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himself or others, or was incapable OF
managing his own affairs. Then came
the cross examination and Hanson
fought desperately against any in
| situation that he himself was a para
noiac.
What per cent of people show
some form of p~aranoia?" asked Tom
Doran on cross examination.
Some authorities hold as high as
SO per cent" replied Hanson.
Are you included in that SO per
cent % asked Doran.
History of Lawyers Career:
mo, am not" said the witness
Then Doran wen into the history of
Hanson's many legal battles, the out
growth. of a long lit of insanity cases:
Hanson admitted that he had brought
some % actions against people because
of various insanity proceedings. In
one of the cases, Hanson said he had
named 81 people as party defendants
and thought the names of others
of suits against court judges, court at
tacheS lawyers and public men, of a
libel suit against United States Senator
j. L. Bristow for libel
You even sued your own mother,
didn't you p" asked Doran.
Hanson objected to answering the
question but the defense showed that
there had been some reference to the
IIldIL6E ID lie Dulhy P0I
offered in evidence and the court said
the question should be answered. The
witness admitted there a been such
litigation.
81 will ask you" said Doran, as he
read from a letter which L~inderholm
wrote TO Jennie Lind, eff this letter in
dictates tfe course of an even and well
balanced mind? DO 1 love ycu?'
LinderEolm had written from the To-
peka asylum. There are two sides to
that question. If God say that you
are to be my wife, then 1 will say that
1 owe YOU If he says no, then I don't
Low yDu, except as far as 1 am re-
quired to love all people,"
81 am not a religious expert" aid
Hanson. 81 see nothing about that ex-
cept hat many people might write"
The letter from which Doran read
extracts nevers reached Miss Lind. It
was Intercepted by the hospital au-
thorities and is a part of Linderholm's
bulky correspondence.
Shortly before noon Linderholm
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Chicago, June 5.-CATTLE-Receipts
16, 600. Market steady to 10c lower. Beeves,
s5.9O69. 80; Texas steers, IS. 40@S.O0; western
steers, st. 4008.1 10; stockers and feeders,
$4.25Q6.70; cows and heifers, $2.S098.OO;
calves, $5.50d9.10.
HOGS-Receipts $1,000. Market slow to
&c lower. Light, $Z0567.50; mixed, 1850
7.55; heavy, $7.05@z5Th; rough, $7.05@7.25;
pigs. IS. 20G7. 05; bulk of sales, f7.4007.5O.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market dull to
15d75c lower. Native, $3.4oQ5.75; western.
So. O@5 10; ~yearlings, $5.25G7.25; lambs, ma
tive. 81 So; western, $5.2548.90.
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Topeka Fruit ind Produce NfaPlrer.
FURNISHED by samI F. Lux. wholesaIs
Fruits and ~I'roduce.l


Topeka, Kan, June s.
PINEAPPLES-Per crate, S2.b0.
ORANGES-Oranges per box. ~ 75ds a
LEMONS-Lemons per box, S5.OO6S. 25-
GOOSEBERRIES-Home grown, per
crate, 81. 10000 ~
STRAWBERRIES-Per crate. 81 II
CHERRIES-Per crate, S2.25.
BLACKBERRIES-Per crate. 20 Ok
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 4Oc.
NEW POTATOES-Per bu., 81. s5.
FLORIDA TOMAToES-Per 6 basket
crate, $3.2SQ3.B. ~
NEW CABBAGE-Per h., &c.
BANANAS-Medium sized bunches ~.
bunch. e2.0062.25; large bunches. n.
bunch, &2.5092.7 70: Jumbo bunches ~
bunch, $2.75G3.2S per h., 4Nc. N
BERMUDA ONIONS-Per cumuercra4
CRYSTAL WAX oNIoNs-Per GUNNER
crate, $780,.
SPRING ONIONS-Per dog. punches Ok
TEXAS CUCUMBERS-Per u bu. boy.
500: large boxes. SIZE; per doz., zoe. '
NEW BEETS-Per doz. punches, 40c.
NEW PEAS-Per u bu. box, 800.
ROUND AND LONG RADISHES-Per
doz. punches, lie.
LETTUCE%Per basket, 4Oc.
SPINACH-Per blu, 60c
RHUBARB-Per h., Sc.
TURNIPS-Per doz. punches. 35c-
WAX diamond u bu has
GREEN BEANs-Per diamond u hi.
basket, S5ca$1. 90.
CHEESE-Per h.. 16h917kc.
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8Mc o FAC and rose to 74sIc.

TS7sc o 74c and rose to 74skc.
Afterward the market sagged in SYM
pathy with wheat. The close was easy
with July at y a decline of Nc net:
OATS-Oats ran up sharply on good
general commission buying. Cash houses
took a prominent part in the purchasing
5O1kc to 50Ac and climbed to size.
PROVISIONS-Trade in provisions had
a steady tone. There was only a light
volume of business. Initial sales swung
from last nights level to 21bc below, with
September deliveries $751; 70 to SIS. 72h for
pork, $1o.s7k o $11.OO for lard. and $1052h
for ribs.
RYE-No. 2, sc.
BARLEY-60cG$1.2 5.
SEED-$7OOGS.00.
CLOVER SEED-$14OO@2O.00.
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REFUSES A PAROLE
BootIegger Elects to Serve 1000 Days
=. i'm Jail.

Wichita, June 5.-J. F. Austin, a con-
victed bootlegger today elected to serve
1900 days in jail rather than sign a peace
bond for a parole.
After being sentenced to about six years
and to pay a fine of 81, 900 for selling liquor
the judge offered to parole Austin If he
would sign the peace bond. Austin prompt
ly refused, saying III take my medicine"
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Strikers, Demands Are Refused.

London, June 5.-The employers at
a meeting Tuesday afternoon refused the
demands of the strike leaders that all
the transport strikers be reinstated
and that a joint board representing
both parties be created. They declar-
ed that no suggestion for a settlement
would be accepted until the men re-
summed work.
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knnsns trtv 1.-Two stock Nfarket.

Kansas City, June 5-CATTLE-Receipts
$500, including 800 southerns. Market
steady to lOc lower. Native steers, Sc. 256
9-15: Southern steers, $5.O0G6.2 20; southern
COWS and heifers. s3.5oQ6.5O; native cows
and heifers, $3.25QS-50; stockers and feed
GS.50; western steers, $6.eoqS-75; western
cows, $4.00d6.5o.
HOGSEReceipts 5000. Market &c lower.
Rrlk Of sales, S7.3097.55: heavy, T45G7.57h;
packers and butchers, $Z.35Q7.55; lights,
s7.15d7.5; pigs. $6.0e46.9o.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market 1Oc low
r Muttons, S4.Oo65.75; lambs, $6.50G9.25;
ran1e Wethers and ~year1ings, $4.O0d6. 25;
range ewes, ss.oOd5.OO; Texas goats. 5000
$50.
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Reporter and Congressman Fight.

Washington, June 5.-Representa-
tive TlIe-nas of Kentucky and Joseph
Amin, a reporter, engaged in a fight in
a corridor of the house office building
today, over a p story which
Thoma claimed was inaccurate and
misrepTesented him. Annin's friends
separated the two men before much
damage gas done.
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The Argonauts who set sail every
fall for a search of knowledge eve as
the Argonaut in the days of old set
forth in search of gold, have returned
to port laden with treasures of wis
DOM. In celebration thereof the crew
and passengers of the treasure shin
held a picnic at the port of the Fred
Voiland home, at 907 Van Buren, street.
last night. This is an annual affair,
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dubois is Turned Down.

Occur D'Alene. Idaho, June BY a vote
of 252 to 157 the Democrat state convention
declined Tuesday to send Fred T. Dubois,
former United States Senator, now nation
al manager of Champ Clark's campaign,
as a delegate to the national convention
at Baltimore.
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Topeka Markets.

FURNISHED by the Cha. wolr Packina
Co., yards close at moo Saturday. we
cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs
Weighing less than ITO lbs. Do net mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished
as we cannot use half fat stun. We give
below prices effective at once. until fure
1her noIice.l
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mission merchants. with Ofaees at all
marketS.l

Kansas City, June 5-CATTLE-Receipts
O2gV mead. Market steady to strong.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market sc
lower: Bulk Of sales, $7.35@7.55; top, $3.50.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market
lower.
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st. Joe, June 5.-CATTLE-Receipts
!, 400. Market slow. Steers, S6.756s.O 90:
cows and heifers, $S.25GS.75; calves, $500
$50.
Top, $3.50; bulk of sales, $7.40G7.50.
SHEEP-Receipts 2, 200. Market: Lambs,
25c lower; sheep, steady. Lambs, $1,000
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fThe following sales were made this
morning at the stock Yards. Kansas
direct to the State Journal by
Clay, Robinson s Co, live stock com
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New York sugar Market.

New York, June 6.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady: M~uscovado. 80 test, 3.42c; centri-
fugal, 96 test, &c; molasses, SO test, 3.17c;
refined, quiet.
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yev work. Money Market.

New york, June 5.-MONEY-Money on
call steady, 2A@3 per cent; ruling rate,
2k per cent; closing bid ~ per cent; offer
ed at 2N per cent. Time loans, easy; 80
days, 8 per cent, and 90 days, 3 per cent;
6 months, 313@3A per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, ia TO
4 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S4.5O for 90
day bills and at $4.S7.15 for demand. Com
mercial bills, $4.S3%-
SILVER-Mexican dollars, 4Sc.
BONDS Government and railroad
bonds, steady.
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GREEN CURED HIDEs-Natives. Ne
i, 121ac; No. 2, 1l1zc; Side Brands i0aifS:
No i, S3.0013.50; No. 2. $3.50. ~
TAIIOw@65c.
Mexico. 1oq17c.
DRY HIDEs-Butchers heavy. zoaz1c.
drv salt, 13G15c.
WOOL-Kansas, Nebraska and Okts-
medium, 14a16c; Light Fine. 1SaiSs:
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Topeka, Kan. June 5.

Fair to 5 ~
Cattle must be good. Cannot use min
stuff.)
Marke. price paid for dry lot cattle.
advising number of head, quality, age
and length of time on feed. we will make
you an ofer or arrange for our buyers
to call on you.
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TopeJxa hay Market-

~fEurnisred by z. A. Beck. 212-21l y. stn ,
Topeka Kan, June
pRARIE HAY-No. 1. $500; No, q az "a
NEW ALFALFA-Choice. s120o; NO
Topeka Wheat Market.
rE,,rrished by the Shawnee Mfllfn1 n.
Topeka, Kan, June 8
No. 2 hard-$1.O4.
No. 2 red-t1.04.
Lower grades 1c scale.
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New york stoc. Market.

Wall. ST, New York, June 5,-STOCKs.
Trading was of the usual professional
character during today's early session
on the stock exchange. Coal shares again
led the movement with underlying strength
in New York Central and other specula-
tive issues. STANDARD specialties n 9TH
ers of relative unimportance also made
gains.
Bonds were steady.
Coal stocks were features of strength at
the opening of the stock market today,
Reading, Lehigh Valley and Norfolk
and Western soon rising a point or more:
american Tobacco and Brooklyn Rapid
Transit also were strong with fractional
advances elsewhere in the active group.
Dizziness followed the opening, after
which moderate activity was resumed
with a further hardening of the leaders
and gains of one or two points in various
industrials.
The market closed strong. Greater
breadth and activity was MANIFESTED IN
the last hour, when the average price level
was the highest of the day. smelGng'
per shares were special features of
strength.
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Topelsn Rufter. Eggs n PnnItr

FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Col
Topeka, Kan, June 8,
EGGS-Fresh country, tic.
POULTRY-Hens, all sizes, &c: broilera
IL and 2 lbs, 25c; springs, 10c; old cocks
Sc: ducks, &c; geese. sc; fat young turkeys
12c; old turkeys, 1oc.
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New york Produce Market.

New York, June NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
steady. Creamery extras, 27A428c.
CHEESE-Market steady and I'M
changed.
EGGS-Market steady to firm. Fresh
gathered seconds, 17@17hc.
POULTRY-Live, unsettled; western
b~roilers, 28@30c; fowls, 1Sc; turkeys lie.
Dressed, steady; chickens, broilers, 3a445c;
western fowls, 14Q16c; turkeys, frozen,
13G22c.
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FURNISHED by The Continental cream.-,
Co. Topeka, Kan.l
Topeka Kan, June 5.
NEW YORK EGGS-1SqISJLc.
CHICAGO EGGS-17617hc..
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicaeo. pc.
N. T., &c; Elgin, Csc; Topeka wholesale
26c.
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"HOw did the Bird know that"
Popular attention is always paid our
special price features-there is true
value behind every one.
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LOVE HIS UNDOINC.

tcontl,ued from PAGE One,
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Chicago Produco Market.

Chicago, June 5-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creameries. 23925c; Diaries, 70
@24c.
EGGS-Market steady. Receipts. p ,7S0
cases: at mark, cases included, 15kG16azc;
ordinary firsts, Ice; first, 17Q171zc.
CHEESE-Market firm. Daisies, 12&@
13Ac; Twins, 12h@13c; Young Americas,
13& Q14c; Long Horns, 12A@13kc.
POTATOES-Market weak. Receipts:
Old, 26 cars; new, 40 cars. Old, $1.10@1.2O;
new, $1.50d1.6O.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; turkeys, 12c;
chickens, 12c; springs, $3.00d8.0O per dozen.
~VEAL-Market steady, SQ12c.
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Cotton Market.
Ct. Joe Live Stock Market.

COttOn MaFkC1.
Galveston, Tex, June 5-COTTON-
II Life.
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kansas city Produce Mai

ha1sdE CITY MhFEeL
Kansas City, June 5.-WHEAT-Cash:
Market steady. No. 2 hard, $1.07@1.12; No.
g. No. 2 red, $1.l01k@1.111A; No.
3, $1.0SQ1.1O.
CORN-Market steady to lie higher. No.
z mixed, 76kQ77c; No. 8, 75c; No. 2 white,
Sic; No. 3, 79c.
-OATS-Market 1c higher. No. ? white,
55AQ56c; No. 2 mixed, 53hQ54c.
RYE-91Q92c.
HAY-Market steady. Choice Timothy,
S21.OOQ22.OO; choice prairie, $20.o0Q21.00.
BUTTER-Creamery, 24c firsts, &c; sec
onds, zoe; packing stock, 19c.
EGGS-Extras, 19c; firsts, lie; seconds,
13c.
POULTRY-Hens, 11kc; ROSTERS. TIC;
broilers, Csc.
WHEAT-Receipts, s cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-July, .011z
September, 99A9ss%c; December, $3.50
$3.50.
CORN-July. 1850; September, 69hc;
December, 5SAc.
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| FURNISHED by ]. B. Billiard. corner Ram.
sas ave. and Curtis ST.
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Topeka, Kan, June 4
1vuEAT-95cG$1.oo.
KAFF1R CORN-Per cwt., $1.30d1.8.
~OATSL50455c.
CORN-76c.
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ToDeka Hide Marke,
Topeka, Kan. T,

fluctuations furnished by James G. sn,t,
Hide Co., los East Third St.1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-20
RocHETTE is MISSING.
The Famous French Swindier, Out on
Bail, Has Disappeared.

Paris, Dec. 19.-Great Indignation has
been aroused here by the discovery
thai Henri Rochelle, the banker and
promoter, who was twice sentenced
for embezzlement and was out of pris-
ON on bail, had disappeared Rochette's
case involved a sensational Parlia-
meatary Investigation in which NJ.
Clemeneeau. the. eXpremier, M. Lee
pine, project of Paris and other off
Gals We're examined. Rochette. by va
rioGs frauds, according to the testi-
mony by which he was convicted
robbed the French public of savings
amounting to s30,000,00o He was ar
rested, March %, 1908, but was released
on S40,009 bail.
Rochette was to have appeared at a
hearing set for today, but he failed to
answer the call of his name, having been
given to understand, it is said, that con-
trary to his expectation no leniency
would be shown him. 1t is expected that
he went to England with the idea of pro-
ceeding to the United States.
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MADISON.

The Women's Home Missionary
ciety of the Methodist church m
Wednesday afternoon, at the resider
of Mrs. Charles G. Haynes, He3
street. The afternoon was passed
making candy bags for the ChristnI
celebration at the Italian Mission
Portland. Refreshments were sery
by the hostess.
Sterling Rebekah Lodge, Wednesd
evening, conferred the Rebekah deg
on a class of six, candidates.
Frank Carpenter and Miss Mar
: Greene OF Colby College arrived hor
Wednesday, for the holidays.
The Third degree team of Quinn
/. ba ssett Lodge, 10. @. F., of Morbid
wock will be the guests Friday eN
! ming, fafs Indian Spring Lodge of MI
isosl and will. confer the degree on {
candidates. ~ 9a1 s#s aat,
Joseph Hart, who has been study
textile designing in Philadelphia
the past four months. is passing
weeks vacation with his parents
this place.
Mrs. J.. Wesley Moody of Arson we
"Wednesday. TO Portland. where she
poets to undergo surgical operati
at the Maine General hospital She
accompanied by her daughter, M
Dill of Pennington.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fire. Wednesday, did $40, 600 damage
to the plant of the Peck Fur Co, al
Danbury CT, of which State Senator
! Charles s. Peck is president. The hre
started from electric power wires.
His Majesty King George of Eng
land was elected an honorary member
of the New York Yacht Club, at the
meeting of the club, Thursday night.
Dallas B.. Pratt was chosen commo-
dore, succeeding C. Ledyard Blair.
Constance Perry Of Dover was sent
enced to state prison, Wednesday, by
Judge Pike in the superior court at
Portsmouth n. H., for not less than
one year or more than two. She was
arrested while enticing to Portsmouth
young girls under IS years of age.
The new japanese cabinet has been
organized IT includes: Premier and
minister of foreign affairs, pro ten,
Count Taro Katsura; home affairs,
Viscount Kanetake Oura; War Lieu
tenant General Yasutsuna Kikoshi.
Count Kato will be appointed foreign
minister on his return to Toxic from
London.
Mrs Robert c. Mccormick of New
York City, who arrived in Jacksonville,
Wednesday, reported the loss of dia-
mond brooch containing 33 diamonds and
valued at $4,000. The jewelry was either
lost or stolen while Mrs. Mccormick was
a passenger on the Richmond, Frederick
burg & Potomac Railroad. She was on
her way to Palm Beach.
Albert Fl. Woods, the Brool,line flor
list. charged with manslaughter, in
causing the death of Thomas Goldrop,
on Sept. 10, appeared before Judge
King in the Norfolk superior crimi
nal court at Dedham Wednesday. He
pleaded guilty and the consideration
of his case was continued until the
April term of the court he being re-
leased in $4,000 bail Woods is charged
with shooting Goldrop, as he was leay-
ing his premises, alleging that he stole
some violets.
The board of directors of the Ma
tional Woman's Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation met, Thursday night. in Chi
cago, in bi-monthly session and con-
sdered undertaking a fight for en-
reimbursement of men, Votes for men
in the District of Columbia were de-
manded by speakers. DIR. Anna Shaw,
president of the National Board, de-
manded 5000 policewomen for New
York City in order to have the wo-
men and children of that city prop
erly protected.
Rev DR.. William Hiram Folkes of Phil
adelphia, secretary of the Ministerial Re-
lief and Sustenation Board of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States,
presented to that body, Thursday. draft
for $4,000, the gift of an unnamed New
York friend of the board. TIE board,
which is organized to care for aged and
disabled ministers and the widows and
orphans of deceased ministers, is carry
ing on a campaign to raise $100o0,0o0 Of
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WINSLOW.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rollins have
returned from visiting friends in Ban
gor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hurd are re-
joicing over the arrival. Tuesday, of
9-pound boy at their home. n s..c
Mr.. Novel; of South Gardiner is
visiting his son, Charles Novel;, of
this town. -, e5.,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stubbert of
1iconic street are receiving congrat
ulations on the arrival, Wednesday, of
a 9H pound boy, at their home.
Mrs. w. w. Merrill of Auburn is
visiting Mrs. Burleigh Simpson Of
Benton avenue.
A red hot bowling match was held
at the Taconnet Club Wednesday eve
ming, between the married ladies and
the single ladies, which was won by
the single ladies, by 81 pins. Mrs.
Hurd had the highest single string,
90, also the highest three string to-
tai of 257. Married ladies' total pin
fall 973; single ladies pinfall, 1884.
j. w. Bassett had the misfortune
to fall on the icy walk, Thursday
morning, injuring his side quite badly.
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Bush of New York both Is years old,
were lodged in the county jail at Free
hold, ~ j., Wednesday. after having
confessed to various robberies at Mata-
wan The police say nine other boys
were members of the same burglar gang.
The boys owned up to looting the house
of Mayor Frank Bedle of Matawan of
more than $500 in valuables, robbing the
New Jersey Pottery Works and several
other places, and making sundry raids
on chicken coops. Bush is said to have
been arrested for petty robbery in New
York. Huff left the reform school at
Jamesburg three weeks ago. rs
A spectacular fire that Threatened TO
wipe out the retail district of Worces-
tel. early Wednesday,, damaged the
Taylor building at the corner of Main
and Chatham streets to the extent of
over 5000 The Bon Marche building. q
five story structure next door, was
damaged by smoke and water to the
extent of several thousand dollars. The
fire originated in an ash shute in the
Taylor building, 2-story wooden
structure, probably from hot ashes,
and rapidly worked up until the flames
broke through the roof, lighting up the
whole district 1t was discovered by
Albert Hunt, a newsboy, who gave the
alarm.
\ gift of $4,000 from Mrs. Charles
O. Brewster of New York to Harvard
has been received by the university
and was announced, Wednesday. The
gift is in memory of Mrs. Brewsters
husband, a member of the class of
1879. who died recently in New York.
The income is TO be applied in the de-
partment of music and for the pres
ent win be used for the support of
concerts and expositions of music. Mr.
| Brewster had been the treasurer OF
the fund which has provided for the
| Whiting concerts for some years.
The New Hampshire forestry COM
mission, Wednesday, made announce
| ment that a careful investigation OF
/ the chestnut region in New Hamp~
shire reveals that the chestnut bark
| disease has become widely scattered
and is a serious menace to the chest
nut growth of the state, which ag-
gregates more than $1,000,000 in val
ue The State forestry commission is
cooperating with the Bureau of Plant
Industry of the United States depart
for the Protection of New Hampshire
Forests in carrying out a program of
field work which will help farmers to
stop the rapid progress of this dis
ease