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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-09-22
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October l to 16, 1911

The following resolution is
the vote Of the village of Mid
dlebury.
During the months of March
and September the collector
shall publish in the Middlebury
Register and post in the post
office a notice stating when and
where he will receive the water
tax. Fifteen days shall be al
lowed for the payment of said
tax; at the expiration Of that
time the commissioners shall
shut off the water from
the premises of all persons
whose tax is unpaid.
All such taxes that are not
paid when time limit expires
the above resolution will be
enforced.
In compliance with the
above vote l will be at the
store of H. B. Dutton Co.,
every week day from Oct. I to
10 to receive said taxes.
Office hours from 8 a. N.
to 10 and 3 Ito 6 p. 10.
J. D. WOODS,
Collector for water Commissioners.
Middlebury, Vt. Sept 10, 1911,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-09-22
Pomona Grange Changes Date

The next meeting of C. j. Bell Po-
mona Grange will be held at Whiting on
October 4, instead of Orwell. The
following is the programme:
MORNING SESSION, IL O'CLOCK.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-09-22

Song, No. 38
Routine work,
Greeting,
Master Mt independence Grange
Response, c. w. Jones, Sudbury
Music, Shoreham Grange
SOCIAL HOUR.
@. B. NJ, Fifth Degree
Discussion: What practical good shall
we derive from the Agricultural
School?
Music, Sudbury Grange
Discussion: In which way is the Grange
growing most, membership or in
trinsic worth?
Reading, Whiting Grange
Essay, Mt. independence Grange
Extras.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-09-22

DOGS AND GIRLS WANTED take orders for
handy We guaranteed
Sell 10 fountain complete with filler and pocket
pa nickel set both guaranteed
They will approval No
first
Write HOyt Orleans, VT 3Om3
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
ENUMERATION OF LAKE COUNTY AS
SHOWN BY COUNTY SUPT HIGHWAY.

Enumeration of White and Colored
Children Between the Ages of six
and 81 years
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10

IS. Smith VS.. Kennedy.
y. Wis L & c Co. VS.. Popovich.
10. American Trust s. S VS.. kutar.
Sc. Seipp Brig VS.. Brennan. :.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
UNIQUE DISPLAY.

Manager Cohen has closed a deal for
one of the most unique window dis
plays that has ever been seen in this
city. A soap manufacturing company
will send a man to Hammond in a few
days to build an exact replica of the
United States capitol at Washington,
D. c., in the window of the store.
The building will be built of SOAP
and 1t will require several days to dc
the work. 1t is expected that. the ex-
hibit will attract great deal of at
tention. and is along the lines of other
progressive steps in window advertis-
ing that have been taken by Cohen
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
SEA LION ACTORS
WITH CIRCUS

Captain Kents original conception,
the wonderful group of comedy play
ing. music making and deft-juggling
seals. exhibited by the Go1lmar broth
er and performed by their trainer. pres
ent without doubt the most unique dis
play of animal training ever attempt
ed. A casual glance at a number of
these curiously formed creatures as
they lie basking in the sunshine
some rocky wave-washed cliff which
lifts its apex above the surrounding
ocean, or perhaps in the distant
Arctics, they lie in wait for food
the frigid shore line of huge
floating mountains of ice. would lead
the onIooker to think them the least
tractable of animals.
Nature has apparently not provided
them with symmetrical limbs. with
which to move upon land, nor has she
endowed them with the advantages
possessed by many sea-living creatures
yet this seemingly almost helpless
beast is one of the most capable of the
lower animals as is most surprisingly
shown by the marvelously exact diff
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
Higher Courts Record.
SUPREME COURT MINUTE


21653. The Owen County Council VS..
state of Indiana ex rel, William Cali
more ct al Owhen C. C. Appellants
reply brief.
21s11. Cincinnati. Richmond & FIT
Wayne Britton eft al. Boone C. c. APP
peilant's reply brief
21s11. Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort
Wayne Railroad Company VS.. the Rail-
road Commission OF Indiana. Wayne
C. C. Appellants briefs.
21s13. Oak Hill Coal and Mining
Company VS.. Emil James. vermillion
c. C. Appellants briefs.
21S1e. Theodore Kruse VS.. Phillip
Kemp ct al. Monroe c. c. Appellants
briefs
21441. Ebert Gribbon vs. the city of
Franklin. etc. Johnson C. c. Appel
lant's waiver of rehearing.
Supreme Court New Suit.
21S62 Hoover G. Mahan VS.. James L.
Hendricks eft al. Boone c. C. Record.
Assignment of errors. In term. Bond.
APPELLATE COURT MINUTES.
1877. John B. Alvey VS.. Daniel w.
Wigs ct al. Dubois c. c. Appellees'
briefs.
1929 United Coal Mining Company
VS. John P. Dougherty. Parke C. c.
Appellants additional authorities.
7125. The Supreme Tribe OF Ben
Hur VS.. Kate Lennert. Warrick c. c.
Appellees briefs on appellants petition
for a rehearing.
6sss. Jacomiah Fl. Jackson eft al.
VS.. Marion Creek. Howard S. c. Sug
gestion of the death OF appellant. ia
comiah II. Jackson.
1899 George l. Mesker VS.. John f.
-
additional authorities
1918. Ella B. Smith VS.. John P. Col
lens ct al Marion S c. Appellant
petitions for time. and is granted thir-
ty days from April IS, 1911.
1860. Henry Wagner VS.. Peter Mey-
ers ct al Ripley c. C. Appellants
briefs
| So1s. Frank A. Knights VS.. Howard
| r. NicholasI Clay c. c. Appellant
petition for supersedeas and brief on
writ. Supersedeas granted Bond filed
and supersedeas issued
7S41. The Holiday & Wyon Compa-
friend. etc. Hancock C. C. Appellant
reply, brief
1852. l. r Force Handle Company
VS. Edward F. Hisey. Clark C. C. Ap-
pellant's petition for a rehearing and
| briefs.
1851. winifred Harper Cooley VS.
| Frank A. Kelley ct al. Vigo c. C. APP
pellees' briefs.
! 1887. General Convention of New
| Aizoia. Nativa Smith ct al. Howard c
| c. Appellants additional authorities.
| 1874. Elias Shriver ct al. VS.. Orba
F. Montgomery, administrator, etc
Fulton C. C. Appellee's briefs.
1902. The Louisville & Southern In.
diana Traction Company vs. Marths
Snead. Clark c. C. Appellants peti
tion to transfer to the supreme cour
| and briefs.
Appellate Court New Suit.
1924. James Francis Shuey VS.. Mel.
vim A. Lambert, executor, etc. Elk
hart s. c. Record Assignment of err
rors. In term. Bond Submitted BY
| agreement
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10

SEASON IS
On AGAIN

This is the mating season and the
re-mating season. according to the rec
ords of the Lake superior court. Last
summer The TIMES pointed out that
hot weather is not conducive to con-
jugal felicity. Accordingly a large
number of divorce cases were filed in
a very short time.
THE TIMES now takes pleasures in
pointing out that the soft spring air.
the budding trees. etc. is inducing a
large number of married people to for
get their family troubles and renew
their former relations.
The following is list of the di-
vorce cases that were dismissed yes
terday
Martha r. Brown VS.. Gurdell Brown.
Maria Dan VS.. Powell Dan.
Mark o. Ruggles VS.. Phronia Rug
giles.
Alice Meyers VS.. Frank D. Meyers
Edna Gilmore vs. George Ray Gill
more.
Willis Taylor VS.. Emma Taylor
Sylvia Longby VS. William Longbv.
John H. Hensley VS. Addie Florence
Hensley.
Lila Heard VS. Harmon f. Heard.
To Offset all of this one divorce was
granted. Anna Gustafson was granted
| divorce from Herman Gustafson by
Judge Johannes Kopelke of the Lake
superior court. The divorce was grant.
ed on the defendants cross-compiafnt
The custody of the child Levi was
given to the mother, although the IA
t Their is to have the right to visit him
in the afternoons of the first and third
Sundays of each month until he is II
years of age. The defendant wa:
awarded $3.50 aiimony.
In the case of Apolonie Cernik VS.
Emmanuel Cernik, the defendant de.
! faulted
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
IN THE
SUPERIOR nnIIQTc
and CIRCUIT UUUIlEO

to which said cross complainant
separately and severally except. APP
peal prayed to appellate court.
Granted. Bond in sum OF 500.
thirty days. with Otto c. F. See
base as surety. Bond approved and
sixty days for bill.
7122. Alice Meyers VS.. Frank u. Mey-
ers. Plaintiff dismisses. Judg-
ment
1905. Edna Gilmore VS.. George Ray
Gilmore. Plaintiff dismisses. Judg-
ment.
1905. Rudolph Hegener & Co. VS. Jo-
seph Frost. Defendant defaulted.
1885. Willis Taylor VS.. Emma Taylor.
Plaintiff dismisses. Judgment.
1866. Calumet Supply Co. vs. Calumet
Lumber Co. ct al. Tolleston Lbr. &
Coal Co. files disclaimer.
74oo. Jane Burton VS.. Western Life
Indemnity Co. Plaintiff dismisses.
Judgment.
741o. William S. Feuer ct al VS.. Her
man Kiselbach ct al. Tolleston
Lumber & Coal Co. files cross COM
plant.
Court Room No. 2.
1850. Douglas Baker, amdr.. VS. Otis
Downs ct al. Defendant Riddle
mes motion 10 dlSmlSS plalntlH
cause of action.
1863. State ex rel Celop VS.. Petro Boo
SIGH et al. Default on defendant
1884. NJ. j. Power VS.. C. F. Weaver.
Plaintiff files amended complaint
1896. Andrew Nitro VS.. Selma L Kohn
ct al. All defendants except George
V. Bacon defaulted.
1896. Joseph Molnar VS.. Selma L Kohr
ct al. All defendants except George
V. Bacon defaulted.
1908. Dorian A. Polk VS.. Joseph Frost
ct al. Defendant Metropolitan
Trust and Savings bank defaulted
1877. j. p. Seeburg Piano Co. VS.. Au-
gust Schlick. ]. Glen Harris files
verified petition to be made party
defendant and interplead.
1902. Apolonie Cernik VS.. Emanue
Cernik- Default on defendant.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10

cult feats of juggling, balancing and
catching, accomplished by the mem
bers of Captain Kent's troupe, while
their conception of comedy is plainly
shown by the many funny situations
presented in their human-like exhibit
tions. in which they exact actual COM
edy plays. That they enjoy music is
beyond question. Captain Kent has
among his troupe a number of seals
who actually approach a melody in
their songs, while their performance on
musical instruments, though not riv-
aling a Maestro in a musical sense.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10

still show them to be interested in
producing sound. Captain Kent is the
originator of this special class of
trained animal acts. While on cruise
in the seas of the far north a number
of years ago, Captain Kent was ice
bound for a number of months off the
northeast coast of Greenland, and here
far away from the civilized world.
home and friends. during the long sun
less days of an Arctic winter. the first
troupe of performing seals was per-
fected. With a score of these furry
coated pets as his only companions,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
Blue Lodge Work.

A special meeting of the Blue lodge
will be held next Saturday afternoon
and evening. Four candidates are to
receive the third degree, three of them
in the afternoon, while the fourth is
to be reserved for the evening session.
Following the latter session there will
be a banquet and social hour.
The first degree Will be exemplified
at the regular Friday evening session.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
LAKE COUNTY
COURTS AT
A GLANCE
LAKE SUPERIOR COURT NO. l.
Judge VIRGIL $. Reiter.


Judge Virgil 5. Reiter.
The arguments on the motion for
new trial in the case of Gillespie VS..
the Inland Steel Co. will be continued
before the court Thursday morning.
Thursday afternoon the case of state
ex rel. Greenwald vs.. Albert Lewis, quo
warranto proceedings, viii be heard.
Trial of civil jury cases Monday
LAKE SUPERIOR COURT NO. 2.
Judge Lawrence Becker.
Cases set in court yesterday. The
court charged the grand jury this
morning. The court begins the trial
of civil court cases today and con-
tinues on court cases for two weeks.
Following this he will devote the rest
of his term to civil jury cases.
LAKE SUPERIOR COURT NO. 5.
Judge Johannes kopelke.
Judge Kopelke took up the regular
call OF court cases for today. Civil
week in this court.
LAKE CIRCUIT COURT.
Crown Point.
Judge Willis C. McMahan-
Case Trial.
Katie Wilhelm VS.. Gary & Interurban
Railway Co. Civil jury case. VIII
take the rest of the day. Albert C. HUI
Der, administrator. VS.. Illinois Steel Co.
was dismissed. All of the other cases
on todays call went over.
Third Thursday, May IL.
sass. Dernberg, Emma, VS.. Harry H.
Meyer.
s73s. Wegrdin, Lawrence. vs. Balti-
more & Ohio railroad.
$3.50. Foles. Octavian c., VS.. John r.
Nelson.
s77s cahil William, VS.. H, W. & E.
c. Railway Co.
sS05 Adamczyk. Ludwika, VS.. Max
Nickel
LAKE SUPERIOR COURT.
Special Judge ID. j. Moran.
Otilia Rasher VS.. Peter Rasher. Suit
for a divorce. Mcmahon & Conroy for
the PLAINTIFF Crumpacker. Crumpack-
err & Tinkham for the plaintiff. Case
taken under Amusement.
LAKE CIRCUIT COURT.
Special Judge Frank Pattee.
Carl Bauer ct al VS.. the school city
of Hammond. Case is up for final
hearing. Decision is expected in a few
days. Case Will take all day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10

save his ships company of hardy sail
ors, he was given an opportunity to
study their natures and possibilities,
of which he has taken full advantage
in perfecting them in their astonishing
performances. While 1t is true that
others have since attempted to initiate
his mplishments, though with less
than Indifferent success, he is the orig
inator. and so far the only really sue
cessful trainer of seals for exhibition
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10

al purposes. and his act stands today
alone. the most unique trained animal
show the world has ever seen.
Throughout the Old World. where Cap
tain Kent has heretofore exhibited his
company of oceanic actors. they have
met with the most emphatic success.
These sea lion actors and musicians
come a special feature with the
Gollmar Bros circus in Hammond,
May IL.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
Motions and Orders

Lake Superior Court, Room No. ;.
5126. Charles F. Van Rhode VS.. Chi
cago. Lake Shore & South Bend
Railway Co. Plaintiff dismisses.
Judgment
557o. Martha r. Brown vs.. Gurdell
Brown. Plaintiff dismisses. Judg-
ment
$3.50. The Lawyers Cooperative Pub
fishing Co VS.. Robert T. O'Connor
Plaintiff dismisses. no suit on bond.
Judgment.
ess2 William Moffett vs. G.. I. & L. r.
f. co. Pla.nun dismisses Judg-
ment.
s9f4. Maria Dan rs. Powell Dan.
Plaintiff dismisses. Judgment.
s9S3 Herman Gustafson vs.. Anna Gus
tafson Find for defendant on her
cross complaint granting divorce.
Custody of child Levi. Father has
right to visit him in the after
Moons of the first and third sun
DAYS of each month until he is Ia
years of age. Three hundred and
fifty dollars alimony awarded to
defendant, payable 500 first
day of August. 1911; SIS on Au-
gust l. 1912: SIS on August 1, 1919;
500 on August 1, 1914, if plaintiff
stays execution this judgment
otherwise Immediately he is further
ordered to pay defendant for main
tenance of son at 81 per week on
Monday of each week beginning
this day and continuing for five
years. Judgment accordingly and
subject TO modification hereafter as
circumstances may require. De-
PENDANT may stay in house through
present month and take out her
personal property. Money ordered
& Savings bank at Indiana Harbor
for use of defendant.
1850. John Diedel VS.. Charles PEG ct al.
Find for plaintiff quieting title and
judgment for possession.
1929. Bertha Blumenthal, admx, VS..
William Blumenthal ct al. APP
praisement fixed In sum of 81 900.
1874. Mary Buros VS.. Fred j. Petro-
vics ct al. Find for plaintiff s125.
Mekatinsky surety. Judgment
Property of Petrovics to be levied
on first.
745s. Charles Kohnke VS. Theodore
Hine eft al BY agreement OF par
ties. ordered that custody OF child
Anna Kohnke, be committed to
Charles Kohnke the relator, for
the month beginning June 10, 1911
for the month beginning July Is
1911, the custody of child to be de-
livered to and back in Theodore
and Olga Heine, his wife. and to
the said respective parties each al
tentative month thereafter until
further order of court. The proper
clothing to be given with child as
custody is transferred. The chile
to be produced in court on order.
Entries in Court Room No. 1.
$500. In re petition of Louise and viii.
liam Mulhall for adoption of Louise
Anderson. Cause dismissed. Judg
ment.
6027. William Schneiderwendt VS.
Carl Johnson. Plaintiff dismisses
Judgment.
e603. Mark o. Ruggles VS.. Phronis
Ruggles. Plaintiff. dismisses. Judg
ment.
6ss7. Modern Brotherhood of Americ;
VS.. Louis Grahovic ct al. eros.
complainant George and Joe Mat
kovitch and Mary Krizmanich an,
Barney Cohen, executor dismiss a
to first and second paragraphs o
cross complaint. Court finds tina
said cross compIainants take moth
ing. judgement VS.. them for cost
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
TRIAL CALENDAR.

Lake superior court, room No 3.
Judge Kopelke. Jury cases, April term.
1911
Fourth Monday, May Is.
6423. Guthman, etc, VS.. Borg.
5o49. Poliga VS.. C. & E. r. R.
Fourth Tuesday. May 16
SILL Sherpatowski VS.. German.
sos. SPEECH VS.. Kilbasa-
Fourth Wednesday. May II.
5911. Vollmer VS.. B. 80
1894. Warner VS.. u. S. Fidelity, etc.
Fourth Thursday May 49,
so5s. Huber VS. Hallasm.
6213. Russo VS.. c. l. s & S. B.
Fourth Friday, May 10.
6240. RAIDER VS.. Inland Steel
GAIL. Kochlacks VS. Standard steel Car
Fifth Monday. May p.
6432. Ballet VS.. Simplex. etc
$3.50. Carey VS.. Republic /. & S.
Fifth Tuesday. May %.
653s. Frank VS.. Shine.
6579. Kachics vs. Gary & I.
Fifth Wednesday, May "a.
$3.50. Stefanowski VS.. City of Gary.
Court cases. special
SAB. Marion VS.. Fortyo.
1922, %, "a, Is. IS, 81, 65394o. Schrei-
Der cases.
5199. Klatt VS.. Shortridge-
1925 Rhen VS.. Golosinski.
SEAS. Blum & Co. VS.. Lovinger.
5281- Reinholtz VS. Reinholtz.
5737. Security Trust Co. VS.. Bacon.
603S. U1rich VS.. Bacon.
6097. Newell VS. Clark.
$3.50. Petraski VS. Petraski.
1920. Ulrich VS.. Reiner.
1854. Smith VS.. Cooperative Con-
struction
6565. Mcveagh VS.. Szikorah.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
NEW DIVORCE SUIT.

A divorce case in the Lake superior
court was filed this morning, John Ses-
trio in his case against Mary Sestric.
The complaint alleges abandonment
and relates that the couple was mar
ried Jan. IS. 1905. and was separated
March 80 1907.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-10
Filed in Superior Court.

7471-Roonr No. g. John Sestric g. O..
Koontz) VS.. Mary Sestric. Divorce.
7472-Room No. /. George Caponi CO.
P. Rose) VS.. Henry b. Alexander.
Appeal.
7473-Room No. 1. Frederick J. Wegg
q. A Patterso) VS.. Francisco
Kasfrick. Suit for-s2.100 on note
and mortgage.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-03
BEGIN BR|BE PROBE
At COLUMBUS, 0.
6land Jurors Look Into Charges
Of Legislative Corruption.

Columbus, O., May 3.-The Franklin
county grand jury met to consider
Wholesale charges of bribery involv-
Ing, it is said, forty members of the
Ohio legislature. The matter. was
taken before the grand jury instead of
legislative committee on the advice
OF Governor Harmon in order to pre-
vent any convicted member from es-
Gaping punishment through the i'm
munity bath.
Ofhcers Of organizations interested
In legislation have been summoned to
tell what they know of efforts to hold
them up by members. They include
Officers of the state board of COM
merce, the Anti-Saloon league, the
Personal Liberty league and heads Of
large corporations.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-03
SEVERE STORMS
OCCUR IN EAST
Great Damage to Property and
Some Loss Of Life.

New York, May ga severe cleo.
trical storm made playthings of tele-
phone and telegraph wires through.
out New York state. At Ithaca a hail
storm caused damage to. property and
the loss of one life. At, Syracuse sew.
eral houses We're blown down and the
city was in darkness all night.
In Southwestern New York the wind
attained hurricane violence and wires
are down in all directions. The prop.
erty loss will be very heavy. The
St. James hotel at Cuba, N. Y, was
unroofed and one man was killed.
Scranton, Pa, May 3.-In an cleo
trical and wind storm that swept this
city Mary Finots, fifteen years old,
was killed by lightning and the skull
of an unidentified boy was fractured
by falling sign. Four houses were
blown from their foundations, score
of persons injured by flying glass and
dozens of plate glass windows in the
business section of the city shattered
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-03
An Honor TO Aili.o n.

do you know" inquired Wilbur
Reaser, the New York portrait painter.
chat when my painting of Senator Al.
lison was hung in the lobby Of the
senate the precedent of forty years
was broken ~
Surprise being expressed, Mr.. Reaser
explained:
1T is fact that since the beginning
Of constitutional government the SEN
ate had bought only nine portraits for
the lobby. The first was Washington's
and the eighth was Charles Summers.
For almost forty years nobody was
considered worthy to follow in the dis
tinguished line. 1t was generally
thought that no other portrait would
ever be added to the group, but when
Senator Allison died. after serving
longer in the senate than any other
man in the history Of the government
the rule was broken. and his picture be.
came the ninth Washington Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-03
DAMAGE IN SEVERAL STATES
Cold Wave in Missouri, Kansas,
~ s>Arkansas and Oklahoma,

Cold Wave in Missouri, Kansas,
$50 S>Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Kansas City, May 3.-;-Frost in some
sections of Missouri, Kansas, North
ern Oklahoma and Arkansas is be-
l1eved' to have damaged fruit to
small extent
In Kansas the mercury registered
below the freezing point practically
throughout the entire state.
In Southwest Missouri, in the Ozark
mountains, clouds protected many Sec
lions. At Springfield, Mo-, the lowest
temperature was 80 degrees above
Zero. In other districts of the Ozarks
In Missouri and Northern Arkansas
there was freezing temperatures.
In the fruit regions of these states
fruit growers lighted smudge pots.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-03
FOREIGNERS At.
CANTON: ESCAPE
Gunboats Guard Section From
Attack Of Rebels.

Hongkong, China, May 3-Latest
advices from Canton, where the revo-
lutionary movement originated, indi.
cate that foreigners have escaped
harm. =
The foreign residential section occu-
pies Shamien, an artificial island at
the north of Canton. A canal sepa-
rates the island from the city proper.
Gunboats are anchored in the canal
and guns are mounted on the canal
bank commanding the approaches to
the island. '.' 49,.
On Sunday evening the revolution
lists attempted to cross the Shamien to
capture the police station there. They
were repulsed by: loyal troops,
Bandits led by the bdgand chief LUX
burned four government residences at
Fatshan when they attacked and loot
ed the town. &
Reports from the West river dis
tricts are meager, as the rebels de.
stroyed teIegraphic communication at
many points. 1t appears, however,
that Wusum, the leader of the anti.
Manchu forces, is working to the
westward after raiding Samshui, Wen.
chow, Woochow, Chunglok, Sauihung
and Fatshan. The government seems
to be in control at Canton. ~