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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
LATE NEWS.I ITEMS.

Oil has been discovered % miles
from Havre, Mont. The indications
warrant the belief of the existence CT
large quantities of the oil.
Congressman w. l.. Jones of Wash
ington decided to appoint John |. Hess
of Goldendale, Klickitat county, as
cadet to Annapolis and Claude o. Bas-
sett of Spokane, alternate.
At San Francisco Mrs. Frieda Baker,
wife of a commission clerk, was kill
ed recently by Michael Nihall, a bar
keeper in fit of jealousy. Nihall then
turned his weapon on himself, inflict-
ing a slight wound.
At Portland, Ore, Alexander Smith
of Nassau, N. H., professional OF the
Spokane Country Club, recently de-
feated John Moffatt, the WaVerly
Golf club professional. The match
was for SO holes, for purse of $loo
Men of prominence in the world Of
finance who make New York theil
Headquarters and visit the nationa
capital on matters connected VIII
their varied business interests ar
roundly crticizng the administrator
for the crusade against the trusts, al
exemplified in the Northern Securities
| case.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24

New Castle, Wyo.-The mystery sur
rounding the disappearance several
weeks ago of j. w. Church and his
wife, formerly Of Omaha, Neb., but
more recently engaged in ranching
near here, has been cleared up by the
confession of "Slim" Clifton, who has
been under arrest on suspicion Of hay
ing murdered the couple. Clifton ad-
mits having killed them and has told
the authorities where the bodies were
buried by him. When confronted with
evidence recently unearthed by Lew
Jenney of Gillette, Clifton broke down
and confessed his crime. Clifton is a
rancher and lived near the Churches.
The bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. W.
Church, the ranchman and his wife,
whose murderer. w. c. Clifton, now In
jail at Newcastle, has confessed, were
found two and one half miles from
their ranch buried three feet deep.
The searching party had been directed
to the spot by Clifton in his comics.
sion. Threats of lynching Clifton are
made
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
Portland Mill Owners Dictators.

Portland, Ore, April 23.-The four
teen sawmill and lumber manufacture
ing firms of this city have given no.
tice that they would refuse to sell lum'
Der of any description to local con
tractors until the differences between
settled. Already 800 carpenters have
been laid off as result of the scarcity
of lumber, and within two weeks it is
probable that all building operations
in the city will be tied up unless set
Element is effected. 1t is estimated
that 5000 men will be thrown out OF
employment
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The Palouse country now enjoys
the sudden days of sunshine.
Last week 400 tons of timothy hay
was sold at Ellensburg at $40 per ton.
A lodge of Free and Accepted Ma.
sons has been organized at Kettle
Falls.
At Davenport last week Mr.. and
Mrs. N. 7. Cation celebrated their gold
en- wedding.
ST Victor, who has been under sus
picion for the murder of c. +. Then
mis- at Govan some weeks ago, has been
arrested.
Water has been obtained by the
The Yakima County Horticultural
union has dissolved and the Yakima
County Horticultural union, lncorpo-
rated, succeeds it.
well drillers working on the well for
the Connell Land & improvement COM
pany at Council at depth of 267 feet,
The annual session of the Inland
Empire Teachers association at Walla
Walla closed last week with an excur-
sion to Whitman monument. Pendle'
ton was chosen for the next meeting.
While driving seeder on the ranch
of ]. H. McCully, six miles from Day
ton, Grover McCully fell off and was
dragged 100 feet, being probably IA
tally injured. The boy is II years old.
On the connecting line now being
built by the Northern Pacific from
Coulee City, the terminal of the Wash
ington Central line, to Adrian, on the
Great Northern, the laying of rails
has commenced.
Nicholas de Jasserand, marine en-
gineer, shot his wife twice through
the body and attempted suicide on a
street in Seattle recently. Both will
recover The desperate act of the hus-
band was result of domestic troubles.
M. N. Knuppenburg, secretary of the
Yakima Land & Live Stock company,
has finished a preliminary survey for
high line ditch to water the land in
the Mckee, to the north of Sunnyside
and on the Columbia slope. This COM
pany owns about 10000 acres in the
Mckee country, but the total amount
of land that will be watered by this
ditch is 100000 acres.
A heavy purchase of timber land
was made by Spokane investors re-
Gently and as result new sawmill
will be erected this spring on Newman
lake to cut the lumber. The transfer
is of 200 acres scattered around New
man lake, upon which 100000 feet
of timber is standing. The considera-
ton is $4,000. The purchase is made
by Dorlon Mihills and d. T. Ham from
the Inland Lumber company, Min
nesota concern. The timber is of q
fine quality of soft yellow pine.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
HOT TIME At BUTTE.
Western Union Messengers Were
Egged.


Butte, Mont, April 23.-The trouble
between the Western Union Telegraph
company and the American District
Telegraph company and striking mes
senger boys, backed by every labor Or
ganization in Butte, reached climax
when mob of boys and men sur
rounded the telegraph office, barrl-
caded the doors and proceeded to
smash the windows. Manager B. Posey
of the American District Telegraph
and the operators are held in close
corners in the building and their ap-
pearance at the windows is followed
by a bombardment OF eggs and decay
ed vegetables.
The police refuse to extend any aid
to the telegraph company and are
laughing at the damage done.
The strikers declare every Western
Union wire, including the Associated
Press wire, will be cut.
The disturbance followed after the
companies had abandoned the effort
to deliver messages with girls and en-
ployed men. Every man at the mes
senger office who ventured forth was
egged, and one fellow was stuck head
first into barrel of decayed vege-
tables and nearly smothered. He was
unconscious when they had finished
with him.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
EIGHT PERSONS WERE KILLED
AND TEN INJURED IN A WRECK
ON ERIE RAILROAD.
Wrecked Trains Caught Fire and Sew
eral Bodies Were Burned Beyond
ecognition-Dispute as to the
Cause of Wreck-Tracks StreWn for
Rods With Wood, Coal and Iron.

jamestown, N. Y, April 22.-Eight
persons are dead and 10 injured, three
of them seriously, as the result OF
collision between a passenger tram
and a freight train on the Erie rail-
road near Redhouse, N. Y.
OF the dead, only one, Robert N.
Hotchkiss of Meadville, a brakeman,
mas been identified. Seven bodies, al
parently those OF three men, three wo-
men and a child, were burned beyond
recognition in the fire which followed
the wreck. The women are said 10
have boarded the train at Youngstown
and to have come from Pittsburg.
r. S. McCready, mail weigher OF
Meadville, Pa, and frank Barrett OF
jamestown, a travelling salesman, are
missing, and it is likely two OF the uu-
identihed bodies are those OF the two
men.
The wrecked passenger train was
known as No. 4, running from Chicago
to New York. The engine was in
charge of Engineer Samuel Cook and
Fireman Bell of Meadville. The train
was made up of one combination car,
two day coaches, three sleepers and
two private cars. The train was de-
rallied by striking freight train which
was taking a siding at Redhouse. The
wreck took fire and the combination
car, the coaches and two sleepers, to-
gether with several freight cars, were
consumed.
There is some dispute as to the
cause of the wreck.
The freight was drawn by two en-
gines. Some trouble was experienced
in entering the siding, and the fore
most engine of the freight was sent in
along the siding with a tiagman to
hold the express. 1t is alleged that
the operator in the tower, Lawrence
vale, boy II years of age, saw the
light engine of the freight, which was
bringing up the flag, and supposed the
freight was on the siding behind. it.
Vale then displayed white signal to-
ward the passenger train, indicating
to the engineer that he had clear
track The engineer on the passenger
train failed to see the flagman sent
out from the forward engine of the
freight train and saw only the clear
ance signal from the tower.
The train ran toward the east end of
the siding at high speed and collided
with the second engine of the freight
train just as it was about to clear the
main line. The passenger engine and
some of the coaches crashed into a
small wooden structure used as feed
store and school. The first half dozen
cars of the freight were wrecked. II,
were cars loaded with coal. Fire i'm
meuiately started in the wreckage,
creating an intense heat All but
three of the cars Of the express fol-
lowed the engine and the whole mass
of wreckage was soon in flames. The
tracks were strewn for rods with
burning wood and coal and heaps of
twisted iron work.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
Washinuton's Grain Report.

Tacoma, Wash, April 20.-State
Grain Commissioner Arrasmith is back
from a trip of observation through
whitman, Spokane, Adams, Lincoln
and part of Douglas counties. He
said:
81 find conditions good, much bet
ter than usual, with the single excep-
ton that the crop is later in the
ground. Heavy rains last fall soaked
the soil well, and 1t was in fine condi-
ton for planting this spring, conse-
quently grain has good start. There
was big falling off in the acreage
Of fall wheat, fully SO per cent, but
this is more than made up by the in
creased acreage sown to spring wheat.
Judging from what have seen and
can learn, the total increase in acre
age will amount to at least 10 per cent.
The largest increase is in Douglas, Lin.
coin, Adams and Franklin counties,
due to the coming in Of new settlers,
eho are opening new farms. Many
old settlers are increasing their acre
age. Spring seeding will not be com
pleted before about May 10. 10 days
or two weeks later than last year.
81 find there is still considerable
wheat back in the country that VIII
come to this market. Most of the
farmers held more wheat than they
are using for seeding purposes, ant
as soon as the spring work is finished
thew will send it to market"
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24

Washington, April 23,-secretary
Root has directed the courtmartial of
a number of army officers in Alaska
who have been charged with making
use of commissary supplies for their
individual profit. 1t appears that they
have been purchasing supplies at cost
and selling them at a great profit,
something they could do because If
the freight rates on goods shipped
into Alaska.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
Car Crashed Into Freight.

Pittsburg. April 2O.-Because an
electric brake refused to work a crowd
ed electric car ran away Sunday in
Allegheny, wrecked carriage, broke
through the safety gates Of the Fort
Wayne railroad, derailed fast NOV
ing freight and then went to pieces.
Almost all Of the "A passengers aboard
the car were hurt, though only one
fatally.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
Curis Benson Found Guilty.

Tacoma, April 22.-Chris Benson on
trial at Olympia for the murder of
Jailer Morrell, was found guilty of
manslaughter, after the jury had been
out seven hours. The instructions of
the trial Judge were such the jury
could hardly find a verdict of murder
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24
Shot the Girls Stepfather.

Columbia City, Ind, April 21.-Al-
bert Goodman, aged 20, Sunday night
shot and instantly killed Frank STAN
smith at the latter's home, eight miles
from hereS
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24

.HovE1
the city
.irable a.
from an a
Spacious
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coming
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24

Over 100000 Bibles are sold every
year in Chicago. The sale is better
than any 10 of the so called best sell.
ing books,
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-24

Washington, April 22.-Civil Service
Commissioner William D. Foulkes has
under consideration the question of re-
signing from the commission.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
A LESSEN FROM A CIRCUS.

The general staff of the French
army was all present at the scene
of the battle of Sedan recently for
the purpose of receiving an object
lesson in American organization in
moving, housing and feeding an
army of people. The first of the
four big trains of Barnum e. Bal
ley's circus arrived at o'clock, and
by 8 hot and elaborate breakfast
for 700 was served at tables. Mean
while every tent had been erected
and every seat mounted. Costumes
had been unpacked and hundreds Of
horses stabbed, curried and fed.
The staff declared that even the
crack artillery regiments could not
equal the performance, and the
Thirty-sixth field artillery regi-
ment was ordered out from barracks
to entrain and detrain. Various
faults were pointed out by Mr..
Bailey and his superintendent. A
stenographer took down the sugges-
tions, which will later be embodied
in report to the minister of war.
The staff was served with supper in
the circus tent, and then the whole
circus melted away toward the next
town in three hours.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
And He WInketh Not.

If there is one thing more annoy
ing than another that cabinet Off
Ger has to contend with, it is the oft
repeated rumor that he is about to
resign or that the president is trying
to force him out. Both Secretaries
Gage and Long grew very tired an
swering questions about their tenure
of office long before they were ready
to step out, and now Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of
the Interior Hitchcock are having
the same experience.
"I'll tell you what I'll do when l
get ready to leave" said Secretary
Wilson to knot of inquirers the
other day. '1'll wink my left eye
very impressively, and then you'll
know that the resignation is in"
"But you may forget some day
and wink when you have no inten-
ton of conveying that idea," he was
told.
"Don't be alarmed" was the an
swer of the head farmer of the gov
ernment. "You know the Scripture
says, Cursed be he that winketh
with the eye.'"
Which was taken to mean that he
has no immediate intention of quit
ting Washington Letter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29

"Hirudo day" is an anniversary
in New Jersey that is never heard
of elsewhere. 1t is the day on which
the men who gather leeches for
medical use go to town to collect
their pay, leaving it till this partic-
ular day. Lecch buying is not the
work for novice. The question Of
price is not at all involved in the
game, as the leech catchers have the
only trust permitted on New Jersey
soil, and they fix the price per dozen
at which they will sell. Their prices
range from $3.50 to $3.50 per doz-
en- this year, according to the age
of the leech. A leech under the age
of eighteen months is not a medici-
nal leech. His suctorial proboscis
is not fully developed until he passes
seventeen months, although he ac-
quires full set Of semicircular
teeth in his jaws at the age of one
wear
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
LOCUST GROVE.

Reed Downs was visiting
friends in the Cove.
Mrs. Annie Plessinger is serl-
ously ILL.,
George Diehl and Charles
Crookes were at Rays Hill
Hello, boys. Next time you go
out Saturday evening take your
sleighs with you.
Will Diehl took a sleigh ride to
the Valley with Miss Layton.
Miss Verna Downs is visiting
in the home of Samuel Diehl, and
other friends.
Lemuel Smith has now got the
cage; next will be the bird.
A umber of the young people
were expecting merry sleigh
ride to Pleasant Grove to attend
an institute, but were disappolnt-
ed.
John Morgret is done saving
at one set, and will move to an
other.
Rettle Hixon is working for
Andy Mellott.
Miss Lilly Layton visited her
cousin Grace.
Emory Diehl made trip to
Franklin Mills Thursday. Make
good use of the snow, Emory.
Miss Bessie Sharp is working
for her grandfather, Abner Mel
lott.
We think that Ira Smith is
learning the road.
Harry Plessinger will move in
the near future.
Miss Grace Layton spent a few
days in the Cove.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
A Singular Competition.

A singular contest has just taken
place near Birmingham. Stones
were placed yard apart for hun
dred yards, and local butcher had
undertaken to pick each one up sep
arately and return it to basket at
the end of the line. The time al
lowed to accomplish this perform
ance was fifty-fve minutes, and the
butcher succeeded in finishing in
forty-eight minutes. The task is
not so simple as it first appears, for
when in the seventies he was run
ming something like $50 yards for
each stone, which was increased to
200 at the finish. In this way he
covered a considerable distance-it
is estimated between five and six
miles.-London Standard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29

nice lot of Dress Goods and Waistings,
splendid line of Fancy and Staple No
tions
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
How Russell Sage Is Guarded.

Mr.. Sage's Office is in the building
occupied by the National Bank OF
Commerce, in Nassau street. In an
anteroom sits his faithful guardian
and confidential man, Mr.. Menzies,
through whom the aged fnancier
must be reached. Mr.. Menzies is
protected by partition having a
latticed wire top with iron spikes
reaching to the ceiling. 1t would
be impossible for a man to climb
over these spikes or to throw a
bomb between them. Mr.. Sage is
not always accompanied in the
street or in travelling between his
home and Office by a bodyguard or
detective. Frequently he goes about
entirely alone and seemingly is
without fear except when in his Of
fice.-New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
"THANK YOU VERY MUCH"

escorted them to the room of the
committee on military affairs to dis
play to the visitors the handsome
frescoes of that apartment.
"Thank you very much," said one
Of the ladies, and then she slipped
into Senator Hawley's hand silver
quarter.
"My dear madam" said Senator
Hawley, 81 am one of the senators
from Connecticut, and you cannot
expect me to accept anything for
doing you kindness"
"Goodness graciousw exclaimed
the lady. care you senator? I
thought you were a doorkeeper. -
Washington Letter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
ScheeI's Prompt Reply,

Fritz Scheel, director of the Phil
adelphia orchestra, has a fondness
for American slang and colloquial-
isms that is far in excess of his apt
ness in acquiring the exact words
and sense. When he first came to
Philadelphia in the summer of 1899,
he was struck by the expression
"out of sight" spoken with fine
heartiness to indicate pleasure and
satisfaction with the general order
of things. Scheel determined to
make use of it at the first oppor-
tunity and to that end repeated it
over and over to himself, always
keeping in mind the circumstances
under which it should be uttered.
Mr.. Elias met the musician one aft
ernoon when the latter was playing
at Woodside park and cheerily called
out:
GLOW are you, Fritz"
"You don't see me- was Scheel's
prompt and amazing rcply.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
HARRlSONvlllE.

Miss Sadie Barber spent Sat
urday night with Miss Bertha
Wilson.
Mrs. Jane Decker is danger
ously ill.
N. S. Strait and Miss Roxy M.
Sipe spent Christmas with Miss
Roxy's sister at Foltz, Franklin
county.
We are glad to hear that the
Knobsville correspondent gets
al ing so well on his beer and ma
tive herbs. We are away off in a
lonely place where we can't get
that many doses a year.
The memory of our good friend
Il. p. Schooley runs back as he
sits by his comfortable fireside
these long winter evenings to the
times when his grandmother
spent her evenings with the little
spinning wheel, preparing fax or
wool for domestic use. This led
Dick to go to the garret and
brush the dust off the old wheel
and bring it down stairs. and now
he takes great pleasure in show
ing his friends how the wheel did
its work..
Our friends down on Pleasant
Ridge say they have plenty OF
wood to keep them warm this
cold weather; plenty to eat; plen-
~ to wear not much to do, and
al the neighbnrs are sociable and
each minds his own business. -
We wonder whether there are
any houses for rent over there
Editor
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
Our Meat Exports.

The total annual export value of
United States meat, of which beef
forms the principal item, is in round
figures $100,000,000. If we add to
this the distributive sales of the va
rious packing establishments in the
United States for the domestic mar
ket as well, we find that it reaches
the enormous total of 1000, 900 car
loads, valued at 81, 900, 100000. Add
ed to this is the value of the many
byproducts of the packing house,
which amount to many millions
more.-Leslie's Monthly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29
Mldshlpman Once More.

Twenty years ago the term enid
shipman," to designate the young
man at the Naval academy, was
abandoned and the meaningless
"naval cadet" was substituted for it.
Now, by the naval appropriation act
just passed, the old form is restored.
Every lover of Cooper and Captain
Marryat and Clark Russell and
other romanccrs of the sea will be
glad to welcome back the good old
title of midshipman.-Youth's Com
rsaoa