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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-28
SILK SHIPMENT
BREAKS RECOI D

VANCOUVER, d. c., Jan. 2S.-Raw
silk and silk goods to the value of no less
than 81 600 are enroute across the Pa
citic to Vancouver on board the Emp ess
OF China, due to arrive February B. III
quantity and value the shipment is a
record-breaking one not only as far as
this port is concerned, but for all other
ports on this coast.
The shipment measures 960 tons. and L
VIII take ~ freight cars to TRANSPORT it
across the continent to the silk mills at
Weehawken N. j. The previous SILK
cargo record was held by the steamer
Tartar. which on October 4 1902 arrived
from the Orient with $50 tons, valued at
81 100000.
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JUDGE APOLOGIZED
AND SUIT DROPPED

The $4,000 damage suit of Peter David
against Judge w. II. Harris has been sci.
tied. Judge Harris made public apollo
gy to Mr. David, in which he stated
that he had no intention of calling Mr.
David a thief or intimating that he had
been guilty Of theft in any way Judge
Harris claims that he was EXCITED and
felt that he was being wrongfully de-
prived Of, his property, upon which lie
had simply neglected paying taxes.
The occasion which brought on the suit
took place at the G street door of the
court house last August at tax sale
Both parties were bidding on certain
piece of property which Judge Harris is
said to have claimed as his. he having
neglected through some oversight to pay
the taxes for one year. When Mr.. David
continued to bid Mr.. Harris is said to
have exclaimed Neither you nor any
other thief will ever get that property
Upon this utterance the suit was based
Upon the public apology of Mr.. Harris
Mr.. David agreed to dismiss the suit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-28
RYAN PROVED
THE BEST MAN

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. %. - Jack
oBrien and Tommy Ryan fought six
rounds last night. O'Brien clearly out
fought Ryan in the first four rounds and
in the fifth dropped him with hard blow
to the jaw. Ryan took the count of
elgnt and came up groggy. He saved him
ser by clinching until he had regained
MS bearings. moment later Ryan drove
a vicious left to OBrien's stomach which
brought the Philadelphian to his knees.
Ryan seemed to regain his wind as the
round progressed and landed repeatedly
on OBren's stomach with vicious lefts.
IL was only the gong that saved OBrien
from being knocked out.
The men agreed to meet here in a six
round bout for $1,000 purse. split equally.
and an under the laws governing boxing in
Philadelphia. Under these conditions
however, Ryan was as careful and con-
sclentlous with his training as if he were
gong 20 rounds for the championship
Ryan and OBrien weighed in at o'clock
The beam was placed at l5S pounds. but
neither man budged it, O'Brien went into
the. ring at l0:l7, accompanied bv his sec
onds. lie was given a tremendous ova-
ton. Ryan came into the ring at 1921
He, also was given a great reception
Both men were in the pink of condition.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 2S.-
Friends of the Italian ambassador, Signor
Edmondo Mayor DIES Panches, and his
wife have been gratified to find thar lu-
mors arising from their long soJourn in
Italy are untrue. 1t was first reported
that Signor DIES Planches would he trans
ferred to the embassy at Vienna. and ait
erWard that ne would be made member cf
the Italian ministry. His return to Wash
ington is settled fact and friends of
the couple in and out of the diplomatic
corps are glad of it. The italian en-
bassy, once the palatial home of former
Senator Hearst, is a notable social cen
ter.
The ambassador, during his stay in Italy.
made a sturdy effort to arouse interest in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-28
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL
MUNCHAUSEN BUILT

"1h- re is nothing new under the sun,
and .nofes nothing new IN this tax about
ca..d4 bowen the Atlanuc ana the
Pao."c. witness the story told by The
vel O.ous baron Munchausen $50 years
ago ~ aies from Muncnausen"
After many adventures we arrived at
the lsthmus OF Daren. Sensible of what
general benefit it would be 10 mankind, /
immediately formed a plan of cutting a
canal across the lsthmus from sea to
sea.
For this purpose | drove my chariot
with the greatest impetuosity repeatedly
from shore to shore in the same track,
tearing up the rocks and earth and there
by forming IA tolerable bed for the water
Then a million of people from the realms
of North and South America and from
Europe, with infinite labor cleared away
the earth, etc, that ! had plowed up
with my chariot, making the canal wider
and deeper a nd made my men repeat their
labor as before The canal being a quar-
ter of a mile broad and 300 yards in depth
| thought it sufficient, and Immediately
let in the waters of the sea- | did inn
agne that from the rotary motion of the
earth on its axis from west to east the
sea would be higher on the eastern than
ON the western coast, and that on the
uniting of the two seas there would be
strong current from the east. and it
happened just as expected. The sea
came in with tremendous magnificence and
enlarged the bounds of the canal so as
to make passage of some miles broad
from ocean to ocean. Several sail OF
trading vessels and men-of-war went
through this new channel to the South
Seas. China. etc, and saluted me with
all their cannon as they passed.
81 looked through my telescope at the
moon, and perceived the philosophers
there in great connection. They could
plainly discern the alteration on the sur
face Of the globe. and thought themselves
somehow interested in the enterprise OF
their fellow mortals in neighboring plan
ct. They seemed to think it admirable
that such little beings as we men should
attempt 80 magnificent a performance as
would be observable even in separate
world.
"T'hus having welded the Atlantic ocean
TO the South Sea ! returned to Eng
land"
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VI GUILD NOT
APPOINT SALOONIST

Attorney i. c. Dennis has been appoint
ed guardian of the estate of Mel Deneen
by Judge Chapman. The real and personal
property of Deneen will probably amount
became insane from the effects of too
much Kapowsin whisky, and without bid
ing his friends farewell, suddenly depart
ed. where, nobody Knows. That was some
time ago, and as no word has come from
him it is supposed the man came to his
death from exposure. l. j. Leach, one of
the parties interested in the saloon where
Deneen spent most of his time and money
applied for the guardianship. but the court
refused to appoint him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-28
JACKSON'S FAREWELL
PRINTED ON SAT- N

MASIILON, o., Jan. 2S.-Mrs. Mary
A. Brown, while overhauling some of her
cherished belongings day or two ago.
found handsome souvenir of the days of
Andrew jackson, which she has been dis
playing with no little pride. II is the
farewell address of President jackson to
the American people, and is printed on
white satin. The letter press is sur
der The address makes ~ columns and
the satin is fully a yard wide and half a
yard deep The address was made March
3 1887, and was purchased by Mrs. Brown
the same year.
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WIDOW rs NAMED
AS EXECUTRIX

The will of the late Colonel C. W.
Thompson was admitted to probate yes
terday by Judge Smell. The estate is
valued at $1,000 The will was lied by
Robert Thompson, eldest son of the de
ceased. who asks for letters of admlmstra-
ton. Mrs Hattie G. Thompson, widow
of the deceased, is named as executrix of
the will, which prescribes that the admin
istration of the estate devolve upon the
surviving children in order of their ages,
should both parents die.
Mr.. Thompson, in the will, dominates
and appoints his widow guardian Of the
persons and estate of the children who
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the st. Louis fair. There had been a
lack of action among the Italians. AS
point in favor of his countrymen being
well represented at the fair the ambassa-
dor showed that, next to Germany, the
United States is the best customer OF
Italy. Exports to this country last year
amounted to over 3O,OOO,00 A.
The ambassador is little over 40
wears old and of distinguished appear
ance. He has been in Washington two
years. Nine. Des Planches is Partisan
by birth and one of the most accomplished
women in Washington society: She is, a
stately brunette and is noted for her ele-
can't toilettes. The couple have one son,
Who has just graduated from the royal
military institute at Turin and Will visit
this country before he enters the army
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REACHES
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. d. c.. ian. 2s.-Ex-
Governor Taft of the Philippin .. the new
secretary of war. arrived here at 5:45
D. m. yesterday, He was greeted Mt the
depot by a large and enthusiastic crowd
and escorted by General Chafee and Col
Ionel Edwards and troops of tn, Fifteenth
cavalry to the war department. where
Secretary Root formally welcomed his
successor.
The. new secretary was then driven to
the Arlington hotel, where apartments
had been reserved.
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snall De minors at the time of his death,
ana IN the event he survives mis- wife Il Is
ms VIII that the oldest child living AT
t the time of his death shall be guardian of
the minor children. u
II was his wish that each child should
De educated so far as its portion of the
Estate VIII permit. and that the guardian
nave nave regard for the economical use cf
one same and endeavor also to cultivate
S sn,u encourage habits of temperance and
dren. " '''e -'ii"oi CHI
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ATHLETES FIELD
FOR WENTWORTH

College athletics were given an impetus
at Whitworth college yesterday, when
President Gault announced to the student
body that the trustees had subscribed $500
for the purpose of improving the athletic
field. All athletic sports at Whitworth
college have lain dormant on account Of 81
organize an athletic association and enter
the college games with renewed enthusi-
aBm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-28
EARTH AND GRAVEL
STOPPED THE CARS

A heavy landslide at Riverside, on the
Interurban, delayed travel last night. The
passengers leaving here were transferred
at Riverside, so lost but little time be
tween here and Seattle. The road was
cleared by noon today.
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The special committee of the Seattle city
council which has been investigating the
condition of the public halls in the city
reports that the majority of the places
would prove to be death-traps in case
a fire should start when an audience was
present. The council will close some of
the places until improvements are made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-28

HONOLULU, II. IT,, Jan. 27--The Ha-
waiian women learned to ride astride long
before the American belle thought of such
a departure from established custom AS
a matter of fact, the Hawaiian women
never rode horseback in any other way.
When an American ship landed couple
OF horses in Honolulu a century ago they
became objects of curiosity to the natives.
When they saw the uses to which the ami
mails were put every kanaka became pos
sessed OF an idea to possess one. Orders
by the hundred were sent out at the first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-28

Wait for the Butchers Second Annual
Ball. Washington's Birthday Feb. ~, at
Faweett Hall. Three prizes given. A good
time assured aa1 tzst Is set n.
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seen since yesterday afternoon about 8
o o'clock, when she left the Cascade school
to go home. A careful search is being
made, but the police can find no clue.
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bookkeeping in the high school. A year
ago these two branches were introduced
in the curriculum of the high scho at
the request of many citizens.
An order went into effect Monday night
for the closing of the red light district
in North Yakima. City Marshal Culran
enforced the order, by direction OF the
city council. One thing that brought
about the reform was the enforcing OF the
midnight closing order among the saloons.
John Mills, charged with breaking i1to
a house on Grand avenue, Everett, several
months ago, has been arrested by the police
and turned over TO the sheriff. Part oil
the stolen property was recovered rom
a pawnshop by the officers, but Mills
for whom a warrant was sworn out at
the time of the burglary, could not be 70"
Gated until last night.
Scott Snyder, a Seattle carpenter. was
fatally injured at the Seattle Ice compa-
ny's plant Yesterday A heavy beam. be
ing hoisted into place slipped and ieli
striking Snyder on the head, His , skull
was crushed. He was taken to the Way
side Mission hospital, but the attending
physicians held out no hope OF his re-
covery from the first. He died during the
afternoon. He was IS wears old and leaves
a widow and two small children.
NIL D.. q caattla schoo1 GIRL 4Qrl
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STATE POINTERS

At Belingham last night 5000 people
saw Frank Gotch of Humbolt. Ia. throw
Tom Jenkins of Cleveland, O.. in one Of
the hardest fought wrestling bouts ever
witnessed on the coast The match was
Tor $1,000 purse and a side bet of 50 900
The first fall was secured by Gotch in 56ia
minutes. In the second round after a
struggle of 20 minutes, jenkins attempted
foul and Gotch was declared the win.
ner. This makes jenkins champion of
America. He was seconded by Carroll and
Person of Tacoma and Davis was referee
Rev. Vladimir V. Alexander. pastor Of
the Graeco- Russian church at Seattle. gave
his 5-year-old son a dose of strychnine last
night, through a mistake. The child died
within an hour.
The Pendleton Commercial club is COOP.
Grating with the WalIa Walla club in Oh
posing the abandonment of Fort Walls
Walla and has wired Senator Mitchell
asking him to line up the Oregon dclcga-
ton to assist Senator Ankeny's effoi Is
to retain the garrison.
The North Yakima school board has
hnpIhpd 70 oh ISrT. -
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r. |. ELLIOTT, sl3 Fidelity bldg, phone
Red 1862. Patents guaranteed at lowest
cost: Send us your ideas. We make maps,
machine drawings. tracings, blue prints.
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The fast steamer Greyhound is now on
the run frsm Tacoma to Olympia.
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Special sale every day at JolI-', O44 Pa
eife Avenue. -
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The North Yakima school board has
decided to abolish commercial law and
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Ethel Brown. a Seattle school girl. agel
years, has disappeared. She has not been
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-22
kWlM Z OF cARDuL
A Glimpse Of Tennyson.

Wilfrid Ward in "f'roblems and Per
sons" tells this, illustrating Tennyson $
mixture Of bashfulncss and dogmatism:
If Il stranger had come to sec him
the Shyncss and abstraction might last
longer. remember once going TO
Harrington with q friend-a true wor-
shipper Of his genius-and after the first
words of greeting lie seemed to be en-
tircly in the clouds until, after long
waiting, we hit upon device to arouse
him. y picture by Edward Lear hung
in the room, and under it were four
lines from The Palace Of Art"
One seemed all dark and red, a tract OF
sand,
And some one pacing there alone
VINO paced forever in n glimmering land
Lit with low, large moon.
We were looking at the picture. and
l said TO my companion, Read the
lines She read them, giving them a
Kind Of metrical Jingle. In q moment
Tennyson. who had Deeii sta1.,,ias
alone ut the other side of the room,
stepped rapidly across, seized her arm
and said, Don't read them like that"
and went on with his deep, sonorous
voice to read, or, rather, chant, them
himself with the roll which was so well
known 10 his friends.
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Wonders of Wnles.

The wonders of Wales are: Q) Snow
don, the highest peak of southern Brit
ain; G) Ovc:ton churchyard, Flint.
shire, with its ycw trees of great an
tiquity: C3) the fine peal of-bells of
Grcsford church, Denbighshirc; 4)
Llangollen bridge, in the beautiful
vale, built by Bishop Trevor in 1915, a
singular structure Of four pointed
arches, the two center spans being
smaller than the two ends; (5) WreX-
ham church tower, n richly decorated
structure of six stages, 135 feet high,
on three sides of which are rows of
saints in canopied inches; 6) Pystyl
Rhaydr waterfall, Radnor, almost de-
stroycd by alterations in the river bed
in 1850; 60 st. Winifred's well, Holy
well, around which cluster endless tra-
ditions.
st. Winifred was martyred by Cara
doc in the seventh century, and chapel
was built to her memory by Margaret,
queen of Henry VII, in 400, whittier
pilgrims have reSorted from the earliest
times, even down to 1904, leaving be-
hind them votive offerings in the shape
OF crutches and invalid chairs.
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A Mnn md a Hntnin

In theater recently man down In
one Of the front rows spied on the floor
large hatpin with an amber top.
Looking about him, lie saw that two
women and their escorts had just sat
down. To one Of the former he present
ed the pin. A shake of the head indi-
Gated that he had made a mistake.
Then he tried across the aisle. The wo-
men seemed to be interested. The pin
was curiosity and its amber of q
unique carving. They hesitated, but
the pin was handed bnck. Desperately
he began the search now. Two ladies'
unattended seemed likely owners. To
them he showed the pin. They took it
and enjoyed its pattern. Just then the
man felt a tug on his sleeve. 1t was his
wife. and she remarked, "Why are you
showing my hatpin to strangersT He
blushed. went over to the feminine pair
and explained. Sits my wife's hatpin,"
he snid. but in such Consciously guilty
accents that the women handed it back
with doubling smiles.
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Health RuIea.

One of Queen rictoria's health rules
Is said TO have been, "Do whatever you
like, but do 1t in moderation" or words
to that effect, and a similar rule might
be adopted with still greater profit by
the men and women OF the present day.
The people of Queen Vietoria's genera
ton bad not made fad of health, and
every newspaper they picked up did
not worry them with conflicting hy-
gienic rules. The no breakfast flend,
IL he existed, was less prominent than
at present. and those who thought that
the first ought to be the best meal Of
the day did not publish their views
from every roof top, fguratively speak
Ing. Vegetarians and meat eaters wran-
gled only in inconspicuous corners, and
the devotees Of the cold bath were con-
tent with fewer victims. Today, when
all these and million other 80 called
health rules are being dinned into the
ears of long suffering public on all
sides, 1t is more thanoever important
to bear in. mind that inclinations and
disinclinations We're not arbitrarily i'm
planted by nature in animal organisms;
that they exist for our guidance and
not solely to mislead US. New York
Tribune
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An Anccdote OF Disraelf.

ON one occasion Disrael's habit of
exaggerated adulation led to so bold an
attempt by the fair recipient to tu"u 1t
To her advantage that lie was driven to
save the situation in n way that was
very far from being appreciated. The
charmcr. Il young lady of advanced
views" finding the great man so ex-
Ccedin:;ly profusc in his attentions,
thought 1t IN excellent opportunity for
making him convert to her utopian
ideals. which were of the most daringly
dCmUcratic order After long rccita-
tion of her propaganda she wound up
with Il fcrvid appeal to the prime min
lister to immortalize himself by espous-
ing her Ingenious panacea for remedy
ing tEc wrongs of humanity. AS she
finished her impassioned harangue,
with flushed checks and flashing eye.
Disracli. who had been silently watch
Ing her with apparently the profound
est sympathy and admiration. suddenly
dropped his cycglass and softly mur-
INJURED. "Oh. you darlingw "If it had
been at dinner" she aftcrward de-
clarcd, "and had had II knife / would
have stabbed himv'-- -Mackwood's.
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She Knew the Reason.

He was smoking and musing over the
ways Of the world. "Odd, isn't it," he
said at last, 'how few people attain
their ideals IN this world?"
I'm what way?" inquired his wife
suspic,nusly, for she was not a woman
to be caught off her guard.
"Wcll," he replied slowly, 81 was
thinking Of Wilmer when l spoke. He
had an ideal woman that he ayas al
ways talking about when he was I'm
college. She was tall and stately in his
dreams, and he seemed to have no
place in his heart for q small woman,
and yet-and YETI
"Well?"
why, he finally married a little
thing who hardly comes to his sboul-
der wonder why it wasp
Perhaps, Fred" she said very slow
ly and distinctly, "he is like the major
1ty of other men and was afraid to take
any one of his size"
He changed the subject.-New York
Times.
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The coup de ,lon.errat.

The fatal issue of recent French
duel causes discussion of what the Pa
risian fencers call the "coup de e'Monser-
rat" The history Of this stroke is ro-
mantle. The hero Of the story was a
young Partisan musician engaged to be
married to a young lady Of Bordeaux.
Quarreltpg with a cousin of his fiancee,
he got'his ears boxed at the Bordeaux
club. Ignorant of fencing, he dared
not resent the insult and renounced his
engagement But he also took fencing
lessons from one Monserrat. maitre
darmes of Toulouse. Monserrat taught
him one trick only, and he practiced 1t
for year. At the end of that time he
returned to the Bordeaux club, slapped
his mans face and, being called out
instantly ran his opponent through the
body with his cunning lunge.
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The wicked multiplication Table

y minister was hearing his Sunday
school repeat the catechism one Sun
day preceding confirmation when a
boy from the class of small children
venturcd to ask question Of the min
istCr
Turning to the clergyman, the boy
inquired in an anxious tone, "Why
does the multiplication table make peo-
pie wicked?"
The minister thought at first that
tie child had taken occasion to pro-
pound conundrum at most unseem-
ly time and was about to reprove him
Whcn the earnestness Of the expression
in the upturned face assured him that
the question was asked in good faith
and required a reply.
'Why do you ask such q question,
John? I never knew it to do So" he
said.
John turned to his catechism and
read from it with mystified air the
question, did man grow worse as he
began, to multiplyS and the accom-
panying answer, "He did"
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Bridge uuiIdine Rrotherhoods.

1t was in France that brotherhoods
for building bridges first took shape.
In IT'S Il bridge was begun over the
Rhonc at AviSnon by Saint Benezet,
the head Of Il body called Fratres Pom
tis. who undertook the building and
repairing of bridges during the middle
ages. y second soon followed Mt st.
Esprit
About the same time Peter of Cole
church, tho head OF Il similar brother.
hood in EAsland. began the first stone
bridge over the Thames at London.
In many cases when. bridge was
built chapel was founded, to which
priest was attached to pray for the
soul Of the founder, to receive money
and to offer prayers with the passen-
gers for safe journey.
The strange Gothic triangular bridge
at Crowland, over three streams, allud-
ed to in Il charter of 943, was built by
the abbot Of Crowland, and Abbot
Bernard built the Burton bridge over
the Trent, the longest in England, 1854
feet long. which carries the roadway
over thirtysiy arches.-London Globe