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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-30
MINISTER CAUSED
A GENERAL ORDER, y
Death of the Reverend r. P. Farris
Recalls His Civil War
Experiences.
HELD IN GRATIoT PRISON.
President Lincoln Became Person
ally Interested and Peremp-
torily Ordered His
Release.

The death Of the Reverend Doctor Robert
r. F'arris Friday afternoon, removed an In
teresting historic figure.
In the bitterness born Of the Civil War
Doctor Farris was the victim of persecu-
ton. 1t was the injustice of that persecu-
ton and the intercession with President
Lincoln of some of Doctor Farris's friends
that brought into existence one of Lin
coins general orders covering the cases
OF ministers Of the gospel who were &C
cused' of disloyalty.
Robert L. Farrs was a native Missourian
He graduated from Yale University In 1917
and became minister OF the Presbyterian
Church. He was Il years old when lie died.
The famous Gratiot Street Prison was for
time the scene of Doctor FarrIss cap
tivity in Civil War times. 1t was in 1867
that q case OF general disloyalty" was
made against him. and he was condemned
TO be confined in a military prison during
the war.
Doctor Farr1s has told the story OF some
of his experiences of that time. He said
The same evening, with the Reverend
Nj. Dimes and others. I sent under
guard to Gratiot Street Prison. St Louis
prisoners was about 100. nearly all of them
noncombatant civilians, caught at their
homes in every part of the State. 1ncarcer-
sent TO the Alton Military Prison to make
room for others in Gratiot Street.
OPINION WAS A CRIME.
when the official in charge was remon-
strated with for imprisonng and Danish
ing men OF the highest standing, and the
most prudent, quiet citizens whose only
, crime was their natural sympathy with
their kindred and the people OF their native
South, he replied that II he did not send
them away they will soon drive US out
During my Imprisonment in Gratiot
huodled together like cattle night and day,
In the building, for there was no yard in
which they could breathe fresh air and ex-
ercise. Clothing and food. sent TO them by
After six weeks imprisonment, nv sen-
tence was committed to Punishment to any
point north and east Of ST. Louis and I
was released on parole. that might make
my, my preparations to go into exile: Await
order to arrange for the comfort OF my
Iamiy during my absence, I remained on
parole IN st. Louis for six weeks.
,,,,,h IN inc meantime meantime. at the suggestion and
Reverend F. N. Ewing Of Illinois and
Judge David Davis of the United States
supreme Court, l brought my case, with
ateS.ilionlais from Union men as to my
character ano conduct, to the attention of
Mr.. Lincoln "a
The speedy result WAS a general or
DER, covering all such cases. and Mr.. Lin
cor, assurance, in his handwriting. that
would be released under the ORDER / pre-
sehteo that assurance to the authorities
ana after much equivocation 1 was ordered
70 go INTO exile at Chicago. Before going
10 Iinicaso' ! addressed q note to Judge
paNis, at Washington, D. c.. informing
MN OF the turn affairs had taken. and ask
ing whether Mr.. Lincoln had anv authoritv
In Missouri! "S
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-30
OBTAINS a sPECIAL oRpER

ne Juuse promptly waited on the Pres
iuent. oDtained special order for my un-
conditional release, and took pains to see
that order safely through the War Depart
nnei to the Adjutant General of the Hrmy.
rom WhoEl 1t must come to the military
authorities in Missouri
1t was after four months absence that T
Presidents unqualified Endorsement of nv
the gospel "a
Some years ago Doctor Farris wrote that
he was still under arrest for an ' offe er
committed in war time. This is his .wn
story of the occurrence:
svnoa 0 D, 1854 bare quorum Of the
In ST. Louis. In order to assemble and
transact ecclesiastical business. they were
fbs to comply with what is known as
they had each to subscribe an oath of 10y
atty and to require such an oath of any
member claiming his seat
Should they allow a member to sit with,
OUT eXactlng 1t of him, they should be Gis>
r pessed by the military I claimed my seat
taken the oath-claimed my seat by virtue
OF my membership In the Presbytery of ST
Louis, one of the constituent parts of the
law of the church. 1 desired to see whether
my brethren would obey the church's law
or the command of a military man.
They set at naught the constitution Of
the church, submitted to be governed by
military order. and would not allow me to
take my seat.
Marshal. who was in the house OF Coz to
swear In the ministers and elders, and
thus qualify them for attending to religious
business. and whose duty it was to see
that the military order was obeyed, ar
rested me and put me on my parole to
appear when called for
Having never been called for, am
still under arrest for presuming to go to
a synod without taking the oath of 10y
atty
For many years Doctor Farris has re-
sided in St. Louis and counted among his
best friends many of those who were op-
posed to him in opinion in the stormy days
Of 1861 to 1865.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-30

Carolina Vondy sued the st. Louis Tran
for $4,000 for injuries alleged to have been
received June II. In getting off car of
the Midland division, near the Wabash
tracks. she was thrown by the car being
started. and her left hip was hurt and she
received other injuries, it is alleged.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01
KILLED iNCLE.ELUM THURSD'Y
John Brennan Looses his Life Trying to Cross
in Front of Moving Traiu.

John Brennan, young man about ~
years old, employed by the Northwest
ern Improvement company as miner
in the Gle Elum coal mine, after attend
ing a ball and accompanying his lady
companion home started to walk to his
family residence, on the Northern Pa
clic track. AS it was 1 o'clock in the
morning it was impossible for any one
to see him, and consequently it is not
known what train struct him and crush
ed him, so that Identification was i'm
possible were it not for scarf pin and
a scar on hand that was found severed
from the arm.
He was popular young man, with a
host of friends, particularly among the
miners, upon whom it had the effect of
making the day a sorrowful Christmas.
He leaves a mother, brother, several
sisters and a stepfather,
The remains are in charge of the act
ing coroner. Young Brennan was very
well known in this city and his many
friends much regret his untimely end.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01
That Dropping Down.

It's dsagreeable, to say the least, tc
have a continual dropping of the ca
tarrhl mucus into the throat It's dan
gerous as well, for this mucus is poison
Gus and wherever it touches it sets up
an inflammation and discharge identical
with the catarrh in the nasal passage.
If is is swallowed and enters the stom-
ach inflammation of the lining men,
branes follows and catarrh of the stom-
ach. indigestion and dysdepsia are re-
sultant features. The course to pursue
in "a case of catarrh is plain. Treat
mont locally to stop the poisonous dis
charge should at once be commenced.
Internal treatment to neutraliZe the
poison which has been absorbed by the
blood and to allay the inflammation which
has probably started in the lining of
the stomach is a necessary aid to per-
manent cure of the catarrhal condition.
The "Mackenzie Method" devised
by the celebrated Sir Morel MacKen-
zie, includes this double treatment.
The Mackenzie Oil, which is power
full antiseptic, is forced into eveJy air
passage and cell in the head. 1t pene-
trates to the minutest cells behind the
nasal passage, and by stopping the dis
charge and relieving the pressure
against the nerves centering near the
eyes, cures absolutely the headaches
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01

Early History of Fruit
(O|~(C~~|~(|C~ ~N~N(1VN%[<l
of KittHas Comfy.

from Walla Walla by VIM. Lyen and
set on his ranch in the spring of 1871.
This place is known as the old Lyen S
place out near the foot hills in the east
end of the valley.
ID. j. and f. ID. Schnebly came up
from Walla Walla and brought some
Lombardy poplars and a lot of fruit
trees, grape vines and roses which they
set out on f. D. Schnebly's claim, now
known as the Charley Schnebly ranch,
in the northeast part of the valley.
Some the popars they brought up
were set out on Elias Messerly's ranch,
now occupied and owned by Ed Cooke.
In the spring of 1873 Tillman Houser,
got some fruit trees from Walla Walla
and set them on his homestead, now
owned by John Clerf, and situated on
the creek below the old Lyen ranch.
In 1873 w. d. Killmour also had some
fruit trees sent in which he set out as
an experiment, as it was generally be-
lieved at that time that fruit could not
be grown in this valley owing to the al
titude and cold winters, and truly fruit
growing was a matter of experiment,
for many years at least, and even as late
as 1889, when the writer camo to this
valley, it was thought that fruit grow
ing was doubtful undertaking, On
the 9th of November of the the same
year, however, election day, Charles b.
Reed, now of Rock Island, Chelan
county, appeared on the streets with a
gunny sack on his shoulder in which he
had about three pecks of beautiful
White Pearmain apples of his own
raising, which he was showing to his
friends. More than fifty mouths were
watering for the lucious fruit and some
how, Charley lost his footing and the
apples were scattered all over the
streets and if every man did not get an
apple it was evident he was not a good
hand at foot ball. Charley was not a
candidate, but he enjoyed the fun and
made the first fruit exhibit ever made
in Ellensburg.
Experiment after experiment was
made with fruit trees: some grew,
others died, but step by step it has been
demonstrated beyond contradiction that
Kittitas valley is not surpassed as a
fruit growing section, the texture of
the soil and climate puts a keeping
quality in the apple that is not found
elsewhere in the United States. Our
fruit is free from worms. We have no
bitter rot, no fire or twig blight. The
plant food in our soil and congenial at
mosphere gives the fruit bloom vitality
that is not found in other soils and To-
calities thus giving us fruit crop
every year. The grains of polon is
more fertile and every bloom is fructi-
fled. Our trees bear too full rather than
not full enough. From small begin
ming, we have become great in the pro-
ductiOn of fruit. Cars are now being
loaded with our fine winter apples and
car loads of fruit trees are finding their
way in this, the only Kittitas valley.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01

Away back through annals of life dc
we remember of eating fruit. 1t was
our delight to get redish apple, pear
or peach, plum or bunch of grapes,
though they be wild, for fruit growing
was in it's infancy in my boyhood days.
In many sections, the apple and pear
and peach, being the only domestic
fruits | remember of seeing. In those
early days we had wild plums, wild
grapes and pawpaws. Most of the APP
pies, pears and peaches were seedlings,
and there was as much wonder at see
ing graft or budded tree as to see an
air ship in these times.
Scientific horticulture has moved
forward and kept pace with all i'm
provements common to man, and we
now enjoy fruits good enough for the
gods. BY cross, polinization, fructlica-
tiOn and formulation, we stand in front,
from scientific standpoint.
Behold, if you will, the golden Grim
washed Baldwin, the gold washed and
crimson cheek of the Winter Blush,
the thin blood red Spitzenburg and
the greasy checked Uwalt and others
represented, toll, patience and skill,
coupled with experience and practice
has brought up to what they are today.
Who are those that have brought
this fruit to its present perfection:
They may be found along the march OF
dozen generations. The trees of those
fruits give evidence of their benefac-
tors. We have been led to wonder if
this fruit is not perfection and equal to
the ambrosial in grandeur.
We have reached the land of fruit and wine,
We plant the tree and prune the vine.
The apple is the worlds renound
fruit of temperate climes. From the
most remote period, it has been the
subject of praise among writers and
poets, and the old mytholigies all en-
dorse it's fruit with wonderful virtues.
The allegorical "tree of knowledge"
bore apples, and the celebrated golden
fruit of the orchards of Hesprus guard
ed the sleepless dragon which was one
of the triumphs of Herules to Stay, were
also apples according to the legands.
Among the heather gods of the north
there were apples tabled to possess the
power of comforting Immortality, which
were carefully watched over by the
Goodies Diana and kept for special des
sert OF the gods. The pallets down
from these gods to our present school
boys, have not changed, all with one
accord, agree that apples are good.
They please the pallets, attract the eye
and fill the husbandmans purse.
In 1861, Kittitas valley was waste
desert, inhabited by the red man, not
a fruit tree or even a shade tree mark
ed the abiding place of the white man,
except at trading post kept by man en-
gagged in trading with the Indians on
the site where Ellensburg now stands.
Tillman Houser came to Kittitas val
ley in 1868. He thinks the first fruit
trees set in the valley were brought in
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01
The Secret of Long Life.

Consists in keeping all the main Or
of the body in healthy, regular action,
and in quickly destroying deadly dis
ease germs. Electric Bitlers regulate
Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, purify
the blood, and give splendid appetite.
They work wonders in curing Kidney
Troubles, Female Complaints, Nervous
Diseases, Constipation, Dyspepsia, aad
Malaria. Vigorous health and strength
always follow their use. Only SOC guar
anteed by H. $. Elwood, duggist
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01

from which so many people suffer daily.
The Mackenzie Blood and Ston ach
Tablets destray every vi-tage Of tie
catarrhal poison in the system. They
invigOrate and increase the power TO
resistance to disease. For further IL
formation write, G. o. GUY, PHI G.
Sole Coast Agent, Seattle, Wash.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01

Horse race, running / mile. best two
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01
Fine Wedding Stationery

We have just received the finest line
ever brought to this city. We use fine
script type and better work cannot be
produced anywhere. See our samples
before giving your order elsewhere.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01
BARGAIN BABIES.

If babies were for sale the most invet-
crate bargain-hunting woman in the
world would not look for bargain baby
She would want the best baby that could
be bought, regardless of price.
Every woman naturally Graves a
healthy, handsome child, and her crav-
ing can be gratifed if she will but re-
member that the child's health is her
own gift, aud to give health she must
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01
Orr Line of Calling Cards.

We make specially of fine printing
.,a nroduce very fine calling cards at
SEATTLE prices. If you use cards. come
;. I'D look over our stock. We guar
ontae satisfaction on all work.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01

3 mich cows for sale bheap. APP
ply at Olmstead ranch, half mile north
of creamery. dl3-27
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01
Finds Way to Live Long.

The startling announcement of dis
covery that will surely lengthen life is
made by editor O. H. Downey, of Chu.
rubusco, Ind. II wish to state" he
writes, ''that Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is the most lial: -.
remedy that | have ever known or
Coughs, Colds and Grip. It's invaluable
to people with weak lungs. Having
this wonderful medicine no one need
dread pneumonia or consumption. Its
relief is instant and cure certain. II. S.
ElwnOd guarantee eve:.y SOC and $l.00
bottle, and gives trial bottles free.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-01

Western Undertaking Parlor, just
cross from stone bank.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-06
A Hopeful Sign.

Strangely enough, those who
want to mutilate our great industrial
animal are not all to be found in
the ranks of the Free Traders.
There are time ProteotioniSts,
still protesting to be, who want to
apply the knife to the elephant-to
let a little blood, under the mistaken
notion that the creature is too
healthy and too strong. AS if a ma
ton or an industrial and CONNER
cial system could have enough of
that sort of thing
The most hopeful sign that we
note in Washington at the moment
is the fact that these Tariff surgeons
have put away their scalpels-ap-
parently for the session. May they
all forget to hunt the blood-letters
up!-New York "Commercial.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-06
made simply for the purpose of en-

made simply for the purpose of en-
abling spectators to get something
for nothing, or to hide enormous
profits by making dividends appear
reasonable, with the object of dis
couraging competition and forcing
employees to be content with small
wages, the trick is fraudulent and
its preparation should be prevented
by process OF law, for dividends on
unjustly inflated capital must, in
order to forestall bankruptcy pro-
ceedngs, be paid both in good
times and in hard times; and when
the hard times come, the payment
can be continued only by increasing
the price of oddities, or lower
ing the wages of laborers, or both.
Hence the public is vitality interest
ed in the private management of
corporations, and the federal gov
eminent very naturally has decided
to exercise the visitorial powers
lodged in it by the constitution, and
compel all corporations dealing in
interstate commerce to publish per-
iodicaliy statements as to their as
sets, profits and methods of trans
acting business.
1t is possible that the new laws
recently enacted will be sufficient
to remedy all the evils complained
of. When the people can find out
by official records what part of the
capital of any corporation is wind
and water, and what is property and
money, they will no longer be duped
into bad investments, and because
of inability to sell their stocks and
bonds worthless corporations will
cease to exist and only the good
ones remain. -Kansa City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-06

ing to the other side, the negro
problem will be solved. One of the
negro's own leaders, strangely
enough, Bishop Turner, subscribes
to this notion.
Many obstacles are in the way of
the colonization scheme. One OF
them IS that not a dozen members
of either branch of congress could
be induced to vote to buy this Mex
lean territory for this purpose. An
other is that Mexico would not sell
the territory for this or any other
purpose. Still another is that the
cost of the territory, providing it
could be bought, and the cost Of
deportation, providing the negroes
would consent to it, would exhaust
the treasury surplus. One more OBJ
lection is that the negroes would
not go there if the territory was
purchased. And another objection
is that the Southern people would
not let the negroes go, even if they
wanted to. 81 * 4 The South needs
the negro. So does the rest of the
country. The negro being citizen
of the United States, and native
born citizen at that, could not be
legally sent out of the country
against his will.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-06
The Deportation Folly.

There is folly in that plan of send
ing the negroes out of the United
States. Tillman, Dixon and many of
the rest of the negro haters have
favored the purchase of territory In
some other country in which to stow
awav the black men of the South.
The present idea is to buy tract in
some part of Mexico large enough,
as the advocates of the project figure,
to support 10 900, 900 or IL, 900, 900
people. There is vast range OF
uninhabited country in some of the
states of the Mexican republic near
est to the United States line, and
the colonizers think that our govern
ment can be induced to buy this
land and send all the Southern black
men to it, keeping out all the whites.
Then, with all the negroes transport
ed to the other side of the Rio
Grande, and with fences erected
around them, preventing them from
getting over to this side of the river
and barring the whites from cross
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-06
- THE -
CHANUTl:
T | N T S
A. H. + u K N E r
EDITOR AND
PROPRIETOR
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1908,
Trusts and the Public.

Commercial corporations have
existed for one hundred years and
over. They are artificial creations
esta bllshed by law and indowec
with certain special powers and
privileges which natural persons do
not and cannot enjoy Briefly
stated, the advantages that result
from the corporate form of organl-
cation are: continuity of life by per
petual succession, the elimination
of personal responsibility upon the
part of the stockholders, and unity
IN control of unlimited capital.
Upon the broad principle that what
legislatures create they may also
control rests the authority which
government is now exercising, and
intends to extend more largely over
the management of these concerns
which a Judge in the early days
qraintly said had no body to be
kicked nor soul to be damned.
The chief points of contact of a
corporation with the public are:
First, with reference to its creditors;
second, W tn reference to investors;
third, with reference to consumers;
fourth, with reference to its en-
ployes. And the most conspicu-
Gus and noxIous features against
which complaint has arisen are:
overcapitalization, lack Of publicity
of operation, discrimination in prices
to destroy competition, tendency to
monopoly, and the insufficient per
sonal responsibility CT officers and
directors, and their disregard OF the
rights of the people for whose bene-
fit corporations are supposed to
exist.
The Democratic party desires to
remedy these evils by experimental
ton, the effect of which cannot be
foretold. The Republican party,
on the other hand, opposes all
doubtful or revolutionary methods
and is trying to bring about a cure
by means of measures which, if they
fail, can do no harm, and If success
full, will lead to fuller knowledge
and more effective laws. The water
ing of stock, which is regarded by
many as the greatest cause of indus
tI,al troubles and financial panics,
should not BIZ looked upon as essen
tally and inherently fraudulent.
Patents, brands, good will, the
capacity and energy of the organiz'
ets, and the possibilities of gain, are
rated as valuable assets in ordinary
businesses, and there is no reason
why they should not be SO consider.
ed also in the case of corporations
But when the increase of stock i: