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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-29
GOV. WILSON IN RHODE ISLAND.
Meets Democratic Leaders Al a Club
Luncheon In Providence.

PROVIDENCE, Il. |. Jan. 2S Coy
Woodrow Wilson of New jersey spent sew
eral hours in this city to-day as the guest
of former Governor James II. Higgins. In
Cidentallv ne was introduced to the lead
ing lights of the State Democratic party
at a luncheon at tho Hope club.
With Gov Wilson were Henry Nor
gonthau and Dudley Field Malone Of New
York. and the Governors assistant Sec
retarv. They arrived from Boston shortly
before noon and went directly to the club,
whore luncheon was served AZ o clock
FX-Gov. Higgins said later that the
aNair was of no significance, that he had
heard that Gov Wilson was 10 he here and
he had seized the opportunity to enter
tain him. lie had not ha said handed the
state over To Gov. Wilson. Other mcm-
bcrS Of the party were n0ncommittal
and Gov. wills N hun ,r'f II ii n, word for
intervewer-.
1t is understood unosicially, however.
that the conference was held in order 10
get "a line on the attitude of Rhode Island
democrats toward Wilson's candidacy
and II is further understood that he re-
ceived assurances that he would receive
favorable treatment at thn hands of ths
Rhod" Island d"lcgd ion TO the national
conventions
Among those a. the iunC neon were
Judge Frank r. FtIsmmons. chairman
of the Democratic state committee
Richard +. tumstock. prominent
leader; Lewis 4 Waterman, who at the
last two elections was Democratic candi-
date for Governor, National Committee.
man George W. Greene, Col patrlCh
! II. Quinn, former state chairman; rx.
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organization and platform IN much
th" sam" manner that a resolution com
mite" would act
Just h"foro he took the train for Mich
igan GOV Osborn said that Ia" wa- not
uo-~Iug OH IN" ittltud" of IN" Colonel
ut knew whereof he spoke
Roosevelt, sad Gov. Osborn. "oc"u-
pies tho same pp~itiuu - one of th"
reserves IN ~ European army. These
men hdv" served on IN" firing line III many
campaigns They may hr prlvdteS or
generals. hIt after certain length OF
service they az" re,ircd 10 the reserve
h-t. Then whom the country - IN trouble
and needs them It udil, them ont They
cannot volunteer lr' they must come
when the country urrds them
Among tho-" vino have sent th" COM
mittCr word that th"y would act ~ the
representatives of th"lr rrsp"Ctlv" States
on the Roosevelt national commute" arr"
former Gov John franklin Fort Of New
.I"r-rv. Gov. Herhcr' = iladlrv OF Mis-
sour GOV ,haS" = Osborn of Mlchl-
gan. GOV " Il Stuhh- OF Kansas and
Col thauuC"y Dewey of Illinois
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PRESIDENT GOES
AWAY CHEERFUL
kocnig Tells Him Not to Believe
That New York Is Not
on His Side.
LIKED JEWISH WELC ONE
off Ia Ohio With Three DAYS Of Speech
mai ng Mead Of
LIKED JEWISH WELC ONE

President Taft left New York for Cleve-
land last night apparently cheerful over
the situation in This state While resting
yesterday al the home of his brother.
Henry ". Taft. at - West Forty eighth
street. the President talked politics with
President Samuel = koenig Of the Re-
publican county committee and with
Others who brought rosy tidings.
The President IL was said. expressed
some concern over the activity of the
Roosevelt boomers IN this State and in
ourcd why the Republican State com
mite" AZ its meeting on Saturday had
failed to vote TO instruct delegates Tor
him. Mr.. koenig told the President that
he needn be worried about tn" New
York delegates. New Nork countvs rop-
r"sentation at ia" national convention
would hr solid for MIR Taft and he be
lievcd there would be no break else
whore IN the state A. for the State
committee, Mr koen.E explained that the
meeting wa- not called To indorse cand,-
dat" or instrIc: delegates but merely 10
deal with details of III. new primary Law.
The President said that he felt VERY
we'll satisfied a. to IT." conditions here and
that h. Thought h" could d"pend ON New
York, sllpi,ort
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''"' ~" "
IhE'und' was 'all"r IN inc afternoon
IN" President and Mr Reid chatt"d with
heads close together at the dinner Of tn.
Ohio Snc,.tv an saturday ni,bt NJ.
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t"' 'f"Hidrni Yesterday.
Charles +. Mathewson president of III"
Vermont SncIntv called ,o asl, Mr. Taf,
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''""'''@' NJ I"'' ""> nov sur WHAT
le"wav h- "nGdGenrn'~ VIII give hlm.
Tn" President put III a refreshing
nights ,lnap after hl- round ot dinners
and his visit 10 the bah Of tn" Home of
IN" Daughters of Jacob AZ the Soy V"n;v-
'lr-t k"glm"n' Armorv on SATURDAY. Iht
II" was ,.reatlv pleased with h.- rrC.p-
ton generally. saic Charlie, D. titles. his
~"Cl"tarv. and c-r"ciallv deli .,htei with
IA" ovation he received at~thc armnrv
where 5000 people chc"iei ,n,husias-
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BARONESS FINE, SAYS SHE.
Mrs. Dcwar Praises Her Fencing Adver-
sary's Gracefulness.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 2S.--klCtol ly Der
victory over the Baroness de Meyer Mr.
William II. pCwar and her husband PC.
turned 10 this city tonight, and Mr.,
l)cwar, though tired out, Checriuily CON
Sentcd to talk about the fencing wa'r"
Sc! want to say right now " she s'ii 'iN.,
he Baroness i a true sport 'wom.r ,NI
u good loser and is the most Erl u
l"ncer ever saw. had been out ut p',.-
nee for three years, hut When reed o' ''
Baroness defeating all who stood I'''.'
her and making rather sarcastic rcw"""7'
saying she wished America could pr't .
II woman worthy of her steel OF s1'u'-
tnlnE like that, ! made Hp my mlud }
challenge her and did So,
" hru | tram 'd Tor three sOlld MrN,
und"r my old Instructor. tuur1'l
her AT every thrust hut one, but "IN
iwlc" WAS II counted as the Others were
declared 10 h" too high or too low N'T
only touched mo once. When We ~lt'i'i
| moved llttl" slowly to study her ar"
them when assumed the oil"nsiv" j'-,
llCc Gerard grabbed mask and shuu'ri
that hr would Ice safer with II OH
1T was not, as some papers have sit'r"
a series Of bouts, but only one -four Wi' -
bout When II was over and | wa dr
ciarcd the winner | shook hand' W.
hcr. She said Mrs. Dcwar, yuu gave
mo very gooi bout
Il replied that had never before fen
IN public and was not in the best ni ''.-
dltion, bat that If could meet NJ" III
| private | would give her a better """
would like 10 fence with her ag1u Size -
! splendid
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WELLESLEY RESTORES
A POET TO ITALY
Works in Ancient Pucci Manuscript
Had Never Been
Published.
WANDERlNGS OF TIE CODEX
Lon. lamcntcd rs Lost. Brought TO New
orleans. Presented to College and
Identified by Chance.

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Louisiana, AMI was taken by nm to New
Orleans Jrrn tn" death Of Prof Wild
lI, rare Lrr;,.y WA. bought by Ge,rr,
pr,.,.,,. g \,,,. vi, oh, .....'7..
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years AZ" presented IN" i'a'''n WORKS 70
Wellesley college IN memory OF ms wife,
Frances +. Pcarsuns, Wellesley. VI. "A,
In. nurIous of a growing collection ,f
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Sli'r me u'alh ol lh' 'dNail'f" hlrnNn
liz collection was scattered, and Con-ld-
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could b" found ~ II. Manuals Of Inter-
utuIo said Those poems had di-appoh 20.
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AS CSEORN SEES ROOSEVELT
He's Reserve; Can't Volunteer, hut
Can BE Drafted.

CHICAGO. Jan ~ Gov Chase : Osborn
Of Michigan held another conference" with
the national Roosevelt committee headers
to-day before leaving for his nome"
The plan to cali It national Roosevelt
conference" IN Chicago CA February & wa
somewhat modified, lu-i"ad Of ia" ma
tlonal ua-- meeting a. At iirsr proposed
lh" committee viii unvu" pu-4lbIy Il
Governor ut equally prominent ~ympu o.
thlH"r from each Stai"
Edwin W sims, that other friends Of
IN" Rr"o"E"lt movement viii not be u"r-
nnti"d 10 attend ia" conference. Tn "
may com" II they car" to But we aat
I" aesur" "ir-''v"- of tn" presence of
leaders from all parts Of tho country who
can help formulate plans for permanent
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INDORSE TAFT FOR NEW TERM.
Republican Committee Of I>>rN Count,
y. j., and Stalwart Club of Bayonnr.


TRENTON, Jan. 2S Tn. first official
gun in tn" Republican national cam
paign in New Jersey was fred by the
ESseN county Republican committee.
which al its meeting in Newark last night
Endorsed the renominati ion of President
Taft.
Alfred y. Dairymple. whom President
Taft appointed to the 50 600 year
colectorship Of the port Of Newark,
is the chairman of the committee Mr.
Dalrymple was formerly Secretary for
ex-Gov, Franklin Murphy. whose can
didacy for the Nice-Presidency on the
Taft ticket was recently announced
authoritatlvelv.
4 resolution indorsing the Coy
ernor's candidacy was laid over by the
committee at MIR Dalrymple's instance
He advised the committee that II was
"A bit premature
BY the time tn. Stalwart Club of BAY
onne, which l. boosting President Taft
for denomination, got through with its
dinner early yesterday morning the
mlkmen were on their rounds. Besides
booming the President the club declared
for "x-Gov. Edward {. Stokes for United
States Senator and Pierre p. Garven,
president of the club and Hudson county
Prosecutor. for Governor.
! Mr. Stokes advocated ex-Prasident
Roosevelt as the candidate next fall and
said he il the man who fights without
fear or favor.
: Al" Gruber Of New York made Tar
speech and said
, "Despir" all the lying, treachcry and
vlli'iCatipn the foremost figure to-day
IN the United States is William II Taft
lhos" Republicans who want Roosevelt
or LA Toilette ought also TO be for Bryan
as a Republican candidate
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KILLED BY BUFFALO BULL.
Nrls Anderson. Omaha Zoo Attendant,
Trampled to Death.

bHfalo hull in Riverside Park in this city,
killed his trainer and keeper, Nels =.
Anderson. to-day, goring and trampling
his body into n shapeless mass, Anderson
was an animal trainer of many years
standing and had been in the place for
fifteen years
How the tragedy occurred is unknown,
Anderson went To the buffalo pen. An
hour afterward an assistant SAW what
aphearcd to he bundle of old clothes in
the enclosure An Investigation showed it
W Oe Auderson's body.
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TO OPEN COLD STORAGE DOORS.
PENNSYLVANIA Commissioner Wants Com
gress to Bring Food To Market.

PITTsBURG, Jan, 2s State Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Fousi, dis
cussing high prices demanded for living
necessities, saws that there probably are
enough poultry, eggs and butter in cold
storage TO supply tn" I"ople Of tn" cotu-
try until next July.
He suggests that To bring Immrdlat"
relief u mcasur" b" adopted by Congress
to force these p"rishablc necessities upon
the market lie SAYS this would max"
prices drop 30 per cent within - hours
throughout the United States N would
break up he said. "th" corncring and
holding oi poultry, game, butter and eggs
"a storage At the cNp"ns" of th" cons'lm-
ing public
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FLAGS FOR NEW CITIZENS.
Iolorado Judge Gives Object Lessons In
Patriotism.

CANON CRY, Coi., Jan ~ An American
flag. eight 10y twclv" feet, has been hung
back of Judge Wilkins desk IN the Dis
trict Court room a. an object lesson m
PATRIOTISM to foreigners applying for
naturalization. Judge Wilkins believes
that with the symbol Of ia" national
sovereignty b"for" them petitioners for
cIt tlzrn-hip viii have Il better underestimate
ing Of what tn" flag means.
Hereafter Judg" MilkIus y.ll present
with each naturaIlHitlon n small silk nag
with an explanation nt its protection To-
those who obey the laws and IA" Cou-
stItuted authorities Of the land,
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MUM ABOUT COURT OF HONOR.
Gov. " iI-nu SAYS !ic Can't Talk Letter
lie Wrote (, Cot Harvey.

GOV Woodrow Wilson OF New Irrsrr
stayed IN Now Work ldS' night aus,
'h" Boston E.prcsS landed him from
Providence h"r" too i1'" - MAKE il con-
von,'ut for him TO 20 ou 20 PRINCETON
The Governor arrived at $40 p N ac.
cumraui"l hr Dudley Field MALONE. who
l. -ou-iu-law Of senator James
OGorman and an active Wilson worker
and Walter M"as.iav. his personal srcrn-
rdrv
tn" Governor Camr through the gates
az n" New Norl; Central Terminal a
swinging pac' When he ~Iw tn re-
pp''rre "hmpei a. th" "Sr' h" laughed
and throw up hrs fr"n hand
Not word h" sad Not single
word. haven't thing 10 say. There
l-u I anything new j. there
Governor, ar" YOU for the court of
honor as propos' Il 10y Col Watterson2"
i can't talk abuu' that" h" said.
laughing again.
Gov. Wilson spent siN hours in Provi-
demo" y"~ Hrdiv COnf"rrlnG with Demo
cratic leaders and -,Zlng up tn" situation
IN Rhod" Island a. II affects his chances
for nomination. II. made the aCuuaint %
auC" ui u number of politicians. He was
"nt"ri Iined al tn" Hop" club, where he
talked WI,n former Governor James II
Higgins ana with Iud'y" Frank \. FltI-
simmons. chairman of IN" Democratic
STAT" committee. His friends said last
might that h" was pleased with the result, :
of his stay N Providence.
He Will 90 To Trenton to-day 10 ba on
hand when th" New Jersey Icgislatur.
meets ON ThurS,LIv he leaves for Rich
mond, Va, where he will address the Nir-
glua Legislature. II" may make other
sp"rch-- Will" IN thar part of the South
II was asCertaiu"d last night that after
Gov. Wilson had informed Cot. Harvey
that Harv"v'S advocacy of his editorial
cau>" Vas doing HIM harm he thought il
over and wrDt" "A letter within twenty
four hours To Col. Harvey, in which he
sand that he hoped col. Harvey would
understand that he was moi repudiating
him I"r-OUally
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HITCHCOCK DOES NOT CALL.
Was In Town. hut
Did Not see Mr.. Taft.

Postmaster General Frank II fIitch-
ouC, was here all day Yesterday. hut h.
did not call un President Taft When th.
Presidents secretary. Charles u Ilill"-
Vas asked il Mr. Hi'chCDck had seen th"
pr"Slden' he seemed suri,riSod 10 hear
that MIR Hitchcock was still N the city
Yesterday morning Nr. Hitchcock left
tt" Hotel Manhattan. wh"r" l." .Iupp.d
over SATURDAY. nirht, III an aItuu. oh.I.
II" had NOT r"tu"u"d t. -" Manhattan a.
u 1T" hour
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ARGENTINA-PARAGUAY PEACE.
Prospect That Trouble over Firing on
Ships WIN BE settled.
sp,c,M casle Dcspatea 10 rnf sr>

BrENoS AyREs. Jan. Is \ settlement
of the trouble between Argentina and
Paraguay is now believed 10 he certain
The Paraguayan Minister of Justice ar
rived here to-day to conduct neGutiati'n,
looking to an adjustment of ia" rr'ui H.
which arose over injuries 10 \rgcn n
shipping by Pardguayan rcucs
Meantime the Arg-ntin" "ar~hii, it,
Paragiiayan waters are not taking any
tecting the interests Of that country,
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DREW KNEW OF PLOT.
Auornc, Had Bccn Told of 5000 Re-
ward for His ic.

lNDIANApoLIs. Jan. 2s Robert J. Fos-
ter. the detective in the employ of ~"
National Ercciors Association who as-
slTled President Ryan Of the Iron Work.
er- Yesterday afternoon. laid to-day thar
1h"r" ~ no question thai q price has boon
sci nu tn" head of Walter Drew. counsel
for tn" crector- and that thor" l. every
reason to believe that som" labor or
ganizatlon has sci asd" S5.uon for that
purpose"
He said that the Information came 10
him sometime ago and that he had been
running IT down and Is satisfied that Il,
l. correct. He said his only purpo-" in
calling upon Ryan was 10 pat the facts
before him and demand that the offer of
the reward Toe Withdrawn.
II j. Thought that men who hav" been
befor" IN" Federal Grand Jury gdv" him
TN" information with view to ~lIarluc
themselves with the Govcrnm"n,
Walter Drew said yesterday that his
knowledge that "A price had been put on
hls head had com" only from general
sources and that he Has not positive who
was responsible.
Blu; / knew definitely. he saId 'of a
plot to put mc out of IN" way tha' started
III Chicago about a month before th"
MCNamaraS confessed Al that time |
/ got a letter from William j Burns giving
me the details. For thre" or four week.,
after that every time went into my Office
building in indianapolis man who
| looked like thug was standing lust it,
side the doorway, bur | was always fol
: lowed Dv "A detective 50 IN" thug finally
Withdrew Not long after tha' | got
another warning tha, my life was IN
/ danger but let II be known thar | knew
of the plot and nothing boCam" Of li
Il am used To the danger in my CuuucC-
ton with the ereCtors. II goes with the
business and | don't feel any particular
uneasincS- about II. Of course | take
every prcCaution and keep out Of any ~itu-
alton that might make an oppur, for
thug
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-07
Schooner Reaches q California Port
With the Blubber Dangling From
lite Rigging.

San Francisco. Cal.-Of all fish
yarns brought to this port recently.
the one brought In by the coasting
schooner James H. Bruce Is prize
winner. Moreover. it Is true. and
there is further evidence than the
mere word of the jolly sea dogs that
their ship ran into and killed a huge
whale. Portions of the carcass OF the
unfortunate mammal we're still visible
on the forecastle and headgear Of the
schooner when she came in the other
day. Huge pieces of blubber dangled
from the stays and parts Of the fore
rigging.
Captain Rosich and his crew explain
that the strange incident occurred the
other night. when the schooner was
on Point Reyes. Laden with a cargo
Of lumber from Port Gamble, the wind
TANNER was sailing along at lively
clip. with a fresh breeze astern. when
suddenly a shock ran through the yes
sell The impact was not sharp or
heavy enough to have been caused
by collision with another craft. and
the crew was beginning to believe
that had passed over a submarine
disturbance, when the lockout came
dashing aft over the deck load to give
them the surprising news that the
chip had struck a whale
lie must have been sleeping" said
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r. HE old. old confidence game. which
] was so overworked 1t became too
well known to be effective, and was
therefore sent into retirement. has
come back" and Is again in our midst.
1t is slightly disguised. however.
probably in the hope that 1t win e.
cape recognition.
Instead Of the persecuted wealthy
Spanish grandee with the lovely and
beautiful daughter, who wished little
immediate assistance. for which later
he was to give q fortune in repay
ment, under the new guise 1t is not.
ed Russian banker named Sadrowsky,
who "eloped" from ST. Petersburg
with 100000 rubles belonging to the
bank
He has darling daughter. too. just
like the Spaniard used to have. and he
wishes to secure for her nearly half
million dollars that he has planted
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-07
CHILD AND MOTHER ELoPE
Widow and Her Daughter Become
Brides on Same Day at
Wilmington.

Wilmington, Del.-An elopement of
mother and daughter. the most singu-
lar in the history of this Gretna
Green. occurred recently. Mrs. Min
ME C. Scott, aged thirty-nine. a Wild
ow of Trenton, N. j., is the mother.
She was married to Isaac Holt. Miss
Elizabeth Scott, aged nineteen. is the
daughter. She was welded to Harry
Betty.
The two couples met on Market
street
What are you doing here. dear?'
asked the astonished mother.
why, what are you doing here,
dear mammal" queried the equally
surprised daughter.
The mother was the first to regain
her composure. I'VE have just been
married" she said.
And so have we." answered the
daughter.
The two welded couples returned
to Trenton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-07
"Pass Up" $14-a-Week Clerk Is Pastors Advice

<xxyOUNG women should pass up the
j $14-a-week clerk and go for big
ger game when seeking husbands"
said Rev. Earl Wiley in sermon the
other night at Vermont Avenue Chris
tian church. Love cannot exist with
a slimly furnished pantry and bare.
illfurnished house. Always look to
a young mans income and his abiii-
Ties as q bread-winner before you mar
~ him or fall deeply in love with him.
II is impossible to live comfortably
and congenially on love and hugs and
kisses. They won't satisfy hunger or
a desire for the theater.
Romantic love Is one OF the Ills OF
this age. Too many of our people are
inclined to tumble head over heels
IN love with each other and absolutely
ignore the financial and practical side
Of life. II more attention were given
the practical things ! have no doubt
that divorce would be cut to one-half
it's present high ratio.
I'VE should take lessons from the
old Greeks in this matter of marriage.
In these days q husband made care
full examination of his wife's fitness to
take care Of his household There was
no mushy sentiment about 1t either
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-12-07

W ACCOMPLISHMENTS dip
W lomatic corps was thrown into a
furry Of excitement when it was
learned the other day that the wife of
a former secretary here has Joined
the ranks of newspaper reporters.
Madame Louis Pastor. wife of Don
Luis Pastor, Of the Spanish diplo-
matte service. and formerly Miss Lee,
of Baltimore, is the lady in question,
and she has joined the army of wom-
en- In Washington who are wage
earners. She has become society re-
porter for New York daily. Diplo-
mats at all posts take themselves very
seriously. and the dignity that hedges
about a foreign envoy is something
little short of that which surrounds
a sovereign. An ambassador at court
precedes everyone but the heir to the
throne. and, though Senior Pastor was
but secretary of legation. his posi-
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Cats Of the Capital City Are Saved by Science

COMMON sense has administered an
~ other knockout to science, and the
cause Of human justice and feline lib
erty to the nations capital still lives.
A threatened outrage on the whole
cat tribe of Washington has been
averted. temporarily at least, and all
the Tables of the town, from the
pampered parlor pets to the midnight
songsters who grace our back fences,
may now breathe purr of relief. The
district authorities have capitulated
before the onslaught of an over
wrought populace. and our city will be
spared the frightful spectacle of cat
hunts, with horse and hound. In the
crowded thoroughfares Of the metro
politan section.
This is the age Of compromise, and
authorities are to be congratulated
upon having so readily adapted them
selves to the spirit of the times. as
they did in modifying their obnoxious
impounding order Hereafter the pound
will send for stray cats ION request
Hordes of bloodthirsty huntsmen will
not go out upon the highways and by
ways to slaughter the innocents. "On
reqrest!" On whose request? The
cats? Does the modification of the
edict of ST. Bartholomew-with the
accent on the ''mew"-mean that nc
cats will be sent for the poundmen un.