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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-06

Reserved Seats. %, so and 70 cts.
On sale ut Pearson 4 Campbell's, COM
mencing next Monday morning.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-09-06

CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Justice Cole today. announced his decis-
ion in what is known as the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company election case. The
opinion in effect, declares, void the cleo
ton held on January 10 last, and in conse-
quence orders a new election.
The trouble grew out Of action taken at
a recent meeting Of the policy holders in
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company. de
claring that proxies dated later than Janu-
ton held on January 10.
Exception was taken to this action. and
Richard II. Johnson. aud many others,
representing the policy holders, applied 20
the courts. late on Jhc day OF the election.
while It was in progress, asking that
Samuel Il. Walker. The president and
others. be restrained from declaring the re-
suit.
The restraining order was issued by Jus
tice Barnard and the count OF the ballots
was stopped. until the manner Of conduct
ing the election could be Investigated by
the court
Since then the Board Of Managers Of the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company held
meeting and removed Mr.. Walker from the
presidency This act. Justice Cole held
was Illegal, and decided that Mr.. Walker
is still the president Of the company.
In disposing Of the matter Justice Cole
went into the question in detail Il had
been the custom OF the company for many
years, he said. TO permit the voting OF
proxies at all general and annual elections
This in itself he said. was an invitation
and a privilege given policy holders to
absent thems elves from such meeting.
The power TO do this. however. was ere
ated by themselves. and 10 Is clearly ilIe-
gal unjust. and unreasonable for the few
people who usually attend such meeting
10 undertake 20 take this power and privi-
lege away from them. not only without
their consent, bu. in the face OF their d.
rect protest. II was shown by evidence
submitted. the court stated. that the reso-
luton resembling the power TO vote proN-
les, shut of over 5000 policy holders.
which was a large majority Of their whole
voting force. The compliments were rep
resented by Samuel Maddox and r. Ross
Perry & Son. and the defendants by
Messrs. d. W Baker, Lambert & Lambert,
and Worthington. Head d Frailey
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
THE JURY COMPLETED.
Twelve Men Selected 10 Try MOIIie
Harris for Murder.


Harris for Murder.
The trial of Mollie Harris. colored,
charged with the murder OF Alice Queenan,
also colored, was resumed to-
day in Criminal Court. No. I.
before Justice CIabaugh. Very soon aft
er the court convened the jury was COM
pleted 1t was composed Of the follow
ing: Robert Petit. Charles Phillips. owen
/. Earnshaw F. Y. Waltemeyer, 4. s.
Howard. Richard Green. William Berry.
John B. Daughton. George d. Young,
Charles F. G. De Mol. J. II. Jameson.
John r. Keech, and Harry Ogle
The first witness called by the Govern
ment was Mary Stewart. who was with
Alice Queenan at the time she was killed
The witness testified that she and Alice
and Tom SmOot were in the alley togethe,
and that they were striving to induce the
man 10 go TO Alces house when Mollit
Harris approached. She made an EFFORT q
have Smoot 60 away with her, and the
witness and Ance Queenan took hold OF
him to prevent MS.
A quarrel ensIed between Alice and the
defendant. Words led 20 blows, and wher
they separated The witness testified thai
she heard Alice say I'm cut" Ma,
Stewart stated that she saw Mollie Harri.
strike Alice in the breast but that she die
not zee a knife in her hand 4 few min.
utes after the cutting some one standinl
near accused MOllie Harris OF having Z
knife, but she denied the accusation ant
said she might be searched
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

The great importance of scientific chemistry as
factor in Industrial progress wiz be discussed
in the lecture on ''Some Samples of Synthetic
Chemistry % be given in the AuIa Niaxima Of
NcNlhon Hall, al The Catholic University Of
America by Dr. !. J Griffin. the professor OF
chemistry in the University. The lec,urc viii be
gin with historical development Of the princi-
pies the application u which enables the chemist
10 produce ia abundance 50 many 90 the COM
pounds for which we have hitherto been in
dcbtcd 10 natural sources. Lantern views Of
prominent chemists and Illustrations Of processes
viii he shown. anu q series of experiments have
been prepared In which tie chemical reactions
and other phenomena resulting nom them VIII
take place in small glass tanks iH the stercopicOn.
and thus be clearly visible u an parts 90 To- arg
hall The lecture will take place al 500 q. ni.
this afternoon.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
milwaukee Preparing TO Make q
strong Fight for IL.


Strong Fight for IL.
Milwaukee will have its delegation IN
this city on Monday next, and the cam
paign for the Democratic Convention will
begin in earnest There is a strong rivalry
between Milwaukee and Kansas City, but
from the amount OF money that the for
mer will have to show for the convention,
IL looks IKE a foregone conclusion that
the Wisconsin metropolis viii capture the
big gathering. There will be one hundred
men in the Milwaukee delegation, the
prominent names among them being Judge
David S Rose. Mayor Of Milwaukee, for
meT Mayer Peter J. Somers; Capt Fred
Pabst. former Gov. George w Peck, JOr
seph G.. Donnelly former Minister 10 Mex
leo: William George Bruce. editor OF the
American Schoolboy Journal and f. G.
Wall, National Committeeman from Wis
consin.
The delegation will stop at the Metro
politan Hotel hut at the Raleigh they
have engaged r0Oms across the hall from
the committee meeting room.
Aside from the financial guarantee, NIL
waukee will bring 10 hear a convincing
array OF figures Their hall is already an
actualityN il is built after the fashion o..
the old Roman amphitheatres. ana will
seat 5000 people; IL is 40 by 800 feet in
dimensions, and will hold an enormous
cCncourse.
ar Rogers NJ. Andrews IS the secretary
Of the convention committee. and has LOO
nothing undone that will tend TO secure
the prize for the Cream City He viii
have the corridors OF the Raleigh hUnS
with pictures OF all the h0teis-~of that
city. and said today that he had not tie
least fear Of securing the convention. aspe-
cially now that Cincinnati has Withdrawal
from the race. With an eager cOlnDs ltOr
in the field. however. there viii be some
lively times when the National Committee
meets on Washington's Birthday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
PENSION FRAUDS CHARGED.
Joseph 4. Green Accused of a seri.
Gus offence.

Joseph A. Green, colored. who resides at
Hillsdale. AnacOstia. d. c.. was held today
in $1,000 bond by the United States Com
missioner on the charge Of violating the
United States pension laws.
Green is charged with representing him
self to be Joseph Also, a veteran of the
civil war, and drawing a pension under
that name.
The original Joseph Also was mustered
out of the service in Brownsville. Tex, in
1863 The accused claims that he is the
Joseph Also" Greer. who enlisted in and
was mustered out of the United States
Army. He states that he enlisted under
the name OF Joseph Also" emitting to
give his full name to the recruiting Off
GER
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
,NHnoPING CnuGH-

I'VE have had an epidemic of whooping
cough here" says A. B. Pope, Stewart,
Tenn, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
has been the only medicine that has done
any good" There is no danger from
whooping cough when this remedy is
freely given. 1t. completely controls the
disease. Fifty-cent bottles for sale by
Henry Evans, wholesale and retail and
all druggists
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
saengerhnnd En.,rtninment

The Washington SaCngerhand Will give mas.
quersde tall. at National Rifles Aunory. Monday.
February % which will be participated in by the
members and their families. On SUNDAY evening.
March Is. the second public concert viii lie given
at the New National Theatre, when an elaborate
programme viii be rendered lg some ri The finest
Of The talent, both male and female
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Columbia Thcatre-Sarah Cowel lie M0vnc in
The Greatest II ing n the World;'' evening.
National Theatrt-PrimrOsc & DJckstaEer's
Minstrels. evening.
Lafayette square Opera House-CIr Haswin IN
"a Lions Heart evening.
Grand Opera House-Vaudcvillc; afternoon and
evening
Academy Of Music-JoLn O. Rice and Salis
Cohen in lover the Fence" evening.
Kernan's Lvceum Thcatge-"New York star
BurIesquers; afternoon and eveaing.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
Two Rodmen Transferred.

The District COMMISSIONS have ordered ;Hlt
4 $ Fcrnald and b. = Neuigan. Iodmen I'm the
Street Extension Division. Engineer Department
AZ S25O per diem. are hereby transferred TO the
Office Of the Surveyor Of the District oi Columbia
at the same rating and compensation. 90 take
effect February To- 1860
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
Knocked Do,vn by BicycIist.

While running to catch street car at the corner
Of seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue north
west yesterday evening Richard Dott was strucs
ana knocked down by a bicycle ridden hy Paul
Allen o. 639 L Street northeast Dott was slightly
injured but able 90 90 TO his home al l427
d Street northwest
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

permit has been granted under the usual con-
ditons 20 C. b. NulHn 10 blast earth on the
Walbridge subdivision, on Kencsaw Avenue east
Of Eighteenth ST. ect-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
TEMPERATURE.


Temperature at p. =
Lowest temperature, , a. u........s.-..-..---- 81.
Highest temperature . p fn----.----.----------a
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
Literal Botany.
CFrom TtBits.)

Botanical Old Gent (in public gaTdens)-C
you leli me, my good man. il this plant belongs
10 the Arbutus iamily2
Gardener (ctuty)-No, sir. IL doesn't. II be-
longs 10 the corporation
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
Some stiII Alive.

tFTOln the Detroit Free Press-l
Small Boy-Papa, do they Nil more hogs in
Chicago than anywhere else in The United States
Papl-That's what they say. but IT doesn' t
seem like 1t when you ride in the street cars
there.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Fire IN the sawmiH Of A. G. Johnston & Co,
3Gu street northwest about II O'Clock last
night, resulted In considerable dsu3gc 10 the
building and stock Of lumber and implements.
TIE origin ot the IRE is not known.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
CHE Gpsnins GineS
rR1DAf- FEBRrARY ID. -.


Heavy Snow this afternoon and tonight; colder
tonight; clearing and cold wave saturday; incrcss
ing nor,hc.ytcrly winds; severe cold next Few
DAYS
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
A ShoemnIler Bnnkrupt.
A Permit to Blast Earth.

LOUIS Roscnbot a shoemaker. yesterday fled
a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. He stated
his liabilities TO be S959.G9 and his assets $50.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
FcIIFrom a street Chr.

Richard Birch. fftyfve years old. feI from 4
street car a. the corner Of sixth Street and Penn
,slysuil Avenue northwest last night and
slightly injured. lie was given medical attention
40 drug store, and later sent 20 his home
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
PHASES OF THE NOON FOR FEBRUARY

sun rises.....-6:5l 4 NJ sun scts.--...5-3s P-M
Moon risCs.....I. %, p NJ Noon sets..-----------.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
A new ELECTION ORDERED
The Decision in the Mutual Fire
Insurance Case.

The Court Sustains the Claim That
Holders of Certain Proxies Have n
Right to rehabilitation Which
Has Created an Unusual Inter
est i'm Local business Circles.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

For Sunday Drop postal or phone for a cas-,
VI CuhHdy of "Culmbachrr' or Export
Beer Twenty four bottles. in unlettered wagons.
Si.25. Write or phone. Aash. Brewery Co. 8ui
and ne
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

First Quarter..... .6,t Fun .-.-.---..-.-...lltE
Last qusrter..--... I'D
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
Extra Deep Grey EHameled Pudding
Pans.

SpCciaI lot Of comm and brush trays, line
quality Of Carlsbad china-handsomely
decorated with flowers and gold. worth 39c.
Saturday. I9c
Engraved table tumblers extra thin,
first quality. Saturday. Sc.
Carlsbad china tea canisters. nicely dec
GRATED with flowers and gold, worth Soc
Saturday. 1Jc.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
A Series of Purchases Helps Mems
Furnishings.

And such attractions they The best string of surprises
we've held for a We
of
hardly but wouldn't goods at such
miraculous in
your dollar mile buying
Mems silk
oil silk Imperial and Engi squares
III
case Of menb
Mems drawers
/1t
~ y.,. " ...E-
offer
the We
o JU>
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Good quality toilet paper. Saturday
rolls for sc.
Plain white teacups and sauncers new
shapes and first quality. Saturday. per
set 24c.
Glass water sets. large pitcher and
glasses and fancy tray. all complete for
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
THE MODERN GROCERY.

Phone. 1883
LIoUORs-Popular brands at interesting prices-
Connoisscurs ara judges Of Pure Straight Rye
Whisky recommend ''Ggalite," Csc pit. Sl-2S
Ct, $40 per Gal
RICHARD II. GASKINS,
Twelfth and stA n. W.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
s. KAHN. SONS & co.
s. KAHN. SONS Sc co.
The Busy Corner.

We Close Tomorrow Night at 9 PM
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
Only en- Days Remain

During shall close all surplus stock withc
magnificent Of Suits and Overwhelming our perso
ACTLY ONE-HALF REGULAR MARKED PRICES!
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-21
Yankees Prone to Exageerate.

Americans are not notable for their
strict adherence to the truth, but their
eXaggerations are so manifest that they
cannot be fairly accused of lying. VII
liam Archer, an English author, has re-
Gently written a book in which he gives
some characteristic examples of this
trait. He very properly classes it as
american humor."
ION board one of>the Florida steam
boats, which have to be built with ex-
ceedingly light draught to get over the
frequent shadows of the rivers" he
relates, "an Englishman accosted the
captain with the remark: Il understand,
captain, thatyou think nothingof steam
ing across a meadow where there's
been a heavy fall of dew Well, 1
don't know about that replied the cap
tain, but it's true we have sometimes
to send a man ahead with watering
pot Again. a southern colonel was
conducted to the theater to see Salvini's
'Othello.' lie witnessed the perfor-
nance gravely and remarked at the
close: That was a mighty good show,
and l don't see but the coon did as will
as any of EN-. A third anecdote that
charmed me was that of the man who,
being invited to take a drink, replied:
No, solemnly promised my dear, dead
mother never to touch a drop; besides,
boys, it's too early in the morning; be-
sides, I've just had one
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-21
MISSION OF LOON QUIxorE."
Written to Ridicule Absurd Stories of
Chivairy.

The object of Cervantes in writing
Don Quixote' was, as he himself de-
clared, to render abhorred of men the
false and absurd stories contained in
the books of chvalry. The fanaticisIn
caused by these romances was so great
in Spain during the sixteenth century
that the burning of all extant copies
was earnestly requested by the cortes Tor
legislature of the realm. To destroy
a passion that had taken such deep root
among all classes, to break up the only
reading which at that time was fashion
able and popular, was n bold under
taking, yet one in which Cervantes
succeeded.
No books of chivalry were written
after the appearance of Don Quixote~
and from that time those in existence
have been steadily disappearing, until
now they are among the rarest of liter
airy curiosities. This romance, which
Cervantes threw so carelessly from his
pen, and which he only regarded as an
effort to break up the absurd fancies
about chiyalry, has now therefore be-
come the oldest specimen of romantic
fiction and one of the most remarkable
monuments to genius.
Ten years after it's appearance its
author published the second part of
Don Quixote." which is even better
than the first. 1t was written in his old
age, when in prison and finished when
he felt the hand of death pressing cold
and heavy upon him.-London Mail.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-21
Complete Collapse.


Washington, Sept. l3.--lhe following
dispatch has been received by the war
department from the United States army
oihcer who accompanied the Beers in
their campaign, as military observer:
Lorenzo Marques.-Events have re-
quired the departure of attaches from
the Transvaal. Request instructions.
"REICHA1ANN."
This message is interpreted at the depart
ment to mean the complete collapse of the
Boer resistance to England. Captain Reich
mann has been cabled to start at once for
the United States.
London, Sept. l3.-The flight of Pres
ident Kruger from what is now designated
as the Vaal river colony, and his arrival
last night at Lorenzo Marques, as cabled
to the Associated Press this morning. is
regarded here as Indicative of an early
end of the hostilities in South Africa. An
other message from Lorenzo Marques
says the Transvaal states officials accom-
panied President Kruger into Portuguese
territory.
Significant also, although it is uncon-
III hiNu, 10 tAO dnuOuuCtllltuI lJeQcldl
Botha, the Boer commander-in-chief, is
making overtures to surrender, and the
question whether the burghers will now
follow the usual course of beaten armies
and lay down their arms or formally de-
clare in favor OF guerrilla warfare, must
be speedily settled. 1t is, however, be-
lieved here that President Kruger's. action
deprives the Beers of their main pretext
for remaining in the field.
The British war Office has issued a long
report from Lord Roberts ON the treat
ment of British prisoners of war at Pre-
toria, founded on the report of the court
OF inquiry. Briefly Lord Roberts declares
that the treatment of the officers was fair,
but that the food of the men was quite
inadequate and of inferior quality. He
denounces the treatment of the colonial
prisoners as criminal and says the inhu-
man treatment of sick prisoners throws
great discredit on the authorities then
at Pretoria. The prevalence of sickness
and many deaths of prisoners, Lord Roberts
adds, are attributable to the lack of proper
food, medicines and the neglect of ordinary
sanitary precautions.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-21
Love and Letters.

Many heart has been won through
the agency of well-written letters. One
morning a well-dressed man rushed
into a matrimonial office in London,
and tourished bank-note before the
eyes of the startled agent.
'"This bit of paper shall be yours, il
you'll book me a WIFE" he cried. ut
doesn't matter whether she's tall or
short, fat or thin; in less than an hour
| shall be on my way to the West In
dies, and want you to find me wom-
an who will write me a newsy little
letter every month. l can't take wife
out there, and l must keep in touch
with the old country somehow"
Though this was an extraordinary de-
mand, the agent agreed to do his best,
and soon discovered clever spinster
who was willing to oblige the eccentric
traveller. For three years she sent her
unknown lover long letters that cheered
his lonely heart and made him yearn to
come back to claim her for his own,
and when at last he returned the mar
riage was celebrated without loss of
time.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-21
DEAD MEN
Who Are Found After Battle In POSI-
tions of Life.

Surgeon General Mackinnon was one
OF the first of the Crimean warriors to
enter the Redan after it had been evac-
uated by the Russians. The first thing
he saw was a Russian officer sitting on
a gabion. His arms were folded across
his chest, and he appeared TO be sleep
Ing, but he was dead, with a rifle ball
imbedded in his left breast. There
was nothing to show whether he had
sat down on the gabion after he had
been shot, or whether he happened to
be sitting there when he was killed.
Dr. Rossbach, of Wurzburgh. tells Of
soldier who was killed as he was
raising a cup to his lips. The frag-
ment of shell tore off his skull. leav-
ing nothing but the lower jaw. And
he was found twenty-four hours after
ward in a half-sitting position, still
holding the cup with his unsupported
hand raised up to his headless lower
jaw.
Nolan, in the celebrated charge of
the Light Brigade at Balaclava, rode
FOR some time, sword in air, veritable
headless horseman.
A British soldier in the Transvaal.
searching for missing comrades after
the Zulus had disappeared, found one
man kneeling behind the outer de-
lenses with his rifle to his shoulder and
resting on the parapet as if he was tax
Ing aim. He touched him on the shout
der, asking him why he didn't come in
side. He fell over. He was dead.
Nor are the eccentricities of shot and
shell more curious that those of cold
steel. Irving Montagu, a war artist.
mentions case of a Russian and a
TURK, who, meeting, fought to the
death with fixed bayonets in a wood
In Anatolia. The fatal thrusts must
have been instantaneous, the strange
fact being that both stood. with their
legs much apart each with his bayonet
Embedded deeply in his adversary's
breast, for several days.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-21
Nineteen Million From I1IondiIxe,

Vancouver, B. c., Sept l6.-A. Bauer,
a mining engineer of this city just re-
turned from Dawson, says that, according
to the latest information in possession of
the gold commissioners office at Dawson,
royalty will be paid this season on $l6,-
100000. The cleanup will be $l9,OOO,OO0.
just before Bauer left Dawson encouraging
reports came from Stewart river placers,
200 miles distant, and another exodus to
that river has taken place. Good reports
have also come from Little Salmon, from
which great results are confidently ex-
pected.