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The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
PANAMA CANAL \ bARGA|N
UNCLE SAM ASCERTAlNED VAL.
 UE AFTER PURCHASE.
Pays French Company $40,ooo,oo and Appraisal Just Finished Fixes
 the Value at 42,7O9, ,826.

Washington. D. Co.-Contrary to usual custom, Uncle Sam who gener- ally insists on full knowledge of val ues before making a purchase. bought the French Panama canal property and ascertained its value afterward The appraisal has just been complet- ed by special board, and the report has the approval of Col George w Goethals, engineer in charge of the canal construction.
 The French company was paid $40- 100000 for it's property and work done on the isthmus. This figure was based on estimates of the Isthmian canal commissions. and the latest report shows that the United States got a bargain The total valuation of the purchase is now declared to have been $42, 1926.
 This sum is made up of the follow ing items: Excavation toward the stock, $9,644,430; maps, drawings and records, $2,000,000. material and equipment. s2.112. .063. buildings. g. 054 4,203; lands, s1,000,000; use of Pa cific ship channel, S500,000, and road making and clearing. S100,000.
 The previous estimates were based on the excavation for which $27,474,- 033 was allowed; Panama railroad stock, $6S50,000; maps and records, s2,O00000. and then s3,000,000 was added to cover omissions.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
SEAMEN GET MORE MONEY
White Star Line Makes Concess ion to Sailors-Other Steamship Com
 panies Follow Exar,ple.

London. England-The important development in the general shipping strike was the concession of an ad. vance of s2.50 a month in wages to employees of the White Star company and the Canadian Pacific railway. This example was followed later by the Holt and another line in Liver. pool.
 The present outlook is that the strike will come to a speedy end.
 At several of the large ports no in. convenience because of the strike has yet been caused, and nowhere has there been any real accession to the strike movement
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Cotton Crop Best in Many Yesn

Imboden.-Generally speaking, Gs ton in this vicinity is probably is best of recent years, at this time ( the season. notwithstanding the ps several weeks Of drouth. Of coara
 in some places 1t is dwarfed nt slightly damaged. but on account { the soil. as well as the dry wealhS. The soil that has furnished any ra' sonable degree of moisture has q cellent crops. and the prospects as extremely bright.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Farmers Wife Best Cook.

New York.-After trying nearly lVo varieties of farm house food while ln- specting summer boarding houses for working girls, Miss Iida Daumann has officially reported to the Natlohai Civic Federation that farmers wives are the best cooks in the world and decidedly better housekeepers in ev- cry way than city women.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Contract for New JaIl Is let

Benton.-The contract for the " jail building for Saline county sS awarded to a local construction e01 pany for sl3.60O. The building ss be completed in five months. II " be a tv'o-story red brick, modem every respect, including electric ils'' waterworks, bath rooms ana ,'I' 2, heat. No woodwork of any kind " be used in the construction, aau z roof will be of tile.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Since .yeweler for sto'oVu

Hot Springs. Mildred ,ok Ik the daughter of J. A. h]e' Cc engineer of the Griffin Lulhu'n an ! pany at Griffin, Ark, 'llVa sst C father, has brought suit asains' . ca Chapman of the Gem Je"en Jenich s pany for $10,000 damages Nn ,,, d, alleges. is due her as a resu,' ' .s iuries sustained in Chaphal m { while attending an action sa. ,',m. night of May 24. Plaintiff ~ e'' a ps was given a chair that "as Ill the edge of the platform 'ps n,s over, causing bo. U recs'' nent injuries.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
BOY BANDIT IS CAUGHT
CraWls Through Lines of Watchers and Is Later Captured by a
 Town Constable.

Vallejo. Cal-F'red Melville. the boy bandit. was captured at Benicia by Constable Hyde The youth offered no resistance, having been wounded in the shoulder and side in the battle with three sheriff $ posses. The youth said he fled from his hilltop stronghold after he was wounded, crawling through the lines of watchers and going at once to Beni- cia.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Federal Grand Jury Is Busy,

Fort Smith.-The federal grals jury here indicted Charles Wilson as Thomas Fern, charged with dynaml' ing the safe in the postoffiee Y Bonneville, Logan county, Marea Z last. Indictments were also returns against Mrs. Margaret Brannoh \ Mena and her son, Bert. charged n1 "bootlegging," and Sam Collier ol ls city on a like charge. The woman i'll at her home in Mena with smas
 pox.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Asiatic Exclusion Bill Approved.

San Francisco, Cal.-A bill drafted by a committee of the Asiatic Exclu- sion league bearing all Asiatic labor CTS from the United States was ap- proved by the league and will be urged for passage by congress.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
James p. Knott Is Dead

Leba on. Ky. - James Proctor Knott, former governor of Kentucky, is dead at his home here, at the age of ST. He had been enfee bled for sev- eral years. MT Knott served in the national house of representatives for several terms.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Jumps From Train; Is Killed.

Glasgow. Mo-John Norris, of Gil liam was Killed at Trestle lake, five miles wes of Glasgow, when he jumped from a fast freight train. Striking an embankmcnt, he rolled under the wheels of the train.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A Chicago man procured divorce because he wanted to make his wife happy This mans wonderful unsel- fishness was equaled only by his phe nomenal modesty The average man might be willing to make his wife hap py in her own way. but he could nev- CT agree with her that there was not a mar capable of making any woman ac~
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Linhtninn Kills Three.

Melvin, lll.--While playing in a barn in Melvin. Harry Stanke of Chi cago, l7 years old. and his cousins, whom he was visiting Leah, ', and Fern Dixon, years old. were killed by lightning.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Eir. causes s5o.oOo Loss.

Leslie.-Ffre destroyed the LiD,s \, hub factory and swept throusn Williams Cooperage Compah. '. .,, here. It destroyed several lh0'1r, n, slaves of the heading oil house \, loss amounts to $50,00O, coSeies insurance. The barrel plant :, escaped, and at one time :. thought the cooperage oIliee doomed.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Duluth Attorney Wins Fulton Girl.

Fulton, Mo.-Wilham Harrison. a young attorney of Duluth, Minn., and Miss Isobel Harris of Fulton will be married in this city June 2S, at the home of the mother of the brde-tq,be Mrs. Mary Frances Harris.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Draws Pistol at Trial.

Savannah, Ga.-Joseph Small Jr., a deacon of the Clifton Baptist church. on trial here before a jury Of elders on the charge of card playing, drew pistol and forced his judges to listen to his defense
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Keep as cool as you can.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Kansas Postmasters in Session.

Hutchinson. Kas.-The annual con vention of the Kansas postmasters association began here with general meeting which was addressed by Mayor Frank Vincent President w, J. Watson of Pittsburg, and D. E. Barnes of Wichita The meeting closes with banquet
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Harmon Enters Air Race.

New York, x. Y.-CHfford E. liar mon has entered in the national bal loon race, which will start from Kan sas City July l. This makes six en- tries. From this number. the best two will be selected 10 represent America in the Coupe Internationale,
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Makes Nose From Rib.

Reno. Nev-Dr. John L. Robinson. formerly of Morgan Park, Chicago, has just performed remarkable opera tion on a woman here. He took part of one of her ribs md from it made her a new nose. The opera ion - said to be the second of its kind in medical history.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Curtin Heads Iowa Bankers.

Mason City. Ia.-Cedar Rapids ob- tained the 1912 convention of Iowa bankers. Dubuque. Des Moines and Fort Dodge each putting in bids for the 1913 convention. F. l Curtin of Decorah was elected president,
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
OxNARD BROTHERS JOINED THE COMBINE IN 1899 ON THREE
 TO-ONE BASIS.
MADE PROFIT OF $500 900
Refinery That Cost But S2oo eco Was Taken Over at S7oo, ,ooo-Proposi- ton Enabled Concern to Con
 tinue Operating.

Washington, D. C. Further light on the waterstock of the American Sugar Refining company was fur nished the Hardwick committee when Henry T. Oxnard, vieepresident of the American Beet Sugar company, took the stand.
 Mr. Oxnard told how he and his three brothers cleaned up $500000 in . transaction with the Havemeyer company in 1887. In 1876, he said, he and his brothers, Robert, Benjamin and James. established sugar refin- cry in Brooklyn. capitalized at $1O0,- GOO
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
S8,o00 Diamond Found.

Texarkana, Ark-Great excitement reigns here over the finding of a blue steel diamond one inch long in Pike Field by John Key. It is estimated the stone will cut 12 carats and il is valued at $S,000.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
18-HOUR SUBMARINE DIVE
French Crew Suffers No Hardship in Record Stay Under Water in
 Test at Toulon.

Paris. France.-The submarine Ar gonauJe has made a new world rec ord by remaining submerged IS hours. The test was made Tn the bar bor at Toulon under the direction of the French ministry of maine.
 The Argonaute is in command of Lieut.. Bioquet. Her officers and crew suffered no hardships.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
One Killed; Twenty Hurt.

Ottawa. Ont.-One person was killed and twenty others serious ly injured, when a Grand Trunk train was wrecked near New Castle, Ont. On board the train were sixty dele gates to a convention in St, Paul, Minn.. who were on their way to that city from Boston and other Massachu- setts towns
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
storaqe Limit Bill siqned.

Albany. N. Y.-The bill making three months the limit for keeping things in cold storage. except butter, which may go l2, has been signed by Governor Dix.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Quits Campaign as Too Expensive.

Little Rock, Ark.-Judge Gustaye Johns of Newport, who announced his candidacy for attorney general several weeks ago. withdrew from the con. test He says he did not care to spend $10000 for a s5,OO0 office.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A Boston waiter returned a wallet containing s15.000 to man who had left 1t on his table New York waiter would have regarded it as merely a tip.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Two Women Die on Burning Ship.

Boston.-Two women lost their lives and five men were injured when the wooden passenger steamer Gov. Andrews of the Nahant line was burned to the waters edge at wharf in East Boston.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Alaska Has Gold Stampede.

Nome, Alaska.-A stampede is on tc- the Good News Bay district south of Kuskokwim, where rich placer grounds have been discovered. SeT- eral hundred prospectors have gone from the Iditarod and many are go- ing from Nome.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Taft,s Silver Wedding.

Washington. D Gone of the big gest and most remarkable receptions ever given in the White House was that with which President and Mrs Taft celebrated the twenty-fifth anni- versary of their marriage. Abott 4,0oo invitations had been issued. and those bidden to the festivities included per sons in every walk of life.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Seven Weeks, prounht Ends.

Taylorville, Ill.-A seven weeks drought in Christian county was brok- en by heavy fall of rain and the farmers say the corn crop is saved
 Wheat will make an average crop, but oats and hay are practically failures.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Porto Rican Place for ereeden.

Venice, Cal--ln an o.icial message from Washington, NJ. A. Breede., for, merly attorney general of Utah. is offered the appointment of attorney general for Porto Rico.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
22s Murders in eo1 Days.

Chicago, IH.-Figures printed here show that there have been 223 murders in Chicago in the col days that have elapsed since man was hanged In addition, there have been 54S homicides.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Two Killed on Trestle.

Shelbyville. ll.-Charles Chapman of this city and William Lash of Wind sor were killed by a c. & E. l. freight train in Shelbyville while sitting on the north end of the high bridge over the Kaskaskia river.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
lirhtnino Kills Three.

Melvin. Ill.-While playing in a barn in Melvin, Harry Stanke of Chic ago. 17 yeors old, and his cousins, whom he was visiting. Leah. [, and Fern Dixon, 9 years old, were killed by lightning.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Woman Dies From Burns.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Mrs. Ulysses Eubank died at Willow Hlll, H., from burns caused when a piece of burn ing paper she was using to singe a chicken fell 10 the floor and set fire to the skirt of her dress.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A French actress tells us that for gayety and wickedness Paris does not compare with New York It seems that a great many of our citizens have been wasting thheir time on useless pecan voyages.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Again baseball fates enforce the lesson that marking the pennant as a certainty because the team won tie first game is subject to both early and late frosts
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Indiana Lawyer Dies Suddenly.

Princeton, Ind-W. w. Medcalf, s7 years old, an attorney died unexpect- edly at his home of heart disease. His health had been failing for some time. A wife and three daughters survive him
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

It will be impossible to settle the question about Mars being inhabited until we ind out whether cats carry germs The scientists must stick to . schedule.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

There are coco words in the Eng fish Bible and 21.000 in Shakespeare and the average student will believe that the bard of Avon used several thousand too many.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
County Institute Closes

Paris.-The annual county 'u. . M has just closed here. There " ... NJ teachers in attendance, anu sa stitute was the best that na' .,ss| held in this county for sevefa'
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Joined in 1887.

The plant was worth about $200000. In 1887 he went into thc Havemeyer combine and received S700,0o0 in trust certificates, he said.
 Mir. Oxnard said when the American Sugar Refining company Was formed in 1891, that the Oxnard stock had been exchanged for that of the Ameri- can concern. dollar for dollar.
 "i think We were little better treated than some of those who went into the Havemeyer combine said OXnard. T guess this was because Hayemeyer wanted the OXnard broth CTS in the trust and we were glad to go in because the proposition was in- viting and unless the beet sugar indus try developed it was not certain we could hold up.'
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A Washington woman willed that her poll parrot be killed after her death. This. however. seems like needless and unnecessary willing. It would have happened. anyhow.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Fnolish Barred From Schools.

Havana. Cuba.-The house of rep resentatives has passed 8 bill abol ishing the teaching of English in the public schools. The minority called it ingratitude toward the United States.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A Pullman porter found s2,00o worth of diamonds on his car and returned them to the owner. Pullman porter no doubt knows what 1t means to lose S2.000 worth of diamonds
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

On American farms $l04 100000 more wealth was produced last year than the year before. That sum would buy a good many automobiles. and 1t did.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A New York lunatic has been na roied from Bloomingdale to make Q trip to Europe. after giving bond that he would come back But why not have the bond to insure that he woul6 not?
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Amateur aviators cooked terrapin during a twentyminute flight. No body has ever needed double demon stration that terrapin comes high
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Got Three for One.

Exactly how much of the stock was watered?' asked Chairman Hard wick.
 T cant say was the reply.
 But you got three for one said reorganzed in 1891 your certificates were exchanged dollar for dollar and the same proportion of watered stock is now in the American company" '"I suppose so' replied OXnard.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Somebody is trying to perfect a food that will grow giants. Let us hope that it will be kept away from the girls. We like them just as they are.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Buys Arkansas Paper'

siloam' Springs.-J. F. coss p pu.r,s| ton. Okla, has purchased the irds| Democrat, weekly puolica'O'' A. w. Perrine of this city
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

The man with the wooden leg be- come al optimist when he sees an other man affected with rheumatism In both legs.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Queen Mary is to be commended for laying stress on the fact that the road to good looks Is not by way of the rouge counter.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A maiden lady who keeps parrot that swears wants to know what ex. cuse there is for her marrying.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

This is the time of year when ev- erybody favors good roads and Is ready to swat the housefy and mo- OQuito
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

For aviation feats observe the mer- rnry.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Chicago telephone girls are to have air baths, but who can get any air an Chicago?
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

You spend whole evening In sprinkling your lawn, and 1t raineth thereafter from midnight till dawn.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Now a scientist declares that kiss Ing Is detestable During the spring onion season, probably.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A woman having herself photo graphed with a black eye wins her .suit for divorce with the exhibit. The possibilities of the hidden photograph multiply.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Our idea of good fishing is when 1t 1s so good that there is no necessity to lie about how good 1t Is.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

A good many of our amateur garden CTS learn at this time of the year that the way of the farmer Is hard.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

The aeroplane which can run, fly or swim will be sure to be asked to re- cite something.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Earmarks of genius are easily dis eerned in the man who invented the straw hat.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Revised for fly time-a swat in time Raves nine.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23
Rubber stamp for today: Aviator hurt when aeroplane drops

Be careful not to have sunstroke. Heat prostrations are the correct form
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

What fine rest the Japanese war scare is getting!
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-06-23

Queen Mary admonishes the girls No keep their powder dry.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-27
INSANE FATHER HURLS
DAUGHTER IN FRONT OF CAR.

PITTSTOE, Pa, Jan. 27.-Violently
insane through study ands business
worries, William Garrison, 60 years old
a prominent physician at Wyoming
near here, almost gave his pet child,
'Qu%eenle," 3 years old, as a sacrifice
to his afnietion, when he threw the
tot at a moving street car in front OF
his residence.
The girl struck against the lower edge
of the ear and r%ebounded, dropping only
n foot from the track. Wheels of the
rear truck cut away a portion of the
little ones dress, but left the child
nninjured, save for a few scratches.
Garrison vas overpowered by aston
ished onlookers and taken to Jail, where
hei attempted suicide by showing his
head in the ~washbowl Of his cell.
Early in the morning, It is alleged
Garrison had attacked his son In bed
with a chair, and drove the family To
the street in their night clothes. Gar
rison is subject to mental unbalance,
having twice before been temporarily
confined in an insane asylum.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-27
CURTISS SCARS OVER
BAY LIKE A GULL.
Airship Adds Conquest of the
Water to Achievements.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 27.--The aero
plane added another conquest to its
long list of achievements on San Diego
bay yesterday afternoon, when an
aeroplane, driven by Glenn H. Curtiss,
arose from the surface of the bay,
flew W miles, returned to the starting
place n alighted on the water as
lightly as a gull.
The solution of the problem of start
Ing from and landing on the water
which has been regarded as one of the
most difficult at the same time the
most important from a military stand
point ever undertaken, has thus beer
solved. Curtiss's feat makes a new
achievement in the history of aviation
and 1t is likely TO prove of the great
est Importance to the navy.
Accompanied by Lieutenant Ellison
and Lieutenant Walker. of the army.
and assisted by a dozen mechanics.
the %aeroplane was brought out of its
hangar about loon and launched in
the shallow water of Spanish Blight.
Curtiss's powerful e~ight-cylinder mo-
tor, capable of developing sixty-horse
power, was started, n the ~aeroplane
scudded away over the bay at a
forty-mile clip. Curtiss elevated the
planes of the front control and the ma
chine lifted easily and gracefully out
of the water.
Curtiss turned about in the air after
he had flown about a mile straight
away n came back to a point Just
opposite the quarters on the beach of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-27
BIBLE CLASS WEARS
IDENTIFICATION TAGS.
1870 Rockefeller Students Hold
Annual BANQUET.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-All the 1870
members of the Rockefeller Bible class,
holding their yearly dinner at a fash
ionable Fifth avenue restaurant last
night, wore tags with their names
scrawled upon them in the handwrit-
ing of John d. Rockefeller, jr.
Mr.. Rockefeller feared that there
might he some trouble about the yari-
Gus members knowing each other, and
it was his suggestion that the tags be
displayed. The millionaire leader him
self wore a tag, on which was written
in bold letters Rockefeller"
Mr.. Rockefeller made a speech, in
which he decried the tendency which
he said most people seem to have of
holding bach kim words while their
friends are living. 1T is the common
passion he said, ito reserve the
flowers till they are laid upon the
casket. 1t is a heartless fashion" He
wound up his speech with a funny
story. reciting how a fat man slid
down a slippery hill in Albany with a
woman clinging to his chest.
Mineral water vas the strongest fluid
served at the dinner.