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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-14

which time he had in Office evidence
that cOnvicts the coal trust of criminal
violation of the provisions of the Sher
man act.
In Pennsylvania which Senator
Quay so long governed as viceroy of
the coal trust and the steel trust, the
is generally applauded.
and it is considered that Mr.. Knox
will be a fitting successor to Senator
Quay and that he can be relied on to
carry out his peculiar program with ii
deity and skill.
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CURES OLD SORES.

Westmoreland, Kans., May 5, 1902.
Ballard Snow Liniment Co.: Your
Snow Liniment cured an old sore on
the side of my chin that was supposed
to be a cancer. The sore was stubborn
and would not yield to treatment, until
| tried Snow Liniment, which did the
work in short order. My sister, Mrs.
Sophia J. Carson, Allensville, Miffin
Co, Pa, has a sore and mistrusts that
it is a cancer. Please send her a SOC
bottle. The Upington Drug Store, deal
ers.
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Leap Year jolly Ends In Weddinq.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, June 13.-Jo-
seph F. X Meeks and Mrs. W. A. Sper-
ling, who We're married here on March
18th. owe their happiness to a news
paper article.
Meeks, who lived in Chicago, read
that forty GAINESVILLE spinisters had or
gained leap year club and wrote to
inquire about it. His letter was pub
lished in local paper and Mrs. Sperl-
ing, who was not a member of the club
wrote to him.
Their marriage followed a few weeks
later.
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Confederates Gather.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 14.-One
hundred thousand visitors within her
gates and more arriving on every train
bands of men clad in gray parading
through the streets, the crash of bands
and the cheers of thousands who line
the thOrOughfares; enthusiastic well
comes and equally hearty responses;
the latch-string on the outside and the
situation in Nashville today on the
opening of the fourteenth annual re-
union of the United Confederate Vet
Grams.
The great mass of visitors had ar
rived by noon today and the railroads
estimated their number at not far from
the 1000 mark. The elaborate plans
for the reception of the visitors work.
ed faultlessly, and though the crowd is
perhaps larger than was ever enter
tanned in Nashville before, every man,
woman and child from abroad is as
sured of bounteous hospitality during
their stay in the city.
The downtown streets are fairly
ablaze with crimson bunting, all the
side streets are decorated and so are
most of the residences of the city. The
old Stars and Bars form, as a mat
ter of course, the prominent feature in
of h11l "a
stars and stripes" are also seen at eV-
cry turn.
Though this was the day of formal
opening the most of the time was
spent in receiving the visitors and pro-
viding for their accommodation. The
exercises at the Tabernacle, where the
largely of a routine character The
one sad note of the days proceedings
was the absence of General John 3.
Gordon, the late commander in chief
of the organization, who until his death
a few months ago, was the central fig
ure at every reunion.
mainder of the week gives promise in
itself of one of the most successful
reunions in the history of the organiza-
ton. In addition to the business SEES
sions of the United Confederate eVter-
ans and of the kindred organizations
which are holding their meetings here
no e ga
! Daughters of the Confederacy. the WO-
mems Confederate Memorial Associa-
| tiOn-there will be a number of inter-
esting features including, of course
| the usual receptions and other enter
| tainments which make up the social
side of the reunion. One of the most
| interesting events will take place to-
morrow, when the veterans will attend
the laying of the cornerstone for the
new Confederate monument in Cen
tennial Park. The Grafton of the day
will be delivered by Senator Carmack
and there will be addresses by other
| speakers of note.
The parade will be the climax of the
reunion. The most of the schools are
already closed and on Thursday tens
| of thousands of children will pour into
| Nashville from all the neighboring
towns to witness what they will prob
ably never have a chance to see
Iagain-the veterans who are left of the
famous armies of Virginia and Tennes-
Hood, the old flag, the old uniform and
to hear Dixie and the old Confed-
crate yell for the last time.
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THEY ASK FOR BETTER PAY
-rACHERS' SALARIES TOO SMALL
TO ALLOW THEM A saw
JNGS ACCOUNT.
e..ttte Pedagogues Are Denied Petit
ton for an Increase in Their
Monthly Pay.

srtrTLE. Wash, June 14.-Seattle
...r.r- in the public schools, denied
d, increase of salary by the board of
.ra.| directors, have planned to con-
.-.u. the fight for a more favorable
r.agniiIon of the teachers services.
similar fights for recognition are be-
t-r made by school teachers through
..,- the country. The National Educa-
t.anaI association, after a thorough
.ya,t.gation, has authorized a state
,..at showing the inadequacy of teach
RS salaries and has approved the
movement for better salaries.
Seattle school teachers have made a
showing Of the poor recognition given
them ANA Will continue the agitation
until the taxpayers and particularly
m. patrons of the public schools thor
made upon teachers and the poor SAL
aries given them. The school teachers
r.+.v. that the people do not realize
... .v,ant Of the noIicv of economic
sind, i'm salaries that prevails in Seattle.
nh. t-.r4asa in the maximum salary
mid t. teachers and particularly to
women teachers, which was asked of
the board would have provided a fair
6-.ocnition of the instructors, they be-
1--we. 1t would have enabled them.
through close economy. to save some
thing for old age and live as their
4 calling demands. 1t would have en-
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QUEEN OF BLACKMA|LERS
REMARKABLE STORY OF THE
NEGRESS WHO OPERATED
IN NEW YORK.
The Plat BlackmaiIne Case Reveals
the Private Life Of Mrs.
Hannah Elias.

1t was shocking tragedy that
stirred not only New York. but the
entire country and brought to light the
wonderful story of the career Of Han
nah Elias, the OctoroOn.
On Nov. IS, 1903, Cornelius Will
liams, the woman's discarded friend of
a decade, shot and killed Andrew H.
Green, the Father of Greater New
York" on the doorstep of his Park
sane story of Mr.. Green's alleged re-
lations with the negress. Every de-
tail of the wOmanS life was ferretted
out by the press. The district attor-
ney was i'll in bed. She confessed ev-
erything to him. She disclosed the
name of John r. Platt as her dupe.
Plat sent word to the district attorney
that he would kill himself if his dis
grace were revealed, and with the
CONSENT Ol MI. bIeell = ltlillS tHe us
trict attorney kept silent and sent Will
liams to an asylum for the crimnally
insane at MattaWan.
The Platt blackmail suit disclosed
to the public his remarkable resem-
blance to Green.
Mrs. Elias Strange Life.
Mrs. Elias private life has been
simply amazing. Mrs. Belle Marshall,
for three years the housekeeper of the
negro adventures, tells the story.
The tastes of Mrs. Elias life as
negro never left her. Her favorite
beverage was gin, and. firing of the
luxuries of q millionaire establishment
she would frequently send a servant
out with a tin bucket to get 'possum
stew or mess of fried fish, from
corner lunch stand.
Kato, her Japanese butler, became
a great favorite with her, and she
sent him to the Paris exposition with
a valet. That was after she had given
him present of $4,000 worth of dia-
monds at one time.
The woman dreaded the possibility
of recognition as negro. She COW
cred her kinky hair with a 5000 wig and
sought to have her face bleached. For
two months she paid face specialist
800 a day. He placed a mask over
her face and told her to wear it several
weeks. She did SO, but when she took
it off her face was as black as ever.
But the face specialist had the money.
Her envy of white women amounted
to bitterness. She never lost an OPP
practicing jokes on her servants.
A library of richly bound and we'll
selected volumes was one of the at
fractions of the house, but it was never
used. Books on etiquette. however.
We're often read to Mrs. Elias. Muir
der stories in the daily papers We're
her favorite form of reading.
Her fear of recognition as a cOIOred
woman prevented her going out except
in carriage. Her desire to avoid
meeting others went to such an eX-
treme that she would not even go to
a dentists office to have her teeth
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-11-26

aae,e A enl|e4Y ~ Wnep flH'f fHf
III up na} asf p}''f. F" f XXI,
natf Nv mob flnaF tNl Xxx, T''f
sIi 81, Tiei Aep'''' N'P'F
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A WoMAN's PHILOSOPHY.

There amt no possible good 3 en-
come o lendin' money to them = amt
able to pay 1t back.
IS far 8 my observation g extended,
it's always folks long ways on 8
it's wisest to lay all faults to.
No woman as g goin to fall In love
ever ought to begin by marryin' an
other man first. 1t mixes things all up.
IS far Is my observation 8 extended,
no one don't ask for advice Mess
they've pretty well made up their mind
not to take it.
It's better for you to learn the les
son s all Is vanity now than to wal
IN have it fall on your head like a un
expected pickle jar.
didn't get my trunk down cause
TIL have Friday to pack anyhow, n
any one en- slide trunk down lad
der any time, but nobody can't neye
| slide nothin' up nowhere.-"susal
Clegg and Her Friend, Mrs. Lathrop,
by Anne Warner.
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There is a knowledge which Is heav-
enly, knowledge which is human and
a knowledge which is diabolic; there Is
a knowledge which Is blessed and
knowledge which is accursed. The first
is ennobnng and elevating and LIFTS
man toward God. The second Is de-
basing. degrading, and drags men to-
ward the pit The knowledge gained
by roofing amid the groans and ago
MES of living creatures, whom tnel
Maker and ours put into our power, Il
teach us mercy. as he gives mercy u
us, is such an accursed knowledge tina
only demons could seek for It, and !
can turn to no human good. Science
so gained is not for men, but for dev
ils.-Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson Il
Success.
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II is well known that people who are
unable TO write usually use for thelf
signatures the familiar cross or ~
why this sign is used instead CT any
other is not generally known. In times
long gone by the early Christians usee
10 sign with the cross to distinguish
them from the beathen, Kings an'
mobiles. too were wont 10 affix cross
10 documents, whether they could VIII
on not. as symbol that they pledges
themselves 70 the Christian faitp ap'
thus 20 the truth o. the matter y
which the cross was affixed,
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-11-26
THE SCENE PAINTER.
Ne Plays an Important Part In sta0.
lag . Modern Play.

When play has been accepted fol
production 1t is sent to the scene paint,
er, who goes over it carefully, taking
note of all details to be reproduced
Then, If the subject is difficult, he
makes sketch of it In the fat. II
this proves satisfactory to manager,
actor and author, he builds 1t up In a
miniature model on the scale of half
an inch to the foot as perfect L pro
portion and exquisite In detail as the
finished scene. An old gentleman late
ly, looking over collection of models
in one of the New York studios. re-
marked that his granddaughter would
be delighted to have them for doll
houses. The proprietor Of the studio
smiled to himself. The models for a
single play cost well up toward thou
sand dollars. For an ordinary four act
comedy the models, scenes, properties
and costumes COST let us say, FIVE OF
| six thousand dollars The cost CS the
| great scenic productions is never as
much as the press agents say, but has
been known to exceed 100000
When the model is approved, thu
stage carpenter. takes measurements
| for such framework as may be neces
sary. The clumsy construction Of tn
old days has given way to the solide5
sort of building. Windows slide Il
their sashes; doors slam, shut and lock
II Staircases are solid to the tread. Tree
are built UP In the round, and column
are turned out of solid wood. But q
every show is intended to travel anon
4 oil the great cities Of the continent tn
! heaviest scene must be made up {
pieces short enough to be packed IN
g freight car.
8 The scene painter marks out II
D pieces of his model In tiny squares ar
then hangs huge canvas besit
}, the paint bridge with Corresponds
8 squares In scale. The craftsman stan'
) on the bridge with piece Of charco
) on a stick like a billiard cue al
g square by square copies the lines oft
J. model, while an assistant raises az
Iel lowers the cloth with tackle. I'll
IS the body paint is put on, and the
v tails are added until the cloth Is co
IS piete-John Corbin In Scribner's-
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Battles In the snow.

Many great battles have been fought
In the snow, Eilau and Hohenilnuen
being familiar examples. Austerliu
was fought in intensely cold weather,
and the Russian losses were increased
nv Napoleon turning the fire OF his
artillery on the frozen lakes over
which the Russians sought to retreat
In our civil war Fort Donelson was
captured in February, Fredericksburg
was fought In December, Stone Rive
Dec 81, 1862, Jan. 2. 1868, and Thomas
defeated and ruined Hoods army a
Nashville on the 18th and 10TH ef DE
cember. 1854
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QUEER ALMANACs.

Australian Shepherds Have Odd
Ways of Marking Time.
The boundary riders of the great
Australian sheep ranches have each a
district to look after, in which ona
must keep the wire fences In repair
and see that the sheep come to no
harm. 1t Is hard and lonely life, liv-
ing, as each boundary rider does, quite
alone In the wilderness. A writer tells
of some of the curious ways In which
these solitary men keep count of the
days.
, One old man who had lived in the
back country for thirty years used two
lam tins and seven pebbles. One tn
was marked, This week." and the 9th
er Last week." On Monday morning
he would take a pebble from LAS
week" and drop it into "This week,
and each subsequent morning till ,"s-Thi
week. had swallowed the seven. The
were returned to Last week." and tn
old fellow knew that another Sunda
had passed.
Another man had tried ana iahe
with several plans. At last he bit on
new idea. He made big damper (cak
of -four and water on Sunday mgr
and marked it into seven secuon
each section being a days ano"anc
SO that every time he picked up u
damper the grocer would remind oil
Of the day. Unfortunately one Tue
dav there came visitor with rave
i ous appetite. The host stlnteo nin
self that the hungry one might Dc sa
istied with the days section. But
wasn'A With anxious eyes the no
saw the knife clearing the pounual
line and the hungry man rutnieSs
carving into his almanac. AT last
could stand it no longer. -,
"stop. stop" he cried as De erapO'
the damper and glared at it.
@There.v he said, you've eaten 10.
/ dov and We'n'day, and now yer want
I Slice the best O. the mornin o Inul
' day an won't know the day o
week"
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Pacific & Idaho
Northern R'y
ONLY DIRECT
RAIL ROUTE

ONLY DIRECT
RAIL ROUTE
FROM WEIsEn, IDAHO, to
,<utbburg. Heath, ana the eeisprstso seven
Devils Copper miRes, Payetts Lakes, hlaols,
Sslubris ana Long Fsiieys salmon kissf hs<-
dors. aud Gold Placer Dlegiogs,
When travelling vest In search Of nsw noms,
stop 81 AZ Asissf Idaho take trip over tbs
paeinc idaho Northern Railway 70 shove sec
ION Of county, sno Investigate ~ nsp}fsT
sources. YOU ell not BE- dlsspPolptsd
DELlGHqFuL CLIMATE,
Cool III xhf bfessea from the fnoHretVpee noun
tains, making tieepfeHeshlns'
no hALARfA,
PURE AouHqAlf WATER,
plenty III ekeelient unqcQnplae tFfetrMsrt
land. Abundance " mstoheatAhl' N'Ainfi w
hiuff n cfQpi'
n.n nails Az DAILY
ffsandiy - n eYess}
] tU Nladlf Valley lW
] OM lAmlH|Att TX
Rssls spa fuslhsl Ipl'lpauQe 'sfe''AEP Ht''
ffF'NH'''f a. A. AklNfp,
eeeHs Nsnfs0f fl.As' 49,
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ANCIENT BURIALS.
waanons of warriors and 'rinA
=, women In Their Graves

a,o+erv belonging to a garrison
onoohards has been founu ne"i
Ascoli on the Tronto, at a pass aeioos
the Apeunines, in Italy. lie sue ~ ~
AZ Fort IS the top OF an island OIL rUos ,
.aw occupied. by little hamlet cane s'o
no~ T'rosIno. All the warriors were
Sas' r,,+h their faces to the east Neii
,q' head was found comp msue ~. -,
,.orn or bone and round snieiu
.o,n Soss ON the right lay long,
uoa iron sword in a scapparu "
s ,,sn AgaIps. TIE right shoulder wan
no LONG wooden spear ana on .ns s
,aSt a dagger in highly ornAp. .s,, ..
S ~ decorated with gold, ~ We" -
- ard arrows In q culver A..
Generally Ds there was present 49,
a,,1a ~ broad belt, often oscotns ','
sonIIoue for belt and seappai0' sinai
,aned OF gold. silver or prop1s. s Ds
LA mates seem 70 have Dep s an
~ ,,,e coat IN The shape OF 9 cross ~ =
~ ~ eontalned heayy eu'fass :
Hs,s ,,ound t6gether with iron W. W.,
ne borsemep had big SUGARS ~ az
~, ,nanes aud lfree D'V s N,
g'D a.'.,b uttb Two movable bhpo'sv, II, I'd
49," 80 saddles and harness "''' 80
beside tbe dead .,o,p so,d bal
By the women eee sp'e gold ea
~. wlth rounded ga hepps ~" M.
~ segs of dinaepf Shape pNss' III HI
up "a ulafas. ono f'pf N'- n
an p.',es cerenius epd i'egipe e'' \, ~,
on M Cgoesef t'p '.t .'.s, bracelei
ny sed boads ~ Fleeg t'ls .,,e's. enp
XII ,,,,,a.y yaaes aiia plpiif " 'f I'M toll
pp'', a,6 ol,as aeae|ee Y ~ ...' e'''
sse''o ~ le9elpg " ''N''7
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'aeo him, then held his arms out
*aed that another might with
~ ease conduct his examination.
u paid minute attention to the
bags, and a fourth took the
y Itself on the horse. The search
wy 70 light some papers which
"aesr scanned, gaining thereby
niormauon regarding the price
~ptain gave the papers 70 a SUD,
- s~ hnd directed them 70 be tied
he now took from bis belt
10y sheet, opened u, and read itl
w WIN care, RlapclDg now ane
W. man before him, Appaf
'f COMPARISON Was 10 bis sails
Ahq be RESTORED the doeumep
p p WIZ . grupf " approval
rp'i feaayf Ten him 70 com
h''ld w the subordinate, W.
p'tnppeaged, emerging tpp
W. pnill0usee shortly via
NV pp = nne llolse, evidently
s'p'i ilei Sport Wa abolished
''N'sl NnH Impatient " NJ "a
NNng fe|loW w W. NRN
+" feRelpeW b|lh y niAal'
PM born NJ ihe SADDLE Pr
Nle nmplQyef ~ 'nifl4W
pNV H|analel ehleh IA pQ'
'N fnNNt lnla1ufp
li Nn9 H|ff N|Ai a iiNnei|
5000 M fNN cav W NN'
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oul man. who crossed the border this
I,orning. Say we are bringing him to
CorDiton Manor, as directed and or.
pect TO reach there before dusk
The youth, without reply or salnte
pockered the paper, shook out the reIns
and was of like the wind.
AT a word from the captain buqla
call rang out, and its effect was soon
apparent. An accoutred horse was led
TO the captain, who sprang into b,s
pace with the ease Of one accustomed
to the feat, and from the buildings an
peared something like score of mount.
ed troopers
Get into your saddle" commanded
the captain, addressing Armstrong.
The latter tested the buckling which
soldier had just finished, drew up the
strap point, then, with bis foot in tbs
stirrup, turned and asked:
Am to consider myself prisoner
STRIP
Whatever questions you wish to pu
Will be answered presently by on,
higher in authority than l."
Il must protest against this deten
ton, SIR"
Your protest Will doubtless be cor
sfdered by the officer referred to-"
General Cromwell, l surmiseT'
"Or one delegated by him. Noun
We have far to go"
Armstrong leaped into the saddl
and the troop set off, with the capital
at the head and himself in the mid
: OF it. There was no chance of escap
, even If he meditated such an attemp
which apparently he did not. The q
rection tended south and east, and
the sun was setting they came to Co
biton Manor, large country hous
which was seemingly the headquarte
!. Of considerable section of the arm
encamped in the neighborhood. In
a room In this mansion Armstrong w
Il conducted and left under guard, a
ri he was pleased to see by the spread
% BILE that there was at least no desi
o on the part of his captors to star
ia him.
IT. ~.
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gYou are DOT ip q with msP saln ths
nightingale Win superior az ff"'
cant touch q high pote a. an"
rNo9v replied the blFe " paradise
eWAy even When pm dead ana elN
halnled ou a bonnei ~ bot lN eo'nf
Dletiy meas touching p any dollar nelf
M nshp PHILADELPHIA presi
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fIheg fAy Alcohol niN H'fF Nfih
up ulc6lyp geWnlloa lne mep we ~
Qlllla fnclf
"a anlN agleea ~ ~ pNep ~,
gldAef lf ffAnee Nv M ~ hNfR'
phnea'|p|a' ''1'q'p
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To be continued.
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'N Nn4 llff ll|Al ~ f|NnfiH
hN4l M fNN cav W NHN.
''H ~ wy "
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FfI ta1 IdlI H4H ti''#F
,ftf N1li M fHl a.i a.llns ~
XXX pps|Np 7f'e''''~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-08-11

Charles Reitz, pitcher; lee Polling
third base; Glenn Stewart, catcher :
William Tsidgeley, left field, 4. Meredith
second base; E. F. Kane, first base;
George Watson, right field; Fred creel
center Geld; Floyd Parsons, short stop.
The first inning resulted in score
Of for Farniont. ClarlSsburg got
nothing in the second inning, Fairnont
nothing in the second and Ciarl<sbms
was the same way with the prospects Of
being shut5out altogether, and at press
hour the last half of the third inning
was being played.
Closing the program are two lnlnd-
red and twenty yard dash. q one hund
red and twenty yard hurdle, nm Indian
club race. n running high jump and q
one third mile running race
The following were the officers for the
occasion:
Referee. James H. Norris; Starter
Willis Hawicy; Inspectors Charles /
Hin; Judges at the finish, r, 7. Lowndes.
Jr., Dr. Z. y Flowers. DIR. W. p. Gofr
Field Judges, c. K. Conner, G. F. Holden
Fritz Hawley; Time keepers. c. w. Van
nortt. Frank r. Moore, j. W. Davis
Clerk. +. II. Rhodes, Scorer, J. W. Rob
inson; Marshal, Fred Fleming; Annoull
.cers. f. s. Wallis and James H. Norris
The Athletic League, Prof Hill Gen,
-eraI Secretary Norris and the assoeia
ton, as well as all who participated,
lave the gratitude of the hundreds who
attended for an afternoon of real en-
ioynent. ana the liberal attendance
should prove an encouragement to the
continuance OF gymnastic and athletic
training by the association, which has
started out to develop the physical as
wen as the moral intellectual and re
ligfous part of our nature.