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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03
Why does the Oregonian dignity

WHY does the Oregonian dignity
that blatherskite, George Hazard.
with half-a-column interview, in which
ne sings hozannahs to the freak in the
executive chair, and talks knowingly
OF many things political OF which he
knows about as much as a clam? The
big paper certainly knows that Haz.
card speaks for nobody but himself.
but it has a purpose to subserve in
making this bray as odious as possible
to Democratic ears.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

The cotton mills of the Pepperell
Manufacturing Co., at Biddeford, Me-.
are to close operations from Aug. 18th
to Sept. 4th, throwing about 5000
hands out of employment. Still
Maine is State which is under the
direct influence of the beneficent
smile of the good Mckinley.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

The British Consul at Tien Tsin,
China, cables the English parliament
that a foreign ministers at Peking
were alive and safe July 22d, with the
exception OF Baron Won Kettler, who
was killed by q mob.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

A SHANGHAI dispatch of the LIST
inst, states that the allied forces are
moving on to Pekin. with 10000 men
OF all arms and ITO heavy guns. They
expect to reach Pekin by the 18th.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

If Ii Hung Chang don't mind his
ps and qs, the allied powers will &C.
centuate the middle syllable of his
name, instead of cracking jokes on the
significance of the first syllable.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

IF the least faith can be placed in
the news from China, it should settle
at once and forever the matter of res.
direction of the dead.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

CEDAR logs in Chehalis county, have
fallen to $6 per thousand and several
cedar camps have closed down.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03
A Divorced Mems Club.

"After the Suicides Club, what
ncxt?" has been answered by the for
nation of a Divorced Mems Club" in
Alameda, Cal. Why the Golden State
has developed this social monstrosity,
or why it should find growth anywhere
within the bounds Of modern civiliza-
ton, are queries which confront US at
the very threshold OF the proposition.
Its object? "To discourage marriage
and wage crusade against matri-
mony," says Secretary Ward Battles,
when asked about the club. "Yes,"
said he, eve have divorced mems
club in Alameda, and we have among
our members some of the best-known
men OF the city. We hold regular
meetings, at which We sympathize
with those who are married, and con.
graduate ourselves on being free.
Aside from the sociability our object is
to impress upon mankind the dangers
of matrimony, and to give those in
ciined that way an opportunity to
profit by our sad and narrowing ex-
periences.
"Our experiences have been decid-
edly varied. One mans wife did not
want him to smoke, and when he in
sisted there was trouble which ended
in separation. My wife objected be-
cause 1 made a noise in the cellar
with lot of tin cans. She thought
it was burglar. She called that cru
city, and applied to the courts TO get
rid of me.
"Our club is doing great deal OF
good in preventing men from allowing
their love to get the better of their
judgment. Several men who thought
OF getting married have been saved by
our missionaries, and we intend to
push the good work along"
If these are the best reasons which
can be given for justification of such
an organization, we must believe that
it is intended as broad satire on the
prevalence OF divorce suits during the
closing years Of the nineteenth CEN
tury.
1t is not expected that all marriages
should result in happiness. Human
nature is not so perfect that reason
should always be the arbiter in this
most important step in life. A no
higher incentive than sometimes
doubtless impels the act, and, founded
upon no higher prompting, it is not
surprising that respect, if no deeper
feeling, should wane as passion cools.
1t is by no means surprising that such
men discover in marriage a failure
but the wonder is that they should
find any reasonable motive for exhib-
iting their sore spots to the public.
While a burnt child may dread the
fire, there is no merit in exposure OF
the scars, even though it may be to in
fluence others to keep out of the flames.
1t really seems to an unprejudiced
mind that the Divorced Mems Club"
must be composed of people who
have been very easily thrown out OF
mental balance by domestic jars, or who
may possibly be engaged in the high
and noble endeavor to elevate the
marriage state by making it undesira-
BILE for those fools who constitute the
clientele of the divorce court.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

KING Humbert, Of Italy, was shot
and killed by an assassin at Moneza,
near Milan, Sunday evening. The
king had been awarding prizes to VIC
tors in athletic sports and had just en-
tered his carriage for return to the pal
ace, when an anarchist named Bressi
fired three shots in rapid succession,
one of which pierced the heart CT the
victim, and he died during the short
drive home. The assassin is in prison
closely guarded. A regency was estab-
lished pending the succession of Victor
Emanuel III.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

THAT Love laughs at locksmiths,"
is verified by the marriage OF Lady
Randolph Churchill to Lieut.. George
CORVALLIS West, in London, on the
2Sth ult., despite the opposition of a.
high a parsonage as the Prince of
Wales. And that other assertion that
"The world loves lovers" was likewise
exemplified by the throng which
filled st. Paul's church, at Knights.
bridge and crowded the street, who man.
ifested unqualified approval by their
congratulations and loud cheers as the
bridal party left the church. Lady
Churchill's friends stood loyalty but
respectfully by her, and the Prince
manifested his chagrin only by the re.
mark as he pressed Mrs. Vests hand,
"And I always considered you such
sensible woman"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03

Gas ToEIA
Bear, til. H1hs Kind You Have A!x.ys esugit
''. q &MAZzzzSM
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27
A YEAR OF DISASTER.
An Aggregate of $1,000, 600, 900 Lost
af Sea Duriuy 1000.

An Aggregate of 81 1000, ,OOO, 900 Lost
at Sea During 1900.
Since the establishment of the hydro
graphic office at Washington there has
been no record of maritime disasters so
appalling as the one for the present
year. The report for 1900. which will
be issued by this Office shortly after the
close of the present year. will be a mar
rative of collisions, explosions, wrecks
and, in fact, of all the dangers to which.
the men who go down to the sea in
ships are exposed. 1t will show that
almost 400 craft of every description
have been lost in the Atlantic ocean with
in a short space of twelve months, and
that the damages will aggregate $1,000
100000.
The number of ocean steamers lost
has been Of course source of great
concern to ship owners. To the more
thoughtful it means that within the
next few years steps will be taken to
secure greater safety to passengers and
freight shippers. Nearly every steamer.
lost has been well equipped with machin-
cry of the latest pattern and manned by
large crew, but although navigation
has reached its present high state Of de-
velopment, 1t does not seem able to cope
successfully with the mighty power of the
elements. The terrible storms arising in
the West Indies are strangely enough
coming farther north every year, and
these, their violence little abated by the
long distance traversed. are greatly fear
ed by sailors. Fogs. hidden rocks and
collisions are other causes of this enOr-
nous destruction.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27

Joe Jenkins at New Hope church
The American soldier Of He civil
war" said Thirty-sixth Indiana man.
was the bravest and most generous Of
all soldiers. To illustrate: On the
morning of May %. 1864, near Dallas.
not far from New Hope Church, Geor-
gia, We moved during the fight to with
in close range of the enemy. We threw
up rifle pits, and when daylight came
we opened fire until we got things hum
ming nicely; then crept back by details
into a ravine and cooked breakfast. On
this particular morning was hungry,
and while eating my hardtack, which
1 had previously fried in grease, the
lieutenant Of my company said: Dick,
don't eat so much. You will be shot
after while. and it is pity to waste 50
much good sOwbelly and nice hard
tack. Your corpse will look just a.
well without It, told him that Col.
Dan McCook fed his boys well because
good feed made good fighters, and I
wanted to be in the best shape for nc
ton.
I'm a few minutes we who had break
tasted started back to our firing line.
to reach which We had to make q run
over an exposed place. When I started
/ selected a tree for my cover. On the
right Of this tree our boys had heaped
up little pile Of stones. Just as I
made the start noticed Joe Jenkins
Of my regiment was making, as I
thought, for my tree. 1t was race -
to who would gain the tree hrssfor
the other would have to make . cover
for himself.
Jenkins reached the tree first, a.
when I was within jump or two
was shot In the upper right arm. had
my gun at trail, and as the muscles
contracted / gripped the gun tighter.
In an instant the muscles relaxed and
the involuntary movement threw the
gun from me and have never seen IL
since. As l dropped down, Jenkins,
seeing my mishap. slid to the left Of
the tree in line and gave me the tree
as my cover. My first thought was
that 1 had lost my right arm, and the
next was as to what might happen to
the unselfish Joe jenkins, who had
given me his shelter and was lying ex-
posed to the rebel fire. Soon he made
a shelter of rocks which he collected
himself, and in doing so constantly ex-
posed himself to the enemy's fire.
When he was safe 1 felt thankful be-
yond measure. Joe was my ideal Of
the American soldier, and his act on
that day strengthened my faith in man
kind, and 1t maintains my faith In my
fellow men to this day."-Chicago Inter
Ocoan
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27
TREATY Is RATIFIED.
THE SENATE VOTES TO ACCEPT
AMENDED AGREEMENT.
Hay-Paurc .fote Isthmian Canal Pact
Now Provides for the Abro cation of
the Clayton Bulwer Treaty, Made
Fifty Years Ago.

BY vote of ~ to is the Senate Thurs
day ratified the HayPauncefote 18TH
mian canal treaty. All amendments eN-
cept those proposed by the foreign rela-
tions committee were voted down. The
two committee amendments. one abrogat-
ing all of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
and the other refusing to invite other
powers to adhere" to this treaty, were
adopted. Upon the final roll call SIX
votes in excess Of the number needed to
ratify were cast for the convention.
The fifty-five votes for the treaty were
made up as follows: Forty-two Republi'
cans. eleven Democrats, one lndepen-
dent Jones, New, and one Fusion (Iur-
ner, Wash.).
In one sense the result is counted an
administration victory. For week the
efforts of the friends of the treaty and
of the President and Secretary of State
have been devoted to securing ratihca-
ton without amendments so obnoxious
as to compel the President to refuse to
submit the treaty to Great Britain. Ad-
ministration Senators claim that after
all the treaty has not been seriously
changed by the Senate. The Davis
amendment, they claim, gives power
which the United States would In any
event have exercised in case of great
emergency. Ii the national defense re-
quires the closing of the canal TO an
enemy's ships. these Senators argue that
we should have exercised the power and
the right to close it, as all treaties are
abrogated by war.
The failure of the Senate to secure to
the United States the right to erect per-
manent Notifications. it is claimed, leaves
the great principle Of the treaty in force.
In like vein it is argued that the abroga-
lion and no invitation to adhere amend
ments put in are of small consequence.
On the toher hand, Senators who IA
vored an all-American canal claim they
have won decided victory. The right
to close the canal against an enemys
ships is the principal thing they have
been struggling for, and that they have
secured. They have also abrogated the
remnants of the old compact and thus
gained for the United States free hand
in Central America. Again. they derive
satisfaction from the fact that the Unit
ed States is not now to go to other pow
ers and ask their consent to the construc-
ton Of an American waterway. Thus
both sides appear to be reasonably well
catiSfied
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27
Told inaE Few Lines.

Big floods in Mexico. Hundreds OF
cattle drowned.
Methodist Church has 100000 in
vested in schools and colleges.
John Il. wilkins of Chicago lost his
life in saving woman from Il runaway
team.
The Mayor of Omaha has ordered
glove contests or prize fights to be stop
ped in that city.
A large shipment of potatoes, first of
the kind, will soon be made from Wash
ington 10 China.
The Swiss government has decided the
Franco Brazilian boundary dispute prac
tically in favor Of Brazil.
T. w. Barstow has been elected presi-
dent of the Standard Oil Company TO
succeed the late 4. NJ. Gregor.
Chicago Federation of Labor invites
negro laborers To join the unions. A
radical departure.
Willie Heinrich. Bell Plaine. y. Y,
attached turkey wings io his arms, then
Jumped off the house. He's badly done
up
Mrs. George NJ. Pullman. widow of the
palace car magnate. denies the report
that she will marry Gerard Berry. por-
trait artist.
A pupil ut the public school in Arm
strong. Mo-, refused 10 study Latin. and
was expelled. His father, Methodist
preacher. took the matter before Tie
board. with the result that Latin is now
an optior
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27
MADE H S OWN GRANDFATHER.
Decision of Court STRANGELY Affect.
lanes Harfweil of Alhinn. H..

Decision of Court STRANGELY Affects
James Hartweil of Albion, H..
Through peculiar holding of the
courts James Hartwell of Albion, ILL.,,
has been declared his own grandfather at
Binghamton. y. Y. The discussion that
brought ont this peculiar relation arose
over the disposition of S115. In 1897
there lived at Albion, ILL.,, widow NAM
ed Swan and a young man named James
Hartwell. The widow was 40 and the
man 21, but they fell in love and were
married. Last year he died, leaving
clause in his will bequesthing $1t5 to
my grandfather. James Hartwell, and
in event Of his death it shall revert TO
my wife" The wife succeeded after le-
gal advice in cutting out the living grand
father on the following Interpretation:
James Hartwell, her husband, was dead.
and James Hartwell. his grandfather.
was living, but James Hartwell was his
own grandfather. so the money reverted
TO her. James Hartwell, her husband.
was his fathers father-in-law because his
father married her daughter. Her hus-
bands fathers father-in-law is her ma
ternal grandfather, therefore her husband
is his own fathers father-in-law and is
the same as his grandfather, and, being
dead, entitled to the amount of the be-
quest.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27
|POlPnCAro AND
PREAluER

The old St. Michael's Roman Catholic
Church in Baltimore celebrated its gold
sn jubilee recently.
About 5000 ministers took part in the
corsummation Of the union of the Free
aud United Presbyterian churches Of
Scotland few days ago.
Trinity College, Washington. d. c..
the first Catholic institution for the high
er education of women, was recently ded-
icated with imposing ceremonies.
Mr.. S. NJ. Sayford has been appointed
secretary OF the New England Evangel-
istic Association, succeeding Mr.. j. E.
Gray. who had served for a long term
of years.
The 200 Boer prisoners at Camp Dead
wood. st. Helena, have a thriving Chris
tan Endeavor society. 1t was started
at Camp SiDionstown. South Africa.
Sometimes over 1000 attend.
A. Il. Steele Of Atlanta, Ga. has given
5000 each to the Orphans Home of the
Methodist Church South Mt Decatur. Ga.
the Home for the Friendless in Atlanta,
and the Agnes Scott Institute. at Deca-
tur.
Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, has ap-
pointed committee t. take charge of
the arrangements for a tablet to perpet'
uate the memory of the late Thomas G..
Sherman. who was an old and prominent
member of that church.
The Universalist Leader states that
the Rev. DIR. Perrin has started on his
evangelistic tour for the spiritual awak-
eniEg of the people connected with the
Univcrsalist denomination. The raising
of the twentieth century fund will be
part OF his work.
II is officially stated that the American
board this year has not only paid its run
ming expenses but has also paid the ad-
ditional amount Of $4,000. made neces-
sary by the conditions in China and In
board about $4,000.
The Bishop Of Liverpool has issued Al
new code of rules for confirmation. He
desires that girls should refrain from the
use of long pins in the hair, as the pres
ence Of such pins frequently results in
the bishops fingers being lacerated dur
ing the laying on of hands"
The Rev. Martin s. Howard has COM
pleted his thirty second year as pastor of
the First Congregational Church at Viii
braham, Mass. He is 40 years old. Dur
ing his pastorate he has preached more
than ]. 500 sermons. ofiiciated at $50 fun
erals, and solemnized III marriages.
The Rev. Ella Groendyke. sister of the
Rev. Montgomery Groendyke of Hart
ford City. Ind. has been sent to Sierra
Leone, where the massacre of the mis-
sionaries occurred last year. She has
already spent four years in Africa and
will undertake to rebuild the destroyed
missions
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27

wins place. which is 332 South Thirty
seventh street, only two doors from my
house, when two men jumped out on me.
"One of them had pistol and he shov-
ed it in my face. and said if l made any
noise he wo:!d do for me.
"Then he said L am the sheriff of Har-
py County; you are Eddie McGee. and I
arrest you for robbing your aunt of $500
II thought that they had made mis-
take, and was not so very scared. But
when was told to get in buggy stand
ing near l felt differently. When l got
in the buggy L was put between the two
men who were masked.
I'VE had not gone very far when n man
on a horse rode up and spoke TO my cap
tors, asking if they had me. Then he
rode ahead. We drove south in Thirty
seventh street at a trot. All the time l
was trying to show that l was not Eddie
McGee.
''As the buggy neared Leavenworth
street | saw a car coming. and looking
through the lighted windows as it slack
ed up. l could see the conductor, who
was an acquaintance of mine. l said
that he would identify me. With that
the man driving whipped up his horse
and turned the corner.
When we reached Fifty-sixth and
Center streets, near Ruscrs Park, was
blndfolded. should say we drove about
three miles afterward and when We came
to stop / was carried out Of the buggy
and up some steps and inside house.
was taken through the halls and as the
bandage was off my eyes l saw that there
was no furniture. Everything was bare.
when l got to the second foor-the
top-r was placed in a room and chained
to the floor One fellow. who afterward
stayed with me. began drinking and pret-
ty soon began TO talk. He said that there
were six men in the scheme to carry me
off and that they had been laying for me
for four months.
"He also said he was from Denver
and that the first plan was TO steal one of
never had a chance.
II slept in chair that night. which
WAS Tuesday. and was mighty tired the
next day. The men who guarded ME
treated me well enough. but said my faith
er would have to put up the stuff to get
ME back | had something TO eat. but
the food was coarse. Wednesday night
| heard the front door slam and some
one came running upstairs.
1T was late. but before | had time TO
think and after he had whispered TO the
taller. | was blindfolded and put in a
one-horse wagon. Almost before l knew
il | was united. the cloth taken from my
eyes. and l was told 10 dig out.
.'You know the rest. l was found Mt
Thirty-sixth and Leavenworth, only three
blocks from home"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27
This and That.


Big smelter at Helvetia, A. T., burned.
Loss 100000.
There are over 100 American teachers
engaged in the schools of Porto Rico.
At Walnut Grove. Miss, robbers crack,
ell the postofiice safe and secured $500.
Miller & Miller's wood working factory.
Richmond. Va, is in ashes. Loss S15,-
600.
Gov. Gen Wood has issued orders in
cooperating all the Cuban rural guards
into one body.
Omaha. Neb.. has inaugurated cam
paign against the Sunday theatcr and the
posting of obscene theatrical bills.
London Truth said that Queen Victoria
would offer Lord Pauncefote viscountcy
diplomatic service.
The apple crop in Baden, Germany.
was so abundant that the assistance of
soldiers had to be asked for its harvest
ing.
Attempts will soon be made by Califor
mia merchants to put fresh asparagus on
the market in London and other places in
Great Britain.
Ed. Shanks. Seattle. Wash, owner of
biggest gambling den in the Northwest,
was killed by W. f. Langdon. who claims
self-defense.
Smallpox has become so prevalent
among the lumber camps in northern
Wisconsin that the State Board of
Health has recommended that logging
crews everywhere should he vaccinated.
During the past year the State of
Pennsylvania has purchased more than
100000 acres of land to he used as
forestry reservation. The policy of using
land that is not adapted to agriculture for
the purpose of timber culture aas beer
adopted by both Pennsylvania and New
York.
Louisville is preparing TO spend 500.
600 to make knights Templar feel a!
home at the triennial conclave, Aug. 81
to 30.
Bias Aguirre, an American, who led
raid from Texas into Mexico and killed
J. Cajeda, has been sentenced TO death
in Mexico.
During the last ten years Georgia ha:
increased in population more rapidly thar
Ohio. Ohio gained 4S5. 5.229, which is ar
increase OF 1872 per cent. Georgia ha.
gained 31S,97S. which is 2O.6 per cent
This is probably the most rapid gain Of
any State in the South, except Texas
which is the most progressive as well a.
populous.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-12-27
HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED.
Cudahy Boy Tells Thrilling Story OF
His Abduction and Release.

ipoy SsOAS "
His Abduction and Release.
Edward Cudahy, Jr.. son of the mill
ionaire Omaha packer, who was kidnapped
and returned to his home upon payment
of a $4,000 ransom by his father, told
the story of the kidnapping to the police
Thursday. Edward A. Cudahy, the faith
er. gave out statement telling about
the demand for the ransom and the meth
cd Of payment. His experience was little
less thrilling than that of his son. The
letter written by the kidnapers demand
ing the $4,000 ransom was also given
out. Mr. Cudahy announced he would
pay $4,000 reward for the arrest of the
abductors of his son. He offered 5000
for one, or $4,000 for two of them.
Young 'Cudahy's story as related to the
Omaha chief of police is as follows.
Il was abducted in such a strange way
that l could not believe for time that
the matter was really serious; in fact.
thought il was some kind of game.
1T was somewhere around o'clock
Tuesday night, as near as l can remem-
Der, and l was on my way home from
Captain Rustin's house. 2O5 Thirty-sev-
cnth street, and had reached Gen. Cor