Sherman County observer., March 21, 1913, Image 1

MRS
NATIONAL CAPITAL
CSE60N NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Special Session Is Called for
April 7
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Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Fast
Week.
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W ash in gton .— T h e extra sessio n of
c o n g ress called by P resid en t W ilson
to assem b le April 7, w ill begin w ith
W illiam G. M’Adeo, New Y ork tun
n -l builder, who is se creta ry of the
tre a su ry In W ilson’s c a b in e t
TURKS REFUSE PEACE TERMS
T he
R ichard Olney, of Boston, to whom
P re sid en t W ilson offered the post of
A m bassador to G reat B ritain, has de­
clined.
Office seekers have pressed A tto r­
ney GeneraT McReynolds td the point
w here he has been obliged to order
th e d ep artm en t of justice closed To all
v isito rs a t 4:30 p. m., se n ato rs and
t '»presentadves included.
S ecre tary B ryan and A sbassador
Ju sseran d exchanged ratificatio n s of
th e con ven tion approved by the sen ate
a m onth ago extending for a te rm of
Uve y ears th e Franco-A m erican spe-
ria l arb itra tio n tre a ty of 1908.
C om petitive exam inations have been
announced by th e navy d ep artm en t for
Ju ly 14,1913, for th e purpose of filling
14 vacancies in the grade of second
lieutenant. —
E xam
inations will
held
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In th e fo llow in g w estern c itie s:
Den-
Outlook
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For
Balkan
Gleemy.
Peace
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London.—T h ere Is no prospect foi
accep tan ce by T u rk ey of the peace
term S as proposed by the allies. Dis
p atch es from C onstantinople eay the
lead in g m em bers of th e com m ittee oi
union and progress have decided that
the conditions cannot be accepted, and
it is understood th a t th e council of
nxintatc-ys has adopted th e sam e view.
All o th e r cap itals and am ong the
am b assad o rs in London tho allies* de
m ands a re considered ex travagant, es
pecLUly w ith reg ard to th e paym ent
of indem nity and th e cession of Scuta­
ri and th e Aegean Inlands.
W ith th e im provem ent in w eather
conditions, th e arm ies in the n ear east
have become m ore active, although
th u s fa r no news of a pitched battle
of any im portance has come through
MUD THROWN AT
LGIiGON WOMEN
tion.
o f th e U nited S tates.
Bullet Fells Her While Heading
Rebel Attack
Jury,
If the currency, P hilippine indepen­
dence, A laskan affairs; woman suf­
fra g e o r o th er proeslng questions final­
ly a re forced upon the a tte n tio n of
congress, it will be only a fte r th e dem ­
o c ra tic leaders of th e two houses and
th e president a re convinced th a t the
success of ta riff revision is assured.
T illm an Loses His H ard Fight.
S en ato r T illm an, of South C arolina,
lost b ’.s long, hard fight for th e ch a ir­
m anship of the pow erful se n ate com ­
m ittee on appropriations. T he Demo­
c ra tic com m ittee lists accords th e ap­
p ro p riatio n s chairm anship to S enator
M artin, of Virginia.
R adical changes in tho m ethod of
contro llin g sen ate legislation and com ­
m ittee s w ere approved by th e Demo­
c ra tic m anagers and will be offered
for adoption by th e cau cu s. T hese
recom m endations u f f :
All com m ittee chairm en shall be
elected by the D em ocratic m em bers
of th e com m ittee. T he p ractice has
been for the steerin g com m ittee to
ap p o in t all ch a irm en ; a m ajority of
th e D em ocratic m em bers of any com ­
m ittee may call a m eeting of th a t
com m ittee a t any tim e.
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M em bers of “conference com m it­
te es* shall be selected by the Demo­
c ra tic m ajority of the com m ittee h av ­
in g p b arg e of the legislation in ques­
N ational C apital Brevities.
P re sid e n t W ilson appointed Gover­
n o r Ej^rke of N orth D akota, tre a su re r
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Owyhee R snohere In Shooting Affair.
Vale.—L. R. Culp is In the h ospital
and he and H enry McNee are under
a rre s t as th e re su lt of a shooting
which took place on th e Owyhee, about
ten m iles so u th e ast of Vale. Both
have been bound over to th e grand
n oth in g but th e ta riff revision b ills
b efore i t T h is fa ct w as m ade clea r In
a sta tem en t by R ep resen tative Under*
w ood, ch airm an - o f th e h ou se com m it­
te e on w a y s and m eans. U n til th e
le g isla tio n Is w ell under w ay in th e
h o u se, n o gen era l co m m ittees w ill be
m a d e and no oth er le g isla tiv e su b jects
w ill b e tak en np.
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T h e p resid en t sp ecified no su b ject
fo r th e extra se ssio n In h is proclam a­
tion , but it is fu lly understood th at
h ie m essa g e to con gress a t its openings
w ill d w ell upon th e need o f ta riff re­
vision .
Few Big P ositions Filled Eefore April.
T here will not be m any appoint­
m ents before April 1, it Is now believ­
ed here. T he presid en t and his cabin­
et find it is safer to run along for a
tim e w ith the old hands on deck than
to change them all for men quite new
to th e ir duties.
T hen th e re 1« a great deal of em ­
b arrassm en t over m aking selections
from am ong the vast num ber of hppll-
cauLs A lm ost any sta te in the union
could furnish a full quota of officials
to run the governm ent with ease and
then have enough good men and tru e
to keep things from going to ama.sh
a t home. Indeed, m any of the sta te s
a re offering to do Just about that.
L aF ollatte Makes W hite H cuse Call.
S enator La F ollette made his first
call at th e W hite House In m ore than
th re e years. He was an Invited guest
and spent alm ost an hour y lth the
president. H e would m ake no s ta te ­
m e n t as to the purpose of his visit,
b u t it h as been an open se cret for days
th a t he was invited to discuss legisla­
tive questions w ith the p re s id s p t -
T he conference w as m erely prelim ­
in a ry to o th ers to be held later. O ther
progressive sen ato rs will be asked to
th e w hite house from tim e to tim e,
and the president hopes th a t m any
of them will find it consistent to line
up w ith the Ilem ocrats in passing leg­
islation.
A ppropriations Exceed One Billion.
A ppropriations of th e la st session of
congress, including the sundry civil
pnd th e Indian appropriation bill,
Which are to be put through a t the
com ing ex tra session, aggregated >1,-
098,647,960.
T h e annual sta te m en ts given out by
C hairm an F itzgerald, of th e appropria­
tio n s com m ittee, and.by form er Speak­
e r Cannon, for th e Republicans, agree
on th a t total. Cannon adds, how ever,
th a t in addition to th a t am ount, con­
tr a c ts authorized for public w orks
Involve fu rth e r expenditures of >76,-
956,714.
WOMAN KILLED
LEADING CHARGE
T 9 S E P H M DÁÑÍEt8
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Culp fenced a road p assin g through
the H offm an ranch, o n which ha re­
sided, and w hen McNee, accom panied
by his nephew s and C- M. B artoa,
drove up w ith th e ir wagons, they w ere
forbidden by Culp to pass through the
ranch. Culp notified the gjeo that
they m ust go around, and th a t he
would shoot the man who attem pted
to cut th e wire, B arton cu t the wire,
w hereupon Culp fired upon him, send­
ing a b u lle t dangerously clo se to hie
head. McNee, springing from his wa­
gon, retu rn ed th e fire. A fter firing
s e v e ra l shots, CuJ», fe ll, w ith a bullet
wound through his left leg. McNee
w ent to th e bouse of a neighbor, noti­
fied him of th e shooting and told him
to go and see how badly Culp was
injured.
P. E. & E. BRIDGE D E D iCÄTED
L ittle Miss W est S catters C a rn a tio n s
F rom P ilo t W h ile T housands Cheer.
S Je m .—W ith b lasts of whistle«,
shouts from thousands of th ro ats and
'ihe JJare-of bauds, the new Portland,'
Euxcr.e & E astern bridge th a t links
the w est and the east aid d f of the W il­
lam ette valley to g eth er form ally was
dedicated to the com m ercial develop­
m ent of th is section.
Tho little d au g h ter of governor and
Mrs. W est, dressed In white, stood on
the p ilo t- of th e engine.
T he event was being celebrated as
m arking an im portant step in the de­
velopm ent of a woblike system of in-
te ru rb an lines being built in th e W il­
lam ette valley by th e H arrim an in­
terests. T his bridge connects th e Sa-
icin & F alls City branch w ith th e new
branch recently com pleted to F ir and
Silverton.
T housands of v isitors w ere here par-
tlcipatiug in the festivities, and the
city was in gala attire. ,
London.-—T he
s u f fr a g e tU s ,, who
ag ain attem p ted to hold a Sunday af­
ternoon m eeting In Hyde- P ark were
mobbed by a crowd of 10,000 persons.
They wero p e l t’d w ith clods, oranges
and © tlftr m issiles, and w hen th e po­
lice ‘w ere escorting them from the
U m a tilla In d ia n Goes East.
scene the rio ters to re off the h ats and
P
endleton.—Chief
She^s-Mok-a-noot,
cloaks of the women, and even struck
more
com
m
only
known
as Chief No
som e of them in th e face.
T he trouble began when “General* S hirt, of the U m atillas, left for W ash­
Mrs. F lora Drum mond m ounted a wa ington, D. C., to hold a council w ith
gon and sta rted to speak to th e great the * W hite F ath er" regarding money
assem blage, which was largely made due m any of hie tribesm en from the
up of youths who had arm ed them ­ governm ent, th e delay occasioned in
selves w ith am m unition of various de­ the m a tte r not m eeting with the chief--
scrip tio n s or w ith trum pets, m outh or­ lain s approval.
gana and bells.
For h alf an hour th e crowds shout-
Unknown Man Kills Self,
ed, sang and pelted the s u ffra g e tte ; A slo rin A well-dressed, unidentl-
com mander-in-chief, whose clothes J Bed man com m itted suicide here by
soon w ere a m ass of mud. At last J hanging him self in an onthouse a t th e
.Mrs. D rum m ond’s speech, of which 1 city park. The body was discovered
not s word w as audible, cam e to an ! by th ree boys. The man app aren tly
end and a younger woman took her was about 36 years of age, sm ooth
place
She fared no b etter, and the shaven, w ith brown h air and blue eyes.
police, realizing th e d an g er the women He wore a blue suit, w ith a sm all
w ere in, called upon the chairm an to w hite strip e, derby h at and gold-rim­
med eyeglasses. The suit carried the
closa th e meeting.
.label of Kemp & H ebert, of Spokane.
Boston W aistw crk ers Win S trike
Boston.—T he strik e of 6000 sh irt­ STATE TAXES TO BE TREBLED
w aist, w aist and dressm ak ers, who
m ake up one of the th ree principal Fiddler for Recent Legislative Jig In
Salem Comes High for Oregon.
divisions of th e g arm en t w orkers in
Salem .—Governor W est checked up
th is city, was settled by an agreem ent
on w hich the strik e rs received mc3t the to tal appropriations for th e recen t
biennial period and gave out some
of th e ir claim s.
Interesting figures on taxation. The
tax ra te fo r next yeaTr will be .n early
12 STATES JOIN CRUSADE th ree and a half tim es as,high as it Is
for th is year.
O’H ara, of Illinois, Telia of Aid Prom ­
T he to tal appropriations, including
ised In Anti-Vice M ovement
etandlng app ro p riatio n s for th e two
Springfield, 111.—L ieutenant-G over­
years, ag g reg ate >6,500,000. The sta n d ­
n o r O 'H ara, chairm an of th e sen ate
ing app ro p riatio n s are >1,200,000 and
co m m ittee in v estig atin g th e “w hite
the ap p ro p riatio n s m ade by th e recent
slav e" evil in Illinois, announced he
legislature am ount to >5,460,000. The
had received le tte rs from governors
am ount of funds to be raised th is year
of 12 s ta te s offering to cooperate w ith
according to th e estim ates of the tax
him to sup p ress th e traffic in women
com m ission is >2,240,000 of which
and k in d red evils.
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th ere is about >620,000 in th e treasu ry
T h e governors from th e following
and about ¿600,000 will be raised this
Btates have responded: New York,
year through licenses and o th er indi­
M assach u setts, W isconsin, Virginia,
rect sources, leaving >1,120,000 to be
South D akota, South C arolina, M issis­
raised th is yeat* by direct taxation.
sippi, M ichigan, K entucky, Georgia,
D educting th e am ount th a t will be
W yom ing and W est V irginia.
‘ raised th is year, th e governor points
out th a t th e re will be >4,410,000 left
TH E M ARKETS.
to be raised in 1914, w hich, k fte r sub­
i
tractin g th e >600,000 th a t will he de­
Portland.
-Lui tv ijx rived from in d irect sources again,
bluestem
, 99c; leaves >3,810,000 to be raised by direct
- W h eat—Club, 86c;
tax atio n in 1914. T his sum lZ*about
red R ussian, 86c.
H ay—Tim othy,. >15; alfalfa, >1150. th ree and tw o-flfths tim es th e am ount
to be raised th is year, and will in­
B u tter—Cream ery, 87c.
crease th e sta te tax ra te to gbout four
E g g s— Candled, l$ c.
tiills n ex t year.
H ops—1912 crop, 17c.
W ool—E astern Oregon, 16c; Wll-
Woman Asks to ba S ant to Rockpfle.
ta m ette valley, 20c.
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P o rtlan d .—Mra. S tanley Swalkoskl,
302
E ugane stree t, pleaded w ith Judge
S eattle.
Tazwell of th e m unicipal co u rt to send
W heat— B luestem , 96c; club, 86c; }>er to th e rockpile, instead of h er
her R ussian, 84 ^ 0 -
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husband, w ho w as sentenced to serve
E ggs— 17c.
30 d ay s fo r carry in g a revolver. The
B u tte r—C ream ery, 35c.
w oman continually begged to have her
H ay— T im othy, >19 per ton; alfalfa, husband released In order to ta k e care
j r i , San Francisco, Salt Lake. Seattle.
w»* — -
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of thrir
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year-rid efcUd.
0 by Anr.rrlcsn tress Aaeoctotte«.
Josephus D a rk le , North Caroling
new spaper man. who is secretary of
the navy fn W ilton's cabinet.
Laredo, T exas.—Rebels, led by a
woman waving a red flag, who shouted
eqoourageinent to h er m en as they
charged on Nuevo Laredo, w ere de­
feated by a larg er force of federal de­
fenders. T he woman w as killed as
she led th e little band of C arran zlstas
In a final charge on th e breastw orks.
D efeated In th e ir firs t a tte m p t ta
cap tu re
Laredo, th e little band
o | Caratotoriftas, who su rp rised th e fed­
eral garrison of the M exican border
town, encam ped In th e hills several
m iles to th e south, evidently to aw ait
th e arriv al of rein fo rcem en ts before
ailao U p g again.
The woman who w as killed was
identified a s a relative of C a n a Rivas,
a rebel leader.
A LEGAL CURIOSITY.*"
1,1 1 ■ 'F— %
Fostio Title Deed That Stood the Teat
of the Courts.
A deed for tb e conveyance of a
piece o f land th a t Is one of th e g re a t­
est legal curiosities In the w orld w as
draw n up in 1881 by J. H enry 8haw , a
law yer a t Beardstow n, 111. T he curio
complies w ith every requirem ent of
law und has more th an once been de­
clared by tbe courts of th a t sta te to be
eutlrely valid. It reads as follow s:
I. J. H enry Shaw, the grantor herein.
Who live at Beardstown, the county w ith ­
a goodhy.
A nd. p le d g in g t h is deed to v a lid In la w .
I a d d h e r e my s i g n a l « « . J. H e n r y « h a w .
(Beat}
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Ousted
Cleveland, O.—T he civil service
com mission announced th a t it had
found Chief of Police F red Kohler
guilty of “gross im m orality, conduct
unbecom ing an officer and gentlem an
and conduct subversive to good order
Alexis Georgeaq, ed ito r and publish­ and discipline In the police dep art­
er of a weekly Socialist new spaper, m ent," and im m ediately discharged
was convicted by a ju ry In th e d istric t him from office.
court a t M inneapolis of crim inel libel.
The com plaint was m ade by Mayor
RAILROADS CHANGE PLAN
W allace G. Nye of M inneapolis.
Colonel Joseph F. 8 co tt, su p erin ­
tendent of New York s ta te prisons,
was removed from office by G overnor
Sulzer. Charges of nonfeasance and
neglect of duty ag ain st th e su p erin ­
tendent w ere preferred by th e gover­
nor.
Found G u ilty
and
F ina l D issolu tion of S ou thern and U n­
ion P a cific U n c e rta in
lay a handful of flowers of lavender,
which can be got nt nny drug store,
on n tiu pan w ith a few pieces of the
paper aud light. Tbe arom a is re
freshing nnd agreeable and drives
away insects. If hot w uter Is procura­
ble a few drops of oil of lavender In
a glass of very hot w ater Is good. It
purities the air a t once and effectually
rids the room of flies and Insects of
all kinds.—Scientific American.
M o to rist's Luck.
’ ‘‘Well, Blithers, w hat luck did you
have w ith your new car?’’ asked Jar-
roway.
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“More than 1 ever expected,” said
Blithers. ."Just three m inutes afte r
the darned thing blew up another car
came along w ith a busted tire, and the
ow ner bought my old tires for >10
apiece."—H arp er's Weekly.
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■teault AtfrcnUng c®,, Ck<s
March 19, 1913.
Dear Friend:
I like racky crakera very
much. The trouble with many
crackers ia they wont crack.
You can get nice crisp crackers
in thia town if you know where
to go. Then your mama can buy
lota of things for the table
and save herself the trouble of
baking. My mama does? Is n ’t
it cheaper to buy these things
than to bake them?
Y our f r ie n d
JACOB.
« P. 3. You can get all kinds
of crackers, soda and sweet and
oyster’crackers and cookies
and cake cookies of a ll kinds <t
M E L O Y ’S
W a itin g F or tho L ig h tn in g .
.C urious inform ation on the habits of
the big trees of California to giveh In one
if John Muir’s books. "T hese big trees,”
be says, “seem to Is» Immortal unless
they are destroyed by accident. T here
to no altsolute limit to tbe existence of
any tree. D eath Is due to”accident, not,
ns that of anim als, to tbe w earing out
of organs. Only tbe leaves die of old
ftge. Their fall Is foretold in their
stntctuk’e. But tbe leaves are renewed
every year, and so also are the esseu-
tlal organs-w ood. roots, bark, buds.
“ Most of tbe Bierra trees dig, of d is­
ease. 1 nsec to. fungi, etc., but nothing
hurts the big tree." adds tbe distin­
guished n a tu ra list *T never saw one
th at was sick or showed the slightest
sign of decay. B arring accidents. It
seem s to tie Immortal. It is a curious
fact that all the very old sequoias had
lost their heads by lightning strokes.
“ ‘All things come to him who waits.*
But of nil living tilings the sequoia Is
perhaps the only one able to w ait long
enough to make sure of being struck by
lightning.**
FICHEN
C upboard
W HEN
S E R V IN G
HAM.
HEN n whole ham to to be cook-
id scrub it, (rim off the bard
dark part*, cover w ith cold w a­
ter nnd let it sim m er slowly, allowing
n half hour for each pound. When it
is taken off the tire let It stay In the
w ater until the liquid is nearly cold,
then pi^el off the skin and sprinkle w ith
sugar and cracker crumbs.
W
Some suggestions fo r cooking ham.
which to a favorite cold weather food,
are given here.
Substantial Viands.
Ham With Create Sauce.—Trim the
edges off n slice of ham. put Into a hot
frying pan w ith one teus(»oonful of
drippings, put over a hot tire and keep
turning the ham constantly. W hen
nice and brown ou both sides remove
to u hot platter. P ut a tablespoonful
of Hour into [»an, mix well and add one
cupful of cold milk. S tir and boll
three minutes. Pour Over the ham and
then serve.
Broiled Ham —T ake ham sliced ra th ­
er thh-k
Freshen It by soaking In
cold w ater overnight or by parboiling
it In water. W ipe dry, place between
ttie bars of a gridiron and brown
slightly on both sides. Season w ith
pepjier mid serve very h o t L
N o v e l R a o ip e a .
Baked Ham In C r u s t—T ake a ham
and allow It to rem ain In w ater over­
night. Wipe It dry, trim away any
rusty, places and coyer w ith a simple
crust, taking care th a t it is thick
enough to keep the gravy in. Place In
a moderately heated oven and bake for
N e H o lp .
nearly four hours. T ake off tbe c r u s t
•I -drnlt ( h .t l b , .r c h ltK tu r . o f tb l. ■
breadcrum b, .o d (or-
hmwc b w m c th h ,» « e r e . ” w d h . !
k n u c t|e w |t„ ,
< rtll.
.Ment, “ bot ] u .t » c bow bandy «h. ¡
MUC<
pluce Is—ouly a stone*« throw from the
C a mi pees of
H am .—T ake three
station.”
ounce« of cooked lean hem, place In a
"1 see it Is,” said Tom kins wearily. m ortar and pound it for several min­
*l»ut Pm such s rotten shot it w ouldn't ute« until it to a smooth pnlp, then
be nny satisfaction to me.”—H arper’s add half an ounce of batter, two table­
Weekly.
spoon fulo of W orcestershire sauce, half
a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper and
•It of a Wag.
half a teaspoonful of French m ustard.
‘T x e bought a bulldog,” said Parsnlff , Pound tbe whole well together for five
to his friend I-essnp, "and I w an t a m inutes more, then place the paste on
motto to put over bis kennel. Gan you a plate. T oast six slices of bread, tw o
think of som ething?"
Inches In diam eter and a q u arte r of
“Why uot use a d en tist’s sign. T e e th ' an iuch thlek. Spread tbe ham evenly
Inserted here?’ " suggested Leesup — 8t
Louts Globe-Demqcnt^, { < | /.
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to bice«
St. Louis.—The Union Pacific South­
ern Pacific dissolution plan, which con­
tem plated a preferential traffic agree­
m ent between ‘he two H arrim an roads
for the use of the Benicia cutoff, from
Governor Hedges of K an sas m ade Oakland to Sacram ento, Cal., was
tho principal ad ireas a t a celebration abandoned In the federal co u rt here
in Lincoln, Neb., W ednesday a t the by the H arrim an in terests, and it now
birthday anniversary of S ecretary of devolves on the railway atto rn ey s and
S tato Bryan. S ecretary Bryan cam s the Attorney-General to devise a new
arrangem ent to carry into effect the
from W a sh in g to n to atten d .
dissolution decree of the federal su­
- F ranklin K. Lene, se creta ry of th e
prem e court.
interior, has been m ade an Indian
ohlcf. He had bestow ed upon him th e
Tong W ars In T hree Coast Cities
title of “Louo Chief* by a delegation
P ortland—Two killed, one wounded.
of B lackfoot Indians from M ontana,
The dead, Lam Foon and Chung Ah
who called to present him w ith a pipe
Gong; wounded, H lag Man. Victims
of peace and buckskin tobacco bag.
members of Bow Leunp tong; assail-
Charged with being >100,000 sh o rt in eats, Hop Sings.
his accounts as a ssista n t cash ier of
S eattle—T hree wounded. They are
th e Crocker N ational bank of San Chin On and Chin Yin, of Hop Sing
Francisco, C harlei f. Baker, one of the tong ^nd W. O. Yan, of Hip Sing tong.
m ost tru ste d em ployes of th e in stitu ­ Bow Leung gunmen blamed« > tii.
ol s '. a 1 T a V4 t114 tiiV wLlch' l t ^ U a m an's
tion. a self-made m an and a pillar
power; genius to that In w hose power
of an O akland church, Is reported Sing tong shot and killed by
tosar death.
v ze
Dated July 26, 18th
L Sylvester Em m oni, who live a t Beards­
town,
A Justice of peace of fam e and renown.
Of the County of Case, in Illinois state.
Do certify here that on the same date
One J. H enry Shaw to me did make know#
That -the above deed and name were his
own.
And he stated he sealed and delivered the
$250,000 BURGLARY '
- - - - - - IN NEW YORK
K o h le r is
want's
&
¿cravcAe
in,
For seven hundred dollars to me paid to .
day
By Charles E. W ym an do »ell and convey
Lot two (D Iq blooM forty 00). »aid coun­
ty and town.
Where Illinois river flows placidly down.
And w arrant the title forever and aye.
W aiving a homestead and mansion to both
Tw enty rebels and 15 federal» are
known to have been killed. About 40
same
wounded are being cared for a t aq Voluntarily, freely and never would claim
Hie homestead therein; but, left all alone.
Brie- News of the Week
Improvised hospital by A m erican phy­ Turned
his face to the street and his back
sicians
And
with
women
from
Laredo,
to hla home. [Beal.]
The con stitu tio n al am endm ent pro­
8. ElOfOMg J. P.
viding for women's suffrage was killed who crossed tbe border im m ediately
Dated August 1, 1881.
by 2he llii’-sauri sen ate.
____ ____ After /.Iring ceased and volunteered
—fet Louis Republic.
The N ebraska house defeated th e their services, acting as nurses.
rro p csed co n stitu tio n al am endm ent
W om an M ayor W in s F ig h t
DO FLYING FISH FLY?
p erm ittin g women to vote.
Topeka,
Kan.—The suprem e court
The B ritish naval estim a tes for 1913-
Science Think» Net, but Many Ob-
1914 to ta l $33},&M >00 as com pared Issued an order ousting from office
eervere Say They Do.
the
three
city
councllinen
of
Hunne
with >225,377,1/00 l a b year.
Tbe
much
mooted question, “Do fly­
The M issouri Fiij»reme court affirm ­ well, Kan., against whom charges had ing fish tty?” is dlttcuBsed by William
been
filed
by
Mrs.
Ella
Wilson,
the
ed the co n stitu tio n ality of th e law pro­
Alllugham In the N autical Magazine.
hibiting lo tte ries,'p olicy gam es pr b et­ woman m ayor of the town. The court Tbe orthodox scientific opinion Is th a t
held
the
th
ree
councilm
en
have
been
ting.
tbe •‘w ings“ of the flying (tab merely
and are guilty of wilful m isconduct in serve as a parachute to sustain tbe flsb
. A bill bar, l-ren lntr< duerd In th e
office and of persistent failure to per for a brief [»erlod in the air a fte r be
New York leg islatu re to prohibit th e
em ployment of children In th e can ­ form the duties of th eir respective of­ has lauuebed himself out of the w ater
by a pow erful screwtlke movement of
fices.
neries of the state.
tris tail. According to this view, the
Jap an ese graduates of H arvard have
(tah has no power of directing bis
Hyde J u ry Disagrees
subscribed to a fund of $20,000 to be
K ansas City, Mo.— A fter having de­ flight a fte r he has left the w ater.
used by it'“ corporation ns a founda­
However, Mr. Alllnghum, who la a
liberated four days the Jury In the
nautical expert attached to the British
tion upon v.hicli to estab lish lecture­
case of Dr. B. Clark H>de, on tria l for meteorological office and to In constuut
ships on-oriental philosophy.
the m urder of Colonel T hom as H.
Gi»‘hg th e o ffic ia la o f the com pany Swope, m illionaire p h ilan th ro p ist, re Intercourse w ith Beumen, re(>orts muny
oboerva tlona thut tend, to controvert
no w a rn in g , n e a rly 500 linem e n and
ported a d isag reem en t and was dis­ this opinion. Certain observers claim
electric?-! w c ik e rs em ployed by the
charged. The jury stood nine for ac th at the wing fins are in constunt rapid
B r it ir h C o lu m b ia Telephone com pany
vlhratiou and seem actually to serve
quittal, th ree for conviction.
th ro u g h o u t B litis h C o lum b ia w ent on
the purpose of flight. One vessel m as­
strike.
\___
j ___
♦ _
ter w atched a fish th a t bad attained an
ultitude of tw enty feet above the w ater
W idespread storm s cf cyclonic in-
mid was flying tow ard tbe mlzzeu rig
ten sity sw ept over th e Middle W est
glng of his ship when, apparently
and the South Iste feist week, cut tb e tr
uoJlclBg obstruction, It changed its
way through tow ns and cities of five
course about (X) degrees, crossing the
states, snuffed out scores of lives,
vessel’s steru 80 regain tbe w ater.
New
York.—
Ao
E
ast
Side
burglary
made hun d red s h o aicle.s and destroy­
Many other sim ilar observations are
perp etrated by clever cracksm en some mentioned.
ed property high In the millions. 1
n
A series of cinem atograph pictures
Steps have been taken bv the United tim e Sunday netted the thieves the
S tates governm ent authorities to put largest haul obtained in New York might solve this question once and for
nr| end to th e tong war now raging in city in m any years. M artin Simons A a l t —Scientific American.
San F ran cisco 's Chinatown and for­ Sons, paw nbrokers in H ester street,
Th« T u rk In C onstantinople.
ever discouraging such attem pts of were the victim s and th e property
T e rrib le scones were w itnessed in
Chinese se cret so ck ties to se ttle their stolen Includes >200,000 w orth of Jew­
Constantinople when Mohammed II.
differences by em ploying gunmen to ' elry, diam onds and o th e r precious
captured the city In 1453. W hen the
stones,
and
>50,000
w
orth
of
negotia
assassin ate m em bers of rival tongs.
conquerors entered they slew 2,000 and
\
Chinese found w ith deadly weapons in ble securities.
made slaves of all who took refuge in
The
thieves
gained
access
to
the
th eir pc spEsion. w ill be deported.
the sanctuary of St. Sophia Gibbon
paw nbroker’s richly stored vaults by records the fate of the OO/JOO prison­
Two s ta te se n ato rs are laying claim
m eans of a tunnel from an abutting ers: “ Mule captives were bound w ith
to the office of governor of Arkansas,
buildtng on a neighboring street. They cords, tbe fem ales with their veils and
and each has estab llth cd an office at
made a clean getaw ay w ith th eir val girdles. The wmntors were linked with
the capital. A fter the resignation of
their slaves, the (»relates w ith th e por­
Governor Robinson, Senator Oldham, uable lo o t
ters of the church and young men of
The
polios
found
th
at
th
e
tunnel
had
then p resid e n t of th e senate, succeed­
a plebeian class w ith noble maids
ed him. T he sen ate eh cted Senator been begun In the cellar of a house in whose faces had l>een invisible to the
F ptrell p resid e n t pro tern., to act as Eldridge street, adjoining Simons* sun nnd their nearest kindred, aud In
lieu ten an t governor. Futrell dem and­ place. It was driven through the wall this common stnte of captivity the
ed th at O ldham retire. Oldham re­ of the E ldridge stre e t house and Into ranks of society were confounded, the
fused and F u trell filed proceedings in a wood bln in th e cellar of the Simons ties of n atu re were cut asunder, and
T here, leading up Into the the Inexorable soldier was careless of
oourt ask in g th a t body to mandamus Btore.
paw
nbroker's
shop, is a flight of stairs the fu tb er’s groans, the tears of the
the se creta ry of s ta te to recognize him
which are w ired for b u rg lar alarm. mother nnd the lam entations of the
over O ldham ..
,
The thieves avoided them and sawed children.”
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away th e overhead flooring at a spot
P u rify in g the A ir In Rooms.
People in the News
directly in front of the trea su re vault.
To purify tbe air of offices or sick
T
he
vault,
which
stan
d
s
12
feet
high
H enry F. H ollis, Democrat, was
rooms soak a few pieces of brown p a ­
elected U nited S tate s senator by the and Is built Into the wall, was entered tter In a solution of saltp eter and allow
by chopping away the m asonry.
New H am p sh ire le g is la tu re .
them to dry. When desired for use
8 arah B ern h ard t, the noted French
actress, su stain ed painful Injuries in
an a u to m ò b ili accid en t at Los Angeles.
F ran k Johnson Goodnow, of W ash­
ington, D. C.. h as been appointed chief
adviser to th e C hinese governm ent in
the reform of the co n stitu tio n .
Jbcoh
to naa to.
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