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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
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That was all the reason given
| by Archie B. Shelledy to a waiter
at the Annex cafe this morning
shortly after l o'clock, who ran
TO him after he had sent a 80 cali
lber bullet from a revolver crash
ing into his brain through his
mouth.
Archie Shelledy presented one
of life's tragedies. The foregoing
letter shows the cause of his TAX
ing his own life and the spirit oil
the man who thus died.
He was an assayer from Aspen,
Colorado. He had contracted
consumption and felt it gradually
overcoming his vitality. He came
west to seek health and try to ger
work. He failed to gain either.
Money was gone, he was among
strangers, he was too honest to
steal and too proud to beg and
with slow death looking him in
the face he took a short cut.
He has been around the Annex
cafe for couple of days, having
been seen in the billiard parlor
watching the playing.
About midnight last night he
entered the cafe and took a table
in a box. He ordered a fine sir
loin steak, some sliced tomatoes
on ice and other delicacies and
then sat down to a jolly good
meal. He joked with the walters
as he enjoyed his repast which he
knew was to be his last. He ate
heartily and when all was ovsr
as the waiter was making out his
bill for S5 cents he calmly pulled
revolver and placing the muzzle
IN his mouth blew out his life.
An attendant in the pool room
rushed to him and asked why he
had shot himself.
Broke" came the answer. II
was all he said and in ten minutes
he was dead.
He was only 3S. His letter in
dicates he has been married and
has son whom he turns over to
his mother. Mother and a sister
live in Colorado. He has a Sis
ter in Spokane.
The letter on his marked priv
ate" was addressed to this sister
and gave instructions as to his
business affairs.
The body was turned over to
Coroner Shaver and relatives will
be communicated with as to its
disposition.
Shelledy took no drink with his
meal. He apparently is not dis
jpated man but was simply up
against the stern and hard prop
Dsltion of i'll health and no money.
! He had no hope of relief from
the former and little for the lat
ter. He snuffed out life with a
suggestion to others probably less
worthy to follow his example.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Find Old Man Sick
In City Hall Tower
CBy United Press Leased Wire. y

(By United Press Leased Wire. y
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.-City
officials today came to the aid of
S. l.. Colburn, an old but prac-
tically unknown municipal em-
ploye, who was found dying yes-
terday in the tower of the city hall,
where he has lived for Is years
with only bats and pigeons for
company. Colburn was removed
to local hospital today, where he
is attended by physicians. If he
RECEIVERS he will be pensioned by
the fire department.
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Officials Worried.

Officials Worried.
Railroad officials today admit
ted that the situation is very
grave. They do not know how
the marooned passengers are far
ing because the telegraph lines
have gone down and for three
days there has been no communi-
cation with the stalled trains.
Yesterday big rotary snowplows
were gent out to cut through the
snowbanks. One rotary attacked
the drifts out from Cutbank while
another started from White Fish.
The rotaries returned last night
to avoid being buried in the
drifts. Another effort is to be
made today to saw through the
ten mile snowbank as it is feared
that tn pa ssengers are suffer-
ing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Gas Was Cause
of Disaster

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 49,
The bodies of five persons, two oi
whom were charred beyond identifi.
cation, were removed from the
ruins of McCoryS Five and Ter
Cent tSore here today. A careful
search of the wreckage was resumed
by police and firemen in the belief
that others might have perished in
the fire that followed yesterday
explosion.
Gas, the police said today, came
from a supply pipe. from which q
meter had been removed, and which
had not been properly capped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

Louis Paulhan, the French avi-
htor. has been called the dare
devil birdman. He began his ca
reer as a tightrope walker in a
circus, going from that to the
French army. Later on he be-
Name Interested in ballooning and
Aade many ascents.
NWhen the heavier than air ma
chimes csame into popular favor
Paulhan adopted them, making
many daring flights, the most note
worthy of which was his winning
of the $4,000 prize. for flying from
London to Manchester. April 2S
1910, a distance of 1S6 miles, with
only one stop.
Some American records made by
him were: Los Angeles to San
Francisco, 20 miles, in 35 minutes;
Los Angeles; altitude record, 1900
feet, at Los Angeles, all made dur
ing January, 1910.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Shivers and Cuss Words Prominent In
Tacoma Today; Mercury Drops to 23.S

ed it took an awful clump. At 8
o'cloc kthis morning it was 26.6
and at o'clock the wind had hit
it uD to about 20 miles and the
thermometer showed 23.S de-
grees.
This is the coldest day of the
season and was too cold for COM
fort. The coal man was happy
and the plumber began to see
signs of affluence coming his way.
And Weatherman Cover gives
no hore.
He says it is likely to keep on
pumping that refrigerated atmos-
.phere down here and it may be
colder or warmer but will hover
around the present status until
tomorrow at least.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
so Below I'm
Canada

Reports from the Canadian
Northwest are to the effect that
!snowstorms obtained yesterday,
and the temperature dropped from
10 to so degrees below zero last
night in Alberta, the Dakotas and
Montana. 1t is feared that stock
men will lose heavily in these dis
tricts, as conditions seemingly are
growing worse owing to numerous
snowstorms.
Train service in the Canadian
Northwest and in Montana is in
poor shape and traffic in several
districts is stalled on account of
heavy snowfalls.
The cold wave has extended in
to Nevada, according to reports
reaching here, and snowstorms
are sweeping through the noun
tains of that district.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Rudkin is Offered
Judgeship

(By United Press Leased Wire
OLYMPIA, Jan. 13.-Judge
Frank II. Rudkin of the state su-
preme court last night received a
telegram from President Taft of
ferlng him the appointment as
federal judge in the Spokane dis
trict which is vacant by the death
of Judge Whitson.
Rudkin is expecting to decline
the appointment. He was just re-
elected to the state supreme bench
in November for six years.
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noon. He was only boy with
a bundle of papers under his arm,
but he was a plucky sort of
youngster with the right sort of
STUFF shining from his determine
ed looking face.
1t was pretty cold yesterday and
on the hills mighty slippery.
TrudIging up Ninth street went q
lad, perhaps 12 years old, with his
papers under his arm. He was
almost up to E street when ne
went down on the Icy pavement
and his papers flew all over the
street. A Jagged piece OF ice
drew bit of blood from one OF
his hands.
For just a moment orr young
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
SAILOR BADLY
BEATEN UP

A fireman on the Panama
Maru, which came in to the Mil
waukee dock last night, this
morning got into a row with an
other of the boat crew and was
beaten until his face and head was
simply one great bloody bruise.
He was brought over and taken by
the police ambulance to Fannie
Paddock hospital for treatment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Winter.

Winter.
Regular, old-fashioned, frozen
up, nown east winter, struck Ia
coma at 1920 this morning.
Yesterday afternoon the wind
shifted from the regulation
southwest" to west and it hung
there during the evening while
icicles formed on the cave troughs
and dripped silently throu ghout
the early evening hours.
s But at 1870 the elements took
a whirl and the wind began COM
ing out of the refrigerator from
the northeast.
The mercury had lowered up
around the 33 degree mark all
evening but when the wind chang
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
SPOKANE POLICE
FORCE ENLARGED

{By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, Jan. 13.-The city
council last night in committee of
the whole agreed to aecede to the
request of the Chamber of Com
merce and business men generally
for an increase of the police
force and as a result about 25
men will he added to the depart
ment besides the ten previously
provided for.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
TROOPS KILL 10

BOMBAY, Jan. 13.-Six religious
celebrants wounded in a clash with
troops when a parade planned as
part of the celebration of the Mo-
hammedan new year, was prohibited
died today.
Twelve others were killed yester-
day, making the total dead IS. In
addition "a were severely wounded
A fresh outbreak of rioting wa.
feared today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Oregon Suffers
From the Cold
(By United Press Leased Wire. "

(By United Press Leased Wire.
PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 13.--
The cold wave which has centered
over the Northwest states for sew
Ieral days. is slowly moving south
ward today. Little variation in the
present frigid conditions is pre-
dicted by the weather bureau for
at least "a hours yet.
In the Medford district it was
colder than it has been for two
decades. 1t is not believed that
the fruit trees weer damaged.
however.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
II SAILORS
DROWNED

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
BREMEN, Jan 13.-Twelve
sailors were drowned today In the
wreck OF the steamer Mariaruss,
Off Norden. The vessel was driven
ashore in q gale. A huge sea was
rolling and the lifebeat IN which
the crew attempted 70 escape was
swamped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

There's no
telling but what
o n Q o I t h e
greatest .filnan-
ciers of the
country worked
his way up slip
perry Ninth st.
Yesterday after
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
MORLEY IS ELECTED
| MAYOR OF VICTORIA

vIcToRIA, n c.. gan. Ia Fa{~
lowing Is the vote for mayor ex Eft4
Alfred ] Morley. 1871: William Il
oliver 1907 John a. Turner. 1144
All the bylaws ipciudlnE 4 bond
iseue Of <1.soo.o00 for Improvement
or the Wa(trWor<H. the placing 84
dunn. carried
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
FOUR KILLED
IN WRECK

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BATAVIA, N. Y, Jan. 13.-
Four passengers in a Pullman
sleeper were killed today and 20
injured in a rear-end collision ON
the New York Central railroad
here. The accident occurred in
front of the station, where pas
senger train was standing. A
following train plunged into it,
telescopig the rear sleepers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

The club voted to cooperate ia
the national suffrage council and
to give financial support to tha
movement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
WR RECk

An o. s. w. freight train coll
near South Tacoma late this after
noon, the two piling up and block
ing up all traffic on the line south.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
. . GO 5000
@
THE SUICIDES LAST MEAL.

Fear of consumption is the of all this. would
rather be dead than burden relatives friends
prime of life feel myself growing weaker and weaker Be
ing unable to do days work makes feel discouraged
know what the will be, think will
The premium a $4,000 policy in the Northwestern
Mutual be paid before 21 will This
and property owned by Colorado must be looked after
by relatives.
Think will enjoy meal before leaving
world 1t will be paid for just everything ad-
justed 1t looks like dirty trick but
would be refused credit will take this method satisfy
empty
l wish the worthy best of while
should follow my example make
serving.
Please do not modest the letter marked private"
l appoint mother guardian John Sheledy.
ARCHIE b.. SHELLEDY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

That the chamber of commerce
exhibit of Pierce county products
is taking the eye of lot of east
ern farmers who are coming this
way?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

That Mayor Fawcett has re-
ceived over 100 requests for infor-
nation about the commission plan
of government from other cities?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Late Bulletins
(By United Pres Leased Wire.)

WHEELING, w. IA in
Schenk Dal
whose been of
since her arrest, called the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

80 PERSONS TIED
UP in MOUNTAINS
TWO G. N PASSENGER TRAINS SNOW BOUND-NO FOOD Ex
AND FLOUR-sNOW PLoWs MAKING SOME
HEADWAY
(By United Pres Leased Wire

SPOKANE, JAM 1sAt the office of General Superintendent
that
the fast trains No. 81 and No. B. held in snowbans High
tonight
g good, a ample.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

Mont, 18.-Buried under wind
driven now Northern trains 80
stalled Fielding Mont The trains have been
neither q
consignment believed this is the
to LAST until Sunday mig is on s..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

ST. PETERSBURG, JAM 13.Though fact has kent
authority again
critically all functions have
been postponed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 13.-sx-
cret filing of divorce papers will
be stopped IL bills introduced iu
the legislature today are enacted
into law. The statute at present
prohibits the county clerk from all
lowing inspection of divorce reo-
ords.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. IS.
The census bureau today an
nounced the population of Astoria.
Ore, as 9,056; Baker City, 6,E4s.
Reno, New, 10,S67.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 13.~n
Ii is costing the g. T.. II. $500 a
day TO feed the 800 passengers tied
up here ON the way 20 the coast,
and no forecast is made as to
when the road will be open.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Odldl4r
a L.
EzzMd1,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. IS.
f. Malcolm was nomin-
ated today by President Taft as
collector of customs at Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

If CONCORD, N H., Jan. ia bitter will of the
late Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy is predicted by
and others today result of be
mary move by George Glover of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair tonight and Saturday con-
|tinued cold. Light to moderate
northerly winds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
Gr0cers Elect
New Officers

New officers were installed and
the Tacoma Retail Grocers' associa-
tion held it's annual banquet at the
Bonneville. There was plenty to eat
and lots of oratory.
BANK CLEARINGS,
Ciearings .........$761,745.0 90
Balances ......... 44,61S.46
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

That Tacoma has the largest cof-
fin and burial casket plant west of
the Missouri river?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

SPOKANE, JAN 13-Two armed with La
night held
drugstore, Second street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

That the total estimate on the
fortification of the Panama canal
is now placed at $12,000,O00 by
President Taft?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

L INDEPENDENCE Kas- 13.-J Walk and Mary
Walker his sister, both aged found
burned home today believed
robbed the
crime The bodies partially
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13

HELENA, Mont. lives have lost
tmable damage livestock has relief
sight This
-
BELIINGHAM, JAM 13.fharged with a wI SLAYER
lodging
based information
girl who search
of
NASHVILLE Tenn. JAM 13.on a charge having murdered
twin babies Belle Martin
nston Tenn The having
bes who six
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-13
DO YOU KNOW

That in eastern Oregon and
eastern Washington the mercury
was lowering around the zero
point this morning?
That today is Friday the Thir-
teenth?
That Isaac /. Stevens was the
first territorial governor of Wash
|ington?
The oasis., 1911-07-01
A CAUSE FOR MAILING.

The Chamber of Commerce, or atleast we suppose it is, has published a hand some little brochure of Tucson. En- velopes to send them where they will do the most good have also been pro- vided, and supposedly proper pronun- citation of the name, Tucson, has been printed on it. It is printed thusly- 'Two-shan," with the accent on the "shan." Ye gods of wit, wouldn't that grill you? Nothing short of freless orooder could produce ''the likes of that. "-Tucson Post.
 The Post is justified in its grief. How such things happen is mys- tery.
The oasis., 1911-07-01
ACTIVE SERVICE CONDITIONS.

Captain Rathbun returned from the maneuver camp last Wednesday evening. The Captain reports that the Cavalry Brigade was kept busy, the weather hot, the dust awful and water scarce.-Mo- renci Standard.
 That was what the maneuvers were for-to give the troops taste of active service conditions. Fifty years ago more than two million American soldiers had four years of that sort of experience.
The oasis., 1911-07-01

gressing satisfactorily. The end of the track has reached La Paz sta tion, which is forty-one kilometers from Torres and twsnty-one from Minas Prietas { La Colorada,) The distance remaining to be built be- tween La Paz and Ures is sixty three kilometers, and it is antici- pated that will be completed by the first of January, 1912. Completion of the road to that point will put in communication with the outside world a famous old town, and will open up region rich in resources, agricultural, mineral and stock raising.
 From the Tonichi region, on the Yaqui, at the terminus of the branch of the Southern Pacific going up the river from Corral, and from points beyond, there comes information of activity that is in pleasing contrast to the stag nation which prevailed so long during the political and revolution ary troubles through which Mexico has come. It is reported that the Sonora Central railway project, to construct a narrow guage road fram Tonichi to Cieneguita, has been financed and will be built in the. near future. Such an outcome is desired shortly. 1t will open to traffic region wonderfully rich in mineral, including Nina Mexico, Mesa Rica, Mulatos, Trinidad, Cieneguita, La Bufa, and many other noted mines, too numerous to mention.
 Mir. William Fearon, whose visit at Guaymas was noted in an item in this column last week, is devot- ing his time while remaining at the Sonora metropolis to renova- ting and repairing thoroughly the buildings in that city he has owned many years. One is the structure that was occupied some eight or nine years as a sanatorium fer the Sonora railway. It is a large two- story building in a very desirable location, with sixteen large rooms, which MT. Fearon contemplates leasing for family hotel or board- ing house. The structure is being put into first class condition, and when completed, which will be in the near future, it will offer a fine opening for the hotel or boarding house business for the right kind of people. A good family hotel American plan, in Guaymas, would
 be money maker.
The oasis., 1911-07-01

WHEN the rains come let every- body pray that the showers fall nights and forenoons, so the base games will not be stopped.
The oasis., 1911-07-01

As PROOF he was there when it happened Mike Rice, a newspaper correspondent known all over the
The oasis., 1911-07-01

Prices" and find the prices of bacon, lard, flour and butter at the same old figure when you go to the grocery.
The oasis., 1911-07-01

How REFRESHING it is to read an elaborate statistical article upon the Downward Tendency of
The oasis., 1911-07-01
SONORA SETTINGS.
Shaken Out Here and There In the
 Great State Just Over the Line.

from a visit of two months dur ation in San Francisco, California.
 Mir. A. Hoover, the we'll known mining man, who has been out at the camp of the Manhattan Explor. ation Company, on the Yaqui, in the capacity of superintendent, is visiting in Guaymas.
 It is reported that the Mesa Rica mine, in the Sahuaripa district, will resume working it's mill and put into commission a new cyanide plant. It is reported also that operations in the Trinidad mine are about to be resumed.
 It is reported that a change is pending in the American consular offices at Hermosillo and Guaymas that the office at Guaymas will be raised to a consulate, and that the one at Hermosillo will be re- duced to an agency or dropped al- together, and that the state depart ment at Washington has recom- mended such a change.
 The English school at Empalme has terminated it's term, and Mon- day of last week the teacher, Miss c. Keeling, departed for her home in Stanford, Texas, where she will pass her vacation. The school has been very successful from every point of view, and Miss Keeling has every reason to take pride of the place she has won in the affection of her pupils and in the regard of their parents.
 The Lady Calhoun mine, which is in the Moctezuma district, about thirty miles east from the town of Moctezuma, is reported to have developed a fine body of high grade copper ore, carrying some gold and silver. The mine is developed now to depth of 250 feet or more. and the lower levels opened make a fine showing. Heavy machinery has been ordered for the purpose of carrying the work to greater depths.
 MT. Gus Rohrer, proprietor of the Hotel Armada, at Guaymas, came up from that city last Satur- cay, accompanied by Mrs. Rohrer. They remained at Nogales until Tuesday, when they went to Cana nea, where they visited several days. Having got his hand in keeping hotel in Sonora MT. Rohrer is looking for another, and may take over one of the Cananea hotels. He says he can run two or three as easily as one. Sure, he runs the hotel Armada all right.
 THE OASIS is in receipt of the program of the closing exercises of the Occidental College at Guaymas, an excellent school conducted under the auspices of the Baptist Mission in that city. The princi- pal of the School is Beulah B. Bowden, who is assisted by a corps of competent instructors in both Spanish and English. The exten- sive and varied program shows we'll the efficiency of the school and the proficiency of the pupils. The exercises were given Wednes. day evening of the present week.
 THE OASIS learns that construc-
The oasis., 1911-07-01

Pacific Coast, appeals to film of the battle of Juarez running now in the moving picture shows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-07
THREE KILLED IN NEWARK
Suicide Added to List OF a Day S
Fatalities.

Accidents were plentiful in Newark yes
,erday Walter A. Curtin, pennsylvania
Railroad brakeman. was crushed between
cars which he was coupling in the freight
ward and died in St. Michaels Hospital
fIa lived at No. 800 Johnson avenue.
Charles Eglin seventy years old. OF NO
,9a baldwin street was run over by
truck owned by w. V. Egbert at Market
and washington streets last evening anu
injured so badly that he died later in the
city Hospital. His abdomen was crushed
Michael Dalton. seventy-eight years Old
vino lived with his son at No. II CABINET
street was found dead from gas asphyx-
iation last night. The son, William. made
The discovery when he returned from work.
The old man had cooked Williams supper
on a gas stove and the tube became discon-
nected accidentally. Being tired, the old
man Law down on a bed in an adjoining
room. fell asleep and was asphyxated.
WI. Parker, sixty-nine years old, OF
Irvington. committed suicide yesterday
afternoon in the home of his son, at No IS
2lst street He was left alone by his
daughter-in-la while she went shopping.
A few hours later. when a relative called
and found the house locked ne looked in a
window and saw Parker lying on the floor
with a gas tube in his mouth.