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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-26
Number 26
That Toledo Blueiacket.
Woo SUNG, China, July %, 1901

"oo ouNG' Chlna, July %, 1901.
Dear Folks, One and All:
Your very welcome letter of June 10
was received on the 18th of this month.
and you can just imagine how glad |
was to hear from home, for this was
the first mail we have had since ,Jnne 2
We are still at Woo Sung, and expect
to remain until September l. then We
VIII work south. This is the great ty-
phoon season, and vessels don't monkey
around much where they are. The
formosa channel is very bad at this
time OF the year, and there is no sea-
room In there. A ship has TO face anv
storm it may run into, while in the
open ocean it has chance to turn tail
and run. | was afraid would not Oet
to see Shanghai, as the water is foo
shallow for the ship to get there. 1t is
only 10 miles from here, but we can 20
by rail. On the 4th we played at night
IN the Astor Hotel-the biggest hotel in
the city-and we had a pretty nice
Time. Last week we played again at a
private residence in Shanghai. We
had all our expenses paid, such as rail.
road and hotel fare, aud were served a
hne dinner, in first-class style. Shanr-
hal is beautiful city. from what little
l have seen of it For hundreds of
miles in the interior the country is as
level as floor. The city is nice and
clean, except in the old Chinese quar-
ter. Everything is dull here-nothing
doing My, but time goes slow mot a
thiag to do but eat and sleep and watch
dirty Chinese pass by the ship. want
to be killed If ever am fool enough 70
be caught in Woo Sung again
July 26-Since writing the above we
have all had a good liberty; we got 4S
hours. saw everything there was In
be seen, and all for $3.50 American
money. You see | have to go easy, for
my time is getting pretty short, and
don't like to blow in too much good
money. Shanghai is fine, modern
CITY, and believe it is the finest place
on the station. The modern mari of
The city has about 100000 population.
but the old walled city of the Chinese
is said to haye over million. They
can t count them all. | was in the old
walled city a little distance One has
to have guide to go in. If YOU didn't.
you wouldn't get out alive. The streets
are not more than five feet wide. and
the dirt and filth and smell are some
thing terrible. | don't see how tLe
people can live. Well, they don't live.
they are like lot of Filipino hogs
the more filth, the better they like it.
We went through lot of OPIUM dens
and there is where you see the misery
In the modern part of the city every
thing is very fine-nice, wide, we'll
paved streets and fine stone and brick
buildings. They also have very good
band (35 meu), nearly all Filipinos.
They are paid by the city and play
concert every day. The chief.of.police
here is an eX bluejacket of the United
States navy, named Murphy. He has
n fine job and good pay.
Now | had better close this letter.
Tor 1t is very hot, and makes me feel
lazy. | will try to do better next time.
Goodbye for this time. Write often.
Your loving son,
S. W. RosEBRooK,
q
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-26
Real Estate Transfers.

August 23-M S Woodcock and Emma
j WoOdcock to Maud Densmore, lot 8
in block 6l, Case & Bayley's ID addition
TO Newport. $50.
August "a John F-Stewart and Ella
+ Stewart 20 Lena M Mcdonald, acre
n section Z. township II south, range
II west. $50.
August 24-S G Irwin aud May Irwin
TO Mrs. Floreutine NJ Hancock, lot 10,
block l, Cressy's blocks; also l6 feet off
north side of lot 9, block l, Cressy's
blocks, Nye & Thompsons addition to
Newport. $l20.
August 24-Emma B Thompson to S
G Dyer, lot 5, Orient block, Nye &
Thompson's addition to Newport $l10.
August 4-Mary A Day and Chas W
Day 10 Gust Olson, undivided 4 of lot
6 iu block G. Graham's 4th addition to
Toledo. $3.50.
August 24-Gust Olson TO City of To-
ledo, east e OF lot 6, block 6, Graham's
9Th addition to Toledo. $50.
August 24-J J Nyc 70 Andrew l. Nye
and Arthur c Nye, 1SO.7S acres in Sec
ton II, township IL, range IL. 500.
August 22-J L and C w Bogue to
Paul Muszynski, 81 acres in section 20,
township Il south, range IL west. 5000.
August 23-Sheriff's Deed: J H Ross
to E Henkle and A Henkle, same
property above described. Sl5707.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-26

Joseph Blower and sons Zeb and Ce.
Gil of Mill we're in the city Tuesday
with their seasons clip OF wool, which
they sold to Gardner & Avery for 20
cents per pound. Mr.. Blower also
brought to The LEADER office some
samples of his fine seeding peaches
and plums. The peaches are large,
juicy and beautifully colored, some of
them measuring exactly three inches in
diameter. While all parts of Lincoln
county are not adapted to peach culture,
Mr.. Blowers success demonstrates what
can be done under favorable conditions,
and should encourage many of our
farmers to devote little time and
space to this delicious and popular fruit.
The Seeding plums are of medium size,
but of decidedly rich flavor, superior,
we think, to most OF the well-known
varieties.
Commissioners George King of Wi
nant and Frank Thompson of Salado
had official business in the city Wednes-
day. They recently inspected the
Newport-Siletz Bay wagon road and
have only good words for the work done
by Contractor Plank and his assistants.
There remains only a little over three
miles of the road to be completed, the
most difficult part having been at the
starting point. The road as far as COM
pleted is said to be better than the un-
planked streets of Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Read, who have
been enjoying an outing at their ranch
on the Siletz near the lower farm, re-
turned Wednesday to their home in
Sellwood, a suburb of Portland. They
are very much in love with Lincoln
county and hope to live to see the day
when there will be better roads and
easier connection with the outside
world.
Mrs. Fl. +. Collins was the victim of
pleasant surprise party last Saturday
night, in recognition of her birthday
anniversary. Members OF the Woman's
Relief Corps and few of their incum.
brances were responsible for the deed,
and the usual good time resulted, with
peaches and cream, cake and lemonade
for refreshments.
Miss Edna Hoeflein of Coburg ar
rived last Saturday evening for a visit
with relatives and friends at Yaquina
and Toledo. Miss Edna is making
rapid advancement in music and will
soon be classed with the leading play
ers of Oregon.
The Toledo Water Company's new
well is completed and patrons will soon
be receiving an adequate supply. TIE
flow in the new we'll is much stronger
than in the old one, and no further
trouble is anticipated.
p. N. La,hrop and family, who form
erly lived at Elk City, were in Toledo
Wednesday morning EN- route to their
home at Salem via the wagon road.
They have been camping at the beach
for some time.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
next Tuesday afternoon in the base
ment of the M. E. church. Quilting
will occupy the time. All members are
urged to come and bring friends.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-26

Said bids will be received II O'clock
which they listed to be
sealed envelopes directed John Superintendent etz Oreo
should
of the lands which the bids such
the date which the 0ld to be opened.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-08-26
Inherited Indian Land for Sale
At Siletz Agency, Oregon

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN That be received for the sale NJ
the following described inherited
County, Oregon schedule herein set forth,
New-York tribune., 1904-10-02

wonders in the way OF education-much more Than
the Bill will do. Books on science and learn-
ing are often sadly dull and generally expensive
The public cannot afford to buy them largely nor
does it ask for them much at the libraries II the
daily journals made II rule TO give bright picture
esque articles some grand old truths OF science
some great new discoveries such of procedure
would be far productive of good than any
of Short Sermons such have lately heard
discussed in various quarters, the press really
a greater educational force than the pulpit In its
hands it has the social molding Of people, the dignity
of a nation as represented TO other nations. There
could hardly be nObler task; there certainly oau
be higher responsibility.
ICopyuzhtI Irsltb y & Exchange.
I'' Unchristian Clerics next Sundayl
New-York tribune., 1904-10-02
next Sunday
Before and After VacaGi0n
BIZ Morris Wade
MRS. SAWYER to her mamma

N l.
lNl Dear Mamma-We go to the country ro-
morrow for six long delightful weeks of perfect rest
and quiet. Horace has found the most charming
place dear old farm right the bank of beautiful
river with green fields and grand old woods all arovnd
IT. Won't it be splendid for the children: 1 intend
keeping them out Of doors every minute l and
they'll come home so brown and healthy YOU won
know them when you come to us in the tall We
expect TO have perfectly lovely time II writ
again when get there.
The same TO the same.
Dear Mamma-We came home Saturday and
you don't know how glad to be here again
Horace will know it when he gets 70 the country
again There We're cooped up in two stufy little
rooms with one closet about as big sOap-bOx. I
you before about the dreadful water they had
because the well within feet of the barn and
about dear little Horace getting so dreadfuIlv
poisoned with ivy before We had been there three
days l haven't dared 10 tell YOU before but Maudic
and Bruce being drowned in that dread
ful river. They We're playing in leaky old boat
when it upset. and if Horace had not CHANGED to be
right at hand they would have been drowned Then
they lost III the woods for FIVE dreadful hours
and little Bruce got pitched a fence by hooky
cow All of the children got into a hornets nest
day. and they Stung all over. Harold fell
from the hay-lOft and knocked out two of his front
teeth and Horace had to galOp miles for doctor
for We feared the child injured internally Horace
taken with malaria fever and lucky it didn
end in typhoid We found lust as we were leaving
that there foot of in the cellar and that
the walls were covered with green slime.
And mosquitoes! never saw anything like IT,
We had to hght them night and day. Claude fell
into old we'll. and 1t Is u mercy he wasn't killed
We had featherbeds TO sleep on, and apple-pie for
dessert every day We We're there. The farmer had
big yellow dog that barked and howIcd all rigr.
and four or nve old rOOStcTS that began crow
about two O'Clock every morning and kept /. --
until SIN And the heu-houSe was right under o..
windows. There seemed To- be a thousand crics
IN our room, and 1t made So nervous TO hear
rats ScamPerIng about between the walls and
head that couldn't sleep a minute We ~-.....
one week and came home I'll write again v....
get rested "
New-York tribune., 1904-10-02

In the noon of sluTnoer. little girl. little girl
Let me lead you TO Dreamland Dune.
Where the dewdrOps trerlble. Ike Iobes IF pearl.
In the eyes of the Fairy June;
And on her ankles. too. little girI.
AS she dances DER the ground
And the daisies spring from beneath her feet,
And everything that is fair and sweet
On the lap of the garden ground
In the noon of your life. little girl Ettle girl.
VIII you think Of the DreamIand Dun.
And remember. then. when your hearts asshiFl,
Your vow of the IoHg-Iost June?
When love is abloom Ike flower. Hssle girl.
Let Joy in your heart abound,
And smile on the world as you pass IL by,
Like a marigold in the sainted sky.
And the daisies in the ground.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-02

In the noon of summer, little girl, little girl,
Let me lead you to Dreamland Dune,
Where the blossoms blow, and the tendriIs curl
In the wake of the haunting June;
For June is spirit, now. little girl,
And her footprints the ground
The primrose bold the moonIit hill,
The marigold by the shadowy rilI,
And the daisies all around.
These are the spirits. little girl little girl,
And they dance on the Dreamand Dune
To the crickets' song and the night winds whirI
In the smile of the wide, white moon;
For the moon is spirit, toe. little girl.
And has joined the spirit band
The stars of gold in the milky sky,
And the daisies bold that peep and spy,
From the dusk of Shadow Land
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06
Of the western defenses OF die fortress.

Of the western defenSes of the fortress.
Within the last month we have adj
vanced from mere guesswork to def
mite knowledge of the progress of the
siege. as the result Of the trickling
stream of dispatches which the Jap
anese staff has allowed to be published
We no longer talk of the possibility of
Port Arthur falling any day, but rather
Of the probability that this or that one
Of the sixteen forts, or groups of forts,
which make up the main defense of the
city, will be taken,
1t is worth recalling that the Port
Arthur forts can be divided in a gen
eral way into five groups. There is
first the exceedingly strong Liautie-
shan position, at the extreme end OF
the promontory, some twelve miles
southwest of Port Arthur. This has
not vet been under fire at all. Then
there are the forts on the Tigers Tail
neninsula. These also have been free
from attack. Thirdly, there are the
forts of which Golden Hill and Elec-
tric Cliff are the best known, com
handing the harbor entrance and
strung along the shore to the east OF
the city. The guns of these forts have
engaged Admiral Togo's fleet whenever
thev had a chance but they do moi
seem to be mounted so that they can
he used against land attacks. A fourth
group comprises the forts on the north
eastern ridge. the Sungshu fort, the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06
- nt n1inor NOD.

Sanford Williams, farmer Of Johns
town. Ohio, committed suicide because
of grief over his wife's death.
The Royal Society of Great Britain
has awarded the Rumford medal to DIR.
Rutherford. professor Of physics at Nc
Gill University, Montreal, for his re-
searches in radio-activity.
The shoe manufacturing firm Of n. Il.
Millward & Co. Of North Adams, Mass,
assigned for the benefit Of It's creditors.
The company has operated factory
since 1874 and has employed about 400
hands.
Miss Eva Booth viii take command
az the Salvation Army in the United
states Nov. %. Commissioner Miiby'
vino win be her deputy commissioner
with headquarters 10 Chicago has oeeh
III charge il South Africa.
City Marshal L. G. Hughes vas killed
AZ NH Greek. /. T.. and John MorK'
whom he was summoned TO arrest on q
trivial charge. was shot and iatahy
wounded r.
The general missionary comlaitlee Q.
the Methodist Episcopal ehureh 1o.e1
IN Boston to appropriate Sl,Zzo'VVO Aor
missionary work during the coming year,
x7a1 roo to 20 to the foreign held and
g51s. 800 for domestic worE.
Judge Algernon T. Sweeney At the
Newark. n. j., criminal court imposed
rrou Mrs Buela McCarton, con<aatsd
81 pendicancy, fine Of 10 cents dsy
fer a period Of two years, paynent ~
her IN court being required each day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06
MURDERER coNFEssEs HIS CRIME
Otto Erickson Tells How He Killed
Ca==o44

Otto Erickson Tells How He Killed
j. Garrett, South Dakota Stockman.
The mystery Surrounding TIE murder
OF James Garrett, prominent South Da-
: kota stockEsan, has been solved by the
confession of Otto Erickson, aged 10,
WEo admits that re committed the muir
der, AID duplicates two of his brothers.
aged Il and II. ISe confession exon
crates Gus Matson, who iiiifed gear Gar
retts ranch and who was under arrest,
charged with having committed the
crime According to the confession, Otto
Erickson and his two brothers were risl-
ing the range in search of stray cattsss
When they came upon Garrett, who was
CRYING COW ana maverick calf. The
two elder boys told Garrett to leave the
COW alone. claiming that it belonged to
them. Erickson alleges that Garrett re-
marked: You d Finlanders want to
ief me alone or / viii put you out OF
business. otto Erickson. without an
other word being said, shot Garrett three
times. The youngest of the three boys,
who at the moment was roul, ing up
some cattle on the opposite side OF the
hill, did not witness the shooting and was
soon Joined by the other two. Not long
afterward Otto, who admits having done
the shooting, returned to the spot where
Garrett had fallen The wounded man
was writing on the ground in great
agony. lie was covered with blood and
IN his misery appealed to Erickson to
sboot him through the head and thus end
his suffering Erickson. i.estead of COM
plying said: "IIl do worse than that.
with these words he whipped out a knife
and cut the dying mans throat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

Late last week that section of the
feet which is taking the Red sea route
began passing through the Suez canal
That route will also be followed by the
division made up of cruisers and tor
pedo boat destroyers, which was the
last to leave the Baltic 1t will be in
the North sea soon.
The battleships under the immediate
command OF Admiral Rojestvensky,
which stopped ten days ago at Dakar,
Cape Verde, to coal, are on their way
down the African coast and if they
give the preference to French ports for
coaling purposes the next report con-
corning them may come from Loango,
in French Congo. Golfers are await
ing them at madagascar another
French possession, and possibly will
proceed there from Loango without
stopping. 1t is rumored that Diego
Suarez bay in Madagascar is where
the different sections of the fleet will
unite and prepare for the last stage of
the journey.
When Port Arthur falls Admiral
Togo will be relieved from blockade
duty, which cannot be abandoned. 1t
will be possible then for him to go out
to meet the Russians-to go as far as
Formosa perhaps. Until the siege ends
he will be kept in Korea bay. The
plan of the japanese naval campaign
hinges on the operations at Port Ar
| thur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

44N4SIEH CON6Hh- OF emma eSfa DISH
ing sixteen universities in the largest
cities of the empire Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
ger have now been stationed at Pekin
for six years. There they were through
out the siege consequent upon the Boxer
movement. Imprisoned in the legation
they remained until the allied forces,
with Gen. Chaffee in command of the
United States troops, made their his
toric march to the relief of the beleag-
uered diplomats. During all those dam
gerous, exciting times Major Conger re-
manned faithfully at his post ana Mrs.
Conger stood Loyalty at his side. Sew
eral times they were reported dead, but
they came out of that trying ordeal I'M
scathed. Out Of It grew a romance, for
Miss Laura Conger, daughter of the min
lister, was led to the altar by one of Gen.
Chaffee's brave lieutenants who in fight
ing for the legatiopers had won bride.
When Minister Conger leaves China
none will regret his going more than the
wonderful little woman who is the virtual
ruler of the celestial empire. the Dow
ager Empress She and Mrs. Conger
have been particularly friendly. The
latter is an ardent Christian Scientist
and found a ready pupil in Isl An to
whom to expound these principles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

The armies of Kuropatkin and Oya-
ma are facing one another on the
Shakhe river, where they have been
stationary for a month. There are
occasional reports from Russian
sources of Japanese setbacks and re-
pulses, at various points, but the jap
anese are silent as to their doings and
their intentions.
All that is positively known is that
both armies are receiving REINFORCE
ments. Since the completion of the
missing link in the Siberian railroad
around Lake Baikal the Russians are
able to send men to the front with
greater rapidity and in larger numbers.
Both armies are using the spade in
cessantly, and are protected now by
systems If elaborate and seemingly i'm
pregnable works.
1t is winter in northern Manchuria,
and the difficulties in the way of for
ward movement when the forces are
so nearly equal as they are appear to
he insuperable. Snow and frost are
dangerous enemies to affront. 1t seems
as if both armies had resolved to stay
where they are during the winter.
What their losses from disease and
cold will be during the season may be-
come known next spring
Spasmodic bombardment and persist
ent tunneling have been the character
istic features of the siege of Port Ar
thur during the week. Specific items
of news have been in consequence few.
The Japanese succeeded in occupying
the counterscarp of Sungshu fort. one
OF the strong positions on what is call
ed the northeastern ridge, and they
made a similar gain at the Ehrlung
fort. a smell blew up a magazine in
the city and started a conhagration
that lasted two days. A Russian coun-
ter attack in front of East Keekwan
fort was failure. There is also a
story, though not very definite one,
of an attack by a Japanese company
on detachment of Russians in an out
lying position in front of Etseshan.
This last story is the only one that in
dicates activity in the neighborhood
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06
600 MEN GO TO WORK
Railroads Put Back the Men Laid Oh
n Few Months a go.

Railroads Put Back the Men Laid On
a Few Months Ago.
Settled political conditions form
basis for financial confidence. and the
consequent tendency toward greater
prosperity is taxing the carrying capae-
itv Of the railroads leading to New York
City. according to a dispatch. To meet
this new condition the various lines have
within the last six weeks restored to the
nav rolls more than 10000 employees,
mostly men who had been dropped during
the first half of the year. They have
placed hurry orders for several thousand
new freight ears and few hundred LEGO
motives. The New York Central has re-
stored 6,000 men, and placed orders for
5000 freight cars and 80 engines; other
roads have sweiled the number of men
returned to work and cars ordered very
materially.
Although restored confidence by the
examinations Of election is given as the
p;yotal point On which most of this ac-
tiyjty turns, there are other reasons as
wen. The New York Central system
points TO the great crops in the west,
while the coal roads find brighter pros
meets in the certain knowledge that in
creasins industry means more coal 10
light the furnace fires and TO keep the
/ wheels turning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06
ARREST HUSBAND AND son.


taken Into Custody at Grave OF Woman
They Are Accused of killing.
George w. Gay and his son, Lester
Gay, were arrested at the entrance TO
tae cemetery near Agency, Mo-, On the
charge of numbering MIS-. George ".
Cay, wife Of the senior Gay. The WON
ans throat was cut and the father and
son Claimed 10 have found her dead upon
returning from the field for dinner. Her
body had just been inferred when the
sheriff from st. Joseph made the arrests.
The prisoners were taken to st. Joseph
and placed in jail. Both deny all knowl-
edge OF the crime and adhere to their
original story that they found the wom-
ans body bound hand and foot and the
throat cut. It has developed that George
Gay and his wife frequently had quar-
relied and that they had separated sew
eral times, the last time about six years
ago. 1t is the theory of the officers that,
because the wife would not consent to
sell their farm and move to Okiahcma,
George Gay killed her in the presencs of
the son. Il expected to be arrested, :
said Gay senior. Il know there are
those in the community in which | live
who think l killed my wife. but swear
before God that | am innocent