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Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
BEES IN WAR.
Two Instances In Which the Insects
Were Used as weapons.

Two instances IN Wn1ch the Insects
Were Used as Weapons.
The beekeeper, holding number of
bees in his hand, said as he led the
way through the apiary: "Bees in the
past were used as weapons of war. In
the siege of Themiscrya, for instance,
they played a very important part
The Romans in this siege made mines
in the ground, and the enemy, opening
the mines from above, threw in upon
the Romans bears and other wild an
imals, together with swarms of bees
That caused the Romans to flee howl
ing.
Here in my notebook is another ac-
count of the use of bees in war. 1t is
an extract from an Irish manuscript in
the Bibliotheque Royale at Brussels,
and it tells how the Danes and Nor
wegians attacked Chester and were
repulsed, thanks to the use of bees by
the Saxons and their allies in the town.
1.-The NOrwegians,' read the bee
keeper. sheltered by hurdles, tried to
pierce the walls. Then what the Sax
ons and the Gaedhil did was to throw
down large rocks, by which they broke
down the hurdles over their heads.
What the others did to check this was
to place large posts under the hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was to put
all the beer and water of the town into
the caldrons of the town, to boil them
and spill them down upon those who
were under the hurdles so that thpil.
skins were peeled off. The remedy
which the Lochlans applied to this was
to place hides on the outside of the
hurdles. What the Saxons did next
was to throw down all the beehives in
the, town upon the besiegers, which pre-
vented them from moving their hands
or legs from the number of bees which
stung them. They afterward deserted
and left the CITY, '"-Chicago Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
A auick witteh Waiter.

while he and certain friends were
studying the bill of fare in a hotel on
the New Jersey coast a mosquito
alighted on the card. 1t instantly lost
its life by quick blow from the man
holding the card, its little carcass re-
naming on the bill. With a smile the
man pointed to the remains and said
to the waiter:
'Do you serve these on toast hereT
They're on the bill, sirr' was the
witty retort of the waiter.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
The Grent nimcnItr.

"One-half of the worlds happiness is
solved when person learns to mind his
own business"
''Yes, but it's the other half that
causes the most trouble"
whats thatT
Getting other people to mind thelrsp
Detroit Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
strength In Numbers.

Fuddy-The Widow Jinks has four
marriageable daughters, and every one
Of them is engaged. What do you
think of that?
Duddy-That a woman who has to be
mother-in-law to four men can't be very
Objectionable to any one of them. Her
duties will be too diffuse don't you
know, to be rigidly discharged.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
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CATCH ON, BROTHER.

Practical Farmers Tell of Crous
QuadrupIed by Bacteria.
Or. George I. Moore, who perfected
the American pure culture method of
distributing the nitrogen fixing bac-
terra that. live on legume roots, has
submitted to the department of agri-
culture a report which brings all the
testimony on soil incubation in this
country completely up to date. A very
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
PACKAGE OF 1NooULAT1Na MATERIAL.

GACRAOA1 Va AANOOSAAnAA-f0 A"AA4@AhAnAs
[Sufficient for four acres of alfalfa. A
sheet of directions for the use of the
three packets accompanies each pack
age.l
the action of the plant in dissolving
and absorbing the combined nitrogen
in these organisms.
While it is desirable that artificial
'ndculation be made at the time of
planting, experience has shown that
qnder certain conditions crops of three
or four years standing are improved
by adding bacteria to the soil.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
II Ought To.

McFlub-I see a French scientist is
advocating the wearing Of wooden
clothes. How do you think wooden
suit would look? Sleeth-R Rather knob
by.--Loulsville Courier-Journal.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
His Peril.

''Is your husband a criminal lawyer?"
Mercy, mo- But he has to associate
so much with those awful men he de-
fends that really I'm sometimes afraid
he soon will e."-Cleveland Leader
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
Resolve In the wrong Place.

"Pn take no chances" declared the
young man firmly.
Did this cause the people to commend
him as a prudent young fellow?
No
You see, it was at a church fair that
he made the statement. Pittsburg Post.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15

1t is better to be able to appreciate
the things we cannot have than to have
things we are unable to appreciate
Anon
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15
Good Preventive Anyway.

Doctor isn't there anything can do
for this seasickness?'
"Why, yes. Try farming" Life.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-15

Credulity is the mans weakness, but
the child's strength.-Lamb.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22

doors of the building from a large
open burner in a saloon belonging to
Pat Collins, adjoining the Burnside
lodging house, by a steady draught.
Donaldson staggered into the hall
way and the people who saw him
armed fled for their lives and hurry
call was sent to the police. Other
rooms on that side of the house were
filled with the deadly fumes Police
man John Goltz, who answered the
call, aroused the people.
Ten lashes were laid upon the barred
back of Robert W. Cecil in the county
Jail at Baker City. at the hands of
Sheriff Brown. The Upton post
master had pleaded to charge of
wife beating and was sentenced to
be whipped. Since his incarceration
he has told several witnesses that if
he were whipped he would kill her
if he had to hang for it.
This is the second case of whipping
in the state since the law was passed
by the last legislature.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
EMPEROR TO KOMURA.
Sends Message of Good Wishes and
Hopes for Recovery IF Health.

New York, Sept. ia cablegram
containing a message from the en-
peror of Japan was received Sunday
by Baron komura, the japanese peace
envoy. 1t read:
His majesty, being much concern
ed at your illness, has commanded me
TO inform you that he wishes you to
take good care of yourself and hopes
for your speedy recovery.
THE GRAND CHAMBERLAIN"
The peace plenipotentiary replied by
cable to the emperor stating that his
present condition was satisfactory
The daily bulletin of one of the baron's
physicians announced that all develop
ments in the case during the past "a
hours have been favorable to the pa
tient.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
RAVAGING TARTARS
SITUATION THROUGnOT CAUCASUS
Continues TO GROW WORSE.
Five Thousand Killed During Past
Week-Tfoopers Are So Badly
Scared They Refuse to Leave Head
ouarters-Rioters Burned Oil Tow
ers-Losses Amount to Millions.

Baku, Sept. 19.-The situation
throughout the Caucasus continues to
grow worse and the authorities are
unable to do anything toward check
ing the Tartars, who continue to raw
age the countryside without regard
to station The troops are so badly
scared by the rioters that they refuse
to leave their headquarters and con-
tent themselves with firing few
shots at long range at small bodies of
armed Tartars, who occasionally ap-
prOach the barracks. During the past
"a hours armed bodies of Tartars have
attacked and burned oil towers in the
district and at the present time few
remain standing.
No one can estimate the loss, which
will run into the millions. An esti-
mate of killed during the past week
by Tartars is 5000, many women and
children.
According to kilograms received at
st. Petersburg from Baku, the plants
of q oil companies and those Of 10
private owners, were completely de-
stroyed during the disturbances in the
oil district. The Baku company lost
a third of it's derricks, the Nobel COM
pany 20 per cent and the Born COM
pany so per cent. Only one of the
Rothschild properties is intact.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
STANDARDS SPY SYSTEM.
The Oil Monopoly Uses 1t to Avert
Strikes.

Although Mr.. Rockefeller states that
absolute fairness in dealing with en-
ployes is the reason that the Standard
Oil company is never annoyed by
strikes, there is another contributory
cause which Mr.. Rockefeller did not
mention. This is the existence of an
organization of which the public hith-
erto knew nothing. 1t is the intelli-
gence bureau of the Standard Oil
There are SIS men in it, four station
ed in Cleveland and the other 81 scat
tered all over the world, the majority
being in the United States Among
other things, it is their duty to mix
with the men employed by the Stand
ard Oil company in all of it's depart
ments. This they do to keep watch
for labor agitatOrs. Whenever a labor
agitator arrives in any of the Stand
ards plants the intelligence men get
his confidence. If found necessary the
labor agitator is discharged.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
MONTANA SQUIBBS,

James A. Tanner of Washington, D.
c., assistant United States attorney
general, recently took the testimony
at Helena of C. D. French, deputy
state auditor, and formerly deputy col
lector of internal revenue for Montana,
in a proceeding brought by Mrs. Mar
Gus DAILY, Administrative of the estate
of the late Marcus DAILY, against the
United States to recover $146, 900 paid
under the provisions of the inheritance
tax law of 1898, the war revenue act.
w. S. Crews, an old and prominent
resident of Pony, shot and killed his
wife, then turning the gun on himself
put a bullet into his own head and
died an hour afterward. The tragedy
occurred Saturday evening at the
Crews home.
The town of Neihart is getting ex-
cited over the gold discovery at 10.
hannesburg, about five miles below
Neihart camp.
w. E. Harmon, state superintendent
Of public instruction in Montana. has
just compiled and issued a manual of
study for the use of teachers in his
state.
The board of county commissioners
over the state have received a copy
of the official call of the eighth annual
convention of the American Mining
congress, which will be held at Ell
Paso, Texas, November IA to IS.
In the experiment station building
at the Montana State Agricultural COL
lege at Bozeman a new biological lab
Oratory and lecture room has been fit
ted up with table and a steropticon.
In the basement of the building there
is also a laboratory for soil physic
and one for grain testing. The whole
floor will be given to the study of
agronomy. One of the greenhouses
will be used to demonstrate the ger
mination of plants. In the dairy school
several new pieces Of apparatus have
been added by the manufacturers free
of charge. Among these are two cream
separatOrs, milk pump and COM
bined worker and churn.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
DEAD TO WORLD FOR rs YEARS.
AIexieff Torogoni, Russian Exile, is in
America.

The Empress liner reaching Victoria
from Japan October is expected to
have as a passenger from Yokohama
Professor Alexieff Torogoni, at one
time among the most distinguished sa-
wants of eastern Europe, a doctor in
the University of Moscow and a lee
turer on International law, with a con-
tinental reputation. Prof. TOrOgOni
has been dead to the world for the
past quarter of a century, and his res
direction, due to the Japanese occu-
patton of Sakhalin, is one of the dra-
matte minor features of the war. Pro-
fessOr TorOgoni, after his arrival in
Japan after the Japanese occupation
of Sakhalin, had prepared for the
press a detailed account of the hOr-
rors of exiledom. This was suppress
ed by Japanese authority for political
reasons. DR.. Torogoni at the same
time being requested to leave Japan
at the earliest opportunity. DR.. Toro-
gOni tells a most remarkable story of
barbarous cruelties endured during his
quarter of century's Imprisonment in
various parts of Siberia.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
American.

Washington.-Only the "simple life"
is possible for young army officers, &C.
cording to Major General Corbin. COM
handing the Philippine division. In
his annual report, General Corbin syas
there is too frequently evidence that
there are officers in the service not
mindful of their obligations. The mum.
Der ssof complaints ON this point, he
says, calls for drastic treatment.
The general then lays down these
principles:
1.-The moment an officer begins liv.
ing beyond his means he should be SUBJ
jected to discipline. Young officers
joining the service should be admon-
ished that for them only the simple life
is possible. The moment an officer is
possessed with an uncomfortable desire
for any other life his duty Ito himself,
as we'll as to his regiment, should sep
crate himself from the service and en-
ter the.felds from which the material
awards admit of more luxurious liv-
ing"
There are now 1875 troops in the
Philippines, including 5123 native
scouts, and General Corbin recon-
mends there be no reduction in this
force.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
SPORTING NOTES.

OF 80 men who started Sunday in
the annual endurance swimming
match of the United States volunteer
life saving corps, only one was in the
water at the finish. Alfred Brown of
the College point crew swan Is miles,
the entire distance from the Brooklyn
bridge to Steeplechase pier, Coney
Island, and won the gold medal. His
time was 6 hours 80 minutes 20 Sec
Onds
The crack semiprofessional team of
North Yakima captured the pennant in
the Central Washington league, which
was composed of the towns of Pros
SER Clealum, Ellensburg and North
Yakima.
Frank A. Gotch of Humboldt, Iowa,
who or a year and half held the
worlds heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship of America, losing it final
ly to Tom Jenkins after the fiercest
kind of a struggle, and A. L. Groom
cry Weeks, the big Spokane fireman,
are to meet in II round bout before
the Spokane Amateur Athletic club
September 20.
w. H. Lucas was reelected to the
presidency of the Northwest league at
its recent directors meeting.
Goldfeld, Nev.-MOnty Attell was
knocked out in the 25th round recently
by Harry Tenny. Both men are from
San Francisco. Tenny was the strong
er and had Attell taking the count II
different times. Larry Sullivan Of
Portland was referee.
A. B. Jackson, secretary and treas
urer of the Spokane Kennel club,
which is managing the bench show in
connection with the interstate fair,
announces that he now has 20 sterling
silver cups presented for the various
classes of dogs which will be entered.
This is a larger number of prize trO-
phies than was offered last year.
Never was a decision at Spokane re-
ceived more popularity than that Fri
day evening at the athletic club when,
after Duncan Mcmillan had rung the
gong for the last time, Eddie Quinn
called Maurice Thompson and Charley
Neary to the center of the ring, and
stretching out an arm over the head
of each, shouted draw"
Mike (Twin) Sullivan of Boston and
Joe Cans of Baltimore boxed Is rounds
Saturday night. Referee O'Hara call
ed it a draw, but it would have been
difficult to find man in the large au-
dience who agreed with him. When
the gong ended the 18th round Cans
was hanging to his opponent trying to
save himself from punishment and the
knockout that seemed not far away.
Sullivan showed scarcely a mark,
while Cans was badly marked up.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
BUILD new RAILROAD
N. P. and 6. n. TO construct A
line, PASCO TO PORTLAND.
Will Run Line Down North Bank of
Columbia-To Be Built as Rapidly
as PossibIe-WiII Give Both Roads
First Class Entrance to the Oreqon
City-230 MiIes-Cost $13,0OO,OOO.

President Howard Elliott of the Nor
the fact that road to be built ana
operated jointly by the Northern Pa
cific and the Great Northern is to be
constructed down the north bank of
the Columbia river from Pasco, Wash
the point where the Northern Pacific
Westinghouse Vancouver, Wash,
and from the latter place, spanning
the Columbia and Willamette rivers,
to Portland.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Railway companies have Or
gained and own Jointly the Portland
& Seattle Railway company. That
company will build railroad as
rapidly as men and material will per-
NIT, from Kennewick, opposite Pasco,
along the north bank of the Columbia
river to Vancouver. Bridges over the
Columbia and Willamette rivers will
be built from vancouver to a cOnnec-
ton with the present line of the North
ern Pacific, north of Portland. When
the railroad and bridges are finished,
they will give the Great >Orthern
and Northern Pacific a first class en-
trance to Portland and direct line to
and from the east. The line is 230
miles long and saves 164 miles. Work
will begin at once and the road will be
finished quickly.
Unofficial estimates place the cost
at approximately $12,000,O0O. This
money will, in a large measure, be ex-
pended in Portland, Tacoma and Spo-
kane.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
PEACE CONFERENCE
RUSSIAN EMPEROR WANTS ALL
NATIONS AT The HAGUE.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 10. - Emperor
Nicholas has again appeared before
the world as a promoter of universal
peace. No sooner is the Russo-Japan-
ese war over land even before the peace
treaty is ratified. than his majesty is
sued invitati ons to a second peace con-
ference at The Hague.
That the emperor has done so was
learned today from a source which
leaves no shadow of a doubt as to its
authenticity. 1t is announced that it
is the purpose of the Russian emperor
to address the foreign powers with a
view to the holding of second peace
conference at The Hague, but it is
known that negotiations preceding this
announcement that the government
purposed to address the powers were
entered into, especially with the United
States, and were conducted with the
greatest secrecy. there being not the
slightest inkling that Russia contem-
plated anything of the kind.
The news created the greatest sur
prise here, and that Russia should plan
a second conference, despite the step
already taken by President Roosevelt,
was also heard with Armament. 1t is
clear that the step could not be taken
by Russian without first reaching q
complete understanding with President
Roosevelt. The fact that the president
is reported as being entirely in sympa.
thy with the proposal and that he is
said to believe that to the initiator of
the first Hague conference should be.
long the honor of convoking the second,
and readily and gladly acceded to the
Russian proposition, is clear proof that
the conference has been called and that
President Roosevelt relinquished mis-
part in it to Emperor Nicholas.
In this connection an interesting
question arises as to how the invitation
was communicated to Japan, in view
of the lack of diplomatic relations, but
the invitation may be delayed until such
relations have been resumed or it may
have been forwarded through the Uni
ted States. 1t is impossible to learn the
proposed date of the second conference,
or to gain even an approximate idea re-
garding it. but it will probably not be
greatly delayed.
Russia, as the power convoking the
conference, will probably submit an
official program, the other powers sub
hitting suggestions.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
IDAHO NEWS.

Rain has smothered the forest fires
and thousands acres of timber near
Wallace is saved.
The Clearwater river has reached
a lower stage than at any time dur
ing the past q years. 1t can be
forded at Lewiston.
Polecats put the entire Murray
school to the rout last week, forcing
it to close down for two days until
the rooms were habitable.
The losses in the recent Grange
vile fire are much heavier than at
first estimated. The damage is now
placed at $250,000 to 100000.
Joe Dockman was killed at Payette
lake recently by limb of tree which
he was cutting striking him on the
head. He was knocked senseless and
never regained consciousness, dying
soon after.
Nez Perez county has joined
Shoshone and Latah counties in a
protest against the tax demands by
the state on the ground that it is
in excess of the mill limit provided
in the constitution.
A man named Wagner, who
runs a threshing outfit, was recently
held up and robbed of $3.50 at Nampa
He offered resistance, but was sub
dued by shot which passed through
his coat.
Grain shippers on the Lapwai-Cul-
desac branch of the Northern Pacific
system report the commencement of
the annual car shortage that handi-
caps the grain shipments from the
Lewiston and Clearwater countries.
Eight years in the state peniten-
tary was the punishment melted out
to Harry Schessler at Grangeville for
the murder of blacksmith named
Williams at Sites last June. The two
men had trouble over a waitress and
the killing followed.
T. B. West, who has been in the
timber fighting forest fires, has re-
turned to kendrick and reports that
seven fires were started in township
SO, range east, by lightning. The
surface of the ground is marked with
iron outcrops, there being a large
ledge. This seems to attract light
ming.
In reply to the inquiry of the Koote-
mai county commissioners concerning
the legality of the state tax levy,
Attorney General Guheen has wired
his opinion stating that the section
in the Idaho constitution limiting the
levy for state purposes to mills does
not cover special taxes that the state
may levy.
A forest fire is raging near Pho
neerville. 1t covers an area four
miles wide and 10 miles long. Su-
perintendent E. B. True of the Mann
moth mine has men out fighting the
fire and number of miners and pros
pectors have Joined in the work. It
is stated that another fire has start
ed east of Pioneerville, and it is
thought that unless many men are
sent at once it will spread widely.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
HUMBERTS MAY TRY AMERICA.
Notorious SWindIers of France Seek
Land of the Free.

Romano Dourignac, brother of Their
csc Humbert, who managed to borrow
S12. 100000 from Paris Money lenders.
has arrived in New York Dourignac
Is going to begin life anew in New
York. after having completed his term
OF three years Imprisonment for COM
pllcity in his sisters swindle 1t is
believed in Paris that Romano goes to
America to select a future home for
the family, and that he will be follow
ed by Therese Humbert and her hus-
band and other members of the family
on their release from prison.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
OREGON ITEMS,

AS a result of differences between
Major j. J. McKoin, superintendent of
the Umatilla Indian agency, and Clerk
c. Nj. Robinson, both have been order
ed to report for duty at other agencies.
In a Portland lodging house not
piped for gas many inmates would
have lost their lives recently had it
not been for the strange belief of one
of the roomers, Martin Donaldson of
Kentucky, that he was being robbed.
Fumes which filled the rooms were
sucked in through transoms and
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22

Baker City, Ore. Sept. 19.-Judge
White has sentenced Duncan and Car
ter, the two range riders who "shot
up the town of Sumpter and eDdea-
vored to kill Marshal Rand to five
years in the penitentiacry at Salem.
Both young men put on bold front in
telling their story on the stand, but in
advertently told of other depredations,
which probably accounts for the sever
ity of the sentence.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
komura's Condition Is Fair.

New York, Sept. 1S.-The following
bulletin swas issued tonight on the
condition of Baron Komura, the Jap
anese envoy, who has been ill in this
city for some time:
"The condition of Baron Komura at
6 p. m, in the opinion of both physi-
clans in attendance, is satisfactory in
every respect. SATO."
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
Yellow Fever Cases.

New Orleans, Sept. 1S.-Ofticlai 10
port p. m.
New cases "a, total today zo'l,
deaths 2, total to date 1886; new W.
6; under treatment 1928; cases oi''
charged 1913.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-22
SIav Loss Was $4,000, 600.

The Russian loss in battleshlps :
VladivostOk, Port Arthur and the
of Japan, according to statistics pu'
lished, amount to $113,000,000.