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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-15
OBITUARY RECORD.

Mrs. c. +, Toenniges, wife of Prof.
Teenniges, the weli-known musician,
died yesterday at Mercy hospital,
Davenport, after short illness with
pneumonia. The funeral will be held
ut > o'clock tomorrow afternoon from
the home. 1857 Prairie street, Daven-
port. Deceased was 80 years of age
and II native of England. For a num-
Der of years following her marriage
to Prof. Toenniges she lived in Dav-
export. About two years ago the
family removed to this city and re-
sided here till early i'll June of the
present year, when they returned to
Davenport to live at the above num-
Der. The surviving members of the
family are the ,bereaved husband and
four children, Rredericlle, Elsie, Fred
erick and Theodore. Mrs. Toennigcs
made many friends while resident of
this city who will be deeply grieved
To learn of her demise.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
BEST HAT IN TOWN
AWARDED TO DR.. DELL
Band Concert Was Appreciated by a
Large Audience.

"The Athena Band never gave but one
concerto
These words came to the reporter
from one Of the many enthusiastic per-
sons who comprised the large and ap-
preciative audience that turned out to
hear the band concert and to witness
the old fiddlers' contest. The stormy
night did not deter people from going,
to the extent that the opera house was
comfortably filled, otherwise there
would not have been standing room.
The numbers by the Athena band and
orchestra were we'll rendered and the
quartette responded to encore. Mrs. j.
d. Hawes was popular in a beautiful
vocal solo, and Prof. Walker, assisted
by Guy Mcdowell, was we'll received in
his musical specialties. His "muga.
phone" brought down the house. Then
came the old Fiddlers' contest, the
feature of the evening.
Will M. Peterson, in few prelimIn-
airy remarks, introduced each contestant
as he came before the audience. There
we're five contestants, Mr.. Peterson,
DIR. Dell, A. l.. Jones, A. Luna and w.
j. King. All were ear fiddlers, and
Prof. j. S. Henry officiated as judge ir4
the contest.
Each was given an opportunity of
playing two numbers, and from first TO
last close attention was given the fiddle
players who took their seats amid a
thunder of applause. "Leather Breech-
es'' and the "Arkansaw Traveller" were
rendered with artistic execution, and
when DIR. Dell was awarded the prize,
consisting Of the best hat in town, some
one was heard to remark that he won by
"playing tune in the fifth position"
The band boys afforded an excellent
entertainment and are pleased with the
support accorded them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
WILL RUIN WHEAT LAND.
Rain in Wa1la Walla Foothills washing
Crest Ruts In the Soil.

Great Ruts In the Soil.
II the heavy rains of the past few
days continue for any length of time
the ground will be washed so that il
will be almost impossible to farm some
of the hilly land in the Walla Walla
foothills where late blowing was doue,
says the Union. This is the opinion OF
almost every farmer who has land in the
foothills east or south of the city.
Three years ago there was so much
heavy rain during the latter part Of fhe
winter and early part of the spring that
bitches to the depth of three feet and
sometimes half a mile In length were
washed in the fields This is the con
dition the farmers fear their sum-
mer fallow fields will be left in this
spring, as small cutters have been form
ed already If such is the case large
number of graDgers will have to plow
the entire field again or plow in the
bitches, which makes the ground SO un-
even that 1t is very disagreeable to
farm,
Not only does the heavy rain wash
the ground so as to make it very incon-
venient for farming, but after great
bitches have been washed in piece Of
ground several years in succession the
soil is of a much inferior quality al the
same time what ground is not washed
away is packed SO hard that the life is
taken from it for another year. Thus
the wheat raiser not only farms his
ground with great difficulty, but parti-
ally loses two years crop.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
A FRIGHTFUL WRECK.
Engine in Meacham Creek Engineer
and Fireman Killed.

Engine in Meacllam Creek Engineer
and Fireman Killed.
A frightful wreck occurred to an east
bound passenger train on the o. Il. d
N. Sunday morning on Meacham creek,
just east OF Bingham Springs station.
Engineer Patty and fireman Milligan
were dashed to death, and William
Maxwell is fatally injured.
The wreck occurred on fill, which
had been walled up with rock to pre-
vent the stream which makes turn at
that place, from undermining the track.
On rounding curve the engine plunged
headlong into theroaFing torrent of Mea-
cham creek, running eight feet deep,
swollen by melting snow and rains.
The engine stands upright, In eight
feet of water, the cab and machinery
stripped from the boiler and the tank
lies bottom side up in the stream. The
baggage car is a total wreck and the
mail car and smoker are badly dam
aged
The body Of engineer Patty was found
in the shattered cab Of the engine,
crushed and horribly scalded. The
baggage car had plunged against the
engine when it dropped into the wash
out and caught the engineer at bis post,
killing him instantly, at the same time
breaking the steam pipes and fittings in
the cab, allowing the escaping steam
and water to cook the flesh OF the un-
fortunate man, it is thought after the
first crash bad killed him.
The reverse lever on the wrecked en-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
SEVEN THOUSAND IN
SIGHT FOR NEW CHURCH
The Sum Of $4OS5 Reported on
Sunday Night.

The fund for the building Of the new
Methodist Episcopal church in Athena
is well under way. At the service Sun
day evening it was announced that
$4,000 had been subscribed, but mis-
take in the addition of the subscrip-
tions at the time, brought the amount
$25 below what it really was.
Since Sunday $500 has been added to
the list and the sum now amounts to
$4,000. This is indeed good begin
ming, and Pastor Armfield informs the
PRESS that he has $1,000 in sight for the
new building and that he is going to
use his best endeavor to get that
amount. The sum Of $500 in the above
mentioned $4,000 is to come from the
Church Extension Board of Philadel-
phia.
Everyone seems anxious to assist in
the most substantial manner in the
building of this new church and the
pastor and members are meeting with
success, to say the least. Evidently the
public as well as the church people will
be pleased to see a new structure OF
stone and brick in place of the wooden
building now standing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
A PIONEER OF 1853.
Death of Mrs. Martha Morgan in Weston
Last Friday.

Deatn OF Mrs marina morgan In weston
Last Friday.
Weston Leader: Mrs. Martha Nor
gan, pioneer woman OF Weston, died
Friday morning at o'clock at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Sarah McDougal, in
Weston at the age Of 70 years, after
short illness with pneumonia.
Mrs. Morgan was born in Missouri
January 8, 1888, and was married to her
first husband, James M. Lieuallen,
November 6, 1851, in the same state.
They crossed the plains in the same
immigrant train with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew j. Killgore, and To-
Gated near Weston in 1868 on the place
now occupied by @. F. Bultinch, being
among the first settlers in this neigh
hood. Mr.. Lieuallen died in 1888, and
his widow was REMARKED November 16,
1890, to j. s. Morgan, who also proceed.
ed her to the grave.
"Aunt Martha" as she was known
among her relatives and friends, was a
lifelong member of the Baptist church.
She performed life's duties with fidelity
and honor, and passed to her eternal
rest with the love and esteem OF those
near and dear to her.
Her surviving children are Mrs. Matt
Shaw, Mrs. John Shaw, Mrs. Ben Shaw,
She also left two brothers, Lewis and
William Kilgore, and two sisters, Mrs.
Sarah McDougal and Mrs. Minerva
Barnes.
1t was the dying request OF the de-
parted that her remains be conveyed TO
Moscow Idaho, for interment beside the
grave Of her first husband.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30


gine was in the backward motion, the
brake valve set in the emergency posi-
tion and the throttle was open, showing
that the dutiful servant had used his
ostenergy to stop the plunging en-
gine at the first quiver that warned him
of danger.
1t is impossible to say whether the
fireman was thrown into the stream by
the shock, or whether he caught a
glimpse of the danger as he stood In the
gangway OF the cab and jumped to save
himself, being drowned in the torrent
in his effort to escape. His body was
found Monday morning on rifle in the
Umatilla river, far below where the
wreck occurred. William Maxwell is
the name of the passenger injured. His
mother and sister reside in Baker City.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Teller Re-Eiected.

AT 8 o'clock Saturday afternoon the
democratic members Of the senate and
house Of the Fourteenth Assembly OF
Colorado, cast their ballots, 81 in num-
Der, for Henry NJ. Teller to succeed
himself as United States senator, and he
was declared elected by President w.
HI. Adams, who presided. The result
was reached after a week Of untiring
effort on the part Of the democratic
leaders, during which many rumors OF
treachery had been circulated, and many
delays had occurred by reason Of the abb
sence from roll call of different mem
bers Of the assembly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Tiedeman Got license.

The city council Monday evening
granted P. H. Tiedeman license to
sell liquor in less quantities than one
gallon for the period OF one year. A
remonstrance was presented by Mrs. A.
M. Gillis, but not having a sufficient
number of signers, the council could not
do otherwise than grant the icenses
Attorney Peterson was called in and
gave, by request, his opinion ona couple
Of technicalities which the council was
not conversant with. Mr.. Tiedeman
was present and was somewhat relieved
when the bond was accepted and the
license granted by vote of four ''ayes"
and one "no."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
APecullar Measure.

Among the peculiar measures intro
duced in the Oregon Legislature may by
classed bill to compel the state printer
to use the label OF the Allied rinting
Trades Council or the label Of the In
ternational Typographical Union on all
letterheads. blanks, reports, pamphlets,
books, certificates of election, ETC.,
printed by the state. No officer or other
person in the employ OF the state shall
accept any printed matter that does not
bear the label under penalty of fine of
not less than 800 or not more than
$500 or imprisonment of from 30 to 80
days or both. 1t was introduced by
Representative Bailey Of Multnomah.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Contest in Team work.

About the first week in March the
knights of Pythias Of Umatilla, Baker
and Union counties will meet for a con-
test in team work that will probably be
something fine, judging from the pre-
dictions Of the local Knights. The con-
vention will meet in La Grande. The
district convention preparatory to the
event has already been held in this
county. The Union county convention
will be held January 30 and the Baker
county convention Jan. 30.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
City Limits to be Extended

4 bill will soon be presented to the
legislature by Senator w. M. Pierce to
so change the city boundaries of Wes-
ton that Killgore's addition-now dotted
with many new residences and known as
Normal Heights-will be included, says
the Weston Leader. At the same tine
any other desired extension of bound
aries will be included in the bill, and
neighboring land owners who de-
sire to plat additions can take advant-
age Of the opportunity by notifying w.
M. Pierce at once.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
want a saloon at Alba.

About 30 taxpayers of Alba precinct
have signed a petition to be presented to
the county commissioners at the March
meeting asking a saloon license for
Frank B. Brown to extend from May to
the end of November. This is the period
when most of the heavy freighting is
done through Alba from the John Day
to Pendleton, and saloon keeping is a
rather profitable business along the
feeding places.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
school Tax 15 Mills.

Saturday the voters of school district
No. 30 met at the school house and
voted school tax Of Is mills. The
amount OF taxable property in the dis
trict as given on the tax rolls for 1902
amounts to $207 ,458.50/ A 15-mill tax
levy on this amount Will give to the
district a surplus over and above ex-
penditures for maintaining the school,
which will be used in payment of inter-
est on bonded Indebtedness.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Ed mills in Jail.

Ed Mills is in the WaIla Walla city
jail charged with petit larceny, says the
Union. He is alleged to have taken a
violin from young man with whom he
had been rooming and boarding at the
Central Hotel, and sold it at one of the
pawnshops for 50. Mills was men,
Der of the Walla Walla base ball nine
of last season. He had been engaged to
work for a farmer on Eureka Flat and
was at the w. & G. r depot when he
was found by member of the police
force.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Gates Sold out.

nc. W. Gates has sold his cigar store
in this city to j. D. Sheets & Son, of
Milton. The new firm has taken pos
session and Mr.. and Mrs Gates leave to-
night for Bourne in the Sumpter min
ing district4 With VIM. Mosley, Of this
city Mr.. Gates will conduct hotel in
the thriving mining camp to which he is
going.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
sheriff Arrested Two.

4 sheriff Taylor came up from Pendle-
ton Monday and with his brother, w.
Il. Taylor, went out to the Vaughn
place and arrested. two men who at the
county jail gave their names as G. l..
Smith and G. s. Grant. Their tr o
names are said to be Weston and Her
rim. They are charged with horse
stealing.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Died OF His Injuries.

Albert Lake, who was injured by a
cavein at the Oregon Monarch mine
Wednesday night Of last week, when
Frank Marsh was killed, died Monday
afternoon at SnInpter Death resulted
from complications Of disorders aggra-
vated By the accident.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
MORNING JANUARY

morning as result Of complications Of
diseases with old age. She was born in
1888 and came to Umatilla county in
1878. er husband is w. @. Kern, ex.
treasurer of Umatilla county. Mrs ].
Vaughn of this city is a daughter. @.
A. Sias conducted the funeral Wednes.
day at Helix.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Marlindnle Conyaleacinr.

President Martindaie, Of the Eastern
Oregon State Normal, is said to be re-
covering from his severe sickness. For
several months Mr.. Martindale has been
very low and his life was despaired Of.
While he is not entirely out Of danger
he is now able to be. out Of the house
and has walked down town once or
fwica
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Built a DYKE.

Labor volunteered by the farmers
below Milton, have built something over
300 feet Of dyke along the east side Of
the Tumalum below to prevent further
depredations by the river upon the
farming land. The high water about
the first OF the month is said to have
cut out land to the value of $500.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Mnxorin Ounrantine.

Milton is comparatively free from dis
ease now, only the home of Mayor s. A..
Miller being under quarantine for
smallpox, while scarlet fever has virtual
ly died out. Mayor Miller's house will
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Threatened % XIII.

Mrs. j. Frank Day, wife Of men who
has figured more or less in the Pendle-
ton police courts, has instituted suit for
a divorce The complaint alleges that
on different occasions the husband
threatened the life Of the defendant.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Mckay postofaos Rnrnsd i.

Sunday morning the postoffice at Nc
Kay, south OF Pendleton, was burned.
Joseph Hubbard, the postmaster, also
lost his stock of general merchandise
and household goods. The loss on
building and contents amounts to S2500.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30
Pierce wants News.

Senator Pierce has introduced bill
to compel the Associated Press, cor
poration, to serve all newspapers ap-
plying for it, the news service of that
corporation
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-30

Mrs. Rhoda Roam Kern died at her
home in Helix at 8 o'clock Tuesday
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
Portraits on Tombstones.

Philadelphia marble dealers are TAX
ing keen interest in an enterprise,
which had it's origin in Denmark, for
reproducing the pictures of dead per
sons on their tOmbstones. They say
that it is very probable that the move
ment will spread to America in short
time. The picture on the tombstone
craze started among the Danes as a
result of the use of artificial marble.
A Danish master builder succeeded
in producing a stone Of such delicate
tints that it was impossible to distin-
guish it from the natural product. The
imitation Of the more expensive spe
cies was found to cost far less than
the natural, and is made in any form
desired-columns, plain or tiuted, and
ca apitals-as readily as fiat slabs. The
durability is said to be as great as
that of the genuine marble. 1t was
also found that it was possible to re-
produce, by carving a picture of the
deceased person, in the imitation mar
BILE. much easier and far cheaper than
the work could be done with the genu
inc article.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
TO ADVERTISE THE
GREAT SOUTHWEST

Farmers, farmers wives and daught-
ers, school teachers, doctors, clergy
men, merchants in the smaller towns,
any citizen who has something to say,
are invited to write letters and longer
articles about the locality in which
they live in the southwest.
The territory includes Arkansas, Ar
izona, Indian Terrific ", Louisiana, Ok.
lahoma, Southern Missouri, New Mexi.
co, Oklahoma and Texas.
Premiums that make it an object
are offered set for each state and
territory. Full particulars of the con.
ditions of the contest, and list of the
prizes and awards will be sent upon ap
plication to
j. W. STEELE,
Commissioner, Colonization Agency,
Southwestern Lines, Columbia
Theater Building, ST. Louis. Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
Mr.. FoIeV'S War Record.

In conversation With Il Graphic rep
resentatiye this morning Mr.. d. Fo-
ley briefly stated his record As a sol
der in tie Confederate army, as fel-
lows: Il joined r H. Wilher's cav
alrY company at Pine Bluff, July -,
1861 Then went to Oak Hill, Mo.
and was attached to Ben McCullOh s
army. and thereafter participating in
the battle of Oak Hill. After that bat
tie the company was disbanded. and
met Lieut.. Sam Lindsay. recruit
ing officer for the Ninth Arkansas reg
iment | enlisted in company II, Capt.
Armstrong in command. John NJ Brad
ley was colonel of the regiment, with
Headquarters at Bowling Green Ky.
| remained with the regiment during
the war Our first engagement was
at Shiloh and except two | participated
in every battle the regiment engaged
in After the fall of Atlanta | was
made an ensign, which position | held
till the surrender at jamestown, n.
c.. in May, 1865.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
IN BUSINESS EARLY
D .nver, Colo, Can Boast Of an Eight
Year.OId Merchant

Year-Old Merchant.
The Youngest merchant III this city
and perhaps in the United States, is
Miss Corinne Snyder. a tot of eight
years, who conducts successful busi-
ness at ,o23 Fourteenth street, says
the Denver Post. Mrs Louisa John
son owned little store directly
across tae street from Corinne's home
on Fourteenth street 1t was this lit
tie place that the child longed to pos
sess, and as Mrs. johnson was going
to retire from active business, Cor
irne and her indulgent mamma pur.
chased the store and CorinEe was inn
Eiediately installed as proprietress.
The young lady was found serving a
big policeman with fried eggs, pie
and coffee. 1t is to policemen and
tiremen that Corinne is now catering
Her place OF business is quite near the
city hall, and during her earlier busi-
ness career t. big, blue-coated city
officials learned to admire the tact
of their little friend and often stop
ped to drop brass button into her
money TILL" Now that she is real
business lady, the different city de-
partments furnish not few custom
ers for the little out-of-the-way Mach-
room.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03

ing OF the Shrew." The class was
wide-awake and beautiful lot of
children.
Room No. 4. with Mrs E. w. Haltom
as teacher, was a treat. Mrs. Haltom
is the English teacher, and she shows
great tact in her management and in
the means resorted to by her to make
the pupils think for themselves. 1t
is very plain to be seen that she is an
accomplished teacher. The work by
the pupils shows skilled training. The
class which was reeiting was quiet
and quick. Not one of them was call
ed upon who did not respond quickly
and correctly.
Room No 3, Prof. J. r. Allen, teach
er, is the room in which Latin is
taught with thoroughness and the
pupils show aptness
Prof J. H. Witherspoon. the princi-
pal, who teaches the sciences, was
found among the bottles, acids and
boiling pots of water He mixes up
lot of chemicals and minerals and
then leaves the various things to the
pupils to wrestle with and to tell him
what the analysis proves to be. He
test. but uses color in some of the
mixtures and passes it back for a sec
ond examination. Prof. Witherspoon
and Dr. Jordan say that not a pupil
in the high school during the past
eight years has died while at
tending school, and only one
in the entire public schools of the city
had died during that time
while attending school. The hy-
genic and sanitary condition of the
schools has been as nearly perfect as
the school board and the instructors
could make them
The Merrill school, Of which w A.
V. Waterhouse is principal, has be-
tween 5uU ana bUU cOlofcQ CQIluTeIl
in constant attendance The rooms
of the various grades are very cred
table and Prof Waterhouse has
proved himself competent man for
the place, Judging from what his pupils
can do Some work in history, music
and math ematics were proof of good
tutorship. Dr. Jordan required that
the children sing. and they sang the
notes and then the words of the songs,
one of which was the beautiful song,
my Home in Arkansas" The be-
havior of the pupils was excellent and
the music and recitations were cred
it to anybody, white Or back.
Parents should be active in school
work. Visit the schools. cooperate
with the teachers. and if son or daugh-
ter is slow to learn, help to make him
CT her studious and attentive to school
work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
Just What He Wanted.

They tell a cruel story on Senator
Allison, Illuminating his faculty for
keeping out of trouble. He dictated,a a
in reply to pointed inquiry. When
he had concluded he asked the secre-
tary: What do you think of that
letter."
We'll, it is a good letter, senator" +"
replied the amanuensis, "but you will
pardon mel cannot just exactly un-
derstand your meaning"
That's good" exclaimed the Sena-
tor. Send it along"