Morning Oregonian., January 11, 1911, Image 1

REVENGE OfJ RUSK
SOUGHT BY EATON
Trial Made to Wrest
Committees Away.
GUTDQWN CLERKS IS PUNJOO
Attempt Made to Have Stand
ing Bodies Voted Upon.
COMBINE, HINTS LANE MAN
Defeated Speakership Candidate
Offers Resolution to Trovldc
Chance of Rgki That He
Jlay Rap Victor.
SALEM. Or, Jan. 10. (Special.) Smart
ing from his defeat for Speaker. Repre
sentative Eaton, of Lane, purposes de
priving 6peaker Rusk of the appoint
ment of the 43 standing committees of
the House and at the same time reduce
to a minimum the number of clerks to
be employed there.
Mr. Eaton said tonight that be Intend
ed tomorrow to submit a report from
the special committee on rules recom
mending that the standing rules of the
House be amended so as to provide for
the election of all standing committees
of the House by the members rather
than by appointment or the Speaker.
Combination Is Hinted.
I believe the Ppeaker ordinarily Is
entitled to and should appoint bis com
mitters." said Mr. Eaton, "but I do not
think this general statement applies at
this time. If Speaker Rusk were going
to appoint the committees himself, and
on his own judgment. I would have noth
ing to say. but 1 am fully convinced and
satisfied that the personnel of the com
' mlttees will be determined by others.
I do not believe I am mistaken when I
say that this was one of the considera
tions of the combination by which Mr.
Rusk was mil1! Speaker."
Hunk Men on Committee.
With a rlew to proposing such an
amendment to the rules of the Home,
Mr. Eaton yesterday offered a resolution
providing for a special committee of
three on rules. Speaker Rusk announced
the committee this morning, making
Eaton chairman, with Mahoney and Ab
bott as the other members. Both Ma
honey and Abbott, however, are Rusk
men and are not likely to Join with
Katon In any recommendation that will
curb the usual prerogatives of the pre
siding officer of the House. Eaton said
tonight that, regardless of what attitude
bis associates on the committee may
take, he will urge the amendment of the
rules himself.
Clerks Also In Plan.
Eaton would not only take from Speak
er Rusk the privilege of appointing the
standing committees, but In another res
olution presented today he desires to re
duce to a minimum the number of clerks
employed In the Hjuse to the probable
embarrassment of the organisation.
This resolution, which was referred to
the resolutions committee, provides that
all applicants ftr stenographic positions
shall submit to a test and make good
before being appointed; that Representa
tives from all sections of the state shall
be consulted before the selections are
made; that the number of clerks In the
House shall be reduced from SO to Ave
to begin with, and that the chief clerk
hall have the power summarily to dis
charge any -clerk for Incompetency. The
resolutoln further orposes granting any
overtime to any of the clerical force.
Patronage Causes Scramble.
Selection of a committee of five House
members this morning to choose all cleri
cal help for the session precipitated a
lively contest today. By the terms of
a resolution Introduced yesterday. Speak
er Rusk this morning appointed a com
mlttee consisting of one member from
each of the 3 representative districts as
a committee on clerks. This committee
waa Instructed te select a sub-committee
of Ave members, the committee so se
lected to employ all stenographers and
clerks.
There was a lively scramble among the
19 Representatives for places on the sub
committee, every member being desirous
of an opportunity to be In a position to
distribute this patronage among a Job
se. king constituency.
A(:er two more or less turbulent ses
sions the committee late this afternoon
delegated the employment of all clerks
to the following sub-committee:
McKlnney. of Baker, chairman: Mann,
of Umatilla: Jones, of Clackamas; Smith,
of Josephine, and Bryant, of Multnomah.
The committee expects to announce Its
selections sometime today.
It Is not easy to forecast the result
of Eaton's fight to take from Speaker
Rusk the appointment of the committees.
If the Rusk and Thompson forces stand
together, the Lane County man will make
Ms fight In vain.
Katon. however, says be bit received
assurances of support In his present Bght
from members of the House who sup
ported Rusk In the organisation fight.
At any rate, the outcreeplngs of feeling
manifested between Eaton and Thomp
son on the floor, resulting from the elec
tion of Rusk as Speaker, promise to lend
an Interest to the proceedings of the
House that otherwise would be lacking.
Charges of Esfnn supporter that In
MISS ILLINGTON IS
"SOME FIGHTER"
ACTRESS LANDS STIFF JOITS OX
"MASHER'S" FACE.
Bibulous Young Man Gets Surprise
When He Jostles Star and Her
Tacoma Husband.
CINCINNATI. O- Jan. 10. (Special.)
First she waa an actress; then she
was a resident of Reno; next she mar
rlr.l Edward J. Bowes. Tacoma mil
lionaire, and set to work darning his
stockings.
ti,. .ha returned to the rootugnu.
now she has added another notch to her
career by being "some fighter." All of
which relates to Miss Margaret Illing
ton. who Is appearing at a Cincinnati
theater under her husbands manage
ment.
The fight took place late last night.
nrt todav a certain blbulously-lncllned
young man wandered whether a bear
cat had pounced upon him irom one i
h. tr in Fountain Square or a
streetcar had struck him. But It was
neither.
Miss Illington simply gave him some
very vicious slaps with her hand and
k.- h.i.h.n landed a couple of Tacoma
rights to the Jaw. Miss Illington was
on her way to the hotel from the
!. arifh her husband, having eaien
at a downtown restaurant, and It be
ing a little past midnight. A maaner
.nH t n rnmninlnni had followed them.
and as one passed Miss Illington 'he
jostled her.
CHIEF SEEKS GOVERNOR
Venerable Head of Rogue River
Tribe Goes to Salem.
CHEMAWA. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special)
Despite the ravages of four score and
10 years. It was with firm step and
shoulders erect that Se-Quln-Thal.
hereditary war chief of the Rogue
River Indians, left here today, armed
with a letter of Introduction to Gover
nor West, to pay his respects to the
chief executive of the state as he also,
on one occasion, paid his respects to
the Chief Executive of the United
States.
Se-Quln-Thal has been visiting his
grandson, a pupil at the Chemawa In
dian School. While here, he told of
many of his early day experiences and
last night gave an address to the pupils
In assembly.
It was at Port Orford that Se-Quln-Thal
saw his first white man. he says.
This was 7 years ago. when be was
a "young buck." Then, he says. Came
a ship bearing white soldiers. Word
was quickly sent out through the tribe
by runners and all gathered on the
shore to welcome the "pale faces."
Then, he says, the soldiers shot and
some Indiana fell dead, while the oth
ers scattered In surprise and fear. This
unwarranted attack, says Se-Quln-Thal,
was the cause of the Rogue River
war, which followed.
EXPENSE CURB SOUGHT
La Follette Work Ins; for Laws Regu
lating Campaigns In Wisconsin.
MADISON. Wis., Jan. 10. (Special)
The lessening oi vne coi m niiiu
to be one of the subject which will be
vital In this Legislature and there wll
be no harder work done In Madison by
La Follette's followers than that done to
secure the passage of legislation for the
wiping out of campaign expenditures
such as were made In the campaign of
Isaao Stephenson for United State Sen
ator two years ago. when be spent $111.
000. and by the so-called "Republican
campaign committee" against Senator La
Follette In the primary election of this
year, whK-h spent $104,000.
There will undoubtedly be presented a
great many bills on this subject. So far
the measures which axe attracting the
most attention are copies of the Oregon
laws, which are now In the office of the
reference bureau and which will very
early In the session be presented to the
Legislature. '
COOS BAY STORM IS WORST
Moat Severe Weather Reported;
Tugs Unable to Aid Ship.
uiosuvir.Ln. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.)
A bad storm and heavy hall vlstted
Coos Bay today, the storm at sea being
especially severe. The bar and coast are
very rough, the steam schooner Lakme is
off the bar and today gave the distress
whistle several Umes. but she appears
not to be In trouble and It Is thought
that the vessel was whistling for a pilot,
as she Is due here to load lumber. It will
be Impossible for a tug to go out In a
rough sea.
This Is the first severe weather of the
season, the Summer having been particu
larly long. Telegraph wires are down
on account of the storm. The mall stage
from Roseburr broke down and the Coos
Bay mall waa delayed.
60,000 ENGINEERS HEARD
Senate Passes BUI Demanding Safe
Locomotive Boilers.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Responding
to petitions from C0.000 locomotive
operatives, the Senate today passed the
Burkett bill. requiring Interstate rail
roads to equip their locomotives with
"safe and suitable" boilers.
The bill requires complete Inspection
of all locomotives and to this end pro
vides for the appointment of a corps of
SO Inspectors under the direction of a
chief Inspector and two assistants.
These Inspectors are to be appointed
only upon taking a civil service exami
nation. The bill now goes to the House,
WOMEN CRUSHED
AT SCK TRIAL
CuriousTrampledtlpon
in Rush to Court.
HUSBAND'S DEATH PREDICTED
Wife Foresaw Demise of Well
Man, Testifies Friend.
PRISONER HIDES HER. HEAD
Police Are Called to Block On
slaoght of Fair Spectators, and
Judge Silences GaspsOne
Sent to Hospital.
WHEELING. W. Vs., Jan. 10. Ex
citement marked the first day of evi
dence In the trial of Mrs. Laura
Schenck. charged with poisoning her
busband. John O. Schenck.
Twice the police without the court
house were carried before the onslaught
of women. The rush Into the build-,
lng was so sudden that several women
were knocked down' and trampled on,
and one woman, Mrs. Amelia Kuren.
was taken to a hospital.
The disorder In the courtroom started
at the testimony of the first witness,
William Wolfe, who had traveled In
Europe with John O. 8chenck. Wolfe
testified to Sehenck's good health dur
ing the European trip, and there were
gasps from the spectators that brought
sharp rebuke from the bench.' when the
witness. In detailing a conversation
with Mrs. Schenck. quoted her as say
ing: Wife Predicts Schencks Death.
"Billy. I don"t think John will live
long."
According ' to Wolfe, Mrs. Schenck
made the declaration after the return
from Europe.
Dr. Gregory Ackerman testified that
Schenck was suffering from lead poi
soning before Dr. F. U Hupp was
brougt into the case.
This afternoon the half-hysterical
spectators were most severely repri
manded. It came when Dr. Hupp was
testifying.
" It waa shown by his statement that
Schenck was suffering from two poi
sons, acetate of lead and arsenic. The
dramatic Incident came when he said
that on one visit to the Schenck home
Mrs. Schenck said to him:
"Perhaps I would be better satisfied
If you would let him die."
Bottles Cause Suspicion.
The witness also told of blood testa
ha had made, of the analysis of mln
erml waters Schenck was using, and
also of an analysis of medicines he him
self bad prescribed. Several bottlea he
saw about the sick room aroused his
suspicions because of a sediment In
them, and these he had analysed.
This was the only stage of the days
proceedings that Mrs. Schenck dis
played any agitation. She dropped her
head and grew pale as the allegation
was made.
Earlier In the day In the testimony
of Wolfe, she listened intently and
sneered when he told of her prediction
of her husband'a death.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWa
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature. M
degrees; minimum, S4 degrees.
TODAY'S Bain or snow and continued
cold; south to west winds.
legislatures.
E.lon. defeated fpeaV.r.Mp csnd,d tries
to wren ppoinimciii . v-
Bpetucer hub. b
In simple Inaugural ceremonies O.wald
west is prociiumeu whim- . "
Washington State Senators clash over com
mittee linmm.
Governor Hay of Washington In annual mes-
,. .t.viirht saloons. Page 6.
Senator Bowerman In farewell message as
Acting governor oi uimuu - - -
iclxes present methods of managing
state's affairs. Page 5.
Idaho Senate again refuses to confirm ap
pointment of Governor Hawley. Page .
Senator Malarkey Introduces bill to prevent
dodging of inheritance tax law. Page T.
Governor West delivers message to Legis
lature. Page 8.
National.
House passes servtce pension bill. Increasing
n nn ia I nnaiua S4o.0U0.0U0. Page 1.
Peary tells House committee why he took
only negro servant to -rm c
Domestic
Margaret Illington Jolts "masher." rage L
Seventeen die when barges are wrecked on
...... i . .and. Pill 2.
Latham dashed to earth buy escapes un-
nun (. oau t iuit...-u - - "
Page .
James A. Farrell. of Brooklyn, selected for
president of Steel Trust. Page 1.
California Legislature elects Works senator.
Page L
Women crushed In rush to Schenck's trial;
wife predicts husband's death. Is testified.
Page L
Sports. .
Livestock show president emphasizes Im
portance of fair to Portland. Page Xii.
Langford defeats Jeanette In 12-round boot
Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Flu rry In barley market. Page 20.
World's supply of wheat larger than last
year. Page 20.
Barber Asphalt plant has $4000 fire loss.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Hill believed to plan development of lines
In Southern Oregon. Page IS.
Portland birth rate much higher than death
rate In 1810. Page 14.
Inquiries from prospective settlers more
numerous than ever. Page 10.
William Yeske wants divorce, alleging wife
prefers other men's company. Page 14.
Snow la general over Northwest, page 1.
Owners must pay or bond water main
assessments to Insure consideration.
Page 13.
R. L. Durham succeeds J. Frank Watson,
who retires from bank presidency.
Page 12.
Realty Board will seek to elect W. M.
iKilllngsworth member of Commercial
Club governors. Page 12.
HOUSE WITHOUT CHAPLAIN
Representative Doubts If Prayer Will
Do Solons Any Good.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 10.
(Special.) "It Is usually the practice to
.. , mlivni of this House with
prayer." said Representative Smith, ' of
Josephine, - this morning,, when the roll
had been called and the House settled
down for business without the formality
of an Invocation. "This was not done
yesterday and it appears that provision
was not made for the service this morn
ing. I do not know that It will do any
good to pray for this House, but per
haps the effort should be made any
way." The Representative was advised by
Speaker Rusk to Introduce a resolution
covering the subject. Later In the day.
however, Brownhill presented such a res
olution, and it is now up to Chief Door
keeper Singer to provide a clergyman for
the House every day.
VOTE S0LD,MAN FINED $5
Farmer Confesses to Judge on Way
to Court 50 Others Guilty.
WEST UNION. O.. Jan. 10. In a few
hours today 60 men were sentenced for
vote-selling.
As his carriage was on the way to the
county seat, a farmer got aboard and
confessed that he had sold his vote and
Judge Blair accepted his plea of guilty.
The sentence was 15 and five years' dis
franchisement. A special grand Jury will reconvene
tomorrow.
"HE CALLS THIS A SNOW STORM
HOUSE INCREASES
PENSIONS VASTLY
Bill Grants Stipend to
All Old Soldiers
$45,000,000 ADDED TO COST
Cannon Closes Debate With
Plea for Bill. ......
FEW EXPRESS OPPOSITION
Every Man Over 62 Who Served In
Mexican War 60 Days, Civil War
00 Days, Gets $15 to $36 a
Month Older New Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. By the
passage of the general pension bill by
the House. ,45,000,000 was added to
the expenditures on account of pen
sions. The vote was 212 to 62.
Speaker Cannon personally took the
floor and vigorously urged the pass
age of the measure, which grants pen
sions ranging from $15 to $36 to vet
erans who are 62 years old or more and
who served 90 days In the Civil War
or 60 days In the Mexican War.
Comparatively few members were not
anxious for an opportunity to pay
tribute to the old soldiers. The few
who announced they were going to
oppose the measure were equally
anxious for an opportunity to explain
why they were doing so.
Opposition was expressed by some
members on the ground that the terms
of the bill were too general. It pro
vides for the pensioning of all Union
soldiers, regardless of disability, the
only requirement being that they
shall have attained the age of 62 years.
The general scale of pensions fixed in
the new bill according to age Is as
follows:
Those 62 years old, $16 a month; 66
years,' $20. a month; 70 years, $25 a
month; 75 years, $36 a month.
It-waa declared by advocates of the
bill that 100 veterans were dying every
24 hours.
SNOW STOPS TOWN CLOCK
Albany's Famous Tlmpiece Halts
First Time In 1 1 Years.
ALBANY, Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.)
Albany's town clock Btopped tonight
for the first time since It waa started
11 years ago.
The heavy wet snow falling all day
stuck on the hands and the face of
the clock which Is near the top of the
tower In the Linn County Courthouse
and impeded It so much that the clock
stopped shortly before 6 o'clock. It
was started running after a half hour's
rest, but stopped again at 6:45 to
night. FISHERMEN ADRIFT ON ICE
85 Ruslans on Caspian Sea Have
Small Chance.
ASTRAKHAN. Russia, Jan. 10
Elghty-tlve fishermen were carried out
into the Caspian Sea on an ice floe to
day. ' '
I"
" V 4-0 ABOVE jff INCH
NEW HEAD CHOSEN
FOR STEEL TRUST
JAMES A. FARRELIi GETS PLACE
VACATED BY COREY.
Finance Committee Recommends to
Directors Man Who Built Vp
Trust's Export Trade.
NEW TORK, Jan. 10. James A. Far
rell, of Brooklyn, is the choice of the
finance committee of the United States
Steel Corporation to succeed William
Ellis Corey as president of the corpora
tion. After a meeting this afternoon.
Chairman Gary issued this statement:
"The finance committee of the United
States Steel Corporation, after consult
ing individual members of the board of
directors not on the committee, has
unanimously decided to recommend to
the board at Its next regular meeting
the election of James A. Farrell as
president of the corporation.
"Mr. Farrell has been the president of
the United States Steel Products Com
pany ever since Its organization in 1903,
and as such has demonstrated great
business capacity. He has been con
nected with the manufacturing end of
the commercial department of the iron
and steel industry for more than -5
years and is well qualified to fill the
position. It Is believed the selection
will be gratifying to all of the officials
of subsidiary companies and to every
one connected with the Industry."
The United States Steel Products Com
pany was formerly known as the United
States Steel Products Export Company
and handles all the export business of
the parent corporation.
Mr. Farrell is,, about 52 years old, is
married and has a large family.
It Is understood that, when elected to
the presidency of the corporation, Jan
uary 24, he will confine his activities to
the practical and technical sides of the
organization.
BOXCAR ROBBER KILLED
Watchman Shoots One of Three Men
In North Bank Yards; 2 Escape
Caught with his two companions rlfi-
inir a car In the freight yards of the
Sattle. Portland & Spokane Railway
noir Twelfth and Pettygrove streets,
John Milicevic aged 22 wash shot and
killed by Allen Deen, the watchman.
Injtt Tile-ht.
Staetrerina- into the house at 284
North Fourteenth street, where he and
four of his countrymen live, Millcevio
sat down on a block of wood and fejl
to the floor dead. He bled to death
Mb romnanions tying a tourniquet be
low the wound on his arm instead of
above.
Watchman Deen and Bob Hayden
chlecf detective for the North Bank
Road, searched the yards and found
three men with a large Quantity of loot
just outside the car door. They called
to them to halt, but the men ran. Deen
shot three times at them, but they es
caped. Mllicevic's companions at the shack
where he lived said they thought he
had been held up and robbed and that
he had more than $200 in his pockets
when he left. Milicevic, with John
Kovsch, conducted a grocery store at
289 North Fourteenth street.
Sertreants Goltz and Wanless, Patrol
men Welch and Detectives Hyde and
Pressv arrested two men thought to De
companions -of Milicevic, early this
morning.
CINCINNATI HAS HUGE FIRE
Chamber of Commerce Burned,
Damage $1,000,000.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 10. Entailing a
loss of more than $1,000,000, the sec
ond great fire here within three weeks
tonight destroyed the Chamber of Com
merce building, at Fourth and Vine
streets, damaged other property and in
jured a dozen firemen.
While several firemen are unaccount
ed for. early reports of fatalities among
firemen and spectators caught In the
wreckage of the collapsed roof could
not be confirmed tonight.
The Cincinnati Stock Exchange and
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad of
fices, both of which contained valuable
records, are destroyed.
Only the bare skeletons of the walls
of what was pronounced to be Cincin
nati's most magnificent building re
main. The stocks of several business houses
in the block were damaged, but the fire
was confined to the Chamber of Com
merce building.
Fully 5000 persons were crowded di
rectly outside the fire lines when the
roof collapsed. Clouds of smoke and
flying sparks filled the streets for two
squares and a panic followed.
PATTEN SUED FOR BIG SUM
Cotton Speculator May Hare to Pay
$6,000,000 for Gambling.
CHICAGO. Jan. 10. James A. Patten,
retired millionaire grain broker, whose
successful operations in the cotton mar
ket led recently to Federal grand Jury
indictments, was sued for $6,000,000 in the
Superior Court today.
The plaintiff, Dr. Paul Burmaster,
president of the Chicago Anti-gambling
League, does not assert to have been a
participant or a loser in any of the op
erations with Mr. Patten, but brings suit
under an Illinois staute whereby any
person having knowledge of a gambling
transaction may sue and recover to the
amount of three times the total lost by
any of the victims.
Burmaeter was Inspired to bring the
suit, he said, through recently becoming
acquainted with a retired broker who re
lated to bim the manner in which men
win and lose money on the Board of
Trade, chiefly through dealing In fu
tures,
IS
ELECTED
Oil FIRST BALLOT
California Sets Aside
Primary Law Proviso.
SPALDING IS BADLY DEFEATED
"Progressives" Swing Legis
lature; Democrats Join.
LOSER'S COMMENT FRANK
Rather Defeat Than Tainted Title,
He Says- Works Halls Victory as
Triumph of night Principles
Over Rule of Bosses. ,
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) So-called "progressive" Repub
licans of the California Legislature to
day ignored the provision of the direct
primary law making the candidate for
a party nomination for Senator recelv. ,
lng the vote of a majority of the Sena
torial districts the candidate of the
party and elected the candidate re
ceiving a majority of the total vote
cast.
Judge John D. Works, of Los An--geles,
who received the popular vote,
was elected United States Senator, bad
ly defeating A. G. Spalding, of San
Diego, former millionaire manufacturer
of sporting goods, who carried the ma
jority of Senatorial districts.
Each house of the State Legislature -met
separately this afternoon. At noon
tomorrow the Senate and Assembly will
meet in joint session and ratify the
election they made today.
Works was given 30 in the Senate
and 62 In the Assembly, or a total of
92 votes out of a possible 120. Spald
ing received five in the Senate and IS
in the Assembly, total 21. Representative-elect
John E. Raker was given
three Democratic votes in the Senate,
wh'le Representative-elect Kent re
ceived one vote. Edwin Meser received
but one vote.
Democrats' Climb in Bandwagon,
Democrats fairly tumbled over them
selves In their efforts to get aboard
the bandwagon of the victor. A -whole
dozen of them In the Assembly went
over In a body, while only three of the
nine Bourbons in the Senate supported
Judge Raker, the candidate of their
own party.
Persistent efforts to secure more
votes, even after a sufficient number
had been pledged to insure Works"
election on the first ballot, were due
to the desire of Governor Johnson and
other leaders of insurgent Republicans
to make a showing for Works that
would attract Nation-wide attention
and thus help the "progressive" move
ment and at the same time advance the
ambitions of the Governor himself.
The Governor made a combine with
the Los Angeles and San Francisco
bosses and thus piled up a big vote,
but this left much bitterness among
many Insurgents.
Spalding Talks of Defeat.
The San Diego delegation, accom
panied by A. G. Spalding, its candidate
for United States Senator, left for
home this afternoon. Before his de-.
parture Spalding called the newspaper
men to his rooms and made the follow,
lng statement:
"I trust I am sportsman enough to
take defeat gracefully. I have only
this to say: I would rather go down
with the people of California to igno
minious defeat along with their first
direct primary law than gain the
United States Senatorshlp with a taint
to the title. I may add that I am
stopped from extending my congratu
lations to judge Works by reason of
t,i lnr-i of courtesy In failing to con
gratulate me after the August prima
ries on having carried me aavisuiy
vote tvy a large majority of legislative
districts of the state."
When asked if he had any fault to
find with the umpire, Spalding de
that ha had not, as he was a
true sportsman and always stood with,
the umpire.
Victory Over Interests, Says Works.
The following statement was made
by Senator-elect Works:
"I am not taking this victory as one
personal to myself. It is a triumph of
right principles in pontics uvei bo
onH elimination of the interests.
It is only one more step toward the
freedom and independence or tne inai
vldual voter that is destined to establish
good government In the state and
throughout the Nation. I hope that be
fore another Senator is to be elected in
this state the power of election will be.
placed in the hands of the people them
selves." FLAMES CHEATED BY LEAP
Husband Takes Wife and Babies
lYom Burning House.
Awakening at 1 o'clock this mornins,
J. A. Barnard, of 1824 Druid street,
found his house in flames.
He leaped from a second story, ob
tained a ladder and carried his wife and
three babies to safety.
The house was dest'yed. The loss is
$2000. Officer Maxwell turned In a fire
alarm and assisted the family - w
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