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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-07-06
AROUND THE COUNTY.

Palouse was made an interna tional
money order Office July 1.
The cherry crop about Pennington is
the heaviest known for years.
J. R. Moys and family of Pullman
have removed to Tacoma, where thev
will make their future home.
The directors of the Farmers Ware
house Company of Garfield have de-
clared 10 per cent dividend.
The family of Ben Haun, including
himself, wife and two children, are under
quarantine with scarlet fever at Garfield
A number of threshing outfits were
shipped from Pennington last week to
the Walla Walla fields, where harvest is
opening.
Fl. NJ. Boone is the new republican
precinct committeeman for the East
ward of Palouse, G. S. Gritman for the
West ward and E. E. klotz for Turnbow.
Oakesdale Sun: E. J. Doneen has sold
his ranch, located about 81 miles south
OF Thornton, to 7. Fl. Ellis. Considera-
ton, $4,000 and one-third of growing
crop.
Pennington school district has Pts
children OF school age-5 to 81 years
There are 1873 males and 140 females
The estimated value of school property
is $500. The school library carries
158 volumes.
Mrs. James Warmoth of Garfield il
making preparations to visit her old
home in Trenton, Missouri. 1t is now
35 years since she left it, and but one
brother and a sister, the latter not ex
pected to live, now live there.
Pullman Herald: Ruth, the daughter
Of Judson Kitchen, fell from a horse
Tuesday evening and fractured the right
arm at the elbow. A little later on the
same evening Roy Williams, son OF W
F. Williams, fell from his bicycle, and
fractured his left arm at the elbow, also
dislocating the elbow joint.
Pullman Herald: Quail are reported
very abundant in some localities, anC
especially in gulches and canyons lead
ing to Snake river. This is very graft
flying to those who were instrumental il
bringing the quail to this region, as tn
first winter passed by the little stranger
in the northwest was an unusually COLI
one, and it was feared would bring dis
! astrous results to the experiment.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-07-06
lightning Struck a Church.

Richland Center, Wis, June 2S.-Dur-
ing prayer meeting services at the United
Brethren church in Gillingham. eight
miles north OF here, bolt OF lightning
struck the building, practically demol-
ishing it. Splinters and plaster fell on
the worshipers, who bOlted from the
building in a panic, and on returning
found that the bolt had killed outright
Louis Peckham, aged 20 years, seriously
injured Julian Hart, and shocked
Stephen Foley and several Others so
severely that it was hours before they
recovered. Peckham was the son OF the
former pastor OF the church, and as the
bolt struck him be was leading in a song
service. The building is so badly dam
aged that its rebuilding will be neces.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-07-06
EIring Machine Flew.

Berlin, July , Count Won Z4ppelins'
air ship made an ascent at Frederichstn
this evening. 1t had five occupants and
Travelled safely to Immenstadt, dis
tance of 80 miles.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-07-06

all combined, unrvaled in the beautiful and productive
Calispel Valley through which flows the majestic Pend
dOreile River. This delightful spot may be reached
the fast boat of the
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-07-06

INSURE with II. W. GoFF.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30
GREAT PREPARATIONS
 FOR THE BIG CARNIVAL
Opelika Is Getting Things in Readiness and Expects Large Crowds-News
 of East Alabama.

Opelika, September 29.-(Special.) .)-East Alabama, and especially Opeika, is gay with anticipation of the approaching car nival The officers have been very diliaent in securing attractions and about seventy five have been secured, and they will be Der 23 and closes the night of the 27th with grand ball. Daily excursions at cheap rates will be run on all railroads. Nine car loads of attractions from Chicago were booked today.
 The Confederate veterans of East Ala bama will hold grand reunion here Octo- Der 23, and a barbecue to feed 5000 people has been contracted for at cost of sS00O. This also will be free. Nearly all the prom inent men in public life in Alabama have accepted invitations to visit Opelika during the carnival and many notable addresses will be made. Eight military companies will participate in the grand opening pa- rade, in which all the secret orders, citizens and officials will appear. The floral parade will be a grand affair, over seventy entries being probable. A liberal prize will be given for the best decorations.
 Arrangements have been made to have the city brilliantly illuminated and beauti- fully decorated. The horse racing on the fast track here will be excellent, and some spirited records will be made. It Is esti- mated that 10000 people will witness the opening festivities. Schedules have been arranged so that no one will have to spend the night unless they wish. Nearly every
The age-herald., 1900-09-30
THE MIDWAY SHOW
 AT STATE FAIR
Contract Closed For Splendid
 Oriental Attractions.
WORK FAST PROGRESSING
Large Force of Men Engaged on Build ings and Grounds-Colonel Falk- ner Expresses Himselfas Being
 Gratifed By All Conditions

The directors of the Alabama Fair Asso- ciation yesterday closed contract with the Oriental Carnival Company of Balti- more for the Midway attractions. This company will put on twenty separate shows, including Hagenback's animals, such as lions, tigers, bears and trained animals. The different shows will occupy 500x1000 feet of space. The attractions the Oriental Company will bring to the fair will be the best ever seen at fair in the South, and will cover a greater variety of amusements than any ordinarily seen at State fair.
 Included in the Midway attractions will be an electric theatre from the Paris Ex- position a Mexican theatre. with dancing; streets of Cairo, with camels and donkeys; Moulin Rouge, Persian resort; Esau, the snake eater, and so on.
 Conternos Battles of Nations will be one of the greatest attractions at the fair. Conterno will give magnificent fireworks display every night, including the battles
 A large force of men was at work the past week clearing off the grounds and constructing the buildings. The ground in- side the race track has been sown in bar ley and oats, which will give the grounds an attractive appearance during the fair. Work on the new buildings Is progressing in a satisfactory manner and will be ready in a short time for the placing of exhibits.
 The railway is completed into the grounds and is ready to handle the ex- hibits, some of which will begin to arrive tomorrow. The mineral exhibits will be the first to arrive, and Superintendent Evans and his assistants will be on hand to receive them.
 The contract with the Consolidated Elec- tricc Light Company was signed yester- day There will be fifty arc lights and 5000 incandescent lights, so placed that they will light up the entire grounds and all the buildings.
 Col. J. M. Falkner president of the Fair Association, was in the city yesterday and
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

with the performance. MT. Sells quickly informed him that it was not necessary at all, as the absence of 11S horses would in no way interfere with the afternoon per- formance.
 When the news got abroad yesterday that the Adam Forepaugh-Sells Brothers show had been attached several telegrams were received at the various banks from New fork and Cincinnati requesting them to make the bond. This had already been dcne, however, and the requests were un- necessary.
 ;. Peter Sells remained In the city to con- fer with his attorney, Walker Percy, in regard to the suit brought by Mir Me- Cabe. It is stated that no compromise will be made by the circus management and that the case will be fought to the end.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30
ASRVlLLE
Spears Failed to Get An Audience-Items
 of Interest

Ashville, September 29.-(Special )-Candi- dates to represent the Seventh Congress- ional District had an appointment to speak here yesterday, which was we'll advertised in the local Populist paper, but had no audience and did not speak
 St. Clair Lodge, No. i12, Knights of Pyth- las. contributed $1O to the Galveston suf- ferers, and are ready to send more when necessary.
 Farmers are bringing in their cotton, and feeling good on account of the price.
 Hon. John L. Burnett, candidate for Con- gress, will speak here on October &; and Senator D. w. Pettus the old war horse, on Friday, October 12.
 Mrs. John O. Turner and Miss Otis Greene are on a visit to friends in Springville.
 It is distressingly dry here in every sense of the word. One cannot get even a wee drop to cut the cobwebs out of his throat.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

Farmers are bringing in their cotton, and feeling good on account of the price.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30
LOADED IN SILVER
 WAS BANK BUGGY
Ten Thousand Dollars Deposited
 By Circus Man.
HENRY L. BADHAM'S BURDEN
Silver Dollars and Half Dollars Which a Banker Gathered in Which Fatigued Webb Crawford to Count
 Wealth of Circus

The Adam Forepaugh-Sells Brothers cir- GUS has gone its way rejoicing, but ten thousand dollars in silver is left behind to assure the courts that representatives will duly appear and answer to the complaint of one Thomas McCabe, who wants s10,0OO for alleged rough treatment received some years ago.
 This great amount of mony is held in the vaults of the Berney National Bank to se- cure that bank in signing the s20,OO0 bond required of the circus management. It will remain in the bank until the law suit is decided The amount of money is made up of silver dollars and half dollars, and would fill an ordinary coffee sack. It would probably measure two bushels. The money was brought from the circus treasury wagon by MT. Sells and MT Henry Bad ham in a buggy. and it required consid- erable physical effort to lift it from the vehicle into the bank building. Cashier Webb Crawford undertook to count the coins, and he is tired yet.
 Speaking of the matter yesterday, Mr. Badham said 1t would surprise the general public to know how much money the big circuses usually kept on hand. When the show people were notified that their horses to the number of 11S had been attached they immediately went 10 the bank and re- quested MT. Badham to make the neces- sary $2O,OO0 bond. They readily offered to deposit the entire amount, but only half of it was required. The circus treasury wagon contains two burglar-proof safes, and MT. Badham said there was more than s2O00O in currency and silver coin in them when he called for the s1O,00O. This was early in the morning before the sale of tickets had begun, but the circus had plenty of cash on hand to meet almost any emer- gency.
 MT. Badham stated that another thing at which he was surprised was the enorm- ity of the show. Before leaving the city for the circus grounds he offered to sign the bond so that the horses which were held by the sheriff could be released. He made this suggestion, as he feared the absence of the animals would interfere
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

Mrs. John O. Turner and Miss Otis Greene are on a visit to friends in Springville.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

Matte Collier, the 16-months-old daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. R. T. Simpson, died yesterday and was buried today.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30
OPENING EXHIBIT Autumn Millinery

monizing the rich autumn colorings and the seasons choicest materials in their rrandest effects, A gathering of style beauty that is not surpassed anywhere.
 An importation of Paris models and French hats will be shown tomorrow for the first time,
The age-herald., 1900-09-30
SNAKE BITE CAUSES
 A MAN TO co BLIND
Lee Turner, Bitten By a kattler, Lives to Tell the Tale Other Items
 of Interest

Florence, September 29.-(Special )-Lee Turner, engaged in hauling cross ties in Colbert County, was bitten by large rat tie snake several days ago and lives to tell the tale. He was bitten twice on the finger and the effect of the poison was counteracted by the use of the usual rem edy. Turner turned stone blind from the effects of the bite, but Is recovering from the poison.
 There are 60, ,0OO railroad ties awaiting shipment at Georgetown landing in Colbert County, opposite the old Governor Hous- ton place in Lauderdale County. Both sides of the Tennessee river for miles Is lined with cross ties waiting for boating water for shipment.
 The city schools have a total attendance of over 700 at this time, and Superintend- ent Gilbert predicts that the enrolment will reach 300 before the end of the year. The attendance in the lower grades Is so large that they have been divided into morning and afternoon sessions In order to take care of the little ones. With the State Normal College and other local pri- vate schools it is estimated that the stu- dent population of the city will run over 1200.
 Rev. Father OGrady, diocesan mission ary from Huntsville, will begin weeks mission at St. Joseph's church in this city on Sunday, October 2. It will be the first Catholic mission ever held in Florence and will be for the purpose of arousing the dormant religious zeal of the Christian people, and to expand Catholic teachings so that they may be better understood. He will preach on the Holy Eucharist Con- fession, Image Worship, Purgatory and other subjects.
 
 Matte Collier the 16-months-old daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. R. T. Simpson, died yesterday and was buried today.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

The people of Opelika are wondering what has become of the bond issue and the sew craze question. It has raised great dea' of excitement and interest here in the press
 It was decided to issue bonds and build
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

expressed satisfaction at the progress be- ing made on the buildings and the large number of exhibitors that had applied for space.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30
business man here has subscribed to and Is working for the carnival.

Gen. w. c. Oates, ex-Governor; Con- gressman H. D. Clayton and Hon. c. W Thompson will deliver addresses here Oc- tober 23, the date of the grand Confederate rally and free barbecue.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

Circuit Court for this county convenes here October 15 and will be in session three weeks. There are sixty-seven civil cases to be tried and twenty criminal cases up to the present time. As soon as the grand jury meets the number of criminal cases will be greatly augmented.
The age-herald., 1900-09-30

sewers. The ordinance was passed and now nothing is ever heard of it. The streets are used as sewers.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
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New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
F0R SECRECY N WIRELESS TELEGR4PHY

From The Pau Mall Gazette
The difficulty Of sending messages by wireless
teleEraphy which shall not be IeEibe by the
whole world seems to have been solved by
most ingenious device presented by NJ. Tom
masi 20 the Academic des Sciences at their meet
ing Of last week He uses at the sending sta
Jion not one but two trdnSmituers. one OF these
transmits the real dispatch by the usual code
while the other sends only series OF meaning
less dots and dashes produced by a mechanical
process. The range OF this last transmitteT is
kept always rather less than the other, SO that
at the receiving station only the code signals
Will be received. If. however, attempt be
made 10 intercept the signals by means of re
CeiveT irteTposed between the sending and
ceiVng stations both the real message and the
meaningless clicks viii appear together, with
the result that the message viii! he utterly unin-
teiligihie- This must be almost as irritating 70
the would be taper Lord WoIseley's plan
Of splicing a piece or blind wire G.aJ is. insulat-
ing material with metallic core) intervals
between the posts Of an enemy's telegraph. He
says this is much more effective than the ordl-
nary plan Of cutting the wire merely. because
in that case. when ne RECEIVERS the line, the
enemy knows where the break is and has only
repair it. By his plan the owner or the line
has TO test from post 10 post 10 discover and
eliminate the obstruction
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
THE HEALTH OF CUBA.
BAD CLIMATE ALMOST A THING OF THE
PAST-SANITARY OBSERVANCEs
HAVE WROUGHT CHANGE

HAN + WROUGHT CHANGE
body Of United States inrantrymeu on pa-
rade always attracts attention and there are
few people who on such occasions are not i'm
pressed with the perfect bearing and the sturdy
appearance of Uncle Sans men The pear,- Of
New-York had an opportunity to see q body
OF lnfantrymen last week who BY their looks
their history and the work that lies before them
were Of unusual interest. They were the mem
bers Of the Sth Regiment who had arrived from
Cuba on their way to China
People who knew Cuba in the days before rba
spanish war when there was yellow fever on
the island at all times of the year. and when
there were few places there where people
from the North could live comfortably in
the summer months, were pleasantly surprised
10 see the members Of the Sth looking hall. and
robust much as they would have looked after
a camp tour at PeekskiU. and showing none Of
the signs Of the deadliness of the Cuban climate.
Inquiry among the officers and men demon
strated that the bad climate of Cuba is To a
great extent matter of the past Il IS Just
as warm there as it ever was. but many Of the
causes OF disease have been removed or Iesseaad
to such an extent that hey have been readereI
practically harmless
Dr- W. P Lawrence. assistant surgeon who
returned with The troops, said. The improve
ments in the sanitary conditions have produced
the great change for the better. Drainage svs-
tens and cleanliness have changed the places
IN Cuba 10 an extent that IS remarkable. In the
town Of Sancti SpirttUs, which has a population
Of about 1860 the death rate was 40
a month last year and now it is about
thirty The troops enjoyed good health in the
place, and we rarely had more than l per cent
on the sick roll There are occasional yellow
fever cases. but they are sporadic. and not cpl
denie. and the dread Of the disease has passed
away
Dr.. / s Hughes, who was stationed at cal
barien, and Dr, Shelly. whose work was at Ma
tanzas made similar reports. but all agreed
that the facts that the troops from Cuba looked
Wen and that the rate of mortality is low do
not indicate that Cuba is a desirable place as A
permanent residence for people from the North.
With proper care and attention to the rules Of
diet and mode of life laid down by the Army
surgeons, they say. men may thrive in Cuba for
a year or two, but after that time they will be
come thin b,ooded and maIarial and it viii be-
come more difficult for them to throw off the
native fevers. For that reason nearly all physi-
clans advocate the system 10y which troops may
be returned TO the North after being on the
island twelve or eighteen months having their
places taken by men fresh from a more tenn
perate climate.
In proof Of the assertion that Army methods
do much TO avert disease at The Cuban military
stations surgeons point to the fact that at all
the posts the rate Of mortality among the na-
tIyes is much in excess of that among the sol
dlers. and wherever a post mas been established
The general health becomes improved.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
THE PENNT MEADOW.
From The London Chronicle.

From The london CHRONICLE.
remarkable rent audit" is held at Breiten-
berg Castle, near itzehoe on the occasion Of
tribute being paid TO Count Rantzau for a piece
Of land owned by a peasant working on his
estate. Every year on q certain day, punctualIy
al noon. the peasant presents himself and ten
ders an old silver Danish penny rent for his
holding The origin Of this tenure is follows
Some years ago Count EantZau, while hunt
ing stag, rode upon bOggy piece of land. and
found himself sinking into the nOTass. \ peas
ant hearing the Counts cries, was just in time
10 save his life but declined TO receive any re-
ward on being pressed however, the peasant
agreed finally to accept the piece of land where
on the rescue took place The Count agreed,
but added that in sign of dependency he must
nav every year Il Danish silver penny tribute
10 the castle, and be his guest on that occasion
The land is arabic now and goes by the name
of the "PfennigWiese' (or Penny Meadow.
The former scheme of tenure is still in force,
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
THE GrLF STREAM orr NoRH4r.
From Sci nee.

From Science
Does the Cult Stream drift persist on the sur
face at all seasons Of the year through the Nor
WeEian Sea" This question 50 important 20 Nor
Uegian fisheries, has. according 10 Hjort and
Gran baeu definitely settled. Geport the
NOrw eEian Marine Investigations 1S!t5-'91. Ber-
gen, 1880. During the winter the relatively
warm and dense Atlantic water is partly dis
paced by the strengthened Arctic current which
ILns southeast past the east coast of Iceland.
but does not reach the Shetlands on the ap-
prOach of summer the polar water Tetires from
the surface, and is not fOurd south of Iceland.
This annual periodicity in the Gulf Stream
drift is accompanied by changes of greater
amplitude in time, but their laws have not yet
been formulated.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29

but the Old Danish silver pennies are becoming
scarce and the probability is that some day the
land viii revert 10 its former owner.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29

THE RISE OF THE JEWISH SCRAP AND !
SECONDS" BUYER.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-06-09
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

An average OF nine pounds of wool
was the product OF the shearing OF q
band Of Lander county sheep.
The f~orty-nine Incorporated compa-
mics on the Comstock have levied as
sessments ~aggregating $4,000, and
have paid in dividends an aggregate Of
s125, 100000.
Colorado mines and mining property
are taxable. 1t is the customary rule
to assess q producing mine or claim on
one-ffth the gross proceeds Of the pre-
ceding year.
Harry Cresswell, a former Lander
county attorney, missed a fortune by
failing to obtain an extension Of a bond
on the Rawhide mine in Tuolumne
county, Cal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-06-09
Carson Indian school Plant.

The Carson Indian school plant
consists of twenty buildings of all
kinds, the original cost being $45, $50.
The farm consists Of PIP acres, 100
acres Of which can be cultivated. Cost
of land was 1874 GA; present value
about $1,000. The improvements on
the land we're originally donated by
the county Of Ormsby, which was
reimbursed under an Act of Congress,
June 80. 1898, to the amount of $6,375
Advance.