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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
Lives With Beasts.

Ia Crosse, Wis.-Physicians having
declared that Carl Black, aged fifty
five. has no brain. he has been refused
admission to the state insane asylum
at Mendoza and the home for the
feeble-minded at Chippewa Falls. An
application having been made tc have
him cared for at the county poor farm.
officials are puzzled over the problem
Of housing Black. as under no circum.
stances could he be confined In the
regular quarters for inmates.
Black prefers to live with animals
rather than human beings He cannot
speak word and grunts like beast.
He wears no clothing in summer or
winter.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

copper. but there wasn't any. Then
the two pretty ladies came along, an
me an Petey ran up an pulled 'em
over to the lake. They just jumped
in, an yanked Joey out / thought he
was dead, and began to cry, but one
o. the ladies told me he was all right,
an kissed me. l wish they'd stayed,
but they went away fast an l knew
I'd get wallopin II left Joey alone
again, so l stayed right there"
Young Peter was so amazed by the
rapid sequence Of events that he could
humble nothing except remarks about
pretty angels" and look curiously at
the rescued brother Joey was quite
set up over his adventure, knowing
he would be the hero Of Gault court
for at least two days. His only worry
was the nature of his reception when
he reached home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

the same thing and American justice
was in dilemma, an international
episode" being imminent.
The court room is one-half in the
United States and one-half in Canada
and the prisoner, for himself and the
chickens. claimed they were outside
the jurisdiction of the court
Francis Cantwell, a young Malone
attorney who represented the people
In the. case, was summoning all his
tact and diplomacy to coax the feath-
cred and unfeathered bipeds back un-
der the stars and stripes. when the
former. unlettered In the law OF fur.
Isdiction, caclxled their way across the
line. followed by the defendant. who
tried to shoe the chickens over into
Canada again. He was unsuccessful
because he was grabbed and held to
the bar on the American side until
found guilty and sentenced to 80 days
In Jail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
WOMEN IN GOWNS
SAVE BOY IN LAKE
Rush From Drive and Wade Into
Water to Rescue Six-Year-0ld.
ANGELS SAYS YOUTH
After the Lad ls Revived the Fashion
ably CARRIED Feminine Life Savers
Hurry to Their Homes to Remove
Their Soaked Dresses.

Chicago.-Two well dressed young
women hurried from the Lake Shore
drive promenade at Division street the
other day, cast a regretful look at
their gowns, and then waded rapidly
into the lake. where tiny head was
bobbing up and down. A little later
they came shivering from the water,
carrying in their arms a senseless six
year-old boy, Joseph Hosek, S4S Gault
court. A few minutes more in the wa
ter would have drowned him.
Who the women were no one knows.
They stayed on the bank, trying to re-
suscitate the boy, until they saw more
efficient assistance coming, and then.
gathering up their dripping clothing,
walked away. Joseph and his broth
ers think they were angels
Me and Vincent and Pete was
tryin' to grab fish outa the water"
explained Joseph, when he recovered
consciousness at the Chicago avenue
emergency hospital. Il fell In, an
couldn't get out, an my mouth got all
fulla water. an felt tired, so just
went to sleep. don't Just member
what the angels looked like"
Vincent and Pete are the boys older
brothers. too small to get him from
the water. After watching him strug-
Cling for a moment they ran in terror
TO the drive few yards away, seized
the women by the skirts, and shrieked
for help. Vincent told wonderingly of
the adventure.
Il see Joey fall OF an was too
scared to do anythin' but YELL" he
said. He was maxim awful funny
faces. an that scared mo more. so /
ran out to the street an tried to find
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
800 Fires Laid To Boy

to approach east side tenement dwell
ers who are poor and easily tempted
into dishonesty. and whom the run
ners" persuade to join in q swindle
Of the fire insurance companies by
overinsuring their few pieces of furni-
ture and allowing the operatives" Of
the syndicate to set the furniture
afire.
The average price charged for start
ing a fire is about $25. According to
the fire commissioner. 20 per cent Of
the fires in New York city are Of the
incendiary origin.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

she'll catch cold without Il. 4.
rope"
Il really thought that you ,A,...
seriously" Aunt Jane began
Il do, now and then" sa,s n
Merriwid. That's all that ssv..
If hadn't taken three or four s,<.'.
to carefully weigh the advanta,s. ..'
disadvantages Of Mr.. stoxan a.
matrimonial standpoint. ther,,.
telling what might have happened
1t Is, fear me that The een......-
viii honk his horn beneath nv bs~..
window about one more time =,
that viii let him out. He's eo'.,
give a farewell supper tonight ~
he doesn't know It. I'm not dIss,...
to deny that he's q very nlcs "a, /.
very many respects, but he's no, (. /,
trusted with matches anywhera a..
money. and ] don't want to % "a 4.
expense Of a fire-proof safe Tor ~
poor Henry left me-"
We'll. I'm glad" observed a.,
Jane. AT the same time IN I.'''
surprised"
Il don't see why you should b n,.
prised." said Mrs. Merriwid. + a.
say that I've any particular obi.c..2
to luxury. l like good tkines to 4.
and drink and pretty things to al
at and to wear; l like broiled loh.|,,
once in while and / don't and ck,4
payne hard to take; all my lie Is.
wanted sables, and l certainly sn4l1
that woman the pearls she was va,
ing: but I also like to feel reasct,1.
sure of a continuance Of breakias,
con and eggs and the ability 70 sps|,.
myself for a hundred dollsr s1.|
made and a twenty-five dollkr a|
once in a while. Isn't that ssnsfs'
Isn't II logical7"
That's what surprises me- 81
Aunt Jane.
IF Mr.. stoxan could only thin, /.
some way OF enjoying bimssn
wouldn't be so bad" sighed Mn h.
riwid; but breaking the speed ,,'I
nances to the tune of Good Bye h,
Lover. and imbibing cocktails {
every stop. pals on person Of ava
age intellect after q little. a16 ~
Mr.. Stoxan calls the show prooos
ton gives one an acute lsin n
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

who is a pharmacist and one Of six
brothers, all doctors or druggists, was
prosperous Then his health failed
and he had to. give up business. For
months he was in hospital.
Saturday Eichler went out to look
for position. AS he was leaving his
home he said to his wife:
Rose. II l get place, I'll be back
If don't succeed won't come home"
He kissed her and their two-year-old
daughter Marjorie and went out.
Smith did not return home until
six o'clock in the evening.
In Marjorie's crib lay her mother.
dead. Lying on her body, unable to
get from the crib because of the
raised side bars, was the frantic
baby.
A doctor was called and said Mrs.
Eichler had killed herself with poison
and had been dead about twenty-four
hours.
Eichler arrived at his home at ten
o'clock, and entering the room saw q
policeman standing guard over the
body Of his wise.
What's this?" cried Eichler.
Then he was told that his wife had
committed suicide because she be-
iieved he had done so.
II have been working for my broth
er. William" he said. II went to
work for him Saturday night and tried
to communicate with my wife. but
could not get her by telephone. I've
been busy night and day arying to
make some money to tide us over
these hard times. Now she has
killed herself because she thought I'd
ended my life
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

younger brother. employed by him as
a driver, in arriving, home. Nathan
son saw an opportunity Of perpetrating
a Joke" upon his mother, and pro-
ceeded to tell her that the young man
had murdered man and was arrest
ed. but was interrupted in his blood
curdling tale by choking sound. fol-
lowed by the crash Of bis mothers
body as she fell unconscious.
The fall was also heard by inmates
Of Mrs. Nathanson's home and they
rushed to her aid.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

fond Of society, but l get sick q 4
when II means nothing but stale e.
arctic smoke and caviare sandull.r
and red faces and white shiEiirorN
and watery eyes and mandolin orcn1'
tras and stories that you don't my
whether you ought to listen TO o ~.
That makes me think tenderly q In'
ancient Egyptians. No, dsasie; -
your mind at rest. Mr. Stoxan 3 :
good fellow and a prince and ths -
Of the earth. when he isn't fresh %
at the same time he's borrib|t 81
ample and / shall be Obliged 70 r'N
him down. Nevertheless fee l11' :
have deceived him cruelty.
How so?" queried Aunt Jane.
I've made him think I was go
fellow, too, and after all, ! md -
there's considerable OF the ola ~
about me-" replied Mrs. MerriWh
Copyright. 1917. BY w O. chapnfk
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
WeddIna Zee n Pennle..

Allentown, Pain lieu Of his we'd
ding fee. after he had pronounced VIII
liam Troutman. draughtsman, and
Miss e. Laura Helm of Philadelphia
husband and wife. the Rev. z. s.
Woodring of this city received from
the bridegroom strange looking walk
ing stick made Of compressed paper,
with a silver top. The unusual weight
OF the cane prompted the minister to
investigate, and when he screwed on
the top he found the hollow center
illed with brand new Lincoln pennies.
more than 500 in all. Troutman and
his bride were members of Christ
United Evangelical church, Philadel-
phia. when the Rev. Mr.. Woodring was
pastor several years ago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
Joke" WAS ALMOST FATAL
Man Telephoned to Mother Of Broth.
er's Arrest for Murder and
She swooned.

Atlantic City, N. Jas the result
OF practical joke played over the
telephone by her son. Mrs. Yetta Ma
thanson. 22S North Connecticut ave
nue.. fell unconscious. Medical atten-
ton was hurriedly procured, as she
was at first thought to be dying from
heart failure. but she was revived.
Mrs. Nathanson called up her son.
John J. Nathanson, a merchant, to
ask the cause OF the delay Of his
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
His FIftIeth Arrest.

chicago-Pat Grove. famous as the
cudahy kidnaper and bandit. has suf.
fered his fiftieth arrest by the Chicago
police. He Just came ont of the hos
pital and beat up hotel proprietor in
a dispute.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
Germans Fear American Car.

1~t ftt9tta IN0I 6ttt@Ii~~W
The German motor car manuiAf'4
ers are worried over the Amsr''
peril. An agitation has been stars
to shut ont the rapidly grorinl
vasion Of American cars before > ?
too late.
Not only are the number Of Amer
can machines imported into eeIn1
increasing. but the German indn'4
is suffering in the export trade M
the sharp competition.
The American tariff is tenfolq p.
err than the German tariff On AmeI'''
cars. German manufacturers den,t
that the government shall p'aee
same tariff on American cars Is ADJ
lea does on German cars.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
GIRL SAVES FATHER

hardt was bitten by a rattlesnake.
She received immediate treatment
and all the poison was drawn from
ner system. The fright she experi-
enced from her encounter with the
snake. however. affected her SO that
she died In few weeks.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
BOY AId 70 RuruIarn-

Chicago.-Boosting a small boy
over the door and through the open
transom so he could unlock the door
and admit them, two burglars en-
tered the nat OF Edgar Woods at 81
Drexel boulevard while the family
was attending a theatef. The loss Of
$500 worth Of silverware and cut
glass was reported to the police TO-
day.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

It happened in Topeka Three e..
ing stores are on the same block =
morning the middle proprietor
to the right Of him big sign
rupt Sale" and to the left-Ci9'
Out at Cost" Twenty minutes 2
there appeared over his own doof {
larger letters Main Entrance. -
erybodyB.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
BIDS DEFIANCE TO JUDGE
Court Room Half In United States and
Half In Canada Causes
Dilemma.

Malone. N. 1.-TWO chickens few to
the north end Of room occupied by
a justice court the other day and bid
defiance to the justice and his con-
stabulary minions. Then a man ac-
cused of stealing the chickens did
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

Lulu's mother heard a great sp'a'
ing In the bathroom. and. upon n'. z.
tigation. found her little dans
standing Ia the partially allied
In most bedrabbied condition
why. you see. mamma" she
planned. I've been trying TO van
the water. and it's no fool Job. ls'
tell you."-Judgs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
Loses Cuff Links 5f1 Year. old.

Chicago pair Of link cuff but
tons, 511 years old. were lost by
Charles R. Hill at q moving picture
show. They we're made in Scotland.
and brought to America before the
Revolution. For IL generations they
were handed down from father to son.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16
Hoof on End Of Lamb., Tai.

Mesa. Colo.-H. B. Woods, a promi-
nent sheepman, is exhibiting a lamb
with perfectly shaped hoof on the
end Of fits tail. Its mother gave birth
to twins, both perfect with the excep-
ton OF the extra heof.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-08-16

Ault. Colo. Though ninety-two
years old. John Arms announced his
intention Of going TO Chile as a mis-
sionary,
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
SPORT.
wksTERN LEAGUE srANpINa.

Jack Johnson has turned down an
offer of 100000 by Hugh Mcintosh to
meet Sam Langford in boxing con-
test in Australia. according to the an
nouncement made by T. s. Andrews
of Milwaukee, American representa-
tive for Mcintosh.
Jack Johnson says he will STRAIT for
his training quarters near Las Vegas,
N. NJ, in about three weeks.
The range of prices for the Flynn
Johnson worlds championship fight at
Las Vegas, N. M, July 4, will be $25,
500 and $40.
Luther Mccarthy of Springfield. Mo-,
knocked out Carl Morris of Tulsa,
Okla, in the sixth round of ten-round
bout before the Springfield Athletic
Club. Edward w. Cochrane. sporting
editor of the Kansas City Journal,
refereed the bout. Mccarthy won with
swinging right to the jaw which fol-
lowed straight left that had stag
gered the Oklahoman. Morris went
to the floor for count OF fourteen
and even then did not appear to realize
that he had lost.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
BURIED TWoscoRE YEARS
Body Inferred in 1871 Is Found to Be
Perfectly Preserved When
Dug Up.

Santa Barbara.-Buried for forty.
one years, the body of Pedro Mazzini
was exposed to the view of relatives.
who declared that 1t had not changed
particle. every feature having re-
NAMED the same as the day the BODY
was placed in the casket
The grave was disturbed as the re-
suit Of request made by Mrs. Mar
garet Mazzini who before her death
three days ago said she wanted the
remains Of her husband placed in a
small box-supposing they had re-
duced to ashes-and her own bedv
laid to rest in his coffin with his ashes
at her side.
When the grave was opened in the
presence of the five surviving chill
dren, an unexpected and surprising
condition was found. The body Of
Mazzini, which had been buried in an
air-tight steel casket, was in perfect
state OF preservation. The children
saw the features of their father as
perfect as the day the body was laid
away In 1871. Even the garment,
showed no wasting.
AS a result OF the find. the children
were unable to carry out the e,.
pressed wish of their mother and tb.y
secured a vault in which her caake,
was placed. Mr.. Mazzini died on his
hftieth birthday following an onera.
ton.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
boy P[UNGES INTO
DEEP OPEN SEWER
The Youngster Is Swept Out Into
the Ocean, Where the Body
Disappeared.
COULD NOT BE SAVED
Victim Of Tragedy Was Doing ea'ano-
Ing Stunts on the Tops OF the
Pillnes Whom He Toppled
Into the Water.

New York.-By tumbling into .
street excavation opposite S13 East
seventy-first street the other day. Will
liam Boherley. about four years Of
age. plunged into the uncovered sewer
~ feet below and was swept out into
the East river, three blocks away.
where the body sank and was whirled
south with the tide.
For a distance of almost ffty feet
half score workmen saw the body
carried in tho thick, murky waters OF
the sewer and then vanish where the
excavation ended, hundred feet or
10 west Of First avenue.
Tho excavation IL the width OF tho
sewer main and shored up with heavy
planks on each side. The top was re-
moved for repairs and for distance
Of 80 feet Is uncovered The snoring
planks rise above the street level in
Irregular pilings for the purpose OF
fencing the excavation and preventing
unwary pedestrians from tumbling in.
But there are breaks here and there
In the snoring and the boys that
swarm the neighborhood have persist
ed in wrggling through and walking
along the edge Of the excavation or
doing balancing stunts on the tops of
the pilings.
The victim Of the tragedy was do
Ing one of these balancing stunts
when he suddenly toppled over and
went headlong down into the rushing
water below.
There were no workmen within
twenty feet OF where the boy splashed
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
He ToppIed Over.

in. and there was no possibility of
saving him. The tide In the sewer
washes swiftly toward the river and
the small body was borne along as If
It had been chip. To those who
looked on and were unable to act 1t
seemed only matter Of seconds be-
fore the boys body vanished.
Several workmen and a troop of
boys sprinted down the street for the
East river. but it was not likely that
they went as fast as the body of the
boy was whirled along. When they
reached the pier that looks down on
the mouth Of the sewer they provided
themselves with boat hooks and ropes
and watched for about half an hour.
They watched in vain. Later ex-
periments were made by tossing
pieces of timber into the excavation
and trying to keep pace with their
progress down the sewer, but the
fleetest runners among the boys in
the district were unable to keep pace
with the progress of the rushing wa
ters.
The tide was running out at the
time the boy was lost-about 2:15
o'clock.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
washington Fears Mexican Clash.

Washington.-Was is stirred
by the reports received from the Mex
ican border of additional outrages per-
petrated upon American citizens who
are fleeing from the revolution-ridden
republic.
The message from Colonel Steever
at Ell Paso to President Taft declar-
ing the shooting of Private John Ba-
ker to have been planned deliberately
by Mexicans on the Mexican side Of
the Rio Grande is talked of every
where and Is expected to be followed
by demand for action on the part of
Congress.
There have been rumors that Con-
gress has delayed taking action to al
low American refugees to reach points
of safety from the interior of Mexico,
fearing that declaration favoring
the invasion OF the republic would
result in appalling fates for those
without protection. Americans have
been warned through consular agents
that to remain longer in Mexico would
place them in great danger
Not since the blowing up of the
Maine in Havana harbor in 1898 ha,
such an ominous war cloud darkened
Americas horizon.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-10
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK or
WIRES ROUND LBoUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTs
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Colonel John NJ. C. Marble. one Of
the best known men of finance In
southern California. died in New York
recently.
A tornado passed over Kinsley.
Kan. recently, killing three of four
Mexican laborers and seriously injur-
ing two others.
Mrs. William F. Curry, wife OF the
clerk Of the Justice Court of San Jose,
Cal. township, has been sworn in a
deputy constable.
A Plymouth Rock egg weighing
seven ounces and measuring 9h
inches endwise and ~ inches the 9TH
er way, is being exhibited by l. Hiner
OF Colorado Springs.
H. o. Jeffries, editor of a Nowata.
Okla, newspaper, was charged with
murder in connection with the killing
of Mrs. Irene Goheen, an advertising
solicitor. and ordered held without
bail. at his preliminary hearing
Unless an immediate settlement OF
the strike of the Union Pacific shop
men is effected. strike OF the 300,
900 shop employees of the Denver &
Rio Grande. Burlington. Colorado &
Southern and other lines is threat
ened.
The United States government.
through Its attorney, Harry Kelley,
has filed suit in the Federal District
Court against the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company. on the charge of vio-
lating the safety appliance act OF
March 2, 1898.
Two children of Joseph Stark were
burned to death and Mrs. Stark was
seriously injured at Helper, Utah.
when an explosion of an oil tank fol
lowed a collision of four Denver &
Rio Grande freight cars with two
light engines in the yards.
Ninety days OF the highest meat
prices of history are in store for the
American people" c. A. 8. Pickering
of the Cleveland Butchers Association
made this statement. Pickering also
declared the country was facing the
greatest beef famine in history.
Increase in our cotton exports COL.
tributed $3O.9O0,O00 to the $4S,700.O0O
total increase in this country's export
trade for March, as compared with q
year ago. says the New York Evening
Post. But the SIG. 100000 increase in
total exports for the nine completed
months of the fiscal year was due
largely to other commodities.
Detectives have been employed by
the city commission in enforcement of
the local option law with respect to
communion services in the churches
in Grand Junction, Colo, and have re-
ported that wine containing more than
two per cent. alcohol is used in the
services of at least one church. This
is in direct violation of the law, but
whether the minister and trustees OF
the church will be arrested and prose
cuted, city officials refuse to say.