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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
IS TOO TIcKLlsH FOR ARMY
Ohio Farmer Almost Went Into Hys-
teries When Being Messured--sent
Back to Calm Nerves.

Columbus. Ole was too tickIish"
and therefore could not join the army.
Such was the plight Of Christian
Johnson. young farmer Of twenty
two years. who came to Columbus and
went to the recruiting station to be
enlisted as a soldier. He looked good
TO the officers and all went well till
II came time to measure him Every
time the. ofieer's hand touched the
young man he almost went into hys-
terics. laughing. squirming and gig
Cling ad infnitum-
What's the matter?" ne was asked.
I'm so ticklishl" was the answer.
and it proved so true that 1t was i'm
possible to complete the measure
ments and he was sent back to the
ancestral farm. three miles north Of
Columbus. with instructions to calm
his nerves ere be tries to break into
military service
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
MURDER TRIAL ENDS
IN A LIFE SENTENCE
usNwoop GUILTY or KILLING,
AND WEALTHY WOMAN RE-
vEALED AS CAUSE.

Denver. Colo.-Harold Frank Hen
vood slayer of George E. Copeland OF
victor. Colo.,. who was shot accident
,llv BY Henwood when the latter
kiIled sylvester L. Van Phul. the ST
Louis aeronaut. was found guilty Of
murder in the second degree and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
Eeyer IN the history Of local tri-
bunals have the presiding judge and,
prosecutor been subjected to such an
excoriation as that pronounced by
Henwood when asked what he had to
say ~why sentence should not be pro-
nounced." He characterized his treat
ment by the court and prosecutor as
persecution"
The trial of Henwocd was replete
With sensational features. Like many
other sensational tragedies there was
a woman in the case; and while she
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
MUST co.

mined men set out to overcome these
four willy birds and every evening sees
the birds as far on capitulation as
ever.
Up to date the honors Of the chase
are with the chased. Mr.. Corpus. the
head gardener of the park, discussed
the possibilities of the situation.
I'VE have orders to catch the birds.
but that Is about as far as we have
got" he said.
Ever since we caught two of the
cocks the others have been shy of US.
They will allow any Of the public to
go near them, and will even feed out
OF strangers hands, but directly they
see any of US officials coming they are
on like shot.
Three OF us go out after them ev-
cry morning and every evening, but
they have as much intuition as a dog.
and our only hope is to come upon
them unawares. They know quite well
what our business with them is.
The reasons why the birds should
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15

A female house fly which has hiber-
mated in a dwelling house, or else
where. writes Prof. F. L. Washburn
in the Popular Science Monthly, may
produce In the spring, at the lowest
estimate. 120 eggs. Assuming that
one-half of these hatch as females,
and allowing that the breeding goes
on without check for four months, we
have as the descendants of a single
alternating individual 4.557.S44 $780,
000, VOC. 600, 600 flies. Now, a house fiy
measures exactly one-fourth of an
inch IN length; the distance around
the earth at the equator Is said to be
24.S00 miles. It would take, therefore,
3,6S8.312.000 flies placed end to end to
go around the world once. Using this
number as denominator. and the
number Of flies produced In four
months from one mother as a numer-
ator. we find she will give rise, in the
course of a summer. to enough flies to
encircle the globe at the equator
5000 times. and have plenty Of
progeny to spare!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
Bolt Not Only Strikes Him Once. But
Twice, Rendering Him Uneon-
scIous Both Times.

Salem, Mass.-lt isn't very often
that man is struck, or rather
stunned. by lightning twice, In two
different places. in the same storm.
who says that no matter where he ran
thaniel Lowe. Jr.. OF Ipswich. Iowa.
who says that no mater where he can
or hid during that storm the lightning
followed him. When he would bolt
the lightning would bolt. too. which
was not the joke 1T sounds.
Lowe. with two companions. was
can ping in a cottage on Tapioca isl-
anj. Ipswich. when the storm broke.
When the clouds grew black and the
lightning flared and flashed. his COM
panions grew frightened and made
for the city, leaving Lowe. who said
he wasn't afraid. In the cottage. Hard
ly had his friends left him alone when
lightaing struck the building and tore
its way through bed from which
Lowe had Just leaped. The lightning
rendered Lowe unconscious and left
the interior of the cottage a wreck
Lowe says that when he regained con-
seriousness he was scared and fled
from the house. Out through the
storm be bolted. heading blindly to-
ward his home. three miles away. But
the storm grew fiercer and the light
ming snapped and cracked around him
until the young man fled for shelter
into the barn Of q neighbor.
The moment he crouched down
into dark corner and took his first
long breath. lightning ripped through
the barn. damaging but not burning It.
Again was Lowe shocked into uncon-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
Awed AbyssInIan Delegates.

An amusing mistake was made By
two Abyssinian delegates Of the EN-
peror Menelik to France. Awed by
the splendor Of his gold lace uniform
and the solemnity of his imposing
manner. they mistook the usher at
the door Of the foreign minister's. Of
fee for M. de Selves himself. AS they
were brought into the ante room the
usher was standing with his hand on
the door handle ready to announce
them. But at the sight Of his silver
chain. his medals, his sword, his gold
topped cane and his three-cornered
hat the Abyssinians could not be ex-
pected to know they were in the pres
ence Of a mere servant. So bcwing
low repeatedly. they approached him
slowly and with great respect until
they were In reach of his coattails,
which, one on either side, they seized
in their hands and kissed. The usher
did not know what to do. but the ap-
pearance Of the minister relieved the
situation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
Bashful Girl Won't Marry

expected to be the happiest man IN
Staten Island he was the saddest. He
has nice marriage license. which he
Is holding as a souvenir of the oc-
casion and with the belief that he
may sriil be able to utilize Il. He is
thirty-eight years old and Miss Kauff-
man twenty-five.
Alderman Cornell was called to the
Schultz home from his residence By
Schultz. Schultz informed the alder
man that he wanted him to marry
him. The alderman took along a Bible
and sped 10 the home. Schultz was
waiting So were some friends and
the best man. In fact. everybody was
ready but the bride.
Schultz left saving he would bring
her in. He returned alone and sad
faced
She won't come. She is too BASH
fllls
Alderman Cornell was increduious.
His belief that a woman rushes into
matrimony with the Joy that a duck
takes to water faded away at that IN
stsnt- He advised Schultz to make
another try.
BE eloquent Tell her Of your love
and all that" was the encouraging ad-
vice Of the alderman. But in ten min
ut@s Schultz returned with the same
sad look.
IT'S no use: she won't get married.
She's too bashful"
Schultz made third visit to the
bride saying that the alderman would
wet them in her apartment II was
no use. so the alderman went home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
Ali tho Eloquenee Of prldeeroom-Eiect
Could Not Induce Maiden to Ap-
pear at Ceremony.

New York.-Armed with all the le-
gal machinery necessary to forge to-
gether the matrimonial chain that was
to bind Charles Schultz. OF No. So
St Mary's avenue. Rosebank. Staten
Island. and Miss Mary Kaufman. OF
the adjoining house. Alderman Dan
lei T. Cornell, of Clifton. had to wan
der away without officiating because
the bride was too pashful to submit
to the service" All the eloquence OF
Schultz could not induce the girl to
leave he home to go to his home for
the ceremony. The alderman agreed
TO go to her apartment. but she still
remained reluctant.
Thus at the very hour that Schultz
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
People Living Near Margate
Park Unable to Sleep.
Vigorous Protest Made Against Hide
Gus Night Noises OF vaIngIorious
Birds, Which EoiI Efforts
to Catch Them.

London.-Do you know how to catch
peacocks? II you do Margate's park
officials win be glad to hear from you
For they, the head gardener. the
chief park keeper and the various as
sistants of Dane park, have been or
dered by the town council to catch
peacocks.
The situation is q trying one. For
years Dane park has had its peacocks.
They have strutted about proudly and
spread their tails with glorious van
ity. and Margate has been almost as
proud Of them as they have been Of
themselves.
But recently a number OF people
living near the park have taken a dis
Ike to peacocks. The peacocks, they
say. have made night hideous and ear
ly morning impossible by their cries.
The neighboring residents could nei-
ther 60 TO sleep nor keep asleep.
So they wrote to the papers and
sent a petition to the town council
complaining about the peacocks. The
matter came before the parks COM
mittee and then before the whole coun-
ell. and the result is that the peacocks
have got to 60.
That, at any rate, is the decree Of
the council. But the birds have their
views They strongly object to their
proposed ejectment
Two Of them, 1t is true, did unwarily
allow three Of the park officials to sur
prise them and capture them in q lawn
tennis net very early the other morn
ing. but the remaininefou peacocks
and three peahers have so far sue
cessfully evaded all attempts made
to take them. Every day three deter
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15

y MS countrymen with the religious
es Oh their race. A funeral pyre
~ erected on the banks Of the Co
.anoia river. Two cords Of wood and
~ ~ gallons Of kerosene were used.
nnbia. on 'ne 20
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15

was on the witness stand in the mur.
der trial her lawyers were In another
court asking $500 a month alimony
In a divorce suit instituted by her
husband. The suit for divorce was
the sequel to the tragedy in the hotel
and was won by the husband.
The killing of Copeland was acci-
dental and occurred when Henwood
was shooting bullets at Van Phul.
Henwood and Van Phul we're rivals
for the friendship of Mrs. John w.
Springer, wife of a wealthy banker
and stockman. She had entertained
both men In st. Louis. her former
home. and at Denver hotel. where the
tragedy occurred. It was inevitable
under the circumstances that bad
feeling should have been engendered
between them and this feeling found
lis logical ending when the men met
In the hotel bar-room. There are
conflicting reports as to the encounter
between them: but there is no dis
pute as to the fact that Henwood shot
and killed Van Phul, ard in doing so
Inflicted a mortal wound on Copeland.
young miner, who had no part at
all In their quarrel
Mrs. Springer's maiden name was
Patterson and she was born IN St
Louis. Among her schoolmates, there
vas Van Phul. Later in life he was q
suitor for her hand, but she married
q man named Folk and divorced him
shortly afterward. Two years ago she
married Springer In ST. Louis. They
at once came to Denver and Mrs.
Springer has been a social leader.
though much of her time was spent
with friends in st. Louis and at Hot
Springs. Ark. The Springers' home in
Denver was Oh Washington street. but
hey spent much time at their beauti-
nj country place In Arapahoe county.
and also had a suite In the hotel
where the tragedy took place.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
Lightning Follows a Man

sciousness. He says that when he
recovered his senses fright took en-
tire possession Of him and he tore
through the storm all the way to his
home. where 1t was long time before
he could tell anything about what had
happened to him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-09-15
HINDU is cREMATEr ON pYRE
countrymen Perform Religious Rites
Of Race and Scatter Ashes
on River.

Tacoma. Wash.-Deder Singh, a
Hindu. committed suicide In Lyle. by
hanging himself to rafter in a sec.
uon house. The body was cremated
The evening world., 1911-07-29
POTATO A LEGAL TENDER.

Good as Money n Colorado, whore
Crop IL short.
DENVER. July 2.-A nav legal
tender has appeared in Meiiiken. COL.
caused by the scarcity and high price
of potatoes. Yesterday =. A. Murphy
stepped into a saloon at Mili.ksn. or
dered a glass; OF beer Ind when that
was gone a second. and then laid on
the bar a nice Flea potato.
Murphy called for his change and the
barkeeper Eravely returned him a nickel
md put the potato In the cash drawer.
The evening world., 1911-07-29
CHOICE N FOR UMPIRE
At CHORUS GIRLS GAME
Applied to William Roehen by De.
feated Chorus Mems Base.
ball Nine.

w1rsam Roshen. who has charge Of q
troups OF athletic girls At the Brish-
ton Beach Music Hall. 10 q mummy"
. 'Vim." ne. In blind In one eve and
can't see out Of the other. and he ought
to be chief barker for a watermelon
wagon. Outside Of that he In all right.
None Of these things reflects upon Mr..
Roshen. He was a perfectly nice mar
before he went out to-day to umpire .
baseball game between nine Of his girls
and nins members Of Gus Edwardes'
Song Review chorus boys. He acquired
all Of the new utuiar decorations dur
ing the game. The hard names. Gentis
reader. came from the EdwArdes boys.
and whsn II 10 remembered mat the
GirIs defeated them by Q score Of q
20 Q and they are stuck for the price Of
. bathing party inc for . dinner to.
night. even the man VINO was abused
II disposed 70 laugh and call oil bet,
of.
Tho nine girls wore bathing suits or
boomers. They had all Of the curves
on the boys and tho mon just couldn't
SEQ how to bat. Irene Bennett pitched
for tho danes. with Ruth Rock wood
doing the Kelly act. Tho game, which
went for i've innings. brought to tho
beach n Of tho big crowds Of the
season.
The evening world., 1911-07-29
MOTORCYCLE HITS
TROLLEY; AND
GIRL ARE INJURED
Unconscious Couple, Revived
at Hospital, Hurried Away
in Taxicab.

The wreck Of a 500 tandem motor
cycle is the main exhibit Ia a mystery
the police OF the Ralph avenue station.
Brooklyn. are trying to clear to-day.
There are also . pair Of leather leg
gings. glasses. . cap and 4 woman's
hat.
A well dressed man and . pretty.
handsomely attired m rode II into
a Ralph avenue car At Macon street and
Ralph ven at 1870 o'clock this morn
ing. The .rolley WAS going through
Ralph avenue loaded with passengers.
The motorcycle cane chusging alons at
great speed through Macon street from
Coney Island toward Broadway.
A panic followed on the car. as 1t
was believed they mad fallen under the
Wheels and been crushed to death. Or.
Wahlenta came In an ambulance and
took them to Bushwick Hospital,
When they regained consciousness, ac-
cording to the hospital records, he gave
1.-THE name OF George Clark. thirty. a
salesman, of No. 80 SiXty-.itth street,
South brooklyn. and she the name Of
Miss Cora CLARK, twenty seven, of No.
16S Macon street. Later, the police say,
she asked him what name he had given.
Il don't remember" he said. He then
called a doctor and said hts name wa
George Sargent. and that he didn't want
anyone notified Of the accident.
The police mad taken the wreck Of the
motorcycle to the station, and under
! tIndiug that the couple were danger
The evening world., 1911-07-29
JOHN KENLON
Wins IN CONTEST
FOR FIRE CHIEF
His Nearest Competitor in
Civil Service Examination
Was William Guerin.

John kenion. Acting Ohief OF the Fire
Department. since the retirement of Ed
ward T.. Croker. will be selected from
tho twelve deputy chiefs who recently
took tho Civil ervice examination for
the post of commanding officer OF the
department. While such succession had
been expected, It was only to-day that
the information came from semi-of'ciai
sources that the character of the mental
and physical examinations passed by
Kenlon would surely land aim the Of
ncs.
Only eight Of the twelve deputies
who went up for examination earned
suficient marks to JUST having their
names sent in for the chier's place
The two highest scores were those OF
Kcnlon and william Guerln There wa
. close race between these two.
James CreeimAn. head OF tho Civil
Service Commission. will send In the
papers mex week. He declares that the
examination was strictly q scientific
performance, with merit lion a. the
criterion. Joseph johnson. Fire Com
missioner, will announce tho result nsxt
week.
Ksnlon has been uhe choice Of Mayor
Gaynor FOR the place. and tho general
sentiment awarded him tho winning post
while tho examinations were on. III
was an odds-on favorite among thoss
who bet on suoh events without per.
s0nal feeling In the matter.
The evening world., 1911-07-29
DIRT WILL FLY
0NLEX|NGT0NAVE.
SUBWAY MONDAY
Bradley Company Is Ready to
Dig and Chairman Wilcox
Will Use Silver Trowel.

THE dirt will n.y. on Monday on Lex
ington avenue. when the Bradley Con-
tracing Company starts e~xcavsting for
the new subways. At twenty different
points along the avenue. as far north as
One Hundred and Third street. where
the Bradley section ends. picks and
spades will swing at the same time, and
the long deferred construction OF addi-
tlonal transit facilities for New York
City will begin.
h ceremonial initiation OF the work
will be at Sixty-sevcnth street. where a
platform Is being constructed 20 receive
the city officials, including Mayor Gay
nor. who have been invited to be present
when Chairman Wilcox of the Public
Service Commission will turn the FRS,
bit of earth with a silver trowel. A few
words will be spoken by Mr.. WILCOX.
but there Is no intention on the part
Of the Public Service Commission to
have the beginning Of this important
work marked by any such elaborate
ceremonies as marked t"e beginning OF
work on the Fourth avenue tunnel IN
Brooklyn.
Nor does the Bradley Contracting COM
pany propose to nave any formal dis
play I'm connection with the beginning
Of what 10 them Is only one OF their
many undertakings. They regard the
beginning OF the long deferred digging
for the new SUBWAY az only part OF the
days work.
No trouble Is ant 'patcl by the Brad
ley CONSTRUCTION company 81 the Publ
Service tonmissir1 HcFause ~ the de-
cision Of tho EHgsyate"S' Union to ak
a.. 1000. -. t... 800.
The evening world., 1911-07-29
F|ANCE MISSING
AFTER R0W;G|RL
FEARS He IS DEAD

Fearing thee NJ may hsvs crowned
himself. Miss May Abrahams Of No. ss
Rockaway avenue. Brooklyn, - soek.
Ing . due to the whsrsa0oves Of her
fiancs. Or. Mac william Smith q No.
i71 ~. Mask's pascs. VINO has been
missng ance wednesday morning.
when he left her houss threatening nj.
eide.
The threat eliminated . Quarra vhach
had lasted several houn 0vsf ne De-
termination to marry Ma AbrAAaas on
spite Of his parentS opposition 20 the
love match. Mas Abrahams sesd sa
Evening World reporter to-day that Dr..
Smith. who Ia twenty.six years Old. ana
vas graduated from the Long lS9and
Medical College our years ago, hes
been engaged to her more han ITO
years.
"His parents OBJECT to me-" she said.
because no dowry viii 60 with me
when I become his wtfA and there
have beer bitter auarreis IN cona-
Qusnos. The one which ended with his
d~isappearancs lasted until far into the
morning. and not only hls parents but
his uncle o part in Il. During the
quarrel DR.. Smiths father struck hlm
ssverai times. and when he couldn't
ing nothing with him. and vowing that
he would either be found with me or
would be found In the river"
The evening world., 1911-07-29
GRABS W0MAN'S
BAG OPEN CAR
AND JUMPS Off
She Screams and ChaseS Him
Until He Is Stopped by
Passer-By.
BAG CONTAINED Sab.
Wan Supposed to Have Seen
Her Draw the Money
From Bank.
BAG CONTAINED S433.

~ Waiting his chance until the street
car on which he and Miss Rose Omen
holm OF No. s Ames street. Brooklyn,
were passengers to-day, was practi-
lI6aNy empty. Giuseppe Zolla, who says
that he Is n plumber. but doesn't know
whore he works, mace an attempt to
steal the hand az In which Miss OPP
penheim was carrying si33 vi; which
d. to pay off the hands In the shop where
! She Is hookkeepcr.
SIC Miss oprenhclm, n pretty girl OF TWEEN
stty. Is IN the employ OF Mrs. n. H. Lage.
"a tile manufacturer at No. tA Green
(Which street. This morning. ms is her
c custom on Saturdays. she went to the
Germans Bank, at Spring street and
the Dowery. TO cash the check which
Mrs. Lage had drawn for the weekly
payroll. The money was counted out
TO her In packages Of small bills. which
she placed In the handbag. Then she
boarded a wc-;sound opcn car.
She told the police later that she did
{ not see Iolla when she got on the car.
which was crowded, but 1t IL believed he
was hanging about when the money was
couDt.d out to her. and that he boarded
tive car with her. Passengers dropped
on, until at Thompson and Broomc
streets only zolla was in the car with
her, occupying tho same row.
.. Suddenly Zoll, reached over and tore
THE bnS out NJ her hand. Miss Open
Je,m sc!eanied. ami as Zolla started
80 lamp from the car she caught him
b. Inc ro'ttalls. I,lls wrcs'cd himself
free and spriuy 10 tho street with Miss
,n,Ic1he.m IN close pursuit.
-rsiicr CT 81 atu'ricd the attention OF
IiorIts Banter. " plulunin- contractor
~ No. "ji las; lir'iivlE, VITA .;rnhbed
..Toili jus, "a he was thrGstiu- Ms lard
in % Tho black bag. Iolls thrc'v tho
la: away ~hcI Ern'sr caught bold OF
Nm. ile was held fast until Policeman
rayrno az the .:,cloiy1l street station
=" cs'"d i'm.
W.. Olrcnhc''n. who had picked The
hta dp. fourd that only 81 was missing.
~, Ho"e OF tie money MAS fould on
..ollJ Nlcn he Vas searched.
The evening world., 1911-07-29
POSTS" WIFE WITH WHOM
HE Is LIVING HAPPILY.
Brooklyn Man Causes Mystery by
Notice He Says Means Some
Others" Too,

NOTICE TO THE PUBLlC-I, FRANKLIN J.
SPAULDlNG, for reasons gbOd and sufficient,
do hereby give notice that am not. nor shall |
become. responsible or liable for any debts or
obligations contracted or tn he contracted BY my
wife, CLARA =. SPAULDING.
Dated Brooklyn, july ~, 1911.
FRANKLIN j. S~pNULDiNG.
go Rugby road. Brooklyn, New York City.
Just why the above I'D was placed
in a Brooklyn newspaper is a mystery
over which residents of one of the best
sections of Flatbush las night were
c%ogitating. That there had been no
quarrel between Spaulding and mis- wife
is evident from the fact that a World
reporter found them chatting together
last night at the home, in the heart Of
the Kensil"t0u section of F~latbush. a
stones throw from Prospect Park
South.
NO trouble at ALL said Mr.. Spauld-
ing, when questioned. Merely did It
for the good of my wife and some
others"
VINO the "some others" are Spaulding
refused to say. His wife. too. was
silent.
Spauldlas is chief clerk of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.