Chapter XV: Miscellaneous Local News (3)

Colonel is only a dog, but he is believed to be
dying because he did his duty.

Colonel is a dignified St. Bernard, with a fine
head and kindly eye. He belongs to Sven Carlson,
a saloon-keeper at 3300 North Racine avenue. When
Colonel could lie on the floor, keeping one eye on
the door and the other on his master, the dog was
happy.

Carlson was proud of Colonel, too. He boasted
of the dog’s cleverness--how he would fetch and
carry from the grocer’s, and even carry notes to
tradesmen in the neighborhood. Colonel never failed
to go to the right store.

It was for Carlson that the dog sacrificed himself.

A few minutes before closing time Saturday night
Carlson went behind the bar and Colonel followed
him.

Two men entered the saloon and walked over to the
bar. They did not see the dog.

“Hands up,” ordered one man.

“It’s late, gentlemen; if you wish to drink you
have no time for such joking,” replied Carlson.

Both men drew revolvers.

“It’s a long way from a joke,” said the man. “Hands
up or we’ll shoot.”

“Go for ’em, Colonel,” ordered Carlson.

The dog sped around the end of the bar as though he
had been shot from a catapult, his hair bristling,
uttering deep growls; and the bandits backed away.

Then one of the men fired a shot, and the dog
toppled over and lay still.

Carlson gave a roar of rage when he saw Colonel
fall, and, grasping a bung starter, climbed over
the bar.

The holdups fled.

Carlson chased them a block before he gave up the
pursuit.

Colonel was taken to Thomas Kendrew’s veterinary
hospital at 3039 Sheffield avenue, bandaged and put
into a private kennel with clean, sweet straw to
lie upon.

“He surely will die,” said Dr. Kendrew. “I think
there is no hope for him. The bullet went into his
hip and through some of his vital organs.

“If every man could die as gallantly as Colonel
this would be a better world.”

* * * * *

TRICK MULE

_Kansas City Star_

If you’ve been to the horse show this week you’ve
seen Henry and Zip. Henry--his last name is
Harbaugh--is 18 years old and lives near Bedford,
Mo., when he’s at home. Zip is 8 years old, and if
you don’t believe he’s the most wonderful trick
mule in the world, you’d better not mention it to
Henry.

Zip knows how to sit up on his haunches like a
rabbit and walk around on his hind legs with Henry
on his back, and walk across the tanbark arena on
his knees, and--oh, innumerable things. Also he can
buck in the most humorous way--you’re quite sure
nobody but Henry could stick on.

There’s an interesting story connected with Henry
and Zip. Zip is an educated mule, and he is helping
make Henry an educated boy. For, the money that
Henry receives for his talents and Zip’s goes for
Henry’s education. The boy is half way through the
high school at Avalon, Mo., and when he finishes,
he hopes to go to the University of Missouri.
And the talented Zip is a great help to a fellow
who’s trying to get an education. For Henry is
drawing down $50 and expenses for his week’s work
at the Kansas City Horse Show, and he has hopes of
repeating the performance at St. Louis next week.

Col. W. V. Galbraith, general manager of the horse
show, got a letter from the trick mule’s owner
last week. The letter told about all the wonderful
things Zip could do--and he can, too--and said if
the colonel could find a place for him, please to
let Henry know at once, as it’s one hundred miles
from Bedford to Kansas City, and it would take some
little time to ride. The boy, having no money to
spend on railroad fare, proposed to ride his mule
to Kansas City. The colonel was so pleased by the
boy’s enterprise that he sent him word to come and
enclosed money to bring Zip by railroad. Of course,
strictly speaking, a mule doesn’t belong in a horse
show, but Colonel Galbraith figured that a trick
mule named Zip was too good a bet to overlook.

The boy started training his mule five years ago,
when he was 13 years old and Zip was 3. Henry lived
on a farm and he had no brothers and sisters. So
he made a pet of Zip, and taught him all sorts of
tricks. Then he began showing him at county fairs
and saving the money that he got to spend for
education. One of these days he hopes to be as well
educated for a boy as Zip is for a mule. And if
they gave degrees to mules, Zip would certainly be
a Ph.D.

Zip is also quite a teacher. He has taught this
country boy a philosophy of life.

“You have to be patient--patient and kind,” Henry
said yesterday. “The first thing I ever taught Zip
took me two hours and a half. I wanted to see if
I could make him lie down. I grabbed his opposite
foreleg and held it up. I just had to tire him out,
but at last he keeled over. Next day he did it in
two minutes. He had learned what I wanted. It was
easy after that.”

Henry had never seen a trick mule, but he began
thinking of other tricks. With infinite patience he
showed Zip what was wanted.

“Then he did it because he loved me,” said the boy
simply.

Henry never uses a whip to teach Zip tricks. He
feeds him sugar, and is just kind to him and works
with him and is patient. Now he learns faster
than ever. You can teach an old mule new tricks,
according to Henry.

INDEX TO NEWS STORIES

Accident, automobile, 23, 24.

Accident, drowning, 39, 40, 42.

Accident, fall from scaffold, 39.

Accident, humorous treatment of, 25.

Accident, marine, 32, 34, 35.

Accident, mine, 36, 38.

Accident, pathetic treatment of, 25.

Accident, railroad, 29, 30, 31.

Accident, shooting, 42.

Accident, storm, 35, 196.

Accident, subway, 26.

Accidents, 22-44.

Addresses, 127-131.

Adoption of child, 100.

Agricultural fair, 143.

Alumnae meeting, 228.

Animal stories, 19, 256-259.

Anniversary, church celebration of, 228.

Arrest for embezzlement, 50.

Arrest for forgery, 49.

Arrest for hold-up, 55, 56, 57.

Arrest for intoxication, 48.

Arrest for murder, 59, 65.

Arrest for passing worthless checks, 50.

Arrest for swindle, 49.

Arrest, humorous treatment of, 48.

Arrest, pathetic treatment of, 57.

“Asleep at the switch,” 48.

Assignment in bankruptcy, 96.

Attorney general, opinion of, 90.

Automobile bandits, 55.

Automobile collision, 23, 24.

Automobile drivers’ strike, 187.

Automobile ordinance, violation of, 78.

Automobile parade, 149, 150.

Automobile show, opening of, 142.

Bandit, automobile, 55.

Bandit, pathetic story of, 57.

Bandit, street car, 57.

Bankruptcy case, 95, 96.

Banquet, 157.

Baseball, 212-216.

Baseball game, humorous treatment of, 215.

Bazaar, charity, 230.

Bonds, sale of municipal, 245.

_Boston Advertiser_, story from, 25.

_Boston Globe_, story from, 212.

_Boston Herald_, stories from, 23, 40, 143, 171, 246.

_Boston Journal_, story from, 251.

_Boston Post_, story from, 212.

_Boston Transcript_, stories from, 16, 18, 34, 138, 192,
219, 224, 239, 240, 244, 247.

_Boston Traveler_, story from, 29.

Bridge party, 229.

_Brooklyn Eagle_, stories from, 42, 88.

Building of new hotel, 244.

Burglary, 54.

Burglary, human interest treatment of, 54.

Business merger, 242.

Card party, 228, 229.

Carnegie, Andrew, toast by, at banquet, 157.

Cat, death of, 258.

Cathedral service, anniversary, 160.

Charity bazaar, 230.

_Chicago Daily News_, stories from, 68, 136.

_Chicago Evening Post_, stories from, 102, 226, 228, 229.

_Chicago Herald_, stories from, 47, 54, 55, 66, 91, 95, 105,
115, 120, 222, 223, 227, 228, 229, 234, 236, 258.

_Chicago Inter Ocean_, stories from, 67, 108, 109, 171, 222, 258.

_Chicago Record-Herald_, stories from, 37, 146, 184.

_Chicago Tribune_, stories from, 19, 39, 42, 73, 105, 130, 137,
138, 164, 187, 188, 244, 246.

Children, news stories of, 25, 26, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47, 54, 154,
158, 159, 250.

Children’s court, 79.

Chinese girls in court, 79.

_Christian Science Monitor_, stories from, 217, 235.

Christmas dinner, family reunion at, 227.

Christmas in children’s hospital, 154.

Christmas pantomime, 155.

Christmas, preparations for celebrating, 152.

Church, anniversary celebration in, 160.

City bonds, sale of, 245.

City council meeting, 117.

College alumnae meeting, 228.

College class day, 166.

College commencement, 162-166.

College crew prospects, 216.

College crew races, 217.

College fraternity dinner, 226.

College glee club, entertainment for, 229.

Collision, automobile, 23, 24.

Collision, railroad, 30, 31.

Collision, ships in, 34.

Colorado miners’ strike, 188.

Colorado miners’ strike, investigation of, 108.

Commencement exercises, college, 162-166.

Common council meeting, 117.

Conventions, 119-123.

Convict, capture of escaped, 67.

Convict, pathetic story of escaped, 68.

Council, meeting of city, 117.

Counterfeiter, human interest story of, 83.

County fair, 143.

Court decisions, 88, 89, 90.

Court, pathetic story of, 78.

Court, police, 78.

Courts, civil, 88-105.

Courts, criminal, 81-87.

Courtship, unusual, 221, 222.

Crew, prospects of college, 216.

Crew races, college, 217.

Dancing parties, 226, 227, 228.

Deaths, 171-177.

Decision, court, 88, 89, 90.

Decoration Day parade, 151.

Defalcation of bank clerk, 51.

Delinquency of young girl, 66.

_Detroit News_, stories from, 83, 94.

Dinner parties, 226, 227.

Disorderly conduct, arrest for, 58.

Divers, death of, in ship’s hold, 32.

Dividend, railroad company’s, 246.

Divorce suit, 93, 94.

Docks, stories from, 250-254.

Dog, death of, 258.

Drowning, 39-42, 196.

_Duluth Herald_, stories from, 87, 89.

Easter, 193.

Eclipse of sun, 197.

Elections, 179-184.

Election day, 180.

Election, forecast of, 179.

Election, returns of city, 183.

Election, returns of state, 182, 183.

Elopement, 223.

Embezzlement, 51.

Engagement, announcement of, 226.

Entertainment, Christmas, in hospital, 154.

Entertainment, Christmas pantomime, 153.

Entertainment for charity, 230.

Entertainment in children’s hospital, 158.

Entertainment, lawn fête, 159.

Entertainment, school, 158.

Exhibitions, 142.

Explosion, cause of fire, 16, 19.

Explosion in fireworks plant, 19.

Explosion in mine, 36.

Explosion in subway, 26.

Explosion in tannery, 16.

Failure, commercial, 95, 96.

Fair, agricultural, 143.

Fall from scaffold, 39.

Fête, lawn, 159.

Fight on elevated train, 58.

Fight on wagon, 78.

Financial news, 245, 246.

Fire, fatal, in factory, 19.

Fire, fatal, in lodging house, 21.

Fire, fatal, in tenement, 21.

Fire in university building, 17.

Fire, investigation of cause of, 18, 21, 22.

Fires, 16-22.

Football, 202-212.

Football game, 205, 207.

Football game, analysis of, 209.

Football game, day of, 202, 203.

Forgery, 49, 50, 78.

Forgery, pathetic treatment of, 78.

Golf match, 219.

Hearing before investigating committee, 108, 110.

Hearing in investigation, pathetic treatment of, 110.

Hearing on city ordinance, 112, 113, 115.

Hearing on ordinance, humorous treatment of, 113.

Highway robbery, 55.

Hippopotamus, story of, 257.

Hold-up, 55, 56, 57.

Hospital, Christmas in children’s, 154.

Hospital, entertainment in children’s, 158.

Hospital, surgical operation in, 170.

Hotel, new, 244.

Hotel story, humorous, 249.

Humorous stories, 25, 47, 48, 55, 57, 58, 78, 91, 92, 113, 121,
122, 142, 150, 156, 157, 198, 215, 222, 249, 250, 252.

Illness, 168.

Indian, dying, 169.

_Indianapolis News_, stories from, 133, 134.

Insanity case in court, 91.

Inspection, medical, of schools, 236.

Interview with educator, 134.

Interview with official, 133.

Interview with opera singer, 136.

Interview with woman philanthropist, 135.

Interviews, 133-137.

Interviews, group of, 137.

Investigation, congressional, of strike, 108.

Investigation of drowning, 40.

Investigation of fire, 18, 21, 22.

Investigation of strike, 108, 110.

Investigation, pathetic treatment of, 110.

Jubilee service in cathedral, 160.

Juvenile delinquency, 66.

_Kansas City Star_, stories from, 38, 49, 51, 56, 57, 60, 62, 65,
66, 78, 100, 127, 130, 135, 168, 172, 218, 227, 228, 235, 259.

_Kansas City Times_, stories from, 159, 171.

Labor difficulties and strikes, 186-190.

Larceny, conviction for, 87.

Law suit, humorous treatment of, 92.

Lawn fête, 159.

Lawrence, Mass., textile strike at, 190.

Lecture, 131.

Legislature, meeting of state, 116.

Library, public, 237.

_Los Angeles Times_, story from, 57.

Luncheon, 228.

_Madison Democrat_, stories from, 121, 129.

Mann Act, violation of, 66.

Manual training school, opening of, 234.

Manufacturing, new method in, 243.

Marine news stories, 32, 34, 35, 250, 251, 252, 254.

Market, opening of, 145.

Market prices, retail, 246, 247.

Mawson, Sir Douglas, lecture by, 131.

Medical inspection in schools, 236.

Meeting of city council, 117.

Meeting of Friends, 123.

Meeting of old clothes men, 122.

Meeting of safety council, 120.

Meeting of state legislature, 116.

Meetings, 116-123.

Memorial Day parade, 151.

Merger of business concerns, 242.

_Milwaukee Daily News_, stories from, 31, 43.

_Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin_, stories from, 43, 55, 156.

_Milwaukee Free Press_, stories from, 110, 137, 168.

_Milwaukee Journal_, stories from, 29, 44.

_Milwaukee Sentinel_, stories from, 30, 73, 78, 82, 170, 237, 242.

Mine explosion, 36, 38.

Miners, attempt to rescue, 38.

Miners, strike of, 188.

Mirage, 250.

Mule, trick, 259.

Municipal bonds, sale of, 245.

Municipal equipment, new, 240.

Municipal improvements, 239.

Murder, constructive treatment of, 60, 62, 63, 65.

Murder, pathetic treatment of, 63, 65.

Murder trial, 84.

Murders, 58-66.

Museum, public, 238.

Musicale, 228.

Nelson, William Rockhill, death of, 176.

_New York Evening Mail_, stories from, 70, 158.

_New York Evening Post_, stories from, 22, 74, 123, 138, 142, 147,
160, 162, 165, 174, 177, 187, 195, 202, 203, 209, 254.

_New York Evening Telegram_, story from, 93.

_New York Globe_, stories from, 236, 249.

_New York Herald_, stories from, 103, 112, 131, 149, 186, 194, 225,
227, 230, 241, 249.

_New York Sun_, stories from, 33, 61, 63, 79, 84, 92, 100, 122, 166,
250, 252.

_New York Times_, stories from, 17, 21, 26, 35, 39, 48, 72, 96, 98,
113, 119, 128, 142, 145, 151, 155, 158, 173, 180, 183, 190, 196,
215, 216, 224, 226, 230, 238, 250.

_New York Tribune_, stories from, 24, 32, 49, 59.

_New York World_, stories from, 21, 41, 48, 58, 61, 71, 81, 99, 150,
157, 182, 233, 256, 257.

Obituaries, 172-177.

Obituary of college dean, 177.

Obituary of editor, 176.

Obituary of fireman, 172.

Obituary of Italian undertaker, 174.

Obituary of politician, 173.

Obituary of William Rockhill Nelson, 176.

_Ohio State Journal_, story from, 121.

Old clothes men, meeting of, 117.

Operation, surgical, 170.

Opinion of attorney general, 90.

Ordinance, hearing on, 112, 113, 115.

Ordinance introduced in city council meeting, 117.

Ordinance, opposition to proposed, 118.

Pantomime, Christmas, 154.

Parade, automobile, 149, 150.

Parade, Memorial Day, 151.

Parties, social, 227-229.

Patent case, award in, 98.

Pathetic news stories, 25, 38, 42, 57, 63, 65, 68, 72, 73, 78,
110, 168.

Penitentiary convict, escaped, 67, 68.

_Philadelphia Inquirer_, story from, 170.

_Philadelphia Ledger_, stories from, 35, 117, 118, 176, 202, 225,
228, 229, 244.

_Philadelphia Telegraph_, story from, 257.

Police court case, 78.

Police news stories, 47-74.

Poultry show, opening of, 142.

Probate court case, 100, 104, 105.

_Providence Journal_, story from, 154.

Railroad accidents, 29-31.

Railroad company declares dividend, 246.

Railroad wreck, fatal, 30, 31.

Railroad’s safety campaign, 241.

Real estate transactions, 244.

Receivership proceedings, 95.

Regatta of college crews, 217.

Report of federal bureau, 138.

Report of federal official, 139.

Report of scientist, 138.

Rescue of drowning man, 41.

Robbery by automobile bandits, 55.

Robbery, highway, 55.

Robbery, hold-up, 56, 57.

Robbery, pathetic treatment of, 57.

Robbery, story of, told in court, 82.

Rowing, college crew races, 217.

Rowing, prospects of college crew, 216.

Runaway boy, 47.

Runaway boy in court, 81.

Runaway, heroism of policeman in, 22.

Runaway, humorous treatment of, 25.

Safety campaign by railroad, 241.

Safety council meeting, 120.

Sailor, story of, 250.

_St. Louis Globe-Democrat_, stories from, 131, 183.

_St. Louis Post Dispatch_, story from, 116.

_San Francisco Chronicle_, stories from, 54, 90, 139.

_San Francisco Examiner_, stories from, 25, 36, 250.

School entertainment, 158.

School for backward children, 235.

School, new manual training, 234.

School, new vocational, 234.

Schools, 233-236.

Schools, medical inspection in, 236.

Schools, new method of spelling in, 134.

Schools, opening of new, 234.

Schools, opening of public, 233.

Schools, reading in, 235.

Schools, reading tests in, 236.

Search for lost child, 43.

Search for lost treasure, 252.

Separation, suit for, 93.

Sermon, 160.

Ship battered by gale, 35.

Ship, divers die in hold of, 32.

Ship news stories, 32, 34, 35, 250, 251, 252, 254.

Ships, collision of, 34.

Shipwreck, 35.

Shooting accident, 42.

Shooting, murders by, 58-66.

Shows, automobile, poultry, etc., 142.

Snow storm, 193.

Speeches, 127-130.

Sporting news, 200-220.

Sporting news, baseball, 212-216.

Sporting news, football, 202-212.

Sporting news, golf match, 219.

Sporting news, rowing, 216, 217.

Sporting news, tennis match, 218.

Spring, first day of, 194.

_Springfield Republican_, stories from, 104, 172, 179, 193,
205, 207, 240, 248.

Squirrel in city hall park, 256.

Statue, unveiling of, 147.

Storm batters fishing vessel, 35.

Storm causes shipwreck, 35.

Storm damages building, 196.

Storm, snow, 193.

Storm, wind, 196.

Stowaway, 251.

Street car accident, 24, 25.

Street car bandit, pathetic story of, 57.

Street car collision with automobile, 24.

Street car kills boy, 25.

Street improvements, 240.

Strike at Lawrence, Mass., 190.

Strike, congressional investigation of, 108.

Strike, investigation of, 110.

Strike of Colorado miners, 188.

Strike of taxicab drivers, 187.

Strike of textile workers, 190.

Strike of wholesale grocers’ employes, 187.

Strike, possibility of, 186.

Strikes, 186-190.

Subway, accident in, 26.

Subway, human interest story of, 250.

Suicide attempted by schoolgirl, 73.

Suicide, cause of attempted, 74.

Suicide of business man, 70.

Suicide of old couple, 71.

Suicide of seamstress, 73.

Suicide, pathetic treatment of, 72, 73.

Suicides, 70-74.

Suit at law, humorous treatment of, 92.

Supreme court decision, 88, 89, 90.

Supreme court decision, human interest treatment of, 89.

Surgical operation, 70.

Swindle, 49.

Taxicab drivers’ strike, 187.

Tennis match, 218.

Theatre parties, 228.

Toast at banquet, 157.

_Topeka Capital_, stories from, 50, 226.

Train derailed, 29.

Train wreck, fatal, 30, 31.

Trick mule, 259.

Tunnel, opening of, 146.

University building destroyed by fire, 17.

University class day, 166.

University commencement, 162-166.

Unveiling of statue, 147.

Vocational school, opening of, 234.

Vote, forecast of state, 179.

Vote on state-wide prohibition, 184.

Voting, election day, 180.

_Washington Herald_, story from, 197.

_Washington Post_, story from, 198.

_Washington Times_, story from, 152.

Wayward girl, 66.

Weather, 192-199.

Weather, cold summer, 195.

Weather, first winter, 192.

Weather, high wind, 196.

Weather, snow storm, 193.

Weather, spring, 194.

Wedding, elopement, 223.

Wedding of cowboy, 222.

Wedding of septuagenarians, 223.

Wedding, result of unusual romance, 222.

Weddings, 221-226.

Wharves, stories from, 250-254.

Will admitted to probate, 100, 104.

Will, suit to break, 103.

Wilson, speech by President, 128, 130.

Wind, accidents due to, 196.

Winter weather, 192, 193.

_Wisconsin State Journal_, story from, 90.

Zoo story, 257.

Transcriber’s Note:

While the width of the articles given within is narrower than regular text in this ebook, the column width as printed in the original publication has not been retained.

Punctuation has been standardised. Alternative spelling and variations in hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained as in the original publication except as follows:

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supervising engineer is

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before Coronor Acritelli _changed to_
before Coroner Acritelli

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susbcriptions to pay the men _changed to_
subscriptions to pay the men

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neighborhoood for a time _changed to_
neighborhood for a time

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at the insistance of the man _changed to_
at the insistence of the man

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Philadephia Ledger _changed to_
Philadelphia Ledger

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DEBUTANTE’S PARTY _changed to_
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