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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
A Family Quarrel.

NOF some reason family quarrels are the bitter
l N lest Of all quarrels. For instance: Norwegian,
\ vSweIe Dane-these three--are and OF right
-&ough to be, great family. They have a
HSESRAE common historic past They have shared sac
V&MW@s rfces glory They speak kindred tongues
why should they quarrel to the point OF sep
aration: Did the commonwea the fear OF common
danger bind them? the possibilities OF great Sean
iinav union? 1t appears On the contrary the
genius lacking Least Of all is
fight for union And the Nor
wegian flag Is hOSed and salueh with twentyone guns
Secession from Sweden is accomplished Norway Is an
Independent nation.
The family quarrel Is ancient caused by ncom-
patibiity The dual monarchy born OF the
Napoeonlc but the peoples never became cemented
The Morse has asking for separate consular and
diplomatic service That only for the fam
lily fighting Neither member of the household would give
In pickering and backstng led to open enforcement 1t
IL pity. There Will come day when the separation
will be regretted Sweden has lost Finland Denmark Is
reduced a few islands. And Norway will be at the
mercy Of Russia History will write Of Scandinavia that.
unlike the United States it stopped at federalism and
failed. 1t neglected to form perfect union" 1t
house divided against itself.-Des Mones News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10

uence OF the United States among the
be used TO limit JApans indemnity territory, rather
than allow this indemnity be collected Russia in
money which would be invested in still larger
aud Japanese 1t is the duty Of the
Hon. Theodore r. Shons to to it that the Panama
canal be completed with all possible speed double
he earliest moment the efficiency of the United
navy.
Self preservation IS the first law Of nations and the
possessions of the United States in the Pacific Ocean
be preserved Japnns power in the Pacific has been
Dravely Englnnds in the Atlantic But 1t is
ntoerable idea that this country should allow Japan
take in hand the val keys the Pacific England
allowed through of deplorable errors to take in
hand the val keys to the Atlantic.
The United States has been the first great power to
grasp naval supremacy in the great ocean Perish the
hand that through negligence weakness would relax
that grasp-Chcago Inter Ocean,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Two Duties of the Hour.

Jew occasions bring new duties. The tremen-
lous naval victory Of Japan over Russia brings
/ new dutcs-and grave ones. TOTO the Hon.
John Hay, Secretary of State, and the Hon
Theodore p. Shonts chairman of the Panama
Canal Commission. 1t Is the grave duty Of the
Hon John Hny a SOC IN II that tho whole In.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10

Never Judge a mans dishonesty by
his political affiliations.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Government Reports Basis for Gambling.

HE entire crop Of cotton In the United States
is grown in the South The price however is
fixed in New York. Not hundred thousand
bales are sold for consumption in that city
Men make the price who would not know a
bale of cotton from bale of hay. During the
la tho baf mp To
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10

Those we like are well Informed, ~
and those we dislike are "gossipers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-10
Census BY Guess.

HE Census Bureau has again put out figures
to show the population Of our large cities, this
time for 1904 and 1905. 1t has not made any
count. but simply estimates them by adding to
the census of 1900 half the increase shown be-
tween 1890 and 1900 for the population In
1908, and four-hfths of that for 1904. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

personal suggestion of President
Roosevelt. Masterson is certainly a
character" He" has lived in New
York more or less having been sus-
pected Of a live human interest in sim
full games played with cards and chips,
but he is not a typical New Yorker.
His blood boils at the street-car hogs
who thrust women aside to get seats
and so does mine. though I've been
here nearly quarter of a century. He
says that New York men tote too
many guns, and in quite ridiculous
fashion, so that if one of them really
wanted his revolver in. hurry he'd
have to tear the lining of his hip
pocket out to get it. He says the po-
lice. of the city are ill-managed; and
that any man can see He scolds the
newspapers for "faking;" and some of
them are certainly guilty. He de-
nounces the foolish New York habit of
hurrying to catch street cars and then
lettering five minutes at the Flatiron
building to see ladies weather the east
erly gales that blow about it,
New York appreciates Bat"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
COURT RULES AS EXPERT.
Judge Milks Cow to Decide Whether
Animal Has Been Fresh More or
Less Than Three Months.

Sioux City.-"The court will proceed
to milk this COW and take judicial notice
of those facts which to him, as an ex-
pert mixer, will tend to determine
whether she has been fresh for long
or short time So announced Judge
John F. Oliver the other day from the
bench, after hearing witnesses dispute
for an hour concerning the identity of a
Jersey COW. Both sides claimed her, but
one side contended that she had been
fresh only three months, while the other
alleged she had not been fresh for nearly
a year. The court'adjourned to a stable
near by, where his honor MIXED the
COW. "The verdict of the court is that
the COW has not been fresh over three
months; therefore she goes to the plain
tiff," was the announcement from the
bench after the court had solemnly led
the procession back to the courthouse.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

about five minutes. Then the steer
tore across Thirty ninth street and
leaped into the river. His fury had not
left him and he was lured on by the
sight of bright red light on a ledge
OF rocks near Blackwell's island He
clambOred ashore and beloved his de-
fiance at the captains of some tug
boats who essayed his capture Finally
three men in a row boat from the
island hospital threw rope around
his neck and he then quieted down and
became model prisoner.
Meantime police headquarters had
received the alarm from four precincts
through which the animal passed.
When 1t was learned that the danger
was no longer imminent the patrol
men set about obtaining list Of the
casualties. 1t was learned that the
woman who was saved was Mrs. H. w.
Carter, said to be sister of Mrs. E.
Rawls Reader of Santo Domingo fame.
John Ryland was the man who was
knocked of bicycle. He escaped
without harm, as did all those who
were in the path of the beast.
Policeman Ryan grabbed the steer
by the horns as the animal entered
the slip. One toss and the policeman
picked himself up from a spot about
Is feet away.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

dent he showed a marked adherence
to spending his hours in grinding. He
experienced difficulty with his studies
during the first year, and last year his
ineffciency in scholarship was more
than ever evident.
After the final examinations he
found himself hOpelessly conditioned.
No helping hand was extended to him,
and President Schurman decided to
make an example of his own son He
was "ousted" from the university and
suddenly found himself stranded upon
the high rocks, thrown upon his own
resources.
Drifting helplessly about with only
small amount of money, he learned
that work was to be obtained at Gro
ton, and Immediately hurried to make
application for position with a con-
Germ there. Although somewhat ex-
perienced with machinery, through his
connection with the university, young
Schurman knew nothing about the
work unexpectedly at his door. He was
necessarily put at the very bottom and
on a par with the most common work.
men of the concern, using a sledge in
the blacksmith shop and cleaning by
hand pig iron"
His associates found occasion often
to find glaring faults with MS attempts
at work. but with a determination to
master the first principles of the work
he toiled more earnestly than ever His
natural spirit of friendliness won for
him friends among both sexes in the
little town where he chose to settle.
and these friends have more than once
indirectly become acquainted with his
unusual financial position. He never
complained.
President Schurman, convinced that
more than ordinary measures must be
adopted to give his son an understand
ing of the educational advantages at
his disposal, first counselled, then or
dered the young man to attend his
studies. and failing in bo.A attempts
put him upon his own responsibility.
Young Schurman is a member of the
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity He was
prominent in class politics.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
STRANGE CHILDREN FOUND.
Eight Tots Acting Like Animals Dis
covered in Hut in Wiscon-
sin Woods.

Appleton, Wis.-Eight children who,
when captured, looked and acted more
like little wild animals, have been placed
in the children's receiving home in this
city.
The tots, who are doubtless brothers
and sisters, ranging in ages from 3 to Is
years, were discovered in matched hut
in the dense woods near Tigerton, Wis,
by hunter who was lost in the woods
and were brought to this city by Rev.
Fred Brayton, trustee of the home, who
located them after long search
None of the children can speak word
of any Ineligible language, although
they appear to be of German parentage.
They grunt and sQueal to each other, but
do not understand German, English.
Polish or any of the other languages
which are spoken in Wisconsin.
When found in their little home in the
woods the children were huddled to-
gether in a corner of the rude hut, pile
of dead grass and leaves being their bed
Their clothing consisted of skins.
Woodsmen state that few years ago
a wild or insane man was seen in the
woods in the vicinity of the thicket near
Tgerton, but no human being could get
close to him and it is now believed that
he was the father of the eight children
who have been rescued. The children
will be kept at the home until educated.
and then will be placed in private Ger,
man families.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

attributed to the financial backing OF the
Rockefeller interests and who has now
become great magnate on his own &C
count; and Jacob Schiff, who as the
senior partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
needs no backing, and who has succeed
ed J. P. Morgan as the leading bond
underwater of the country.
Mr.. Morgan's bank is the rival of the
Standard Oil bank. Mr.. Morgan's bond
business feels hurt in it's tenderest feel
ings by Mr.. Schiff's success. Mr.. Nor
gan's newspapers are remorselessly at
lacking both Hartman and Schin. 1t
must be said that the former, as rail-
road president not uninterested in poll
tics, is vulnerable. But until the pres
ent year no great financier in the coun-
try had gone more free of criticism than
Mr.. Schiff. And what commanding i'm
portance such a position as his has in
the wide world, not to say New York:
The recent flotation of Japanese bonds
in New York caused public interest as
an evidence of Japan's financial credit
How many people thought of the fact
that this sale of $75, 100000 of securities
was the largest single offering OF foreign
bonds of any sort ever made in this
country in the history of American
finance? In 1901 such an event would
have been hailed as a proof of New
York's coming ascendency in the finance
of the world
Technically, both Hartman and
Schiff, as we'll as most of the other
Equitable directors, are convicted of
selling to the society bonds of companies
in which they are interested. But it
would be mighty hard thing in these
days for board of directors to be chosen
sufficiently strong in finance to attract
business and secure confidence, and
then to dodge their interests in trust
companies and railways in making de-
posits and investments. Unc' John
Morgan, at any rate, needn't put on his
virtuous airs. Nothing more cool was
ever done in the investments of the
Equitable than his partner Perkins act
Ing as seller and purchaser at the same
time OF bonds of the Ship Trust to the
New York Life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28

own statements to the tax commissions
ers It's properties are worth $32 200, 900.
1t has assumed bonds of more than
$lOO,OOO 900 (some of which are no doubt
held as assets by insurance companies)
and mas issued stock to the tune OF $780,
OOOOoO, which sells at more than 5000
IN the market, and is worth therefore
$l6o,OOO,OOO. Altogether, $260.OO0,0 0e
and over worth of securities piled bot
tom side up on top of a s32, 100000 basis!
mat looks as if the franchises on which
the monopoly is operating were worth in
the market $22S,O00.OO0; and the amaz-
ing thing is that the company doesn't
even securely own them all. Some have
expired, some were voided by consolida-
ton, but the company has until now had
no dlfficulty in holding them by the
favor OF local politicians. A year ago
a Dill cunningly contrived to secure
the valuation of all gas franchises by
subterfuge. was passed by the legis-
lature"and signed by Mayor Mcclellan,
before whom all city bills must come
for approval. Gov. Odell vetoed the
DILL AFTER the gas men had supposed
that everything was safe. That year.
old issue is the chief issue in the COM
ing municipal campaign this fall. And
the Uncle John Morgan interests,
which seek investigation Of life insur-
ance. make fun of investigation Of gas
because, while Gov. Odell shines in
the gas controversy, his friend Harri-
man is Swallowed by the insurance dis
closures.
There is politics in the investigation,
OF course; big politics looking to the
next mayor Of the city, the next gov
ernor of the state, the next president
of the country. But that doesn't de-
tract from it's value. There was poll
tics In the Lexow inquiry II years ago,
that uncovered the rottenness of the
Van Wyck police administration. But
the city profited; things have never
since been quite so bad.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
|NFUR|ATED STEER
TOURS BROADWAY
MAD ANIMAL CAUSES PANIC IN
GOTHAM,
TACKLES EVERYTHING RED
Many Persons Narrowly Escape seri'
GUS 1njury-Finally Plunges In
to East River and Swims to
Blackwell's Island,

New YOrk.-There was strong need
for toreador on Broadway the other
afternoon. when a big gray steer took
it into his head to perform in man
ner rarely seen outside of a Spanish
arena. Breaking away from a man
who was leading him to an abattOir, as
if he knew that his promenade was to
end in no pleasant manner, he tore
across FOrty-secOnd street and at
lracted more attention than did even
Seth Bullocks cowboys before he left
the dust Of the city behind him to
plunge into the East river. AS do so
many OF those who too blindly follow
the delights of the great white way,
he ended at Blackwell's island, where
his owner finally claimed him.
His wild career was not long, but
it covered a wide territory while 1t
lasted. He threw the matinee crowds
which thronged the streets into state
OF panic; he closed up the theaters.
even to the holders of SPECTATORS
tickets he stopped the cars, and caused
a wild flight among the 'cabbies" dur
ing the course OF his visit to that por-
ton of the city.
His taste of high life pleased him
apparently, for after his Introductory
performance he eschewed the fri]ls
and fur-belows and began an active
campaign. He knocked bicyclist of
his mount, came within a narrow mar
gin OF goring a theater doorkeeper,
ran over a woman pushing a baby
carriage, caused sudden vacation
among the loungers in Bryant park,
and then devoted his attention to a
woman wearing a bright scarlet gown
whom he spied in Park avenue. She
didn't relish her position as matador:
and promptly tainted, when doctor
rushed to her rescue and diverted the
brute's attention.
The physician was agile and chased
the animal around an IL" pillar for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
MARINERS SIGNALS.
SYSTEM OF LIGHTS ALONG At
LANTIC AND GULF COAST.
Consists of Flashing Rays Of Red and
White That Are Thoroughly
Understood by Every
Seaman.


uninitated, the hundreds of lighthouses
which flash forth their lights along the
Atlantic and gulf coast each have
their special signal, which is at once
understood by the mariners. Thus no
mistakes are made, says the Detroit
News-Tribune, and each light tells
something of Importance to the sailor,
conveying to him a right sense of his
bearings.
One of the simplest lights on the
coast is that on Mount Desert rock,
which flashes white light every Is
seconds, never varying, while the light
house on Egg rock flashes a red light
every five seconds. Crabtre:e Ledge
lighthouse, on Frenchman's bay, is
fixed white light varied by a white
flash every two minutes, while the
fixed light on Baker island sends out
a flash every 80 seconds.
The lighthouse on Gay Head, the
most western point of Martha's Vine
yard island, flashes both red and a
white light, the fourth flash only be-
ing red, with an interval of ten seconds
between flashes. The Cape Poge
lighthouse, somewhat similar to that
on Gay Head, also flashes white and
red beams, the only difference being.
that every third flash is red, and the
interval between the flashes is five
seconds, instead of ten. The Sakcnnet
lighthouse, on Rhode Island, is fixed
white light of 80 seconds duration,
followed by three flashes, the interval
between the flashes being ten seconds.
The Beavertail lighthouse, at the
entrance of Narragansett bay, sends
out a group of eight white flashes, the
time between the flashes being less
than two seconds. After the eighth
flash there is an eclipse of Is seconds.
The fog signal connected with this
lighthouse, by the way, consists Of a
second-class- compressed air siren,
which sends out a blast four seconds
in duration, with alternate silent in
tervals of 20 and so seconds.
At the entrance to New York bay
there are two lighthouses. Both can
show a white flash every five seconds,
LAC Jul dIlOA VI Tic HASH 0SluS less
than One-tenth of second. The Point
Isabel lighthouse. on the gulf coast of
Texas, also has somewhat curious
signal, the fixed white light being va
ried by a white fash. There are six
intervals between the flashes, each one
minute in duration, every seventh in
terval being double that period of
time.
In every instance you will note that
the flashes are either red or white, no
other light having such penetrating
powers. do not know Of any light
house along our coasts which has a
green light, though the Newburyport
upper harbor inner beacon has a fixed
green light-the only one, believe,
on the coast. The lighthouses and light
ships along the Atlantic and gulf
coasts Of the United States number
nearly 1900, and, though it would be
impossible to give to each one dis
tinctive and unique characteristic, it is
something to be able to say that no
two lighthouses within a radius of 100
miles are similar either in the dura-
ton or number of their flashes.
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balls, his dinner to Ambassador Cam
bon, have been fully discussed.
But if every charge Of the misuse of
the company's funds that is made
against him were admitted, the total in
amount would be trifling in comparison
with such gigantic scandals as the float
ing of the Equitable Trust company
with the deposits of the Equitable AS
surance society as its chief asset in a
business way, and with Equitable d.
rectOrs as its president and trustees
The presence in the directorate of J. ],
McCook and the Alexanders, one of
whom was so badly mixed up in the
shipbuilding trust scandal, is a dis
Quieting fact
The controversy mas knocked the life
insurance business dead for the time be-
ing. Agents are writing no new BUSH
ness; policy holders who pay in their
money do so reluctantly and with COM
plainings This the case with all the
big three" companies, and with MANY
of the little ones besides. Yet the mol
icies were never safer. If anything. thew
are too safe. In order to have yastar
sums to lend and, it is claimed, to get
their percentages of "rake-ofr" upon.
the directors have retained larger sur.
pluses than they need to. Except for
reasonable reserve for emergencies The
surplus belongs to the policyholders
Smaller sums have been paid to death
benefit heirs and to endowment pol;cv-
holders than they were statistica],v az
titled to.
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SideraDly less, and also something con-
siderably more than pretty"
After, I think, two seasons OF belle.
ship, Miss Hargous married Duncan FL
lott, a gallant young fellow of the SOL
dierly type, who has been forgetting in
the Philippines the SORROWS that broke
up his married life. Mrs. Elliott seemed
to have fondness for soldiers, for two
years ago she was seen to be not indii-
ferent to the attentions of Capt. Wood
bury Kane. Capt. Kane is one of the
lights of New York and Newport So
ciety, a dashing rider, member of hunt
clubs in plenty and of the Aiken colony.
He was one of Roosevelt's rough riders
during the brief Spanish war, and has
since been trying to kill time in the ap-
proved manner of young men of no pro-
fession. ample means and vigorous
physique.
Was there ever regiment that has
furnished so many true and interesting
stories of the news as those same rough
riders? Poor Hamilton Fish's sad death
in the ranks, the New York policemen
who followed in war the fortunes of
their, former commissioner, the we'd
dings, the romances, the Offices that for
mer members have been called upon to
FILL
The latest American girl to be be-
trothed to a scion of British aristocracy
is Miss Amy Phipps, of the former Pitts
burg family. The man who is reported
to have won her heart is Hon. Frederick
Guest, younger son of Baron Wimborne,
wealthy, and one of the handsomest men
in London. The Phippses are now New
Workers. They have a magnificent home
on that part of Fifth avenue known as
the 'eHielan's" from Mr.. Carnegie's resi-
dence, and the head of the house, Henry
Phipps, is doing much for his adopted
city by the generous gift of LOCO, GOO
for the building of improved tenements
OWEN LAt,GDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-28
SON OF CORNELL'S
PRESIDENT At WORK.
Thrown Out Of College, the Lad La
bors in Blacksmith Shop at rs
Cents Per Day.

Ithaca, N. Y.-While President Jacob
Gould Schurman, of Cornell university,
is enjoying the pleasures of travelling
in Mexico and other southern countries
with his wife and daughter, his eldest
son, Robert Schurman, aged 10 years,
is welding sledge in Groton black
smith shop for Is cents day.
Privation has many times visited
this young man since he was sent out
in the world upon his mettle. He has
been compelled to earn his bread by
the strength of inexperienced arms.
When young Schurman entered the
university of which his father is presi-