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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-20

Vienna, Aug. 20.-A dispatch today
says there is severe fighting at
ErminsecO near MOnastir The insur-
gents were driven out by the Turkish
troops with heavy loss The village
was destroyed by bombs
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-20
VETERANS
IN SESSION
Now Transacting Busi-
ness of EnCampment
PICKfTS PLACED ON GUARD
No One Can Enter the Hall Without
Giving the gn-In-
- terest Continues.

San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 20.-The
G. A. R, session opened at the hour
Of nine in the Grand Opera house.
There will be a continuous session
fill four Pickets will be stationed
and a countersign is necessary for all
who wish TO enter the hall.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-20
CALEB ..e..o' DEFENSE.

Georgetown. KY, Aug. 20-The de-
Tense in the Caleb Powers trial is de-
voting the day to testimony to dis
credit Youtsey's statement.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-20
LOS ANGELES PAPER DEFUNCT

Los Angeles, Cal Aug. 20.-The
Evening Mexican, Paul H Blades.
manager and owner ceased publica-
tion today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-20
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.

Chicago, Aug. 2O.-Wheat apened
this morning at SO5s, closing at S01a.
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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-10-29
How to Di>intect sick rooms.

The following is a refreshing diSin.
fectant for a sickroom or any room that
has an unpleasant aroma pcrvading il:
Put some fresh ground coffee in Il sau.
Ger, and in the center place small
piece of gum camphor. which light with
a match. As the gum burns allow sutti
Gent coffee To consume with it. The
perfume is very pleasant and health
full. being far superior to pastilleS and
very much cheaper.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-10-29
The Dawn and Orssonian.

Fer the large number OF people il the
Northwest whose mail facilities will
not permit them 70 ,ake daily news
paper. the Weekly Oregonian ) e>peci-
ally designed. 1t IS edited expressly
for readers in Washington, Oregon and
Idaho coutainiug besides al the in
portant news OF the Columbia river ba-
sin. a systematic presentation ot the
news of the world. supplemented and
e-ucidated 10y editorial comment. writ
ten from the beginning 10 the close OF
every week. Illustrated stories. tray
cling correspondence and feature ar
ticle> add TO the attractivene>> ~ Inc
Oregouian. The regular subscription
price OF the Weekly Oregonian i :l.oV
per year. Given in connection WITH
this paper for l. months for only ol.9o'
saving on the subscription price OF the
two papers of Sl.5O.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-10-29
How to Clean Decanters.

DecanterS or dulled glass bottles
may be made literally as bright as new
by cleansing with raw potatoes anu
water Scrape the raw potatoes into
the bottles, till with cold water and al
low this cleansing solution to remain
in them for several days.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-10-29
How to Stain Floors.

When staining Il floor don't forget to
apply the stain with the grain OF the
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-10-29

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
EX=EMPRESS CARLOTTA OF MEXICO,
MAD FOR MANY YEARS, IS NOW DYING
Ever Since 867 She Has Kept Mock Court in Chateau
Near Brussels, Belgium, Believing That the Murdered
Macmillan, Her Lover Husband Still Lives.

pleased the powers that Mexico should be
an empire. So. like the tempter of old,
they took Macmillan up on an exceed
ingly high mountain, showed him that
kingdom and all the glories thereof and
promised "all these will give unto thee,
Fates last most exquisite touch of
irony In the situation was, that had they
continued the idyllic, unpretentious life
at Miramar. the crown of all the Aus
trians would have come to them through
the suicide in 1889 of Maximilian's
nephew, Crown Prince Rudolph, which
would have made Ferdinand the next
heir had he then been living.
Carlotta, as empress of a country
which wished to be republic, played her
losing game bravely, and even brilliant
ly. In magnificence Of her court, in per-
sonal extravaganza, she was almost
second Eugene. She was sincerely In
terested in her people, gave Macmillan
sage counsel in state matters. restored
the semi-rulned Chapultepec, palace of
the Aztec kings, and rebuilt the cele-
brated "Montezuma bath
When the climax of the Inflated Mex
| lean empire came Macmillan was Ill
with fever. and his presence at the seat
Isof trouble was imperative. The empress
undertook to return to Europe 10 invoke
aid of Napoleon H.. and of the pope But
Napoleon. who had gotten them into this
predicament, was not going to help them
out. Then It was that the first mad
symptoms manifested themselves. She
| left Napoleon In despair, and arriving at
| the Grand hotel in Paris, she had an at
tack of insanity.
In many quarters in Mexico to-day g
more sinister cause for her mental break
down is implicitly believed in. 1t is as
serted that a decoction of the loco
root" which produces insanity, was Sc
cretly introduced into her food by some
disaffected subject. But whatever the
cause Of her madness. it has never lef
her. Reports of her death were sent t
her husband shortly before his own exc
cution, thus sparing him one torment
The ex-empress has been confined TO
many years in the Chateau de BOnchat
near Brussels. For years she has mad
pathetic pretense Of holding court, order
ing the pictures taken down from tn
walls, that she might give them to he
attendants-who would quietly replac
them-and excited by all visitors saw
: her sister-in-law, the late Queen Henri
eta of Belgium. Between her brother
King Leopold, and herself, a GOODNESS ex
, listed. as even her disordered brain ha
received the impressions, current in Bel
r GUM, that he had gambled away a larg
portion Of her once splendid fortune
3 which he held for her in trust.
| In 81 years she had just one momen
: of happiness. That was when she wa
t told Of the death Of Napoleon III.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
LAPEL BUTToNHoLE MUST GO.
Harry Lehr Attempts to Set n New
Fashion In Mems Wear
ing apparel.

Harry Lehr mas started a new brand
of fashion for men. Having for years
devoted his fertile brain TO evolving
wonderful ideas concerning dress and
the behavior of the gentler sex, he has
turned his attention to his brothers in
society by appearing in suit without
tho lapel buttonhole has attempted to
reyolutionize their attire
Mr. Lehr's new suit is a dark brown,
with three-inch checks, and no effort
was made TO have the stripes meet az
the seams It has three buttons and
the collar and lapels are rather wider
than those when have been seen on
fashionables in the last few years
Mr.. Lehrs idea In abolishing the
lapel buttonhole is that the fashion
able man is seldom seen nowadays
with a boutonniere except in the even
ing, and that II is therefore unneces-
sary.
Fashionable tailors do not take kind
ly to the innovation, They say the
buttonhole is not made to carry
flower, but for actual use. The man
ager of a well-knoWn Fifth avenue
tailoring firm which is preferred by
The younger. set Of smart" society
men, in discussing Mr. Lehr's new
clothes and the fall fashions for men.
said: "TaiIors are not making coats
without the lapel buttonhole. I don't
think they will make them. The but
tonhole is not there TO hold a flower,
but that a man may turn up his coli
lar IL he wishes. and fasten il when
walking along a country road or when
the air becomes chilly and he Is not
compelled to be ceremonious. We will
make coats with three and four but
tons. Three buttons suit Mr. Lehr's
figure. as he is inclined to be stout.
"Lapels and collars will be wide.
Exclusive tailors have never counte-
nanced the narrow strips that pass
muster for lapels in some germentJ.
They will also be made heavier tran
usual, as manv Americans are taking
to a custom observed in England this
summer. that Of wearing the lapels
ironed down to the bottom button OF
the coat. With the sack suit the
derby hat is, of course. worn, and lace
shoes with black enamel vamps and
yellow uppers are proper. No iewelry,
not even a scarf pin, should be worn
with the sack suit"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
HOW SARDINES ARE CURED.
should BE Prepared Immediately
After Capture, Then Plunged In
to Boiling Olive OIL.

at is in the spring" said a fish
dealer in the Philadelphia Record.
that the sardine netting begins. Cen
uine sardines are the young of the pill
chard Their name comes from the
fact that they are most numerous of
the coast of Sardinia They swim in
shoals containing millions fsh-shaped
shoals ten miles long and a half-mile
wide. The sardines are netted and
taken at once to the shore They are
washed scraped and sprinkled with
salt The salt IS soon removed. the
head and gills cut off and there is an
other washing Then. on beds OF
green brushes, the fish are dried in
The sun, Next they are boiled in olive
oil till cooked thoroughly.
"The packers-women always-take
them now and pack them in the tin
boxes we all know, filing up each box
with boiling oil, fitting on the lid and
making the box air tight by soldering
the joints together with a Jet of hot
steam. Sardiues are more or less per-
feet, according as they are prepared
more or less Immediately after their
capture. and according as the oil they
are packed in is more or lass pure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
THE SULTAN'S PLAYERS.
Members of This Theatrical Company
Must he Ready TO Go on stage
Night or Day.

The sultan keeps a theatrical COM
pany OF his own, at the head of which
is an Italian. Arturo Stravolo, OF
Naples. All the members of the com
pany, says the London Express. are re-
lations, by blood or marriage, of the
director, Being the sultan's own COM
pany, all the male members wear a
uniform and hold military degrees.
The tenor has the rank of a general.
the baritone that of a major, the first
Violinist is captain. and the horn play
er merely lieutenant The company
do not perform on fixed days, but only
when the sultan wishes 1t. They are
often awakened at midnight. and have
to be ready dressed and made up"
within 40 minutes to play before the
sultan, who generally is himself the
sole audience Abdul Hamid follows
the play attentively. and If anything
is not quite clear he stops the FER
Torrance and has the passage ex-
planned 20 him. Sometimes, however.
the sultan, In fit of melancholy,
leaves abruptly. and the players have
TO stop and so home. The sultan does
not permit children to appear on the
stage. In recent production Of A
Dolls House" two stalwart Albanian
guardsmen acted the part of the chill
dren. Arturo Stravolo. who is a horn
comedian, Is the sultan's favorite.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17

the Hill of the Bells" on June 49, 1867
to die by the pistol shots Of revolution
lists, never knew that the splendid men
tai powers of his devoted wife had given
way under their strain, and that she was
by that time babbling maniac holding
mock court behind barred doors and
asking: why does not the emperor
Gomez"
Carlotta had for 81 years continued
to ask: why does he not Gomez" never
having been told what happened 10 Max
ico's first emperor.
Shakespeare would have done justice
TO a story like Macmillan and Car
lottas His pen could have drawn their
happiness in paradise, Of their early mar
ried life. and then the insidious entrance
of the serpent of ambition, introduced
by scheming statesmen with the cold
hearted Third Napoleon at their head. 1t
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
FEEDING SHEEP ON WOOD.
RsxRt Damage Worked in Many Sec
lions by Close Grazing ON
Young Pine shoots.

With the rapid multiplication of
great flocks Of sheep In the far west has
come the grave question Of providing
the wool bearers with sufficient prov
ender. Many sheep owners in the west
ern mountain regions where there is lit
Gle or no grass to speak Of have partly
remedied the difficulty by feeding their
sheep on wood
Not cordwood, to be sure, but on the
young and tender pine shoots which
abound in the foothills and approaches
of the mountain reserves, says the New
York Herald.
The sheep of the western mountain
regions, generally of those varieties
known as grade" merinos and coarse
woods mixed, are run in fiocks, or
bands" of 1000 to 5000 head, in charge
OF herder, who is assisted by camp
tender" packer" or camp rustler :"
whose business it is to look up range,
move camp and pack in supplies, in
GLIDING salt for the sheep.
In the journey to the mountains the
sheep are usually obliged to follow GER
tain natural highways, and their prog
ress and the work of handling them are
largely governed by the surroundings
In all cases of razing on the pine shoots
the range is cut close, and this close
shaving OF the only vegetable cover, to-
gether with the loosening of the soil. is
working damage in many sections, much
TO the alarm of residents not interested
in wool growing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
HAVE METALS LIvESa
italian Scientists Claim Leads TO
Amusing ConJectures-Crimin
Code VIII Need Revising.

! read that some great Italian scien.
list has discovered that there Is life
In metals. The statement has a
strange, uncanny sound, and it will
take some repetition before we are
Feconciled to it; but, at the same
time, scientific men have been work.
ing up to the discovery for years past
says a writer in London Sketch.
Matter may be regarded as form
Of thought, thought may be regarded
as property Of matter" wrote Hux-
ley 30 or 40 years ago, and from this
statement to the discovery that met
ais exhibit certain phenomena Of life
Is no far cry
The Italian savant declares that IL
is possible to destroy this life in met
als-to poison metal Just as you
can poison man
This aspect Of the discovery vexes
me. for see in the near future SO
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to
metals, with substantial Offices, a
monthly or weekly record Of conyic-
tions, and rich endowments from sen.
stive old ladies' who have devoted the
latter half Of their lives TO keeping
cats and lapdogs in luxury.
There will be an act Of parliame. t
specifying the offenses TO metals that
are punishable b. fine and imprison.
ment Working metals in an unfit
state, packing them improperly, beat.
ing them into shapes they do not
wish to assume-these and similar
crimes must soon come within the
range of the lew
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17

A pig with seven feet is the prodigy c.
G. Nelson a farmer living east of there,
raised and sold to travelling agent this
week to exhibit at fairs. The pig is one
of the queerest freaks ever raised in this
vincinity At the knee joint of one
front leg two well-formed legs branch
out and three az the knee joint of the
other leg. making five front feet. All OF
the feet touch the ground when the pig
walks. the hind feet are natural as in
other pigs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
GAIN comes word that Carlotta. ex-

hAlN comes WUTu lndl CdIlOlld, GA
~ empress, but to-day little more
than a crazed and pitiful remind
er of an almost forgotten international
tragedy, is dying at her chateau in the
environs of Brussels, Belgium. Death to
her would be mercy.
A bride at II. an empress at "a, mad
woman at 20, Carlotta represents in
her own person not only the tragedy Of
a chimerical empire, but the traditional
misfortunes of the luckless house of the
Hapsburgs, and the vanity Of earthly am
billions.
Thirty-seven years ago the beautiful
young empress of Mexico parted with
the lover husband. to whom she had been
married only ten years, to sail across
seas and invoke for him the aid of princes,
temporal and spiritual. They never met
again, and neither ever knew why. Max
imilian. led out with bandaged eyes to
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
NOVEL Tng-nf-XNnr

After quarreling over the respective
strength of horse and mule two farm.
ers at Segovia, Spain, decided to settle
the matter by tug-of-war. The ami.
mails were harnessed one at each end
of cart After a desperate struggle
the mule triumphed, pulling the horss
of its legs and gallopiug away with it
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
which Ray Is Respon.,b,e.

The X-ray operators at Guys hospital
London, where the most extensive use
has been made of X-rays in the treat
ment of disease, suggest that the severe
disturbances reported by Mr.. Edison as
coming from the X-rays are really from
the ultraviolet rays, for in their large
experience in the application of X-rays
In skin diseases no such accidents have
occurred.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17

Recent Investigations show that the
men and boys in Chicago far outnumber
she women and girls This proportion,
saws the Kansas City Star is directly
reversed in Kansas City. as any man
will discover who tries to obtain seat
in one Of Its street cars.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
NoImmedInte hanger.

Prof Small, Of the University Of
iChicago, says war between Germany
and the United States is inevitable
There is no immediate reason, how
ever, saws the Chicago Record Herald.
for the people Of Boston to crawl I'M
der their beds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17

Lynchburg Tenn, has won fame as
the first southern town to indict a
white man for lynching a negro. Evil
IDENTITY, remarks the Chicago Daily
News, Lynchburg aspires TO a civic
reputation far above what It's curious
iy suggestive name would imply.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-10-17
Trained TO 1t,

Secretary Shaw reports that women
are in charge Of SO government light
houses. Women long ago established
heir ability in the light housekeeping
inc. -Washington Post
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-14

hereby known
as the Town of Bell
The meeting shall be held
the school house lots TO- IL IL Of Block of the townsie
of Cornucopa according the plat thereof therst Tuesday
1904 at which meeting full set of officers shall be elected
opening closing the polls anda business said meeting
governed general applicable meetings up
and qualification it's officers said town of Bell shall
be deemed organized possessed Of all the rights and
privileges which granted by other towns this
state
SECTION The said town of Bell shall be chargeabe with
proportion heretofore legally incurred by
said town Bayfield, by section of this ordinance bears to the
value of whole said of said of Bayfield, before the de
chmen of portion and the value Of said town Of Bell shall
the valued said Bayfield, and such attached portion
shown year 1909 such proportion be-
ing the share Indebtedness Of the said town Of Bayfield, which
said town Bell should pay according to the roll of
the said Bayfield, for 1902 and section
672 of the Wisconsin Statutes Of 1898
SECTION Said town Of Bell shall receive from said town of
Bayfield, its share the Credits which shall be apporoned
the Indebtedness of said town of Bayfield, appor
toned provided this ordinance
ton 672 of the Wisconsin Statutes Of 1898.
SECTION This ordinance shall take effect and be enforced
from and after passage and publication CURRIE G. BELL
The following resolution adopted:
WHEREAS the board of supervisors of Bayfield, County has
this day passed ordinance organizing and creating the town Of
Bell
RESOLVED by board Of supervisors Of said county that the
county said county he hereby directed
town. said plat and record be kept in the county clerks Office
ERNEST SAUvE
Dated this 9Th day of May A. D. 1903.
The following resolution adopted:
that exceeding $4,000 Including
expended the of bayfield, repairing the Sioux
River flu be expended said fill the direction Of the chair
men of the town of bayfield, and Washburn.
CUTa1E G. BELL.
Upon bids
painting the with Mahres Fire Proof paint
accompanied by bond equal the of the Did,
bids to be opened at the meeting of the board
Upon motion the board adjourned until June 10TH 1903 10
o'clock M NEIS M OSCAR County Clerk
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-14
Special session.
May 5, 1908.

May 5, 1908.
The Board Bayfield, County met in the Office
County this 9Th day May 1908 pursuant to the o
lowing call:
Call for Special Meeting of the County Board
Oscar County Clerk Of Bayfield, County, Wis;
We the undersigned members of the Board OF
Bayfield, County, Wis., hereby request to call speca meet
ing County Board Supervisors to be held at County
Washburn May 5th 1903 at loOo
purpose organizing and for the TRANSACTION
may legally before such meeting
(Signed) CURRIE G. BELL,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-28
MARRIAGES

A marriage license was issued at the
Office of the Clerk Of the County court
yesterday evening to Mr.. Bernard A..
TlIorp and Miss Annie V. Miller. both
residents of this county. The marriage
took place in this city Tuesday.
A marriage license was issued FRIDAY
evening by County Clerk Bender to
Mr.. John III. Tebo, a railroad fireman,
and Miss Wrilla Smeltzer. both resi-
dents of this county. The marriage
took place in this county on February
26. 1908.
A marriage license was issued at the
office of the clerk Of the County Court
on SATURDAY. evening to Mr.. John Wes-
lev Rice and Miss MYRTLE Leila Wild
never, daughter of Mrs. Mary Il. Wild
never, both residents Of this city.
The wedding took place on Tues
dav Feb. "a in Christ Reformed church
this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-28
A WONDERFUL RAILWAY.
stcepess Inc In the World Being
Built by Swiss Engineer.

A wonderful mountain railway is be.
ing constructed at present ia the Tyrol
and vixen completed next summer it
will be the stecpest line in the word
says tile New York Commercial Adser-
User. The railway. which will be TWO
ard n half 2ilcHieters in length. VIII
join the village Of Kaltern TO the sum
nit Of the Col de Mendel at n height OF
2.'lup feet. This distance will be COW
cred in exactly twsIty-seven minutes,
while by road II takes four hours to
reach tie top. The force IL electricity
and the cog GmiGdlel rail system has
been employed.
The maximum gfadeN is Ga in 100.
SURPRISING that of the Stanserhorn
line. which formerly held the Euro
pean record. The coaches will hold fifty
persons and baggage. and special pre-
cautions have been taken to enable the
tourist to view the wonderful scenery
through which the line passes. M.
Strubb. a Swiss engineer of Clarens, is
carrying on this remarkable enterprise.