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WEST SIDE NEWS.
Mrs. S. M. Wirt Is visiting tn Port
land. Payday at Fort Stevens this week,
and all the boys are happy.
Superintendent McGuIre made a trip
over the road Wednesday.
A little daughter was bom to the
wife of Fred Hill last Monday.
Rev. Sayer is again very ill. He
has been sick for several weeks.
A new roof is being put on the little
church. St. Thomas by the Sea.
J. M. Tuaney, of Flavel, made a trip
tQ foreland, returning Thursday.
""Mrs. P. It Warren returned from
a short visit to Portland this week.
, Owing to the heavy swell on the
ocean beach, ciams are very scarce.
AN OLD MAN'S
QUEER PLIGHT
IS FARMER ROOT INSANE
To Attempts to Have Him Com
mitted 'hich Fail StranQC Story
in Which Hints of Attempt
cd Fraud Arc Made.
George Root, ix decrepit old Gorman
of sum-? 60 odd winters, was examined
before County Judge Givy --tordy
by a lunacy commission composed of
Doctors Alfred Kinney and J. A. Ful
ton. It developed at the examination
that the old man was a victim of a
px'ouli.ir kind of mania of the Inter
mittent order. Acceding to the state
ment of one Harry Cochrun. the prin
cipal witness against the accused, it
has been Root's chlvf delight to keep
up an Incessant and hideous howling
during the small dead hours of the
night, frequently throwing in a little
extra effort in the daytime for good
measure. At time. It was stated, the
old m.in completely losee c.mtrwl of
himself, roaming about the invmists
aimlessly for hours at a time. Upon
occasions, however, he would appar
perfectly rational and talk and act as
intelligently as anyone. But of late,
so Cochran says, the rational periods
have grown to be few and far between
until at last he fell obpgvd to report
his case to the authorities.
Dut there is a story behind thee
O. P. Graham returned from Tiila-. nroceedinn which makes Roofs case
mook on WewlAy. He hap been of more than ordinary Intetvat.
engased there for the last three rt appears that Rn was. In 1S96.
monihs In building a dredger for the possessed of a large truct of land In
government. I n.irlc.inuij eviimtv About tiv.ntv mi!.
E. AT. Lally lost a very valua.! tnv. nivmn rirv iin.m n-hi.-h h rm.t
for paralytics In the state of Oregon
the old man, neither oraiy nor sound
-between the devil and ihe deep sea,
as It were filently and with bowed
lund, Uft the court room, to return to
the sorely tried stid unwelcoming
arms of Cochran.
Tlie moal amusing feature of the
whole affair Is that a third figure Is
t!d to appear somewhat promli.eiuly
In th; ease In the person of a certain
widow, fat and forty, who rvnUo
over In Clackamas. The story goes
that claim has boon laid to the old
man's property by hr, and that
whenever ihls thought wWkIis parti.
cuUuiy heavy upon ltoot's mind his
howling, perl vU .ire snore frequent
and prolonged. Iiulxl, It Is asserted
that It was not until Root tlrst mot
the widow that his peculiar howling
maivla flrt developed.
Vague hints are also made by Coch
ran that othor en Kuis persona are
striving after possesion of the prop
erty and that a lawyer or two, as
well as a wom.Mi, are mixed up In the
case
Mrs.
ble heifer la&t week. The calf found been residing for several yars, eking
a broken tack of wheat at the Ham
mond station, and death was caused
by easing too much.
The Russell Family have been giv
ing pleasing entertainments at Ham
mond, Warrenton and Seaside. At
tne close or each performance a vote cares and vicissitudes.
tor tne uguest man or laziest man characterized
crea:ed much fun. frugality.
A letter was received at Fort Stev.
out an existence us best he could.
But years spent In subduing the
ruggwl lands of an Oregon Txirwt be
gan to tell on the old man and he
was obliged to lay aside the Imple.
ments of dally toll and abandon the
which had
and
a life of Industry
About this time young Cochran ap-
ens recently from Geo. W. Hicks, whojpeared on the horizon. Old man Root
is now In Circle City. Alaska, mating took a decided fancy, to the young
that he was In good health and doing fellow and before many more days
well in the dental business. tl1'lm,t ?is,l An neveemant was maJe
ffllt.... r
prices are 910 for a silver
Mrs. K. A Mason went to Portland ( for a cement and $3 for pulling a
Friday to spend a few days with her tooth.
children.
Mrs. Carlyie, of Locksley Hall, Sea
side, made a trip to Portland during
the week.
Miss Alma Johnson, of Astcria, was
a guest of Miss Eva Patker the early-
part of the week.
Mi's Anne Dawson returned Thurs
day from Astoria, where she has been
visiting numerous friends.
At a recent election held in Skipanon
P. P-. Smith was elected reorder and
Theodore Cables elected marshal.
The masquerade to be given by the
A. O. TJ. W. lodge at Warrenton, has
been postponed till the 23d Inst.
Johnny Juhre is very ill with in
flamatory rheumatism, and has been
confined to the house for over a we-Mc.
Severe colds are very prevalent on
the West Side. Many children are
unablo to attend their respective
schools, , ;
Mrs. Fanny Clayton, of Seaside, re
turned from Portland Tusday. She
accompanied her laughter that far on
her return to Monmouth.
Mrs. Daniel Relman, who has been
visiting her parents at Skipanon for
the past month, returned to her home
In Portland last Wednesday.
Mr. R. C. Herbert, of McMinnvIlle.
representing the Haralvah company,
was visiting his old friends at Fort
Stevens on Tuesday. At one time Mr.
Herbert belonged to "Bat. M." His
time expired last September and since
between the twain under the condi
tions of which Rojt was to doeed ell
of his property to his new found
friend, the young man, In turn, to
care and provide-for the old rancher)
during the remaining years of his
natural life. Matters moved along
smoothly for a couple of years or so.
the affair coming first to public at-i
then he has gone Into business and Is tntion through proceedings brought)
doing well.
BRYAN IS FLOUNDERING.
by Young Cochrun in the courts of
Clackamas county to have Root com
mitted to the insine asylum. Thi3
attempt resulted In failure and Coch-
Seeks to Hedge on Expansion and accompanied by his eccentric pro-
Gtts Into Dtep IVaUr,
JL El
la military prisons an offender is some
times sentenced to carry cannon balls from
one place to another and pile them up all
day long. That is all. Perhaps it does not
seem very terrible but it soon wears his
life out It is practically a death sentence,
and he knows it; he would rather be shot.
Many a sick man feels the same way about
the burden of disease that he is lugging
back and forth from day to day. He would
as soon be down with a mortal disease. It
will come to that sooner or later.
A man's life can be dragged out by
dyspepsia and liver complaint The ex
perience of Mr. J. T. Cardwell, of Fall
Creek Depot, Pittsylvania Co.. Va., shows
how Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery saves people from consumption by
waking up their nutritive organism and
giving it power to supply pure, healthy
blood, which drives out blood poisons and
dead tissues and builds up sound, whole
some flesh and muscle.
" I feci it my duty," write Mr. Cardwell in a
letter to Dr. Pierce, '' to write you of the lading
benefit! derived from the use of Dr. Pierce'
Golden Medical Discovery and little 4 Pellet.'
(seven year ago I contracted a aevere cold,
which baffled the stlcill of one of the best phy
ticiana in my Btate. It ran on and I continu
ally grew worse until I concluded to write to
the 'World Dispensary Medical Association.'
The answer to iny inquiry advised me to use
'Golden Medical Discovery' aad 'Pellet' for
Indigestion and liver complaint ; at this time
two months had passed. In two or three days
after I had commenced the use of your medi
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I felt new life ana vigor in my whole body."
This marvelous "Discovery" makes
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make flabby fat, it does not' increase the
weight of corpulent people.
KANSAS CITY, Jan 13.-W. J. Dry
an pissed through Kansas City this
morning for Columbia, Mo. Asked
about his interview In which he was
reported a3 expressing views favor
able, to expansion, Bryan said:
"I have not seen the Interview as
sent out by the Asoeiated Press. I
saw it as it appeared in one of the
Minneapolis pipers and It contains
some things I did not say. I have
for one year been discussing imper.
lalism and I have tried to distinguish
between such extension of the na-l
tion's limits as would not change the!
character of the government and the
expansion which converts a homo-
geneous republic into a heterogeneous
empire.
"When the annexation of any givvn
territory is under consideration the
question is first, whether the people
are capable of sharing in the govern
ment and destiny of the nation. I
believe that all people are capable of
governing themselves and that the
Filipinos should he allowed to govern
themselves, but I do not think thy
are sufficiently advanced to share
with us In the government of the
Nation.
"If the Philippine islands are an
nexed the people there must either
be citizens or subjects. I am not
willing to admit them as citizens and
do not believe that a republic can
have subjects, therefore I want this
nation to give them independence
and then protect them from outside
Interference."
j tege, returned to his lonely abode in
: the hills. NVhlng further was heard
; cf the case until Friday evening when
; the old man, howling and raving with
; his greatest might, was turned int
.the county Jail, charged, for the;
.second time, wi h Insanity.
I When P.jt was brought into court
for examination yesterday forenoon
he was himself or. at any rate,
rational once more. The physicians,
after considerable deliberation, deter
mined upon the following order.
which was approved by Judge Gray.
"We find that he Is not Insane, butj
Is a paralytic, unable to care for him
self. He is not mentally hound, but
cannot te classed as Insane. He
should be cared for, but not In an
asylum; preferably In a hospital for
paralytics." As there Is no hospital
ANOTHER FIGHT REPORTED.
Number of Filipinos Killed and Their
Arms Captured.
MANILA. Jan. 13. Advices from
Cebu report a sharp fight on Janu
ary 8. between a battalion of the
Nineteenth infantry and a body of
insurgents occupying a strung posi
tion In the Sudlon mountains. The
enemy was routed, the Americans
capturing a smooth bore cannon, some
rifles and destroying the fortifica
tions. Four Americans were wounded.
The Insurgent general, Flores, hav
ing established a rendezvous wfth 100
men at Humingan, province of Nueva
Viscaya, Captain Benson, with two
troops of the Fourth cavalry was sent
to dislodge them. The Insurgents
were scattered, their horses captured
and the position was burned, the
Americans sustaining no losses.
The American forces yesterday oc
cupied Magallanes, province of Ca
vlte, capturing 20 insurgents, includ
ing a coloneL
Copper Colored
Splotches.
There it only one cure for Contagious
Blood Poison the disease which has
completely baffled the dooton. They
are totally unable to cure it, and direct
their efforts toward bottling the poison
op in the blood and concealing it from
view. 8. 8. 8. cures the disease posi
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whloh wa Id spots at first, kat Aarwmrds
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ndar4.;Bf or I be
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J had speil a handrrd
oliars, whlah was really
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Deiora lona uisappearaa cqhrix. raau.u
my lost walght, becania strong, and At ap
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wall, ad my skin a claar as a slaee of (laws.
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CHOYNSXl IS tUSSATlSFIHP.
Claims He Was RUibvd of the Flht
by Tlmek.-vper Dunn.
NCW YORK, Jan. 13.-The decls.
Ion of Jonncy While In awarding the
bout at the Pivdway Athletic Club
last night to McCoy, la quite g'iu-r-aliy
upheld by the murimig paivr
her although two of them claim that
Choynskl was treated unfairly.
All the papers a'gue that the mis
t:ike of the tlmektcrwr was d 'pluruble
and that in thu respect the Calif. r
nian did not receive hla Just dues,
Time-Keep-r Dunn rvfus.-d to illfcuMS
the fight. He closed his natch and
left the building. Rut he was seen
to protest to the referee at the end
of the second round that he ' was
right.
Choynkl, In an tntvrview wl h a
World representative, said:
"I was robbed of the flfiht. t
knocked McCoy out In the secnd
round with a right swing on the Jiw
and he as down twvlve or hfuvn
seconds. Both timekeepers, the club's
and my own, agree.! " that and Dunn
rarg the bell to Indicate that the
fight was over. It was called a
round but McCoy had one minute
and forty seconds to recover.
"In the third round McCoy knocked
me down after the bell rang. I am
a little deaf, but I henrd the bell.
McCoy did not. It knocked me out
and I was unable to come up for the
pext round. I was robbed."
McCoy said:
"I am surry truTO was any misun
derstanding about the time. I waji
not out although I was pretty wiak.
I was careless and got a punch on
the Jaw In the second round that daz
ed n. The fourth lime Choynskl
knocked me down I took my time and
listened to the referee's count. I got
up Just as he counted ten and then
the bell rang.
"I showed that I had conslderab'e
strength left by landing on Choyn.
ski's Jaw and stopping him.
"The punch I knocked him out with
was started before the bell rang In
the third round.
"1 fought fairly and If a mistake
was made, It was not mi-w.
"I thought I could whip Choynskl.
I dil and I rlil nk I can afftln."
Referee White paid:
"McCoy was knocked out. I count
ed nine and McCoy got up Ju.it as 1
counted ten. Then the bell rang and
I and the fighters thought the round
was over.
"It seenis there was a miaunder
standing. The timekeeper had taken
it upon himself to count McCoy and
he rang the bell. He had no business
to do It. It was my place and I say
McCoy was not out. He was up be.
fore I finished counting tm.
"The punch McCoy struck Choyn
skl as the bell rang wis unpremedi
tated and While It knocked Choynskl
down did not affect the result. Cho
ynskl was very sick from a punch In
the stomach when the bell rang for
the fourth. He refused to come from
his corner and I was compelled to give
the fight to McCoy."
Many of the spectators when seen
around the up-town hotels late lant
night declared that Choynskl should
lave been given more consideration
and there were not a few who hinted
at "Jobbery." On the other hand the
managers of the club and McCoy's
followers aver that everything wan
fair and that Referee White could,
under the clrcumrtsance, have ren
dered no other decision.
WKrCWf M'V-- 'fV'WfSvl -
WSmM vfe. Iffe;. pip
v!l Jill
Goipon
Strengthens Racked Nerves
Adjt S. W. Groomes, 140 East Jones St., Dayton.
Ohio, writes:
"I had groat relief from Paine's Celery Compound last December.
While Irving in Columbus I took a heavy cold that resulted in the grip.
I suffered intense pain with my head for three months. No medicine
seemed to do me any gocd until I began using Paine's Celery Com
pound. All the suifering in my head was soon gone, and I have Celoiy
Compound alone to thank lor my cure;"
Suffering has its first effect upon the nerves.
When the body is not sustained by nerve energy;
indigestion, slow circulation of the blood, and an im
poverished system result.
ENGLISH BACK FIRING.
Colonial Editor Denounces the War
and Joseph Chamberlain.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. Accord-
Ins to J. F. Archibald, editor and
proprietor of the Sydney Bulletin,
who arrived .here yesterday from Aus
tralia, there is a growing fueling in
Australia that the British colonies are
making a serious mistake In aiding
England to urge war aga1nt the
Transvaal. "It was a grave mistake
for Australia to send our troops to
South Africa," he said, "It amounts
to an abandonment of our Indepen
dence."
Personally Mr. Archibald considers
the war with the Transvaal mom
strous, unjustifiable and entirely un
provoked. He said:
"Jnsenh Chamberltan Is a Judas
who has betrayed all panties and In
ranwai with which he has been iden
tlned. He betrayed the radicals; he
Hz.,.a t a A AlfltatmiA iLnrt now he has
betrayed his country for the benefit
of the people with whom he was In
communication at the time of the
Jameson raid. England deserve to
lose the fight because of Its manifest
unjustness.'
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