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Show PLEASANT. GROVE NTTwi- MAN'S BODY HERMIT WHO KEPT MANY FELINE PETS "FOUND DEAD IN -HUT.". BARRED .... KIN FROM HOUSE Old River Man Who Once Used Revol-yer Revol-yer to Keep Surgeons from Am- " putating Legs Expires Amid Strange Surroundings. " St. . Louis. Mo, Sourrounded by a hundred jarring cats, which he had loved, petted and fed when he had not strength to care for himself, Capt John TollertonMa8seyt one of the old- esf steamboat meu In the country, was found dead in bis hut; No. 1707 Papin street. Capt Massey had lived alone sinct the death of Ms wife two years ago - and refused to be taken to a hospital visit him. He had been able to get around with difficulty previous to his last .illness, owing to injuries sus-".' sus-".' talned'when he was thrown' from a carriage at Bismarck, S. D.Lin 1885, while he was steamboating in that .part of the country. He was also . thrown from a street car about two years ago and never entirely re covered. While he was In the hospital the physicians attempted to amputate hU , legs, both of which had been broken, but he refused to allow them to ad minister an anesthetic and slept with a pistol under his pillow, which he drew on the surgeons every, time they approached him. To add to' his troubles, about this time the Col. Macleod, which had been put In charge of another man, was damaged so badly as to be no longer . nt ror service. The ooat nao Deen drawn onto the ways for repairs when the boat of a rival company which had been docked shortly before broke anchor ahd stove the Col. Macleod. A suit was filed and won by Baker A Massey and the money paid to the estate of Baker, who had died mean time. This caused another suit against the heirs of Baker, which Is till In the St. Louis circuit court. Wben his wife died Massey rented his house, reserving two rooms on the premises for himself and his cats. Reserving Two Rooms on the Premises Prem-ises for Himself and Cats. lie had cut a hoi in the bark door of his apartment through which his pets might pass In and out - Doseaa of thes pet wore sitting around the yard mewing plaintively the day after Capt. Massey death, while they looked wistfully at the hole In the door, which had been closed when their mauler was taken away. TapL Massey was born la Franklin count. Mo., July 3, IKt. . He came from an old Virginia family, which furnished many distinguished men during the revolutionary and war of 112. HI father. Peter Massey. wa a lieutenant In the war of 111!, and one of the tsnehet fighter, of the Black-hawk Black-hawk war. . .- DOG SAVES. FOUR IN FIRE Areuses Woman and Three Children and They Flee from Smoke-Filled Smoke-Filled Rooms. Chicago. A black aad laa dog saved the family of Carl Pterson. a milk dealer. 1SI1 Lsrrabee street, from a Ere la thrlr home The blai started la a cloyee closet and the barkleg of the dog aroused Mrs. Ptersoa and her tare childrea. The room was betns rt ii'T B"4 with smoke aad the oc-": oc-": were forced to Be to the street. -! was ...kened by the d bark- rom I fewad le room B.ied wua aK;k. aW Mrs. PWsoa. "The dog wm )Mttp o op agaiaat the door of the rkfb- ckwt. hnt as sooa as I a; fred te Uk aaleC" Daily Flight. Vail I l-A it a.l over the WrTght b-if :, r tt- day. U.ii H-w i tkat? WtU. I auk fowf f liU tirrj !lSje I f i up to ssy rooo. Tai NOSE-USURPING "THE , r.Sw.-. w-.a . ; 7 j ft : A- - II 1 t t, . i- I j hi ' : i I 1 f J - J S 1 N f 1 ' 1 - , 4 . ! - i " -"-t - -' j . - K ? t-: ..' - v'. - " N -... i. f - ...... The picture In the center Is of a woman who has made for herself a mustache mus-tache of beads. Some of the surrounding pictures are of women and tome of men. Can you tell the difference? . . . . CANADA'S BIG CROP Official Statement of Grain Harvest Har-vest Issued by Government. $100,000,000 8urplus Is Going Into Farmers', Pockets for Wheat, Oats, and Other Grains-Record Grains-Record Yield. Ottawa, Ont An official statement of the grain harvest of Canada baa been Issued by the. statistics depart ment of the dominion government. It gives the estimates of production, computed from the reports of a large staff of correspondents, and although the ..totals are less than those of a month ago for wheat and barley, they how that Canada haa reaped an Int mense harvest The wheat crop Is put down at 168,- 3S6.0OO bushels, giving an average of 22 bushels an acre, and barley at S7,-000.000 S7,-000.000 bushels, or 31 bushels an acre. The yield of oats Is given as 355,000,- 000 bushels, or 38 bushels' an acre. Harvesting operations were practic ally concluded at the end of August. eicept In Quebec and the maritime provinces, and although there was a scarcity of labor In the northwest, the One weather there made the cutting of grain practicable In good condition. The wheat yield for Manitoba. Sas katchewan and Alberta Is more than 149.000,000 bushels, and oats 187,700.- 000 bushels. One thing ts assured, that Canadian! have reaped the biggest and most profitable grain crop the country ever haa produced and, with the prices now obtaining, they will have an enor-mou enor-mou turn of money added to their spending powers. It Is estimated that aurplus of upward of f 100.000,000 will be Into, .the pockets of the farm ers and grain growers. The grade of wheat produced this year is eald to be the bt la years. so that Canadian farmer will not only benefit dlrectlj by cash. receipts for the season's crop, but will have to enlarged reputation for quality that will give them a steady market for the Increased volume of wheat they may b expected to produce In the coming years. After years of ei perl ment and labor, la-bor, an Ottawa preacher haa succeed ed In perfecting a devlc for pulling Bat which may revolutionise the linen Industry. For the last all years Rev. Charles II, VeesoL pastor of 8C Mirk's French Presbyterian church In this city, has been working oa a device de-vice whereby 8a I could b pulled by machinery lnstd of by hand as at present. Every firm manufacturing hinder la Canada, aad probably la the Called State, has. had etpert designers endeavoring en-deavoring to solve the problem of a machine that cotald pull Haa. but with-ont with-ont avalL . Rev. Mr. VessoC however, haa aa Inveatkm which lakes tb placs of lh tevta aad kalves oa aa ordinary binder, and rulla the Cat aad binds It as fait as the regolar cacLioe raa bind grain MUMMIES OUG UP IN JAPAN Bwried 231 Yeses Ass D.ecev- r4 M Ced State of Prtee wstion In B j Jar. Tokyo. Jsrsn Rerrt!y a ascsber cf eebacad cr satiaixtfed bed; la a trHstt state of preerrat5ca save bea f- vtd l tie Fkjra graie-yard graie-yard of the Kaif-jkt temp' Om cf lm was Uat cf Ho-ia Astfao-kaacl Astfao-kaacl Taa4a. who X V-l years ago fte was tie fewd! Wd of Sis rtsa, Awa? srev-. he hiaa- PLACE OF THE -EARS self being a descendant of Honda Tadakatsu. one of the "four Deva kings." The embalmed body was found in 'a sitting posture, with a rosary 4n Its hands. It was Inside a big earthenware Jar, which itself was Inclosed In a wooden coffin, and- was burled over ten feet under the ground. Another similar find was mude later, this time the corpse being that of a 1 a . u7. aonie u years 01 sge. wno proved- to be the son of Awajlno Kami. - The body was also In a large earthenware Jar. but without a coffin. A large quantity of fragrant spice was found In the Jar, which was covered with a thick copper plate In order to keep out moisture and air. When brought to light the body appeared tb be a boy sound asleep; no one would hare aupnosed It bad been buried 180 years. The skin was perrevtlyprescrvedj and even the cerements were not decayed. Beside the body were found"" a toy bow and arrows In a wooden box and several other playthings. - LITTLE BEAST BAD NEIGHBOR Two Pennsylvania Hunters Penned In Unused Coop with Skunk Nearly Perish Allentown. Ta. Robert Haasler and Allen Crlra of this city, while on a gunning trip to Lehlghtoo and Parry-ville, Parry-ville, got on forbidden ground and were arrested. The constable placed them In aa unused coop for safekeep ing. . , The boys soon found that they were not the only occupants of tbs place. but that some sort of an animal was ron fined with them. What kind of an animal It was they found out wben they cornered It In the rubbish and then they wished they were far away. Their cries for help soon brought asslataiA-e, but they were nearly suffocated suffo-cated when released. Both declare they. would rather face a grliily bear than another skunk at does range. Large Farms Average from 2,000 to JKO Acres In Size Eacellent Opportunitie for New Settler. London In Rhodesia, as generally alt over Sooth Africa, fanes run to Ixe which, would astonish th farmer at home. "They average from 2,000 to OOO acres, according to their object ob-ject Matabelelaad. that district which lie more or less south of Gwelo to the border. Is regarded as having a ene future before It aa a rattle country, and a settler her would take p a farm of C.ood acre. Maaboaalaad 1 n.or scltable for n-ixed farsiiag. and a farm of aoovt 2.00 acre would meet roost need. Soth a farm rrweu a good slice of country, and. hrp,,r the peace of mind of aey rr'1 ttler. tt nsv b at coce said thai ae'tsproved land Is very la prV. Th sala-Imura sala-Imura price I 27 cats aa acre, the average I about t eeals to $1. If the Usd Is Ue ctr from tt Pr!t tsh Sowth Afrtc "r?,8y th facll-itis facll-itis for y i5it are ,!! i- crfitoCil. Tt" traaat r rj yr wherein to eosEr'" ,a p-trTha. and la tte Itserta r? "'y s3 rt-aL rt-aL so ssh rr -t o U c;."J vsiae. aad a tl Hra Is cc-sd sp, w Ua4 rkwd. r $Used. aad rk raised, a rJ sct:w to avowed Is4 th rrk t fan t the of t irVSM to Wjraredl Tier Is a rf ke '?e oa th Wait - ' 1' .' - - '-V : Sold for Less Than 25 Cents irT Alaska. v j Pennies, Nickels and Dimes Unknown s hv EjftKm'a Northern; ParC of United States Cahorer .. Make .Money on -Side. ' Seattle, Wash. "No pennjesnlekels and dimes go in Aiggka" g"'' John Hoover of , Fairbanks, who has Just arrived here from Alaska. "When I Nothing first went to that country I saw ba&i Marlow,. aged five; William Marlow. tenders look curiously at a dime,' thai -Tlr :e od JUeJln gyfrtOWr some tenderfoot had ; tossed on tht J)ar, and thejt'? weep ltoff ott the floor with their, hands. I wondered at thia contempt for real money and asked" some questions about it discovering that no one ever took - nickels or dimes, and that nothing . could be bought4n-the Klondike for less than 25 cents. ; "Take the ordinary Back of tobacco, for Instance, which we get here for a nickel. There, they cannot sell it for a quarter, hardly, so they make It two-fora"quartgr,1ur wni not "sell one for 15 cents. ' "It is common cause among those people up there. They do not want Bikelaand dlmes-totroducedior lni troduction of small change would mean lower wages and lower prices. Ordinary shovelers get four or five dollars a day, now, and other labor is paid la proportion. They do not want to receive lower wages. J'Ofncourse'rTlfiIruelhey" make money on the Bide, almost every worker work-er does. There Is a tendency In mining min-ing to follow the rule that nuggets belong to the man who uncovers them, even If they are found on the claim of the employer. I Irare seenmen pick up nuggets worth from an Insignificant Insig-nificant sum of $108 in value. "I couldn't be satisfied here again," satd Mr. Hoover, "for the game up there Is worth playing. I have had this bag half filled tilth gold dust several sev-eral times and lost It; but I expect to keep right on filling It up till 1 make a strike." Mr. Itoover has with him one of the leathern bags that the dust Is carried In in Alaska, ft Is about 12 Inches in length and flat and ts about four Inches across. It ties with a thong. "This loaks-as If an elephant stepped on' It," he said, "but It has had the dust In It ud in the Klondike. all right. There are mighty few robbers In Alaska," said Mr. Hoover. "It doesn't take more than four years to try a criminal and give hlra proper punishment punish-ment up there. And, besides, he can btr caught There Is oply one way out, and that is guarded. Resides, gold dust Is as easily Identified as differ ent klnda of cloth or cattle. An as-sayer as-sayer or a banker In Seattle, for Instance, In-stance, will tell ydti whether ?our gold Is from one creek or another. j There Is some times ten per cent: dif ference in tne value or the gold rrom streams running parallel on different sides of the same mountain. So .that a hold up man who acquire gold dust would have to account for It when he went out. and It could be traced -aslly." Fairbanks now has 7.000 people. Mr. Hoover will return thire. and tt do It In the winter time will have tc walk about 400 miles. S3 Gold Coin Fetches $140. Norrlstown. Pa A local bank sold a three-dollar gold coin for $110 which had tMen refused by several merchants mer-chants and farmers when tendred by an aged woman In payment of a bill William Saarti dnvntted It finally. hen It discovered that It was a rare coin, of which It Is said there are only 35 of the name year In existence. exist-ence. It is supposed to have come from the collection of fjeorge A. Johnson, John-son, who was murdered two month ago by four Italians at hi home 'Id Norrlstown. in Rhodesia part of the admin 1st ration to see th hlte population of Rhodesia In crease. The people already settled are anxious to receive new members of lb community, and In many way special Inducements are offered to at tract the right type of tnm'graot. -It I reallted that the tcaa h come must he possessed of otne capital, aad that the number of those o pro vided and ready for a Colonial life are cm Diaoy. 1 avrrztrrr ween SUCD S man doe come he I not at once deprived de-prived of all hi available resource la buying hla farm. He has upblll work N-fore him. snd he will ant ail bis capital to establish himself aad have something by bim until th farm bt'ns to retara some of the ornney It has wa;ked up So for a few )r a esaa Bads hio.if paytrg a 't of p-rtssp $T5 to tin a yar for i farm which wilt ht-mmm hi own Dcj O' I Tree Trap. Tot. I'a A bunting v betocging to Jcta C. Wallace t-t Cralyuie. which disappeared aad aa believed to have be stores, wa foetid oa tb rtv air. with ft fcd fjrhtJy wedged la a SBjaH ho! la a hollow tree. Th d had tHt!f f .Ued a -5-'rri aad la le aftertt had Ciatit Its head t the hr.J Jaaa Pv Ban f j. . Wak?tea iasaaS- rrA;hlV d tfc tspatUiam of 4V fja th raited fate. fefI f a f-aac off ra&ie is Hi nemmitf HOIHER eiJfES UP LIFE..; IfllCHllOREf PERISH Brave Woman and Lfttle Son Fljjht ' Flames ln"Valn -Five Cremated : . '. ' '. Alive. ' ' ' Pittsburg, Pa. While Knly battling; to" gave 4heinv'e8ier!c'Ml4ren who were'vJiet'Pi d talri-rqom s'r ..M ri. . Francea A. Marlow, aged 37, and four children .were -burned to death in a fire-which completely destroyed their J home near Sandy Creek,; Penn toXn-ijiip toXn-ijiip TTiechiluTen who lost, their lives are; Clyde-Marlow, aged 12; Isa Marlow,. aged five; William Matlow, aged en mouths. uiaic-iiiariun, otu 11, the.anly other member of the fan ily at home at the time of the fire, had a narrow escape from death. . The husband and father, William Marlow, Is in Butler county on a Was Overcome -by Smoke and Fell.' hunting trip, and has not learned of the tragedy. The two oldest boys. Frank and Clifford, went to work early In the morning, and shjyAly after they had left the house a lamp exploded In the kitchen, where Mrs. Marlow-and "Clyde" were eating breakfast. break-fast. Seeing she could not extinguish the flames. Mrs. Marlow told Clyde to go to the room where Lisle and and William were sleeping and get them, out of the house. The boy succeeded In arousing Lisle, who made his escape. Clyde then took little William In his arms and was trying to get down the stair wben be waa overcome by the smoke and fell. Mrs. Marlow went to the room occupied by Isa and the baby, Glenn, but she was also overcome by the smoke and was unable to rescue the chljdren. The charred bodies of the mother and four children were found in the cellar after the house Wus burned to the ground. Lisle, scarcely clad and dazed by fright, ran to the house of a neighbor. William Stoner. who gave the alarm. Wllilsm Marlow. Fr.. grandfather of ti e children, who lives about a mile away, on the Frankstown road, wan also notified, and hurried to the home of his son. When nelghlior arrived the (lames had gained suih headway 1 at nothing could be dune to save 'he house or its conlenls. " BURGLAR LIKES THE BULLDOG Robs "Woman's, Horn. Left Guarded by Animal, and Writes Note to His Victim. Kicrord. Ill lour bulldog is a (ix-istile fellow; treat him nice; he and I strurk up quite a friendship and 1 hated to leave him. "HrKGf.AR." That note written on erfuni-d sta tionary taken from her writing desk, the di-!k rrom uhlrh the burglar bad stolen br gold atch. waa found by Mrs William Johnfton of 1221 South West street, on her return home from a shopping expedition, The dog had been left to guard the house and was sleeping on a rug. Investigation revealed the lo of $200 worth of Jewelry and silverware The thief entered through a rear win dow, fed the dog and ransacked th house. Phot of Fin Oliv Tr. Among the photographs la the col Wtkm made by an American tourist who recently returned from th orl nt U one abovlog a mammoth olive tree la the garden of Getbsemaae The trunk 1 divided ir the ground ctvlci It the inrtnr of two tree In order to protect It from the as-antt as-antt of vandals a stone wall about hree feet high has been built around If. 4 (he apot haa beroro a favorite ee for pboraphie group The 1 tree la looked opo wh awe by aa Itres. ho a-ire the tourist that ft I at l"t a thoufand years oil The (Hurt In qtiertioo show foir fc cytles la the foreground. Httf Taa Proposed. C-rrT. ra. n' -of the federated ate of Cermaey are coe.jjertBg the lrti of a land fax of the -0b- ert4 le-renjet" . The aia ire la etpec.ed to ri- $J." aossjaSy It It fee'-l that r-h a tsawcxild rejj. c) fperu'ator aad Uedown-Is Uedown-Is eft, bst ligh'lT vm fo.Etrf -"UirVt. hr vtu ;e fscraj very iey tf at k'X - V BAHINGEHREPORTS SECRETARY- OF THE - INTERIOR . TElit-S OF WORK, OF- i DEPARTMENTy4 XT' AND THIEVES Urge Contlnuatlon of Vigorous Pre-cutlon Pre-cutlon and a Reclassification -of th mation Fund Bonds Advised Tha Washington, Nov. 29. The annual report to'the president of -Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the interipr. was made public to-day and makes interesting in-teresting reading. The report, covers a portion of the time under the administration, ad-ministration, of-James R. Garfield, and Mr.Balllnger gives him credit for bis earnest and efficient services. Secretary Ballinger comments OH the old public land statutes, and continues: con-tinues: s ' "The liberal and rapid disposition of the public lands under these statutes and th-lax nlethrjusT)r administration which fot.a long time prevailed naturally nat-urally provoked the feeling that the public domain was legitimate prey for the unscrupulous and that it was no crime 10- vioiaie or tireuiuicui iu land laws. It is to be'regretted that we, as a nation, were so tardy to real-lie real-lie . the importance of preventing so large a measure of our natural re sources passing Into the hands of land nlcnti. & n 1 uutnlQia n.-1th IIA vlflV to development looking to the national welfare. Mut Contlnu Prosecution. ."ir mnv n rui ft v bh hi i imi iii 1 1 iiiiibh ok- acre of Umber and other lands' have been unlawfully flbtained, and it la also true that actions to recover such lands have in most instances long since been barred by the statute of limitations. The principal awakening" to our wasteful course came under your predecessor's administration. The bold and vigorous prosecutlona of land frauda through Secretaries Hitchcock and fiarflpld. have restored a salutarv r - - - - - - - - . respect for the taw, and the public mind haa rapidly grasped the Importance Impor-tance of safeguarding the further disposition dis-position of our national resources In the public land lr the Interest of the VII va nnA aa aalnet nrlasrA mCliA . I'liLriiv. tjviiu as aifttitofc (uihi. v -. Notwithstanding this, it is necessary to continue with utmost vigor, through all available sources, the securing of Information of violations of the public-land public-land laws and to follow such violations viola-tions with rigid prosecutions. Us Private Entarprls. "In this present policy of conserving the natural resources of the public domain, do-main, while development 1 the key-not, key-not, the best thought of the day Is not that development shall be by national na-tional agencies, but that wise utilization utiliza-tion shall be secured through private enterprise under national supervision and controL" Therefore, If material progress Is to be made In securing the best use of our remaining public lands, congress must be called upon to enact remedial legislation." " . Mr. Ilalllnger then gives In detail bis recommendations for the classification classifi-cation of public lands, and the features fea-tures of a measure which he advises for the direction of the disposal of watef power sites. The Reclamation Service. Concerning the reclamation service, the report'ays In part: "In view of the Importance of a srwedy tonipletlon of existing project and their proper extension, and of the necessity In 1912 of an adjustment between be-tween the states by which the major rmrtion of the funds artalnc from the 1 til tit nu'MM lands wttMn" f Ui-h Slate and territory shall have been expanded ex-panded so far a practicable within auch state or territory, and In view of the importance of making a beneficial bene-ficial use of water already appropriated ap-propriated or capable of appropriation appropria-tion to which rights may be lost for nonuse, I believe an urgent appeal ap-peal should b mad to congress to author-tie the Issuance of certificate of indebtedness, or of bond against tb reclamation fund, lo an aggregate of not exceeding $30,000,000. or o much thereof a may be needed." Energetic reorganlratloo of the Indian' In-dian' bureau la In progress, says Mr. Ballinger. and bo recommend that the Indian warehouses st New Torn. Chicago. Omaha. SL Louis and . Saa Francisco he closed as soon as possible. pos-sible. A more advanced policy respecting re-specting the maintenance. Improve ment and operation of th Yelowstoa and Tooemlte national parks Is urged oa th government. Culdnt Uncouple. A well known Scottish clergyman got Into conversation la a railroad carriage wt:h a working aaaa, who la-formed la-formed hla that a had beea a coo-pier coo-pier for over 2 years. "Ob," said th minister. 1 can beat that! I hav been a eospler for over 39 years." "Ay." replied the workman. Vt 1 a uncouple, and jo eanna!" stfegieg th 811. Jeweler ! 4cr!4 that - yow aat "Fr w Guy to flwenviV - graved o the taaid of this rtag. fr" Toothful Cwatooser "Te. that's right But r doa t cat th XJwenytV very deep t m jit waet tt altered t Xi.aT' or 'Ires!'" Th !? f FJfy. "What th a," a.k ii rt!Vi fr tf Tt,"j. "la J!sltg a aaaa fcy what t'. esse t3 yow abowt kisa? HI frier d are a.'l perfectly wlZ-'sg ta 'v yww a efcs;? Ht of hi t:-a SULL ?.AFtill |
