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Nome run For this purpose It f. stated
that the defendants procured an old hulk
known as the Professor Morse, which
was lying In California waters. for use
as a decoy. II Is said. that many pas
sages were sold and much freight billed
TO Alaska on the new boat,
Dr Jordan finally decided that he was
being quilted, and attempted 70 cause the
arrest OF Adams and Handy, The lauer
DR. Adams was recently found In San
Francisco. The authorities there held him
untll the arrival 81 Chief OF Police Reed.
~ this city. who brought him back for
trial Since that time Adams has been
held without hall. He II at present stop
ming at a local hotel In charge OF deputy
sheriff as MS health Is said 10 be very
roor and the close confinement OF the
county jaA was rapadiy sapping his
strength.
Some difficulty was encountered IN ar
ranging which Of the defendants should he
tried Hrss but the lot finally fell on
Adams. and the trial Of Handy will come
up during the next month.
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DR.. ADAMS Is ON TRIAL.
COURT COMMENCES HEARING OF
ALLEGED CONFIDENCE GAME.
Objections 10 Jury. Issue Of special
venire and Examination of Jur-
ors Occupy the Entire Dny--rhe
Handy Trial 10 Follow shortly.

The case OF Or. f. r. Adams, charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. came up for trial yesterday In
the superior court, and will be continued
daIly after today until completed. The
case Is one Of those arising from the
alleged confidence game perpetraied on
Dr. J Eugene Jordan. Of this city. tn
connection with q transportation conn
nany which was 60 put a magnificent
steamer on the Meme run. II is being
tried before Judge w. VI. H. Kean, OF
Pierce county. and jury. The defense Ia
conducted by Battle. Ronald & Ballinger.
and Miller. Hames & I.ysens, while the
case for the state Il conducted by John
r. Hart and a. Meade Emory. 90 the
prosecuting attorneys office.
The case was expected 10 come ~ yes
teraay morning. hut when court COM
verei the prosecuting attorney objected
to The entire jury. stating that many ~
the forms of law had nat been complied
with in securing the members IN par
ticnlar BE- objected 50 the drawing, which
was conducted hy tho chief deputies from
the offices Of the clerk and sheriff A.
,he tirne Of the drawing Clerk Holloway
house. and sheriff Van DC vanter was
oar * she elty but those farts ne claimed
could not ~ taken into consideration The
defense aid not object % TIE discharge %
the Jury bat asked that spsclai vsnire
". issued. and this was Immediately done
The entire available force % the sheriff =
aftIca started out 10 hunt fQT jurors, ans
a sufaclent number was secured during
the noon insernaiSsian 10 allow resnmp-
ton OF work az ~ clock
The entire afternoon vas taken up In
tire examination az jurors. and when an
adjournment was taken for dinner the
defense and state had each exercised but
twe peremgt9Fy caallsnsss Ihe exam
nation viii DC resumed TO-DAY, and she
jury should be filled before evening
The south court room. whore the pro-
csedinES are In progress, was Wei filed
yesterday. Or. Adams. The defendant.
was present. and Dr. Jordan, the prose-
cutting witness, was also on hard during
the entire session. a number Of VIII
nesses Wsre also In attendance, the eK-
pecsafion nelnx that a tgry would bs
cured IN time 70 allow some testimony 10
be presented
The case Is very familiar t0 the Seattle
public. and arises cut 81 the alleged
aeeclng OF DIT. Jordan by means OF a
scheme engineered b. Adams and Capt.
Forrest Handy 10 put a paiatIal steamer.
to be known as she Midnight Sun, on the
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,klvtv-flye patrons, spectators and
5.. .xd owners who have for the
T. | s.ss ~ been In attendance upon the
4 l. 1921 trials OF the Pacific Northwest
T.irl club returned last night from
IN. after having participated In
sssll informed sportsmen who have
&ss6 similar events throughout tho
* c,sfs was one of the most success
800 taken 10 whole, 1t was ever
'z.1s ~Slxaere 10 witness. All conditions
kafed 10 the results attained and the
VII which in the conduct OF a field
z prerequisite to successful per-
Ssee continued perfect throughout
# Wyepal events.
te3 b an interrupted communication
ssS C0upevilie and this city yester-
W IA acknowledgements stan corre-
'SS1f Who was present at the trials.
..% r11Sle 10 furnish an account OF the
iaS IL the final series of the derby
A ~ the selection of the winners.
p 5Si0u will be- found q complete sum
N Inc work Of each dog In both the
% "a alI-age stakes together with the
IL the winning dogs In each stake.
~ IL second series OF the derby Judge
W. seIected the following dogs to 20
n anal test for the respective
& 4 the order mentioned:
- VI, owned by DR.. G. r. VIII
1ith Occur dAlene Ned. owned by
is b. Potter. Tho brace was cast on
m = n. IN an open field known TO con-
/, scattered hevy OF birds. but neither
Eva ny singles. Casting into an ad-
< Mid Clipper pointed bevy In a
W IL Wild rose and Ned backed his
Z 1ty1IshIy. The dogs were held mn
61Ier several spectators had taken pho
SSAe of the performance when the
Ntfe ordered flushed. Both dogs
\ et6ady 10 wing shot. Clipper locat-
~ De)nted another bevy In the edge
rolato field. Ned was ordered In and
0fcling around the pointing dog
n stand facing his brace mate.
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COUNTY SETTLES CITY BILL,


The county commissioners have adopted
a resolution which affects the taxpayers
Of the nfty-third and twenty ninth read
districts. as well as a portion Of those
In the tirss district This resolution directs
that funds now held by the county be
paid to the city and thus settles an old
controversy that has been before the two
corporations al various times during the
past ten years.
The districts enumerated were formerly
portions OF the county lying outside 81
the city limits, but IN the year 1891 the
city extended its limits SO as to take In
this territory, which all lies toward Bal.
lard. After this change the city should
have collected taxes due on road funds
from this portion OF the county lands bn,
through some failure. Of the officials no
change was made at that time. and the
county continued the collections.
The matter was brought 70 the atten
tfpn OF the commissioners by the city Of
ficiais nearly two years ago, and has
been gradually worked into shape since
that tins. The secretary az the board
has been searching the records ia the Of
fsces Of the auditor, treasurer ana COM
missioaers Ia the hope Of discovering en-
actiy when the change should have been
made and when Il WAS made but on
these points the Information has been
extremely vague. 10 has been learned
however. that Notwithstanding the change
been credited to the county Instead Of
the city up 20 a time within the fSast
eighteen months, probably about q YEAR.
Thw commissioners have now Sxesrwssssl
Ia getting n clear statement 0f what h
due the city ana have instructed that a
resolution be drawn UP setting forth thg
facts related and making aa allowance
of 81 Sl9T 70 the city. The secretary az
the board was instructed last THURSDAY
20 prepare such n resolution, and as seai.
as IL Is formally made est e. will be trans
niisted TO Tho city authorities
The matter Is az interest To ths tax
payers for the reason that hereafter rser-
sons settling taxes from those districts
viii have 70 pay city rates instead OF
county rates. This means a slight in
crease in the amounts. The eonarrissinFa-
ers and county officers enaeAvorea 10 get
a correct superintendent In order that tn
city might receive all that was 4t,a 9f
without paying more than is rightfaliy
owing. Whether this settlement WIN Ne
satisfactory to the city or not remains "a
D. seen. bat Il Il understood that sor1a
aT the city officers who viii have the 49,
Element OF that matter have Expressed
their satisfaction with the ARRANGEMENT
offered.
For Cold In the Head
Yat{xa T4roruo. Q..irtr<k r.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE list Of con-
testants OF the A. A. y. billiard tourna-
ment OF the amateur championship OF
America Glass ID has closed with eleven
accepted entries as follows:
W. W. Kellogg and G. 8. Smith. Of Chit
cago. A. @. Cutler and william Page. Of
Boston; Frank Billeter Of Minneapolis.
and Florian Tobias, Il. W. Servatius, Ed
win q. Presby. a. b. Ferguson, Samuel
G. Esterbrook and Isaac A. Manner Of
New York.
Two Of these players already have
proved their eligibility for Glass B--Kell-
ogs and Cutler, They therefore will not
have to participate In the qualifying
games. The nine contestants remaining
Will first contest against each other In or
der to determine their ellg bility to the
finals during the first days of the tour
nafnent.
The committee have decided to divide
these contestants into three groups Of
three each for the qualifying games. the
groups to be: First group. Smith, Man
ner and Tobias: second group. Bille'er,
Paige. Ferguson and Servatius.
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New York Ball Team.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Journal and
Advertiser prints the following;
There will be little done BY the man
ngement Of the New York Baseball Club
toward strengthening the Giants for next
year until the annual meeting Of the
National League ut the Fifth Avenue ho-
tel next month.
Many IT the clubs are CARRYING more
players than they can afford In view az
tous TO reduce emo size Of their salary
lists. There viii be In consequence many
good players to be bought or traded, and
the New York Club will be ready to take
advantage OF the market.
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PLAYS TODAY m TACOMA.


The Seattle high school football team
leaves this morning for Tacoma, where
It will play Vashof1 college An interest
ing game Is expected as Vashon has been
training hard for the past two weeks
chartered the steamer Eagle for the oc-
casion and Will take over to Tacoma a
large aggregation OF rooters of both sexes
The boat leaves the central wharf at 8
o'clock. Case, the veteran naif-Dack, viii
not be able to play as previously an
nounced The team going to Tacoma Is
as follows Center. Wheeler; right guard,
Gardner tcaptainli left guard, Brown:
right tackle. Boyle; left tackle. Haines.
right end. 0eary: left end, Harlan; quar-
ter. Wells: half-backs. Humes and Fisher.
and full back. Crook.
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Aug. 6, 1890.
"DEAR Mrs. PTNKHAM:-I am fall
ing very fast, - since January have
lost thirty-five or forty pounds. I
have q yellow, muddy complexion,
feel tired, and have bearing down
pains. Menses have not appeared for
three months sometimes / am trou-
bled with white discharge, and also
have kidney and bladder trouble. :.
/ have been this way for long time,
and feel so miserable / thought /
would write to you. and see II you
could do me any good. Miss EDNA
FREDERICK, Troy, Ohio.
Sept. 10, 1899.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:---I have
used Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound according to directions,
and con say I have not felt so well
for years as do at present. Before
taking your medicine more miser-
able. person you never saw. could
not eat or sleep, and did not care to
talk with any one. / did not enjoy
life at all. Now, I feel so we'll cam
not be grateful enough for what you
have done for mo. You are surely
woman's friend Thanking you q
thousand times, remain.
Ever yours
MISS EDNA FREDERICK,
Troy, Ohio.
"DEAR MRs. PryKHAM I have
taken FIVE bottles of Lydia Il. Pink
ham svegetable Compound and cannot
praise ID enough. / had headaches,
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lied ID weary seldo survi
Being fully this
producing remedy
the especially prepared for
guccessful Il
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SAN FRANCISCO. Nor. i6 weather cloudy at
Oakland; track sloppy Results;
Sir furiongx. sslling--First Call won. g. An
thony second. Grey Rob third. Time. i:i7%.
Seven fnrlongs- Lavstov won, wyonins second,
Six furionss. seliinr--NorA Ives won. Msude Fer
xt,son second. Don't Know third. Time, l,f7r
Seven fnrlonss. all axes. flying handca p--Dierot
wen. yulcain second. Dunhians third Time, Ia
Futurity course, selling Nellie Frost Won screen
well Lake second Danssrfsld third. Time. i.l3.
Mile and eighth. selling, handicap Rio Chico
won. Col. Root second Essence third Time, / mA
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Compound, and now, thanks to your
medicine, am a well woman. l can
not praise your medicine too highly
for l know IL will do all, and even
more, than it is recommended to do
/ tell every suffering woman about
your Vegetable Compound, and urge
them to try it and see for themselves
what it win do. "--M Rs. Macy A.
HIPIE. No. Manchester. Ind.
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llS IKE announced.
,ful Dogs in Field Trial
4 fI.utcsts at Ooupeville.
e1.s Dlsr,Ny WINS A., -Aos

ssfs Are Voted by Those in
..-.xa.ce to Have Iseen the
suecessful In Many Respects
80 Ever Held in the West
- ssccess of the CInb II AS
,rrtals Largely Attended.
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bank
tina
A.
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female troubl q,
also liver, stomach,
kidney, and blad-
der trouble.
/ tried several doc
tors, also quite .
number OF patent
medicines, and had
despaired of ever
getting well. At
last / concluded to
try Lydia e. Pink
ham Is Vegetable
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leucorrhoea, falling Of the womb, and
kidney trouble. l also had q pain
when standing or walking, and scme-
in front Of me, SO that ! could not see
for about twenty minutes. Felt 40
tired in the morning when got up
as il had had no sleep for two wecl<A
Had fainting spells, was down-hearted,
and would cry MRs. BERTHA OrEn,
Second and Clayton Sts., Chester Pa.
DEAR MRs. PrNKHAM:--I cannot
find language to express the terrible
suffering have had to endure. had
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bis slm.. 4 Hines. Of Manchester. la, writing Of
rSsufe after measles indcs5 seyo,,s lung trouble
orrbassssh ended in Consumption / had frequent hem
tors IA ahd coughed night and day. All my doc
DR. Kir.. must soon die. Then l began to use
Hundrs5 New Discovery, which wholly cured me.
It nesr f nave used IT % my adgice and an say
froubIes AIS to cure Throat. Chest and Lung
fro a Hesaiar size 0c and sloo- Trial bottles
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG co.
A WEALTH OF BEAUTY
rsfser sn q hidden by unsightly Pimples. Eczema.
Mica SaiE.assIpsias. Salt Rheam etc Bnckien's Ar
Er,,ntsrss wan RloTfy the face by curing all Skin
Ulcers also Carts. Bruises, Barns, Boils. Feuns.
lure guaranteed. sold By
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG co.
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If yoa want a healthy drink try Jesse
Moore "AA@ whiskey.
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Pretoria ana Thnckeray.

Pretoria. MS everybody knows. Is
named after Pretorlus. one Of the ce!e.
brated Bocr triumvirate of the past.
He was said to belong to the Same
family rs n DR.. Pretorlus who In the
curly years Of the queens married life
was attached to the immediate service
of the prince consort and who in that
capacity was present Mt all the func.
tions Of the court. The Court Circular
OF the time. after naming all the dis.
tinguished personagcs present, invarIa.
bly, concluding with the words "and
Dr. PretoriIs." At banquet one even.
ing at which Thnckcray was present,
after the toast Of the queen haI been
received with musical honors. the All.
thor of Vanity Fair" was overheard
quietly singing to himself the refrain:
Happy and glorious.
Long to reign over us
DR.. Pretorius.
God snvo the queen"
Westminster Gazette.
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w. G. t. U. DEPARTMENT..
Conducted by tho ladies of the w. G.
Il. U. of Anderson, S. c.
Neal Dow's First Triumph.

Neal Dow was 25 years old when he.
delivered his first temperance speech.
1t was at an anniversary supper of
fire company to which; he belonged,
and his strenuous opposition to the
use of liquor was effective to that de-
gree that the fire company adopted
temperance as principle. Later, he
prevailed upon the Maine Mechanical
Charitable Association to forego the
use of wine at its annual dinner.
At that time liquor was almost uni :
versally used in Maine. One of the
curious customs Of Portland in those
days was the ringing of the town bell
at IL and 4 o'clock by way of warming
to mechanics that it was time to leave
work aud get drink. This custom
the young retormcr succeeded in hav-
ing abolished. Then lie persuaded
most of the Portland employers to dis
continue supplying their men with IL
quors
After his fist success, Neal Dow
felt that temperance was the most i'm
portant cause of the age. 1t was ow :
ing largely to his efforts that the
Young Men Total Abstinence Society
of Portland was organized. It's first
meeting. IL is said, was held in the
counting-room Of distillery.
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A Great Blessing Something In the Reae 3,
Of Everybody.

What W ,uld you think Of man who
was sick and constantly lived in reach
of salvation, yet because he had failed
in other directions refuses to take the
blessing that is before him ? This
was the case with Mr.. John S. Cook,
Of, Atlanta. 81 have been suffering
with dyspepsia for ten years. be-
gan taking Tyner' 8 Dyspepsia Remedy
and gained fifteen pounds in thirty
days. / commend it to the public as
a great blessing. I can eat supper, go
to bed and sleep like babe-some-
thing I could not do before" Price
Soc. per bottle. For sale by Hill-Orr
Drug Co. and White & White.
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In recent address before the rail
road branch of the Y. M. G. A., Of
New York City, Chauncey NJ. Depew
said: Twenty years ago, when there
we're about about $4,000 men in the
New York Central service, the average
proportion of men discharged for
drunkenness within certain period
was at least 20 per cent. Now, with
10000 men employed by the company
not l per cent is dropped from the SER
vice for that cause"
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after doctors failed 10 cure me IF
pneumonia I used One Minute Cough
Cure and three bottles of it cured. 1t
is also the best remedy on earth for
whooping cough. 1t cured my grand
children of the worst cases." writes
Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. 1t is the
only harmless remedy that gives i'm
mediate results Cures coughs, colds,
Group and throat and lung troubles.
1t prevents consumption. Children
always like it. Mothers endorse it,
Evans Pharmacy.
- An express engine consumes 10
gallons of water per mile.
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The Pride of Manhood.

The happIest time In boys life is
the day that he dons his first short
trousers. Mrs. Poyser's bantam cock.
which Imagined that the e.sun rose every
morning to hear him crow, could not
strut with more conscious pride than
did this little fellow, and he felt the
Importance incident to his first pair.
Finally, lie stopped in front Of his lit
tie sister and delivered himself Of these
indisputable facts:
'"Sister. you can't never wear pants!
Sister, you can't never have q mus
tache" and finally, as q complete
cllnchc-, Sister. you can't never be n
man, nohowr
Overcome with the gloom Of her fu-
ture. SISTER" burst into an uncontrol-
able flood Of ears.-Memphis Scimitar.
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A boy was passing saloon, and
seeing drunken man lying in the
gutter in front Of it, he opened the
door and elld: Mister, your signs
fell down." The saloon keeper chased
him half around the square.
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Sam Davis.

TAe names of Major Andre and Of
our own Nathan Hale live together as
chose of men who loved their country
to the uttermost. If third may be
admitted to their company, should it
not be the name Of Sam Davis, the
Confederate spy who met death on
the scaffold at Pulaski, Tennessee, in
the summer Of is647 His career as q
spy had been singularly successful,
and he returned severel times un-
scratched after executing the most
hazardous missions within the Federal
lines.
At length, however, he was captur-
ed. Upon his person were found doc
umsnts which proved his mission.
He was tried by court martial and
sentenced to be hanged.
1t was Of prime Importance to the
Federals to know who was the author
of the papers found upon Davis, and
the Union captain in whose custody
the prisoner was placed was author
lied to offer him life and liberty. in
return for the desired information.
The captain, who felt warm person
al esteem for Davis, pressed him to
accept the offer. Davis listened in
silence, then he said:
Il cannot be false to my comrades
or to friends of our cause within the
Union lines
The captain pressed his point in
vain. The prisoner stood firm, but
his constancy was TO undergo sever
er test. Davis was engaged to be
married to young woman of northern
Alabama. The unhappy girl secured
pass to the Union lines and was
finally accorded an interview with her
lover. She pleaded with him desper-
ally.
"Sam, if you love me, if you love
your old mother, who sits weeping for
you at home, you will save your life.
We beg it. I Iimplore it."
81 do love you, and my heart is al
most breaking as I think of mother,
ut''-here his voice trembled, but he
mastered his emotion and proceeded,
"there are occasions where one duty
to country rises above every other
motive. I cannot be traitorl'
The girl he loved understood him.
She no longer strove to move his re-
solution, but told him how she loved
and honored him the more.
Still another temptation came : on
the last day o? Davis's life. The
young captain, who had become his
friend, was ordered to snperintend his
execution. Thoy stood together on
the scaffold, while the ignominious
moose was placed round the prisoner s
neck. Once moro the captain, in
voice broken by emotion, begged Davis
to save himself. The doomed man
hung his head, and his lips moved in
silent prayer. Then he stood erect
and answered.
eff / had q thousand liyee would
lose them all here before would be-
tray my friends or the condolences Of
my informer"
The lover was pulled, aud Davis
died an honorable man. The Youths
/ Companion.
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a temperance restaurant in Paris
under the name of "Hygienic restau-
ant" has, in less than a year, proved
q profitable financial venture.