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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-27
TeIegraphIc Briefs.

Baker City, 0re.-The new Mount
Rastus mining district is filling up
and thousands are expected there
within 80 days.
Seattle.-Claude N. Arbuckle NOR
tally wounded Gladys Grey, a variety
actress who repulsed him, and then
blew out his own brains.
Thornton, wash.-An attempt has
been made by unknown people to burn
the Balfour, Guthrie & Co. warehouse
at this place. Oil was used.
Seattle. - Prosecuting Attorney
Scott has filed informations charging
the three Clancy brothers. Charles,
Frank and John, with conducting a
gambling resort, contrary to the new
felony law.
Berlin.--The trial Of Countess
Kwlecki on the charge of pretending
that a child is her son and thus heir
to large Polish estate has commence
ed. The charge is made that the child
is the offspring of a Polish peasant.
Nissoula, Mont.-During the prog
ress of fire at the European hotel
]. II. Perrault, a plasterer from Spo
kane, jumped from the third story
and was impaled on a fence, receiv-
ing injuries which are expected to re-
suit fatally.
Boston, A.ass.-The board of alder
men has passed an order requiring
the Western Union to remove it's
poles and place it's wires under
ground. This is one of the results
of feeling over the strike Of the
messengers.
wallace, Idaho.-Miss Eda Peter
son closed her romance with w. J.
Colburn by buying his stock in the
Wallace Mining company. the estates
only asset. Years ago Miss Peterson
loaned her lover $4,000 with which
to seek a fortune in mines.
New York.-Elijah Dowie, smarting
under a partial exposure by the news
papers of his ancestry, yesterday ac-
knowledged from the platform that
he is not the son of John Murray
Dowie, from whom he takes his name,
but of a high officer in the English
army.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-27
ONLY A VERY FEW PUBLISHED.

1t is not possible for the proprietor
to publish more than few of the
numerous letters received In praise of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy and telling of its re-
markable cures. They come from peo-
pie in every walk in life and from
every state in the Union. The follow
ing from Mr.. 7. w. Greathouse, of
Prattsburg, Ca, speaks for itself: 81
would have been dead now but for the
use of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarhoea Remedy. 1t cured me of
chronic diarrhoea after seven years Of
suffering l can never say too much III
praise of that remedy" For sale by all
druggists.
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getic disposition by engaging in socio-
logical work. On one occasion there
was big banquet for newsboys. Miss
Stewart was on hand, and decided that
some of the boys might like apples. So
like Lady Bountiful, she went among
them with an apronful Of rosy-cheeked
pippins. "Who wants a nice red ap
ple% she asked in her most silvery
tones. 1t took several policemen and
some of the older boys to rescue hel
from the scrambling mob of newsies
The experience was dscouraging, but
she stuck to her work for some tim,
afterward.
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HYPNOT|ST CHARMING.
new ORLEANS MAIDS

face of the ground through a glass,
is raised and the subject examined.
When the coffin was raised this morn
ing it was found half full of water
which had seeped through into the
grave because of peculiar local condi-
ton. The water was taken out and
the body reinforced.
A demand has been made upon the
chief of police to stop the perform
ance, but he declared he was power
less and the show has been allowed
to cOntiplle
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-27
MISS GABRIELLE STEWART.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.--"On motion"
Miss Gabrielle Townsend Stewart,
Cleveland, Ohio, has been admitted to
the New York bar. She had already
made her mark at the Ohio bar.
Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice
Of England, was her great-grandfather,
10 she comes to her legal talent quite
naturally. She has decided to under
take metropolitan practice.
Miss Stewart it rated one of Ohio's
prettiest girls, end was a society belle
before she thought of studying law. In
her butterfly days she satisfied her ener-
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Build Up Attendance ,.

According TO a Cheney divine who
was in the city this morning. the
falling Off In attendance at the state
normal school this year Is in no wise
30 be attributed to the present cap
able management.
There is hardly a student In the
normal who was there last year." Is
his statement THE present faculty
has an uphill fight In reorganizing the
school. but their efforts are being APP
preciated and they will eventually
win out. Fourteen thousand dollars
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TheMurkets
Local Markets.
Prices Paid to Producers.

Vegetables - Potatoes, 50Q65c a
sack; dry onions, per lb.. 1c.
Eggs and poultry-Ranch egga
fresh. per case. $4,000; ranch but
ter, per h., 1501Sc; choice dressed
poultry, per h., 13c; alive, per h., 1Oc
alive, per h., 10c.
LivestockCowns on foot, 2hc;
dressed, 5@51ac; steers on foot, az C;
dressed, 6 &c; sheep on foot, 2k q &c;
dressed, 6hc; hogs, on foot. &c;
dressed, SIC; calves, dressed. S@9c.
Wheat-The price paid farmers by
local country warehousemen is G4c
for club and CSC for bluestem at the
west end of the Central Washington
railroad and l cent more per bushel
on the main transcontinental lines.
Grain and feed-Timothy hay, sic
per ton; grain hay s14 per ton; oat
hay, s14 per ton; barley, 90@95c per
cwt.; oats, 81 per cwt.
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TURKEYS WILL BE HIGH.

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 27.-Advices re-
ceived in South Water street indicate
that the American housewife will have
to pay a good price for her Thanksgivl
ing turkey this year. Reports from the
turkey belt are to the effect that the
birds are scarcer this year than last.
An advance in prices is the CONNER
cial custom when turkeys are scarce,
and it appears that the best quality
of the birds will bring 20 cents pound
before this time next month.
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WASHINGTON PRUNES
IN MARKET OF LONDON

ceived for prunes in the English me-
tropolis. The experiment has opened
a new and wonderful market to the
prune industry of this state.
The Campbell farm has 10000 trees
covering 400 acres. There are 1400
acres in the farm.
Four crops of alfalfa were grown
on the farm this year The total
crop was $500 tons, for which the
owners received 81 per ton, unbaled,
on the farm, a return of s17,500.
Although Mr.. Campbell has not fig
ured the total return from the farm,
a friend of his said today that more
than $4,000 had been Melted.
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bell, owner Of the big DR.. Blalock
farm near Walla Walla, has received
. telegram telling of the complete
success of the first experimental ship
ment of Washington prunes to the
London market.
Said Mr.. Campbell 1--WE shipped
six carloads of our prunes in refriger-
ator cars to New York, where they
were placed in cold storage aboard
ship. 1 have just received a cable
gram stating that the fruit reached
London in prime condition. They
brought the highest prices ever re-
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MANY WILL JOURNEY
With STOCKHOLDERS

resort, banquet and trip around the
lake on the Idaho.''
AS planned by those in charge OF
the construction work on the line
the train of three coaches will leave
the o. r. & n. depot at $40 to-
morrow morning. Enough prominent
citizens have been invited to make up
a large, jolly crowd.
Active operations are to be com
menced sooner than has been expect
ed. as there is a big demand for
traffic facilities. Pursuant to this
demand freight hauling is to be start
ed almost Immediately.
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ct don't nnow just how many peo-
pie will accompany us on our stock
holders trip to Occur d'Alene City
tomorrow" said General Manager A.
Bettes of the Occur d'Alene & Spo-
kane electric railway at the Grand
hotel this morning. invitations have
been sent TO prominent citizens of
The city and the number should mount
up to about 200. 1t will be a glorious
trip If the weather keeps up as fine
Ms II is now.
How many of the stockholders?
Well, that is hard to tell. The trip
includes the visit around the summer
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NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 27.-An
Indignation meeting OF residents in
St. Charles avenue was held today to
demand action on the part of the po-
lice authorities to prevent Professor
Gelder, local hypnotist, from fur
ther charming the female subjects Of
New Orleans.
Gelder hypnotized Miss Lamar on
Wednesday and buried her in a vacant
lot on the avenue. announcing that
she would remain buried seven days.
From time to time the coffin, which
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-27
Breaking Up Camp.

Fl. RILEY, Oct. 27.-The troop
trains carrying the state militia, which
has been engaged in the maneuvers,
are leaving today. The officers say
the drilling has been of immense ben
eft
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-27

Portland, ore.-Two cigars were
the plenary reward given by E. J.
Doyle, an Idaho mining man. to two
police officers who recovered his lost
wallet containing $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-27

John E. DeWolf, for five years in the
employ of Gemmrig g. Stauffer, hal
become a member of the firm, Mr.
Gemmrig retiring to engage in farm.
ing near Newman's lake.
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81 Were Rescued.

PARIS, Oct. 27.-It is learned to-
day that only FIVE of the crew of the
Savoyard, which sank off Brest yes
terday, were drowned, instead of SO.
The others have been rescued.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-10-27

was spent In charging the building
last summer. Situated as it is, there
Is every reason for expecting an in
creased attendance before long"
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TACOMA, Oct. 27.-Wheat-No. 1
club, use; bluestem, SIC.
San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27.-De-
cember wheat opened this morning
s1.41A, closed at s1.41; barley closed
at $1.13b.
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 27.-December
wheat opened IS Cd; closed Is 6A d.
, 1903-06-03

FEB WHITE
He Tell How His Son Joe
Tackled q Railroad.

copyright, 1903. by l.. T. Richards.1
HAD been down to the general
store at the Corners with the
old possum hunter of Tennessee
to buy powder and tobacco, and
among the idlers at the store was a
pert young man who had a good deal
to say about himself. On our way
home and after a long period Of silence
old Zeb suddenly exclaimed:
"Drat that young Perkins! He's got
the big head the worst way, and I'm
hopin' that suthin' comes along to give
hin a shock. Most young men seem
to want to make fools Of Themselves"
"But they get over it after awhile"
I replied.
"Ye-es, If they don't die first. I had
a powerful pert son who didn't live to
git over his braggin' days. Sometimes
1 feel bad about 1t, and, ag'in, think 1t
happened for the best"
I asked him for the yarn, and after
walking along for a quarter of a mile
he began:
zone spring, when my son Joe was
eighteen vars old, he got the big head
mighty bad. 1 seen 1t comm on him
and knowed thar'd be trubble, and the
ole woman she seen 1t comm and said
to me:
".Zeb, our son. Joe Is gittin' ready to
make a fule Of hisself, and / want you
to keep an eye on him. He imagines
he's as big as a mounting, and he feels
that he kin lick ten men all to once
"When the big head gifts held of a
young man 1t takes a powerful dose of
medicine to cure 1t. Joe kept CROWN
wuss and wuss. He got lazy, and he
got to braggin' and BLOWN, and from
the way he looked at me now and then
outer the corner of his eye l knowed
he was achin' to tackle me. Just to let
him know that his ole pop was on deck
I grabbed him one day and throwed
him sky high over the fence, and he
was mo humble arter that.
.Tt didn't cure him, however. He
went around rubbin' ag'in folks and
home and SEE to me:
"Pop, did yo' ever tackle a rail-
road?'
"'No, sonny, I never did. I've tac-
Killed. men and bars and wildcats and
%cireuses, but not a railroad
They've got one, owe In the valley,
and i think / kin whop it In about five
minutes
: "Joe had eve seen a railroad" ex-
planned the old man, "and they had jest
run one down Little Valley, twelve
miles away. j told him what UT was
, 1903-06-03

IN oAOOO IMAM AMI JOmfhO Qf AMI
| DOWN.
like, but he wasn't a bit discouraged.
He jest bumped up his shoulders and
spit on his hands and said:
"'Shuck my hide, but I'm dyin' to
whop somebody, and I'll go oyer to-
morrer and tackle that railroad. If
nobody around yere has ever tackled
a railroad, then it will be all the more
glory fur me-
Joe, don't go and make no lfule of
yerself,' SEE 1. =
asa to how?' SEE he.
".As to tacklin' a railroad, thar are
some things as ever yer pop can't do,
and one of 'em is tacklin' a railroad.
Jest yo' go out and find a bar and hey
some fun with him and git ov er this
nonsense
"Ie didn't say nuthin' to that, but 1
knowed he wouldn't mind what 1 said.
He went to bed airly, and jest at day
light 1 heard him movin' aroundl l told
him If be was bound to go over to Lit
tie Valley I'd go along with him arter
breakfast and see far play, and SO he
waited. When we sot out, he was in
high spirits. He whooped and hollered
and pranced, and the road wasn't wide
huff for him to walk in. Befo' l left
the mouse the ole woman SEE to me:
"'Zeb, are yo' gwine to let our Joe
fout a railroadT
""That's the idea,' seq 1.
"'Will he git whoppedT
"'He will. He'll git whopped SO
powerful quick and hard that he'll be
as humble as a nursin' babe fur a var
to cum.'
"We got owe to the valley bout 10
o'clock in the mawnin'," continued the
old man, "and Joe got his fust sight of
a railroad. He was disappointed.
Thar wasn't nuthin' but the iron rails
to fout, and thar was tears in his eyes
as he sot down ON a stone and SEE:
"'Pop, thar's nuthin' to fout, and
we've walked twelve miles fur huthin'.
I'm feelin' that this state Of Tennessee
Is ag'in me-
"tJoe,' SEE l arter thinkin' things
over, thar amt nuthin' yere to fout,
jest as l told yo', but mebbe it would
console yo' to bluff one of them bull
gines.'
81 can bluff anything from d noun
ting to a grasshopper! Whar's yer
bullgineY
, 1903-06-03
HOLLY BEACH UNCI

A regular meeting of the Holly Beach
Council was held Wednesday evening, May
81, Mayor Smith presiding, with Borough
Clerk Hewitt and Councilmen Barnett,
Forcum and Pinkerp present. The speci-
fications for grading Rio Grande avenue
were read and all bids opened. All bids
were rejected n no further action taken.
@. A. Kilmer was awarded the contract
of plumbing in the borough hall.
W. r.. ellis was awarded the contract
for electric wiring in the borough hall
his bid being 1856.
A petition signed by several Cedar W.
nue. property owners asked for an addi-
tito 1al electric light on that street. An
ordinance vacating a portion of Rio
Grande ave. was finally passed. The Collec-
tors report showed 1884. 90 on hand. l..
#. Butts appeared before Council and
complained about water being backed UP
on Burk avenue and asked Council to
remedy it.
, 1903-06-03
ANGLESEA COUNCIL MEETING

The regular meeting of the Anglesea
Borough Council was held on Thursday
evening of last week with Mayor Hilton
and Councilmen Emf, Hewitt, Hoffman
and Young present. Clerk Shivers, So
iicitor Voorhees, and Engineer Rice were
also present. The minutes of the last
meeting were approved as read. A COM
munication was read from John J. File
asking that attention be given sidewalks
in the vicinity of his property Collector
W. Il. Young submitted a renewal of his
bond in the sum of $1,000 with George
Firth, Jason Buck and John Taylor as
sureties. 1t was referred to the Solicitor.
A bill for 50, 022. 46 was rendered by B.. f.
Sweeten q Son, being the first payment
on account of the sewer contract. The
bill wa approved by Engineer Boardman
and ordered paid. The improvement GER
tificates not being ready a note was au-
thorized to be discounted at the Marine
National Bank for 10 days for $4,000 to
pay the sewer bill, the note to be taken
up when the money is realized from the
sale of the improvement certificates. Col
lector Young's report showed a balance of
$574. 81 On hand. A note for $500 was or
dered renewed for three months. Coun-
Gilman Young brought up the question Of
having the streets cleaned of grass and
thought that an Acme harrow would be
the thing to use. 1t was decided to order
1000 yards of gravel for streets n to ask
bids for hauling and spreading same, bids
to be in by June 4th. The Clerk was
authorized to advertise for bids for the
removal of garbage for the summer
months every day between sunset and z
O'Clock in the morning. Messrs. Emf,
Hewitt, Hoffman and Young were ar
pointed as a committee to confer with
Wildwood and Holly Beach upon the sub
ject of a proper celebration of the advent
of the trolley to the Island. The same
committee and Judge VOORHEES, were ap-
pointed TO prepare a page advertisement
is to be issued about June 18th. Ad-
journed.
, 1903-06-03

In a lecture before the students of
the law department of Columbia uni
versity Judge Alfred G.. Coke Of the
United States circuit court said: GAL
ready, 1 find, there are twice as many
judges in New York state today as in
the whole of England, which has five
times the amount of litigation. What
we need is to simplify the procedure
in the courts and to discourage useless
litigation" Here is expert testimony
of which state legislatures, the judici-
airy and bar associations might well
take cognizance.
, 1903-06-03
HISTORIC EVENT AT
HANCOCK'S BRIDGE.
Oak Tree Chapter, Daughters OF
the American Revolution,
of Salem, Will Mark
it With q Tablet.

Standing at Hancock's Bridge is the old
Hancock house toward which much in
terest centres at this time. The house
was built in 1884 by Judge william Han
cock, grandson of William Hancock, the
emigrant. 1t is built of brick, red and
blue alternating, and has the unfailing
high and low part.
On the night of March 20, 1778, this
house became the scene of a fearful massa-
ere. A company of American militia
commanded by Captain Carleton Shep-
pard, wereN quartered at the Hancock
house. The British soldiers under Major
Simcoe had threatened them during the
day on the road on the opposite side of
Alloway's creek. Sentries were posted,
and worn down by watching, the men
within the house were wrapt in .slumber,
That night a company of British soldiers
left Salem to attack the militia in the
rear. They went down Salem creek and
having reached the Delaware, they pro-
ceeded down that body Of water until
Alloway's creek was reached. Here they
landed and marched across, the mea lows
to the road leading to the village.
Reaching Hancock's Bridge, different
detaehments we're sent to search the
allainlssnnpf ra6c b eSsh ass-smb 1IjcsRS
!. Hancock house. The sentries were Killed
and the soldiers marched upon the sleep
ing Americans. Between 90 and 30 O
them were murdered in cold blood. Judg,
Hancock was among the number killed
After the death of Judge Hancock, thu
property descended to his son, John, ant
in turn to the grandson of the Judge
Thomas G.. Hancock. The last namet
sold the property in 1929 to Lewis Smith
Nathaniel Stretch bought it in 1885, ant
sold it in 184S to Richard Milford. Ii
1884 the widow of Mr.. milford sold thu
property to DR.. W. Scott Smith, who il
the owner at the present time.
The members of Oak Tree Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
of Salem, have long felt that this house
surrounded by such a memorable chapter
of history, should be marked by a tablet
They will place a bronze tablet on the
house bearing the following inscription
ITS.
To the memory of those patriots whC
were MasSacred in this house,
March 81, IT'S, by the British.
Erected by Oak Tree Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution,
Salem, New Jersey.
1903.
The unveiling ceremonies will take
place OF Wednesday afternoon, June 10th,
at 2 30 O'Clock. The members of the New
Jersey Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will be the guests of Oak Tree
Chapter upon their arrival at Salem at
II. 40. After luncheon at the Y. M. c.. A.
Hall they will take carriages for Han
cocks Bridge. The following is the pro-
gram:
Address of Welcome, by Miss Ellen
Meeum, Regent of Oak Tree Chapter
State Regent; Grafton, by Judge Clement
ii. S~innickson, of Salem; unwilling of
the tablet, by Miss Constance d. Eakin,
a great, great granddaughter of Judge
Hancock. Patriotic airs will be played
at intervals.
, 1903-06-03

and braggin' all the spring, and yer
jest feelin' that yo've got to whop sun
thin or die. Git down on the track
a~ALersele loose,
N"Ill do it, pop, and If l don't take
seven different twists in this ole rail.
road then I'll never look another wood
chuck in the face
"What 1 fggered on" said Zeb as he
heayed a long sigh, twas that Joe
would hev sense huff in his head to
git off the track when he seen what
the bullgine was. He hadn't, though.
He stood thar and jumped up and
down and cracked his heels together
and whooped, and when l hollered at
him he turns to me and seq:
"'Pop, yo' jest watch my smoke and
don't loose any of the fun. Yer boy
Joe are gwine to pull this railroad up
by the roots or perish in the attempt"
"And he did wait for the engine to
strike him?" l asked.
Eyes, jest waited right thar, prancin'
around and whoopin'," replied Zeb. Il
started fur him, but befo' 1 got thar
the bullgine struck him, and he went
sailin' over the bushes. 'Peared to me
he never would git done sailin', but
bimeby he cum down with a crash.
When l looked him V / found he
was all broke to pieces. l was liftin'
him up when he open his eyes and
smiles and seq:
"tPop, did l tackle the railroad?'
ago did, my son. SEE 1.
"'And thar was Il fout?'
"'Thar was
"tAnd which got whoppedT'
Gas he was a-dyin' and l didn't want
to hurt his feelin's / told him hal he
had licked the hull outfit and kivered
the family with glory. He lifted up
one hand and tried to whoop, but that
whoop was only a whisper, and he died
in my arms"
"Then he never knew how it wasp
"Never knowed 1t, sab. Jest went to
his death thinkin' he had twisted that
railroad clean over two mountings and
back ag'in and that he weighed a ton
or more'n any other critter in Tennes-
see.
Poor Joe! If I'd a-gone at it and
driv' him about two feet into the airth
when the cussedness fust got holt Of
him, he bin Twin and a humble man
today, but l let him tackle a railroad,
and he got busted all to squash"
M. QUAD.
, 1903-06-03
nilIion and Trillion.

There are two systems of numero
ton in use at the present day, common
ly called the English and the French
systems. In the former the billion is
a million of millions, a trillion a mil
lion of billions and each denomination
is a million times the one preceding.
In the latter (Which is the system used
in the United States) the billion is a
thousand millions, and each denomina-
ton is a thousand times the preceding.
, 1903-06-03

The above is a late photo of Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah Holiday, of Pitman, who
celebrated their golden wedding Tuesday,
May Goth, 1908.
Mr.. Holiday is n years old and Mrs.
Holiday is 72. They were married in
Philadelphia May Goth, 1858 and soon af-
ter moved to Woodstown, Salem county,
where they lived for many years. They
afterward moved to Camden where they
carried on the bakery business. About
ten years ago they came to Pitman and
built and conducted the first bakery in
Pitman with success. but Mr.. Holidays
health failing him, he was obliged to re-
, 1903-06-03

The report of Alfred Mosely's Eng
lish labor commission, which toured
the United States last fall, claims that
British workmen are more efficient
than American. Perhaps it was not to
be expected that the national vanity
would admit of a different conclusion.
1t is rather strange, however, that
British as well as other foreign work
men continue to flock to this country
to better their condition.