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The news-herald., 1904-04-02
COmpensatiOn,

Driver-Waiter, this chop is very
small.
Waiter "a raw hand)-Yes, sir; but
you'll find it will take good while to
eat it.-Glasgow Times.
The news-herald., 1904-04-02
Not Qualfned to Judge.

Perdita-Do' you think that novel
would make a good society play?
Constance couldn't say, really.
You see, am only reading the ex-
purgated edition.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The news-herald., 1904-04-02
Why He Kept Quiet.

Winks-Out of dozen friends I met
to-day. II told me of sure cures for
my cold.
Blinks-What did the twelfth say?'
Winks-NOthing. He had cold HIM
Self.-N. Y. Herald.
The news-herald., 1904-04-02
A Desirable Neiehbor.

Mrs. Binks-That woman we just
passed is the incest neighbor ever
had.
Friend-Neighbor? Why, she didn't
so much as glance at you.
Mrs. Binks-That's what I like
about her.-N. Y. Weekly.
The news-herald., 1904-04-02
Preferable to Being KILLED.

Goslin-Which would you advise me
4 TO learn to play, the cornet or the from
Done?
Dolly-If you want to die, what's the
matter with dose of strychnine p
Harlem Life.
The news-herald., 1904-04-02
United Gold Mines Co.
THE
Owning the Alaska, Ohio and New York Groups of Hin
Near Congress-, Arizona


developing its properties in systematic and economi-
cal The property continues to improve with de-
veOpmen and the value of the stock increases develop
progresses and the price of the stock has been
sstenty advanced to 80 cents per share This chance
for any with money to invest These properties
among the best in this great gold belt The property will
day be the list of producers and then the stock will
sell for many dollars per share Will you miss this oppor
tunity to make your money grow?
D. ]. SULLIVAN, President
Room ID Bank of Arizona Building, PRESCOTT ARIZONA
The news-herald., 1904-04-02
Notice for Publication

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Land Office at Prescott, Arizona. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
MINERS SLAVES
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Armed Guards Fire if the Half.
Starved Men Attempt to
Escape from Mines.
New York Sun Special Service.


Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 16.--Describ-
ing thrilling escape over the noun
GINA, Charles Honich Of New York,
who arrived here today, is about to de-
mand an investigation by the federal
authorities Of the hardships he was
forced to undergo. Honich declares
that guards, armed = with shotguns,
watch over the half-starved men, who
are fred upon if they make break for
liberty.
1T was sent to Cards, W. Va, from
New York, by an employment agency ~
said he. "Next morning at 5 o. CLOCK ]
was awakened by four brawny fellows
with shotguns and marched from the
company's shack to the mine. After a
breakfast Of tin cup of coffee and
stale meat I was glad to wash the
dishes I had eaten from and was told
that I must work twelve hours day in
the mine. T was given a box containing
a small piece of cheese and one slice OF
bread, for my dinner. At pm,
was marched back to room with si1
beds in it and two and three men to 8
bed. When I asked for soap and towe
I was told that / would be allowed tt
wash once each Sunday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
HIS LIFE WAS HIS
DEATH WARRANT
Won Plehve's Biography Was
What Condemned Him, Says
Sasoneff.

:. st. Petersburg, Dec. l6.-From the
lips of high parsonage who attended
the trial of Sasoneff, the assassin of
Minister Of the Interior Won Plehve,
the Associated Press is enabled to give
the substance of the prisoners speech,
in which he strove to Justify the act.
The reasons for Won Plehve:s muir
biography. Sasoneff told how he Joined
the party and committed the crime. He
declared that the socialist revolutionary.
party did not contemplate a forcible
destruction of autocracy, realizing the.
impossibility of such task without the
aid Of an army.
The social revolutionary party is a.
peaceful propaganda, to show the evils
Of autocracy and gradually inculcate
the principles of socialism among all
classes of the nation. ~, - s$SSi
Opposition Met by Death.
This peaceful and idealistic mission
encountered the ruthless opposition Of
certain ministers, such as Bogoliepoff,
shot Jan. ~, 1891, and died March l3
Of the same Year,, and Sipiaguine, min.
! lister of the interior, (assassinated April
Is, 1902, and notably Won Plehve, who
made business Of hunting down apos-
| ties of socialism: The. party was COM
PEELED to defend itself, and this gave
rise to fighting organization whose
members are pledged to eXterminate
prosecutors.
Sasoneff recited list Of acts for
which Won Plehve was condemned, in
Guiding the persecution of Firms, the
slaughter of workmen at Zlatoust, the
murder Of Jews at Kishinef, and the
spoliation of Armenians, besides his
treatment Of socialists. When the COM
| 1,oiffoo Of tho frhfiro0 MI o4inn do
cided on Won Plehve's death there were
more than 100 volunteers to execute the
sentence. Sasoneff was selected and
was told he would have an accomplice.
but he did not know the name Of this
accomplish until he saw Sikorifsky
after the murder. Sasoneff declared that
it was with horror and loathing that
he undertook to deprive human being
of life, but that he realized that "the
monster Won Plehve could only be met
with the monster DEATH -"
Career of sasoneff.
Retracing the events of his life, Sas
oneff said he came of a family belong
ing to the old faith, which had en-
Orenburg and Ufa. He was sent to the
University of Moscow, where. for al
act which he had not committed, he was
condemned to a prievous penalty. HI
then returned to his home in Ufa anc
began to study socialistic doctrines
The murder Of Minister Bogoliepof
greatly impressed him, and he began tt
think the pistol bullet was the only
remedy for tyranny. Soon afterwart
he Joined the Ural committee of tn
socialist revolutionary party, who's
headquarters were at Ufa. He wa
again arrested on the charge Of spread
ing the doctrine of socialism and con
demned to five years exile in Siberia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
HERO OF OUTBREAK
OF 1862 IS DEAD
Dennis o'Brien Was the Daring
Courier Who Obtained Re
lief for New Ulm.

Special to The journal.
St. Peter, Mimi, Dec. 16.-Dennis
o 'Brien, a territorial pioneer and the
daring courier who rode thru Little
Grow s. Indians to obtain relief for
New Ulm in the outbreak Of 1862, died
at his home in this city today at the adj
vanced age of SO.
Mr.. O'Brien was a picturesque figure
of early times. After serving an en-.
listment in the royal navy his love of
adventure brought him to America and
west to the territory of Minnesota. he
reaching st. Peter in 1854, at time
when there was but one structure on
the present site Of the town.
+ Two years after his arrival, in the
winter of 1861, he helped quell the
Inkpadutah uprising and when the
Sioux went on the warpath in 1862 he
was one Of the first to volunteer for
the relief of New Ulm. Enlisting in
the company commanded by the late
Judge Charles E. Flandrau, he was Sc
| lected by that officer to carry mes
sage to General Sibley, then fastening
to the front with reinforcements.
Altho New Ulm was surrounded by
| Sioux he accepted the mission and, cut,
ting his way singlehanded thru the cor
don of savages, rode across a country
Iswarming with hostiles, and delivered
: the appeal to the commander Of the re-
lief expedition. Mr.. O'Brien also
crossed the Isthmus Of Panama to Cali
fornia during the gold excitement. For
many years he had lived quietly in ST.
Peter. His funeral was held today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
RELIEF IS PROMISED
FOR WEST IRELANDERS

Dublin, Dec. 16.-The meeting Of the
Irish parliamentary board to discuss
the distress in the west Of Ireland and
consider means to "force the govern
ment to provide for the immediate. ne
cessities Of the case and put the land
act in operation in Connaught and other
poor districts was held here under the
presidency of John Redmonds A reso-
luton was passed condemning the gov
eminent for the existing distress in
Ireland, demanding that Immediate
steps be taken to relieve it, and also
demanding that powers be given for
the distribution Of land in the poor
districts. .-.
The local government board, however
to some degree forestalled the meeting
by taking steps which it is considered
will be effective in relieving the ten
ants who are affected by the failure OF
the potato crop.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
In TRIPLE TANGLE .
OVER INSURANCE
Judge Must Decide Who Gets the
Money from Three Cornered
Policy Benefit. -.
New York Sun Special Service,

White Plains, N. Y, Dec. 16.-Sur-
rogate -Silliman has legal puzzle to
solve in the question as to which of
three women victims of the General Slo-
cum disaster died first, as each had a
life insurance policy payable to the
other, and who is entitled to the money.
The heirs are going to contest for a
share of the estates. a1s H..
The victims were Mary Hagenbucher
Fannie Irwin and Julia Dunn. Mary
made her policy for $1,000 payable tc
Fannie, and in case the latter died be-
fore the former, then Mary's heirs were
to get the money. Julia took out 6
policy for $1,000 and named Mary al
her beneficiary, but in case Mar dice
before she did, then Julia IS heirs were
to be the legatees. Fannie secured
similar policy payable to Julia, but il
the event of her death before Fannie
the latter's heirs were to inherit thu
amount Of the policy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
BURBANK DEVELOPS
EVERLASTING FLOWER
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
San Francisco, Dec. 6.---Following
hard upon his production of the thorn
less cactus, Luther Burbank has devel-
oped an everlasting real flower that will
not fade or lose it's fragrance. He calls
it the /" Australian Star Flower" and
evolved it from half hardy annual of
west central Australia. The flowers
are of a rosy crimson shade, sometimes
approaching pure white. They are pro.
dnced in large clusters. The full
grown plants are about one foot high
and of the same width.
Burbank has a cluster of the bios
SONS which have remained unchanged
for year. These real flowers bid fair
to work revolution in millinery, as
they are far more pleasing than artif.
.cial blossoms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

For German confections 90 to Holtz-
erman's Chicago Store Co., 417-425 Ce-
dar avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
Holiday Excursion Rates Via North
Western Line.
To Superior and Duluth.
THE Twilight Limited

The time Of the famous HTwilighto
from mn Minneapolis and St; Paul permits aia;ts
and a good night 8 rest at Superior
or Duluth. Convenient hours Of travel,
the finest of equipment, meals a la carte
and courteous treatment, have created
the great popularity Of this train.
Ticket office 600 Nicollet avenue, Min
neapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16
Career of Sasonef.
Vows to Kill Bogdanovitch.

While he was in prison at Ufa he
met peasants awaiting trial in connec-
ton with the Zlatoust strike, and
learned how Governor General Bog
danovitch, under Won Plehve's inspira-
ton, gave orders to fire upon crowd
of helpless, innocent peasants. He
vowed to slay Bogdanovitch, but later
heard that comrade, who has not yet
been. discovered, killed the governor
general. Sasoneff. then told how he
escaped from Siberian convict gang
and crossed the frontier, ultimately
reaching Geneva, from whence he came
to St. Petersburg to kill Won Plehve.
no power on earth was able to stop the
spread of the human ideals Of the so
cialist revolutionary party, whose wosk
was carried on by thousands of willing
hands thruout the length and breadth
of the empire.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-16

Holiday Rates for Students and
Teachers.
Via Chicago Great Western Railway.
One and one-third fare for the round
trip to most any point in the United
States. Dates Of sale, Dec. 16 to Dec.
20. Return limit, Jan. 9. For further
information apply to R. III. Heard, Gen i
Agent, corner Nicollet avenue and 9Th
st, Minneapolis.
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Holiday Rates East, via Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic Railway.

From Duluth to points in eastern Cana
da and New England. Tickets on sale
Dec. 70 to %. Good for return until
Jan. 10. To all local points on the D.,
S. s. & A. Ry., rate of fare and one
third for the round trip. Tickets on
sale Dec. %, %, "a and 25. Good for
Mart Adson, General Agent, 430
Spalding Hotel blocks Duluth. MINI.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11
bal Phlllp Frnnel. e cara..

Francis. the Sir Philip Francis whom
many ingenious critics have. In den
anee OF probability. insisted on identi.
flying with the author OF the letters Of
Junius, was an inveterate gambler.
Cards dominated over the whole Anglo
Indian society OF Calcutta in those
days. and many e crime inflicted on
the unhappy natives had fits origin in
the losses at the gaming table Of their
alien rulers.
When In India. II was the habit Of
Francis to spend every night In this
amusement, and he found an able Co
adjutor at the card table in the wife Of
his colleagues. Lady Anne Monson,
who was reckoned "a very superior
whist player" Good fortune generally
shone on the plans Of Francis. About
I7T5 he was visited with ian extraordi'
nary run Of luck" so marked indeed
that be had actually won a fortune =
RumoF, which sometimes exaggerates
went 30 far as to estimate his gains al
80 iAen Of rupees.-Temple Bar.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

The secret OF getting through work n
method. Order. 1t has been said, IL
Gods flrst law. Let II be yours DO not
let your work accumulate upon your
hands. II IL not work that kills, but
arrears Of work. Work put OF IL work
put on with haaFy interest "sum0ent
unto the dag Is the evil thsreof.h II
becomes intolsrable II II be laid upon
tomorrow.
II may recommend you three rules
COR saving time and economizing
strength they shall be these: Answer
letters. keep appointments. make mp
your minds. In the affairs OF this life
a prompt decision Ii often more impoF.
tant than a right decision. One man
makes up bis mind and acts. 1t may be.
wrongly, but II 80 be 6nds out bis mis-
take, correets and retrieYes II before
another man has acted az all. II Is
possible 60 waste great amount Of
time by thinking. and still more by
talking over actions. First thoughts
are sometimes wiser than second and
generally wiser than third. = COntem-
pOraFy Review.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

The British empire oscupies about
one nth Of the surface Of the hahita.
BILE globe and consists % the United
Kingdom, with It's attendant islands
and about forty three dependencies IN
der separate and independent govern
ments varying in size from Canada
which Is thirty times the size OF The
United Kingdom, to Gibraltar, the area
Of which is two square miles, Thus
the area OF the British empire Il nine
freight times that OF the United King
dom. while the area OF the self govern
ing colonies alone Is nearly sixty tlmei
as large as that Of the mother country
Lord Thring 10 Nineteenth Century,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

I.assa Is a city OF magnificent build
ings. where the streets are never re
paired and. except Tor 8 slight cleaning
ia January and March 81 the Tibetau
calendar. are dreadfuily dirty. Every
where people are laden with rich orna
ments, but unwRshcd as Caverley's or
gan grinder. A vast Buddhist temple
stands In the center Of the city, and 4
IL cncircied By street lined witt
shops and roadside vendors Both mel
and women are enthusiastic traders
and especially striking is the sight Of
Buddhist priests selling divers mer
chsndise ei roadside stalls, with tbs
sleeves OF their clerical robes rolled
high up their arms- London Globe.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

When Professor Tucker was Tutor
Tucker at BOwdoin college the bell
rang for prayers ut the chapel, as now.
very early in the morning, and Il was
imperative upon tutors aud pupils 10
respond. As q tutor Mr. Tucker was
very popular. although very strict, and
he was always prompt 10 take bis
place III the head Of his class AZ the
early morning deFoti0ns.
One morning. however, be found hih
clothing gone ana his door nailed while
the bell was ringing. Finding a hatch
81 be soon split the door down, and al
tie last stroke Of the bell appeared
clothed ia his shirt and n pair Of over
alls, haref0oted. but with 3 smile Of
serenity on his expressive countenance
lie took his customary place. and mel
Their then nor afterward were words Of
complaint heard from him.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

A very curious fact is that q cloud
IA always raining. Even in summer,
when the cloud over our head lie
white the drops are falling from It.
But they are very small, and they
evaporate before they reach the earth
In evaporHtinE they pass from the
cloud particle stage to the haze par.
ticle stage. from saturation TO simple
condensa ton. or the dry dust parti'
Giles ON which the condensation takes
place may be left perfectly dry. Il Is
a general truth that when cloud q
formed II begins TO rain. The minute
particles Of water come down in mil
lions, The distance they fall depends
on their size II the air the cloud rests
on Ia dry and warm they do not SCI
far II Il Is chilly they collect II
masses and form drops Of rain thai
reach the earth.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, the poet
and wit. wrote TO a committee declin'
Ing TO accept an Invitation 20 deliver
a lecture. Il am far from being in
good physical health" wrote the doc
tor. 'and I am satisfied that IL l were
offered a tifty dollar bin after my lee
ture l should not have strength enough
to refuse ii"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

They were rehearsing their parts In
an amateur drama "Oh, l beg your
pardon" said Herbert, looking at the
book again Il kissed you at the wrone
place"
isn't that too badT' exclaimed
Amelia. Now wen have TO do it al
ever agalnr'-ChicaFo Tribune.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

Mrs. Justwed-My dear, when we
wese engaged always slept with your
last letter under my pillow. Justwed-
And l, too, darling, often went to sleep
over your letters Chicago Journal.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

Mrs. Iones-Its queer that baby
doesn't talk. She's almost two years
old and hasn't spoken word yet
Ar. Jenes--I know, dear, but Do yOu
sVQR slya baby . chancsf
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

Shells II really true that the blind
can determine color by the sense Of
touchH Certainly. l once knew
a blind man who was able to tell red
bot stove by merely putting his finger
on lt.--Illustrated Bits.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

West Pslns.
mated 20 enter
.ry academy ~
announeed Al y
mons lhem are .,l "
YOUR M Me- y.
"a. Montana $50 =
s,,s,an-Frederice :
,oniohp X
olnev
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

/, ore states ere q. m 0o,
output Of LOW ~
I'm 100000, ana
500 900 tons.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

N, value q
n f from the osf.
II the palace 3.
rids fair ne.-
oftsooo has 80
an imperial
rrn Of all the
and onviesioa
lis pieces ~
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

Aver crait q cht
I've - - .sagolae chi
''@ Thss furnish sa''s
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

'f-1W u n T Y I.
1 eight cents
4 Il pound for
that steakF'
said Colonel Mon
roe, tenderly laying
a package on top Of
a mail sack. "a
year ago II cost 10
cents. Llncolnville
is right up TO date
and on the crest OF
the wave Of advane-
ing civilization. How
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-06-11

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-20
PROTECTION. OR FREE TRACE, WHICH?

The Iowa Democrats, in convention having endorsed
the Kansas City platform and elected Hearst delegation
resolve that 1--WE denounce the vicious tariff
system fosered and perpetuated by the Republican
party under which the trusts born bred and
fattened species multiplied until they have every
industrial and commercial interest by the throat and
demand the repeal of every tariff which equal
opportunity for all.
That resolutions is strictly in line with the ideas of
the Yellow Kid the demand for IS 1 and free trade
There is little danger that this tariff reform
will any damage the present time bat it is well
recognize the danger OF the situation and avoid any
sbility of of the evil days of 1S92o 1896 The
issues this year. far there any the same
old issues The of the nation have the in
protect and the need 10 be vgant in their pro-
lection.
The policy that has made the country prosperous be
yond the widest dream of the sangune Of
years ago of the protective tariff that policy
is right why change it? Ii it is wrong all should
shout its abolition the conditions the facts and
figures all in favor of and against free trade policy
Imports of raw materials" continue increase, al
though the enemies the Dngley law said that with
such could get them And the best of it is
that materials worked up finished products,
mainly TO be exported in form See the figures for
exports of manufactures. close the $500
mark which far from the total of imported
raw materials That Dngey tariff has amazing way
of confoundng all the predictions and upsettng the cal
culations of the free traders.
If during the coming campaign there comes tine
when there a suspicion that the Democrats may win.
let any unprecedented observer the effect Of such
prospect trade and manufacturing industries and
for himself whether this talk the effect tariff
smashing is all hot air" Every knows that q
smashed tariff lower prices and is going to
be fool enough load up with goos falling market
The Iowafiearst contention that free trade would
smash trusts is in this that free trade
only survive Under the free trade policy which
Democrats favor the only survivors among American
industries would be those powerful wouldbe monopOsts
which usually control the profitable plants These
would then be in position to safely unite with their
brethren in other lands in the creation of universal
trust dominate the affairs Of mankind That this is
idle dream is shown by the that the self-sae
night when the wires transmitted synopsis of Senator
Delivers speech they brought also the of secre;
meeting in London Of the steel manufacturers
the world TO form in the steel trade Of
actly that kind.