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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14

Mrs. Belle Salmon Ross OF Ogden is ir
town for the entire summer, and is with
her mother, Mrs. Salmon. at her homo
on e street.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. George Trow bridge an :
nounce the engagement OF their daugh-
ter RebeCca to Bertram :. Mills.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14

Miss Virginia Shannon VIII entertain
the members of the graduating class OF
St Mary's academy today at a luncheon
at Mountain Dell resort In Parley's can
Won.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14

Mrs. Elias 4. Smith is back from q
stay of a few weeks in California.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14

Mrs. James A. Miner, mother OF Mrs.
Benner Y. Smith. has arrived from the
east and is at home for the present at
the New Utah hotel
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14

Miss Gertrude Hanson will entertain on
Thursday afternoon for Miss Atleen Mac
lean and her guest, Miss Bonita Petit
loiu,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-14

Mayo took turns at the Tea table. num-
ber OF others assisting in serving. The
hours were from 3 til and n constant
stream of friends filed the rooms dur
Ing that time.
The Country club will surely make to-
day a record day for things doing for the
present season. The usual Wednesday
table dhotc luncheon will. OF course
draw great number. In small parties
as usual. The card game. which follows
the luncheon. Will begin promptly at
80 o'clock, and in order TO play IN the
club game four rubbers must be played.
The qualifying game in the golf tourna-
ment started by Mrs. Robert Gcmmel
VIII be played today. the entries being
unlimited Then number OF affairs 4
little more formal are planned. Mrs. Il.
o. Howard entertaining party OF A
score of The young girls In compliment
TO Miss Louise Stubblefield and Miss
Margaret Mcclure. Mrs. David Keith
having a party To meet Mrs. James \.
Miner. who is just back from the east.
and Mrs. W. w. Armstrong entertaining
the players in her bridge tournament
club.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
SUPERIOR HAS $4,000 FIRE.
Gasoline Spreads on Water Of Bay and
Burns Fiereely.

Duluth, MINI. - Fire originating
In some mysterious manner In gaso-
line that was spread out on the wa
ter to Tower bay slip in Superior
did damage to the amount of 5000
and property worth millions was
threatened and for an hour or more
was In danger. The damage Is con-
fined to the destruction of two ferry
boats, two launches and to the prop
erty OF the Northwestern Oil CON-
pany and Tower Bay dock.
The fire department of Superior
fought the fire over tanks of naphtha
fearlessly and with the same ardor
as if il were so much water. How
the gasoline got on the water is not
known. Where the stun leaked from
has not been established, but 1t was
set fire by a spark from some boat.
and the waters of the slip were in
stantly sheeted in flames. The fires
burned fiereely around the tanks of
the Northwestern Oil Company. and
did considerable damage there. II
was extinguished only by the splendid
work of the fire department under
conditions OF the greatest personal
danger. The two ferry boats were old.
They were the Hattie Lloyd and Fan
chon owned by Captain A. c. Majo
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
DISSOLUTION OF TOBACCO
PLANS OF IDENTIFICATION ALL
MADE PUBLIC.
Will Be Three Competing Companies,
the American, Continental and
ligget & Myers.

New York, n. Y.-Some Of the
details of the plan of disintegration
or recreation by which the American
Tobacco Company will SEX to obey
the mandate of the supreme court
have been made public. There will
be three companies. probably known
as the American Tobacco Company.
the Continental Tobacco Company and
the Liggett 4 Myers Tobacco Com
pany which will operate separately
and distinctly from each other and
compete with each other. The last
named was one of the chief constitu-
ents of the Continental Tobacco Com
pany. Prior to the consolidation of
the American Tobacco Company and
the Consolidated Tobacco Company as
the present American Tobacco Com
pany. the Continental was owned by
the Consolidated
Each of the new companies will
| issue bonds. preferred stock and CON-
mon stock to be exchanged for the
present issues of the American Tobac-
CO Company. AS to the treatment Of
the securities of the present Ameri.
can Tobacco Company, II is under.
stood that IL will be as follows:
American Tobacco preferred shares
will receive in exchange par in equal
proportions of the preferred stock OF
the three segregated companies. The
new preferred stock will bear 6ik per
cent dividends as against 6 per cen,
paid on the present preferred stock
American Tobacco 4 per cent bonds
viii receive in exchange $3.50 in cash
per $1,000 bond and 80 per cent OF
their par value In equal proportions
OF new five per cent bonds to be is
sued by the three segregated compa
MES.
American Tobacco 6 per cent bonds
will receive cash and bonds of the
new companies In proportions which
cannot be given at this time.
American Tobacco common stock
now selling at $500 per share on the
New York curb will receive in ex
change par in equal proportions Of
the common stock OF the segregated
companies.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

spokes and set shoes with the skin
and strength of any Vulcan.
Mrs. Albrecht has been black
smith for two years. She came to the
aid of her husband when he was IN
able to accomplish all the work that
he had to do and yet could not afford
the pay Of an assistant. Mrs. Al
brecht, although new to the work,
caught the trick Of 1t so well that
many Of her husbands customers have
insisted that she do the Jobs they
bring. For this reason she remains in
the smithy. although. with her aid.
Albrecht has prospered SO well that
he now employs two assistant black
smiths aud wagon repairers. She used
TO be In the shop from early morning
till sunset. but now she passes only
few hours there every day.
Mrs. Albrecht does not regard her
trade as unusual for a woman.
1T seemed the only thing to do" she
said. my husband needed help and
SO helped him. ! used to notice peo-
pie stopping to watch me as they pass
ed. but I soon forgot I was attracting
attention. There's no reason In the
world why women shouldn't be black
smiths II they're strong enough to
WELD the tools. There's no more skill
required for 1t than for a good many
tasks in housework. and practice
makes perfect. you know"
The woman blacksmith's costume Is
not at all Indicative Of her amazonic
profession. At the anvil Mrs. Albrecht
wears an old dark short skirt and a
Bingham dressing sacque with low.
frilled collar and sleeves cut of above
the elbow. Her forearms are well de-
veloped through her use Of the heavy
tools. She says that she likes the
work and that she will continue at II
as long as there is a demand for her
services.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Statue Of ParnelI Unveiled.

Dublin, Oct. 2-The bronze statute
Of Parnell, one of the finest achieve,
ments of the great sculptor Augustus
ST. Gaudicus, which has been erected
largely through subscriptions by
American admirers was unveiled by
John T. Redmond. leader of the Irish
parliamentary party. The scenes Of
enthusiasm were only paralleled by
those which attended the unwilling Of
the o'Connell statue at the opposite
end OF Sackville street 80 years ago.
Richard Croker accompanied Mr.. Red
mond.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
CHICAGO INFERNO SAYS WOMAN
FOUND SLAIN NEAR DIXON
WAS HIS VICTIM.
MYSTERYQUICKLYCLE
pIieity From First Mate
Makes . Full
Confession.

Chicago, Illinois. - DR.. Harry Elgin
Webster, Rush Medical college grad
uate student and inferno at the Poly
chnic hospital. in a remarkable con.
fession to the police. admitted that he
murdered one Of his two young wives.
Bessie Kent Webster of Chicago, in
lie woods Of Ogle county. ten miles
from Dixon, H., Sept. 16. The au-
thorities declare that the motive for
the crime was webster's desire to
hide from his first wife, Zoe Varney
Webster. Of Cedar Rapids. Ia, the fact
that he was bigamist. He had mar.
ried the two women within one week
last January.
The accidental discovery of Bessie
Kents body, almost two weeks after
she had been killed. was followed by
identification and the arrest of Web.
ster.
The young medical student was ar.
rested at the hospital shortly after he
had left Zoe Varney Webster, wife
number one. at a down town hotel
where he had attempted to explain his
marital duplicity to his first wife. She
had been greatly shocked by her hus
bands revelations, but he had con
WINGED her that he knew nothing OF
the murder near Dixon.
One of the peculiaE features OF the
case was the manner In which the
Chicago police work compared with
that of the country officials who came
to Chicago to arrest the murderer
The credit for solving the murder mys
terry belongs to w. p. Delany. sheriff
of Ogle county, and w. p. Emerson
assistant states attorney in the same
county.
Webster. still hopping his eyes with
his handkerchief and the back of hi.
hand, began the story Of his life from
birth. He said that he was born In
Freeport, ILL.,. in 1882. He led up e
his education in Rush Medical col
| lege and. finally, to his meeting ant
| infatuation with Bessie Kent. But. h,
continued. he had not thought of mar
rying her. Miss Kent, he said, wa!
to be "chum" and not a wife.
still Bessie followed me. She wa,
so insistent that l agreed to MARI,
her and the ceremony was performe,
In a Justices Office in the count.
building just week after my marriage
to Zoe"
Bessie was to get divorce, blu
failed to do so. and an application
made by the doctor failed. He al
tempted to leave her, but she fo
lowed him to Dixon and demanded 4
see his parents. He took her for
drive into their country to gain time
their quarrel increased and he finall
killed her.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Los Angeles. Cal.-One dollar was
the price paid for kiss by David
Bell, a taxicab driver. Bell took the
kiss from Miss Violet Templeton OF
San Francisco. whom he had trans.
ported to the railroad depot. where
she suddenly discovered that she was
without funds. Miss Templeton. upon
making the discovery. said her face
was her fortune and leaned forward
Bell took the hint and the kiss wa
the result
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
'SHOPMEN'S STRIKE, Is ON
MEMBERS OF FEDERATION LAY
DOWN TOOLS IN MANY WEST
ERIN CITIES.
Roads Says Traffic Won't Be Delayed
Men Assert Engines Cannot
BE Cared for-Strike-
breakers Ready.
WHERE MEN ARE OUT,

WHERE MEN ARE OUT.
Paducah, ky.-700 out.
Champaign. Ill.-15O.
Memphis-All reported out, 1900.
Houston, Texas.-Between 1900 and
$500; shops previously closed.
New Orieans.-1.5 $50 out; freight
clerks conside ring strike.
Burnside. Ill.-4. 900 out.
Vicksburg. Miss.--S00.
San Antonio. Texas.-500.
East st. Louis. IlL-500.
Kansas City, Mo.-1o0.
Denyer.-400.
Omaha.--Majority out, probably 900.
Hartman. La.-250 out.
Council Bluffs Iowa.-200 out of $50 on
strike.
Freeport. Ill.-I0o out. all except ma.
chinists, painters and boilermakers.
McComb, Miss.--i00 out.
Ogden. Ctah.-450 out.
Oakland, Calico.
San Francisco.-i00.
Los Angeles.-l,5o
Cairo, Ill.-300; machinists at work.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
EIGHT CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE.
Flames Spread So Rapidly Parents are
Unable to Rescue Them.

Indiana. Penn, Oct. Eight chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. William Dias of
Heshbon, near here, of ages from 13
years TO three months were burned TO
death when fire destroyed the family
home. The parents. after discovering
the flames. left the children i'm their
beds and went to the first floor where
the fire and were unable to return.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

New York.-Woman has crossed the
last frontier Of mans trades. Mrs.
Anna N. Albrecht Of this city ID the
successful invader. having won the
distinction Of being the only woman
blacksmith In New York city and pos.
sibly the pioneer Of American women
In that trade.
Mr.. Abrecht 10 . sturdy woman Of
IS. the mother Of three children and
the chief aid and assistant Of her hus-
band In his smithy. She can heat
Sivets, set wheel bands. straighten
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

A sidewheel steamer that win carry
5000 people is being built for use on
the Hudson river. Even It will doubt
less be overcrowded on Saturdays
and holidays unless the authorities
watch carefully.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
LINER STRANDED AT eouLoeNE
koenig Friedrich August Driven From
Moorinas; Many Aboard.

Boulogne. Oct. 2.-The steamship
koenig Friedrich August, of the Ham.
burg-Ameriean line. plying between
European and South American ports.
was driven from her mornings by the
heavy gale. She stranded on a sandy
bottom inside the breakwater. The
steamer carried many passengers. who
are still aboard. The vessel was not
injured.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
YOUNGSTOWN TO SEND SUPPLIES.
City Flood LevelIed in 1889 Anxious
to Reciprocate Aid Extended II.

Johnstown. Pa. Oct. 2.-Remember-
ing the aid extended to its stricken
thousands when it experienced a like
disaster. Johnstown has taken OFF,
cial measures to collect money and
supplies for the suffering people OF
Austin. A carload of supplies is being
gathered, and will be sent without de-
lay to the Red Cross. Mayor Wilson
is leading the movement.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Texas Is to forbid the shooting OF
doves. as these gentle and beautiful
birds have been found to be destroy.
ers OF pernicious weeds. The Audubon
society Is doing . useful missionary
work In opening the eyes OF the pub
lie to the great use OF birds In the
destruction Of weeds and insects and
TO the consequent folly and loss In
their slaughter. This law In Texas Is
IN example which other states will
doubtless soon follow In the local
preservation Of useful birds.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Bankers Arrest SOUGHT.

Cincinnati. Ohio. - A warrant for
the arrest of 7. F. Mcclure. president
of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust
Company. was sworn out for receiving
money from a deposition after he knew
the bank was insolyent.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
RATES ARE SUSPENDED.
Commerce Commission to Make More
Extended Inquiry.

Washington. Oct. 3.-Proposed joint
class and commodity freight rates and
regulations making heavy advances
In the tariffs Of the Birmingham &
Southern railroad and connecting car
riers. affecting $50 defendant rail-
roads south and northeast of the Mis-
sissippi river. were suspended from
Oct l until Jan. 90, next, to permit
further inquiry.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Madero Gets The Job.

Mexico City. Oct. 2. Basing his
belief upon information received from
various parts OF the republic. Francis
CO l. Madero. whom the people OF
Mexico officially elected president. de
clared there was no doubt that his
candidate for vice president had alss
been elected.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
EXPRESS OFFICE ROBBED.
Clerk Found Bound and Gagged, 10
Arrested.

Hamilton, Ontario. - The local
Offices Of the Canadian Express COM
pany were robbed of $4,000 in cash
George Kenneaught. night clerk Of the
company. was arrested charged with
the robbery. He was found bound and
gagged on the floor Of the office. The
police assert that this was only a ruse
and that he was in the plot to loot the
ONCE.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Fire Chief Must Go.

Milwaukee, Wis. - The police and
Are commission by a vote of four to
one. found Fire Chief Thomas A.
Clancy guilty of charges filed against
him and decided TO discharge him.
Clancy's trial occupied over a month.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Yale's Famous Eating House.

block from the college campus. The
rooms In this York street house will
be arranged exactly as In the original
tavern. and on the walls will be hung
the same old prints and the famous
table tops on which Yale students for
many generations have carved their
initials.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
MOREY'S IS TO BE Replaced
Yale Alumni Arranging to Establish
. Duplicate Of tho Famous
Eating House.

New Haven. Conn.-Yale alumni in
all parts Of the country. who learned
sometime ago Of the passing OF
"Morey's." a famous old student eat
ing house, have raised a fund to re-
place 1t and practically reproduce 1t
In an old house on York street. q
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Rodgers AIiahts in indiana.

Huntington, Indiana. C. p. Rodg-
ers, flying in the coast to coast
aeroplane contest. landed near Deca-
tur, Ind. He made the IS miles from
Marion, Ohio. in IS minutes and went
on to Chicago.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

A New York woman spends $4,000 a
year for face messages. on hand.
without seeing the lady. we'd say her
face isn't worth It.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Dances Seven Hours and Dies.

st. Paul. Minn.-After dancing for
seven hours. A. Z. Scott took his
young woman partner to q refresh
ment stand at a dance hall and top
pied over dead a. he was about 70
drink glass Of soda Miss Mamie
Webb. the partner. stood by his side
g he fell
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Garry an onion in your pocket"
Says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
'and you will not have FITS" We pass
the advice along to the people who
are looking for a European war over
the Moroccan question.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

For the benefit OF those who abhor
dictionaries be It explained that a
philatelist is a boy stamp collector
after he grows up.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Persons who attended wrestling
matches and other bouts in the Colos-
scum Of old Rome did not have field
glasses with which to combat the by
no means inconsiderable distances OF
that historic Enclosure. So the world,
after all. has made progress.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Newport. Rhode Island.-The wed
ding Of Miss Mildred Sherman and
Lord Camoys win take place Dec. s
at New York. Lady Camoys. mother
Of the prospective bridegroom. will
be present at the ceremony.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Billie Burke. after having her ward
robe soaked In the Carlton IRE. ar
rived in New York to find that her
trunks had been forwarded on the
wrong steamer. Some women have
wonderful luck In advertising.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Boston Is in receipt of strange
and unidentified sea monster. The
thing came to the right port to get It,
self named scientifically.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

The center Of population always was
. wobbly point. anyway. and Union
Vile. Ind. should be glad to lose 1t.
The town that has an enterprising
population in. not around It. 10 the one
that counts.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Kills Woman and HimseIf.

Glenwood, Iowa. - Mrs. Walter
Marshall. aged &c. a farmers wife.
was shot and killed in her home near
Hillsdale by Frank Stroud. aged Sc.
who later committed suicide.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

One hundred and eighty feet Of
blacksnakes were killed by Connecti-
cut farmer in seven minutes. Now
we do not miss the sea serpent any
more.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

The New York milliner who went
broke rather than bother his custom
ers with bills made a fatal mistake
when he allowed his business address
to be published.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

News that the 1912 automobiles are
on the market causes us to look with
pity on those unfortunates who have
no homes to mortgage.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

A New York woman. attired in a
hobble skirt, took a kick at a dog.
We leave the reader to imagine
the rest
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

A New York hack driver ate 81
ears Of corn in one sitting. which prob
ably accounts for the fact that he Is Q
hack driver.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Another mother has entered her lit
tie boy for perfect child" honors. All
children are perfect-to their mothers.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

II New York city has the 100000
Inhabitants that the directory publish
ers suggest. II follows that a good
many OF them are outside Of the 400
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Boston is shocked because . we'll
known young man married his nurse.
Boston is the city that BENJAMIN
Franklin moved away from when he
started to grow up.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

stIl, II the katydid were infallible
It would incur the jealousy Of the pro.
fessors Of the weather bureau.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

II sneezing means disaster in an
aeroplane. we prefer to walk and
sneeze to our hearts content
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Some people like to have . war
scare every once in q while Just al q
relaxation.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Aigrettes are now barred In New
York, but lovely woman II Just - fas-
chatting.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Shrub is become . coach At Har
ward. Another bush Lacquer?
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06
Politics is fourishing ike measles
IN q careless community.

As yet science has failed to produce
the betless race meeting
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Considerable fuss ID made over the
oisroyery by a Pasadena woman Of an
unpublished poem By Bryant Poets
Who are complaining because of their
Inability to get their poems publish
ID should make noeo a the fact that
there b nearly Always widespread ex-
eatement when unpahllshed poems a
oeAd poets are discnV&pl
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

northern. Si.osS: No. northern.
S1.osA: No. 1 durum. csc: No. corn.
mailing s1.1s: No. rye. s1ac: No. 1
fiax. old. S2-3Ih.
Duluth. Oct. 3-wheat, December,
s1.osb; May, u.1eS; No. / northern.
Sl.oSb: No. / durum. sshc.
South 81. Paul. Oct 8. - Cattle
calves. s3oeQ7.75: hogs. SsI56s.io;
sheep. spring lambs. Sa7So6.lo.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Amer several years - the ministry
. Aassachusetts man hns gone into
n enal business. vhGgo Opportuni-
- NJ missdonary Vol - not lack,
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Many Of the mems fall hats need .
lawn mower run over them
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-10-06

Boston, Mass.-As an outcome OF
the statewide primaries in Massachu.
sets. Governor Eugene N. Foss will
head the Democratic ticket for the
second time and the lieutenant gov
ernor. Louis A. rockingham, will be
his Republican opponent in the No
vember elections.