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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24
AN ARMY AND NAVY BOARD.


Secretaries Root and Moody have
issued the following joint order:
"The department Of war and the de-
partment Of the navy have agreed
upon the formation of joint board, to
be composed of four officers of the
army and four officers of the navy, to
hold stated sessions and such extraor-
binary sessions as shall appear advisa-
BILE for the purpoe of comforting upon,
conclusions regarding all matters call
ing for the cooperation Of the two
services. Any matters which seem to
either department to call for such con-
sideration may be referred by that de-
partment to the board thus formed.
All reports Of the board shall be made
in duplicate, one to each department.
All reports and proceedings shall be
confidential. The senior member of
the board present will preside at its
meetings and the junior member Of the
board present will act as its recorder.
"On the recommendation of the pro-
visional general staff of the army the
following omcers are detailed by the
secretary of war to serve on the board:
Major General s. B. M. Young, Major
General Henry c. Corbin, Brigadier
General Tasker H. Bliss, Brigadier
General Wallace F. Randolph.
ION the recommendation Of the gen
eral board of the navy the following
officers are detailed by the secretary
of the navy to serve upon the board:
Admiral of the Navy George Dewey
Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, Cap
tain John Pillsbury, Commander VIII
liam ]. Barnett"
The president has given directions
for the preparations of commissions
for the following promotions in the
army:
Major General Young, to be lieuten
ant general, vice Lieutenant Genera
Miles, who retires August 8.
Brigadier General s. Sumner, to be
major general, vice Major Genera
Davis, to be retired July rs.
Brigadier General Leonard s. Wood
to be major general, vice Major Gen
eral Young, to be promoted.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24
Miscreant Poisons Sheep.

Butte, Mont. July ga special
from Billings says: Word comes from
Columbus of heavy loss sustained a
few days ago by well known sheep
man named Grimes. From the report
it is learned that some one scattered
poison on the range about IL miles
south of Columbus, where Grimes
sheep were ranging, and the sheep ate
Of it. Over 1900 head are known to
have died as result and others were
made so sick that their death is looked
for. Another sheepman is said to have
lost over 800 head. There is no clue
to the miscreant.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

from 1891 to 1892, and was one of tn
prominent men of South Dakota. From
Lead Walters went to DeadWood
where he was appointed United State
deputy marshall. This office Walters
later lost through excessive dissipa
ton and some alleged crooked work
Coming home in an intoxicated condi
ton one night. Walters found another
man talking to his wife and would
have killed him but his condition rem
dered his aim Ineffective. For the at
tempted murder Walters served Jail
sentence. Walters steadily went to
the worse and Mrs. Walters finally Sc
cured a divorce. Walters met Mrs.
Hoover at Thermopolis and after three
days acquaintance murdered her upon
her refusal to marry him.
Jim McLoud in Basin Jail.
Butte, Mont, July ga special
from Cheyenne, Wyo.. says bloody
battle was narrowly averted in the
mountains, six miles north of Their
mopolis, when Sheriff Fenton trans
IeTTou Jill MCLouut lhC oiiC6Cu hlut
derer of Ben Minnock, from the city
Jail at Thermopolis to the county Jail
at Basin City. Sheriff Fenton left
Thermopolis with his prisoner under
escort of the Basin light artillery Of
40 men and so picked deputies.
Scouts had been sent out at sun
rise, and they reported that large
force of cattlemen and the friends of
were camped on the trail
near Cottonwood creek, and from pre-
partitions being made they intended to
hold up the sheriff and his party and
deliver the prisoner. Consequently,
when Fenton left Thermopolis he went
and expecting a battle.
Scouts rode on ahead and also in the
rear and on either flank, but when
the cattlemen saw that the soldiers
we're alert for battle they quietly slip
ped away and by making detour en-
tered Thermopolis. With them was
Tom O'Day, the notorious character,
who is alleged to have been mixed up
in the killing Of Minnick, and for whom
Sheriff Fenton has warrant.
McLoud was at once placed in the
cell formerly occupied by Walters, the
murderer, who was shot to
death by mob Sunday, and a strong
guard placed about the Jail.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24
Andrew Crawford 10 Dead.

Terre Haute. Ind, July 22.-Andrew
J. Crawford, aged IS, a millionaire
iron manufacturer and coal operator,
died at his home here Mr.. Crawford
was president Of the Vigor Iron com.
pany, Terre Haute Iron & Steel and
the Wabash Iron company.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-24

Walters was editor and proprietor
of the Lead Democrat at Lead, s. D.,
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
RED, BLACK OR BLONDE.
Imagination, But Red-Headed
Get the Good Marks.

Some curious statistics relating to
AAir have been collected by the school
authorities at Lille. 1t is found that
suburn-haired boys are generally at
she head of the recitation classes, and
Aonde girls come out highest as arith-
neticians. But in composition they
are nowhere, says the London Ex-
press.
The dark-haired children of both
sexes have the quality of imagination,
and in their compositions know how
not to fatigue the attention, and as
compared TO the auburn and blondes
are born stylists.
I dare say the auburn boys and
blond Iasses in the Lille elementary
schools are of Flemish-that is to say,
Fhlegmatic-race. Their brains do
rot grow at once congested when they
stand up to recite, and for that reason
they keep the mastery of the vocal or
gans. In short, they continue to know
Wha, they are about. The dark chill
dseu are probably of Celtic-that is to
say, Gallic-Origin. The blood comes
With a rush to their brains, and they
grow confused, splutter and break
down. If they could only be Taught to
remain silent for a few moments they
would be all the better for this rush,
az the confusion would have passed
away leaving only stimulated mental
organs.
Finally on the subject of hair, says
writer in Truth, I am sorry to say
That the red-headed boys and girls IN
The Lille schools are at the bottom in
everything, save in good conduct
marks. Nor are they remarkable for
good health. The dark boys behave
better than the auburn or the fair, and
are more sensitive to praise or blame
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
REVISING THE BIBLE.
Bobby Understood What the Term
Meant aud Aired His Knowledge
Before MIR. Slow.

"Have you a revised copy of the
New Testament in the library. Miss
Reid?" asked the young man who
was making an evening call.
"No, Mr.. Slow" she replied, 81 re-
gret to say we haven't"
whats a revised copy?" asked
Bobby, who had been permitted to
SIT up later than usual.
"YOu are rather young yet, Bobby,
to understand such matters" said his
sister, kindly. "a revised copy means
that certain changes have been made
in the Bible which were considered
necessary to better understanding
of the text. Now, you had better
run off to bed-there's a good boy"
The young man could scarcely con-
ceal his admiration.
"Wen, if that's what it is" said
Bobby, "our family Bible is revised
cause pa changed it the other day.
He scratched out the date of your
birth and made it three years later.
He told ma something about you and
Mr.. Slow, and said that it wouldn't
do any harm nohow, and, If Mr.. Slow
wanted to look at it, it might do Q
deal of good"
Presently the young man went
away, and a family consultation was
held. It resulted in Bobby's passing
q Eleepless night.
Mrs. Wassling-Did your husband
get anything from the railroad conn.,
pany for the scalp wound he received
when he was in the wreck?
Mrs. Pembertone-No. The attor-
ney of the road said it served him right
for buying a scalper's ticket.-Judge.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
Sea sf British CoIOAiaI Secretary
who Has Been Appointed Pest
master General

Austen Chamberlain recently sue
Seeded Lord Londonderry and with
his father, Joseph Chamberlain, the
colonial secretary, now occupies a
place in the British cabinet. He is
. "chip of the old block" and a
young man of great promise. He
was educated at Rugby and Trinity
college, Cambridge, and has already
served as civil lord of tie admiralty
and as financial secretary to the
treasury.
Mr.. Chamberlain's appointment has
some direct interest for the United
States, for there has been a lot Of
complaint about the delay in get
ting American mails through to LON
don from Queenstown, and it is ex-
pected that the new man will look
into the trouble. Furthermore, the
question of a parcels post with the
United States is up for discussion,
and Mr.. Chamberlain is known to be
deeply interested in that subject.
1t speaks well for the younger
Chamberlain that his fathers bitter
est eRemies-he has a wonderful coli
lection of enemies-have had little
criticism to offer over the sons aD-
pOintment to succeed the marquis Of
Londonderry. The rich and ornate
marquis got the place because he had
political pull, was rather sore at
the government, and had to be pla-
Gated. Even the conservatives admit
that he was about the most ineffi-
cient postmaster general st. Mar.
tin's-le-Grand had ever seen.
Young Chamberlain. on the con-
trary, is a quiet, level-headed busi-
neess man, who can be depended
upon to make the fusty permanent
officials in the pest Office sit up.
Their motto apparently is: "It must
be done thus, for thus it always has
been done"
Postmaster General Chamberlain,
who will be 30 next year, is about
the same age as his second step
mother-the third Mrs. Chamberlain
who was the daughter of Judge
Endicott, of Massachusetts,. He lives
with his father and is unmarried. He
is not at all bumptious young man,
and is making his way largely on
his own merits. He has a wonderful
opportunity for cutting out great
future for himself by reforms in
the post office.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
Announcement
VOight, JeWeler,
CENENT TIL STR EET
725 SEVENTH STREET n. W.

(Nsrt to J0hnsOD'S Grocery
beg that returned from New York. where
made Sveware The have
rived Cked, and ready inspection.
Ladies Solid Gold Watches, S7o sold elsewhere Sz5
Ladies Solid Gold Rings 81 and worth epce;
Ladies Genuine Diamond Rings IS $780, all ohem
Ladies Solid Gold Chanes he laest styles
Ladies Solid Gold Brooches. $2.soup too E2s.
Solid bell Sleeve useful
Godfled Chains, Soo warranted for
Buttons, IS up; little gem
Cents Diamond Studs $3.50
Solid Gold Rings, with genuine stones. from S4
Solid Silver Thmbles,
Solid Silver Teaspoons from f. 90 half dozen
LADIES' Silver Watches, s. andf5
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
ENGLAND'S GREAT BACHELORS.
Four Leading Men of the British
Kingdom Are Unmarried at
Middle Age.

This is the age of bachelors in Eng
land. The women are discussing with
keen interest," the fact that four of their
great men are unmarried. Arthur Bal
tour is a bachelor, and indeed the first
bachelor to become premier since the
time Of William Pitt.
Lord Kitchener, England's most not
able soldier, and Lord Miner, her most
prominent administrator, are both un-
married.
Completing the notable four is the
bishop of London, who is not far from
being the most prominent man in the
church.
The men on the other side, says the
Philadelphia North American, are de-
claring that France has long been
cursed with petticoat influence in poll
tics, and England has had some ex-
perience of the plague of women be-
hind the scenes at the war office. /"
They believe that "the triumph Of the
four great bachelors points to a quiet
and effective revolt of man."
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
Boys Great Smokers.

In a German periodical a teaches
named Boer reports that he has found
fully one-half of the boys in the schools
examined by him addicted to habituaI
smoking, none of them being ogeR
Wax in Tree surgery.
A new and important use for refined
-parafine wax seems to have been dis
covered by man living near Lam
caster, o. He had two trees which
were badly damaged by a storm, one
being a maple and the other an apple
tree. In each case, large limb was
broken down from the trunk, but still
attach ed to it. The limbs were propped
up and fastened securely with straps,
very much as a broken leg might be
fastened with splints, and then melted
refined wax was poured into and over
all the cracks. The Surgical opera.
tien" was entirely successful. The
paraffne prevented the escape Of the
sap, kept out the moisture which
would have rotted the trees, and pre-
vented the depredations of insects
Success.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
ADVENTURE IN MIDAIR.
YsunE Man Caught in Balloon Rope
Rises 5000 Feet and Escapes
without Hurt.

Louis Ward, Of Milford, Mass, aged
20 years, made an involuntary and
thrilling acrobatic balloon ascension
the other day. His left foot caught
in the guy rope of a balloon and he
was carried into the air and suspend
ed head downward. After being car
ried up 5000 feet into the air and
directly across Hoag lake he landed
ur hurt Is minutes later in tree top
mile from the point where he
went up.
Ward was assisting Prof. Hillman,
a professional aeronaut, who has
been giving balloon ascensions and
parachute exhibitions at Hoag park.
Hillman's balloon, a massive hot air
one, was being prepared for the aft
ernoon exhibition, and Ward and 9TH
ers were assisting. Everything
ready, the professor gave the word,
the balloon was released, and swift
ly mounted into the air with the pro-
fessor hanging to the parachute.
Ward started to get out of the way
dS TIC b1i4OOn was ACASeASCNS D0D LIB
left foot caught in one of the guy
ropes, and, to the horror of the sew
eral thousand spectators, he was car
ried into the air suspended head
downward. His weight held the bal.
loon on its side, in danger of an inn
mediate collapse and certain death
to both men. Hillman acted quickly.
Ward daDgled from the balloon about
ten feet above the aeronaut, and be-
yond his reach. If the balloon was
brought to an upright position there
was some chance for Ward, so, after
a few words of advice as to how to
secure himself and draw himself up
right, HilIman released the parachute
when but 200 feet in the air ard came
safely to the ground.
The balloon, freed from this
weight, righted itself and shot up
ward and across the lake, which is
about half mile wide. The balloon
soon began its descent, --Ig down
easily and gracefully, and Ward
landed in a tree unhurt.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
Suite l, warder Bldg, cor. 9Th and P, sa59th
JOKE WAS ON DOCTOR.
an Answer He Neither Expected
Nor Desired.

DR.. j. L. NJ. Curry special ambas-
sador to Spain, tells the following an
scdote. says Harper's Magazine:
In the discharge of his duties In
promoting the cause or education he
has been frequently called upon to
address the pupils of schools he has
been visiting. On one occasion he
was at a rural school, and the usual
address was expected at the close OF
the exercises. The children went
through a number of calisthenic exer-
cises, which were, probably, some
what elaborated in honor of the dis
tinguished visitor, and then came the
DOCTORS speech. Thinking that it was
a favorable occasion to impress upon
his youthful auditors the Importance
of drill and practice, the doctor,
after expressing the pleasure that
the exercises had given him, told the
children that they had done far bet
ter than he could have done, and
then asked:
"Cau some one Of you tell me why
It is that cannot do these calisthen-
ic exercises as well as you have done
them?"
After an instant's pause a small
hand went up, and, on receiving an
encouraging word from the doctor,
9 little boy stood up and said:
"'Cause you are old and stiff in
iints"-which was not exactly the
answer either expected or desired.
Proceeds OF a Pond.
There is a thrifty man in England
who makes his living out Of pond.
The water is about 13 acres in extent
and close TO a village street. For sew.
eral years he has worked it for profit
with good results, the crops being
three in number-reeds, fish and wa
ter fowl. The fish are chiefly cells and
pike, which are taken during the close
season for duck. The latter are caught
alive by means of traps and are sold to
people who want TO stock ornamental
waters. For these there seems to be a
keen demand at prices ranging from S.
a dozen for the humble water hen to 50
much as SIS for pair of scaups or
golden eye. From list Of the takes
it August it appears that the WILD
fowl taken are mallard, teal, shoVelers,
tufted duck, gadwal, coots, moor hen,
~aLer ran ann aanehirR -s-I@---
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
The Pen and Pencil cIub Special.

Is the front piece Of a unique invi-
ta.ion card Just Issued by this pOpu-
lar organization of newspaper CORE
sp0ndence, announcing the second
annual dinner in Grays Banquet Hall
mis- evening in honor of the S6th
Anniversary Of the birth Of Frederick
Douglass. Covers have been laid 70,
lnlly two hundred of the most sdistin-
guished men in the country. NJ
Robert Pelham, Jr., chairman of the
literary bureau, and who will presenr
the funny thought will far surpaSs any
that has yet been expressed. The
schedule time is 100 O'Clock p. m.
look for The Bee for particulars nexi
week,
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14

Mss N. L. Jordon is quite sick ather
hone
NJ. Lizzie Middleton who has been
quite sick is improving slowly.
Hgs. Hyler Waugh of Greensboro,
formerly of this city is visiting her
so.hs- Mrs. PANEL Of c street south
vest
wr, Alexander Middleton who has
been quite sick for several weeks, is
able 10 be out again.
Prof Ferris of the Boston Guardian
vill remain in the city several days
longer.
Wrs. Annie Dillard Of Goldsboro'
North Carolina, is in the city, the
,uest OF her sister, Mrs. Mamie Adams
n gq and street southwest.
Miss blanche Colder was called to
Philadelphia this week to attend the
funeral OF her cousin, Mrs. Bessie
Curtis. Nee COwdry.
Mr.. Reuben West whose limbs were
ryushed by a fall in the elevator at the
Raleigh Hotel several weeks ago, was
compelled 10 have one limb amputat-
I'd 10 prevent blood poison.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
Along war from the Finish.

The Cape-to-Cairo railway would be
500 miles long in direct line be-
tween Cape Town and Cairo. At the
present time the rails are laid to with
in 200 miles of the Zambesi, or about
1900 miles from Cape Town, and there
is now a railway from Cairo to the
junction of the blue and white Nile,
or 1,4OO miles from Cairo. 1t is thus
seen that a line $500 miles long must
vet be built to connect these terminal
systems. The Uganda railway is
built, connecting the port of Nom
basa, on the Pacific ocean, with Port
Florence, on Lake Nyanza; the length
Of the line is 500 miles. The Bulawayo-
Beira railway connects the system
with the ocean at the last mentioned
port. At Bulawayo the line is 4469
feet above sea level ,
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
The Ssc.To-No Musical Club.

The greatest Innovation that has beer
made in the musical cirC lie will be th.
presentation of the Sec-To-No Mus!Ca
Club, composed of young misses, at
Grand army Hall, Friday evening
April 10th. Il is the FIRST of its kim
that has ever been organized in thi
city by any one. The young misses
range from TO IS years Of age an
they will play some of the most difh.
cult pieces written by the most eminet
musical composers. The Club wa
organized by Mrs. A. V. Chase alt
Il has been under her personal super.
vision. Full particulars will appear
DO The Bee next week.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
CAMEL A CURIOSITY.
ozs with Two Humps Creates = SEN
GAtinE Among the People Of
Cairo, Egypt.

One would hardly expect to hear of
= camel being an object of public at
fraction in Egypt. That such is the
ease, however, is vouched fer by the
Egyptian Gazette. 1.-The ship of the
desert" or the One-humped drome-
dary, is very common in the streets OF
Cairo and other parts of the Nile
country, but when the geological gar
den at Ghizeh secured a specimen of
the tWo-humped BactTian camel there
was indeed a sensation.
The double-decked ship of the des-
ert was the most interesting animal
in the mensgerie to the native Egyp-
tian who had been familiar all his life
with the one-humped variety.
Strange as it may seem, this particu-
lar specimen was bred and secured
from the Rotterdam geological gar
dens, where the well-known Swiss nat
uralist, DR.. Buettikofer, is rearing the
species with success.
What the dromedary is to Sahara's
parched sands, says the Philadelphia
Record, the Bactrian camel is to the
dreary stretches of Asia. AS the
dromedary may be Iikened to the swift
and safe passenger ship, so msy the
patient Bactrian beast be referrerd to
as the slower but all the more iInpor-
tant deeply laden merchantmen, for
centuries on centuries, generation
after generation, these patient crea-
lures have been transporting the
wealth of China, farther India and the
orient generally to Russia and thence
throughout the oecident.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
Oyster Rea ina wen.

Robert Douglas, a colored man of
Paris, Tex, has ar oyster bed in his
vel Two years ago he brought home
an oyster which wss covered with little
oyster shells, and one of his children
tnteH it into the well. Now the bot
'om q The well Is an oyster bed, and
0i's0 Ihs well bucket IL found ooV
''sa o2th young oysters.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
Egyntian PAnYri.

The National museum at Washing
ton helps with funds to support the
explorations in Egypt which DR.. Film
ders Petrie, the great Egyptologist, is
making. AS its share of this years
finds it has just received ten papyrus
manuscripts, dating from about the
birth of Christ. They are mostly bills
Of lading for camel trains, receipts for
goods, etc.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
The Sons Choice.

Son Of the House-Won't you sing
something, Miss Muriel?
Miss M.-Oh, I daren't after such
GOOD music az We have been listen
ing to.
"But I'd rather listen to your sing
nag than to any amount Of good mW
sso.H-London Punch.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
UnSeIhKhs

Mr.. Smith-You are looking for
work, are you? Well. think Gan e I'D
A Slight Difference.
"ot course, it won't go any further, F"
nromised Mrs. Black, when a secret had
been confded to her keeping. "What 1
heard just goes in one ear an out
t'other."
"No, it don't!" cautioned her bosom
friend. 1T often goes in one ear an
cut your mouth. Home
Companion.
The Washington bee., 1903-02-14
Chapee to Join . Club That VIM

HAAAc ma save II OneY for R0u.
everybody should Join the Mutual literary Nm
SIC CIuO or America There is nothing else like a
anywhere iG costs almost nothing TO joiu ana the
benefits it gives are wonderful ItenabieS Won tol
purchase books and periodicals. music aud niusiea
Instr tIgments az Special cut prices 1t secures re-
ouced rates az many hotels IC answers questions
IIoe or charge. IL offers scholarships and Valua.
Die cash prizes 90 members. It maintains club
rooms In many cities for its members In addition
every mem Der receives the Official magazine enti-
tled : Ey'ry NJ OBth" publication in class by
Itself, 1ding pieces Of highCIass vocal and In
strumentHl music (full siZey each month without
extra chargei u pieces IN ore year in all. YOUI
MOST NOTHING.
The full yearly membership fee is One Dollar for
which you get all above, and yOu may with
draw any time within three months II youI
want 10 @ % so and get your dollar back. II you
dom care 20 spend sl00. send % cents for three
months membership. Nobody can afford 20 pass
this oner by. You Will get your money back In
value many times over. Full particulars will be
sent free OF charge but II you are wise you will
SEND II your request for membership with the
proper Zee at once. The 25 cts. three months men,
pershtp ofIer Will soon change. Write at once ad-
dressing your letter and enclosing 81 90 for fuli
years. membership or twenty-five cents for three
months 20
MUTUAL LITERARY MUSIC CLUB
No. 15O Nassau ST.. ~. y. City.