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Diagram showing “Carcyuille,” the twelve-acre colored colony promoted by “Pony” Moore; fashionable rheaton residences near which it icas to have been built, and four of the suburb's society women, owners of ad-lining homes.WHEATONH. CHICAGO r GolfCLUBMR 6. JARVIS - HUNTGEOC-OEPLAMONDCNMRS £.3.^WORTHING TOrtRS AHTHUJ?Vkzjaky/z HutrrIAMED AFTER MINISTERfrank’ lt;5GoCTONThe news of the sale at a sacrifice o Harlow X. Higinbotham’s world famou herd of Jersey cattle yesterday served tlt; bring to light the fact that Mrs. Higin bothani is in au Evanston sanitarium suf ferlng from a nervous breakdown; that thlt;Higlnbotham mansion at Twenty-nintl street and Michigan avenue is closed, am that the family lias been scattered.Mr. Higinbotham’s reasons for selling th sixty Jerseys, known the world over as th Arden herd, was because of the temporar breaking up of his family. The herd wa disposed of for a song, as its value is sail by experts to have been approximate! $100,000. The cows and bulls were sold a Joliet yesterday for prices ranging fror $50 to $75 a head, the sale price of th entire herd being about $4,000.Mrs. Higlnbotham is an inmate of Mis Catherine Hayes’ sanitarium in Evanston The disclosure that she was at the san tarium came as a surprise to many of he friends. She entered the rest cure seve weeks ago because she was suffering froi a nervous breakdown. Her health has bee steadily improving and it was said at th sanitarium last night that she would leav in a couple of weeks.Mr. Higlnbotham Is stopping at the Me tropole Hotel during his wife’s illness one of Ills sous.’ Ilarlow M., is living o the big .Higlnbotham farm near Joliet while the other, Harry M.. is living i Evanston. Mr. Higinbotham’s two daugfc ters, Alice and Florence, married Joscp Medill l’atterson and R. T. Cranej Jr., re spectively.Mr. lliginbotham took great pride ia lii Jersey herd, headed by King of Ardei one of the most famous Jersey bulls i the world, who was purchased in Englanlt; several years ago by Mr. Hlginbotham a a reported price of $4,000. When the priz bull was put on the block yesterday ther was only one bid aud that of $32 for hiu lie was retained bv Ills owner.Several tine cows whose reputed vale is in the neighborhood of $2,000, were sol for $50 and $60. One cow, which is sai to have cost Mr. Higinbotham $-3,000, wa sold for $110.“Father sold his herd because our fan ily has been scattered to the four wine by marriage,” said Harlow M. High bothani last night. “There was no us in keeping them and so he decided to di pose of them at any price that the would bring. The sale was not exte: sively advertised and the prize cows d: not sell for any more than common au nulls.’’ROOSEVELT RODE 108 MILES INSTEAD OF SError Found by Officers Who Measu Course of Seventeen-Hour Trip.WASHINGTON. D. O., Jan. 21.—It wasn ninety-eight miles that the President rot in seventeen hours the other day. It’s t a mistake. It seems that some of 11 army officers had doubts about that ninet eight-mile story and they decided on an a curate test. They went over the ex a route will a tested cyclometer anti mea ured the U stance with tlie utmost care ar accuracy. They found It was 108 statu miles.HUNDREDS ARE REPORTED DEAD IN MOROCCO QUAKETANGIER. Jan. 21.-A landslide, following a severe earth shock in the regionsouth of Tetua^ has wiped out several villages. It Kg£Artcd that hundreds of pcoWant a receiving clerk? Phonecontinued on 5th Pa
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Chicago Examiner
Chicago, Illinois, US
Fri, Jan 22, 1909
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