'I'h e O b s e rv e r
LUCKY
THOMPSON
^WHEN IN $PORTLAND’ S T O P P T
A B A R R IE R ?
HOTéL.OReCO
i TO HAPPINESS
FRIDAY
Corner of“7th and Stark Street
“Fireworks” That Serve a t Train
Protectors.
CODE OF TORPEDO AND FUSEE
Doubtless any one perm itted to e x
am ine the reeovda o f a chancery court
would be surprfaed a t the number of
cases where fortunes have been M ri
to those who cannot be found or. I f
found, only a fte r year» of search
O p t i m a l th e heirs fa ire died before
the testator; sometimes t>ey have my»-
terlouaiy disappeared, never again to
be heard (roin. T h e reason th at prop
erty often passes through this phase fa
th a t the members o f fam ilies as the
years go by become separated and
often lost to each other. W hen per
sons who have no one near and dear
to them m ake will», p referrin g that
th eir property shall go to th eir ow n
kindred, they usually leave their es
tates to such, possibly not h atin g
heard anything o f the legatee fo r
years.
K Zachary Thompson when be was a
boy ran aw ay and w ent to sen. F ifty
«ears ago and more th at was a favor-
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C H A S W R lQ H T .P m ld .n t
M . C . D H J K IW W N , M a n a g e r.
There lived in the c ity o f Philadel
phia a w idow er and his eon who were
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E u ro p e a n p la n . R ates $ 1 p er d ay a n d u p .
A poor lig h t strain s th e eyes, an d th e injurious effects m a y
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lo cated . F ifth 8 t. cars p a s s
th e d o o r> avq« y few -minutes-
Rotnxoy Col lea in a tx»ok about Ir e
land tell» the rtfo } of « man whom
be met tn a p ub ll«!bou»e. T h is person,
w ithout the t o c i A l y <* «n introduc
tion. p re s e n te d ‘idwfaeif to M r. Colfaa
an a poet. U e men presented the fo l
lowing as a aaitfpfa e f his m anufac
ture:
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Batapaaa Ptaa. Rataa *1 .99 a a l ap
f Q. 5WITLAMD, Mgr
In the year, Sundays included.
hat
en the romance out or toe ure neiore
did It meanT And on almont any
the mast. Indeed. Instead o f a Tnast
night as I look ont o f m y window I
the modern vessel has a amokestuck.
M 1 1 < n I 11 l"l I’M 1 H 1 1 H l iF H / H r l1
gee the edge o f the wood or the fields
Zachary, havng read sea stories, be
You shofad always kwep >®r bosses OB
lighted op by red or yellow fireworks. I
came Infatuated w ith the great deep Am erican coastwise shipping iro m
W hy this strange Illum ination?
and shlpjwd as cabin boy pn a barken- paym ent of tolls fo r passing through 1
As all these queer happenings took
tine trading between New York and the Panam a canal, a document w rit*
place on the railroad a few rods from
Hongkong.
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ten by S ir Edw ard Grey, B ritish M in- t
my house 1 made Inquiries of the rau
T h e boy made a triflin g mistake In
lster of Foreign A ffairs, was presented
way officials, and here are some inter
thinking be would like the sea. Even
chting facta about the use o f these
D A R N I E L L E B R O S ., P roprietors
to Secretary Kno> hy the B ritish am
in th a t day there was no romance in
bassador, James Bryce, who read the (
curious “firew ork».w
being reproved -by tbe captain, sworn
T h e general supertn tendea I of the I
note word for word to the secretary <
New York. -New O s veo and H a rtfo rd 1 a t hy tbe m ate and flogged by the
cooK. Tfven the «tuition tyrannised In the la tte r’s home. I t is an elabora
railroad explained as follows:
over little Zachary, and. having made tion of the points of objection in the I
“O ur rules provide for the ose of de
one voyage, the boy remained ashore, note presented to the state departm ent
H ea d q u a rters for our S h er m a n C ounty
toaators. commonly known as to rp e
does, as audible slgual» and of Tusees’ though he was too proud to go borne. last July.
,
friends; p rices reason ab le; first c la ss
In b rief these are the objections:
afe vfaibto algnafa.
“T h a t w h ile it was clearly In vio
**Theaa torpedoes are attached to
resta u ra n t w ith th e h o tel.
the top o f the rail on the engineer’s
lation of the H ayP a u n ce fo te * treaty
■ tiu o f the track by tw o small flex J
either to re m it or refund tolls on all
lbie metal atrapa. which are eauKj
Am erican shipping using the canal,
beat around the ball of the rail, as
the same objection probably would ap
T w o B lo c k s F ro m N e w D e p o t
■bown in the picture, and hold the
ply to the ooastwise shipping in view
torpedoes securely tn place u n til ex
of the probable Im possibility of fra m
ploded by th e first tra in passing over I
ing regulations th at would not result
this track.
In a preference to Am erican shipping.”
F R E E A U T O B U S TO A N D FR O M A L L T R A IN S
«The explosion o f one torpedo Is a
' In addition to supporting th e s e ’ (
signal to stop; the explosion of two.
mo» m ors than 200 feet ap art la a slg-
points by long arguments, 81r Edw ard
to reduce speed and look out for better sense. 8be. too. baa never n«u indicates clearly that strong resist
any luck, and now there were two un
a stop signal.
lo c k / mortals who proceeded to bring ance w ill be offered to any attem pt
t k , fusees are o f sim ilar construc
into
tbe world
unlucky • children. to exclude from the canal B ritish ships
tion to th e w ell ^nown Rom an candle
Thompson
In
order
to
OH the stomachs owned by Canadian railroads or whose
used for fireworks celebrations ex-
cept th a t they burn a steady flame of his w ife and children, though he owners may be guilty of violating the
w ttbont explosiona A sharp Iron spike bad been born *a gentleman, took up Sherman anti-trust act. H e holds th a t
any occupation that appeared. at last this section of the act cannot apply to
a t th e bottom end w ill usually stick
In the ground or In the creas tie when accepting a poKkien With an under British shipping, but only to U n ited
t l h o w n fro m tbe rear o f a train and taker. This led him Into that depart
States vessels.
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ment of the m ortuary busluess which
holds the fusee tn an upright position
pertains
to
currylug
the
dead
to
their
wh y i t la more plainly visible.
W hen you harem had ad d you wem
“ A fusee must be lighted and left
last resting place.
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• l m e d ic in a obtainable*© aa to curs U wrib
H e w as in k in g bis bearse to cover
by the flagman whenever a train Is
L im e , P l a s t e r , C e m e n t , B u ild e r s
—^ t « r on th e “ tim e” o f another train a f te r a fu n e ra l one e v en in g w hen ba
or boh«"* Its own tim e tn d under rau lino a light buggy d riv en by a
S u p p lie s , L u m b e r , W o o d , C oal,
drenm stencea which call fo r such pro-
C edar P o s ts , an d H ay. -
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market.
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durkitenu h av in g com© <>□. did uot s p©
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fosea on or near tbe track, burn him in time to get out of bis way. and
T boiu|*on. who was dream ing on bis
ing red. must not be passed. W hen
OUTLAW ROBS TRAIN
burning yellow th e tra in may proceed bad luck and bis luckless w ife and
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chlldreu. collided w ith him and smash
w ith caution when the w ay Is seen and
Im parlal L im ite d " Fultm an fa Looted
known to be clear. Standard fusees ed the vehicle.
N a ar Vancouver, B. C.
-Y o u should paint your funeral wag-
burn red fo r three minutes arid yel-
Vancouver,
B. C.— A tra in finldup
loar fo r seven minutes and can bo aoBL oik.Tred or some other color If .you ra
th
at
for
boldness
has never been
going to d rive around nights running
fot* quite a distance.
“You w ill gather from the above people dow u.” said tbe gentleman, “ M aoualed in Vancouver was perpetrated
just as the Canadian P acific ra ilw a y ’s
explanations th a t the red glare o f a was your fa u lt. and you*» have to pay
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‘•Im perial L im ited" transcontinental
gaming fusee on or near the track
for uiy buggy *’
“ I don’t believe there Is any law
warns the approaching engineer th a t
passenger train , was passing out of
a peer »ding tra in has passed over his to compel me to do t h a t * said Tbom p
the Vancouver c ity lim its.
track lesa t * » " three minutes ahead aoo.
A single highwaym an, disgufaed by
■'There fau’t. e h )
W ell I think 1
o f *»lm. and nnder no circumstances
W « C . R U T L E D G E , P ro p rie to r.
a black m ask, boarded tb a train« as it
ought to know w lw e I'm , a law yer.^ v
mast he pass this signal w hile burning
was passing tbe B ritish Colum bia 8u
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my
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monoed
Thompson.
red. W hen th e flam e tarns to yellow
he m ay proceed w ith caution, only as i “I f any «»Me etse mid run down a gar R efin ery, a m ile and a h a lf out.
tba w a y Is seen and know n to be wagon he wouldn't have haptwned to entered the Pullm an car and at the
N e a r e s t H o te l t o B u s in e s s C e n te r , B ank*
point of a revolver fo rced ,th e passen
d e a r keeping In m ind th a t when tbe hit n law yer ”
a n d D e p o t, C o u r te o u s T r e a t m e n t , C lea n
back door and w ent to tbe stable,
fusab changed fro m red to yellow be I By rblsVltne a amall crow d collected,
gers and the Pullm an conductor to
where a b u rn t cork transform ed him
w as exactly th ree m inutes behind a I aud a polfawmau was amoug tbe uum-
B e d s a n d T a b le t h e Jbest t h e m a r k e t w ill
pass over th e ir money and valuables.
Into an ebony Instead o f a w hite m a n
nreceding tra in , w hich m ay have stop 1 ber.
T
h
e
man
dropped
o
ff
the
tra
in
Just
S T w W f e t a a abort distance or may
I f you have
Then donning a livery he mounted the
- W h a t ’s up?” he asked.
before i t arrived a t Barnet, which Is haps noticed tl
box o f a coach and drove to his home.
he proceeding a t ea unusually alow
-T h is d rive r of bhtek wagons fo r
six miles from the city.
His fa th e r came out, opened the door, J
dead um » u o<i dark.JhJMkt* ba* run Into
T fie to tal loss was tSOS I n f i l l s , two
1
T he superintendent o f the Shore line me and xnuiMhed a fcWK) buggy.”
oellent Thgy are easy and p k w n t t o take, gave tbe add res« and got In.
W hen Jim m ie beard th a t address the
Otvtolon. another branch o f th e same
“Shall I lak e him In f asked tbe cop. watches and one chain, one diamond and mild andgwHle in eflaoL For sale by
ring and two English sovereigns, all dealers. _________
expression on hfa face was not -only I
ndlroad. gives thfa additional d etail re-
“ Not If be w ill give h l* naina.”
one of wonder, hut o f astonishment.
Tboinpeon
was discouraged
H a am ounting to about $10. T h e conduc
gardlng torpedoes; x
A Prafaranaa.
-W h e n a tra in stops upon the mam gave op hi* mime w ithout a m urm urs
His fath er had ordered him to drive
to r contributed WO of the W08. There
"I shall leave my reputation to be to the house w here d w elt Miss E m ily I
fine and requires protection against ,
judged
by
posterity
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• fioBowtog tra in the flagman goes back
Sherbourne. H fa first Impulse was to
‘•Tkht’H a good idea," replied Senator
a apecifled distance and places one tor
get
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.fro
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the
box
an
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sk
his
No Peso« Prlxs Awarded
Sorgliutq. “T h e way things are going I parent w hat tbe dickens he m < *a t; his
pedo
H e than continues a fa rth e r
Christiania.— T he Nobel Peace prix©
I'd much rather take my chances w ith
d fitanco hack, placing tw o torpedoes
second was to d rive on and see the
w ill not be awarded this year. T his
posterity than w ith an Investigating m atter to the end. H e followed the I
A f soon an the tra in ho ks protecting la
W ashington Star
fa the firs t tim e since th e establish committee
rred y to s ta rt th e engineer b lo w * a
latter. On reaching his destination M r.
epodfled w hfatle «Ignat, w hich fa w | “ H o w did you happen to be named
m ent of the Nobel foundation that the
H ardw ick got o ut and, ordering tbe
A n E x c e p tia n .
oom mittee or Norw egian parliam ent
notice to the flagman to retu rn to bi* Zachary Taylor?”
coachey to w ait, rang the bell and w ent
-W h o was I t w rote ‘Distance lends I into tbe house.
. -B o rn when G eneral T aylo r licked
tzflin. On the way hack he picks up
has found no perdon w orthy of the
the one torpedo, leaving tw o on the the M exican« and named for h im .”
| H ere was a pretty pass—the son sit
award. T h e com m ittee states th at it
M || to w a re the engineer e f an ap^
“ W ho was your f a tb e r F
ting on the box w hile his fath er was
has decided that th ere has b ee* “no
I inside courting th e g irl be would not I
preaching tra in th a t another tra in fa a
-E d w a rd Prentiss Tkam paon.”
w ork deserving of the prixe."
short distance ahead and to give th«
"D id you have any b ro thereF
consent.to hfa offspring m arrying. I t
A gent for th e Beat S team L auntlry
-------urn« to ran hack and g«t
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seemed to Jim th a t £hd call was toter-
* . 1 SU»$P to B rick B u ild in g n e x t O b se rv e r Office
Hare
fa
a
woman
who
.speaks
from
p
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mlnable.
W h a t could lie going on?
aboard o f hfa ow n tra in ." —
“Hit nnmer
sonai knowledge and low» experience, vis.,
-W in fie ld Scott Thompson."
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Of the nee of fireworks ee signals to
H e worked him self Into a fu ry . t V n
M m p. H - Brogan,of W njôn7Pa.,whomyj,
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W .
L E W IS , P r o p r ie to r .
"And you consider yourself an un
got down from the box, stalked up the
After the 8aereH.
th* navy the cfafaf of the bureau of
" I know from experience that Chamberlain • ’s a Ä -
’’M a’s just cr v to serve oo « Jury.” steps and rang the bell.
construction and repair of the navy de lucky m a n F
"T h a t so F
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-N e v e r bad any luck no for."
partment. Washington, makes the tal
M r. H a rd w ic k was sitting on the
"Yea: »be anvn* ffee-w ants to be one same sofa w ith E m ily Sherbourne
-W e ll, you’ve g o t it now. Ten year*
lowing statement:
W infield Bcott
e f the first to toll, th e secrets of the when the tete-a-tete was Interrupted
• A l l modern ships are fitted w ith •g o your - brother.
electric signals and the use of «nn-h I Thompson, died and left yod an estate
Jury r o o m I Ȏtroit F ree Press.
hy a negro coachman w ith a w hip in
Oanius at Tabla.
tr o t h ffjnn.OOO, and tbe executors of
^«^■1« fa-general tn tb • nun»’ «errlee
his hand standing In the doorway.
I t would appear th at the man of
W e’ve
l a th e case o f aaaatl vo»«wfa having no (in* »till are client« e f mine
“W h a t does this mean, p o p F cried
genius usually require« a large supply
Ovardhto* It-
plsctrir installation and also fo r nee to been bunting fer you ever since your
-©be married h im to reform h l»
eokchey. - -
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of substantial food, totetlectoat w ork
brother died, and If w© hadn’t fonnd
cane o f the fa ilu re o f the electric alg
“And w hat waa th e result?’’
t t r . Hardvrlek was paralysed w ith
demands fa ll nutrition to repair tbe
M l* th e n avy has a ayrtem o f colored you before the end of thl« year your
" H e ’s «o good near th at he’s »bp<
waste o f brain tfaxua Scott was w ont
astonishm ent and Miss Sherbourne
t r connection w ith rocket* for property would have gone to ch ari
io a ttrib u te hl# extraordinary capacity at nearly everything she doea.” 1^
burst Into a laugh.
ty-”
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the parpens o f *tgnallng.
for conttauouK work to hfa good diges ton Transcript.
H o w through a friend in the gilded
"By
gum!*’
exclaim
ed
the
bearae
T h e a e ere to no sense the ordinary
tion and the wholesome restraints of
circle she had made the acquaintance
driver. "M y lock % aa all come to a
I t fa easier for (he generous to .foe- i t the fath er o f her lover and draw n
bi« appetite In hfa youth. - I bare as
E n tire ly new , c o n v e n ie n t to business,
lamp.**
keen an appetite now as an y mao,” give than for offense to ask I t — Tho«»- him on to visit her was her own ta-
M r. Tl»ompnoo fa now wealthy and
d e a n beds, an d ta b le th e b e st th e m a rk e t
I cret. * H e r ruse was successful. M r.
h e sakl. “but I know when to stop,"-, -
fa called “ Zm -ky” Tbompnou. tbe sto
M ira beau Is stated to have been a *
H ard w ick turned hfa supposed con
w ill afford. P rices re a so n a b le .
C om
ry of how he Was found sifll clinging
gnormouM feeder, eating as much a t a
quest over to Jimm ie, consented to the
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to him
But no one wh«» hnows him
m ercial tra d e solicited.
meal ns would suffice three ordinary-
Maud^-lD that book you Juit finish I wedding and the three gave up society
fa aw are o f th e qnarfor o f a century*«
qmn.
T alleyrand waa also a noted ad d id they m a n g -a n d live happily | to be happy In th eir own home.
te d luck th a t attended him
eater. Goethe nod Nnpoleon ate large ever afterw ard?
M a rjo rie - Gracious. I . 5-X Proof e f • Conspiracy.
quantities o f food, but cared little for Bo!
I don’t read* fa iry woriea an?
3 T he follow ing story fa told in ex
Aeeem pi • Vised.
the qunlltv. Bismarck was noted for m o re .-N e w York Tlaies
I planatlon o f the reason why the teach
“Abe’s a elover conversationalist.”
bfa s p ifa tH * whkfc wad Insatiable. (but
I ing of chemistry to Turkish schools
-V e ry . She can erea make a man
hfa food waa o f the etfapleet.
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• forbidden some years ago. I t had
who fa talkin g about hlam elf atop to
M any stortea a r e told o f the gross
H o w ell—D<> you believe In heredity?
fa proposed that this science should
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delight In eating evinced hy the two P o w e ll- 1 should sag I dkti I married
to «2.000.000 mlfaa. Th«
Dttmases. fath er and son. one of which the daughter of n Jutigr. and she 1« al | be added to tbe curriculum , hut tbe
i first thing th at struck the ayes o f the
Fallowed the Freeeriptleo.
to that th e younger, being overtaken ways laying down the la w -to tue -
I ro ler of tbe fsU hful on opening an ele-
“M y doctor sold I needed a changa.'
Uy * «tortn. took refuge tn a hotel near
I mentary textbook o f chemistry waa
“ And did yoa a r t on hi” ad rice F
Parts T w en ty four turkeys were hang-
the form ula for water. HBG. "H ere,"
“ Toa. I employed another doctor"
tog upon ih w a p lt - -’S ‘
Ths Mai
said th e su1tan,: “fa proof o f a conspir
“ And all fo r a atogfa ♦ravefar." * x
fite lla —Jnck i" wai
acy to undermine my authority in the
Ctotmed tbe host
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W e V e t AI A U J M o l i e l t
knees to me la ri
ejrea ef m y subject*. H tw o W T h e f t
"C a s t inoo pere!" exclaimed Atoff* poor fellow , be cai
nothing tom a aiy way <tf totimetfos
ttd re
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