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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
TWO MORE CASES
OF CHOLERA FOUND.
Terrible Disease Broke Out Among
Crew Of Italian Steamer Duke
Of Abruzzi.

tBy Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
New York, June 20.-Two cases of
cholera have been discovered among
the crew of the steamship Duca Degli
Abruzzi in today from Genoa, Naples
and MADEIRA. Both patients were TAX
en- to the pest house on Swinburn ISL
and and all the ,steerage passengers
will be detained at Hoffman Island
for observation.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
LoRiMER COMMITTEE
BEGAN HEARINGS TODAY.
Nothing but Hearsay Evidence
Brought Out in Testimony of
Cyrus II. Mccormick.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican}
Washington, D. c., June 20.-The
second investigation by Senate COM
mittee of the circumstances surround
ing the election of Senator William
Lorrimer of Illinois, scheduled for to-
day, promised to take a far wider
range than the one of last winter
which after bitter fight resulted ia
vorably to Mr. .Lorimer.
The new committee began the TAX
ing of testimony today with Cyrus H.
Mccormick, president of the Inter-
national Harvester Company, as the
first occupant of the witness chair.
Every person mentioned in connection
with the case will be examined togeth-
er with new witnesses and it is be-
lieved that visits to both Chicago and
Springfield will be necessary.
Mr.. Lorimer himself will be ques-
toned most minutely. OF the eight
members Of the special committee,
four, Messrs Dillingham; of Vermont,
Gamble of South Dakota, Jones of
Washington, and Kenyon Of Iowa, are
Republicans, and four, Messrs. John
stone, of Alabama, Fletcher of Flori.
da, Kern Of Indiana. and Lea of Ten
nessee are Democrats.
The members are supposed also to
be divided evenly for and against Lor-
inner.
Little but hearsay evidence was
brought out in the Mccormick testi.
mony. 1t related to the fund of $780,.
900 which Clarence Funk told him was
being raised by Edward Hines to be
used>to secure the election Of Lari
mer.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
MARlCOPA BUSINESS
DISTRICT IN ASHES.

Prominent Businessman, Chief of Fire
Department. Killed by Live
Electric Wire.
(By Special Leased Wire TO New Mexicanl
Bakersfield, Calf, June 20.-Fred
Ball, a prominent business man of
Maricopa, and chief Of the fire that
destroyed half of the business section
of Maricopa at an early hour this
morning.
Several fire fighters were injured by
falling timbers.
The loss will reach more than $780,
600. More than dozen business con-
Germs, a hotel. two banks and the tel.
ephone exchange were destroyed.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
Ex-PREsipENT piAz
ARRIVES AT HAvRE.

Gay Special Ieaseq wire 70 New Mexican,
Havre, June 20. General Poririo
Diaz, former president Of Mexico, ar
rived here today on the steamer
Ypiranga. He planned to proceed to,
Paris this evening.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
sAccHARiNE MANUFACTURERS
GIVEN six MONTHS.

(By Special Leased Wire 10 New Mexican,
/ Wsthington, D. G., June 2O.--No
prosecutions Of manufacturers who
use saccharine in food will be under
taken for SIX months from July i
next It was announced today after a
conferences between Secretaries Mac.
Veagh, Wilson and Nagel.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
"DAVY" JOHNSON
REPORTED TO De DYING.

Famous Owner Of Roseben Which
Won Him 100000 Is Very
III in New York.
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexicanl
New oYrk, June 20.-"Davy" john
son, known to followers Of racing a.
horse owner and one Of the heaviest
plungers on the turf, is dangerously
Ill here. One Of Johnson's best ven
lures was Roseben, for which he paid
$4,000. The horse won him over $500
900.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
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SANTA FE BOY
CRUSHED AT RATION.

Fred Swope of Santa Fe,
brother OF Mrs. Virgil Sparks,
of this city, was crushed in a
railroad turntable at Ration,
according to word received
this afternoon. Particulars Of
the accident are lacking.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
WRECK OF FAST
TRAIN ON ROCK ISLAND.

Leave Tracks and Many Are
injured including Official.
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexicany
Topeka, Kans., June 20.--A number
of persons were injured, including F.
o. Melcher, vice president Of the
Rock Island system, today when two
private cars and two Pullmans at
tached to the fast eastbound Denver.
st. Louis passenger train on the
Rock Island left the rails between
Wabaunsee and Mcfarland, Kansas.
Mrs. Melcher also was seriously In.
jured. Details are not yet obtainable.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20
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JUDGE M'FIE Is /
coNFlRIMEp,

Washington. D. c., June 20.
The United States Senate in
executive session this after
noon confirmed the re-appoint-
ment of Judge John r. McFie
to the supreme bench Of New
Mexico, the committee on Judi
ciary having two weeks ago
unanimously recomm en- d Q d
such confirmation. This Is the
\ NTH term for Judge McFi6 on
the bench.
S S N.EE S xxxvv y - I
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-20

tContinusd on Pare Fivs.)
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
BEEN MISSING THREE YEARS
Rich Texan Who Wandered Away
From Home and Woke Up"
In ireland.

San Antonio, Tex-James McFar.
lane, who owns $500 acres of farm
land in Edwards county. Texas. and
who has been mourned as dead for
three years, has been heard from I'm
his native County Cork, Ireland. How
he reached there he knows not. and
his memory is a blank from the day
he left his home I'm Edwards county.
where he has a wife and two sons.
McFarlane had suffered from insan.
ity four years ago and was placed i'm
a private sanitarium I'm Dallas. where
he recovered. one afternoon I'm
April. 1908. he left home on horseback
70 look after some land and that was
the last seen or heard OF him until
two weeks ago. when a cablegram
was received from him, followed by a
letter received later.
While suffering loss OF identity ne
wandered about the earth and finally
turned up IN his native land. His
health has been restored and no has
started home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
MORE EXCELLENT
REPORTS FROM
WESTERN CANADA
Grains Are Heading Out
Rapidly and Harvest Is
Now Approaching With
a Great Demand for
Harvest Help.

Last week It was pointed out in
these columns that there would be a
yield of about 200.000,OO0 bushels of
wheat throughout Western Canada, an
Increase of about 100000.O0O over the
previous year. and that the demand
for farm help was very great. Con
hrmation OF this news is to hand and
the cry still is for more help. The
Canadian authorities are hopeful that
the friends of the 100000 or SOC. 900
Americans who have gone to Canada
during the last few years will come to
the help OF these people and induce
as many able-bodied men as they pos
sibly can to take advantage of the
low rate which is being offered from
all points on the Canadian Boundary.
and particulars of which can be had
from any Of the following Agents of
the Canadian Government: NJ. ". Me-
Innes. 176 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit,
Mich; @. A. Laurier, Marquette.
Mich; ]. S. Crawford, Syracuse, N.
Y; Thos. Hetherington, Room 2O2, 70
fremont Street. Boston, Mass; II. M.
Williams, 413 Gardner Bldg, Toledo.
Ohio; Geo. Arid, ZIG Traction-T ermin-
al Bldg, indianapolis, Indiana; c. j.
Broughton, Room Az, M. l.. & T. Bldg.
Chicago, H.; Geo. A. Hall, End Floor,
l25 Second Street. Milwaukee, Wis:
e. t. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, st.
Paul, Mimi; Chas. Pilling, Clifford
Block, Grand Forks, N. d.; j. b. Car.
honneau, Jr., PIT Main Street, Bidde-
ford, Me-; ]. M. MacLachlan, Box
1877, Watertown, s. D.; w. ". Bennett,
Room 4. Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.:
w. H. Rogers, 1875 West 9Th Street.
Kansas City, Mo-. Benz. Davies, Room
8. Dunn Block, Great Falls. Montana;
J. N. Grieve, Auditorium Building.
Spokane. Wash.
Every facility will be afforded men
OF the right stamp to secure advantage
or these low rates. To those who pro-
pose to go. 1t may be said that they
will have this splendid opportunity OF
securing first hand information as to
the excellent producing character of
the lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta. They will have the op-
portunity of seeing some of the great
est wheat fields in the world and prob
ably the largest yield Of wheat, oats
and barley that has ever been grown
on the Continent. And all this ON
land some of which cost the settler
only the $1,000 necessary to enter for
his homestead, or, II he purchased,
In some cases, costing him from $500
to $1,000 per acre, but which is now
worth from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land is re-
markably cheap as will be realized
when the statement is made that from
20 to % bushels per acre and over
of wheat are grown, netting the farm
er from $500 to $1,000 per acre; and
this on land that he got for nothing
or paid merely nominal price. In
fact the production shows that $500
to $4,000 per acre would be nominal
price for land that would produce az
these lands produce.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22

For years several representatives in congress
tried to secure an appropriation to be used for
the building OF monument to General Miller at
Peterboro, n. H., near which town I'll Try Sir"
lived on. farm before the of 1912, and for
years after it's close. The representatives who
had the matter of pushing the bill in hand used
the words of Captain Miller at Lundy's Lane to
express their own determination to secure VIC
tory They certainly did try, and the speeches
that were made before the library committee OF
congress held patriotic appeals in every sentence.
Apparently, however, 1t was easier for Miller to
capture a battery against odds than 1t was for
members OF congress to capture the dollars neces-
sary to build a monument of enduring stones
to his memory.
1t was case OF try and try again. While the
cause of Miller, whose heroism was worth
dozen monuments, being pleaded congress
voted money for memorials to other men less de-
serving. Finally, however, New Hampshire
member who had been digging into history found
out something about I'll Try Sr's" career which
was not generally known Congress had been
told time and again that Captain Miller not only
mad shown conspicuous gallantry at Lundy Lane
but that prior to that fight he had thrashed a
superior force of British and Indians at Managua
Congress had also been told that Miller had COM
manded the center column of General Browns
army, which routed what was apparently an
Overwhelmingly greater force of the British az
Fore Erie.
gress seemed to think that inasmuch as Miller
was soldier that it was his business to defeat
superior forces of the enemy every day in the
week without imposing any monument-raisng
duty on posterity. The New Hampshire member
however, found out that after the war of 1919
Miller went back to his farm near Petersboro
plowed fields. chopped wood and MIXED the cows
instead of going to Washington to ask the gov
eminent to do something for him on account OF
his record.
Miller's popularity such after the treaty OF
peace that the government probably would have
been glad to give him anything that IL had IN
give. When I'll Try Sir" was asked why he
was playing Cincnnatus instead of taking lob
in Washington, he replied: "yyben mon bosin
leaving the farms for the cities the nation will
begin to decay"
Congress was told Of this saying of MiIler,s
ana either admiration for his choice of a farm.
ers lilo or else belief that he was a propbet
who before long might have the truth Of his
prophecy proved, brought favorable report
from the committee library in the matter ~
the monument at Petersboro
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
Operating the Dictograph.

present The rtenographer may be in
.ne next room or the other side of the
building, but she hears the words as
distinctly as though she were at his
elbow and sets them down.
The detectives got some of the sus-
pected men, separately and together.
IN hotel room, a photograph was
under the sofa. a court reporter was
at the other end. Word for word his
nimble fingers recorded every word
that was uttered. None but he and
the detectives knew.
Nothing escaped the transmitter-
not even the opening or closing of the
door-and the stenographer trans.
cribed everything which the little In,
strument reported to him. This re-
port was admitted es. evidence by the
Judge who presided at the trial.
The inventor of the instrument is
K. M. Turner.
In order to entrap the Legislators
who were suspected OF receiving
bribes, Detective Smiley acted ao
sriber on the occasion when the die.
tograph was used and he and o. O.
Walcott, the stenographer, were prin.
cipal witnesses for the prosecution
The defense objected strenuously to
Wolcott's evidence being admitted
but the court ruled that 1t was cor.
rohorative of the direct evidence and
was admissible.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22

is visible for many miles, and hun
dreds OF people came from adjacent
cities in Illinois to view and admire it.
Should this work weather well and
preserve its fine contour and lines. Mr..
Tart thinks ii is probable it will mark
an era in the erection of statuary in
REINFORCED concrete
On leaving the grove which bordered
the roadway climbing the bluffs. the
statue appeared in its majesty on the
bank OF the river. There was no un.
yelling, as Mr.. Taft wished the first
sight of the monument to be one of its
entire majesty
Below, midstream, lies Margaret Full
ler's island, sacred to the memory of
Madam de Ossoli, the poetess who
once lived here. Two miles distant.
beyond the oak groves, rise the spires
OF Oregon. MIR. Taft's other works the
Indian "Padueah" in the city of that
name in Kentucky and THE Eternal
Silence the Graves monument in
Graceland cemetery, Chicago. have a
similar feeling of majesty to that of
his latest creation.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
MARKS MISSOURI SEA LEVELS
The United States Geological Survey
Has Recently Completed Work
In the State.

Jefferson City, Mo-The United
States geological survey, working in
conjunction with the surveyors of the
state of Missouri. have been establish
ing the levels in this state and plac.
ing tablets or bench marks" in MANY
places. These markers show the
height of that point above the sea
level.
These bench marks are OF two
forms. One is circular bronze or
aluminium table three and one.half
inches in diameter and onefourth
inch thick, having a 3-inch stem which
is cemented in a drill hole i'm solid
rock in the wall of some public build.
ing, bridge abutment or other sub.
stantial masonry structure or in the
solid rock
The second form to be set in the
ground where there is no rock or ma.
sorry. consists of a hollow wrought
iron post four feet long. A bronze or
aluminium table is riveted over the top
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
DlcT0GRAPH AS A DETECTIVE
Recently Invented instrument Plays
an Important Part In the Ohio
Bribery Trial.

Columbus. ON the trial OF Rodney
). Diegle. sergeant-at-arms of the Ohio
STATE senate. convicted OF aiding and
aoetting the alleged bribing of state
senator, the state relied on me-
chanical device. the photograph. high.
~ sensitized telephone. for it's strong
est evidence.
The photograph transmitter was Sc
created in detectives room In no.
tel and court stenographer in anoth-
er room. reported the conversation in
winch 1t was alleged brides were of.
fered and accepted.
For the first time in the history OF
detective work this curious machine
was used
photograph consists OF n series OF
sensitive metal plates set I'm a hard
rubber cylinder. In it's elements IL is
telephone transmitter magnifed.
Used In business way it enables a
man to sit at his desk in his private
Office alone and talk off his correspond.
ence without the stenographer being
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
QUEBEC BRIDGE is BIGGEST
Time of Construction Shows Advance
In Engineering Since Brooklyn
Bridge Was Built.

Quebec. Ont.-The new bridge
across the ST. Lawrence river near
here supplants the mighty structure
that fell when half finished in the
summer of 1907. The site of the new
bridge is the same but the north pier
Is moved out 80 feet further into the
river. thus appreciably shortening the
central span The new bridge contains
13O,O00,000 pounds of steel. as com.
pared with the 100000, 900 of it's pred.
ecessor. II will cost when completed
not less than $4,000. 900. and viii
have the longest truss span of anv
bridge In the world, 800 feet. or 90
feet more than that of the great Firth
of Forth bridge i'm Scotland
The construction of this bridso
which has taken two and half years
Is an impressive indication OF the
progress OF mechanical and civil en-.
cheering since the Brooklyn bridge
was opened to traffic. May "a. 1SS2
The latter required 1874 years IN
erect. and to date has cost over 800
100000. of $4,000 900 more than the
prospective cost of the new Canadian
giant.
The length Of the river span OF the
Brooklyn bridge is 1000 feet-2OO
feet less than that of the bridge AT
Quebec OF the other bridges across
the East river the Manhattan has a
river span OF 1.47O feet; the Williams.
burg bridge has "A span OF 200 feet
shorter than that over the ST. Law.
renee; the longest span OF the Queena-
boro bridge Is 200 feet.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
CURE THAT SORE THROAT

Sore throat Is inflammation of the
mucous membrane of the throat, and
If this membrane happens to be at all
sensitive predisposition to sore
throat will exist.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is both a
preventative and cure for sore
throat because It possesses extraor-
binary cleansing. healing and germi-
cidal qualities. Just little In a glass
OF water, used as gargle, will quick
ly relieve all soreness and strengthen
the mucous membrane of the throat,
and thus overcome all tendency tc
sore throat
Paxtine is far superior to LIQUID an
useptics or Peroxide for all toilet and
hygienic uses.
Paxtjne may be obtained at any
drug store. 25 and SOC box, or sent
postpaid upon receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for free sample.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22

crease of pension for the widow Of soldier
There were papers forwarded to him which bore
on the case, and these he turned over to the
committee on pensions after his bill had been
introduced
Inc widow did not get her money and it was
not long before the whole house knew why The
member who had espoused the widows cause
had been In congress for years and the Joke at
his expense was too good to keep, and one after
another OF his colleagues walked up to his desk
and congratulated him on the wisdom shown in
the pea which was in written form, he had
turned in to the committee to win the widows
case.
1t is perhaps needless to say that the mem.
Der mad never read the plea. 1t set forth the
lact that while the amount Of pension increase
the widow of the soldier hero asked for was
large, it must be understood that she came OF
good family, moved in the best social circles and
was in need of a large of money to keep up
appearances"
upon occasion senators and representatives per-
NIT their constituents to do their talking for
them In congress. Petitions come in floods at
times, with the object of securing legislation by
external pressure. In the Smoot case, and in
the pure food and army canteen matters the pleas
OF the people came in by the tens of thousands
The members of both houses present these let
tiers, call attention TO their import and then allow
the petition to do the rest if they are potent
enough
Senator Latimer of South Carolina once intro
duced good roads bill calling for the expendi-
VI hiiihohs lor the Improvement
of the highways. The Automobiles all over the
country began sending letters of approval They
pressed their friends into the writing service but
that they did not always pass upon the persuasive
merits Of the friends productions is shown fair
ly well by one letter on the good roads subject
received by Senator Cullom 1t read like this:
Dear Mr.. Cullom: Please vote for this id
bill, and you will oblige a fool friend of mine
who runs automobile Yours more or less
sincerely, "
1t was Chicago man who wrote this appeal
There were others Ike unto IT, The good roads
bill still sleeps.
In the older days the school readers contained
the story of I'll Try Sir Miller" Probably
everybody knows who I'll Try Sir Miller" was
Certainly everybody ought to know Gen James
Miller then captain, tho hero of Iundy's
Lane. He said he would try to do the thing
necessary for the thrashing Of the enemy. and he
did it, and IN Try Sir" took the place of his
Christian name James
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22

sudden glory arising from sudden
conception OF some eminency in our
selves by comparison with the infirm-
ity Of others, or with our own for
merry"
II laugh is a benefaction and the
proyoker OF laugh a benefactor. why
are there more statues to dull people
than to witty ones? Who was the
greatest laugh promoter in history?
IT was said OF Sidney Smith that he
was the father of 100000 laughs.
Laughter" said Lord Rosebery re-
Gently. rs a physical necessity. We
live under n sunless sky, surrounded
by a melancholy ocean, and II is a
physical necessity for the English ma
tion-even for the Scotch nation and
the Welsh natlon-to laugh. It ex-
hilarates all social relations. Was
not his lordship added, "the laugh
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
The Shepherd of the Black Sheep

a more intense form Of the smile. In
extreme cases the eyes are moistened
by the effusion from the lachrymal
glands"
There you have n scientific defini-
ton But It is clear that mankind
would hardly take the trouble to 20
through that experience II that is all
that laughter consisted OF. They
would not regard a Dickens or a
Mark Twain as a benefactor merely
because a perusal of their writings
produced that. Mo- even the philoso-
piers know that laughter IS something
better than that-something internal
that there is such thing as silent
laughter. Hobbies calls laughter "a
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
Tablet or Marker.

OF the post and It is sunk into tho
ground SO that the top protrudes
about six inches.
The tablets are stamped with the
words: ~. S. Geological Survey.
Missouri" The elevation in feet above
sea level is marked on the tablet and
the words: Two hundred and fifty
dollars fine for disturbing this mark"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-22
Old Church as GARAGE.

Long Hill, Conn.-The old white
First Methodist church building
steeple and all, for many years used
as place Of worship and the first
church built in the town Of Trumbull.
has given away TO the progress OF the
times and garage The edifce, which
stands almost IN the center OF the VII.
lage. has long been a landmark. The
steeple Will be retained. the galleries
will be made into waiting rooms for
women and the pulpit and platform q
show place for accessories.