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Hand Cut orr in Saw Mill.

William, the 20-year-old son of w. H
Eccles, vice president OF the Oregon
Lumber Co., met with a serious acci.
dent while operating cutoff in the
big sawmill, Monday, shortly after
noon. In some manner, the young
mans hand became caught in the teeth
of the saw and his fingers were taken
off at the knuckles. The injured boy
was driven in carriage to the office OF
DIR. Dumble, where the wound was
dressed by Drs. Watt and Dumble.
Later in the afternoon the young man
was taken to Portland, where he will
receive treatment in the hospital. The
physicians think there is possibility
Of saving some of the fingers.
II appears that Mr.. Eccles had placed
an extra heavy piece of timber on the
trimmer. The timber did not slide
easily, and giving vigorous shove his
hand slipped, and in the hundredth
part of a second the teeth OF the cireu-
lar saw had sunk deep into the bones Of
his fingers,
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Spencer Deck Hand Drowned.

Lew Willis, deck hand on the
steamer Spencer, is supposed to have
walked while asleep off the deck into
the river last Saturday morning and was
drowned. The young man was missing
in the morning, while his clothes were
in his bunk as he left them when 'retir-
ing for the night. The accidents hap
while the steamer lay at the dock at
The Dalles. 1t is said the young, man
was invited to so swimming the evening
before, but he is said to have remarked
that he could not swim, No one wit
messed the tragedy.
Willis has been employed on the
Spencer since she went into commission
about two months ago. Prior to that he
had worked on different boats plying on
the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
He was about 27 years of age and un-
married. 1t is believed that he came
from Switzerland originally, but he has
made Portland his home for a good
many years, He has no relatives here.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14
ROUGH WINDS
WRECK SPENCER

The Steamer Spencer was driven
ashore on the sands, Tuesday morning,
between Squally Point and Rowena on
the Oregon side Of the Columbia. A
heavy gale was blowing at the time, and
the Dalles City, who heard her distress
signals could not reach the disabled
steamer because of the high wind and
rough water. The Spencer lies within
20 feet of the shore, with large load
of freight on board.
The pilot of the Dalles City when seen
by Glacier reporter said he thought
the steamer must have met with some
accident to her machinery and was thus
forced to 60 onto the sands. He did not
think it would be possible to pull the
steamer off with another boat. She will
in all likelyhood have to be slid off.
Q. Ii. Stranahan and L. 7. Winans,
who were passengers on the Dalles City,
reported the log chains on the Spencer
to be broken, and said that steam was
escaping from the sides of the hull.
They thought from appearances that the
Spencer must be pretty badly injured.
II was at Lyle that the people on the
Dalles City first noticed the distress
signals of the Spencer. Every effort
was made to, get to the Spencer, but
the high wind and shallow water made
this impossible, Captain Johnstone was
at the wheel when the vessel was wreck
ed.
Last winter the Spencer was length
ened 80 feet, and it is thought that the
rough weather wrenehed the hull OF the
steamer and spread her steam pipes.
If so, the boat is in serious plight and
will possibly be put out of commission
for several weeks or longer. Only next
Monday the Spencer Co. had arranged
for the steamer to make daily round
trips between Portland and The Dalles.
Later information from the Spencer is
that the steamer broke hog chain and
was forced to 60 on the sands. Thepas-
sengers were taken ashore in small
boats and transferred to the afternoon
passenger train for Portland. There
was aboard the Spencer large supply
of beef and beer for Hood River.
The little steamer Sadie B. made the
uptrip in the morning but did not re-
turn in the afternoon.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14


Miss Mabel Riddell, principal of the
Pine Grove school, accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. Dinsmore Parish of The
Dalles, are enjoying an outing, in camp
at Underwood.
Henry T. Anderson from Centralia,
Wash, filed on q homestead in the
Mount Hood settlement, Tuesday be-
fore United States Commissioner George
7. Prather.
W. A. Slingerland returned to Port
land, Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Singer
land says he would return to Hood.
River If there was some business he
could enter, His family is anxious to
come back.
Sunday the mercury in the govern
ment thermometer at d. Byerlee's, the
local weather observer, showed the
temperature to be 92. At The Dalles the
same day, the Thermometer is reported
as registering 81.
Billy Shipman went to his ranch at
Mosier, Tuesday noon, to pick out site
for residence he expects to build this
fall. Mr.. Shipman has valuable ranch
about mile and half from the Mosier
station, Later this summer he expects
to spend most of his time there.
The Prather Investment Co. report
the following sales: W. II. Perry 3
acres on Stranahan hill to Charles |.
Dakin, 81 100; Charles |. Dakins house
and lots on the hill, Barrett -Sipma
addition, to w. II. Perry, 81 100; Tom
Bishops property in the Barrett dis
trict, house and 10 acres, to a brother
Of Bert Moses, recently from Minnesota;
consideration, $500; Fred Besso's
lots in Idlewilde addition, to Mrs. Kop-
| lin, $500.
A son OF Mr.. Soul found the pension
papers and vouchers the old soldier,
James M. Perkins, thought some one
had stolen from him while asleep under
an oak, one night last week, on the
road north Of Paradise farm. Young
Mr.. Soul found the package of papers
in the strawb berry patch of the Develop
ment Co. He took them to the office OF
the Prather Investment Co., where
they are secure in a large safe. The
old soldier was tickeled to know his
lost papers had been found. The old
fellow had worried constantly since
their disappearance.
Robert Mccartney has put in claim
against the Farmers Irrigating Co. for
$500 damages to his farm, caused by
small break in the irrigatng canal a
few weeks ago. The board of directors
have had the claim under consideration .
for some time, and it is understood that
the parties alledging the damages have
since made the statement that if the
company replaced the few trees washed
out and repaired other damage, their
claim would be withdrawn. The mem
beEs of tbe board of directors went out
to Ms MeCartney's place Sunday to
view the damages, Mr.. Mccartney is
not shareholder in the Farmers Irri-
eating Co,
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To Extend the Rural Phones.

J. W. Glessner and L. A. Newton,
solicitors for the Pacific States Tele-
phone company, are in Hood River en-
deayoring to secure subscribers for ad-
ditional telephone service on the coun-
try circuits. 1t is the intention of the
company, provided the subscribers are
secured, to place four additional party
lines on the East Side and half that
many on the West Side, II the re-
quired number Of patrons are secured,
the company will cut down the numbee
of subscribers on the rural party lines,
As it is at present there are too many
phones on one line, and the service ia
said to be very unsatisfactory. This
situation will be relieved by more lines
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nalles Tl0Ys Defeat H0Od River.

The Hood River juniors met decis.
i've defeat in their game at The Dalles
Sunday. The Dalles team scored IS
runs to 5 for the Bull Dogs from Hood
River. The boys explain their defeat
by saying their regular team did not
play. The battery and the short stop
were about the only old players who
went to The Dalles.
The Bull Dogs are more determined
than ever to defeat the dudes from the
city, and make the assertion that they
will "wipe the diamond with them
next time. Saturday afternoon the boy
will play team from Mount Hood.
Following is lineup of the players
as they faced each other at The Dalles
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14
COL UMBIA RIVER and
NORTHERN RY CO.

Tlmr Schedule Effective June %, 1904.
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and
FRIDAYS
Connecting at Lyle with Regulator
Line steamers for Portland and way
landings.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14

Train VIII leave Lyle Oh arrival of the
Regulator 4 amers from Portland.
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND
SATURDAYS
Train wil Leave Goldendale, $3.50 a.
.m., connecting ut Lyle with Steamer
eade b. fer The Dalles, connecting
there with .. X. & n. Co. trains East
and West.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14

Following is detailed report OF the
subscriptions and expenditures of the
fund raised for the state encampment
of the Grand Army held in Hood River,
June Is, l6, II:
We, the undersigned, agree to pay the
sum set opposite our names for the
benefit Of the G, A. r. encampment 10
be held in Hood River, Or, June l5-l7.
This fund is to provide entertainment,
public decorations, advertising and all
necessary expenses which will make
this gathering result to the credit oi
Hood River:
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14
BRICK YARD.

| am manufacturing at my
yard near Columbia nursery
south of town, as fine a quail
ity Of common brick as can
be found in the state. Have
10000 to 10000 brick on
hand for inspection. Price
at yard $8 per thousand.
Corhe out to the yard and
see how we make brick.
A. 7. ZEEK,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14
Oregon Peaches in Seattle.

Special to the Glacier.
Seattle, Wash, July ia, d. Blow
ers " CO., commission merchants, re-
port as follows:
New peaches, the first from Oregon
made their appearance this morning
and sold for $l.25. Cherries are still
coming very freely and sell at 50c to 75c
per box, as to variety and pack. Apri-
cots sell at Zoe 81 apples, 81 .25 to$1.75.
Strawberries are about out of the mar
ket and this week will find them neasly
all gone, Strawberries sell at $l.25 to
81 80; raspberries, at $1.25; blackberries
at SOu
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14
Berries Showed up Fine.

A Cleveland, Ohio, dispatch in the
Chicago Parker of July 2, says:
"The first car Oregon Strawberries ever
received in Cleveland came June q con-
signed to the Gordon Wonnell Co. The
car was delayed somewhere en- route and
met with slow sale on account Of home
grown crop coming in heavy. The
quality of the fruit was fine, stock high
and evenly colored, and good shipping
berry. The Gorden- Wonnell Go. pre-
dict brilliant future for Oregon straw
berries.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14

JAMES L. bHAWi
Chairman Ex. Com.
T. J. CUNNING, secretary.
Approved TRUMAN BUTLER, chairman
auditing committee.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14

The score by innings was:
Hood River-1.2-0-l-01-0 0-0-5
The Dalles --7-l-l.0-0-4.5-#--l9
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14
and fewer nhones To the line.

The rural phones in most instances
has been found to be a success. Since
the farmers have had the phones placed
in their homes they say they cannot do
without them, and others aware of the
convenience OF this means Of quick COM
munication are anxious to secure the
service. II the additional wires will
improve the service, there will be hund-
reds of Hood River people well pleased.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

II one points this out to Kate she re-
plies: II wants my niggers to have
good cloes and a eddication-"
Two OF Kates children are really
beauties. Their big. soft black eyes
roll about under long, silken lashes.
When they open their thick red lips to
snile-and they will do so for a nod
they show shining, faultless rows OF
pearls. Their skin is a warm, reddish
brown hue that has the sheen of satin.
These two children, If they We're in
Italy, would be artists delight. In a
Southern town they are but hardy
wildfiowers, unnoticed by the wayside-
merely pickaninnies.
AS hero of fidelity recall unkempt
Uncle Ike. The son of Uncle Ike's old
master had squandered his estates, had
sunk lower and lower, had become a
drunken sot. In his native town there
was none OF his kind to befriend him;
even his relatives closed their doors to
him. And Uncle Ike. too. felt right
eous contempt for the outcast. With
sad quaver IN his voice he told me
one day how he had been constrained
to deal with his young master. Il look
outen my window one day an I seed
Marse Temp comm agin'-drunk as
ever. I lowed to myself that want
goin' to let him into carry on like he
alters did. So 1 jes' slipped right easy
an bolted the doc on the inside. Marse
Temp was still a-comin'. I heard the
gate latch after him. knowed he wuz
Gitten' nearder. Then thought, Marse
Temp is a son Of OIL Marse OF Marsa
wuz pow'ful good to me, an Marse
Temp wuz good to me when we wuz
boys. I jes' had that doo' unbolted
and opened befo' Marse Temp got to It
'vited him in and give him a pone OF
co'n-bread an some bacon for his din
ner-an' he wuz hongry, too. Then I
put him to bed-not on Jes' a common
bed nuther. put him on my comp'ny
bed. Fur you see 1t doan' mattah wat
Marse Temp do, he Is OF Marse's son,
an OF Marse was pow'ful good to me-"
How often do we unknowingly hu-
initiate that personal pride that burns
beneath even the ragged garments OF
the black folk. I now remember with
remorse an old slave whose deepest
degradation / witnessed-must I con-
fess it?-unmoved. Uncle Prince
styled himself DR.. Prince Cook In ac-
cordance with his title he always wore
an ancient silk hat and a faded Prince
Albert and carried bundle Of YARDS"
under his arm. Uncle Princes old
master had passed into the other
world, but the old slave fingered year
after year, growing feebler as the
cracks in his cabin grew larger. The
neighboring white people became tired
Of looking after him and OF harboring
the fear Of finding him some winter
morning cold and dead in his open hut.
So they forced upon his proud soul
what was worse than death-the poor
house. But Uncle Princes dignity
succumbed not to even this humilia-
ton. Holding himself erect in his tall
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cording to the procedure in these cases.
the offenders face was forced into
bed of smoldering Goals, and at sig
nal from the judge, two pairs of bel
lows were set to work. setting the Goals
on fire, and thus consuming the head
Of the transgressor by degrees.
Criminal law and procedure are now
further advanced in Siam than, for in
stance, in Korea. All excessive cruelty
has been legally Cf not practically
abolished. The death penalty is in
fiicted only for murder and such other
crimes as result in the death of a per-
son. Arbitrary power over the life Of
subjects has been entirely wrested
from the judges, and every death SEN
tence must be sanctioned by the King
before it can be executed. Many Of the
native judges, being Buddhists, are ex-
tremely reluctant to pronounce SEN
tence of death, and the King himself
often commutes a death sentence to
imprisonment for life.
The method of execution in Siam Is
by decaDitation, but no further mutt
lation of the body is permitted. Exc
cutions are neither entirely public nor
entirely private. In former days the
condemned man used to be dragged
through the common thoroughfares to
the ground prepared for the execution
and there beheaded in the presence of
the assembled natives. At present
more humane sentiments prevail, and.
although everything is still public up
to the time the condemned person is
brought to the execution ground. the
decapitation takes place inside a room
into which the public is not admitted.
The Department of Justice has been
thoroughly reorganized since 1893 and
Siam can now boast of an excellent
police force under a Danish officer.
Following the example of japan, a
IL ed l.
1895 and is now composed of ten min
listers and forty-five nominated MEM
bers. This council is preparing differ
ent codes of laws such as the Penal
Code, the Commercial Code. the Civil
Code. ETC.; so far, however, only the
Penal Code and part of the Commercial
Code have been drafted An interna-
tional court tries cases between natives
and foreigners.
The judicial improvements intro
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pathos-denial-often tragedy and
had been unconscious Of all this. As
summon in reveris my old acquaint-
ances, one by one. before me to judge
them as individuals I am filed with
shame at the revelations they make.
The squat, lumpy figure Of Jack"
rises before me. Jack had for years
rented little. rickety. three-roomed
house from an indulgent landlord. He
was shiftless and depended upon the
washing of his patient wife, Tinnie. to
pay his rent; but still Jack evolved a
human longing and dared to express It
This great ambition was to be the own
er of the little house he rented. You
know. boss" he would say. 'I planted
them yaller roses what grows in the
yard and all them vines on the porch.
an have lived in jes' that house 50
long that I kinder feel like it blongs to
me. 1t do seem now, boss, you'se got
SO many houses that you jes' might sell
me this one cheap an let my money
go fur to pay fur the house instid O.
rent"
It was merely a joke to Jacks audi
ence that he could never be made to
see that If his rent was taken as pay
ment for his home he was getting the
house in the meanwhile scot-free. Only
now the pathos Of 1t appears to me.
The yellow roses still f1aunt their sun
shine and their gold close by the
threshold of the little house; yet Jacks
one human longing was unrealized.
But fate took, though she did not give.
For Virgil. Jacks only son. who was
going to school, was brought one day,
dead and mangled, to the little door by
the yellow roses; and Jack gave up
his dream, moved out and was lost to
his old patrons among the black fiot-
sam and jetsam that tossed about in
the suburbs Of the town. on the tidal
waves Of house-moving.
VIII a mother give herself for her
lchildren? 1 see now Kate, who used
Ito keep watch over my infantile goings
and comings. She once was buxom
and comely, but hard work and a
brood of eleven irresponsible pick
aninnies have taken her youth. Kind
hearted, blarney-tongued, slow-moving
Kate Her employers call her lazy"
but I wonder If any Of them stop to
think that for the very small wages
they give her she is gradually killing
herself over the washtub? For this
constant bending over the tub Is what
induces the consumption to which
negro women are such ready victims.
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b.f aod long coat with his bundle OK
herbs under his arm. he bade me good
by I'm his usual cheerful. courtly man
ner. Not a word Of complaint; only
proud subterfuge about them sick
folks at Smiths Grove that want me
to come up an doctor en-
A broken spirit is more fatal than
cracked walls and draughts. Uncle
Princes sojourn in the poorhouse WaS
short.
There is a wealth OF imagination now
voing To waste among the black folk
Some day one of themselves VIII colIect
their folklore. Has any child ever nao
such delightful and various kinoS OF
Greens as tia one who has sat In some
old ''rnamrny's'' "chimley corner ana
begged for ghost and witch tales! ana
the most eerie ghosts were the ones
that nanny had seen herself Ihat
was the charm to her listeners. She
never left any room for doubt L once
saw a loophOle for unbelief IN one oh
Aunt Melindys witch tales. But no"
can you know that the witches roos
you to mill in the night?" 1 ASKED
thinking that had at last caught Aunt
Melindy mapping. "Oh. lai honey; be-
cause my dress and shoes were muddy
in the morning when put them on
The serpent figures prominently In
the negro's folklore. There Is one very
picturesque legend about the snake
that they all tell. Mary, the tau'
shapely housegirl, told II to me last
She believed as thoroughly IN her story
as any child who tells story 70 MS
playmate.
IT wuz Iiven' with the Mansnelds
then and I wuz nussin' Freelans said
Mary, showing the whites OF her eyes
He wuz about 3 years old I noticed
when I'd give Freelan' any bread or
anything to eat he'd allus take It In
the yard. never thought anything
about II, though - thought IL wuz tes
child ways. An Freelan' wuz alluS
talkin' about his bird
"One day John. the coachman, come
in the kitchen and says, says he:
Mary, I'm goin' to tell you somethin'-
Mebbe you'll believe me an mebbe you
won't But seem IS believin'. It's about
FreeIan'. seen him to-day out In the
yard behind the bushes an no wuz
eatin' his milk an bread with snake.
d" My GodV says I. John, what would
Miz. MansfeP do If she knowed 1T
Then he went out an slipped up on
Freelan'. And Miss Helen. fore God
there he sat eatin' his bread an big
snake about a yard long wuz layin'
beside him drinkin' milk out Of Free
lan's cup. 1t set UP all on its quoils
right close to Freelan'. Well, when we
killed that snake Freelan' cried an
cried; an he'd talk ev'ry day bout his
bird an beg to take milk to him"
Thus the black shades accuse me.
For one. self-sacrif1ce speaks; for an
other and another. fidelity. gratitude.
pride Of spirit; for others beauty. grace
of form and bearing. melody OF voice
or warmth Of imagination make their
plea.
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JUSTICE AND CRIME IN SIAM

by emetic pills. The pills are prepared
by the priests and administered to both
accused and accuser. The one who re-
tains them longest without vomiting Is
adjudged innocent.
Consistently with its Mongolian ORR
gin, the Siamese criminal code imposes
many obligations which confound the
innocent with the guilty. When a
crime is committed, not only the fam
lily, but even the neighbors, are held
responsible for the appearance of the
culprit. When a dead body is found,
cords are extended, encircling radius
Of 100 fathoms round the place where
the murder was committed. All the in
habitants contained within this inclos-
ure pay a fine, proportionate to their
proximity to the spot There being lit
tie or no floating population" this
unjust provision has its practical ad-
vantages, as each man is more or less
his brothers keeper" In such com
munity, highway robbery, with its vio-
lence, is a rare crime. The professional
criminal, so well known to more civil
lied communities, Is practically un-
known in the country. In the capital,
with its mixed population. the inhabi-
tants are far less scrupulous and theft
was a very common offense until the
passing Of the pawn shop act" in
1901.
The inhabitants OF Siam have often
been subjected TO rapine and plumber,
murder and all forms of violence, but
in these depredations the Siamese
themselves have had no part. Such
outrages are always traceable to the
Malay inhabitants, who for years have
lived by plunder. The true Siamese
scorns to steal and is too indolent to
pursue more violent forms Of GRIMM
ality. In a country where nature pro-
vides so abundantly all the necessaries
of life, there is little or no excuse for
crimes against property. Theft comes
to be regarded as the most despicable