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NEW YORK LIVE STOCK.

New York, Dec ain the live stock narket to
day steers were slow 70 shade lower; bulls steady
cows Ioal5c lower; one Of steeF5 unsold. Com
mon TO prime steers. 5.Ool74o; oxen. SIS; cuIls,
asOa54; COWS. 2OcsSoo Dressed beef steady; native
sides, sAI3H. Veals hrm to sc higher; feeling
frmer for all sorts Of calves VealS, 7.ooaIoI1SS
eulls, koOas.Oo; other calves nominal CITY dresscd
veals selling at nhls; few selected at Iei country
dressed. Al2h.
sheep steady; lambs . trihe nrmeE. sheep. 2oua
SIS; lambs, Sooakp; culls. iIALI5; yeariinss,
I.00aI1; dressed mutton steady at 6a74; few
NetheTs selling up to 8; dressed lambs quiet at
salok Hog dressed. uallis: country dressed bot.
house lambs steady. snoAllyoo pr carcasA
HOG firm ct S2iaA8; county drOssed hcp easier
ct sash.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York Dec a-dILJFEED--stsady; small
business. Spring bran, 100: standard middlings
l.a: Western red dog. SIS; winter wheat bran,
in loopound sacks, to ArtTe, 2.5o; city BRAN in
bulk, 5.B
oATs-steady; trade IL SLOW. No. : white, a.;
No white 81; standard. 81, elevator basis; un
graded on tracks, 2aA
FJ0UR-Iregular; light trade. Kansas StrAightS
L75sL0 In sacks; spring patents. 5Ea5.e5, In
barrels; spring clean. A5a4o; soft winter s-aightS
LEaI8.
BUCKwHEAT FLoUR-steady; demand Il poor
Choice to fancy mainly nominal at Az
RYE HoUR-EAg: trade Il quiet. Choice
brands quoted 1t LIuaA1 :
CoRNMEAL-weak; demand iS lhtles. Kiln
dried for export, 9eoGS6; coarse meal. In bass
l.seaiE.
HAY-Rsceiph. LIN tons Fist; slow inquiry.
Quotations are: For prime Timothy, 10; No l.
L25al.HH; No. Z LlsAl-D; No, ) s6al6.
STRAW-Recstpta 80 tonA Easy; trade Is light.
Long re quoted At soae6
PoRK-EAsier; business is modefate. Hes.
E.!ualIfS; family. o.5oa1oU.
BEEF-steady: inquiry Il inactive. Packet, 3Ooa
$50; family, nooaiLA
LARD-weak: dealings are inactive Prime wess-
EN-, ~; refined contineut. SSs South American.
lo3; refined Brazilian IN kegz. liz; oieostearine,
"; lard stssrirs sloW; New Tork NSAia
Ar q snEayins q WOOD ~ vE31ttns pictures
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FIGHT BY MISTAKE.
Railroad Guard Killed by United
States Deputy MarshaIs.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. Sin q run
ming battle between five United States
deputy marshals and ten Illinois Central
Railroad guards at Nonconnah Creek
yards to-day, Victor Benner, guard, was
killed. Capt. G. W. Dillaway, deputy
United States marshal, and Charles Cole
man, another guard, were fatally
wounded.
United States Marshal J. c. johnson
said the shooting followed misunder-
standing concerning a general fight be-
tween strikers and strike-breakers re-
ported to his office at midnight.
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CHICAGO GRAIN.

Quotations furnished hy ". B. Hibbs & Co.,
members Of the Chicago Stock Exchange. Hibbs
Building.
Chicago Dec. s-Reports Of damage 10 the wheat
crop in Argentina caused 4 sharp upturn in tSe
late trading the market recovering all Of its early
losses December, &C.; May. EH: July, s3aSas5i4.
Corn was weak. but turned strong in sympathy
e2st.
Oats followed the footsteps q corn, but showed
losses Of y to 4 for the day. December, 49,; May.
LII.
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT
Of Columbia, December 5. l9Il-Sealed proposals
will be received at this ONCE until O'Clock D. NJ
DECEMBER -. 1911. for dredging q channel from
the Potomac River into the land Of the Home for
the Aged and Inhrm, Blue Plains. D. G. Blank
forms Of proposal specifications, and all necessary
information may be obtained at Room q, District
Building. CUNO h. RUDOLPH. JOHN A. JOHN.
SION. WILLIAM '. JUDSON. Commissioners,
D. C. d6TS9uH
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new YORK MONEY.

New YORK Dec 1-Acney On call a. the stock
exchanes today opsusd II fk pr cent; highes.. s;
lowest, &; closing. PER cent. Most q the days
loans were made ct * per cent
me tm6mone5 marka q strong. The inquiry
for funds Y Eood. oOt thsre 2 not much oagtns;
pr eat O. akS dsgA ~ % es1t or ntnetS
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Sales-ReTular 7Il, II O'Clock noon:
Washington Gas IS. s. 500 at lloS-
Potomac Consolidated h. s., 900 at l0l%.
Potomac Electric Is. s. 600 at lO9, 5000 ct loe.
Washington Railway & Electric I'D, 10 at g
10 at Sc. 10 at Sc.
Washington Gas 5 at *. 4 at e..
Franklin Insurance. 3 at S.
After call-Mergenthaler. al 21i4.
Following quotations were posted yesterday:
GAS BONDS
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days. and Z to ~ per cent for four. 1--WE, and six
months.
Commercial paper Is unchanged at "a per cent
for the best names Business is quiet.
London discounts, 1915 per cent; up Ills.
Paris discounts 81 per oent; unchanged.
Berlin discounts ~ per cent; unchanged.
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WEEKLY BANK cLEARINGs.

New York. Dec. S-Bank clearings in the United
States for the week ended December aggregate
lowing are the returns for this week with PR
centages Of change from this week last year:
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THREE COUPLES EL0PE.
Two Letters AskinS Forgiveness,
Only News of Them.

Only News of Them.
Philadelphia, Dec. S.-Two letters sent
from Wilmington, Del, in which for
giveness was asked, is the only word
which has come from six young clippers
who left their West Philadelphia homes,
and who are now presumably in Virginia
The letters came to Mrs. Mary Bor-
nocco. mother Of Joseph, Jesse, and Clara
Bornocco, three of the clippers. 1t is the
presumption of Mrs. Bornocco that Jo-
seph, who is twenty years old, had mar
ried Susie Elkins, eighteen years old !;
that Jesse, eighteen, Is married to Louise
Elkins. twenty, and that Clara, seven
teen, is the wife of James Barber, eight
cen.
Up to a few years ago all laundry work in
Russia was performed By hand.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Quotations furnished By W. B. Hibbs 4 o.. mem
SeH Of the New Yorh Stock Exchange, HitbS
BUILDING
CAN money: Open. 80 high ); low AZ: close, q.
SALE OF SHARES BY HOURS,
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CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished BY ". B. Hibbs & Co., mem,
hers of the New York Stock Exchange. Hibbs BuiIo
ing
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Post-omces Designated.

Post-ofdces at Efland and Roanoke
Rapids, n. c.; Coeburn, and College
Park. Va, and Hendricks and Parsons
W. Va. have been designated by the
Pos,-ofice Department as repositories
for postal savings funds. New postmas-
tiers have been appointed to the follow
ing fourth-class Offices: William B.
Phillips, Kanawha, w. Va; John A.
Meade, Wayne, W. Va; Charles z. Ba-
ker. jackson, W. Va. and Grace Shu-
mate, at Summers, W. Va.
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS.

Quotations furnished BY ". B. Ribbs q Co,
members Of tina New York Stock Exchange Hibos
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Occupy New Quarters.

Lewis Johnson Company. bankers and
brokers. of Washington for more than
fifty years. will remove from their quar-
tiers in r street next Monday to their new
home in the Arlington Building, 1905
Pennsylvania avenue, adjoining Riggs
National Bank.
The United States Trust Company also
announced yesterday their removal to the
banking room Of the Southern Building.
The furnishings of their present quar-
tiers in G street near Fourteenth street,
will be moved at the close of business to-
day.
Announcement was made yesterday that
Charles J. Faulkner. former Senator from
West Virginia, has been elected a d.
rector OF the Commercial National Bank.
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Application to Organize.

The Secretary of the Treasury has re-
ceived an application to organize from
the Irving Park National Bank, Of Chi
cago. The bank is capitalized at $100.-
900. A charter has been issued by the
Treasury Department to the American
Exchange National Bank, Of Greensboro,
n. c.. which has a capital Of 100000. This
charter converts the American Exchange
Bank of Greensboro, with an added
branch at South Greensboro, N. C.
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PostaI Bonds Purchased.

Purchase was made yesterday by Post
master General Hitchcock for the board
Of trustees Of the postal savings system
Of two 800 registered postal savings
bonds at par. The transaction was made
under the section Of the act creating the
system which authorizes the withdrawal
Of 30 per cent of the savings on deposit
for investment in bonds or other securi-
ties Of the United States.
The bonds purchased were Nos III and
2l2 and were forwarded by the National
Park Bank, OF New York, being in the
name Of Lille May Young and assigned
TO that bank. Certificates OF deposit for
which these bonds were exchanged were
issued to F. H. Young at Greenville, Miss
He subsequently died. the bonds being
reissued to Lille May Young. Such
bonds purchased will be transmitted to
the Treasurer Of the United States for
safekeeping and deposited TO the credit Of
the board OF trustees.
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Directors Name Jordan.

At q special meeting Of the board Of
directors Of the United States Trust COM
pany, held yesterday afternoon, Eldridge
e. Jordan was elected president to sue
coed former Senator Scott, and Arthur
Lee frat vice president, to succeed
Charles W. Warden, also resigned. The
number Of directors was reduced from
twenty-six to eleven. Those elected to
membership In the board were A. @.
CIapham, z. e. Jordan, s. = Henry, II.
Bradley Davidson. william r. Dennis,
Frederick H. Treat, Arthur Lee. James
A Cahill, o. g. Staples. Wade H. Ellis,
and r. Golden Donaldson. The last two
named win be the general council Of the
United States Trust Company.
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AND REALTY

Trading on the Washington Stock EX-
change yesterday was marked by even
greater lassitude than that Of Thurs
day. What few deals were consummat-
ed involved only small blocks Of stock
and prices generally indicated a down
ward tendency. Brokers seem at a loss
to accurately account for the dizziness
in the local market. Investors and
evidently following the example of the
New York market. and from the mo-
ment Of call It was known that few
orders would be executed.
Washington Gas IS in a small tran
saction remained around ll0l-4, with
Potomac Electric Power consolidated
IS at 10lk. Two transactions IN oto-
mac Electric Light IS were made on
the basis OF 100 and thirty shares OF
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred held firm at S.
Washington Gas in small deals slump
ed a quarter under the price Of S7I1. OBJ
tainable on Thursday. Twenty-Five
shares of Franklin Insurance were sold
at Sc, although an eight-share deal in
Mergenthaler lowered the price to 22l1s.
from 27 and 22S obtaining during the
early part OF the week.
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Bank Dividend Declared.

Announcement was made at yester-
days meeting of the Washington Stock
Exchange of the payment by the Bank
Of Commerce and Savings of its first
dividend. The bank recently completed
four years of its business career.
The dividend OF per cent will be paid
January l and a similar payment six
months thereafter. The two semi-annual
dividends will aggregate per cent a
year.
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Up to a few years ago all laundry work in
Russia was performed by hand.
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REAL ESTATE LOANS.

Made at Lowest Rates OF Interest.
". Il WALKER. 729 18th St. NV.
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'Ex dividend, IL per cent.
Tx dividend, 57is CENTS
Xxx dividend, Is cents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28

engines of destruction. Germany thir
teen, the United States ten. Japan si1
and Russia and Italy four each.
But in the meantime the Panama
Canal will have been opened, and the
efficiency Of the American navy al
most doubled. Up to now the larger
portion Of the fleet has been kept In
Atlantic waters. but with the canal
open 1t would be possible to effect a
change Of position in case Of need
without serious delay.
A writer signing himself "Navarch'
emphasizes, in an article on "The Dis
position of Our Fighting Fleet" in the
Columbian Magazine, the importance
Of the new naval stations in the Pa
cific. He speaks particularly of Pear
Harbor at Hawaii. where a naval base
Is now being established. and Of the
dry dock Dewey at Olongapo. sixty
miles from Manila.
THE protection of our Atlantic
coast" he says. lies in feet based
on Guantanamo. and the protection OF
the Pacific coast lies in feet based
on Pearl Harbor. Both Guantanamo
and Pearl Harbor are ideally situated
In their respective spheres. The form
er is centrally located with reference
to the Panama Canal and our Atlantic
coast, and a feet based there would
command all the avenues toward the
canal. Hawaii stands in the Pacific
as our outpost, and no power could
successfully approach our Pacific
coast without taking 1t and meeting
VIGOROUSLY the strong feet which We
would maintain there"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
North Carolina Bear Hunts.

Jones county farmers are making q
regular campaign against the bears,
which are giving hog raisers no end
Of trouble. A year ago some Of the
farmers bought couple Of bear dogs,
from which they have raised pack,
Almost daily hunts have been con
Quoted, and the nine hounds have
never failed to get bear.
Recently there was a hunt on Mill
creek, in which twoscore men partici.
pated, and these were delighted to see
the skilful way in which the dogs
handled the bear. the latter. true to
his fighting style. sitting upon his
launches and fighting. Henry Oliver
finished the bear with bullet. The
leading bear hunters are v. A. and W.
H. Bender. who are the owners Of the
pack In that section there are many
small swamps, with thick growth OF
bay and other trees, in which bears
and deer take refuge. It Is a capital
hunting ground for northern sports.
men In the winter-Raleigh corTer
spondence Forest and Stream.
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about the shoe tops and you are up-to
the-minute in the 1911 styles.
The origin of the roll" is mystery.
1t just grew. Since the adoption OF
athletic summer apparel there has
been a need for method of securing
the hose. This necessity Is directly
responsible for the innovation. A trip
around Chicago disclosed several va
rieties. Those observed to date are:
The telescope ROLL" which has
found favor among the high school
boys. 1t is about three-Quarters of an
inch wide and about an eighth of an
inch thick, and Is surmounted BY .
clasp pin that secures the fold. It
is hobby and neat, but it IL q dimcult
fold to make.
University students in their enthusi-
asm have gone the Hint. A quarter
hose" reaching half an inch above the
shoes or oxfords and displaying school
colors by means Of narrow band
around the top Is their bid for fame.
There IL also the mechanics
drape." displayed about the loop dis
trict wherever building laborers are
employed. Less keen for the more
nobby effect they merely drape the
neck the sock down over the shoe
and don't care who knows It.
How haberdashers are going to
meet the demand for loud" effects
the new roll promises to create ID q
subject that 10 said to be worrying
some of it's advocates.
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scales of the piano or In making en-
broidery.
During two years tour Of Europe
her muse found constant occasion for
exercise. The Alps. the lakes Of
Switzerland, Italy, Holland. Scotland,
Ireland, England and France provided
subjects for her girlish illusions
These verses have been lost, for she
did not regard her productions as Sc
rious work, but rather as play.
After she returned to st. Louis at
the beginning of the Civil war, she
soon found need to draw upon her
every resource of consolation and
comfort. She married Edward b.
Hull. and two weeks after the mar
riage he marched away to fight in
the Confederate army. The desolate
bride was left to her tears and the
care of her husbands plantation In
Pike county.
But for her habit Of verse-making.
she says, she could not have endured
the first few months OF separation
and dread as to her bridegroom
fate. Her swelling emotions demand
ed vent.
1t has been the forgetfulness Of self,
the throwing OF Of cares, which Mrs.
Hull attained through her making OF
verses, which has kept her. in her
opinion, q young woman. although
nearly 20 years old. Her enthusiasms
are those of girl: for instance. when
she says: Il love Tennyson; l love
him." and she is equally youthful
when she exclaims: II can't under
stand Browning, and I'm free to admit
It," Her step is brisk. her face slight
~ touched by wrinkles, and her hair
just growing gray. Her conversation
Is animated, and her opinions are
, maintained with the vigor of half her
age. She still keeps her youthful
preference for George Eliot, but has
sent her copy of Marie Clirer IN
the original French. which she reads
easily.
Despite her winning Of the prize
state poem contest, Mrs. Hull earnest
~ asserts that she is not poet
Il am only rhymster. not a poet. =
she declared emphatically, az she sat
at her desk in her modest home. II
never presume to call myself q poet.
I have too high an opinion Of beauti-
full poetry for that. just liked "a
] write verses as another woman misht
have liked embroidery.
Her recipe for happy life Of peren-
nfAl youth Is contained IN her brief
formula, Write verses and defy old
ase.'
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FREAK STYLE FOR MEN
just Roll Your Hose 20 the Shoe Tops
and You're Right up-to-ehs
Minute.

Chicago.-A new fashion Tor men
that has gained Immediate recognition
in this city Is the athletic toll
on half hose. It Ii . distinctly west
ern mode and originally was used q
the means OF securing or supporting
the half hose of athletes.
Despite the fate that. heretofore. ~
fashions for men were accepted only
afted the King Of England had placed
his stamp Of approval upon them. the
west. ignoring kings and princess. per
sists in asserting itself for the cause
of comfort. The new style Is the re
suit. Simply roll your hose down
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
The Laird's Pictures,

Some years ago Scotch laird found
on succeeding to his estates that the
house contained two portraits Of dis
tinguished member of the family who
had fiourished during the reign of
George III, one by Reynolds and the
other by Raeburn. He knew NO more
of pictures than Newfoundland dog,
and he decided that two portraits Of
the same individual need not be kept.
The Reynolds was retained. while the
Raeburn was presented to public
gallery. The worthy man was struck
with CONSERVATION some time afterward
when he found that his gift had been
valued at $4,000 and probably the
picture would now fetch double that
amount
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28

White House OF the Confederacy.
war by President Davis and his fam.
lily.
Here his daughter. Winnie" the
Angel of the Confederacy," was born,
and here his little son. Joe. was killed
by a fall from the rear porch. It
was visited by Abraham Lincoln few
days after the evacuation.
It Is now Confederate museum.
each of the ID Confederate states hav.
ing In 1t memorial room. In front
OF the mansion is the propeller-shaft
Of the "Merrimac." whose famous and
long remembered engagement with
the Monitor" revolutionized naval
warfare the world over.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
Town Has No Cemetery,

Oroville. Cal.-Portola. division
point on the Western Pacific east Of
Oroville. claims the record q the
only "cemeteryless city In the United
States. The population Of Portola II
1000 persons. Nevertheless. It has
no cemetery. In the last eight months
there has been but one death IN Por
tolA
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
coNFEQERAcY's WHITE HOUSE
Now Z Museum, Each OF the Thirteen
Confederate States Having
Memorial Room.

Richmond. Va.-Located In Rich
mond. this building was at one time
q private residence, but was purchased
In 1862 by the city Of Richmond for
the use of the Confederate govern
ment, and was occupied during the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
New Works. Debt Il He.vv.

New Workers. are the biggest boz
rowers In the world: At least they are
50 collectively. for the city owes
seven times a. much - any other city
In the country and more than one
half az much a. the largest 81 other
cities in the land.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-28
WRITE TO DEFY AGE
Missouri Song Author Gives
verse-Making as Recipe.
Mrs. Hull Was Born In Missouri
sixty-Nine Years Ago-She Enjoys
Composing Verses for Her
Own Amusement.

st. Louis, Mo.-P0nce De Leon did
unwisely when he went dounderins
through the swamps Of Florida in
quest Of the fountain of life. in which
he hoped to renew his youth. TIC
achieve enduring youth. freshness OF
mind in old age and serenity Of tenn
per, he should have stayed In Spain
and written poetry.
Verse-makfng as an antidote to ole
age is recommended by Mrs. Lizzie
Chambers Hull of st. Louis, Who. Sc
years young, defeated all competitors
and G. Vetter to C. W. Van =
!, deed, 81. (,
In Juan Co. Bank to j. A. Van L
krt, Sat. mtge., 500. d
A. Van Bogart to San Juan
Bank mtge., 5000. Ii
S. Rice to P. N. Dellingerl a
/, SITS. =
ECCI AllAxtO< v 4141sBssss3S
She was a pupil at Louis Agassiz' s
School for Young Women at Cam.
bridge, Mass, out of which grew Rad
cliffe college, oliver Wendell Holmes
and Wendell Phillips were also lectur-
ers at the seminary, and among the
Missouri girls school companions
we're Longfellow's daughters. a
daughter of Doctor Holmes AID Miss
Emerson, a relative Of Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
In this environment, she fell into
the habit of writing verses, not as a
profession, but as diversion and
recreation. Just as another girl.
when wearied or lonely. would solace
herself by playing the piano, or sing
ing. or reading book, 80 Miss Cham
bers, as she then was, found comfort
and society in putting her emotions
and ideas into metrical form. She
soon acquired the same facility in
rhythmical composition which one by
practice obtains in performing the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-14
CAPITOL BUILDING
WRECKED BY STORM
Splendid Structure at Springfield, Ill.,,
Is Unroofed-Much Other DAM
age is Done by the Wind.

SPRINGFIELD. H.. Sept. Ii
Spreading wreck and ruin in its wake.
a disastrous windstorm held Spring
field and Contra Illinois in its grip
for three hours this morning. The
damage totals hundreds of thousands.
At Taylorville lineman was cleo
trocuted while repairing broken wires.
BY far the largest single loss is sus-
tanned by the state capitol building
The wind carried away large por-
ton Of the new copper roof Of the
dome, smashed numerous windows
and uprooted many trees. The dam
age To the capitol building is esti-
mated at $4,000. Thousands of acres
Of growing corn were laid HAT, ana
much fruit was destroyed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-14
BRONCHO BUSTERS
KILLED IN RACE

DORRIS. Cal. Sept. BE. T.. Deis-
enrsth. and Charles Williams dur
ing friendly race on ponies today.
were thrown to the ground and both
died from their injuries. Both were
.'broncho busters but during the
race Deiscnrath was thrown into
barbed wire fence. and Williams. go
ing To his rescue. met the same fate.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-14

The prohibitionists who have been
unusually busy during the whole OF
the present year so far. will he the
first to arrange for the national
campaign. having decided to choose
the date and place of their conven-
ton on the 9th of December next.
This will probably be the only party
to begin the activities of 1912 in
1911.