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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-02-26

Dam, Wisconsin.
Seventeen Greek Laborers.
The injured:
Engineer LENA, slightly
Engineer Stanton, not serious.
Conductor Courtney, slightly.
Operator Taylor and wife, injured
about the face and body.
Seven Greeks, serious.
The collision occurred between two
extra trains and was caused by the air
brake apparatus on one train failing
to operate. The concussion which fol
lowed the explosion was terrific, every
thing within radius of half a mile
being wrecked The report was heard
in Ogden, eighty-tive miles away.
Several outfit cars, occupied by Greeks,
were completely demolished and the
occupants blown several hundred feet
from the track. The telegraph Office
was shattered and Operator Taylor and
his wife were injured. Foreman Burke,
his wife and three children, and his
brother, who were standing near the
station, were shot 200 feet through the
air and instantly killed.
The town of Terrace, fifteen miles to
the west, on the main line of the South
ern Pacific. was shaken as by an earth
quake.
Where the explosion occurred there
was hole blown into the ground large
enough to bury train, 500 yards OF
track were displaced and three miles of
telegraph poles were blown down. The
dead were scattered for hundreds of feet
in all directions, and the majority OF the
victims had their clothes blown off. One
Greek was found headless, and the chill
dren OF Section Foreman Burke had
arms and legs torn off.
OF forty-six persons at Jackson S
Point when the explosion occurred, only
nine escaped without wounds.
Fragments of human bodies were
found the next morning a half mile
from the scene. The wounded are in
the hospital at Ogden. Three Greeks
may die. The coroner's jury will visit
the scene and fix the responsibility for
the collision.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-02-26

row will have to work harder to
get itaway.
If the concentration of life
time is found in one can of goods,
then that life has not been was
ted.
No mans success was ever
marked by the currency that he
pasted upon billboards.
When a clerk tellsy that he
MUST leave the Office because 1t
is $50 P. M, rest assured that
you will never see his name over
d front door.
The secret of all great under
takings is hard work and self re-
lance. Given these two quail
ties and residence in the Uni
ted States of America, young
man has nothing else to ask for.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-02-26
CAR OF DYNAMITE
EXPLODES
Near Ogden, Utah....Twenty.fiye
are Killed Outright

At Jackson, Utah, on branch of the
Southern Pacific railroad, last Friday,
car loaded with dynamite exploded.
A head on collision, caused by defective
airbrakes. The following gruesome ac-
count is given of the affair in the dis
patches:-
Twenty five persons were killed and
twelve badly injured by the explosion
OF a carload of dynamite eighty-fve
miles west of Ogden. Eight OF the dead
and five of the injured are Americans;
the others are Greeks.
The dead:
T. w. Burke, section foreman, wife
and three children.
]. w. Burke, ex general foreman.
W. L. Holler, messenger, Andrew,
Indiana.
Owen Dermody, conductor Beaver
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-02-26
WHAT PEOPLE SAY

They say the postal depart
ment is after all those publica-
tions which publish patent medi-
cine advertisements that come
under the head of obscene litera-
ture. This class of mountebanks
have of late become more bold
and shameless than ever. 1t is
said number of so-called
reputable publications will be ex-
cluded from the mails unless the
Objectionable ads are cut out.
They say that of all forms of
dementia, the religious form is
the most dangerous. 1t would
appear that when they go crazy
about religion they nearly always
want to kill somebody.
They say Wenatchee is just
now endeavoring to locate beet
sugar factory in that town with
a fair prospect of success. When
those Wenatchee people want
anything they pull together and
generally geti
They say that Messrs. Gray q
Son, of Entiat, have closed a con-
tract with the town council OF
WaterVille to furnish that place
with electric lights. The lights
are to be installed in eight
months. Messrs. Gray & Son
have fine water power on the
Entiat river which they will de-
velop.
Fresh eggs are plentiful at
twenty cents per dozen at Twisp,
says the News.
The Wenatchee Advance says
that the woods is full of candi-
dates for office down that way.
If there is man in these parts
who is patriotic enough to serve
his country in an Office we have
not heard of it.
They say Mrs. Frazer, of We
natchee, presented her husband
with fourteen pound valentine
Since Sunday the day trains
have been stopping at Mission
and the people of that town are
now happy.
They say Mr., J. M. Tompkins,
of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank at Wenatchee, will open a
a bank at Mission within the next
two weeks.
They say penitentiary made
brick are loaded on the cars at
Walla Walla at $3.50 per thous-
and.
They say work will begin in
the spring on an electric road
from Spokane to Ritzville, Dav-
enport and some point north of
of Davenport on the Columbia
river.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-02-26

WANTED - SEVERAL INDUSTRIOUS
persons in each state 10 travel for house estab5
rshed eleven years and with large capital, TO
call upon merchants and agents for successful
and profitable line. Permanent engagement.
Weekly cash salary OF S2i and all travelling ex-
neuses and hotel bills advanced in cash each
week Experience not essential. Mention refs
trence and inclose self-addressed envelope;
THE NATIONAL, 332 Dearborn ST., Chicago,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-02-26
SECRET SOCIETIES
A. o. u. w.
Degree Of Honor

A. o. U. w.
Leavenworth Lodge No. 80, Degree
of Honor, meets the first and Third
Wednesday evenings in A. o. U. w.
hall. Visiting sisters and brothers
cordially invited to attend.
AMANDA MARTIN, C. of H. LoTTIE DOYLE,
LOUISE MCGUIRE, Financier. Recorder
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13
Winner Got Short End.

Young Corbett only received $1,000
for his share of the receipts for the
fight with Sullivan in San Francisco
Tuesday night. Sullivan was guaran-
teed $4,000 win or loose by the cham
pion. Corbett made this offer think
ing the gate receipts would be large
and that he wou, have plenty to spare
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13

A . O / p n J A C O B 8
Clothes Cleaned anG Renovated
Mendfng and Repairing Neatly
end Properiy Oonc.
Reasonable Prices and Good Work
0hop Next q Appeal 0@eA
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13

gentleman with statistical bent
mas found that in mining there is a
profit Of 300 per cent, with IS per cent
failures, while manufacturing ranges
from 10 to rs per cent profit, with fail
ures of IS per cent. These statistics If
fifty Colorado mining companies with
a combined capital Of $46,O0O,000 show
the following results: Dividends paid
seo,oo0.0O0; original investments by
stockholders, $7,o0o,oOo; returned to
stockholders on par value. over IL Per
cent; returned to stock holders On o.
ginal investment, 800 pu eent-8x.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13
ANNUAL eTATkMENT

OF the Prudential Insurance Company
Of America, Newark, N. J..
Capital (paid up) ....... 2.O00, 900 %
Assets northumberland IL. 394,75s 50
Liabilities, exclusive of CAPT
tai and net surplus 57,311 1928 IS
Income.
premiums 30 ,O2S, 4O2 ~
Other sources .......... 1896, 726 05
Total income 1903 49,. SO OPS, 1923 Is
Expenditures.
Losses and matured endow-
mentS .................9 ,842 693 p
Dividends to policy holders 7S0,479 ca
Other expenditures ..... 16 ,025,951 "a
Total expenditures 1903 .26,649, 124 90
Business. 1908
Risks written ....... 293 POS ,942 90
Premiums thereon III 1891 65
Losses incurred, including ma
tured endowments and an
nuities 10 ,419524 50
Nevada Business.
Risks written 1888 90
Premiums received .......... S52 "a
Losses paid
Losses incurred
Edward Grey,
Secretary.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13
ANNUAL oTATENIAT.

OF the Hamburg, Bremen, Fire Iasur
anee Company Of Hamburg, c.s.
many, for the year ene:ns Oeeers.
Der 81. 1903.
Capital (paid up) ........ SEE. coo a
Assets ................. 1884, 177 90
Liabilities, exclusive Of CAPT.
tai and net surplus $3.50. 1.s97,4S5 IS
Income.
premiums ..............1,69 7, ADJ IS
Other sources $3.50 81
Total income 1903 ......1,756,OO1 30
Expenditures.
LOSSES ................ 5,3lS 81
Dividends
Other expenditures .G31,449 6S
Total expenditures, 1903 .1,4S6,76S So
Fire Insurance Business 1908.
Risks written .149,4S6,Ol7 90
Premiums thereon ..1,697.431 2s
Losses incurred ...... S5O,253 81
Nevada Business.
Risks written .102,95O 60
Premiums received .2,562 q
Losses paid 1878 so
Losses incurred 1878 SO
P. McDolph Herrod, Jr.
Genl. Agent
San Francisco. Feb. 10. 1904.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13

county OF oaIC LIKE
l, A. H. Atkinson,
do solemnly swear that l am the duly
elected, qualified and acting Assistant.
Secretary of the Western Loan & Saw
ings Company Of Salt Lake City, Utah,
and that the foregoing is full, true
and complete statement of the bust
ness of said company for the year end
ing Dec 81, 1903.
A. H. Atkinson.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this LIST day Of March, A. D., 1907.
Sophus H. Lund,
ISeal1 Notary Public.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13

P. McDOlph HerrOd, Jr.
Genl. Agent
San Francisco. Feb. 10, 1904.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13
ANNUAL eTATEMENT

Of the Western Loan 4 Savings Com
pany Of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, for the year ending
December 81, 1903.
RANAir&e
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-13

A number Cf Colorado mining men
are visiting il this city, and 1t is un-
derstocl that they are looking over
the field Win an idea 70 . purchase.
Governor Colcord has returned from
Z trip to the Consolidated Esmefalda
mines. He speaks most encouraefngy
a tho outlook andcit r, expected that
ssamps viii b .doepinO q des tassdn
% sWeek.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
HAD FINE EYE FOR HAIRS.
Professor Of Natural History Was Too
Keen for Mischievous
Students.

An eminent naturalist who holds-and
fills, as well-a chair in q university, an
nounced to the members Of his class one
morning that he had something Of un'
usual interest to show them, relates
Youths Companion.
IL have here, gentlemen" he said
'some hairs from the skin Of q young
crested seal, and we will proceed to study
their peculiarities."
Unfolding the small piece Of paper that
contained them, he spread the hairs out
on q sheet Of white cardboard and turned
to get his microscope, which was on q
desk behind him.
While his back was turned a roguish
student quickly swept the hairs of the
desk into his hand, and substituted other
very closely resembling them.
"Young gentlemen, said the professor,
severely, a moment later. as he glanced
at the sheet Of cardboard, there has
been some underground work here. These
are mole hairs"
They never attempted to fool the pro
fessor again.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
RIGHT NOT RECOGNIZED.
een Of Busy Travelling Man Indignan,
ct Familiarity Of Scarce
Parent.

The story Of the hard worked news
paper man who devoted SO much Of his
time to his work that he did not recog.
nixe the youngest member OF his family
when he met tho youngster unexpected
" IL not without its parallel. In this
case, says the New York Press, IL was the
baby. who, not having sufficient .oppor.
'tunity to become acquainted with hi.
proud parent, made remark which led
TO resolves Of reformation.
A travelling man naturally gets home
but once in each week, sometimes draw
ing q two-week trip, and in other cases
being away from his home for even .
longer period. He usually tries 70 dash
In home for Sunday, and on ono Of these
dashes, in q certain home, the young
man Of the family having acquired that
title some four years previously, was very
bad, indeed, and finally forced the father
to administer the merited, though mild,
punishment. The injured youngster inn
mediately made wild dash for his moth
or, wailing at the top Of his voice: Moth.
or, mother, mother; that man that comes
here on Sunday has been spanking me"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
WAYS OF OTHER PEOPLES.

No person under 16 years Of age, is per-
mitted to enter a thester or tavern in
Heligoland.
in Japan no woman is ashamed of her
age, but she tells 1t out in the arrange
ment of her hair, SO that all the world
may know 1t.
A traveller in the African wastes says
that nearly all the natives show great
aversion to solitude, even in broad day
light. This aversion is due to their SUI
perstitious terrors.
All well-educated Spanish women are
taught from their earliest years to han
die the sword. and as a result they are
noted for their admirable figures and
easy walk.
Lancashire agricultural laborers
credit certain of their fellows with pow
er to cast good and evil spells. At Dun
stable men carry live snail in a pill
box to ward off toothache, eat stewed
earthworms as cure for jaunGsce and
fried mouse for whooping-cough and
cherish all the old superstitions as to the
dead which made Merrie England sad.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
CHURCH AND SCHOOL NoTABLEs

The late bishop Of Southwell. DR.. Rid
ding, was regarded as the finest Greek
scholar on the Episcopal bench. but was
noted for his carelessness In the use OF
English.
Rev. Francis Aidian Gasquet, presi-
dent of the English Benedictines, who
Is visiting this country for the first time,
is at present at Notre Dame, Ind. He
has written many books, including
Henry VIII. and the English Monas-
tsries," and "The Eve Of the Reforma-
ton"
Mrs. A. r. Mcfarland, Of Alva, Okla.
was the first American missionary to
Alaska, whittier she went some 30 years
ago as q representative Of the Presby-
terian church. It Is thought she was
also the first American woman to 60
there in any capacity. Mrs. Mcfarland
remained in Alaska until her health
gave way, some time ago. She has now
returned to Oklahoma.
Rev. L. M. Foster, OF Charles City, Ia.
retired minister of the Congregational
church, is a unique character. His
mother was a second cousin Of Lucien.
Jerome and Napoleon Bonaparte. and
they were cousins Of King Louis XIV.
One Of his ancestors was sentenced for
marrying outside Of the royal family,
but when Louis XIV. became king he
was reprieved and his sentence changed
to Punishment 10 America. and this Is
how Mr.. Fosters branch Of the Bona
parte family came to this country.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
JEST AND JoLLITY.

A green grocer is one who trusts dead
beat customers.
Silk-lined gowns interest a woman
more than silver-lined clouds.
The man who goes to law may be sure
that his lawyer will get justice.
Japan has got five new submarine
boats; but the Russian score beats this.
Marriage, which should make one out
Of two, often results in skies and sevens
Did it ever occur to you that summe,
girls and peaches disappear simultane.
ously?
You never Know what you can't do
until you. try to undo something that
you have done.
When a woman has to economize, she
always wants to do 1t on the necessities
Of life, not the luxuries.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
FOOTWEAR FINDINGS.

II is wiser, both for economy and CON-
fort. to wear alternately two pair OF
shoes rather than wear one pair all the
time.
When patent leather shows signs Of
cracking take the shoes at once to a
good shoe dealer and have them oiled to
prevent further damage.
When shoes are wet do not put them
too near the heat or they will stiffen and
crack. Turn them rather on one side
In a dry but not warm place.
Remember that shoes too tightly laced
retard the circulation, and in this case
even the thickest leather will not pre-
vent the feet from being cold.
II should be remembered that the
feet spread with exercise, and this fact
should be taken into consideration when
seated comfortably at the dealers try
ing on new shoes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
TWO YEARS OF AGONY.
One Cake of Cuticura Soap and One
box OF Cuticura Cured Baby's
Awful Humor.

when my sister was eighteen months
cid a humor broke out on her shoulders,
extending clear across the back. For two
years it caused her intense suffering. 1t
would scab over and then crack open and
Q watery matter ooze from it. Then the
scabs would fall off and it would be raw
for o time. We had several different doc
Of, but without efecting a cure. Then
we got one cake Of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment, which cured
her completely and without scar or blem.
ish. (Signed) Lille Chase Walker,
fremont St.. Woodfords. Me-"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Doing Great Work.

Norisant, Mo-, Dec. loth.-(Special.)-
That Dodd's Kidney Pills are doing, q
great work in curing the more terrible
forms of Kidney Disease, such as Bright's
Disease, Dropsy and Diabetes, everybody
knows. But it must also be noted that
they are doing still greater work in wip'
ing out thousands of cases Of the earlier
stages of Kidney Disease. Take for in
stance Mrs. Peter Barteau, of this place
She says.
II have been subject to pains in my
back and knees for about three years, but
since l have been taking Dodds Kidney
Pills ! have been entirely cured"
Others here tell similar stories. In fact
IN this part Of Missouri there are scores
Of people who have cured the early symp.
toms Of Kidney Disease with Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. The use of the great American
Kidney Remedy thus saved not only the
lives Of Kidney Disease victims, but thou y;
a1fferin0s,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Queer Line-Up.

There will be a queer lineup this
winter of forces in favor of bill to
prohibit Sunday baseball in Kansas
It will be a fusion of preachers and To-
peka jointkeepers. The preachers
want to prohibit Sunday ball games
on moral grounds. The jointkeepers
want to prohibit them because they
interfere with the sale Of liquor. Joint
keepers last summer claimed that the
Sunday games took all their patrons
away, and naturally they want to pro-
tect their trade, so they have Joined
the preachers in the movement for INC
Sunday baseball"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
The Gennine Thing.

Three years ago the probate judge
of Butler county performed the mar
riage ceremony for an 1S-year-old boy
and 16-year-old girl. A year later they
were divorced on the ground that they
were too young to know their own
minds. Now their engagement is an
nounced again and the Eldorado Re-
publican says that both are confident
they know their own minds and that
the love they feel this time is the gem
uine thing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
New Railroad.

The people OF middle Kansas are
looking for the early construction OF
a railroad called the Gulf, Hutchinson
& Northwestern. From Stockton the
road may take either of two courses,
one by way Of Plainville, Hays City,
Lacrosse and Pawnee Rock to Hutch
inson and the other to the same place
by way Of Russell, Hoisington and
Great Bend. The route will be divert
ed to the people who bid the highest
in bonds. From Hutchinson the line
will pass southwark through Cheney,
Conway Springs, Wellington and Ar
kansas City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Taxes Agitate Great Bend.

Far more excitement is manifested
at Great Bend over the special election
to be held December 20 to issue bonds
for a new high school, than in the re-
cent national election. Taxes have
been high the past few years and many
citizens are fighting the proposition.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22

The University of Kansas, recognize
ing a desire on the part Of large num-
Der of Kansas teachers to do work OF
university grade, will offer work dur
ing the spring term, beginning about
April l., especially for teachers. The
spring work will be so connected with
the work of the summer session as to
give continuity to II all.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Mol Acted Only Once.

Records show that there have been
1907 prisoners in the Brown county
jail within the last 25 years. With one
exception all got what was coming to
them in n legal way. This one, how
ever, who happened to be colored, tied
a rope around his neck, pulled himself
up in tree and quit breathing-while
the crowd looked on.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
New York & PHILADELPHIA.

cannot be more pleasantly or convenient.
" reached than by the Grand Trunk-Le-
high Valley Route. Solid tnrough trains,
magnificent scenery, all trains run via
Niagara Falls. Descriptive literature sent
free on application to Advertising Depart
ment, Grand Trunk Railway System, l35
Adams St., Chicago, H., Geo. w. Vaux,
A, G, p. & T. A,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Lake Of 40 Square Miles.

Work is to herresumed on the lake in
Cheyenne bottom near Great Bend.
When water is turned in 1t will cover
an area of about 40 square miles. The
purpose Of the enterprise Is to supply
water for irrigation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Insane orcr ReliEIon.

August Bronner, a well-to-do Ger
man farmer and a devout Catholic.
was declared insane at Emporia. Bron-
ner became insane over religion and
during his trial was on his knees most
Of the time reading prayers from his
German prayer book.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Death of Ex-sberIn white.

]. H. White. who located in Lyon
county in 1864, is dead. His death was
due to q disease Of a bone in his leg,
caused by rifle bullet wound received
when he was soldier in company B,
Twenty-first Indiana volunteers. in the
battle Of Baton Rouge, August 8. 1862.
He was elected sheriff of Lyon county
in 1884 and served two terms.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Kearny County,s sugar Bects.

Kearny county produced 5000 tons
Of sugar beets this year. This exceeds
the crop of 1902, when the crop Of the
county was 1880 tons. This years
crop was grown on 900 acres Of land
and sold fc- $4,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
Pleased with Parole systcm.

Nearly all the prisoners arriving In
the state penitentiary at Lansing are
under indeterminate sentences. The
officials of the penitentiary are we'll
pleased with the workings of the new
parole and indeterminate sentence
laws. These laws have tendency to
keep prisoners on good behavior and
to aid in reforming young men.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22

Il IL a fact that Wakefelds Cough
Byrup will positively cure the worst
Coughs, Colds and Group and first stages
Of Consumption. 1t has been used in
thousands Of homes for 50 years.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22

An Atlantic Highlands man has been
trying to save q bluff from the en-
croachment Of the sea. He has found out
what the wild waves are saying-they are
calling his uf.-Baltimore American.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-12-22
RILEY win. n baldwin.

E. A. Riley won the annual oratori-
cal contest at Baker university. Riley
win represent the school at the sta 10
intercollegiate contest in Wichita 10
March.