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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-10
FEATHERS AND EoosHElLs.

Athens, Pa, boasts q hen that lays
such fiat eggs that cluck cannot turn
them. She squeezed herself going
through picket fence. Athens egg
dealers are now advocating corsets
and tight lacing for all hens, as the
fat hen fruit may be packed in small
er crates. with less breakage.
If you nail up cabbage in the coop
place 1t so high that the chickens must
jump to get bite. Keep out Mother
Turkey. She'll eat the whole head and
next day be dead.
A queen bee is said to live from two
to five years. worker from. forty days
to six months and drone about five
weeks. But lots of drone hens live
on farms for years and years and yet
eat their heads off every day.
When hens are on range 1t is wise
to watch their crops. Some hens come
home with crops almost bursting. while
others loaf around the buildings and
wait for the next feed or return from
the field with little in their bread bas-
ket a poor forager Is nearly always a
poor layer.
Squire Lutz OF Columbia. Pa. has a
hen that lays an egg with handle.
AS the railroad companies are now es-
tablishing poultry plants for fresh eggs
and broilers this breed Of hen will Just
suit the Panhandle.
The Northern Pacific railway is so
pleased with the returns from it's H.
600 Leghorn layers that II has also
added 300 cows and a truck farm. IL
those 1000 hens go on strike Petalu-
ma county. Cal, with her 100000
hens can furnish strike breakers.
The movement of certain poultry
editors to have themselves appointed
as poultry judges is about as amusing
as licensing judges. The boys are get
ting fat laughing about It.
A Chicago woman was arrested for
locking her 6ve-year-old son In the
chicken coop at night while she. went
to amusements. They locked her I'm
the cooler.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-10

"Miss Graham
"Yes?" she asked, wondering.
Gould you get party dress for
thirty-four dollars"
"Thirtyfour dollars" she faltered.
He discovered what small change he
had in his pocket 1t was like him to
be extravagant even extreme. And
fifty three centsY he pursued, with a
nervous laugh.
"Heavensr' the girl gasped. 81
should think so!'
"Then go ahead" He offered her the
money. but she could only stare. in
credulous. "I'll stake you"
ooh. no. Mr.. Duncan" she managed
to say.
"Oh. yesw He tried to catch one Of
the hands that involuntarily had risen
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-10

toward her face In gesture of won.
der. 'Please do" he begged. his tone
persuasive. las favor to me-"
But she evaded him. stepping back
81 couldn't take it; couldn't really"
"Yes, you can. Just try 1t once and
see how easy it is" he persisted. pur-
suing.
mo. | can't" She looked up shyly
and shook her head. that smile Of her
mothers for the moment illuminating
her face almost with the radiance of
beauty. "But IL thank you very
much-just the same"
But want you to go to that party"
you're awful kind" she said softly,
still smiling, "but l don't care to go
now. ~
Don't care to go! Why, you were
insisting on going little while ago"
Yes" she admitted simply. IL know
l was. But I've been thinking over
what you said since then, and 1--we
made up my mind I'd be out Of place
there"
"Out of placer he echoed. thunder
struck.
"Yes. I've concluded l belong here
in the store with father" She half
turned away. And | guess folks is
better off If they stay where they be-
long"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-10

ANGIE GLANCED SIGNIFICANTLY AT JOSIE.
and through the thin partition there
came to him their sharp comments on
Betty's ungracious behavior.
"Wellr'
Josie said finally: "Oh, come on.
Don't let's wait any longer. don't
think it's healthy to drink sody so
soon before dinner, anyway"
sAngie glanced significantly at Josie,
saying:
"And. besides, we only wanted to
hear
Their voices with their footsteps di-
minished. Duncan allowed "a prudent
interval to elapse. entered the store
and began to bestow the goods he had
brought In.
While - was at work the light
failed. He stopped for lack of 1t just
as Betty came downstairs.
Hello he said cheerfully. Know
where the matches are?"
Eyes" She moved behind a counter
and fetched him q few. Are you
most doneT' she inquired. not un-
friendly. as he took down from its
bracket one Of the oil lamps.
Hardly" he responded, touching a
light to the wick and replacing the
chimney. ITS good deal Of job"
Eyes"
He replaced the lamp and In the
act of turning toward another caught a
glimpse of the girls face, pale and
drawn. her eyes trife Redeemed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-10

And with that common sense departed
from him. leaving him wholly prey
20 his impulse of pity. "Oh. thunder"
he told himself. thrusting n hand into
his pocket II might as well he broke
as the way | am now" He produced
the scanty remains or his 'grubstake''
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-10
fro BR Continued

WAN ED-Msrried man on farm
,,eod, - 80 'oH n
y " ZANE 'vid. Mich,
Bell pbore
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-10

their slaves and moved north to settI,
in Radville believe they came from
somewhere around Lynchburg. bur thai
was couple of generations ago When
the civil war broke out the old colonel
up there gestured vaguely in the
general direction OF the Bohun man
sion-"couldn't keep out Of IL. and
naturally he couldn't hight with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
FACTIONS IN COLORADO
FAIL TO GET TOGETHER
Democrats to Caucus in e.
fort to End Deadlock
Over Senatorship.

DENVER, Col, May 5.-Caucus against
caucus is the prominent feature OF the
senatorial situation today. the last but
one on which the legislature Will ballot
for successor to the late United States
Senator Charles ]. Hughes, jr.
In a caucus called by the chairman of
the joint democratic conference committee
10 meet in the house chamber tonight fol-
lowers OF Mayor Robert w. Speer Of Den
yer hope to find the key by which the
senatorial deadlock may be ended.
In caucus called by those in charge
OF the campaign of former Gov. Alvah
Adams of Pueblo. TO meet in the senate
chamber at the same hour. the anti
Speer democrats hope TO find the means
10 keep the deadlock unbro1en.
Have Big Majority.
Fiftv-one votes are necessary to elect a
senator. The democratic ma jority In the
legislature is sixty-siX.
OF these twenty-nine consistently sup
ported Speer, sixteen are claimed by the
Adams forces. and the rest are scattered
in their allegiance. The Speer faction
will bend its energies TO the task OF get
ting ffty-one democrats, legislative
ajority. into the regular caucus and
binding the caucus to abide by the oecl-
sion OF the majority.
In this event they believe they can
make their man the caucus choice and
send him before the joint session tomor-
row with enough votes pledged to elect
him on the first ballot.
Rv getting enough members TO attend
their caucus the Adams forces hope to
prevent legislative majority in the reg
uIar caucus and thus defeat its purpose.
Apparently the advantage is with the
- q
their end unless desertions take place in
their ranks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
FATHER SHOOTS MAN
Who BETRAYS DAUGHTER
Philadelphia Real Estate Op-
orator Laughs at Parents
Demands for Reparation.

PHILADELPHIA. May 5.-Avenging
the honor Of his eighteen-year- daugll-
ter. Frank Mcmahon. aged forty-eight
years. shot and fatally wounded George
Leary, aged flfty-three years, last night,
when the latter laughed at his demands
for reparation.
The shooting occurred in th> presence
OF large crowd that had been gath
cred at Both and Spruce streets by the
loud wrangiing Of the two men.
Leary had broken away from McMa-
hon and had walked about fifty feet
away when the angry father drew a re-
volver and fred a shot at his back. With
a bullet through his left shoulder, I.eary
turned and walked toward his assalI-
ant. Mcmahon then fired second shot
which struck Leary in the abdomen. He
staggered for an instant, but continued
to approach the revolver, when McMa-
hon fired third shot, which struck him
over the heart
Mcmahon Surrenders to Police.
Leaving lis victim lying in the street,
Mcmahon sought policeman to give
himself up.
i went out TO see him to demand to
know what he was going to do about
my daughter and he gave me the laugh
was the only statement he would make.
McMahOn is q saloJnkeeper at I'd and
Spruce streets, in the southern section
Df this city. Leary is real estate
operator and lived near the scene of the
shooting He was removed to a hos
vital. where it is stated he cannot re-
cover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

VI T. y s FINE GRADE
French Percale and Madras
Shirts. in the coat style. with
attached cuffs; faced sleeves.
ocean pearl buttons: extra
well made and perfect fitting:
all new effects, including the
popular white and black; 81
and S12J values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

MEN s HIGHEST GRADE
Pongee and Soisette Shirts,
made with and without at
tached collars; these are all
fine quality shirts. and per-
fectly made Of best materials:
coat style, with the new
French cuffs; values up to s..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

MEMS PERCALE AND
Madras Shirts, all in the coat
style. with attached cuffs: also
the New Soft Shirts for neg
lige wear. with turn-back
cuffs, some with attached col
lars; a great variety, and all
&C and 15c values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
Probably No Election.

In the event % the success OF the
Adams faction, final balloting for senator
will commence at noon tomorrow and
probably continue until midnight, the
time set for the adjournment of the legis-
lature. although reports are current OF a
projected deal between the Adams demo-
Gratis and thirty-fouT republicans, who
have held aloof from the fight up to now,
whereby the joint session shall be dis
solved after the second ballot tomorrow
and Colorado left with vacancy in the
Senate for the next two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05
FARMER POOLE REFUSES
TO GIVE INSANITY PLEA
Charged With Murder, Says
That the Killing of EmpIoye
Was Accidental.

FOWLER, Ind, May 6.-Arraisned on
the charge OF having murdered Joseph
Kemper, an employee, John W. Poole,
wealthy farmer, has refused to permit
two attorneys TO make plea of insanity
for him, and they have withdrawn from
the case. Poole has been bound over
without bail to the grand jury.
Il killed kenIper, but it was entirely
accidental" is Poole's only statement.
His preliminary hearing was held at the
home OF the sheriff because that officer
was afraid to take him to the courthouse,
where a thousand farmers and towns
people had gathered.
Further search was conducted yesterday
OH the Poole home farm, where the body
supposed to be that of kemper was I'M
earthed, in the possibility of finding the
bodies of other farm hands who are said
to have disappeared within the last few
years.
Rumors of a Murder Farm.
Hundreds of curious persons. attracted
BY rumors that II a murder farm
overTan the place and carried off SOU
yenirs Poolc's son. Emery, told the
sheriff that his father frequently, rather
than pay employees wages due, drove them
away by threatening them with a shot
gun or a club.
Poole said that &c shot kemPer in the
head accidentally while hunting with him
il. d field, and afterward cut up his body
end buried it. Two undertakers that ex-
anlned the body thought TO be Kemper's
told Coroner I.s>sagc that they had found
TO indications of a eunshot wound, but
that the skull had been crushed with d
club
H..
fec at the Coroner'S inquest yesterday
Both said they found blood stains tie
floor and walls of ttie kitchen when they
returned home in the evening OF the day
Of The disappearance of kemper, in De-
Ccmber, 1909.
Mrs. Poole described her home as a
house of terror and said she warned her
son not TO question his father about the
missing l\emper. for fear of arousinx his
hot temper
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06
Method Of Deaf Institution.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 8.-To the Editor
OF The Bee: A bill is before the legisla-
ture Of Nebraska 20 change the method
OF instructing the deaf at the state school
In Omaha to the oral method and abolish
the sign language an manual spelling
This bill would do far more harm than
good to the deaf Of Nebraska.
The method now used at the Omaha
school Is the combined system Under this
method ell who can learn It are taught
to speak. They also have the privilege OF
learning the sign language This is as It
should be. The deaf need both The
combined system is used In the instruction
OF 50 per cent Of the deaf In this country.
II is approved by IS per cent OF the deaf
themselves and by a very large majority
OF the teachers engaged in instructing
them.
Many deaf who have been instructed by
the oral method severely condemn those
who would exclude the sign language. We
do not object to oral instruction. 1t is all
right with those who can profit by IT, But
we object to the exclusion Of the sign
language. We want both speech and signs.
That is what the combined system gives
us and therefore We favor the combined
system.
without the sign language a deaf person
can never understand a sermon; can never
enjoy a lecture; can never take part in a
debate. With the sign language We can
enjoy and profit by such things as well
as our hearing friends. Abolish the sign
language! Never
The question of methods should be left
to experts. Nebraska has good ones at
the school In Omaha. Leave 1t to them.
II would be Just as sensible for the
legislature to enact that all sick persons
must have osteopathic treatment and no
other. OLOF HANsoNJ
President National Association Of the Deaf
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06
People Talked About

1t appears to be settled that the retiring
secretary to President Taft, Charles d.
Norton, will take the position OF vice pres
ident of the First National bank OF New
York, one of the prize banking Jobs in the
metropolis
Captain Hiram Smith Of Brooklyn, who
is 70 years old, bowled in a friendly match
recently what Is believed TO be the second
highest single string and three-string total
at bottle pins ever rolled In that city. His
total for the three consecutive strings was
7A the single strings being 224, 2ll and $50
Bill EVERY, postmaster at Island, Nc
Lean county, Kentucky, is not only the
smallest postmaster in the United States
but he is the smallest Master Mason, odd
Fellow and Knight TemplRr in Kentucky,
II is said. He is four feet tall and weighs
less than 100 pounds, He Is is years old
and has held the position for a number Of
years.
Miss Daisy Odin, who was recently ap-
pointed tri-city passenger agent at Daven-
port, Ia. for the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy road, says that all that is neces-
sary TO make a good railroad woman as
we'll as a railroad man. is 'elose application
and determination TO win" She began as
up 20 her present position. being the only
woman in the United States who holds
such a position.
After having squandered several fortunes
John Applegate, originator and builder OF
what is now known as Young's million
dollar pier, in Atlantic City, is serving a
sentence for vagrancy in the Los Angeles
county Jail, California. The old man Il
now 81 years old, and unless some OF his
relatives or the friends he knew in his
palmy days come 10 his assistance he will
probably end somewhat spectacular
career behind the prison bars.
I Twenty-Five thousand persons, compris-
[ ing 5000 employees Of the Anheuser-B Busch
| Brewing association and their families.
will take part IN monster celebration at
/ the Coliseum In St. Louis Tuesday evening
/ In honor OF the golden wedding OF Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Adophus Busch. Al the same time
the Busch family will be celebrating the
event at the multimillionaire brewer
estate at Pasadena, Cal The cost OF the
| 81. Louis end OF the celebration will b
about 5000
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06
JACKPOT" REFLECTIONS.

New York World: Direct election OF SEN
ators by the people has its foes. Nat.
urally Would the people OF Illinois have
elected Lorimer2
Kansas City Times: OF the twenty-four
republicans who feared the rule OF the
people, twenty-one appropriately sided
with Lorimer. There is a tie that binds
New York Tribune: The public will never
have much faith In the value OF titles pro-
cured under circumstances as suspicious
as those which attended the choice OF Mr
Lorimer II would have a far greater re-
spect for him II he should now resign and
ask Illinois to re-elect him
Louisville CourieT-Journai OF course
nearly all the senators who voted against
senatorial elections by the people voted
against the vacation OF LoHmer's seat
What are the people among the LoHmers
who know the advantages OF legislatures
over the mob In the senatorial business
Boston Transcript: The best thing for
Senator Lorimer 90 do, now that he has
been confirmed in his seat by a narrow
majority. is 10 resign that seat and appear
before the legislature which Is now IN ses,
sion In Illinois and ask for a reelection
Il would be stil better for him II some
way could be devised by which the matter
might be fought out In popular primary
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06
Crop Prosneots.

Agricultural and horticultural ex-
perts say it is too early to turn in the
alarm about persisted winter wheat or
premature buds; that the weather con-
ditions will not warrant It as yet. The
ground went into the fall very dry
and there has been a deficiency of pre-
cipitation during the winter, but the
last snow and rain Nebraska had
did immense good. After the mixed
snow and sleet disappeared q brief
period of warm weather followed and
then when the rain came it was able
to sink deeper into the soil owing to
the shallowness of the frost, thus ac-
complishing great good. While in some
parts of the state there is still need
of more moisture and more could be
received with advantage in all parts,
the situation is not yet regarded as dis
tressing anywhere. Nor is it time to get
uneasy about premature bursting Of
buds as a result OF the warmth. Though
the weather has been mild, it has had
enough OF freezing in 1t to hold back
the buds In fact, there is expert au-
thority for the statement that with
normal conditions from now on, winter
wheat and fruit should come into the
spring season most promisingly. Ger
tainly the outlook is much better than
it was year ago this time, when farm
ers were losing hope and arranging
thus early to pillow up fields sown to
wheat, which later they did, some of
them to their own regret and loss.
Accepting this view as correct, that
what moisture we have had thus far
leaves wheat in a safe condition, with
what we may fairly count on from
now there is certainly no reason Ia
become discouraged, for our springs
generally bring us all the rain we
| need.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06
Cannon and Bailey.


Two figures loom large in the shad-
ows of the sixty-first congress-thOse
of Joseph w. Bailey, senator from
Texas, and Joseph G.. Cannon, repre-
sentative from Illinois and speaker of
the house. In their farewell moods
they represent opposing types of man
hood and -statesmanship. Bailey,
peeved and angered at his party's re-
pudiation OF his attempted leadership,
resigns, playing the gutter, represent
ing weakness. Cannon in his farewell
speech. as he retires from the speaker
ship, plays the game to the end, with
power in every utterance, with malice
toward none of those who in the last
congress so bitterly assailed and all
but unseated him.
For nearly forty years Mr.. Cannon
has been in the house and for eight
he has been speaker. Whatever his
critics may say of him, and The Bee
has been one OF them, they have not
and can not charge him with being a
gutter. Always he could be found on
any issue and always he could define
and defend his position, which not al
ways happened to be popular. But for
Bailey in his latest role not much can
be said credltably. Proud, vainglo-
rious and sensitive, he sought to die
tate his party's policy in the senate
and when he could not he hid behind
subterfuge and rendered his resig-
nation. The country could have suf-
fered no i'll had it been accepted. Now
it remains to be seen whether the
democrats in the next senate will sub
NIT to the Texans leadership, or call
his bluff. He is not the man to lead
any party in congress today. His day
is in the past and we do not care to
turn backward now in order to follow
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06
Croker Discredits Murphy.

Richard Croker, whose claim to
fame depends upon his years of serv-
ice as boss of Tammany hall and New
York democracy, is out with direct
criticism of his successor, Boss Muir
phy. Croker thinks Murphy has made
a grave mistake in persisting with his
determination to elect Sheehan sena-
tor from New York, when it has been
made plain TO everybody else that he
could not succeed. Croker thinks a
wise boss would have stepped aside
when Shepard retired from the race
and allowed the legislature to elect
the senator.
Croker's publicly expressed opinion
is not likely to have any weight with
Murphy, but II results may be taken
as a criterion. we may conclude that
Croker made much more effective
dictator than his present successor.
Murphy's reign is really not prolific
of big results. When the smoke of
this senatorial battle clears away and
If Tammany fails to land its man
things are likely to look serious for
Murphy. Even Tammany has no use
for a boss who does not boss, or can
not win fight
Murphy still has the chance left OF
withdrawing Sheehan and aiding in
the election of some other less objec'
tionable democrat. BY that course he
might do much to redeem himself
But he probably will not do that. HI
will probably fight blindly on to the
end. He really is another OF the
relics that will be swept away will
the rising tide of new methods IL
politics very soon. He and HIS rinl
at Albany have done much this winte
to advance the cause of the popular
election of senators. This negative
service is perhaps the only real serv
fee he has ever rendered the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06

The Bee has always favored legisla-
ton designed to safeguard insurance
enterprises that take peoples money
on agreement to pay IT back to their
heirs or on other contingencies, but
we also believe that insurance reguIa-
tions should have reasonable regard
to the established methods of doing
business without imposing hardships
on Nebraska insurance companies that
will handicap them as against outside
companies doing business here. The
home companies should not be
specially privileged, but neither should
they be Disseminated against.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-06

picks a favorite for the democratic
nomination in 1912, he has a blacklist
already prepared on when are 'ritten
the names Of democratic undesirables,
and that the name Of Governo' Har-
mon OF Ohio heads the list. II there
are any Harmon democrats in Ne
braska who want to organize TO give
the Ohio man the vote of the Nebraska
delegation in the next democratic ma
tional convention, here is a chance for
them to get busy and have a real issue
to fight over.