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The Detroit times., 1911-01-25

Maher suggests that IL the government regulates the
railways makes it impossible for the roads to borrow
money Having destroyed the railways credit 1t should
restore guaranteeing stocks and bonds
for necessary new lines tracks, new terminals and
The Detroit times., 1911-01-25

looked like It had been ironed"
The Detroit times., 1911-01-25

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court room hab
spectacle. Justic'
ness to uncross
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-28
CORNWALL

Rev. E. c. Starr, Mrs. P. R. Baldwin, Miss 0. E. Clark, Miss M. A. Bradford, Miss M. J. Whitney, and MT. and Mrs. R. K. Southwick attended the meeting of the Litchfield Northwest Conference of Congregational churches at the Pill grim church, Canaan, on Tuesday, Sept 29.
 The first among our summer residents to return to the city were Dr. and Mrs. William H. Metcalf and family, of New Haven.
 Albert Evitts, of New Milford, who has been a guest of L. R. Miner, were at church last Sunday.
 Our young people are representing Cornwall at various preparatory schools. Miss Sarah B. Clark. at Danbury Nor nal School; Miss Jean E. Calhoun, at Westover, Middlebury Ralph Corban, at Hotchkiss, Lakeville Ellery Wilcox, at Williston, East Hampton, Mass. and Kenyon Chamberlain, at Wellesley Hills, Mass. while others are enjoying the ad- vantages of Rumsey Hall, which opened on Tuesday and of Miss Bessie Turner s school which began last week.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-28
CORNWALL HOLLOW

Ernest Ocain's oldest son, George is sick with typhoid fever. Miss Phelps a tralned nurse from Winsted, is careing for him.
 Rev. B. F. Nye has returned from his vacation. The hour for preaching ser vice mas been changed. and is now at II o'clock.
 Most of the farmers here have filled their silos.
 School commenced last week with Miss Lucy Yale as teacher.
 The annual meeting of the W. O. T. U. WIS held at the home of Mrs. K. M. Sedgwick last Thursday.
 Miss Lauretta Ocain has closed her cottage here and gone to New Haven, where she will be with her sister, who is teacher there.
 Mrs. F. L. Beckley, of Canaan, has been spending couple of weeks with her brothers, John and James Bradford at the old homestead in this place.
 Mrs. William Harrison and Mrs, Della Lamphier visited friends in town recently.
 Mrs. William Bailey has gone to New York State to spend some time with her father.
 There was platform dance at Hurl- burt's Friday night
 MT. HoIcomb agent for the J. R. Wat kins Medical company was in town Thursday.
 Mrs. George Wright is quite ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ocain.
 A number from here expect to attend Great Harrington Fair this week.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-28
Very Considerafe.

"You wouldn't think of letting Mrs. Flimgilt hear the things you say be- hind her back" Certainly not" replied Mrs. Somer- Storey. I'm too kind hearted"- Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-28
EAST CANAAN

Next Sunday morning the Rev. l.. G. Spooner, of New Marlboro, will preach in exchange with Rev. o. W. Hanna.
 L. c. Whitney visited his sister, who is in the Winsted Hospital, last Sunday. She is improving slowly.
 MT. and Mrs. G. s. Cunning and Mrs. Church visited friends in Springfield over Sunday.
 Mrs. George Munson is visiting her sister near Boston.
 Miss Pequigney and Miss Gaylord at- tended the teachers meeting in Sharon Saturday.
 Last Saturday afternoon twenty friends of Miss Clara Allyn gave her a surprise at her new home, Sunnyside. It was a very enjoyable time to all. A nice lunch was served. There was also a miscellaneous shower, consisting of several pieces of china, glassware, two lamps, sofa pillows, towels, table spread, canned fruit and vegetables etc.
 Miss Alice Scoville, of Huntsville, vis- ited her sister Mrs. Vosburg last week.
 Mrs. Lena Kennedy is nursing in Nor folk.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Lilly go to New York this week for the winter.
 Mrs. Mary Webster visited in Water bury last week.
 Friday, October 6, the Grange will have an exhibit of fruits and vegetables, be held at Grange hall. A Harvest Sup per will be served. All who contemplate exhibiting at the affair are requested to have their exhibits on hand by Thurs day noon.
 Mrs. Pomeroy, of Worcester, Mass, was at 0. H. Sage's over Sunday.
 Our baseball team journeyed to Bar rington last Saturday and again met the Harrington team, but were defeated, the score being 8-4 in favor of Harrington.
 MT. Philo Benson died last Thursday afternoon at the residence of his son-in- law MT. Fred Willy. He was in his eighty eighth year and until the last few months was able to get around quite we'll considering his years. He was we'll liked by all who knew him and "Uncle Philo' as he was generally called will be very much missed. The funeral ser vice was held in Mir Wil1y's house Sat urday afternoon and the next morning the body was taken to Amenia Union burying ground there. Besides one daughter, Mrs. Willy he is survived by one son Lorin Benson, of New Haven, four grandchildren and one great-grand- child. Eas5
 Miles Lamb and Lorin Benson, of New Haven, Mrs. Fred Humphrey of Middletown and MT. and Mrs. Samuel Bonney, of Naugatuck, were here to at- tend MT. Benson's funeral. ..
 Mrs. Harry Carley and son. of Miller ton, spent part of last week at Henry Wilson's. Harry came over himself Sat- urday night and accompanied them home Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. George Smith visited in Ashley Falls Sunday.
 James Fuller went on little trip to Waterbury and back Sunday.
 Workmen are repairing Fred Pur-  aged by fire.
 Changes are constantly occurring. Soon it will be "did you go to the fair?' in- stead of "are you going?"
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-28
His Disappearing Pulse,

''My!' exclaimed the doctor. 'You have hardly any pulse todayy'
 ''Well, don't you remember, doctor" replied the patient, "you took 1t when you were here yesterday?" - Yonkers Statesman.
Connecticut western news., 1911-09-28
Should Hear Him Then,

Wife (complaining1y) - You never praise me to any one.
 Hub-I don't, eh? You should hear me describe you at the intelligence of flee when I'm trying to hire a cook Boston Transcript.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
College Land Ordered Sold.

Denyer-The sale OF 5000 acres OF
Montezuma valley land. belonging to
the State College OF Agriculture at
Fort Collins has been ordered sold by
the State Agricultural Board. The sale
OF this land which will be made by the
State Land Board is one OF the laIg-
est that has been attempted for some
time IL is believed that the average
price received for the land will be 20
an acre. This will mean fund of
100000 for the state school. The
principal derived from the sale OF this
land Is kept intact and the Fort COL
Inns college receives the interest.
The agricultural board met with the
land board at the State house in Den
yer and went over the situation thor
oughly. An irrigation project. which,
when completed, will cost more than
81 900 ,000 is nov under way in Monte
yuma county. Water is taken from
the Dolores river by tunnel and
spread over a valley that is sad 10
contain some OF the finest fruit land
in the state Part OF the land mat
s in the Moutezuma valley Irrigation
district has teen under cultivation for
years. Large tracts of raw land viii
be watered by the completion of the
project,
The large tract of state land lies in
the center of he valley and is de-
clare dto be some Of the best IN that
section of the state. The people of
the district are extremely anxious 70
get this land in the project as it Ill
be the home Of scores of homestead
ers as soon as it can be irrigated, Rep
resentatiyes Of the district have ap-
peal TO the agricultural and land
boards to sell the land as it would be
a check on their project If it was al
lowed to lie idle.
Two OF the members of the board IA
vored the retention OF a part of the
land.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19

Prices of beef are to be raised and
retail dealers say the advance makes
the cost of meat pass the high water
mark of last fall.
The retirement OF Henry Clay Frick
from the directorate of the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company has been an
nounced in New York.
Mrs. Ida Nelson, mother Of Bat
tling" Nelson, the prize fighter, was
killed by a fast train on the Wabash
railroad at Burnham, III.
Miss Matilda Moisant. sister of the
late John B. Moisant. who was killed
in New Orleans last year, has been
Club OF America. She is the second
woman in the United States to receive
a license.
When the Pennsylvania eighteen
hour train. Ell route from Chicago to
New York, jumped the track on the
western outskirts of Fort Wayne.
Ind, while going at fifty miles an
hour, four persons We're killed and thir-
ty injured.
Women prisoners in the city jail at
Jackson, Miss, have been ordered to
work the public streets of Jackson in
the same manner as male prisoners.
The ordinance was issued by the city
Judge, who held that the municipal or
dinance was mandatory and left no
discretion on his part.
The number of immigrants to the
United States during the eleven
months between July l. 1910, and June
the emigration from this country of
immigrants, SO to speak. for the same
period showed a great increase. The
number of immigrants was S7S,5S7,
and the number of those who returned
to Europe was 260,567.
mob took a black who murdered
a detective and shot himself, from \
hospital and burned him at the stake,
in Coatsvills, Ind. At Durant, Okla
mob of 500 whites shot and then
burned a negro accused of attacking a
woman.
One of the new school books for
1912 will be Ravenels Road Premier
for School Children" prepared by
Capt S. w. Ravenel, c. E.. Boonville,
Mo-, at the request of the National
Congress of Mothers, through their
good roads for child welfare depart
ment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
COLORADO STATE NEWS

DR.. NJ. C. Harding of Ault has been
appointed by the Presbyterian board
as manager of the medical mission at
Soon Chun. China.
Jackrabbits have developed taste
for watermelons grown in dry land dis
tricts and the farmers have been dam
aged thousands Of dollars.
Plans are being perfected for build
ing the largest reservoir in the state
at Shipman Park, seventy-five miles
northwest of Fort Collins.
Among the City park buffalo in DeIi-
yer, one night recently. revolution
occurred and as a result one of the III
walls for leadership was gored TO death
TWO hundred and fifty of the lead
ing union men OF Colorado attended
the annual meeting of the State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor at Colorado Springs.
The new Court of Appeals will hold
its first regular meeting Aug. IS. AT
that time five stenographers. one
clerk and one baliff will be appointed.
The state of Colorado has com
menced the erection of state home
and training school for mental defec-
tiyes, near Lakeside in Jefferson
county.
One billion dollars will be the capt.
tai represented at the seventh annual
convention of National Commercial
Gas Association which meets in Den
yer in October.
Courses in moral and humane educa-
ton will be introduced in every public
school in the state if the plans OF Z.
X. Whitehead, secretary and active
head of the State Bureau of Child and
Animal Protection, are carried out.
For the first time in the history of
the white man, Squaw rock. in the
bluff country northeast of Greeley,
close to the Wyoming line, has been
scaled, due to the daring of Robert
Waxham.
The state authorities have failed to
provide funds for finishing and oper-
ating the State normal school at Gun
nison and citizens have guaranteed the
amount, hence the school can and will
open September Il.
he tribute of the state to the volun-
teers who represented it in the Span
American war. an imposing snaft
of granite, has been unveiled and dedi-
Gated in Fairmount cemetery in Den
yer.
Duty amounting to $4,000 on $751;
000 worth of jewelry bequeathed TO
nine Colorado women by Amelio Ed
dy Smith who died in oxford, Eng
land few months ago, will have to
be paid the United States government
before the beneficiaries receive their
bequests.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
YVES ERN.

AS the result OF railway crossing
are dead.
While climbing Mount juneau, at
Juneau, Alaska, Minnie Sabin, Is years
old fell a distance OF 1S5 feet and
was killed.
City and county officials of Durant,
Okla, will make an effort TO appre-
bend and prosecute parties who took
part in the recent negro lynching.
Postmaster Sours OF Denver is 60
ing to Ask the Postoffice Department
at Washington to hire an official
stamp Ticker to stand in the postoffice
lobby for the accommodation of ladies
who wear wells.
John W. Glover, 19-year-old youth
is in the custody of the police in Los
Angeles at his own request, and is
awaiting court action on his petition
that he receive treatment to cure
hereditary tendency to steal.
James J. Jeffries, the pugilist, is in
Juneau, and is completing arrange
ments for his three months hunting
tour of Alaska and the Yukon terri
tory. A large crowd met the former
champion at the wharf.
Officials of the Hartman lines. in
conference with a committee repre-
senting the Federated shop Employees
at San Francisco, f. E. Calvin, vice
president and general manager of the
Southern Pacific. informed the COM
mittee that the railroads could make
no concessions in wages.
Robert Harris. a negro. was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
for killing Marshal Ripper. in La Jun
ia. Colo. the jury bringing in this ver-
dict. Attorney for the defense was
given ten days in which to file mo-
ton for a new trial. an arrest of Judge
ment being granted.
The will OF John w. Gates. who
died in Paris, will be Erobated in Port
Arthur, Texas, where the financier
made his residence, according to law
yers having custody of the will. 1t is
understood the bulk Of the property
will go to Charley" Gates, his son.
The fortune is estimated at between
$40, 900 900 and 100000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
Favors Homesteaders.

Washington-Ea Easier, and what he
considers more just. terms Of proof for
homesteaders under the Law, permit
ting 320-acre entries in arid districts,
will be fought for by Representative
Martin of Colorado.
In a bill he introduced he makes
provision for the cultivation of 20
acres during the first year OF occupa-
ton, instead of 40 acres, as provided
by the present law. and of 40 acres
In the second year, instead of SO acres.
1T is manifestly unfair" said Mar
tin, Ito require settlers to primarily
cultivate larger proportions OF land on
which it is apparent that they cannot
make a ready living, than is required
under the l60-acre homestead law.
Il consider the stipulations congress
has imposed in regard to acquiring the
320-acre tracts more eXacting than
they should be, and expect to make a
fight next winter to have them modi-
fled"
At meeting OF the house commit
tee on mines and mining Represents
tive Taylor was appointed chairman
of a subcommittee OF seven members,
which is to investigate the placing Of
experiment stations of the bureau of
mines.
During the vacation months the sub
committee will examine the claims Of
the various localities in that regar"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
WASHlNGTON.

Controller Bay investigation may be
postponed until fall, according to the
proposal of the Interior Department.
The whole traiff revision question
will be settled soon, which il all
probability will mark the closing of
Congress.
Senator Warren has invited Presi-
dent Taft to attend the Wyoming
State Fair at Douglas, September 26,
- and 2S.
The Alfaro government in Ecuador
has been overthrown by supporters of
President-Elect Estrada, according to
advices received in Washington.
According to the report of the De-
partment of Agriculture, a tremendous
decline in the crops, general through
out the country and traces Bile to
drought and intense heat, occurred
during last month.
Encouraged by the successful trial
for two weeks of postal savings sys-
TEN in the great postoffices Of New
York, Chicago, ST. Louis and Boston
Postmaster General Hitchcock has de-
cided to extend the system rapidly to
all the large cities Of the country and
designated as postal savings deposi-
tories Kansas City. Pittsburg, Detroit.
Buffalo, San Francisco, Cincinnati,
Seattle, Indianapolis, Denver AMI Port
land, Ore.
The favorable reply Of Germany to
the proposition for a general arbitra-
ton treaty with the United States has
been presented to the state department
by Count Won Bernstorff. the German
ambassador. Heretofore all efforts
have failed.
Inquiry into the affairs of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation by a spe-
cial committee of the House, which
has been in progress since May, has
been halted. The committee voted a
recess until October 10, but it is prob
able no public hearings will be held
until a later date.
Attic ugh Senator La Toilette de-
clared his conviction that there would
be a wool tariff revision Lill at this
session, both he and Representative
Underwood of Alabama acknowledge
that they are no nearer an agreement
on the measure.
The Warren bill granting leave of
absence to homesteaders in various
western land districts until April Is,
1912. on account of prevailing drought
conditions, has passed the House. The
bill was amended On the floor Of the
louise by adding North Platte, Neb.,
and Lander, Wyo., districts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
Minor Mention.


George Denton, who came TO Colo
rado in 1870, is dead at Ouray.
The Burlington railroad is now
grading for its proposed new line INTO
Denver.
John Lesko. an Austrian, was
recently.
Colorado Electric Club will open
their annual electric show in Denver
October IA
Edward Bernard of Joliet, Ill, was
killed at Pueblo by falling beneath a
moving train.
Frank Hickey of Weldona has been
arrested and fined 500 for threaten
ing his parents.
The forty-sixth annual meeting of
the State Medical society was held at
Steamboat Springs.
Dudley Woodruff OF Cherrelyn was
drowned in ditch near his home. He
was twelve years old.
garage. 1t will be fitted up with ev-
cry modern convenience.
Rienzi Dickens OF Longmont lost
LOO bushels OF wheat by fire. He had
just finished threshing.
J. W. Miller. carpenter, was bad
ly injured while working on the Colo
rado Midland, near SalIda.
1t is reported the Missouri Pacific
Will soon establish fast train be-
tween Pueblo and Kansas City.
Denver now has eight National
banks, the newest being the Federal
National Bank OF Denver
The Denver &, Rio Grande freight
house in Canon City was damaged by
fire to the extent of $4,000.
Judge Joseph Koykendall, OF Platte
Vile Sc years old, claims to be the
champion swimmer of Weld county.
According to a new ordinance, drug
stores in Steamboat Springs will not
be allowed 10 sell liquor hereafter
VIM. Burke had his right leg broken
in five places and his foot badly hurt
in mine accident at Lake City.
The contract for the construction of
the Olathe water system has been
awarded. Contract price is $50, 200.
The best yield OF wheat SO far in
the Longmont vicinity is reported as
being fifty-three bushels to the acre.
As a result of the recent storm and
high water one death and heavy prop
erty damaged is reported from Engle-
wood.
In a saloon broil in Globeyi,le, Joe
Micklowvitch, Servian, stabbed
four men, one of whom died, and made
his escape.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
QUEER DISEASE IS =
IN UNITED STATES
Many Here Afflicted With Odd
Ailment, Says Prof.
Munyon.
GREWSOME CREATURES
VERY COMMON,
FINDS EXPERT.

Many people in the United States are
afflicted with queer disease, according
James NJ. Munyon. He made the follow
ing remarkable and rather grewsome
statement:
Many persons who come and write to
SITS. Philadelphia. Pa. think they are
suffering from simple stomach trouble.
Shen enreS IN efs saeg are Of
tape worm. These tape worms are huge
internal parasites. which locate in the
cenrage Of the nutriment in undigestsd
OF forty to sixty feet. One may have
the cause Of his or her III health.
Persons who are suffering from one
OF these creatures become nervous, weak
and irritable, and tire at the least e1-
ertion. The tape worms rob one of am
bition and vitality and strength, but they
are rarely fatal
believe that he is suffering from chronic
stomach trouble. and doctors for years
without relief. This is not the fault Of
the physicians he consults. for there is
no absolute diagnosis that will tell posi-
lively that one is not victim OF tape
worm.
The most common symptom of this
trouble is an abnormal appetite. AT
times the person Is ravenously hungry
and cannot get enough to eat A. other
There is a gnawing. faint sensation at
the pit OF the stomach. and the victim
has headaches. fits of dizziness and nau-
sea. He cannot sleep at night and often
thinks he is suffering from nervous pros
tration.
Il have a treatment which has had
wonderful success in eliminating these
great creatures from the system. In the
course of its regular action in aiding
digestion. and Kidding the blood. kidneys
and liver of impurities It has proven fatal
to these great worms. II one has tape
worm. this treatment Will. in nine cases
out of ten, stupefy and pass It away, but
II not. the treatment will rebuild the
rundown person. who is probably suffer
ing from stomach trouble and general
anaemic condition. My doctors report
marvellous success here with this treat
ment Fully a dozen persons have passed
these worms. but they are naturally reti-
cent about discussing them. and of course
We cannot violate their confidence by CIV
Ing their names to the public"
Letters addressed to Professor James
NJ. Munyon. SD and Jefferson Streets.
Philadelphia, Pa, will receive careful
attention as though the patient called in
person. Medical advice and consultation
absolutely free. Not penny to pay.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
TO KEEP THE SKIN CLEAR

For more than a generation, Cutt
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
done more for pimples, blackheads
and other unsightly conditions of the
complexion. red. rough, chapped
hands, dandruff, itching, scaly scalps
and dry, thin and falling hair than any
other method. They do even more for
skin-tortured and disfigured infants
and children. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers throughout the world, Il
liberal sample of each. with 32-paaS
book on the care Of the skin and hal
will be sent post-free, on application
to "Cuticura," Dept. % L. Boston.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-08-19
SPORT.
League Standing.

Walter T. Hayes of Chicago won the
clay courts tennis championship OF
the United States at Omaha
The International motor boat race,
originally set for the 24th, 25th and
26th of this month, have been formal
ly postponed to September 4, and 6.
Aviator Atwood's flight from St.
Louis to Chicago establishes a new
American distance record for a single
day. He made the trip, distance of
1S6 miles, in hours and 46 minutes.
The Chicago Americans have pur-
chased Pitcher Phil Douglas of the Ma
con. Ca, club. Douglas, who VII Join
the South Side team about September
l, has won % out OF his last "a games.
The programme for Detroit's second
Grand circuit meeting, which is to be
held in connection with the Michigan
State Fair Sept. IS to %. has just been
issuer. 1t calls for the distribution of
nearly $4,000 among the winners.
The ST. Louis Americans have pur-
chased Third Baseman Chick Knaupp
from Beeville, of the Southwest Texas
League. for $1,000. Knaupp will Join
the Browns Immediately as utility
man He is a brother of the Knaupp
sold by Victoria to Cleveland last sea
son.
Invitations have been sent by Presi-
dent Despair of Lincoln to other own
ers OF franchises in the Western
League, inviting them to a field day
and all-star baseball game September
IA, which is an open date in the
league. The usual exercises of base
ball field day will be held and in ad-
dition, it is planned to have game
between a team of stars, selected by
the sporting writer's Of the league and
the Lincoln club