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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

into the gulf are frozen fast In a doe
Hartford, Conn.-Fire started In the
four story block at Main and Kin.
sey streets. In 10 minutes the struc
ture was roaring furnace. Fourteen
persons on the upper floors were res.
cued by firemen. The block was de-
stroyed and an eight story building
was partly destroyed. Loss, 100000
The last statement Of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $225,
714,010; gold, $S4,662,0S2.
The London Chess club has decided
on March % and 26 as the dates for
the annual cable match to be played
between America and Great Britain.
Five New York manufacturers, en-
ploying 1000 cloakmakers, have grant.
ed demands for new wage scale with
out a strike.
Locomotive Engineer Ladner and his
fireman, Elmsley, both of Revelstoke,
b. c., were killed in a wreck recently
toward the bottom of what is known
rs the Big Hill on the Canadian Pa.
cifc railway, just west of Field
A request for an appropriation of
$l,245,366 for field maneuvers for 1905
and of $1,255, TO for the same pur-
pose for the year 1906, has been trans
partment. 1t is proposed, General
Chaffee says, to hold the maneuvers
n the four military divisions of the
country each year. During the pres
ent year they are to be held in the
Atlantic and Pacific divisions.
His Highness Mira Alza Cir Khan,
prime minister of Persia, accompa-
MED by his son, Mira Ahmed Khan,
and Mehdi Quon khmnek, vice minis
Ger of education of Persia, have ar
rived in San francisco. With them
were four Servians. They will leave
for the east Immediately.
An authority on Northern Securi-
ties affairs says that probably not
more than $2O,0O0,0O0 of the total
stock Of this company is afioat, or in
the hands Of the general public. The
remainder, he estimated, Is held by
strong people identified with the man.
agement.
Charles Nearly Of Milwaukee, and
Aurelio Herrera of California, recent
ly fought six rounds to a draw before
the Milwaukee Boxing club
The plant Of the Pittsburg Plate
Glass company in Chicago was des-
troyed by fire recently, and from the
is building the flames were commune
Gated to the seven story factory and
apartment building of the Bucklen
Medical company. Loss $500 900.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
IDAHO NEWS,

Senator Dubois has been notified by
the secretary of the interior that he
would refuse the permission recently
| asked to Craze large numbers of sheep
on the Pocatello forest reservation, in
Idaho. Mayor o.eely of Pocatello pro-
9sted against this permit and the mat
ter was taken up by both Idaho SEN
ators.
Clarence Klir 3. deaf and dumb
youth who lives with his parents near
Genesee, has been examined by Coun.
ty Physician Hurlbut and committed to
the asylum at blackfoot.
A successful operation of skin graft
ing has been performed upon the arms
and legs of S. ". Covey, an electrician
at Wardner who was fearfully burned
by a wire last November He is now
rapidly recovering.
Contractors and builders are of the
opinion that this year will show more
building activity in Wallace than in
the past few years.
A trainload of stock was shipped
from hanna last Monday to Seattle.
The train will consist of six cars of
sheep and five cars of hogs. The
sheep have been fattened by E. j.
Armbuster, living north of Nez Perce.
In the collapse OF a mill building
three miles from Meadows. in the
northern part Of this county, Frank
Hill was killed and his brother Jas
per may die from injuries received
They were piling lumber in the upper
part of the mill building when the
entire building collapsed, burying the
men under a pile of lumber and tim.
bers.
An oratorical tryout at the Lewiston
normal school resulted in the selec.
ton Of the following team of de.
baters: j. s. Jent, R. E. Emmett
and Willard Gwynn.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
KANSAS SENATOR INDICTED
FEDERAL GRAND JURY GOES AF.
TER j. r. BURTON.
Charged on Nine Counts With Accept
ing Checks of $500 Each for Ser
vices Rendered to Rialto Securities
Company, a "Get Rich Quick" Con-
Germ of st. Louis.

st. Louis, Jan. 25.-The federal
grand jury has returned an indictment
against Joseph Ralph Burton, United
States senator from Kansas, charg-
ing him, on nine counts, with accept
ing five checks of $500 EACH from the.
Rialto Grain and Securities company,
between November %, 1902, and March
z6, 1903, while a United States senator
for his alleged services in interceding
with the postmaster general, chief
postofiice inspector and other high
JOstoffice officials to induce them to
render a favorable decision in matters
Injecting the permission of the Rialto
company to use the mails.
Major Hugh &. Dennis, president of
the company, and w. b. Mehaney, as
sociated with him, are named in the.
Indictment as the men who made the
checks to Burton.
The Rialto Grain and Securities
company has been under investigation
by the state for several months on ac-
count of internal troubles and the
complaints Of investors.
Indictments have been found against
the president, Major Dennis. and 9TH
ers of the officers, but they never have
been convicted
The Rialto company's officers were
closed by court officials on attach
ments secured by alleged creditors,
but were reopened after arrangements
to satisfy the claims had been made.
For several days past William E.
Cochran, chief postoffice inspector
from Washington; Major Hugh c. Den.
mis-. and w. B. Mehanev have been be-
fore the grand jury and it Is believed
.C1ueAl vas Iounu on their les
timony.
or Purton's alleged interces-
sion, it is stated, was to prevent the
laaudACe OF fraud order against the
Rialto Grain and Securities company.
AS a result Of his connection with
the company Dennis was indicted in
both the federal and state courts, but
the United States court acquitted him.
Four indictments found in state courts
against Dennis are still pending.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
DENVER EXPRESS WRECKED.
Three Passengers Ki1ied-Several Are
Badly Injured-Cars Burned.

st. Louis. Jan. 28.-The Denver ex-
press on the Burlington road, was run
into from the rear by local passenger
train while taking water at Gardeene
Greek, about 40 miles north of here,
and three passengers were killed and
four seriously injured and seven badly
hurt. The wreck occurred on bridge
over Gardeene creek. The bridge and
two cars of the local train and local
engine were burned. The express train
was running behind time because of
the blizzard weather and had stopped
at tank just after clearing the bridge,
to take water Suddenly, without
warning, the local train crashed into
the rear of the express.
The light passenger cars of the local
train were badly demolished and the
bridge was filled with debris, which
took fire. Because of the burned bridge
traffic is suspended until a temporary
structure can be erected.
One of the Pullman cars has been
tdrned into Temporary hospital.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
Trade Report.

New York.-R G. Dun & Co.'s Week
ly Review of Trade says:
Weather conditions Rave furnished
the chief influence in the trade situa
ton.
Wholesale trade is fairly active
travelling statesmen sending in about
average orders, and jobbing trade is
normal. Manufacturing plants are
more active, with little change in quo
tations, and the outlook for spring
trade is considered favorable. Collec
lions are somewhat more prompt
Leading staples have r .en to new
maximum prices for the crop year
Iron and steel plants that resumed a,
the turn of the year have obtained
sufficient business to continue onera,
ing, and thus far the adjustment nj
wages has not produced the threaten
ed strike.
There has been a slight advance in
the price Of cattle. Steers are now
selling at from IL to 4 cents live
weight. Better than cents per In
has been offered for future delivery
Increased activity and strength is
reported in the domestic hide market
Failures numbered 35S in the Unit
ed States, against 265 last year and
80 in Canada, compared with 81 wear
ago.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
OREGON NOTES.

Hicks store al Bay City was broken
into recently and over $500 taken.
An enthusiastic meeting of about
90 farmers to consider the advisable.
lty of entering the sugar beet raising
industry was held at Echo recently.
At the close of the meeting the far.
mers present promised 1000 acres to
the support of .-.e new undertaking.
George Stoddard and F. S. Bramwell
of the sugar factory at La Grande were
present and promised an average of
from 81 to $1.ov per ton for beets on
hoard cars here, the factory paying
freight rates.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
COLD CRAZES ELEPHANT.
Suffering Animal Almost Kills It's
Keeper.

Keeper.
st. Paul, Jan. 26.-Maddened by the
intense cold, which had frozen its
ears and trunk, an elephant belonging
to an animal show which has been
exhibiting at a local theater, Sunday
almost instantly killed its keeper. Con.
rad Castens. and partly wrecked the
Milwaukee freighthouse. Many of the
attendants had narrow escapes from
serious injury. Castens then went to
the animals head and attempted to
pacify it. but the beast threw him to
the ground, and. planting his foot
upon him, crushed In his ribs, and. 1t
is believed. fatally injured him. The
brute then seized heavy articles of
freight in the sheds and began to
swing them about. doing much dam
age. After laboring for nine hours,
attendants quieted the animal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
KILLS HIS WIFE AND SELF.

John T. Brown, an Oregon School In
structor, Insanely Jealous.
Pendleton, Oregon, Jan. 27.-In a
fit of jealousy, John L. Brown, a
teacher in the Mckay Greek school,
killed his wife, Ethel, and then lay
down beside the dead body and shot
himself through the heart. From evil
dence at the inquets it looks as if the
wife had consented to dying by her
husbands hand. The double tragedy
was committed on the hill south of the
city, at 2 O'Clock in the morning, and
the bodies were found about 10 a. m.
The verdict said the deed was COM
mitted by Brown, who was insanely
jealous without cause apparent to the
jury.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
TORNADO DOWN IN ALABAMA
THIRTY-SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED
AND HUNDREDS INJURED.
Town of Moundvi1Ie Suffered Most
Every Business House Destroy. d
Swept Clean Path Quarter # a
Mile Wide People Hurled Fl. odreds
of Feet-Town of Hull Also di1.


Mile Wide People Hurled II I. odreds
of Feet-Town of Hull Also al.
Tuscaloosa, Ala, Jan 24-!A disas
tertrous tornado swept over Mound
vile, Ala, town of 800 inhabitants,
| 3 miles south of Tuscaloo early in
the day and as result 81 lersons
were killed and more than 100 i. jured.
Every business house with the excep-
ton of small store was destroy ed.
The tornado struck the city from the
southeast and moved path a quarter
OF mile through the town.
Surgeons were rushed to Moundville
from Greensboro and Tuscaloosa and
all possible was done to alleviate the
sutferlngs of the injured By the
force of the storm persons were bio xn
hundreds of feet from their beds in the
bIackness of the night. Through ter
ror, father, mother and three chill
dren fled from Their homes to seek ref
uge and in their excitement left five
year old boy in bed. Today he was
pulled from beneath some timbers and
thus far it is impossible to find any
other member of the family. Bed
ding, carpets and wearing apparel are
scattered over distance of 10 miles
through what was forrest, but which
Is now clear as if cut by the wood
mans axe.
Freight cars were torn to splinters,
the trucks from them being hurled
hundreds Of feet from the track.
The depot, the hotel, warehouses,
gins, 30 homes, seven storehouses, to-
gether with their stocks, were COM
p'etely destroyed. Where they stood
IL Is impossible to find even the pillars
upon which they rested.
Bales of cotton which were stored in
warehouses were torn to atoms, the
fragments of lint lodging in trees,
making 1t appear as though that Sec
1loh mad been visited by a snow stom.
Heavy Iron safes, the docs of which
In some cases were torn from their
hinges, We're carried away by the force
of the wind.
The town of Hull, for miles north
OF Moundvlls, suffered from the tor
nado. The Bates Lumber company
planning department was completely
wrecked and the Dergo fireman
crushed. -Four residences and one
church were destroyed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

Piqua, Ohio, Jan. 24.-rhe Msimi
river rose three and one half feet dur
ing the night and that section of tba
CIV pnown as Roseville is completely
inundated. Hundreds of fami les bava
been driven from their homes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30

Glass houses of very substantial
kind can now be built. Silesian glass.
makers are turning out glass bricks
for all sorts of building purposes.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-20

There are several varieties of opels
and therefore several degrees Of merit.
The precious or noble oryoriental opal
Is the supreme This has all the col
ors ana when these colors are broken
into spangles it Is then called the
harlequin opal Then comes the fire
opal, or girasoe, with hyacinth red
and yellow reflection The former
comes from Hungary and the latter
from Mexico. The common, or semi.
opals, are nonopalescent The hydro
phane. or oculus mundi, is nontrans.
parent but becomes so by immersion
in water or any transparent iluid The
cachaloug is nearly opaque and Of a
blush white color. The hyalite IS
colorlcss. pellucid and white, The opal
Jasper or wood opal Is the petrlfaction
Of wood, opalescent. but without the
coloring which makes the noble gem
SO precious.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-20
GettInR Rid Of the Acid.

An exploring expedition In remote
part of China had a queer experience,
which one Of the party thus relates; "a
large bottle of carbolic acid had been
broken inside its wooden case. We ex-
hausted our Ingenuity In hopeless ef-
fort to unscrew the cover. We feared
TO carry 1t farther, as the burning tears
distilled by it destroyed everything
they touched. We dared not throw il
aside lest the unsophistlcated heather
should drink it as a cheering or me-
diclnal beverage. we had no time to
wait aud empty II. as the fatal duid
would only trickle drop by drop through
a chink which had been cautiously
aud laboriously excavated with blunt
hunting knife. what were we TO dol
Degrading as the confession must ap-
pear, We had to deposit tae torpedo "a
the middle Of the yard and throw
bricks at It until it was smashed"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-20

In some cases those insisting upon
having their state certificates endors-
ed in this territoey have either been
granted state certificates as personal
iavors OF rae not competent to pass
our examinations We believe fur
ther that It would be to the interest
of education in general in this state
10 make our standard Of certifcation
so high that within itself it would de-
mand recognition Of our teachers any
where in the Union. We therefore
present to the board along this line.
We believe with these facts presented
to The board, that the different mem
5ers can possibly offer suggestions and
recommendations which will enable US
as a board to reach a iudicious conclu-
sion Respectfully submitted,
Ed S. vaught,
supt Schools, Oklahoma City
r. H.. Umholtz,
President Edmond Normal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-20
sources o. coror.

An interesting enumeration has BEES
given Of the sources Of color. From
this it appears that the cochineal in
sects furnish the gorgeous carmine,
crimson, scarlet carmine and purple
lakes; the octopus gives sepia-that Is,
the inky fluid which the creature dis
charges In order to render the water
Opaque when attacked; the Indian yell
low comes from the carci; ivory chips
produce the ivory black and bone black
the exquisite Prussian blue comes from
fusing horses 'hoofs and pigs blood
blue black comes from the charcoal Of
the vine stock; Turkey red is made
from the madder plant. which grows IN
Hindoostan; the yellow sap Of q Sia
mese tree produces gamboge; raw sien.
"a is the natural earth from the neigh
borhood of Siena, Italy raw umber is
an earth found near Umbria; Indian
ink is made from burned camphor
mastic is made from the gum Of the
mastic tree, which grows In the Gre
clan archipelago; bistre is the SCOT Of
wood ashes; very little ultramarine, OBJ
tained from the precious lapis lazuli, Is
found in the market.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-20

In Japan TO get up parties 10 behold
the freshly fallen snow or the cherry
blossoms or the maple trees In their
autumnal glory or 10 80 TO the flower
shows is as de rigueur as are our din
ners. cohllons AMI theater parties
Mushroom hunting Is fashionable
pastime, while ln the house harp play
ing, verse writing, embroidering and
tea drinking are the most absorbing
occupations The most pretentlous en-.
terialnment is the tea ceremony, II IS
very formal aud there is much elab-
crate performance connected with II
didlcult for a foreigner 70 comprehend
Good Housekeeping.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-20
smaIIpox Patient on a Train.
Special to Daily Leader

Special 70 Daily Leader.
Anadarko, Okla, Jan. 2o.-The city
of Lawton purchased a ticket to Hot
Springs and placed Grant Jacks. a
resident OF that town. on the north
hoaud Rock Island & Pacific railroad
train. saying that he had a disease Of
Tie blood Persons riding In the same
ar discovered ina, he had the small
Fox and wired 10 the city physician
here. Or Mitchell 20 meet the train.
pr Mitchell pronounced the case
smallpox and insisted that the car be
SCI out on the side tack Jacks. in
his special car. was returned to Law
ton The next day 70 be cared for by
that town. Persons who rode Ia the
train with him threaten 10 sue the
Lawton officials for damages in the
event OF their having the smallpox.
General Jamison yesterday Installed
a phone a. Highland Fruit farm. east
Of the city. and greeted his FRIENDS by
wire from " B 5S."
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for Publication.-Depart
ment of the Interior, U. S. Land
Office, Lewistown, Mont, June IL,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN SMITH,
of Stanford, Fergus county, Mont, has
filed notice of intention to make proof
on his desert land claim No. 220S, for
the neA, sec 10, tip Is n. r IL e,
Mont. p. NJ, before the register and
receiver at L~ewistown, Mont, on
Wednesday, the Bird day Of August,
1904.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Bernard E. Stacb M"rv A. Stack,
Harrison M. Packard, Walter Cook,
all of Stanford, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication June %.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for Publication-Depart-
ment of the Interior, U. s. Land Of
fee, Lewistown. Mont, May IS.
1904.
Notice is hereby given that
MARINDA MCLAUGHLIN,
assignee of Arthur C.. Hatch and
Winfield B. Thompson, Of Fergus
county. Mont, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on her desert
land claim No. 1862, for the se1a
sell, sec s, swA swA. sec 9. neh
neh. sec II, tip IL n, r II e. Mont.
p. NJ, before W. II. Peck, U. S. CON-
missioner at Garneill, Mont, on Wed.
nesday, the 18th day Of July, 1904. 4,
She names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
William T. Neill, Lowrie S. Nc
Laughlin. John Brooks, George Lit.
tie, all of Garneill. Mont.
EDWARD BRASEY, Register.
First publication June /.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
NOTICE FOR PUeLIcATIoN.-De.

NOTICE FOR PUBLIcATioN.-De-
partment of the Interior, Land Of
fee at Lewistown, Mont, June 6,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of her intention to make final proof
in support of her claim, and that said
proof will be made before the regis
ter and receiver at Lewistown, Mont,
on Saturday, July 8, 1904, viz:
ROSE WELLS,
who made H. E. No. 1852, for the
nwA swA, e "a, ek SEA, swA
seA, e 33. tip Is n, r 10 e, Mont.
p. NJ.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Frank Laverdure, Mary Wells. JOS
eph Wells, Daniel Wells, of Lewis
town, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication June s.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 8, 1877

TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873.
Notice for Publication-U. S.
Land Office. Lewistown, Mont,
June Z, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with the provisions of the
act of congress of June 3, 1878, EMIT
led IAN act for the sale of timber
lands in the states OF California. ore.
gon. Nevada, and Washington terri
tory" as extended 10 all the Public
Land States by act of August 4, 1892,
MARY CLARK,
of Rockford. county of Fergus. state
of Montana. has this day filed In this
office her sworn statement No. 81,
for the purchase of the sea swh,
sec ., tip - n, T II e. Mont. u. NJ,
and will offer proof to snow that the
land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish her claim
to said land before the register and
receiver of this office at Lewistown,
Mont, on Monday, the 18th day Of
August, 1904.
She names as witnesses:
Lawrence p. Wolfe, Benton Norris.
William Clark, Heman Wilcox, all OF
Rockford, Mont.
Any and all persons claiming ad.
yersely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims in this
office on or before said 18th day Of
August, 1904.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication June 8.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF

DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice for neutrality-suspicious.
of the Interior-U. S. Land Office,
Lewistown, Mont, June g., 1904.
Notice is hereby given that
CHARLES E. NAVE,
of Lewistown, Fergus county, Mont,
has filed notice of intention to make
proof on his desert land claim No.
1882, for the e1k sell, sec s, swA
swA, sec 8. tip IL n, r II e, Mont.
p. NJ, before the register and receiv.
er at Lewistown, Montana, On Friday,
the 18th day of July, 1904.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land:
Jacob Nave, Elizabeth E. Akely,
Henry o. Wareham, Edward M. Nave,
all of Lewistown, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication June Is.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-29
NOTICE FOR PUsLIcATloN.-De,

partment of the Interior, Land Of
flee. ~Lewistown, Mont. June Sth,
1904.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of her intention to make final proof
in support of her claim, and that said
proof will be made before the regis
ter and receiver at Lewistown, Mon
tana. on Thursday, July q, 1904. viz:
JULIA f. BOWEN,
mother and heir of Denis Haggerty,
deceased, who made ii. Il. No. l165,
for the sig swh, sla sell, sec 8, to
10 n, r % e, Mont. p. NJ.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land. viz:
Armon Randle. Benjamin Moulton,
of Grass Range; John Rowley, William
Jackman. of Lewistown, Mont.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
First publication June Is.