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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08

Hunter Sees Animals Kill Each
Other in Fierce Fight.
FOUGHT UNDER WATER
They Came to the Surface Several
Times to Blow the Water FroT
Their Lungs, but Quickly Went a
Ii Again.

Seaberry. N. Y.-An otter long
known to woodsmen In this region as
White Eye was killed in fight with
@ beaver on Big brook few days ago.
according TO Lem Lawson. who wit
messed the encounter. The beaver
also lost Its life. =
White Eye took Its name from
circle of white hairs around its raghe
eye. Fishermen on Big brook. the
West Canada and Metcalf stream had
often seen it and trappers knew the
animal by the print made by Sts
ewfgted foot lii the snow. Lawson
caught the otter in No. 8 Jump trap
three years ago last spring, but the
otter cramped the trap in q snag
fork and pulled loose.
The beaver was an old male OF the
type known as a scout" There had
been no beavers on Big brook for
many years, but the stocking OF the
Adirondacks with a few pairs has re-
suited in colonies all over the Adiron-
dacks and the appearance OF outlaw
hHnkCS AL Peai - VI thAO W.
A year ago the scout beaver appeared
on Big brook and took up Its quarters
in q hole in the bank at the upper
alderbed. Working from this hole,
the animal built a dam across the
Crock, which is here only few feet
wide, and raised the level OF the still
water more than two feet.
The otter White Eye usually spent
ats winters on Big brook pond, but
travelled during the summer. 1t had
hole In the bank near the head OF
the upper alderbed and when the
beaver built the dam the water was
raised enough to floGd the offers re.
treat. It Is supposed by Lem Lawson
that this was what started the fight
between the beaver and the otter.
Lawson was stillhunting deer along
the headwaters, when he saw the
beaver closely followed by White Eye,
Che otter.
He waited with interest and then
heard sharp barking sound, followed
by d hoglike snufling. The tops Of
the alder bushes began to wave back
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
ASKS $500 FOR DOGS FOOD
Animal Was Pet Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps Ward, the
Author.

Boston, Mass-The care Of Fee, a
pet dog, formerly owned by the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward,
the author, Is the basis Of a suit filed
in the Superior court at Salem.
Mrs. Adeline' Hawkes. Of Gloucester
Instituted proceedings against the exc
cutors Of Mrs. Wards estate to recov-
er $500, which she claims to be en-
titled to because Of expense largely
incurred In feeding Fee. The plafntifE
alleges that she cared for the dog for
the last eighty five weeks at Mrs
Wards request.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
CHIP CREATES A
PANIC IN BIG HOTEL
Harmless Little Animal Escapes
From a Box and Is Killed
by aBoy.

San Francisco, eai.-Consternation
reigned at the St Francis hotel for
ten minutes the other afternoon ana
then came spell Of deep grief. IL
was caused by a harmless little chip
munk. Mr. and Mrs. George 9. Beck
ley of Honolulu motored down from
Lake Tahoe In the morning ana
brought seven OF the animals con-
fined In a wooden box. Mrs. Beckley,
who was Beatrice Campbell of San
Jose. and is the sister Of Princess
Kawananakoa OF Honolulu prevailed
upon her husband to get the chip.
hunks for her, intending to take them
to Honolulu as pets. Shortly after
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08

pYe and other relics OF ancient Egypt.
When the erection of the Assouan
Dam was first proposed some engi-
neers insisted 1t ought to be made
higher even though Philae would be
submerged. But classical sentiment
prevailed and it was several years
later that archaeologists were COM
PEELED to give way before the obvious
fact that the dam would have to be
raised before the great plan OF max
ing the desert bloom could be wholly
fulfilled.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
The Beaver Was as Eager TO Fight as
the Otter.

and forth and little waves came rolling
through the overflow, showing that the
two were in violent combat The wa
ter began to sprinkle around through
the alders and fall on the open still
water. After a minute or two the
fighters came rolling over and over in
the water through the alders into the
open.
They broke apart after a moment
and then the otter shot in again and
the beaver carried it down. The wa
ter boiled up white over their paws,
but there was pink glow in the foam.
They rolled over and over, the bea-
yer throwing the otter half out of the
water with one vicious uplift Of its
Jaws, and the otter came boring down
with savage swapping of its jaws.
Both animals were half choked by the
underwater fighting.
The end came just as Lawson real
qzed that the beaver was spelling a
s25 otter hide He was trying to get
q. sight to shoot the beaver and SO
save the otter's hide when the otter
suddenly bored in under the beavers
stomach and cut 1t open. AS the bea-
yer rolled over, struggling helplessly,
the otter knew that it had won, and
came swimming, down the saltwater,
straight toward the hunter. There
was red cash through the white eye.
and behind the otter the wake was
crimson and foaming.
The otter crawled up on the liam
and as the long. black body left the
water Lawson saw four gashes on the
right side, one nine inches long on the
back, and on the right side of the OF.
ser's paunch was ripped open so badly
that the heart and lungs were ex-
posed.
The otter gave quick shudder, be-
gan to roll over aud over. and died
within three feet of where Lawson
crouched.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Takes Usual Christmas Swim.

Chicago. Reitz, who is fifty
years old and resides at 1888 Ems
street, took his regular Christmas
swim the other day In Lake Michi.
gan. Persons who saw him splashing
about IN the water at Clarendon beach
thought he was drowning. They rush.
ed to the rescue and were greeted
with the sally: Come on in, boys;
the waters f1ne.a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Lendon,s Pride: st. Paul's Cathedral.

drain our foundations The cathedral
is built on water bearing soil above
the clay, and the constant danger Is
that this soil may become dry, and de-
crease In bulk, thus leading to settle
ments OF the foundations, and crack
ing of the walls. Indeed, Mervyn
Macartaey, architect y the dean and
chapter, stakes so stIious view OF
any such drainage that he Is unable to
say where the damage might end.
Whens4a remember ths1 Holy Trinity
in KingsRsg which Stands beside q
similar subway. had to be rebuilt, we
cannot but do all In our power to
save st Paurs from the possibility Of
ruin
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08

Mans Preferences.

Miss Lillian Hill, lecturing 81 q
gencies In Cleveland, said:
1T Is q good thing for the huznaA
race that beauty counts for more thu
intellect when 1t comes to loye b
tellect too often means nerves.
somnia-hypochendrIa.
Yes, 1t is good thing for The III
man race that, as an old maid aEen
Vassar put IL rather bitterly:
Men prefer q well formed gIEI
q well informed one. =
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Seek to Curb Plunes' Size.

Los AngeIes.-Councilman Toppam.
contending that constant tickling
by hat plumes is as exasperating and
menacing as the stabbing by hatpins.
has before the city council an amend,
ment to the ''hatpin" ordinance the
purpose OF which is to lessen the
length OF millinery plumage. He de
clares that large plumes worn by WON
an tickle all near then
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Swat Indirect.

Mandy-What fob 20 ben gofn Y
dc postofice so reg'lar? Are 10 gu
respondin' wifi some other fsnalaF
Rastus- Nope; but since alb bean Y
readin' in de papers bout desc on
science funds ali kind of thought g
might possibly 81. q lettah from dsl
ministah what married us. IL &c
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Dou Saves Fourteen at Fire,

ST. Louis.-Fourteen persons owe
their lives to Jack, a dog, who barked
warning that a FIRE ragged In the fiat
where they live who was burned to
death while barking In front of a door
way where he thought the occupants
OF the fat had not been warned.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Prisoners Object 20 Barber.

New York.-Temperamental prison.
ers in the tombs have complained
about the way the prison barber
shayes them. and have asked permits
sinn tn nRa their own safety razora.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Her WAY.

Miss Prettyface has such an, en-
gaging way about her.
.I know she has. She accepts every
man who asks her.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Extremes.

Extremes.
Why is Alexander so cut -
Because his salary has just paa
cut down.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-08
Chorus Girls Get Bibles.

Chicag o.--Chorus girls in the "Fsriv-
olous Geraldine" company found Gid.
con Bibles on their dressing tables.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-12-14
FIVE AWAIT their
:: ss. ;,,;;;. FATE in Sing Sin
CONTINUED from page one.)
We will endeavOr to pro
part Of the city. modern

ha asks for . song or a story or
wants to play checkers by the call
ing out system-th6le is instant ac-
quiscencc. All quarrels are COM
pletely forgotten. Every comrade
presses delicacies upon him.
During all that last week the death
watch" shared by two keepers sits in
front of his cage every night. Mean
while he and his comrades ndure
that greatest torture Of all-the part
ings with dear ones.
For thu last night unwritten code
prescribes everything. At midnight a
keeper stops before each Of the other
occupied cells distributing the tobac-
co, pipes, end other trifles belonging
to the comrade who is about to go.
who calls out as each presentation
js made
keep that to remember me BY"
And each reciepent answers:
"Thank you" The colloquy ends
thus, in each instance:
sGoodbye I hopt you have luck
and get out"
.'Thank you. Goodbye and God
bless you"
sOf these responses Molineux wrote.
They are row as they were ten years
ago: they will be the same twenty
years from now.
There is no sleep for anyone. But
there is no more talk. They hear
him tearing up letters from his
family anc friends, resolutely after
one last reading.
Long before the dawn they can
family near. or feel, the vibration OF
the dynamo that is being made ready
to supply the death current Pres
emily they hear soft footsteps. the
priest coming, and the murmuring of
Latin. The drawing of the cell cur
tains follows. Molineux lay flat on
his cell floor and looked under the
curtain. te says:
81 saw the priest bless and kiss
him: hold up the cross before his
ewes: bid him have faith. and then
back out Of the cell. He who was
soon to be it followed. Then heard
the procession march rapidly into the
next room. Bang said the hungry
little door % it closed.
Then All wait in silence. Nothing
happens for q few minutes. The brill
liant eleciric lights suddenly grow
aim for ! moment. It is the deflect-
inx 81 tile death current. Another
murder has ben appasd.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Washington March 3.-Ffve thou- sand women, marching in the woman suffrage pageant today, practically E fought their way foot by foot up Pennsylvania avenue through surg ing mob that completely defied the Washington police, swamped the marchers and broke their procession into little companies The women -trudging stoutly along under great difficulties-were able to complete thelr march only when troops of cavalry fram Fort Myer were rushed lnlo Washington to take charge of Penn sylvania avenue. No inauguration mas ever produced such scenes. which IT many instances amounted to nothing less than riots.
 Washington Police Denounced.
 Later in Continental hall the women turned what was to have been a sui frage demonstration into an lndlgna- ton meeting in which the Washington police were roundly denounced Tor their inactivity and resolutions were passed calling upon Presideut-eiec Wilson and the incoming congress make an investigation and locate q responsibility for the indign1ties tf . marchers suffered. Miss Helen keief the noted deaf and blind girl, was exhausted and unnerved by the e perience in attempting to reach grandstand where she was 10 Hit heen a guest of honor that she Vesi
 
 Jeered and lnsuted by Mobs.
 The scenes which attended the en : fry of "General' Rosalie Jones ard her mixers" on Thursday, when the bedraggled women had to fight then way up Pennsylvania avenue swamped by a mob with which a few police men struggled in vain, were repeated today, but upon q vastly larger ScaIe- - The marcfers had to fight thelr way 4I,z than 2 hour in making the first ten blocES. Many of the women were in tears un- der the iibes and insults of the mob that lined the route.
 No Efforts to Control Crowds.
 Although stout wire ropes had been stretched up and down the length ol Peursvlyaria avenue from the Peace monument to the Mall behind the White House, the enormous croWos that gathered early to gain points oI vantage overstepped them or croWoeu beneath. Apparently no effort was made to drive back the trespassers n b the early hours. with the result that when the parade started it faced at almost every hundred yards solid wall of humanity.
 Pluckiiy Resent Insults.
 On the whole 1t was a hostile crowd through which the women marcneo' Miss Inez Mulho1land, herald of the procession, distinguished herself by aiding in riding down a. mob tha blocked the way and threatened to disrupt the parade. Another woman member of the petticoat cavalry struck k a hoodlum a stinging blow across the face with her riding crop in reply to scurrilous remark as she was passing: The mounted police rode hither and yon, but seemed powerless to stem the tide of humanity
 Mrs. Taft Diseusted.
 
 front of the reviewing stand, in which sat Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft and & half dozen invited guests from the White House. They kept up running fire of causttc comment. Apparently and, evidently disgusted, the White House party left before the procession had passed in it's halting and inter
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
MAKEUP OF THE CABINET.
A Semi Official Announcement of Its
 Personnel.

Washington, March 8. - Though President-elect Wilson will not send the names of his cabinet to the senate until tomorrow afternoon, authorita- tive information as to it's personnel came from members of his official family when he arrived today. Wash ington now accepts the following slate as constituting the final selections If the president-elect:
 Secretary of State-Wi1liam Jen- nings Bryan of Nebraska Secretary of Treasury-wi11fam G. AIcAdoo of New York. Secretary of War-Idnd1ey M. Gar rfson of New Jersey. Attorney General-James Mickey holds of Tennessee.
 Postmaster Genera1-Representa Albert Burleson of Texas.
 Secretary of the Nawy-Josepfus Daniels Of North Carolina.
 Secretary of the Interior-Franklin K. Lane of California. Secretary of AgricuIture-David F. Houston of Missouri.
 Secretary of Commerce-Represen at1ve William c. Redheld of New York.
 Secretary of Labor-Representa William B. Wilson of Pennsylvania
 The selection of Vice Chancellor Garrison of New Jersey to be secre- tary of war is in line with the idea the president elect has always hal that the head of the war department should be g. man of unusual admins tratfve ability. Supervision Of the island possessions of the Unite1 States, including the Philippines and the Panama. canal zone, will be i'm portant factors under the new admin istration and this burden will fall on the head of the war department. Vice Chancellor Garrison is close friend of MT Wilson and is regarded as one of the best men New Jersey has ever elevated to the bench.
 The choosing of David Franklin Houston, chancellor of Washington university, St. Louis, Mo, for the port folio of agriculture, also occasions lit tie surprise, as MT Wilson's intimate knowledge of agricultural questions has led him to seek a man familiar with the processes of advancing sci- entif1c farming and allied questions in this country. Mir. Houston was pres ident of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college for number of years.
 For the portfolio of secretary of the interior, 1t is said MT. Wilson has been influenced to select a westerner of legal training. Franklin K. Lanes experience as interstate commerce commissioner it is assumed has fitted him for executive and judicial tasks involved in administering the public land policy of the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
DECLARES THAW
IS STILL INSANE
State Makes Answer to Latest Habeas
 Corpus Proceeding.

Albany, N. Y, March 3.-Harry K ThaW, slayer of Stanford White. is still of unsound mind and his release from the MatteaWan state hospital for the criminal insane would be danger ous to the public peace and safety, ac- cording to a sworn affidavit made to- day to Attorney General Carmody by Dr. Roy l.. Leak, acting superintend- ent of the hospital
 The affidavit will be used as the states return to the writ of habeas corpus obtained last Saturday from Justice Guy of New York, directing the state to produce Thaw before Jus tice Gfegerich in New Y ork on Thurs should not be given his freedom
 At conference today between the attorney general, Colonel Joseph F Scott superintendent of state prisons and Dr. Leak, it was decided to re- draft the rules and regulations gov erning the inmates of Matteawan, with a view to curtailing the priviIeges here tofore extended to Thaw. All rules which might to tend to operate in favor of Thaw will be abrogated
 Attorney General Carmody again has retained William T. Jerome former district attorney of New York county as special counsel to represent the state in the new proceedings begun in behalf of Thaw. Mir. Jerome was al lowed $1O,000 for defending the action begun by Thaw before Justice .Keogh of New Rochelle last year. The ex- penses by the state at that trial, fn- cluding MT. Jerome's fee, totalled s1S.- 765. A bill to defray these expenses was reported recently to the senate bv the finance committee
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

combrero an tncongruous companion to the silk hat of the president-elect. A Call by the MarshaIIs.
 'Td never a-died happy if I hadn't been here today" said Captain 'BiTI'' as he walked arm in arm into the
 The president elect found the cor riders of the hotel crowded with Princeton alumni wearing orange and black rosettes. The Wilson's went i'm floor where John W. Wilson a cousin of the president-elect and a score of relatives were waiting to receive them
 The President-elect had been in his rooms but a few minutes when Vice President-elect Marshall and Mrs Marshall called to pay their respects.
 Home-Iike Atmosphere on Train.
 Mir. Wilson's three and half hour trip from Princeton to the national capital seemed like a moment to him. he said He found aboard the train which the students had provided espe- cially for him, every comfort and con- yenience- They had invited also some of the intimate friends of the Will son family, and the latter found them selves in home-like atmosphere all the way.
 MT. Wilson sat in the rear parlor car with his family, chatting most of Thomas H. Birch, personal aide to MT. Wilson. as governor of New Jer- sey, appeared for the first time In gold braid uniform. It was one of the rare occasions when MT. Wilson was ac- conpanied by a uniformed aide and he was somewhat uneasy over it. When his chief came into the smoking com partment, the colonel rose ceremon1- ously.
 The White House Baby.
 Don't start that" laughed MT. Will son good naturedIy. I'm nobody yet"
 It was & happy family group on the train. With Mrs. Annie Howe, a sis ter of the president elect, who Joined the party at West Philadelphia. came her daughter, Mrs. Perrin Cothran, and granddaughter. Josephine The Cothran baby is a favorite with the president elect and probably will be a frequent visitor at the White House. Little Josephine was the object of much attention from the family and when the train stopped at Baltimore she occupied 8 conspicuous place at the window from which vantage point she struck up an immediate acquaint- anee with the crowd.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
AMERICANS OPPRESSED
 BY AMERICAN TROOPS.
Senator critieises Policy of Patroliins
 Mexican Border.

Washington, March S-An attack on the policy pursued by the United States in patrolIing the Mexican border during the Mexican revolutions was made in the senate today by Sen ator Fall of New Mexico, member of the special Investigating committee that has conducted a recent 1nV@@Glga- ton into border conditions.
 Senator Fall declared that the com 1nittee in it's investigation along the border from San Diego, Calf, to New Orleans had come in contact frequent Iy with cases where the armed forces of the United States had been used to arrest American citizens on American soil.
 "The American troops have been used to oppress American citizens in their own country" said Senator Fall, instead of being used to protect them they were being robbed and murdered on this side of the border line. Amer1- cans have been thrown into prison and deprived of life and liberty.
 This is not single instance, but 8 condition that has been general along the border for over a year."
 Senator Fall reviewed in some de- tail the testimony taken by the special conanitte of which Senator Smith of Michigan, was chairman. He said that scores of witnesses resident in Mexi- co testified to the fact that they had been attacked simply because of their American citizenship.
 The United States, he said extend ed no protection to these people.
 we would be much more justified in sending troops into Mexico than we were in sending marines into Mica = raEua." he declared.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
INDIANS EXPRESS
 DESIRE TO PARADE. Feel That They Have a Right in In- augurai Procession.

Washington, March s-Representa- tives of eleven tribes of Indians as- sembled in council today in the office of Acting Commissioner of Indian Af- fairs Abbott and solernnIy expressed their conviction that they were en- titled to take active part in the in- auguration of a president of the United States. They based this decla- ration on the fact that they had sign ed declaration of allegiance to the government of the United States'' in- mediately after the ceremonies in New York harbor ten days ago which marked the beginning of the great monument to rise there as a memorial to the American Indian. The council today they considered a link between their signing of the declaration of allegiance and their participation i6 tomorrow's parade,