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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1904-06-16

Coles Carbolisoap is not carbolic
soap. 1t is purely vegetable, heal
ing soap for the tenderest skins. If
you use it once you will use it always
for it is one of the necessary luXurieS.
Be sure and get Coles. Sold by all
DRUGGISTS,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1904-06-16

Are you troubled with Indigestion
and sick-headache? Take Coles Lax
ative Liver Pills and be cured. BY all
druggists.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1904-06-16

These ObserVatlOnS are taken at I:UU
p. m. each day and represent the low
est or minimum temperature for the
last twenty-four hours up to that time
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
TEMPERANCE WORKERS
COMING TO TACOMA

Mrs. M. b. Plat and Mrs. M. c..
Munns, state officers of the Washing.
ton w. G. 7. u. will arrive in Taco
ma and will hold special meetings
Sunday morning and evening. Mrs,
Platt will speak in the Second Metho-
dist church. Old Town, Sunday morn
ing, and in the evening in the Pres
byterian church in Steilacoom Mrs.
Munns will occupy the pulpit of the
Fowler Methodist church, POI East
1nirtieth street, Sunday morning, and
in the evening will give an address in
the Presbyterian church at North For
tieth and Verde streets. The meet
mgs have been arranged with view
TO increasing the interest in the work
of the w. G. T. u.
Thursday, January 2S, an all-day
institute viii be held in the w. C. 4.
U. headquarters in the Colby build
ing. Everyone interested in temper,
ance work is invited TO attend the
sessions of the institute The first
meeting will be held at $3.50 in the
morning and the institute will close
with question box conducted by Mrs.
RAFT, at 4 o'clock,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DEATH

p. McCrimmon. driver of an express
wagon, had a narrow escape from SER
ious injury If not instant death in a
runaway this morning on Ninth street.
He was driving down the hill with
team and heavy covered wagon, and
when near ID street one of the reins
caught under the tongue and the team
started to run. They came down the
hill with almost the speed of an ex-
press train. Seeing that he could not
stop them, McCrimmon jumped from
the wagon just as it reached @ street,
and, fortunately, landed without in
Jury, though he struck the pavement
with a good deal of force. Just as he
Jumped the team swerved to the right
and an instant later struck the mail
box on the corner of Ninth and G. Both
horses we're thrown and the wagon
turned over on it's side across the
walk and with the back end in the
doorway of the Tacoma Bazaar. The
tongue broke off short and the front
of the wagon was smashed. One of
the horses had a tooth knocked out
and its tongue cut, but the other es-
capped without injury.
Both the mail boxes were broken
and bent so that they will have to be
replaced.
Had McCrimmon delayed his jump
ing an instant he would have in all
probability been dead man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
MAKING MANY
NEW CITIZENS

If the applications for citizens pa
pers continue to come in as fast the
remaining few days of the month as
they have so far the record for Jan
uary will be smashed completely.
This morning George Lunde, a ma
tive of Denmark, approached Deputy
County Clerk David and announced
his intention of taking the last step
that would make him an American cit
izen. His first papers were taken out
a number of years ago and since that
time Lunde has grown a long beard
That fact troubled him a little and he
was fearful that he could not be identi-
fed as the beardless Lunde to whom
the first papers were issued. He told
his troubles to the clerk and assured
him that he was willing to sacrifice
the luxuriant growth rather than be
deprived of the rights of citizenship
Clerk David assured him that the
whiskers would make no difference if
he could produce the witnesses to
identify him. That satisfied him and
he hustled out to find two witnesses.
Another applicant for cIuzen's pa
pers was Paul Halpaus. He had just
declared his intention and was given
his first papers.
First papers were also granted to
Jacob Kembell, John Kembell George
kembell and Conrad Kanslar, former
subjects of the czar Two other Rus
slams, Oswald Starkel and Alick rul5
rit, were given their second papers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

pect all sorts of peculiar and violent deeds.
The person may have bad judgment or
look at the world from the wrong view
point. Guiteau, the assassin of Garfield,
thought the people would applaud him for
his act. There may be terrifying delus-
ions or phantoms and ghosts. The re-
suit of all this is a tendency to destruc-
tiveness, murder, suicide. Sometimes there
are irresistible impulses to kill certain per-
sons The impulse may be sudden, or it
may come on gradually for months or
weeks, and the victim may try to resist
it, or even ask to be imprisoned to prevent
him from doing violent and murderous
acts.
By presenting facts of this kind to
juries, the lawyers and doctors manage
at times to have prisoners acquitted Of
murder or assault, or to have the penalty
lessened.
But the doctors state that even though
all persons may show marks of degeneracy,
which in this sense means inferiority, the
great majority are of sound mind. 1t is
only the few who are so far from normal
as to be dangerous.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

If your nose is not set straight on your
face, IL your ears extend out from your
nead TOO far, IL your cnln Is loo polnted,
IL your NOUN Is 100 large, or IL you naNe
any one Oh d nunared otner odd marks,
you can lay clam 10 symptoms OF degen-
eracy.
Degeneracy has come to be common
and successful defense In murder TRIALS.
All sorts Oh troubles from insanity down
TO wasting diseases, demorallzlng habits
and maltormat1ons OF the mead and body
are class1d as producing or tending to
produce degeneracy
Doctors have standards Of perfection tor
the head, eyes, cas-, nose, face, neck, trunk
and limbs They allow latitude tor peo-
pie of varying sizes, and II a person
measures above or below the limits the
doctors class HIM as having symptoms of
degeneracy. The method OF finding symp-
toms of degeneraey has been reduced to a
science Some physicians make a special
study OF degeneracy and these are usually
called i'll murder trials to testify for or
against the prisoner.
Prisoners are usually loath to detail
their shortcomings or family peculiarities,
but when 1T is a matter Of life or death
they will tell, The doctors sometimes stay
III the cell with a prisoner for hours,
studying his conduct attitude, manner,
gait, complexion, expression, gestures and
form. They inquire whether the habits
of using alcohol tobacco or drugs have
been carried to extremes; whether there
have been wasting diseases, like tuberculo-
sis, rheumatism or govt, in the family;
whether epilepsy and other nervous and
mental diseases have been noted; whether
the occupation demands mental strain 4
whether the home and business surround-
ings have been healthful And then they
inquire whether the prisoner has been
precocious in childhood, or has shown
great genius, or aptitude for some art or
accomplishment, for precocity and genius
are in themselves evidences of a brain not
normal-an unusual brain; and an abnor-
NAL brain tends to degeneracy. Some of
the worlds greatest geniuses. some of the
men who have won lasting fame have
borne strong marks of degeneracy. Among
the men who are now engaged in business,
art and the professions the marks can
be found
This much and more doctors have stated
on the witness stand in the criminal courts
of Tacoma during important murder
trials.
A few marks taken alone would not
class their possessor
AS A DEGENERATE
but If there are some especially strong
marks, or large number of them, mental
disturbance is expected; and if there is
mental disturbance there is a question
whether the prisoner was responsible for
the deed he committed.
The outward marks of degeneracy are
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
MORE EXHIBITS FOR FAIR

State Grain Commissioner ARA
smitM has received the samples of
grain from the different parts of the
state that are to be sent to the st.
Louis Fair as part of Washingtons
state exhibit Thirty glass jars will
be used to display the grain, and it is
expected that these samples will be
strong drawing cards to homeseekers.
Every jar will be labeled in such a
manner as to show the locality in
which the grain was raised, number of
bushels to the acre, and other impor-
tant data relative to the grain raising
industry of this state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
LEAST LITTLE MARK
IS CLEW TO EXPERTS

many. ANY person can lind some OF them,
4or a. 10 "a 4u4v ~ Iinu IuIperl .cLIons Ia
nutIdI beings, Tie exception 20 mn per
IevtlOn.
o,s,l, ng az the top OF the mead, II the
wnvrl u n0r Odon AlIsplaceu
II Is sign OF uegeneracy. Inc wnorl
ought 70 Ue Oh tne Uenter me.
- ula4Iorneu Uranium Is another marx
neau 100 nat, 100 polnIeu or steeple-llke,
TO narrow, Lou Droau, or oddly shaped.
a precUclUus OF premature growth oil
halr, an excessive grown, lack OF nalr
OF Dearu, or beard on woman-all are
Uad marks, the doctors say.
A STANDARD has been set for the lace,
and any deviation, as a broad OF narrow
OF long or small lace, at once Interests lns
experts. Sometimes the opposlLe sides OF
the lace are not symmetrleal, the jaw may
be overlarge, the forehead may be UNDER
develoDed or overdeveloped, there may be
large unnatural bumps over the eye
Drows.
A hare-lip is not normal lip. Mis-
placed teeth show that something is
wrong. The ears may be of different size,
too large, too small, too close to the head
or standing out too far. and the lobe
should be attached only to the upper part
OF the ear and not to the head.
Doctors also describe deformities of the
trunk hands and feet too large or too
small or mismated. In fact, whole books
are written to describe and picture these
marks of degeneracy. As a whole, the de-
generate physique is marked by diminish
ed stature, deformities and inferior vigor.
Some men act like women, and some
women like men.
Defective sight hearing and speech,
tastes for alcohol and drugs, decisions,
loss of self-control irritability, willful-
ness, deceit, destructiveness, dreams ana
sometimes genius are all in the list of de-
generative marks.
In insane patients many of the marks
are found, in addition to peculiar language
or conduct, which shows defects of the
brain. Alcohol is the foremost cause of
insanity in males, being responsible for
about 20 per cent Domestic troubles,
grief business reverses, religious excite
ment, love and fright cause "a per cent.
of the insanity.
Experts say that insanity may take sew
eral forms. 1t may be hidden by the good
appearance of the person or
BY HIS SENSIBLE TALK
on all subjects but few. 1t may crop
out periodically or be exhibited perman-
emily. 1t may alternate in different forms
in the same patient He may be melan-
choly or highly elated and grandiose in his
manner.
Finding deformities of the body and de-
fects of the mind, the experts suspect de-
generacy; or if there are enough marks,
they pronounce the prisoner a degenerate
or maniac From such person they ex-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
WAS BURIED TODAY

The funeral services of Mrs. Harriet
Talbot were held this afternoon at
Roberts chapel on c street. Mrs. Tai
bot was the mother of Mrs. d. G. Hol-
man of this city She was IS years
of age and died Wednesday in a local
hospital from heart trouble. The burr.
al was at the Tacoma cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
EVERYBODY WILL
HAVE THE BLUES

TcaiSSt the "Blues" will give a social
in the y NJ G. A. parlors, to which ev-
erybody is invited and entertainment will
be furnished for all. Everything and ey-
Giee club will not be able to be present,
as announced, and the 'Blues" have made
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
try. 1t win be well staged and should
draw good houses.
Lost Riveru

Lost River" will be the attraction
at the Tacoma theatre tomorrow night
rms pleasing melodrama by Joseph
Arthur abounds in pathos and comedy
and It's characters are as interesting
as those of that old favorite, Blue
Jeans" The scenic effects are better
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
Grip Van Wrinkle"

Sunday afternoon and evening "Trip
Van Wrinkle" will be on at the Lyce-
UNI with George d. McQuaTie in the
title role. The play will be presented
by the Jessie Shirley company, one
of the best visiting the Sound coun-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
THIS Is THE SECOND

Tonight local union No. Is of the
international Brotherhood of Black
smiths and Helpers will give a ball
in the pavilion at South Tacoma. The
music for the occasion will be fur
nished by Kilgores orchestra.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
Obe |fa&e
Are You a Mason?

The sale of seats commenced this
morning at the Tacoma theatre for
the comedy "Are You Mason?" This
side-splitting story of Masonic tribula-
tons will be presented Sunday night
at the Tacoma theatre by good com
pany of funmakers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
JUDGE ORDERS DEED r.

Judge Huston ordered deed issued bv
Sheriff Denholm to G. T. Davis yesterday
for lots 8. 10. II and 20 in section 4. town
ship. 10 north, range east. The issuance
OF the deed is the outcome of the suit Of
others.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

This will be the second annual
ball to be given by the local union.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
MARINE CLIMPSES

The steamer Farallon, from Skagway. is
due at the Commercial dock tonight.
dredger last night, stopping work for to-
day. Repairs will be competed this after
noon.
The International Fisheries company's
steamer Edith arrived in last night from
the Northern banks with a full load of
halibut Cold weather and snow is re-
ported by the crew. The Edith leaves out
again tomorrow morning.
The fremont was shifted from the ORR.
entail dock to the Tacoma Grand compa-
ny's elevator by the Fearless this after
noon. Her crew will be paid off by Depu-
ty Shipping Commissioner Swift today.
The Melville Dollar, loading lumber Tor
California at the st. Paul mill, finished to-
day.
The steamship Peleus shifted from the
Touring mills to the Tacoma Grain COM
pany's dock last night.
Two of the Puget Sound Dredging COM
pany's tugs have been fined S. each for
violating the inspection laws regarding the
carrying of passengers without license
The president of the dredging company,
T. K. Fowler, has just been appointed by
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce a
member of the committee to investigate
marine regulations on the Sound, and the
seizure of his boats brings the investiga-
ton close to home
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22
Boat Leaves
INTERURBAN TIME CARD

Leave Tacoma (cor. Eighth and A Sts.l
-6:l5, 1880, S.35, Ltd. no stops. 9:3o.
1880, 1850 a. m; 1890 1880, 2:30, $3.50
4;35, Ltd, no stops. $50, $3.50, $780, 1890
p m; 1880 p, m. and l2:l5 a. m. to Kent
only.
Leave Seattle First Ave. So. and Jack
son St.)-6:30, 1880, S:35., Ltd, no stops.
$3.50, 1890, 1880 a. m; 1890, 1870 $50,
$3.50. 4:35, Ltd, no stops, $50, $3.50, $50,
1890 p. m; 1880 p. N. and 1918 a. m.
to Kent only.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

PANAMA, Jan. PIN going over the
recent movements of the isthmus it has
been asked who was the first to officially
declare the independence of te republic of
Panama. The first act, "Acta,' was
drawn up and signed by the municipality
of the city of Panama, which corresponds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

arrangements for some other attractions
in its place. Refreshments will be served
by the Ladies Auxiliary
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

The steamship Peleus shifted from the
Touring mills to the Tacoma Grain COM
pany's dock last night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

treaty with the United States of America.
The accompanying photograph was taken
the day after the ratification of the canal
treaty. The group is one which will have
a large play in the affairs of the city, and
win work in concert with the United
States officials in regulating the sanitary
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

Special sale every day at Jolls', 944 Pa
cife Avenue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

The Melville Dollar loading lumber Tor
California at the st. Paul mill, finished to-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

Special sale every day at Jolls', GA Pa
cihc AvenpA. $50
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

The steamer Farallon, from Skagway, is
due at the Commercial dock tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-22

Another runner shaft" broke on the
dredger last night, stopping work for. to-
day. Repairs will be competed this after
noon,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-08

All electors who believe in the prin-
ciples of the democratic party and in
tend to support it's nominees in the
vote at such caucuses.
The chairman and secretary Of each
caucus shall make and sign a certifi-
cate of the delegates elected at such
caucuses, which certificate shall be
presented to such county convention.
By order of the Democratic County
Central Committee,
H. S. BLANDFORD. Chairman.
Attest: EUGENE TAUSICK, Secy.
Dated April 4, 1904.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-08

buffers between herself and Russia in
Asia, especially as Russia's bad faith
and speedy forgetfulness of promises
have become proverbial. England's
treaty, offensive and defensive, with
japan, whose humiliation Russia
just now intent upon, ought to stand
as a check to any dishonorable en-
couragement given to the treacherous
Muscovite power. Upon any reason
able view of the subject, however,
Lord Curzons action in sending an
armed expedition in Tibet is as
and occupation of Manchuria. He
cables to London that the Tibetans
fired the first Shot This is just what
he might have expected when, with
out warning, he sent into Tibet an
armed force to bully the Grand Lama
into signing the death warrant of his
country's independence The wanton
massacre of Tibetans is a stain upon
the British Indian government. 1t
will entail upon England a long and
costly war with the numerous tribes
who are classed under the head I'll
betan," ranging from semi-civilized to
wild, intractable nomads.
If any such arrangement as the Civ
ing to Russia Of free hand in Man.
churia is embodied in the entente,
there is no hope Of maintaining the
integrity of China. France and Ger
many will, at once, extend their him
terlands from their present landsteals
in Anam and Tonquin and Shantung,
respectively, as far as they can, into
the interior of China. =
The result Of such movements upon
the Chinese population and the Man
chu dynasty is a matter of conjecture
Probably the somewhat discordant ell
ements Of the population will pull
themselves together for a ferocious
though at present there is not much of
the truly national spirit among them.
The disintegration of the old empire
will not be accomplished except by a
vast expenditure of blood and treas
ure We are on the verge of deep trag-
edies in the farther east.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-08

mental and moral powers of our coun-
try today. The morality of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has risen in
a remarkable manner during the last
ten years. 1 have this from number
of the doctors of the university. This
is owing to the adoption of athletics
among students. l find that this in
crease in morality exists at Harvard
Yale and other universities where
much attention is given to the physical
training
DR.. Grant might have said that it
was true at all the great schools and
universities throughout the United
States. Athletics are improving the
moral and mental condition of the
whole Anglo Saxon race, and he who
decries them or would Danish them
from school life, as a few Of our phil
osophical professors declare they
would, is an enemy of health and good
morals.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-08
LOCAL OPTION IN VERMONT.

The change of the vote from license
towns of Vermont, at the election on
Tuesday, is loudly hailed by the ad-
vocates of state prohibition as an evil
dence of the popular support of their
system, says the Boston Post. On the
contrary, it is the most emphatic in
dorsement of the system of local OPP
ton that could be given. The very
essence of that system is the recogni-
ton of the right of each community to
determine the policy under which it
shall live, as regards the traffic in in
tOxicating liquors. 1t makes no differ
ence how many communities decide to
license the traffic and how many de-
eide to forbid it altogether. The point
is that this liberty of local decision
shall be maintained and respected.
Last year, when, for the first time
in half a century the people of Yer
mont enjoyed the privilege of deciding
for themselves, in their respective mu-
inequalities, whether liquor should or
should not be sold legally, ninety two
cities and towns voted for license. In
nine out of the fourteen coun-
ties the same decision was reached
This year there has come a revulsion;
only three of the counties vote for Ii
cense, and less than one-half as many
cities and towns.
Shouters for a state prohibitory law
claim this as a victory for their plan
and predict a return to the old system
under which there was free rum with
hypocritical law forbidding all liquor
selling. We regard it rather as a
healthy evidence of the successful op-
GRAFTON of a system which allows the
people to determine the policy that
shall control in their respective COM
munities.