from
to 16 years, were burned to death
The mother of the girls filled a lamp
with gasoline by mistake. Prepara-
tory to ascending a stairway leading
to the second floor room, where her
daughters were asleep. she lighted the
lamp.
The principle of arbitration OF
practically all disputes between ma
tions, including questions of vital in,
terest and national honor, assumed
vitality when Secretary Knox sub
mitted to the British and French am
bassadors at Washington the draft OF
a convention to serve as a basis OF
negotiations.
New postal banks will open for
business on June. 10th. Among the
new Western offices are: Yuma
Ariz.: Martinez, CAL; Telluride, Sill
verton and Cripple Creek, Colo; Wal
lace, Idaho; Clovis, n. NJ; Willston
N. D.; Lawton, Okla; The Dalles and
Eugene, Ore; Lead, S. D.; Brennan
and Del Rio, Tex; Aberdeen and
Ellensburg, Wash. and Rawlins, Wyo
The army headquarters at Denver is
the only one that will be abolished
under the new order creating the
three grand military divisions in the
United States. Considerable changes
however, will be made in the boun
Diary of the existing departments. New
Mexico, Arizona and Utah are de
tached from the department of Colo
RADIO and form part of the department
of California. Montana and Wyomins
go from the department of Dakota tt
the department of Columbia.
That the present Congress at it:
special session will not reap the bene
fits of the Investigations of the tariff
board in the cotton and wool sched
| ules of the Payne-Aldrich law became
known at the White House wher
four members of the board announced
that the findings in these two sched
ules would not be made known unit
December 1st, next.
Prolonged cheers followed a state
ment in the House that Speake
Clark was being considered by tn,
Democrats for the presidency in 1912
Attorney General Wickersham ma,
consider criminal prosecutions of tn,
officials of the Standard Oil Company
1t is said that in event the oil truS
officials should plead immunity undei
the statute of limitations. the govern
ment could take the position that tht
combination in restraint OF trade was {
continuing conspiracy until the mo
ment the court orders it dissolved.
1t has been learned that negotia
tions now under way may result il
! Lawrence o. Murray, comptroller o
the currency, becoming president O
the First National bank of Pittsburg
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Five sisters Burn to Death.

Utica, Kan.-Five daughters of
Harve Roach, of this place, ranging
in age from I to 16 years. were burned
to death. The mother of the girls
flied lamp with gasoline by mis-
take. Preparatory to ascending a
stairway leading to the second floor
room, where her daughters were
asleep, she lighted the lamp.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Good Work in Mesa County.

Grand Junction.-Mesa county Is
certainly doing her part to make good
on the good roads" campaign In
augurated recently. Over 10000 will
be raised by private subscription this
year in order to improve the roads in
the county, practically all Of which
has already been pledged.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
DUKE PLAYS FAIRY PRINCE
In Disguise Ernest Of Hesse Goes
Among His Poorer Subjects
Doing Good.

Darmstadt.-TheG Grand Duke Ernst
Ludwig of Hesse delights to go among
his people in disguise. He was
strolling alone in the city park.
clothed almost shabbily. when he fell
into conversation with a young clerk
out of employment.
The grand duke sympathized with
him. The stranger. taking his COM
panion for fellow clerk asked for
Z little loan.
You need not be afraid" he said.
IF you will lend me the tin l can
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Colorado Apple Crop.

Denver.-Colorado will this year
rank first among western states in
the production of apples by as large
a margin as in 1909. when the state
VISA conceded to have shipped more
apples than all other states of the
West, combined. Crop prospects at
this time are for larger production
than ever before, and it is safe to say
that the frost period is past.
While peaches, and even pears and
apples. have been injured to some ex-
tent in many sections. there never has
been a time when the fruit crop was
SO general. c. l.. oliver, secretary of
the American Apple Congress, with
headquarters in Denver, has just COM
piled an estimate of Colorado's apple
crop, and gives out the following;
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Testify Against Lumber Combine.

st. Louis.-That the big lumber
companies agreed on the curtailment
of production. that prices were fixed
by committee and that printed price
lists were sent to all the firms as a
means of controlling the market, was
testified in the initial hearing of the
states custer suit against the alleged
lumber trust.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
state Loses Military Headquarters.
washinoton THE Colorado House

Washington.-The Colorado House
members, with Governor Shafroth.
called Upon General Wood and urged
the retention of the Department
of the Colorado, with Denver as
headquarters. The conference did
not change the situation, the Colo
RADIO men being informed that the
plan proposed by the depart
ment would be carried into effect.
Gen. Wood repeated the assurances
given by him to Senator Guggenheim
that the change would not affect the
purchase of supplies for the commits
sary and quartermaster departments
for use Of troops in the present De-
partment of Colorado.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Another Lorimer Inquiry.

Washington.-An immediate investi.
CATION of sweeping scope of the re-
pewed charges that Senator Lorimer of
Illinois is not entitled to his seat, is
provided for in two resolutions called
up by Senators Dillingham; and La Fol-
Iette in the Senate. The confessions
of bribery in the case are cited.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
COMING EYENTs.

COMING EVENTS.
June 13, IA, Estate Sunday School
Convention, Pueblo.
June 15-lS.-Convention Christian En-
deavor Society, Grand Junction.
June 20-30.-western General Confer
ance Women's Christian Association.
Cascade, Colo.
June 2S.-Colorado Association of Let
ter Carriers convention. Boulder.
June-Meeting National Retail Gro
GERS Association, Denver.
June-American Surgical Association
Convention, Denver.
June 2O-21.-National Association Tor
Study and Prevention of Tubercuiosis'
Denver.
June-American Trap Shooters Assoc
ciation, Denver.
June-National Association Real Es-
tate Exchanges. Denver, three days;
then Colorado Springs two days. July.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Presbyterian Women Make Donation

Greeley.-The largest thank offer
ing ever made by the women of the
United Presbyterian church was that TO
the national convention of the Wom-
ems General Missionary Society of this
church, in session here, when fifty
women representing missionary So
cieties deposited $53,61O.s7 in the
contribution boxes.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Present Plan Is Favored.

Washington. = No popular demand
exists for change in the constitution
so as to deprive Congress of the right
to supervise the election of United
States Senators. So asserted minor
ity of the members of the Senate com
mittee on the judiciary in a report just
filed
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Different.

"It is the little things in this world
that cause us the most trouble"
mot in my business" replied the
shoe clerk; "it's the big things. the
owners Of which want to put into lit
tie shoes"
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Car Plant DESTROYED.

Chicago.-Fire destroyed the North
western Car Company's building, a
five-story brick structure, causing a
loss of 100000
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Miss Leila M. OevIne.

member of the firm recently said that
the young woman's services were of
such value TO the company that this
method was taken to retain them.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
Water Power sites reserved.

Washington.-Lands along the Ark
ansas river in Colorado aggregating
1880 acres, have been reserved Tor
waterpower sites by President TAFT
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
10000 Locked Out in Prussia.

Munster. Westphalia. Prussia.-A
A lockout in the textile manufactur-
ing district has been declared. Ten
thousand operatives are affected.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-26
He Got II

He Got It.
won't you give me an order?"
pleaded the too-persistent travelling
salesman.
Certainly. Get out!"
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MAYORS OF ENGLISH CITIES.
In Many Places Are Unpaid Some OF
Their Functions and Duties.

THE ONCE ~ a Mavor or Lord Mayor in
England is. in a sense. non political" Con
sui General Grffiths writes from London.
necessity belongs to a political party he
does not attempt during his term Of ONCE
which lasts a year. 10 shape legislation for
politlcal ends He presides AZ the council
meetings. but presides impartially. as far
as I have been able To discover. without In
dicating any party U,as or prejudice.
Even where compensation is allowed II
Is ordinarily altogether inadequate and only
covers q part NJ the expense actually in
Cured by the Mayor or Lord Mayor. To
appreciate this. n must be understood tina
the head Of the government In British city
f. during his term II office the public civic
host The town hall is centre ~ social
activity. where distinguished strangers arc
entertained and where receptions. children's
pnrties balls and various other functions
are given. During his term ~ Office the
Mayor or Lord Mayor is. by virtue Of his
position. the head of all ,ne local charities
and presides usually at their annual meet
inrs The Lady Mayoress also associates
herself with him In this branch Of Ms
work
~ is estimated that as u rule. what.
ever compensation The chief executive Of A
British city Of any considerable size may
receive he spends AZ least as much assr
during his year NJ office out ~ his pri, sta
fortune for oficial purposes
The Navor or Lord Mayor ~ a British
CITY /, Us chief citizen and IL invited 70
every public or quasi public function. ant
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THE DEATH ROLL.

ANY persons of importance de- asked
Busy Man.
Gustav Mailer. the eminent composer
and conductor, died in Vienna from an
gina pectoris. which became complicbt-
cd by blood poisoning. Samuel Scud-
der. who had national reputation
a. a naturalist and whose works on but
terHies are among the most impor-
tant contributions 10 science. died at his
home i'm Cambridge. Mass. Albert g. 7.
Spevers. brother of Rear Admiral Arthur
Ravard Speyers and a prominent figure IN
Wall street for many years, died AT his
home No. - East 99d street. from heart
disease. General Alyne Gushing Ltchheld.
aged seventy-fve years. a cavalry officer
during the civil War. and a former prisoner
in Libby Prison. died at his summer home.
near Northeast. Penn EX-Congressman
William b. Baker. known az the father OF
the rural free delivery system died at his
homo in south Dakota. Admiral Rodney
NIaclainc Lloyd. H. y. (retired), died sud
denly at the Royal Naval Clue. At Ports
mouth. from angina pectoris. '. Henry
potbsctild widely known as a msnufactur-
or and also prominent in New York phil
ortbroric circles. died i'm his house No. I
Fact c-th street. Assemblyman Charles
W. Brown. who made his first essay IN
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saint. n-ohihits every case within its let
% and language. and holds that in each
as. presented the judgment Of the court
nus, he called into play TO determine. FIRST,
whether the particular act comes Withln
No prohibition Of the statute. and secondly.
Shsther such act causes il % be restraint
within the intendment Of the act. Corpora
tons whose contracts are not unreasonably
restrictive Of competition are not affected.
ether great corporations whose acts may he
tsll.d into question will be dealt with &C
tordins 10 the merits Of their particular
cases The court was unanimous as TO the
main features Of the decision. Justice Har-
Ian dissenting only as to limitation OF the
application Of the sherman antitrust law.
The prevailing sentiment expressed re-
tardinr the decision by men prominent in
finance and in the management Of great
corporations was that Of satisfaction over
the recognition By the supreme Court Of a
distinction between reasonable and 'unrea-
sonable restraint If trade which il was
thought would have the effect of clearing
VI much of the uncertainty under which
corporation managers have labored in re-
gard 10 the legality of their organizations
snd would 90 far toward restoring business
Unhdence and consequently stimulating
BUSINESS activity Instead Of declining,
stocks advanced
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3altinore sun.

politics last fall when he went into the
New Jersey Legislature on the Woodrow
Wilson Democratic wave, died from Brght's
disease at East Orange. Mrs Fanny
Crowninshield Adams. widow Of John Quin-
cv Adams Of the well known Ma.sa-
cbusetts family Of that name died at
her home. 40 ~ Commonwealth avenue.
Position. James Smith. chairman ~ the
manufacturing committee Of the Standa Ri
ou COMPANY died frem cerebral hemor-
rbaee AT his apartment in Graham Court,
nan street and seventh avenue Ex-Gov-
.,ror Abiram Chamberlain died In Meridon.
ron, He was the forty-second Governor
of Connecticut. and one Of New England Il
Leading nnanciers. Or Jose Madriz. the
man nlaced in the Presidency Of Nicaragua
IA, lose Santos Zelaya as his successor when
no u,ss forced 10 fee. died Of Bright's dis
-. 4, Mexico city where he fed from his
l~.,,n,rv az the result Of the war waged by
,,,,rad, After falling or jumping from the
,,,,rd IN the second story veranda Of the
l.",e.id Hospital in Warrington. Philip
,,~a.,c,e Bavard Of Wilmington. Del con
- Thomas +. Bayard, once Secretary OF